Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE dome of the Massachusetts, state
house is said to be settling, like that OF
st. Peters in Rome. This, too, in
spite of new layer of gliding which
it recently received, Possibly the fact
contains lesson for the legislators
who assemble under the great round
structure. The ills of community
can not be cured by superficial meas
urcs, any more than one can prop up
roof by coat of gold paint.
SECRETARY GRESHAM said, on the
10th, that no further steps would be
taken by the executive branch OF the
government to carry out the policy of
restoring Queen Liliuokalani; that the
settlement of the whole Hawaiian
question was in the hands of congress,
and everything that would aid it in
arriving at conclusion would be sub
mitted by the president.
THE trial, on the 10th, OF Augustc
Valiant. the anarchist, who, on De
cember last, threw the bomb which
, exploded in the French chamber OF
! deputies, was short and decisive. The
proceedings were purely formal with
little dramatic effect. The prisoner
was found guilty and sentenced tc
death. When sentence was pronounced
he shouted "Nivc rAnarchie.'
| TmE death of Most. Rev. Joseph Sid
ncy Hill, bishop of the Niger region il
/ Weft Africa, and wife was announced
on the Sth.
Mrs. NJ. +. LEASE has formed part
nership with Cyrus Corning, editor o
the New Era, a new paper, and vii
soon begin the publication of popu
list daily in Topeka, Kas. The paper
while advocating populist principles
will wage relentless war against Gov
Lewelling and the entire state admin
istration.
THE Starr piano works at Richmond
Ind, were entirely destroyed by fir
on the 10th. The immense building
burned like tinder. The loss is 500,
900, with an insurance of $4,000. Th
works will probably be rebuilt. On
hundred men will be rendered idle
OK the evening of the 10th five me
held up the Hannibal Il St. Joseph fas
train ELI" 4 miles east of st. Joseph
Mo-, and robbed the express and ma
cars. They placed torpedoes on tn
track and swung red lantern to sto
the train. The amount secured by tn
robbers was not stated.
WHEN the French chamber of del
utics met on the l1th, it at once PR
cecded to the election of officers. \
Dupuy, who was elected president {
!, the chamber at the last session in su
: cession to NJ. Casimir-Perier, WI
succeeded NJ. Dupuy as prime ministe
, was elected president. Three hundre
and fifty-scvcn members voted \
Dupuv received 29O of the votes cas-
The radicals abstained from voting.
THE United States commission of u
: Antwerp exposition has announce
that the space reserved for u
, United States exhibits. instead of b
!: ing, as heretofore, distributed throus
: several buildings, will be consolidate
. in portion of the main building il
J; ncdiately adjacent to the Americ'
building.
UNKNOWN dynamite fends blew I
/. Pincus Cans tailor shop at "a Aven
t D. New York, on the llth. Their
i tent was evidently to blow up t
r whole tenement Dynamite was fou1
o soalsed in kerosene, with powder trai
d laid in the alley. One exploded bon
|. is in the hands of the police.
THE Dalton gang plundered the pc
Office at the town of Clarkson. Okl
Q. on the 10th, taking all the stamps a
t, money anil wagon load of provision
II A HEAVY shock of earthquake, la
&c ing ten seconds, was felt at sevel
d points in the province of Quebec
II the evening Of the llth,
r THE National Bank of Mexico "
is robbed. on the 9th, of bag OF silly
weighing nearly seventy pounds a
containing $4,000, which a young m
IN walked into the bank, picked up a
OF carried OF before the eyes of bank
in cials and employees, making good
= - escape.
Us The Penokee and Gogebic cons
he dated mines, owned by the Colb
n Rockcfellers and others, and capt.
", lied for $4,000, 900, passed into
ce hands of receivers on the 1lth. 2
IT, group of mines includes the Colby,
is den, Palms and Comctin Michigan, .
the Superior in Wisconsin on the Go
bic range.
~ Born legs Of Charles Bennett,
on noted baseball catcher, who was m
is glcd by Santa Fc train at Wellsvi
ne Kas., on the 10th, have been nm
ed tated, one near the ankle and the ct
Tor above the knee. lie may recover.