Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-26

MISS Grace WltherSpOOn, ~ years
old, overpowered a burglar who had
entered her home at Princeton, Ind,
and wrenched from his grasp a pillow
slip containing more than 5000 worth
of jewelry and furs, which the intruder
had stolen.
Booker T. Washington headed a
committee which called at the White
House to solicit the support of Presi-
dent 1afI for a movement which has
beer started by leading negroes
throughout the country looking toward
the holding of an exposition in 1913
to celebrate the fftieth anniversary
of the freedom of the negro race
The police of Troy, N. Y, are seek
ing some clew which may Lead to the
murder of a young woman whose
body was discovered on Green Island,
a suburb of Troy. The woman was
about 20 years old. of apparent refine
ment n handsomely dressed.
Frank Lotus, James Hayes and
William Hastings, Leadville gold min
erS, were caught III a blizzard near
the Hill Top mine on the Lake Park
county line, and frozen to death.
At the offices of the Wells-Fargo
Express company in New York it was
denied that the general offices of the
company were to be moved from New
York. A rumor to that effect was
prevalent in the West.
N. J. Bachelor OF Concord, N. H,
was reelected grand master of the
National Grange convention in Des
Moines. He was opposed by O.. Gard
"a OP Maine Tho vote stood o. n IA
The Oldest Rebekah in Illinois, Mrs.
Lydia Raymond, SO years old, died in
Warrensburg in that state.
A s~Outhbound Frisco passenger train
wen into the ditch near Platter, Okla.
The engine turned over. Engineer
Wells was badly burned and nay die.
Fireman Heflen'S ankle was broken
and he was badly scaIded.
State Game and Fish Warden Toll
erton Of Missouri reporJs the number
of state hunters licenses issued this
year as 43,917. These licenses are
from the entire state and indicate
that there are that many licensed MINI
rods in Missouri.
After two days passed IN hearing
the testimony of many Of the most
prominent citizens, Judge Seay of the
criminal district court has denied a
change of venue to Burrell Oates on
his fifth trial, charged with the MUIR
der of Sol. Aronof in Dallas, Novem-
Der 9, 1904. Oates has been given
four death sentences and granted new
trials each time by the court of Grim
inal appeals. He Is a negro. Holly
Van, a white man convicted of com
plIcity in the same crime, was hanged
four years ago.
Mrs. Tom Mock and her baby were
rescued from their house at Johns
town, Mo-, which had been turned up
side down by the severe windstorm
that swept that section. Neither was
injured. The wind demolished one
business building and damaged sever
al others.
Fred Lindsay, a young farmer re-
siding on Fox Island, south Of Gray
vile, H., shot and killed his uncle,
John Lindsay, during a quarrel. 1t is
sale the young man acted in self de-
Tense.
In a general round up, William J.
Flynn, chief of the United States Sc
cret service bureau, and his agents,
arrested thirteen men in New York
City, accused of being importers of
counterfeit money, a part of a band
which has been launching it's pro-
ducts on the market since last April.
The grand jury at Union City,
Tenn, returned individual indictments
against Garrett Johnson and Arthur
Cloar, alleged night riders, charging
them with the murder Of Captain
Quentin Ranken on October IS, 1908.
The loss Of life during the recon
hurricane and torrential rains at
Kingston, Jamaica, is now figured at
bout twenty. Communication by CT
BILE was restored, but the and lines
are still down in many directions.
Walter J. Luffsey, Jr., 81 years old,
died at Richmond, Va, as a resul of
an injury received in a game of foot
ball. The injury developed into pneu-
monia.
c. T. Garland, night baggageman at
the Chicago & Northwestern railway
depot, died at Dixon hospital from the
effects of a fall from a viaduct.
Ed. Cardwell and Ed. Koontz were
killed at Memphis, Tenn, by William
c.. Smith, a negro, who surrendered.
They had crowded aboard ahead of
Smith, who entered the car and after
riding a few blocks rushed to the
platform where the white men were
standing and shot them dead.
The condition of Timothy D. ("Big
Tim") Sullivan, a Tammany leader,
who arrived a day or two ago, suffer
ing from a severe attack of grip, is
much improved. Mr.. Sullivan is be-
ing deluged with kilograms from anx-
Gus inquirers.
Francis Joseph Reitz, president of
the City National bank of Evansville,
Ind, and one of the Wealthiest men