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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
VIEWERS Views,

NEW YORK, May 24.-Captain. Gen.
eral Weyler, of Cuba, has been inter.
viewed by a correspondent of the New
York Journal at Cienfuegos relative to
the proposed interference of the United
States in Cuban affairs. Weyler, among
other things, said: 81 am not surprised,
nor shall l be if the House should con-
cur in the Senate resolution and send it
to the President. Your jingoes are in
the saddle, and evidently bent upon
forcing the country into some serious
foreign complications in order to dis
tract attention from the fast approach.
ing internal crisis. But, as l undertand
your Constitution, any such action by
them would be a fragrant usurpation of
executive power, and may be either
set aside by the Supreme Court or
wholly ignored by President Mckinley.
The few scattering bands of Cuban
dynamites, railroad wreckers, horse
and cattle thieves, plantation burners
and highwaymen now in the field here,
who hold no port and possess no seat
of civil government, have no right to
expect recognition. Such distinction
at President McKinley's hands, issued
in the face of my own proclamation Of
ficially declaring the greater part of
the island to be already pacified, would
hold the Washington executive up to
the ridicule of European powers. and
prompt a healthy outburst Of sympathy
for the Spanish cause, especially from
neighboring old world governments
also possessing colonies in the West Indies.
In brief, recognition may aid the Cuban J unts
in placing a few bonds in the United States.
but will. at the same time, assure the sue
cessful issue of our purposed new Spanish
loan in Paris, London and Vienna, and en-
able US to carry on the war with renewed
vigor. Personally, l shall be glad. 1t rerog-
milton comes, our position will then be more
clearly defined. 1t will work a virtual alb
r~ogation of our special treaty with the United
State, place Yankees residing in Cuba in sn
identical position before the courts with other
foreign residents, and / shall be troubled less
by The constant complaints and often ridicn-
lous demands from American ~consuls. 1t
would also relieve the Spanish government
of all responsibility for the destruction OF for
eign property not actually within the line of
Spanish d~efences, and further simplify mat
tiers by assuring us the right to board and
search American vessels whenever suspected.
For once l shall heartily rejoice that the
emptiness and hypocrisy of the United states
governments oft reiterated professions of
frien ship shall b~efinally unmasked. I have
always had little confidence in the sincerity
of its ass6efssiions. Each new declaration from
Washington calculated to thT03' orr marine
officials engaged in patrolling the Cuban coast
off their guard has invariably been followed
by the departure of some new Cuban filibus-
ter from an American port with arms and mu'
milton for our enemy. Despite President Nc.
KinIey's fair promises, this has occurred on
more than one occasion since he came into
mower"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

DIED.

At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J.
". starnelI, 42 5a south 1t " 1o:ay o. s m af 1n
5 9fussday) afternoon at ). 3 e .ilss5 E T Of
H. i s 6:' s s5S iG Fssdsli 's attend as', p.5 s%,i 5isss,
copy-]
mo - MIS- iTs LOUISA HERBNER, widow of the
iss, Henry HoEbnsr, aged 60 yesrS. Her
hn- niece, Mrs. Thomas Hsll, No. 502 south
Patrick street, tomorrow Tuesday evening,
at 3 &C ock. Friends and scqusintances are
invited to attend. Washington spd Phila-
delphia papers please copy.l
Mrs. ADA B. FRITCH, nee Miss Ada Sopel,
and wife of Mr.. George Fritch, at her home
OF 33rd street, west Washington, Saturday
night at $50 o'clock, aged 81 years. Kela-
tives and friends are invited TO attend the
funeral which will take place at Oak Hill
Chapel, Washington, Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

DURING THE recent dehr 81 W'"n
= - ne-oate IN the u.
Cuban craze, allusion
was made to the fact that few or none
of the so-called American citizens who
are suffering from alleged Spanish
cruelties in Cuba have American names.
Since then more of the names OF those
who would rather endure such suffer-
ing than return TO the country they
claim as their own, have been publish
ed, but, strange as it may seem to those
who accept every thing they see print.
ed as true, all of them also are Spanish.
Now that fifty thousand dollars have
been voted for distribution among such
willing martyrs to the ola foreign
country. their numbers will increase
greatly, and possibly more of the money
exacted of the bona fde citizens of this
country will be sent to their support.
No wonder the love Of free institutions
is diving out in the United States, that
so many citizens refuse to take any part
in politics, and that the government is
left to the demagogues and those who
control them by the use of money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

A FOREIGN warship is now lying OF
Athens, ready to take aboard the King
of Greece and his family in case the
mob of that city shall execute their
threat to assault them in their palace.
This it what the king referred to gets
for declaring var against Turkey at
the demand of the same Identical mob.
Napoleon on his way to his coronation,
amidst the applause of the spectators,
remarked to q friend, sit would be just
the same if l were on my way to the
guillotine," and Lord Wellington, dur.
ing the ovation he received in London
on his return from Waterloo, said.
e'and they would have mobbed me q
short time ago." But King George is
not as wise as either Napoleon Bona
parte or Lord Wellington. If he were,
he would not have allowed the jingoes
of Athens to induce him to do that for
which they would now tear and rend
him. Mr.. Mckinley should take warn
ing from his example.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, May ..
SENATE.


The death of Senator Earle, of South
Carolina, was referred to in eloquent
terms in Chaplain Milburn's prayer in
the Senate to-day. Following this Mr..
Tillman, of South Carolina, made the
formal announcement of Mr.. Earle's
death. and offered a resolution express
ing the profound sorrow of the Senate.
As a further mark of respect the Senate
at 1910 p. m. adjourned.
HOUSE.
Some of the members of the minority
were prepared when the House met to-
day to attempt to force consideration of
the Senate Cuban belligerency resolu-
ton in the face Of the proclaimed inter-
ton of the republican leaders not to
allow action for the present, and despite
the protest Of the South Carolina mem
bers who desired to Immediately an
nounce the death of Senator Earle, an
announcement which would be followed
Immediately by adjournment. But dur
ing the reading of the journal the
Cuban enthusiasts yielded 10 the solicit
tatioDs of the South Carolina delega-
ton.
AS soon as the journal had
been read Mr.. Simpson objected to
a line in the Journal which recorded
that a private pension had been refer
red to the committee on invalid pen
sions on the ground that no such COM
mittee existed. 81 want the journal to
STOW the truth" said he, land l move
to strike out that line.n
Mr.. Henderson and Mr.. Dalzell
pointed out that the rules provided for
references and such references were
always made pending the appointment
of committees. The Speaker decided
that MIR. Simpsons motion was in order.
The House promptly voted down
Mr.. Simpsons motion, 1874, and APP
proved the journal, 92-lS. Thereupon
Mr.. Elliott was recognized and an
nounced the death OF Senator Earle,
which, he said, occurred under circum-
stances almost tragic in their nature.
Later Mr.. Elliott said he would ask
the House to tx a day when suitable
tribute could be paid to his memory.
He then offered the customary resolu-
tions, which were adopted. Then. at
1915 p. M, as a further mark of respect
the House adjourned until Thursday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
the monument

Anthem by the Choir, "Great is the
Lord.n
Hymn by the choir, Lord While for
All Mankind we Pray"
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. ]. T.
Williams.
Quartette, Messrs. S. F. Field, T. H.
Eetherland. Henry K. Field and ]. F.
Rodgers-nussian National Hymn.
Music by Friendship Drum Corps.
Grafton by Rev. John McGill, OF
Falls Church.
Hymn, ut is Not Death to Die"
Music by Third Regiment Drum
Corps.
Strewing of Flowers.
After the exercises at the monument
are concluded the procession will re-
form and march to the mound at Christ
Church, where the following will be the
programme
Formation around the mound-Vet.
Grams on the north, Light Infantry, Third
Regiment and Friendship Drum Corps,
Junior Light Infantry and q. R. &. oil
on the west, the fire companies on the
south, Womap's Auxiliary, the Child
rem Of the Confederacy and other chap
tiers in the center.
Hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee
by children.
Quartette, "Abide with Me-"
Music by Friendship Drum Corps.
Strewing of Flowers.
Volley by the Alexandria Light In
fsntry.
Taps.
The ceremonies are being conducted
Under the auspices of a committee OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
A Rival to the Bell Company.

CHICAGO, May 24.-Steps looking to
the formation of q powerful alliance 10
opposition to the Bell Telephone Com
pany are to be taken in Chicago this
week. The main things contemplated
are a national association of the 1000
operating telephone exchanges Of the
United States independent Of tie Bell
Company, and the establishment Of q
long distance service. These matters
will be brought to the attention of the
public by a meeting which will be held
here next Thursday, Friday and Sat.
urday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
MONDAY EVENING, MAY %. 1897.

THE OHIO republicans say the re-
cent action of the democratic commit
tee of that State has made it plain that
the 'same old fight must be fought
over again next fall" Why, ofcourse it
must, aud not only in Ohio and next fall
but in every other State, and every fall,
until the people of the country shall
have been afforded a practical test of the
result of free silver coinage. All wise
and disinterested democrats knew this
as well last year as they do now, and
though many Of them were uncertain
as to what the result of the test would
be, their common sense taught them
that 1t would be better for their party,
and the country, if the test We're made
at once, instead of being put off four
years longer, with all the business de.
preston and loss that necessarily re-
suit from uncertainty. But the gold
ties and protectionists, and the trusts
and monopolies, and those who, having
no interest in the country, sold their
services and votes to Mr.. Hanna, said
silver coinage would depreciate values,
aud US they constituted a majority of the
voters, their will was law. No Vir'
gilman, however, not ever the rankes,
bolter among them, can believe that
the depreciation of values of real es.
tate could possibly have been greater
in bis State if the democratic ticket
hal been elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
Held to be Constitutional,

TRENTON, N. j., May 24.-The court
Of error and appeals has been in session
all day and has just made public n OF
the decisions they have reached. The
effect of this decision is to hold consti-
tutional the different acts which
grants special exemption from re-
moval from Office of soldiers OF
the late war. The decision to-day was
in the case of Ebenezer Francis, who,
about two years ago, was removed from
the position of clerk in the audi
tors office in the city of New
ark. The Supreme Court decided
against Francis on the ground
that he was not an honorably dis
charged soldier. The court of errors
reverses this finding and also goes into
the constitutionality because Of its
special application to honorably
discharged soldiers of the late
war. There has always been con
siderable question as to whether
these several acts with reference to
veterans we're constitutional and this is
the first time that the courts of errors
and appeals has passed upon the point.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

The thirty-sixth anniversary of the
departure for the South OF the Alexan-
drians who formed part of the Army OF
Northern Virginia occurred to-day, and
| was, as has been usual in late years,
duly celebrated by a parade of R. E.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, mill
| tary, firemen, and others. The Oath OF
May (Alexandria's Confederate Me-
mortal Day. has long since become an
interesting occasion, and as the years
roll by more and more interest is con-
centrated in it. 1t is not only the de.
pleted ranks Of those who followed the
| fortunes of the South during the four
years. war who celebrate the day, but
| Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy
have organizations which vie with their
elders in making Memorial Day what
| it should be.
This morning the various commit
tees appointed by Lee Camp and com
mittees from the several auxiliaries
visited the cemeteries and strewed
flowers owe the graves of the Confeder
| ate soldiers buried there. Later the
| Confederate monument at the corner OF
| Prince and Washington streets was
beautifully decorated, as was also the
mound over the Confederate dead in
Christ Church yard.
The exercises proper are being held
this evening. Shortly after 4 o'clock the
various ORGANIZATIONS Wei so99k par!
| 10 the parade left their respective halls
and began forming in line near the cor
ncr of Washington and Cameron streets.
Col. w. A. Smoot acted as Chief Mar
shall and had for his aides Major r. w.
| Hunter, DR.. w. M. Smith, E. G.. Graham,
l.. M. Blackford, George Uhler and
D. A. Makely.
The procession formed as follows
Police; Friendship Drum Corps; R. E.
Lee Camp, G. v, G. VIM. Ramsay,
Commander; M. D. Corse Camp, S
G. v, Aubrey Bowie, Commander;
| Alexandria Light Infantry, Capt. Albert
Bryan; Alexandria Light Infantry
Juniors, Paul Fisher; U. R. Knights OF
Pythias, Capt. Boyer; Children of the
Confederacy, Miss Kate Uhler. Presi-
dent; Third Regiment Drum Corps; Co.
lumbia Fire Company, a. T. Ramsay,
Commander.
The procession will move about 5
o'clock, and the route OF march will be
rs follows
From Washington to Cameron,
down Cameron to Fairfax, down
Fairfax to Duke, up Duke to Co
lumbus, up Columbus to King, up King
to Payne, down Payne to Prince, down
Prince to Alfred, up Alfred to King,
down King to st. Asaph, down St.
Asaph to Prince (the Children of the
Confederacy and the Fire Companies
will wheel into Prince and march to
the monument), from Prince to Duke,
up Duke to Washington where the
Veterans and Sons of Veterans will
march to the monumentl, from Wash
ington to Columbus, up Columbus to
Prince, down Prince to the monument,
where the Light Infantry, Juniors and
U. R. K. of P. will take positions.
The following will be the exercises at
| tho monument
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

In regard to the vote to be taken on
Thursday on the question of calling "a
convention to amend the constitution, it
is stated in Richmond that the result
may not be known, in case the vote is
close, until the Legislature meets. At
the office CT the secretary of the COM
monwealtb, it was said the returns
would be made to hat Office, but the
seals would not be broken there. The
abstracts of the vote, in sealed envel-
opes, will be turned over to the speaker
of the house OF delegatoa on the first
dey the legislature meets, and the vote
will be canvassed and the result de-
clared by the general assembly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

THE Miliers' Association that recently
met in st. Louis declared that there
sis nothing in the proposed new tariff
bill that will help the grain growers OF
this country" OF course there is not,
but there is much in it that will hurt
the wheat r~aisers, by compelling them
to pay more for what they have to buy,
and by restricting the foreign market
for their product, and thereby reducing
its value. But as the farmers of the
Northwest, who supply this association
with wheat, voted for Mr.. Mckinley
last fall, they should rather laugh than
cry at the prospect of the passage cfthe
bill referred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
DEATH OF A CoLoRED GIANTEss..

DEATH OF a COLoRED GIANTEss.-
Nancy Baker, Q noted colored woma
of Rockville, Md, died on Friday.
She weighed $50 pounds, her weight
making it impossible for her to walk.
The undertaken had considerable diff
Guilty in obtaining a coffin large enough,
as neither Philadelphia, Baltimore, nor
Washington manufacturers were able
to furnish one The casket was made TO
order and arrived at Rockville on Sat
urday. 1t was 2S inches high and 81
inches wide. A wagon was used TO
convey the rem aims to the cemetery.
There were ten men as pail bearers,
and the casket was brought out of the
house on rollers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

UNDER Rec trades 10 hides, the ex-
ports of articles made of leather in
creased from comparatively little or
nothing to the amount of twenty and a
quarter million o year, which, ofcourse,
necessitated the employment of q large
number of workmen. Such exports
would be efiectually stopped by q high
tax on hides, and OF course the work OF
the men employed in their msnufac-
ture be suspended. But, for all this, the
protectionists say a high tariff is for the
benefit of the workingmen, and last
November the workingmen believed
them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

termined that the tax payers of Chicago,
poor as well as rich, shall be compelled
to pay their proportionate share of the
damage inflicted by the mob during the
strike in that city three years ago, all
other cities should take warning and
be prepared to suppress all mobs before
they acquire effective strength.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

CARSON FIGHT PIcTUREs.-Tho photo
graphic reproduction OF the Corbett- Fitzsim-
mons fight was presented for the first time at
the Academy OF Music, in New York. on Sat
urday night, the figures being of life size.
The house was crowded to standing room and
those present saw an accurate reproduction of
the contest, marred somewhat by the M
steady movement of the Photographic plates,
which prevented the question of the foul to
be determined to a nicely, particularly as
Fitzsimmons's back was toward the camera
when he struck the final blow. The general
opinion was that no foul occurred. The
spectators, after Corbett Was pictured rs
down, cried out, where was the foul ?
Where was the foul?' This WAS accompanied
by shouts Of ''Therc was none! There WAS 70
foulIp
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
Did You Eyer

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

COMMON sense and the history of all
nations teach that nothing should be
done chat in any way may tend to
keep alive the memory of internecine
strife, but as the North celebrates a
decoration day, it is only natural that
the South should do likewise, especial
" as the graves it decorates are those
of men who gave up their lives in de-
Tense not only of their constitutional
rights, but of their women and child.
ren and their invaded fresides.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24

PAY FOR A MosQUITo BITE.-The
Court of Appeals at Louisville, KY,
has decided a suit against the United
States Mutual Accident Insurance Com
pany, brought by Mrs. Sallie AmberC.
of Louisville, for $4,000 for the death
OF her husband, which was caused by q
mosquito bite. The lower court held
tbat the bite was not an accident in the
meaning of the word as used by insur-
ance companies, but upon appeal Mrs.
Amberg got %peremptory instructions in
her favor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
COMMUNICATED
The Men in Gray.

Oh, the Boys in Gray oh! the Boys in
Gray,
The throbbing of q thousand drums, the
trumpeters at play;
The steady tramp of heroes from the freside
to the grave,
Where the Stars and Bars above them in hor
s~plendor used to wave,
When Stonowall held Manassas and Lee had
joined the fray
From the heart of old Virginia with the Boys
in Gray.
oh, tho Men in Gray; oh, the Men in Gray,
The bronzed and bearded faces of the boys of
yesterday.
The gallant sad survivors still commemorate
their trust
With the broken link of comradcship that
moulders in the dust;
And the regiments are shattered, and the
flag is furled away,
But her glory is the glory Of the Men in Gray.
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