Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-09-17

'ne eNpiosion OF barrel OF spirits OF
alcohol. VI
THE q. A. r. encampment at Cinc;n,
nati on the 9th finished the election nj
its officers. Two resolutions, indors
ing President Mckinley and Secretary
Anger Tor their conduct OF tbs war
were passed amidst scene OF entbu
siastlc demonstration. The pension
resolutions asked for a liberal con,
strnction to be placed on the pension
laws.
LIEUT.. Guy MORGAN, of the Twenty
second Kansas, who was tried bv
court-martial at Camp Meade, Pa. on
a charge of desecrating the grave, OF
confederate soldiers in the south. was
acquitted.
THE republican state convention OF
Utah strongly indorsed Pre- esdent Nc.
kinley and declared for the free coin
age OF silver.
THE National Editorial associa tiou
elected j. b. McCabe, OF East Boston.
Mass, president and K. M. White. OF
Mexico, Mo-, recording secretary. An
arrangement was made for a trip to
Paris in 1899.
BUSINESS failures in the United
States for the week ended the 9th
numbered !42, according to Brad
streets commercial report, against l7s
Tor the corresponding week Of last
year.
The Arkansas state pension board,
after a tedious session of three weeks.
concluded its labors at Little Rock
and is busy sending out the warrants
to the various pensioners of the state.
There are this year LIS pensioners on
the roll, to whom amounts ranging
from $25 to 500 each have been al.
lowed. The amount of the pension
fund on hand is in round figures s44, 600.
The session of the National Edito
rial convention at Denver, Col, on the
Sth was devoted to discussion of the
question of uniform press laws and a
plan as outlined in the paper OF Azel
f. Hatch, of Chicago, met the indorse-
ment of the members. A standing
committee was appointed to further
the plan of Mr. Hatch.
AT the Grand Army encampment at
Cincinnati on the sth Col. James A.
Sexton, of Chicago, was elected com.
mander-in-chief and Philadelphia was
chosen for the next meeting place.
JOSEPH LETTER has cleared up his
famous wheat deal at Chicago. Every
creditor has been paid and $4,000, 00C
bushels of wheat have been liquidated
since the voluntary assignment nearly
three months ago To pay these debts
mortgages were placed on Letter real
estate to the amount of IS. 500, 900
The Mexican war veterans of Ohio
most of whom are veterans OF the civil
war, reelected their entire board oi
old officers at Cincinnati on the Sth
Columbus was selected for the place OF
next meeting.
FROM reliable passenger who ar
rived at New Laredo. Tex, direct
from Tampieo, Mex, it was learned
that yellow fever was playing havoc
in that city. OF the 1000 American.
employed in building the new whart
and custom house about 800 have sue
cumbed to the deadly fever.
The state conventions OF the demo
crats, populsts and free silver repub
leans at Marshalltown, Ia, agreed or
IA ticket, headed by Claude Porter, OF
Centerville, for secretary of state
The platform declared unequivocalll
for the Chicago platform and sixteeI
to one.
PARADE by the naval veterans wa
given at Cincinnati on the 9th. Th'
contest for commander-in-chief OF thu
G. A. r. was complicated and it wa
said that Tom Anderson, OF Topeka
Kan, was getting many votes. Th'
Ex-Prisoners' association elected
James Atwell, of Pittsburgh, Pa, com
mander.
Born of the proposed charter amend
ments, by which Kansas City, Mo.
would have secured home rule for thu
police department and freedom from
the powers at Jefferson City, were de
feated at the special election on the 9th
Two spans Of the international bridg'
across the st. Lawrence river at st
Regis, N. Y, fell without warning Oh
the 9th and 60 men at work were pre-
cipitated into the river. Itwas though
the death list would reach 80. Th'
scene at the Hotel Dieu, where th
wounded and dying workmen wer
taken, was heartrending
REV. THOMAS H. GREEN, D. d., o
Cedar Rapids, la, was elected bisho
Of Iowa by the Episcopal convention
at Davenport
THE deaths from the heat in New
York on the 9th numbered ten. Phila
delphia had five deaths and man.
prostrations.
NEWS OF daring plot to assassinat
the czar of Russia at Moscow was re
ceived in London. The plan was t.
let the gas in house escape and thel
for the conspirator to light a mattel
and cause an explosion which woul'
kill the czar while he was passing
The conspirator, in his agitation
however, struck the match too soo
and his mangled body was foun
among the ruins A staff officer an
his wife were killed, their coachmal
fatally injured and about 30 other per
sons were more or less seriously In
jured.
ARTHUR MIDDLETON, proprietor OF
tea store on West Seventh streetin 81
Paul. Mimi, died the other moriin
from bullet wound In the left breas
which he said ho received at the hand
of one of two burglars who triec !
break into his place q few hours prev
ously. There was no clew to the mni
derer.
THE big steamship Topaz, going gu
from Norfolk, Va, struck the conver'
ed yacht Syren. Of the auxiliary navy
and the latter vessel had to be beache
to save her from laundering, q jagg,e
hole being knocked in her below tn
water line.
CAMP WIKoFF, L. l., Is now cam
of regulars, 5000 horse and 5000 100
The last OF the volunteers, save IN
rough riders and the sick, left for thei
homes ON the Sth.
A STORM OF almost cyclonic propoi
tions passed over the section aroun
Towanda, Pa, the other night, dom
S.mora Threa men were n