Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-05-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

EDWARD LA MONTAGNE, JR., banker,
was arrested in New York, on the lst,
on charge Of grand larceny, and was
arraigned in the Tombs police court,
where he was admitted to bail. 1t is
said that the larceny involves $4,000,
and that the complainant is Florence
Davids or Laurence q. Davis.
JULIAN 0. DAVIDSON, the well, l,known
artist; died at his home in Nyack, n.
Y, on the LIST, of heart disease and
dropsy. Mr.. Davidson's marine pic
lures ranked among the best in the
country. In later years Mr.. Davidson
also acquired some renown as an au-
thor
THE. April movement of cotton into
sight has only been exceeded four times
within the last fourteen years. Com
pared with last year. it shows an excess
of AZ 900 bales, but falls short of April.
1892, by $4,000. The total brought into
sight for the month was 249, $50 bales,
against aO2, 437 in April, 1893, and 97l,-
SIS in April, 1892.
The murder Of City Marshal Whit
ney of Missouri Valley, Ia, on the
night of April 81. by freddy" Wilson,
notorious burglar and thug, has been
avenged. At an early hour on the
morning of the lst Wilson was taken
from Jail by mob and hanged from
the railing of the city hall portico.
Ex-STArE SENATOR NORMAN BoRD.
MAN, of Lyon, Ia, died on the night Of
the SOth on his eighty first birthday
anniversary. lie held the position ol
states attorney Of Vermont from 1856
to 1851 One of his sons is the present
Iowa state dairy commissioner. He
had lived in Iowa since 1855.
THE fourth annual convention of the
Associa tion of Military Surgeons, rep
rescnting surgeons Of the regular army
navy and national guard, began in
Washington on the lst. The delegates
were welcomed to the city by Commits
sioner Ross, and President Cleveland
made the convention speech.
h. +. SCHRIvER, wanted at Brooklyn
Ia., for alleged fraudulent transactions
Involving $4,000, was arrested in Kan
tls City, Mo-, on the list. The authori
ties had been looking for Schriver fo
several weeks.
| In funeral procession at I.eaven
worth, Kas., on the list, team became
frightened at an approaching electric
car, and in the excitement three car
riages were backed onto the track ant
were wrecked by the car. Many mar
row escapes were experienced, ant
Mrs. Rafferty, and Mrs Phillips Bake
sustained what were supposed to b
fatal injuries. ,
BY an explosion OF benzine in tn
cellar of a New York dyeing house, OF
the I'd, two persons were roasted Il
death and three others were terribl.
burned. The Rve.story building wa
almost instantly enveloped in flames
] and ID was feared that three or fou
other persons perishcd.
GEN. MoRRlsoN's army, 30l strong
was fcrried away from st. Louis to tn
Illinois shore, on the afternoon Of tn
I'd, literally without purse or scrip
their entire commissary outfit consist
ing of $50 loavcs of bread and coupl
of caddies of chewing tobacco. Their
| was not half-dozen blankets in tn
louttit. The men had been harangue
into temporary enthusiasm, and too
up the march in apparent good spirits
HARRISON PRICE, aged so years,
second cabin passenger, committe
suicide by shooting on board th
steamer Saale soon after the vessel lei
Southampton for New York, where h
arrived on the lst. Price was nativ
Of the United States, but had reside
IN England for the last ten years.
AT an early hour on the morning {
the adm bomb was found on q windo,
Z sill Of the palace OF Prince Hohenloh'
in Prague, Bohemia. 1t was fitte
with an igniting device which reache
to the ground, and would, If touche
by anyone passing by. have caused tn
bomb to explode. st1tsa I
MRS. CATHERINE x-BoLLEs, a siste
Of the late Gov. John A. Dix, an
widow OF the late John A. Bolle
Judge advocate general Of the nav.
!. died in Washington, on the lst Las
January she lost her son, who was SCI
retary Of Harvard university. y
!. ssJAPAs has appropriated . large SUI
lof money to msintain. VAT ships !!
Hawaii. sAs ~ X. .,..a.. :.
RETURNS from the congressional Gle
, ltion in the Third Ohio district on n
list, fora successor to Houck, decease'
show that Paul J. Sorg (deln.I carrie
.. the district by 1000 majority over
, g. Rathbonc (rcp.). In 1874 Hodcls