Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-20

,,H ,uino, where he resided, on tn
!!th' lie had been Ill OF pneumonia
Mr.. Erwin was senior member Of En-,
nfm OF Spencer, Erwin & Co.
A REPORT Is current that It IA pro.,
dent Cleveland's intention, iumedI
ately after the Inauguration OF MI
successor. to start on trip aroun,
: ity. p"'
IaE drecian government has formu
lated notification to the powers set
ting forth that Greece cannot remair
a mere spectator of the events whicl
are taking place In Crete, and that tn,
ties OF race and religion compel he,
to intervene In behalf Of the oppressed
and outraged Christians in that is
land ."
MRS. JANE L. STANFORD has sur
prised the trustees Of Stanford uni
vorsity by announcing that she had
made deed Of gift to the university
!. 70 take effect a. her death, Of thas "
Stanford mansion on Mob Hill, In San
Francisco, with all Its furnishings
paintings and other art works, the
whole valued at 81, ,oOO,oO The house
Is the finest ever built In California.
TnE price Of steel rails advanced q
little at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the l2th,
ranging between $l7 and SIS.
COUNT Won WoLKENsrEIN TRosBERe
brother OF the Austrian am mbassador to
Franco, committed suicide In Vienna,
on the llth, by shooting himself with
q revolver.
A HEAVY snowstorm, interspersed
with hail and rain, prevailed all over
pennsylvania on the l2th. In the
mountain regions the snow wps ten
inches deep, and at Harrisburg there
was five Inches on the level
FIRE, on tho 12th, caused o loss of
100000 In tho building l72 and ia
Madison street Chicago; we'll covered
by insurance.
A BOILER In the coal mine of Lee &
Vestal, In Weathersfeld township,
near Youngstown, o., exploded, on
the llth, killing Joseph Wilcox and
fatally scalding Louis Kyle.
The president, on the l2th, sent to
the senate the nomination OF Carroll
d. Wright, Of Massachusetts, to be
commissioner Of labor--a reappoint-
ment.
The building occupied by the Pitts.
burgh (Pa.) Post was burned, on tho
j4th, causing loss Of 100000. The
printing presses, one valued at &25, 1000
and tho other at $4,000, were badly
damaged. Ten type.setting machines,
valued ut $4,000, were ruined. The
Post's loss will probably reach $40, 900;
covered by insurance.
On the 18th the banks OF New York
city held s5l, $50, 225 in excess of the
requirements Of the 35.per- cent. rule.
The strike OF the glass workers at
tho McBeth factory at Elwood, Ind,
ended by the men agreeing to return
to work, on the 18th, and allow tho
court of appeals, composed Of two
manufacturers and two workers, to set
tle the differences.
IT is estimated that tho appropris-
tions by the present congress will az.
gregate 81, ,044, 48S, 900
TURKISH CONSUL GENERAL JOSEPH A
IAsIGI Is a prisoner in New York. lie
is millionaire, and was arrested at
the request Of the Boston police on
charge Of having embezzled the funds
Of an estate Of which he was tho Gus.
todian.
Work Of rescue In the Freeman mine,
at Gouverneur, N. Y, which caved in,
on the l3th, resulted In the recovery Of
the bodies OF six Of the eight mon who
were iu the mine, horribly mutiated.
The other two escaped without in jury.
THE New York Herald's cable from
Havana, Of the l3th, announces that
Gen. Weyler's forward movement con-
tinues, but every day it becomes moro
apparent that there will be no engage
ment with Gomez, except at time and
in place of his choosing.
ACCORDING to late Japanese newspa-
pcrs the mikado's government will in
troduce measures at this session Of the
imperial diet for the establishment
Of the gold standard at the ratio Of
to 80.
Hon. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER died at
his home in Lexington, Va, on tho
13th. Mr.. Tucker had been Ill for
several weeks aud his death was ex-
pected.