Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-20

H. way anu sweden under
resident Lincoln. died at his home in
wayne near Philadelphia, on the 18th.
aged ~. -~'''
a ooEGNER's jury in Covington, Kv..
On the l!th, found that the killing of
John l.. Sandford by William Goebel
the day previous, was done in self.de.
fense. " 'N'' ''
JAMES h GENTRY, the actor who Shot
nus nance, Madge Yorkc, the actress
III rhiIad eIphia, on February 97, was
arralgned before a corouers Jury. nm
tne ETH, and formally committed to
prison aawait the action of the grand
jury. r "''
lhE twenty-sixth annual reunion Of
'he society of the Army of the poto.
mac VIII be held in New London,
conn, on June IS and 10.
IN view of the approaching May dav
demonstrations, the Italian govern
lnent has ordered the arrest of all 50.
clallsts and anarchists whose names
are entered upon the police records as
dangerous characters.
AT Shannonville, Pa, on tho 10Th
hatIe Frets, the ll-year-old daughter
oi Johh EretS, proprietor of the Weth-
HIS mansion, "A well-known summer re-
sort, was accidentally shot and in.
Stantly killed by her sister Mary, aged
u years.
EX-SENATOR GEORGE W. JONES. of
Dubuque, Ia, was 81 years old on the
l2th, but the anniversary celebration
was deferred TO Easter Sunday. His
two surviving colleagues in the United
States senate, James W. bradbury, of
Maine, and Alpheus Felch, of Micbi-
gan, were invited to dine with him
but both declined, owing to the in
firmitics of age.
oN the 18th son of John lynn was
Killed by lightning near Sturgis, XIV.
The boys brother was on the same
horse, but, strange to say, he was not
Killed, although somewhat injured
They had just started for work The
horse which they were riding was in
stantly killed.
oARh SHAW, treasurer of Blaine
county, Okla, is in Jail for embezzlinr.
lie was arrested on a charge of embez,
zling the funds of his Office and the
grand jury has found five indictments
against him. Shaw's shortage is placed
at over $1,000, while his bond is less
than S. 900.
The war department has been obliged
to issue a general order warning sol
dlers against burning their hands in
using the new small-bore rifle. The
heat generated by firing the smolkeless
powder is SO great as to require caution
in handling the piece.
OWING to the abnormal rise in the
price of meat, owing to the curtailcd
supply of cattle, and the inability of
the people to purchase, many of the
New York butcher shops have been
compelled to suspend business.
SEVERAL districts of Sicily were
shaken severely by earthquakes on the
llth. The shocks were most violent
in the province of Syracuse. In Monte
rosso Alamo churches and other build
ings were laid in ruins. The garrison
at the barracks were alarmed after the
first shock and were marched ont IN
haste, as the walls were cracking, and
the people of the town were so badly
frightened that they refused toremain
indoors.
JAMES WILMor SCoTT editor and pro
prietor of the Chicago Times-IIerald,
dieda at the Holland house in New
York, on the 14th, o; apoplexy.
THE popes encyclical inviting Pro-
testants to join the Catholic church
and directing Catholics to pray for
their conversion was expected to APP
pear on the 18th,
PROF. JAMES DWIGHT DANA, author
and scientist, died very suddenly at
New Haven, Conn, on the l4th.
THE associated banks of New York
city held sll o99, 7S5 in excess of the %
percent rule on the l3th.
The murdered and mutilated body of
Minnie Williams, young domestic,
was found in the study of Rev. Dr.
Gibson, pastor of the Emanuel Baptist
church in San Francisco, on the night
of the 18th. On the l4th, another hor.
rible discovery was made of the dead
body of Blanch Lamont, who had been
missing since the 81 in small room in
the stecple of the same church. Sus-
picion pointed to a young medical stu
dent, and he was arrested.