Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-01-07
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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he 29th. from England. with Lady
'urzon and their children.
King Humbert of Italy has signed a
decree amnestying or reducing the
of the rioters who took
part in the disturbances last spring
About 700 persons who were sentenced
by court martial and about 1000 who
we're condemned by civil courts, have
been liberated but all rccldiyists or
hahitual criminals, have been excluded
from the benefits of the decree.
Former Coy. Merriam, OF Minnesota,
is said TO be slated to succeed Secre-
tary Hitchcock as ambassador to Rus
sia.
1t is reported that the efforts to
revive the Ohio coal pool have utterly
failed.
The San Antonio, Tex, office of the
Wells Fargo Co. suffered big loss by |
robbery on the 18th. 1t is said that |
|S6o. 900 in currency and $500 in gold
|was taken. The delivery clerk. who
ltyas intrusted with delivering the
money. is missing.
| Eight busincssh houses were destroyed
and six stores damaged by lire al
| N,crln. O.. Oh the 2ath; loss, S5O,00o.
Commodorc j. W. Philip, late cap
tam of the baitleship Texas, will as
supc command of the Brooklyn navy
laB1.
| The British steamer Glen Avon, capt.
ritlic. which sailed for London from
llony Kong. on the 10Th, has been
wrecked.
III. friends Of Lizzie Skinner. who
WAS stabbed TO death at Hloomheio,
Ind. on the 10Th, by DR.. Gray. formed
n mob. on the 30th. and intended to
lyptb the murderer, but were outWlt-
fed Ibv the officers, DR.. Gray being
spir ted away.
Fire broke out in q cigar store on
Gov vrnment street. in the very heart
; of lictoria. Il. G.. on the 3Oth, ana
: aai.sd damage to the amount OF Sjo'-
GOO. The fire department was al an
; cutlying suburb, and much valuap'e
time was lost.
The Spanish government considers
that the prospect OF the release o'
, ,he Spanish prisoners in the fhillp-
, pim islands is very disconrnglng.
- The Spanish government decided Oh
,bc soth. 10 send additional funds &c
Cu,a for the repatriation of the span
=, ish troops remaining there.
u HE work of relieving the suffering
i in snba is proceeding all along th'
Gnh The government having the matter
=, in fhargc. ,.
'fhc assertions made by Gen. Mile
- baked up by the reports OF variou
oHtcrs in connection with the nee
& furnished by the contractors for IN
? ms Of the army in Cuba and fort
" Rlo, have led to the appointments @
= loord of officers to investigate III
~ entire subject.
the Merritt 4 Chapman Nreckln
Co.'s outfit arrived nj Santiago lup'
on the 30th, TO raisc the former oPa'
!" ;eI cruiser Reina Mercedes, which wa
" s,,l on ,hc edge Of the channel lea'
ny IN. to Santiago harbor during the mrs
'' hdnbor,Iment of the Santiago form
". cd ions by Admiral SIMPSONS squa'
IN rm. ,,. n,
" Eb,rles Willard. desperate chara
,e shot and killed Sheriff j. W. Wil
-, iabs and Deputy lamers at neas'"
=, or. on the 30th,and wounded iep"'
r NA,er and was himself killed by sta
w. sna,or Fulton. Willard was suspec
,aa ed of burning Senator Fulton sMo, SUI
~, uAr nottare after robbing II, ana u
~ odcers were searching his house i
af. stlcn goods. ,,n;.,
:" Ebc losses by fire in the onlt'
Sites during 1Sos aggregated $',
in. ,.ia67 as compared with Sl2l'oo'''
icy nas9'. -,
ms t,s pntkin's lawyers do not pr
of no., to accept as final the verd'c'
In thdiurv finding her guilty OF the MI
the dctof Mrs. Dunning, but VIII MAKE
our elsd.t 10 obtain new trial ana ~
rth. sibl reversal Of the Judgment
Red The MAYORS of severalcities throut
out the country issued requests 10
citi.ns TO display the national nag
q a theIst in honor OF the formal eVac'
'tei' ,iobot Cuba by the Spanish goSe
hat "oIoi
ans men. A.. -
ans sitistics show that, during the y
. pe iustended, the total number OF ia
wy casIlties in this country was '''','
~ ~ foll&ys: Explosives, 6a9; mlnes'
IN. fallig buildings, etc. '''' .o'ha'
- - andItorms, 50a; lightning zoo
notwithstanding the war betw
.ha ln;ted States and Spain, the
he'd, Of Il h upon the field OF bai.le m o"l
ndcr 1sosLas been smaller than for sew
nix" xe.1 The total is estimated al
that 600 Is compared with 1oa,f5l IN
, far Th loss of life by railroad acc'd'
MS durib 1893 was 3,590, as comp
rtion u;thb -6l in 1897. The number OF
The sonslscriously injured was solo
tatcs conhred with a.4ss in 1877.
prop ThI total numoer VI
ed t)roughout the United ',,. s,a.e'
1898 las $500. as compared WIN
ial's- in ,b7. OF this number 4'''o
&c as maid and l,634 females. i.
y "a D,hng the year just closed :
ie as vcrd 7.sio murders reported ~. y,
gov Ihit|d states against $3.50 III 10
every ln, I..,a,, decrease.
'he IDahel Ia Forte, known ny ms ~ =,
y w aamc ms Tc-IIes-La, presiae"' % "
cip'es s,x Nations. and q principai ~
~ y tusc sf Onondnga inolans 80
.yphu Royd Thachcr' N me Sup Sup
q A sourtSf New York, Tor 'ne 1e.'
a ~ ii waNpum, died, on INC ls'' r. :
and iqrmhoVsc on the reservatlo", : = :
q ths % yearsVld. and is survived y :
rs,l q ow and trandson, wn'cn a''s. g,
,rpad succeed lsps AS chief ot wy 80