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The news & observer., 1897-07-01

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The news & observer., 1897-07-01
JOhnSOn'S
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
I'm One Day.

The average girl would rather be
caught in swimming than to be seen
with gingham apron on.-Ram's Horn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
THREE TOWNS IN TERROR.
EIGHTY QUARTS OF NITRO-GLYCE-
RINE EXPLODES.

Two Men Killed and Every House in
chesterfield, Ind, in Ruins - The
Damage Almost as Great at Dallas
Vile and Yorktown, Two and Five
Miles Distant-The Force of the
Explosion Felt in Every Direction
for Fifteen Minutes.
Andersonville, Ind, Nov. 26.-Chester-
field. Ind, was almost wiped off the map
at an early hour this morning by the
explosion of 50 quarts of nitro-glycerine,
which had been brought overland from
Montpelier and placed in an open Geld
a mile from town.
Marion Mansey and James Mcguire
were working in the gas wells when the
explosion occurred. Mansey was th:own
fifty feet, but not fatally injured Ma
guire was thrown 100 feet in the air ard
badly lacerated but will recover.
James Colds house, 300 rods distant,
was blown to pieces.
The explosion tore a whole in the ground
down to the water line, and so far as can
be learned it was spontaneous.
A three-ton engine was torn to frag
ments, and every living animal was killed
instantly.
The little town of Chesterfield is a mass
of ruins every house being moved from
its foundation, windows shattered, doors
smashed in, every light put out and the
plastering shaken from the walls. Several
people were shaken out of bed.
At .Daasvile, two miles away, and at
Yorktown, five miles distant, the damage
was almost as great.
Many people were injured and it is
miracle that none were killed outright.
The explosion was felt in all directions
for fifteen minutes. The gas in the well
was blown out and a workman named
Cooper lit it, and caused another explos-
ion, in which he was fatally burned. The
damage cannot be estimated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
LYNCHGNG IN FLORIDA.
BLACK Ravisher Taken From the JAIN
at starlSe and shot.

starke, Fla, Nov. 26.--Hicks Price. a
negro boy from Providence. Fla, has just
been identified as the assallant of Mrs.
Spiers. He beat her into unconsciousness
with the butt of his pistol, and then ac-
complshed his purpose. He will stretch
hemp
A quiet and determined crowd OF 100
men went to the jail tonight, and. calling
Jailer Hollinsworth out. told him that
they had a prisoner whom they wished to
confine. The jailer. without suspicion,
came out TO them, when he was promptly
seized and securely tied. The keys were
then taken from him and the crowd were
In a moment in possession OF the jail.
Price was quietly taken out and hanged
to a limb of a tree at the foot of Pratt
street, and about fifty volleys fred into
the body. So quietly was the affair con-
Quoted that no one dreamed that any
thing unusual was taking place until the
report of the firearms was heard. The
identity of the negro was established be-
yond doubt.
Price was 10 years old, and came to
Starke with his father from Providence,
Fla, about year ago. He has been con-
sidered an inoffensiVe character. The
town Is as quiet as a church yard, and no
further trouble Is anticipated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
TORTURED INTO CONFEssING.
Story of "a Spanish Anarchist Con-
firmed by Fellow COnvicts.

Barcelona, Nov 26.-Great interest is
felt in the trial now in progress here of
the two men, Calls and Enrique, accused
by Ascheri, instigator of the bomb throw
ing outrage during the procession of Cor
pus Christi in the spring of last year and
of throwing bombs al a strike meeting
in 1886 when several persons were killed
and many others injured.
Calls was lately condemned to 20 years
imprisonment as an accomplice Of Ascheri
in the Corpus Christi procession outrage.
During his trial on that charge, he con-
fessed himself guilty of the bomb throw
lng of 1886
Brought now to trial on that confession,
he alleges that it was extorted from him
by torture at Montjuich fortress, and his
statement that he was subjected to torture
is confirmed by the testimony of other
convicts called as Witnesses.
Enrique, arraigned with him on the
charge of bomb-throwing, in 1888, was ac-
quilted to-day.
With regard to the assertion of Calls
that he was tortured, Lieut. Portas and
others connected with the prosecution
deny that there is any truth in the story,
and the weight of evidence is against Cal
lis.
The public prosecutor demands a SEN
tence of imprisonment for life in his case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
MRS. Mack MAY NOT TESTIFY.
Prosecution Springs IA Surprise ON
the Defense.

New York Nov. 26,-LawyeTs Howe and
Moss, who have diligently defended Mar
tin Thorn. met to-day with a serious and
unlocked for obstacle when. after a brief
adjournment, District Attorney Youngs in
formed the court that the people rested
their case. 1t was generally expected that
Mrs. Mack would be put on the stand to
reiterate her confession, and the lawyers
who had been assigned to look after
Thorn's interest thought that she would
repeat her statement of two weeks ago.
Later in the afternoon, District Attorney
Youngs said that he was not prepared TO
say whether Mrs Mack who Pad made
such u famous scene in the first trial by
her confession, would be produced or not.
The case, as far as the district attorneys
opinion went was fully proved without
the woman's testimony Later on, how
ever, one of Mr.. Youngs advisers said that
in case the defense put Martin Thorn on
the stand, the prosecution would certainly
produce Mrs. Mack in rebuttal.
The first witness called to-day was the
barber, Keohne whose examination had
not been concluded when the court ad-
journed last Wednesday evening. Keohne
admitted that the stiletto which he had
shown Thorn had a poisoned point. This
he had kept as an ornament, afterward
explaining that his brother had made him
a present of IL.
David W. Speck a bartender. testified
to"seeing Thorn in a saloon at East Thit-
ty-fourth street on Sunday, June a. Thorn
exhibited some money ana said: This is
what [ got out of my carriage ride last
Saturday"
Carl Meirecih, a barber, testified that
he had sent to Thorn for a bottle of cham
poo mixture on Wednesday morning. Ac-
cording to Police Captain O'Brien, Thorn
told him that he was in this BARRIERS
place on Friday, June 25, the day of the
murder The witness did not see Thorn
on Friday, June %. He had received
letter from Thorn in which the prisoner
asked him TO say that he was sent for
the bottle of shampoo mixture On June %
and had been in the place to set part of
that Friday
The principal witness of the day was
John Gotha, the barber. to whom Thorn Is
alleged to have made a confession soon af-
ter the murder. Detective Dennis Sullivan
identified two bullets feund I'm the bath
room Of the Woodside cetsage The Bullets
were of 80 caibre and evidence was intro
duced to show that they fitted the revolver
found on Martin Thorn when he was ar
rested.
The prosecution then reviewed the case
without putting Mrs. Mack on the stand.
At 1880 o'clock District Attorney Youngs
announced that the prosecution rested its
case. The court then adjourned till Mon
day, when the defense will begin its case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
RIOT AT PORTO RICO.
Recently Released Political Prison
erS on a Snree.

ers on a Spree.
Havana, Nov. 26.-Advices just received
from Porto Rico say that riot occurred
there yesterday. 1t appears that a steam
er having on board a number of political
prisoners recently released from the
Spanish settlement on the African coast,
in accordance with the amnesty decree,
arrived there, and the liberated men were
allowed to. land. They soon found their
way to drinking saloon, partook of stim-
ulants and began cheering for The United
States, crying "Hurrah for Free Amer
ica."
This demonstration was resented by the
crowd about the place and rioting follow
ed. The police we're called upon to inter
ferc and compel the liberated men to re-
embark. During tha disturbance the
police captured the insurgent Colonel Ali
po Sanchez, who is described as being in
cognito in Porto Rico.
Senor Marcos Garcia, the governor OF
Santa Clara, has arrived at Sagua, in or
der to better able to judge of the condi-
ton of the concentrates. From this day
on these unfortunate people will receive
the rations offered.
The Spanish officials to-day released
from prison Thomas j. Jordan, prisoner
captured, according to the allegations, af-
ter the landing of an expedition of fill
busters on the American steamer Three
Friends. and Manual Hernandez, who Is
said to have been on another filibustering
expedition. Both men were under SEN
tence of death. The government has also
released from prison Julia Ries and Ro>
sendo Betancourt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
GLORY OF THE SOUTH.
Gen. MnrmnduISe Issues Remark
able Address on the War.

Gen. MarmnduISe Issues RemarIS-
able Address on the War.
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 26.-Gen. Vincent
Marmaduke of Sweet Springs. Mo-, who
was recently appointed by the ex-confed-
crate veterans of Missouri as chairman of
a committee to write an authentic history
of the part Missouri and Mlssourians took
in the civil war, to-day issued remarka-
bic address. 1t was addressed to the ex-
confederates of Missouri, and said in part:
"The honor and glory of this great strug-
gle was with the south, and southern SOL
diers ought, i'm justice to themselves and
their dead comrades, to preserve the MEM
ory of IL. While the north and northern
soldiers are inveighing against all mani
festation of sectional feeling, they are
erecting monuments to their successful
leaders, and telling very much to their
credit and TO our detriment The north
had more than four soldiers to one in
the south It's armies were re-
inforced and assisted by several
hundred ships Of war, manned by 35 900
meant an unlimited supply Of money. 1t
had factories to manufacture everything
needed to arm and equip--to supply and
maintain it's armies and fleets 1t had rail-
ways running in every direction for the
TRANSPORTATION of Its troops. IT had inter-
course with the whole world and could
draw recruits for its army and navy from
the whole world. The south had none of
these advantages, or had them only to a
limited extent. But Notwithstanding all its
advantages. it took the north four years
to crush the south, and then it did by a
grinding process, and without having gain
ed a single decisive victory"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
DEGREES GRANTING AUTONOMY.
The Official Gazette Publishes Them
and Ends the Anxiety.

Madrid, Nov. q, a. m.-The Official
Gazette publishes this Saturday morning.
the royal DEGREES granting autonomy to
Cuba and Porto Rico, thus removing the
anxiety that had begun to be expressed
on all sides as the result of the govern
ments reticence and unexplained delay.
Article one explains the principles of the
future governments of the two islands.
Article two DEGREES that the government
of each island shall be composed of an in
sular parliament. divided into two cham
bers, while a governor general represent
ing the home government shall exercise in
its name the supreme authority.
Article three declares that the faculty
of making laws of colonial affairs rests
with the insular chambers and the gov
ernor general.
Article four directs that the insular rep
resentation shall be composed of two cor
porations with equal powers-a chamber
Of representatives and council of admin
istration.
Article five provides that the council of
administration shall consist of thirty-five
members, of whom eighteen shall be elect
ed and seventeen nominated by the gov
ernment.
Article six provides that the members of
the council of administration must be
Spaniards, 35 years of age, who were born
in the island, or who have resided there
continuously for four years. 1t specifies
numerous officials, such as senators, pres.
idents of courts and Of chambers of COM
meree and other bodies as eligible to cleo
ton to the council.
Articles seven to fourteen, inclusive, deal
with nominations and the conditions of
election to councils.
Article fifteen empowers the throne Of
the governor general to convoke suspend
or dissolve the chambers with an obliga-
tion to reassemble them within three
months.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
GERMANY's DEMANDS ON CHINA.
They Are So Heavy That They Prob
ably Have an UIterIOr object.

London. Nov. 26.-Special dispatches re-
ceived here to-day from Shanghai say
that Baron Won Heiking, the German min
lister to China, has presented the Chinese
government the demands of Germany for
a reparation for the recent murder of
German missionaries and the destruction
of German mission property. These de-
mands include the discovery and execu-
ton of the murderers of the missionaries,
Mes and Henle, the punishment of the Of
ficials, the reconstruction of the mission
building and the payment of an indem-
nifty of 600,0 900 taels TO the relatives of the
victims, and also the payment of heavy
indemnity to cover the expenses of the
German naval expedition and the mainte-
nance of the German force at Kiao Chu
bay.
The Chinese government replied that
Kiao Chu bay must be evacuated before
the demands can be discussed. Baron Won
Heiking refuses to consent to this and a
deadlock was the result. The foreign dip
lomats, the dispatch further announces,
say that the German offers are impossl-
bic of acceotance, and they are certain
that they were only presented to enable
Germany to retain Kiao Chu Bay and to
enable her to extend northward her hold
of Chinese territory.
1t is reported that Chan Koyan the
Chinese general who was in command OF
the fortjfications at Kiao Chu Bay and
who surrendered to the Germans without
firing shot has been condemned to death
by the Chinese war council.
The viceroys of Canton, Foo Choo and
Marking are trying to put the coast de-
fense in a proper stale of repairs, with
the view of preventing possible further
seizure of Chinese territory.
The persistent silence of the government
regarding the Intentions of Germany at
Kiao Chu bay though probably caused by
the necessities of diplomatic negotiations,
is beginning to be regarded with consider
able anxiety.
1t is believed that Immediately prior to
the occupation by Admiral Won Deiderich
and the German cruiser Division, the gov
ernment notified Russia, as a friendly pow
er, of its intention, and that a virtual
agreement exists under which Germany
may keep Kiao Chu and the bay, while
Russia becomes the predominate power in
Korea, which is tantamount to annexa-
tion
st. Petersburg, Nov. 26.-The Novosti
contends that the growth of German in
fluence in the near and far east will neces-
state a union Of Great Britain, France,
and Russia for the protection Of their in
teTeStS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
PELAGIC TAKING OF SEALS.
Report of Canada's Refusal Looked
Upon as Probably Correct.

Washington, Nov. 2e.-No word OF the
reported refusal Of the Canadian govern
ment to accept the proposal of the United
States for a modus viyendl to stop the
pelagic taking of seals while the commits
sion was engaged in arranging other ques-
tions between the United States and Can
ada has come to the state department.
or to the British embassy here. There is
no disposition in official quarters to dis
credit the statement coming from Ottawa
to that effect and II is feared that the
end Of the negotiations is yet long way
removed. The Canadian alternative pro-
posal referred to in the dispatches is be-
lieved to be nothing more than renewal
Of the proposal to appoint joint commis-
sion and allow the question of total sus>
pension OF sealing TO go before IL with
other matters. This has proved unaccept-
able to our government heretofore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
STRONG UNDER TONE TO STOCKS.
The Street Now Waiting to See whas
Congress VIII Do.

The Street Now Waiting to See Whas
Congress VIII Do.
New York, Nov. 26.-Bradstreets's finan-
cial review tomorrow will say: "Althougn
speculation has been mainly in the hands
of traders. an undertone of strength was
apparent throughout the weeks transact
tlons on the stock exchange. There was
no very severe pressure, and IL is the
general impression that stocks are In
strong hands.
'"rhe approaching meeting of congress In
regarded as the next speculative factor OF
importance, and 1t Is concluded that large
financial interests are waiting till the ses-
sion begins and the attitude of the ma.
tional Lawmakers on the currency ana
Cuba Is developed
80 far as the administration Is con-
cerned the street at large has been fav-
orably impressed both by the
acterized the negotiations with
Spain, and by the current reports
that the Presidents message win deal
largely with the currency and take a po-
sition satisfactory to sound money senti-
ment.
''rhere was an absence of an unfavor-
able development throughout the week
and more attention was paid to the con-
tinued increases IN the railroad earnings
and to circumstances affecting the specu-
latfve position of particular properties
London has not been a factor of any
Importance in our market though the SELL
ing from that source has been larger than
the purchasing"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
FREE FROM YELLOW FEVER.
Clean Bill of Health in Mexico-Petty
BroIIs Over Cuba.

City of Mexico. Nov. 26.-The board of
health reports that there is no longer
any yellow fever in Mazatlan. Reports of
cases of yellow fever prevailing in the
hot country region in the state of San Luiz
Potosi have been investigated and the
fever turns out to be only malarial fe-
yer.
Vera Cruz is healthy, and is able to
show a clean bill of health.
The board of public sanitation work on
the grand canal is going on satisfactorily,
and early in the year every section of 1t
will have been accepted.
Petty broils between individuals of the
lower classes and Spanards over the Gu
ban question continue, as the Mexican
people are in sympathy with the Cuban
cause and take pleasure in taunting To-
cal Spanish shopkeepers with Spain's in
ability to whip the Cubans
The Mexican government will take part
in the general census Of the world in
1900