Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-09-03
NE VS. AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events,
PERSONAL AMI GENERAL.

aDSOiuteiN uenylnB tne BlcTy tnal no
had made death-bed confession Of
the murder of Gilbert Gates. lie slys
he is well and hearty
With the arrival of a number Of
strike breakers In the packing house
district in Omaha Neb., on the 23d,
came 80 japanese from The smelling
and manufacturing districts Of Colora-
do They were taken into the plant Of
the Omaha Packing Co,
Five persons were injured, one Of
them dangerously, by the explosion OF
a barrel Of turpentine in the cellar OF
store In Armourdale, Kas., on the
23d, the explosion being caused by the
careless handling Of candle by
wOrkmen.
A tornado struck Sorrento, Italy, Mt
midnight Of The 25d. Among the build
ings wrecked were the Hotel Tram
ontano and the cathedral and monas-
terry OF San Paolo. Several lives we're
lost and the town presented scene OF
the greatest desolation.
Arrangements have been made for
Senator Fairbanks, Of Indiana. repub-
llcan candidate for Vice president, to
open the campaign in Missouri at Kan
sas City on either September or 3.
The black rust IS said to have killel
the wheat crop in many places, in the
northwestern states, or cut It down to
such an extent that only the thresher
can tell tho tale. The elevator men
and miller5 estimate the crop Of Min
nesota and tho Dakotas from S5,0OO,000
to l3O,o0oo0o bushels for the three
states
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train
NO / was derailed west of Princeton, "A
miles north Of Trenton, Mo, on tho
23d injuring 45 persons, two of whom
are in a dangerous condition.
Fire in the glue factory cf Armour
& Co, at Benson avenue and Thirty
second street, Chicago, on the 2ith,
caused Il loss estimated at 100000.
Rear Admiral John C. Watson was,
on the cath, placed on the retired list
OF the navy, having reached the age Of
81 years.
Mrs. Susan Stems Wyman Holmes
aged o. years, an aunt OF Postmaster
Frank Wyman aud ono of the Oldest
residents Of 81. Louis, having gone
there before the advent OF the railroad,
died, on the night Of the 23d, of pneu-
monia.
According to adyices received at Che
Foo, on the 2ith, the japanese were
so close to Port Arthur as to have
driven the Russians from their parade
ground. Scarcely q building remains
unchanged in Port Arthur
Admiral Kataol,a reported to Toxic.
on the cath, that as the Russian bat
tleship Sevasiopol was emerging from
Port Arthur, On the 23d, she struck a
mine, after which She showed a decid-
ed list to starboard. She was towed
back into the harbor.
A committee of business men of Wa
conla, Mimi, one OF the villages struck
by the storm on August 90, has issued
an appeal for outside aid for those left
destitute of home and means Of exist
ence by the storm.
Announcement IS made at the navy
department chat the cruiser Tacoma,
Commander II. f. Nicholson command
ing, has been finally accepted from
tie Union iron works, San Francisco.
A wave of rejoicing and festiyity
swept over Russia with the rising OF
tho sun, on the 2ith, on the chrlsten-
ing day of the heir to the Russian
throne.
Tho German-Amcrican bank, the
oldest financial institution In Sidney,
O., has been placed in :he hands of
receiver, Liabilities, $3.50 900; assets,
5000, 900.
Alfred Bolster, colored, aged 70, Il IN
Jail At Niohrara Neb.. charged with
numbering his child with a saw. His
wife alleges that ho killed the child
"HN b'I ltN IT, WV say = NHc HAS beeH
afraid to reveal the facts, because he
had threatened to murder her il she
cid.
After a bitter fight John c. Cutler,
of salt Lake, Utah was nominated for
governor by the republican state con-
vention, on the 18th, on the second
ballot.
A gold ard copper discovery in Cha
peta mountain in the Monarch dis
trict, near Sallda Cot, has started
rush of prospectors to that locality.
-Four persons lost their lives and sew
eral others We're injured in q tornado
that swept through Chautauqua coun-
ty, n. v, on the 2jth.
The Russian galleries in the west
pavilion Of the Worlds fair Art Pal
ace were informally opened to visitors
on the 2ith
Fire, probably the result of spon-
taneous combustion in q pile of leather
goods, broke out in the Manufactures
building at the Worlds fair early on
the morning Of the eth An alarm
was promptly given, but the fire was
put out with hand extinguishers be-
fore the arrival of the firemen. The
damage was not moro than 5000
According to Toxic correspondent
OF the Parts Matin, the japanese have
discovered that there is no hope OF
taking Port Arthur by direct assault
and that long siege operations viii be
necessary.
A battle, which was begun, on Tho
2ith, between The Japanese and Rus
SLAMS to the southeast Of Lao Yang,
was still In progress On the night OF
the 26th. The Japanese. at last ac-
counts, were advancing from three d.
reutions along the entire line OF the
Russian eastern front, aud the advance
was being stubbornly resisted.
Philip Wcnseimer, president of the
New York Eg;lding Trades alliance
was arrested, on the 26th, on new
Indictment charging extortion. 1t is
alleged that he squeezed $500 out of a
contractor not to call strike.
Seven men were burned to death. on
the 25th, in an oil fire at Hobokan.
near Antwerp, Belgium which de-
stroyed tanks containing upwards Of
26,000,000 gallons Of petroleum.
Salvador Carrasco, the Philippine
constabulary sergeant VINO committed