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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-13
WAITING FOR 4 SLIDE.
Ohio River Railroad People Prepared to
Prevent Delay of Trains.

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, April PA
landslide of about 700 feet in length
is expected on the o. r. r. x. at almost
any moment at Blennerhassett Station,
two miles below this city. The whole
hill at that point has taken on
threatening aspect, and the manage
ment is prepared to remove the ODE
struction when it gives way. No trains
have so far been delayed by what earth
has already slipped upon the track.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-13
CUT TIE 8.GLEEE


Eyewitness,
Charles IT. CoI. row q well known
-.r-".'t Io., was lad
.r broke oul ana lved on
plantation 10 Louisiana,
mites above NlcEsburg.
... ..e many exciting events con-
. General Grant $ operations
famous rebel stronghold In
Young Con. Witnessed was
ui lle levgs of ,lc -.ss.ssl9.
... Lake Providence, when Tie
commander sought TO open uD
.. his suuuoGrs around -ne
works. 1ir. Con describes Jll
- -a change the current Oh The
stream as follows.
.. Providence as about seventy
... Niessbug. ON the Louis
1.-THE river. It Is an old river
-. u 1888 was about twelve
and half mile wide, semi
shape. It Was az one time
Jue N.s sissipui river.
...r ... .avce was cur be lake was
from the river By q narrow
land .nol. ha,t "a mile I'D
which -he town Of Providence
Stood % The war opened the
....r.- gu0ul 1909 nlepllah's
a parish s3t ol Carroll par
lake had fUr i-s outlets lay
and Macon. acj these bodies
.U connected with the Ten
rIHHr II.| n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-13
AUBREY BEARDsLEY BETTER.

LONDON. April 12.-Aubrey Beardsley.
the artist. has been formally received into
the Roman Catholic church. His health,
which has been precarious for a long time
past. is now better and he has gone to the
Riviera.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
A DARING ROBBERY.
A Couple of Masked Men Go
Through Two Stores.
Hold Up and Search the Occupants, Secure
Ing Their Vaiuables aud the Key to
safe and Post Office, Both
OF Which We're Looted.

FARGO, N. D., Dec. 1i.-One of the
boldest robberies in the history of the
Red River valley occurred at Argus.
vile last night. About nine o'clock
two masked men entered the store of
f. ID. Payne and commanded Mr.. PAYNE
and c. II. Dill, a travelling man of Far
go, to hold up their hands. Payne
took the matter as a joke at first and
laughed when Dill raised his hands
above his head, but the onimous click
of revolvers and the oaths of the rob-
bers soon dispelled all doubt. Both
men were searched and a gold watch
and $40 were taken from Dill. Payne was
forced to give up the key to his cash
drawer and that to the post office, both
of which were rihed Here the men
got another watch and 81 900.
Payne's store is the third door from
the railroad One door south of his is
the general store of NJ. L. Clancy. The
NAV ihO'N Vi VIC llltll w as 70 IDdfcu
the two victims into the street and to
Clancey's store. At the appearance of
OF the men Clancy, too, thought that
the whole thing was Il joke. In the
store, beside the proprietor, was NJ. IT,
lludell, school teacher
The four men were placed in line.
a watch and $50 were taken from
Clancy and SIS from the school
teacher The four men were then faced
to the wall and with threat of instant
death were commanded not to move.
The two robbers then disappeared in
the darkness.
The robbers were in the first store
ID minutes and about the same length
of time in Clancey's A posse is in pur.
suit
1t was the evident intention of the
men to go through the town, starting
at the depot and going down the
street, but as the Great Northern rail.
road agent was absent at the time that
much of the plan miscarried.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE boiler of fifteen-horse power
engine used in IA wood yard at Charles
ton, S. c., exploded on the l4th. Dallis
Whitfield was killed instantly and two
other negroes were fatally injured. a
part of Whitfield was blown through a
third-story window 800 feet away.
AFTER two weeks spent in securing a
Jury, the second trial of Adolph l.. Luet-
gert, accused of numbering his wife,
was commenced at Chicago on the l4th.
The Dingley tariff law will not be
changed in any of its customs features
at the present session of congress,
The treasury condition on the 14th
shows: Available cash balance, $780,
$50, ,9S4; gold reserve, $3.50, l25,2O'.
THE Georgia legislatures lower house
ON the 18th voted to have the Federal
government take charge of Georgia
quarantine regulations.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS on the 18th in
troduced bill to facilitate the enforce
ment of the immigration and contract
labor laws.
The legislative, executive and judicial
bill, as reported to the house on the
18th by the committee on appropria-
tions. carries total of sci ,26a, 425, be-
ing $3.50, ,s6l less than the estimates.
THE postmaster-general has amended
regulations so as to require that, after
April next, the bond supplied by let
ter carriers for the faithful perform
ance of their duties shall be that sup
piled by surety companies.
A FIRE at Philadelphia, Pa, on the
18th, did damage approximating $780,
600.
An attempt was made to burn the
Southwestern Baptist University at
jackson, Tenn, on the 18th.
A STATEMENT prepared at the post
Office department shows that the gross
postal receipts at fifty of the largest
offices for November amounted to So
so7. SOS, an increase of SSS2 2,5SS, or II
per cent over the corresponding month
of last year.
Mrs. NANCY ALLISON MCKINLEY,
mother of President Mckinley, died at
Canton. O., on the 12th. Deceased was
in her eighty-ninth year
In an attempt to hold up the west
bound Southern Pacific passenger train
nj STEMS Pass, ninety miles west OF
peming, N. NJ, on the 10th, Sandy
Collins was shot and killed by the ex-
press guard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
CORRUPTION CHARGED,
Alleged Effort to Bribe the Members OF n
Trial Jury.

Alleged Effort to Bribe the Members of a
Trial jury.
CINCINNATI, Dee ia special to the
Commercial. Tribune from Paris, Ky,
says:
Great excitement was caused here
last night when Hon. L. NJ. Dickson,
attorney for the defendant in the
Thomas Woodford will case, asked
Judge James L. Cantrill to discontinue
the trial until an investigation could be
had, rs he had information that there
had beeu an effort TO Ullbe members of
the jury. The judge sent the jury out,
put Mr.. Dickson under oath and asked
him the source Of his information
Dickson stated he was in honor bound
not to divulge the name of his inform
ant.
The court threatened imprisonment,
and the attorney stated that W. Il.
Thomas, son of Senator-elect j. NJ.
Thomas, had told him that Hon John
J.. Hinton, member of the legislature,
and j. Hal Woodford, one of the bene-
ticiaries of the will and Il prominent
farmer and turfnan, were charged
with attempting the bribery. The
court issued a rule against Hinton,
Woodford and Thomas, returnable at
nine o'clock to-day. The estate in
ro!yed is estimated $500, 900
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
The STRUGG LIE ENDED.
Mother Mckinley Has Gone to
Her Long Home.
Died Surrounded by Her Children-She
Goes to Her Grave IIonored and Mourned
by All the People of tho United
States-Sketch OF Her Life

CANTON, o., Dec. l3.-Mrs Mckinley
passed from life at few minutes past
two o'clock yesterday morning, with
all her children and other immediate
relatives at her bedside. She did not
suffer any in her last hours but grad
ua'ly passed from the deep, palsied
sleep in which she has rested almost
constantly for the past ten days into
the sleep of death.
No word could be secured from the
house for some hours before the disso-
luton. Knocks of reporters MS well as
those of telegraph messengers were
unanswered.
At 2:a5 an undertaken was sum-
moned and the first publicity given to
the death.
The end was most beautiful in its
quiet and peacefulness. She seemed
to sleep so soundly that it was difficult
to tell whether she had yet breathed
her last. This condition lasted for
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Land Commissioner.

Since the present land commissioner,
Col. Simonton. went into office, January
20, 1896, he has paid into the treasury
fees amounting to the sum Of 5ij, ,969.5l.
His report will show all the lands
claimed by the State in each county
each piece accurately described 1t
will also show that there are now on
the forfeited tax rolls 266, 361 acres,
much of which is Improperly listed. In
many cases the owners have the tax
receipts showing ali taxes paid in
other cases the land is property sold
and reported by one sheriff, and his
successor receives the tax from the
owner the following year, or perhaps
two or more years thereafter, and the
owner actually forgets that his land
was forfeited to the State for taxes. In
addition to this, swamp lands. Chicka-
saw school lands and every other class
of lands have been enormously placed
on the assessment roll and reported as
forfeited for taxes. The report will
naturally be of great assistance to tax
assessors. tax collectors and boards OF
supervisors. We are indebted to Col.
Powers letter to the Magnolia Gazette
for the above interesting figures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
PUSHING GEN. GOMEZ,

30 Gen, Pando is OnicialIy Reported to be
Doing Missing Autonomy Commission
ers-Manuel Rafael Angulo, IA Member
OF the Cuban Junta in New York, to be
Onered Portfolio in the Cuban Auton-
omic Cabinet.
HAVANA, via Key West Fla, Dec. "a.
1T is officially announced that the
Spanish forces under the command Of
Gen Pando, in the province of Puerto
Principe, have been pushing the insur-
gent leader, Gen. Maxine Gomez SO
closely that he was obliged, with
about 2lO. men of his escort, to seek
refuge in the woods and mountains of
Las Delicias.
The commissioners sent by Gen. Pam
DO to different parts of the island. with
Instructions to negotiate with the in
surgents for their acceptance of the
autonomous feature of government
proposed by Spain, have not returned
II single case, which seems to con-
1fs'ai the report that some of them have
been hanged by the insurgents, and
others have elected to remain with the
enemy.
1t is reported that Juan Delgado. the
lnsurgent leader, has hanged the two
commissioners who were sent to him
with peace propositions.
A dispatch recently received Eere
from Madrid says that the autonomic
cabinet for Cuba will not be formed
until the reformists and autonomists
unite in one party, and it is added that
the reformist deputy, Amblard, who is
now in Madrid, will, on his arrival in
New York, offer to Manuel Rafael An
gulo, a member of the Cuban revolu-
tionary junta, IA portfolio in the new
autonomic cabinet, in order to induce
him to return to Cuba.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Important Reduction.

The railroad commission met at Jack
son last week and made a very i'm
portant reduction of cottonseed rates
over all roads in the State in Missis-
sippi, except the Gulf n Chicago. A
20 per cent. cut was decreed by the com
mission, and the clerk was instructed
to inform all railroads interested that
the reduction was to be put into effect at
once. The board reached this decision
after hearing the representatives OF
the various railroads on the subject
They also rejected the proposed local
tariff on the Kansas City railroad
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Heavy Cotton Receipts.

WlNoNA, Dec. 11.-Judging from the
receipts of cotton for the past two
weeks, Winona is the banner town of
Central Mississippi. Last week about
l,400 bales of cotton were bought from
wagons on the streets, and this week
the number runs TO 1,s92. Of course
this does not include cotton shipped
here to be compressed, receipts Of which
have been large.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
RI I.I.LI.'T.[,. LII. T.[,...,T.!! TO N''

CHICAGO, Dee. 14.-Attorneys Har-
mon and Riez. in their defense of A..
l.. Luetgert, have decided to base "A
strong fight on the point of the corpus
delicti. They have been making
special study of the law covering
this point. They will contend for the
principle os common law enunciated
years and years ago by Lord Hale, that
Il man can not be convicted where the
corpus deficit and the otfense are both
proved simply by circumstantial evil
dence Either the body must be pro-
duced or the murder proved to have
been committed, and proved by direct
testimony.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
CHARLES BUTLER.


Death OF the Well-Known Philanthropist
at His Home in New York.
New YORK, Dec. 14.-Charles Butler
philanthropist and lawyer, died at his
home in this city.
Mr. Butler was born at Kinderhook
N. Y, in February, 1892. His mother
was descendant of Oliver Cromwell.
Butler entered the law office of Martin
Van Buren, in his native town. Then
he settled in Geneva, n. Y. In
lS25 Mr.. Butler took stage Jour
ney across Ohio and Indiana. He
closed his trip at little settlement Of
200 inhabitants at the southern end Of
Lake Michigan, and said it would some
day be the largest inland city of
America. Two years later he sent his
his brother-in-law, VIM. Ogden, to
make his residence there, and when
t 10 l'ihn rillore became tha nit pf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
A GENUINE SURPRISE.
Henry ProbascO, OF Cincinnati, Retired,
Makes an Assignment.

Henry ProbascO, o. Cincinnati, Retired,
Makes an Assignment.
CINCINNATI Dec. 1+.-One of the most
startling assignments is that of Henry
Probasco, made yesterday. Mr.. Pro-
basco has been retired from business
for more than 80 years and has been
living ia one of the most elegant and
costly homes in the suburbs of Cincin-
natl. lie has assigned to Seth {. Fos-
ter. The assets are put at $500, 600 and
the liabilities at 100000.
No reason is given for the assign
ment. Mr., Probasco, in 1871, gave to
the city of Cincinnati the beautiful
bronze fountain on Fifth street, be-
tween Vine and Walnut. lie has been
popularly known as man entirely be-.
yond the vicissitudes OF hard times or
business depression; hence the surprise
caused by his assignment. lie is IL
years old.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
OVERDUE AT HAvRE.
Probably Delayed by Prevailing Bad
Weather.

Weather.
New YORK, Dec. l4--The French
line steamer La Touraine, which sailed
from New York for Havre, and was
due TO arrive at lIavre Sunday morn
ing, has not yet been reported. No
anxiety is felt for the safety of the
steamer, as all Atlantic liners have
been arriving late on account of the
bad weather encountered on the ocean
during the past week. La Touraine is
very staunch vessel, only about SIX
years of age, and holds the best record
in her line, both east and west, be-
tween New York and Havre. La Tou-
rainc's passenger list includes 40 in the
first cabin, 81 in the second cabin and
211 in the steerage. She carries 290 of
a crew.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
TEA EXPERTS REAPPOlNTED.
Handsomely Compiimented by Secretary
OF the Treasury Gage.

Handsomely Complimented by Secretary
OF the Treasury Gage.
WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-THE secretary
OF the treasury has reappointed all Of
the members of the board of tea ex-
perts established under the act of
March ?, 1897. The members of the
board are Thomas A. Phelan and W.
p. Roome, of New York; A. T.. Irwin,
of Philadelphia; Ii. &. Woodworth, of
Boston; A. p, Upham and Z. A. Scherer,
of Chicago, and Mansfield Lowell, Of
San Francisco.
In the course of his letter notifying
the members of their reappointment
Secretary Gage says: 1T is sufficient
to say that entire satisfaction with
your work has been expressed in all
parts of the country, and that the
grade and quality of teas offered for
sale in this country has been steadily
improving under the effects of the
rules established in the administration
of your board
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
WILL NOT SURRENDER.
Insurgent Forces In Cuba Concentrating
Near Havana.

HAVANA, Dec. 1S.-The plans Of the
insurgents to strike a blow near the
city have been checked, according to
the official account, but TIE concen-
tration OF their forces is such as to
make it unlikely that the insurgent
bands will surrender, as the Spanish
authorities have been hoping,
The business concerns of the city are
much discouraged by the actual situa-
tion. They do not now look forward
10 q speedy end Of the revolution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
PARDONEO BY PlNGREE.
Edward Rogers, n Murderer, Received EX-
ecutive Clemency.

JACKSON, Mich, Dec. li.-Edward
Rogers, who was sent to the state prison
from Saginaw in 1891, for life, has been
pardoned by Gov. Pingree. Rogers
sister will take him to her home in Cal
ifornia. He had a family in New York
city, but left home during drinking
spell.
AT Saginaw he became infatuated
she refused TO marry him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Hold-Up Near Yazoo City.

A man by the name of Plunket was
recently robbed near Iazoo City. The
men who did the work are supposed to
have been white men, although they
made an attempt to disguise themselves
by backing their faces and hands.
They got about $3.50 which the victim
had Just received that day for cotton he
had sold
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Crushed by a Car.

j. Il. Porter, employed in the rail-
road shops of the Southern Railway, at
Greenville, was terribly injured last
week. He was working on a car, when
it turned over, crushing him beneath
its weight.
Convicted of Kobbing Postoiiice.
Emmet j. Saunders, young man who
lives near Oxford, was convicted at Ok
ford last week for the robbery of the
postoffice at Tyro, and Judge Niles SEN
fenced him to one years imprisonment
in the penitentiary at Columbus, o.,
and TO pay fine of $3.50 and the costa
of the prosecution
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Mississippi Historical Society.

A movement is now on foot to resur-
rect the defunct Mississippi Historical
Society. Several years ago this society
was in flourishing condition, but for
some reason, of late years, 1t has been
allowed to die out
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Penitentiary Board of Control.

The penitentiary board of control
met at jackson last week. The i'm
portant subject of leasing the different
places to work on shares was discussed.
Many well-known citizens were before
the board on this matter. Last year
the board had thirteen farms. and it is
thought that about the same amount of
land will be cultivated this year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
FLEEING FROM STARVATION.


A Stampede From Dawson City Occurred
the Latter Part OF October.
VICTORIA, b. c., Dec. l4.-By the
steamer Topeka from Dyea, news is
received that more than thousand
ill-provisioned men stampeded from
Dawson during the latter part of Octo-
Der, and, impelled by the haunting
fear of famine, are now madly forcing
their way over the mountains.
AUX, the Indian mail carrier who
brings this report, left the Yukon cap
ital fully ten days after the Dalton
party He says that the vanguard of
the terror-stricken army is following
less than week behind him. AUX de-
clares that fully 25 per cent. of the
stampeding army will never live to re-
cite the terrors of their flight north.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT.
A New and Purzling Bogus Ten Dollar Sill
yer Certificate.

DENVER, Col, Dec. l4.-Counterfeiter
are at work in this city. A dangerous
counterfeit SlO-dollar silver certificate
is in circulation, according to the in
formation given by Chief Farley.
Three of them have found their way
to the federal officials. The note is of
the series of 1891, check letter c, plate
No, Z, treasury No. l,S4l, l25, Hendricks
portrait, light-green back and coarse
fabric. 1t is said to be one of the best
counterfeits recently attempted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
LAID TO REST.
Funeral OF the Late Gardiner q. Hubbard

Funeral of the Late Gardiner q. Hubbard
ut the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-Funeral serv,
ices over the remains of the late Gar
diner &. Hubbard took place at two
o'clock yesterday afternoon from the
Church of the Covenant, Rev. L. 5.
Hamln officiating. There was large
attendance of friends, including mem
bers of the geographic and scientific
societies, besides many persons well
known in the social and official life of
the capital.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
THREATENED WITH BLINDNESS.

Terrible AMiction that May Overtake
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs
CHICAGO, Dec. IA special to the
Tribune from New York says: Mrs.
Herman Oelrichs, it is said, is threat
ened with total blindness. Her eye
was wounded on Saturday, December
4, by tack falling on it while she was
experimenting the hanging of some
tapestries, aud within the last 4S hours
the condition OF both eyes has become
serious and alarming. There is hope,
of course, that hoe sight might sw
preserved TO her.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Marie llama Well Again,

NEW YORK, Dec 13.-Mark Hanna
it was said at the Waldorf hotel last
night had recovered from the illness
from which he had been suffering for
several days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
MATE BRAINS CASE.


states Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l+.-An opinion
was rendered by Justice White in the
United States supreme court in the
case of Thomas Bran, under sentence of
death in Massachusetts for murder CON-
mitted at sea. He was accused of muir
deriug the captain mate and captains
wife of vessel bound for South Amer
lea. The opinion reversed the decision
Of the court below, on the ground that
Bram's story should not have been ad-
United as testimony.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
THEINTeReSTs OF THE INOIANS S
should be Taken Care OF by Congressional |
Legislation.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE members
of the Dawes Indian commission, who
have been summoned here for confer
ence with the secretary of the interior
and the Indian committees of congress,
are beginning to arrive in Washington.
Gen. Armstrong arrived yesterday, and
the others are expected to-day. In an
interview the general expressed the
opinion that the time had come for
congress, after ascertaining what's best
for the Indians, to take the manage
ment of affairs in the ludian territory
into it's own hands and legislate ac-
cordingly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18

The Mississippi Presbytery held a
very interesting session at Wesson last
week. u. B. Groves was elected mod
orator and j. H. Long clerk The next
session will be held at Natchez in April.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
SENATOR FAIRBANKS BILL.
To Better Enforce the Immigration and
Contract Labor Laws.

Contract Labor Laws.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-Senator Fair
banks yesterday introduced a bill to
facilitate the enforcement of the i'm.
migration and contract labor laws. 1t
provides that collectors Of customs on
the Canadian and Mexican frontiers,
and at all ports where commissioners
of immigration are not employed, are
charged with the general enforcement
in their respective districts of the laws
pertaining to the importation of la
borers under contract.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Cottonseed Oil Mill at Meridian.

The contract was awarded last week
to c. NJ. Rubush for the erection of
large cottonseed oil mill by the Meri
dian Fertilizer and Phosphate Company.
About SlO0 900 will be invested in the
new enterprise. This will make the
third large cottonseed oil mill for Meri-
l,nn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18

Frank Saunders, who was frightfully
burned by the explosion of gasoline
blower, died at Greenville last week
after terrible suffering. The deceased
leaves wife and several children.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-12-18
Victim of Saw Mill Explosion.

George Bullock, one of the victims of
the explosion at Hatchers steam mil
at New Albany recently, died last week,