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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
CLOSE AFTER CUBANS,
Spanish Forces Are Pressing Their
Advantage in the Field.

Madrid, Dec. 16.-Dispatches received
here from Havana say that the pur-
suit of the Cuban insurgents is being
very actively pushed. especially in the
provinces Of Havana and Matanzas,
Skirmishes are frequent and the insur-
gents are reported to be retreating to
the eastern end Of the island.
No attention seems to he paid here
in official circles to the reports that
Antonio MaccO was assassinated The
Spaniards say that if the Cuban
leader was poisoned he would have
died at the table or in bed and not on
the field of battle. They add that the
superior numbers of the insurgents in
the engagement near Punta Bravo with
the Spanish troops under Major Cru
jada, disposes of the idea of an am
bush.
According to the Heraldo. 1900
troops are to be sent to reinforce the
Spanish garrisons in the Philippine
Islands.
Havana, Dec. 16.--Captain Genera,
Weyler has published a decree regard
ing the circumstances of Antonio Ma
ceo's death. This decree says that Ma
ceo's body is buried near Bejucel, be-
tween Santiago de Las Vegas and Rim
con, in Havana province. IT confirms
the reports heretofore sent from here
by the Associated Press concerning the
manner of Maceos death.
The Spanish Atlantic Liner AL
fonso Docc has arrived here with 1,246
recruits. being the last installment of
the $4,000 reirfOrcements despatched
from Spain in the last three weeks.
1t is understood that the retrial of
the case of Julie Sanguilly. sent back
on appeal from the supreme court of
Madrid, will not occur until Jan. 8.
Abelaro Campanoni, a member of Ju-
an Dclgados insurgent band, has sur
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today:
Fair; Werner; East Winds.

/ Senate Committee Defcrs Action on Gu
ban Situation.
New York ana the Atlantic Coast EN-
pCriouce a IlowliIg blizzard.
Steel Rail Pool.
. Doings of a Day at Washington.
wall Street Review and Markets.
3 G.ocaD-Important Cases in Argument
Court.
Mr.. Hilton's Peculiar Action.
Editorial.
Casual Mention.
> UocaD--In Custody on a Charge of En-
boZzlemcnt.
Niaduct Ordinances Progress Impcdcd.
6 American Federation of Labor's Grlev-
anceS.
I Suburban Happenings.
s News Up and Down the Valley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
SHOT HIS DARLING EDE.
Harry FriZZell Writes Il Queer Letter
Before Committing Suicide.

Plymouth. n. H., Dec. 16-FIarry
FrizZell, aged 10 years and son of Will
lam Frzzell, of this place, shot Mrs.
Edith Caldon Young, aged about 50
years, here this aftcrOonn and then
himself. Neither party is expected to
live. Mrs. Young was keeping the Cen
trail House and young Frizzell, who is
Il relative by marriage. has been stop
ping with her for the past few days
No trouble is known to have existed
between them.
Mrs. Young was shot in both ears
and F'riZZell had shot himself twice in
one ear and made an attempt to put a
bullet in his breast.
The following letter, written by
FriZzcll, was found on the floor:
1t is just o'clock now and in fifteen
minutes EIDE and | will both be dead.
Perhaps you will think | am drunk or
crazy, but | am neither. ! never felt bet
ter in my life. but EIDE says she will die
rather than have me leave her, so we have
decided to die together.
From larry and his darling, Eide. Good
byp all
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
FIGHTERS IN TROUBLE.
Wholesale Ar csts Nav Follow the
E'itzs mmcns.Sharkcy Affair.

San Francisco. Dec. l6.-Thc referee
20 vaom Judge Sanderson has rein-
pushed The task of taking further de-
positions in the FitzsimmOns- -Snarkey
case. decided this morning not to begin
his iabCrs till tomorrow when ii is
thought this part will be completed
! is 4 possibility that wholesale arrests
will soon bc made ~ one of the re-
suits of the recent hattie. There is
state law rroliibitlng any prize fight
o. encounter with or without gloves
where The participants are liable to in
jury.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Sander
son asked many questions as to the ma
tur" of thn contest and several experts
testified or the subject. The questions
arptHrcd harmless. but it is asserted
is gathering evidence To place before
the .rand jury, in order to secure the
Indictment of Sharkay. FtZsimmons.
Lynch, Julian, Groom, Gibbs. Earp.
and the seconds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

Joseph Hodges Choatc, whose friends be-
lieve he would make irst-rate repre-
sentative Of the state of New YOrl; in the
senate Of the United States, is the fore
most member of the bar of New York city.
There are those who class him first among
the legal lights of the country and assign
to him the place that was occupied by
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Adds lsm-
met and Charles b'Connor. His Cmincnc"
has been won purely in his profession. for
he has never occupied Il public office or
been in the public eye except as lawyer.
But in that capacity he has been, indeed.
prominent. He was the leading counsel
in the Tweed ring prosecution, in the in
vostiGation OF the validity of the dismissal
from the army of General fitZ John Por-
ter in the libel suit of Castor l.. Fcnar-
dent against General CeSnol, in the con
test over the Vanderbilt millions, in the
Chinese exclusion ease. in the case of
David Neagle. VINO shot Judge Terry in
defence of Justice Field, in the Pacific
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

Railway suit, and of later day fame, in
the suit for damages against Russell
Sage for using Mr.. Choate's client as Il
buffer against a dynamite bomb. What
lawyer Is more versatile than Mr.. Choate?
Who eXCcls him in cross examination, in
pleading before a jury, in sharp satire,
quick r6partee, learning, acumen. and pro-
found resource: No one, say his friends
in New York. He made a grand president
of the constitution convention of 1891, and
there is no earthly reason, argue New
Workers, why he should not shine In the
senate. Mr. Choate is derived from the
grim puritan stock of the pilgrim fathers,
and 1t is a mystery where and how he
got his magnetic good nature and his
broad humor. He is a product of the
schools Of Salem aud Harvard college. He
was admitted to the bar in 1850, at Boston,
and in 1875 came to New York Mr..
Ihoate is III years old and yearly becomes
m2turer ana more rCSourceful. Rufus
thoate, great as Il lawyer, was his uncle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
SEEDS PROVIDED FOR.
House Committee Asks for the Usual
Appropriation.

Washington, Dec. l6.-The house
committee on agriculture today COM
pleted the agricultural appropriation
bill for the coming fiscal year. The
measure viii carry an appropriation of
about $500, 0Oo. about the same as for
the current year.
No appropriation for seeds to be dis
tlibulCH by members of congress was
asked for by the secretary, but the
committee Inserted this item, as has
been the case before. The bill contains
no new legislation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

TO GO OVER THE STORE AT THIS
SEASON, IN AN ADVERTISEMENT,
IS UNNECESSARY. OUR ENTIRE
RETAIL PREMISES ARE AS OPEN
AS A FREE PRONIANADE, AND YOU
RETAIL PREMISES ARE AS OPEN
COME TO ROAM FROM DEPART
MENT TO DEPARTMENT AT WILL.
WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING PRESS
ED TO BUY.N
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
OUAKERS IN THE SNOW.
Philadelphia Covered to Il Depth Of
six inches in Some Parts.

Philadelphia, Dec. '6.-Thc wind and
snowstorm which began early last
evening continued throughout thr
night. and at noon today showed no
signs of abating. During the early
morning hours the wind blew gale.
and railroad and street car traffic sur
fered considerably. The suburban troll
ley lines, With one or two exceptions.
are snOwbound. Snow to the depth Of
six inches has fallen. Reports from the
Delaware breakWGtcr stat" that no
marine disasters have been reported.
and that the wind has fallen to about
TWENTY-FIVE miles an hour.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
PcHrosc visits Hastings.

Harrisburg. Pa, Dee. 1G.-senator Boies
Penrose called on Governor Hastings at
the executive mansion this evening to pay
his respects. At the Penrose headqudr-
ters, which are in charge Of Senator raOm-
as, many Quay men called on Senator
PenrOse and assured him of their support
Senator Thomas says he is sure to win
Senator Kaufman, of Lancaster. was here
today and declared that cx-Postnaster
General Wanamaker was a safe winner
in the senatorial race and that he can
not now De defeated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
HARD NAME CAUSES DEATH.
Farmer kcim Couldn't Stand the
Epithet and Expired.

South Bethlehem, Pa. Dec. 1G.-While
an itinerant peddler of medicine was
haranguing a crowd and giving show
at WeaversNille, a village three miles
north of this place, last night. one Of
the spectators named Keim, cXcitedly
said to another: Don't you call me Z
liar!" and then dropped dead in his
tracks. The excitement had caused
heart diseas, and instant death
Keim was farmer. 32 years old. and
leaves wife and child. Some man in
the crowd had addressed Il pet name to
a woman " no was assisting the medi-
cine Deddler. keim had been pointed
cut as the man. He, however. insisted
that ii was his accuscr who did it, and
the latter called keim a liar with the
result stated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
six Men KILLED.

Rcd Cl.T. CO... Dec. 1G.--A terrible a"ci-
dent occurred this afternoon in a tunnel
in the Holy Cross niUe. rich strike
was made recently and th- company has
been pushing tire dcNoiJl meut Of the new
m;rc Six nan were .; work in thr tunnel
this afternoon. \ ns2vy blast was put in
which tore down great quantity of earth
to death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
Big FIRE LOSS COMPROMISED.
Chicago Railroad Accepts the lnsur.
nncc COmpany's Offer.

Dubuque. Ia. Dec. iG.-Tha Chicago
Great Western railway has effected a
settlement with the insurance compa-
MES and lumber firms of this city
which We're burned out over two Y -ars
ago.
The claims were for $780, and the
company agrees To pay % per cent of
the loss. 1t is alleged that Il spark
from an engine caused the fire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
Arrested for EOrrcry.

Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 1G.-B. G. Ohmit, of
Washington borough late solicitor for the
Pennsylvania Building ana Loan asso-
citation. was arrested here tonight for forg-
ing the name of Treasurer John VI. Croft
TO money order which he had cashed al
the Lancaster postoffice. He admitted the
forgery and was locked up for prelim-
mary examination.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
SENATOR BUTLER WEAKENS.
lie is Exhausted and Can No Longer
BE- I.Oyni to Tom Watson.

Raleigh, n. c.. Dec. Ex-senator But
lcr's paper today contains the follow
ing editorial:
And now it is announced that Hon.
Thomas T.. Watson viii contest the seat
of Black. from the Tenth Georgia dis
trict. We have strained ourselves
right much to be loyal to Watson since
his nomination for the vice presidency.
but our strength is now exhausted and
we give up the job of loyalty to him"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
FROZEN WHILE SLElGhiNG.
.ata, Ending 20 IL Midnight ItiGc in
N.nNgC COUNTY.

Middlctown. n. y. Dec. 16.-Percy
MiddlghroCk. Frank Roe and Patrick
Powers. all sons of prominent citizens
Of Florida, Orange county, took ride
in sleigh last night, returning at mid
niGht.
Roo and Powers ATTEMPTED to assist
Mitdlahrook from the sleigh. but found
that he was dead ana was frozen STIFF.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

New York. Dec. 17.--Tn the Middle states
today, partly cloudy to fair weather and
fresh northerly and northwesterly winds
will prevail, with nearly stationary fol-
lowed 10y slowly rising temperature. ON
F'rnday. fair to partly cloudy. slightly
warmer weather will prevail. with light
to fresh southwesterly winds, possibly fol.
lowed by rain or SD
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
SCHOONER BLOWN ASHORE.
Life Savers Rescue the Captain and
Crew of Five Men.

Nantucket Beach. Mass. Dec. IL
The threemasted schooner Tlfich.
Captain James Patterson. from Hills
boro. n. b., for Hoboken. n. j.. with
plaster. came ashora abo.t go a. m.
on Nantucket Beach and is a total
loss.
The Hull life saving crew under COM
mand Of Captain James, rescued the
captain. first mate and crew of five
men. after struggling heroically for
nearly two hours. The second mate.
whose name has not been learned. was
swept overheard some time during the
night by the heavy seas and drowned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

Madrid. pee. 1G.-Tle Spanish govern
ment has authorized the publication hy
the newspapers here Of Il statement 4 -
clar,ng thG' tn' rumJrs that General
MarCo va murdered ny poison or in any
Other r,aarcr. .rc hase,esa and ridiculous,
ana asserting that II, iHaurTcnt leader
was ki..cl IN Or.u.tOUs encounter he
tween the Tahais and the .Janish troops
under Major Cirujcia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

New York, Dec. 1i-Arrivcd: lTricslanl.
from Antwerp; Mohawk. from London.
SAILED: Majestic. for Liverpool: Nooid-
land. for Antwerp: St Louis, 70? South
ampton: California. for HamburS Ar
rived out: NoImannia. at Naples; Mani
tCba. at London: Stuttgart. 4. Brcmarha-
ven: TraNe, AT Sout hampton: New NUik,
at Southampton. Sighted: PalItl. from
New York for Hamburg. passed Prawle
Point
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
cid NOT KNOW IT WAS LOADED.
Two Eata! Cunning Accidents in the
Vicinity Of Cicariic!h.

Clearteld. Pa. Dec. 1G.-At Hagger-
tvs Cross Roads on Monday. sixteen
year-Old Ray Mccoy was playing with
a shotgun which he thought was not
loaded. lie rested his chin on the muZ-
zle Of the gun andrew the hammer
back with his foot. There was an eX-
piOsiOn and the boy dropped over dead.
His entire face and part of the head
were blown away.
At Emerickvile on Tuesday. while
out hunting rabbits Vernon Marley
rested his gun on log. The stock
slipped off and was discharged. the
contents of the gun entering Marley's
stomach and killed him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
An Unbalanced Musicinn.

Harrisburg. Pa, Dec. lG.-Fredericls C..
Martin, the young musician who tried to
commit suicide last night by shooting him
self in the left breast. Is at the city hospi-
tal 1t Is thought he may recover, al
though it will take several days to de-
termine the results of his injury. 1t is be-
lieved his mind was unbalanced by reli-
giouS matters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

rendered to the Spanish authorities and
been granted amnesty.
The Notifications of the town of So
ans5acoa, Just across The bay from
Havana, upon which attacks have been
made several times recently by raiding
parties of insurgents, are being actively
pushed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
Sympathy in Texas.

Denson, Tex, Dec. l6.-AIass meetings
are being held all over north Texas in
sympathy with Cuba. The war spirit Is
rampant. Colonel /. NJ. Standifor, of Gov
ernor Culberson's staff, says that in case
of war with Spain. Texas could put 5000
men in the field inside of thirty days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
NOSMpiI Inrr LII.

Plainfcld, y. j., Dec. LEX Congress
man Roswell q. Horr, who has been Sc
riOusly sick for the past two weeks with
bronchitis, is not expected TO live through
ba nj f8I
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
OIcott Succeeds Fellows.

Albany. y. Y, Dec. 16--Governor Nor
ton today appointed william NJ. *. Oh
colt, as district attorney &c New York
county in the place made vacant by the
death of Colonel John X. Fellows. Mr.
Olcott Is a Republican.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

pittsburg. Pa. Dec. lG,-The East End
Laundry. owned by James Wilson. was
burned tonight. Loss. sJO00p: insurance
S2jUU. Two employees anl Il visitor were
on the third floor of the building and were
forced 10 jump to AN adjoining roof to
ESCAPE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
HandkerChiefS
And Notions

Our display in these departments
overshadowing the stocks of all
others combined. NO MATTER
what you've had your thoughts fix
ed on, we've got it and at the right
price too.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
Attractive Glassware, etc

In n hundred artistic ways. some
useful as well as beautiful, others
mainly depending on good looks for
buyer. Which ever way your
fancy leads you we'er ready to meet
you, and always at Globe Ware
house Prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
DUR Toy Fair

Delights the Youngsters, as well 1t
might. Hardly Il thing you'd think
of for their happiness that isn't
there. and there's big savings in
buying Toys at Dry Goods prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
GIFT
BUY ING
rHIRRONGS
NOW FILL

All the leading departments
throughout the store. and the rap
idity with which our vast special
Holiday purchases are disappearing
proves beyond all doubt that we
have the popular fancy in our sell
ections. and the peoples pocket
books with the low figures.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
Quick-Selling Brlc-a-Brac

Pretty conceits in Metal. China
Celluloid, etc, etc, all hard to talk
about intelligently, but well worth
looking at, and the biggest puzzle
to most buyers so far seems to be
how they We're ever got together for
so little money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
Our Picture Gallery

Draws hosts of admirers The va
riety of subjects shown is practical
ly without limit. For the choicest
of them all. The cost is hardly over
the usual price of the frames.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17

Plymouth. Mass, Dec. l6.-"he worst
storm seen about these pas.s for many
wears has been raging all night and
now shows no signs of ahatlnG. snow
is falling fast and the wind is blowing
a gale from the northwest. the mar
Dor is on seething mass of foam ana
the tide. is very high, washing up over
-. n
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-19

from the white house shortly after
o'clock and standing together in the mid
die of the aisle. Senator Sherman read
brief report stating that In response to
an inquiry the president had stated that
he had no further business to communi-
cate to congress.
Harris offered resolutions expressing
the thanks of the senate to Senator Frye
of Maine, president pro tenn. for the uni
form courtesy and ability with which he
had presided over the senate.
A similar resolution of thanks to Vice
President Stevenson for his dignified and
impartial service as presiding officer was
offered by Senator Allison.
Both resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
A few moments before the hour set
for adjournment the vice president raped
the senate to order and said: Senators.
am deeply touched by the resolutions
personal to myself adopted by the senate.
1t has been my earnest endeavor impair
tally to execute the rule prescribed for
the guidance of this body. For the aid
you have so generously given He in the
discharge of the duties that pertain TO
this office, as well as for the courtesy
uniformly shown me. l am profound. y
grateful. And now, wishing each of yoa
safe return to home and constituents
1t only remains for me to declare the frs
session of the fifty-fourth congress al
journed without day."
The gavel descended with whack
the last word and the session was owe,
There was a stir in the galleries as tn
crowd made for the exits Soon the sen
ate chamber was deserted.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-19
A CRETAN. COUPLE.

empire. If each of the great powers does
not get what 1t deems its fair share of
Turkish territory there will be more wars
and Europe Will he afiame.
At the present time there is an insur
rection in Crete, and the natives
fighting to sever the bonds which have
tied them TO the Turk for more han 300
years. Their grievances are much on the
same line those which prompting
the Cubans to make such bitter strug-
gle for freedom, but the outrageS suf-
fered by the Cretans are hundred times
worse than those of the Cubans. Spain
Is cruel, but words fail to picture the viii
1ainy of the Turk. What he has done in
Armenia he would like to do in Crete,
but the people are too warlike for him.
In 1866 the Cretans started war
against their opTressors, and in 1889 the
Turk was ready to sue for peace. The
Cretans would consider nothing but abso-
lutte freedom from the Ottoman empire
and they were in fair way to get it by
force of superior arms when the powers.
headed by England, stepped in on the side
of the Turk and crushed the war spirit
out of the hardy islanders
The reason of England's action at that
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