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THE ULTIMATUM
Will Sooi be Sent to Spain by
President McKinley.
HF : AVY ACCOUNTS ‘ TO SETTLL.
'
The Note Which is Being Prepared L'nd.r
the 1 irect Instruction of the President
Will Assert that Spain Ha* bailed to
Comply With Its Treaty Obligations.
President McKinley ls preparing an
ultimatum to Spain. In consequence
of the report of Consul General L'-*,
** Havanna, bearing on the Ruiz mat
t»r 'n tvlii' h Spain I* held responsible
Ur tin d.-.,rh of i he American dentist,
intense interest centers upon the doc-U
meut. the whole
This message will cover
ground, .lodge Day, Assistant S'' re
tnr.v of State, lias the work under his
persona! siiiierv-'don. Hie r'p'e t 1
Mr. Calhoun lias made no mritcri.-!i
change tn tin* wording or purpo of
the ultimatum. The information
which lie bring is in the nature of cu
millative and eonlirroatory evidence.
Together i hli otlwr reports of a sta
Us'lrlil JUS iul'oiniatory charneL r, it
will I •d to the dispatch a an
appendix. been in course of
The rede ha ; now
several weeks. I.m , >
props: .i n for
Incident su:d precedent of dtplo.nn
bearing on the question of bollgeren
cy, the roeoguiton of independence and
tin* pri enervation of treaty guarani l‘l»
tins Ih-pii <'(,lintel and embodied.
Senoi ! >e I/ime lias been otficlnily
Informed > i 11." altitude of the admin
tdtraiion and its contemplated purpose
of sending a note offering mediation
on the bBAi ,f the independence of
flu- island will) the payment of an in
demnitv. ill* Uns replied very adroitly
thal Spam would not consider such a
rote an unfriendly act, but would
give ear' ful consideration to its . on
touts Tills reply is not to In* ion
St rued however, ns indicating it pur
.,.,,1 the offer.
Tim Wo li 1 iiglon correspondent, of
the .\ew i 1, .liiiirnal outlines, in ad
Vance, tic- ultimatum, ns follows:
-n,. will Inform Spain that It
1* written under the direct las true lien
of th** I’i ' id nt- It will then go lilt"
details The firet icprcscntJithm will
lie:
That ,i?i*iiu lias lost control of the
lstand of Uniat.
Under tl ’.s head will be grouped nil
the evkli'i; proving the existenci' and
nittllit-"Mini of a successful rebellion,
The section* and areas controllivl tiy
tin* Gulia :i Insurgents and the Spanish
Will V** . sUmaied and tsudvasivd. 'The
note Will i hen assert:
Thai Spain has failed and I* lm
potent to protect the laws and prop
erty of Amerienn eltlsens.
The tale of destruction, dentil and
disnsler under lids head Is a h avy
...... Tin- reports of Consul General
l*.'. the \niertenin Consuls, nod the
various altldavits of Amerienn eill
*/en.s will he appended 1 as exhibits, to
getber . with a iwiew of r ,, the claims al
rejiii.i ( led.
The .bird iMd.it Is very grave:
M.aln lias failed to comply w 1th Us
treaty obligations.
Every iu-tanee in which an Ameri¬
can has been illegally arrested and
confined will be adduced. The Cold
array will make a heavy account to
liquidate.
Under tite-e three heads will lie ar¬
ranged tin* reasons why the United
Suites now offers mediation. These
farts are n«t suggested, hut asserted.
Following these .statement* tin* is
port will become argumentative.
First- It will go into tie* reasons
why Spain e.uinot sulxlue the rebels,
The fai t tliat Spain is powerless to
piu-ify the insurgent.* and poi nt only
10 starve and annihilate some Hum
smuts i'i' inms-ont jiaeitieos, will bo
exposed iu plain but diplomatic
phrases.
Second The note will suggi**t the
effects naturally flowing from the
recognition of cither beUgereitey or in
dependence of the Cubans. Au inti
illation w ill be given tliat if the Unit
oil Stnt -. i* forced to recognize tbe
independence of Cuba the island will
take it* place and rank, immediately
and by that very act. in tin* family of
American nations. From and after
tliat moment Spain will lie an intend
cr. striving to force -servitude on a
piviplo ptxitt-etixl by t.Ui* Aegis of tin'
American jadicy. This iKirtion of the
note deals tit a clear enunciation of
a NK»gt ,red principle. IVlicn the text
3s made public it nil lie considered as
a notable declaration of oue phase of
the Monroe doctrine. It will be no
enlargement of the present policy, but
a lucid explanation of its adaptability
to present clrcumatances.
Third The United States will tlw'n
offer it* good offices as a mediator.
Two poim* will be reirid upon to car¬
ry con Tlcrion to 8|viliv I’nder proseut
condition* If Cuba succeeds as a rec*
-ogu'zed belligerent, or through the fit
or direct Intervention of the United
State* In gaining Independence, Spain
will be unable to saddle ui»on her any
of the present bonded Spanish debt.
It will be urged that if Spain ne
eodes to the mediation of the United
State* an equitable and proper divis
ion of the burden of the war ran lie
made. An indemnity is to be paid by
Cuba, to he determined by arbitral
methods, if such be neee-s-ary, and
large enough to cover a fair valuation
of Spanish property in Cuba, or to
off.set the proportion of Spanish bonds
now paid out of Cuban revenues.
FULL OF PATRIOTIS VI.
President McMlnley 1* Given an Enthusi¬
astic Reception at Nashville.
President McKinley and party ar¬
rived in Nashville at 8 a. m. Friday
and were escorted to the Maxwell
house by a squad of mounted ex-Con
federate soldiers in uniform
Arriving at the Maxwell house, tfye
party breakfasted, and at 10 o’clock
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, and
Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, called
upon the president.
Mrs. Van Leer Kirkmau, president
of the Woman’s Board of the Exposi¬
tion, also called upon the president
and Mrs. McKinley and party.
Leaving the hotel at 11 o’clock the
distinguished guests arrived at the Ex¬
position grounds three-quarters of an
hour later.
The streets along the route were
densely crowded, and many houses
were beautifully decorated in honor of
the occasion,
A detachment of Confederate veter
ans acted us a guard of honor for the
president.
While the procession was on its way
a salute of forty-five guns was tired.
Entering the Exposition gates the pat
ty proceeded to the Auditorium, under
uu escort of the Centennial Guards,
Exactly at noon President McKinley
walked down the main aisle. On his
arm was the stately .Mrs. Van Leer
Kirkman, President of the Woman’s
Board,
The president was greeted with
hearty cheers, and so were Secretaries
Sherman, Alger, Gary, Wilson and
the other distinguished guests and
their accompanying ladies.
Mrs. McKinley, much to the regret
of every one, did not feel equal to the
heat and stress, and remained in her
ro ° m “ t the hotel.
President McKinley made the ad- .
, of the occasion, of course, speak-
1UK au llour -
STARVATION AND FEVER.
Appall'"* Fatality From Famine anti
Blajftif In China.
Advices by Mearner Empress of J»
pan says; The fatality from famine
and plague in China is appalling. The
famine north and east of Szechuam is
causing many deaths- A traveler who
ba» jnst returned from there reports
1 having seen numerous dead bodies
lying about unattended to. In one
\ ^ge town half the population had
perished from starvation and the fever
that follows m its wake, lhogovcrn
meut has sent rice to the ailheted, but
8»«* «» uuut 1,0 « ot to tb f
beyond certain . parts owing o sections
™pasBablo by swollen nvtrs
Along K the route to Kwaller towns num
^ f bodieg ky aeoomposing. while
the sky was blaok with vultures.
Smallpox is prevalent in Tocghe,
many m ,. v case „ boiug reported daily.
iSmallpox and other epidemics are very
prevalent in Tokie, while 200 more
ease* of the black plague are reported
from Taihoku and Taiwon, Formosa.
There are about 850 cases altogether.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Women flay be Admitt ed on an Equality
With Men.
Chancellor IV. E. Boggs, ol the
University of Georgia, iu a report
made to the board of trustees at Ath
eus last week roeoimneuds the admis
sion of women to the uuiver
sity on au equality with men, The
women of the state have beeu cou
dueling au agitation to this end
for several years past, and the chan¬
cellor's reeom men da tionis the first
practical result of their labors. It is
not kuowu what action the trustees
will take, but the tone of Mr. Boggs’
reference to the matter ir construed
as indicating that he has good ground
for expecting his suggestion to be put
iuto effect.
CAUSE OF \ t LLOW FEVER.
Physicion Hopes to Discover a Serum foi
Preventive^Vaccination.
At Montevideo, Dr. Sanaralli, in a
j ocUuo delivered before delegates from
a jj j, ar t 8 of South America, members
c f the, diplomatic corps aud others,
announced recently that he had dis¬
covered the cause of yellow fever to be
a bacciiius which he had named lete
roid aud which was very rare, He
explained that it infested the blood ol
parents aud their bodies after death.
The bsccilli, he continued, could be
easily eliminated by secondary injec¬
tions, aud he hoped soon to discover •
curative serum for preventive vaccina
tioB.
OUR EXPORTS.
Report for May and Eleven Months
Shows Handsomfe Increase.
COAL PRODUCTION! FOR 1896.
The Democrats of the 4t-*ate Committee
on Finance Will Offer#* an Amendment
a Provision for an IniiertWme Tax.—
Other Interesting Items.
Relief of Flood Sufferers.
Capt George Davis pcjtamisary of
subsistence, has been wdpred distribute to pro¬
ceed to El Paso, T«, to
subsistence stores for jtte relief of
destitute persons in the’'district over
flowed by the IUo Grange in that vi¬
cinity. ri
#4 J*
den, Miles Honored. rtf|#sentatire
General Miles, the of
the United States An L is to ride
mounted in the lubikj cB^'i^ge. barade very
near to the Queen’s and sec¬
ond only to Her Majes bodyguard.
His assignment is rfr led here as
an evidence of the J sh Govern
meat's good feeling,! is likely to
create a sensatioh.
Must Render ic.
For the first tifbjJinW ly yfcarS the
Secretary of the Wavfii fc interposed
ids veto upon tint .ffli i-ntion of a
junior officer to leiviilE I naval serv
ice: In tli* p.resent. 5"Jn t:f»> % tliree Weber, of the
cadets at Amine t'Likf cut- of>onnsyl
of Arkansas; H. I,. 1
vanin, and 1’. L. W r of Illinois -
sought to resign i.q ej e in private
business. Searetary Id Icoided that
as these young Jnjh iL rjiepn educat
ed at the expensqjlbf -{mce $ie Government, in return.
they should render
4r'.
Handsome lntr$as<|i«i stateAnt Exports.
The monthly of the prin¬
cipal articles of exports, is
sued by the but ojisthtlstics, show's
exports during 1MH SUyfHjfL .“follows: as compar¬ Bread
ed with ?13,087,01§ May, a $2,086,178;
stuffs $0,627,47$! mJ#se .offcwe $2,440,800;
cotton
mineral oils $4.3f2 281,, decrease $487
207; cattle andj ruvldcins A'Af$3,470,051. ln
crease $180.232: $1.0,502,183,
Increase $44,247.1 n.Jxt|s |
For the elejef ended May
31. 1807. the I'l^bApMYifyn^aKiOO?. jwp-H W 8dv<?11 as fo1 in¬ '
low*.
crease $53.07; L7. 4; $225,002,816,
Increase $4Jye ■ jitimtulnil IfiOAOoit oils $58,- and
077,802, <b*CT< a- cattle
hogs $80 5*1.03 $1,182,238;
provisions $115,1 r,#22. decrease $171,-
312 j %
Coal Production for 1886.
The oomptlnti ■ of the statistics of
coni production tla United States in
181),I. which lm 3'14 l4u completed
by Statistician; 1 ; I
United States <■* ogica Gtif). v
shows tliat tin* 1 «i*. 1 t m -890 was
190,839,959 short v#t(l at $195,-
557,849, against 1:>U,J 17.5$0 short tons,
valued at $197,7 t,»l3 in 1895, a do
crease of 2.477 171 * short tons
amount and of *..’U,3p in value.
The decrease in v; i t was entirely
ia that of the U 4 ! vania authra
cite. I
The output of bi:»mU Jus .eoal sliows
nil increase of nbo'd tie and three
quarter million ton Tke anthracite
product of Pell IBS' ivani decreased
nearly four and it quarter millions.
The bituminous pr* iictloii of Penn*
syivania and Ohio'-shows a decrease
while that of UUm; s and West Vir¬
ginia increased. 'J*c sc four States
yield about 70 per •nLJOf the total
bituminous product!on,
The other important States showing
inerea.sed produetiejt were Alabama,
Arkansas, Colorado. Indian Territory,
Kentucky. Marvl.-iBd and Texas, w11:1a
Indiana. Iowa. Kotueis, Missouri. Mon¬
tana aud New Mexico, Tennessee,
Utah. Virginia, Washington and Wy¬
oming showed decreased production.
An Inheritance Tax.
The Democratic members of the Sen¬
ate Ooimnittee eft Finance have
agreed to offer ae tin amendment to
Hie tariff bill a pan vision for an in¬
heritance tax. The amendment was
prepared by* Settator Turpie, and was
by him presented tot the Senate on be
half of the l>emoer«i.i minority. The
principal provi*:*>a of it follows:
"That on and the 1st day of
January, 1898, «ttd for five years
thereafter, there ei %li be laid and lev
ied a sum equal top per cent of the
value of every dectsleiit’s estate, as an
inhorilaiwH* tax w ttp?U»*r it is the es¬
tate or intestate, t4 be paid by tlie
executors, admiiusti-Btno-s and tnistees
tlu-ivi'f. or by the heirs or by the dis¬
tributors, devisees or legatees, when
the value of such estate as an inheri¬
tance is $3.0C“ and upwards, except
where legacies or bequests are made
to religious, charitable, educational or
other organizations which may. by the
laws of the State. Territory or Dis
trict, in which the decedent was re
siding at the time of hus death, be ex
empt from taxation.”
Other provisions of the amendment
prescribe methods of ascertaining the
value of estates and of collecting the
tax. These duties are imposed upon
internal revenue collectors, who are
authorized to bring suit in the Federal
Courts to collect the tax in case such
proceeding is made necessary. The
Secretary of the Treasury is empow¬
ered to make rules and regulations for
carrying the provision into effect.
STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.
The Peabody Fund Agent, Hon. J.
L. M. Curry, once an honored Con
gressman from Alabama and late U. S.
Minister to Spain, joins State Super
intendent Dr. J. O. Turner of Ala
bama and the State Normal College
authorities in holding an annual Pea
body Summer School of Pedagogy for
Alabama Teachers. This is held aloDg
with the College classes during four
weeks, June 1, to 24, and 150 teachers
and candidates for teachers, are now
in attendance there, and many more
are expected to enroll, yet.
The Dothan School Board requires
their entire corps of teachers to attend
this Training School for Teachers and
prepare for better and better work in
their schools, and increase salaries to
enable their teachers to do so. It
would be well if every city and town
School Board would insist thus upon
Professional Training for their school
teachers, and it begins to be almost a
necessity that teachers should take a
course of training, thus. Troy
The State Normal College of
has many calls for trained teachers,
and the college is sending out score*
of such every year, as it is glad to do.
School Boards may rest assured that
their calls for trained teachers will
have prompt attention. Dr. E, K,
Eldridge, the President, takes pleas¬
ure in thus helping to make better
schools in Alabama.
Traced Back.
A recent writer attempts to trace ta¬
ble utensils—most of them of recent
introduction—to their origin.
The llomans, he declares, took their
meals lying on very low couches, and
it was not until about the time of Char¬
lemagne that a stand was used rojmd
which guests were seated on cushions,
while the table made its appearance in
the Middle Ages, and with it came
benches with backs.
The Greeks and Homans ate from a
kind of porringer, yet during a portion
of the Middle Ages slices of bread cut
round took the place of plates.
'The as-iooB i* xusr undent, and many
fine specimens are in existence that
were used by the Egyptians in the sev
enteentb century B. C.
The knife, though very old. had not
come into common use as a table uten
sil in the tenth century.
The fork was absolutely unknown to
tlie Greeks and Remans, and appeared
as a curiosity in the Middle Ages, and
was first used upon the table by Henry
^ r , cking clips _ in the Middle Ages
made from metal more or less precious
-naturally date from the remotest an
tlquity. Venice be
The use of glasses from
gan to be general in the fifteenth eon
tury.
The salt cellar appeared at a very
early date, and occupied the place of
honor at the banquets of the Greeks
and Romans, many of them being
made of gold and silver and richly
chased.
The Sultan is Serene.
At a recent conference of the am
bassadors at Oostantinople for the
discussion of the terms of peace Tewfik
Pasha was present, armed with post
tive instructions to persist in the re
tentionof Thessaly given him by the
sultan personally. Being in posses
nion, the porte, it was argued, was able
to wait patiently and even indefinitely
while discussing point after point with
the powers. It was also decided to
continue actively the preparations for
war.
THE STATE NORMAL AT FLOR¬
ENCE, THE BEST IN THE
SOUTH.
JAS. K. POWERS, President.
Dr. Mato to Goversor Johnston.
Dr. A. D. Mayo, of Boston, spent a
month last spring in visiting the several
institutions of learning in Alabama,
The following extracts are from a let
ter to Gov. Johnston under date May
8,1897.
“During the past 17 years I have
visited every State Normal College in
the 16 Southern States.
“I can honestly say that in all my
experience in the South, I have seen
no State Normal which seems to me to
have more completely grasped the
true idea of that style of school or
m«re completely carried it out than
the one at Florence. * • * * *
“I have never eeen in any State so
mnch gooa work done for so small &
sum of money as I see here at the
State Normal at Florence.”
PRESIDENT M’KI'LFY
-.
Addresses a i arge Gathering in the Audi
toriu „ at Nashville,
In the Auditorium at the Nashville
------ p
Centennial grounds last Friday, i rest
dent McKinley addressed an immense
crowd, speaking half an hour, in tne
course of Ms remarks lie said:
“You have done wisely in exhibiting
jonr resources to your own people
ani to your sister states, and at no
time could the display be more effec
live than now, when what the country
needs more than all else is restored
confidence in itself. This Exposition
demonstrates directly your own faith
and jmrpose and signifies in the wid
est sense your true and nnfailing be
lief in the irrepressible pluck of the
American people ami is a promising
indication of American prosperity,
-‘The knowledge which this beauti
ful and novel Exposition gives will
surely stimulate competition, develop
your trade, increase your output, en
large your fields of employment, ex
tend your markets, and so eventually
pay for all it costs as well as justify
local sentiment.
“The men and women I see aoout
me are from all parts of the country,
and thousands more will assemble here
before the Exposition is closed. e
ourselves and let them always remem
ber that whatever differences abou
politics may have existed or still exis ,
we are all Americans before we are
partisans and value the wellare or a
the people above party or section. yet love
Citizens of different states, we
all the states. The lesson of the hour,
then, is this, That whatever adverse
conditions may temporarily impede
the pathway of our national progress,
nothing can permanently defeat it.
UNITED CONFcDER UE VETERANS.
One Thousand Camps Have Already Regis¬
tered— More to Come.
Adjutant Moorman, by direction ol
General Gordon, commanding the
United Confederate Veterans, has
issued an order announcing that 1,000
camps have been registered in the
United Confederate Veterans, with
applications for over 100 more. He
urges those Confederate soldiers and
sailors who have not joined this ben¬
evolent brotherhood to at once organ¬
ize and apply by letter or wire to the
headquarters at New Orleans for pro¬
per papers, so as to be represented at
the Nashville reunion and assist in do
vising means to help their more needy
comradqs and the widows and orphans
Q f (hose comrades who have preceded
ng lu to eternity,
SANTA TERESA.
the Maiden Who Was Banished From
Her Country.
Santa Teresa, the Mexican maiden,
who was banished from Sonora. Mexi¬
co, five years ago, because of her won¬
derful cures and influence over the
Mexicans, left El Paso, Tex., for
Morenci, Arizona, after a residence of
one year in El Paso. Over 200 Mexi¬
cans were at the depot to bid the liv¬
ing saintess adieu, including some ele¬
gantly dressed aristocratic looking
women, who crowded around to kiss
Santa Teresa’s hand. She explained
that they were going to Arizona,
w here her father could work in the
mines and she would not be in hourly
dread of being kidnaped.
GERMANYS ATTITUDE.
Report That the Emperor Wishes to Over*
throw the Greek Dynasty.
The correspondent of the Daily
Mail at Athens says rumors are cur
rent as to the attitude of Germany; it
is alleged that the German govern
ment seeks to overthrow the week
dynasty and to establish a rigorous
j control of Greek finances- In order
j to attain this double object Germany
I wants a continuance of tbe war aud to
have the terms of peace finally dictat
ed in Athens itself,
j Fltz and Sullivan.
When John L. Sullivan and Fitz¬
simmons met in Buflalo, N. _ I’., last
week Sullivau issued a formal chal¬
lenge to Fitzsimmons for a finish fight
for the world’s championship and a
1 side bet of $5,000. A sport by the
name of Dunn produced 81,000 to
bind the match. Fitz at length said
he would take the matter under con¬
sideration.
To Curtail the Production.
At a recent meeting of the Southern
Cotton Spinners Association held at
Charlotte, N. C., a motion to curtail
the production ef yarn mills -o per
: cent., beginning Jnne 15 was offered
and adopted. Tbe committee on
freight rates reported that beginning
! June 15 the Seaboard Air-Line would
j make a rate of 25 cents per bale for
| cotton from all points on its -vae.
;
Ttalv gives to the world outside her
J ° ^ Spam, •
borders 2,500,000,000 oranges,
• 14,000,00^,000; Portugal, 80,000,000,
Paraguay, 60,000,000; Florida, nearly
j '
M manV as Paraguay.
