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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

The adoption of a vigorous policy to
secure from the Turkish Government a
settlement of the claims preferred by
the United States on account of the des-
truction of American missionary prop
erty and outrages to American mission
aries, committed during the uprising
against the Armenians in the fall of
1895. is being considered by the new Adj
ministration and probably will be put
into operation soon. President Nc
Kinley's programme contemplates the
sending to Constantihople of Hon. John
W. Foster, former SECRETARY of State. as
a special envoy, with the rank of Am
baseador, to secure from the Sultan the
payment of the claims which have been
filed, and the speedy trial of those Am
erican citizens against whom charges
have been made by Turkish officials.
The President probably will send to
Congress message recommending that
authority be given him to commission
special Ambassador to Turkey for this
purpose and. while no name will he pro.
posed by the message, Mr.. Foster will
be entrusted with the mission in the
event that Congress gives to the Presi-
dent the power which he desires. Mr..
Foster has already been asked to under.
take the mission. and. although he was
at first reluctant to accept it. he finally
consented to do so on certain conditions.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

AN appeal to the Government for ra-
tions for 10000 people for thirty days
has been issued from Greenville. Miss
issippi, for Washington county alone.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

The President nominated Theodore
Roosevelt, of New York, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, and Captain A.
S. Crowninshield, United States Navy,
to be Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

THE people of Fargo, North Dakota,
have telegraphed the Secretary of War
that Federal aid for flood sufferers is not
needed there.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

The Chinese quarter in San Francis
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
TO GEORGIA FARMERS.
Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt Ad-
dresses q Timely Letter.

Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt Ad-
dresses a Timely Letter.
After carefully summing up the sit
uation, Commissioner Nesbitt OF Geor-
gia has decided that the farmers OF the
south must vary from the rule of old
and change their plans Of farming so
far as the cotton crop is concerned,
Commissioner Nesbitt says the farm.
ers cannot raise large quantities OF
cotton at 5 cents and expect to pay
the expenses of the farm alone from
the sale OF the cotton crop. He tells
the farmers they must pillow deeper
and depend more upon natures boun-
tiful hand and buy less fertilizers.
Instead of devoting all their acres TO
cotton, they should SOW other crops
which will sustain the stock as we'll as
bring in ready cash to the market
He warns the farmers OF the south
of the evil results of burdensome
cotton crop, and advises them to plant
fewer acres in cotton and to plant
more corn, peas and similar rotating
crops,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
WOMEN BARRED OUT.
Methodist Minister Did Not Approve Oh
Female Preaching.

Female Preaching
A Chattanooga dispatch states that
a female revivalist, Mrs. Harris, mas
concluded revival at Hillsboro, Ala,
a few miles east of CORTLAND, on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad
Large congregations attended the ser.
vices. including many Of the adjacent
counties, going forty and fifty miles to
The meeting was commenced in the
Methodist Episcopal church, SOUTH
by authority of the board OF stewards,
Int Rev. Arson West, presiding eiael
80 the Decatur district, learning OF the
use of this church by female revival,
let went to Hillsboro and ovsrruie9 =
the action of the board, interrupted
The proceedings and caused a consla,
srable furry by officially closing .he
doors of the church to women prea'n
ers. III ,.aot com
s,ernation among the Methodists anu
II will be taken to the district CONFER
en Mrs. Harris is the widow OF the la.e =
Robert Lee Harris, noted evaneeii''
OF his time
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
MINERS RESUME WORK.
Twelve Thousand Diggers in Illinois En-.
ter the Pits Again.

Twelve Thousand Diggers In Illinois En-.
ter the Pits Again.
The coal mining strike in the north.
ern Illinois district ended Friday.
Twelve thousand men have gone back
to work in the Coal City, Braidwood,
Carbon Hill, Spring Valley, Bodia,
Seatonville, La Sale and Oglesby
fields.
One thousand men remain out at
Streator, the only point where miners
and operators have not agreed. A
settlement there is expected within a
short time.
The victory is with the miners,
although they have not won all they
asked for.
The strike had been on since July
4th. 1t started as part of the gen.
eral strike ordered by the United Mine
Workers of America, The Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio miners settled their
differences early in September. In
Indiana work was resumed about the
same time. The 10000 miners of
Illinois refused to ratify the terms OF
the agreement made at Columbus, o.,
and continued the strike.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
NlTR0GLYCERIN CAUSES DISASTER
force OF the Explosion IL Felt For Tan
Miles Around.


Miles Around.
An explosion of nitroglycerin oc.
Cured half mile west of Chester.
field, Ind, at late hour Thursday
night.
Persons one mile away were lifted
from their feet by the conclusion, and
the jar was perceptibly felt for ten
miles. Fire followed the explosion,
Dut the flames were quickly extin-
guished.
Sixty quarts of nitroglycerin had
been haule d there for the purpose of
shooting a gas well. The explosive
was placed in large zinc tub, located
at the end of the steam exhaust pipe,
for the purpose of thawing out the
mixture. 1t is the theory that the tub
became heated. A hole ten feet long
and several in depth was torn in the
earth, and the engine was blown to
pieces.
Two drillers had remarkable es-
cape. They were standing within
thirty feet Of the scene of the accident,
and We're hurled twenty feet by the
force of the explosion, but with the
exception of few bruises they escaped
unhurt.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
CHINA APPEALS.
She Asks Russia to Intercede In the Trou-
BILE with Germany.

She Asks Russia to Intercede In the Trou-
BILE with Germany.
According to o Washington dis
patch to the New York Herald, China
has appealed to Russia to GUST Ger
many from her territory, as the result
of the occupation by German force
of part of the Shan Tung peninsula.
The Russian legation in Pekin is in
charge of the secretary, Count Cassini,
the minister having been transferred
to Washington as the diplomatic rep.
resentative of Russia. The negotia-
tons on the subject are being conduct
ed in st. Petersburg.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
Chinese government to get Germany
to name date when she could with
draw her forces, the German govern
ment has taken no step in the matter
and the fear is expressed in the eastern
and European diplomatic circles that
her occupation, If not Of permanent
character now, is simply q preliminary
IN IL
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
GOV. ELLERBE A CANDIDATE.


He Announces for Observation-Disclosures
Dispensary Law.
A Columbia special says: Governor
Ellerbe has declared his candidacy for
reelection as governor Of South Caro-
lima, and in advance of his annual
message to the general assembly, he
has seen fit to present his views in re-
gard to the liquor question. He also
strongly expresses himself in regard
to criticisms that had been made Of
his official acts. He gave out an in
terview Wednesday night in regard to
o statement in Charleston paper that
he had told Newbold not to surrender,
the governor says:
~ am getting heartily sick and
tired of such dirty filings and insinua-
tions. 1t seems that gentleman has
no protection, but has to submit to such
slanderous insinuations.
"There seems to be O common un-
Outstanding on the part OF certain peo-
pie to destroy the dispensary law, and
they take advantage Of all unfortunate
occurrences to use them against the
law. Since I have been governor I
have tried fearlessly to perform my
official duties, and will not be swerved
by idle clamor or senseless criticism.
"The most difficult problem that
confronts us today is that of the liquor
traffic. The dispensary, I think, is
the best solution of the question, but
as the courts have decided that the
dispensary is not police regulation,
1 am in favor of amending the law so
as to make it police regulation by
eliminating the profit feature, and, If
necessary, not sell it as beverage, but
only for medicinal and sacramental
purposes.
"Those who advocate high license
have surely not read carefully the de-
cisions OF the courts, for in the case Of
Scott VS.. Donald, the court advanced the
view that the state couldprohibit. they
could inspect, but could do no more.
If the dispensary is not police regu-
lation, and the state cannot control
the liquor under the dispensary law,
it certainly cannot under high license.
Besides, under high license system
it would, in few months, degenerate
into the open barrooms.
81 propose to go before the people
on my record, and, if necessary, to adj
vocate the policy just outlined. Some
of my enemies have said I might be
reelected because Of the unwritten
law to give a governor two terms. l
want it understood that no one need
keep out of the race on this account,
and I would not have it as q mere mat
ter of precedent if my efforts did not
warrant an Endorsement.
eff I cannot refute the numerous
charges that have been made against
me, and cannot show to the people
that I have honestly and faithfully
tried to discharge the duties Of the
office, 1 do not care to be reelected. "
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Report OF New Industries Established
During the Week.

The movement in manufactured pro-
ducts is active for the season and bust
ness generally, as reported by cores
pondents among prominent southern
manufacturers and dealers shows q
healthy increase.
The iron market is firm with but lit
tie change as to prices. The demand
shows the falling of incident to the
season, but the mills are we'll filed
with business that will keep them busy
until the spring trade opens. The
Shelby, Ala, Iron Co. will put No.
/ furnace in blast Nov. % and the
Watts Steel and Iron Syndicate will
blow in furnace No. ] at Middlesbor-
Dug, KY, December /. The Dayton,
Tenn. Coal and Iron Co. are repair
ing their furnaces and will put both
plants in blast at IN early date.
Southern cotton manufacturers re-
port an encouraging volume of
trade, and at most points the
southern lumber business is more
active than for several years past,
Among the most important new in
dustries reported for the past week are
the following: Electric light plants at
Bessemer, Ala, and Hartman, Tenn. |;
an extensive fertilizer factory at Co.
lumbus, Ga; the Berkely Chemical
Co., capital, 100000, at Charleston,
s. c.; Touring mill at Conway, Ark,
and ice factories at Gainesville, Fla,
and Waycross, Ga; the Paramount
Land Co., capital, $50, 200, Norfolk,
Va. the Charleston Land and Mining
Co., capital, $500, 900, Charleston, w.
Va, and the Kitson Hydro Carbon
Light Co., capital, $50, 900, Birming-
ham. The Sloss Iron and Steel Co.,
of Birmingham, will develop iron
mines OF Leeds; gas generator works
will be erected at Dallas, Texas; an
SO-ton oil mill at Meridian, Miss; q
tannery at Morristown, Tenn, and q
$3.50, 900 cigar and tobacco manufact-
uring company at Port Tampa, Fla.
The Campbell Lumber Co., capital,
$25, 900, has been chartered at Temple,
Texas, and other woodworking plants
will be established at Ball Play, Ala,
Fulton. Ark, Pensacola, Fla. Ashland,
KY, and Harrisburg, Ark.-Trades-
man Chattanooga, Tenn
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
AUTONOMY GRANTED.

Screes for Cuba and Porto Rico Given
Out by Spanish Government.
Advices from Madrid state that the
fetal Gazette published Saturday
brniug the royal DEGREES granting
tonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico, thus
moving the anxiety that had begun
be expected on all sides as the result
the governments reticent and I'M
planned delay.
Article l explains the principles Of
e future governments of the two
ands.
Article 2 DEGREES that the govern
ent of each island shall be composed
an insular parliament, divided into
% chambers, while a governor gener-
representing the home government
all exercise in its name the supreme
thority.
Article declares that the faculty Of
aking laws of colonial affairs rests
18th the insular chambers and the
bvernor general.
Article 4 directs that the insular
presentation shall be composed OF
10 corporations with equal powers:
chamber of representatives and a
Puncil of administration.
Article 8 provides that the council
administration shall consist OF
(irty-fve members, Of whom eight
Pall be elected and seventeen nom.
lated by the government.
Article 6 provides that the members
the council of administration must
Spaniards, thirty.five years of age,
ho were born in the island or who
I've resided there continuously for
pr years. 1t specifies numerous
hcials, such as senators, presidents
courts and of chambers Of commerce
ID other bodies as eligible to election
the council.
Article Z to IA inclusive deal with
limitations and the conditions Of elec-
pm to councils.
Article Is empowers the throne or
governor general to convoke, sus-
nd or dissolve the chambers with
obligat on to reassemble them with
three months.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
|THER VICTORY OR DEATH
THE MANIFESTO SENT OUT BY
CUBAN ASSEMBLY.
I'm ISSUES AUTONOMIC DECREE
N Cuba and Porto Rico Are Included
In the Royal Grant-Anx-
iety Is Allayed.

me- Cuban constituent assembly.
! CHI met recently at Camaguey to
odel the constitution and elect a
president, issued a manifesto
| oh reached the Office of the Cuban
|ta in New York Friday.
The document is dated at Lahaya,
J ober 10, 1897, and is signed by
mingo Mendez Capote, as president
the assembly.
The document says that the assem-
before adjourning deemed it its
" to proclaim, among other things:
No special laws, no political re-
|m or autonomy, nothing, in short,
II the Spanish government may be
ling to grant that means Spanish
|ereignty over Cuba shall be accept
|by the Cubans as O settlement of
! war.
Independence or death is and shall
the unalterable and sacred motto Of
Cubans.
The Cubans have not resorted to
has in order to obtain any political
assures which does not once and for
solve the question. That is the
son we will accept nothing short Of
Eolute independence.
! 1T is our purpose to constitute an
dependent state, orderly, prosperous
ID happy, over the ruin of worn
/ colony.
1--WE are firmly determined to carry
war until victory or death crowns
II effort"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
ARBITRATION NOT WANTED.

1,,.bmen Send q Long Petition TO the
United States Senate.
A petition to the senators OF the
1rnited States was issued from the
headquarters Of the Irish National AZ.
lance in New York Friday against the
adoption of the proposed general
treaty. of arbitration with England.
The petition will be circulated by
Tho various councils Of the alliance
throughout this country, the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and other Irish
American societies
The petition says that the advocates
~ The arbitration treaty here are the
modern American tories, descendants
Of the men who would have hanged
Washington.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
THORN TRIAL RESUMED.
The Great Interest Manifested by the
Public Unabated.

The Great Interest Manifested by the
Public Unabated.
A New York dispatch says: Martin
Thorn, indicted with Mrs. Augusta
Mack for the murder of VIM. Guilden.
suppe, was again placed on trial Mnn-
'dsy in the criminal branch of the
Queens county supreme court at Long
Island City. Thorn's first trial, which
was begun two weeks ago was inter-
rupted, and had to be abandoned on
account of Juror Larson becoming
seriously i'll.
There was repetition of the scenes
which marked the opening of the first
trial. The main floor and galleries of
the courtroom were crowded with law
yers, talesmen and reporters and news
paper artists. Deputies were stationed
at all entrances to the courtroom and
no persons were allowed to enter with
out q pass.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
EXPREsSMEN MEET.
Regular Annual Election Of Directors and
Oncers ut Savannah.

Regular Annual Election Of Directors and
Onicers ut Savannah.
The 35th annual meeting Of the
Southern Express company was held
at Savannah, Ga, Monday. The fol-
lowing directors were reelected: H.
B. Plant, New York; NJ. ]. O'Brien,
Augusta, NJ. F. Plant, New York; G.
L. Loop, Chattanooga; H. Sandford,
New York; Hugh Dempsy, Augusta;
d. F. Jack, Augusta; officers, H. B.
Plant, president; M. J. O'Brien, vice
president and general manager; NJ. F.
Plant, vice president; George H. Til
ley, secretary and treasurer; 7. W.
Leary, OF Chattanooga, assistant gen.
eral manager; F. G. DuBignon, Of
Savannah, general counsel.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
NAIL MEN COMBINE.
Affection OF Entire Iron Trade Will he
the Result.

Affection OF Entire Iron Trade Will BE
the Result.
Information from reliable sources in
Cleveland, Ohio, is to the effect that
at the protracted meeting in New York
city during the past week, attended by
nearly all the big producers Of wire,
wire nails and rods in the country, an
agreement to consolidate was virtually
reached, only one concern remaining
to be induced to go in.
The combination will be the largest
ever attempted, and will affect the en-.
tire iron trade. In order to avoid the
fate Of the old wire nail pool, the rod
mills will be included as we'll as num-
Der OF steel producing concerns.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
|OSsTANTINOPLE THREATENED.

le Powers Have Decided That Turks
Must Evacuate Crete.
The Rome correspondent Of The
Pndon Daily Chronicle says:
The report is confirmed that the
|wers have decided to blockade Con-
fntinople in case Turkey refuses to
thdrsw her troops from Crete and to
|cept a European governor of the
and"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
WILL REMOVE FROM WACO.
Baylor University May Follow Bsptis
Headquarters to Dallas.

Baylor University May Follow Baptist
Headquarters to Dallas.
A special from Dallas, Texas, says:
As result Of the Brann- Baylor uni
versity sensations and the tragedies
following them, eliminating in the
deaths Of the two Harris brothers, off,
cial announcement has been made that
the managers of the state headquar-
tiers of the Baptist church for Texas
have ordered the headquarters remov-
ed from Waco to Dallas and that the
business of the church will be con-
Quoted from that city, dating from
December LIST.
Arumor is in circulation that Baylor
university, probably the most impor-
tant protestant institution Of education
in Texas, is to be removed from Waco.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
PIONEER MERCHANT DIES.
John Ryan. sr., Was q Great Factor In the
Upbuilding Of Atlanta.

John Ryan, ST., was Great Factor In the
Upbuilding Of Atlanta.
John Ryan, ST., pioneer citizen and
retired merchant OF Atlanta, Ga., died
at his residence in that city Monday
morning.
In his death Atlanta loses one OF
those staunch old citizens whose ener-
gy and industry, at the time when the
place was little more than village,
resulted in the great city which is
now known as the Gate City of the
south. 1t was the industrious exam
pie Of these pioneers which has been
followed by their successors that has
won for Atlanta her reputation for en-
ergy. They laid the foundation Of
the city which has risen from the
ashes of Marthasville.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
FEVER AMONG SOLDIERS.
Three Privates at Fort Bsrsncas Are Down
with Yellow Jack.

with Yellow Jack.
A special from Pensacola, Fla. says:
Three privates in the first artillery are
now in the hospital at Fort Barancas
with yellow fever. Trained nurses
have been sent from Pensacola to at
tend them and they are all reported TO
be doing nicely.
The opinion is gaining ground that
the present infection originated at the
fort from the tearing down during the
past summer Of the old hospital in
which many yellow fever patients
were treated years ago.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
HIGHBINDERs MUST GET OUT.

|'nese Merchants Of San Francisco Com
bine Against them.
me San Francisco Chronicle says
~ the Chinese merchants Of that
y have combined to suppress 1.-The
Pfderous highbinder's societies.
tese business men have formed q
impact not to submit to further
Hckmail, and without their usual
ZONE the highbinders will proceed
,eave the city or 60 to work.
over twenty highbinders' societies
Aaected by this arrangement and
:le the exact membership Of these
le'ies Is not known, it is expected
DC In the neiRhborhood Of 1900.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
prssI.,s WARNING UNREEDED'
Turkey Proceeds to Invest 1''oo'0'o '"''
in Large Guns.

Tnrkpy Proceeds TO IhVest I'o00''
in Large Guns.
Adv;ces from Constantinople state
that in spite Of the protest. o o, ,I
Rms Russian government which recently aar'
h i,'i;ma ted to the porte that il any con.
siderable part of the indemnity pa rte Ds
sion of the Ottoman aTna ;na;stu ,oo
Russian government would i ms pu upUn
hu .,sSmsnt of the arrears Of the Russo
q Tpa aiy;S indemnity, long overdue
T TurkSr has placed with Herr u hr orPp,
for i5O large cannon at a 'o'a' 'A''e
1906, 900 marks
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-04
THANKFUL FOR DEATH SENTENCE.
Cyrus Not Anxious To Die, But Wanted To
BE Polite.

Cyrue NOT huxiouu AZ Otes nut "
BE Polite.
In the superior court atAtlanta, Ga. +,
Tuesday, Tom Cyrus, colored, was SEN
fenced by Judge Gambler TO die on the
scaffold December %.
The prisoner received his sentence
with calmness that was amazing, and
when his doom was pronounced he
bowed and said: "Thank you"
1t was the first time in the annals Of
Fulton county that . judge was ever
thanked for imposing the death pen.
atty.
When asked by q reporter il he was
really glad to die, Cyrus replied: "Oh,
no, but I wanted to be polite to his
honor"
Evening star., 1897-02-02

The principal amusement OF the evening
was q button and nail contest the young
ladies driving nails and the young men
sewing on buttons. After supper dancing
was participated in. Those present were
Misses Gaul, Holland. Maude Easton, Grace
Welsh. Irene Kennedy, Ncttie Rearerk.
Blanche Boss and Christiana Thomps On.
and Messrs. Val Austin, Frank Hoover
Herbert Bradley, Harry Thatcher. Char
ence Pratt. Eugene Willard. Raymond
French and Henry Dobson.
The last meeting of the Fleur de Lis
Pleasure Club was held at the residence OF
the secretary, Miss Edna Knott 42s 10th
street northeast Games and dancing were
enjoyed. and refreshments were served
Among those present were Misses Grac.
weaver. Ethel Overton. Ethel CLANCY
Julia Hill. Gertrude Keck Bessie and Mis-
sye Moore. Irene Rodier. Edna Tompkins
Rachael Warren, Edith Bit;enbender. Edna
and Nerda Knots. and Messrs James
crawford. Austin Jarvis. Ernest White
head, Fred Murry. s s. Gather A. Y.
Gale. VIII Banville. Ernest waesche Press
ton and j. L. Nimmo.
Miss Herbert has recovered from an at
tack of grip and will receive as usual to-
morrow afternoon.