Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-02-01

THE republican silver senators, ON
the cad, signed a declaration which is
| intended to be used in the coming CANE
paign as the demand which the silver
men will make for plank In the ma
tional convention.
PRESIDENT AND Mrs. CLEVELAND gave
their annual reception, on the night OF
the 23d, to congress and the Judiciary.
The drenching rain and wind storm
that prevailed seriously interferred
with the attendance.
CoSaREssMAN MONEY, of Mississippi,
was nominated, on the esd, as the sue
cessor to United States Senator George,
of that state.
MRs. EMMA NORMAN, the wife OF the
principal owner of Outing" commits
ted suicide, on the evening Of the 23d.
Worry over the condition of her invalid
son Is thought to have unsettled her
mind and led to the rash act.
AN explosion Of chemicals In the lab
oratory OF the Swanson rheumatic
Cure Co. on the second floor of the old
stock exchange, Dearborn and Mon
roe streets, Chicago. on the cath,
wrecked the contents ~ The Offices on
that floor, frightened into panic, .hys-
teries or II fhr 4, a. = - 4 K
the building, caused injury to three
persons and property loss of $4,000.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MALoNEY Of
Illinois, brought quo warranto pro-
ceedings in the circuit court of Cook
county, on the 25th, against the Illinois
Steel Co. for the purpose of having its
charter revoked for an alleged unlaw-
ful expansion of its capital stock and
for dealing in real estate contrary to
its charter.
ALLEN DAVIS was instantly killed
near Three Oaks, Ind, on the Gath, by
the bursting of huge iron fy-wheel.
His body was literally torn to pieces,
one fragment of metal completely dis
emboweling him.
THE American line steamer st. Paul
went ashore on the outer bar off Long
Branch, N. j., at 1870 a. m. of the 25th,
during dense fog. At last accounts
she was resting easily, and assistance
was sent to her. Another steamer,
supposed to be the Campania, narrow
ly missed going ashore too.
DISPATCHES from Paris, on the 25th,
stated that very serious accident had
occurred there in the course of the
trial of the machinery of the new
transatlantic steamship France, just
constructed at st. Nazaire. A number
of persons were reported killed.
Rev. 7. b. HARGRovE, pastor of the
Methodist church at Coldwater, Miss,
dropped dead in his pulpit, on the
morning of the Goth, while exhorting
the congregation to "believc in the
Lord Jesus and be saved" These
were his last words.
ANDREW McGoUaAN and George
Churn, miners, were killed while
walking on the Fort Wayne road near
Massillon, o., on the Goth. They leave
two widows and 10 orphans.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg, on
the Goth, said the czar had given his
sanction to the naval estimates COW
ering period of seven years, begin
ming in 1896, when 57,500,0O0 roubles
will be appropriated for naval ppr-
poses. The figures are fixed in pro-
portion to the amounts expended on
their naval forces by other powers.
Mrs. BETSY Moody, mother of Evan
gelist Moody, died, on the Goth, from
an attack of la grippe at her home in
Northfeld, Mass. All of her family
were with her, excepting one daughter
who resides in Wisconsin. Mrs. Moody
was in her ninety first year.
CASTLE TALNoJE, the residence of
Gen. Count Won Schouvaloff, governor
of Warsaw, near Kieff, was destroyed
by fire, on the Goth, together with all
its valuable paintings and curios.
JOHN TYLER, the son of President
John Tyler, died in Washington city,
on the Goth, at very advanced age,
after an illness that had lasted for
several months.
IIoN. THEODORE F. RUNYoN, American
ambassador to Germany, died in Ber-
lin, at one o'clock on the morning Of
the eth, of heart failure, aged 73.
A DISPATCH from Colon. United States
of Colombia, on the eth, stated that
tranquility had been restored in the
province of Barranquilla, and that the
state of siege proclaimed there recent
ly had been raised.