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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
SENSATION IN POWERS TRIAL
Brother of Slain Governor Goebel
Makes Affidavits.

Georgetown, Ky.-A sensation was
sprung at the opening OF the court for
the third week of the trial of Caleb
Powers, for the assassination of William
Goebel, States Attorney Franklin read
aiidavits sigued by w. G. OHarrow
and Arthur Goebel, attacking Jurors
W. S. Wayland and George p. Martin.
OHarrow alleged that L. X. Wilson
told h m that he had arranged with
Wayland and Martin to put themselves
In the way of the sheriff and get on the
Grant county jury panel. Arthur Goe-
bel in his affidavit swore that L. X.
Wilson rode in the buggy with w. Il
Green, the brother-in-law of Powers,
while following the sheriff summonng
the jury last week.
Aflidavits of j. w. Conyers and j. K.
Northcut were offered by the common
wealth, attacking Wayland. Conyers
swore that Wayland bet him drink of
whisky in the saloon of j. S. Laifety, in
Dry Ridge, that Goebel would be killed
before niuht.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
WALSH OPERATIONS
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS SECURl-
TIES WERE VALUELESS.
WITHDREW SUM OF S3,396, ,389
Prosecutor Scores by Getting Judge
to Admit Documents Which, 1t
Is Claimed, viii Convict.

Chicago, Ill.-Evidence tending to
show that bonds OF the Walsh
railroads were sold to various purchas-
ers at practically the figures they were
accepted by the Chicago National
bank as collateral for notes, was
brought out in the cross-eXamination
of National Bank Examiner Moxey in
the Walsh trial Wednesday afternoon.
Ten sales aggregating $522OOO were
gone over and identified by date and
amount.
The evidence up to noon showed
Walsh to have withdrawn $3,39G,3S9
of depositors' funds from the Chicago
National bank.
To procure this fortune he deposit
ed bonds and stocks which, the gov
ernment charges were without mar
ket value and used the names of his
clerks on memorandum notes.
Prosecutor Dobyns scored a point
by getting Judge Anderson to admit
mass of documentary evidence. He
expressed his qualification by saying:
"The door is now open for the in
PRODUCTION of enough evidence to con
yict dozen times over"
The direct examination of Mr.. Mox-
ey was finished early in the afternoon
after he had testified to entries pur-
porting to show the withdrawal by
Walsh of $63OOOO in a single day in
January, 1905, and that notes bearing
various signatures amounting to S644,-
600 had been discounted on that day.
Moxey's testimony seemingly shows
that during the month of January
Walsh drew out Of the bank $9G5,OOO
and that a corresponding amount is
involved in notes or the sale Of bonds
of his enterprise
All of the memoranda testified to
were gone over and the record of the
sales of the bonds will be taken up
Thursday where it left off at ad-
journment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
NUMBER 5.
|yelissis5ippi
Aews
Plan War on Boil Weevil

The United States department OF
agriculture is arranging to put force
of not less than Is special agents into
Mississippi during the next few weeks
for the purpose Of instructing the farm
ers how to raise cotton in accordance
with the cultural method and minimize
the ravages of the Mexican boil weevil,
and also how to diversity crops in a
manner that will increase acreage
yields. The plan in view is to place at
least two agents in each congressional
district, and there is probability that
the force may be increased to twenty or
more men i'll case the boil weevil raw
ages spread rapidly during the next
crop year. The agents will be under
the personal direction OF DR.. s. A.
Knapp Of Lake Charles, La, who has
general charge of the boil weevil fight
being conducted by the department of
agriculture.
Assignments to territory will be made
during the approaching month. The
government is now distributing a large
amount of literature among the farmers
instructing them how to break the soil
during the winter, and to make early
preparations for planting. This is Sup
plemented by similar literature being
sent out by Prof. Glenn w. Herrick,
the State entomologist, and if the APP
preaching legislative session can be in
duced to make an adequate appropria-
tion for the boil weevil fight, an ener-
getic cooperation of State and govern
ment forces will doubtless minimize the
ravages of the pest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
IS STRICKEN BY APOPLEXY
Rev. T. ]. Newell Drops Dead at
Brownsville, Tenn.

Brownsville, Tenn. Rev, 7. J. New
ell, d. d., presiding elder Of the
Brownsville district of the Memphis
conference, dropped dead at his home
here this morning of apoplexy. He
was preparing to go to Jackson, Miss.
to attend the Mississippi conference
when stricken.
AT the recent session of the Memphis
conference at Humboldt DR.. Newell
was reappointed presiding elder for a
second year. He was regarded as one
Of the foremost members of the body,
and has filled number of leading ap-
pointments in this State, Kentucky and
Mississippi. Before coming here he
was in charge of college in Grenada,
Miss. DR.. Newell was 81 years OF age,
and leaves widow and eight children.
all of whom are married but two.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
FOREIGNERS RUSH HOME.
Export Shippers Are Menaced by Serl'
ous Freight Congestion.

New York, n Y.-Serious freight
congestion threatens all foreign ship
pers because of the unprecedented
homeward rush of foreigners. The
eastward.bound steerage travel during
the past six weeks has been unparal-
leled and the demand for accommo-
dations has been so great that book
ings have been closed weeks in ad-
vance Of sailings. The Main of the
North German Lloyd line, which sailed
Thursday, carried 23G5 steerage pas
sengers, and even up to the minute of
sailing there were hundreds of per-
sons waiting on the piers for accomo-
dations Bookings for steerage on the
Seydlitz Of the same line, which is to
sail Wednesday next, has been closed
for several days and no more steerage
tickets are being sold for the Koenig
Albert, which will sail Nov. 80 for
Mediterranean ports.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Will Circulate Silver Coins.

Denver, Colo,-The Denver mint,
which has coined about $l5,000,-
600 gold during the past two months,
will resume coming silver in Decem.
Der, working to its full capacity. Silver
coins to the value of $4,000 daily
will be produced, and they will be
Immediately put into circulation. The
supply of gold bullion on hand ready
for coinage will be nearly exhausted
by the end of this month.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Centralize County Schools.

E. J. Currie, superintendent of edu-
cation OF Perry county, proposes con-
contraction and consolidation Of rural
schools, reducing the present forty-fve
schools in his county 10 ten or twelve
and providing a service of vehicles to
carry the children back and forth from
the distant schools. BY this means he
expects to reduce the expense OF the
school system, while increasing its eff
cheney, giving all pupils the advantages
of graded courses and making it posi-
BILE to pay higher salaries and secure
better teachers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Declares johnson Watered Stock.

New York, N. Y. William NJ.
Iyens, while investigating the affairs
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. for
the public service commission Friday,
declared that Mayor Tom l.. Johnson
of Cleveland and his friends, who
formerly owned the Nassau Electric
Railway Co, of Brooklyn, had watered
its stock 70 the extent of $6,250,00O
and then sold it to the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co. This was alleged to have
taken place in a reorganization of the
Nassau company in January, 1899.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
million Dollar Pecan Crop.

San Antonio, Tex. "A million dollars
worth of pecans is approximately the
value that experts fix upon the pecan
crop now being exported from this sec
tion of Texas. 1t is estimated that
there are 700 cars in sight. There are
"a 900 pounds to a car, and the cheaper
grades bring from s to 8 cents per
pound, and The higher grades bring us
much as 10 and y cents apound. Con-
sequently the million dollar estimate
is, an under rather than an ovoc-valua-
lioL.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Submarines Crash Together.

Toulon, France.--While engaged in
making joint attack on the battle
ship Loureguiberry during the naval
maneuyers off this port. the sub
marines Bonite and Souf1eur collided
at a depth Of thirty meters, The
Soufheur's conning-tower window was
smashed and the water began to rush
in, but with rare presence of mind,
the commander operated the rising
mechanism and the vessel reached the
surface before it had time to fill com
pletely.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
SALVADOR FREES PRISONERS.
All Those Held for Political Reasons
Are Granted Amnesty,

San Salvador, Republic of Salvador.
The government Wednesday issued a
decree granting amnesty to all polit-
ical prisoners, who were at once set at
liberty, and declaring also that all
political exiles should be allowed to
return to the country.
President Figurea has issued a
proclamation to the people of Saliva
dor, promising them a fair administra-
ton of the national government and
uring them to forget past differences
and TO work in harmony for the pros
perlty of the country.
The state of siege in the republic
has been suspended and constitution
al guarantees again are effective.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Wants Billiards In Churches.

Kalamazoo, Mlch.-Declaring that
the churches are failing to help
Young boys by denying them
the things they want most, Mayor
William Thompson of this city is
making a campaign for billiard halls
and bowling alleys in churches. He
claims that such attractions would
keep young men where the influences
are good. THE minister should be
a good mixer, says Mayor Thompson,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
TENNESSEE GUSTS STANDARD
License Revoked on Showing Of Viola
tion of Antitrust Law.

Nashville, Tenn-Chancellor ]. w.
Stout, at Gallatin, rendered a
decree of custer in the case of the
state vs. the Standard Oil Co., revok-
ing the license of said company to
transact business in Tennessee.
The decree was the result of bill
recently filed in chancery at Gallatin
by Attorney General Gates on behalf
Of the state, seeking TO revoke the
Tennessee license of the Standard Oil
Co. on the charge of illegal discrlm-
ination and violation of the antitrust
law.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Thirteen Lose Their Lives.

New York. Thirteen persons lost
their lives and several .athcrs were in
jured early today in q, tenement house
fire al l09th street and Second avenue.
All the dead are Italians. Several OF
the thirteen were children. The bodies
we're huddled together in rooms on the
top floor Of the four-story building,
where the terror-stricken people had
been driven by the flames which rushed
up from the lower floors. They had
succumhed before they could reach the
fire escapes. Some had been enveloped
in the flames and burned alive
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Hin Addresses Kansas cltyans.

Kansas City, Mo.-James J. Hill,
of st. Paul, executive head Of the
Great Northern railway, was the
principal speaker at the 18th annual
banquet of the Commercial club in
this city. MIR, Hill discussed the
Commercial Development Of the Mis-
slssippi Valley" and gave compre'
hensive history and review of inter
national conditions as they exist to-
day
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Fight for Levea Offices.

Gov,-elect Noel is being bombardsd
with letters, petitions and Endorsements
relative TO the levee board appoint
ments he will be required to make dur
ing the approaching legislative session.
Owing to the goodly amount of patron
age distributed by the levee boards,
membership is always eagerly sought
after by delta citizens, and for each APP
pointment to be made the governor-elect
will probably have a half dozen appli-
cants. The main fights take place after
the boards have been appointed and
the work of electing engineers, treas
urer, secretary, etc, comes up for con
sideratiOn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
State Holding Cotton.

The penitentiary board of trustees
has op hand 1000 bales of cotton, which
will be held for prises. The same poll
cy of holding on will be followed with
the seed, of which they have also a
considerable quantity, and for which
they hope to get better than S1l or SIS
per ton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Tuu Sunk in Collision.

Port Dalhousie, Ont, - The tug
Escort of this port was struck by
the barge Harrison, in tow of the
steamer Westmount, off Niagara point,
and sunk, Captain Harry Dunlap, En-
gineer Albert Dunlap and canal
helper named Charles Christmas were
drowned. The remainder of the crew,
three in number. were saved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Vessel Sails with Fever Victims.

st. Thomas, d. w. 1.-The British
cruiser Indefatigable, on board of
which an outbreak of yellow fever
recently occurred, resulting in the
death of two members of her crew,
left Barbados Thursday for Halifax,
N. S. Five new cases developed be.
fore the crew was isolated
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Theodore r. WRIGHT Dead.

Boston, Mass. A cablegram re-
ceived in this city announced that
Rev. Theodore T. Wright, dean of
the new church theological school in
Cambridge, died abroad on Nov 13.
while on his way to Cairo, Egypt, The
cablegram stated that Mrs. Wright
would arrive in New York ca Tues
day next, accompanying the body.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Labor Conditions in Lumber Districts

Reports concerning the number of
idle negroes in South Mississippi re-
sulting from alleged closing down OF
lumber mills have been grossly exag-
gerated. Practically all the larger
mills are running on full time, and sew
eral of the plants that recently closed
down are preparing to resume opera
tions. Instead of the country being
filled with idle men, there is an actual
labor shortage, and employment could
be given to many more laborers than
are now available,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
1aose Shots Without a Miss.

Lincoln. Neb.-After hitting 49,
O66 flying blocks without miss,
CAPTAIN A. H.. Hardy dropped MS
rifle shooting demonstration. A judge
had to leave and this stopped the
shoot. Hardy was striving for 20
900 record The worlds record was
formerly held by Topper Weln oil
San Antonio, who secured S,S62'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Bones Of Columbus.

New York, N, Y.-Among the rel.
les disclosed by the opening Friday
of the metal box, which for more than
20 years rested in the cornerstone Of
the old Consolidated Exchange build
ing at Broadway and Exchange place.
now being torn down, was gold
urn containing portions of
the bones Of Christopher Columbus.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Roller EXPLOSION Kills Five.

Norfolk, va.-Five men were
killed. one fatally injured and a
number seriously injured, as the re-
suit of the explosion of boiler in
planning mill No. ! at the John l..
Roper lumber mills, Gelmorton, Nor
folk county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
White Hand Society Growing.

New York, N. Y.-Prominent Ital-
ians Of New York have decided to
follow the lead of their Chicago coun-
tymen in pursuing an organized op-
position to the depredations of the
so-caled Black Hand Society, for
eign band credited by the police with
many recent acts of blackmail and
violence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30

The State meeting OF the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
will be held in Jackson January 2, 3
and 4, Just prior to the opening of the
legislative session. Something near one
thousand delegates will be in attend
ance on the meeting.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30

New York, N, Y.-Chief Justice
Walter Clark of the supreme court of
North Carolina, in speech before
the Peoples Institute in Cooper
Union Friday night, declared that the
constitution was inadequate, undemo-
cratic and outgrown.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Trainman Dead in Wreck.

Peoria, Ill.-A Chicago and Al
ton passenger train and Vandalia
freight train came together head.on
Wednesday at Farmdale, six miles
east of here, One trainman is dead
and the list Of injured numbers seven,
all trainmen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Mar Cor Clean Stores,

Harrisburg, Penn.-The dairy and
food division of the state depart
ment of agriculture is waging a cam.
paign for clean grocery stores in
PENNSYLVANIA. In the latest bulletin
of the division the importance of
cleanliness is urged upon all dealers
In food products.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
100000 Fire.

Fire which was swept by high gulf
winS, visited Bay st. Louis, burning to
the ground everything in its path and
causing loss of s200,00O st, Joseph's
convent, one of the most famous insti-
tutions of its kind in the South, was
totally DESTROYED.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30

No Mississippi banks have as yet
capitulated to the financial furry that
Is doing so much harm in places. a
good showing indeed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Bow Petitions for Pardon.

An unusual petition for pardon is in
the hands of the governor, 1t being in
behalf of 13-year-old boy, named
Obey Reed, who was sent up from Goa.
homa county to serve a 7-year term for
burglary, and whose release is asked on
account of his tender years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Killed hv Coal Gas,

Devils Lake, N. D.--Charles Erick-
son and his wife, an aged couple
of Edmore, were found unconscious in
their bed at the family residence, Mrs.
Erickson was dead, and her husband
is not expected to live. They were
asphyxiated by coal gas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Rich Man erudses Light to Wife.

South Bend, Ind.-Alleging that her
husband John Lennox, has a passion
for economy which is mania, Mrs.
sallie Lennox has started divorce
proceedings. She says that he will
not allow her to use gas to read when
she Is in bed, claiming it is waste.
Iennox is worth about $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Need More Dry Docks,

Washington, D. additional dry
docks for the navy are most urgently
needed, according to the annual re-
port of Rear Admiral s. c. Holiday,
chief of the bureau of yards and docks
of the navy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Baroness ROthschlId Buried.

Paris, France,-The funeral of Bar
oness Adolphe de Rothschild, who
died Nov is at her estate near Ge-
neva, Switzerland took place here.
Only members of the family were
present at the interment, which oc-
Cured in Pere Lachaise cemetery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Leeds Suffers Third Stroke.

New York, n. Y.-William B.
Leeds, the fnancier and former presi-
dent of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad, suffered a third
stroke of paralysis at his home, which
members of his family said Friday
night was only a slight one,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Hartman promises Cars for Grain.

Portland, Ore. - Assurances were
given the grain exporters by rep
resentatives of the Hartman sys.
TEN Friday that 1000 cars would be
devoted to the transportation of the
wheat crop of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho to tidewater from now until the
entire crop has been moved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Another Experiment Station.

A bill will be presented to the nexs
legislature providing for the establish
ment of new experiment station in
the southwestern portion of the State.
Southwestern Mississippi has a soil un-
like that of any other section of the
State, and its possibilities have never
been fully demonstrated by practical
work of experiment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Harden Up for Libel.

Berlin. Ger-The judicial author
tiles have decided to try Macmillan
Harden. editor of Die Zukunft, on the
charge of having ..criminally libelled
Count Kuno Won Moltke, former mill
tary governor of Berlin. Won Moltke
tary governor of Berlin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Banker Given Five Years.

Birmingham, Ala.-Louis NJ. Dyke,
president of the Atella National Bank,
charged with mlsappropriatlon OF
bank funds, pleaded guilty after the
trial was on. He was sentenced to
five years in the penitentisry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Special Judge.

Gov Vardaman appointed Hon. r.
L. Dabney of fernando as special Judge
to hold court in DeSoto county instead
of Judge Roane, who was compelled to
return to his home at Oxford on ac.
count OF the serious illness of his wife.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Bomb Makers Killed.

Lisbon -Spain-Three anarchists
we're Engaged in making bombs when
the material with which they were
working exploded. Two of them were
;silled outright and the third was ar
rested before he could get away.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Gives Life for Brother in Vain.

Eureka Springs, Ark.-Endeav-
oring to rescues his brother Ar
thur L. Oldham, who was overcome by
gas while working in an uncompleted
well. William Oldham met like fate,
and before rescuers could reach the
men both were dead.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Denies Report Of Engagement.

London--Lord Eliot has published
statement in which he denies that
there has ever been the slightest
foundation for the rumor that he Is
engaged to be married to Miss Estelle
~hristY. an American actress.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
PhiIadeIphia Physician Suicides.

Philadelphia, Penn.-Dr. f. Nath-
an Pampinella, well-known physi.
clan and specialist in nervous dis.
eases, committed suicide in his apart
ments in the center of the city by
taking morphine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Used to Further Briqandaqe.

Warsaw. Russian Poland-The
Polish socialist organization has is
sued a decree providing for the dis
solution of Its fighting organization
and declaring that the organization
has been wholly useG to further the
aims of brigandage.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
iumherman and Banker Dies.

Mobile, Ala.-Alexander McGewin,
president of the McGewin Lumber
Company of Mobile, and president of
the Bank OF Brewton died here. He
was said to be one of the wealthiest
lumbermen in the south.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
ch,caoo saloons Get Sunday Warning.

chicago. III. = Printed warnings
were sent Monday to all saloon keep
ers in Chicago, notifying them to close
their saloons on Sunday herealter'
The Law and order League is Behind
the movement and 1t plans to fight IN
the courts to put the lid on Chicago
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Cannot Discount Scrip.

The city council OF Hattiesburg
passed an ordinance making it mis-
deyaeanor to discount the scrip issued
BY the local banks The use of this
emergency money greatly assisted thv
operation Of mills in that scotion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Cousin of caruso Arrested,

Chicago, Salvatore Caruso,
thirty-tive years old, SOC West Huron
street, who. according to the police, is
cousin of the Italian tenor and
John Buro, 40 years old, S27 West
Huron street, are held for larceny
here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-30
Confederate Monument Dedicated.

Vicksburg, Miss.-A monument to
the Bateout Virginia battery erected
in the Vicksburg National Military
mark has been dedicated