Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-07-13
|1lPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
,,souAl AND GENERAL.

ySOurl vert ~ +o,.s ,.ngis-
N thc lth, when thermometers
tered 1885, ,,.,4iroer Nve was
.l,[an n.n'v with paralysis while deliver,
I'no 1rdependence day Grafton a'
rs,n n" Mills. Ind. At last accounts ,. he
.a'' unconscious, and his condition
~, 'r considered critical ,,,,,;u.
va r,s s',,l nlant of the St. Louis Milling
q u, At Carlinulle, ILL.,, was burned, on
W. ,,bt of the 4th, entailing a loss
" w ,;ooo, insured for about two
ni,5, s Of that amount. 1t looked tor
'i fine as if the entire town would DC
burned, n oo,obroted
,.'.nrer and historian, died suddenly
,' .his sumner home in East Glouces-
=, Mass. on the 4th, His death
,,ns % as great shock TO everybody
a was entirely unexpected.
The land frauds in the states OF
u'at.ra and Idaho will lead to an
,,,srdcd and complete investigation
!, ,bo Interior department OF the
'1orstions of all federal appointees
.ou IN fine land Offices Of those states.
prof Franklin W. Fisk, for 40 years
..a,o,od with the Chicago Theolog-
al seminary and 10 years its presi-
1snt one of .he most widely-known
npoorians and educators of the
vpst died in Chicago on the 4th. The
extreme heat is thought to have
fastened his death.
Carrie National delivered a TRADE
,e,jps, the liquor traffic at Craw-
6rdsyilIe. Ind, on the 4th. Upon the
conclusion of her speech the stand
collapsed and Mrs Nation fell several
feet into the ruins, She was badly
bruised.
The Danish schooner Anna, lader
with naphthl while proceeding
through the haueRaI on 'he "
was shattered bN lhe eNploslol' u II.
cargo Seven men were killed on'l
one OF those aboard was saved
Carlton Meyers, q small boy living
invest Liberty, Ia" became e''"hs'V'
in the rigging OF a paIIooh 'hal as
cnded there as feature % u"
Fourth of July celebration, and wa
HTed five miles ana dropped uhhur'
IN the adjoining county | ne grow,
which had Witnessed hlS thr'l'ihS a'
venture contributed SIoo as a FeNar
lor ms courage ana tehacl'N III hoI'
ing on to the ropes until sately lah'
co.
surgeon j, j. hlnNouit III chaFge Z
iAe Marine hospital in Detroit, Men
las Deen detailed by the supervisor
encouragement OF the Marine no
Nlal service TO proceed TO Japan an
China on tour of inspection of II
work done 10y The Marine hospit
service there. lie will inyeshga
contagious diseases and particular
he plague, lie will sail from 81
Francisco ON the 10th.
Mayor Phelm of San Francisco
ID receipt of q letter from Andre
.arAegle Offering to give S75O'OOo
'aa' city Tor library building, pr
'ueu 'he clty furnishes a sultaI
we ana appropriates $4,000 a ye
iof maintenance. 1t may be, shou
'ae o1cr be accepted, that a numb
Of branch libraries will be constru'
VI III ADDITION to main building
W ''esloent and Mrs Mckinley It
D'sunSlon' on the 9th, for TIT
s, 'gu'y az N"''oh' w. Where 'heS are
,..' "' ''' le..la'huer OF 'he ne"
Ss t'a' ,N'ePV lhat the president III
a, .. 'uo nv ru"a'o EXPOSITION anu 1
rro5o,,'' ""o,'',g ~, 'o'' lor a le" "'Ss'
/, m.ii,,. ,'," H',En" oi l''''"'"l'o
n,,.'l moN,ng a balloon ascension an'
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end y,s n;,.,..l y, ~ - Van ~,
thousands ,,',,o ,,.;., W ',,' NV ga, ',l ~ % 3 9
Wriobt ,'',,S ,',, ",.,,gssSu ,,,, th' 'rFrlplc l
but stiu oTyc ' W
Allen n NJ ,.....,. -. :.
United St,tcs d;.t,,i,, t,,,,.t M 80 Cnl,
bus O., on tbo Tn ,o'. C s,o :" ooo 4,
ages against ,bo grand lodre Of r.
lie claims tEat Eo 80, ",,u ,,',."n,,r,r, '" ~