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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1897
Page
5
A Cuban constituent assembly meeting in Camaguey issued a manifesto dated October 18, 1897 and filed in New York. It declares no autonomy or special laws acceptable, demands full independence, and vows to continue war until victory or death. The text names Mingo Mendez Capote as president of the assembly.
Advices from Madrid report the Royal Gazette published decrees granting autonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico. Articles outline insular parliaments, a governor general, and councils with mixed elected and appointed members, defining eligibility, elections, and dissolution rules.
Rome correspondent reports powers order Turkey to withdraw troops from Crete or face a blockade of Constantinople. European governor to enforce lawful settlement if crisis continues.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Chinese merchants have united to suppress highbinder societies. Merchants pledge not to submit to further extortion, threatening to leave the city or halt work until the highbinders depart. Over twenty societies are affected, with about 1,500 members possibly involved.
An explosion west of Chester field Indiana at night shattered a zinc tub containing sixty quarts of nitroglycerin used to thaw a gas well. The blast lifted people a mile away and caused a ten mile vibration, blowing the engine apart and leaving two drillers battered but unhurt. Fire followed but was quenched quickly.
Twelve thousand miners resume work across Coal City Braidwood Carbon Hill Spring Valley Bodia Seatonville La Salle and Oglesby as Streator remains out. The United Mine Workers strike began July 4 and spreads show miners won concessions though Streator still unsettled. Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana settled or resumed earlier.
Commissioner Nesbitt tells Georgia farmers the cotton price at five cents can’t cover farm expenses. He urges deep plowing, less fertilizer, and growing corn, peas, and rotating crops to sustain stock and provide cash, warning against a burdensome cotton crop.
Mrs Harris a noted revivalist drew large crowds near Courtland Alabama as hundreds traveled forty to fifty miles to Hillsboro. Rev Anson West halted the meeting at the Methodist church and barred women preachers prompting concern and a potential district conference review. Harris is widow of evangelist Robert Lee Harris.
Constantinople reports that Turkey, opposing Greek indemnity allocations for armament, has ordered 150 large cannons from Krupp at 1 506 000 marks. Russia warns it will demand overdue indemnity payments if arms expansion proceeds.
At the Athens session of the North Georgia Methodist conference bishops urged guarding ministers’ character and avoiding gossip. Charges against Revs Heidt Cook and Gibson were taken to committees after ministers held up their rivals’ reputations during the twentieth question. Committees will probe debts and alleged imprudence with women with results to be watched closely.
The Irish National Alliance in New York issued a petition Friday urging senators to reject a proposed general treaty of arbitration with England. The drive will spread through alliance councils and other Irish American groups, labeling its supporters as modern American Tories and descendants of those who would have hanged Washington.
Governor Ellerbe announces his bid for a second term in South Carolina. He defends the dispensary law and attacks critics while outlining a plan to amend liquor regulation to a police framework. He says he will run on his record and address charges publicly, dismissing rumors of a two-term unwritten rule.
A Washington dispatch reports China has asked Russia to help force Germany to withdraw from occupied Shan Tung territory. The Chinese legation in Pekin is led by Count Cassini with the minister at Washington. negotiations are in St. Petersburg. Germany has not set a withdrawal date, fueling fears of a lasting hold on the region.
A Dallas special reports the Baptist Texas state headquarters ordered moved from Waco to Dallas with operations to begin December 1. The note ties the shift to Baylor University controversies and related tragedies including the Harris brothers' deaths. A circulating rumor suggests Baylor may also depart Waco.
Information from Cleveland indicates a New York protracted meeting last week brought nearly all major wire, wire nail, and rod producers to an agreement to consolidate. The deal would become the largest ever in the iron trade, including red mills and several steel producers to avoid the fate of the old wire nail pool.
A Havana dispatch says General Pando carried out a campaign plan with Blanco's commission to reach peace talks with Cuban insurgent leaders. He met Caballero and Rabi and offered high ranks and money, but insurgents, led by Rabi, resisted and prefer continued fighting aided by the United States, while Pando aims for a decisive victory.
In Fulton County Superior Court Judge Candler sentenced Tom Cyrus colored to die on December 22. Cyrus bowed and said Thank you when the doom was pronounced. He said he did not want to die but wished to be polite to his honor. This marked the first time a judge was thanked for imposing the death penalty in Fulton County.
Reports from southern manufacturers note active business and rising output. New ventures include electric light plants at Bessemer and Harriman, a large fertilizer factory in Columbus, a $500,000 Berkely Chemical Co. in Charleston, a 50 000 dollar Fairmount Land Co. in Norfolk, a 500 000 dollar Charleston Land and Mining Co. in Charleston West Virginia, and a 150 000 dollar cigar and tobacco firm at Port Tampa. Additional plans cover iron mines at Leeds, gas generators in Dallas, an 80 ton oil mill in Meridian, a Morristown tannery, Campbell Lumber Co. in Temple, and more in Ball Play Ball, Fulton, Pensacola, Ashland, and Harrisburg.
Martin Thorn and Mrs. Auguste Nack face renewed trial in the Queens County Supreme Court at Long Island City for the murder of William Guilden Suppe. The first trial halted after juror illness. courtroom again crowded with lawyers reporters and deputies enforcing entry with passes.
John Ryan Sr a pioneer citizen and retired Atlanta merchant died at his home Monday morning. The legacy he left reflects the early energy and industry that built Atlanta from a village into the Gate City of the South, with successors continuing his example.
Three privates in the first artillery are hospitalized at Fort Barancas with yellow fever. Nurses from Pensacola attend them and reports say they are improving. Authorities suspect the infection originated at the fort from the previous summer demolition of the old hospital where yellow fever patients were once treated.
The Southern Express Company held its 85th annual meeting in Savannah Georgia Monday. Re-elected directors include H B Plant M J OBrien M F Plant C L Loop H Sanford Hugh Dempsey D F Jack. Officers named are H B Plant president M J OBrien vice president and general manager M F Plant vice president George H Tilley secretary and treasurer T W Leary assistant general manager F G DuBignon general counsel.
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