Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-22

ploye OF the West Pennsylvania rail-
road, was arrested, on the Iith,
charged with an attempt to wreck the
freeport accoT nodation train at n
sharp curve between Butler junction
and Sligo station, Pa, by rolling a
large rock on the track directly il
front of the approaching train.
EARLE UPTON committed suicide at
Marshalltown, Ia, on the lith, by TAX
ing poison. He was the husband of
the well-known physician, Rosa Up.
ton, who left him last spring and went
to Milwaukee. spondency, due to
domestic troubles, is supposed to have
been the cause.
JOSEPH HARE, postmaster at Hill
city, ). d., was arrested, on the 14th,
charged with embezzlement.
BARRETT ScorT, the embezzling treas
nrer of Holt county, Neb., was found
guilty on the 18th.
The country around the city of Luck
now, India, and a portion cf that city
was submerged, on the 18th, by floods
in the river Goomty.
SEvERAL new cases of smallpox
were discovered at Leavenworth, Kas.,
on the 18th, and there was one death
from the disease. The disease prevails
mostly among coal-miners in the south
ern part of the city. A quarantine has
been ordered at the Soldiers home, and
no one is allowed to leave or visit there
ROBERT j., Pa Ilamlin's phenome-
nal PAGER, created a sensation at Terre
llaute, Ind, on the l4th, by going a
mile in 2:Ol 4 without apparent serious
effort. Hamlin is confident his horse
will yet pace in two minutes.
FRED MILLER, German, at Kenton,
o., aged 70, in a fit of jealousy, fatally
stabbed his aged wife four times and
cut her head open with a hatchet. Then
he jumped into a 30-foot well and was
killed instantly. Both were well-re-
spected German pioneers,
A HORRIBLE murder was reported at
Atchison, kas.. on the 18th, j. Stong
and daughter being the victims. They
lived on a lonesome farm in jackson
county, and he was supposed to be a
miser Both the father and daughter
were killed and their cabin burned.
GEN FRANCISCO DE BOURBON, of the
Spanish army, who recently issued a
manifesto claiming heritage to the
throne Of France, will be kept under
military arrest for two months in Mad
rid as punishment for issuing the mani
festo
CAPT W. s. BRIDGEMAN, late com.
mander of the cruiser Baltimore, who
arrived at Tacoma. Wash. few weeks
ago on a leave of absence, is danger.
ously i'll with Asiatic fever, contracted
in Corea, and is not expected to live.
FIRE, early on the morning OF the
l4th, partly destroyed the big barn OF
the National soldiers home, north Of
the city of Washington, causing a loss
of about $4,000. The fire is believed tc
have been the work of incendiaries.
EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH received the
Austro-llungarian delegation at Buda'
Pesth on the 10th. Addressing then
he congratulated them upon the fact
that the confidence expressed in 1S9;
that peace would be preserved and con
solidatcd h"1 heen confirmed by tha
establishment of still more peaceful
situation throughout Europe and the
existence of the present amicable re
lations among the powers.
WALTER WAILING, while riding ;
bicycle at Kendallville, Ind, on tn,
18th. collided with a buggy. the bicycle
passing between the front wheel anc
the thills. The right handle bar en-
tered Walling's abdomen, tearing th'
flesh SO that the bowels protruded
Walling was prominent bicycler.
SIX of the survivors of the Chimes
troop-ship Chean, which was wrecked
at Chetung while en- route to Formos;
with 400 soldiers on board, arrived a
Shanghai on the 18th. They reported
| that 200 of the persons on board th'
| Chean were drown.
| CAPT W. X, BRlDGEMAN, of tn
| United States man-of-war Baltimore
died at Tacoma, Wash. on the 18th, o
| ASiatic fever, contracted recently il
| China.
On the 18th the associated banks o
New York city held Sj9,953,70O in eS
cess of the requirements of the 25-pel
cent rule.
FIFTEEN persons were injured in
runaway at a funeral at lrondalc, Pa
on the 18th.