Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-15

iHE great relay bicycle race OF ,bs
,eo ana the blue between Chicago and
ave" ORR city was finished al l.5s a
"'' oil The Sth. The actual time Of ,ho
race was siXly-iive hours and fiftv.three
minutes. Ivy ''''ree
"L' Jacksonville, Ind, is infested
Wi'h wiz. a strengthening worm, resem.
ol'hS a leech, and ranging in lcncth
RON IRON, Two to four inches, and half
men around the body. They abound
!" thousands around residences, and
seek damp places, They never snow
themselves until night, when thoy
creep out in herds and make straight
for houses. Nv
Nc''NArRELr, alias Rindskopf, the
man who threw the bomb at tho Chi1
eago iaymarket riot, was badly wound.
eu' recently, in a fracas at Pinalio
honduras. He will die.
D. k' EMtIEr the actor, made an at.
tempt to murder his wife in San Fran.
CISCO on the night of the sth. After
chaslng her square he fired one sho,
Whlch struck the woman in the head
ana brought her to the ground Ho.
iore the liquor-crazed man could fire n
second time Baby Sinnott, the Swear
ora protegc of the unhappy couple,
caught his arm. The child also n mo.
mept later prevented Emmet from
sending bullet into his own brain.
lHE ilrst 1895 crop bulletin has been
issued by the Manitoba government.
lhere is an estimated total of l,ss7. 775
acres under crop in the province this
season The area in wheat is I30 ooo
"cres' and the increase in all crops is
-o''SSo acres greater than last wear.
prospects up to June were never
brighter for good crops in all cereals,
SEVERAL of the leading newspapers in
IT. Petersburg are advocating an in
ternational conference on the Arme.
man question, urging that course as
desirable in order to prevent conflict
with Turkey.
IN the case of Judge Ennis, of Chi
cago' who sued the Pullman Palace
Gar To- for $50, 900 salary due, the jury,
on the sth, gave the plaintiff $50
Judge Ennis asked for IA new trial.
COMMODORE j. MALCOLM, of Boston.
has decided to rerig the Volunteer and
try her in the cup defense fleet. Or
ders have been given for the work
Her sail area will be increased.
ANOTHER voluntary increase Of about
10 per cent. in the wages OF all the
furnace employees in the Mahoning
valley in Ohio has been granted by the
blast furnance operators.
On the sth the banks of New York
city held 39,667,90O in excess of the
requirements of the 25-per-cent, rule.
The village Of Salins, in the canton
of Valais, Switzerland, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the sth.
THE aged mother of Hon. Whitelaw
Reid died at Cedarville, O., at . a. m.
on the 9th, in the house that had been
her home for nearly seventy years.
She was born at Reygate, Vt, in 1904.
JAuEs w. IInToN, while walking
through the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Chicago & st. Louis yard at Jefferson
vile, Ind, on the 9th, was run down
by freight train and literally cut to
pieces, His remains were picked up in
scoop shovels and conveyed to his home,
only ii block away.
SUpr X. W, MCCLAUGHREY of the
Pontiac (Ill.) reformatory has been Sc
lected as the warden for the United
States penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth, when that institution comes
under the jurisdiction of the depart
nent Of justice, July prox.
Col, r. w Thompson quietly cele-
bratcd his eighty-sixth birthday ami
ycrsary at Terre Haute, Ind, on the
nth lie was surrounded by his family
and some of his longtime friends lie
is in good health, better, he says, than
for several years.
ALEAKrNG valve caused passenger
locomotive to run away in the yards Of
the Panhandle railroad at Logansport,
Ind. on the 9th. The wild engine
dashed into a switch engine at the rate
Of 40 miles per hour, killing Engineer
Frederick Shultz instantly and fatally |
njuring the fireman, Patrick Gray.
CONSTABLE A. j. ScANIoN of Scran-
ton. Pa, could not endure the ridicule
attached to him by a cartoon in
newspaper, and he hurried himself out
)f the world, on the 9th, to avoid it.
lie shot himself in the head and died