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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1899
Page
2
The discussion ranges from imperial gains and $20,000,000 price tags for islands to a critique of pension totals. It notes maps for schools, presses praise for the DeFuniak Breeze and Chautauqua, and questions wartime pensions with figures nearing a million dollars.
The text notes a novel sensation in buying coffee grown on American soil with differences in flavor likely from Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. It cites over 200 coffee plantations in Hawaii and Porto Rico export of 58 million pounds valued at 13 378 000. Most Porto Rican crop previously consumed in Spain and Cuba.
The New York World notes Congress rejected McKinley's $150,000,000 military budget plan. McKinley allegedly eats the ultimatum as Congress blocks imperial pork. Spain may ratify the treaty, releasing 100,000 reconcentrados, altering wartime military moves.
The Times-Union and Citizen notes rising Western Florida land demand and a booming farming economy with a strong Pensacola home market. It highlights Florida's 1898 assessed property value of 93.9 million and warrants totaling 652,279.37, with state expenses at 587,175.20, and argues for funding major projects like a Nicaragua canal or Nile dam on a sound foundation.
Prof Langdell argues in the Harvard Law Review that United States has three meanings. First it names the united states under the constitution, second it signifies a sovereign or corporate body, third it loosely covers territories and districts not grounded in the Constitution. He says only the first two meanings align with constitutional limits.
The article discusses Athar’s view that the Constitution confines the United States to its states and cannot automatically govern overseas territories. It cites Prof. Langdell arguing for imperialist readings of the Constitution and contrasts them with the authors’ original federal framework as portrayed by the Atlanta Journal.
A vintage ad asserts weakness shows as loss of ambition and wasting tissues with watery blood. It promises restoration of strength and red blood through Browns' Iron Bitters, claimed to soothe nerves and outdo costly medicines, sold by all dealers.
Florida Railroad Commission and Southern Express Company agree on commodity rates reducing local shipments of fruits and vegetables 15 to 30 percent within the state. The commission lacks authority over interstate routes, leaving outbound traffic to outside regulation.
Havana reports indicate the U S plan to establish a ten years protectorate in Cuba. The first step covers liquidating provisional government debts with up to 20 million dollars by Cuban bonds under U S guarantee. American officers would run customs and supervise taxation while consular affairs shift to the United States. Cuba would be free in other matters with troop withdrawals to begin in March.
The World reports that President McKinley and Alger arranged a six year paid vacation for Lt. Col. Charles P. Eagan after a sequence of promotions, beef contracts, and alleged abuses involving Corbin and embalmers. It questions whether this shows bad courage or self preservation, noting Miles and Roosevelt supported findings on embalmment and poison in army beef.
Schedule shows a special train each Saturday with departures from Pensacola and stops at Ever, Grand Ridge, Marianna, Cottondale, Chipley, Caryville, and Estville, with arrival times listed for DeFuniak. The dates include March 18 25 and April 4 11 18 35.
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