Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

next to President Dehs. has been the
most aggressive enemy of the railroad.
'h'y nave ever had, was robbed of a
pockctbook containing about forty an,
h"al passes on some of the largest rail
way systems in the country while talk
ing ride on Chicago electric car or
the l2th.
DETECTIVE DEvEREAuX, of Chicago
and Chief of Police Richardson of Ar.
gentine, Kas., arrested John Bodwige
IN the Santa Fe yards at Argentine.
Inc prisoner is charged with being i'm
plicated in the wrecking of a passen
ger train at Battle Creek, Mich.
WARDEN DuRsToN of Sing Sing prison
died at Sing Sing, N. Y, on the 12th
of typhoid fever.
SNEAK thieves entered the residence
OF f. }. Ott, keeper of general store
at Newton. o., on the 18th, and stole q
TIN box containing Sl4O in money and
Sl2,sO0 in negotiable bonds.
WHILE attempting to capture an ell
which mad escaped from pen in the
city park at Richmond, Ind. on the
night OF the 1lth, Lewis Lossenkemper
was attacked by the animal and prob
ably fatally gored.
IHE son of an ex-congressman and
ior years one of the best-known demo.
cratic politicians was convicted at
Louisville, KY, on the l2th, on the
charge OF moonshining. The man was
Albert Gallatin Talbot, Jr., who bears
the full name of his distinguished ia.
ther. The accused was arrested in
hock Castle county as Il common ped.
dler OF whisky, which he sold by the
dram to those who wished to buy.
oN Fourth street, Cincinnati, on the
18th, in broad daylight, messenger OF
the Second national bank was robbed
OF 81, 900 in cash and coupons and cash
drafts OF an unknown value. He had
the wallet in an outside pocket and
got into a crowd, after which the
wallet was missing.
On the 18th a runner was current in
Shanghai that the Chinese government
had begun negotiations with Japan for
peace. China, it is said. has offered to
acknowledge the independence of Corea
and to pay war indemnity to Japan.
STEPS will be taken by the pension
bureau to mete out punishment to the
remaining members of the boards of
pension examiners involved in the Van
Leuven frauds. Indictments against
several of the physicians have already
been returned.
IHE Brotherhood of st. Andrew Sc
lected Louisville Ky, as the place for
the annual meeting in 1895.
FRANK MCCLINToCK, former deputy
county clerk and an old printer, OF
Grand Junction, Col. who had been at
work for some time on a typcsetting
machine, has sold his invention to IA
chicago firm manufacturing typeset-
ting machines for $50 900, and has been
made superi ntendent of the company S
works at New Haven, Conn.
THE New York city associated banks
issued the following statement for the
week ended the 18th: Reserve, increase,
81, 1896, ,375; loans, decrease, 100000; le.
gal tenders, increase, 81, ,050, 600; specie,
increase, S675, ,S0o deposits, increase, 81,
317, 700; circulation, increase, S4l1 200.
CHARLES GARRETT, alias George Long,
who murdered his wife at Lebanon,
Pa, on September last by cutting
her throat, was arrested at Marion, o.
where he was working in a stone
quarry, on the 18th. He admitted his
guilt.
The steam barge George i. Colwell
and her consort, the ID. p. Dobbins,
both lumber laden, were driven ashore
at Deer Park, Mich. on the 18th. The
crews of both boats were rescued by
the lie. saving crew of No. L. station.
THE business portion of the thriving
town Of Chester Hill, in the western
portion OF Morgan county. o., was de.
stroyed by fire on the morning of the
14th. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000 with but slight insurance.
On the 18th the associated banks of
New York city held $50, O,s47,325 in en-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent rlle.
Miss CELIA CHUsIER, beautiful
young lady, died at Memphis, Tenn,
on the 18th, from an overdose OF NOR
phine taken to relieve II headache.
She was to have been married the
next day, but at the hour set for the
marriage her funeral took place.