Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-12-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

OF age, living near Elyria, o., was
found dead in his bed on the. 9Th. A
post-mortem examination was held and
disclosed the fact that his heart had
burst, the pericRrdium being filed
with fragments of the organ.
THE six-story building at SAT Broad
way, New York, used as an emporium
for fancy goods, haberdashery and
feathers, and Immediately adjoining
the lofty structure of Charles Broad
way Rouss, was gutted by fire on the
evening of the 4th, The building was
crowded by working girls, several of
whom sustained slight injuries, but
all got out of the burning building in
safety. The loss is S295,OOO
THE department of state has been
notified, through its consular repre-
sentative at Bremen, of proposed
change in the German customs tariff
by which the duty on cotton seed oil
will be increased 25O per cent. over the
present rates. This is done in further
retaliation against our discriminating
duty on German beet sugar imposed by
the new tariff law.
GERMANY's new reichstag building
in Berlin was opened with imposing
ceremonies ON the 5th.
M. FERDINAND DE LEssEPs was re-
ported seriously i'll on the 5th.
OWING to the closing down of the
coal mines operated by the Sunday
Creek Coal Co, at Buckingham, O., 800
miners have been thrown out of en-
ployment, and, with their families, are
in a destitute condition. A committee
was sent to Columbus, on the 5th, to
secure aid.
On the 4th ex-Gov Oden Bowie died
at his home, "Fairview," in which he
was born November 10, 1926, at Bowie,
Md. The end came peacefully while
the ex-governor was surrounded by the
members of the family.
On the 5th Senator Quay introduced
an amendment to the sugar bill as
passed by the house and reported to
the senate, which provides for striking
out the one-eighth of one cent per
pound differential on sugar.
In the senate, on the 5th, bill was
introduced by Mr.. Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, and referred to the committee
on pensions, grantinga pension Of 500
a month to the widow of Gen. N. p,
Banks.
MAJ. HAMBRoUGH, father of Lieut..
Hambrough, for whose murder Alfred
John Monsonwas tried in Edinburgh
last year and discharged on the Scotch
verdict of mot proven" some time
since instituted suit against the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co. OF London to
recover 100000 insurance on his sons
nfe. The fury in the case returned q
verdict. on the 5th, for the defendants.
H. A. CAAPlN, aged 81, the mil
lionaire mine owner of Niles, Mich,
WAS taken suddenly and critically i'll
on thsSthss He owns the big Chaplin
mine ID the northern peninsula OF
Michigan and is reputed to be the
wealthiest manin southwestern Mich
lgan. -'-e,, q 4
THE official count IN Tennessee gives
Evans (repQ, for governor, Sal plu
tality. u
TnE bill of Representative Knightto
punish usurpers Of state Offices was
passed bra strictlysparty vote in the
Alabama Legislature on the 5th.
the cruiser Detroit arrived at Glib
sSltsr oh the 5th. She was expected to
proceed in a day or two to Naples to
deliver'the Columbian relics loaned by
the pope to the United States for the
Chicago fair, 49,. aw.s.... .,.ys -
HARRY GooDLoE, a student OF Gen.
trsl university, at Richmond, KY,
died. on. the 5thSof injuries sustained
vhils plsying football. He was son
o6' Stats Senator John D. Goodloe.
TIE appropriations committee OF the
houss,. on the 5th. received from the
treasury department. estimates for the
Hsiency bill, aggregating
e0,7o0000 which includes the amount
rpquited % collect thc income tax. The
committee will 70 to work on the Dill
~ soo6 ~ possible.
Xun sBritish stesmer Dorian, from
New York for Hhlifax, while passing
down hong Island sound, on the night
Of the 5th, ran intofhe schooner Clara
Simpson and ssut her to the bottom.
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