Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-03-14

UP to the evening Of the bth 90 bodies
had been recovered from the Cleophas
mine, at Kattowitz, Prussian Silcsia.
II was believed that 20 bodies remained
in the mine.
THE Venezuelan blue book, which is
entitled documents and Correspond
ence Relating to the Question OF the
Boundary of Guiana and Venezuela,
was issued by the British government
on the 9th. The volume consists Of
443 folio pages, with a separate book
containing nine maps, and treats ex-
haustiyely of the occupation OF the ter
ritory in dispute by the Dutch and En-
glish long before Spain planted a col
ony there.
The undergraduates of Princeton
IN. J.) university, on the night of the
5th, burned in effigy the king Of Spain
in demonstration, in which several
hundred took part. The flag Of Spain
was dragged through the main street,
and later was torn to pieces in the
center of the campus.
LORD .LANsDowNE, British secretary
of state for war, has attached a mem
orapduni y the army estimates stat
Ing that. IL. view of fecent ovazI1s,
/ 1t VIII be impossible to reduce the
strength of the garrison in Egypt in
1906.
CAPT. GEN. WEYLER has issued cir
cular to the various military command
ers in Cuba instructing them to arrest
no more civilians for deportation ex-
cept upon indisputable proof of their
connection with the insurrection.
G. Clubhouse and his wife and five
children perished in the burning Of
their home near Alma, Wis. on the
night of the 5th. Their bodies were
found in the ruins.
worked to its full capacity in the
manufacture of guns, cartridges for
artillery etc, and the greatest activ-
ity prevails.
TIE appellate division of the New
York supreme court, on the 9th, rem
dered a unanimous decision affirming
the order of the lower court, which
give n decision in favor of Laidlaw
against Russell Sage for $4,000 and
cOStS dnlOuHJlHB W @0.Ouu
SECRET SERVICE AGENT GEORGE r.
BAGGs, on the 9th. raided the estab-
lishment of the Metropolitan Photo
raph-Lithographic Co., on the top
floor of the building No. 26 Clinton
place, New York city, and captured an
entire outfit for counterfeiting Sc sill
yer certificates of the series of 1891,
xsy;th fla Window,
CHARLES w. SANFORD, collector of
taxes of Concord, Mass, was sentenced
by Judge Sheldon, in the superior
court of Middlesex county, at East
Cambridge, on the 9th, toserve a term
of imprisonment of five years for the
embezzlement of Sl4,0 900 from the town
treasury of Concord.
The Iowa senate, on the 9th, tabled
a motion to make the resolution sub
mitting a woman suffrage amendment
to the constitution a special order,
thus finally disposing of that question
for this session, the house already hav-
ing defeated the original resolution.
AT q miners meeting held at Cuba
Switch, near Phillipsburg, Pa, on the
sth, resolutions were adopted provid-
ing that demand be made on the
operators for an advance of ten cents
ton on and after April 1. A committee
was appointed to confer with the
miners in adjoining districts, so that
general demand could be made as soon
as possible.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Rome, on
the sth, said: The situation is going
from bad to worse. Signor Rudini's
efforts to form cabinet have failed
completely. The king, encouraged by
the ambassadors Of Germany, Austria
and England, will persist in having the
war carried on.
SEvENTY-Tw pilgrims sailed from
Philadelphia, on the sth, for the Holy
Land, to pass the remainder of their
days.
THE new Salvation army movement
of Ballington Booth and his wife was
inaugurated at great meeting in
Cooper Union, New York city, on the
8th.
A HYPNOTIC craze has taken hold of
the city of Hazleton, Pa, and threat
ems to develop serious consequences. 1t
is already alarming and has attracted
the attention of the authorities.