Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-05-21
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Vceroy Alexieff telegraphed his i'm.
perial master, the czar, on the 18th
that the docks and piers at Port Dalny
had been blown up by the Russians
and later it was reported that the en-
tire town had been destroyed and
abandoned. preliminary to falling back
toward Port Arthur Dalny cost Rus
nia Slj0000 900 for improvements.
After an official inspection, on the
18th, President Francis of the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition issued the fol-
lowing: I'VE wish to announce to the
public that the exhibits are installed
in all exhibit palaces and present the
most marvellous collection of the ac-
complshment Of mankind ever wit
messed"
BY vote of 954 to $50, and after a
stormy session. lndiana's democratic
delegation to the national convention
was instructed 10 vot ca sa unit for
Judge Alton Brooke Parker, of New
York, for presidential candidate
The plant of the Armour soap works,
in Chicago. was burned, on the night
of the 18th, causing loss of 5000, 900
on buildings and contents. Several
frame buildings in the vicinity were
damaged.
A Manila dispatch OF the 11th said
that Lieut. Winfield Harper and 80
men Of f company of the Seventeenth
United States infantry were caught, on
Nay 3, in an ambush by several hun
dred Moros. on the east shore of Lake
Liguasan. Mlndanao Lleutenants II,
A. Woodruff and Jos. II. Hall and Is
men were killed and five men wounded
The coroner's jury at Bristol, Tenn.
returned verdict, on the 1lth, to the
effect that young Edward l.. Wentz
death was due 10 the accidental dis
charge of his own pistol. The body
was found on the mountainside in
Wise county, Va.
The japanese torpedo boat No 4S
was destroyed while removing mines
from Kerr bay. north of Port Dalny,
on the 18th. Seven men were killed
and seven were wounded. This is the
first warship Japan has lost in the
war
As the result of an explosion Of six
kegs of powder in shaft No of the
Big Muddy Coal & Iron Co.'S mine at
Herrin, H.. on the llth, five men were
killed and IA others injured, some Of
whom will die A number Of mine
mules were also killed.
An attempt to wreck Pennsylvania
train No SO near Richmond Ind, was
discovered on the 10th, when the en-
Glneer stopped the train within few
feet of a pile of bricks and stone which
had been placed on the track. Two
boys have been arrested.
United States Marshal J. NJ. Barnes,
Of Macon, Ga, was removed from Office,
on the 10th. on telegraphic instructions
from President Roosevelt. The cause
of the removal is through difficulty
which took place a short time ago at
Valdosta. Ga, between Judge Emory
Speer and the marshal. Judge Speer
left Macon for Washington on the 7th.
A collision occurred, On The llth, at
Whittier, Is miles south of Los An
gelea, Cal, between Santa Fe pas
senger train from San Diego to Los
nd oil ri
persons were injured several seriously,
but none, it is believed, fatally. The
injured were passengers on the electric
car The names of the injured are not
available.
1t was reported, on the llth, that
the Russians were blowing up their
warships in the inner harbor of Port
Arthur, numerous heavy explosions
having been heard from that direction,
The Russians, however denied the re-
port, saying they were not going TO
repeat the mistake Of Sebastopol.
In an auto accident seven miles west
of Newton Kas,, on the 10TH Judge
M. p. Simpson, of the district court,
was killed Miss Anna Lees, Mrs, NJ,
H. Simpson and S. Lehman were in
jured The machine got beyond control
and dashed off a bridge, falling 10 feet
into q ditch.
Advices from the far east, of the 9th
inst, indicated that the Russians were
either making or preparing TO make
retrograde movements, with Harbin
the probable new headquarters and
Mukden the advance post
All the railroads composing the Cen
tral Passenger association have decided
TO grant stop-overs in Chicago on all
tickets sold in connection with the ex-
position in st. Louis. committee
has been appointed to confer with the
Western Passenger association and ar
range a common basis upon which
stop-overs will be authorized
An Illinois Central passenger train
was ditched, on the 18th, at ten
o'clock two miles south of Dixon, Ill.
Ten people were injured, three seri-
OuSlI, Inc HTSl lHIee CARS anu tnt
engine rolled over a l7-foot embank-
ment, demolishing the cars,
Edward Morse Field, son of the late
Cyrus w. Field is agin in the insanity
ward at Bellevue hospital, in New
York, for treatment He went to the
hospital himself and was examined by
Dr. Richards,
The Farmers state bank at Nardin,
Okla, failed on the 18th, Assets and
liabilities not given, Il had about SlS,-
600 in the Capital national bank at
Guthrie. which failed racentl-
Attorneys for the striking Santa Fl
railway machinists at Topeka, Kas.,
fled a motion in the district court to
have the restraining order against the
strikers dissolved The hearing is set
for May 16 The strike situation is
practically unchanged.
1t has been showing for "a hours In
North Dakota. Over two Inches OF
snow was on the ground on the 18th. All
field work has been stopped. The
wheat crop is only half in.