Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-23


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IA rARTYof efnigrnntas travelling from
Misa0uei To Oklahomawere held up by
seven outlaws In the Creek reserva.
tion, on the ITth, and robbed of eycry-
thing valuable, amounting to several
thousand dollars The leader Of the
gang was recognized by one of the
Missourians as George Taylor, the es-
capped murderer Of the Meeks family.
THE London Sunday Times confirms
the report Of the Illness Of the czarina.
IL says that her condition, which Is
very serious, has ended. for the pres-
ent the hopes Of the birth OF an heir.
FIRE completely destroy ed the Buck
ner Orphans home, near Dallas, Tex. n
early on the morning of the 18th,
Thirteen children were cremated and
nine injured, three of them fatally.
EDWARD PERCY, member Of the
ntrical company, committed suicide by
inhaling gas in his room at Brady's
hotel In Newark. n. j.. Jon the 10Th.
His home was In Adrian, Mich.
The French government has issued
a decree torbidding thesimportation of
linen rags from the districts In India,
in which the bubonicS plague is pre-
vailing.
The sensational reports of Queen
Victoria's illness have eiicited a semi.
official denial. It is STATED that even
her chronic winter rheumatism Is
abatirg. The court will return from
Osborne to Windsor castle on Febru-
ury TO- On March D her majesty will
start for Cimlez, France.
JOSEPH C. WILLARD, owner of the
well known Wizards hotel in Wash
ington, died at his residence In that
city, on the 18th, aged about eighty
years. Mr.. Willard was a native of
Vermont
THE United States grand jury at
Jacksonville, Fla, having. learned that
Judge Gibbons, engaged to assist Dis
trict Attorney Clark, waAs in the EN-
ploy of the Spanish Rovernment, re-
fused to permit him 10 spsa1nine witt
neases in flibustering caies before thu
jury.
A AIEpA2Ao8 hasaos, lass 5eesa q akTa aFaied |
TO Samuel J. Churchill, OF Lawrence,
Kas., late corporal Battery q. Second
Illinois light artillery. for most dis-
gallantry in action at the |
battle OF Nashville, Tenn.
PERRY RICHARDSON, who has been a
fugitive for nearly thirty years, was
at Baraboo, Wis, on the 10th.
He is charged with having committed |
D murder in the northern partof Sank |
county in 1859. s5,s a..,g4 wv
RICHARD HOLMES, the librarian oi |
castle, is preparing the mate
rial for the authoritative "Personal
Life OF Queen Victoria" to be pub
Lished this year.
THE gunboat Machius left Canton
for Bangkok, Siam, on the 10th, in
obedience to iorders from Secretary |
Herbert, to protect American inter-
ests. "
The British government will take |
prompt measures to avenge Consul |
Phillips and his party, massacred by
the natives of Benin, ON the west coast
Of Africa.