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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
NILES STATEMENT SUSTAINED
by Colonel Powell In Testimony Before
the Beef Inquiry.

by Colonel Powell In Testimony Before
the Beef Inquiry.
A Washington special says: The
session Of the Miles court Of inquiry
began Tuesday with Colonel William
H. Powell, of the Seventh infantry,
who was stationed at Madison barracks
at the outbreak OF the war. He said
that he started for Tampa on April
10th with "a months rations, and did
not come in contact with the food OF
the commissary department at Tampa
till about ready to start for Tampa.
The regiment went through the San
tiago cam paign, and after the city was
captured and the regiment quartered
in the city he received requests from
his men for money to buy stuff to eat
He investigated the so.called canned
roast beef, and had some Of 1t served
at his own table.
ct could not eat it," he continued.
"It was a stringy, unwholesome look
ing mass, more like wet sea-weed than
anything else I can think of. The
men were sick and debilitated, and
could not keep it. on their stomachs.
We had at the time 162 sick. Soon after
that the fresh beef began to arrive and
the men ate readily and began to pick
up in health. Afterward we were
moved out Of camp near the San Juan
battlefield. Here much OF our meat
spoiled before we could get it."
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
DISCUSSING ARMY BILL.

Strong Opposition To Rushing the Meas
ure Shown In the Senate.
Formal discussion of the Hull.Haw-
ley army reorganization bill was begun
in the senate Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Hawley and Mr.. Warren, repub..
licans, supported the measure, and
Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Cockrell, demo-
Gratis, opposed it.
Mr.. Cockrell's speech, though brief,
was particularly notable, as he spoke
definitely for the opposition to the
army bill.
He declared practically, in so many
words, that the Hull-Hawley bill could
not become law at this session. He
and those who stood with him were
willing to give the president oil the
money and every man he desired, but
they were determined that no great
standing army should be fastened upon
the country without full and free dis
cussion.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
passed during the session.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
ATTEMPTED TO BREAK THROUGH
Filipino Rebels Taught Another Whole.
some Lesson BY Our Troop,.

e Sessoh ny Our Troops.
A Manila special says: With day.
light Thursday morning the enemy
commenced worrying tactics at various
parts Of the American line, apparently
for the purpose Of withdrawing atten.
ton from affairs inside the city.
"An attempt was made to rush
through our extreme left near Calico.
can, but it was promptly checked by
a hot and effective musketry and artil.
lery fire.
In the meantime small bodies OF
rebels, evidently some of those en-.
gagged Wednesday night in the COW.
ardly work at Tondo, spread out be.
tween the city and the outposts. Every
available man was sent to drive them
away with the result that there was
desultory firing all the morning.
From 8 to 1890 am. the United
States double-turreted monitor Mon.
adnock joined in the engagement,
hurting 10-inch shells over the Amer.
lean lines into the bodies Of the enemy,
as indicated by the signal corps.
$50 far our casualties are two men
killed and ten wounded.
At IL O'Clock there were sharp en-.
gagements at the Chinese cemetery
and OF San Pedro Macati almost stimuli
taneously, but the artillery fire from
both positions drove the enemy back.
From the high towers Of the city fires
could be seen burning at different
points outside. Some OF these were
probably due to the Monadnock's
shells.
Scores Of rebels have been arrested
in the Tondo district. A band Of
sixty rebels having two carloads of
arms and accoutrements was captured
in a house. Business is temporarily
suspended.
Major General Otis issued general
order Thursday directing all the in
habitants of Manila, until otherwise
ordered, to confne themselves to their
houses after Z o'clock in the evening,
when the streets will be cleared by the
police. The general also warns in
cendiaries and suspects that they will
be severely dealt with if discovered in
any locality.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken for the suppression of further
trouble which is threatened to take
place in the city then. But it is gen
orally believed that Wednesday nights
experience will effectively quell the
disturbing element.
Sharpshooters at various parts OF
the line are very annoying, but
otherwise there has been no further
excitement since the Illustration OF the
mornings attack.
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VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS GO OUT
IMPORTANT ORDERS ARE ISSUED
by THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
SURPLUS TROOPS ARE DISCHARGED
Savannah, Augusta and Columbus, Ca, Are
Designated As the mastering
Out Points.

The war department issued the fol-
lowing statement Monday:
"Orders have been issued for the
muster out Of the following volunteer
regiments:
cat Savannah, Ga.-Third Georgia;
batteries A, B, G, d, Maine artillery;
202d New York volunteers.
cat their present camps atAugusta,
Ga, and Greenville, 8. C.-Third AL
ALBANIA, Third Connecticut, Fifth Mas
sachusetts, Thirty-fifth Michigan, Fiji
tenth Minnesota, Fourth New Jersey,
201st New York, 203d New York, Tenth
Ohio, First Rhode Island, Second West
Virginia.
"This order discharges all the vol.
unteers remaining in the United
States"
The orders will muster out about
10000 volunteer troops, including all
such troops now in camp in the United
States and the Third Georgia, ut Neu-
vitas; the Two Hundred and Second
New York, at Guanaiay, and four bat
teries of Maine artillery, now at Ha-
vana. They will be mustered out at
Savannah, Ga. This will reduce the
army strength to 10000 men, OF
which $4,000 are stationed in Cuba.
All the volunteer troops in Porto Rico
have been previously discharged and
the only volunteers still in the service
are either in the Philippines or in
Cuba. No action will be taken with
regard to those troops until congress
acts upon the pending measures for
the reorganization of the regular army.
The enactment Of the Hull bill, the
war department says, will result in
the muster out OF all the remaining
volunteers. They will be given the
first opportunity for re-enlistment in
the regular service, however, and it is
the expectation and hope Of the war
department that q majority Of them
will avail themselves Of this privilege,
there being a strong desire to secure
the benefit OF their services.
Regarding the order Washington
special special says: The order for the
muster out OF the Third Georgia came
as a surprise to the members of the
Georgia delegation. Some time ago
there was talk of the possible. muster
out of the regiment, but nothing has
been heard from that since the regi'
ment got to Cuba.
The present order is due both to the
policy of the department to muster
out all volunteers not very much
needed, and to the desire on the par
Of the department officials to put al
end to the opportunities OF the soldiers
for discharges. These application
have been coming in steadily, much e
the disgust Of the adjutant general ant
other officials, and the desire to ge
free from them was doubtless instru
mental, in some degree, to the muster
out order Of Monday.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
PETITION OF VETERANS
To Have Confederate Graves at Gettysburg
Suitably Marked BY the Government.

To Have Confederate Graves at Gettysburg
Suitably Marked BY the Government.
Camp, 159, United Confederate
Veterans Of Atlanta, Ga, held meet
ing Monday night at the state capitol,
the chief feature Of which was the in
PRODUCTION of some resolutions OF ns-
tional interest.
The resolutions went on to recite
that history records no greater. evil
dences Of heroism than were shown BY
the Confederate soldiers in the battle
of Gettysburg; that neither the charge
of the light brigade az Balaklava nor
the work Of the old guard at Waterloo
show grander bravery or chivalry than
did the Confederates at Gettysburg.
That, whereas, the United States
government has raised monuments to
mark the spots on that battle field
which were occupied by Union troops,
thus ommemorating the achievements
of the northern soldiers-but that
those parts of the battle field which
were gloriously held and bravely de-
Tended by the Confederates have been
neither rightly mark'd nor beautified.
Therefore resolved, That Atlanta
Camp 159 respectfully but earnestly
appeal to Leonidss Livingston, our
immediate representative in congress,
TO use his best efforts to have the side
Of that battlefield held by the Confed.
crates properly marked, as the Fed
eral side has been.
The resolutions also urge that the
attention OF the Georgia delegation in
congress be directed to the great me-
cessity Of having this important work
done.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
"YANKSy AND "JOHNNIES"
Get Together at Fitzgerald and Form
Military Organization.

Get Together at Fitzgerald and Form
Military Organization.
A unique military company is in
course of formation at Fitzgerald, the
new Indiana colony in the southwest
part of Georgia. About hundred
Union and Confederate veterans have
banded together for the purpose OF or
eanizing and adding to the state con-
tingent Of the National Guard, and
have applied to Governor Gambler for
charter and equipment. They will in
all probability be issued to them, and
the company will be the first of it's
kind in the south to join state mill
Tia. The commissions will be equally
divided between Yankees " and
"Johunies." Should the militia at
any time be called into requisiton the
erstwhile enemies will have the salts
faction of fighting side by side.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
WERE SIMPSONS ORDERS.

Admiral schJey Hands Naval Committee
Of senate n Statement.
A Washington dispatch says: Rear
Admiral W. 8. Schley, having been
granted permission to answer the
charges recently made against him in
q communication sent to the senate,
handed to the committee on naval
affairs Monday his statement, in which
he disclaims any purpose OF contro-
versy with the navy department.
The admiral says his order from
Admiral Sampson on May 10th were
to blockadge Cienfuegos, which lie
proceeded 10 do.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
MURDHRERs REsPITED.

Taylor and Harris Get Lease OF Thirty
Days On Life.
Will Taylor and Fred Harris, negroes
who were to have been hanged last
Friday in Wilkes county, for the MUIR
der Of Convict Guard Jep Dennard,
who was killed in that county January
9Th, were granted respite OF thirty
days by Governor Csndler.
The respite was granted on account
of the filing Of q petition for msnda-
mus nisi in the supreme court by
counsel for the condemned men. The
petition recites that Judge Seaborn
Wright, OF Wilkes county superior
court, has failed and refuses to sign
the bill Of exceptions.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
COMPROMISE on ARMY BILL.

Dem ocratic Plan Is Accepted and Extra
Session of Congress Eliminated
A Washington dispatch says; The
administration and its representatives
in congress have reached an agreement
with the minority in congress respect
ing the army reorganization bill
which is believed will be satisfactory
to all Interests.
There is q mutual understanding
that the new army shall not number
to exceed $4,000 men, as provided IN
the Cockrell bill, and that the stan
provisions of the Hull-Hawley bill
shall be retained in substantially the
same form as reported from the militia
~ committee. OF the troops author
i ise d s., 900 are to be raised subject to
The discretion Of the president and
may be natives Of the new possessions
or otherwise, as he may determine
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
QUIET IN PHILIPPINES.

General Otis Reports No Fighting Since
FEBRUARY 18th.
The United States transport New
mort has arrived at Manila from Iloilo
with dispatches from General Miller
20 General Otis. She reports oil quiet
AT Iloilo. The American troops there
are occupying the suburbs Of Jaro and
Molo. business has been resumed gen.
erally with the outside world, some
rice is coming in from the provinces
and there has been no fighting since
February 18th.
All is quiet at Manila. The heat is
causipe some inconvenience, but no
casualties have been reported.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
.AyD DON'T YOU FORGET IT."
Wa, the Significant Response OF cons"'
Osborne at Apia.

Was the Significant Response OF cons"'
Osborne at Apia.
Mail advices from Samoa, via sd
,or show that after the scene in the
AHA courthouse, when the British and
American consuls showed they were
stronger than Germany, three cheers
rsre given for the United States con,
anil for standing by British Consul
Maxse. o-. so;d
that it was his duty to STAND Gy t .he
chief justice and his decision IN II, w sns
king case and be would do SO. ~ was 10
true that he had no man-of.war IN
Apia harbor to call to his assistance lance.
Int there we're plenty OF United STATES
u .of-war in the background, "and
don't you forget it," he added.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
RuRIAL OF FAURE.
-, s.,v,ce, In Paris Were Witne'se"
fun n voormous Crowds.

s.rx,ce, In Paris Were Witne'seo
By enormous Crowds.
Aparis spdcial says: The remains rs
e. France, were deposited in the i,sn ,ome
Thursday TtH and although Immense SIsS sc
aroxds Of people were assembled s;,o ~
S different points, there was no a''0'
der. ,ha dead presi-
dent was convened from 'he Sale &c the
a astss in the Elyses palace o, 70 ' hv
N Mont Dame cathedral escor'ea "
q S %ha burial services were on an m
.,.h nr scale. The body was laio 70
e en.t IN the Pere Lschase cemetery
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS SUE.

They Want to Recover Taxes Paid Under
Retroactive Clause In War Tariff.
The tobacco manufacturers and deal
ers of Richmond, Va, have set on foot
a movement in conjunction with sim
liar interests elsewhere to institute
suit against the United States govern.
ment to recover the amount Of tax paid
on tobacco under the retroactive clause
OF the war tariff act.
They claim that the collection OF the
additional tax on tobacco that had al
ready been stamped was unconstitu-
tional, in that the law was in the ma
ture Of an ex post facto law. The
amount involved is about $500, 600.
Able counsel has been employed and
the suit will be brought in the name
OF Mr.. James d. Patton, OF Richmond.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
FOR PACIFIC SUBMARINE CABLE.

Subsidy of sI7S, 900 Yearly For Twenty
Years Allowed In Bill.
Senator Frye has reported from the
COMMITTEES on foreign relations tne
endment TO the sundry civil appro'
priation bill for the construction OF q
submarine cable in the Pacific ocean
as amended by the committee.
The most important in them increases s'
the subsidy to be paid every year 10.
twenty years to s175, 900, and e1'ena'
the time in which the contracting CON.
pany is to be given to complete .ns s
line to the Philippine islands 70 'ne
first Of January, 1902.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
DEMAND THEIR RESERVATIONS.

Methodist Ministers OF Atlanta, Ga, Score
Barbee h Smith.
An exciting meeting OF the Metho.
dist ministers Of Atlanta took place
Monday morning in the basement OF
Trinity parsonage. The subject OF
discussion was the present difficulty
in the Methodist Publishing House
matter.
The ministers passed resolutions
asking the book committee to demand
the resignation OF Barbee 4 Smith,
agents Of the Methodist Episcopal
publishing house at Nashville, Tenn.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
GEORGIAN VICE PRESIDENT.

National Educational Association Elects
state Superintendent Glenn. =.
n r Glenn, superintendent OF
.ohoo,s of the state Of Georgia was
s sSoeon q FIRST vice president Of the Ma
t;onal Educational association N ses'
zion At Columbus, Ohio, Thursday.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
PRIVATE ALTERNATELY CONVICTED.

Discharged From Army and Sentenced tn
Fiftsen Years In Pen.
Washington dispatch says: Private
Hampton Alternately, Company A,
Third North Carolina volunteer in.
fantry, having been tried and found
guilty Of manslaughter by q general
courtmartial. convened ct Camp Has.
kell, Macon, Ga, has been sentenced
TO be dishonorably discharged from
the service OF the United States and to
be confined in Leavenworth peniten-
tiary for fifteen years.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
DEADLOCKs STILL on.

No Breaks Reported In the Various sens-
torial Contests.
A Washington dispatch says: No
breaks were reported for Tuesday in
the senatorial deadlocks existing in a
number Of states. In Nebraska and
California there was some change in
the voting, but nothing developed to
indicate that the end Of the struggle is
anywhere in sight.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
A REMARKABLE RECORD.
Not q Soldier Was Executed For Military
Grimes In Last War.

Not q Soldier Was Executed For Mhitary
Grimes In Last War.
A Washington dispatch says: In
reaching the decision to recommend Q
long term OF imprisonment in the case
Of q private in an Alabama regiment,
who had killed man in an ARRAY,
Judge Advocate General Lieber has
completed q remarkable record, dis.
posing Of the last Of the capital cases
that had come before his department
for review without in any single case
imposing the death penalty.
Thus the war has passed without the
execution of q single soldier on ac-
count Of military crimes. This is be-
lieved TO be without o parallel.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-03-04
SHELBY FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE
PRESIDENT MKINLEY FINALLY
DECIDES INTERESTING CONTEST
PROMINENT ALBANIAN IS NAMED
Amendment Gives Universal Satisfaction
and Confirmation Certainty-brief
Sketch ofthe Nominee.

President Mckinley sent the follow
ing nominations to the senate Tues
day:
JOSEPH A. Gill, of Kansas, Judge OF
the United States court, northern dis
trict Indian Territory.
David d. Shelby, of Alabama,
United States circuit Judge for the
Fifth judicial circuit.
The appointment of Captain Shelby
was not unlocked for, through the
friends Of Colonel John I. Glenn, OF
Atlanta, Ga, the only other candidate
considered by the president, were
hopeful until the last that their candi-
date would be appointed.
The president, it is understood, had
determined upon the Albanian until
he satisfied himself that Judge Par
dee was officially resident OF Atlanta.
The president informed Senator Ell
kins that Judge Pardee's residence was
in Atlanta and he could do nothing
else than appoint the leading appli-
cant from Alabama.
Senators Bacon and Clay, OF Geor-
gia, were very much disappointed that
Mr.. Glenn did not get the appoint
msnt, but they will- not fight the con-
firmation of Mr.. Shelby. The report
was circulated when the nomination
was first sent in that it would be held
up, but this is denied by Mr.. Glenn's
friends.
David d. Shelby resides OF Hunts
vile, where he enjoys large practice
at the bar and owns plantations. He
is O man Of means and high personal
character. He has always been q re-
publican, but an absolutely clean one.
He is about 65 years of age and in
splendid health. He was an ardent
supporter OF Mckinley during the last
presidential race and was one OF the
delegates at large from Alabama to the
republican national convention.
He had the unanimous endorsements
of the bar and the bench of the state,
including that Of Chief Justice McClel-
Ian, Of the Alabama supreme court.
The unanimity OF his support, COM
bined with eminent qualifications for
the Office, brought about his appoint
ment. He had the endorsement OF
William Youngblood, third auditor OF
the treasury, and William Vaughan,
state republican chairman, two dicta-
tors of federal patronage in Alabama.
No selection would have pleased Ala
bama better exclusive Of a democrat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-20
Thanks SOLVING.

For all true words that have been spoken,
For all brave deeds that have been done,
For every loaf in kindness broken.
For every race in valor run,
For martyr lips which have not failed
To give God praise and smile to rest,
For knightly souls which have not quailed
AT stubborn strife or lonesome quest;
Lord unto Whom we stand in thrall
We give Thee thanks for all, for all
For each fair field where golden stubble
Hath followed wealth Of waving grain:
For every passing wind Of trouble
Which bends Thy grass that lifts again;
For gold in store that men must seek,
For work which bows the sullen knee;
For strength. swift sent to aid the weak,
For love by which we climb to Thee;
Thy freemen. Lord, yet each Thy thrall,
We give Thee praise for all. for all.
Margaret E. Sangster. In Youths Com
panion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-20
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

Paris has 100000 children in 3s7 eie-
msntary schools
The School Directors association of
Montgomery county, Pa, has voted
that 1t is wise to use the rod on way
ward boys.
The University of Pennsylvania re-
celves property valued at 100000 from
the estate of the late Joseph NJ. Ben
nett, of Philadelphia, to be used in
putting the advantages of that univer-
sity more completely at the service of
women.
Middlebury college is already pan
ming for its centennial, which will he
celebrated in 1900. 1t has had duIil Q
that time eight presidents. The dedi-
cation of The new library will be one
of the features OF the celebration.
There are 80 entering students
A German author, G. Solomon, has
written treatise 10 which he recon-
mends that children should not be sent
to school till their seventh year, that
in the first year three hours a day
should be the maximum of brain work
and that the bodily health should be
looked after with special care from the
ninth to the twelfth year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-20
A MUSICAL MELANGE.

Christine Nilsson is SIS years old So
Is Patti.
Heinrich Vogl, the well-known Wag
ner tenor of Munich. has composed r.
mantle opera to a text by Felix Dahn.
An extraordinary record has lately
been made by an adiutant of the Saliva
tion Army, according to London pc
per. He has achieved the marvellous
feat of singing 50 hymns in SO minutes
Edward Lloyd, the most popular Of
English tenors, is to retire from public
life after a series of farewell perform
ances, which he has taken the precau-
ton to announce. For 40 years he has
been before the public. lie is man OF
means, and has resolved to lead in the
future the life Of a country gentleman.
Mozart's don Juan" has had a
strange fate in Paris. The first per
Torrance was given in 1904, but was an
utter failure. In 1894 the grand opera
produced it, the work did not appeal to
the French taste Of the time In 1866
on the other hand. no fewer than three
Partisan theatcrs gave the opera at the
same time.
Once, when Nine. Nordica was sing.
ing ut a concert in Texas. she forge
her warm overshoes \ cowboy, whom
she had utterly fascinated. offered to
bring them to Ter. and did so. but he
brought only one at Il time. When Mime
Nordica thanked him. and in her gra
cious way regretted 10 have given hin:
so much trouble. he said to her: Don:
name it, ma'am wish you were
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