Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-01

u'ei'uents =, of the Baptist missions o,
W" one West' met in the Young Mems
Nhrlstlan association building in
olhaha' Neb., on the 22d. MANY prom.
'heht missionary workers from west.
eril states and territories were present.
IRA STASsBuRY. of st. Louis. pped u
got angry Mt Motorman James D.
harp, on the 23d, because the latter
insisted that stansbury get his buggy
OH The ear track, and, stopping the
vehicle right in front Of the car LET
uowh ms buggy top and deliberately
Snot Iharp, fortunately, however in.
lllctihg only flesh wound. STAINS.
bury was arrested.
JOHN Ii, RAAP, Chicago wholesale
hquor dealer, was shot and killed. on
the I'D by his former secretary and
confidential clerk, who afterward mt
the revolver to his own temple and
killed himself.
ACCOMPANIED by SO or 60 Cinnamon
OF high and low degree, WI Ting
fung' envoy extraordinary and minis
Ter plenipotentiary from China to the
United States, Spain and Peru, reached
,hlcago, on the 23d, on his way to
Washington, and after drive through
the principal streets of the city, left
over the Panhandle for Washington.
REPRESENTATIVE DoRR, of West Vir.
ginia, introduced bill IN the house.
on the 25d, to repeal the civil-service
law.
A coRREsPoNDENT of the London
Chronicle in Cuba writes: "The report
that the insurgent party is dead and a
thing of the pastis an erroneous rumor
1t would be hard, indeed, to find a more
llvely corpse. The insurgents were
never III better condition to fight than
now, the season being in their favor.
and they lack neither food, clothing
nor ammunition.
A LONDON dispatch of the 23d said
the situation at Constantinople was
deemed to be extremely critical. and
unless Osman could gain conspicuous
triumph the cataclysm of Constan.
tinople, which the powers have dis
gracefully compromised themselves in
trying to prevent, might come at any
moment.
CENTRAL Iowa, portions of Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio were Wis
tied, on the 23d, with destructive rain
and wind storms. At Des Moines, Ia,
three inches of rain fell, and much dam
age was done to railroad and other
in that vicinity.
Mrs. CnRisTlANA BoNEKEssEL died re-
Gently at Bessemer, Mich. Those who
knew her best say she was 80 years old.
She was married IS times. the last
time, only six months ago, to young
man.
a LONDON dispatch announces the
death, at Sandringham, at three o'clock
on the morning of the 2ith. of Prin-
cess May of Teck, duchess of York,
during confinement.
Ir was rumored, on the 9th, that
the Greek war ships were preparing
TO make dash through the Darda-
nelles.
On the oath the associated banks of
New York city held $40, 251, 900 in excess
of the requirements of the 25-pcr-cent.
rule.
THE duchess of York was safely de-
livered of daughter at York cottage,
on the 2jth,
GEN. MILES has been notified Of the
presidents approval of his projected
visit to the seat of war in Europe. lie
will leave Washington early in May,
taking passage on the st.
Paul from New York,
FIRST LIEUT.. JAMES A. Nancy, Fifth
infantry, has been detailed to attend
lhe cncampment of the Tennessee ma
-ional guard and encampments at the
Tennessee Centennial exposition from
May to October 81.
JOSEPH Il. KELLY, charged with the
murder of Cashier Joseph A. Stickney
IF the Great Falls national bank of
n. H., pleaded guilty in
.he municipal court of that city on the
.ith
The white squadron left its anchor
lgc off Tomphinsville, Staten Island,
IN the 25th, and sailed up the North
liver to its new anchorage off Grants
tomb at Riverside park.
AN appeal has been received by the
var department from the Mississippi
for more tents to shelter the
flood sufferers.