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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
ESTIMATED OUTPUT.

"The estimated output for January
and February was 100000 tons, but
the proportion for the first month was
largely exceeded. This difference will
likely be made up in part during Feb
ruary as the cCllieries on nearly all of
the railroad lines have been working
on short time.
"The average prices returned for
January are as a rule lower than De-
cCmbcr, showing a steady decline since
last November. ThQse for February
are expected to show some improve
mcnt. il is estimated that the produc-
tion during March will be $500, 900 tons,
"I'he injustice of the present system
of contracting for coal at 80 per cent.
of the tidewater average price is clear
ly shown in the annual report of the
Lehigh Valley Coal company. In 1896
this company mined 2Sl9,757 tons Of
coal and received from its tenants
2,2IS,i34 tons, a large part of which
was purchased on the 60 per cent. basis.
During the year the Lehigh Valley
railroad transported 10,29S,977 tons of
coal and of this only 1871, ,953 tons We're
sent to tidewater or but IS per cent.
of the total, and this Is per cent. es
tabliched the price paid for the entire
amount of coal bought by contract and
mined by the Coal company.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
BASIS IS UNFAIR.

"Such basis for a contract is mani
festly unfair and its eminent injustice
to the operator is shown in the financial
returns of the Lehigh Valley Coal COM
pany. which, under this system, though
it receives a royalty on the coal mined
by its tenants, was unable to meet
any part of its nXed charges. Sixty
per cent of the lowest market price
for coal is not an equitable division
when the operator has all the risks
and expenses of production and is al
lowed no voice in the price at which
mis- output is sold.
With reference to the annual reports
of the coal carrying roads the letter
will say:
Gross traffic earnings from anthra-
cite coal equal 64.6 per cent. of total
freight traffic earnings. According to
the report this cOmDany's mining eX-
penses We're $23,GO6, 26 and receipts
from coal $21 ,927, ,63S.99 This evidently
includes freight on the coal but as it
occurs in both figures and is embraced
in the total earnings from all sources,
then the earnings from coal mining as
above, together with freights from coal,
amount to 74.7 per cent. of the total
earnings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
REPORTS AVOID DETAIL.

"These figures show what an impor-
tant part mining and transporting an
thracite coal play in the operations of
coal carrying railroads, more than any
other source of income, and yet the re-
ports issued by nearly all of the COM
panies carefully avoid any details which
will allow a criticism of the manage
ment of these important interests. The
figures which they give are of little
service and with few exceptions no 9TH
er information is vouchsafed, except
the rounded Dlatitudes in which the
officers express their belief that the Sc
curity holders should be satisfied to
blindly entrust their money and inter-
ests to those whom they have en-
plOyed.
Are the railroads. then, in such a
dangerously distressed condition that
they are afraid to make a frank and
open accounting? Are they afraid to
show the enormous losses which the
mismanagemen of their largest and
most important interest-anthracite
coal-shows? With the exception of
the Philadelphia and Reading and the
Delaware and Hudson, not one of the
large coal producing roads has dared
face it's stockholders with the heavy
deficits of its coal departments, but by
deducting these losses from the traffic
and miscellaneous" receipts there re-
mains an amount which, by grace, they
term earnings from "all sources" This
is an uncOnsciOnable makeshift and
should not be tolerated longer by the
real owners of these properties"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
Fine Wea Their Calendar.

The News has received Cardui
Weather Chart and Calendar for 1897
from the Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
manufacturers of McElree's Wine OF
Cardul and Thedford's Black Draught.
This is one of the best calendars ever
published. 1t consists Of twelve sheets
of paper, 13x20 inches in size, all fast
ened together with a gilt TIN strip and
a brass loop hanger Each sheet con-
tains the calendar for one month In
large figures that can be read across
any room. Under the figures patent
weather signals indicating Prof. De-
Woes weather forecasts fos every day
in the year appear. The moons
changes and legal holidays are also
shown. The calendar is valuable in
any home. We understand few cop
les of it cansbe secured by sending 10
One-cent postage stamps TO the Chatta-
nooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
n deep water in search Of its prev.

in deep water in search of its prey.
We must reflect that wherever this
creature had its home there must be Ii v
ing hundreds or thousands of others of
its kind, probably Of equal size, other
wise its race could not be kept TIP. It's
habitat is probably the broad plateau
that extends out to sea about two hun
dred miles off the coast of South Caro-
lima, Georgia, and North Florida, on
which the water increases very gradu-
ally in depth down to two hundred faith
oms. This plateau is swept by the Gulf
stream and supports animal life in
great abundance.
That same region is one of the great
feeding grounds for the sperm whale,
which is we'll known to live chi eRy on
large cuttleish and devlfsh. 1t is pro-
bable, therefore, that this Florida mon
ster was killed, probably, and partly eat
en- by sperm whale, and, the remnant
of the body having foated to the sur
face, was washed ashore Ia a storm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
TRAIN BLOWN UP BY CUBANs.
More Than Three Hundred Spaniards KIN.
ed and Three Hundred Captured.

More Than Three Hundred Spaniards XIII.
ed and Three Hundred Captured,
A press special from Havana, via Key
West, says!
The news that Spanish forces have
met with a serious disaster in the west
IS confirmed. 1t is learned through a
reliable source that train carrying 600
troops, while going from Artemisa to
some southern point, was blown up by
Cubaus, more than 800 troops being kill
ed or wounded.
The details give a tragic coloring. The
Cubans had learned that the troops were
to be sent on that train. They mined a
long high trestle crossing st. Armen
channel. The mines were exploded as
the train was passing over it with terrible
effect. Halt of the entire train was lift
ed up and thrown into the deep channel
below.
The force of the explosion was terrific,
the ground being blown up for great
distance. The cries of the wounded and
the shouts of the unhurt added excite
meDt and terror. AS the remainder o
the troops rushed out of the ruins they
were met with a whitening fire from the
concealed Cubans, and dozens fell at the
first volley.
The Cubans lost possibly forty men.
All the prisoners were released save the
officers, who were held tor the safety of
eight insurgent officers at Artemisa, who
had been sentenced to death by the
Spanish commander, and Col. Pence
the Cuban commander, sent word that if
these men were shot he would order
! his hostages to be killed. and Tat TWEEN
| ty of the soldiers would be shot too, in
in revenge for Cuban soldiers shot there
last week.
1t is said that the Cuban officers were
released from Artemisa.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison of the Worthngton,
Ind, Sun, writes: "You have valua-
BILE prescription in Electric Bitters, and |
can cheerfully recomn end it for consti-
patton, and as a general system tonic it
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Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, was all
run down, could not eat nor digest food,
had backache which never left her and
felt tired and weary, but six bottles, Of
Electric Bitters restored her health and
renewed her strength. Prices SOC. and.
s1.00 per bottle. Get a bottle at Sale.
Davis drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
ADVISES NEGROES TO Arm.
BISHOP TURNER THROWS A FIRE.
BRAND AMONG HIS PEOPLE.
He Tells the Blacks to Defend the Lives
of Criminals by the Use
of Guns.

Bishop II. M. Turner of the African
Methodist church, who was in Dawson
last week attending conference of that
church for the district of which Dawson
is part, has taken highly sensational
stand on the lynching question, He adj
vises the members of his race to arm
themselves with guns and pistols and to
use powder and lead whenever there is a
lypching bee afoot, The bishop, who is
we'll known throughout the south, gives
this advise through the medium of an ed
itorial in the current issue of The Voice
of Missions, paper published under his
auspices for circulation among the flock
of the African Methodist church. The
editorial is accompanied by sermon on
the sane subject, preached recently by
one of the brethern, this sermon being
illustrated with big cut representing
two negroes being lynched by a mob of
white men. 1t was called forth by the
lynching of John johnson and Archi-
bald Joiner in Louisiana recently while
the college of bishops, of which Bishop
Turner is a member, was in session in
New Orleans. This incident, the we'll
known colored leader declares, was the
last straw that compelled him to speak
out and call upon his people to fight.
He has thought they ought to use guns
for a long time past, but has kept his own
counsel on the subject. Here is what
Bishop Turner says in his editorial:
''NEGRoEs, GET GUNS.
"Let every negro in the country who
has spark of manhood in him supply
his house with one, two or three guns,
or seven or sixteen shooter, and we
advise him to keep them loaded and pre-
pared for immediate use, and when his
domicle is invaded by the bloody lynch
ers or any mob, day or night, Sabbath or
work day, turn loose your missiles of
death and blow the fiendish wretches in
to a thousand gibets.
eve have had it in our mind to say
this for seven years, but our Episcopal
status made us hesitate TO thus express
ourselves, fearing it would meet the dis
approval of the house of bishops, but
their approval or disapproval is doing
nothing to stay the fendish murdere rs
who stalk abroad and are DISCRIMINATING.
So we have now said it, and hereafter we
sh all speak it, preach it and talk it, and
write. Again we say, get gums"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
"WHEN WOMEN RULE"
Then, if they Are iP opulists, They Lose
Their Heads and Men Their Boards.

Then. if they Are iP opulists, They Lose
Their Heads and Men Their Boards.
A Denver, COL, special says: The
middle of the road popuhsts have met
and adjourned after three hours of
fighting. Women were In the thick OF
the melee, and they were in several in
stances instigators of the attack. The
first assault " as provoked by the remark
of woman that she would not sit in a
convention with the hirelings of corpo-
aJions, indicating one of the delegates.
The latter replied that the accuser was a
liar, and the husband flew to the rescue,
while his wife and her women compan-
ions stood by and cheered the fighters.
T he event of the afternoon was when W.
r. Frazier said that the corporations
were more power than populst princi-
plies.
That's a lie"' shouted half dozen,
and men and women were on their feet
making fer the speaker. he was no
match for the crowd, and was driven
out, but fought desperately to the
door.
A Mr.. Akers next came in for rough
! treatment. On being asked by a Mrs.
Reed if it was not "tim9 for him to 60
out and choke himself to DEATH Akers
retorted in kind. On this Miss Holmes
demanded why the men stood silently by
and saw the women insulted. None re-
sponded, and then Mrs, Reed and Miss
/ Holmes jumped at Akers and tore out
! most Of his beard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
FACE DEATH IN The FLOOD.
MISSISSIPPI BOTTOMS COVERED
WITH WATER,
Refugees Stand on Railroad Tracks to
Save Their Lives. Humans and
BruteS Huddled Together.


A press dispatch from Memphis, Tenn,
says the valley of the lower Mississippi
is vast inland sea. Death, desolation
and distress is spreading from as far
north as Birds Point, Mo-, to the coun-
try below Helena, Ark. The heavy rain
fall of the past fortnight in the Ohio Val
ley and the consequent floods are the
immediate causes of the frightful swell
ing ii the Mississippi in the vicinity of
Cairo and south of there,
The break in the levee near Nodena,
Ark, has wrought havoc in Mississippi
county, which is virtually at the mercy
of the raging torrents. Many persons
are thought to have persisted in this
vicinity. twenty-five negroes are re-
ported drowned in Bushy bayou, Fol
miles and miles west of Memphis every
home has been abandoned.
one planter, j. L. Butler, tells ter
rifle story of the destruction of farm.
AOUoCSs PAOPOAL1 huu CdIClCs
At Marion and the adjacent county
400 people are reported to be lined up on
the railroad track, over which the oc-
casional waves sweep, threatening to
carry of the desperate people and live
stock. Along the other railroad lead
ing out of the city into Arkansas a SINH
lar condition of affairs exists.
SIX hundred people have been brought
I to Memphis from Critt9nden county.
Many were in a state of starvation when
they arrived.
The steamer Minnehaha has just re-
turned from a trip to Island Forty,
where human lives and dumb brutes
were found huddled together wherever
shallow water offered standing places.
The women were in water up to their
waists, and two of them were holding
| babies in their arms.
Stories of rescue by the half dozen or
more steamers engaged in the work, and
vessels arriving from above and below
have, however, added highly thrilling
features to the situation. From re-
fugees arriving from back of Marion it
was learned that hundreds of people in
that section were in the water and with
| out means to escape. Accordingly, a
! a light draught steamer was pushed in
that direction as far as possible and
skiffs penetrated even further. The re-
| suit was the rescne of scores of suffer
ers. On Presidents island, below here,
a large number were found in the water
and brought out.
At Osceola, Ark, the leYee broke
terday and the floods are doing great
damage in that section. At Tyler, Mo-,
ten families were driven from their
homes, and are camped on saw-dust
pile.
At Cottonwood, Mo-, the water is near
ly foot deep in business places and
dwellings.
At Gayese, the water is all over the
town, and from three to twelve inches
deep in the houses.
| Prisoners had to be removed from the
Jail to the court house to escape the
water.
Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
| bowels Never sickeu weaken or Crime
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
MONSTER OF The DEEP.
FGE DEVIL FISH CAST UPON THE
COAST OF FLORIDA.
Required Twelve Men, With Aid of
Block and Tackle and Six Horses,
to Move 1t.

Dn the magnificent beach which ex-
IDS along the Florida coast, south of
Augustine, there lies, at the present
h. the largest and most remarkable
b fish that has ever been seen. It.
cast ashore in mutilated condi-
December 9TH, and yet, after several
ks exposure to the weather, it is
u in fair state of preservation and
i changed but little in appearance.
lead of decayng rapidly, as it was
1ected to do, its flesh has dried and
aened in the sun and wind, until it
'8nbles leather in hardness and tough
Ab0at two weeks ago DR.. Dewitt
~ undertook to turn the body over
examination. After the great bank
Rnd around it had been removed y
n, with the aid of blocks and tackle,
y to pull it over, but they could only
snp the hind end a short distance.
#Nebb then procured a team of six
PES, aud, with their aid and suitable
kIe, he succeeded in pulling it high
p on the beach and upon a plank
FloTm, where it now rests. Owing
Pc tact that it has continued to har-
he hopes to be able to preserve it
sIIy entire by continued drying and
use OF proper presentations.
Il moving the monster one large break
made on one side, which disclosed
4 creatures massive muscles. Fortu-
FIH Or. Webb secured the services of
@o'ographer and had photographs made
~ SLOWS the creature in different
ions during its removal and after it
Oeen placed in position.
y head is all destroyed and the front
u It's body was badly mutilated
worn by the waves and sand. The
part OF the body behind the middle
4s"'ly perfect and has nearly a smooth
- without any appendages. 1t is
N shaped and large behind.
length of the body, as it now lies.
leet; the breadth 7, and its height
'ne ground is about 81 feet. Its
at present is estimated by DR.
@ to be at least seven tons, which !,
'eaply too small figure. The hear
aRnS would certainly have been q.
& y the body, and when we remam
~ tne front part of the bodv ba.
uon OF its substance by mutiIatjor
pS' believe that the live weight q
eature was about eighteen or TWEEN
When living it must have Ia,
Hormous arms, each one bnndre,
more In length, each as thick ..
'S' OF a large vessel, and armed
unoreds of saucer-shaped suck
largest of which would bav,
least a foot in diameter.
Eyes would have been more than
U'"neter 1t would have carried
we've gallons of ink in its inl
cIouding the water when fiobt.
~ us great enemy, the sperm
Us Jaws, composed of hard
0'u' were shaped like the beah
"''ot and of enormous size anc
1t could swim rapidly with
~, out its usual habit would he
W slowly along over the bottom
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
BEEFSTEAK S4S ABOUND.
First Seen in Circle City and 1t Threatened
Riot Among Bidders.

First Seen in Circle City and 1t Threat en- ed
Riot Among Bidders.
The first beef-steak that ever reached
Circle City, Alaska, sold for S48 per
pound few weeks ago. The steak con-
sisted of a ten pound piece of the beef
that was slaughtered at Forty Mile Creek
and was packed at that place and ship
ped 250 miles to Circle City by Thomas
O'Brien. When O'Brien reached the
camp the miners turned out in body
to see the steak. 1t was placed on ex-
hibition, and it attracted as much at
tention as an eight-legged calf. Every
body wanted piece of the fresh meat,
and the prices offered were such as
would have resulted in mining camp
quarrel or bloodshed if ii had not been
decided to rattle the steak off tor the
benefit of hospital which Bishop Rowe
is trying to establish for the miners at
Circle City.
At first only S. per pound was offered
for slice of the steak, but the bidding
became brIsker as the meat was sliced,
and as high as S35 per pound was offer
ed. Finally, in order to avoid complica-
tons, it was decided to sell tickets at
so cents to $3.50 for the privilege OF
drawing for a slice. After $3.50 worth
Of tickets had been sold the drawing be-
gan, and to the relief of the managers of
the sale no trouble resulted in the dis.
position Of Circle 1itys first beefsteak.
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
FURNITURE

We nave decidedly the hest denp Furniture department.
just received beautiful line Nlatng
0 OF money. Coueo ~ " e' We
F.. e. OF LARK eee co
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
F. {. CLARK & CO., Proprietors Of The Fair.
VVvvvVvvvvvvvwvvvvv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

vii for
nth eoHe
in
wants alf latter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24

G. G. Lewis will sell you genuine
Schnapps tobacco at SOC. per pound by
the box.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24
I'm 6rolderies =
CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS.

I'VE enlarged Gentems Furnishing Clothing department and hence
an
and offer better can Be found
Clothing will
We can fit Collars Cuffs Nkwea Underwear shirts etc. will he
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24

Don't allow the lungs to be impaired
by the continuous irritation of cough.
Ii is easier to prevent consum otion than
to cure it. One Minute Cough Cure ia
ken early will ward off any fatal lung
trouble. SALE-DAvls DBUe Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
Ice. 80
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-17
BLONDE INDIANS.
The Mayas of Mexico Have Blue
Ewes and Light Hair.

The Mayas of Mexico Have Blue
Eyes and Light Hair.
Ohio State Journal: One of the mys-
teries of Mexico is presented by the
Maya Indians, who inhabit the Sierra
NadTe mountains, in the lower part of
Sonora. They have fair skins blue
eyes and light hair. and students of
ethnology have always been puzzled to
account for them There is tradition.
however, that these Indians are the de-
scendants of the crew and passengers
of the Swedish vessel wrecked on the
Mexican coast centuries before Column
bus discovered the new world But this
tradition is founded on nothing more
substantial than a folklore tale cur
rent among them that their ancestors
came over the big salt water hundreds
of moons ago.
The Mexicans have never been able
to conquer this people. Nominally. in
deed, they are under Mexican rule, but
really they are governed by their own
chief, and whenever the Mexican gov
eminent has interfered with them they
have taken up arms. getting the best
of the scrimmage every time Their
nearest Indian ueighbors are the va
ouis, and these two warIike tribes have
reciprocity down to a fine point. Each
helps the other when the Mexicans at
tack them The Ndayas live principally
by the chase, although they cultivate
some corn and garden truck. The men
are large and well formed. and some
of the women are remarkably hand
some blondes