Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-07-07

morning OF the Goth deliberate at
tempt was made to blow up the Wit
ness newspaper Office at Montreal,
Can, dynamite cartridge being
hurled through rear window into the
press room. Several of the windows
were shattered and a portion of the
floor was torn up.
n. &. LEIGHTON, of Minneapolis
Mimi, well-knOwn business man,
shot himself through the heart on the
Goth. lie left a note saying he could
not bear the pain of an internal mall
ady.
Col. CRoFToN, commanding the fed
eral troops at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, was
notified, on the 1st, to hold the Fiji
teenth regiment Of infantry ready to
move to the scene of any strike troubles
on the railroads at moments notice.
A special train was sent to the fort, to
be held there to transport the troops
as soon as marching orders were re-
ceived. s.-.s.
THE Allan line steamer Scandinavia,
Capt. Gunsen, which arrived at Green
ock, Scotland, on the 30th, from Bos.
ton, reported having been in collision
with an iceberg in mid-ocean. A large
hole was knocked in the steamer four
feet above the water line, and her bow.
spirit and figurehead We're carried
away.
The remains of the late president OF
France, NJ. Sadi-Carnot-the victim OF
the assassin's knife-were placed in
the pantheon at Paris, on the lst, the
funeral pageant and the ceremonies at
the bier proving magnificent tribute
to the memory of the martyr states
man.
BETWEEN 1000 and 1900 cigarmakers
OF Philadelphia went on strike, on the
3Oth, for an increase of one dollar pei
1000 in price for making cigars and fol
union control of the shops.
REV. JOHN M. BAUGH, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Oskaloosa, la.
was on the 30th, nominated by the
populists of the Sixth district of Iowa
for congress.
AS A result of the failure of congres.
to pass the naval appropriation bill
about l,700 workmen in navy yards
have been laid off.
ALMOST the entire business portion
of Bayou Sara, La, was destroyed by
fire on the 1st.
On the 1st Emperor William, in me
moriam of NJ. Carnot's funeral, ,pardonei
the two French lieutenants, Maleva
and d'Agony, recently arrested for spy
ing on German Notifications.
THREE lines of railroad were forced
on the lst, to abandon their tracks a
East Atchison, Mo-, on account of en-
croachment by the river.
| NICE-PREsIDENT llARAHAN, of thu
Illinois Central Railroad Co., on th
30th, gave George NJ. Pullman mos
unmerciful scoring on account of hi
responsibility for the prevailing costl,
railroad troubles, declaring that if h
looked into his affairs more and tool
the word of sycophantic subordinates
less such state of affairs might no
have come about.
THE effects of the great railroad
strike were beginning to be felt seri
ously with the opening of the mont
in Chicago and other cities dependan
upon outside supplies of food stuffs
the prices of many commodities, b.
reason of the real or anticipated scarci
ty, having been raised to almost pre-
hibitive figures.
REQUIEMservices in honor of the lat
NJ. Carnot We're held, on the lst, il
most of the leading cities of Europe
and were attended by the French diplo
mats stationed in the various cities
Memorial services were also held il
New York and Washington.
THE national administration, on REP
resentation of the railways, has ar
pointed Edwin Walker, attorney of tn
st. Paul road, to assist United State
Attorney Milchrist- at Chicago, in pros
ecuting offenders against the posta
laws.
THE executive board of the Chicag
Trades and Labor assembly were, o
the night of the 1st, given power to de
clare strike in all the branches O
trade in the city in support of the Pull
man strike
THE noticeable feature of the spread
ing of the railroad strike in support O
the Pullman boycott, was the organiza
tion, on the 1st, of strong A. r. U
division in Philadelphia.
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