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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07
RUSHING work AT LEAGUE ISLAND
Operations Continued Throughout
Sunday with Unceasing Activity.

Operations Continued Throughout
Sunday with Unceasing Activity.
Philadelphia, March 6.-To-day was
repetition of last Sunday in the general
activity at the League Island navy yard.
Workmen were busily engaged upon the
cruiser Minneapolis, the monitor Mianto-
nomah and the ram Katahdin.
In addition work is going on in the
mould loft, and several forges were in
operation in the blacksmith shop. The
utmost reticence prevailed among the Of
ficers, sailors and workmen at the navy
yard, and it was impossible to obtain in
formation as to the detail of the work
going on. 1t was evident, however, that
all work was being pushed as rapidly as
possible. The work on the Minneapolis
and Miautonomah was all below decks,
and was said to consist of repairs and
inspection of the machinery.
On the Katahdin. the standards for the
rapid firing guns were being erected and
some small repairs were going on below.
The work in the mould loft consisted of at
tention to small boats and spars.
The immense crowds which fiocled to
the naval station last Sunday were largely
increased to-day. but no one was allowed
to get close to the warships.
sentries were posted at the en-
trance 10 tne WnaTNeS ana only WOtknen
and those on business were allowed inside
the lines.
The old single turret monitors in the
back channel, relics of the late war. were
an attraction to thousands and their decks
were crowded all day long. It was reported
that five of these will be taken out OF
their berths as soon as possible and tested
with modern guns aboard Those now in
the turrets are Of the old smoothbore kind.
The information as to the trial of these
boats came from one of their care-takers
and was not official
The boats which IL is said will be tried.
are the Jason, Manhattan, Lehigh and
Canonicus. The purpose of the trial with
modern guns is to determine whether they
will maintain their center of gravity suf-
fciently well enough to be available for
use in any emergency.
1t was also reported to-day that the
cruiser Columbia, now in drydock, had re-
ceived orders to sail for Key West as soon
as possible. This could not receive any Of
fetal verification. The cruiser has had
her bottom scraped and the work of paint
ing her win begin tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07
NEWSPAPER MEN IN CELLS.
The Prisoners Charged with COnspi-
racy-Seven to Go TO Isle of Pines.

The Prisoners Charged with COnspf-
racy-Seven to Go to Isle of Pines.
Havana, March Elm addition TO Henry
Laine the American correspondent, vi
cente Pardo Suarez, editor of La Repup-
lca, and eleven others have been arrest
ed. Eight are in cell forty-seven, and FIVE
in cell forty-six in Cabanas fortress. The
names of the others are Jose Estrada
Ernesto Guayabons, who was formerly de-
ported; Jose Ruti, the latters 15-year-oid
son. Manuel Pardo Lopez, Anibal En-,
riques, Colombia Francisco Diaz. who was
once deported; Manuel Arencibia, Pedro
Montello, Manuel Vase Quesque and a
Spaniard whose name is not given. Henry
Iaine will be sent north on Wednesday.
1t is officially stated, from American
sources, that two or more American cor
respondents will be required to return 10
the United States at the same time The
prisoners are charged with conspiracy. In
all, eighteen are implicated. Eleven, it
Is said, will be sent out of the country
and seven 20 the Isle of Pines.
The day has been cool and beautiful, and
observed as holiday, especially IN the
harbor, which was full of boats bearing
visitors to the Vizcaya and the AlmIrante
Oquendo.
The court of inquiry was not in regular
session, but a conference was held in the
morning with Ensign Powelison, and two
divers went over their former testimony
with plans of the wreck and charts of the
Maine before the explosion. The govern
ment has finished with the services of tie
wreckng tug Right Arm. which will leave
for the North tomorrow. Capt MCGEE
commanding Haggerty and Everett, the
principal divers. will remain here, ,mar-
tered on the tug Merritt
The divers worked little to-day. the gcv-
ernment men not at all, as they were sore
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07
DEMAND MAY DE JUsTIFIABLE.
London Telegraph Sees n Chance
That Lee Has Given OHense.

London Telegraph Sees Chance
That Lee Has Given OHense.
London, March THE Daily Telegraph
says, edtorially this moring: 1T is diff
ficult for outsiders to judge such q case,
but IL It can be proved that Consul Cen
eral Lee has uttered a tithe Of the anti
Spanish sentiments the Spanish ana
American press has credited him with, 1t
is difficult to see why the principle Amer
lea applied to Lord Sackville and Senor
Dupuy de Lone should not be invoked by
Spain, whose request that merchantmen
should replace men-of-war seems very
reasonable and moderate
SERIOUS as the situation IS we cannot
admit that there are any grounds for a
war between Spain and the United States.
At most there are only fiimsy and selfish
pretexts, unworthy to serve as the mo
tives Of conduct among Christian and civ
iized nations
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07
BACK FROM DAWSON.
Two Men Say hut Few More WIN At
tempt the Trip This Winter.

Seattle, wash, March 6.--The steamer
Farallon arrived here at midnight from
skaguay, Alaska. Among her passengers
were Thomas Graham OF Ontario and
Thomas Elliott OF Monroe. Wash. They
left Dawson Feb. !. They say that but
a few more viii attempt the trip out over
land this winter Their trip out was ac-
companled by severe storms. Everything
was quiet at Dawson when they left.
A large nugget worth over 81 600 has been
found on one Of Alex McDonald's claims
on Eldorado Creek.
AT White Horse Rapids Elliott and Gra-
ham met man with his feet frozen.
Capt. Roberts OF the Farallon reports
that the steamers Signal and Navarro are
but few hours behind HIM.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07
wARsHIP ESSEX. AT NEW YORK.
The Vessel Ordered TO the Ports
mouth Navy Yard for Repairs.

New York, March 6.-The United States
frigate Essex, Capt Strong, from Fortress
Monroe was sighted south Of Sandy Hook
tonight az 1886 o'clock.
The Essex anchored in the lawer bay
at 9:25
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07

Portsmouth. N. H., March 6-The Uni
ted States steamship Essex has been or
dered to the Portsmouth navy yard for
repairs. orders have been received at the
navy yard to rush work on her and appil-
cation has been made to have some old
monitors sent here to ut out
Commodore Remy is prepared for any
emergency, and 100 mechanics or more
could be set 10 work in forty-eIght hours.
A large shipment Of steam cutter outfits
has been made from this station to Key
West.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
,arda the close of MIR. Wise,s speech he SAID

wards the close of Mr. Wise's speech he sad
Virginia once produced statesmen, but that
she now produced thieves, rsscals and ballot
box suffers Mr.. Young's counsel, slluding
to the small vote MIR. Wise got in some of the
wards in Norfolk, said that even Mr. Bowden
did not vote for him, and evidently having
in mind the facts that Mr.. Wise had just been
turned down BIZ the President, who failed to
give him the office he applied for, while he
had made Mr.. Bowden referee in respect of
the federal patronage in Virginia, added,
"and Mr.. Bowden is no. 1ead"! "No," re-
sponded, Mr.. Wise, "but he's like 3 Hampton
crab; stinks before he's dead"
In respect of the nomination of Mr.. Brown
lien as marshal and Mr. Anderson as attor-
ney for the western district of Virginia, it is
stated that the former was made with the
distinct understanding that in the ap.
| opponents OF either Corgressmen Yost or
made at the demand of General Walker.
General Walker and the other four
members of the executive committee of
the neutrality-suspicious. are, ifany thing,
wider apart than ever and are likely to
continue 80, and all agreements between
them have been broken of. 1t is also
escartained that all the evidence in re-
spect to Mr.. Aliens course as auditor,
under the Malone regime in Virginia.
has been sent for and will be produced
before the Senate judiciary committee
by his republican opponents. Nothing
has so far been done in the cases of the
marshal and attorneys for the eastern
district of the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Secretary of the NAVY Long asks for
an appropriation of 100000 to begin
work on improvements at the Naval
Academy.
1t was decided by the congressional
committees yesterday that it was not
expedient to give Alaska territorial
government at present.
Joshua ". Riggs, survivor of Col.
Mosby's command of Confederate cav
airy, died yesterday from the effects Of
an accident which befsll him some time
ago at his late home, in Baltimore.
1t Was definitely announced last
night at the congregational meeting OF
Brantly Baptist Church, in Baltimore,
that Rev. DR.. H. NJ. Wharton, who re-
Gently rendered his resignation, would
remain as pastor of the church.
] On Friday last Col. John Franklin
Dent, Of ST. Mary's county, Md, died
while on visit to relatives in Virginia
He was intensely southern in his sym
psthies during the civil war, and was
several times arrested BY the federal
authorities.
The engagement OF Mr.. Herbert Bar
ry, of the New York bar, the son Of
Major Robert P. Barry, of "Clifton
Farm" near Warrenton, to Miss Ethel
Dawson, daughter of the late editor
Dawson, of Charleston, S. c., has
been announced. The wedding will
take place at Charleston early in Feb
ruary.
At the close OF the second act of the
theatrical performance in St. Louis last
night James J. Corbett stepped before
the curtain and announced that he Of
fers Fitzsimmons $4,000 for q finish
fight, the entire sum to 60 to Fi,zsim
mons if Corbett fails to put him out in
ten rounds. Corbett intended TO issue
a challenge on January II, but decided
to make it public last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
Foreign News

SYDNEY, n. s. W., Jan. It,.
to the shortage in the laad ayoiI. ing
agriculture, Il! the government i sO ";, 10
drawing a million acres leased 70 WIN
torals, and is placing farmers - r psi'
this land. upon
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Chinese Ia.
negotiations are progressing c 'uaa
Britain has informed China that fb G Sht
willing to ind the money required l4 &c Is /;
the details are now being disc C"' anu
The amount will probably b. sSS na9
600. Great Britain asking far --oVV,
changes in the aGministrat on d ~. ce'aA
Guiding the restoration OF Ii Hug Cham, H. l.
power. N-'1's 70
PARIS. Jan 11.-This was the so.ona
OF the court martial Of Major Conn r. q!
nand Walsin Fsterhszy, and the T nro.o lsfi!,
were secret. Colonel Picquart comm eG'i .
testimony, and 1t is said there wa, ars.t ~
element IN court when Colonel prcn, .a' eA'
confronted with General Cons sn5 ili IVA Sai
the general staff. 1t is alleged fE,, ,''.e1 Of
tionsl incidents followed, Colonrl p;I ''a'i'
making revelations of exceptional grsy 'St4AIt
verdict is expected to-night.
BERLIN. Jan. 1.-THE last Session ~ +.
pres mt Prussisn Diet was opened to.ssy -, Ne
speech from the throne by tha Inn ",'9
Chancellor, Prince Hohenohe. After ' -
that the current budget shows con.;ds,.it-%s
surplus, the speech announced. among ,1 '.s. =
matters, the introduction of bin vino, Y' c-s
tempated abolishing the obligation Of rn, IN
officials to furnish security AID rarr5 r'y.'
and improving the emolumenis Of The rls-' .
of both confessions. ''''t'
LIMA, Peru, Jan. 11-Irging b. Doi,..
the United States Ministe 4 .ere has Jrn.,.
ed, by order of his government the i rc.;,-
ton of Emilio Clark, the United S,s,e; a. 1o1'
sular Agent at Piurs Peru. WIZ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
500 Reward 500

The readers of this paper will be pieasei !. Z
learn that there is at least one dielfed o..
cease that science has been sb'c 10 cute y %,
ita stages, and that is Catsyrh. Balls ta'si..
Cure is the only positive cure known 70 D..
medical fraternity. Cstsrrh being ccis.
tutional dise!se requires consiita'i91l
treatment Halls Catarih Care is taken .u
tetnally, a. ting directly upon the bio! at'
mucous surfaces OF the sy stem, theFeo5 %,
stro.iug the foundation OF the disease =.
giviUg the patieot strergsn By b1Adini q
the constitution ard assisting nature p ae. !
Ia work. 7 he proprietois have 50 much 'i..-
in its curative powers that they oief y.
hundred dollars tor any case that 1t il..s .
cure. send for list of Testimonials. Ado;
FL. CHENEY {. co Toledo U.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
TELEGRAPHIC BRETITIEl

The law prohibiting merchants from max.
ing gifts SIS An inducement to trade, which
was primarily aimed at trading stamp Glie:.
prises, has received knockout blow 8.
San Francisco by Judge Csmrb.i who d..
cijed the law to be unconstitutional.
The larger slaughter house at the VIZ.
Philadelphia stock yards was Quilted by tn
to-day aud large quantity of dressed me-,
was destroyed. The loss il ysriou,y e:l..
mated at from $4,000 to SO 900
The wife of Eugene lee was found m1r
dered in her bed st Ennis, Tex. 10 day. 81.
had heen shot through the head Her h4.
baud has been arrested. There IS great q.
element ana threats OF lynchng.
All negotiations between the two bg to.
bacco factorices Of st. Lonis and the 'mea.
can Tobacco Company are oG' and there ISL.
be no consolidation.
The orange crop of southern Csiiioniau,9
being harvested is in prime Condition III:
unexpected srow yesterday did 30 damage
The Anchor Line operating a lire Of s.ts4.
ers between st. Lou and Southern re,s 'c
day assigned in st. Louis
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
His Remains 10 be Cremn,..

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. ll.-Tt.
body of Theodore Durrant still lies ~ ~
the home of his parents. Under tt =.
law it must be disposed OF to-day or tho tho
health authorities will take charee 81
it. No crematory in this neiehburbooj
will receive it. The parents fear mia,
to rob the grave if the body should h.
buried in cemetery. Late last p,c5,
1t was decided that the body should h.
shipped to Los Angeles aud crems,e5
The remains will be accompanied IN
the journey by the parents. Rev Fs,b.
er Lynch visited the Durrant home Ia,
night and held an informal burial serv.
ice. After his departure a number q
the friends of the family gathered nrbe
rooms and sung psalms and oiber
music such as Durrant liked during h.
lifetime.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
Fell Dead in tho Pulpit.

HARPER, Kas., Jan. 1l.-Rev. Thos.
Moore fell dead from an apoplec!ic
stroke in the midst of his sermon at the
Baptist Church. Mr.. Moore was one
OF the five young men who, in 1865,
originated the Salvation Army move
ment 10 London, and vas one of the
FIRST to start the crusade in this coun-
try. He was educated in Spurgeon's
Pastor College in London. His labors
had been mostly in the eastern and
southern States and Canada. Mr..
Moore was called as pastor of the Bap-
list Church here while conducting re-
vival meetings in this vicinity year
auo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

If SCHOOL girls, old enough to
"Airt,r haven't enough respect for
themselves aad their parents to pre-
vent them from flirting with young
men on the streets, no law that could
be passed by the legislature would be
able to do so. The grace OF God, not
a law made by man, is the only thing
that can prevent young men from
drinking and gambling or young WON
ca from flirting. Therefore, the deba'e
on the anti-hirting bill to come up il
the legislature his week may as vel
be omitted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

WAS WILLING TO MARRY.-JameR
Tackett, a respectable young fellow
from Pittsburg, Pa., was held in q
hundred-dolar bond for thirty days by
Justice Tonlin in Norfolk yesterday on
charge OF enticing a white girl from
her home for alleged immoral pur-
poses. The girl in question is from
Hartford county, n. G, and recently
came to live with Mrs. Melton, a
Neutrality-suspicious., tho latter des-
cribing her as being unsophisticated and
ignorant. Tackelt went to Norfolk,
he says, and went to Mrs. Nelson's
house, where he engaged board. Mrs.
Nelson alleges that he took the girl out
on several occasions, and attempted to
take ner 10 Portsmouth to get work, as
he said. Later Tackett asked the girl
how she would like to marry hin. He
seemed to be madly infatuated with
her. Mrs. Nelson testified that she
ordered Tackett from the house, but,
when no refused, she ordered his arrest.
Tackett, when put on the stand, said
his intentions were honorable, but Jus
tce Tomlin imposed the sentence above
mentioned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

THE OHIO REPUBLIcANs.-ln the
most remarkable meeting of a political
character ever held in Ohio, 10000 it,
diguant republicans, at Columbus, last
night adopted resolutions repudiating
Governor Bushnell, who was inaug-
urated yesterday, and the nine re-
publicans in the legislature who
are believed to be about to
vote against Hanna. and calling upon
them to redeem the pledges said to
have been made at Toledo. The meet.
ing adopted resolutions declaring that
the combine against Hanna was COZ
spiracy against the will of the people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

AN IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-In the
case of the Bristol Land Company
against John D. Thomas and others
in the Federal Court at Abing-
don, q sweeping opinion was banded
down yesterday by Judge Paul,
which, it is claimed, is severe blow to
State sovereignty. The case related to
the sale Of certain real estate of the land
company for taxes and to the later
transfer of the property from the State,
which bought it at the sale, to John D..
Thomas and others in consideration OF
the payment of back taxes. Judge
Paul held that the sale of the land in
the first place for the taxes was illegal
and void, for the reason that the prop.
erty at that time was in the hands OF
a receiver OF the United States Court
and that the State had no right to in
terfere with the property 80 long as it
was thus in the hands of the court. The
decision, it is held by attorneys, will
render the State utterly powerless to
collect its taxes whenever property is
held by q receiver.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
TO-DAY's TFLEGRAPHIC NEWS
From Richmond.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 1.-THE bills
to hire convicts to sugar refinery COM
pany proposed to be chartered for the
purpose of establishing the sugar beet
industry was practically defeated in the
Senate to-day after warm fight. 1t
was loaded down with Objectionable
amendments. Senator Flood, the pa
iron, moved to pass the measure by
indefinitely.
The Senate reoonsidered the vote by
which the bill requiring store keepers
to provide seats for female clerks was
defeated yesterday, and passed the
maasure
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

Now THAT the President has
secured the election of Mr.. Happa
as q. S. Senator from Ohio, he has COM
menced TO exert his pull upon the
boiling republicans in the Maryland
legislature, in favor of Judge McComaa
~ Senator from that State. Mr.. Quay
was right when he said Mr.. Mckinley
did not cease to be politician when he
became President. But there are high
as well as low politics, and, unfortunate
" for the country, the President is more
Interested in the latter than in the for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

ENGLAND AND CHINA.-In the course
of speech delivered last night at Man.
chester, Mr. Arthur ]. Balfour, first
lord of the treasury and government
leader in the House of Commons, said
British interests in China were COM
mercal and not territorial. The hold
ing of territory was q disadvantage
rather than an advantage. Mr.. Bal
tours remarks are taken as represent.
ing the governments policy. Mr..
Bslfour said the British government
would do it's best to see that British
trade was not injured. He said he re-
regarded without fear or dislike the
idea of the Russians having CONNER.
cial outlet below the line of ice. He
claimed that Great Britain was alone
among the nations of the world in that
when she conquered or rescued any
country from barbarism and unciviliza.
ton she conquered it for the world and
not for herself alone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11
TUESDAY EVENING, JAN IL. 1888
SENATOR DUBOIS, republican, says

SENATOR DUBOIS, republican, says
SIT is my calm, deliberate judgment
that there is not iust-min led, unbias
ed, disinterested American living vic
would favor annexing Hawaii to the
United States after ascertaining the
conditions existing there, through &
fair and personal Investigation"
But the few disnaturalized Americans
living in Hawaii, who would be enrich
ed by the annexation of that country
and their Senatorial friends, don't agree
with Mr.. Dubois, and favor the admis'
sion of a new State, though it be
TWENTY-FIVE hundred miles at sea, and
though its acquisition and maintenance
would necessarily impose greater bur
dens upon the already taS'rldden
people of this country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

REUNIoN--The annual reunion and
banquet of Coles Cavalry Association
was held last night at the Green House,
10 Baltimore, and the veterans of the
late war spent jolly evening in calling
up "reminiscences and in meeting again
their comrades of many years ago. One
of the most interesting features of the
occasion was the presence last night at
the festive board of a number of the
---bers Of Mosby's battalion, with
me- '-'a cagalry did battle at
whom Coio ~ sides last night
Harper's Ferry. Boz ga OF tho
Joined in drinking forgetfulne.,
unpleasantness of the past, and the Ut
most good fellowship prevailed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

The INDIANA boilers have gathered
together and resolved that they will
stand by their co!ors till the last rag be
blown away and that The few rocks in
their State shall fly from their beds
before they will cease their efforts to
defeat the democratic party. In view
of the fact that out Of vote of 63l, Az
at the last election in Indiana, the bolt
ers cast 2,l45, their boldness evidently
exceeds their discretion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

Between l and , o'clock yesiefa!
morning large barn or the "Hlg5
Point" farm, belonging to AIr. {. l.
MERCER, about two miles south Of "
oman Springs, in Loudoun culiy'
was destroyed by fire. The piace @a'
run as dairy farm, and there were 10
the barn twenty five head of ysuaJ,s
mich cows, thirteen calves ard bGd'
all OF which were burned up. AisF
calves besides those mentioned wee
the Only animals that got out. TbeIs,
was also a considerable quantity q
provender of various kinds and some
wheat in the building. The origin q
the fire is unknown. The builiiag VS.
Insured with the LoudouD Mutual Gem
pany.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

WHEN all kinds of cheating are car
ried on by government officials IT
Washington, it is certainly no cause o.
wonder that coal dealer ia that city
is charged with robbing the govern
ment by filling its contracts with short
instead of long tons of coal. Fraud has
become so prevalent in the federal SER
vice now that It is looked upon as a
yenial of1ense, and those guilty OF ii
are not affected by detection, even il
their social relations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-11

MRS. Mack was sentenced yesterday
to fifteen years Imprisonment. Thorn,
her accomplice, had previously been
sentenced to death: and yet every man Of
common sense vino read the evidence
An the case Of the deliberate murder o.
Guldensuppe, is convinced that the
woman is the greater criminal; and
then, too, to save her own forfeited life,
she was base enough to peach on the
man she professed to love.