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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
TORNADO IN NEBRASKA
Much Damage Done in Furnas
County and n Number of Per-
sons Hurt-No Fatalities.

Omaha, Neb.-A special to the Bee
from Oxford, Neb., says a tornado did
much damage in Furnas county at six
O'Clock Monday evening. Telegraph
and telephone wires are prostrated in
the territory covered by the storm and
only meager reports have been obtained,
but it is known that several residences
were wrecked and number of persons
injured, although no fatalities have
been reported. The most serious injured
are:
Bertha Hartman u years old, inter-
nal injuries; condition critical
Minnie Hartman, painfully bruised.
Mrs. Rosa Drews, arm broken.
Fred Drew, bruised.
Unknown man crushed.
The storm came from the southwest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
NUMBER 27.
, MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Cost of the Leeislature.

In connection with the legislature and
its work, the actual cost Of the special
session may be Of interest to the Missis-
5ippi people. The books of State Audi
tor 7. NJ. Henry, through which all the
accounts for the members, per diem,
mileage and contingent expenses pass
ed, show that warrants aggregating
the sum Of Sl27, ,44935 were issued, and
these sums have been cashed in at tho
treasurer's office. The appropriations
footed up Sl35,OOO, being in three
amounts; the first, general, amounting
to $4,000, and subsequent supplemental
appropriations amounting to $4,000, so
that there is still balance to the good
of few thousand.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
FIERCE TORNADO IN TEXAS
Bellevue Completely Wiped Out and
Stoneburg, Hamilton and HicO
Badly Battered.

Forth Worth Tex.-Meager adyices
received Thursday night state that
the town Of Bellevue has been totally
destroyed by a tornado, 20 or 30 persons
have been killed and many are injured
and missing. Fire is destroying the
ruins caused by the tornado
A special train has been started from
Bowie. Tex, 1926 miles distant. for the
scene. Bellevue is a town of 800 in
habitants
All about the town there is devasta-
ton and ruin caused by the wind. Crops
have been laid waste over A large area.
and it is very probable that there are a
number of dead ort in the country
whose names NAV NOT he ascertained
for several days However the storm
came before it was entirely dark and
most people were eouipped with cy-
clone cellars which NAV keen down the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
BEYOND LAWS PROTECTION
Unique Verdict Rendered by IA Tex
as Coroner on Death Due
TO Lynch Law.

Dallas, Textile county coroner's
inquest over the body of William Dun.
can, a 20-yearold negro, who was
lynched at Oakwood was as follows:
After a thorough investigation, the
court finds that one Willie Duncan,
alias George Lawrence, did commit a
crime that placed him beyond the pro-
lection of the law, and the court is of
the opinion that he got swift and speedy
justice by Judge Lynch, whom We
did not have the honor of meeting
when he came to the little town of
Oakwood
(Signed) NJ. 0. JOHNSON,
Justice of the Peace of Precinct No G.
Leon county, Texas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
DEFICIT OF So, 900, 900
Shown in Statement of Receipts and
Expenditures.

Washington,-The monthly compara-
tive statement of the government re-
ceipts and expenditures shows that for
the month of April, 1906, the total re
ceipts were $4j,O92, ,S67, and the ex-
penditures SAT, S25, los, leaving deficit
for the month of nearly $2,O00,000.
The deficit for the month of April last
year was over $4,000, 600. For the ten
months of the present fiscal year receipts
exceeded expenditures by S4,02O,566
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
BANK OFFICIALS INDICTED
Ex-Judge Abner Smith, Jerome v.
Pierce, g. +. SORROW and f. E.
CrecIman Indicted.

Chicago.-Two indictments found
in each case were returned by the
grand jury Friday, against former
Judge Abner Smith, jerome V. Pierce
G. f. Sorrow and f. 2. Creelman in
connection with an investigation OF
the affairs of the defunct Bank OF
America.
The first Indictment charges con.
spiracy in fraudulenty obtaining a
charter from the state of Illinois, the
second charges conspiracy to defraud
the public, stockholders and depositors
of the bank. There are nine counts
to each indictment.
Judge Smith was president of the
bank, Sorrow was vice-presdent
Pierce was cashier and Creelman was
a director
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
VIM. j, BRYAN IN JERUSALEM
He Addressed the Christian Mission
nry Alliance In the Tabernacle
On the Life of Christ.

Jerusalem.-Hon. William j. Bry-
an, who is visiting Jerusalem, in the
course of his tour of the world. on Sat
urday addressed a special meeting held
in the tabernacle by the Christian Mis-
sionary alliance He spoke for 70 min
ntes with captivating eloquence on the
life of Christ and his teachings, and ex-
pressed astonishment at the small pro-
portion of Christians in America and
Europe visiting the Bible land.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

Tampa, Fla.-In opening the regular
term of the circuit court today Judge
Wall especially charged the grand jury
to investigate the lynching of the ne
gro who killed Deputy Marshal Mitchell
of St. Petersburg, Judge Wall said:
"There has been no other such mis-
carriage of justice in this county in the
past decade. Every man engaged il
lynching that negro in the eyes of the
law is guilty Of murder, and it is your
duty to ferret out and bring the guilty
parties to the bar of justice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
METHODIST cHURcH,So
The QundrcnninI General Confer
cnce to Begin in birmingham,
Ala, On Thursday.

Birmingham, Ala-The regular
luadrennial general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south
convenes in this city Thursday next
AID promises to be one Of the most i'm.
portant in the history of the denomina-
tion. In addition to the accredited del
egates between 500 and 1000 Wis
itols are expected One of the frater-
nal messengers will be Vice-President
Fairbanks, from the northern Metho-
dist Episcopal church. and Rev. DR.
Dinsdale T. Young, Of London, repre-
senting the WESLEYAN church of Eng
land
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
A FRESH FEUD OUTBREAK
The HurRis-COcISreII Feud in HI eatlI-
lit County, Kentucky, Breaks
Out Afresh.

Jackson, Ky.-A sharp fusillade Of
80 or 40 shots, and the wounding of one
man marked a renewed outbreak of the
feud spirit which has given so much
trouble in Breathitt county. Red
Tom Cockrell, Jake Noble and Tom
Barnett besieged Beach Harris, a rela-
tive Of former County Judge Hargis, in
the house Of Harrison Hall all the glas;
in the front Of the house being sho
out. Barnett was wounded in the
wrist. The outbreak was precipitateC
by brief quarrel between Hargis auC
Cockrell on the street an hour pre-
vious. The affair has created great IN.
rest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Missigsippi Garden Railway.

An executive proclamation has been
issued granting permission for the in
corporation of what is known as the
Mississippi Garden Railway. This is
the road contemplated to be run be-
tween Hillsburg and Carthage, and
traversing the counties of Jones, Cow
ington, Smith, Scott and Leake, pene-
trating what its inhabitants are proud
to term it, the Mississippi garden dis
trict. 1t is said that the Garden rail-
road is a sure thing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
AMARcH THROUGH GEORGIA
Father "Tom" Sherman VIII Tra-
verse the Route CaAen BY His
uIustrious Father.

Springfield, Ill-Being accom-
MED by an escort of United States cav
airy, Rev. Father Thomas Sherman, 8.
j., of St. Louis, who has been lecturing
in St Agnes church in this city, will
set out from Chattanooga, Tenn, in a
few days. and traverse the route taken
by the federal army under his father
in its famous march to The sea in 1865.
Father Sherman will then 90 to San
Francisco, where he will otficiate at the
wedding Of his cousin, William Ewing,
TO Miss Phelan, daughtar Of former
Mayor Phelan Of San Francisco, who
is president of the Hibernian bank OF
that city and president Of the citizens
relief society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
WALTER SoMERs A SUICIDE
Body of the Missing Cashier of the
International Bank of Hulls, ILL.,,
Found In Cellar.

Quincy Ill.-The stark body Of
Walter W. Somers, missing cashier of
tho International bank of Hulls, ILL.,,
was found, Monday, in the cellar of a
residence adjoining his own. He disap-
peared On April IA, leaving a deficit Of
$1,000 in his account. His father John
Somers, a banker at St. Joseph, H.,
had made good the deficiency. Somers
had shot himself in the temple
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

ST. Louis-The anonymous let
ters written to her husband in an en-
deavor to cause trouble between hus-
band and wife caused Mrs. Stephen
Brennan, aged Is, married four month;
ago. to end her life in her home, SAC
North Fortieth street, East St Louis
by swallowing carbolic acid. Brennan
found his wife lying on the bed, When
she saw him she said: Goodbye;
am going The husband summoned
Or. Little, but his efforts were useless
She was buried in her wedding dress.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Health Order.

DR.. E. II, Galloway, health officer OF
Jackson, has issued an urgent address
to the public relative to the duty and
necessity for observing the laws and
ordinances, laid down relative to sys-
tematic fumigation and screening in or
der to destroy the chances for the prop
agation Of the stcgomyia mosquito.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Willy AFRICAN CHIEFTAIN
Bambantn Eludes His Pursuers, and
Attacks Convoy-Severe
Fighting.

Durham, Natal.-The native tribal
chief Bambaata, who has caused 50
much trouble during the last few
weeks, and has succeeded in eluding
all the pursuing parties sent after
him, attacked a convoy which was car
rying provisions to Col. Mansel's
force 1t is believed that severe fight
ing has OCCURRED
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
STRUCK A SUNKEN ROCK
Steamer Founders Among the Brit
ish Channel Islands With Loss
of Four Lives.

Guernsey, British Channel Islands
The passenger steamer Courier, with a
crew of nine men and carrying about
twenty excursionists, foundered, Mon
day, off Sark soon after leaving that
island. Three members Of the crew and
one passenger were drowned, all the
others being rescued. The steamer
struck submerged rock two miles
from Sark
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
State Crons in sunAower.

Chaplain J. W. McGree Of the Sta
penitentiary, who recently visited the
Sunhower farm, brings encouraging re-
ports of the cotton and corn crops on
that splendid piece of property, He
reports that the planting has been fin
ished all round, and that hundreds Of
men and women are engaged in chop
ping out cotton. The season has been
wonderfully favorable, and the outlook
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Old Ladies' Home Association.

The third annual meeting of the Mis-
sissippi Old Ladies Home Association
was held at Jackson. The ladies were
looking forward to some little assist
ance from the legislature, but as that
failed of passage, owing to the fact that
it was a donation and required a two
thirds vote, they are compelled to rely
on their own resources to further their
aims and objects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Fined for whitecapping.

Four negroes, VIII McCay, Tom
Wilson, Frank Brownand Roger White,
were fined $50 each in the mayors court
at Meridian on conviction Of attempting
to whitecap Ike Bell, another negro,
whom they charged with being police
iniOrmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
State Guard Commissions.

Adjt,-Gen. Fridge has issued commits
sions to the following officers Of the
State national guard. T. NJ. Smiley,
Wesson, captain, Company G, Third
regiment; John 0. Byrne, Wesson, first
lieutenant, Company G, Third infantry;
A. L. Farley, Jackson, first lieutenant,
Company +, and Robert Miller, jack
son, second lieutenant of the same com
pany; John r. Ellis, Hattiesburg, first
lieutenant and quartermaster First
battalion of artillery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Took a Life Sentence.

The case OF the State VS.. Charley
Avant, on trial at Senatobia, was COM
promised by the defendant accepting q
life sentence in the penitentiary. He
was sentenced at the last term Of the
court to be hung, but the case was re.
versed by the supreme court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

St Louisa deadly poisonous
powder, taken by mistake for medicine
ended the life Of Mrs. Sarah Tannen-
baum less than two months after her
reunion with her husband, from whom
she and their two children had been
separated since he came to st. Louis
more than two years ago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Girl Drowned In Southern Lake.

Birmingham, Ala,-A small boat
containing Maud and Maggie Hilton
and friend named Miles Davis, at
East Lake, summer resort, upset as
the girls attempted to change positions.
Maud was drowned and Maggie and
Davis were rescued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Music Teachers to Meet.

The State Music Teachers Associa-
tion will meet at Columbus on May IS.
Those having the matter in charge are
making extensive preparations for the
entertainment of the guests, which will
number something over 100.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
New Railroad.

The latest railroad company to apply
for a charter is the Meridian and Tom
bigbee Railroad Company. The out
line plan shows that the route contem-
plated is from Meridian east to the
bank Of the Tombigbee river, in Choc-
taw countN. AVA.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Pennsylvania MouIders TO Strike.

Scranton, Pa,--Monday a general
strike of the molders in the district
from Honesdale to Tamaqua for a
nine-hour day was officially declared
at meetings held throughout the dis
trict
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Reunion of walthalrs Brigade.

Survivors of Walthall's brigade held
a meeting while in attendance at the
reunion at New Orleans and decided to
hold a reunion Of the brigade at Ok
ford this fall. A majority Of the men
were enlisted from the country about
Oxford,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

Fort Wayne, Ind.-The big steel
safe of the post office at Avilla was
blown early Saturday, and the robbers
escaped with 5000 cash and the
stamps. The explosion was heard by
only one man in the town and he was
afraid to venture forth until daylight
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Killed by Railroad Train.

Jim Page, railroad agent at Eden,
eleven miles above Yazoo City, was
killed by being run over by passenger
train. Both legs were cut of aud his
body badly mutilated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
negro Hanged In Arkansas

Little Rock Ark.-Arch Shepi
ard negro, was hanged at Arkansas
City for the murder of August Tesch, a
white man. at Walnut Lake, in March
1905 Shepard declined to make any
statement on the gallows, save that he
was ready and willing to pay the pen.
atty for the crime.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Plan zoo Cotton Warehouses.

Houston, Tex.-President Calvin
of the Farmers union states of
ticially that the local unions are taxi
ing up the cotton warehouse plan. and
that there will be 200 of them estab-
lished by cotton-picking time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Fenred Operation, Ended Life.

st. Louis.-Beeause respondent, and
fearful of an operation which physl-
clans told her must be performed for
appendicitis, Lizzie Dorey, bride Of
seven months, and only is years old,
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid at her home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
To Aid Profcs,ionaI People,

Los Angeles, Cal.-Fridey, II p
Huntington opened with a gift of $780,
900 fund to alleviate the ruined for
tunes of professional men and women
who lost their all in the San Francis
co disaster.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
No Rnce Suicide Here.

Terre Haute, lnd,.-The wife of
John Disston. of Grandview, ILL.,, near
here. has given birth TO the second
twins within II months. The first
twins are alive, anu the new ones are
doing we'll
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Masonic sehool oil Instruction

The general lecturer Of the grand
lodge of Masons Of Mississippi, Hon.
A. NJ Hicks, and the district deputies
held a four days school of instruction
at Meridian.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Dodeer of prealxfn.t B,II sbo,

0ttumwa, la.-Monday an unidenti-
fled man was shot and instantly killed
because he refused to pay for S0-cent
breakfast in Pullman car He ran
and the station police, shooting to
frighten, accidentally killed him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Deadly Duel at purant.

As result of difficulty which oc-
Cured at Durant, E. N. Thornton, mer-
chant, r. B. Jenkias, marshal, and b.
NJ. Grow, night marshal, were shot to
death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
state Board of Health.

The State Board of Health will meet
at Jackson on May s and 0 to examine
applicants for license to practice medi-
rinp
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Man Ties Hands and Hangs Self

Jukon, Okla.-Alter securely tying
his hands together with rope, Jerry
Alexander, aged So, committed sui
cide by hanging in his sons barn,
northeast of here. He weighed 27O
pounds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Seventeen Years, Wooing Succeeds

Bowie, Tex.-After seventeen years
of persistent wooing, DR.. j. ]. Willing
ham, of Chicago, has succeeded in
winning the hand of Miss Estelle Bar
ker, of this city, and the couple were
married at the residence of the bride
parents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Texns Negro Must Hang.

Austin, Textile state court of
criminal appeals affirmed the death
penalty in the case Of Marielles Thorn
as, a Harris county negro, who killed
John Elsir and Tom Shropshire.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Hadley Recovering.

Jefferson City, Mo-Attorney Gen.
eral Hadley is now on The high road
to recovery aud 1t will only be few
days until he is able to be at his desk
again.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

1t becomes necessary for the good peo,,
pie of West Point to erect an additional
school building to care for the increase
IN educable children in that thriving
city. West Point is experiencing a
great period Of prosperity that prom
lses to be lasting.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

II is a noticeable fact that the MS
.issinni farmers are beginning to realize
the new condition that is making corn
as as steady an article of production as as
cotton While there may possibly be
soctions of thc State that can raise cot.
ton more proftably, the larger part OF
tbn M country is different. Corn Is staple
and md brings good prices all the year
round. If the delta can raise cotton 70 10
a better advantage than corn, and 1t IS
soid " that It can. then let the other sec
lions of the State raise the corn for an
onJ cut ont the large amounts shipped
here every year from other sections OF
tbo country Raise what is used in Mis-
s;se;nni In Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

Aberdeen will extend the city limits
and thereby expects to largely increase
the population. 1t is already estimated
that more than six thousand inhabitants
reside therein, and the added territory
viii increase that number to q consider
able extent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Texas Title to Land Confirmed,

Austin, Textile state supreme
court confirmed the title of the state Of
Texas to more than $4,000 acres of
lower Rio Grande land, claimed by S,
Sullivan, of San Antonio.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
Jefferson Davis Chanter.

A new chapter, Daughters of the
Coufederacy, has been organized at El-
lisville and adopted the name of Jeifer-
son Davis.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05
viii Not Reimburse Foreigners.

st, Petersburg. The imperial gov.
ernment has decided to refuse to grant
indemnity to foreigners who sustained
damages to their property or other
losses during the revolution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

A Monroe County man sold fodder
lew days since that was fifteen years
old md as nutritious as ever. j. H.
ilaughton of the same county, has fod'
der many years old and in good condl,,
ton. These gentlemen have discovered
The elixir of life as far as fodder is con-
cerned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

Grcenville is renewing exertions TO
produce $4,000 inhabitants by the time
the census is taken again. The Business,
League is especially active and all goo'd
citizens are aiIiliating themselves with
the organization. Grcenville should be
successful in the effort.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-05

Editor Sharp of the Eupora Progress
Is putting in some lively licks for his
town. The vame to community OF q
real good newspaper cannot be COM
puted lightly. There is no better de-
veloper or educator Support the county
paaer literally and you will be repaid
many times over.