Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-10-12
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

below the left knee. The limb swelled
rapidly, and in ten minutes the little
one was dead.
On the I'd Mrs. Langtry made a for.
mal demand upon the Union bank of
London for the sum Of $40 600 the
value OF the jewels she deposited with
the bank, which were subsequently
surrendered by the bank to stranger
upon his presentation OF forged or.
der.
REV. WILLIAM Il. HlNsHAw, pastor
OF the leading Methodist church In
Belleville, Ind, was convicted, on the
I'd, OF murder in the second degree for
the killing of his wife, and his punish
ment was assessed at Imprisonment for
life in the penitentiary.
The Edward McGhee school for girls,
at Woodville, Miss, one OF the finest
institutions in the south, was DESTROYED
by fire on the night OF the lst The
inmates were rescued through the win.
dows with much difficulty.
The prevalence OF icebergs In the
South Atlantic and Pacific oceans is
becoming serious. Cold weather is the
rule, and ships are frequently frozen
up aloft so that the manning OF the
yards is an impossibility.
The condition OF Gen. Malone, on
the Sd, remained practically un-
changed. His physicians said there
was nothing on which to base any hope
for the sufferers of recovery.
DR. ELLIOTT F. ROGERS, Of Chicago,
formerly of Worcester, Mass, instruc-
tor in chemistry at Harvard, was found
dead in the laboratory of that institu-
tion on the I'd.
MANUEL ROMERO RuBIo. secretary of
the interior and tather-n-law of Presi.
dent Diaz, died in the City of Mexico,
on the Sd, from blood poisoning,
HARRY WRIGHT, the veteran baseball
manager, died at Atlantic City, n j.,
on the Sd.
FIRE, on the I'd, destroyed the cot
ton mill plant Of the Warren (R. l)
Manufacturing Co., causing loss OF
over 81 ,0OO,O 900, and throwing 1.60O en-
ployes ont OF work. 1t is said the dis
aster practically destroys the town.
AFTER leaving the army hospital at
Fort Sheridan, H.. where he had been
rid of the effects OF his last
spree, on the Sd, First Lieut.. Pague
fred three shots at Col. r. f. A. Croft
ton, commandant OF the post, the last
shot inflicting painful though not
serious wound in the abdomen Of the
officer The lieutenant was seized be-
fore he could fire again,
The attorneys for Rev. Hinsbaw, the
convicted wife-murderer, have decided
to carry the case to the supreme court
Il they do not get now trial in Dan
Vile, Ind. Detectives working on the
case are said to have struck a trail at
Ind, where they have two
men under suspicion as being the bur
glars who killed Mrs. Hinshaw.
AT the meet ting Of the Episcopal coun-
Gil in Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 4th, a
resolution WAS adopted thanking the
governor and legislature OF Texas for
it's action in preventing the Coroett-
prize fight.
The worlds champion shot-pulter,
John Mcpherson, fell from one OF the
lower gates at the new lock at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, on the 4th, to the
lock floor, distance Of forty-six feet
and was fatally injured.
The Secolo Romano and other Ro-
man newspapers assert that q mar
riagc has been arranged between the
prince Of Naples, crown prince OF Italy,
and one Of the daughters OF the prince
Of Montenegro.
HARRY j. l.. MARTIN, for seven
years teller of the Commercial ma
tional bank of Chicago, was arrested,
on the night Of the Ath, on a warrant
sworn out before United States Com.
Foote by National Bank Ex-
aminer McKeon, charging him with
The embezzlement Of 81, 100 The dis
,overy of the shortage was made by
McKeon.
The crusade at Wichita, Kas against
she violators of the prohibitory liquor
sw was, Or the 4th, extended to the
wholesale liquor houses. The Mahan
Bros. agents Of brewing company,
we're arrested. and policemen seized
their entire stock, valued Mt several
dollars. The building was
placed in charge Of the police.
CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS, aged 81 years,
and Mrs. Eliza Jane Williams, aged 80
years, were married by justice OF the
peace at Columbus, Ind, on the 4th, IT
being the third matrimonial venture
for the bride and the second for the
groom.
HJALMAR HJoRTH BOYEsEN, professor
Of German languages and literature in
Columbia college, died, on the Ath, At
his residence in New York city. His
death, which was very sudden, was
ca used from rheumatism OF the heart.
He was attending to his usual duties
in Columbia college the day previous,
and was apparently in the best OF
health.
SURROGATE FITzsERALD. OF New
York, on the 4th, returned to David
Mcclure. appraiser of the Jay Gould
estate, his report on its value, in order
that the collateral inheritance tax
NAV be levied. The personal property
of the estate is valued at about $780,
900. 900, and the real estate at $s,OOo.'
QUO. The residusry estate amounts to
SIS. e94,54z
HAVING lived lOt years in Ireland.
Mrs. Mary Coffey has come to America
70 pass the remainder Of her life. she
arrived In New York, on the 3D., with
her daughter Catherine, 90 years old
Mrs. Coffey was born March II, l!9l'
She bers the rising" OF '0s' lle'
brother, lOl years old, is living IN
County Kerry.
THE special train over the Pennsyl
vsnia railroad bearing the Liberty
lsell and the official escort left Phiia
delphis on the morning OF the Atm. fol
ass. -. IA where Il vas aChoduled d