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The daily tribune., 1906-12-05
HEAR THE MURDER
TRIAL FRIDAY NIGHT

The PhilamathiAn sooiety Of the
High school will have . nook murder
trial Friday evening In the audito.
rum Of the High school building.
commencing as 7:46 O'Clock. The
socisty has two Of the High school.
. senior and sophomore. mp for trial
When the Elite Comedy company sp.
psarsd In this cisy under tha auspices
Of the High school NovemberSs. shs
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' ..O 10 Isi.stDoqn hof1I on p-'i
a Here it The Grocery
Store that yon 81 lsL Lould
patronize. We carry IN
stock at all times fresh,
wholesome groceries of
every kind and desorip-
ton. We extend to our
patrons every courtesy
possible aod charge fair
prices for everything. We
want to supply your daily
wants.
N. e. LIE MS
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two Hish school students are accused
Of numbering { y ono Of the aosors and
thsy are now on trial for their lives
Four ATTORNEYS represent shs dsfens.
and prosecution and ths "oase" will
Be fought the same ~ II In . court
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I est OR SToLEN-Bay msre, weight 800
IL pounds. Return to l., u, Bowles, at smith
ranch, east of Santa Fo depot. Liberal reward.
1857
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ITO RENT-A hveroomed furnished house. In-
i quire S03 W, First st. 1888
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eoR SALE

EOR sALH DIRT ChEAP-Two tickets on
Santa Fe route to eli her Southeastern Kan
sas, st. cuis, Ind an Territory or Casey, ILL.,
Good for lady and gentleman. limo limit Doc
10. Persous going sast can now make tho trio
with little expense. As the time 10 shcrt they
must be sold quick. Call on Roy Green. 1894
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70 RE NJ

rNO RENT-A four.r Dom unfurnisfed house on
i West Second street. Good cellar and pan
try. Call at this office. 79tf
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LNOR SALE--A full blooded Holstein COW will
T. be fresh In two weeks. Light spring wa
gnn and harness. Inquire ~ this Office. 1850
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
THE DEBATE AS SEEN BY THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-sUN
DENrEANoR SPEAKERS WAS IN SHARP CONTRAST ONE
SHOWED ANGER: THE COMPOSED AND UNRUFFLED

was bitter. In fact, it was too bitter.
Therein lay the greatest handicap I'M
der which Mr.. Smith labored, and
which made him the loser in the open
ing contest of the campaign. He was
too violent in his denunciation.
"The demeanor of the two speakers
was in sharp contrast. Mr.. Smith
showed anger; Mr.. Howell met the
thrusts of his opponent earnestly and
pointedly, but with unrufled compos-
nre. 1t was plainly evident when the
debate began that the majority of the
vast audience were supporters of Mr..
Howell AS his speech progressed
their enthusiasm rose, Mr.. Smith
speech perceptibly increased it, and
Mr.. Howell S closing speech, straight
forward and pointed, aroused it to a
high pitch.
'Mr. Howell's supporters in this
city and section are jubilant over the
result of the joint discussion. 1t has
solidifed and enthused them and con-
firmed them in their belief that Mr..
Howell's campaign from the platform
will be effective and winning"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
SHONTS WANTS TO RESIGN
Head of Panama Canal Commission
Is Already Tired of His lob.
Things Not Going Right.

According to current reports Mr..
ShOnts, president of the Panama Ca
nal commission, is already tired of
his position and wants to resign, and
would resign but for the efforts of the
president to have him hold on to his
job for awhile longer. 1t is probable
the president don't want him to resign
because itwould look badly to have
the.president. of the commission resign,
so soon after the chief engineer of the
undertaking resigned, and also be-
cause of the difficulty of finding a
suitable man to take his place.
1t seems that Mr.. Shonts was not
particularly DESTROYS of accepting the
place when it was offered to him. He
has no great need for the salary of
$780, year. He is rich man, own
ing more than 100000 of the capital
stock of the Clover Leaf railroad, of
which he is president. But according
to story afoat he accepted the posi-
ton to please his wife and daughter,
who are ambitious to have the name
of Shonts go down to posterity con-
nected with the great work, just as
deLesseps' goes down in connection
with the Suez canal.
1t is not known whether or not Mr..
Shonts will hold on to the Office. He
doesn't like the criticisms that have
been heaped upon him by congress,
and he particularly doesn't like the
prospect of an investigation of the ex-
penditure of canal funds, which the
senate is almost sure to order. He
has not been accustomed to criticism,
and it goes hard with him to be told
through the public prints that the
work of the canal is being mismanag-
ed, and that money is being wasted.
OF course he realizes there is room for
criticism, but doubtless he feels he
isn't to blame for the things which
are the subjects of criticism.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
I'm COLON THE DEATH RATE
OF PEOPLE IS TEN PER CENT
City Which Stands at Entrance to Panama Canal Dis
grace to Civilization A fostering City of Slime and
Filth Death Holds High Carnival

COLON, PANAMA. The condition of
this city OF 10000 inhabitants is
a disgrace to civilization. 1t stands
at the entrance to the canal, which, it
is hoped, will be the pride and glory
of American achievement, reproach
to those who have been entrusted with
the fulfllment of that expectation. Its
citizens, long ago promised good and
sanitary surroundings, are kept in in
describable filth in houses barely lift
ed on rotting piles from green, Shiny
water, muck and sewage so deep that
it cannot dry under the blazing trop-
ical sun. There is a wide lagoon of it
a mile long, ever thickly populated.
AS death removes those who yield
to their environment others, attracted
by hope of living by work on the ca
nal, move in to die instead. And
thousands of dollars a month for the
privilege of going through the process
are paid by the victims of American
bad faith and neglect.
Towering pals and wide-spreading
graceful jungle growths hide from
sight the fostering city of the poor.
The houses are tumble-down shacks,
raised from the marshes on posts, of
rough boards, implanted, forlorn,
crowded with negroes and whites, who
may reach them on narrow boards al
so raised from the slime and made to
serve as walks. They may not reach
them if they step off the boards unless
helping hand is near.
A pole was run into the swamp at
several points along the crude walks.
In one place it sank with little press
ure to II feet, and in others it was
pushed still further. Under each house
of hundreds covering the greater part
of Colon pools of green water have
oozed from the soil.
Promise UnfulfIled.
This is the condition the CITY has
been in for one year and half OF ca
nal commission management. When
the United States took over the canal
zone it agreed to put both Colon and
Panama in good sanitary condition.
The promise has been fairly kept as
to the latter city, but Colon is In worse
condition than ever before on account
of it's very much increased popula-
ton, for which absolutely nothing has
been done.
Colon would seem by far the more
important city of the two, so far as
concerns the business of building a
canal across the neck that divides
them. 1t is the Atlantic port to which
must come 90 per cent of all the vast
amount of material to be used in that
construction.
If New Yorker were to take a con-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, one OF
the conservative and solid papers OF
Georgia, says editoriaIly of the de-
bate in that city between Candidates
Smith and Howell:
"Viewed dispassionately and with
out partisan bias the net result of yes
terday's Howell-Smith joint debate
was a distinct and unmistakable trl-
umph for Hon. Clark Howell, both for
the occasion and its bearing upon the
gubernatorial campaign. 1t was Mr..
Howell's first speech of the campaign.
Mr.. Smith has been making campaign
speeches for month. But Mr.. How
eiPs experience upon the platform,
gained very largely in fighting the
battles of democracy, helped to make
him master of the situation. Before
he had spoken many minutes the noise
of the opposition had subsidized, and
the hundreds of voters present listened
with close attention.
"Mr. Smiths speech was skillful
one, and was received with very fire.
uuent applause by his supporters in
the audience. Mr.. Smiths speech
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17

tract to dig canal from that city to
Poughkeepsie he would hardly make
Poughkeepsie the seat of his opera
tions, transact the bulk of his business
there, put there his officers of admin
istration, receive at New York all
supplies, move them over there to
be moved back along the line for dis
tribution, and make Poughkeepsie
sanitary and leave New York unfit to
live in. That is exactly what the ca
nal commission has done, at very
large and avoidable addition to the
cost of the main undertaking.
One of the items is the new and ex-
tensive hospital buildings in Colon to
cut down the death rate of 10 per cent,
or 100 out of every thousand of popu-
lation each year. In Panama it is
about half that. With One-tenth of
the amount expended by the United
States on Panama Colon would be the
healthier place. 1t would be interest
ing to know the real reason why Colon
did not get "a square deal. "
City on Stills.
The city is on stills. 1t would not
be true to say it is built on an island,
for it cannot be built before the island
is drained. In one house there are Il
rooms, six upstairs and six down.
Each is 10x15 feet, and each is occu-
pied by five grown persons. Each of
the sixty persons pays So month, or
rental of $500 month, for house
that would not be allowed to stand in
the worst part of New YORK, which
would be like Central Park in COM
parison to the conditions which sur
round it.
The slime and mire is ten feet deep
off the sidewalk at the door. 1t is al
most as deep even under the better
appearing stores and houses on the
front streets, but is hidden by walks
and floors. The income collected from
these wretched houses, owned by the
United States, is said by the agent to
be more than two thousand dollars a
month.
Commission Responsible.
The canal commission may say 1t
does not receive this death money;
that the ground ~ is owned by the
Panama Railway Company, and will
revert to the republic of Panama at
the end of hundred year lease, which
has about sixty more years to run.
This is begging the question. The
commission and the corporation are
one. The commission is managing all
the property of the corporation for its
purchaser, the United States.
There can be no doubt as to the duty
of the purchaser in the matter. New
York Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
KILLED WIFE WHO HAD CANCER
He Did 1t at Her Request and Is Not
Sorry for 1t.

He Did 1t at Her Request and Is Not
Sorry for 1t.
Advices from Paris say Madame
Condor, who was suffering from can
Ger, was killed recently at, it is said,
her own request by her husband, the
mayor of Dampierre, near Wire, in the
Calvados. The husband used for the
purpose a Ratchet and dispatched his
wife while the servant was away from
the house. The mayor has been
placed under arrest. He declares that
he is not the least sorry for his act, as
it was better that his wife should die,
owing to her fearful condition. NJ.
CandOn bears a high reputation for
probity, and is much esteemed in his
district. 1t is known that Madame
Candon could not recover, but it is
not known whether or not Madame
Candon left a written declaration
stating it to be her wish that her hus-
band should put an end to her suffer
mos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
LIQUOR IN DRY COUNTIES.
A Florida Congressman Introduces a
Bill to StOn It

Congressman Clark of Florida has
introduced bill in congress which,
if it passes, will put stop to "blind
tigers" in the dry counties, and also
give real prohibition in those counties
where the "drys" have won victory.
The heading of the bill reads as fol-
lows:
"A bill to prohibit internal revenue
officers from receiving special tax
from any person, firm or corporation
for the carrying on of the business of
brewer, manufacturer of stills, rec
tifier of distilled spirits, wholesale or
retail dealer in spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors in communities where the
carrying on of such business is pro-
hibited by local laws, and to prescribe
punishment for it's violation. "
AS punishment for every otfense
fine not less than 800 nor more than
1000, or Imprisonment for not less
than six months nor more than two
years, is imposed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
PLAN FOR RUssELEs CAMPAIGN

Judges Friends Hold Caucus While
Smith and Howell Debate.
While Smith and Howell were be-
rating each other Wednesday in Co.
lumdus friends of Judge Dick Russell
were holding an important conference
in Atlanta.
From thirty counties these friends
of Judge Russell quietly gathered in
Atlanta and conferred about the line
of campaign in the gubernatorial con-
test. The meeting was presided over
by Hon w. l. Pike of Jefferson, pres
ident of the Jackson county Russell
club. All the representative from
the thirty counties reported the out
look from their respective sections as
being most favorable to the candidacy
of Judge Russell.
Endorsed Headquarters.
The meeting Endorsed Judge Rus
sell's selection of Macon as headquar-
tiers, agreeing that the central location
and excellent railroad facilities of the
central city gave it unequaled advan-
tages over any place in Georgia for
easy communication with the entire
state.
Judge Russell's platform was APP
proved, and from the practical plans
adopted as well as the enthusiasm dis
played and the large number present,
it is sure that Judge Russell will from
now on have large body of active
workers in his behalf.
"Old Timers" Absent.
One popularity of this Russell meet
ing was that it was composed almost
entirely of thoughtful, solid citizens
from the country, and there was a no.
ticeable absence of the "old timers"
of political circles.
With his campaign plans mapped
out Judge Russell will, from now on,
begin waking things up, and with five
candidates already in the field the
voters are going to have lot of fun in
this year of 1906.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
WEALTH MADE FROM WASTE
How the Big Cities Utilize Their Ashes
and Rubbish. The Yankees Turn
Clever and Useful Tricks.

New York's ashes are no longer
dumped at sea at great cost and with
nothing to show for it. Since Febru-
airy, 1902, they have been carried to
Riker's Island and used to make new
land there. Altogether 1909, 722 cubic
yards have been dumped there, and
83B acres have thus been added to the
city, domain worth nearly one mill
lion dollars. A stone bulkhead is
now being constructed which, when
ashes are placed behind it, will add to
the city los acres. This will receive
the city ashes for four years.
Brooklyn collects its ashes and rub
bish in bins, which are hauled to the
outskirts of the city by electric lines.
About a million cubic yards of mate
rial thus disposed of annually has add
ed in the last two years about eighty
acres to the valuable property of
Brooklyn. Moreover, the lowlands,
the breeding places Of mosquitoes are
being filled, and that pest is disap-
pearing. The most captivating Yam
kee trick of all, however, is the con-
trivance whereby the city's rubbish is
burned in the city, saving the cost of
carrying it out to sea, and the distg-
urement of the beaches by what lnevita-
bly, washed back again, and also
this is the chief beauty of it-doing
useful work in the very process OF
burning. The heat of the burning
rubbish is made to generate electrici-
ty, which lights large stable, some
nearby pier and the great Williams
burg bridge, which would cost $780,
600 year to light in any other way.
The very contractors that haul the
rubbish pay for the privilege, being
allowed to pick from the piles of re-
fuse whatever is suitable. Is not this
very christian process, this redemp-
ton of The waste and rescue of what
was lost?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
ALBANY MAN ARRESTED.
Indicted on the Charge ofSetting Fire
to the Brown House in Macon.

Indicted on the Charge OfSetting Fire
to the Brown House in Macon.
The Bib county grand jury has in
dicted G. w. Smith, white man, on
the charge of trying to burn the Brown
house, in Macon, a few weeks ago.
Smith has not been captured. but his
home is said to be in Albany, Ga. He
was guest at the Brown house the
night before the fire occurred, and one
of the servants reported that she saw
him in the room of another guest who
was on spree. She said she saw him
rifing the pockets of the drunken man.
He was arrested, but was released by
the committing court.
1t was reported to the grand jury
that he made threats to destroy the
Brown house because of his arrest. 1t
was claimed that he was seen in the
unfrequented part of the attic short
time before the fire was discovered,
and that as he went into the street
said he would show 'them" how to
fool with him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
MUST CARRY BOOZE"

Supreme Court Decides Town OF Law
renceviIIe Can't Prohibit 1t.
The supreme court of Georgia has
decided in the case of the Southern
Express company against prominent
wholesale liquor firm of Atlanta,
holding that the latter may compel the
express company to carry liquor Into
Lawrencevilie, Ca, despite the towns
ordinance prohibiting it and imposing
a license of 81, 900 on such carrier
The decision holds, in effect, that
common carrier must carry all goods
it has been accustomed to carry, and
that the town of Lawrenceville had no
authority under its charter to pass an
ordinance imposing special license
for the carrying of liquor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
STATE WINS BIG TAX SUIT.

supreme Court Decides the Central
and the Georgia Must Pay.
BY decision handed down by the
supreme court the state of Georgia
WINS it suits against the Georgia
railroad and Banking Company and
the Central Railway and Banking
Company of Georgia for taxes on the
$4,000 shares held by each in the
stock Of the Western Railway of Ala
bama.
In the case of the Georgia Railway
.ne court placed the statute of limita
tllon' determining that taxes could not
Ge collected further back than 1895, or
5 5lE seven years. This means about
iI.oo0O to the state from this road,
oesIoes the amounts counties and
municipalities may collect from it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17

Ihe girls of Bayonne, N. j., have
real grievance against the retail
sFocers' association OF that town, and
VI, thatwih arouse general sympathy.
me employing grocers allege that the
SIulIeS of the girls take the attention
VI 'helr clerks away from the scales,
'7 9ulung in the clerks giving seven
'een' eighteen or nineteen ounces for
. bound when only sixteen are called
lo' by the avoirdupois table. This
consideration led the grocers at a re-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
WAS NOT SO FUNNY, AFTER ALL
A Practical Joker Got a Load of Buck
shot for His Folly.

A PracClCaR joker NTOG d lIOdu VI DUN
shot for His Folly.
There is no sympathy deserved by
the fool practical joker when he pays
a severe penalty for his folly. The
practical Joke is a relic of barbarism,
and it seems that there is good deal
of the barbarian yet in number of
people, who imagine that it is funny to
brighten or give pain to others ''just
as a Joke" Near Reading, Pa, the
other night two practical jokers, aged
10 and % years, dressed themselves as
tramps and went to a neighbours house
after the family had retired, intending
to ''have some fun" There had re-
Gently been a number of robberies in
fine neighborhood. The jokers made
muf1ed noises at the doors and win
dows as if they we're trying to break
in. All the while they were laughing
under their breath, thinking how
frightened the neighbor must be. Their
suppressed mirth was suddenly hush
ed. however, when two loads of buck
shot came crashing through the door
nanel. One of the jOkers was killed
and the other was fatally wounded.
No blame can attach to the house
holder. He was perfectly justified in
firing upon the supposed robbers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
crnR DE DEAF WOMEN.

one of the most curious clubs on rec
ord has recently been formed by soci-
ETY. women in Berlin, says the Chicago
Tribune. The principal condition of
membership is that the applicant must
be deaf. The club has over a hundred
members, who meet once a week IN
handsomely furnished rooms In the VIII
helm strasse, where they converse by
means Of ear trumpets and sign Ian.
guage and drink tea.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
MUST SWEAR OFF FROM sWEETHEARTs

cent meeting to adopt resolution to
require all of their clerks to take an
oath of celibacy during their employ
ment as sugar and candy weighers. 1t
chances that the girls of Bayonne are
pretty and the clerks are susceptible,
hut if the clerks must swear off from
sweethearts then of course the girls
are placed at disadvantage. There
are rumors of boycott or other
means of getting even with the stony
hearted grocerymen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

One of Largest Cattle Companies in
World Winding Up Its Affairs.
1t is reported from Omaha, Ne
braska, that as direct result of the
action of the government in ordering
the removal of fences from the public
domain and indicting cattlemen for
illegal fencing the Standard Cattle
Company, the largest cattle company
in Nebraska, and one of the largest in
the world, will wind up its affairs.
The company has operated in Ne
braska, Wyoming, Montana, Texas
and Indian Territory, and has done
an enormous business. r. M. Allen,
its manager, was recently indicted by
the federal grand jury for alleged
illegal fencing of public lands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
MILLIONS STARVING IN JAPAN.
There Is Great Suffering in Part of
the Sunrise Kingdom,


the Sunrise Kingdom,
Upwards of a million people in
northern Japan are reported to be on
the verge of starvation, owing to a
failure of crops. If that is true, then
it becomes apparent that Japan need
ed peace as result of the Portsmouth
conference, and needed it badly. The
famine is said to be the worst in sixty
wears. Government aid will have to
be given the sufferers. There is said
to be local famine in some parts of
Russia also, in addition to the pretty
general rioting. What would have
been the condition of the two countries
had they continued fighting for anoth-
err wear?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17

COLUMBUS, GA, Jan. 1O.-Although
the house is packed against him,
Smith is electrifying the audience by
his terrible drives against Howell, his
party and platform. Conservative
men here say that Smiths address
will 90 down in history with those OF
Toombs and Hill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17

COLUMBUS, GA, Jan. IO.--HoWeil
opening was a masterpiece. He at
tackled Smiths record and predicted
gloomy times if Smith was elected.
Howell made a great impression and
it is not believed that even Smith can
answer him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-17
PAY YOUR MONEY AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE

which out from Columbus on e
day of the Clark Howell and Hon. Hoke Smith
other; there's for him. no
dispatches
H"'0A FOR THE