Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-04-10

,r,,y has accepted the invitation {
,s;dept Mckinley, and will send tn
l ship Maria Theresa to participat
Ibe exercises at the dedication of tn
inf mausoleum on April 27.
ruE debt statement, issued on tn
showed a net decrease in the pull
aebt. less cash in the treasury, 70
tbe month of March, Of $s,6aS, 25s
|al cash in the treasury, SS75, $50, ,75C
|ur United States weather bureau
|be nth, gave out the startling in
nation that 500 square miles of tn
h Of Arkansas was under water an,
\ the Mississippi river would con
be to rise.
|uE Italian government has ar
bed to send the steel cruiser Ligu
To New York upon the occasion o
dedication Of the Grant mausoleum
April ", in response to the invita-
Of President Mckinley.
\ the 3Oth Senator Foraker intro
bd in the United States senate 8
Ii6ed form of the Patterson pooling
which permits railroads, under Ger
restrictions, to pool in the matter
Fansportation of freights.
|IE marine display at the Grant
|ument dedicatory ceremonies al
\ York will closely rival the demon,
kion on land. The men in charge
are bestirring themselves and ar
kements are progressing satisfac-
l..
|pRD was received in Brooklyn, on
Both, of the death, from jungle fe-
last January, in Central Africa,
Dr. Samuel G. Armour, a young
sician, in the service of the Belgian
3rnment. DR.. Armour's father is
mas Armour, of Millepsburg, o.
s -
bIsPArcH from Constantinople, on
st, declared that proposal to pur-
l the island OF Crete, made to Tur-
by Greece, had been declined by
bortc, which would not undertake
tate negotiations so long as Tur-
remained in accord with the Eu-
bn concert
,roYAL bank notes outstanding on
kh 81, 1897, amounted to $233, 70S,-
decrease during the month of
Di6 but an increase since March
Es6, of ST., lSl,0S9. The gold coin.
during the month amounted to
FO9O), while l,400,250 silver dol
we're struck off.
A. RHODES, an old soldier, for
employed as a compositor in the
nment printing Office, has entered
bgainSt Il, f, Benedict, cx-public
er, claiming $500 damages for
tion of civil service rules. 1t is
fstood that a number of similar
will be entered.
steam yacht El Rio Rey, carry
be st. Louis Republic correspond.
sank in 40 feet of water in front
city of Memphis, on the 3Oth, at
The crew, five in number, con-
got Capt. Saunders, John Fitz.
q p Burke, 7. A. Burke and Geo.
lz, had narrow escapes.
'ne I'd the Metropolitan Iron and
'o' announced an increase in the
scale in their mines in Ironwood,
OF ten per cent. This increase
meet every miner working in the
and East Norrie mines, about a
md men in all, and means an in
Of from 10 to 70 cents per day.
srArcH from Havana says: Act.
PL-Gen. Ahumada has received
irom Minister of War Azca
a. Madrid, not to try Gen. Ruiz
Immediately by court-martial
mister thinks that q summary
martial, followed by the shooting
era and Bacallao, would have a
fect in Europe.
NabERr III, AuGusrE GABRIEL HANo-
french minister of foreign af-
sna Count Albert de Muir, the
lfd French politician and phi
anu member of the chamber of
ior the reimbursement of
= IN the department of Fines
'ere elected members of the
academy on the lst.
,S'elgn embassies and legations
.ug'on are watching the pro-
'ne tariff bill with great care,
'Wr,ally affects all commercial
reports are being forwarded
'.''ous foreign offices, and there
=. W being made public abroad
,a' s,ormation of concerns ship
'"A 10 the United States.
A'ch from Havana, on the
= = account of a battle near
,na ~ 'he Rio Hondo district,
,s,t NV patriots were defeated, |
: saoOorn :. d resistance, by a supe-
rm ,..a !, .S,paniards, who captured
y s's' the successor of Gen. Ma. |
h s.,' was severely wounded in
nv sS' , COL Bacallao and Lieut.. |
\. ny slSo captured, the latter |
" after of his wounds.
: A.. pESBy, at Pekin, informs |
sSepartment that the West |
ans Oeen finally opened to for |
(sn,e erce. This great river, on |
~n H. is situated, with Hong |
.,,s.al ~ mouth is the highway Of
l,t,;ta'. china, and the largest |
na .Oator y Of that rich district, |
u,inss iuoes, access to the three |
N Aces ',',., ,kwangsi, Yunnan and |
WIN a population of 95,.
ko,t,saa,e OF state is advised |
Owsa'lihople Owsu \ that Yessuf Yu.
\ ,.N.. ras charged with the distri. |
W. NC. FUNDS at Saird, Asiatic
II ssa0 recently murdered and
kNcs,nv., v, on the assumption
Anu, Il was engaged in dis
Amsrcan Alcan relief funds, Mr..
Aouss.1 ! minister, made |
NAV s,'s VIC Tor the recovery Of the
IVY and the arra.t -