Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-03-28

SENATOR CHANDLER, on the 10th, CAV
notice of his intention to offer al
amendment to the resolutions for til.
election OF senators by direct vote o
the people, so as to include the presi
dent, vice-psesidcnt Justices of tn,
federal courts, postmasters and coliec
tors of internal revenue.
/. THE gross receipts at the 80 larges'
I post offices in the country In February
increased S344,74e The total receipts
were ss,7s2, 1877. against s2,a77,445 fol
February, 1895.
\ Gov. THoRNroS Of New Mexico and
Col. Gildersleeve, Of that territory, on
the Goth, addressed the house commit
tee ON territories in opposition to the
amendment offered by Senator Brice TO
the statehood bill, regarding the issue
of bonds. Col. Hale, of New York
city, appeared In supported the amend
\ ment.
/ THE war ship Cordova reached Colon
on the Goth. Her arrival caused greht
rejoicing among Colombinns The Cor
dova was formerly the American steam-
er Neptune. She was recently pur-
chased BY the Colombiaf. Qoxornment
and rehtIed At Perth Amboy Tor Use as
a war vessel. VI fft
FIVE men werc burned, two of them
fatally, on the Goth, In foundry at
Ashland and Archer avenue, Chicago.
The cupola in the converting shed fell
from its supports, hurling the molten
metal on every side. The men who
were injured were working near by
and could not escape. iE Ea4a3
THOMAS A. EDISON has discovered, in
connection with his Xray experiments,
substance SO sensitive to the rays
that by using plates coated with it he
can see through the human hand at
distance of 10 feet. The substance is
tungstate of calcium.
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the Goth,
as reported by r. G. Dun & Co., were
26l, against 278 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were AZ, against 35 last year.
ALEXANDER RMoLACHLAN,w who was one
of the best known of Canadian poets,
and who has been called 'the Burns OF
Canada," died at his residence in
Orangeville, Ont, on the 20th,. at an
advanced age.
The Central Methodist Episcopal
conference at Williamsport, Pa, on the
Goth, by vote Of 152 to SO, voted to ad-
init women as lay delegates to the gen.
eral conference.
The little alleged Hlibustering
steamer Commodore, which left
Cha rlaCfnn n he
Tampa, Fla, with cargo of arms and
ammunition, returned, on the 22d,
minus her cargo and 23 of her crew OF |
81 men, which had undoubtedly been
transferred to some larger vessel |
bound to Cuba in the interest of the |
insurgents.
THE coal miners in the Clearfield, |
Beech Creek, Cambria and Galitzen |
coal regions of Pennsylvania, will, on |
the 1st, receive an advance of five
cents ton, or 1216 per cent. over the
wages they have received for the past
two years.
DIR. THEODORE c. HEYL, a surgeon
(retiredD in the United States navy,
died suddenly, on the night of the
21st, at the home of his brother in-law,
j. G. Hattie, in New York city. Death
w
Ir is reported that an agitation OF
Albanians is in progress on the frontier
of Montenegro, and massacre of
Christians is feared.
Ex-PREsIDENT HARRISON has had
new three-fourths view portrait of him.
self painted as present to his bride.
elect.
THE famous Ancient and Honorable
Artillery company of Boston will be
the first military body in the United
States to parade the streets of London
armed and equipped. The company
will sail on June 20.
A DEFICIENCY in the pay appropria-
ton for the present fiscal year is con-
fronting the war department.. The
amount lacking is estimated at about |
$500, 900.
FIRE in the Atlantic refinery at Pitts.
burgh, Pa. on the 22d, caused loss OF
SlOO, 900. The fire started from some |
unknown cause in the warehouse, and
before it had become known it had
enveloped the warehouse and spread
to the tanks