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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
OFFERS A BILL TO TAKE LIFE
Provides That When 1t Appears a
Person Cannot Recover from
Illness Death Can Be Inflicted.

ga bill for an act requiring physi-
clans to fake human life'' is the title
of a measure which has been intro
duced in the Iowa assembly by Rep
resentative Gregory, practicing
physician. No sooner had the read
ing clerk announced the title than
every member was looking at his
neighbor in mute inquiry as to wheth-
er he had heard Alright.
By terms of the Gregory bill any
person of sound mind over 10 years
of age, enduring great physical pain,
and believing death inevitable, may
call upon a physician to take his life
by artificial means. 1t then becomes
the compulsory duty of such physi-
clan to summon two other reputable
physicians and the county coroner
into consultation. If they agree that
death is inevitable, or prolOngation
of life would be attended by extreme
pain, they shall then apprise the next
of kin or guardian, and upon the lat
ter indorsing the patients request
they are required to administer some
anaesthetic to the patient until life is
extinct. Verified reports must then
be made to the state board of health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21

1t seems strange indeed that this
plant which was created in the begin
ming of the world should possess all
those virtues necessary to overcome
modern diseases-disease which seem
to be due entirely to modern condi-
tons. But this is only another illus
tration of the divine wisdom of ma
ture and the wonderful power of ma
I lures law.
So great is the marvellous healing
power of the juices of this plant over
all diseases of women that it would
appear that it grew especially for this
purpose. Doctors and medicines
have never been able to meet with
great success in relieving these dis
cases-which are found in three
fourths of our families, and which an
nually destroy the happiness OF thou
sands of homes.
At a great deal of trouble and ex-
pense Col. Dillingham; has succeeded
in obtaining quantity of the roots
of this remarkable plant of which
Plant Juice is prepared, combined
with IA other healing roots and herbs.
This remedy mas been tested in al
most all known diseases with remark
able results. Even doctors admit its
wonderful power. A physician who
tried it on one of his patients says:
"To give an idea of its virtues l
will report case which is sufficient
to convince the most skeptical Mrs. G.
w. Herring of brownsville, Ca, aged
81 years, was suffering from salt rheum
and erysipelas of thirty years stand
ing. Limbs to the knees and arms to
the elbows were covered with erup-
tions, interrupted by deep assures.
Appetite poor, bowels so constipated
as to necessitate from twenty TO forty
pills to produce an action. AS she
had exhausted the pharmacopeia (all
known remedies) in vain, / had little
hope of relieving her and certainly
had no idea of a cure.
However, / placed her on Dilling-
hams Plant Juice, giving her three
doses per day. In two weeks the
eruptions had entirely disappeared
from her limbs, the appetite was good
and the bowels regular. The remedy
has now been discontinued for some
time, and the patient is we'll for the
first time in thirty years.
Il have used Dillingham; Plant
Juice in scrofula with happy results,
enlarged glands disappearing readily
under its use.
Plant Juice is for sale by Bell Bros.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
MEN AND WOMEN DRINK IT
STRANGE HEALING POWER OF A
GREAT AUSTRALIAN PLANT.
Doctors, Chemists, Drugs, Christian
Science and All the Healing
Arts of Man Outdone.

Not since the tabled myth of olden
times, when the aged and decrepit man
drank the healing waters of the tabled
Fountain of Youth and was restored
to health and made young again, has
anything transpired in the line OF
healing marvels so wonderful, so truly
fascinating as the almost supernatur-
al power over disease possessed by
the remarkable juices of a strange
plant of Australia.
1t is said that those who once par
take of the virtues of this wonderful
life-giving plant not only experience
remarkable results In the cure of
their diseases, but that it gives them
such wonderful vitality and mental
power that they often continue the use
of its juices after they are completely
cured. Its continued use, no matter
for how long, seems to produce no I'M
pleasant consequences. 1t is absolute
" non-poisonous, and may be taken
in almost any reasonable quantity.
Those suffering from neuralgia of
the stomach, gastric catarrh, severe
headaches, indigestion and similar
disorders, may often be relieved by
drinking a single dose OF its marvel
Gus juices, while those suffering from
kidney, liver and lung trouble, heart
disease, paralysis and other danger
Gus ailments may find in its strange
virtues a wonderful Mecca of health
in an incredibly short space of time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
TAKEN FROM BIKE AND EAT Ten
THE SAD FATE THAT OVERLOOK
A DOCTOR IN NIGERIA.
CannibaIs Kept Parts of His Wheel
as Trinkets. A Strange MIngIing
of Civilizations.

Reports received from southern
Nigeria give an account of the murder
by natives of one of the British officers
of the protectorate. 1t appears that
DR.. Stewart, medical officer at
Owerri, was bicycling along the road
near the station, and losing his way
went on into what was really an I'M
friendly country. At any rate, for
two or three days no news of his
whereabouts could be received until
at last friendly native came in with
the information that DR.. Stewart had
been caught by the Ahrias, a power
full race who occupy most of the
hinterland. 1t seems like strange
mingling of civilizations, but the re-
ports are to the effect that the man
was captured while he was riding
bicycle and eaten by cannibals, his
wheel being broken and made over in
to trinkets, which we're worn by the
chiefs at the feast.
The melancholy news cast gloom
over the entire protectorate, where
DR.. Stewart was well-known and re-
spected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
BLIND SNAKE OF SAN FELIPE
AN ADVENTURE IN THE HINTER-
LAND OF MEXICO.

Man Was Thrown into a Cell in
Which There Was Blind Rattle
snake and He Made His Escape.
Throw him into the rear cell, "
commanded the officer of the ragged,
villainous patrol that had caught me.
It was in the province of Oaxaca, well
back among the mountains and be-
fore Mexico was as peaceful and quiet
as it is now.
The men who had roped me of my
horse and taken me prisoner were os-
tensibly military, but in reality they
were bandits. They pretended that
my passports were irregular. What
they were really after was to take
away my equipment and what money L
had and then to keep me in a cell till
should be glad enough to let them
keep all my property in return for
liberty.
The cell was miserable little den
IN tumble-down abode house. Had
been free to move about l could
nave broken out in a very short time.
But my captors had reckoned on that.
They had tied my arms and also my
legs, so that I was forced to remain
IN sitting position. Every time l
arose it was only to fall down again
after taking a few tottering steps So
soon thought better of it and finally
lay down to sleep.
What awakened me I do not know.
1t might have been a noise or it may
nave been an insect. At any rate, L
aWoke with the strong impression that
was not alone in the cell was lay
ing on my side and the sunlight was
shining on the floor just beyond my
lace Ny eyes naturally wandered
there first and my heart jumped hard
at What they saw. Not five feet away
from my head lay a huge fat rattle
snake, DlOated and nauseating.
l .erked my head back instinctively
and at the motion the snake moved
TOO. It's evil wrinkled body writhed
and swelled and its horrible head
arose and turned in my direction.
Then I saw that the big RATHER was
blind.
1t had shed its skin recently and the
INN white membrane that forms over
the eyes of these ssrpents at such
tunes had not yet come away.
Ny first impulse was, of course. 70
struggle to my feet and get as far
away as I could. But the moment 1
scrambled to an upright posture 1 fell
iLeaoIong again. partly because my
-egs were tied both above and below
"y knees and partly because the tight
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21

The officers of the steamer Sierra,
which has arrived from Sydney, N. s..
w, via Samoa, reports that the erup-
ton of the volcano on the island of
Savaii, of the Samoan group, contin-
ues on a large scale.
Three villages have been completely
destroyed, including Malaeola, where
was located the finest cocoa planta-
ton on the island.
The residences of A. King and G.
Barleley have been reduced to ruins
and are a total loss. The lava from
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21

bonds had stopped the circulation OF
the blood so much that both legs were
quite numb.
And when 1 fell, 1 fell in such a
way that nearly landed on top OF
the serpent
SO I did not try to rise again. got
to my knees and thus, on elbows and
knees, I scrambled away from the
blind snake as swiftly as I could.
could not go far, for the cell was not
more than ten feet long and less than
seven feet deep. In hustling away in
my clumsy position 1 kicked the rat
tier with my heavy riding boot and
this frightened the snake. With head
erect. tongue going in and out busily,
and rattles whirring it glided slowly
after me.
If it had not been blind would not
be writing this story. The cell would
have been far too small for me to
evade the snake had it been able to
see. even if | had been free to move.
AS it was I barely managed to es-
cape being struck time and time again,
for blind though the rattler was its
other senses were keen enough and it
could move like lightning, whereas l
with my numbed, fettered limbs could
only crawld clumsily.
am not ashamed to say that l
shouted Justify for help. At last the
face of one of the bandit-patrol peer
ed through the small window.
To my horror, instead of moving to
give me aid he looked down on me
calmly and then said with grin:
"Senor is doing very well. But the
senior will get. tired soon and-then-"
With these words he rolled a cigar
cite and disappeared.
Truly was getting tired-terribly
tired. And knew that before long l
would be unable to scramble out of
the way quickly enough and in that
moment the tireless serpent would
strike.
1 happend to be in corner at last
and the snake was gliding diagonally
across the cell toward me. I lay
quite still for moment to get as
much strength as possible before be-
gining the awful race again. Just
then something rustled in the rubbish
in q corner and out popped a rat.
Quick as 1 could 1 rolled over the
Mace where it had entered, in the hope
that the frightened thing might race
sround the cell looking for exit and
Thus furnish a victim to the angry
snake.
found its hole blocked it darted
around in sudden panic. In so doing
Il touched the RATHER, and quick as a
wink the snake struck at it. The rat,
frigbtened in true rat rage, sprang at
the blind snake and fastened its sharp
teeth in the snakes head, sinking one
of the teeth into an eye. The snake
TbinDed around the cell like living
cvcione, but the rat held tight and in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
VOLCANO BOILING FORTH ON A PACIFIC ISLE
Devastating Spectacle Reported from Samoan Island
Huge Volume of Lava Flowing into Ocean and
Causing Water to Boil for Miles Around.

the volcano is flowing into the ocean
n stream three quart ers of a mile
wide and twenty feet deep at the rate
of twenty feet an hour. At night a
solid wall of molten lava five miles
long can be seen reaching far out into
the sea.
For a distance the sea water is boil
ing and the surf breaking over the
fiery stream. The government recently
chartered the steamer Maori to re-
move women and children from the
zone of danger.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21

a few minutes the two lay quite still,
both dying.
AS for me, fell fat on the floor
when the danger was over and went
into a stupor from which l did not
awake till a light shone into my face
and kind hands united ne.
A force of real government regulars
had come in, under the command of
man whom 1 had met in Mexico City,
and he had recognized my horse in the
possession of one Of my captOrs, with
the result that he soon found me.
But it took a week of rest to help
me recover from those few hours in
an Oaxaca cell.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21

Use is being made Of motor trains In
the German army for the moving Of
targets to be used for artillery shoot
ing exercises. Such targets should al
low Of variety OF movements initial
ing the operations Of q real enemy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21

A severe cold that may develop into
pneumonia over night can be cured
quickly by taking Foley's Honey and
Tar. 1t will cure the most obstinate
hacking cough and strengthens your
lungs. The genuine is in yellow
package. Sold by Hendricks Drug
Store, Dawson, and H. A. Wall,
BronWood, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
Has stood the ed 3 Years

The old, original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you are
taking. It is iron and quinine in 3
tasteless form. No cure, NJ pay. Soc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-21
Weak
Hearts

Are due to Indigestion, Nlnsiy-nine Of every
one hundred people who have heart troubls
can remember when II was simple Indigss-
lion. II Is scientific fact that all cases Of
heart disease, not organic, are not only.
trzesAbls to, but are the direct result Of indi-
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which falls Of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach. putting Il up against tbs
heart. This lnteFfsres with the action Of
the heart. and In the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr.. D. Kaubls. Of Nevada. D says: bad stomach
trouble and was IN bad state as had heart tronbtS
with It. took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about soug
months and Il cured me.
Kodcl Digesfs What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
sotties ouly 500 Size holding ~ times the tEisB
sizs. which sells for Soc
Prepared b. E. Q. DsWlTT q COS oaloA0os.
Sold by Dawson Drug Co.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
Filed Against Esther Mitchell
And MIS-. Creffie|d
SEATTLE PEOPLE AROUSED
Demand Summary Punishment
of Murderers That Epidemic
of Crime May Be Stopped

SEATTLE, Wash, July 1.-THE
charge of murder in the first degree
was placed against Esther Mitchell,
slayer of her brother George, and
against Mrs. Creffield, widow of the
Holy Roller who instigated the crime,
today The epidemic of murder here
following the killing of Creffield has
caused a cry for summary punishment
to put an end to such crimes. A public
subscription is being taken to send the
Mitchell boys to their destitute home in
Oregon. The father and Esther say the
girl is not to blame but that she is still
under the hypnotic influence of Cref-
field, which began three years ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
THEY NAY oVERDRAW IF NECESSARY
Attorney General Says County Com
Commissioners Can Use Credit to
Repair the Roads.

In q letter to r. 8. Hayward, coun-
ty auditor Of Kitsap county, Attorney
General Atkinson says: Il have to
advise you that there seems to be
nothing contained in the laws of this
state which would justify an opinion
that the county commissioners or the
county auditor ou the order Of the
commissioners, cannot overdraw the
funds of a district road and bridge
fund when there would seem to be
necessity or urgent cause for so doing.
at would seem to be considered tnat
warrants actually drawn or issued on
q road district fund should not and
would not be illegal, though the money
of the fund were exhausted and all OF
II levied for the present year hao
been paid out. When indorsed by the
oo,,ntv treasurer as mot paid for lack
of funds" such warrants would draw
interest from the date of presentation
as in case of school warrants.
"However, on general principles
,,,,ass there is an extremely urgent
necessity for overdrawing such 1unos
:. 10 to he considered advisable that
county commissioners do not overdraW
the funds on hand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
TRY TO FREE PERJuRER B|GG|Ns
Friends at North Yakima Circulate Pc
tition for Pardon of Convict
In Penitentiary.

A petition for the pardon of William
biggins, a convict serving a five-year
Term in the penitentiary for perjury
Is being circulated at North Yakima
and will be presented to Governor
Mead within a few weeks. Biggns
s"ore falsely while giving testimony
IN the Boyd murder trial at Yakima
Year ago. 1t was his testimony that en-
aoLed the defense to prove to the sat-
1Slaction of the jury an alibi for Boyd.
only the friends Of Boyd pretended to
believe that Biggins had told the truth.
After the trial was over and Boyd
was ocquitted, Biggins let it out that
Ne mad lied, and said that he did 1t
0"'y because the parents of the accused
Souhg man had been so persistent In
"Ielr pleading that he was not able to
'e'uSe them. He always mentioned that
"e was not paid for testifying falsely.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
TX. H|T1 ElPlMnsGoM1RoVERsY
Says He Holds Warranty Deed for His
Land Which o. r. 4 N. Wants
to Fence Up.

A lively legal tilt is likely to result
between property owners west of Walla
Walla and the o. R. & N. over the ac-
ton of the railroad company In at
tempting yesterday to fence up lands
claimed by residents along the o. K.
& n. Wallula branch. T. K. Isitt one OF
the property owners who stopped the
o. r. & N. crew from fencing up his
place called at the Statesman office
this afternoon and stated that the
warranty deed he holds from the gov
ernment for his place in no way recog-
nizes an o. r. & n. right Of way over
the land.
e own eight acres Of the p acres
abandoned as a part Of the military re-
serve and sold by the government two
years ago." Mr.. Isitt said. There Is
nothing in my deed that shows that the
O. r. & N. has a right Of way through
the land and naturally 1 stopped the
crew from fencing up my place. "nen
the land was sold it was divided into
lots. The o. r. & N. bought lot 8, but
later sold it after reserving 200-foot
right of way. This right Of way how
ever does not extend through my land
or that of some Of my neighbors. All
know about the matter is tnat tne
section foreman said he had been or
dered TO build a fence on the lines
and started on the work..
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
.HAD BATTLE WITH HoRsETH|tvEs
Deputy Sheriffs Have Strenuous Time
Near North Yakima-One Thief
Was Shot Down.

NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, July IA
A sheriff's posse, headed by Deputy
Sheriffs John Edwards and Joe Lig-
gstt, of this city, two Indians Of the
reservation and a white man named
Lindsey, ran down two horsethieves
near Zillah Thursday night and shot
one of them.The wounded man is now
in the hospital, and is not expected to
live. He refuses to give his name, al
though he is believed to be George
Diamond, whom the sheriff has been
looking for several days. The other
man got away, and no trace Of him
can be found. 1t is believed by Sheriff
Grant that the Diamond boy got away
and the man who was shot was his
pal. They had stolen four horses from
a man named Perrin on the reserva-
ton, and were making away with them
across the country. The sheriff was
nOtIucu duu uc SCIll Jul his POSoS
Immediately They ran across the two
men camping on the banks Of the
Sunnyside canal, near the Zirkle
place, back of Zillah. The posse called
on the two men to surrender, but they
jumped on their horses and started to
run.
The posse fired at them and the
thieves both returned the fire. Seven
shots were fired on each side, while
the horsethieves were fleeing at high
speed away from the posse. Finally
one shot took effect in the head of
one of the thieves. The shooting oc-
| Cured Thursday evening just at dusk
The wounded man was taken in charge
by one of the posse and the escaped
thief was pursued all night, but he
was lost in the hills.
| The Diamond boys have been max
| ing themselves notorious in Yakima
for the past year by their stealing es-
| capades, a number of horsestealine
| cases being charged against them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
JOE RAMSEY
GETTING EVEN
Tesdfies Against Gou|ds in
Terminal Trust Case
TELLS OF INNER WORKINGS
Says Combine Had Control of
Bridges and Ferries Leading
Into St. Louis
TELLS OF INNER WORKINGS

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 14.-Joseph
Ramsey, Jr, former president of the
Wabash railroad and former general
secretary of the terminal association,
struck the Goulds who ousted him a
few months ago, terrific blow this
morning when he appeared as the fed
eral governments star witness in the
suit to dissolve the terminal associa-
ton as a trust. Ramsey swOre that a
combine formed the terminal and ac-
quired Merchants bridge and Wig
gins ferry to control rates and regu-
late business. He said Virgins fer
ry was purchased to stifle competition.
that the Alton bridge was bought and
abandoned to close all entrances to the
city except by the combines gates.
He said seven lines were involved be-
sides the Gould lines. q.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
Now Yeun Company Organized in
Wa||a Ma||a With $4,000
Prominent LOCAL CHINESE ARE N It
NEW COMPANY WILL ENGAGE IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND
SHIPPING BUSINESS.

Charles Gee Ong, Seid Mong and
Ong See Yook, three prominent men,
bers of Walla Walla's Chinese colony
filed with Auditor Honeycutt today ar
ticles Of incorporation Of the Nov
Yeun company The Now Yeun COM
pany is capitalized at $4,000 and will
carry on a general merchandise and
shipping business with Walla Walla
as headquarters. The three incorpOra-
tors will serve as a board of directors
for the first six months to carry on the
business.
1t is understood the company was
formed for the purpose of handling a
portion of the produce raised by Chi
nese gardeners and now being shipped
by other commission firms, and be-
sides engaging in the general mer-
chandise business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-14
HARTMAN WINS FROM HILL
Judge M'Credie Cited 10 Certify
The ReCor(s
COURT WILL CONSIDER IN OCTOBER
HARTMAN MAY GET BACK POS.
SESSION CT LANDS ON THE
NORTH BANK.
COURT WILL CONSIDER N OCTOBER

Hartman won a north bank right
Of way case from the Hill interests in
the supreme court when after an ar
gument OF attorneys representing the
rival roads, the supreme court issued
a writ of review citing Superior Judge
McCredie, of Clark county to certify
the records here in the condemnation
suit of the Portland & Seattle road to
secure a right of way now held by
the Columbia River Valley road.
The supreme court will consider the
records October s, when it will de-
eide the case finally. The action really
involves all of the Columbia roads
right of way in Clark, Skamania and
Klickitat counties which conflicts with
the surveyed route of the Hill north
bank road.
Should the supreme court finally
decide in October that the Columbia
road really intended to hold the land
for railroad purposes and not solely to
block the Hill lines, which latter opln-
ion was Mercedes holding, then Har-
riman will get back possession OF the
lands that McCred;e gave possession
of to the Hill forces, and as Hill is
building right along. the line may be
completed there before the decision
handed down In October, and Harri-
man would, Of course, get all the I'M
provements made in the interim.