Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-12-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

A syndicate has been formed in To.
ronto, Ont, to build yacht which will
next year, be the Canada cup defender
George II. Duggan, of Montreal, has
promised to design the boat
The annual convention of the Amer
lean Humane association began its
sessions in Washington city on the
14th.
1t now seems certain that Fred
Wood, the prisoner held at Spokane,
Wash, on a double charge of burglary
and highway robbery, and Otto Mat
tias, the alleged murderer of II. w.
Wall, of Staunton, H., are one and the
same person. lie has pleaded guilty to
burglary to avoid extradition.
A combination of all the rubber con-
Germs of Trenton, n. j., has been
formed.
The house committee on Indian af-
fairs had the Indian appropriation bill
under consideration on the 14th 1t
was decided to cut off all sectarian APP
preparations.
Antonio Il. Terry. the multi-million-
aire, formerly of New York. died in
Paris, on the 14th, of liver complaint.
He was twice married, his second wife
being Sybil Sanderson, the American
opera singer.
Hon. William J. Bryan arrived in
Washington, on the 18th. from Savan-
nah, Ga. He will remain there for sew
eral days before proceeding to bis
home in Nebraska.
Nearly every state and territory in
the Union was represented at the sec
ond annual convention of the Inter
state National Guard association,
which opened in Chicago on the 14th.
The Fourth regiment is expected to
leave winter quarters at Fort Sheridan,
Ill.,. for Manila within three weeks.
A Norfolk (Va.) dispatch Of the
night of the 14th said that it was re-
ported there that the cruiser Brook
lyn was waiting there the arrival of
Gen. Miles from Washington, and
would convey him to Havana.
Aunt Lucy Nichols. of New Al
bany. Ind, has just been granted a
pension of $12 per month by special
act of congress. Lucy is the only fe-
male member of a &. A. Il. post in the
United States. She served through
the war with the Twenty-third In
diana, participating In 2s battles.
An extra session of the Kansas leg
islature has been called to meet De-
cember 91.
The north-bound passenger train of
the Gulf road was ditched by a broken
rail at point about three miles south
of Barela. Col. on the 18th, making a
bad wreck and injuring several pas
scngcrs and members of the train crew.
The presidential party left Atlanta,
Ca. at one o'clock on the morning of
the 10th, for Tuslegee. Ala, over the
Atlanta & West Point railroad.
United States Senator Quay is suf-
fering from an acute attack of indi-
gestion, but his condition is not con-
sidered serious, and his physician
states there is no cause for alarm.
The state supreme court at Madison,
Wis. decided, on the 10th. that Charles
Polachek. who was arrested on Au-
gust 10, 1897, on a charge of bribery,
preferred by Alderman Elkert, of Mil
waukee. in connection with garbage
deal, will have to stand trial.
Col Charles W. Davis. commander of
the Loyal Legion, and one of the best
known veterans in Chicago, died, on
the 10th. from paralysis of the heart.
Upon the shoulders of the 2S-year-
old Stewart NJ. Brice has fallen the
great responsibilities of managing his
late fathers $10,oO0,o00 estate. Young
Mr.. Brice realizes the fact that it is
difficult task for novice, but he is
willing to make the attempt.
in response to the vatican's inquiry
on the subject, President Mckinley
has sent an assurance that the Cath
olics in Cuba and Philippines will en-
Joy the same ample liberty as the
Catholics in America. Provisional gov
ernments will not be permitted to
seize ecclesiastical property or despoil
converts.
The London Daily News, comment
ing upon recent gun trials at Sandy
Hook, says: 1.-THE Americans have
only to give their minds to it to be-
come the first artillerists in the world.
lA fact, an American artillerist on the
war path deserves the most serious
notice of all whom it may concern"
President Mckinley visited the In
dustrial institute at Tuskegee, Ala,
on the 10th, and addressed the as
sembled students and populace, and,
later went to Montgomery. where he
addressed the general assembly of the
state, in joint session. At both places
he was received With enthusiasm.
A Madrid dispatch Of the 18th said
a report had been received from Hava-
ma TINT Gen. Maximo Gomez. the Gu.
ban patriot leader, was dead,
Grant G. Gillett, the absconding cat
tie plunger of Woodbine, Kas., and his
attorney. G. K. Troxel, who decamped
with him. left the City of Mexico, on
TIM 10th, for Vera Cruz. where they