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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-11-25

Even the best-regulated families
sometimes have their misunderstand'
ipgs: and so there has been some dis
cord in Harmony public school, Copiah
county, as to who were the legal trus-
tees. County Superintendent Wilson
decided in favor OF g. w. Bridges J, j.
Rel and f. Y, Bailey, and the State
board of education sustained the de-
niSinn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-11-25

CO... William G. Yerger was trustee
of the Industrial Institute and College,
When the news of his death reached
the college, on the morning of the 'th'
the exercises were Immediately sus-
nended for the remainder of the day
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
COURT DECISIONS.

The following are some of the re-
cent court decisions touching mining
matters:
The statute requiring a locator to
sink a discovery shaft on the lode to
show we'll defined crevice, does not
require the walls of the veins to be
exposed.
A petition by mine owner under
division 5, Comp. ST., 1887, for right
to construct ditch over anothers
claim, must aflege that plaintiff at
tempted to come to an agreement as
required by section 1897, and failed.
Evidence that miner worked for
the owner of mining lease as a COM
mon miner, without exercising any
authority and ownership, and without
being consulted as to any operations;
that these operations were carried on
at loss, which the owner never re-
quested the miner to share, is suffi-
cient to establish a mining partner
ship between the lease owner and the
miner.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
CRUISER CALIFORNIA,
Golden State Has an Armored Vessel
Named After Her.

Washington-The President has
named the twelve new warships re-
Gently provided by Congress, as fol-
lows: Battleships Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Georgia; armored cruisers,
West Virginia, Nebraska and Califor-
MIA; cruisers Denver, Des Moines,
Chattanooga, Galveston, Tacoma and
Cleveland.
Petitions by the hundreds have been
flowing into the White House and Ma
Wy Department since the new ships
were provided for, urging the merits
of various names. The President and
Secretary Long enjoyed the good-na-
tured rivalry, and in making the final
determination, consideration was CIV
en- not only to the urgency Of the in
fluence brought to bear, but also to
the several sections of the country.
Pennsylvania petitioned through
Governor Stone, Senators Quay and
Penrose, and the entire delegation in
the House of Representatives.
Georgia did not petition the Navy
Department, and it is believed that
the choice of Southern State was
due to a desire of the President to
compliment those with whom he Wis
tied on his recent southern trip. Sem
ator Elkins and the entire Congress
sional delegation were most active for
West Virginia; Representative Mercer
also made it his business to besiege
the Navy Department with petitions
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
GRAIN DEAL.

San Jacinto Register: Charlie
Kerr, few weeks ago, before the dry
spell was broken, bought the grain
on 400 acres put in near Moreno by
"A. j. Baatz at cost of $400. Mr..
Baatz was discouraged and said he
would sell it for $50. Charlie took the
risk, which everybody considered great
and he felt $50 poorer. Two days later
it rained and the value of the crop
sprang to $500. If the rain continues
it will bring $4,000. Charlie, howev-
er, has lots of grain in, and very kind
ly gave Baatz back the crop. Not
business, maybe, but justice. 1t is not
everybody who could give up possible
$4,000 to help out man who had lost
his crop. In the beginning Charlie it
was who apparently was foolish in the
investment, but he came out winner.
Baatz can feel lucky that he had be-
nevolent man to deal with.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

from Nebraska.
The choice of California also seems
to be a personal compliment without
the same effort shown in other states.
The same rivalry was shown among
the cities, mayors, city councils,
chambers of commerce, etc, joining in
the pleas. The battleships Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Georgia are de-
scribed in the act authorizing them,
as follows: Three sea-going coast-line
battleship, carrying the heaviest arm
or and most powerful ordnance for
vessels of their class upon a trial dis
placement of about 1880 tons, to be
sheathed and coppered and to have
the highest practical speed and great
est radius of action, and to cost, ex-
elusive of armor and armament, not
exceeding $3,600,00O each.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
TIMES AND MINING.
MINERS WE'LL PLEASED.
California Now Has no Mining Laws
Owing to Pocket Veto.

California miners are now operating
under the federal laws, and are happy
in consequence; there is now no state
law governing them, and they are
freed from the $50 worth of work in
sixty days heretofore required.
This is due to the governors ap-
proval of the act repeating the mining
law of 1897, and pocket-vetoing AS
semblyman Mack's new mining law,
which was to take the place of the
1897 law. Thus there is now only the
United States statute in force, which
is far more lenient than the California
law.
The act of 1897 required miners to
file their locations at once with the
County Recorder of the county in
which their mines Were found, and re-
quired $50 worth of work within six
ty days. The federal law, which will
now govern for at least two years,
provides merely that the miner, up
on discovering his claim, shall reveal
a lead, lode or vein, post a notice,
make a copy of this notice, and file it
with the District Recorder, paying
therefor 81. Miners will undoubtedly
go ahead and organize districts again,
and each district will have Re-
cOrder
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
CAUGHT BY OFFICERS
Santiago" Morphy Arrested at Kan
sas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-"Santiago' Nor
ply. alias Mexican" Morphy, who is
we'll know in horse racing circles
throughout this country, and who is
wanted on charge of embezzling
$4,000 from Mexican bank, was ar
rested here by Detectives Sanderson
and Schulz Morphy was captured al
the Stratford House at Eighth and
Holmes street, where he says he has
been for five weeks.
The detectives had located Morphy,
and were waiting for him when he
stepped ont of the Office door. He rec
ognized Schulz and ran into the bar
room and back into the Office and up
the stairs. The officers were close at
his heels, and canght him as he
reached the third floor. There is a re-
ward of $500 for Morphy's arrest,
which Schulz and Sanderson will di-
vide.
Morphy was arrested in New Or
leans January IA, and turned over to a
Mexican officer. In broad daylight
on a crowded street, six of Morphy's
friends surrounded the pair, while the
officer was taking his prisoner to the
depot. One of them felled the officer
to the walk with blow from slung-
shot, and Morphy jumped into wait
ing carriage and escaped. His friends
mingled with the crowd and also es-
capped.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
HUBER TOOK PHOTOS.
And Then the Filipino Insurgents
Took Him.

shington-General Otis has sent
a dispatch to the Acknowledgement,
replying to inquiries made in regard
to one Huber. Senator Perkins OF
California had informed the depart
ment that it was believed that HUI
Der had been killed by the insurgents.
The reply of General Otis says:
Huber, Hospital Corps, insurgent
prisoner, passed beyond lines without
permission seven days before hostili-
ties commenced, having camera and
revolver. Was arrested near Malo-
los because armed and taking photo
graphs. Was in civilian clothes,
claimed to be British seaman; was in
fair health February 10, when money
furnished him with promise of more
to follow. He and three other pris-
oners arrested before hostilities COM
menced, were at Malalos ten days be-
fore capture of city. Believe that all
are alive"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
Why Sheep Are Woody.

If you want to ask a sheep where he
got his wool and why, take dog into
a mountain pasture band and If the
sheep are afraid Of the dog they will
invariably run uphill rather than down.
You have your answer. The ancestors
Of the domestic sheep, like wild sheep
of the present day, lived among high
mountains and needed their woolly COW
ering to protect them against the con-
stant cold of high atmospheres. They
chose the high and inhospitable region
to live in because they fond the fierce
fiesh-eating animals of the plains too
strong for them. A proof of these facts
is that the wool grows on sheep the
wear round,
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

They were, however, positively or the
opinion that its general application
should not be encouraged, since its
various and varying phenomena are
only partly understood by physicians
themselves. On this point the opinion
Of the celebrated Doctor Benedict, pro-
fessor of neurology at the University
Of Vienna, is worth remembering. He
has had thirty years experience in hyp-
notism, with exceptionally favorable
opportunities for correct judgment. He
declares that 1t may become dangerous
to the nerves, to the intellect, to the
strength Of will, and to the general
character of the patient.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

Are teachers more inclined to be i'm
patient and irritable with their pupils
as they grow older In the service? This
Is the inference to be drawn from the
condition of affairs in the Minneapolis
public schools at least. The other day
DR.. @. NJ. Jordan, the Superintendent
Of the Minneapolis schools, called a
meeting Of all the teachers and lee
tured them severely for losing their
tempers with children. He said:
''There are sitting in front of me teach
ers who lose their tempers and apply
the most abusive language to their
pupils. Such words as liar. wretch
lazy little rascal and other equally
opprObri0us epithets have no business
to come from our teachers" Before he
concluded his talk DIR. Jordan made
the following surprising statement: 81
wish to say for the comfort of the
younger teachers that they are not in
ciuded In my censure. These COM
plants are made exclusively against
the older teachers, whom length of
time has given the impression that they
own their building" Assuming that
DR.. Jordan kuew what he was talking
about. Is 1t condition peculiar to Min
neapOlis schools, or does it exist else
where?
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
ALCOHOL NOT A LIQUOR.
Druggists Informed of Their Rights
by the City Attorney.

In response to request from the
druggists of Los Angeles for an opin-
ion as to whether druggist could sell
grain or wood alcohol, bitters and
malt extracts, without procuring a
wholesale liquor license, City Attor-
ney Haas has completed a statement
on the matter. He declares in sub
stance that alcohol, not combined
with other ingredients, SO as to form
an intoxicating beverage, is not
liquor within the provision of the or
dinance. Most of the bitters sold do
come within the ordnance, but the
various malt extracts are not gener-
ally so considered. The question in
each case is, whether the bitters or
the malt are able to be used as bey-
erage and whether the effect of their
use will result in intoxication. If
this is so, the decisions of other courts
lead to the opinion that these malts
and bitters are liquors, the sale Of
which can only be made on regularly
issued licenses.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
MAY BE SHOT ANY TIME
Aguinaldo Has Lost Control of His
Army and His Generals.

Seattle, Wash.-The CommericO, a
Spanish paper published at Manila
and received here, contains an inter-
view with Spaniard who had just es-
capped from the insnrgent prison, where
he had been confined for many
months. 1t has been translated as fol-
lows:
"Aguinaldo has lost control over his
army and over his generals. Why he
has not been shot by some of his many
enemies, is a mystery and an event
to be looked for at any time. He has
no power to save even the lives of his
confederates. Several of his generals
have been shot under orders of Gen
eral Montenegro, who appears to have
taken command. Aguinaldo still keeps
up show of running things issues his
orders and has his staff, but he usu-
ally does what Montenegro and sew
eral other smart insurgents advise
him.
''The generals are sending embassies
to distant parts of the island, asking
for troops and money. These men
are instructed to tell of great insur-
gent victories. They told of one bat
tie in which 600 American troops had
been taken prisoners, and as many
more wounded.
"The insurgents are very short Of
food, and have been treating Spanish
prisoners who would not join their
ranks in a horrible maner. 1t was to
this that l owe my release. I volun-
teered to go foraging. got as far
away from the Filipino lines as pos
sible, and then hid After a time q
squad of American troops came along
and I gave myself I'D"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
DIsGRACED THEIR UNIFORMS.

Atlanta, Ga.-A special from Green
vile, S. c., says the Fourth New Jer-
sey, which was mustered out there
and left for home, terrorized the COM
munities through which they passed,
firing volleys from the cars with their
revolvers, and stealing all they could
lay their hands on.
At Greenville a vender of army
badges and camp souvenirs had ten
watches and sixty badges stolen from
him. At Chester the New Jersey
soldiers stood off the crowd of spectat-
ors with a volley of revolver shots,
and then invaded the waiting and
lunch rooms. Many men were drunk
when they left here and reports indi-
cate that they became more intoxi-
Gated as they proceeded. The Off
GERS of the regiment were with them.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE.
Result of Appealing From a Ten
Year Sentence.

Auburn, N. Y.-The jury in the
case of John Argabright brought in
verdict of murder in the first degree.
Argabright was formerly a policeman
in South Omaha. His wife left him in
1884 and went to the home of her
father at Auburn. Argabright followed
and met his wife and her father at an
entertainment. A quarrel ensued,
and Argabright killed Smelvel, his
his father-in-law.
His first trial resulted in a verdict
Of guilty of murder in the second de-
gree, and he was sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment. He appealed
and was granted a new trial, which
resulted in conviction of murder in
the first degree. He was granted a
new trial, and this has just resulted
in a second verdict of murder in the
first degree.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
BUYS A MOUNTAIN.
Uncle Coils Forks Over Eight Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

New York-The Suns Durango,
Mex, special says the great Sierra
de Mercado, mountain of iron ad-
Joining this city, has been purchased
by c.. P. Huntington. The purchase
price is said to be 100000 in gold.
The Sierra de Mercado is a mass of
magnetic iron ore, 25O0x55,0 900 feet,
and 1000 feet high, assaying from 25
to rs per cent of pure iron. Hunting
ton intends to establish large steel
works here. The Mexican Interna-
tional road, owned by Huntington and
associates, is built to the foot of the
mountain
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
Daredevil Rider.
Corporal Reno Performs an Act of
Great HerOism.


Seattle, April 5.-Corporal Reno, ,one
of the youngest troopers of the Fourth
Cavalry, performed an act of heroism
in one of the recent engagements
with the insurgents that would have
won him the Victoria Cross had he
been member of the army of the
Queen of Great Britain. The story is
told in today's advices from Manila.
A detachment of thirty men was
sent out ahead Of the regiment, under
Lieutenant Boyd, to discover the
whereabouts Of the enemy. When
considerable distance in advance, the.
enemy suddenly opened fire from am
bush in the brush on their flank. Pri-
Yates Divicki and Winter were
wounded: The bullet that struck Di-
vicki also killed his horse, and in the
rush for cover, some 500 yards away,
across deep stream, he was not
missed.
AS the troopers wheeled out of
range they could see their comrade
hobbling toward them, the center of
the insurgent fire. Corporal Reno dug
his spurs into his horse and dashed
across the stream. The wounded
man seemed to have luck with him,
for although the bullets were falling
all around him, he was not hit again.
On reaching Davicki Reno dismount-
ed and helped him to his saddle. He
grabbed hold of the stirrup and ran
alongside as the horse galloped back
to the regiment. During all this
time the pair were within range, and
the Filipinos fired heavily, but with
out effect Reno was a. raw recruit
and under fire for the first time.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World

carter II. Harrison of Chicago is
maintaining his fathers record as
successful candidate.
AS a dictator Aguinaldo is few
chips shy, but as retreator he puts
up mighty strong game.
AS tax dedger William Waldorf
Astor appears to be giving Coils p.
Huntington the race of his life.
Illinois has candidate for office by
the name of Pill. What a bitter dose
he must be for the fellows in the 9TH
er party.
1t has been finally decided that the
remainder of Admiral Cervera's fleet
cannot be raised. There is such
thing as doing job too we'll.
A Latin newspaper is published
regularly in Rome. 1t has probably
| come to stay" and is Give paper"
If it is printed in a dead language.
Aguinaldo promised to lead his le-
gions into Manila, but he has doubt
| less by this time, erased the word Ma
Mia from his proclamation and insert
ed Dagupan.
The wealth represented at the Van
derbilt wedding is estimated at the
handsome sum of $840, 0,O0O, ,O0O A
man could almost start daily news
paper on that. amount.
The Washington Star, one of the
leading evening papers of the country
is about to build a new nine-story
home. Thus will the Star and the
stars get close together.
1t Killed [eland-Warren F. Le-
land, proprietor of the Windsor Hotel,
New York, which was destroyed by
fire March II, died after an operation
for appendicitis, performed on Friday
last.
Barber George A. Eastman of De-
troit is candidate for Justice of the
Michigan Supreme Court Form the
chair to the bench-that sounds like
going down hill, somehow, muses. the
San Francisco Bulletin.
The beef investigating committee
is reported as being sick and weary
of their job. If they will only render
verdict in accordance Herewith,
the people will be satisfied, says the
Marysville Appeal. Even to talk
about the rotten >stuff is bad enough
without eating it.
Hooray for Clark-Capt Charles
E. Clark, late commander of the bat
tleship Oregon, and since assigned to
the command of the League Island
navy yard, was rendered a dinner by
the Union League at Philadelphia, at
tended by 175 persons. The captains
was presented with a silver loving
cup.
Good Luck Carrie!-Carrie R. Hope,
Seattle young woman, says she is
going to Alaska in a cat-boat. Her
father is in Dawson, or was November
last, and she is>going to join him. She
will purchase boat large enough for
two, and expects to find woman ven-
turesome enough to accompany her. Her
yacht will be provisioned for month,
and Miss Hope believes that she can
make the voyage in that time. Once
in Dawson, she will endeavor to make
a living at keeping a bakery.
To Cure sumption-President
Mckinley has signed an order giving
official sanction to experiments for the
cure of consumption. The order
transfers Fort Stanton, N. NJ, from
the control of the war department to
to the Marine Hospital Corps under
the immediate direction of Surgeon
General Wyman. 1t is purposed there
to conduct a series of experiments to
learn if pulmonary tuberculosis may
be cured. Patients will not be taken
under promise of being cured. They
will be received there for treatment
in the hope that convalescence may
ensue.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

Hypn0tism and its effects were the
subject of a paper read recently before
the British Medical Association by it's
writer, Doctor Mines Bramwell, who
has used this mysterious power pro-
In his practice. In the dis
cussion which followed. the majority
of the physicians present recognized
the remedial effects of hypnotism in
mental diseases, or Ia the various Ills
arising from insomnia or depression.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

Five hundred clerks In Havana have
started q movement to close the stores
at Z o'clock, that they may study En-
glish at the night schools. "Will the
boy from the country spend his even
in6s at a dime museum" asked DR..
Edward Everett Hale, recently, "or at
q business schoOlY' The result In either
case Is not limited to the English or
bookkeeping learned; it concerns the
future destiny OF the man. 1t may even
concern the future destiny of Cuba or
the United States.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
Ferry on Submerged Rails.

At the ensuing session Of the British
Parliament power will be sought to in,
corporate a company to construct a
ferry to be worked by electricity on
submerged rails across the River
Thames, with roadways and ap-
proaches for the passage of vehicles,
foot passengers, animals and general
traffic, with generating station and
electrical or other machinery and ap-
DlianceS.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
FilipinoS Realize Folly 0
Fighting.
Now Flocking in to Express Their
Friendship.

New York-The Suns Manila ca
blegram says $40 natives have re-
turned to Mariquina from their vari-
Gus reftiges, to declare their friend
ship for the Americans The United
States Philippine commissioners are
holding daily meetings, and are re-
ceiving all persons who CALL
Chairman Schurman says that the
reception of the commissions procla-
nation by the natives is highly salts
factory, and that many Filipinos,
Spaniards and foreigners realize the
fairness and straightforwardness of
it's statements.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
LOOK OUT FORCOUNTERFEITS

There are now outside of the peni-
tentiary a gang of counterfeiters who
are very skillful in raising bills from
one denomination to another, mainly
So bills to $40, by pasting figures on
to the genuine government notes. The
figures are cut out of revenue stamps,
so they also are genuine government
workmanship. The figures used are
generally cut out of beer stamps and
answer the purpose very we'll.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan has written q
weird article on the newspaper woman
In the Ladies' Home Journal, in the
so-called .perquisites' of the profession
passes and gifts the less said the
better. The best type of newspaper
woman never accepts these" There is
no best type, Elizabeth.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

There, is a woman in New York who
has solved the servant problem. It has
taken her 1O5 years to do 1t, and the
solution will hardly commend itself to
the majority, as 1t consists in dismiss
ing the servant and doing the work one
self. At 105 this arrangement may be
practicable, but 1T could not safely be
urged upon women of less mature judg-
ment.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

A dispatch from IloilO says that the
rebels burned all the records before
evacuating the town. Well, what Of
1t? Gen. Miller had broken them all in
the first place.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

The old Romans who patronized
gladiatoriai combats were savage
enough, but their consciences were
clear of any completely in the support
Of six-day bicycle races.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

According to an Eastern contem-
porary. a policeman committed suicide
by shooting at his board-house."
craftsmanship like this is rare in po-
Hcemen.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

Mothers congresses are conducted on
progressive modern lines. Fathers
congresses will still be held In the
Woodshed in the. old-fashioned way,
with a slender withe of hickory as the
only sign Of f0rmalhy.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

A Western man has fled as a cross
petition to a divorce suit brought by
his wife declaration that she care
fully concealed from him during the
cOurtshiD that she had a glass eye.
Didn't he dare look her in the eye be-
fore marriage?
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

Now that the United States copyright
cannot be made effective In our expan-
sion territory, pirate publishers have an
excellent opportunity for educating the
E1lipinOs In q taste for modern fiction.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21

That new paper trust should beware
Of the fate Of the paper bag in the
hands of the small boy, and not try to
do too much initiating.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
Curious Collection.

A London man who always takes q
cigar when invited out to dinner,
though he does not smoke, has now Q
collection of half century's accumula.
tions, each cigar wrapped up and label.
ed with the date and occasion on which
it was taken.