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NKw Yonx. Nov. 28 The hrst atep n
The direction 81 protesting our Anneri-
can rights and commercial Interos(s on
Che Iathn11s Of fanama has been taken.
An actIon was InatItuted n tho supreme
court Of the state Of New York BY the
Pacific Mall 6teemship "a ageinst tie
Penama Railroad Co., ~ which - m
junction was granted by Judge Iruax
restraining tho railway company from
IN any manner, directly o. indirectly
concerning itself o. conducting any
servlce whatsoever by vessel II whatzo-
over manner propellod. from any port Y
my ono or more of the other ports VI
Ing bet~e8n tho ports of Panama nnc
6ceraloo and inclusive o< <he Iast-
7 a "A ~ ~ 4'Isl cInl <r3uIn'
Ing lt from entering into ady &9rcc-
ment or understanding with the Ga
Sud Americana de Vapores or any com
pany or with the owner OF any vessel
looking TO the employment OF any vessel
for the transportation OF goods, pas
sengers, mail or otherwise, between the
ports OF Panama and Acapulco and In
elusive OF said last mentioned ports, OF
for the performance OF any business
that may affect the Central American
line between Panama on the south and
Acapulco on the North Pacific ocean
The complaint which demands : per
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IMMENSE SCHEMES.
Railways to he Built to Develop Pro
ties IN wyoming.

Railways to BE Built to Develop Proper
ties IN Wyoming.
CHICAGO, Nov. %. --Ex-Gov. Campbell,
OF Ohio; VIM. Allen, r. j. Deanne, Ar
thur B. Townsend, George Greene, all
of New York city; John Weir, of Wyo-
ming. and Chas. j. Barnes, OF Chicago,
Sunday formed themselves into COM
pany, with capital of $1,000, 900, for
the development of vast quantity Of
property in various portions OF Wyo-
ming. The object of the company as de-
clared by the agreement and articles OF
Incorporation, are to build two railroads
to develop the soda lakes, which are
owned by Mr.. Weir, and are producing
every kind of soda for which use can be
found; the irrigation of sixty thousand
acres of land; the opening up of ten
thousand acres of coal and six thousand
acres of iron land. One railroad,
of which survey has already
been made, will run from Caspar
to Hanna, distance Of 129 miles
Its course will be through the
valley of the Sweetwater. The other
road will run from Johnston to the
crossing of the Northern Pacific and
the Big Horn river, distance of three
hundred miles The land to be irrigat-
ed is CONTIGUOUS to Johnston. The coal
and iron lands are in the Seminole val
ley, west of the Platte river. The whole
cost involved will be about $4,000, 600
at the lowest possible estimate. The
smaller railroad will be finished in
y 49,
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<<<EE| Wo4h. Nov. %. 1.-THE 0ver
44< hound trnIn "a the Northern
.1'<|1 <14LToad was held up Thursday
.1'u< near Hot ep<In1a by thres
n4n< WHO ro1ted ~ a Che
4 P&nsenecra in fhe Pullman sleeper
11@uo 1Ix ID al
arst mau met v4s h Miller
Portland Qre', who w1s A tae
ne coInrektu,ent iIe wns -
.e1 81 @lo az|d 4 gold watch. and then
2I1 ~ na<ch n ahead of the ropbers,
o'e1 he did One Of The h|ghwayzncn
snz e the extromo end Of the csr.
N We either stood gu1rd AZ The Avor
fs entered
xero dressed II dark clothes,
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Against Railroad wreckers.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 2s-The first OF
q series of bills presented by Represen-
tative Bacon. Of Bib county, directed
at wreclers of railroad companies,
passed the house Of representa-
tives Friday afternoon by vote
of 3lb to nothing. The bill passed
Friday will prevent the consolidation
OF stock in the hands OF few people
who would place the same in trust COM
panies or corporations to be held prac-
tically in perpetuity.
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a MOUNTED HIoHwAYMAs;.


He Doesn't stop 81 Civilians. But Ttobs
Even Little Children and PoIicouop.
CHIcAGo, Nov 90 Tho mounted
highwayman who created trouble at
the north end Of the city last week has
transferred himself to Clyde, Berwyn
and Riverside suburbs, in the south
western part Of Chicago Ont there
the lone bandit has taken com
pfete possession Of the roads, and
poverty smites every man who
meets him. Monday the police met
him, and he robbed the police. Monday
morning he met . ten-year-old boy, and
made him give up ifty cents. Then he
came in contact with another boy, who
did not have cent, and he allowed this
youngster to 40 after turning his pock-
cts inside ont. Next J. NJ. Meyers, Of
the town Of Lyons, paid two dollars for
the privilege to keep on living. Fred
ericl Sellers and Frederick Grow, Of
Riverside. drove up behind e
horscman whom they had never
seen before. and it cost them
$3.50. The robber wheeled his horse
across the road in front OF them, and
enn}pelled them 10 give UP what they
had by threatening them with q ~
volver. John Keefe. policeman, and
William Ryan, were the next to meet
trouble Ryan lost s1.6o, but he would
have lost more If he had had it Keefe
had no money, but he lost his revolver
and his reputation, which was all he
carried with him at the time.
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American Gold Movements.

LONDON, Nov. 30 The gold move.
ments in New York engage the atten-
tion of the Haute Finance in London,
Paris and Vienna. The impending
American consignments for London are
attributed partly to the continuous
large sales of American railroad securi-
ties on English account and partly to
the absorption of gold by Austria in
connection with the conversion of cur
rency now in progress in that country.
Since November II the Austro-Hunga-
rian bank has purchased $4,000, 900
worth of gold, chiefly in the open mar
lref in london
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

CoNeREss, at its last session, voted
an appropriation to tho Worlds fair.
1t directed that the appropriation
should be paid in money made especial
ly for this purpose, and should be COM
posed Of FIVE millions Of silver half dol
lars, TO be coined at the mint. with a
special design that should commemo-
rate the four hundrcdth anniversary Of
the discovery Of America by Columbus.
The worlds fair authorities are now
about to receive these coins from the
q. s. mint which are offered for sale
TO the people at the uniform price of 81
each. The advance demand has been
great.
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A CAREFUL estimate Of the aggregate
wheat crop Of Great Britain fixes the
amount at only 56,OOo,00o bushels, and
1t Is claimed that the $4,000 people
Of the United Kingdom consume on an
average six bushels per capita per an
mum. This makes necessary for the an
nual supply not much less than $50, 000.-
900 bushels A shortage at once be-
comes apparent Of not less than 1885,
600, 900 bushels. If the grain houses OF
the United Kingdom do not contain this
supply then 1t is evident that the Brit
ishers must look TO this side Of the At
lsntic for bread.
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OFFICERS MURDERERs.

The slayers Of Revenue Onicials Demur
to Being Tried by the United States.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 29.-The y.
s. court was in session Monday, Judge
L. M. Key presiding. The most inter-
esting matter that came up was the case
of A. j. Patrick, Morgan Petty, James
Epps and Nash j. Cooper, charged with
the murderof Revenue officers Spurrier,
Cardwell and Mather, in Lincoln coun-
ty, six weeks ago. An indictment was
found by the federal grand jury against
the four men for murder in the first de-
gree. The case came up Monday in the
shape of demurrer, the ground being
that the U. s. court had no right to try
a prisoner for murder when the offense
was committed at point In the juris-
diction of the state. ]. H. Holmes, OF
Fayetteville, made the argument In
favor OF the demurrer. District Attorney
Ruhm resisted the demurrer, and cited
authorities showing that the federal
courts could try for murder when fed
,ral officer was killed in the discharge
of his official duty. Judge Key reserved
his decision till Tuesday
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TYPHOID FEVER.
The Terrible Plague Still Raging
in St. Louis.
There Are Now Nearly Thirteen Hun
dred People Down With It.
The New Cases Number Two Hundred .
Day-The Death Rate Small, However,
Considering the Number OF Cases
River Water Not Responsible.

ST. Louis. Nov. 29.-The epidemic OF
typhoid fever continues to spread
Over 800 new cases were reported by the
board Of health Monday. This makes
nearly 1900 new cases reported since
last Monday. The disease first made
its appearance about October /. For
several days the number Of cases was
small, running from Is to 20 through
the month and up to about Wednesday
week ago, when we had that big
rain. After that the cases grew rapidly.
jumping from Is and 20 TO 40 and SO 3
day, and then to 100, $50, and now over
200 day
During October there were, on .
rough estimate, not over 261 cases.
During the first week Of November
there were SO cases, the second week
OF cases, the third week 245 cases, and
last week there were $50 cases. The
increase per day for the last six days
has been about as follows: Monday.
150; Tuesday, ITO; Wednesday, 1877.
Thursday, l04; Friday, 1874; Saturday,
215. Last week there were 35
deaths from typhoid fever, and
the week before 10. The death
rate, it will be seen, is quite small,
when the large number of cases is
considered. The disease has made its
appearance in almost every part of the
city, but has spread most rapidly, and
It's attacks have been more severe in the
eastern half Of the city lying between
Jefferson avenue and the river. All the
local physicians for some time believed
that the cause of the epidemic
was the Mississippi river, and the
majority of the inhabitants of
the city have been boiling their ia
vorite beverage before using for drink
ing or culinary purposes. But Monday
City Chemist Sullivan concluded an
analysis OF the river water, on which he
has been at work for over a week, and
his report was submitted to the board
of health Monday afternoon In this
report Mr.. Sullivan declares the river
water not guilty. He states that
his examination has utterly failed
to find the bacillus typhoid@"
existing in the water supply of St
Louis, and that the water is COM
paratively free from any germ life that
might threaten the health of the city.
1t is recognized fact that water used
for drinking purposes may contain up
to per cent Of organic matter with
out being dangerous to health, and
DR.. Sullivan's report will show that
St Louis water supply reveals a
much lower percentage of organic
he nho tfco fof 1fxx.tt ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

WARRINGTON, Nov 29.-The court OF
claims gave decision favorable to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Co. in its suit
against the United States to recover
sl7s,5s3 additional compensation for the
conveyance from October 8, 1875, to
September 26, 1885, of mails From San
Francisco to New Zealand, New South
Wales, Queensland and victoria-oth-
erwise the Australian Colonies" upon
the ground that the company has not
been paid the full sea postage on the
letters, and has been paid nothing on
the other articles contained in the mails
referred to-
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His Prayer Answered.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. ss.-Egbert
Wheeler, coal merchant of the suburb
OF Armourdale. died very suddenly Sat
urday at his home. Since the death OF
his little daughter two weeks ago, Mr..
Wheeler has been very melancholy,
and has prayed every day since that he
might join her. Before retiring he
read chapter from the Bible, and
kneeling at the bedside prayed again,
expressing desire to be with the child.
Saturday morning he was found desd.
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Saved nv = Parrot.

New YoRK. Nov. 28.-The St Mich.
olas Park hotel, at One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street and Bradhurst avenue,
was destroyed by fire, early Friday
morning. Rosa Ranbuhler, servant,
was burned to death. A parrot gave
the alarm by screaming. A policeman
responded and awoke the sleeping In
mates, who might have been cremated
but for the parrots timely warning.
The loss was s25, 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

DAVENPORT, Ia, Nov. 20. The line Of
defense of Geo. ]. Bagley, who robbed
the United States Express Co. of $780,
600, is tolerably certain to be insanity.
Judge Rotherock, of the Iowa supreme
court, has set that movement well on
foot, attorneys are collecting all pos
sible evidence in that direction. Bag
ley was to have been called to plead
Monday, but this has been deferred till
Thursdav
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

IF the decision of NJ Ricard, the
French minister Of justice, to prosecute
the directors Of the Panama Canal Co.
is carried out says the New York Sun,
we shall witness one Of the most MEM
orable criminal trials Of the century.
Not only are the fraudulent transac-
tions which are to be investigated Of
extraordinary magnitude. but the list
Of persons threatened with arrest in
cludes some names of remarkable dis
Ainction
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

BRussELs, Nov 2e.--The Interna-
tional Monetary conference resumed its
sittings Friday morning. Senator
william q. Allison and Senator John F.
Jones set forth the American sugges-
tions, basing them on c general view Of
the monetary situation Ia the United
States and Ia the countries represented
IN the conference The greatest secrecy
Is In the meantime observed concerning
the American proposals. M. Monde
fore Levi, the president OF the confer
ence. objects positively to anything In
regard to them being published. Mr.
Alfred de Rothschild will submit sug-
reAt,ons ON behalf OF Great Britain.
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Double Traeody.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Nov. 20. "A pc
culiar tragedy occurred at Summerville,
Ga, Sunday evening. A young man
named Wooten, son Of q prominent citi-
zen. became engaged In quarrel with q
colored man and struck him over the
head with shotgun. The weapon was
discharged, striking Wooten In tho
chest, killing him instantly. The skull
of the colored man was fractured and
he will die
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

IT has been urged by some practical
electricians that It will be next to inn.
possible for the projectors OF the Mag
ara Falls electric plant to deliver suf-
ficient power through 900 miles of wire
-hetwesn Niagara Falls and Chicago to
run the Worlds fair, that the resistance
on the wire would prove too great. They
claim that the number Of volts In being
urged through an electric wire decrease
as the square Of the distance Increases
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. sS--Secrc-
tary OF State Chism has received tho
official vote OF every county In the state
except Mississippi county. The total
vote for president was as follows;
Cleveland, s7,057; Harrison, 1885;
Weaver, 1881; Bidwell. 1870. Cleve-
lands majority over all, s7,ba7. Missis-
sippi. county's vote will increase clcve-
lands majority TO %, 600.
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In the Nick Of Time.

PIT. PLEASANT. w. Va, Nov. 2e.--L
L. Gibbs. prominent citizen here,
whose mind has been wandering for
some weeks, was found lying across the
railroad track on the outskirts of town.
He had been out In the cold all night
His skull was injured, and he was un-
conscious. He was found just in time
10 save him from being run over by
the morning train. His recovery is
doubtful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

PRoT. L. F. BLAKE, of the university
OF Kansas, In an article ON Safety
from Electricity" says: For buildings
In cities, except churches and other
high structures, rods, think, are un-
necessary. Lightning seldom strikes in
the cities compared with the country,
ono reason being that the many electric
wires-telephone and telegraph and
electric light-are really safeguards
A building is safer with such wires over
It than without In the country, how.
ever. buildings may need protection"
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BACK OF THE FooTLIonTs.

THE Greek stage had three doors, ono
In the center, the royal door, being foI
the principal characters
TEE pIaywrights Of the last two cen
turies usually received dedication fee
from the nobleman to whom the play
was dedicated
SIN EDWIN ARNoLD has written play
illustrating the home life and character
ietic traits Of Japanese woman, emit
tied "Tho Story Of Adzama." He do
clarea that Japan hus developed tn,
hIgheat. pureat and most remarkable
typc Of womnnhood.
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DietI IN the Penitentiarv,

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 2s. james ]. Har-
Ian, United States prisoner from Okla
homa. serving two years for perjury.
died in the Ohio penitentiary Saturday
morning Of hemiplegiA he was 50
years Of age. and came Of prominent
family. He was nephew Of the late
United States Senator james Harlan, Of
Iowa, and cousin of tho wife of Min
lister Robert Lincoln. He Is said also IA
be one of two heirs to an estate Of 800.
900. He leaves wife, Nottie, and two
children living In Oklahoma
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

InpfANAroLis. Ind, Nov 90 George
Southland, prosperous farmer Of JAS
per county, met death under very pc
culinr circumstances A religious sect
which believes that the exercise Of suiii-
sient faith win enable the believer to
perform miracles, flourlshen IN certain
pnrts Of that county Southland became
1 fanatic Of The new belief, and recent
" picked up rnttlesnnlfe, under the
eupposition thav his abiding and per
nintent fnitn would protect him irom
any possible injury. The yenomoup
reptile BIT him ia tho arm, and. ni'er
suffering the most friRhtinl agonlea hp
tiod. rnvlnp Ike mnuiae
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Along DIstance Hace.

DEADwooD. s. D., Nov. 20. The cow
boys OF Nebraska and Dakota met ct
Chadron and organized long distance
race. After much delibcration 1t
was billed that tho race would be
run from Chadron, Neb, 70 the
Nebraska state building at the Words
fair grounds. The prize is to be 81, 900
and gold medal. Nearly 800 entries
will be made. Bronchos will be the
animals ridden The race win begin
Nav Is.
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Boys KIIied by an Electric Car,

CINCINNATI, Nov 2s.--Albert Hart,
Joseph Wright and August Sauer, age
about IA years, Monday evening were
returning from work. They sstole" a
ride on drag" wagon. In crossing
Elm street at Fifteenth the wagon was
run into by Colerain avenue electric
train. Wright and Sauer were killed
instantly. Hart escaped with bruises.
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Professor OF Latin.

PErERsBURe. Va. Nov. 90. Capt
VIM. Gordon McCabe, principal Of the
University School Of Petersburg, has
been appointed by the president-elect
Of Harvard university one Of ten lead
irg Latinists Of this country to pre-
scribe q proper course and methods for
the study Of the Latin language in the
TJnifod Sfafoa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

PARIS, Nov. 29.-The French cabinet
resigned Monday and their resignation
was accepted. The crisis was the re-
suit of the Panama canal affair. A
deputy raised the question of the death
of Baron Remach's death and intimated
that it was sham and the coffin was
empty. He demanded post-mortem
which was refused by the government
by a vote of 204 to 2l9.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03
rndiana's omolai Figures.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 20. The official
vote OF the state cast at the recent cleo
tion shows total Of SOL, 0sS ballots
cast. Cleveland's plurality Is s,sss The
official returns also show that Cleve-
land led Matthews. for governor, s,2ei
votes, and Harrison led Chase 2Sa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

CAIRO. H., Nov. 26.-Ransom Samp-
son, employed as captain Of the harbor
boat here, and his wife were shot by a
woman named May Sims, at the Plant
ers' house. at II o'clock Friday morn
ing. After shooting Sampson and his
wife, the woman shot herself through
the head. Sampson is dead, and his
wife can not live The Sims woman
will also die. The tragedy is due to the
jealousy of May Sims, who is said TO
have formerly been SIMPSONS mistress.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03
Hunting Columbus IselIcs.

WARRINGTON, Nov. 20. The secretary
Of state has received the report of Mr..
VIM. e. Curtis. who has recently re-
turned from his mission to Spain and
Italy in search of Columbus relics and
as an attache to the United States COM
mission to the Madrid Historical exposi-
ton. He says the exposition was pure
ly historical and that the greater part
Of the exhibits will be transferred to
Chicago next spring and will furnish
one Of the most attractive and import
ant features of the Worlds Columbian
exposition.
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ADVANCE, KY, Nov ps Howard
Sanders. well-hnown young man Of
this place. was cowhided in front Of the
church. Sunday morning by Miss Sadie
Curry. an accomplished young lady, the
belle Of the village Sanders had been
circulating evil stories about the young
lndv
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

An inmate Of an Armenian convent
In Jerusalem died a short time ago at
the age of lis years. The official an
nouncement of her death includes tho
remarkable statement that she entered
the convent at the age of seventeen,
and from that time until her decease, .
period of ninety-eight years, was never
outside the convent walls
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

THE most curious character on the
Island OF Borneo is the white sultan or
rajah OF Sarawalk. He is an Engllsh-
man, Sir Charles Brooke. and the United
States IL the only nation that recognizes
his sovereignty. He rules over part
of Borneo as large as Ireland and his
subjects pay tribute to him in rice.
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Murder and ProbabIe I,vnchIno.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 25. -tieo.
Lawson, white, was murdered at South
Pittsburgh Thursday night by three
Negroes All three were captured and
have confessed. A mob is forming and
the prisoners will surely be lynched un-
less the authorities succeed in getting
them out of the county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-12-03

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Nov 29.-Oficer
Michael Kelly, Of the police force, re.
ceived a message Monday evening sum
moning him to the bedside Of his
brother, John Kelly, at Francisco, Ind.
The only particulars learned were that
Monday afternoon, Louis Watkins,
a colored man, and John Kelly fought
duel with repeating shotguns. Kelly's
gun missed fire, and Watkins fred load
of buckshot into Kelly's bowels Both
men were drinking. The wounded man
can not recover
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ohlo rrohihltIon vote.

CoLUMBUs, o., Nov. 26.-The official
count of the prohibition vote has just
been completed. 1t shows an increase
of 1850 compared with the vote fc
governor in 1891. In that year the pro.
hibition candidate polled 20, 100, while
the vote this year is 25,849 The peo-
ple's party vote shows decrease Of s.
SEA The total peoples party vote in
1891 was ss,%79, while this year it ID
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Russia ProRressine.

81. PETERSBURG. Nov. 2e.-The czaz
has nominated the czarewich to be
president Of the Russian state council.
and this is hailed as a sign that the
car desires to infuse more liberal
spirit into his administration. No'im-
mediate change In methods is possible,
however, as the president Of the Holy
Synod, who is q religious fanatic, Is
vics-president of the council. But under
:he presidency of the czarewich the
repression o. the Jews and Catholics
viii eventually be relaxed.