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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
GOTHMANNS GUN.
II 1t VIII DO What lie Claims, Our Coasts
Are o. X.

Louis Gothmann, a maker of mill
machinery, exhibited to reporters at
Chicago, Monday, cannon of his in.
vention, which, he says, is to be tested
in the presence of United States Army
officers at Fort Sheridan within fort
night under instruction from War De-
partment officials at Washington. The
weapon is 9h feet long and is designed
to be discharged in rapid succession
thousands of times without becoming
overheated, throwing shells three feet
long filed with dynamite, nitro.
glyccrine or any other high
explosive distance of five miles
the projectile exploding by the concus-
sion when it strikes the object. The
chief novel feature is the use of lique-
fed carbonic acid gas, delivered auto.
inatically along the entire length of the
bore at the instant of discharge, not
only as an absorbent of the heat gener.
atel but as a cooler after the
charge has left the gun. BY another
ness 'levice, pneumatic pressure is pro-
G..Sct. with the use of powder Mr..
Gothmann claims to have already made
satisfactory tests with small model.
Should the invention prove a success
he expects that the existing systems Of
coast defense particularly would be
revolutionized.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
PENSION STATISTICS
""'h're" From Recent Letter From
"enerai Raum to Secretary Noble,

"athcred From Recent Letter rtora
"eherai Raum to Secretary Noble.
General Raum, Commissioner of Ppn.
SONS, has Written letter to Secretary
noble calling his attention to the busi.
ness OF the Pension Office during the
past seven months. There have been
received to January 81, 1891, sos. SIS an.
plicatlons for pensions under the act of
June ~ 1890, and ll6, $50 under former
laws All these applications have received
proper attention. Total number of
claims pending 1852, 800. During the
same period 110,S76 certificates have
been issued to pensioners. The number
OF original claims allowed last wear
was 66,6S7; the first payment on these
claims was $50, AIS, Sal, the average paw
ment being S4S5 II. The number of
original claims under the old laws that
Will be allowed this year will
probably not exceed so, 600, with an aver
age first payment of S342, and total pay.
ment of SIT, 100000 This will show A
falling Off this year, as compared with
last year, Of $l5,4OO, 900 in first pay.
ments on old law original claims. The
commissioner estimates that there will
be eighty Thousand claims allowed Mn.
der the new law during the fiscal year.
and that the total first payments on
these claims will be S., 900, 600, making
VIZ, lOO,O 600 as first payments upon all the
claims allowed during the first
fiscal year, being reduction of
$4,000, 900 on first payment for
the fiscal year as compared
with last year. From these figures,
says General Raum, it will be seen that
the predictions made in some quarters
OF an extraordinary deficiency occurr-
ing in the appropriations for the pres
ent and next fiscal wears are not likely
to be fulfilled. The Commissioner de-
clares that the theoretical operation of
the act of June 81, 1890, as shown by
the work thus far in the office, will be
TO materially reduce the annual value of
pensions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
A POLISH SOCIETY

Whose Primary Object Is Murder, and
Secondary the Shielding of the Malefac.
tors From the Vengeance of the Law
William and George Butsairage. Matt
Moldaaes and Lulurnikus, four Poland
ers, have been committed to the county
Jail at Shenandoah, Pa. in default OF
$500 bail each for inurderously club.
bing and stabbing five of their fellow
countrymen who were instrumental in
having afriend of one of the accused sent
to jail for assault and highway robbery.
The men named are ringleaders of a
society, which has for its main object
the avenging of wrongs done its mem.
bers, and the payment of all expenses
Of members whoget into trouble before
the Courts, The discovery of the so
cicty's existence is of great importance.
Of late it has been almost impossible
for the Commonwealth to convict Poles
of crimes on account of the vast amount
of testimony put up in favor of the ac-
cused. This kind of testimony is now
believed to have been supplied by pro-
fessional witnesses, members Of the
society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14

A BILL granting pension of 500 per
month to W. II. Powell, late Brigadier
General and Brcvet Major General OF
Volunteers, was introduced Thursday
by Senator Sherman.
THE Committee on Invalid Pensions
have reported a bill recommending an
increase of pension to the widow of the
late General McKibbin from SEQ to $50
a month. A bill introduced in her be
half proposed an allowance of 500 pei
month. General McKibbin died recent
ly of cancer, the result of disease con
tracted in Libby prison while he was 1
Captain.
Ar the meeting of the House Com
mittee on Post-oflices and Post-road'
Friday, the postal telegraph bill wa
laid on the table by vote of Q to 4. Mr.
Caldwell came in after the vote wa
taken, and asked to be recorded agains
the motion, to which consent was given
This made the vote to lay on the tabl
8 to 5.
AT the invitation of the President
Acting Secretary Ncttleton participate,
In Fridays Cabinet meeting us the rep
resentative of the Treasury Depart
ment. 1t is understood that the rcccn
Indian campaign and trade reeiprocit
questions were considered,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
The Farmers Burden.

AS the principal cause of agricultural
depression the New York Commercial
Bulletin estimates that from $500, 900, 600
to $500, 900, 900 is taken from the farm
ers every year by tariff taxation. Other
classes, being protected, can rccoup
themselves for tariff tax by raising
prices; but, as the Bulletin points out,
the farmers can not do this, for their
prices are fixed in foreign markets.
The Bulletin says that this occult drain
upon the rewards of agriculture must
be regarded as the chief cause of the
present impoverishment of the farmers
and of the discontents which find a
cropping expression in the Alliance or
ganizations,"
When the farmer finds out the extent
to which the tariff is taking away his
money and giving it to other people
there will be political cyclone in this
country in comparison with which that
of last November will be but gentle
summer breeze. Then will there be nc
"cyclone cellar" deep enough for those
to hide in who are prospering and
growing fat on the toll Of the enraged
farmer. The more earnestly the farm.
er debates with himself the question,
"what interest have in protective tar
iff?' the more rapidly the day of reform
will advance, and the more surely will
the reign of extortion and plumber has
ten to its downfall
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
REMARKABLE TRANCE.

A Young Woman Remains In One for
Nearly Year, Retaining Consequences,
but Unable to Make II Known.
Miss Grace Gridley has just awals.
ened from most remarkable and pro.
longed trance, at Amboy, III. AS the
result of religious excitement she went
into comatose condition nearly year
ago, and continued in that state up to the
present time, taking no food during that
time except in liquid form. She has
now regained the use of her muscles,
and is in fair way to recover. She
says she was conscious all the while,
but was unable to make the fact known
to her friends. She repeats converse.
tions which occurred in her hearing
during her trance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
A TORNADO
Strikes Helena, Ala, Doing Considerable
Damage and Injurlng People.

Damage and Injurlng People.
A tornado struck Helena, Ala, Mon.
day afternoon about o'clock. A dull,
roaring sound was heard, and the peo-
pie had only time to get to their doors
when they saw black whirling cloud
skim over the top Of the hotel in the
northern part of the village. 1t next
encountered the telegraph poles, twist
ed them off like pipestems, Coming
down the railroad track it laid the
station building fiat on the platform
and then crossed the track and lev.
eled the store of Thomas Davidson.
C. r. and James Davidson were in tho
store, and both were hurt about the
head, and p. ID. Lee was bruised about
the body. The tornado then lifted and
passing over three-story building
struck the Helena Rolling Mill, about
two hundred yards from the station,
taking the roof off of both the mill and
stock.house. The cloud passed on in a
southeasterly direction, and report
has reached Birmingham that it struck
Talladega in its course.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
ENTIRE TRAIN BURNED.
Passenger Coaches Leave the Track
Many Passengers Injured.

Passenger Coaches Leave the Track
Many Passengers Injured.
The regular north-bound passenger
train on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids,
and Northern was deraled a short dis
tance from Randalin Ia, Monday, after
noon. The entire train of three cars,
except the engine, rolled down a
siX-foot embankment The train
was heated by steam, but
the postal clerk had hot fire
in the mail car. This set fire to the car
The fire spread rapidly, and before help
came all We're entirely destroyed. There
were about twenty-five passengers on
the train, all being badly shaken up. A
number were seriously injured, but
none killed, The mail was completely
destroyed. Physicians came from West
uns,op and Fayette, and the<injured
yNtspees Ntsf : S5H Would pc; permit -" IS circum
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14

Mile p-o'"-. pgnd eiphtv-fotr. of
Annerton, Ont, will next Tuesday lead
to the altar bride in the person of Mrs,
Margaret Clickert aged ninety-seven.
The groom has buried four wives and
the bride-to-be mourns the loss of five
husbands. Her last husband died two
years ago at the advanced aged of 124
years. The bride and groomelect arc
colored, and were slaves in Virginia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
SEARCHED THE CELLS.
Knives, Slung-Shots, Daggers and
Other Weapons Found,
"e',.rianned ~ Scheme to Escape From
saltwater Frustrated by the
New Warden,

when Albert Garvin became warden
Oh the State prison at saltwater. Mimi,
lie made use of the experience he had
gained at Joliet in the many years he
aetea as deputy warden there and made
an immediate search of the prison cells
ana recesses, both inside and outside Of
the main building, and the search re.
Veaied an astounding array of knives
siung-shots, hammers, daggers, saws
and other implements. Among the
prisoners there are the famous Younger
brothers and other desperate and law.
less criminals, and the finding of such
weapons indicates that many convicts
Were planning an escape. None of the
knives, however, were found in the cells
of the Youngers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Cir, and Her Lover Eaten by wolves.

News of n terrible tragedy which hap
pened in the Government of Kieff has
been received at st. Petersburg. While
girl and her lover were out
walking they were attacked by
wolves. The man vainly tried to beat
them off, and took refuge in the limbs
of a tree, whence he s;w his atianccd
devoured. The sickening sight caused
him to faint; he fell to the earth and
was also deyourcd.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
LAwLnssNnss IN oHroAoo,



~si""iors Resist ConstabIes and Detec.
uNes' Battle Of an Hours Duration
Ending In the Officers Defeat.
Three constables and five private de.
tectives made a descent upon a Clark
street gambling house, Chicago, Thurs.
DAY morning with warrants for the ar.
rest OF the proprietors on complaint Of
Herman Miller, who alleged that
ne mad been cheated out of
shooo in the place, The heavy
doors were barricaded, but the officers
OF the law beat them Iown with sledge-
hammers. free fight which lasted
nearly an hour, followed; the officers on
one side and the gamblers on the other.
Several persons on both sides were bad
ly hurt, and the constables were finallv
forced to withdraw their forces without
having succeeded in serving their war.
~,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Minnesota Indians Dancing.

The Governor of Minnesota has re-
ceivcd letter from the citizens of Poss-
ton, Polk County, saying that the In
dians are still dancing, and boasting
that in few weeks there will not be a
white man left alive in the thirteen
towns near the Red Lake Reservation
The settlers are abandoning their farms
and stock. A couple of companies of
militia are asked to protect the settlers
in case of an outbreak.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Boomers sneaking In.

According to the plan agreed upon by
the Cherokee boomers, several families
took their departure from Caldwell,
Kan, Friday for the strip. They start
ed before daybreak so as to not attract
attention, and all went by different
routes. Other families will follow each
other until the boomers have located
themselves on the strip. This secret in
vasion of the strip is being made so as
to elude the vigilance of the Cherokee
police, who are now patro'ing the Cher
nl,np lands
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14

If every man in Kansas who raises
corn or wheat, or cattle or mules, and
every merchant who is indirectly bene-
fited by the prosperity of the Kansas
farmer, is not Interested in having Mex
lean flux ores put on the free list as a
step toward inducing Mexico to admit
our farm products into that country
free of duty, then the Champion is sim
ply mistaken. The admission Of these
ores free of duty simply means the
opening up to Kansas farmers OF the
hest market within easy access, and the
refusal to do so, means our exclusion
from that market That is oil there II
Of it-Atchison (Kan.) Champion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
GR0UND-H0G WEATHER.
Worst Snow-Storm for Two Years
in South Dakota.
Elsewhere in the Northwest 1t Is Little
Less Fierce.

In South Dakota the storm that was
raging at Rapid City has extended over
the entire State, Aberdeen, Huron,
P1errc and other points re-
porting very severe blizzard. The st.
Paul Pioneer Press correspondent at
Pierre says the worst blizzard since 1888
has been raging there since Saturday
night, with little prospect of cessation.
The thermometer went as low as twenty
below Sunday morning, and it has been
freezing all day. Trains will start out
in the morning, bit it is doubtful II
they will be able to get through. The
Huron correspondent of the Pho.
reer Press says the snow-storm
which set i'll there about
midnight Saturday night was still in
progress at six o'clock Sunday night,
and has developed into gigantic bliz.
gard, almost equal in fury to that OF
January, 1883. 1t has ragged all day, the
wind blowing at velocity of from thir-
ty-five to forty miles an hour, driving the
S'o" III piiii'ihS tlou'iS anu ufllIlIlp IL
as high as the fence tops. The storm
prevails throughout South Dakota, and
will probably interrupt railroading to d
considerable extent. A heavy snow
storm at Omaha, Neb., Sunday morning
nearly blockaded strcet-car traffic.
Reports from all portions of
the State show that the storm
was very severe, In the northwestern
part of the State the blizzard has been
raging for twelve hours, and the people
dare not venture away from their
homes. In the southern part of the
State snow is reported very heavy, and
drifted from four to ten feet deep. The
heaviest snowfall of the season came
ut New Hampton, Ia, Sunday. The
wind is in the east and fierce storm is
raging. A universal blockade is antici.
pated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Arkansas Funds.

The chairman of the House Commit.
tee on Ways and Means of the Arkansas
Legislature Monday morning, read a
communication from the State Treas
urcr, in which that officer makes a
statement regarding the balance on
hand of the various funds which shows
cash balance of sos, 600 The accounts
of ex-Trcasurer Woodruff for his first
term are found to be $4,000 short, ac'
cording to the report of the lnvestigat
ing Committee. Three more terms arc
still to be ovcrhauled.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
The Worlds Fair Finances.

Treasurer Sceberger, of the Worlds
Fair Directory, regarding the increase
Of S5, 900, 900 in the amount required,
said "All the talk about the Exposition
Company having over-figured its re-
sources is sheer nonsense. The COM
pany never figured upon running the
exposition upon any Sl0,OOO,OOO basis
The $40, 600, 900 guarantee was demand
ed by Congress"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Lovers Fatal Quarrel.

AT Chicago barber named Jessie Os-
borne shot and dangerously wounded
Miss lpapche, Clement, millincr. Iio
titH nhot HIllscii, pio~.s~-J ~.
The shooting took place at the door of
Miss Clements home, where the barber
had been watching for her to appear.
The couple had been engaged but
quafrelcd. Osborne was under the in
flucnce of liquor when the tragic affair
nrnurrnl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14

Suit has been brought by Faycttc
County, H., for $4,000 against the
bondsmen of J. NJ, Little, eX-county
treasurer, who resigned his Office last
August He was said to be 5000 short.
A committee appointed by the board of
supervisors has been investigating the
treasurer's books, and they report that
the deficit will not exceed $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Canada Wants to Trade With Us.

Canada will send delegation to
Washington after March 4, the date on
which Congress expires, for the purpose
Of discussing informally the questions
of the extension and development OF
trade between the United States and
Canada; and the settlement OF all ques
tions of differences
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14

So tits the old tariff story once again.
The mcnhaden trust pushes matters in
Washington and gets a heavy increase
of the duty on degras; the duty on fish
oil is increased by nearly one-third;
then the trust meets and moves up
prices two cents gallon. The mem
haden oil trust is simply taking posses
sion of the tariff that Mckinley pre-
pared for it. They have as much right
to combine and raise prices as McKin-
ley has to raise duties and make SUCH a
combination possible. McKinleyism
and trusts go hand in hand, and it only
remains for the people to say how long
this unholy alliance is to continue its
work of raising prices.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
An Insane Murderess.

A talented and educated young lady,
Miss Caroline Taylor, who has gone in
sane over the study of theosophy, and
who shot and killed her aunt while in
that condition, Mt Indianapolis, Ind ,
has been taken ~ the insane hospital
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Entombed Miners Released.

The three miners entombed alive at
Nhntieoke, Pa, were reached and re-
leased after five days imprisonment.
Curously enough they did not suffer
greatly from hunger. Their greatest
misery, after their mental agony, was
from thirst and the cramped position in
which they were forced to sit. Milk
was given them to drink. and they
quickly recovered their strength.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
BETRAYED by a Woman.

A sensational suit was begun at Ash.
land, Wis, Monday as sequel to the
famous Perrin trial for the Hurley bank
robbery. John Irwin has, through c
District Attorney Rossmon. brought suit
against the United States Express Com
pany for half of the 5000 reward, the
other half to go to Bakers mistress
who dccoyed him, ard was the immedi
ate cause OF his arrest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
cou,dn't stand the Lymph.

JB Ellis, the patient at the City liospi-
,ol Kansas City, afflicted with consump-
ton and upon whom DIR, Baum; OF Kan
ans City, experimental with the Koch
lymph, died Friday. Coroner Langs-
iale will make n postmortem exami'
nation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
The Oklahoma Elections.

Later and official returns of Wednes-
days county elections in Oklahoma
show that the Democratic and Alliance
tickets have been victorious. Guthrie
and Logan Counties elect the straight
Democratic ticket Payne County is half
and half-Democratic-All Alliance; King
fisher and other counties on the south
are solidly Democratic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
rroreu IN Oenttl.

The blizzard in South Dakota wore
itself out during Sunday night and,
with fine weather and arrival of ranch
ers and stages from outlying points, re-
ports of its severity and rumored cas-
ualties are coming in. Grant Bay, a
young ranchman, and Meta NJ, Gray,
school teacher, living near Sturgis
Mead County, were frozen to death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
r,,,,,,r po,,oned with Arsenic.

The family of Mrs. Ernest Steinart,
Kansas City, Mo-, was poisoned by arse.
mic in cakes, and her servants husband
Is under arrest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
General Sherman Ill,

General W. T. Sherman is i'll, Two
days ago he caught u heavy cold. He
was Monday confined to his bed, and
his physicians reported symptoms of
erysipelas. General Sherman is under
the care of Doctors Alexander and
Janeway, and they take a hopeful view
of the patients case, and say there is no
immediate danger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Tho President Glad to Sign 1t.

The President Friday signed the joint
resolution extending the time to thirty
days in which the President can select
n successor 20 the head of an executive
department., in case of vacancy by
death or resignation. The period al
lowed by the old law was ten days
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
French Tariffs.

The Tariff Committee has rejected
the sub-committee's proposition for q
sur-tax of seven francs on colonial and
foreign sugars, and has substituted
three francs as the amount. The Bud
get Committee has decided to reject the
Government sugar bill, and will pro
pose that the French Chamber maintain
the status auO.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Holocaust in an Orphan Asylum.

A terrible fire occurred in an orphan
asylum in Moscow. The building was
burned to the ground and most horrible
scenes were witnessed as the youthful
inmates were being rescued. AS it was
nine children were burned to death and
a number of others were so seriously
injured that their lives are despaired
nf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
To ColoniZe Jews.

The International Society for Colo
n;zation of Russian Jews has been in
corporated in California with capital
stock of 81 ,OoO,O 900, divided into two hun.
dred thousand shares. The society will
purchase a tract Of land and locate a
colonv on IL,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
why, Saml

Sam Jones, referring to the Palestine
incident in which he was attacked by
the ex.mayor said: 81 am afraid this
kind of thing is not going to stop here
Some smart Alcck will want to whiI
me again. won't have peace until
kill some one.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
A Word to Salisbury /.

The London Chronicle Sunday mJrn'
ing says: Mail advices show that we
have lately come dangerously near TO
forfciting the allegiance of Newfonnd'
land, We hope that Lord Salisbury has
~froftcd from the lesson of such disre-
gard of colonial wishes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
Murderer Sentenced.

At Scdalia, Mo-, Thomas Williamson,
leader in the salvation army was con-
victed of the murder of jefferson and
Charles Moore, father and son, and sen.
fenced to be hanged March 20.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-02-14
An Anpenl for Aid.

Mayor Noonan, of ST. Louis, has re-
ceived letter from committee head
ed by Thomas r. Jones, at Republican
City, Neb., representing the farmers of
the border of Nebraska and Kansas,
asking for assistance in the way oi
grain and provisions.