Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-02-03

RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL, North Brothers
iland, N. Y, is attempting, under tho
direction of the board of health, to
cure smallpox with red light. The ex-
pertinent has succeeded in Bergen,
Norway.
AN intimate friend of Attorney-Gen-
eral Olney said, on the 25th, that the
rumored resignation Of Mr.. Olncy will
become fact very soon.
A DEAD tramp and an empty whisky
bottle were found side by side miles
from Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 25th.
A MAJORITY of the members Of the
customs committee of the French
chamber of deputies still propose that
tariff Of eight francs be placed on
corn.
The khedive of Egypt has yielded
to the demand of Lord Cramer, the
British diplomatic agent in Cairo, that
he publish formal retraction of the
structures he recently passed upon the
army and issue an order praising its
condition and the efficiency of the
British and Egyptian officers. Maher
Pasha, assistant minister of war, who
was charged with melting the kbedive
to make his hostile criticisms, has been
transferred by the khedive.
The postmaster-general has ap.
pointed commissioners to make thor
ough investigation and report on the
needs of the New York and Chicago
post offices. The commissioners enter
at once upon their work.
ALDERMAN JERRY MuLvIHILL, q Chi
cago saloon-keeper, who was shot in
Husseys saloon the previous night by
Mike Fewer, an intoxicated saloon
keeper, died at the Presbyterian hospi-
tai on the a6th.
FURTHER loss of s60O,OO0 in gold
was reported by the treasury on the
26th. This reduced the gold reserve to
less than s67, ,OOO, 900.
In the criminal court at Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the a7th, Judge Slagle refused
new trial in the case of James New
ton Hill for the murder of Mrs. Rosa
Roetzler in East park, Allegheny, on
the night of March z, 1893. and the
murderer was sentenced to death.
PREMIER CEIsPI of Italy has prepared
for the chamber of deputies PROPOSE
tion to save, by economy, 1000, 900 lire
in the military budget: 1900, 900 on the
marine budget, and 100000 in the
budget for public works.
Mrs. ELLEN COLFAX. widow of the
ex-vice-president of the United
States, has, with her son, settled the
claim of the National Bank of Indian.
apolis against them as stockholders by
paying sa5, 900 cash. e
THE imports OF specie at the port of
New York for the week ended OH the
9th We're Sal. .399, of which slla,0O9
was gold and s2S, 800 silver.
On the 27th the New York associated
banks held sl09, 04S. 900 in excess of the
requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule.
TINE money in n ew York was mac
tive and abnormally abundant during
the week ended on the eth, and the
lender invariably sought the borrow
er, through the agency of the loan
brokers, but with Indifferent success in
nearly all cases.
FIRE broke out in the building on
Fourth street, st. Louis, occupied by
Otto Oeters & Co.. Wholesale leather
and findings, early on the morning of
the 99th, and most of the stock was
burned or damaged. The adjoining
building on the north was somewhat
damaged.
TIE factories Of the Western Boot
and Shoe Co. and the Bernard-Gannon
Shoe Co., in St. Louis, were destroyed
by fire ON the morning of the 2Sth, en-
failing a loss of 81 900; fully insured.
Over 200 employees will be temporarily
idle
SATURDAY. January -, was the thir-
ty-ffth anniversary of the birth OF En-
peror William of Germany, and also
the twenty-tifth anniversary of his en-
trance into the army. The event was
celebrated in grand style in Berlin.
TIE Mid-winter fair at Golden Gate
park, San Francisco. was formally
opened, with appropriate ceremonies,
in the presence of an immense throng,
on the 21th.
XEILA NICoLAUs. who wantssiO, 900 of
George Gould's money. has returned
from Europe, arriving in New York,
on the evening of the 2Sth, from Havre,
accompanied by her guardian, ""Al"
Ruhman