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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR 10 (¥p n w E l: Established 1890
VOL. XXV.
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In Effect June 13, 1898.
NO 11 No 12
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ery, and also between New York and Memphis,
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coaches between Washing-
ton and Atlanta. Dining ears serve all meals
•a route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars
between Greensbero and Norfolk. Close con
nectlon at Forfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT
arriving No*. there in time for breakfast.
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runs eolid between Washington and New Ot-
leans, L. via Southern Railway, A. A W. P. R. R.,
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ear and coaches, through without change tor
passengerof all olasses. Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars between New York ana
New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery.
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si ee ping car run through l>etwe«jn Wash-
Ington Noa and San Francisco without change,
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REFUSES
TO GIVE HP THE
PHILIPPINES
Commissioners Declare They
Will Retain the Islands.
THE ANSWER IS EXPLICIT
Peace Negotiations in Paris Come to
an Abrupt Standstill, but It Is
Not Thought That the
Breach Wi'l Be Final.
Paris, November 4.—The Span¬
ish commissioners, in the course of
a two hours’ session of the peace
conferrence today, flatly refused to
accept Monday’s proposition by
the Americans to take the entire
Philippine group and to reimburse
Spain for her “pacific” expendi¬
tures there.
This negative decision was ex¬
pected. The Spanish commis¬
sioners had also a number of posi¬
tive declarations which filled some
thirty-seven sheets of a type-writ¬
ten presentment.
In this statement the Spaniards
held that the United States had not
ultimate rights in the Philippine
islands and could have none save
by the consent of Spain in these
negotiations and upon terms satis¬
factory to her.
According to the Spanish con¬
tention in the formal statement,the
United States entertained no
thought of annexing the Philippines
when the protocol was signed or it
would have been expressed in the
protocol as clearly as the conditions
regarding the concessions of terri¬
tory in the Antilles on the orient.
M. Cambon, before the signature
of the protocol, received from Mad¬
rid—the presentment alleged—a
cable message clearly setting forth
that the mainntenance of Spain’s
authority over the Philippines
should not be affected by the proto¬
col, to which resevation the United
States made at that time no pre¬
test or objection.
NO CLAIMS ON PHILIPPINES.
This dispatch to M. Cambon, as
the Spaniards claimed today, em¬
bodied also the view that the United
States had no valid basis for claims
in the archipelago.
It was further held today by Senor
Rios and his colleagues that the cap¬
itulation ot Manila, which jeeured
after the signing of the protocol and
thus after the disposition of peace,
was invalid.
On this for a gaoundwork, the
Spaniards made their first positive
move against the Americans and it
constituted their counter proposi-
t,on .. They charged the Unit- .
- upon
ed S,a,es * 'vrongful appropriation
of public moneys belonging to Spain
*
b> , Seizing ... the . tariff duties at Alanila
and . they f tormally demanded , . , the ,
re-
turn . these . the . of .
Or moneys in Sum
nearly , a million .... dollars. , ,,
vJn the Same premise, the . TT United .
otateS 0 . . Was today . , declared , , , to , have
, held , , as prisoners . the , Spanish sol-
diers ,. at Manila _ , ... violation ... of „ ,
in in¬
ternatlOnal , , law, , because done af-
ter the suspension of hostilities . .
under the protocol. A further
charge Was made that by J the i ni¬
. of Spanish
prisonment r troops 1 at
Manila the Lnited States had pre-
vented S P am from H uellin « ‘he in-
surrecl,on and had thus contributed
<° the violence against Spain after
the cessation of hostilities.
Today's Spanish presentment ai-
so cited the refusal of the Ameri-
cans to consider the Cuban debt on
the ground that it was not sanction-
fed in the protocol and demanded
| an adherence to this as a precedent
; n this discussion of the Philippines,
j regarding cession of which the
Spanish commissioners held the
! protocol to make no mention.
In support of these assertions,ar-
guinents and demands, the Spanish
f oresentment invokes Spain’s r record
in the correspondence bv mail and
j telegraph, , ... thought , . it . . * not , known
is
offic ; ally whether the
produced the message said to have
been sent from Madrid to M. Cam-
j bon, at the time the protocol
i signed, in which it was
“/ Know Not What the Truth May Be, l Tell the Tale as ’Twas Told to Me.”
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER n, I898.
today Spain reserved her Philippine
sovereignty. The presentment was
read by Interpreter Ferguson,being
rendered from the Spanish, in
which it was written into English.
At the close of the reading the
Americans said they wished to have
the Spanish statement rendered in¬
to written English for more careful
consideration, and an adjournment
was taken to Tuesday.
ONLY AN ELECTION PLAY.
This evening the Spaniards affect
to believe that the Americans had
planned to develop the spirit of
their Philippine demands before the
American elections, but they de¬
clined to say whether they expect
easier terms after the election.
The entire clerical force of the
American commission will be busy
the greater part of the night in
handling the Spanish presentment,
and the council to the commission¬
ers will at the same examine it with
a view to tomorrow’s private ses¬
sion of the American commission,
when a response will be formulated.
It is asserted on the highest au¬
thority—as bearing on the Spanish
argument—that when the protocol
was signed there was no under¬
standing, verbal or otherwise, which
the protocol does not show forth.
Nor have the American commis¬
sioners at any time, on the other
hand, held or believed that the pro¬
tocol determined anything against
Spain’s sovereignty in the Philip¬
pines. The American representa¬
tives have, however, held, and
doubtless will hold, that the proto¬
col was meant to provide, and
does provide, for a decision by the
Paris conference regarding the own¬
ership of the Philippines.
In this connection, too, the
Americans .will undoubtedly cite
the fact that originally the protocol
contained the word “ possess ” in¬
stead of “ disposition,” the latter
having been substituted at M. Cam-
bon’s request and in deference to
Spanish sensibilities. The original
reading will unquestionably be re¬
curred now as indicating the men¬
tal attitude of the American signers
of the protocol towards American
possession of the Philippines. This
line of reasoning naturally will in¬
clude the question of the precedent
which the Spaniards suy was cre¬
ated by the refusal of the United
States to consider the Cuban debt
because it was not mentioned in
the protocol.
It is possible that the American
commissioners may finally concur
with the Spanish contention that
the capitulation of Manila, com
ing after the singing of the proto¬
col, was invalid.
In that event the Americans may
cite, as an offset to the tartff duties
collected, their own expenditure in
administering the government of
Manila and enforcing order. They
may also ask if Spain wishes the
insurgent cordon of the city, and
the insurgent control of the water
works re-established as a step to¬
ward the restoration of the status
quo ante, which the Spaniards de¬
clared was broken by the Ameri¬
cans.
Finally, Spain may be asked to
consider whether, instead of being
prisoners of the United States, the
Spanish troops at Manila were not
more exactly refugees and within
American protection.
But however the contentions may
run, there are at present no indica-
tions of a rupture.
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NEW REPUBLIC BORN
. IN CENTRAL AMERICA
■
; Old Republics of Nicaragua, and
: Honduras Become States In
j the New Union Which Is
Formally Launched.
Washington, Nov. 3.—A com¬
plete transformation of the geogra¬
phy of Central America occurred on
November 1, by the birth of a new
republic, the United States of Cen¬
tral America, and the disappear¬
ance of the republics of Nicaragua,
Salvador and Honduras, except as
states of the new union.
Senor Corea, charge d’affaires of
these republics during their transi-
tation stage, has received detailed
information of the changes effected
and the form of government of the
new republic. As indicating the
dignity and importance of the Unit¬
ed States of Central America, Mr.
Corea points out that it has a popu¬
lation of about two million, an area
of about 110,000 square miles, a
great stretch of seacoast on the At¬
lantic and Pacific, and the site of
the Nicaraguan canal through
which commerce will ultimately
pass from ocean to ocean.
BEGAN THREE YEARS AGO.
The movement to form the new
republic began June 20, 1895,when
the three presidents, Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, Gutire, of Salvador,and
Bonilla, of Honduras, formed the
treaty of Amapala. This provided
for a union on the foreign affairs of
the three countries and created a
diet which derected these foreign
affairs. It did not amount to a nat¬
ional union, however, and in the
opinion of the state department
here, was not a government having
the attributes of sovereignty, but
merely a confederation of seperate
governments for the purpose of
conducting their foreign affairs in
dommon. The diet therefore re¬
commended the formation of a gen¬
eral assembly with twenty dele¬
gates from each of the three coun¬
tries, to draw up a complete con¬
stitutional union. The assembly
met on June 20, last, the anniver¬
sary of the treaty of Amapala.
On August 27 last a constitution
for the new republic was finally
drawn up and signed with due for¬
mality. The generalcha racter oft he
new government is shown in a com
munication recieved by Senor Corea
from the secretary of the assembly.
It states that the new order of
things goes into force on Novem¬
ber 1,the name of there public being
the United States of Central Amer¬
ica, formed of Nicaragua, Salvador
and Honduras. Provision is made
for the admission of Guatemala and
Costa Rica if they elect to enter
the union. A federal form of gov¬
ernment is adopted, the boundry
lines of the state being continued as
heretofore, except as changed by
each ceding one department to form
a federal district, similar to the
District of Columbia, where the seat
of federal government is located.
This ceded district surrounds the
gulf of Fosica, on the Pacific side,
and the capital is located tempor¬
arily at Amapala, on the Tigre is¬
land, lying in the gulf of Fosica.
The capital will remain here until
congress of the new republic selects
a permanent site for it.
THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
The constitution'provides for a
president elected for four years by
(-he direct vote of the people, with
against immediate ,.
a provision re-
election. It is provided, also, that
the three presidents,Zelaya, Gutier-
rez and Bonille, shall not be eligi¬
ble at the first election, thus remov¬
ing all possibility of influences fa¬
vorable to one of the executives.
The president is made the comman-
der in chief of the army and navy,
and his functions are much in line
with those of the president of the
United States. The inauguration
of the president is fixed forwMarch
15th next, and in the meantime
from November 1, the executive
power will be directed by a coun¬
cil of three selected by the general
assembly, these three being Coro¬
net Matuse of Nicaragua,
Salvador, and Ugart, of Honduras.
The P residential election occurs the
fi fSt Sunday in December,and at the
same time representatives to the
new house of representatives will
be elected.
The legislative powers is given
to a congress of two houses, the
senate being made up of six senators
from each state, and three from the
federal district, while the house of
representatives has one representa¬
tive for each thirty thousand inhab¬
itants.
This makes a senate of 21 mem¬
bers, and a house of about 70 mem¬
bers. The congress meets next
March,the inauguration of the pres¬
ident following on the 15th.
The federal judiciary provided by
the constitution is patterned after
the system of the United States.and
indeed, throughout the whole con-
stitution there is a close resemblance
to the system in this country.
The governments of Nicaragua,
Salvador and Honduras become
states, their presidents giving way
to governors. The states retain
control over affairs of a purely lo¬
cal character, and have legislatures
and direct local affairs much as the
states in this country control their
local affairs.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
The Nicaraguan canal project
will hereafter be under the direction
of the new republic, as it is a nat¬
ional question. The constitution
provides, however, that all obliga¬
tions of the separate states entered
in prior to November 1, will be
upheld, so that any consessions
made by Nicaragua prior to that
date will be operative. From now
<©n, however, it will be the United
States of Central America instead
of Nicaragua which will have en¬
tire control over the inter-oceanic
canal route.
form Senaf of Corea regards well the suited new
government as to
strengthen and develop the coun¬
tries of Central America, giving
them a mutuality of interest and
then a joint force of arms sufficient
to keep in abeyance the revolution¬
ary spirit which had found expres¬
sion from time to time while the re¬
publics were separated.
Harriage Of Miss Dorsey And
Dr. Yow.
From Atlanta Journal.
The marriage ceremony which
united Miss Faith Dorsey and Dr.
Samuel Benjamin Yow, of Avalon,
at 10 o’clock on Wednesday,at the
residence of Judge and Mrs. Rufus
T. Dorsey, was a beautiful one in
every detail.
The pretty home on Capitol ave¬
nue wore an air of welcome which
La France roses and lovely chrys¬
anthemums smiled from every
room, showing profusely in cut
glass bowls and vases.
The doors of the drawing room
were closed until the strains of the
Mendlessohn Wedding March an¬
nounced that the hour for the cere¬
mony had approached, and as the
doors were opened the-room dis¬
eased the bridal party in a semi
circle about an improvised alter,
where stood the Rev. Dr. Walker
Lewis to perform the ceremony.
Miss Myrtle Yow, of Avalon,
was maid of honor, exquisitly
gowned in white organdie, over
pink taffetas, and carrying a boquet
of La France roses.
Miss Rebecca Wadley,of Boling-
broke ; Miss Estelle Stewart, Miss
Florida Clarke and Miss Ethel Loy-
less were the bridesmaids, and
wore dainty frocks of white organ¬
die, with sash and belt of pink
satin ribbon. They carried brides¬
maids roses.
The groomsmen were Mr. W. A-
Swift, of Elberton, Dr. Davis, of
Toccoa, and Mr. James Dunlap.
Mr. Hugh M. Dorsey was best man.
The bride wore a beautiful gown
of faille silk, the bodice being pret¬
tily fashioned with puffs of liberty
silk. She wore no veil and car-
ried a boquet of brides’ roses.
During the ceremony “Oh Prom-
ise Me” was softly played by the
orchestra.
Immediately after the congratula¬
tions an elegant luncheon was
served, the bridal table repeating
the color scheme of the drawing
room and hall, pink roses and white
chrysanthemums being used.
After luncheon, Dr. and Mrs.
Yow left for their future home in
Avalon.
Mrs.-Yow, who is the daughter
of the distinguished Judge Rufus
T. Dorsey, is a most attractive
young woman. She is gentle and
dignified and has the happy faculty
of winning and holding friends.
Dr. Yow is a prominent young
physician, having recently gradua-
ted from the university. He is
widely known and has the highest
esteem of all.
It is a matter of serious regret to
Mrs. Yow’s many friends in this
city that her husband’s business
interests center elsewhere, thereby
necessitating their residence in an
other city.
GERMANY AND
TURKEY ENTER
INTO ALLIANCE
Emperor’s Visit Leads to an
Agreement By Which Germany
Undertakes to Support the
Integrity of Sultan’s
Asiatic Possessions.
FRANKFORT Z1ETUNG GETS
THE INFORMATION
By the Agreement It is Alleged
That Germany is to Receive
Commercial and Industrial
Privileges—The Paper Adds That
It is Believed This Agreement is
Tantamount to an Armed Alii -
ance—Real Object of the Em¬
peror's Visit to Constantinople.
Berlin, Nov. 5 —The Frankfort
Zietung says it learns from a well-
inlormed source that Emperor Wil¬
liam’s visit to Turkey led to an ag¬
reement by which Germany under,
takes to supports the integrity of
the sultan’s Asiatic possessions for
which Germany will receive com¬
mercial and industrial privileges.
The paper adds that it believe
thia agreement is tantamount to an
armed alliance between the two
countries.
A number of rumors as to the
real object of Emperor William’s
visit to Constantinople and the Ho¬
ly Land have been in circulation
ever since the intention of his ma¬
jesty to visit the orient was announ¬
ced, about a year ago. These al¬
leged purposes included important
railroad concessions to Germany,
the ceding of territory in Syria to
Germany for colonizing purposes,
the ceding of the port of Hafia, in
Palestine, the ceding of the island
of Rhodes to Germany and the gran¬
ting to Germany of the right to
plant a large German colony along
the whole frontier of Tripoli.
This last agreement, it is added,
was intended to protect the sultan
against the French encroachments
across the Tripoli-Tunis frontier
and would also avoid granting
Germany a concession in Asia Min¬
or, which, it is added, would in¬
duce Russia to demand compensa
tion.
On the other hand, it has been
announced that some of the powers
have notified Turkey that she will
not be permitted to cede any ter¬
ritory to Germany; and Russia, it
was announced from Berlin on Sat¬
urday last, was arriving at an under¬
standing with Austria and France
to provide against the accomplish¬
ment of certain German plans in
the orient.
NO APPLICANTS APPOINTED.
Colonel Stevens Names Inspectors
For Six Places.
Sunday Constitution.
The man who does not apply for
a place seems to have the best
showing in the department of agri¬
culture.
Colonel O. B. Stevens, the com¬
missioner, appointed six inspectors
of oil yesterday and not one of them
had put in an application. They
did not know that the place were
to be offerd. Colonel Stevens re¬
marked that he had not made any
pledges and he was free to appoint
whom he pleased and whom he
considered best for the state.
Yesterday’s appointes were :
Washington, Wilkes county,
James W. Austin ; Cedartown,
Polk county, W.S. Coleman ; Soci¬
al Circle, Walton county, George
T. Spearman; Union Point,Greene
county, James H. Sibley; Toccoa,
Habersham county, W. A. Fowler;
Trenton 4 Dade county,M. Nichol-
son.
The appointments at Washing¬
ton, Cedartown, Social Circle, Un¬
ion Point and Toccoa are new pos-
itions, the Standard Oil Company
hav ; just esUblied supply r 8ta .
I t,ons . at those , places. , The company
will make distributing points ot
those towns, hence the location of
an inspector at each place,
The Record from now until
January i for 25 cts.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 A YEAR
NO. 52.
SPAIN'S SIDE A STRONG ONE.
Answer of the Commission iu
Paris is Reeognized as an
Able Legal Document.
Washington, Nov. 5.—The re¬
ports the state department have rej
ceived from the peace commission¬
ers in Paris indicate that body has
proceeded in exactly the line antici¬
pated, consequently the action of
yesterday was not a disappoint¬
ment. It was fully expected that
the Spanish commissioners would
endeavor to make better terms than
those offered by the American COlll-
missioners. It was not expected
that they would close at once with
the American proposition. While
they have not in exact terms sub¬
mitted a counter proposition the
Spaniards, by entering upon the
argument of the American propo¬
sition, have shown a disposition to
negotiate relative to the Philip¬
pines.
Spain’s strong document.
It is freely admitted here that the
presentation of the Spanish objec¬
tions to the last American proposal
yesterday was admirable in many
respects, and evidenced the posses¬
sion of keen legal talent by the Span¬
ish side. Yet the objections and
points made were not new, and in
most cases were taken into consid-
eration by the persons who made
up *he United States case before
leaving Washington,and were duly
prepared for.
The strongest point made by the
Spanish side relates to the taking
of Manila two days after the sign¬
ing of the protocol in Washington,
on which they base their assump¬
tion that the United States was not
in possession of any part of the
Philippines outside of the insignifi¬
cant station at Cavite at the time
hostilities ceased and were estop¬
ped legally from extending our pos¬
session.
DEWEY WAS THERE.
But against this -contention it
can be shown by the Americans
that regardless of the exact date of
the surrender of Manila Admir. I
Dewey, afloat, lay for two months
before the city, while for most of
the time United States troops were
ashore near the Spanish positions,
and that the town might have been
taken at any moment during that
period. The only restraining in¬
fluence was a desire to make si rj
before taking possession that the
lives and property of the inhabi¬
tants of the city should be safe¬
guarded to the utmost, and in real¬
ity the American forces were as
much in possession of the place
then as now.
MARIA TERESA
SINKS AT SEA.
The Spanish Cruiser, Is a ' r otal Wreck
Off San Salvador. The Crew is
Rescued By the Ocean Tug Merritt
Charleston, Nov. 5.—The ocean
tug Merritt put into Charleston this
morning for supplies. She report¬
ed the loss of the cruiser Maria Tere¬
sa, raised by Constructor Hobson
recently off Sam Salvado, Bahamas,
November 1, in the midst of a furi¬
ous storm.
The cruiser left Caimenera,
Cuba, on the morning of Oct.
30, in tow for New York. She had
already passed Cape Maysi and star¬
ted northeast around the Bahamas.
A furious storm, warning of
which had already been sent out,
overtook her and in her condition
she was unable to weather the gale.
The strain opened rents in her
hull which had been patched to ena¬
ble her to make the journey and she
began to fill rapidly.
The Merritt took off Captain
Harris and the crew from the sink¬
ing ship and she soon went down.
The Merritt brought the captain
and one hundred and thirty-six
men who will proceed north by
rail. No lives were lost as far as
known.
The Merritt is now at quarantine
six miles from the city.
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