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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
A RAID.
Three Suspects Captured by Officers
After Desperate Effort.
To Murder Their Pursuers-Thcy Were
Given Preliminary Hearing and
Bound Over to Court-There Is
Wild Talk OF Iynching Them.

HUNTINGTON, Ind, June 1.-THE
burglaries in Huntington grew SC
numerous of late that the chief of police
finally decided to make determined
effort to put a stop to them. Chief
Crandall gathered posse of fifteen
trusty men, heavily armed, and started
on the hunt about o'clock Thurday
night.
They went first to the railroad yards,
Jim Purvance saw three tramps al an
East Market ystreet saloon whom he
suspected OF being the right ones, and
when Dillon, Brinneman, and Dimond
arrived he was told two of the fellows
had gone into the yards near the freight
| house.
| The officers and citizens started to
make search for them, but the tramps
had disappeared, When the posse
reached the point where Foust street is
| supposed to cross the railroad switches,
they saw two men seated upon some
timbers. Thinking they We're not
the tramrs who were being sought
for, they were passed by, jim
Purvance going in one direction
and Dillon, Brinneman and Dimond in
another Suddenly Dillon exclaimed:
81 guess I'll see what these fellows are
doing here lie whistled, and the rest
of the party started toward the men.
When they stepped up to them the men
broke to run. Dillon seized one by the
coat and jerlled him to a halt. The
fellow drew a revolver and quick as
wink had it pointed in Dillon's face.
Three times the trigger was pulled, but
the cartridges did not explode
The other man started down the
track toward the cattle pens, shooting
at his pursuers as he went Dillon's
man finally broke away and also start
ed in the same direction, but his part
ner then left the track, ran across an
open field and escaped The posse then
turned their attention to the man who
had broken away from Dillon. He ran,
firing as he ran. After an exciting
chase he was surrounded and captured
He was searched, but no revolver
could be found, While Sheriff Wintrode
brought the prisoner down to Jail. the
Others searched for the gun. The pris-
oncr had also thrown away a watch,
because part Of gold chain was still
hanging to his vest button hole, show
ing that he had jerked the watch chain
IN two, After some search the revolver
was found upon the sand-board of a
freight ear, where he had placed it in
passing. Dillon took charge of the re-
volyer a thirty-eight calliber Smith e
WesSon, which still contained the three
cartridges that the fellow snapped in
Dillon's face, They bore the marks of
the hammer.
Later in the night two more men were
found hiding in an ice-house. They
We're arrested after desperate struggle
and landed in Jail.
Friday afternoon they were all given
n preliminary hearing and bound over
to court under bond of 5000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
IN SPITE OF THE TARIFF,


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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

aged for long time. At the time OF
his death he was serving his third term
as president of the body to which he
has given so much of his time and at
tcntion.
Col. Folks home was at Raleigh. n.
c. He leaves a wife and three chill.
dren,
Col Polk was of great value to his
party as stump speaker and was an
able writer on topics of particular in.
terest to the farmer The peoples party
Will meet in convention in Omaha. July
I, and the probability is that if Col.
Folk had survived be would have been
nominated for president or vice presi-
dent if the party should have decided to
put ticket in the field.
RALEIGH. y. C., June l3.-Tle re.
mains of Col l.. l.. Polk, who died in
Washington Saturday were Inferred in
oakWood cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Among those present were GOV. Holt
and all the state officers, members Of
the supreme court officers Of the State
Alliance, and Grand Sire RuiNcc. of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge of odd Fellows.
The services were conducted by Revs.
Drs. ). W. Carter, f. l., Skinner and j.
j. Hall.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
SHOT DOWN..
Colored Man Ia Filled Full OF Bullets
For Crimlnally Assaulting n white Wom-
an at Guthrie, Oklahoma.

A Colored Man Ia Filled Full OF Bullets
For CrimInally Asssulting White Won.
an at Guthrie, Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, Ok, June l3.-There was
great excitement in this city Sunday
night, occasioned by two criminal as
saults by colored men upon white wom-
en- Sunday. A colored lad named Holey
assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore, the wife
of a freighter, who was away from
home at the time. He was arrested and
mob surrounded the Jail, threatening
to lynch him
The colored men of the town claimed
that Holley was innocent, although he
had confessed his guilt to the sheriff,
and race war seemed imminent for
time. There was much angry talk.
Judge" Perkins, a colored lawyer,
being spokesman for the colored men.
During the excitement he said: Let
the whites harm that man and the
town will be in ashes before morning
The sheriff smugglcd the prisoner
from the Jail and took him to Wichita,
Kan, for safc-keeping. The second
outrage was that made upon the wife
of James Genken, who is the engineer
of the electric plant, by an unknown
colored man, who escaped. A posse,
headed by Genken, started on his trail,
determined to lynch him if they cap.
tured him.
The colored people say that the state.
ment was circulated by the whites SO
that the colored people would dispense
and give the whites free field for a
lynching. A great mob of colorcd peo-
pie Sunday night surrounded the Jail. |
The colored people have sent couriers
to Langston City, the colored colony,
ten miles distant, with the report that |
the whites are about to lynch an limo.
cent colorcd man, and many colored |
people are tlocking here determined to |
protect the object of the white VEN
gcance.
Many of the colored men are armed |
and hundreds of whites are carving |
Winchesters and rcvolvers. The police
have been largely reinforced. Intense
'NNi''h'Nht prevails anu any lhNlgnlH-
cant encounter between u black and a
white may lead to race war
MIDNIGHT $685. Information has Just
reached the sheriff here that Coleman.
who outraged Mrs, Genllcn, was over
taken by the posse at . o'clock Sunday
night, six miles south of town, and was
shot to death.
This news has greatly intensified the
excitement and the colorcd people are
threatening violence. The officers have
been aware of the lynching for some
hours and began disarming the colored
men before it became generally known,
anticipating that the news would drive
the coIored people into a frenzy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
Hill Not Ont.

Troy N, y, June 1.-THE Troy Press
FRIDAY afternoon prints an interview
with Hon Edward Murphy in denial of
the published statement that Senator
llill had written letter authorizing the
withdrawal of his name from all further
consideration by the democracy, state
and national, whenever in the opinion
and discretion of Richard Croker. Hugh
Mclaughlin, Edward Murphy, ir and
W. f. sheehan such step should be
taken.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

There Is apparently an error in the
cost of living for families engaged in
the American wooden industry, Us their
expenses are doubtless about as great
as for those engaged in cotton manu-
featuring The net results Of the cot.
ton trade are however interesting The
surplus earnings in the United States
are Si7 per year; in Great Britain, S5l;
in Germany, $40; in France, S32, and in
Switzerland, sill 1t is also worthy Of
note that in this industry the annual
amount spent per family for amusc.
mcHts is 1895 in the United States;
Sl6,O2 in France; Slo,33 in Grl many, and
$3.50? in Great Britain, and that the
British cotton operative spends moro
for Intoxicating liquors than any other.
So far as the cotton trade is concerned,
the net results are more favorable to
operatives il Great Britain than to those
.of any other country, fact supported
by the light immigration of that class
to this country N. Y. Daily CONNER.
cial Bulletin, May II, ls92,
And yet our high tariff neighbors will
60 right on telling us about the high
wages and other blessings of high
tariffs, All of the countries mentioned,
except Great Britain. are protected
by tariffs and yet Great Britain Is mu II
better off, than any other country, with
the exception Of the United States, and
this country is really no exception be-
cause it IS the biggest free trade conn.
try or section ON the globe, Between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the
gulf and the lakes is carried on the
great77t FREE commerce known to his
tory. The people Of Maine and of Cali,
fornia can trad with each utA ~ with
out paying tribute to anybody Billions
of dollars worth Of goods cross ourstato
lines without being oycrhaulcd and
taxed by custom, collectors If conti-
mental Europe would free herself Of the
numerous tariff walls that annoy and
oh'truct trade between her little coun-
tries, the people there would make as
good showing as does Great Britain
now. But the road TO commercial free
dom, like the road out of human slavery,
Is long one and can not be travelled in |
u day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
SMALLPOX PROCLAMATION
Illinois Health Authorities Thoroughly
Aroused Over the Outlook.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 13.-The
threatened epidemic of smallpox has
called forth from DR.. f. W. Reilly, sec.
rotary of the state board of health.
IA proclamation enioining upon all
municipal authorities and local boards
of health the urgent necessity of
steps to secure the vaccination of all
over whom they have authority. The
proclamation also appeals to the press
to help in having the ideas it contains
carried out. In enforcing the claim for
cooperation with the state board if
adds; Seven cases of smallpox in one
Iowa town, upward of eighty cases in
ONO and West Virginia towns and
recent cases in Michigan and other
neighboring States, as well as two
recent eases in Chicago, clearly indicate
that this loathsome disease again
threatens Illinois after ten years of al.
most complete freedom from its ray.
ages
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

a MUSICAL watch about the size of an
egg is now exhibited in st. PETERSBURG.
which peforms a religious chant with
scenic accompaniment. Within is a
representation of Christ with the Roman
sentineIs. On pressing a spring the
stone rolls from the tomb, the sentincls
fall down, the angels appear, and the
molly women enter the sepulchrc. and
the same chant which is sung in the
Greek church on Easter eve is actually
performed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

"A FRENCH aper reports that the mi-
crophone has been successfully used in
st. Petersburg in case ofsuspcudrd ami
nation, where the patient was given
up for dead As last resort the phy-
slcian applied mierophone to the re-
gion of the heart, and was enabled by
TINS instrument to hear faint beating,
which proved that life was not cxtin t.
EVERY thing was done to rcsusritatc
the patient, who shortly afterwards re-
covered consciousness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

A NICE trick has been played upon
Boston. On the granite tablets placed
IN one corner of its splendid new public
library building series of names of
men of ancient fame has been chiselad
lhoy are good names though oddly
grouped Some one has just discovered
that they form an acrostic snailino h.
name of the firm of architects who
planned the building, The trustee,
Will have them erased and the names
used ID their chronological order
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
CROP REPORT.
Agricultural Department Gives out H.
t'resting lniormation.-S Per Cent
age OF Area Compared with the Acreage
Last Wear.

Agricultural Department Gives ont Ia
tcresting Iniormution.-Stut Per Cent
age of Area Compared with the Acreage
Last Wear.
WASHINGTON. June THE state per-
centages of area, in comparison With
the actural acreage of last year. are AS
follows; Virginia %, North Carolina Is,
South Carolina ST, Georgia 81, Florida
81, Alabama 81, Mississippi s.. Louisi-
ana 50, Texas 50, Arkansas s.. Tonnes
see s.. Average, $50.
Returns Of statistical CORRESPONDENTS
OF the department of agriculture report
cotton planting late, termination re-
tarded 10y low temperature and slow
development Of the plant In the entire
cotton belt temperature of the p1st
three months is reported below nlrmal
in some districts two to three degrees
below.
Rainfall has also been reported below
norma on the Atlantic coast, while
generally in excess in the Ms,i,sipp
valley, both conditions cooperating
with low temperatures to retard
growth. Many correspondents of the
Atlantic section report a poor Stand.
Average conditl-n "a cotton in the CON
solidation Of rerorts IS SO. This is
the lowest averaSe, with one exception.
since 1874.
The state AVERAGES ere as follows:
Virginia 70, North roma IS. South
Carolina 81, Georgia ST. Flcr,da 50.
Alahama 81, Mississippi . Louisiana
y, Texas 81, Arkansas15, Tennessee 90.
The reduction OF ar, Fl 10 floods re
sulting from river ovcrNows, csrccially
OF the Mississippi and its tr br.aries.
mas been heavy. The reagc of cotton
mas been materially reduced. On the
first of May, while planting was pro-
'r'sSlng' our correspondents reported
III intention to reduce acreage ls.G Der
'ent The present report of completed
acreage makes the reduction 1873 per
cent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

bUzzAED'S Bay Mass, June l3.-"I
nave nothing to say concerning Presi.
dent Harrison denominations" was all
mat eN-Presidcnt Cleveland would say
10 the reporter who brought him the
news Mr. Cleveland is suffering con-
slderaoly from rheumatism, and has
neen ever since he arrived here Moth
ing would induce him to talk about fine
Harrison nomination or about any
political subject
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

The Canadian government is t.viDe,
experiments on an extensive scale in
the cultivation of trees. At the Cen.
lral farm, near Ottawa, the seeds of
Rocky mouRtain and European conifers
nave been literally sown, and
IN 1891 10000 seedlings were
transplanted from the beds to be
distributed later on to branch
farms and private experimcnters, who
are to send careful reports of progress.
twenty-five gardens along the main
line ofthe Canadian Pacific railway have
been supplied from the experimental
farms.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
President Carnot Insulted

PARIS, June l3-As President Carnot
was leaving Longchamps, between
double lines of troops and police, three
well dressed men hooted at him. shout.
ing, "Nooden-hcad,' and giving utter
ances to other abuse. They spoke with
a foreign accent. Before they could
be arrested the crowd had nearly
lVnched them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

The six giant spruce trees which have
been sent from the Mooschead lake re-
Rlon to Chicago, to be used as pillars in
the Maine building at the fair, will give
visitors a better idea of Mainc's timber
resources than would an equal number
OF pines, for, although the old title Of
Pine Tree State will always cling to
her it is really misnomcr, Maine be-
ing much more of spruce tree state
than ANYTHING else.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
ANOTHER JACK,


LONDON, June 1.-THE poisoning of
the unfortunate girls, Shrivcll and
Marsh, is assuming an international as
pect 1t is claimed that the alleged
murderer, whose name is not given.
formerly resided in the United States,
and committed or attempted similar
crimes in Brooklyn. If current
reports are true, he must be
sort of Jack the Ripper, with the ex-
ception that he used poison instead of
the knife. 1t is asserted that the Lon.
don and New York police have been in
communication on the subject of the
alleged ticnd, and that the New York
police have given important informa.
ton TO the London authorities. The
police still withhold the name of the
accused, and until it is revealed there
Will be somepublic doubt rs to whether
they have such man. 1t is posi-.
lively asserted, however, that they
have, and that the evidence will con.
wet him of having administered strvch-
nine to the Stanford street girls. with
the object Of causing their death. Had
the poison worked a little more quickly.
the girls would not have lived lonr
enough TO make the revelation which
leaves no doubt that a double murder
was committed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
CULTIVATE AT WEST POINT.
"fluck" Was One of His Commencement
Day Topics.

'"' ''p''N'
WEST POINT, n. Y, June 18.-The
graduation exercises at the Military
academy took place Saturday. Con.
gresham Joseph II, Cultivate, of Ohio,
delivered the first address before the
students in Armory hall He said in
part; Even the exercise of unhag.
glng determination, persistent applica.
ton and dauntless courage does not
always win promotion. But in the
future will be many opportunities for
those who have fallen below the average
to retrieve the past and possibly out.
strip your more houored companions of
to-day. zone thing that is cultivated
here among You cadets is of great value
to its possessor; 1t is what men com.
monty call pluck Its lessons
are not generally found in the
books nor taught by the professors.
You need not be told how they are
learned; you give yourself those les.
sons With the true soldier, the great.
CT his peril the stronger his pluck; with
II deep sense of responsibility, his de.
termination and resultant energy some.
times stays the hand of death itself,
sometimes the enthusiasm of success is
Just as potent, but there is pluck also"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
A Grip-Ridden Suicide

McLouTH, Kan, June lS.--Miss Mary
Wllletts, the 23.year-old daughter of
John F, Willetts, national lecturer of the
alliance and chairman of the last Kansas
house of representatives, committed
suicide by drowning, in a horse pond
near her home. She had been suffering
FOR some time from mental alteration
resultant from grip.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

A WRITER in the Arena thinks the
most serious defect in our public school
saystem is 1.-THE overwhelming prcpon-
derance of womcn's influence" in teach
ing He Is not opposed to women
teaching, but insists that in order to
secure symmetrical development there
should be much larger proportion of
male teachers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
a, ---s----
hDW's This ,IniIin,a,

/ ne idea that wages are high in nro
'ecleo industries because the tariff on.
"oies manufacturers to obtain LARGE
proitS, is one of the worst fallacics cnn.
nected with the whole tariff discussion
employers do not raise wapes mnrol,.
peeaasc profits are large. WAGES ara
not increased, except in rare eases
through the generosity of EMPLOYERS
out through the pressing demands oi
laborers, Every laborer knows and
every journalist and statesman ought ~
Know that wages in protected indus.
tries are governed by the same pripcin,e
as those IN non-protected industries
The truth is, IA protective tariff
aoes not affect wages in any such man.
ner' wages are not determined Nv in.
nuehees That operate upon the emnlov.
erS prolitS, but by those which atyoe,
Inc lahorcrs social life and character +"
---ueorge Gunton, at Protective TARIFF
League Dinner, April 30, 1Sgl "' III
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18
A Week Withont yy..a.

TUCSON, A. H., June III. A. Van
Horne, who was lost on the desert s;vtr
miles west of Tucson, was brought in
mere. lie had been eight days without
water and subsisted on the cacti of the
desert and some canned fruit he found
near by two skeletons of human beings
When found he was in helpless condi.
,lon' Ills tale of suffering is one Of
horror. VI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

CREMATION is gaining greatly in pop
ularity in the continent of Europe, cspl-
cially in France. During last year ). al
bodies were crematcd in France; and
the second big crcmatory in the Gene
terry of Perc la Chaisc has had to be en-
iarged. Three new crcmatories were
opened IN Germany during 1891, and
Italy now has twenty-five, several of
them perambulating affairs, moving
from place to place.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

BETWEEN the immigration of Cana
uians and the desire of city folks to get
summer country place the "aban-
doned farms are more active than any
other kind of real estate in New Eng.
land. The French Canadians are said
to be particularly expert in finding ont
the merits of what the natives consider
too poor farm to yield a living.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

AN Astoria fisherman has tame sea
lion which follows his boat as dor
trots behind its master He brouoht
up baby sea lion in net one dav dur.
ing the fishing season, and the helpless
little creature bleated so plaintively
that he took it ashore and cared for il
All through the winter he fed it and if
became greatly attached to him. This
season the sea lion has accompanied
MN very frequently. 1t swims asterr
OF the boat and takes lively interest
IN the fishing. When the net is hauled
IN the queer pet comes alongside and
parks in its strange way until it gets
an allowance of the fish.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

The peach crop of the Michigan lake
shore fruit belt will require millions Of
baskets this season, and the present
outlook is that the growers will be able
to purchase them at about half the usu.
al prices Several of the largest manu-
facturers are at war and the price ha,
already declined to SIS per thousand for
"hfths, which TO the deludcd buyers
OF fruit means peek basket.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-18

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE trial of Alder.
men VIM. j. O'Brien, Nicholas ]. Gre.
mer, Patrick j. German, John Dormon
ihllip jackson and Stephen Goslin,
charged with boodling in connection
with the granting of franchises to the
railroads and other corporations, ended
Friday, the court instructing the jury
to bring in verdict of acquittal.