Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

'' -" '"''i N'lt VI iE,tl3; LORD |
(dem), aO,3l3; republican plurality,
33OsO.
The Transyaal republic win hence.
forth be known as the Vaal River col.
ony.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived
at Seattle, Wash, on the 18th, from
Skagway with III passengers and
S6jo,O00 in gold.
1t is reported from Norwich that
the Standard Oil Co. is irving to oh.
tain control of the Cheshire salt
trade
Latest estimates of the property
losses by the great Texas storm, place
the aggregate amount at $4O.00O0OO.
The total area involved in the an
thracite miners strike is 472 square
miles, with an annual output of 75,-
100000 tons, employing 148,O00 miners
and breaker hands Hundreds of train
crews will be forced into idleness.
The anthracite miners have issued
statement of their grievances,
which, on its face, shows them to be
the victims of gross injustice at the
hands of the operators. Some Of the
abuses complained of are violations
Of the laws of Pennsylvania.
Owing to the utter impossibility of
giving proper burial to the dead at
Galveston, hundreds of bodies have
been burned in pyres formed of the
debris of wrecked buildings. This
course was rendered necessary by
reason of the rapid decomposition OF
the unrecognized remains.
Lord Roberts is making a concSn-
trated movement on Komatepoort,
and has left Pretoria in order to di.
rect it personally, Lydenburg was
apparently abandoned as soon as cap
tured, the British forces going in hot
pursuit of the remnant of the Boer
army, eastward toward the Portu.
guesc frontier.
Fire, on the 18th, destroyed the en-
tire plant owned by the McMorran
Milling Co., the Port Huron and
Northwestern Elevator Co. and D. Nc
| Moran a. Co., at Port Huron, Mich,
The loss viii reach $22j,0O0; covered
by insurance. One hundred and fifty
thousand bushels of grain is a total
! loss.
Returns received from all but two
of the j21 cities, towns and planta
tions in Maine show the following
vote for governor: Hill (rep.), 49,.
1856; Lord Cdem.), 30,911; Rogers
(pro,), 31O7; Lermond (socialis0
455; republican plurality 33,2l5,
A conservative estimate places the
devastated district of Galveston AT
1900 acres, which was swept almost
clean of habitations, and the fnan-
cial loss to the city and surrounding
towns is estimated at $40 100000
Apropos of looting at Galveston
the best evidence tends to show that
between fifty and sixty men were
killed by the regulars and militia, un'
der the citizens committee, within A,
hours One sergeant in Can't, Raf
fertv's BATTERY o. First artillery
killed three men whom he caught IN
the act of taking rings from the
bodies of women.
If Dom Paul Kruger leaves hi,
refuge at Lorenzo Marquee for Eu
rope he will have to go without hi.
wife. as the latter has responded to 3
request to Join him that her health
would not permit it,
George L. Gregory, superintendent
of the San Jose correctional school
at Havana, is dead of yellow fever
He had been there since july IA, il
the employ of the state. lie was
native of Whittier, Cal. His widow
and four children are in Havana.
According to the correspondent o
the London Daily Telegraph, Mr.
Kruger is virtually a prisoner IN TIT
residence of the district governor a
Lourenzo Marquee. This is at the in
stance of the British consul, who pro
tested apaipst Mr.. Kruger usin!
Portuguese territory as a base TO
directing his executive.
1be Cerman Methodist conference
or a., q Louie district composed o
oaiaaont nortiops of Iowa. Nlissour
and Illinois. in session at Burlington
L. ~ on thn IAN decided TO hold tn
."' W ,,,foronoo in 81 Touis
MA st,tement Of the treasury bal
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ai,isior of redemption. on the 14tf
ua,,a,oI uhn,,,od. Available cash balance
: S'es sso 7s-. cold s73694.654.
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= Failures for the week ended tn
15th as reported by II. G. Dun & Go
we're 1o5 in the United States agains
,aolost wear. and 30 in Canada agains
80 last wear.
Gen. James S. Martin, of Salem, Ill
q was. on the 14th, reelected, for tn
twelfth time, commander at tn
Southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailor
+ reunion.
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