Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-07-17

HiLif cCUhEIBEH, UOiutr, uttu IN
the 81. Louis city hospital, on the 9th,
from tetanus, caused by wearing tight
shoes. A sore formed on his right instap,
which developed into an absccss pro-
ducing lockjaw, from which he died.
ANelectric car on the Ogden avenue
line i'm Chicago crashed into the hose
cart of Engine Company 81, on the
night of the sth, cauing a snashup in
which four tiremen and seven passen
gers were injured.
RAYMOND c. DEscHNER young
blacksmith Of st. Louis, set device to
prevent thieves looting his shop, forgot
all about it and caught bullet in the
breast when he went to open his shop
on the morning the sth, His condition
| is critical.
| The French chamber of deputies, ON
the9th, by vote of 435 to no, adopted
| theCadenas bill, empowering the gov
ernment to raise the duties on wheat,
wine cattle and meat at "a hours mo-
tice, subject to the subsequent approval
ofp iliament.
TIE statement OF the associated
banks of NewYork cityweek ended on
the 10th, showed the following changes;
Reserve, decrease ,$23, SOC; loans, IN
crease, 81, 05S 900; specie, increase, IS, 600;
legal tender, increase, ,$642, 2,600;deposits,
increase, So, Cos, ,sO0;circulation, increase,
Sl,700.
IMPRESSIVE funeral services over the
late Isham q. Harris occurred in the
senate chamber, on the 10th, at noon,
in the presence of President Mckinley
and the members of his cabinet, sena-
tors and members of the house of rep
( fcseatatives, members of the diplo-
matte corps aad officials from all
branches Of public life.
| TN bimetallic smelter at Lead
| vile, Coll, owned by D. II, Moffatt,
Eben Smith and Franklin Ballou, hns
been blown in after nine months idle
ness. The smelter employs about 150
men, and treats sulphide ores exclu-
sively.
| WORK was resumed, on the 18th, at
the Crescent tin plate works at Cleve-
land, o., with non-unon men. The
company said it was willing to pay the
wages fixed by the scale, but would
not sign it.
A TORNADO passed over the oil fields
between Lima, o., and st. Marys, O.,
on the night of the 10th. Many der
ricks were blown down, entailing a
heavy loss but no lives were lost.
The order of President Cleveland,
issued last February, reducing the
number of pension agencies in the
United States from IS to 8 is to be re-
voked by President Mckinley
Ok the 10th the associated banks OF
New York city held 1861, 800 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the % per
cent. rule.
WILLIAM DUFFY, linotype operator
employed in the eomposing-roo of the
Philadelphia Enquirer, set in six days
the enormous amount of 400, 800 ems OF
nonpariel type. His average an hour
was Q, 1os ems. He worked off the hook,
ord mary run of daily copy.
AN Athens correspondent says: 81
have just seen an important communi-
cation from the foreign minister of one
of the great powers, declaring that no
power is inclined to undertake coercive
measures to bring about a settlement
between Greece and Turkey
EMPEROR WILLIAM, while walking on
tne deck of his yacht at 0dde, Norway,
on the 1lth, as one of the masts was be-
ing lowered, was struck violent blow
on the left eye with rope causing an
extravasation of blood on the eye ball.
The injury was not serious.
JOSEPH MORRISON, a farm laborer, has
been arrested at Bridgeton, N. j., on
the charge of attempting TO kill Mrs.
Abbie Meyers, aged 10, for whom he
worked. Morrison says that he was
hired to kill Mrs. Meyers by her rela-
tives.
For more than a month farmers Of
oklahoma have been harvesting nearly
day and night, Sunday included. Wheat
is about all in stack and hundreds Of
threshers are running. The wheat
yield for the territory will be far
greater than first expected.
CAPT. CEI, of the Italian Bersaglieri,
has invented rifle from which Sc shots
a minute may be fired without remov-
ing the weapon from the shoulder.
Tests of the new arm are being made
by the Italian government.