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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

Mr.. JOHN SHERMAN says he finds the
"ouietude of the Office of Secretary of
State a most agreeable change from the
exhaustive activity of political life"
All other ministers OF State during
periods preceding war find their posi-
tions any thing else than those of
"quietude." The way the admiuistra'
ton treats the country in respect of Mr..
Sherman is q shame aud reproach. 1t
is needless to say that Mr.. Day, the
real Secretary of State, is not finding
any quietude nowadays.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
From Madrid.

MADRID, April 2.-The Liberal ez.
presses the opinion that, as result of
the manifesto" of the autononist gov.
eminent of Cuba, the United States
will find interference difficult in the
names of liberty and humanity. and in
behalf of the factionist minority who
oppose liberty and disgrace humanity"
The Liberal adds: "Spain, aided by
jus ice and right, will successfully de.
fend herself" In conclusion the Lib.
eral quotes the case of the Alabama as
being against the United States action
in the case of Cuba.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

IF THE Spanish torpedo feet has
reached Porto Rico, as reported, there
can hardly be doubt that the Spanish
hattleships that sailed from Cadiz lest
week and from Havana yesterday are
bound for the same port, to protect it
on its way to the latter port. So that
if the American flying squadron at
tempts to turn it back, the impending
conflict may be brought on at once.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
wars.

THE LIMOGES and filibusters have
originated many canards in their sue
cessful efforts to create war feeling in
this country, but the widest one they
nave conceived is that to the effect that
the Spaniards are going to invade the
United States and, most remarkable of
all, the State of Texas. Why, Great
Britain wouldn't attemp; such thing,
and the supposition that Spain would,
is an imputstion upon the sanity of her
government.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
London Press ON the Situation.

LONDON, April 2.-The afternoon
papers deplore war between Spain and
the United States, but declare that it is
inevitable unless third nation sue
ceeds in patching up an eleventh hour
peace. Some of the papers deride the
the Madrid demonstration.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: ''Presi.
dent Mckinley has played great part;
hut he will know when the limit ha,
been reached and if war is to be, he
will enter upon it with quiet dignity
contrasting strongly with the excitable,
sage'army effects of the Madrid opera
b ,nseU
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
PRAYED for General Ice

FRANKFORT KY. April 2.-An impressive
scene occurred last night at Catholic Church
during the services of stations of the cross.
Rev. Father Major, a Catholic priest who
served in the Confederacy under Morgan,
said "God 1ves good and brave man.
General Fitzhugh Lee is IN danger, and if
war is declared his life will not be worth a
pin. 1t is the duty of all good people to pray
for the safety of this patriot" The congre-
CATION bowed and offered silent prayer for
the protection of General Lee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
Zola's Sentence Ouashed.

PARIS, April 2.-The court of casa.
ton has quashed the sentence of one
years Imprisonment and $500 fine i'm
posed upon NJ. Emile lola on Feb.
ruary %, charged with assailng the
conducG of the Esterhazy courtmartial.
The decision is based on the fact that
the president of the courtmartisl should
have lodged the complaint against NJ.
lola, instead of the minister of war.
The court has not ordered a retrial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

In ONE single press dispatch yester.
day it was stated that one of the battle
ships, the Massachusetts, is disabled aud
will have to be locked, thst twenty one
of her crew are in irons, and that sew
enty-eight caulkers at the ship yard at
which she is lying have gone on a
strike for higher wages. This country
needs many things, but, least of all,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

Nor content with snnexiug Hawai-
and Selling Cuba, the jingoes now want
to buy the Danish islands of St. Croix,
St. Thomas and St. John, in the West
Indies. The more foreign possessions
a government has, the weaker it is,
because its strength is wasted in pro-
tecting them. The Republic of Rome
was strong until it began to absorb into
its citizenship the people of foreign na-
tions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

LIEUT.-CoL. KIMBALL, U. S. a, says:
Taking no account of the loss of life
and the consequent increase in our pen
sion roll, it will cost about $100,000,O00
q month to carry on war" One hun.
bred million month, customs but little
exceeding the expense of collecting
them, millions of idle and dissatisfied
people, and high taxes. No wonder
President Mckinley suffers from liz
sop,io
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
BUOELIN's ARNICA sALvE.

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Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
>sy required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per boz. For sale by
Erpest L. Allen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
A Youthful Murderer Convicted.

PHILADELPHIA Pa, April 2.-The jury in
the case OF Samuel Henderson, t. fifteen.
year old lad who was charged with. the muir
der Of Percy Lockyer, five year-old child
to.day brought in verdict of murder IN the
second degree. Henderson hacked young
Lock- er with q knife in most brutal man.
ner, and afterwards aced his body in Darby
creek AMI weighted it down with stone. The
Henderson defense was insanity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
Naval Cadets.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 2.-The naval
cadets of the I'll st class this morning
received peremptory orders to join
their ships at once and will leave here
this afternoon. Their diplomas we're
given them to-day without the custom
airy final examination
President Randall of the Senate in.
troduced bill sppropriating S20O,O
to enable the governor to arm and
equip the militia and naval reserve of
MARYLAND.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

As it has taken the Spanish flotilla
nine days to make the Cape de Verde
islands from the Canary islands, which
they Left on March "a, it should, rough.
ly speaking, going at about the same
rate of speed, take the fotilla about
tWenty-six days from now to reach
Porto Rico from the Cape de Verde
islands. supposing the hotilla was able
to coal and start again to-day, which is
unlikely.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

CONGRESS has developed into such 8
fighting body that the announcement of
Mr.. James Corbett's desire to enter it
as member from New York is not at
all wonderful, nor would his election
be. he certainly could not be worse
law maker than many of the present
members of both branches of that body.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mrs. Della Stewart Parnell was bur-
led yesterday beside her son, Charles
Stewart Parnell, in Dublin cemetery.
The Maryland House of Representa-
tives yesterday passed resolutions OF
confidence in the President and Consul
General Lee.
Miss Helen Gould has given another
$4,000 to the University of New York,
making 100000 given by her to the
same institution within year.
The steamer Iceland arrived at St.
Johns, N. F., yesterday after having
taken %, 900 seals. Other vessels are
reported to have taken large numbers
of them.
A reception to Captain Sigsbee, the
commander of the battleship Maine,
will be given at the Arlington Hotel in
Washington tonight. One thousand
invitations have been issued.
John Evans, colored, who on October
22nd last brutally assaulted Miss Lilly
Cole, young white girl about 81 years
old and of good family, near Rocking
ham, N. G, was hanged yesterday.
Prince Otto Won Bismarck celebrated
the eighty third anniversary Of bis
birth yesterday, giving banquet to
twenty-five guests, who had previously
inspected the birthday gifts. The
prince was in excellent spirits. He
walked with the aid of a gold-handled
stick, the gift of Emperor William. At
dinner he called for cheers for the EN-.
peror.
A man calling himself John D. Ben
nett, of New York city, who claims to
be an inventor of explosives, has made
an affidavit in which he tells how ne
was called upon by Gonsalo de Quesa
do, Horatio S. Rubens and others of
the Cuban junta in New York, who
were greatly interested in his explo-
sives, which has caused Spanish repre-
sentatives in this country to throw out
the suggestion that the Maine was
blown up by the Cubens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

Intervention in Cuba---A Strong Ma
ton Bullying a Weak One--War
UDjustifiable.
To the Editor oft Alerandria Ga.ete.
The Gazette deserves the hearty
thanks of all good men for the oppo.
sition it has so steadily made to inter
vention in Cuba.
You have taken the right position
from the first. 1t is none OF our bus
ness Cd any ground to come between
Spain and her rebellious subjects.
Still less does it become Us to assign as
pretext for doing so tardiness on
SPANS part in subduing them, which is
mainly, il not solely. due to the coun.
tenance given the rebellion by people
of the United States. Everyone de.
plores the misery incident TO the stIue-
gle, and especially the woes of the re.
concentrates, but these are incidents
of war, and constitute, as has been well
said by the Hon. E ]. Phelps in bis re-
cent letter, no better reason for inter
ference on our part than did the sutei-
ings of the people of Georgia and
South Carolina after the devastation
wrought by Sherman in 1876 Tor the
interpretation of any European power.
1t is now coolly proposed, not merely
to feed the starving and use all medi.
atory offices in behalf OF peace-both
good things in their way-but to con-
pei Spain by force of arms 10 make
Cuba independent. Was there ever
more insolent, cowardly bullying Of a
weak people by q strong one? Would
aOy such ultimatum, Under like cir
cumstances, be offered to Russia or to
England, for example? And is there
any justice or reason in Involving this
country in war, with all its horrors 10
our own people, for the purpose Of re.
lieving the Cubans of their distressCS
We cannot afford to remove the pains
OF others by imposing equal or greater
ones upon ourselves.
Again. Is there ground for suppos'
ing that the Cubans left to themselye=
would be any better of than under
Spanish sway, bad as that has always
ueep! II uot, Wnat BOOu can WI
achieve? No good-but infinite evil.
since it would inevitably result, sooner
or later, in the annexation of the island
to the United States.
The Maine affair is another matter,
and, it must be conceded, an awkward
one. Our court of inquiry says the
vessel was blown up from without; the
Spanish court says from within. Both
tribunals are prejudiced, and, however
much We respect our own, neuiraIs
will accept the finding of neither
Whenever a board of experts from
other nations, appointed by mutual
consent of the parties in interest, rer-
der Q decision on the facts OF the case
there is no reason to doubt that SPAN
will make whatever amends, II any
are proper. AS things stand Just now
she cannot fairly be expected to do
anything. L. NJ D.
April ], 1888.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

N. L. Yocum, Cameron. Pa, says Il was
sufferer for ten years, trying most all kinds
of pile remedies, but without success De,
Wits Witch Hazel salve was recommended
to me I used one box. 1t has effected
permanent cure" as permanent cure fof
piies DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve has no equal.
Charles G., Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

The farmer, tire me hanic and the bicycle
rider are liable to unexpected cuts and
bruises. DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve is the
best thing to ke'p on hand 1t heals quickly,
and is q well known cure for piles. Charles
G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

1t is greet leap from the old fashioned
DOES of blue.msss and nauseous physics TO
the pleasant little pills known az DeWitts
Little Early Risers They cure constipation,
sick headache and biliousness. Charles
g. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

New YORK, Ohio and Iowa have
appropriated from half to million
each for the Spanish war. When that
war is oyer they will ask Congress to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
The Spanish FIotilla.

MADRID, April 2-The statement
cabled last night that the torpedo flo
tilla of Spain has arrived at Porto Rico
WAS taken from a newspaper here. H.
vestigation shows the announcement to
be erroneous. The Spanish fotilla has
arrived al the Cape deVerde islands and
it is said will proceed after coaling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
Iha Century Magazine for April has /

Ihs Century Magazine for April has been
received from its publ hers in New York. lis
C ntents are: Gilbert stusrt's Portrait of
L dy Erekine; Her Last Letter, by Bret
Harte; A Pennsylvania Colliery Village, Coal
is King, A Oh eng", Owe h, Alps on Ell.
cycle. Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of Women
The Fall of Macmillan, The New Teleg
,aphy, The Sup rluous Critic, An Arts
Among the Fellaheen, A Song The Adven-
lures OF Francois ~. The Seven Wonders OF
the World, A Famous Sea Fight Loyalty,
Good americans (conclusion), Heroes of tie
Life Saving Service, Timrod the Poet, The
Century's American Al lists earies,." A Good
Fellows Wife, The Political Bearing Of Three
Meals Day." The U'es of Literary Centre,
Fights Betwe, IRON, sds, TRANSACTIONS IN
Bacchylides, and In Lighter Vein.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

Jacob Schsefer and Frank Ives will meet
in Chicago to'night for stake of $500 side
and the championship at eighteen inch belk
line billiards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

refund those sums to them. and the
neople of all the other States will be
taxed in order to raise the requisite
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED

As stated in the tri,weekly edition
OF the Gazette yesterday, James Eskins
colored, who made an attempt abopt
daybreak of March 30 to criminallv as
sault Barbara S. Wagler, the ten.vaer
old daughter of Michael Wagler who
resides near Bealeton, Fauouisr
county, was convicted yesterday affer
noon in the County Court of Fsnonier
Judge Charles NJ. White presiding Tbo,
jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and
the prisoner was sentenced to be bsng.
ed on May Is.
The case was called at II O'Clock
and jury of farmers and citizens wa
promptly secured. The evidence sbo"
ed that the child would not he ~.
years old until June 5 The little piri
whose innocent face excited the con-
passion of those present, could onIy
converse in Pennsylvania Dutch and
Justice Teates, on whose warrant lbe
prisoner was sent to the gard irr
acted as interpreter. She siar,n m,
she knew Eskins's face and voice born
Of which she recognized when T..
threatened to kill her if she made anu
outcry. She then left the stand AMI
identified the prisoner, whose feature
twitched as she gazed at him.
The other witnesses were X. O an.
derson, constable, of Culpeper. Jnsrir.
Teates, William Embrey, O.car SIM
mate, John Ficklin and c. ". Burke
all estimable citizens, whose TESTIMONY
was indlsputable and pointed clearly n
the negro's guilt.
Justice Teates swore that F.kirs
made voluntary statement in ms ~.
fee that he had attempted to commjt
the crime, and in his presence and besI.
ing dictated letter 10 his brother. Joe
Eskins, at Knoxville, Tenn, to that
effect, adding that the people were
very much excited and he must come
on at once.
John Ficklin corroborated Jus,ire
Teates's evidence, and stated that "a
wrote the letter for Eskins after tfe
trial before the justice.
At this point, about l O'Clock. Mr.
Keith, OF counsel for the prisoner, ask
ed the court when recess for dinner
would be called. The Judge replied: II
do not propose to adjourn at ALL"
The prisoner was then nut on The
stand, and intense interest was mani.
tested in the crowded court room
His voice, which was pitched on
tenor key, was the only peculiar
feature about him. 1t was this, how
ever, which betrayed him to his little
victim. He denied everything that d.
rectly implicated him, but there was
nothing in his evidence to inspire cen.
6dence, and when subjected to the
crossfre of Commonwealth Attorney
James 2. Jeffries his story was robbed
of both plot and incident.
The argument in the case cid not
consume an hour.
The jury took fifty minutes to reach
their verdict, after which Judge White
passed sentence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-02

DAsEBALLs, BATS AND MASKS
I'D AT
Re. KNIGHTS, 621 KING ST,
From cents up Ask TO see the new style
Stationery square sheets, This week Toe
mar11
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-28
Won AUMRoLDT's BLuNDER.
Eager to See a Lunatic, the Naturalist
Meets BRlzac.

Eager to See a Lunatic, the Naturalist
Meets Balzac.
During one of his visits to Paris Hum
boldt expressed to his friend, DR..
Blanche, the distinguished authority
on matters concerning insanity, de-
sire to meet one of his patients.
Nothing easier" said the doctor,
"Come and take dinner with me to-mor-
row."
The next day Humboldt found him.
self seated at the dinner table of the
famous doctor in company with two
guests to whom he had not been in
troduced. One of them was dressed in
black, with a white cravat and gold-
trimmed spectacles. He had smooth
face, a very bald head, and sat with
great gravity through the entire dinner.
He was gentleman of undoubted man
ners, but exceedingly taciturn. He
bowed, ate and said not word,
The other guest on the contrary wore
a great shock of hair brushed wildly,
his shabby blue coat was buttoned
askew, ihs collar was ruspled, and the
ends of his cravat foated over his
shoulders. He helped himself, ate and
talked at the same time.
Story after story did this incoherent
person tell. He mixed the past with the
present, flew from Swedenborg to
Fourier, from Cleopatra to Jenny Lind,
from Archimedes to Lamartine, and
talked politics and literature in the
came breath.
At the dessert Humboldt managed to
say quietly to his host, glancing at the
fantastic parsonage, who was still talk
ing: 81 am very much obliged to you.
Your maniac amuses me immensely"
The doctor looked startled.
''You made mistake about the
maniac" he said at the earliest moment
when they were alone together. "The
brilliant tall1er wasn't the lunatic; the
silent one is my patient; the talker is
the famous Balzac, the novelist. .''-Chi-
cago Tribune. -.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

German locomotive engineers receive
a gold medal and $500 for every ten
years of service without accident.
Texas contains e65, ,7s0 square miles.
Europe, exclusive of Russia and the
British isles, contains 1,4SS,965 square
miles. Sweden and Norway alone con-
tain larger area than Texas,
1t is stated on German authority that
the astounding number of 100000 glass
eyes are made every year in Germany
and Switzerland, while one French
house manufactures 100000 of them an
nually,
A curious character in Paris Is a
man who makes his living by strolling
along the boulevards and making
wagers that he can answer correctly
any question that relates to the his
tory of France. He always wins.
A single stone 115 feet long, ten feet
square at one end and four feet square
at the other, has been successfully cut
from the sandstone quarries at Hough-
ton Point, Wis. 1t is supposed to be
the longest monolith ever quarried.
For a short distance lion or a tiger
can outrun man, and can equal the
speed of fast horse, but the animals
lose their wind at the end of about half
mile. They have little endurance and
are remarkably weak in lung power.
The popularity of a cork leg is that
apart from the name there isn't ves-
tige of cork about it. The origin of the
term comes, it is said, from the fact that
nearly all the great manufacturers of
such articles used to live on Cork street,
Piccadilly.
1t is said that Chinese cannot be tel
egraphed, but that figures have to be
used, which correspond to certain
words. This code includes only about
one-eighth of the words in the lam
guage, though this has been found suf-
ficient for practical purpose.
The sacred fires of India have not all
been extinguished. The most ancient
which still exist was consecrated IL
centuries ago in commemoration of the
voyage made by the Parsees when they
emigrated from Persia to India. The
fire is fed five times every two hours
with sandalwood and other fragrant
materials, combined with very dry fuel.