Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-06

CASUALTIES.
jan il-ESplosln in coal mine at King. Col, d,
killed "a men
Jan 2l-Death i 30 persons caused by ex.
piosion resulting iom railway collision near
Feb, 9-County arm insane asylum near
Dover, n. II o., burma, ~ inmates p.rishns in
flames.
Mar s--Thirty. er persons killed in cyclone
In Georgia . Seyefpersons killed by cyclone
10 Marion, Miss
Mar 23Every ltrson in town OF Kelly,
NJ as, killed in cycl,ne; % persons also killed
in Tunica and C.eYeand.
Apr l21wo peiyons killed at Rockport
Ind. Il others at fobinsviile. Miss nine at
Coudray, eight at lhwkins bank, five at Lex
ingtou, two at Stan0fry and five at Page, towns
OF Missouri, by cyt,ones and windstorms
Apr. ii--CyclOne striking Thibodeans, In,
killed Is persons. Thirty men reported killed
by explosions in Homestead Terra and High
land mines near Deadwood, ;. D.
Apr lS-Seven pe's0ns killed in cyclone at
Bolcs, Ark ... Nearly 80 persons killed in cy.
clone IN Jasper, ClarEe and Jones counties
Apr. 20-Nine live, lost In storm on Lake
Michigan near Chicago. Waterworks crib at
Milwaukee washed away by storm, and IA men
perished.
Apr, a5-Seyeniy, FIVE persons reported dead
as result of cyclone In 0kiahama territory .r
Ten persons killed in faiArosd wreck near SOM
erset. PA.
May 25-Twenty persons killed In cyclone
which destroyed town OF I.adonia. Mo
June 9-Twenty-two clerks killed by the fall
ing through OF floors in Ford's theater building,
In Washington, useG by pension and record di-
vision OF the war de)ariment
June al-Twenty rrSons killed In cyclone in
Jefferson county, KIN 80. Seven persons killed
by lightning strilSiig circus tent al River
Falls, Wis
July 6-Cyclone starting Mt Quimby, Ia
killed s2 persons .. Seven persons drowned by
capsizing OF yacht Il q Grayesend bay near New
York.
July lO--Tu fire o, worlds fair grounds at
Chicago 81 men peri'hed Man. wife and four
children drowned In 6ood on border OF Kansas
and Cherokee strip
Aug. l9-Over 100 iersons supposed TO nave
perished In hurr!can, on Atlantic coast,
Aug S-In terrific storm along the Atlantic
seaboard-prlncipall on and off the coast OF
fully 800 people per ,hed. by capsizing OF
yacht In Lake Champain, six persons Of Port
Henry, n. Y, drowned
Sep -Michigamme river breaking through
Mansfield iron mine near Crystal Falls, Mich,
drowned rs employees.
OF. 2-Nearly aOOJ persons reported killed in
terrible storm In poitions Of the southern
states along the guilt
Oct. ii-At Magnolia Beach, s. G., cyclone
killed Ii persons In storh that swept entire
OF steamer near Dunslrk Y. ~, ~ persons
drowned.
Oct 21-Near Baltic Cree, Mich, in Grand
Trunk yards, ~ people killed In railway coils.
ion
Oct. 3i-wolvcs killed and ate % men near
Shenst Wash
Nov. 7-Steamers Albany md PHILADELPHIA
collided on Lake Huron oIf Pont aux Baraues
drowning "a seamen.
Dec l5-Fourlh span Of brtye over the Ohio
fell, killing 33 workmen. .... Wreck on the New
York 4 Pennsylvania road six miles north OF
Dunlirk, n Y. caused eight de,ths
Dec. .e-ln caveiu at Honesiead. Pa. IA
workmen killed. -Four men killed by boiler
explosion near Knoxville, Tenn. I. Six persons
drowned in Grand lake near Mefmente tea II, La.
CRIMES.
Jan AT Bakersville, n. G., N struggle 10
prevent a lynching II of sherifr's posse and II OF
mob were killed.
Jan iO--Jury at Pittsburgh found guilty the
Jan. H-Being told that he must 20 TO work
Thomas kilday fatally shot his father, mother
and sister in Philadelphia
Jan. .0-District Master Workman Hugh
Dempsey, X OF L., found guilty in Pittsburgh
Of giving poison at Homestead with lntcn. TO
Jan. aS--Charles Burg shot Mr.. And Mrs.
Waldo Whipple at Butte Mont, then killed
himself
sister and cut OF his baby's leg at Iiiteman
la. =. At Laramie. Wyo, w. J. Hunter shot his
wife fatally and then killed himself
Mar, 28-Choetaw feud resulted In encounter
at Antlers, l. T.; 10 persons killed. :. Edward
Sterrett Of Auburn, Neb., shot bis wife, then
killed himself
Apr. al Joseph Halson killed his vile and
seven children near ST. Augustine Tex then
himself; insanity.
May i,-In battle at Dawson, Pa, between
Hungarians and ofncerS line Of the former
were killed and seven Of the latter fatally
wounded. NV
May ao--At Marietta, O, George Lankford
killed his wife, then himself; domestic trouble.
June linear Pleasant Hill. w. Va, Mrs.
Philip Kerch killed four OF her children, then
july I'd 9 kreder, wife and four children
butchered OF Condo, N. D., by Albert Baum.
berger.
July 81 In fght between state troops and
outlaws, in Wise county, Va, four soldiers and
six outlaws fatally wounded -. W. r. Shoe
maker, Of Metropolis, H., killed George and
Richard Lukens, then himself
kama. Ark, beat out the brains OF his wife and
three children, then killed himself; partial In.
sanity
July 3O-Employes OF Northwestern Pacific
Elevator Co ~ Mfnnescts charred with issuing
forged duplicate grain certificates ana victim.
iying T3 New England banks TO ex tent Of q. .bO0,
000 TN
Aug. 5--Willam and Ed Conrad, suspected Of
killing their father last winter opened lire on
mob which purposed 10 lynch theu. killing
five Of the mon In llooue township, Ind
Aug. ll~-ln battle with citizens VI Clark coun.
ty. Ain. IL OF the Meachim aanc Wara hiliad