Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-10-20
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Marshal Count Won Waldersee's head.
quarters, in Tien Tsin, of the reyolu.
uonary movement at Canton. A false
alarm, on the 7th, caused the Chinese
officials there to protest against any
occupation of Chinese territory. The
Yang Use viceroys, the dispatch adds,
I openly affirm that they will onpose
any advance of the Germans into
Shang Tung province.
1t is understood that the finsl dis
! position of the silvcr-some S275,0OO
in amount-talien by the American
marines at the capture of Tien Tsin.
may be determined by congress. In
the meantime the silver is being treat
ed as trust fund, of which the gov
ernment is the custodian, until a de-
termination is reached as to its right
full disposition.
Patrick Murphy, "The Father OF
Joplin, Mo, died at his home in that
city on the 18th. He was born in Ire
land in 1S40, During he civil war he
was a government freightcr, and,
later, became interested in Colorado
mining He was the first settler in
what is now Joplin.
Poor-Adr,;ro1 cilo. Ca..,. ., .....
ent commandant at League Island
navy ward has hoen eaIootoa - .s',,',' ',',
coed Roor. AIrniraI AIhon+ Go,,., w. 'o>
commander of tbe paoien atnt,'.' ,4 90
pnon tba loHor,s ratiraan4 y, '.1D t1'
ueor futnre
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nonncod that bo I'm ,l,,,',,,.l' "ah' n"' . "iy
,..,,.a1, r,.,,'' p'' N'i''o0 '"o
send them in Quest Of tho ror+b nala
durino tbe summer of toot
Alhnrt y Croor Of 4ta aou.,,,..,
Office has Noon soIaotod = No. ati,s H. ~ ~
tbe new division Of forastru 80 .t,a
interior dan,rtmont o,+hasi.a1 -,
tbe 1ne+ conrro.s
A dispatch from Hong Konc do+od
tbe 12th n, saws. "AdmiraI IIo is nnr'
suing the rebels in an aae+arly diroo.
ton from San Chm"
The Modern brotherhood of Amori-
ca will hold IFS next convention ot
Sioux Falls. s. D.. in 1901
Failures for the week ended on the
12th, as reported by r. G. Dun G. Go
were 233 in the United States. against
1Gl last year, and 30 in Canada, against
27 last year.
A Shanghai dispatch. dated the nth.
says the Chinese Customs bank has
remitted 100000 taels to the imperial
treasury, and is preparing to send
more.
William j. BRYAN addressed nm nm.
dience at Ann Arbor. durino bie tonr
of Micbigan. on thc 1ttb and ,,,s
compelled to submit to considerable
iollying by tbc universitv st,,lan+s
who were ont in force befora. heina
permitted to po ON with his .,,oo,l,
Two despcrafe cop,icts ot tba 1o,-
pesscr penitentiary made doring
and novel escapc from tb,t nstiln.
tion. ON thc eyrninn of tho mn bv
slidinp down tolonbone ,y;ros : ro,,,
tbe tom of = tbrea-storv bnir,b,,, =,
noint ouside of tbe ,yal,s NV r,e,n.
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ware rccanturod
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,io,, oro die,,rr.ol ,,i1, a., -.
condi,io, of the r,tfro counts of Ma
rfo md intond 70 snhstitnto banos+
Amaricans from tho Tnited Stat.
for. ,ho native ,,or;.tr,tos Ar,ocioa,.
h,y;,o - Lnovlcdoo Of Sno,i,h oro
nrofor,od hnt thoy oro +l,a hordos+ +o
secure.
An official ordor b,s baor iss,,od b,.
Socretor, Of Var panordo Revas ~
Naxino e>nolIing from tba army Mai
Corlos Closs tho rronnds for tba ey-
,nlsiop boirr thaf tho oficcr madc
nubl;c statements in +be nresence of
his suneriors derhpofory to thp insti.
tutions of Mexico.
Eleven speculotors connected with
the omen hoard of trade. in Chicago, |
were arrested. on the 18TH. in a room
known os olast call court" the gen
eral charge being gambling in grain.
The raid was made at the instigation
of several members of the regular
board of trade.
II wos announced nj Summit n. J..
nm tbe NIGHT of the 18th. by the chief
of police that William Schreiber, the
nj obscondino clerk Of the Elizabethport
Banking Co.. whose pcculations reach
ed the sum of nearly $110,000 had been
arrested at New Providence, n. j.
judge George GRAY, former United
States senator from Delaware, and a
democrat. has been selected by Presi.
dent Mckinley to represent the Unit
ed States. with ex-President Harrison,
ON The Hague permanent arbitration
tribunal.
II is announced that the Chicago &
Alton company will, within one wear,
pxnend s30o 600 mon the reconstruc
lion. enlargement and refitting of the