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bhUMISV CHIlLEY WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY APRIL 9 188 NUMBKI 41

AvB REPLY

it by Spanishtovernment

RESIDENTS DEMANDS-

AOOEDES NOR DE-

s PROPOSITIONS

j Oounter Argument ThatHerself Be Allowed-

To

pin I

Make Terms

official reply to PresidentStyi last demand in the Cubaniijaxras received in Washington

ly night An anxious partyriling most of the cabinet auddose friends of the administran-

ited until late in the evening<d lion of developments Aboutit 10 oclock the message began

rein cipher and the work of

liBon was begun at once It was

iCriUtcd however that no intiu to the nature of tbo reply

divulged at the time

9tg those at the white houset Senator Hanna Secretary AlBecretary Bliss Assistant SecreJ State Day who dined with theilentj Assistant Secretary of Statetoffhom was confided the trans-of the message Senator Spooner

viator Aldrichere was an intensely expectantJ of newspaper correspondentsi than often gathered at thei Louse at night waiting in thet oatcide the presidents officehet were destined to disappointfpr after the telegraph instruin the adjoining office had stead

fitlercil for half an hour Mr Porthe presidents secretary op-

el with the announcement from1111 Day tbat it was impossibleDilate the message in time toout an j statement at that hourI-

I those who had been with thetot were reticent on leaving theiliie mansion most of them de

Log that they had not seen any ofremlation of the cipher dispatchtot they had no idea of its puri-

pecial11hpalch from Washingtone New York World timed 2 s m-

ay fires the following outline toRepresented by Minister Wood

iiKfltifr accedes to nor declineh tMcKlnleii Propositions1Iku counter nrgument that Spain

cUmtbe allowed to propose termlit should be done regarding her

honors tint the United State4 stdoio

committees of congress dealingforeign affairs were in sessionay The senate committee con

4 li mini nation of the report onJune and the house committee by

refused to take any actionto tillk leotte committee agreed to andorLodgereported a bill appro

g 5000000 one orlithe Danish WestIndia islands

tIed for naval purppsesKtite committee had before itSig8Tee of the illfated Maine

Warn Barker Secretary LungsWe What these officers toldanittee is treated confidene-

lwasI

a spirited debate in the

iunday of a partisan nature

has been to solidify theethe republicans to await action

resident and democrats toLas

sellbanquestion to the front

action taken by17 department during the dayget miuation to have

states predlotlumediateservice should this

necessary The decision wasa conference of the navalfie board

Ia ere sent totfbe adJutant general of the

Curi6ere there are militiaik

asking them to set Ine machinery for drilling andtag Ue tato organizations

11f1

1 O may be ready Withinhours notice of a call toI-

l110

IItt Secretary Roosevelt hasiti1 Iia

all m jters pertaining to the

rTreat ni bp hearty andofficials hopeexpresse III

tilthbe a unanirnoulsentl-

e 0 f i menemployers to peradmtitfree opportunity ta Join

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SPAIN GIVEN LIMITTo Answer President Note nemandln-

ACnliaii Independence

Washington special Thepresident assured o committee of sen ¬ators who waited on him Wednesdayaftevnoon that he hadsixty houra to milk to his notedemanding independence Spain cer ¬

her intention of respondingwithin the prescribed Irne thus al ¬lowing us to intercept the Spanish flo ¬tilla should answer be unfriendlyThe Spanish government Wed ¬

nesday afternoon asking this govern ¬

ment It it would consider an otherproposition to cease hostilities save bythe plan of total independence Thepresident has that this countrywould not

Id anticipation of Spains Moe begged the republicans in con ¬

gross to wait pne more day Republicans in the house promised himooso ou his pledge that the matter wouldbo brought to a focus

THREE MORE WARSHIPS

I eave Spanlih Naval Station Headed Inthe Direction or Harnua

A matter that caused aexcitement among the gr-offieaof

cia s atWashington Wednesday was the in ¬

formation been received fromUnited States Minister Woodford ofthe departure westward of a formid-able

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Spanish fleet of three vesselsNaturally there was a disposition tocriticise the action of Spain in thisparticular in view of the many peaceprotestations that have been made bythat country and such action was re-garded

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as anything but a friendlymove

The ships sailed from Carthagena aSpanish naval station on the Mediterritueau sea and According to the min ¬

biters dispatch they were headedwestward This it is said is un-

doubtedly¬

the most formidable arrayof vessels that lias departed from Spainin this direction during the presentcrisis and the presumption generallyheld by the navy department officials-is that they are headed ultimately forhavens and will be heard of atthe Canaries

SPAIN IS ALL ALONE

>ot Probable That Any of tho rowersWill Interven-

eIt was stated Wednesday in a highdiplomatic quarter at Washington thatthe Spanish government within thelast ten days had addressed a note tothe great powers of Europe fully set ¬

ting forth the grave aspect of the con-

troversy with the United Statesat least inferentially suggesting thatthe time was now opportune for Euro ¬

peon influence Lobo exerted

It is said this note has been thecause of activity at European capitalswithin the last few days in connection-with Spanish American affairs Up tothe present time however no actualstep toward mediation or intervention-has been taken by any of the greatpowers although there is little doubtthat France stands ready to take theinitiative if there is the slightest evi ¬

dence that the United States govern-

ment

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will view such a move with fa ¬

vor

SENATOR EAKLE EULOGIZED

Glowing Tribute Iald By Senators MoLaurin and Chandler

The tributes to the late SenatorEarlo in the senate were of an unusual

character Senator McLauren made

the opening memorial address-

He was by Senator Chand-

ler

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of New Hampshire whose eulogy-

to the dead South was one

of the most beautiful delivered in recent years Senator Tillman closed

Other senators who spoke were

Spooner of Utah Kenuey of Dela-

ware

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and McEuery of Louisiana

Senator Clay of Georgia spoke for a

half hour and his eulogy to Earle wits

full of pathos and a beautiful tribute-

to his life and character

WOULD KILL LEE FIRST

Hutchery of AmenThreat or IVholtiale

cans in Havana Reported

The Ward steamer Vigiloncia ar ¬

rived at New York Wednesday from

Havana The Vigilancia brings no

nature excejfcthat itnews of a special

was commonly reported in Havana

that on a declaration of war on Spain

being made by tho United States ain

wholesale murder of Americans

Havana will take place and Consul

General Lee would be the first to be

assassinated

GAR LINES CONSOLIDATED

KnozTllle his Now Only One System For

Futuro Operationsthat C CdefinitelyIt is elated

Howell who has been manager of the

KnoXVille Street Railway Companyof the Knoxremain managerwill as

vile Traction Company formed byof three street rail-

ways

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the consolidation ofand two light systems

the cityconsummated at Bal ¬

The was wastimore Tuesday and

The purchaser was a syn-

dicate

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organized by b SonsTrust com-

pany

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of Baltimore of NewBrosand KauntzeYork interested

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NIKINLHYS

MESSAGE

Reviews Reportof the Court

IS READ IN THE CONGRESS

A Concise Statement of the Ylens ofThis Government Ulren Br Our

Chief Executive

WASHINGTON March 28The pres-ident today sent the following messAgeto congress-To TUB CoNQMSa OP THB UNITBD

STATESFor some time prior to the visit of

the Maine to Havana harbor our con ¬

sular representatives pointed out theadvantages to flow from the visit ofnational ships to the Cuban waters inaccustoming the people to the pres ¬

ence of our flag as the symbol of goodwill and of our ships in the fulfillment-of the mission of protection to Ameri-can

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interests even though no imme-diate

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need therefor might existMnlnea Visit Friendly

Accordingly on the 24th of Januarylast after conference with the Spanishminister in which the renewal ofvisits of our war vessels to Spanishwaters wan discussed and acceptedthe peninsular authorities at Madridand Havana were advised of the pur-pose

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of this government to resumefriendly naval visits at Cuban portscud that in that view tho Maine wouldforthwith call at the port of HavanaThis announcement was received bythe Spanish government with appreci-ation

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of the friendly character of the-

visit of the Maine and with notificationof intention to return the courtesy bysending Spanish ships to the principalports of the United States Meanwhileho Maine entered port of Havanaon the 25th of Janunry her arrivalbeing marked with no special incidentbesides the exchange of customary <

lutes at ceremonial visitsTho Maine continued the harbor-

of Havana during the three weeks fol-

lowing¬

her arrival No appreciable ex-

citement¬

attended her stay On thecontrary a feeling of relief and confi-

dence

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followed the resumption of thelong interrupted endly intercourse-So noticeable was this immediate effecton her visit tint time consulgeneralstrongly urged that the presence ofships in Cuban waters should be keptup by retaining the Maine at Havanaor in the event of her recall by send-ing

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another vessel there to take herplace

Destroyed lIy UxploilonAt 40 minutes past 0 in the evening

of ICth of February the Maine was de ¬

stroyed by au explosion by which theentire forward part of the ship wasutterly wrecked In this catastrophetwo officers and two hundred andsixty four of her crew perished those-of her crew who were not killed out-

right¬

by her explosion being pennedbetween decks by the tangle of wreck ¬

age and drowned by the immediatesinking of the hull

Prompt assistance was rendered bythe neighboring vessels anchored inthe harbor aid being especially given jby the boats of the Spanish cruiserAlphonso XII and the Ward linesteamer City of Washington whichlay not far distant The woundedwere generously cared for by the au-

thorities¬

of Havana the hospitals be ¬

ing freely opened to them while theearliest recovered bodies of the deadwere interred by the municipality in a

public cemetery iu the city Trib-

utes

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grief and sympathy were of-

fered

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from all official quarters of theisland

The appalling calamity fell upon

the people of this country with crushing force and for a brief time an in-

tense excitement prevailed which in

a community less just selfcon ¬

trolled than ours might have led to

hasty acts of blind resentment This

spirit however soon gave way to theanti to thecalmer processes of reason

resolve to investigate the facie anu

await material proof before forming a

judgment as to the cause the respon-

sibility

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if the facts warrantedthedue This course necessarily

recommended itself from the outset to

tho executive for only in the light of-

a dispassionately ascertained certainty

could it the nature and

measure of its full duty in the matter

Tim Court 11 f Inquiry

The usual procedure was followed

of ca or disasteras in nil casesto national vessels of any maritime

state A naval court of inquiry was atcomposed of officers

once organizedwell qualified by rank practical

time onerousto dischargeexperience Aided by11 themehuposduty aud divers

a strong force of wreckers

+a <

tho court proceeded to make a thor¬

ough investigation on the spotemploying every available means for the im-partial

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and exact determination of thecauses of the explosion

Its operationshave been oonduotedwith the utmost deliberationand judg ¬

ment and while independently parsued no source of information wasneglected and the fullest opportunitywas allowed for n inves-tigation

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by tho Spanish governmentThe finding of the court of inquiry

wan reached after 23 days of continu-ous

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labor on the 21st of March in-

stant¬

and having been approved onthe 22d by the commnndorinchief ofthe United States naval force on theNorth Atiantio stationwas transmitted-to the executive-

It is herewith laid before the con ¬

gress together with the voluminoustestimony taken before the court

Its purpose is in brief as followsWhen the Maine arrived at Havana-

she was conducted by the regular gov ¬

ernment pilot to buoy No 4 to whichshe was moored in from five and onehalf to six fathoms ofwater

The state of discipline on board andthe condition of her magazines boil-ers

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coal bankers and storage compart-ments

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are passed in review with theconclusion that excellent order pre ¬

vailed and that no indication of anycause for an internal explosion existedin any quarter

Venel Suddenly UettroyedAt 8 oclock on the evening of Feb-

ruary¬

16th everything had been re ¬

ported secure and all was quiet-At 40 minutes past 0 oclock the

vessel was suddenly destroyedThere wore two distinct explosions-

with a brief interval themThe first lifted the forward part of

the ship very perceptibly the secondwhich was more open prolonged andof greater volume is attributed by thecourt to the partial explosion of two-or more of the forward magazines

The evidence of the divers estab-lishes

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that the after part of the shipwas practically intact and sank in thatcondition a very few minutes after theexplosion The forward part was com ¬

pletely demolishedUpon the evidence the concurrent

external cause the finding of the courtis as follows-

At frame 18 the outer shell of theship from a point eleven and onehalffeet from the middle line of the shipand six feet above the keel whon in itsnormal position had been forced upso as to be now about four feet abovetho surface of the water thereforeabout 34 feet above where it would behad the ship sunk uninjured

Tho outside bottom plating is bentinto a reverse V shape the after wingof which about 16 feet brood and 32feet in length from frame 17 to frame26 is doubled back up in itself againstthe continuation of the slime platingextending forward-

At frame 18 the vertical keel is brok-en

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in two and the fiat keel is bent in ¬

to an angle similar to the angle form-ed

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by the outside bottom plates Thebreak is now about six feet below thesurface of the water and about 30 feetabove its normal position-

In the opinion of the court thiseffect could have been produced onlyby the explosion of a mine situatedunder the bottom of the ship at aboutframe 18 and somewhat on the portside of the ship

Courts ConclusionsThe conclusions of the court areThe loss of the Maino was not due

to negligence on the part of any of theofficers or members of her crew

That the ship was destroyed by theexplosion of a submarine mine whichcaused the partial explosion of two-

or more of her forward magaznesandthat no evidence has been obtainableshowing the responslbily of the de-

struction¬

of the Maine upon any per ¬

son or persons-I hoVe directed that the finding of

the court of inquiry aud the views 6fthis government theron be communi ¬

cated to the government of her majes-ty the docent and Ido not nermit mvself to doubt that the sense of justiceof the Spanish nation will dictate acourse of action suggested by honorand the friendly relations of the twogovernments

It will be duty of the executive toadvise the congress of the result andin the meantime deliberate considera-tion

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is invokedWILLIAM McKINLEY

Executive Mansion March 28 1898

In neither senate or house was thereany debate on reference of presidentsmessage and other documents to com ¬

mittees having charge of our Cuban

relations

PERMISSION REFUSED

Captain SlfibeeKot Allowed Dr Spaniardto Itlow Up the Wreck

A semiofficial note issued at Mad-

rid

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Thursday saysAt the cabinet meeting Senor Sa

gasta the premier read a telegramfrom Captain General Blanco saying

that the of tho Maine had requested permission to blow up tbowreck with dynamite and that per-

mission

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to do so been refused

himThe cabinet empowered the minis-

ter

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foreign affairs Senor Gullon to

watch the situation with the view of

seeing justice done anddefending therights of Spain

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TWO DOZEN TORPEDO BORIS

ADDED TO NAVY THROUGH NEW

APPROPRIATION BILL

DOUBLE THE AMOUNT ASKED FOR

Member or Both Stdti DftmonttraU ThatThey Are In Itearty Accord In

War Preparations

In an exceedingly turbulent sessionof six hours the house Fridays ses-

sion¬

pasted the naval appropriationbill and then adjourned until Monday

The war spirit was manifested in allthe speeches and overrode the navalcommittee itself by increasing thenumber of torpedo boats and torpedoboat destroyers to twentyfour the billas reported providing but twelve andthe appropriation 4000600 insteadof 82300000

Mr Cannon chairman of the appro-priations

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committee offered an amend ¬

ment to reduce the number of battle-ships

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to one It was buried under anoverwhelming majority The provis-ion

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relating to armor plate which inordinary times would have precipitat-ed

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a debate of several days wa dis-posed

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of in ten minutes a proposition-to decrease the price agreed to in thebill trod 8400 to 300 per ton beingdrowned in a perfect chorus of noes

In speaking on his amendment re ¬

ducing the number of battleships MrCannon said

Mostgentlemen believe that with ¬

in a week we will be at war with oneof the countries of the earth Thatwill mean additional taxation and au-

thorizations¬

to borrow 8500000000It means that these burdens shall beput upon the people Let us doubletaxation if necesunry but let us notauthorize a single dollar that is not nec-essary

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to meet the emergency just infront of us Long before these battle ¬

ships can be launched the war will beover and I fear these battleships willbe obsolete Applause on the floor

Mr Boutelle in a spirited replydeclared that the history of naval war ¬

fare showed that the naval battles ofthe world have been won by the ships-of the battle line

Mr DoArmond democrat of Mis-souri

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called upon the administrationto take the aggressive The Mainebo said has been blown up in a har-bor

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supposed to 1m friendly Therewas great danger now he declared in-

trusting to diplomacy rather than toour own strong arm

The great question now was to atopthe hostile fleet now approaching ourshores If we were depending upondiplomacy it would prove a brokenreedThe

best protection at such a timehe urged was aggression not to waitidly resting upon hopes that had nofoundation He declared that weshould strike while wo had the advan ¬

tage War between nations was uotlike n contest between equally matchedgladiators The victory belonged inwar to the country that best and firstprepared for it

Let us protect ourselves continued Mv DeArmoud by striking bofore we are stricken Applause-

Let us not wait We have waitedtoo long I hope the proper treasuresof energy are on foot and that what Iapprehend as danger will be avoided

Diplomacy FanThere is little doubt that tho presi ¬

dent and the members of his cabinet-now regard a conflict with Spain asalmost inevitable-

In his next message to congress itis understood that the president willreview at some length the record as itstands between this government andSpain but will notinsist upon furthertime in which to continue negotiationslooking to a peaceful solution of theCuban problem

The cabinet meeting Friday morning-was unquestionably the most importantheld in many years Itanswer to the ultimatum of this government and finding it unsatisfactorypractically decided upon a policy whichat present seems certain to involvehostilities-

The whole record will be laid beforecongress and the question is now un ¬

der earnest consideration what shallbe the particular form our policy shalltake in bringing to an end the horrorsin Cuba and securing the independence-of the island

REQUEST TO GOVERNORS

Asked to at Once Organize Drill andEquip NanlMUUa-

Supplementing the action taken bythe navy department Thursday in re ¬

questing governors of states to drilland equip the naval militia so as to beready for any emergency AssistantSecretary Roosevelt Friday sent letters-to the governors of those seacoaststates not having such organizationsto take steps looking to 1ho formationof naval militia BO far as possible undertho state laws

It is hoped by the naval officials

that each of these states will be ena-

bled¬

to promptly acquiesce in the de ¬

partments request and be preparedto assist in the naval auxiliary work

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NEURO TROOPS MOVING

Twentyfifth Itatlment Ordered to DryTorlane

The most warlike and importantmovement that has yet been made wasthe iasuance of orders forthe transfer of the Twentyfifth regi-ment

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of infantry from their post inMontana to Dry Tortugee the islandfort in the gulf sixty miles fromHavana

Negro soldiers composts this regimont entirely with the exception ofthe officers who are white There are4CO negroes iu the regiment all ofthem well trained to the service andsome of them having had experiencein the Indian campaigns in the west J

Atlanta Ga will be the first stop-ping place of the negro regiment af-

terd

it leaves its present station in Monj

tana From there they will be sent toSt Augustine whore regimental headqnaters will be established Two com-panies

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will bo left at St Augustine-and the six other companies will bo Isent to the Dry Tortugas

That hostilities are expected by the igovernment is certain and is provenby the transfer of this regiment whichia by far the most significant actionyet taken It is said in Washingtonthat time troops are being sent southso that they will be convenient shouldit be determined to land forces in 1

Cuba jThe negro soldiers Are sent because

they are better able to stand the cli-mate

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of the gulf than the white sol I

diors It is said that the war department intends to use negro soldiers asfar as is practicable in the southern j

campaign There are at present 2188negro soldiers in the and this Inumber will bo increased by the addition of volunteers Recruits of coloredsoldiers will bo sought and the coloredbranch of tho army made as large aspossible The negroes are proud tobe soldiers and they do their best

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jThere are three other regiments of

negro soldiers nUll it is expected thatthey will be moved forward to somepoint in the department of the gulfunder General Graham in a few daysThe officers at Washington have beenmaking particular inquiries regardingthe negro militia companies of thesouth with a view to supplementingthrough them the duties assigned tothose regiments at the extreme south-ern

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points on the Atlantic and gulfcoasts

SOUTHERN PROGRFSS 1

Industrial Developments For Past WkVery Encouraging-

TheVj

list of new industries reportedthe past week though brief showsgreat diversity 11

New lumber mills are reported from IIILittle Rock Ark Macon Ga andGreenville and Vinton Texas a UW a

1

millat Chidester Ark planing mills 1

at Forest Miss and Ripley Tenn atable factory at Greensboro N C >special hardwood mills at Livermore-and Paducah Ky and a barrel factoryat Bristol Va

Orlando Fla Stuttgart Ark Ma-rion

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Ky and Elizabethton Tennwill erect electric light plants andCamdon S 0 is to have an ice facto-ry

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A glass factory at SistcrsvilleWanother phosphate works at Beau ¬

fort S 0 are on the cards and Au-gusta

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Ga capital will develop somesouthern copper mines p

Cotton oil has attracted investors itFlorence Ala and Saluda S 0Staunton Va will have a new flour-ing

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mill Willard Tenn a tobaccofactory and Alexandria La a sugarrefinery

Southern iron utill worries the jflnorthern furnaceman knowing Bir-mingham can always cut he suspectscutting where there is none The in-

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market for lumber has improved-For the first week in months

no new textiloconatructlon is positive ¬ t

ly indicated An unfortunate tendencyis manifest among idle Fall River j

workmen to come south and fill a de ¬

mand that doesnt yet exist Is it that fthe northern workman is accepting thenrnnfincr InvHnflnnn that were otendedadyforhieemployer7Tradesman I

Chattanooga Tenn-

ANNAPOLIS

Will lie Turned Out

GRADUATES

Before Finllhlng 1Their Terms

A Washington special says Ordershavo been given at the navy depart-ment

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to graduate the first class at An-napolis

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on tho 9th of April and tograduate the second class a year be-

fore¬

it is programed to finish It isstated that the second class has beenadvised to prepare for its final exami-nation

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A DEAL WITH DENMARK

Report That Onr Government flu V ngM

Islands and WarShlpiA special from Washington say that

there is some reason to believe thatthe government has made a moat im-

portant¬

deal with a foreign nationwhich will have a most important bear ¬ iing upon our relations with Spain-

It is said that negotiations have beenconcluded for the cession to this coun ¬

of the three Danish islands in the I

West Indies St Thomas St Johnand St Croix-

It is alto understood that Denmarksells to this country two cruisers andthree torpedo boat destroyers

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