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BRYAN LASHES CLEVELAND
Nebraskan Bitterly Assails Former President at Gathering
of Chicago Democrats—He Alleges That Cleveland
Bowed to the Corporations.
Chicago, July 18.—W. J. Bryan was the
principal speaker at the picnic of the
:Cook County Democracy this afternoon.
Ijlr. Bryan referred in vigorous terms to
«the last administration of Grover Clevo
hand, declaring that it had been a mlll
iatone around the neck of the party that
elected him, and making other refer
ences equally uncomplimentary to the
lormer president.
The picnic was attended by several
thousand Chocago democrats and Mr.
Aryan's address was frequently Interrupt
ed by vigorous applause.
Among the other speakers during the
day were Mayor James A. Reed, of Kan
■aas City; Jeremiah B. Sullivan, democrat
ic candidate for governor of Iowa; Con
gressman South Trimball, of Kontuckky;
[Mayor Harrison, of Chicago; Samuel Al
tschuler, of Chicago, and 1.. E. McGann,
lof Chicago.
Preceding the address at the picnic, a
parade was held through the streets lead
ing to the ground.
Mr. Bryan’s Address.
Mr. Bryan's address, the subject of
■which was “The Democratic Ideal,” fol
lows:
"The Ideal controls the life and gives
It not only direction, but form and con
stancy. An ideal permanently pursued
crystalizes into character and becomes the
vital part of the individual. If you know
a man's ideal, you know the man, and
can Judge with reasonable accuracy what
he will do in a given case.
"No one can overestimate the value
of en ideal because it measures the dif
ference between success and failure.
"An ideal is as important to a party
as to an Individual, and must in the
end determine not only the party's char
acter. but the party's destiny.
“The party ideal is the ideal of those
who dominate its councils and control its
action; and in any party worthy to be
called democratic, the controlling force
should be a majority of the voters of the
party. As in the case of the individual,
so with the party—the character is form
ed not by a few decisions, but by a multi
tude of acts all in harmony with a gen
eral purpose, and all influenced by the
ideal. As in the case of the Individual,
it is impossible to follow one ideal a part
of the time and an opposite ideal the rest
of the time; so with the party, there
must be a constant effort to apply the
same principles and the same methods to
all questions and issues.
Faith in the People.
"The distinguishing features of any
party that deserves to be known as a
democratic party is its faith in the peo
ple, its desire to advance the welfare of
the people, and its willingness to have
the people control their own affairs. A
democratic party seeks to admlrnster the
government according to democratic
principles, and Its ideal of a free govern
ment is a government in which every de
partment, legislative, executive and judi
cial. is administered according to the
doctrine of equal right to all and special
privdejes to none.
"A party with such an ideal Is more
closely scrutinized arid more quickly crit
icised than a party which makes no such
pretension, because the world Is inclined
to measure a party by the standard which
It sets up for Itself. A party really
democratic cannot do what another party
might do with impunity because its own
teachings would bo turned upon its con
duct and hypocrisy added to its other
sins.
"Never before tn the history of the
country has there been greater need for
a democratic party with a truly demo
cratic ideal. The aristocracy which Hamil
ton led against the democracy of J< ffer
son's day, and the plutocracy which Nick
Biddle led against tH" democracy of Jack
son's day, have combined to assault the
democracy of the present ?!«.>, and those
assaults are supported by a metropolitan
press more subservient to capital and
more widely read than the papers of 1800
or 1832.
Republicans Enthrone Mammon.
"Tn 1896 the republican party, under the
leadership of Mark Hanna, became the
open ally of organized wealth and a vic
tory was secured by the use of means
which, when known, must be repugnant
to every believer in the doctrine of self
government. The purchase of votes and
the coercion of employees—all these were
resorted to with an audacity never known
in this country before. As a result of that
election mammon was enthroned, the
manufacturers were permitted to write
the tariff schedules without regard to the
interests to consumers. The financiers
were allowed to dictate the policy of the
treasury without regard to the Injerestg
of the country at large, aital the trust,
magnates were permitted to bankrupt
rivals, stifle competition and extort with
out limit. When the Spanish war occur
red the syndicates in complete posses
sion of the United States reached out for
n*-w fields to conquer and they are now
using the American army and a carpet
bagger to exploit the inhabitants of the
Philippines islands, whose reverence for
our institutions has thus been converted
Into hatred for our flag.
"Surely, if there ever was a time when
the preaching of the democratic gospel
ought to be opportune, now is the time.
And yet tiie time of greatest opportunity
In also the time of greatest danger, for
an opportunity unimproved is worse than
lost. The character of our partv Is to be
determined by the manner in which it
meets an opportunity and the manner in
which it meets an opportunity will be
determined bv the ideal that dominates
It. Will our party hesitate or take coun
sel ofi ts fears? Will it abandon its cham
pionship of the people’s interest in the
bope of conciliating relent vs foes, or
purchasing a few offices with campaign
contributions tiiat carry with them an
obligation to be made good out of the
pockets of the peoph
"Tills gathering of the democracy of
the second city of the union ought to
have its influence in determining the
party's position, and in molding opinion
In regard to the party. It has been said
that no principle is worth living for
that is not worth dying for; and so it
may be said, that no political principle
Is worth fighting for that is not worth
suffering defeat for. and as a matter of
fact one's devotion to a principle must
he measure. I by what he Is willing to
stiffer in its behalf, not by the reward
ho Is willing to accept for supporting it.
"The democratic party must appeal to
*he democratic sentiment of the country,
and this sentiment is far wider than any
party. Wherever the question has been
submitted in such away that it could be
acted upon independently there has al
ways been an overwhelming majority In
favor of that which was democratic, and
our partv can appeal successful!v to its
democratic spirit if we- but convince the
people of our earnestness and of our
fidelity to those principles.
Cleveland a Millstone.
"We are handicapped just now by the
fact that the last democratic administra
tion that we bad was more subservient
to corporate dictation than any republican
Cholera Infantum
There is no danger whatever from this disease when
taken in time and properly treated. All that is necessary
is to give
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then
castor oil to cleanse the system. It is safe and sure. When
reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take.
administration that had preceded it, and
the record of that administration has
been a millstone about the party’s neck
ever since. The influence exerted by Wall
street over the administration's policy,
the use of patronage to reward those
who betrayed their constituents and the
employment of the most reprehensible of
republican methods made the administra
tion a stem 11 in the nostrils of the peo
ple and kept in the republican party
many who were disgusted at tnat part.v s
course. The odium which Mr. Cleveland s
second administration brought upon the
party which elected him did more to de
feat the party than any one plank of the
Chicago platform, or than all the planks
that were most severely criticised. But
for the repudiation of the administration,
it would have been impossible to make
any campaign at all. and even the repu
diation, thorough and complete as it was,
could not completely disinfect the party.
"The greatest menace that the party
has to meet today is not the probability,
but the possibility of the party's return
to the position that it occupied from 18.13
to 1896. This danger is not so imminent
as the corporation controlled papers make
it appear, hut. Insofar as it at all threat
ens, it paralyzes the energies of the par
ty and nullifies its promises. Such arti
cles would indicate, degradation of the
partv's ideals and a perversion of its pur
pose. It ought not. be necessary to remind
you that our last experiment with a com
mercialized democracy changed a demo
cratic majority of 380,000 in 1892 into a re
pulincan majority of more than a million
in 1896. It ought not be necessary to ap
peal to historv—a knowledge of human
nature and a faith in the integrity of the
people ought to convince us that both
principle and expediency lead to an hon
est fight waged by honest methods tor
the support of those honestly desiring the
restoration of justice and equity in gov
ernment.
Democracy Must Stand Erect.
"If the democratic party will stand
erect, face the future with confidence, de
fend the rights of the people and protect
their interests wherever attacked—wheth
er the attack comes from the financiers,
the monopolists, the tariff barons or from
the imperialists—it can look with confi
dence for a revolution of sentiment tiiat
will give us a victory worth having and
this victory, when it'comes, will not end
as the victory of 1892 in the demoraliza
tion of the party, but in the building up
of a democratic organization which will
deal aggressively witli all of the evils of
government and finu its bulwark in the
affections and confidence of the masses."
FOR FINANCIAL, LEGISLATION.
Roosevelt Wants Extra Session To
Take Up Question.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 16.—President
Roosevelt is deeply Interested in pro
posed financial legislation. As a student
of affairs he has noted for a long time
the necessity of financial legislation of a
remedial character, and today he ex
pressed to Senator Lodge, of Massachu
setts, his desire that early action upon
the subject should be taken by congress
along the lines of his recent messages
and speeches.
Indeed, it can be said he hopes action
will be initiated at the extra session of
congress which he will call on Monday,
November 9.
Senator Lodge arrived here this morn
ing about 10 o'clock and passed the day
with the president at Sagamore Hill.
Before his departure Senator Lodge
gave to the Associated Press a state
ment concerning his conference with the
president. In this statement the presi
dent's hopes regarding the financial leg
islation are reflected.
"You know," of course," said Mr.
Lodge, "tiiat an extra session is to be
called to met on Monday, November 'J,
immediately following the fall elections.
Tiie session will be called primarily for
the purpose of enacting legislation ap
proving the Cuban treaty which was
ratified by the senate last spring. The
president hopes, however, as I do, that
we shall be able to take up tor early
consideration financial legislation along
the lines of his messages and speeches
since he became president. In this leg
islation the president takes the deepest
interest.
"No specific bill was under considera
tion today. Tiie preparation of a meas
ure of that kind is the work of con
gress itself It was understood when the
senate adjourned last spring that the
committee on finance would prepare a
remedial financial measure during the re
cess. The committee now is engaged on
that work. I assume that the house
committee on banking and currency also
will take up the subject, but I am not
informed whether it is the intention of
that committee to b<tgin the considera
tion of the subject before, the extra ses
sion shall convene."
LAWYER ELOPES WITH GIRL.
Tippins Takes Off the Daughter of
Mr. Surrency.
Savannah, Ga.. July 15.—(Special.)—A
report received here from Belleville, Ga.,
today says news comes there from
Glennville. a village in the southeastern
portion of the county, that Lucius Tip
pins. a young lawyer who recently moved
to that place and started the practice,
of law. last Sunday afternoon eloped
with the youngest daughter of Brantley
Surrency, a well-to-do farmer of that
section.
Young Tippins married a young lady
from Appling county, but failed to sup
port his wife and two children, who had
to go to her parents in Appling county,
where they still are.
About a year ago he moved to Glcnn
ville and started tiie practice of law. On
Sunday afternoon he drove to the home
of Mr. Surrency ami took Mr. Surrency’s
daughter, a young lady of fifteen or six
teen years of age, out for a ride. Fail
ing to return at the proper time, a
searching party was organized, which
tracked the couple to within about 3
miles of Manassas, where they seemed
to have taken to the woods, and no
further trace of them can be found.
NEW YORK TO PARIS BY RAIL.
Lobet Promoting Scheme Tunnel
Under Bering Sea.
San Francisco, July 15.—M. Locqui Lo
bet. member of the geographical society
is here. Tie conceive'! the idea of building
a transalaska-Siberfa railroad and there
by affording an ail rail route from New
York to Paris, shifting the commercial
axis from the Suez canal to Bering
strait.
in 1898 Lobet visited Alaska on a scien
tific mission and it was there ho first
thought of the great scheme tiiat has
since interested many wealthy monos
I Europe and resulted in the formation of
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a big company which, he says, has
pledged him ample funds to carry it out.
He is now making a tour of the world
in the Interest of this railroad scheme
and it is this motive that has brought
him to San Francisco.
In his proposed route over the American
continent much time Is eliminated. The
plan is for a road across the United
States from New York to San Francisco,
thence northward through California, Or
egon and Washington along the coast to
Juneau, thence to Fort Cudahy and
thence to the most westerly point of
Alaska projecting into Bering sea.
Here a tunnel will connect the two
mainlands and thence through Siberia
to St. Petersburg and then finally
through to Berlin and Paris.
TWENTY ISLANDS SEIZED.
UNITED STATES TAKES ON MORE
TERRITORY.
Islands Said To Belong to England,
and Matter Will Come Up in
House of Commons.
London, July 15.—According to the press
association, a curious rumor was current
in tiie lobby of the house of commons
tonight to tiie effect that some United
States warships had seized about twenty
small islands off the coast of Borneo,
which it is understood belong to Great
Britain, and had planted the American
tlag on them. It is probable that a ques
tion on the subject will be asked in the
house.
United States Seized Her Own.
London, July 16.—The foreign office here
has no information of the reported seiz
ure of some twenty islands off the coast
of Borneo by American war ships. Not
much importance is attached to the re
port, although an inquiry will be made.
It is asserted here that the United States
navy department has prepared a chart,
showing the American possessions in the
Far East, which was submitted to the
state department and approved by Secre
tary Hay, but GregJ Britain has received
no official notification on the subject.
According to Tiie Daily Chronicle the
action of America in annexing the islands
off Borneo raises an exceedingly delicate
situation and the British foreign office
has asked Washington for an explanation.
The islands concerned, says the paper,
are a group of seven which originally be
longed to tile sultan of Sulu, from whom
they passed by a charter in 1881 to. tiie
control of the British North Borneo Com
pany- whose officers confirm that they
are 'undoubtedly British territory.
The American side of the question, as
given by the United States embassy, says
The Daily Chronicle, is that the Islands
are undoubtedly American by right of
conquest, having belonged to the Philip
pines and the sultan of Sulu having con
firmed ami acknowledged American su
premacy over them.
The islands hid never been occupied
by any European nation and it is un
known whether Spain ever recognized the
trading treaty which existed between tiie
Borneo companies and the inhabitants of
the islands.
No Excitement in Evidence.
London, July 17.—According to authori
tative dispatches received here an Amer
ican war ship visited a number of islands
on tiie northwest coast of Borneo some
weeks ago and hoisted American flags
and erected American tablets on several
of the islands, all of which are said to be
British They are Baguan, Taganae,
Bakkungaan, Lihiman, Boaam, Sibaung
and Lankayan, all within a few miles of
each other ami spread over an area of
40 miles. Taganae and Boaam. botii of
whioh command the harbor of Sandakan
(the capital of British North Borneo) are
the largest. Each is about a mile long.
They are all uninhabited, but are shown
on tiie admiralty charts.
The affair is regarded here as being,
without doubt, the result of a misunder
standing on the part of tiie commander
of the American man of war. Tiie action
is not considered to be, in any way, an
act of aggression.
No Possibility for ’’’rouble.
Washington, July 17.—1 t is learned at
tiie state department tiiat there have
been no representations recently from
the British government touching the
ownership of tin small islands of the
south of the Philippine archipelago and
adjacent to the coast of Borneo. Noi
ls anything known here of the recent
naval operations in that corner of tiie
world, although tin- fact is recalled that
about a yar ago one of the American
gunboats cruising in those waters did
visit some of tiie native chieftains on
the smaller kevs and asserted American
sovereignty it is In .icvcd here that
there is no possibility for trouble grow
ing out of tins incident.
The sultan of Jolo possesses both tem
poral ami spiritual power over the Mo
hammedan Inhabitants, not only of Ills
own group of islands, but ot tne north
coast of Borneo and the adjacent islands
and tiie assertion of spiritual power over
such of the natives as live under tiie
British tlag in Borneo ami the near-by
islands may have led to the supposition
tiiat tiie United Stat's government was
improperly asserting sovereignty over
British soli.
RIOT CALL AT CLEVELAND.
Striking Waiters and Their Friends
Alarm Ohio City.
Cleveland. July 17.—A riot call brought
n. patrol wagon load of policemen today
to Clark's restauranit. corm r Bond and
Superior streets, where an immense
crowd had gathered as a result of t ie
waiters’ strike and the picketing of the
restaurant. The police made two arre-ts
and dispersed tiie crowd. Less than a
hundred waiters are now out.
Ordered Away ftom Scene.
Chicago, July 17.—The riotous C induct
of the strikers of the Kellogg Switchboard
Company and their sympathizers during
the last four days, impelled Mayor Harri
son to issue a proclamation tonight urg
ing all people to remain away from the
scene of the trouble and calling on riot
ers to cease from th ir w.-rk. The pro -
lamation deciares that al! persons who
congregate near the plant or In any oth r
way intciTere witli the work of tiie police
will b- promptly arrested ami punish d.
Heavy rain Ibis afternoon and eve
ning prevented possible trouble by dis
persing the mobs and the work of hand
ling freight from 'lhe Kellogg plant was
no interferred with as much us on for
mer days.
The only mix-up of the aft-riron oc
curred at Taylor street and Hermitage
avenue. A large crowd of men and b ys.
pursuing a wagon load of freight sent out
by the Kellogg company, boarded a street
car and ordered the motorman to t ike
them in pursuit of the wagon. The
street car man refused to move the car
until fares were pail. The crowd aban
doned their pursuit of tile wagon and
bombard'd the ear with stones until
there was not a pane of glass left in it.
The motorman and conductor narrowly
escaped injury. A squad of policemen
arrived in time to offer th-m protection.
Increased the Circulation.
Washington, July 13.-The amount of
3 and 4 per cent bonds so far received
at tile treasury for exchange into 2 per
cent consols is $77,660,350. These refund
ing operations, which will close on July
31. it is sail! at the treasury, lias to date
resulted in increased or new circulation
of national bank notes to the amount
of approximately $33,000,000.
Army Officers in Disgrace.
Washington, Jiily 14.—The president has
approved tile lotion of the court martial
in the case of Second Lieutenant John
F. McCarthy. Nineteenth infantry, re
cently stationed at. Fort Leavenworth,
Kans. He was convicted of duplicating
his pay accounts and sentenced to be
dismissed from the army.
WOMAN HAS GLOOMY
STORYjtfAFRICA
Says Most American Negroes Would
Be Glad To Return If They Were
Able Trade and Indus
try in Colony at
Low Ebb.
Columbus, Ga., July 13.—(Special.)— Af
ter an absence of thirty-eight years from
Columbus. Rosa Crawford, a negro wom
an, has just arrived in the city from
Liberia. She is glad to get back, and
says there are any number of others in
the negro colony who would be glad to
come back to America if they could.
She was a girl only about eighteen years
old when she joined the first emigration
party out of Columbia to Africa, the first
year after the war. She was a servant
at the homo of Randolph Mott, one of the
most prominent citizens of Columbus. The
young woman was seized with the emigra
tion craze and ran away from her parents.
She married ia Augusta, while en route
to Africa. The colonists settled in Mon
rovia, and the majority of those living are
still residents of Liberia. Less man
half dozen of the Columbus negroes are
satisfied with their present home, but
many of them would come back to Amer
ica if they could pay the passage. The
Crawford woman was a laundress and
says she made a good living. Her hus
band died fifteen years ago. Five years
ago she mived to the, British province of
Sierra Leone, adjoining Liberia, where she
found her work in much demand, there
being many rich white families there who
were willing to nay well for fine launder
ing. She managed to make enough money
in this way to get back home.
Her sister from Columbus, and brother
in Atlanta, mot her at the Atlanta statton.
and the meeting was so affecting that a
police officer threatened to lock the three
negroes up for creating a disturbance.
The Crawford women is ass intelligent
negroes and gives an Interesting descrip
tion of conditions in Liberia. She says
that the American trade with the coun
try has greatly fallen off. Formerly two
or three American ships touched at Mon
rovia every week Now sometimes a year
or two passes witliobT an American ship
being in the harbor. The Americtm com
mercial interests at Monrovia have been
steadily declining, and the foreign bus
iness is done by England. Germany, Hol
land and Norway. Many American Iffi
grocs are in business in the town.
The Crawford woman siTys that when
she first went to Liberia the sugar mo
lasses, lumber, <<c., used in the country
was manufactured in Liberia. Conditions
have changed, however, and the indus
tries have gone "down to the extent that
the greater part of the necessities of life
are now imported.
ERROR IN TYPE OF ALMANAC
CAUSES FEAR OF FINAL DAY
Gainesville, Ga., July 17.—(Special.)—
Rev. J. D. Ix>vi’|py, colored, pastor of
St. Paul Colored Methodist Episcopal
church of Gain ■ svllle, has the negroes of
this city wrought up to a high pilch of
excitement over a sermon he recently
preached from, Amos viii, 9. The occa
sion of the sermon was furnished by a
typographical error in Grier's almanac of
1903
In the November table of the rising and
setting of the sun. on the 25th,
the astronomers calculate that tiie sun
will ri.«' at 6:59 a m. and set at 5.01
p. m.
Here is whore the "devil," proofreader
or printer comes in and makes the error
upop which the colored clergyman's re
marks are based. Instead of the printer
setting it up 5:01 p. m.. he substituted a
figure 1 in place of the figure 5. and Rev.
Lovejoy, in looking over the almanac, sees
the error and comes to the conclusion
tiiat Lili, is the day set. apart for the
ending of all earthly things.
Therefor' , lie takes his Bible, and turn
ing to Amos viii. 9, selects the following
scripture for his text;
"And it shall come to pass in that
(lay, salth the L>r<l God, tiiat 1 will cause
the sun to go down at noon and I will
darken the "arth in th*’ clear day.”
With a voice trembling with excite
ment and his frame shaking with appar
ent fear. Rev. Lovejoy cited his hearers
to the scriptural quotation and tiie typo
graphical error in the almanac as proof
positive tha' the judgment day was near
at hand and would surely arrive at noon.
November 25 next. Although there is one
hour and one minute's difference be
tween the time of the going down of the.
sun is annears in the almanac, and the
scriptural quotation, this matters not to
either Rev Lovejoy or his congregation—
they both beliefs that the end of the
world is scheduled lor this particular day
and time.
With the roar of the recent terrible tor
nado still ringing in their ears. Lovejoy
and his congregation are prepared to
believe that a similar, or even wprse vis
itation may come at any day, and tl«*
error in th almanac furnishes them with
a date upon which they can agree—and
this time it is the ending of tjie world
upon which they have decided. St. Paul
church was destroyed in the recent storm
and the credulity of this congregation
now knows no bounds.
MEXICO SEEMS SATISFACTORY.
Important find True because Ambas
sador Clayton Says So.
Washington, July 15.—Powell Clayton.
American ambassador to Mexico, who Is
on leave of absence from his post, is In
Washington and called at tiie state de
partment today. lie came north io see
his daughter, the Baroness Moncheur, the
wife of tiie Belgian minister, for Europe,
and will return to Mexico in a few days.
The ambassador says tiiat Mexico is in
an eminently satisfactory condition. Pres
ide nt Diaz, he says, lias a wonderful hold
upon the people and is certain to succeed
himself.
CURES RHEUMATISM.
AND CATARRH AFTER ALL ELSE
FAILS.
These two diseases are the result of an
awful poisoned condition of the blood. If
you have aching joints and back, shoul
der blades, bone pains, crippled hands,
lees or feet, -swollen muscles, shitting,
sharp biting pains, and that tired, dls
enuro’ced feeling of rheumatism, or the
h.wkm- spitting, blurred eyesight, deal
ings sick stomach, headache, noises in
the 'head mucous throat discharges, de
rivin'’ teeth, bad breath, belching gas
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CUBA HIS RATIFIED
ALL TREATIES,
I
Some Opposition Was Manifested,
but the Friends of the United
States Triumphed—Perma
nent Treaty Yet To
Be Acted On.
Havana, July 16.—The senate today rat
ified all the treaties with the United
States excepting the Platt amendment.
The senate ratified the treaty signed
on Jlebruay 16, granting the United.'
States sites at Guantanamo and Bahia
Honda for naval and coaling stations;
the agreement leslng the areas of the
said stations which was signed on July
2, and also the treaty conceding to Cuba
sovereignty over the isle of Pines. The
only treaty remaining unratified is the
so-called permanent treaty covering all
the provisions of the Platt amendment.
The foreign relations committee has
not yet prepared its report on the per
manent treaty, but doubtless will do so
before the adjournment of the present
session of congress, which will occur next
Saturday.
Reciprocity was not mentioned at to
day's discussion, which was not particu
larly interesting or enthusiastic, with the
exception of a speech by Senor SangulUy.
The latter opposed reciprocity, but today
he expressed himself strongly in favor
of all tiie treaties which Cuba, in virtue
of her acceptance of tiie Platt amend
ment is obliged to carry out.
The Flat Amendment.
Arguing in favor of the minority re
port signed by Senaltors Dolze and
Capota, Senor Sa.ngullly said the ratifi
cation of the treaties was absolutely de
manded by the national honor in order
to carry out the oslemn compact in
which Cuba was engaged by the accept
ance of the Platt amendment, and es
pecially so, as but for the Platt amend
ment there would have been no Cuban
reciprocity. While there was no escap
ing from this, he continued, there ought
to be no desire to escape. As a member
of the constitutional convention he fav
ored the Platt amendment and would do
so again if it were necessary.
Tiie speeches of opposition to the treaty
were brief and consisted chiefly of as
sertions that tiie executive had not sub
mitted tiie entire details to the senate,
that the safeguards guaranteed to Cuba
were insuftieienit, and tiiat the treaty
and the lease agreement ought to be com
bined. Senator Zayas, the principal op
ponent, conceded in conclusion that it
was certain that tiie stations would be
in the hands of a nation most friendly to
Cuba. Finally Senators Zayas and
Tamayo withdrew their signatures to the
minority report and tiie treaty was rati
fied by' a vote of twelve to four.
There was no report on the lease agree
ment, but it was taken up and ratified,
after some minor opposition, by a vote of
9 to 6.
The Isles of Pines.
The Isle of Pines treaty was the sub
ject of three reports, one in favor of
postponement, the second favoring
amendment by eliminating the statement
admitting that the United States had a
claim in virtue of tiie treaty of Paris, and
the third declaring for unconditional rat
ification. This last, the minority report,
was adopted by 8 votes to 4, after con
siderable discussion. The theory of oppo
sition was tiiat the United States had no
shadow of claim under the treaty ol Paris
and, therefore, no treaty was necessary.
While the inclination of the senators to
postpone action on tiie treaty to next ses
sion has been quite general, the ratitica-
Hons at the present session are considered
to bo largely due to President I alma s
influence.
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YOUNG TO TAKES MILES' PLACE.
Brigadier General Leonard Wood To
Be Major General.
Washington. July 17.-The president has
£jven directions for the preparation of
< ommisslons for the following promotions
in the army:
Major Gencal Young, to be lieutenant
«■< "neral rice Lieutenant General Mlles,
who retires August 8.
Brigadier General S. S. Sumner, to be
major general, vice Major General Davis,
to be retired July 26.
Jiriyatlb r GeneQil Leonard S. Wood, to
be major general, vice Major General
Young, to lie promoted.
Secretary Root today sent the following
memorandum to tiie adjutant general for
the promotion of colonels to the brigadier
general and their retirement with that
'‘"Bv direction of the president you will
prepare commissions for the promotion
and retirement of the following officers,
with the understating tout each has ap
plied for retirement and comes witmn inc
requirements of the bill tiiat passed the
I mted States senate at its lact session,
namelv, that .acb s.rvcd creditably dur
ing the Civil war for not less than one
year and lias a total service of not less
tliaa iliii cy-liv<: years:
"John 11. Page. Third infantry; Mll
- T. Haskin. Artillery corps; Charles
M. .1. Sanno, Eighteenth infantry; Charles
F Robe, Ninth infantry; Edwin B. At
wood quartermaster's d> partupnt; John
Simpson. quartermaster's depaitment;
Frank G. irileli. Artillery corps; George
B. Rodney. Artillery corps; Almond B.
Wells, First, cavalry; John ,B. Babcock,
assistant adjutant general; Charles A.
Coolidge. Seventh infantry; Henry Lippln
'■ott, medical department! Cyrus S. Rob
erts, Second infantry; J. Milton Thomp
son, Twenty-third infantry; Carl A.
Woodruff, Artillery corps; David 11. Kin
zie, Artillery corps; John T. Tierna, Ar
tillery corps; James Miller, Twenty-sec
onJ infantry; David J. C'raigie, Eleventh
infantry; Aljiheus 11. Dowman. Twenty
fifth infantry; Edmund Rice, Nineteenth
infantry; John Penny. Ninth Infantry;
Jesse Smith, Fourth inrantry; Theodore.
F. Ford, Twynty-seventh infantry; Daniel
D. Wheeler, (luaiaermaster's department;
James T. Cooper, Fifth eav.tlrv; James
W. Reilly, ordnance deparl.n.-nt; John A.
Kress, ordnance department; Calvin De-
Witt. medical department; I’eter J.
Cleary, medical department; Leon A. Mu
tile. Twenty-fourth infantry; Charles A.
Woodruff, assistant commissary general.
Colonel C. C. Carr. Fourth cavalry, to
be brigadier general, and retained in serv
ice.
MAY RATIFY THE TREATY.
American Advices to Colombian
Charge Favor Such Action.
Washington. July 15.—Thomas Herran.
the Colombian charge, today received ad
vices from Americans in Bogota that
chances of the ratification of tiie treaty
have improved greatly in the last few
days. No reason is assigned for this
change, but Dr. Herran thinks the de
cision of President Marroquin that, al
though the congress did not meet last
year, its regular session cannot occur un
til July 20 next, may have consider
able effect on public opinion.
It appears that Dr. Herran and other
Colombian officials have labored under
the misapprehension that the regular
session of the Colombian congress would
convene on July 20 next. The constitution
provides, however, that regular sessions
FOR TWENTY YEARS MAJOR MARS
SUFFERED FROM CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS.
IIS
life
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASE CURED
Fe-ru-na Creating a National Sensation in the Iff iMEeI-c
Cure of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys. -SgWgH !i m
Major T. H. Mars, of the First Wiscon- aiccumulatln g VIF l|
sin Cavalry regiment, writes from 1426 poison. and
Dunning street, Chicago, Ills., the fol- thus prevents -
, , i.. the convulsions isSBMwKio-TCv-;
lowing letter: wh|( . h a f p
“For years I suffered with ca- j f the poisons i.rSgJSH
tarrh of the kidneys contracted in are allowed to
the army. Medicine did not help gives groat
me until a comrade who had been j to T11 ’ jWr ! |~~Wi ’
helped by Peruna advised me to try an ' (]
it. I bought some at once, and soon system, both ' "
found blessed relief. I kept taking apt" 1 '^ 1 * f-'i!
it four months, and am now well and rapidly j n ;
strong and feel better than I have th p o 1 *?* a
done for the past twenty years, cures ca-
>’ t vr -Wor-c tarrh of the kidneys simply because it
thanks to Peruna. —T. H. Mars. cures catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
At the appearance of the first symp- factorv results f-im the us > of Per n-i
tom of kidney trouble, Peruna should be w i)A , . . ~
taken. This remedy strikes at once the . , , . St ring a
very root of the disease. It at once re- 1 Matemen. your -use and he v.ul
lieves the catarrhal kidneys of the stag- be pleased t,, give you his valuable "■ 1-
nant blood, preventing the escape of vice gratis.
serum from the blood. Peruna stimulates Address Dr. Hartman. President of The
the kidneys to excrete from the blood the/ Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. Ohio.
JUDGE SAMUEL LUMPKIN
IS STRICKEN BY DEATH
Samuel Lumpkin, associate justice of
the supreme court of Georgia, died very
suddenly in Wilkes county early last
Saturday morning.
He was seeking rest and recreation in
the country and was suddenly, in the
night, attacked by a hemorrhage of the
lungs and succumbed about daybreak,
4:20 o'clock in the morning.
There were no premonitory symptoms
of serious lung trouble, indeed, no symp
toms of any affection of those organs,
and the manner of his death was as
startling as the death itself was sudden
and unexpected.
The news of the sad event created a
sensation throughout the state, for aside
from the prestige of his high office, the
rare personality of Judge Lumpkin ha l
won him friends from the wiregrass bell
of the soum to the mountains at th"
line of Tennessee.
The past year, crowded with arduous
judicial duties and other responsibilities
and cares, added to the pains of rheuma
tism. had exhausted Judge Lumpkin, but
he was strong enough to appear as one
of the chief figures in tiie recent enter
tainment of Judge Alton B. Parker, when
that distinguished New Yorker was the
guest of the Georgia Bar Association.
of congress shall be held every two
years, beginning with 1886. This means
that the present special session of the
Colombian congress can be continued as
long as the president desires.and can con
sider only those questions put before it
by the president.
PARSON MAKES HIS EXCUSE.
Rev. Elwood Says He Does Not Fa
vor Burning- Negroes.
Wilmington. Dei., July 16.—A special
meeting of the presbytery of Newcastle
was held this afternoon to take action on
the alleged lynching sermon preached by
the Rev. Robert A. Elwood on Sunday
evening before the burning of George
White at the stake. The meeting was
held behind closed doors. No charges
were preferred against the minister, who
made a brief speeche declaring that he
was opposed to lynching.
The presbytery adopted a resolution
stating that "The presbytery of Castle, I
at. the meeting held at Newcastle this day.
having received a statement from Rev,
R. A. Elwood that he is opposed to lynch- '
Ing law or the execution of a real or sup
posed criminal without due process of law !
under any circumstances, hereby disclos- ;
es its satisfaction with the Watement.”
RUSSIA FIGHTING THE ZIONISTS
Attempt Will Be Made To Suppress
Movement.
New York. July 17.—According to the
Russian correspondent of a Jewish pa- i
per published here. Russia, in its effort to !
suppress the Zionist movement, will here- ;
after enjoin the promoters from holding |
meetings to advocate their cause and j
collecting money. All existing organize- ■
tions will have to disband and cease their !
activities.
The reason for this attitude on the part :
of the government is explained by the i
correspondent in a statement attributed |
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acre up, some of it cotton land, corn land, wheat land, some j
good grazing land —range ten or eleven months in the year—
some of it the finest fruit and truck land-peaches, pears, ?
plums, strawberries, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cabbages, >
melons—grows anything you plant. Write for “ Homes in fc;
the Southwest,” “ Fortunes in Growing Fruits and Vegeta
bles” and other literature. Half rates plus $2 first and third
Tuesdays from St. Louis, Thebes, Cairo and Memphis to
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. isg
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Form M 3
Flag at Half Mast.
' Immediately upon the receipt of tin
j news, Governor Tt rr.- l issued an ordei
. that the flag upon the < rpitol be h.'f
j masted. This order, which contained ar
i eloquent tribute to tiie worth and s- -
, vices of the distinguis :i d , i, n ads >"
| follows;
"State of Georgia, Exec itive Office. At
lanta, July IS,
Samuel Lumpkin, pr ■si<ling j'tstiee of th:
i supreme court of ibo 1 di. st.: ts
I loses one of its most faithful citizens, th,
I law one of its ablest expom tt an I ti(
I judiciary a member tiiat is worthy '
! rank with rhe long list di ■: guislv”
’ : Georgians that have borne tl i. il is .i--'i.-
' name
I "Therefore, as an rx:c-s i-m of t.i
--i profound sorrow of th' p- , • o' i; or
! gia. and as a mark of resi>< t o his mem
I ory. it is
i “Ordered:
i "That the state fl.-r.rs 'ic lisplayed r
half-mast fr :n the p-i’.im- ritiblinys a:
j that the offices of this d irtnu nt
: closed during tie hours s-c inart fol
the funeral services.
J "J. M. TERRELL.
I "Governor.
"Bv the govenmr;
"C. M, HITCH.
j "Sec. Executive Department."
to a member of the Russian ministry, t
the effect, that it has ■ :
of centering all
colonization of Jews in i’ : t ■
the puri >si
tion in the lands where tm-y live
MORMONS PLACED UNDER BAN.
Permission To Speak in New lor.:
Is Withheld.
j New York Ju
gave a hearing to counsel for t .■ Cbm
«>f JesilSiChrist of Latter i>l ■ s ■■
wise known as
G. McQuarrii . pr"<id- ’ ■
states mission, on ili‘ qm d
ulng the issuance 01. pi t'm r- ■
mon missionaries to
air. These permit wen g
Ist of this ve:ir. when compl nr - m u|.
the mayor that th.- misst.u.-'—
vocating the prm ti. of P" s ' ■ '
him to withhold im cm nt t ;
|of the permits, 'lhe mayot took . , . <
ter tin ier ailvie ni"t6
Railroads File Answer.
i Washington. Ju
Kansas and Texas. Erie '
gusta Southern. NortC ru V ■ ' - ‘re-
New York. New Htiven
railroads today filed with •
commerce commission ' ■ the
complaints of the I'l.ictc - C-mpress
Company, of Boston, all-ring that the
tariff 'it', bait
just and discriminative, as
' the square-baled cotton. Tl'i r > -is make
i the usual answer denying -1 : : -mt
i plainants should reci-ive diff. rent treat
i ment than any - rests,
• and deny the allegation of unjust or dis
i criminating treatment in • xport rates.
Free Delivery for Cordele.
Washington, July 15. Tb postm’.ste:-
general has ordered tiie < stablishment of
. ,t free delivery postal servi S<~ptciv.
j 1 at Cordele, Ga., wi'H iiir ■ • ar.-Lr-;
; and Columbus. with thee « nrriers.
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