Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-03-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Commander Richard Wainwright as
suncd his new duties as superintend-
ent of the naval academy at Annapo-
lis, Md, on the 18th. The ceremonies
consisted merely of the hosting Of the
superintendent pennaut AT the peak
of the ship "Santec' upon which he
and his family are temporarily quar-
tered, and the firing Of salute of 10
guns.
Gen. Roberts has sent column
south from BIoemfontein to join
hands with GataCre, who has crossed
the Orange river from Cape Colony.
The two forces have between them
the Beers who have been OPERATING, in,
t2, G cii5 aid tdoImUerg ,fs-
tricts and who recently retired to the
Free State.
In the British house of commons,
on the 18th, Mr.. Balfour, replying to
a question by Mr. William Redmond,
said that her majesty's government
would not accept the intervention OF
any power in the settlement of South
African affairs.
DR.. Charles Z. Cameron, practc-
ing physician of Boston, was placed
under arrest, ON the 10Th, on the
charge of stealing 100 book plates
from some of the most rare books in
Harvard college library. DR.. Cameron
comes from one of the Oldest and
most respected families in Canada.
Francis Truth, head of the Divine
Healing association which bears his
name. and whose advertisements have
been spread over the whole country.
was arrested at his Office, in Boston.
on the 18th, charged with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. The
prisoner was locked up. 1t is said
that his business brought in $4,000
week
Lord Roberts reports that the
wounded British officers and men he
found in Bloemfontein had been well
cared for
The miners employed at the works
of Coulter q Huff, in the vicinity ui
Greensburg, Pa, will be given an ad-
vance of ten per cent. on April /.
There will be about five thousand af-
fectcd. The advance was unsolicited
Snow fell and ice formed in New
Orleans, and generally throughout
Louisiana on the night of the 18th.
Some damage to fruit and vegetables
is reported.
j. Pierpont Morgan announced, on
the 10th, the closing of the British
war loan. The amount OF applications
received in New York was about $780,
100000.
Herr Won Puttkamer, eX-yice-presi-
dent of the Prussian ministry and
brother-in-law of Prince Bismarck.
died at Narzin, on the 10TH aged FL
years.
Secretary Long issued, on the 10th,
the order constituting a general board
"to insure efficient preparation of the
fleet is case of war and for the naval
defense of the coast" The order des-
ignates the admiral of the navy as
chief of the bureau of navigation.
The Longfellow National Memorial
association, which is raising funds 10
erect statue of the poet in Wash
ington, gave a complimentary enter
tainment at the Lafayette Square
opera house, Washington, on the 10TH
which was attended by a number Of
public men, including President Me
Kinley. .f,
If the plans of the gravediggcrs OF
Chicago do not go amiss it will soon
be impossible for a body to find a last
resting place in a cemetery in that
city unless the coffin bears union
label. The cradles already bear the
union labor imprint, and the grave
has to have it next,
Mr.. ard Mrs. j. w. Galrabranlt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Fred |
Guerin, of Mendham, N. j., were made
happy Tor otherwise) on the 10th, by |
the arrival of twins at their homes
all within the space of four hours.
The singular part of it is that the
three mothers are sisters. The one
village physician attended all of them,
and he thinks it was certainly his
busy day.
The house bill refunding the customs
revenues collected from the Island OF
Puerto Rico from its ccssion by Spain
up to January /, 1900, amounting to
S2,005, 455, was passed by the senate,
on the 1fth, by vote Of Sc to II, after
several amendments had been voted
down CT withdrawn.