Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-01-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

II ttllc, hHH.y NA -IR So tNdI -plOl-
ished the aome eff A. M. George seri-
tusly ipmrc5 George ana ms wife ana
fatally hurt William Coons, an elderly
ran.
At the meeting of the foreign min
isters, in PcIiin on the Sd, it was an
nounced that III Hung Chang and
Prince Ching were prepared to sign
an agreement with the powers as
soon as it is ready for signature.
Gen. Funston reports to Gen. Mac
Arthur that Gen. Sandico, the rebel
leader, is hiding near Victoria. He is
trying to reach Manila, His entire
following has dispersed and his men
are, individually, surrcndering. The
better classes are extending their
friendship and cooperation to the
Americans.
James Y. Harlan, of Illinois, was,
on the Sd. nominated by the presi-
dent for attorney general of Porto
Rico. lie is a son of Justice Harlan,
of the United States supreme court
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, whose marriage to Queen
Wilbelmina of Holland has been an.
nounced for February :, is said to
have left The Hague, indignant at the
tone of the parliamentary discussion
of his future position.
Cadet Edwin n Johnston Of tbe
frst.cloes onneored before tbe ov-
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animal exominotion. os first man in
Oh thn suhiects of his class engineer.
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nome III "reeh'li'e' On l'e 3D. "s inc
result OF Noui'uS S'Iu 10 nave oeen
seli-lhhlcted' on lhe morning OF the
lst'
Bishop W. y. Ninde, aged OS years,
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
was found dcad IN ms hed at his
home in Detroit, Mich, on the Sd. 1t
is thought the cause of death was
heart trouble.
IIamburg's shipping business last
year showed fewer vessels arriving
and sailing, but a quarter of a million
Increase in tonnage.
German physicians are preparing
petition asking the government TO per-
nit cremation.
VIM. p. Rockwell the lj-year-old
boy who ran away from his home in
Taunton, Mass, and for whom a sys-
tematic search has been made by his
millionaire grandfather Charles II.
Swan. of New York, was found at
jacksonville, Fla, on the 4th, working
in restaurant. lie had arrived sew
eral DAYS before on the schooner Dud-
ley, and said he would not return.
Zero weather struck Berlin, on the
9TH. The Spree was frozen so sudden
ly that the ice inclosed 10 of the city's
swans, and the fire department was
called out TO release them.
Mat Gurley, of Kneosha, Wis, was
killed and his wife probably fatally in
iured while driving over the Trues-
dell crossing of the Milwaukee ROAD
on the 4th.
The Essen chamber of commerce, in
its annual report, admits that the
change in Germany's business situa-
ton came from the United States
The seven nominees of the earl OF
Mimic, governor general OF Canada
were, on the 4th, gazetted second ileu-
tenants in line battalions,