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Habits OF the Goose Fish.


One OF the most interesting of the many
curious fishes that people the waters of Tia
Atlantic is the goose fish. which lobster mon
sometimes use for batting their traps Tho
names OF the fish are many. that by which
1t liz known TO Massachusetts fishermen re-.
ferrinR TO the fact that individuals have beer
known to swallow live geese whole Slowed
away somewhere is n record of seven wild
ducks having been taken from the stomach
OF goose fish. which pulled them down or"
by one as they were floating or swimming
about in quest Of food
In Maine the goose fish sports n name no.
at all suggestive Of i's wldfowns hah,.
There it is often called he monk fish. not
withstanding that II has anything bpt q
monkish aspect. Rhode islanders call II
the bellows fish: in Connecticut it is known
as the molligut. In North Carolina as the
sllmouth, which tallies closely with its looks
and in places on the other side OF the Atlantr,
the names wide gut and ketrlemaw arr
applied
Goose fishes are occasionally seen swim
ming near the surface. though ordinarily
they are found on the bottom They ara
slow moving animals, with ready mouth
for anything coming their way. Their sWai
lowing powers are practically unlimited,
mackerel, sculpins, doglsh, sea ravens crabs
squids and Holsters have been found in thtr
stomachs by Government experts Some.
times they annoy fishermen BY swallowtnc
the wooden buoys attached to their loo>'rr
pots
The goose fish Is adapted for concealmen.
At the potion. where IL lies in wait for IT,
prey. Every bit Of the creature is imita'ly"
fsh and the edges Of it's lip have loose Lax
and frinses, which sway in the currents Ike
ready jaws the goose fish waits for the A.
rival OF some unwary sea denzen. and when
one swins within reach the powerful Jaws
open and close with remarkable ouickres.
and doomful effect. The adult goose Ash =
commonly about four feet Ions and wricE'
from IS TO IS pounds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-09
Fcudalls,n and Theocracy.

The ninth volume OF a History of All
Nations. now in course Of put LEGATION ly
Lea Bros. 4 Co, ceals with the Period
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07

It Is noted that great many Of
the newspaper men are going into the
real estate business as a side line,
Why shouldn't they? If there is any
great activity in real estate or a great
increase in prices it is always largely
due to their efforts, and it is all right
for them to get in line to share some
of the benefits. Then too, the inter.
est will encourage them to renewed
efforts to build UP their sections and
make them more prosperous by in.
duclng capital to invest and bring
more good people to the country
Keep up the good work, boys
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
SUIT FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
The Pcrnna Drug Mnnufacfuring
Go. Sues the Curtis Publishing Co.
For s25O,OOO Damages.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Claiming that it has
the original Of testimonial which the
Ladies Home Journal recently declared
TO be fraudulent, the Peruna Drug
Manufacturing Co, makers of a widely
known proprietary medicine, has
brought suit in the superior court of
Chicago for s250O00 damages. The
Curtis Publishing Co. of Philadelphia
is named as defendant.
The testimonial in question Is one
which the Ladies Home Journal de-
clared that Congressman George II.
White, of South Carolina, never gave,
backing up its statement by an un-
dated letter from Mr.. White. In its
declaration the Peruna company denies
that the testimonial is fraudulent and
asserts it has two original letters from
Congressman White, which we're given
in good faith as testimonials TO the
merit of the remedy. Mr.. Whites de-
nial, the Peruna company claims, was
secured through misunderstanding.
This is the second suit for large dam
ages filed against the Ladies Home
Journal since it began its crusade
against patent medicines"
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
A DESPERATE BATTLE
I'm Express Messenger Battles with
Man lie Believed Intended
10 Commit Robbery.

ST. Louis, Sept. 2S-Believing he was
battling with a desperate train robber,
John u, Ryan, Pacific express messen-
ger on a Wabash train coming TO st.
Louis from Chicago on the night run,
shot and perhaps fatally wounded Ed
ward Greene, formerly an express mes
serger on the same run, and was him
self dangerously wounded by Greene.
The duel lasted from Bement, ILL.,,
where Greene entered Ryan's car with
a request that he be allowed to ride to
st. Louis, and the yards at Decatur,
where Greene fell or sprang from the
car. lie was found beside the rails
of the main track after Ryan had been
found, helpless, on the floor of his car.
Ryan's wounds are three-one in the
neck, entering at the back and passing
out through the mouth; and two pain
ful perforations of the shoulder
Greene is also shot three times. Ono
bullet passed through his left lung, an
other struck him in the stomach and
the third made a flesh wound in the
adOmen.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
AWFUL TRAGEDY IN ILLINOIS
Dies By Her Own Hnnd-Fnthcr,
Crrxcd, Commits Suicide.

Cambridge, H., Oct. Mrs. ]. II.
Markham, of this place, in fit of in
sanity, killed her seven children Sat
urday, cut her own throat and set fire
to her home on the outskirts of the
city.
The men put out the fire and on en-
tering the building were horrifed TO
find first one of the children dead and
covered with blood, and then the body
of the mother, with the throat cut from
ear to ear.
The six other children were found
dead in their beds. They had all been
killed with the same weapon, a hatchet
Clarence e. Markham, husband and
father Of the victims, crazed by the
tragedy committed suicide by shooting
himself, after tying a rope around his
neck SO that it would choke him to
death in case the bullet failed of its
purpose.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
BANK WRECKED BY BURGLARS
The Bnnl, of G. #. Burnett .& Sons, at
EIdorndO, ILL.,, Robbed of He
tween $1,000 aud 100000.

Edoradc, ILL.,, Sept. 29.-Four men
broke into the bank of c. f. Burnett
& Sons here at 2 a. M. and wrecked
the bank vault with dynamite and car
ried away between $4,000 and $4,000
in currency and gold belonging to the
bank, $240 in money and half dozen
gold watches, which were in the vault
for safe keeping, fought a bloodless
pistol fight with citizens and escaped.
Three of the men entered the bankk
which is in a building occupied as a
department store by G. f. Burnett &
Sons, who also own the bank. The
fourth man they left in the street as a
lookout to warn of approaching dan
ger.
Evidently the robbers feared the ex-
plosion of the dynamite would wake
up the citizens, and gathered up what
they got away with in hurry, for
loose change was left behind.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT
Total Ginned to September 25 Was
2,358,03l Bales.

Washington, Oct. 3.-The Census Bu-
rcau today issued bulletin showing
the quantity of cotton ginned from the
growth Of 1905 to September % to be
2,35S,0il bales.
These figures We're compiled from
telegraphic reports of special agents Of
the bureau who have canvasscd the
ginnerics of the various States and Ter
ritorics, and the report is one of se-
rics which will be issued regularly
hereafter until the completion Of tho
ginning of the crop of 1908. The re-
port is earlier than any made in 1901,
rendering comparison impossible. The
report by States gives the following
suits
Alabama, $50, 30S. Arkansas, 0,352;
Florida, ls,s6S; Georgia, 6OO,2l2; In
dian Territory, li,695; Louisiana, A.
79l; Mississippi, 9S,6l7; Missouri, 2,i25;
North Carolina, l2l, ,23; Oklahoma,
s,S25; South Carolina, 32D, $50; Tcnnes-
see, $3.50; Texas, III, ,i46; Virginia,
293. Total, 2,35S,03l.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
PAT GROVE CAPTURED
Famous Omaha Kidnaper Arrested at
Butte.

Butte, Mont, Oct. 3.-Pat Grove,
wanted by the Omaha police for the
kidnapping of the son of Millionaire
Packer Cudahy in 1900, was arrested
in this city tonight. Groves identiti-
cation has been made complete through
photographs sent to the authorities by
the Omaha officers.
Grove acknowledged he was the fugi-
tive, becoming alarmed when he feared
the authorities were going to shoot him.
Captain of Police w. +. McGrath and
Detective McInerney made the arrest,
placing the muzzles of their revolvers
against his stomach as he emerged
from saloon in the Tenderloin section
of the city,
Grove declares he would return to
Omaha without requisition papers.
He cursed bitterly at his arrest, eX-
pressing chagrin at his apprehension
in town the size of Butte, when he, as
he said, had Travelled the world over
and cvaded arres in all of the large
cities.
A friend of Grove informed tho
local police of Groves presence in the
city, and his arrest followed.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
BOSTON HARDOR TRAGEDY
An Arrest Made Upon What the
Police Think a Clew.
One Man Tells of Another Having
Iind n Hand in Cutting Up
Body and Arrest Followed.

Boston, Oct 2.-The first arrest in
connection with the finding in the har-
Dor, near Winthrop, on September u,
of dress suit case containing the torso
Of woman on whom the medical exam
iner states an illegal operation had been
performed, occurred when the police
took into custody, on suspicion Of being
an accomplice in the case, William A.
Haynes, of 81 Chambers street, in the
west end of this city.
The arrest is said to have been made
on statements made by Samuel A.
Wingfeld. who told the police that he
lad friend who had cut up a body.
Haynes was examined at length by
the police, and while he denied the ac-
ousation and claimed that his friend
had confused it with his being on a
coroner's jury, he was locked up
Haynes is a clerk in a shipping Office.
Wingfeld was also held as witness.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
PREDICTS LOWER PRICES
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
Sends Out a Word Of Cheer.
Lower Retail Priccs VIII Prevail
During Coming Winter for Meats,
Dairy Products and Poultry.

Washington, Sept 29.-Secretary
Wilson of the department of agricul-
ture predicts lower retail prices during
the coming winter season for meat,
dairy products, poultry and other ne
cesSiies of life. He says the relief for
the householder will come from the
enormous yields of small grain and corn
in the great grain territory of Illinois,
Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas
Heavy crops the secretary said
have resulted in the return of normal
agricultural conditions in the great
producing states The meat producers
have been losing money for the past
three years, Grain cost too much. There
was no profit in feeding .as strange as
this may seem to people who pay such
prices as we do for our meat. But the
heavy grass crop of this year, in addi-
tion TO the heavy corn crop and the
heavy oats crop, will all combine to
bring about normal feeding conditions.
And this means a direct influence on
horses, beef, pork, dairy products and
tnu'trv -
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
THREE LIVES WERE LOST
Result of the DerniIing Of n switch
Engine In the Railroad Yards
at Birmingham, Ala.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct, "A switch
engine in the yards of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad jumped the track
and two wen were instantly killed and
q third died in the hospital a few hours
later
The dead:
T. b. Bibb, Belle Nina, Ia.
Joseph Aaron, Bessemer, Ala.
L. M: Glass, Columbia Ala. All we'll
known young men.
They were standing on the front rum
ming board of the switch engine which
was going at a high rate of speed when
suddenly the front wheels jumped the
track. The front of the engine struck
two cabooses on an adjacent track and
rolled over on its side. The bodies of
the men were terribly manglcd
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
THE END OF THEIR TETHER
Col. Gaynor and Cnpt. Greene
Fought EN,radition To Finish
and Lost the Battle.

Montreal, Can, Sept. 3O.-George F.
White, United States marshal for tho
southern district Of Georgia, and Jo-
seph w. Doyle, district a.:orney, have
arrived here to take Col. Gaynor and
Capt Green back to Savannah for trial
on charges of defrauding the United
States government,
It was learned that there will be no
further action by the lawyers for the
defense as far as any appeal from Judge
Ouimets decision is concerned,
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
FIGHT WITH FOUR FOOTPADS
Policeman John j. Lcstrnng, Of
Bcrkcly, Cal, Kills One and
the others Get Away.

Berkley Cal, Sept. So-ln battle
with four footpads, Policeman John j..
Lestrang shot and killed one of the four
highwaymen, whose body now lies uni
Identified at the morgue.
Lestrange was commanded by one Of
the highwaymen to hold up his hands,
but the officer drew his revolver and
fired. The bullet penetrated the mans
iugular vein and he dropped dead
Three companions made their escape.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
THEY HAVE HIM LOCKED UP
The Man who Got the R35O,OS In
Securities by Forgery Caught and
All the Papers in sight.

New York. Oct. 2-Incked up in po-
lice headquarters, with his full confess
sion in the possession of Capt. John Me-
Cauley, is the young man who by means
of a forged check, last Wednesday, OBJ
curities from the National City hank Sc
curtes valued at $359,0S0. He was ar
rested just as he stepped from his home
on his way to church.
Four hours later, after he had defeat
cd every effort of Capt McCauley and
George S. Dougherty, superintendent Of
the Pinkerton detective agency, 10 per-
suade him to confess, he broke down
and, in a food of tears, told the COM
plete story Of his crime.
Capt. MrCauley has in his possession
more than one-half Of the stolen securi-
lies. The remainder have been located
ard will be in his hands within few
hours.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
OPTIMISM is WIDESPREAD
The Close of ScptcmIrcr Shows BusI-
ness and AgricuItu rni Conditions
In n Prosperous Condition.
New York, Sept. 2pl-'-Bradstreets

New York, Sept. -Bradstreets
weekly review says:
September, period Of almost un-
exampled activity in all Zines of dis
tributiye trade and industry, closes with
little abatement visible in demand and
with optimism as TO The future wide
spread. Fayoring the satisfactory wind
ing up of the months work. have been
good weather conditions, allowing tho
maturing of practically all food crops
without damage from frost. Addition
ally helpful TO distributive trade and
collections have been the beginning Of
free movement to spring wheat, large
sales of cotton at good prices south, an
unprecedented demand at top prices for
all kinds of building material, marked
freedom from industrial friction. and
market for labor and its products ac-
tive as rarely before in the country's
history.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
ARCANUM TROUBLES.
Members Will Pay the New Rate
Only Under Protest.

New York, Oct. 3,-ln Il statement
by the legal committee Of the Assoc
ciated Councils of the Royal Arcanum,
issued to members of the order today,
it is advised that members refuse to
sign blanks rendered by the Supre o
Council, because signing would prac-
tically be an assent to the charge OF
rates of assessment.
1t is advised that members tender the
old rate of assessment, and il refused
by the collector written protest should
accompany the payment of the new
rate.
The legal committee presents form
of protest II follow and renounces any
responsibility in the action begun in
Tennessee and Ontario.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
A MILLIONAIRE SUICIDE
william II. Trnvcrs, IL Millionaire
Man of Leisure. Commits Sui
eide in New York.

New York, Sept 3G.-Wiliam r.
Travers, a millionaire man of leisure,
son Of the celebrated wit and Wall
street operator William X, Travers,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head in his apartments in
Madison avenue, The suicide is mex
plicablc, Mr.. Travers being in the prime
of life in fair health and the posscssor
of a large fortune.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
KILLED BY TOWN MARSHAL
william Scarborough, of Evans
vile, Ind, Killed by Town Mar
shal Ed Trapp mt Cnrmi, Ill.

Carmi, H., Sept. 29,-Town Marshal
Edward Trap, of Carmi, shot and killed
VIM. Scarborough, Of Evansville, Ind.
here Scarborough. who had been
working in Carmi several weeks, had
a qaarrel with his sweetheart and
started in search of his rival. When
the marshal attempted to arrest him
Scarborough pulled his razor, and the
officer shot him dead.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
COSTLY CONFEDERATION
A Business Block at BennettsviIlc,
s. G., Destroyed ny Fire ut
II Loss of 100000.

Bennettsville, s. c., Sept. 30-The
business block west of the public square
was consumed by fire, with the eXcep-
ton of the Planters bank building. The
loss will aggregate about 100000. The
buildings burned include the post Of
flee, which was Of wood, large brick
building occupied by w. p Breeden as
a harness and buggy store and stalls,
and the Excelsior Hardware Co., and
Wetherly dry goods store.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


The law contemplates that the Com
federatc pension fund shall be dis
tributed as soon after Oct. | as is prac-
ticablc. State Auditor Henry Is de-
termincd to get the fund to tho various
counties as soon after that date as prac-
ticable, but in order to do so he must
receive reports from each of the county
boards, as there is no way OF dctermin-
ing the amount each pensioner is en-
titled to till the total number of PEN
sioners are known.
Jackson, Miss, Sept. 20, 1905.
My Dear Sir-While the law gives
You till October the first TO get your
pension list to this department, write
to earnestly request thatyou forward it
as early as possible.
A majority of the lists are already in,
and have been compiled.
Owing to the pressing needs Of the
vast majority of pensioners, and the
fact that it will be greatly to their ad-
vantage to receive their money before
cold weather sets in, desire to make
the distribution as early in October as
is practicable.
The apportionment cannot be made,
and the percapta determined, till every
list is received. and there is great
deal Of work 10 be done on them after
they arrive.
There will he no delay here, and l
trust and feel sure | shall have your
hearty cooperation in rendering this
necessary assistance, and thus insure
the prompt distribution OF the fund.
Yours very truly,
Il. II. HENRY, Auditor.
From the lists received it Is thought
by the Auditor there will be an in
crease of from five to ten per cent in
the number of pensioners, which will
slightly decrease the amount received
by the prorato pensioners.
There were 7,21l pensioners of all
classes on the list last year.
The official figures showing the vol
ume of new business handled by life in
surance companies in Mississippi for
the first six months of the present year
contain u very peculiar feature.
The sum total of new premiums col
lccted during the semi-annual period
by the sixteen life companies operating
in the State was $342, ,S9l, us compared
with S3l2, ,2l2 for the same period, thus
showing decrease of A2l
In spite of the scandals in which IL
has been involved, the new premiums
of the Equitable increased from $50, 635
to S61, ,l72, while the New York Life
lost some, premiums being only $751;
OIL as compared with SOL, ,252 for the
same period last year
The comparative statements from the
yarinuS comnonipS are as foIlnws.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
AN INQUIRY is ORDERED
Convict in Missouri Pcnitcntiary
Said TO Have Railroad Trans
portation at Command.

jefferson City, Mo, Sept 2S'-Gov.
Folk has ordered an investigation of the
report that Tom Barrett, former mar.
shal of the ST. Louis court of appeals,
and serving term for naturalization
frauds has railroad transportation at
command which he dispenses to guards
and others in the prison in exchange
fnI fdNDTS.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
PRESIDENTS ITINERARY.
Secretary Loeb Alone Will Accom-
pany Him to New Orleans.

Washington, Oct. .. - President
Roosevelt will go to New Orleans de-
spite the yellow fever epidemic.
TO avoid any complications over the
quarantine regulations of the various
States in the South, the President has
decided to make New Orleans the final
stop on his trip. He will be in New
Orleans on the 26th instant. After the
ceremonies in that city he will go
aboard Il cruiser and make the journey
from New Orleans to Washington by
water He is expected to arrive here
either on the 30th or 3lst instant
In the making Of these new and def
mite arrangements it was found neces-
sary in part To roarrange the itinerary,
as it has been made in u tentative way.
The President will leave Washington
on the 18th instant. AS far as ST. Au-
guStine, Fla, the trip will be made as
previously arranged. From ST. Angus
tine the President will go TO Mobile, in
stead of Birmingham.
From Alabama he will 90 to Little
Rock, Ark. There the party will be
disbandcd, the President and Secretary
Loeb going to New Orleans for the ccrc-
monies in that city on the 26th instant,
and the remainder of the party return
ing from Little Rock to Washington.
1t has not been determined definitely
yet what vessel the President will use
on his return trip TO Washington. In
deciding to come to Washington by
sea the President was influenced by his
desire not to come into conflict in any
way with the quarantine regulations of
the southern States. Two weeks ago
he minated that he might solve the
difficulty in this way, but the matter
was not settled definitely until today.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
OBJECTIONABLE POST CARDS
The Campaign Recently started
Against Objectionable Post Cards
il to he Pushed.

Washington, Sept 30.-Acting Post
master-General Hitchcock in a circu.
lar mailed to all postmasters, has re-
newed the campaign started recently
against Objectionable post cards. He
has called attention to the rule which
bars from the mails every card bearing
a picture or language that is obscene
indecent or improperly suggestive. The
use of the mails for pictorial cards has
become so extensive that the depart
ment says it has extended the comic
valentine season over the entire year
Most of the complaints come from per
sons who have been the recipients OF
vulgar cards mailed anonymously.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07

1t is refreshing to note that num-
her of the prominent planters of
Lowndes county went before the
Board of Supervisors and asked for a
special tax to be placed on their
property for the purpose of raising
money to improve the roads The
sentiment for better roads in the
State is slowly but surely crystallzng,
and before many years the county
without some system for their better
ment will be an exception instend Of
a rule. Help to form sentiment of
this kind
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
Married While DYING

Chicago, Sept. 29-Edward l.. Board
man, a switchman, mangled and dying
was married to Miss Edith Bruszer, his
sweetheart. There was no time to Sc
cure a license and minister, and the
attending physician repeated the mar
riage ceremony. MY wife at last,
were his last words.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
COSTLY FIRE AT PITTSBURG
The Fort PITT Foundry suffers Loss
of $2OO,OO0, Including Many
Valuable Patterns.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 2.-Fire damaged
the MISUNDERSTANDING Co, or Fort
Pitt foundry, as it is better known, to
tho extent of 100000; fully covered by
insurance. The valuable patterns de-
troyed represent the accumulation of
30 years, but while the company will be
hampered considerably in its work,
there will be no shut down Of the plant.
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
Receipts Exceed Expenditures.

Washington, Oct. 3.-The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that for the
month of September, 1905, the total re-
ceipts were $50, 25l, i59 and the eXpend.
itures $4l ,3O0,676, leaving a surplus for
the month of SS,0i1, 900, and a deficit
for the three months Of the fiscal year
Of 50, $4,000. The surplus for Septcm-
Der, 1904, was nearly $4,000, 900, and
the deficit for the corresponding three
months in 1904 was $l7S57,000 The
expenditures last month were $500, ,00C
in excess of those for September, 1901,
Macon beacon., 1905-10-07
SUBORNATI0N OF PERJURY
Congressman j. y. Williamson and
Others Found Guilty In Land
Fraud Case Mt Portland, Ore.

Portland, Ore, Sept, 2S.--The jury In
the case of the United States against
Congressman ]. N. Williamson, Dr.
Van Gessner, his partner in the live
stock business, and Marion r. Biggs, a
Princevlle (Ore) lawyer, returned a
verdict convictng the defendants of
subornation of perjury in securing men
to fraudulently locate on government
land