Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-05-11

1.o cabinet had no slgnillcance as IN
dicating any charge In the general
nolicv of the country on information
al affairs.
The population of London, includ-
INN tbe city proper and % metropoli-
IAN boroughs, the whole forming what
:, tern,ed the administrative county
~ London, is now 4,536,034. This is
an increase of 3O8,7l7 since the last
census in 1891.
Rpports from county clerks show
,bat Kansas has 100000 acres of
,cbool land, which may be bought at
cox nm acre. 1t lies mostly in the
western portion of the state, but
much of it is as good as the land in
ibe Kiowa country.
lake Caudaur, on the 30th, cabled
IA George Towns, the English cham
niop accepting his challenge for
tbrep.miDe sculling race for $3.50 a
side and the championship of the
world. The race will take place at
Rat Portage in August.
Two important cablegrams We're re-
ceiyed at the war department, on the
sotb, from Gen. Macarthur at Manila.
IN the opinion Of the officials the
news contained in them mark the al
most complete collapse of organized
rebellion in the Philippines.
The miners union of Lens, France,
issued manifesto, on the 30th de-
caring that as 10000 miners ab-
stained from voting on the referen-
dun question Of general strike, the
union had decided not to assume the
grave responsibility of ordering n
strike.
R. G. Dun d Co.'S Weekly Review,
on the 4th, said: "The mayelously
healthy condition of business is best
appreciated when il is discovered that
the failures last month We're the
smallest in 81 months, with the eN-
ception of May to August, 1899, in
elusive
Reports received by the Indiana
state hoard Of health show that the
number Of cases of smallpox through.
out the state is constantly increasing,
instead Of diminishing, There were
423 cases reported for the month of
April, but it is not known how many
proved fatal
II is persistentlY reported in PclSin
That there has been fresh fighting be.
tween the Russians and Chinese il.
Nancbmia No great credence is
placed in such rmors, however, as il
isbeeycd Dhey are circulated to show
The necessity for an increase in the
military strength OF Russia.
A special from Athens, O., says:
From an authority which seems in.
dsputable there comes the informa-
ton that almost the entire coal indus
try of the Hooking and Sunday Creek
valleys will come under the manage
ment of the gigantic combination of
capital of which j. =. Morgan is the
head,
The statement that the total in
demnity TO be demanded of China
amounts to G65,000,000 has been OIL
clally confirmed. This amount in
cludes all private claims. 1t is be-
heYed that if China will now un-
ueriake TO pay this sum in indemni-
ueS the evacuation of Pe-Chi-Li prov
il'ce can begin Immediately.
a dispatch received in Washington,
on the lst from Gen. MacArthur, at
Manila, stated that the hospital re-
ports showed 2,5S6 sick in hospitals
ID the Philippines and 613 sick in quar-
'efS This is 5,sS per cent, less per-
ePH,age of sick than has been shown
!" any time since United States troops
were sent to the archipelago.
d. ', Farwell, of Chicago, closed
MO0oO deal, on the LIST, with +. J..
halSeIbot Ninita,I. r., for grazing land
anu cattle in western Texas. The sale
,'inoed 10000 acres OF land in Old"
nam and Hartley counties at two dol
lars an acre, and 1000 white face
nereIord COWS at $50 u head. A cash
payment of S2j0,0O0 was made to bind
the bargain.
ihe London chamber of commerce
n'S selected large committee, in
uuooS " Lords Rothschild, Avebury,
"''elstokc and lIillingdon, the lrrd
mayor Mr.. Frank Green and Sir
,"olllaS Upton, to receive the visit
"s uelegates of the New York cham
Vi commerce. Besides a banquet,
y, sa'oen party will be given in honor
VI 'ne American visitors.
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MRS Nations crusade against the
p''oon has resulted in movement to
t"'lv hansas politics that promises
y ot more farreaching than anything
~ 'ne KIND ever before attempted in
Wv. Wv ouhflower state. A permanent or
ea"llatlon of the grand chapter ot
e Law Enforcement League of Kan
~. w. mas been effected whose object is
on5 w purify the politics of the state
"u promote its interests"
, Jacksonville. Fla, was visited, on
wy 3D. Ivy the most disastrous contla.
e.o'on ever witnessed in that city or
,a',, ,' Miles of territory, in the best
,a,oehce ,.,, and business sections were
H." waste, over one thousand build
~ ~ ineiudlng hotels, churches ant
SKATERS aea'ers' being burned, at loss con
mir, ir,a''Vely estimated at nine or ter
sar." on dollars. 1t was reported tina
e,s negroes perished in th,
ma ne monthly comparative state
evnn -. VI y, the government receipts ant