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The Irish standard., 1902-01-18
ST. BRRNDAN OF IRELAND
Said to Have Discovered America In
the Sixth Century.

The romance of religion was never
better illustrated than in the career
of st. Brendan and in the history of
the Cathedral which enshrines his re-
mains, writes Robert Dennis in the
Londan Express. The saint is known
as the navigator" and he is the pa
iron saint OF sailors. He was born
ut Tralce. in Kerry, in the year 4S1.
At an early period of his life he
crossed to Great Britain and thence
to France. founding inconsistencies or
schools in his progress. But it was
net until $40 that he undertook the
voyage with which his name is chiefly
associated. This event, which was
called 1.-The Setting Sail of st. Bren-
dan and His Crew." was commemor-
ated in the calendars of the Christian
church on May % every year for
many centuries afterward.
Whether did the saint sail, and what
did he discover? This is Il question
upon which light has already been
thrown. The late Bishop of Dubuque,
Iowa, ut meeting in Dublin a few
years ago, asserted that st. Brendan
not only landed in America 900 years
before Columbus was born, but also
evangelical n portion of the country
at that time. 1t is certain that the
voyage lasted altogether a period of
seven years.
The belief that st. Brendan was the
first European to visit America rests
upon number of isolated but signif.
cant facts. That the Icelanders and thu
Norsemen preceded Columbus IL gen
orally admitted, and when Columbus
required information about his pro
posed voyage he sought it in Iceland
and Ireland. One of the sailors liz
took with him to America was al
Irishman named Patrick Mcguire
Maritime intercourse between Ilelant
and Iceland was frequent from thu
earliest days of navigation. To vari
Gus voyages from time to time TIN
great Western continent was know
as ireland the Great" Qreland e
} NIikla).
Prof. Rafu, of Copenhagen, is of tn
opinion that this Great Ireland o
} Mortimer was the country south o
Chesapeake bay, including Carolina
Georgia and East Florida. There
a remarkable tradition preserve
The Irish standard., 1902-01-18

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Tapioca, Pearl, 10 lbs. .4Sc
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THE PHILIPPINE FRIARS.
An English Historian Named Sawyer
RcfuteS SANDERS.

The special correspondent of the
Baltimore Mirror at MANILA says:
The friars Of the Philippines. hith-
erto 50 bitterly and miustly ass:,iled.
are beginning to have tardy justice
rendered them. The English histor-
ian. Sawyer. in !; work recently pub
lished, bears eloquent testimony to
their value to Philippine civilization.
While he G ndcmns in rather strong
language certain abuses he is per-
fcctly fair to the orders. and willingly
gives them credit for tho work If civ
ilization which they have been carry
ing OH during the past four or five
centuries. This historian criticises
severely the unfairncss of Foreman,
Worcester and Yuunghusband, whose
writings have prri,idicch IL consi,lera-
bic portion Ct the world against the
trinrs.
II is Becoming daily mare evident
that the salvation of the Filipinos is
to be wrought out by friars who
thoroughly understand and symm-
thize with them. and not by the Bible
societies whose ideals and methods
are not only unwclcome. but abso-
lutcly rcpulsivc to them. Slowly but
surely the frars are gaining the day.
They were used for a political cry in
the beginning, and now that politics
is simmcring down they are beginning
to be seen in their real perspective as
the friends and natural teachers of
the Filipino people.
While Sawyer is fair. he is far
from infallible. What is lacking in
him Is tracing of causes to effects. ii,
states that up to 1928 the friars were
single-hNnded in their work without
Il gun to help them; from 1920 to 1876
there were only 1900 soldiers in tho
island. After this came the trouble
If Sawyer had taken the History OF
Spain after 1920 and then reasoned
on the relation that n mother countr,
must have to her colonies, he wOult
have seen that the condition of things
in Spain and their effect here We're thu
cause of the late abuses--not tin
Church nor the orders nor their prill
ciples.
l have also learned that it is mat
ter Of fact that Mt the massacre o
Bulanza, some time since, the parisl
priest did not lead the attack, as wa
stated. On the contrary, he had lef
the place three weeks before and pre-
vious to his departure he warned til
United States Army post mos
solemnly that it was absolutely neces
sary that they should have reinforce
ments, telling them Furthermore tina
he was leaving because he found
impossible to control the people an
longer. This information may be n
ceived as absolutely true. 1t show
, to what pitch Misrepresentation
carried on III these islands where
! Is Il question or the relation OF prizes,
( and Filipinos.
: The first who was accused of f,
I menting and leading the massacre {
, the American soldiers was living ,
i Leyt's Mt the time of the disaster
i 1t is true, however, that previous
s the wiping out of the American for,
the Filipinos prayed all night in IL
h church, in fact that need not surpri
II those familiar with the history
r. patriotic people repelling an invad
D, from their native land. It is al
lc probably true that 'Padre," that
Al n native priest. mot member of .
20 order) led them in the assault. B
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
RIockade Declared.

Washington, Dec. 2O.-Beginning at
midnight tomorrow the Venezuelan
coast will be subjected to war blockade
by the ships of Great Britain, Germany,
and Italy. Official information to this
effect was received by the State Depart
ment from London today. In order to
give proper warning to the merchant
ships of the world trading with Vene-
zuela certain days of grace are named in
the formal proclamation. But after the
days have expired any ship that at
tempts to run the blockage and enter
Venezuelan ports will be liable to seizure
and confscation by a prize court. Any
vessel sailing from the east coast OF the
American continent, or from a West
Indian port, that arrives at the blockaded
ports of La Guayra, Carencio, Guanto,
Cumane or at the mouth of the Orinoco
river within the next ten days, if she is
a steamer, or 90 days if she is sailing
vessel, will be allowed to enter unmolest-
ed. Vessels from other ports are given
Just double those periods of time, in
which to arrive safely at Venezuelan
ports. Vessels in the blockaded ports
are allowed 10 days to obtain clearances.
London, Dec. 20.-Formal announce
ment of the blockade of the Vene-
zuelan coast was made this morning.
Vessels which attempt to violate the
blockade render themselves liable to all
measures authorized by the law of nations
and the respective treaties with the
different neutral powers. There is
small hope for arbitration in well in
formed circles here.
Berlin, Dec. 20.-The chancellor to-
day issued a proclamation stating that
Venezuela ports are under blockade.
The ternas- aro the same as those con-
tanned in the British blockade proclama-
ton.
La Guayra, Venezuela Dec. 90
There was some excitement here this
morning when the American cruiser
Albany steamed into port and proceeded
to an anchorage. There were many
guesses as to the warship's mission.
Later a boat put ashore from the cruiser
and landed a naval officer, who, it wa:
learned is going to Caracas to aid Min
lister Bowen.
The French cruiser Trouede aud Brit
ish cruiser Retribution are in the har-
| hor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
nesire Arbitration.

Washington. Dec. 20.-The following
official statement was made at the State
Department today: ''The allies desire
that President Roosevelt arbitrate the
differences between themselves and Vene-
zuela. President Roosevelt desires that
the arbitration shall be by the Hague
tribunal"
This action is entirely in accord with
the position of the government SINCE the
conclusion of the peace conference. The
administration believes that all interna-
tional difficulties should be settled by
The Hague tribunal. A second consid-
Grafton is the fact that the United States
is concerned no less than the other
powers, having claims of its own. 1t is
assumed that the proposition of the
powers is conditional upon the accept
ance by Venezuela of the stipulations
laid down in the replies to President
Castro's proposal received by the State
Department yesterday. The President,
it is understood, does not absolutely de-
cline to act as arbitrator, but diplomatii
cally urges that The Hague tribunal
be selected instead. The State Depart
ment this morning communicated the
President attitude to the powers inter
aStad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Thomas J. Morris, of Palmer 5
Springs, who had been postmaster In
Mecklenburg county for 81 years, Is
dead.
Mr.. John 0. Sebert, of Fauquier
county, has sold to the German Ambas-
sador at Washington, Baron Won
Holleben, a splendid specimen of the
Fauquier-bred horse.
Clarence B. Wood, awell-known young
stockbroker, was arrested in Richmond
yesterday on warrqntsworn out by I. A..
OVERLY, member of the House from
Lunenburg, charging him with the en-
bezlement of 81, 500.
Robert Tugwood, a retired carpenter in
the United States navy, died at Ports
mouth yesterday, aged 81 years. lie
was native of Nova Scotia, and had
been in the navy more than 40 years.
He left his estate of $4,000 to Jennie
Smith, his colored housekeeper.
In an alteration on the plantation OF
Robert Kaempl, in Chesterfield, on
James river, yesterday, Mr.. Anderson, a
farmer, was attacked by negro, who
drove a pitchfork six inches into his
forehead. The foreman made the first
attack on the negro.
Mr.. Walter S. Sublett, formerly a
well-known hardware dealer of Richmond,
committed suicide yesterday by jumped
from Mayo's bridge into the James river.
Despondcney is said 10 have prompted
the deed. Mr.. Sublett had pinned
in his hat a card bearing his name and
address.
Miles II. Winfree, widower, and
Mrs. T. w. Norman, a widow, eloped
from Roanoke to Salem Thursday night
and were there united in marriage by
Rev. DIR. Henry, pastor of the Salem
Baptist Church. The elopement was
due to objections on the part of the
groom's children.
John Bryant, charged, with his brother,
Wilson Bryant with killing William Van
over, awealthy Dickinson county farmer,
was found guilty of murder in the second
degree at Clntwood yesterday and SEN
fenced to Is years in the penitentiary.
Wilson Bryant is under sentence to hang
December 26. These are the first white
men ever convicted of murder in Dicken-
son county.
Giles Jackson, one fthe best-known
colored lawyers in Richmond, has been
retained by number of leading colored
men in the State to appear against
James Hayes, the negro legal associate
of Capt. Wise in the constitutional cases
against the State. Jackson is friendly
to the constitution, and his employ
ment would prevent the necessity OF
white attorneys for the State answering
the arguments of Hayes, the negro
lawyer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The failures for week number 267 in
the United States, against 245 last year,
and 16 in Canada, compared with Y a
year ago.
Mr. Thomas Daily, of Athens, Ohio,
wentto Parkersburg, w. Va, and.ofiered
$40, 600 for wife, and wanted to be
married the day he proposed.
Four hundred thousand persons are
destitute and starving as a result OF the
crop failure in Finland. The Anglo
Amer can Church is aiding the destitute.
A decision handed down in the United
States District Court in New York yes
terday declares that claim of 81 900, 600
against the United States for prize money
which is made by an officer of the navy
who fought in the Spanish-American
war is invalid, and that only 81, 100
could be recovered.
In his clinical operations on dislocated
hips in New York yesterday DIR. Lorenz,
the Vienna specialist, made a new rec
ord when he reduced double dislocation
in less than minute and half. Gen
orally the operation takes from five to
ten minutes, not counting the time con-
sumed in putting on the plaster cast.
Four cases were treated yesterday at the
Bellevue college and two at the college
of physicians and surgeons.
BY vote of ~ TO q, the House OF
Representatives yesterday passed the
pure food bill. There was not quorum
present, but the point was not raised by
opponents of the measure. The bill had
been debated for two days. The COM
mittee provision that the measure should
not interfere with existing laws in the
District of Columbia was stricken out by
the House. The bill is intended to re-
quire all medicines, food and CONNECTIONS
to be so branded that purchasers may
know if they have been aduterated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20

The RECENT speech of Gen. Fitzhugn
Lee in New York in which he took
occasion to contrast unfavorably the
stand taken by Mr.. Cleveland on the
Cuban question with that of Mr.. Nc
Kinley, has brought down upon him the
censure and adverse criticism OF many
of his friends and of a number OF news
papers throughout the State. These
charge Gen. Lee with ingratitude and
call to mind the fact that it was Mr.
Cleveland who appointed him to the
position of U. S. internal revenue col
lector of this district; sent him money to
aid him in his senatorial campaign and
made him U. S. Consul-General at
Havana. Gratitude is quality which
is admired by most men, even II they
do not possess it, and it is very probable
that should General Lee enter politics IN
the near future his Cleveland demo-
Gratis" friends would knife him in re-
taliatiOn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
Record Of The Past.
No Stronger Evidence. Can
Be Produced.

Look well to their record. What they have
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guarantee of future results. Any one with a
bad back, any reader suffering from urinary
troubles, from any kidney ills, will find in
the following evidence proof that relief and
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Mr.. G. NJ. Meyers, the well-known shoe
maker of Winchester avenue and l4th street,
Ashland, KY, says: Doan's Kidney Piils
are like true friends, the longer you know
them the better they are appreciated. can
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1896 after procured the remedy at the Ven
tura Drug Company and took course OF the
treatment, which cured me. was absolute
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Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T., sole
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Remember the -Doan's-and take nc
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rELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs

VIM. TAYLOR. civil war veteran, died
at Shamokin, Pa. today. lie is said to
have been the youngest soldier in the
Union army.
A. Clemenstine, to whom is turned
over the daily receipts from conductors
of the Fairmouut Park Trolley Company,
is under arrest in Philadelphia, charged
with Incorporating funds.
Just before midnight last night
heavy blast wrecked a portion of the
Fulton market building in Chicago.
Flames Immediately broke out in the
four story brick causing a loss Of
5000, 600.
Plans have been completed for the
tallest hotel in the world. 1t will be
built opposite the Waldorf in New
York. The structure will be twent-four
stories high although the plans call for a
thirty story building.
Thousands of locomotive engineers
and fremen on the Chicago & North
western system and its two branches
will receive an increase in wages amount
ing to per cent on January LIST. About
s, 900 engineers and firemen are directly
benefited.
BY the explosion of boiler at Mathews
Red Slate quarry in East Whitehall, VT,
this morning, one man was killed one
fatally and two seriously injured. The
explosion was so fierce that the boiler
was carried thirty rods from the place of
the explosion.
Traffic officials OF lines east of Chicago
have determined to make extensive
changes in commodity rates which will
amount to a general advance of about
5 per cent and will add many millions
of dollars to the aggregate revenues.
The new schedule will be operative by
January 10.
A child nearly died today while being
operated on by Professor Lorenz in tn
Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn. Tie
operation was well under way when L.
REM noticed that the child, agirl of sia
years, had stopped breathing. He quick
ly saw that it was a case of chlOroform
narcosis, in which the tongue sinks back.
in the throat stopping the breathing.
1t was with great difficulty that the jaws
were pried open and the tongue raised
Oxygen was then administered and the
operation was continued successfully.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
AGREE TO ARBITRATE.

Partial responses have been received
from Great Britain, Germany and Italy
by the State department in Washing
ton concerning the proposal to arbitrate
the Venezuelan trouble. Great Britain
will welcome arbitration and will not
insist on the United States guaranteeing
payment by Venezuela. Germany will
agree to arbitration, but wants specific
guarantee as to payment and time OF
payment and an apology, besides other
conditions. Italy will accept anything
that Great Britain and Germany agree
to. France has notified the Venezuelan
government that it proposes that French
claims shall have equal treatment with
those of all others.
The Venezuelan question was discus
sed at the Cabinet meeting yesterday
and the policy of Secretary Hay heartily
approved of. The United States, it is
declared, will not be guarantor for
Venezuela's debts.
J. & w. Seligman & Co., New York
bankers, according to dispatches from
London, will guarantee English and
German claims to the extent of
1927, 100000.
A conference between Secretary Hay,
British Ambassador Herbert and Senator
Depew was held and it was reported that
Senator Depew represented parties anx-
ious to bring about a settlement of the
difficulty.
Representative Hit, chairman of the
foreign affairs committee, believes the
Monroe doctrine has been strengthened
in this country and abroad by the Vene-
Melan trouble.
Premier Balfour, in answer to ques-
ton, said Great Britain would continue
to act with Germany in spite of the de-
structionpf Venezuelan gunboats.
In Caracas the shops have been re-
opened, traffic resumed and the city is
quieter.
Army officers in Ecuador, a number
of citizens of Argentina and other South
American countries have volunteer to
fight for Venezuela.
The United States cruiser Albany left
Culebra yesterday under high speed
and ner destination, though kept
secret, is thought to be Venezuela. Adj
miral Dewey stated that there was no
change in the plans for the feet.
The fleet in the caribbean sea under
Admiral Dewey is Is times as strong in
armament and four times as strong in
men as the allied fleets OF the European
powers in Venezuelan waters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20

SCHOONER LOST. - During a high
wind that prevailed off the Virginia
Capes last Tuesday afternoon, the oyster
schooner Lillian Russell went down off
Cobbs Island, with Capt. Parsons, master
of the vessel, and William Jones, ne
gro seaman, on board. The sunken
schooner had on board $500, which Capt.
Parsons took with him to pay for the
cargo which he expected to purchase.
The Lillian Russell left Norfolk early
Tuesday morning, bound for Hog Is
land. When few miles from Cobbs
Island the vessel encountered severe
squall, and in attempting to heave to in
order to wait for small boat from which
it expected to received supply ofoysters,
the Lillian Russell was submerged by an
enormous breaker, and sank out of sight
Immediately.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-20
SATURDAY EVENING. DEC. 20, 1902
THE standard Oil Company has again

THE Standard Oil Company has again
raised the price of refined oil one cent
nor Gallon. This is one of the creates
advances ever made by the company,
and is the climax of steady increase i'll
price which began three months ago.
At the offices Of the company it is stated
that the rise in price was caused by the
unusual consumption of oil for heating
as well as for Illuminating purposes.
The price of skerosene for export IN
September was eight and one-half cents
per gallon. Since then the advances
have been recorded by five, ten and
fifteen points, until the price was nine
and one-half cents a gallon. On Thurs
day the price jumped from nine ana
one-half to ten and one-half cents.
This advance in price, of course, affects
the retail dealers, and coming, as IL
does. when coal is so scarce, 1t affects
the consumer considerably. But what
difference does that make to the oil
trust