Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-10-19

'oiNE HOFFMAN, the anarchist
VINO murdered Police Inspector Baum.
garten on June II last, was mt n
death in Prague on the nth n. "a
FUSED all religious ministrations and
uttered anarchist cries until the last
oN the llth ex-Chief OF the United
9@tes Secret Service James j. Brool,s
o,ea at his home in Pittsburgh, Pa
ai'er carrying q, bullet In tt. sac of his
neart Tor over sixteen years. lie was
Il years of age, "'
a WOMAN known as Gaetna Storo,;
nus oeen arrested at Catania, Sicily
ior the wholesale poisoning of children
WIN phosphorus. She administered
The poison by mixing it with wine and
prevailing upon the children to drink
H., HerHictims already numbertwent tv.
lhree' 1t is stated that they all died
IN fearful agony. ''' 'io'
rhEslDENT CLEVELAND and Private
Secretary Thurber left Buzzard's Bay
on the night of the lith, on board Com.
modore q. G. Benedict's steam Yacht
oneida for Washington; With favor.
able weather the party was expected
ITO reach they destination on the 14th.
1T Is now stated upon good authority
mat the total number of.killed, wound
ed and missing Arnenians up to date
as result OF the recent riots in Con.
stantinople, is over roo
THE Temple opera house at Duluth
Mimi, one OF the finest theaters in
the northwest, was burned as the re.
suit OF an explosion in the basement
early on the morning of the 18th. The
beautiful rooms OF the Scottish Rite
consistory, which were in the upper
part Of the theater building we're de.
stroyed, together with the valuable
records and library. Loss on build
Ing, $50, 900; fully insured.
T DURING the week beginning on the
18th the National Bankers association
the National Laundrymen's associa.
tion, ,the National Road parliament and
the National Editorial association, will
meet in Atlanta, Ga, as will also the
press associations of North and South
Carolina and Texas.
EIGHT stacks Of hay were burned on
the farm of s, b. PATTERSON, 10 miles
south of Chillicothe, Mo-, on the 18th.
On the 18th the charred remains of a
man were found in bne of the stacks,
burned beyond recognition. Circum-
stances pointed TO murder.
TnG Bronberg Tageblatt of the 18th
reported that number of Russian
frontier guards had looted an inn at
Polanovo and murdered the hostess,
her daughter and servant.
p Work on the great Transsiberian
road, one OF the most colossal under.
takings Of the century, is being pushed
forward rapidly
On the 18th the pope received gen.
erous money Offering from the Mexi-
can episcopate
A SERIOUS freight wreck occurred at
Waterbury, Conn, on the night of the
18th, when two parts of broken train
came together. The cars, loaded with
trotting horses, live stock and other
exhibits from the Danbury fair, were
crushed and thrown down 40-foot
embankment Mazeppa, the famous
champion trick horse of the world,
valued at $4,000, was instantly killed,
one man fatally injured and two 9th
ers seriously hurt. =
The porte has appointed a. commits
sion to inquire into the recent Arme.
nian arrests, and has promised tho
powers to deal severely with anyone
who is found to have tortured the
Armenians in prison. Many persons
were killed and wounded in the recen,
in the Ismid district,
southeast of Constantinople, Kin Asia
Minor, but order has been restored
DAVID c.. COOKE, city marshal OF
Glouster, o., was attacked on the
street, on the night of the l3th, by ex'
Night Marshal Elmer Donnally, W ho,
as the result of an old grudge, began
firing at Cooke. Five shots were fired
and both fell dead ten feet apart,
Cooke with four balls in his breast
and Donnally with a bullet through
his heart. t. wts.
Mrs. ALEXANDER, the poetess, died
in London on the 18th. Mrs. Alexander
was Miss Cecil Frances Humphreys,
ands was tile wife of ,Rt Rev. Wm.
Alexander, D; D., b. G. L., bishop Of
Derry and Rappoe. She was well
known as the author ofnMoral Songs
Hymns for Children" and Poems OF
Old Observation-Disclosures"