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


GLASGOW, Feb. "A mail train and
a freight were in collision to-day on the
Glasgow and Southwestern Railroad,
near Troon. The driver and fireman
of the fleght ira andI four workmen
were killed. In addition four persons
were injured, some Of them fatally.
YOKOHAMA, Feb. 4.-The Japanese
feet is manouyring prior to cruise
in Chinese waters. The press is silent
on the situation in China and it is be-
lieved the Marquis Ito is awaiting the
settlement of the German claims be-
fore committing Japan to any policy.
LONDON, Feb. "A special dispatch
from Rome says that judicial separa-
ton has been granted to Donna Elvira,
daughter of Don Carlos, the pretender
to the Spanish throne. from her hus.
band, Count Filippo Folchi. The court
ordered Count Folchi to pay to Countess
300 francs alimony per month. Donna
Elyira caused sensation in Europe 10
November, 1896, when she eloped from
Rome with Count Folchi, an artist, said
TO be a married man with family.
Donna took with her her jewelry,
which was valued at sixty thousand dol,
lars. Folchiis poor, urgly and a cripple.
About month after the elopement
Donna Evirs is said TO have addressed
q letter to her father from Barcelona,
imploriug his pardon and declaring
that since his marriage with Princess
Berthe De Rohan, 10 1894, her home
life had become intolerable.
BERLIN. Feb. Baron Won Ham
merstein-Loxten, the minister of agri
culture, at to-dsy's session of the Prus
sian diet, declared that American
horses developed Influenza after impor-
tation. He added: "If the importations
increase wo shall certainly be forced to
adopt suitable quarantine in order to
protect ourselves
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-The German war.
ships Deutschland and Ge6on, under
the command of Prince Henry of
Prussia, left the Island OF Socotra on
Tuesday On their way to China.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 4-The sugar bounty con.
ference which was announced to begin Feb
ruary 10, is now indefinitely postponed,
France having renewed her objections.
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ANDsOME assortment best makes OF
~ CALICOS to sell at DC, Just received 81
A. c. SIAYNAk Ek-.
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GOLDEN SUN SOAP, 3 cakes for &c at
&c. MLBuRN's.
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TO-DAY's TELEGRApHIC NEWS
From Richmond.

RICHMOND, Feb. 4.-The Senate
passed with but three dissenting votes
the Saunders railway bill, requiring
railroads to fence their tracks or to pay
for stock killed.
The House discussed retrenchment
and reform, but voted on only one
proposition-to have the secretary of
the commonwealth discharge the
duties of keeper of the rolls and to cut
down the pay of the clerk of the House.
This was defeated.
Mr.. Pitcher offered anti.ticket scalp
ing bill in the House.
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pRoWN's CAMPHoRATED LAvENDEB
- SALTS. Price 25c.
f 8. LEADBEbTER d SONS.
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A FEW PAIR OF BED WOOL DRAW.
"a ERs formerly 75c, to close out at 2Oe'
at A. c. SLAYMAKEK-.
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CHURCH CANDLES, Pure RecsHsS
' - &c. NH BUBN.
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GOLD DUST SOAP POWDER fos sale BY
20. MTLBUBN
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D EST LAYER FIGS reduced to Zoe per
o pound by -nu
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EHRANKLIN MILLS ENTIRE WHEA l
Il FLOUR and Wheatlet just received BY
J.C MILBURN
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08

present to the world the humili-
ating spectacle OF national weak
ness; cOwardly retreat. To hold
them means commercial pros
perity and activity along all In
dustrial lines, such as this ma
tion has never seen. It means
enlarged opportunity for idle
capital and idle labor. It means
reciprocity and a statesman
like grasp four national destiny.
The question of twenty million
dollars, more or less, is. in my
Judgment. a very slight factor.
Our country has proclaimed to
the world that the rights of man
kind are the concern of all God s
people, and the question of twen-
ty or forty million dollars is an
Insignificant one in consideration
of a word problem which directly
affects all mankind.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08

incorporated ia lso6) q great I'd.
vance vas shown ia electric cooking.
over the first exhibition, it made ia
ISo.,sand also along other lines o
home economies. Housekeepers'
conferences we're held at II q. M,
followed by cooking lecture 1t p.
m.
Bridget have you cracked those waly
nuts for the desert Iswant to make?''
eyes, ma'am all but them big wal
nuts. an it'll take stronger jaws thar,
mine to manage them, but l got troo
wild the others all roight ma'am."
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
Gov. Devine's Opinion.

In reply to an inquiry ad-
dressed by the New York World
to governors of all the states.
Gov. Devine wired the following
dispatch answering the question:
"Shall We Hold che Philippines?''
"Should we pay Spain twenty
million collars for them?"
eve should hold the Philip
pines. Not to do so would reverse
the wheel of history. 1t would
n,ean commercial retreat. Under
the providence of God the war
opened the gates of commerce.
and we should keep them open.
We should as a people take ad-
vantage of the opportunities that
Providence as placed at our feet.
Let US give to the islands of the
sea a liberal government and ac-
cept our new duties and re-
sponsibilities. / believe the
capacity of the American people
to govern foreign islands is as
strong as that England or Ger.
many
New Mexico and California
both had a savage and alien
population when we took pos
session. In 1919 Florida was
further from New York than
Porto Rico is from Chicago.
Texas further from Washington
in 1845 than Hawaii is from Bos-
ton in 1898; California is more
inaccessible in 1847 than the
Philippines are now.
How shall we govern them?
Out of local conditions and neces.
sites Of the case, methods Of
government will grow.
I want to see free institutions
extended and the whole world
hardening to the American drum
beat until the equality of all men,
under the law, shall be estab.
lished in the hearts of mankind.
Hold the islands? Certainly.
They are Gods gift to this ma.
tfon. Not to do so would be to
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
From Will Harrington.

YPs1LANT1, MICH, Dec. ed, 1893.
DEAR FRIEND:
have received my honorable dis
charge from Uncle Sans Army and
am enjoying the comforts Of my
home on the avenue once more.
/ liked it in the army in many
ways. There were many who kicked
against the eatables, but I always
managed to get along SO long as l
had the price for good square meal
once in while. l was very much
pleased when we left Chickamauga
Park, Ga. That was bad place.
It.is wonder to me that there were
not more died than there did Knox
vile vas all right.
The 31st Mich. Reg. is going to
Cuba soon, think and will be camped
near Havana. l would liked to have
stayed with them for many reasons,
would been able to have seen much
new territory, etc.
was reading little poetry in a
high school paper this evening and it
struck me as very fitting to myself,
although dc not want to be thought
Of as described, or rather not des-
scribed, in the last four lines:
elbow dear to my heart
Is the cash on subscription,
When the generous subscriber
Presents it to view;
But the man who won't pay,
We refrain from description,
For perhaps, gentle reader,
That man may be you."
So p lease find enclosed P. O,
money order for one dollar and
5o-1oo ($'.5o) for which please give
me credit for one years subscription
to the Courier. This squares US up
does it not or am 1 behind, I forgot
whether [paid last year or not.
How are the. folks-well I hope.
Give them all my regards.
From your friend,
WILBUR C. HARRINGTON.
214 Forest Ave.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
Greenview, Steele County.

A shelter for teams, twenty-four
feet square is being built at the Park
schoolhouse. The movement was set
going by the Christian Endeavor
society. Mr.. Andrew Park. Sr. hay-
ing been appointed as committee OF
one to secure funds from the school
district to aid in its erection, was
pleased to present a check on the
bank for thirty dollars. The re.
mainder will be made up by private
subscription. Work was begun on
the building on Saturday last. Mr..
Oliver Thoreson being foreman.
John Johnson, father of Andrew
and Ole Johnson, has lately had a
cancer removed from the side of his
face. The operation was performed
at Hillsboro where he now is SLOWLY
recovering.
Two sleigh loads of jolly school
boys and girls. together with their
teacher, visited the Kimball school on
Friday last. A good time was report
ed by the Greenview school who were
the visitors.
John Chalmers was telling a tree
the other day when it lodged in an.
other tree nearby. On endeavoring 10
get it free by chopping off some limbs
he lost his balance while several feet
in the air, but catching by his pants
in his fall was saved from serious in.
jury. For time he hrng suspended
in midair by the seat of his pants, bu,
by dint of some undignifed efforts. he
disengaged himself, evidently thank.
full for his narrow escape.
On Thursday evening of last week
the first regular meeting of the Sver.
drup literary society was held at Gal
latin. The program consisted ol
readings, recitations. instrumental
music and solos. The question for
debate for this evening is
Resolved. "That, city life is more
beneficial to man than country life.'
There is to be building bee, if the
weather permits, for the completion
of the horse barn at the Park school
house on Saturday next. The ladies
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
A PIANO MAKES
Y A FINE XMAS
PRESENT

and one that will satisfy the whole
family because each member gets en-
joyment from it. Now it will cost
you nothing to learn all about pianos
and to get the lowest prices IN the
west. We have sold more pianos in
North Dakota than any other. music
dealer, and the name of ssKops Bros.
Co.." has become SO well know as 4
reliable and honest firm, that any
laudatory comments are superfluous.
We always have a personal under
standing with every customer, and
guarantee satisfaction. Our prices
are the lowest and our instruments
give the best satisfaction. We are
giving great discounts for few days.
New pianos that formally sold for
5000 we now sell for 5000. We have
few shop worn instruments and will
sell them very cheap. Sit down at
once and write to US for free cata-.
logues, prices and terms.
Address
PAUL j. KOPS
81 Broadway, Fargo, N. D.
Wholesale representative ''Kops
Bros. Co..
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08

will also b there With : picnic dinner
Tor the workmen. Rev. Shaw viii
bring hammer. No doubs th6
worthy pastor can shit tbs nail on tl,e
head" In . practical manner 40 wall.
as In . logical way. Il 10 expected IL
50 that call will be presented on
that day, for the organising Of :
church. OBsERvxR.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
Teachers Meeting.

The Griggs County Reading Circle
will meet for discussion aud study in
the courthouse on Saturday. Dec. 18th
at o'clock.
For the benefit of those who were
not present at the last meeting will
state that we will have Halleck's
Psychology Up. 55-1O5)
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
County Superintendent.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
Estrayed

from my premises, Z miles north of
Courtenay-Sec. 34-l45-62, on Nov.
III, 1898, one large bay horse, 5years
old, black name and tail, white star on
forehead, weight about 1900.
S. NJ. PosEY, Courtenay, N. d.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08
Taken Up.

One pig, color black with white face,
weight about 75lbs. Owner prove
property; pay charges and take away.
LUDWIG ANDERSON.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08

+ L III
i SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
We may live without friends, y
may live without books.
| But civilized men cannot liv
without cooks.
Imagine Thanksgiving day with
out the kind offices of these blesse,
benefactors OF mankind, the cooks
Could anything more heartrending b
the fate Of poor hungering humanity
No golden brown turkey smoking
on the platter in loyal devotion t,
country, with the wealth Of all it
savory accessories, which oyste
dressing, delicious gravy, cranberry
sauce, plum-pudding and the tim
honored pumpkin-pie, which has in
spired the poets pen to sing it
praises. as witness these lines of ou
beloved Whittier:
"What moistens the lip and wha
brightens the eye
What calls back the past, like tn
rich Pumpkin-pie?
And the prayer which my mouth
is too full to express,
Swells my heart that thy shadow
may never be less;
That the days Of thy lot may b.
heightened below,
And the fame of thy worth like tn
pumpkin vine grow,
And thy life be as sweet, in Its las
sunset sky,
Golden tinted and tair as ! my owr
Pumpkin pie"
Did any one think with gratitud
of the kind hands which prepared tn
feast at which they were privilege,
to give thanks last Thursday? O
did they reflect upon the vast i'm
provement in the culinary art owe
that of primitive days? But alas
in spite OF all this excellence-or he
cause ofit-indigestion primly stalk
abroad, lest the devoted patriot shoul,
forget all about his digestive organs
A noted authority says: "Ifperson
would form the habit of eating
regular diet of plain, wholesome food
there would be far less of dyspepsi
with its attending disturbances of tn
nervous system" doubtless ex
cepting Thanksgiving and Christmas
"Nearlv all articles of food ar
cooked before eating, the principl,
exceptions being oysters and certain
ripe fruits. Cooking is necessar
for some kinds of food, in order tina
they may be properly disgested.
either softens the food or aids i
dividing it into small particles.
also brings out distinct and agreeabl
flavors, and thus pleases the taste
II the temperature employed in ,h
cooking be too high, the nature
aavors will be destroyed; and dis
agreeable odors will be produced
while if the temperature be too low
the flavors are not developed" rhi
gives hint of the extreme import
ance of an intelligent knowledge Q
the chemical changes and their ef
fects upon foods in the progress 0
proper cooking.
"Frying is about the worst of al
methods of preparing meats an
other foods for the table. The ia
in the meats, or the fat in the frying
pan, penetrates the lean portions ant
surrounding each. particle with
layer of oil. AS oil is not digested il
the stomach, it follows that the mea
with its oily covering must pass ou
of the stomach ;:efore the outer Goa
of oil can be completely removed
* = 1t food must be fried. tn
fat should be boiling hot when tn
articles are put into it, and it shoul
be kept boiling during the entir
coeking. Thus by forming a har
outer coat at once, the fat is not 8
likely to penetrate deeply. Essen
r NAt~ 4 4 4
Griggs courier., 1898-12-08

WANTED-sEvERAL TRUSTWORTHY
" persOns in this state to manage our busin. ss
tn their own and nearby counties 1t ie ma My
office work conduc. ed at home. Salarv straight
$500 year and expenses-definite, bonaflde. no
more. no less salary. Monthly $75. References.
Enclose eef-nddressed stamped envelope, Herb
ert E. Hess. -Prest.. Dept. M, Chicago.
The times., 1898-11-28
CAPTAIN Mah.p,s Testimoux.

The fact Is now fully revealed that
whatever was wrong in the admins
tratiOn of the war was due to the ignor-
ance and audacity OF civilian Sec
retary of War, who took its practical
management into his own incompetent
hands. That a good deal was wrong is
proved by the Presidents appointment
of the Alger Relief Commission OF the
narrow escape of the invading army in
Cuba from a disastrous retreat, the
public is fully Informed. II is known
that it WIS saved only by the timely
interference Of General Miles, who went
to the front, against the wishes of Sec
retary Alger. becgl 50 =, dis rusted Cen
eral shafter. Ii Is also known that the
confusion and neglect of all rational
provision for IL tmbarkation and
landing OF the exped ton and the con-
sequent deprivation exposure. suffer-
ing, and death, Tie ia-ing of cpl
demic disease, and the transport hor-
rors. all flowed from thst first cause, the
reckless ambition Of Secretary Alger
and his immediate subordinate in the
War Office TO conduct the war without
the active participation Of the expert
enced commanding general. 1t is no
longer a question whether the charges
against the War Department are true.
and there is no question as TO where the
chief responsibility rests.
But there is confirmation of the known
facts from an unexpected quarter Not
that ii could be assumed that Captain
Mahan. of the Board of Strategy, was
ignorant of the insane ambition of Sec
reary Alger 10 manage the war without
the participation of General Miles and
without the advice of experienced men.
but that il was hoped he would not
speak He was in a position to know
how far Mr.. Aiger excluded the sug-
geshons of trained minds, and he was
The times., 1898-11-28
MONDAY. NOVEMBER d, 1893.
4 Complete Surrender.

Our Paris dispatches last night
brought the satisfactory intelligence
that Spain had nj last realized the uss-
lessness of further fighting against the
inevitable and would today accept the
American terms Of peace without reser-
walton.
AS might have been assumed all
along. the Spanish government has been
using every hour Of the long delay at
Paris in pleading with the cabinets of
Europe for aid n resisting our demanl as
In every case it appears that sagasta
has been informed that no help need
be looked for. even if the Carclines and
Canary Islands, as well as the Philip
pines. were to be taken by the con-
queror He has also been pointedly ad-
vissd 10 come to terms with the United
states on its own conditions. and not TO
waste any time about it
Accordingly. We have every reason to
expect that the end Of spain's hopeless
struggle will come today, and that the
scepter Of her colonial dominion will be
laid down at the feet of victorious
America without further evasion.
1t is a coed thing, and upon its ac-
ccmplshment the President and the
country are to be congratulated. Mr..
Mckinley Will now be placed in a po-
siticn to carry out the wishes of the
nation and to consummate the business
irrevocably before the provincial Chi
nese seclusionists in or outside of Con-
gress have any chance to make trouble.
''Ichabod'' is written against the once
imperial power of Spain: and failure"
upon the banner of the Hessian and
Tory and-expansionists. This days
work in Paris promises to be worth a
special holiday and general celebra-
tion.
The times., 1898-11-28
WHERE ORANGES GROW.
Louisiana Gardens That Produce
Myriads OF Them.
lFIom the klnsas g 81.

tfirh tte Kansas titJ stan
The shores of the Mississippi River be-
low New Orleans are lined with gardens
in which grow luxuriantly a myriad OF
fruits and vegetables. This is accom-
plished by very odd method OF irrisa-
tion.
Near the mouth Of the river or the
south bank, in the delta country. is a
narrow strip OF land. not more than a
thousand yards wide in places. in which
II IS said. the best oranges in the country
may be grown There is no ievee. but
the waters have so wide an expanse that
the annual freshets 90 not cover the
land. as would be jte case higher IN
where the river is narrower and wf.re
the ievees are a vital necessity Beyond
the narrow strip OF land that marks this
side of the river are innumera BILE bayOus
and cane brakes and swamps. The coun-
try is inhabited by CreOles of the most
primitive type. who live by raising fruit
hshinS and Oystering. This narrow strfp
of orange country is worth $50 an acre.
Higher up the river on the same side
as New Orleans is approached are miles
after miles of truck gardens and small
fruit farms blooming and fresh and green
from the water drawn TO them from the
mississippi River. The method of irri-
CATION is by siphoniug from the surface
of the river. which is higher than the lanS
on the other side of the river The Ievee
is from u to Is feet high At every little
farm is big black iron pipe straddling
the levee, one end in ditch on the land.
From this ditch others lead to all parts of
the farm. Some nf the little farms lave
several siphons over the levee The
land. because of its contisu!ty 20 the riv-
er. is very valuable The products Of the
farms are taken to New Orleans and and
ed at the French Market by little steam
ers and barses that ply up and down
the river for the convenience of the gar
deners.
The times., 1898-11-28
Noble Daughter OF Israel.

Sir Walter Seotts fine cones ption Of
the noble and devoted Jewish maiden
Rebecca, in Ivanhoe. was not srander
than the picture recently presented to
us Of the brave young Hebrew wife of
Captain Alfred Dreyfus. the prisoner OF
Devils Island. Throughout all civiliza-
ticn, bat particularly In free Ame rica.
her patient yet daring championship Of
her poor prosecuted husbands cause,
in the face of odds that might have
made Napoleon quail, deserves the re-
spsct and veneration of every truth and
liberty loving man and woman.
Such a condition Of affairs in a re-
public, as tEat which led 10 the delib-
crate ruin and perpetual torture of
patriotic soldier and gentleman, would
have been inconceivable ia Americans
before the advent Of Long. Alger. and
the prosecutions Of Admiral Schley and
General Miles. to cover Up the inef-
ficiency OF, If not corruption and ras-
cality in, our own general staff and
It's control A year ago we would have
secuted the idea that our honored army
organization could have been made the
agency and cover for system of Chi
canery and robbery. and for the vent
ing OF spites a generation old. of which
a certain official who resigned from the
army i'll the Civil War under a charge
of cowardice appears 10 have been fun.
But now the American people can but
too readily understand how gang Of
niscreants in the confidence of the
French government themselves guilty
Of selling reasonable Information to
the enemies of their country, should re-
sort to lying, false witness and per-
jury-not TO say, possibly murder as
well-to cover up their tracks; and how
it would have been easy and natural
for such wretches to pick upon the first
innocent person they could ind whose
relations TO the intelligence department
OF the army would make it possible to
fasten their own crime upon him by
means Of a criminal conspiracy.
Nothing in the current history Of the
day seems to be clearer than that Cap
tain Dreyfus has been deliberately and
knowingly punished by the government
" ffdHce ioT CRIMES committed Dy the
traitors EsterhaZy, Henry, Patty de
Clam, and perhaps much more conspic-
nous Iersonages. Against the machina-
tions and desperation of such people the
devoted Lucie Dreyfus has battled
bravely and incessantly, and at last, it
is TO be hoped, with success. Her VIC
tory. if it shall come, will be entitled TO
rank in history among the greatest
achievements of womankind 1t is GER
tain that in her fight against govern
mental force more cruel in its methods
than the bloody despotisms of Abdul
Hamid, Theebau, or the King of Da-
honey, Madame Dreyfus will have with
her the good wishes and prayers of all
true Americans.