Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-07-10

! n iN hi''s WAY, son of President C.
)" pL.away, of the Mechanics national
oahk of Boston, committed suicide on
'he dOth. In competitive examination
young Dillaway secured IN appoint.
ment 10 West Point, but was exteiied
ior 4 breach OF rules before his courss
was completed,
lhE remains OF VIM. +. Hoey; the
"ctor and playwright, were conveyed
10 Their last resting place in Woodlawn
cemetery, New York city, on the 1st.
None but members of the family fol-
loWed the body to the grave. The
Moral tributes almost covered the cusl,et
from sight,
Inn president has approved the bill
providing for the admission of foreign
labor to be employed upon the Omaha
exposition, to be held next year.
ARTHUR CLAYTON Hook. for 30 wears
connected with the Union Nut and
Bolt Co., of Chicago, as manager and
general agent, committed suicide, on
'he Sd hy sho7ting lie had beer. ill
t"o months and was despondeni
t.ieBgli -fG2ephoaa CO. b M ri.
with Offices at st, Louis, fled el.h the
secretary OF state al Jefferson City, on
the I'd, certificate of increase of cap
ital stock from $780, 900 to S., 900, 900.
The advance guard of the Christian
Endeavor movement reached Salt Lake
City, Utah, on the I'd, over the Rio
Grande Western, filing "a coaches.
THE monument of the First Mime
sofa regiment was dedicated, on the
I'd, on the Gettysburg Pa.) battlefield,
IN the presence Of number of distin-
guished Minnesotans. The monument
Is one of the finest on the field, and was
erected at cost of $40, 900.
AS result of the investigation of the
recent collision on the Vandalia road
at Vandalia, ILL.,, all the crew of the
special Christian Endeavor California
train have been dismissed from the
service of the company.
A GENERAL strike Of miners of the
United Mine Workers of America was
ordered for July by the national ex-
ecutive board, whose headquarters are
in Columbus, o., and also by the dis
trict presidents.
BRADFORD LEONARD, of Taunton,
Mass, 70 years old, took paris green,
with suicidal intent, on the Cd, and
died He was out of work and de-
spondent. He was the tallest man in
Massachusetts,, being seven feet in
height.
REV. DR.. HBNRY HARMAN, professor
emeritus of Dickinson college, and one
of the foremost educators in the
Methodist Episcopal church, died, on
the I'd, at his home in Baltimore Md,
at the age of rs years.
HENRY b. STONE, OF Chicago, former
ly vice-president Of the Chicago, Bur-
ington & Quincy railroad, was killed
at Monquit, Mass, on the 5th, by the
explosion of a bomb, which he had
lighted at the request of his little
daughter, and which, failing to ex-
plode, he proceeded to investigate just
as it went off, large fragment of the
bomb striking him in the forehead.
The illumination and fireworks dis
play on the river at Springfield, Mass,
on the night of the 5th, was marred by
the drowning of the two men W no
were handling the fireworks, w. Ma
Done, Of Brooklyn, and John T. Nolan,
of New York. Malone fell into the
river and when Nolan attempted to
rescue him the drowning man seized
him and both sank.
BERrRAM HILL, the six-yearold son of
Chauncey Hill, a San Francisco archi
tect, was carried up, at Oakland, Cal,
on the 5th, clinging to guy rope of a
balloon from which an eronaut was to
descend by a parachute, When 1000
feet high the little fellows hold gave
way and his body, falling to the earth,
was crushed out Of shape.
THOMAS MORGAN and his wife met a
horrible death at Youngstown, o.,
on the 5th. They were driving near
cliff when the horse backed the buggy
over the bank, and Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
gan fell so feet and both were killed.
FIVE persons were killed and about
40 received injuries more or less severe
during the celebration Of national in
dependence day in Chicago on the 5th.
THE senate, on the 5th, confirmed
the nomination of r. Wcldeman, of
California, to be consul at Hong Kong,
China.