Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

ihh old employees of The Globe Shin
building Co., of Cleveland, O.. who had
been on strike for two weeks. began
70 assemble at the yard gate. on the
9TH, and stood patiently waiting for the
wh'stie to blow. All expected to 90 to
work, but only as many as the work
warranted were taken in. In all obn,,t
400 out of the $50 strikers were en-
ployed.
MRS RICARDO RUIZ, widow of the man
alleged to have been murdered recently
IN the dungeon of the Guanabacoa mil.
IN Cuba, arrived at New York. on the
9Th, from Havana. Mrs. Ruiz will 90
to Washington to lay before the de-
partment of state her claims, as the
wife of murdered American citizen.
against the government of Spain.
The special Pullman train CONVEYING
the members of the French opera com
Pany from New Orleans to San Fran
cisco, was wrecked, at midnight of the
sth, at Casa Grande, Ariz. All of tho
passengers on the train We're badly
shaken up and frightened, and tramp
stealing a ride between the baggage
cars was killed.
1T is authoritatively stated that the
works of the Maryland Steel Co. nt
Sparrow's Point, Md, will start M all
It's departments in few weeks, thus
giving employment to over 1000 men.
EDWARD }. RUSSELL, alias Meredith,
charged with blackmailing ex- Corpora
lion Counsel Almet f. Jenks of Brook
Iyn, out of 81 800, by representing him.
self as the agent of a press association,
and demanding that sum for the sup
preston of story, was, on the 9th,
sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing
prison.
On the 9th Senator Allison, chairman
Of the republican caucus, appointed the
following steering committee: sena-
tors Allison, Hale. Aldrich, Cullom.
Davis, Sewall and Carter. BY the ac-
tion of the caucus Mr.. Allison was
made chairman of the committee.
Al the annual meeting of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway Co., held in St.
Louis on the 9th, the old board of di-
rectors was reelected. The arrange
ments for the extension of the Iron
Mountain bonds was affirmed.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, on the 10th, re-
ceived cablegram from Consul Nc
Carr at Cienfuegos, Cuba, stating that
Antonio Suarez del Villar had been
liberated.
On the 10th Mayor Campbell, of Bowl
ing Green, o., imposed fine of five
dollars and costs upon himself for be-
ing drunk and disorderly. His hon
Or was carried to the police station in
beastly state of intoxication and oc-
cupied cell with the common drunk
ards. Citizens are indignant, and he
will probably be removed from Office.
GEN. RUSSELL HASTINGS, of Bermu-
da, w. L., said to have been ranking
officer of President McKinley's regi-
ment during the war; was knocked
down and run over by wagon near
the treasury building in Washington
city on the 10th, fracturing his right
leg near the knee.
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