Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ur statement of the condition oi
treasury issued on the Goth showed
liable cash balance, $3.50, 264, 993
reserve, Sll4, 4,00i, ,9S2.
Rs. MARGARET KELLY, of Carroll
has lust celebrated the one hundred
seventh anniversary of her birth.
was born in Longford, Ireland. in
and in 1866, shortly after the death
her husband, came to America. Hei
est son is more than 81 years of age
is living IN Kansas, well anc
rty.
Inv town of Lcvanger, Norway, on
Trondh jem Fiord, was almost com
tely destroyed by fire on the 26th.
Z contlagration swept away four
his of the buildings.
|DyICEs from Cuba received at Phila'
pha, on the 26th, were to the effect
i Gen, Gomez would temporarily
ign as commander of the insurgent
ces and come to this country as
cretary of war pro tenn" of the Gu
republic to confer with President
Kinley ON the Cuban situation.
FREDERICK DE LA Tour BooTH-TUCK-
commander of the Salvation Army
the United States, was, on the Goth,
lvicted of maintaining a disorderly
hse at the big army barracks in West
lrteen street, New York city. SEN
ce was postponed until June s.
EN. NELSON A. MILES, who left the
tied States with the intention of OBJ
Fing the Greek-Turkey war, started,
the 26th, for Athens, with his suite.
general has abandoned his pro-
Jed trip to Thessaly.
7 was reported, on the 21th, that
Turks had confscated 1850, 00O
bhels OF wheat at Volo. and that the
rkish commander had issued a proc
hation calling upon the peasants to
urn and gather the harvest or their
Pps would be confiscated.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, on the Goth,
mmuted 70 life Imprisonment the
Ptence of Dennis Davis, convicted in
United States court for the west
district of Arkansas of murder and
ptenced to hang July 92, 1897. The
L.
fsldent found mitigating circum-
nces
HE American members of the CON-
sslon Investigating the death of DR..
u In Cuba seem confident that the
dlngs will be SO far satisfactory as
rally to back Consul-General Lees
port upon the case, and at the same
le to justify the claims of the widow
Dr' Rulz for damages from Spain.
Is likely that the persons arrested
participating in the notorious See
dinner in New York city last Janu-
mat was raided by Police Captain
apman, will not,be tried. The dis
" attorney, according to report, has
Out come to the conclusion that the
y interests of the community de-
'na that the details of the dinner be
owed to remain buried.
COLLISION between freight and a
SSehger train at American Falls, %
es west of Pocatello, Idaho, early
Tue morning of the 2Sth, caused the
a'l' so far as known, of nine men
we serious injury of eight others.
ooi the latter will die. This is the
-. wreck that has occurred on the
VIZ line in many years.
'lHERT NJ KING, who fled from Bos-
recently with $500 of the funds
we boyleston national bank in his
s, ''s'oh and was arrested and taken
W. was arraigned, on the 27th, be-
"a United States commissioner on a
seol ny, embezzling. He pleaded not
Ivy and furnished bond. He will
p,' aeld to the grand jury.
,lo l'Alo CALF, the aged chief of the
spaWS' died of pneumonia, on the
,,. .asa' the Quapaw agency, in the
maern ' part of the Indian territory.
T''i was the last of the Quapaws.
man, dI 'laal conference report on the
Ivy evil bill was agreed to in the
oa Oae on the 27th-3e to 25.
nosIclAL nas,' and probably false Spanish
III. ~ ), given out on the 27th, detail a
v' n, engagements at Sienras Ami
nha : nl oazcu and Brujo, in which q
~ s1 W Oh Cuban ships and ten boats
,Sies'royed, a quantity of arms and
"a Oas w captured and n Cubans left
n ~ ~ .he tield besides number car
loa. I ~ their comrades. The Span
tss Sssnve men killed and 81 wounded.
Avn, o AccIARITA, the iron worker
temgsna, province of Udine, who
bril lp@a ~ to stab King Humbert, on
u ~ ~ 3. while his majesty was on the
Dns " The races, was put on trial in
- s,s On the 2sth. The courtroom
ins., uwded. In the course Of his ex.
\ oss"a un i, Acciarita violently attacked
dhsssaliing social conditions. He
NAV 1se So acted alone and in despair,
\. lia when they committed sui.
As "a nn.antic expresA east bound,
lidsdv dvenver & Rio Grande railroad
.nS a. , with a freight train near
junction. Col, ON the 2sth,