Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-11


was on the point of laundering.
Mrs. John A. Kirkpatrick was as
saulted. choked to death and her
body thrown into back yard in Ale
gheny. Pa, while on her way homie
from her mothers house. suspect Is
under arrest.
A large portion of the southern
states was visited by severe sleet
storm on the 9TH inst. which covered
the entire country with thick coating
of ice. Telegraph and telephone serv-
ice was completely demoralized and
traffic of all kinds impededt
In an official note Russia has dis
avowed the action of Deputy Chief OF
Police Rundneff, Of Moscow, in posting
a placard asserting that the strikers
were assisted with japanese and Brit.
ish money.
The czar received a delegation OF
five workmen from the Star printing
works of st. Petersburg, at Tsarkoe-
Selo. After questioning each man with
regard to his work, hours of labor, etc,
the men were shown the palace build
ings and entertained at dinner.
Six business houses and residences
at North McGregor, Ia, were burned
while the thermometer registered 80
below zero The city hall and Jail
were among the buildings burned.
Cole Younger has petitioned the
Minnesota pardon board to remove the
him when he was pardoned.
Fire destroyed Cedar Court, the
country home of Otto Kahn, a
member of the banking firm of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co, New York, near Morris
town, N. j.: loss 100000.
George S. Sargent was shot and killed
in lodging house in Boston, and there
is grave suspicion that his wife, from
whom he had been separated, fired the
hot She claims he committed suicide.
The jury in the case Of Coroner
Moses ]. Jackson of New York city
charged with attempted bribery, re
turned Verulct OF guilty.
After several years of experimenting
rubber trees have been brought to the
producing stage at Nahiku. Hawaii. A
number OF the more wealthy Hawaii.
ans are interested in the project.
It has been decided that the schoo
of journalism at Columbia university
endowed by Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer, viii
not be inaugurated until the death o.
Mr.. Pulitzer.
Gov Bell OF Vermont granted a re-
prieve to Mrs Mary Mabel Rogers
who was to have been hanged on thu
Sd inst, for the murder of her hus
band, until June next.
The Montombo volcano, a promon
tory 5000 feet high in Lake Nicaragua
is reported in eruption. and some fears
are felt for the safety Of Leon tow
Of 10000, eight miles away.
Fifteen stores were burned at Stat
ford, Kas., entailing a loss OF $4,000
Fire in the business center o
Gloucester. Mass, destroyed propert,
valued at over ha,f million.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, says h
Weicohes the most sea''"ihs 'nNe'''
cation or the charges haue asalhs
him,
The public debt statement LOT Jan
uary shows that the debt proper wa
decreased during the month by Sl'oSo'
595,
Six lady members OF sielShih
party from Hornellsvllle' were klile
and several Others seriously mlure.
four of whom died later, by iheir vehl
Gle beins run down py lra'h hea
Airport N. y
A number OF Rock Island orhclai
were injured IN wreck caused py
collision between passenger an
freight train at hedmah' Ia IN
superintendent car was burned
Union theological seminary, Ne'
York, has lust received an ahohymou
gift of $l,lOOOoO.
President Beckwi'h OF tne del''r'
Citizens national bank OF ODerih, U
Is gradually sinking, lie takes II
nonrlshment ana is, ior 'he most
the time unconscious,
The czar has promised a delegato
of workmen VINO visited the palace
Tsarkoe Selo by invitation, that Gel
tain reforms VIII be instituted wher'
by conditions OF the WORKING classe
VIII be amellorated'
The Russian imperial FAMILY ma
placed $2o,O00 al tne dlsposai Oh do'
ernor General Trepoh Tor the aid
families or sufferers from the receI
massacre.
A report from Commander Niles
the cruiser Boston, at Panama, say
that vessel is now free from infecuo
and the danger OF new cases OF yello
fever passed. -Four cases are conva
escent.
One person was killed and five II
jured as the result of fued over III
fence near Rhine, Ga. further troup
Is apprehepded,
Houston webb, 80 years OF age, WI
found frozen to death IN the tlmb'
near Oskaloosa,la.
e Six persons were injured, four fata
ly, by the crashing OF Grand Rapi'
l Il Indiana passenger traln INTO sure
car on crossing at Grand RAPID