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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
AFEAIRS IN MADRID.

A prolonged meeting of the Spanish
Cabinet was held yesterday, at which
there was much angry discussion. The
ministers considered the last dispatch
sent by Gen. Jaudene5, who succeeded
Gen. Augustin in the military COM
mand at Manila. This dispatch related
to the surrender of the city and was
not considered satisfactory by the cab
met, which decided to cable for q fur
Their explanation of Gen. Jaudenes's
conduct. The dispatch, which was
dated August 90, mentions four other
dispatches, in which Gen. Jaudenes
says he gave the details OF the fighting
and the surrender. None of them has
reached the government, and it is ex-
pected that they were intercepted by
the Americans. In his latest dispatch,
Gen. Jaudenes says he has not received
any message from the government an
nouncing the signing of the protocol.
HI adds that the insurgents are contln-
uing hostilities against the Spsniards.
Senior SilYela, the conservative leader,
who apparently expects, or at least,
hopes,..to be called to form q govern
ment upon the withdrawal of Senior
Sagasta. says that his programme COZ
sists of carrying out new
policy based on frankness. He
does not believe that Don Carlos will
make any move, owing to lack OF
money. Senior Silvela adds that Capt.
Gen. Blanco and Admiral Manterols,
the latter the Spanish naval command
er in the Antilles, are surly over the
conclusion of peace and may lend their
aid to any movement hostile to the gov
eminent.
Ell Nacional, yesterday strongly adj
vocated the surrender ofthe Philippines.
The Heraldoi in an article on the ca
pitalstion of Manila, says: "The in
situations of the correspondent of the
London Times in connection with the
departure of Capt. Gen. August from
Manila are so scandslous that we re-
| fuse to believe that he is speaking the
truth. The losses we have suffered
are bearable, if they are the result OF
habitual carelessness, but if they should
also be stained with dishonor, they
cannot be passed over.
In some quarters there is a strong
tendency being manifested to insist up
on Spanish control OF the Philippines
on side of Manila, such control not to
be curtailed by any foreign influence.
fhe public and the press, which oppose
the government, are urging that this be
insisted upon by the Spanish represent
aives during the coming peace negotia.
tions. The chances are again discussed
of the United States clashing with Rus
STA or Germany, which powers are sup
posed to be averse to the United States
retaining Luzon or any considerable
part of the archipelago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
MEDICINAL.
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Allen. Poo.
Ease, powder to be shaken into the .bS..
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy D;,.S.
instant relief to corns and bunions 80 -
greatest comfort discovery of the age. CT nc
and prevents swollen feet. blistefs ~ Taos
and gore spots. Aliens Foot. Ease is = ', oa.
tain cure for sweating, hot, aching. rerro,'
feet. At al druggists and shoe stores 2 g.'
Trial package FREE. Address, Aliens. 0In
sted. Le Roy, n Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

GENERAL o. o. Howard still nour-
ishes his love for the negro race. He
now agrees with General Wheeler thai.
those who compose the vast majority
of the Cuban insurgents are "brave,
good and pure" though all the other
army officers who have come in con-
tact with Their, say that they are bad,
towards and rascals. But the views OF
fighting preachers are nearly always
tinted with the prejudices of those
who express them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
Contracted Sleeping Quarters.

MApRID, Aug. 23.-Gen. J.udenes cables
from Manila complaining that the Americans
have monopolized every available housing
place aud the Spanish soldiers are obliged to
sleep in the churches. The necessarily grest
overcrowding resulting from this causes fear
of an epidemic Gen. Jsudenes describes the
men as literally lying on top of one another.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

AS THE British have been so pro-
nounced in their support of the Amer
icau side Of the Spanish war, it is like
~ the administration will be disposed
to reciprocate, and to instruct its men,
bers of the Canadian commission to
grant the Canadians as many favors and
privileges as can reasonably be desired.
II free trade between Canada and the
United States should be the result ofthe
Spanish war, that war will really have
been blessing in disguise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
Pro.American scntimonl.

SAN JUAN, Aug 10, via PoNcr Ans ~
The natives here are generally delighted VI.
the news of the ceding Of foi1 Rico TO 10
United States. There has been grown
this feeling within tho past few days lI'
are, hOwever. no public demonstration !'
In Fajardo and nearby villages pfo'Al'
lean sentiment is evident.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
American FLAG over Hnwnn

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. pa sail
vessel which reached this port tod
from Honolulu brought the news OIL
raising of the American flag over I
islands by Rear Admiral Miller. II
ceremonies passed of successfully.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

As WAS stated in yesterdays Gazette,
the President, on that day, advanced
Captain Sigsbee three numbers on the
captains list, for extraordinary hero
ISM" Now, nobody, except posi-
sibly those over whom the Cap
tain has been advanced. objects 10
his promotion, but it is just as true
that no nobody can understand why
one particular officer of ship,
among all the others, except the two
who went down with her when she
was suddenly and, certainly to them,
accidentally sunk, should be signalized
for extraordinary heroism. But these
are extraordinary times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

One Minute Cough Cure surprises people
by its quick cures, and children may take it
in large quantities without the least danger.
II has won for itself the best reputation Of
any preparation used to-day for colds, Group,
tickling 10 the throat or obstinate coughs. Z.
G, Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
Will Resume Offensive attitude.

MADRID, Aug 23.-At the cabinet council
held last night Gen. Correa, minister of war,
read telegram from Capt.Gen. Bisnco in
which he informed the government that the
Cuban insurgents continue attacking the
spanisrds everywhere. In consequence of
this report the council instructed Gen. Blanco
10 resume an offensive attitude toward the in
sargents only.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

Fitzhugh Lee, jr., and James N.
Love, are among the candidates for
second lieutenant's commissions in the
regular army appearing before the e3'
aiming board of officers, which was in
session in New York yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

THAT THE statements in the trade re-
views, to the effect that all the business
in the country has either revived or is
rapidly reviving, are entirely incorrect
and misleading, is proved by the fact
that the annual report of the interstate
commerce commission, just completed,
shows that no less than one hundred
and twenty-eight different railroads
are in the hands of receivers, that the
number of men employed by railroads
and the amount they receive in wages
are less than those OF the preceding
year, and that the earnings Of the roads
are also less than those of that year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

More than twenty million free samples OF
DeWitt's Witch Hszel Salve have been dis
tributed by the manufacturers. What better
proof of their confidence in it's merits do you
want? 1t cures piles, buns, sealds, sores IN
the shortest space Of time. c. G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

DEnyIsHEs KILLED. diii'', ,o-..
Wad Hamed Camp, 53 miles norm. a.
m an, says: Native spies have 'foas' - q,
Angio-Egyptian camp here details o. o., i, ..
tempt on the part of the hAal''', ..s.9'
of the Dervishe,, to blow ap BIi' a,.tle ?F
ascending the Nile On thday , ~ tbi :
a huge box of explosives IN s D .,'.oas; q
placed in charge Of Iuni5.sn ~, vs.; .;
was cha ned to the boat. Inc 'U1' ~
towed to Kereri by the s.e s;l' ID. rs
When the party reached lhls POM mire
ian was instructed to sink Tue v. .l ~
i Fairway, where any Bli'i; @, fs The "a
would be ce, tain to hit 1t. " . I.l ~
ing the small boat and blowing OWLS /, W were y
pieces. Many Of the DeEHis'''' d
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
The Markets

GEORGETOWN, Aug. 23.-Wneat 10''-
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-Ca-h Wheat o. ''f
C)rn 29l1.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23

Truth wears well. Pe0P B,..L a' AZ. J
that DeWItt's Little EsF'y -. bogeli =.
little pills for regulst,nR i ine Ths{ =
constipation and sick heA''' =
gripe. C. q. Lennon. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-23
EOR SALE.

EOR SALE. nj
oE = IAI Apply " to GEO -dE w. =
1907 Prince street.
Evening star., 1898-10-22
D ne Men Behind the Bosses

During the war with Spain We heard
much Just praise of the men behind ,hc
guns praise which showed the Importance
OF looking to the support OF leader as
Well as 10 the leader himself for the best
results Let US glance at the situation in
New York and consider for a moment the.
men behind the bosses
Ordinarily. Mr.. PIatt is as much Of d
boss is Mr.. Croker. He has carried
things at times with a very high hand.
He believes in machine and knows how
TO run one. In this campaign, however,
his attitude and surroundings are greatly
superior to those of Mr.. Croker. He mas
been guided Conspicuously by the sentimelt IT
Cf his party expressed through its best
channels Never In close touch with Col
Onel Roosevelt, he yet yielded at once
when he saw that public sentiment de-
manded the colOnel's nominal ton for gov
trnor, and acting under the same influence
he accepted the candidacy OF Judge DAILY.
democrat. Behind Mr.. Platt now are the
great business and professional interests
OF New York city, and an overwhelming
majority of the farmers and wage earners
living above the Harlem river
Mr.. Croker, on the contrary, Is running
things not only high-handedIy. but single
A''L4uSu4y- H. IS giving the WhOIe snow Tor
the democracy. The state ticket is his
and he made it, and his hands prepare ed
that judicial ticket which is the subject of
so much condemnation. He has never in
his life before asserted so much authority,
Or shown much contempt for public
opinion He produced his candidate for
governor at Syracuse as a juggIer would
winning card from up his sleeve, and
then returned home and had Tammaay
Han throw its hat into the air for a man
x scarcely knew. He relies for succ .ss
very largely upon the bum vote in the
slum districts of the town. and the activity
of police force under the direction OF 4
:hief whom he controls absolutely.
II IS not too much TO say that the contest
IN th- main is between character on the
pne side and cunning on the other. Th..
men behind Mr.. Platt gre among the pick
of the state. The men behind Mr. Croker.
ind ready to back him in all Of his schemes
are very largely recruited from the most
undesirable portions of the states popula-
lion.
Evening star., 1898-10-22
A Religious and Educational Center.

TomOrrow's dedication exercises at the
site of the proposed Episcopal cathedral
and the ceremonies attendant upon the
erection of cross in commemoration or
the first Washington session of the trien-
NAL Episcopal convention will doubtless be
attended by large number of the distin
gushed Churchmen now present in the city.
The occasion will be indicative of strong
determination on the part of the Episco-
palians of the capital and of the republic
to establish Il cathedral foundation which
shall be not only creditable to tine nations
city but shall be recognized as typical of
the Episcopal Church in the United States.
Much hard work has already been done
by ChurChmen toward the securing of the
necessary land and funds for the project.
The recent change of site necessarily set
back the project somewhat but it is be-
lieved, will result to its ultimate advan-
tage. The place now settled upon and ac-
quired is eminently suitable for the pur-
pose and when the architectural work has
been performed the city will have been
beautified as by few other single structures
ever located here. The cathedral Will Of
course not be the only building erected, but
will be the central figure in a group of
handsome edifces for church and educa-
acter is about to be started, through the
generosity of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. This
school for girls" will form the nucleus of
The educational community. which will
doubtless soon grow around the cathedral
This in It's early stages the cathedral
foundation enterprise partakes of the ten
dency of the times to give TO Washington
more and more distinct character as an
educational as well as a religious center.
Since the opening of the Episcopal conven-
ton a few days ago announcement has
been made of the purpose of the Catholic
Church to establish another college adja-
cent to its university. Thus every few
months additions to the capitals equipment
for the instruction of the youth of America
are decided upon, and as the years pass
this movement is recognized throughout
the country one of the established ma
tiOnal currents. Thus the dedication tomor-
row is in harmony with this spirit of con-
verging here educational and religious en-
terprises of a national character.
The project will surely receive a marked
impetus through the direct introduction of
the Episcopal clergy and laity directing the
affairs OF the church in America to the pur-
poses and achievements of those who have
so ardently labored to create the cathedral
foundation TcmOrrow's ceremonies, there
4oEe' ousht 10 marx the beginning OF a sys-
tematic progression toward the accomplish
ment OF the great ends in view. All the at
tenCant circumstances favor the project as
Few OF those locally undertaken are IA
Yored- And in this effort all Washing
toHlanS, regardless OF their denomina tionai
interests. are more or less concerned for
whatever is accomplished to give to this
city more distinct character as the ma
tons center of thought and influence
whether 1t spring from a church or lay
organization, is contribution to the well
fare, prosperity, honor and dignity of the
community.
Evening star., 1898-10-22
An Interstate Murder Case.

vigorous fight is in progress IN San
Francisco TO prevent the extradition Oh
requisition by the Delaware authorities of
Mrs. Cornelia Rotkin. charged with send
ing poisoned candy 20 women in the east
ern state. The defense claims that as Mrs
Botkin has never been in Delaware she
could not be charged there with murder.
On the principle urged in behalf of extra
dition. it is fur;he asserted, Judge Van
Wyck. candidate for governor OF New York
could be taken from his own state on a.
tlimsy charge and so kept from election
Then. too. Mrs Botkin, ii sent east could
not secure her witnesses with the readiness
which az accused person should enjoy
These pleas met by the counter asser-
tion OF the prosecution that Mrs. Rotkin
is constructively fugitive from Delaware
even though never corporeally present in
that state. The whole affair hinges upon
the question of where the murder was
committed. The law is plain that a per-
son can be taken from his or her own state
der Of which ne may be charged was com
mitted. Extraditions from state to state
are 80 common today that they attract no
attention whatever At this moment the
principle Is being invoked to secure the re-
lease from England of a woman wanted for
murder committed in Connecticut 1t only
remains to ascertain where the murder was
committed. The Botkn case presents a Gu
rious complication. Incidental to the
method of the criminal. The poison was
sent by mail across the continent. Was
the murder committed at the point of mail
Evening star., 1898-10-22

ing or at the point of taking effect? 1t is
a natural assumption that 4 person cannot
be murdered in his absence The crime
could not well have taken place in Califor-
Mia if the victims were not there present.
The mails in this instance merely served to
save the criminal the expense discomfort
and particularly the danger of a trans
continental journey. Constructively. tie
poisoners hand was thus extended by
means of the mailing system across the
continent. The exact place of the crimi-
rails physical presence is a matter of in
difference to the law. Nor is the court con-
cerned In the facility with which witnesses
are to be secured The prosecution would
be put to similar disadvantage if the trial
were in California. In this particular case
the plea of lack of jurisdiction seems TO be
unteTable. Were such a plea permitted to
obtain the process of murder by mail" as
this and similar crimes have come to be
called. would be greatly facilitated.
Evening star., 1898-10-22
Instructive News From Exy,t

They are having their own troubles over
In England about the condition of the SOL
diers returning from the field. The United
States is not alone In this regard This fac,
may perhaps open the eyes of some critics
of the American military system as the latc
war has revealed its failures. England the
wen-equipped, weil-disciplined. welI-organ-
lied England, now has sick and dying SOL
diers on her hands. The following dispatch
TO the London Chronicle from Alexandria
Egypt. printed in a recent issue, may
perhaps open new perspective to these
who see murder in every death in
camp and crime in every case of sickness
among the soldiers:
The men who have returned from the
Nile continue to die like flies from enteric
feyer. contracted possibly through the use
OF timed beef. and certainly aggravated by
immoderate indulgence in cheap, nasty
Evening star., 1898-10-22
The National Quarantine Debate
from the Chicago Tribune.

from the chicago Tribune.
The southern press has been Carving
on its annual controversy for weeks past
over the question of q national auarau-
tine" The subject comes almost invaria bly,
once a year, is debated with considerable
bitterness between the extremists who
think that the sacrifice of a few hundred
lives would be nothing to some technical
violation of their dead doctrine of state
rights and those who take practical
view of things Then on the appearance
of the first sharp frost, the issue drops out
of view with the yellow fever pest, to lie
dormant with the yellow fever germs until
the next year. AS we are likely to have q
frost shortly the debate will be adjourned
until the next visitation Of an epidemic
In the meantime it is probable that nothing
will be done for the reason that those most
deeply Interested cannot agree among
themselves as to the details of what they
reed.
Evening star., 1898-10-22

spirits at fifteen pence bottle, the men
having accumulated money in their pockets.
The return states that every bed in the
great hospital at Raseltin is occupied, be-
sides which there are dozens of tents.
Dozens of deaths occur weekly. and it is
believed that ten per hundred of the British
troops on the Nile are already affected.
The disease is. moreover. following the
troops into Crete.
When timed beef is fresh it is all right.
but big tins rapidly spoil before the con-
tents are consumed. The mortality during
the whole campaign is probably less than
the subsequent deaths from enteric fever.
Men are very much alike the world
around. especially soldiers. When they
have passed through a successful campaign
they will insist upon celebrating. relaxing,
seeking other lines of personal entertain
ment than those permitted by the close dis
cipline of camp and field. The experience
of the English military authorities in Egypt
is very much like that of some of the Amer
lean commanders. There is sickness, an in
evitable consequence of campaigning in a
tropical country: there is suffering, the GER
tain result of fighting and hardship: there
is starvation. due to occasional mishaps to
the Commissariat; there is over-indulgence
by the men when they return TO base. All
these things will happen in the best regu-
lated armies. If they are happening today
to any considerable extent in a force so
well organized and disciplined and provis-
ioned was the Kitchener expedition
which was noted as a model in it's way and
for its siZe-how much more inevitably will
they happen in great army suddenly form
ed out of handful of regulars and a vast
volume of unframed officers and men, The
bulk of the blame for the suffering endured
by the American forces in camp and in the
field is unquestionably to be laid upon the
insufficient state of our preparedness for
war and upon the demands of the situation
for hasty work in forming and using an
army.
Evening star., 1898-10-22
Rates Should BE Reduced

There is another agitation going on in
the west for reduction of rates on sleep
ing cars. 1t is a good thing to help along.
The Pullman Company last week added
fifty per cent more to its already enor-
mously watered stock. That will enable it
10 keep up its excessive charges and still,
on the f:-ce of things, declare only an eight
per cent dividend Sleeping cars are not a
luxury, but a necessity. Rates should come
down. Congress will have to act on the
matter as affecting interstate commerce to
make any such law effective. The subject
has been before Congress several times,
and there would be no need TO waste much
time on it.