davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-06

Delaware, William G. Sproul; Fourteenth
district, Lancaster G. G. Kaufman; TWeh-
ty-iirst district, Luzerne and LackaWan-
ma. W. j. Scott; Twenty-seventh district,
Union, Snyder and Northumberland, I'd
win NJ Hummel: Twenty ninth district
Schuylkill. Samuel a. Losch; Thrty-iiith
district, Blair and Cambria, Jacob G. Stlhe-
man; FOrty-third district, Allegheny, C.
l.. Magec; Forty-fourth district, Alleghe-
ny, William Finn; Forty-ffth district
Allegheny, John w. Crawford.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-06

JEFFREY'S & RUDDY, ATTORNEYS
at-law, Commonwealth building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-06
FOR SALE.


TOR SALE-HOUSE AND SEVEN ACRES
i of land in Chinchilla; Hoover property
Inquire at 500 North Main avenue, city.
TOR SALE-A SILVER.PLATED CONN
Il double bell euphonium. nicely engraved
with trombone Lcll. gold lined; nearly new
and cost $50: will sell at u bargain. Address
this week to f. ". GAYLOR, LaEaysville,
Pa.
NOR SALE-HORSE, AGED SIX YEARS,
i weight l,0O9 Ioundsi can be seen at ld2l
Price street
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
THE CRETAN
SITUATION.
Dlgnified Protests to the Pow
ers--- Thanks TO Gladstone.

Athens, March 26.-The govern
ment has handed to the representa-
tives here of the several powers a
note protesting against the blockade
Of Crete. The note declares that IN
view Of the bonds uniting the Greeks
and the Christians of Crete the block
sade, which IS depriving the island Of
The means Of provisioning itself. is
contrary to the sentiments OF human
its inspiring the powers.
The president of the boule, in be
half Of that body, has sent to Mr.
Gladstone message of gratitude for
TIE stand he has taken in behalf o.
Greece and the Cretan Christians
The message says in part
An your glorious life has been
full of cembats for justice and hon
esty. Now that the Hellenic nation
has risen TO fight in favor OF Crete,
which is believed with blood, you
come to uphold anew the rights OF az
oppressed race.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

have refrained from even criticising
the festivities except when occasional
ly quoting and sneering at the utter
ances of loyal papers. The reason
for this can be we'll understood The
Socialist leaders have been taught by
experience carefully 80 avoid brush
with the kaiser over anything in
which he especially interests himself
and upon which they cannot assail a
minister, so the Socialist cue was to
slie low . They are already organ,
izing their own fetes for May day,
however. but there is no new feature
in the projected programme. Com
rades are invited to observe the hol-
iday, where they can do so without
injuring their interests Where
their employers may threaten them
With dismissal if they absent them
selves from work without leave they
have been advised to abstain. The
Socialist leaders, mindful of the re-
cent grieeous failure of the Hamburg
strike, are loath to encourage anything
coward strike movements in any quar-
ser.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
On the Verge Of Bitter War.

London, March 28.-Tbe Telegraph
tomorrow will give prominence to a
statement which it claims to bave re-
ceived from an unquestionable source to
she effect that the Greek situation is
extremely grave 1t says that With the
departure Of Grown Prince Constao-
tine from Athens to take command OF
.he troops 10 Ttessaly she
rhe die seems to have been cast. War
would be inevitable if Greece recalled
her army. 1t would march to Athens
and detbrooe the king. The most Sc
rious element Of che situation is the
updoubted fact, despite deuials. that the
concert of the powers is 10 longer solid.
There has not been an actual rupture,
but the members have come to the Coz
clusioo that concerted actioo is fail
ure. IF the so-called concert continues
for week it cannot last logger. The
statement ascribes the position to ths
impa,ience Of the powers With Greece 5
reckless conduct aud Great Britain's re.
luctarce to coerce her.
The powers will DOT accept Lord
Salisbury's proposal for the establish
mept Of neutral zone mile vide on
each side of the Turko Greciao boun-
dafy. because Greece holds the best
strategic positions on 4he frontier, aud
fears that if she withdraws her
troops the troops will fod a
prefext to later return to oc-
oupy the positions which would enable
her to invade Turkey This would
prevent the powers from localizing the
war, would set all the Balkans aaame.
induce general brigaudage in Turkey,
induce Austria and Russia to interfere
and blow up the European mine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
Arms and Dynamite
Landed in Cuba.
The Laurada Returns After
Her Voyage to Cuba With
1000 Rifles and 1,7oo.-
900 Rounds Of AM
munitlon.

Philadclpbia. March 81 The fill
bustering steamer LAurads arrived at
the Delaware breakwaser this evening,
after having, it ia said. laoded the
no>t important expedition sent froao
this couo'ry TO Cuba. l. Wss sbortly
after dark wheo she slipped past the
United States revenue cutter Hamilton
aud Immediately disappeared io the
darkuess up the bay. The Hamilton
had been watching at the breakwater
for the steamer for scme time, aud
shortly after the Laurada had passed ip,
she got under way, but it was impossi-
BILE to tell 10 the darkness which course
she took. Although making 90 sig
pals. the Laurada came near enough to
the recording station at the breakwater
10 be identified. She had been of the
cape all day. but was evidently afraid
of tie Hamilton and waited until dark
ness enabled her to slip by unobserved.
The Laurada lefr Baltimore on Feb.
81, for Philadelphia. and when near
Cape Henry four boats were taken on
board to be used in landing the war
material. Three days after she met
the schooner Donna T. Briggs Of
Stouington, Com, and the steam light
er Jennie H. FROM New York, loaded
With war material which was transfer
red to the Laurada IL miles off Barne-
gat. The vessels prov was then turn
ed toward the West Iodies. The ex-
pedition was in charge of Gen. Carlos
Rulof, the insurgent minister of war.
There were 30 others on the L4urada
when she left and 10 her hold were
slowed 1000 rifles, 100000 rounds
of ammunition. % tons Of stick dypa-
mite aud a large supply of food and
medicine. TIE expedition was fitted
out BY toe Cuban junta for Gen Gar
cia and was landed on the coast of
Santiago de Cuba, where large force
bad been sent to meet aud coovoy the
supplies to the headquarters of the
army in the interior.
Among those on board the Laurada
is Mrs. Hughes. the wife of the COM
mander. Two detectives are also said
to be oo board. having been sent from
New York, aod who are said to have
kept daily log of the vessels move
men:s. They are said to have gone 10
the guise Of 6remen
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
In Case Of a European war.

The London Statist, discussing the
probable consequences of European
var, says there would be decided
advance ln money rates. Great
Britain s credit would stand higher tbau
that Of any other state as lous as 1t re-
taiped commaod Of the sea. The
war would diver. labor and capita IN
the ueu,ral counties from productive
enterprise toto the furnishing of war
munitions. There would b- an epor
mous falling off 10 productive enter
prise 10 continental Europe The
United States would greatly be:.eht
from the necessities of the belllgereots
by selling to them foood aud munitions
There would probably be sharp
ise in wheat, freights, ships. iron. coal
aod wages. 1t would not be uotil the
end of the war that the waste ol
wealth and Reorganization OF industries
uould he fr1ilv felt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
The Cretans aud Greeks At.
tackled by the Foreign
AdmiralS.

London, March % -In the house of
commons to- night Right Hon George
N. Curzon, under foreign secretary,
read pumber of kilograms from the
admiral commanding The British var
ships in Cretau waters The admiral
wired that the Cretan insurgents bav-
Jog refused to permit supplies of food
10 be sent to the Turkish force at Ma
laxa. an ultimatum was sent to them
by the foreign admirals Informing the
Insurgents that the supplies. must be
allowed to go to the Turks, otherwise
the foreign warships aud troops would
resort to force to compel obedience TO
their demands. Ic the meantime, sbe
admiral added. the insurgents captured
the Turkish blockbouse at La Lava.
(Cheers from Irish benches } The for
eigu admirala, the kilograms stated.
then decided that it was necessary to
drive the insurgents oct Of the block
house and accordingly the warshlps
opeued FIRE upon them The firing
lasted six minutes. at the end of which
time the insurgents evacuated the
blockhouse. but not before they bad
footed and burned it. (Reuewed Irish
cheers.
Mr.. Cursou continued his reading
after the cheers bad subsided. The
British admiral wired that owing to re-
pea'ed attacks on the part CT The insur-
gents, the foreign admlrals decided to
treat them as enemies. (CTies Of
..shanc.") Aud to demand more
troops FROM the powers in order TO
Keep them in sr5jec,ion. Col Vassos,
com mandiog the Greek troops ia C'ete.
received waruiog from the admlrais TO
this effect, ADD replied to it by ordering
the capture of the bIockhouse at Ma
laxa and followed up his success by at
rackiog aud capturing the ear'h~ork
fort at Suda. Col. Vassos, the admiral
wired, bad practically declared war
against the powers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
Bradstreet's Summary.

New York, March 26.-Brad-
streets to morrow will say While
the week is not without favorable
features, unfavorable influences have
been more numerous Leading money
markets show nc, improvement. der
camille collections continue slow, and
the volume of funds offered is in ex-
cess of demands for discounts. The
tendency of investments to improve
has Temporarily disappeared under the
influence Of the supreme court "anti-
trust decision" which apparently
threatens arrang gements for the main !
tenance of the railway rates as well
as railway trades union activity, SO
far as it may affect interstate COM
merce.
The tendency of prices is down
ward, quotations being lover for
wheat, Indian corn, oats, coffee, cot
ton and for pig iron and steel billets
on the outlook fer lower priced ore
Stormy weather. high water and
foods in the Ohio, Mississippi and
Missouri river valleys and in the
country drained by tributary streams,
having interfereI With interior trade.
The gradual increase in the number
of industrial strikes is the outcome
of a movement to secure higher
wages, and in instances moderate
advances have been obtained
Staples for which prices are higher
include wool, raw sugar, wheat,
-four, petroleum. linseed oil and tur
pentine. Prices are unchanged for
print cloths, refined sugar, lard and
pork. The recent activity in raw
wool continues, and tie prospect ,or
an increased tar f on imported wool
ems causes merchants to purchase
American goods more freely. The
movement of cettons is not up to
expectations, and in some lines is
disappointing The most noticeable
Improvement in trade is confined to
dry goods, hardware, leather, agri
cultural implements and shoes
Bank clearings at II cities
throughout the United States are dis
appointing, the total being only sssS,-
600, 600 for the week, GO per cent.
less than last week and l 2 pes cent.
less than in the like week one year
ago The rate of commercial NOR
talty continues the decline shown IN
recent weeks, the total number OF
business failures throughout the
United States being 22l this week
com mpared with % last week and 276
in the like week in 1896
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
A New Trunk Line.
Important Railroad Will be
Built at Last.


For good many years there has
been much talk about the construction
of the long proposed air line from the
north to this city by way of Cheraw
The Iioe was long ago surveyed. Ilme
and time again it has looked for the
time being as If the road was going to
be built and considerably decrease the
distance from the north to this polos
then scheme after scheme would fall
through and nothing would come ci
il.
Heoce it is with particular Interest
that the people of Colnubla will read
the following extract from the, cores.
ooudencc of the Charlotte Observers
representative in Raleigh. who is 10
position to know what be is talking
about. Here is what be says, and the
hope is general that this time the
scheme will be carried through success
fully:
..Ie is asccrtaiued that the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad is back of the ar
raogeuent for building the liue FROM
Richmond to Ridgeaay-the Virginia
aud Carolina railroad. A leading cfi-
cial Of the Baltimore and Oaio has
been through here iocognito. and went
as far as Columbia, S c. The plan is
that the Seaboard Air Lioe and the
Baltimore and Ohio will use the Sea
board Air Lines tracks to Hamlet,
where it will have its choice of going
over them to atlanta or of buying the
Palmetto road to Cheraw. 1t has a
charter for road south from Cberaw
to Columbia or Augusta, but will build
to Columbia, where it will joint the
South bound railroad The Baltimore
and Ohio frcm that point south has
propositions from two or three roads.
It is Interesting to koow that a all
this plan the suggestion and ideas ol
the late Moucure Robinson are belog
followed. He began to build the Vir-
ginia aud Carolioa railroad Most Of
i, is already graded The Baltimore
and Ohio can, under the arrangements,
run solid traios from New York to New
Orleans aud the Seaboard Gao get into
New York with solid trains over the
Baltimore and Ohio tracks. Tie Bal
a,1 Oh;o nan nnder this con.
tract with the Seaboard Air Line use
the latter's track all the way to Allan.
ia, or can have its Own southward from
Hamlet, as above stated. 1t was the
plan Of the Baltimore and Ohio at Que
time, to get south aard via the Roaooke
and Southern. but it is positively stated
by persons who claim to be on the 10.
side that this is abandoned and that The
plan above described is the one agreed
on. The State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
THE KAlSER'S PLANS
For Avertlng War and Paci-
tying Greece.
A SLICE OF TURKEY
Allowed Greece in Treaty Of Belln
to Be Delivered if She Aban-
dons Crete.

Berlin, March 28.-Despite the
perplexities of the ministerial situa-
ton and calls upol his time arlsiog
from the memorial fetes of the past
week, the kaiser has been able to
give large share OF his attention to
the eastern crisis. Nearly every day
he has held protrscted conferences
With the chancellor or Baron Mar
sc:,all von Bieberstein, minister of
foreign affairs, at which, though IN
ternal affairs were Undoubtedly dis
cussed, the foreign situation had a
prominent part. 1t is known that
the kaiser has been again in direct
communication with the sultan and
following his occasional use Of the
right to be his own foreign min
lister, has sent personal instruc-
tions TO Baron Saurma Won
Jeltsch, German Ambassador at Con-
stantinople, and to Baron von Pies
sen. German minister at Athens The
ministerial press here argue with
some apparent degree Of justice that
the kaiser in again resuming an ac.
tive role in the protracted negotia
tons concerning Greece, has entirely
disinterested aims If he seemingly
follows in the wake of the czar 1t is
because of the fact that up to the
present time the policy of Russia has
been directed to the maintenance Of
the status quo in the Balkan peninsu
Ia which accords not only with the
general interests of peace, but es-
pecialIy agrees with the interests OF
Austria. Germany's ally But there
are near prospects of the divergence
of Germany from Russia's lead.
Previous dispatches have already de.
nonnced the current fctions that the
kaiser's policy was in aDywise in
Auepced by HE personal enmity to
the Greek roysl family, or thd he
lsd ceased Oh reta - with hiI bic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
RoBB1Ne cRErANs.s

london, March 26.-The govern
ment announces that the internation-
al forces IN The island Of Crete have
occupied The town of Malaxa. which
WAS the scene of fighting between
the Turkish garrison and the Cretan
insurgents yesterday, and subse
qnently taken by the latter, the gar
rison having found the place untena
blc The grounds for this action as
stated are that the admirals COM
manding the joint feet of the pow
ers IN CIetan waters regard the occu
patton Of the town by the Turks or
Greeks as menacing to the Europe
ans occupying Canea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
Fighting the Tiger.
A New Wrinkle in the Effort
to Enforce the DIspensary
Law.

The sensation Of the day yester-
day was the issuing of warrants for
the arrest of the two leading local
restaurant keepers, Messrs. Troeger
and David, aud of Ed Lawrence, and
their employees upon the charge CT
selling liquor in violation ofthe State
dispensary law But the sensation
did not lie merely in the issuing OF
these warrants; it was in the fact that
in these cases number of the most
prominent men in the city-attor-
neys, business .nen, oficeholders and
so on down the line-were summon
ed to appear as witnesses against the
alleged blind tigers The most re-
malkable part of it all is that the af-
6davits upon which the warrants were
issued. made by State Constable
Morehead, do not allege any specific
violations of the law According to
the text of the af6davits these wit
nesses will be called upon to testify
as to any instance wherein he has
ever bought liquor, no matter how
many years ago that may have been
In other words, the matter is in such
peculiar shape that the cases for
which these mea have been arrested
must subsequently be made by the
witnesses when put upon the stand
1t is considered tantamount to re-
quiring citizen by force of law to
report upon the defendants if they
ever bought liquor from any of them
This is the view generally taken OF
the matter 1t is also considered to
be an i'll advised method Of enforc-
ing the dispensary law, calculated to
do more harm than good.
The warrants were sworn out be-
fore Magistrates Smith and Clarkson,
and the principals and witnesses
were all pat under bond for their ap.
pearance at the coming term of the
court of general sessions, the for.
mer waving preliminary examina
tions All the defendants have en-
ployed ex Solicitor P Il. Nelson to
represent them The afidavits
charge that the defendants did sell
intoxicating liquors on the lst Of
March, 1897, and on divers days be
fore and up to the date of this war
rant
While no such affidavit would
stand for moment where men are
charged with any other ofense, it is
said that the dispeusary law permitt
such sweeping charges to be made
There will no doubt be big lega
fight over the question. In discuss
ing the matter the people upon The
streets yesterday talked more of the
remarkable form of the cases thar
of the cases themselves In fact, nc
one seemed to pay much attention tt
the issue as to whether the men sole
liquor or not; all the talk was direct
ed to the unusual method of making
cases.-The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
Rich in Alderman.

Wilmington, N. c., March 90
Two boards Of aldermen organized here
to- day. which, with the Old board hold
ing over as they claim they baSe the
rig bt to do until the consiitutiouality Of
the election held yesterday is decided
by the courts, makes three boards
struggling for the control of The city
govern mert. Two of the boards elect
ed mayors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

Baltimore. March 26 The jury in
the case of Dr.. JOS Luis, who has
been on trial ip the United States court
for three days, on the charge CT coospi-
racv with Gen. Carlos Roloff to send a
6liOusteriug expedition to Cuba, 10
July. 1895, 90 the steamship James
Woodall. returned verdict OF guilty
at noon to day. A metion% made
M. tr;al
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
coNsTANTINE Still IN ATHENS

Athens, March 26 For some an.
explained reason Crown Prince Con-
sstantine. who it waa announced last
night would leave Athens at 4
o'clock this morning. hoping to as
sume command of the Greek forces
4 ii Thessaly, has not yet left the city
II is now reported that be will go to
the Preaus. whence he will sail for
Volo, in Thessaly. to morrow even
iDg
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
WILL BLOCKADE GREECE

London. March 26-The Tele-
graph will to morrow publish die
patch from Vienna stating that all the
powers have now accepted the pro.
iect to blockade the entire Greek
coast, beginning with the ports Of
tie Piraens, Volo. Corinth and Arta.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
TEe losses AT. MALAXA.

:ganea, March 26 1t Is ascertain
sed that in the fighting which took
plnce 5etween the Turkish garrison
and the insurgents at Malaxa yester
/ day fhe Turks lost so men and the
insurgents 200.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

John Butler, young white man of
Latta, Marion county, shot bis brother.
Glance Butler. With a shot quo, loaded
With squirrel shot. on Saturday. The
wounded man is still alive
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

A. B Williams, one of the most
able newspaper writer's that ever
edited paper in South Carolina, IS
now one ofthe editorial writer's on the
New York Times -NeWberry OBJ
server
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31
Oliver Optic Dead.

Boston. March 27 William T.
Admas (Oiver Optic died shortly af-
ter 9 o'clock this morning. Mr..
Adams had been sick for a long time
with heart trouble. He was IS years
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

Writing paper in pound packages, PLAZA
a.d ruled, price and quality cot duplicated
elsewhere Il. C. Esteem I Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

NFATRY OFF FOR CRETE.
iienna, March 26- battalion of
Austrian infantry left Treste for Crete
to day. Part of the men will be
stationed at Snda and the remainder
at Canea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-31

Crown Princess Sophia will remain a
week at Larrissa in order to supervise
the organization of the work Of the
Red Cross society which contemplates
an extensive programme IN the event
of serious hostilities
The Frankfort Gazette says. that
Von der Goltz Pacha, the German gen
eral who organized the present Tur-
kisl army aad some time ago severed
his relations with the Turkish military
department because Of his disgnst
with the way things were going, is a
candidate for the Office of governor
of Crete with good chances OF sue
cess Regarding Crete, the military
view is that it will reqire $4,000
troops to effect the SO called paci6ca
ticn of the islanders if they choose to
resis, There are $4,000 well armed
Cretans in the island whose leaders
still distrust the autonomy offered to
them Further than this, the Italian
goyernmet has categorically refused
TO furnish ruan beyond its quota OF
900 men for purposes Of occupation
of the island the English and Frenc!'
governments dare not, in the face OF
popular sentiment, increase their
quotas; Germany will not either in
crease the number Of vessels in Gre
tan waters nor send troops to Crete,
and the powers cannot or will not
agree among themselves that Russia
shall undertake the work of occupa-
tion of the island alone. The Euro
mean mandate to France and Italy
which is under public discussion is
disliked in both countries and the set
element of Crete is still a diplomatic
puzzle.
During the Kaiser William | CEN
tennary fetes, the Social Democrats
held aioof from all participation and
have since practically ignored the
celebration. Their press and leaders