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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
DEATH FOLLOWS DOGS HOWL
People of a Maine Town Are
Greatly Excited.

A black dog whose owner is unknown
has been bowling for two weeks around
Elm street, Saco, says the Bangor
News. He sits in front of house with
his head turned skyward and keeps up
a continual unearthly howl, which can
oe heard within radius Of a quarter
of a mile. There have been an unusual
number of deaths in this neighborho0d
recently, and it is claimed that this
dog has howled in advance in front
of every house in which a death has
occurred. The superstition has held
good in six instances, and Saturday
the dog was dividing his time between
two houses in which there is sickness,
bowling for a while before one of them
AMI then taking his station before the
other. Some people in the nelghbor-
hood are a good deal worked up about
it. Nobody has been able to get near
enough to the dog to get shot at him
and when driven off he soon returns.
The superstition is as old as the hills.
It is claimed that within radius or
POO wards from a central point in that
neigh borhood twelve deaths have oc'
Cured within less than that number
of months,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20

Major Charles Gantz OF Fairfield,
Iowa, is undoubtedly the smallest man
in the United States, if not in the
world, for he weighs but thirty pounds,
is eighteen inches high, and is now
about SO years of age.
He has a good common school edu-
cation, writes very plain and legible
hand, is a remarkably fine business
man, a good trader and is quite well to
do, owning a number of farms aud
much town property. He has travelled
extensively, been economical and saved
his money, and states that he is now
ready to get married, if he can ind
some good looking girl who Will have
him. He belongs to the Methodist
church and the Epworth League, and
takes a live interest in all religious af-
fairs.
His father and mother and sister all
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
ijO,OOO.OO A YEAR WIFE
COUNT IN CHICAGO LOOKING FOR A
MARRlAGEABLE HEIRESS.
Has Queer Notions of the Privileges of
Those Born ofthe Nobility. Why
Wife Is Needed

If there is a tall blond girl in Chica-
30 who is anxious to become a French
countess she might forward her name
aud address to Count Alphonse De
Campau at the Auditorium Annex.
The Count is in Chicago, says dis
patch from that city. He is looking
Tor wife, and she must be tall and
pave light hair aud blue eyes. She
nu8t also prossess graceful figure,
With an income of $4,000 q year and
Pc willing to sign checks.
The count is queer sort OF a man.
Pc also has queer notions as to the
privileges of those born of the nobil-
H.
81 want a wife. l need $4,000 a
Year 5" he said. 81 have no need OF
Ne $4,000 if I don't have a wife.
Neither do l have any use for a wife
Il don't have $4,000 a year."
u have estates near Toulouse. They
Re very valuable and they have been
4 my family for many generations.
II do not get $4,000 year the es-
sHtes pass away. If the estates pass
sWaY there is no need for perpetu-
Atlng my family. Therefore l have 40
peed for wife. Do you see?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20

1t Is rather unusual for a mother to
prget her baby and leave it asleep on
seat In passenger train, but this
'appened 10 Mrs. Lou Sheldon of New
9rIeans at the union depot in Atlanta.
Mrs. Sheldon came in from the north
'lth her baby boy and two dress suit
Ases, She had to remain in Alta a ia
sVeral hours waiting for connections,
r. when she alighted from the incom-
e train she gave her suit cases to the
Fpot matron and walked into the
saiting room.
a lew minutes after the arrival of
Re train a patrolman on duty at the
Epot heard Mrs. Sheldon screaming.
hen asked the trouble she said she
r. left her baby asleep on a seat in a
sach. The officer started on a search
j the youngster and found the train
been broken up and the cars sent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
SCARCE IN THE SECOND.

From the Albany Herald.
The second congressional district
does not appear to have been directly
represented in the secret meeting at
which a Parker club of "real leaders"
was organized in Atlanta for the state
ut Georgia on Saturday, and, although
this district was not overlooked in the
appointment of vice presidents-six
being given to each dissrict-the name
NJ no second district patriot or states
man appears In the list of twenty odd
or thirty vice presidents elected from
the state at large. Come to think OF
in. Clevelandite leaders who can really
lead are rather scarce in this neck OF
the woods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
JOB FOR THE FOOL KILLER.
Will Let Locomotive Run Over
His Hand in Interest of Art.

The Savannah News says: "In an-
cient times there was q painter who
bought an aged slave and tore open
his old wounds in order that be might
catch the expression of his dying ag-
ouy; and then the artist regretted that
he could not paint a dying groan.
Modern art has improved upon that.
A dispatch says that young woman
artist of New Jersey, DESTROYS of pro
ducing great painting, has hired a
man to place his hand on railroad
track and let a locomotive run over it
while she takes snapshot photographs
of him. From the photograph she
will paint her picture of man In ex-
treme pain. If she is thoroughly real
istic she will place photograph near
her victim In order that there may be
preserved the things that a man says
while his flesh and bones are being re
duced TO pulp"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20

Georgia has been invited to send l.
25O of her regular organized militia to
take part in the fall maneuvers of the
United States army, to be held at Ma
nassas, Va. beginning September D
next, and it is safe to say that the
Dawson Guards will be represented by
some members of the company.
Governor Terrell has received a let
ter from the war department extend
ing this Invitation and giving the par
ticulars of the manauvers. The letter
has been printed, together with an
order from the adjutant generals de-
partment relative to it, and mailed to
the captain of each company in Geor-
gia. They have already been received
bv Captain H. A. Wilkinson of the
Dawson Guards.
The letter from the war department.
states that Georgia's allotment OF
troops for this occasion is $50 out OF
a total of $1,000 which will be there
for the occasion from all the states on
the Atlantic seaboard and from Texas.
The United States government will
pay all the expenses of the men, in
Guiding the same salaries as are paid
to officers and soldiers of the regular
army, and this will not come out OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
WILL TAKE PART IN ARMY MANEUYERS
Dawson Guards Likely Representatives At Manassas
Next September Terrell Receives Letter from the
War Department Giving Particulars

Georgia's regular allotment OF, the
military fund, but from special APP
preparation made by congress for the
purpose of holding these maneuYers.
The plan contemplates the gathering
at Manassas, Va, of $4,000 regular
troops and $4,000 of the organized
militia from the various states in the
east, the whole force to be under the
command OF Major General Corbin,
who is in command of the department
of the east. The regulars will be put
on one side and the volunteer militia
on the other under command of reg
ular army officers in the higher grades,
and a regular sham battle will be
Tough in accordance with plans pre-
pared in advance and which will be
followed out as near as possible. These
maneuvers will occupy about two
weeks, and in addition to having all
their expenses paid the officers and
men will receive the regular pay that
is allowed government army officers
and privates.
1t will hardly be possible for any full
company to attend from Georgia, and
it is probable that the state will he
represented at the maneuvers by de-
tail from each company.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
SPEAKS WELL FOR THE NEGRO

From the LAGRANGE Graphic.
Col. Robert ]. Lowry, of Atlanta, is
quoted in an interview in the Wash
ington Post as saying; "Our people
likewise are as intelligent and pros
gressive as anywhere in the union,
and 1 am almost sure that but for the
race problem they would cast their
fortunes with the republican party"
In other words, according to Col.
Lowry, the voting of the republican
ticket is a matter of intelligence and
progress. This speaks we'll for the
African race in the south. They al
ways vote the republican ticket.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
STEAMER SINKS IN RIVER.
Boat Goes to Bottom of Chatta-
hOochee River.

The steamer Gertrude, an independ-
emit steamer plying the Chattahoochee
river, sank at Frances Bend, FIVE miles
above Eufaula, few days ago by run
ming into sharp ledge of rock which
projects into the river at that point.
A hole four feet long was knocked In
the bow of the boat. The bow of the
vessel is now out of the water, but tn
stern is on the bottom in eight feet of
water. No one was hurt, although
there was wild scramble for safety
on the part of those in the stern end
of the boat. A part of the csrgo will
be lost. The passengers got ashore
safely. A message has been GENT to
Pensacola for divers to aid in "a ising
the boat.
Canned Georgia cane syrup at Wall
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
STILL NEED $500.

The Georgia commissioners who
have in charge the matter of construct
ing the Georgia building at the ST.
Louis exposition are still in need of
s., 700 to complete the fund.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
TROUBLE AT STATE NORMAL
PRESIDENT AND A TEACHER CANNOT
GET ON TOGETHER.
Differences Between Professor Branson
and Miss Parrish Break Out Afresh.
An investigation Last Winter.


President E. G. Branson of the state
normal school at Athens has notified
the board of commissioners of that
institution that there are irreconcil-
able differences between himself and
Miss Celest Parrish, one of the most
prominent teachers in that institution
who presides over the department Of
philosophy and science. For some
time it has been reported that Presi-
dent Branson and Miss Parrish did
not get along tremendously 1t was
reported last winter that Miss Parrish
had given offence by her views in re-
gard to negro education, but this was
denied by everybody concerned, in
Guiding the commissioners of the
school. Miss Parish came to Georgia
from Virginia. She is a woman OF
rare intellectual accomplishments and
fine teacher. President Branson is
also fine educator, but it seems they
cannot work together. 1t is alleged
that Miss Parrish is given to criti-
cisms of President Branson in the pres
ence of the students, and he in turn,
it is alleged, does not feel as kindly
toward her as ought TO he the case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
FOR6OT BABY AND LEFT 1T ASLEEP ON TRAIN

to the wash track at Piedmont avenue.
Hurrying down the track, accom-
panied by the frantic mother the OH
Ger found the youngster cuddled up on
a seat fast asleep.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
MAJOR CAN'T, 18 INCHES TALL, WANTS WIFE

reside at Fairfield, Iowa, and are all of
them ordinary sized people, his mother
weighing l25 pounds.
The table at which the major usual
ly sits is g toy dolls table, and he
usually sits in baby's rocking chair,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20

Canned Georgia cane syrup at Wall
RrOsS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-20
WANTS STEVE'S JOB.

The Atlanta News thinks that Hoo.
Hoke Smith is preparing to enter pol
itics again and that he has his eye on
Senator Steve Clay's job.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
COLORADO TOWN FLOOD SWEPT.
Considerable Section or Trinidad Laid
waste--Four Reported Killed.

TRINIDAD, COL, Sept. s0.-A terrific
food struck Trinidad and the whole valley
OF the Las Animas River at 2 o'clock this
morning, devastating a wide section and
causing a loss which 1t is estimated will
reach 100000.
1t 10 reported that four persons were
killed, and eighteen are missing. Every
bridge was demolished. all railroads tied
up for day. and telephone and telegraph
service completely suspended.
More than thirty city blocks in, the resi-
dence and business sections along the river
bank were from two to four feet under
water.
The flood was caused by heavy rains
which have been falling for two days. At
A. M. the river went over it's banks. The
rise continued steadily, and at 8 o'clock
the Rio Grande bridge went out, followed
shortly by the Commercial street, Chest
nut street and Linden avenue bridges
Meanwhile electric and gas plants were
flooded and the city left in complete dark
ness. Hundreds of citizens thronged the
streets on the edge Of the submerged dis
trict, carrying lanterns and doing their
best to provide those driven from their
homes with shelter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
HERRICK RESIGNS TO-DAY.
Aterward He VIII He Notified OF His
Nomination for Governor.

ALBANY, Sept. 30.-To-morrow morning
D. Cady Herrick will file with the Secretary
Of State his resignation as Supreme Court
Justice and shortly after the noon hour
he will be notified OF his nomination as
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
AS a big crowd OF out-of-town Democrat is
expected, the notification ceremonies will
be held in Odd Fellows Hall. Most OF the
visiting Democrats are expected at noon
to arrive from New York, and they will be
met at the Union Station by the Albany
Democratic Club and escorted TO the City
Hail. where are located Justice HERR ck's
chambers. Thence Candidates Herrick,
Ha, rson and Cunneen and Cord Meyer, the
chairman OF the Democratic State commit
tee; David B. Hill and Prof. Duncan Camp
bell Lee the chairman OF the notification
committee, will proceed in carriages under
escort to Odd Fellows Hall.
Chairman Cord Meyer will preside and
Introduce Prof. Lee, whose speech of noti-
feat ion will be replied to by Justice Herriclz,
Francis Burton Harrison, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor. and
Attorney General Cunneen. Afterwnrd
Justice Herrick will entertain the candi-
dates, members sof the notification COM
mittee and invited guests at buffet
luncheon in the new Kenmore Hotel, to be
followed by a public reception.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
M,ADOO PTTIES BICYCLE COP.
Promises Sedgwfck Avenue Victim Motor
Bronx Tour OF Inspection.

Bicycle Policeman vanderpool of the
High Bridge station was bending over the
handle, bars Of his machine last evening,
slowly pushing up the big hill in Sedgwcls
avenue at l67th street when an automobile
buzzed up back Of him and man hailed
him. The cop dismounted and asked what
he could do for the automobilist.
I'm Police Commissioner McAdoo,'
said the man in the auto. This is hard
hill, officer. Too hard for q bicycle, and
if youth put in an application for motor
cycle III see il you can't get one"
Then he whizzed away at strictly lega
speed and the leg weary cop reported his
good luck at the station when he came in
The Commissioner made tour of The
Bronx late in the afternoon, visiting mcst
OF the police stations and the places where
women have been assaulted lately. He
had no comment to make on what he had
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
LULL AT PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese suspend the Attack which We
Not Successful.

Special Cabs Despaichsi 70 THE SUN.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 30.-A despatch
from Chefoo to the Bourse Gazette denies
the Japanese reports that the guns OF the
besiegers at Port Arthur have made the
harbor untenable and compelled the squad
ron to leave the port The correspondents
says he has received thoroughly reliable
information that the Japanese have not
obtained gun positions from which they
could lombard the ships. Moreover, the
enormous losses they sustained In their
recent attacks, which were everywhere
repulsed, obliged them to cease their ~,
saults since Sept, 20.
LONDON, Oct. THE Chefoo CORE.
spondent OF the Daily Mail says there Is sn.
other pause in the operations at Port Arthur.
He adds that Japanese official In CONVEX.
versation made 1t apparent that the receut
attacks on the fortress had failed In attain
ing their main object, although they gave
the besiegers a number Of important pod
tons.
The military strength OF the fortress. Tho
dauntless heroism Of Gen. Stoessel and
the garrison, and the fact that the re-
sources Of the Russians are still oonsidera-
BILE, create the view in some japanese ~ :.
ters that the siege will last over the winter.
There Is reason to believe that an elalps
orately prepared attempt to drive the Rus
sian feet to sea resulted in q failure,
A junk. with Russian official dispatches,
which left Port Arthur on Sept. "a, was
captured by the Japanese. Two. foreign
ers who were on board were sent to Dalny.
A despatch to the Telegraph from Chefoo
confirms from an undoubted source tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
THE HIGHWAY MANUAL GRAFT.
I 900 shipped to JEFF erson County-Super.
vIsOrs Refuse to Receive Them.

WATfRTowN, n. Y, Sept. 30.-County
Clerk Eugene A. Chapman has received
about 1000 Of the highway manuals COM
piled by Charles H. Hetts for distribution
throughout the country. These books
arc to be paid for by the towns at 81 each
and express charges. Many OF the Super
visors have directed the County Clerk not
to ship thel.l. but he says that the best
authorities In the city tell him that II ia
his duty and that they must be shipped
Some of the Supervisors then told him
that they might lie in the freight or ex-
press office and rot, for they would not re-
move them.
The statement OF Attorney-Ge General Cum
neen that the law is unconstitutional has
stirred up the farmers, who would be obliged
to bear the burden Of this Expense and they
have urged the Supervisors not to accept
them. The County Clerk says that he has
tried to communicate with Mr.. Beta, but
can get no reply He also says that word
has reached him that Senator Brown Is OPP
posed to sending out the manuals. Sen
ator Brown voted for the bill authorizing
the compilation OF them.
The County Clerk believes that II he does
not ship them Mr.. Belts will mandamus
him and compel the shipments at much
larger expense. The manuals are all
ready for shipment and have been for two
weeks, but the clerk has been holding of
in hopes that a settlement might be eff
fected between the Supervisors and Mr..
Belts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
DOG SCARE IN UNION SQUARE.
Setter Shot After Women Owners Give .
Reluctant Consent.

There was a lot Of excitement in Union
Square late yesterday when a dog, a well
marked setter, ran through the square and
across Broadway cutting circles and snap
ping and barking as though it were mad
A man in front Of Tiffany's grabbed the
chain attached to the dogs collar as the
crowd on the sidewalk hustled to get out
Of the way.
The dog snapped the mans coat sleeve,
and he loosened his hold. The animal
then ran into Sixteenth street and, leaving
a trail Of excited people behind, dashed into
an alleyway
just about that time two well dressed
women, very red in the face and all out OF
breath, appeared on the scene, They said
they were from Seabright, n. j., that the
dog belonged to them and that they were
on their way across town bound for Mount
Vernon when the dog got away from them.
They argued with Policeman Burns OF
the Tenderloin station for some time while
he kept his back braced against the door
leading into the alley where the dog was
Finally they gave their consent to have
the animal shot. They put their hands
over their ears as the policeman took aim,
ard, weeping. fed toward Broadway,
where the crowd stopped and wondered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
LADY CURZON IMPROVES.
Physicians Report Her Condition Now rs
Favorable.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN
LONDON, Sept. s0.-A bulletin issued this
morning at Walmer Castle said that Lady
Curzon passed quiet night and was someS
what better. Her condition this afternoon
was reported to be favorable.
A bulletin issued this evening says that
Lady Curzon passed a very comfortable
day. Inqurers at Walmer Castle noticed
marked hopefulness there, suggesting the
belief that the crisis has passed DR..
Cheyne returned to London to-day, but will
return to the castle. The other doctors
remain with the patient.
The steamer Naderland Is expected at
Dover on Sunday night. Among her pas
sengers are Mrs. Letter, Lady Curzon's
mother, and her sister. who will be taken
to the castle by special train. 1t Is be-
lieved that they must have already learned
OF tho improvement in the patients con-
dition by means of wireless messages from
Po6hu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
DEvERY CHAIRMAN QUITS.
Thinks "Bill Is at the End OF His Dream
Remarks by bill.


Remarks by bill.
Gloom dripped from the corrugated iron
awnings over the Pump saloon, at Eighth
avenue and Twenty-eighth street. yester-
day evening. Bill Devery's ample brow
was bowed, considering human frailty.
This is what did itx
SEPT. ~. 1904.
MIR. L. j SCHNEIDER: / hereby resign as
chairman and member Of the W illiam s.
Devery Association. to take effect imme-
diately. WM ]. STEWART.
Copy for use Of press.
Mr.. Devery read this document through
twice. Then he handed 1t back to the re-
porter. who brought it.
-Well?' suggested the reporter.
well, helll' said Mr.. Devery that's
his right. He violates no law. It's his
right. Nobody amt sittn' on Stewart's
coat tails.
MOP"
"No! He's resigned That's his right
Guess he's gone back to his trade. He
gets so cents lick for that. There's
nothin' for him here"
whats his trader" asked the reporter.
"Pullin' teeth" said Mr.. Devery, and
smiled solemn and significant smile.
Il tell you. sport Mr.. Devery made
hazard to say after long thought, Stewart
is one Of them wind puddin' and air sauce
fellers. He wants to get fat without stirrin
the pot. When it comes his turn TO go
down in his jeans. why. he hereby resigns
to take effect Immediately
DR.. Stewart was chilly cool when asked
about his resignation.
Il resigned, he said. because thought
Fill had got to the end Of his dream That's
ALL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-01
SECRETARY NAY WILL STICK.
To Remain as Secretary of State n Roose.
welt Wins, Says President Wheeler.

CHICAGO, Sept. 30 Benjamin Idle Wheeler,
president OF the University-of California,
brings TO Chicago the news that Secretary
of State John Hay will remain in that posi-
ton in case President Roosevelt is elected
for another term.
The best news / had while in Washing
ton" said President Wheeler, was a word
from Presid ent Roosevelt to the effect that
Secretary Hay has now definitely decided
to remain in the Cabinet in case OF Repub-
lican victory. There never has been any
doubt as to the desire of President Roose-
welt to have him stay, but Mr.. Hay has
thought some Of retiring and devoting more
OF his leisure to literature