Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-05-06

The Rio Grande river broke over its
banks 80 miles above El Paso, TeX
and overflowed 1000 acres OF alfalfa
and other rich lands, running crops
and carrying away many small houses
The town OF Berino, Tex, was entirely
abandoned.
The plant of the Lemonville CTex)
Lumber Co. was destroyed by fire;
loss $4,000.
With characteristic energy the citi-
zons of Laredo, Tex, cleared away the
debris left in the wake of the recent
tornado, and the city has resumed It's
customary appearance. There is sor-
row in several homes for the dc
while in many others the injured
nursing their wounds.
A personally dictated message Fl
the president, received by telephone
Secretary Loeb, at Glenwood Spril
Col. on the 2Sth inst, set at rest
published story that the president
i'll. Among other things it said
The party got four bears the day bei
Frank @. Bigelow, former preslt
of the First national bank OF MilW
kee, has been turned out of his
latial home in that city, which has
taken possession of by the Wiscol
Trust & Security Co. The family
to the home of Mr.. Bigelows son,
ing little more than their personal
fects.
George w. Beavers, former chic
the salary and allowance dlVlslol
the post Office department, has
placed under $4,000 bonds to appeai
Washington and plead 10 an indlctm
in connection with frauds in po
supplies,
William J. Bryan was the guest
honor and Congressman Champ CaG'"
was toastmaster at the Monroe day
banquet at St. Joseph, Mo.
All the passenger associations OF the
country have granted practically one
fare for the round trip for the North
American Gymnastc union festival III
indianapolis, June q.
Prof. John Bach McMastcr, OF th'
University Of Pennsylvania, says: I'VE
have Carnegie libraries and Carnegie
heroes. and now we are to have Car
neaie professors do not like it.
The final report on the cotton croI
u 1904. lssuel Dy the ceHsaa hnreaA
shows a total production of l5,5S4,4 ,4oi
bales Of 500 pounds each.
Minister Herbert W. Bowen, at Cara
cas-. Venezuela, IS to be called tc
WASHINGTON to explain his charges
against Assistant Secretary Loomis ol
the state department.
The government of the Netherlands
will appropriate $2S0,000 for the pur
chase of the site on which VIII d.
erected the Palace of Peace, for whici
Andrew Carnegie donated Sl,5OO,OO0.
AT the behest of the Employers
Teaming association Of Chicago, in
corporated under the laws OF Yves
Virginia so as to secure federal pro
lection. Judge Kohlsaat issued an or
der directed to the Transfers union
re,urnable May TO- restraining defend
ants named from interfering in an
way with the business of the petition
ing corporation.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee died in Proyldenc
hospital, Washington, d. e. on IN
night of the 2Sth inst, as the resul
of n stroke of apopleXy suffered earle
in the day while en- route from Bosto
to Washington.
The total of the alleged peculatlon
of eX-Tax Collector Smith OF san iran
cisco continues to grow. AT last az
counts 1t had reached nearly $9oooo'
A police census of the District OF C'
mmbia, lust completed. shows a pop'
lation of 322,445, being an increase
43.727 over the federal census OF
OF this population, 2276O is WHIT
Experts working on the books
Tax Collector Smith, of San Franc
say that the entire shortage VIII
a total of at least $6S,000. Smith is
, TO have been accompanied by wo
when he left the city
Bankers throughout the country
staggered as the fun story of the
bilities of ex-President Bigelow OF
/, First national bank OF MllWauke
, revealed There are ram1canohS
tending over several states, and tn
, tal at last accounts was placed at
a 277,000.
Owing 10 the eXigencies OF pl
l. business President Roosevelt has
i cluded to curtail his hunting trip,
will break camp May S, stopping
, at Denver and Chicago on his
q east The programmes at these pt
!. will be advanced to meet the cha
n plans.
e A number of miners narrowl'
caped death as the result of fire
broke out in the Colorado Fuel
-, Co.'S mines at Picton, Col. Se.
,s we're overcome by smoke, but were
If Cued.
70 Victor N. Yont, graduate OF l
lg University of Nebraska, employed
the test department of the Gene
f. Electric Co., at Schnectady, N. y, W
II electrocuted by coming in contact w
IN a transformer carrying 6,O00 volts
IN The Illinois house of representatiN
T. concurred in the senate joint reso
r tion petitioning the national cohsr'
TO appropriate $3,000,000 for the er
re tion of a Lincoln memorial monum'
We in Washington.
h According to the present plans
er Gov. Hoch of Kansas the state Dol
for the Kansas state oil refinery Y
a. not be placed on the market Tor 81
I'M hut will be turned into the permah
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