The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-13
Cream of News.
Brief Summary OF Most
Important Events
Of Each Day.

against ex-Prestdent Cleveland and az
cuses him Of being undignified.
knight Templars of Georgia will
hold meeting of grand commandery a.
Columbus May 18th
Fire at Albany, Ca, destroys lum-
Der yard. variety works and freight
cars. Loss $4,000.
Cadets of University of Georgia
went into encampment near Gaines
vile Monday.
The first general primary election
under the new system was held N
Alabama Monday.
Trustees of Huntsville, Ala,
church have two elders and three mem
bers arrested and placed under bond.
Captain Millikin, under charge Of
assaulting young lady, escaped from
jail at Abbeville, Ala, and when press
ed by pursuit shot himself dead.
At San Barbara, Cal, Sunday. one
of the Edison Companys street cars
ran off the track and was turned over.
Three people were killed instantly and
two so badly injured that they died
soon after the accident.
In a feud fight in New York Sun
day three brothers, Thomas, William
and Michael Bilbrlde, were seriously,
if not fatally stabbed, and Harry and
John McShane, also brothers, were
badly wounded.
April 18th has been discussed in
committee rooms and among senator's
and representatives as not at all an
improbable date for the termination Of
| the present session of congress.
At Malta, Sunday, Emperor VIII
| liam read divine service on board the
German imperial yacht Hohenzollern
after which he received the captains
of the British fleet.
The Spanish court will be in
mourning for twelve months in honor
| of former Queen Isabella, who died
Saturday. Only limited honors Will
be paid to her.
Despite the almost stagnant con-
dition Of the Manchester market few
mill men hope for permanently lower
prices for cotton.
Georgia division United Confede.-
ate Veterans will meet at Rome, Ga,
| September IA, by order Of General Nc
Glashan, commanding,
Two men were arrested Friday on
ship at Brunswick, Ca, charged with
| being jewelry crooks who had operated
in Florida.
Great alarm has been caused by
the rise of the Mississippi, which COW
ers lowlands for 20 miles west OF Mem
| phis. Arkansas levees are being
watched with great care.
Country women go insane from
leading lonely lives, numbers being
inmates Of Carolina asylums.
! Three carloads of Mexican exhi5.
it's at st. Louis fair passed through
| New Orleans Friday.
-Elihu Root former secretary Of
war, has been engaged by the North
| ern Securities Company to represent
it in its fight to prevent &. II. Haf
riman from getting control OF the
| Northern Pacific railroad.
| 1t is charged that a recent speech
| delivered in the house by General
| Grosvenor, of Ohio, was written 1or
the veteran Congressman by President
| Roosevelt.
| The eightieth birthday OF King
| Christian was celebrated at Copenha-
gen Denmark, Friday. The king WAS
in excellent health and was cheered
by the populace.
| One hundred Hereros were killed
and six hundred wounded when the
| Germans relieved Omahura, the west
African post beleagured by the ma
| tives.
The earthquake of April a, is re-
ported to have killed twenty-five per-
sons, wounded forty and to have done
| great damage in Macedonia.
A third injunction is filed IN the
| clerks office of Franklin, Ga, en1oln-
| ing the ordinary and county comm's'
sioners from contracting to build a
| new court house.
Argument in the suffrage case OF
William s. Selden and others versus
Governor Montague, of the state OIL
| Virginia. was continued in the Unlted
States supreme court Tuesday by A.
torney General Anderson and +. w.
| Christian, both of whom commended I'r
the validity of the suffrage clause Oh
the new state constitution.
The United States gunboat Nash
Vile and the torpedo boat Lawrence
are at New Orleans. They will coaL
there and proceed UP the river TO "
| GjliS