Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-15

GEORGE ID. SAXToN, brother of
President McKinley's wife, was shot
dead on the street at Canton, O., on
the 7th and Mrs. Anna c. George was
placed under arrest on suspicion of the
murder. The murdered man had been
sued by the woman's husband for
alternating her affections and there
had been other unpleasantness be-
tween Saxton and the woman.
ALFRED G. WILLIAMS was hanged at
Salem, Mass, on the 7th for the mur-
der OF John Gallo. Robbery was the
motive of the crime.
GEN. GARCIA has started on his mis-
sion through Santiago province, act
ing as an agent of the American gov
ernment, to use his influence to induce
the peaceful disarming of the Cuban
soldiers and their return to civil life.
The American officials prophesy good
results from his negotiations, belicv.
ing that his efforts will be successful
in Kidding his province of the large
number of insurgent bands, who are
living on the country in condition OF
outlawry.
Two freight trains collided in the
Burlington yards at lnGianola, Neb.,
the other night, causing a loss of three
lives, slight in iurics to four others and
damage to railroad property amount.
ing to many thousands. An eastbound
freight train standing on the main
track was run into by ii westbound
stock train. Both engines were total
ly wrecked.
Gov. COOKE, OF Connecticut, has is
sued extradition papers calling for the
return to America of DR.. Nancy Gull
ford, who is now held in London, Eng.
as & principal in the killing of Emms
Gill, the victim of the Yellow pont
murder in Bridgeport, Conn.
A FIREMAN was killed, locomotiv,
wrecked and three cars were burned
as result of rear-cnd collision OF
the Chicago e. Milwaukee railroad, s.
miles south Of Milwaukee. The cngi
neer of the passenger train failed tc
see block danger signal.
N. l.. WEATHERBy, commodore of tht
Troy Yacht club, and three compan
ions, Stephen 5. Mallory, Mrs William
J. Breslin and Miss Elizabeth Savage
were drowned by the capsizing of
yacht in the Hudson river, three mile
north of Troy, n. Y, the other night
The accident was due to the swift cur
rent in the river.
TIE Grange tobacco warehouse, tn
|, Louisville & Nashville depot and sey
eral tenement houses at Clarksvillc
Tenn, were destroyed by fire on tn
5th. Loss, $500, 1000. Itwas believed t
be the work Of incendiaries.
GEN. BoyNToN was placed on tn
witness stand on the 5th by the inves
tigating commission on the conduct c
the war The generals testimon.
was favorable to the war department
and he eulogized the supply depart
, ment of the army in the case of Cam
Thomas at Chickamauga park and dc
clared he had never seen such efficiency
| On the 5th 367, 900 acres Of land o
the Red Lake reservation in Mime
, sofa were thrown open to settlcmen
. In political and administrative ci
cles in Berlin the probability of wa
, between Germany and the Unite
, States was being talked Of The tro'
p bic was in connection with the Phllil
0 pine islands, the German governmen
1 being resolved 1T all costs to oppo'
the retention of the group by tt
3. United States.
a THERE were II new cases and eigt
t deaths from yellow fever in Louisiar
on the 4th.
q FRANCIS OCoNNoE, II years OF age
!. molder's apprentice, stabbed Jol1
y Kitchen to the heart in defense of h
! mothers honor at Mobile, Ala, on Il
# 4th. Public feeling was on ConnoI
side, and it was not expected that Il
d law would hold him.
/. A SENSATIONAL murder and suici'
Il occurred at Cleveland, o., on the At
(. Richard Dickson, aged 66 years, Il
r, keeper of repair shop, shot MI
d Blanch Winship three times with
n calibcr revolver, then turned Il
1T weapon on himself and both he al
the woman died almost Instant
10 Dickson had been paying attention
,e the woman and she decided to bret
Is off with him.
t. THE annual parade and ball OF t
4, Yelled Prophets took place at ST. LOT
a. on the 4th.
THE fourth annual festival OF Mou
ID tain and Plain opened at Denver, Co
d. on the 4th with great parade official
I'd designated the pageant OF Americ
90 Progress" In the parade were @6 ma
niticent floats and many handsome
II decorated carriages, besides other
Sc terestinr features, and 20 brass ban
ne furnished music.
vs. THE annual parade of the Priests
IN Palas took place at Kansas City, NJ
d. on the 4th, the sibject of the floats
n ing the tales of Mother Goose, wi
to the exception of the last, which rep
A.. sented the battleship Oregon. An
mcnse crowd witnessed the parade.
,r- THE farmers national congress "
te meet at Fort Worth, Tex, Decent
as OLA.
IL ROBERT CovENEy, Il years old,
tie of the former postmaster OF Bost'
as died from injuries received while phi
ing football at Cambridge, Mass.
he THE democratic state convent
ST. held at Worcester, Mass, nominate'
by state ticket headed by Alexander
ng Bruce for governor. The plato
le- endorses and reatfirms with empha
and profound conviction the great
mt patriotic platform OF prlncir
on adopted by the party in national c
at vention at Chicago in 1896"
ed The battleship Illinois was launcl
. at Newport News, Va, on the 4tl
III. the presence of 10000 people, n
nd Mamie Letter broke bottle OF CHI
ne. pacne and christcned the vessel.
led On the 4th Omaha, Neb., had its
ole nival pageant, King Ak-Sar-Ben
ed and his retinue of knights max
sd- ther triumphal entry into the Q
an. There were 90 floats. illustrating sto
mt of Irving's "Alhambra."
nv A DISPATCH from Rome says that
he interchanges of opinion among
ed. powers in regard to the meas,
r.tur