Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-07-30
NEWS AND NOTES.
a Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The International convention Of the
Ancient order of Iibernans opened,
on the 18th al Music hall, s. Louis
It is The most largely attended blcn-
NAL gathering III The history Of the or
der In America,
Four thousand non-unlOn carpenters
of New York, who have been locked
out by the Building Trades Employers
aQsocialion, have decided TO remain
idle indefinitely.
4 rc1ulsltlon from Gov Beckham of
Kentucky on Gov Bailey Of Kansas
for the return of William Payne to
that state has been honored Payne
is accused with attempting murder in
Kentucky eight years ago.
a charter was issued. on the Goth,
by the secretary of state of Missouri,
to the 81 Joseph Albany & Des
Moines Railway Co., of st. Joseph,
Mo. The company has a capital of
$4,000 with which to build and op.
crate railway from st. Joseph, Mo.
TO Des Moines, Ia, distance OF so
miles
A ST, Petersburg dispatch Of the 18Th
says that a Russian torpedo boat and
a German vessel struck mines at Vlad-
ivostok and sunk, their crews perishing,
"Pittsbdrg Phil" is said TO be dying
at a retreat near Saranac lake, in the
Adirondasks, where he is afflicted
with lung trouble "Plttsburg Phil, In
his days of activity, was tho greatest
plunger the American turf has ever
known
Positive proof that the train robbef
who was killed on Divide creek, Col,
June last. was not the notorious ban
dit, Harvey Logan, has been securcd
by an examination of The body by DR.
r. X. McAllister, Of Denver.
Col. George Wilson, retired United
States army officers who lived In Paris.
France, fred scyeral shots from reyol-
yer at Nile. Charlotte Murmann, q
years old Col. Wilson subsequently
shot himself through the head, and ex-
pred while being taken to hospital
All carpenters employed in New York
by the Master Carpenters association
have been locked out Ivy order Of the
board Of governors Of the Building
Trades Employe5 association. The
lockout ties up the carpenter work on
every laege building.
charge OF mansaughter has been
preferred against VIM. T. Richards, the
station agent at Midvalc, n. j.. and
Ernest Keller, nagman on the cxcur'
sion train which was wrecked neal
Mldvale. July 10
The Cripplo Greek (Colj Mine Own
ers' association has issued 1000 recon
mcndatiou cards which are absolutely
necessary to obtain employment IN that
district.
The cloud that appeared on the hor-
izon between Russia aud Great
Britain has been dissipated by the re-
lease by Russia of thj British steamer
Malacca, captured by llo Russian vol.
unteer cruiser St. Petersburg, in the
Red Sea, because The british master
refused 10 produce her tanifest
Gen. Kuroki, after a Jeyere fight, oc'
cupied Klao-Tung on July 10, This
place had been fortified by the Rus
SLAMS, who defended il 5toutly. In the
fighting the japanese troops
drove tic Russians from their strongly
fortified position on the Chi River.
The st. Louis grand Jury, IN a par
tial report, made on the 22d, returned
an Indictment against Edward Butler
the political boss, charging him with
inducing a states witness to absent
himself by the gift of money.
DR., Silas C. Swallow, OF Harrisburg
Pa. and George W. Carroll, Of Texas
respectively candidates for president
and vco-presdent Of the United States
on the prohibition ticket, were formal
ly notified Of their nomination at In.
dlanapois, Ind, on the 22d and both
made responses Of acceptance.
Tho Missouri Democratic state con-
yention completed its nominations, on
the 2lst by the choice If I l.. Rubey
for lieutenant t-goyerGor, Sam u, Cook
for secretary of state, Albert o. Allen
for auditor. Jas. Cowgirl for treasurer
", w. Major for attorney general and
II. Rubc Oglcsby for railroad and
warehouse commissioner
4 Russian correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph un cr date
OF the 18th, said that fierce lighting
had been raging for two days nd was
still continuing, with tho Japa eSe In
superior strength, The Russian we're
retiring under successful tlnking
movement by the Japanese,
A Lao Yang dispatch of TIA 10th
delayed in uansmission) said tht the
Japanese had broken through iha left
flank between Gen Count Kellers po-
sition and that of Gen Rcunen-
kamplf and were marching on Muk-
den. The news created sensatI ION In
St Petersburg,
News from Boneaeel, S. p lbe
principal registration point for would
be settlers on the Rosebud reservation
lands was the scene Of considarable
disturbance on the 2lst, the crooks and
gamblers seeming to have the upper
hand. There was some talk of calling
upon the United States government for
troops.
The will of the late Charles + j W.
cy. who died IN Wheeling, W. a.,
about a month ago, disposlng of an +
tate in Chicago and elsewhere. valued
at approx imately $l,00oG00, will prob
ably be contested by his daughter "
former wife, and his son Chauue "
who was recently acquitted On
charges Of murder growing out Of a
ranch feud with the Berrys in Kansas
Ex-senator George G. Vest, of MIS-
souri, is in a critical condition al
Sweet Spring, Mo, aud his closest
friends say that there is but little hope
of his recovery, His mind is clear
but his strength is failing rsridly eacl
day,
Cart Grass, an Instructor OF the
German army balloon corps, nas left
Berlin for St. Louis, where he vii
observe the dirigible balloon contest.
in behalf Of the war Office
Charles Stimmel, convicted Of the
murder of Joseph w. Shide book
keeper at Dayton, o., was electrocutet
in The annex at the Ohio peuitentiarI