Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-09-25


Clark river in Kentucky, are said to
have been located. AS a consequence
the people in that part of the country
are searching for riches.
FIFTEEN new cases of yellow fever
developed on the l7th in Edwards,
Miss; nine at New Orleans and seven
atOcean Springs. There was one death
at New Orleans. Exodus from the in
fected districts to the north and east
continued. Quarantine was declared
by number of towns that previously
had taken no action, and quarantines
already established were strengthened.
IT Is stated that the grain dealers OF
Manitoba have formed a combine by
which the dealers, millers and grain
syndicates will keep down the price of
wheat. 1t is also asserted that the
banks have joined in and agreed not to
assist my buyer who does not join the
syndicate.
AN engineer on the Seattle & Inter
national railroad recently sent two
prospectors into the Mount Baker re-
gion in Washington, to get samples of
ore. When he reached Sumas on the
10th, he received samples and had
them assayed. They ran SO, 200 to the
ton, and he deserted his engine and
took to the woods.
The great Dismal Swamp of Virginia
and North Carolina, covering an area Of
perhaps 400 square miles, was reported
afire, from one end TO the other, on the
18th, the result of an unprecedented
drought and excessively hot weather.
The records of the coroner's Office
of Cook county, H., show an unusual
number Of suicides during the week
ending ON the 18th. No less than II
persons ended their lives by various
means. Hanging and drinking car
bolic acid were the methods most fire.
quently resorted to.
The cantons of Glarus and Grisons,
Switzerland, were visited, on the 10th,
by severe earthquake shock, accom-
panied by heavy rumbling. The dis
turbance was SO distinct that it was
everywhere noticeable, and in many
places great blocks of rock fell from
the mountains.
A SEVERE earthquake shock occurred
at Tashkaent, on the night of the 18th,
and the disturbance was felt through.
out the whole of Turliestan. Several
monuments of antiquity were dam
aged.
A COMPANY of Spanish infantry has
been sent to Morella, province Of Cas-
talon de la Plana, as it is feared in
Madrid that Carlist uprising is to
take place there.
The duchess of Marlborough, for.
merly Miss Consuela Vanderbilt, of
New York, gave birth, on the 18th. to
son at the Spencer House, the ducal
London residence.
FERRoun BEY, councillor of the Turk
ish embassy at st. Petersburg, has been
appointed Turkish minister to the
United States, in succession of Nous
tapha Tachsin Bey.
WHEAT clearances at Chicago for the
week ended on the 18th, were 6,379,000
bushels, the largest this year.
The wife of Hon. Norman j. Colman
died in st. Louis on the 18th, Mr.. Col
man, it will be remembered. was the
first secretary of agriculture, and Mrs.
Colman was woman of many virtues.
SEVEN New York milionaires, among
whom was John Jacob Astor, dropped
into St. Louis in bunch on the Goth.
The stock of the Illinois Central re-
Gently took boom, and the presence
Of the solid seven' in st. Louis was
the base for rumors that important de-
velopments would soon see daylight.
APACHE KID, murderer, sheep thief,
cattle and horse-thief, and probably
the worst Indian that ever lived in the
southwest, has been gathered to his
red-skinned fathers. This event oc-
Cured in southern California last July.
GEORGE WALDRoN, who claimed to be
u survivor of the charge at Balaklaya,
died at Montreal from blow delivered
by his wife, who used cane.
The town of Baire, Santiago de Cuba
province, has been bombarded with
two dynamite cannon aud utterly de-
stroyed by Gen. Calixto Garcia,
IT is estimated that the business re-
vival has added at least Sl5, 600, 900 to
the value of the Gould securities.