Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-22

In the mouse the Indian appropriation bill
was disposed of with the exception of the pro-
| vision for opening the Utah Rilsopite lands, af-
| ter which the house adjourned until the nth
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THE sublime porte has ordered the
mobilization of the fifth and sixth
army corps reserves, stationed at
Bagdad, Syria, and for the immediate
dispatch of 80 battalions to Kenich.
AS these troops are not needed to
operate against Greece, the powers are
getting anxious to know what Turkey
means by it.
JOHN SHERMAN, secretary of state,
celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday
anniversary, in Washington, on the
| night of the llth.
TIE Kansas supreme court has af-
tirmed the decision of the district court
of Saline county, giving verdict for
judgment and costs against the city of
Salina in favor of Wade Adams, the
father of Dana Adams, colored, who
was lynched by mob in Salina about
| four years ago.
SENATOR BUTLER introduced reso-
luton, ON the l2th, requesting the
president to inform the senate under
what authority the proposed sale of
the Union Pacific has been agreed on
between the executive and any com
bination of purchasers"
HENRY b. CHEATHAM, of North Caro-
lima, was, on the 1lth, nominated by
the president to be recorder of deeds
for the District of Columbia.
lT is intimated that the state depart
ment is in possession of a report from
Consul General Lee which, if made
public would result in freedom for
Cuba or the biggest kind of Il muss
with Spain.
A DISPATCH from Havana says yellow
fever is increasing daily. Spanish SOL
diers are attacked one after the other,
and train loads of sick soldiers are con-
stantly arriving at Havana.
| THE senate committee on foreign
relations, on the 18th, decided upon an
adverse rcport upon Senator Aliens
rosolpt;op exnressing svmpathv with
the Greeks in their war with Turkey
on tbc qround that the subject had
been covered in former action of the
senate.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Cape Town.
South Africa, on the 18th, announced
that n serious engagement had taken
place in Bechuanaland. Chief Toto had
been captured and many volunteers
killed.
ATBaxter Springs, Kas., on the 18th,
Col. Alexander Warner, president of
the defunct Baxter bank, was arrested,
together with his son, b. 5. Warner
assistant cashier of the concern, on
warrant charging them with violating
the state banking law, sworn out by
LOUIS Imbeaus, an Indian.
THE .Johnstown Pa.) Flood Core
spondents' association will hold its an
nual meeting and dinner at the Wal
dorf hotel. New York, on the evening
Of the 3lst.
On the 18th the senate committee On
finance reached an understanding by
which it was practically agreed that
the debate on the tariff bill should be-
gin on Monday the cath inst.
Tup statement of the condition of
the treasury issued, on the 18th, showed;
Available gold balance, S22s, 7o7,297;
gold reserve, Sl4s, ,O4S, ,40l.
Col. Buck, of Georgia, the new min
lister to Japan has received instruc-
tions to stop for a week at Honolulu on
his way to his post. These instruc-
tions are looked upon as significant by
the friends of Hawaiian annexation.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY is preparing
special message to congress on the Gu
ban situation. 1t will contain some
startling disclosures as to the suffer
ings of American citizens on the island
under the concentration orders OF Gen.
Weyler.
A PRELIMINARY CONTRACT lor iosh y,
g1o 600, 600 (ssO, 900, OOO) has been signed
in Pekin in behalf of n British syhdi-
rate.
An Athens dispatch of the 18th said
there had been u rising in central
Macedonia, and that 1000 insurgents
had captured the pass forming the prin-
c;nnl line of communication of the
Turkish army.
n,,,u ,,ho,t oron of oklahoma is larg-
or than M ever before in the history of
a. a.. 49, .a..;,orr The estimates of the
| average yield run from 25 to 80 bushels
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sS; pllsYn az has n"n made a sworn confession
ssea,ns' s"sna : notarv mSo and in the presence of
s"nora, ue,or witnesses that he killed
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