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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
OUR OFFICIALS RECALLED.
THE MANGROvE IS SENT TO ia.
vANA TO BRING THEM AWAY.
GENERAL LEE ALONE REMAINS.
Publicity Given the Finding of Court
of Inquiry Responsible For
This Action.

A Key West special says: Shortly
after five o'clock Friday evening the
lighthouse tender Mangrove steamed
away from the dock under full speed
and was quickly lost to view in the
gathering darkness. The sudden de-
parture of the boat created intense ex-
element, but it was not until Friday
night that reason was assigned for
the quick moving Of the Mangrove.
The boat left the dock in obedience
to orders received direct from Wash
ington.
These orders instruct the command.
or of the Mangrove to proceed at once
to Havana, take on oil the American
officials there, with the exception of
Consul General Lee, and bring them
away Immediately.
The special orders from Washington
were generally known among the naval
men and were pretty freely discussed.
In naval circles it is said that the pub
licity given the finding of the court of
inquiry is responsible for the orders to
the Mangrove, and it is feared at Key
West that the knowledge of the courts
report has excited Havanas popula-
ton a"d brought the anti-American
sentiment to a climax.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Measure Carries q Big Increase Over
That Of Last Year.


A Washington dispatch says: The
naval appropriation bill, as reported
to the house Tuesday, carries total
Of $35, 6S3, O5S, and increase over last
year OF s3,764, 1872 and over the cur.
rent estimate of 81, 514,s24.
For the increase Of the navy the bill
allows to be constructed by contract
three seagoing coast line battleships
designed to carry the heaviest armor
and the most powerful ordnance, dis
placement II, 900 tons, with the high
est practicable speed for their class, to
cost, exclusive Of armament, not ex-
ceeding $3,OO0,0 900 each, one to be
named the Maine; six torpedo boats,
$50 tons displacement, to cost not ex-
ceeding so, $40, 900; and one gunbost
to take the place Of the United States
steamship Michigan, to cost, exclusive
of armament, not over $3.50, GOO, to be
built On the great lakes.
One OF these sea- going battleships
is TO be built on the Pacific coast The
contracts for the construction OF all
these vessels are to be made within
sixty days OF the enactment OF the Dill
Toward the construction OF four
timber dry docks 5000, 600 each Is 81,
lowed, each to be not less than Ioo
feet long and sufficient to meet propa'
BILE future requirements.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
NAMES RYDER LYNCHERS..
Brother Of Dead Man Writes Sensational
Letter to Governor.

Brother Of Dead Man Writes Sensational
Letter to Governor.
DR.. g. A. Ryder, brother of DR.. w.
L. Ryder, who was lynched at Talbot
ton, Ca, last July, has written a
highly sensational letter to Governor
Atkinson In which he gives the names
of the men who, he alleges, are guilty
Of the lynching Of his brother.
The governor forwarded the letter
to the solicitor to be presented to the
grand jury at Talbotton. He also wir-
ed DIR. G. A. Ryder, at Gainesville,
telling him to proceed in person to
Talbotton and lay before the solicitor
all the additional information In his
possession which bears on the case.
DIR. Ryder in his letter names the
following prominent citizens Of Talbot
county as having been implicated in
the lynching:
DR.. "Billy" Bryan, Will Parker,
Albert Owen, Will Leonard, Tim
Leonard, John Parker, Riley Parker,
"Til" Harris, and Finley Greene.
The letter is sensational in every de-
tail. The writer affirms that every one
in Talbot county knows the names OF
the lynchers, and charges that threats
haye been made against him II he did
not drop the investigation. He states
that the case was worked up by Pink
erton detective, and gives the sources
through which the information was re-
ceiyed,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
SPANIARDS MAKE A MOVE.
Torpedo Fiotilia to Assemble within Easy
Reach Of Key West.

Torpedo Fiotilia to Assemble within Easy
Reach of Key West.
The navy department developed i'm.
portant news features Thursday. They
came with rapidity.
First came the definite information
to the department from one Of our naval
attaches abroad that the Spanish tor
pedo Hotilla had sailed from the Cana
ries to Porto Rico. This move has
been watched by the navy department
with intense interest, and is regarded
to some extent as O demonstration
against this country.
The feet consists OF six torpedo
boats and seven torpedo boat destroy
ers-thirteen in all-1constituting one
OF the most formidable torpedo squad.
rons now afoat. As soon as the tele-
gram making the announcement was
received it was taken to the white
house and laid before the president.
A long conference followed this, be-
tween the president and Secretary
Long and Mr.. Roosevelt, as to the
course this government should adopt.
There is very decided current Of
sentiment among naval officers, includ-
ing some of the highest, in favor of
decisive and immediate action. They
say that from a naval stragetic view it
would be most unfortunate at this
time, to have this great fotilla brought
within easy reach OF our squadron at
Key West
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
LOWELL DIAMONDS
STAND THE TEST.
Board of Experts
So Decide.
Remarkable Investigation From which
Tho Lowell Diamond Bicycle Game
Out Ahead Of All 0ompstltors.

Whore there are SO many makes Of BIZ
cycles on the market, all OF which at first
sight seem to be on an equal footing to the
casual observer, and still the fact IL we'll
knownthat there Is no article In common
uso whore It Is SO easy for the msnuiactur-
or to cover up the imperfections as In the
bicycle, both In material and workman
ship, and which cannot be detected until
the machine has been given a test on the
road, such an Investigation as has Just
been completed by the best experts In the
country, under the supervision OF the
Western Review OF Commerce, Is likely to
be Of great value to the riding public. The
honor Of producing the best wheel among
the thirty-seven well-known makes that
were tested fell to the old established house
ofJohn P. Lowell Arms Co., OF Boston, Mass,
manufacturers Of the celebrated Lowell
Diamond. Tho investigation was made
IN q thorough manner by competent ex-
perts In the construction Of wheels, and
before them were placed thirty-seven Of the
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
COLONEL BENJAMIN 8. LOWELL.
President OF the John p. Lowell Arms Co.

| leading makes. The machines were oil
| marvels OF the most recent ideas OF me-
| chanical construction, and were brought
! together without the slightest intimation or
knowledge to the manufacturers that such .
test was to take place. The practical experts
composing the In yestigating board gradually
weeded the machines down to q small num-
Ing Of the relative merits OF The ma
chimes, they were unanimous In their
verdict that the Lowell Diamond was un-
doubleday the best wheel made and % re-
ported to tho paper, the president OF which
Imm edisteiy wrote the ]. p. Lowell Arms
company informing the latter OF the investi-
CATION made and the decision reached, and
this was the first intimation that the Lowell
company had OF the matter. The
statement that the Lowell Diamond 10 the
best bicycle built IL based upon the fact
that every part OF the machine 10 made ct
their own factory. Previous to and tnclud-
Ing 1895 the machine bearing the name
OF the Lowell Diamond was manufactured
for the John p. Lowell Arms Co. by out
side parties, but beginning with the season
Of 1877, every part Of every machine bearing
their name plate has been constructed ct the
factory Of the John P. Lowell Arms Co. at
South Portland, Maine. This fact easily
aGeount' f., the RT0vsn 'uPrs%:sy the
msIs sr Of the World. The Lowell Arms Com.
psny have three stores In Boston, Washing
ton street, Broad street and Massachusetts,
avenue, and branch stores In Worcester,
Mass, Providence, r. l., Pawtuokst, B. l.,
Portland and Bangor, Me-, besides having
agents In nearly every city and town
throug b out the country. Their new cats
iogue, "famous Diamonds Of the World"
tree on application,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
PERMISSION REFUSED.

CAPTAIN sigsbee Not Allowed BY sPsniards
to Blow Up the Wreck.
A semi official note issued at Mad
rid Thursday says:
cat the cabinet meeting Senior Sa-
gasts (the premier) read a telegram
from Captain General Blanco saying
that the captain Of the Maine had re-
ouested permission TO blow up the
wreck with dynamite, and that per.
mission to do so had been refused
him.
"The cabinet empowered the minis
ter of foreign affairs (SenorGullon) TO
watch the situation with the view OF
seeing justice done and defending the
rights OF Spain.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
REPORT SENT TO PRESIDENT.

Lieutenant Commander Mark finsh9
Leaves Key West for Warrington
Lieutenant Commander x,Iudgee
advocate of the United States naval
court Of inquiry into the loss Of the
Maine. left Key West Tuesday after
noon on his way to Washington by the
city OF Key West, bound for Miami,
taking with him the report OF the court
on the disaster. -.
All the officers Of the Maine now at
Key West, except Paymasters ger, 70
Mccarthy, have received orders 10 u
leave for their homes, there 70 "a swa u.
orders, as in the case Of other ON oa ssas
who left last week. This is cons ,!l =,
to be evidence that the court t. a,a noi
require the confederation Of teen isean aSa
evidence. Is thought a few days ago.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
TWO BATTLEsHIPs LAUNCHED.
The Kearssge and the Kentucky Chris-
tened at Newport.

The KesrssEe and the Kentucky Chris
tened at Newport.
The first great battleship ever
launched from private yard in the
south glided into the waters OF James
river at Newport News Thursday
morning at the immense plant Of New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
company and little more than an
hour later a second ship, the exact
counterpart Of the first one, except in
name, followed.
They were christened respectively
the Kearssge and the Kentucky, proud
and historic names that have just rep
resentatives in the splendid fighting
machines just put afoat.
In spite of the fact that the authori-
ties at Washington had expressed the
desire to have as little ceremony as
possible in connection with the launch
ing, the importance of the event was
such as to give it an interest aside
from the mere pomp usually incident
to an affair Of this nature.
overnor Bradley, Of Kentucky, in
responding to the toast, Kentucky"
said:
cit is Kentucky whose people SYM
pathize with the oppressed and down
trodden Of every land and who ear
nestly desire that the nation should
prevent further astrocities upon the
suffering people of Cuba, and, il the
invetigation should justify, to avenge
the death Of our soldiers, not by de-
handing an indemnity in money, but
an indemnity in blood"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
FORTY LIVES LOST,
Bark Helen Almy, Found at Sea Turned
Bottom Tn.

BARK Helen Almy, Found at Sea Turned
Bottom Up.
A special from San Francisco saws.
Upon the arrival Of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company's steamer Santa
Rosa from San Diego Tuesday the
news was received OF another horrible
accident, indirectly attributed to the
Alaskan gold excitement, which is be.
hev;d to have cost the lives of FORTY
passengers and sailors.
Captain Alexander, Of the Santa
Rosa, reported that during the early
morning while nine miles off Point
Bonita, at the mouth Of the Golden
Gate, he sighted derelict bottom up.
The tug Sea Witch was immediatel,
dispatched to the point indicated, and
found the derelict to be the bark Helen
W. Almy, Captain Hogan, which sailed
hence for Copper river points with
twenty-seven passengers and crew of
thirteen on Sunday last.
The bark lay upon her starboard
side with her stern low down in the
water, her deck hamper badly wrecked
and several planks Of her hull washed
loose by the seas which broke over
her.
While there were no signs OF boats
among the wreckage, 1t is not believed
that her passengers and crew escaped
by putting off from the vessel in them,
as there has been a very heavy sea for
several days past. Furthermore, no
word has been received from the sur.
vivors, II any exist, although the dere-
lict was sighted within ten miles OF the
shore and fully forty-eight hours had
passed since the wreck occurred.
According to the tug boat men, there
was pretty stiff breeze when the Al.
my sailed out to Golden Gate on Sun
day last, and by noon it was blowing
O gale. She left her under top sail,
and when last seen was standing out
for an Citing. There was heavy sea
running and it is supposed that some
time during the night she was struck
by squall and turned bottom up.
The vessel was perfectly seaworthy
when she left on her trip. She was Of
only $50 tons and was ballasted.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
MUST HOLD STEADY.

London Paper Says Washington Should
Cease "WobbIing."
The London Daily Graphic says ed.
itorially:
ave think it time that Washington
ceased webbing. Weeks ago it was
said that the starting of the Spanish
torpedo fotilla for the West Indies
would compel America to declare war.
Today the fotilla is steaming straight
for Porto Rico. Meanwhile acute SEN
ators in Washington and over clever
journalists in New York are planning
ingenious campaigns to fix the odium
of declaring war on Spain"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
NAVAL MILITIA CALLED OUT.
Volunteers in New York and Massaehu-
seus VIII Respond.

Volunteers IN new YORK anu "ssssS"u
seus VIII Respond.
A dispatch to The Boston Herald
from Washington says: ..
"For the first time the naval militia
is called into service and the governors
OF Massachusetts and New York are
requested to direct their naval militia
TO assume charge of the monitors as
signed a few days ago for the protec;,
ton Of the harbors Of Boston and
New York, in conjunction with the
land Notifications. 49,,
"The orders sent Governor VOL
colt, Of Massachust and Governor
BLACK, of New YorkyVbr transmission
10 the commanding officers OF the state
naval militia, inform them that they
will be directed to assume charge OF
The two monitors assigned to each OF
those states, to assist in the second
line OF defense.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
INSURGENTS RESUME WAR.

They Declined All Offers of Spanish Dele
gates and Renew Hostiiities.
Adxices from Havana state that it is
now known positively that the negoti-
atoms between General Pando's dele
gates, Ramieriz and Charvez, and
General Calixto Garcia and other
prominent insurgents, in which the
radical autonomists made what are
said to be final offers of practical in
dependence, have proved an absolute
failure.
No particulars have yet been receiv-
ed of the meeting, but that the nego-
tiations have failed is shown by the
resumption Of hostilities.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
NAIL TRAIN ROBBED.

49,. u,.hraymen Rife the Pouches
on . California. Road. ,,,.,ura
WAS held up at Cross station, hv two
dear Goshen junction, GAL, ~ T;sht,
mas robbers wsdne.d. y a S,sns.
I'm The eapbsrs secured one mail pouch
Inc me-. io ,1os opened and riAed OF con.
tents. The robbery ,s.,k 0s snd SO far as is
Known no one was injured oy TUG '''
0e n.t.;ls regarding the manner III ~
which the train was held up are d neas,si
Some Of the passengers "'''
Of their yaluables.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
~ Feel Like o New Person.s
Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1000 Belle St. Alton. Ill. writes,

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle St., Alton, Ill. writes:
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table Compound was great sufferer
from womb trouble. Menses would APP
pear two and three times in month,
causing me to be so weak ! could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked SO badly my friends hardly
knew me.
81 took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. My drug
gist gave me one of your little books,
and after reading it I decided to try
Lydia L. Pinlkham's Vegetable Com
pound. l feel like new person. l
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world.
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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
the Verdict Of
the Court.
|t IIMENTS IN HANDS Of
ppfsIDENT M'KINLEY.
N CLAIMS IT WAS INTERNAL
IIuet Discusses the Matter
Two Extended Sessions.
Spain is Notified.

h, court Of inquiry appointed to
,tgate the cause Of the Maine dis
has reported that the loss of the
tlsAip was due to an outside e1'
sion.
he state department, by direction
hs president, has cabled United
ss Minister Woodford at Madrid
notify the Spanish government OF
condition.
me president and his cabinet ad-
rs held two extended sessions
dsy, one at 1890 a. m. and another
Up. H., at which the report was con-
sed in detail. Members Of the
|aet stated after the meeting that
discussion was of grave character
never since the wrecking Of the
line has the situation seemed 80
tical.
The Spanish government has cabled
Ecialy to Washington that the Span
naval commission holds the disas-
to the Maine to be Of internal
igin.
The government Of Spain, it can be
Ated positively, is not disposed to
IN back the torpedo aotilla now pro
eiing from the Canaries and would
disinclined to consider q suggestion
pn this government tending to inter
p with the disposition by Spain Of
own naval forces.
Wrpreparations on an unprecedent
scale is being hurried to completion
Tie war and navy departments, ant
country practically is on O wa
ptng.
The foregoing gives the record o
oil the most eyentful days tn
honal capitol has seen since tn
" Of the civil war.
Viewed in detail, the finding Of tn
ut Of inquiry was the most vita
sufe Commander Mark, iudg'
'oeate Of the court Of inquiry, de
ued the report to Secretary Lonl
!! Friday morning aud short.
sltvas carried to the white hous
placed in the hands OF the pfesi
1880 o'clock the cabinet Assem-
half an hour earlier than usual
began the consideration Of tn
aS0us document. Even the rigi
Of secrecy which prevailed
lel meetings were made doubl
I'll .this case and no intimation Q
results reached by the court wer
"h until 2 o'clock, when an Asso
y fress bulletin gave the informs
70 the country, as we'll as tn
s,y waiting officials Throughout
slhgton.
No Resp possibility Fixed.
.'sse results, briefly stated, or
zoe loss Of the Maine was due (
uplosion from the outside, tn
olng unable to fix the responsi
iof the explt son. The cour
Nv express an opinion as 10 tn
*f Of the explosive, but the tel
goes to show that it was
ul submarine mine, the exsc
a Of which is not determine
J. N'nmony, though the belle
p'essed that it was q hoatin
were two explosions the con-
u ue hrst was from the outsid
M, Wv set of one of'the smallt
s; 49, 1t was this result, e,
II u detail and with the preci'
S,,.;t coert deeply conscious Of Il
sO'l,'y, together with the ev
M ~ which is was based that o.
N,, we attention Of the cabin,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
MONITORS FOR KEY WEST.
The Terror and Puritan Ordered to That
Point by Secretary Long.

Point by Secretary Long.
Secretary Long has determined to
bring into service the eight old single
turrett monitors used during the war
and now lying at League Island navy
yard.
He issued orders Wednesday that
the monitors Catskill and Lehigh pro-
coed to Boston, and the monitors Ma
liant and Jason to New York.
The monitor Terror, now at New
York, was ordered to proceed at once
to Key West, and to report to Admiral
Sicard. The Puritan was also ordered
to report to Key West.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
blizzard SWEEPS ARKANSAS.
All Early Vegetable and Fruit Crops VIII
BE Entirely Destroyed.

BE Entirely Destroyed.
Dispatches from Little Rock state
that a bowling blizzard ragged Wednes-
dsy in northwest Arkansas and the
fruit crop in the famous Big Red APP
pie district is badly damaged. The
temperature at Little Rock fell "a de-
Qrees in a few hours. The early pc.
tato and strawberry crops will be de-
stroyed. Rivers and creeks rose rap.
idly. the Arkansas showing a rise OF
four feet at Little Rock in twenty-four
hours,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
RECLAIMED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink
ham From Happy Women.
"I Owe You My Life"
Mrs. z. WooLHIsER,
Mills, Neb., writes:

Mills, Neb., writes:
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life TO your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said l had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. My
menstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water. I
had several doctors. They all said /
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L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it helped me right away; menses
returned and 1 have gained in weight.
Ihave better health than have had for
years. It's wonderful what your Com.
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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-02
n,sIsTROUS NINE EXPLOSION.
rvo Ne, KILLED and Many other' s~'' ~
Re Eutombed.

An explosion occurred at MaknG Ds
coal mine, near Monongahela El!, 80
Tuesday. Two miners are known an ID
tsxs hssn killed, five injured, ana
t.om tx TO 25 are said to be still en-
tombed in the mine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-01-08
AN INSTRUCTOR DEAD.
William Malone of the State In
dustrial School Passes
AWay,

Waukesha, Wis, Jan. 3.-tSpecial. i
William Malone, aged % years, teacher
at the Wisconsin industrial school in this
city. died at O'Clock this morning, from
Notwithstanding resulting from cold sore.
Mr.. Malone was quite well on Thursday,
but on Friday blood-poisoning set in and
he grew rapidly worse until. the time of
his death today.
Mr.. Malone has been in Waukesha
since last May and at the school was very
popular. He was a cousin of DR.. VIII
Malone of Milwaukee and DIR. r.. W. Ma
lone of this city Edward Malone OF the
Waterford Post is his brother.
On Thursday Mr.. Malone was suffering
from Il cold sore on his lip, and after
consulting a physician returned to the
school Friday he was unable to leave
his bed and during the afternoon OF that
dav became una bic TO speak, although
he was conscious. IIc did not recover
his speech at any time up to his death.
Members of the family were present at
the dcathbed.
The remains viii be taken to Water
ford for Intorment.
A telegram reached WaukeSha Friday
imparting the news of the death of Louis
Blessinger. formerly of this city, but who
has been spending the past two months
at Las Vegas. \. NJ. Mr.. BlesSinger was
% years Of age and was sufferer from
consumption. The funeral will be held
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock from st.
Josephs church in this city. The de
ceased was well known here where he
had a great many friends and relatives
residing.
Judge d. s. Tular received word yes
terday of the death of his mother at
East Troy. Mrs Tullar was 81 years
of age and had been in very critical
condition for over Il month.
\ 2-y"ar-oll child of Mr.. and Mrs.
stephen Baird, who reside east of this
city died yesterday Of diphthcria