Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-05-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Canadian school children, by way Of
retaliation for the sending of mes
sage OF sympathy to President Kruger
by the school children of Philadel-
phia, vii! raise funds and send a reso-
luton of sympathy and admiration to
Aguinaldo and his Filipino compl-
triots
News from the scene of active opera.
tons in South Africa indicates that
Z ere is slight chance of the Beers,
vhc hurriedly raised the siege
W,pener and allowed Generals Bra
tant and Hart free passage into the
town, being caught. They have i
clear road open 10 them so long as
they skirt the Basutoland boundary
toward Ladybrand.
Jesse Fields, one of the most noted
of all the mountain feudists in Ken.
lucky, died, ON the Goth, from the ef.
fects of a pistol shot wound received
ON the 2ith. Fields was one of the
leaders in the famous French-Ever.
sole feud in which 30 of Perry coun-
,y's most prominent men were killed.
A st. Louis, Iron Mountain d South.
rrn passenger train was held M by
lone negro bandit near Higginson,
Ark, on the morning of the nth. The
negro confined operations to one pas
>cnger coach, compelling the passen.
gers to hand over their yalnables az
the point of pistol He made his cs.
cape,
Gov. Roosevelt of New Norl, has Civ.
en- it out Aat-footed that he would not
accept a nominations for yicc-prcsident
of the United States under amy con-
sidcration He says he would rather
retire to private life. This declaration,
he says, is final.
1t is now asserted that the porte
has revived the project of building a
cruiser in the United States TO dis
guise the payment of Indemnity. and
Ahmed PaSha is going TO New York
TO negotiate with the Cramps ON the
subject. The amount of the indemnity
would be added to the cruiser price,
und the contractor would hand it over
to the government,
1t was reported, on the ?1th, that
there were 800 Beers at Bosman's kop,
in the Smithfeld district; 100 at
Smithfield, 400, with two guns and a
Maxim, at Grys' kop, and 200, with two
guns, at Klotter drift, Caldeon river.
The American National institute IN
Paris was inaugurated, on the evening
,f the eth, by a soiree, given at the
temporary premises of the institute,
Under the presidency of NJ. Sully.
Prudhomme, the poet.
The Iron Mountain train robber
proves to have been a white man. He
wore black paper mask and gloves.
His mask was found covered with
blood, at a point near the where he
lett the train, and it is believed he was
shot, as the train porter sent bullet
after him. The robber secured S425.
The people of Galena, Ill.,, on the
eth, celebrated the seyenty-eighth
anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Grant. their townsman who became
president Gen. Grants integrity as !
warrior, statesman and plain
townsman was e&olled by Gov. Roose-
Welt and the people who greeted the
L. al boz
A commercial house in Madrid has
received dispatch from Cuba saying
that Jesus Rabi, the Cuban leader, has
headed an ''lnsurrectionary move
ment in the Province of Santiago
which the sender of the dispatch be-
licves to be supported by the chief
towns of the province"
Pretoria advices of the 27th say that
United States Consul Hay, has won "A
diplomatic success. His position is
c: ccedingly difficult, but he is pur-
S, ing an impartial, determined policy,
and has succeeded in considerably
emeliorating the condition of the
British prisoners.
!. dispatch from Kimberley, South
africa, says that enteric fever is 50
rampant there that The city officials
are urging the military authorities TO
remove from the town and discontinue
the use of public buildings as hospl-
tails, with the view of better safe
guarding public health.