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New-York tribune., 1900-04-01
HORSELESS CAVALRY.
ror WORK OF AN ILLINOIS BICYCLE
coRPS-AN AUTOMOBILE GUN
CARRIAGE.

-,. srnIoyuent OF bicycle soldiers in the
III African war has practically been the first
.u,ugh test which has been made in actual
--..rs of the bicycle as adjunct to a m"'
- sorce In the United States, however, drills
. ~ hoor carried on with bicycles. in which
D ,.,,,srkable feats have been performed.
= .sditjon TO the usual Grills, flag movements,
=, as carried on by infantry, the wheelmen,
,,. .be;r rifles and other equipment, have made
,--..d marches taking their mounts through
s,.nd and marsh have scaled fences and
-.o,,r,isbed other feats which il would be i'm
~ m carry out with a force of cavalry.
.a, wears ago q squad Of cadets from the
y,-+buestern Military Academy. at Chicago,
forced march from Chicago to Washing
,,,-s than half Of the time ii raned or
- so that the road for wagon at
T. ,,oirrs WAS impossible. The cyclists made
= -, IN = much shorter period than squad of
- ~ although fer a considerable distance
,ara obliged 10 carry their wheels their
backs
c,rce that time several companies have been
,.--r.d in the National Guard Of Illinois, largely
- n, system devised by Major r. P. Davidson,
:. cbi,seo who has made d study of the bicycle
!, warfare. The commands have been taught to
"a. over rough roads and to go over tree stumps
,ns brapches without losing their balance. As
,ssplt they can IiGe their wheels in places
.hsra il would be impossible for any one to do
- without special instruction. They can load
and fire their rifles while in the saddle, using
ho,b hands TO manipulate the gun. Their double
,nick movement consists in performing the bay
o,s, exercise with one hand the handlebar
and The other handling the gun at the usual
,ostion Of charged 1ayonets" In this way
they can move down upon the imaginary enemy
taste, than d troop u cavalry. They have been
ari,Ied in skirnish movements and attacking an
snen,y in open order, by advancing rapidly with
tbe bicycles. spTinging off and then lying fiat on
their faces in the usual manner.
These cyclist soldiers carry a rife of the regu-
lstion size, also a blanket, knapsack and am
un.,.,n. Altogether, their load when on the
vbeel averages nearly forty pounds. yet they
have no difficulty in mounting and dismounting
and can travel at the rate Of sixty to seventy
Eve miles daily on a fair road without fatigue
while during their marches across he country
they have frequently covered distance of thirty
to forty miles daily
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

lene tank sufficient to carry fuel for two hun
dred miles. There is wlndass attachment to
the engine, to which a rope may be fastened.
and the engine practically lifts it's weight
clear. enabling ii TO pull itself up the steepest
bank and up to elevated positions, where horses
would be unable to find foothod. The carriage
is also equipped with two large solar acetylene
lamps, which make it as easy to run at night
as in the daytime. The carriage will carry four
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01
SUNDAY. APRIL /, 1900.

the wheels are handed to them. All of the BIZ
cycles are passed over in this manner, and then
the various files go over the wall already
stated. The last file pulled over by graspng
the hands of their comrades. or. sometimes, if
the distance is too great, one set of men hang
from the wall by their hands Each is sup
ported by others the top. and the last ones to
come over catch those hanging by the feet and
are pulled up in this way
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01
CYCLE CORPS WALL SCALING DRILL.

one OF their most remarkable evolutions is the
sAlng OF wall or high fence with the wheels
Inc order is given TO dismount- The bicycles
lie placed on the ground, and the front row Of
-, 'i'inD upon the shoulders Of the second row.
.1--us themselves 70 the top of the wall their
wheels are handed to them and then those
:. '4e second row. 4 part Of the men on top
7" '1e wall jump down to the other side, and
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

dominium,' as the Germans have understood the
Treaty of Berlin, or in the tripartite guarantee
of autonomy, the treaty interpreted by
the United States and Great Britain, should ex-
press themselves satisfied with the recent
convention. In It's most general terms this con-
ventiOn provides for the recession Of Great
Britain from Samoa altogether, and between
the other two Powers partition whereby Ger
many assumes the ownership of Upolu, Savaii
and the isets of Manono and Apolima. and the
United States takes jurisdiction over the eastern
part of the archipelago including Tutuila, the
Manua group and the outlying islet of Rose
Island, which is waterless and uninhabited-
Great Britain processes to be satisfied to with
draw account of the concession of her claims
elsewhere in the Pacific and in other parts Of her
colonial sphere. Germany processes satisfaction
with that which embraces the largest German
interests in Samoa. The United States is salts
fled. Yet of all three the United States is the
only Power which has come out of the worry
and of the ertanglement with a fun and
complete accomplishment of it's original purpose
IN entering into the management of Samoan
affairs
To make that point clear it is necessary to
glance for a moment at the original purposes
of the three Powers. Sixty years ago, when the
whale fishery of the great industries
Of this country, the value of the harbor of Pago
Pago was recognized by the American naval
thorities. both being centrally situated with
regard to the sperm whale ground, and also
because it is of the few harbOrs in the
world without fault The of American
interest in Samoa, therefore, to secure
base in Pago Pago Harbor, at first for the whal-
ing fleet, and later by natural development
for the Navy The interest of Great Britain in
Samoa lay in the fact that 1t came within its
Austraasian sphere Of colonies, and might in
hostile hands be made a base of action against
Australia and New Zealand The interest or
Germany is of the rOmances of mercantile
history. 1t arose from the farsghted plans
of one trader Theodore Weber, who was years
in advance of the colonial policy which Germany
has only lately entered upon
THE HARBOR OF PAGO PAGO.
By the convention which has gone into
full effect ab-ogating the Treaty of Berlin
the United States receives in the first place the
harbor of Pago Pago for naval base, and as
incidental thereto the sovereignty the east
ern half of the archipelago. In this cessfon the
United States acquires less acreage than falls to
the share Of Germany; it acquires in the same
measure less of the trade establishment as mani
tested in business both of export and import,
and it has of the great plantations which
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

7-mm- Colt automatic rapid fire gun, shoot
ing 4S0 shots q minute, and having a range of
180 degrees right and left The weight of the
gun is about forty pounds, that of the tripod
and mount ffty-four pounds, making the total
weight ninety-four pounds. 1t uses smokeless
ammunition only, and has effective range
Of 1000 yards The carriage has six horse
power gasolene motor, with bullet proof gaso-
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

drills It will run at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, discharging bullets at the rate OF $50 a
minute. Plans have been prepared fer the entire
command to make march from Chicago to
New-York and thence to Washing. OF. .aklng the
gun along. A series of drills will be givea be
fore the President Secretary OF War and other
officials at Washington to demons rate the
efficiency of the force.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

persons, with tents, blankets and from 1910 to
5000 rounds of ammunition II desired The
facilities for carrying the ammunition can be in
creased if desired. detachable steel shield Is
used to protect the gunners.
This field battery has been operated along
a sandy road over logs, brush and other OBJ
structons. and although the squad was badly
iolted the carriage has never been upset In
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

One of rhe special features of the work of
Major DayidsOn's command, however, is artil-
lery practice with gun which is mounted an
automobile carriage. 1t travel at the rate of
thirty-five miles hour a fairly good road
while cross country trips, when the artillery
squad goes with the infantry, the gun holds its
own with the other branch of the service as far
as speed is concerned The carriage mounts
New-York tribune., 1900-04-01
SAMOAN AMERICA.
THE ISLANDS AND THE PEOPLE THAt
HAVE FALLEN TO THE
UNITED STATES.

Because 1t Is contrary to all former course OF
Samoan relations it is noteworthy that all the
great Powers hitherto participating in the con
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
A Matter of Business.

Marriage is a matter of business, not
sentiment, in the Polish colony ABOUT
Wilkes barre, Pa. The other day
Stephen Katrumas attempted to board
a train at one station to go to another
near bv, where he expected to be mar
ried. But he slipped and fell under
the cars and one of his legs was SO
badly crushed that it had to be ampu-
tated. Meantime arrangements for
the wedding had been perfected.
When the prospective bride heard OF
the accident to her affianced she did
not 90 into Mysteries or fly to his side
to nurse him. She declared that there
must be a wedding, since money had
been spent to prepare for one. Furth-
efmore, she did not care TO have a one
legged husband, even ii Stephen
should get well; therefore she invited
one of her friends TO take stephen =
place. He accepted, and the wedding
came off the same day Stephens leg
did
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, Ill.,
makes the statement that she caugh'
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse he uoio
her she was a hopeless victim OF con,
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consuinp'
ton; she bought a bottle and to hef oe'
light found herself benefited from urS'
dose. She continued its use and aIt9r
taking six bottles found herself SOUND
and we'll now does her own mousse
work, and is as well as she ever was
Free trial bottles Of this great disco
cry at Dawson Drug Co.'S. only
cents and s1.OO, every bottle guaran-
teed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
COTTON PICKING rlACHINE.
The Recent Unique Invention of a
LOuiSianian.

An improved cotton picker has been
invented by VIM. j. Dyer, of Shreve-
port, La, which is arranged to in
sure clean and thorough removal of
the bolls from high or low cotton bush
es or plants, without tearing the fibres
of the lint or the growing plant.
The machine comprises a horse
drawn, wheel-supported box, at the
sides of the open front end of which
vertical shafts are iournaled, carving
picking disks. Each picking disk is
formed with a solid core, whose topand
bottom diverse from the edge of the
center.
Between these picker-shafts two
other vertical shafts are journaled pro-
vided to conform with the toothed
picking disks. On the lower ends Of
these four vertical shafts beveled pin
ions are carried which mesh with
beveled gears on a forward trans
verse shaft geared with the traction
axle. The beveled gears are SO pro-
portioned with respect to the PIN
ions that the picker-shaft will rotate
az lower rate of speed than the
brush-shafts.
AS the machine is drawn forward
the outer sides of the picking disks
pass between adjacent branches of the
bushes and the teeth remove the lint
from the bolls The cotton lint thus
picked is carried inward as the picker
shafts rotate, and is swept off the disks
by the brushes into the box.
In order TO prevent the lint from
hying sidewise and outward from the
brushes and pickers, and to prevent
clogging of the brushes and pickers by
the lint, angularly disposed canvas
fanges are arranged on the forward
ends of the sides of the box, which
fanges are provided with cut out por-
tions for the passage Of the picking
disks.-Textile Excelsior.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
LOST A GOLD WATCH.
Shellman Ball Players Time
Piece Is Gone.

Mr.. Frank Dunn, who pitched for
Shellman last Friday in the Dawson
Shellman game, lost gold watch and
a gold chain in Dawson. Mr.. Tom
Dunn of this city kept the watch and
some other valuables of certain play
ers. After the game the party went to
the Wilson House TO dress, and Mr..
Tom Dunn unloaded himself OF the
personal property he had been keeping
for several of the boys, placing the al :
ticles upon table. Mr.. Frank Dunn
failed to pick up his time piece and dld
not miss it until he had reached Shell
man. Saturday Mr.'Tom Dunn went to
Dawson, but could get no trace OF the
lost property.
The watch and the chain were both
gold and worth about $50 or $40. Theil
loss is rather serious one to their
owner. uthbert Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
INDIA'S HORRIBLE FAMINE.
VIVID PICTURE OF SUFFERING
AMONG STARVING PEOPLE.
Sit Naked on the Ground and
Hunt for Grass Seed i'm
the Sand.

Every now and then in some news
paper or magazine, little known to the
general public, one comes across pas
sages which bring yividly before the
mind the almost indescribable horrors
of the Indian famine. Here are some
passages from the India Magazine,
written by A. Rodgers, and describing
what he saw recently, in the out of the
way part of India
Numbers of women with children
at their breasts vainly striving to draw
little nourishment surrounded me
with such cries as sahib, | have had
no food for two days, and haye no milk
left for my child; sahib, have no food
for myself how can | produce nourish.
ment for my starving child?' Children
with blank look of stupefaction from
actual hunger sat naked on. the
ground, and helped each other hunt
for and scraping up the grass seeds
from the dry sand. I saw one boy, not
s years DID, who was the sole provider
for himself and two younger ones. The
ribs of all could be distinctly traced on
their bodies, while their legs and arms
were like dried up pieces of stick. One
blind man, terribly emaciated, was led
to my tent every day by stick held
by naked little girl about four years
old. Another, miserable old woman.
with her gray hair floating in the
wind, and with no clothing but loin
cloth of rags, with her bones almost
protruding through her skin, came and
stood before the tent in a dazed state,
and could not understand what | said
to her in her own native language, but
saw small silver coin pressed it into
her hands, and looking up into my eyes
threw her arms around my neck, and.
with her head leaning on my chest,
sobbed aloud.
II had to shut my tent door to pre-
vent them really mobbing me in their
despair, and if l put my hand out to
put coin into some ones hand who
seemed to be in a more pitable state
than others fifty more hands were
thrust through the opening, and had
tie close every hand put something IN
SO that the money would not be snatch
ed out of it by some other starving
wretch, as frequently happened.
"And yet the patience of the poor
people was wonderful. When | was moi
actually giving away money they would
sit silent for hours looking piteously al
the tent to see if l showed no signs o.
coming out or reckoning for any of the
worst cases to come forward.
"The weather was bitterly cold in
the morning, and they sat in the colo
wind shivering.with their naked bodies
until the sun warmed them. May | be
preserved from seeing such scenes OF
misery again"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
SUSPENDED BY A LEG.
A Boy Was Carried One thousand Feet In
to the Air BY RaIon.

Whisked from earth and hanging by
the leg from rapidly rising balloon
Andrew Malchofsey, l6 years old, was
carried 1000 feet into the air at Coney
Island late yesterday afternoon, and
only saved from death by the GOODNESS
and courage of the aeronaut whose
balloon had snatched him up. Thous-
ands of visitors at the seaside resort
saw the boy carried away, and heard
his frantic cries for help. More than
one knelt upon the sand and prayed
for the lads deliverance from peril.
One of the attractions at Coney Is
land is balloon ascension and para
chute drop. The aeronaut is Known
as ''Kid Benjamin" He gives no other
name.
While the balloon was being inflated
yesterday afternoon no visitor was
more interested than Andrew Malchof-
sky, who lives at North Seventh
street, Brooklyn. Finally "Kid Ben
iamin" gave the word to let go.
The balloon shot upward. Even
while the crowd was cheering one OF
the dangling ropes whipped around
Malchofsky's right leg, making half
hitch, and before he knew what had
happened he WAS high in the air.
He hung helpless half way between
the balloon and parachute, in constant
danger that the rope would loosen and
he would drop.
Shouts of horror warned the aero
naut. The watching crowd saw him
glance downward and then make pre-
parations to save the lads life.
He shouted to the boy to grasp the
rope with both hands and hold or
tight When these Instructions ha6
been obeyed he clambered down from
his perch beneath the balloon and sue
ceeded in knotting the rope securely
about the boys body below his arms
Benjamin did not dare to make hi:
customary parachute jump, leaving
the lad attached to the ballon.
He sat fast, and the BALBOA, cooling
gradually settled earthward, finally
coming to rest only few blocks from
where it arose. Malchofsky waited
only to be released before making fOl
home as fast as trolley car would
carry him.-Nev York Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
A Bachelors Home,

An association of Chicago bachelors
has been formed TO establish a home OF
this description "Home should mean
a nice, neat and comfortably furnished
fat or house: which man can call his
own. at least for the time being, where
he can make racket if he desires
without being afraid of disturbing any
BODY else. and where he can throw Of
collars. cuffs and shoes, and stick his
feet on the parlor table without shock
inc a lot of silly prudes."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
Heartburn,

zen the quantity of food taken is
'"tge or the quality to rich heart
Il Is likely to follow, and especially
Il 'Ne digestion has been weakened
oonS.lPahon. Eat slowly and not too
.o'y OF easily digested food. Masti-
&c 'ne food thoroughly. Let six
P'rs eiapSe between meals and when
= feel a fullness and weight in the
sion Oh the stomach after eating in
'''i''S mat you have eaten too much,
= one OF Chamberlain's Stomach
~ LIVER Tablets and the heartburn
J s, 1s avoided. For sale by Farrar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
200 MILES AN HOUR BY RAIL.
Lively Claim for an Electric Line From New
York to Chicago.

Major Kothwell, of Detroit, who has
lust ret urned from New York, tells OF
ID big scheme which is on the point OF
being consummated for an electric
railway line between New York and
Chicago. The American Railway
Company, Wall street, proposes to
build such a road and make the trip
from New York to Chicago by means
of cigar shaped cars in five hours. The
cars will be run on a single rail. The
major declares that George Westlng-
house has said they can make 200
miles an hour with perfect safety.
Major Rothwell says all necessary
capital has been subscribed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
A SPORTY MEXICAN.
Came All the Way Here to Buy
Game Chickens.

A rather large. well built man with
a swarthy complexion, who couldn't
talk English, was in the city Monday
On the register Of Hotel Randolph he
wrote thus ''Jesus Sifuentes, San Pc
dro (Coah), Mexico" He was accom-
panied by his interpreter R. Cara, OF
San Antonio, Tex.
In conversation, through his inter
prefer, with some of our citizens Senior
Sifuentcs said that he had left home
for the purpose of visiting Colonel
Grist of Fort Gaines and buying some
of his famous game chickens. He Lao
zone to Fort Gaines Saturday and re
NAMED there until Monday morning
Previously he had bought over one
hundred dollars worth of the Grlst
chickens. In Mexico he had interests
in several mines. he said, and raised
yearly about seventeen hundred bales
of sea island cotton. When asked what
kind of fertilizers he used he drew
upon the ground a pillow with wings
evidently sweep-which amused his
questioners.
In Mexico cock fighting is very
popular sport, and Colonel Grist makes
frequent shipments of game ROSTERS 10
various places in that country l ne
fact that he Travelled thousand miles
or two to buy some game chickens IN
dictates that Senior Sifuentes must De
quite sporty" individual. -Cuth pert
aadar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
HUGE SQUASHES.
Pne of the Vegetables Supplies
Several Families.

The Bronwood correspondent of the
Macon Telegraph sends that paper the
blowing
Mrs. J. r. Marshall is exhibiting
he largest squash ever seen in this
county 1t measures twenty-nine inch
I IN circumference and weighs eight
pounds, is oval shaped and of dark
RlOe color, resembling a watermelon
3Fry much in size and appearance. The
.Sfrety is unknown, but its food quail
= are excellent. The flavor is good.
Ile unusual size enables several
k ol. to be supplied by one squash {.
~ that for vegetables ?"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-04
NEGROES QUIT THE FARMS.
Fields of Cotton Turned Out Because of
:Grassi Lee County.


Secretary Phil Cook was in the city
little while yesterday en- route from
his old home in Lee county to Atlanta.
To reporter at the depot he said:
81 have just been down home, and
am somewhat discouraged for the far
mers there. Before I went l had
heard the same old kick that is put up
every year about poor crops, bad sea-
sons and so forth, but when I got down
in Lee county and saw great fields of
cotton turned out because the grass
had got it my courage received a
shock.
1.-THE corn crop is the finest ever
saw, and there is going to be magni-
fcent hay crop, but the cotton on that
gray land is utterly ruined by the
rain.
"Another trouble down there is the
labor situation. 1t has become almost
impossible to get labor on the farms,
and some OF our very best farmers are
in great trouble over the matter. A
great many Of the negroes have gone
to the turpentine farms and saw mills
and the rest of them have gone to
town, and you can't get them back on
the farms.
Occasionally big farmer sends
wagon into town to get load. of neg
roes, and the only way he can induce
them to 60 into the country is to prom
Use them ne will send them back to
town Saturday afternoon. And they
wont work but week at the time for
anybody. tell you, the question q
abar is growing to be serious with
the Georgia farmer, and l don't know
what we are going to do about it,
Macon Telegraph.