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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
BRANTLEY'S PENSION BILL
REPEAL LAW PROHIBITING Z. C..
V. WIDOWS TO GET AID.
Refusal of Pension Office to Grant a
Pension to Widow of Dead Sea-
man in Navy Brings Bill.

WASHINGTON.-A repeal of the
law that prohibits the payment of a
government pension to any veteran
of the confederate army or the wild
Ow, children or heirs Of any deceased
persons who in in any manner Volun-
tarily engaged in, aided or abetted
the late rebellion against the au-
thority Of the United States, is ask
ed for in bill introduced today by
Representative Brantley, democrat,
of Georgia.
The refusal of the pension office to
grant a pension to the aged widow
of a dead seaman in the navy because
the father was a confederate soldier
was the immediate cause Of the in
PRODUCTION of the Brantley bill.
"As the law is construed said
Mr.. Brantley, "a veteran Of the Span
ish-American war is ineligible for a
pension if he is the son of confed-
crate veteran l shall push the meas
ure l introduced today, for I do not
believe the people Of the United
States favor the retention of such a
clause
The prohibition of pensions to con-
federates or their children was
adopted as a part of the general pen
sions act of March 3, 1898.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
HOGS EAT BODY OF MAN.
Laurens County Farmer Found Dead
in His Lot Partly DevOured.

A Dublin dispatch says that Dun
can Horsford, a prominent farmer
living about a mile from Yonkers,
was found dead near his hime. While
waiting for supper he walked out of
his house and in a few minutes his
wife called him to supper. After
calling several times and hearing no
response she began ringing the bell,
Soon the neighbors and farm hands
arrived and began searching for him,
and found him in the lot, where the
hogs had eaten off both hands and
feet and had disemboweled him. 1t
is suppose he died from heart fail
ure, and after his death the hogs
attacked him.
Mr.. Horsford was about fifty years
Of age, and leaves a wife and several
children.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31

several feet from his engine, and the
absence of any bruises except severa
| burns leads to the belief that he was
scalded to death.
The body of Engineer G. o. Lind
sey was buried under the mass OF
| wrecked machinery and was not
| found until late in the afternoon
1t was badly mutilated and almost
unrecognizable, the head being al
most severed and the entire body
bruised and burned.
Another Crew Heard Crash.
The crew of a freight train stand
ing on the sidetTack at LeeSbuTg
heard the two engines whistle stimuli
taneously for the crossing at the "a
mile post, and a second later heard
the crash. The engine of this freight
train was uncoupled and the crew
fastened to the scene of the wreck
as quickly as possible.
The passengers on the train were
taken to their destination on a spe-
cial train that was made up by the
Central at SmithviIle.
AS soon as the injured were cared
for the search was begun for the
bodies of the unfortunate trainmen.
Conductor Gassett's body was
found under the passenger engine.
His neck was broken and other parts
of the body were badly bruised. He
was riding on the engine of the
freight train.
Making His Last Trip.
The body of the negro fireman.
Alex Edwards, of the passenger
train, was at the side of the engine,
pinned to the ground by a heavy
piece of iron pipe. Edwards had told
the porter on the train just Short
time before the wreck that he was
going to give up his run on his ar
rival in Macon and quit railroading
because it was so dangerous.
Marshall Tillman, the negro fire.
man Of the freight train, jumped in
time to escape death, and came out
of the accident without a scratch.
The body of Engineer J. G. Taylor
was taken to his home in Macon. He
had been an employe of the Central
road for thirty-one years, and was
considered one of the most efficient
and careful engineers in the service
He is survived by wife and six
children.
Conductor G. W. Gassett, who liv-
ed at Fort Valley. and Engineer G.
o. Lindsey, whose home was at
Cuthbert, we're widely known in this
section Of Southwest Georgia. Their
regular run was by Dawson on the
main line of the Macon and Mont
gomery division, and they were on an
extra run from Smithville to Albany
when the fatal accident occurred.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
"Cures in Every Case"

Mr.. Jas. B. McCaffery, manager of
the Scblitz Hotel, Omaha, Neb., rec
ommends Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound because it cures in every
case. 81 have used it myself and
have recommended it to many others
who have since told me OF it's great
curative power in diseases of the
throat and lungs" For all coughs
and colds it is speedily effective
Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
WOMAN JOINS LEE CAMP.
Captain SalIie Tompl1ins Only Con-
federate Army Officer of Her Sex.

Captain Sallie Tompkins of Rich
mond, Va, the only woman commits
stoned as an officer in the confederate
military service, has been elected a
member of Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans. The vote was unanimous.
Miss Tompkins established and
maintained at her own expense a
hospital, where 1900 wounded and
sick confederate soldiers were treat
ed between July 1, 1861, and June 1,
1865.
When the confederate secretary of
war required all military hospitals
to be in charge of an army or naval
officer President Davis commissioned
Miss Tompkins a captain of infantry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
Foley Kidney Pills

Always give satisfaction because they
always do work. J. T. SheInut, Bre-
men, Ga, says: Il have used Foley
Kidney Pills with great satisfaction
and found more relief from their
use than from any other kidney med
icine, and I've tried almost all kinds.
can cheerfully recommend them to
all sufferers for kidney and bladder
trouble" Dawson Drug Co. and Peo-
pies Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
HEARD CRASH TWO MILES
TRAINS WE'RE RUNNING AT HIGH
SPEED WHEN THEY COLLIDED.
Required Several Hours to Dig Mutt
lated Body of One of Dead Engi-
neers Out of the Debris.

Fuller details of the collision of a
freight and passenger train on the
Central railroad near Leesburg Fri
day show it to have been one of the
worst wrecks that has occurred in
this section in some years.
The freight crew received orders
before leaving Smithyille that pas
senger train No. IS, operating from
Macon to Albany, was . minutes
late. They had orders to wait for
the regular northbound passenger
train from Albany to Smithyille,
No. s, at Adams Station, but it is
believed that the freight crew got
the two trains mixed and thinking
that No. 8 was fifteen minutes late
decided to go on to Leasburg and
wait, instead of at Adams Station.
Fog Obscured View.
Had it not been for a dense fog
the wreck might haze been aveIted,
for the trains were on a straight
stretch OF track. The fog made it
impossible for either engineer to see
very far ahead, and tho two tTai0s
We're right on each other before eth
The freight train was going at high
speed in order to reach the siding at
Leesburg in plenty of time, as the
crew thought, and the passenger train
was running Al miles an hour. The
two trains came together with a
mighty crash the late application of
the emergency brakes having but lit
tie effect in staying the speed of eth
er train.
Engines Badly Battered.
Both engines in the wreck were
badly battered and the second class
coach on the passenger train was
completely telesCoped Most of the
injured were riding in this car Sew
eral cars in the freight train were
derailed and broken open, but the
big locomotives sustained the brunt
of the heavy impact, and the proper
ty damage to the freight was small
The mail, baggage and express cars
were almost totally destroyed, being
torn into bits and scattered beside
the track. None Of the passengers
were seriously hurt, several of them
receiving only slight bruises.
The panic-stricken passengers
jumped out OF Une WlEqOWS OF the
damaged cars, some with blood
streaming from their faces, but in the
excitement Of the moment they did
not feel the pain that followed their
recovery from the shock.
The injured passengers and train
men who were dead-heading We're
promiscuously thrown about in the
cars by the force of the collision.
Where Bodies Were Found.
The body of Engineer Taylor
was found at the side of the track
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
CATFISH KILLS HIM.
Isaac II. Sweigard, Railroad Man,
Dies in Florida.

Isaac H. Sweigard, formerly gen
eral superintendent of the Reading
and Philadelphia Railroad Company
and well known in railroad circles,
died in Florida last week, Sweigard
had been in Florida some time.
Several days ago while fishing one of
his hands was injured by catfish,
blood poisoning resulting. He was
6S years old.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
Still Busy Picking Cotton

Terrell farmers, loath to lose the
cotton they made last year at such
cost, are still picking away at the
crop remaining in the fields. and
when February is ushered in tomor-
row the very unusual sight of cotton
pickers in the fields will be seen on
many Terrell county farms. On ac-
count Of the heavy rains the cotton
is OF a very poor quality.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31
CONSTIPATION WILL VANISH.
Balky Livers and Upset Stomachs
Quickly Put in Prime Condition.

VUIOFIy I UU III ITIiIlt OOnUItlOn.
''The secret of success in this life
is to keep your bowels open and
your mouth shut" said a great pro
lessor.
Readers of The News who suffer
from constipation, sluggish liver.
upset stomach, headache, dizziness,
nervousness or malaria should go to
Bell Drug Co.'S. this very day and
get % cents box of Hot SPRINGS
Liver Buttons. They are surely the
real blissful, gentle, sure remedy for
constipation. Mail orders from Hot
Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs,
Ark.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-31

Campbell's Varnish Stains are sci
entifically prepared from soluble col
ors, combined with the toughest
hard gum floor varnish, in such a
way that this stain works like a
transparent lacquer Nothing like
it for use on floors, furniture and
interior woodwork. Very durable
Stains and varnishes at one opera
ton. Shields-Geise Lumber Co. sell
it,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
BECKER
DOOMED
TO CHAIR
Taken Today to Sing Sing
Prison while His Case IS
being Appealed
Wife wanted Him to Remain
at 1ombs to Arrange
Business Matters
(By Associated rress.)

NEW YORK, Oct 30.-Charles
Becker, the ormer police lieutenant,
convicted Of procuring the murder of
the gambler, Herman Rosenthal, to-
day was sentenced to die in the elec-
tric chair at Sing Sing during the
week of December g. Sentence was
pronounced by Justice Golf.
Becker's execution will be stayed,
however, by IA motion of appeal from
the verdict of the jury, soon to be
filed by his council, which may take
a year to determine.
Becker was at once delivered into
the custody of Sheriff Hamburger, who
Immediately left with him for Sing
sing prison, where the convicted man
will be confined until his fate is de-
termined.
Mrs. Eacker had short talk with
Becker in the Sheritf's quarters at the
criminal courts building where Beck
er was taken before the court. With
Becker were his brothers, John B. and
Jackson, and Father Curry OF st.
James church. All sought to cheer the
condemned man.
Mrs. Becker and her brother sim
law pleaded with the sheriff to delay
Becker's removal to Sing Sing. They
said the prisoner should he permitted
to stay in the city several days to ad-
just his business affairs. The sheriff
was obdurate, announcing that he
would take Eecker away today.
J. f. Mcintyre, Becker's chief coun-
sci, who suffered nervous collapse af-
ter the close of the trial, was unable
to be in court today. His condition
is serious, though not critical. When
Becker was brought into court he
walked slowly to the bar, and catch
ing the eye Of acquaintances among
newspaper men he nodded to them
with faint smile Becker received
ais sentence without any show Of
emotion, except to close his eyes and
to compress his lips. Mrs. Becker,
when sentence was pronounced, was
awaiting in the ante room to accom-
pany her husband to Ossing where
she proposes to take up her residence
during her husbands confinement.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
Leipzig CHILD
DIES OF BUANS
Clothing Set on Fire by Half
Witted Brother, Aid Game
Too Late

MANDAN, N. D., Oct. 30.-One of
the most horrible incidents in the his
tory of the county occurred at Leipzig
when the 2year-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Brudel was burned to death,
his clothes having been fired by an
imbecile brother.
With the exception of the small
child and the half1witted boy, who. js
considerably older, the family was
out in the fields working. The older
boy secured some matches and set
fire to the clothes Of his baby brother.
The screams Of the child brought
members of the family rushing to the
house, but the baby was SO terribly
burned before the flames could be
extinguished that he died few hours
later.
Just what will be done with the
poor lad whose mind had not devel-
oped normally, and enough to make
him accountable for his terrible
deed, is unknown, but It is probable
that the county officials will order
him sent to the home for the feeble
minded at Grafton.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
KNUTE NELSON
. ENDORSES TAFT
Filed as a Republican and
will Endorse 1hem..LdudS
GOV. Eberhard

OSAKIS, Minn., Oct. 30.-Senator
Knute Nelson, here voiced the first
formal Endorsement of Taft, when he
appeared as ne of the speakers on
the republican state nominees special
train. Nelson said "some people have
questioned my attitude on national is
sues. When l reluctantly became a
candidate for the United States SEN
ate l filed as a republican intending
to support the republican ticket. 1T
is my intention now to support the re-
publican ticket from top to bottom.
have never sailed under false colors
and | never will"
The senator's remarks were greet
ed by volley of cheers. He strongly
commended the administration OF
Governor Eberhart and predicted his
reelection by a large plurality.
Continuing the senator said: ! have
not always agreed with some Of the
policies supported by the leaders OF
the republican party, but | do know
that all the progress in this country
has been obtained under the true and
old party. Differences within the par
ty, as well as progressive legislation,
must be settled by the party. There
is no'need whatever for a third party
in this nation
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
OFFICER
Was SHOT
BY A MOB
Police we're ASSaiIed Trying
to Put Down Meeting Of
Mil Strikers
Woman ASSaiIant StdbS De-
teCtivc Who Attempted
to Help Officers
(By Associated press.)

LITTLEFALLS, n. Y, Oct. 30.-Mi-
chael Haley, of this city. Il special
policeman, was shot. and Detective
John Kennedy. of Albany, was stab
bed early today during a riot in front
of the Phoenix mill. The trouble
started when Chief Long attempted TO
break up massed picketlng at the mill
entrance. Long had an alteration
with one OF the strikers.
The crowd soon gathered and spec
ial policemen surrounded him. Clubs
were soon flying in all directions. Wo.
men strikers w.'e ih front of the
pickets.
Kennedy was STABBED as he was go
ing through the crowd to help Long.
He says a woman was the assailant
He was slashed on the ear and neck.
The police say they have the man
who shot Haley. Neither of the in
jured men are believed to be fatally
hurt Sheriff Moon arrived soon after
the fight to take charge of the situa-
tion. Great excitement prevailed in
the foreign section.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
BIG BATTLE.
IS Fought
ON BORDER
Probably No Mos. St. Decisive En-
qaqeInent5of Balkan war
is On Today
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, Oct. 30.-A great battle,
probably the decisive one OF the war,
is proceeding today somewhere to the
east of the line from Constantinople
to >Adrianople, between the Turkish
and Bulgarians, with also heavy fight
ing around Adrianople. The only word
from the scene of action was dis
patch from Nazim Pasha, the Turk
ish commander-in-Ghief, saying:
"The position is favorable ITO the
Turks" ....
While admitting that tney must de-
pend on supposition, military critics
are inclined to believe the Turkish
army is at last ready to take the Of
fensive and has a chance of retriev-
ing itself. The Bulgarian troops have
suffered a check in the vicinity OF
Adrianople, as Sofia dispatches report
the arrival there of many wounded
from the front and the Bulgarian plan
OF storming the great fortress has
been delayed until reinforcements
arrive.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
SHERMAN ]. .
IS NEAR
TO Death
Private Physician Says He
May Not Survive Next
1weniy-four Hours

UTICA, N. Y, Oct. 30.-"Vice Pres
ident Sherman's death is a question of
only few hours said DR.. Peck when
he left the Sherman residence at noon
today. The vice-president was deler-
ious when he awoke early this morn
ing. He soon relapsed, falling into a
heavy sleep. 1t is not believed he will
survive the next "a hours.
DR.. Peck said Sherman's kidneys
had refused to act since O'Clock
yesterday and that most of the time
the patient had been in comatose
condition.
Under the influence cf opiates. Sher-
man slept throughout the night, and
was apparently comfortable during
the early hours today.
DR.. Peck, who remained with the
vice president throughout the night,
failed, however, to note any real bet
terment.
"His condition is unimproved and,
therefore, is very grave" said DR..
Peck.
1t is understood the uremc condi-
tion which caused apprehension has
not been relieved.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
Saved Hundred Little Child.
ren at Orphanage before
Enlrapped
Six Die In Flames and Sew.
eraI Employees we're Seri.
eusIy Injured
10y Associated press.)

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 30
Six Sisters of Charity sacrificed their
lives in an attempt to save one hun
dred children in fire that destroyed
st. Johns orphanage today. They
succeeded in rescuing all but two chill
dren before they were trapped in the
flames. Another sister was burned
SO seriously she cannot survive. Two
sisters escaped. The dead are:
Mother Mary of the Cross, Mother
Superior of the parish. She was Mary
Rossiter, a native Of Wexford, Ireland.
Mother Frances Pasteur, a native of
France.
Sister Peter Claver Steven, ttacher
in q San Fernando school, a native Of
ublin, Ireland.
Sister Leacadia Nolan, teacher Of a
San Fernando school, native of
Dublin, Ireland. .....
Sister Monica Mortez, native OF
Mexico.
Sister Kosta Farrell native of
Kaldar, Ireland.
Others injured are:
Miss A. Detempe, an employe, a
native Of Germany: Miss E. Standish,
a native Of Saint Hedwig, an employe.
One baby. fell to its death with
Mary Of the Cross, Mother Superior
of the institution, who left her place
OF safety in q vain effort to save the
child. Another orphan IL missing
and 1t is feared It has perished.
Flames, Of unknown origin, broke
out this morning and the nuns arous-
ed from sleep nnRrshaled their
charges, which ranged from two to
twelve years, to fire escapes. The
nuns remained at their posts until
flames barred their way. Two sisters
were killed jumping.
The remarkable bravery of the
nuns did not surpass that of the hos
pital attaches. Several babies were
saved from cremation by Bishop
Shaw, who braved the flames, drag
ging the children from the flames.
When the fire wagons arrived the
names had spread throughout the
structure and the great gashes in
the building caused drafts which
tanned the fire to tremendous fury.
The dead nuns belonged to Sisters
of Charity Of lncarnate Work.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
FACES
2 CHARGES OF LIBEL
ALSO CIVIL ACTIONS

BOWMAN, N. D., Oct. 30.-Rev. Geo.
A. Totten, the preacher-editor Of
Bowman, is about the most arrested
editor in North Dakota right now. He
faces two charges of criminal libel, a
second suit of that nature having just
been filed against him by j. E. Phelan,
who also appears as the plaintiff in
the first action.
In addition, Rev. Mr.. Totten faces
two civil actions for damages, both
growing out of the publication of the
same articles that are declared by
Mr. Phelan to be libelous. I
The arrests and civil suits furnish
an interesting background ito heated
local fight that has been in progress
in the county several weeks.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30
.ELG|N HAD A
Big Meeting
County Diylsionlsts Over
Proposition to Divide
Morton
Special to Tho Trinunr

Special to The Tribune
ELGIN, Oct. 30. Saturday after
noon was the occasion of meeting OF
far reaching importance to the citi-
zens of this section. Messrs. ]. T.
Nelson and M. Tschida Of Glen Ullin
showed by actual figures taken from
the auditors Of other counties Of this
state where division had carried, and
been tested, that the expense of trans.
.cribing Of records and building a
court house would be very insignifi-
cent to county Of the size we pro.
pose to have here. They also showed
that our new county could be managed
with greater economy, and at lower
rate of taxation.
ar Secretary Of State, Mr.. P. D.
Norton, was present, and gave an ex-
cellent address, dealing more widely
with the issues now confronting the
republican party.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-30

s Occupying cells over night in the
state penitentiary here last night was
the experience of p. f. Strock and
George Dickson, who for years were
former guards of that institution.
For the past ten days a detective
by the name of |. E. Robertson, claim
ing to be of the Burns agency, has
been here seeking information from a
number of guards that were removed
for political reasons since Warden
Hellstrom became candidate for
governor. Robertson first claimed be
was here Is ascertain the truth re
gardlng the ru.nor that the label was
being used on work turned out at the
penitentiary printing plant. Last
night, accompanied by Strock and
Dickson, he drove to the pen in a
hack, saying he wanted to see the
outside guard, Niles, in regard to a
certain matter. Strock and Dickson
cautioned him that it might be dan
gerous to approach the penitentiary
grounds after night, but the party
reached there about 8 o'clock. Only
the detective left the hack and he
had spoken but a few words to Niles
when Deputy Warden Gray, accom-
panied by guard, accosted the party,
and at the point of a gun ordered
them inside the building, where all
three were locked up in cells. Attor'
ney General Miller was consulted by
telephone and before midnight Rob-
ertson was released and brought back
to town in one of the penitentiary
rigs, while Strock and Dickson were
kept incarcerated till six O'Clock this
morning, when they, too, were brought
to town. ..5.
Robertson stated this morning that
he had come here in the interests pf
Warden HellstrOm to- run SDd0NME the
runor that there was pact existing
between the eX-guards to, cause a gen
eral outbreak Of inmates, thinking 1t
would have political effect to make
Hellstroms election as governor i'm
possible He said that Niles, the out
side guard, was to be used i'm the deal,
but that Deputy Gray somewhat frus-
trated matters by his rush act with
the gun. The detective says he be-
lieves if there was an agreement be-
tween ex-guards for a delivery OF in
mates that completion of the plan will
now be impossible, as the officers at
the pen are on close watch and 1T is
likely that none of these eX-guards
will even be allowed to approach any
where near the institution. StrOck,
who was held at the pen all last night,
stated this morning that he knew
nothing of any agreement existing
among the former employees of the in
stitution and that he and Dickson act
ed in good faith as ito what inforna-
ton had been given the detective.