Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-06-29
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

are to study for year in normal
schools of the United States. these
schools having offered them free tut.
ton.
Lord Pauncefote of Preston. the
British ambassador to the United
States, took the necessary oath and
his seat in the house of lords, on the
goth, for the first time during the
present parliament.
Three pcrS, MS We're killed and sey.
eral injured by lightoing during Sc.
we're electric storm which passed over
Indiana on the night of the Goth,
Gen. Robert Nugent died at his
home in Brooklyn, on the NIGHT OF
The 10th, as a result of bullet
wound in the stomach received at the
battle of Fredericksburg, Va, Dccem
Der l3, 1862, while charging at the
head of Mragher's ish brigade, his
wound has troubled Gen, Nugent ever
since
Lake the constitutions of most of
Il
the South American republics. the
| cuban convention has followed the
constitution of the United States as a
model, The adoption of the Platt
amendment makes it sufficient for all
the purposes Of this government in its
relations with Cuba.
lhere Is great excitement at Helena
mont" over the discovery Of a rich
lead OF gold which assays $1,000 to the
'om, N landslide exposed the vein
me transport Thomas, carrying
,e"cheIs TO Manila, Will sail July 23
'uuBe Ialt caoled approving the ap.
ON i'th' OF 0uPt' Atkinson, who will
nave chorge OF the schools at Manila,
ana ten additional teachers designat,
ou from ale' harvard, Cornell, Uni.
'eIsl,y OF NallIorma and University
u Nilch'gah.
EAPortS from the United States IN
'he hscal year 1901, now about to end,
VIII probably reach $780, 100000, the
hlghest point ever recorded for sin
gle year III the history Of our export
trade
The University of Michigan, on the
SUlh, conferred the degree of bach
elor OF arts upon Gen. Leeford vii.
son, Of Indiana, eN-sClicitor general ot
the treasury department, and that u
master of arts upon Vaudeville White,
professor OF pedagogy, university of
Missouri
William F. Case, aged &C. hanged
himself and cut his throat at Terre
llaute, Ind, on the goth. His daugh.
ter, at whose home he lived, found his
dead body in the barn. He used The
knife on his throat after stepping off
a feed trough
Wheat harvest has begun in Saline
county, Ill., Portions of the county
have the heaviest crop for ycars.
Corn crop well in hand and clean Of
weeds. The tobacco crop will be light
ON account of dry weather.
A. Nj. Leary and j. l.. Davis en-
90 ged in duel at Waynesboro Miss,
on the 2Otb. in which both were in
stantly killed. The trouble arose as
the result of n family feud. Davis
opened fire on Leary with n pistol. lie
Gr,d tbree times After Learv was
down he fired a shot with a pistol,
killing Davis.
The Engineering and Mining Jour.
nal on the 22d. published complete
estimates of the gold output in The
limited States and in tbe world at
large last wear, The figures. $l1s. 49,
562 for the United States and 500.
09ls5l for the world at large Ccom,
parmp with Sgg51S.7l2 and S3l1.aG5.-
9l7 in 1901 do no5 differ materially
from the estimates of several months
AGO.
AT the Kicl regatta. on the 2lst, "A
yacbtsparticipatcdint the races. Ncitn-
er the Iduna, belonging to the Ger
man empress, nor any of the 9th.
er noted Yachts at the gathering, won
first prize.
w. w. Astor has contributed $4,000
to the Queen Victoria jubilee nurses
fund.
On the 21st X. &. Dun q Co. report
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