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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-08

Charles Sumner was Of the very
nIstocraoy of Northern intellect and
Northern opinion, He was not Peter
,le Hermit. and yet he was something
like that fanatic; he was not Marcus
yato, for he could forgive. The old
South had looked upon him as every
l1g that was revolutionary, every
nlng that was fanatical. everything
llat was despcable, and hatred of him
lGOYe brave men to condone a brutal
assault that was a shame and Il dis
grace sumner was a problem The
ordinary man cannot understand him.
'lere never was a moment that he
would have inflicted the slightest
physical punishment on President
DTooks. even had opportunity offered,
ne never bure one particle Of malice
against the man who inflicted such
guel humiliation upon him, and con-
GOoled no to greatly shorten his days.
ir3vTnaps the most curious piece of po-
n,Ical literature in our annals is the
r'er OF sumner challenging James
u bIaine for bringing the BROOKS as
SulI INTO the campaign of 1872. AS
q maSnanlmity it stands alone among
%IlucaI ~ transactions. If this was not
ouI,Suan charity, who shall escape
COndemnation?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-08

.,,... ,,,.,,lorf,,1t,.
Roscoe Nohhi'us was d "g'Iu'l tot,' .l'5
gifted man ana ihe Iedi Ie"Te. u l'tg
Senate OF lHG', lhousll 'He DeIno0 .',,, . 20
Aad orGahlIed tI'l oou! Ine ""' , r. H..
haps the strongest ulau ,Il''t ,,'i. "t'u tho t,o
command oil language was ,S,,i' S,np'' ,,.oro l,.e
despair OF an ms I.lo'9, .,n,, ngr' r,ndb ",,S
others rs huehN some VI l",ln Ca.i.iio+ wv,
more verbose, put IL was Co'lN'lIs 9 3
who had no TIIal-"ol ,..,,.,.., III D.",',r ror no
Hoar nor ingalls, nor "a. ,,.,;, pgnlo,, ,rto rtr
Lamar-"neu Il C"I.e " , ~ Nc Tnoaob
play the exact WoIu TO nlaNe ms 'poeC,' i,', ,.;
magnificent ana ms aI5uIngn' i n ian5i,. ia. III,
cible Ills trlehdS Saiu nc ""S ,',.',,,, ao,,'
and his enemies thousnt MN ",i 's%,, ,.,.o y
He was botn-hlS IoruIineSs ,'.., was 1ordiy ~tiy
CANT and his Arrogance ,.s was .,n,, lo' ',| f5r
Lamar had very great ,, auIl'',%,,ou .t r,ngt lot
him, and considered hlh 'he IL, as,
intellect in the senate anu '"7 "'''
orator in the country, ,. 49,. ou
It was In June, lo'2, lIa' .,,,a ,"e ,nd ="
counter occurred DeL"egH ,. ita,I'a Eni an al
Conkling. The senate hau "9u ,,.,,,i', a., ~
night session. and aIteI an lB.e' il,5 ,,,
sion Of nine minutes lue pou! So,. Som
yened for another leEISl@'i'e EIt','!, oor, ""g
Blaine, then in the must oil MS ealn' cam
paign against the lh'IG I,,,a,1n 1sam 'lS,r Cor
ment led by CohhlIhs' C"nsvi t,,S w, n,onrd %
penter and Logan, was IN LUZ iulI lyGo, a,,o u u
with ms parry, ne s,,nb m%1 rodical states
as Kansas and Iowa IN the H"'lolial 'iI'aI
convention. That hlghI ne was ,S,nio,,e lHo,
than usually aggressive ana auuaCiots ~. y,
even for him. He had oout W." ~,
Beck, another with vance aHUtlel S,Ll'.'
with Withers and another WIZ" W. ~,
hees. He tnen took "liacN "' wv
whole Democratic sac en- D'ug' wv. ,or+oo,,
About 6 o'clock Cohkiihs u"Ce, s.ro,, .oUD
to adjourn the Senate 10 give C't PIIi },.i,
ter a chance to speak on the army S,,i,,l pil'
the next day. He failed, though WIN. WIN
ers who had charge OF the oll, ouen' ,.,l,
to have been generous ana courteous Ca,i.
enough to accede TO MS Tequesl, q,'.,..3 GOun thc
ling was very angry and lectureu lnt
Democratic side and was eNceeu,hsls y
offensive to Lamar, Beck ana NooI
hees charging them with bad ialtn II II
not complying with what he assefleo e,
to De NIl'u"' had +osto apainsl
Them for long and duh speeches'
Lamar was as angry as Cohhllhs
and said this:
with reference to the charge OF Dao
faith that the Senator from New lorE l,
has intimated toward tlosc .,,.,nn Jt u' tbasf
have ben engaged in Opposing ~ ongS, so,
motions to adjourn, have only to Say
here to the Senate that in i4tlnidCtme nun done
anything inconsistent l.s as ne nrononnc5 nos uU~y
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-08

4, - l.,
In 1891 NIT, Lamar tooh MS seat III
the Thlry'hllh congress ne was very
young for so great d place. DuI lie was
soon to prove himseIl one UI tlle hrsC
men Of even that oay, he was no
apologst ior slavery as II tneh existed
at the SouJA Dul lls auYocdle, anu ne
looked upon IL as a conservative FACTOR
that was TO save Ine people from aeS'
potsm ana preserve society from
chaos. he sa" IN lne iahueu gentry
ot England Jhe prop ana glory ol Ihe
realm, ana NE sa" III the planters OIL
The South the prop ana glory Oh the
Union ms SpeecneS we're DtIiilahI
orations ana po"erlul arguments anu
will repay lne reading even 10 Ihis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-08

The Republican party was in the
saddle and riding rough shod over the
NOstrate South. Treason was odious,
Loyalty was profitable. Butler and
Morton ruled Congress and forced
chains for the beaten section. No Re,
publican put a particle of confidence
IN any protestation of good faith on
the part Of any Southern man who re-
NAMED outside the Republican party.
The work OF reconstruction was in
complete until the South crawled on
Its belly ale dirt, and cried "Unclean!
J1clean. that was Republican doe
,rine
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-08
L, LAMAR
...AAAANNNNnNNNNkNANNNNNNNAANNAAAAAN
sAVOYARD," in kansas city Star.

n,,o him all in all, he was the fore.
~ nnblic man of the South Of the
puIi pDsibelmm period-a statesman and a
P.siot a thinker and a poet, dream
1"nd and an orator, student and a teach
e. 'T Ireius Q. c. Lamar possessed
u H. few men are endowed with-gen-
sa'' W. Taught in the school Of Calhoun,
il'' tD nos a follower Of Jefferson Davis,
~ w greater than Wise or Wigfall. He
lns ano gentleman Of the old South, and
s.r Sa' most eloquent champion in the
@aotar ~, Of polemics. He was second to
" ' man in the American Senate when
%.t Az body was exceptional for the
,.'nscpndent abilities Of its members.
Tbo Lamar family is French, the
r-snch that we're beaten at Jarnac,
snd tbe French that were victorious at
p pprrv-Huguenot French. Driven from
I nance by Richelieu or Maintenon, the
iomors settled in the English Catholic
.oony of Maryland, where religious
iibsrtv first had birth, and whence
@ .oma of the family went to Georgia,
and il was in that State that l., @ c.
lamar was born, September II, 1925.
ia was a nephew Of Mirabeau B, La
mar whose name Is forever linked to
1p parIy and heroic history Of Texas.
ga was bred to the bar, ana settled
,f Oxford, Miss, whore he was teach
a, LAWYER planter and eminent cit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-08

A greater son of New England than
sumner wrote, Never a magnanimity
SN 70 the ground Nor did this. l..
y Lamar cIasped it and took 1t to
lS neart Sumner died in 1874, and
Ea april Of that year Mr. Lamar de
a,eEea an eulogy upon him in the
H%meflcan Congress that challenged
@@e patriotism, the Americanism and
na me manhood of the whole country 1t
DSs wholly unexpected and it aston
Sueu and electrified all America. For
,I,.i Ie moment it drowned the morose,
Sa, Saa' llSh, brutal voice of discord that
Su Oeen clamorous in Congress for
~ r'l century, and from that day La
snH ra, was the favorite son Of the South
NV !, lne most interesting public man
lne country.
uidht and Lee had made the sol
%vly OIL the North and the South ac-
aaa,u'ed on stricken fields; Lamar
snS @ape the craftsmanship of the North
%n uu 'he South acquainted in this eu-
s, s', worthy of Demosthenes or Cic-
Ro,. y. ancient day, worthy a Burke or
Srs. SvS0uet OF modern day. 1t was the
Ro ' ana the loftiest plea for union,
NJ NJ clion union of hearts. The dying song
uIday was but its echo. 1t awoke
ava responsive chord at the North, and
@,aI ,Sa the bloody shirt was dipped in ad-
~'"uon and applause.
NJ, IN the succeeding Congress Lamar
mao o reinforced by Ben Hill--the for
s.n r lne Athos, the latter the d'Ar.
Ss Ss"dnn-the heart and the brand of
,r5 Any south These two faced Blhlne
ron, Tu G,arlield of the North, and If one
'gsSSla 'sosa know what journalists mean by
6s 6s'u days in Congress, let him read
larnuue ueOates between these men that
'"luary of 1876.
hI1Sa hIs specimen of Lamar's style, the
""O"ins "O, may be aptly quoted:
h,ss ssir the Southern people believe
hon, conquest has shifted the Union
ia ,hS ,S tue basis of compact and consent
M "at s OF force, They fully recognize
Of sa .ayl that every claim TO the right
m,se sseeVesslon from this Union is extin-
Smeaued and eliminated from the
|.tln,!! system and no longer con
IAmsas1SIs part Of the apparatus Of the
~'Van government They believe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
HARRIMAN's NEW PROJECT.
Union Pacific May Operate Transcon-
tinental Line Via Portland.

San Francisco. May 5.-Au important
conference was conducted today between
president Hartman of the Southern Pa
Citic and President A. l. MOnler Of the
Oregon Railway * Navigation COMPANY
AIOhler arrived in this city from Port
land this morning. accompanied by w. w.
Cotton, secretary and general attorney OF
the Oregon Railway & Navigation COM
pauy. and Theodore MilcON, representing
the commercial bodies of Portland
Directly after their arrival the northern
officials proceeded TO the Southern Pacific
officers. where they remained IN confer
cnce with Hartman until noon. relative
to the construction of the Central oregon
line as an extension to the Oregon Rail-
way q Navigation company.
It is rumOred. however. says the Bull
letin. that this was the least important
matter discussed at the NEE ting and that
tension to the Columbia Southern road,
which is a southern branch of the ore
gOn Railway K Navigation company.
which extension viii in time meet the
northern extension of the California &
Il is said Harriman's purchase Of the
California road was preliminary step
10 building a line into oregon. COnStTuC-
tion at the northern terminus Of the Cal
if0rnia x Northwestern is being rapidly
pushed. The line now extends some miles
above Willcttc and as a result of today $
conference with the officials of the north
tTn road surveys may soon be made IN
Oregon to meet the California road
The Oregon Railway q Navigation com
pany is said TO have recently merged ITS
interests with the Oregon Short Line,
which has passed under the control of the
Union Pacific. In the event of a south
ern extension of the Oregon Railway Z
Navigation company. therefore. the Union
line to San Francisco by way OF Port
land
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
MORTENSEN CASE SET
Arguments Asking For a New
Trial Will Be Made Next
Monday Morning.

The Peter MOrtensen murder case viii
be argued before the supreme court Mon
day morning. the first day of the May
term of that august tribunal. The Nick
HawOrth murder case. another action ap-
pealed from the death sentence imposed
by the lower court will be also be. argued.
The latter case appears first upon the
docket.
Haworth appeals from Judge H H.
ROlapp's court in the Second judicial dis
trict- The state will be represented by
Attorney General NJ A Breeder. assisted
by Deputy Attorney General w r.
White Weber & Braffet and J. NJ Ham
iltOn will argue in behalf of the defend
ant. The attorney generals office will
also appear for the state in the Morten-
sen case, Stewart & Stewart in behalf
of the prisoner.
The third case 70 be argued Monday
morning is that of the state ex rel Epson
vs.. Q. WOlfenden. an appeal from Judge
T. Marioneaux of the Fifth judicial dis
trict. The question involved is the right
of the board of county commissioners of
the offices of county assessor and county
was county treasurer. That fall the
county commissioners consolidated the
two above mentioned offices, and the
Democrats nominated n p. Epson for the
duel position. to which he was elected.
Wolfenden refused to relinquish his office
on the grounds that his successor mad
not been elected Judge It. MariOneauX
decided the consolidation Of the offices
legal and held that Wolfenden has not the
right to retain the office From that de-
ciSiOn ne appeals
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
ONE HUNDRED MEN OUT
Hod Carriers Strike Spreads and
Building Is Practically at
a StandStilI.

The strike of the hod carriers and the
consequent susD5 nsiOn Of building as
sumed very few new developments yester-
day outside of the fact that the strikers
went in a body to a number of buildings
where the contractors were endeavOring
to continue the work of building with
uon-uniOn men and with union men who
had not recognized the regularity of the
order to strike Squads of strikers stopped
the work in each instance Not by
force or intimidation but simply maSSing
around the WOTkmen and hlndering them
50 that they could not supply the brick
layers Inc contractors and builders held
a meeting at their rooms last night and
decided to play waiting game and 10
make no OveTtures, but to receive any
to make and 10 give it due consideration
communication is expected and the
contractors viii probably have another
meeting today at noon From the SenU-
ment expressed by individual contractors
it is hardly probable that they viii favor
granting anything i'm the way of an in
plenty of labor and they viii use non
union labor if necessary Calvert & Leek
employed three COlOred men among their
uOn-uniOu bod carriers yesterday. Two
of the m worked only half day. but the
other stayed with 1t until the crowd of
union IabOTeTS stopped the work. In one
instance contractor sent tor police
man. but his services were of no avail
The strikers held meeting in JOhnsOn'S
han and were addressed by General Or
ganizer Reeder, who pointed out some ir
regularitieS in the manner in which the
strike had been called. The situation was
gone over thoroughly. but the plans OF
the strikers We're not fully matUTed- 1t
was practically settled, however, that
work will not be resumed today. A con-
SultatiOn viii probably be had with the
coutractO There are thirty-One men in
are out Of employment as direct result
of this strike.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
Ogden Briefs.

John Pingree returned yesterday to
Brigham.
A baby boy has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Dell Madsen.
The seat sale for the appearance of
Griffith in Macbeth" goes on this morn
ing at the Grand opera house
In the district court vest erday Arthur
Mccain was sentenced to serve SIX
months in the state prison for house
breaking.
A marriage license was yesterday is
sued to August Anderson, aged "A. and
Miss HeDzibah Potter, aged 20, both of
West Weber.
William Driver, president of the city
council, will leave this morning for Cali
fOrnia to be absent several weeks in
search of health
l. ]. Napier yesterday changed his plea
of not guilty of obtaining goods under
false pretenses to one OF guilty, and will
be sentenced Friday next.
John r. Trip, 81 years of age, died
yesterday at the home of T. II. Terry, IN
Warren, of pneumonia The funeral will
occur today at + o'clock p. m.
AL Herrick has accepted position as
passenger brakeman on the Southern Pa
cifc and will resign his position with the
Ogden Rapid Transit company.
The condition of Lucien Conroy was re-
ported last night as still quite serious.
The young man has not recovered the use
of his lower limbs, Which have been
paralyZed since his fan on Monday from
The top of fruit car.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
KRAMER DENIES
DENVER RUM0R
Colorado Midland Will Not Be
Used as Rio Grande Club.
SALT LAKE PARTY RETURNS
HARTMAN ALLEGED TO BE
GATHERING BIG SCHEMES.
SALT LAKE PARTY RETURNS

Denver, Nay 5-The News today
says:
A struggle is on between the Colorado
& Southern railroad, allied with the Har-
riman interests. and the Denver & Rio
Grande. part of the Gould possessions,
Tor control of the Colorado Midland road
The primary cause OF the strife is the
new Moffat road from Denver TO Salt
Lake. which is in course Of constrUc-
ton.
When the Moffat road refused to grant
the Rio Grande an interest in the survey
of the proposed line from Kremmling 10
Dotsero. which viii invade territory
hitherto held exclusively by the latter
road. the Rio Grande in retaliation set
about finding a means O. shortening its
line to Salt Lake BY building a Inc
direct from Denver to some point on
the Colorado Midland at least 100 miles
of travel could be saved, and the Rio
Grande people began to negotiate Tor the
Midland
This was the purpose of Russell Hard
ing'S recent soJourn in the state Inc
Colorado & Southern discovered what was
being done and realizing that such
cutoff as the Denver q Rio GRANGE
proposed to make would materially Dene-
fit them i'm the run TO the coast the--
began planning TO defeat the scheme
The Rio Grande now threatens the South
ern by holding off renewals of old ar
engagements about to expire, concerning
Joint line deals in the big coal fields
Trouble has not reached the erupuVe
stage as yet. however.
@. w. Kramer. vice president Of the
Colorado Midland, and his private secre-
taTy, A. II. COWie, are registered at the
knutsfOrd. Mr.. Kramer said he had seen
the dispatch. He denied that there was
anything of the foregoing nature pend
ing and added that the story was Matched
up in Denver for a sensation.
You can set almost any sort of a story
YOU want in the railroad circles on Sew
enteenth street" said Mr.. kramer with
a laugh
rs there any probability of such a deal
I'm the futuTe2' was asked.
There isn't very much likelihood Of
anything of the kind There is no stock
ON the market to get control of. 1t IS
owned by two parties, and George J.
Gould owns half of this
Mr. Kramer said that his visit at this
time was in connection with the Utah
Fuel company. of which he is the pres
ident He has been here looking over
the business affairs of the company. He
was here in February for the same pur-
pose. The business transacted IS Of a
routine nature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
PAN-HELLENICS FEAST
Greek Letter Society Men Have
Banquet With Many Clever
Toasts.

In the dining han of the Knutsford last
evening the Pan-HeIienIc society pissed
away the hours with feast and storS.
About seventy-five guests were present,
and when the guests filed in the room the
merriment began. An orchestra stationed
in one corner of the room furnished music
and stimulated conversation, and the ia
bieSs with their gliIterlng ware and fioW-
ers, added TO the attraetiveness Of the
scene There was a show of fOrm2hty at
the start of the festivities. but they were
dispensed with before the banquet was
fairly under way 1t was too warm for
formality and there were other pleaSanter
things TO engross attention
The lusty voices. of the merry makers
scarcely indicated the need of liquid re-
freshment. but it was sandwiched be-
tween the more substantial dishes. The
banquet commenced at $50. the feast OF
reason and flow Of soul appeared several
hours later. after the lady fingers. cream,
coffee and other promoters Of indigestion
had been disposed of. DR.. Charles C.
Plummer acted as POSTMASTER. and from
the time that he announced his first sub
jeet the merriment gathered force.
DR.. Plummer's erudite, jOVial and
poetical way of introducing the toastS
won immediate favor. His remarks We're
TO the point and the classical lines peril
nent to the title. The first speaker on
the programme was former Senator Jo-
seph l. Rawlins. His toast was The
Greeks in Politics" His treatment OF
the subject proved that in some things
the Greeks had the advantage of the
modern politician, but he went at things
in a more classical style from his COM
mercial brother of modern times.
Jerrold Letcher had for his toast, THE
Butt End of a Goat
Right ReF- Abel Leonard treated sue
cessfully the toast Fraternity Ethics"
'TheSpis' was the subject reserved for
/ Glen Miller. The Legendary Greek was
I the subject of a worthy sketch in the
hands Of Mr.. Miller. Reducing the In
itiatory Fractures gave opportunity for
an EScul9Dian review against the danger
of disjOinting the digestive apparatus,
but ii was treated with pathological kind
ness by DIT. CritchlOw. William Igleheart
was listed for THE Golden Rule"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
HOME 70 : TELEPHONES
Work Begins on Plans For New
Building on City Hall
Site.

Work was begun yesterday on plans for
the new building of the Utah Independent
Telephone COMPANY which Is TO go up on a
portion of the old city hall site at state
and First South streets. The cost of the
structure. together with that of small
eT building in the rear for supplies, viii
be in the neighborhOOd of S5J.U00
Now that the bid Of the company for
the COrner-S4S, Oo0-has been accepted by
the city the work of putting up a build
ing viii be pushed with all speed. F.
A Hale. the architect Wto has received
the commission. is preparing plans for
an edifiCe three stories in height, with
basement. strictly fire-pOOrf-
The corner viii be occupied by the new
Y. n. q. A. building provided the as
sOciatiOu can raise the requisite funds
over a third is now pledged, and the
work of raising the balance is going
ahead The Y. n G.. A. has an option on
los bv 1917 feet, for which II is TO pay
about S32.050. The telephone building viii
be south of the other, on state street.
with q tWeiVe-fOOt driveway between 1t
viii occupy fifty feet of the front. 1t
is hoped 70 get this structure completed
bv NOVemb Der
The company has placed orders Tor
supplies amounting TO 100000 The en-
giEeer has completed a plat Of the city
for the wire system. and work on his
part of the construction viii begin soon
1t is not anticipated that the system will
be in running order inside of year, and
then the company hopes to have it in
operation in Salt Lake. Logan and other
cities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
MEANS LIFE SENTENCE
MUrderers of Young MCCabe
Given Forty and Thirty Years
in State Prison.

In the presence Of Mr. and Mrs Barney
McCabe. father and mother of the man
they Were convicted. of numbering, Har-
vey Bass and William Reese were yes
terday sentenced to spend practically all
that remains of their lives behind the
walls of the Utah state prison
Reese. who IS the older of the two, and
who, according TO the evidence. was the
one who held the particular gun that
killed J. Fred McCabe was sentenced
to term OF forty years, and Bass was
given a term Of thirty years
When asked the usual question, If they
had anything to say why sentence should
not he passed upon them. Reese said;
Il realize that it is the duty of the court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06
TRIED TO SHOOT UP MURRAY
c. Rosengreen and Two Companions
Fined For DisorderlY Conduct.

Charles ROsengreen of this city played
the cowboy act at Murray yesterday
morning by driving through the streets
and dischaTgIng a revolver IL the air.
He was accompanied by Mab.c VIII
liams and Henry F. Thomas, also Of
Salt Lake.
The trio had been making a night of
IT. and drove up and down the streets
of Murray in a fine buggy drawn by d
good horse. Once or twice they almost
ran over a number of school children.
They were arrested about o'clock and
kept in Jail until 6 O'Clock last even
ing, when Justice of the Peace McOmIe
fined them 80 apiece for being drunk
and fined RCsengreen So extra for dis
charging firearms
During their incarceration in the jail
boy named R Wright attempted to
pass the trio a bucket of beer thrOuoh
the iron bars Of the city bastiIe, and
was fined s..