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

uutiiR tne fectnt mas
sacre at ETin, in the Kharput district.
IL is reported that 100 Armenians have
oceh Killed at Divrig, in the same villa
yet
ADAM uNrERKIRCEER, Sc years of
age mas just returned to his home in
burlington, Ia, from q summer trim TO
ms old home in Germany. lie is the
Oldest man that ever crossed the At.
lantic on steamship.
McGiLL UNIVERSITY, at Montreal.
oau., has issued notice refusing to
accept in the future any more United
states silver or paper money in pay
ment OF scholarship fees. United
states checks will only be accepted at
quarter per cent. discount.
IHREE big rats attacked the two
months-old babe of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Asher, of Baltimore, Nd, on the night
OF the Goth, and gnawed its face, head
ana neck to such an extent that the in
iant died in a short time. The child
had been tucked in its crib while the
mother stepped out to the market.
a DISPATCH from Leadvillc, Col: on
the 27th, said; At ten o'clock tonight
report came into town that the guard
atFthe waterworks reservoir was be-
ing attacked by an armed force of
miners A few minutes later the re-
port was followed by rumor that an.
other party was making an assault
upon the Bohn shaft, which is also un-
der strong military guard.
A DISPATCH from Toledo, O., on the
nth, said information had reached
there from Defiance that Chas Goss-
ler, young business man of that
place, was drowned in the Maumee
river while attempting to walk on the
water in imitation of the Saviour.
Gossler is believed to have become in
sane over religion. He has been mar
ried only week.
TIE steamship Hope, with Lieut..
Peary and party on board. arrived at
North Sydney, G. b., on the 26th, and
left for the Upited States on the 27th.
The trip was singulariy free from ac-
cidents, and was successful in eyery-
thing except the accomplishment of
the principal object of the trip, which
was to bring back Acton meteorite
previously discovered at Melville bay.
AT Chicago junction, o., the Elkins
Bros. grist mill and elevator, with
10000 bushels of wheat. were destroy
ed by fire on the 27th; loss, estimated,
Sl01 600
Or The 2eih the associated banks of
New York seity held sl4,sl0 92t IN ex-
ecss of the re rtairements ot ie 25-per-
cent rule
JAMEs ". IlNSDrE se v nroniaent
attorney and public Official of Rich
mond, Ind, was arrested, on the night
of the 2Gth, on a charge of embezzling
about 81 500 from Woodward lodge of
odd fellows, of which he was the sec
retary.
kEARNFy and lIaines, the two al
legged dynamiters arrested at Rotter-
dam, will be prosecuted by the Bel
gian government on the charge of
having manufactured explosives at
Antwerp.
THE Buffalo Center (Winnebago
county, Ia.) school board has passed a
resolution to use corn for fuel this
winter. Ten-cents-per-bushel corn
they consider cheaper than coal.
MOUNT HoTyokE college, at South
Iladley, Mass, the pioneer institution
for the higher education of woman,
received a severe blow in the burning,
on the 27th, of the main building, with
probable loss of over Sl5O,O0o.
A PLAYHOUSE in the course of erec,
ton in New York city, and which had
already gone up two stories, fell, on
the 2Gth, killing three men outright.
THE big wooden elephant which was
built some years ago for use asa hotel
at Coney Island, N. Y, was burned to
the ground on the night of the 27th
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says tha
evervwl ere throughout Thibet the
revolt against the Chinese government
Is spreading
AS A resul Of the galeson the French
coast the steamer Magdalen foundered
on the 2ish, near Bayonne'and the crew
were drowned.
Ex-CoNGRHssMAN EZRA CLARK died
at Hartford, Conn, on the goth, aged
IS wears, after.a long illness.
.lonN BOYD TnACHER has declined
the democratic nomination for gov
nrnnr nf NnW Nork