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VOL. I.
SULTAN IS MAKING ACTIVE PRE¬
PARATIONS FOB WAR.
RUSSIA ASKS GREECE TO WITHDRAW
An Intimation That King George Is
Contemplating the Acceptance of
Demands of the Powers.
Advices of Friday from the east
state that the massing of Turkish
troops and munitions of war on the
frontier is proceeding with feverish
haste.
All the soldiers on furlough have
been recalled and eleven batteries of
artillery, a regiment of cavalry and
two battalions of infantry have gone
from Salonika, Monastir and elsewhere
to Elassona. Two additional battal¬
ions have reached Katrina.
The reliefs from Smyana, Brusa,
Trebizonde and elsewhere in Anatolia
are on their way here and to the fron¬
tier, where a total of six divisions will
be formed with headquarters at Elas¬
sona. .
It is announced in a special from
London that it is learnen there that
King George has intimated his inten¬
tion to accept the demands of the pow¬
ers.
A St. Petersburg special says: ‘ ‘Rus¬
sia, through the Russian minister at
Athens, M- K. Onon, has called upon
Greece to withdraw all of her troops
and her fleet from Crete within three
days. semi-official
“The foregoing accompanied by an¬
nouncement was a
long and involved statement of the mo¬
tives actuating Russia, namely: of
“That to prevent the extension
the revolution to other portions of the
Turkish empire, imperiling the peace
of Europe, a stop must be put to the
action of Greece, which is in opposi¬
tion to international law. Before ne
;fore negotiations for a Cretan consti¬
tution can be entered, upon, it is
asserted Russia has Then resolved to restore Greek
order in Crete. after the
evacuation, usder the protection of
the powers ai. autonomous government
will be installed under the suzerainty
of the sultan. In this policy, it is
claimed! Russia is supported by France,
Germany and Austria. *
“Throughout the entire statement
neither England nor Italy is mention¬
ed, but Greece is warned that should
she, in blind misconception of her own
interest, allow herself to be excited by
self seeking friends to persist in her
present attitude under the false idea
that the powers are not united, because
at the outset one or another has not
concurred in Russia’s proposals,
Russia is resolved to take re¬
prisals, the first step being the block¬
ade of Piraeus. The powers consider¬
ed the Greek annexation of Crete out
of the question, and it is asserted in
the consciousness of their absolute
support, Russia will be in a position
to prevent the Cretan question from
imperiling the peace of Europe, even
should any individual power refuse
to accede to the proposed measures. ”
LEAGUE MAKES SCHEDULES.
Big Association Begins the Season On
April 22d.
The league baseball magnates in
session at Baltimore Friday promul¬
gated the schedule for the current
year. will the 22d of
The season open on
April, except in Boston, where there
will be one preliminary game April
19th, which is a local holiday.
It was determined that the league
should undertake the defense of the
equity suit brought by Rusie in New
Jersey. decided to give Presi¬
The league appoint¬
dent Young absolute power in
ment of official scorers, This feature
will doubtless affect the averages of
some players, as it is intended to stop
the playing of favorites by appointing
men qualified to score the game with¬
out fear or favor.
The champions will have Boston as
the attraction, for the opening days,
Brooklyn will Philadelphia. play in Washington and
New York in
In the west St. Louis will have the
Pittsburg team for the opening, Lou¬
isville will have Cleveland and Cincin¬
nati will entertain Chicago.
WAS HYATT OFFERED BRIBE I
North Carolina Senator Make* Sensational
Charges at Raleigh.
'A special from Raleigh, N. C., says:
In a special interview State Senator
Hyatt positively declares that Gov
ernor Russell’s private secretary di
rectly offered him the position of
secretary to the board of agricnlt
ure if he would vote for the bill to
annul the lease of the North Carolina
railway. the private secretary,
Hyatt struck
Alexander, and denounced him as a
contemptible coward, and declared he
would rise iu the senate and see wheth¬
er the governor could with impunity
offer bribes to legislators. Alexander
was offered.
County News
JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 5,
4 ..
PETITION FOR PROTECTION.
Sea Island Cotton Growers Demand Belief
Through Congress.
The special oommittee of eleven,
composed of gold democrats, silver
democrats, republicans and populists,
appointed by the sea island cotton
growers’ convention reoently in session
at Valdosta, Ga., to draw up a peti¬
tion to congress for a duty of 5 cents fin¬ a
pound on Egyptian cotton have
ished their work. The petition reads
as follows:
“To Hon. Kelson Dingley, Jr.,
Chairman Ways and Means Commit¬
tee, Washington, D. C.: At a conven¬
tion of the sea island cotton growers
of Georgia and Florida, held in the
city of Valdosta, Ga., on the £4th day
of February, 1897, the undersigned
were directed to submit to your hon¬
orable body the following reasons why
they ask congress for a specific duty
of five cents a pound on Egyptian cot¬
ton:
“The importation of this cotton has
increased since 1890 from 10,470 bales
to 69,220 bales, weighing 750 pounds
each, equal to nearly double the num¬
ber of American bales, which average
about 380 pounds each. During the
period named the price of sea island
cotton has declined about one-half,
because, as we believe, of the con¬
stantly increasing importation and
consumption in the country of the
Egyptian cotton, which is used to take
the place of all grades of sea island
after a limited amount of the finer
staple is consumed for the finer yarns,
etc.
“This competition has practically
driven the Georgia, Florida and Caro¬
lina sea island cotton growers out of
the market. Unless a duty, say of 5
cents a pound, to cover the difference
in the cost of production, is imposed
on tke foreign article the planters in
the territory named will be driven to
tie wall. They cannot resort to the
culture of upland cotton for the reason
that the soil in the sea island cotton
belt, best adapted to the growth of
long staple cotton, is not adapted to
the growth of the upland or short
staple variety.
“If the burden of revenue raising is
put upon Egyptian cotton we believe it
will greatly stimulate a languishing
industry in the territory named above,
for the further reason that our entire
sea island cotton product can be con¬
sumed in our own country. As it is,
k ss than half of our product is taken
by our own mills. The balance seeks
a market in foreign countries.
“The duty asked will entail no hard¬
ship on the masses of the people of our (al¬
country, because it can be shown
though we have not the figures at hand)
that the price of those article manu¬
factured from long staple cotton have
not fallen in price correspondingly
with the raw material from which they
are made.”
M’COOK DECLINES PORTFOLIO.
Report That He Only Wanted to Be At¬
torney General, Nothin* less.
It was announced in New York City
Friday that Colonel John J. McCook
has positively declined to enter the
cabinet of President McKinley as sec¬
retary of the interior.
The announcement is also made that
while General Stewart L. Woodford is
still a candidate for a cabinet position
with the endorsement of the regular
republican organization, the chances
are that New York will not be rep¬
resented in the cabinet.
“When Major McKinley first asked
Colonel McCook to become a member
of his cabinet no particular portfolio
was mentioned. A friend of Colonel
McCook said that he expected that he
would be asked to serve as attorney
general and this place he would have
accepted. colonel
“But within a day or two the
received a letter asking him to accept
the post of secretary of the interior.
This, it is understood, he promptly
and positively declined.”
MOTHER KILLED BABY BOY.
Tennessee Woman Sentenced to Seven
^ Years In the Penitentiary*
At Newburg.in Lewis county,Tenn.,
Thursday, Mrs. Jane Dabbs was con¬
victed of murdering her two-year-old
son and sentenced to seven years in
the penitentiary. committed
The crime was a year
ago. her boy by crush¬
Mrs. Dabbs killed
ing his sknll with a hatchet. She then
carried his body into the house and
set fire to the building. The house
was destroyed and the baby’s body
burned to a crisp.
PICKS UP SLOWLY.
Dun & Co In Their Trade Review, Give
Some Encouragement.
R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly
review of trade, say:
“Genuine improvement in business
does not come with a n\«h, like the
breaking of a great dam. n- ’ growth
for some weeks past has been more en¬
couraging, because in nearly all
lines it has been gradual and
moderate. The rupture of the
steel rail and other combinations in
the iron business has brought out a
vast quantity of trade which had been
held back and has set many thousand
men at work, while the slow but steady
gain in other great industries has giv¬
to many thousands.
PRESIDENT-ELECT BOARDS TRAIN
FOR NATIONAL CAPITOL.
HIS PARTING SPEECH TO FRIENDS.
A Short Address, Full of Patriotic Senti¬
ments—A Great Throng; Bids
Him Adieu.
President-elect McKinley left Can
ton at 7 o’clock Monday evgning for
Washington, thousands of his fellow
citizens biddig£ him adi 6u in showers
of fireworks and ffiJWxihants to the ac
companiment of hearty cheers.
The citizens, together with business
men, had arranged for a public demon
stration to bid farewell to their lion
ored and beloved citizen and neighbor.
The local militia joined in the dem
•lustration and at 6:30, headed by the
famous Grand Army band, marched to
the McKinley home. As they counter
marched Major McKinley, escorting
the coming first lady of the land, ap
peared at his front door.
Their appearance was the signal for
cheers. As they walked from the fa
mous front porch to the coach in wait
ing there was a frantic effort to obtain
a shake of Major McKinley’s hand.
This was impossible, as the pro
gramme admitted of not a moment’s'
delay. Major McKinley paused but a
few seconds ere he entered the cab, to
raise his hat to the thousands of people
-men, women and cliildren-congre
gated there.
This was the signal for another out
burst of applause.
All along the route to the depot,
about a mile, the streets were jammed
with people, hundreds coming from
towns adjacent to Canton to bid the
major good-bye.
The space about the station was
packed for squares by people who
struggled ineffectually to get near the
train, which was guarded by three
companies of militia.
As the president-elect and Mrs. Mc¬
Kinley stepped upon the rear platform
of their car the shouts and cheers of
the people again rose. Major McKin¬
ley seated his wife jqst inside tb#
door and stepped upon tfie platform.
The cheering was repeated, blit
quickly ceased as the president-elect
raised his hands. His words were:
“My Neighbors and Friends and Fellow
Citizens—On the eve of departure to the seat
of government, goon to assume duties of an
arduous responsibility, as great as can de¬
volve upon any man, nothing could give me
greater pleasure than this farewell greeting
—this evidence of your friendship and sym¬
pathy; your good will, and I am sure the
prayers of all the people with vbom I have
lived so long and whose confidence and es¬
teem are clearer to me than any other earthly
honors.
“To all of us the future is as a sealed
book; but if I can, by official act of admin¬
istration or utterance, in any degree add to
the prosperity of our beloved country and
to the comfort and well-being of our splen¬
did citizenship, I will devote the best and
most unselfish efforts of my life. (Loud
and continuous applause and cries of “We
know you will, Major.”) r
“The assumption of the chief magistracy
is of such grave Importance that partisan¬
ship cannot blind the judgment or accept¬
ance of other considerations, but for the
public good of all to every party and every
section.
“With this thought uppermost in my
mind, I reluctantly take leave of my friends
and neighbors, cherishing in my heart the
sweetest memories and the tenderest
thoughts of my old home—my home now,
and I trust my home hereafter, so long as I
live. (Tremendous applause,)
“I thank you and bid you all good-bye.”
RIOT IN KNOXVILLE.
On© Man Killed and Another Expected
To Die.
At Knoxville, Tenn., Monday the
Citizens’ Street Railway company com¬
menced tearing up tracks on Depot
street, at an early hour 200 negroes
being put to work. The city police¬
men arrested the men and the sheriff
and his deputies proceeded to arrest
the policemen and other officials. This
precipitated a riot.
One man was killed and a number
more or less seriously hurt. Of those
hurt one at least, Chief McIntosh, of
the fire department, will likely die.
The fire companies were called out
and dispersed the crowd by throwing
water on them.
FORTUNE FOR SAVANNAH MAN.
He Win* a law Suit Involving a Half
Million Dollars.
A dispatch was received at Savan¬
nah, Ga., Monday, announcing that
Elton A. Smith, a merchant of that
city, has just won his suit involv¬
ing the right to his father’s estate in
the highest court in New Jersey, and
that he will now come into about a
half million dollars worth of property.
Smith’s father disappeared some
years ago and was not heard from un¬
til he was found in New Jersey, where
he married again or was said to have
married. There were many interest¬
ing features in this connection in the
trial of the case.
GOVERNMENT RESTRAINED
From Interfering ering Steamer With Itauntles*. Alleged Filibust¬
In the United States court at Jack¬
sonville, Fla., Mjjnday, Judge Locke
made an order Siodifying his previous
order i 1 the Uauntless injunction case.
The oonrj- had on Saturday made an
order suspending the enforcement of
the injnhetion restraining the collector
of customs and captains of the revenue
or* tier Boutwell from interfering with
tiie Dauntless, as the attorneys for the
government held that their appeal
from the decision of the court acted
• as a supersedeas.
The order of the court Monday was
to the effect that the appeal did not
' ac *‘ as a supersedeas and that the
»»junction was in full force to restrain
*¥ tb defendants from interfering with
? movements of the vessels. The
onl y condition required by the court
that the owner of the Daunt ess
8b ° u ‘ d bo “ d “ th ?/um of $15,
°°° tha * tbe W "'ould not violate
navigation or neutrality laws.
So “ e of the grounds for the court’s
de . ci810n are given: “In considering
this . question the court cannot go
outside the facts as shown in the
sw ° rn bdl and affidavits of complaiu
aut and respondent. Other circum
? tances referred to or intimated, can
bave no weight with the court,
‘Apprehensions that the complam
V1 ° lat ? tblS aW ( 01 SUS ] 11CK,n *
tba * h « r nte u ds 80 *? do >. can furmsh
no , “The bams rights . or , ] ega of citizens action. to enjoy the
nse of thelr own property in a lawful
manner 18 incontestable, and the pro
vl81 ° n , preventing violations of the
neutrality laws are plainly laid
dow “ 1U ? tat " eS ’ an ? ca “ f el «\ er
be ex ^ en ^ ec i by the courts nor by the
execut ive officers,
GREEK CONGRESS MEETS.
An Address of Prime Minister Elicits
Great Applause.
After a recess that called forth the
protest of the opposition the bonle,
the single parliamentary chamber of
Greece, assembled at Athens Monday.
Nearly all of the members were
present and the gallery of the cham¬
ber was filled with visitors, all eager
to listen to further authoritative state¬
ments of the government’s position in
regard to Crete and the powers.
Prime Minister Delyannis announced
that he had received positive confirma¬
tion that the bombardment of the
Christians’ position by the foreign war¬
ships, was provoked by the Turks.
He denounced the bombardment as
savage, impious and unjust. He said
that the blockade of Crete by the pow¬
ers was inexplicable from the point of
international law.
In conclusion, M. Delyannis said:
“We are a small nation and cannot
prevent such acts, but we protest
against them with the force of a great
nation. We know that all great peoples
are with ns.”
The prime minister was cheered
again and again as he took his seat.
rexisT welcomed.
Mar ill Gran Carnival Inaugurated At Mew
Orleans With Pompon. Ceremonies.
The mardi gras carnival opened at
New Orleans Monday with great eclat.
Rex, the king of the carnival, arrived
by river about 3 o’clock in the after¬
noon at the foot of Canal street, and
was accorded a right royal welcome
from the several thousands assembled.
His bodyguard, consisting of all
the military organizations of the city,
with a full detachment of police and
assisted by all the marines from the
United States men-of-war and the reg¬
ulars from Jackson barracks, moved
in a grand procession to the city hall,
where the mayor and city officials
were in waiting. his royal
Arriving at the city hall,
highness was welcomed by Mayor
Flower and the keys of the city de¬
livered over to him. For the next
forty-eight hours Rex had supreme
control of the Crescent City.
THE THREE FRIENDS CASE.
United States Supreme Court Order* the
Vessel Held.
A Washington special says: The
United States supreme court has re
versed the decision of the district court
of Florida in the Three Friends case,
sustaining the contention of the gov¬
ernment.
The court was also ordered to resume
custody of the steamer.
The court holds that there is war in
Cuba and that the carrying of arms
and ammunition to the island directly
or indirectly is a direct violation of
the neutrality laws.
THE LEE CORRESPONDENCE
As Laid Before the Senate Confirms Story
of Threatened Resignation.
The correspondence of the depart¬
ment of state with Consul General
Lee at Havana in the case of Charles
Scott, an American citizen, which was
laid before the senate Monday night,
confirms the published story that Gen¬
eral Lee threatened to resign unless
the department supported his demand
that Scott be released from solitary
confinement.
The telegrams sent to the depart¬
ment by General Lee only are trans¬
mitted, the department’s end of the
interchange being omitted.
PRESIDENT RETURNS THE MEAS¬
URE WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE.
EVERY SECTION OF BILL ATTACKED
The Principal Objection Is To the Educa¬
tional Clause—Declares tile Measure a
Radical Departure From Our Policy.
President Cleveland sent to the
house Tuesday a message vetoing
the immigratibn bill, entitled, “An
act to amend the immigration
laws of the United States,” upon the
general ground that its provisions are
unnecessarily harsh and oppressive,
and its defects in construction would
cause vexation and its operation would
result in harm to our citizens.
The message is the longest of the
kind that President Cleveland has
written. He takes up the different
provisions of the bill in detail, finds
objections to each of them and refutes
the arguments that have been advanced
from time to time by the advocates of
the bill. He gives greater space to ob¬
jections to the educational clause than
to any other part of it He says:
“In my opinion it is infinitely more
safe to admit a hundred thousand im¬
migrants who, though unable to read
I and write, seek among us only a home
and opportunity to work than to
admit one of those unruly agitators
and enemies of governmental control
who cannot only read and write,
but delights in arousing, by inflam¬
matory speech, the illiterate and
peacefully inclined to discontent
and tumult. Violence and disorder
do not originate with illiterate la¬
borers. They are rather the victims
of educated agitators. The ability to
read and write as required in this hill
in and of itself afford, in my opinion,
a misleading test of contented indus¬
try and supplies unsatisfactory evi¬
dence of desirable citizenship or a
proper appreciation of the benefits of
our institutions. If any particular ele¬
ment of our illiterate immigration is to
be feared, for other causes than illiter
acy, these causes should be dealt with
daily instead of making illiteracy the
pretext for exclusion to the detriment
of other illiterate immigrants against
whom the real cause of complaint can¬
not be alleged.”
The president does not find merit in
any feature of the bill, and character¬
izes it as a whole as a radical depart¬
ure from our national policy relating
to immigration.
SMITH WAS INDICTED.
Though His Embezzlement Was Compro¬
mised The Law Is After Him.
Otis O. Smith has been indicted Dy
the Fulton county grand jury at At¬
lanta for the embezzlement of $2,250
of the funds of the Georgia Security
and Banking Company.
The indictment charges that on the
20th day of February, 1897, “Otis O.
Smith, cashier of the Georgia Security
and Banking company, did embezzle,
steal, secrete and fraudulently take
and carry away a large sum of money,
to-wit, $2,250, as funds of said bank.”
A bench warrant will be issued on
the indictment at once, and Sheriff
Nelms will make an effort to appre¬
hend Smith, who, no doubt, is beyond
the limits of the state.
GEORGIA LUMBER TO EUROPE.
First Shipment of a Great quantity From
Near Savannah.
The Southern Lumber Company has
made contracts for the shipment of one
million feet of Georgia pine lumber
through adjacent ports to European
points, most of which are on the con¬
tinent.
The shipments of lumber will be
made by tramp steamers and will be
among the first that have been made
in this manner in such quantities from
the south.
COLLECTOR FOUND SHORT.
Richard Cabell Used Uncle Sam’s Money
In Speculation.
Richard H. Cabell, United States in¬
ternal revenue collector at Salt Lake,
Utah, has been discovered short in his
accounts with the government to the
extent of over $10,000.
He has been removed from office,
and as soon as the exact amount of the
defalcation is known, his bondsmen
will be required to make it good.
A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
Skilled Workmen Take Up “Helpers ”
Cause and Walk Out.
Four hundred skilled workmen in
the Globe Ship-building Company s
yards at Cleveland, O., Tuesday went
out on a sympathy strike. Monday 300
helpers struck and they induced the
skilled workmen to aid them.
The only men left in the big yards
now are the caulkers. The only de
toand made by the skilled workmen is
that the company accept the terms of
settlement offered by the helpers.
These terms include a year s con
tract for a minimum of $1.60 per day;
the reinstatement of all union men
discharged without cause and an agree
ment to hire no more non-union men.
NO. 34.
ARRIVE AT WASHINGTON.
McKinley and Hobart Reacb the Scene of
Action, and Beady for the Oath.
Without any ostentatious display,
President-elect McKinley was met on
his arrival at Washington by members
of the inauguration committee and
was escorted to his quarters at the
Ebbitt.
He kept closely to those quarters
during the day — none but a few chosen
leaders having access to him.
Soon after the arrival at the Ebbitt,
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley were figura¬
tively snowed under by slips of white
pasteboard, but they received intimate
friends only. General Alger was
among the callers.
The suite of the president-elect and
his party was fairly overflowing with
flowers, much to the delight of Mrs.
McKinley, who expressed her appre¬
ciation of the floral tributes. Major
McKinley, who had been somewhat de¬
pressed Monday over the prospects for
good weather inauguration day on ac¬
count of the disagreeable condition in
Canton, became cheerful because of
the bright sunshine which greeted his
arrival at the capitol.
The special train bearing Vice Pres¬
ident-elect Hobart and party arrived
at the Baltimore and Ohio station at
3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
There were no special demonstra¬
tions attending Mr. Hobart’s recep¬
tion. Governor Griggs and staff ac¬
companied the party and were the
first to alight from the train. The
party were met by the district recep¬
tion committee.
The vice president’s appearance was
the signal for an outburst of enthusi¬
asm from the little party fortunate
enough to get through the gates. A
like demons) ; ation met them as they
came from the building and started
for the Arlington hotel.
LIGHT ON RUIZ AFFAIR.
Only an Abstract of tlie Case Is Fnrnlsli
eel by Mr. Olney.
Secretary Olney Tuesday responded
to the senate resolution calling for the
correspondence in the Ruiz case by
sending an abstract of the matter, de¬
clining to send the full correspond¬
ence, on the ground that it would not
seem to be “in the public interest.”
The abstract furnished by the state
department shows that Ricardo Ruiz
was a native born Cuban and came to
this country during the progress of
the Cuban insurrection which termina¬
ted in 1878. He received his final
papers as a naturalized citizen in Jan¬
uary, 1880, in Philadelphia. Imme¬
diately after he returned to Cuba, en¬
tered upon the practice of dentistry,
married and reared a family and has
resided there permanently and contin¬
uously ever since.
He was arrested February 4th and
thrown into prison on the charge of
participation in the capture and rob¬
bery of a railroad train. His arrest
was reported to this government by
telegraph on the same day, and until
the 17th nothing more was heard of
the case by the department, which as¬
sumed that it was being attended to
by the consulate in the regular course; .
that at the end of seventy-two hours
the prisoner would either be put com
mnnicado, or if not that a proper de¬
mand for such relief would be made,
and that if such demand were made
and were not successful, the depart¬
ment would at once he notified.
No measures of the sort were taken,
however, though the prisoner remain¬
ed incommunicado, and on the 17th
the consulate reported to the depart¬
ment that Ruiz had been found dead
in his cell under circumstances which
led to a demand for an immediate in¬
vestigation.
PAYMASTER ABSCONDS.
Lieutenant Corwfne, of the Navy, Diseov
ered to Be a Defaulter.
Paymaster John Corwine, U. S. N.,
stationed at Newport, R. I., has ab¬
sconded, taking his checkbook with
him. This statement is made on the
authority of the navy department.
Tuesday afternoon Paymaster Cor¬
wine cashed a check for $5,000 and
then left Newport. An investigation
of his accounts shows that he is be¬
tween $5,000 and $10,000 short, ex¬
clusive of the amount of the check
above mentioned.
The accounts of the paymaster came
under suspicion recently, and Pay
Director Casper Scbenck, general in¬
spector of the pay corps, was sent to
Newport to investigate. His inquiry
shows a shortage between the amounts
given.
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.
Secretary of War Defines Defense cf Inside
Route to Key West.
B auttlority 0 f the president, mili- the
Becretary 0 f war has set apart for
^ p Ur p 0ges in connection with the
’' the ins jd route to Key
def ense of e
Weftt an<1 the gene ral defease of the
coast in that section and proclaimed
mi]it reservations:
p art 0 f Virginia key (unreserved),
Dade countyj Florida,
the unsurveyed land on Key
W est, Monroe county, Florida.
These reservations have been select
^ ^ army and navy officers on account
* strategical value in time
, eat
*
of war.
