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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
SHORT aaIFT FOR BANDITS.



Own Hands.
PALyo, Tex, Aug. 27.-One of those
terrible and blood-curdling acts so com.
mon on the Texas Mexican frontier oc.
Cured in the little village Of Mulato,
state Of Chihuahua, Mexico, recently
when a band OF masked robbers entered
the residence of Leandro Carrasco, and
after having tied him and another man,
robbed them of $4,000 and other prop
erty' Carrasco's wife, a handsome
woman, was assaulted. A few DAYS
later one OF the men recognized as one
OF the robbers, was arrested and Jailed.
A few days later one of the men rec.
ognized as one of the robbers, was ar,
rested and jailed. A brother went to
see what he could do for him but he too
had been accused of having partici-
patlng in the assault and his arrest was
ordered by the prefect. When the
police went to arrest him he made
most determined resistance and was
shot to death by the police. Yester.
day the Mexican rangers, who had been
called from the interior Of Mexico to
hunt down members of the mob, ar.
rested one Paz Baisa and started with
him for Del Notre. They had not gone
far when they decided to dispose of
HIM Baisa was made to kneel down
and four rifle shots pierced his body.
On the morning following the killing
of Baisa the rangers took from the jail
at Del Notre, one Justo Alverado,
another of the accused. and filled his
body full of bullets There is great ex-
citement along the river front on both
sides and further developments in this
terrible tragedy are hourly expected.
The activity of the Mexican govern
ment in dealing with the bandits in
testing its borders has had the effect of
running number Of bad characters to
the Texas side and the Texas rangers
have been ordered to scout the Big
Bend country, mountainous and rug
ged country, such as is suitable for the
haunts of bandits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
A TOWN AROUSED.
Mob at Gilman, ILL.,, Attempting to BurH
Hospital-policeman Fatally
Wounded.


GILMAN, H., Aug. 26.-Michael RYAN,
who, with others, accompanied Con-
stable John Milstead tonight to serve a
warrant for malpractice on Mrs. DR.. c.
M. Wright, was fatally shot by an un.
known inmate of the woman's lying-in
hospital
The victim of the alleged malpractice
was l6-year-old girl named Bessie
Salter.
The town is in fever Of excitement;
mob surrounds the the house of Mrs,
Wright with threats to fire it, and the
inmates have not yet been arrested.
The death Of Bessie Salter occurred
Friday, The body was taken to her
home during Friday night and was
buried secretly in the cemetery Satur-
day by relatives. As soon as the facts
became known a coroner's jury was
summoned and the coroner ordered the
body exhumed.
A warrant was sworn out FOR the ay-
rest OF Dr. Wright and crowd Of men
went with the constable to serve it.
They knocked on the door, got no re-
sponse and forced their way in. Then
some one fired out of the inner dark
ness. Ryan fell fatally wounded and
the crowd retreated, carrying Ryan.
AS they departed three more shots were
fired after them. Dennis Carr was shot
in the leg.
As this dispatch is filed the fire bell
is ringing and it is probable that ths
crowd has fired the hospital
Hospital Not Burned.
The hospital was not burned. An out.
building was fired but owing to damp.
ness the flames failed to reach the main
structure. After the failure the ma.
jority of the crowd dispersed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
War on Anarchists.

VIENNA, Aug. 26.-The Politische
Correspondent asserts that the French
government has expressed its readiness
to interchange opinions with the pow.
ers regarding more stringent measures
against anarchists, believing that the
present means of repression are made
quate. The Hungarian government
has ordered a search for number OF
anarchists whose descriptions are given.
This action is believed to be due to the
Italian governments statement that
twenty anarchists recently left America
to assassinate European sovereigns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

LONDON, Aug. 27,-The report tele-
gra phed from Washington that Ger
many is preparing to make San Fran,
cisco base of supplies, with view to
sending very powerful army to China,
has attracted considerable attention.
Inquiries on the subject in shipping
circles show that German orders for
stores and provisions are sufficiently
extensive to lend probability TO this
rumor. 1t certainly would not surprise
the diplomatic authorities here If the
German force should eventually reach
a total of 40 900 or so, 900 men.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
WARSHIP AT TANGIER.
To Collect Claim Growing Out of Murder
of an American.


TANGIER, Morocco, Aug. ga United
States warship has arrived here to sup
port the claim arising out of the MUIR
der last June of Marcos Essagin, a
naturalized American citizen, who was
the manager of the Fee branch of the
French firm of Braunsweig & Co. Es-
sagin, while riding on horseback
through a narrow street in Tangier,
jolted against the mule of Moroccan
religious fanatic and dispute ensued,
the crowd siding with the priest. In
self-deiense Essagin drew his revolver
and fired, wounding a native, This
was the signal for a general attack
upon the American, who received doz.
zens of knife wounds, and whose body
was burned, according to some &C
counts, before life was extinct.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. T.. POWER.
By J. L. POWER.
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Il. v. white. Grand mauer of Masons.

Is. v. White. Grand Maner of Masons.
knowing that many readers of this
journal are members of the Ancient
Craft, we have concluded that they
would appreciate picture and brief
sketch of the present Grand Master.
Mr.. White is native Of Dayton, Ma
rengo county, Alabama, where he was
born March l2, 1s4s The family re-
moved from Bladen Springs, Choctaw
county, Alabama, to Clarke county in
January, 1854; thence to Meridian in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

At Ashyille, N. c., Sheriff Tree was
enticed into the cell occupied by
Thomas Simpson and his 16-year-old
son, charged with the murder of John
Baptist. Simpson and his boy over
powered the sheriff, locked him in
their cell, took the keys and made
| III. nrnn M
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
MONEY SUBSTITUTION.


States system.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2T-James A.
Sample, chief of the division of issue,
treasury department, who was one of
the special agents sent to Porto Rico
by the secretary to make the exchange
of United States money for Porto Rican
silver coin, has returned to the city and
reports that for the original sum of
Sc, 900, 900 in Porto Rican silver sup
posed to have been in circulation on
the island all but about 100000 has
been exchanged and arrangements
have been perfected by which facilities
for the exchange will continue for an
indefinite period. In an interview to-
day Mr.. Sample said that business
throughout the island was fairly pros
porous, with good prospects for the
future, The sugar cane crop is said to
be very good and the coffee crop above
the average.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
Used by Home Mills.

Charleston as a local cotton market
has ceased to exist The cotton mills
Of South C",~1'.,a, which have sDrrno
up all over the st"ev, nuW consume
the product and spin it at home. It
is safe to say that the mills use three
quarters of the states output in cot.
ton, and South Carolina raises from
7OO,O to 100000 bales a year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Gabe and Cicero Copeland were in
stantly killed in duel with John and
Charles Baker in Polk county, Tex.
The men battled at 20 PAGES with
Winchesters. Both of the Bakers were
badly wounded ard may die. The
origin of the trouble is due to family
affairs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
RUssIA's BEEF ORDER.
Six Million Pounds to Feed Her Soldiers
In China.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2e.-A Chicago pack
ing house has received an order from
the Russian government for 6,0OO,0 900
pounds OF "beef on the hoof" to feed
the soldiers of the czar in China. This
is the largest order of the kind in the
history of the Chicago meat trade. OPP
tions are said to have been taken upon
every available ship-carrying trade on
the Pacific. 1t will take 5000 fatted
cattle to fill the order. The cattle will
be sent from San Francisco.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
sudden Death OF the Woman Who Shot
at Harry Keisel.

Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Aug, 97.-Mrs.
Jack Frisby, wife of a restaurant keep.
err, died here this afternoon under mys-
terious circumstances. Saturday even
ing last she had an alteration with
Harry Keisel, patron of the restau-
rant, in which she fred an Intellectual
shot at him. As the result of excite
ment she had an attack of Mysteries,
but recovered entirely and was APP
parently in robust health this morning.
Her death this afternoon was matter
OF surprise and puzzle to the attending
physician, Mrs, Frisby was woman
of fine personal appearance and in ro-
bust health.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

1t is announced in Vienna that NM.
laSker, Pillsbury, Schlechter, Ma
roczy aud Janowsh will tout in Eu-
rope and America next month, play
ing in public several games of chess
simultaneously, Pillsbury playing no
less than thirty games at once with
out seeing any of the boards.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

The 1900 Chautauqua assembly at
CIarinda, Ia, closed, on the 2lst, With
a political debate between Congress.
men Lands, of Indiana, and Champ
Clark, of Missouri There was an at
tendance of 5000. During the debate
a terrific wind and rainstorm came
up and the Chautauqua tabernacle
was almost blown to pieces.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
shirt-Waist Man Kicks.

A shirt-waist man was elected from
the theater at Columbia, Ga. He APP
pealed to the mayor, who ruled that
while the police had the right to
eject any disorderly person, they did
not have the privilege of officially
passing upon matter of etiquette in
the opera house.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 81. Today's state
ment of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive of the $780,
600 900 gold reserve in the division of
redemption, shows; Available cash
balance, slS7, ,9s1 ,O19; gold reserve, S67,-
SR1 hsI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

The city of Newport News, Va, will
shortly have the name of one of its
principal streets changed to Hunting
ton avenue, in honor of the late Coils
p. Huntington, if the wishes of many
leading citizens are complied with
There may also be a monument in his
memory erected there.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
presb,terianism in the south

The past five years the Presby.
terian church in the south has gained
$4,000 communications annual con-
tributions Increased nearly 100000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
The plagne at GLASGOW.

GLASGOW, Aug. 27,-Three persons
father, mother and child, who have
been certified to be suffering from br-
bonic plague, have been placed under
the care of the medical authorities here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
Some College Openings.

The State University will open it's
next session September 18th; the A
and NJ. College, 10Th; the Industrial In
stitute and College, 27th; Belhaven Col.
lege, October lst; Millsaps, October 3d.
jefferson High School, September 10th
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

NEW YORK, Aug. 27. The extreme
hot weather continued today and the
weather bureau is responsible for the
statement that the heat is expected to
last two days longer. Eleven deaths
from the heat were reported today.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Edward Z. Balch, assistant cashier
OIL the Omaha (Neb) national bank,
was assaulted and robbed in a Pull
man sleeper on a Northwestern train
Nhlle travelling from Chicago to Oma-
ha on the 23d, He was roughly
handled and brutally beaten about the
mead and did not regain conscious
ness for several hours after the as
Sault
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Boaz, Marshall county, Ga, had a
destructive fire. The flames leaped
from house 10 house, until nine build
,ras and their contents We're burned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
Grading stiIlwells New Road.

GUTHRIE, 0. T., Aug, 27.-Nearly a
hundred men and teams are at work
near Cleo, Woods county, grading upon
Stilwell's Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
railroad, and a larger force will be put
to work in Woods county next week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Calvin Titus, who scaled the walls of
Pektn, was member of the Salvation
Army in Wichita, Kas., for several
months. He was related to Capt. Lee.
h well-kuown Salvation Army officer,
and an evangelist of some note. Titus
is good musician, and sang at all of
Lees revival meetings.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

At Palestine, Tex, on the 21st, For
iner Justice of the Peace Joseph Will
Aerson' the alleged leader of the mob
mat lynched the three Humphreys in
tHnderSon county, in May, 1899, and
., A. Johns Sam Hall and John Had
ulS' the remaining defendants, plead
Ell guilty to murder in the first de-
gree and each received life sentence
IN the penitentiary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Inc population of the city of St.
LOUIS according to the official count
OF the returns of the twelfth census,
Is as follows: st. Louis city, 575,23s,
1T l0oo, against 451,770, in 1890. These
nsoreS show an increase of 123,46s, or
1'''o per cent, from 1890 to 1900. The
population in 1880 was 350,51S, show.
'"s an increase of 10i,252, or 2S,S9 per
cent, from 1880 to 1890.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Capt. George +. Wilde, commanding
the battleship Oregon, on the 23d, no.
ifed the navy department from Kure,
Japan, that the vessel, which had been
in dock there undergoing temporary
repairs, had been foated and would
De ready for sea in week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

The state department, on the 23d,
forwarded to the British embassy ex-
tradition papers for Julian 4. b.
Arnold, wanted in England and now
held at San Francisco. lie is a son
of Sir Edwin Arnold, and is charged
With cmbezzlemcnt.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

President Kruger has issued a proc
lamation counter to the latest proc
lomation issued by Lord Roberts, in
which he says; ut will help you moth
ing to lay down your arms or to 'eave
the commandos. Every step home
ward means a step nearer st. Helena =
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Mr. Charles Upson Clark, of Yale
university, has been awarded prize
of 1,j00 marks by the Berlin academy
for preparing an edition of MARCEL
linus Ammimanus, the Roman his
torian of the fourth century,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
NeYro outIaw Killed.

Stephen Shaw, a negro, said to
nave been an outlaw, was shot and in.
stantly killed by Ben Rhea, prom
nent young man, near SomerYille,
Tenn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive of
the S1j00O0,000 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption, issued on the
23d showed: Available cash balance,
s136.600, $50; gold. $6S,621 ,401.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

hiring the last year 2,40o duels
,,ere fought in Italy and 4SO deaths
resulted. Most of these combats were
between army officers, and were based
an tbe most trivial preteXts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

orders nave been issued divert
,nc all transports now en- route with
.roons for China from Nagasaki to
sfonila. About four thousand troops
will be affected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
rrOT. 4, II, Goodhue,

Prof, A. b. Goodhue died at Gads
den, Ala, after a long illness. DEATH
was due to old age, Prof Goodhue
was S3, and was one of the ablest ed.
ucators in the state. lie was profes
sor of mathematics in one school for
40 continuous years. He was the first
principal of Gadsden public schools
His remains were inferred in Forest
cemetery. He leaves two sons, f. A.
and D. p. Goodhue, and two married
daughters, one in Birmingham and
one in Admission.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

by royal decree time in Spain is
hereafter to be counted from / to "a
nourS' the order to go into effect
pa1uaty l, 1901, the day to begin at
1n'onlght, and one o'clock will be des-
'sna'ed by Il cipher, and the number
~, ~, minutes by figures, as 0, 5, 0, SO.
,9 a"e oitleers of telegraph, telephone,
,o'iroad' y, steamship lines and all pub
nv oihces are to observe the new
method,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
A Successful Normal Year.

State Superintendent Whitfield re-
ported to DR.. j. L. NJ Curry, general
agent of the Peabody fund, that AL
of the normals for white teachers show
most gratifying results. More teachers
have attended than ever before-1394-
or little less than one-third the en-
ployed white teachers of the State.
Colored normals do not show increased
attendance. The funds for the work,
from all sources, amounted to $3.50"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Great Britain has paid 10000 marks
as damages to the owners of the Ger
man bark Hans Wagner, which the
British detained in South African wa
ters during the early days of the
Transyaal war.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

King Oscar of Sweden has formally
agreed to act as arbitrator of the
claims for compensation for losses
sustained by British and German sub
iects and American citizens in tho
Samoan riots.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Press dispatches describe Count Won
voldersce's trip south, en- route to
china. as triumphal procession with
enthusiastic ovation, the like OF
which had not been seen since 1870
L..M
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Al Ithaca, N. Y, on the 21st, Miss
Rnth Mary White, daughter of An
drew Dickson White, ambassador to
Germany, was married to Rewin Sid
pey Ferry, formerly of Mt. Vernon,
N Y
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

VII the goth James NJ. Morrison,
"''Ve department commander of Penn
.Si'ahla of the G. A. r., announced
sn, sio, out three of the 36 posts in Phil
"ue'Pil'a' with a membership of 1000,
%oulo send delegations to the nation
encampment in Chicago Com
i''i'oer Morrison stated that this ac
w" was the result of the invitation
on.chded to w. j. Bryan to attend the
a' ao"oe'lllpment, which the members re-
e"aueo ona as introducing politics into the
organization.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
State Teachers Licenses Must Not BE Dis
credited by County Superintendents

JACKSON, August Is, 1900,
To County Superintendents of Education
Complaint has been madeto the State
superintendent are making arbitrary
determinations in favor of first grade
licenses issued by the county board
against those issued by the State board
of examiners by paying teachers hold
ing such State licenses from ten to
fifteen dollars per month less than il
they held a county license.
There is no authority in law for such
manifestation of disrespect for the
State license, and superintendents
abuse the discretion conferred upon
them by law whenever they make such
distinction.
1t must be clear, without argument,
that the purpose Of State license is to
stimulate aspiration and to encourage
the highest degree of general pro
fciency and competency in the practi-
cal operation of that branch of our
public school system. A State license
should be a prize of honor, and its
possessor entitled to the highest con-
sideration in that particular, and, all
things being equal, reasonably so,
should have compensation accordingly.
We are not unmindful Of u prejudice
existing in some quarters against the
issuance of State licenses, yet it must
not be forgotten that the law so pro,
vides, and its ministers are pledged tC
comply with and enforce it in a fair
reasonable and just spirit to the best Of
their judgment and ability.
We regret that the complaints before
us come from ladies who hold State
licenses as the result and the reward
of long and arduous toll and who keenly
feel disappointment when they learn
that what was believed to be an evi
dence Of distinction is intact a badge
of discredit.
1t is not the purpose of the State
board to trcspCss in any degree upon
the authority especially conferred upon
the county superintendents in fixing
salaries, but in obedience to the law
requiring this board to regulate all
matters arising in the practical admin
istration of the school system, which
are not otherwise provided for" we re
spectfully submit the foregoing sug
gestons in the hope that they will have
the effect of curing the evil complained
of. II. l.. WHITFIELD,
Superintendent.
j. L. POWER,
Secretary of State.
MONROE MCCLURG,
Attorney-General.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

me women of Victoria, N. S. W.,
nave started movement against
"olr'ah suffrage similar to the Amer
ip NJ. Women's anti-suffrsge movement.
wen 1, thousand women have signed
bill, ' 'h' ""ii''" suu'"Se
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

A lady correspondent calls on us for
"a roster of Mississippi troops during
the civil war;" and the postoaice ad-
dresses of those now livingl We would
be willing to mortgage all our credit
for that very interesting data.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

The Democratic executive committee
of the city of jackson has decided that
no one is eligible to vote in the next
city election who has not paid his poll
tax for the preceding year before Sept.
1. The committee holds that whether
assessed or not the poll tax is due and
must be paid before the date named.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
She In IA Rich Little Girl.

A baby was born to Mrs. George
Vanderbilt in Biltmore house, near
Ashyille, N. c., and it is a girl. Mr..
Vanderbilt announces that her name
will be Cornelia Stuyyesant. If the
child had been boy $5oo,0OO year
and a palace in Fifth avenue would
have been his patrimony left by Will
liam II. Vanderbilt, Millions will be
the baby's, nevertheless. She is the
second child of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Vanderbilt born at Biltmore, the
beautiful summer home of her par.
ents in North Carolina.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01
str,c,, Inv n Meteoric stone

Rev. Mr.. Burton, of Madison Court
house, Va. was struck by a meteoric
stone. 1t fell on his coatsleeye, burn
ing his arm and a hole in his coat.
Georgia Negro Lynchcd.
A mob entered the jail at Doe Run,
Ga. and took out Bill Cater, coiored
and riddled him with bullets. He con-
fessed to attempted assault.
A Bright Outlook.
All the Mississippi educational in
stitutions are going to have a splen'
did attendance-an increased attend
ance-at their next sessions,
Senator CockrcIi Robbed.
Senator Cockrell's pocket was
picked at n rally at Sedalia, Mo.
-Four hundred dollars was stolen.
Papers and purse recovered.
vance Monument Unveiled.
A monument to the late Senator y
b. Vance was unveiled at Raleigh, n
C. Miss Espy Vance, granddaughter
pulled the unveiling cord.
Population of st. Louis.
81. Louis has a population, accord
ing tc the twelfth census, of 575,23s,
f. gain of 1G3.46S since 1890
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-01

Masonic Grand Master b. v White
has appointed G, D. Brown, OF Water
Valley, member of the board of Gus
todians of the Ancient Work, vice Past
Grand Master j, #. Mccormick, de-
ceased. The appointment is tirst-class'