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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-28

1t is herewith laid before the Con-
| gress, together with the voluminous
testimony taken before the court.
Its purport is, in brief, as follows:
When the Maine arrived at Havana
she was conducted by the regular gov
eminent pilot to buoy No, 4 to which
she was moored in from five and one
half to six fathoms of water.
The State of discipline on board aud
the condition of her magazines, boilers,
coal buukers and storage compartments
are passed in review, with the conclu-
sion that excellent order prevailed and
that no indication of any cause for an
internal explosion existed in any quart
or.
At s o'clock in the evening of Feb
ruary Is everything has been reported
secure and all was quiet.
At forty minutes past nine o'clock
the vessel was suddenly destroyed.
There were two distinct explosions,
with q brief interval between them.
The first lifted the forward part of the
ship very perceptibly; the second,
which was more open, prolonged and
OF RTSdCeI fOiNLuCJ 10 oCeAioupCu ny INC
court to the partial explosion of two or
more of the forward magazines.
The evidence of the divers establish.
es that the after part of the ship was
practically intact and sank in that con-
dition very few minutes after the ex.
plosion. The forward part was com
pletely demolished.
Upon the evidence of a concurrent
external cause, the finding of the court
is as follows:
At frame II the outer she'll OF the
ship, from point eleven and one.half
feet from the middle OF the ship and
six feet above the keel when in its nor
NAL position, has been forced up so as
to be now about feet above the sur
face Of the water; therefore about 81
feet above where it would be had the
ship sunk uninjured.
The outside bottom plating is bent in
two a reversed Y shape, the afterwine Of
which, about Is feet broad and 80 fe,.
in length. (from frame II to frame 25) is
doubled back.upon itself against The
continuation of the same plating ex-
tending forward.
At frame IS the vertical keel is
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tion chat wheat cannot be pro6tably
raised in South Carolina (NIr. divers
wheat field is only about 10 miles from
the dividing line between North and
South Carolina) is not based on fact.
Several weeks ago your correspondent
visited Hyatt's Park, Columbia, S. c.,
where the volunteers were encamped.
He went out on the electric car, and
on the right Of the car track going
out, possibly two miles from the city,
was very much surprised to see an an
usually fine field of wheat, almost
ready to be harvested. He had an
idea that no effort was ever made to
raise wheat in this State that far south.
If wheat can be successfully grown in
sight of Columbia it is safe to say
that at least three ee-fourths of the State
could raise all that is needed for home
consumption, and some to spare, and
do it at not exceeding one-half the
cost of Western -four, especially where
it is bought on time.-Ners and Con-
yicr.
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Nearly all the officers of the Uni
ted States navy above the rank of
lieutenant are from the Northern
States. The reason Of this is appar ent.
No officer who entered the navy since
the close of the war has yet reached
the rank of commander The navy
was favorite avocation for Southern
ers, and at the breaking out Of the war
that section had it's full quota and,
perhaps, more on the official list. But
with few exceptions they resigned as
their States seeded, and during the
war none came to the Academy from
the South. The Southerners in the
service now, are those who entered
after the reconstruction. These are
all in the ranks below commander at
this time, and there are great many
of them.
Chamberlain Pain Balm has no
equal as household liniment. 1t is
the best remedy known for rheuma-
tism, lame back, neuralgia; while for
sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds
and sore throat, it is invaluable.
Wertz & Pike, merchants, Fernandina,
Fla. write: Everyone who buys a
bottle of Chamberlain Remedies,
comes back and says it is the best
medicine he has ever used" 25 and
so cents per bottle at Hill-Orr Drug
Co.
Live bees are sometimes shipped
on ice, so as to keep them dormant
during the journey. This is particu-
larly the case with humble bees, which
have been taken to New Zealand,
where they are useful in fertilizing
the red clover which has been intro
duced into the colony.
Pitts Carminative is pleasant to
the taste, acts promptly, and never
fails to give satisfaction. 1t carries
children over the critical time of
teething, and is the friend Of anxious
mothers and puny children. A few
doses will demonstrate it's value. e.
H. Dorsey, Athens, Ca, writes:
81 consider it the best medicine l
have ever used in my family. 1t does
all you claim for it, and even more. .
Glass bricks are gradually coming
into use and it is said that glass will
soon be used for making statues for
public squares, as it resists the cor
roding effect of the weather much bet
ter than marble or granite.
= A country grave-digger was ask
ed how he liked the business. He said
he liked it pretty we'll, but said he
"should like it better if he had steady
EMPLOYMENT.
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the side in parties Of twenty or more
and to swim ashore. They did this
under cover of darkness. By the
time the officers began to notice the
thinning out of the crew there were
not men enough left aboard to spread
mess gear. The crew had simply
taken French leave, practically in a
body. Every man had a months pay
along with him in American gold, for
monthly money had been served out
the day before. The deserters in
cluded nearly all of the chief petty
officers, as well as majority Of the
marine guard.
The officers were puzzled. The
commanding officer had conference
with them, but they could not decide
upon what to do. The skipper, with
some of the ward room officers, went
ashore on the following morning and
found the men walking around in an
orderly fashion, on good terms with
the natives, and all still speechless
and sullen. Those of them whom the
skipper met he ordered back to the
ship. None of the men made any
reply, and none went back to the
ship. The blue jackets remained on
the beach at Tahiti for more than a
week, conducting themselves with
perfect orderliness, but very bitter in
their talk about the ship out in the
harbor. 1t looked as if most of the
sailors intended to settle down at
Tahiti and grow up with the country,
and meanwhile the ship grew dirtier
and dirtier, and had general un-
worked look. Then an American
merchant living on the island got the
blue jackets together and talked to
them. The blue jackets told him that
the officers had made the ship so un-
comfortable for them that they had
declined to stand for it, and that they
had no intention of returning aboard.
The American, who was man of tact,
went aboard the ship and had talk
with the officers, and then returned
and talked again with the men. He
was pretty good arbitrator, for the
men returned to the man-of-war in a
body in lighter and went to work.
Some of the old-time blue jackets who
were ashore at Tahiti on that occasion
say that the remainder Of their South
Pacific cruise was like yachting.
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An Extraordinary Wheat Crop.

YoRKvllLE, S. c., June 3.-Thc
following will sound like fish story
to great many in South Carolina and
elsewhere, but Notwithstanding this
fact the story is absolutely correct :
Your correspondent was informed a
few days ago by reliable gentleman,
and a resident Of Charlotte, N. c.,
that Mr.. Fred. Oliver, of that city,
and the general manager Of the Char
lotto Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer
Company, sowed $50 acres of his farm
in the outskirts Of Charlotte, in
wheat last fall, very late in the sea-
son, and expected to harvest 10000
bushels, which will be an average of
forty bushels to the acre.
My informant, who has had a great
deal of experience in harvesting and
handling wheat, said that while he
hardly thought the yield would reach
the amount expected by Mr.. Oliver,
still he was satisfied that not less than
from seven to eight thousand bushels
would be harvested.
Probably so large a crop has never
before been raised on a single farm on
the same number of acres, in either
North or South Carolina or Georgia.
The land on which the wheat was
raised has been owned by Mr.. Oliver
several years. and he has spent large
amounts of money in fertilizing and
improving it. Last year it was plant
ed in cotton, and had a remarkably
fine crop on it. but as it is not first
class "cotton land the crop failed to
mature.
Following are about all the facts
your correspondent has been able to
gather in regard to the preparation Of
the land and the seeding. About the
latter part of November, after becom-
ing convinced that the heavy crop Of
bolls on the cotton stalks would not
mature and open, Mr.. Oliver put a
large number of turning plows to work
breaking up the land and turning un-
der the cotton and stalks. Next he
thoroughly narrowed the land, and it
was ready for the seed, which was put
in with drills, together with $50 lbs.
of ammoniated fertilizer to the acre.
The crop has not yet been harvest
ed. but will be during the next two
weeks, and in order to harvest it at
the minimum of expense, Mr.. Oliver
has bought tive binders, and has also
bought the largest and best threshing
machine he could find to be used in
cleaning it, or separating the wheat
from the chaff.
And this is not all. This shrewd
business man, who has furnished such
valuable object lesson to the farmers
of the South. has also bought hay
press and will put up all the straw in
bales. 1t is estimated that he will
have at least 1926 tons, or an average
of one and half tons to the acre.
The market value Of the straw will
more than pay all the expense in con-
nection with the crop, including the
purchase price of the machinery for
harvesting and cleaning it.
OF course, the foregoing story has
not been related with the idea of Gre
ating the impression that anybody can
do the same thing, especially where
the ordinary slip-shod methods are
employed, but with the hope of con-
vincing some Of the cottontots who
NAV read it that the threadbare asser-
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-"Jane, it is II clock tell that
young man to shut the front door from
the outside.
- The man who does not work with
his heart will accomplish very little
with his hands.
s. G.. P. Jones, Mileshurg, Pa, writes {:
"I have used DeWitt's Little Early Risers
ever since they were introduced here.
and must gay have never used any pills
in my family during forty years Of house
keeping that gave such satisfactory re-
suits as laxative or cathartic." Evans
Pharmacy.
= Money often leads men astray.
Some of them will run after dollar;
but hound dog is more ayaricious.
He will follow scent
One Minute is rot long, yet relief is OBJ
tanned in half that time by the use of One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t prevents con-
sumption and quickly cures colds, Group,
bronchitis pneumonia, la grippe and all
throat and lung troubles. Evans Phar-
macy.
Swallows fly low before rain
because the insects they pursue are
then nearer the ground to escape the
moisture of the upper air.
8. E. Parker. Sharon, Wis. writes -
81 have tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel 9alve
for itching piles, and It always stops them
In two minutes. I consider DeWitt's
Witch Hazel ealve the greatest pile cure
on the market" (" Evans Pharmacy.
The best lecture on economy We
have ever seen is contained in this
one line: ;'Pay as you go. IF you
can't pay, don't 60"
The human machine starts but once and
stops but once. You can keep 1t going
longest and most regularly by using De-
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills for constipation and all stom-
ach and liver troubles Evans Pharmacy.
"Whatis prophet Uncle Jim2'
ga prophet? He is person who is
always surprised at the way things
turn out.
Late Co bed and early to rise prepares
man for his home in the skies. Early
to bed and Little Early Riser, the pill
that makes life longer and better and
wiser. Evans Pharmacy.
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Mosby and Fitzhugh Lee.

The conversation had naturally
drifted into war channels, and the
Major had the floor.
"Well, Colonel Mosby, you know,
was good fighter, but when General
Grant sent him to China the Virgin
iaus turned the cold shoulder to him.
One day he was making speech in
Alexandria. He told the Virginians
that they ought to vote for him.
"'Why,' said the Colonel, thought
all over northern Virginia for four
years. Talk about my war record
Why, my war record is part Of the
States history. Why, gentlemen, l
carried the very last Confederate flag
through this town.
"'Yes, replied Fitzhugh Lee, for
was here at the time
{" Thank you for your fortunate re-
collection, gratefully exclaimed Mos
by. 1T is pleasant to know that there
still live some men. who move aside
envy and testify to the courage Of
their fellow beings. AS 1 say, gentle
men, my war record is part Of the
States history, for the gentleman here
will tell you that l carried the last
Confederate flag through this town.
That's fact, said Fitzhugh Lee.
I saw him do it. He carried the Con-
federate flag through this town, but
Fitzpatrick was after him, and he car
ried it so blamed fast you couldn' t
have toll. whether it was the Confed-
crate flag or smallpox warning.
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SUMMER GOODS AND FRUIT JARS.

BUY STEEL RANGE, ASBESTOS LINED
YOU cookroom by cent
Stove
Iron King and Elmo is the best cheap Stove you can ouy
1bave ce LOT of nice DECORATED imported Goods
not carry p Guy
agent BRENNAN CANE MILL efolng and
Mill ana Make o"
you money SMOKE STACKS for Eoslnes
| am still Buying Hides, Rags and Besswax
GLASSWARE lower ha bought
a.. mao coll Respectfully
JOHN 7. BURRISS.
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and respect of the men is seriously
impaired.
There can hardly be any such thing
as discipline on board man-of-war
when the dissatisfaction of the ship S
company is not directed against any
single officer, but includes the whole
after part of the ship. About twenty
years ago one of the big wooden ships,
with crew of nearlp 400 men, on a
long cruise in the South Pacific, put
in at the Island of Tahiti. The men
forward were sullen and ugly. Some
seventies that they considered un-
warranted had been inflicted upon
them in che course of the cruise. The
plug tobacco dished out to them by
the paymaster was musty and unsmok-
able. They had not received what
they considered due allowance Of
fresh provisions at the ports at which
the vessel had touched. The COM
mandipg officer, they declared, was
constructed Of putty, and they had no
redress at the mast for the injustice
put upon them by the inferior officers.
The chief petty officers were in just
as bad a frame of mind as the blue
Jackets, and so were the marines.
When the ships anchor was drop
ned in the harbor of Tahiti the men
began TO let themselves quietly over
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Difference :. e.25i 5000 1910 :.
LvycrpOol Enturcs.
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Il UIu. sellers; ' value.
New OrIcnns Futures.
Futures opened steady; at noon very dull;
closed steady.

a asked; b bid; n nominal.
New York Futures.
Futures opened quiet; at noon quiet; closed
ateady
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am Inclined to think that large business
"a al ba done " ,.@

am Inclined to think that large business
Will be done"
prominent factor eaid: You may SCI
/; down that the worst blow ever dealt tne
bull Side oil COTTON was dealt by the South
crn bankers. In their preposterous letters
TO the New York Journal OF Commerce.
Who wants to buy commodity when 10"
Iprices mean increased prosperity TO tue
| producer Such commodity, II II existed.
| v cuid be a gold brick Of this very worst
kind For my part. when J look over my
ledger. can road the story Of this worler-
full prosperity and the bankers II they
are not deviish careful. VIII soon be called
upon TO per,ide a charter of 1t themselves.
| believe you arc going to see more
Island raised In the cotton country than
you ever saw before. It's terrible story,
and the end is not vet. The simple truth
is that the cotton planter is IN the saine
box with the producer of coffee. and IL
mighty bad box it is. don't know wheth-
er the Brazilian banker is giving the cot
fee planter the same song and dance that
is being given the producer of cotton. but
| hone for the credit of human nature,
| that he is not guilty of such exasperat-
ing folly. Good-by. / want to load that
buyer with some more of that low-priced
cotton. SO that the great wave of prosper
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
EDItsme Il the Conditions Prevailing and
the Effect Upon Inc Principal Cereals.
EASIER TONE PREVAILED IN THE WHEAT PIT
Fane weather and the Pcnecfui Out
look IN the Foreign situation
Were Responsible for II.

Chicago. November 3.@aMorc peaceful news
from abroad todpy Rnd slack export demand
together with heavy increase for October OF
stocks nade an easier tone In wheat. De
cernber closed isMMc lower corn lost lsc and
oats advanced nc. Pork left off FAC higher:
lard 2,s13c and ribs 2hc.
& Wheat oponcd weak enough to suggest that
an area Of universal peace had suddenly sup
planted the late protrncted period OF belliger-
ency English government securities, now
ever opened somewhat lower than they closed
the day before and according to rumors float
Ing around the pit. England appeared to be
spelling for an immediate tusse with RUSSIA
as well as France An mixing OF what suisse
qu,nt events revealed however has btsn
known to some traders at the start and they
had December for sale from, u to &c 5a5w
last nights close. Some of the carly selling
was doubtless due also to the appearance OF
fine weather and the probable effect In pro-
longing the time of heavy deliveries by farm
ers Chicago received 3l3 cars Minneapolis
md Duluth got l2oi cars. The Atlantic anu
gulf ports clcarances Of wheat and flour were
equal to $4,000 bushels. New York reported
foreign acceptances comparatively light, both
from the United Kingdom and continent. The
opening decline In prices here permitted the
shipment TO London. Liverpool cablegram
reporting Odessa stocks of wheat to be over
800 coo bushels instead OF only 3i00,0O1 as re-
ported at the end OF October. had Il consider
able bearlsh influence. Another depressing
feature of the days news was Beerpohm
statement which made European and OH pass
age stocks OF wheat and flour 9.7G0.00D bush
els larger than estimated October !. December
openeu Ad9sc lower ut GoS.q667s. declined to
Gbss advanced to 81. then reacted TO 6Gh
AZ this low figure holders OF put privileges
had profit and in trying to secure profits
advanced the price to 6b'446dFs sellers al the
close.
Trading in corn was not OF an important
character aud although the feeling rather
heavy at times. a declining tendency OF wheat
The loss for the day was all accomplished at
the start Receipts were AS cars
Oats were practically strong.
Liberal hog receipts and the weakness In
grains started provisions weak.
Estimated receipts tomorrow-Whcat 800
cars, corn $40 cars, oats 2l5 cars and hogs
81 600 head,
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A GENERAL FINANCIAL REVIEW
MARKET WENT TO NEARLY THE
FIGURES OF MONDAY,
Activity Noticeable Mt the Opening,
but the Trading WINS Very
Dull Between Times.

New York, November 3.-The market prae-
ticaily retrieved today the losses of the last
two DAYS. tho majority of stocks closing with
in small fraction of the prices OF last Mon.
day.
ibore was considerable irregularity at tina
OF cnEg, due to depression in London There
was good deal of activity during the first
hour mainly centered in the speciaities and
changes in the railway list were almost un-
aptrecable though the market held very
hard surface. The trading was dull almost
10 TIE point OF stagnition until the last few
minutes. when the most notable gains were
MADE The movement started with a sudden
aa3ance OF nearly points in Metropolitan
street Railway. st. Paul preferred sold at
ioZts, n new nigh record. other railway stocks
"D'ch extended their ret gains to a point OF
over were omaha, Northwestern and Denver
preferred, Gains in The Changers and North.
ern Pacific and one or two other stocks an
ptor.mated point.
The market was he'd through the carly deal
aqgs py the strength of sugar. wnich rose
above 115 and closed after various flu,,na
LIONS. Tobacco and Fe6cral Steel preferred
also showed hardening tendency but werr
niuch less active than oil late the rfroyery
~ steck WAS attributed to relief over TIC moro
Eeaceiul prospects abroad as Indicated b. me
recovery IN British oonsols the easing az the
ulsconnt rate in London ard the WEAKNESS nj
tue v leat market. London bought in this
mari'st Tor the Hfst line in several days. In
view Of these Developments and the r,,n.jn,nd
ease OF the local money market The advnncn
~ sterling and continental exchange is dir
llcult 10 account for. rhe traffic statement
81 - raul showing an increase for the fourth
week IN october OF Sill i6i was a sustainine
lolct shIoughout the railroad list; There was
s3,c4j,000 AVIAN Saies'
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Ncw York Co,,,, u..,,,,

New York November There WIS a rcr
low record for cotton today. November con.
H'''s selling down to Sc. The general market
was rerVodcd by hesitation and the scope of
variations was confined TO four pon!s. both
clnsseS of traders exercised the Creates, ,uu
Ton Tho bear continEen; continues to have
ta' advantage apparently Liverpool cables hc.
ins anything but satisfactory as IN otfso,
- inc stll heavy movement of new cotton
~ t',e country aud speculation Offering little
ss"nserEeilvr fashion on Investment account
nNt me market received little support from
IN" claims of buyers. Shorts were Tho hn.,
ol'Ntrs The basis of covering was the mod
rhths movement Of cotton, as Indicated nv
me port mud Interior receipts bar In sncr
nin'Ne confidence was the more warllko ten.
u.lGy OF Foreign politics and the fact tbnt
English cotton spinncrs were buying vcry
much loss than 1t was predicted they would
huN IN the afternoon the phases Of the mar
.i't were ouch AZ to reflect Increasing bosita
1.nl o. M part OF both classes OF traders
The market was finally steady with nrI.os
poMt lower TO point higher 800