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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1897)
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.
