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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30
FEDERAL OFFICERS BOND.
Some Facts Made Public by the
Treasury Department.

The treasury department at Washing
ton, which has the custody of the great
majority of the bonds furnished by
government officers for the perform
ance of their duties, has prepared some
interesting figures on the subject of
bonds and the premiums paid by those
who secure bonds from corporate insti-
tutions. The figures show that in the
fiscal year 1899 a total of 910 bonds
were given by officers of the various
departments, with aggregate penalties
of $15, 1G4, $50. In 1900 the number of
bonds given was 736 and the aggregate
penalties $S.S52, 800: in 1901, 664, with
penalties of $9.749, 100 The bonds hav-
ing individual sureties were 21S in 1899,
with 60 corporateNsureties; in 1900
there were 1873 individual and 553 cor
porate and in 1901 $40 individual and
515 corporate Divided among the five
departments that have bonds on file at
the treasury, the aggregate penalties
for the three years were as follows:
Treasury. $12 600; interior, $S,743.-
500; war. Stab, 600; navy, So, 1853, 900;
state. $1,5SS,000; a total for the three
years of $33. 10000
1t is estimated that there are also on
file in the treasury G0,000 older bonds,
with penalties aggregating approx
mately $940,000,000. A good many of
these are still in force.
The figures show that the average
premium Of the surety companies is
$1.9T per $1,000 of insurance. In the
treasury department the average is on
ly $l.G5 as against $4.1S in the state
department. This last heavy charge is
due, it is said. to the risks among con-
sular and diplomatic officers who live
abroad and can keep out of reach. The
minimum rate of most of the surety
companies for the first $1,000 issued is
$40 with a reduction for larger sums.
OF the twenty-three companies au-
thoriZed by the attorney general to fur
nish bonds to government officers sew
enteen have most Of the trade. In fact
half the business is done by two large
companies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30
TOM WATSON TO LECTURE.
Brilliant Georgian Will Soon Go
on the Platform.

Hon. Thos. f. Watson, foryears the
leading populist of the south, aud
candidate for vice president on the
peoples party ticket with William }.
BRYAN in 1896, will make his first APP
pearance IN January next as a 'pia
form lecturer. Mr. Watson, who has
observed sphinx-like silence in mat
tiers litical for five years, devotlng
his time to literary work, has prepared
a lecture on (Which Wins-Imperal-
ism or Democracy, and this he VIII
deliver on his first appearance, when
is set for Atlanta. The event mas
aroused much interest in the south.
Mr.. Watson will be under the manage
ment of Andrew M. Mcconnell OF At
lanta
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30
Wouldn't Rely on a Woman's Testimony.

A Connecticut Judge has refused TO
accept the testimony of a woman as
conclusive of the drunkenness of d man.
The Judge said he was not satisfied
woman can distinguish when man is
drunk and that she might come TO
such a conclusion when the man was
only mildly mellow or, indeed, w hen
the drinks he had consumed had at-
fected nothing other than his breath.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

son Davis lived in Richmond during
the existence of the Confederate gov
eminent was, naturally enough, known
as the White House of the Confed-
eracy" and is still pointed out to WIS.,
ltors in that way. or course the
southern people simply transplanted
the name that went with the presi-
dents residence and would doubtless
have done so had the Davis house been
painted green or purple.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30
GRANDMOTHER AT TWENTY-NlNE.
Wife of an Iowa Postmaster Has That
Distinction.

A grandmother at Twenty-Five is the
record of Mrs. James P. Carleton, the
young wife of the ex-postmaster of
Iowa Falls, Ia. She thinks she is the
youngest grandmother in the north
west. Mrs. Carleton was married when
eleven years old. A daughter was
born, and this daughter in turn was
married in her sixteenth year, and fs
now a mother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

p.oLache should never be neglected
ba onns kidney disorder. which, II al
L. mea 70 RIM TOO long, may result IN
loweu - disease. diabetes or other
Brigus and often fatal complaints
serious Eidnev Cure makes the kid
Foley oI III DAVIDSON s. KENDREcK-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30
Washington a Gretna Greene.

Tho citv Of washington is coming 10
be the great matrimonial center loF W, Tue
U ne counties of Maryland and vlr-
n ,uIn One day rs.ccntly forty licenses
: , issued to white couples ana -FOUR
t mo to negro couples. Not more tnan
lee dozen couples gave Washington as
their residence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

G A. Ingalls,, Crown Point ! New
.. D.. mites sMv wife suffered from
ork' ~ ,rouble for wears. She was in
S S.and ~ try Foleys Kidney Cure and
duceu ~ ,hon week after she began
10 ipsG sbe was greatly improved
usl 1 Three bottles cured her
ana Vur nAvIDsoN & KENDRICK.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

q. M. Phelps, Forestdale, VT, SAYS
his child was completely cured of
bad case of eczema by the use of De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of
all counterfeits. 1t instantly relieves
piles. DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

Do YOU suffer from piles? If SO do
not turn to surgery for relief. DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve will act more
quickly, surely and safely, saying you
the expense and danger of an opera
tion. DAWSON DRUG 70
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

After exposure, or when you feel
cold coming on, take dose of Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t meyer fails to stop
cold if taken in time.
DAVIDSON & KENDRICK.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-10-30

,rArTHY CHILDREN ARE HAPPY
Mothers Wcrm Syrup makes chlld-
ron healthy by expelling the worms
tbatmake them i'll. Children eat III on
bread
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
THE GROWING NAVY

The rapid growth of the navy is the
plea set up by Rear Admiral Endfcott.
chief of the bureau of yards and docks.
to justify the submission of estimates
for the maintenance of the navy yards
and stations and improvements aggre-
eating S21, 526 359 He admits that these
estimates are much beyond the limit
supposed probable when the current
appropriations We're made, but declares
that all the works named are needed.
The estimates for the various navy
yards are as follows: Portsmouth.
N. H. $1.947.575. which includes $500, 900
for new floating dry docks; Boston,
s1,570,OOO; naval coal depot. Rhode ISL
and, 100000; naval station at New
London, $4,000; New York, $3.475, 900:
League Island, s741,3OO; Washington.
1922 900: Norfolk, $1,511 900; Charleston,
S1,O5O. 900; Key West. $4,000; Pensacola,
$685.. 900; Algiers. La. 1858, 900; Mare
Island. SSSS, ZOO; Puget Sound. s1,169. 500;
San Juan, S2.6f3.OOO: Tutuila, sos, 900;
Cavite, 1891 900; Olongapo, Slab OO
Guam. $4,000
In addition to these, the report asks
for an appropriation Of $1.O5O.OOO to
complete the four dry docks at Ports
mouth, Boston, League Island and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
COUNSELS CAUTION

Senator Vest believes in proceeding
cautiously in the matter of legislation
against anarchists and for this reason
has introduced a resolution in the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee to inquire if
congress has power to legislate for the
punishment of anarchists who assassin
ate or attempt to assassinate the Presi-
dent Of the United States. and if not,
whether it is expedient to amend the
federal constitution to enable congress
so to legisiate; also, whether it is nee
essary and expedient so to amend the
federal constitution so to empower
congress to adopt such means as may
be deemed necessary to punish mem
bers belonging to anarchist societies;
also whether it is necessary or expe-
dent so to amend the federal constitu-
ton so as to give congress the power
to establish a penal institution on some
suitable island under the jurisdiction
of the United States where, after trial,
and conviction, every anarchist hold
ing the doctrine that all governments
should be destroyed by the assassina-
ton of their chief rulers, shall be de-
ported; and providing that the COM
mittee after due examination and in
uuiry shall recommend to the senate
such amendments 10 the federal con-
stitution as may be necessary to pre-
vent tie teachings and PRONUNCIATION of
Anarchial doctrines in the United
States
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
BRADY TAANKFuL

-
Governor Brady of Alaska found ma
terial for a Thanksgiving proclamation
the text of which arrived but recently
in the states. He called attention.
among other things, to Alaska
"eouable climate and abundance OF
rain" He said there had not been sur
fering from heat or drouth. The f1sh-
cries have yielded good returns; grass
has been abundant and agriculture has
presented fair promises, and the mines
have paved richly. Some of the
blessings enumerated by the governor
are rather for the absence of certain
disadvantages from the northern ter
ritory rather than for tangible ad-
vantages. He finds no need to dwell
upon the conditions that are not entire
ly conducive to happiness, and, in
deed, Thanksgiving Day is not the time
to speak of that which is disagreeable.
There is good reason to believe that
men may make happy homes for them
selves in Alaska; and there is prospect
that as the years go by many will find
permanent and satisfactory dwelling
places there.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
JOAQUIN MILLER AGREES
WITH THE SPY

In an article entitled 1.-THE Chinese
and the Exclusion Act" which appears
in the December number of the North
American Review, Joaquin Miller ut
tiers a vigorous protest against the re-
enactment of the Chinese Exclusion
Act, He insists that the real proprie-
tors of the Pacific coast, the owners of
property and the taxpayers. wish the
Chinese admitted to the country, be-
cause, since their exclusion, the value
of property has been, in the MAN, at
standstill. The real workingman shares
in this wish, Mr.. Miller contends and
viewed from the point of view of the
necessities of the Pacific States or from
that of the qualities of the Chinese, the
presence of the little brown man"
would be a blessing. He has high
opinion of the Chinese people:
LAS for the honesty of these people, l
appeal to every English merchant or
banker, from Pekin to Hong Kong, to
answer if he ever heard Of dishonest
Chinese merchant or banker. So far
from that, not only has every English
bank two Cinnamon to receive and
hand out money, but every bank in
Japan has the same. The English will
tell you, half in jest, that the Japanese
is an Oriental Yankee, and does not
trust his own people; and they will tell
you, half in earnest, that the English
employ Chinese to handle their money
because they never make mistakes
These people of China have never had
anything like a bankrupt law. If a
man cannot pay his depts or someone
does not secretly come forward and pay
them at the end of each year. he has
lost his face and so he dies by his
own hand. Yet, with all their piteous
poverty, they have no such words as
hard times for everything must be
settled up at the end of each year.
There can be no extension of time.
Confucius forbade it"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
THE DEBT TO M'KINLEY

president Roosevelt and General
Wood, governor general of Cuba, went
out for a horseback ride Wednesday
afternoon"
That is a simple item of news that
came by telegraph over the Associated
Press wire. Four years ago, who
would have believed that Police Com
missioner Roosevelt of New York city
and an unknown army surgeon could
have taken these great positions of
trust and honor in the United States?
Yet, today no two men have the pub
lie confidence to greater degree. East,
West North and South these two
men are respected for their high char
acters and great executive ability,
their personal courage and their in
tense patriotism.
President Mckinley gave to both of
these men their opportunity and he
showed as marvellous discrimination
in the selection of army and navy
officers as he did in his choice Of
cabinet officers.
These two men owe much to Presl-
dent Mckinley. The American people
owe more than they will ever know
for the careers he made possible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
NO RUBBER STAMPS AT
BOSTON ELECTION

There will be no rubber stamp bal
loting in the Boston City election. The
Board of Election Commissioners has
reconsidered its determination to have
rubber stamps used, instead of pencils,
and the same old method that has
prevailed for years will be continued.
Just before the State election the
board voted to discard pencils, and
compel all voters to use rubber stamps,
supplied by the board, each stamp
to make not only a cross, but the num-
Der of the ward and precinct.
1t was hoped by this method to do
away with the too common practice In
certain wards of multiplying the choice
of the voters by making superfuous
crosses on the ballots when the votes
are being counted.
At first it was planned to use the
rubber stamps in the State election.
but the board found that it had not
time enough to obtain the necessary
equipment. Now, after consideration
the board decides that it will not make
the change this year, on the ground,
it is understood. that some of the
voters, accustomed to handling pencils,
would not be able to use the rubber
stamps.
That somebody has been preparing
for the rubber stamp epoch is evident
from the fact that, during the recount
of votes cast in the State election. one
ballot was found marked with a stamp
of the same character which the board
contemplated using.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06

the United States too exclusive. We
have developed the wealth and re-
sources of the United States by a con-
trary policy opening the door wide and
accepting almost all who wish to make
a new home in the Western hemis-
phere. 1t has proved, on the whole,
wise and a profitable policy. We should
not throw it away entirely. Restric-
tions against ignorance and crime are
all justifiable, but they should not be
made against mere poverty. No honest
and capable laboring man should have
the door shut in his face from the very
fact that poverty is to be expected Of
all immigrants in a greater or less de-
gree. No man would leave his native
home if he were prosperous. 1t is to
earn better wages and to get more Of
the comforts of life that men and
women seek these shores.
This restriction is simple and seems
to be wise.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
seTnbled:
That Section ] of the Act of March
g. 1891, in amendment of the immigra-
ton and contract labor acts, be and
hereby is, amended by adding to the
classes of aliens thereby excluded from
admission to the United States the fol-
lowing:
All persons over Is years of age and
physically capable of reading, who can
not read the English language or some
other language; but an admissible I'M
migrant or a person now in or mere
after admitted to this country may
bring in or send for his wife, his chill
dren under Is years of age. and his par
euts or grandparents over 80 years of
age if they are otherwise admissible,
whether they are so able to read or
not.
NOTE:-The educational test is re-
garded by nearly all students OF I'M
migration matters as the best method
of further restricting immigration. 1t
is valuable not only in itself as a
guaranty Of rudimentary preparation
for assimilation and citizenship, but
also and chiefly because it will in fact
exclude those who are Objectionable
for other reasons. Statistics show con-
clusively that the illiterate are, in gem
eral, those who have criminal tenden-
CieS, are aVerSe TO the country anu
congregate in our city slums, are also
ignorant of a trade, have little ambi-
ton to raise their standard of living.
and no permanent interests in this
country. immigration is increasing
rapidly being more than twice as large
as in 1897, and this increase is chiefly
made up of the illiterate races Of
Eastern Europe and Asia.
The educational test has been en-
dorsed in past years by the American
Federation of Labor. the Knights OF
Labor a large number Of charity or
ganizations, boards of trade and cham
bers Of commerce, by those in charge
of penal institutions, and most strik-
inglv by all the state associations for
promoting immigration into our North
western states. 1t has also received the
endorsement Of 90 per cent. of the press
Of the entire country which has pro-
nounced editorially upon the question,
and has three times passed the Ma
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06

ELECTED BY FOUL MEANS and the
Gazette knows it,
The story about Mr.. Benchley was a
guess, q canard If the Gazette
did not know it was a lie, it certainly
used it without justification and from
a bad motive 1t sought to injure a
candidate for office. 1t could have as
certained the truth
The Spy demands Of the Gazette,
good faith and decency toward candi-
dates in this campaign: No fool ru-
mors, no fool reports that are not YER
flied
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
AS TO "coLoRINe" NEWS

In an editorial way last night, the
Gazette virtually admitted the essen
tfal falsehood of the story it printed
Wednesday night about the intended
removal of Mayors Clerk, Charles H.
Benchley by Mayor Philip J. OCOn-
nell which the mayor refuted yester-
day. In one paragraph it says THE
Gazette did not vouch for the truth
of the report" and in the next it says
LAS a matter of fact the Gazette be-
lieved in the truth Of the report and
still believes in it. The Gazette be-
lieves that Mayor O'ConneH intend
ed to appoint Mr. Kenney in place of
Mr.. Benchley if reelected" This af-
ter the story has been shown to be
a canard and anybody who knows the
political situation in Worcester knows
there is no foundation for such a re-
port. Nobody knows it better than
Mayors Clerk, Charles H. Benchley.
The question has resolved itself into
one of veracity between a reporter for
The Spy and reporter for The Ga
zette. The Spy challenges the Gazette
to point to any false or "colored" news
in its columns. Has The Gazette seen
fit to publish during the present ad-
ministration any different City Hall
news than The Spy, Telegram or Post?
Has it found in The Spy any news
'coIored" until yesterday? There has
been no ''coloring". None is permitted
in The Spy for either political party.
"Coloring' is only another word for
misrepresentation. 1t may be permit
ted by other Worcester papers-not by
The Spy.
The Gazette says, in speaking Of the
story in yesterdays edition, This was
the work Of a reporter and sub-edi-
tor who are Democrats and personal
friends of Mayor O'Conneu. Through
out the past year they have by every
possible twist and turn bolstered up
Mayor O'Conneu in the columns of
The Spy and they have never hesita-
ted to personally insult the Gazette po-
ntical reporter when he has written
articles which did not praise the ma
yor's acts"
During the past year, Mr. Pratt, the
newly elected Republican city messen-
ger has written all The Spy's political
and City Hall news up to the time of
his election a couple Of weeks ago. He
is trustworthy beyond question, and
his election as city messenger is a tri-
butte to his honesty and fair dealing.
The Democratic" writer, William ].
Larkin, whom the Gazette plainly ac-
cuses of favoring Mayor O'Connell in
The Spy yesterday wrote the City Hall
news for The Telegram during a part
of the present administration. He has
not done City Hall work since coming
back to The Spy but none of his work
has ever been ''colored" and the whole
city knows it. as he has been in the
business for over "A years in worces-
ter.
The sub-editor referred to in the
Gazette is John f. J. Herbert. He may
be a supporter Of Mr.. OConnen, but
he has not written a line for The Spy
about political matters. That is not
his work. That is all the answer ne
cessary to this part of the Gazette's
story.
The understanding of this campaign
was that Mr.. Fletcher should be elect
ed by fair means. HE CANNOT BE
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06

tional House of Representatives by
very large majorities. 1t will not af-
feet immigration from Western Eu-
rope, e. g., Great Britain, Ireland,
France, Germany, Sweden and Nor
way.
Section 2. That for the purpose of
testing the ability of the immigrant to
read, as required by the foregoing sec
ton, the inspection officers shall be
furnished with copies of the Constitu-
ton of the United States, printed on
uniform pasteboard slips, each contain
ing not less than 20 nor more than %
words of said Constitution printed in
the various languages of the immi-
grants in double small plea type. Each
immigrant may designate the language
in which he prefers the test shall be
made, and shall be required to read
the words printed on a slip in such Ian
guage. No two immigrants listed on
the same manifest shall be tested with
the same slip. An immigrant failing
to read as above provided shall not
be admitted, but shall be returned to
the country from which he came at the
expense of the steamship or railroad
company which brought him.
NOTE:-The object of this section is
to prescribe a simple, uniform and
thorough method of applying the edu-
cational test, and one which cannot be
defeated by the coaching" so often
given to immigrants. Experience shows
that this test can be easily and quick
ly applied.
Section 3. That the provisions of the
Act of March 3, 1893, to facilitate the
enforcement of the immigration and
contract labor laws shall apply to the
persons mentioned in Section 1 of this
act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect
July l, 1902.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06

Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, head OF
the English Department of Princeton
University has accepted the call from
the Brick Presbyterian Church in New
York to become minister in charge. In
his letter of acceptance DR.. Van Dyke
said that he would take charge of the
church until another pastor was secur-
ed on condition that the office be with
out salary. The church offered to pay
DR.. Van Dyke the sum of $500 a month
as long as he continued minister in
charge. He said his acceptance Of the
call would not Interfere with his work
al Princeton but that it would be cut
off a number Of outside engagements.
DR.. Van Dyke was formerly pastor of
the Brick Presbyterian Church. He
resigned his Office in order that he
might accept a professorship at Prince
ton. He was succeeded in the pastor
ate by Rev. DR.. Babcock who, it will be
remembered, committed suicide in Italy
when depressed by illness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
NEW RESTRICTION PROPOSED

The following law has been suggested
by the immigration Restriction League
to amend the immigration laws of the
United States. The Spy gives it this
prominent position in order that the
public sentiment on the subject may be
tested early. There should be dis
tinct interest in this measure, more.
perhaps. than in any other single law
before the national legislature.
it is important that we do not make
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06

The Pan-American Congress at
Mexico has found no project more in
teresting than the proposed Panama
Railway, which would connect South
America with North America.
Congress gives excellent reasons why
this should be done. 1t certainly seems
that a railroad of this kind could be
made profitable as well as an agency
for civilization and for developing a
rich territory in Mexico and Central
America