Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-31
NEWS AND NOTES,
a Summary of Important Ivents
PERSONAL AND GENERA,

, | eNGnAkS
oov. MITCHELL OF Florida stan,
.,om 'he executive chair to the countY
Siofas once. In a pecuniary sense M
doubt the latter office is more nrost
aoie Than the former. But this is ths
nrs' .lme IN the history Of any AmerI.
can state that, while governor thu,
omciai schemed and worked to bnvs
nimseii elected to a county clerkship,
AZ the case OF Miss Celia Rosa ~,
trial at Mansfield, O.. for having caused
the death Of her father, mother and
brother with poison, the jury returned
verdict acquitting the accused nm
inc ground OF insanity She will prob.
ably be adjudged insane and sent tonn
a COMP RATIvE statement of the re-.
celpts from Internal revenue, issued IN
she goth, shows the total receipts for
september We're $4,000, 100, n slIpbt
gam over September, 1898. For three
months ended September 30, 1896 the
receipts amounted to sa7, 704, ss7, a gain
OF $4,000 s'''
REV, CANON ANDERSON, PRINCIPAL Of
the Montreal diocesan college, died on
the 2lst
JUSTIN ). MORRILL,, of Strafford VT
was reelected United States senator
from Vermount on the goth. In the
senate no other name was presented.
and Senator Morrill, Received the en-.
tire 80 votes. In the house he received
213 votes.
"A DISPATCH was received at juneau
Wis, ON the Goth, from tho coroner of
fredericksburg, Va, stating that ".
1. Rambusch, the absconding banker
had committed suicide there. The dis.
patch asked what disposition should be
made OF the body.
The big distributing reservoir of the
Oakland (Cal. Water Co. broke through
its walls, on the Goth, and 2,ooo, 600
gallons OF water were let loose with
rush. A wall Of water seven feet hiph
tore down Oakland avenue, but beyond
flooding the streets no great damage
was done.
A BERLIN dispatch says: The st. Pc
tersburg Viedomosti gives details of
The Van massacre, secured from fugi.
tives who have arrived at Elchmiadzin.
They declare that no Armenians are
left In the Van district.
MRS. COLUMBUS DELAYo, wife of the
late secretary of the interior, fell and
broke her hip at Columbus, o., on the
Goth. She is old and i'll, and the mis-
hap may prove fatal.
POSTMASTER MOSES YowElL. at Sid.
ney, Ia, was removed, on the 2lst, and
his daughter was appointed to the
place
THE cornerstone of the American
University Hall of History at Wash.
ington was laid on the 2lst.
WHILE endeavoring to locate a leak
In house No. 954 North lIalstead street,
Chicago, on the 2lst., Charles Calland |
opened the door Of the room occupied
by George McWhorley. Instantly there
was q tremendous explosion, and Cal
land was thrown across the room, re-
ceiving injuries that may prove fatal.
Upon investigation McWhorley was
found dead.
ALMOST the entire business portion
OF the village of Lancaster, N. Y, was
burned on the 2lst; total loss, $50, ,000,
partly covered by insurance.
JOHN HOLLINaHEAD, the Washington
county (Ala.) farmer who pnrtic.
pated In the lynching of Christopher
several months ago, then
turned states evidence and convicted
several of the lynchers, who were re-
Gently sentenced to life imprisonment,
was assassinated in the roadway near
his home, on'the 9lst, being shot from
by dozen men.
The Union Sugar Refining Co., of
N. j., filed articles of incor-
on the 22d, with the sccre-
tary Of state. Capital stock, S2,OO0,-
900.
The Schnaubelt reported dead at
San Bernardino, CAL, on the 29d, is not
the Chicago Haymarlset bomb throw
pr, but his brother, Henry Bernard
The mounted police Of st, Louis nre
drilling daily In order to creditably
acquit themselves Mt the big horse
show In that city in which they will
sake part.
DR. JOHN L. YoLToN and DR.. Rhoda
Galloway, two of the most prominent l
of the medical profession in t
Bloomington, H., were married on {
he 22d. {
The plant Of the Summit Refrigera- |
,or Co. at Michigan City, Ind, was
burned on the 22d. Loss, $4,000; in
$4,000. Spontaneous combus-
Ion was the cause.
The Bank Of England's rate of dis
'ount was advanced, on the ED, from
to per cent. d
HEAVY snow storms were reported, @
IN the ED, In the north OF England ,
md Scotland d
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY CAR q
ISLE addressed an audience at Coving-
on, KY, on the evening Of the Ped, on ,
be political issues of the campaign, ,
|ome of his arguments were greeted i
With Kisses, cries Of traitor" and
usillade Of rotten eggs. =.
DAVID LEE, related to the Lees, OF y
'irginia, and Mrs. Virginia Rouss,
aughter Of the New York multi-mil- l
onaire, were secretly married In New
,ork city, because they anticipated r
arental opposition. A
A CoNsrANvINoPLE dispatch says |,
onflict has occurred In the sultans I
alace between the Turkish and Alba "
ian guards, during which several
,ere killed on both sidos. o
ONE Of the victims of the recent pot =
cry fire at Akron, o., was Francis =
harrison, who gained some fame un- Q
or the name Of "Dr. Tanner" by "
,ng fast he once INDUCED in.
A LONDON cablegram says: lead o
n authority In Mark lane says that t,
ngland will need at least 10000, 900 II
uarters OF wheat In 10 months, and q
ae will not 10 able to depend upon /,
adia or Russia for any Of 1t.
JOSEPH LUpINEK, ~ years old, q stu
snt at the Western Reserve college at "
udson, O., who was assaulted and VI
,bbed by footpads, in Cleveland, died, o
, <ha o0d from, his injuries, y