Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-27

revenues are estimated at 1, ,S79, 449, sol
marks. an increase of As, 937, l3l marks
over the preceding fiscal year The
, deficit is estimated at 20. zoe, 900 marks.
which is IL. 400, 600 marks in excess NJ
the deficit of the preceding year.
GE0R6E BARRETT PRESCOTT, the we'll
known electrician and author of works
on the telegraph and telephone, died in
New York, on the 18th, aged "a years.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has called for
the resignation of Mr.. Frank W. Pease
chief of the computer's division, Office
of the supervising architect.
THE United States cruiser Concord is
at Shanghai. The Baltimore, the flag
ship of the China station, Is at Singa-
pore.
The city Of chihuahua, the capital
of the Mexican state of that name, was
reported, on the 10th, to have been
captured by the rebel leader Santana
Perez.
The returns issued by the Paris board
OF trade, covering the year 1898, show
that imports decreased 251, 1,3S0, 900
francs as compared with those of the
preceding year, and that the exports
decreased 251, ,1l8.OOO francs as COM
pared with those of 1892.
JUDGE BARRETT, of the New York
supreme court, has appointed Henry
Winthrop Gray receiver Of the Thom-
son-Houston Electric Co. OF New York.
The bond of the receiver has been fixed
at S5O, 900.
THE Howard plate glass works at Du-
quesne, Pa, employing over 500 men,
resumed in full on the 10th. The plant
had been idle four months. Prospects
favor steady run.
On the 10Th the French senate ap-
proved, by a vote of l3a to 81, a meas
ure giving women in trade the right of
suffrage in elections for tribunals of
commerce.
IN battle with gang of thieves
who were trying to rob the post office
at Danville, Pa. on the morning of the
/ nth, Police Officer Vangilger was shot
and killed and two of the thieves
wounded. The latter escaped.
WILLIAM GAsToN, ex-governor OF
| Massachusetts, died in Boston on the
| 10Th.
The spread Of measles in New York
city is alarming, and the sanitary au-
thorities decided, on the 18th. to adopt
stringent measures in the hope OF
checking the contagion.
THE go men and boys employed in
| the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
machine shops at Scranton, Pa, have
been cut down to six hours a day. The
car shops of the same company have
been working reduced time for several
months past.
An order was issued, on the 20th, by
the Reading Coal and Iron Co. sus-
pending eleven of its largest collieries
for an indefinite period. This will ne
ccssitate a large reduction in the trans
portation force of the railroad.
The request of Prendergast's attor
neys for more time in which to pre-
pare the arguments for new trial has
been granted, the time being set per.
emptorily for the 31st.
lr WAS rumored in Vienna, on the
I'D, and generally believed in court
and diplomatic circles, that King
Alexander /. of Servia had been assas
sinated.
THE imports OF specie at the port Of
| New York for the week ended on the
Goth were sa6,a73, of which SIS, ,66S were
gold and $40, ,605 silver.
On the Goth the New York associated
banks held $lO2, 754. .450 in excess of the
requirements Of the 23-per-cent. rule.
The condition of Grand Duke George
second son of the czar, suffering from
consumption. has become critical.
The imports, exclusive of specie, Al
the port of New York for the week
ended on the Goth were s7,41s.74l, Of
which sl,765, 362 were dry goods and
s5,s5S,379 general merchandise.
The Ieaviland shops, built at cost
OF slsO,OOO at Purdue university, La
fayettc, Ind, were dedicated on tn,
10th. The shops are designed for use
of mechanical engineering classes, anG
cover an acre and half of ground.
lN the United States court at Chicago
on the Goth. Wilbur +. Davidson wa
given verdict Of $4,000 against thu
Illinois Central Railway Co., as damage
for personal injuries.