Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-10-21
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ton on the 18th. All but three of the I
clergy of that rank attended.
Col. A. S. Frost, First South Dakota
volunteers, has been appointed major
Of the Thrty-uinth volunteer regi-
ment.
In reply to the formal inquiry of Sir
Alfred Milnelgoycrnor Of Cape Colony
and British high commissioner in
South Africa, President Steyn of the
Orange Free State announces that the
state will make common cause with
the Transyaal.
Formal declaration of war has been
Illuminated by the Transyaal govern
meat against England, and the Orange
Free State, by formal proclamation Of
President Steyn, has joined its lot
with that of the South African repub-
lie
Brigham II. Roberts, the Mormon
congrc ssman-elcct is said to be in hid
inc in Brooklyn, at the eastern head
quarters of the Mormon church, pre-
sided over by Leader Snow, son OF the
head of the Mormon church.
Vermont gave welcome to AdmiraI
Devey,on the 12th, at Montpelier, with
a parade and a reception at the state
house. The weather was perfect, and
70 OOp visitors joined with the heros
townsmen in the celebration. Never be-
fore has there been such masSing OF
cple and so elaborate demonstra-
tom in the history of Vermont.
William ]. Bryan, on the night OF
the 18th, at Angus, Ia, received teIe-
prnu from New York notifying him OF
the resolutions passed by the demo
cratic state committee Of the Empire
state recognizing him as the leader OF
the national democracy and the logical
standard-bearer in 1900
Thousands of Tcnnessccans attend'
cd the presentation of a handsome
sword TO Lieut.. Valentine Sewer Nell
son of Knoxville, Tenn, on the l2tlh
who was with Dewey on the Olympia
nj the battle of Manila bay.
Pearl Hart the female stage rohher'
,ncarccrated at Tucson, Ariz, awaiting
trial on an indictment in the United
States court, broke Jail, on the morn
ing of the 18th, by cutting "A l5-nca
opening through the wall ten feet
above the level of her cell floor. 1t Is
supposed she had a confederate and
i; o++irpd i'm male attire.
On the morning of the 4th tbs
Scotsman Of Edinburgh, asserted that'
hattie had taken place between ten
Sir George Stewart White. command
inc the forces in Natal, and tie Beers
who entered Natal by way Of Rcenan
mss, Gen. White, the report added
was very sanguine of success
James Bish, a popular young man o
Fort Scott. llas., on the 18TH shot III
! gtiianced Miss Clara Stainbtook AM
+, a.; She fell, Bish sent a bullet into h,
o,,r brain. killing himself. The youh
woman will recover. They had qua
rrIcd over the date of their wedding.
The sixth annual convention O
. American Railway Surgeons opened
Omaha. Neh.. on the 18th.
: \ train on the Northwestern, linn
:, 81 ont Of Chicago. on the night OF tn
:. 13th. was held UP at DekaNh, Ill., IN
= enoirccr shot and severely WOUNDED
a thc express car and safe dNnamIte'
9 md the latter ritlcd of its contents,
The Cape Town correspondent OF II
London Daily Mail tcIcgranhing' Q
II thc 18th. said. II learn on good a
e thoritv that the Beers are attacklr
d Matching. They are reported to ha'
Re suffered severe repulses,
a, Rural free delivery service will
If established ON the 23d at paycnpo'
Il, la., covering 20 square miles OF teri
x tory.
The ocean steamer Porto REQ W
launccd at Toledo, O., on the l+th'
> Craig's ship yard, and at once start
n for New York to enter the coast tra
IL between that city and Porto heo' >
es was built for the Porto Rico Steamsn
a. CO.
OF A thrcshing engine belonging
er Pc1cr Anderson. II miles southeast
Sc Triton, S. d.. blew up, ON the l"'
killing four men and seriously inj'
inc one more. Two of the dead m
- were negroes
+" The British ship st. Enoch, fro
VI Panama, for San Francisco, was gu
M ed. en- the 18th, as overdue, Is per &c
H. reinsurance being offered on the ri
~, The Forty-eighth United States
-, 40 fantry (coloreD, mobilizin% at f'
y" Thomas, KY, was filed to its ma
mum on the 18th.
". c. Hamilton, a millionaire III
H. herman of Fond du Lac, WIS., dieo'
n tie 18th, of apopleNy,
rn' Six men blew open the vaults at
-, Schell City (Mo) bank, early on
~. morning of the 18th, and stole w.
nc AT Sevierville, Tenn, the same hls
Nj three masked men attempted to ro
bank, One was killed, one was won
ed and the other committed sulclu'
the Beers derailed an armored IT
mr.. south of Mafel<ing, on the l2th' shei
.o,l the wrechage and killed 10 British
ers diers, taking many prisoners ana
du. curing several big guns. This was
nm. first blood in the war.
md The headquarters of the pomlhl
,er. friars in Manila were searched an
in number OF Mausers and some amrn'
tion secured. The friars protested
guns were not kept for unlawful
So poses.
Ierr German otficialdom seems IN
the haste to clear the mystery surrot
me- ing the African agreement WIN
orr GLAND. The Agrarian and Pan-'
en- manic press do not conceal 'he'r
real melons that the government is keel
me, the agreement secret because 1t II
vote n bad bargain, undertaking appare
that it has cffectually tied Germa
hands,
Brit Niedringhaus Bros, of ST. IL
lew have closed a deal by which they
vaal AKA 600 acres of minera ! and I'm
Jude land TO the Tennessee Central KAN
have Co. The land lies along the line OF
will rond in Fentress, Cumberland
this otber counties, The considerable