Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-05
Mrs LANerRY, the actress. will ar.

rive In California for short visit ahop,
July |. She will spend most of ho,
time on her ranch In Lake countv
She intends to make extensive i'm.
provements on the place, important
among them being the RESTOCKING Of
the farm, with the attention of breed,
ing high-class cattle and horses.
FRED BEEsoN, an employe on the
ranch of Harry Morse, at Sunol. Cal
used arsenic instead of baking powder
in making batch of bread. Reeson
died, and at latest accounts another
man was dying and several others wcra
dangerously i'll
ELABORATE measures have baep
taken to preserve order in Athens.
BESIDES the police and gendarmes. a
civil guard has been selected from the
most trusted inhabitants.
i, ANOTHER new bridge is to span Mao.
ara's gorge. twill take tae place of the
upper suspension bridge, and is to be
finished by April /, 1898.
The president, on the 2Sth nomi.
mated Ferdinand W. Newman. of nj.
nois, to ha consul of the United States
at Cologne, Germany, and Max Boucb.
sein, of u linois, to be consul of the
United Sta tes at Barmen, Germany.
A cREvAssE, resulting from over.
confidence and relaxation of vigilance,
occurred, dn the 3oth, in the levee at
Conrad's Point, four miles by rail be.
low BatoE' Rouge, on the east side of
the Mississippi river. Men and mate
! rial were sent to the scene.
PRINCE LUIGI AMEDEo of SAVOY. duke
OF Abbruzzi, and nephew of the king of
Italy, who has come to America for the
purpose of attempting the ascent of
Mount st. Elias, Alaska. left New
lo'k city, on the 3Rst on special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad
Tor chicago. lie was accompanied by
his aide de camp, Chevalier Umberto
Cagni, Chevaliers Vittoris Sella and
Francisco Connella and DR.. Filippi.
lie also takes with him five expert
enced Alpine mountain guides.
TIIE official report of the disaster at
the cathedral in Pisa. Italy, on the
10Th, upon the occasion of the unyeil-
ing of an image of the Virgin, when a
candle fell, setting fire to the building
and causing II panic, shows that nine
persons were killed and 81 others Sc
riously injured. Most of the victims
were women and all of them residents
of Pisa.
The statement of the associated
banks of New York city for thc week
ended on the 29th showed the following
changes; Reserve, increase SGT, l05;
loans, increase, S2,557, 400; specie, in
crease, $6s3, 700; legal tender, increase,
S8OO,6OO; deposits, increase, G3, 64s, 800
circulation, decrease, S76. 500
A FOLDING bed at the Union llouse in
Montpelier, Vt, closed automatically.
during the night of the 29th, while
Harry Kendall, aged GA, was asleep in
it. 'Ile was dead when taken out,
either from asphyxiation or heart fail
ure in duced by fright.
MEMORIAL services were held, on the
9Oth, at the cottage at Mount Nc
Greg0' where Gen. Grant died. There
was large gathering from Saratoga,
N. Y. and surrounding towns and a
lavish display of floral offerings.
DISPATCHES from Lamia, on the Goth.
report forward movements of sus-
picious character by the Turks.
MAJ.-GEN. NELSON A. MILES arrived,
on the a9th, at Lamia, visited the
Greek lines and subsequently lunciled
with Crown Prince Constantine.
THE associated banks of New York
city held SAC, 500, 100 in excess of the re-
quirements of the IS percent. rule on
the 23th.
On the 30th Ambassador Porter,
former Vice-P President Stevenson, SEN
ator Wolcott, Gen. Paine. Retiring
Consul-General Moss Henry Vignaud
and Theodore Stanton, honorary sec
retary of the American University
Dinner club of Paris, with a number
of the club and embassy and consulate
officials, went to the tomb of Lafay-
ettc and placed thereon a magnificent
wreath and other floral decorations.
The general situation in Manchester
England. continues very bad, with very
little doing and prices ruinous in all
directions. Machinery will be stopped
universally during the Whitsuntide
holidays, which will be protracted as
long as possible.