Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-09-25
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Evsnta
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CARLoTTA, the insane ex-empress of
Mexico, is so dangerously i'll at Brus-
sells that her death is feared at any mo.
ment.
CONSPIRACY to smuggle large guam
titles O. phenacetine, ia which several
prominent druggists OF New York city
are said to be involved, has been nipped
by the seizure, on the 14th, OF 400
ounces of the drug in Hoboken, n. j.
ADvIcEs from st. Michaels say that
gang of burglars attempted to crack
the big safe of the North American
Transportation & Trading Co. at that
place, containing 81, 900, 600 of Klondike
gold. The burglars were frightened
away just as the treasure was within,
Their grasp.
The king of Siam is Frances guest
On the l4th he was taken to st. Quen.
tin and, with President Faure re-
viewed 10000 troops of all arms. The
king was visibly impressed with the
sight.
A DISPATCH from Madrid, dated the
lhth, said: "The war department is
concentrating 5000 troops with the in
tentlon of Immediately dispatching
them as reinforcements to the Spanish
army in Cuba"
MAJ. MOSES p. HANDY, the special
commissioner Of the United States to
the Paris exposition of 1900, arrived in
Paris, on the 18th, and had long in
terview with NJ. Boucher, the minister
OF commerce and industry.
PLANS for eight big railroad bridges
to be built on the line of the Nippon
railway of Japan, have been completed
in the Office Of j. A. l.. Waddell, OF
Kansas City, Mo-, under whose direc-
tion the structures are to be built.
TIE cage in which ten men were
being lowered into shaft No. . of the
Alden Coal Co. S mine at Nanticolie,
Pa, ON the 18th suddenly dropped to
the bottom of the shaft. Eight of the
men were severely injured, and the in
juries of four may prove fatal.
ABNER GLE, the millionaire lumber
man, died at his home in La Crosse,
Wis, on the 18th. He had been en-
gagged in the lumber business since
1851, and ranked among the wealth
lest and most influential business men
in the northwest.
MEL GOODMAN, an employe Of the
Phnnix iron works of Phenixvile,
Pa, has just received word that by the
death of his sister he becomes sole heir
to an estate of $500, 600 in Staffordshire,
England.
TIE long-overdue steamer Excelsior
| which left st. Michaels, Alaska, for
San Francisco early in August, but was
compelled to put back to Unaaska for
repairs, after having broken two blades
of her propeller, arrived at San Fran
cisco, on the 18th, with GS passengers
and large amount in gold
On the 10th Secretary Gage left
Washington for Chicago, to remain
until about October 10.
lr is said that the biscuit war has
ended in consolidation of companies
with a combined capital of $50, 600.
COMMISSIONER MCNEELY met the
chiefs and headsmen OF the Shoshones
and Bannocks at Ross Fork, Idaho, on
the 18th, when the minor details of
the agreement for the sale of the
lower end of the Fort Hall reservation
were completed.
Two STEAMERS, the Tzarvitch and
Malpitka, collided, on the 10Th, in the
River Volga, near Astrakhan. The
former sank. Her passengers panic
stricken, jumped into the river. Many
reached the shore, but 40 were
drowned.
THOMAS A. AND WILLIAM b. JACKSON,
eX-confederate soldiers, and brothers,
who got separated in the battle OF
Chickamauga and have not met since,
each believing the other dead will have
a reunion in Nashville. Tenn, soon.
THERE is visiting in Hartford, Conn,
young African, black as midnight,
and deaf and dumb, who claims to be
a Hebrew He writes Hebrew and
Loschen khodish with great tiuency.
Loschen Khodish is the language Of
the books of Moses, and is only used
| by highlv-educated Hebrews.
WoRKMEN engaged in digging an ex-
cavaton under the TRANQUIL Conn.,
church. on the 10th, unearthed petri-
fed giant eight feet in height and
built in proportion. Local experts say
the mummy must have been $50 years
old. 1t was found in Il bed of quick
sand, 20 feet beneath the surface.
| WEYLER's hatred of Evangelina Cis-
neros has been intensified by the agita-
ton in the American press in her favor,
and he will now attempt to demonstrate
that his course was right by proving,
through perjured witnesses, that Evan
gelina was guilty of the crime of incit-
ing insurrection.
A CYCLONE passed over the vicinity
of Cementville, Ind, on the 10th. Its
path, which was about four miles wide,
| is marked by demolished buildings and
fallen telegraph poles. Considerable
damage was done to growing crops.
Several people were slightly injured.
Ar the cabinet meeting. on the nth,
| it was decided to send a company OF in
| fantry to Alaska as soon as possible to
preserve order there.
DANIEL KAUFFHER, a tanner, of New
ark, n. j., was instantly killed by a
drill engine on the Pennsylvania rail-
way on the nth.
Ir showed in western Kansas on the
18th.
| A TERRIFIC wind storm passed over
the state fair grounds at Indianapolis
Ind, on the 10th, blowing down trees,
overturning tents and killing two per-
sons, one baby in its mothers arms
One horse was killed by a falling tree
and the storm spread general conster-
nation and created Il panic in the
grand stand.
A TELEGRAM has been received at the
state department confirming the pre- s.
reports OF the capture by insurgents OF
the government position at Quezalten'
ango Guatemala. :,
REPORTS received in Caracas from all
the departments of Venezuela confirm
the election of Senior Andrade, liberal,
as president. The vote was almost
unanimous for him, and the liberals
largely increased their majority in con
rress. President Crespo denies tha'
the government interfered in the cleo
ton, as has been charged. !,