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in the general history of the Jewish race. It involved ntt only. the. exiles, but the whole Jewish pepplet in. far- reaching and mostly disastrous :conse- quences. The glory of the. Jew: was :ex-' tinguished. their pride. hunlbled. their: center displaced, the strorg: pillar against which they had hitherto leaned broken. The grief caused by. this sad event was shared by the Jews of. every country which had news of it.. They all felt as if the temple had been de. stroyed for third time; ais if: .tFi e sons: of Zion had for a third. time :beenS. con. demned to exile and 'nlisery>:. Whether . from fancy or pride, it. was supp0sed,> that the Spanish, the Serhardfc J ews; were the posterity of the :n9blest stEfbe, and included among theIn :deseenq arts in a direct line from: King. David; hence the Jews looked upon: them: els a kind of Jewish nobility, :Aad.y; now these exalted ones had 'been:,vjsited by, the severest affiction. -:
 ''The remnant wandered about: like. specters, hunted from one c6uT try to another, and princes among Jews. they were compelled to knock. as: beggars at the doors of their brethren. The :thiItX millions of ducats which; at.the: lowest computation. the Spanish Jews 1.pos- sessed on their expulsion, had. melted :. away in their hands. and. they were thus left denuded of everything: in: "a.
 
 at their moneys worth only. =. Half a century after the balniShmeIlt of. the Jews from Spain. the. fugitiXes: were still on their travels; :hefe: a: group, there a family, or s6 litary straggfers. =
 Tt was a kind of eXoduT on. a. all scale, moving eastward chiefly: to Fur. key, as if the Jews were to approae ehs' their original home. But :their very wanderings, until they again. reached secure dwelling places, and. in a meas ure were settled, we're. .ileartrendftg through the. calamities of: every de- scription, the humiliations, the con- tumely, sufferings worse than death5 . that they encountered:
 The story of Isr3eIs sl!fferings at: the hands of cruel, fnhuman Spain will never be forgotten by the .children. of Israel It is among its .cherfshed yet saddest traditions. .The JeW.:wilF ever remember Spain; he imbiRes:. the ha-. tired at his mothers breast. .:Thopgr.it has never been written, the: nl0ther teaches it to her child, from lip to. ear.
 Listen to the. lullaby of mothers in Israel, as you enter their homes: from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, from the Atlantic to the Bering: Sea, in the twilight of the waning holy Sahhath, . you will hear the. orthodox mother chant in soft and plaintive tones to her offspring of IsraePs departed glory and the coming of the Messiah to lead. .the1n back to the promised. land...' Sfie sings. the unwrtten verses in the: .jeWlsh iargon-the refrain of every stanza is
 1' TOM METRO:
 Silver money 25O.. years old: is still in circulation in some parts. of: Spain. ::
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feed as pledges. The monarchs of
 finance simply shrugged their shoul-
 ders, but remained obdurate, while Spanish securities went lower and low
 CT on change.
 Quite a different scene was enacted
 this side of the Atlantic When Presi- dent Mckinley saw that war was in-
 evitable his trusted friend. Senator
 Hanna, went to New York to see the SeligmanS, the great financiers. The Seligmans had lots of money for Uncle
 Sam, which he could have as long as
 he wanted 1t, upon his own terms; no
 security required, except his evidence
 of indebtedness. And in case their re- sources should become exhausted, to provide for possible contingencies, the Seligmans cabled to their banking houses in London, Paris, Frankfort and other money centers, and the reply from each source was that all the money the United States should need would be furnished on call at an inter est to be named by the Government. Thus the United States was enabled to equip an army. buy battleships, move it's troops, procure everything needed or desired, and send millions with every
 expedition, knowing that as many more millions were in reserve, while Spain could not raise enough money to repair her old ships and make them at least seaworthy.
 The Jewish youth of New York form
 ed one regiment and fully equipped 1t; 1 Chicago furnished another regiment of
 bright, intelligent, patriotic young l Jews. most of whom abandoned lucra- l tive business or positions to take up arms for the country. Six hundred young Russians from New Jersey, who
 had seen service under the Czar of Rus | sia. formed cavalry regiment, and
 were mustered in. The National Coun- ] ell of Jewish women held meetings In l Philadelphia and Baltimore and effect l ed an organization to give practical aid l to the Government
 The American Patriotic League of
 Russian Jews organized in Cincinnati l on May 15. elected Rev. Dr. Isaac Wise, l the great Jewish savant, its president, l issued an appeal to all Israelites, urg- 1 ing them to organize in every city and l community. raise funds, equip sol diers, buy a battle-ship, present it to | the Government, and aid the Govern ment in every way in its present strug- | gle for human rights and human lib- 1 erty.
 We have left the country of our birth" the appeal says, because we
 hate tyranny, have come to thls coun- try because we love liberty. Let us give l lasting testimony to this country how her adopted children value the privilege
 of living under the protection of the
 stars and stripes"
 The best, example of the intense i hatred against Spain harbored by the ! old and orthodox Jew can be daily seen ! in the city of New York. in front of the | offices of the four Jewish newspapers, where crowds of these people Congre gate, eagerly scanning the bulletins
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T .:FTER four hundred years Is- "A fraels day of reckoning with :, A Spain, it's arch enemy, has .:I E come. Israel has suffered long -: :. and patiently, has cherished hope. almost against hope that some day her bitter wrongs, inflicted by pow erful:. Gverbearing, cruel Spain shall be avenged The day is nigh at hand nay 1t is even come. Once proud Spain kneels at the feet of the Jewish money kings for the means to carry on the war against a powerful enemy. The oe- .scendants of tha' ancient race, Whose ancestors have been robbed ana maj treated by her, have no ear TOT lhe .pleadings of their tOrmentor, no com passion for her. sufferings, no Lelp 10 extend to, her. They turn oeaI ear to.*au her entreaties. IsraeFs day or reckoning and of vengea- mas come at last Spain shall drink the bitter cup to..the very dregs before the cruel wrong she has indicted oon the peo- pie who were her own shall be avenged x. The Jews of every country, every na- tionality and every cline are ranged upon one side of the presen conr!ct' but not on the .;ide' of Spain. Ihelr hearts, their swords, their wealth. thelr sympathies and prayers are with the United States. The flower of Judah has enlisted among the first volunteers un- der the Stars and Stripes.
 From San Francisco alone lO9 stall wart Jewish youths went to the front with the First Regiment a number far in excess of their proportion to the general population. A similar quota may be found in. he other arms of the service. The daughters. of Israel are among the most eager workers under the Red Cross, leG by their rabbis. The aged orthodox Israelites, those of the old school, who hail f~@m Russia, Rou- mania and Eastern and Southeastern FuroDe. are too old and feeble to take LID arms. but they offer up their con- tributions, whatever little they can spare. for the comfort of those who have gone to the front, and their prayers morning. and evening for the success of our arms and our victory over Spain. They still have faith in the efficacy of prayer and believe that these United States have been chosen by the Lord as his especial instrument to avenge the wrongs of his chosen peo- pie upon Spain.
 When Spain found that the United States would no longer tolerate her in
 human acts at our very door, and the Yankees might fight, her financial agents approached the Rothschilds and Sassoons, the money kings, to negotiate terms for a loan. The financiers could not be induced to float a loan for Spain upon any terms. No. security Spain of fered would they accept. neither her mines, lands nor future revenues suf-
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of the town and the nobility. The rab- ble attacked the stronghold in superior numbers and set fire to the building. The Jews saw that there was no chance for escape and that their presence en- dangeped the lives of their protectors. The braver ones went forth to meet their prosecutors in the open and they fell in honorable combat The remain der either put an end to their misera- ble existence, or were put to death, as soon as the rabble laid hands upon them. Eleven thousand Jews were baptized in Barcelona on that occa- sion; few escaped, but not one Jew re- mained in Barcelona. In Catalonia and in Aragon the wealthy Jews were spared, having secured protection in exchange for their fortunes.
 The closing scene in this dreadful drama, marking a dark page in the his tory of civilization, came in 1492, when the sovereigns of Spain issued an edict expelling all Jews from Castle, Ara gon, Sicily and Sardinia, and that if one were found within the prescribed territory after four months from that day he should be put to death without trial. They were not allowed to take with them any gold, silver, money, or forbidden articles of export, which was equal to sending them forth desu- ute and penniless from the land in which their forefathers had dwelt for fifteen centuries, toward whose great ness, wealth and culture they had so largely contributed.
 An immense sum was offered the crown to recall the cruel edict and the King was about to yield. when Tor quemada again interfered, threatened and cajoled, until he carried his point, against the earnest advice of the Kings councillors. The Jews could not realize on their lands, houses, goods and chattels. They could not take any with them, owing to the restrictions, nor could they obtain any bills Of eX- change, as all the commerce was in the hands of Marranos, who would not risk being seen ~peaking to a Jew or having any business with him.
 palatial residence was bartered away for an ass and a magnificent country seat was exchanged for bolt of cloth or linen. Torquemada forbade all Christians to have intercourse With the Jews under penalty of excommun- ication. The Jews made ready to go, knowing that to finger meant certain death. Over 300, 900 Jews, who had re- fused baptism, left Spain one day to become homeless wanderers of the globe, not knowing whither they were going, nor what fate awaited them, carrying with them memories of grief and misery, torture and persecution.
 Professor Graetz, the eminent histor- ian, writes of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and it's consequence in the following words: "The expulsion of the Jews from the Pyrenean Peninsula, un- wise as 1t was inhuman, forms in .vari- ous ways a we'll marked turning point
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Silver money 25O, years old is still in in some parts. of: Spain, :;
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26
THURSDAY. MAY, &c, 1898.
TODAY'S ELECTION.

Today the most important ALA.
ton OF the year, so far as the int.,-
ests of the people Of Newport N.u,s
are concerned, will be held.
Many persons have fallen into the
esreglous error OF considering the m :
s eionai elections. in which great polit-
zeal issues are involved, as the time
When the voters prcrogntive is Il mo-
iHeItous privilege and seem to regard
any other election as sort OF side
snow scarcely deserving the attention
Of an intelligent person. Ii Will only
require moments consideration TO
convince one that this IS a false and
hurtiui view of the question AS a
matter Of fact. the local election
which places in power the men who
control the every day affairs of the
citizens of the city and who hold in
their hands the future veal or woe
OF the place is the most important
event In the political life OF q CITY.
fortunately. the interests Of New
port News are not threatened at this
4 critical period of its existence. There
can be little doubt but that most of
the aspirants for municipal offices on
ooth tickets have the welfare OF the
city at heart. OF course, ii rests with
the individual voters to say who is
most worthy Of the honors and emolu-
ments OF the various Offices.
me canvass has been remarkah!-
Tree from vituperation AND, black
guardism, which sonetir,,,,..s mar mu,i-
: IS 70 cast the ballots and counts them
4 In the same spirit of good-naturcd ri
Valry. and the hope of every patriotic
residents of the city should be: MAY
the best man win"
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PARTIES other than those having ledg.
er accounts with this paper. civic SO.
S.es ana military organizations. are
required to pay for transient advpr-
easements in advance. An increase o.
~ per cent. will be charged for tran
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advance and no transient udvcstise
ment VIII be booked for less space
Inn one inch To illustrate: one-half
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one time. when paid in advance; but
they VIII be Is cents IL charged. Tran.
sient advertisers will save money by
remembering this notice. which apple,
~ al cases. irrespective OF financial
responsibility
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u Never Thought
a Gas Stove Gould
Be Such a Comfort"

Said a street
iady to us few days ago. and
one by one the ladies are finding
out that they are not oHly a verv
great comfort. but that the we'll
appointed gas range is the prop
er appliance to have in the
kitchen. No need then of a
poor ire: you strike the match
ana we furnish the gas to give
you Just the kind OF Ore you
need; quick, or slow as Won
please. We can bake. broil
stew. in fact do anything that
any stove can do: ana oh. YES.
give you all the hot water Won
want; connect your pipes under
the city pressure. and we give
you hot water In any part of the
house. Gas fuel costs s1.OO ner
Thousand feet. This will give
gas cooking for $3.50 to $500 per
month. This is cheaper than
coal or wood. Just think it
over and you will see. Ask
your friends who use gas stoves
and you will be surprised nj The
saving. Call at the Office and
see the inducements we have 70
offer you. II you can't cali
hehd card or cali Phone "a.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

one OF the very worst results of the
war ~ the sonnet written in honor of
Hiss Helen Gou'd's gift to Uncle Sam
IN the very nature of things an inter-
national complication is bad enough.
out When 1t gets mixed up with such
,nsuferable rot as was inflicted on !,
iohg-suHering public by the esteemed
new York Evening Telegram. 1t be-
comes almost unbearabie.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26
READY FOL, SEA,

WASHlNGTuN. May 24.-'rhc N
Department has adviceS from G.
that the torpedo boat deStroyerS
tructo and Prosperin, have been
in order and are ready To start y
Cervera'S fleet as soon as it rea'
C'adiZ en- route to the Philippines.
Alfonso XIII and Pclayo are eXpe
to remain at cauiZ with the h
squadron.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

Baltimore. :. II % 10 OE15 4
Ba.teries-Griftith. Klery and Do
hue. Chance, Hughes and NopS
t3owernlan. Umpires-Lynch and G
nelly. Tine, 300.
CLEVELAND, 4: WASHINGTOr
CLEVELAND, May 24.-Evans
wild in todays game and the Indi
had an easy time defeating the S
aturs. Attendance. 400 Score:
RI
Cleveland 100000 81 x-4
Washington. % 0 0 0 0 o o. Il
Eatterics--Wilson and O'Conl
Evans and Farrell. Umpres-Sny
and Curry. Time, 200.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

II there is any bad luck virtue in
the number thirteen the Chicago base
bali team should be dead sure win
ner Of the last place in the national
pennant race. On Tuesday its record
was lost. 10; won. 10. However, since
Playing some times overcomes the
alhnences OF mere luck. the st. Louis
team may beat them on the finish.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

Doesn't that Dingley law furnish
sulncieht protection for the New Eng
aahd coast ?-Washington Post.
NOT at all. Sc many holes have been
puhchea through that inconsistent
measure that even Spanish 1narks1nan
snip would find it comparatively easy
10 penetrate such a makesbir,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

unfortunately. the war news censor
snip does not extend to The threatened;
lnDrogiio between Mr. James J. Car
Oeft and Mr.. Robert Fitzsi,nnons
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

When it comes to high prices Ha-
v .l'1 remarks to the Kiondike: ..Oh.
you amt so warm
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26
BRIEF ITEMS.

Police Sergeant John w. Reyn,
will leave this morning for his home
Gordonsville, Va. where he will SIP
Il vacation of ten days.
Miss Thede Gulman. ofo-l-iuE-Az /;
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

Admiral Cervera is not the on,v man
Who has come to grief through the
hottling process.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26

Freight. Baggage. Safes a. rni-
ture carefully and promptly moved.
All kinds Of hauling done at low
rates.
PHONE 1892 p. O. HCx "a,
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POSTOFFICE BUILDING.

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every morning at the following place:
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MISREPRESENTATION IN a RE
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WiANTED-EVEIR ONE TO KNOW
! have the largest stock OF DuSgies
ana eurrHys in town. 234 and 22G.
Twenty street. New and old
Phone. W. L. ROUSE.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26
A Big Drive

in real estate is an unusual
thlhs, Dut We are going to push mat
ters i"r the rest of the Spring. and will
:httte YOU 70 buy or rent house for
very niue money. No trouble to show
houses. we have a very choice resi-
deht ana business property that we
can sell cheap.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-26
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Stockhnl-
dcrS of the Peninsula Electric Light Il
Power Company VIII be held Tuesday
June II. 1898, at S p. m, ut the Ci,i-
zens ana Marine Bank, Newport News,
Va.
T. G. HILI.YER. President
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FOR RENT-NICELY FURNISHED
front room; bath l09 Twenty-sev-
enth street. my 25-3t'
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WANTED--Small improved farm near
Newport News or Hampton no
swamp land; must be a bargain for
cash. H. MACkAY, Hewlett. Va.
my 6-1m".
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FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHEp
roolas for rent. Apply 800 Twenty
seventh street. -
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THREE GENTLEMEN DESIRE
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washington avenue but near I've
ty-siSth and Thirty fourth streets
Address box 49, city. my2S-3tp
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FOR SALE-SEA SHELLS. CLANS
and birds eggs from Cobb's Island.
Call at Signaigo's oyster house.
Chesapeake and Ohio pier, Friday.
May 2Sth. Beautiful to decorate
flower gardens. CAPT. NJ. MARTIN
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
The Closing Exercises
at Pryor Institute.
EXCLAMATION CONTEST.
At Pryor Institute, Jasper, Mon
day Evening, May 80.

At Pryor Institute, Jasper, Nom
day Evening, May 80.
A large and representative audience
filed the Chapel OF the Pryor Institute
Monday evening to OVERLOOKING, and be-.
sides Jasper people there was liberal
sprinkling Of people from Sequaohee,
Whitwell and other places, a special
train being run in charge OF conductor
DOss for the occasion.
Promptly at 8 o'clock Prof. Hunter
opened the exercises by presenting
Misses Carrie Suook and Grace Wood
head for a repetition OF their success of
the Friday evening preceding, the
beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes", and
these were played just we'll II not bet
ter than before.
Rev. }. ii. Conner gave the invoca-
ton and WAS followed by fancy drill
by a dozen or more little tots, which
was very successfully carried out.
Miss Eula Boyd created very favor
able impression with her subject 'Col-
lege Oil Cans" u temperance piece, but
like Mr.. Ellis who followed her with
tue South and its Problems, was in
audible at times to those who were in
the rear of the hall
Miss Vera Alexander then gave a
simple but pleasing piece on the piano,
THE Dolls Ball.
Miss Della Ketnsr then recited 1.-THE
First Settlers Story" but unfortunate
ly could not be heard except by those
in the front seats.
James n. Robertson then spoke on the
"Demands Of the Present." and his
strong voice was easily heard in all
parts of the hall. and his Grafton WAS
we'll delivered. He caused much ell
thusiasm with his peroration and was
we'll applauded.
Chas. $. BrewtOn then sung Last
Night" which evidently struck the
boys in tender spot, as they ftantical-
| ly called for more, but Prot Hunter
did not see it that way as the program
was still quite extensive.
Dora Pryor, the belle Of Whitwell,
then took the house by storm in "When
| Jack Comes Late" 1t hit many u
| youth and maid in the region OF the
heart and judging from the love glanc-
! % between various parties during the
recitation there were many private re-
hears4l afterward. MISS Pryor scored
a complete success, and in acting and
acting and sympathetic delivery swayed
all hearts.
Sam Robertson, "Our Sam then gave
''Phenegia, the Model of the East" in d
praiseworthy manner, and the contest
WAS over.
Tue evening was closed by a sole
For All Eternity" by Miss Shook,
with violin ObligatO by Miss Teresa
Deskins, and piano accompaniment by
Miss Meyers. IL WAS artistic through.
out and provoked y recall, Mics Shook
singing love song at which she seems
an adept.
Mrs. Arnold, Mr.. Alexander and Mr.
Britain were appointed Judges at the
commencement Of the program TO repOr
Wednesday morning.