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

THE United States government, which
does not insure its property, sustained
loss OF about $50, 900, on the night OF
the 25th, by the burning of the south
wing of Jefferson barracks. near St.
Louis. A large amount Of commissary
stores was contained in the building.
There were some narrow escapes, and
the soldiers acted promptly and effec-
lively in saving the other buildings.
REPRESENTATIVE 0'NEILL, of Mis-
souri,, on the 25th, introduced bill to
protect free labor frAw the injurious
effects of convict labor, by confning
the sIae of the products of the latter
class OF labor to thsk state where they
are produced. :. s'Gs:s
Y on The 25th Gen. r. s. Granger,
United States army, retired, died in
Washington, aged So years. !
The president has approved the act
authorizing Commander Dickens,
United States navy, to accept a decora.
tion from the king Of Spain.
THE government OF Great Britain has
demanded of the government of Mic.
aragua an explanation of the with,
drawal of the exequateur of the British
conssl at Greytown (San Juan del
Norte).
REPRESENTATIVE JERRY SIMPSON, of
Kansas, was able to sit up a few min,
utes on the Goth. He was considered
out Of danger, but it will be some
weeks before he will be able to resume
his public duties.
DURING terrific thunderstorm near
Glatz, Prussian Silesia, on the night OF
the 25th, several farm houses were
struck by lightning and burned, and
three persons were killed.
BY the burning of Philip Schneider's
dwelling in South Scranton, Pa, on
the morning of the Goth, three of his
children, who were in an upper room,
were burned to death.
GEN. FRYE's army of the Common
veal arrived at Indianapolis, Ind, on
the 26th on freight train which they
ldu SclLeu du DTdZll, luu.
In a coroner's inquest, on the 26th
over the death Of J. Smith, who was
said to have been burned to death in q
small fire which destroyed South
Omaha (Neb. hotel, five of the six ju-
rors found that Smith had been mur-
dered, and that Nick Martin, the sixth
| juror, committed the crime. Martin
returned minority verdict finding
himself innocent and demanding his
own release.
| A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in the
Place de Ligne, Buda-Pesth, on the
27th, involving loss of 500, 900 norins
1t is asserted that the fire was the work
of socialist incendiaries.
The New York legislature adjourned
sine die on the 27th at noon.
On the eth the committee of the
Hungarian house of magnates ap
proved Premier Wckerle's civil mar.
riage bill.
A MOB of twenty-five men, armed
and masked, visited Bert Wills saloor
at Burlington, Ind, on the night Of
the 27th, knocked in the heads of bar
rels with axes, broke the bottles, anG
after chopping the fixtures into kind
ling-wood, removed them to the stree
and made bonfire Of them. A veal
ago the same place was blown up will
| dynamite.
TIE statement of the associated
banks of New York city for the weel
! ended the 2sth showed the following
changes: Reserve, increase, Sl,4O9,
1926; loans increase, 81, ,S32,9 900; specie
decrease, s546,6O0; legal tenders, IN
crease, $4,000; deposits, increase
s4,3l4, 700; circulation, decrease, $513,
500.
| WHILE sixteen miners were descend
ing the shaft of coal mine at Boies d,
Luce, near Mons, Belgium, on the 2Sth
the cable broke and the cage was pre-
cipitated to the bottom of the shaft
Thirteen of the occupants were killet
outright, and the other three were fa
tally injured.
The trial Of Anarchist Emil Henr
in Paris ended, on the 25th, in the pris
oner's conviction and sentence to death
THE New York city associated bank
| held Ss3,4l7, $50 in excess of the re
quirements of the 25-per-cent. rule OF
the 2Sth.
| THE chief manager of the 'Vienn;
branch of the banking house of tn,
Rothschilds was stabbed in the face
on the 2Sth, by beggar to whom h,
refused aims.