Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-08-24

/ 18th lie is, CVl'oNi
america for short stay
.,riyersary of the relief of thC
lions ili passed almost without no
F IN pckin, on the 14th, although
u'O ,moricans entertained the British
'py American civilians, and gave d
%pouct 5pp to the soldiers
u nonulation of Kansas, accord
~ 40 The assessors census, is l,467,
~s S n net increase in one year Of 23,
"S '@ The largest gain was 6,5l0, II
",.,rdotte %~ county; the largest loss
,o,o in Cherokee county.
Sanford N. Green, judge of the
,o.hiron state supreme court from
'Sa 20 1855 died at his home in Bay
% c,, m the 18th, aged "a years, In
~G' ,,,5 rdcc Green revised the Michigan
.o statutes, and his work stands
Unchanged to-day
r,o North Creek and Blue Noun
b,n stage was held up by lone high
uarmon, near North river, Warren
.onnty, \. Y, on the l4th. The horses
~,ro shot, the passengers robbed and
Va United States mail looted. The
i,,Derado escaped.
covop hundred and four eXiled per
nm, many of them being women,
,o+ed from Constantinople for
ysnep, Arabia, ON the 18th. The
,tsoners include those who were inn
5,,ted in the recent fire at the
b,rsm Of the Nildiz palace.
Three additions to the United
Rates navy were christened and
launched at the shipyards of the
yarland Steel Co., at Baltimore, on
he 18th. They are torpedo boat de-
troyers, and will be known as the
Ebirple, TmNton and Worden.
A pamphlet was published broad
gst in Manila, on the 18th, contain
mo an attack on the United States
Philippine commission, signed by the
rpntro CathoIco. All the members
n that body Indignantly deny hav-
be any connection with the publica-
ton.
Favorable crop reports throughout
italy Indicate the wheat prospect as
ljgbtIy in excess of last season s
harvest of I2.OOO,O00 hectolitres, For
NE first time in several seasons the
Dliye crop will be good, and the pros
pects for hemp, corn and rice are uni
hrmly bright,
The Danish government, having de-
iemmed to return the visit of the
United States training snip Hartford,
The cruiser Nalkyrien, in command of
Prince Waldcmar, the kings young
est son, will sail for New York in
January and afterwards visit other
American ports,
.
The fye-ycar-old daughter of Sam
ud NcPrcasc, of lIanston, Kas., ap-
prHtly died on the 11th. Funeral
pTiccs were held on the 12th. On
ihe way To- the grdTdyard a bolt Of
lightning struck the metallic coffin
md opened it, whereupon the child
nt up and called for her mother.
There was filed in the Hudson coun-
Fcowthouse in Jersey City, N. j., on
The 18th, mortgage for SljO,O0O, 600,
made hy the Consolidated Tobacco
To- Of America to the Morgan Trust
lor to secure an issue of four-per-
cent, bonds not to exceed $15O,000,
w. which bore revenue stamps to the
amount Of $4,000.
fieIlmnary steps have been taken
boxing 10 the erection of a perma-
oent building by the Republic of Mex
10 on the st. Louis Worlds fair
grounds in which, after the close of
ne exposition an exhibit of the re-
sources Of our sister republic may be
maintained. The project has the in
'orsement of Mexican business men
aN, Louis.
IN court circles" says the Berlin
o"IreSpondent of the Frankfurter
I'''u0S' ut is said that Emperor viii.
anl Is little pleased with the new tar
:. olII' He regards as the chief task
count Won Buelow the duty of Sc
,S''us renewal of the commercial
S''ues' Count Won Buelow's fate as
I'1ceIIor depends upon his success
that direction"
Inc official lIandelsblad, of Amster-
,aD'' while incredulous regarding the
ay'y mat an attempt is being made
%Prsuade Mr.. Kruger to sign doc
, auyn' authorizing privateering
FaIOSt Great Britain, on the 18th,
D"lto The Boer leaders that "no civ
,5.' G,yu power would approve of the
uVpuon by the republics of a medic
% system Of warfare like privateer-
ex-senator Thos, Carter, of Mon
s. %up' president of the st. Louis Ma
,,5 r'p" Worlds Fair commission,
,"., p eS,dov Francis, of Mis-
"G chairman of the board