Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-03-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

IuSONAL ANU GENERAl.
A TRAIN on the Philadelphia, Will
mington & Baltimore railroad, on the
night of the 18th, made the journey
from Baltimore to Gray's Ferry, 99X
miles, in s8 minutes.
1T is understood in London that
'enor Andrade, the Venezuelan minis
Ter at Washington, has decided to rec
sgnize the Uruan incident as sepa-
rate question, and good hopes are ex-
pressed that his entente will lead to
I'm agreement upon the scheme for the
settlement of the boundary dispute.
THE well-known spirits and vinegar
manufacturers, Michael Lefevre & Co..
Montreal, Can, suspended, on the 18th,
caused by the suspension of the Banque
du Peuple. 1t is understood that the
liabilities will be something over $780,
900, and perhaps may reach 5000, 900.
The act to authorize the st. Louis
u Oklahoma Railroad Co. to construct
and operate railway through Indian
and Oklahoma territories has become
a law without the presidents signature.
ALL The workmen employed in the
construction OF the c0I1seim vur-
cago, in which the democratic ma
tional convention will be held next
June, struck work, on tho morning of
the 18th, because the contractors were
handling non-union cut stone.
THE Congregational council has de-
clared Rev. c. o. Brown not guilty of
immortality, but has censured him for
unministerial conduct. AS the coun-
Gil apologies for the censure, DR..
Brown considers his vindication COM
plete.
THE khedive of Egypt, on the 18th,
witnessed the departure of the Egyp-
tian battalion for the, front. He bade
cordial farewell to the officers. The
reserves were arriving at Cairo, and
The new Soudanese battalions forming.
CoNsUL-GENERAL CRTTENDEN reports
from the City of Mexico to the state
department that American capitalists
have purchased the entire street rail
way system of the City of Mexico
Price, S7,750,O0O but contemplated re-
equipment of the lines will involve an
expenditure of $20,00o,00O.
MRS. JOHN N. STUDEBAKER, aged SO,
tlied suddenly of old age at Shideler,
Ind, on the night of the 18th. Exten-
sive preparations had just been per-
fected for the celebration of the six
tieth wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Studebaker on the 21st.
THE yacht race for the cup given by
Baron Hirsch was sailed at Cannes, on
the 10th, and won by the Satanita.
The Ailsa was second, and the Britain
MIA third and last. The Satanita won
easily.
The $500, 900 suit which was begun
in 1892 against the Grand Trunk Rail-
rond Co. by Swift & Co., the Chicago
packers, was dismissed, by stipulation,
in Judge Burhe's court, in Chicago,
on the 10Th, a settlement having been
reached out of court.
GEN. WEyLER, the captain-general of
Cuba, in an interview published in
Madrid, is quoted as saying that the
difficulties he has encountered may
compel him to resign.
A MAN who is said to be Ira Terrell,
ex-member Of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture, who murdered his opponent at
Guthrie three years ago, and escaped
from jail last fall, while under SEN
tence to hang, was arrested at Fort
Scott, Kas., on the 10th, while en-
route east with q woman believed to
be his wife. The man says that his
name is Wells and that he lives at Eich
Hill, Mo.
1T was reported in Athens, on The
10th, that King Alexander of Servia
had been betrcShed to Princess Marie
of Greece.
ROBBERS blew open the safe Of Whit
lock &c Fields private bank at Ladora,
Ia, at a. M, on the 10th, and secured
81 900 in cash and notes.
Two OFFICERS were shot and train
robber, named Daniel McCole, was
killed during an attempt to hold up
the south-bound New Orleans express
near Tulare, CAL, on the morning Of
the 10th The attempted robbery
might have succeeded II 1t had not
been for the perfidy Of one Of the rob-
bers.
A DISPATCH from Massowah to the
Rome Tribuna says: Prisoners who
have escaped from the Abyssinian
camp declare that the prisoners there
are il-treated and badly fed, and that
numbers Of thcm have been garroted.
Ex-CoNsUL WALLER, who has been
liberated from the French prison, will
sail for New York on April 4. He will
appear before congressional com.
mittec, which will investigate the evi.
dence whereby the state department
came TO the conclusion that Waller had
no case and accepted his discharge,
with no claims for damages against
the French government,