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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14
SSn nnn Fire

Fire here destroyed the Ross building,
one of the largest stores and office build
ings in Hattiesburg, entailing loss OF
$4,000, with insurance amounting to
100000
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14
Killed Six Hundred Africans.

Pietermartzburg, Transyaal-Trans
yasl volunteers, with loss of one
killed and two wounded, defeated a
force of 1000 natives, killing 600 OF
item.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14
Tent Revival at Wesson.

Rev. H. A. Jones, a noted Presbyterian
evangelist, is holding forth in Wesson
under tent. The tent will seat 1900
people, and is filed to its utmost every
night
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14
Big Timber Land Deal.

Hawkins & Co., of Hattiesburg, closed
deal for 3,40O acres Of timber land in
Lamar county, the amount being s127,-
900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14

Part of the plant of the W. 7. Adams
Machine Works at Corinth was destroyed
by fire, entailing loss of siSO,oOo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14

Seattle Wash-On July the
police of this city, acting at the
instance of the German government,
raided the house formerly occupied
by August Rosenberg, bricklayer,
and found plant for making bombs
and Internal machines.
Rosenberg left Seattle for Hamburg
Germany, May I. Az that time the Ger
man government received a warning
from Seattle that an attempt would be
made to assasslnate the German EN-.
peror. Rosenberg was arrested at Al.
tona, Prussia, Friday.
The German consul at Seattle sub
sequently received cablegram from
Hamburg instructing him to investi-
gate, The articles seized included more
than 200 bottles of acids and explo-
sives, crucibles, mortars, molds, a
furnace and considerable scrap iron.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14

raymond is not at all scared by the
'reat of her big sister, Jackson, to
',eh out and make q suburb of this ex-
Pient little city, but is actively forging
'eau IN the work of municipal and other
Pprovemcnts. The water plant recently
f'0led is doing nicely, and other i'm
PVements are being agitated.
ne Masonic Grand Lodge of Mississip.
iS erecting splendid monument to the
Emory of its departed Grand Secretary,
Logan Power, which is token of
eem 70 a grand and good man. Mis-
,ppi suffered an irreparable loss in the
WI OF this truly good man. His de-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14
Stanford Whites Insurance.

New YorB-The widow of Stanford
White was paid by the Equitable Life
Assurance society $4,000,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14

Altona, PrussIs-An alleged an
archIst named August Rosenberg,
who left Seattle, Wash, for Germany
recently, has been arrested here.
HE IS ACCUSED OF HAVING DE-
SIGNS ON THE LIFE OF EMPEROR
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14
TROUBLES HANG DER
CROWNED HEADS
ALLEGED ANARcHI.T ARRESTED,
IN GERMANY, CHARGED WITH
INTENT TO KILL KAISER.

Gar Abandons Cruise on His Yacht,
II Is Said, For Fear Of Submarine
Mnes-Japan Plans to Dethrone tho
Emperor Of Korea In Favor of
Prince WlhWa,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Municipal Ferry Cuprofitable.

New YORK, Dec. 27.-For the privi.
lege of owning it's own ferry to Staten
Island the city OF New York Is paying
more than $500 . day, that being the
daily excess of expenses over receipts
in the seven weeks since the city took
control. From October 25 to Decen.
ber IS, the total expenses were slO7, 1858
and the receipts s7s, 400. This leaves
loss of s29, ,95s, or 1896 day for the
81 days covered by the statement.
Increase in the number OF men en-.
ployed on the boats, increase in the
amount of wages as compared with the
rate paid when the ferry was under
private ownership, together with re.
ductiou of oue.third in the number OF
hours of labor, necessitating three
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
May Restore Cautoeu.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-There will
be lively fight at this session OF con.
gress for the restoration Of the can.
teen In the army. All the preliminary
signs Of fierce conflict between the
Antt-Saloon league and the friends OF
the canteen are here. The church
lobby is at work, and the lombard.
ment Of tracts, leaflets and petitions
on both sides Of the question has be.
gun.
The friends of the canteen are un'
usually active and determined. The
Anti.Saloon league, whose members
claim credit for having knocked Out
the cauteen originally, are on deck
and alive to the danger. They arc
prepared to arouse the women of the
country and start another food of pc
titions pouring In on the representa-
tives In the house.
Congress is undoubtedly in favor o1
putting the canteen in commission
again, but whether IL will do 60 re-
mains to be seen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
FOOtpads Terr0rize Salt Lake.

SALT LAKE, Dec. 29.-The0reign of
terror which has prevailed here for
the past six weeks eliminated in the
second murder blythe holdup Of Nephi
Shields, a preminenti resident, last
night. He was shot through the head.
The holdups have become bolder.
Governor Cutler, ithe county commits
sioners and the mayor today offer re.
wards for their apprehension. The re.
ward aggregates 81 200. Three citi.
zens have offered $50 cash and suit
Of clothes to the man whoIlcaptures
any holdup, dead or alive.
The police department and the sher.
IFS Office have been warned by the
mayor and county commissioners that
they must putoa stop to the holdups
that have taken place In the last few
weeks. Citizens are armingl them
selves for self-protection against all
kinds of highwaymen. Burglars and
thieves will be SUNNI marily dealt with
by the people II they are caught Idur.
ing the present state of indignation
which prevails among the citizens.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Women Would Unscat SmO0t.

WASHINGTON. Dec. % "A grand
attack upon the senate at some psy.
Geological moment during the hearing
OF the case against Sen ator Reed
Smoot of Utah is planned by the Ma.
tional Association Of Women's clubs.
Several of their leaders, including
Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, are here
making arrangements for the presen.
tation of the 1000, ,000.n anne petition.
It 10 proposed to have this attracti ve-
ly bound and displayed in some con.
spicuous place at the capital near the
senate.
The women expect report from the
committee on privileges and elections
urging the unseating Of the Utah sena.
tor, and that event, they reason. would
be opportune for the presenting OF the
petition,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Tar and Feathers For Prophet"

PERTH, Kan., Dec. q. - George
Huffman, representing himself to be
the "true prophet Of Christ" was
tarred and feathered here last nigh,
by mob. After the punishment the
man walked all night to Renfrow,
Okla. 20 miles away. He suffered
greatly from the cold, as he was with.
out clothes.
Huffman had been living with the
Talkington family, and had induced
the head OF the household into the be-
lief that the world is coming to an end
In five years. He finally induced Talk.
ington to give up his possessions to
him, SO that he could "regenerate the
world"
Yesterday he was ordered to leave
the state or take the consequences. he
refused to leave, declaring that he
would ''trust the Lord" Fifty OF
more men then assembled. Every
shred Of clothing was stripped from
the victim, and the hot tar applied
Then he was rolled in feathers until
the sticky coating was covered two
inches deep.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Shipwrecked Sailor Rescued.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 27.-News
was brought by the steamer Tees from
northern British Columbia of the Cru.
so.like adventure Of s. A. undburg,
q Norwegian, who was cast away q
month ago from sloop in which he
was voyaging from Portland canal to
Kitamat. The sloop was wrecked on
Pearse island near Port Simpson and
the seaman spent three weeks on the
island, living on clans. He hoisted
distress signals on tree by day and
built fires by night, endesvoring vain.
ly to attract attention and finally bull,
q raft on which he reached Port VIII.
son, fifteen miles away, after . mos,
trying voy age in which he narrowly
escaped being washed from his raft.
He was finally picked up by the Teet
and taken to Hartley bay.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Highwaymau Busy In Seattle.

SEATTLE, Dec. %. - Two masked
men, each about five feet seven in
height, wearing dark clothes and
caps, held up Buckley man near
Ravensdale about midnight last night
tied him to tree and took from him
S4l0 In cash. None of the officers re.
reporting the robbery secured the
name OF the Buckley man.
just before the robbery an attempt
was made to stop the North Coast
Limited. The train was tagged, but
the engineer paid no attention to the
signal. The officers believe that the
two robbers first attempted train rob.
berry, and failing in that, found the
man from Buckley. whose exploita.
ton yielded them about as much as
could have been expected from the
train.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Will Test Rural Free: Delivery.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-A halt in
the esta blishment Of rural free; deliv.
cry routes has been ordered. by the
postmaster general. 6Notice to this
effect has been received by Northwest
ern members. It Is the intention OF
the authorities to make every effort
during the coming six months to Inn
prove the efficiency OF the service al.
ready in existence, and for that rea.
son the further extension nsof3 the serv.
ice will be suspended for q while.
Minnesota and the other northwest.
ern states have Jared we'll in the dis.
tribution of rural routes, and . grea,
many country services are In opera.
tion In that section. Special efforts
will be made to improve the service In
counties and special agents, oper atine
In the northwest, have been directed
to improve the service wherever posi-.
BILE,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
p.ny Of the United States Steel com.

pany Of the United States Steel com.
pany.
The indictment alleges that by a
agreement between the defendant and
number Of connecting railroads .
joint tariff was made and dled with
the interstate commerce commission.
The freight rates were paid. It 10 de.
clared In the indictment, according to
the tariff, but sfterward . rebass Of
about 80 per cent. WAS allowed TO the
shippers. In all cases the United
States Steel Products company wss
the recipient OF the money, according
to the indictment.
A. soou - the indictment was laid
before Judge Bethea in the United
States circuit court he fixed bonds Of
q, 900 in each case, and the oficials Of
the Burlington road we're notified TO
call and give bail to the amount Of
el5, 900, which they agreed to do with.
out delay.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Clever Swludle Exposed.

CHICAGO, Dec. %. - The federal
grand jury yesterday returned! indict.
ments against Louis A. Gourd ain,
proprietor OF the Imperial bank.
Dearborn and Madison streets, and
John H. Dalton, former proprietor OF
. North eide saloon, both accused OF
using the mails to defraud. The in.
dictments accuse them of selling fraud.
uleut options on alleged Oil lands in
Louisiana.
The indictments1 state that Dalton
and Gourdain, acting under the name
OF the Louisiana State Loanl & Trust
company of New. Orleans, purchased
1000 acres OF land in Winn parish,
Louisiana, at $3.50 an acre, plated
the land into lots 20 feet square and
offered options on these plats for %
each down to so cents. These option
certificates were made to resemble lot.
terry tickets, and certain prizes, rang.
ing from so cents to @5, lwere paid.
Monthly lists, purporting to be the
lists OF prices bid for the oil lands,
we're cent out the purchasers OF op.
tions. The indictments state that the
enterprise was q fraud; that the lots
were worth no more than II cents
each; that no oil was ever found on
the lands; that no bids had been made;
that the assets OF the company were
were s54 900 instead ofisl. 100000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.
Washington Newspaper Says Milk River
Project VIII Be Pushed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The Wash
ington Post says today: "When Sen.
ator Carter, Of Montana, goes after .
thing be usually gets IT, and adds
that his latest achievement, in spite Of
the opposition Of the secretary Of the
interior, 10 . promise for the construc.
ton OF work that will irrigate and re.
deem more than 100000 acres Of pub.
lie domain In the state OF Montana
aud create new homes to which settlers
will be invited. Director Wolcott has
the plan that will realize this fulfill-
mcnt. Senator Carter hopes. with ref.
erence to the St. Mary's lake project,
that without approaching the Cana.
dian border connection may be made
between the lake and Milk river on its
return Aow after entering the United
States, there to divide the water.
He proposes to cut the canal through
these hills and divert the waters Of ST.
Mary's and make all this natural
storage of water available for irriga
ton. 1t is estimated that this can b,
done within the original figure named
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Canal Commission Reports.

WARRINGTON, Dec. 29.-The repor,
of the Panama Canal commission was
published today at the Office OF the
war department. A mass Of statistics
have been compiled to laid the con.
gressmen In sscertaining the amour,
of work accomplished and the i'm.
provements made In the sanitary con.
ditions OF the isthmus. The force em.
ployed on the isthmus on November
Is. 1905, was as follows:
In November, 1904, the commission g
employees on the isthmus numbered
$500. 1u November, 1905, they num-
bered. approximately. 1900. OF
these, 1900 were under the depart
ment of construction and engineering,
1900 under the bureau of material aud
supplies, and $3.50 under the depart.
ment of government and sanitation.
There were In the local auditors Office
46 men and In the Office Of the dis.
bursting officer 2l.
OF tie 1900 employees about 2,70i
were on The gold rolls and IA, $50 or
the silver rolls.
The number OF white Americans on
the isthmus ia estimate at 1900. The
Panama Railroad company employees
about $500 men, who are not included
iu the total of 1900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Coal For Wedding Present.

HAzELToN, Pa, Dec. 28.-The mem.
bers Of local union, No. 3. United
Mine Workers OF America, have de
cided to present to Miss Alice Roose.
velt, as welding gift, carload of the
best coal that can be found in the an.
thracite region in appreciat of her
fathers service in ending the great
strike in 1902.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-A press
dispatch from Baker City, Ore., pub.
lished yesterday, announced that q
10.cent subscription was to be started
In Oregon and extended over the
country for the purpose OF raising q
sum which probably would aggregate
$500, 900 to be presented to Miss Alice
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Squabble Over Fair Funds.

PORTLAND, Dec. 27.-The Oregon
state commission, has formally mott.
fed the Lewis and Clark exposition
corporation that it will hold the Off.
GERS and directors Of the fair respon.
sible for the distribution of the money
which It has been announced may
amount to about Is per cent. of the
original investment of the stockhold.
ers, or 100000 The official com.
munication states that the commission
claims pro rata share OF the funds
now In the possession Of the corpora.
ton after all liabilities have been
settled. The Oregon state commission
also demands an account of the money
which has been expended by the cor.
DOratiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
IA nks Violate Law.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Secretary Shaw
who 10 in Chicago this morning, says
that John r. Walsh will not be prose.
cuted Grimm ally 90 far a. his depart
meut Is concerned, because Of the fail.
ure OF the w Walsh banks. The deposi.
tors we're protected.
1.-THE treasury department looks out
for depositors and not stockholders, y
said Mr.. Shaw. 'The latter are
warned and the bank was warned not
to loan over ten per cent. 20 one per.
son." The secretary declares it 10 q
custom among bs nkers to violat. this
rule. He is continually warning them,
but cannot stop them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
A Wonderful IQveutiou.

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-After Ave years.
labor and experimenting Elmer A.
Burlingame, . La Porte, Ind, elec-
triciau and inventor, announces the
completion Of an apparatus that will
revolutionize present methods of tele.
graphic communication and news dis
semin alton. The invention is . print
ing wireless telegraph. The operator
who sends messages writes or prints
them In the usual way, but in addition
flashes q mes sage through space to .
receiving station, where the copy is
printed on similar machine, exactly
like the first copy.
The receiving. station must be at.
tuned to the incomingi Hertzean wave,
thus giving secrecy and making It pos.
sible to have several sets Of instru.
ments working at once without inter.
ference. This non.interference is said
to be 80 complete that all sounding
instruments may be connected to the
came sending wire audj all receiving
Instruments to another wire.
Inventor Burlingame elaine that
messages may be sent by his printing
System about Ave times ~ fast % with
the Morse code, and the necessity of
waiting for an idle line 10 done away
with. II 10 claimed that BY conuecting
lsnotypes In olhoea Within . radius Of
500 miles It will be possible cooperate
them simultaneously from one sending
station. The cost Of equipping the re-
ceivinX station will be about $1,000
while the cost Of the sending station
will be about $1,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Insurance Funds Missing.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Andrew Ham.
ilton, who, according to testimony,
has been entrusted with hundreds Of
thousands of dollars by the company.
and has not accounted for S235, 600,
has been heard from by the legislative
committee. but has declined to make
an accounting.
A statement by Mr.. Hamilton was
read for the record today. It was
presented by secretary John G. Nc.
Call, of the New York Lite, who went
to Paris to secure an accounting from
Hamilton. In his statement Mr.. Ham.
ilton says that he is unable to produce
any books or accounts, because be
undertook the legislative matters for
the life insurance company with the
express understanding that he was to
make no accounting. Absolute sec.
recy was necessary In retaining as.
sistants; therefore, no checks were
used in making payments.
Mr.. Hamilton went into an explana.
ton for the reasons for organizing
this confidential service, 90 he char.
acterized It, covering his methods OF
work. and citing number Of legisla'
tive bills in which be had been inter.
ested. A list Of expenses from 1899 ia
1904 was appended to the statement.
The sum OF e285, 900 unaccounted for,
he says, would be greatly reduced by
his running accounts still unsettled
and open. As matter OF good faith
pending settlement, he offers to de.
posit 900, 600 with the company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
WILL CRUSH REBELLION.
Russian Newspaper Says Bloodshed u
Moscow Was Frightful.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. ga brief
message from Moscow of today's date
says that troops and artillery are
pouring into the city but that the
situation has not greatly changed.
The revolutionists hold portions OF
the Moscow.Kszan road. Desultory
firing 10 taking place. The military
patrols are ugaged In guerilla war.
fare with the revolutionists who are
seeking refuge on the roofs Of houses
and in marrow thoroughfares.
An inspired statement In The Slovo
today says the government expects the
revolt at Moscow TO be completely
crushed within four days. The dura.
tien Of the rising 10 explained by the
small number Of troops available.
Many Of the soldiers necessarily were
employed In guarding government
buildings, leaving comparatively
small number available to cope with
the iusurgents over the wide area Of
the disturbances. Fresh troops have
now arrived and the end is said to be
near. The slovo says:
"The grenadiers have wiped out the
stain on their honor with blood, fight.
ing in the front ranks at their own re-
quest"
From an Independent source, The
Slovo declares It has learned that the
casualties will reach $1,000 and that
about 100 Red Cross workers have
been dispatched from st. Petersburg
to Moscow to aid in caring for the
wounded. The paper says It has
learned that the arms Of the revolu.
tionists mostly came from Germany
and Belgium, whence they we're
shipped to England, trans.shipped
there and smuggled into Russia
through Finland and the Baltic prov.
inces.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Delayed Letters Discovered.

SEATTLE, Dec. 27.-H. H. Randall,
city letter carrier. was arrested this
afternoon charged with delaying and
opening United States mail entrusted
to him as a carrier. The arrest was
made after an investigation lasting
several days by PostofIlce Inspector
Waylaud. F. S. Hargrave reported
to the postofice that he had found
about IS letters in the basement of q
building formerly occupied by Carrier
Randall, and that one of the letters
had been opened.
Some OF the letters had been held
over six months, and the one that was
opened contained draft for $50 which
had not been disturbed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

Roosevelt on the occasion Of her mar.
riage to Representative Nicholas
Longworth. The president disap.
proves Of the proposition. - iadi.
Gated by the following statement is.
eued from the white house today:
1.-THE president's attention havisg
been called to the dispatch from Baker
City, Ore, to the effect that . sub.
scription was about to be started for .
wedding present for Miss Alice Roose.
velt. the presideut's daughter, be said, !,
while he appreciated this evidence Of
good will, he hoped nothing Of the
kind would be undertaken. In fact.
be wished practically that the pro.
posed work should not be DONE"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Enormous OIL Production.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The United
States supplied more that half Of the
petroleum product In the world In
1904. A statement Of the worlds pro.
ductiou Of petroleum, prepared by the
British board Of trade, puts the petro.
leum product OF the world in 1904 at
9,303. .000, 900 gallons, of which 4,6l6..
O00, 900 gallons were produced in the
United States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Filipinos Banquet Bryan.

MANILA, Dec. 29.-Filipinos who
spoke at the banquet given to w. j.
Bryan demanded the immediate indie.
pendence of the islands and said they
were looking to him to champion their
cause to the American people. Mr..
Bryan, in his response, made no
promises and the natives were disap.
pointed. Aguinaldo was among those
present. The menu displayed an
American flag. supported by an in.
surgent banner. Americans here are
pleased with Mr.. Bryau's conserv a.
tism.