Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-06
NEWS AND NOTES,
a Summary Of Important Events,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


r"hw"y, ABOUT mile above Green
wooa, n.y., at 2:30 o'clock on the morn.
ing OF the 27th. There were three do.
tectives on the train, and in the 6obt
winch ensucd, two of the train rob-
berS were killed and one wounded the
detectives coming off without iniurv
The three uninjured bandits made their
escape.
AT 1888 p. m. of the eth Iron Noun
tam Tram No 81 was held up at Will
Evansville, Mo-, by two masked rob.
oers' who ordered the express mcssen-
ger to open the safes. The mcssen.
ger did not have the combination to
The through safe, and the local safe
contained no money. At this point
The robbers became frightened and
left, having first possessed themselves
Of Conductor Webb's gold watch.
IwENrY-THREE prisoners were lodged
in the United States jail in Guthrie
Okla, on the Goth. They were cap
tured by deputy marshals in various
parts'of the territory. Among them
were three murderers, ten countcrfeit.
ers and six horse-thieves. There are
now twenty-cight people in the federal
jail charged with countcrfeiting.
TIE Commercial bank of Cincinnati
made an assignment, ON the 21th, to W.
II. Campbell, its cashier, payment on
Its paper having been suspended by
the clearinghouse. 1t was the Oldest
banking institution in that city, and
its failure is said to be due to long.
continued mismanagement
AT the meeting of the Grand Army
of the Republic, department of Mich
igan, at Mount Clemens, on the 27th. a
collection amounting toS200 was taken
up to assist destitute veterans in
drought-stricllcn Nebraska.
A DISPATCH from Madrid, on the
eth, stated that the Spanish govern.
ment had decided to send MARTINEZ
de Campos with 9,70O additional troops
to reinforce the army in Cuba.
AN American named Wendell Read
was shot three times and fatally in.
jurcd in the Northern railway station
in Paris, on the eth, by an English.
man named OBricn. Both men were
bookmakcrs, and the shooting was the
result Of a quarrel over money mat.
ters.
THE Japanese loan Of 5000, 600 yen tC
Corea has fallen through, owing to the
refusal of Japan to grant Corcas re.
quest that the loan be kept standing
for fifteen years.
MRs. FRANK ANNIs persisted in her
burning home, four miles north Of
Fcnton, Mich, early on the morning
of the eth, She was i'll and could no,
save herself, although two young chill.
dren escaped uninjured. Neghborsar.
rived in time TO see her raise up in bed
as the flames enyeloped her, but rescue
was impossible.
ST.. AUGUSTINE, Fla, was visited by
most destructive conilagration, on
the 2sth, the flames spreading with
great rapdity because Of the made.
quate water supply. Forty-siX resi-
deces and stores and many other build
ings went down before the all-devom.
ing element, while about 100 families
and many guests OF hotels were ren.
dered homeless. The aggregate loss
is estimated at 100000. All the
palmetto trees along the sea wall from
the fort TO Baya lane were killed.
The United States troops stationed
there worked manfully to eXtinguish
the flames and TO save property.
THE mayor of Columbus, Ind, on the
2sth, ordered u court of inquiry, and
had all the ministers of that city served
with notices to appear and tell. under
oath, what they know about violations
Of law. This was done in retaliation
for charges uttered from the pulpit by
John p. Quinn, the reformed gambler,
duplicating the mayor and other city
officials.
FIFTY-sIx buildings were consumed
and thirty-four families rendered home
less and desolate by flames which lev
eied almost the entire business portion
of the town of Canaseraga, n. y, on
the 2sth. The total loss is placed at
Sl35, 600, with insurance between $780,
900 and 100000.
SECRETARY CARLISLE left Washing
ton, on the 9Sth, for Covington, Ky, tc
be in attendance at the bedside Of his
brother, George, who was critically
i'll. Mr.. Carlisle's absence, it was said,
might be indefinitely prolonged.
The body of Michael Salmon, II
years old, who had been missing from
his home in Cleveland, o., since Christ
mas, was found, on the 9Sth, com
pletely encased, excepting one foot, in
huge cake of ice floating in the lake
near the shore, which at times had
been driven many miles out into the
lake and back again by reverse winds
WILLIAM P. CmALFANr and wife, who
left Pittsburgh, Pa, recently on the
return trip to lchow-Fu, China, anc
who were to have sailed on the steam
shin China, from San Francisco, were
ord. red by the mission board to re
main in this country until matters
have become settled in China.
THE celebrated oil painting by Gas
sidv Adams, "Custer's Last Fight was
presentcd to the Seventh cavalry al
Fors Riley, Kas., on the ssth' as a gif'
FROM Adolphus Busch, OF ST. LOUIS
The painting was acquired by MI
Busch several years ago, and is th'
sane that was exhibited for about ter
years in nearly all the large cities o.
the country.
TUE proposed loan of 100000 yer
by Japan to Corea was finally ar
ran red, on the 2sth, the latter govern
ment agreeing to Japan's terms tha'
the loan shall be repaid in five years
In an interview, on the ssth' IN MAD
rid. Senior Castillo said that the span
ish government was satisfied Win th'
attitude of the United States in th'
Allianca affair, and had ordered INT
commanders of Spanish cruisers anc
the colonial authorities to observe IN
te,national usages in regard 10 mari
time action, with view to avoiding
conflict with the United States ah'
other powers, ,...,,
Tur venerable Mrs. Haughey, moth
er of Theodore =. Haughey, presiuen,,
of the wrecked Indianapolis nat'ona
bank, who is now serving five years
term in the northern Indiana prison
died in Chicago, on the 2Sth' M,' VIZ,
ar .,o,,s of ape Six