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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
COLD FLOODED.
A Proposition Is Made in COlOra-
do to Exterminate Imbe-
Gle Children.

If the world is not growing worse. it
certainly seems to be less humane and
sentimental and more cold olooded.
We see it reported by the newspapers
that the Colorado State Medical Asso-
citation was asked the other day to dis
cuss, with view to memoriaiizing the
legislature, proposition for the eXi
termination OF imbecile children. The
proposition, by DR.. Denison of Denver,
was that on application of the parents
imbecile children be painlessly put to
death. Humanity in general would be
benefited, he said. The information
that such an idea was to be discussed
aroused public attention and lndigna-
ton, and the matter was carried over.
1t is not believed thata bill embody-
ING any such idea could be passed
through the Legislature, but the mere
fact that such proposition should be
made is enough to give one the shud-
derS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
he Plain Talk of General Bates.

from the Philippines he replied that
it would be necessary for them 10 re-
main there many years, and he added
that he would not advise reducing the
force below $4,000 men, for there IS d
very strong desire among the flllpl-
nos for complete independence cen
eral Bates declares that the desire VI
the natives for independence ana
government conducted exclusively oy
themselves and the hope OF opValulhs
what they desire will surely result III
keeping the islands in state OF tur-
MOL and insurrection for years 10
come. /.
The picture General Bates draws oi
the Philippines is by no means "'
bright as that of the administrator
organs, but it is quite safe to assume
that he is much better acquainted Win
the situation in the islands than tne
editors of the republican newspapers,
and that what he says will be accepCeU
as the truth by the American people,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

wick to the Pacific after getting into
Texas would parallel the Southern Pa
cifc road. Mr.. Kukn, it is reported,
has great interest in that road. If he
wishes to effect a gentleman agree
ment' with the B. and B. interest and
use the two ports of Brunswick and
San Diego it would be reasonable, and
this route would be the shortest across
the continent. He declined to talk
about what he came for, but he got
right into the vitals of the facilities
and advantages of Brunswick. He
stated that Brunswick had she finest
harbor in the United States, standing
above San Francisco, which is great,
but on accoont of the rocks is danger
Gus. He was charmed with the con-
dition of affairs, delighted with the
people, expressed wonder at the vast
amount of wonderful resources, and
marveled at the progress of the B.
and 3. railroad and the richness of its
territory"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
R0BBING THE INDIANS.
Another Perversion of Justice About To
Be Perpetrated Against Poor Lo.

There is little doubt that another
perversion of justice is to be added to
the long list of those that have been
perpetrated in the course of our deal
ings with the Indian tribes. The last
congress surreptitiously passed, as a
rider on a bill ratifying treaty with
one tribe of Indians, clause ratify-
ing another with the ApacLes, Com
anches and Kiowas by which
these tribes agreed to accept
lands in severalty on their reservations
in Oklahoma and to allow the rest to
be thrown open to settlement. Later,
after congress had adjourned, it devel-
oped that this treaty had never
been accepted by the Indians under
the terms OF the existing treaty made
in 1868, and clone Wolff. and othe
Indians brought suit to have the new
law set aside. Now, however, Justice
Bradley has denied the prayer, hold
Ing LII CACOU bdu O1UCh OCCll
held before-that no treaty made: by
the United States is binding if con-
gress choose to negative it by later
act of legislation. The constitution
says that treaties and acts of congress
shall be the supreme law of the land
one equally with the other. Hence
Justice Bradley held that if the act
were violative of the treaty of 1868 the
remedy rested with congress, not with
the judiciary. He said that the right
of the Indians to the reservation was a
possessory one only; that the wrong
threatened by the execution of the act
is wrong to the tribe as a tribe, and
that the suit cannot be maintained by
members of the tribe as individuals
Now that the case is decided it is be-
lieved that the president, IN a
few days, will issue his proclamation
opening to settlement the Kiowa, Com
anche, Apache and Wichita lands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

'av republican organs have had
NSay of late about early peace
philippines and the establish
"uacivil government which will
'asefiQlly supported by the natives
'da'e them to fully accept the
N'elgnty of the United States, but
Op'lmism is not shared by Briga-
GENERAL Bates, who is blunt sol
puu very practical man. Cen
.. oaIes returned recently from the
.1pplnes, where he was in com
=, - VI The department of southern
~ 'H ana acquired great familiarity
- 'ne situation there. He frank
mat in his opinion it would
cry serious mistake to withdraw
VI s'OOp8 rapidly from the islands.
M I'u ne left it was not safe for an
escort. -'
toao ~ asked how long it would be
'Ne troops could be recalled
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
COTTON CHOPPERS TO BE PROTECTED
The Plea of an Indignant Lawyer in a
Murder Trial.

Out in Mississippi white man was
on trial for killing a negro, the colored
brother having been cut down, so to
speak, right in the midst of the cotton
chOpping season. 1t happened that
he vas working on "a farm belonging
to the state attorney, and this official
was Justly indignant at the summary
removal of one of his best hoe-hands.
He was unusually severe, therefore in
his denuncination of the prisoner, and
IN final appeal to the jury to rebnke
the crime by returning verdict of
guilty,he delivered himself as follows ::
"Why, may it please your Honor,
and you, gentlemen of the jury, there
are certain seasons of the year when
the pretty little quail can fly over the
fields and man dare not modest them;
and then there is the season when the
deer can run and romp over the hills
and dales and you cannot shoot them;
and now, may it please the court, and
you gentlemen of the jury, am in
favor of law in Mississippi providing
that you cannot kill a negro during
cotton-chopping time
There was look of grim determi-
nation on the faces of the jury that
BODIED no good TO the culprit, and after
celebrating about two minutes a
verdict was rendered declaring him
guilty of murder in the first degree.
The announcement was greeted with
applause.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
A Genlus at Spending.

Count Boni de Castellaine is ge-
Mus at devising ways and means for
spending the Gould millions. Having
had his fill of $4,000 clocks and Sl5,-
600 dressers, he is now buying Egyp-
tian mummies at fancy prices. He has
inst invested in two of them, each
Guaranteed to be more. than l,5OO years
old II would not be surprising to
learn later that they had been man
nfactured in Connecticut.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
FIyDERING JEW near
End OF WANDERINGS.
.ox.sLE RISE AND GROWTH OF
rus zlONIsTIC MOVEMENT.
Means Are Now Being Devised
y Garry on the Work of c0I0nlzat'0"
in the Promised Land

,.1ostine to be reclaimed by the
viii this people return to Its
s"' ra-establish it's former glory?
VI 'I ,ovements in all parts OF the
\ '0p ronld seem to indicate that the
0Fio ;nr lew is near the end OF his
ala aorings. The fourth annual con-
Ap lon If the American Zionists has
sa'' Snen held in Philadelphia, and
~ st,b annual congress ofthe world s
'ls,ists will shortly be held in Eu-
Plans for the complete re-
W" WV Of the Holy Land are going
,,d,v forward large colonies haye
s s'adv been established in Palestine
i arprv month sees substantial ad-
w., ~ the Jewish population OF
What do these movements IN
HAZE, -%ae' ? At the last zionist's Congress
j ,5' n London, Prof. r. Gottheil OF
,hia University fairly outlined
'''D attor. "It is time" said he, shat
notiops understood our motives.
nnrnose is gradually to colonize
|D.l.stine. We political Zionists desire
4 sortar from the Sultan authorizing
- sottle in our Holy Land, and we
,bo movers to approve and protect
4 bis charter"
mo story of the wandering Jew is a
.,,icnIarly sad one, AMI weaved in
4 ~ the legends of his travels are the
S..sds Of many who believe his con-
mostion to be prophecy of the sec
a coming of Christ. In its deepest
#noort. says one, the tradition is sim
~ a wonderful picture OF people for
rsr suffering and yet undying ;forever
.,mo5 to wander: without a home or
= 4vod abiding place safe nowhere
Il vet immortal; trampled and beat
robbed and prosecuted; and yet,
.,,ancelv, living and hourlshlng IN
oi,oofaI The most vigorous, virile
nd beshhful people under the sun
ba most patriotic and loyal of all peo-
he they steadfastly, through all their
Farderngs and sorrows, cling to a
land which is but memory or u
dream.
Now. it seems their dream is about
4 10 be fulfilled. Already the leadin g
sZiouis.s are seeing visions OF new
nation among nations, peopllug a
country which embraces within Its
bounds the temperatures and produc-
8tODs of all .climes, where from this
Vantage ground the inherent genius
4 6i!he Jews for things religious Will
sFeassert itself, and they will lead the
lations of earth into the kingdom OF
spiritual man.
The history of the Jewish people is
oO well known to need retelling'
sIley have been driven from land to
and and persected for centuries. The
/ Far between Semitism and Anti-Sem-
lIsm has waged fercely in every coun-
4 by on the globe. Now, as it shows
Pings Of abating and when Jews and
christians are beginning tC under
fald one another, this Zionistic move
fent starts in. Strangely enough
fany, even from the early part of the
arlStin era, have believed that when
H. Jews themselves would recognize
lrlst as something else than q false
Fophet there would come recolonl-
RtlOn of Palestine by the Jews.
he present Zionistic movement be-
Nan four years AGO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

Twenty millions of men. women and
children starving; universal hunger
that causes thousands of deaths daily;
parched fields ana a drought of
three years duration: whole villages
abandoned to the dead, and the popu-
lation subsisting on roots and herbs;
mothers selling their children for
bread, and the horrors of cannibalism.
Such is the awful picture that has
recently been brought to the attention
of the world from beyond the noun
tains which inclose the provinces
of Shansi and Shensi, in China.
The first break in the silence of des-
pair, the first signal of distress from
millions of starving in their isolation
came in the form of cablegram to
America from Ii Hung Chang, China S
Grand Old Man"-the Bismark OF
Asia.
The cablegram in itself was strange
thing. For the first time in that long
history which begun in the dawn OF
time China was appealing for aid to
the newer world beyond the great
wall and the great sea. Never before
had the like occurred. Calamities and
wars and pestilence there have been
in China during the long, monotonous
dynasties, but none she considered
impossible of relief from resources
within her own borders. All the ira
ditions of her past, all precedent and
religion, were opposed to plea for
aid from foreign power. Sad, indeed
must be the plight of the twenty mil
lions when Ii Hung Chang says tC
christian America, Help or we per-
ish p
Every serious famine, Earl Ii ca
bles; spreads oyer the whole province
of Shansi Over eleven million pOpu
lation affected. Urgent relief neces
sary. Condition warrants immediate
appeal"
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister tt
the United States, supplemented the
yiceroy's words with an urgent mes
sage of his own.
The two provinces of Shansi anC
Shensi are side by side in the north
ern part of the Chinese empire, si2
hundred miles from the sea coast theil
combined area of 157, 900 square miles
about that of the New Englanl state
with New York and Pennsylvania
vet crowded into this small territor,
are 100000 human beings, more
than one-quarter the population of the
United States.
Shansi and Shensi were once beau
tiful and fruitful. They are mountain
Gus and furrowed by picturesque val
leys. In fact, a literal translation Of
Shansi would mean mountains of the
east" For centuries before western
history began the dense population
cultivated rice on the terraces on the
hillside. Shansi is old even Tor China.
It's principal city. Tai-yuen, was the
capital OF the empire when Pekin was
new. Its people were simple, content
ed and peaceable.
There are comparatively few streams
in the two provinces, and water for the
rice fields is supplied by irrigatine
bitches and wells. These dry up when
rain fails to fall, and the result is a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
WOMAN TAKES PLEA MAN USES.
Kentucky Woman Stays Rival for HuS-
bands Affections.

Mrs. Amanda Hurley, who was put
on trial in the circuit court at Somer-
set, KY, last week for the murder OF
the woman who was alleged to have
been her husband S paramour, set up
an unique plea. She based her defense
upon the unwritten law of Kentucky,
which has been interpreted to mean
that husband is justified in Staying
the despoiler of his home. This is the
first time that a wife has sought ref
uge in the 'unwritten law"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
MILLIONS ARE STARVING IN CHINA
Black Shadow of Hunger Hangs Low Over Two Mountain Prov
inces. An Awful Picture That Has Recently Been
Brought to the Attention of the World.

failure of crops and famine. Such is
the condition now. For two years
scarcely any rain has fallen in
Shansi and Shensi.
Before the last of the missionaries
left Shansi the black shadow of hum
ger hung s. low oyer the land as to
make even the famine horrors of In
dia small by comparison And the
shadow has continued to deepen. No
one will probably ever know the ex-
act number of victims, but recent ac-
counts give some idea of the death
harvest that is being CLEANED in the
parched fields. Rice, the one import
ant staple of food, is worth its weight
in gold. AS substitute the. people in
sheer despair eat grass and the leaves
of trees.
Deaths are too numerous to make
funerals any longer possible. Out
side of every village deep pit is dug,
and every morning are laid the bodies
of those who have died during the
night. covered only by thin layer OF
earth. Later in the day another
CHASTITY layer is placed upon them, the
process: Continued until the pit is filled,
which seldom takes longer than a few
days. Large towns are depopulated.
The inhabitants wander like wild
beasts Through the fields searching
vainly for food.
Leathern straps and sacks are
boiled and eaten to satisfy the crav-
ings of hunger. Some idea of the hor-
ror of it all can be gathered from the
following letter received in New York
| from a Chinaman in Shansi.
"a man justcame from village out
side of the city, and described the con-
dition of the starving people, which
made me feel as though | was among
, them. Thirty dollars was the
price of bag of rice. The poor have
no rice; they kill everything in sight,
if eatable, and cooked even leather
boxes or bags, and stewed tree-bark
and grass. Some of them were so fam.
ished that they were even eating
earth.
ION the first day he saw number
of poor people selling their children
for rice. On the second, he saw the
: same party lying starving on the road
and on the third day about half o
them were dead, and their miserable
bodies were lying at the mercy of the
hungry dogs and wolves.
Nearly every city, town or village
he passed through was deserted or th E
houses occupied by the dead. 1t is
said that in one town the people have
opened up human flesh market.
"Another friend told me of family
of nine. The mother could not bear
to hear the cry of the famished chill
dren, and SO she hung herself. The
father became insane and .:illed all
seven children and finally committed
suicide.
The Christian Herald caught up Ii
Hung Changes appeal and spread it
broadcast throughout the United
States. The response has been more
quick and generous than to previous
calls on the generosity of Americans.
Already $4,000 have been cabled to
the relief committee of five missiona-
. ries in Tien Tsin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
SEVERE FIGHTING.
British War Office Says Beers Still Max
inq 1t interesting

A London dispatch says the casualty
lists made public by the war office con-
tinue to show rather severe lighting in
various parts of South Africa, that is
not reported in the ordinary Dispatch
es. This is noticeably so with regard
to the Zeerust position in Cape Colony
1t also inspires disquietude, which is
added to by the repeated looting of
jamestown in spite of the proximity of
!. strong British force at Aliwalnorth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03
GATsfil Scientist treating Scarlet Fever.

Two cases of scarlet fever in Ameri-
\ are being treated by Christian
Pence dealers. " The parents of the
ElIdren decline to call a physician.
Pc little ones are reported as desper-
(eyill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

Thos. w. Carter of Ashboro, N. G..
had kidney trouble and one bottle of
Folev,s Kidney Cure effected perfect
cnre, and he says there is no remedy
that will compare with it.
DAVIDSON & KENDRIcKs
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

1t is easier to keep well than get
cured. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
taken now and then will always keep
YOUR bowels in perfect order. They
never grippe but promote an easy, gen.
tie action. DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

Whites Cream Vermifuge not only
effectually expels worms, but Is un-
eoualed as a tonic. and is certain
and permanent cure for chills ana
fever in children. Price Zoe.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-07-03

Calhoun's sure cure eye-water-the
best remedy for sore and inflamed eyes,
granulated lids, etc. Guaranteed and
sold by Davidson 4 Kendrick.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-08-07
snsli loupea.

Veera dosIa do San Franciska
zprava re Selbyovy tavfrny We
Vallejo, Cal, ze behem noci ukra
demo bylo "a $4,000 zlatych
prutd. Zlodeji prokopali tunel asi
900 Al 400 stop dlouhy pod tavfr-
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-08-07
Bratr smrti.

TAX nazyvan byva spanek, ale
rozhodne nepravem, nebot' telo
neniti, nybrz posiluje, osvezuje
a zivot prodluzuj.. Zdravy spavy
spanek je neocenitelnym dobrodi.
MIN, zvlaste lete, kdy znavene
vic nez jindy telo potfebuje prave
nejnutneji zotaveni spankem. Ten
to je vsak vedrem zapuzovan, coz
ma "a nasledek znacne ochabnuti
cloveka, umdlenost We vsech 1dech
a po pffpade nemoc, nebo aspoh
znaene k nj rozpolozeni. Dobry
spanek je tedy nejen milou poho-
YOU, ale veci Ike zdravi velenutnou
a doda jej najisto a nejpffjemneji
osvedcene vzdy Trinerovo letive
hofke vino, chutny osvezujfcf
pravy letnf napoj, ktery zaroven
upravf zazfyani stoiici je proto
lekafi doporutovan pffpadech,
kde tfeba je posily spofadani
soustavy. Tisfce lidi Sc pfesvsdtilo
o bladodarnem vlivu znameniteho
leku toho ma 1strojf sve a vydalo
0 nem nelpochvalnejsi svedectvi.
Vino, vynikajfcf temito 1stroji sve
a vydalo mem nejpochvalnejsi
svedectvi. Vino vinikajfci temito
vlastnostmi vyrabi vsak jen Jos.
Triuer, 7oo S Ashland Av.,
Chicago, a nikdo jiny! Naprodej
v lekarnach, ale nebefte jine, nez-
Ii prave Trinerovo, ktere jedine
zarutuJe pfijemne chuti Kyzeny
dcinek, sprawl zaludek, osvezf
teio ducha a poskytne zdrayy
spanek.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-08-07

nou zjednali 81 vstup do pevne
komory, kde nerazene zlato bylo
uiozeno. Tavfrna postavena jest
tesne pfi zalivu san-francisskem
asi 80 mil cd San Franciska. Kra-
del objevena byla teprve vcera o
2. hod. rannf. Ma Sc "a to, ze
lupici odnesli zlato do clunu, ma
lezajfcfho Sc nedaleko pfistaviste
spolecnosti. We spechu zanechali
ieden zlaty prut ma bfehu. Cestu,
kterou Sc ubirali, posypali papri
kou, ably znesnadnili vypatrani
jich stopy slidfcfmi psy. Jezto
kazdy prut oznaten jest tislem
popis rdznych kus6 zlata udan byl
policii, jest praviepodobno, ze
odvaznf lupiti budou brzku W.
patrani.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-08-07
DRoBNE zPRAvY.

Asi dve mile jizne odKremlin,
Okl., stroskotal Sc pfedmin. 1tery
osobni vlak Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific drahy, pfi temz jeden
cestujfci byl usmrcen "a JIM vice
meme zraneni. Nestesti udalo Sc
nasledkem prasknuti kolejnice v
kanalu, vymleteho silnymi desti.
Farmersky synek dal sice strojve-
doucfru vystrahu. avsak bylo jiz
pozde ma odvracenf nestesti.
Blize Teegarden, til a pnl
mile vychodne cd Walkertown,
Ind, pokusili Sc pfedmin. pondeli
noci diva maskovani muzi w.
sinutiexpressniho vlaku Baltimore
& Ohio drahy. Teden Mich srazil
zeleznicEfho hlfdace hraze, avsak
tomuto podafilo Sc uniknouti do
Walkertownu, odkud o hrozfcim
nebezpeci rychle blizicf Sc vlak
zpravil. Jeden podezfely muz byl
pry zatcen.
Sekernice Karolinka Nation
ova, jez odbyvala 81 v okresnfm
vezenf Topeka, Kans., trest pro
vytlueeni hos.inch, byia pfedmin.
1tery guvernerem omilostnena. S
pocatku nechtela milost pfijmouti,
Jezto j pokuta a dtraty soudni
nebyly odpusteny, .avsak pozdeji
rozhodla Sc jinak. Okresnf komi-
safi dovolf j. ably mohla pokutu a
dtraty v obnosu $3.50 splaceti po
IS mesfcne.
William ]. Bryan, kteryz
pfedminule dtery vecer fecnil v
Chillicothe. Mo-, vyjadfil Sc, ze
nikdo nemnze ffci, jak ddlezitou
roll hrati bude peneani otazka v
pfistf Rampant. Ohledne sve kan
didatury "a presidenta prohlasil,
ze nesce,nekrate Sc vyslovil, ze
neni kandidatem pro zsdny lfad,
avsak ze by Sc nezavazal, nebyti
nikdy kandidatem.
V Chioagu pochovan byl
pledminuie iitery poctou voien-
skou James Bell, jenz vyznamenal
Sc We valce Indiany roku 1876.
Pc vystoupnf vojska usadil Sc v
Chicagu. We valce s Indizny w.
znamena. Sc zvlzste doneseufm
d0lezite depese cd gen. Terryho
gen Crookovi dzemim, Indizny
peelive stfezenym.
v patek veeer vrazila blfze
Donnellsville, O, elektricka kara
Dayton, Springfield & Urbana
drahy do uhelneho vozu. stojiciho
na otevfene pfesdvce, n&sledkem
eehoz pies dvacet osob bylo ERA
memo, ttyfi Mich smrtelne. Ma sc
"a to. ze nest9stf to zdmyslne
bylo pfivodeno.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-08-07

Pills rychle jedenf neni nikdy
zdravym, zvlAste pax ne ' horkem
pocAsi. nebot nezzzivnost jest j.
stjm toho nzsledkem. Neni lepSf-
bo prostfedku X docilenf rychltho
vyleeenf nez pouEitf DR.. August
Koenig's Hamburger Tropfeu. jeE
sflf q l6Gf.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-08-07

We Wathena, Kans., svedl We
stfedu odpoledne konstebl A. M.
Livermore boj tajnymi prodava-
Ii kofsIky,v uemf jednobo Z Mich.
eernocha Lou Henderson,, "a
stFelil. druheho pax, rovnea Ger.
mocha, John Williamse zatkl.