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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1898
Page
6
The page blends opinion on sound money with medicinal pitches, noting Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a malaria preventive and kidney remedy. It also quotes a revival-induced cataleptic episode, then advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a price offer.
An advertisement section touts Rev. J. W. Lee's The Romance of Palestine as a money making opportunity for agents. It claims large editions sold in 60 days and strong clerical and press endorsements. Also promotes Salzer's German Coffee Berry and Dr Kline remedies with free samples and trials.
Spring cleansing urges Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and renew energy. It claims to expel impurities, cure spring humors, boils, pimples, eruptions, and tiredness while boosting appetite and sleep.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, denounces the Lattimer trial decision. He says the sheriff, deputies, judge, and defense counsel acted under mining corporate influences and that the verdict shows workers have no rights. He notes the life of a foreign worker is at risk under employer caprice. He declines to discuss possible labor actions.
New York dispatch reports Captain Oberlin M. Carter's courtmartial heard one witness and adjourned to meet Tuesday in Savannah. Dudley F. Phelps testified Captain B. D. Green arrived in the U S from Europe on April 18 1895 and June 1 1895, used by defense to contest forged payments tied to Carter operated contracts.
The Miantonomoh and the Katahdin were placed in commission Thursday at League Island navy yard Philadelphia. Captain Mortimer L. Johnson commands the Miantonomoh and Captain George F. F. Wilde the Katahdin. Sixty-one seamen arrived that day from New York for the two ships, eleven from Boston for the Miantonomoh and fifty for the Katahdin. They went aboard immediately as ammunition was loaded.
The Southern Mining and Manufacturing Company will begin shipping iron ore from its Bartow County property near Cartersville. Captain Connor notes the Cole City mines are active and output is rising daily.
Reports from Madrid confirm the Spanish transport Alfonso XIII departed Barcelona for Cuba with four officers and 900 soldiers on board. The ship also carried 4,000,000 Mauser cartridges and a large quantity of ammunition.
The San Francisco Call reports Mexico will seek $1,500,000 from Oceanic Phosphate Company for unlawfully shipping guano from Clipperton Island in the Pacific. Mexico claims ownership and the right to indemnity for foreign encroachment, while Oceanic asserts equal rights to the island.
Secretary Long sends Commander W. H. Brownson from the board of inspection and survey to England and France to inspect vessels offered to the United States. He will review ships under construction for foreign nations and report if suitable for service. He will rendezvous with naval attaches in London and Paris and assess ordnance material and potential purchases if wartime needs arise.
President McKinley signals Congress that intervention into the Spanish Cuban conflict is likely and war may follow Cuba's independence declaration. The administration moves quickly to arm, with extra projectiles, cruisers, and torpedo boats ordered, and a dynamite-throwing gunboat purchase contemplated, including Vesuvius and Nibeloy.
A carload of whisky in original packages reached W. H. Plumb in Dawson Tuesday. He plans to open an original package house opposing the dispensary, facing a Dawson dispensary tax clause set at 10000 dollars. Mr. Jamb expects to win any court challenge from dispensary authorities.
President McKinley signed the Hawley bill establishing two additional regiments of artillery to man the coastal defenses. The measure becomes effective immediately and will be put to use at once.
News from Oklahoma reports the death of Gen. Edward L. Thomas a well known Georgian. He had long suffered ill health and went to Oklahoma two years ago to accept a government post before passing away.
The National Tobacco Growers meeting opened in Miami during the Dade county fair with General J B Briggs of Russellville Kentucky presiding. Mayor Reilly gave the welcome, Judge Albert Hoffman of New Jersey replied, Florida lawmakers sent regrets, and committees were named on the order of business and on resolutions regarding Colonel W D Chipley’s death.
Ex President Cleveland accepts invitation to speak at the Iroquois Lab in Chicago on April 23 at the Auditorium afternoon session. He will respond to a club banquet toast that evening on the theme sound democracy and sound money as Senator Caffery and others of national note speak.
The House voted 311 ayes to none on a bill placing $50,000,000 under President McKinley for national defense. Members from all regions broke pairs to record support, crowds cheered, and Speaker Reed voted as a representative amid swift debate and varied war expectations.
The St James Gazette cites high authority claiming Spain has secured five warships, three cruisers nearly completed and two coast defense vessels, to be launched in France. The purchase follows Madrid's success in raising funds and diplomatic moves, including earlier acquisitions of Chilean and Brazilian cruisers.
Advices from Glasgow state that crews to man the Spanish torpedo boats Osado and Andez have arrived. The boats, being completed by the Thompsons, are expected to be finished within the week and proceed to Ferrol to be armed. From Ferrol they will sail to Cuba.
Japan’s police system mirrors the French model with kobanchos in Tokio. Each box houses three officers who rotate duties every eight hours and rest after twenty four hours. Off days are used for censuses and reporting on streets bridges embankments drains and cemeteries and for noting weddings births deaths theater and suspicious persons.
A New Yorker asks a Boston friend for five dollars for a few days. The reply reveals both men’s financial strain and the other’s admission of a fatal fracture, framing a short, grim exchange between two urban acquaintances.
An advertisement fragment promotes Tetterine for irritated skin with a 50 cent box price and mail order from J. I. Shuptrine of Savannah. It also touts Star Tobacco, Sledge cigarettes, and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with a 2 cent bottle, noting common claims about beauty and child comfort.
Letters from readers in Englishtown New Jersey and Warren Pennsylvania describe long term womb disorders back pain and heart symptoms then claim relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash. Readers credit improved health and life expectancy to the remedies and urge others to try them.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad shipped 50 000 tons of gunpowder and ammunition from government storehouses at Dover New Jersey last week. A train load left Dover each night and at Hoboken was placed on lighters for transport to the coast. Yard workers say they were ordered to have a train ready.
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