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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
THE MINE DISASTER AWFUL
1T is ONE OF THE MOST DREAD
FUL ON RECORD.
IL VIII BE Several Days Before the
Last Room Is Opened and the
Exact Number known.

PITTSBURG, Pa.-Although no
one entertains the slightest hone
that any one Of the 1873 or more men
who We're entombed in the Rachel
and Agnes twin mines of the Pitts
bug-Buffalo Coal Company at Mari
anna, Pa, by explosion is still Iiv-
,hs' the work of searching the vari-
Gus workings is being prosecuted
with the greatest possible energy
ana without regard to expense.
Despite all the efforts of the com
pany and Of the mining experts on
the scene, the work is slow becausn
OF gas and other dangers, and il will
III an probability, be several DAYS he
lofe the last room is opened and the
last ADDITION made to the death list
FIty-tWo bodies were brought to
the surface Saturday and Sunday
Many OF the bodies have not been
Identified because Of the burns or
other mutations, and it NAV he
some OF them never will be positively
recognized. 1t was one OF the worst
NINE disasters on record. Many bod
les are horribly mutilated.
conditions about the mouth of the
mine were disagreeable Sunday. A
drilling rain fell and the weather
was cold. Many relatives of the vic
tins stood all day close to the roDes
around the shaft, but there were few
of the narrowing scenes usually as
ISOLATED with mine explosion. Most
OF the relatives are English-sDeakinp
people. 1t is estimated that one.
fourth OF the victims are Americans.
AT short intervals new men were
sent into the mine to relieve others
searching for the dead
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
TWO CONTINENTS AND CUPID FOOLED

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secret service officers decided to
send it to New York.
One of them took the gem to the
metropolis, and ran the gauntlet of
reporters, reaching from the Cort-
land street ferry to Bowling Green.
The result of the investigation by
the New York authorities has lust
become known here through the Cos
sip OF the secret service people. The
pasteboard box was taken before the
New York experts, and-while the
entire continent waited with bated
breath-those wise gentlemen de-
cided-
Gem Worth Nine Cents.
That the alleged betrothal Gift of
Luigi Amede Joseph Ferdinand
Francois, Due de Abruzzes, fourth in
line of succession to the throne of
Italy to Miss Katherine EIkins. of
EIklns, w. Va, was a plain gold
ring, unusually broad, evidencing
considerable wear and containing a
setting of just plain, ordinary, every
day red glass worth about nine
cents or less, the whole subject to a
duty OF $4.36 under the laws of ap-
praisement
The pastebOard box and its contents
were returned to the worthy post
master and finally transferred to a
servant of the Elkins family, who
called for it with a check for S4.36.
Now, there is no doubt of these
facts. Also is the conclusion of the
customs authorities logical that His
Royal Highness the Duke of the Abb
ruzzi did not send so cheap be-
trothal gift to Miss Elkins in so
churIish manner. So that puts it
up to some practical joker.
But there is a dark and disturb
ing suggestion that the secret ser.
vice men have coined out oil the
minds. 1t is that the Duke of the
Abruzzi did send a $4,000 ruby ring
to Miss Elkins, and that the real
ruby was distracted and the nine
cents worth of red glass substituted
for it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
FEUD ENDED BY MARRIAGE
FIGHTER HATFIELD RETURNS TO
VISIT SCENE OF BATTLES.
After Nineteen Years Son Returns to
See Dying Father. Were Lead
ers of War. Their Love
Put All to ROut.

A Richmond dispatch says Devil
Anse" Hatfield the noted feudlst, is
once again in the mountains of West
Virginia, after an absence of years.
Nineteen years ago James Hatfield,
Jr., better known as Devil Anse, 3"
recognized throughout the noun
tains of West Virginia and Kentucky
as one of the quickest and surest
shots in the Hatfield tribe, and man
whose rifle had more than once laid
low one of the McCovs sick of the
bloody feud then raging, left the hills
of West Virginia for the rolling
plains of Minnesota.
Since leaving his native state
Devil Anse' has developed into a
peaceable citizen. He is we'll known
and highly respected in the commu-
nifty in which he lives. Few in that
section are aware of his past life,
or of the exploits of himself and his
kinsmen in their family welfare.
The younger Hatfield is a sturdy pic
ture of American manhood. He is
one of the most unassuming of men.
His voice is as soft as that of any
girl.
The man, now in West Virginia
for the first time in nineteen years,
is on a visit to his father, Captain
Hatfield, leader of the Hatfield clan.
who is 80 years of age and very
feeble 1t was for the purpose of
seeing his sire once again before he
died that Devil Anse" determined
to come east. After spending some
time at his old home it is the pur-
pose of Devil Anse" to return to the
wheat fields. West Virginia no
longer feels like home to me-" he
says.
John Mccoy was the head of the
Mccoy family, Of which there were
fifteen children, only one surviving.
Captain Hatfield was the father of
thirteen children, of which number
eleven were killed, the only two sur
viving being Devil Anse" and girl.
The Mccoy who survived, and the
pretty Hatfield maiden, the only
daughter of old Captain Hatfield
were about the same age. One day
they met on mountain trail IT
was case of love at first sight One
day the little community in the hills
was startled to learn that the two
had eloped, and that they had been
married by a mountain preacher.
1t was thus that the feud ended
The couple are happy and content
ed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Foley's Orino Laxative cures
chronic constipation and stimulates
the liver. Orino regulates tba how
.els SO they will act naturally and
you do not have to take purgatiyes
continuously. Dawson Drug Co. and
Peoples Drug Store. ''''U
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
MADDOX SIDE BURNT THE COIN.
Independent Candidate Spent Any
where From $25, goo to 100000.

where From $50, eco to 100000.
In the Atlanta mayoralty contest
R. f. Maddox defeated J. G. Wood
ward, the democratic nominee.
An Atlanta dispatch says there is
no doubt of large amount of the
coin of the realm having been en-
ployed by the Independents. 1t is
reported to have cost anywhere from
$25, 600 to 100000.
The negroes voted almost solidly
for Maddox. Only a few stood by
Woodward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
By the "Abruzzi" Ring Which
Was Semitic Miss EIkinS.
JOKER SENT 1T FROM ITALY

Supposed $1,000 Gift From Duke
Marked Down to $11.75. Ruby Is
Glass One, Worth About Nine
Cents. Appraisement by Experts
for Customs Service Disclosed the
Cruel Hoax.
NEW YORK; Pittsburg dis
patch to The World says: 1t wasn't
a $4,000 ruby engagement ring and
it wasn't sent by the Duke of the
Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins.
At least, if it was sent by the duke
he is very ungallant, though royal,
jokesmith
True, the Elkinses have the ring.
They sent in exchange a check for
$4,36, representing the governments
interest in the ring.
The solution of the mystery sur
rounding the ring, which has a value
of $11.75, which some person at
Turin, Italy, Enclosed in a cheap two
by-fOur inch pasteDOard box and adj
dressed to Miss Elkins, in West Vir-
ginia, is obtained by rhe World COR
respondent from source that leaves
no doubt of its authenticity
The pasteboard box, with its trou-
ble-making contents, was dropped
into the postoffice at Turin on Oct
18th. 1t was ornamented with 10
cents worth of Italian stamps
Postmaster Was Inquisitive.
Miss Elkins would nave undoubt-
eddy received the pasteboard box
though few dukes sending a priceless
gem to lady love would employ so
plebeian receptacle-if the post
master at Elkins, w. Va, L. s. A..
had not been suspicious of it, So,
instead Of delivering the box to Miss
-Elkins the postmaster, prying into
1t, which was his right under the
law, uncovered the gem. His d.scov-
cry was chronicled in the newspapers
and properly credited.
The pOstmaster's next move was
to hurry to Pittsburg with his price
less 90 treasure and bother the Gus
toms folks and the secret service
officials about the matter instead of
taking the $11.75 trinket to a Smith
field street jeWeler, who could have
told them its value without the aid
of acid, the Pittsburg customs and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Tnfnk Lightly OF Ir.

Tho road TO home happiness is SAID
TO lie over snall stepping stones. So
small sometimes are the causes of our,
unhappiness that we wonder the conse-
quences can be 80 great. One great
palliative is the determination by
every member of tn, family not TO
dwell! on the circumstances, whatever
they may be, which are alike sad to
all. IF II be poverty let 1t be cheer
fully and silently borne; If it be the
III temper of grandpa try to make .
joke Of 1t. If it be something infinits-
~ worse and also hopeless accept it
bravely; do not talk of it. Try in the
family circle to ignore 1t. Accept every
little enliyening circumstance. Let in
all the sun ana air. Work on cheerily
and hopefully, knowing that there Is
the ray of sunshine somewhere that
has only to he looked for to be found.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Imagine the Eject.

| "I'll never forget" the retired actor
was saying, "a little job the other mem
bers of the company put up on me when
was young and green. One evening
while we were playing in Minneapolis a
fellow came rushing in behind the scenes
and handed the old man a scrap Of pa
per with something hastily scrawled on 1t.
The old man glanced it over and passed
It t. me.
"'You're the only one in citizens cos
tune he said. You'll have to go before
the curtain and read this
II took it, stepped out in front, and
said: *
"'I am requested to ask II there is a
nan Of the name of Olson in the audi
ence. His house is on fire."
What happened ii,n? asked one Of
The listeners.
1--WE had to suspend the play for fif-
teen minutes" said the retired actor,
while 500 maddened men were fighting
heir way toward the exits. Chicago
Tribune.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
FOUND A WAY

TO BE Clear of the Coffee Troubles.
Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit and finally his stomach and
kidneys got in sush a bad condition
that he was compelled to give up a
good position that he had held for
years. He was too sick to work. His
skin was yellow, and hardly think
there was an organ in his body that
was not affected.
II told him I felt sure his sickness
was due to coffee and after some dis
cussion he decided to give it up.
1T was a struggle because Of the
powerful habit One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try it
and then it was easy to leave off coffee
His fearful headaches grew less fire.
quent, his complexion began to clear.
kidneys grew better until at last he
was new man altogether, as a result
Of leaving off coffee aud taking up
Postum. Then ! began TO drink 1t too.
although / was never as bad OFF rs
my husband, was always very nervous
only weighing o. lbs. before began
to use Postum. Now | weigh 1l5 lbs.
and can do rs much work as anyone my
size, l think.
"Many do not use Postum because
they have not taken the trouble to
make 1t right. have successfully fooled
a great many persons who have drank
it at my table. They would remark.
You must buy high grade OF coffee
One young man who clerked In q gro
Gerry store was very enthusiastic about
my coffee When ! told him what II
was, he said, why. I've sold Postum
for four Years. but ! had 10 idea II
was like this. Think I'll drink Postum
hereafter" # .-,
! Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read ''rhe Road to Well
vills," In pkgs There's q Reason"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
BLIZZARD AND ITa CRADLE.
cearsOme Frozen Hurricane Which
C0Inex frnnn ncflc Rnsrinnn

cears0me Frozen Hurricane Which
Comes from Arctic Regions.
In the newspaper accounts OF bliz-
cards you read of a man found dead
within seven feet of his home; Of men
who have to tie ropes around their
waists to guide them to their barns
only 300 feet away, and all this in the
daytime. Why do they lose their-way
Why cannot they see such short dis
tance?
Imagine If you can frozen frog
driven with the velocity Of hurricane.
The air IS SO full OF minute frozen par
ticles which strike your face like PIN
cannot see ten feet ahead and all this
IN an atmosphere from 20 to so degrees
DelOw zero, and then you can form as
clear an idea of blizzard as YOU will
ever care TO get. Its binding, bewil-
dering effect Is first felt. The Intense
cold brings at first the pain Of freez-
ing, then numbness, then stupor,' then
a sense of blissful sleep and close upon
its heels death.
Where does the blizzard come from?
Where is it cradle, it's home?
The arctic regions. The papers talk
about a blizzard having started from
Manitoba; but that is not its home; ;
its starting point. Manitoba Is only
its halfway house.
Why do blizzards come by way Of
Manitoba and make themselves most
felt upon the west side Of the Missis-
'sippi river? Why do we never hear Of
blizzards in Canada, New England and
the Middle States?
Because the Laurentian range OF
mountains stretches westward from
Labrador along the southern line Of
British America 1900 miles, skirting
the north shore of Lake Superior and
tapering out in northeastern Minnesota,
furnishing a protecting wall of solid
rock 1900 feet high against blizzards
for all the region south Of 1t.
Biologists tell us that this range is
formed of the oldest silurian or sedi-
mentary rock to be found upon the
globe and that it extends 10000 feet
below the surface.
From northeastern Minnesota to the
Rocky mountains is an open, treeless
plateau great doorway 1000 miles
wide, through which the ice king
rushes. From that line southwark is,
IN the main, the same treeless prairie all
the way to the Gulf of Mexico. forming
west Of the Mississippi river the royal
toboggan slide 1900 miles long, upon
which his ice-crowned majesty, the
blizzard, sweeps in all his jeweled robes
to swoon in the rays OF the tropical
sun. The Texas norther is only the
frayed fringes Of the blizzard kings
mantle as he whirls past.-Philadelphia
Press. s. s......,. ....... .
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Strictly Business.

"The graspin'est man l ever knowed,'
said Uncle Jerry PEBBLES, was an old
chap named Sneopins. Somebody told
him once that when he breathed he took
in oxygen and gave out carbon. He spent
q whole day tryin' to find out which Of
them two gases cost the most If you have
to buy 'em. He wanted to know whether
he was maxim or losin' money when he
bre: "od.--Chicaco Tribune.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
(:Yn nted.

MY client desires a stay" said the
lawyer, reaching for some papers.
"The court is glad to find your client
amenable to the situation" replied
gravely the gentleman on the bench !;
"the stay will be for ten years -
philadelphia Ledger.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
DEAD AND INJURED LIST 57,919.
Summary of Accidents for Year Pre-
sents Startling Figures.

The New York Tribune, in a sum.
mary of the accidents of the year, says
57,919 persons have been killed and
injured in accidents during the year.
1862 having been killed and 22,3O7
injured. Some of the larger items of
the list are as follows:
Earthquakes, landslides, etc. 21,512
killed, 1902 injured; explosions and
mine disasters, 3,OSG killed. 2.721 in.
jured; storms and foods, 4,2G9 killed
1858 injured; railroad wrecks. 81
killed, 2,G39 injured; automobile acci-
dents, 800 killed, 704 injured; fire.
arms, 1917 killed, 3,97s injured.
Among other deaths are 2,269 lost in
wrecks Of vessels and 492 in other
drownings.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Absolutely Necessary.

Chicago Judge-Wait a minute.
Where Is the court interpreter?
Attorney--The witness is an Ameri.
can, your Honor. Why Is it necessary
to have the Interpreter?
Chicago Judge-Because the witness
is from Boston.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09

Philadelphia Car Strike Threatened.
Officials Of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company have acknowledged that
they are making preparations for a strug-
gle with its employees, who it is expected
will soon declare a strike, although Vice
President Shea of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street and Electric Railway
Employees made light of the report that
strike was intended. He said, however,
that the railroad company had refused to
treat with a committee sent by the men,
and that q meeting OF the association had
been called to consider the subject.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09

address to DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
ffty-cent and one
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09

cures made by DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp.
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century {;
discovered afteryears
of scientific research
by DR.. Kilmer, tiie
eminent kidney and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
DO YOU GET UP
WITH & LAME BACK?

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble. -.
Or. Eilner's Swamp-Soot is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. 1t has
been tested in so many ways, III hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell.
ing more about Swanip-Root, and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trou'
BILE. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to DIR. Kilmer fEs
& Co., Binghamton, E
N. Y. The regular q n I: iiiSSssssii
ffty-cent and one - -
dollar size bottles are Homo Of swamp-Roos.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. Y, on
every bottle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-07
Another Disagreement.

LONDON, Nov. 7-Ambassador
Cambon of France and Secretary Won
Schoen of Germany, are again in vio-
lent disagreement over the Casa Blan-
ca negotiations, according to informa-
ton received at the foreign office this
afternoon. After practically accept
ing the French form of the declara-
tion, Won Schoen is reported as in
sisting on the inclusion of two other
paragraphs expressing Frances regret
at the interference of her soldiers
with prerogatives Of the German. The
consulate and others are censuring
the French officials at Casa Blanca
The request was preemptorially re-
fused by Cambon, who stated that the
proposal was distasteful and there
was no need to notify his government
of the changed attitude of Germany.
The new demands are believed the
result of the kaiser injecting himself
into the dispute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-07
100000 More Men at Work


NEW YORK, Nov. THE national
association of manufacturers publishes
in the current issue of American In
dustires. its official magazine, figures
based on statements of its 5000 mem
bers representing every branch of in
dustry, and all shades of political be-
lief showing that at least one-half Of
the members of the national associa-
tion expect to add to their present
force more than 100000 workmen.
Taking this as basis" says the
American Industries, cit is safe to as
sumo that the 10000 manufactures
which according to the census of 1900
employed on an average each Of 100
men or over, will add at least SO per
cent to their present force, making the
total in revised figures of 605,O00 men.
In other words, with the continuance
OF business confidence the important
manufacturing interest of the country
will be enabled to increase their pres
ent force by more than half million
workingmen to meet the market dv-
mand for their products
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-07
Told the Denver Convention That
Bryan Could Not Carry New
York and He Denied
Treachery chasses
POINTS CoMPAR RIsoNs
Shows Weakness of Nebraskan In VAR
ous States-Murphy Says No
One Has Charged Mack
With Treachery.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Charles F.
Murphy. leader of Tammany, dictated
statement last night in wlich he de-
MED specifically that Tammany hall
did not support Bryan.
Before the convention says Muir
p,ly, we knew Bryan could not carry
New York. and there was nothing un-
til election to change this belief. Bry-
an ran SO far behind here just because
people were against him.
Il notice Ohio, Indiana, and Mime
sofa elected Democratic governors, but
Bryan lost them, and | have not heard
any charges of treachery to Bryan
there. In Erie county, where Chairman
Mack is leader, I notice that the
county went for Chanler by good ma
jority but. Bryan could not carry it.
/ have not heard anybody charge
Mack with treachery."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-07

HORRIBLE MURDER
Pittsburs Police Trying to Discover
the Perpetrator Of the Muir
der Of Mrs. Casey and
Daughter.
POLICE HAVE A THEORY
Believe That George Hartzeil, Whose
Body Was Found In Trunk
Committed Crime and
Then suiclded.

PITTSBURG, Nov. THE police
are investigating the mystery sur
rounding the discovery in East Pitts
burg today of the bodies off Mrs. VIM
Casey, lying on bed with her throat
cut from ear to ear and her daughter
aged six. lying on the floor nearby, the
head almost severed, a razor dripping
in blood beside the woman on tle bed.
George Hartzell, son-in-law of Mrs
Casey, unconscious, breathing his last
the body squeezed into a trunk, a bot
tie of chloroform near the nostril,
found by VIM. Casey. returning from
a Republican jolllifcation meeting De-
tective EngIert says he is positive
Hartzell killed the woman and daugh-
ter and ended his life in trunk and
declares he discovered that Hartzell
yesterday purchased chloroform. ex-
planning he desired to kill dogs. Hart
zell was acquitted in December of mur-
dering his wife. Mrs. Casey was the
principal witness, refusing to testify
against him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-07
CROWN PRINCE
In AN AIRSHIP
Took Flight in the Zeppelin Aero
plane in Company With Twelve
Other Passengers, zepre-
lin in charge.
PRINCE NOT NERVOUS
Airshp Intercepted Special Train of
Emperor Enroute From Vienna
Exchanged Friend
ly Greetings.

BERLIN, Nov. Grown Prince
William today ascended in the Yep
pelin air ship. Zeppelin was in charge
of the fight. There were twelve 9th
er passengers. The ascent was made
at Friedrichshafen before great
crowd. The prince was not nervous.
The air ship was Immediately steered
northward to intercept special train
bearing the Emperor from Vienna.
They sighted the train near Augs-
burg. and they descended within a
hundred feet of the ground. William
peered from the train window. the
prince waved his cap and shouted his
greetings. The kaiser yelled, Il wish
that ! was aloft with YOU" The air
ship then ascended several thousand
feet and was headed towards Fried
richcshafen.