Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-02

years old, pretty and utterly irdi#sr'
rn' as TO her punishment, is a self.cou.
,vese! ,vS morse thief, and is in iail at
"'ihihSton, o., awaiting the pleasure
itentiary 'N peA
uhN' Rino Rivera, who is in rom.
~. manu- Oh The Cuban army in Pinar del
MO- has sent Il formal warning In
zen "eyler. Gen. Rivera notified
,he spanish captain,general that if
nc persists In his threats to kill pacifi.
COS found in the country the Cubaus
WIN make reprisals on all Spaniards
"non they may capture.
MRS, ANNA HANSON Dorsey, the nia.
heer OF Catholic literature in this
country died at Washingt ton, Christ.
mas day, aged 81 years. She was n
daughter of the late Rev. William Mo-.
Nenney, n chaplain in the United
States navy. She was honored with
personal letters from Plus TX. and also
from Fope Leo.
JAHE GAINES and Lizzie Williams.
"t'Gfed domestics, have been committed
20 la'l at Gaithersburg, Nd, for the
attempted poisoning of the family Of
eharles Young, tlrmer, at Unity,
ma. dane Gaines confessed to putting
paris green in tea for revenge.
RoE PADGETr, of Farmers, Ky., was
burned to death in the town lookup
There on the night of. the oath. He
haa been arrested for drunkenness.
ana declared he would burn the lock.
up II not released, lie kept his word.
IIM Allan line steamer Scandinavian
from Glasgow arrived at Boston, on
the 25th six days late, owing to bad
weather, poor coal and green fremen.
she coliidcd off Cape Cod, on the oath,
with the lumber-laden schooner Car.
rie Walter and sunk the smaller YES
sell The crew escaped in yawl and
were taken to Boston on the steamer.
A FATAL grade crossing accident oc-
Cured at Allentown, Pa, Christmas
day, when Central railroad of New
Jersey passenger train ran into car
of the Lehigh Valley Traction Co. in
East Allentown. One man was killed
and four injured. A number of other
passengers were slightly hurt by fly.
ing glass.
InE Belgian minister, Mr.. Alfred
Legha't, has presented his letters OF
recall to the president, having been
promoted to the Russian mission,
which is one Of the highest posts in
the Belgian diplomatic corps.
RELIABLE advices from Constantine.
pie say that the agreement of the pow.
crs for the enforcement of reforms in
Turkey is iscomplcte with the exception
of the matter of the methods to be pur-
sued and the time of putting the meas.
ures of coercion agreed upon into
operation.
SECRETARY OLNEY and Sir Julian
Pauncefote have finally agreed upon
the draft Of trreaty providing for a
general system of arbitration of dis.
putes between the United States and
Great Britain, which will doubtless be
approved by the president and sub
mitted to the senate
THE imports, exclusive of specie, at
the port of New York for the week
ended the 26Jh were S6,9SS, 354, of
which S., l22, l64 was general merchan-
disc and 81, 500, 200 dry goods. For the
corresponding week last year the i'm.
ports We're SS,c74626.
on the 90th the associated banks of
New York city held S34, 800, 900 in eX-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
JUDGE PRYOR, in the supreme court
of New York, has denied the applica-
tion of the Agudath Iiakehiloth, a He
brew organization, for certificate OF
incorporation, because it fixes the
time of holding business meetings on
Sunday, and the judge says: "The law
which scrupulously protects them in
the observance Of their creed, gives
them no license to affront the religious
susceptibilities of others"
TRAIN wreckers removed rail from
the approach to high bridge near
Birmingham, Ala, causing passen-
ger train, on the eth, to plunge 110
feet into the river below, and result
ing in instant death to 20 persons.
The wreckngc. igniting from the fire
in the stoves, was burned to the wa.
ters edge, cremating many Of the vic.
tins.