Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-21

district, was arrested at Scottdale. or
the 18th, and taken to Uniontown iail
charged with completely in the murder
OF j. II. Paddock.
CIVIL war has again broken out in the
Samoan islands. Several engagements
have been fought between the govern.
ment troops and insurgents, with a
number of killed and wounded on both
sides.
A LATE dispatch from Rio Grande dc
Sol says that the Brazilian federal
troops had completely routed the in.
surgents in that state
Mr. SHELLEY, well-known American
dentist in Paris, committed suicide, on
the 18th, by shooting himself in the
head. He had suffered of late from
melancholia.
AFTER a heated session Of two hours
and half, the house democratic eau
Gus, on the 18th, decided by vote of
81 to "A to instruct the committee on
rules to report new rule to ascertain
and record the presence Of quorum
whether voting or not. Practically all
the democratic members of the house
attended the caucus.
A PETITION of residents of north and
central Fremont county, Wyo., has
been forwarded to the secretary of war,
praying that an additional company of
United States troops be at once sta
toned at Fort Washakie. 1t is stated
that because of the strict rule of Capt.
Ray, the Indian agent at Shoshone
agency, an outbreak is feared.
THERESA RIEMERI, one of the chorus
OF the Metropolitan grand opera COM
pany, died in st. Louis, on the 18th,
from cerebral apoplexy. She was an
Italian by birth. She, with her hus-
band, under the stage name of Girola,
have been enrolled in the chorus Of the
best OF the opera companies
WoRKMEN while excavating in the
oldest part of Elizabeth, N. j., on the
18th, found the bones of some prehis-
toric animal, probably those of mas
todon. The largest of the lot weighed
about fifty pounds. 1t closely rcsem-
bles the lower end of a femur of NAM
moth proportions, and is petrified.
Gov. LElsT, chancellor of the gov
ernment'of the Cameroons, has been
relieved from his position on account
of his alleged connection with the ill.
treatment of natives. Disciplinary
measures will be instituted against
him as soon as he returns to Germany.
THE full extent of the loss by the
burning of the American glucose works
at Buffalo, n Y, on the 18th, is still
uncertain. About eighty men were at
work in the building when the fire
broke out. The names of dozen en-
ployes are given who have failed to
show up since the fire.
MoLLIE NATHAN, 2 years old, fell
from fourth-story window in Cincin-
natl on the 18th. Her escape was a
most miraculous one. No bones were
broken; nor was the child perceptibly
injured in any other way.
RANcHERs and orchardists in the vi
cinity of Winters, Yolo county, CAL,
have been replacing white labor with
Chinese and Japanese. Citizens are
highly indignant, and have notified
the employers they must hire whites
PRINCE BIsMARCK's daily walks are
growing longer and his health is better
than in years.
A REPORT was current in Washinr-
ton, on the l4th, that further conces-
sions had been made to the sugar men
by the leaders on the democratic side
to insure the passage of the tariff bill.
GEN. HENRY w. SLoCUM died at l205
o'clock, on the morning of the 14th,
at his home, 465 Clinton avenue, Brook
lyn, of pneumonia, Of which he had
been i'll only few days. He was in
his sixty-seventh year.
DR.. VoN LEMBAcH. the artist, is So
journing at FREDERICKSBURG to do por-
trait of Bismarck in cuirassier uni
form. The portrait is to be given to
the emperor.
On the l4th the New York associated
banks held $50, ,s3l, 900 in excess of the
requirements of the 25-per-cent rule.
REPRESENTATIVE BREcKINRIDGE said,
on the l4th, that he would not resume
his seat in the house, but would start
directly for home and commence his
fight for denomination and reelection
to congress.