Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21

N'S 'oe" ny residents OF Cleveland
w. on the 18th, far out in the lake.
moving in an eastcrly direction. Som.
OF them remained in view for IL min.
utes; others going ashore and develop
ing into destructive whirlwinds.
UNION workmen to the number of
1900 inaugurated strike on the pub
lie school buildings of Chicago, on the
18TH and work on 35 buildings came
to standstill, because the board OF
education refused to place clause in
an contracts for school building work
binding the contracto to employ none
but union labor.
SlxTY-FIvE negroes, many of them
women, were arrested, fined $40 each
and semitic Jail in default, at Baltimore,
Md, on the 18th, for trying to beat the
West Maryland railroad out of ride
by refusing to pay their fares.
SIX prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Green Bay, Wis, on the
18th, by saving the bars. Their
names are: John Murray, John Dono.
van, Martin Cook and Thomas Dupree.
highway robbers; Alfred King and
Henry Elmer, serving eight months
sentences for larceny.
Gov. BLACK of New York, on the
18th, granted a requisition of the gov
ernor of Louisiana for the custody of
Juan Antonio Magan, alias Juan Mar.
tinez, arrested in New York for work
ing the gold brick" game in New
Orleans.
FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 18th,
as reported by Il. g. Dun & Co., were
$50, against 23S for the corresponding
week of last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 30 against SO last year
The first days races in the silver
jubilee regatta of the National Asso-
citation Of Amateur Oarsmen were
rowed, on the 18th. over the national
course on the Schuylkill river in Fair
mount park, Philadelphia.
The steamer Mayhower, towing a
barge loaded with supplies left Astoria,
Ore, on the 18th, for Dyea. She will
take the inner passage, and her captain
anticipates no trouble in reaching his
destination.
The Madrid Epoca denies that the
minister for the interior, Senor y Cos
Cayon, contempletcs resigning.
BATS took possession of the house OF
Alonzo Ferrill, near Bushby, Ia, on
the night of the 18th, and after hard
fight, Ferrill and his sons killed G3 OF
them. The mems faces were badly
scratched and they were nearly blind.
ed. They report that no less than JOG
of the creatures escaped through the
windows.
THE weekly statement Of the New
York city associated banks, issued on
the 14th, showed the following changes
Reserve, decrease, So, ll9, 400; loans, in.
crease, S5, sos, 400; specie, increase, S4S2,
500; legal tender, decrease, 81, 5l2, 800
deposits increase, S., 800; circula
ton, decrease, Sl99, 200.
SEVERAL Illicit distilleries have been
located almost in the heart of the city
Of Chicago. One of these was raided
on the l4th, and Samuel NARROW, {
Russian Jew, and his son were taker
in as proprietors of the place. Th'
plant had a capacity of 81 gallons o
'moonshine" per day.
A TELEGRAM received at Bombay
from Cherat said that sharp firing wa
heard, on the l4th, in the direction o
Fort Shabakadar. There was grea
excitement in Peshawar. The womeI
and children who had been in the can
tonments at Cherat had gone into tn,
Murro hills, northwest of Eawalpindi
TELEPHONE reports from Homer
Neb.. tell Of trouble with Indians OF
the Winnebago reservation near there
An attack on the agency buildings wa
threatened and likely to occur unles'
help was promptly forwarded.
WnooplNG COUGH is epidemic at th'
st. Louis house of refuge. OF the IL.
GIRLS who finds home there, 80 are +
fected. The rate among the l65 boy
is nearly as great,
In the four weeks ending on the 18th
there were |, ,0S9 deaths in Havana. 0
these POI were admitted to be of vel
low fever.
On the l4th the associated banks
| New York city held S37, $50, 10 in ex
cess of the requirements of the 25-per
cent. rule.