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DOOLEYS NOVEL BET.

y nott'c Of Nhisl<y That Ills Compan-
ions could Not Make Him Mad nooley
Woo.
SAN Francisco, Jan, 3.--Two Potrero
factory hands named Big Barney and
Dooley found a congenial way of de-
ciding Il novel wager, They were drink
ing together in a saloon about 10 o'clock
in the morning, when Daoley Glanced
to remark that he did not think any
thing on earth would make him mad, y
The challenge was Immediately taken
up by his friend, who offered to make
him angry before G o'clock that evening,
A wager of n bottle Of whisky was
agreed upon and Barney was allowed
every assistance.
Barney Immediately went off ant
collected some choice spirits, who
seized Doolcy and dragged him along
Kentucky street by the heels. Now
the Potrcro is the dirtiest place i'm
aginable in wet weather, and after hall
an hour OF 30 of this Dooley was u sight
to sec.
Are We mad now, Dooley?' sait
Barney.
"Diyil bit
They then proceeded to knock Doolcy
about and thump him but he hit back
in vigorous style and gave as good as he
got, still with the same imperturablc
su,iln on his face
A rest of half an hour was taken fol
refreshments, after which Barney ant
his assistants diyested the unfortunate
Dooley of part of his clothing and re
peated the mud-rolling process. They
even poured siush down the inside o.
his clothing, ,ut nothing they could dc
induced Dooley to cry Hold, enough!
or even show signs Of anger at his tor
mentors. Finally about 3 o'clock, The
iokers were thoroughly exhausted ane
gave up the task in despair, leaving The
triumphant Dooley in high spirits a
having passed through the ordeal an'
won his bottle OF whisky.
The Potrero police were fully aware
of the strange wager and the mcan'
taken to decide it, but did not interfere
merely keeping their eyes open to se'
that no trouble ensued.
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THE CHOLERA.
Timely Suggestions From DR.. G. O.
Probst, State Secretary.
Quarantine at seaboardi Quarantine al
State Tine; Prompt Action by Local
Authorities When the Disease Ar
rives and Preparation Urged.

Corl,uYrs. O.. Dec. 31.-The snnua,
report of the state board of health wa.
filed with GOV MCKINLEY Friday NV
the secretary DR. c. 0. Probst Ths
secretary saws that the best medical
authorities confidently expect that chol.
era will make its reaplearance in Amer.
ica with the arnroach of summer. Dr.
Probst is Of the opinion that Europs
will hereafter he constantly menaced
by the cholera, and its visits which
heretofore have been by the decade will
become annual.
For protection against the threatened
epidemic of cholera. Pr. Rrobst cite.
four methods, viz: Quarantine at sea.
bos1d; quarantine at state line; promp,
action by local authorities when the
disease actually reaches a community.
and municipal preparation in advance.
The report declares our seaboarti quar-
antine is sadly inadequate. The danger
of cholera entering by the way Of Can.
ada and Mexico, whose governments
are verv careless about such matters, il
forcib}v presented.
Vigilance and prompt action on the
part OF the local authorities in each
municipality, Dr. Probst SAYS. il the
best security against cholera the state
can have, but in many of the towns oi
over 500 inhabitants the health boards
are inactive and practically worthless
IN e l,a .-tt i'm t,, th n,
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DR.. MCGLYNN.
Secret of His Excommunication
Made Public.
1t Was For Contumacy in Not An.
swering a Summons to Rome.
lie teHt Letter of Explanation to the
Popc, Tut 1t Was Destroyed by High
icc!cSiastic-tEar.ss Stiil Hang
Over the Doeror's Head.

NEW lonE, Jan. 8. The charges still
hang over the head OF Dr. McGlynn,
but IT is extremely doubtful If they
Will ever be pushed The case will
probably never be rc-opened. Dr. Me-
tiynn was communicated for ''con-
tumac2' in not having gone to Rome
when summoned by the pope to answer
the charges against him by Archbishop
Corrigan, He was excommunicated be.
cause u letter which he dispatched to the
pope after receiving the cable egram from
him, ordering him to Rome within forty
days, was suppressed before It reached
It's destination An occlesiastic who
occupies q high position in this arch-
diocese and who is close friend of DR.
McGlynn, made public Monday the
above facts regarding Mgr. Satoli's
settlement Of the case, and told an in
teresting story regarding the suppress
sion of the doctors letter. He declared
that the letter had been burned by u
nigh eccIesiastic,' into whose hands it
was given TO be be transmitted to the
pope, Had this letter reached the
pope, it was said, DR.. McGiynn would
not have been communicated. The
doctor did not know that his letter had
miscarriei and was surprised at the
end OF forty days to find himself ex.
communicated, The pope did not learn
until long after the doctor had been
eXcommunicated that he had sent let
ter to him When he did find it out he
had Cardinal Smeoni write to the Rev
Burtsell, DR., McGlynns counsel, a
letter in which he stated in specific
terms that had the letter been received
tho scandal" would have beon ayerted
Dir. McGlynn, when he found out
that his former letter had
miscarried, did not write another
because he considered the sup.
pressing of it, and his eXcommunca-
ton an added insult, and never asked
for reconsideration Of his case Ii has
been held in allegiance ever sidce. The
charges viii lapse and remain in the
archives unless Dr. Mctlynn should
strive to have the case reopencd in or.
der to regain bis place in st, Stephens.
But he does not care to become pastor
OF st. Stephens again.
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LOUISVILLE BURGLARS,
TO Destroy the EyideHce Of Their Guilt
Cau,e il Large Loss of Property.

To Destroy the E''denc' Of Their Guilt
''o'e Large LOSS o' fropot'F'
,, "'' 10 '''.' ny 'a'' o. 0V'i'e'A
V''e cr''ne ol loone'S '"e even eienVef
cii'i'e VI 'i!cei'oi"lIslii was eo,'i''i!''uu @ os
ooio uay i'3'U 'u'8i"re ou.'"s "'S
.FIea 10 cover up '.el' u d lo" nun
,,'e" 'o','a > "ol' ''' " sUo'1 y 'e.V'-s
llIe 10 Too'ooo worm VI nam 9'ree'
property causing loss "a sl''0oo' ! "e
victims were H. parllh6h""n va
inc "lioles"le poo' an" Snoe
ueaIefS ile Plaoo was o'S'
coVere" Oh hFe l"'c oupo'S "i 'pAiiooi''
ana oouole alarm was 'u'i'eu III a'
once as 'he mouse Is III one Vi 'Llc oeS,
business p%IocAS % IN inc cry ~ ''ao
go'teh such Il heaoMoy ue1ofc 'ic ar
rival OF the engines 'nat ~ seelneu lot
Time as II the eh'ire Oul'olhe "o"lo "
destroyed lie ehIlfe upper part oi
the house was deslroyeo' ana 'He s'och
on the lower hoorS was oe'ugeu WIN
water IN an houf thc hFo was Bo''el
uilNNt 'o4iLp p''tS Noiitio'' "A'N -" "a y N'''
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KILLED BY THIEVES.
A New YORK Widows Throat Cut From
Ear to Ear.

A New York Widows Throat Cut From
lar to Ear.
New YORK, Dec. 81. Some time dur
ing Thursday night thieves killed Mrs.
Annette Ahcrn, in her home at 424 West
tifty-fourth street.
Her throat was cut from ear to ear
with her own bread-knife When her
body was found Friday the blood
stained knife was discovered beside it
Mrs. Anern was widow. She owned
the house in which she lived. She
owned another in Brooklyn 1t wa,
her habit TO collect the rents OF both
houses.
The confusion in which her room was
found indicates clearly that robbery
was the motive of the person or person
who killed the woman. The door to
her rooms had been broken in. Every
place where money might be concealed
had been gone over thoroughly
Whether the thieves killed the old
woman in their rage, or whether they
killed her after they had secured tho
money or when she made struggle are
still questions
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ACQUITTED.
Famous Briggs Trial Ends in Victory
for Defendant
The Alleged Heretle Receives Majority
Vote Oh Eacii OF the Six COuats-
Ar Appeal Hil! Eo akrn, 1t ID
said, by the Prosecution.

Nlw YORK, Dec 3i.-The session OF
the New York presbytery, which il
sitting as q court on the trial of Prof.
Briggs, was begun promptly at o'clock
Friday afternoon.
The calling Of the roll was proceeded
with. There were forty moro names to
be called, and each member was allowed
three minutes in which to express his
views.
The voting on the first charge was
begun at o'clock, and the vote on the
sixth charge was completed and the
Pre$bytcry adjourned shortly bcfore 6
o'clock The result OF the several bal
lots was then announced to the report
ers The result was q great surprise,
for on all the six counts the vote was
adverse to sustaining the charges.
On the first charge, accusing Prof.
Briggs with teaching that the reason Is
a source OF divine authority the vote
was as follows: 70 sustain the charge,
go; against sustaining the charge, Is.
On the second charge, which accuses
Prof. Briggs with teaching that the
church is a source OF divine authority.
there were IS votes cast in favor OF sus-
taining the charge and II against
The closest vote was on the third
charge, that Prof. Briggs taught that
the Scriptures contained errors OF his
tory and fact. On this charge the vote
was as follows: 70 sustain the charge,
81; against, GS After this vote had
; been taken two or three OF the anti.
. Briggs men left the court, and others
refrained from voting on the last thros
charges.
On the fourth charge, accusing Prot.
Briggs with teaching that Moses was
not the author OF the Pentateuch, the
result was: To sustain the charge, 5S;
against, n.
! The vote on the fifth charge, accusing
Prof. Briggs with teaching that Isaiah
did not write many OF the chapters in
I the book bearing his name was: In
favor OF sustaining the charge, 49i
against, 70.
The vote on the sixth charge, acaus-
ing Prof. Briggs of teaching that
sanctifcation progressive after death.
was as follows: To sustain the charge,
81; against, 90.
The case will be appealed to the ger
eral assembly, which will meet Ia
Washington carly in the spring. The
assembly will appoint a commission OF
fourteen unprecedented members to act
on the appeal.
The friends of Dr. Briggs were great
" pleased with the result. They had
calculated on Il majority ranging from
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THE REPUBLICS ENEMIES.
"e,'er organized Than They We're some
lime aSo-Aovements OF French Of
Gcerg,

"ettet ofSnnlzcd Than They We're Som.
Time ASo-Moyements OF French or
iicers.
PARls, Jan. B. The strength of the
many sections of the party of disorder
may not be much greater than it was
month ago. Probably it is not even
as great. Panama scandals do not
breed dynamiters all at once, What
makes agitation now formidable. so far
It's 1t is formidable, is--frst, fresh
opportunity, and, second, a better or
ganlzation. Ministers must be well
aware Of both Both are of public
knowledge, and it is certain that the
ponce knew far more than tho public,
and knows some things to which the
llVellest efforts of the most imaginative
journals have not attained.
The committee Of public safety. as if
alarmed by the general adoption of so
omlnous a name, has re-christened it.
self the Commission of Eleven and
envelops its present proceedings in
mystery AL that is really known is
that it holds daily meetings and that
It's members are not agreed There is
a party which would for the present do
nothing but organize the eighty sec
tions. There is another, which insists
on the demonstration against the cham
bor on the 10th Of January.
Citizen Pemiea who is violent If not
influential, declares his programme to
be something more than demonstra-
tion. He is for tho dissolution of
parliament by the people. In his mouth
"the people means what it has meant
in the mouth of every French
demagogue since 1792-the mob, any
mob that can be brought together
at a given moment under the
lead Of any handful Of scoun-
drels or fanatics Such mob
is only to be dreaded when it
collects suddenly or when the rule OF
terror is stabiished The authorities
viii not be able TO say on the 10th OF
January that they are taken by sur.
prise; nor can anybody say that public
opinion is yet demoralized. No doubt
the reactionnaircs have done their best
to create state of things in which the
anarchists might see their chance, but
the calmEesS of Paris in the presence o1
the explosion at the prefecture Of police
shows how far terror Is from being gen
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-01-07
NEGROES LYNCHED.
Their Crimes Were the Murder Of a Store
Keeper aud Attempt to Murder Tele-


Keeper aud Attempt To SLuruer heio-
graph Operator.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.-On Christmas
eve two Negroes went into the country
store Of IA. Silver, at Luling, IN st.
Charles parish, short distance above
New Orleans, to buy something. They
did not make purchase, however,, and
started out. Emmanuel Eastel, white
man who was clerking in the store,
proceeded to close up his place and was
about to put in the bolts when some
one knocked ON the door. He partially
opened it again, and was confronted by
the two Negroes, one of whom had q
pistol in his hand and fired. Bastel fell
with shot through the heart He was
not killed instantly, and when he fell
he succeeded in closing the door.
The Negro fred again, and the
bullet crashed through the panel.
Bastel died two minutes after he
had been shot, aud the Negroes both
escaped Tuesday night the same two
Negroes made desperate attempt to
murder the telegraph operator at
David, four or five miles from the scene
of their frat crime. They fired twice at
him through the window of his Office,
but did not succeed in their attempt to
kill him. He gave pursuit, and, aidod
by friends. succeeded in capturing the
two Negroes and two others. Lewis
Fox and Adam Gripson were identified
as the men who had killed Bastcl.
They were taken to the parish Jail, and
Wednesday night a gang of masked
white men visited the prison, over
powered the keeper and hanged both
men TO d beam in shed near the court
| house.
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STRANGE MURDER CASE.
Boy Kills Ills Mother Eecause sha
Compelled Him to DO So.

A Boy Kills His Mother Eecause sha
Compelled Him to DO So.
BRlNKLY, Ark, Dec, 3o.-0ne of the
strangest murder cases ever brought to
light in eastern Arkansas is the one III
which John Thomas, thirteen-year'
old boy. is charged with the murder OF
his mother, on Monday, in the Lars
county neighborhoods south Of this
place.
The boy is apparently OF sound mind
and when seen acknowledged the muir
der and gave as his reason that shs got
the gun and gave it to him and com
PEELED him to shoot her, under the
threat that she would shoot him if h,
did not do as she told him to do. Med
ical experts believe the boy sane ant
that his story is correct. lie does not
seem to realize the enormity OF mis- Of
fense. He had his trial Thursday an
was remanded to Jail to await the ac
ton of the grand jury.
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IN DANGER.


The Dublin Explosion Damaged the Ex
charge Court Greatly.
DUBLIN. Dec. 3l.-The walls of the
offices in Exchange court the scene OF
the explosion Oh Saturday last. have
been found to have been SO badly dam
aged by the shock of the explosion
that the buildings are not be-
lieved to be habitable. At midnight
Thursday night it was feared that the
walls of the detective Office would fall.
The detectives who were asleep. were
hastily awakened and everybody left
the building as quickly as possible.
Friday morning the walls are being
shored up, and an examination will be
made to decide whether they can be re.
paired There are no new develop
ments in the case.
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latioIl.
THE MuNClE COURTHOUSE
Badly Damaged by Fire-Ysluabie Papers
Destroyed

MUSCIE, Ind, Dec 29.-Delaware
county's elegant new courthouse, built
of dressed stone, three years ago, at a
cost of nearly 100000, was badly dam
aged by fire Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock. The fire very mysteriously
started in the elegant courtroom, and
soon spread to the garrett The firemen
worked three hours, subduing the
wicked flames, A large number of
valuable papers were lost, but about
all can be replaced. The building was
flooded, and the elegant furniture and
tiled floors are ruined, the water
doing great damage. The loss is
placed at $50, 900, with not one cent of
insurance, The county commissioners
considered the building as fire-proof.
Their negligence as to insurance is
causing so much talk among taxpayers
that the board may be sued far GRIM
inal negligence. Walser N. Carpenter
court reporter, and Deputy Sheriff,
Smith Childs, who were asleep near the
courtroom, made narrow escapes with
their lives, Childs being compelled to
run through the flames in the court
room with only his night clothes on.
There was no finer courthouse in the
state.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Dee so Vel
low fever has become almost epidemic
in Laguayra, the mortality in Caracas
continues to increase, and in smaller
towns down the puy valley it is spread-
ing in every direction. Here in the cap
ital not only yellow jack but typhoid
fever is prevalent, and the monthly
death rate has for months past doubled
that of births. But, as one OF the local
papers remarks, what else can city of
60, 600 souls expect as long as they re-
main wholly without city sewerage
system and make no efforts toward
public cleanliness?
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Rs which prevent a horse from
Fiinctly have probably caused
(ways than most drivers would
lcknowledge, and it has re.
pr Il German inventor to treat
p on homeopathic principles
like cure like. He has added
hrness n line which instantly
binders in front, so that the
animal can not see at all.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-01-07

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.-Prominent
educators from the leading centers OF
this country gathered here in large
numbers Thursday morning to parties
pate in the second national conference
of the American Society for the Exten-
sion Of University Teaching. The con-
ference will be in session for two days,
and will discuss various measures that
have been suggested for making the
university extension movement more
general and efficient
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-01-07

New York, Dec. SO. The watchman
ut Palmer's theater discovered fire I'M
der the stage at about a quarter past 2
o'clock Thursday morning. just as he
rushed from the theater to give the
alarm man was seen to leave the
office of Thomas & Ekerson, real estate
agents who have an office under tho
theatcr in Thirtieth street, and throw u
blazing book into the street. He then
returned to the office and locked himself
in. A cabman who noticed the mans
actions Informed the police, who ar
rested the man, in spite Of his protests
tiouR
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AN OHIO EOYS FEAT.
His Return From a Walk kroaad tho
World.


CHICAGO, Dec. 80. John A. Botzen,
OF Akron, O., Il young man who has
been "hoofng it, around the world,
made Chicago in good form Thursday.
He wore Il blue flannel shirt, and well
worn corduroy suit. He tells an inter
esting story of his experiences, and says
that his expenses thus far have been
81, ,294. g5. He started from New York
in January, 1891, landing in Queens
town. Then he went over Europe, and,
after taking in Egypt, Arabia,
Turkey and that section, crossed to
India. He then proceeded to the
Isle of Ccylon, China and Japan, where
he took ship from the latter to San
Francisco, arriving there June 23 July
2 he started east, bringing pst Council
Bluffs Christmas day. For business
reasons it is important that he be at
Akron by January a, so he took the
cars Tuesday from Iowa. and will finish
the journey by train. To complete the
record however, he will at once return
to Council Bluffs and recover the line
to Akron on foot, He lost twenty-three
pounds coming across Nevada, as there
| was six hundred miles of country over
which it twas hard to get provisions and
water for more than day at a time.
, lie has worn out fifteen pairs OF shoes
since leaving Frisco.
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fallow nuisance continues with
vlgor at the naval academy,
Ps' From 5000 to 10000 swnl.
per every evening in the five o,
{ trees in front OF the superin'
residence and make evening
ping hideous with their cries
IS to drive them away have
pa bell or gong are kept go
''ervals to drive the pests from
trees next the superintendent.
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hew Century club of philadel-
snlca is constantly enlarging its
-. usefulness, now has committee
| VINO will give or secure legal
!. ior o workingw omen free of
N one evening a week they in.
o,S women working in shops, fac.
o''ces or those who are in strait
| e~nuamstances ~, and require legal
w any matters, to make their
Ii, ,a,uown." The committee first
f. r re- reasonable means to gain jus.
|. - e'ients before legal proceed
y Provides counsel and cour,
h . ,ree to those who are not ablo
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Holm Duss an Ohio Man.

CANTON, O., Dec. a9.--The new king
Of the economies, John Duss, was for
merly Stark county school'teaoher.
TO Join the society he was divorced
from his wife, who also joined the com.
munistic settlement Wien promoted
70 first assistant he took up his resi-
dence al Father Henrici's house, where
his former wife was housekeeper'
There the couple have been for years.
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Two Gamblers Suicide,

LONDON, Dec. 80, A dispatch from
Monte Carlo says that an unknown
American, twenty-three years of age,
lost e3, 500 belonging to his mother at
the gambling table When the last
coin was gone he walked quickly out
and eighteen miles from Nice threw
himself in front of an approaching train
and was killed. Another unknown
gambler lost all he had and blew out
his brains soon after
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r ,,o,,s,, C,nital Punishment

CoLuMpus, O., Jan. 3.-Capt Reeve
of Ashtabula, has measure to intro
duce in the legislature upon which the
popular feeling ever has been, and
probably ever will be, divided He de-
sircs the abolition of capital punish
nept and the substition therefor OF
solitary confinement for life The re-
fined cruelty Of the latter measure ap'
ncols To those who dread the sensation
alism of barbarous chickering's
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ST. LOUIS, Dee. 30.--The Mississippi
instead of booming, is on the other tack
now, and, as q result, is not only shall
lower than since 1886, but is frozen up
tight opposite the city with the eScep-
ton OF one place where the tug Reliance
is pushing around in rapidly narrowing
limits. The ferryboat is on the east
shore and will be compelled to stay there
until the ice breaks up. All business
along the river is, in consequence, at a
standstill South of the city the river
from the United States arsenal to Ca
rondelet is solid with ice.
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a Now Idan In CholcrH.

ST, PETERSBURG. Dec. 3l.-Prof,
NenslSy has eXpounded new theory ot
the origin of cholera before the Russian
Medical society, DR.. Blostein, finding
that he could not produce cholera by
the injection Of Kochs comma bacilli
sought for and found two new organ
isms peculiar to Asiatic cholera. The
disease invariably followed an injection
Of the three varieties Of organisms and
il is regarded rs possible that inocu
lation with these organisms will give
immunity from the disease.
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ZANEsvuLE. O., Dec. SEA- young
farmer named Grant living near
Eaglesport, went to McConnelsvi.ie to
buy some Christmas presents, While
there he drank a great deal. Next
morning he was found lying i'll the
road, short distance from the house.
lie was unconscious from the cold, both
boots were off and his feet had turned
blue. Both feet were so badly frozen
that it was necessary to amputate them
His boots were not found, and it is not
known what induced him 10 try to 81
home barefooted.