Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-01-21
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Gen, Carpenter. at Puerto Principe
CUBA, is forming Il rural police force
under the command of Col Braula
Pcna
In the course of his testimony be.
iCrc the army investigation commits.
sion Gen. Eagan called Ma, Zen. Miles
commanding the army, "liar, who
lied in his throat. lied in his heart,
lied in every part of his body, who
perpetrated Il gross scandal and who
should be drummed ont of the serYct
and imprisoned, and should be avoided
by every honest man and barred from
every club
At the annual meeting OF the Penn
syNania commandery of the Military
Order of Foreign Wars Of the United
States. it was voted unanimously tr
present Rear-Admiral Dewey. with the
gold insignia of the order. which the
United States government allows to b.
worn BY officers of the army and navy
4 fire which broke out at 7:3Oo'cloch
Oh the night of the l2th, in the whole
sale and retail dry goods house of the
j. 5. Menkcn Co., at Memphis, Tenn.
caused an estimated loss of half q
million dollars up to . Il. m. of the
12th. and the fire was not under con
troll at that hour.
Ma Gen. Breckinrdge has been or.
Il t, to, 4 ~
la and Porto Rico on an inspection
trip which will last many months. A
a further mark of the disapproval OF
the war department, he has been di
rcctcd to report to Ma .-Gen. Brooke
whom he is alleged to have offended
during the war.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has offered to
give S2j0.000 TO erect a building for 9
public library for Washington, pro,
vided congress would furnish site
and provide suitable maintenance. moi
less than $4,000 per annum. Steps
will be taken at once to secure the
needed legislation.
The eunboat Yorktown sailed from
San Francisco. on the 18th, for Manila
She will repcnish her coal bunkers a
Honolulu and then 90 on To Guam be
fore proceeding to Manila.
\ boy of II years of age was found
dead of starvation on Delmonte street
Havana. on the 10TH Corporal Hunter
of Co. A. Tenth regiment, found the
body on a pile of stones with sone
candles at its head, placed there by
strange hands.
.\dyices from Lexington. Va. say
that William l.. Wilson, eX-congress'
man and president of the Washington
and hee' university, at Lexington. has
been offered the presidency of Yale
college and that he win accept the 20.
sition.
\ combination of chewing gum man
ufacturers of tac United States was
practically consummated, on the 18th,
when the last contracts necessary tc
algamation were executed in New
York city. The capital involved in this
combination amounts to about SIS,
000, 900. Six firms have signed con
tracts.
Jennie Ward, a modiste, died at
Marette, Wis, on the 18th, practically
of slow suicide. -Four weeks before
she went to .hc Menominee hospital
determined to die. made her will. and
absolutely refused to take any medi-
cine or allow the physicians to do
anything for her. A love affair is said
to have caused her action.
The statement of the condition OF
The treasury issued onthe 18th showed;
Available cash balance, $a90,S0l,321;
gold reserve, $.37.259,166.
Brig. .-Gen. Charles p, Eagan, com
missary genral of subsistence OF the
army. will make a formal apology to-
the war investigation commission for
the vituperative language employed
by Lin before that body in his dis
cuss,on of the conduct of Maj.-Gen.
Miles.
Rerorts are current in Washington
that the Chicago packing interests are
working behind screen to under
mine Gen. Nelson A. Miles and to|
bring about his retirement from the
army. They do not, however, dare to
attack him in the open.
Robert G. Lambe, ex-mayor OF Car
lyle, ILL.,, was convicted, at Salem, on
two counts charging forgery and cm-
bezzlement. The cases came up in the
Marion county circuit court on a
change of venue from Clinton county.
Sentence was deferred
For one small flower, new species
OF pink carnation, the sum Of $4,000
has been offered by representatives OF
Harlow N. IIigginbotham, OF Chicag-
go, who was president OF the Colum.
bian exposition, and who distinguished
himself by appearing in evening dress
at a midday reception given TO the
lnfanta Eulalia. Tie price is said 10
be the highest ever offered for carna'
ton,