Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-30

reicbsrath and ordering the holding Of
elections for members of the two
houses composing the Austrian par.
lament.
IHE supporters Of the Torrey bank.
! rupt Dill believe that they have got
the measure in position where sue.
cess can be achieved before the close
OF the present session Of congress, il
the business community comes to its
support as cordially as in times gone
by.
The East Indian government has or.
dered the stoppage, February 2. of all
pilgrim traffic from Bombay and Kara
en- on account Of the plague. More
than 10000 persons are employed on
the relief works, and about ITO, 900 are
receiving gratuitous relief.
The reform scheme for the island Of
Cuba has been perfected by the Span
ish government, and it's promulgation
and application are now matters OF but
few days, unless some untoward hap
penings disturbs the programme.
SEcRErABp FRANCIS has signed an
order to tbet effect that certain persons
not citizens now occupying lands in
Indian territory belonging to the five
civilized tribes shall. after February
s. be regarded as intruders and be
elected
Miss HELEN MCKINLEY, the presi-
dent-elect's sister, slipped and fell on
the icy sidewalk, near the Mckinley
home at Canton, 0. One of the bones
in her right wrist was broken.
SIR ISAAC PIrMAN, the inventor of
the system of shorthand writing which
bears his name, died in England on the
29d. He had been suffering several
years from complication of troubles.
MAJ. RoDRIaUEz, who has been ap-
pointed by Gomez to succeed Aguirre
as commander Of the Cuban forces in
Havana province, has entered the dis
trict with 1900 armed men. Rodriguez
has five field pieces, and with the
forces of Aguirre, Rodriguez now COM
mands about 6,0Oo well-equipped men.
THE motion for new trial for AL
bert ]. Frantz. who was recently
found guilty at Dayton, o., of murder
in the first degree, has been over
culed by Judge Brown. May 10 next
is the day set for the electrocution.
The French collier Madeline arrived
at San Francisco from Callao on the
23d. One Of her boilers exploded soon
after the steamer left Callao, killing
five men and injuring several others.
She put into Acapulco for repairs.
The new elections for members Of
the Austrian reichsrath have been fixed
to take place on March Q, and the new
reichsrath will be summoned to as
semble on March n.
JONAH and the whale furnished an
hours mirth to Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, ON the evening of the cath,
and Rev. Lyman Abbott, the preacher,
dissected the Hebrew prophet with a
skill and humor that delighted his
auditors. Indeed, the audience be-
came so hilarious at the close that DR..
Abbott felt obliged to administer a
mild rebuke.
THE preparations for the Bradley
Martin ball in New York, that is to
outshine the Vanderbilts, continue.
1t is said, however, that several
wealthy women have concluded TO
remain at home on the night of Feb
ruary 10, fearing an outbreak of some
kind at the Waldorf as the result of
tho great prominence which the affair
has received.
MRS HUNGERFoRD, the novelist, bet
ter known by her nom de plume, 1.-THE
Duchess" died in Dublin on the cath.
Mrs. Hungerford had a rare person.
ality and was a famous hostess.
Though past middle age. she always
retained bright, youthful appear
ance, and was generally in vivacious,
cheerful mood
The recent cold wave found many
unprepared to resist the biting blasts,
and intense suffering was reported
from the big cities in its pathway. In
Chicago especially the distress of the
many thousands of hungry families Of
the unemployed was truly pitiable.
The plague news from Bombay is
not reassuring. The British sanitary
commissioner has reported seriously
on the situation, but Englighmen re-
gard the chances of the plague getting
a foothold in Great Britain as being
remote