Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

against Aguinaldo's armed horde
have been conquering peace as rapid
~ and effectively as the means a
hand permitted. The president is wis'
in leaving the affair to the discretion
of these commanders, who are famil
lar with the situation.
The first anniversary of the sink
ing of the Maine in the harbor of liza
vana was observed in many cities o
this country, on the 18th, by the fly
ing of flags at half mast, and othei
evidences of the gricf of the people n
the treacherous taking off of 266 gal
liant American senmen.
The United States transport Val
crcia arrived at San Francisco. on TN,
18th, 33 days from Manila, with Gj sol
diers on board of whom 10 were sen
hCmc on sick leave, and the remainder
on furlough, or whose terms of en-
listment had expired
Luther NJ. Kinney, a farmer, aget
about 55 years, was found dead burie,
in the snow, near his home at Norwich
Conn, on the 18th.
Robert Cole and his wife, two oil,
residents of Metropolis, Ill.,, were bur
led in the same grave on the 17th
Cole was cousin of Frank and jess,
James and of the Younger Brothers
They visited him there several times
under assumed names.
On the 18th the Colorado house o
Representatives rejected the ma jori',
report of the special committee ap
pointed to investigate the condition o
affairs at the state asylum for the in
sane, which eXonerated the supcrin
tcndent, DR.. 7. L. Thombs, and by ;
vote of A. TO 10 adopted the minorit,
report. demanding the superintend
ent's removal.
Col. Marcus =. Miller of the Thirt
regiment of artillery has been NOM;
mated to be brigadier general in thu
regular army. Gen. Miller command
ed the military forces which captured
the city of Ilolo without the loss of ,
man, and his promotion is in recogni
tion of meritorious services on that oc
cason.
Charles Chapman Baclus, one of thu
organizers of the American Express
Co., died in New York city, on the 18th
aged So years.
1t has been decided in Madrid tt
postpone the sale of the floating doc(
at Havana. the offers received not be
ing acceptable.
On the 10th Frank Parker, ex-conn
ty treasurer of Vernon county, Mo,
was arrested on a charge of embezzlinG
$4,000.
Statement of the condition of the
treasury issued February 16: Avala
BILE cash balance. $272 100000; gold re
serve, 7,55l,4 ,454.
Brig. Gen. Miller will be relieved
from command of the American troops
at llolo before his retirement next
month. and Maj.-Gen. Lawton. now Ell
route to the Philippines will, in al
probability, be assigned to succeed
him.
The Finnish professor of the Chris
tiania Norway university has re-
ceived a telegram from friend in
Krasnoyersk, which says that after
thoroughly investigating the source OF
information he is convinced that
there is no truth whatever in the re-
port that the bodies of Andree and
companions had been found.
The administration has determined
rapidly to extend the jurisdiction oi
the United States over the whole OF
the Philippine group, acting on the
theory that delay in this ease is dan
gerous and that anarchy and general
paralysis of such interests ns the Is
lands support will be brought abou'
through failure to act promptly
The transport Sheridan, in addition
to about 1,500 regular troops, carries
out to Manila a miscellaneous cargo
calculated to advance the cause OF
civilization in the Philippines, among
other things church organ, sent by
the Wowan's Army and Navy league
at Washington, and quantity OF am
munition fu. quick firing guns.
Emperor William of Germany, on
the 18th, telegraphed his condolences
to Nine. Faure, and directed the Ger
man ambassador at Paris, Count Won
Misunderstanding, to place wreath
on the dead presidents coffin and "a
announce that his majesty would send
a special mission to represent him al
the funeral.
The agent of the Adams Express Co
at Baldwin, o., upon instructions IRON
the company, opened a box that had
lain in the Office of the company, un'
delivered, for II months. TO find thn'
Il contained u human body. The box
was addressed to DR.. Limerick. VINO
has not lived nj Baldwin for u dozen
years, and with whom comm'nica'ioll
las been lost The coroner was nou
aed.