Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-15
ABOUT 6O, 600 laborers in the building
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Dan Grayson at Selma, Ala. The pc
cullarity about the case was that he
began serving his life senteuce two
weeks from the day of the murder.
lr was stated that United States Sc
cret officers had discovered that a large
number Of counterfeit $l00 silver certi-
ficates had been produced in San Fran
cisco The Call asserted that ), 900 of
these spurious bills were sent into the
klondihe district and were readily ex.
changed for gold dust and their falsity
was not discovered until the returning
miners tried to pass them in Portland,
Ore.
GEN BACON sent a dispatch from
Walker, Mimi, on the 7th stating that
the Indians had been badly whipped
and had left the country adjacent to
the recent fight. The settlers in the
neighborhood, however, felt very I'M
easy and were by no means assured
that the trouble with the redskins was
over.
TIE total yield of this seasons pecan
crop in Texas was estimated at j, OOo,-
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600 bushels.
GEN. GRANTS brigade, consisting of
the Fourth Ohio and the Third Illinois
regiments, has been ordered to sail for
home, from Ponce, about October IS.
TIE annual parade of the karnival
krewe in Kansas City, No., on the
9th was glittcring success. The
crowds along the line of march were
the largest ever seen. Handsome floats
and elaborate costumes were the fea-
lures of every division. The police
preserved the best of order and every
person caught masked was taken to
the police station.
In the recent battle with Indians at
the southwest corner Of Leech lake, in
Minnesota, company + of the Third
infantry put up gallant fight. While
the 50 soldiers Gen. Bacon had were
unable to dislodge the 200 and odd In
dians from their strong position, they
made it very hot for them. Maj. Will
kinson, five soldiers and two Indian
police were killed The loss Of the In
dians were not known, but number
were killed and many wounded. The
rumored massacre of Gen. Bacon's
troops was unfounded.
In Saline county, Ark, Joe McKin
ney, a young farmer, accompanied by
his brother and friend, eloped with
the daughter of Charles Taylor, an
other farmer. Taylor overlook The
party and opened fire with gun
without effect Mckinney returned
the fire with revolver killing Tay
lor. The party then drove on to Red
{ field, where the elopers were married
After the ceremony all four surren
dered themselves to the police.
A BATTLE was said to have beer
, fought between troops under Gen. Ba
con and the Pillager Indians nea
. Walker, Mimi. There were conflict
, ing reports about the engagement
. one stating that Gen Bacon and hi
men had been massacred. Reinforce
ments were ordered to the scene a
y once by the war department.
YELLOW fever was reported epidemi
: in Mississippi.
JOSEPH McMANus, nine years old
was instantly killed while runnin
p after wagon in st. Louis by a stree
O car approaching from an opposite d
rection He was frightfully manglec
+ DENVER, Col, on the 5th had peac
a jubilee, in which returned soldiers
local military and other organization
a participated in Il parade and shal
n battle. At night was given the go
9 reous pageant of the Slaves of the 81
. yer Serpent, followed by a ball.
y IT was learned that the Labrado
= mail steamer Leopard, with crew {
IS and II passengers, was lost durin
n severe storm off the northeast coas
Y of Labrador.
l. The motormen of the street railwa
e at Waco, Tex, recently struck IL
s. three hours reduction in days wor
s. at the same rate of pay. The cor
C pany declined to accede to it.
d A CoLoRED girl named Ella William
'. was crushed between the elevator an
o the shafting at the Centropolis flats
k Kansas City, Mo-, on the 5th. 81
was looking down the shaft when tt
le elevator descended and struck her.
is THE gin of f. p, Godfrey at FORE
ton, Tex, was dynamited and wreck'
n and the steam ginning plant of Wild
l., & Martin set afre and burned, toget
v er with 40 bales of cotton and 90 to-
IN of cotton seed.
o. FARMERS living ten miles north
Iv Perry. Ok, told of wonderful dro
n of chicken hawks that had come in
Is that country in the past few days.
was said the hawks were in one dro
of and numbered 5000.
!, HUNDREDS of Indians of the Tan
a. Mantasta and Copper tribes were sa
III to be threatened with starvation
%. prospectors from Copper river. who
~ rived at Seattle, Wash, from Dawso
The natives depend on the salmon RI
II, on Copper river for their winter su
=. plv of food. This year the salmon d
e' not come, owing to the cannery co
panies on Lower river putting in mi
'h sive fish traps.
n, The building formerly known
y aye Tavern" located at Fifty-i
street and Cottage Grove avenue, Z
On cago, popular resort of visitors
the worlds fair, was partly destroy
b. by fire on the Sd. Several persons h
IN narrow escapes from sutfocaton.
sis A SPECIAL from Bombay said tina
nd ferryboat was capsized while crossi
les the Indus at Muttun Kote, a town
IN Puniaub, and 100 of the passeng'
were drowned.
ed Col. JOSEPH NJ BENNETT, the II
in merchant and philanthropist OF I'm
iss delphia, bequeathed to the univers
IN of Pennsylvania s4OO,o to be devo
to the higher education OF women.
ar. THE middle. .of-the-road populist ST
" convention ut Denver, COL, nomina
NO a state ticket Simon Guggenhe
Nv candidate of the anti-Teller rep
les licans, was indorsed for governor. Il
Mvron w. Reed was nominated
Tho congress in the First district
the The grand orient of France, spe
res ing for the entire fraternity OF Free
led sons of that country, declared itsei'
oc. favor of a revision of the Dreyfus tr
The GEN. JosEpH WHEELER was oef
or. the war investigating committee
to the 4th. His testimony seemed
to show that although there were