Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-05-26

MRS. ELIZA ]. HAGGIN. wife of ]. b.
IIaggin, the well-known race-horse
owner, died in New York city on the
18th.
AN echo of the Carlyle w. Harris
trial was heard in Syracuse, N. Y, on
the 18th, when the news leaked out
that Charles w. Harris, the father of
the murderer who was put to death by
electricity at Sing Sing on May s, 1893,
for poisoning his wife, had been quiet
ly taken to the state hospital for the
insane at Ogdensburg.
The boiler of Il. c. Ross planning
mill at Bay City, Mich, exploded, on
the 18th, killing engineer George C.
Clossen, fatally injuring John Clegg
and wopnding John Scarth, Henry
Neal and Stephen Alyea and his son.
The force of the conclusion broke
plate glass in windows three blocks
away.
SIX people, five men and woman,
perished and two were perhaps fatally
injured by the wrecking Of the schooner
NJ. J. Cummings, which foundered in
the storm off Milwaukee on the 18th,
going down in 20 feet OF water just
south of the harbor piers.
The main building of the Hillsboro
(O.) female college was burned on the
18th. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $40, 1000.
SHERIFF burgess, of Topeka, Kas.,
obtained requisition at Denver, Col,
on the 18th, for George Woods, arrest
ed at Colorado Springs, who is said to
be a member of a gang that commit
ted numerous robberies in Kansas, the
most daring of which was the robbery
of the Missouri Pacific express Office at
Topeka few weeks ago.
On the 10th the banks Of New York
held S7s, ,999, ,2S5 in excess of the require
ments of the 25-per-cent. rule.
FRosTs were reported all over the
northwest and southwest on the morn
ing of the 10Th.
SUGAR TRUST stocks dropped 1875
cents during the week ended on the
10TH
DESPITE the riotous scenes among
the delegates, the international con-
gress in Berlin proved that the miners
of all nations were nearer union in
thought and action than was generally
supposed.
EMILE HENRI. the Partisan anarchist
| who threw a bomb in the cafe of the
Hotel Terminus on February II, was
| puillotined at 4l0 o'clock on the morn
ing of the 2lst.
EDMUND YATES. author and journal
list. died in London, on the Goth, of apo
plexy, aged 69.
TIE Spanish anarchists who were
condemned to death for aiding Palla.
in the plot to kill Gen. Martinez de
Campos were shot at Barcelona on the
morning of the 2lst
| The life-saving crew at Milwaukee
on the Goth, succeeded in securing thu
bodies that were tied in the rigging o
the schooner Cumm ings when that YES
sci was driven ashore in the bay on thu
18th. They proved to be those of Mrs
+. C. Palmer, the cook, of Milwaukee
and James Whiteley, OF Marine City
| Mich.
MADISON SQUARE, New York, wa
the scene. on the Goth. of a notable cere
mony. It was the birthday anniversar.
of Admiral Farragut, and although th
wind blew II h''-'.-'',",,n and the
poured down IN torrents, 5000 peopl
gathered to participate in the cere
monies which had been arranged i
memory of the hero of Mobile by hi
surviving officers and men.
TIE copious rains sent Buffalo rive
booming over its banks and dow
through South Buffalo, n. v. on tn
, Goth. Dozens of streets were tloode
and hundreds of cellars filled wit
water. The police had fleet of row
boats, and were busy all day rescuin
people from the second stories and root
of their homes.
CAPT. GEORGE 0. GARDNER. cashier {
. the First national bank of Decorah, la
was found lying dead on sofa in tn
| directors room of the bank on tn
I morning of the Goth. The cause of h
{ death was heart disease. Capt. Car
: ner commanded the Fifth Wisconsi
S battery IN tue war of the rebellic
;. when he was IS years of age.
KATE d. MARTIN, young lady of
Y years. met with peculiar death at i
. dianapolis, Ind, on the Goth. She WI
Q having violent quarrel with h
:. fiance, Patrick Doherty, when she fe
/. dead