Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERA,


'HARiEs COREY and Miss Kate Eli.
mann, both of Boston, were drowned
IN the Niagara river, between Grand
Island and the Canadian shore. above
Niagara falls, on the ?sth. The young
couple had hired a small boat for a a
row. and in the rough water the boat
became unmanageable
TIE United States copsuls at vero
Cruz and Acapulco telegraph the sur.
Eeon general of the United States
marine hospital service the existence
VI yellow fever at those points.
LIE fact has become known that the
recent Hood in Colorado entirely de.
Ltroyed the Catskill branch of the
Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf road 40
miles in length
ONE of the three men who partici.
pated in the recent Colorado SPRINGS
and Cripple Creek Col. stage robbery
was captured by deputy sheriff while
leaving Il Denver train at Colorado
springs, on the Goth, but for reasons
unknown the arrest was kept Il pro-
l1und secret until the 9Qth.
EX-CoNGREssMAN JouN +. BRovy died
suddenly at his home in Fowler. Ind
Dn the 2sth, of heart trouble. He leaves
widow and an adopted child in com.
lortable circumstances,
The notification committee appointed
Wy the Prohibition national conyen-
l'on' which met last May in Pitts
burgh, called upon Joshua Leverinp at
Baltimore, Md, on the 9sth. and Off.
cially informed him of his nomination
Tor the presidency upon the prohibi-
',on ticket
A COMMITTEE from the University of
chicago called upon Maj. Mckinley at
lanton, o., on the 10Th, as representa-
lives of the Republican club of that
Lchool to pay their respects to the re-
publican candidate and to present to
him life-sized marble bust of himself,
made by Hans llirsch, the noted sculp.
Tor of that city.
AN express train from Philadelphi,
collided with special excursion train
bf seven cars of Red Men near Atlantic
City, n, D.. on the Goth, the ponderous
trains coming together at right angles,
and causing a frigbtfnl wreck in which
about forty persons were killed out.
right and twice that number in niured,
many of them fatally The wife of
one of the engineers who died at his
post, upon hearing the sad news, fell
lead from the shock.
A POWDER magazine at Funfkirchen,
Hungary, exploded, on the 30th, with
fatal results, The shock of the explo.
sion almost completely wrecked the
town hall, and other buildings in the
vicinity were badly damaged More
than one hundred persons were in.
jured, and it was thought that large
proportion of them would die.
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON has is
sued an order to all railway mail
clerks, directing them not to take an
active interest in the political cam.
paign, such as would be involved in
their attending political conventions
as delegates, making political speeches
II assisting in the management of po'
litical campaigns
A BODY of striking miners went tC
the lIymers mines near Sullivan, Ind.
on the Goth inst. Two or three OF
them covered the night watchmen
With guns, marched them to the woods
nalf mile distant and stood guard
over them while the balance of the
crowd set fire to the plant which was
totally destroyed Burning timbers
fell into the shaft and set fire to the
mine also.
JUDGE ORLADY, of the Pennsylvania
state superior court, on the Goth, grant
ed an nllocatur in the appeal of attor'
neys representing ex-Assistant City
Attorney Wm. H. House, Of Pitts
burgh, who was sentenced to two
years and three months in the peni-
tiary, for aiding and abetting in the
embezzlement of city money.
TnE president has issued a proclama.
ton bearing date of July 27, again
commanding citizens to observe neu'
trality towards Cuba. The proclama'
ton refers to the original proclama'
ton of June IL, 1895, demanding an OBJ
servance of the neutrality laws in re-
spect to the Cuban insurrection, and
gives notice that all violations will be
vigorously prosecuted.
THE commissioner of internal revenue
has submitted to Secretary Carlisle
preliminary report OF the operations
of his bureau for the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1t shows that the re-
ceipts from all sources of internal
revenue for the year aggregated sllo,'
$40. .el5--an increase of 50, s4,537 over
the receipts OF the preceding fiscal
year.
DIR. JAMESON and his fellow Trans
vaal raiders are to be treated as nrs'
class misdemeanants in Holloway
prison. London, They will receive
their meals from the OUTSIDE, wea'
their own clothes and have less dis
tinguished prisoners detailed to per
form menial Offices for them.
Mr.. ARTHUR SEwALI, democratic
pominee for vice-president, was inter
viewed as to the story that he intended
to resign in favor OF Mr.. Tom watson,
He said: "Any man who for a moment
entertains such an idea Is not worthy
of an answer"
FATHER MARTINELLi, superlor'gener
al of the Augustinians, has been ap
pointed successor to Mgr. Satolli, as
papal delegate 'of the Roman Catholic
church in the United States.j
Huen CAMPBELL, one OF the iror
kings. died at his home at Hanging
Rock, O., on the alst, aged So.
A DISPATCH from Bombay, on tht
slst, said: Except for the telegraph
lines, Bombay is isolated from tht
outside world. Very heavy rains have
fallen Of late, and the country In tn
vicinity Of the city Is flooded. The
railroads are so far under water thai
1t Is impossible TO run trains over
them. 5&8N
THE Irish land bill passed its second
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