Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-12

"uue MRS. Pauline Succo. A
l,t'sourgh tPa.) widow, had 81. 600.
she advertised for position as a
housekeeper, but got husband in.
a'eau' Now She has neither husband
nor money.
H. IL. THORPE, sole owner of the cit
izens bank of Salina, O., fled a deed
o1 assignment for the benefit of cred
itors on the 4th. The assets are esti.
mated at $4,000, with liabilities about
the same, Depositors, 1t is said, will
be paid in full.
THE Northwestern Millers' associa.
tion, also known as the Flour trust
mas gone to the wall. 1t was organ
ized year ago to maintain a uniform
price OF flour and do away with com
petition
THE Columbus (O) Central Street
hallway Co. has gone into the hands
OF Geo. ii. Worthington, OF Cleveland.
as receiver. The company is capital.
ized at Sl,5oo,00o, and is bonded for
that amount.
sIEeEI., EisEMAN & Co. IS leath man.
ufactory at Newark, n j., was burned
on the 4th. Loss, $50, 1000; insurance.
$4,000
The weekly statement of the asso.
ciated banks of New York city, issued
ON the 5th, showed the following
changes: Reserve, decrease, s607, $50:
loans, decrease, 81, 79O, 100; specie, in
crease, $,s5l, 200; legal terders, de-
crease, $3,674,60O, deposits, decrease,
s4,S63, 600; circulation, increase, 1924.
900.
CONSUL STEINER writes the depart
ment of state from Munich that a sec
ond exhibition OF power and labor
saving machines will be held there in
1898. American manufacturers are
invited to participate. Noteworthy
exhibits will be awarded distinction"
in the form of medals
QUEEN VICTORIA has signifed her
willingness to receive a petition pro.
testing against the traffic in opium
and spirituous liquors, to which docu-
ments are appended 100000 sigma
lures collected by the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union.
ELEVEN firemen were killed and
many seriously injured by falling walls
during the burning of Yore's opera
house at Benton Harbor, Mich, early
on the morning of the 9Th
On the 9Th the associated banks OF
New York city held Ss,226, $50 in ex.
cess of the requirements of the .5-per.
cent. rule.
The convention of democratic clu BIS
at st. Louis, called for September 80
has been postponed until Octob ber and
3. Officials at democratic headquar
ters, from advices received, estimate
the number that will be in attendance
at between 5000 and 10000
Mrs. BAII.INeToN BooTH, the elo-
quent and devoted little woman asso
ciated IN the leadership of the Amer
lean Volunteers, has conceived the idea
that there is work for her in the pris
ons, and will proceed to demonstrate
it.
PRACTICALLY every department OF
the Cambria iron works at Johnstown
Pa, have been shut down for an in
definite period. throwing at least 2,00t
men out of employment. Lack of or
dcrs is given as the cause of the sus
pension.
MEYER GOLDMAN. n citizen of the
United States, born in Cincinnati in
1899. has taken steps TO bring suit
against the cZar and the Russian gov
ernment for SlOO,0Oo damages. lie
charges false imprisonment and con-
iiscation of property.
The grape growers of northern Ohio
are afflicted with a big crop. The
vines are black with the fruit, which
is selling at five cents u basket OF ter
pounds in the vineyards
htRvAN IuseR0yH and h. ). ,ing'
mar. the nurderers of sheriff Rogers
were takep tl;sG;a Ss- Il. II lcncoe,
Mlnn., on tic morning Of the 9th, by a
masked mob au1 Ranged from q bridge
al the edge OF the town.
Ir is alleged that DR.. Thomas Gala
CHER, dynamiter, had 5000 when he
was incarcerated in an English prison
- years ago, but that on his recent re-
lease was given but $50.
OVER fifty persons were injured, sew
cral seriously and two fatally, by the
wreck of an excursion train from st.
Louis to Marengo Cave, Ind, on the
9th. The accident occurred at Tas-
well, Ind.