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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
MIR. I. j. Thornton Found in Court
House in Unconscious Condition.

Mr.. 7. j. Thornton Found in Court
House in Unconscious Condition,
The last issue of the Edison News
contains an account of an attempt at
suicide at Morgan by Mr.. T. j.
Thornton, former citizen of Terrell
county and gentleman widely known
throughout this section. The Edison
News says:
1T has been reported here that Mr.
I. j. Thornton of Morgan made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide at that
place Monday morning.
st seems that he arose early that
morning and went to his store, as
usual, but later in the day it was
found that he was missing from the
store, and his family becoming alarm
ed over his disappearance gave notice
to neighbors, and soon a number had
gotten together to search for him,
thinking possibly that he had met with
foul play. After diligent search over
town for the missing man he was
finally found up stairs in the court
house lying on the floor in an uncon-
scious condition. Near by was found
an empty laudanum bottle, which told
the tale of suicidal intent. DR.. N. E.
BrunsOn was called in to attend him,
and through his skillful treatment the
patient was finally revived and is now
on the road to recovery.
His mind had evidently been great
ly troubled on some subject to cause
him to attempt self-destructiOn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
A handsome vehicle.

Judoe NJ. G.. Statham has just in
s+o1Iad handsome new bus, to be
n 1sa in his transfer business. 1t is
much larger than the old ones, and the
b LauC vehicle of the kind ever
brought to Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
The Weather

is still too warm for people to buy
winter shoes much, although good
many are selecting the finer grades
while they can get their sizes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
We Want

every member of the Methodist
church to be there next Sunday at
eleven o'clock for a grand Sunday
School Rally.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
Don't Hurry

too much about buying shoes. We
will have some that will make the
ladies' wish they had waited to see.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13

Ithas been a long time since some
O.. the church members attended
church, but we want you there next
Sunday sure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
One Shipment

q. Edwin Clapp shoes have arrived.
D0vOu want a pair ?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
Mems Hats.

We have a nice new line of these
in black and colors of the latest
shapes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
WHO ARE THEY :?

You will find that they" are the
hest people in the land and they are
the best informed people, and are
the people who are sending their
trends and neighbors to Hornady
SFoe Co.'S. for shoes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13

For corn, oats, hay; bran, shorts,
cotton seed meal and hulls phone
IL. j. M. RAUCH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
We Have a Bill

Of shoes from Southern Beauty fac
tory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13
Going to College ?

Well we want to sell you a nice
trunk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-13

Fresh shipment of Heinz sour and
sweet mixed pickles. Poone ID.
j. M. RAUCH.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13

Frank Meyey. lHs Capitol avenue. wss
arrested last night on a petit Ierceny
charge. He Is accused of stealing a lot Of
junk from the J. Milder company's tunk
yard at 324 South Ninth street
Carrie Carter, a colored woman of the
red light district, was arrested last night
on the charge Of petit larceny She is sand
to have stolen so from the person of peter
Voter, who lives at the State hotel Voter
was locked up also az complaining witness
The annual meeting of the First Chris
tian church will be held Wednesday even
ing at $3.50 in the tabernacle Nineteenth
and Farnam streets. Beside the business
there will be a program of music, an ad-
dress by w. W. Slabaugh and refresh
ments.
At O'Clock last night one of the Car
penter Paper company's wagons collided
with a horse belonging 10 +. c. Clark, l7l7
Webster This occurred at T'wenty-seeond
and Cunning streets. Mr.. Clark was driV-
ms the horse az the time. The pole OF the
rig struck Clark's horse in the side inlet
ing such injuries that the horse was shot
Archdeacon Percy c. Weber of Boston.
Mass. will conduct series of services al
Trinity cathedral beginning wednesday and
continuing until December "a The list OF
| daily services will be arranged and an
Iioiinoed al the. OpeIiins service. which viii
| be at 3 O'Clock "Wednesday evening The
| clergy of the various parishes Will be pres
| ent at the services.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
CAUGHT WHILE TAPPING SAFE
Robert Hansen Arrested by officer
Morrison in bloom Planning
MIL.

Robert Hansen. 3lS North Fifteenth
street, was arrested at lis last night by
Emergency Officer Morrison as he was in
the act of going through the safe of the
planning mill at Fifteenth and California
streets. He was in the building and had
the safe door open when the offcer ar
rived. The mill belongs to Alfred Bloom.
II is not thought there was a large amount
in the safe, but this could not be learned
last night. Hansen did not succeed in get
ting any money. His real name is Robert
Armstrong. and he has been arrested before
for burglaries in Omaha. He was charged
with being a suspicious character, pending
a more specific charge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
WELSH PLEADS NOT GUILTY
withdraws Confession and Enters
Denial to Charge In Land
Case.
now OFTEN

Harry Welsh who was jointly INDICTED
with Rev. George O. Ware and Frank
W. Lambert on the charge of conspiracy
in the Z. b. l. land fencing and frandu-
lent land entry cases, appeared before
Judge Munger Tuesday afternoon, with
drew his previous plea OF guilty and on
tered a plea Of not guilty in order that he
might give bond Ia 5000 The bond was
formally executed with John Muugel of
Carleton surety. Mr.. Mungel is the
father of Welsh's wife, who is now lying
IN critical condition at her home near
Davenport. Neb.
Welsh has been at the bedside of his
wife since December 6. under the charge
Of a special officer and his formal release
on bail was eff pted Tuesday afternoon.
Welsh will b, ~eld as an important wit
ness against Rev! George G.. Ware, and
for that reason he was not sentenced under
his plea of guilty three weeks ago.
Frank Lambert. the third of the trio OF
indicted parties, has not yet been able tc
secure his $4,000 bail, though his friends
insist that It will be forthcoming shortly
Lambert was taken from Jail Tuesday af-
ternoon and placed in charge of Special
Bailiff James Allan. while he is having a
conference with friends and relatives on the
bail proposition
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
WAS A NEEDLESS ANXIETY
The surprise in stricken Homes mt
Learning that the Life Insurance
Money f. Ready 60 he Paid.

1t is interesting and sometimes almost
pathetic 20 see the surprise that is often
betrayed these days by the benehciaries of
life insurance policies at finding that the
money is ali ready for the payment of their
claims and that it is forthcoming with no
question OF delay whatever.
Death has laid its relentless hand upon
the husband and father Its grim advent
has been, as usual, unexpected, for even
in the most protracted illness death rarely
seems probable and is ever finally sud
den. Then has come the natter of the life
insurance, taken maybe years ago and
kept up during all the agitation OF the cur
will IL be paid?'' is the first half
doubling thought of the grief stricken SUR
vivors. and the humber their circum-
stances and the less they chance to be In
contact with the actual life of the world
the more anxious they likely have become
over the real status of insurance matters
They have seen in their home newspapers.
and have heard discussed among their ut
tie circles of friends, muAh that is deroga-
tory OF life insurance and cannot be blamed
for wondering II the policy after all is good
for anything.
There is hardly an agency OF any COM
pany In the country that has not had eX-
bereaved family that there was going to
be trouble to collect the insurance money,
and the half concealed astonishment at
receiving the cash with no unusual delay OF
any kind has been OF frequent and touch
ing occurrence.
or course the men of AFFAIRS in large and
small communities alike have mostly been
able to sift the main facts from all the
daily output OF harmful revelations and
assertions and have realized that their
policies were safe enough, but in families
less favorably situated the pain and anx-
iety has been as common as il was need
less, and many man has gone to his
death this present year uncertain as to the
value of what was really the most Secure
OF all his possessions, his ne insurance
policy.
There is happily already a reaction in
this matter and the fact that ones neighboT
has died insured and his family has at
once received the full amount OF his pol
icy, with no fuss and as a thing of course,
soon becomes known. This. added to the
further fact that other neighboTs are found
to have been taking new insurance right
along and that the companies are known
! to be holding straight ahead on the road
| to continued prosperity Is doing its natural
share toward allaying the anxiety that
| really need never have been felt at all
J When II comes to the question of meet
| ing every obligation as swiftly as it falls
| due there is nothing whatever the mat
4 ter with life insurance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13


Did any one ever make you an offer of a
stove or range absolutely free, freight pre-
paid to your railroad station. with several
lengths of stoyepipe thrown in7 Have you
ever read offers OF stoves or ranges sent
on thirty days free trial, freight prepaid,
stovepipe, oven thermometer, etc, in
cluded. with the understanding that IL you
were not pleased you could ship II back at
the manufacturers expense? Well. this
free stove book. written by ono of the great
est stove experts in the United States, tells
some scorching truths about the stove
business. and Il will be found very inter-
estins reading-sent you free. In fact
every page and every chapter Of the book
is fairly alive with the truth about stoves
Send for the book while it's hot reading
This is the season of the year when you
can enjoy II. A postal will bring this in
teresting and valuable book by return mail
free OF cost. Address ''Stove Expert" q
JeffersonfT avenue, Detroit. Mich.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
LUMBERMERS NOVEL PLANS
Dealers viii Erect Unique Structure,
In Miniature at the Audi
tOrium Convention.

Manager Gillian OF the Auditorium has re-
ceived letters from lumber dealers In sew
eral states telling what they intend 10 do
with their floor space bought for the ex-
hibit which will be given at the Audito-
rum during the convention of the Ne
braska Lumbermens association, February
and s. One firm from a northern state
will erect a bungalow in which a bear will
be kept One from a southern state will
build on the stage an old-fashioned los
cabin. the interior of which will be beau
tifully finished in the many kinds OF wood
put out by the company. The cabin will b.
allowed to remain in the Auditorium two
weeks for the inspection of the public
The whole arena floor has been taken by
the lumbermen for their exhibits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
WYOMING FORGING To FRONT
States Prsgre's and Development Pacili-
tated by Railroad, and Irrigation.
GOVERNOR BROOKS TALKS OF THE FUTURE
Says Three Lines Are Now Stretching
Their Lengths Across the
Plains of This New
Empire.
GOVERNOR BROOKS TALKS or THE FUTURE

Three roads are stretching their rails
across the state of Wyoming by actual
construction besides the 100 miles per day
that the newspapers build" said Governor
Brooks of Wyoming Tuesday morning dur
ing his short layover in Omaha. Every
indication points to the fact that the Bur-
lington is to build right on through to Salt
Lake. 1t 10 grading along for the En-
campment road. which runs from Encamp-
ment to Saratoga and Wolcott. Nobody
out our way seems to know who is actually
behind this road. some surmising that some
big transcontinental road is back of II,
while others think it is just local capital.
THE Burlington road from Frannie south
will run through as fine a stretch of coun-
try as there Is on the face of the earth.
These lines are of great value to the state
and we are getting our share of vast rail-
| road building which is going on at present
The Northwestern is reaching right out
| and will soon be across the state.
other Agencies at Work.
Railroads are not working alone in the
| upbuilding of Wyoming and changing the
| plains and mountain regions into dwelling
places for a vast population. Irrigation Is
working with the railroads and the many
| projects are bound to succeed because OF
| the backing they have. The Shoshone irri
| cation project contemplates the use of q
! portion OF the surplus water of the ,Sho
shone river for the reclamation of lands ir
Big Horn county. The drainage basin o.
the Shoshone river contains $50 square
miles, mostly within the Yellowstone re
serve. The government is putting ESQ. 0o
into this project for the reclamation o.
5000 acres and operations are now unde'
way. Near the town of Garland are 5000
acres. "
''At the proper time announcement will
be made of tine opening Of these lands
when the construction of the project u
nearing completion. The lands will b.
thrown open to homestead entry by bon'
fde settlers under the terms of the home
stead laws and the reclamation act. Thi
land is now arid and incapable OF cultiva
| ton.
1.-THE Union Pacific is making the dirt H.
on its North Platte extension. but We do no
know what its intention is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
Very Low EScursfon Rates for
| Christmas Holidays

tween Chicago and Buffalo Dates of sale.
December 49, p, rs, 30 and 81. 1906. and
January l. 1906. with limit returning jan
uary g. 1906. Rate one and a third fare
for the round trip. Individual club meals,
ranging In price from IS cents to 800. and
midday luncheon, 50 cents, served in
Nickel Plate dining cars; also service a la
carte. No excess fare. Chicago city ticket
Offices, Ill Adams street and Auditorium
annex. Depot. La Sale and Van Buren,
streets, the only depot in Chicago on the
Elevated Loop.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
OppOriunrttes

on the limo Of the Chicago Great Western
railway IL Iowa, Missouri. Illinois and
Minnesota for business men. professional
men and manufacturers. Openings for
nearly all lines in live towns on a pro-
gressive railway, cffOrding square deal'
Tor all. Maps, Maple Leaflets, Town Talk
and full information given on request to
Industrial Department, c. G. w. Railway,
ST. Paul. Mimi, or e. b. Magili. manager
rownsite Department. omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
chri.tma. Holiday Excursion Rates

Christmas Holiday ENcursIon Hhtes
Via the Nickel Plate road between Chicago
and Buffalo Dates of sale December g,
"a, rs, 80 and 81. 1905, and January I. 1906,
at fare and a third for the round trip,
with return limit of January 3, 1906.
Through train service to New York City.
Boston and other eastern points. No ex-
cess fare. Individual club meals served IN
Nickel Plate dining cars Three through
trains daily from La Sale and Van Buren,
Street station. the only depot in Chicago
on the Elevated Loop.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
cLocKs-Frenser. 18th ana pods'
Ysuns Mutes at po.tomce.

The smaller pupils Of the Nebraska In
stitute for the Deaf and Dumb visited the
postoffice building Tuesday morning In a
body, under charge of their teachers. The
youngsters were shown through the build
ing and gave silent assent TO its general
maSnificence and extent None of them
asked anything about affairs In the mar
shafs once and seemed to be the most
disinterested people In the world regarding
that storm center OF political activity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
Holiday Prices.

Via 1.-THE Northwestern Line"
4 fare round trip. Dec. ed, good 30 days
to points in Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, Ken
lucky, New York, Canada, Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ia fare Dec I'D to 25th and Dec 3Oth &c
JANUARY 1st good until January 18th. to al
system points and TO points in Illinois
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Sab, Chicago and return, Dec. 18th tC
18th. good until Dec. oath
Offices 1i01 Farnam ST., Union Station
Webster Street station.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
Salad forks, EdhoIm, jeweler.
Holiday Rates.

The Erie Railroad the Picturesque Trunk
Line of America, announces special holi-
day rates over Its line from Chicago De-
cember %. %. 25,. 50. 3lst and January 1, to
Columbus o.; Akron, o.; Youngstown, o.
jamestown, N. y; Salamanca, N. Y; Buff
falo. N. Y, and local stations Apply to
your local ticket agent, or j. A. DoIan,
r. p. A.. Railway Exchange Bldg. Chicago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
Announcements of the Tbeaters.

As a special feature of the performance
of In old Kentucky at the Krug theater
tonight there will be a grand dancing con-
test. The I'm Old Kentucky pickaninnies
challenge all Corners and as there are al
ready quite a number of applicants 1t looks
as IL our local dancers intend TO give the
pickannnies run for their money. The
management has provided number of
prizes which will be awarded to the best
dancers who will be picked by judges Sc
lected from the audience. Applications
will be received at the box office until
o'clock today. 80 -r. ~,sa.. -...-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13

Charles Sherman has bought the nsrth-
east corner of Twelfth and Davenport
streets for 5000 from a man named Allison
Of Wheeling, w Va. Allison bought the
OF from Frank Murphy in 1867 and has held
house. The purchase was made through the
Byron Reed company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
BRoocHEs-Frenzer. 18th and podg
Last Chance,

Now is the time to make that trip you
have been figuring on. 1t with be your
last chance this year The Chicago, Mil
waukee a St. Paul railway can offer you
many inducements in the way of low rates
for the holidays and the International
Live stock exposition at Chicago. For full
information regarding dates OF sale, limits,
etc. call at 1874 Fsrnam ST.. or write to
F. A. Nash. general western agent, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
At,.ptionJ Dnnish Association.

All members OF the Danish association
IRE hereby requested TO attend the funeral
Of our late member August Dorm. Funeral
will take place from swanson's undertaking
establishment. corner nth and Cunning
streets at O'Clock p. m. wednesday, De-
eember 10. Interment al Prospect Hill
cemetery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
RAILROAD ARGUMENT DENIED
County Official, Testify to Land Being
Assessed at Full Valus.
VIAL POINT IN THE TAX HEARING
Member of BOARD of Equalization In
Thsyer County Says Land
There Was Assessed at
Actual Value.

Attorney General Norris Brown placed a
number of witnesses on the stand in the
Union Pacific tax ease Tuesday morning to
rebut the testimony offered by the rail-
roads that the assessment of land in Ne
braska was lower than the actual value
of the land. For some time neither side
has paid any attention to the assessment
Of railroad property, the railroad attempt
ing TO show that real estate and mer-
chandise have been assessed too low and
therefore the railroads have had to bear
an unjust burden Of the taxes. 1t is now
the intention of the attorney general to
put on witnesses from each of the counties
in which the railroad has selected wit
nesses to rebut the railroad testimony.
As basis for its operation the railroad
attorneys have secured complete record
OF all the real estate transfers in the coun-
ties through which its line runs and these
records are used In the cross-examinatiun
of witnesses.
s. b. sterrett OF Merrick county. called
by the state to testify as to the value of
lands in that county, proved himself thor
oughly familiar with all the land in that
county. He testified real estate had been
assessed at its full value. He also swore,
as an expert, that the consideration named
in transfer was not good indication of
the value OF property. Because, he said, In
many instances the consideration in the
deed was inflated for various reasons.
, Baldwin Calls on Tracts.
On cross-examination Jonn w. Baldwin
| called off several tracts OF land by descrip-
! ton and asked the witness IL he was famil-
lar with them. In nearly every instance
Sterrett answered in the affirmative and
when asked, readily put price on the prop
erty. His testimony occupied almost al
the morning. Several times he told OF
! transfers that had been made wherein
the selling price was less than the assessed
| value.
II. v. Vandecar of Howard county. called
by the railroad, testified land in his county
had been assessed at about So or 20 per cen
! OF its value.
]. r. Ratcliffe of Merrick county, called
by the state. said land in his county wa
| worth on an average not more than s27.5
| to $50 acre. Count Attorney McQuis
ton of Thayer county, a member of tn
County Board of Equalization. said land il
his county had been assessed a. .s full
value, as did County Clerk James Elliott
At noon the hearing went over until We'd
nesday morning, at which time some NOR
witnesses will come In for the railroa
company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
4. d. q. r.

Funeral of Brother w. ii. Buzbee will
take place today at p. m. from his resi-
dence. 4o2S Charles street. Members OF
Beacon lodge No 20 are expected TO be
present. All Odd Fellows are invited.
A. S. PINTO, Noble Grand.
r. LINDBERG. Secretary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13

VIA WHUdsH fHlIrOdd
to points In. Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky,
Ohio, Ontario Michigan, Pennsylvania,
New York and West Virginia.
Tickets sold December 2s ONLY, good re-
turning thirty days from sale.
For all information call at Wabash City
Ticket Office, 1901 Farnam ST.. or address,
HARRY f. MOORES,
q. A. p. D., Wab r. r.. Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
Erie Railroad.

No change OF cars Chicago to New York.
Boston. Mass; Buffalo, N. Y, and Column
bus, Ohio. These trains carry splendid
Pullman and dining cars and coaches, APP
ply to Ticket Agents or j. A. Dolan. T. p.
A.. Railway Exchange, Chicago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
international Live Sia"N Exposition
CHICAGO DEC Ik-ca lNh

CHICAGO. DEC. Is-cs 1906
For the above occasion the Chicago
Great Western Railway ~.n sell tickets
to Chicago at only one fare, plus 81, for
the round trip. Tickets on sale December
l6 to 10, inclusive. final return limit De-
cenber "a. For full information apply to
g. d. Parkhurst. general agent. 1872 Far
nam street. Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13

We have decided TO continue TO give till
Dec. le, extra portrait In beautiful
Mezzo Portfolio with eaei. doz regular
priced photos from "a up. This offer on the
west side of So. 18th St. only H. Heyn.
Photographer. 3ls to s29 So. 18th st.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13

by a heavy cold or cough. your lungs are
helpless till you cure them with DIR. Kings
New Discovery. SOC and sl.OO. For sale by
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
The Maid or Matrou

of today admircs the sparkling diamond
as much as did her ancestors She wears
IT with as much self satisfaction. You
can make your loved one supremacy happy
by giving her one of our superb diamonds.
Open evenings.
MAWHINNEY & RYAN CO,
Cor. 10th and Douglas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13

Jarrett, was arraigned for preliminary
hearing in police court Tuesday morning
Allen decided to waive the preliminary
hail