Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-10-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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mahder OF the Hamburg American limo
steamer suevia, in recognition of Cant
hrech's act In saving the crew Of
eight men of the American schoonar
Mary f. Amsden on February 90 last.
ADvIcEs from Constantinople, on the
10Th, stated that most serious conse.
qnences were feared from the general
situation growing out Of the renewed
Armenian agitation and the resumn.
tlon OF rioting. The intervention of
the powers to restore order and en-
iorce reform was imminent.
PADEREwsKI, the pianist sailed from
Liverpool for New York, on the 10th.
on board the steamer Teutonic.
MAURICE PERKINS, Il well.known
newspaper man, formerly connected
with the New York Sun, while delir.
iol'p, on the 10th, leaped from third
story window Of the city hospital in
indianapolis, Ind, and was fatally
hurt by the fall
A FIRE occurred in the Midway at the
Atlanta exposition, on the 18th, which
partly destroyed the building occupied
by the "old negro plantation" and en-
tirely consumed the uncompleted arena
OF the Hagenback show.
The celebrated lezekiah b. Smith
will case, which involves an estate of
100000 and which has been in four
different courts during the past eight
years, was concluded in the court of
chancery at Trenton, n. j., on the
10th, when the will was declared in
valid and the disowned widow, YER
ona, and the two Sons Of the dead
Congressman were restored to their
rights.
N. A. CARLTON, Of the government
department of agriculture, has been
sent to central Kansas to make expert
ments on prairie wheat-growing. lie
will plant 1000 varieties of wheat, 100
of oats and many OF corn, barley and
rye, with a purpose of testing their re-
sistance to rust. Also he will attempt
to secure, by crossing, a variety of
wheat that will withstand the prairie
winds and the long droughts.
EX-CoNGREssMAN r. w. DUNnAM
was, on the 10th, awarded SIS 1000 dam
ages by Chicago jury against Maj
Allyn for alienation of his wfes af-
fections. Durham had asked $4,000
but as two of the jurors were in favor
OF n verdict for Allyn on the first bal
lot Sl5, 900 was agreed upon as u com
promise,
AFTER long conference with j. Il.
Colean, the defaulting cashier of the
state bank of Fort Scott. Kas,, on the
18th, Vice-Presidcnt j. j. Stewar. MADE
the startling announcement that the
amount of his defalcation would proba-
bly, exceed SO 600
JAMES Dixon, one of the prisoners
locked up in the Jail at Buffalo, n, y,
on account Of the tragedy at Tona-
wanda, in which Capt, Phillips and his
son were murdered, hanged himself in
his cell on the 18th.
On the 10th an explosion occurred on
steamship near King -Chow-Foo. The
steamship was loaded with Chinese
troops, and it is reported that coo Of
them We're killed.
A BUENos AYREs dispatch of the 10th
said it was reported that Brazil had
recognized the Cuban insurgents as
belIigerents.
THE new steamer st. Paul arrived at
Southampton at s:lj n. N. on the 18th.
She experienced bad weather most of
the way. The machinery worked
smoothly. Daily runs: 30i, 3s9, 4O2,
412, 439, 324, 800, to the Needles $40.
The North German Lloyd Steamship
Co. Is said to have ordered the con-
struction Of two new steamers at
Govan, Scotland, which are to be
larger than the Lucania and Cam
pania.
Mr.. J. +. LAYCocK's steam yacht
Valhalla, with Lord Dunraven on
board, passed Prawle point, on the
nth. She left Newport, r, l., on Sep
tember 2S,
MAYOR SPANNAMAN of Reading, Pa,
has been arrested at the suit of n
farmer residing in Lower Alsace town
ship for trepass Other warrants are
out.
SARAH LEwMAY, spinster, aged 40,
died at Jeffersonville, Ind, on the
18th. About $1,000 was found hidden
about the premises Her estate is
large.
The next annual encampment OF
the Union Veteran league will be held
In Washington city.
IT was announced in Madrid, on the
18th, that 10, 900 troops would start for
Cuba on the 22d.
Az a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the board of trustees of Kan
sas City university, of which II. ).
Heinz, of Pittsburgh, is president,
plans for the erection OF buildings to
cost SlOo,OuO were decided upon the
work upon the main building is to be
begun Immediately. An offer OF the
donation of a museum valued at $780,
900 was also considered.
REV. 4. DEWITT TALMAGE, the IA
nous divine. will soon figure in two
extensive lawsuits brought against
him by western Pennsylvanians, unless
he can succeed III squaring himself,
lie is accused of breaking two con-
tracts TO lecture, which cost the peo-
ple who were to pay him many hun
dreds of dollars in preparation.
VIcE-PREsIDENT STEWART OF the
State bank of Fort Scott, Kas,' and L.
]. Strobe and j. Meade, stockholders
in the bank, swore out n complaint on
the nth, against J. r. Colean, the de-
faulting cashier, charging him with
EN- bezzling $4,000, the amount OF
shortage in the reserve fund OF the
bank, and a warrant was issued ana
Colean was arrested.
JOHN JONES was found dead IN the
woods near Charlottesville, Ind, on the
nth, having shot himself while insane
from the use of whisky. lie thought
whitecaps were after him and escaped
from home, carrying a revolver with
which he killed himself
Gov. MCINTYRE Of Colorado has Is
,ued proclamation declaring quar-
antine against the states of Texas ana
wyoming and territories OF New Mexi-
leo and Arizona. Sheep from these
regions can be admitted to the state
onlv on being found free from scao
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