Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-07-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,


REV. EDWIN BENJAMIN RUSSELL, the
weli-known rector of the American
chapel in Florence, has abandoned the
Methodist Episcopal church and been
received into the Roman Catholic
church by Archbishop Corrigan at New
York
SECRETARY LAMONT has come out
squarely against granting army officers
free trips to the worlds fair There
are dozen or more of these applica-
tions, principally from engineer officers
who have prepared papers to read be-
fore the engineering congress.
INFORMATION has been received from
Pekin that China has taken measures
to support Siam against the French.
PRoF. FREDERICK WIDDows died at
his home in Washington, after an i'll
ness of six months, As manager OF
an opera company he brought out Patti,
and under his direction Ole Bull visited
the principal cities of the United
States.
GEN. MARIoNANo EscoBEpo of Mexi.
co, was seriously i'll with plcurisy, and
the physicians attending him enter.
taincd very little hope of his recovery
REAR ADM. MELANCTHoN SMITH, T.
S. N, died at Green Bay, Wis, recent
| ly, aged s3, after IA two days illness,
| REV. TALMAGE thinks everything
will be prosperous after congress has
met and given the country a "bread
pill"
The treasury purchased silver at II
cents an ounce on the 21st, the loves
price ever paid under the Sherman
law.
HERR MIGUEL, German minister o
finance, has instituted prosecution
against Rector Ahlwardt, based on in
suits in connection with the notoriou
bogus documents of the latter.
WALTER BEsANT, the English novel
, ist, has sailed for home. He says he
charmed with this country.
GEN. VANpEvER died at Ventura
: CAL, recently.
CHARLES w. DEpAUw, one of tn
, greatest capitalists of Indiana, has as
signed.
}, THE report that Joseph Jeffcrso
l was dying with cancerous affectio
Of the throat is pronounced untrue
Mr.. Jefferson is in his usual health,
Gov. MARKHAM, of California, has al
S pointed ex-Gov. George c. Perkin
/ United States senator to succeed l.,
, land Stanford.
1 GEN. SERGIus NJ. DoNsCnoosKI, az
S pointed governor of the cas-
ern provinces OF Siberia, has left IA
Francisco on the Oriental steamer Per
for his post of duty.
+ Ir is asserted that the federal autho
Y tiles will soon take steps to stop II
n filthy practices of cities along the Mi
v souri,, by preventing the dumping
garbage and running of sewers into IL
n river.
a EMPEROR WILLIAM has changed II
!. plan of his vacation voyage lie wi
not visit Bergen, Norway, with IL
l. feet, as smallpox is epidemic there. {
.. August he and the empress are
II pected to disembark at Heligoland.
;e REV. CHARLES W. GALLAGHER, d. /
e of Appleton, Wis, has been chos'
Il president OF the Wesleyan seminary,
|. Kents Hill, Nc. For four years he h
e been president of Lawrence universlt
70 at Appleton.
NJ. DucRET, editor of the Paris |
carde. who was arrested on the char
Of of completely in the forgery OF certa
ID documents alleged to have been stol u.
t. from the British embassy in that ci'
,e has been committed for trial Norto
" the mulatto who furnished NJ. Ducl
Ia with the documents, was also comm
ly ted for trial on the charge OF forgi
g | tham