Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-24

t-t, VI 'nlcapO, on the
''"' granted the Pullman Car Co n
change OF venue from his court ON its
p'''''oh hled some weeks ago in the
I"o warranto proceedings brought bv
'"e Encouragement. The suit will
Prooaoly go before Judge Baker.
SPECIAL cable dispatch from Shano
l'd'' dated the 18th, says: Should the
Japanese succeed in capturing Port
nrthur' there can be no doubt that +;
hung Chang himself will answer for il
with his life. -
MRS REBEcKA WEISS, aged 50. mother
Oh Mrs. VIM. Reeder, was burned tn
ueath at the iatter's home, in Peru.
,nd'' on the 18th, her clothing ignitine
from a match on which she stepped. y
KEY. ALBERT KLEIN, pastor of St.
'ohhS German Evangelical church in
Fort Huron, Mich, committed suicide
on the nth, by hanging himself to his
bedroom door with BEDFORD
HERE were 362 casualties with but
iour persons killed in the United States
railway mail service during the past
year, The number of cars in use in.
creased l03 during the year.
THE famous lace market at Nott;ng.
ham, England, was burned on the
nth. The loss is estimated at el5O 600.
The New England Home, the weekly
prohibition organ published in Hart.
1ord' Conn, has suspended publication.
BURGLARS entered the Office of Spar.
row ~ Jacobs, proprietors of the The
ater Royal in Montreal, Can, on the
night of the 10th, and, blowing open
the safe, secured $4,000 in United
States bonds, a lot of railway stock
and some hundreds of dollars in cur.
rency, the proceeds OF the nights per.
fOrmance.
The long dispute between the ex.
ecutors of the Phineas 7. Barnum es.
tate and ex'Gov. lngersoll, represent.
ing Mrs. Barnum, over the means OF
providing for the income of Mrs. Bar.
mum, in accordance with the will OF
her husband, has at last been settled.
The income is to be $4,000 year, and
enough property belonging to the es-
tate must be set aside to provide for it.
FIVE HUNDRED Danes gathered about
gayly-decorated platforms at the Sixth
avenue entrance Of Central park, N.
y, on the 18th, and witnessed the un.
yelling of life-size bronze statue OF
Bertel Thorvaldaen, the celebrated
Swedish sculptor,
The board of trustees of the Garfield
Memorial association, in charge of the
Garfield monument at Cleveland, o.,
has chosen Andrew Squire, of Cleve
land, and Levi p. Morton, of New
York, for the vacancies left by the
death of ex-President Hayes and James
q. Blaine.
FOLLOWING the custom that has pre-
vailed ever since the time of the death
of Peter the Great, imperial heralds
paraded throughout st. Petersburg, or
the 18th, and announced that the fu
neral of Gar Alexander would take
place on the morrow in the cathedral
of IS. Peter and Paul
The trustees of the Brooklyn taber
nacle have resolved to sell the church
property for $4,000, subject to the ap
proval of the court. When the prop
erty is sold and all the debts cleared
up there is not much doubt that q
movement will be put under way look
ing to the erection of a new church
edihce.
CHARLES ROBERTSON, captain of the
Washington light artillery, committed
suicide at Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th
first shooting himself in the breast ant
then blowing his brains out with a As
caliber pistol. He had been on spree
for several weeks, He was 40years ole
and single.
A CARAVAN. consisting of siXteer
covered wagons with numerous lee
horses, passed through Emporia, Kas.
on the 18th. About fifty persons, male
and female, constituted the party, hail
ing from Clay county, and they an
nounced their intention to locate some
where in the state of Mississippi,
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JACKSON
at Muscogee, !. T., has received let
ter from Bill Cook threatening to Kill
him if he makes any further attempt tc
cxtcrminate the gang.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES left Chicago
on the 18th. for New York, where he
will assume command of the depart
ment of the east.