Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-05-28

Cuban exhibition at Havana in Jan
uary, 1905.
II. \. Ross, the first man to dis
cover gold in the Black Hills, il
1874, died recently at Custer, 5. D
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has shut off the service f.
ali pool rooms and turf exchange
in New York city.
A three inch hail storm fell a
Rolla, Mo-, and vicinity, strippin!
fruit and shade trees and complete
ly demolishing gardens.
An epidemic of spinal meningitis
Is raging in New York city, and l5t
deaths from this disease were re-
ported within few days.
NJ. Nlsard, the French ambassa
dor to the vatican. has been recalled
and thus thr breach between France
and the Holy See is widcncd.
Because she refused to eIopc with
him, Wash Twecdy, a married man
shot and mortalIy wounded Mis-.
Mary Elmorc at Houston, Mo.
Rev. W. W. Armour, of Mclean
county, Kentucky, while in a fit OF
anger, struck his Young son fatal
blow over the head with wagon
spoke.
China has volunteered to open TO
the commerce of the world ports
Of Chinan-Fu, Wci-Shi- En- and
Chou-Tsun on the Shan Tung pea
insula.
Visitors TO the st. Louis fair can
not be too shy of smooth-tongucd
strangers, as the city is naturally
ovcrrun with confidence men from
all over the country.
The Arkansas River Packet Com
pany has inauguratcd a regular ser
vice between Little Rock and Mem
phis. The company will carry
both freight and passengers.
After an engagement of twenty
two years and an acquaintance of
thirty-eight years, Henry S. Os-
borne and Miss Mary +. Waller Of
Chicago were married on the 18th.
Il. Il. Coapstick. ex-cashicr of
the Big Four freight office at Wa.
bash. Ind, pleaded guilty of en-
bezzling $1,000 and was sentenced
by a jury to only nine months il
Jail.
David Rothschild, former prcsl-
dent of the Federal bank in New
York city, has been found guilty Of
grand larceny. He was charged with
inducing persons to deposit money
in the bank after he knew it was in
solvent
In an opinion by Chief Justice
Fuller the United States supreme
court sustained the action of the
immigration authorities at the port
of New York in ordering the de-
portation of the Englishman Tur-
ner, alleged to be an anarchist.
The Russo-Japanesc war has
caused great activity in the Krupp
works in Germany in the produc-
ton Of both cannon and ship-build.
ing materials Large orders for
field guns have been received and
the shell department is very bus :.
In an address before the general
federation of women's clubs, in ses-
sion in st. Louis, Melville +. Stone.
manager of the Associated Press.
created sensation by declaring that
the craving of some women for scan
dal is partially responsible for what
is termed yellow journalism.
Robbers horribly tortured Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph IiIIiger, who re-
side near st. Joseph, Mo-, in an
effort TO make them divulge the
supposed hiding place Of their
wealth, They were locked in the
cellar and when found by a neigh
bor were more dead than alive.
Geo. B. Cortelyou, secretary of the
of commerce, will likely
be chosen as one of the leading
managers Of President Rooscvet's
campaign. and il is probable he will
be made chairman of the republican
national committee.
The ko,ean government. By an
decree, has annullcd all
treaties and agreements with the
Russian government. This annul-
ment comprises the Yalu river con-
cessions.
Every state. and territory, seven
European and two South American
and Cuba. Porto Rico and |
the Philippines had representatives
at the first session Of the national
and International good roads CON
vention, held in st. Louis.
The First National bank and the
Plant Sons bank at Macon, Ga,
have been placed in the hands of re-
ceivcrs. The Plant bank is a pri-
vate institution and is heavily in
debtcd to the First National.
The police Of New York city re-
Gently made a simultaneous raid ON
twenty-two pool rooms, axes, ham