Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-10-14

"o"icdl association, held in
Indianapolis, on the 9th, indorsed tbe
'etioh OF the American Medical asso.
1'a'ion IN asking that "a government
'epartment OF health be established
lhE Minneapolis (Minn. chamber Of
.o"i'nerce adopted resolutions, ON the
o'h' asking the United States senate 70
repeal the silver-purchase clause of ,bc
sherman law at the earliest possihle
moment
IT was reported in San Francisco. on
'ne oth, That Mrs. Leland Stanford
WIDOW OF the late Senator Stanford
''ao decided to leave Washington to
reside permanently in California
lHE paid admissions to the Worlds
ialr' on the 7th, were l4S,ss4.
CONVINCED that Peixoto was no,vor.
less TO guarantee the safety of life or
property OF foreign residents in Rio dc
'aheiro IRON his soldiers, the diplomatic
corpsresldcnt in that city gave the presi.
dent until the sth toshow that he could
AFFORD effective protection or declare his
INABILITY TO do so. In the latter case
the foreign war ships in the harbor
would be ordered to land men to pre-.
serve order.
PRINCE BISMARCK left 'Kissingen on a
special train for FREDERICKSBURG on the
'th' The streets through which he
passed to the station were crowded IN
many places almost to the carriage
wheels. Flags and flowers draped the
windows along the route The prince
looked weak and worried. He moved
with difficulty, and responded only
feebly to the enthusiasm of the crowds.
IN the first of the series of five races
Tor the Americas emp between the
British yacht Vallsyric and the Amcri-
can yacht Vigilant, on the 7th, the lat.
ter won in 705:47; corrected time, by )
minutes and As seconds.
The London board of trade returns
for September show that imports de-
creased Ell0,000 and exports increased
10000 during the month, as compared
with September last year.
lN the Massachusetts republican
state convention in Boston, on the 7th,
Hon. Frederick Grcenhalgc was nomi-
mated for governor, and Roger Wolcott
for lleutenant-governor.
The Spanish government has raised
the quarantine against vessels arriv-
ing from Jersey City, n, j., Rotterdam,
Santos and Rio de Janeiro
The paid admissions to the Worlds
fair on the 1th were 222, l,6 on the sth
Sunday the paid admissions were
sos.
PoSrMAsrER-GENERAL BlssELL is ex-
pected to devote considera Bile attention
in his annual report to the pro iected
one cent poStal-service. He believes
that the Inauguration of the service is
at the present time, owing
to the deficit of S, 900 that exists in the
postal funds in the treasury.
On the night Of the sth Deputy United
States Marshal Il. W. Goodner on re-
home from church at st. Paul,
Mimi, was met at his front door by a
burglar Both fired, but the burglar
was not as good Il marksman as the
deputy. and the crook dropped with a
bullet through his stomach, while the
officer was untouched. The burglars
wound will probably be fatal.
SILVER certi ficates raised from tens
to twenties are being circulated in the
interior of West Virginia and along the
railroads. The tens are changed to
twcntes by figures cut from two dol
lar notes, and the work is done so
neatly as to almost defy detection. In
fact, not one business man in fifty, it is
said. could detect the fraud under or.
linary circumstances
REPRESENTATIVE DooLrrrLE, of Wash
ngton has introduced joint rcsolu-
ton in congress providing for a com
mission, consisting of three senators
and six representatives to go over the |
entire route of the Nicaragua canal
md make a thorough examination,
with view of submitting to congress
, comprehensive report of the existing
and furnishing information
lpon which future legislation may be
lad
A Rl'NoR is current in san Francisco
20 the effect that the territory of
Lower California has been purchased
rom the republic of Mexico by syn
iicate of American and English capi-
talists. who propose to annex the
peninsula to the United States.