Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-03-25

of the contest.
John S. Lemon, president of the
Tootis-Lemon national bank of st. Jo-
seph. Mo-, is dead. He was one of the
pioneers of st. Joseph, migrating from
Kentucky in 1858.
Col w. II. Phelps has been cited to
appear before Judge Martin at Jeffer-
son CITY. Mo-, on March q, and show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt in ignoring a summons
to appear before the Cole county grand
jury.
Fran @ has officially called the at
tention of the United States to the
high handed action of Venezuela
against .-.e French Gable Co, French
patience. it is asserted, is becoming
exhausted.
Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, for "a years
United States senator from Connecti-
cut. died in Washington on the morn
ing of the 18th inst
The Mothers congress, at Washing
ton, adopted a resolution asking the
senate of the United States to remove
Reed Smoot, and to take such action
as will efrectually prevent any organi-
zadon from "defying civil and divine
laws
Twins were born to Mrs. c. Caruth-
ers, wife OF Los Angeles tCal) civil
engineer who was passenger on one
of the bloodhound trains between San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Fcrtnn-
ately there were two physicians among
the passengers,
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain
and Ireland recognized ST. Patrick s
day by presenting sprigs of shamrock
TO the entire Irish guards stationed at
Chelsea barracks.
Heavy Hour orders from Japan
continue to he received by Minneapo-
lis milling companies one company
has received orders for 10000 sacks,
clearable from the Pacific coast in
April and May. Another company has
orders for 10000 sacks.
flbert Wright a farmer of Horace,
/ H.. whose wife was assaulted recent
! ly. shot and seriously wounded Peter
Bassctt, tied him in buggy and de-
liverod him to officers in Paris, Ill.
Bassctt confessed the assault.
Manager Conreids grand opera com
pany opened his Cincinnati "Parsifal'
season. on the night OF the 18th inst,
with every seat for every performance
sold. amounting to about 100000
The sea continues to encroach upon
Coronado Beach, San Diego, Cal, and
much alarm is felt The great hotel
is threatened the boulevard has been
eaten away. and those who can are
having their houses removed.
Further heavy rains have fallen II
! southern California, causing add
tional damage to the sorely-tried rail
road systems, and delaying repair
caused by the former storms.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says
bomb was exploded on the tramwa,
liae close TO the residence OF M. Po
hiedonostofi. procurator general of tn
hcly synod. No one was injured,
Gen. w, H. Whteman, until
month ago adiutant- general Of tn
territory of New Mexico, which oific
he held for seven years, has been in
dicted by the grand jury at Saat
Fe on charge of obtaining publ
funds under false pretenses.
The transport Thomas has arrive
at San Francisco from Manila, bring
ing the ninth, seventeenth an
eighteenth batteries of field artillery
destined for Vancouver barracks
Wash.
BY a vote cf So to Al. in the join
session of the Colorado Legislature
Gov Peabody was declared electe
governor This action was the resu
Of compromise the resignation
Peabody, as a condition precedent,
favor OF Lieut-Gov Mcdonald hayin
been placed in the hands of COZ
mittee Gov Adams quietly surrel
dered the Office.
Gov. Gen. Wright Of the Philil
pines is negotiating with W. r. Georg
manager of the George Junior Repul
lie at Freeville, N. Y, for the estal
hshment of reform school for boy
along similar lines at Camp Greg
Luzon island.
Seventeen thousand pounds of ma
matter, including 600 registered lie
teis and parcels and $250,00O in III
signed national bank notes and muC
gold aud silver bullion are said
have been in the mail car that W;
burned at Hyndman, Md, on March
Funeral services over the remail
. of Mrs. Jane l., Stanford were hel
on the 18th inst, in the COnsreg
tonal Central Union church in Hon
| lulu. after which the casket was e
+ corted on board the Bt1smer Alamet
to be conveyed to San Francisco.
d The recent severe storm that rag
= along the Pacific coast did va
Y amount of damage that to the stree
g of Los Angeles alone being estimate
G at $500 900.
y An arrangement Is being made b
d tween the governments of Panan
and the canal zone for the consirr
r tion of the three buildings for lepel
d lunatics and incurable indigents
= Lieut.. Francis Boone, under senten
t of Imprisonment as the result of
court-martial al Vancouver Barracl
S Wash. was shot twice by a sentry a
% seriously wounded while attempting
escape
n The gale which swept over the Br
, ish isles. on the 18th inst, attained
n velocity Of from 70 to 100 miles
@ hour. and property inland as well as
sea suffered TO an enormous extent
y The southeastern railroad manage
m have denied the petition Of the M
chants of Chicago St. Louis and
n middle west for their rates to SOU
ly eastern points,
ID The German emperor has conferI
n upon Manual Garcia, who invented
laryngoscopo, the great geld medal
If science. Garcia celebrated his
$, hundrcdtb birthday anniversary on
18th.