Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-12-09
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Consul-General Lay, at Canton, Chi
na, has made thorough investigation
into the recent murder of five Presby-
terian missionaries at Llenchow. and
has forwarded his report to Washing
ton,
During the last fiscal year Illinois
paid internal revenue to the govern
ment to the amount of $5l 1882, ,7O3,
which Is nearly twice as much as paid
by New York the next largest in
amount,
In the fiscal year ended June 30 last
the United States produced 155,259,379
gallons Of distilled spirits that the gov
ernment knew of.
Paul Ehalfont of Boston, won the
fourth cempettion for the Jacob II,
Lazarus scholarship for the study of
mural painting, which took place in
New York.
The MEXICAN vanilla planters COM
plain that they are losing money by rea-
son OF the many substitutes for vanilla
In the United States lessening the de-
mand for the beans.
The steamer Twilight sank In the
Monongahela river at Lock No, 2, The
crew of " men were taken off in skiffs,
Harry Williams and Jack Sur were
killed near Carbon, Ind, by Big Four
train which ran down a hand car on
th ri
way TO Perth
Havana continues to report new cases
of yellow fever, the last being two
Spanards.
Lord and Lady Curzon have arrived
In England from India
County Commissioner John V. Kopf,
of Chicago, who was stabbed during
melee in the Thirteenth Ward Repub'
llcan club died of his wounds at Grace
hospital.
The second battery Of field artilley
has arrived ut Fort Riley, Kas,, having
marched from Fort Sill, Okla, to re-
lieve the Sixth battery, which will
make the march to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, coo miles distant
A number OF Russian bomb makers
were severely wounded by an explo-
sion in their apartments in Geneva,
Switzerland
Roy c, McCurdy, aged 10, shot Mrs
Mary Chard, aged 49, In the neck at
Harrisburg, Pa, and then killed him
self The motive for the shooting has
not transpired,
Field Marshal Oyama was given an
ovation on arriving at ujlna, Japan
and Gen. Asada, commander OF the
guards division was given an enthusi-
astic reception on his return to Toxic
Fire destroyed the clothing factory of
Stahl, Urban G Co, at Terre Haute,
Ind, entailng a loss of sl25,000 to the
firm; insurance $4,000, The loss on
the building owned by Herman HUI
man, Sr.. Is $4,000.
A tidal wave seven feet in height Sc
riously damaged shipping and dock
property at Waukegon, Ill.
Midshinman Minor Meriwether, who
was tried by court-martial at Annapolis,
Md. for causing the death Of Mdship-
man Branch in a fist fight was acquit-
ted of the charge of manslaughter, but
the court recommended his dismissal
from the naval academy for violation
of the rules Of the institution,
hnnSn n
Fla, except three brick structures
the King, Seward and Desoto blocks
was destroyed by fire; loss, $500 600.
Miss Florence Carpenter, of Chicago,
was thrown from a horse at Excelsior
Springs Mo- receiving injuries which
proved fatal.
The village of Roca Saraggio, near
Luna, Italy, with the exception of
church, was entirely destroyed by
landslide. The inhabitants fed,
Adam W. Johnson, former United
States marshal at Nome, Alaska, died
in New York, following a surgical op-
Grafton
Gov. Bell of Vermont has refused to
interfere in the case of Mrs. Rogers,
sentenced to hang, December s, for the
murder of her husband.
Dr. r. b. Martin was shot and killed
by a negro named Andrew Patterson
near Bccher, La, following a dispute
over an account