Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26

iol'i' shlu' Almost the whole OF the
province of Assam has been devastated
by the earthquake. The ruin Is appall-
ing, The courts treasures, iails and
hospitals have collapsed. The loss Of
food supplies is enormous The crops
are mostly ruined.
The Akron (0) police will equip
street car as travelling prison, IN
which to transport unruly folk from
Lakeside park and Summit lake where
there have been numerous Sunday
rows. The Jail on wheels will also be
used for patrol wagon in case Of ne
cessity.
JOHN dUGELHEIMER, a farmer, six
miles west of Davenport, Ia, was found
dead in the kitchen of his home, on the
18th, and his wife was dead in the eel
lar. lie was at one time insane. In
vestigation by the coroner showed that
he had mixed strychnine with eggnog
and given 1t to his wife, afterward
drinking the poison himself.
lT is reported that Queen Victoria, in
consequence of the sad physical infirm-
ity which has befallen her, will abdi-
cate the throne, before long, in favor
OF the prince of Wales The queen, it
is reported, is almost blind.
WILLIAM CRAwLEY, miner, met
death IN horrible manner in the
Nickel Plate mine of the Jackson Coal
and Mining Co., north of Brazil, Ind, on
the 18th. While drawing pillars the
roof fell before he could escape, and
his body was crushed into a shapeless
mass by many tons of slate. Crawley
was 45 years of age ana married
do ALL you can for bimctallism."
lhis quotation is from personal men,
orandum made by the president and
embodied in private instructions which
have been given to the American am
bassadors to Great Britain, Germany
and France. The instructions have
been given from the White House di-
rect. They are in such form as to i'm
press the ambassadors with the deep
carnestness of the president for bimet-
allism.
The Bartlett Lumber Co. of Boston
has completed the biggest land deal
ever accomplished in the eastern states.
1t has purchased outright Mount
Washington, the entire Presidential
range and 30 lesser eminences of the
White mountain group, and in addi-
ton some so, 090 acres of fuel land in
the wilds of northern New Hampshire.
The library building of the Iowa
State university was struck by light
ming, at an early hour on the 10Th, and
destroyed by fire. 1t was a two-story
brick structure, with the library on the
second floor. The loss is SlO0 900. Of
this $50 900 was in books, $1,000 in APP
paratus belonging to the physical lab
orntory, and 1913, 600 on the building
The weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the week
ended on the 10th showed the fol-
lowing changes: Reserve, increase,
$3.50, 475; loans, increase, 81, S22, 100;
specie, increase, S7S2, 400; legal tender,
increase, Sl,sGl, 500; deposits, increase,
81 AZ, 100; circulation, decrease, $25S,
500.
Ar Winona, Mimi, Ella Prigg, aged
five, stood in the yard where her ia
ther was cutting wood. She had in her
mouth steel rib of an umbrella. This
was struck by flying chip and forced
into the pharynx, causing congestion
of the brain and spasms, and resulting
in death.
JAPAN has followed her protest
against the annexation of Hawaii by
another protest against the pending
tariff bill.
A DISPATCH from Montevideo, Uru-
quay, says that the rebels have gained
decided victory over the government
troops commanded by Gen. Villar.
ABOUT six hundred Chicagoans will
attend the sixteenth international
Christian Endeavor convention which
opens at San Francisco July
On the 10Th the associated banks of
New York city held S4S, 800, $50 in excess
of the requirements of the % per cent.
rule.
ACCORDING to Chicago brokers and
commission men, glucose trust has
been formed. Its existence was sus-
pected two or three weeks ago, when
the price of the, long sweetening" took
an upward turn on totally inactive
market.