davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1895-06-21
CONDITIONS IN CUBA.

Spain fs Expected 10 Make a Decisive
Movement Against the Insurgents.
No official confirmation has been received
here of the reported capture of Gen. Co.
meZ, commander-in-chief of the Cuban in
surgents Information reaching here indi-
Gates combined forward movement by all
the Spanish forces. The new admiral, who
has assumed command of the feet, Is one
of the youngest in the service, and was
chosen with a view to having his energy
replace the more cautious policy of the old
admiral. The arrival of ten more squad
rons of Spanish cavalry is also regarded
as a prelude to a decisive movement by
the land forces.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Naval Movements,

The practice cruiser Bancroft arrived at
Port Jefferson, L. l., this morning to re-
ceive the yacht Medusa, recently presented
to the Naval Academy. The Cincinnati
arrived a. New York this morning and will
be fitted out as a flagship for Acting Ad-
miral Bunce. The Atlanta left New Lon
don this morning for New York.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Representative Hit to Go Away.

Representative Hit of Illinois, who has
been lying i'll at his K street home in this
city for several months past, will be re-
moved to a cottage at Narragansett Pier
tomorrow if his condition is such as to per-
NIT the journey without fear of any bad
effect on his health. Mr.. Hit is said to be
stronger than for some time past, but the
heat CT the city is not favorable to him.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Baltimore Markets,

BALTIMORE, June e1.-Flour dul uncb,nrod
receipts, 12,036 barrels; shipments, 496s barrels
Wheat dull and lower-spot and month, 7IalaTlEs:
July, 72al2l4; August, 72EaI2S; September, 73a
1875; steamer No. red, 6Sa.aG9-receipts' ma
bushels; stock 4i6, s3 bushels; sales 81 900 bush.
els; southern wheat by sample. 72a74; DO on grade
69aI3. Corn dnll ard lower-spot, month and July
51Aa32-receipts, Is. 1865 bushels; shipments, 5s5ai
bushels. stock, 270,96 bushels Oats weak prices
unsettled-No. white western, 37a37L; No >
mixed 33fia3i.receipts o,06e bushels stock. 112,
800 bushels Rye inactive-No. 3 60a62-recepts
4S7 bushels; stock, 1919 bushels Hay strong
choice timothy, s13; 5oasl4O0. Grain freghts dull
unchansed Sugar firm unclaimed Butter steady
ladle, 13; good 1adIe, 1la12; store packed. IoaI2
Eggs weak-fresh, 121a. Cheese quiet unchanged.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Collision of Trolley Cars,

NEWBURG. N. Y, June 21.-By the COL
lsion of two trolley cars on the Walden
and Orange Lake road, seven miles west Of
this city. today nine men were severely in
jured Motorman Eugene Clary may be
obliged to undergo the amputation of a
leg The collision occurred at the bottom
of a valley, the grade both ways being
very steep.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Mckinley Coming East.

CHICAGO, June 21.-Gov. Mckinley of
Ohio arrived in Chicago at . am. today
from Ottawa, Kan. and at 1870 went over
the Lake Shore for Cleveland. Gov. Nc
Kinley was not inclined to discuss politi-
cal questions, and refused to talk of the
present outlook. He, however, declared
himself as greatly pleased with the action
of the league at Cleveland in referring .he
silver question to the national convention.
The move, he said, was a very wise one
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Whist Mt Minneapolis.

MlNNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June 21.-Scores
last night in the whist congress for the
Hamilton trophy resulted:
Hyde Park defeated st. Louis 63G to 612;
Chicago duplicate, defeated Milwaukee go
to G1S; Chicago defeated Hamilton 635 to
Gil; Minneapolis defeated University Of
Chicago G34 to G1i. The greatest interest
is centered in the remaining games with
Evening star., 1895-06-21
GLADSTONE's FUTURE.
II Ii Asserted That He Will Fight
AEnin for Home Rule.

LONDON, June 21.-Tomorrow's Irish
Catholic will declare that the rumor to the
effect that Mr.. Gladstone will return to the
house of commons is correct and will add
that he will lead the liberals at the next
general election. His object is stated to be
the carrying of a home rule measure and
thus finally settling the national quarrel
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Clerks and Carriers, Examtnat,o,

The August examination for clerks and
carriers for the Washington city post Of
fee will not be held. No examination will
be held until FEBRUARY, 1886, unless, in the
meantime one should be necessary, which
is not at all likely. All applications an
proved for the August examination will
hold good until next examination
Evening star., 1895-06-21
LUCKILY THE AIM WAS BAD.
JcI athnn Creed of South Bend Con-
sCHncnlly Escnpel Death.

SOUTH BEND. Ind, June 21.-Jonathan
Greed. a prominent attorney, was shot to-
day and wounded in several places by
Daniel L. Mease, proprietor of cider mill.
The wounds are believed to be not serious.
The men had business relations and We're
about to discuss matters. when Mease COW
cred Greed and began firing from a dis
tance Of a few feet. After the revolver
was emptied Mease picked up bar of iron
and probably would have Drained Greed
had not the latter been more fleet Of foot
Mease has disappeared.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Real Estate Matters.

c. G. Sloan & Co., auctioneers have sold
at public sale all of square 1885, bounded
by 1st and I'd. E and F streets southeast,
except forty-six lots comprising a portion
Of the frontage on 1st street and on E
street, to James Robbins, John A. Hamil-
ton and others, for $4,000.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
DEFEATED THE GOVERNMENT.
A Hostile Motion Goes Through the
Comm0ns by Z Majority.

LONDON, June 21.-The government was
defeated today on the motion of the Hon.
VIM. ST. John F. Broderick. conservative,
member for the Guilford division of Sur
rey, to reduce the salary of the secretary
of war by f100 on account of an alleged de-
fciency in the army stores and munitions
of war, chiefly cordite.
The motion was adopted by vote of 132
to 10. Progress was Immediately reported.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
DuiIlinE Permits.

Building permits have been issued as fol-
lows: Thomas Blagden, to erect two two
story and attic stone and frame buildings
at Argyle. 10th street extended, to cost
$4,000. Mrs. Mulioney. to erect a one-story
and basement brick building, 2OO7 K street,
to cost $1,aD0.
Evening star., 1895-06-21

At the annual election of the German
American Fire Insurance Company of the
District of Columbia the following board
of trustees and officers were unanimously
reelected: F. ]. Heiberger, president; C..
G. Lederer vice president; Herman Gasch,
treasurer; trustees: Henry HOFFMAN, Con-
rad Schaefer, Philip May, w. e. Edmons-
ton, Chas. B. Pearson. E. G. Schafer; H. H.
Bergman, secretary; G. NJ. Emmerich,
assistant secretary.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
To Enforce Judgment.

A bill in equity was filed today by John
A. Swope against Joseph D. Jones and
others to enforce on part Of lot II, reser-
walton -. a judgment creditors bill of
5000. upon which credit of $11760 was
entered on the Sth instant.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING.

Walls OF the Old City Hall ut San
Francisco Fall.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 21.-The walls
of the old city hall eaved in today. A
number of workmen were tearing down
the building. a stone structure nearly fifty
years old. The work had progressed so
that the building was mere shell. The
northwest corner wall suddenly spread and
the roof caved in. Four men on the roof
fell in with the building One. James Will
kinson was killed by the debris The three
others were injured.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
TO BE TRIED,
Detective Proctor VIII Go Before the
Police board.

The Commissioners today ordered that
Detective Proctor be brought before the
police trial board for trial on charges, it is
understood. of conduct unbecoming an Off
Ger and violation of specific rules of Mai
Moore. 1t is expected that this trial Of
Detec tive Proctor will develop interesting
evidence upon which, if " warranted charges
Will be filed against the other members of
the detective force who participated with
Proctor in the s1axwell-Flynn case.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
ES-Congressmnn Dorsey Indicted.

OMAHA. Neb., June 21.-Ex-Congressman
Dorsey has been indicted by the federal
court for falsifying national bank records
at the First National Bank Of Ponca. An
'"fct:nent last November was Quashed.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Richard OuIahan's VIII.

The will of the late Richard Oulahan,
dated September A. 1885, and filed today,
makes the widow, Mary Oulahan, sole
beneficiary and executrix.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the high
est and the lowest and the closing prices
of the New York stock market today, as re-
ported by Corson & Mccartney. members
New York stock exchange. Correspondents
Messrs. Moore & SchIey, No 80 Broadway:
Evening star., 1895-06-21
PURSES CUT DOWN.
Agreement Between the NeiShborhood
Tracks.

AS an agreement between the officials Of
both of the Virginia tracks, the purses
in all races have been reduced to $50, to
take effect Monday, June "a. The card
presented today at st. Asaph's was a good
one, though not as heavy as usual Track
fast; attendance good. Weather threaten
ing. Nine books were on.
Evening star., 1895-06-21
Cotton and Grain M.rlet.

cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B.
uloDs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 f st.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
NOT READY FOR WAR.
Admiral Walker Says We Need More
Battlcships.

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 15.-The de-
fenseless condition Of the American
coast. which the General of the army
cision of detail, is for the moment the
principal subject of conversation among
army and naval officers.
Admiral John G. Walker, who repre-
sents the progressive element of the
new navy. regards coast defenses and a
navy as the complement of each other.
Il am a good American" said Ad-
miral Walker, but / cannot shut my
eyes to cold facts. We are not prepared
to-day to engage in war with any first
class Power. We are in the position
that China occupied In her recent strug-
gle with Japan. We have vast popu-
lation, great wealth. and boundless re-
sources and intense patriotism. But
we cannot maintain an offensive or de-
fensive attitude against any one of half
a dozen foreign countries. While Gem
eral Miles says about the defenseless
condition of our coast cities Is entirely
correct. 1t Is true that New York and
San Francisco are better protected than
our other commercial cities, but even
they would be helpless against the as
saults of a dozen powerful ironclads.
So far as the remaining cities are con-
cerned they have no protection what
ever"
What do you think the Government
ought to do?"
Congress ought to make liberal ap-
propriations for coast defense and for
additional ships of war. More than any,
thing else, we need a strong navy. If
we had dozen battleships Of the In
diana class on the Atlantic coast we
could defy as powerful a maritime
country as Great Britain. We have
now four battleships building and two
others have been appropriated for. We
need at least seven more.''
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
TURKEY SNUBS THE Lion
Discharged Prison Officials ut Mush
Are ReinStated.
SERIOUS OUTBREAK At SIvAS
Re ports Of Conflict Between the Albanian
and TripOli Regiments at the Sui.
tnn's Palacc-Situation Of tho
American Missionaries.

Constantinople, Nov. 15-It Is an
nounced today that three prison officials
of Mush who were dismissed some time
ago upon the demand of the British
ambassador owing to their maltreat-
ment of prisoners have been reinstat-
ed. This action is looked upon as an
other snub to Great Britain by the Sui
tan. The British Charged 'Affaires
Michael Herbert, has demanded of the
Porte that the three officials be again
dismissed.
The report that the Sultan intends to
recall Shakir Pasha. the Turkish high
commissioner for Armenian reforms,
from ErZerum, and eventually appoint
him grand vizier, is not yet confirmed
by his actual recall, but 1t is persist
emily stated that he will soon be ap-
pointed to that office.
The report of serious outbreak at
Sivas Is confirmed. The rioting was
attended by great bloodshed, but order
has been partially restored, and the
Turkish officials are protecting the for
eigners there. Beyond this, there Is lit
tie news today, and no change In the
situation is anticipated for several
days to come.
The reports Of a conflict between the
Albanian regiment and the Tripoli reg
incnt at Yildiz Kiosk, the Sultan's pa
lace. have not been confirmed. al
though it is well known that there has
been bad blood between the guards ever
since the Tripoli regiment furnished
the sentries instead of the Albanians
following the leaving Of notes with diff
fercnt palace officials saying that there
was plot to assasslpate the Sultan.
Situation Of American Missionaries.
Boston. Nov. 15.--The departure for
Washington of Secretary Judson
Smith and Henry ID. Hyde, of the
American board of foreign missions. to
see Secretary Olney regarding the pro-
lection Of the missionaries of the board
in Turkey. is not to make any COM
plant at the way in which affairs have
been conducted for American interests,
but there.is so much fear for the safety
of the missionaries that the officers of
the board feel that they ought to make
everything as sure as possible. The
dispatch yesterday referring to the
extreme danger" Of the missionaries
in Harput, Is believed to relate espe-
cially to the Rev. DR.. Barnum, one Of
the veteran missionaries Of the board.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
SNAKE CHASEs A JUDGE.
Ills Honor Leaves the Court Room via tho
Fire Escape.

Fire Escape.
Owosso, Mich, Nov. ia vicious rat
tlcsnake, five feet long, caused a lively
scene in Judge Byerly's court room to-
day, and even forced the dignified judge
to make his exit by the fire escape: A
travelling museum man, George Steven
son, accused Robert Sidsworth of steal
ing racoon and rattlesnake from him
and selling them to saloon proprietors.
Stevenson's show could not go on with
out the raccoon and rattler and he in
sisted that the two be produced in
court. The police had no trouble In To-
eating the property, but in getting the
box containing the rattlesnake into
court they loosened some Of the bars,
although they did not know 1t at the
time. The raccOon was perfectly at
home in the court room, but the rattler
seemed to be n little annoyed and
finally enlivened the heated atmosphere
of the judicial chamber by crawling out
of his box and becoming very demon
Strativc.
The sheriff attempted to kill the
snake by heaving the statutes of Michi-
gan at him, but his aim was bad, and
the sheriff retreated with the lawyers
and the rest of the crowd. Judge Byer-
ly appeared to be the particular object
of the snakes hatred, and it made for
the bench. Although Judge Byerly
was the fighting captain of the famous
Fifth Michigan cavalry all through the
war he had no taste for fight with a
snake, and rapidly climbed for the VIM
dow, with the rattler in hot pursuit.
The judge managed to get outside, and
climbed down the fire escape. After an
hour Of cautious work on the part of the
police the rattler was secured withou.
having done any serious damage, nut
all the parties to the suit were too much
shaken to continue, and the case went
over until tomorrow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
TOM JONNSON'S FRANK.
Admits That lie Has Abused tho Privi.
lcgc-Givcs Interesting Facts Concern.
ing tho Printing Bureau.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 15.-When asked
about the Washington dispatch to the
New York Sun about the misuse of his
frank, ex-Congressman Tom Johnson
said, after reading the dispatch: "There
" no truth in 1t. so far as / know. OF
course, some one may have stolen my
stamp or may have had one made, or
my clerk may have let some one use 1t.
A stamp costs % cents oaly. While
am not member of the present con-
gress, my frank is good until congress
meets. 1t is easy to get up story Of
that kind, which would look bad to
those who do not understand the ques-
tion of public documents and the frank
ing privilege"
AS to the agricultural department
books, Mr.. johnson said that there were
no farmers among his constituents and
he had no use for those agricultural re-
ports A Missouri congressman, Will
Jams, he thought, asked him for his
quota of agricultural documents and as
he had lot of documents which would
interest his (Johnson's) Cleveland con-
stituents, their clerks made a trade,
which Is common practice. He. did
not know what became of his agricul-
tural reports thereafter. The agrlcul-
tural department books, which he trad
ed to the Missouri congressman, have
the right to be franked and 1t did pot
matter whether he wrote his name on
the envelopes, used a stamp, or let his
clerks or some one else use a stamp. 1t
was all the same.
Mr. johnson said there was an abuse
of the public document system, more
than fifty per cent of the books sent
out from the government printing office
being trash. He had known Congress-
men to sell their documents rather than
trade them off to other congressman for
literature that can be distributed 10
good advantage. This he considered
dishonorable, but thought the system
of trading all right Another abuse
with the government documents is the
tons and tons of old books at the capi-
tol which were never taken by the sem
ators and representatives to whom they
belonged Many of the owners have
long been dead. Among them are some
really valuable publications and he pre-
ly shipped out from time to time.
Mr.. johnson said that he had done his
share of franking. He said that he had
'prOtection and free trade" printed as
speeches in the congressional record
and sent out 1,700,0G0 copies in book
form under his frank. He worked 1t
knowing the system to be wrong. but he
had taken advantage of the wrong to
do what he thought would be good.
Every speech he made in congress
was as much Of Il single tax essay as he
could make and he had sent out more
than 5000, 900 of those speeches through
the mails under his frank.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
STATE BOARD or HEALTH.
Questions Considered nt the Harrisburg
Meeting Plans to Prevent the Overflow
of the SusQuchanna.

Harrisburg, Pa, Nov. ia special
meeting of the state board of health
will be called in a few weeks to con-
slider several important matters which
were temporarily laid on the table at
the meeting today. Secretary Lees re-
port embodied so many suggestions
that the board found it impossible to
act upon all at the regular meeting.
The one question which deeply con-
Germs the members Is how to secure the
cooperation of local authorities in en-
forcing sanitary regulations. resolu-
tion was adopted today providing that
where ther are no health authorities
infected places shall he placarded un-
der the supervision of the county med
ical inspector of his deputy. A regula-
ton was also adopted requiring graves
In populous district to be six feet in
depth and in rural communities four
feet. Complaints came to the board OF
corpses being unearthed by dogs owing
to the graves not being over two feet
deep The responsibility of tanneries
for creating nuiSances and endanger-
ing human life will be investigated. AS
ISOLATED boards of health in each coun-
ty as in Lackawanna are commended.
The plan of John A. Fulton. Of Johns
town, for preventing the destructive
overfows of the Susquehanna at Will
Transport is endorsed by the board
which will call the next sanitary con-
vention at Williamsport to arouse in
terest in the project The plan pro-
posed is the raising Of the banks Of
the river to the highest water mark
thirty three. feet-by changing the rail-
road tracks and removing Instructions
in the bed of the stream. Bridges
would have to be raised and new en-
bankments made. The estimated cost,
exclusive of the expense of the railroad
changes, is s550,000.
The board is particularly interested
in protecting the water supplies of the
state and legislation will be urged at
the next session of the legislature
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-16
ELWYN'S TERRIBLE crime.
Under the Influence Of Liquor He
Kills Three of His Children.
MAKES A BLUFF AT SUICIDE
Dcspondcnt Over the Sudden and Mys'
terious Departure Of His Wife. Elwyu
browns Ills Sorrow In Murder.
Cuts tho ThrOats Of the Babies.

Phenixville. Pa, Nov. ia hor-
rible tragedy was enacted here this af-
ternoon, at the humble home of Thomas
Elwyn at this place. Elwyn Is pud-
dler, aged so, and worked in the Phoe-
rixville Iron mill. Last Friday Ell
wyns wife left him and failed to come
back No one knew where she went
and her husband and FIVE children were
left to take care of themselves. Things
went wrong about the house In the
wife's absence and Elwyn became
greatly disheartened. When his oldest
boy, Robert, came home at 1.30 o'clock
this afternoon. he was Mortified to find
In the fathers bed the bodies of his
father and his young brother and sister,
Agnes, aged six years, and Thomas,
aged S, with their threats cut from ear
to ear. The children were dead and the
father was thought to be In dying
condition. He was taken to the hospi
tai. The other two children were away
from home at the time. The bodies
were still warm when found. Elwyn
had been drinking hard in consequence
Of his domestic troubles.
E!wyn, who was removed to the hos
pital this afternoon with a terrible cash
In his throat. is doing well. The at
tending physician this evening says the
cut is not necessarily dangerous and he
Is likely to recover.
Cause of Trouble.
The children We're seen by neighbors
playing about the house as late as II
o'clock. Although the would-be- suicide
has been drinking recently he was sober
last night. The two dead children were
staying with friends at Norristown but
We're brought home by Elwyn yester-
day. He returned on the midnight
train on the Pennsylvania railroad and
to another passenger proposed that ne
and the passenger kill the children.
His plan was to get off the train at
Mont Clair and batter the heads of the
children on the abuttments of the rail-
road bridge over the Schuylkill river
and disposed of the bodies In the bottom
of the river
Elwyn was separated from his wife
on account Of another man named
Rhoads who was very intimate with
Eiwyn's wife. She stopped going
with Rhoads about two months
ago, but later went off with
him taking two children with
her. He went to see her at NorrIstown
and pleaded with her to return to their
home, but she refused nnd this ia
thought to have decided Elwyn to COM
init the deed. The other children were
Robert, aged 13, George, aged 8, laura.
aged IL, and Norawood, SIMPSON,