Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-16

HENRY SAYLoR, while delirous from
fever, leaped from q third-story win
dow of St. Joseph's hospital, Fort
Wayne. Ind, on the 7th, and received
injuries which caused his death an
hour later. He was 81 years old and
leaves wife and FIVE children at Ant
werp, o.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL.
WILLIAM TILeHMAN, of Guthrie, Okla,
received draft for 81, 900, on the 9TH,
from the Rock Island Railway Co., for
the capture of Bill Radlcr, the outlaw,
recently convicted.
GEN BERNAL, Of the Spanish army,
has been driven out Of Cuba by Gen.
Weyler. ''The Butcher and Bernal
parted bitter enemies, and are likely
to fight duel If they meet in Spain
THE jury at Columbus, o., on the 7th,
In the case of Ohio VS.. cx-Stnte Senator
John L. Gcyer, of Paulding. indicted
for alleged solicitation of bribes, re-
turned verdict Of not guilty.
By vote of 425 to 9s the Methodist
general conference at Cleveland, o. I, on
the 7th. decided that the four 1eQmen
'deleg ties nights {etaI'f E.eit ia q
"A PfrHor 0zI-o{ oDol q I{ IL ii |s Lc1h
found eight miles east Of Guthrie,
Okla, and there is much excitement.
THE Citizens bank Of Union City,
Ind, closed its doors, ON the 9Th, be-
cause Of inability to collect. There
had been quiet Withdrawals from the
bank by depositors. and when the city
and school treasurers withdrew their
accounts the bank had not dollar
left. The liabilities are S75, 900, and
the assets $l35, 900.
A ROME IN. W jury in the case of
John Watson Hildreth, one Of the boys
who wrecked New York Central ex-
press train, returned verdict on the
8th, of murder in the second degree,
and he was sentenced to Auburn prison
for life. Theodore Hibbard and Her
bert Plato, his two accomplices, got 40
years each.
RoMULUs CoTELL, the murderer of
the Stone family at Tallmadge, o.,
pleaded not guilty, on the sth, when
arraigned before Judge Kohler, of
Akron, although he had previously
confessed the crimes. Attorneys were
appointed to defend him, but the date
of the trial was not fixed.
The treasury gold reserve, at the
close of business on the 9th, stood ut
SILT, 7,656,3l4. The days Withdrawals
to 81, ,544, 400.
PUERTO VIEJo, the capital of the
province of Manabi, In Guayaquil,
was entirely destroyed by two earth
quake shocks on the night of the 18th.
The shocks were succeeded by floods,
the city Many lives are
said to have been lost.
THE coroner's jury investigating the
murder of Elsie Kraglo, near the Zoo
logical park in Washington city, rem
dered verdict, on the 9th, that she
met her death at the hands of Irving
Ford, the negro In custody, who con-
fessed to the deed.
THREE valuable trotting stations
were burned to death in the destruc-
tion by fire of the stable of J. w.
Double at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the
10th.
In the presence of one of the most
Roman Catholic gather
ings that has ever assembled in the ]
west, Archbishop John Joseph Kahn
was, on the 10th, invested with his pal
lium at the old cathedral in st. Louis,
his eminence, James (Cardinal) Gibbons,
the sacred insignia of office.
Seven archbishops, 10 bishops and
host of eminent priests attended the
nagnificentand impressive ceremonies,
while the edifice was crowded to it's
greatest capacity by notable con-
course of laymen.
IT has been decided to commemorate
,he celebration of DIR. Green's Jubilee
BY founding new professorship at
N. j. The new professor
ship Will be called the William Henry
Green memorial Semitic professorship.
CAPT. J. d. JOHNSON, ranking officer
If the survivors of the confederate
navy, and also senior survivor of the
United States navy of antebellum days,
lied at Savannah, Ga. ION the 9th, aged
70. He commanded the confederate
am Tennessee.
THE Vulcan Iron works at San Fran
,isco were destroyed by fire. The loss
S estimated at 100000, with $3l 900 in