Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-08-13
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

N''N 80 ~ '''t'A II III IilN DtItullti, DllJ |
have this to say, IN conclusion, that
every drop of blood in my body on the
afternoon of the Sd of July was sing
ing thanks and praise to Almighty God
for the victory we had won"
lF the Spanish government shall con-
t'uue to accept the United States
terms, it is understood that NJ. Cam
bon, the French ambassador, will re-
ceive authority to act for Spain in the
matter OF details.
TELEGRAPHlC communication with
Ponce was rcopened, on the I'd, under
censorship at Ponce by the United
States government.
A RAlslN trust is being formed in San
Francisco
The Spanish newspapers at Ponce,
Porto Rico, profess loyalty to the Amer
leans. The most rabd Spanish publ
cation of them all, La Dcmocracia, is
sued an address to the philharmonic
ing the demise of the paper under its
present name aud giving notice that
it would appear under the name of the
Courier, with n section printed in En-
glish.
THREE persons killed and IL injured
is the record of fire that occurred in
the Berwyn hotel, Chicago on the lst,
The fire started in bicycle repair shop
ad djoining the hotel, and spread so rap
idly that the egress Of the people in
the upper stories was cut off.
ROBERT ELLIS, while oiling the ma,
chinery in the Missouri Electric Light
& Power Co S house in st. Louis, where
he was employed, OF the I'd, allowed
his hand to come in contact with an
electric accumulator and was instantly
killed.
ADJr. gen. CoRBlN, at the dirccticI
Of the secretary OF war, issued an or
der, on the I'd, granting sick and
wounded soldiers at hospitals, when
able to travel, one months furlough
and transportation to 80 to then
homes.
GEORGE Ton. a wealthy resident OF
New York city, committed suicide, on
the I'd, by jumping from tenth-story
window in the Hotel Majestic. Mr.
Tod had been sufferer from melan-
cholia for some time.
WAsmINGroN, lad, was visited by a
heavy storm On the %. Much damage
was done to buildings and crops. Miss
Mary Hendricks was instantly killed
at the orphans home by chimney
falling on her.
Six petitions have been lodged
against the return of members of the
British Columbia Legislative assembly,
five government and one opposition.
The grounds alleged are bribery and
corruption.
A BRICK and stone business block in
Frankfort, Ind, occupied by Il newly
organized social club, was destroyed by
an explosion of dynamite on the lst'
THE battleshp Texas was placed in
dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard or
the I'D. An examination showed that
except for a slight dent in her keel,
made by striking coral reef off Dry
Tortugas, she is in very fair condition.
MRS JANE FISH, of Georgetown, Col. ,
who was on preliminary examination
charged with poisoning her husband
on December last, was discharged by
Justice Woodward on the I'd.
II is reported that Mr.. George N,
Curzon, the parliamentary secretary OF
the British foreign Office, has accepted
the office of viceroy of India, in success
sion to the earl of Elgin.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VANDERBILT is
now sending to subscribers to the war
loan about 5000 bonds day. and TINS
number will be increased later on.
Ir is asserted in Washington, that as
the result of a cabinet conference on
the night of the Sd, it was determined
to hold Manila city, bay and surround
ing territory permanently, and tha'
Spain had been so notified In response
to one of her queries a..
THE statement Of the condition ol
the treasury, issued on the I'D, showed
Available cash balance, S'oi'935' ls'
gold reserve, $3.50, ,095.
THE Cherokee Legislature met in ex
tra session at Tahlequah, |. T., OF
the 3d, to consider means for conform
ing to the Curtis bill, and to make ar
rungement for fighting the Delaware
claim.
THE California state board OF trad'
has adopted resolution asking fres'
dent Mckinley to appoint citizen o
the Pacific coast on the peace commls
sion which is to decide upon the futur'
disposition of the Philippine islands.
THE princess of Wales has gone !.
Copenhagen, leaving her husband w,t'
broken kneecap on board his yacn
at Osborne. Gossip has it that TN
cause of the princess trip home to Den
mark is the presence at Cowes of TN
coutess of Warwick, the only woman
in England the princess is jealous Oh
| UP to latest accounts Old Glory wa
floating, unopposed, in nine Porto III
cun cities, and half Of the island is nov
practically United States territory
Everywhere the American soldiers al
received with open arms, the SPANS
troops scurrying away in the direc'io
of San Juan. +.
ONE Of SPANS urgent requests J.
connection with the evacuation OF ouo'
and Porto Rico was that she be ailowe
to remove all arms and movable nun,
tions OF war from territory not ac'ua
ly occupied by the United states
BY consent of the war departmeh
Spain has made arrangements to sen
$3.50, 1000 in specie TO her prisoner 10
diers at Santiago. None OF the trans
ports for the removal Of the prisoner
had arrived up to the Sd
THE steamer Hiawatha, when wen
out in search Of bodies from the bou'
gogne, put into Canso, Nova Scotia Q Q
the lth, having found 80 bodies an
buried them. She sailed again TO COZ
tinue the search