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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

| of the government. In 1868 the Roth
schilds made a loan of S3,675 900 to the
state, of which only S35, 900 reached the
Dominican treasury, the balance being
divided between the promoters of the
deal, the tnanciers interested in it and
the government officials who signed the
bonds. Yet, despite this gigantic steal,
the country was fairly prosperous when
HeureauX was elected president in 1882
and restored peace and order. A man
of charming presence, by nature a
diplomat and a close observer of things,
this dashing Dominican soon became
dictator of the republic. His rejection
every fourth year was farce, is he was
the whole government. Congress,
judges and provincial governors were
his creatures, and the constitution and
the law were interpreted according to
his wishes.
Had he been truly great man he could
have made the Dominican republic re-
spected at home and abroad but his
passion for display and extravagant
habits led him to excuses which have
brought the little country to bankrupt
cy and ruin. After he had occupied the
presidential chair for six years he owed
Iarge sums to every merchant and
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

Indian up in the most elaborate ia,bi
and put him inside of conical wigvI
in the middle of an open space
body else was permitted to come Nd
him. As quickly as they had vi
drawn, tremendous humping sou1
were heard from the hut, which sval
from side to side as if it would be- ID
to pieces. Two or three minutes "A
the Indian called out, telling them
go to a certain house several hniI
yards away where they would fndthI
ropes. One of the white men was 4
to the house. and he found the roy
with all of the complicated knots
tied.
The tieing committee opened
wigwam then, but found the wild
smoking pipe, with his black ma
stone on his lap. Neither pipe horst
had been there previously. The b
priest of the wizards society hadl
heard of this exhibition, sent word 4
he would be killed if he repeated sue
performance for gain. EyidentyitT
deemed improper that religions b
ness of that sort should be thus pro-
tuted.
81 was much mystified on one 90
sion by trick ! saw performedinat
medicine lodge. In the course Ofah
ceremonial, an Indian took bag abb
the size of a large handkerchief,
manipulated it III such a manners
show that it contained nothing, To
he danced around the lodge Slow
holding the bag between his fingers
the upper corners. Present ~ tbeha
of two snakes appeared from them
of the bag, and about a foot Of
length of each snake became dsit
But it CHANGED that the juggIer in
dancing passed by the open dooroi
lodge, and then / understood the "a
The light shining through the
showed that it contained no snas
What had appeared from the bag
merely the stuffed heads and bodies
a short length of a couple of rattd
They were made to stick out by pull
taut the pieces of tape to which
were attached" SMITH D. FRY
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went from bad to worse, and wher
HeureauX was assassinated few
months ago it was found that the Amer
lean company held S7,5OO,OOO in fouI
| per cent. bonds and $13, 1926. 900 in two
and three quarter per cent. bonds. TIC
! this vast sum must be added floating
i Indebtedness to merchants and others.
roughly estimated at SS,OOO,0OO. And
out of this total of 10000, 900 little more
than $1,000,000 is traceable to legitimate
government expenses!
The American company virtually con-
trolls the government at the present
time. 1t collects all the revenues and
supervises the expenditures. The con-
gress is its creature and the officials in
every department court its favors. But,
rich as the country is, it is doubtful If
it can bear the burden of taxation that
has been laid upon it by dishonest pub
lie servants; and should the American
creditors force the payment of the
money due them civil war and the de.
struction of American property would
be inevitable. In such an emergency
the United States would be compelled
to interfere and to annex the repub-
lie, contingency which would be
heartily welcomed by the improvement
company, as ii would mean a profit of
at least $5,000,000 to its shareholders.
The only hope entertained by the pa
triotic Dominicans for the perpes ua-
ton of their country as an independent
state lies in the election to the pres
idency of Don Juan Isidro Jimenes. a
wealthy native of the island who was
eXpatriated by HeureauX several wears
ago. Jimenes returned to Santo Do
mingo at the head of a powerful band
OF reyolutionists, and just now seems
to have things his own way. tits limited
that HeureauX was assassinated by one
of Jimenes' henchmen, and even the
new autocrats most intimate friends
have so far not taken the trouble TO
deny this insinuation.
At the coming session of the Amer
lean congress, it is rumored, bill pro-
viding for the annexation of the Do
minican republic is to be introduced.
Should it receive the approval of sem
ate and president we shall have another
Philippine elephant on our hands-as
the hatred of the Dominicans for every
thing American is genuine and deem
rooted. G. w. WETPPERT
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nave been permanent disgrace. There
was one chance out of a hundred nor
haps, that the marksman might miss
lie decided to take the chance, and g.
permitted the volunteer executioner II
take deliberate aim and fire at hin,
from distance of half a dozen PAGES
an instant later he fell dead the bullet
had passed through his brain.
In some tribes of Indians il used 70
be the rule that a sorcerer who failed
three times must pay the penalty of
death, That regulation has been re-
markably widespread among savaoes
understand it to have been accented sc
Tar south as Patagonia on this con-
tlhent' and undoubtedly it survives 10
ms day in parts of Africa and else
where. But there was an ingenious
magician of my acquaintance who saved
himself from this fate by little device
OF ms contriving. Being permitted 10
furnish the bullet by which he was n
DE shot, he made one in mold in ,hiot
d piece OF paper was inserted in sncb n
manner that the ball was cast in two
hemlsPheres. These he put together
causing them to hol5 by rubbing the
edges with his knife-l lade. In this wav
at the same time thedeception was CON
eealed. On being Fl ,ed from the gpp
the bullet flew in halves, which being Of
such shape, scattered and left the mar
untouched BY this means he oscanaI
on several occasions the penalty HI
ought to befall the wizard who l.
failure. Finally, however. he was fonnd
Out and executed.
once saw an interesting trick ner-
formed inside of a ceremonial wig,,ar,
mere was lot of dancing and MN
merry IN the midst of which a wona-
game forward and struck the pronnd
IN the middle of the lodge. Then a mys
lery man took his turn and hogan
scratching with stick on a spot III
the woman had struck. In minnie ~
TWO We're exposed to view the leaves -
uii-grown wild turnip. The yegetahIa
was aug up and thrown among the snon
'a'ors' to show that there was NO DE-
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plortcr and 10 such foreign r'sidenisA Ne
could be persuaded TO Tend MN any
thing. Many OF these obligations were
Incurred i'm the name of the govern
p,,pt and when the time for settle
mspt came. not even a Phi'"drll MA
LAWYER could have separated the nation
al from the private debts
When pushed beyond the verge OF enc
durance for ready cash, the president
sent confidential agents 10 Europe 10
negotiate national loan Of S3,'aO'u'O'
These men did their work so wei 'hat
Guanciers in Hamburg, Amsterdam ana
brussels not only subscribed the re-
olIired amount, but in 1890 granted an
other loan Of Sf,50o,0O9, of which l"n'
thirds was to be set aside to complete
railroad from Porto Plata to Santiago
To secure payment of the interest on
the loan the creditors required the gov
eminent to make over TO them the enc
tire customs receipts, excepting @'uuo
gold per month for the budget The
money received on the loans was spent
in less than no time, TO use slang
phrase, but the railroad remained un-
finished and lIeureauN was hard up once
more. The European tinancierS de-
clined to increase their Dominican IN
yestments, and in this extremity syn
dicate of American capitalists came 10
the rescue of the spendthrift
Under the direction of Smith NJ
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

Innsmuch as the census of 1900 will
certainly give Mississippi neadditIonal
representative in congress, map of
the districts as now constituted, with
the tables accompanying, will assist in
re-castiug the districts SO as TO provide
for eight representatives, The ratio of
representation in the house of repre-
seutatives, based ON the eleventh cen-
sus, 1880, is one member for l18,9Ol OF
population. This multiplied by gives
l,2l7, 800 Add TO this lOl Cos, and we
have the number that will entitle the
State to eight representatives. The
population in 1890 was L2s9,60O. The
increase in population from 1850 TO
1890 was a fraction under IL per cent,
So that If the same rate of increase OBJ
tainS for the decade now closing, the
census of 1900 will show 10000 adj
ditioual, or a total population of lao
800. This will be ample TO provide. for
any increase in ratio Of representation.
As population increases, the ratio in
creases The present ratio commenced
in 1898 and ends 1908.
All of the data following is from the
census of 1890, except the two columns
to the right, Material changes have
been made in several counties since 1890,
and these must be considered in con-
the registered vote of 1896, and
the total polls for lS9S:
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the most important place, in the new
world. 1t was sacked by Sir Francis
Drake in 1856, a blow from which it
never recovered completely. in 1911
the Spanish government established
there the so-called audience of Santo
Domingo" whose jurisdiction included
all Of Spanish America until 1928. From
this high court Cortes derived his first
legal authority, as did Gil Gonzalez
Dayila and other conquerors. Later
this audience" became subordinate to
that of Mexico, but it existed as a legal
tribunal until the union of Santo Do
mingo with Haiti. At present writing
the population of the city is hardly
more than $4,000, thousands of whom
are paupers and beggars.
The Dominican republic was formed
in 1914, after a revolution by which it
was separated from Haiti. From 1862
to 1865 it was held by Spain. In 1869
President Baez signed with President
Grant a treaty of annexation with the
United States, which the American SEN
ate refused to ratify. The constitution
now in force provides for the election,
every four years, of president; and
there is a national congress of % mem
bers, elected by restricted suffrage al
though the president is elected by uni
versal suffrage.
From 1865 up to 1882, when Ulysses
HeureauX, who was recently assassin
ated, one revolution succeeded the
other; murder was practiced openly,
and corruption permeated every branch
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14
SEES IN SURGERY.
DIR. Mcdonald Declares in an Adaf
That Many Operations are
Brutal and Criminal

DR.. James Monroe Mcdonald laI1
to a large audience at the PeoPe \
stitute at Chicago the other e'eu1
upon the use and abuse of surgical
erations. His subject was 'lioTIoI1
Modern Surgery" He said, in OrI
Surgery may be divided into conS'I
ative and destructive surgery Ou'I
wise and humane, the other is UIuI
and criminal. The field of true suls1
is the field of traumatic LESSONS
fractured bone, the dislocated JoID'
lacerated tissue, these may be oPel'l
upon because they are in the hheo' j
servative surgery. Beyond TINS surg
science should not go.
TO lop off organs which are MS
sary in a normal organism Is n0"
but criminal and murderouS guy
cism, because such procedures ''D
reestablish normal equilibrium ~
organism. On the incarnadl@eu d.
of surgical science thousands al"u
lay down their lives under inc u'O'
hands of so-called brilliant opera"
Abdominal surgery is the most "a
cruel, murderous fad that Mas
cursed the world. In the last dec'O
surgeons knife has slain more ln'"
and holocausts. Humane Peep"
crying out against the yivisect'oHo
lower animals. 1t is time inc
cried out against the cruel vl'lSe'uy
suffering human beings, Whlch a.
curing every day in the hosp '"I
clinical theaters all over the Woiio'
charge the abdominal surgeon esP'
ly with increasing disease ana W.
Many of them are honest but lsHO
criminals, but a very large cIass "
surgical procedures in abdoli', ,la,
thologies on account of the large "
the great reputation they can ard
The one class ought to be pr
from practicing surgery be'al.' 10
norance, the other class ousn'
hung for murderous cruelty
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WISH TO BE ANNEXED
Merchants of Santo Domingo Are
Tired of Their Government
bat the Common People DO Not Like
Uncle Snm-TnIc of Corrup-
ton Unparalleled In
Modern History,


THAT revolution is at present
threatening the prosperity OF
the Dominican republic would
not in itself be startling bit of inior-
nation, for revolutions in that part OF
the world are the rule rather than the
exception. What makes the present
disturbance of particular interest to
Americans is the fact that the mer-
chants and foreign planters, who are
the bone and sinew of the republic, are
almost unanimous in desiring the
United States to either annex or estab-
fish protectorate over the little coun-
try.
The Dominican republic, sometimes
enormously called the republic of Santo
Domingo, occupies the eastern and
larger part of the island of Santo Do
mingo, or Haiti, in the West Indies.
1t is broken by several mountain chains,
and in the interior there are elevated
plains of great fertility and beauty.
The majority of the inhabitants mum
beriug about G5O,0O0) are of mixed In
dian, Spanish and negro blood with
some of pure African descent, and com
paratiyely few whites. Spanish is the
common and official language, though
French and English are spoken in the
coast towns. The state religion is Ro-
man Catholicism, but other religious
cults are tolerated. Agriculture, cattle
raising and timber cutting are almost
the only industries, the principal export
being sugar, coffee, tobacco hides and
cabinet woods. The entire area of the
republic, according to Dominican
claims, is 1s,O45 square miles.
The capital of the country is the city
of Santo Domingo, located at the mouth
of the Ozama river. 1t was founded by
Columbus in 1896, and is
the Oldest European city, and was long
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

Some Of the newspapers of Missis-
sippi and elsewhere have INDUCED in a
little pleasantly at the expense of the
State officers who have selected the
present time for little rural racrea-
ton. Others have complimented Gov
ernor Conan" and a few others still on
duty. But none have mentioned the
fact that the State librarian is regu-
larly at her post She remained
through the fever of 1897 and 1898 and
she is here now, and keeps the library
open as regularly as if the supreme
court was in session and attorneys were
dropping in and out. The State library
is a lonesome place these days, but the
law says it shall be kept open every dag
except Sunday, and that is what is
being done. The State may have had
as good, but has never had, and per-
haps never will have, a better librarian
than Mrs. Helen d. Bell. 1t is the only
position that woman, under our con
stitution, can fill, and it is pleasant to
note that the innovation has worked so
well.
During the Dewey parade in New
fork Mrs jefferson Davis was so
located as to be seen and saluted by the
troops frog tbs Southern States
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ception and 10 quel tbennn..
hungry public, Scratch.nGr we ID
with his stick, the magician 'sD' Nd
several more turulps two ~ ~''ei
dozen Of them II was really ~
ful, ! should have been N.Y. w "old
ished' however, If, being am w.. .'I1
member of the secret society ,''''i
been present in the morpin',' 'e0
the woman bury the uuIps ''' \
I'm the Menomoni tribe to.5.
is "A mggler of great rrpptot VI
of his best tricks is done ,yin
claw and a small dish-shapc5 ga
mirror, lie takes the mirro, l"cl
hand and the bears claw in a. "
Then, swnying his body fran, oIl
sideand keepingupa mouo,opn". ao'
ing, he brings the claw pcnro. ,''l
mirror, until finally there
between the two and the clov 'DD''
upon its point upright ON tbo ,i1
Presently, by sudden moyem. ".'
glass is turned upside down ".
claw still remains attached IN 3, 'I1
point. 1t is quite surprising. I'm,
ticle Of ordinary spruce gum 5o'
whole business.
"The late Garrick Mallery. ofn
reau Of ethnology, once told meot,.
thing quite unaccountable which
witnessed at White Earth ia 1,fo m
was present a famous laystery ~
who made a bet with The local oo,l
ment agent that the latter copl5 r,,I
him with ropes in such a name, !,
he weuld not be able TO disengag,
self oifhand. The agent assis,J
Mallery and other white men. rf5
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

VIcKsHuRG, Sept %, 1909,
DEAR CoLoNEL-We old veterans so
frequently hear the little skirmish
around Santiago spoken Of as II it was
really battle, that | am tempted to
send you the following list Of battles in
which Sergeant John Schlottman, Conn
pany +, Fifth United States Cavalry,
participated during the last two years
Of the war between the States. Mr..
Schlottman was for nearly thirty years
a resident of this city. First in every
charitable movement and last TO desert
his friends or the public good, he was
as well beloved as any man who has
ever lived in Vicksburg, There are
plenty of Confederates who have just
such an honorable record, and | do not
wish to particularize Mr.. Sehlottman
only as showing that there is most too
much laudation of the little affairs be-
hind Santiago, when the discharge
papers of many Union soldiers can
show such a list, besides any one of
which they were not circumstances"
Deep Bottom, July 20, 1864.
Cedar Mountain, August II, 1864.
Sheppardstown, August "a, 1864.
South Forks, August 90, 1864.
Summit Point, September g. 1864.
Winchester, September l. 1864.
Milford, September %, 1864.
Front Royal, September %, 1864.
-, September "a, 1861,
Port Republic, September rs, 1864.
Woodstock October Q, 1864.
Cedar Creek, October 10, 1861
Gordonsville December 26, 1864.
Waynesboro, March ,, 1865.
North Anna River, March Is, 1865,
Dinwiddie Courthouse, March 81, 1865. |
Five Forks, April /, 1865.
Chappin's Farm, April s. 1865.
AppomattoX Courthouse, April Q, '65
Lees Surrender, April 9, 1865.
Some of the dates are illegible and
the name of one of the battles has
faded out so that / cannot read it, and
one of the stupidest of rules of the
adjutant generals office prevents a du-
plicate being given, SO that have been
unable to have the record completed.
l think it is safe to venture the pre-
iiction that if Gen. Shafter had either
1ue Of the armies which fought tho
above list of battles under his COM
uand, they would have taken Santiago
before breakfast and skirmished for
he breakfast afterward.
Sincerely yours,
FREDERIC SPEED.
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Pale, but resolute, the aeronaut stood
his ground.
Gentlemen" he said to the managers
of the exhibition. "the gate receipts are
not sufficient. The people of this neieb-
borhood have refused to come down 7
shall refuse to 60 up!"-Chicago Trib-
une
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(which would you rather be =,
preacher or a lawyer?"
"A lawyer"
"Why?"
HE doesn't have to go and practice
for two or three months in some OH
town and call it a vacation
Timea-Heraid.
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Il paid four dollars for that dog"
THAT seems a good deal for a doc
like that"
But the dog has wonderful pedi-
gree"
How far back do they trace it? To
the dog that Noah took on the ark?"
This dogs ancestor didn't 90 ON tba
ark"
'"Why not?"
HE had bark of his wn."-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
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During the yellow fever in Jackson
in 1898 the editor Of this departmentre-
ceived a letter from a lady friend re-
questing some safe and plain directions
in case she should have yellow fever
and might be delayed in getting a ply
stefan. We showed the letter to DR..
j. II. Purnell, and he kindly wrote out
the following. 1t should be transferred
to every family scrap-booli in Missis-
sippi:
On appearance of usual symptoms chill,
aches and pains-go right to bed take hot
mustard foot-bath; then take five grains
calomel and five of soda, in capsule or
powder-the latter preferable; about six
grains phenacatine every two hours until
pains relieved. Take seidlitz powder five
hours after taking calomel; bowels failing
to act, enema of tepid water and soap.
Take freely of ice and iced apolonaris
water during entire period of fever If
fever runs high and patient is restless,
sponge with lukewarm water every two or
three hours. Take no nourishment of any
kind for first three days then one-half
ounce of milk with two teaspoonfuls of
lime water every two hours. Chicken or
beef BROTH or oatmeal Cruel or barley
water, may be generously partaken of. If
getting along we'll, after fifth day, take
semi-solids-soft boiled eggs, milk toast,
jellies and other delicacies. These
directions observed, with prudence in diet
and exercise, the patient ought to make
rapid recovery
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

"Why does Henpeck refuse
sausage?"
He says that they pro'or ,ib
thoughts. He proposed to Ms W"
the golf links. Brooklyn LIE
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just legislator; there is s'tll room on the
statute books for laws that will invite
capital that will start TIE construction Of
factories, that viii Intricate the wheels Of
commerce and make our state blossom
as the proverbal rose
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

Asylum Attendants to be Uniformed.
On and after October the attendants
in the wards of State Lunatic Asylum
will be required to wear uniforms The
twenty-five male attendants will wear
navy blue with brass buttons; the
female attendants will wear blue serge
in summer and blue duck in winter.
Among other advantages will be this:
That visitors passing through the wards
will be able to distinguish attendants
from patients. Attendants are some
times embarrassed by hearing sympa-
thetic remarks, such as ''she don't act
like crazy person;" which is sometimes
answered by the attendant dropping
her keys. The wonder is that this reg
ulation was not adopted years ago
The Franklin Banner favors a new
site for the new capitol for three rea-
sons: First, because the old capitol
grounds are entirely too small, being
only a narrow strip between the east
ern extremity of the city and the
swamps of Pearl river; second, because
the old building can be used until the
new one is completed; third, because
an up-to-date State house should be
located on ample grounds, that can be
beautified," etc.
The board of supervisors of Kinds
county refused to quarantine the rest
of the county against Jackson. Sensi-
bic. 1t don't require guarantees to
country just now
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DIsTRICTs-sEvEN

The registered white in 1896 ooa7 cooed BY polls is
eEcrgL.ol. nameL IN section 2L5 Of the CONSTITUTION