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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
Drank Carbolic Acid 4

David Henderson, one ot the oldest
citizens of Carroll county, while suffer-
ing from throat trouble made o mistake
by taking carbolic acid instead of "a
throat wash, which he Va on the SANE
s.ble. aud died il fifteen inmates.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
Missouri Brakeman Killed.

Macon, Mo-Milton Fox, twenty.nine
years old, a brakeman on an east
bound Burlington train, fell between
the cars at a. m. Monday and was
instantly killed. He leaves wife
and two children at Brookfield.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
Demand lneaper Rates.

The board OF supervisors oi Coahomh
county has made demand on the Cum
berland Telephone Company for lower
rates or the removal Of the eempany's
poles from the roads Of the county
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

Chicago, Ill.-The National Wom-
ans Outrage convention meets here
tomorrow. 1t will be the largest and
most important in the history Of the
movement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
K. of P. orphanage.

The order of Knights of Pythias may
purchase the Natchez Protestant Or
phan Asylum and continue it as an
asvlmm
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
Money Acquitted of Murder

Greenwood, Miss.-James D. Money,
Jr, nephew OF Senator Money ana
cousin of Gov. Vardaman, was aequit.
ted by a iUry of the charge Of murder.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

El Paso, Tex--A concession has
been granted an American company
for tho construction OF railroad in
the state Of Chihuabua, from MADEIRA
to Becera, on the banks of the Vahisre
river
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
Gen, Holabird Dead

Washington, D. c. Brig. Gen.
Samuel Holabird, retired. one Of the
best known and Oldest United States
army officers in the country, and for
mer quartermaster general, died in
this city after brief illness, in his
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

The "Jlm Grow" Plank Is Retained.
Guthrie, Okla,-An attempt to side
track the Jim Grow" plank was
defeated by the constitutional con-
yention,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

Biloxi will soon vote upon the propo-
sition to issue bonds in the amount of
$4,000 for erecting additional school
buildings. The cause Of ed cation is
gathering strength as time passes and
augurs well for the future prosperity
and happiness of our great State.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell of
her acquaintance with Jack" Barry.
more, the actor Mr.. Barrymore was
in the courtroom one day during the
early part Of the trial, at the instance
of the district attorney, it was said
Mr.. Delmas asked Mrs. Thaw to tell
that she had first met Barrymore at
a party given by Stanford White, the
year following her introduction to the
architect
u thought him very nice" she
frankly said, and one day at Mr.
Whites studio he said; Evelyn, will
you marry me?' I said | don't know.
He asked me a second time, and again
| said I don't know and everybody
laughed. Mr. White told me | would
be very foolish to marry Mr.. Barry
more, and my mother said so, too,
and we all quarreled, and the upshot
of the whole thing was that Mr.. White
said l ought to be sent away to school,
and | was, to New Jersey"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

Friend Ellis of the Walnut Grove
Dawn of Light makes mention, Of col
lard that was brought to his Office and
measured four feet. He docs not state
whether this oollard was four feet in
diameter or circumference, but it
weighed thirteen pounds and was a
whopper anyway. Leake is one of the
most productive counties in the State
and will raise anything in the greatest
profusion that will grow anywhere.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

Work will soon commence on q large
lumber plant at Hickory witha stand
ard guage railroad of several miles in
length to bring the timber TO mill The
plant will work something like half '
hundred hands and will prove valaa'
BILE addition to the enterprises of that
town.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
Twenty.rwo Bodies Rcoovered.

Elkins, West Va. a.-Twenty-two bod
les have been recovered from mine
No. 25 at Thomas, where an explosion
occurred last Monday. Including Mine
Loss Jones, who lost his life while
attempting rescue. the death list num-
bers 23.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
A THRILL OF EXCITEMENT.


District Attorney Jerome, who had
throughout, silently listened to the
young wiia's statement, sent thrill
Of excitement through the courtroom
by vigorously protesting against this
defamation of the dead"
Is there no limit" he exclaimed,
"to the aspersions that are to be cast
upon this man? Your honor Well
knows | can not, under the law, con-
troyert any statement this witness
might make against the memory of
Stanford White"
In tones bitterly sarcastic, Mr. Je-
rome spoke Of this tattle of the ten
deroin," and declared the court had
the right to limit such testimony 'un-
til competent evidence has been ad-
duced here to show that this man is,
or was, Of unsOund mind We don't
know whether this defendant ever was
insane" he concluded.
The question which called out the
vehement protest from the district at
torney was addressed to Mrs. Thaw by
Mr.. Delmas, and its purport was
whether or not Harry Thaw had at
any time told her about "other girls
who had met fate similar to yours at
the hands Of this man."
What man?' snapped Mr.. Jerome.
stanford White,' replied Mr.. Del
mas, with the coolness OF voice and
manner characteristic of him; and
then he added, still in the same low
tone: who else?"
Justice Fitzgerald held that the
district attorneys suggestion was
good one, and he thought tho defense
should lay a broader foundation TO
show insanity before proceeding along
the lines suggested by Mr.. Delmas
question.
Eve will proceed to do this as soon
as possible" announced Mr.. Delmas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16

The Newton woodworking plant is
inc. easing its faciltieslo Accommodate
u business that is enlarglng day by day.
Such is The experience o! almost every
ccuesrn " tbe state,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
RIDING ON TOP WAVE
THE TIDE HAS TURNED
Rumor That Hill and Morgan Have
Gobbed up the Southern Pacific,
and Union Pacific Respectively and
Will Crush Wizard Hartman.

New York, March 15.-Late this af-
ternoon a report reached the street
from Chicago that Morgan had secur-
ed control of the Union Pacific and
that the Standard oil interests had
turned on Hartman with the idea
of crushing him. At about the same
moment it was rumored in Washing
ton that James J. Hill was the man
who had gobbled up the Southern
Pacific and that the boss of the Great
Northern was riding on the top wave
resulting from the turn of the tide
The reports occasioned quite fur
ry and there was lively but vain
scramble for authentic information 1t
seemed certain however, that some
big coup in Union Pacific had been
effected and definate information is
looked for early tomorrow
The fact of such rumors. many of
which seemed to be based on facts
were in circulation during the entire
days trading, coupled with satisfac-
tory foreign markets and the failure
of the government to stand back and
allow spectators to control the mon
ey market is given as collective
reason for the rally in stocks toiay
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
USED DRASTIC MEASURES
Firemen Curb Flames in Million Dollar
Confiasration at Pittsburs,
with Dynamite.

Pittsburg. Pa, March ia great
conflagration on Mount Washington,
which swept more than an entire
block and caused a loss of about a
quarter of a million dollars, practic-
ally burned itself out between seven
and noon today, the heroic work of
bucket brigades and firemen. both vol
unteers and regulars. availing little in
the face of an utter absence of water.
Eight prominent business houses
and more than a dozen residences sit
uated on or near the main street were
consumed or damaged by the raging
flames. Dynamite was used TO curb
the flames in their advance and the
use OF this drastic measure was the
means OF stopping the confiagration
which had the hill top residents nearly
panic stricken.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
DR.. c. |. MACINTOSH
PRESIDENT OF WABASH
Formally Elected by the Trus-
tees of the College.
WILL RESIGN PASTORATE

Charlottesville. Ind, March 15.--Dr.
George L. Macintosh, pastor CT the
Fourth Presbyterian church at India
napolis, today succeeded Dr. William
P Kane as president of Wabash col
lege. The honor was conferred on
him this morning at a special meet,
ing of the trustees called for that
purpose. But one other name had
been considered in connection with
the presidency, that of Dr. Asa II.
Morton, professor of romance iangu.
ages at Williams college, a Wabash
graduate himself. DR.. Macintosh
was regarded as the man for the
place, however, and his election was
made unanimous. He accepted the
presidency and will enter on the du-
ties at once, giving up the Indiana
polls pastorate, from which he had a
leave of absence.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
BLOOMINGTON SCHOOL
TEACHERS QUIT JOBS
Ten of Eleven Pedagogues Go
on a Strike.
FRATERNITIES THE CAUSE

Bloomington, Ind, March ia
sensation was caused here today by
the unexpected resignation of ten of
the eleven high school teachers, re-
ceived by the board at 1890 a. IN.
today, the designations to take effect
at the close of school today The rea.
son assigned is that the board has
refused to stand by Howard Clark in
his investigation Of high school fra
ternities, and that, therefore, he can
not maintain discipline. AS result.
he consulted with the other ten teach
ers in the high school, and they fol-
lowed him in rendering their resigna-
tions, resolving to stand or fall to-
gether.
The trouble has been brewing for
some time, but climax was reached
two weeks ago when the teachers pub.
lished private report prepared for
the board of school fraternities Mr..
Clark desired the trustees to author
lie him to make n pubic statement.
but the board refused to agitate the
matter further on the ground that it
was a personal affair with Clara. and
'iAC ho" opstpCio, III tue
reason that the legislature had for
hidden fraternities by law, and there
fore no good could come from con-
tinued public discussion of matter
that had been determined by law
The result was. Clark and his corps
of teachers held conference, and
all, with the exception of one, resolv-
ed to go out in sympathy with HIM.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
GETS AN OVERCOAT IN
IN PECULIAR MANNER

E. N. Moore, the dairyman living at
301 North Twenty-first street has an
overcoat which does not belong to
him and which he came into posses
sion of in a peculiar manner.
Mr.. Moore was going home on the
Glen Miller car Thursday evening
when a stranger asked him TO hold
his over coat while he went onto the
rear platform to smoke q cigar
Moore took the coat and thought no
more about the matter till he got
home, and then his attention was call
ed to the fact that he was carrying
coat which was not his own.
The man to whom the coat be-
longs. Mr. Moore describes as being
tall and slim with mcustacna. He
can have his coat by calling at Mr..
koore's home.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
WINS SWEEPING VICTORY
FAR REACHING DECISION
Judge Lands Sustains the Contention
of the District Attorney in the Suit
of the Government Against the
Standard Oil Company.

Chicago. March ia sweeping
victory for the government in its pros
ecution of the Standard Oil company
was won today when Judge Lands
sustained the contention of Dist. At
torney Sims on the issue on the pub
lication of rates between Chicago and
st. Louis and declared that the COM
pany would have to answer the char
ges against them on their merits. The
attorneys for the Standard contended
that inasmuch as the Indictment did
not give the name of Chappell. H.,
and that inasmuch as the Chicago &
Alton railroad turned over shipments
TO the Virgins ferry company at ST.
Louis, the defendant company had not
been properly informed of the charges
against it and that this should be ov-
erruled.
Judge Lands in long oral opinion
given at the close of three days of
argument decided:
That the prosecution had proved a
route by the Chicago & Alton railroad
from Whiting, Ind, and Chappell, H.,
TO st. Louis.
That the commission from the rate
tariff of the name of Chappell. H..
was not sufficient to invalidate the
tariff as applied to the Standard Oil
case
That the government has shown
sufficient publication of the tariff by
the railway company to meet the pur-
poses of the prosecution.
In discussing the decision attorneys
familiar with the case asserted little
now remains for the government to do
other than the mere showing of per-
functory proof that the Standard Oil
company accepted rate lower than
the legal rate. asserted in the indict-
ment.
The prosecution considers the de-
cision of far reaching effect on the
regulation of interstate commerce by
the government.
Arrangements were at once made to
notify the Washington officials OF the
decision.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
At BEDSIDE OF PRISONER
MRS. MCDONALD ON TRIAL
Preliminary Hearing of Woman charq-
ed with Staying Her lover-Most
Remarkable Court Session Ever
Held in City of Chicago.

Chicago, March 15.-Subject of a
bitter fight between opposing counsel
Mrs Michael c. Mcdonald, gazed
blankly about her today, while Judge
Newcomer convened court at her bed
side in the county Jail hospital to give
her preliminary hearing on the
charge of numbering Webster S.
Guerin.
Apparently, she was unconscious of
what was transpiring. She gave no
indication that she knew she was the
subject of an inquiry which holds for
her the fate of murderer or exonera-
ton.
She held the hand of her husband.
and spoke to him in endearing terms.
The courts Session was the most re.
markable ever heard since the estab-
lishment of the municipal court. At
the conclusion the court ordered the
hearing continued until tomorrow.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
P|TTSBURG AGAIN
IN SIGHT OF LAND
Crest Has Passed, Leaving a
37-Foot Mark at Market
Street.
RIVERS ARE FULL OF ICE
IMMENSE QUANTITIES ARE BUMP
ING THE BRIDGE PIERS--THOUS
ANDS ARE IDLE AND LOSSES
TOTAL MILLIONS.

Pittsburg, March 15.-All The rail
roads entering this city have been
obliged to abandon schedules on ac-
count of the flood, and run trains as
lines west, the Pittsbur.s. Ft. Wayne
& Chicago division suffered the most
While this division was the only sal
vation to many residents of Allegheny,
no trains could get beyond Ellsworth,
about eight miles down the Ohio river,
up to noon today. The Erie & Pitts
burg, the Cleveland & Pittsburg and
the Pittsburg, Chicago. CincinGati &
st. Louis, or Panhandle, divisions,
were similarly tied up.
The Monongahela and the Allegheny
divisions of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
running south and north were also
tied up, leaving the only outlet from
the city on this road. the main line,
which continued in operation to the
eastward
The Baltimore & Ohio road lost all
telegraph wires last night. and has run
no trains since, although 1t was ex-
pected that through trains would be
run for eastern points before tonight.
No local trains will be run until wires
for dispatching can be replaced. On
the Pittsburg e Lake Erie the sane
conditions prevailed as on other roads
the worst tieup in years-but with
the falling of the rivers ii was ex-
pected that trains would be running
tomorrow.
The crest of the flood passed Pitts
burg this morning at 6 o'clock. AT
that hour thirty-seven feet were re-
corded at the Market street wharf.
The fears for the bridges at Six
teenth and Ninth streets. where OBJ
servers were driven from their posts
at an early hour this morning. were
dispelled at daylight when the rivers
could be seen. In the early morning
darkness the crunching of the heavy
ice against the piers of the bridges
could be heard, and the creaking of
the structures aroused alarm which
was increased with the information
that hundreds of thousands of tons of
ice was still on the way down the
river.
Property Damage Immense.
Enormous damage to industries has
been caused and over 100000 persons
have been temporarily thrown out of
employment.
The situation outside of Pittsburg
is serious. Damage running into mil
lions of dollars has been done; many
towns are entirely cut off from this
city: thousands of families have been
forced from their homes. and these
conditions. it is expected. will pre-
vail for several days
At Wheeling, w. Va, great damage
has been done Train and telegraph
service is out of commission and the
residents are panic-stricken.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
The Directors of State Life
Insurance Company Hold
Meeting and Reorganize.
CANCEL TWO CONTRACTS
THEY HAD BOTH BEEN GIVEN TO
VAN lANtNGHAM - PRESIDENT
OF THE GREAT WESTERN AG-
ENCY COMPANY.

Indianapolis, March 15.-At a meet
ing of the directors of the State Life
Insurance company, which adjourned
early this evening the board reor
the contract with the Great Western
company, of which o. L. Van Lang
ing ham of Kansas City is president
was cancelled
The action of the directors was TAX
en- after several hours deliberation
and the fact that the agency company
contract has been Cancelled is thought
TO mean that there will be TO further
difficulty with state officials, who
have been carrying on a vigorous in
vestigation of the affairs of all Indiana
insurance companies
The following officers were elected:
Henry w. Bennett, postmaster OF In
dianapolis, president
W. c. Bobbs, chairman o: the execu-
tive committee.
Alfred Sahm, treas a5urer.
F. S. Wynn, vice president and
secretary.
Walter Howe, audito~.
r. w. Mcbride, counsel of the loan
department.
Charles F. Coffin, counse:.
1t is conceded the officers select
ed are men who are among the most
successful business and professional
men of the city, and men who will
without doubt manage the affairs of
the company in such manner as to
give satisfaction to policy holders as
well as satisfy the demands OF state
officials.
The contracts which were cancelled
with the Great Western Age: cy COM
paay are two in number One was for
the western territory and was given
to Van Laningham for s25O.OO0 The
other contract was for the district of
Agency company for $1S5, 900, or more
speaking was bought by the
Great Western Agency company of
the State Agency company, when it
went into the hands of receiver
after the affairs of the company got
into court
The principal payments of the Great
Western Agency company for the con-
tracts were deferred and secured by
notes. With the canceling of the con-
tracts it is said the note will be sur
rendered to the Agency company md
that in the future the Life company
will abandon the agency plan to sell
insurance.
1t is said that the failure of the re,
cent legislature to make provisions
which would allow Indiana companies
to place business through agency COM
panies, as it is said all foreign COM
panies do was the direct reason for
the cancelling of the contract with
the Great Western Agency company
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
DAMAGE IN THIS COUNTY,
The Storm Has Left the Roads in a
Miserable Condition.

Township Trustee Charles Potter
made an inspection of the township
roads yesterday and he states that the
storms of Wednesday and Thursday
did at least 81 900 worth of damage
Mr.. Potter says that the storms left
the roads in terrible condition and
that improvements will have to be
made at once. The majority of the
roads were found to be sease of mud.
On the Crook road, the storm We'd
nesday night washed the bridge away,
and part of the culvert of the bridge
on the Easthayen road has also been
washed away. Reports from various
parts of the county state that thous-
ands of dollars worth of damage has
been done by the storm, fences blown
down. bridges washed away and roads
ruined for traffic.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
LAID DOWN BOGUS PAPER
Walter Fisk, Well Known Young Man,
on Trial at Greenfield for Pass
ing Forged Check.

Greenfield. Ind, March 15.-Walter
Fisk is on trial in the Hancock Circuit
court, accused of passing forged
note, and the prosecuting witness is
Emory Wood, now serving a term in
the Indiana Reformatory, on the plea
of guilty to forging the note is.Qdes-
ton. The young men were intimate
friends, and Wood alleges that he and
Fisk divided the money after Fisk had
secured the cash. The name of
Woods grandfather was signed. Fisk s
plea is that he did not know the note
was forged, and that he sold it be-
cause Wood owed him $40, and he
wanted his money.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
CLIMBED ON THE ROOF
Insane Woman in a Dangerous Posi-
tion Induced by Firemen to
Slide Down into a Net.

st. Louis, Mo, March 15.-In view
of a crowd, Henrietta Coler, a de-
mented housemaid, who had escaped
the nurses, sat for twenty minutes Fri
day morning on the roof of the city
hospital, with her feet hanging over
the ledge. Then gathering her skirts
about her ankles, she allowed herself
to slide off the roof and dropped 75
feet into net held by firemen. The
fall seriously injured her
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
CONDUCTOR "SWIPED" HIM
Now He is Suing the I. & c. Traction
Company in Shelby County for
$1,000.

Shelbyville, Ind, March 15.-The
$4,000 damage suit brought by Dr. w
c. Rowland, of Indianapolis, against
the indianapolis & Cincinnati Trac-
ton Company, is being tried in the
Shelby circuit court this week The
plaintiff alleges that while he was on
Rushville car he and the conductor
got into an argument and the conduc-
tor struck him on the lip. The quar-
rel was. the result of the defendant
putting his feet on one of the seats
in the car. Robert H. Johnson was
the conductor
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
USING WOOD AS FUEL
Pipe Line Connecting SheIbyviIIe
With the Greenfield Gas Terri
tory is Broken.

Shelbyville. Ind, March 1.-THE
pipeline connecting Greenfield gas
field with Shelbyville broke this af-
ternoon. where it lies in the bed of
Blue river. as the result OF the flood
and the supply of the mains of the
southern Indiana Gas company was
cut off till Saturday night. Patrons
are burning wood aud coal
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Abe Reuf's Case.

San Francisco, March 15.-The su-
preme court this morning heard evi-
dence and arguments on the writ of
habeas corpus filed yesterday in be-
half of Abe Ruef and took the matter
under advisement, remanding Ruef to
the custody of jailor until a decision
is handed down.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Death of Henry Riner.

Eaton, o.. March 15.-Henry Riner
aged ninety. died at the home of his
son, John c. Riner, in Gratis town
ship, late Thursday night. Funeral
services will be held at the residence
Saturday. The deceased was the
father of John c. Riner. who for sew.
eral years served as one of the coun-
ty commissioners of this county. He
was also one of the Oldest residents.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
BALL PLAYERS KILLED
MEET DEATH IN WRECK
According to a Runor in New York,
They Were Members Of the Giants
Team Unconfirmed Report Orig
mated in Wall Street.

New York, March 15.-Fiye base
ball players, supposed members of the
New York Giants team, were killed
in a train wreck in Southern Califor-
mia today, according TO rumor in cir
culation over New York this after
noon. The report apparently origi-
mated in Wall street, and was preva-
lent in the offices OF both telegraph
companies No confirmation of it
however, can be obtained.