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The Abbeville Chronicle
VOL. I L
RESOLUTION' CALLING FOR
SUM INTRODUCED IN HOUSE.
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CONGRESS IS WILLING TO ASSIST.
President Will Be Backed Up In Any
Move That He finds Neces
sary to Make.
A Washington special says: These
were no less than five important events
Monday having a hearing more or less
between the United States and Spain,
viz:
First, the introduction in congress
by Mr. Cauhou of a resolution carry
ing $50,000,000 for the public defense,
Second, the withdrawal by the Span
ish government of its intimated objec
tion to the continuance in office of
Consul General Lee.
Third, the order to the cruiser
Montgomery to proceed to Havana in
place of the Fern.
Fourth, the passage through the
house of the bill increasing the artil
lery arm by two regiments.
Fifth, the institution of negotiations
looking to the purchase of warships for
our navy.
Mr. Cannon’s resolution probably
led all other topics in interest, partic
ularly when it became known that it
was the result of a conference between
the author, the president and other
leaders in congress.
As for General Lee’s case, the news
of the satisfactory ending of the inci
dent- through the withdrawal of the
suggestion by Spain was expected as
soon as it was noted that a loophole
had been left open through the failure
to make the complaint in anything like
an official shape.
Chairman Gannon’s bill providing
for an emergency appropriation of
$50,000,000 reads as follows:
“That there is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the nation
al defense and for each and every pur
pose connected therewith, to be ex
pended at the discretion of the presi
dent, and to remain available until
June 30, 1893, $50,000,000.”
As there has been no explanation so
far of the purpose which prompted the
introduction of Mr. Cannon’s resolu
tion, it may bo said the money is want
ed primarily as an emergency fund. It
is said by officials who will have the
disposition of this treasure that it by no
means follows because congress places
such a sum of money in the control of
the president that ho will feel bound
to spend all of it. Those who look for
a wholesale purchase of warships from
the bargain counters of European
builders are likely to be disappointed.
The navy department at present is in
clined to make but one purchase of
this kind, at first at least, in the shape
of a substantial ironclad.
KLONDIKE COMPANY FAILS.
Caused By Abandonment of Government’s
Belief Expedition.
The proposed expedition of the Snow
and Ice Transportation Company, of
Chicago, has been abandoned. Gen
era! Manager Rosenfeld says he lias
made settlements with all but. one of
the party of gold hunters who had
bought tickets for transportation to
Dawson by the Snow and Ice train.
The company has a contract with
the war department for transporting
150 tons of relief supplies to the Klon
and when the government relief
expedition was abandoned Manager
Rosenfeld deemed it wise to drop the
whole snow and ice scheme. Mr. Ros
enfeld says everything will be satisfac
settled and all bills paid.
It is probable that the company will
tile a claim against the government for
the expenses already incurred.
PRUSSIAN MINERS BURNED.
Starts in a Mine and Twenty Men
Bose Their Lives.
Advices from Breslau, Prussia, slate
lliat a fire started in the Saturn and
Soznowics mine near that city Satur
day, which resulted in fearful loss of
life. Twenty dead bodies have so far
been recovered. It is stated that there
are more in the burning mine.
A GIGANTIC MORTGAGE.
Lien of One Hundred Million Dollars
Filed lfy Hail road.
A mortgage of $100,000,000, made
by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
eific Railroad Company to the Central
Trust Company of New York, was filed
in Kansas City a day or two ago.
The purpose of the mortgage is to
secure a bond issue to refund several
smaller bond issues upon the various
branches of the system.
It covers the entire property of the
road of whatever kind in Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory, .and will be
filed in every county through which
the road runs.
SOUTHERN' PROGRESS.
Th© New Industries ICsl.tbllulled
the Vast Week,
j week According the demand to reports for southern for the
i ler> especially hardwoods, is
| market toward higher is strong prices. and every Stocks
at
lumber centres are getting low.
terior movement is improving;
demand is, on tho average, better,
though something must be done to
stiffen foreign prices, particularly on
pine. On the whole tho situation is
satisfactory.
Southern iron masters would rather
see an increased demand at present
prices than an advance in price. Penn
sylvania would prefer an increased
price. Whatever change occurs at all
soon, is more likely to he one that
would meet the Bi •mingham wishes.
Somewhat increased consumption
may be looked for soon, under normal
conditions; but as to prices, the fur
llaoe8 p ro l,ably will have to be con
tent with a firmer rather than a higher
market.
Mill construction goes merrily on,
but in a cool-headed, conservative way
that promises much for tho future.
Cotton mill men, who are new to the
southern country, are moving slowly
and making no mistakes.
Movements in cotton are very heavy.
Tiie southern mills show greatly in
creased takings over last year.
The Charlotte, (N. O.), Bonded
Warehouse company is a novelty in
the cotton trade, and handles cotton
much as the American Pig Iron Stor
age Warrant company handles pig
iron. Fire insurance companies ap
prove the risk and local banks con
sider the cotton warehouse gilt-edge
security.
This system leaves control of the
crop in the planter’s hands.
The market continues steady, though
a desire to sell has shaded prices
slightly on some lines. The advance
on wire and wire nails is in effect, and
whether the manufacturers do or don’t
consolidate, they will evidently stay
near enough together for a while to
maintain prices on such goods.
Generally speaking, ike trade is not
complaining. The jobbers and retail
ers of the south and southwest report
unusually active business for the
season.—The Tradesman (Chatta
nooga, Tenn.) •
FRANCE IS FOR SPAIN.
She Is Jealous of Commercial Import
ance of United States.
The Paris correspondent of The
London Daily Mail comments upon
the fact that the bourse, on Monday,
for the first time was seriously affected
by the situation of Spain and the
United Slates, and that Spanish stocks
fell heavily.
“French sympathies,” says The
Daily Mail’s correspondent, ‘-‘are un
doubtedly with Spain. Furthermore, upon”
France desires to see a check put
the growing political and commercial
importance of the United States.”
CONSUL (jUlTS HIS POST.
Mr. Barker Says Uncle Sain Has Ignored
Him Daring; Uie Excitement.
The New York World’s Havana cor
respondent sends word that Walter B.
Baker, United States consul at Jiagua
La Grande, has resigned.
According to the correspondent,Con
sul Barker feels that the American
government in its activity regarding
Cuban affairs, lias ignored all the con
sular reports and that the consuls to
all intents and purposes are useless.
DISTRICT BILL INCREASED.
Senate Spends a Dajds Session In It
Discussion.
Monday’s session of the senate was
devoted entirely to consideration of
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill. At the hour of adjournment the
bill had not been disposed of aud its
discussion will, be continued.
The bill as it passed the house car
ried $5,600,647. By the senate com
mittee the appropriations were in
creased $1,409,650, making the total
amount of the bill as reported to the
senate $7,076,298.
COURT RACK AT HAVANA.
Probable That They Will Complete Their
Work Within a Week.
After two postponements of its de
parture the court of inquiry left Key
West for Havana Saturday evening on
the lighthouse tender Mangrove. It
is believed by those best informed that
the court will complete its labors in
the Cuban capital within a week.
A HEAVY BOND
Giveu By Administrators On a Million
aire’s Instate In Chicago.
Letters of administration on the
estate of Robert Law, the wealthy coal
dealer, who died on February 24th,
have been issued in the probate court
at Chicago.
The estate is estimated at 81,200,
000, of which $900,000 is in personal
property. The only heirs are Robert
H. Law and Elizabeth A. AY are, chil
dren. Robert H. Lav/ was appointed
administrator. -His bond was placed
at $1,800,000, and was signed by the
American Surety Company.
This is the largest bond ever ap
proved in the probate court.
ABBEVILLE, GA., THURSDAY MARCH 10. ISOS.
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IOUS FOR TROUBLE.
ADVOCATE WAR WITHOUT DELAY.
The I>o!Loine Affair Offers Spanish Edi
tors an Opportunity to Express
Their Convictions.
A fierce indignation characterizes
the Spanish newspapers that are uot
supporters of . tho government at its
alleged weakness in replying in gentle
ternis to the American demand for ex
planations about the Dupuy DeLome
letter.
The Impavcial says: “It is the
height of weakness to suppose we are
going to disarm the yankees hv means
of patience. From them we shall
gain nothing by it, and on the other
hand, we shall lose the esteem for the
dignity and bravery of Spain obtained
from other nations. Paraphrasing the
never-to-be-forgotten Spartan words of
Mendez Nunez at Cuban, ‘Sufficient to
to say Spain loves honor more without
Cuba than Cuba without honor.’ We
have sacrificed our youth, we have
sacrificed our millions; must we also
sacrifice our national honor? Not the
great Antilla, uot a hundred Antillies
would be worth so great a sacrifice.”
The Imparcial then proceeds to
argue that, all Spain’s concessions
would be useless if America seeks to
break off fri‘"ully relations, adding:
“If a pretext is sought, it will be
round; for instance, a hostile demon
stration against the Spauish warship
visiting American ports or a demand
for a pension for the widow of the
dentist Ruiz.
“In Europe,” the article continues,
“every one has already perceived this.
Tho universal conscience is with us
and it is really a shameful fact that
the action of tho United States rouses
more indignation in foreign minds
than in some Spanish. We believe
we can interpret better the spirit of
the Spauish people, and we energeti
cally protest against what has been
done in order that outside Spain it
mayb; known that her rulers do not
reflect the feelings of the Spanish peo
ple in such acts as the expiation to
McKinley, and also that this nation of
brave men has not become a flock of
lambs.”
The Pais is not so moderate, for it
declares that war is already raging,
saying: Americans have not tho
“The North
soldiers, their ships, in Cuba, but
among the insurgents they have what
is better—they have their money turn
ed into ammunition, guns, cannon and
dynamite. Pais, “should
“Why," asks the an
official declaration be made, when war
already exists, and exists under tlie
most favorable terms for tho United
States?
“Instead of exposing thoir soldiers
on their own soil, they send them in
the guise of insurgents to Cuba. To
avoid a catastrophe to their warships,
they send men aud ammunition lo the
insurgents in merchant vessels. Amer
ican politicians would indeed be most
foolish if they abandoned by a declar
ation of war tlie favorable position
they have taken up in Cuba against
Spain. continues, “we
“No,” the paper
cannot hope for a declaration of war.
Cautious or bold, humble or active,
our government need not fear that
Washington will declaro war. It is
already declared. A1 ready it has
caused havoc in Spain, and in the
United States they laugh at the idea
that they are capable of the folly of
declaring war against us, a war already
aflame through them—a warfare by
them—a warfare in which they run
none of the risks and have all tho
advantages that would accrue from an
open warfare between the two coun
tries. ”
CUBANS ROUTE SRAM ARDS.
Insurgents Do Deadly Work In a Battle at
Holguin.
Reports of the recent battle at Hol
guin, province of Santiago de Cuba,
have been received at New York. In
stead of the battle being a Spanish
victory, as reported from Havana, it
was a disastrous defeat, followed by a
retreat on the part of the Spanish
forces.
LOUD DILL TABLED.
Party IAnes Were Badly Broken to Ac
compliftli the Result.
The Loud bill was defeated in the
house Thursday by a combination of
republicans, democrats anil populists.
At 4 o’clock, tho hour set aside for the
vote to be taken, Mr. Richardson,
democrat, of Tennessee, moved to lay
the bill on the table. A rising Yote
gave tho victory to the opponents of
the measure—125 to 101—and on Mr.
Loud’s demand the roll was called.
But the record-making vote only
confirmed the rising vote. By a vote
of 102 to 119 tho bill was laid on the
table.
COLLECTING OLI» HO ATS.
r.t'AKuf Island Navy Yard Ilansackvd lo,
Emci'cciioy Craft.
| department An order ut was Washington issued by the naval
to make a test of the machinery of the
, old war monitors at the League island
navy yard.
These are single-turreted crafts
the modern high power rifles on tho
; battleships, but they would still bo of
service in an emergency.
There are eight of these monitors at
League island and several others that
are now loaned to tho naval militia or
ganizations of some of tho states.
; Those at League island are the fol
! ! lowing: Canonieus, Mahopiae, Man
] la ltan, Catskill, Jason, Lehigh, Mon
j tank and Nnhant. They are all be
j tween 1,800 and 11,100 tons displace
ment and draw very little water, so
that they can take .up advantageous
positions on shoals commanding chan
nel approaches.
It is denied at tho navy department
that any request has been made upon
the Newport News Shipbuilding corn
pans to hasten the launch of the but
tloships Kearsargo and Kentucky, set
some time ago, for the 21th of this
month.
These two battleships, the largest
ever built for the United States navy,
are to be completed and turned over
to tho government within ten months,
if finished under tho terms of contract.
The coal mining companies through
out the country, especially those near
(he seaboard, have been prompt in
their offers to the navy department to
furnish goal in the event of trouble
with Spain, and the department has
taken stejis to ascertain tho probable
supply and its location, etc., available
in the case of an emergency demand.
Secretary Long has authorized an
absolute aud positive denial of a re
port asserting that a partial or prelim
inary report had been received by the
government from the Maine inquiry
hoard indicating or declaring that the
loss of the. Maine was due to an exter
nal explosion. He said that no report
of any kind had been received.
CLIFTON SUCCEEDS CANDLER
As Secretary of State of Georgia For tho
Short Term.
Colonel William C. Clifton, of
Darien, was appointed secretary of
state of Georgia Thursday by Gov
ernor Atkinson for the unexpired
term of Hon. Allen D. Candler.
Colonel Clifton will Vie inducted
into office on March 31st, when the
resignation of Colonel Candler takes
effect.
Colonel Clifton was born in Tatnall
county 42 years ago. He removed to
Chatham and from 1888 to 1892 repre
sented that county in the state legisla
ture. He was also chairman of tho
democratic executive committee of the
first congressional district.
He w as a candidate for secretary of
state in opposition to Colonel Candler,
the present incumbent, and though he
only entered the contest about three
weeks before the convention was hold,
he .made a splendid and surprising
race, being narrowly defeated for the
nomination. He was elected secre
tary of the senate four years ago aud
re-elected for the succeeding term.
No man in Georgia is better known
or more popular than Colonel “Bill”
Clifton. His personal magnetism lias
made him friends innumerable. He
states that he has no intention of en
tering the race for the long term and
had sought the appointment for the
honor which it cai l'ies with it.
THE LAKE CITY MURDER
Brought Up In the Senate and Discussed
By That Body.
In the senate Thursday, a reso
lution was presented, providing
for an investigation into the
murder of the postmaster at Lake
City, S. C., and his family and the
burning of his home. Mr. McLaurin,
of South Carolina, said ho had hoped
the resolution would go to the com
mittee without debate. The state au
thorities were active in their investi
gation of the crime, he said, and lie
was assured that every effort was
being made to bring the perpetrators
of the outrage to justice.
He then had read a clipping from
the Columbia, S. C., State, to show
that the people of South Carolina were
not in sympathy with those who com
mitted the crime, hut keenly repro
bated it.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on contingent expenses.
COMPLICATIONS IN KLONDIKE.
British Flag On American Soil Creating
Disturbances.
Fivo steamers arrived at Seattle
from Alaska Thursday. The most im
portant news brought down was a con
firmation of previous reports that a
Canadian official has raised the British
flag on what is regarded as American
soil, and trouble at Kkaguay with long
shoremen who objected to Indians
unloading freight from steamers. The
presence of United States troops alone
prevented serious serious trouble. trouble will
It is feared
grow out of the Canadian attempt to
collect duty on the summits of White
and Chilkoot passes,
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' SAYS NO DEMAND WAS MADE
CONSUL rnvBirr LEE i S ore RECALL. m
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COLLAPSE OF SENSATIONAL
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' M Uapjn'ehtMiftion.—Concession* on
Both Hides.
A special cablegram from Madrid
received at Washington early Sunday
morning stated that Honor Gallon,
Spauish minister of foreign affairs, re
cently intimated to United States Min
ister Woodford that the Spanish gov
ernment desired the recall from Hav
ana of Consul General Lee, and that
the American warships which have
been assigned to convey provisions for
the relief of Cuban sufferers there
should he replaced by merchant vessels
in order to deprive the assistance sent
to the reconeentradoB of an official
character.
Monday’s dispatches' contained a
disavowal from Spain wherein it was
stated that tho matter originated
through a misapprehension. The
Spanish government recedes from tho
demand and the United States and
modifies the order for sending relief to
Cubans.
Spain Disavow* Recall.
Late in tho afternoon Honor Du
Bose, tho Spanish charge at Washing
ton, received a cipher cable from the
minister of Rtato at Madrid, Senor
Gullon, saying:
“You can disavow tlie rumor tlmt any
official application lias been made for tlio
recall ot General Lee.”
This confirmed Mr. DuBosc’s view
that a misapprehension had occurred,
and that some intimation concerning
General Lee had been construed into a
request or demand for his recall, which
Air. DuBosc says, with positiveness,
was never intended.
CRUISER TO CARRY RELIEF.
Spain Objected to Warships anil tlie Order
Was Modified.
The naval department announced at
2 o’clock Monday afternoon that the
cruiser Montgomery would relieve the
dispatch boat Fern at Havana and
that the Fern would carry provisions
and relief supplies to Matanzss and
Sngua I/a Gramle.
This is understood to he a satisfac
tory arrangement to the Spanish gov
ernment and will relieve the incident
of its irritating feature.
The decision of tin; navy department
was made known with the following
brief statement posted by the bureau
of navigation:
“The Montgomery will relieve tho
Fern at Havana. Fern will carry pro
visions to Matan/.as aud Hagna La
Grande.”
This conclusion was reached after
conferences between the officials of
the state and navy departments and
is understood to be such an adjustment
us will not lead to further objection by
the Spanish government,
The Fern is a dispatch boat without
heavy armament or guns, although she
belongs to tlie navy and is technically
a naval vessel. As she comes as near
being a transport as anything in our
naval service, her selection will accord
with tho Spanish suggestion that a
transport or merchant ship undertakes
this carriage of relief supplies.
The sending of the Montgomery to
Havana is primarily intended to re
place the Fern, which is now at Ha
vana. The Montgomery is an unarm
ored cruiser of 2,089 tons, with an
armament of ten guns.
Captain Crowninshicld, chief of the
bureau of navigation, says no time
has been fixed for the stay of the
Montgomery at Havana, as the only
decision thus far reached is that, she
will replace the Fern there for tlie
present. first
The Montgomery will be the
United States warship at Havana since
the Maine disaster.
It is not felt at the navy department
that the people of the Montgomery going are
taking any particular risks in to
Havana at this time, for it is said that
even if hostilities should break out, it
is a rule of honorable warfare that they
lie given safe convoy out of the waters
of the hostile country. Of- course,
General Lee aud the court of inquiry
at Huvana would be equally exempt
from molestation.
RIG COAL DEAL
Made By Secretary Long With l’lt.tsbiirg
Operators.
The Pittsburg, I’a., Post says: The
United States government, by Secre
tary John D. Long, of tho navy de
partment, has just closed a contract
with Peal, Peacock & Kerr, coal oper
ators in the New Pittsburg district,for
the delivery at Key West within forty
days of 400,000 tons of steam coal.
This contract is unauthorized by
congress, but is made under the emer
gency clause which permits the heads
of national departments to make large
expenditures on the national credit
without specific authority when the
occasion arises therefor.
SAUNDERS GETS TWO YEAliS.
Kxprea. Robber 1‘lciul* C.ullty to ( Imife
s * e “ ,|n c *4,ooo.
L. L. Saunders, who robbed the
| Southern r Express company of $4,000
ttt Circle, Ga., about a yearago,
was taken into court at Monroe and
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
It will ho recalled that Saunders
was a railway route agent and occu
pied the same ear with the express
agent, a young man named Butt. In
the express car was a package con
taining $(,000, and consigned to an
Atlanta hank.
When Social Circle was reached
Butt left his car, the safe of which was
unlocked. In his absence Saunders
took the package. Suspicion for a time
was directed toward Butt, whose char
acter was so high, however, that he
was not arrested.
Detectives of tho express company
shadowed Saunders for nearly a year.
About $3,500 of the money was mys
teriously rc urned to the company two
or three months ago, and soon after
wards Saunders was arrested in Cin
cinnati.
Since ho has been in jail his eye
sight has been giving him trouble and
on consultation of physicians it was
decided that he would lose his eye
sight if ho were kept in jail any longer.
He was carried before Judge Hiieli
ins, pleaded guilty and was given tho
sentence of two years. Much sympa
thy for him is expressed and an effort
to obtain bis pardon will be made.
MAY HUY FOREIGN SHIPS.
President Direct* Navy Department to
Open Negotiations.
A special to The New York Herald
from Washington says: Fully realizing
the importance of preparations for any
emergency, tlie president has directed
the navy department to open negotia
tions looking to the purchase abroad
of warships.
This fact is now for the first time
made public. It probably would not
have transpired at this juncture lmt
for tho excitement caused by the
statement published that Spain had
purchased or was negotiating for war
ships being built by the Elswick com
pany of England, for Brazil, aud for
other ships under construction.
Eight meu-of-war which are practi
cally completed in foreign shipyards
have been offered for sale in the
United States. The president has
given consideration to the advisability
of placing an option on them.
The navy department lias been care
fully watching tho construction of
ships abroad through the eyes of its
naval attaches at London, Paris, St.
Petersburg, Berlin,Vienna and Rome.
This surveillance has been maintained
for two months, but more especially
since tho Maino disaster.
liUETUERT IN PENITENTIARY.
BaMHugeimikcr Dave Way to Tears When
Prison Gates Closed Upon Ilim,
Adolph L. Luetgert was taken from
the Chicago jail Saturday to tho peni
tentiary at Joliet, to which he was
sentenced recently for the term of his
natural life.
He was followed by the cheers of
many of the juil prisoners, who shouted
thoir good wishes after him. He
seemed at first to he glad of his re
lease from jail nnd laughed and joked
on his way to the train.
When Joliet was reached, however,
he broke down when the prison gates
closed upon him. He sat in the war
den's office with tears rolling down his
face, unable to my a word.
SILVER QUESTION AGAIN.
Fight For Itn Kcstorntion to be Made In
Congress.
A Washington special says: The
silver question is to be at once reopen
ed in congress, and ft fight in the inter
est of silver restoration is to be made
in the most practical introduced way. in the
A bill is to be
senate providing for the coinage of the
seigniorage in the silver bullion which
is now stored in the vaults of the
treasury. The bill will call for the
coinage of 3,344,025 standard silver
dollars, as a matter of course at the
present existing ratio of 16 to 1.
The hill has been drawn by Senators
Bacon, of Georgia, and Martin, of Vir
ginia. It is based on figures fur
nished by the treasury department at
the instance of Senator Bacon and in
response to a resolution introduced by
him which the senate adopted on Feb
ruary 10th.
GEN. WILSON VISITS SOUTH.
IIis Object 1 h to Inspect Fortifications
Along Our Coast.
A Washington dispatch says: The
departure of General Wilson, chief of
engineers of the war department, for
tho south, it is now admitted, iB for
the purpose of inspecting fortifications
and river and harbor improvements.
Ho has not been on such a tour in the
direction he lias taken since his ap
pointment to his present office. His
trip may extend to Dry Tortugas, in
the gulf of Mexico, The trip would
not have been made nt this time but
for tho critical condition of the rela
tions between the United Htates and
Spain.