Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-09
A N0RTn-Bouyp accomuoao+;o, &c.,.

'"i "-bouND accommodation train
"h the burlington route was wrecked
ny Il broken rail near Donnellson. Ia
On the night of the 1st The caboose
was oltehed and several passengers in.
Jureu' William Blom, wholesale grocer,
oi heoknk, received a scalp wound that
Will prove quite serious.
liE banquet given, on the night of
.ie ISL, by the citizens of Leavenworth
10 the legislature of Kansas and state
ohicers IN honor of the election of
Lucien Baker to the United States sen.
ate was a marked success. Over 100
members OF the legislature were in at.
tendance, besides prominent citizens
from all over the state and Missouri.
The British steamer Ituni, from
Delherara, January l6, for St. Michael
ana London, struck IA rock near St.
Michael, on the 1st, and, upon backing
OIL foundered in deep water.
WALTER SCHULZ, lost on the steamer
Elbe, was a nephew of L. Schulz, of
Watertown, S. D. lie was million.
are woolen manufacturer of Duren,
kheinlsh Prussia, and was en- route to
this country on business and pleasure.
CHARLES II. MANNING, the well.
known pool player, died, on the Sd, at
his home in New York, of grip. He
was born at Alton, H., thirty-sevcn
years ago.
On the I'd the associated banks of
New York city held S3G, Isl 500 in excess
OF the requirements of the 25-per-cent.
rule.
The amount of bullion deposited in
the bank of England on balance, on
the I'd, was e754,OOO, including G6l9,-
COO in United States coin.
The determination of the admins
tration to issue 500, 600 900 of bonds
checked the outflow of gold from
the United States treasury. The spec
ulators had engaged s., 800, 900 of the
yellow metal for shipment to Europe,
on the I'd, but every order was can
celed because of a sudden fall in ex-
change rates.
The provincial authorities of Prus-
sia have issued orders to local food in
spcctors to examine carefully for i'm
puritics in American lard.
lr seems there are capitalists in this
country (said to be the Standard Oil
crowd who object to the new govern
mcnt bonds going abroad Through
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan they have com
muuicated their views to Secretary
Carlisle, and have offered to subscribe
for the entire amount of bonds which it
is proposed ito issue, whether $50, ,00O,-
000 or 500, 100000.
WARREN X. MooREHEAD, curator of
the department of archaeology of the
Ohio university, wrote tot the New York
Advertiser under date of February /,
telling of the finding of the skeletons
of band of Mound Builders" on the
Highland county farm of Warren
Cowen, of Elmville.
THE officials of the First national
bank of Hartman, Tenn, have caused
the arrest of DR.. u. II. Curry, one of
the most prominent citizens of llarri-
man, charging him with the attempt
to burglari2e the bank on the night of
January l6, when nitroglycerine was
used profusely, but proved futile.
A DISPATCH from Vienna says that
King Alexander of Servia has proposed
marriage to Princess Sybile of lIesse
The princess parents promised to con
slider the proposition two years hence
provided Alexander is then king.
NEGOTIATIONS are in progress be.
tween Mexico and Guatemala at the
Mexican capital. Guatemala's envoy
De Leon, is conscientiously working
to bring about pacific settlement
He says that he has great hopes Of
success.
The Phoenix glass factory, at Monaco
Pa, was burned to the ground on the
3D.. The loss is ST., 900; partially in
sured. The works were the principal
ones of the town, and employed 5Ot
hands.
JOHN WELSH, baggageman on the
Vandalia train that was wrecked a
Coatesville, Ind, died at his home il
indianapolis ON the Sd. His death il
said to have been due to the shock ht
sustained when the train was wrecked
THE cruisers Alert and Ranger sailed
on the Sd, from South Coast, Cal, the
Alert having been ordered to San jose
de Guatemala and the Ranger 10 Bnen;
Ventura, Colombia,