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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
STEELE MACkAYE DEAD.
He Passed Away on the Train That was
Hearing Him to California.


La JrNTA. Col. Feb o6.-Stecle
Mackaye, author and dramatist, died
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning near
Timpas, on board Santa Fe train,
while en- route to San Diego, Cal.
where it was hoped he would be able
to build up his health
Mr.. Mackaye, accompanied by his
wife, Dr. Parker and a nurse, left Chi
cago Thursday in the private car OF
George r. Peck, of the Santc Fe road.
He had been very i'll for several days
previous to his departure After leav.
ing Chicago Mr.. Mackaye's condition
was thought to be slightly improved,
and his death, while not wholly unex-
pected. came suddenly. DR.. Parker
made every effort to revive his sinking
patient, but without avail. The car
was detached from the west-bound
train and brought to this city and at
$3.50 p. m left on the east-bound pas.
senger train for Chicago.
Ill-luck followed Mr.. Mackaye from
the beginning of his last journey. In
the first place his baggage, containing
medicines, etc, was forgotten, and
when few miles out some fiend threw
an iron bar six inches long through
the state room, barely grazing the
sick mans face in its fight. Then the
heating pipes got out of order and the
cold became intense. But despite
these unfortunate happenings, Mr..
Mackay's condition seemed to i'm
prove, and it was thought that his
entrance into milder elm ate would
repair his shattered system.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

The most painful strain in all the
hard times politics is the effort to make
a Moses of Tom Reed st Louis Re-
public.
Smash the Mckinley law, IL
raised taxes, emptied the treasury, and
stimulated monopoles only to add by
the reaction to the depression caused
by the republican silver panic.-N, Y.
World.
The word cuckoo" has been
given a conspicuous place in the COR
gressional vocabulary. 1t comes very
handily to a member with an intel.
lectual gap to till.-Louisville Courier.
journal.
day by day the tariff agitation
approaches the definite result of tariff
reform, and day by day mere of the un-
employed go back to work as more fac
tories start up, 1t is bad for repub-
lican prophecies, but pleasant for the
people. louisville Courier-Journal.
boiled down to its real meaning,
all that the &. o. p. organs have to say
against Chairman Wilson, of the ways
and means committee, Is that he knows
too much to be congressman. He Ger.
tainly knows too much for the people
who are arrsyed against him. Detroit
Free Press.
The republican cry Of cuckoo" Is
not going todisorganize to the democratic
party. When Mr.. Cleveland meets this
party view of what is right he can al
ways reply upon Its support. When he
does this it will be more dangerous
than it is now for republicans who
rnffle the feathers in the cuckoos nest
st. Louis Republic.
The democratic party has always
believed that the minimum burden Of
taxation is the best, and every citizen
can attend to his business better than
the federal government can attend TO
it for him. Elected on that issue the
democratic party has proposed bill
which has for its object the lessening
of the burden Of taxation. Such bill
is the Wilson tariff bill.-Albany Ar
gus.
In the Hawaiian discussion in the
mousse Mr.. McCreary, OF kensucky,
called attention to one fact in roL9ec-
ton with the revolution" so called,
which good many of cur republican
friends seem to have forgotten. twas
the provision in the treaty submitted
during the last days OF President Har-
rison's administration that the deposed.
queen should receive an annuity OF
twenty thousand dollars and the prin-
cess OF one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars The putting of such clause
in the treaty was not only very like
an admission--as Mr.. McCreary In
timatrd that The deihroncmcnf of The
queen was conspiracy and not revo'
luton. but indicated that Mr.. Harrison
had q good deal OF that Spartla''ty ior
Qncen lii with whicl, the cnrichturists
of the Y. o, p. have sought 10 invest
President Cleveland = i'et"a' tres
Press
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
FIRE BUGS AGAIN,
This Time They Succeed In Destroying
the Dome of the Worlds Fair Agricui-
tural building.

tuTal buiIuihs'
CHICAGO, Feb 25.-The graceful dome
of the Agricultural building, Worlds
fair grounds, was completely destroyed
by fire this morning. Shortly before
o'clock guard passing the south face
of the building saw smoke and flame
curling about the outside pillars near
the point at which previous fires had
started. A first and second alarm was
turned in, but the flames, running
up the outside of the pillars,
gained such headway in the roof
that the destruction of the dome was
matter of short order. Breaking
through the roof on the inside burning
embers soon began dropping to the
floor and the supports gradually weak
ened, and at last gave way, carrying
with it connected parts of the roof, the
dome tumbled and pitched in ruins to
the floor. Its fall practically put an
end to the firemen's work. The de-
struction of the dome left the already
partially ruined building an even more
unsightly object, and it now bears
little resemblance to the ornate
structure surmounted by the statue OF
Diana which formed one of the feat
ures of the court of honor. The origin
of the fire is believed to be incendiary.
About six weeks ago the gilded
statue of Diana was removed from the
dome and placed in the Columbian
museum. All the exhibits had been
removed from the building.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
CONDENSED TElEGRAMS.

THE available cash balance in the
treasury on the 26th was Sl37,s31, 425.
National Bank notes received for re-
demption, S,s2. 400; Government re-
ceipts, internal revenue, 1907, 100; Gus
toms, S2aS,7lS; miscellaneous, Sl55, SCI.
REV. A. J. WARNER, the leading negro
minister Of Alabama, has issued call
for State convention of negroes, to be
held in Birmingham, March 2lst, to con-
slider general migration to Africa.
Two FARMERS are dead, ten or twelve
are seriously sick and fifty more are
suffering from the effects OF eating
poisoned meat at sale held February
93d in Quemahoning township, Penn.
A PETITION is being circulated in
Colorado urging upon the citizens OF
the silver camps to take steps to secede
from the United States and become
annexed to Mexico.
SPOTTED fever, tho dreadful disease
very much resembling ccrebro men,
ingitis, which was epidemic in Marshall
County, KY, about this time last year.
is again spreading terror in the same
locality.
ONE hundred families in Niles, Ohio,
are without food. They have been sup
piled by the city authorities, but further
aid has been refused because there is
no more for that purpose.
A LODE of gold-bcaring quartz more
than two feet thick and one foot broad
has been discovered in Gillespie County,
Texas. An assay of the ore shows that
1t runs s99s worth Of gold and $50 worth
of silver, and as the ore is plentiful 1T
is believed rich find has been dis
covered.
Ar Springfield, Ohio, on the 25th, 1O6
colored converts were immersed into
the freezing waters Of Lagonda Creek,
passage.way to the middle of the
stream having been cut through the ice
lining the bank. The converts, after
baptism, went through the crowd OF
5000 spectators shouting and singing,
their clothing being frozen stiff.
Mrs. SopHIE BERsFoRD, of San Fran
cisco, has just died from glanders, which
she caught from a horse purchased from
a dealer named Forester. Her face
after death presented horrible sight.
INFORMATION comes from Starr County,
Texas, to the effect that famine Is
threatened there. A gentleman who has
visited that section says be never saw
anything to compare with the misery
and ruin which he witnessed there.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. a6.-J. II.
Crandall, a business man of this city,
arrived here Saturday from Aguas Ca.
liontes, Mexico, and stated that when
he left on Thursday it was reported
on good authority that Congressman
Wilson, who had stopped off there to
take the baths, was in dying condi-
tion, and that the physicians who were
attending him had given up all hope of
his being able to leave the place alive.
When Mr.. Wilson passed through Ell
Paso he was very sick man. but he
exerted himself to respond TO the many
invitations showered upon him by the
people of that city. In his exceedingly
week condition the baths had very
injurious instead of beneficial effect.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
Not In the Fight,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The report
from Buenos Ayres, via London, that
the vessels fitted out in New York for
service in Brazil, with the exception
of the dynamite cruiser Nictheroy,
had gone over to the insurgents, is
partially confirmed in letter received
here from one Of the American officers
i'll the service of the Brazilian govern
mcnt, This officer says that while the
America, the Pirating and the fleet of
torpedo boats are not actually in the
possession of the insurgents, their Off
GERS have such high personal feeling
for the insurgent naval officers that
they are unwilling to take any steps
against the force of Admiral da Cana,
although they would not turn over the
ships to the insurgent admiral. The
letter also says that on the voyage of
the Nictheroy from New York it was
discovered that insurgent agents were
on board through the stealing of the
standardized sights on the dynamite
gun. The sights We're recovered, but
1t was necessary to restandardize
them,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
The Jupiter Supk

NEw York, Feb. a6.-The Herald's
Montevideo (Uruguay)special says:
An official telegram has been re-
ceived from Rio announcing that the
insurgent steamer Jupiter was sunk
Thursday morning by the batteries
from Nictheroy.
1t is also reported that four steamers
and ten torpedo boats of President
Peixoto's squadron left Bahia on the
same day. The destination of the feet
is not known.
The Jupiter was fitted out in the summer OF
1893 by Admiral Walkenkolk when he espoused
the cause Of the revolutionists in Rio Grandc
do Sui. He took about 800 men with him on
the Jupiter President Peixoto Immediately
ordered the cruiser Republica TO proceed to
Rio Grande do Sui and give battle to the re.
belious admiral. The Republca was Joined
later by the Caycna, and after considerable
difficulty to two gunboats, succeeded in get
ting within range OF the Jupiter They chased
her and captured her, without any resistance,
of Santa Catharina. Waldenkolk was taken
prisoner and taken to Rio de Janciro under q
heavy guard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
A VERY SICK MAN.

Hon william l.. Wilson, Chairman of tho
House Committee on Ways and Means.
In IA Critical Condition natAguas.Caiientes, at
Mexico-IIis Malady Develops Into Ty-
phoid Fever.
WASHINGTON, Feb 25.-The condition
of Hon. William l.. Wilson, chairman
of the committee on ways and means,
is very grave. according to dispatch
received by Secretary Gresham yester-
day from Mr. Crittenden, the United
States consul general in the City OF
Mexico. The dispatch is as follows:
CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. a.
Secretary Of State, Washington, d. c.:
Mr.. Wilson has developed a remarkable
typhoid fever General condition grave; the
fever as yet OF mild form. DIR. Mallet Pre-
vost whom / sent from here to Aguas Ca
hentes (Hot Springs to see him, has had him
removed to Guadalajara, which he considers
the location which will give him the best san
itary surroundings possible in Mexico. TO
bring him to this city would be most danger.
Gus, He shall have the best Of attention.
A copy of the dispatch was sent to
the president.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
A Literary Anarchist Sentenced.

PARIS, Feb. a6 Jean Graves, an an
archist of letters, was tried in the
criminal court Saturday for having
published book entitled "Societe
Mourant," which, it was charged, con.
tained matter calculated to incite to
revolution and overflow existing in
stitutions. Elisce Reclus, the famous
geographer, testified warmly in favor
of the prisoner. Octave Mirbeau de-
clared that Graves hSd u superior mind
and was regarded as literary author.
ity. Graves was sentenced to pass two
years in prison and oay fine Of 1000
francs,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
A Chance for Trouble.

DANvILLE, KY, Feb. o5.-Wilam
Swope, OF Fayette county, is here con-
sulting with his brother, James Swope,
relative to the testimony given by DR..
4. NJ. Lewis, in which the name of
their deceased brother, Hon. A. NJ.
swope, dragged into the Pollard
breckenridge scandal.
The Swopes and DIR, Lewis have
both retained lawyers, and there are
probabilities of coming trouble. The
Swopes say that the statement made to
the effect that DIR. Lewis saw their
brother in Danville in the fall of 1885
is false, as he was then in Europe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
LATEST FROM BRAZIL.

Lively Brush with the Rcpublica ana
Aquidsban-The Latter Hit several
limes. But Not Seriously Damaged
feixotos New Fleet OF LIttIe.Use to Him
-fhe Insurgent Steamer Jupiter sunk
by the Nictheroy Batteries.
RIo DE JANEIRo, VIA MoyTEvIDEo,
Feb 25.-The insurgent cruise Repub-
lica, with Admiral Mello aboard, was
Off the bar on Tuesday. February 90
she exchanged shots with the govern
ment forts and signals with Admiral
da Gama's flagship. At 3 o'clock this
morning the insurgcnt war ship Aqui'
daban sailed away. The government
search-light revealed her later about
two miles from the forts. Rockets
were sent up from the government po-
sltions, and within ten minutes a hot
fire had been opened from all the guns
along the shore.
As.the Aquidaban advanced the fir.
ing increased. She returned the fire
briskly, and was assisted by Fort viii
lcga .,eon, which turned on all its
guns as the war ship was passing
through the narrows. The Aquidaban
was struck with many shells but APP
parcntly did not suffer any serious
damage After getting outside she
shelled the military school on the
neck of the peninsula opposite Fort
Santa Cruz. Several shells fell in the
city, but did no notable damage
An insurgent officer told the United
Press correspondent that the two in.
surgent vessels were going to Bahia to
destroy the government fleet. The
French steamship Portugal which has
just arrived here met the Republica and
Aquidaban with two transports on
their way to Bahia They should have
arrived at that port by February "a.
Admiral da Cana, with 800 men, is
holding the bay and five islands
against the governments 10000.
The officers of the United States
cruiser Detroit report that the govern
ment is winning ground slowly in the
southern provinces.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

CHICAGO. Feb. 26.-The First Pres
byterian church, corner of Chicago
avenue and Lake street, in Evanston,
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. The church was a frame
structure and was erected more than
twenty years ago at a cost of sa5, ,O0o.
The contents were valued at about IS,
900. The insurance on the building
and contents is SCI, 700. The fire was
discovered at about 0 o'clock at the
time when the congregation was gath.
ering for the morning service and
many of the members watched the
structure falling in ruins.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03
SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.
The Dishonest Reciprocity Clause of tho
Mckinley Act.

Mckinley Act.
In proposing the repeal of the rec
iprocity clause of the Mckinley act
the ways and means committee and
their democratic associates have taken
the first step towards the abolition of
preposterous humbug The reciproc-
ity clause is practically repealed by
the placing of tea, sugar, hides and
coffee on the free list, but It is the duty
Of democrats to set the seal of their
disapproval on the wretched pretense
Of fair trade and of increased commerce
embodied in the dishonest and un-
American reciprocity policy of the Har-
rison administration.
No word should remain on the statute
book to remind the country of the day
when congress turned over to the presi-
dent any part Of its power to legislate.
This is what the reciprocity clause
does. 1t transfers a power to the ex-
ecutive which the constitution con-
ferred upon congress, and therefore it
Is contrary to the fundamental law OF
the land.
Moreover, 1t gave to foreign govern
ments the right to declare when and
on what articles the people OF this coun-
try should be taxed. The right to levy
taxes appertains to our own free citi-
zenship. 1t is the right for which our
forefathers fought, and 1t has never
been surrendered except in the recip'
rocity clause Of the Mckinley act.
Finally, the reciprocity clause was
never intended to increase commerce or
to promote trade relations between this
country and foreign countries 1t was
. humbugging device of Mr. Blaine to
save his party from the rising tide OF
popular Indignation against high pro-
tective tariffs.
The discredited humbug should 60
N. Y. World
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Betting in Milwaukee, on the
e directors of the big Aurora
!, it was decided to resume
h about 400 men on the 26th.
is near Hurley, Wis, and is
Bt on the Gogebic range.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Resident, on the alst, nomi-
knville Stewart, of Montana,
koy extraordinary and minis
otentiary of the United States
5ay and Uruguay.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

SARATOGA. n. Y, Feb 25. The mer.
curry registered from . to 23 degrees
below zero here at different points this
morning. At North Vrcce II was as
degrees below.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

|Story cabled to the London
wing that the commander of
lsh squadron at Rio de Janeiro
Used to protect British mcr-
lessels in obtaining water, is
y discredited in London, but
nsed considerable feeling on
prt.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

bis refusal to recognize the
rebels as belligerents is
|ith disfavor by British resi-
lio de Janeiro, and is attrib-
khe influence of the United
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

[ANNAH STEPHENSON, mother
essman $. NJ. Steohcnson, of
be, Mich, and of ex-Congress-
(c Stephenson, of Marinette,
|, on the 23d, at her home in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

&C0MMITrEE of the house COM
d bankingand currency agreed.
Gd, to report favorably to the
mittee the bill introduced by
htative Cooper, of Indiana, ''to
n to state taxation national
Ites and United States treasury
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

ALcorr introduced u bill in the
the Goth, directing that the
. gold and silver shall be car
ereafter at the branch mint
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

4. BURpICK died at Auburn, n.
! oath, in his eightieth year
partner in the great reaper
!. NJ. Osborne & Co. for over
lrs, and was the inventor of
|ck reaper and several smaller
IA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

EVANS, the train robber and
Vas taken to court in Fresno,
|the Goth, and sentenced by
6rris to Imprisonment for life
Y penitentiary,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

bort that ex-Sccretary Pung of
ese legation at Washington
|beheaded after returning to
Nal kingdom proves to have
Aout foundation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

|OPKINs' bill to reclassify and
e the salaries of postal clerks,
IN the oath, was ordered favor
|orted, divides these clerkships
en classes and fixes their sal.
Follows: First class. $500; Sec
|00; third, 81, 900; fourth, 81, 800;
900: sixth, $1,000; seventh,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

&ailablc cash balance in the
n on the a4th was sl3S, ,1ji, ,63S;
bank notes received for re-
y, S470,325; total for the week,
y; government receipts, inter-
hue, S3l5, $50; customs, $302,-
eellaneous, sl4,73l.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

LocHERlDGE, his brother Da'
jOhn Lemon We're arrested on
|h, near Brandon, Man, on the
y charge of making counterfeit
money. a complete set of
II raised bills were found in
session.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

D PATRICK PRENDERGAsT, who
gted Mayor Carter Harrison
10 at his home on the evening
er 20 last, was denied a new
Nudge Brentano, on the 2Ith,
Breed to be hanged on Fri
ch %.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

! I'D the illness of f. ]. Phelps,
rmount, cx-ministcr TO En-
md senior American counsel in
ring sea arbitration last year,
II New Haven, Conn. assumed
y turn. Early in the morning
II change for the worse was no.
Prof. Phelps suffered severe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

'ousc committee on Interstate
eign commerce has ordered fa-
reported the bill authorizing
hth 4 superior Bridge Go. to
1T II steel bridge over the st.
ivcr between Duluth aad SUI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

RAroH from Montevideo, via
laws that all the vessels of the
the brazilian government, with
Iption of the dynamite cruiser
roy, joined the squadron of the
Its. on the Goth, and sailed
BIN the harbor of Rio.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Statement issued by the asso-
banks OF New York city for
* ended the cath showed the
lg changes: Reserve, increase,
loans, increase, Sl,SS9, 800;
decrease, s61l, 400; legal ten
crease, sl.6s9,600; deposits, in
(2,7a0, 100; circulation. decrease,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

fATCH from Port Louis, Mauri-
knd, reports that IA cyclone had
he island doing almost incalcu-
image to property and killing
curing many persons, a
railway train was blown from
k and rolled down an embank-
TO the Coromandel river, killing
fsons and injuring a large num-
lthcrS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

Tho correct list OF failures in the
United States for 1898, as published by
Bradstreet's, yields no surprises 1t
does not tend In any way to minify the
number or gravity of the business dis
asters of the year, which We're the re-
suit of republican extravagance and
misrule, and almost foreshadowed by
Secretary Fosters last reports. Nor
Is the general understanding that 1873
WAS bad year. removed by study
of the figures Still the report is in-
teres sting and well worth study. kan
sas city Times
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

esident has appointed Charles
n, of Delta, o., a special agent
allotments of lands in sew
Indians.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

AIS the deficit since July l
amounts to nearly forty-five million
dollars, Mr.. Harrison, of Indianapolis,
feels that he is Napoleon of finance
when it comes to dealing with q sur-
plus SO MS to leave his successor an
Nupty Tag 10 hold IN. Y World.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

rial in Vienna of the seventy
lnbers of the Omladina society.
with conspiracy in connection
De murder of Rudolph Mrva,
minated. Twenty were sen.
70 terms OF Imprisonment vary
b two to eight years, fifty re-
sentences ranging from two
to two months and two were
ed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

klection of u congressman-at-
Pennsylvania, on the Goth, to
Facancy caused by the death of
Lilly, resulted in the choice of
A. Grow, republican, by a
n over his opponents, James
Hancock, democrat, and Henry
row, prohibitionist, estimated
Test returns ut Sl..0, 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-03

b returns received on the alst
the early estimate that Grow
b congrcssman-at-largc of Penn
!, received a plurality exceed
Do, and the indications are that
|c returns will increase the fig
perhaps 175, 900. This is by far
|gest plurality ever given for
didatc in that state.