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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
GENERAL MILES
commands the Forces at Pine
Ridge Agency.
Nebraska State Militia Ordered to NV.
TO Chadron, the Scene of the
threatened Indian Out
break,

A special to the Omaha Bee from Pima
Ridge Agency, dated January /, saws,
"General Miles has assumed comm md
OF the forces here, relieving General
Brooke, who started this morning into
the field with the Second Infantry. 90.
ing by way of Oelrichs to u point some
fifteen miles north of here. Yester-
DAY, amid as wild, binding and bit
ter wintry storm as ever swept
this bleak and barren country were
laid away to their last rest thirty
OF the brave boys who fell with
face to the foe in the bloody encounter
at Wounded Knee. 1t was 2 o'clock
when the funeral cortege, with General
Forsythe and Major Whiteside at the
head, and composed of fifteen wagons
bearing the rudely cofiined dead, fol-
lowed by an escort Of Companies A. X,
i, l, d and E of the noble but
unfortunate Seventh Cavalry, togeth.
er with an assisting squad from the
Second Cavalry, wound away from the
camp up to the little cemetery situated
at the crest of the hill northwest of the
Agency. The surviving members of the
fated Company X looked lonesome
enough with their fearfully thinned
ranks The vacancy, so striking in
contrast to the rest of the column,
caused the tears to start in the ewes
OF many comrade for the comrades
lost. The graves were in rows
OF six, close together, in the
southwest corner of the cemetery and
also overlooking the camp After the
reading of the burial service by Rev.
Mr.. Cook, the Episcopal clergyman
here, aided by his assistant the bodies
were lowered into the grave. Owing
to the intensely critical condition of
the surroundings, with boards of the
enemy focking about the agency
threatening an attack, the usual sa.
Lutte OF guns was omitted, while soft
notes from the bugle and the wall Of
the storm whispered the last good-by.
The remains of Captain Wallace will
be sent to Fort Riley, Kas., for inter-
ment. Those of Captain Mills, who
was found dead in his tent from rheu.
matism of the heart, from which he has
been a sufferer for long time, were
sent to Omaha" Governor Thayer, Of
Nebraska, Thursday sent telegraphic
instructions to the commander of the
State militia at Long Pine to move at
once to Chadron, the scene of the threat,
ened Indian outbreak. Orders wcro
also given to the commanders at Ere.
mont, Central City and Tekamah to bo
prepared to start at any time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
RUMORED NAVAL ACTIVITY.
ORDERS Reported Issued Increasing the
Pacific Squadron.

Pacific Squadron.
an Annapolis special to the New
York Times says: Comment is aroused
among navy officers over the series Of
orders emanating from the Navy De.
Padment within the past few weeks,
directing the commissioning of war.
ships at San Francisco, and the order.
Ing of various other cruisers TO Pa
chic waters. Under the present or
tefs no less than eleven war-ships
and 1--WE revenue cutters will soon be
in commission in the Pacific and ready
for duty. If, in addition, the rumored
chartering and arming of seven steam
erss for. revenue cutter duty in Behring
Sea proves correct, the U. s. naval force
Will number twenty-three ships, against
the five British gunboats and one arm
ored vessel at present protecting Great
Bs1tain's interests in the North Pacific.
ltisnow asserted that the Yantic will be
sent fc9m New York to the Pacific. This
Will increase the above force by still
another vessel. A Washington special
% the same paper says that those per.
sons who are interested in the Behring
< a controversy have read with some
concern those dispatches from Europe
which intimate that the British feet is
to be eomplemented in the North Pacific
by the fleet of the German Empire.
The dispatch says that this does not APP
pear improbable to any one who has
been aware of the persistency with
which Great Britain and Germany have
operated In the Pacific.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
KEPT THEM BUSY.

From Appearances Captain Wallace Kill.
ed Five Warriors Before He Was Over.
come.
A letter from Pine Ridge Agency de.
tails some hitherto unknown facts con.
cerning the death of Captain Wallace at
Wounded Knee. After the fight, the
letter states, Captain Wallace was
found ut the entrance of an Indian
lodge, with five dead warriors lying
near him, each Indian corpse showing
. bullet wound. Five of the chambers
in the Captains revolver were found
empty, and from the position in which
the bodies lay it is presumed that Wal.
lace killed the five Indians before he
was overcome.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
BIG FAILURE.
The Dueber-IIampden Watch Company
Makes an Assignment.

The Dueber-IIampden Watch Company
Makes an Assignment.
John c. Dueber, of the -Hamp-
den Watch Company, made an assign
ment Monday evening at Cincinnati, to
Howard Douglass, for the benefit of
creditors. The establishment at Can
ton, o., is one of the largest in the
world. Mr.. Dueber, in an interview,
told how the trouble came about. He
said: "The assignment was made be-
cause l wanted to protect my friends
and myself from one man. lie forced
me to take the step by asking for
things he was not entitled to. He
had received three-fourths of the
purchase money for business plant,
and holds security to the extent of five
to one. He wanted to force me to the
wall, SO that he could get a
further hold on me. ! would not permit
that, as it would have been sacrifice of
the interest of those who have
stood by me, and also sacrifice of my
own interests. | could not do
that for one man who already
had ample security. All those who have
claims againstthe company will be paid
in full. They can rest assured of that.
The liabilities are about $3.50, 900 and the
assets more than $1,000, 900, about ST.
100000. The assets consist of the plant
md other real estate at Canton, o., the
stock, tools, etc, on hand; also real cs-
tate in Newport, KY, where the plant
was formerly located
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
A TARIFF FAILURE.
why a Great Protectionlst Failed i'm Busl-
ness.

Mr.. E. II. Ammidown, of New York,
is the president of the American Pro-
tective Tariff League. He was also
president of the Rittenhouse Manufact-
uring Company, of Passaic, N. j., en-
gagged in the manufacture of blankets,
woolens and mixed goods. In the lat
ter capacity he has recently failed for
$500, 200.
The failure of these mills offers an in
teresting lesson from the tariff stand
point. Mr.. Ammidown is the president
Of the organization which is trying,
through its publications, to prove to the
people that the tariff is not tax and
that it does not raise prices; yet
when it became certain that the
Mckinley bill would be passed
levying higher duties on wool, Mr. Am
midtown followed his common sense as
a business man and laid in large sup
plies of wool. The Philadelphia Press,
a prominent high tariff organ, is author
ity for the statement that he bought
81 10000 worth of wool last June and
July.
1t was the purchase of this wool that
caused the downfall of Mr.. Ammidown.
His wool debts proved too heavy to bear
up under in the tight money market;
and he could not sell his wool at profit,
for the anticipated rise in price did not
come. This also is an interesting tariff
fact; While the tariff does increase prices
there are two reasons why the prices Of
wool are not yet raised. One is that
most manufacturers laid in large sup
plies Just like Mr.. Ammidown, in antic-
patton Of Mckinley prices" on wool,
and as so many manufacturers held full
stocks of wool, the demand was les
sened and no rise has taken place.
The second reason is that to tax for
eign wool actually diminishes the de-
mand for home wool, fact which Is
pointed out even by some of the
high protectionist papers them
selves. The manufacturer of wooden
goods can be most successfully carried
on only when the manufacturer has
free access to all markets for the pur.
pose of selecting grades of wool suitable
for mixing with our native wools. The
Mckinley law makes 1t more difficult
than ever to get those mixing woods;
hence our woolen industry does not find
itself in position to pay higher prices
| for our own wool.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
THE BURNED.

fortunately the Fire Started After tba
""hehces We're Dismlssed-six Men In.
suiied ana They Perish In Horrible
Manner. ''
Inc entire block on Broadway. he.
'wen Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
streels' New York, was burned at mid
night Friday night This includes the
flith-avenue theater, Hermann's thea.
Ter and the various stores between the
streets named. At 1i;45 o'clock watch
man IN the flies of the Fifth-avenue
'heater, saw smoke behind the stairs
near the property room, which is under
'ae stage and just under the Twenty
eighth street lobby. The fire began
spreading rapidly and communicated
win the wood work under the stage.
At midnight the flames were leapinp
up all over the light wood, and fifteen
minutes later the entire building on the
,Liwenty-eighth street side was ablaze.
ihen the flames burst upward and in
lew moments the roof had taken fire and
Dlazed fiercely. At 1890 o'clock the
names burst out furiously to the north,
and sparks communicated with the roof
OF Hermann's theater. The buildings
between the two theaters took
flre, Il and atsstasA9 o'clock
the entire block was I'm danger
OF complete destruction. Hermann
Theater was ablaze at l2:45 O'clock. and
then the buildings between the two
structures began to crumble under tho
fierce heat. Bricks melted away, raft
ers crashed down. Above all this there
came a wall from thousand throats.
A fireman stood on the roof of the thea
ter where the fire started. He was seen
to throw up his hands before his face.
Then he staggered, lurched forward
and plunged in the awful depth be-
low. Five minutes later there
went up a terrible cry from the
great mass of people packed in
the street. "Seven fremen have fallen
H." Scarcely had this horror been
made known before series of explo.
sions coming from Crooks gun store
next to the theater on Broadway Gre
ated panic and almost stampede in
the crowd. BY this time the flames had
extended beyond Hermanns Theater on
the north. The wind suddenly fresh.
ened into a half gale, and sheet of
flame shot up to the corner of
Twenty-ninth street. A shower
of sparks flew across the street,
and the woodwork of the windows of
the Sturtevant House took fire. The
hotel brigade extinguished this, but in
less than five minutes it was ablaze
again. Almost at the same instant
there was a crash and lIermanns The.
ater, which was then burning briskly,
seemed to go up in an ocean of sparks
and flame. Following this all the
buildings beyond Hermann's took fire
and then the flames began spreading
east on Twenty-eight street. At 1
o'clock the entire front of every build
ing on Broadway between Twenty
eighth and Twenty ninth street was on
fire inside. The wind had increased to
a small hurricane, and it was apparent
that not only was the Twenty-eighth
street block doomed but the buildings
between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth
streets were in danger of destruction.
The firemen worked heroically, but the
high wind and fierceness of the fire was
almost too much for them. The loss is
estimated at $500, 600
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
TOWBOAT BLOWS UP.



Portsmouth, O.
The towboat Anna Roberts exploded
cylinder head Friday at a. M. oppo-
site Portsmouth, o., instantly killing
five men and terribly wounding many
more. The boat was bound for Pitts
burgh, and was moving slowly up the
river, but with full pressure of steam.
Just opposite Portsmouth terrible cx-
plosion occurred, tearing open the boiler
deck of the boat and hurling the man
glcd bodies of men into the river. Most
of the men killed and injured were
sleeping in their hunks at the time
of the accident. The killed are as fol-
lows: Frank Perry, deck hand; Ben
Lawson, fireman: James Swail; j. B.
Shaw, deck hand; James Green, deck
hand. All were horribly burned and
scalded and some mangled by pieces of
iron. Eight or ten others are wounded.
The damage to the vessel does not cx-
cced 81 900. 1t is owned by a Pittsburgh
firm and most of the crew lived there.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

themselves regard as q calamity, name
ly, higher prices resulting from crop
failure. There can be no combination
among farmers to reduce the output Of
agricultural products; such combina-
tions are not even desirable. Farm.
ers universally strive for bounti-
full harvests-the pious ones among
them praying as well as laboring
for them. They regard q bountiful
harvest as essential to their prosperity,
notwithstanding the fact that the
greater the crop the less will be the
price of products. They are political
economists who believe, who realize in
fact, that abundance is wealth, that
scarcity can never tend in that direc-
ton. II the next season should be
favorable and large crops of wheat,
corn, oats, and other products of the
farm, should be realized, there will be
corresponding depression of prices, and
the larger the crop the lower the prices.
II such should be the result, year
from this time the President in. his an
nual message would--following the
lines Of his last one-deplore the un-
fortunate condition of the country,
brought about by low prices for farm
products caused by abundant harvests!
s'The Republican leaders can not hope
TO divert the attention % the country
from the tariff question whatever they
may do, whether they go forward or go
hon uv1 Tha IN orfy hou
a plain, unmistakable duty to perform;
that duty consists in moving steadily
onward and pressing the ad-
vantage which it has already
obtained. 1t will keep this ques-
ton before the public until the
fruits of victory have been realized; un-
til the Mckinley bill has been repealed.
and until materials which make profit
able manufacture impossible have been
relieved from unnecessary burdens, and
SO cheapened as to not only aid manu-
featuring, but increase profitable pro-
duction. 1t will demand larger markets
for American farm products; not only
reciprocity with Cuba, South America
and Canada, but freer trade with all the
world.
"The late election was only the ex-
preston of a popular desire; that popu-
lar desire has not been accomplished
1t may not be fully realized until after
the next Presidential election, at which
the final and complete victory will be
achieved, namely, the election of
President and both branches of Con-
gress, who will carry into effect the
popular verdict of last November.
During the Fifty-second Congress the
large Democratic majority will keep
this question continually in view. II
will not be turned to the right nor to
the left; it will not permit side issues
Of any kind to interfere with this all
absorbing and all-important question.
With the advantages already obtained
it will be little less than criminal to
permit any thing to occur which would
make impossible ultimate and complete
tariff reform"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Women Fight q Duel.

Word comes from New Martins
vile, w. Va, that two physicians have
been summoned togo to Ten Mile, Tyler
County, to attend two women who
fought duel with butcher knives. The
fight occurred without spectators in the
kitchen of one of the combatants, named
Wilson, which is described as a most
ferocious and desperate encounter. Mrs.
Wilson is terribly cut about the face,
neck and breast, and is fatally hurt.
The other woman's name is not known
as yet, nor the cause of the strange
duel
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Steamer General Pike Sunk.

At Madison, Ind, Thursday, as the
steamer General Pike was backing out
from the wharf on her trip to Cincin-
natl, she was caught by a heavy wind
and forced on top of one of Middleton &
Wymond's coal bargcs, tearing tho
whole end out of the barge and knock
ing u hole in the Pike large enough to
roll a hogshead in. Both the steamer
and barge sank in few minutes, the
crew on the lower deck barely escaping
with their lives. Loss $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
A Sweet Voice Stilled Forever.

Emma Abbott, the grea: American
prima donna, died at the Hotel TEN.
pleton, Salt Lake City, at o'clocl,
Monday morning, of pneumonia. She
was taken ill on Wednesday night, but
persisted in going on the stage and
singing her part in "Ernani," notwith.
standing her physicians advised her not
to. On New Years she was taken
alarmingly i'll, and conference of ply,
sicians was ordered. From that time
she has grown worse until Monday
morning, when she died. She leaves
an estate of 100000
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
BAD OUTLOOK.
Grave Fears of Another Flood at Wheel.
ing, W. Va.

iIS, W. W.
It rained all day at Wheeling, w. Va,
Thursday, on top of two feet of snow,
and the water is running down the
streets and cutters, increasing in
volume every hour Reports from
points above and from the headwatcrs
of the Monongahela, as well as from
other West Virginia streams that empty
into or contribute to the Ohio, are to the
effect that the snow is going off
rapidly, and the mountain
streams are becoming torrents.
Wheeling people are fearful
lest they will be called upon to expert
ence similar flood to that of 1854, and
are prepared for the worst. The news
from above is of the most alarming
character, The river is rising rapidly
at the rate of a half foot per hour.
People living in the lower part of
Wheeling were anxious Thursday night,
and the 1000 residents of Wheeling
Island are thoroughly alarmed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Gold Discovered In Illinois,

For some time past syndicate oi
Danyille citizens has been quietly secur'
ing options on real estate fronting the
north fork of the Vcrmillion river, IN
Blount Township, Ill. 1t has just leaked
out that gold has been discovered IN
paying quantities in the sands In 'h0
creek bottom
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
The Steamer E. W, Cole Sink /,

The steamboat Il. W. Cole, while en-
route from Donaldsonville to New Or
leans, and landing ut Welham planta-
ton, seventy miles above New Orleans,
at midnight Wednesday night, struck
an unknown snag, which tore a large
hole in the bottom Of the boat. The
vessel careened on her larboard side
and sank in twenty-eight feet of water
"a total loss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
ssxau children Burned 70 Death.

Scott Thompson, a negro living . nea.
Bayboro, Pamlico County n: ", wen, ls
to church, accompanied by his wife and :,
Oldest child, leaving in his house nvc ,.' Oh
his children and two grandchllur.h,
whose ages ranged from u few months ~
70 fifteen years. During the services a'
the church Thompson's house took iir0
and all seven of the children were o"rn'
ed to death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
FROM MILES TO SCHOFIELD.
One Soldier Killed and Six and an Officer
Wounded on White CLAW Creek


Wounded on White Clay Creek.
General Schofeld has received two
kilograms from General Miles in regard
to the Indian troubles. The first,
duied Pine Ridge, January 8, is as fol.
lows: Colonel Forsythe reports, under
date of I'd instant, the following casual
ties in slSirmish with hostiles, on White
Clay Creek, S. d., near this agency, on
December 80: Killed-Private Do.
min NJ. Tranceschech, Troop G..
Seventh Cavalry. Wounded: First
Lieutenant j. d. Mann, Seventh Caval.
ry. Privates NJ. c. Hillock and Wm. s.
fitzpatrick, Troop b, Seventh Cavalry.
1rivate Peter Clausen, TroopC Private
Wm. Kern, Troop d. Farrier Richard
]. Nolan, Troop /. First Sergeant
Theodore Rainer, Troop X, Seventh
Cavalry. The other telegram bore tho
same date, and gave the list of killed
and wounded in the Wounded Knee
fight of December 30. The list does not
differ from that already given.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Twalya Minars Killati.

Eleven or twelve men were killed in
the Utica Mine, Angels camp, near
San Andreas, CAL, Monday. A load of
men were being lowered on skip, and
when about $50 feet from the surface
the rope broke, precipitating all dis
tancc of 450 feet to the bottom of the
shaft.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Riotous Hungarians.

The strike of the Hungarian furnace
men at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works
at Braddock, Pa, resulted in a serious
riot Thursday afternoon, in which four
men were seriously hurt and dozen
others were battered and bruised Five
of the rioters were Jailed, and more
trouble is feared.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
TOUCHED OFF.
Six Lads Fool With a Bung-Hole and Arc
Knocked silly.

Knocked silly.
While a number of boys of ages rang.
ing from ten to fifteen years. were play.
ing about a lot of empty naphtha bar
rcls in foundry building attached to
the Stoddard manufacturing estab-
lishment, at Dayton, O., Sunday,
one of the number threw a light
ed match into the bung-hole OF
barrel. Instantly an explosion fol-
lowed, and barrels and boys scattered
with equal swiftness about the build
ing. -Four of the youngsters were
knocked senseless and two severely
bruised about the face and breast. 1t
is supposed that small quantity of
naphtha was contained in the barrel in
which the torch was applied.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

Information received at Knoxville,
Tenn, from Giadesvilie, Southwestern
Virginia, is that at n shooting match
there Saturday several prominent resi-
dents of that section, while intoxicated,
became involved in ight -Four Of
them were instantly killed,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
A M,n,ster Hangs Himself.

Rev. Purmelles Reynolds, u promi'
nent Baptist preacher Of Lawreneev'i,e, ~ !,
Ca, crazed by excessive study Oh ,ne
Scriptures, committed suicide Ihursaay
morning by hanging himself from the
rafters Of his stable.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Rat Poison In Pumpkin Pies.

A special to the Dispatch from
Luray, Va, says the family OF Benla-
min Sours were poisoned by eating
pumpkin pies which were supposed 10
contain rat poison. Mrs. Sours ana one
child died, and the others are danger
ously ill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
oBrien Can Have the leadership.

1t is reported that at conference be-
tween O'Brien and Parnell, Parnell
made the offer to retire till the next
general election for Parliament, if
O'Bricn would take the leadership and
use it under Parnclls advice. Parnell
also informed O'Brien that If he would
do this the sentence of imprisonment
against him (O'Brien) would be an
nulp1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Practical Joksrs Poisoned.

Near Albany, Ca, Richard Reid and
another negro known rs Bill, stole and
ate some food belonging to Joe Moore,
also colorcd, and then, laughingly, told
him OF the joke they had played on him.
Moore put strychnine on some fish and
cooked it, and at his invitation the other
two fcastcd on it. They are dead, and
Moore hns Nrh.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Ia England Bu,lving the United statesq

Lord Salisbury is reported to have
sent assurances to Ottawa that there Is
no change in the status of the Behring
Sea question, and will not be until the
United States consents to arbitration;
that in the meantime British subjects
will continue 10 be protected in lawful
nnrsnits
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
A ATraaaursr who stols.

Charles Willis, for fifteen years Treas
urer Of the stockbridge Mass Savings
Bank, Is a dcfaultcr to the extent OF
$4,000 or more. The stealing has been
carried on with regularity for twelve or
thirteen years, small amounts being
taken at time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

DR. Bors, of Kaschau, hungary, has
discovered a remarkable cure for diph-
,heria, He has been using IT in his pri.
vnte practice for some time, and rcporta
that only two and a half per cent os
Me eases treated prove fatal.