Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-05-18

r,, ~, arriving by steamer at
i'",pa' RIA, on the 10th, reported the
condition of things in Cuba as very on.
couragng to the insurgents. who hod
captured the city of Guaymaro, on the
o'h' alter desperate battle in which
.he insurgents lost 700 killed, and tbc
Spanish troops 5000.
AT the meeting of the Greek cabirot
on the 9th, the ministers decided to
resign alter the public business then
IN nand should have been arranged.
lnE spanish postmaster a t Santiaro
ue cuba has been tampering with
United States Consul lIyatts mail
LIS copies OF American papers deliy.
cred to him on the 10th had all tho
cuban news cut out.
oN the 10th Gov Morton signed As.
semblyman Lawson's New York citv
magistrates bill, which legislates the
New York police justices ont of Office.
FOURTEEN dwelling houses were
burned In Fayette City, Pa, on the
io'h, as the result of trying to start a
hre IN stove with carbon oil.
LIE plant of the Imperial varnish
WORKS AT Akron, o., was destroyed by
flre on the 10th; loss, S35, 900.
IHE failures in the United States fer
The week ended on the 10th. ~ rc.
ported by r. G. Dun & Co., were ss7
against 9O6 for the same week last
year. In Canada the failures were "a
against AZ last year.
On the 10th Judge Shaw, of Rock.
ford, ILL.,, ruled against the motion of
the attorneys for Schwenfurth to
quash the indictment against the pre-.
tended messiah.
IHE statement Of the New York asso.
clated banks for the week ended the
llth showed the following changes;
Reserve, increase, 1886, 525 loans, in.
crease, S4,0l6, 100; specie, decrease,
S2SS, 200; legal tenders, increase, S6, $685.
400; deposits, increase, $40, ,s34, 700; cir
cnlation, increase, $40, 100.
The managers of the Riverside tube
works at Wheeling, w. Va, the sec
ond largest in the country, posted no
tees giving all of their men, 200 in
number, an increase in wages of 10
per cent, to take effect on the 18th.
TIE associated banks of New Yor,
city held S3l ,070, 100 in excess of the
requirements of the 95-per-cent. rule
on the llth.
The anti revolution bill, introduced
by the German government, was, on
the llth, unanimously rejected by the
reichstag.
The village of Oaktield, N. Y, was
entirely destroyed by fire on the 1lth
The fields about the burning village
were filled with refugees who saved
nothing from the flames.
TIE most interesting development in
Washington of recent date is the pub
lication of the recall of the United
States minister to Venezuela and his
probable dismissal from the diplomatic
service by the president. The minis
ter, Seneca llazelton, who is in Wash
ington, practically admits that he has
been formally recalled by the state de-
partment.
TIE recent achievements OF Japan
have led her to turn her attention to
securing treaty with Nicaragua,
which would secure marked privileges
in the Nicaragua canal. The subject
has been under consideration at Wash
ington between Mr.. Guzman, represent
ing Nicaragua, and the representatives
of Japan.
A MOST destructive hailstorm visited
Rochester, n. Y, and vicinity on the
night of the 1lth. Windows were
broken by thousands, wires were forced
down, plants destroyed and trees com
plctelv stripped of their foliage.
RECENT advices reaching the Vcnezu.
elan legation in Washington tell of Il
popular demonstration at Caracas, in
which 10000 people gathered to APP
prove President Crespo's policy. The
demonstration was participated in by
people of all political parties.
AN American named John c. Buck
arrived at Calais, France, on the even
ing of the 18th, having crossed the
British channel in cycle boat "a feet
long. lie started from Woolwich, on
the Thames, near London, on May 6.
From various points in Illinois, Wis
consin, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska
have been received reports of frost, on
the night of the 18th, resulting in con
siderable damage to vegetables asd
fruits.