Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-03

M, SIR W. II. KITCHENER, com.
nainp the Egyptian expedition to
nrola. wired, on the 2ith, that he
e,nturel 900 prisoners and that
cavalry was pursuing the enemy,
,eral of whom the pursuers had
led
,ur London Globe insists that the
# of the czar and czarina to Balmo-
must be wholly of private nature
devoted to quiet enjoyment. The
ner condemns any attempt to induce
czor to intercede in behalf of the
menians.
FAILURES throughout the United
otes, as reported by r. &. Dun a.
for the week ended September 26,
mbered 3l5, against 2l6 for the cor
suonding week last year; for Can
the failures numbered 10, against
last year.
SIR CHARLES russell. arrived at tGray
ubes, on the 23d, to pay his respects
the president He wasaccompanied
Secretary Olney and two other gen
emen. The distinguished visitors
ere received by the president and
rs Cleveland.
MRs. ELIZA GRIFFIN JoHNsDN, the
now of the late Gen. Albert Sidney
Jhnson, died in Los Angeles, Cal, on
he 25th, at the home of her son-in-law,
uted States Attorney Denis. She
es rs ia age, ijcr former
oue heetuclsy.
IgBs EN FosTEn who hau use..
Zamp. 5lchiEan for Mckinley,
bryed IN uncago,on the g7tli, ~henee
he left for Utah, Wyoming ard Colo
ado to address meetings of women
| ho are entitled to vote fot presi-
cntial electors in those states.
GEN. McNuLTA, receiver fjr the
Nbisky trust, mailed checks, on the
| 9TH, on 3lS rebate claims, amounting
! s36,45r About six hundred more
|emaincd to be mailed, amounting in
! h toabout 100000. These claims are
Bcld in all parts OF the country.
TIE entire plant of the Carnegie
fo 3 Edgar Thomson steel we ks al
lraddock, Pa, resumed operation, on
)hc .5th, after several weeks idl 'less.
Both the old and new mills weIc en-
boyed making steel rails, givinG EN-
Eoyment to about 1890 workmen.
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p j. lyman, the Irish invincit lie un-
|er arrest in Boulogne, France, 'eject-
Fd the suggestion of the United .tates
Eonsul that he employ Frenck law
Eers named by the consul, to 'iefend
lm, and informed the consul rhat he
Feed upon the republic to do him
Justice.
The police of Havana, on the 21th,
Discovered a dynamite bomb weighing
y pounds under the Concha bridge,
bn the outskirts of that city. 1t is
Supposed that the bomb was intended
10 cause the destruction of the bridge,
ead that for some unexplained reason
ltalled to explode.
The weekly statement of the nsso-
FIaed banks of New York city, issued
pn the 26th, showed the following
Changes: Reserve, increase, So, 76l $50;
Ncans, decrease, 81 ,29s $50; specie, in
crease, Ss95, GOO; legal tenders, increase,
ba6i,OO deposits, increase, 50, 800, COO;
increase, $499,00o
AGREAT stir was created in Belle
l.on'aine, O., on the 23d, by the action Of
lae city aldermen in releasing all pris-
oners from the Jail for want of money
. pay the sheriff for their keeping.
Inc entire police force was discharged
10y The same reason, and the city was
lels without any protection whatever
'a'e the mayor and marshal.
SPECIAL dispatch from Shanghai,
% The 23d, said that Russian engineers
we're supervising the work Of repairing
Y 'ae docks and workshops at Port Ar.
'nar and the storing at that place Of
'ast supplies of coal, and it was be-
aeVed that the results OF iii Hung
'aangs entente with Russia on behalf
" lChlna would shortly be displayed.
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, uEoReE II. CURTIS, the assistant Ii
slarian OF the United States congress,
sno was arrested at Grindel valid,
'a,lzerland, by detectives who mis-
w 'ooK him for a criminal from Monte
Y, 'aeo' and was subsequently released
'uy TO be rearrested at Genoa and
'sa'n X liberated, has made clDim upon
'Ac owlss government for indemnity.
yiNT DIRECTOR PRESTON was advised,
v 'le sad, that $2,50O,0OO gold had
'ached San Francisco from Australia
'ua ' would find its way into the treas
w Y The gold is in English sover-
'Ras and as foreign coins are not a
ssal ~ tender in the United States 1t
spl ' De sent to the mint at San Fran
''sco TO be recoined into eagles.
YEN MExIA, chairman of the ways
'nu means committee of the house OF
spresentatives Of the Mexican con-
'ssss, y died in the City Of Mexico, on
Y S4th, aged II years. He was re-
'slued as the leading statesman and
Iaancier |" OF the Mexican republic.
Iue town Of Mexia, Tex, was named
y MIN. He owned 10000 acres OF
aad in Texas. f84s
iAE Berlin vossiche Zeitung, com
.'n'ing upon the correspondence be-
!, seen Gov. Culberson Of Texas and
.'ace Bismarck on the question OF
n N silver, says that the letter OF the
s'nce can only be interpreted ssi
sssaning Y that he would be pleased Y
" !, americans should succeed in set
wv the question, but that he does
y = Know whether they will or how
access may be assured.
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I lnERE Is said to be good authority
u = 'ne statement that, in the face q
that IL would be eefused,
.ugland has abandoned her demand
y France for tho extradition Of
I !asu, nan the alleged nNumbcr Qpe''in'