The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-06-15

still hopes to be made brigadier-gen-
eral. This paper is not ayerse to see
ing the governors army ambition
gratifed.
There was religious convention,
funeral and baseball game in Dawson
Friday afternoon at the same time.
Dawson seems to be getting quite cos
mopolitan.
THE old-time democratic majority of
$4,000 will be restored next fall.
There are men leading in Georgia this
year who can do it.
TWENTY SIX votes in a convention of
three hundred and fifty is pretty
small, but on tight squeeze it could
be smaller.
THE next Dewey blow delivered by
Colonel Gambler will be upon the forti-
ficatlons of the Hon. John Hogan.
THAT was a deep and wide furrow
the plowboy ran through Georgia.
If old Ananas was here he would
envy the war liar.
Is your hair falling out or turning
gray? This can be stopped at once by
the use of Begg's Hair Remover. G. Il.
Iddell, of Nevada, Mo-, says: zone bot
tie entirely stopped my hair falling out"
We sell it. Sale-Davis Drug Co.
TROOPS SPREAD TERROR TAMPA
Georgia Volunteers Called Out To Patrol
Streets and Protect City Against Rioters.
SAVANNAH, June 10-The details of
the rioting among The United States
troops at Tampa Monday night are be-
coming more and more pubic as letters
are received in Savannah from troops
now in Florida.
The whole affair was most disgrace
full one. The press censors have until
yesterday kept the story from reaching
the newspapers.
Monday evening Fort Brook and Ybor
City were virtually in control of mob.
The most disgraceful scenes were enact
ed, and, to their shame be it said. the
disorderly mob was composed entirely
of soldiers OF the United States army.
The soldiers were nearly all colored, and
were members of the Twenty-fourth and
twenty fifth United States infantry regi-
ments. they began their work of de-
slruction by forcibly taking possession Of
oarrooms in Fort Brook, They showed
themselves to be lot OF thieves and
plunderers, with no respect for law.
The mob of white and black drunken
soldiers started their wild acts in the sa-
loon If Francisco Ysern, and broke up
everything in the place. Then they sUl q
every bottle of whiSkey and beer In the
place and fired their pistols to intimidate
tue provost guard.
The Cafe CaUtante was next visited
and completely wrecked. TIL. furniture
was broken up and everything to drink
was stolen by the mob. Several hun
dred shots were fred aud citzens fled
for their lives. Houses of ill-repute were
entered by force and the inmates were
forced at the point of pistols to submit to
the men who were disgracing the uni
forms of the United States. Women
were assaulted.
The mob Wis TED the Semmore cafe at
the end of the car line in Ybor City and
demolished everything in the place.
Another mob broke into half dozen
saloons and the same scenes were enact
ed as at Fort Brooke.
The provost guard and the city police
were powerless 10 stop the mob, and the
disorder was continued until after day
hight, when battalion from the Second
Ge 'rgia regiment OF volunteers was sent
out with orders to stop rioting.
number of shooting scrapes took
place. Four privates, all negroes, it is
said, and one officer are reported on od
authority to have been killed.
Several other soldiers were wounded
but the officers and men refuse to give
the names Of the victims.
negro soldier shot a member of one
of the cavalry regiments and was after
wards arrested by the provost guard and
locked up. The wounded man was
taken to the regimental hospital and his
wound dressed.
In order to stop the lawlessress an ex-
ira heavy guard was placed on duty
Monday night and large squads of vol
unteers from the Georgia regiment pa
trolled the streets. Quite number of
arrests were made, but there was still
considerable disorder.
Affairs have reached such stage that
citizens are afraid to walk the streets
alone at night and nearly every person
now goes armed. Several citizens re-
manned up all nigh; Tuesday with shot
guns and rifles by theis sides determined
to project their property even if they had