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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

Fire Monday destroyed the set of farm
buildings owned by John Davidson, of
Stetson. The family were away at the
thing and nothing was saved. The fire is
supposed TO have caught 'from defective
five The loss is said to be about $4,000
with an insurance of $1,000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

George Hamas and Emery Taylor, aged
sixteen and fourteen years, have the past
sum Dler carried on the farm of the late
George M. Taylor IN Topsfeld They
have cut 80 tons of hay, cut 100 cords Of
wood, raised 465 bushels of potatoes, $40
bushels of buck wheat, IS bus hels of vel
iow-eyed beans, also have MIXED II COWS
which have made $50 pounds of butter
and raised 10 calves. All Of the money
they paid out for hired help was S56 the
balance being done by themselves.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

A lady teacher in one Of the Machias
schools, in trying to explain the meaning
of the word Slowly" illustrated it by
walking across the floor. When she asked
the class to tell her how she walked, she
nearly tainted when boy at the foot of
thu class shouted: Bow-legged, ma'am. {"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets,
al druggists refund the money if it fails
TO cure 2if.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

Over in Burnham it's citizens firmly be-
Heve in the existence of the terrible great
gray beast which is. reported to have
made his winter quarters in the suburbs
OF that quiet village. His dimensions
are fully sig feet his track is larger than
the human footprint, and his stride meas
ures something tremendous
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

Ladies' whose systems are poisoned
and whose blood Is in an impure condl-
eion. due to menstrual Irregularities
are peculiarly benefited by the won
critics Of p. P. P.~Prioxiy A,6, Poke
Root and Potassium.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-09

= SpRINoTIRLD, Mo. Aug. 14th. 1898,
IL can speak In the highest terms or
your medicine from my own personal
knowledge. Twas affected with hesrs
35 years. was treated by the very BEST
physicians ana spent hundreds OF dol.
lars, tried every known remedy with
out binding relief. Ihave only taken
one bottle al your P. 2. p, and can
ehaerfully say It has done me more
GOOD than ANYTHING have ever taken.
4 can recommend your medicine to all
snfferers Of the above diseases.
MRS. NJ. NJ. WEARY.
Springfield. Green County. Mo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
SOUTHERN cLEAkINos.



Until three weeks ago, says a dis
patch sent from Memphis, Tenn, on
August 2, the cotton conditions
throughout the south were never bet
ter, the acreage was large and IL
looked like 10, 900, ,0OO- bale crop, which
meant 6-cent cotton. The dry and hot
weather of the last month, however,
has done great damage. In Arkansas
it is reported by the commissioner of
agriculture that the damage is so per
cent. Reports from 20 cotton centers in
Mississippi, Is In Arkansas and 10 in
Tennessee show the average damage in
Mississippi to be a2 per cent, in Ar
kansas 81 per cent. and In Tennessee
20 per cent. Unless there Is a general
rain in week the crop will be cut to
5000, 900 bales. As the condition exists,
it does not look as II the crop will be
as great as it was last year, something
over 1000, 900 bales. The.bolls are now
opening, and the dry, hot weather pre-
maturely natures them. First" bales
were reported before July 20 at nearly
every cotton center In Arkansas and
Mississippi.i ~ y
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
SENATOR JOHN B. GORDON,
Though Goli Democrat, VIII support
His farty's Ticket.

BosToN, Aug. 4.-Senator John b.
Gordon, of Georgia, whose name has
been mentioned for vice president on a
gold ticket, says that he would not ac.
cept nomination for any political posi-.
ton. While remaining a sound money
man, he will support the nominees of
the Chicago convention.
Senator Gordon is opposed to second
ticket being placed in the field by
the democratic party. In explaining
his position he said: The political
situation in Georgia, while similar
to that in other southern states,
is not thoroughly appreciated in
the north, The democracy of Georgia
is always threatened with accession to
power of an undesirable element. This
is made up of radical agrarian ele
ment, holding to very unusual views
on financial and other questions. With
the assistance of the negro vote this
element might at any time secure con-
troll Of the state. To keep this ele-
ment-a most dangerous one--in the
background the democrats find it
necessary to stand together. There
are hosts of sound-money democrats
in Georgia who, before the Chicago
convention, talked as if they would
not support any silver nominee, but
now most of these, recognizing the
alternative, are, one by one, deciding
to vote the ticket Republican rule in
my state would be calamity, and the
rule of the element have mentioned
would be as bad. | deem it my duty,
under the circumstances. to vote for
the nominees of my party"
why do you not consider second
democratic ticket desirable?" was
asked.
Because do not think it could mus
ter material strength. In our section
of the country there are few, very few,
who, l think, would support such a
ticket. There is little disaffection
from the democratic ranks owing to
the silver platform.
Senator Gordon added that, after 30
years of public life, he was growing
tired of it. He said that he must in
the future give up more time to his
own affairs, which politics, in a meas
ure, compelled him to neglect.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
INsURGENT VICTORY.

Tho Spanish Authorities at Last Acknowl-
edge Defeat. but Lay II to Superior
Numbers Yellow Fever and Smallpox
Increasing Throughout the Island and
In Certain Localities Raging as Epl-
denies with Ugh Death Rate.
HAVANA, Aug. 4.-Antonio Pcna
Lopez and Narciso Rodriguez Lopez,
respectively lieutenant and private
in the insurgent army, were shot yes
terday at the Cabanas fortress for the
crime of rebellion against the Spanish
government, and Nunez Bravo, tho
rebel prefect of Santiago de Cuba,
was executed Sunday at Santo Do
mingo for the same crime.
A fierce engagement between rebels
and government troops is reported to
have taken place in the vicinity Of
Melones, near Manzanillo. The Span
ish force consisted Of only one hun
dred soldiers, while the insurgents
number thousand. The government
troops were defeated and compelled TO
retreat. Two Spanish lieutenants
were killed, and the commander Of
the troops and large number OF his
force were wounded. The rebel losses
were heavy.
Yellow fever and smallpox are in.
creasing throughout the island and in
certain localities have become epi-
demic. The authorities are adopting
measures to prevent the spread of the
diseases and to diminish the high death
tn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
CHAIRMAN FAULKNER

or tho Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee Takes N Rosy View OF
the Situation, and Predicts tho Tri-
umphant Success of Bis Party's Ticket
He Points to "Straws" to Show How
Things are Moving.
WASHINGTON, Aug4. Senator Faulk-
ner, chairman OF the democratic con.
gressional campaign committee, re-
turned from his home in West Virgin
ia, where he had gone to escape the
heat over Sunday. lie takes a very
rosy view of the situation, and pre-
diets the triumphant success of the
ticket for which he is doing such en-
ergetic work.
1T is the fashion in these days"
said the senator, Ito point to straws
to show how things are moving, and
if they may be taken as an actual in
dication of the condition of affairs, l
have only to point to existing condi-
tions in my home county of Berkeley.
This was the county in my state that
sent sound money delegation to the
convention to select delegates to the
Chicago convention. This was month
or so ago, and at the time sentiment
| appeared to be all on the side of the
gold men. How is it to-day? A man
could not be nominated and elected to
the position of constable" said Mr..
Faulkner, 'unless he stood squarely
on free silver platform.
"ln my mail this morning." said the
senator, II received a letter from Cam
ton, O., announcing the organization,
right in the home Of Maj. Mckinley,
of republican free silver club and
the election of a prominent republican
and wealthy manufacturer as its tenn
porary chairman. From another
county | have received advices that
after a Bryan club had been organ
lied, 80 republicans and 81 populists
enrolled themselves as members, and
are doing good work for the demo-
cratic ticket. Up in Pennsylvania |
have received word that the silver
sentiment is spreading with great ra-
pidity; and in the Eleventh congress
sional district, one that has always
been heavily republican, we are as
sured that we have an even chance of
carrying the district for the demo-
cracy."
Asked when he thought the cam
paign would be formally opened, SEN
ator Faulkner stated that he did not
think it wise to begin the speech-mak-
ing until about the middle OF Septem-
Der. at takes some little time" he
said, "to organize a corps of speakers
and arrange for the canvass. | do not
myself approve of too long cam
paign, but that matter during presi-
dental year is left largely to the ma
tional committee"
| While Senator Jones, chairman of
the national committee, will be guided
largely by the wishes of Mr.. Bryan,
Mr.. Faulkner believes he will ulti-
mately select Washington as the head
quarters of the national committee.
Speaking of the alleged revision of
the Chicago speech of Mr.. Bryan, Sem
ator Faulkner said
''The changes made by Mr. Bryan are
immaterial and consist of word here
and there. The stenographers had no
means of knowing taking the speech
as it fell from the lips of the speaker
where he had used quotations, and
in the revision it will be found that
Mr.. Bryan places quotation marks
around the whole sentence referring
to the Grown of thorns and the cross
of gold"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
HEAD.ON COLLISION.
Several Persons Injured Moro or Les
Severely and One Fatally.

Several Persons Injured More or Less
Severely and One Fatally.
MARcELINE, Mo-, Aug. 4.-The Fort
Madison passenger train No. 1s, on the
Santa Fe railway collided with the
California and Mexican express two
miles east of Bosworth, Mo-, at 1I:l0
o'clock yesterday morning. The Fort
Madison train was west-bound, in
charge of Conductor Blue, and was
drawn by engine No. GOO The Cali
fornia express was in charge Of Con-
ductor Proctor and Engineer Gehn,
and was drawn by engine No. 734
The following is complete list of the
injured:
John Mcconnell, of Bosworth, Mo-;
slight.
}. W. Munec, Rogers, Kas.; slight.
William Smith, Oklahoma; head hurt.
W. j. Morgan, Emporia, Kas.; se-
riously injured internally.
Leads Budway, Wells.Fargo messen.
ger, Chicago; dangerously hurt.
Curtis Harboy, Pullman car porter,
Chicago; slightly hurt.
James Hickey, San Jose, Cal; badly
hurt
John McCabe, news agent, Marco.
line, Mo-; not dangerous.
Fred Heady, engineer; badly hurt
and will proba bly, die.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
SHAKEN UP BY A CYCLONE
Considerable Damage Done at Grafton, n.
d., and Other Points.

GRAFTON, n. D., Aug. A cyclone
did considerable damage to buildings
about one mile south of Grafton at 1880
o'clock yesterday morning. Peter Pc
terson's house was entirely destroyei. |.
There were niue people in the house,
but only two were injured, most of
them taking the precautlon to go into
the cellar. An old lady was blown
out in the wreck and badly shaken up.
Her shoulder was injured and she re-
ceived wounds on the face. A boy
four years old was badly cut on the
head.
The house was total loss. An old
man attempted to hold the doors from
blowing in, the next thing he knew he
was still holding the door but it was
on the ground forty feet away. A
heating stove was carried 100 feet and
demolished. A barn block away
was blown to the ground. The horses
were jerked out of their halters and
were found uninjured in pasture.
Going east the cyclone turned a
school house and granery around and
did more or less damage.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
Mr.. i,ryan's Itinerary.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 4.-The much
studied itinerary Of Mr.. Bryan has at
last been settled definitely. He will
leave Lincoln Friday, August Z, al
2:O5 p IN, by the Rock Island route,
aud is due to reach Des Moines at 9:3C
o'clock that night. The nominee will
make speech at Des Moines and leave
there at six o'clock Saturday morning
for Chicago, where the train IS due nt
7p. m. 1t was through the importu'
nitieSo of people in Des Moines that Mr.
Bryan decided to visit that city, and
the change of route was made accord
ingly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08

Good improved lands, convenient tv
schools, churches and railroads can now
be purchased for from SO to SIS per
acre, while wild lands with more or less
timber on them may be had at halt
these prices. In the southern part oil
the State, and at some d 8 ance from
railroads. government land may still be
found which can soon be made into
farms the equal of any in the country.
As has already been stated, the greater
nun Der of the farms now on the market
are the result of the dividing up of the
old large plantations, and as few of the
present owners wish to leave theil
homes, a majority of the farms for sale
have but a few good buildings or other
improvements beyond the fences. There
are few tracts OF more than 100 acres
which do not have cabins for laborers
and occasionally good dwelling houses
with outbuildings, gardens and orchards
that will be for sale, but usually the
purchaser will have to erect his own
buildings; and in the end this is the
better plan, especially where buildings
can be erected SO cheaply.-West Poinl
Forum.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
A Virginia Veteran,

Gen. r. L. Colston, who was an Off
Ger in the confederate army and at
one time commanded the Stonewall
brigade, died at the soldiers home,
Richmond, Va. He was in his seventy
first year. Gen. Colston served six
years in the Egyptian army, and re-
ceived the decoration of knight COM
mander Of the Turkish order of
Oshmanish for distinguished services.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08

Friars Point, July 3L-At about {
a, m. today the Delta Veneer and Box
Company took fire and tho entire plant
is almost total loss. The plant was
worth in tho neighborhood of 100000
and owned by tho Chicago National
Bank. A. Gravel had lease on the
plant with option to buy, which he
would have done. Partially insured in
Chicago and will bo rebuilt,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
Row Over q Courthouse Site.

Coffoeville, Aug. 3.--At the NEE ting
Of the board Of supervisors held at thi.
place today the matter OF the location
OF the new courthouse to he built a,
Water Valley came up on petition te
change the location selected at the las,
meeting OF the board. There is greal
dissatisfaction In Water Valley over the
lot selected by the board, and it was in
timated here today that unless the
Crisp lot was selected thero would be
an injunction served on tho board to
prevent 1t from proceeding with the
building.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

In refusing to grant naturalization
papers to two young Italians at WASH
ington, d. c., on the 4th, Judge Cole, OF
the District Supreme Court, held that
no one who is in ignorance OF the con-
stitution of the United States is compe-
tent or entitled to become admitted to
citizenship,
SHOOTING by soldiers and rioters
marked the opening of another day in
tho vicinity of the Brown Hosting
Works at Cleveland, O., on the 4th.
ON the night of tho lth two Choctaw
Indians became involved in row at
Krebs, |. r., and were stabbed to death,
TAYLOR WADDLE, an aged man living
at Elm, Ark, committed suicide on the
ith by shooting himself with gun
loaded with slugs.
The treasury statement on the. ith
showed: Available cash balance, S256,-
7OS, 993; gold reserve, sll0,7S2, 4o3
GEORGE CARBON, the 14-year-old son
of well-known farmer of llixon, Tenn,
met horrible death on the I'd at Hixon
Station, on the Cincinnati Southern
railroad,
MAYNARD CovANs and Miss Dovie
Proctor were instantly killed and Miss
Della Bishop, u friend of Miss Proctor,
fatally injured by falling building at
Columbus City, Ala, on the I'd.
An order was issued at the Valentine
Iron Company's works at Bello Font
Pa, on the "a commencing with Au'
gust /, 10 per cent. reduction OF wages
will bo made.
ONE of the most heinous crims ever
committed in Austin, Tex, was brought
to light ON the 3Oth. w. L. Burt, a
member of one of tho most respected
families of Austin, murdered his wife
and two children, aged 2 and years.
and placed the dead bodies in a c'stern'
FIFTY contractors, employing 1000
garment workers, signed the agreement
Of tho Brotherhood of Tailors at New
York ON the Slst.
Mrs. HENRY WEBSTER was ia'aiiy
shot by John Webster, her son. AZ Ia
Porte, Ind, on the 3lst because sue re'
fused him money. f
FAILURES Tor the past week bavo been
"a, in tho United States against So' iass
vcar and 40 in Canada against ~ last
year.
Cor. JAMES +, LILLY was shot aowh
IN nm pantlst church at Mctcalf ua'
IN tho "a by John T. Rushin'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
A Potato Fourteen Years Old,

Few people would imagine that a
sweet potato could be kept for fourteen
years, yet that is exactly what the Rip.
ley Sentinel says J. II. Coston OF Tip.
pah county has done. The potato in
question is of the yam variety, and,
while badly shriveled, is represented as
being in remarkable state of preserva.
tiOn otherwise.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
Damage Of 40 Fer Cent.

A conservative estimate of the dam.
age done to growing crops in Tate coun.
ty by the prolonged dry weather places
the loss to both corn and cotton at a
minimum OF 40 per cent. Pastures are
completely ruined and stock water has
not been so scarce for years. On some
farms the cotton has shed its whole
fruitage, while few farmers report the
stalk dead. This is not hurried esti.
mate, but one formed after consultatio
with many of the best and NJ ost conserva-
tive farmers A good downpour now
would help part OF the crop, but most
Of 1t is an irreprrable loss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED.
The Treatment Accorded Captured FIJI
busters by the Spaniards In Cuba.

The Trea' ment Accorded Captured Fill
busters by the Spanlards In Cuba.
New YORK, Aug. 4.-The Herald
prints the following cable:
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. IA pacifco
living near Jaruco, brought to Havana
news that various Americans that came
here on the Three Friends expedition,
recently landed east of Havana, were
captured by Gen. Ochoa, tied in rows
and shot by the roadside.
One body, supposed to be that Of
Perry Atkinson, was left unburied.
The body was terribly mutilated with
machete cuts 1t was afterward in.
TERED by passing peasants. The man
had mustache, no beard, and wore
black clothing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08

Vicksburg, Aug. 4-Dr. Sol Mcdowell
manager for the Richardson estate, who
arrived today from long trip through
the delta, brings most distressing ac
counts of the effect Of the drouth In
Washington, Bolivar and other coun
lies, the first named being in the wors
condition. Rain cannot now save the
crop, he says, and the yield will be 81
per cent below the average. Not il
twenty years has he seen such an unfa
vorable outlook in the delta.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
FIFTY POISONED


SIOUX CITY, Ia, Aug. 4.-Nine gal.
Ions of tainted ice cream, manufac-
tured by Domenick Cont, an Italian
vender of confections, were eaten in
the west part of this city last night.
Shortly afterward all those who ate
the cream were taken violently ill, and
although there have been no deaths as
yet several of the worst cases will
doubtless result fatally.
The most critical are: Mrs. A. j..
Johnson and her children, Allen and
Elsie, Jessie Sherman, Anti and Julia
Santi and two children of j. p. Ander-
son and Robert Blank.
Cont was been arrested, but was re.
leased on bond. Over 81 people were
more or less affected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
Large Tomato Shipments.

The shipments of tomatoes from Crys.
tai Springs, in Copian county, from
June to l3 inclusive amounted to l0i
car loads, contain ng 900 crates to the
car, or 5000 crates in all, for which the
farmers received from IS cents to $1.2 a
crate,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08
Given Rive Years,

The trial of John Cole for the cutting
of young Simmons ended last week at
Purvis. Cole was found guilty, and was
sentenced to five years in tho peniten-
tiary. Two years ago in Il row at a
country church Cole stabbed Simmons
in the back; it was thought at the time
that tho wound would prove fatal, but
Simmons finally recovered. Cole in the
meantime ran away, but was hunted
down by detectives and brought back
for trial.