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The times., 1890-08-15

While at Saginaw last week we were aG-
vised that the republicans of that county
would present to the republican State con-
venton the name of Hon. William S. Linton
for nomination for the Office of Lieutenant
Governor. Mr.. Linton was elected to the
House of Representatives from the strong
democratic district of East Saginaw, i'm
November 1886, by a plurality of 800 votes,
over very popular opponent. AS mem
ber of the House he was one of the boldest
exponents of anti-monopoly and antitrust
principles, and the unflinching advocate of
the interests of the laboring class and of the
agriculturalists, and made record of which
any man might be justly proud. He is a
native of Michigan, graduate from the
public schools of Saginaw, and a man that
for his ability, character and culture, com
mands universal respect wherever he is
known. He has filled many public positions
with credit and honor and we doubt not
would make Lieutenant Governor who
would honor that important position.
The times., 1890-08-15

The Montcalm Herald comes along and
jumps on to Bro. Azariah Partridge with
both feet in the following cheerful and
breezy style:
Governor (?) Partridge, prohibitionist
candidate. made bowling protection speech
at Adrian recently, and then came right up
to Lansing two weeks ago and accepted the
gubernatorial candidacy OH a free trade
platform. Oh. he's the stuff. He would
make a good fuse for dynamite bomb.
The times., 1890-08-15

Detroit is ahead again as usual. The G..
A. II. encampment, in session at Boston,
unanimously voted to come to Detroit next
year.
The times., 1890-08-15
GOOD VELVET CARPET AT s1.oo.

Nice Summer Corset 5Oc The best stock of Black Hosiery
in Central Michigan. Excellent value and prices cheap
The times., 1890-08-15

Flushing Observer: The Shiawassee
county papers have started a boom for Jas.
n. Mcbride, of Owosso, for Superintendent
of Public instruction, and his many friends
in that county will vigorously push his can
didacy for that position in the forthcoming
republican State convention. Mr.. Mcbride
is a progressive and talented young man
and is worthy and competent to fill the posi-
ton to which he aspires.
The times., 1890-08-15

Many people send out misleading advertisements to get
people into their stores and then bore them almost death
buy We are glad to have you and and will
make it unpleasant for you while in our store Don't buy
unless you wish
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03

STAUNToN, Va, April 9.-Yesterday
morning wreck occurred on the c. and
.. road here. The vestibule train from
the wcst-two hours behind time
passed the station at a speed of seventy
miles an hour. The rear sleeper ca
recncd and struck the platform cover
ing, tearing away the iron posts and
iemolishing the whole platform struc-
ture. Then it struck the eastern bag
gage house, fifty rods from the station,
new brick building, crushing in it's
front and wrccking the building. Tho
rear sleeper then jumped the track
and turned over on its side few
feet from the track. shattcring the car
into numbcrlcss pieces. There wero
number of passengers in the sleeper,
among them The Pearl of Pekin Troupe.
One person was killed, Miss Myrtle
Knox, of Kansas City, one of tho opera
troupe. She was fearfully mangled.
One leg was cut off below the knee, her
left arm broken and right shoulder dis
located, A piece of wood was buried in
her thigh, cutting an artery, causing
death from bleeding in few moments
and before surgical aid could lie sum.
moned. Seven of the troupe were injur-
ed, and Mr.. Kirkpatrick, of New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
THE SOUTHERN FLOODS
Another Levee Breaks, and Crosse
Tete, La, is Under Water. T. ~,
The Governors of Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas Report That Nearly "a
Fifty Thousand People Arc .rsirH
. m In Need. fffr 3 siA'

CROSSE TETE, La, April 29.-The lt-i
tie town of Crosse Tete presents pil-
full sight from distance. 1t looks like
tug would in the Atlantic Ocean.
The protection levee in front and
opposite the Texas Pacific depot
gave way yesterday morning, letting the
angry waters directly in upon the
already inundated and helpless town.
which had been under for several days
from back-water coming from the Cro.s
quets creyassc, two miles below. The
people have their stock on platfQrms
and Indian mounds, and both people and
stock are badly in need of assistance az
once. They have neither proyisionsEs
sfeadl stnf. "a snstatn thasnsalyas Wiz
and no money to buy any with. Upon
the whole the situation is distressing.
Weather cool, with light rains
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Sccretary
Proctor has received several replies to
his kilograms asking for information in
regard to the extent of suffering in the
oyerflowed districts of the South. The
Governor of Louisiana said that ten
days rations for $4,000 people should be
sent to New Orleans for distribution
throughout the State. The Govern
or of Mississippi said there are probably
&c, 900 persons in thatState needing assist
ance, and the Governor of Arkansas said
that five hundred people in Phillips
County and n considpra ble number in
Desha County are in great need of re-
lief. Captain Weston has been in
structed to use his own discretion in re.
gard to the issue of green shoulders and
corn meal instead of bacon and -four
and to do at once what he can for the re-
lief of all who need it. He has been
given ample powers in the matter of
transportation and the employment of
assistants
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
CURRENT coMIoALIrlES.

A RECENT sufferer ssSs no does not
believe any great deed was ever ao-
complished by man with cold In his
head.
A CYNICAL old Judge said women
never make successful lawyers, because
they are too fond of giving an opinion
without pay. IL -
A YOUNG lady at o box party one
night defined chaperon as zone who
got out of the way whenever there was
chap around"
The man who invented the clothes
pin as remedy for snoring was brill
liant genius in comparison to the aver
age weather prophet,
TINE may be money, but most men
will stand at street corner for an
hour waiting for bus or tram-car
rather than pay for cab
A wELL-KNOwN lawyer declared one
day at dinner that the biggest thing
he had ever done was to cross-oxamine
a man until he did not know whether he
was married or not.
A CLERGYMAN who recently held serv-
Ices Ia prison preached from the text:
"Go home to thy friends;" and for once
in their sin-stained, crime-haunted
lives the audience expressed desire to
follow good mans sdvics,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
THE CHAIR OF DEATH.

signaling. Next to the right is the
Cardrewsvolt meter, long, mar,
row, black walnut box, containing
coiled wire and surmountcd by a
gauge, which registers the electic force
in volts. Another box, long and mar
row, is on the right and contains re-
ducing coil to diminish the force of
electricity before it enters the volt
meters or the lamp box on the right.
Between the reducer and volt meter is
a small switch to turn the current of
and on the meter. The lamp box
contains twenty-four sixteen can
dlc-power incandescent lamps and
shows when the current is on
and running steadily. Then come
two switches-one for short-circuiting
the current, and the other the fatal
switch, which carries the current to the
wires connecting with the body of the
condemned. Two wires at the top con-
meet with dynamo 1000 feet away in
the north wing Of the prison. One of the
wires at the bottom will be connected
with the metal cap to be worn on the
head, and the other will be ad-
iusted to the base of Reminders spine.
At present these two wires remain
dangling from the ceiling. They will
be attached to a board three feet square
fastened to the ceiling, which is already
in position, and which is directly over
the spot where the chair is to be placed.
There is no sign of a chair about the
building. but there is no doubt it is all
ready to be put into position at mo-
ment's notice.
Warden Durston has not divulged the
day of the executi n to living soul,
but good guessers L me the middle of
the week as the time. The warden is
allowed to invite twenty-onc persons to
be present, consisting of twelve rep
uta BILE citizens, not to exceed seven as
sitants and not to exceed two ply
sicians.
The law fui thcr prescribes hat the
following persons may also be admitted;
The Judge of the court in which kemm-
Ter was convicted, the district attornev
and the sheriff of Erie County, Kemm
Ter Is also allowed to invite two clergy
men. The entire number of persons.
therefore, who are allowed BY the Law
to witness the execution is twenty
ssyen
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03

to mediate on THE DOOMED MAN.
the awful fate which awaits him, it
would be small wonder II the man
should become nervous as the day of
execution approaches and that he should
give way to some manner of emotion.
But not once has he shown any signs OF
weakening. In fact he rather courts
death than shuns it.
The arrangements for the final act in
the tragedy are substantially completed,
and press representative has been
granted the privilege Of entering the
death chamber and examining the elec.
trio appliances. The present quarters
of Kemmler and the room where he is
to die are side by side in the main front
of the prison, and from his cell door to the
fatal chair is distance of about eighteen
feet. The death chamber is about sew
enteen feet wide by twenty-five feet
long, and is dimly lighted by two small
iron-grated windows about four feet
above the floor, from which a view of
the main entrance of the prison can be
opoalucu' btbNtti Juc NlHuONo VII viz
east wall is long board, about ten feet
in length and three and half or four
feet high. On this is arranged me-
chanical appliances for testing, measur-
ing, and governing the death-dealing
current. AT the left is common cleo
trio push button, which communicates
With the dynamo room, and is used fc,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
INTERSTATE LIQUOR. &.

A Decision of the U. $. Supreme Court
Overruling the State Court of Iowa.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The L. S.
Supreme Court, through Chief-Justice
Fuller, yesterday rendered an opinion
adverse to the constitutlonality of State
laws providing for the seizure of liquor
brought into the State in original pack
ages. Such laws, the court holds, are
an interference with the Interstate
commerce. After the liquor becomes
the property of the importer the State
may, under its police powers, regulate or
prohibit sale, but it has nopower, in tho
absence of express Congressional author.
ity, to prohibit the transportation of the
article from another State and its de.
livery to the importer. The case in
which the decision was made was that
of Gus Lady e Co., plaintiffs in error,
vs.. A. j. Hardin. 1t was brought here
on appeal from the Supreme Court OF
Iowa, and this court reycrscs the decis.
ion of the State Court Justices Gray,
Harlan and Brewer dissentod. The case
is ono of great Importance to Prohibi-
tionists and liz uor dealers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
SCRAPS FROM THE SEA.

A MACHINE for taking soundings has
been invented which does not require
that the vessel be stopped for tn, work.
THE latest addition to the British
navy, the Victoria, is said to be tho
largest war vessel at present ready FOR
active service. She cost over $4,000, 100,
and carries q crew of $50 officers and
men.
EXPERIMENTS with the $4,000 candle
power search lamps show that vessels
three miles oil can readily be detected,
and that, by throwing the light on tho
clouds, signaling is possible at dis
tancc of fifty miles.
IT is said that the first cost of bnld-
ing feet of Atlantic liners is but a
tri6e compared to the cost of running
them. In less than three years 1t will
exceed tho cost of construction, SO enor.
nous is tho expenditure in wages, port
duties and repairs.
LA NATURE gives an account Of an
alarm girdle for men-of-war or harbors
to protect them from the sudden attack
of torpedo boats by night. The girdle
is made Of wire with floats, and is sup
ported by buoys at intervals oil round
the vessel. When the enemy breaks
through the line night light flares up
and indicates the spot.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
CRAzED BY STRIKES.


Wreck Of the Minds of Four Chicago Car
penters-Itaving Over the Labor Trou-
bles.
CHICAGO, April 30.-Four carpenters,
whose minds have been unbalanced by
the strike, are locked up in the detcn-
tion hospital. Therwald Johnson, a
Swede, who was on his way to the old
country, was taken of Minneapolis
train last night. He was then raying
maniac, talking of nothing but strike,
unions and eight hours. III kill every
man that docsn' belong to the union. f"
is the outcry OF John Fraydenclap, an
other unfortunate carpenter, who was
brought into the hospital yesterday
morning. Frank Black is the third case
that has been brought in during the last
twelve hours. He is Respondent and
wants to take his life. 81 don't want to
live any longer" Black said to an at
tendant at the hospital, "bccause can
not get any work. The union carpen-
ters won't let me work and will starve" "
Wm. Watz is another victim. lie is ono
of the strikers and is carpenter by
trade. He talks OF nothing but tho
strike and the lst of May.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03

OTTAWA, H., April 2S.-The King &
Hamilton implement works at this
place was destroyed by fire Monday
night. The entire building, with the
exception of the paint shop, was dc.
stroyed. Tho fire originated in the pat.
tern room on the second floor. The
works were running full force and the
place was heavily stocked with wagons
and farm implements, all of which were
destroyed. The loss will probably
roach ~1O 600
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
News Items,

:. w. PYLE was found guilty at Nash
vile. Tenn, of completely before the
fact of the killing of U. S. Commissions
er Mcdonald, in Pickett County, in
1881.
CHICAGO city council has directed tho
corporation counsel to proceed against
city treasurers for the past ten .SA
who have drawn and pocketed the int.
est on the city funds deposited in vari-
ous banks. The amounts range from
$50, 900 to 1000 yearly.
THE starch trust has bought tho To-
peka starch works for something over
$3.50, 900.
SPEAKING OF the v. $. cruiser Charles
tom Rear Admiral Brown said hers was
the most successful trial trip ever made
by a new warship
Two men were killed and Ave injured
-one probably fatally-by the falling
OF rock in shaft Of the Great Eastern
Mine, near Norway, Mich. The victims
were Captain VIM. Hooper, ono Of the
Oldest mining superintendents on the
Upper Peninsula, and James Martin, o
miner. ai
RANDOLPH DUBOIS, who murdered his
wife, two children and mother-in-law,
in the village Of st. Adams, Quebec, a
couple OF months ago, has been SEN
fenced to be hanged on June 20.
w. S. BREWER, former operator OF
Cincinnati, took first prize at the New
Orleans telegraph tournament.
CHICAGO will try to increase the
Worlds Fair Fund to $40, 900, 900.
The indictment against Frank Wood.
ruff, alias Black, charging him with
completely in the murder OF the late r.
II. Cronin, was dismissed on tho 21st In
Chicago by consent Of the State. An in
dictment for horse-stealing still stands
against him.
WV. OBRIES, the well-known Irish
patriot and member Of Parliament, will
shortly lead to the marriage altar a
daughter Of NJ. Raffalovitcb, the Paris.
ian fnancier.
IN Hampstead County, AK, !. ".
lIldreth and Tony Cooper became Ia
volved in dispute over fence JSnlvea
we're resorted to. Iiildreth being stabbed
to death and Cooper receiving 'woundi
from which he can not recover.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
THOUSANDS RESCUED
from the Spreading Waters of the
g. Riotous Mississippi.
"''er railing at GreenvilIe, Miss, Leaving
Portion of the Town.

LH.aT -
BATON RoueE,' La, April a6.-Tbe
steamer Dakotah has reached here from
the Observation-Disclosures and put off five
or SIX hundred people and large ouan.
uty OF stock. The people put off were
mostly negroes, who found no difficulty
IN getting employment. Several plan.
ters from the interior were here for the
purpose OF getting labor for their plan
taoons. The Dakotah Thursday went
up as far as New Texas Landing, rescu.
ing people and stock along. the
route The boat transported about
l,50o people to this side.
and could have brought many more,
but the people said the river was falling,
and they preferred to stay and take the
chances in Pointe Coupee. Captain
Mitchell said the break in Oh Morganza
at o'clock Thursday evening was six
hundred feet wide, while the break in
Grand Levee just below was one thou
SAND 1eet wide and washing rapidly, the
soil being of sandy nature. As these
levees are three miles in length, only a
comparatively small portion of these
great works have been DESTROYED.
Inc boat rescued every living
thing from a pig to tho dogs and
chickens. A refugee was seen on
our streets yesterday with dog tied at
one end OF rope and a rooster at the
other This was his only property. He
carried them alternately in his arms 70
give them rest The Dakotah re-
manned here until p. M, loading sacks
ABOVE town to carry to the Martinez
crevasse. At this hour she left. carry
ing down fifteen thousand sacks of
earth, The Pargoud is expected down
tonight to carry more sacks to the Gre
vase. When she gets through unload
Ing the Dakotah will return to New Or
leans, as there is no longer any demand
for relief boat along the Pointc Coupeo
front.
GEEENvlLLE, Miss, April CA ter
four days of incessant raining thc sun
came up brightly this morning. The
river fell three inches in tho past twcn-
ty-four hours which is the first perma-
nent fall we have had since the begin
ming of the high water, three months
ago. The same fall was recorded on tho
back-water of the town and country, and
since morning the fall has been fully
two inches, Portions of the streets
which have been covered for twentv-four
days are being uncovered by the reccd-
ing waters, which are watched with de-
light by the citizens. 1t is safe to say
that this fall will be followed by a still
greater one in the next twenty-four
hOiIrs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
/ CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

N4lldren Killed by Falling Tree-Dwell-
tsg Destroyed by Fire. In Which a Babe
d ferlshes.
sI ASHLAND. Wis, April Marengo,
t{fttle town twenty miles distant from
A4hland, was the scene Of three singu-
laefatalities Monday. Anton Foraker
wASchopping at the base Of tall pine
tree. AS it toppled and fell to the earth
histwo boys, aged and years respec-
Hyely, ran directly under it and were
csnshed TO death. This was in the morn
Ing In the afternoon little dwelling oc-
cptlfd by Ole Hanson, Swede chopper.
xss found to be ablaze. The mother
IVES nowhere about the house. Tho
5ether, at work near by. rushed in
through the burning door and grabbed
N the cradle, in which he supposed his
aiH-months-old babe was lying. He got
.09tsidc again, but was very badly
rned. He sat the cradle down and
egan examining his wounds. When
EtAe house was mass Of smoking ruins
- turned to take the baby from the
,cAdlc, but the cradle was empty. The
aban had foep burned 10 death in the
hOuSe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
TONGUE IN A BOTTLE.

suction and Swelling Continue Until u
Boys Life Is Endangercd-Curious Acci-
dent While Drinking Coffee.
BALTIMORE, April g. John Deutsch,
thirteen years of age, came to the Mary
land University Hospital last night
with his tongue jammed inside n flask
SO that he could not pull it ont. He
is employed at a basket factory, and
during dinner hour, while taking a pull
at his coi!ee-hask, his tongue was drawn
into the nozzle by suction so that, try as
he would, he could not get it out, 1t
was drawn further and further in until
the flask was forced into the mouth,
The organ, to make matters worse. be-
gan to swell, and, after vainly trying to
get his imprisoned tongue loose himself,
he hurried to the hospital. DR., War
field, after some difficulty, released tho
disligured member
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
GREAT HAIL STORM.
Inc Heaviest One on Record Visits Balti-
more-Many Thousands OF Windows
RrnlCnii hx,t

more-Many Thousands OF Windows
Broken by the Stones.
BALTIMORE, April 2S.-Baltimore was
bombarded yesterday afternoon by hail
OF size and destructive power never
before seen in this city. The hail was
not like the snow-coated hail, but was
plain hard ice, frozen through and
through, clear as crystal, and solid as a
rock. 1t went through thick panes of
glass as If they were tissue paper, and
the amount of damage done by it can
only be figured up when all the broken
panes are counted and the glass settlers
bills are paid. The loss will run up
into the thousands. Some of the hail
stones we're ragged and as sharp on the
edges as steel blade. Hens eggs were
nothing to them in size. Many of
them were as large as aran's hst. Tie
storm came from the west, was local in
Its character, and swept to the cast with
arattle like heavy musketry, frighten-
Ing people out of their wits, and hitting
those who were on the streets many
hard knocks, and driatnf thstn. intn
places of shelter. Tho storm came all
at once, like a thunderbolt. There was
a perfect Niagara of water with hail
stones or rather chunks of ice-weigh-
ing, some of them quarter of a pound.
Almost in an instant the streets were
rivers, the payemcnts wero flooded
from two to thee inches
deep, and Il man who remained on
the streets was almost in danger of los
ing his life. Tho heavy chunks Of hail
drove the horses wild. Those that pull
the stroet-cars became uncontrollable,
and the drivers were compelled to let
them have their own way and to run at
their free will, The people in the cars
became anic-stricken, and many OF them
crouched trembling on tho floor of the
cars, praying for rescue from the ele-
ments, while the drivers lodged the aer-
lal missiles the best they could. All over
the city the damage was heavy. No
glass that met the full force Of the hail
was strong enough TO stand the cobble'
stone-like blocks that came out of the
sky, Charles street windows looked as
If they had been on battlefield, and in
the houses on Mt. Vernon Place the
damage was very considerable and tho
alarm was intense. In the Annex the
rain, wind and hail did even more severe
damage than in the city, Walls wcro
swept down, houses unroofed, glass
smashed and other damage done.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03
William and Victoria Dine.

DAEMsTADr, April 90 Emperor Will
liam arrived here yesterday. Tho
Grand Duke Of lIesse and the civil and
military authorities received the En-
peror at the railway station, and tho
whole party drove to the new palace,
whore the Emperor was greeted by
Queen Victoria and the Princesses.
Afterward the Emperor proceeded to
the Ducal Castle, and later returned TO
the palace and dined with the Queen
aud Ducal family.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-03

LOUISVILLE, April 80. 3O.-Ex-Congress.
man Oscar Tucker has letter from his
daughter, saying that Miss Rose Eliza
beth Cleveland, with herself and hus-
band A. d. Milliken, had narrow cs-
cape from drowning while sailing along
the Florida coast near Punta Gorda. In
a violent storm the decks of their boat
small sailing craft, were swept clean,
all baggage going with the rest,
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Inauguratcd as Governor.

CONCORD, N. H., April rs. - Hon.
David Taggart, president of the State
Senate, was inaugurated as acting Gov.
ernor yesterday by the Executive Com
Gil and will perform the Gubernatorial
duties during the absence of Governor
Goodell, who is incapacitated by sick
ness. This is first time in the his
tory of the State since l7Si that the
president'of the Senate has been called
upon to discharge the duties OF the Gov
ernor ..