Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-07-03

ihE american Homeopathic, Opthal-
mologlcal, Ontoleogical and Larvn-
geological society, in session in Buffalo,
N u, on the cath, elected the follow
ing officers; President, VIM. r. King,
washington, d. c.; vice-president
Thomas |. Shoever, Baltimore; secre.
tary and treasurer, Charles II. Hell.
frich, New York.
"A PARTY consisting of about seventy
hve newspaper correspondents left
washington, on the 25th, for Cape May,
Nj. Stops were made at Baltimore
and Philadelphia, where local news
paper men joined the party for a four
days outing.
The London Echo publishes an in
terview with Dr. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
IN which he is quoted as expressing
the belief that the arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain will be law before the end of
the present Mckinley administration.
ONE hundred striking Italians at
Morrisville, N. j., were arrested and
placed in the local lookup on the 18th.
ALICE LINGARD, the actress, died in
london on the Goth.
The crew and the Cubans who were
on board the Dauntless, when captured
by the Mclean, were discharged by
United States Commissioner Julius OF
to, at Key West, Fla, on the 2Jth, on
the ground that there was no evidence
to show that they were a military Or
ganization or intending to commit acts
hostile to Spain.
JoHN GARvEY, who attained fame as
the "Astor tramp" died in the Mattea-
wan On. w. state asylum for criminal
insane, on the 25th, He was "a years
old. lie was the man who took nap
in Mrs. William Astor's mansion.
In the Intercollegiate boat race at
Poughkeepsic, N, Y, on the 25th, the
Cornell crew defeated Harvard and
Yale. The victory was remarkable, as
the Cornells had not been considered
'in it, by the other two contestants.
MRs JoHN A. LOGAN is laid up with
an injured knee, the result of fall on
the steps of her home at Washington.
The injured limb is in splints, in order
that it may have complete rest and in
action.
TIE Turks have been taking advan-
tage of the armistice to loot Thessaly,
SO that if they have to evacuate the
people will be left in destitute condi-
tion. Many of the villages have been
burned
THE Russian turret ironclad Gangoot,
one of the best vessels in the imperial
navy, ran upon reef near Transcend,
during storm in the Baltic, on the
18th, and sank almost instantly. The
crew is reported saved.
MCBRIDE & HARvELL's icehouse at
Williams Bay, Wis, was burned on the
25th. Incendiarism is suspected. The
house cost S25, 600 and contained 40, 900
tons of ice.
OVER the Canadian border from north
ern New York, the temperature went
down to the freezing point, on the 25th.
THE Anchor line steamer City of
Rome, which arrived at New York, on
the 9th, from Glasgow and Moville,
had been on fire in one compartment
of her hold for hours After hard
fight the flames were gotten under con-
troll. ........--a.
DURING the week ended on the 26th
four full cargoes of oriental freight,
aggregating 1890 tons, arrived at Ia
coma, W ash.
TwENTY-sIX miners were killed by a
fall of rock in the Labrar mines, in the
province of Atacama, Chilli, on the 27th
Ex-STATE TREASURER BARTLEY, OF
Nebraska, has been convicted of EN-
bezzlement and sentenced to 20 years
in the penitentiary and to pay a fine ol
100000.
SIMo- HAMED BEN MoUeA, special ell
yoy of the sultan of Morocco to the
Victorian jubilee festivities, has re
turned to Morocco insane.
SENATOR PETTTo REV, of South Dako
ta was overcome in the midst of {
violent speech in the senate on The
Goth. He hesitated, failed to enunciat'
his words, and then, without serious
agitation, took his seat, with hi
sentence unfinished. DIR. Baine, WHIT
was summoned to attend him, sait
that his illness was caused by a bloot
clot on the brain, but that there woult
be no serious results if he should b.
kept free from excitement.