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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
Baptized After Death.

A queer story comes from Eagle
Cleft, small settlement on Lookout
mountain, in Walker county, Ga.
Several weeks ago j. W. Masser was very Ill
with fever He wanted to be baptized and Al
this could not be done during his illness. he re-
quested that as soon as he died his body be i'm.
mersed He said he bad neglected II during
his lifetime, and wanted his dead body baptized
as warning to the living. few days ago he
died, and on the day Of the funeral. at Hixon's
Grove, Rev w. J. brennan immersed the
corpse in the presence OF large crowd OF peo'
pie. The tody was then put back into the cor
lin and laid to rest in the graveyard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

In Hart county, Ca, there lives a
family by the name of Finley, who dug
a storm-pit in the front yard.
They fitted it up with heavy doors, ventila-
tion tubes and furniture, TO make 1t comforta-
BILE for days abode II necessary. With the
indications OF an approaching cyclone the
other day the family retired to the under
ground quarters. When the storm subsidized
they found that some immovable obstruction
had been blown across the door OF the storm
house and they were prisoners. For two days.
without food or water, they remained In the
dark prison. Finally, the neighbors In search
ing FOR their bodies, supposing them all to be
dead, removed a great tree that had fallen
across the door. and the family were rescued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

be taken to Howard Tor lntermeut.
Pagan, Joseph R., Of Kansas, aged ST. leaves
widow and two little girls In straitened cir
cumstances. He was member OF friendly
society, who will take charge ~ his interment.
Gage, j. B., Of Michigan, age unknown, leaves
wife and child. He WAS Grand Army man,
and had been resident Of Washington for
three years. and with his wife and one child
boarded at c5le Pennsylvania avenue, The
body was badly bruised, and the death blow
was evidently received while he was bending
over his desk engaged in his work. One sad
feature of the case was the fact that prepara-
tiops had already becn made at the time Of Mr..
Cages death for his wife to return for o visit
among her old friends In Michigan. The visit
was POSTPONED once last week, and she was TO
have gone In few days.
| Jarvis, j. M, Of Michigan. No details.
Jones, ], Boyd Of wisconsin, 27l H street,
| N. W. No details
Jordan, David, Of Missouri aged 8o He leaves
. widow and little child in rather Strengthened
circumstances He was 80 years old, and had
| been married twice before He went from his
native state, Indiana, to Putnam county Mo-,
where he published . newspaper At one time,
and also held the once Of county treasurer. He
was communicant Of the Christian church,
and man Of rather quiet habits
Lotus, Frederick B., Of New Jersey, was In
the f,fty.seventh year, and had spent over thir
| ~ years In government service In the once ir
i which he died He was born In ireland. and
i coming to this country whom . young man
lived for time In New Jersey, from which
state he was accredited He leaves widow
end ak children, three boys and three girls
Ono Of his daughters Is the wife Of Rev. T. L
! wc-eh, ~ the baltimore conference ant
another II Mrs. Grace FAulkner,. Of Fairfal
g. H., VI. The youngest soH ID now n year.
old.
McFsll, J. H., Of Wisconsin. ased Is, leaves
wife and child. He came 10 Washington from
Wisconsin about eleven years ego, and hal
served continuously In the war department
where no was well liked both by his superiori
and his associates. Mr. McFall married few
years ago. with their little daughter Mrs. Nc
Feli was absent on lvisit to her father o
Lyuchburg, Va. whsrs ~ terrible news Of be
husbands death reached hsr last night She 4
expeetsd hone TO-DAY.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

Robert Leigh. a commerc j traveller
from Virginia, while attending The ma
tional convention Of travelih&men at
Peoria, ILL.,, said to reporter:
Our state IL beginning to feel the influence
Of the renewed European immigration. This
had practically ceased until about the year
1890, since which it has commenced again with
renewed vigor and some lines of business have
felt the influence OF the revival in marked de-
gree. Thousands Of Germans have made their
homes in Virginia, and the other Europeans
countries are we'll represented. The manu-.
featuring and agricultural interests are all In q
healthy state. and there is plenty Of room for
oil the immigrants who want TO locate In the
| tnto
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
J. e. Black, age %, confusion of face

J: e Black, age %, confusion Of face
and limbs.
c. w. Gilbert, age "a, confusion of back.
Henry Gieck, age 62, fracture OF fore.
arm and liberation Of shoulder and leg.
Eddie Nelson, age Z, incised wound OF
head.
Willie Nelson, age 3. puncturcd neck
and BODY.
Mike Quinlin, age "a, scalp wound and
injury to kidneys.
Charles Bernhart, injury to scalp.
Ray Bernhart, cut on arm.
n. Fecht, fractured shoulder blade.
Mrs. Fecht, badly bruised.
Arthur George, bruised head and left
arm.
Mrs. James Mellor, legs bruised.
Mrs. George Stewart, head, back and
left leg bruised.
Erwin w. Stewart, face and head badly
bruised.
Ray Stewart, infant, head bruised.
John Dalin, ankle fractured.
Nettic Frost, wound In back.
George Stewart, left arm broken, head
bruised.
Thomas Harmon, left arm broken.
Emma Harmon, leg wounded.
Lloyd Harmon, bruised.
George Randall, bruised.
Edwin, Earl, Fannie, Viola and Flor
ence Fecht, bruised.
Ed Doyle, head and leg bruised.
Helen George, leg broken and scalp
wound.
Gilbert Fitzgerald. bruised.
{. II. George, badly bruised.
o. Childum, leg badly cut and body
bruised.
N. Brownell, leg and head bruised.
Joseph BrOwnell, ribs fractured.
F. j. Brownell, badly bruised.
Mrs. Ed Rankin, bruised.
Emma SDieS. baek and lpal cut
George Guy, read and hands bruised.
James Mellor, fractured ribs and hands.
Mary Soderstrom, left arm broken.
Louida Oleson, arm broken.
Mrs. Annie Biomberg, head and foot in
jured.
Eveline Blomberg, left side and eye in
jurcd.
Dina Blomberg, scalp wound.
Minnie S~tankling, injury TO arm.
Anton Lundblaud, injury to scalp.
Mrs. A. Lundblaud, injury to face.
aims Lundblaud, severe injury TO eye.
Annetta Lundblaud, injury TO head.
Charles Rustin. fracture to skull; can
not live.
James Pruden, injury to leg.
*. ). Elm, scalp wound.
Mrs. A. l.. L%undgren, injury to head.
Gust Under, injury to head.
Anfred Linder, hip dislocated.
Alma Under, injury to head.
Elvira Linder, confusion OF face.
Gotfried Under, injury to head.
Mrs. Gust Linder, foot and hip injured.
Mrs. j. A. Davey, fracture OF skull.
Belle Maxwell, fracture of leg.
Edith Maxwell, injury TO scalp.
Gertie Lundgren, injury to face.
James Miller, fracture of ribs.
Mary Miller, internal injuries.
Mrs. Jacob Paps, scalp wound.
August Meyer, internal injury.
Cora Meyer, scalp wound.
Nancy Rustin, fracture of thigh.
Mrs. r. c. Brownell, leg bruised.
Mrs. Kate Akerly, left eye injured.
John Anderson, right arm broken, scri-
ously Injured in side and head.
Mrs. John Anderson, arm and head
bruised.
Dora George, knee cut and other
bra'ses.
I'd Doyle, head bruised, right leg cut
and body bruised.
Emma Ohrtman, injury 10 eye.
There are undoubtedly as many as
twenty-five wounded in the city and
adjoining country that have not been
reported.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
The PANTHEON.
Its Dome Was the First Great One Ever
Built by Man.

Imagine the Pantheon in it's glory,
before it was stripped of its gold, its
bronze and marbles and statues by en-
perors and popes. Conceive that vast,
solid dome, still the largest span in the
than the diameter of St. Paul's-the
first great dome ever raised by man,
the grand invention of Romans, Of
which the Greeks in all their art never
dreamed, says the Fortnightly Review.
The dome, with the round arch out
of which it sprung, is the most fertile
conception in the whole history of
building. The Pantheon became the
parent of all subsequent domes, and SO
of that of Holy Wisdom, of CONSTANT
nople, which was the parent of the By
zantine domes of Europe and of Asia.
We can recall its roof of solid con-
crete, nodded and plated within and
covered with gilt bronze plates with
out, with its statues, the enormous col
umn of rare marbles and granite. its
upper story Of porphyry and serpen-
tine, lighted only by one great circle
thirty feet in diameter, through which
the open sky by day and the stars by
night look down on the marble pave
ment. To this wonderful building, the
one relic of the ancient world in its en-
tirety, the builders of all after ages
turned.
For five centuries the Roman world
turned to it, till out of it arose a new
art in Constantinople. Then in the
fifteenth century, at the revival, the
humanist artists turned again to this
same great work. 1t gave rise first to
the dome of Florence, and then to the
dome of st. Peters, $50 years later.
From st. Peters the dome spread all
over the world-the Pantheon and the
Invalides at Paris, st. Paul's in Lon
don, the capitol at Washington, the
Isaac church at st. Petersburg, and
mere limitations of st. Peters. And
thus from the Pantheon has sprung the
architecture which, from Chile TO Chi
cago, from the British islands to the
Turkish empire, from st. Petersburg to
Sicily, is seen in a thousand varieties
and in ten thousand examples.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
Tbs Injured,

At 4 o'clock this morning the number
reported injured was 10s. The names
and injuries are as follows:
Harry Wegreve, skull fractured.
Edward Sileskey, extensive flesh
wound Of thigh; leg may have to be am
putated.
Samuel w. Thomas, fractured rib, scalp
wound and probably internal injuries.
Lizzie Thomas, injury to foot and
leg and scalp wound.
Mrs. Frank Preng, injury to shoulder
Mrs. Samuel Maxwell, back, arm and
| head bruised.
Miss Ortman, injury TO face.
Miss Amelia Kuklantz. fractured rib
and injury to head and leg.
John Kuklantz, injury to head and spine.
Charlie Randall, fractured jaw.
Mrs. John Randall, fractured skull and
injury to leg.
Maude Morris, head injured.
Alden Saltzma. scalp wound.
Mrs. Alden Saltzma. back and arm in
jured.
j.. +. wilkins. injury to back.
Mrs. A. Forjhe, confusion Of shoulder.
Ella Forjhe, scalp wound
Katie Forjhe, internal injury.
Arthur Forjhe, arm broken
Frank Forjhe, thigh broken.
Mary Knndson, injury to scalp and
thigh.
Della Black, age 20, skull and right arm
fractured.
Mrs. s. l.. Black, age 80, injury to chest.
Charles Black, age u, fracture of right
arm.
Joe De Mars. g ", fracture Of ribs
and wound In back.
Julia Westerschelt sge 81 fracture OF
coccyx.
Charles Dalghren, age Z. extensive CON
fusion OF head, also punctured wound on
| side.
Roy Keefer, age Is, injury to left hip.
Thomas Black, age 3. scalp wound.
w T. Black, age ~, fracture OF two left
ribs and incised wound.
Henry Quick, 3 10, fracture of femur.
G.. Is. Da ghren, age 40, scalp wound.
Oscar Dalghren, g 2, decised wound
nj head.
Willie Dalghren, age 8, burn Of hand
and shoulder. =
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
A Man Who Will Succeed.

snow II you will show me where the
burglars got into your store" said the
detective, Il will see IL ! can find some
clew."
"In a moment" said the proprietor,
Il am working at something a little
more important than hunting tor q
clew just now. Take a seat" And
while the detective waited the mel.
chapt wrote as follows at his desk:
"The man who broke into Katzen.
hefter's store on the night OF the 10Th
and carried away a silk hat, a pair OF
French calfskin boots, a fur-trimmed
overcoat, u black b%roadcloth suit and
two suits of silk underwear was q
black-heartcd villain and scoundrel, but
a man whose judgment cannot he
called in question. He knew where to
go when he wanted the finest clothing
the marker>affords."
Jacobs" he said to the book.
keeper, "send a copy Of this to all the
papers in town and tell 'em ! wanted
It printed in big black type tomorrow
morning. Now. Mr.. Hawkshaw, / am
at your service" -
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
THE WHEAT CROP.
Reports From the Six Principal Wheat
States Show Big Shortage.

TOLEDO, o., July a-During the past
four days Calling & Co. have received
replies from 1854 reliable grain dealers
and millers. They cover almost every
important wheat county in the six
principal winter wheat states, which
last year raised $50, 900, 900 bushels and
generally produce two-thirds o
the winter wheat crop. They NOT
promise about $50, DOC, 900 bushels TO-
1893. Ohio has the best and a very ia
vorable prospect. 1t is the only n OF
the six states which will nave as large
a crop as n year ago. A few of the
counties say the prospect was never
better. Indiana promises an average
crop, Michigan nearly an average, Mis-
souri, two-thirds and illinois n trific less
than two-thirds. Kansas raised II, OO0.-
900 bushels last year, but this year will
nave only half an average crop. Three
fifths of the total reports say the pros
pect is for an average yield or better
About 5 per cent report the crop al
most a total failure. These come from
Kansas and Illinois. There has been a
small improvement in the condition over
a month ago. About 40 per cent report
the prospect the anne. Kansas shows
no change; Missouri and Illinois II tri-
fe worse, becoming so in some of the
larger counties during the past ten
days, caused by rust and scab.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Awful Desolation at the Town Of
Pomeroy.
Partial List OF the Killed..CoveYnor Boies
on this Sc, M Of Death-Relief Trains
Hurry to the Stricken
City, Notes.

Sioux CITY, July s.-The most de-
structive storm eve experienced in
Iowa swept over the state Thursday
night and in its path hundreds are
mourning their dead and wounded.
Most people in Sioux City felt yes
terday that a calamity was impending
and this morning they learned that
their premonition was we'll
founded. All day alternate
currents of cold air and ~suffocat-
ing heat swept over the town and while
the northern sky was black with
threatening clouds it was blue in the
south. Occasionally dashes of rain fell
and rafting thunder startled the peo-
pie.
Before 5 o'clock last night the blow
was struck and for n distance of fifty
miles along the line Of the Illinois
Central the country has loren devas-
tated.
From trainmen and others who came
through the stricken territory and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15

and order. None but actual property
holders are allowed in the residence
portion of the city. A regular camp
ing kit and store arrived this morning,
and Company G will go into regular
camp Mt once. The boys brought along
cots in two empty cars last night, and
those who were not required to dc
guard duty took q need ed rest.
Numerous relatives of people resid.
ing here are arriving or every train,
| and their grief on hearing OF
the extent of the disaster
Is pitiful to see. One old
gentleman named A. /. Pruden who
resides six miles from Pomeroy came in
MS soon as he heard Of the cyclone, and
| his grief on hearing Of the death OF
his s~on-in-law was terrible. His
cup of sorrow, however, was filled To
OVERLOOKING, when, about midnight, his
favorite grandchild, Charlie Rustin,
aged 4 years, also died in the hotel
hospital. His daughter, the mother
of the baby boy, is also lying in the
| hospital with one broken limb and a
flesh wound in the hip, a large splinter
| OF wood having been driven through IL.
The poor woman kept asking for her
husband all night, but she hasn't been
told yet that he is dead and buried.
The damage to property in the town
| of Pomeroy is tremendous, and the loss
is estimated at $3.50. 900 by conservative
business men There is positively not
one house that escaped damage. About
twenty are only slightly wrecked, but
the rest of the town was utterly swept
away, and only strips of lumber and
| plaster mark the spot where well built
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
UndeYtakeY's Bill.

Sioux FALLS, s. d.. July "a rather
novel suit was on trial Friday in the
county court. All that was mortal OF
Patrick O'Hare was buried several
months ago under the auspices of nm
undertaken named Billion. O'Hare
died in testatc, leaving considerable
property. Billion evidently thought
he would get get some of it. as his bill
for undertaking services was sos. The
administrators refused to pay the bill
and Billion sued. He refused to give
the price list of collins, but swore that
the one in which O'Hare now rests was
worth $3.50. He charged $3.50 for en-
balming the body and $50 for the suit
Of clothes in which the burial took
place. tie wanted $3.50 also for taking
:are Of the sick man for three DAYS be-
fore death and for watching the body
after death. The jury allowed the bill
at STAT. A suit Is now pending in
which the plaintiff claims $3.50 for
sitting up with and taking care of
OHare for six sdavs and rights.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
IT HAS AN UGLY LOOK
The Brule County Bank Failure
Has Bad Features.
Democratic State Convention-.Artist v. S
Beckner's Romantic Divorce Case.
An Undertaker's Big BilI..En-
tries for the July Races.

CHAMBERLAIN, $. d., July 9.-Under
certain conditions the Brule County
Bank failure might play an important
part in the election in this state next
fall. There are various things about
this failure which have an ugly look.
When the bank was closed an assign
ment was made to the assistant cashier
and manager Of the bank, C. w. John
ston, and he has now filed his report
with the register of deeds of this
county. From the report it is learned
that the liabilities of the bank are S45,-
76S. IL and the assets Ss0,317.l2. On the
face of this it looks all right, but a
sitting down of the assets shows that
they practically amount to nothing.
For instance, careful persons who
have examined the detailed
list of assets are unanimous in the opin-
ion hat fully $50, 600 worth of notes
which are figured in the assets are ut
terly worthless, and OF a pinch the lit
tie sheets of paper comprising the notes
might bring about one dollar per
bushel. Some think they would be
dear at even that price. Among the
assets is also real estate placed at
1850. AS there is no demand for real
estate at the present time it is difficult
to see how this real estate will bring
very much money. And as the dcpos-
itCrs do not wish to be forced into a
real estate purchase by being compelled
to take town lots as payment for their
deposits, IT. is hard to tell where the
matter will end. Depositors will prob
ably get about Is to % per cent on
their money, and some do not think
it will amount to this much.
The fact that the bank contin-
ued to receive deposits almost
up to the time of closing has also caused
much comment and the good faith Of
the officials is naturally seriously ques-
toned. The report of the assignee
shows that there was but a trife over
Sl,400 in cash or hand at the time of
the failure. Judge Kellam, chief JUS
tice of the South Dakota supreme court,
is president, or was president, of the
defunct concern; +. w. Skerry, of
Sioux City, cashier, and c. w. johnson,
in charge of the bank, assistant cash
Ter. 1t would not be surprising if the
strong arm of the law would reach out
and clutch by the necks some of the
persons responsible for the failure, as
prosecutions are seriously talked of by
many of the depositors. The fact that
the bank has been fighting the law re-
curing it to publish quarterly state
ments of its condition should have
warned persons against it, but il seems
that it didn't, and in consequence many
of the business men are temporarily
crippled financially by the failure.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15
A meeting Of the physicians and sur.

A meeting of the physicians and r
geons vas called about 3 o'clock and
DIR. Hornbrook, of Cherokee, was
chosen surgeon in chief. DIR. Commit,
of Sioux City, was made secretary, and
the Office of the Wisconsin Lumber
company, neal the depot, was selected
tor headquarters.
The surgeons and nurses registered
at headquarters and were assigned to
the different wards. In a short time
there were several we'll conducted hos
pitfalls in operation and the work Of car
ing for the wounded was carried for
ward systematically thereafter.
Large quantities of drugs had been
received and there was no lack of limits,
bandages and splints. The nurses were
not adequate to supply the demand, but
everybody was cared for nicely.
The following physicians and SUR
geons reported for duty:
]. ": Somers, Calendar, Ia. F: E. Sey-
mour, Fort Dodge; W.. N. Green, Webster
City: T. II. Kinney, Humboldt; j.. j. Mil
lar, Sioux City; A. NJ. Browne, Sioux
City; II. S. Miner. Fort Dodge; d. w.
Wight, Pomeroy; r. fl. Heros, Rock River
City; II. N. Cavert, Lake City; c. L. Burt,
Lake City; NJ. s. Butler, Cherokee; w.
N. McMack1n, Lake City: j. -. Mcyay,
Lake City; o. H.. Wright, Pomeroy; W.
T. Speaker, Manson; A. w. Stevens,
Storm Lake; F. E. Devereaux,
Dodge; j. n. Warren, Sioux City ;
G. J. Sanders, Fort Dodge; II. e. Conniff,
Sioux City: Edwin Horuibrook, Cher
okee; j. J.. Schlawig, Sioux City; ID. j..
Townsend, Lohrville; d. W. Edgar,
Fonda; j.. s. Nelson, Fort Dodge; j.. X.
Thompson, Jolley; III. Mullarkey, jr.,
Manson; A. T.. Belt, Gilmore City; r. l..
Cleaves, Cherokee; G. +. Townsend, Cow
rie; A. A. Prall, Pilot Mound.
The nurses who reported for duty
were as follows:
Cherokee-Miss I. vandercook, Mrs.
Wsnnamaker, Irene Holbrook, Mrs.
Patton. Mrs. Dunkey, Mrs. Cleaves, Mrs.
Foss, Mrs. Suell, Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Jen-
ME Hutchinson, Mrs. Osman; Messrs.
Farren. Parin Smell.
Sioux City-Messrs. ID. L. Pratt, O. L.
Andrews; Mrs. George w. Young, Mrs.
A. NJ. Browne, Mrs. Reeves, Mis-. ID. L.
Pratt and ID. b. Huston.
Manson-Mrs. Hannah Thompson, Mrs.
Dana.
Fort podge-W. @. Moore.
Barnum- Lulu Taylor.
Lohrville-W A. Mcintosh.
Lake City C. 7. Swanson, b. A. Parlor,
c.. L.. Scherzer, N. G. Nichols.
Madrid--S. A. Smith.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15

erage of sixteen horses to the race, all
the classes having filled. In the 2:15
trotare SUI CHI horses as Senator Conlklin,
who took a mark of 2:16 Mt Ponca;
Clara p, who forced MarkSir ius out
at Minneapolis in 2:15A; Moody and
Gonzales McGregor. secretary Black
man says that in the trotting races 2:l5
will be made and 2:12 in the pacing
class. Little Mike, set back at Sioux
City because of his mixed gait, re-
ceived the same treatment at Mime
apolis. Mr.. Coats, on his return from
Sioux City, thought he was made the
victim of local prejudice, but he has
now changed, his mind and will prob
ably take his horse from the track.
When Little Mike was a colt he had a
pure and easy gait, but Mr.. Coats, ig-
noring the advice of horsemen, drove
him too hard with the result as indi-
Gated above