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ACTED IN GOOD FAITH.

pront nor abstain from manufacturing
without loss
ACTED IN GOOD FAITH.
The court says there can be no ques-
tion of the good faith Of the plain tiffs.
The question of the constitutionality
Of the sugar bounty in the act OF 1890
is entirely immaterial. 1t is question
Of equitable consideration, and the
court says: 1.-THE plaintiffs acquired
claims upon the government OF an
equitable, moral or honorary nature" 7"
The principle upon which the court
bases It's decision Is contained In the
following declarntionl Under the
provisions of The constitution (articls
l, section 6B congress has power to
lay and collect taxes, etc, to pay the
debts Of the United States. = Having
power to raise money for that purpose
II, OF coufsef follows that II has power
when the money u raised 10 hts
propria q. ~ no tlie same object
/1lt term ~ ~ = |I'>so
ueDts or claims whlcli4 rest upon
q merely equitable or honorary obli-
CATION and which would not be re-
covera Die In court OF law II existing
against an Individual Their recogni-
uon depends solely upon congress, or
wnetneT IL VIII recognize claims thus
Iounoee must % leIt 10 tne discretion
oi una. oooy. fayments 70 indiviauais'
no. VI rigne OF Oh merely iegai claim,
pue payments IN the nature OF
gratuity' yet having some feature OF
OF moral obligation to support them,
nave oeen maoe oy the government oy
virtue OF acts OF congress appropriat.
ing .ne puoilc money ever since its
,ounoa.lon. some OF tne acts were
paseu upon consioerations OF pure
charity.
Inc indirect or war risks rejected
oy the general arbitration tribunal,
put paid oy congress, and the French
spoiiation claims are cited as instances
OF payments that are not OF right,
put In the nature OF gratuity and as
an act OF grace, ana ~ is SAID tnat the
power TO provide Tor similaf claims mas
been recognized ~ state governments
and sustained, for example, by the
New York court OF appeals In the case
OF the town OF Guilford VS.. Supervis-
ors OF Chenango county.
In conclusion the court says: I'm re-
gard to the question whether the facts
existing In any given case bring 1t
within the description of that class Of
claims which congress can and ought
to recognize as founded upon equitable
and moral considerations and grounded
upon principle OF right and justice, we
think that generally such question
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
A Scene Of Destruction In Historic
BloDdy Run.

McGREeoR, Ia, May ed.- Words are
inadequate to fittingly describe the
scene OF desolation caused by sunday
nights terrible cloud-burst in the his
toric Bloody Run" For ten miles
west of this place everything is in
ruins. All the afternoon threatening
clouds were gathering and about one
o'clock the storm burst in its fury, soon
deluging the valley. 1t swept all be-
fore It. OF the Is people missing six
bodies have been recovered.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
Ono OF tho roundors OF birmingham.

Col. Thomas Garrett, ono OF the
founders of Birmingham, Ala, died a
few days ago, aged 80. He built many
fine houses in Birmingham.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

MIToHELLvILLE, Ia, May s6.--At
1925 o'clock Sunday night strip of
country half a mile wide extending
from the edge of Bondnraht southeast
through Santiago and Valeria, was
devastated by a cyclone. 1t caught
up the house of Peter Bolenbaugh
north of Santiago, and no vestige of it
has yet been found. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bolenbaugh were found in field 100
yards from the house, entirely nude
and dead. A little nephew who was
living with them was found yet fuf-
ther away, crushed almost to pulp.
At Valeria Charles Whalen's farm
house was demolished, and himself
and wife and three children killed.
Others, swelling the number to II,
were killed, but names are not OBJ
tainable.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

James Dewitt, who murdered his wife
last fall by choking, was himself legal
" cholsed 70 death Of grnyson'KY, =
fcw days ago.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
Rose Twenty Feet in Haif an Hour.


MT. CARROLL, Ill, May 26.-The hard
est storm ever experienced in this sec-
tion broke at 1880 Sunday night and
lasted Until tsree yesterday morning.
Carroll creek rose 20 feet in half an
hour. This j. NJ. ShirlS company's
mill-dam broke. flooding the electric
light plant. Lebkicker's carriage man
ufactory, the Mount Carroll tannery
and all the buildings along Galena
avenue and Mill street.
The fire alarm was rung at one
o'clock and people were rescued on
improyised rafts.s
FInff river Is six feet ~higher than
ever known, and iron bridges and
fences all went down in the flood.
The damage in Carroll county is esti-
mated at 100000 Telephone and tel
egraph lines are also down and re-
ports from outside towns cannot be
obtained.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

At Gap Run, Tenn. the odd fellows
use cave for lodgeroom. The cave
is on the farm of DIR. Hyder, secretary
of the lodge, and on entering you pass
down nine steps to the first floor.
where is located the anteroom, 10 feet
square From the anteroom you de-
scend 10 more steps, and find yourself
in complete lodgeroom, so feet long,
20 feet wide and 20 feet from floor to
ceiling, natural arch in the center.
The stairs and seats are bed rock, and
the temperature in the lodgeroom is 50
uniform the year round that no heat or
ventilation Is required.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
Between Twoaty and Twenty-Five Per-
sons Killed.

ORToNvILLE. Mich, May 20. "A cy-
clone swept over the northern portion
Of Oakland county yesterday after
noon. The storm passed about half a
mile north OF this village. 1t camc
from the west ard went on line due
east. The path OF the cyclone was
half a mile wide. Every farm house
In It's path for distance OF fully ff'
teen miles was destroyed, and between
twenty and twenty-five persons were
killed and nearly thirty injured, some
OF whom will die.
Erkwood, the next village north OF
here. Is reported to have been com
pletely wiped out and many persons
Injured and killed.
At Thomas, which Is located few
miles east Of here, many buildings were
destroyed, and It Is said hve persons
lost their lives.
Mctamora, Q town few miles north
OF Thomas, on the line Of the Michi-
gan Central, also suffered severely,
and several persons we're killed.
An immense Amount OF Damage Done.
MT. cLENENs, Mich, May 2e.-The
cyclone which struck here last even
ing was not as disastrous as at first re-
ported About twenty-five houses
were demolished, but SO far as can be
learned now no person was killed.
Mrs. Poplar and three sons were
seriously and perhaps fatally injured.
The cyclone has done an immense
amount Of damage TO the surrounding
country, many farm houses having
been demolIshed and II Ia feared later
reports win show that many lives
beyo been lost in this section Of
MlAepHb n eouptys
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

A cigar factory has just been estab
lished at Aberdeen, and is in full opera
tion
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

OK the 2sd ex- United States Senator
Wm. A. Wallace died in New York
city. Mr. Wallace had been sar ious)y
Ill for several months.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

jackson, May 25.-Hon. J. J. Evans
and Hon. NJ. NJ. Evans have been in the
Delta section tho last ten days examin-
ing the crops OF the penitentiary. When
within FIVE miles of Leland Washing
ton county, Hon. J. J. Evans was thrown
from his buggy and painfully but not
seriously hurt. His collar-bone was
broken and he was otherwise injured.
He was sitting on the rear seat in the
vehicle, and the same was not secured
to the body of the buggy. When the
team started up slight incline the
driver gave the horses cut with his
whip, causing them to suddenly jump to
one side. throwing the seat on which
Mr.. Evans was sitting to the ground.
He left the vehicle with the seat and, as
stated, had his collar-bone broken in
the fall. He came home, accompanied
by Hon: M. M. Evans, and is now rest
ing easily.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Crops in tho pslta.

Tho Clarksdale Banner says OF the
srop prospects in that section: "Itis not
only gratifying TO us, but decidedly en-
couraging to our entire business and
mercantile community to receive the
continued good crop reports that are
coming in, and these reports will help
merchants to accept philosophically all
tho dull periods that they are likely to
have during the impending summer
months, when business is always moro
or loss stagnant. Good crops as arc
now indicated will surely make trade
lively this fall, and tho fact that all Of
them are being made at the smallest
possible cost by the farmers and plant
ers means that they will have that much
more actual money to spend when they
market their products. It is to be hoped
that nothing may occur to interfere with
a bounteous yield, in which event the
whole planting fraternity will be placed
upon prosperous footing"
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

KANKAKEE, H., May 2e. "A small
cyclone visited this city at midnight.
Anumber of outhouses and buildings.
all in q path 300 feet wide, were
wrecked. Tho damage will amount to
about $4,000.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

Hon. M. NJ. Evans, who has just re-
turned from an extensive trip in the
Delta, says that he had never seen crops
of all kinds in better condition than at
tho present. He said the crops had been
worked so we'll that they looked more
like we'll cultivated gardens than any
thing else. He found no adverse con-
ditions whatever, and thinks 1t not i'm
probable II the prospects are as favor
able elsewhere as In the Delta section
that tho present yield of cotton may
amount to 10, 900, 900 bales.
Tho Opinion OF Attorney General Nash.
There seems TO bo good deal Of mis-
apprehension relative to the recent
opinion of Attorney-General Nash on
the poll tax question as to how far back
the same extends. tits understood that
he only considered the question OF taxes
OF the present year-that is, for the Pc
riod commencing October 1, 1895, and
ending. October 1, 1896. 1t will be re-
memb bered that Attorney-General John
ston gave an opinion that exempt prop
erty was not liable TO seizure for taxes,
and that opinion controls up to the time
Mr.. Nash made his decision.-T. M.
Henry in Commercial Appeal.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
THE DEADLY CYCLE.
Widespread Devastation and Loss
of Human Life
Caused By Winds and Cloud Bursts-R -Riv-
uiets Converted In an Hour Into
Raging Rivers that Carry
Everything Before Thorn.


DUBUQUE, Ia., May PA terrific
thunder and lightning storm struck
Dubuque shortly after nine o'clock
Sunday night after a very warm and
oppressive day. In the midst Of the
storm Mrs. Clark, station agent Of the
Chicago & Great Western railroad at
Durango, eight miles northwest Of
Dubuque, was called from her fesis
dencc to the depot neafsbystp get or
ders for train, which had just arrived.
She took her four children with her;
and was at work when the doddr
sweeping down the Maquaoka valley,
carried away the bridge then the res
q I6e, anl| |1alI 49, de bot which
was borne down stream mile hnd q
half.
The four children were drowned,
but Mrs. Clark clung to the roof, and
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

Georgia has no end Of queer things.
There is now discovered within her
boundaries dog that uses the tele-
phone. The dog is the property of Mr..
Richard Howard, of Columbus, and
answers to the name of Roscoe" One
day lotely Roscoe was at home when
Mr.. Howard called up some one there
and told them to put the receiver to
Roscoe's ear. When they did SO Mr..
Howard said: Roscoe, come to the
stable; there are some rats to KILL"
The dog instantly recognized the voice
of his master, and, evincing the great
est pleasure, hastened to get out to
him at the stables. where he willingly
performed the duty required.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
REASONS FOR THE DECISION.

bEAoOAtb EOR INV DEClblON.
In discussing the conditions which
existed at the time of the passage of
the appropriation act of 1895, the court
says: "The production of this manu-
facture of sugar in the southern and
some portions of the western states
from sugar cane and from sorghum
and beets had become at the time of
the passage of the act of 1890 an indus
try in which large numbers of the citi-
zens Of this country were engaged, and
its prosecution involved the use of q
very large amount Of capital. Tho
tariff Heretofore had been very high
on imported sugar, and that industry
had thereby been encouraged. fostered
and greatly increased. The subject of
how TO treat this industry was under
discussion in congress while the tariff
act of 1890 was before it, and It finally
decided the question by enacting the
bounty clause of that act.
Before that time the revenue on i'm
ported sugar had amounted to nearly
500, 900 in one year. To put sugar
on the free list would reduce the rev.
chuo bhuI dihount, uub III bne same
time 1t might, as was urged in con-
gress, ruin the persons engaged in the
industry in this country. So the tariff
on sugar was reduced, while at the
same time bounty was placed opon
its production here of an amount
which, it was thought, would equal
the protection the industry had there
tofore enjoyed under tariff The act
was approved by the president, and no
question of it's validity was made by
any officer of the government having
any duties to perform under it.
Under the act large sums Of money
were paid to sugar manufacturers as a
bounty, and no officer of the govern
ment questioned the validity OF the
act
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

Gniena, In.., visited ny Ouu-burst.
GALENA, ILL.,, May 2e. "A flood, the
result of cloud-burst, swept this city
Sunday night The water rushing in
torrents from the bluffs to the low
ground together with the sudden rise
of the Galena river, turned tho down
town streets into rushing rivers. Tow
boats did service on Main and Com
tierce streets. Franklin street is
scene OF devastation. Cellars on Main
street are inundated and places Of bus
mess in some portions of town are
abandoned for the present. Walls of
solid masonry were torn out, buildings
were carried from their foundations
and horses swept from floating barns
down the deiuged streets. Several
homes are wrecked, among them that
of J. B. Strickland, whose wife was
drowned
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
NUMBER %.
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.
That Alabama sensatlon.

Sheriff Robert II. Kennedy of Dallas
sounty, Ala, has been released after
tedious trial for murder.
Mardis l.. Wood, of Dallas, is one of
the most prominent politicians In
Alabama. His brother, Percy, was
prominent attorney Of Dallas. Wood
now holds a 5000 government posi-
tion, with headquarters in New
Orleans. For two years rumors exist
ed that Mardis Wood was unduly inti-
mate with the wife of Sheriff Kenne-
dy, lis most intimate friend. Last
February, the woman deserted her
husband, and went to Wood In New
Orleans. Wood went to Montgomery
to attend the state conven tion. His
brother, Percy, came from Selma the
same evening, as also did Sheriff Kon.
nedy, the latter coming secretly.
Mardis Wood arranged to leave for
New Orleans at Ave o'clock on the
morning of the convention. The
brothers went together to the train,
and while they were standing to.
gethcr, Kennedy approached them
from the rear and fred upon them sew
eral times with shotgun loaded with
buckshot. Percy fell, and died In
few hours. Mardis was seriously
wounded. Kenneday surrendered.
The Dc fense pleaded EN- otional In.
sanity, and proved that Percy Wood
had threatened Kennedy's life II he at
tempted to injure Mardis.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

provision for the payment Of any boun-
", and he be left III such d condition
that he could neither manufactufe with
profit nor abstain from manufacturing
without loss;
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
MUST PAY THE BOUNTIEs
Supreme Court Overrules Comp
troller Bowler's Decision.
Reasons Given in.support OF tho Validity
OF tho Act-Congrcss' Power to Pay
Gratuities or Discharge Honor
ary Obligations is Upheld.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The supreme
court has sustained the validity of the
appropriation to carry ont the sugar
bounty features of the Mckinley and
Wilson tariff acts by unanimous
opinion, affirming the decision of the
circuit court for the eastern district of
Louisiana, and reversing the action Of
the comptroller of the treasury, Mr..
Bowler, who refused to permit the
payments of the bountics, on the
ground that the act, was pnconstitu-
| tionah s@ n
The cases involved ,3ese abosa,of .the
Really % and Andrew 1I. 0ay, &.
spectively. The opinion OF the court
was delivered by Justice Peclkham.
Both were test cases. The Realty Co.
was one Of class coming under the
terms OF the appropriation to those
who had manufactured certain class
OF sugar previous to August 2s, 1894,
and upon which no bounty had pre-.
viously been paid. The repeal of the
bounty clause in the act Of 1890 by the
act which took effect on August 26,
1894, and which prohibited the pay
ment of bounties thereafter, prevented
the company from obtaining the money
on the warrant which had been issued
to it prior to that date There were
comparatively few persons coming
under the class In which the company
stood, and the appropriation made for
the payment of that class was little
less than SohO. 600
COMPLIED WITH THE Aen
The plaintiff In the other suit, Mr..
Gay, is one of class coming under the
second portion OF the act of 1895, he
being among those who complied with
the provisions of the bounty act, as
contained in the schedules Of the net
OF October, 1890, by filing notice OF ap-
plication of license and bond as therein
required, and who would have been
entitled to receive license as provid-
ed In said act, and bounty of eight
tents OF cent per pound on the sugar
actually manufactured by him during
the period commencing August 2s,
1894, and ending June 80, 1895. The
amount of bounty claimed by Gay is
between $4,000 and $1,000.
The persons forming this class are
numerous, and the appropriation for
them amounted to S5,OO0,0OO. Comp
troller Bowler had based his action
largely upon the decision by the court
of appeals of the District of Columbia
that the sugar bounty clause of the
Mckinley act vas unconstitutional
The supreme court in its opinion
said that for the purpose of the
cases, it was necessary to decide
whether such legislation is beyond the
power OF congress, but that in either
case the appropriations of money in i
act of 1895, to manufacturers and pro-
ducers OF sugar who had complied
with the act of 1890, were within the
power of congress to make, and were
cOn ~ ifu fiopa1 nd yo1t1
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30

cff[ "a *1ru TO be used 10 pump out
tht |tf bcfofe the second editions
eou| " sent to press. Much minor
ddu from wind and lightning ID
ie1@ y from all over the city, but nd
fst7 ies Resulted so far as heard of.
AZ &torm extended south of Chicago
Into Hand Kankalsee counties, and
aiI nQraph wires are down in the
vI1 of Joliet and Kankakee, cut
lin n Communication with the CEN
tro W. of the state.
<Ile lake the storm raised .
" udous sea, but as the direction
e Wind was generally from the
N no vessels were reported in
Fl IA on this side of the lake. There
Il ery probability, however, that
|Si |Es will be heard OF on the eastern
work. Of the storm in the subur-
81 towns was disastrous, Edison
Z Norwood Park, Irvington Park
10 Ravenswood came in for the great
Manage. Several persons were
some seriously, and nearly q
I{,ylA Qf buildings, two Of them
smzlrches, were damaged. At Ravens
wood there is hardly an ornamental
lhade tree intact, and numerous weak
were wrecked.
At Ravenswood McDonald's circus
was tented when the cyclone came
along and ripped the canvas from the
stakes, snapped the guy ropes and up
'et the animal cages. An elephant got
oose, but was captured half an hour
ater,
At Wilson avenue and East Ravens
wood Park the plate-glass windows In
! drug store were blown In, and board
Sidewalks went up into the air, COM
ng back to the earth In splinters.
Shade trees, outhouses, ETC., were
in all directions.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-23
MarYeIous Results.

From letter written by Rev. ]. Cum
herman, Of Diamondale, Mich, we are
permitted to make this extract: II
have no hesitation in recommending
Dr. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits we're almost marvellous in the case
of my wife. While I was pastor Of the
Baptist Church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible par
oxysms Of coughing would last hours
with little interruption and It seemed
as II she could survive them. A friend
recommended DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry; 1t was quick in its work and high
ly satisfactory In its results" Trial
bottles free at b. II. Fernish's Drug
Store.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-23

One of the most novel ideas that
have been advanced in sometime is the
suggestion made BY one John 5. Brooks.
that on January /, 1900, new division
OF the year, into thirteen months, be
Instituted. This is not so preposterous
as most people would be likely to con-
slider 1t at the first thought. In a let
ter which Mr.. Brooks wrote to the
New York Herald he says that IL such
division were made, the first twelve
months would have just twenty-eight
days, or four weeks each, and Che new
month twenty-nine, to make 800, and
thirty in leap year. After few DAYS
there would be no need to refer to cal
.endars, as the same day of the week
would have the same date through the
year. II in the four years to come this
change could be adopted by all coun-
tries, and January | were, say, Mon
day. every Monday would be the LIST.
9Th, 18th, and I'D; every Tuesday the
2d,9th. 10th. and 23d, and so on through
out the year. The changes of the
moon would be on about the same dates
through the year, and many calcula-
lions, like interest, dates of maturing
notes, Easter Sunday, and many other
important dates would be simplied.
Mr.. Brooks says in conclusion: 'The
present generation would have to fig
ure new dates for birthdays, and all Ie-
gal holidays, except New Year, would
be on different dates. Would not the
gain be more than the loss, as that
would be permanent, and the objec-
lions imaginary or trifing? / wonder
that this has not been advocated before
and yet have not heard of it. am
sixty-fiye years old, but | can never
tell the days in each month without re-
peating the usual verse that we learn
in childhood. What excitement we
could have over naming the new month.
] would call it Lunar" Mr.. Brooks
certainly has no fear of the unlucky
number. The advantages which he
points out are worthy of consideration,
but 1t is not likely that they will re-
ceiye it.--Albany Express.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-23
RAILROAD RuMellNes.

A new railway sleeping car evolved in
England is SO feet long and nine feet
wide, with rooms containing books and
other comforts for each passenger.
1t is understood that the Wells-F Fargo
Express company is now having sew.
eral burglar-proof cars built. The
plans are KEEP; secret, SO that high
waymen cannot become familiar Will,
them.
1t has been decided by the supreme
court of Massachusetts, that if a passen-
ger leaves street ear while in motion.
and is hurt, the company need not even
extend assurance of its sympathy un-
less so disposed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-23
IN THE FAR WEST.

Firewood costs $40 q cord in the Arc
tic town of Circle City, Alaska.
Coyotes have killed all the cats in
the town of Valley, Wash, and in the
neighborhood. They come boldly into
the town at night and pick upevery cat
they come across.
In one county in California it is esti-
mated that rabbits and hares caused a
loss of 100000 in a single year, and the
question of Kidding themselves of such
pests has become one of vital interest.
At Laramie, Wyo., William Akerson.
convicted of perjury in connection with
an attempt to collect bounty for dogs
hides, to which he had sewed the paws
of wolves, was sentenced to two years
Imprisonment.