Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-31

NEAR Summerville, W. Va, the boil.
ta' ~ VI a saw.mill exploded, on the ED,
instantly killing three men and fatal.
~ in1uring two others,
1T was officially announced at otto.
wa ont., on the 22d, that the govern.
ment commission appointed to INQUIRE
in'o tue operation of the tariff will be.
sin its work on November 10. The in.
qu,ry Will be conducted by Sir Rich.
ara oartright, Hon. w. S. Fielding and
non. W. Patterson, who are members
OF the commission.
h lie missionary ship Day Spring has
oeeh wrecked on rock north OF New
caledonia island. The captain and
seven mon escaped in boat, but the
remainder, nine persons, perishcd.
HENRY FORBES, chief clerk to Mana.
ger howe OF the Palmer house In Chi.
cago, was found dead, on the morning
", ~, 'he Sdd, IN room at La Vita hotel.
ne gas was turned on, and letters 10
ms wife and daughter showed that
death was Intentional.
EDWARD J, IVORY, alias Bell, the nj.
ieged lrish'American dynamiter. who
was arrested in Glasgow on Sentem.
Der Il, was again arraigned in the
now-street (London) police court on
the cad. 'n
DUN fAT sen, the Chinese physician
VINO was kidnapped by emissaries of
the Chinese legation in London, was
released, on the cad, on the demand of
the British government,
M. AMIE ETIEME BLAyIER mem ber
OF the French senate, representing
the department of Main-et. Loire. died
on the @ad, in Paris. lie was SO wears
of age.
Hon. COLUMBUS DELANo. ex.secrs.
tary OF the interior, died at Mount
Vernon, o., on the 24th.
NINE persons were killed and 20 In
Jured, eight Of them probably fatally
in wreck on the St. Louis 4, San
francisco railroad, near Meramec
highlands, Mo-, on the 25th, caused
by collision between the second sec.
tionof e. A. r., excursion train going
TO st. James, Mo-, to dedicate soldiers
home, and the Valley Park accommo.
dation going east. In addition to the
known casualties it was thought tina
at least two other bodies were buried
beneath the wreckage. Both engines
and several cars were completely de.
molished.
1T develops that the Blue Cut train
robbery, near Glendale, NO., did
not pan out very rich for the rob-
oers 1T is asserted they did not
get over $500 and a few packages
of jewelry. 1t was no fault of theirs.
however, that they got no more, as
they evidently understood their bust.
ness
GEN. MORTON c. HUNTER died at
Bloomington, Ind, on the 25th, from
the effects of stroke of paralysis re-
ceived while attending divine service
one week before.
kT. REV. FREDERICK TEMPLE, bishop
OF London, has been appointed arch.
bishop of Canterbury and primate of
nil England IN succession to Most Rev.
Edward White Benson. deceased.
The attempts Of Consul General Lee
TO obtain for American buyers the re-
lease Of tobacco leaf purchased or con-
Iracted for them in Cuba previous to
Capt. Gen. Weyler's embargo decree
have SO far been unsuccessful.
THE total registration of voters in
is sO,935, against 40, 21b last
year, and 5000 in round numbers four
Years ago. There were LEO more
lames registered in 1896 than in 1895.
IT is reported from Washington that
he president, In his annual message
% congress, will announce that the
3ehring sea controversy with Great
Britain is near settlement.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has begun
work. on his annual message to con-
,ress. 1t is his present thought to
make it his valedictory also. And"
aid an authority, "it will be a corker"
The exports Of specie fromuthe port
# New York for the week ended the
4th amounted to sl02, 900 in gold and
i SIC, 445 in silver. The imports were:
,old, IS, 9,O43; silver, SCI, ,59S; dry
'oods, 81, sol, 746 general merchandise,
6,646,272.
TREASURER ST. JOIN of the demo-
ratio national committee is on the
ick list. Mr.. St. Johns eyes have
ivcn out, and he Is compelled to take
few days vacation.