Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-06
FAILURES in the United States FOR the

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week ended on the 5Oth, as reported bv
~ u, Dun IL Co., were 23i, against 2Ss
Tor The corresponding week last wear,
ror canada the failures numbered AZ.
against 80 last year.
IN the Brooklyn city court of over
ana terminer, ON the Goth, Justice
Brown entered an order dismissino
al the pending Gravesend indictments
iound at the time John Y. McKana
was indicted for offenses against the
e.ectlVe franchise, except those against
Mckane and Kenneth Il. Sutherland
A number of Brooklyn indictments for
similar oitenses were also dismissed.
IT was learned on good although
not Official authority, on the Goth. that
the differences between the Canadian
premier and Sir Charles II. Upper had
been amicably adjusted. Nothing could
De learned as to the exact nature of
the differences or the terms on which
The adjustment was reached.
A MASS of dirt and rock in the
sleepy Hollow mine at Central Citv.
Col, fell, on the Goth, and crushed to
death two miners named Alfred Mar
tin and Henry James,
GASOLINE stove explosion in Chi
cago on the Goth, caused the destruc-
ton OF four buildings and loss of
| $4,000.
DISPATCH was sent, on the Goth, to
the department of the interior at
washington by Gen. J. A.. Smith, SUI
perlntendent of the Yankton reserya-
ton IN South Dakota, stating that he
was unable, with his small force of
indian police, to dislodge the squatters
who refuse to leave the reservation.
WALTER &. SCOTT, awealthy Chicago
real estate dealer, committed suicide,
on the Goth, by shooting himself in
the breast Scott had been drinking
to excess for month and was crazed
with liquor.
STATE SENATOR Robert TURNER, OF
Clear Creek, Col, prominent politi.
clan of that state, died on the Goth,
aged IS.
ANTON CASPER IIEsING, father of
Washington llesing, the postmaster at
Chicago, died suddcnlyat his residence,
ON the 3lst of apopIeXy. He retired the
previous night after finishing his work
for the following mornings Staats
Icitung, in apparently good health.
Early next morning his attendant no
ticed something wrong and sent for
the postmaster, but the old gentleman
died before he arrived
Tie eastern and central portions OF
the state of Kansas were visited. on
the 3lst, by copious rains. The rains
were very warm, but were closely fol.
lowed by blizzard, which caused
much apprehension for the safety OF
the fruit crop, especially peaches and
apricotS. The rains left the soil in
good condition for spring work, which
was already well under way,
EDWARD BRADFORD BARNES, of St
Louis, u prominent young journalist
died at his mothers home in Corning
n, y, on the 3lst, of fever contracted
in Cuba, where he went. as representa-
tive Of the Northwestern Miller news
paper, He was young man of great
promise and the most exemplary char
acter.
PASSENGERS from Santiago dc Cubs
reported, on the 3lst, that two Ameri
can citizens were dying in prison il
that city. According to the passen
gers stories the imprisoned Americans
had all the passports and papers re-
quircd by law, and their incarceration
was declared to be an outrage.
MHs. II. B. LEDYARD, wife of the
president of the Michigan Contra
railway, dropped dead on the street il
Detroit, Mich, on the 3Oth. The
cause of death is given as heart dis
ease.
TIE associated banks of New York
city held S13, ALB, ,45O in excess of the %
percent. rule on the 30th.
SOME of Prince Bismarck's admirers
evidently recalling the story thai
when a student the prince cured him
self of a fever by eating two pounds O
sausagcs and drinking several liters o
beer sent to the eX-chancellor, il
honor of his cightieth birthday ami
versarv, beer and sausages enough &c
provision besieged garrison. The
platform Of the railway station was
piled up with barrels and boxes, which
men We're busy all day in carting to
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