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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10
SWALLOWED KNIFE AND FORK
Demented Mans Life Saved by an
Immediate Operation.


Some remarkable things that a de-
mented man swallowed were made
known to the Richmond asylum
board, Dublin
In the minutes of the visiting COM
mittee was report from DR.. Done
lin that male patient, transferred
from another asylum on Oct. 10th.
complained a day or two later of
pain, and said he had swallowed a
knife and fork.
An X-ray examination at the Rich
mond Hospital revealed the presence
OF a foreign substance in the mans
stomach. An operation was per-
formed and a knife, fork and a wool
en- muller were removed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10
sNIPED CENTRAL ENGINE.
Deliberately Mounted It In Smith
vile and Opened the Throttle.
DARING ACT OF A DESPERATE

locomotive Was Pulling the South
bound Freight Train, and Was
Waiting Orders to Leave for Daw-
eca. Fireman Was Beneath the
wheels, But by Miracle Climbed
Over the Rods to the Cab and
stopped the Flight.
4 we'll nigh successful attempt at
ona,ne stealing was made on the Cen
tral railroads yards at Smithville Fri
dav morning, and for a mile the
sprir5 had all the thrill of the famous
chase after the General" only there
was no lynching in this instance.
Negro Crawls on Engine.
Central Railway freight train No.
AZ southbound from Macon, was
waiting orders on a siding to resume
the run to Dawson. The engineer
was away from the locomotive tenn
norarilv. while the fireman was be-
meath the engine making some very
slight repairs.
II was clear field for Mr.. Niger,
the bold buccaneer.
Seized with a spirit of deviltry he
mounted the locomotive and pulled
the throttle, utterly regardless of
the presence of the fireman under
meath the boiler head.
As the engine began moving the
fireman instinctively scrambled to
get out of the way, as he realized his
perilous position. 1t was too late to
crawl out in front of the driving
wheels, as the space is limited and
they were turning fast.
Escape of the Fireman.
Selling upon one of the parallel
rods connecting the ponderous driv-
ing wheels the thoroughly fright
ened but nervy fireman pulled him
self up from the ground and by al
most superhuman effort reached the
running board.
From this place of safety he could
see that the engineer was out of the
cab and a strange black face there
instead a black hand holding the
throttle
BY this time the engine had run
the distance of a half mile, and was
picking up a lively sprint in the di-
TectiOn of Dawson. The fireman was
alive to the emergency, and made
dash towards the cab, expecting to
meet maniac.n
For surely, he thought, only
crazy man would do such a thing.
Negro Leaped From Engine.
Realizing that his ride was about
to end abruptly, and probably fear
ing the fireman would kill him on the
spot, the black engine stealer re-
leased the throttle and made jump
for the ground. He landed running
al very brisk speed.
by this time the town was aroused,
and citizens came running to the res
cue, expecting to find someone killed.
The crowd pursued the fleeing ne
gro, and after chase of a few hun
dred yards the coon" was captured.
The negro was terribly frightened,
evidently expecting bodily harm, or a
sound thrashing at the least.
He was carried to the town lookup,
ana later transferred to the Lee
county jail to await trial.
Engine Put Under Control.
As quickly as possible the fireman
III the cab stopped the locomotive
On Is wild dash towards Dawson and
TOOK it back to the Smithville depot.
Quite naturally the affair created
very lively sensation in that busy
little town.
The fireman had the closest call
I'D all his railway experience, and
only his cool head saved him from
oelng ground to death beneath the
locomotive
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10

Sixteen millions of dollars is the
sum that the charity of the world
mas, SO far, poured out for the bene-
III of the earthquake sufferers in Ca
tania and Sicily. About one-fourth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10
ASKS $4,000 FOR LOST HAIR.
Miss NJ. L. Bowman Used a Patent
Dye and Now Wears a Wig.

UyV HIu NOW Wears a Wig.
Miss M. l.. Bowman of New York
IS the complainant in an unusual
damage suit filed in Milwaukee. She
sues for $4,000 for the loss of her
hair through the use of patent hair
aye. The defendants are drug
company of Fond du Lac and a drug
company of st. Louis.
The New York woman. who is
travelling saleswoman, says she Wis
tied Fond du Lac drug store last
March and purchased a bottle of the
compound. She used it, and within
six hours, she says, her hair had be-
gun to decay and shrivel up, and in
short time she was entirely bald
and was forced to wear wig.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10
SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS WERE
GIVEN EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS

of this amount was raised in the
United States. Great Britain, show
ing her usual spirit, has contributed
about 1925, 900. Heather China has
contributed more than some christian
nations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10
HAVE YOU S35 IN YOUR JEANS?
UNCLE SAM SAYS SO, ANYWAY

WASHINGTON.-The total esti-
mated amount Of money in circuia-
ton in the United States on Febru-
airy LIST, as given by the division Of
loans and currency, was $s,091,312.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10

546. The present per capita circu-
lation is estimated at $35, the high
est ever reached in the history Of
the country. All who have theirs
hold up their hands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-10

Mr.. Watson's Jeffersonian says
that Geo. Bell was tried by a packed
jury and sent back to the asylum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
STATE BANKS
To Be TREATED
CONSERVATIVE

OLYMPIA, Jan. 2S.-What is
the legislature going to do to
banks within the control of the
state?
This question is causing no end
of worry to bankers throughout
the state, and their crops of agents
are watching every move here.
The indications are that something
of a drastic nature will be pro-
posed in the house for the govern
ment of state and savings banks.
The house committee on banking,
however, will not stand for any,
thing too radical, and despite the
wishes of one or two members,
will, IL anything, be conservative.
In the senate no radical bill has
a ghost of a chance. The senate
banking committee is rock-ribbed
conservative, and can be depend
ed upon to ward off any restric-
tive measures that would tend to
injure the banking business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
ASSUMES FULL RESPONSIBLE
TTY FOR OPERATION ON
CANAL ZONE-DENIES SCAN
DIAL Cargo.
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-A new
turn to the controversy between
the president and certain Eastern
newspapers over the alleged libel
ling of the Roosevelt's administra-
ton in connection with the pur-
chase of the Panama canal, was
given today when Randolph G..
Ward, consulting engineer, as
sumed full responsibility for the
engineering operations in the
canal zone.
Ward, in a statement to the
press today, exonerated William
Nelson Cromwell, the rich attor-
ney who represented the French
Panama Canal company during
the purchase negotiations, and
Charles p. Taft, brother of the
preeident-eaect, from completely
In the Panama railroad project.
Ward declared that he alone
was responsible for the enterprise.
He challenged Representative
Henry T. Rainey of Illinois to
him a fairer or moro ef-
fectual way for developing the
canal territory. Rainey recently
attacked the administration and
Senator Lodge on the floor Of the
house in connection withthe pend
ing controversy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28

New York and Chicago, is $35.
Thus each passenger pays about
3.6 cents per mile to get himself
and his share of the trains
weight the distance of 963 miles.
to his destination.
each section of the train. They
include the engineer, fireman
train conductor, trainmen, bag
gagemen, ladies' maid, stenog-
rapher, Pullman conductor, bar
Der and dining car crew.
Valet service and a bath room
are features of the train.
Two meals are served on each
trip.
Forty-five tons of coal are con-
|sumed on each trip.
Will the time between New
York and Chicago ever be lessened
in regular daily trips?
The masters of speed won't say
just now. They are men of deeds
rather than promises.
They know how to go faster
But speed requires more steel and
iron and wood, more weight.
The weight now is 100 times
the weight of the passengers.
Shall this ratio be increased?
1t may If the American publ,
is willing to pay higher railroa,
fare for fancy speeding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
WORLD CRUISE
GREAT Benefit
SAYSADmiRAL

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. %.
United States has certain
ly been benefited by the visit of
the feet to the waters of all the
great countries of the world"
This is the statement made by
Rear Admiral w. H. Emory, re-
tired, who was in command Of the
second squadron of the battleships
making the round-the-world
cruise. He has just returned
home to Washington.
1t is Admiral Emory's opinion
that the voyage Of the feet has
been productive of greater benefit
to the United States, to the Of
ficers and crews OF the battleships
and to the vessels than any other
cruise he has taken in the course
of his career.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 2S.
A vigorous and united campaign
on the part OF the representatives
of California, Oregon and Wash
ington for large appropriations for
better naval stations on the Pa
cific coast was decided on today
by congressman and senators from
the coast.
A gigantic naval station on
San Francisco bay with repair
shops, Improvement of the yards
at Mare island and Bremerton and
the establishment of supply
depot at San Pedro are the main
features. Incidentally a movement
to increase the size of the feet
In the Pacific ocean will be I'M
dertaken.
The greatest Improvement is
planned for San Francisco bay
which the delegations will urge
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28

pounds.
Each train weighs million and
a quarter pounds.
The two sections weigh IN mil
lion pounds.
These two sections carry $50
passengers, who weigh, approx
mately 22,500 pounds.
Thus the New York Central road
must hurl 100000 pounds
through space in order to carry to
New York 22,500 pounds of hui
man flesh and brains. si.
This is about as striking a. les
son in the preciousness of human
beings and their wants as you can
find.
1t takes about 1900 pounds of
steel, wood, iron, chinaware, food,
etc, to get each passenger to his
destination.
This is about 100 times the pas
senger's weight.
The average automobile is
about four times the weight Of
its six passengers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
by w. G. Shepherd.

ny W. We ouCPhCIus
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Doctor
of laws, bachelor of art, master of
speed, fellows together In science!
Will the speed-seeking, science
loving American ever grant to the
master of speed the capital letters
which other scientific men SO
proudly place after their names?
For the latest remarkable
achievement in speed We must
turn to the railroads - the New
York Central and its Twentieth
Century flyer.
The tremendous speed of So
miles an hour for IS consecutive
hours has been thoroughly mas
tered by this road, and proof of
this mastery has been shown in q
remarkable fashion.
Three times within q month the
train was run in two sections
from Chicago. The engines left
the La Sale st. station in Chica-
go, cow-catcher and .cow.catcher.
Eighteen hours later, at $3.50 the
next morning, almost to the exact
second, the two trains sped into
the Grand Central station in New
York, after runs Of nearly 1000
miles, the electric engines prov
and PROV.
And yet, only three years, the
most famous speed engineers of
the country doubted that an Amer
lean railroad would be able to run
trains regularly at the speed with
which the New York Central pro-
posed to send along its 18-hour
train proved beyond a doubt that
the 53-mile speed has been forever
mastered in this country for long
distance.
There are some astonishing facts
about this marvellous train, in ad-
dition to those regarding it's s;.ced.
The train often hits a speed of
over 60 miles an hour.
The two sections carry $50 pas
sengers, in all.
There are six cars in each train.
The exact distance of the run is
963 miles.
Seven steam engines, each
weighing 426,700 pounds, takel
turns at pulling the train, their
work being divided thus: Chicagol
to Elkhart, Ind; Elkhart to Tole-
do, o.; Toledo to Cleveland,
Cleveland to Buffalo, N. Y; Buff
falo to Syracuse; Syracuse to All
bany; Albany to High Bridge. AMI
eighth engine, an electric mogul,
draws the train from High Bridge
into the Grand Central station.
We approach an astounding fact
as we calculate the weight of thej
train. The cars average $4,000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
PRESIDENT keeps
WIRES HOT

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Jan. 2S.
President Roosevelt Is keeping The
wires between the White House
and the capitol buzzing with mess
ages relating to the anti-Japanese
situation In the legislature.
Bright and early today q tele-
gram came from him to Assem- bly,
man A M. Drew of Fresno, author
of the anti-alien bill prohibiting
Japanese owning land In Califor-
MIA, asking that the Fresno man
delay action on his measure until
after the arrival OF the letter on
the Japanese question which
Roosevelt haa mailed to Governor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
FOY-Fotlr To Be
Graduated Tonight
From High School
ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM PRE-
PARED FOR THE MID-WIN-
TER EXERCISES.

The mid-winter graduation ex-
ercises of the Tacoma high school
will take place this evening in the
school auditorium. Fifty-four
will receive diplomas. The exer-
cises will be Jointly conducted by
the representatives of the class
and the three vocal organizations
OF the school.
David Johnston and Carl Getz
will take part in the exercises by
reason of their high honors for
studious ability, and Miss Grace
Barnes and Miss Alvina Miller
will be heard as the chosen speak
ers of the class.
This evenings program follows:
Invocation Rev. Murdoch Mcleod
"Fairyland Waltz .Veazie
High School Chorus.
s'The Bell of Atri" Longfellow
Alvina H. Miller.
1.-THE Rivals" !. Dunbar
Carl H. Getz.
zone. Two, Three, Four. =.
.......... "A. LaMeda
Boys Glee Club.
Inaugural Address" Roosevelt
David H. Johnson.
GAS You Like It," act 1, scene
III ............. Shakespeare
Grace Barnes.
"Snow Flakes" =. Cowen
Girls Glee Club.
Presentation of class ......,
j. G.. Collicott
Awarding diplomas -. j. T. Bibb
"Come With the Gypsy Bride"
odlLC
High School Chorus.
Benediction Rev. Mcleod
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
COUNTY TO BUILD
new BRIDGES

The old pile bridge over the
Mashell river canyon at Eaton
Vile, on the Mount Tacoma
Canyon road, will be replaced
Immediately, according to state
ments of the county commission
ers. The new bridge will be Of
steel and wood construction. The
county bridge on the Geary road,
which collapsed recently. owing to
high water, will also be replaced
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
CITY FINANCES
IN HEALTHY
STATE

The water department of the
city took in $316,253.89 last year
and paid out $212,216.13, accord
ing to the annual report of Treas
urers. Freeland,. which was COM
pleted yesterday.
. The light department receipts
were $396,796.34 and disburse-
ments $307,466.75.
! For street improvements the
people paid during the year $719,-
1850.
The receipts of the city from all
sources have increased from
$820,536 in 1902 to $2,561,882.85
In 1908.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28

SAN DIEGO. CAL. Jan. as.---
There is no prouder set Of men
in the U. 8. navy than those on
the torpedo boat destroyer Perry,
which has just come here for the
second time with what is known
as the Presidents trophy.
The Perry's markgmen won this
at Magdalena bay by some OF tho
BEST work ever done by any mem
Der Of the mosquito fleet. II the
Perry wins Il Asain next year. q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28

her men hope she will. . new
place win have to be provided for
It, az the two date plates already
earned by the Perry have taken q
large space. The Perry also made
her great record under Lieutenant
Commander Larimer. one of the
most popular officers OF the navy.
The trophy was designed by Henry
Reuterdahl, the artist whose criti-
cisms Of the navy have recently
drawn . hot protest from Admiral
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
FATHER and
SON DROWNED

(Iy United Press Leased Wfre.)
BELLINGHAM. Jan. 2, After
clinging for hours to their water
logged launch and while friends
were hurrying to their aid through
the breakers at Birch creek. M.
Baker, aged 45, and his son Ar
thur. aged IT, sank beneath the
waves and were drowned. The
body of the father has been res
covered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
ENGINEER Defends
TAFT and CROMWELL
n. P. 0RDI NANCE
IS READ AGAIN

Second reading was given the
N. p. vacation franchise ordinance
by the council last night and it
was then referred to the Judiciary
committee to be held for two
weeks, when it will be passed.
Thirty days from that time the N.
P. must get busy on the new
depot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28

The weight of the average
horse and buggy is about six
times the weight of its two occu-
pants.
The average motorcycle IL
about as heavy as it's rider.
4 When We consider that each
mans share of a fast passenger
train is 100 times his own weight
1t Is easy to realize that steam
travel, particularly of this specia
53-mile-an-hour kind, is the mos
expensive.
The fare. with berth. between
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
WILL
SPEAK At
BANQUET


Preparations for the big Boos-
ter banquet at the Armory Feb
ruary IL. are progressing salts
factorily.
Will H. Thompson of Seattle.
has been selected to respond to
the toast Lincoln" and other
good orators will be present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
NIGHT RIDER
JURY IS NOT
ABLE To AGREE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
UNION CITY, Tenn, Jan. 2S.
The Jurors in the case OF Ed
Marshall, one of the night rid
ers charged with the murder of
Captain Quentin Rankin, during
the Reel Foot lake outrages, re-
ported. this morning that they
were unable to agree, and were
discharged.
1t is understood that they stood
10 to 2 for acquittal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28

Remarkable Railroading Feat
Between Chicago and New York
How Double Twentieth Cen
fury Limited Trains Garry $50
Passengers Luxuriously Between
Country's Two Greatest Cities
Over Night-Hurling 100000
Pounds Through Space-Curi-
GUS Facts About the Trains.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-28
Coast Starts
Big Campaign
In Congress

shall be placed in such a condition
that feet of any size can ade-
quately be taken care Of.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
Sineo Forty Important Roles.

Nine. do Pasquali sings no less than
forty important coloratura and lyric
roles and became a favorito soprano nj
the Metropolitan Opera House this
season in this her first year In grand
opera In her nativo country.
Sho has been on tho professional
stage since sho was five years old She
began studying singing In the National
Conservatory of New York at tho ago
OF fifteen and a year later was ap-
pointed an instructor This carly pro
nciency was In tho nature of a pro-
phecy that she would outshInc foreign
stars In their own language and their
own country-which she did, notably in
Italy.
The career OF Nine dc Pasouau In
foreign lands is. in fact. a story In IT.
self. She has appeared In classic roles
not only In Franco. Italy and Germany
but In England. Mexico. Greece. Cuba
and various sections of South Afr,co
Tho Havana Spanish Post OF Jan n
year ago said: Tn La Boheno' Tetr,z-
Sinl as Mimi, tho Idol of London wns
a failure as compared TO Mime. do pas
quail who scored decldcdly-yes. brill
liantly-as Mimi. and Nine dc Pas
quail had been practically unhcraldcd
before her arrival"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
ADVICE TO AMATEUR PLAY
WRIGHTS.

The managers are being daily flooded
with plays written In many cases by
peoplo who have absolutely no con-
ceptlon OF what constitutes play.
either In tho method OF construction or
subject matter. Taking tho case OF
Mr, Henry B. Harris as on example,.
the records OF his Office show that the
average number OF plays sent to him
weekly Is twenty eight Figuring that
at lenst two hours would be required
for each play. he would havo to de-
vote eight hours daily to their reading.
which would leave him very little tlmo
to attend to his othor many duties.
1t has been suggested that II tho
young playwright would first send G
short. concise story OF his play. em-
bodying the big situations, tho mana
ger. II interested. woulc then COM
municato with the author. who would
send on a complete manuscript and
thereby enhance his chance OF getting
a hearing. 1t has been estimated that
10000 plays n year arc being written
by Americans. and less than per cent
are over produced
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
%Sz@essf z,z7zAg
Interesting Story Of
The Man From Home. "

Tho story OF the now Booth Tarking-
ton-Harry Leon Wilson play, "The
Man From Homo" IS distinctly novel
and peculiarly attractive one. dealing.
ns 1t does, with n curious admixture
OF American plainness and European
high life.
Tho play has had long run at the
runs briefly thus:
Horace and Ethel Simpson. natives
of Kokomo, Ind. having been left or
phans and with a comparatively large
sum of money at their individual com
mands. decide TO live In Europe There
they arc taken up by a certain Euro
pean class who use them for their own
ends. flatter them and otherwise cater
to their vanity Both these young peo-
plo become anglomaniacs of the most
impossible order. Their affairs arc
left In tho hands of Daniel Voorhees,
Pike. lawyer of Kokomo He hears
that Ethel has decided to marry the
Hon Almcric St. Aubyn. the eldest son
of an impecunious British peer, the
Earl OF Hawcastle, and Immediately
takes ship to Italy. where tho young
people are living. with the Idea OF
looking into the matter He arrives at
crucial moment Ethel has promised
to marry the young man. and tho IA
thcr demands the settlement of three
quarters of a million In payment for
the honor" his son Is about to do her
Sho believes the young man loves her
for herself 1t becomes Pixies busi-
ness to show the precious pair up In
their true colors. and this no proceeds
to do.
In tho piece and the action thereof
tho authors have interwovcn some odd
characters. such as Russian noble
man. an escaped Russian convict. q
frlppery old lady OF title and the usual
local adherents OF hotel life upon the
continent Tho fate OF the Russian
convict who has escaped from Siberia
turns out to be Intimately connected
with tho dcStinies of both the Russian
nobleman and tho old lady OF title.
while tho carl himself turns out TO
have been directly responsible for tho
fate to which the convict has been
sentenced Tho details OF the manner
In which Pike brings these hitherto
unknown Incidents to light and forces
them Into their truc position In the
lives OF those most concerned form
tho play and in tho end. of course.
open tho eyes OF tho two foolish young
Americans to the follies they have been
perpctratine by expatriating them
selves, They learn very readily that
II Is only their money that has won
them the acquaintance OF these doubtful
aristocrats and that the friendship of
plain Americans is sufficient for any
motive they may have in the world.