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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
ISiDORE HINDER WANTS
TO SWING FROM GALLOWS
FORMER DAWSON TAILOR WRITES A
LETTER TO GOVERNOR TERRELL.
Asks That He Be Allowed to Take Mil
lard Lees Place on 6alloWs. Is
Now at a Convict Camp.

The case of Isadore Minder, who
killed Andrew Mahoney in Macon sew
eral years ago, is still fresh in the.
minds of the public. Minder might
have been as insane as he claimed.
and his attempts to kill himself indi-
Gated at that time that he did not care
much about living.
He was tried convicted and sentenc
ed to hang. The case was appealed to
the supreme court on the ground that
the defense had been denied the secur-
ing of material witnesses, resident in
Alabama, who would establish Mind
er's insanity. The supreme court re-
fused to override the finding of the
Bibb superior court, although it might
be that Minder was insane.
The case was then appealed to the
United States supreme court, which
declined to interfere. Governor Can
dler then committed the sentence of
death TO Imprisonment for life. Nearly
two years of Minder's life sentence
have been spent IN the convict camp
of the Cha6tahoochee Brick Company,
near Atlanta. He is anxious now to
hang. He wants to act as "a substi-
tute for Willard Lee, who is TO hang
on the 23rd Of Decemb Der for the MUIR
der of Miss Suttles. Minder is so anx-
ious to daDgle at the end of the hang
mans rope that be addressed the fol-
lowing letter to Governor Terrell:
Chattahoochee, Ca, December the
IA, 1902.-Gov. j. NJ. Terrell, Atlanta,
Ga.-Dear sir: Your predecessor
Gov. Gambler has shown mercy to me
| would ask more mercy from you by
doing this you will grand mercy to.
Willard Lee and to his mother and Fa-
Their l wish To take his place on De-
cember 23rd pray you will grand this
favor to me as | will not live long any
way
Willard Lee has Father and Moth
er who can look after him. And if
you will let Hang him it will break
his father and mother heart as we'll as
Willard Lee neck pray again to grand
this to me very Respect
l. MINDER
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
PROSPERITY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.

The grand army OF American farm.
ers is sowing and reaping prosperity
and taking a day off occasionally TO go
to the circus, laugh at the clown and
forget there are any politicians nearer
the earth than the dog star.
The real farmers of this nation are
outside OF the large speculative in
dustries, the most sOlidly prosperous
ard independent body of our citizens.
They are established in that greatest
of enterprises-the supply of the
breadstuffs OF humanity-aDd as other
industries and occupations multiply
the Importance and pro6tableness of
farming increases continually.
The secretary of agriculture reports
10 the congress that in 1900 the fixed
capital invested in agricultural indus
tries 10 the United States was $40, 000,-
coo OO0-a sum equal to four times the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
VENEZUELA'S STRENGTH.
M. THESE Says 100000 Men
Could Be Put in Field.

In view of the fact that Venezuela
may soon be at war with the powers
the following statement by M. THESE,
formerly French minister at Caracas,
is interesting. He said:
venezuela can put 100000 men in
the field, and even foreigners there
are liable for military, service. The
regular Venezuelan army numbers
only 10000 men. A number OF the
Younger officers received their educa-
tion in the military schools of France
and Germany. The Venezuelans are
armed with Martini and Remington
rifles and have few Krupp guns.
They have no cavalry. Caracas is al
most impregnable, owing to the fact
that it is situated on the other side of
mountain range about 5000 feet
high. These mountains are impasSi-
BILE except by steep mule paths, where
twenty men could stop whole regi-
ment. There IL "a railroad from La
Guayra to Caracas, but the destruc-
tion of single bridge would render
the line useless. If, by miracle,
Caracas were taken, the Venezuelans
would wage a guerrilla warfare, as they
did against Spain"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24

cash capitalization of the manufacture
les or of the railways in the country,
or twenty-twO times larger than the
capitalization of the entire national
banking system of the union. There
were 100000 farms averaging a value
of 81 600, each and living on them were
10000, coo, or more shan half of the
population OF the nation. OF that
number 100000 were actual farm
workers, and that is more than u thru
of all the people OF America in gainfuI
occupations.
Did their farming pay? The pro-
duce of the farms in 1899 amounted to
about $4,000, 600, 900, or rs percentum
OF their total capitalization And
there is no other line of daily industry
open To popular engagement in the
world today that viii show that rate
of return in gross upon the capital en-
ployed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
BUBoNIC PLAGUE TOUCHES OUR SHORES

it is undoubtedly there that the dis
ease was contracted.
One patient is convalescent, but the
ether two are still under treatment.
All three men slept together IL q
small compartment. The total num-
her of the crew is thirty-one. There
are five passengers on board, woman
and four children.
The steamer will be sent to sea to
discharge the water and sand ballast
taken on board at Durham. She will
then return to quarantine, when the
passengers and crew will be trans
ferred to Hoffman Island, where they
will be held ten days for observation.
The effects of all will be thoroughly
disinfected and the steamer will be
washed and disinfected in every part
before being released. DR.. DotY says
that there is no danger of spread OF
the disease. as the whole matter is well
in hand.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24

Which is to go from Texas-the
boil weevil or the cotton?
King cotton will go says, press dis
patches from that state, unless some
remedy is found to head off the pest,
which, according to estimates, cost the
state of Texas from $50, 000, 600 to $25,
900, 900 last year. How acurate this
estimate of the total damage may be is
not known, but it is given by Texans
who have investigated and who are
endeavoring to secure, through the
agricultural department, some relief.
When the bill making appropriate
to stamp out the foot and mouth dis
ease amoung the cattle of New Eng
land was before the house Repre3en-
tative Henry, of Texas, prepared an
amendment carrying an equal sum
81, 900, 000-tO be placed at the disposal
of the same department to be used in
stamping out Nthe boil weevil. The
amendment was not allowed, being
ruled out on a point of order; but it
was supported by number of men,
bers from the cotton growing states,
as will be similar efforts on the same
line.
Reports from Texas tell of the
alarming spread OF the destructive pest.
At first it was confined to the Rio
Grande country, having been intro
duced, it is understood, from Mexico.
But each year it has spread. Now it
has reached point not far from the
Red river line, and the possibility OF
it's getting into the cotton sections of
other southern states has been serious
ly considered.
Experts from the agricultural depart
ment have been conducting investiga-
tions ia the hope of discovering some
means of destroying the pest. The
last agricultural appropriation bill
carried an item of $4,000 to cover the
cost of these experiments, and an effort
will be made this year. just how
much can be proftably spent in this
direction it is somewhat difficult to
say. So far no means of destroying
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
BLOODLESS SURGERY.
Method Used by the Famous
LOrenz, Now in America.

When DR.. Adolf Lorenz, the great
Vienna surgeon, came to this country
to cure Laiita Armour of congenitsl
dislocation of the hip for SIS, 900 fee,
the American people marvelled at the
system of treatment, but they did not
understand how far reaching it was
and what miracles might be accom-
plished by it.
DR.. Lorenz has since then Travelled
across the entire American continent
and back again and has performed his
operations free in a dozen cities. He
has cured thousands of crippled chill
dren, whose cases were hitherto re-
garded as hopeless. He has made
them straight and whole, able to walk
and do their life's work.
1t is no exaggeration to apply the
term miracles of science" to DR..
Lorenz's operations, for he has not
only cured cases which were regarded
as hopeless, even with the mosb raul
cal use of the knife, but he has cured
them without the use of the knife, and
without the least danger to the pa
tient
Congenital dislocation of the hip, for
which DR.. Lorenz treated Lolita Ar
mour, is only one of the many deforml'
ties of children to which his system
is applicable.
Among the other common detorml-
ties which DR.. Lorenz has cured by
bloodless surgery are wry neck, cur
vature of the spine, club feet, knock
knees. bow legs, crooked toes and all
kinds of deformities of the feet, legs,
hands and arms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
COTTON OR WEEVIL MUST 60.
Is Alarmed Condition of Affairs Fed
Been ImplOed and Big Reward May Be Offer
ed for Cure. Coming Toward Georgia

the pest has been discovered. Once q
method is found, there will be no
question of securing enough money TO
put it into effective operation, but at
present the experts have no tangible
results to report.
1t has been suggested that the gov
eminent offer big reward for cure
something that will enlist the services
of outside experts-as has been done
several times by the government OF
Europe. This may be done. France
has protited by this method of proceed
ure upon more than one occasion when
its great grape crop was in danger.
In the meantime an effort will be
made to enlist the aid of the govern
mant in the line of discovering some
other crop which can be probably
raised on the land now ir.ested by the
boil weeyil. To this end Representa-
tive Burleston, of Texas, has intro
duced the following bill:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States eff America in congress assem-
hled, That the sum of twenty thous-
and dollars be, and the same Is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the
treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, which said
sum shall be expended under the d.
rection of the secretary of agriculture
in the establishment of an agrostolog-
ical station in south or central Texas
! and for the further purpose of deter
mining by experimentation the most
profitabl crops which can be- grown
ia lieu of cotton in the territory now
infested by the Mexican boil weevil;
and in making said experiment said
secretary of agriculture shall keep in
mind the manifold advantages of d.
versifcation.
That the said secretary of agricul-
ture shall report the action taken un-
der the provisions of this act, and
shall cause to beLprepared q bulletin
for distribution showing the result OF
the experiments made in pursuance
hereof.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
HORSE MEAT BANQUET.
Berlin Newspaper Issues Invita-
tiOnS to Unique Feast.

The most distinguished members of
the society for the prevention of cruel
ty to animals in Berlin have declined
the invitation issued by the Fleischer
Zeitung, the national organ of the
German butchers, to a horse meet ban
quet on the ground that horse flesh
would not have fair chance at din
ner given under the auspices of the
butchers league, but the Fleischer
Zeitung is informed that the society
designs to give such a dinner itself to
which 400 persons will be invited.
rhe Fleischer Zeitung, however,
persists in trying to get the directors
of the society to attend its dinner and
has commissioned a hotel keeper to
prepare a menu which will include
horse bouillon, asparagus, brisket Of
horse and horse filet a la Nelson, the
whole being washed down with excel
lent wine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
GAMBLER WILL COMPILE.
The Historical Records of the
State of Georgia.

Ex-GoY. Allen d. Gambler will be
appointed by Gov Terrell to compile
Georgia's colonial, Revolutionary and
Confederate records, this work having
been provided for in the general appro-
priations bill, passed by the legisla-
ture that has just adjourned. An
amendment to section of the bill
provided that these records should
be compiled under the direction of the
governor, the contract price to be paid
for out of the sale of the records after
they are published.
Georgia is one Of the few states
whose revolutionary and confederate
records have never been printed, and
there has been a great demand for
them by the daughters OF the revolu
ton, daughters of the confederacy,
confederate veterans, and other pa
5riOtic societies. Gov. Gambler has
long been a student of Georgia history,
and has in addition had five years expe'
rience in the Office OF the secretary OF
state, where most of the data which he
will have to prepare is to be found.
Gov. Gambler will be appointed with
in the next few days, and will begin
the preparation OF these records imme
diately after the holidays
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
BOILER BURSTS; FIREMAN DIES.
One Man Killed and Two Injured in ExplO.
sion Near Albany.


The explosion of one of the boilers
at the gin of Hall & Wallace in east
Dougherty occurred Wednesday morn
log about O'Clock.
The explosion hurled the other
boiler 25 feet away and completely de-
molished the gin, killing Charlie Sea-
more, fireman; fatally injuring Will
Barber. Allen Anderson was slight
ly hurt.
The boilers had been steamed for
about three quarters of an hour when
the explosion occurred, and is believed
to have been due to the carelessness
of the fireman in letting too heavy a
steam pressure form in the boiler at
the time OF the explosion. Anderson
was in the gia house. All the injured
were negroes.
G. A. Wallace, one of the owners OF
the gin. was in the press room, the
only part of the gin that was left stand
ing. He escaped 1ninjured. The gin
was built last summer and was worth
about $500. It is practlcally a COM
nlRta loss
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24

Three cases of bubonic plague are
uuuer treatment in the Swiuourpe Is
'ano hospital at New York. The SUIT
Fefers are the irst aud second cooks
auu the second steward OF the Prince
.ue steamer Saxon Prince, which ar
'Fed from Durham, South Africa,
Nuu nn inspection of the crew three
"ere found to be ill. A very thorough
Examination of the patients convinced
IeSlth Officer Doty that they bad all
'ue symptoms of the plague and they
'ere'taken to Swinburne Island, where
futures were made. The result of the
summation there confirmed the dag
ISIS made at the inspection.
1ne history of the cases makes a
Omplete chain of the infection from
nc Time of the exposure of the frst
'al at Durtan TO the time of arrival.
1e crew were ashore at Durham and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24

are making western farmers-wh6re
30 bushels of wheat and 81 OF. corn Is
an average yield-independently rich
hundred acres of wheat Is an ordl-
nary field and ;his alone is enough to
net a good income on the invest
meat.
ga bunch of cattle will paw the ex-
peuses and his other crops are velvet.
The result is to run up the price OF
land.
"Tracts that sold for $25 two years
ago bring $40 and s45. for $50 land OF
past years is easily marketable at 800
and $50. The life is much easier, the
work is not nearly so hard, Lor the
hours SO long.
This has the good effect of making
the farmers sons content with lie on
the farm, and many of them go down
10 the state agricultural school and
take a course in scientific agriculture,
returning better farmers and better
citizens.
1.-THE rural free mail delivery, with
it.. facilities for keeping in touch with
the life of the outside world, and the
bicycle as a substitute for the carriage
are also helping in the work of popu-
larizlng agriculture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
FRANCHISES ARE TAXABLE.
Both Branches of the Legislature
Have So Decreed.

If there are any franchises in Daw-
son they will have to pay taxes to the
state hereafter.
The franchise bill passed both the
house and senate, and received the
governors signature. The measure de-
clarine all franchises of corporations
to be property provides that they shall
be returned at their value to the comp
troller general and taxed the same as
all other property in the state. The
measure was fiercely opposed, but re-
ceived large majorities il both houses.
Georgia is the first state in the south
to pass q franchise tax measure OF this
character.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
NEGROES LEAVING INDIANA
Feeling is Verv Bitter Against
COIOred Population There.

Four shootings and one murder In
which negroes took part have followed
not only by closing clubs and saloons
conducted by negroes, but colored peo-
pie are leaving South Bend, Ind. They
are afraid to stay here, owing to feel
ing against them among the white
people. The negroes say they cannot
get food and service at the restaurants,
although they have the money to pay
for it.
A committee of two has raised more
than $500 among business men to offer
as a reward for the capture of three
negroes who murdered John M. Koo us
man. No futher clews to the negroes
have been found.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
PECULIAR CATTLE FATALITY
Killed by Chemical Spray in Use
by the Government.

Governor jennings of Florida receiy-
ed a telegrum from Hon. S. j. Hill burn
of Palatka, Fla, stating that the fluid
being used by the United States au-
thorities in its Efforts TO kill the water
hYacinths in the ST. Johns river and
its tributaries by spraying from
government boat is daily causing the
deaths of hundreds of cattle on the
ranges bordering upon these waters.
Mr.. Hillburn gave no particulars as
to how these deaths are caused, but
urged prompt action TO secure an in.
vestigation looking to ending the dam
ger to which south Florida cattle are
subjected.
The governor wired the war depart
ment requesting that this work be
suspended until full investigation
of the complaints can be made.
Governor Jennings received a tele-
gram from the secretary of war advis-
ing him that the chief of engineers
bad ordered the officers on the govern
ment steamer Lareve, which is spray
ing the water hyacinths on the ST.
Johns river and tributaries with kill
ing fluid to suspend operations until
the deaths of the cattle can be inves-
tigated. The governor is advised that
the spraying has ceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
GEORGIA COLONIES.
1t Will Cost Each $500 for Uni
forms and Horse CaparisOn.

1t will be of interest to the members
of Governor Terrell's staff, says an At
lanta dispatch, to know that it will
take $500 to uniform and equip a col
onel with fatie ne and dress suit, and
an outfit for his horse. This, of
course, means that everything will be
of the best work. Cheaper uniforms
and equipm ents can be secured, but
the best will cost fully $780, This
amount of money may seem large, con-
sidering that there is no salary con
nected with the Office. The honor,
however, of such an office will amount
to considerable, as compared with the
cost.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
FAMOUS MIDGET DEAD.

General Peanuts, who. for a num-
Der of years, was one of the best known
midgets and clowns connected with
Barnum's and FOrepaugh q Sells
circuses, was found dead in bed a few
days ago in New York city. The
midget was Japanese, IS years old,
and was feet l inch high.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
STOCKADE AND MULES BURN.
Dastardly Deed of Firebug in
Lee County.

The stockade, barn and eight fine
mules belonging to Hon. John T. Fer
guson in Lee county were burned at
an early hour few mornings ago, en-
failing a loss amounting to several
Thousand dollars. All the contents of
the two buildings, including corn, fod-
der, etc, went up in smoke, while the
eight mules persisted likewise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
UNCLE SAM AFTER COREA.

A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
il is announced from Seoul that the
United States minister has demanded
the payment of Sl.5O0,000 due to the
builders OF the electric railroad.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-06
WONDERFUL MEMORIES.

Some Of the Worlds Greatest Men Who Possessed
Them.
Many of the greatest have had phenomenal men,
cries. Caesar knew the of soldiers his
leg1ons A modern of science often prodgious
for special Technology Asa Gray as
sured me that he could at recall some
thing like twenty-five thousand pants Professor Theodore
Gill do the for fishes Our memory words
is itself much extensive than admitted
The average wel-to-do child Of years age has
vocabulary Of 500 words and its father the
command OF 10000 more The 10000 of rig
Veda have for 5000 been accurately preserved
memory of the Brahnins Not Brahmin alone. but
thousands to-day rece word for
Mohammedans likewise, know the heart as all
learned Chinese know their classic chiefs Of
Polynesia and do repeat hundreds words
in their Notwithstanding days and
recitation Hundreds of piansts play day. many
days, by and have myself Bulow con-
duct Beethovens Fifth Symphony without Chess
players have visualzing musicians aud
tive and motor while arthmetica prodiges may
have OF the three future dis
clsson Of the subject combination a-Professor
s. Holden in Harper's Magazine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-06
AN AFFAIR OF STATE.

The Vceroy of India Travels With Huge Officials
and Armed Attendants.
When the viceroy of India travels India
looks He has huge staff of officials usually
accompanied by Lady Curzon 12O The most
elaborate precautions taken Every
mile of the railway is first troleys
and in the Southern Punab the line is lay
dust He has posse Of six armed O train to
guard him. and at station through which passes
whether he stops not, armed police up
either side as the train BY
At every station of coolies
time before the great OCCASION cleaning ganishng
while all along the line engines and
bells to ring At whatever hour the train
master has orders to be duty himself give
clear and lock the points shunng
stopped. With extraordinary ceremony vceroy
ceived The Nawab of Junagarh last received
solid silver preceded by painted elephants
horses and two rhnoceroses harnessed and ountedAn
swers -s.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-06

elected vice president Of the United
States I was lucky enough to be
one of two men to take it to him.
The other man was New York
Sun man in whom the governor
had confidence.
1.-THE governor house was three
miles from the village of Oyster
Bay, where the newspaper men
gathered. Our news came to us by
telephone from our Offices in New
York.
when we were told, at 1910, that
the result was assured, that there
was no doubt Of the election of the
republican ticket and that the
democratic managers had given up
the fight we drove oft to tho cov.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-06

to gallop about the country after
my commands while I was here to
discuss the possibility of peaceful
understanding with your people. My
men were deprived of their leader,
and placed at an unfair disadvan-
tage. It was no good. though"
continued the Boer general. "Kitch-
ener turned on me and replied,
General Delarey. I am not aware
that anyone asked you to come in.
You can go out again tomorrow if
you like"
Christian De Wet seemed thor
oughly to enjoy describing how he
tackled the man Of Khartoum over
the continuance of the British occu-
patton of the country with a large