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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The persistent circulation of re.
ports that the state department has
made demand upon Turkey for re.
endorsement of the money expended
in the ransom of Miss Stone. is cans.
ing a good deal of ANNOYANCE to the
officials of that department
Emperor William has directed that
former torpedo boat. now used MS
a guardship at Wflbelmshayen. prus-
sia. shall be named Alice Roosevelt
in honor of fine dauphter of the nresi.
dent of thc United States.
Hardman Peck & Co. piano mann.
facturers. suffered y loss of s3oO ooO
or nossiblv more nv tbo daetrnc-
tion nm tho niobt Of tho ootb hv fro
Of their nIant located At West Fortv.
eipbtb street and North river New
YorI, ci+v
Mr. IT CLAW Evans conn,iesiopor
of nensions. has told President Rooec.
Walt thot at his carly conyerferoo
hc wishes +o he relicved from bis
present official nosition Tho nresi.
don't has indicated hi. intention Of
ciyinr Mr. Evans = din1omotic mis-
sion
Tieut Gen. Miles told tbe senate
committee on military affairs on the
9otb that If the biIi introdncod INV
senator uowlev at tbo instance ~,
zo+ion of genoral stoF If the arroy
sbould become a law he would de.
cline 70 Ionper hold his commission
Henry Pnsb Az vears Of arn = car.
monitor bocone enragod o+ a st,.av
o,+ ~ bis homo in orino,, IN on tho
ootb and made vicious licl, ot II.
He was standing on the edge Of big
front norch and missed his footino
faIlino ia tbe Ground. breol,ipg his
neck
Tn tbe current issue of +be Com.
moner William J. BRYAN makes an ot.
tocl, ON Grover Cleveland denouncino
him, as y traitor inorato and noIitical
nopentitv The onim1s Of tbe attanl,
is +be letter recently written bv Mr.
cIovoland +o q Nfssissinni editor
Noab Davis for many Years n hldoe
of +ha s,,nremn court of New York |
died nj his home. in New York citv |
an the oOtb He was the MAGISTRATE
before whom, William NJ Tweed ona
edward 6 stokes were tried
1orgo troa half ool, and half
HAL. u'ol,n+ l. orr;osity an +he
timber lo+ owned hv II G West in
Ohio Grove three miles southeast of
cyoomoro IN ola woodnen say thev
royo,, before heard of a similar freak
Of nature
r,a hoard of library +rnstees Of
poa+rioo Nah ON tbe DIST received
m ofor from Andrew Carneqie to
r,iro COZ ooo fo,. library bnildinc
tLoro on condition that the citv fur.
s;st, s;+o and orroo n sunniv 80
ooo = ,oor for maintenance
nro viorro Togoblott announced
ON tbo o1st the arrest in Warsaw of
tbe Russian reneral Prince Varkofr
~ ie o+t,obod A tbe eta # of Grand
nn1yo sergins on tbe charge of com
r1ioitv i, a widesnread revolutionary
mo house concentrations commit.
toa % tbo Iowa LEGISLATURE. on the
o1e+ recommended for passage bill
,,,,,non,.;a+in, ,,r st5on, for an Iowa
,rh arhibit at tba Louisiana Purchase
,vnosit;on IN bo held in ST Louis in
lo69
Post farmer, livino on the
worth rood four miles from
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
SHORT LIVED-LIBERTY.
-Four Women Break Jail Mt Fort
Scott. kas., But All are
Soon Recaptured.

Fort Scott, Kas., March 25.-Four
women prisoners broke Jail here sun.
day night and were captured Monday
One, Birdie McCarty, charged with
being a horse thief, was found hidden
under a blanket in the bottom of a
wagon being driven by Peter Shehay
II miles from here. The others were
captured near Hammond after hay.
ing been chased for three miles. The
women confessed that shefay, Fred
Taylor and Charles Snyder, all OF
whom have been arrested, assisted
them in picking the locks of the
iail doors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
HAS A SUSPICIOUS LOOK.
Nenr-old Daughter AsphyXiat-
ed in Chicago.

Chicago. March 25.--James Towns
his wife and their eight-year-olC
daughter were found dead in bee
here. They had been asphyxiated b,
gas from the kitchen range. 4 plus
had been removed from the range anC
the mans arm was thrown over tn,
child, apparently holding her down
These circumstances are cited by tn,
police as evidence of a double muir
der and suicide.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
WANTS GUNS AND SCHRApNEL
The Filipino Insurgents in Cavite
Province Hard to Get nt-Some
Screnmers Needed.

Manila, March 25.-Lieut.-Col, Frank
d. Baldwin, of the Fourth infantry,
who has been operating against the
Filipinos in Cayite province, has, on
account of the inaccessible places
abounding in that province, sent in a
request for two three-inch guns and
a supply of shrapnel shells for use
against the insurgents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Three Men Killed and Another Fa-
tally Injured in Utah.

Salt Lake, Utah, March pa help
er on the west-bound freight train
No. 206 blew up about three o'clock
Monday morning while going up Lake
hill, 20 miles west of Ogden. Will
lam Wilton, engineer, of 0dgen; E.
A. UphoIf, brakeman, ana an un-
known tramp was killed. Fireman
Roy Rumsey was terribly burned, and
will probably die from his injuries.
The engine was a new compound.
The cause Of the explosion has not
been ascertained. Traffic was blocked
for about two hours.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
IN A HEAD()N COLLISION.
Four Men Killed and Several In.
jured In a Collision In a
Fog in Ohio.
BOTH ENGINES COMPLETELY WRECKED,
Three Men KILLED and Another Fa-
tally burned BY the Explosion of
the Boiler of New Compound
Helper Engine, on Lake Hill,
West of Ogden, Utah.

Youngstown, O., March 25.-In a
head-on collision between freight
trains at 7;10 o'clock Monday morn
ing, on the Pittsburg, Youngstown G.
Ashtabula division of the Pittsburg,
Ft. Wayne & Chicago road, four men
were killed and three injured,
The Dead.
Norman Graham, fireman; lived
near Newcastle, Pa.
James Thomas, fireman, Ashtabula.
--, brakeman, name not yet
known
Charles Blackburn, target tender
on Fri road; body can be seen in
wreck.
The Injured.
Carl Bishop, brakeman, Ashtabula,
left leg scalded.
Engineer Geo. Weather, Eria, Pa,
and Frank Brown, Ashtabula Harbor,
received Slight injuries.
The trains crashed together in a
heavy fog, completely wreclug both
engines and piling the cars up so
that traffic was suspended for hours.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
The First Mckinley statue,

New York, March 25,--The first
statue to the late President Mckin.
ley has just been delivered in the
plaster to a foundry at Providence,
r. l., where it will be cast in bronze
at once and be ready to be unveiled
at Muskegon, Mich, on Memorial day,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Talked Himself to Death.

McKeesport, Pa, March 25.-lsaac
Getting, whose mind has been blank,
and who had been speechless for Is
months, died Sunday, He regained
his voice on the nth, and talked in
cessantly up to the time of his death.
Physicians and nurses say he literal
" talked himself to death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
A Nurderer,S Wife suicides.

Atchison, Kas., March 25.--Mrs.
William Baldwin, whose husband was
convicted 16 years ago of the murder
of his sister here, killed herself, Sun
day, in the room where Baldwin's Sis
ter was murdered
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Washington, March 25.-Presdent
Roosevelt sets the style in strenuous
ness. Early in the winter everybody
was horseback riding, Now he has
taken to walking again, and q large
lot of imported saddle horses are
much in need of exercise.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
The Ping Pong Crnze.

New York, March 25.--Ping Pong
suddenly has become almost as great
craze in this city as it has in Lon
don. Bridge whist has been relegat-
ed, and in the clubs billiards and
pool have been forced to the rear.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
Dig Textile Strike Threntcned.

Lowell, Mass, March 25.-Lowell is
threatened with one of the greatest
strikes in its history as a result of
the communication sent to the Tex.
tile union, by the mill agents, in re-
ply to the official demand of that
body for an advance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
Waa Probably Murdered.

Joplin, Mo, March 25.--Wnl Hud-
son, ground boss of the Golden Rod
mine, at Chitwood, northwest of Jop-
I'm, is missing, and it is thought he
has been murdered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

representative Hill, Of Connecticut.
On The 18th, introduced a bill for the
coinage of the silver bullion in the
treasury purchased under the act OF
July IA, 1892, into subsidiary silver
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
Confirmed.

Washington, March 25,-The senate
yesterday confirmed the nomination
of Hugo Muench, OF Missouri, to be
consul at Zittau, SaXony,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

r. G. Dun & Co., of New York, re-
ported on the 21st: "Faimres for the
week numbered 200 IN the United
States, against 224 last year, and 81
in Canada against 33 last year"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

An oil gusher was brought in at
Chanute, Kas,, on the 21st, and threw
oil a hundred feet, The drillers were
nAable to control the flow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The Ohio house passed a bill, on
the 18th, appropriating $4,000 for
representation at the St. Louis
Worlds fair.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The Servian cabinet, on the 10th,
rendered its resignation, owing to
the adoption by the slluptsehina (the
national assembly, Of civil service
reform measure, against the wishes
81 the ministry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Il The government bin arranging for
provisional, consular and com
mercial relations between Austria
Hungary and Mexico was agreed up
ON in the upper house of the reichs'
rath, on the 2lst. The bill had nj
fready passed the lower house. An
Aus}ro-Hrngarian minister to Mexi.
60 was appointed last June. Diplo'
#matic relations between Austria-Hurr
gary and Mexico had been interrupt
I ed since 1867, the year Emperor Maxi
smilian was shot.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

! The general Immigration bill, pre-
spared by Chairman Shattuc of The
committee on immigration and nat
snraliaation and accepted by that
committee, was by him reported &c
E1he house, on the 18th, with the rGe
omnepdatiop that IL be passed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

ssenator Proctor, on the 10Th, intro.
duced a bill continuing in force the
uresent law for the exclusion Of Chin
ese until the expiration of the exist
ing treaty with China or until new
treaty shall be negotiated,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

4 The annual report of the Ameri-
can Telephone Co., of Boston, just is
sued, shows total earnings of SILL
,O6, sl6 against S0,534,4 ,4l9 in 1900; net
revenue $7,3oS,2S5, against $j4S6oj7
il 1900. Surplus, after dividends, ST.
,4s, ,2G2, against 81 407 ,456 in 1900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The agreement between the Domin-
ion government and William Mar
8coni for the establishment OF a wire
less telegraph station at Cape Breton
BIAS been brought to satisfactory
issue, 1t is expected that wireless
Communication will be established be-
tween the Dominion and Great Brit
.ain by the beginning of June.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

@ The Franco-Russian note relative
Ito China, which was published, on
the goth, was handed to Secretary
Hay by Ambassador Cambon, for
France, and Count Cassini, for Rus"
#sia, The note is regarded officially
ssas simply another pledge on the part
4of the signatory powers to maintain
Sthe "open door" in China
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

United States Consul-General Per-
Try NJ. De Leon, at Guayaquil, Ecua-
sdor, has applied for and been granted
~ leave of absence, and will come to
SWashington, shortly, TO confer with
zihe state department with regard to
8the recent troubles in Ecuador grow
Ting out of claims of Illegal arrest
Fund Imprisonment OF American citi
fgens
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

u The supreme court of California,
In a decision handed down, on the
%10th, declared the trust clause in the
will of the late Senator james &.
xFair invalid, and the property will at
#once be distributed among the chill
#dren of the deceased senator. 1t is
ESTIMATED that the estate is worth
Amore than twenty million dollars,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

ID The Cologne Gazette says that 4
four-volume autobiography of Rich
Ord Wagner, beginning in 1864, has
been privately printed at Basel and
Bayreuth. Thirteen sets of the work
haye been issued before general pub
lcation, supposedly for the critl'
cisms of judicious friends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
The political situation in Hayti is

N The political situation in Hayti is
Critical. The authorities continue
making arrests. The prisoners of i'm
sportance are taken on board the
sHaytien war ship Crete-au-Pierot. The
authorities at Port-au-Prince believe
the disturbances will be quelled be.
sforc tehy reach the stage of being
sconsidered revolutionary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Our beloved Bishop Galloway is pre-
siding this week over the Conference
of Maryland, in session at Baltimore.
Sunday he filled the pulpit of Mount
Vernon Church, in Washington City.
Bishop Galloway deseryedly occupies
high place among the Bishops of the
great NJ Il, Church. South, and never
fails to fulall our highest hopes nt
him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

n The secretary of the interior, or
Gfhe 10Th, sent to the senate the draft
sof a bill providing for the enlarge
lmcnt of Yellowstone park, In a
Communication accompanying the
pill the secretary says the extension
sof the park boundaries is necessary
- protect the game in the park
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The New York stock exchange will
Be closed on Good Friday and the
following day, The board of man
agers of the New York produce eX-
change also voted to close the eX.
change on Good Friday, March 2s.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The Portuguese troops in East Af-
rica captured 1862 slave dealers and
Killed 50 others at Pemba Bay, re
Gently, when the government forces
attaclied 10 strongholdS of the slave
dealers. and liberated 700 slaves.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The recent cold weather seems to
have done no damage to the fruit
crop, very little 60 the berries, and
not great deal to the truck gardens,
though young cabbage and tomato
plants were injured in some sections.
Reports from the Delta convey the
unwelcome news that the cold and wet
weather have very considerably de.
layed farming operations throughout
that section.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Five hundred returned emigrants
disappointed with life in the United
State, have just passed through Ber-
lin on their way to their old homes
iii the provinces of east and west
Prussia and in Russia and Austria.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Utica is entertaining this week the
Sunday-school Institute Of the Missis-
sippl Conference of the NJ. L. Church,
South, and her people as we'll as her
guests are thoroughly enjoying the
fine programme. Prof Hamill, the
great Sundayschool worker, is pres.
ent and his presence is enough to
enthuse all the meetings Of the week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

When the writer was engaged In
newspaper work five or six years ago
1t was great thing to find mention
in the exchanges OF a new factory. ice
planc oil mill or any mandatory,
and we therefore made y great spread
of the announcement In these days,
however, so much have we progressed,
that 1t is an everyday occurrence to
find some notice of this sort and we
can emily spare few lines to each
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Another item that will bring pleas,
ure to hundreds of Mississippians is
the announcement that the Travellers
Protective Association will build a
splendid house for themselves and
their friends for which more than
100000 has been contributed by the
generous T. P. AS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

Sparks from this fire, driven by &
strong north wind, set fire to half {
dozen houses some five or six blocks
distant from the institution, but al
were put out except the residence oc
cupied by Mr.. Johnston of Johnston
Taylor & Co., and owned by Mrs. r
II. Winter, now of Philadelphia. This
was destroyed and it was only by the
herculean efforts of the firemen and
citizens that Bishop Galloway's home
next door, was saved.
The following day three handsome
homes in West Jackson were burned
The Capital City's waterworks were
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29

The many friends and admirers II
the State of the gifted young actress
Miss Nancy Rice, will learn with Il,
terest that her mother, Mrs, Maj,
Rice Of Clinton, has announced the en-
gagement of Miss Rice and Mr.. vii
liam Harrison Anderson OF Nashville
Tenn. TIE marriage will take place
in the summer some time, and the
bright young bride will carry to heI
new home the love and admiration q
hests Of friends in her old hons,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-11-22
The Platform.

1. We approve and endorse the
Platform adopted by the State Con-
ventions of the Silver and Democratic
Parties, and we pledge our candidates
to the support of the principles eam-
ciated therein.
2. We recognize in Hon. Francis
G. Newlands, our present Congress-
man, a tried and faithful servant of
the people Of this State, who in Con-
gress has always labored for the best
interests of Nevada, and we heartily
endorse his candidacy for United
States Senator, and pledge )ur legis-
lative candidates to give him their
unqualified support, and to use all
honorable means toward his election.
3. We favor the regulation of the
hours of labor in this State, and re-
Ccgnize the right of the laboring men
to meet and organize into union for
their own protection, ard we object
to any unjust limitation of that right
whether by injunction or otherwise.
4. We pledge our nominees for the
Legislature against any reduction in
the rate of interest on the purchase
5. We recommend to our legislati-
We nominees, as well as to the people
OF our county generally, the policy
OF furthering any practical plans or
efforts toward the construction Of sto-
rage reservoirs, for te conserving of
waters for the irrigation of the waste
land in this county.
6. We favor good roads, good
streets, and in fact all public improve
ments consistent with the Reasonable
rate of taxation and of advantage to
the people of the county.
Z. We recommend to our legisla-
| tive nominees that they use all means
in their power to assist in the passing
of laws regulating the cutting of the
, second growth timber in this State
and county. This we regard as i'm
portant, as the storage of water, as
by the cutting from the water shed
the headwaters of the streams are de-
prived Of the protection Reeded.
8. We pledge our nominees for
county and township Offices to a care
full and economical administration,
and We point with pride to the care
full management of county affairs at
the hands of the Silver party officials
during their terms of Office
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-11-22
Proposals For Wood

The Board of Capitol Commission
ers will receive sealed bids for fur
nishing SO. cords of nut pine wood.
the same to be corded. on the east
side of the Capitol grounds. measur-
ed, sawed into 16 inch lengths and
piled in the basement of the Capitol
building. under the supervision of the
Board. Bids will be received up to
noon on the End day of October, 1862,
and said bids will be opened and con-
siiered on said day at 2 o'clock p.
NJ The wood must be delivered on
or before the 18th day of October.
1902. as
The Board reserves the right ia
reject any or al bids Address.
Clerk of Board of Capitol Commiss-
toner's, Carson Cit Nevada.
W. II. DAVIS, e
Clerk.
September II. 1902. 1T.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-11-22

Local News of Carson and Vicinity.

When you wan. a Lucky Jim cigar
W. E. F. Deal is in Carson on legal
business
Frank Golden was a departure for
Tonopah yesterday.
Sam Cohn has returnede from LOope
and reports a heavy fall of snow out
that way
N. Soderburg, the attorney, was an
arrival on yesterday mornings pass
enger.
Now that the election is over and
you are winner order new suit Of
clothes of F. w. Day.
II. f. Dargberg, Sr., who has be,n
seriously i'll at his home ranch, is
improving ard IS able to be out.
Use cnly the NJ. NJ & Co. Shetland
floss ard wool in ma,.ing your shawls.
1t makes a better saish. You Will
find it at Days
There is much speculation these
days regarding the political patronage
that viii be handed out after the
! frs ii tie year.
Many of the old settlers predict
that the winter wi: be such an o1.e
as visited this section in the fall OF
1899 and the spring OF 1890.
little more snow was added tt
general climatic conditions yesterday
The people in this section expect {
snow storm every day or they arr
disappointed.
The football game between the Gar
dnerville boys and the Reno Higl
school which was billed for today
has been Indefinitely postponed o.
account Of the bad weather.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-11-22

Hot Mexican Tsmales at Davey &
Maishs.
Judge Murphy was an arrival from
the south yesterday.
You can buy a good carpet for so
cents a yard at Days.
\ Attorney George Noel was down
from Virginia City Yesterday.
Frank Golden was departure yes
terday morning for the south
Wright's health underwear at Joe
Platts Pioneer Clothing Store. Warm
and reliable.
The sidewalk leading west from the
Walsh store is being repaired, much
to the qualification of the citizens
who use it.
The first meeting Of tie creditors
tLC WdSCAA Utt4-hl uRiNS ~ SNSHN
ings will be held -cday before Re
feree Sam Platt in the Z. 8. Court
A man named Carr, recently mar
| ried has furnished the Gardnerville
| Courier office with some of the wed
ding cake. The Appeal force would'n
Carr" if he'd send us down some.
| For the past two days there ha
been a stream of street cars passing
through on freight trains. They ar
consigned to San Francisco and ar
manufactured by the St. Louis Stree
Car Co.-Journal.
A benefit was rendered iss Ma
bel Bouton in New York last wee
and over $500 raised for the unforiu
inte young actress. All of the thea
rical people of tne great city len
assistance. It is stated that tn
young woman new has a chance fo
recovery
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-11-22
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
oRmssY LODGE No 4
A. O. U. ".

MEETS every Second and Fourth
Tuesdy of the Month. Sojourning
cordially invited.
G. F.. KITZMEYER, NJ. w.
GEO. w. KEITH, Recorder.