Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The comptroller of the currency, on
the sth, authorized the Franklin ma.
tional bank OF Franklin, O., to begin
business. Capital $50, 600
Nor later than January /, 1898, every
wire mill in the United States may be
controlled, if not owned, by one com
pany. with Il capitalization of Sl2a,-
600, 600 The mills for producing the
rods from which wire and wire nails
are made are also to be taken into the
trust.
PRESIDENT SIMON SAM of llayti, in u
proclamation, says that llayti's gov
crnment had determined to resist Ger
many TO the end but that expected
support was withheld, and for that
reason submission was the only course
left.
A PARIS dispatch says that the re-
opening of the Dreyfus case is rem
dered improbable, if not impossible
by reason of the alleged connection of
the wife of Maj Esterhazy with the
chief of the general staff of the French
army.
JoHN HARLoNG, the aged farmer who
was tortured and robbed Of $500 by
three masked men at Greentown, o.,
died on the sth, llarlong was 81 years
old. His principal wound was deep
cut on the head, made by an iron
wedge.
THERE will be attached to the pen
sion appropriation bill an amendment
which provides that 10 woman who
hereafter marries an old soldier will,
in the event of the soldiers death, be
entitled to a widows pension.
EDWIN &. NoURsE, engineerin charge
of the construction of the new railroad
bridge being built between Davenport,
la, and Rock Island, ILL.,, was instant
ly killed, on the Sth, by the fall of
derrick.
BEFORE sailing for Europe, on the
sth, and encountcring the perils OF
globe -trotter, George w. Vanderbilt
took out Sl,OOO,0OO insurance on his
life. The policy is the largest ever is
sued by any company in the world.
john ScnwlNNEN, aged, out of work
and respondent jumped from the high
bridge to the frozen surface of the Lin
coin park Chicago lagoon, on the Sth,
and broke his way through to death in
the cold waters,
THOMAS O'NElLL and John OBrien,
two longshoremen, were run down by
an Illinois Central train in Chicago,
on the 9th, and fatally injured.
REAR-ADMIRAL JOSEPH f. GREEN, u.
S. n. (retiredD, died at his home in
Brookline, Mass, on the 9th, from
of diseases.
HARRY II. ADAMS, eX-treasurer OF
Kings county, N. Y.,died in Brookly
on the 9th. An indictment for misap'
of funds was hanging over
Mr.. Adams. head and his bondsmen are
being sued in civil action to recover
$50, 900.
Mr. john LoUeHBoRoUGH PEARSON,
the distinguished architect and mem
ber of the Royal Academy, died in Lon
don on the 10th.
GEN. VoN BUELow, of the artillery
branch OF the German army, died IN
Eerlin, on the 10th, Of influenza.
The text of the definite treaty OF
peace between Turkey and Greece
which was published in London on
the 18th, contains about 1000 words
including two protocols, referring re-
spectively, to the commercial conven-
tion and consular immunity. The
treaty amplifies the preliminary peace
terms, all of the points of which nave
been published.
A GREAT sensation was caused on
the 10th, by the posting broadcast OF
red placards, even in the inner town
and Hofburg, of Vienna, inscribed; mo
abolish the Language
Ordinances" and German is the
National Language" The police tore
the placards down.
The board OF naval bureau Chiefs on
the 10th, recommended that the little
Pinta, which has done so much service
in Alaskan waters and is now Mt Mare
Island navy yard, be condemned and
sold, as the repairs urged as necessary
would cost more than the value OF the
craft would warrant
ON the 9th Gov. McCord OF Arizona
telegraphed the secretary OF war; pro.
testing against the abandonment Oh
Fort Whipple, suggested in the last re-
port OF the war department. =.
THE recognition of Cuban belilger-
ency has experienced decline OF In
terest since the presidents message
There is growing in place OF 1T q ieel-
ing that u crisis Of graver character 10
fast coming. 1t is felt by many mem,
bers of congress that either Spain wiz
abandon the island or this country
will intervene by force before the WIN
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