Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-30

ership Of the Panama canal passes
to the United States has been sign
ed, sealed and delivered and is com
plete.
Picking pimplc on her lip with
a brass pin caused the death Of
Mrs. Edwin Mccormick from blood
poisoning at her home in Chilli
cothc. Mo.
Judging from hi' remarks about
Judge Parker Col. Bryan is paving
the way for a bolt should the jurist
Of the Empire state receive the
nomination for president.
A jury at Nacogdochcs, Tex,
assessed fine of $3.50 against Mr..
NJ. A. MiIcy, who killed two men
at her home because, she alleged,
they insulted her daughter.
In defending his mother from an
attack by his father, Emil Ulrich,
aged II, of st. Louis, cmptied the
contents Of a 32-caIibrc revolver
into his parents body, two entering
vital spots.
President Roosevelt has appoint
ed Beckman Winthrop governor of
Porto Rico. Mr. Winthrop was
formerly secretary to Gov Taft and
is but 3i years of age, He is from
New York state.
c. W. Noel of Topeka Kas., was
arrested for hugging a married wo-
man, Mrs. Luther Rayl, He was
fined S2j and costs in the police
court. he having admitted that he
did the bear act.
There will be considerable fruit
tins year, according to forecast
made by the Western Fruit Grow
er, made up from the reports of
practical horticulturists in all parts
OF the western country.
Slxty-sevcn saloon keepers Of Blu
rcau county, Illinois, were indicted
by the grand jury on the charge of
keeping their places open
on Sunday. OF this number ff,
teen were women bartenders.
The supreme court of Kentucky
has affirmed the judgment of the
lower court in the case of Jim How
ard, sentenced to life Imprisonment
on a charge of being the principal
in the murder of Gov. Goebel.
Two 'iremcn were killed and
fifteen others injured in fire at
Newark, \. j., which DESTROYED the
tivc-story building of Weiner g.
Co., saddle hardware manufacture
ers. The tiremen were on the roof
of a one-storv building adjoining
when a wall fell, burying them be-
meath the debris.
Galveston experienced the hcay-
lest ralnstorm in its history on the
22d. when 9.29 inches fell within
three hours, commencing at 2 p. m.
and continuing in heavy downpour
until ) p. m. In one hour, from
1880 to 4 80 p. M, nearly 1-2
inches OF precipitation was record
ed, or, TO be exact, 4.l1 inches.
Having laid claim to some dozen
murders, Franklin Pierce Rose was
executed by shooting at the Utah
state penitentlary. -Four bullets
pierced his heart. Rose was cyccut
ed for the murder of his wife, but
before his death he told George
Pugsley, one Of his guards. that he
had killed several men aud a num-
Der of women.
Prof, B. 7. Galloway, chief OF
the plant industry bureau of the
department of agriculture, predicts
that farming of the future will be
done by boys from the big cities.
He calls attention to the fact that
the movement Of the bows and
young men from country TO city
has been stopping, and that the
tendency now is from city to coun-
try.
Henry Deeter, who demanded of
a wealthy planter of near Marshall
town, Ia, that $1,000 be left for
him at certain spot under penalty
of death for failure to comply, was
shot and killed by an officer when
he appeared to get the money.
The tcamstcrs Of st. Louis threat
en- a sympathetic strike to aid tho
cabmen May |. The employers state
that in the event OF a strike they
will fiji all vacancies with non-un-
ion men.
Eighteen members of the st.
Louis police force, including four
sergeants. have been indicted for
intimidating voters at the demo-
cratic primaries and other police
men have been indicted for natur-
alization frauds.
Eight persons were killed and |
forty injured in wreck on the
Mexican Central near Slacattas.
The engine, mail car and two coach
cs plunged down a high Nmbank-
mcnt and were completely demolish- !