Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary of Important Events,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


and Lyons which can be traced To de.
spondency resulting from losses ON the
Paris bourse during the recent panic.
Hon. 5. b. MEYERS, ex-member of the
Pennsylvania legislature, was found
dead in bed ut his residence in Frank.
lin, Ia, on the l3th, by his wife.
Death resulted from heart failure
caused by severe attack of asthma.
Mr. Meyers was 60 years of age.
SAMUEL +. LEWIS cashier Of the
United States Direct Cable Co. in New
York city, was found dead in bed, on
the 18th, in his apartments in Brook.
lyn. lie had been asphyxiated by gas
escaping from stove. 1t Is believed
that his death was accidental.
MISS MARGARET BLAINE, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Blaine, and
niece of the late James G. Blaine, was
married in Washington, on the .l2th,
to Dr. Henry J. Crosson, a well-known
physician of Washington,
The steam oyster dredge James W.
Boyle foundered off the bell buoy at
the Rochaway (N " iRet, on the 18th,
and all on board, five in number, were
drowned. She was on her way from
bridgeport, Conn, to Rockaway with
cargo of seed oysters, which were
to be planted there.
On the 18th United States Ambassa-
dor Thomas +. Bayard was presented
with the freedom of the city of Dundee,
Scotland, by the civic authorities. In
accepting it he said that no duty was
SO grateful to him as that of represent
ing international comfy between the
two great civilized peoples,
THE war department has under con-
sideration the case of Capt Samuel
X. Schwenk, retired, Of the army. who
is likely to be brought before court
martial for duplication of his pay ac,
counts
DENVER, Col, is much excited over
the latest sensation in the Schlatter
craze. When a member of the Fox
family went to call him for breakfast,
about 6 o'clock on the morning of the
l4th, his room was found vacant. La
ter note was found, reading: "Mr.
Fox, my mission is finished, The Fa-
ther takes me away. +. Schlatter."
JAKE GAuDAUR, champion sculer of
America, has deposited $500 with the
Toronto (Ont.) Globe in support Of Il
challenge for $500 side to G.. K. Hard
ing, the English champion. Gaudaur
will take $50 expenses and row in En-
gland, or will allow 800 expenses if
Harding comes TO America.
TIE District of Columbia court of
appeals, in an opinion delivered by
Mr.. Justice Morris, on the lith, sus-
tanned the verdict of the criminal
court in the case Of Capt. II, W. How
gate, the former disbursing officer of
the signal service. His term of i'm
prisonment is eight years,
JOSEPH RUE, who was believed to be
the oldest living odd fellow, he hav-
ing been connected with the order for
nearly seventy-two years, died in Phil
adelphia on the 18th.
TIE attorneys for Theodore Durrant
have prepared an affidavit to be read
in support Of "A motion for new trial.
Two of the principal points on which
n new trial will be asked are the rul-
ing of Judge Murphy as to Juror
Brown, who was peremptorily chnl'
lengcd by the prosecution after he had
been accepted and sworn, and the re-
fusal to grant change of venue
GREAT damage was wrought by the
fierce northeast gale that swept the
Atlantic coas, on the l4th. lnaddition
to the loss of two fishing vessels and
nine lives off Rockaway beach, prop
erty along the Jersey coast was car
ried away, and 1t is feared a third YES
sci was engulfed
A FIIIBUsrEEIyG expedition has been
landed at Yagnas, eastern Cuba, from
Venezuela. An unknown steamer
Transported the men and war mate
rial to n spot near the coast, and they
we're afterward landed in open boats
REPORTS from Rio Janeiro announce
the shooting at Nictheroy, on Novem
ber 10, of twenty-seven political prison
ers, among whom there were two
colonels. This caused the greatest eX'
element in all circles, and nothing
else was talked OF. The executed arc
known to have been in sympathy with
the monarchial cause.
ANNA JONES. the bearded Lady" o.
the Barnum & Bailey show, who, OF
the 18th, secured divorce from
worthless husband named Elliott was
IN the l4th. married in ST. Louis tC
W. A. Donovan, son of the mistress o
the robes of the big show. The couple
had been swecthearts in their younger
days. 49,
'TuE action of the canal authorities
in closing the gate of the large race
wav in Lockport, n, Y, because o
the low water, means the shutting
down of a dozen large factories and
Touring mills along its line, and tne
throwing out of employment OF tui!N
o. per cent. of the inhabitants OF Lock
port. ,, =.
The steamer Mariposa sailed fo'
Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney OF
the 14th. Among the passengers 10
Samon was Mrs. Robert Louis steven
son, who returns to live permanent.
at her old home at Valima. Mrs ote
venson was accompanied by her son
Llovd Osborne, and Mrs. lsabel strong
SIXTY thousand men and women o
Chicago who believe the Bible shoul'
he read in the public schools IN a non
sectarian manner, have slgneu a pe
tit;on to that effect which VIII 0
soon presented to the board Oh eu"oa o,'
ton. Signatures are Still oe'"s ~
tained. p,bl;,
CHAIRMAN CARTER of the Rcpuoii'
-, rational committee has sent wor'
10 Chicago that the city may. nav
the republican national convention 10
s,4 600 cash and guarantee TO pa.
the working expenses of the meetlhg
THOMAS ByRNEs, ex-chie1 OF 'he w Ne'
yorl, nolice force, is in Berlin. wher
ho will remain several weeks IN coi
, nection with detective matters,
DnRIse a gale off the English coast
or the 18th, a Fife fishing boat wa
consized and five of Its crew wer
drowned. ,s.,, ma,
,, THE total amount OF domestic me- me-
..l fvom the niue