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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26
LACKING CLOTHING and
FOOD They MARCHED.
WALLER GIVES TRAGIC DETAILS OF
HIS ATTEMPT TO CROSS SAM0R.
Cut, Torn, Bruised and Naked. They FL
naIIy Reached Basey More
Dead Than Alive.

The navy department at Washing
ton has made public another report
from Major Waller recounting in
death the stirring events Of his tragic
effort to cross the island of Samar.
Major Waller begins with state
ment that Lieutenant Williams,
Seventh infantry, who has just return
ed from twelve days trip in fuitless
search for trail. and Captain Picker
ing urged him not to make the attempt
to cross Samar on account of the diff
culties.
The rivers were much swollen and
it took long time to get the boat
through the rapids. Trails were pick
ed up only to be lost .again and the
rain came down in torrential bursts.
The river the men we're following
curved almost to a circle, and the
banks held no trails. The route cross
ed and recrossed the river every few
miles and the men began to develop
water sores and chafes.
The knowledge that :hey made only
four or FIVE miles in direction for each
L miles of march was depressing. On
the 3Oth reduced ratiOns were issued.
No sign of human habitation had been
seen, except a lonely fishing smack.
There were not even birds. 1t took
The whole of the 3lst to reach the
mountain pass. Ar the elements
seemed to be against the men. De-
scending the trail was again lost. The
men were suffering from sores from
cuts made by thorns, and from fester-
ing bites of leeches. They could get
no hre and they ate raw bacon. A
raft was built, but sank with one man
on it.
Starting down the river word came
70 Waller that many men could not
keep up, so he decided to forge ahead
ioF reliet With thirteen Of the strong
est men, leaving Captain Porter in
command Of the main body. Another
enort to build floating raft failed.
waller finally came upon clearing,
where he found shack and some veg
etables. The lenses of his field glass
started a fire and two days supply Of
potatoes was cooked. Word from the
rear was that the men could make only
three miles a day. There was only
enough bacon to fry the potatoes.
My heart bled for these men when
l looked at them. Most of them had on
snoes. Cut, torn. bruised and dilapl-
oated, they had march without muir
mer Tor twenty-nine days and had ac-
eompllshed what no white troops had
before, My shirt was in rags, my hat
was hat by courtesy. Torn as they
we're we're with eyes suffused with leech
s 9ises | felt that appearance made no
0ilerende; we were through"
Concluding, Major Waller says that
ne was the only one of his party aole
70 move on February s. Ten of the
men died of exhaustion and one ia the
hospital. The length of his march
was 30 miles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26

Hundreds of farmers in the Ozark
hills of southern Missouri and north-
ern Arkansas, whose crops failed dur
last summers drouths, are livingsln q
desperately poor way on short rations'
1t is estimated that probably 10 per
cent of the population in the district
has felt the pangs of hunger this win
ter. Offers of aid have been refused.
The chief distress now comes from a
lack of seed for the spring planting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26

Rcd top cane and German millet seed
at Kendrick' Drug Store, corner Main
street and Third avenue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26
MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS FARMERS HUNGRY

This is being relieved by the distribn-
tion of seed purchased by the governor
of Arkansas with money personally
borrowed from the banks.
A amemSer of the Missouri state
board of charities, who has Just inyes-
ii yated the situation at the request OF
Governor DocSery, will recommend
that the Missouri delegation in con-
gress send what government seed they
can.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26
stOps the Cough, and Works Of the Cold

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No cure, no
pay. Price 25c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26

The old idea that the body some
times needs powerful, drastic, purga-
tive pill has been exploded; for DR..
Kings New Life Pills, which are per-
fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver
and bowels 10 expel poisonous matter.
cleanses sthe system and absolutely
cure constipation and sick headache.
Only 70 cents at Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26
WANT BOER WAR STOPPED.
Resolutions Unanimously Adopt
ed by Democratic Caucus.

The democratic members of congress
at caucus unanimously adopted reso-
lutions declaring that congress should
express the sympathy OF the American
people for the struggling Boer repub-
lies :and pledging themselves to use
their utmost endeavors to ''force" the
committee to report resolutions ex-
pressing of such sympathy in order
that congress might have an oppOr-
tunity to act.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-26
MAcHEN DECLINES OFFER.
Prefers to COntiue With the b. &
B. Railroad.

A Brunswick dispatch says Presi'
E. C. Machen of the Brunswick ana
Birmingham Railroad CONSTRUCTION
Company has returned to that city.
The brightest prospects are now ahead
for the pushing forward of the Brun-
swick and Birmingham railroad. AS
an Indication of what the people think
of that enterprise. it is but necessary
TO state that in returning to Brunswick
to take UP the work sof developing II
President Machen declined an offer OF
a salary more than double that OF a
cabinet foffieer to go with one OF the
largest railroad systems of the east
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
FIRE ESCAPES RECOMMENDED.
Proprietor of '.The stanton" Seeks
ReOpening of Case.


Mr.. o. w. White. of 1114 Street north
west, has requested reconsideration of
the action of the Commissioners of the
District relative to fire escapes for the
apartment house known as THE Stanton" :"
He complains that he has been made the
subject of arrest by the police, and that
he has suffered great inconvenience and
loss of time in relation to the matter
while pending.
Snowden Ashford, the Inspector of
Buildings, in making a report upon the
matter, states that the order for Mr..
White to put up additional fire escapes
was issued after an inspection by his de-
partment and the Fire Department.
Captain Chester Harding, assistant to
the Engineer, states that he made per-
sonal examination of the building and that
in his Judgment the owner should be re-
quired to provide extra fire escapes in
compliance with the order issued.
Colonel Biddle the Engineer Commits
sioner, in referring the matter to his as
sociates, states that the building in ques-
ton is an apartment house built to about
the full height of the non-fi proof con-
struction as permitted unde-' the build
ing regulations.
He says it is OF inflammabIe material,
and being an apartment house and liable
to be filled with people there is no doubt
that all possible fire escapes should be
provided. Any escape from the elevators
or by the way of the stairs in case of fire
Colonel BiddIe regards as impossible, and
he recommends that the fire escapes pro-
yided for in the order of the Commission
crs be required.
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
A TRIPARTITE INSTALLATION.
Three Hives, Ladies' of the Macca-
bees, Hold Joint Ceremony.

A joint installation OF officers was con-
ducted by three hives. Ladies' of the
Maccabees. respectively Brightwood, No.
81 Brookland, No. 4. and Golden Rule,
No Z, at Schmidts Hall. on Thursday
night. An appreciative assemblage of
members and friends enjoyed the exer-
cises and refreshments. Those who took
the VOWS we're: Brightwood Hive-Lady
commander. Mrs. Virginia Metcalf lady
past commander, Mrs. Condre: lady lieu
tenant commander. Mrs. Virginia Thomas:
lady record keeper, Miss Gertrude Man
ming: lady finance keeper. Mrs. Adella
Walsmith; lady chaplain. Mrs. Phebe
Perry; mistress at arms. Mrs. Ayres; lady
sergeant, Mrs. Heinecke; lady sentinel,
Mrs. Wilson: lady picket, Mrs. Arm
strong. Brookland Hive-Lady past com
mander, Mrs. Flora ]. Robertson; lady
commander, Mrs. Lizzie X. Webb; lady
lieutenant commander, Mrs. Nellie G.
Stagge; lady record keeper. Mrs. Ada NJ.
Brixton: lady finance keeper, Mrs. Angie
H. Shilling; lady chaplain, Hrs. Emma ].
Devine; mistress-at-arms. Miss Leona
Jackson lady sergeant, Mrs. Helen N.
Slater; lady sentinel. Mrs. Ella r. Will
liams; lady picket. Miss Rose Robinson
Golden Rule-Lady commander, Mrs. Mar
tha E. Fletcher; lady past commander.
Mary Slagle; lady>lieutenant commander
Mrs. Gertrude Hecht; lady record keeper,
Mrs. Martha NJ. Hoyt; lady finance keeper
Mrs. Catherine Magruder; lady chaplain,
Mrs. Ethel Dalphin; lady sergeant, Mrs.
Annie E. Mcdonnell; mistress arms,
Mrs. Mabel Myers; lady sentinel, Mrs.
Mary A. Donahue; lady picket, Mrs. leila
Blao okman.
The installing officer was State Com
mander Mrs. Nellie A. Rowe.
Many Of the retiring officers received
The Washington times., 1902-01-12

Clothed in a soldiers blouse, trousers,
and shirt, the body Of man, as yet un-
known. apparently thirty years of age,
lies at the morgue. How he met death.
or the ma nner of his taking off. is a mys-
terry. The body. badly decomposed. was
discovered late yesterday afternoon float
ing in the Potomac, at the foot OF p
Street southwest.
Acting Coroaer Glazebrook has viewed
the remains, and today there will be an
autopsy, TO be followed by searching in
vestigation Efforts to identify the body
have so far failed.
Caught by Crew.
The body was found floating in the river
by the crew of the police harboT boat,
Harbor Master Sutton commanding. 1t
was O'Clock when the boat put out from
its little wharf and half an hour later
the body was picked up, put aboard the
vessel, and removed to the harbor office.
The remains were in such condition that
no examination was possible at the time.
the head and face being covered with mud,
as though the skull had been buried along
the flats or had sunk deep into the bot
tom OF the river.
Murder or Suicide.
Finding immediate identification impos-
sible. Harbor Master Sutton sent the body
TO the morgue. Acting Coroner Glazebrook
and Captain Boardman were notified, and
steps have been taken 10 learn whether
murder has been committed. or the un-
known met death by suicide or as the re-
suit of an accident.
Every plan to secure Identification of the
remains will be adopted, as by this means
other features of the mystery may come
TO light. Last night there were many
who believed a murder had taken place,
and to ascertain the facts ii is proposed to
exert the united energies of the detective
force.
To this end CAPTAIN Boardman stated
last night that he should send detective
to the morgue this morning, where Acting
Coroner GlazebrocF doubtless will direct
his steps.
VIII Battle for Light.
With other police officials these men will
examine the body of the unknown care
fully, study the features, probably obtain
a Photograph Of them and discover so far
as outward signs will show. whether the
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
CASHIER NOT
AT HIS: HOME.
Euclid Trust Company Of
ficer Seeks Rest.
ADVISED BY FIRMS ATTORNEY.
Had Been Bearing Heavy Burdens
of Responsibility for Some Time,
1t Is Asserted - Many Rumorx
AfOat in the City,

CLEVELAND. Ian. 11-C. H. Stewart
treasurer of the Euclid Avenue Trust and
Savings Company, which assigned on Fri
day, has not been at the banks office since
Thursday evening. At his home Kenil-
worth, on Euclid Heights, it was said that
he was ill. and that Dr. Brainard, the
president OF the bank. was treating him.
This the doctor emphatically denied. say
ing that he attended Stewards wife
w. l.. Rice. attorney for the Euclid Ave-
nue. Trust and Savings Company, said to-
day:
MIR. Stewart is out of the city l know
where ne is. He said he was ready to re-
turn to the city whenever l deemed it wise
for him to do So
Thought Best to Leave.
"Is it fact. Mr.. Rice, that Stewart left
the city because Of the bank failure?" he
vas asked.
We'll. he left because he believed it
would be best 1t would have been yery
unpleasant to remain to face the crit
icisms and remarks Of the people who
say unkind things on such occasions. l
have been in direct communication with
him today, and he can be here in day or
two IL l wish it. He would come tomorrow
or the day after"
Has his absence any signifcance?"
None, other than l have stated,
thir.NS
lot Told of Departure.
X. E. Gill. one of the directors, had not
been informed of Stewards departure.
If it is true that Stewart has left the
city, then 1 am very much surprised"
said Gill. Il know of no reason for his
going away, except that most of the fight
for the last month has fallen on his
shoulders. When the banks doors closed
he may have felt like getting away frcm
people.
"A man does not like to face people and
answer questions at time like that
Stewart is a great worker, and has had
to shoulder most Of the responsibility. I
know of no other reason for mis- leaving
the city"
Many RumOrs iAhOat.
All sorts of rumors are afloat regard
ing Stewards sudden disappearance, ind
all that is definitely known is that he has
This bank assigned as the
result of heavy Withdrawals occasioned
by the Everett-Moore syndicate trouble,
these men having been stockholders.
All the New York creditors of the Ev-
erett-Moore syndicate. 1t is said. have
agreed to extend the time Of payment on
their claims eighteen months and have
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
WOULD BUY ST. MATTHEW'S.
Cardinal Gibbons Said to he Censid-
ering Offer of 100000. q

The Rev. Father Lee. pastor OF st. Mat
thew's Church. when seen last night in
regard to the rurnoT that the Fuller Com
pany of Philadelphia had offered s400. 900
for the old ST. Matthews Church prop
erty. Fifteenth and II Streets. would
neither affirm the truth of the report nor
deny it.
1t was learned from other reliable
sources. however, that Cardinal Gibbons
and Father Lee are considering the offer
favorabiy The only hitch in the consum-
nation of the deal seems to be the settle
ment OF the manner of payment of the
purchase price.
1t is said that the company offered $780,
900 cash, the balance to remain on mort
gage. This does rot seem to be wholly
satisfactory to the Cardinal, IL is said, al
he does not care to sell the property on
the contingency of the success of the buy
ers in the hotel undertaking which they
intend to erect On the property.
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
GREATLY ALARMED
BY n Persistent Cough, But Perma-
nentIy Cured by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.

Mr.. II. P Burbage, a student at law, in
Greenyille, s. C., had been troubled for four or
five wears with a continuous cough which he
saws, greatly alarmed me. causing me to fear
that | was in the first stage OF consumption"
Mr. Burbage, having seen Chamber.ain's Cough
Remedy advertised, concluded to try it. Now
read what he says Of it: II soon felt a remark
able change and after using two bottles of the
TWENTY-FIVE cent size, was permanently cured" A
persistent cough is OF the first symptoms Of
consumption, and his fear Of that disease was
well founded. He exercised good Judgment In
selecting a remedy, as this preparation Is one
of great merit and is famous for its cures Henry
Evans Wholesale and Retail. and all druggists
sell it
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
MUDDY WATERS OF THE POTOMAC
GIVE UP THEIR UNKNOWN DEAD.

dead man sustained any fatal injuries
from blows or otherwise, which may have
caused death. This afternoon or tomorrow
morning an autopsy will be held, accord
ing TO present plans.
Neither Captain Boardman nor Acting
Coroner Glazebrook is yet sure that a
crime has been committed, but there will
he no lack of enquiry on this account.
To begin, Captain Boardman notified st.
Elizabeth's Asylum for the Insane. the
Arsenal authorities and the Superintend-
ent of the Soldiers Home last night of
the finding of the body.
Gnrb of n Veteran.
This was done because of the belief
that the deceased was a soldier or vet
eran, as his clothing would seem to in
dicatc. Word received, however, by
Harbor Master Sutton. would appear to
discountenance the theory that the un-
known recently answered roll call at the
Arsenal. No one from that post who has
seen the body can identify it.
On Friday afternoon two young men
boating on the river discovered a half
pint flask in which was contained q note
as follows:
letters "P. W."
when you find this I will be dead"
''P NJ"
Now that the body of the unknown has
been discovered. the forbidding words,
penciled in an uneven hand, put into
the bottle, corked and thrown at the
waters edge. or into the river itself, come
home with startling reality to those Tor
whom mysteries bring surprise and per
plexity.
IL is asked, who is "P NJ" Why did
he seek death in the muddy Potomac? Is
ii his body which was fished out of the
river yesterday? These and hundred
other queries bob up for the police to
answer.
Body mt the NOrEue.
The body at the morgue is that of d
man of medium build, whose hair was
dark, hands rather large and muscular
The eyes of the dead man are sunhen be-
yond all recognition, and partially closed
His flesh is decomposed to a considerable
extent. Harbor Master Sutton thinks the
unknown has been in the river for
month or more.
It is proposed by detectives that list
of the missing for three months back
shall be gone over today at Headquarters.
learned of the dead man. 1t may be his
name may be found among those lost to
friends.
Body May BE Missing Soldier.
At midnight Jerome W. Cr,dg, private,
Engineer Corps, United States Army. Wis
tied the morgue where he viewed the re-
mains OF the unknown whose body was
fshed out of the river yesterday after
noon. Craig afterward stated that he was
uncertain as to the identity of the body,
but that the features appeared to be
those OF a comrade in his company of the
Engineer Corps.
The visitor said. moreover, that he
should 90 to the morgue again this morn
ing. when he would be accompanied by
several friends who could doubtless say
positively whether the dead man belonged
to the command of which he is a member
Craig declined to state last night iCst
who he thought the dead man might t..
The Washington times., 1902-01-12
DOUBLE BRIDAL PARTY HERE.
Prince KawananakOa and His Bride
md Col. and Mrs. Parker.

and Col. and Mrs. Parker.
Among the most interesting visitors
now in Washington are two newly welded
couples who arrived at the Raleigh yes
terday after trip across the continent.
They are Col, Samuel Parker and his
wife, of Hawaii, and Prince David Kawa-
nanakoa and his bride, of the same island
Territory.
On Friday, the Sd instant in the par
lors of the Occidental Hotel, San Fran
cisco. in the presence of a few intimate
friends, Colonel Parker and Mrs. James
Campbell were united in wedlock, their
union connecting two of the most prom
inent and influential families of Hawaii.
The groom was twice Prime Minister of
the islands under the old monarchy and
is now member of the Republican national
committee for Hawaii.
Colonel Parker has hosts of warm
friends among the leading men of the
United States, and his personal popularity
is unbounded. His wife Is a lady OF
high intellectual qualities, great personal
beauty, and winning manners. She in
herited vast fortune from her first hus-
band, who was one of the wea lthiest men
of his country.
On the Monday following their union,
at nlSn noon, ArchDlShop RlOrdan Solemn
lied the nuptials of Prince David and Miss
Abigail X. Campbell, daughter of Mrs.
Parker. The marriage, an extremely
fashionable affair, was attended by many
distinguished people. and was followed by
a sumptuous breakfast at the Occidental
Hotel to which seventy guests sat down.
The prince has been seen often in Wash
ington and made many friends here dur
ing an extended visit in the winter of
1889. He is possessed of a large estate
and is greatly liked by all classes in
Hawaii. He is a near relative of former
Queen Ltliuokalani.
Colonel and Mrs. Parker and the prince
and his bride will remain in Washington
for perhaps a fortnight.
The Washington times., 1902-01-12

Dickson, New York: John
New Willard-IIerbcrt L. Satterlec. New York;
+. q. Wellington, Charles B. Edwards Boston.
Mr.. and Slrs. George H. Day. Hartford, Mr. and
Mrs. John NJ. Kennedy, Pittsburg; Mr.. and Nr7.
Max Waterman. Ne~ York; Lloyd England. Unit II
States Army; John II. Koch, New York; X. V.
Cozier, Moscow; John A. Hayes, Miss Agnes
Hayes, Louisville; John :. Glenn, Philadelphia:
George 4. llalme. Nj and Hrs. T. +. Sergeant,
:. Hogan, New Nors: Mr. and Mrs George +.
Ssltcr. Eben D. Smith Fast Orange, y. j.; Mr..
and Mr.. T. Tsber. Brooklyn; Spencer swain.
William +. Murphy Alr. and Mrs. ". B. Green
man, New York, Alfred Clarke, Boston, Mr. and
Mrs. George Merck. Mr.. and Mr.. F. j. Root
New York; Fred NJ. KimbalI, Boston: Joseph
X. Cass, New York; MT. and Mrs. A. b. Davis
Philadelphia; Sir and Mrs. George H. Forsyth
Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. +. &. Miller Miss b.
Miller Newport, Ky. Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. sturte-
ward, Evansville, Ohio; Charles f. Grnnell, Mr.
and Ms. Frederick X. Daggett, Boston; Charles
J. Ryan. Philadelphia; c. P. Hancock, Danville
The Raleigh-R. B.Hammond, Chicago; L. NJ
McClintic. NJ. Biges, George ". NcClintic, West
Virginia; A. J. Campbell, Butte; J. C. Lalpr
Anaconda; II. FuentOwn st. Louis; J. "
Young Richmond; G. A. Gardner, Chicago; Mrs.
q. d. Lamb, Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. N. Water
mann, Mr.. and Mrs. ". G. Triest, F. o. Afeld,
New York; J. J. Burke, Connecticut; J. Strauss,
Indian Head, Nd Prince and Princess d. Kawan-
anokoa Hon. and Mrs. :. Parker, Miss A. Camp
bell, Mrs. A. Campbell, George Davis Honolulu;
ID. II. McConnel New York; II. o. Buhman,
Cincinnati; ". II. Dommh; r. b. Allen Hart
ford. Conn; Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. wimsatt, yir-
ginia.
The Washington times., 1902-01-12

"a nc sent TO the fire alarm
box at Seventeenth and p Streets was un-
able TO send a signal to Headquarters
left the house Unguarded and attempted 70
call his precinct station through the pa
troll box is erroneous. The officer did
not attempt to send in a message over
that system. Had he done so the mes
sage would have been received at the po-
lice station.
Much Time Lost.
''The statement that at least four or
i've minutes were lost in finding a private
phone is also erroneous. Immediately
following the explosion a telephone mes
sage was received at fire alarm head
quarters from the residence of Mr.. How
ard. asking the aid of the Fire Depart
ment.
The operator Immediately sent word
over the District wires TO No. engine
company and the Third precinct police
station. and In less than three minutes
after the receipt OF the message at head
quarters the firemen were at work on the
house.
The District wires running from head
quarters TO Georgetown are In two cables,
one, containing telephone wires, to the
The Washington times., 1902-01-12

engine house and police station. and the
other the signal wires of the fire alarm
and police systems. 1t was the latter
cable which the men were repairing when
the ezplcsi occurred.
Wires in bad shape.
1T is true that a large number of the
patrol boxes and the wires connecting
them with the station houses are in bad
condition. Some OF the boxes are of an
tiquated pattern, and are completely worn
out, and they would have been replaced
long ago if sufficient money had been ap-
propriated for that purpose.
Several of the circuits have been re-
built in the last three years. as far as
the limited appropriation for running ex-
penses would admit. There are about
ninety boxes that need replacing. These
cost S135 each, and TO replace them and
the present one-wire grounded circuits
would require at least 100000.
Appropriation Small.
THE appropriation for the maintenance
of the District fire alarm and police sys-
TENS provides for the repairs of lines
and intruments and the purchase OF new
boxes. but there has been deficiency in
the appropriation for the last four years
and today there exists one of over 81 600
the total amount of sl2,0 coo per annum
not being sufficient for the bare running
expenses Of the department"