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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
MANY G1ABRAY VICTIMS
SON OF CLERGYMAN ASSISTED IN
DUPING COLLEGE MAN.
Carried Along by Assurances of Friend
ship-Texan Lost $4,000 on Wrest-
ling Match.

Council Bluffs, Ia.-Wednesdays ses-
sion OF the trial of John G.. Mabray and
So other defendants, charged with swim
ding operations by alleged misuse of the
mails. produced a kaleidoscope of testl-
mony not yet equaled during the trial.
The testimony OF victims placed on the
stand, while rehearsing experiences IN
many respects not diSsimilar from those
already recited to the jury, was given by
persons whose personality completely
changed the complexion of the system
by which they were induced to make con-
tributions to the collection alleged to
have been taken up by the defendants.
William II. NcGrath, aged 2S, a gradu-
ate of the University of Minnesota and
of the st. Paul Law School, was as cas-
lily duped out of his $4,000 as was
James G. File of Cisco, H.. aged II years,
amount. T. r. George of san Antonio,
Ten. lost $1S,O 900; james Weber OF Sha-
mokin, Pa. $4,000, and b. b. S%churman,
a German farmer and stockman of Leota,
Kans., $4,000; total $4,000, as the
amount which witnesses told of losing.
Louis W. Stowe, son of an Episcopal
rector of Minneapolis, solicited NcGrath
in the matter, assuring him hat it was
former college friendship that prompted
him to ask the witness 20 assist him to
carry out the scheme, according to the
witness testimony, and it was this dec
l~aration that decided him to bring &c.,
OOO to Council Bluffs.
An interesting witness today was I. f.
George of San Antonio, Tex. who said
he was relieved of $4,000 in connection
with a wrestling match at New Orleans
two years ago, in which one of the con-
testants apparently suffered a serious
hemorrhage in the second bout.
He named jose Z. Wright, now under
Indictment but not yet arrested, as the
friend who led him into the affair.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Tillman Depressed,

Columbia, S. Ex-senator Benz. R. Till
man has it in mind to spend the summer
resting in one of the quiet London sub
urbs, according to his family physician,
DIR, j. w. Babcock, of Columbia, who
accompanied him from his plantation at
Trenton, s. c., to Augusta, Ga. At
times the senator is a little depressed
about his condition, the physician said,
but he is taking a rather cheerful view
of the outlook. 1t is decided that he will
not return to congress at the present
session.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
COUNCILMEN CONFESS
GO BEFORE CRIMINAL JUDGE AND
TAKE Immunity BATH"
Those Who Do Not Make Their "Confes-
sion" Will Be Prosecuted by Dis
trict Attorney.

Pittsburg, Pa,-Forty present and
former members of the select and com
mon councils under indictment on a
charge of bribery and ten more with sus-
pended sentences and held in $500 bonds
upon their confession of sharing in a
pool of 100000 to influence the votes
of the municipal bodies, is the result OF
the first days probe of the grand jury,
following the sensational confession of
Capt. John Klein, former member of
councils.
All day long Judge R. S. Fraser sat as
a committing magistrate in the criminal
court room and his desk became "a
throne of grace" to the many council
men under suspicion who swarmed before
the judge to be washed of their sins"
On one foor of the court building the
grand jury would hear the conscience
stricken councilmen, who would hen go
before Judge Fraser and take the i'm
munity bath, offered by the district at
torney.
Up to the adjournment of court for
the day ten had confessed their guilt. In
most instances the amount of money
they confessed to accepting as a bride
was not over 500. One man got $500
and another $500, while others got but
$81.1O.
The greatest surprise Of the day came
late in the afternoon when DR.. w H.
Weber, member of select council, APP
peared before Judge Fraser and made a
confession almost as startling as that
of Klein. DR.. Weber told of receiving
u 1 n 900 -. ,lAD 49, UL;- H. ~o:I H.
gave to Klein for members of common
council, while he kept $4,000 to fix"
members OF the upper branch.
Later, according to Weber, it was
found necessary to secure more votes
and more money was raised and when
this was divided it was found that the
additional councilmen's share was but
$S1.1O.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Leaves SO Descendants.

Murray, Ky.-James Vancleave, Cal
loway county's Oldest male citizen, was
buried at the Miller cemetery with Ma
sonic honors Sunday. He was in his
10th year, and being a descendant of
Daniel Boone, has ever stood for Ken
tucky's best interest. He was a resi-
dent of this county for seventy years,
and his long, useful, successful career
merits all the honor that was paid him.
He was married three times, ten children
resulting from them. One wife, two
children, thirty grandchildren and TWEEN
ty-nine great-grandchildren survive him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Will Veto Pension Bill.

Frankfort, Ky.-Gov. Wilson has let
it become known that he will veto the
bill granting pensions to the Confeder-
ate soldiers of Kentucky. His course
will be dictated by the fact, it is ex.
planned, that the state has no money
available for payment of such claims.
should they be presented. In the event
nat he decides to call a special session
of the legislature, however, it is said he
will include the Confederate pension
question in the call, so that the assem-.
bly, may, if it desires, enact such a meas.
urp
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
SIS, Oil Deal.

Bartlesville, Okla.|Options have beer
secured by George c. Priestley, agent fol
the Holland Syndicate, on several thou
sand acres of valuable oil leases in tn
vicinity of Bartlesville and the deal
which is to be closed by April 1, involve:
$500, 900, one of the largest in the his
tory of the field. The options involve
the holdings of the Wolverine Oil Com
pany, the Lumbermen's Oil Company
the Warren Oil Company, the Galeni
Oil Company, the Fort Pitt Oil Company
the Security, the Canadian Company.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Doesn't Remember Marriage.

st. LOuis.-Pleading that his "subcon.
scious self" was i'll control, and that his
real self was OF his act, Chas
R. Drummond, member of a millionaire
St. Louis family, declared on oath today
that he had no remembrance of his sec
ond marriage, which tool place at Clay
ton Jan 25 last, just four weeks after
his first wife had obtained a divorce
there. Charlotte ]. Bente, a ministers
daughter, was the bride in the midnight
ceremony, of which DrummOnd emphat-
ically declared he had not the f~aintest
recollection.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
FAVOR COTTON SEED FLOUR
AS Substitute for Wheat-Demonstra,
ton at Land Congress.

Little Rock, Ark.-At the land con
gress to convene in Little Rock the In
t~erstate CCstonseed Crushers' Association
will establish headquarters and maintain
a booth demonstrating continuously the
advantage of cOttOnsecd flour as Il sub
stitute f0f wheat flour. The association
will supply the visitors not only with
the co3r@er and more generally used edi-
bles, but also with confections and the
most delicate of cakes, maintaining their
superiority in every respect over the old
and more expensive wheat flour manu-
f~acturo. The cottonseed manufacturers
maintein that the cottOnseed flour con-
tains So per cent protein, III fat, a
total of COLT per cent, against 1O.6S per
cent protein and los per cent fat III
wheat -four.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Judge Pays CuIprit's Fine.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Justice Louis NJ. 10
tecki, in district court, Saturday paid
the fine and suspended sentence of Frank
Bower, a laborer, who was arrested,
charged with stealing four Ioaves OF
bread. In addition, the justice paid for
the bread and awarded the loaves to the
prisoner.
Bower told the court he had not eaten
for three days and that he stole the
bread in order that he might strengthen
himself for a walk to Pewaukee, where
q position awaited him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

LOUsIGNONT, Ala S. Livingston Street,
Brookield, Nc.
The Change of Life is the most criti
cal period of a wOman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Women everywhere should remem-
Der that there is no other remedy
known to medicine that will so sue
cessfully carry women through this
trying period as Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from ma
tive roots and herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing wo-
men from the worst forms of female
DISCRIMINATION, liberation, dis
placements, 1brOid tumOrs, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prOstration.
If you would like special advice
about your cas- write Il cOnfiden-
tia1 letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is tree
and always helpful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Morocco has rare capacity for stir.
ring up the European nations, not,
withstanding h agreements which
were supposed to have sidetracked
the former troubles. The war in that
country in which Spain has been en-,
gagged, with some embarrassing re.
suits. was an illustration of the un
happy conditions in Morocco. Now
the Sultan has given offense to France.
and his attitude toward the powers Is
reported as likely to 'foreshadow
grave complications" In fact it may
be said that Morocco has superseded
the Balkan region as a political storm.
center.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Alter Cotton Seed Oil Rate.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Taylor of Ten
nessee appealed in vain to Secretary
Knox in behalf of the cottnoseed oil in
terests with reference to the adjustment
OF tariff rates with France. Under the
terms of the tariff cottonseed is admitted
into France free of duty, but a heavy
tariff is imposed on cottonseed oil. 1t
is said that the oil manufactured from
American seed, admitted duty free, can
be made in France and shipped pack to
this country and sold at a profit in COM
petition with American made oil.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
MABRAY ET AL FOUND GUILTY
Fourteen Sure-Thing Athletic Promoters
Are Hit.

Council Bluffs, Ia.-John c.. Mabray
and thirteen associates charged with ille-
gal use of the mails in connection with
extensive swindIes, were found guilty
by the jury today.
Two years Imprisonment and Il fine of
$4,000 is the maximum penalty for Ma
bray entered by the court.
With the conviction of the defendants,
the government believes it has broken
up the most monumental sWindIng com
bination that has ever operated. Stats
ties have been gathered which show the
receipts of the combination since its or
ganization about ten years ago, to have
exceeded 5000, 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
NO PENSION FOR THEODORE
Allowances Voted to Mesdames CIeve-
land and Harrison.

Washington.-The senate committee
on pensions Monday agreed to report ia
vorably bills to grant pensions of $1,000
a year to Frances Folsom Cleveland,
widow of eX-President Grover Cleveland,
and Mary Lord Harrison, widow of eX-
President Benjamin Harrison. The COM
mittee declined to report a bill to place
ex-President Roosevelt on the retired list
As commandments of the army and
navy, and give him $4,000 a year for
the remainder of his life.
This bill does not mention Mr.. Roose-
welt by name, but applied to 'ex-presi-
dents of the United States"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Louisiana Breaks Record.

Washington.-The battleship Louis
lana exceeded all her previous perform
ances in a test of speed in Cuban waters,
where the vessels of the Atlantic fleet
are engaged i'll maneuvers with the pur-
pose OF drilling the personnel of the
squadron in the art of naval warfare.
Admiral Schroeder, in his report, stated
that a preliminary estimate showed that
the Louisiana maintained an average
speed of 1922 knots an hour in a four
hour full-power trial, under forced
draught.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Daytona, Fla.-At 9 o'clock Friday
night physicians in attendance OF Sena-
tor Jonathan Warwick Daniel is~ued the
following statements:
Senator Daniels condition has not
changed during the past "a hours. His
pulse, temperature and kidney conditions
are satisfactory. The stWte of coma con
tinues marked, but is not of the pro-
foundest type. The patient is getting
an adequate amount of nourishment."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Will Enlarge Capitol Grounds.

Washington. = The senate Monday
passed a bill appropriating s~3,6OO,Ooo for
the enlargement of the capitol grounds.
1t authorizes the purchase of twelve
blocks of ground and looks to the Gre
alton of an avenue $50 feet wide e.
tending from the Union station to the
peace monument at the west side OF Cap
itol Park.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

With several men once regarded as
wealthy n high up in finance now
doing time" and known only by mum.
bers in federal prisons it must at least
be admitted that the law is not as par.
tial as has been alleged. The facts
prove that no matter how great re.
sources they may have had at com.
mand these culprits are no more sue;
cessful in lodging penalties than are
poorer men.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Uncle Sans big guns, such as are
used on his battleships, show that
they are capable of sending shells
through twenty feet or more of rein.
forced concrete, as now employed in
the construction of coast Notifications.
But the question that really concerns
the country most is whether the guns
of any other navy can do the trick.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

dates back to the
time that
may expect nature
to bring or them
the Change of Life.
1 got a bottle OF
Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound ard it made
me feel much better,
and l have Contin-
ued it's use. l am
very grateful to you
for the good health
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

There is a young American woman
in Paris who a sing soprano like
Patti and tenor in a way to make
CarusO jealous. And in Kansas City
nm acrobat turned a complete double
back somersault from the ground. No
wonder Halley's comet is edging up
within seeing and hearing distance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

IN resident of New York when
seeking American citizenship after
years of residence in this country as
serted that the national flag was green.
Some patriot should go to New York
and take along the national colors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Because so many people have
stopped eating meat in Cleveland the
price of pork on the hOOf jumped to
$1O.1O per hundred pounds. However.
the increased price should not worry
the abStainerS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

A London scientist says all children
are bOrn with criminal tendencies.
The most common of these criminal
tendencies is, of course, the we'll
known desire of the infant to surrep-
~titiOusly suck its thumb.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

A lawyer wants $4,000 for advising
a client to marry a mar who lived
only a week. Think what the lawyer
would have charged had the husband
lived a year!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
Wants a Bachelor at Toxic.

Neutrality-suspicious.. Chas. NJ. Austin,
U.S.N., son of Representative Austin of
Tennessee, who was recently ordered to
Toxic and who married suddenly Miss
Margaret McTeer of Knoxville, is now
ordered to Mare Island, because the navy
wants a bachelor in Toxic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

A Harvard professor asserts that a
man can live on 90 cents a day. He is
Erot far wrong, but the states the
proposition awkwardly. A man can
live a day on 20 cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

If science insists that every razor
has a saw edge we shall cOncede the
Point, adding a little empirical testt-
HOny on our own account.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

French aviators are inclined to re,
TrOach the Wright brothers for pro,
tecting their patents by court pro-
Ceedings in view of the cordial way
in which the Frenchmen appropriated
them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

More ice than yer this summer.
but it is SO thick and heavy that the
expense of delivery will be SO great
that of cours the price must stay up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

We had long suspected that the hens
were laying different cOlOred eggs.
Most of those we buy nave seemed to
be an invisible gray.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

If your sausage shows careless prep
a~ration set it down to Overwork OF
the packers, who have to look after
so many Investigations.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid is thought
to be crazy because he will not eat
The high cost of living may a af.
fected him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

But the man who uses dynamite cam
not say that he didn't think it was
loaded.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

y M~illiOnaires now wave aside the
chops.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Maybe the hog is merely trying to
live up to what the retail price of pork
has been for a considerable time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Fashion note: Parafin coats are all
The rage among imported eggs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

Mr.. Halley's comet should have it's
hair marcelled before it comes into
full view of the spectators.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

American frozen beef sells cheaper
In London than in New York. Can
anybody guess why?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

An aching back is instantly
relieved by an application of
Sloan's Liniment.
This liniment takes the place
of massage and is better than
sticky pIasters. 1t Penetrates
without rubbing - through
the skin and muscular tissue
right to the bone, quickens the
blood, relieves congestion, and
gives permanent as well as
temporary relief.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. JAMES G. LEE, of 100 9th St,
Be, Washington, DC, writes '"Thirty
years ago l fell from n scaffold and seri-
Ously injured my back. / suffered terri
bly, at times from the small Of my back
all around my stomach was just as If /
had been beaten with n club. / used
every plaster | could get with no relief.
Sloan's Liniment took Il pain right
out, and | can now do as much ladder
work as any man in the shop, thanks to
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

that the swimming will be good next
July.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

No innocent bystander IS hurt in a
night riot when he is at home in bed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25
WOMEN
OF MIDDLE
AGE
Need Lydia E. Pinkham'&
Vegetable Compound

Brookfeld, Mo.-"Two years ago I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

We are waiting for HaIley's to show
US the spring styles in comets
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

There is none so grave az to defend
the Overiong hatpin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

The pound keeper objects t. being
required to kill stray cats. He thinks
it Will multiply his labors nine times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-01-06
WEST PINE RIVER

Milton Veeder is quite ill at present
VIM and Perry Adams, both have
fine new cutter
Mrs Nellie Fookes and daughter OF
Alma visited here last week
School began in the Day and Wright
district Monday
G F Wright and family left here the
first of his week for Missouri. where
they will make their future home
John Wright and wife visited over
Sunday at l. G. Mills
Esta johnson entertained her cousin
from Seville last week
VIM Micheals and family of Sumner.
TON spent last Thursday at Lee Ray
crafts
Leslie Mills and wife visited their
son In Mt. Pleasant one day last week
Mr. Jenners of Alma has bought the
old c. F. Wright place
Mrs VIM Adams is on the sick list
Arthur Wright and family of Shep.
herd spent Sunday at Mrs Francis
Flemings
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-01-06
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way ia cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is coused by an infamed con.
dition Of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infiamed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, deafness is the result and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and the tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be DESTROYED for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness. caused by catsrrh,
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circular free.
+. j. Cheney a. Co.. Toledo, o.
Said by druggists 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-01-06
ARCADIA CENTER

Alfred Nestle and Hazel Harroch
wree married in Mason Monday even.
ing. Dec. 27th, They will live in
Lansing this winter
Mr. and Mrs Henry Fuller have re-
turned from Ohio
Guy Horton and wife called on
Allen Hazelton and wife Sunday
Cussie Smih is working In Lansing
George Olives father and mother
of Saginaw county is visiting her for
a few days
Allen Hazelton had the misfortune
to lose valuabele horse SUNDAY. II
broke Its leg last Tuesday morning
A large crowd attended the Farmers
Club last Thursday
Mrs Der: Bailey and daughter called
on Mrs Matten Sunday
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-01-06
COE TOWNSHIP NEWS

M. p. Davis has been quite poorly
for some time
Mrs W Collins mother and sister In
law visited her over New Years
w. L. Ross and wife returned Mon.
day from ten days visit with rela-
tives in Midland
VIM. Acker and wife and two
daughters from north of st. Louis
visited at f. s. Frosts Sunday
Mrs. G. j. Dutt and two children
of Alma, visited her sister. Mrs A j
Fowler New Years day
Quite large class joined the
Cleaners at Coe village Saturday
evening. and there are more to follow
d Woodmansee and A j Shirley
went to Detroit ruesady with two
carloads of fat cattle
Mrs. Maud Conkling came from
Riverdale last week and went to
Bethany to help her sister, Mrs
Albert Chiilds. whose little boy was
badv injured by a pitch-fork
Mr. Amy Phelps and Mrs Ida Medler
of Alma with their familys visited
Mrs Geo b Culver New Years, also
C Gimmic and family of Shepherd.
and G r Converse and family of this
place. Mrs. Medler had lately return
ed from Daliis, Texas. The company
passed the time pleasantly in songs and
music. Small and useful presents were
given Mrs. Culver receiving a globe
of BEAUTIFUL gold fish. A good dinner
prepared by Mrs Culver. with oysters
was enjoyed bv ALL They went home
telling thew had had q pleasant time