Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-13


paymaster, who recently left Newport,
H. l., accused of being an embezzler Of
government funds, was arrested in Chi.
cago on the Sd. When arrested he con.
fessed to shortage of $4,000.
A PRESS dispatch from Athens repre-
sents King George as declaring that
Greece is ready for war with Turkey,
and will yield to no admonition from
the powers. The king is reported to
have added that the powers might
blockade Greece, but in the interior
they would be powerless. The Greeks,
he said, were fully prepared to fight TO
the death, and the Macedonians we're
eager for revolt.
By the derailment of rapidly mov-
ing wrcclsing train at Deep Cut, on the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad three miles
east of GAINESVILLE, o., on the 4th, tlyree
men were killed and two fatally ind
eight slightly injured. The train, CON-
sisting of an engine and five cars, roll I'd
down 40-foot embankment.
The singing of hundreds of canaries,
ingilt cages suspended here, there and
everywhere, was a notable and very
pleasing feature of the inaugural ball
in Washington on the night of the 4th
A DISPATCH from Montevideo, the
capital of Uruguay, says that state
of siege has been proclaimed there and
orders have been issued for the mobil--
ization of the troops of the republic.
The report of the health officers show
that since the outbreak of the bubonic
plague in Bombay, up to the 4th, there
had been S,3S3 cases and 5,97S deaths
from the disease.
AN explosion, on the 4th, of gas
which leaked from the two six-inch
mains that cross the subway at the corr
ner Of fremont and Boylston streets,
Boston, killed six, injured two, prob
ably fatally, and less seriously injured
nearly fifty other persons.
b. D. HATCHER, cashier of the de-
funct Northwestern national bank of
Great Falls, Mont, which closed its
doors on February s. was arrested in
that city, on the 4th, on a complaint
made by Bank Examiner James X.
Lazear, which charges misapplying
money, credits, and property of the
the bank in the sum of S90,000
FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 9Th,
as reported by r. g. Dun g. Co., were
246, against 2s5 for the corresponding
week of last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 80, against 6S last year.
A CAUCUS of republican representa-.
tives in congress will be held at eigh,
o'clock on the evening of the 18th for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for office in the ensuing congress and
for other business.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN BELLAMY SToRER
of Cincinnati, has been rendered ant
accepted the Office of first assistant sec
retary of state. now filled by Mr.. Rock
hill, of Maryland.
THE stockholders of the Madison
Square Garden Co., in New York city
have decided to advertise for bids fol
the sale of the property as it has been al
elephant on their hands ever siglcc it
erection in 1890. In 1882 and 1898 |
paid expenses but it has never made I
profit. If no good offers are received
the building, costing $1,000, 600, may b'
torn down to make room for NOR
profitable structures.
| LARGE numbers of men are present
ing themselves at the Greek consulate
in London, Liverpool and Manchester
offering themselves to the consuls fo
service in the Greek army in Crete.
AT Milford, o., on the nth, JohI
Balm, aged 13, was watching the foo'
in the river, when an embankmen
caved in and buried him in the land
slide. He was dead when recovered.
A DISPATCH from Montevideo, Uru
quay, says that revolution has broker
out in the interior of the republic. !
state of siege prevails at Montevideo.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR CoRNF
IIus n. Bliss has retained as privat
secretary Mr.. Price Lane, who ha
acted in that capacity for Mr.. Francis
On the 9th the associated banks c
New York city held SIS, 4S3, ,925 in exces
/, of the requirements of the 25-per-cent
rule.
, HAVING gracefully and deserved
won her first case in st. Louis la'
: court, it may be said more truthful
than ever that Miss Daisy Barbee is !
very truth daisy.