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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
Remarkable Freak of Nature Very Puz-
cling to Scientists.


cling to Scientists.
From the Minneapolis Times.
One of the most remarkable natural
phenomena that has been discovered in
recent years has just been reported in
in the southwest corner of Brown coun-
ty, Indiana. 1t is near the village of
Evansville. The cave is one Of those
remarkable freaks of nature that puz-
zle the scientists. At itg entrance,
which is completely oyerlapped by
trees, the cold air is plainly percepti-
bic. The opening appears not unlike
a mine shaft, long disused, but the
steep, rocky descent shows nothing of
an articfcial construction. The wind
ing way leads to a subterranean cavern
fifty feet below the surface. This is
known to the natives as the devils
chamber. The air here is near freez-
ing point. From this point quite a
number Of halls lead off, but the one
to the ice vault is evident from the
cold blast which comes from it.
The descent TO this natural corridor
is similar to the natural decline at the
entrance, but not over dozen yards
within the front from the ice vault is
plainly visible and further on it is
thick ON all sides like the crust that is
formed ON Che pipes OF an ice plant.
A little further on the descent entirely
ceases and here the walls are frozen
hard, like the ground in the middle of
the winter. Then the narrow way
leads into a mammoth chamber, and
this is known as the ice vault. In this
great Aperture, which is 100 feet in
width, the ice towers in a miniature
mountain, appearing like a dozen ice
bergs heaped together. Here the ice
stands in a solid mass, extending down.
ward to an unknown depth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
Cure for Headache.

AS remedy for all forms of Head.
ache, Electric Buffers has proved to be
the very best 1t effects permanent
cure ard the most dreaded sick head
aches yield to its influence. We urge
all who are afflicted to procure bottle.
and give this remedy fair trial. In
cases of habItual constipation Electric
Bitters cures by giving the needed tone
to the bowels, and few cases long resist
the use of this medicine. Try it once.
Fifty ceuts and S1.00 at Sale-Davis Drug
Co.'S. drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26

Mr.. N. rckbichler, the merca1nt and
postmaster at Carbon Center, Butler
county, Pa, is well known and much
respected in that community. Any one
will do well to take his advice or to fol-
Tow his example. He says ~ keep a
bottle of ChamberlaIn's Cough Remedy
in my house all the time, for believe it
to be the best cough remedy l ever used.
1t never fails to give immediate relief.
| always recommend it t. my friends
when they want cough medicine" For
sale at 25 and so cents per bottle by Far
rar & Farrar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26

foundations. This startling phenomena,
to De sure, took the correspondents at
tention for moment from the refrigerat-
ed COW, but soon the horrors of the sit
uation return and the faithful chroni-
cler continues: "Three days after the
storm farmers gathered hail and froze
ice cream, and there were several wagon
loads on one farm a week after the
storm. The hailstones formed them
selves into Jumps, weighing from one to
three pounds"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
TIE Birdie TAKEN OFF.
Republicans May Put Up in Anybody's
Camp.

Republicans May Put Up in Anybody's
Camp.
There will be no fusi between re-
publicans and populists in Georgia this
year. The republican executive COM
mittee has decreed this.
The first thing that happened at the
meeting Of the committee was the in
PRODUCTION of resolution that it was
inadvsable to put out a state ticket and
that the committee so declare aud have
a committee of five appointed to draw
up an address to the republicans of the
state. OF course every member Of the
committee with few exceptions, as the
majority were negroes, had to speak on
the resolution, and it was some time be-
fore it was put to the house and declar-
ed carried
Another motion was .ade that the
republicans be left to vote Ia state mat
tiers as they see ft, and that they be not
bound by any rules, now that the repub-
Leans have no ticket out.
The work Of the committee was to is
sue an address to the republican voters OF
the state urging them to care for Major
Mckinley in the national campaign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
sILvER's STAR ASCENDING.

The White Metal Has Plenty of Friends
in New York State.
notwithstanding that fact that Bryan
and Sewall are not popular with the bus
mess men of New York, the cause of
silver appears to have plenty of friends
among the democrats of New York
state. Last Saturday night democratic
primaries were held IN Watertown, and
the county in which Watertown is sit
uated. Acc riding to the reports in the
Herald and Sun of Sunday, sin every
ward resolutions were passed instruct
ing the delegates to the assembly dis
tricts and county conventions to vote
only for known free silver men," Res
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
COW DUG OUT OF HAN.
rib'e Visitation Upon the susouebanno
Valley.

riD'e visitation Upon the susquehanna
Valley.
m the New York Press.
Y hen hailstones bury a cow SO that
mers have to shovel her out the &C.
Pence is so uncommon even in the val
q The Susquehanna that the Press,
respondent there rightly considers it
e3e OF news. And when he accom-
ieS the story with double-barreled
S-my-heart-hope-Go-die reiteration of
'futh, the event is sure to attract
n than ordinary notice.
outsider the attending Circumstances
was one of the most destructive
lnS OF its kind ever known in this
Ron'" he writes, and it must have
Tor he adds, lone barn was blown
ana another was moved from it's
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
HE PRAYED FOR A SIGN.
And Death Came to w. w. Cochran on a
Wind,

NAHuG
HAMBURG, ARK, Aug. 2I.-He pray
ed for sign and death came, death
sudden and in its most awful form.
Eighteen or twenty people were gath
cred in the frail frame Methodist
church of Berea. At their head were
j. j. Colson, pastor of the church, and
Rev. j. w. Van Trase, the Methodist
preacher of the Palestine circuit in
Bradley county. He had come to assist
in the opening of protracted meet
ing. A Sabbath school was in
progress.
The weather outside was not threat
ening. The wind was blowing with
apparently little force.
w. w. Cochran, man of great piety
and devotion, was called upon to pray
In his prayer he earnestly petitioned
the throne of grace that God on this
Sabbath day would do something to
awaken the children of the praying man
to sense of sin, and to bring them
repentance. Suddenly, as in answer
to the prayer, the winds descended
upon the church and it was crushed like
an egg shell. Mr.. Cochran was killed.
The two ministers were dangerously
hurt. John Simpson, who had arisen
to read from the Bible at the close of
the prayer, was stricken down and
painfully injured. George McDougal,
Iona COlson and nearly half the au-
dience suffered injuries. The storm
did no other damage, except to twist
off the top of a tree and injure a fence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
RIsP's BAD HEALTH.

win Not Permit Him to Do Active Cam
paign Work.
A special from Lookout Mountain,
Tenn, says: Ex-Speaker Charles F.
Crisp arrived at Lookout Inn last night.
He is suffering considerably from heart
affection.
He says that while confident Bryan
will be elected he will not be able to
take much part in the campaign on ac-
count Of his poor health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
ICE CAVE IN INDIANA,

matter is now up to Mr.. Howell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10
KANSAS WOULD GAIN SIX
Fight to be Made by The Republicans for a
Different ApportIons.

Washington. d. c., June "a strong
effort will be made at the ST Louis con-
vention 10 effect a change in the basis
of representation of the various states
and territories in future national con-
ventions. II is urged by the advocates
of the change that a reform is needed
in the apportionment of delegates To
Republican national conventions, and
that the sooner that reform is brought
about the sooner will the Republican
masses be fairly and properly represent
ed in the conventions.
Several Years ego Hon. n. B. Scott,
West Nirginias member Of the Repub-
lean national committee. submitted 10
the committee a proposition 10 select
one delegate to a national convention for
each 1000 Republican votes. and an adj
ditional delegate for a fraction Of 1000
exceeding $500. The committee did
rot however, believe that il would be
proper for it to make any change in the
existing aportionment, holding that only
the delegates of the Republican party
in national convention could institute
a reform of that kind.
The position taken by the committee
was certainly and at the meeting of the
national committee last December a res
in the apportionment of the delegates
was referred TO the convention.
The first proposition to make a change
in the basis Of representation in RepublI
can national conventions was made in
the convention Of 1884. Judge Ewing OF
Pennsylvania offered a resolution tina:
hereafter the representation in national
conventions should be based upon the
Republican vote cast in the cOngreSSi0n-
al districts. Hon. John Il. Lynch OF
mississippi was the temporary chair
man Of that convention, and under his
leadership the southern delegates mass
ed themselves against the resolution
and II was finally defeated. The oppo-
nents of the resolution cOntended that
Its adoption would work a serious in
Justice 10 the Republican voters in the
state of the south. where their votes
were TO a considerable extent suppress
ed. Since that time the question. In
one form or another. has been discussed
1t every national convention. and at al
most every meeting OF the national COM
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10
NUN Y()N
TALKS ON
DYSPEPSIA.
How to Cure Yourself.

In all forms Of stomach trouble Num-
yon's Dyspepsia Cure will promptly
cure where there are such symptoms as
pain or soreness in the stomach, indi-
gestion or distress after eating, pressure
and fullness in the stomach, shortness
of breath, poor appetite, coated tongue,
sour or bitter raising from the stomach.
heartburn, wind on the stomach,
constipation, dizziness, faintness and
lost energy.
When these symptoms are associated
with biliousness, yellow-coated tongue,
nausea, bitter taste in the mouth and
sallow skin take Munyon's Liver Cure
in alienation with the Dyspepsia Cure,
an hour apart Where there is obsti-
nate constipation keep the bowels open
once a day by using Munyon's Consti-
patton Cure until they become regular
under the effect of the Dyspepsia Cure.
Where Their are troublesome heart
symptoms alternate Munyon's Heart
Cure with the Dyspepsia Cure. If
there is great nervousness or inability
to sleep, alternate Munyon's Nerve Cure
with the Dyspepsia Cure. If the blood
is poor in quality alternate Munyon's
Blool Cure and Dyspepsia Cure. By
this plan OF treatment one can eradicate
the worst forms Of stomach troubles
and their complications, and make the
cure permanent.
A separate specific for each disease.
Sold by all druggists, mostly for 20
cents a bottle.
Personal letters TO Prof Munyon, 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
(0fipia1l

Council met pursuant to call, Mayor
Cox in the chair, and all councilmen
present except Handley and Sawyer.
The following call was read:
Wichita, Kan, June 8, 1886.
IL. NJ. Cox, mayor of the city Of
Wichita, by virtue of the power vested
in me by law. do hereby call special
meeting of the city council TO be held
on this day at 6 o'clock p. m, for the
purpose of receiving and acting upon a
report of the board of health and act
ing upon appropriation ordinances.
(Signed) l.. NJ. con,
Mayor.
Ordinance No. 1868, entitled, An ordi-
nance making appropriations for mis-
celaneous purposes. was read and
adopted.
Ordinance No. 1868, entitled, An ordi-
nance making appropriations for pros
pecting purposes, was read and
adopted.
Ordinance No. 1870, entitled, An obi
nance providing for the issue of an i'm
provement bond to pay for the conctruc
ton Of sidewalks, was read and adopt
ed.
On motion of Councilman Throckmor-
ton the clerk was instructed TO place IN
the appropriation ordinance the bill or
the Wichita Commercial club for ex-
penses in sending parties to the PaSteur
institute. Chicago, not TO exceed $50.
On motion of Councilman Minick,
council adjourned.
L.. NJ. cox, Mayor.
Attest:-C. S. SMITH,
City Clerk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10
HE MAY CORNER STEEL
Rockefeller Thinking of Including steel
with His Oil Cinch.

Cleveland. O., June 9.-John D. Rookie
Teller is planning to control the IRON
trade of the United States ON the same
basis that he has managed the affalrs
/ of the Standard OIL company.
Some years ago Mr.. Rockefeller and
a few associates obtained possession Of
the Mesaba range of iron mines in the
Lake Superior region, which are among
the richest and the most important in
the world. No one seemed TO exactly
understand what the syndicate was aim
ing at, but believed ii was one OF Rocke-
feller's outside Investments. and not a
few prophesied that il would be a dis
aS.rous one.
The next movement Of Mr.. RockeTel-
Ter was to contract for the construction
Of ten OF the largest and best freight
boats that could be built for service on
the lakes He took his usual precau-
ton in giving out this work. and no
firm was given more than two boats to
build, and most OF the fleet is now in
service
Only one step further was necessary
and that has now been taken The
Standard Oil company is TO vacate It's
big plants here, and on their site Mr.
Rockefeller will build the largest blast
furnaces and besSsmer steel works in
the world. With this done in a modern
way he argues that ii will be very hard
for anyone 10 compete with him in the
business Of manufacturing steel billets
and steel rails. He has long proceeded
on the idea that the only way in which
to make money in manufacturing IS by
working on a large scale and through
economies that can always be intToduc-
ed in a big concern that are impossible
n small ones.
By owning his mines Mr.. Rockefeller
can first make the profit Of mining the
ore which is OF itself considera bic. With
his own feet Of vessels, the largest and
most economical. he asserts, on the
lakes, he can convey the ore more
cheaply than any one else, and make
the profit Of the carriers. Lastly, with
his own blast furnaces and besSemer
mills right on the river bank at Cleve-
land. where the ore can be unloaded
cheaply. h can produce steel cheaper
than has ever been dreamed Of before.
II IS believed by those who know the
inside OF the enterprise that this move
ms-Ec on the part OF Mr.. Rockefeller is
revolutionary in its character so far as
the production Of everything that steel
and iron enters into is concerned. He
can - independent Of the present steel
pool. and White greatly undsrseiliag Il
sill reap rich harvest Mr. Rockefel-
le- argues thai this Is al iron and steel
age, and that the man who : in q Do
ssi.on - manufacture cheaper than any
one eles Is sure 10 make millions Of do
lars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10

mittee. The arguments Of those oppos-
ed to the plan are not so potent now as
| they were several years ago, as is evil
denced by the position taken by ex-Sen-
ator Bruce, one of the ablest colored
men in the country. He maintains In
no equivocal manner that the existing
system simply places a tremendous pO-
litical power in the hands of men, some
of whom are professional delegates and
not thoroughly representative of the
best Republican sentiment and thought
in the south. This is strong language,
but Senator Bruce put it in even strong
er words that these.
1t is understood that Mr.. Scoot will, at
at the meeting Of the national commit
tee this week in st. Louis. again press
his resolution and endeavor to secure
from the committee a favorable recon-
mendation TO the convention.
Congressman Acheson of Pennsylva-
MIA has interested himself in the mat
ter of effecting the proposed change.
When the Pennsylvania delegation
reaches ST. Louis caucus will be held
to discuss the question of making a
change in the basis Of representa- ton
Senator Quay is heartily in favor of the
change and will urge the Pennsylvania
delegation to take the initiative in the
effort to bring about the reform. In a
recent interview Congressman Acheson
said:
IF Mr.. SCOTS proposition be adopted
the representation of all but three states
would be affected. The representation
of fifteen states would be decreas ad, and
the representation of twenty-six states
would be increased, and that of Kentuc-
ky, Missouri and Rhode Island would
remain as it is. This estimate is made
upon the basis of the vote cast for con-
gress in each district in 1894 This is
taken because the vote of 1896 is more
likely to approximate the vote of 1894
than that of 1892.
In many districts, doubtless, the vote
Of 1895 viii exceed that polled in 1894.
and the representation Of these districts
viii be increased thereby.
'On the basis of the vote in 1894 the
convention of 1900 would contain 120
more delegates than the convention of
this year, providing that the represen-
tation Of Utah and the territories re-
main as at present. The gain in dele
gates in twenty-six states is 100, and the
loss in fifteen is 30"
Representative Acheson has prepared
a table, the figures in the first column
showing the representation of the states
that were represented in tn last Elec-
toral college in the St. Louis convention;
those in the second column showing
what their representation should have
been If Mr.. Scott's proposition has been
adopted; those in the third column the
gain in delegates in certain states. and
those in the fourth, the loss in other
states. Here il Mr.. Acheson's table:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10
WAR Is LOCALIZED
COUNCIL RATIFY THE EXTBRMIEA-
TON OF UNMUzzLED DOGS.

Mad Dog was Killed Yesterday by Ex-
Policeman Reeder Near the Stock
Yards A fter He had Bitten Several Dogs
Police Begi. q General War and a
Large Number OF Dogs Cease to Exist
The City VIII be Secured and Those
Who Fail to Heed the Warning VIII
Find Their Dogs Cared For.
The city council had a short session
Monday evening and passed two ap-
aries for the month of May and &C
counts amounting TO over $4,000.
The meeting was held at s o'clock so
as to permit all to attend the speaking
in the afternoon. All councilmen were
present except Hand.ey and Sawyer.
The action of the council in special
session with reference 10 unmuZzled
dogs was ratified and communication
sent TO the police commissioners re-
questing the rigid enforcement OF the
ordinance.
In accordance with the above request
Chief Burt issued his order TO the police
TO secure shotglns and make a slaugh-
ter on all ufimuzled dogs, and as con-
sequence over forty dogs were reported
to have been shot by o'clock. A sys-
ternatic raid will be made in every part
of the city and unless dogs are muz-
zled their population will be greatly de-
creased.
VIM Reeder reported at the police
headquarters that he had shot a, genu-
inc mad dog near the stock yards and
that the dog had bitten several dogs
in that vicinity. The board Of police
commissioners are determined that the
ordinance shall be thoroughly enforced
and that those who fail to heed the
warning published in the Eagle Sunday
morning viii find their dogs carcass
in the tender embrace of the city scav-
enger.
The council passed the Appropriation
OF s125 in favor of the Commercial club,
the amount being the city's share of
the money advanced by the club for
persons bitten and sent to Chicago.
The following are the official proceed
ings of the council:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10

ohio now has IS delegates. II the
Scott plan were adopted the representa-.
ton OF Ohio in national Republican cor
ven,3oRs would be tnc-es SD on the basis
Of the vote in 1874. - 6. a gain OF y.
The twenty-oRe congressional districts
would then have delegates as follows
FIRST district. 5; Second, s: Third. 3:
Fourth. >: Fifth, 2: sixth. 3: Seventh. 2:
Eighth, ); Ninth. ,; Tenth. S: Eleventh
) Twelfth, 3; Thirteenth, ;; Fourteenth.
); Fifteenth, ); Sixteenth. .: Seventeen
n, !; Eighteenth. 3: Nineteenth. s.
Iwenteth' :; z'Ereaty-first, =; Senatorial
delegates. 1. Total. es.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10

AGAINST Them and Arrests are Liable to
he Made at Any Moment-They Sell
Second Hand Cards Without Going to
the Trouble of Attaching Two Cent
st.mp and it is Liable to Cost Them
DearIy-Urged by Local Dealers.
Colonel Huffman is about to open war
ON the gamblers Of Wichita-that is as
summing that there are gamblers N
Wichita, an assumption certainly incon
ststant with the high moral character
of the Peerless Princess.
Well. Colonel Huffman says there
are gamblers her-gamblers who play
car1s-and he is getting after them
with 2. sharp stick. II need not be sur
rrissng TO them or anybody else II ABOUT
nine OF them are arrested at any mo-
ment
IT is possibly the nature Of the gan1o-
ling profession to try and get the pesl
of everybody, but when they stack the
cards on Uncle Sam or try and run III
four aces on him they wall get called
with a bigger hand. That IS sure
The csontention between the United
States government, as represented py
Colonel Huffman and the gamblers OF
Wichita is that the latter are dong up
Uncle Sam by violation Of the inter
nal revenue laws The gamblers, II
appears, buy their crds in 500 lots IN
order TO get them cheaper. Every time
a game is started il is the rule 10 open
I'D a new deck. After that Of course
somebody begins 10 lose, and thinking
the cards are marked he calls for new
deck. This demand Of course IS ac-
-r-11T NJ ton
gambler Is most courteous 70 his pa
irons and the cards do not cost much.
OF course after the cards are once used
they become second hand, although
they are just as good as new. The
gamblers being economical in their pro-
fessional methods sell these second
hand cards to other places where the
stakes are small and the players are
not particular. But they do not take
the trouble TO put that two cent inter
nal revenue stamp on them. They
think that as the original package was
stamped that ought TO satisfy the gov
eminent, but IT doesn't The govern
ment demands that no deck of cards
shall be sold without bearing the re-
Quired stamp, and in order 10 make this
demand emphatic, Uncle Sam has at
tached a penalty of $50 for every deck
of cards so sold. As there are about 400
decks of second hand cards sold in
Wichita every month the Penalties
would amount TO $4,000, a sum that
would burst the most hourishing gam
blers bank at this time.
The local dealers are with the gov
eminent. They are not very friendly
10 the gamblers anyway because the
gamblers buy their cards al wholse-
sale in ST Louis or Chicago and there
is no rake off to the local dealers. Be
sides the selling of second hand cards
crippIes the business of the dealers.
when prosecutions are commenced the
local dealers will swear 10 the COM
plants. They have already made the
complaint 20 Colonel Huffman but that
gentleman has secured the evidence a
the expense of the government INA all
that is required TO be done now is the
issuing of the complaints by the United
States district attorney.
Colonel Huffman told a reporter for
the Eagle yesterday that he has in his
possession sufficient evidence TO make
IT hot for those who are violating the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-10
The Modern Reantr.

Thrives on good food and sunshine. with
plenty Of exercise in the open air. Her
form glows with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleas
ant Syrup Of Figs. Made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company.