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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16

There is no reason why the senate
should not promptly on the treaty
providing for the payment of 100000
to Spain for three or four little islands
in the Philippine archipelago. 1t is a
treaty that can wait awhile.
Before we pay any more money to
Spain for islands in the Philippines it
would be advisable to find out whether
or not it is our purpose to keep the
islands we already have. We paid $780,
900, 900 for the Philippines, for which
we are now fighting, and Senator Hoar
and some others think we should aban-
don themIto the Filipinos who are in
1t is not certain yet that
he and his sympathizers will not be
able to carry their point.
But is it not little strange that our
to Paris, the commits
sioners who negotiated the treaty of
peace with Spain, failed to include in
it the islands which Spain now wants
to sell to us for 800, 600? 1t seems that
they were either neglectful or else
they did not know what latitude and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
No NEW GEORGIA MEMBER.
APPORTIONMENT BILL PASSES LOWER
HOUSE or CONGRESS-.
Membership is Largely Increased and Re-
publicans Gain Advantage. How the
Georgians Voted.

A complete victory for the Burleigh
or Maine bill came as a result of the
fight in the lower house over the ques-
ton of apportionment. The Hopkins
bill, which was the bill of the majority
of the house committee, provid-
ed for house membership of357 as at
present, was defeated, and in its place
the bill providing membership of $50
which was especially fathered by Mr..
Littlefield, of Maine, was adopted.
Under this no state loses as compar-
ed with it's present membership, and
there is net gain of twenty mine. Illi-
nois, New York and Texas will gain
three seats each Minnesota, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania two seats each,
and the following states will each gain
one seat Arkansas, California, Con-
necticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massa-
chusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
times bitter, but eagerness on the
part of states which would gain con-
tributed very largely to the final re-
suit. Another element in reaching
this result is found in he influence ex-
erted quietly, but most effectively, by
certain senators. The state of Maine
has not lost its influence in the senate,
even if it has suffered considerably
through the destruction of its famous
big fourth the house. Senator Frye
and Senator Hale have been using
their influence on their senate colleag-
ues, and as a result of this the Maine
proposition secured lot of support
from sources which were not disclosed
until today. Through this influence
the republican members of New York
and Pennsylvania were swung into
line by Senators Platt and Penrose,
and lot of other fine work of this
kind was done. This was enough to
| turn the tide, and it insures the pas
sage by the senate of the bill as it
comes from the house.
! The delegations of most of the states
divided when it came to the final test.
The members from Georgia and Al
ALBANIA, however, voted solidly in
favor of the Hopkins bill and against
| that which was adopted.
ADVANTAGE FOR REPUBLICANS.
An analysis of the gain under this
bill from a party standpoint shows a
net gain OF nine votes for the republic
cans on the present political complex
ion of the country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
AFTER WHITE MEN.
Governor Gambler Thinks a Few
Should Be Hung. Offers $500
for a Bunch of Seven.

Governor Gambler offers $500 in re-
wards for Campbell county whitecap-
pers, seven in number, who murdered
Sterling Thompson, an inoffensive ne
gro on January 3.
The governor says he is determined
to bring these murderers to justice.
He had already telephoned the ordina-
ry of Campbell county and secured in
formation with regard to the case
when delegation of Campbell county
citizens called on him. He offered 5000
for the arrest of the first and 800 for
each of the others with proof to con-
Wet.
The county is highly wrought up
over the murder. The governor told
the members of the delegation he
thought it would be wholesome les
son to hang few white men for just
such outrageous crimes as this, and
said he would help in every way posi-
BILE to do it.
The seven white men in question
went to Thompson 8 house on the night
of January 3, battered in the door and
shot him TO death, the reported object
being that certain parties desired tc
secure the land on which he was liv'
ing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
The Situation in South Africa.

ginning to feel little uneasy as 10 Uhe
governments credit. OF course the
financial strain is not seriously felt
yet, but there is apprehension that II
the war in South Africa should con-
tinue much longer the nation might
have trouble in other quarters. Win
her vast possessions Great Britain Is
always in danger of becoming involved
in a war in some part OF the worlo
Just now she is not in a position 10 DIS
sumo very aggressive attitude hu
STA, for instance, should manifestad ls
position to be unfriendly.
Under the circumstances, therefore
it is not surprising that letters are APP
pearing in the English public prlnUs
from men of influence in which the
South African situation is discussed
with more seriousness than at any oth-
er time since the Boer war began. Inc
talk to the effect that the Beers must
surrender Internationally has been
abandoned. The British government
is ready to grant concessions, if by SO
doing the war can be brought TO d
speedy end.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
SOME WARM TALK.
Religious Paper Deals Out Doc
trine in Vigorous Fashion.

The Stumbling Stone, religious pa
per published at Toledo, o., deals out
doctrine in this vigorous fashion i;
"Think of it, backsliders, not a
thousand or a million years in hell,
but Eternity in He'll Everlasting
burning. Think of it Think of it
Formal professor, think of Eternity in
He'll. Holiness professor, think of
Eternity in He'll. Holiness professor,
think of Eternity in He'll {. You, too.
will get into hell unless you watch and
pray and keep humble and pure. Dis
honest grocerymen, dry goods men and
whisky selling druggists, with all whis-
XIV makers, whisky drinkers ard whis-
XIV voters, will find an Eternity in He'll
unless they stop it, repent and get to
God. Father and mother, if you are
not converted to God and His Bible
and using your best endeayors to lead
your children to God and Heaven, you
will spend an Eternity in He'll. Tell
ers of black and white lies are running
with all their might to lake of fire
and birthstone, and will spend their
Eternity in He'll unless they repent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
GAVE BABY AS A PRESENT.
Was Chipping and Growing from
Limb of Christmas Tree.

A live baby, chirping and Growing
from the limb of Christmas tree, was
the present which Fred.L. McClelland
and his wife of Minneapolis received
at their family reunion. The baby
was the gift of Ira H. Shattuck, Mrs.
McClelland's father. The whole thing
was arranged by Mr.: Shattuck, with
the assistance of members of his fam
lily. 1t gave him the blues, he said to
enter his daughters house and not
find a.toddler or two. Mr.. Shattuck
got into the parlor, where mammoth
tree had been stationed, and on safe,
stout limb he hung tie baby by it's
broad girdle. The baby, which is
nearly year old, kept as still as could
be. The baby's parents are friends of
the McClelland's, but owing to unfort-
innate circumstances they are unable
to care for it properly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16

fered ought not to discourage any one
who believes in the principles set forth
in the Kansas city platform, for If
right when written and Endorsed by
nearly 6,5OO,OO voters they are right
still.
'The Democratic party has been de-
feated before. but defeat has neither
destroyed its hope nor its tenets. The
defeat of 1896 came at the close OF an
administration entirely satisfact DRY to
those most anxi Gus to reorganize the
party, and defeat in 1894, which oc-
Cured under similar administration,
was more disastrous than any since.
"But if tate DEGREES a change in the
ideas and ideals of our nation and we
are to witness a return to brute force
doctrines upon which empires rest
our struggle will still have answered
purpose, and the works of our party
will live in history and inspire the
lovers of liberty in future years when
mankind again takes up the fight for
the principles of self-government' we
are advocating truths that cannot die,
and we can afford to share in tempo
rary reverses that may come to them.
The love of freedom will live while
the human race endures and those
who suffer even if their eyes did not
behold victory. In defeat those who
support the principles set forth by the
declaration of independence can take
courage from the heroism manifested
by those in South Africa who are CIV
ing their lives in defense OF the same
doctrine. Cronje suffers in loneliness
on ST. Helena but his name Will i've
in poetry and song when the name OF
Roberts is forgotten, and Kruger Will
wear crown of deathless fame when
kings and emperors are known no
more"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
Church AdOpts Novel Plan.

A Berks county, Pennsylvania,
church has adopted novel means to
force the members of the congregation
to paw their church dues. 1t has been
determined that the church bell shall
not be tolled for the funeral of any
member of family which has not paid
a stipulated sum of dues into the treas
ury of the church. When a member
of the congregation dies, therefore,
the tolling or the silence of the bell
will tell the neighborhood whether or
not that family is in arrears to the
church
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
NO LIQUOR FOR SAVAGES.
Senate Passes a Prohibition Bill
for the UnciViIized.

Favorable action has been take by
the senate committee on foreign .rela-
lions on the resolutions previously in
troduced by Senator Lodge declaring
for the enactment of laws prohibiting
the sale of opioum and intoxicating
liquors to aboriginal and uncivilized
people of all countries, and the reso-
luton was afterwards reported to and
passed by the senate.
The committee had before it petit
lions signed by numerous individuals
and associations from % states, which
were presented by the reform bureau.
The bureau had received letter from
Ex-President Harrison on the subject
in which he says:
"It does seem to me as if the Chris
tian nations of the world ought to be
able to make their contact with weaker
people of the earth benefcent and
not destructive, and give to your eff
forts to secure helpful legislation my
warmest sympathy"
The petition asks that the govern
ments that have 'united in the treat
les of 1890 and 1899 in the protection
of the natives of Africa against intOx-
icants to take further action separate
ly and together to SO protect all un-
civilized races as recommended by the
president. The petition will be with
drawn and carried by deputation to
all prominent governments OF the
world after congress adiourns.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
This Treaty Can Afford to Wait.

longitude included all of the islands.
They permitted statement to be made
in the treaty which left Spain in pos
session of the islands which are now
offered to US.
They were remarkably well paid for
their work. And yet, it seems that
they did not do their work well. If
they had acted for syndicate of BUSH
ness men in like transaction they
would have been expected to make
good any loss resulting from their own
carelessness. 1t is not probable, how
ever, that the government will make
any demand upon them for the amount
it will have to pay, in all probability,
for their carelessness or ignorance.
AS far as We have seen no one of
them has offered any explanation of
the failure to include the islands in
question in the treaty. Perhaps the
have no explanation to offer and would
have been glad if nothing had been
said publicly OF their failure to fully
protect the interests OF the govern
ment they represented. Savannah
News,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16

joyment, for fortune and for fame with
out 1ocking to the cities, SO overcrowd-
ed with those seeking employment as
to preclude the possibility of remuner-
alive wages. OF course there will al
ways be movements from the country
to the city, but much has already been
done to stop the general migration
from The farms, which at one time
threatened seriously the existence of
rural life in Georgia. Much more can
be done. Next to the love of parents
and other members of the home circle
a pretty dwelling with beautiful sur
roundings and fair number of con-
genial neighbors have great power to
bind the heart to home.
"Where the country home is made
attractive fond memory will linger
around the spot cousecrated by the
recollection of childish joys AMI sor.
rows, and often it happens that even
the wayward boy with rowing dispo-
sition will, after taste of the world
that lured him away with it's entice-
ments, return to the family hearth
stone and settle down to the task of
cultivating his paternal acres"
In conclusion the commissioner
says:
ga pretty home with attractive sur
roundings, we'll bred cattle and horses,
whether few or many, poultry of the
best breed and fields that are by skill
full farming made to produce abundant
ly give to the farm an air of comfort
and prosperity that cannot fail to at
tract and bind the hearts of the young
people to their country home.
"But shabby dwelling, tumbled
down fences, poor lands poorly titled,
repeI young people of spirit and pro-
duce in them a repugnance to country
life that never forsakes them while
memory lasts"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
A TALK ON THE RURAL HOME.
Commissioner Shows Its Value Agriculture. Should
Be nade Attractive.

Commissioner of Agriculture o. B..
Stevens, in his monthly talk to the
farmers just issued, grows eloquent On
the subject of the rural home. He
shows how the attractiveness of the
country home is an important aid to
agriculture and gives valuable ideas
with regard to methods for making it
attractive.
Good stock, the commissioner says,
will impart an air of thrift to the farm,
and the best breeds of cattle should al
ways be raised. Poultry is one of the
most important of paying products, the
total poultry product of the entire
country being conservatively estimat-
ed at 1920, 100000. Tennessee and 9TH
err states are now shipping poultry into
Georgia at profit.
Much of the letter is devoted to the
Importance of the poultry and egg pro-
duction and the value of this industry
to the country home. At the outset the
commissioner says:
"The United States census of 1900
brings to light some important facts.
One of them is that in every section of
the union there is decided check TO
the tremendous growth of the cities at
the expense of the country. While the
cities and towns show a healthy in
crease there has not been within the
last decade that abnormal growth
which caused alarm to every thought
full patriot. A large, intelligent and
prosperous rural population is the
strongest guarantee of our republican
Institutions Successful farmers, who
use all the improved methods and by
well directed efforts show the best side
of country life, are doing much to make
bright, energetic, ambitious young
men and women understand that there
is open to them chance for social en-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
Wanted TO know How II Felt.

The girl was very rich and the young
man was poor but honest, says Stray
Stories. She liked him, but that was
all, and he knew it. One night he had
been a little more tender than usual
"You are very rich," he ventured.
eyes," she replied frankly. Il am
worth one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars"
"And | am DOOR"
eyes"
"Will you marry me 2"
NO"
II thought you wouldn t."
Then why did you ask me-"
"Oh, just to see how man feels
when he looses one million two hun
DIR ed and fifty thousand dollars. :"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
Richest Man Then and Now.

The richest man in the United
States at the end of the Eigh
teenth century was George Washing
ton. who was worth pretty nearly a
million dollars. Probably the richest
man to-day is John D. Rockefeller,
whose wealth is reckoned at $500, 900,
600, Mr.. Carnegie is supposed to be
worth 5000, 900, 900, while w. K. Van
derbilt and William Waldorf Astor
nrobablv come next, with over $780,
0O0. 600 apiece. These great mllllon-
aires cannot estimate their own riches
within a margin of millions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
Governors COW BY EXPRESS.
Not Dead-Head This Time, but
Older and Wiser.

Governor Scofeld's COW, whose ride
from Oconto to Madison, Wis, on an
express frank four years ago became
political episode, went home last
week. She made the return trip by
express also, but this time there was
no express frank on the crate. Charges
amounting to about 80 were paid. The
crate bore this inscription:
'Scofeld's COW, returning home af-
ter four years of official life, older but
wiser"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16

\ :. w lorger possible to hide the
h. mere are grave apprehen-
IN - england over the situation in
w A',ca' Men in public life who
.uo 'AS ago were confident that
h., was about ended are now
al Pressed by the call for addi-
;ns -ieFed that the condition of
H. ,bas oape Colony is very much
5;s "u IL Is represented to be by
!, ''nes from Cape Town. In
very we'll understood that
j las oeen' and still is, a great eff
ep the world from getting the
h. ~ 'ne feeling among the Cape
\ people There does no. seem
n -. a'n doubt that the majority of
w. ~ sympathy with the Beers
Dm e4tu, II the opportunity should
', as. favorable, join the Beers in the
b ara .,, Great Britain. Many of
4 army. 'i'e ranks OF the
besn IN men and money thus far
\ enormous. 1t has been 50
'He English people are be-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
Editors Awful PLIGHT.

F. M. Higgins, Editor Seneca (IIls.
News,w was afflicted tor years with piles
that no doctor or remedy helped until
he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes two boxes wholly cured him.
it's the surest pile cure on earth and
the best salve in the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
Beers SHARP TRICK.
Put British Prisoners in Front
and Captured British Gun.

Lord Kitchener has wired from Pre-
toria as follows:
"The post at Helvetia was surprised
at 2: 80 a. M, the enemy first rushing
a Al gun. At dawn the officer COM
handing the post at Swartzkopies sent
out patrol and shelled the enemy out
of Helvetia, making them abandon the
gun temporarily.
"The. beers. however, formed British
prisoners around the gun and got
away. No ammunition belonging to the
gun was captured.
"The casualties we're four officers
wounded, IL men killed and % wound
ed. A column was sent out from
Machedodorp, but owing to bad roads
it failed to arrive in time"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
The Mothers FaVOrite.

Cbamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
rootber,s favorite. 1t is pleasant and
sofa for children to take and always
onres Il is intended especially for
coughs. colds, GROUP and whooping
cough. and is the best medicine made
80, these diseases. There is not the
1oast danger in giving it to children,
t ZEE. y cont Contains no opium or other inju
, rGp - drug, ana may be given as conf mn
LlUuI - to q babe as to an adult: For
oeIe ~ Farrar, Harris & Marshall:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
FIVE-CENT MEALS IN CHICAGO
Twenty Cheap Lunch Rooms Will
Soon Feed 10000,

The penny luncheon room organized
bv St, Lukes society at 290 Clark
street, Chicago, feed II 600 Saturday,
and 10 other rooms, with capacity of
$4,000 to 10000 day, will soon be in
operation,
The amount taken in on Saturday
was S45, an average of 81 cents for
each check. Every article on the bill
of fair is cent. For 3 cents man
gets good, wholesome breakfast, and
IF he can afford cents he can have a
asnread -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
SUICIDE CLUB SELF ENDED.
Last Surviving Member Takes
His Own Life, as Agreed.

The last surviving member of the
famous Suicide Club that had its orr.
gin elm Bridgeport, Conn. died last
week by his own hand. The victim,
Gustave Wolf, jewelers. clerk, blew
out his brains in his bed chamber in
the rear of the store where he was en-
ployed.
Wolf was q native of Wiesbaden,
Germany, and is said to have come of
noble parentage. His mother, an aged
woman, is now in New York with a
daughter. Wolf was finely educated
and a skilled musician.
The Suicide Club was formed in that
city almost eleven years ago. Wolf
was said to have been the last member
admitted. 1t was a club tradition that
one member should die by lot each
year, and it is notorious that for five
years one of the members persisted by
his own hand. John Kensie, saloon
keeper, in whose tavern the club was
said to meet, was the first victim. w.
H. Maby soon followed: then came
Martin Zepp; Henry Friese was the
fourth, and William Brill the fifth.
There were other alleged members,
but they either died of natural causes
or moved to other parts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16
You Know What You Are Taking

when you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic, because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle, show
ing that is simply Iron and Quinine in
a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. sec.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-16

Constipation leads to liver trouble,
torpid liver to Bright's disease. Prick
ly Ash Bitters is certain cure at any
stage of the disorder.
Nolan DRUG Co.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-02
"A MONTANA
HOLOCAUST
Two Dead, Two Dying and a Score
or More Seriously Injured
in a Fire.
GASOLINE LAMP EXPLOSION
The Pullman Lodging House at Butte
Montana, is Burned to the Ground
Two Men Jumped from Third
Story Window
GASOLINE LAMP EXPLOSION

Butte, Mont, July 1.-Two are dead,
two severely, if not fatally injured and
score or more are hurt as the result
this morning. The dead are: Samuel
Mix, waiter of Missoula, Mont; Ole
Burg, carpenter, of Butte, Mont. The
severely injured are: Billy Train, bet
ter known as "Australian Ryan La" a
pugilist, jumped from a third story
window; - Camp, jumped from a
third story window; Miss Crystal, pro-
prietress of the lodging house The
fire was caused by the explosion of q
gasoline lamp in saloon on the lower
floor
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-02
A LONG STRUGGLE EXPECTED.
There Are No New Developments in tn
Strike of the 10000 Iron Workers.

Pittsburg, July 2.-The second day
of the strike of the sheet steel and hoop
workers of the Amalgamated associa-
ton opened without any interesting or
exciting features. 1t was evident that
neither side anticipated early develop
ments. AS President Shaffer remark
ed, the conditions of the present strike
are peculiar and no decided results are
expected for ten days or two weeks. BY
that time the manufacturers having
all necessary repairs to their mills
completed, would be anxious to resume
operations. The struggle would then
begin in earnest. President Shaffer
mailed circular to the association
lodges today, directing the lodges to
lay assessments upon the members of
the association at work. The associa-
tion now has fund of nearly 5000, 900.