Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-04-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

-" 'NN'' "Ndlutu contract,
amounting to $55O,OOO, to dredge Car
denas harbor in Cuba.
An investigation of the MORTGAGE
records in Shelby county, Ill.,, by a
committee appointed from the board
OF supervisors has revealed the fact
that, between 1894 and 1900, mort
cages to the amount of $4,000, ,OOO have
been discovered upon which no tax
has been paid, Settlements are being
effected
Senator w. b. Eldrcdge of Mem.
phis, in open session of the Tennessee
senate, on the 18th, accused ex-Cnmn-
trollcr James A. Harris of an attempt
to bribe and precipitated one of the
most sensational scenes ever enacted
IT. The halls Of q Tennessee iegigi4
ture.
Gen. John c. Gilmore, colonel in the
odjutant generals department, was
placed on the retired list, on the 18th,
by operation of law on account of
age.
The SIKH great oil gusher in the
Beaumont (TcX) field was Developed
on the 18th 1t is a fine well and fully
as great a producer as any Of the
others. IT is owned by the lleywood
Oil Co., Chicago concern.
The administration is informed
through official channels, that a
strong movement is setting in among
Cubans to make Tomas Estrada Pal
ma the first president OF the Cuban
republic. The suggestion is eminent
ly satisfactory to the United States
government.
DR.. Alexander Dowie, of Chicago
has retained counsel to contest in the
higher courts of Indiana the Wood
medical law, enacted by the last legis'
lature. The Wood law strikes vigor.
ously at faith curists and makes ttC
practice Of Oowicism an infraction Of
the law,
A crowded house Of commons, on
-
the ism, heard olr MIchael HICKS
Beach, chancellor of the eXchequer
till the cost OF the war IN south Alrl'
ca. 1t was stunning in its effect. The
antl'War members declare that every
Boer killed has cost ureat britain
4l,Ooo'
Lucy Iier' 10y years oIu' uleu' on
the leth' at hIcN STORE III larlah
county, hN" nom a S'roke OF paraIS'
Sis. Her hrSl marriage was contract
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,no,s onlr,i,,tnd nm t,e 18Th in tb,
r,orriore Of Miss Matilda Aoon .,
New yorl, city to former Senator I
rranI, Aldricb, Of Cbicapo.
Jockey Head had narrow escape
from being killed at Newport. Kv.. on
tbo 10Th Irc was riding Clinsptta. ir
the second race. and the horse went
down ms the field made the first turn
Clinsetto was in front and the boy
feIi RIGHT in the path of the fast fyipq
Reld Siy horses passed over his
form without leaving a mark on him.
Tho officials Of the French foreign
oAicc saw that the French CLAIM,
agoinst China for indemnity amounts
TO 100000. 600 francs.
Tho GREAT chess event of the year
the sixth international cable match
between America and Great Britain
for the possession of the Newnes
tronbv. was begun. on the 10Th, under
the onenices of the BROOKLYN and Brit.
isb Chess clubs.
di.rotcb from 81 Petersburg saws
t,e studnrte of the Great Kaluga sem.
ip,r,, p,or Moscow. INDUCED in a
series of excesses which eliminated
m ,bc 1otb in shooting at the bishor
of Iyomoo and the rector of the semi.
nary neither of whom was hit. Fif.
teen students were arrested.
Mrs N A. Radcliffe was exonerated
At Denver Col. on the 10Th, from the
snsnicion Of having voted illegally at
tbe CITY election on April ?. Justice
HAYNES, after hearing all the evidence
in the case. dismissed the complaint.
Tho corenmmotion Of the project to
,oreolidoto. tbe independent cereal
rt,'of tho country is now assured
rho yorions nronerties ten in nun.
har ,rm bn trrnad over TO the Great
wa,+orn C,reol Co ot Chicago. on the
osth 1bo new comnony will compete
MEN tho Anoriaon Cereal Co., better
-, . ~ ,lo "Ootmo,I trust"
m r,a ,;a. - oeicors accorded promo,
',' ,,,1 ',g' W ta,ors for services in soutl
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when horu roUei,s ;,isk s"eI to,oas "r in IN,
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