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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
SALT0N SINK LAKE.
Its Supply Comes From tho New
River Country.
Return OF the Indian Sent Out on an
Exploring EEpeditlon-The Water
Rising Slowly.

The following dispatch was received
Sunday night from G. W. Durbrow, su.
perintendent of the salt works at Sal.
ton; ''rhe lndiqn sent out from Vol.
cano Springs has returned. His state
ment settles the question of the
water coming from the New
river country. The water is coming
into the sink at Salton through Cares
co creek. | made diagram of his trip
as he told me. His story was compar-
ed with the map and found truthful in
every particular The course of the
water can be traced by land from
Fig Springs. The water emptics into
Salton sink twenty five miles south of
of Salton. The water is rising SLOWLY
but moving to the west fast" There
are no new features about Salton Lake
A dispatch from the railroad agent
says the water has risen one and half
inches in the past twentyfour hours
and is much fresher. Since the source
of the water has been definitely solved
as coming from the Colorado river by
way of New river, and the fact that the
railroad tract is in no danger, interest
has subsidized, and all that can be done
Is to wait for developments. The stead
lily increasing volume of the water in
the Saton Sink, in the face of the fall
in the river, has caused belief that
the food must have its source in the
gulf high tides, which might easily
break down the slender barrier of sand
which stands between it and its old
bed. Should this theory be correct, it
is evident that we are on the eve OF
witnessing one of the most in
teresting geographical changes which
has taken place on this con-
tinent. The increase in the area of the
gulf would itself be small in Importance,
compared with the great modification
in the climate which this inland sea
would cause. Not the least remarka-
BILE feature of this phenomenal occur
renee is the great difficulty of obtain
ing authentic information. The water
is too shallow to navigate and too deep
to drive through, while the frightful
heat makes it an act of great danger
to venture away from the water and
shade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
VESUVIUS BELCHtNG AGAIN
The Horrible Fate of Iasriet VINO 'eh
Into the Mouth of thu Crater.

Vcsuyius has renewed it's volcanic ac-
tivitv and the torrent of leiva rushing
down the mountain-side is RAPIDLY In
creasing in volume. "Wednesday Two
Brazilian tourists ascended the mount
ain and had Just reachedit Summit ana
were standing on the verge of the crater
when they were suddenly envch)ped IN
dense cloud of smoke which rtp pihed out
unon them from the volcanic depths.
When the outburst had subsidized II was
found that one of the gentlerh en- had
become asphyxiated and fallen into the
month of the crater His companion
was only saved by the presence of mlho
of the guide who accompanied them.
As the sulphurouS smotS puIlec
ont from the craters iloWh he
rushed forward and dragged one ot ms
patrons ont of danger but WAS unable
to save the other. The victim OF MI
Vesuyius was DR.. Silva Jardin. lie
was highly esteemed journalist OF
Rio .Ianeiro. He fell l7O feet sheer INTO
the burning lava, lie left wife and
family in Paris.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
M'KINLEY.s PROMISES.
His Tin Plate Predictions Not Fulilled-A
Census of the Infants-Still More Prom
ises.

His Tin Plate Predictions Not Fulflled-A
Census of the Infants-Still More Prom
ises.
In his speech before the republican
state convention Of Ohio candidate Nc
Kinley had something to say about the
tin plate infant, which was in quite
different vein from his confident prom
ises and predictions last year. In his
convention speech he said: when
you take them to the factory and show
them that we are making tin plate they
assert with intense pleasure that we
are only making a little That is true;
but how much more should we be max
ingp That we are making any is the
surprise, for the protective duty on tin
has not yet gone into effect and will
not until the first OF july"
This is not the way Mckinley talked
last year. When he was engaged in
constructing his tariff bill large dele
cation of fruit and vegetable Gamers
appeared before the ways and means
committee to protest against the tin
plate duty. Mckinley apd his follns'-
ers were then full of promises OF what
was soon to be done. Those promises
were thus stated by Hon. T. L. Bunt-
ing in a recent address before the ma
tional Gamers association: "The chair
man of the committee ventured the as
sertion that before the law went into
effect, July /, 1891, American plate
could be bought cheaper than the for
eign plate was then selling, and that in
the interim the consumers OF plate
could buy the foreign article as cheaply
as ever. Mr. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania,
member of the committee, pro-
fessed himself entirely willing to
take orders for future delivery
on that basis. Mr.. Payne, of New
Jersey, lost his temper in an
effort to show that within thirty days
after the passage Of the bill forty fac
tories on basis of millions each in
capitalization would be undermining
the Welshman at his favorite pursuit OF
making tin plate. The prediction of
Senator Allison that thirty reputable
firms engaged in the iron industry
would, within thirty days, put up tim
ming stacks and manufacture tin plate
was flung at us for our composure.
And how have those promises been
fulfilled?
The New York Metal Worker, pro-
lection journal friendly to the tin plate
tariff, has recently undertaken census
of the tin 'infants" born and unborn,
and the count showed only four con.
Germs now making plates and four more
which will begin soon.
The Baltimore Gamers Journal
(trade) has to make this confession, af-
ter saying that we have four mills max
ing plates:
at will be noted that of the Ameri.
can mills mentioned three of them are
very extensive users of tin plate, and it
may be some time before they will be
able to produce surplus above their
own needs, hence will have none to
/ throw on the market"
Thus, instead OF tin, we have prom
ise, promises The latest promiser is
Secretary Britton, of the tin plate as
sociation ''Give us time" he says,
''and we will make good these prom
ises. In a year from July we will be
producing all the tin plate the United
Stntas can use"
| We shall see
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
CASE OF FORGETFULNESS.
Bank Examiner Drew Explains His Big
Omission-Secretary Foster Requests His
Resignation.

Resignation.
Under date of June 90, Comptroller
Lacey wrote to Bank Examiner Drew,
at Philadelphia, asking him to explain
his omission of an item of S544, S51. 46 of
the Indebtedness of the Keystone
National bank from his report as
to the condition of the bank.
Mr. Drew replied the next day
saying that he purposely omitted it
from the report, intending to include
and explain it in a letter, which he
failed to do, thou III it was contained in
the memoranda from which the letter
was written This failure to explain it
in the letter, he says, was an ac-
cident, and expresses his regret
at the inadvertcncc. The explana'
ton was referred To the secretary
of the treasury, who concluded that SO
important an omission. after fifteen
days investigation OF the bank, was
not consistent with the confidence
which must necessarily be reposed by
the department in the reports of those
appointed to examine national banks,
and Mr. Drew was advised that his
resignation would be acceptable. Mr..
Drew has not responded.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
STOPPED SHORT.
Death-Blow to the Short-Term En-
dowment Orders



The post Office officials and attorneys
OF holders of short term endowment
certificates throughout the country
have been making war on the short
term orders that have been making
their headquarters in Wheeling, ". Va.
and Wednesday night it looked as if
the fraudulent affairs had been given
their death blow. The result of the
visit of Attorney Eggleston, of Cleve-
land, o., who represents Us policy
holders in that city, and allege fraud,
is that another of the orders, the
Fraternity of Financial Cooperation,
Wednesday afternoon closed its doors
They have been doing an enormous
business said to have amounted to over
a mAnen dollars in few months. The
office was run by a Mr.. Fouse, of Phila-
celphla, a former newspaper man, who
is also an officer of the Star Tontine
Co., of that city. The Fraternity had
its headquarters until May of this year
on Market street Philadelphia They
were then removed to Wheeling, a step
made necessary under rudge Buffers de-
cision as to New Jersey corporations. ID
Set up in Wheeling claiming 10 be IN
corporated under West Virginian laws,
but 1t turns ont that it was never incor-
porated there. Lorin Chambers and
James Hughes, of Philadelphia, are
the principal officers. 1t is likely that
some arrests will be made soon by the
post office officials for alleged fraudu.
lent use of the mails, Two Inspectors
are now at Wheeling. Complaints from
policy-holders from all parts of the
union are coming in stacks to the
Wheeling police and postal officials, and
it is known that many thousands of peo-
pie throughout the United States have
been v:ctimized. The scheme, which
bears fraud on its face, promises to
pay holders of endowment certificates
on payment of S57 in installmcnts from
800 to $50 in six months. There is
but one more of the companies left in
the city, and it will share the fate of
the others. The receipts of one COM
pany through the Wheeling money or.
der office has averaged $1,000 per day.
Strange to say, none of this money is
from West Virginia. The orders have
never had agencies there, only operat-
ing in other states from Wheeling,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
DEATH VALLEY
becomes Lashing Lake Water Fills the
Great Basin of Cplorado's Desert, But
from Whnt Source No Man Can Toll.

becomes Lashing Lake-Water FIJI. tbs
GREAT BASIN of CDlorado's Desert, But
from Whnt Sourdo No Man Can Toll.
There Is no Improvement of affairs in
Salton. The wafer in the lake is rising.
owing to the almost unbearable heat it
Is impossible to get any white man to
enter the desert at this time of the
year. The Indian runner sent by the
railroad people has not yet returned,
and the boat sent out from Salton has
only been able to get out a short dis
tance a telegram received at
the railroad Office in Los
Angeles, Cal, says; "a strong
wind Tuesday night from the
southeast raised the water on the north
81 ore, The west water line is moving
westward slowly. can not reach the
end of the track, and fear The track
will go with the next strong wind.
The waters are surely but slowly ris-
ing. The saturation is 16 per cent
fresher than Tuesday. That the water
comes from the Colorado river, which
1t leaves at point near Pilot Knob,
there is but little doubt. in answer
to dispatcn of inquiry Wednes-
day, Superintendent Muir, of the South
ern Pacific, received the following from
II. W. Blaisdell, superintendent of
mines at Ogilby, eighteen miles this
side of Yuma; "ln regard to the water
that is flowing into the desert from
Colorado river at a point some fifteen
or twenty miles balow Pilot Knob ever
since the great overflow in February,
we have been wondering where il was
going to. | can not state that it is run
ming Thursday, but it was week ago"
A special says the water around Salton is
now within 1000 feet OF the main track.
1t came in 200 feet in two hours Wednes-
day. If it continues to come in as it
has been doing il VIII wash out the
Southern Pacific track in three days.
The deepest water found was three feet
and the shalloweSt in the current four
teen inches. Superintendent Darbey,
of the salt works, is alarmed and wants
the railroad company to send men to
fix the break in New river. The break
is thirteen miles below El Rio, and is
about seventy miles from Salton. The
Indians are badly scared, and all the
desert Indians have fled to the hills,
and even those as high up as Banning
are leaving for the mountains. A week
ago medicine man came to Banning
reservation and told the Indians that
the Messiah said there would be big
flood by July 4; that all the whites
would be swept away and only In
dians saved. He said that Indians
who worked up to July would
not have time to get away. All
the Indians are much excited, and
even the most intelligent of them arc
going to Grayback montain with their
families A special dispatch from Sal
ton at II o'clock Wednesday night said
the water was still Adsing, but not so
rapidly as in the afternoon. OLD resi-
dents of Los Angeles say that, while
the water is higher than ever known
before the desert lake is not new
thing and the phenomenon has occurred
frequently, but, from the fact the des-
ert is minhabitcd I'd no one eyer ven-
tured across it, it has not been noticed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
PAYING FOR THE WHISTLE.
How the American Consumer Pays Tribute
to Tin Plate Manufacturers

How the American Consumer Pays Tribute
to Tin Plate Manufacturers.
Which is more import ant, to make
tin plates or to have tin plates? We
can have them by buying them from
the Welchman at three cents pound,
the average price for the two years
1889 and 1890, or we can perhaps make
them ourselves and pay about two
prices for them.
Mr.. George Wiegand vice-president
of Niederinghaus' st Louis stamping
company, has said that the cost here Of
the black iron or the steel sheets, un-
timed, will be about 3l2 cents per
pound, and that the labor and material
used in dipping, or timing, the sheets
will add cents more, making total
actual cost to the manufacturer of 81
cents per pound. His selling price could
not, at this rate, be less than cents,
The Mckinley duty of two and two
tenth cents per pound, on tin plates,
which takes effect July /, will bring the
foreign average cost of three cents up to
five and two-tenth cents for plates laid
down in New York, duty paid No
wonder that Mr.. Wiegand says that the
Mckinley duty should be made fully
two cents higher if there is really any
desire to build up a tin plate industry
in this country.
Meanwhile the people are already
paying for their Mckinley tin whistle
The higher duty has caused our dealers
to order enormous quantities of plate
tin wares, and this Extraordinary de-
mand has raised prices there to an un
usual figure. 1t is a conservative esti
mate to put the extra cost of plate tc
American buyers during the year end
ing June 80 at from $4,000 600 to So, 200,
4 600
Is it more important to make til
plates, or to have tin plates?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
Hannibal Hamlin Dies Suddenly.

Ex-Vie President Hannibal llamlin
died at Bangor, Me-, Saturday night, at
s:l5 o'clock. He was down town in the
afternoon and went to the Tarratlne
c,ub-rooms, where he playing pedro
when his head fell forward on his
chest. Physicians were called and did
all they could for him, but he died an
hour later. He leaves n widow and
two sons, Gen. Chas. Hamlin, a lawyer
of Ellsworth, and Frank Hamlin, now
living in Chicago. Mr. Hamlin had
been perceptibly failing for year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
A Bloodthirsty Brute,

Albert Parnitske shot and ltlilea
James Warder,near Utica, Ia Wenhes-
day night. Parnitske entered the room
of Warder's sister and made in3ecent
nrop3,sals. The girl refused and fe shot
bor tbe bullet entered her check, when
Warder drove him from the house. Iar'
nitske secured rife and shot Narder'
the latter dying instantly, Ly nchine
narties are securing the country IN
search of the murderer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
I.iterally In the Soup.

While John Milton was stirring tho
contents of vat at the National Stock
yards Beef Cannery, East St Louis
in which huge chunks of meat are
boiled to separate the flesh from tho
comes, he slipped and fell into it, lie
was in the vat only a few minutes, but
the water was boiling hot, and in an
instant he literally parboiled He died
at st. Mary's hospital after suffering
terrible agony.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

The Missouri river broke through
Doniphan Point, kas. at the neck Sun
day afternoon, transferring the main
channel about mile east of where it
broke through last week Jacob kock' S
house was left on an island of about
sixty acres, lie has transferred all his
possessions TO the main land The
house of a man named King fell into
the current Sunday and was swept
away The river is cutting the banks
on both sides of the new channel, and
the main body of water passes through
-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
rha Kaisar at Amsterdam.

The kaiser was received in Amster-
dam Wednesday with a salvo OF ar'il'
lery. The river was lined with vessels
decorated with bunting. The meeting
of the kaiser and of the regent queen
Emma, of Holland, was most cordial
All the military and the diplomatic
corps waited at the quay. The route
IN the palacc was crowded, and the ut
most enthusiasm prevailed. The kaiser
nfterward took drive through the
c;tv. which was in holiday attire, many
of the houses being lavishly covered
with flags,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
Horrible Atrocities by Hlppolyte.

The steamer Alvena, from Jeremie,
Hayti, arrived in New York, Monday
morning. She left Hayti on June 25.
She reports that 200 persons were put
to death Just before the vessel sailed by
order of Hippolyte at Port-au-Prince.
Hippolytc, it was reported, was no.
dead as was rumored.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

1t will make money flow into the
country" say the McKinleyites in de.
Tending the high tariff system. at will
keep out foreign goods, then the for
eigner will have to send us gold for the
things he buys from us, and so we shall
grow rich" But let us see how the
thing works in practice. Last October
the high tariff Mckinley law went into
operation, and since the first OF Janu-
arv We have sent abroad about S,0oO,-
900 in gold Where is the money that
waste flow in?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
,,,,>ort.nt Decision.

The second comptroller OF the trea'-
,rv has decided that former slaves who
we're abandoned by their masters are
on,it,ed TO such compensation for work
anne on federal Notifications during
the war as would yield them food and
.,o,hing Claims of this character as
gregate about 81, 600
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
p.br,rv Commissioner Arrives.

Sir George Baden Powell the En-
glish Behring sea commissioners ap-
pointed to arbitrate the sealing ques'
ton, arrived Sunday on the Etrurla'
His stay in New York was very br"f'
as he took the train at 7p. m. for Mol
traal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
mna Frat Sugar License.

The first license to a sugar pto""us, ,',
,ndsr ar tho the bounty clause of the new
tariff Inv was issued Wednesday :"
1a Edward II. Cunningham, Of Sugar Land, land
in the Third district of Texas, n,s ,,s ~ up, !.
nlica,ion was made on Ju7e s. anu '"'
license is good for year
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

Our nail making industry is claimed
by the protectionists as a good example
of the effects of protection. 1t is
claimed as a tariff industry. But this
child OF protection is going the way of
nearly all other tariff industries-it has
been moving in the direction of trust.
A trade paper says: IA number OF the
largest manufacturers of steel cut nails
in the Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and
Kentucky districts, are about to organ
ize for mutual protection. Several
meetings of the representatives of some
ten or twelve factories have been held
to formulate some remedy for the pres
ent demoralized condition of prices"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
rA,afnf.he Weather Bureau.

Mark W. Harrington, editor ot the
American Meteorological Journal ana
professor at the Ann Harbor' Men,
university, has been appointed CHEF OF
the weather bureau, which has been
transferred from the war to the "gtf
cultural department An order dls-
charging the present employees oil .ne
signal service has been issued oTv y, :, ,hs 20
likely they will I've reappointed Il" % 'no
weather bureau, as the law gives theih
the nreference.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
r,. Palestine Project.

Dr Richard J. II. Gottheit professor
- svriac languages at Columbia COLI
lere, sailed on the sramship Norn"n.
n;a for London Thursday to consult
~, A." -. With Dir Paul Fseidman, a wealthy
Hebrew, respecting the founding OF
colonies in Palestine with 'he eN''''
Russian Jews
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia, Mon
day made public letter, which was
mailed to President Harrison on FRI
day, asking the president to invoke the
aid of all consuls and ministers of the
United States in experimenting Marsh,
the fugitive bank president
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

The Teneseai ua mines, which hayc
been in operation near South River
side. Cal, for six months, SATURDAY
shipped to the American Tin Plate Co.
Of ST, Louis. as 600 pounds Of American
pig tin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
Rardsley Gets Fifteen Years,

Ex-City Treasurer John Bardsiey was
broupht into court at Philadelphia
Thursday morning and sentenced to an
imprisonment of fifteen years in the
eastern penitcntiary. He was ALSO SEN
fenced to pay fine equal to the amount
of the embezzlement to when ne 'au
pleaded guilty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
ps Le,seps Showing IT,

TIE health Of NJ De Lesseps mas oss,, 81.
seriously affected b. annos"1,vt va, - the
snxieties which have grown ou' OF .n. Wv.
crimiual proceedings erongh. se,ra sRa"oi y,
him IN connection with ,he afia'rs o
the Panama canal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
Gan Early Accepts.

II has been officially announced 'na' M
Con Jubal A. Early has accepted 'he
invitation of the monument c'plnil'
tee as orator on the occasion
of et' the y, unveiling of the Ja'k'
son monument at Lexington, va, .u.s ~
81 s His subject will be the military m saf;
achievements and character oi ''"
Jackson,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
rhev Ara Coming.

Mr.. and Mrs Parnell will leave Eng
land about the middle of August for
A A,no,;c, 60 rs to be- in time for the Bal
timorc convention, which is expected
40 proclaim Parncll leader
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

The present concern of the protec-
tionists to buildu up great merchant ma
rine is one of the most fantastic and
absurd schemes, from the protectionist
standpoint, that can be imagined. The
ideal of the McKinlcytes is that we
shall consume all our produce at home,
and that we shall import nothing from
foreign countries. Under such u state
of things what is the need of shipsP All
it is to float the American jack in for
eign harbors TO let the nations OF the
earth see the symbol of liberty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
ronvr,ght Proclaimed.

The president Wednesday issued . .
proclamation providing for the granting !, ;
r. convright in the United states to 'he
citizens or subjects, of Belgium r'""'''
Great Britain and Switzerland
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

The classification of the character OF
the immigration during the past decade
shows that only 2G,257 of the 3,"O5,9Il
males arriving in that time were OF the
professional classes, 5l4. 552 were skilled
laborers. /. s3s, 325 were of miscellane-
ous occupations, 1897 made no state
ment in regard to occupation and 'o''-
$50 were without occupation. ot the
6. O40, 7O2 females. l,724, 454 were without
occupation
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11

The motion to place binding twine
on the free list raised big debate in
the Canadian house of commons, Mon
day. On division it was defeated by 100
to so
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
,.r nsv,s Monument.

Twenty thousand of the $4,000 Leo
ossarv for the proposed monument to
. IaT navis has been subscribed. A gen.
eral agent is to be appo'n'e0 '0 hH'n'
to securing the balance