Macon beacon., 1902-01-04
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AMI GENERAL.

Charles Preston, aged abou 80, OF
Middlesboro, Ky, took httii Jessie
Marion sleigh riding on Powll river,
across the Cumberland Mountains.
The ice gave way and the girl was
drowned. Preston tried malfully TO
save the girl, and, becomini crazed
over the matter, went to tlf child's
mother and committed suicile in her
presence.
Acting IN an order recei'ed from
In IL eresa1sr af ths ntsr'n aes tFern=
z1s II ii 1ais 'ee dpHsa Ill knild-
Hin and nproyr sasat operatitis 40
AfcAlssi j. = ,suftii schedae Of
vaInea Of 4li proper y has hoee pre-
pared by the town site committee.
A fermer survey schedule wasfound
to be false and the secretary If the
interior then took hand,
The steamer Sun, employed n the
Memphis and Fulton trade, nrned
to the waters edge at Menphis,
Tenn, at an early htur on the morn
ing Of the 25th, an( four live were
lost.
Jacques Francois HenryoNsas' fi.,r,
the French publicst an eaormer
member Of the chamber of deuties,
died on the goth. he was bon Sep
tember /, 1898.
Civil Service Commissioner foctor
is quoted as saying, n substane, that
"Edgar S. Maclay las been rmoved
from the public serice, and helnows
the reason Why therefore helas no
ground for appeal u the ciyilservice
commission for redress.
Another big oil we'll was stuck in
Knox county, Kyn on the 2jh. Gas
came first and toollfre from forge,
burning the derric: and machinery.
After two hours oil began t gush,
spouting a sheet VI flame 10 feet
high.
The exaetions OF tourists rriying
at the port of New York WI, it is
said, be made moe stringet, and
tourists arriving in this counry will
be called upon, in luhre, to BAY full
duty on all extra 'saring apparel,
as well as on everything elst not on
the free list.
According to the report of ths
Philippine comnisfol the evenues
of the islands will soon be .ufficient
to support the army provide sutfi'
cient police and pg all 'ther de
mands which would mtlrally arise il
the insular administration.
Emperor William shile Walking il
the enylyons Of Pptilam, Christina,
eve, tossed several .hree and fom
mark pieces to pootooIlilg persons
whom he passed The emperor's
Christmas bounty i ever limited, but
this year he doutle his usual sub
scriptions to charitable funds.
According to an estimate compiled
by the Railroad Gtz,te for 1901, the
mileage built in II, United States
during the year e,dng December 81
1pproNimates Ash. Tie figure last
gear was 4,s04, an it 499 1860.
On December 3ltle lrst volume of
the complete census eport on pop
ulation will be ssuc This is IS
months after th oe inning Of the
census, and the vokhas been done
In three years es ime than was
required for the ,ltyeith census.
Mrs. Mckinley pm iChritsmas day
alone at her hone n Canton, o. She
was urged to ioii h Barber family
in their Christmts liner at the old
Saxton homestead, ut declined to do
SO. She received foyers and loving
remembIances ron all over the
country.
Eighty members Of Company T,
Eighteenth infaaty were poisoned
lie eating brefast, Christmas
ming, at Fort RUSSELL, Wyo., and
for tine fully lat of them were
in dangei of deat.
1t has been deied in Rome to
send pttifical 4ision to the coro-
nation of King EdGad. This mission
will be oganized bI lines similar to
the one which attued the Victorian
jubilee.
Simon Ovens, agd102, was burned
to a cris, in his ,abin in Guthrie,
Okla, on the 26th He was born a
slave on Gen. drew Jackson's
plantatiod and wtscrippled for life
at Vicksblrg wheil the city was be.
sieged by len. Gran.
Andrew garnegie has offered to give
Kalispell font, $4,000 for a library,
provided fe city finishes a site and
$1,000 yetly for maintenance. The
city alreby exbends that amount
each yeatiior litrry support.
A certiflte OF incorporation was
hled at Ssr, Esl, on the Goth, for
che Bsll y THU Her Mining Co., to
Acquire mres and dmining rights Cap
ital, S,ObgO0, ncorporators; Ro-
kolphas 'ardehan, Nampa, Idaho;
Clinton II ireeilee, Pittsburg, Pa;
Charles Y culveb Reno, Pa,
A deed transferring the Pope BIZ
cycle works of Hartford, Conn, from
the Ameian HcycIe Co. to the
American tycle Manufacturing Co.
was fled Il thai city on the goth.
Revenue ,timps indicating consid-
Grafton ofabou; 100000 were at
tached to tie deed.
A. q Ayes, a young messenger OF
The Union bnk i Brooklyn, who dis
appeared recently with $1,000 of the
banks mony, vas arrested In Mon
lreal on TIL 26ti.
The River Arnp has overhowed its
banks and the waters have caused
considerably damage at Florence and
y Pisa, ltay.
Bond purchases by the treasury
department. on the Goth, amounted
10 $53,40c.
Rev. Willi,m }. Corbyn. in his eigh'
,y-eighth y,ar, quietly celebrated, at
quincy, Ill, on the Goth, the fifty
Hghth annierary of his ordination
's an ErisoIhl minister. He was
graduated from Yale in 1899, and was
admitted I'd hdy orders in 1876.
Former Tre eAdent Grover Cleyeland
ias acceraed ihe appointment on the
ndustfial department. of the Nation-.
u Ciyc fedsration, created at The re.
t~T%t #H % au fdl4 favnnon 1f IL '1br and