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A DEAD MILLIONAIRE.
Like Thief In the Nightths Destroyer
Comes,
VIM. a. Vanderbilt stricken With Apo
pleNy ut His Home, Dying BEFORE .
Physician Could be Summoned.

NEw NuRA, December S.-William IL
Vanderbilt was stricken with apopleNy a
'ew minutes after = O'Clock this afternoon
and died almost instantly He was in ths
library OF his residence in Fifth Avenue at
the time and was sitting in his easy chaii
4nd conversing with Mr., Robert Carr ETH
Presidento Of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
aud up 10 the very moment of the attack
WAS apparently in biz usual health and Spir'
is Not 4 hint or q moments warning
lid either he or his family have that his
health WAS in 81 precarious Il condition
tie was stretched dead on the floor at his
guests feet almost As suddenly as though
MS brain had been pierced by q rifle bullet
Since ISL, when he suffered Il shock Of par
hlySis, not long after the sale of HC,M0
shares of New York Central, his health had
lttn a matter of almost constant sollcitud8
with his family, but for several months re-
,entlv he bad been better and brighter He
frequently spoke OF the Improvement him
self. and was often congratulated upon his
hearty appearance. He chung tenaciously
to life, and often said Of late 10y the time
he was sixty five he would he rejuvenated
and set out on another life, He was sixty,
four when he died. He got up this morn.
ing at bis usual hour, a little after eight
O'Clock, mud was unusually bright and
animated. Tie chatted with his valet,
Louis, while he was dressing, and went
into breakfast At nine o'clock With
a keen appetite. He ate heartily. and then
went into his library and busted himself
with some business matters for an hour or
so. The most trustworthy estimates place
Mr.. Nanderhilt's fortune at about N'5,om,-
His principal investments, 70 far as
can he learned, are about as follows; Gov-
ernment bonds. &55.NN,OO; Railroad bonds,
.sS0,enaN; New York Central stock,
s5,GU,aU; Lake Shore stock, us,
0u,GH: Michigan Central stock,
s1,UDO,hN; North west stock, SS,On.uD, He
also had o large amount of real estate and
to say nothing Of lesser interests in
corporations not mentioned above. All of
his estate has, according to good authority,
been left in trust. The trustees are under,
stood TO bee his widow and c. N, Depew, Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt, Hamilton Mex. Twomb
blv and John b. butcher.
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LONDON, December t-f'he excitement
caused by the closeness Of the election il
tremendous. -Four deaths from excite
ment caused by politics are reported.
Riots are the order of the day. Mr.. Charley,
the defeated Tory candidate against Baron
Rothschild, in the Ayleshury Division Of
Bucks, lies dying at a local hotel, from in.
Juries received at the hands Of the mob.
twenty residences OF Tories and the two
chief hotels at RadstOck, Somerset, have
been stoned Scores of citizens and police.
men have been injured at Worthing, whsre
the police were stoned, Fifty casualties
are reported At Wilton. The successful
Liberal candidate there was beaten black
and blue. Only by the aid Of an escor, Of
sixty policemen battling their WY to Inc
station did he escape being thrown into sh,
river.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-12

Wh'uiNGToS, December 6.-The Republican
Senators assembled in caucus shortly after
II O'Clock. AT five minutes past ! Senator
Edmunds came from the caucus.room. and,
as he entered the elevator. said We
have agreed to nominate Mr.. John Sher-
man for President pro tempore." Upon
the assembling Of the Republican Senators
a motion WAS made that the caucus pro.
coed t" ballot for President Of the Senate,
Upon the ballot being taken Mr.. Sherman
received all the votes but four, and upon
motion uf Mr.. Edmunds the nomination
was made unanimous Mr.. Sher.
man acknowledged the honor In a
brief speech, All the Democratic Sens
tors except four met in conference
at twelve O'Clock to-day. senator voorhees,
was instructed to put in nomination for
President pro tempore Senator Harris, of
Tennessee. Senator Harris accepted the
nomination, and in a short speech Thanked
the conference for the honor conferred
upon him. The caucus~ adjourned at IL 80
without trensacting any other business
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-12

DETROIT, MICH, Decembe, 3.-Thi, morn
ing about 8 O'Clock fire broke ont in tse
Barnum Wire and Iron Works, almost
completely destroying that building and
three double houses adjoining. The build
ing was valued AT &ll2,n00, the stock So.
600, and the machinery $4,000. Two hun-
dred men are thrown out OF employ ment.
The loss on the works is between slJ).lsD
and f2o0,co, and the dwelling house, were
valued at $500
BAY CITY, Men, Decemher 3.-At Il
o'clock last night a fire broke OUT in tho
cupola Of the fire-room Of the McGrav
Saw-mill, owned by Birdsall & Barker. At
| o'clock the mill WAS III ruins. II was the
largest on the Saginaw River, At the time
Of its erection, in 1913, it was the largest
concern Of the kind in the world Ithadan
annual capacity of 4O,Onh,n feet Of lumber,
besides Hath, slaves, heading and shingles.
Mr. Birdsall places the loss at sl5O,nO. ON
which there is an insurance of sluD,AN dis
trihuted in various companies. II employ
ed one hundred and fifty men. 1t is not
known whether it will be rebuilt.
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Wire al ~lndiAnapOlis.

INDIANAPOLIS, December 6-One Of the
largest fires that has visited Indianapolis
in years occurred st 2 O'Clock this after.
noon, entirely destroying the iinseed oil
mandatory of J, 2. Evans 4 Co, the only
industry Of the kind in the city. The mills
contained about l0O, oGO bushels of flaxseed.
26,uU gallons of oil and a considerable
quantity Of oil cake. A stiff breeze was
blowing from the west, causing the fire to
burn with great tirIuness, and for a time
there WAS great danger Of the flames
spreading IL adjoining property, in which
event a great eonflagration would have
followed. By hard and skillful work on
the part OF the fireman. several OF whom
were slightly injured, the flames were con
fined to the building in which they orlgi-
mated. The building contained all the ma.
%chinery used in manufacturing linseed oil.
The building, valued at 500 0 was totally
destroyed. The machinery worth f45,0OO
Is damaged to the extent Of s35, go, and the
flnXseed is nearly a total loss, making the
entire loss not less than $4,000 The in.
snrance aggregates slG!, 800
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-nrahmnn,.n LerncH.

"Sirern exclaimed a man in the homely
garb Of a mcdaniel to Richelieu, Prime Min
lister Of France. as he was entering his pal
ace: "Sire, | have made ad%iscovery which
shall make rich and great the nation which
shall develop it, Sire, will you give me an
audiencep
Richelieu, constantly importuned, hnaliy
ordered the "madmann imprisoned Even
in iail he did not desist from declaring his
"delusion," which one day attracted the
attention Of British nobleman, who heard
De Causes story, and developed his dlscOv
cry Of steam pOwerl
All great discoveries are at nrst derlded.
Seven years ago Il man yet under middle
age, enriched by a business which covered
the continent, found himself suddenly
stricken down. When his physicians sald
recovery was impossible, he used IA new dls
coyery, which, like all advances IN science,
had been opposed bitterly by he school
men. Nevertheless, it cured him, and out
of gratitude therefor he cOnsecrated a part
Of his wealth to tue spreading of its merits
before the world. Such in brief is the his
tory Of Warmers safe cure, which has won,
according to the testimony OF eminent per
sons, the most deserved reputation ever ac-
corded to any known compound, n when
is finally winning on its merits alone the
approval OF the most conservative practi'
TONERS. Its fame now belts the globe
The Herald.
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ST. LouiS, Mo, December s.-Alfonst
Hanback, keeper for George F Dit
man Co. a Main street shoe house, com
mltted suicide in Lafayette Park this eve
ming on account of exposure for embezzle
lnent' a warrant was issued yesterda,
for his arrest for Incorporating tn,
funds OF the house, but the officers could
not find him. This evening be ended hi,
troubles with q revolver. He had beer
with Dittman 4 Co. about three wears
dc leaves u wife and two children.
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DEATH IN A SHAFT.
Tssrib's Accident to Workmen in an
Aqueduet Pit.
Five Men Killed by a Failing BeAm and
Rocks, aRi Another Fatally Injured.

Five Men Killed by q Failing BeAm and
Rocks, aHi Another Fatally Injured.
NEW HoRE, December Five workmen
engaged in tunneliug the new squedu ct
stepped into the bucket Of Shaft No. 3, at
Merrttt's Corners. this morning to be
lowered into the pit They were Francis
Carr. Frederick Dresser Lorenzo Dobbins,
Patrick Moran and John Suardman She #
No 8 has been the scene OF a number Of
casualties, and only a week ago to-day
three men were killed there For
hat reason II has been dubbed
the slaughter house" by the Wcrkmen.
There was no fear OF danger in the minds
IF the five men IN the bucket this morning,
however, when they were gradually dissp-
bearing in the pit Their days work had
iuSt begun, and they :ett m rather good
piritS. \ cross beam or billy" r. used TO
'teady the bucket in It's descent, but il
emsined fast there while the
'ucket with it. passengers Kept going on,
Suddenly. however and before
he men had reached the bottom, the
ross beam swung nut trom the shsftinx,
md with the heavy mas Of ROCK AMI earth
N which II had caught went crashing
lown the mine upon the head> OF the uh,
ibrtunste passengers in the bucket 1t fell
about one hundred teet hefors it struck
hem. Francis Carr, who was standing at
The edge, WAS struck first and fell headlong
ntO the phi, striking against the sides and
edges until his body was mutilatsd almost
seyond description 1t WAS picked up in
several pieces. nobbius, Dresser and
Moran suffered a similar fate. Their heads
we're crushed in. aud from the appear
ance OF everything their bodies must
have been forced through the bottom
of the bucket 10y the mass Of stuff that fell
on them. II is not probable that one of
them was alive when they reached the bot
tom Of the aqueduct Clots Of blood aud
pieces Of flesh were scattered against the
wall for the hundred feet or more to the
bottom. Their remains were scattered all
over tue floor. John ~Boardman, who VAS
on the opposite edge to Carr, escaped with
his life for q few hours, but he has since
died When he was thrown ont, he wac
fortunate enough to have landed on one of
the lodges on the side. aud his fatal injuries
came from the beam falling on his head.
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A, ,nsulted Merchant Prince.

When A. r. Stewart conceived the
idea of setting up a coat-of-arms' he
went to W. r. Travers for advice Mr.,
Trayers suggested an employer ram
pant. chasing a lazy salesman will a
vard-stick, and Mr.. Stewart did not
speak to him again for a month This
anccdotc is probably about as authentic
as the other, which safest that MIR. Stew
art, being extremely loquaelous at a
State banquet at Delmohlco s. MI
Travcrs silenced him by ealing the
length of the table, "Cash! Sd"
Francisco .%4rg0Hd0t.
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The story is again contradicted
that Lord Tennyson received a special
fee from Queen Victoria for his line.
on the Princess Beatrice's wedding.
1t would be Just as reasonable to saw
that the royal chief received a special
fee for experimenting the details Of
the Princess wedding breakfast. The
Poet Laureate, like the royal chief, i.
a member of the Queens household.
and, like his culinary colleague, is paid
for his services at an annual fixed sal.
ary., In Lord Tcnnyson's case this
fixed salary is one thousand dollars poI
annum. which he has received since
1851, when he succeeded Wordsworth
- Chicago Tribune.
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A HERMIT.
Wealthy rehn.ylyanis Farmer s.cludss
Himself from sucirtN. and Never
Wants to Sci Eyes on the
Fac. of Noman.

RsADfNg, PA, December a strange
discovery has lust been made In the barren
hills in West BrandyViue Township, Ches-
ter County John Rettew, = Quaker, farmer,
owned considerable property there. His
wife LEFT him for no apparent cause what.
ever, This proved on his mind, aud he
disposed Of all his property and con
verted it into cash. Then he mvs-
teriously disappeared and has not
been heard from for six months. His
friends hunted for him high and low, but
failed to find him. To-day they discovered
aim in the hills, living the life Of a hermis.
He had erected ior himself a small hut, fit
ted it up, furnished it with provisions, and
here he lives all alone. His relatives wanted
him to come back and live with them, but
he refused all their overtures. He declares
that he will never 60 back 20 civilization
again and never wants TO sat ewes on the
face Of woman his only companion is d
large dog. He has put all his money in bank,
and says he has enough to live On.
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Increased Exppusps.

WAsHlHGToN, December THE Secre-
tary of the Treasury to-day transmitted to
Congress the estimates Of appropriations
required for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1857, The total amount estimated as re-
CURED for all expenses of the Government
is s%9,5o9,b59 which is SIS 7s, 1873 more
than the sum called for in the estimates
submitted last year, and $50, S?6, 40 more
thar the aggregate appropriations for the
present fiscal wear
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-12

W~AsHINGTON, December 6-The annual
report Of Mr.. Graves, Chief Of the Burea /
OF Engraving and Printing. shows tn, ,
there were finished and delivered during
the last fiscal year 1885, sheets Of notes
and securities OF the face value of t+3l,-
92,tS); -, 1T,O7f sheets of internal revenue
and customs stamps, containing 455,li,H
stamps and drafts, checks, certificates,
licenses and other similar work amounting
to 7cS,Otj sheets, The total expenses of the
Bureau during the year were tl-i5 49,.
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AN UNREASONABLE WOMAN.
She Creates a Great C%ommotion at q
Funeral.

fufttAls
URRANA, O, December A rather ride
nlous affair occurred at Oakdale Cew etery.
this city, . day or SO ago, which came near
ending in a row. Ii seems that two fam
lilies had purchased a lot in connection for
burial Of their friends, and on the day
mentioned one OF the owners had lust
completed the interment OF a daughter,
and was still at the grave. A commotion
was raised by a rushing forward
and crying out, She's got my place, and
she must come up The people were
struck with sina4oment at the outbreak,
and began to try To quiet the woman, but
to no avail. She insisted that the remains
must come up as that was her place. After
seeing that no reason was to be had with
the woman, and 10 avoid trouble the BODY
was unearthed and placed in the vault,
where 1t will remain until another lot can
he purchased and the body again buried.
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r EXPLOSION.
One Building Destroyed and Othsri
WreCked-OnS Person Fatally Burned
and Several Other Injured.


WreCked-OnS Person Fatally Burned
and Several Others Injured.
~PITrSRURsH, December4-This afternoon
at four O'Clock u natural gas explosion,
with probable fatal results, and destroying
much property, occurred at las Grant
street, IN the collar Of = house occupied by
Mrs J Meehsu. Almost simultaneously
similar explosions, accompanied by tire
mendous reports occurred in the adjoining
cellars OF Louis Favilla, fruit dealers, and
u. Flannery's livery stable and under
taking rooms. There is q siX-inch main
running along Grant street, but no con
uection with the houses of that
square. The gas probably escaped from the
main and found its Way TO the cellars,
Shortly after four O'Clock Katie Griffin, =
domestic in the employ OF Mrs. Meehan,
started TO the cellar for coal, taking with
her q lighted lamp At the cellar door she
requested Mrs Phipps, who WAS in the
reom, 60 hold the lamp No sooner had she
opened the door than the gas rushed out,
and lgnited from the lamp in Mrs. Phipps'
hands. aud a terrific explosion ensued, fol
A'NNe IA AA NaANVNtANA u tNlAtsltIS III
the cellars u Flaunery and Favilla. Tue
noise WAS heard squares away, and created
she almost excitement Sheets Of flames
urst from windows, doors and aides
Of the wrecked houses, and from within
were heard the screams Of terrified women
aud children. Several men forced q way
through the fire into Mn. Meehan's house,
where a terrible sight met their gaze.
Prone upon the floor, with every veetise of
clothes burned from her body, was lying
Katie Griffin, bleeding from . deep cash
in her side. Near her was Mrs. Phipps.
wrapped in flames, Both women were
picked up and carried from the burning
building 1t was found that Katie
Griffin was burned beyond hopes Of recov-
cry, She ssremoved to the Homeopathic
Hospital, where she is now lying uncon-
scious. Mrs. Phipps was severely burned,
but her injuries are not consided fatal. On
the upper floorof Mrs. Meehan's house we're
eight women and children; in Flannery's
Mrs. Flannery and two babies, and in Fa-
Villas Mrs. Favilla and nephew, j. Z
Case. The fire spread so rapidly that they
were rescued with difficulty; but all
were finally taken out uninjured except
Mrs Faviila and young Case, who we're
quite seriously hurt by falling debris.
Meanwhile the flames had gained such
Roadway thatthe three story brick building
wns completely destroyed. The other
houses were not entirely burned, but were
so badly wrecked by the conclusion that il
viii probably be necessary 10 tear them
down. -
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on,oNrro SHIP RAILWAY.
p,.n 4. Connect tbs lay Of Fundy
With the Calf Of st. Lawrence

A Y1.n h. onn ths bay Of fuhoS
vIth The Calf Of ST. lawrence
A .bIp canal was some years ago pro
no,ed to connect the Bay Of Fnndy with
the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Inn, abandoned as impracticable' In
1874 Mr.. &. c. Ketchum' an hnsl'Sh
r~ncinrcr. made plans fora ship railway,
and surveys have since been made ana
, COMPANY organized to construct ne
line under a contract with the DOMINION
Gny.rnment to guarantee a net revenue
~, S,5s noO a wear. or five per cent on
,bo estimated cost for twenty years
The length OF the railway WIN DC seven
,,rn and one-half miles, OF when thlr-
,o.n arr forest. now being cleared Tor
,bn BEGINNING of construction in the
swing If 1856, The maximum load TO
he hauled is 1000 gross tons Inc YES
sole arc 10 he lifted by hydraulic hitS
abont tor,v-two feet. The track Will
have four rails. 40 pounds to the yard
Ou,irn IA the immense tides in the bay
n, Fundy, and to climatic conditions
this railway will be more diihcnit 10
maintain than one across Florida or on
the Isthmus of Tchauntepec, by the
Chigne,o ship railway a dangerous and
tediou, trip Of six hundred miles Will be
saved to the commerce OF the o. Law
renee to and from st. John s. fortlahu'
Boston and intermediate por's'-s''
Louis R~epHbhcdn.
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Tn the death OF the Vicr-P.r,idrnt
will make almost certain the passage
during the coming session OF Congress
OF some measure regulating the Presi-
dental succession in case of the death
or disability OF both the President and
Nice-Pre>idcnt 10 take the place OF the
awkward, insufficient and unjust statute
now regulating that matter.
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Mrs. Livermore is an enthusiastic
advocate OF cooperative housekeeping.
She, with some fifty other families, has
experimental with a cooperative laun.
dry, and has been able TO reduce the
cost OF her washing and ironing to
tweniy-seven cents a dozen, including
dresses and the most difficult pieces.
She says the same economic result,
have been obtained in other depart.
ments OF housekeeping, N. Y. 7ri.
bunc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-12

The poultry product of the United
States for 1884 was computed by Mr.. J..
r, Dodge, the statistician of the Agri-
cultural Bureau, at $50, 600, 900, which
is about three times the value OF all or
wool, four time, the value of all our Sill
Yer product, and double The value Of I'll
our pig-iron.
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TWO MORE.


The Fatal Croton Aqueduct Adds Another
Quota to Its Victims.
MKRRITT'- CORNER, n. Y, December s.
Two more victims are added TO the long
list Of unfortunates who have met their
death at the new Croton Aqueduct works
at this place, Both were instantly killed
this morning while at work at the head OF
the tunnel One Of the men is Herbert Far.
rington, q young man, and the man
ner of his death was most nor
rible. He had just descended Shaft
No. 1 and was preparing to go to work,
when II huge fragment Of rock becom
ing detached from the roof of the tunnel
fell upon his head, crushing him into 0
shapoless mass, The rock weighed fully
six hundred pounds. and when removed o
ghastly and sickening spectacle presented
itself. The mans head was crushed to 0
jelly and every hone in his body was bro
ken. The other victim met his death in the
tunnel at a point known as Zero, within g
short distance OF Crotun Lake. His name
has not been ascertained Since the con
struction Of the aqueduct was begun thirty
eight men have lost their lives in connee
tiou Herewith.
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ONSClENCs.STRIkEN,


MAN'fltlh y. December Joseph Hos
d0witch ~defauittng teller of the Farmers
NstlonH' bank who returned from Canada.
uad a2r"edto show the bank officials where
large quantities OF the banks securities
were hidden tie took them last night to a
barn beneath the foundation Of which
were ioand two ttu boxes, containing up
wards oftlr,oJ1 worth OF paper. and bonds.
lie then directed them to a vault behind
the bank and from that they fished out
papers amounting in value a. S4u.0OO.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-12

THERE are charcoal works at Grand
Rapids, Mich, which consume 40, 900
cords OF wood yearly, and at which
even the smoke isutilized and manufac-
tured into chemicals by being blown by
immense fans into a purifier, from which
1t eventually comes in the torn of an
acid that is clear as amber. From the
acid are produced acetate OF lime. alco.
LOl. tar and gas.
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AN INSANE WOMAN
And the Terrible Tragedy h Came NsaS
CnmmIttInr At ChIcArn.

And the Terrible Tragedy b Came Meas
Committing at Chicago,
CHICAGO, December 4-Mrs Anna Smith,
a Swede, aged twenty seven years, was 70.
leased from the insane asylum at st Peters.
MINI a few days ago. She was pronounced
cured Her husband hoped that she would
be benefited by a visit to her
brother, Emil Olsen, who lives
at & Hunt street Last evening she
became insane again. Catching her broth
er's two small children, aged one and two
wears, she ran into the yard and began
choking them 1t required several mel t.
tear the almost dead children nom her
grasp. The frenEied woman turned on
Olsen in another attempt TO kill ais babes
and drove him into the house He fast
ened the doors and kept his frightened
family locked up for an hour, when a po-
licemsn arrived and srrested the woman.
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Ny husband is so poetic said
one lady to another in a Seventh street
car the other day. "llayc you evertried
rubin his jints with hartshorn linimcn'.
num- interrupted a beefy-looking
woman with n markct-basket al her
feet, who was sitting at her elbow and
overheard the remark. "'rhatH straight
en- him out as quick as anythingl know
of, if he hain't got it too bad, Wash
,HQtOn Rcpubiic.