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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
MRS. OsBORNES TRIAL.
Charge of Theft Abandoned, but She Is Re-
arrested, Charged with Perjury.

aFFestets tuaESeu WIN
LONDON, Feb 6.-Mrs Florence Ethel
Osborne, who voluntarily surrendered
herself to the police Thursday to an
swer to the charges made against her
in connection with the theft and sale
of quantity of valuable jewelry be-
longing to Mrs. Ilargrave, formerly an
intimate friend of the accused, was
formally arraigned before Lord Mayor
Evans Friday morning
The lord mayor held his court in the
old council chamber in the Guild hall
The court room can accommodate only
.wo hundred persons, and the crowd
anxious to listen TO the proceedings and
to watch the fair defendant was
so large that it was found necessary
to detail an extra force of police to
keep some sort Of order among the
crowding, pushing throng of people who
RigAArightfully be termed mob A
double row OF policemen lined the lob
bies adjacent to the court room and
tney had their hands full for long
time before the doors of the chamber
were opened When finally the ingress
was thrown open the little room speed
lily filed.
sympathy was expressed on all sides
I for Capt Osborne, the husband OF the
unfortunate lady, who has stood nobly
beside his wife through evil report and
when he knew beyond doubt that she
had committed the crime that has
brought such heavy disgrace to himself
and to her.
At 1880 o'clock, after the usual form
alities had been complied with, the
court was declared opened, and the
formal charge against Mrs, Osborne, of
obtaining money under false prctenses,
by representing herself as the rightful
owner of the jewelry she sold to
Messrs Sphinx & Son, was read.
Hon. Mr.. Cutfe, representing the
treasury. said they had no evidence to
offer against the prisoner, whereupon
Lord Mayor Evans promptly discharged
Mrs. Osborne.
Detectives at once stepped to the
committeeman and again placed Mrs.
Osborne under arrest on Il charge of
perjury for testifying in the libel suit
brought by her against Mrs. Ilar-
grave, that she was entirely inno-
cent of the theft, and knew moth
ing whatever about the missing jew
elry.
She was at once taken to the Bow
street police court, where at o'clock
she was placed in the dock and a for
NAL charge made against her Capt
Osborn went with her to the police
court and placed himself just below
her. ready to render her any assistance
that might be necessary.
The police testified to the arrest of
Mrs Osborne at Dover, and the magis.
trate then remanded her for week
| Bail was offered, but refused.
Mrs Osborne was then removed to
Holloway jail Capt. Osborne accom-
panied her to prison.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
SHANTY-BOAT BLOOD.
Two Murdered and Seven Others Wounded
A Fatal Array at Point Pleasant West

Two Murdered and Seven Others Wounded
A Fatal Array at Point Pleasant West
virginia.
POINT PLEASANT, W. Va, Feb. o.
A disreputable boat house near here,
kept by woman named Morgan. was
the scene of bloody affray. Six men
were carousing at the place when Chas.
Knapp and John Casey became involv-
ed in quarrel over an inmate of the
house named Ora Clark. Casey stabbed
Knapp four times with a knife. Then
the entire party, four women and
SIX men, became in free fight, knives
and pistols being freely used. When
the combatants were separated it was
found that Casey had been mortaily
wounded ty stab wounds inflicted by
the Clark woman, and Luther Knapp,
brother OF Charles, had received knife
and pistol wounds which will likely
prove fatal. John Burke was shot
through the arm. All the others, ex-
cept the Clark woman, were wounded
more or less severely. Ora Clark
escaped unhurt All are under arrest.
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Reform in Congressional Funerals,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-It is quite
likely that there will be some very in
tcresting discussions in congress before
this season is ended over the absurd
and extravagant extent in which money
is expended in providing for the inter-
mcnt of u deceased member of the
house or senate. This is a delicate
subject, and as rule members do not
like to appear penurious by objecting
to any bills which are presented for
funeral expenses; but lately there have
been some wonderful discrepancies in
these bills, and the house committee
on accounts and senate committee on
contingent expenses can not quite un-
derstand why they should exist
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
THE MEMPHIS TRAGEDY.
Miss johnson win BE Tried at Once and
the True Facts Disclosed.

Miss johnson win lie Tried at Once and
the True Facts Disclosed.
MEMPHIS, Feb S-Contrary s. to gen.
eral expectation, that some weeks
would elapse before either Miss Mitch.
ell or Miss Lille Johnson would be
tried for the killing OF Miss Freda
Ward, the attorneys for Miss johnson
will apply for writ Of habeas corpus,
with the view of having her
released on bail. The plea of present
insanity" which has been entered in
the case of Miss Mitchell, will not come
up for hearing for several weeks. Tho
efforts to release Miss Johnson on bond
will no doubt bring out all the facts of
the killing and every incident leading
up to the tragedy. Col. George CAN'T
and Mr.. NJ. Il. Patterson are counsel
for Miss johnson.
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JAMES G. BLAINE
D ,clines to be a Candidate for the
Presidency.
no Reason Given for Taking the Step
There Is No Mistake About 1t
Being OAiclai-it is "A Complete
Surprise to His Friends.


WASHINGTON, Feb. S-The following
letter from Hon. James g. Blaine ex-
plains itself .,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1892.
''ion. j. S. Clarkson, Chairman OF the
Republican National Committee;
"My Dear Sir--I am not a candidate
for the presidency, and my name will
not 70 before the Republican National
convention for the nomination. lmake
this announcement in due sea-
son. 70 those who have, ten.
dered me their support owe sin.
cere thanks, and am most grateful for
their confidence They will, am sure,
make earnest effort In the approaching
contest, which is rendered especially
important by reason of the industrial
and financial policies Of the govern
ment being at stake. The popular
decision on these issues is OF great mo-
ment, and will be of far-reaching con-
sequence. Very sincerely yours,
JAMES q. BLAINE"
Nothing so sensational has occurred
in many years in American politics as
the giving out at a late hour Sunday
evening of Mr. Blaine's letter taking
himself out of the candidacy for the
presidency. Such an expression has
long been looked for. 1t has been
well understood that Mr. Blaine
had other objects in view than candi-
dacy for the presidency. But such has
been the love and devotion to him from
all parts of the country that his friends
were very reluctant to consider him
| finally and forever out of the chance to
be the president of the country, and
put his name in the list of the great
men who have presided over the des'
TIMES of the American republic from
| Washington to Harrison.
Mr.. Blaine's letter is calculated to
take him finally out of the contest 1t
is in the same line with his Florence
letter and his dispatches from Scotland,
which were read in the Chicago con.
vention by Capt Boutelle. Within
twenty-four hours preceding the ap-
pearance of the letter, Mr. Blaine's
most intimate friends, in conversation
with him, received no intimaton OF
what he must have already determined
| unpp
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
WAGES IN OHIO.
Statistics of the Greatest Interest just
Made Public.


Made Public.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 9.-Returns re-
ceived by State Commissioner OF Labor
Statistics John Mcbride from 1876 of
the largestu and most important in
dustrial establishments in the state
of Ohio show the following results:
The cost Of materials, sl2l, $50, sl6,
added to SIS, $40, 794 the amount paid in
wages and salaries, makes sl75, S7l,ol0,
the entire cost of production; this de-
Quoted from S2l0 72O, 1872 or the whole
value of product, leaves net profit of
S35, $40, 1872, or 24.5 per cent OF sliS,.
sO2, Oil, the whole capital invested.
The capital invested equals 81, S65,22
per employe. BY deducting the cost of
materials from the value OF product,
the balance is the combined earnings
of capital and labor, of which labor
receives % per cent, and capital
SO. II per cent Labor here includes
wage-earners and salaried officialsl. OF
the sl75,S7l,6 ,6lO entering into the cost of
production. so SO per cent was paid in
salaries and wages. and the balance,
60. AZ per cent was paid for materials
The total number of employees draw
ing S53,54O, ga in wages and salaries is
for l05, 3SS OF this number 6,0T6 are
managers, book-keepers, statesmen and
clerks drawing in the aggregate So
s3S, ass, an average salary OF sl,ls+ 66
each. Deductng 6,076 from los, 1888 and
Sc. s33, ass from $50, 540,79 there are
90 257 wage carners receiving SAG, 7O7,-
S36, or an average of S47oo o5 each per
annum. Dividing the number Of days
worked during the year by the number
of employees, gives working year OF
294 days, which at S47O.O5 per year
gives an average daily wages Of 81. SO.
The average number of hours worked
per day is 81. This gives an average
hourly wages OF 10 8 cents
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
TRAlNMEN KILLED.


Three Meet Death in a Collision Be-
tween Passenger and Stock Trans-No
Passengers Injured.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. S.-A disastrous
and fatal wreck occurred on the Chicago
and Alton road early Sunday morning.
As o result three men were killed and
a considerable amount of property was
destroyed.
The limited passenger train No. 52,
from Chicago, bound for Kansas City,
left Centralia at o clock Sunday morn
ing behind time. Before reaching Lar.
aEee, five miles west of Centralia, the
train had attained speed OF forty-fve
miles an hour At Larabee the switch
of siding had been left open and the
passenger train dashed through it and
into n stock train that was standing on
the siding.
The presence of mind of the engineer
doubtless saved the lives of many pas
sengers. When the train passed the
switch he put on the air brake, and be-
fore the engine crashed into the stock
train the speed of the passenger train
had been very materially reduced. The
two engines came together with such
force that they were wedged tight
ly together. The mail and bag
gage cars were derailed, but were
not wrecked Two of the stock
ears, loaded with cattle, were de-
molished, cattle and many OF the were
killed. The fireman and engineer of
the stock train were instantly killed,
and the fireman OF the passenger train
was SO severely injured that he died
within an hour. The baggageman OF
the passenger train had his arm broken,
and the engineer of the passenger sus-
tanned 4 dislocation of the left knee.
Not passenger received so much as a
scratch. The names of the dead and
injured trainmcn are as follows:
Ollie Eliston, of Roodhouse, Ill, en-
gineer of freight.
Thomas Hindman, OF Roodhouse.
ILL.,, fireman of freight.
John w. Kclleher, of Kansas City,
Mo-, fireman of passenger train.
The injured are:
Charles Adelman, engineer of the pas
scnger train. leg broken.
John o. Day, baggageman, arm
| broken
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
PITY for the German Private.

BERLIN, Feb 6.-The order issued by
Prince George, Of Saxony, as inspector
general of the German army and COM
mander of the Twelfth army corps,
calling upon the officers of that corps to
stop the inhuman treatment practiced
upon the privates 10y non-commls'
stoned officers, is very likely to re-
suit in the amelioration of the con-
dition of the privates of the whole
army and to free them from the brutal
tyranny of low grade officers. The
matter was discussed Friday by the
budget committee of the reichstag ana
it was resolved to favor greater pub
licity in the proceedings of military
tribunals and the punishment ordered
by those courts
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
A nritish Opinion of BIaine's Letter.

LONDON, Feb. 9.-The Globe, in COM
menting on Mr. Blaine's letter in which
he declares that he is not a candidate
for the presidential nomination, attrib-
butes his withdrawal to the knowledge
that he would not be successful, and
that his course in the Chilian
affair has destroyed his whole
foreign policy so far as the American
continent is concerned. 1t adds; ITO
pretend that there is any regret felt in
England because OF Mr.. Blaine's fail
ure would be absurd lie is the enemy
of our friends and the friend OF our
enemies lie has never disguised his
wish to annoy England"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb 9.-Justice James,
of the superior court OF the district Of
Columbia, Monday morning, delivered
the opinion of the court in the silver
brick case. The petition of Merrick,
Morse and others for mandamas to
compel the secretary of the treasury to
receive and coin into dollars silver
brick rendered him by the petitioners
was denied. Chief Justice Bingham
dissented from some Of the views of
the majority, but agreed with them up
on the main question.
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A CONFEDERATION.


Loss Nearly a Million Doilavs.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 9-Thc worst
fire Memphis has ever had was raging
Monday night 1t started between Q
and 10 o'clock in the Bruce Beine Hat
Co S store, and with a strong south
wind quickly spread to Levy's trunk
factory, and from there to Leuhrman's
hotel and saloon, on the corner OF Main
and Monroe streets Then the wind
changed and blew stiffly from the
north. The fire then spread along the
entire block south from the Bruce
Beine Co, and in succession took the
Langstaff Hardware Co, Rosin &
Hurst, auctioneers; Lemon & Gale,
wholesale dry goods: II. Welter Manu-
featuring Co, wholesale stores; VIM
Jack e. Co, Wholesale and retail queens
ware, and the Gotthelf Jewelry Go.
Then, going west from Leuhrman's,
it communicated to Charles Meyer
saloon and the Ruby saloon, on Mon-
roe street, then west from Welter's it
| jumped an alley and spread to Jones,
Kuhn d Co.'S printing house, and has
just envelopcd the Lilly Carriage Co.
All the buildings except the last
named are entirely consumed, and Main
street is block of dc bris, and fallen
poles and wires. The fire spread to
! Second and Union streets, and attacked
.he Colt Manufacturing Co, but was
| subdued in that direction. The Pea
body hotel and the l.. g. N. +, L, office
and the Armstrong Furniture Co S
store were saved only by the walls of
the Leuhrman hotel falling
The Leuhrnyan was one of the finest
equipped hotels for men only in the
south, and the loss on it is over 500, 600
The burned block was in the heart of
the city extending from Monroe to
Union, and was occupied only by first.
class houses. The loss will foot up
fully $3.50, 000 and may reach 81, 900, 900.
The telephone, electric light and street
railway companies will lose heavily by
damage from falling walls to their polls
and wires.
Soon after 12 o'clock there was an ex-
plosion in Wilkinsons drug store, and
the flames then spread to the rear OF
W. S. Bruce & IS carriage building,
and consumed the Latty Carriage Co S
plant and Brumers stable Then the
wind, rising again, it spread on the
north side OF Union street, and Sey.
fourth's barber shop and B. McMahon's
tailor shop were completely gutted.
Nashville and Little Rock have beer
asked to send engines, but it will be
eight hours before they arrive. BY
that time the fire will have spent itself
unless it spreads TO the east side of Sec
ond street, on the east, and the soutl
side of Union street, in which case tht
block containing the Cole Manufactur
ing Co, the Commercial newspaper an'
other large concerns will go, and there
is no telling where it will stop.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
ALonlsiana Comnrnmise.

New ORLEANS, Feb. 9-The regular
democratic executive committee, of
which s. D. McEnery is the nominee
for governor, Monday suggested to the
anti-lottery democratic committee
which nominated NJ. J. Foster for the
same office. that in order to harmon.
izc the democratic party and prevent
the state falling into the hands OF the
republicans, both factions take down
their candidates and hold third state
convention, in which oil the democratic
voters take part to nominate new
ticket No answer has yet been re-
turned to that proposition Of compro'
mise
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AN AWFUL DEATH.


A Louisville Tobacco Dealer Mecto It
While Sleeping Over His Private Office.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. Ga disas.
trous fire broke out at o'clock Friday
morning IN the Office of the Central
Tobacco warehouse of Edwards, Bar
nard & Co.. on Main street near Tenth.
Mr.. w. S. Edwards, a senior member of
the firm, was burned to death. He
was asleep in his room at the time, and
it is supposed that he never awoke.
His dead body was found at s o'clock
after the fire had consumed everything,
leaving only the blacllened walls. The
loss to the building and contents is esti.
mated at $4,000; fully insured. Mr..
Edwards was So years old and unmar-
ried. He has for years had his sleeping
apartments over the Office He
was widely known throughout the state
and very wealthy. The cause of the
fire is supposed to have been incen-
diary. Friday morning about II o'clock,
Officer Tate was walking about the
ruins, and against the rear wall he
found bundle of rags and kindling
thoroughly saturated with coal oil and
tied together. In the ruins he found
portions of another and similar bundle,
which makes it almost a certainty that
the conflagration was carefully planned
by an incendary. Murder and robbery
are suspected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
Clsan Sweep at Bangor.

BANGOR, Me, Feb. a-It is stated
that the grand jury, which is in session,
has indicted every rumseller in the city.
There are over 200 of them, and 1t is
expected thai there will be general
exodus of such tradesmen to avoid APP
pcarAnce at court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
Big Whisky Sale,

LEXINGTON, Ky, Feb, "a whisky
deal involving 81, ZOO, 900 has just been
effected here. The New York firm OF
Krauss, Hart, Felbel & Co. have
bought of James +. Pepper, 100000
cases OF his old whisky, to be delivered
in five years, or thirty thousand cases
a year This is said to be the largest
sale OF case goods ever made.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13

MONTICELLO, Ark, Feb a-Monday
morning, as Chloe Wright, the fourteen
year.old daughter of Jackson Wright.
living near Wilmar. was gong to school,
she was overtaken by a eolored man
named Henry Beavers. choked to in
sensibility and most foully outraged.
when the little girl had recovered suf
ficiently she dragged herself home, and
the whole neighborhood started in pur-
suit OF the villain. who was found in
hiding. lie was taken. to Wilmar and
swung up TO limb and his body riddled
with bullets. The little girl Is in '
preearious condition.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
what ohio's Election Cost,

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 9.-The secretary
of state has received from the several
county auditors the figures showing the
expenses incurred in the state at the
election held in November under the
new ballot law, which are as follows;
Cost of booths, SIS, 500 A.; cost of print
ing, SIS, l2O A.; salaries, judges and
clerks, S64 6S7 90: other expenses lin
cluding salaries of county boards) $751;
OSl 81. Total, eos 4S6 So
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
Proposed Monument to Perry

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Senator Brice
introduced a bill providing for the erec-
ton of monument at Put-in-Bay COM
memorative of Commodore O. ii. Perry
and those who participated in the naval
battle on Lake Erie on the 10th of De-
cember, 1918, The bill appropriates
Sl0O, 900 for the purpose, to be expend'
ed under the direction of the secretary
of the navy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
A NeW Star Discovered.

Mr.. HAMILTON Cal, Feb. Slick
observatory has been notified by tele-
graph of the discovery of II new star
near Aurigae, The new discovery is of
the fifth magnitude, and therefore
easily visible to the naked eye. 1t has
a spectrum with bright lines. Owing
10 stormy weather the star has not
been seen at Mt Hamilton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
Tho Pope a Sovereign.

PARIS, Feb. Sin the case of the dis
puted right of the late Marquise Plessis
to make the pope her universal legatee,
the court decided that, in spite of the
events of 1870 and the abolition OF
temporal power, the pope is sovereign
and is entitled to inherit property in
France like other sovereigns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
Juvenile Murder.

BRApyvILLE, Tenn, Feb. 6-Britton
Williams, the fourteen-year-old son OK
Deputy Sheriff ]. w. Williams, was
stabbed in the bowels by his playmate
Willie Bryan, causing his death in a
few minutes. Pcyan is Rritton's senior
bv only veal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
COLLISION AT SEA.

a steamer Strikes u Schooner and tho
Latter Goes Down With Three of Her
Men.
Woops HoLL, Mass, Feb. s.--The
steamer City of Savannah, from l'os-
ton, for Savannah, with merchandise
and passengers, and the schooner Lucy
Jones, of and from New York, for
Buckport, Me-, cargo birthstone, col
lided near Cross Rip Lightship. The
Lucy Jones sank Immediately. At the
time of the collision one
man was asleep on the fore
castle, and the remainder of the
crew were on deck. The man on the
forecastlc saved himself by climting
into the Savannah's forechains when
she struck, The remaining men, con.
ssting of Mate Harry West, the stew.
ard, Albert Johnson, and seaman
Thompson, were washed overheard and
drowned The rescued men were
brought here at daylight Friday morn.
inr
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Gov. Thayer Let's Go.

OMAHA, Feb Sunday night at 10
o'clock a letter was handed to Gov.
Boyd from Gov. Thayer in which
the letter states that he cheer
fully yields the Office of governor with.
out awaiting the mandate of court.
'As am about to leave the state on
Monday to bo absent some weeks, II
would be most convenient to turn the
office 70 you at . o'clock of that day II
II is your pleasure to accept the same
at that time" writes Thayer GOV.
Boyd s,aseukihat he worid - +,
once 10 Lincoln and take ella ,s''a. h.
s'iica
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LONDON, FeG 5.-Mrs. Florence
Ethel Osborne, for whose arrest on u
charge of perjury, warrant is in the
hands of the police, and who, it is an
nounccd, is about to return from Irun,
in, Spain, to surrender to the authori-
ties, is taking the step entirely of her
own volition. She says she does
not want to inflict any further ruin on
her husband, Capt. Osborne, who, un-
less she came back and answered the
charge against her, would be compelled
to leave the army.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13
Didn't Know IL Was Loaded.

XENIA, O., Feb. s.-As the young
lady clerks in Killers were examining
what they took to be toy pistol, but
which proved to be small revolver,
loaded, they began playing with it and
one of them, Miss Pearl Raynor, pointed
the weapon at Miss Maud Yeo, her
companion, saying: "Tll shoot you.
The revolver went of, the ball lodging
in Miss Yeo's cheek. The young lady
staggered against one of the counters
and came near falling. A surgeon was
called and probed for the ball but
could not find it The injury is rather
bad, but no serious results are antici-
patp1
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Another Pugilist D sad.

Sr. PAUL Feb. 5.-Dennis Killen, the
well-known Pugilist, died at the ST.
Paul city hospital Thursday. He was
es wears OF uge a native OF Phliadei-
phia, and a brother OF Pat killen, VINO
aied of erysipelas in Chicago last fall
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-13

WELLsroN, O., Feb. a-Col. Chas C.
James has been rendered the warden
ship Of the Ohio penitentiary by Gov.
Mckinley. The colonel will accept and
is ready to step in as soon as Mr. Dyer
steps down and out.