Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-07
NE VS. AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

United States Senator Fairbanks, of
Indiana. did strenuous stunt at In
danapuis, on the eth. ; rom the pO-
sition of candidate, in the morning he
passed the apprentice, fellow craft and
master masons degrees before mid
night, winding up by attending grand
banquet.
IN imperial ukase, issued on the
2Gth, by Emperor Nicholas Of Russia,
makes decidedly liberal promises Of re-
form under a number of heads
Miss Caroline Eyres, reputed to be
the richest girl in England, has mar
rled Bolton Monscll, a penniless lieu
tenant in the British navy Miss
Eyres, as a bride, brought her hus-
band dowry Of $5,0O0,0O0 in her own
right, and there is much more to fol-
low.
On the 27th Rev Father T. F. Lillis,
Of Kansas City. Mo, was consecrated
bishop Of the Roman Catholic diocese
of Leayenworth, Kas.
On the 9th the four-story ware
house and the entire stock and fix
lures OF the Fuller G. Johnson Sugart
company, at Council Bluffs, Ia, was
completely destroyed by fire, causing
6 loss on the building estimated at
10000, and on the stock Of about
100000.
Wholesale charges of corruption in
the handling of Red Cross funds by
Russian officials have estransed the
people and practically put stop to
subscriptions.
An cast-bound Wabash passenger
train ran into freight train on a
switch near Fort Wayne, Ind, on the
21th. killing one man and injuring ten
Others.
At Portland Ore. on the 9th, The
federal grand jury returned seven in
dictm' nts in connection with the land
fraud cases now under investigation in
that city.
ON the 9th John Butler and Guy
heeG, the two negroes who were con-
victed of the murder Of r. &. Story at
Thomson, Ga, We're hanged in that
CITY.
Gov. Peabody Of Colorado has refused
the requisition from the governor OF
Missouri for T, J. Parker, wanted at
Sedalia on charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
President Beckwith of the Oberlin
(O) bank, the ruin CT which was
brought by Mrs. Chadwick, was report
ed. on the 2Sth, to be in critical con-
dition.
Four men were killed and one in
iured at Walyille, Wash, on the 2Sth.
by an explosion of four boilers in
saw mill plant.
The japanese are preparing to make
a general assault on Port Arthur, pro-
ceeding simultaneously from the east
and the west
Fire destroyed the Coon block and
several other buildings at Esthervillc,
Ia. on the 2Sth. The loss is estimated
at 100000,
More miles of railroad track were
laid in Missouri in 1904 than in any
other state or territory in the United
States.
The total farm value Of the principal
crops of the United States, excepting
cotton, ON December !, was $2,734,SS3,-
100.
The Japanese. on the evening of the
18th, had succeeded in occupying the
,rtire fort on Rihlung mountain, in
he defenses of Port Arthur They are
busy sapplng the northeastern forts
preparatory to another assault,
Gov. Odoll's warrant fer the extra
dition of DR.. Chadwick from New
York to Ohio was mailed on the 2Sth,
from Albany 20 New York city, di-
rected to Sheriff Barry, Of Cleveland, !
0. The steamship Pretoria with DR..
Chadwick on board, was not expected |
until the 3Oth.
1t is reported by way Cf Toxic that |
the Russian Port Arthur headquarters |
have been removed to the foot of |
Liaotishan mountain, preparatory to |
retirement to the fortress there as a
last resort
The New York cotton market tool; |
a decided slump, on the 18th, immedl-
ately following the publication of the
census bureau ginning report. The fig
ure announced is ll,SiS i13 commercial
bales up TO December l3, compared
with S,7i7,6G9 bales in the same time
last year
The coroner's jury at Mount Carmel,
H., in the case Of the victims of the
Christmas day wreck on the Southern
railway, found the company RESPONSE
be, with the other parties, for hir-
Ing men weak both mentally and phys
icaily for positions of responsibility
end in this case hiring man nearly
dead with consumption and cripple,
at salary of only $40 morth, to do
the work of two abe-bolied men,"
Seven of nine convicts st the Cali
fornia state prison at rolsom who
made break for liberty on the Goth,
were almost riddled with bullets, three
being dead and three in a critical con-
dition.
After spending the entire day in
fruitless balloting, the new Delaware
legislature, which convened in extra
session, on the 29th adjourned without
having effected a permanent organiza-
tion.
Hollis hall, the historic dormitory on
the old campus Of Harvard university
at Cambridge Mass, was damaged by
fire, on the 29th, and the building was
barely saved from destruction.
Judge Charles NJ. Walker of Chica-
go, as decided that the city of Chica-
&c is not liable for damages growing
out Of the loss Of life in connection
With the Iroquois theater fire.
The town of Hartford, Ark, in the
center of the coal mining district Of
Sebastian county, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire on the 20th The est
mated loss exceeds 100000.