Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-05-11
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A dispatch from Pekin, dated the
LIST, said that a bloody battle had oc-
Cured between the Russians and
Chinese near Mnkden. The Russians
lost 60 in killed and wounded. Four
Russian officers were killed, and
among the wounded was Gen. Zer-
pitzki.
The population of the district Of
Victoria, Australia, according to the
last census report, is $l,195,774, an in
crease of 5,460 in the last ten years.
The structural iron workers of In
dianapolis, Ind, to the number of 260
went on strike on the I'd. They de-
mand 25 cents an hour.
The principal incident of President
Mckinley's visit to New Orleans oc-
CURED, on the I'd, in the old Cabildo,
the seat of the government of the
former Spanish and French rulers,
which is yet preserved in its original
integrity by the Louisiana Historical
society
Natural gas has been found within
the corporate limits of the little town
of Enterprise, Miss, and there is
great excitement among its citizens.
Preliminary arrangements have al
ready been made to organize com
pany to develop the find.
The Louisiana Purchase Worlds
Fair corporation held its first meet.
ing, at st. Louis, on the I'd, and or
gained by the election of the follow.
Ing officers President, David r.
Francis; ;treasurer, William H. Thomp.
son; permanent secretary, Walter b.
Stevens. Eight vice-presidents were
chosen, viz; Corwin II. Spencer s. NJ.
Kennard, d, NJ, Houser, c. p Wal
bridge, S. W. Cobb, c, H. Huttig, Aug.
Gehner, Pierre Chouteau.
Arthur Orr, OF Chicago three years
ago, made an investment in Union
Pacific stock at around 90 cents. He
sold at about 131 during the recent
rise. Allowing five per cent. interest,
he has cleared over a million on his
10000 shares.
George C. Phillips corner in May
corn is a strenuous" fact. With a
whoop and a dash the price went to
55 cents, on the I'd, five cents higher
tllun tilv .s-s.d DiNuniHS PtIUU u rno
day before, and higher than it had
sold since 1894, when il brought 81
cents nine months before it was sup
posed to be delivered.
The brokers on Wall street, New
York, got tired making money, and,
on the I'd, circulated petition asking
that the exchange remain closed from
Friday until Monday to give the
brokers and their clerks time to
catch their breath,
The duke and duchess of Fife, on
the I'd, in the name of King Edward,
formally opened the Glasgow exhibit
tion. The duchess unlocked the doors
of the art gallery with a golden key.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, the mother of
Ira D Sankey, of Brooklyn, the
EVANGELIST, died at her home in New
castle, Pa, on the 2d. Mrs. Sankey
was 90 years old and the mother of II
children, seven sons and four daugh-
ters, of whom two survive her. Ira
and Watson.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $l5O,OO0,OOO gold reserve in the
division OF redemption, issued one the
Sd. showed: Available cash balance,
sl56, ,s34956 gold, $97,374,69O
Mrs. Alice A. {. Bailey, of Des
Moines, was unanimously elected
president of the Iowa Federation OF
Womens clubs at Council Bluffs, Oh
the Sd. Mrs. Flora S. Bardey, or
Boone, was chosen vice-presdent, and
Mrs. Nellie Cooke, of Algona, corre-
spending secretary.
Rock Island railway officials at ohl-
roUo have about decided to rebuild
the bridge across the Missouri river
at St. Joseph, Mo, and run most OF
the through business that way m
stead of via Kansas City. To rebuild
the bridge will cost S2OO,OoO'
Ex-Empress Eugene has presented
the municipality of Paris with the
cradle of the late Prince LOUIS Ma
poleon, who was killed in the huiu
war. The cradle is a superb work OF
art, and was originally gait from
the municipality to the empress
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Bulgarian revolt against Turkey was
marked. on the Sd, by unusual rejoic-
ing in Philppopolis, in which Prince
Ferdinand and the Bulgarian minis
ters and prelates took part.
One hundred and thirty city blocks
in Jacksonville, Fla, many OF them III
the heart of the business and pest
residence sections, were laid IN ashes
on the Sd. Many of the finest publlc
and private buildings including ,n ,ne
principal hotels, theater and churcnes
were destroyed. The loss is roughly
estimated at from $toooooOO to $i9'-
600, 900, and upwards of lO'OoO persons
are homeless.
The Illinois Central Railroad Co..
on July /, will set aside $25O'OoO, 10
form the nucleus of fund, to be
added to each year in an amount no.
10 exceed 100000, for the purpose OF
pensioning old and faithful EN-
ployes. ,n.
Montague White, diplomatic agent
for the Beers in the United States, Is
authority for the statement 'ha'
President Kruger will visit this coun'
+rv in October. He was at the state
department, on the Sd, and men
toned the proposed visit to the oe'
partment officials. a.
What many persons regarded as the
long-expected reaction in the New
| York stock market suddenly began
10 manifest itself early on the atter'
noon OF the Sd, under circumstance,
| ,hat,made the day positively the mos