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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30

The senate, by vote of 3S to 10, has
ratified the treaty with Spain for the
ACQUISITION of the islands OF Sibutu and
Cagoyan Sulu of the Philippine group.
These islands are outside the lines de-
scribed by the Paris treaty, and the
treaty provides for the payment OF
100000 for them
The debate over the treaty in the ex-
ecutive session was participated in by
Senators Lodge and Chandler in be-
half of the treaty and Senators Bacon,
Money and Pettigrew in opposition.
Senator Lodge, speaking for the COM
mittee on foreign relations, said that
the treaty was made necessary by the
failure to include the islands OF Sibutu
and Cagoyan in the original negotia-
ton, and that it was necessary to ac-
ouire them to prevent Germany's get
ting possession of them.
Their acquisition by any foreign
power would. he said, be awkward for
the United States, and should be pre-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30

! drug store. took all of them except
few that fell on the floor as / took
them out of the bottle and put them in
glass of whiskey; they made me sick
and l had to throw up, and the doctor
came right away. was only sick for
few days. The next time took laud-
anum in Dawson. DR.. Cheatham was
by me on that occasion. l bought one
bottle of strichnine in Albany, and Mr..
Cox got that from me. / took one bot
tie of laudanum in Mr.. Asher's store.
I was only sick few days. That was
on account of my wife; she came to AL
bany and asked me to forgive her, and
said she would be good wife if l only
would Jake her back. / took her back
and in four days she was gone, so /
took that laudanum; it made me sick
only for few days. That was the last
time that took any poison. l walked
the streets in Albany night after night
and did not eat for over a week atleast.
left and was trying to open up shop
in some small town to stay away from
any place where they sell whiskey. l
did not find any opening and l came
back to Macon"
Here Minder tells of the circum-
stances that led to the killing of Ma
honey, and concludes his statement as
follows
December | was in the court and
saw that my brother did not come as a
witness. had some calomel in the
Jail and mixed it with table salt and
that makes poison. | took it
all without result. | was so mad
over it that the rext day [ got a
knife from one of the men who is in
Jail. am we'll now and would be glad
if the trial was over with. [ have not
eat anything for five days, and am less
hungry than if | did eat wrote a
letter to Mr.. John r. Cooper and Mr.
Brasch, my attorneys, and asked them
if could have trial two weeks ago
am getting more miserable every day
and wish to God that I could die, as l
have nothing to live for. anyway.
ga man who has no brother, no
wife, or any one else on this earth, life
is nothing to him. The few friends
will soon pass away and will be left
miserable"
1t will be remembered that the trial
of Minder in December was brought
suddenly to an end by his stabbing
| himself seventeen times in the breast
He has recovered from these wounds,
and will be placed on trial again in
February.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
Uncle Sam Buys Two More Islands.

vented before it was too late. The on
position senators replied that the land
was worthless to the United States and
adde1 that as there was not harbor
on the coast of any of them there could
be no object in any other countrv's
taking them. They also charged that
as the islands are in the Suln groun
the population is polygamous, and that
slavery exists on the islands.
Senator Pettigrew said the new ac-
QUESTIONS were nearer The island of
Borneo than to any of the other of the
islands OF the Pacific group. and he
argued that if we are to purchase Ca
goyan and Sibutu for the defense. of
our existing possessions we might soon
expect to hear of the necessity of mr.
chasing BorneO for the protection of
Cagoyan and Sibutu.
A two-thirds vote was necessary tn
ratify, and the friends of the treaty
had none to spare, the vote STANDING
SO to 10.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
A UNIQUE ANNOUNCEMENT.
uow an t]hian Informs His Fellow Citizens
That Ne Wants an Office.

A. P. Sandles, of Ottawa, o., Is a
candidate for membership in the state
hoard of agriculture. In a published
letter he says he is Endorsed by his
wife and saws that if successful he will
anplv his salary to she payment OF his
aahts. He adds: Il have been secre-
tarv of the Putnam county fair for six
wears and have turned over mostotthe
money that came into my hands during
that time. At the age of IL knew
moro than the old folks. Ifyou can t
see your way clear TO supporting me l l
will not object to you entering tne
kingdom of heaven ana q. taxing parag ;; seat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
Beat Out Of an Increase Of His Pension.

A Mexican war veteran and promi-
nent editor writes: Seeing the ad-
verSisement of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy am
reminded that as soldier in Mexico
in AT and '48 I contracted Mexican
diarrhoea and this remedy has kept
me from getting an increase in my
pension, for on on every renewal a
dose of it restores me-" 1t is unequal
ed as quick cure for diarrhoea, and
is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by Farrar, Harris & Marshall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30

!, - ~'e census of 1900 should show
-. southern part of Georgia had
oco 49, III populatiOa and prosperity
III loo, %o 'Ae northern part during
!. ,o,; 80 uVcade was a matter of some
Fl sum, - certain quarters, but it was
n oo.. ''' 70 those who have watched
Il tho u railroad building. a look
H. :, map will show that the country
i .ta. le savannah river to the Flori-
- nue. south of line drawn
49, Macon, is crossed and re-
oy railroad tracks. I'm some
4, go !niS might mean little less
|sono raSslng over rocky lodges or
4 b i uesert wastes. In south Geor.
a e'er' every rail and crosstie is
lts. Trough land that produces re-
min ~ IN timber, lumber and tur-
IA 90 Snd later in all the fruits of
T H. orchard and vineyard. '''' q
d II, ,S pioneers who turn the ,orast.
I, ! t tn products into gold clear ss t's
: W 'ne agriculturalists. Blooming
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
BOUGHT LAND In
COLQUITT COUNTY.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE STE
VEINS MAKES A PURCHASE.
Reported That He viii Conduct an Ideal
Farm in the Wiregrass County Seven.
Miles from Moultrie.

The last issue of the Moultrie OBJ
server contained the following account
of a purchase of land in Colquitt coun-
ty by Commissioner of Agriculture
Stevens;
"The highest compliment ever paid
to the farm lands of Colquitt county
was paid this week by an investment
in them by Commissioner of Agricult-
ure o. B. Stevens.
"The richness and general fertility
of our lands, together with their
cheapness, have attracted many new
corners to the county in the last few
years, but the climax of their popu-
larity is reached in becoming covet-
ed bargain lin the eye of the state
commissioner of agriculture.
1.-THE land bought by Commissioner
Stevens is located between Bay and
Doerun, and about seven miles from
Moultrie, The body embraces four
hundred acres of very fine land. The
price paid for the land was two dol
lars an acre, or $500 for the lot.
st is rich gray soil, full of pebbles
that will compare with any upland soil
in the state. Mr.. Stevens rightly
thinks that he has bought bargain
and he made'the statement after the
trade was closed that the land could
not be bought at $500 advance.
"Mr. Stevens will improve the land
and will conduct an ideal farm on it;
using all modern methods and appli-
ances in its cultivation. He has made
life study of agriculture and in all
the state there is not to be found
more practical or successful farmer
Farming as Mr.. Stevens will conduct
this Colquitt county farm will be an
innovation in this county, and will be
very instructive to the neighboring
planters He hopes to open some of it
the present year, and will as early as
ii can be done, open about 300 acres,
the amount that is suitable for high
state of cultivation. The other one
hundred acres he will hold as a timber
reserve"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
FISHING WITH DIAMONDS.
SparkIers Which Lure a Trout
in MidWater.

Jim Albach, of ST. Louis, is the pos
SCISSOR of the greatest curiosities in flies
and metal lures of any angler in the
states. He has some flies made from
the red hair of bygone sweetheart.
Then there is fishing float made from
the cork that was in the bottle OF wine
that christened the steamer st. Pan
at launching he has box OF sinkers
made from bullets extracted from
Spanish soldiers in the hospital. These
he received from a friend who was
surgeon during the war.
"Buthere is the gem OF all, saiiJim,
taking from pretty little leather case
marvel of trolling bait. 1t was lit
tie spoon fly. "That is the most ex-
pensive lure in the world. had that
made tor rainbow trout. Look at
those diamonds" he continued, pass
ing the precious stones over to a friend.
"These six stones are worth $500. You
ought to see them scintillate in the
clear, pure spring waters where the
rain bows love to live. went out the
day before Christmas to Verona and
put in the holiday at the head OF
Spring river, one of the most beautiful
places in the state. With that dia-
mond lure l got thirty odd real gems.
The flash of these diamonds IS ire
sistable to trout. The rainbow trout
will bite any time of year if you have
the right lures or bait.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
FATHER TIMES OWN CLOCK
Set by Stars, 1t Ticks Its Seconds
to Clocks Throughout America.

w SAV@NS w. .
"The transmitting clock at the naval
observatory, Washington, is the abso-
Lutte monarch of American time keep
ers," writes Euander McIver Sweet IN
the February Ladies Home journal.
EVERY day in the year except Sunday
by one pendulum stroke it speaks dl-
rectly and instantaneously to every
city and considerable town between the
peaks of the Rockies and the pines OF
Maine, saying to them that on the sew
entv-fifth meridian it is now high noon
to the fraction of a second. A dnpilcate
mechanism, stationed at the branch
naval observatory on Mare island per-
forms similar service for the people
of the Pacific slope. And by this one
clock at the national capital together
with its duplicate on the Pacifie) Is set
nearly every time piece in the Onlted
States and Cuba, most of those In Mex
leo and many on the border OF Canada.
A number of clocks-frOm three 10
three thousand-in nearly every city
and large town are wired together into
local family, and by means OF a
switch key at the telegraph office are
put into direct contact with the parent
clock at the national capital. So that
the instant the electric touch is given
from Washington every clock IN the
circuit-whether it be at Boston, Mn
neapolis or New Orleans begins a
new day in perfect accord with its me-
chanical deity"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
MINDER'S STORY is A SAD ONE.
Former Dawson Tailor Now in Jail for Murder Tells of His Various
Attempts Suicide Is Frendless and Wants to Die.

lsador Minder, the former Dawson
tailor who is in the Bibb county jail
for stabbipg another tailor to death in
Macon some weeks ago, has given the
Macon News a two-column interview
IN which he relates many sad events OF
his life and tells how Mahoney, the
man he killed, heaped abuse and cpl
thets upon him on all occasions until
he lost his reason and in desperation
took the life of his prosecutor.
That part of the interview in which
the unfortunate man tells of his troubles
be ore he went to Macon is of local in
terest, and is as follows
81 give you full statement of my
past life, of such as | can remember. ]
am sorry everything is not over with.
For the last month | see nearly every
night my mother, and many times she
is calling me; so l know the time is
very near at hand for me to go to her.
| would be glad ii the time would come
as am tired of living. l have nothing
to live for anyway. | have no broth
ers, no wife, and in short while all OF
my friends will go. God is the only
one l can depend on, as He forgives
and doesn't forget any one. don't
know what am made from that / can
not die; others die from taking cents
worth of morphine, and | took as much
at one time as SO cents worth and still
live and am always in trouble. | never
had happy day in my life.
81 came to the United States twenty
one years ago. was working as coat
maker, and was in business for myself
nine times without success and cutting
three times. was engaged eight
times to young girls and one widow.
To the last one, Miss Willie James,
was engaged three times. We married
IN Eufaula, Ala, on Monday night in
June and separated on Wednesday
We went together again in December
and separated again in March. TIL at
was four years ago. l came to Macon
wrote my wife that | would help her
if she wished to be good wife and
she refused, so l took morphine with
out success.
SIN 1893 I bought out tailor in
Dawson, and the business did not &C
right I got tired of it, and had some
kind of poison and l mixed it with
whiskey and went to the field and took
it, and it only made me sick for three
or four days. Three years ago [ was
back in Eufaula; and the business did
not 60 right. l bought 80 cents worth
OF morphine in tablets in Wolson's
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
Boxers Outdone: British Soldiers.

particularly revolving incident which
came under his observation he adds :
II knew of others whose wives and
daughters hanged themselves to trees
or drowned themselves in garden wells
in order to escape a much worse lot.
Chinese women honestly believed that
no more terrible fate could overtake
them than to fall alive into the hands
of Europeans and Christians. And it
is to be feared that they were right.
Buddhism and Confncianism have their
martyrs to chastity, whose heroic feats
no martyrology will ever record. Some
Of these obscure, but right minded,
girls and women hurled themselves
into the river and finding only three
feet of water there kept their heads
under the surface until death set its
seal on the sacrifice of their life. This
suicidal frenzy was catching. 1t some
times spread like wild fire, and the
military authorities felt bound to sup
press it by force"
1t is to be feared that when the
whole shocking story is told it will be
found that the Boxers were outdone in
atrocities of this nature by the soldiers
of christian nations,-Macon Tele-
graph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
WANTS BRYAN'S VIEWS.
He Is Asked to Appear Before
House Committee on Coinage.

Chairman Southland of the congress
sional committee on coinage has wired
William J. Bryan request to appear
before the committee in Washington
or send his views on the pending bill
making silver obligations redeemable
in gold, and other measures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
CONGRESSMAN
SEES BOSTON SIGHTS.
co,GGs AND ELEVEN OTHERS
SPENT A DAY THERE
Given a Sleigh Ride and Show"
\, Things of Historical interest
Royalty Entertained


BOSNIAN Griggs was one OF the
zion that escorted the remains
g' lste Representative Clark to New
a.hire. On their return trip tne
a p,tv stopped in Boston, and The
7, ps has received from that Guy tne
"sing account of their visit there sns: !;
V" 5open members of congress were
5a, uO Jan. 10, and they enjoyed a
snt time from sunrise until they
. fbe city for Washington.
~ WV the delegation were Congress
ritz w. ,erald and Naphen OF Maesa-
,a lane of Iowa Littlefeld OF
weaver of Ohio, Griggs OF
|p ,rri Gaines of Tennessee Robin
II Indiana, Wheeler of Kentucky
y % Of Utah, Henry of Texas an d
Istor Heitfeld of Idaho.
ETbe congressional delegation pat
A. the Quincy House, Oscar o. bar
nroOrietor. Through the efforts
rongressman Fitzgerald, Mayor
: +ondered the visiting congress
l. the courtesies of the city, and IN
/ evening they were dined at the
E,ocv House and taken on a tour OF
/ theatres.
Euavor Hart instructed City Mes
j, cor Leary to give the congressman
klcigh ride.
Egrnder the guidance of Congress-
! FITZGERALD they visited the home
spaul Revere, then to the old Christ
Rurch, examined the Bible OF Cotton
hther, and stood in the famous pull
When they left the chimes rang
h They also visited all the other
bits of that historic part OF the city.
y THE party visited the navy yard and
h. tbe Constitution of Admiral Stew
j and the new Olympia OF Admiral
ewey. Admiral Sampson was met
a thanked for the great work he had
he in the recent war with Spain.
rave them the cOurtesies of the
r0, and everything that he could do
MAXI their visit d memorable one
5 done by him.
FrOn the navy yard the party took
oOkat Bunker Hill. The old state
Buse, Faneuil hall, the new state
use, the common and the public
brary were also objects OF interest
siteG.
y THE committee then returned to
BE Carney House aad had dinner,
AiS time Uncle Sam b eing the host, tC
bch few friends we're invited. AT
h dinner the congressman took an
sher ride and made Cambridge their
NJ point. After g drive Through
alFard college grounds the con
Ressmen proceeded TO the old elm
feeander which George Washington
pOk command Of the American f0cces
the war for independence.
When congressman Henry of Tex.
was told the tree belonged to Mr..
icCall's district he remarked: & am
plsurprised that he is an anti-impe-
||aIst. The LongGellow homestead
|as visited
The party returned to the Q@incy
|OlSe, where supper was served, and
'lfe the party WEE joined by Con
essman Knox, Congressman-elect
PRy and ex-senator John a. Reli'
er
Before the congressman left the
" they sent letters of thanks to the
lFSr aud to Congressman Fitzgerald
r Naphen. Osear G.. Barron, the
of the Quincy House, wa.
Parked for the manner in which he
y entertained the party, allOf whom
ESe In the highest terms of the
puSeT which they said was one OF the
managed hotels they have ever
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-30
liant Thirst or Freeze

lint 90 to the Main Street Pharmacy
md oct a glass of hot chocolate and
anoom tomato bullion, beef tea, coffee
~ clam bullion with French crackers
or DC.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04
Sage Buys a Knife.

The elevator man in the Western
Union building is solely responsible
for this: Russell Sage was going
up to see George Gould the other
day. While in the car a messenger
boy offered to sell the elevator
operator a neat looking single
bladed pocketknife he had found
for 25 cents. The elevator man did
not want to buy. Mr.. Sage asked
to see the knife.
CPL give you 20 cents for it;
that's all it's WORTH" said the put
and call multimillionaire.
"Gee!" said the boy. 'Say, you
don't want no bargain, do you?
Some people needs nickels more'n
I do, [ reckon, but it's a go!"
And Uncle Russell smiled over
his bargain as he placed dime, a
nickel and five pennies into the
hand of the youngster, who knew
nothing of the personality of the
man he was trading with,-New
York Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04
BUSTING WITH A HOSE.

The waiting room of the Broad
street station is busted by COM
pressed air every Saturday morning.
An hour after midnight an i'm
mense stepladder, mounted on
wheels, is pulled into the waiting
room and a long hose is attached
TO pipes which connect with the res
ervoir of compressed air used to
supply locomotives.
The expert duster mounts the
ladder, takes the hose in hand and
merely points it at dusty place;
the wind does the rest.
Two fellow workmen push the
ladder truck from place to place,
the air is turned on here, there and
everywhere until walls, ceiling,
frieze, columns, windows, seats
every nook and Granny, in fact, of
the great waiting place-are thor
oughly purged of dust.
The task thus accomplished in a
few hours by three men could not
be done in any other manner by
ten times as many workers in
twenty-four hours, the night fore
man says. - Philadelphia North
American.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04
Worse Yet.
sW '

A young man with tallowy COM
plexion, blotched face and slender
legs called at doctors office to
consult him.
Doctor" he said, GIVE heard
there's such a thing as tobacco
heart. / wish you would tell me
if you think that's what I've got"
The physician listened to state
ment of his symptoms in detail,
noted the yellow stain on his fingers
and replied:
"No, young man, it isn't tobacco
heart that ails you. 1t is worse
than that. 1t is cigarette brain"
Youths Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04
Estate of AlgeT Jones.
TTCFNET no SELL.

State of Vermont, District of LamOIlle, Ssh
Probate Court held at HYDE Park, within and
for said District on the l6th day OF November
A. D. 1901,
Ida A. Pennock, Administratrix of the estate
of Alger Jones, late, of Wolcott in SAD
district, deceased, makes application to sad
Court for license to sell all of the real estate
of said deceased, to wit: Home farm, Including
widows interest in same and p interest in cop
per nine r. presenting that the sale would be
beneficial to all interested in said estate. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court, that said app
cation be referred to a session thereof, to be
held al the Probate Office, in said Hyde Park, on
the 10Th day of January, A. d. 1902, for hearing
and decision thereon and. 1t is further
ordered, that all persons Interested be notified
hereof. by publication of notice of said applica-
ton and order thereon, three weeks successive
ly in the News and Citizen, printed at Morris
vile ana Hyde Park before said time Of hear
ing that they may appear at said time and place
and, if they see cause, object thereto.
BY the COurt.-AtteSt,
5 EDWIN G. WHITE, Judge. --
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04

Statistics are not very entertain
ing, but there are some stories of
hotels that they alone can tell, and
that Of the supplies is one of them.
For Instance, during the year 1900
one of these big hotels spent for
meats 100000, for poultry $113,-
600, for vegetables $4,000, for
fruit $4,000, for eggs $4,000, for
butter $4,000 and for the flowers
used in decoration-and there are
flowers on the tables every day
100000. The initial investment in
silverware was $25U,0OO, and with
the losses that, charitably, are
credited to the souvenir craze and
the general wear and tear on table
service about $4,000 a year is
spent in keeping this supply up to
the hotels standard. - Ainslee's
Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04

The ACCOMPLISHMENT Of the queen
of the Netherlands is expected to
take place in January. If five years
had passed without Queen Wilhel-
nina giving birth to a child, her
marriage would have been dissolved
by the Dutch parliament. The con-
stitution of Holland also provides
that if the queen has a son she is to
abdicate in his favor when he
reaches the age of eighteen, an ar
rangement which cannot fail to pro-
duce vexatious family squabbles and
tracasseries of all kinds. What a
situation it would have been at our
own court if Queen Victoria had
been obliged to abdicate on Nov.
9, 1859, in favor of the Prince of
Wales London Truth.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-12-04
Estate of A. ID. Thomas.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

OUNIWI55IVNEhb NVIIOE'
The undersigned, having been appointed BY
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of La
noble, Commissioners, to receive, examine, ant
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of A. ID. Thomas late OF Nor
ristOwn, In said District, deceased, and al
claims exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet for the purposes
aforesaid at the office of f. G. Fleetwood Nor
risvlle on the l2th day Of December and 9th
day of May next. from 10 O'Clock a. m. until
O'clock p.'m. each of said days. and that six
months from the 9th day OF November, A. d.
1901, is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to us for ex.
animation and allowance.
Dated at MOTrstOwn, Vt, this 10th day of
Nov, A ID. 1901. +. G. FLEETWOOD,
G. w. CLARK
Commissioners.