Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-12-15

hR banks included in what is knewr
as Group No. o." of the New York
S'ale e Bank association, have combined
ior tne purpose of protecting them.
serves against peculations of dishonest
employees.
;, hh silver statue of the actress. Ada
i'ehan' was placed under the guard of
nan a dozen detectives in Chicago, ori
the 9th, as the result of the discovery
VI pot to steal the valuable image.
Two MILES south of Frankfort, Ind.
On 'the 9TH, Jennie, the 5-year-old
aanghter OF Frank Groves, was burned
To death before her mothers ewes The
chiids frock took fire from an open
crate.
WHILE A. L. johnson was hauling d
load OF nitro-glycerine from Belmont
TO Archer's Fork, W. Va, on the 5tb.
the team ran away. An explosion fol-
lowed which was heard 40 miles away.
All That was found of the outfit was a
horse-collar and hole in the ground.
MISS ELLA HAlNEs, of Biddeford, Me-,
mas brought suit against the estate Of
the late Luther Bryant, the Biddeford
millionaire, for 100000. She sues to
recover tin box containing $3.50, 900 IN
government bonds and stocks. which
she alleges Mr.. Bryant gave her before
ne died, but which she was compelled to
give UP by the executors of the estate
after the millionaire died. W..
WHILE Maria Gett, .nerro maiden.
was being baptized in Olivet Baptist
church at Pottsville, Pa, on the even.
ing OF the 4th, the false bottom of the
oaptistry gave way, and the convert,
the pastor in charge, Rev. 7. A. T.
llama, and deacon were submerged.
All were taken out of the water unin.
lured' and the services were continued.
THREE masked desperadoes held I'M
train on the Texas & Pacific railroad.
Smiles west of Fort Worth, Tex, on the.
evening of the 9Th, and robbed the ex.
press car of money, gold bullion and
checks to an amount said to have been
no less than $4,000 They then or.
dered the engineer to move On and
lcisurely rode off, Armed posses were
soon after organized in Fort Worth
and sent in all directions in pursuit
Miss CELIA FOWLER, of Detroit threw
herself in front of u passenger train 2
miles south of Richmond, Mich, on the
9th, and was instantly killed She is
supposed to have been temporarily in
sane,
For November the Northern Pacific
railroad earned sl,sl5,247, an increase
of $79,0l7.
The treasury balance, on the 9th,
stood at Sl54, ,727, 900, of which S1O9, 7OO,-
900 was in gold.
AN extensive strike was inaugurated
by the silk'weavers Of Lyons, France,
most of whom left their work on the
9th.
The Chinese Qt Port Arthur make
presents to the Japanese who recently
captured that place and give dramatic
performances for the entertainment of
the visitors.
CoUNT FERDINAND DE LEssEPs died at
Lachenaie in the department LIndre,
France, on the 7th lie was taken i'll
just before the Panama canal expo
sure, and for months had been at the
door of death.
GEN. ELEAKIM PARKER SCAMMON died
of cancer of the stomach at the resi-
dence of his daughter, Mrs. N. s. Jones,
in Audubon park, New York city, on
the morning of the 18th, aged rs.
THROUGH the confession of Sam
Evans, one of the participants in the
robbery of the Texas & Pacific train
at Mary's creek, near Fort Worth,
Tex, on the night of the 9th, his two
confedeatesoand himself were arrest
ed, on the 9th, and placed in Jail at
Fort Worth.
IT is announced in st. Petersburg
that Count Won Schouveloff, the Rus
sian ambassador to Germany will sue
ceed Gen. Gourko, who on December
J rendered his resignation as military
governor OF Warsaw.
FERDINAND DE LEssEPs body will be
taken to Paris on the 18th and the flu.
neral will take place on the 18th. tI
A CONFEDERATION which was caused
by taper ON an altar destroyed the
poor quarter of the residence portion
of tie city Of Port-au-Prince, Hayti,
on November 80.
IT is intimated that mining machines
are to displacc pick miners in all the
Hooking Valley (o.) mines during the
dull season. This will throw great
many miners out of employment