Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
The plan formulated BY the British

government for increasing the
strength and efficiency Of the navy
eontelnplates the construction OF Ave
battleships and three hrst.class cru,s.
ers and the addition OF 10000 men.
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the Attn,
Us reported by r. @. Dun & Co., were
Oil against a2s for the corresponding
week last year, For Canada the fail.
ures were 49, against OF last year.
IHE First national bank Of Frank.
lin, o., suspended on the 9th. Capital,
500, 900; surplus, $4,000, undivided
profits, $4,000, deposits, sla5, 900,
loans and discounts, $lDs, 900
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN, ex.champion pu.
gilist, had his application to take the
poor debtors oath discontinued, on the
oth, an arrangement out of at Boston,
court having been made with the
creditor.
The Echo do Paris asserted, on the
9th, that fighting had begun on the
siamese frontier between the natives
under French protection and the 81.
amese. The date Of the fighting was
not given, and no details. were fur,
nished.
EXPERT accountants, on the 9Th,
found shortage Of nearly $l5, 900 In
the accounts OF Cashier G. L. L.
Breeder, OF the First national bank Of
Bethlehem, Pa. Breeder had abscond.
ed. The amount was taken in small
sums, showing systematic peculation.
Breeder was cashier 20 years.
II has been found that the dry dock
at tho Brooklyn navy yard Is two feet
shorter than the specifications call for
The discovery was made by Lieut..
Peary, and may result In court.mar.
tial to fix the responsibility for tho
blunder.
STEPS were taken at the New York
chamber OF commerce, on the 9Th, to.
ward the formation OF National
Sound Money league, the avowed pur.
pose of which Is to oppose the free
coinage doctrine during the next four
years
ANDREA MANIC, the Italian charged
with stealing $4,000 worth Of dia-
monds from New Orleans jeweler,
was arrested in New York city, on the
9th, by Central office detectives. Man.
ro's picture is No. $500 In the rogue's
gallery.
In anticipation of the passage OF the
Lodge bill to restrict immigration,
thousands of Europeans who would be
excluded under the provisions Of this
measure are focklng to the United
States.
SECRETARY OLNEY has received from
President Eliot Of Harvard university
an invitation to fill the chair of inter-
national law at the institution after
the expiration of his term Of koffice in
the state department.
The life of Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher
was reported in dispatch from Stam-
ford. Conn, on the 5th, as rapidly
drawing to close.
DIR Koch, the eminent German bac-
terlologist, has telegraphed from
Cape Town that he is returning to
Berlin with newly-discovered serum
which will lessen the force OF rinder.
pest. In the meantime he says he is
unable to say whether he will be able
to prevent animals from being in
fected with the disease. Ho has demon
strated that sheep and horned cattle
are the most LA BILE OF all animals to
contract the disease. and that dogs,
monkeys and rodents enjoy complete
immunity from it.
J. p. MORGAN & Co. and the Deutsche
bank of New York, as managers of the
Northern Pacific reorganization syn.
dicate, have called from the syndicate
all the remaining holdings OF pre-
ferred and common stock not called
up by the first circular issued Febru-
ary l.
On the 9th the banks Of New York
city held SA4, 467,O50 in excess of the
requirements of the 2,-per-cent. rule.
The Alabama legislature has at last
paid the debt of many decades stand.
ing to the University OF Alabama by
acknowledging Indebtedness of So
600, 600 to that institution and agreeing
forever to pay three per cent. annual
interest on this amount.
DR.. FRlpJoF NANsEN, the Arctic ex.
plorer, was entertained at dinner, on
the 9Th, at the Savage club OF Lon
don. and elected an honorary life
member of that organization.
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