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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
HOME MISSION WORK.
Appeal to Congregational Churches In
Behalf OF Southern Mountaineers.

Appeal to Congregational Churches In
Behalf OF southern Mountaineers.
New YORK, Feb. 2.-The American
Missionary association has issued an
appeal to Congregational churches,
especially throughout New England,
to observe February IA, the second
Sabbath of the present month, as a
memorial Sunday of The Times of
Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb
ruary II, 1909. The appeal connects
Lincoln's life with the work Of the as
ISOLATION.
Affirming that his early life was very
much the same as that led to- day by
the mountaineers Of eastern Kentucky,
the hardships and struggles of his
early years for the elements of educa-
tion are those of the southern noun
tain children Of to-day. In Virginia
and Kentucky, In Tennessee and North
Carolina, nearly two millions of people
are living, it is said, as the
parents OF Lincoln lived, and their
children have the same needs
as tnose winch he so painfully
felt Isolated from the educated forces
of our modern civilization, great mum.
bers of these people are said to have
lived for generations in ignorance and
poverty. They are now awakening
from the lethargy of the past and
welcome the upliftment Of Christian
training and education. No more
promising home mission field can be
found throughout the country than
those among those hills are said to be.
The American Missionary associa.
tion has barely begun the vast work
which needs to be done. The results
thus far are most encouraging. Its
schools and churches could be multi
piled many fold, it is said, if there
were the means with which to plant
them.
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M'klNLEY'S CABINET,

The President-Elects Official Family
| Nearly Completed Western States Well
CANTON, o., Feb. 2,-The announce
ment made by Hon. James s. Wilson,
OF Iowa, yesterday, that he had been
rendered the portfolio of agriculture
by Maj. Mckinley, and had accepted,
fills the cabinet with reasonable cer-
tainty, excepting the offices of attor-
ney general and postmaster-general.
The Mckinley cabinet to date, there
fore, may be given as follows:
Secretary of State-Sherman Of
Ohio,
Secretary of the Treasury-Gage. of
Illinois.
Secretary of War-Alger of Michi-
gan.
Secretary of the Navy-Long. of
Massachusetts.
Secretary of the nterior-McKenna,
of California.
Secretary of Agriculture-Wilson,
of Iowa.
Gov Long and Judge McKenna have
not announced the certainty of their
appointments and there is bare possi-
bility that the Massachusetts, states
man may be displaced by Gen. Stewart
l.. Woodford, OF New York. One of
the untitled portfolios will, of course,
be given to New Yorker and If the
foregoing list, giving five of the eight
offices In the cabinet to the west,
should be the fixed slate, there is no
likelihood that either the post office or
justice departments will be directed
by western man. One eastern and
one southern man are expected to be
appointed to these two vacancies,
prominent among the latter candidates
being Hon. H. Clay Evans, of Tennes-
see, since the declination of Judge
Nathan Goff, of West Virginia.
Maj. Mckinley has also found time
to fix upon Charles &. Dawes, of
Evanston, ILL.,, for the position of
comptroller of the currency when
Comptroller Eckels' commission ex-
pires in 1898, or unless he resigns in
the meantime. Maj. Mckinley and
Mr.. Dawes sincerely hope that Mr..
Eckels will see his way clear to retain
his position for another year, his pros
pective successor being particularly
anxious that the impression shall not
get abroad that he wants to shorten
Mr.. Eckels' term.
Mr.. Dawes was Maj. McKinley's con.
fidential representative in Illinois be-
fore the st. Louis convention, aud af-
terward was made member of the
republican national executive commit
tee at the Chicago headquarters in the
same capacity. He was the leader
OF the original Mckinley forces in II.
linois. Maj. Mckinley wanted him in
the White House as secretary, but Mr.
Dawes declined and picked out the
comptrollership, which he was told he
could have. He is civil engineer, a
national bank director, the presiden
of,three gas companies, the writer of
book on banking, former resident of
Lincoln, Neb., where he was lawyer
and business man and son Of Gen.
R. R. Dawes, Of Marietta, O., a COM
mander OF the Iron brigade. He is
only 80 years old.
There was a scarcity of callers at the
Mckinley house yesterday, which en-
abled the president-elect to attend to
his correspondence and 60 over his in
augural address. Among the promi-
nent callers were Congressman Lafol-
lette, of Wisconsin, VIM. P. Roberts, of
Minneapolis, and R. G. Dorr, of New
York.
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Died From Fright.

A difficulty occurred at Meridian a
few days since between L. B. Bowdcn
and Dave Edwards, aged So and II
years, in which the latter lost his life.
There had been been bad feeling about
trivial matter between the two men
for some months, Bowden claiming that
through the connivance OF Edwards, o
boy whom he had in his employ was in
duced to leave, and when they met q
difficulty ensued The men were sep
arated before either had been hurt, but
they had second meeting, when the
quarrel and fight was renewed. Ed
wards used his fist, while Bowden
welded small walking-cane. Edwards
received quite blow across the nose
and under the chin, after which Bowden
left and went in search OF policeman to
have him arrested. When he and the
officer returned Edwards was dead, and
Bowden himself became the prisoner
1t ia thought that Edwards death was
was induced more from excitement than
from the blows he received.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE Pennsylvania State capitol was
destroyed by fire at Harrisburg on the
I'd. Tho loss is estimated at l,500, 0OO.
DAVE DRowDER, a drunken country
man, shot and killed a negro boy at Full
ton, KY, on the I'd.
Four men are entombed in tho burn
ing North Tamarack mine, near Hough-
ton, Mich, which caught fire on the "a
and small hopes arc entertained for their
escape.
A DEGENERATE relative OF Horace
Greeley is now confined in the county
iail at Los Angeles, CAL, a confessed
horse thief.
THE Supreme court OF Missouri on tho
I'd overruled the motion for rehearlng
in tho case of Arthur Duestrow, the st.
Louis millionaire murderer. He is to
be hanged February l6,
THE Supreme court OF Michigan on
the I'd declined to take up the petition
for mandamus to compel the ousting
of Gov. Pingree as mayor of Detroit, ex-
cepting as an appeal from the county
court.
The Pennsylvania Lead Company, OF
pittsburg, went into the hands OF re-
coiyer on the I'd. The liabilities OF the
concern are placed at 81, 100000, in the
form of commercial paper
ITALIAN laborers will take the place
OF negroes on the Texarkana u Fort
Smith railroad.
ON the night OF the S0th snow fell all
over north. east and west Texas, vary
ing in depth from three to twelve inches
Two fires occurred in Hoboken, N. j"
IN tho slst which resulted in the loss OF
seven lives.
BAuEY EDISON and Lowell White
sides had a fight in franklin ky., on
the slss and Edison will die. White
sides is dead.
SENATOR LODGE expects to secure con-
alteration Of the conference report on
the immigration bill during the week.
AN English syndicate is reported to
have bought out number OF Cincinna"
breweries.
wAnAsrKA, . small town on the Cot
ton Belt railroad. noar Pine Blun' was
destroyed by hre on the Sist'
BANK clearings for the United States
last week we're rs per centgreaser 'nan
tho same weok last year
TIN Nevada prise.aght law has ,s,'.' been
.!sa:t srd Messrs. corostt ana Fi!sslIu'
non, viii l,lile ihsis diI|sssse's eests
" F. n
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Gov. McLaurin has received the fol-
lowing letter from Albert L. Rice, New
York City: mo doubt you are in
terested in the development of your
State. can furnish you one-half OF
the capital necessary to build long lines
Of railroads, where itcan be shown that
they would be good paying roads. When
companies can raise ono-half Of the
money can furnish the other half"
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MURDEROUS MUSSuLMANS.
Crctan Christians Being Msssacrod in ths
Vicinity of Herakllon,

Vicinity Of Hsrakllon.
LONDON, Feb. "A dispatch to the
Daily News from Athens, dated Sun
day, says that serious news has been
received from Heraklion. 1t is stated
that ten Christians were murdered
while outside the gates Of the city,
and that armed bands of Mussulmans
leave the town daily for the purpose
of plundering and burning the vii
lages Of the Christians. The eNdispatch
adds that these outrsges are evidently
directed from Constantinople,
The situati on is so serious that ths
foreign cousuls have wired the gov
ernor-general OF Canea, calling for the
immediate adoption Of stringent meas
ures looking to the protection Of the
people. Foreign warships are now or.
riving ut ueraklion With visw Q. Q;
fering protection to the Christians
there. The Christians In III districts
in the vicinity Of Hcraklio6 Are sri1-
ing and occupying strstsgi l14esa fcr
the purpose OF preventing An inlu = q
Mohammedans to the towns, and
serious collision il feared N the nqsx
future, whom much bloodshe1 = ll<clY
70 sscsg. .sss...,.. 81. -. -
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Miss ANNA VANDEwATER and two
children, boy aged about eight years
and girl about four, perished In q
burning farm house four miles south
of Belleville. Mich, on the Goth.
AT Linton, Is miles east Of Sullivan,
Ind, on the eth, Mrs. Robert Wilkey
left her two children, aged one and
four years, in the house while she
went out calling. The house caught
fire and was burned down, and both
the children perished,
On the 2Sth Comptroller Ecliels of
the treasury addressed the house com
mittec on banking and currency on
the several bills referred to him. He
said a great deal Of the present de-
preston had been brought about by
overtrading, unwise credit and un-
usual extravaganza, public and prl.
vate.
The body Of Sir Isaac Pitman, the
inventor Of the Pitman system Of short.
hand, who died In London recently,
was cremated at Woking on the 2Sth.
The senate committee on commerce,
on the 2sth, agreed upon and reported
favorably to the senate Mr.. Catfery's
bill appropriating s95O,OOo to close the
crevasse In the Mississippi river at
Pass a Loutre. The committee cx-
pressed no opinion as to the liability
OF the Eads heirs in the matter.
MURAvIEFF, the rcwly-appointed
head of the Russian foreign office, ar
rived in Paris on the ?sth. A large
crowd OF persons assembled at the
station to await his coming, and
greeted him with cheers and cries OF
"Vive Russie'-a he made his appear
ance.
The fishing schooner Hattie Rebecca
Carter, from Atlantic City, went ashore
two miles northeast Of Sea Isle City,
N. j., on the 2sth, during thick snow
storm. Her crew Of six men were
saved
The Italian war office has ordered
six battalions of troops to get In read
mess to start for Massowah.
Ar jackson, O., on the Goth, Alice
Hill. a blind woman, aged As, while
cropping her way across room in the
house in which she lived, came In con-
tact with stove. Her clothes were
set on FIRE and she was burned to
death. Her mother, aged 722s also
nearly blind, was fatally burned Try
ing to save her daughter.
THH northbound train on the South
orn Pacific railroad, which left San
Francisco, on the 9sth, for Portland,
Ore, was held up near RoseburR' ore''
on the 2ath, by two or three men.
Two small safes In the express car
we're blown open and looted. The ex-
press car then took fire and the car
and contents were destroyed.
THE house committee on the library
on the eoth, recommended favoraoly
tho bill approprlating $4,000 for 'ne
erection Of an equestrian statue In
Washington city to Maj..Gen. Henry
W. Slocum.
The business portion OF Caleoonia,
O., was burned at an carly hour on 'n0
goth. . ,y.,
Az Cleveland, O., on the soth, wa
lard Cotton, 40 years old, shot ana a.
moat instapt tly killed his wife, Ciaris-
q. aged a, and then shot himself IN
the head and died In half an hour'
The tragedy was the outcome Of . 90
mestic quarrel. u,.,,.
GEN. Russnrx A, ALeEs, OF Michl'
ran, was, on tho aoth, after CONFER
Sncs With MAI. Mckinley at canton, =,
O., tsuasys1 The prrt!c''o cs ses'o,ass s
Mas r .hs ns!is| 's''a's -
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Distribution OF tho School Fund.

l. M' Henry in Commercial Appeal.
The auditors ollice is now engaged in
making the January distribution Of the
common school fund. The dc ay was
occasioned by the serious illness of State
Superintendent Kincannon, who has to
furnish the figures on which the dis.
tribution is made. Each educable child
will receive fraction over Sill. The
distribution, inclusive OF the polls,
amounts to $Gl5,667. Below will be
found the amount that each county and
separate school district will receive.
Tho poll taxes collected and retained
by them will be deducted. There Ia
more than enough money in the treasury
to promptly meet all the claims:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

Arrangements have been made to
build an ice factory at McComb City
with capacity of twenty-five tons
daily. 1t is expected to be in working
order by March Is. This factory is
being put in to supply the trade along
the Illinois Central Railroad fifty miles
above and below MoComb City at the
very lowest prices.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
Heavy Shortage In . Tsiisr's Aoco

Heavy Shortage In y Teiisr's Accounts.
PARKERsBuRe, w. Va, Feb a-Lee
B. Mcfarland, teller Of the Second ma
tional bank of this city, Is short $4a,-
600 In his accounts. The shortage was
discovered by two clerks on Satur-
day. He has confessed that ne lost the
money In speculation. The shortage
will be made good.
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The Naval Portfolio rendered to Ex-Gov.
Long,

WAS AINeToN, Feb. 2.-There Is no
longer any doubt in the minds of the
Massachusetts delegation that ex-
Gov. John b. Long, of Boston, has re.
ceived q formal tender Of the naval
portfolio. II Mr.. Longs health per
mits he will enter the cabinet. 1t is
understood that this will not affect
Congressman Diapers prospects for Sc
curing foreign mission, and that he
will shortly after the new administra-
tion comes into power be nominated to
represent this country as minister at
one Of tho continental courts.
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Excess Of ExpendItures over Rscslpts.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-The compare.
tive statement Of tho receipts and OK.
penditures Of the United States for
the month Of Jsnusry shows that the
expenditures exceeded the receipts by
sS,sss,aSS. The receipts were sy4, ale,-
oo4 and the expenditures $50, 900, $50.
Large interest payments amounting to
50. 7o4,o51 swelled the deficiency for
the month. The excess Of expendi.
lures over receipts since July /, 1896,
the beginning Of tho fiscal year, were
e<a,sSt.7Oa In January. 1895, the OK.
psnditurss exceeded the receipts by
Su,sGS,sla
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Columbus Lighted by Electricity,

For the first time In her history Co
lumbus was lighted by electricity last
week, and simultaneously there flashed
from tho forty arc lamps which had been
placed throughout the city a light which
cannot be surpassed in brilliancy and
quality by any city in the South.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
Chief Justice Calhoun.

Chief Justice Thomas II. Woods is
still too i'll to leave his room, and there
is no prospect that he will be able at
any time soon to take part in the delib-
erations OF the court. On this account
Gov McLaurin has appointed Judge S.
5. Calhoun to take his place on the
bench till he RECEIVERS. There are sev.
eral cases pending before the court
which 1t is important should be dis
posed OF as speedily as possible. Judge
Calhoon is one Of the ablest lawyers OF
the State and bis appointment will give
universal satisfaction.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

The truck growers in various portions
OF the State are organizing and prepar-
ing for larger business this year than
ever before Those in the vicinity OF
Brookhaven recently held an interest
ing meeting, one OF the principal OBJ
jects being the establishment of a can
ning factory. Several of the truck
growers gave their experience. DR..
Butler said:
Il was stockholder in canning fac
tory. We paid 20 cents per bushel the
first year and the next year Is cents.
l have seen from 300 to 600 bushels
taken off one acre. 1t depends on how
much man knows about raising toma-
toes
Question by Capt. s. d. Powoll; DOC
tor, how many bushels do you think
can'bc raised here on this pine land?
Answer; 81 think you could count
safely on 200 bushels"
r. L. Becker said the canning COM
pany would furnish fertilizers and seed
at cost and take pay out OF the vege-
tables with all who went into con-
tract with the company.
S. p. Oliver offered tho following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we, tho Brookbave
Truck Growers Association, will use
our best efforts to encourage diver
ity in farming, and to promote the
growing of such vegetables as will fur
ther the agricultural interest OF this
section and at the same time enable the
canning factory to handle our produce" p"
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The vicksburg Match Factory.

Tho Vicksburg match factory, an in
dustry started in Vicksburg within the
past few months, is now unable to fill
the orders received. 1t has been a sue
cess from the beginning, and the plant
is running to Its full capacity.
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THE CoWLEY DIVORCE CASE.

The Earl Admits the Soft Impeachment
ana the Countess Gets Hcr Decree.
LONDON, Feb. 2.-The trial of the
action for the divorce brought by
Countess Cowley against her husband.
Earl Cowley, was resumed In the d.
vorce division of the high court OF
justice yesterday. Evidence was given
which proved by the admissions Of the
earl himself, that he had visited
Brighton with woman who passed az
his wife, and the court will pronounce
Judgment in favor of the countess to.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
A College Moved,

Stone College, Of Meridian, with its
boarding patronage and faculty, was
removed to Shuqualak and consolidated
with the Shuqualak Female College.
Prospects are bright for the future Of
the college.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
THE BRookLYN'S ACCIDENT.


Navy Department Figuring on Where She
Can be Docked.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The navy de.
partment has made inquiry by wire
of the Brooklyn's officers as to her
draft in order to see where she
can be docked If she is drawing
less than 25 feet she can be
docked at League island; II more than
25 feet she will be sent the Brooklyn
yard.
There will be no court of inquiry Or
dered until the vessel reaches dock
where she can be examined and the
extent of the damage ascertained.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
Rough on the Cramps.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-Ths secretary
Of the navy has turned the Brooklyn
back TO the Cramps ~ an uncompleted
weasel, and the Arm win take her back
to League I,lsua snt gcv.!s her
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

MOVE to break down the great
Rach monopoly in incandescent
shs will be made in the United
circuit court in Chicago. The
N Will be made ON the patent
ana 1t will be claimed that the
hgAls OF the Welsbach company
Hu In August Of last year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

the ed State Insurance Commis-
N Matthews of Ohio announced
| be would not relicense'the Lloyd's
lance concerns of New York to do
hess in Ohio, because they were
kgal organizations under the laws
Iat state,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

ID Cincinnati Price Current sum
,.s the crop conditions for the
ended on the 2Sth as follows:
growing wheat crop condition is
|aiued. The weeks packing of
amounted to 100000, against 375,.
pr the corresponding week a year
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

The Missouri senate, on the eth,
ntcOucurrcnt resolution was in.
rcedby Senator Schweickardt, and
td, that S25O,Ooo be appropriated
ne relief Of the tornado sufferers
Louis, and that q commission be
|nted to attend to the distribution
e money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

the eth the president approved,
bg others, acts to enable the town
flagstaff, AriA, to issue water
s to incorporate the convention
nerlcan Instructors Of the Deaf,
ior the relief of telegraph opera
who served in the war of the re-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06
Tho "BIcycie Murderer" Sentenced fog
Life.

Life.
TAUNTON, Mass, Feb. 9.-Herbert
A. Willis, who murdered Frederick II.
Strange in this city in June last, was
taken into court yesterday afternoon,
where, by agreement Of counsel and
the state, plea Of guilty of murder
in the second degree was accepted and
a sentence of life Imprisonment i'm
posed. The murder is that which is
widely known as the bicycle mur-
der" and Willis had the nerve to at
tend the funeral of his victim, who
was friend and riding companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

Mrs. J. Dewitt, Of the Goodwater
neighborhood, died last week at the
advaEc ID age Of 30 years. The remains
were inferred in the Goodwater Gene
terry.
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ProfitIng by Experlence.

We feel satisfied that the farmers OF
this county have profited by experience
they have had in the past four years,
and will follow the safe plan OF plant.
ing plenty Of corn, potatoes and other
food crops, which will make them prac.
tically Independent OF the variable con-
ditions Of the cotton market Farmers
should now realize that in case there
should be large cotton crop made this
year that prices must necessarily be
lower than at present, and 1t is within
tho range OF possibilities that cotton
will fail to have market value
Meadvillc Advocate.
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formal enthronement OF Rt
ana It, Rev. Mandel Creighton,
was recently appointed bishop OF
vn 10 succeed 1t, Hon. and Most
frederick Temple, the latter hav-
se0 elevated to the office of arch.
wv canterbury and primate OF
s'and' will take place on the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

ltuREs throughout the United
\ as reported by r. g. Dun & Co.
he week ended on the Goth were
lrainst 400 for the corresponding
last year. For Canada the fail
here 81, against 70 last year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

|Oyd the hrst-class post offices
|ing a falling off in receipts for
|ast quarter of 1896 Chicago shows
Frease of Si,735; Cincinnati, $40, :
|St Louis, S22, 5O4; Cleveland, 81.
Kansas City, SEA; Minneapolis,
y St. Paul, s., COS, and Louisville,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-06

Mississippi's lumber interest comes
next to her agricultural interest; why
not protect it? If the press Of the State
would come out and favor the adoption
of somo plan by which the lumber manu-
factured would bring better market
value our senators might be induced
to advocate whatever measures that
might como up before that branch of
congress to gain such an end. The sup
ply OF oak, gum, ash and cottonwood
material for lumber Is almost inex-
haustible in the Delta country, and in
other sections OF the State the pine and
poplar abounds almost to an equal ex-
tent. Cotton of late years has hardly
brought the price of production. Let
us protect our lumber and make 1t
bring good price worth the while be-
fore it is too late. We can raise another
crop of cotton the next season, but
when tho lumber material is exhausted
it Is gone forever. .-Tunica Democrat.