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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

cyclone that visited Mafeking, on
POth' did more damage than the
+ months bombardment. 1t blew
| or ormroofed numerous buildings
IIleyeled the military camp hos
/ causing much suffering among
SICK and wounded. One person
Killed and two We're injured, and
4 were many narrow escapes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08
peruv,.u Cu.toms schedule.

Lima, Sept. s.--The government
publicly announced yesterday that
the Peruvian customs schedule win
come into force January /, 1901.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

krt II. Wiggin, yice-president of
htional Park bank, of New York,
II 3Oth, said that the bank had
approachcd by representatives
L Swedish government with in
L as to the chance of placing a
"A nnn lnnn in this country.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

led nia, Sinaflotte, Wright, whose al
tinp asueeds 10 p,, were the cause of the
Bis oo,. ~ u'iman, ILL.,, died at the Iro-
h. TSy T"n,y Jail at Watseka, on the
ah tha ~ loss ., OF blood and exposure,
jtsels 'eulous roundabout ride to
''Aa' caused her death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08
Presidential Electors.

The following are the Democratic
presidential electors for Mississippi,
with postoffice address of each:
State at Large-Jas, f, McCool, Kos
ciusko; 7. L. Sisson, Winona.
First Congressional District-Z. P,
Landrum, Jr. Columbus.
Second District-Chas. M. Thnrmn"A
Ripley. . ,,,,,. run,ca
Fourth District--E. D. Stone, Coffee
Vile.
Fifth District-Pressly Groves, Ola
homa, Leake county.
Sixth District-E. NJ. Barber, Biloxi
Seventh Dstrict-Edward Mayes
Jackson.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

ne" Peruvian cabinet was Off
i, salet'ed on the 2sth. 1t is made
!, '''loWs; President of the coun-
al n'ln'Sters and minister of for
A. mars, Senior Ribeyro; minister
ioo Interior, Senior Coronel Zegara;
~ oehor Domingo Alemenara;
y, ev'l' bernabe Carrasco, finance,
H. nurello Souza; public works,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

pSaS city, Mo-, was plunged into
NlleSs at midday, on the 27th, rem
II artificial lights necessary in
= and Offices. The phenomenon
fa'ea Tor half an hour, during
'lme rain fell in torrents. At
/ D'on depot daylight signals could
u seen and the train service was
freu Tor 80 minutes. No damage
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

handwriting experts who testi-
'ne MollneuX case have entered
1salhsi the City of New York to
" 'neIr fees for services in the
according to agreement made
a, assistant District Attorney Os-
r. I"ey were to receive $50 per
a spVn' their railroad fare and ho-
sr,1 n'S' :, The claims will aggregate
'al thousand dollars.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

second DlSITlCl-SndS. NJ nIfIf"'"'
Ripley; ....,y..,, ~. .,ove, runlca.
Fourth District--E. D. Stone, Coffee.
Vile.
Fifth Dstrict-Pressly Groves, ofa'
homa, Leake county.
Sixth District-E NJ. Barber, Biloxi.
Seventh District-Edward Mayes,
jackson.
The State Board of Education has
formulated a very important order in
reference to contracts with school book
companies. The company must file its
charter with the secretary of State, and
pay the prescribed fee of sl5; must file
oath that 1t is not member of trust
or combine; and the members of the
adoption board that they have per-
formed their duties conscientiously, un-
influenced or employed by school
book company. A list Of the school
books adopted in each county, with
price, and where they may be pur-
chased, is to be posted in every school
house.
Brandon has passed a curfew ordi'
nance, and it applies to all alike.-white
and black, old and young, without re-
gard to race, color or previous condi'
tion, etc. The streets must be cleared
after pm.
The health outlook for Mississippi
this fall is very encouraging. We hear
of no yellow fever in any part of the
United States. And may the good
Lord deliver our State in AID, 1906
from suspicious cases." quarantines
and accompanying experiences of the
three past years. Above all, save us from
the visitations of experts" from the
Marine Hospital Service at Washington
If there is anything in dirt-digginR
in summer to produce sickness, the city
of Jackson would be in bad fix thi'
year, between sewerage and excava
tions for the new capitol, But tht
health of the city is unusually good a
this time.
The family and friends Of Mr.. G. A
Robertson, of Ripley, are anxious t.
know his whereabouts He left homt
July 10. He is good printer, and saiC
when he left that he expected to fnC
work in New Albany, Greenwood o.
Greenville.
The Johnson-Taylor Company, capi
talized at 500, 600, will open genera
mercantile business in jackson, in thu
Neal building, just south of the eapi
tol. The members of the firm are bus
mess men and capitalists of Jone
county. They recently visited Jack
son, and promptly decided that it is al
inviting field for investment.
The sale of liquor, on the blind-tige
fashion, should be made a felony IN
Slenu Oh Il ihSiN CAb II
to be enough law and moral force il
this commonwealth of churches ant
schools, and fraternal orders, to stol
the infamous business. A term in th
peniteutiary and suit of stripes nigh
proye terror to these evil-doers.
The annex to the government build
ing at jackson has been completed an
will soon be occupied by the Unite'
States land office. An elevator is be
ing placed in the main building for tn
convenience of all having business wit
the Federal court.
The population of jackson, as re
Gently listed by the city enumerators
foots up 9,2so This does not includ
Duttoville and Millsaps additions, whic
easily number / 200. Total educabl
children in city proper S,Ol6.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

The United States civil service COM
mission will hold an examination at
Jackson, September Goth, for the posi-
tion of clerk and carrier in the postal
service. The examination viii be in
the nature of a test of practical, gen.
eral intelligence, and of adaptability
in postoffice work. The age limitations
are: Clerk, not less than IS years;
carrier, between 81 and 40 years. APP
plicants for mail clerk and carrier
must have the prescribed medical GER
tifcate executed. Applicants for car
rier must be at least five feet four
inches in height, and weigh not less
than 1875 pounds. Female applicants
are not required to have their certificate
executed. Applicants should communi-
cate at once with the secretary of the
postal board, Miss Mary Crane, jack
son, Miss.
Southern Negroes In Northern Armies. 7
We are indebted to our friend Mr..
Allen Hooker for the following very in
teresting civil war data, which he found
as a foot note on page 1870, War
Records, series 3, volume iv. Up to the
close of the war it appears that 1874, Ill
of the slaves of the South had enlisted
in the Federal armies, and of this num-
ber Mississippi contributed II, 500:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

Andrew D. White, United
| ambassador to Germany, ar
H. Washington, on the 31st, and
ot the state department, Mr..
oyoerts to return to Germany
tbe middle of October.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

Brandon has passed a curfew ordi'
nance, and it applies to all alike.-white
and black, old and young, without re-
gard to race, color or previous eondi-
tion, etc. The streets must be cleared
after 8 pm.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

Il. Too Rassieur, of st. Louis,
i. E.onimously elected commander
of tbe Grand Army of the Re-
an tbe 30th, at the grand en-
i .nt held in Chicago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

/, Marshal Count Won Walder-
El.otca to command the interna-
/ forces in China, landed at Alden,
an tbe 3lst, and was received
F,ord of honor of British troops.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

..set Henry Maxwell, tenth
'eiS, rornbam, died in London on
lie was born in ls4s.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

st office department has or
Po', establishment Of rural free
~, seryice. on the 18th, at Dos
PG.l. Wayerly, la, Omaha, Neb.'
|Dprtland, kas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

L., oction of the grand encamp-
! n. in Chicago, ON the 30th,
aoly auxiliary association to be
P.i'o1 by the grand army here
tbe Woman's Alliance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

The family and friends Of Mr.. G. A,
Robertson, of Ripley, are anxious to
know his whereabouts. He left home
July 10, He is good printer, and said
when he left that he expected to find
work in New Albany, Greenwood or
Greenville.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

atchful I
we'll know
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

The romd-trip rate from jackson to
Gulfport, over thee. & $. l., is $3.50
the tickets being good for thirty days
The round.trip distance is 800 miles
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-08

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|Niluaula.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29
TRUSTS AND UTAH MINERS.

company a corporation justly
its business has built until capital soooO
il
assistance it
substantial of the
81 bni NV b n L S thd TS r make o. urnake the
the
bumped
the Russas" contribution 10000
600 election OF Mckinley next morning
price
From which will be that the Standard Oil 10 pee OF per-
its price
IS b ~ element IN the cost The c can absoIutev control the re-
bust
independently profits that the Standard Oil
shall make depend the ordinary of trade but the
elasticity conscience shown by that and good phanthropst John
Rockefeller
Recently Journal figures
illustration certain
purpose
throughout
editorial upon following oil prod
gold silver when largely when does then there
is great loss in thu investment and when men lose money that way they
statements noticing seriously argument
are only important for the differences that naturally be drawn there
They are by ndecion odlous
session. upon out
nnaeac friends against trusts but when one attacked
hu missile into herd of swine tell which pig hurt when he
sGveals
part
constitutes legitimate the Tribune has
enos in business Are their pa in business of the costs
that gentemens
wealth largely the of the benefit they have conferred
something perhab like OIL
their fortunes being made profits from
performance
his
obligations society teacher but has destroyed his mental vision
as
always
American manhood
ing race of slaves out of free men,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29

may or may not be sufficient for civil
ization:
The Iooting in the Chinese native
city of Tien Tsin, by European civil
ians and soldiers. was due chiefly to
the fact that there was no commander
in-ohief of the allied forces"
The result of the capture of Tien
Tsin will be to inflame the Chinese
populace against the foreign devils
more than ever. and will, in the opin-
ion of the Star, decrease sympathy in
this country for the white invaders
who cry out for ornaments to move
against the murderous Chinese, and.
incidentally, TO rob and despoil the
heather"
The Star says further: 1.-THE British
did not hesitate TO plumber the Indian
cities, during the Sepoy mutiny. and
Tommy Atkins sacked Khartoum. but.
in China, there is every reason to re-
frain from such practices and not to
further incense and madden the Chin
csc. The cupidity displayed by the for
eign soldiers at Tien Tsin is to be
greatly deplored as a scandal on civil
ization and as giving to the Chinese
justification for their resistance"
1t is evident that the civilized DOW
er5 have a few things to learn at home
before they start out to carry liberty
and enlightenment TO the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29
FACTS ABOUT SILVER.

The Herald publishes this morning an
interesting and instructive article on
the silver question, prepared by Mr..
Henry w. Lawrence. Mr.. Lawrence.
who has made a thorough investigation
of the subject, brings the discussion
down to date and presents arguments
and facts that cannot be controverted
by any supporter of the gold standard.
He exposes the absurdity of the conten-
ton that free coinage would bring upon
this country a flood of silver from
Europe, refutes the statement that the
money of the country is of sufficient
volume to meet the requirements of
trade, and shows that under free coin
age every silver miner would receive
$1.29 per ounce for his product.
Every citizen who is honestly seeking
the truth and the facts concerning the
silver question, or who entertains any
doubt as to whether he should support
bimetallism or the gold standard should
carefully read Mr.. Lawrence's article.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29

to refrain from dumping hot Goals or
ashes without burying them at a safe
depth.
Many preventives have been sug-
gested and several methods of extin-
gushing fires in the woodlands have
been tested and recommended. AS an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure. it is well to study the most prae-
| teal means of preventing fires that
public sentiment may have something
to work on. and that legislators may go
still further in the adoption of means
for the preservation of our forests. One
of the frequent causes of the spread
of fires in the woods is the litter of dry
brush and waste wood left by lumber
men wherever they have been working.
This stuff, ready to burst and crackle
into flame at the slightest spark. is
continually at hand to feed any small
fire which may start, and which, but FOR
the tinder-like fuel which it finds COW
ering the ground, would often die out
before it attacked the standing forest.
The lumbermen have always COM
planned that it would be inflieting too
great a hardship upon them to require
them to brush up after cutting. Care
full burning in heaps of the tops and
slashings of the trees would, they say,
be impracticable and expensive. and
they are in the habit of saying that so
forest fires must be expected and en-
dured every year as something una
voidable. But the experience of con-
seientious and careful lumbermen has
proved that the debris left after secur-
ing the logs may be safely and cheaply
consumed. In the spring, when the
ground is slightly damp, it is possible
to burn off large areas of leaves and
limbs without endangering the trees
or having the fire get beyond control.
States which have adopted system of
rangers for patrolling forest areas.
could put them to no better use.
The preservation of our forest areas
is a subject that every man and woman
in the west should study. And every
legislature that meets ought to do lit
tie more than has been done before to
prevent the country from being turned
into a shadeless desert.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29
THE DISCRIMINATE
CThe BOokmanl

Cine BOokman)
Give me no colonial novel, give me- ~.
best-selling ScFeed. no
For I'm told Emotional Studies ara o-,--
the things 10 read. O'-y
Questions OF the Inner Ego b, g.
stylish woman writ; -9
analytic lntroSpecuon OF capacities is n
Morbider than Henry James, capabla-
than Meredith's,
See the Elementary Heroines strlpy,tr,-
Ike Hellenic mythsl
On the JOY OF Knowing surely how an
elemental mind
kind,
oh, the deep delight Of learning ms.
what's psychically true,
BY impressive demonstration from a sub
tie point of view!
What extraordinary insights and rear
tons most complex
Follow elemental kisses from the eIe-
mental sex
And ecstasy unspeakable through simple
souls is sent
When the psychical and physical ara
nebulOuSly blent,
And how deeply We Discriminating Read
erS have enjoyed
The poetry of tn Impalpable effectively
employed.
So give me no more novels OF historical
import,
No frivolous romances Of a wishy-washy
sort,
No stories of adventure or tales OF hidden
crime,
For on these themes Discriminating Per
sons waste no time.
And though my baser nature all lOngIngly
may look
Toward Howells' new novel or Kipungs
latest book;
Though in a thoughtless moment it seems
to me I'd like
To read Of Tommy's Grizel or Of String
town On the Pike
Such desires I sternly Danish. for I'm
bound at any rate
In my fictional selection I will discrlmi-
nate.
And nothing written shall my literary
palate please
But a Psychic Impressivity In subtle
haTmOnies.
CAROLYN WELLS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29
FOREST PRESERVATION.

Fierce forest fires have been "a pine, !,
the west this year. A great deal of
timber is consumed every summer in
TINS way, but the heat and drought of
the present season have increased the
danger. In Wyoming, Oregon. South
Dakota, Idaho and Utah CONGREGATIONS
nave been sweeping the mountain
sides of verdure. Up in Idaho the white
pine belt is in danger of being wiped
out entirely and the state is co-operat-
ing with the settlers, miners and mill
men in the work of fighting the flames
In spite of all that the various state
forestry organizations have done and
are doing towards securing protection
Tor the woods this annual devastation
shows no recognizable signs of abate-
hent. And the severest losses are re-
ported from time to time in the states
Of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan
where forestry associations have been
long In existence and where laws are
strict for the protection of forests As
matter OF fact, all the states named
have stringent statutory regulations for
the prevention and extinction of forest
nres' but no amount of legislation. it
seems viii have any appreciate effect
IN diminishing the evil until public
alarm is aroused and public sentiment
IS enlisted far more than has vet been
observed.
TO be sure, fires start from other
causes than carelessness among camn-
ers, 1t is said that hunters often oausa
CONGREGATIONS by shooting into dry
leaves where the flames shoulder fo,.
hours, perhaps, before breaking ont
some OF the more recent laws on the
SUBJECT provide penalties for hunters
VINO use eombustible wads in their surs
as well as for campers who arc not
careful to put out their fires after e.oI,
meal But these are not the only causes
or destructive fires. The railroads do
thelr part, not only by means of the
sparks from the locomotives hut
through the negligence. of emDlovaas IN
setting and leaving small fires along
the tracks. The new laws reouira the
railroad companies 10 provide efficient
spark arresters for their engines and 10
keep their right of way, to The width
Of fifty feet on each side of the center
of the main track, clear OF all combust-
ible rubbish.
Owners of threshing engines and
other machinery of tho same kind are
also required to use spark arresters and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29

The people of Porto Rico refused to
celebrate the Fourth of July, but ar
ranged a monster demonstration in
honor of SPANS national holiday, A
prominent Porto Riean, in explaining
the matter, said: Our people should
not be blamed for expressing their feel
ings in this way. The United States
constitution has not been extended to
the island. The privileges Of citizen
ship have been denied them. In such
circumstances. Porto Ricans cannot ap-
preciate American institutions and, ma
tUrally. would not observe American
holidays"
At Filipino village an American
soldier was brutally assassinated by a
native. A company of American sol
diers went into the town and KILLED
eighty-nine people, thirty-eight of
them being in a single house" These
two incidents are related by the Asso-
ciated Press within a single week.
Make way for liberty"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29
.'OE SUN DO MOVE"

When Brer Gardner solemnly assured
the Limekiln club that ode sun 90
move" people who regarded them
selves as enlightened were inclined to
laugh at the statement as joke.
General John Watts De Peyster, one
Of the most eminent authors of Ameri-
can military works, a scientific student
and lecturer of international fame a
regular contributor to the columns Of
the Army and Navy Journal laughs at
the COpernican theory as a joke. THE
generals great learning, his high repu-
tation as a mathematician and his I'M
questioned knowledge of astronomy"
saws the Chicago Times-Herald. will
attract much attention to his effort to
prove the theory of Copernicus a mis-
take
No doubt of il. Anybody who under
takes to prove that the earth stands
still while the sun revolves around it
viii attract quite as much attention in
these days as Copernicus attracted
when he told the clergy and the world
that the world was a ball which re-
volved on its axis.
The attention which the Prussian
philosopher received from cOntemporar-
les was slightly different from that re-
ceived by General De Peyster. The lat
ter is greeted with smiles; the former
was met with frOWns. De PeYsters
fellow men are amused; those Of Cop
ernicus were angry because he was try
ing TO upset sacred dOgmas and cher
ished decisions.
The general has put out pamphlet
of eighty pages in which he undertakes
TO prove that 1.-The earth revolves
neither upon its own axis nor yet about
the sun" He was converted to this
theory. he says, by the lecture OF q
German professor, DIR. c. SchOepffer,
delivered in Berlin i'm 1854. But the gen
eral refused to accept il at once, for
he wanted TO prove it to his entire sat
isfaction. So he took up the study OF
mathematics. in the science of which he
has become an acknowledged authority,
and he delved into astronomy as well as
military tactics and strategy, with the
resent that after more than forty years
of study. research and calculation ne
hiss come to accept the Tychonian
theory that the earth stands still IN
space. while the sun revolves around II
and the other planets revOlve around
the sun.
General De Peyster is not religious
man. but he claims that the Bible can
he reconciled only to his theory of the
universe.
II is indeed lucky for the general that
astronomical explorers and scientific
discoveries are received pleasantly in
this age of the world. He should doubt
less thank the creator OF Brer Gardner
for preparing a kindly reception for his
Iimekiln doctrine.
General De Peyster is in his SOth year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29
IN FAR CATHAY

OF old the stern crusade
Strobe forth with rnSSI,z
WIN ,,t eGuai skill he fiaunTa5' -anoi
The Bible and the branT,1
sun fierce battaIlons foIIoT,
The armies Of the Lord
Behoid the peaceful gOsnsI
Upheld by fire and sUor5
All Asian hordes. .conterrl...
With bitterness intense
Ha1 yelled meath Christie,
me worlds vast armamar,- tanners.
Alaek' our christlesS Inefbns2'
DlstruSt has bred and fearS
That thousand priests San -
Combat uncoUnted wears 'alnly
on, mighty world reformer.
RecasJ your lens; behold
Your heather kindred kneaIir,
Before their Shrines of soId-
And in the shadows sbuIEing
Conforming law and creed
See Sowing pagan millions
Sad victims OF your greed
Set UP your costly missions
Before your very gates.
90 seed your TenS and fall0vys
4 bOunteous harvest waits
Win back the trust and faryor
OF PentecOstal day,
Prove We that men are brothers
Then prOSelyte Cathay.
n. ALBERT SHERNItv
salt Lake City. July, 1900.