Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-12-19

Al, "' SARAH u. COOPER famed
throughout the entire United State,
because OF her untiring zeal In work,
ol charity, and her daughter, Miss Hat.
.,e cooper, were found dead in bed al
sneir residence in San Francisco. on
,he morning Of the lith, both having
oeen asphyxiated by gas. All eyi.
dence tends to show that Miss Cooper.
who suffered from acute melaacholia.
arose after her mother had fallen
asleep, andwith suicidal intent tturned
on the gas.
FAILURES throughout the United
states as reported by R. G. Dun &
Co., Tor the week ended on the 11th.
were $780, as against 1888 for the cor.
responding week last year; for Canada
The failures were 43, against "a last
year.
uEoReE ERB, aged "a, a stonemason,
who formerly lived at Mechanics burg.
Pa.' called at police headquarters 10
harrisburg, on the 11th, and confessed
his participation in murder at Fort
smith, Ark, last March. He was
locked up.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND started on an
other duck shooting expedition on
the 18th. This time he will be the
guest OF the Annandale club, on its
preserves in South Carolina. Several
years ago the president visited the An
nandale club and was given n public
reception, but this time he will avoid
a repetition Of that honor
OVER the grave Of his late flance,
IN Calvary cemetery, at Toledo, o.
on the 18th, Edmund E. Wright, aged
~, a member of prominent Toledo
family, committed suicide. After
placing a bunch of flowers on the
tomb Wright sent a bullet into his
heart, dying almost Instantly
THE news of the alleged assassina-
tion of Gen. Maceo under cover of
what was practically a flag of truce is
accepted as true by the Cuban delega-
tion in Washington, and was received
with q thrill of horror by members of
congress.
The village Of Salineville, In the
coal mining district of Ohio, is said to
be in danger of destruction by reason
OF the ground upon which It is built
sinking into the shafts OF abandoned
coal mines which extend under the en-.
tire town.
A COMPANY is being organized at
Toledo, O., of members of the Ohio ma
tional guard for service In Cuba.
A PANIC occurred in st. Agnes Ro-
man Catholic church in Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 18th, caused by the burst
ing of a steam pipe, but fortunately
no one was injured.
On the l2th the banks OF New York
city held S3l, l,606, $50 in excess of the
requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule.
THERE have been two fatal cases OF
the bubonic plague In London. The
disease was imported from BON bay.
where 1t has caused many deaths and
general panic among the native resi-
dents.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says that
the negotiations with Great Britain for
general treaty Of arbitration cover
ing all subjects of difference between
the two great English-speaking ma
tions have advanced almost to compile.
ton.
Hon. TRAVIS PHILLIPS, of Aurora, ILL.,,
left recently for Los Angeles, Cal, to
spend the winter, and had proceeded
as far rs Reno, New, when he became
i'll and was taken from the train, and
died few hours later.
A son of George Hart, pioneer
farmer of Marshall county, Ia, was
shot and instantly killed, on the morn
ing OF the l3th, by q burglar whom he
discovered in the house and grappled
with.
A MOB of about half n hundred men
attempted to lynch Elmer A. Weather
holtz, the wife-murderer, at Wood
stock, Va, on the 18th, but the sheriff
bluffed them off.
The Chinese residents of Chicago
opened temple to Confucius on the
l3th, Wong Chin Foo, editor of the
Chinese News, acting as high priest.
He made an address outlining the
plans sof the Celestials for the con-
version of Chicago.
In an interview with correspond
ent for Madrid newspaper, on the
l3th, Capt. Gen, Weyler stated that he
had returned to Havana In order to
disperse the rebels who are focking