Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-16

the Citizens bank, of Lancsboro a
small institution, both opeyated bs
fleld' Kelsey & Co., suspended bust.
ness on the 9th. "''
HE British ship Ulrica, Capt. John.
son. which arrived, on the 4tb a,
queenstown from San Francisco and
sailed later for Dublin, went ashore. on
INC 'th' on Copeland island, on the
northwest coast of Ireland, and be.
came total wreck. Her crow was
saved. ""'
1T is now estimated that 325, 900 per.
sons have fled from Bombay as a re.
suit OF the spread of the bubonic
Piague' They are scattering contagion
IN the villages up the country.
EXTENSION EXAMINER JAMES A.
JORDAN was sentenced in the United
otates court at Grand Rapids, Mich,
on the sth, for defrauding the govern.
ment' The penalty imposed was that
ne pay fine of $1,000 and return to
the department all misa appropriations
OF funds. He paid the fine and WINS
released.
PART of the winter quarters, at
bridgeport, Conn.,, OF Barnum &
Bajleys show was burned on the nirht
OF the 7th. Wild and exciting scenes
took place in the menageric. Ele.
phants, lions, tigers, bears and all
manners OF fierce and strange breasts
were taken out Of the buildings in
safety.
A MISPLACED switch caused q wreck
on the Erie railway at Oraugeville. O..
on the sth. Train No. SO went into a
ditch. and ten cars wore completely
wrecked. A steam snow plow was
also demolished. s-
The weekly statement of tho asso.
ciatcd banks New York CITY for the
week ended the 9th showed tho fol.
lowing changes: Reserve, increase,
Sl,7o4,5o0; loans, increase, Se5p, 700;
specie, increase, $3.50, 700; legal tend
ers' increase, $l4, 467, 100; deposits,
increase, $l7,253, 200; circulation, dc.
crease, $500, 800.
IHE export of German raw sugar to
the United States has assumed enor.
nous proportions In tho past year.
From January to November last the
totals were 2,307, l9l double Tor meter)
hundred weight, as against 472, ,154 in |
1895, and 575, ,057in 1894 The raw sugar
exports to England during those
periods have largely fallen Off.
MRS WIN. WALTER PHELPS, widow of |
the late United States minister to Ger
many, is visiting her daughter, tho |
Countess Won Rotten burg, whose hus-
band is curator of the university at
Bonn, Germany.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg
says that the czar is suffering from
the effects of overwork, and is about
to start for Livadia for two months
sojourn.
On the 9th the associated banks of
New York city held 1901, 45o in ex.
cess OF the requirements Of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
AT last the fatal chunk which divid-
ed the Missouri river and the famous
fishing resort, Lake Quinnebaugh, in
Ne braska, has dropped into the river,
and what was once g body of inland
water next summer will be nothing
but barren piece of land.
THE conference of gold standard
democrats, held at the auditorium in
Chicago, on the 9th, declared for con-
linued opposition to the tcnets of the
'ree silver wing of the party and for
/ continuance of the party organiza.
ion.
A BOARD Of naval officers has com.
nenced Investigations looking to the
rehabilitation of the Notifications on
he Dry Tortugas, the key to the gulf
# Mexico, and the establishment of
laval supply station there,
WILL s. EAMs, of st. Louis, has been
.ppointed architect to draw plans for
he new military prison at Fort Leav.
nworth, Kas. The new prison is to
ost 100000.
THE Colorado Potato trust has gone {
o pieces, and Texas consumers, who
AXE almost 1000 900 bushels year of |
lountan tubers, can gloat over the
respect of potato war.
WHILE returning from church ut
Vest Branch, Ia, on the 10TH Mary j.
Iawley,; an aged woman, and pio-
cer of that community, suddenly !,
ropped dead on the sidewalk from
cart failure. .#h