Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-02

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charged with cmbezzlement, returnef
ii Verdlct OF guilty on the 25th, Tbcr,
He' remained twelve indictment,
against him. '"''' II u
"hL'E THOUSAND persons wer,
killed IN kuchan, northeast Persia hy
recent earthquakes. Ten thousanG
oou'es nave been recovered from the
RUNS Fifty thousand cattle were
killed. "e''
MARY TOWER aged 100 wears apq
months, died, on the a5th, at Lor
raine' a suburb of Elizabeth. n. j
Nheh her one hundrcdth birthday an.
hlVersary was celebrated she was in
good health.
lhE banks of New York held So,
o''' 20 IN excess of the requirements OF
'he @''per-cent. rule on the 95th
IMPORTS of specie at the port of New
York for the week ended on the 9th
We're sll5,90!, of which SsO.959 was
gold and Ii.S4O silver.
UNITED STATES TREASURER MORGAN
mas submitted to Secretary Carlisle his
annual report on the operations and
cohdltion of the treasury. 1t shows
| f,'iat the net ordinary revenues for the
fiscal year 1893 were $685. sl969s, an in.
crease of $50, ,S3l ,s44 over those of the
fiscal year before. The net ordinary
expenditures were 1885,, 3,44755i, an in.
crease of S33, 454 OPS There was, there.
fore, decrease of S1,77s,779 in the
surplus revenues, reducing them to 81,
BAL .674.
REV DR. BRowN, pastor of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church at Ma
comb, H., died suddenly at his home,
on the night Of the 25th OF heart fail
urc. DR.. Brown was for twenty-four
years editor Of the Cumberland Presby-
tcrian, and afterward became editor
OF the Observer, published at St. Louis
A few months ago he accepted a call to
the Macomb charge, He was about so
years old, and leaves a widow
The closing down of the iron mines
in the upper peninsula of Michigan has
thrown thousands of men out of EN-.
ployment-estimates range all the way
from l0,000 to l5,000-and caused great
destitution. Gov. Rich invited the
mayors of all the principal cities in
Michigan and leading men from the
upper peninsula to meet in Detroit and
take some action toward relieving the
distress.
Gov. McGRAw of Washington has
offered a reward of $500 for the arrest
Of Samuel II. Hart, president of the
state bank at Buckley, who disap-
pcarcd about the 18th, leaving short
age of $50 600 1t is claimed that Hart
is not his right name, and that he has
wrecked five other banks during his
career. lie formerly lived in Skowhc-
gan. Me.
4 ALARGE mass meeting was held at
the opera house in Terre liaute, Ind,
on the night of the 26th, for the purpose
of raising funds to relieve the great
distress prevailing among the uncm-
ploved Senator Voorhees, and exSec-
retary of the Navy Thompson addressed
the meeting. Senator Voorhees, prophe-
sled that within ninety days the great
er part of the present industrial de-
,ravc ion ,yould he over
GEN. SCHoFIEIp. while in Washing
ton on army business recently, talked
s".hn sinsticallv of the new defense
at Sandy Hook which are
soon to be put to Il practical test to
determine their adaptabiIity for gen
,ral use along the coasts of the United
States.
WILLIAM W. MARMoN was found dead
in his bed at his home in Bloomington,
H., on the morning of the 10th. 1t is
believed he died from apoplexy early
in the night. lie was 81 years old, and
had been engaged in the wholesale
lrug business at Bloomington for more
than forty years.
The trial of Ed Markley, the bogus
foot racer, at Fairfield. Ia, resulted IN
Z, verdict of guilty and he was SEN
.enced to the Fort Madison peniten-
.iary for three years, This case was
,ne that attracted much attention on
account Of the prominence of parties
connected with it.
TnE American bark Helen w. Ohm
San Francisco, on the 10Th,
from Apia. Samoa, bringing news that
he schooner Fleur-de-lls foundered
iurinr the gale off Butaritari Ths
rev escaped in small boats
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