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VOLUME V OIIIPLEY WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY MARCH 5 1898 NUMfeKJ 380

ifACHERYMORE APPARENTI-

RE INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS

f EXCITEMENT GROWS APACE

NSUL LEE WARNS AMERICANS

I Ifll Then If They Value Their

Lift to Leave Havana at Ear

licit Foiilble Moment

IThe correspondent of the Washing

a Star who is considered thomostlB-

jfrvatire newspaper representative

lfavana cabled his paper as follows

tlnestlay

Inquiry into the Maine disastergrelses along definite lines Thesilts so far may be summed up In

ju statement that the probabilitiestit it Was an accident seem to de

easo with the progress of the investtieD

The most intense anxiety showntbe officials here who areconstant communication Madrid

hey realize that the relations withie United States were never so muchdanger of rupture now This ist feelingThe commercial classes hero are

of American intervention onmini lines but what they baseuirhopes upon is unknown

The insurgents continue to winlinor military successes The autonaids are restless and some of theuders seem to bo on the point ofraking away from tho governmentIDJ officers continue to show anAmerican sentiment They areppsrently the only class that does not-

k for an early crisisSigned PEprsn

A special from another source sayshe highest American officials inHavana are confident that General

laDeD and the other high Spanishfacials had no knowledge direct orindirect of tho conception or execnion of a plot to blow up the Maine ifuch a plot existed but they believehat the junior Spanish officers whoton the nature of things are moreonvemnt with modern explosiveshan their elders and superiors were-I the bottom of the disaster if therem any outside agency It is pointedsat that it would not be impossible toplant a mine of wet and dry guncot

m near where a foreign war vessel11as dhected to anchor such a mine

Iconnectinglore

with an electric battery on

It is regarded as interestingpoint that the Maine for the first timeduring her stay in the harbors lay atthe particular spot where she was atthe time of the catastrophe and itsaid though not officially verifiedthat the Maine was the first foreignnr vessel moored to this particularbuoyliDce the troubles inCuba growt0nte

Lee Warm AmericanaAWashington special says The most

IJgnl cant feature of Wednesdaysoeas as it is regarded at the capital11 tie given by Genernl LeoAmericans in Havana to leave thatcity Throughout his days of trial in

Fitzhugh Lee has been calmtleerfnl confident There was neverI trace of nervousness or uneasinessin him

When he advises Americans to getout of Havana the opinion at WasningMaw that he fears the inevitable It isWwved that in view of this warningh would be a little short of suicide forAfricans to stay there

the denials in administiabon circles the work preparing forrrisgoing rapidly on in every de-PBuntnt It is highly significant ofthe conditions facing the administrawni that General has hurriedbock to Washington from Fortress

oDroe give his personal attentionb the going on in therr department Another thing intfth connection is significant and that

joint resolution which GeneralH tn erson of Iowa introduced in thehostsof

Wednesday reviving the rankgeneral of the armyIt has been the policy of the gov

eminent to lave no such officer psceplcase of war It is understood thatthi resolution was introduced at the

jjj nee of General Miles who bee there will be a warllnd whott urally hopes for the honor of sn

i command

ALl LOOKING FOR WAR

1nf and CqqjJeM Beem OgnvlncedThat n Will Occur

le

A

iiWashington special says The

congress is that the adainiitratlon now fears that a rupture

pain cannot be avoided The-nto

aiJn° is being forced upon the

IUlstrahon as it has already beenu-

POn moat of the men in congress anda considerable proportion of the

bhe that the destruction of thea4ine

suspicions ofdesign

official connivance are0 Ending expression It is sug

oTti that noneOaf tb

SpanishoWoIals have denied4

ere were mines in the harbor

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QUARANTINE LAWS DISCUSSED

home ot Jlepreientatlvei Devote ItselfStrictly to liuilnels

A Washington special says Thedevoted itself strictly to busi-

ness Thursday and disposed of thirtya pages of the sundryappropriation bill

The fact that the government is pre-paring

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for contingencies was recognized when Chairman Cannon whohas been laboring to keep down ap ¬

propriations accepted without a word-of protest amendment to increasethe appropriation to care for the un-used

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machinery at the Springfield ¬

senal Mr Gillette explained thatnecessity for using this machinerymight occur at any time

Resolutions which were objected to-

a few days ago for the appointment oftwo ex naval cadets to positions in theengineer corps of the navy were alsoadopted One of them will fill a va-

cancy¬

caused by the death of Lieuten-ant

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Merritt of the MaineMr Sayers democrat of Texas

criticised the item in the bill placingonly the unexpended epidemic fundsof past years at the disposal of thequarantine service He thought 8200000 additional should be appropriated

Mr Cannon said that the largestamount expended in a previous yearwas 287000 in 1804 Last year but134000 was spout On February 1

1898 there was nn unexpended bal-ance

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of 340000 In his opinion thatwas sufficient-

Mr Bailey democrat of Texas de-

clared¬

his belief that the matter ofquarantine regulations should be leftto the states He was opposed notonly to the additional appropriationproposed by his colleague but to theuse of the unexpended balance providedbalance provided for in the bill

Mr Sayei pointed out that in eventof a recurrence of the yellow feverepidemic this summer nfter congressadjourns 340000 might not bo suffi-cient to cope with it He said he didnot want to be held lespoiiHible fortho failure of funds in the event of auepidemic-

The discussion soou drifted into theRcI of the establishment of anational quarantine low Mr Carmack democrat of Tennessee advo ¬

crated such a law He said fortyfivedifferent systems in as ninny differentstates created chaos

Mr Williams democrat of Missis-sippi

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thought it unfortunate that thisgreat question of a national quarantineins been precipitated in connectionwith this appropriation The people-of his state and the board of health ofhis state believed the United Statesshould have exclusive jurisdiction ofmaritime and coastwise quarantineand were willing to give the federalauthorities exclusive uiul paramountcontrol But once an epidemic got afoothold inside the state he insistedthat tha state should control

Mr Underwood opposed exclusivecontrol by the federal government

Mr Sayers moved to increase theappropriation 8200000

Mr Love democrat of Mississippiadvocated amendment ThoSnycisamendment was lost

The following proviso was ruled outon a point raised by ChairmanLacey of tine public lands committeethat it was new legislation I

That hereafter no public moniesshall bo expended for the survey of

any portion of the public domain em-

braced

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within any forest reserves ofI

the United States except for such sur-

veys

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as may be necessary to designate

the exterior boundaries of such re-

serves

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and of such lauds within suchembraced within orbereserves as may

covered by legal claims initiated prior

to the date of the proclamation of the

reservationOn motion of MrDeviies democrat

of Coliforninan amendment was adopt ¬

ed appropriating 6300 for the

mite National CaliforniaAfter completing thirty pages of the

bill the committee roseAt 515 oclock p m the house ad ¬

journedALLENS RESOLUTION

llelllgerency 1> U-

cuiiedIlecoRnlilnB Cuban

for Four Hour by the Senator

While the senate had under con-

sideration

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the diplomatic and consular

appropriation bill a sharp

Cuban resolution wasdebate onprecipitated by Mr Allen of Nebraska

amendment the iewho as ansolution passed by the senate o yew

the belligerent rights-

ofago

the Cuban insurgents-

Theend oc-

cupied

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debate becamenearly four hours

ORDERS TO BUCKlTAXtt

Naval lUttatCommander of Connecticut

Ion Ooei Tn WaihlnEtoithe sec ¬

In response to ordersE G oBuckland-

whoof the navyre t

commands the naval battalion ofWash ¬

New Haven forleftConnecticut order receivedTheington ThUrB aYe

read as followsBuckland of the Wy-

andotteCommander de ¬

will to the navyWashington on Friday-

Althoughat as to thenothing

import of Mr Dnc kl anUlsthouRl

summonsho

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Worthington is knowninstructions about getting

Is to recefor service at short no

men reautic it necessity arlles

i Its oiI t

PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY

ALL PORTS ALONG OUR COAST

ARE BEING FORTIFIED

GREAT ACTIVITY AT FORT SUMTER

Orders Sent to All Southern Ports to HareGuns Mounted and Be Heady till

Any Emercnoy

A special from Charleston S 0says It has just leaked out that orderswere received at Fort Suiutor immedi-ately after the destruction of the bat ¬

tleship Maino for the work of equip-

ping

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tho forts on Sullivans island tobe pushed vigorously-

From the best of authority it is fur ¬

ther ascertained that similar ordershave been sent to all southern fortsalong the south Atlantic and gulfstates including tho fortificationsFortress Monroe Va CharlestonSavannah West and Pensacola

At Sullivans island there is a sceneof activity A night force has beendetailed for dutyaud the fortificationsare being rushed every hour in theday Big gangs of workmen are em-

ployed¬

and the contractors are usingevery effort to get things finished ntonce The motar battery is practically-in working order and will d ser-vice

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but the great drawback seems to-

e that the force is short on ammuni-tion

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It is claimed that there is noammunition on the island and thatthe guns are therefore practically ofno service It is understoodhoweverthat a supply of ammunition will bosent immediately by tho war depart-ment

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The Spanish cruiser Via caya is ex-

pected¬

to arrive in Charleston for astay after leaving New York A con-

siderable¬

amount of mail forthe shiphas been sent to the city under thecare of the Spanish consul and infor-mation

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has been received by that offi-

cial¬

that the cruiser will visit the portlater on She draws twentyone andonehalf feet and tho pilot says shecan easily get into the Charleston har-bor

There is great excitement aroundCharleston owing to the fact that tinecity would be the first to suffer in casoof war antI the land troops are anxiousand willing to be pressed into serviceshould it be necessary

Work hushed at NorfolkA special of Monday from Norfolk

Yaf says The rush of work at thenavy yards at Fortress Monroe con-

tinues¬

by orders from the departmentof war

The monitor Terror man been orderedreally for sea in fortyeight hours

The work of equipping tine fort isbeing carried on day and night

Stirring Time nt Key WetIt is understood from dispatches

that the plans of fortifying KeyWestnow in progress will be pursued morespeedily and with increased vigor Itis stated that instructions have beenreceived from the war department forthe force to be greatly increased soto quickly put the fort in readiness-for the complete protection of thatpoint of defense I

Qunimltln lluiy In AlabamaA Montgomery Ala special says

It has leaked out that the department-of state has arranged with local firmto repair and put in prime condition-the 1200 rifles belonging to tine Ala-

bama¬

National Guards Che gunsmithhas In fact had his force of handsworking on the guns day and night forthe past several days and has finishedwith about half of them and returnedthem to the various commands fromwhich they were collected The mil-itary authorities of the state decline-to make any statement in the matterbut it is a well recognized fact that thetrouble with Spain is the cause thatprompted the precaution

CRESCENT CUT CARNIVAL

Mardi Oral at New Orleans OpenedBrilliantly

The New Orleans carnival was open-

ed

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Monday with the arrival of Rex

coveredat 2 oclock when the ap-

peared

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and the King of Mirth was

welcomed with the unusual noiseI The three warships in port Aus ¬

trian French and American were at ¬

tractively dressed for the occasion

INDIANA rOlULISTS

Hold Convention Sled State Ticket andAdopt VJatforw

IThe Indiana state conven-

tion

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which closed at Indianapolis

Tuesday night selected a state ticket

three committeemen andagainst fusion andadopted a platform

government by injunction and for

free silver the ratio of 1C sustainsmale satfrage prohibitionabolition of the issue of money to no

tioual banksI The antifusion plank was carried

close vote and after a fight last-

ingbr a

all day the result causing intense

feeling and threats and the action willI disrupt the party

IjiJIIA A rtt r

I NEGRO FARMERS MEETCHold Seventh Annual Convention In Tar

kcgee AlaI

At the seventh annual negro confer-ence

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held in the Normal school pavil ¬

ion atTuskogeo Ala Thursday about2000 colored farmers representingnearly overy southern state were pres-ent

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With them were many promi ¬

nent men and women engaged in thovarious branches of negro education

The speech of Bishop Grant of theAfrican Methodist Episcopal churchwas greatly appreciated Booker TWashington presided To encouragegardening a free package of seeds wasgiven to every one present

The result of file conference wasthe uuanimous adoption of thofollowing declarations

Wherever our people lave beenreached by outside influence wo boleave there is constant growth in ac-

quiring¬

education building schoolhouses extending the school termdeveloping Christian character im ¬

proving and purifying the ministrysecuring laud diversifying cropsraising fruit and poultry replacingtho oneroom cabin ceasing to mort ¬

gage crops getting out of debt andliving more economically-

In saying this we would not be mis-

understood¬

but emphasize the factthat wherever the rank and file of ourpeople have not been touched bysome outside influence their condition-as to property education and moralityis most unsatisfactory and will demand for a long time the earnest helpand thought of the best people of ourcountry The possession in larger dogree of tho elements of strength enu-merated

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above we believe will con ¬

stitute the foundation for nil the highur rights and privileges of citizenshipwhich every race should enjoy

Since 85 per cent of our people inthe gulf states live by agriculture westrongly urge that with otherforms of education special stress belaid upon training in agriculture Weearnestly urge all to buy land if only-in small tracts while it can bo securedat a low price We would especially-call attention to the large amount ofgovernment land in the south open tosettlement Wo deem it of vital im-portance

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that the educated young menand women hear in mind that they oweit to the race to give to the most un ¬

fortunate the benefit of their educationin every way possible-

WeI urge that local negro conference-or other organizations with the sameobject be formed throughout the stateWe believe the holding of annualcounty fairs throughout the state wouldprove most helpful We strongly beBeech our people not to be satisfiedwith their present condition but toreach forward to something higher andbettor

SENATE PROCEEDINGS

Corlictti night to Heat Championed bySpooner-

A Wanhington dispatch says Afeature of the senate session Thurs-day

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was the speech of Mi Spooner-of Wisconsin on the right of HenryW Corbett to a seat in the senatefrom Oregon under the appointment-of the governor Mr Spooner madea constitutional argument in favor ofseating Mr Corbett and had not con-

cluded¬

when the senate adjournedAu effort WAS made to obtain con-

sideration¬

of the Alaskan homesteadand railway right of waybill but on-

a technicality it went overThe resolution offered Thursday by

Mr Allen of Nebraska to appoint acommittee of five senators to investi ¬

gate the Cuban situation was with-drawn

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by its author when it was laidbefore the senate

When Mr Spooner secured the floor-

to advocate Mr Corbetts right to asent in tho senate he said that theprimary power to fill seats in the sen-

ate¬

from any state was in the legisla-ture

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of the state but in tho reading ofthe constitution it ought to be remem-bered

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that this very matter was one ofdispute in the constitutional conven ¬

tion Ho pointed out that the consti ¬

tution provided that each state shouldbe the peer of every other state notin population not in wealth not inarea but in the number of votes iq thesenate

Mr Hansbrongh then endeavoredget before the senate the Alaskanhomestead and railway right of way-

bill The senate s aboqt to proceedwith the bill when Jtr Itfvwrllni ofUtah made the point of no quorumA fPI CAl developed the a

and Mr Bawlinn moved toadjourn Division WAS demanded and

adjourned at 436 p m

BRYAN TO VISIT ALABAMA

nebraskan Will Make Several Speeches Inthe State

A Birmingham special says HonWilliam J Bryan will come to Ala ¬

bama March 1st to make a series of

speeches at several towns throughoutthe state having been invited for thatpurpose He will come to Tuscaloosaand speak March 1st His dates for

are as followsTuscaloosaTuesday night March 1

nightBirminghamMarch 2d-

Mobile Thursday night March 3d

Pensacola Friday night March 4thTalladega at noon March 6thMontg9mery Monday March 7th

of t Y

RN ADDITION TO OUR ARMY

SENATE PASSES A BILL FOR AN

INCREASE OF ARTILLERY

CALLS FOR TWO MORE REGIMENTS-

The Mcmuro Went Through AlmostUnanlmouilythe Vote Being Fifty

Four Yeas To Four Jfayi

A Washington special says Assoon as the reading of the historiofarewell address of Washington wasconcluded by Mr Lodge of Massa-

chusetts¬

in the senate Tuesday MrHawley of Connecticut chairman of

the military affairs committee called-up the bill providing for tho enlist-

ment¬

of two additional regiments of

artillery for service in manning theheavy coast defense batteries whichcongress has provided during the pasttwo years

Mr Bate of Tennessee objected tothe bill because it tended to an in ¬

crease of the army to which he saidho was unalterably opposed Hothought there wore enough troopsalready under enlistment to man allthe gnus now being provided for bythe government He argued that itwould be better to assign infantry reg ¬

iments to the manning of these gunsthan to put them in charge of raw re-

cruits¬

In reply Mr Hawley pointed outthat the strength of the army wasreally decreasing in proportion to theinhabitants of the country In addi-tion

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ho said congress hail made largeappropriations in recent years forgreat guns for forts and coast defensestations Of these guns 139 wereguns of large caliber and delicatemechanism To these must be ndded232 rifled steel mortars already placedor soon to be placed in the coast defenso stations In order that theseguns may be properly handled n bodyof trained artillerists is necessaryEach of these great war engines requires to handle it as much skill an itrequires to run a locomotive or an or-dinary

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river steamer The war de-partment

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estimates thattho 1000 menwhich this bill calls for will be neces-sary

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to properly man the gunsVote Alinoit Unanlinoiu

Mr Cockrell of Missouri said hewas opposed to an increase in the in ¬

fantry or cavalry arms of the servicebut in this case tine country was con ¬

fronted by a serious condition Heregarded it ns necessary that the gunsprovided by the government should beproperly cared for and moaned Forthat reason ho had consented as amember of the committee to have thebill favorably reported

The bill was then passed 52 to 4

The negative votes were cast byMessrs Bate of Tennessee Clay ofGeorgia Chilton of Texas and Vest ofMissouri

Mr Morgan of Alabama securedthe adoption of the following resolu ¬

tionThat the committee on naval affairs

is instructed to inquire and reportwhether a manofwar equal at least toany warship in the worldto bo namedthe George Washington can be builtarmed and commissioned within a pe-riod

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of twelve months by the use ofthe facilities of the fihipyardsmachinoshops mines and forests of tine UnitedStates wherever the same are foundand that the committee has leave toreport at any time by bill or other-wise

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The resolution was adopted withoutdebate-

At 130 oclock the senate went intoexecutive session and at 4 n m ad ¬

journed

HANSEN DONNELLY

Fouullit Leader Author und LecturerWcda Hit Stenographer

The marriage of Miss Marion OliveHansen and Ignatius Donnelly wassolemnized at Minneapolis with muchpomp and ceremony The nuptialswero celebrated in tho church of thebride the Norwegian Methodist whichwas completely filled with an audience-

of about GOO which evinced a deepinterest in the affair

Outside a vast concourse assembled-to catch glimpses of tho pretty brideand the distinguished groom as theyentered the church

CONFESSION OF RODDER

Explains Mystery of Ticket Stealing OnTexan Southern-

A Chicago dispatch saya The mys-

tery¬

surrounding the robbery of theTexas and Southern railway ticketoffice at PhocnixAriz about a monthago at which time 8000 worth oftickets and 700 in money was takenwas solved Tuesday by the arrest andconfession of Charles Collins

The ticket office which it in theheart of the city was entered beforemidnight and the safe and strongbox-of the railroad company wrecked bydynamite-

So was the explosion that oneside of the building was wrecked

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SOUTHERN PROGRESS

The New Industries Established Dnrlag-the Pest Week

Heavy buying of iron in March ison the cards but as supply is keeping-well up with demand if anything alittle ahead prices will hardly morethan stiffen No 2 furnace at Day ¬

ton Tenn will blow in and otherchanges there will double the present810000 pay roll

Reports are uniformly good Thenotable railway building from Kansas-to the gulf is opening up much newtimber and Arkansas reports several-new mills The projected Natchez kGulf will develop valuable tracts inMississippi Arkansas mills look forgood business North Georgia has donewell and is inclined to attribute genoral prosperity In that district to thehigh price realized for its tobaccocrop Louisiana says fairly good onlyNorth Carolina bettor than last fallbut prices yet too low which will baremedied by tho spring demand Somemills are shipping large quantities ofpersimmon and dogwood on specialorders

From no source is there any realcomplaint The event of the weekwas tho Memphis meeting of thaSouthern Lumber Manufacturers As-

sociation¬

Special attention was given-to uniform grading which will becommitted to a bureau of three

Alabamas gain for 1897 over 180uexceeds 122000 tons yet Birminghamis behind with orders and puvernl roadsare running extra trains to handleshipments

The Jellico pool is a thing of thepast It dissolved on the 15th instantthe companies may now go to cuttingand doubtless will

Among details received since lastreport there Is announced for Arkan-sas

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four saw mills one cotton oil milland a flouring mill Alabama two flour-ing mills and a planing mill a fibrefactory in Florida one cotton onevoolen and one knitting mill and astovo in Georgia Kentucky-box fectory flouring mill and broomfactory North Carolina gas workscotton mill and electric light plantTennessee a marble quarry wood-working

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machine plant flouring millfactory cotton mill and elec ¬

trio power plant Texas a cotton millwoolen mill two cotton oil mills andtwo electrio light plants Virginia atrunk factory and cotton mill

These are facts or strong probabili-ties

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sifted from a much larger list ofprojects-

The present strong tendency is towork up other raw material notablywool anti wheat now that successfulcotton manufacturing has led andshown the way Tradesman Chatta-nooga

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Tenn

JIXVESTIUATION BEGINS I i

1A

Court of Inquiry Into Maine DisasterOrganlxei at Havana oJ

The United States lighthouse tender 1

Mangrove arrived at Havana Mondaymorning having on board the officerscomposing the court of inquiry ap ¬

pointed by Rear Admiral Sicard to in ¬

quire into the loss of the MaineTine board met on the Mangrove at

lOVclock with Captains Sampson andClmdwitk and Lieutenant Command-ers

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Potter and Marix Captain Samp-son provided and Lieutenant Com-mander

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Mnrix recently executive offi-

cer¬

of the Maine acted as recorderCnptoinfligsbee tho commander of

tine Maine was the first witness Hewas under examination until oclock-in the afternoon at which hour an ad-

journment was taken for the day 5

MADRID PAPER EXPECTS WAR

Looks Upon Our Military PreparationWith Great Suspicion

An official agency at Madrid says <

The Imparcial publishes a dispatch for Ii

which it must assume full responsibil-ity as it does not accord with the relations actually known to exist between-the Spanish and American governments It is dated from New Yorkand reads

Great military preparations ore be ¬

ing made The forts are being reen ¬

forced Three hundred artillerymen-have been sent to Handy Hook andthe naval reserves have been ordered-to

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hold themselves in readiness Thegun cotton and smokeless powder fac-

tories¬

are working night and day andIt is generally believed that a greatcrisis in the relations between theUnited States and Spain is imminent

MONUMENT TO SAILORS

A Resolution Introduced In CongreM-Calllna For lOOTOO-

A Washington dispatch says Rep-resentative

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Gumming of New Yorkintroduced in the house Monday thefollowing resolutions

Resolved That the sum of 102000be and the sum is hereby appropriatedout of inoneyiu the treasury nototherwise appropriated to be expendedunder the direction of the secretary ofthe navy for the erection of n monu-ment

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at the Fort LaFayette NewYork harbor in honor of the officerstailors and marines of the UnitedStates war vessel the Maine who losetheir lives in the harbor of Havana

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