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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-30
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Pocomoke City. Md. Dec. e3.-John
r. Turner. a highly respected colored
home early yesterday morning by W
unknown men and brutality murdered.
The affair has caused intense excite
ment among both white and cclored.
and should the murdcrcrS bc caught.
fears Of %lynching are entertained.
There is no clew 10 the murdcrers. but
jealousy j. supposed TO be- the motive
for the crime. Turner and his wife
having been living together unhap-
PLY.
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what the gods send Is often .
0ribe from the devil
Thix i = world OF change. not chance
Tie greatest miracle is the trans
formation az . sinner into a saint
The arm that Is swift 10 strike. may
b. strong 20 succor.
MANS rage cannot alter Gods pur-
pose
We are made by our enemies. and
rnarred by ourselves
Ycn carsot overcome. m the battle
without. until vou have the peace OF
God wtfhf-.-Earn's Horn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-30

SEM m0nthly excursions 10 the south
west The greatest opportunity 20 ys..
Texas. the Empire state 81 the Union, I'M
p1ralle.et as 10 resources aud products and
xIth an area exceeding all the Eastern and
Middle States The statistical reports q
products, a. compiled by the commIsslonsr
ct Texas, Indicate this section as having the
greatest possible advantages IN is mild and
ecu1cie climate and in the variety and pro-
Guctissnts Of is soil. For further inior-
nation. descriptive pamphlets and dates 4
excursions. apply to H. +. Bowsher, Dist. r.
A, Cincinnati, o.
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"A simple g0-hetween am I.
Without a thought OF pride.
L rart the gathered thoughts Of men.
All literally divide.
set the soul Of Shakespeare free.
tn Milton 3 thoughts Eive liberty.
BIZ sidney speak with freer speech.
LIT Spen-er sing ard Taylor preach.
Though through ali ie1rulE- swift / glide,
No wisdom doth with M abide
IT you can solve The foregoing. and send
tie correct answer TO George III. Heatarl,
General Passenger Agent. Chicago. MaUaa-
kee 4 =. Paul Railway, Old Colony Bu j.
IN. Chicago. together with a t~o-cea.
stamp. he VII. send you what II calls for.
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Toledo. o., Dec. 23.-William G.
Spaulding. cashier of the German
American bank at Port Clinton. and
Mrs. Martha r. Jameson. of this city.
have been arrested on the charge of
causing the death of Miss Amy Meker
by performing a criminal operation
upon her. II is said that Spaulding
has made n confession.
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Clearly i. was advisable 10 20 20 war
-But how ABOUT venue. veutursaI M.
ccurtIy SIR Godfrey.
Revenue repeated the queen. l.I .iv
Il have but 20 stamp rms GOT and ablua.1t
Revenue Will De iortlcominsl'
IL vii be observed that in those f.r,
there was no stamping % bank checks. ral.
eInation certificates or chewing gum. Is ~
nothing q Cigarettes ana keg pIlSner DE
tEc.E Journal.
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Pekin. Dec. 23.-The United States
minister here. Edwin II. Gender. has
entered a protest against the pro
posed extension Of French jurisdiction
at Shanghai. This. added 10 the vig-
oror~ British protest Oh the same sub
ject viii undoubtedly stircn Chinese
resistance.
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before TE WAR BEGAN.
A Glance Backward Shows that the
Authorities ar Washington
were Never Sleeping.
FACTS THAT WERE NOT MADE PUBLIC.
serve Peace. ~ Possible 10 DO - Honor
ably. Evidently Lsbored Under the im-
preston that War was Inevitable. Is
p~cislly After the Maine Affair.

Washington. Dec. 25.-Despite the
vigorous denials made nj the time il j.
nov a matter OF public record that
President McHiuley's administration
became convinced. at least as long ago
as the first day OF January. that war
with Spain was probable, if not newt
able.
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Madrid. Dec. 23.--The premier. Sc
nor Sagasta. Is worse. lie j. very fe-
verish. Ills condition caused Spanish
interior securities to fall from 56.55 to
6S.3O.
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The ~S.anSlcs have been boosting a long
time about their hor-eless carnage. Ii turns
out 10 Be only 4 baby ; perambulator.-Bos-
ton Transcript
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Use & Jacobs OIL and say TO rheumatism:
"N III sac YOU later"
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Official dispatches have just been
made public which establish this fact
completely. In January Admiral Self
ridge was in command of the Eu-
ropean station. and on January IL,
ISeS, he was instructed 10 retain his
s~ailors. in spite of the expiration Of
enlistment. Five DAYS later the gun
boat Helena, at Funchal. Madeira,
which had been ordered 10 the Asiatic
station. received orders marked Sc
cret and confidential TO delay its de-
parture. and the next day il VAS or
dered to Lisbon. At the same time
Capt. Chester. in command of the
South Atlantic squadron. received a
confidential dispatch directing him 10
announce unoffcially hat the cruisers
Cincinnati and Castine would 90 to
the northern boundary of his station
for drill and exercise. then proceed 10
Para Brazil. without causing com
ment."
SOME NAVAL ORDERS.
The same day. which was January
II, the Wilmington. at Guadelonp. re-
@tiftA AAirtA nuns NhAfftAAl- ~ VI
dcrs TO 90 to South America and re-
tanning il in the Nindward islands
without touching al Spanish ports.
Commodore Dewey. at Yokohama. as
early as January -. was instructed to
disregard cnlistmenfs and keep his
sailors The Maine was blown up
February Is: ten days later Theodore
Roosevelt sent 10 Dewey the first war
like dispatch Of the administration
which read:
SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Secret and confidential. order the
squadron. except M~onocacy, TO Hong
Kong. Keep full Of coal. In the even.
rf declaration Of war with Spain. your
duty will be TO see that the Spanish
squadron does not leave the Asiatic
coast. and then begin offensive opera
tions in the Philippine islands. Keep
Olympia until further orders"
The Monocacy was practically use
less. and the Olympia was under or
ders To return home. The day after
Roosevelt stirring dispatch TO Dew
cy. Secretary Long sent dispatches To
Chester. in the Barbadoes. Miller. at
Honolulu: Howell, at Lisbon; Dewey.
mt Hong Kong. and Sicard. at Key
West, all Of which read significantly:
KEEP FULL OF COAL"
"Keep fun ~ coal-the best that
can be had March :. six weeks be-
fore the declaration or war. in order
ing the Brooklyn TO Hampton roads
TO join the flying squadron. Secretary
Long used the expression: The
situation is getting worse
April :. a little over two weeks be-
fore the declaration of war. Commo-
dore Dewey was cabled: Land all
woodwork. stores. etc. il is rot con
sidered necessary 10 have for opera
ticn"-an order which. of course. con
templated nothing less than an at
tack on the Philippines. Three days
before that ADMIRAL Sampson. at Key
West. had beer instructed TO be ready
mt any time TO take possession of the
Key West cable office. and assign an
officer TO stop the transmission TO Gu
ba of any telegram relating 10 the ac-
ton of the president or congress.
These official dispatches show clearly
that war was considered inevitable.
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some people seldom lend a helping hand
e. les Il i IL help hemselves.-Ram's Horn
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the side Of bfrne;a'fssn AZ 1871 20 l.
Does anyone believe that II The sbov-
new silver for 1926 ard 1877. ~ well
as the new ro.6. had b~er added to the
worlds znOrsv ary harm 10 Fry human
being would hag, been do-e7 On The
contrary. Il wolit have benefited al
humanity. ard rot have faIIed.-w. =
Chardler =. In Corrsr6 Monitor.
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ern warfare often does. thus avoiding shots
that might otherwise be disastrous. It
needs a good gunner on shore to keep up
with the shiftings of the modern steam
propelled ship.
The object of the demonstration at Ma
tanzas is not clearly shown In the dis
patches. Matanzas is fifty-two miles from
Havana, with which it is connected both
by rail and by an excellent highway. 1t
is port, and the city is the second in size
on the island. It is included In the coast
line that is under blockade. 1t is stated
that General Lee favors Matanzas as
landing place for operations against Ha-
yana, and the recent bombardment may
have been an effort to ascertain the
strength OF the batteries on shore. Ma
tanzas would make an excellent base, on
account of the admirable roads leading
from the city, 1t is also the best place on
the coast for the distribution of supplies
to the reconcentrados, who are very nu-
merous in and around Matanzas.
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Matanzas.

The FIRST battle of the war was perhaps
more OF a reconnaissance in force than a
battle. but it at any rate showed that the
American gunner is an expert in accuracy
of aim, and the American naval officer an
expert in maneuvering ships; for the flag
snip New York, the monitor Puritan and
the cruiser Cincinnati knocked in pieces in
less than twenty minutes the shore batter
les they attacked. And it also showed that
the Spanish guns are not well manned.
because none of the three ships were hit.
although the New York steamed within
1900 feet of a battery. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. W. Laird Cloves, the English ma
val authority, recently said:
There is more difference in the personals
of the two navies. / do not hesitate to
say that the natural as well as the ac-
CURED qualifications of the American naval
officers are miles ahead of those of the
Spanish. Indeed there Is no room for COM
parison. Moreover, the American naval
officers have steadily faced and carefully
studied the problems which they are now
graphing with. while the Spaniards have
shirked the disagreeable subject. Con-
1erning the men, casual observer is liable
to be woefully mistaken. When hard work
Is to be done the Americans do it with an
intelligence and go to which the Spaniards
are absolutely strangers.
The recent combat ait Matanzas did not, 1t
Is true. involve the Spanish navy, but 1t
did show that the American navy knows
how to shoot and maneuver, and also
showed that a ship is good match for a
shore battery. The shore battery cannot
change positions; a ship can ana in mod
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THE DAY HAVANA FELL

Come, tell us how Havana fell,
In eighteen eighty-eight; 80
Now, please, good Uncle Amos. do; -
Don't say it is too late;
But tell us how the Yankee ships
Set all the Cubans free
And drove the cruel Spanish dons
Back home across the sea.
You saw the smoke and heard the guns
And know the story WELL 80
For you were on the Terror there
The day Havana fell" -
ayes, I was there, but on that day,
When shells began to screach,
I longed to be at home again
On Jerseys peaceful beach.
The Terror and the Monterey
First bore the battles brunt,
Then came the Texas, fort of steel, /
To take the Yankee front -.
The air grew black; the sea grew white;
Each ship became a hell, -
I hardly think that TIL forget
The day. Havana fell" a.
Like blacksmith's at their FORCES red,
The gunners toiled AWAY,
Dumb, bronze machines, they aimed and
fired
For nearly half a day.. '-I
The awful gas from powder smoke
Seemed like the grip of death.
And more than one poor fellow dropped,
While gasping vain for breath. 49,. j
And every time the turret sides 81
Were struck by shot or she'll ! &
We thought the world to end had come.
The day Havana FELL ns ..i...
"Old Morro's gloomy caste walls
Belched forth the Spanish hate, 4
And now and then huge bolts of steel
Pierced through our armor plate.
Their cannon shrieked from Cabanas;
The Punta battery's bark
Was nearly drowned by Rena's gilns,
But all were hushed by dark.
On through that hail of lead and iron.
Midst terrors, none can tell, "a S
Our gallant ships all fought their way
The day Havana fell.". ~. ~,...,r z
"And while we struck them from the 81
Old Gomez and his hand ,a-.,.r;
Swooped down with vengeful merciIess
might. ~, .-s4i.~.,, - e
And smote them on the land.
Remember Maceor they yelled, sst,s q :.
And whirled the dread machete.
The martyrs of the Maine. we cried
The watchword of the fleet. s3
The fight was over ere the dusk;
Peace! rang the vesper bell. =
It's pure tones tolled for brave men siine.
The day Havana fell" ..sa. sAE.,n. =
"The heroes of that day You know:
Scores died, but scores vet live s
To wear the precious laurel crowns
That grateful nations give.
Once more is Cuba Antilles gem.
For Joy and plenty reign.
The laugh of happy children now sss
Is heard on hill ana plain. Icy
Barbaric warfare no more stalks.
.Despoiling field and dell,
The butchers rule ITS end did reach
The day Havana fel.'
--RobertSH. Hazard in washington Post.
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THE BRAVE BOYS
OFF TO THE WAR
By NED BRACE.

ny NEIL A1EAA1G.
The soldier boys are off to the war this
morning.
They go to Mobile to enlist and be equip
ped Then they are to be drilled and
hardened for service. The next step is in
doubt. They may be sent to Cuba to light
the Spanish army now on Cuban soil. They
may have to fight on these shores
No man can foretel the result of this
war. It is no longer the matter of jocular
talk. The time for joking has passed. No
one knows what complications will arise.
All the world may become involved in this
war. There may be invading armies sent
to our shores. Germany and France and
Austria may become involved.
But casting possibilities aside. this eoun-
try has undertaken to rid Cuba Of Spanish
cruelty and Spanish rule. That must be
done regardless OF cost. Talk of a bloodless
war is vain. Spain is prepared to fight.
Her warships are to meet ours, and in
Cuban waters. It will be no easy matter
to transport troops to Cuba. Spanish ships
are sure to attack our transports, though
war vessels may escort them. The matter
of landing troops in Cuba is no easy mat
ter. The destruction of but one transport
would mean the sacrifice of fifteen hundred
lives.
War is a serious matter. 1t may be that
many young men who bid farewell to their
families this morning will bid a final fare
well. They go not only TO encounter the
bullets of the Spanish but the silent germs
of disease. which may carry them off more
speedily than the uniformed foe.
There will be tears today. 1t will be
sad day in many homes. But every mother
who kisses her son loving goodbye and
every brave son who goes forth to fight for
his country's honor should and will be stout
of heart and look forward to the joyful day
reunited. Then the mother will be proud
of the son who has gone forth and fought
goriously for Christian cause.
What would the world have been today
but for those who have fought gloriously
against barbarism and for Christianity
since the beginning of the world?
All Birmingham should turn out this
morning to cheer the gallant soldier boys
who have of their own volition volunteered
to go to the front and fight for their coun-
try's flag. They are noble fellows. They
the very roof from the old passenger de-
pot.
Though it be Sunday the bands will play,
These are brave sons who go forth to their
country's CALL
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Bat

When these southern regiments and bat
teries are organized for actual service.
they could constitute, If the war depart
ment SO directs, about nine brigades, or
three divisions, or one army CORPS The
three divisions would need three major
generals, and the corps a lieutenant gen.
eral. In all, thirteen field officers would
be needed and it is hoped that the admins
=tration will overlook partizan considera-
lions and select the thirteen from the best
and most experienced soldiers in the south.
giving physical vigor and mental alertness
due consideration.
Sentiment, or what the French call es-
prit du corps, should also have proper con-
sideration. 1t is not sectonalism in any
perhaps in a broad and widely differenti-
ated country that should be encouraged and
utilized. Give the south chance to show
what It can do for the union. Let the
troops go to battle under leaders taken
from the south. 1t is a reasonable re-
quest, and 1t is one the administration will,
1t is hoped. heed
Whether the corps commander be General
Joe Wheeler or General Fitzhugf Lee, does
not so much matter: but let the man be
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AIabma's Volunteers.

One thousand young men, more or less
the quick response of the Tennessee Valley
and of the mineral district of Alabama go
towards, If not to, the front today. They
go to Mobile, there to go into camp to
learn soldiery while standing ready to
upon them. At the water front they will
await the call to duty, no matter what
that duty may be, or where It's scene may
be located. Stranger things have happened
than the transfer of these young men to
the Philippines or to the Canaries or to one
of a half dozen other widely separated
points in this outstretched war.
The scene this morning in the Union sta
ton will be essentially one of heroic ma
ture. 1t will not be apt to occur again in
the present war, and the history of the
country shows that few of the spectators
Of today's marvellous scene will live to see
another like it. When one thousand young
men go forth to battle for the starry flag
that covers and protects seventy-flve mill
lions of people,, the occasion, may well be
considered memorable and heroic Children
of tender years who witness it will tell it
to their children. 1t is an event that will
be cherished and often reto.d
There is not one of the young men who
bids his friends goodbye today who knows
that Spain has formidable force in Cuba;
he knows, too, that nature has foe lurking
there in the wet season that is more to be
dreaded than the warriors of Spain but he
also knows that the cause he has given his
utmost services to is just and righteous
cause, and he goes forth to do or die. His
country called, ana IN behalt OF MS state
he answered at once, without promise of
bounty, without patriotic appeals of sany
kind. The call to duty was enough.
These young men are the flower of
Northern Alabama. They fill the quota of
their section, and the future history of the
state will bear witness to their patriotism.
Whether few or many of their number fall,
they are the states heroes. Those who do
return will receive the plaudits of CRATE
full people, those who fall will be carried in
memory and honored while the republic
endures The American volunteer of the
Spanish war securely holds place in the
hearts of the people.
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Governor McLaurin of Mississippi has
power to name an United States senator,
who will serve until March 4, 1901. What he
may do, or what senatorial timber the state
may possess, The Age-Herald does not
gresham John Allen would render the state
good service in the senate chamber. and be
a credit to the whole southern country.
He is highly esteemed not alone for excel
lent jests, but also for good sense and a
well-balanced mind. He is a man of infiu-
ence in weilghty matters.
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The Preachers and the War.

A marked feature Of the war is the sup
port it commands from the clergymen of
the land. These teachers of the faithful
are not bloodthirsty Under ordinary con-
ditions they favor peace. They did hope
but yesterday that the period of war was
forever ended, and that the period of arbi-
tration had been fully established. But
they see now that arbitration Is out Of
question when a country of the middle
ages is to be taught to respect the clviliza
ton and humanity and justice of the nine
teenth century. They see that what is
possible among advanced nations. is not
possible when the Spanard or the Turk
or the Russian or the Apache add blood
shed to habitual cruelty and wrongdoing.
The preachers of the land recognize, too,
the good features of this war, and perhaps
they see in ii elements that will make for
universal peace. They see that it is war
on the part of the United States of an ut
terly unselfsh nature-a war waged in be-
half of people struggling for freedom,
war that will carry food to the starving,
and help to the oppressed. 1t is a war that
will be a lesson to all oppressors wherever
they live. 1t will be lesson in ethics to
Russia. 1t will say to the Turk that he is
rsking his own head when he next assails
q defenseless people. 1t is notice to all ty-
rants to avoid tyranny hereafter. 1t may
not always restrain the hand of violent
wrongdoing, but it will assuredly be poten-
tial in that direction. The worlds history
does not afford like instance of altmistic
warfare-not one.
A conference of the Methodist church
held in New York city about two weeks
ago very fairly expressed the sentiments
of the clergymen of the country. 1t de-
manded the expulsion of Spain from Cuba
on these grounds:
Its sacrilegious pretext of claiming to be
a Christian nation
Its prostitution of the moral sense of our
countrymen by obliging them for years to
look upon and become familiar with tiend-
ish barbarlsm SO near us that we can al
most hear the cries of its victims.
Its paralyzing power upon the Christian
civilization of the country by holding in
darkness denser than that of the middle
ages the inhabitants of the fairest island of
the sea.
Humanity, honesty, virtue, reason, lib
eity, civilization, and Christianity demand
the expulsion of this last consummate,
specimen of the criminal cruelties of a
Latin civilization from the island whose
shores are touched by the same tides that
wash the coasts of this republic.
This summary of reasons for a change
sufficiently explains the position generally
taken by the preachers of the country
They see in the war victory for the cause
they are fighting for year in and year out
and they hope. doubt, it's results will
be felt far beyond the islands that Spain
has misgoverned. 1t certainly win show to
wondering world that unselfishness in
Nwar is possible, and perhaps it may estab-
lish custom that will become contagious.
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Good ADVICE

After dinner of legal dignItaries. bar
-rister remarked to a judge: 81 have made
comfort table fortune at the bar, and now
think OF retiring and devoting the remain
der of my years to the study Of those things
that have neglected What would you adj
wise me to begin on?"
LAW" promptly replied his lordship
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southern man.. And 50 on down to the
regiments. II the war department desires
the best results twill take pains to form
the southern regiments and batteries into
brigades and divisions of southern origin
exclusively, led in every instance by south
ern men. The south desires to make a
union record. Give 1t a full free chance.
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The Southern Volunteers.

The states which made up the confed-
eracy have been asked to furnish-and
theyawil quickly furnish-twenty-four regi-
ments of infantry one regiment of cavalry
and five batteries of light artillery. This
table shows the call more in detail:
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nearly every breeze. Thousands are flung
out in towns far and near. Bring out the
flags today, when Alabama men are leav-
ing home to fight for it. The flag they
carry is everybody's flag.