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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
S6,OOO,OOO FIRE At
HOUSTON, TEXAS
MANUFACTURING AND RESIDEEE.
IAL DISTRICT BURNS.
Was Driven Beyond Control By Fierce
Northeastern Bales Cotton
Burned.

Houston, Texas.-HoustOn was visited
early Wednesday morning by the most
destructive fire in the history of the city
one of the most destructive that ever
visited any city in the state. The loss
will total between four and a half and
five and a half millions, while hundreds
of men were left without employment,
due to the destruction of industrial
plants, and other hundreds of men, We
men and children were left destitute,
many of them having barely escaped
from their burning homes with a few
clothes to cover them.
The fire originated in an old two-story
wooden building near the yards of the
Southern pacfia and was swe, by q
terrific northwest gale, cleaning a path
from three r. seven blocks in width
and fully a mile and a half in length,
taking store buildings a Catholic church
and school, handsome homes, pretty cot
tages, small shacks, large industrial
~olants-among them two of the largest
congresses In the state-and a. large
warehouse, together with a total of ar
proximately $4,000 bales of cotton, more
than 100 box, and oil tank cars.
Work of compiling in detail a list Of
the losses has not been completed, nor
will it be for another day at least, but
there are non who even attempt to
place the total destruction at a figure
below the gigantic sum of $4,000 900.
The destroyed area is in what is known
as the Fifth ward for the most part, and
lies in the northeastern section Of the
city, and it, comprised both a dwelling
and mannfacturin. section. The Houston
ship canal divides the city, running east
and west, and it was not until the con-
migration had reached its banks that the
slightest Roadway could be made toward
checking it, and it was almost by super
human effort that the line of destruction
ended there.
There were thrilling escapes. A sever
months'-old child, Charles A. Favor, Jr.,
suffering from cerebro spinal meningitis,
was dying in his sick bed directly in the
path of the flames. Owing to the nature
Of his illness, no one wanted to take the
child into a home, even rescuers Stunned
the sick child.
Finally, when it became apparent that
the house must burn the mother picked
the little body up in her arms and car
ried her boy tenderly across the railroad
tracks and over refuse-strewn streets to
a dim-lighted and cold switch shanty.
Here she sat out the rest of the night,
holding the stricken child.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
SMOTHERS HER INFANT
Mothers Way of Showing Sympathy for
Relative Results Fatally,

Columbus, O.-ln IN agony Of sym.
pathizing grief for her relative, Mrs,
John T. Smith, whose little son had
been drowned in the Scioto river, Mrs.
Clinton Law clasped her OWL infant so
tightly that it was smothered to death.
Following the recovery Of the body Of
their son, John T. Smith and his wife
were reunited after an e%strangement last
ing through two years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Snowstorm in Kansas.

Kansas City, Mo.-Carried on a forty
mile wind. a heavy snowstorm swept
Southern Kansas, Eastern Oklahoma and
Southwestern Missouri Tuesday and
continues undated tonight. In Eastern
Kansas and Western Missouri the local
weather bureau promises snow before
morning. In the western and central
sections of Kansas the snow is drifting
fast and is impeding railroad traffic.
Southeastern Kansas reported eight
inches of snow. Chickasha, Lawton and
other Oklahoma towns report heavy
snow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
DOCTOR OPERATES on SELF
French Surgeon Starts to Cut Out His
Own Appendix.

San Francisco.--Dr. Bertram E. Alden,
chief surgeon Of the French Hospital
here, has carried out in part his theory
that self-operations for appendicitis are
not impossible.
On diagnosing his symptoms, DR.. Al
den called In his professional friends as
witnesses. In the operating room he in
iected the spinal anesthesia, which left
his mind clear and gave him control
Of his arms.
He made the necessary abdominal cuts,
but at this point the matter was deemed
too serious for experiments and two fell
low surgeons completed the operation, re-
moving the appendix, while DR.. Alden re-
manned an interested witness OF their
manipulatiOns. . DR.. Alden is reported to
be rapidly recovering.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
CONFEDERATES PLAY PART
Win Assists in Celebration of Battle Of
Gettysburg.

Philadelphia. -Confederate veterans
are to have a big part in the celebration
of the flftieth anniversary of the battle
of Gettysburg.
Col. Better, secretary Of the Penn
sylvania commission, reported that the
event is looked forward to with eager
anticipation in the South. He has just
returned from a Southern trip.
According to Col. Better, it is prac-
tically certain that an of the Southern
states win name commissions and make
appropriation for the transportation of
their veterans to Gettysburg and their
participation in the reunion exercises.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Urged Higher Beef Prices.

Chicago,ISeveral hundred kilograms
sent by Morris 4 Co, to Eastern repre-
sentatives, urging higher prices for
dressed beef, were read to the jury in
the packers trial by government Coun-
sci Butler. The defense made a deter
mined effort to exclude the messdCes on
the ground that the signatures of Louis
II, lleyman, one of the defendants, and
D. NJ. Knights, assistant m~anager4o the
dressed beef department, were ty,Iewrit-
ten and were improperly idQhtiaed.
Judge Carpenter permitted the tetpgrams
10 bs put in evidence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Report Chinese Uprising.

London.-The Picking cabinet Is
alarmed over reports of a serious upris-
ing which is threatened in the district
around Mukden, Manchuria, according to
a Picking dispatch to the Daily Tele-
graph. To add to the alarm of the cab
met, there are further reports that the
japanese authorities in Manchuria, con-
tending that China is o without a
government, are secretly dispatching
Japanese troops in plain clothes to assist
Che bandits to occupy and fortify Tir
Ling, north of Nuke en-.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
LAW HELD VALID
Initial Carrier Liable for Damages In
Cured in Shipment.

Washington.-For the second time tho
supreme court of the United States de-
elined to declare unconstitutional the
"Carmack amendment" to the interstate
commerce law passed by congress in 1906
and making railroads on which shipments
originate liable for loss or damages in
Cured 10 the goods during any portion
of the route.
The decision concerned a shipment
of mohair from Uvalde, Tex, to Lowell,
Mass, over the Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio railway. The Texas
state courts not only upheld the law but
declared that state courts as well a.
federal courts would enforce it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
my hat IS IN THE RING"
Ex-President Sounds Progressive Slogan
at Columbus.

Ex-President Sounds Progressive Slogan
at Columbus.
Cleveland, O.-Feb. 21.-"My hat is in
the ring"
That is what Theodore Roosevelt said
here when an admiring Cleveland friend
sought to learn whether he was a candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
the presidency.
During the brief stay of Col. Roosevelt
in Cleveland, W. F. Elrick, well-known
locally in politics, greeted the former
president, whom he knows well.
Il want a direct answer, colonel" said
Mr.. Eirick. Gan your friends want to
know, and want to know now, whether
you are to be Q candidate"
"My hat is in the ring" replied Col.
Roosevelt.
Belief in the political doctrines of the
"progressives' was reiterated by Theo-
lore Roosevelt, who made four speeches
in Ohio.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
ANARCHY REIGMS IN MEXICO
Several Towns and Cities in Hands of
Rebels.

Washington.-Advices form Mexico to
the state department indicating wide
spread anarchy south of the Rio Grade
caused much uneasiness in official circles.
Several cities and towns are reported
to be in the hands of rebels.
Protests by Americans against robber-
les are multiplying and robber bands are
operating without apparent interruption
throughout the republic.
It is feared here that all that is re-
quired to plunge Mexico into another
civil strife is the appearance of a leader
who can harmonic factions and bring
the rebellious elements together.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
DEBATED DYNAM JOBS
Evidence Found Among Papers of
Structural Iron Workers.

OtluCtuAdA AIOu OLheIS
\Indianapolis.-That the ~dynamiting
plots were brought to the attention 9t
certain committees at the international
Association Of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers .conventloa ia Rochester,
N. Y, in 1910, came to light as ono OF
the governments charges against the
fifty.four indicted men.
1t is charged by federal authorities
that q resolution demanding that mo
more bombs or explosives OF any kind
be exploded while this convention Is in
session." was written out in regular form
by a delegate at the convention, was
secretly referred to u committee and
without the action on it becoming known
was later found by the government
among the papers taken from the iron
workers headquarters in Indianapolis.
The government claims to have the orig.
inal resolution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Kept Silent Thirteen Year,.

Des Moines. Ia.-After maintaining 81
lence for thirteen years. C. F. Ryerson,
a street car conductor, told the board of
parole that Mabel Schoield rode on his
car to the vicinity of the Des Moines
river and then walked in the direction
Of the stream the day before her body
vas found in the water. Ten years ago
Charles Thomas was given a life SEN
tence for her murder. Rynerson said he
wss q newcomer to Des Moines a. The
time and did not want to get himself
uixed up with the case.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
STOLE TREE FROM GRAVE
Iswa Man Charges It Was Used in
Christmas Festivities.

Council Bluffs, Iowa.-Charging that
they stole an evergreen tree from his
ohild's grave in the cemetery at Silver
Creek, Iowa, near here, for a church
Christmas fostivity, Henry Reiber fled
suit for $4,000 damages against Henry
Brandos, former member of the Iowa
legislature from oPttawstomie County,
and four farmers, Oscar Leaders, Frank
II. Ekman, Henry Leaders and Bernard
Richenbergcr.
Oscar Leaders and Eckman, the petit
ton alleges, cut down the tree at the
oral direction of the three other defend
ants.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Finally I seemed not to cough 20 nsach
and the pains in my chest got beeter
and / could rest at night.
III am we'll now and cured of q ehrsnie'
cough and sore throat. I cannot tell
You how grateful I am, and I casnot
thank Peruna enough. 1t has s.red
where doctors have failed and ! talk
Peruna wherever l 20, recommend h TO-
everybody. People who think they
have consumption better give . o
trial"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Washington.-Execution on the gal
lows annuls the criminals life insurance
policies, according to the supreme court,
which held that the four infant children
of James S. MeCue, who was executed
in 1905 for wife murder, were not en-
titled to $4,000 insurance money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Experts in care of infants IN New
York are warning mothers not TO rock
or csddle their babies. But science
cannot do everything. or II viii have
to make mothers over from the orig.
lnai nature plan before it can stop the
cuddling Of babies.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
HAD THROAT
Troublesome
CHILDHOOD
All treatments Failed. ReIieved
BY Peruna.

Mrs. VIM. Hob
mann, 2764 LMM9ln.
Ave, Chicago, -,
writes:
81 suffered With
catarrh of the AgeH.
chial tubes and had
Q terrible cough eyer
since \ child.
Il would sit y IN
bed with pillews
propped up behind
me, but still the
cough would not 1t
me sleep. I thsaght
ana every DO" et5e
that / had consuszip-
ton.
so reading the.
D about Pc
runa I decided TO.
try, without the
least bit Of hope Mat
it would do me ag
good. But after tdk-
ing three bottles /
noticed a change.
My appetite got
better, SO / kept On,
I-----I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Tampa Wants the Maine.

Tampa, Fla.-That the wreck of the
battleship Maine, recently raised from
Havana harbor, be turned over TO the
city of Tampa for a monument in a gov.
eminent park on Grassy Island, in Hills.
boro Bay, is the request which the board
OF trade will make of the war depart
ncnt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Cardinal Opposes Suffrage.

New 0rlcans.-ln his talk to the girls
of st. Joseph's parcchial school. Cardinal
Gibbons said he hoped they would not
make use OF the ballot even if it were
rendered. For if you do" said he, you
will have to give up other and more
important things"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Franz Lehar. who composed the
MERRY Widow" waltz, Is coming to
this country Here and there he will
no doubt be able to find an old inhabi-
tan, who remembers the Merry
Widow" waltz
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Government Investigators are try,
ing 10 find out what hash Is, but a
respectable family newspaper would
not dare to print what the average
boarder thinks of II.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Pinchot Deserts LaFollette.

Washington.-Gitford P.nehot, in a
signed statement, announces that he has
withdrawn his support from Senator La.
FolletteeS presidential candidacy, and
that he will hereafter advocate the nom.
~ination of Theodore Roosevelt.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

An office boy in Wall street has
been made a partner In the firm. All
OF wfich goes to show that there are
a few office boys left in the world who
do not divide their time between read.
ing detective stories and whistling
"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

We are told that English society
women have adopted the fad Of being
photographed while asleep. but we
fail to see how a woman can fall
asleep when she knows she is going to
be photographed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Caught in Act, Kills Self.

New York.-After gaining entrance to
his former employer on a plea of bust
ness, Louis Draper, n tailor, dashed to
the fourth floor and flung himself out
of the window, breaking his neck on an
extension three floors below.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

One OF the mon who broke the
Monte Carlo bank" has been arrested
on a charge Of fraud. Maybe he spiked
the wheel when the croupier wasn't
looking
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Mad at Mule-Kills Son.

Albertyille, Ala,-While enraged with
a mule Jim Bodine threw a heavy stone
at the animal, missing It and striking
his son in tho head, killing him instantly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

One OF our ~inanciers tells us that
there 10 a scarcity OF $4,000 men, 'ou'
In our varied career we have not seed,
many sic, 0OV Jobs lying around loose.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Chicago lawyer IL responsible for
the startling statement that a mar
win be or the safe side II he obeys
the ten commandments. Another Solo
mont
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

New York, vt are told. has n muir.
der every thirty-six hours. And yet
certain persons would have us believe
that baseball is the most popular
paaime in that city.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

The Turkish feet has been destroy.
ed again. Either the war correspond
ents are afflicted with lrenzied imag.
ination or the Turkish fleet has a fac.
uhy of unscrambling itself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

The queen Of Siam breaks into
print with the story that she has
been robbed OF her Jewels. We never
knew there was a vaudeville circuit tn
Siam.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

~ New Yorker was arrested for
throwing money away on the streets"
Don't be deceived: undoubtedly he was
merely trying to entice suckers from
the psovinces,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Too Far or Business.

Il see King Georges uncle Ia IN.
New York"
HIN! That's bad for George"
why SOP"
What will he do If he has occasion
to go and see his uncle?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

A leading actress refuses 10 play in
a theater that asks but one dollar for
its best seats. This actress will yet
be put on the retired list.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Begs Daughter to Kill Him.

valdosta, Ga.-After begging his
Young daughter in vain to shoot him and
while she had gone for help to save him,
Henry Werring shot himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Photographers are taking sundry jo,ts
at the man who paid $27. 900 for q b.
BILE and does not read II, but how
ma.y ssaya.ra., ssrs ,aas.a, IN -..s.blef
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Never be In your place OF business
when u person wants to borrow msDey
OF you. because n you are m yeu will
be ont. and II you are out you will be
An.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Thus Ear II has been a hard year on
baby emperors
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
BLIZZARD SWEEPS WEST
Moderate Temperature Save People From
Suffering.

Suffering.
Chicago. - A binding snowstorm,
backed by a ffty-mile gale swooped
down on the middle west Wednesday,
blocked traffic, crippled telegraph wires,
A temperature ranging between 20 and
a degrees above zero made the wind
and snow bearable, and no great suffer
ing was reported.
The storm reached its greatest in
tensity in Chicago and Northern and
Central Illinois
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

one good thing about the King OF
weather we have had this year Is that
II keeps your priceless chunk Of but
ter from melting away.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

kansas has a citizen who claims to
be the only hog dentist In the world"
What's the use OF casting gold fllings
before swinei
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Generally, man proposes and ProVi-
dence disposes, but this year woman
proposes and man hasn't the heart to
refuse
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Many a girl fails to select the right
husband because she is afraid Of be-
ing left. ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Msse. Plaskoweitzka taxable. q Rus
sian dancer. 10 about to visA US. Limo
type operators are In favor Of the ex-
clusiOn OF undesirable Russians.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

A food expert informs us that there
ia as much nourishment In two eggs
as there Is In a good sized steak. but
eggs we're deceIvers ever.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

We are Informed that Mars Ia ex.
pertenCing a hard winter. hut, then,
there is reason TO believe tb0t Mars
has nothing on us.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Eastern society woman tells us that
the grizzly bear is not as naughty
as hs reputation. Isn't she the
kneckcr!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

The man who kicked on the 100 In
the shade weather now sees where his
Judgment was at fault.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Getting cold feei may be slang. bat
there is more truth than fiction In It
these days
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

AZ last accounts the man who wrote
"The Beautiful Snow" was still In
hidhR
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

Or idea OF a waste OF time 10 to
fall IN love with the hero Of a NOV
ing picture film
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

A seh-made nan nearly always
makes a play for a tailor made wife.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01

The time may come when a man "a
be a good and great actor without
having more than one wife.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-16

a.slssed than is customary in WORKS
lief the size
5ene further idea O The breadth
.ef#a1 peoh's knowledge may be @e-
eafsa A.. vi the naming Of a few Of
III many books Of which he is the
Z nor us work on Latin Pronun-
2ia(1 ana his book on the Latin
rs 1.a1s are extensively used as
.1ast ooks His |Harper's Dicticn-
'n!= a Classical Literature and An
}iea ,ios' displaced every other
at on antiquities and philolosy.
IA Peck elaborated with Prof G.
tP. Pease OF Bowdoin and Leland
stanford universities in editing 80
volumes Of Latin classics He has
translated into English the first 4t-
am PIE of the ancient novel convert
ed into modern slang, written l,e
frs history o. classical philolos7
yaat has yet been given in. English
in Eorfa suitable for the use of ,he
ordinary college stadelt; prepared
and published as the result Of FIVE
years wo-t the we'll known work c.
contemporaneoGs history "TweatT
Years Of the Republic" jHei@d r.
the period from 1857 70 1905,
Among The many other works of tho
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-16
Col. Roosevelt.

The attempted assassination or
Col Theodore Roosevelt has aroused
the entire nation. In every sectin,
Of .he land, where newspapers or
kilograms are delivered, men are
anN'ously awaiting news from tho
bedside OF the former president
Ills political enemies will join in
their prayers for his speedy recovery,
for he surely Is, despite his political
faults. too great a man 10 die at the
hands Of an assassin.
Col. Roosevelt was not shot BIZ a
Democrat, nor was the wound in
filcted by Republican. The bullet
was fred into MS body by a maniac,
who professed his belief in the prin-
ciples Of the Republican party, and
whose disorderad mind tells him that
the spirit Of William Mckinley in
stnicted him to fire the shot. The
proclamation found In his pocket
is or should be certain evidence OF
his insanity, He wrote.
Sept. Is, 1901, 1880 a. m In .
dream | saw President Mckinley sit
up in q monks attire, in which I
recognized Theodore Roosevelt. The
dead president said, This is my muir
deref; avenge my death
Sept. II, 1912. 1880 a. m. While
writing poem some one tapped me
on the shoulder and said, Let not q
murderer take the presidential chair
ANcnee ny death. could plainly
see Mr. MeKlnley's figure.
Before the Almighty God sweal
this ahoye writing Is nothing bu-
the TRUTH
Another note found in the man.
pocket reads:
so long as Japan could rise Il
the greatest power Of the world, de
spite her surviving tradition NOR,
than Two thousand years old. a,
Gen Nogi 50 aobly demonstrated, i
Is The duty Of the United States o
america 70 uphold the third tern
Tradition. Let every third terme,
w rcsaldod as traitor to tn,
American cause. Let it b the rich
and dirty Ct every citizen 10 forcibl,
remoye third termer. Never ID
ihirts term aalblem appear on tn
oaieiai ballot.
Il an willing to die for by com
Try, Gcd has called me to be hi
instrument. 50 help re God.
tSipnoi) INNOCENT GUILTY"
In German i strong tower is OH
Col"
rol Roosesalt's agsailant reall,
believes Ne performed d public ser