Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-10-07

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE railroad guard ana lnc law may |
succeed in eXterminating the Jameses.
the Youngers, the Daltons, the Renos,
the Burrows and other gangs of profes-
sional robbers, but if the railroad hand |
turns traitor and goes to the work of
robbery with murder in his heart, the
perplexities of the question are multi
piled. Many railroad corporations have
dccreed that no man shall be employed
by them who uses intoxicating liquors
1t is becoming necessary to enlarge
this rule, to exclude all whose integrity
has not been proved by well-established
character.
TIE formation of one of the most
gigantic trusts known in the CONNER
cial history of the country has been
brought to light by the fling at Gin
ton. Ia, of the articles of incorporation
of the Mississippi Lumber Co. with
capital stock of Sl,500,OO0. The new
concern embraces every lumber ana
log magnate doing business on the
Mississippi and its tributaries between
st. Paul and st. Louis.
On the 25th a solid cast-steel prolec-
tile was fired through seventeen inches
of steel armor plate at the government
proving station at Indian liead, ana
came out unharmcd. 1t is considered
by the officials of the navy ordnance
bureau to be the most satisfactory test
vet made. The projectile was impeled
with velocity of l,soo feet per second
and with a striking energy OF over
| $4,000 tons.
TuE returns of the week .ended on
the 10Th show that lightweight deaths
from diphtheria occurred in London
during the seven days This is not
only three times as high as the average
rate of mortality for this disease put
it is higher than has eve occurred De-
fore. d
IT is understood that President Cieve'
land intends to discontinue his reeep-
tions to the public, which have hereto
fore occurred on three days OF the
week, substituting special receptions
to visiting bodies whenever the occa'
sion justites.
Chief SwENIE of the Chicago fire 'M'
partment was badly injured, on the
nicht of the 10Th, while snperintend-
ing the fight against planning mn
fire. A heavy timber fell on nm
breaking his right leg and badly bruis
ing him about the body. Chief owen''
is one of the best-known tiremen IN th'
country. 80, c..
| POSTMASTER POTTER of Giles CITY
Ariz., and Robert Roberts were mnr
dered there, on the a5th, their ~ sku''
beinu beaten in by unknown persons
One body was found in the post Once
and the other near it. The murdefer
are believed to have been Indians wn'
were mining near ella
on the s7th the bodies of hive mul
dered men were found near camp II
the Arkansas valley, Cherokee strip
The camp had been plnndered OF al
valuables. and every means OF loeh.'
fication removed from the bodies
EIGHTEEN new eases OF yellow ie'e
were reported at Brunswick "a'' o.
the s7th, by physicians. A so"'neas >
wind blowing from the rice ile'o
caused the large increase in cases. :.
SIX new eases of cholera occurred Il
Hamburg during the twenty-fo"r ho''
ended at noon of the 21th -.
TIE paid admissions to the "or'o
fair on the 21th were l05,Sol, -,
FRANCE is said to be preparing vi
way to force further concessions iio'
Siam. -, uor
MANY striking miners in the mon
!, and Liege districts OF Belgium ~
sumed work on the .Sth' a,
AFTER many delays the trial OF VI
noted Glendale train roboer' M"io ,.
! G. Hedgcpeth, occurred at st. Charie
! Mo. on the ssth. 1t resulted ina que
: conviction, and Hedgepeth was SCI
fenced to twenty-five years impriso'
Z ment e ~
! GRAND MASTER SARGENT, Oh v,
n brotherhood of Locomotive flremeH'
Terre Haute, Ind. received a dispa,o
from Cincinnati, on the 18th, saying ',,' ~
the men on the Big Four acceptea v, !.
Y y proposition for reduced wages anu 'N'
= the threatened strike was on
: In the Ford's theater disaster cas
" before Justice McComas, in Was"il'
! ton. b. O., on the soth the dcienoan'
= NIessrs Ainsworth, Covert, Sasse al
il nant, withdrew their iorma, m ,.,aic,me, @