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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28
AN ALABAMA LYNCHlNG.

Three Self-COnfessed Negro Incendiaries
Iahen from Jail at Tuscumbia. Ala, by
Masked Mob from Leighton. While the
sheriff was Attending n Banquet, and
Hanged to Bridge-Thelr Bodies
Kiddied with bullets.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 32.-Fayette
Deloney, Ed FELTON, and Emmet De-
loney, three negroes, charged with in
cendiarism, were taken from Jail by
mob at Tuscumbia, Ala, and lynched
A few weeks ago several negroes in
the vicinity of Leighton. Ala, were
arrested for burning the barn Of
Claude King, of Leighton. which oc-
Cured over twelve months ago, in
which he lost twenty-one head of
horses, a lot of provender and num-
ber of farming implements, aggrega-
ting q loss of $1,000. This was one of
series of burnings, and the people of
Leighton were in a state of constant
suspense.
Suspicion pointed to Fayette Deloney
and his son Emmet. Ed FELTON, and
Gpsgt Ricks, all negroes living in that
Vicinity; and thesevidence continued
to strengthen until a negro detective
was employed to work up the chain.
lie went to Leighton, and in the
course of few days had completely
won the confidence of the negroes,
who unfolded themselves and confessed
that they had destroyed the barn to
avcnge themselves upon King, who
had foreclosed mortgage against one
Of their number. They confessed that
it was their intention to fire his store
house and residence, but that the OPP
portunity had never presented itself.
They also showed the detective a key
which would admit them into num-
Der of business houses in Leighton.
Upon this evidence they were ar
rested, and at preliminary hearing
before Leighton magistrate the three
first named were adjudged guilty and
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury, Grant lticks having been
acquitted. They were brought to Tus-
cumba ten days ago and placed in Jail.
Saturday night at 1880 o'clock about
thirty masked men visited the Tus-
cumba jail-'the sheriff. Shelby Frish-
am, being in attendance at a Masonic
banquet-and taking the three negroes
in charge, rushed them to county
bridge Il few blocks away, hanged
them and riddled their bodies with
bullets.
The deed was done so adroitly and
Systematically that not dozen people
knew of it until yesterday morning.
The mob came from Leighton, each
member being disguised. After ac-
complishing their object they quietly
dispersed, leaving the bodies hanging
to one of the beams of the bridge.
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Rcpublican Lies.

Every intelligent person knows that
FOR the past two years the republican
newspapers OF the country, almost
without exception, have been asserting
that the public debt was decreased
ander Harrison by much larger
amount chan under Cleveland. The
amount usually given is SIS, 600. o0o. IL
any correspondent questions aud asks
for the figures ne is given those of a
bonded debt, the republican editor
paying no attention to the increase In
the unbondcd debt This erroneous
statement has been reiterated SO often
tha. there is no republican, and hardly
Il democrat, who has not accepted it as
true 1t is useless to show republic
en- that he has been lied to. Lies are
his daily icod. But there is no reason
at the present time, when he is not ea-
cited over political matters, why ne
should not have little truth thrown
ut him, and the proof that the public
debt was decreased under Cleveland
S,is, ,pao, 900 moro than under Harrison
made 20 plain trat the next time he Us
,er,s the contrary !! will give him O
psin in the ness. IN. \. World
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28
SIMPLY APPALLING.

Awful Loss OF Life by Earthquake In
Greece --HundredsEof Persons Killed and
Large Numbers In ujured Fatalities
Greatest Among Those Gathered In
Churches for Worship-The King on the
Ground.
ATHENS, April oS.-Many reports
from the towns which have suffered
from the earthquakes of the last few
days were received yesterday evening.
The loss of life aud property
is much greater than was at
first supposed. In the Locris
district, l29 persons are known
to have been killed by falling
walls and many others are missing.
A parish church in Proskno collapsed
during vespers and thirty men and
women were killed outright, while
several who were dug out alive from
the ruins are likely to die. Ninety
persons were buried in the ruins in
Maesina and sixty of them were killed.
The others may recover.
In many towns whole households
have disappeared without leaving an
inkling of their fate. In Martino
thirty-ninc persons were killed by fall
ing timbers. Most of them died within
the walls of church whose root fell in
during service.
Although there has been small loss
Of human life in Athens and its en-
yirons, the damage to property has
been enormous. The buildings in
which the Austrian Lloyd and Floroo
Rubattno companies had their offices,
we're wrecked completely. The roof
collapsed, the floors broke, and the
walls are rent. Hardly whole piece
# furniture was left in either build
ing.
For years the work of restoring the
famous byzantine church at Daphne
las been in progress. The dome and
walls had been repaired, but yesterday
they were cracked and crumbled and
the beautiful mosaics were disfgured
beyond hope of restoration.
Appeals for help come in hourly.
But little can be done toward 'allaying
the prevailing distress, and there are no
charity organizations .of Importance
here. In dozens of towns the houses
have been deserted; the inhab-
ltants are camping unsheltered and
almost unfed in the fields and cannot
be persuaded to return to their homes.
The king, accompanied by the minis
ter of the interior, has begun visiting
the districts which have suffered most
keenly.
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miscellaneous.

Last week at Hazelhurst Kirby Miller
was convicted of the murder Of Mayor
Williamson, the jury recommending
that he be sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life.
The Chamberlain at Grenada was de-
stroyed by fire last week. w. E. Love,
day barkeeper employed at the Cham
hsrlain House bar, was asleep in Lis
room in the second story and was badly
burned and hurt by jumping from the
window. He died next day from his
injuries. The Chamberlain House was
owned by the Illinois Central Railway,
and leased by B. +. Thomas. 1t was an
immense building Of inflammable ma
terial and made very quick and hos
fire. Very little was saved.
At tho REQ lest of Congressman Will
liams, Prof. A. A. kincannon and DR.. j.
II. Blanks will bold an examination,
mental and physical, for the purpose OF
supplying the vacancy in the United
States Military Academy at West Point,
for the Fifth District Of Mississippi, on
Saturday, May 5, at Meridian. The ap'
plicant receiving the highest general
average will be appointed cadet and
the one receiving the next highest,
alternate.
w. II. Rutland was burned in his resi-
dence one night last week near Madison
Station. His mutilated remains were
found in the ruins the next morning
He was known to have several hundred
dollars in the house. The neighbors
believe he was robbed Of this amount,
murdered and the house burned to con.
real the crime.
State Superintendent OF Education
Preston announces the selection OF the
following places for the summer normal
Institutes. Bonneville, June 4; Oxford,
June II; Lake and Wesson, time not
determined.
The Issaquena Guards OF NMyersville
have the first flag Of Mississippi that
was ever made. 1t conforms TO the de-
sign adopted by the State Legislature.
Tho peuitentiary farm commissioners,
Messrs. Dean, Suits. McSwine. Farr
and Robinson, have been on tour OF
inspection along the line Of the Illinois
Central. At Duck Hill they looked a,
places offered by d. D. Wilkins; al
vaughn's Station they examined the
farms OF Messrs, Exum, Ewing and
Stone, and at Sixty-Two Mile siding
that of Capt. L. Il. Fo tz. Halt mil
ion acres have been offered Tor sale,
ono a. from 50 to IS per hcge.
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NUMBER %.
A BREEDER OF RIOTS.
american Iaborers Damaged by rho Pro
faction Policy.

Amshoen saDorers Dam7Goo NJ tno fvo~
tection Policy.
Perhaps there is 10 more serious men
ace 20 American institutions than Is to
oe tonnd in the conditions prevailing
in the inning district of Pennsylvania,
where the late riots have thrown an
extensive community into state OF
Serror and almost OF anarchy. The
latest phase Of the strike Is that the
Huns and Slavs accuse the Irish and
Germans of having worked up the riots
in order TO create prejudice against the
former. and thus secure their expulsion
from the region. Thus the conflict Il
seci' TO be one In which foreign popu-
lations fight out their national differ
snces.
Under our high protective system we
have carefully excluded the product OF
the "Daupe. labor o, Europe, but We
nave thrown vide our gates TO the
paupers themselves and the American
'aborer has no protection against the
competition Of class Of men whose
antecedensa and native surroundings
render them dangerous 70 free iustitu-
tions as well as incapable OF properly
assuming the responsibilities Of Ameri-
can citizenship. The Poles, the Huns,
the Italians. the Russian Jews come
among rs and establish their own CON-
munities. They drive out the Amer
lean laborer, because they are accus-
toned 10 live more meanly than he,
and will work for less wages than he.
The protectionists who hire them pre-
tend that their object in asking protec.
ton Is chiefly 10 make wages higher.
and Tom Reed, Of Maine, who is the
spokesman Of this party. announces
new school Of political economy which
makes wages the measure of a coun.
trys prosperity; because, he says, UT.
less wages are high, wage.earners will
not spend much money. That Is the
whole argument offered by him. Yet
in the most highly protected region Of
the United States labor riots are of
more frequent occurrence than any.
where else in the land, and thess riots
are invariably the work OF pauper
Europeans, who have come here TO be
employed by the men whose solicitude
for the wages Of labor does not prevent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Incendlaries Mt Meridian.

Meridian, April 1s.-Excitement Is at
fever heat tonight over the capture Of
two frebugs and the wounding Of well-
known citizen during the melee. There
were yesterday five fires, all believed to
have been OF incendiary origin. Two Of
these fires were private residences,
which were burned to the ground, while
the stores were occupied by S. Kips and
Lowi Bros, d. Rosenbaum's Sons, Fin
ley's barber shop and James A. Gully.
The fires in the brick building we're ex-
tinguished.
Tonight William c. Schamber got
wind Of an attempt which was to be
made to fire the west end schoolhouse,
and notified Chief Hasselle and Detec-
tives Horne and Griffin, who at first
couldn't believe but that it was one OF
Schamber's jokes at their expense. lie
finally convinced them, and offered to
assist in the capture Of the incendiaries.
Accordingly they secreted themselves
under the steps of the school building,
and after few moments waiting two
men passed up the steps and the officers
emerging from their place OF conceal.
ment they discovered the inside Of the
building to be in flames. They kept q
close watch, and in a few moments the
two men rushed through the doors into
the arms OF the officers, who placed
them under arrest.
The two incendiaries proved to be Bob
Belk and Dudley Scott, two young men
who were reared in this city. Much sur
prise is felt that these young men, with
out any apparent motive, should be
guilty of such malicious mischief, and
were it not for the sympathy which Is
felt for their families, they would have
been hung on the spot.
Mr.. Schamber, who furnished the in
formation, was accidentally shot by De-
tective Horne, who mistook him for one
Of the firebugs. Horne failed to see
Schamber's signal, and emptied load
Of shot into his arm and back. His
wounds are not supposed to be serious,
If it is proven that the same parties fired
the private residences late last night, it
will be capital offense, for which they
may hang. as the laws of Mississippi
provide that where any party or parties
set fire to house where anyone is in
the habit of sleeping, they shall bc pun
ished either by hanging or sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FlFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.


IN the senaiS on the 18th. conside ration OF
the tarir bill under unanimous Consent was re.
newod. Notice OF an amendment to the bin
TDs given by Mr. Lodge in line with his re.
calt remarks on the resolution for the coin.
aye OF Mexican standard dollars and pro-
posing discrimination in the matter OF du.
lies against Great Britain ald her colonies
until she consents TO take part in an interna-
tIonal agreement for the coinage Of silver.
In the house. the proposition to count quo
rum, introduced By the committee on rules.
was adopted, aitor which the consular and dip
lomatic bill was taken up.
IN the senate. on the 18th, the tariff bin was
taken up, and Mr. Morrill, addressed the sen
Gte. Mr.. Mills gave notice shat he would
speak upon the measure on the eth, Mr..
'furpie then took the floor and spoke In ia.
vor OF the bill .. In tho house the New
York and New jersey bridge bill went over.
Resolutions were agreed to providing for the
printing Of various reports and laws, and the
house went into committee Of the whole on the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill
In the senate. on the 10TH the objects and
rights OF the army OF the Commonweai were
discussed Mt length. The tariff bill was then
taken up ana speech vas made IN opposition
to 1t by Mr. Perkins. Eulogies OF the late Rep
resentative Enochs, OF Ohio, were delivered.
.....ln the house consideration OF the diplo-
matte and consular bill was resumed, It's dis
cussion covering wide range OF subjects, and
Involving somewhat acrimonious comparison
between the late and present administrations.
The urgent deficiency bill, as reported from
the conference committee. was agreed to.
In the senate, on the Goth, three speeches In
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Republican Exuberancs over the Rhode
Isiand Ftsetinn

Island Election.
One OF the encouraging signs for de-
mccracy is the eagerness with ~hiph the
opnosition seizes upon the slightest 90
,iu.al event that ran he tortp red into
evidence Of popularity regained With
the people. The republican organs Of
Sigh and low degree are especially
Jubilant over the news from Rhode
Island A clear view Of ine situation
fails 10 Justify their exuberance. The
republicans were in minority at the
previous state election IN Rhode Island
hu, they were N powe. and simply as.
serted the right Of possession. despite
the fact that they were outvoted oy
the democracy. The democrats o. that
state polled about the same vote that
they did year ago, but six thousand
new republicans put ip an appearance
from some unexplained quarter and
scored victory.
II II could only be assured that this
new vote was brou yht out by patriotism
and not by cash the outlook for the re.
PuoANhbo ~ OS
more encouraging. They held the
government as against a superior num-
Der Of democrats. and it Is better for
the reputation Of the state that they
have title which they can defend
upon moral as well az legal grounds.
But experience enables every reading
man to understand the political re-
actions and 10 realize that they 60 20
the feelings rather than the convic-
tons Of the people. Time and again
the voice OF the electorate has made
itself heard with results such as those
recorded in the recent elections There
is little iD the election Of constable,
an assessor or even mayor to indicate
a change Of belief as TO the merits of
the tariff question or sound financial
system.
1t would be idle to say that there is
not ~nrest and dlsssa tisfaction result
ing from causes which voters are not
ana!yzing with the same care which
they will exercise when their votes
upon the national issues are to be cast
BY many the ills that exist are hastily
charged to the administration. though
they mad their origin in a system which
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

--Gov. Mckinley is not campaign
ing. Most certainly not He has con-
tract TO carry out with the state OF
Ohio before he can give his time and at
tention to meeting call Of the dear
people which he has SO distinctly
heard. 1t is ont of pure goodness OF
heart that he appears at all the big re-
publican rallies, puts up at the best
hotels and condescends TO talk with all
the newspaper men who call Yet tha
major is not campaigning. lie is pes
forming the onerous duties incident TO
his nigh position Of trust Detroit
Free Press
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28
Lieut.. Nancy, Declared Not Guilty of
Numbering the Man He Killed.

CuicAco, April .2.-Lieut. James A.
Nancy of the Fifteenth infantry, U. S.
A., stationed at Fort Sheridan, H., was
found by United States jury yester-
day not guilty of the charge Of mur
dering Capt. lIedberg, of the same
regiment, last October at the garrison.
He pleaded self-dcfense, and the charge
of Judge Grosscup to the jury sus-
tanned the plea. The jury retired at
8 o'clock and returned with their ver-
dict in three hours.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28
CONDENSED TELECRAMS.

CARLOADS OF whisky are being re-
ceiyed at Columbia, $. c., and saloons
are opening as under the former regime.
Beer is on tap at the old places and a
number of new saloons are being opened.
MAY wheat sold on the Chicago Board
OF Trade on the 2ith at the lowest price
ever recorded--57l4 cents. The market
has been forced lower and lower for the
last three weeks, and the bulls arc
almost hopeless of the market recover
ing.
w. W. STOUT, postmaster at Morrill,
ton, Ark, during Harrisons admistra-
tion. was convicted in the Federal Court
on the cath on the charge Of embezzle-
ment.
The credentials of Thomas Jordan
Ror,.;s 90 Senator from North Carolina,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Mr. Vance, were presented to the
Senate on the 23d.
MARSHAL TURNER, who has been ac.
two in arrcstinp Whitecappers in North.
ern Georgia, on returning home, found
his wife and baby gone. A searching
party found them in the woods nearby,
whero the woman had fled for safety on
account Of threats against her husband.
NEARLY $1,000, 600 in gold has been
shipped from this country to Europe
during the past two weeks, and the gold
reserve in the public treasury has been
carried down close to the limit Of $780,
OOO,O0
EIGur hundred and fifty men and four
women started from Oakland, CAL, on
the esd, on their march to Washington.
All were we'll clothed with blankets.
II is learned that Secretary Carlisle
has now taken the amended tariff bill
in hand and is endeavoring to straigh ten
out some of the entanglements with
which the Senate has surrounded the
bill
THREE negro men, charged with burn
ing the barn of c. King, near leighton,
Ala, were taken from the Jail at Tus-
cumbia., OH the olst by about 90 masked
men and hanged to covered bridge
over Spring Creek, in Tuscumbia.
AIAcE war is on in Madison Parish,
La, and so far one white man and one
negro have been killed, one white man
badly beaten, and thirteen negroes rrc
now in captivity charged with murder.
THE Walker County miners OF Corona,
Ala, 800 In number, on the slst joined
the strike now on In that district This
increases the strikers TO nearly lo,Cco
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Fatal Rc,nlt of . Ouarrcl

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April %. Walter
L, Bragg, son of the late interstate
commerce commissioner, and Dr.
Jesse Mattel had a misunderstanding
Saturday night at the theater where
Senator Morgan spoke. Yesterday
morning the men met in drug store
when Mattel fatally shot Bragg and
was wounded himself
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

CARLISLE, Pa. April as.--A terrific
thunder and rain-storm passed over the
Cumberland valley Friday night and
destroyed thousands of dollars worth
OF crops and property. The north.
bound passenger train ON the Cnmber-
land valley road, which left hero ut
$40 p m, ran into freight train at
Greyson's, miles from here. The en-.
ginc and haggayc-cars were thrown
from the track ON their side. The
freight'train had been blown from the
siding onto the main track. No one
was hnr., The passengers were urans.
ferred
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Loss Of the Steamer Los Angeles.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S-The
steamer Los Angeles of the Pacific
Coast Steamship line, bound north
from San Pedro and way ports, went
ashore in n heavy fog Saturday night,
at Point Sur forty miles south of Mon
terey. Two boats, containing twenty
passengers and crew, reached shore
safely. Another boat, containing four
passengers and Capt. Leland, was pick
cd up by the steamer Eureka. Those
who reached shore safely We're taken to
Monterey, where they took the train
for this city. The Los Angeles is a
total wreck,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

-"If the reward OF labor had ever
been Increased as an incident or con-
sequence of increased tariff duties on
foreign imports, nothing would be
easier or more gracious to the advo-
Gates and beneticisrles Of protection
than to show that fact. The very re-
verse, however, is true. 1t can never
be forgotten that the enactment of the
Mckinley law in October, 1890, was
followed almost Immediately by re-
duction Of the wages OF ali workers In
iron and steel, beginning at Homestead,
in Pennsylvania, under Carnegie, re-
sulting in bioodshed and wholesale
murder. and extending % all parts OF
the country and to almost every branch
of manufacturing industry Voor-
hees Speech.
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annual convention of the Amer
neurological society was opened
Columbian university, Washing
the Goth. Papers were read by
|ent scientists from all parts of
|ntry, and especial attention was
the work accomplished by the
States weather bureau during
i year.
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A, The date Of the Penn.ylvanis

republican state convention approach.
es, the indications that Senator Quay
Is going 10 mako another effort 70
''own governor multiply The sem
a,or probably thinks that be will have
better luck with his entrrpr.'s . iliis
year slan he had when n'lerates nas
his cand didate II ansas City TimcA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

W. II. BEnLER, of the naval
hphic office, submitted to Sec
erbcrt, on the 2lst. report
6sful practical tests of the So
Pr, new instrument designed
Fay with the present means of
hing latitude and longitude.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

EFF GuLLET, the wife OF a
q farmer of Magoilin county.
[been arrested and placed in
slyrsville, charged with hav.
kled to death her 1l-year-old
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

ETARY GRESHAM has proposed to
Fernment of Chilli the esta blish-
d new commission to consider
pms which failed, through lack
d to be adjudicated by the COM
P which was ended by the terms
treaty on April 0, and an inti-
that Chilli will agree to the
ton has been received through
bal sources.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

|preme court OF the state Of
|rolina has declared the dis
law unconstitutional. Chief
tcIver delivered the opinion,
th, Justice McGowan assent.
Rice Pope dissents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

Statement of the .asso, lated
u New York city for the week
he 9lst showed the following
;: Reserve, increase, S1,lT7,-
ms, increase, 81, 900; specie,
e, sl,l7S,900; legal tenders, IN
1864, 100; deposits, increase,
20; circulation, decrease, $685.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-28

pports of dry goods at the port
York for the week ended on
b were 81, SOB, $50, and the
marketed, 81, ,55I, ,26l. For the
hiding week in 1893, the i'm
|rc 81, $50, ,99S, and the amount
u &. .53l.ll0.