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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Governor Say. Fire On Mobs.

Raleigh, N. C.-In an address to the
people of North Carolina, Gov. Glen,
after calling attention to recent law
less acts by the mobs, announced that
in the future the militia will be in
structed to fire on the crowds when
that step is deemed necessary by the
sheriff OF the county in which the
trouble occals. t...
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
STILL ANOTHER SUICIDE
Follows Failure of the Stenslsnd
Bank.

Chicago, Another suicide was added
today 70 ,he list caused by the wrecking
o, The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank.
Edward Hollereh, 40 Years ol1 who two
months ago deposited $50 in the ba K,
today hanged himself from a pile q
lumber in sight q number OF N" n
the lake. Friends OF tic 0'an cNW
the loss OF the money So preyo- 9f ha
that for several days his mind appea.
to have been unbalanced
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Rarbecne and speech-Fest.

Leland, in Washington county, will
have big barbecue and speech-fest on
August %, which the managers claim
will be the biggest political gathering
Of the decade, with everybody from the
delta in attendance, and all of the can
didates.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

acknowledgements newspaper a..
serts that a plot has been discovered
to assassinate King Alfonso while at
tending the Cowes regatta Two notori-
Gus Spanish anarchists were found at
Cowes, and the police banished them
without arrest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
sunfiower Delta Land Company.

The Sunnower Delta Land and I'm
provement Company of New Orleans
has purchased 5000 acres of timber
land in Sunhower county, and after
cutting the timber will open the land
gOr snttlempnt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
The Earthquake was Foretold.

London In a dispatch
from Santiago the correspondent of
the Daily Mail says:
ut is a curious fact that the earth
quake of August 16 was foretold by
astronomers, who based their predic-
tions on the conjunction of Jupiter,
the earth and the moon"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Rutt VIII Annnal

Little Rock. Ark,-State Senator F.
o. Butt, of Carroll county, convicted
at Perryville OF bribery, and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary and
TO pay nne of $500, will appeal to
the supreme court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

Brussels-There was an immense
demonstration In favor of the reduc
ton of the working hours. 1t is es-
timated that from 10000 to 10000
men participated in the procession
which, with hundred bands, marched
through the principal streets. There
were no disorders.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
- ana Q

sssarger number Of applications have
~ yed this year than ever before
ia p lon into the Industrial lnsti-
m ana College at Columbus, and the
sutton has never been in more
prosna Gus condition.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Canadian Indian. Visit kinq Edward.

London-Three Canadian Indian
chiefs, in their picturesque dress,
we're received by King Edward
at Buckingham palace. The Indians
came to plead for the restoration OF
their hunting rights and certain ma
tive customs which have been cur
tailed by the Dominion government.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Was a Fight from start to Finish.

Kansas City, Mo.-Kansas City
(American), by score of s to 7, won
one OF the most exciting games of the
season 1t lasted for Is innings, and
was a fight from start to finish
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Isaac Graham to Hang

Isaac Graham was convicted at Boone
Vile of the murder of Mrs Fuua
Loveless, and sentenced TO halg 20 Frl-
day, Sept. 81. No appea Nas -sken.
and it is not likaly that ANY Sin te
taken.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Big Timber Deal.

Wisconsin, parties bought :, 444 acres
Of land in Perry and Lamar counties,
paying purchase price of S392, 500.
The sellers are John Landers, Spring
field, Mo-; l.. N. Anson, Merrill, Wis. ,
and George +. Gilkey, Oshkosh Wis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

WARSAW. Inc nervous
shock 70 GOV Cen skailon caused by
the explosion Of three bombs in mis-
immediate vicinity, has been 50 great
that paralysis is feared.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Downpour at Meridian.

The heaviest rainfall that has visited
Merid an in the past fifteen years fell
there one day last week. The precipi.
tation was 3.76 inches, and the greatest
amc unit Of downpour was reached when
one inch fell in ten minutes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
FROM CHILE
THE QUAkES HAVE CEASED,
AND THE PEOPLE ARE BE.
COMING cALMER.
EIvl
CRUSOE'S ISLAND SUNK
The Dead In Valparaiso viii Number
Hundreds, While For thu En-.
tire County Probably
Thousands.

New York. A report
has reached this city that the South
American earthquake destroyed the
island OF Juan Fernandez, off the
Chilean coast. 1t belonged to Chile
and on it were penal settlement and
a fort.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
A British Estimate,

London, Aug. 21-The foreign office
has received dispatch from the act
ing British consul at Valparaiso,
dated Saturday, saying he estimated
the deaths in Valparaiso at about l.,
900. The shtii6 city has sustained
permanent injuries.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

Freeport, Ill.-More than 100000
damage was done to Freeport by a
cloudburst. Streets became running
streams. and many families were
forced to leave their homes In boats
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

On the 9th Of September unique re.
union will be held at Mortons Chapel
in Alcorn county. Prof. Glover, teacher
OF vocal music, and who has taught
through that section for years, has in.
vited all of his former pupils to meet
him on that date in great musical fes.
tiyal ana 10 bring the old books that con.
tain songs that all can sing 1t is pre-.
dicted that hundreds of people will be in
attendance, and that it will be the larg,
est gathering of tho kind ever held in
the State.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Partial Stock Law.

From the number of petitions lately
filed with the board of supervisors, SEN
timent is changing among the farmers
Of Lincoln county in favor Of partial
stock law.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

The merchants of Pontotoc are build
ing d neat and commodious camp house
and ward for the use of customers that
are compelled to stay in town over night.
The idea, while not a new one by any
means, is a good one. The town that Of
fers the most for custom will get it, and
in this day and time nearly all are Of.
fering 'omcthing
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
State Treasury Receipts.

State Treasurer Miller reports that
the treasury receipts for the month of
July amounted to $27l, 540S7, with a
cash balance at the end of the month
of s4O,6l5.65
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Received Rv King Haaknn

Christiana, Norway-King Haakon
officially received H. H, D. Peirce, the
new American minister to Norway
who presented his credentials.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
srvan and the phiIlnpln.s,

Florence-Col. Moses Wetmore, OF
st. Louis, Mo-, in an interview, says
Bryan favors independence for the
Philippines,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
One Thousand corpses Buried.

Santiago, Chile, Aug 21.-Refugees
arriving here from Valparaiso declare
that 1000 corpses already have been
buried there.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

Moscow Moscow police have dis
covered another depot of bombs
which contained also 81 pounds of dy
namite and 1000 rifle cartridges.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
IN TROUBLED RUSSIA
THE WAR OF TERRORISM SEEMS
TO BE ON IN EARNEST.
TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
The Resumption Of Trouble Renders
the Task OF Government More
Difficult.

st. Petersburg-The war of terror
Ism which the fighting organization of
the social revolutionists declared i'm
mediately after parliament was dis
solved, seems TO have begun in earn.
est. From all parts Of the en-
pire the telegraph brings the same
story of attacks on police officials Of
all classes, accompanied in the MA
.ority of cases by plundering.
The Polish revolutionists are espe-
cially active. There is a veritable
reign of terror from the Vistula 10
the German frontier. Nearly so cases
of assassination have been reported.
Task of Government.
The resumption of terroristic actiY-
ity on large scale renders the task
OF the government more Difficult. and
darkens the prospects of the present
ministry in accomplishing anything in
the direction of an amelloration Of
the situation. While for the moment
the campaign of the terrorists is
bound to create the revulsion o. the
mere conservative public opinion
against the wild excesses of the ex-
t.emists, it is at the same ume GER
tein to force the government Ia re-
double the measures Of repression
which it is claimed will in the end
drive public sympathy back to sup
port almost any means Of relief.
Some of the dispatches from Poland
assert that the outbreak of terrorism
is in retaliation for the wholesale ar
rests and repressions of the governor
general.
The New Parliament.
The government announces that the
new parliament will not be deprived
of the right to revise the budget for
1907. The budget will be submitted TO
parliament when It assembled In March
and In the meantime the credits .or
the frst two months will be one-slxth
of the credits of the present year, IN
der the authority of the fundamental
law assigning the credits for the pre-
ceding year in case of the failure of
the passage of the budget.
Several liberal papers have been
permitted TO resume publication either
under their old names or with new
franchises.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Bryan MAY Go to TanaIer.

Bordeaux-Mr, Bryan may decide to
abandon his intention to visit Grenada
and 80 to Tangier instead.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

fellent work was done at the Farm
'nstltute at Mcneil, on the l4th.
experiment station located there
Peen of great benefit to the people
~ section, and last week excursion
carried hundreds of people in to
Y The institute and see the working
station. The result from such ac-
'ahd the intense interest shown has
Of exceptional value in the past,
Will prove equal in good this year.
people in the Mcneil section of the
are reaping the results of its work
|"sy Hat will make it very popular.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

While The weather in Mississippi has
been pretty warm for the past two
weeks, we should not forget that it was
really hot in Chicago and New York.
In the latter place there were twenty
deaths from heat prostrations in single
day. The climate OF our section is un
surpassed by that in any part of the
country, and take it all in all there is
no part of the United States that offers
mor5 to the man hunting a home than
does our beloved State of Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

by Ii. T.. BLAKEsLEE. Jackson
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
been destroyed, but details are still
lacking.
From Valparaiso Direct.

Valparaiso. The fires
which broke out after the earthquake
have as a result of stubborn efforts
finally been suppressed, Dynamite
was largely used to this end.
The streets of the city are con-
stantly patrolled by military and 9TH
er forces. Many robbers have been
shot and killed on the spot. Martial
law prevails.
1t is firmly believed here that the
Valparaiso earthquake was more Sc
we're than that which visited San
Francisco, Losses in life and proper.
ty are enormous, but all estimates are
as yet premature.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

The FIRST bale of Mississippi cotton
marketed was at Columbia, 1t brought
10 cents and several articles as premi.
ums. The bale was forwarded to New
Orleans, where it was accorded the honor
of being the first to be received from
Mississippi So our great staple crop
has begun to move. Our people will feel
good in short time now that something
like $1OO,OOOO,OOO will be turned into
the channels of trade from this one crop
alone, to say nothing of others.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25

The shrimp season is on down on the
coast. This is an industry that gives
employment to large number of people
and is a good source of revenue to those
engaged in it, Tho waters of Mississippi
sound yield every year thousands of dol,
lars in the way of revenue from the in
significant looking shrimp, tons of them
being caught and canned. Fish and
crabs, to say nothing of the oyster, are
also items of profit to the people along
our stretch of water front
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Twenty Thousand Without Shelter

WUTTRJ TTVUaUTTU VTNTTVu0 OTTVTkUT'
Paris. A dispatch to the
Hayas News agency from Valparaiso,
undated, has been received here by
way of Galveston, Tex. The CORE.
spondent states that 10000 of the
inhabitants Of Valparaiso are without
shelter; that the number Of dead can
not be accurately estimated, though it
Is very great; that the villa Del Plaza
has been completely destroyed, and
that the property loss is estimated at
$250000. The dispatch adds that the
staff of the news agency was forced to
flee the city, and that is is believed
all of it's members were killed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-08-25
Greater Mississippi

devoted to the Agricultural Commercial and Industrial De-
ysopment of the States Incompatible Resources
Crqan Of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

Some, stripped naked with but breech
clout on, are streaked and smeared on
body and legs with ochres; others in the
full paraphernalia of chiefs are decorated
with headdress of eagle feathers and elk
skin war shirts trimmed with beaded elab-
grafton. Many wear fringed pantaloons,
fashioned from gaily colored blankets, with
barred torsos, ornamented with symbols aud
emblems, and stil others are Enthusiastically
arrayed in light airy costumes of turkey
feathers with porcupine headgear with
arms beribboned. The youngest lads enter
with the most eager avidity into the prim-
eval spirit and savage undress of the oc-
casion.
The women wear their handsomest cos
tunes and their ranks are vivid with bright
hues; the native dress is simple and grace
full, usually in one color. and considerable
taste is shown in its ornamentation. Six
demure maidens, evidently Of one family
have capes composed of numerous rows or
small long bones and, under the cleaning
lights, they appear like nantes Of black
and white ermine Sparkling eyes and in
tent faces alone reveal how fully the ex-
element and unrest enters into their souls.
for it is the woman's part to watch and
admire only In one dance alone, the owl
they accept the scant favor. Forming an
immense ring. they wait until the circling
bucks and warriors select whom they de-
sire to dance beside; then, with arms en-
twined about each other, the whole assem-
bly, by a peculiar heel and toe step circle
to the left TO the measure Of the chanting
musicians and the beating tom-toms.
Hour after hour they dance, from 9
O'clock in the evening until Mornings Iiprbt
on each night of the fair, sometimes in
the war dance. with its howls and yells,
again in the ohanted ceremonial perform
ances. At times the music will cease, while
the medicine man addresses the assembly.
after which a band Of the warriors Will
silently steal away into the darkness and
the rest renew their invocations and
dancing for the party supposedly away on
a mission of pillage and slaughter
EDMUND =. NELL.
Billings, Mont, Oct. 2, 1906
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
UnIHue of Its Kind.

And this fair is the most unique Of its
kind, probably the only one in the entire
United States, conducted entirely for the
Indians, by the Indians themselves. with
out the assistance or supervision OF any
kind from the whites. It's officers are red
men elected by the tribes annually and
its plans are formulated and brought to
successful conclusion with an admirable
degree of completeness and foresight In
dian policemen uphold the dignity OF the
law and preserve order among the thou
sands Of participants and guests, both red
and white. Indian judges inspect the ex-
hibits in the agricultural hall, where only
Indians are allowed to compete for long
lists OF cash prizes that are offered for the
best display Of vegetables, fruit, stock,
poultry. needle work and culinary products.
Indian chiefs act as judges of the horse
races, Of which there is a long program
each day OF the fair, where Indian ponies
with Indian riders only. are allowed to
enter. And when the shades of evening
fall thousands of spectators from among
the pale-faces gather TO watch the tribal
rites and dances OF the redskin handed
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Among the Exhibits.

Agricultural hall, new building erected
this year for the purpose, is literally COW
cred, roof and walls, with displays on all
sides and is filled with exhibits of the
Indians. To those unversed in Indian
names these contain a never failing source
of surprise and amusement. Here one
picks up a fancy dolly which a card at
tached informs was embroidered by Loretta
Pretty Eagle, and near by is an excellent
bit of darning, the work of Susanna She
its-Down-Spotted, who will some day
make an excellent tepee wife for some
brave; a pretty sofa pillow is the contribu-
ton Of Emerintiania He-Does-It, and
Josephine Pretty Medicine, the daughter
of a noted chief, has contributed q neat
baby dress, as nice as any department store
carries. In all probability, however, her
own babies will be wrapped according TO
the custom Of the Crows from time inn
memorial.
Little Lizzie FIathead Woman, aged 10,
wins FIRST prize on bread with loaf that
would be a credit to any housekeeper, and
Alice White Arm, as tender in years, gives
visible evidence of her excellence as a rug
maker The layer cake contributed by
Lizzie Bull Horse would win any masculine
heart, red or white.
The braves, too, have not been behind in
their displays. -Pretty-IIorse eN-
hibits q ninety-six-pound pumpkin that
could not fail to create sensation any
where. Among the more prominent and
extensive exhibitors whose displays at
tract notice are the subchiefs Takes-the-
Gun and Bird Well Known, who are among
the wealthiest of the Crows and count
their horses by the thousand.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

among the births the number of girls is
greatly in excess of the number of boys,
a fact decidedly apparent even by a super
fetal survey Of the camp itself.
The first year of the fair the display was
an absolute failure; one would suppose
that the entire crop of the Grow reservu-
ton had been blighted and the winter
storms had carried off all their domestic
stock, for neither pumpkin or squash, pig
or chicken, or anything whatsoever was
brought in by the benghted Indians, who,
however, were on hand with their racing
ponies, prepared to do full justice to that
feature of the fair The second year the
results Of the good work of tbose in
charge began to appear The collection Of
agricultural products, toted many. miles
by the Indians, while small, was an excel
lent beginning, and the interest displayed
in the hitherto neglected line was most
encouraging
This year the exhibits are not only large,
but varied, requiring two good sized build
ings to contain them. One holds the dis
play of live stock, which includes pigs
geese, chickens and all kinds of domestic
animals. Caretakers detailed by the Indian
committee in charge keep everything In
first-class shape and the ground around
the buildings Is pathcd by the many moe
casined feet that come that way, showing
the active interest taken by the red men in
this line.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Social side of the Fair.

In the evening comes the greatest of all
events, the pow-wow and dance meeting
of the tribes, when they cast aside all
semblance Of civilization and, naked,
painted and bedizened with all their savage
finery, indulge in the orgies of their savage
forefathers. To the interested Onlooker
the weird scene conveys an impression OF
heIplessness to change or alter the original
nature of the Indian. Brought home, in
deed was this fact with a stunning sense
when a young buck, straight as an ar
row, strealSed with ochre and grandly saw
age in his eagle headgear and Indian dress,
with traces Of the passion of the war
dance still remaining on his countenance,
strobe into a refreshment booth and
talked over the latest foot ball games in
the east with pale-faced spectator in the
purest of the kings English. Carlisle
graduate better educated than the ma
iority of the white mems sons, he had re-
turned to the level of his savage ancestors
so far as a parental government would al
low.
The dances are ready to begin and in the
semi-gloom the huge encampment seems
like a strange mind picture created by
some powerful magician. The dimly-lit
tepees. with here and there a camp fire.
cast strange wsvering shadows around and
silently glide about on all sides like wraiths
the blanketed forms OF the Indian devotees
From distance come the sounds of a
shrill chant and soon, arm in arm in double
rank, the braves in front and squaws be-
hind, the first Of the dancers appear from
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
AEricuIture md ILve stock

But the interesting portion of the fair
from an economical standpoint, is the ag-
ricultural and live stock display OF the
Crows. That these people who. but few
years ago were savages, should OF them
selves produce and arrange a display 30
elaborate not only reflects great credit
upon the Indian agents in charge Major
S. G. Reynolds, and his assistants, but is
also an interesting argument in the afflrma-
tive as TO the ultimate civilization rather
than the extinction of the Indian races.
Yet they say that the number OF the Crow
tribe is slowly decreasing under their semi
civilized life, the last few years showing a
decided tendency to that end. and that