Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21

n,rli, n' formally prorOgued
'a'nent until the middle of Febu.
ary' when it will meet for the trapsao.
''on oi government business.
"A cABLEGRAM to the povv dou.
ment, on the 18th, reported the arr;,aI r,
u. uipfaitar of the cruiser MINNEAPOLIS
uhaer orders to proceed to Smrrna
,yria' IN connection with the protec'
'ion OF American interests.
1hE coasting steamer HARRINGTON
ran down the fishing smack Ugan %
miles miles of Whitby, England. on the
18th. Ten Of the Ugan's crew nona
drowned and one was saved by the
Harrington. y 'he
a LONDON GLOBE news agency dis
patch on the 18th, said that the chi.
nese officials resumed possession of
rort Arthur on the l2th, Gen. Sum
on pehalf OF China, taking over the sta.
tion from the Japanese officers.
FAILURES throughout the Jrnitoa
states, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co
1or the week ended on tho 18th. were
$685. against 3i9 fothe corresponding
week OF last year; and~f0r ranada- "A
against 40 last year.
LIE first squad of policemen mounted
on bicycles in New York city went on
duty ON the 18th. Hereafter four
mounted men will constantly patrol
Eighth avenue and the boulevard.
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oN the 18th Oliver Hammond. his
wife and three children. were killed at
crossing on the Dayton & Union rail
way seven miles from Greenville. O.
REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS. of uli-
nois, mad the honor, on the 18th, of be-
ing the first chairman to preside over
the committee of the whole of the
present house.
lhE delegates representing the
striking engineers of Belfast and the
iocked-out engineers of the Clyde have
voted to reject the terms of settlement
proposed by the conference of employ
erS and employees presided over by
Lord james.
ST. JosEpH's home, an institution for
foundlings' at Troy, N. Y. was burned.
on the l4th, at an early hour: loss,
S25,OW. The children. - in number.
all under five years of age were re-
moved safely.
WHILE coasting near his home in
West Brownsville, Pa, on the l4th.
Charles Eclles, six years old, ran under
a passing freight train and was killed.
his body being horribly mangled.
GREAT excitement has been created
in Buenos Ayres Argentina. by the
discovery of rich gold deposits near
Mendoza, in which an American firm is
said to be interested.
A POWDER magazine at Arlon, Bel
gian Luxembourg, exploded, on the
lith, killing seven men.
EsrRA KELLY, aged 81. died at his
home in Mount Pleasant, Mass. on the
18th. He enjoyed an international
reputation as the discoverer and in
ventor of lubricatiug oil for watches
and clocks.
On the 18th the associated banks of
New York city held SIS, ,39l. .325 in ex-
cess of the requirements Of the ?j-per-
cent. rule.
JoHN A. LoGANs secret is ont at last.
In 1856 book appeared from the press
of II New Work flrm entitled Uncle
Daniels Story of Tom Anderson and
Twenty Great Battles" 1t was pub
lished anonymously by "An Officer of
the Union Army" who, as the sequel
shows, was Gen. John A. Logan.
Mrs. MARGARET BooTMAN, who cele-
brated her centennial birthday ami
versary on the 18th. and who resides
with her son, Jacob Bootman, at
IIoosick Falls, n. Y, attended service
at the Methodist Episcopal church,
walking a distance of about mile. |
She gave her usual birthday offering of
one dollar, which she earned herself in
the last few weeks.
On January /. 1896, Leadvillc. Col,
will assume a gala attire that will last
for three months. and during this sea-
son the public will be invited to see the
finest crystal palace ever erected on
this continent. Over three hundred
men are employed in the erection of
the palace.
GEN. MILES is q strong advocate of
the introduction of the bicycle into
the army. He has recommended that