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

GENERAL. NEWS ITEMS.

While John d. Osborne, displeased
with meal served to him, was throw
ing bricks through window at his
wife, in Omaha, Neb., his son Leo emp
tied the contents of a shotgun into
his fathers body, the man dying two
hours later.
As the result of his indulgence in
drink and his consequent arrest, Capt
W. A. Raborne, of the Twenty-nlntn
infantry, in a fit of desperation over
his disgrace, shot and badly wounded
Lieut.. VIM. A. Point, of the same regi-
ment. at Fort Douglas, Utah, and then
nut bullet into his own head, dying
instantly.
Memorial services for the late Jo-
seph jefferson, under the auspices OF
the Actors club, were held in The
Little Church Around the Corner, IN
New York city, the ediiice being packed
with every player in the city who could
possibly sc; there,
After a life of nearly thirty years
the ST. Paul (Minn.) Globe, the only
democratic morning daily in the state
has suspended publication. Lack oI
patronage by advertisers is the reason
assigned,
King Edward of Great Britain ant
President loubet of France exchanged
official visits in Paris, on the 3Oth ut
md in the evening King Edward at
tended dinner given in his honor a
the Elysee palace,
Charles NJ, Schwab, of New York
Interviewed in Berlin, confirmed TN
st. Petersburg report that ne mad en-
tered into a contract with the kusSlal
government for the construction o
warships, but declined to go into de
tails.
Thirteen miners were cntombed D
an explosion in the Missouri kansa
& Texas Coal Co. S mine No. 49, fou
miles west of Wiburton, |. r. Ther
was little prospect of the bodies BEN
recovered for several days.
President Roosevelt and party a
to ,ded church services, on the 3ot
u,t in the Old Blue schoolhouse o
West Divide creek Col. Ranchme
and their families for miles around a
tended and gave the president a chal
acterstic welcome.
The remains of Joseph Jefferson wei
laid ia rest with simple but impressly
ceremony in the cemetery at Sandwlc'
Mass. near the famous actors summ'
home.
Thomas Gahan for many years nj
tional democratic committeeman lro
Illinois. died at his home in Chlcat
of Bright's disease.
In the trial of Nan Patterson IN ne
York, for the murder OF Caesar iouh
Hyman stern, the pawnbroker, 1ailt
10 identity !. Morgan Smith as the ma
10 whom te sold the pistol with whi'
Young wax killed, or Nan Patters'
or Mrs. Smith as the women who a
COMMANDED tie purchaser of the pist'
Detective Henry Freese, one OF Il
most efficient men in the ST. Louis p
lice department, dropped dead IN
hardware store where he had gone
make a purchase.
Frank Fuclie, formerly Of TeS'
has been appointed attorney-geneI
of Porto Rico, vice Stewart resigned
Gov. Folk of Missouri declares I
Sunday closing law to be in the int'
est of good government, and that the
who defy 1t insult the laws majesty
The New York board of alderm
have started a movement to have
remains of Admiral John Paul Jc'
inferred in that city
The United brotherhood of Carp'
ters and Joiners claim to have W
their strike, which has been in prc
ross in New York for the past eit
months.
The monument to Leon Gambe'
erected at Bordeaux, Frauce, was d
Icatad with great DomD and ceremo