Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-06

H. A, oSSuircu, on tne E4th.
Ah the extensive works devoted to the
manufacture of Nobels explosive in
LONDON. Tho explosion took place
while the men were washing nitro.
giycerine' Six persons were killed.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY train struck n
wagon tuil of people at Sherman
ieights' near Chattanooga, Tenn, ON
the s4th. The wagon contained ! A
nooinson, farmer, and his family, and
was struck full by the flying passenger
erain' The ground was strewn with
,tnangled, bleeding bodies and severed
nmbs' Robinson and wife and five
I children were killed outright, Ono
child was uninjured.
CHOLERA has broken out among tho
pe0:lTe employed on the relief works ~
"fe native state of Rewah, Indin. In
wv" Gays 100 deaths were recorded.
, PRESTON b, DURLEY, manager of the
Des Moines Qa,) Daily News, died In
that city on the att!l.
10 cary a IN the ssssioh bills were passed
10 nix and Determine the number OF
Ius.,ees S o1/1he supreme court Of Okla
noma' wIo shall Constitute majority
oea ot .nf sencIki snd 70 confer upon post
1Aa'e ~ ms. ectors In the enforcement OF
sne pos cal laws the same powers as are
!. po'S ssea BY marshals and sheriffs in
w several states
IT was announced In Athens. on the
SSth, that the foreign consuls in the
island OF Crete had placed the plains
and the Suda valley between Alsrotori
and Canea under the protection of the
united fleets. The Christians at Saleno
were permitting the departure of Mos
lens and their families, and the foreign
war ships were taking the fugitives on
board.
SCOTT JACKSON, who, with Alonzo
Walling, will be hanged in Newport,
Ky, March 20, for numbering Pearl
Bryan, is writing confession, which,
1t is reported, will soon be forthcoming.
He will sell it to the highest bidder,
and expects $4,000 for it. A Cincin-
natl newspaper Is said to have already
offered $1,000.
A BILL comforting upon post office in
spcctors the authority of marshals in
making arrests was passed by the house
OF representatives on the 25th.
A VAST quantity of nitro-glycerine
stored between Gould station and New
Alexandria, o., on the Panhandle rail
road, in the Gould oil field, explod-
ed, on the 18th, killing two men and
injuring number of others. Both
men were blown to atoms, only mans
toe being found. Houses were knocked
down and trees were torn up by the
explosion.
A GREEK firm doing business in Lon
don received telegram from Athens,
on the 26th, saying that King George
of Greece had accepted the demand of
the powers for the withdrawal of the
Greek troops and war ships from Crete.
Mrs. JENNIE d. BROWNE, widow of
the late Erastus D. Browne, one Of the
wealthiest women in Wyandotte coun-
ty, Kas., died at her home in Kansas
City, Kas,, on the 25th, from lock Jaw :,
resulting from most trivial injury.
HENRY NJ. KLINE former teller Of
the Farmers national bank of Leba-
non, Pa, who had pleaded guilty to the
embezzlement of about $4,000 Of the
banks funds, was, on the Goth, SEN
fenced, at Philadelphia, to five years
Imprisonment.
FATHER HUDoN, ex-superior general
of the Jesuits of Canada, died at the
convent of the Immaculate Conception
in Montreal on the 10th. lie was born
in 1923.
SECRETARY OF STATE OLNEY received
cablegram from Consul-General Lee,
on the Goth, announcing that Julio San
gully had been released from prison.
HAzEN S. PINGREE is still mayor Of
Detroit and governor of the state Of
Michigan, according to an opinion
handed down by the full bench of the
Wayne county (Mich.) circuit court.
THE wholesale and retail hardware
store OF Morgan & Co., at Fort Wayne,
Ind, was burned, on the 27th, caus-
ing loss of sl5O,OOO; insurance, $780,
600.
On the 27th the associated banks of
New York city held s57,447,o75 in ex-
cess of the requirements of 25-per-
cent. rule.
THE Venezuelan commissioners per-
sonally presented their report to the
president on the 27th.