Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-02-23

Dapew, on the llth, report
sen''0 ,he committee on eNpositions
ID ..S iI'u unnnropriating $5oo,oOo for the
eaI o 'I 'IPan.American exposition.
uoIlistcr. of Cincinnati, on
JuaSI .s.s issued a permanent injunc-
ih' l',a ,airst the much-adyertised Jei'
iol usII ni,in nri2a fight, which was, ac'
i''s'" s.nIr indefinitely postponed.
Hooker, clerk and reporter for
loiu ocilnnecticut supreme court for 50
'h' yum mn TO 1894, died at Hartford,
l'aIS op op tbc l2th, aged So. He was
lonu, %,nsbapd of Isabella Beeeher-
ih' sister of Henry Ward Beecher.
,,,ebration of the ninety-second
.n1,y in' anniversary Of Abraham Lin
pI"or. u. w5s very general throughout the
''m .,ry on the l2th. At hundred
S,aoucts s,nlrp cuIogics were pr, pronounced
!, % eloquent speakers OF "lhe great
ct American
r,,ohcth Ward Boone van Hoehen-
1ipd at her home in Kingston, n.
Va an iDc 12th, in her one hundredth
She was born in England, and
@ ~e 10 America in 1923. She was a
.or.p I of Daniel Boone, the famous
ropeer Of Kentucky
Ir1oe Jesse j. Phillips, of the Hi
.,is snpremc court, died at his home
!. Wsboro, H., at 1880 a. m. of the
nb Judge Phillips was one of the
,,omipent men of Illinois. He was
5orn GA Years ago, in the town where
be died.
aTppal Tender son of Gen. CoXey
Il be Commonwealth army, died, on
@o Iltb of scarlet fever at Massillon,
o He was born a few days before
royey's march to Washington, in 1894
Gen. Coycy is in The west, and can not
be reached by telegraph.
1mge Hook, in the United States
district court, at Lcavenworth, Kas.,
m be 18th, refused to release cX-
Capt. Obcrin NJ Carter on bond pend
me action Of the United States SUI
preme court on the appeal in his ha-
leas corpus case.
According to the North China Daily
News the Chinese say the acceptance
Of the conditions of the powers by the
Chinese peace plenipotentiaries was
merely blind and that a large force
Of Chinese is proceeding to Tai Yuen
h to oppose an expected allied eXpe'
titiOn.
The Kansas S"natc, on the lJth
passed q bill designating places where
liquor is sold as public nuisances, and
providing means or county attorneys
toMppress Grn. During the discus
zion Of the hill strong temperance
sentiment among the senator's was
Displayed.
The London Times editorially advo-
Gates a more liberal civil list for King
Edward than Queen Victoria had, on
ihe ground that the surrendered
crown properties have increased in
Value that the country is richer, and
that the king will have heavier calls
upon his purse than Victoria had.
Tie Presbyterian committee ap-
pointed to consider the revision of the
Nestmnistcc Confession of Faith re.
ilmed its deliberations, on the 18th,
and will formulate a statement mlk-
hS recommendations upon the reyi-
Son to the general assembly, which
'Oh'enes in mlddelphia next May.
Recruiting for the new Twenty.
ninth infmt'y, L ;. A., began in Chi.
eago on the 18th, in accordance with
'"e provisions OF the new army re.
OTganization idN. The work of e.
oul'ng will take two months. The
new regiment VIII be held at Fort
'nerldan for some time while being
nodded into T. il1ary form.
SInce the cars return to St. Peters
U'rg' from Liyadia the political police
pave displayed unusual activity. There |
ua'e been many house searches ana
a'tSls' particularly during the last |
'orlRIght' This energy occasions un.
'S'uess and rumor accounts for il
" ,ne suggestion of conspiracies UNI
erthed.
ine spread Of The plague in Bonn
"| Is increasing, There were over
,oO 'nouSahd deaths in that city dur
S tne Wee, cldcd on the 18th, of |
SAch number 9?2 are known to have
"en que to the plague. The govern
"''n' Is deFo'ing it's attention to sue
wing 'he sex rather than to pre-
'Va'lnS the spread of the disease.
'ount Cassini, Ihc Russian ambassa |
W., " on the lirh, presented President |
''Na'ey with Il magnificent album |
Iy"'a'n'ng scenes Of the coronation of |
% yI V1ar IN 1896. The album is a pres
,.' ,' a,u a, souvenir from the czar TO the
a. a'S"ent, and was specially made for
"D,' The front of the album has
h. o'u'',oh portraits in gold of the Rus
''n ruler and his wife.
-, "' Nahsas City, Mo-, Hattie NJ. Nc.
n.a ana her grayhaired mother,
,, s'"0a Iarker, convicted of making
noI aiuua'lt 10 pension papers and
,o,a " @'v0o each Ivy Judge Philips,
~ ,Nv ~ locked in a cell at the county jail
4 H.. .hr % i4lh' Judge Philips explained
nay p,o,y 'ney could take advantage of the
,va 'tncy act, and 90 to Jail for 80
vs. instead OF paying the fine.
10, ,"c Presbyterian committee which
bo w U,en considering the revision of |
or, ny ',eStmlnster Confession of Faith
'pie'eu Its recommendations to the
ANY, a'ial assembly on the 14th. The
ba, '''ee has unanimously agreed
'n' ,o,', some change in the creedal state.
,o ~ 'S necessary, but is divided as>to
,.i, n vnaraeter of this change. Long
rsD,, yaV,'.y and minority reports will be
nj i"s forthcoming tour of the duke
vno. Su'ness OF Cornwall and York is
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