Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-22
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ly 81, 900 in cash and checks. Graham
was a cattle buyer and was known to
have received the money.
JoHN GRACE, a North Christian (Ky) |
planter harnessed mule and was rid
ing it to q field to SOW some wheat
when the animal ran off, throwing
him. As he fell one foot caught in u
trace and he was dragged nearly a
mile over rocky road receiving fatal
injuries.
VIsALIA, CAL, was recently visited by |
an earthquake. Little damage done.
A LEXINGTON, KY, special on the
18th stated that the trial of Private |
Kitchen, who killed Private Edward |
Nygran, Twelfth New York, was post
poned because a new outrage had
stirred up such feeling that violence
was feared. Sergt. A. McClelland, of
the Third kentucky, was caught after
midnight by party OF Twelfth New
York soldiers and so mistreated that
he may be injured for life.
The Spanish mail steamer Reina
Maria Christina sailed for Spain from
Havana the other day with ,073 officers
and troops, G5l eases of military ar
chives and heavy cargo of ammunl-
tion.
Snow fell in Chicago on the night OF
the 18th 1t was the first this season
and the earliest in 26 years. gale
accompanied the snowfall, making
navigation on Lake Michigan impossi-
BILE.
PINK eye has made its appearance IN
cattle near Mount Vernon, Ill.
Mrs. ANNA L. GEORGE, accused OF
kit,ing George d. SaXton, the brother
of Mrs. Mckinley, at Canton, o., was
bound over on the charge of first de-
gree murder for the action of the
grand jury, which meets in January.
THE stars and stripes were raised
over every public school building in
Little Rock, Ark, the other day. Pa
triotic hymns were sung by the chill
, dren and other appropriate exercises
took place.
| WHILE a salute was being fired in
l. |
PASSED through Boone la, on the llth
q Fred Reinhart, 17.year-old boy, rar
!. in front of the cannon aud his heat
/. was blown off.
+, LIEUTs. MERRIAM and Wheelock re
a Gently declared martial law in Homo
o. lulu. For ~ hours things were lively
u Citizens were ordered off the street
- and sailors were chased aboard thel
"a ships. The two officers will be court
:, martialed 1t was stated that bot
- men were under the influence OF llquo
y, SPAIN has put in a bill of 5000, 900, OF
pa damages against the United State
That is her estimate of what it Coz
ot her to be whipped in the war, accor'
- inc to recent Madrid dispatch, an
she is employing her subtlest dipi
~ macy to collect the claim through tt
:, peace commission.
~ ADMIRAL FEBIoER, u. S. n, retire
~ died at Londonderry, Md, on the lot
no aged rs years.
IL. THE Tourist hotel at Tacoma VAST
Al was burned on the llth. Loss, s6oo,o'
an THE statement was made by Jam
" Harerman, of Colorado Springs, &c
~ that the Pecos Valley & Northeaste
nv , railroad. the stock of which is &C
;nh M trolled by him. would be extended
W the Rio Grande so as to come
Wv, with the Mexican Northern. ii
wnan w would shorten the route consldera
'ei from Kansas City to the City OF MI
~. leo.
tiy, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY arrived at VI
'eo ha, Neb., on the ilth and was welcon
bv the knights of Ak Sar Ben and
immense crowd The president mi
,rv- short speeches to the throngs OF peo
La which greeted him while travel
nat through Iowa.
lea. THE expected clash between
the union miners and imported negi
rsal took place on the 12th at Vlrden,
un- When the c. & A. train arrived "
the negroes shots were tired from
the train and by those outside ana
on battle was on. 1t was reported
the seven were killed and IS woun'
Gov. Tanner scored the mine opera
eau and declared them responsible lor
and bloodshed. Troops were dlspatcho
nm, the scene.
, for TIE Vernon. NUS n;nI;yina
st;1e passed resolution memoriallz'ng
n,od cress to restore the rank OF adif
,a,or and confer the title upon Rear a
olxed raj Dewey.
oN.u Ar the Transmississippi expos
.,au, at Omaha, Neb., on the l2th fres'
W. .sa, Mckinley was greeted by an imm
'"" crowd. The president made
address, touching upon the patrle
i shown by the citizens OF the u
rs states in the war with Spain ant
Glorious deeds OF our army ana
penn Postmaster General Smith folle
com sneakinr much on the same lin
loe'S the president.
lnder THE Spanish government acco,
'icion to Madrid dispatch OF the itt'
Mis- nounced it's intention to MANI
leeds. strong force of troops in Cuba
led in the treaty of peace with the U
near States was definitely signed,
, was WHILE Jesse Merrick, OF East
burg, was driving across the ohl
,jured burlington & Quincy tracks near
y No burg, ILL.,, he was struck by a p
rror train. The lumber wagon in
,aupu- Sa was sitting was reduced TO XII
wood and he was instantly y k'iie'
n rail- JACOB DENnERDEE's private o'
,rders. zeeland Mich, was broken into
eight the other morning and the safe
tbens, omen with dynamite and riiled'
ro,ght loss was said to be $40, ,ooo.
tra;n rHLr trying to arrest
: cars p. ties, a negro, Patrick Cunning
a sew. marshal of Klrkwood, fashi
rood. suburb of st. Louis, was shot a
stantly killed. !,
,,,;fo WILLIAM ]. BRYAN sent le
~ u" AZ, W. H. Harvey, general manager
,cc,io, ways and means committee u. "
> [ p.;dra. pledeing himself to contribute
!. D'rus ',,asl Of money monthly to the cause
80 metallism.
ooan, THE emperor and empress
mt d'd ,,arv started at nine o'clock
he MIS- 10Th from Berlin on their lou
ne WI" the Holy Land. They so direct
On fair stantinople and from thence u
"a Az. tine.
"a WV. tee Of five well-known citizens
.hen nu m land. Ore, to collect funds
ize any nnrchasc of a sword to be prese