Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-10-30


preparing to take the supposed re-
mans OF her husband home for inter-
ihent, letter arrived from the latter
saying that he was in Nashville. Two
weeks before he had mysteriously dis
appeared, and the remains of u MUIR
dered man found in the Portland canal
were identified AS those OF Howard.
A GRANDSON of Gen. Phil Kearney
has been adiudged, by supreme court
commisson Jersey City, N. j., an habit
ual drnnkard and will be sent to a
sanitarium.
IilE president gave a public recep-
tion on the I'D, at which a large nun.
Der OF callers paid their respects.
Among them was Hiss Cossio Cisneros,
the escaped Cuban girl. She was ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
Decker and Mrs. John A. Logan. Mrs.
Logan introduced the party.
The controversy over the use of Vic
tor Hugo's Lies Miserables' in the
girls high school OF Philadelphia,
which has attracted general attention,
has been settled by the placing of an
abridged edition of the work on the
eligible list of French books for the
school.
SECRETARY OF WAR ALGER has sent
to Lieut.-Col. Randall, commander of
the United States troops at st. Mi
chaels Alaska, an order directing him
to make use of the reindeer in Alaska
for the transportation of supplies and
the relief Of sufferers.
ADoLPH LlpMAN, the solicitor Of the
Travellers Life Insurance Co., who
shot himself while seated at his desk
in the Bank of Commerce building in
New York, died, on the 2ith, at the
Hudson-strect hospital. lie had been
despondent on account of business set
backs and frequently threatened to
kill himself.
BUFFALO and New York special No
46, on the New York Central & lIud-
son River railroad due to arrive in
New York city at G:3O Il. IN. of the 24th,
was thrown from the track into the
Hudson river, y miles below Garri-
sons station. Twenty-eight lives were
lost The retaining wall along the
river had been undermined by high
water in the river, and the track cayed
under the weight of the train.
MILLARD WALKER, AZ years old, said
by the police to be an old offender, who
stated that his home was in Buffalo,
N. y, and John +, Ellis, A years old,
Of New York city, were arraigned in
the jefferson Market police court, on
the 9th, charged with working a
"hinham' game on men leaving for
Europe on cattle ships of the Anchor
line.
The attendance ut the Nashville
Centennial exposition for the week
ended the 23J, was lO1, 927, breaking
all previous records.
On the 23d the ass ociated banks of
New York city held So, ,0O4, 700 in ex-
cess Of the requirement of the 25.per-
cent. rule.
LORD DOUGLASS, Of IIawicll, son of
the marquis of Queensbury, was in the
recent New York Central wreck. He
was en- route from Toronto with Ed
ward Wilkinson, of London. When
the crash came and the coaches were
thrown into the water, Lord Douglass,
assisted by Mr.. Wilkinson, managed,
after great difficulty, to get out of the
coach.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the cath
says; "While not fully advised as to
SPANS reply to Secretary ,Sherman's
note, its general character is known to
President Mckinley and it is not an
ticipated that any friction will arise
between the two countries
The instructions given to Marshal
Blanco, the new governor general OF
Cuba, are conciliatory, and aim to Sc
cure the cooperation of all parties. 1t
is asserted that the Cuban press will
"enjoy more liberty, subject to re-
strictions upon criticisms calculated to
affect military disciplinc.'
AFTER search for heirs extending
over Il score of years, the vast estate of
Imblay Clarke, now appraised at $25,
900, 900, seems about to come to its
rightful possessor, his daughter, living
in San Francisco, whom Clarke left in
the home for the friendless Clarke
was a mine owner who died in Aus
italia over 20 years ago.