Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-01-14


gustns Keil the junior partner so had.
~ injured that he died in an hour.
lHE Hotel Main at Washington, Pa.
ana the Levins building adjoining were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $lOO, 900; in
surance, $4,000. The fire started ID in
'he rear OF the Hotel Main and burned
so rapidly that many of the occupants
narrowly escaped.
lHE outside doors of the vault of the
fhenix (R, l. national bank were
blown out by dynamite about one
O'Clock the other morning, but the
three men who attempted to rob the
oank were frightened away before
they could gain access to the interior
apartments, where the money, securi-
ties and other valuables were kept
A BIG boiler being tested in Hewitt's
sn'pbnilding yards at Barking, Eng,
ourst and the experimenting engineer
and eight men were killed. About 40
persons were injured, some fatally,
The bodies of the injured were fright
fully mntilated The whole ship.
building works were wrecked.
Mrs. FLORENCE RITCHIE, a member
OF Frank Daniels company, tainted
while taking a bath at her hotel at
Denver, COL, on the 9th and was
drowned.
AT the Jackson banquet of the Duck
worth club at Cincinnati William ].
Bryan made speech which was re.
garded as the formal opening of his
anti-expansion fight
LIE Italian steamer Voorwarts was
wrecked Off the north Cornwall (Eng.)
coast and II of her crew drowned.
GEN PoLAvIEJA, the former governor
general of Cuba and the Philippine Is.
lands, and Senor Silvela, the conserya-
tive leader have agreed upon the for
nation of new Spanish cabinet and
have been summoned by the queen re.
gent The early advent of the con-
servatives to power was regarded as
certain at Madrid.
FIRE in the paint shop of the Nash.
VILE, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad
at Nashville, Tenn, DESTROYED ten
coaches including President Thomas
private car and the pay car of the road
The loss on the building was estimated
at $4,000 and on the rolling stock at
| S37, 800
SEVERAL months ago Judge Tarvin,
of Covington, Ky, sent several coun.
cilmen to Jail for con tempt of court in
disobeying an order of court to furnish
supplies Now the five councilmen i'm.
prisoned have sued the Judge collective.
~ for $4,000 for false imprisonment
GEORGE TYLER was killed by Thomas
Foley in prize fight at Jersey City,
N. j. Foley landed a right swing on
Tyler's jaw and broke his neck.
A TELEGRAM from Eastland, Tex,
stated that John Toilet and John
ODell attempted to settle an old diff
Guilty few days ago with knives, but
were separated by friends, after Toll
lett had received two flesh wounds.
Afterwards, at a country store, Tol.
lett, armed with Winchester, came
suddenly upon O'Dell and shot him to
death without warning, Upwards of
100 men were in pursuit of Toilet,
who code southwark.
| COMMISSIONER PoLLAN, of Cameron,
|. r., reported that he has under ar
rest five men charged with murder
and four charged with assault to kill.
The trouble occurred at dance near
| ~, 4
killed, Albert Brown was stabbed and
was not expected to live, Morris Brown
was badly cut, and DR., Poore and his
two sons seriously wounded.
UNITED STATES SENATOR BURROWS
was unanimously nominated by the re-
publican caucus at Lansing, Mich, to
succeed himself. AS the republicans
have large majority on joint ballot
the reelection Of Senator Burrows is
assured.
JOHN EDWARDS, farmer living near
Corning, Ia, was caught between his
wagon and barbed wire fence and
cut up by the barbs of the wire. He
bled to death before help could reach
him.
AT Staunton, Va, Stonewall jack
son camp of Confederate Veterans
passed resolutions against the propo.
sitions to admit confederates to the
national soldiers home and to get the
federal government to pension them.
ADvlCEs from Iiolyoke, Mass, on the
4th were to the effect that the pro.
posed writing paper combination had
been effected The capitalization was
said to be $40, 900, 900.
TIE rubber shoe factory at Port
Dalhousie, Ont, was burned the other
morning, entailing n loss of 500, 900
and throwing some $50 hands out of
employment.
AFARMER living near Brighton, Col,
named A. X. Willis, was robbed of
$1,000 which he had in a bureau
drawer. A tramp whom he had shell
tered and who disappeared was sus-
pected of having taken the money.
THE general assembly of North Car
olna met at noon on the 4th. A reso.
luton was unanimously adopted in
caucus to the effect that no one except
white men be employed from the high
est to the lowest position.
AT Miner, ILL.,, John Lytton shot his
wife, two children and then himself.
All were killed except the husband,
who cannot live. Jealousy was the
cause.
IT was said that the pope will forbid
Archbishop Ireland to represent the
United States at the car of Russia's
disarmament conference because the
vatican Is not to be represented,
PHYSICIANS reported an epidemic OF
a mild form of the Russian grip in De-
catur, ILL.,, on the 5th. 1t was esti.
mated that fully 90 per cent. of the
population was affected with the dis
ease, which attacked old and young
alike.
The life of County Attorney Will
liam r. Brown was attempted at Red
Lake Falls, Mimi, on the 4th. Adyna-
mite bomb was placed over his office
door and fell when he entered, ex-
ploding with terrific force and knock
ing him senseless.
THE Oklahoma statehood executive
committee has issued the official call
for statehood convention Mt Guthrie
on January o5. The delegates are to
be elected by mass meetings in the
counties on January 81.
CHARLES A. BREWER, ex-postmaster.
shot and killed his wife and then him.