Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

i. I. REED, sensational preacher.
attempted to rob the First national
bank of East Portland, Ore, on the
ith. lie bound and gagged the cashier:
but his actions being observed bv the
cashier Of bank across the street
who went to the rescue with shot.
gun, his attempt was frustrated and
the would-be robber was Locked up
AN explosion occurred in the base
ment of the West Side school buildinc
at Elyrla, o., on the 9th, blowing out
half of the north wall and setting the
building on fire, which was quilted.
with loss of $1,000. Fifteen minutes
later 200 children would have been in
and bout the Schoolhousc.
Four tiremen were fatally iniurad nv
falling walls at q fire which occurred
IN Gallipolis, o., on the 9th.
jim FRENCH and Verdigris Kid, two
members OF the Cook gang, We're killed.
on the night of the 9th, while irving
to rob the general store of w. c. Pat
ton ~ Co., at Catoosa. |. 4. Sam r.
irvine, manager for w. c. Patton e.
TO-, was also shot and seriously in.
iurcd.
TIE negotiations for placing a por
tion of the new United States loan in
England were expected to be definitely
concluded, on the Sth, about 500. .o0o.- |
900 of the bonds being taken, of which
London would take half
A DELEGATION of influential citizens
of Cleveland, O., visited Washington.
on the 9TH to try to secure the estab-
llshment of military post at Cleyc.
land.
IHE Denison house at INDIANAPOLIS
Ind, one of the largest hotels in the
west, was partially destroyed by fire
On the 'th' There were no casualties,
md most Of the guests remained. talk. ;
ng rooms in the remaining norton of
he hotel.
1T was announced, on the night of ,
he 18th, that Miss Anna Gould. tbe ,
'oungest sister of George Gould, is ,
ngaged to Count de Castellane. of
'arls' and that the wedding will take
lace in New York some time in the I
pring, probably at George Goulds '
ouse. The head of the family con.
rmed the report. The count is the
ldest son OF the Marquis of Castellane. +
wealthy Partisan. /
ThE big mills of Walker & Roth.
ond, located at Power Mill Lane and
Creek, Philadelphia, were
TALLY destroyed by fire shortly after .
idnight on the 18th. The loss is $40. u
%. The fire was caused by an explo- II
on in the cellar. il
1T has been discovered that ono of
e sources OF the unsanitary condi- b
on OF the hall of the house of repre. n
natives in the national capitol is 7
e hundreds of tons of printed mat. u
I that lie in the cellars rotting and i,
wing off foul and sicllening odors.
ELDER JonN FoRNEY, of the German !.
ptist church of Abilene, Kas., died q
the 'th, aged SO. lie had one of the 81
'gest families in Kansas His house. m
Id, to the third generation, has num- le
red l47, of whom 1al are living, di.
led as follows: Children, lG; grand OF
Ildren, 81; great-grandchildren, 49, In
IN the 9TH cable dispatch from the n,
It of the China-Japan war announced -.
sinking, in the harbor of Wei-Hai- r
Il on the 5th, after heavy fighting II
the Chinese iron-clads Chen-Yuen ., g
her sister ship, the Ting Yuen, and 90
ted that the other ships of the Chi W. W.
q ilcet were almost within the grasn Je
5he Japanese. ch
alexander G. JONES, the United
ties consul at Chin Kiang, China. Sc
lies that there has been any trouble th
diving the officers of the United me
tes gunboat Concord or any other la,
orleans temporarily residing there IN,
N explosion occurred in foundry I
Joinville, in the department cf be,
France, on the sth, kill Ne
three men and injuring fourteen. a.
Mo HUNDRED houses and businesa - ~
dings were swept away at Capc ~, ~,
ton island, en- the eth, by an aw. W, W
tidal wave. 1t IL believed That IN
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