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The times., 1901-05-21

IPPINE ISLANDS, via San Francisco. close here
daily at 6:SO p. n. up to june I, inclusive fox
despatch per s. 3. Peking. (o}
Mails for HAWAII, via san Francisco, close here
daily at $50 p. up to June g. for despatch
per 5. MaripOsa. (o)
Mails for COCHIN CHINA are forwarded to
New York for connection with European steam
ers.
.'PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (NIiIitSry Maid. de-
spatched to San Francisco at all closes for that
Office, to connect with Government Transports
the sailings OF which irregular.
(b) Registered mails close at p. m same day.
(e) Registered mails close at D. m. same day.
(d) Registered mails close at a. m. same day.
(e) Registered mails close at p. previous
Saturday.
% Registered mails close at 1 p. m. previous
day.
'(h) Registered mails close at u p. m previous
Saturday.
Co Registered mails close at p. m. previous
day.
(o) Registered mails close at p. m previous
day. JOHN A. MERRITT, Postmaster.
The times., 1901-05-21

A COMPARISON OF HANDWRITING.
Eliza Gardner. colored, was recalled to
the witness stand at this point. postal
card was shown the witness, and an eff
fort made to have the woman state that
she had written it. The witness wrote
her name several times on a slip of pa
per, and the writing was compared with
that on the postal card, by the Coroner
and the District Attorney. When asked
when and where she wrote the postal,
which was anonymous, the witness denied
positively having written 1t at all. The
woman was then excused.
The Coroner guarded carefully the con-
tents OF this postal card, which, il is
learned, was received by Major Sylvester,
but 1t is said upon what is believed to be
reliable authority 10 contain the words:
If you want TO get at the facts IN the
Ayers murder, arrest the chambernaid.
An important witness yesterday was
Mrs. Emma Hodson- Welck, whose home
is at the Livingston Hotel, 1903 Thirteenth
Street northwest. Formerly Mrs Welcl5
lived at the Kenmore. She left the latter
hotel March Il last. Il occupied three
rooms at the Kenmore, said the witness,
zone of which, ] understand. is now oc-
cupied by Mrs Flynn. While at the Ken
more | occasionally changed about. at
one time having apartments in the annex.
Mrs Welck recalled having visited the
room of Mrs. Bonine, but only OCCASION
ally; not more frequently than the rooms
of other women in the hotel, the witness
stated.
mo, 1 I'm not intimate with Mrs.
Bonine. nor have been So declared the
The times., 1901-05-21
CoId. Headache. Catnrrh. ReIiexed

I'm 10 Mfnutes--Rev. W. H. Main, pastor OF
the Baptist Emmanuel Church. Buffalo, gives
AgneW's Catarrhal Powder He has tried many
kinds Of remedies without avail. after using
DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder / benefited at
once ara his words. II is a wonderful remedy
One application relieves headache and cold. Sold
By T. :. Williams. Ninth and Streets; Ed
monds & Williams Third Street and Pennsyl-
vania AVcnue.--l3
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
CUThBERT AGAIN CHEERFUL.
Thinks the Signs Point to a New
Railroad.

That the Georgia, Florida and Ala
hama road means business, there Is
little room for doubling. Judging from
present indications it is just itching to
bepin building towards Cuthbert.
Saturday, Superintendent of Con-
struction Bruton, accompanied by a
surveyor and two or three contractors,
arrived in the city. Mr.. Bruton said
thew had come to locate terminal facll-
titles and certain lines so that the
riohts of way might be secured. The
G. r. A. was ready to begin work
inst so soon as the subscription stipu-
lated and the rights of way were as
sured. He hoped to have the line com
Melted to Cuthbert in November. BY
the first of January it was likely work
would be proceeding between Cuthbert
and Lumpkin.
Mr.. Bruton went from Cuthbert to
Savannah to confer with President
Williams, but returned here yesterday.
He TAILS hopefully of the early extern
sion northward of his road.
The surveyor has run several lines
around the city, but so far as we have
learned the depot site has not been de-
cided upon. -Cuthber Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17

Convicts are pardoned out of prison
for various reasons, but tits doubtful
if ever one was pardoned because he
possessed a secret, which was thought
to be valuable to the world, until Gov.
Shaw of Iowa pardoned S. r. Dawson
last Friday. Dawson is 80 years of age
and had been in prison five years, hay
ing been sentenced for term of ten
years for numbering his son-in-law. a
man named Scott. Dawson had spent
the greater part of his life in trying to
discover the process for making pa-
mascus steel. once so famous. The
secret of making this steel had been
lost. and Dawson set himself to WORK
to find it. 1t is said that he succeeded
and company was formed to make the
steel. He did not give up the secret,
however, but put it in safety vault.
with the understanding that if any
thing happened 70 him that disabled
him the vault should be opened anC
the secret revealed to the company
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
MARRIED A CHTNAMAN.
Elberton Has a Wedding Out of
the Usual Order.

a wedding out of the usual order oc-
Cured in Elberton Thursday evening,
when Miss Colson, pretty young lady
of the city, and Joe Jung Joe Lee in
English, Chinese laundrym9n, were
united in marriage, Rev. Ford NcRee,
pastor of the First Methodist church,
performing the ceremony. The bride
is the daughter of Mr.. A. M. Colson,
and was beautifully dressed in white
silk with diamonds; the wedding trous-
seau was the gift of the groom. The
groom is a full-blooded Chinaman. but
has been in this country aud in Elber-
ton number of years, and has con
Quoted himself so as to gain the re-
spect of the people. He speaks Eng
fish fuently and is member of the
First Methodist church and Sunday
school A large number of citizen
witnessed the marriage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
AFTER AMERICAN BOXERS.
China Asks the United States for
Half Million Indemnity.

The Chinese government through
Minister WI Ting Fang has filed a
claim for indemnity to the amount of a
half million dollars on account of al
legged outrageous treatment of Chinese
at Butte, Mont There is a suggestion
of boxer outrages reversed in the pre-
sentation of the case to the state de-
partment, the treatment inflicted upon
the Chinese at Butte being claimed to
have been cruel and oppressive. 1t is
charged that some of them were killed,
others lost their property and nearly
all were ruined in business and many
of them were driven out. The claim
ants number several hundred.
The outrages date back to 1886 and
it is declared that the city council of
Butte upheld the rioters and the boy
cotters; that the state courts upon APP
peal decided in language so unjudicial
as to be itself subject of COMPLAINT
that the city council was right, and f.
nally that relief could be obtained only
measurably through an appeal to the
United States court. The claim raises
some novel and extremely interesting
points of international law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
THE COTTON GROWERS
AND GEORGIA POLITICS.
THE NEW YORK SUN PRINTS AMUSING
AND INTERESTING SPECIAL.
Discusses the Cotton Growers Ass0Cia.
tion in Connection With Several
Prominent Politicians.

The New York Sun of Monday print
ed dispatch under Macon date line
that deals with Georgia politics in
way that is both interesting and anus
ing. We reproduce it here because it
makes good reaking. Many Georgia
farmer and some of the politicians of
the state who read it will smile over
it, 1t follows:
SAT the meetingof the cotton
growers convention { in this city
(Macon) during the coming week pos
sesses more of political than agricul-
tural interest. The favorite method
of trotting out candidates in Georgia is
by becoming attached to some agri-
cultural movement through which the
leader, abusing property holders as
enemies of the commemorative can ride
into power. The present efforts is To
give gubernatorial standing to j. Pope
Brown, who for six years has been the
head of the state agricultural society,
Hoke Smith. who aspires to a steat in
the United States senate, is the foster
father to the cotton growers associa
tion, which he employed Harvey Jor-
dan to organize. The latter is not
without ambition of his own to reach
desirable Office.
"The regular machine politicians OF
= ba s+ota a ra cnt,1 n,ittad for onvopuor
to Fleming e. duBignon, who is attor-
ney for the Plant system OF railways.
Those appealing to the farmers vote
will make use of this fact to decry Mr..
duBignion as unfit to be governor of
a state, which has war of rates to
prosecute against the railroads. An
ticipating this, Mr.. duBignon has
made an appeal for with union against
the negro.
"'We can have no division, SAYS he,
until the race danger has been re-
moved.
"Altog ether, there promises to be
big split in Georgia politics. 1t will
be felt in the democratic primaries,
which will be conducted under the
leadership of Mr.. duBignon, as chair
man of the state central committee.
That the opposition will be dissatisfied
with it is foregone conclusion, and
then the contest will force itself
before the whole people in the regular
state election. The newspapers of the
state are already fighting with one
another as though they belonged to
rival parties. All these things enter
ing into it, the cotton growers con-
vention will talk agriculture, but viii
whisper politics."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
B. & B. EXPRESS COMPANY.
Promoters of New Road Secures
Charter for Express Business.

A charter has been issued from the
Office of the secretary OF the state to
the Brunswick and Birmingham Ex-
press Company, The capital stock of
the company is placed at $4,000 and
the charter provides that the general
office of the company will be located at
Brunswick. The incorporators are Z.
c. Machen. J. A. McDuffie, Tobias
Newman and F. +. 1witty, all of the
county of Glynn. The petitioners
state that it is their desire to estab.
lish branch Offices in various cities of
the United States aud Canada, also in
Cuba, Porto Rico, and in all the West
Indies, together with Mexico, Central
America and in all other states and
countries of South America. The
charter provides that the incorpora-
tors are to comprise the first board of
directors and that they are authorized
to open books and receive subscrip-
tions to the capital stock of the com
pany.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
5.8O4 FAILURES.
That Is the Record for the First
Six Months of the Pres
ent Year.

The commercial failures in the Unit
ed States for the first six months of
1901, ending June 30, according to
Dun's Review, number 5,804, with liza
bilities of 81 ,G44, pa. During the cor
responding period of the preceding
year the number was 1892. with liabil-
tiles of $780, $40 124. Thus while the
number this year was larger the
amount involved was not so great,
There were fortv-five bank failures,
involving SIS. S39, 554, and 305 broker
age failures with liabilities of 50, 249,-
435. Deducting these from the total
their remains of strictly commercial
insolvencies 1,265 in manufacturing,
involving $2l. 69l, 048, and 4,l69 traders
owing S24, 1854, POT. This year, it is said,
the disasters from speculations were
much smaller in amount than last year,
Notwithstanding the violent functua-
tions in the markets which occurred
not long ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
$40, 900 FOR A VOTE.
Republicans Paid Big Price for
Democratic Votes.

A Harrisburg, Penn, letter to the
Philadelphia Press says
"The highest price promised for
single vote for speaker of which any
statement has been made by the bride
oferer was $4,000. Speaker Marshall's
election by one majority was brought
about by the votes of five democrats.
Two days before the house was organ
lzed the men engaged IN buying the
votes needed to elect Marshall were
employing their greatest efforts to
bring this result about without the aid
of democratic votes. Offers of $4,000
were made to dozen different insu-
gent members of the house, and one of
$50, 900 for the votes OF three members
was made to one of the trio supposed
to control the two others. None of
their efforts were successful, and the
five democrats were finally called into
service to insure the election of Mar
shall as speaker"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
NEW FREAK OF THE RICH.
The Latest Fad of Millionaire
Is GrueSOme One.

The freaks of rich Americans abroad
seem to be furnishing entertainment
for the whole of Europe. One of their
latest fads is the buying of mummies.
At q recent sale of long dead Egypt
ians, Count and Countess Castellane
selected several to add to the attrac-
tions of their Paris home but as they
failed to pay for them perhaps it is
safe to say that the palace will remain
mummyless. Mrs. Mackey INDUCED
in two; and several other Americans
bid high for these gruesome treasures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17

| Beers.
Now. on the top of the dismal, costly
fiasco in South Africa, comes the pitt
full failure of War Secretary Brode-
rick's army reorganization scheme FOL
lowed by a terrible scare about the
navy, which has been sadly negleceeu
while money has been squandereo
fruitlessly on the army
The feats of the French submarine
boat Gustive Zede at Ajaccio sent a
cold SILVER down the backs of the Brit
ish admiralty officials, who had stea''-
lastly ignored submarine Inventions
No one places the slightest conn
dence in the ability of the present cao-
int ministers to put the empire S al
fairs on a secure, honorable footing
The ministerial party is hanging 10
gether solely through motives OF SER
interest. -. Lao,a ORG
The country's financial burdens are e
increasing enormously, while the t TAU :,
returns show that the capacity 70 Dear
them is rapidly diminishing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
A Prison Is Opened by a Secret.

with which he was connected. He did
not consider that his imprisonment
could be interpreted as disabling him,
and so refused to give up his secret.
The company therefore set to work to
have him pardoned, and after FIVE
years they succeeded, the governor
holding that he would not be justified
in keeping Dawson in prison longer
and thus risking the loss of the secret
1t is the understanding that the
necessary plant for manufacturing Da-
mascus steel will be erected at once.
and the manufacture OF the new steel
will be begun in the near future. Il
is not known yet whether there will
be sufficient demand for it to make It's
manufacture profitable, but it is proba
BILE that that matter has been thor
oughly considered by those Who have
pat their money in the enterprise. 1t
is claimed that it can be made at less
cost than the ordinary steel of com
merce.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
BURNING UP.
That Is the Disagreeable CondI-
ton i'm Kansas. Crop
Losses $4,000, 900.

Sunday was day of unprecedented
temperatures in Kansas. In Topeka
for two hours the mark reached was
104. In Marysville 08degrees was the
record. Fort Scott reported LOG de-
grees.
Reports from numerous Kansas
counties indicate that the corn crop is
practically failure. Hay is selling
at enormous prices, and the indica-
tions point to almost a failure in feed
for animals, unless rain comes within
a day or two.
1t is estimated that Kansas will suf-
fer crop losses from the protracted
heat spell to the extent of $40, 0Oo,0 600.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
pan,y.
KANSAS WHEAT IN A BLAZE.
Fifteen Thousand Acres Went Up
i'm Flames Sunday.

Fifteen thousand acres of wheat
went up in flames at Great Bend, Kan,
Sunday afternoon, The fire was start
ed by an unknown man throwing a
lighted cigar into field of wheat
stubble. Everything was as dry as
finder, and soon a destructive fire was
insprogress.
All residents left their work
and exhausted every known method
for fighting fire, but to no avail, and
it was late in the evening before the
FIRE was under control.
Roughly estimated the loss in wheat
will aggregate 800, 900 bushels, nearly
all of which was in stack.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
MR.. BRYAN REFUSED TO TRAFFIC.
Could Not Even Be Approached by the Enemy Agunaldo EMO
Tried Make Deal During Last Presidential Campaign

| lay in democratic success. On the 9TH
er hand, the policy pursued by the Nc
Kiuley administration had satisfied
Aguinaldo and his people that the re-
publican party had no intention to
govern the Philippines other than as
subject colonies.
Mr.. Bryan's representative informed
Aguinaldo's ENJOYS that the democrat
ic party could have no dealings or bar
gains, directly or indirectly, openly or
covertly, with men bearing arms
against the authority of the United
States. They were told that the Phil
ippine question was being fought out
as an issue of domestic politics and
that the American people could thrash
it out and settle it among themselves
without any outside suggestions or in
reference.
THEIR OFFERS SPURNED.
The democratic spokesman said that
if Aguinaldo believed that his peoples
only hope of justice lay in Mr.. Bryans
election he should not have believed it
possible that the democratic candidate
would secretly traffic with armed enc
mics of his country. The Philippine
ENJOYS were advised to leave New
York at once and to inform their gov
eminent that the democratic party
would have nothing to do with them.
The two Filipinos were greatly sur
prised and declared that Aeuinaldo's
intentions were not understood. He
asked for no promises, proposed no bar
gains and suggested nothing treasona-
BILE. All he desired to know was wheth-
er proclamation Offering to surrender
to President Bryan would help or hurt
the democratic party in its struggle to
control the government. Mr.. Bryan's
Representative declined to express an
opinion.
The offer of 100000 was again re-
ceived, and was for second time re-
fused
The ENJOYS were informed that their
proposals would be considered often
sive by Mr.. Bryan, and that if the re-
publican managers got wind of the
matter they might twist the facts into
a scandal grave enough to change the
result of the election. The Filipinos
were deeply disappointed, but immedi-
ately left New York and went to To-
ronto, Canada, to communicate the an
swer Of the democratic leader to Agui-
naldo.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
EngIand Helpless: Army Trembling

Al associated Press dispatch from
PndOn says:
''0pendous price is being paid for
carnival of iingoism to which the
pure mas been giving itself up, with
Opn chamberlain as the master of
II revels.
SiaLd $ political condition is one
o''"oroinary unrest. There is ev-
pO''ent of startling political de-
l0 municipality is discouraged and
h p y. over the prolonged war
' evident helplessness of Kitch-
t.. vast army to cope with the Boer
Dn ~ which have greatly increased
1'er as we'll as determination,
si,i 70 the bitterness created by the
30 Sn policy of incendiarism and ill
l. @'nent Of helpless women and chill
H.. 'uelr oaffied desperation the min
e.. 'an only attribute the Boer tie
Dri'lsh sympathy for the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
Picked His Ear With a Fish Hook.

Mr.. Tom Holland OF Hartsfeld came
in Tuesday with his nephew, Mr..
Camp Holland, who was suffering
from fish hook which had accidental
ly caught in his ear. The young man
had started fishing and very unthought
eddy used a fshhook with long shank
for an earpicb. The hook caught in
the flesh and could not be removed by
unskilled hands. He was taken to Dr.
Jenkins, specialist in ear troubles,
and the hook was removed, but
not without considerable Moul-
trie Observer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17

The New York World publishes the
following:
The World is authorized to make
public the extraordinary fact that dur
ing the presidential campaign last year
Aguinaldo sent messengers to Bryan
Offering to surrender Internationally
in case a democratic president were
elected and proposing a contribution
of money from the Philippine revolu-
tionary treasury to the democratic
election funds.
This remarkable disclosure throws a
strong light on the real attitude of the
insurgent government and it's leaders
toward the United Stateds.
During Mr.. Bryan's first visit to New
York after his nomination at Kansas
City two agents Of the Philippine re-
public appeared at the Hoffman House
and asked to see the democratic leader.
Mr.. Bryan declined to receive them.
The next day they returned and re-
newed the attempt to secure private
interview with Mr.. Bryan, but again
they failed to see him. They insisted
that their business was of overwhelm-
ing Importance, but declined to give a
hint of the object of their mission.
Later in the day they were informed
that one of Mr.. Bryan's friends would
receive them in his behalf, but they
were warned that they could not be
treated with as officials of the revolu'
tionary government, but as private in
divlduals.
THE PROPOSITION.
The two delegates of the Philippine
government waited on Mr.. Bryan's rep
resentative at the time appointed and
presented their credentials. They de-
clared that with Mr. Bryan's approval
Aguinaldo would at once issue a proc
lamation announcing that in the event
of Mr.. Bryan's election to the presi-
dency the army would. without condi-
ton. surrender to the. United States
and trust the Bryan administration for
favorable form of government, found
ed on the principles of the constitution
of the United States.
The delegates also announced that
thew were authorized to offer a contri'
button of 100000 to the democratic
national campaign fund. They ex-
planned that the Philippine people
we're convinced by the utterances OF
Mr.. Bryan and his supporters that
their only hope of justice and freedom
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-17
LUNG PENETRATED BY BLADE


Oscar Speight, a farmer, and limo
thy Alexander, a blacksmith, engaged
in an alteration in Americas, result
ing in Speight receiving a deep and
dangerous knife stab, the lung being
penetrated. The wounded man walked
three blocks to a drug store, where he
fell exhausted. The wound may re-
suit fatally. Alexander was arrested
and Jailed.