Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-09-28
TALwAN.Ir. ihc old nnni,al

IALwAN.JC the old capital Of For
mosa, and Chang-llwa, an adiaceut
,ort'ned town, were captured by a
pooy OF 1000 Japanese or August 20.
! diter short contest, in which "a Of
/ tile asSallants We're killed or wounded.
vi the native garrisons, numbering
io'oOo' $50 We're killed or wounded, and
the remainder dispersed.
HE steamers Constantine and Ire.
Veth'ck coIlided, on the 2Oth, off the
entrance to the River Tyne. The Con,
slanJine, cut TO the waters edge, was
run ashore to prevent laundering.
i ne crew were rescued by means OF
/ lifeline rockets.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai, on the
goth, said that China expects to occupy
Liao-lung in October, and that Russia
is pressing Japan to Immediately evac-
uatc that territory.
The Central Labor union of New
York has declared boycott on all the
Bibles, prayer books and all religious
works published by Benziger Bros, on
the ground that the firm EMPLOYS non.
union binders.
MAYOR MCCARTHY OF Llmont,- Ill.
was, on the 10Th, held to await the ac.
ton OF the Cook county grand jury UNI
der three charges of bribery, the bail
being fixed at $1,000
FIFTY THOUSAND Mohammedans are
in active rebellion in the northwest of
China, They are fighting with arms
SAID to be supplied by Russian sympa.
thlzers, and their avowed purpose is to
set up an independent government in
territory taken from Kansu, Iii and
Thibet
ALARMED at the recent startling dis.
covery Of crookedness in three trusted
employees Of the National Bank of Hi
nolS and the Merchants Loan and
Trust Co., most of the other Chicago
banks are examining their books tc
see il their own clerks have been led
astray.
The London Times gives prominence
to letter from Admiral Fitzgerald, in
which the writer says that Lord Dun.
raven must expect that his conduct in
the matter of the Americas cur
match races will be severely criticised
and that it compares uniayorably with
that OF Mr.. lseln.
MRS. MICHAEL GALLAGHER, wife of q
Well-known citizen of Huron, kas., on
the Goth, threw carbolic acid in hei
husbands face in fit of jealous rage,
distiguring him for life. One eye was
entirely put out, and it is barely possi-
BILE that the other can be saved.
On the night Of the goth two trains
collided on the Lookout Mountain
(fenn.) railway with mild crash. Sew.
eral persons became frightened and
jumped one of whom was Senator PEI
for Of Kansas. His whiskers were un,
injured but his face was badly cut
The cold wave from the northwest
reached Des Moines, Ia, on the 22i.
The early part of the day was very
hot and the sky almost clear At
o'clock the temperature fell with re
markable rapidity, going down 80 de-
grees in fifteen minutes. At other
points throughout the entire west the
fall in temperature was radical and
severe, and in many places caused
much damage to fruit trees and crops.
DISPATCHES from Madagascar, ON the
29d, said that Gen, Duchesne with a
force of French troops surprised 5000
Iloyas in q deiile near Spahinodri. AT.
ter short engagement the llovas fled,
leaving eighty dead. On the French
side no one was killed and only three
were wounded,
THE boiler at the county intirmary,
which is situated about \ miles west
of Dayton, O., exploded, on the 2lst
smashing the walls of the engine room
and killing Paul Butterhorn, the engi
neer, and Albert Rude, an inmate
Four other inmates were badly in
jured.
lIopE for the safety OF the four
mastcd British ship Stoneleigh, oven
200 days out from London for Mel
bourne, has been abandoned. 1t is be
lieved the ship and crew of thirty six
went down while rounding the Horn,
WM G. CURTIS, just returned from
the orient, says that the japanese cab
met has practically decided - have
four ships of Japan's new navy cou
structed in the United States.
On the 2lst the banks Of New Yorl
city held S22, 443, 500 in excess of tht
requirements of the 2j-per-cent, rule