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THE DAWSON NEWS.
f;;, E. L. Rainey.
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FRVERA WAS CAUGHT.
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CAPHIC STORY OF THE SINKING
* QF SPAIN’S SHIPS.
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struction Yollows a Bold Dash from
garhor. The captured Admiral Con
gr:fll”"“‘“ Upon His Gallant Fight.
The(.'.,}3\;\;,oxnicxxt of the Nfew Y(.)rk
ald at Santiago gives the following
pails of the destruction of Admiral
vera’s fleet: {
jdwiral Cervera made as gallant dash
liberty and for the preservation of
s ships as ever cccurred in the bistory
paval warfare. In the face of over
glming odds, with nothing before him
cigevitable destruction or surrender
je remained any longer in the trap in
ich the American fleet lheld 'him, he
geabold dash trom the haybor at the
othe Americans least expected bim
doso, and fighting every inch of his
v.even when his ship was ablaze and
.1{51]:,;1;(: tried to escape the doom
ich was written on the muzzle of
v American gun trained upon his
pls,
dmiral Cervera, on hoard the Cristo
(olon, headed his flaet in the at
pt to get away at about 9:30 o’clock
day morning, So little =ere the
gicans expccting Cervera’s ships
tthe tlazship New York was cruising
{he coast to the east and returned
yin time to see the finish of the fight
Ito fire a shot or two at the torpedo
ttlxni-"’y'm. ’
e Americans saw him the moment
left the barbor, and commenced their
ik of destruction immediately, Foi
jour or two they followed the flying
iaids to the westward along the
g iive, sending shot after shot into
E Ulazog hinlls, tearing great holes
B sicel sides and covering their
pith the blood of the killed and
e
) time did the Spaniards show
ication that they intended to do
8 than fight to the last. They
no signals to surrender even
Eir sbips commenced to sink
tent clouds of smoke pouring
r sides showed they were on
gey turned their vessels toward ;
e, less: than a mile away, and
B on the beach and rocks, where 1
lestruction was soon completed,
ficers and men on board then es
10 the shore as well asy they ¢ -uld
the assistance of boats sent trom
dmerican men of war and threw
Wseives upon the merey of their cap
-1 after another the Spanish ships
Ame the victims of the awfal rain oi
lis which the American battleships,
sers and gunboats poured up n
W, and two hours after the first of
fleet had started out of Santiago
bor their cruisers and two torpedo
baostroyors were lying on shore 10
9 miles west of Morro Castle, pound
-0 pieces, smoke and flame pouring
every part of them and covering
entire coast line with a mist which
Id be scen for miles,
vy explosions of ammunition oc
-8 every few minutes, sending curls
hite smoke 100 feet in the air, and
Bing a shower of broken iron and
Lto fall in the water on every side.
dmiral Cervera escaped to the shore
boat sent by the Glousester to the
Mance of Infanta Marie Teresa, and
ouas he reached the beach he sue
tred himself and his comamand to
itenant Morton and asked to be
Bon board the Gloucester, which
the only American vessel near him
®time, with several of his ofi’icers',
ding the Captain of the flagship.
€ Spanish Admiral, who was
ded in the arm, was taken to the
Ctster, and was received at the
"4y by her commander, Lieuten-
Commander Richard Wainwright,
Rraged the " hand of the gray
ded admiral and said to him:
Ongratulate you, sir, upon having
€2s gallant g fight as was ever wit
d on the sea,”’
eutenaypg Commander Wainwright
Placed his cabip at the disposal of
Panish officer,
¢ was no mistaking the heart
*l €Xpression npou the old seaman’s‘
“he took the proffered hand of
tl? :Vai“‘ffight and was shown to
t:lb: ::b‘l’l;;v l;ut he made every
bad conme . h? n,,v tltlle bll:ter d:f:::
Uof the Gluucet;ter toot :l':ka ords
Btatulations offereq f;r t;e' gal-
lant fight and spoke earnestly of his so
licitude for the safety of his men on
shore. He informed Captain Wain
wright that Cuban soldiers were on the
hills preparing to attack his unarmed
men, and said be thought his sailors had
suffered enough in their battle with the
A merican forces, and that he was will
ing to surrender his entire command,
but he asked that some protection be
given to his men until they could be
taken off ic the A merican war vessels,
Captain Wainwright had heard similar
reports from his own officers regarding
the presence of Cubans in the brush,
and he sent a guard of armed sailors
ashore to prevent the Spanish prisoners
from being molested.
For an hour after Admiral Cervera
went aboard the Gloucester the Infanta
Marie Teresa, Almirante Oquendo and
Viscaya continued to burn and every
aow and then a deep roar accompanied
by a burst of flame and smoke from the
sides of the ships would apnounce the
explosion of more ammunition or an
other magazine.
As the fla.nes shot higher and higher
above the decks of the magnificent ves.
sels that had composed Admiral Cer
vera's fleet’ many of those who witness
ed the scene felt that it had a strong
connection with the destruction of the
American battleship Maine in Havana
harbor five montps ago.
Although the Colon, Admiral Cerve
ra’s vessel, was blazing in a score nf
places the white flag was never shown,
and her gans kept at work until she was
completely disabled.
Mavy Be Taken to Atlanta,
A speeial to the Coastitution from
Washington says it is probable that Ad
miral Cervera and others captured with
him will be taken to Ft. M¢Pherson,
Immediate steps will be taken to fit
up quarters for the Spanishrofficers, and
sailors who were taken with the cour
ageous and chivalrous Cervera and or
ders have been issued to the command
ing officer at Fort McPherson to make
the venerable Spanish admiral as com
fortable as possible upon his arrival.
There is a desire on the part of some
members of the administration to have
Admiral Cervera taken to Washington
and treat him with the greatest cousii
eration that militarv ethizs” will permit
in connection with a prisoner of war.
His bravery and daring are recognized
and appreciated by all Americans who
have followed his remarkable adventures
in the West Indies since war with Spain
was declared,
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says DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
best he has ever used in his family dur
in forty years of housekeeping. They
cure constipation, sick headache and
stomach and liver troubles. Small in
siza but great in results, L
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SOCIAL ETHiLCS DISCUSSED.
A Number of Soldiers Passing the Night in
the Pen.
A terrific saloon row oceurred at
Chattanooga between a lot of soldiers,
who were the the worse for liquor.
One of the Eighth Massachusetts regi
ment had been seen by some Georgians
and South Carolinians walkingjon the
street arm in arm with a negro wo
man. The southern boys did nov hes
itate to speak of the matter in plain
Englishin a crowded saloon where
there were a number of Massachusetts
and New York soldiers. 'Uhe discus
sion of the matter brought on hot
words which led to bloi/s, and as a re
sult there were some ten or fifteen
soldiers from all sections of the United
States occupying cots at the police de
tention station, all suffering with
more or less bruises and sore heads.,
Deafuness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the results and un
less the inflamation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition hiearing will be destroyed foreyer;
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
eondition of the mucous surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh,
Cure. Send for circulars free. ;
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Hall's Family Pills are the best,
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, July 13, 1898,
UNDER TWO BATILE-FLAGS
SOUTHERN .MASTERS HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWED BY FAITHFUL SLAVES,
Georgia Soldeirs Going to War Like Their
Fathers in 1861. Major Wilcoxon’s,
Faithful Cbharles.
Taypa, Fra.—TLake thedays of 61,
That is the way the Second Georgia
regiment is going to war, It isnow
encamped at Palmetto Beach, but will
soon join the second expedition to Cu
ba. It is made up of heroic Georgians
who will be heard from if they ever
get a chance to get on the firing line.
The peculiar feature of this regiment
's that the officers are nearly all sons
of men who fought for the confedera
cy, and are going to war in the same
manner as their fathers. Each officer
has his body servant, a negro, who at
tends him at meals, mixes his juleps
and lays out his clothing for him in
the morning,
Some of these negroes are unique
characters. They followed their mas
ters through the horrors of Shilob,
Chickamauga and Antietam, and now,
aged and withered, are following
‘‘young mastah’® to see that no harm
comes to him,
One of these 1s “Steve,”” the body
servant of Capt. Busie, of Company C,
Steve is Intensely religious, and is de
votedly attached to the captain. He
went all through the late war as the
servant of Captain Eberhart of Ath
ens, Ga. Steve was never wounded,
but he bears on his body four callous
lumps, two on his elbows and two on
his knees, as reminiscence of his ex.
perience. These were received when
he was ordered by his master to go
home, and he crawled three miles on a
railroad track while two opposing ar
mies fired at each ther oover him. He
made the trip and reported to the
waiting women at home that *Mars
Pat’’ was well, and then by a toilsome
journey and against orders rejoined
the regiment.
| Steve is quite an orator. A few
[nights ago the entire regiment was
’ entertained by a debate between Steve
and another negro named Absolom, ¢n
the justice of the United States going
to war with Spain. Steve had the pa
triotic side of the argument and won
hands down. He is very fond of expa
tiating on the reasons why the Span
iards should be whipped, and backs up
Eeach argument with a quotation from
[ the Scriptures. His favorite is: “Am
i I my brothers keeper?” arguing there
{from that the American soldiers
| should avenge the death of the herves
'of the Maine. He is a little incohe
: rent at times, and often gets big words
|in the wrong place, but always suc
| ceeds 1n pointing his moral with per
| fect exactitude,
%' Another and still more interesting
| character is “Charles,” the sixty-year
| old body servant of Major Wilcoxon of
the first battalion. He has been a ser
vant in the Wilcoxon family all his
life. He followed the major’'s father
through four years of the civil war
and received two ugly wounds, one at
the second battle of sanassas and one
at the fighting around Richmond.
“Dat fust bullet wound,” said Charl
es,showing a ragged scar on his skin,
‘“‘was got at Mapassas when I went in
to de field while dey was firin’ to bring
Majah Adams away. He was a friend.
ob our fambly, sah. De othath one I
got while I was tryin’ to keep up with
my mastah at Richmond. I tcok care
o' my;old mastah threugh the war,
and now I am going to Cuba with
young mastab, In case he gits hit I’'m
goin’ to him and I’'m going to git him
and take care o’ him.,”
Charles recently wrote a letter to
the major’s mother-in-law, Hedictat.
ed the following to a sergeant: “The
major seems intent on making a fool of
himself add going tothis war. There’s
nothing for me to do but go with him,
I am going to do it and take care of
him, and when be gets to the;jumping
off place old Charles is going to jump
off with him.”
Charles sleeps lin a tent alongside
the major’s, and he is up at reveille
every mbrning to dress his master. He
carries a huge 45-calibre Colt’s revoly
er, and is always accompanied by the
major's dog, a little terrier called
Bombskeell. : i
~ When he is at home in ;
jor Wilcoxon is a prominent lawyer, |
‘and Charles is his constant attendant,
said: ‘‘Charles is second in {command
in my law office. He bosses the sten
ographer and everybody else—but me.
He is a most devoted servant; nursed
me in his arms when I was a baby and
has never been away from me since
except during the four years he was
with my father in the war. Charles
is prominent among his race in Atlan
ta, and belongs to the colored Masons,
Kuights of Pythias and several other
lodges. I could no more get along
without him than I could without my
rations,”
It is Ja touching picture, this cling
ing of old negro servants to their
‘‘young mastahs.” 'Their loyalty can
not be doubted. It was severely tried
during the last war, and may suffer a
test in this one. One thing is sure: 1f
Major Wilcoxon shall be wounded, and
Charles can get to him, a pair-of black
arms will be wound about him and he
will be carried 'to ajplace of safety,—
Cincinnati Post.
A fayorite in the family, I have used
Begg’s Germau Salve in my family for
years. It is unequaled for Burps, Scalds,
old sores, eczema or any skin disease,
Mrs. T. H. Stilwell, Beloit, Wis.
We always keep it
Sane-DAvis Drug Co.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT INJURES TREES.
When Exposed to the Flickering Ravs
Leaves Wither and Die,
Permit me to call attention te the
deleterious effect of the electric light
on trees, says a writer in Meehan’s
Monthly. In front of my house all the
trees that are within fifty or sixuvy fees
of the big arc lights lose their leaves
and show many dead branches. One
tree within fifteen reet of one of these
lights is nearly dead (it is a maple).
A tall elm about thirty feet away is
fast losing the leaves from the long
pendant brauches—-and a butter-nut in
front of my window is fast going the
same way. To test this point I have
taken walks of about twenty miles in
extent through the city’s streets, with
the same result visible everywhere,
'so [am convinced the electric light
'iq hurtful to most trees. They can’t
‘sleep with those big, glaring electric
‘eyes shining from 8 p. m. to 3a. m. or
thereabouts. I believe there is also a
chemical action from these lights,
The trees cannot live on almost eter
nal day —they, like human or animal
life of any Kind, want rest. Itis only
near these lights the decay
is so marked. Have any of your
correspondents noticed this? I would
like to know. Maples, butternuts and
elms seem to suffer most. Willows
and horse chestnuts do not seem to be
effected, nor the lilacs-~the cotton
wood does not seem to feel it at all.
Montreal 1s the best lighted city I
have ever seen on this continent, not
excluding New York. The hghts are
large arc ones, and placed about twen
ty-five to thirty feet from the ground
Now note this: The trees all begin to
lose their leaves on top or on the side
facing the lights, and gradually keep
losing them downward, Now for a di
%gressiou: I also believe the electric
lights are much to blame for human
'sighfi defects and nervousness, and,
lastly, for insomma. We vant dark
‘ness for rest; ail nature demands it,
and how can people rest with these
‘high flickering lights glaring in at
their window? You say close your
blinds, but in this climate at this sea
son of the year we have it hot and
‘need our windows open. [ am often
‘awakened by a sudden flare and then
‘equally sudden decadence of light.
'Another phase of this subject—l think
for forcing vegetables, ete., the light
‘would be useful, properly adjusted. I
notice when exposed to the light they
obtain size but are weakly. .
FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON.
Consignees Send it to McKinley for Hos
| pital Service.
The first bale of new cotton of the
season was received in New Orleans
Saturday from San Antonio, Tex.,
consigned to H. & B. Beer and by
them at once expressed to President
McKinley, at Washington, to ‘be dis
posed of as he may see fit for the
benefitof the United Btates hospital
BerViCes il i BRI e g
The editor of the Erave City, Pa.,
Gighe Wil “ORE. Miksel Bl S
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Yol. 14.—N0. 46.
SEABORN WRIGHT STABBED.
ALMOST MURDERED BY AN 1IN«
FURIATED NEGRESS,
The Noted Lawyer and Politician Receives
Two Knife Wounds] While Ejecting
Ais Cook from His Residence.
Hon. Seaborn Wright was badly cut
this morning about 6:30 o’clock by his
cook, a negress by the name of Can
tress, 2
For several weeks the woman has
been very impudent to members of Mr:
Wright’s family.
This moining, because of insulting
language used to a white servant, Mr.
Wright, feeling outraged, took the cook
by the arm and proceeded to show her
the door,
The woman had evidently prepared
herself for just such an oscasion, for,
like a flash, she whivped a keen bladed
kpife from her clothing and with the
fury of an enraged tigress proceeded to
cut and siash her employer.
In the confusion which follawed the
bloodthirsty cook made good her escape,
and at noon today had not been captur
ed,
Mr. Wright lives in the suburbs of the
city, He was assisted to his bed and
Dr. Henry Battey summoned by tele
phone.
Dr. Battey responed promptly. He
found Mr. Wright suffering from two
ugly wounds, oue just under the heart
where the keen blade had penetrated the
hollow; the other was a wound three
inches deep in the left side,
While these wounds are serious the
physician thinks they are not necessa
rily fatal,
Mr, Wright is one of the most suec
cessful lawyers at the Bome bar and a
leading politician of the state, having
run, two years ago, as the gubernatorial
nominee of the anti-democrats,
Fortunately for Mr. Wright the wo
man failed to make her e¢rime murder,
though there is but little doubt that she
intended to kill, —Rome Hustler.
DR.KOCH ON MALARIA,
He Attributes Most Malaria to Mosquito
and Quinine Poisoning.
For more than a year Professor
Koch has been trying to pluck out the
heart of the mystery of malaria. And
as he wished to work 1n the best possi
ble environment he went to Africa, to
the marshes and swamps of the west
coast, where malaria, which we know
best as a tired feeling developing into
a low fever, rages like a plague, deal
ing swift and sure death to all stran
who are not hardy or most eareful.
The eminent bacteriologist is so far
advanced that he feels able to lay down
two prineiples of great interest: :
1. Where there are no mosquitos
there 1s no malaria. Where there are
riosquitos there is raalaria,
2, Quinine, the supposed sovereign
remedy, must be taken in just the
right quantities at just the right pe
riod of the disease, or it sets up a fever .
more dangerous than malaria itself,
If Professor iKoch be right, malaria,
disease from ‘*bad air,”” is not malaria
at ail, but a poison manufactured and
secreted by the mosquito. And much
that we call malaria is quinine poisor.~
ing sevup by improper use of that pop
ular drug in the eifort to cure mosqui=«
poisoning or a cold, or some other of
the thousand and one ills for which
quinine is supposed to be the sure rem=
edy. ,
Professor Koeh is not !infallible,
But he is a good authority, a painstak
ing and intelligent student. Therfore,
what he says should receive careful at
tention from tne persons who shed
their blood by the bucket-fuf“!v;o sustain.
the breed of mosquitos, and who al
ways carry quinine in the their pock-.
ets for diligent consumption whenever
they feela little ‘‘queer.”
| How to Look Good,
- Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on a healthy
condition of the vital organs. If your
liver is inactive you have a bilious look;;
if your stomach is disordered you have
‘a dyspeptic look; if yoar kidneys are af
fected you have a pinched look. Secure:
£ood health and you will surely haver
good locks, ‘‘Electrie Bitters” is a good
alterative and tomic. -Acts directly on
the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies
the blood, cures pimples, bloiches and
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