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About The Ashburn advance. (Ashburn, Ga.) 18??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1898)
THE ASHBURN ADVANCE. VOL. MI. To Ratify Terms of Peace. Tho Members Are Secretary Day, Senators Daris and Frye, Hon. IV hi tel aw Held and Justice White. Secretary Day announced Friday that the memlievs of the peace com¬ mission had been chosen, and that they had all accepted. Tho commis¬ sion complete is as follows: Secretary of State Day. Senator Davis, of Minnesota. Senator William Frye, of Maine. Hon. Whitelaw Reid, of New York. Justice White, of the Supreme court. Senator Davis saw tho president during tho day, but the interview was very brief. The senator left imme¬ diately for New York, and from there will return to St. Paul for a stay at his home before taking his departure for Paris. Senator Frye also went to New York and will visit his home in Maine before returning to Wnshing- ton. The membership of the commission being completed, Secretary Day ar¬ ranged to leave for Canton in order to make his personal preparations for tho trip to Paris. He will be accompanied abroad by Mrs. Day, -who has entirely recovered from her recent illness. The secretary has already shipped to Canton a number of his personal effects in anticipation of his early retirement from tho head of the stat6 department. The Attaches of Commission. The following attaches of the com- . . have been , selected, , , , and , will mission be appointed by the president: John Moore, of Massachusetts, now assistant secretary of state, to be sec¬ retary of the commission. J. B. McArthur, of New York, to be assistant secretary. Mr. McArthur was formerly first secretary of the United States legation at Madrid, and is now on special duty at the state de- partment. He has had considerable experience in work of a diplomatic nature. These appointments were de- cided on by the president Friday after- noon. Assistant Secretary Moore later ad- mitted his selection as secretary of the commission. He said he had not de- cided when he would resign his post as assistant secretary of state, but that it might probably bo within a fort- night. He had a long conference with the president, at which some of the plans of the commission were discuss- ed. Secretary Day also had an inter- view with the president. The Cabinet In Session. The cabinet was in session two hours Friday- and devoted a large share of the time to matters which will come before the peace commis- ® lon ‘ Another matter before the cabinot _ was the Cuban and Porto Rican tar- lffs. It was intended that the rates promulgated some days ago should be subject to change if were found, or if any injustice had been done the people of the islands, or if any particular trade or industry had >eeu discriminated against. ^ !? F ar tl U “ r < l u ® stl0I J ^scussed was that o t u mtter and butterine. Un- der the Spanish law, butter paid a duty <>f 6 cents a pound, and butterine was prohibited. It was deoided to fix a uniform rate for both of 2 cents a pound. Butterine, moreover, will be required During to the be stamped as such. meeting a telegram was reeeived from General Alger at Mon- tauk Point, in which he said in effect that the situation there was reasonably satisfactory. JAPAN IS SATISFIED. Buck Say* Hawaiian Annexation I* Taken Quietly By Japanese. Minister „ r . . . -r, Buck, . at , ,,, Tokyo, , writes the .. department of state that he has ob- served no dissatisfaction there in con- sequence of the annexation of the Ha- waiian islands to the United States, since annexation became accomplished, The government and people alike peem to be satisfied that our govern- ment will fully protect the rights and interests of Japan and of Japanese subjects in those islands. On the part of the public press he has known of no unkind expressions because of the United States annexing these islands. ASH BURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. SEBTRMBER 2, 1898. EASTERN WAR CLOUl). (Jill©** Present Situation Change* China ami Kurland Will Fight. The Peking correspondent of the London Daily Mail says: “Tho situation has suddenly become acute. The relations between tho Tsung-Li-Yamen and Sir Claude Mac¬ Donald, the British ambassador, aro strained to tho point of rupture. Sir Claude MacDonald has intimated that any failure by China to observe Great Britain’s wishes will be accepted as a casus belli. “In support of Sir Claude Mac¬ Donald, the fleet has been concentra¬ ted nt Wei-Nai-Wei nml Hnn-Kow,and all tho warships under 5,000 tons have been mobilized in tho Y’ang-Tse river. Tho naval demonstration is solely di¬ rected a;ainst China, as it is semi- officially stated that the existing rela- tiens with Iinssia are cordial. Lord Salisbury has abandoned the policy of the open door, substituting for it a policy of spheres of iuiluenee. “Diplomatic conferences have been of constant occurrence within the last few days. Lord Salisbury insists up¬ on tho recognition by the other powers interested in China of tho bounda¬ ries of Great Britain’s ‘sphere of in¬ fluence.’ In the same instrument whereby Great Britain recognizes Rus¬ sia's position in Manchuria, Russia is required to acknowledge the para- mouncy of England in the Yang-Tso valley and guarantee that our territo¬ rial requirements shall be permanently respected. “Great Britain is willing to drop hor protest in respoct to the Nui-Chang railway, but Russia is required to can¬ cel her agreement with China that the country having the financial interest should arbitrate in disputes connected with the Peking Hau-Kow railway.” COUIITMARTIAL BEGINS Against, Major Gordon and Ldoutenant Colonel Iteeve* of Hay's Itegiinent. A special dispatch from Santiago states that one of the first acts of Col¬ onel Ray, of tho Third regiment of immunes, on going into camp, was to prefer charges against Lieutenant Col¬ onel Reeves and Major Frank Gordon of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. The courtmartial first began the trial of the case against Colonel Reeves. When it is concluded it will be followed by the trial of Major Gor¬ don. As these eonrtmartials are oonvened by the division commander and tho finding must go to Washington for ac- tion, it will be some time before tho result can be known, The case against Lieutenant Colonel Reeves was threatened before leaving Savannah on the ground that he was incompetent. MERE ORDERS DISREGARDED! Somebody Has Blundered and an Inves- ligation Will Ho Hud. A Washington dispatch says: There seems to have been neglect in carry- i n 8 ou ^ the order of the department, No. UG, which allowed GO cents a day to all soldiers in hospitals, tho amount to be a general fund from which could ho drawn money to purohase delica- cie « aU( l necessaries for sick soldiers, This order was dated August 10th. According to the records of the sur- f? con general’s office, it was reeeived there on the 13th, and sent out to the various officers on the 15th. It should have reaclitd these officers on tho 17th, especially those along the Atlantic seaboard. It seems, however, that if it did reach them it was disregarded by many surgeons. Tho matter is to be investigated, WILL DEBATE JOINTLY. Candl<lat08 In Tenne g 8 ee wm Make Tilings lively For a Time. a Nashville dispatch says: There is j. Q j, e an old time joint cativass of Ten- nessee f rom ‘Carter to Shelby this year> The agreementwa 3 made Friday by representatives of the democratic and republican executive committees, and Benton HcMillin, the democratic nom- iuee f or governor, and James F. fow- j e ,. ( the republican nominee, will meet j n joint debate at forty places in tho 8 t a t e . The campaign will open at Memphis September 6th. After ten speeches in west Tennessee, the candidates will g 0 t 0 eas t; Tennessee for fourteen speeches, and wind up in middle Ten- ue sg ee with sixteen, ALGER MAKES REPORT. Found Conditions nt Camp XVikofl’ In Satisfactory Sliape. A Washington dispatch says: A telegram from Secretary Alger, at Camp W ikoff, Montailk Point, was read at the cabinet meeting Friday. In the telegram Secretary Alger stated ‘ th at he found the conditions a t the camp fairly satisfactory. —-- TROUBLE FOR FORTES. “ r „ H 8 a "' , _ epubi can* „„„ 1 o „ A . ^fle t *" d dispatch 1 tho Ses " i ? from n nt Madrid t states ♦ ♦ tbat l b 6 Carhst and Republican mem- b , f» °. f tbc G or *°» have decld ? d not attend tbe t .forthcoming t session and they will issue a manifesto to the ™ unt, 7 “Pining tbe reason8 for tbeir absence ‘ OUR PEACE in :U: m s ’ i .;•( '-If f ' DT» m \ 1/ SECRETARY OF STATE W. B. DAY. i ri * Msrl i ■i /. WHITELAW REID. SENATOR GIVES HIS VIEWS WITH¬ OUT MINCING WORDS. 1/E /IRE NOW J GREAT POWER And Should Itclain All Torrltory Secured By Force of Arm*,” Say* Member of tlie l’eaee Commission. The New York World says: “Tho American people are aglow with patriotic fever and the utmost calmness is necessary in considering our future course,” said United States Senator Cushman K. Davis, before leaving the city for his home to pre¬ pare for his journey to Faris ns one of the five commissioners to arrange the final terms of peace between the vic¬ torious United States and defeated Spain. “Events have made us one of the great powers of the earth,” he con¬ tinued. “Whatever we may have de¬ sired ourselves heretofore, destiny lias forced upon us responsibilities that we must recognize and accept. We have become a potent factor in the world’s progress. A great and actual naval and military power we are al¬ ready. We are strong enough yet, but not an hour must be lost in equip¬ ping ourselves to cope with any emer¬ gency that may confront us. Our volunteer army is as good if not better than any force of the kind in this world, but we can¬ not rest secure in that thought. We must have a large regular army ready to call in tho future. We must have as good a navy as any nation on earth. We have an effective begin¬ ning. Ship for ship, wo need fear nobody. But we must build ships with true American energy, Nothing must deter us. We know that we have the men to put behind the guns. The glorious victories of our navy have b: ought us new responsibilities, but the Philippines or the Sandwich islands are not more isolated than are ports of our Pacific coast. Hereafter our power must be felt in the Pacific ocean. The mere addition of a few hundred square miles of territory by capture or treaty does not increase our danger. “You understand, I am on record as favoring the retention of territory that has been acquired by the splen¬ did victories of cur arms. I am an American, speaking as such, and my remarks have nothing to do with offi¬ cial duties that I shall undertake on October 1 as a commissioner to the congress of Paris. “What that body will or will not do, I would not predict if I could. I am talking of the situation as it exists to¬ day and as every American citizen can see it. The interests of the United States must be jealously guarded from this hour onward. We have been re- t'/fm ©> i gENATOll W. T. FUYE. 3 J«SS S' a fjA JUSTICE E. I>. WHITE. . l - fa wA. m m % i Jig m ¥ v ill V \ \ SENATOR 0. K. DAVIS. miss and indifferent in tho past. Think of the Virginias massacre. That was the hour in which we should have taught Spain her lesson. “IIow do you suppose a similar massacre of American citizens in Ha¬ vana would be received this after¬ noon? “Why, our warships would be on their way to that port before mid¬ night. That is tho difference. And it is well. It is as it should bo. “The United States lias ceased to 1m the China of tho western continent. We are alive, thank God, and must not be insulted by any power in this world, great or small. “That’s the difference between the United States of the seventies and to¬ day. change that “And is not the one ought to make every patriot glad? Wars are inevitable—or all history is false. Steam power has broadened their arena. No nation is safe. Japan’s triumph over China was robbed of most of its value to the victorious na¬ tion by the intervention of a stronger power. Must Halid Uforo Ship*. “Are we to ho weak like Japan? Can we contemplate for an instant tho interference of any power that shall abridge the majesty and glory laid at our feet by the incomparable Dewey? I say—never. Therefore you may quote me just as strongly as you can as saying: ‘More battleships,and after that more cruisers and battleships again. The men will step forward as fast as we can build the ships.’ “Suppose that Dewey had been de¬ feated at Manila? What might have been the fate of the Hawaiian islands and our Pacific coast from Bering straits to San Diego? “The Asiatic situation is one that deeply concerns us. If we are outwit¬ ted there we must at once prepare for a defense of our western coast lino from the same aggressions that have humbled the oldest empire on earth in the eyes of modern civilization.” “What do you think of the cordial relations between this country and Great Britain?” “They are timely and welcome. The aversion of generations has passed away.” them¬ “Will the Cubans govern selves?” “I hope so. We have made them free from the yoke of Spain and their destiny is before them.” ANOTHER CROSSING HORROR. Cranin'* Into Wifcffon Containing rioiiHitro Flirty—Flv© Klllod. Five persons wore killed Saturday evening at Whitings crossing, on the Boston and Maine railroad near Ware, Mass., by a collision between a train and a wagon containing a party of eleven persons. The pleasure party was made up of the Whiting family and some of their immediate friends, of Bondville, and they were going from their home in Bondville to Forest Lake in a covered wagon drawn by four horses. On one side of the crossing there is quite a steep hill running down to the tracks. As the wagon came over the crest of the hill and started down to the rail¬ road track, tho flag boy at the foot of the hill was seen to come out of his station to Hag an approaching train. Tho momentum of the vehicle on the steep grade was so great that it went by the flag boy and out upon the tracks just as tho Northampton and Ware accommodation train came along. Tho engine struck tho wagon about in the middle, tossing tho occupants on all sides, killing the horses and de¬ molishing the vehiolo. Tho train was stopped. Five bodies were picked up in a terribly mangled condition, one, that of tho boy, being decapitated. WANT FRIARS EXPELLED. K<i]>r<'*ofitntlyo* of Filipino* A<l<1rc«» rt Letter to I'reHlilent MoKlnloy. A London dispatch states that tho Philippine Islands commission in Eu- ropo lias addrossod a letter to Presi¬ dent McKinley regarding tho appeals made to him by high Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in America to protect the religious orders in the islands. The expulsion of tho friars, tho commis¬ sion contends, is “a necessary ante¬ cedent to moral sanitation.” The let¬ ter names particularly the archbishop of Manila and the bishops of Nueva Covia and Nuova Caseres, “whose acts of hostility against both natives and Americans and against the Jesuits and other respected religious institutions are condemned by every one.” The commission urges President McKinley to “aid tho Filipinos to sup¬ press the immorality of tho diabolical institutions fostered by tlieso monks;” and the letter concludes as follows: “Your name can never bo associated with that of the friars; and the sense of right of the noblo nation at whose head you are placod will nevor permit tho ever victorious and humanitarian stars and stripes to protect them.” IIAGLEY BOUND OVER. Admit* Ho Struck Adam* Affcor tlie Latter Wiih Shot. As a result of the preliminary trial W. If. Bagley, tho alleged slayer of T. M. Adams, wns hound over at Cusscta, Gn., on tho charge of murder. In his statement Bagley denied that he had allot. Adams and tho general lino of the defense was to try to show iliut some person other than ho fired the fatal shot. He admitted hitting the dead man ovor tho head with a stick, which blow made u very ugly wound. lie said that ho and Adams were clinched when the shots wore fired. He supposed that tho shooting was done by some person just to tho rear of himself. Bagley was carried to Columbus and placed in the Muscogee jail. This was at his request, it is stated. Colonel Thornton, of the defense, stated that while two of tho justices were for binding over his client, one was for releasing him. Ho said that ho had proven by one of his witnesses that Bagley did not fire the shot. BKJ COMBINE EFFECTED. Corporation to Control Fifth and Oyftter Rtiftlne** of tho Country. The Ht. Louis Republic publishes the following: “Arrangements have been completed for the formation of the gigantic com¬ bination with millions of dollars of capital, for the purpose of controlling the fresh fish and oyster business of the United States and Canada. “Tho combination was effected in London, by the organization of a stock company with a capital of $5,000,000, of which $2,500,000 will be 8 percent non-cumulative preferred, and the balance in ordinary shares of common stock. “Tho combine has been negotiating for several weeks to secure some of the leading fish and oyster houses in Ht. Louis.” MUST BE COURT-MARTIALED. All Officer* of Cervrra’s Fleet to Bo Prosecuted By Spain. A Madrid cable dispatch says: Cora- mandanto Emilio Diaz de Morou, for¬ mer captain of the cruiser Cristobal Colon, promises to conduct a lively anti-government campaign in tho cortes of Spain. It is pointed out, however, that he, as well as all other command¬ ers of Admiral Cervcra’s squadron, will have to appear before a courtmartial before anything is done. As soon as the commander arrives the government will ask the cortes for authority to prosecute him, as ho is a deputy and iliis authorization is necessary. NO. 4. THEM F.NDOUS CROWDS (lltEF.T POP- ULAIt HERO OF SANTIAGO. ALL WASHINGTONIANS JOINED IN. Huron u Intliioiico l)ld Not rrovont Ofllrlal* From Taking Piivt In tho Hecoptlon to Sampson’* Subordinate Ollloor. A Washington special says: Hobson had his ovation, tho Rough Riders had theirs, and Wheeler his, hut all three together would not begin to equal the demonstration at tho war, state and navy departments Saturday morning in honor of Roar Admiral Schley. There has been nothing like it at the national capital before. If tho officials of tho navy depart¬ ment had any doubt ns to who was tho popular hero of Santiago their doubt was entirely dispelled. Tho magni¬ tude of the ovation givon to Schley about Washington and in front of his hotel was of a most remarkable char¬ acter. But owing to the sentiments that, exist among the heads of the navy department, it was holiovod that tho popular sentiment there could ho hold in check. Such was not the case. Crowds had been waiting nil morn¬ ing in front of tlio great navy depart¬ ment building, and the shout they raised upon his appearance was a sig¬ nal for those inside that tho gallant admiral had arrived. As if by mutual consent, all business was suspended. Not only did the clerks and minor clerks of the war and navy depart¬ ments leave their desks, but tho heads of bureaus joined in the wild rush to "vel(vomo tho admiral. The corridors could not begin to hold tho throngs that- pushed around him. General Wilson, head of the engi¬ neer department, threw his arms around the admiral’s neck and kissed him. For the next ten minutes he was bombarded with embraces and kisses from men and women alike. There must have been forty women who thus displayed their love and ad¬ miration for tho gallant officer. Ho stood tho ordeal as he inusthavo stood the.tiring from the Spanish fleet. While ho remained in the depart¬ ment, which was nearly an hour, there was little work done in any bureau. Ho finally escaped into Captain Crowninschield’s office, where tho door was locked. From hero he work¬ ed his nay to various bureaus until ho emerged from the building. Ho was t.<> havo taken tho 11:45 train, but it was impossible to break through the human barricade which had been thrown up around him. Over at. the white Iiouho there was one man who realized ho lmd not done tho wrong thing in heaping every hon¬ or upon this naval hero. He received every ovation with modesty, almost shrinking at, times from tho popular exhibition of approval. He is a small, spare man, not as largo as his pictures would indicate, but one cannot come within forty yards of him without feel¬ ing his personal magnetism. Saturday afternoon Admiral Schley left for Maryland, the state of his birth,which is wuiting with open arms to welcome him. LATEST MANILA NEWS. The Olympia and Raleigh Scut to Hons Konif to lie Docked. A cable dispatch from Manila under date of August 28th says: Steamers are entering the river as usual. The Americns aro terporarily maintaining the former Spanish tariff. Business is brisk. The United States warships Olym¬ pia and Raleigh have gono to Hong Kong to go into dock. Admiral Dowe^y lms transferred his flag to the Balti¬ more. General Merritt will sail on the steamship China on his way to Paris to attend tho sessions of the peace conference. No agreement has yet been reached with Aguinaldo upon any subject, although circumstahtial rumors are current that everything has been settled to the mutual satis¬ faction of those concerned. Tho situation, although undoubted¬ ly unsatisfactory, remains unchanged, pending a final settlement. EX-GOVERNOR MATTHEWS DIES. Stricken Wltli 1’araly.l*, the Knd Come* Peacefully. A special from Wingate, Ind., says: At 0:30 o’clock Sunday morning, at the quiet McHarry homestead, where he was taken immediately after his sudden affliction, ex-Governor Mat¬ thews passed away peacefully, sur¬ rounded by his wife and all the other members of his immediate family. Out of respect to the oft expressed wish of Governor Matthews, the body will not be taken to Indianapolis to lie in state at the capitol. The funeral will .occur at Hazel Bluff farm, the home of tho dead ex-governor, near Clinton, Ind.
