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

VOLUME Ii.
.5,ru 10 Consul Listoe, at Rot.
Av'D ,, there is now a good field open
ie'ca, crore for American zinc ore. The
u lu'Gi aiaes in Europe are well nigh eN
baustcd' o
AR Uansbrough, on the Sd, in
h,ood 4 bill creating a department
EOuS aSncotion and giving the head OF
q Do 5epartmeut a place in the presi'
dents cabinet
MIA Saxon ministry has issued a de
i1 rpouirng physicians, hospital
1'o ,rsrs and clearinghouse keeper;
p'. ,r,n rs undertakers to report al.
4 tuberculosis cases.
r,itod States Consul Wildman, at
/ uong Kong, has been granted leave
nYI5 :, absence, and will return to the
ynftcd States Immediately for the
tone6t of his health.
4
M, Now steamer American, one OF
!, nioreer vessels of the American.
"a,piiop ,n1 line. arrived at San Fran
,i.co % on the ilh, after a run of 5s
5oys from New York.
rho man who killed Baron Won ket.
,,,or the German minister to China
IN lime last, was beheaded in Pekin,
IN tbe lst, in the presence of large
number of spectators.
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The report of Inspector-GencraI
vnov on the inspection of the nation
a. eoldicrs' homes, sent to congress,
an thc 3d. showed those institutions
10 no in high state of efficiency.
M r. Bangs, millionaire contrac'
,or died at his home in Fayetteville.
\ Y on the 4th, after long illness.
ue had been engaged in many import
,pt government contracts. He was rs
years Old
Total cIearings of all the bank
coormphouscs in the United States
l,r N ol ended on the goth, were
GOA u Increase of 1I2 per
ecni. o.a. .otrssponding period OF
| last fc.
Ibc Le Daily News, y a report,
oil is about to cnonso hands. The
new proprictors have not been dis
closed, but the paper will continue
liberal, probably without imperialist
tendencies.
The social season of the new year
at the White House was opened, on
tbp nigbt of the I'd, when President
ond Airs Mckinley gave a dinner in
honor Of the cabinet members and
their ladies'.
Thcycarly coinage statement of the
/ director Of the mint shows that the
total coinage Of the mints of the Unit
ed States Was Sl3Ij99,4 ,4O1, as follows:
Gold, Sg92i2,W2; silver, $3G,29j, 1921;
minor coin, S2,OJl,l3S
The navy department, or the 3D., is
sued orders dctaching Rear-Admiral
Eau'l from his post as commpuder
hchct of the Pacific station, to take
effect on the 2sth. His retiremen.
/ will take place soon after.
The statement of the treasury bal.
mces in the general fund, exclusive OF
the Sli0o0l01O gold reserve in the di
vision Of redemption, issued ON the
iib shovtd. Available cash balance
tllOO6Gjj,; gold S93,9sl, $50.
The secretary Of war, on the I'd
submitted to congress an additional
deficiency estimate of S3,OOO,OOO fol
army subsistence, caused chiefly by
thchca'y drmandsmadc by the force,
in China and the Philippines,
The formal announcement of the
senatorial candidacy of Chairman
Iams BiNby of the Dawes Indian com
mission was made, on the I'd, making
-four aroWcd candidates for the seat
Of the late Cushman X. Davis.
The naval BOARD Of construction has
ocy'cd to Utmost completely rehabili
tate the cruiser Baltimore, now lying
" the New York navy yard. Her inn
Pio'emenjs will involve an eXpendi.
lure of 0bolt five hundred thousand
0oIars and take at least a year anG
a half.
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Ihe comet recently discovered by
o'oyomi tIacopini, at Nice, France
III the constellation of Thetis has been
OBSERVED at Lick Observatory, Cal.
" Mr. Atken. 1t is a faint object OF
VIE eleventh magnitude, and, there
'oIe requires a telescope of consider
aOIe size 10 see it.
meeting of the foreign ministers
N =, Fehm will be held as soon as SiI
l'pcS' Mascn Satow, the British min
S'er' VINO is suffering from chills and
.''gF snail have recovered sufficiently
~ Oe present, and when a date and
raw ior meeting the Chinese commits
'OnerS Shall have been agreed upon.
lne New York Journal of Com
n'eTce says the fire underwriters suf