Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-08-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

PERSONAL AND GENERAL a
The prince and princess of Wales :
left London, on the 18th for HON. ,
burg. Immense throngs awaited
their arrival at the Liverpool station ,
and cheered them along the thorough ,
fares through which they passed ,
They are expected TO return Septem-
Der /.
The depot battalion of the Eighth
u. S. A., started from Fort
Mimi, on the 18th, for China,
via san Francisco, under command of
Maj. w. L. Pitcher, There were 500
men in line.
Forest fires are burning east of
Col, in an area from five
to twenty-five miles wide, and de.
stroying valuable timber, mine ma.
chinery and buildings. The monetary
damage will run into the millions OF
dollars.
A dispatch from London, on the
18th, said: THE consensus of opinion
expressed by the morning papers
tends to the belief that the legations
at Pekin are now safe with the allies
The steamer Monarch, with 1850
horses for the British army in South
Africa, cleared from New Orleans
on the 10th, for Cape Town.
John Pritzlaif, of Milwaukee, one OF
the largest wholesale hardware mer.
chants in the west and well-known
throughout Wisconsin, died, on the
10th, of diabetes, aged so years.
The department of state has been
notified by Minister Buck, at Toxic,
that the japanese government has
given permission to the United States
government to establish United
States hospital on japanese territory
wherever the United States govern
nent may select a site.
Ii Hung Chang made an abject APP
peal to Washington for a halt at
Tung-Chow and an armistice, pend
ing peaceful negotiation, in order to
save Chinese pride; but the indica.
tions were that the crisis had already
been reached,
Two thousand children accepted
the invitation of Russell Sage and
attended a picnic at Upton Lake park,
in Duchess county, n. Y, being car
ried there on a special train, pro
vided by Mr. Sage, on the Pough-
keepse & Eastou railroad The chill
1ren were happy and so was their
| oenefactor,
Revenue officers, led by j. +. Alton,
after desperate bush fight in the
mountains of Polk county, Tenn,
captured Moonshiners Riley Headon,
Gus Headon, Henry Norwood, Coot
Owens and Silas Goforlh. A large
still was destroyed. Garrett leadon,
leader of the outlaws, escaped.
The recent murder of Express Mes
senger Lane by Rosslyn Terrell, in
Ohio, has called the attention of the
Adams Express Co. to violations of its
rules by messengers in carrying per
sons on their cars, and the result IL
becoming apparent in discharges anc
suspensions.
viii Hays, young man OF Wichita
Kas.. writes to friends from Cape
Nome under date of july 30, stating
that the gold finds there are mostl!
hatched up in the minds of the trans
portation companies, and that thu
alleged fabulous finds are all fake
He has to pay SO per meal for hi
grub.
Gen. DeWet, the Boer commando
, whom the British have been unsuc
cessfully trying to capture for a loni
, time. has retreated northwest o
Rustenburg. Eighty prisoners VIII
escaped from him report that HI
strength is now 1000 men.
Former President Steyn of tn
= Orange Free State, according to
dispatch to the Lopdon Daily Ma
! from Lourenzo Marquee, is reporte
t 10 have died, as the result of sever
i wound. while endeavoring to Jol
e President Kruger at Machadodorl"
j Samuel Amidon, prominent bus
ness man of Ashtabula, O., while pla,
ing ball, on the 10th, was struck
the head by a pitched ball ana II
stantly killed.
Ex-senator John j. ingalls,, Of kal
sas. died at East Las Vegas, n. NJ q
the morning of the 10th, The d're'
= cause of his death was bronchltl
y complicated by heart troubles. II
u remains were forwarded to his o
- home in Atchson, Kasp for int
ment.
=. Two Italians, Natalie Maresca al
a Micbil Guida, have been detained
Quarantine. New York harbor, the
= deportatlon to Naples, Italy, pen
:. recommended to the secretary of q
"a treasury. They hal been report
l. from Rome to be anarchists W.
20 might attempt the life of the pre-
IA dent.
The statement of the treasury p'
ances in the general fund, exclusive
10 the $3.50. 100000 gold reserve in the
ID vision of redemption, issued on I
ne nth. showed. Available cash balan
n Sal $50, 6s4; gold, %i2,9OO,4lS.
to The allied army reached Pekin
H. the night of the 14th and attacked
IN the morning of the 18th, the Ohin'
n having opposed communication y"
N fine ministers. One of the east ga
he was carried by assault and the ent
ing troops Immediately surround
the legations. The japanese were
OF heaviest losers in the assault
- The empress dowager of China
~. reported to have left Peltin, Aug
:" T. for Hsieu-Fu, together with all
!" n,lace treasures, escorted by Pril
-, ~ ruan and the imperial househ'
ne Emepror Kwang Hsu accompan
80, -. the empress dowager much agar
=. his will.
The American firemen, Chief u
C. Hale of Kansas City and the Il
Of of the Kansas City fire brigade, eau
of great wonderment in Paris, on
m nth. by their quick Harvesting
tcs running, together with their me'
ers of life.saving. They received an
H." t;on md by common consent were