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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
THAWS REPLIES
WERE CAUSTIG
MTIMATES PROSECUTOR is SERv
ING PRIVATE INTERESTS.
JEROME SHIFTS HIS ATTACK
Prosecutions Efforts to Wear Thaw Out
Were Fruitless-Says Mantle of
HummeI Fell on Jerome,

White Plains, N. Y.-Harry X. Thav
and William Travers Jerome had an all
day debate at the hearing on Thaw's aP
Plication for release from the Matte twar
Insane Asylum, their frequent verba
passages at arms keeping the big CROWD
in the court at a high pitch.
Thaw, while not losing his temper al
any stage, flung back some caustic re
plies to leading questions of the attor
ney who was putting Stanford Whites
slayer through what was termed O
mental examination" The witness re.
peatedly questioned Jerome's motives in
appearing as the leading inquisitor in
opposition to Thaw's release, and at one
point, when he was asked for whom he
thought the attorney was acting, he
flung back with this:
"Mr. Jerome, I have been told that
when you sent Abe Hummel up the river
and you didn't send him up the river
only the workhouse-that the mantle
of Abe Hummel fell on the shoulders of
William Travers Jerome"
Mr.. Jerome frequently shifted the base
of his attack with the apparent purpose
of confusing Thaw. Switching abruptly
at n point he asked:
"1f you were not insane when you
shot White it was murder, was it?"
ut would be if the jury said So"
Thaw replied, refusing to lose his calm
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

That men Of wealth In increasing
numbers are deserving the ranks OF
the Idle rich" and devoting their
time, talents and a part OF their
money to useful public service, Ia one
of the encouraging fruits of democracy
IN this country. The charge has often
been made that very wealthy men do
not bear their just proportion Of the
public burdens. and possibly many of
them do not. Possibly many of them
lack a sense Of responsibility. During
the past quarter of a century, how.
ever, there have been In American
public life, or in semi.public life. a
great number Of men who feel that
riches, Gs we'll as noblesse, oblige,
says the Boston Globe. 1t would be a
super1uous task to enumerate them
the men in whom a social conscience
has been developed and who find tho
performance Of public duties more at
tractive than polo or golf.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

The courts and the imperious ruler
by divine right do not always pull to-
gether' rs appears from a case in Ger.
many, where a tenant Of the emperor
sued his landlord and won in two
courts. There was a precedent for
this In the reign of Frederick the
Great, who wanted to remove a mill
that spoiled his view from Sans Souci,
but the courts upheld the sturdy
miller through a controversy which
Carlyle celebrates over several pages.
Still such things occur infrequently
enough N Germany to get into print
when they do happen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Drain Mexican Lake.

Mexico City.-0nc of the plans evolved
oy the government through its depart,
mcnt OF public welfare, colonization and
industry, to provide arabic lands for
division among the pcople--onc Of the
chief planKs OF Madero's revolutionary
Platforms under way. 1t contemplates
the drainage and filling in Of the great
bed OF Lake TeNcoco. some two and 4
half miles east OF the capital. The work
will require five years, it is estimated.
and an expenditure OF 4,ooQ,0Qo pesos
tS2, Gee 5000 gold.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
DESERTS THE COLONEL
Gov. Aldrich of Nebraska Says He Will
Remain Regular.

Lincoln, Neb.-Gov. Aldrich announced
that he would not serve on the commit
tee of eighteen appointed by Gov. John
son of California to take the lead in
organizing the new Progressive party
composed of Roosevelt adherents. Gov.
Aldrich declared he would stay reg
ular."
Politicians interested in preventing a
schism in the party in Nebraska have
evolved a plan for fusion of the third
party and the regular Republicans OF
everything but the presidential ticket.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
SENT TO JAIL FOR CRITICISM
Winton Makes Bond--Resented
Judges Reprimand.

Decatur, Ala.-In the famous Sam NJ
Wlnton contempt case, Judge ID. w
Speak, judge of the circuit court, TO
manded Winton back to Jail, but fixed
his bond at $500. Winton's attorneys
gave notice of an appeal 10 the supreme
court and in the meantime Winton made
bond. In his decision Judge Speak up
holds Judge Thomas w. Vert Of law
ags equity court, who imposed a fine
of $50 and five days in Jail on Winton
for contempt of court.
Winton was n member OF 4 Jury in
Judge Wert's court, and the Jury on
which Winton was serving was publicly
reprimanded by Judge Vert and then
discharged. Judge Vert said that they
had failed to do their duty by acquit-
ting a man charged with the violation
of the state prohibition laws.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
FREED FROM INDICTMENTS
Cases Against Railroad Men Dismissed
by State.

Chicago.-lndictments against four
former officials of the Illinois Central
railroad, Frank B. Hartman, John NJ.
Taylor, Charles l.. Ewing and Joseph Z.
Buker, who were alleged to have been
implicated in car repair frauds by which
the road was swindled out of $1,l45,O 900,
were dismissed in the criminal court.
Absence of indispensable witnesses
forced the dismissal, so States Attorney
Northrup declared. Z. II. Policy of Sierra
Madre, CAL, was said to have refused to
come to Chicago to testify. Henry G.
Ostermann could not be found and +. Fl.
Niles was reported i'll at Richmond, Va.
Civil proceedings, which had also been
started, were settled out of court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
ACTING GOVERNOR SQUARE
Refused to Name Senator When Gov.
ernor Was Away.

Carson, Nev.-Gov. Oddie and George
Wingield, recently appointed, but not
formally qualified, to fill the vacancy in
the United States senate caused by the
death of Senator George S. Nixon,
crossed the boundary of the state, and
Mr.. Wingield thereby nearly lost his
chance to don his toga. That he did not
was due to the refusal of Lieutenant
Governor Gilbert Ross, a Democrat, to
accede to the wishes of a group of poll
%ticians, who attempted to railroad" a
Democrat into the senate as a successor
to the late Senator Nixon, a Republican.
Gov. Oddie and Mr.. Wingtield are Re-
publicans. Learning that the governor
was out of the state, opponents of
Wingfeld hastily consulted attorneys,
and finding their view that a vacancy in
the senate still existed, they called on
Acting Governor Ross, who promptly de-
clined to act.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
AMERICANS BADLY
USED BY MExICANS
FORCED TO PAY RANSOM AT THE
POINT OF PISTOLS.
ACCUSE THE REvOLUTONISTS
Commissioner of the Mexican Revolu.
tionary Party Denies Charge, Main
tanning That the Brigands Were
Madero Volunteers.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Seventeen Americans
in Velardena, fifty miles west of Tor
reon, Mexico, were recently lined up
against a barn, while a half-dozen drink
crazed rebels brandished six-shooters in
their faces and threatened summary ex.
ecution unless a million dollars ransom
was forthcoming The rebels abandoned
their orgy when($3 500 in gold was paid
them.
Americans, they said, had feared the
consequences of q revelation of their
plight through official channels, and
only with the routing of columns under
Gems. Campo and Argumedo, after near.
ly two months of depredations, had the
facts begun to come to light.
At Velardena forty federal volunteers
captured by Gen. Campo were executed
in small squads. Rebel officers vie
with one another for the privilege of
conducting the executions. One of the
sights was the killing of a fed
eral volunteer about IS years old by a
rebel soldier hardly out of his teens.
A man arriving here told of finding
Torreon seven bodies, horribly dis
figured and mutilated. One of them
a woman. This act is charged to
the federal forces.
The commissioner representing the
Mexican revolutionary party here issued
\ formal statement denying that the
brigands who neld up Americans at We
|ardena were rebels, and intimating that
hey were Madero volunteers. He reit.
'rated the pledge that the revolutionary
forces will protect all foreigners.
Orozco, he says, is to be tried by court
for his inflammatory proclama-
lion against foreigners and their prop
'rty in Chihuahua.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
PUBLISHED
MEN AND woMAN,s CLOTHES.

MEN AND WoMAN'S CLOTHES.
It may be laid down as a general
rule that the ordinary man never
knows when a woman's dress fits or
not-unless, of course, II Is an extraor-
binary mis1t His replies to inquiries
on that point are, as practically all
husbands will attest, based on what
he thinks the woman thinks Of It.
When a wife. for instance. comes into
the room wearing a new dress, with a
smile on her face, and turns around
several times and asks him what he
thinks OF the ft, he replies without
hesitation that II Is all r%ight-that he
likes the pattern exceedingly ana that
he doesn't think he ever saw her wear
anything more becoming. II, on the
contrary. she comes In with corrugated
brows and inquiries In a distinctly dis
satisfied tone what he thinks OF the
dress. he instantly remarks that.
though II looks fairly nice, yet there
Is still something about II that he
doesn't like. He cant say exactly
what It Is that seems out tf keller,
but there Is certainly something
wrong with that dress and II ought 10
be altered at once. But It is only
Just to the men to say that their igno.
rance OF what constitutes the fit OF a
dress is paralleled by the feminine in
ability to realize what goes to make
up a well-ftting suit for a male per.
son. AS a rule. q woman's advice
with respect to a mans suit Is the
most dangerous thing n mar can take.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Wants American Warship,

Pcking.-Conditions have become 50
acute at Che Foo that the American con,
sui there sent out an urgent appeal for
assistance. he asked that a warship be
sent at once to Che Foo in order that
marines may be on hand. as he mo.
mentarIly fears an outbreak. Feeling
against Foreigners is said to have grown
alarmingly,
The consul expects all foreigners, ana
especially Americans, to take refuge at
the consulate, and for that reason he
asked for assistance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Convention Cost $50, 900.

Chicago.-Subscribers to the fund IN
bring the national Republican eonven.
ton to Chicago have an unusual SURPRISE
IN store for them, in hat they will get
back 20 per cent of the amount adyanc.
ed. Fred W. Upham, chairman of the
committee, says the 100000 subscribed
vas in excess of the cost by $40, 900.
Mr.. upham says the arrangements were
perfect and that the success in CARVING
them out was due to the excellent work
lone IN many different directions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
CROP NEEDS
WARMER WEATHER
COOL WEATHER ONLY DETERRENT
TO FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.
CROP MADE GOOD PROGRESS
Some Grass and Lack Of Cultivation Std
Retards Eastern Section, but Prog
Iess Was Made With Fair
Weather.

Rains over the western part Of the cot
ton belt and clear, open weather in the
east made the past week a good one on
the cotton crop. Progress vas made,
generally speaking, both in plant growth
and cultivation, although in plant growth
somewhat retarded, the former by IN
%seasonably low temperatures and the
latter by rains.
In the west, where most of the rtsns
Of the week fell, the soil was already at
a high state OF cultivation, and the fields
were clean. In that part OF the belt the
week was unusually favorable, as the
moisture that the crop received was just
the one thing that il needed. All over
Oklahoma, Texas aud Arkansas heavy
rains fell, and good general rain fell in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tennessee. In all these states cultiva-
ton il well advanced and all the crops
needs is hot weather in order to promote
more rapid plant growth.
Owing to the heavy rains Of the pre-.
ceding week, farmers are somewhat be-
hind with cultivation in Alabama,
Georgia aud the Carolinas, but they made
rapid progress during the past week.
Many fields are grassy in Georgia, and
tine same may be said OF a lesser number
in the Carolinas and Alabama.
The principal need of the crop is warm,
open weather for II period of ten days
Or two weeks, in order to promote plant
growth and cultivation, although in the
and central part of the belt thu
feature il well cared for.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

To some. each new spring comes
with the freshness OF n first one, and
there Is an evanescent charm about
IT which no other season possesses.
II Is n long series OF progressions.
beginning with the first soft southern
breeze, the melting OF the snow and
the earliest MARBLE Of the pioneer blue
bird. n tiny patch OF sky flown down
to earth. the unlocking OF mountain
streams. the soft pussy willow buds
and the twilight piping of frogs. There
Is %premonition and expectancy in the
air. Then, with alternating showers
and sunshine, the dreary-looking earth
takes on little by little a fresh robe
OF verdure, pale green at first, half
hiding the skeleton outlines OF the
trees and wrapping the landscape In
q misty dream of beauty. There are
varying shades; here and there where
there are oaks. splotches of brownish
purple. and along the hillsides great
masses of blossoms, dogwood and
Judas tree and billowy reaches of
white and pink orchards. All along
the way in d%ooryards are white and
purple lilacs loading the air with
fragrance. and the fields are spangled
with golden dandelions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
O U DOG ON THE SUN
New Sun Spot Has an Area of 10000, 600
Square Miles,

Washington.-Private views of the sun
taken here of the enormous cavity in
the photosphere Of the sun show that
it is in the shape of a houn' dawg, and it
has been designated spot" by Prof.
Asaph Hall, in charge of the United
States naval observatory in Washington.
This sun dog spot is $4,000 miles long,
including the tail, and has an area of
about 90,OoO,O0O square miles, this being
one mile to the good for every inhabitant
Of the United States. Profs. Hall and
Peters say it is only a small spot, but
they admit ut is about five times the
width of the United States from coast to
coast, or a trifle less than that.
The theory of all astronomers is that
sun spots influence terrestrial affairs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Money for Maneuvers

Nashington,-President Taft ssnt /,
special message to congress recommend.
ing the immediate appropriation OF 81.
$4,000 for use of the war department
in the Joint maneuvers of the rpcu,or
army and the national guard next
month. The president also asked the an.
propriation of S167, 600 for urgent n@eees.
stiles Of the war department. Both
items were in the general army appro.
priation bill, which the president vetoed.
Inc message was referred to the eom.
mittee OF military affairs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Jersey Doctor Suicide.

Camden, N. J.-Worry caused by the
fact that some time ago his machine had
run down and killed a man is believed
to have been responsible for the suicide
of DR.. Howard w. Hcwctt, a well-known
and wealthy veterinary surgeon, who
shot and killed himself while seated in
his automobile, DR.. Hewctt often had
told friends that was haunted by a vision
Of the man he had run down and killed,
although he had been cNonerated by :
Jury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
FIVE YEARS FOR WOMAN
She Killed Man Who Caused Husband
to Leave Her,

Cleveland, O.-4Mrs. Rose Dworkin, OF
Lawrence, Mass, was sentenced to serve
five years in the p%enitentiary on her pea
of guilty to manslaughter for the shoot.
ing of Jacob Horwitz, a contractor, last
November.
Mrs. Dworkin told the police she killed
Horwitz because he told her husband
stories about their acquaintance in Po-
land, which caused her husband to desert
her.
Society women interested themselves
In Mrs. Dworkin and had her transferred
from the county Jail to a hos1ital four
months ago, so that her baby, Joel,
should not be born in Jail.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Loose to Roosevelt.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Reports have
reached here that c. f. Loose, Repub-
lican national committeeman from Utah,
has resigned from the committee. Loose
voted with the Roosevelt members in the
delegate contests before the national
committee, but cast his vote in the con-
vention for Taft, as instructed by the
state convention.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Only One Fault to Find.

Lambert Kaspers, Chicago attorney,
told the following story, at a recent
Y. M. G. A. banquet:
A Kansas farmer, a Dane. applied
for naturalization papers. The Judge
asked him: Are you satisfied with
the general conditions of the coun-
try?"
"Yas," drawled the Dane.
Does the government suit your
Queried the Judge.
"Yas, vas, only I would like to ss$
more RAIN" replied the farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
LEAPS FROM AEROPLANE
kodman Law Performs Daring Para
chute Feat,

Hampstead, N, Y.-Poising himself on
the extra seat of a biplane by Harold
b. Brown, the Boston aviator, at an
altitude of 5000 feet, Rodman Law, an
%aeronaut, carrying two parachutes,
leaped off into space. The first parachute
opened when he had dropped thirty feet
ana the second when he was half way
to earth. The aeroplane had begun to
volplane just as Law jumped. Its sts
bility was not disturbed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Made Navy Record.

Newport, r. THE torpedo boat de.
stroyer Paulding made what is claimed
to be the fastest time ever made by a
vessel of the United States navy. Dur
ing her annual speed and smoke tests
the Paulding ran for two hours at an nv,
eragc speed of 1927 knots. The Paulding
has held the record for de%stroycrs for the
past two years, having made 31.s knots
last year, She was one of the first OF
burners built for the navy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Fifteen Drown at Buffalo.

Buffalo, n, l.-Between fifteen and
twenty people were drowned and a mum.
Der injured when a ffty.ioot dock 1T
Eagle Park, Grand Island, Niagara river,
collapsed under the weight of $50 PEG.
pie, precipitating them into twelve fee
If wster.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Easy to Cut the Price.

A man went into a butchers shop
and asked how much sausages were
a pound.
'"Ah," said the butcher, der brics
vas gone ups. I shall hat to shargs
you twenty-five cents"
Nonsense" exclaimed the custom
or, that is outrageous. I IAN get
them at Schmidt's for twenty cents"
we'll, Wy didn't your" .
Because he was out of them"
"Oh, vell," replied the butcher, If
[ a oudt of 'em, I'd sell 'em for tvsn.
ty cents, too"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Woman Kills Rival.

Louisville, Ky,-Fiftecu-year-old Osla
Plumlee, pursued from the home in which
she had been q guest by Mrs, Fred Par,
ker, who was at once the girls hostess,
cousin, and wife of the man with whom
It is said the girl was clipping, was over,
taken, shot and instantly killed near
uestand, XIV
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Son Lynched, Kills Self.

Danville, ky.-The lynching of young
Carl Ethrington, prohibition detective,
at Newark, O., three years ago. had a
sequel here Tuesday, when Hartwer
Burlington, his father. blew out his
brains with Il shotgun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Baroness Suicide.

london.-Baroness de Reinach-Werth.
whose maiden name was Diane Morgan
Hill, of Washington, where she was mar.
ried on December 6, last. committed
suicide by jumping from the window of
a nursing home near Regent Park. She
had been suffering from hysteria.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

There have been several cases late
ly Of doctors being sued for sewing
up surgical supplies in the bodies
OF their patients. Perhaps, after all.
. trust TO raise the prices " doctors
outfits would not be a bad thing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

A Chicago boy fell from a fourth
story window and struck on a ement
sidewalk without being seriously in
jured. This may be regarded "A n
strong recommendation for cement
sidewalks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

1t has been decided by a Chicago
Judge that the earning capacity Of a
performing monkey is $500 i week.
II 1t Is impossible for one to be a ball
player II may still be a performing
monkey.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Mrs. Taft Attends Convention.

Baltimore.-Mrs, Taft, wife of the
president, attended Thursdays session
OF the convention. She will be the guest
o. Mrs, Wallace, wife of a delegate from
the state of WASHINGTON.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

A Boston clergyman says that
American women wear too many
clothes at summer resorts. Either he
has never been at a seaside resort or
another church trial is imminent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
China Rejects Loan.

Washington.-China has rejected the
$500, 100000 loan from the bankinc
group Of the six powers, probablv be-.
cause of the stipulation for foreign su.
peTvision of its expenditure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
OctOgenarian Kills Self.

Newark, Ark.-Uncle Dick Baxter,
aged so, one of the pioneer citizens OF
the Cave Creek settlement of Ashley
township, committed suicide by slashing
his throat with a caseknite.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Cuts Down Autos.

Columbus, O.-John d. Rockefeller has
cut down the number of his automobiles
from five to four since the government
ordered the dissolution of the Standard
Oil Company.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Fathers,

Gabe-I see that they celebrated
Mothers Day. Why don't they have .
Fathers Day.
Steve-Father has every Saturday
night, hasn't he?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
Lehman Quits

Washington.-Frederick ". Lehman,
solicitor general of the United States,
has placed his resignation in the hand.
of President Taft.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05

Children who have been brought
up as pets may eve get over being
disagreeable.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-07
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

PREMIER CARRIER Of THE SOUTH.
y. B-FOllowing schedule figures puhh.laAA ~glS -
information and are not guaranteed.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON.
For Atlanta. Montgomery. Mobile. New Orleans
SO a. m and lo45 p m daily. Dining earl
For Chattanooga and Memphis. via AsheTiIe, IiO
T. m. ard 1910 r m. daily.
For Atlanta. Columbus birmingham. 80 q. n.
and 1 y r. m. daily. Dining
For Atlanta Admission. Talladega. CalCra. Selma
$50 a m. ard i.25 p m. daily. and for Cniontovn
Demopolis Meridian. 80 = daily. Dining can
For Roanoke. Bristol Knoxville. Chattanooga
birmingham. Meridian. ViCksbIrE. New orlesnI
1910 p m. daily Dining csn
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga. Nashville
Memphis $40 = m daily. Sleeping car may be
occupied after u On p m. Dining
For AsheTille. $50 a m. SIS ?. m and IO,F p m
daily. Dining cars
For Columbia SummeriIIc Charleston. Aiken
Augusta Savannah. RrInsvick Jacksonville. and
florida points IS p m. daily Dining car
Tourist for California daily excerpt Sunday. I.g
2 m.
For nanviIIe Uncan. 20 n m d,ily
For Harri<onhuV ssh =. m. daily trarlCT an,
80 D. m. tparlor carl. and $50 2 m week DAYS
For Charlottesville UocaD. 80 a. m. and 40
p daily.
For warrenton. $50 a. m II m a m. I4s p n
daily; SIS p. N. tparinr earl sni 4 s. r m. veek
days L. s BROWN. General Agent