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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
ANDERSONVILLE INDICATED.
The Woes There No Greater Than Those
in the Recent War with Spain.

The Woes There No Greater Than Those
in the Recent War With Spain.
The Augusta Chronicle makes the
timely suggestion that one of the results
of the war with Spain is the vindication
of Andersonyille prison. The confeder-
ate authorities at the time-1S62-65
attempted to appeal to reason and fact.
but the north, dashed into fury
by newspaper articles and illus
trations, grossly exaggerated. would
rot listen. Since the war adj
ditional historic facts were adduced
but nothing came of the revelation.
Nothing is clearer, from the record. than
the fact that the confederate authorities
did what they possibly could to alleviate
distress of the prisoners, and vainly
asked for medicines and an exchange
Medicines were made contraband of war
and exchange of prisoners denied, be-
cause, as was brutally stated the north
could get oil the soldiers, she needed
from all the world-but the south could
not replace her captive warriors. On
the strength of false reports of cruelty
at Andersonville the north retaliated on
confederate prisoners. The editor of
the New Orleans States, who was a con-
A@NOA"bp pAASOhOAb StNCS SOtnO ShIlklUR
examples of the woes of the men IN grey
in northern prisons. and now, when the
truth of history is being vindicated on
this point he says:
when truthful and impartial his
tory of the civil war shall be written it
will be made manifest that the execu-
ton OF Wirz, the commander of Ander-
sonville prison, who was humane man
and did the best he possibly could under
the circumstances, was little less infa-
NOUS than the hanging of Mrs. Surratt,
who was as innocent Of any completely
IN Llncoln's assassination as was Mrs.
Lincoln herself"
The French are accustomed, in DAYS of
repentance, to build expiatory chapels
in memory of the innocent victims Of
national crimes and some day Captain
Wirz and Mrs. SurratJ will be similarly
indicated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
MUSTER OUT The WAR TAKES.
THE WAR REVENUE BILL IS NEED
LESSLY BURDENSOME.
The People Called Upon to Furnish 800
100000 More Per Year Than
Is Necessary.

1t is now manifest that the special
taxes levied by the war-reYenue bill
were needlessly burdensome. The peo-
pie were called upon to furnish at least
$780, 900, 600 more money per year than
was really required to prosecute the war
to a finish, just as they were called upon
to furnish at least 100000 mJre men
| than were needed, or ever likely to be
needed for the same purpose.
Not satisfied with raising 100000, 900
by special bond issue, the administra-
ton forced through congress a bill put
ting taxes on about everything in sight,
from patent medicines to bank checks
and from express packages to kilograms.
The American people, with the same
marvellous patience they have shown in
bearing every burden and sacrifice, how
ever mistakenly and unnecessarily i'm
posed upon them, uncOmplainiugly sub
mitted to this complicated and annoying
system of internal taxation
1t is now known that the collections
under the war-revenue bill will surely
yield S140, 600, 900 by the end of the cur
rent fiscal year. This sum, added to the
5000 900, 600 derived from the bond issue,
will bring the extraordinary revenue of
the treasury for war purposes up to $40,
100000. 1t is also known now that the
total cost of the war up to the end of
, the current fiscal year will not exceed
$235 100000. Still further, it is known
that the increasing volume of imports
is likely to increase the ordinary revenue
of the government, derived under the
old laws, by about S50000,000 during
the same period.
In short, the financial prospect before
the country is that, unless the superlu-
Gus war taxes are repealed, there will be
an enormous treasury surplus on June
80, 1899, which the country has no use
for.
These special war taxes should be re-
pealed. They were imposed under con-
ditions that have ceased to exist. They
are yielding at least S140,000,000 a year
of unnecessary revenue. They are TAX
ing just about 100000 day out of the
pockets of the people needlessiy and for
no purpose whatever except to pile up
huge surplus in the treasury which will
be a menace to the financial and COM
mercial welfare of the country.
These war taxes will continue to be
collected month after month, year after |
year, until they are modified or repealed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
Stirred Old Memories.

General Dave Cook tells a story of the
early days in Denver that serves to il.
lustrate the fact hat there was occa-
siOnally not time In the new town.
1t appears that there was an old timer
from Montana who came out here for the
purpose of investing in real estate. He
found dealer who told HIM it was the
liveliest town on earth and that there
was not time, day or night, that a man
could not go out on the streets and not
see crowd of people engaged at some
thing, says the Denver Times.
"Oh, that's an old fake" said the
Montana man. 81 can go out here and
IN two minutes there won't be a man in
sight"
en- just bet you deed to those lots
against barrel of the original Kentucky
that you can't do it,"
The bet was arranged with the bar
tender as witness, and the two walked
out of the door. Just as the Montana
man Got outside big six-shooter drop
ped out of his pocket and in falling dis
charged itself. The people in those
days knew what that noise meant and
began I'd seek cover in the business
houses aud in their homes. And they
did not come out in the two-mInute time
fixed either.
The Montana man won his bet, and it
is said that be is still living on the two
lots enjoying life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
ADVANCING MORALS IN KANSAS.
Church People Mob Saloons and One Man
Is Wounded.


Is wounded.
Peter Hamerli, keeper of a saloon at
Miltonvale, Kan, was lodged in Jail
charged with an assault to murder B. J..
Miller, editor of the Miltonvale Press.
The affair is the result of an attempt
by the church people of Miltonvaie to
regulate the morals of their community.
They started to rid the town of saloons.
They first assaulted 10 Benefits place,
where they smashed everything. Peter
Hammerl's place was next attacked.
The doors being locked, they were
broken down with axes, whereupon the
mob of good people were fired upon from
within the saloon. One bullet struck
Editor Miller IN the face, wounding him
badly.
After the shooting Hammerli escaped,
but was arrested later. When the
saloonkeeper and his guns had been
captured the church people finished
tt cir work by demolishing everything in
the place.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
Dry Goods.

boo yds. good heavy Checks,
worth cents ....... 3 cts
Boo yds, best Checks worth &c 4 cts
boo yds good yard wide
.Sheetng, worth ) cents. 49,. 80 cts
boo yds best quality of Stand
] ard Sheeting worth 6 cents ~ cts
Boo yards Calico, worth Sc. 3 cts.
|eautiful line of Calicoes, all
new shades, from. ......... 33I to &c
Boo yards good quality Bed
Ticking, worth. ........... s. to 1910
Boo yards good White Bleach
.ng, yard wide, cheap at 7l@c A. cts
$OOyds. Fruit of the Loom
Bleaching. worth 10c. ....... 6 cts
8O0 yards Cotton Flannel,
worth 10 cents. ........... 5 cts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
A New Trust.

Two hundred million dollars paid.in.
capital! That is the neat little nest egg
from which new steel company, or
gained under the laws of New Jersey,
VIII begin to hatch out profits. The
new company, however, is merely con-
soidation OF several old, large and welt
established steel making firms. In short,
IL IS new trust. Ithas the largest CAPT
tai OF any corporation ever OFganizedl
under the New Jersey laws.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21

One Minute Cough Cure surprises ned.
pie by its quick cures, and children NAV
take It N large Quantities without the
least danger. II has won for itself the
pest reputation of any preparation used
To-Day for colds, Group, tickling ia the
throat or obstinate coughs. -
SALE-DAYIs DRUe Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
Beggs, lIerman SaIre

is an invaluable remedy for cuts, burns.
bruises, scalds, chapped hands, sore
nipples, sore lips, eczema, ulcers, chron-
&c sores, skin eruptions, fever sores, and
all skin diseases. SALE-DAvIs DRUG
Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21

70 Silk Umbrellas, worth $3.50, $1.O0
700 new fall style Capes and
Jackets. .........,... ..75c TO $40
These capes and Jackets are
grand bargains. See them.
Ladies' and children's Rubber
Overshoes, best quality,
worth SOC. Observation-Disclosures. 50 cts
The biggest and cheapest line of
mems and boys Hats and Caps ever
shown in this market.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
Shoes! S hoes!

Our greatest bargains are found in
our shoe stock. Note the price:
Women's DOngola Button
Shoes, good quality ..,. IS cts.
WOmen's good Button or Lace
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
Furniture! Furniture!

We have the largest stock of Furni-
ture ever brought here. We don't
specify prices on furniture, as we
haven't space to do the subject Justice.
we guarantee that furniture has new
er before been sold so cheap in this
market. An immense line of Bed
steads, Bureaus, Washstands, Tables,
Chairs, Hat Racks, Bed Room Suits,
Springs, Mattress, Window Shades
etc. See our line before buy ing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
altogether.

altogether.
Muster out the unnecessary war taxes
as well as the unnecessary warriors -
New York World.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-21
Clothing! Clothing!

Our stock of Clothing is the largest
ever brought to Dawson.
Mems Suits, good quality,
worth SIS 90. ...... s 300
Mems Suits, warranted all
wool, worth So so ...... s 500
Finer line of Suits ..$7t to $40
% boys Short Pants Suits
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25

date. I. Ada H. Tenders. do hereby re- lease forever and for all time the said J. W. Little, his heirs, assigns and ex- ecutors from all claims of whatsoever kind or nature that may in the future arise, or have in the past arisen, in the case of Little vs. Little, in which was plaintiff and J. W. Little defendant
 "(Signed) MRS. ADA TENDERS"
 Mrs. Tenders is the divorced wife of the would-be suicide On a piece of notepaper, which was found in LittIe's pocket-book, was written the follow ing sentence in lead pencil:
 'If you were going there to avoid me, why did you go to the hall up stairs?
 How could you escape me in that way, when you knew I saw you go there?
 You say he did not know but what l was your brother.
 If l was your brother, why did you wish to escape me?"
 On another scrap of paper was writ ten the following:
 T forgive you all. l am now beyond all human aid"
 It IS supposed that the Respondent clerk wrote the above after taking the poison. In his pocket-b book was also found small photograph of his ex- wife which he tore in pieces. Last night Little had almost entirely recov- cred from the effects of the poison
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25

and his men a number of clever crooks were landed in prison yesterday before they had chance to operate The head or the detective department detailed ms men at every important point along the me or march, with instructions to arrest all suspicious characters. Before the parade was over nine well-known crooks were arrested and locked up in the City Prison.
 Dan Heating, who the police say is an eX-conVict, was arrested by Detective Graham and Officer Samuels and charged with burglary. Shortly before noon yes terday he broke into the San Francisco Business College on Market street and stole number of books and writing ma terial. The stolen property was found In his possession.
 Subsequently Detectives Silvey and By ram arrested two pickpockets named Dan small and Dan Riordan and locked them up in the tanks. They were caught
 working" the crowd in front of the Pal ace Hotel
 Two Eastern bunko men named John Ashton and William Green were appre- hended by Detectives Egan and Tom Glb- son while steering a bucolic stranger to their room on Geary street, near Pow ell. A complete layout for robbing un- sophisticated strangers was found in their room.
 Edward Lewis. James Lawler and Charles Williams, who are said to be Eastern pickpockets, were picked up. by Detectives Tom Gibson and Egan while working a crowd in the Chinese quar- ter,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
 OF THE PAcIFIc COAST
1T IS Pro6dofe That President Mckinley WH Visit California During the Coming
 Summer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-It is prob- able that President Mckinley will visit California during the coming summer. It is his intention, public business al- lowing, to visit the Yellowstone. Wash ington, Oregon and California.
 The pension office to-day notified Representative Barlow that a pension would be granted Mrs. Edwardo Ed wards of Pasadena, Cal, and that she would receive back pay amounting to $325.
 Representative de Vries saw the At torney-General relative to the pardon of E. l.. Whitfield of Calaveras County. who was convicted for passing coun- terfeit money. The Attorney-GeneraI said he would lay the case before the President tomorrow. De Vries thinks the pardon will be granted.
 CallfornianS have been granted pen sions as follows: Alfred c. Johnson. Cottonwood, SIP. Increase-WilIiam c, Gray. Nevada City, $8 to SIP; Cornelius Sullivan, Soldiers Home, Los Angeles $6 to $8. Original widow. etc.-I,ucy Chandler, North Ontario, SS; Norah M March, Oakland, $8; Annie Lamb. Oak land, $8;> Nellie A. Osgood, Oakland, sS
 The Senate Committee on Education to-day reported favorably Senator Per kins' bill appropriating $100,000 for the establishment of a home for aged and infirm colored people
 Representative Barlow to-day intro duced a bill pensioning Lucy M. Cleye- land of Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
He Was Found Lying in a Doorway on Turk
 Street.
Taken to the Receivtnq Hos pitaI and Pumped
 Out.
LOVE WITH HIS Ex-WIFE
The Latter Some Time Ago Secured Divorce From
 Him.

J. W. Little, clerk in the general passenger office of the Southern Pa citic Company, was found in a semi conscious condition in the doorway of house at Turk and Polk streets yesterday afternoon. He was removed to the Receiving Hospital, where Drs. Veil and Rinne diagnosed the case as one of chloral poisoning. Afterrecover- ing consciousness, Little declared that he had taken ninety grains of the poi son, and begged to be allowed to die. When asked why he made an attempt on his life, Little said that his wife secured a divorce from him about a year ago, and since then he has been Respondent.
 T could not live without her" he re- self. Yesterday forenoon I purchased ninety grains of chloraI, and, going to my room at 611 Bush street, swallowed a large dose of the poison. As it did not appear to affect me, I took the re- mainder I then left my room and wandered about the streets until I be- came weak and fell in the doorway where the police found me"
 The surgeons at the hospital say that Little will recover.
 In one of his pockets was found the following document dated June 22. 1897:
 "In consideration of note made by J. W. Littley payable to me and of even
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
4 FATHER HAS 4
 SON ARRESTED
The Boy Broke Into His Home During His Parents
 Absence.

Frank A. Sademan brought his 1s-year- old stepson, James Sademan, to the Cali fornia-street Station and had him locked up on charge of burglary.
 While the boys mother and father were away from their home at 3675 Nine teenth street yesterday young Sademan, who had not been living at his home, b broke the back door of the house open with a hatchet and stole $S6.
 On his return home the stepfather sus- pected who the robber was and found the boy at the Eureka Dance Hall, from where he took him to the station. Young Sademan had no money in his possession, but acknowledged that he had broken into the house and robbed his parents.
 The elder MT. Sademan says that the boy has caused him considerable trouble and is continually getting into some scrape from which he has to be helped The mother feels that she has done all she could to reform her recreant son and has consented to his prosecution by heI husband.
 Sademan, who had his son arrested was at one time a janitor of Emmanuel Baptist Church and an important wit ness in the Durrant case
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
ZINE BIRTHS IN SESSION.
Tbe Von Ness Avenue Property Will Not Be Improved This
 Wear

The District Grand Lodge of the 1nde- pendent Order of B'ne Birth was not in session during the morning and after noon of yesterday, it having been de- cided at the previous meeting of the grand body that the members of the ex> ecutive committee and past presidents should honor the Golden Jubilee by ap- bearing in the parade.
 The grand body was In session last evening and it was reported that the fol- lowing named had taken part in the grand demonstration. riding in carriages: NJ Stein, grand president: Simon Hoch- stadter and Max Marcuse. grand trus- tees; Lucius L. Solomon, grand orator; Jacob Greenebaum, E. 1. Wolf, Joseph Rothschild, William Saalburg, H. P. Bush, A. Jonas and Felix MerZbach, past presidents, and Louis Lipman, M. Kol- mann, Louis Cohen, Meir Lindheimer, Si- mon Meyerson. H. Marks and D. Buch> ner. representatives to the grand body.
 The proposition to improve the property of the order located on the corner of Van Ness avenue and Fell street was laid over for one year.
 B. B. library and to that end appropri- ated the sum of Sl100.
 In token of respect to the memories of the late Jules Cerf, who was one of the first grand presidents of the order, and of Edward Bare, who was president of the District Grand Lodge at the time of his death short time since, the grand body. by a rising vote, adopted appropriate @ resolutions presented by two separate committees.
 A great portion of the evening session was taken up in the cosideration of the report of the committee on amendment of the general laws of the order in this Jurisdiction, report that in no way af- fects the beneficiary provisions of the order. The several sections were taken up but no action was taken. The matter will be further considered this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
TEE MILLION POUNDS
 OF SM0KELESS POWDER
 ORDERED BY L0NG.
The Secretary Of the Nary Calls Upon the Duponts for q Sig Supply Of
 Needed War Mdtenuf.

WILMINGTON, Jan. 24.-It became known here this afternoon that the famous powder firm of Duponts, whose works are located near this city, to-day received an order from Secretary of the Navy Long calling for 10,000, 900 pounds of smokeless powder. The Du- ponts have for more than a year been supplying the Government with DOW der, but to-day's order is the biggest ever sent to 1t. The powder mills have been very busy recently, and in view of to-day's order an extra force was put to work tonight.
 The greatest secrecy is maintained by the officers of the powder company con corning the order, and they decline to discuss it. With the improved and en- larged facilities of the big Dupont mills the order. though immense, can be filled in a very few weeks. The news of the receipt of the order by the Du- ponts caused a big furry in local finan- cial circles in view of the departure of the battle-ship Maine for Cuba
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
Dropped From the Yard of a Bark, but Received
 No Injury.
The Willamette Arrived, Dis charged and Sailed Again
 Inside Of a Day.
Steam Golfers and Coal Dealers Were Kept Busy on the Front
 Yesterday.

There was a most remarkable escape on the bark Harry Morse yesterday. One of the sailors fell from the fore yard to the deck and thence into the hold and yet escaped without injury. The Morse was being got ready to go to sea and the men were aloft bending sails. Gordon Howard, one of the crew, was on the foreyard and having more liquor aboard than was good for him he lost his hold and fell onto the for ward hatch. The latter was only partly covered and Gordon bounded from it into the hold. bringing up on the ballast at the bottom of the vessel. He was brought on deck apparently more dead than alive and hurried to the Harbor Receiving Hospital. He was laid out on the operating table, but astounded pr. Hill and everybody else by jumping up and saying Moth ing the matter with me. Only drunk" With that he walked out of the hos pital and across the street to get an other beer.
 J. Falcon of the barkentine City of Papeete was not so fortunate. He also fell from aloft but received injuries to his shoulder and back that will keep him in bed for some time.
 The only busy vessels on the water front yesterday were the colliers, and it was a jubilee for the dealers when they were able to secure two loads of the black diamonds in one day. At Rosenfeld's bunkers, where the Burma is discharging, at Dunsmuir's bunkers. where the Bristol is discharging, and at the Oregon Improvement Company s bunkers, where the Willamette was discharging, there was continual stream of coal carts from morning till night. The Progreso, at Main-street wharf, was also kept busy, and the chances are that the last of her coal will be out tonight and then she will start for Seattle to be turned into a passenger ship for the Klondike trade. The smartest piece of work done on the front in many a day was the dis charging of the collier Willamette. She reached port last Sunday about noon with 2300 tons of coal, and at D. m. yesterday she was on her way back to Seattle for another load. Just before leaving her dock one of the walters named Joseph F. Mellaney met with a serious accident. He was carry ing a tureen of soup aft to the cabin when he slipped and fell into the scup- per- He was scalded by the soup and when examined at the Harbor Receiv- ing Hospital 1t was found that his ankle was sprained as well. Another waiter was secured to take Mellaney' s place and the Willamette went to sea.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
ROBBED OF HIS MONEY.
Lulu Meyers Arrested on the
 Cborqe of GroDd larceny.

Lulu Meyers, woman well known in the "tenderloin district" was arrested yesterday morning by Policeman Whalen on a charge of grand larceny. The com plaining witness is James McMonigle, a visitor to the city. and he alleges that while in a saloon on Stockton street the woman robbed him of over $300. When she was searched at the City Prison $1S0 was found in her possession. which Mo Monigle claimed was part of the money stolen from him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
DEFENDED HIS SON.

Andrew Foster, APO McAllister street, saw strange man whipping his boy yes terday afternoon and went to his sons assistance. He and the stranger had some words over the whipping and a fight was imminent, when the stranger pulled out knife and stabbed Foster on the head and neck. He then disappeared among the crowd on Van Ness avenue.
 Foster went to the Receiving Hospital and his wounds were dressed by Dr. Ed wards. They were not serious Foster will swear out a warrant to-day for the knife-wielder' arrest
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25
A Eotul Hunting Trip.

John Croden, the man who was acci- dentally shot in tEe leg by his friend. Richard Busfiend, last Sunday while hunting jackrabbits, died early yesterday morning from hernorrhage from the wound The body was removed to the Morgue and an inquest will be held Busfend made a statement to Coroner Hawkins to the effect that he was walk ing ahead of Croden and that he slipped and dropped his gun, which was dis charged on striking the ground, the charge entering Crodens leg.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-25

uation, and her singing is anemic.
 Of the men, Edgar Halsted was mod erately successful as the erring hus- band; J. c. Marlow did a pouty mili- tary figure with good spirit: Philip Tones played young barrister with affable conviction, and Charles Drake was excellently legitimate as the friend of the principal culprit. The staging and tailoring were especially attract i've, and Mile. Fleurette executed a most engaging double back-action kick.
 ASHTON STEVENS.