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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
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In all the changes to which you may
be invited, remember that time and ha b.
it are at least necessary to fix the true
character of governments, as of other
human Institutions; that experience is
the surest standard by which to test the
real tendency of the existing constitu-
tons of country; that facility in
changes upon the credit of mere hypoth-
esis and opinion exposes to perpetual
change from the endless variety of hy-
pothesis and opinion and remember es-
pecially that for the efficient manage
ment of your common interests, in
country so extensive as ours, a govern
nlenl Win as much visul as is consistent
with the perfect security of liberty is in
dispense ble.'
In applying this wise counsel to the
present time, will not conservatives and
radicals unite in the conviction that the
nation needs more enlightened and con-
sclentious voting, not an increase in the
number of votes? Men need to devote
more time to the service of the state.
Women can best do their part in insur-
ing the public welfare by devotion to the
old but ever new duties of family life,
education and philanthropy. These
fields are ripe for the harvest, and ara
broad enough to inspire well trained
and able workers.-M. l.. c., in May
Lippincott's.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04

"OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES"
A teacher in primary school recently
read to her pupils THE Old Oaken
Bucket" After explaining it to them
very carefully, she asked them to copy
the first stanza from the blackboard and
try to illustrate it by drawings, as the
artist illustrates story. Pretty soon
one little girl handed in her book with
several little dots between two lines,
circle, half dozen dots, and three buck
cts. Il do not understand that, Bessie"
said the teacher; what is that circle?"
"Oh, that's the well,' was the reply.
"And why do you have three buckets?"
ooh, one is the oaken bucket, one is the
iron bound bucket, and the other is the
bucket that hung in the well" But
what are the little dots?" why, those
are the spots which my infancy knew
Public Opinion.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
so NEAR AND YET SO FAR.
A Hundred Tons of Liquor at Skagway
and Mighty Little Up the Trail.

A Hundred Tons of Liquor at Sl<agway
and Mighty Little Up the Trail.
Victoria, April 19.--According to news
brought by the Danube, remarkable
state of affairs exists at Skagway in
connection with liquors shipped there
| for the interior.
The collector of customs, being a Va
rance with the Canadian authorities at
the boundary line in regard to how far
his jurisdiction extends, refuses abso-
lutely to allow any liquor to leave the
Skagway bonded warehouse, in conse-
quence of which great quantity is now
stored there, putting the owners thereof
at their wits end what to do about it.
On the other hand, all liquors shipped at
Dyea for transportation over Chilk0ot
Pass are forwarded, and go right
through to Bennett without any difficult
ty whatever, Some of the owners OF Ii
quor stored at Skagway tried to have it
transferred from there to Dyea, for
shipment from there to Bennett, but the
collector at Skagway absolutely refuses
to let it be taken there, and the only way
back to where it came from According
to the passengers, the action of Deputy
United States Collector of Customs An
dreWs in holding all liquors for the in
terror and refusing to forward them by
conveys as long as the Canadian mount
ed police insist upon stopping American
officers at the Summit has caused accu-
mutation in the bonded warehouse at
Skagway until nearly hundred tons of
liquors are there awaiting the action of
the Secretary of the Interior.
In the meantime a liquor famine is
threatened at Atlin, Log Cabin and Ben
nett, and the smusglers are making
money. There is a strained feeling
among the Americans toward the Cana
dian officials because of the assumption
of the Summit as the boundary line, and
it would not take much to cause clash.
Toronto Globe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
Kennedy Found Guilty.

New YORK, March 31.-The jury in
the Kennedy murder trial returned a
verdict OF guilty of murder in the first
degree at 2:25 o'clock this morning af-
ter comparatively short elaboration.
DR.. Samuel J. Kennedy was charged
with the murder of Emeline c., better
known as Dolly, Reynolds, in room in
the Grand Hotel. The girls body was
found on the morning of August 10th
last with the skull crushed and the per-
son in disorder as though robbery had
been the motive OF the crime.
The theory was that Kennedy had become
involved with the girl in scheme to beat
the race tracks she furnishing the money
The scheme failed, the money was lost, and
to avoid trouble he forged check for Sl3,-
900 and gave it to her. To avoid exposure
that would follow when the check was pre-
sented, Kennedy murdered her to recover the
only evidence against him After killing the
girl with lead pipe bludgeon in the room
where the murder was committed, he was
unable to find the check.
Kennedy was arraigned before Justice Will
liams of the Supreme Court for sentence at
= o'clock this afternoon. He was sentenced
to be clectrocuted in Sing Sing prison during
the week commencing May Do. Kennedy
was asked if he had anything TO say why
sentence should not be pronounced upon him.
he said: 81 am not guilty of this charge
Kcnncdy's counsel gave notice that an ap-
peal would bc made FOR ii new trial without
delay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
RAILWAY IMPROVE.
MENTS.

Within three or four years the Penn.
sylvania railroad company and the
other railroads associated with it will
have constructed q new railroad bridge
across the Potomac, TO replace the
Long bridge; will have constructed a
viaduct to do away with railroad cross
ings in Washington, and will have
erected magnificent terminal station
on the site of the present Sixth street
building. This announcement is made
as the result of conference held in
Philadelphia yesterday. The i'm
provements contemplated will cost
probably 100000. The railroad
companies have planned to erect a
bridge of steel across the Potomac. It
will cost rot less than $1,00O,000. 1t
will have separate tracks for freight
and passenger traffic. The city will
probably build wagon and foot bridge
near the new railroad bridge, which
will be separate and apart from the
bridge project.
The railroads are said to have determined
to construct vladuct from the bridge to tho
Sixth street station in Washington. The
Pennsylvania road will continue the viaduct
about half way to the navy yard tunnel,
when the tracks will be sunk to PISS under
the bridge across the Anacostia river Con-
gress must approve the p'ans for this work
before construction is begun. The ground
now occupied by the Pennsylvania at Sixth
and streets, may be enlarged by the sddi-
ton of p portion of the parking on the west.
1t is supposed that the company has already
acquired sufficient property at Pennsylvania
avenue and Sixth street to allow the construc-
ton of large station with frontage on the
avenue. 1t is also the intention, so stated, to
have this station the terminus OF the electric
limo between Washington aud Alexandria.
Commissioner Wight said yesterday. "Soon
after Congress convenes bill will be intro
duccd authorizing the railroad companies to
make the changes. We hope to be able to in.
troducc AT about the same time measure
providing for the construction Of /. bridge
parallel to the railroad bridge and connecting
tho District with Alexandria county. The
whole project should be complicated within
three or four years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
COURT OF APPEALS.

The Court of Appeals yesterday
affirmed the judgment of the Law and
Equity court of Richmond in the case
of Jones Us. Morris. This litigation
grew out of the arrest of ]. G. Morris,
of its city, who was charged by DIR. A.
G. Jones, OF Newport News, with the
larceny of $40. In the criminal pro-
ceedings, Morris, who was the captain
of tug boat owned by Jones, proved
himself absolutely innocent of the
crime charged and was acquitted. He
then brought suit for malicious prose-
cution and secured Judgment for
1900. The Appellate court affirms
this judgment.
In the case of Somers VS.. the CON-
monwealth the court decided the ques-
ton as to whether it is criminal Of
Tense to take oysters with dredges CD
private oyster grounds. The opinion
of Judge Rely holds that dredging on
such grounds ceased to be criminal
with the passage of the act of March
s, 1898. BY the act of March 8, 1898,
the act of March >, 1888 and section
2l4S of the code are amended, and
while the provision against dredging
is retained, there is no penalty pre-
scribed for its violation. The court
further holds that the latter act was
intended to be a repeal of all parts and
provisions OF the statutes amended
which were omitted from it. 1t is
necessarily implied that what is left
out is no longer in force. The judg-
ment of the lower court is reversed.
Two weeks ago the court decided that
dredging for oysters on private grounds
was criminal ofense. The opinion
was withdrawn and yesterday the
above was delivered.
Spencer's administrator VS.. Field and Gray.
Circuit Court of Culpeper county. Reversed.
Nelson and wife vs. Turner OF ais. Circuit
Court of Fauquior county. Reversed.
southcrn Railway Company vs. Cooper
Corporation Court of Danvilo. Writ Of error
and superscdeas Bond S 800.
Hough VS.. limbaugh. Circuit Court Of
Loudoun county. Writ of error and supcrse.
IDEAS; Bond 900.
Dawes VS.. n, Y P. and N. r. Co. Petition
to rehear. Petition refused.
Todd VS.. McFall. Petition to rehear, Pc
tition rejected.
Norfolk and Western Railway Company VS..
Old Dominion Baggage Company. Further
argued and submitted.
American Net and Irvine Company vs..
Mayo and others. Argued and continued un.
til today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
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MR.. BRYAN SPEAKS.

a democratic conference and ban
quet under the auspices of the demo
cratic State committee was held in
Topeka, Kans., yesterday evening.
Prominent speakers, including Col. w.
j. Bryan, Champ Clarke and Governor
William ]. Stone, of Missouri, and
Allen O. Myers, of Ohio, were present.
More than thousand persons were in
vited.
The meeting was in the nature of o
conference of the democratic leaders.
Mr.. BRYAN stood out squarely for the
Chicago platform, and said that there
had been no retreat from the positions
taken in 1896
1--WE are not only holding our OWL" he
declared, "but we are gaining back those
democrats who left us without fully under
standing tho nature of the struggle.
THE democratic party was never more har-
monious, and its harmony can only be disturbed
by admitting within the fold those who are
at variance with its principles and aspirations.
The democratic platform for 100 Will be
written by those who stood upon the platform
OF 1880, not Dy those WHO trleu 10 oNcIlH'o"
the democratic party in that campaign.
The failure which attended those who or
ganized the gold party and wrote the indian
apolis platform ought to restrain them from
proffering their services as platform-makers
for some years to come
Mr.. Bryan declared that events have been
yindicating the policies proposed by the demo-
cratic party in 1896. He then passed on to
the subject Of trusts, and characterized them
as the products Of republican methods. He
gave this warning. III the republican party
goes into the next campaign upon platform
defending trusts. It will antagoni%e sentiments
which are rapidly growing against il, even
in the ranks of that party" Mr.. Bryan
closed with denuncation of militarism, and
what he termed the tendency OF tho present
administration toward imperialism. He said;
'The republican party came into existence
in an attempt to apply the Declaration of In
dependence to the black man; it seems likely
to 20 out of existence for its refusal to apply
the same principles to brown man-only
hslf black.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
MALOLOS FALLS.

Malolos, the Filipino capital, was
captured this morning by the Ameri-
can advance column under General
Macarthur. The attack began at 7 a..
m. and at $50 a. m. General MacAr-
thur entered Malolos. The Filipinos
burned the city simultaneously with
egacuating it. They are now in full
retreat toward the north, where Agui-
naldo and his cabinet have been for
two days.
The total American loss in the Phil
ippines up to, but not including any
part of today, is III killed and 947
wounded,
The difference in time between
Manila and Washington is about thir-
teen hours. Seven o'clock Friday
morning at Manila, when the attack on
Malolos began, is about 6 o'clock
Thursday night in this section.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31

WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO Pay
A Newport News lawyer processes TO
have discovered an act, passed by the
last Congress, providing for renumera-
ton for cities suffering from cpl.
denies OF contagious diseases, brought
in By troops from Cuba and Porto
Rico. On Monday an official letter
was indited to President Mckinley,
setting forth the facts in the case, the
number of cases of smallpox that have
been treated, the deaths, the debt the
city has incurred, which is about
$15, 5000, and stating .he belief that the
disease was brought here by govern
ment soldiers and sailors from foreign
countries. The letter closed by asking
the President to give his attention to
this matter, and advise at once as to
the scope of the act passed by Con-
gress. During the war and since the
war government transports and war.
ships have made Newport News q fire..
quent landing place, and just before
the smallpox epidemic e number of
soldiers were brought there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Advancing Under Difficulties.

advancing Under Difficulties.
Manila, March 31.-After the cap
ture of Malolos this morning flags and
guards were placed in General Agui-
naldos former headquarters and also
in the residences OF the Filipino cabinet
officers. Stringent measures have been
taken to prevent footing by camp fol-
lowers as the natives in their hasty
flight left much valuable property be.
hind. The country beyond Malolos
through which the Filipinos are now
retreating is exceedingly rough and
crossed by many small rivers. The
American pursuit will, therefore, neces-
sarily be slow, as the city is surrounded
by swamp country, principally bam-
boo jungles and rice fields. The water
in these swapms is full OF malaria germs.
General Halls brigade advanced from
the waterworks along the San Mateo
valley today for many miles. His
troops had several fights with the Fill
pinos. The enemy in each case was
routed with considerable loss. The
American loss was one killed and nine
teen wounded. After scattering the
enemy and advancing to Montalbon,
General Halls men returned to their
quarters at the waterworks. The
American lines all about Manila are be-
ing spread farther into the country.
The Republica Filipino, the official or
gan of Aguinaldo, has thrilling tale OF
the disastrous defeat of the Americans
| who recently captured Pasig. Accord
ing to the story, the Americans were
! utterly routed and their killed, wound
ed and prisoners ran up in the hun
dreds. The same paper asserts that
the American soldiers had ravished
hundred OF Filipino women. 1t calls up
on all F'ilipinos to fight for their homes
and their honor. Late advices from
hIalolos say McArthur's division is rest
ing this afternoon. The pursuit of in
surgents will begin at daybreak to-
| morrow.
| Washington, March 31-War De-
partment officials were somewhat dis
appointed over the news that Aguinal-
do and his troops had evacuated Malo-
los without struggle. The opinion is
expressed today that Aguinaldo having
escaped from what was the insurgent
capital, he is apt to act on the defen-
sive from now on, and the fear that the
Filipinos would take TO the dense Jun
giles is about to be realized. Later
news says that the Americans will fol-
low him hotly.
The town of Maraquina, which Cen
raj Hall is reported to have captured,
is about nine miles northeast of Manila.
Our troops had to 60 beyond the river
under many Disadvantages. The theory
at the Department is that a fresh up
rising among the natives occurred there.
} Possibly they attempted to destroy the
| water works.
The opening of the railroad will bo the
worst blow that can be given the insurgents
| They will be cut right in two, to say nothing
! of the fact that neither supplies nor money
can reach them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31

the Senate than in the House OF REPRE-
seutatives? Is there no such thing
there as subserviency to the banks and
the great corporations, to admins
trations having postmasters and
appoint and to armor plate establish
ments and the like? Why, pray, did the
House of Representatives reject the
Senate proposition the other day for a
government amor plant which would
protect the treasury from the great cor
poratious linked together like steel TO
plupder millions? Vet that House was
elected directly by the people. The
greatest and most powerful office in
this country is the Presidency. The
old function of elections is an empty
form. The people in effect vote direct
for the President. Is there any man
such an idiot as not to know that the
republicans bought the last Presidential
election and that they are about to
raise fifteen or twenty millions of dol
lars in order TO buy the next one?
Does not everybody know that money
enters largely into the Presidential con-
tests. We refer to the popular vote
But when it comes to national conven-
tons. how was Mckinley nominated
over Mr.. Reed in 1896, and how did
Grover Cleveland secure his nomination
in 1892, and his election afterwards?
How was the decision of the Supreme
Court annulling the income tax after the
former decisions of the same court for q
hundred years procured? In the pres
ence of all these acknowledged evils,
this gigantic corruption, tyranny and
maladministration, frightful taxation
and the new policy of imperialism, this
effort to raise a hubbub in Virginia
over the mode of electing Senators
seems to us to be childish. The people
are not excited. They know what is
hurting them and they will address
themselves TO the real evils OF the hour
They are not going to bother about
side shows or metaphysics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. VIM. ]. Boswell, OF Orange coun-
ty, died Wednesday night, aged about
so years.
Governor Tyler and family have gone
on visit TO their country home in
Pulaski county.
Mr.. Emma Cox has entered suit for
divorce from her husband, Edgar. NJ.
Cox, in the Orange County Court. Mrs.
Cox charges non.support and cruelty.
The storehouse and barn near Millen-
beck, in Lancaster county, belonging to
MIR. It. Treakle, were destroyed by fire
few days age; partially insured.
MIR. NJ. B. Farley, manager OF the
Rappahannock Electric Light and Pow
er Company, OF Fredericksburg, died
yesterday, aged fortyfve years. A
widow survives him.
SnoWden B. Anderson, well. known
resident of Frederick county, living
near Gore, died yesterday, after short
illness of pneumonia. He served in the
Confederate army, in Company |, Thir-
ry-third Virginia regiment.
Governor Tyler has approved the
suggestion of Governor Lowndes, of
Mary land, for a conference between the
two attorney generals OF the two States
with regard to the controversy growing
out of the arrest OF Maryland oyster
men.
a dispatch from Fredericksburg says:
Mr.. Robert Hooe, young widower of
this county, and Miss Mabel A. Favill
d schoolgirl, about sixteen years old,
left here Monday and were married at
Silver Springs rectory, Montgomery
county, Md. Rev. J. E. @. Smedes OF
ficiating.
The trial in the Patrick County Court
of c. 7. Thompson, l.. d. Mcmillan .jr.,
w. w. Branch. Robert Montgomery
and Madison Montgomery, charged
with lynching Lee Pickett, white
man, for attempted criminal assault,
resulted yesterday in hung jury.
Secretary of the Navy Long, accom-
panied by his wife. daughter and physi-
cian, spent several hours in Richmond
Yesterday during which the Secretary
visited the w. r. Trigg Ship-building
Company. The party is travelling on
the lighthouse tender Jesamine, and
left at l p. m, for Newport News.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A shoal has formed across the mouth
of the Mississippi and no vessels draw
ing % feet of water can pass over. The
government has been appealed to.
The American Steamship Company,
with capitalization of Sl0OO,000. was
incorporated at Trenton, n. j., to-day,
and the American Tobacco Company
fled certificate increasing its capital
stock from $35 600, 900 to so, 100000.
Eighteen persons were more or less serious
" hurt yesterday afternoon by the wreckine
of the Burlington passenger train from Oma
ha which was derailed three and
half miles north of Parkville
Mo. The whole train went over
20 foot embankment. Fire broke out
in one of the coaches and in mail car Sew
eral sacks of mail were burned and number
Of passengers nearly sullocated before the fire
was extinguished.
Charles Reyes, an employee at the Dold
Packing Plaut, at Wichita, Kan. yesterday
accidentally tripped and fell into the brlstlcr
a machine used to remove hair from the
backs of hogs killed for packing. he WAS cut
to pieces and then thrown by the machine
into the cleaning pen ten feet away.
The argument on the motion to dismiss
the ind ictment charging Roland B. Molineux
with murder in the first degree in causing
the death of Mrs. Kate J. Adams, was heard
this morning before Justice Williams in the
Supreme Court in New York The court re-
served its decision.
On to noon no additional information had
been received at either the State or Navy De.
partments regarding the trouble in the Sa.
moan Islands.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
THE SAMOAN AFFAIR.

A dispatch from Washington says
the Samoan crisis divided attention
with the fighting about Manila in all
official quarters yesterday. at the
foreign embassies, where this has been
subject of consideration OF late, oonsid-
cradle anxiety was shown lest the affair
should assume a grave international
aspect. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, went to the State
Department and conferred with Secre-
tary Hay, There is no doubt that the Sc
rious developments in Samoa were dis
cussed. Baron Won Sternberg, the first
secretary of the German embassy, also
called, and had conference with Sec.
rotary Hay and Sir Julian. But out OF
it all not word of additional informa.
ton was contributed from any official
source.
AS to the German attitude, it is stat
ed that the outbreak now reported can,
under no circumstances, be construed
as an overt act against Germany, nor
as causus belli.
Instructions have been sent from
Washington to Admiral Eautz to exer-
else the greatest caution in dealing with
the political questions involved in the
Samoan troubles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-31
The Regeneration of Cuba.

Richmond, Va, March 3l-Brigadier
General Henry Douglas arrived here
from Cuba yesterday. He does not
give rosy report of the progress Of
Cuba toward stable government. He
says the army is waiting for the people
to settle down, and the people are
waiting for the army to do something.
General Douglas says that the troops
should be reduced to smaller number;
that civil government should be rapid
II established in the towns and mill
tary control be reduced to the mini
mum. This, he thinks. would be the
first practical and effective move to-
ward a establishment of the island.
General Douglas says Mrs. Fitzhugh
Lee and family left Havana Wednes'
day for the United States.