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


sawr employing 20n hands. closed. ee
Au Over 500 unemployed men in New
YorlN bashed doors and windows and tod
forcW possession of hail.. Pennsylvania
rail shops in Altoona, Pa, employing 500
mend rered to work half time.
Thousands Of persons thrown out tf
WORTH closing OF most OF the mills Of Fall
kIyG .lass.
NSo-By shutting down OF iron mines in
Goak range Mich, o0,0 900 reduced TO starva
Nwis.Employes of Lehish Valley road
Ltcs- Lehigh Valley railroad strike de
IEc-Gen. Alger induced owners Of mines
In 1iigan peninsula 10 open mines and EN-
plu3etying men.
Wire mill at Pittsburgh closing
doVnnrew l,50) men out OF work. Il. A total OF
SoS employees reported Idle In ils large
LYNCHINGs.
ls os- William Frazier al Hiteman, Ia /,
fotnrdering his wife, her sister and mutilat
infl baby.
E7-Seay J. Miller, negro charged with
o,ifRe aud murder OF Mary and Ruby Ray al
Baftell, Ky.
u:i- Nosro who assaulted and murdered
Catrilliolts s'yearold daughter IN Lafayette
com, Fla
~ Lee NtlNtE, negro, dSsdulltu one
wtttsnd four colorod girls OF Memphis, Tenn
III 30-Will Thompson and Tom Preston
na&rs, tortured to death at Oastan S C,
ci5 5fd with crime and assault
u Henry Reynolds, negro, murdered
whitman named Marsh, assaultinR his wife
au6 6sutilating their two children, near Mont
CORY, Ala
IA l0-Dan Lewis. Jim Taylor and Jack
Cheners negroes, charged with assault on
Mrs Warren at Hoboken, Ga. last spring,
lynaed near Way Cross Ca. Trouble OF Coal
Gffs resulted in murder Of a soldier by min
eke ind in turn Dick Drummond was lynched
~ sldlcrs.
AZ ls-Charles Tart, a federal prisoner, for
woading Capt G. c. Peeie, near Fort Smith.
Ag 2s--Leonard Taylor, negro, at New
81 l7-wnliam Jackson negro, at Nevada,
Sp 1s-Asa Youmans, an ayowed sooner, y
by boOmers IN Cherokee strip
Sep 2l-Thos smith, negro, al Roanoke, Va
xSp, 2g-uenry Coleman, Jr.. negro. VINO At.
tSIp'ed to assassinate Capt Thomas Lyles at
Nitaay, banged at Benton, In.
tu ls-Two negroes, accused OF killing Con
sple James Hill, lyncned at SUmmeryille,Ga
ktr M-Mob lynched two negro thieves near
Hrx Point, La.
Noy Abe Redmond notorious in Charlotte
q for attempted assault,
Nov Nd. T. Nelson, negro murderer, rid
dld with bullets at Warner, Ark.
NOV 2l-Fred Gustaveson taken from jus
tces courtroom at Ottumwa, la, and lynched
ftrRsssulting i.year-old girl
Dec 2-Lucius Holt, negro suspected OF muir
H. H.a a. consGSfa soS a fssnv ooa, IN cross Coq
Ark because mis- family offended wife of white
Dec. s-Ben Minter and Bob wilkeus me.
kUes) at Berlin Ala, for burglary and murder.
I Dec lo-. Near Selma Ala, four negroes for
htcmpt 10 break into house OF Mrs ". q.
JOKES
Dec is--Henry G. Givens (colored}, accused
oi poisoning stock, lynched near Nebo. Ky
der OF Ben Nabors, his employer.
Dee 26-Calvin Thomas negro hanged FOL
asauting Mrs, Sellers at Bainbridge, Ga
METEOROLOGY.
Mar. lO-Seyeral villages flooded by breaking
Of immense gorge in Susquehanna river, Wilkes
barre, Pa,
the giving way OF dams at Howlandsv,lie
Piainwell and Otsego, Mich.
Arr li--Business and one'haf OF residence
portion OF Parker, Mo. destroyed by cyclone
:. :. CITY OF Akron, Ia, almost entirely wrecked
BY cyclone, the storm following Sioux valley
is Everest and Powhattan, towns OF southerI
,nsas laid in ruins by cyclone.
APR l3-Saltne, Mich. entirely wiped out by
,yclone Hillsboro, Ind almost completely
llown away BY tornado.
Apr l7-Village of Gravelton, Ind, com
pleiely blown away by tornado
Apr. 2l--Cyclone in Virginia did great dam
.ge OF D3nville, South Boston, Marlnsylle
Greensboro and other towns.
May 3-Village OF Lakeview washed away
and 5000 acres inundated by breaking OF ives
bank of Lewiston reservoir near Huntsville, O.,
damage u We. Damaging tornado In Lex
ngton and Newbury counties, N. G..
May l7-Heavy rains caused food al Erie
Pa, doing about sl.00J,000 worth of damage
Losses also from high water at Titusville, Oi
City, Beaver Falls, New Castle and other Penn
sylvanla towns.
May @-Terrific wmdstorm destroyed si,0oo'
lDJ worth Of property In Lima, o. and vicin
.ty, and did much damage at Findlay. Fremon
md other places
Nav e5-In central Missouri, cyclone entirel,
destroyed Ladonia killing 20 people and mucl
destroyed at Moberly, Sedalia, Brook
iield and other places.
June 2-Near Cotton Plant, Ark, cyclon,
spread death and destruction. Great damag,
10 life and property by cyclone in Huntingdon
Falcon, Camden and Trumble, Tenn. !. Edo
rado. Ark, destroyed by cyclone.
July 6-Cyclone in Iowa, did immense dam
Buena Vista, ida, Sac and Pocahontas coun
ties; loss conservativcly placed at eSol0O; b
lives lost in PomerOy alone.
July 27-Great damage to life and property a
Pueblo, Col, by floods. -. Heavy fall OF snow il
Brewster county, Tex.
One OF the most terrible storms, both II
severity and Ia extent. ever reported rage'
along the whole Atlantic seaboard OF the Unitet
States Losses in life, property, crops and yes
soils were enormous. Light frost in Soutl
Dakota, northwest Iowa and northern Ne
braska,
Sep ii-Intense heat caused 1872 pros,ration
at fair grounds in Chicago: thermometer stoo'
st g degrees.
Sep i9-Villaee OF Criglersville, Va, almos
wiped out by food in Robinson river,
Oct 2-One OF most destructive storms II
years in portions OF southern states along tn
gulf nearly 900 lives lost.
Oct l5--Heavy frost throughout lower Missis
sippi valley with great injury to cotton
NECROLOGY.
Jan. lO-John ". Kenna, United States sena
tor from West Virginia at Washington; age
Is. :. Gen. Benjamin +. Butler, in Washington
aged H.
jim. i1--Rutherford y. Hayes, Ii. D., nine
teenth president Of the United States, at Ere
Jan. % a3-Associate Justice Lucius Quintu
Cincinnatus Lamar Of the United States su
preme court, at Macon, Ga. aged o.. Phi
fps Brooks d. d.. bishop OF the Episcopa
diocese of Massachusetts. In Boston; aged S.
Jan T--James Gillespie Blaine, in Washine
ton: aged 63 Ex-Judge James Campbell
postmaster general in President Plercc's cab
net, in Philadelphia. aged 80
Mar. s2--United States Senator FL Sauls
bury from Delaware, at Dover; aged 70.
Mar. 2l--CoL Elliot f. Shepard, editor OF tn
Mail and EXPRESS In New York
Apr l9-C -Congressmau.elec James A. Tawne
from Minnesota fatally injured by falling dow
q flight OF stairs in ST. Paul.
June 6--Edwin booth, famous tragedian. !
Now York aged ~
June Ex-senator Leland Stanford from Cat
fornla at Menlo Park; aged 3D.
June 2s-William Mccoy, minister to Liberis
at Moravia.
June .s--C Congressman William Mutchler fro,
Pennsylvania, at Easton
June sj-Anthony j. Drexel. Philadelphi
banker and philanihroplst at Carlsbad, Ge
July S-Moses Kelly. ex.secretary OF III
treasury at Washington; aged n.
July I-Samuel Blatchford, associate OF h
United States supreme court. at Newport l
L.. aged 5J
July l3-- Congressman Gen W. h. Enochs {
July i4-Young. Man. Afraid of His Horsei
head chief OF Sioux nation Of Indians, AZ New
Aug i;-Coneressman John Logan chipmal
in Detroit, AIlch, aged oa $50. .....
Sep 7--Hamilton Flsh, ex-governor Of Ne
York aud cx-United States senator, NJ Carr
sons, N. "; aged s.
Oct. l9-- Lucy Stone Blackwell, temperant
advocate and woman suffragisi. nj Dorchos'e
Mass. aged n
Oct IS Mayor Carter II. Harrison 0, ('hcag
killed VI his homei aged "