Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-07-07
'OPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

NEWS IkUM Nv I'm W uuuh,
4 PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
srbe Italian armored cruiser Nettor
ssani, and the protected cruisers
&romboli and Ncsuyio were, on the
b. ordered to Chinese waters.
8Tbe composite brigade OF $500 men
H. raised the investment OF ,lien Tsin
H. pushed on to help Admiral Sey-
Noun has probably saved him, but the
%ws had not, up to the 27th, reached
H. Foo, the nearest telegraph point.
8persons going into the Kiowah-Co-
aanchc and Apache Indian reserva-
h. for the purpose OF acquiring
Mineral lands will be elected as soon
krs" and kept off the reservation until
Il is formally declared open to settle
ncnt by presidential proclamation.
n Scyanty-one millions of silver dol
h.. coined to represent the last issue
Il silver certificates, have just been
transferred from the old mint, in Phil
Mlephia, to the new bullion building
Il that city, the vaults of which have
i capacity of 11O,O0O,000 silver collars,
N General heavy rains were reported,
n the 2ith, as having fallen in Wiston-
4n. Minnesota and North and South
bpkota The rain came at an oppor-
&,ne time in the last-named states, and
y is believed the wheat crop can now
Ii saved.
&Ex-Goy. Taylor and wife, of Kentuc-
N, reached indianapolis, Ind, from
BE- cast, on the 27th. Taylor had
baycd off his moustache, and his APP
earancc was much changed. lie
boked i'll,
d a severe storm swept over southern
Indiana, on the G1th, and creeks were
Nolcn and many bridges swept away,
fhe wheat crop was almost totally de-
6roycd and other crops were dam
1ged.
n A spark entered a dust collector in
D. factory Of the Standard Starch
b., at knkakec, ILL.,, on the 27th, and
&uscd an explosion that injured six
sirls employed in the packing depart
hcnt and a boy, who was blown from
\ second-story window
il Miles Ogle, the celebrated counter
Ritter, died, on the 21th, at Mount
tarmel hospital, Columbus, o., aged &C
fears A wife and several children IT.
Die at ST, Louis, but they have been
ktraugcd for many years.
4 The navy department received ca
tcgrum from Rear-Admiral KempiT,
b the 21tL at 'he Foo, saying:
*rcIin force and ministers reported
Min Pehin rclicicNpcdition, intrcnchcd
&gbt miles from rien Tsin."
II Six children were injured one fa-
&lIy, and the house of Ed Bullard,
hrmer wrecked by most peculiar
and destructive freak of storm, two
Piles south Of Whiting, Ia, on the
Eth Lightning struck the house, and
\ was demolished as if blown up by
Enamtc.
II A terrific wind storm struck Pender,
Rcb., on the eth, doing considerable
Amagc. One larg, barn was wrecked,
nc railrond depot was partially un-
roled and tclcgraphic wires were
bIoWn down. Several houses were part
n umoofcd. Other towns in the path
n The wind suffered also.
n Horace Scdger, a well-known the.
Nrical manager, and his wife, Ethel,
n actress, were arraigned and remand
q at the Bow Street Uondon) police
Furt, on the 2Sth, on the charge of
n 4auduIcntlyobtaining goods by means
worthless checks.
4 the New York board of health has
1neclded to thoroughly disinfect the
q 4hnesc quarters in Manhattan, Brook
- Il and Concy Island, as a measure of
recaulion against the plague.
IA he colorado state board of health
EoNlSes the maintenance of the quaran-
ne against Chinese and japanese on
ecout of bubonic plague at san
Francisco.
" ifol Ferdinand Won Ritchoflen has
2cen appointed director of the newly
aOhshed Museum of Occanography
Berlin.
II AT the permanent automobile ex-
osItlon in Berlin, applications for
pace nave been so numerous that an
laIgcment OF the original area was
ecessary.
Z When the British ship Hudson leaves
r. port Of Philadelphia, for Japan,
"a l'nlh few days, She will carry am oil
'an' the first ever shipped to that
country.
queen Victoria win present TO the
IA uhlclpaIity of Dublin, in memory of
i recent visit, gold loving cup,
eghlng lGO ounces.
"'dShed robbcr started through
ullman ear on the Omaha-B Billings
''n oh the Burlington after leaving
iN' Neo'' soon after midnight on the
Oin'ng OF the 2Sth. He got two
a,eneS and $40, but became alarmed,
'''eu 'he air brake and left the srain
lO.c completing his work.
rsldent of the United States.
ne committee which was appointed
Une ,lme ago for the purpose of rails.
3 luhd Tor the benefit of Mrs. Guv
henry the widow of Gen. Henry,
.ne united States army, met in New
'"' oI the 2Sth, and the treasuter's
port showed that there was on Land
bout $lS,5Oo ''' va ''''iO
" o'ratton, the Bonanza king,
uonated 100000 cash toward SO.
% ning the location at Colorado
1,'es n OF the national home of the
" OF Ellts, which will soon be
ee'ed at cost of $4,000 A suitable
r. uui'ional cash will be offe red
o,'t ntt'orado Springs citizens.
ma I"olna n is shipping several trou.
or,t oushels of peaches dav TO
t,ri,e ern cities, and the people of the
- r,n n'Vry are reveling in the luscious
= Wv IRON six to ten inches in circnm.
busbol ~ IRON 10 cents to so cents a
une e'1, 10 Teaches have been ripe since