davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times., 1898-12-12
ExpANs1oN1s1s WON.
An Eloquent Debate at the George
town University.

town tntverslty.
That the Philippine Islands should be
annexed to the United States was decided
Saturday night by the Georgetown Uni
yersity Law School Debating Society.
Forcible arguments were eioquently de-
livered on both sides of the question by
the chosen debaters of the evening. and
listened to with appreciation and enthusi-
asm by an audience filling the lecture
hall of the law department of the univer-
sity. in E Street, the occasion being the
first debate of the society.
The debate, which began at O'Clock,
lasted with uninterrupted interest for
more than two hours, and, from the time
Presiden Conboy, of the society, intro
duced the first speaker to the delivery of
.he opinion by the judges, the slightest
opportunity for applause was not over
looked by the admirers of the speakers.
Argument was begun for the affirmative
by Eugene A.. Logan, of Missouri. who re-
cited the history of the events which had
so recently made the question of the an
nexation of the Philippines the ail-absorb-
ing question for present consideration. and
pointed out that the policy advocated BY
the Administration was the correct solu-
ton OIL Int Indttcis
Fred Schade. of Virginia. followed and
took the audience by storm, as it were
He pointed out with fiuency and vehe-
mence the danger which would befall this
country in the establishment of what he
termed the imperialistic policy.
Leo p Harlowe, of Virginia. for the af-
firmatiye, won the battle for his side in a
calm and convincing argument. the pero-
ration being an eloquent appeal in behalf
of the Filipinos as deserving of American
enlightenment and freedom.
]. Edward Mulligan. of Pennsylvania.
who was the only junior among the
speakers. proved TO be very popular with
the audience, and his speech against an
nexation bringing out many of the ar
guments urged by the anti-expansionists.
was pithy and interesting.
At the conclusion OF the summing up
by Messrs. Schade and Herlowe. Justice
Brown. OF the Supreme Court OF the
United States. Judge Jere NJ. Wilson. and
Prof. Maurice Francis Egan. OF the
Catholic University. who were the off,
cial judges OF the evening. retired. and.
after celebrating. returned and deliver
ed their verdict In favor OF the aftirma-
tive
The times., 1898-12-12
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.
An Alleged Bogus Agent for wooden
Goods.

Joseph Haight. colored. twenty-three
years old. was arrested late Saturday
night by Detectives Gallagher and Lac y
and locked up at No. 6 station on
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses.
Haight, it is alleged, has been repre-
senting himself as an agent for the Amer
lean Wooden Mills. of Chicago, and So
liciting orders for clothes from persons in
the District. The orders he Gained
would be sent TO the company he repre-
sented and filled by it. When closing an
order it was Haights custom to get an
advance payment on the bill. sums vary
ing from 81 to s.. His patrons waited in
vain for the clothes they had ordeie ed. or
for word from the supposed manuf Il tur-
ers. Finally despairing of ever hearing.
they became suspicious. and reported the
matter to detective headquarters. Detec-
tive Gallagher, after an investigation,
decided to arrest Haight. They located
him at dance in South Washington and
took him INTO custody.
This is the second time Haight has
been arrested OH this charge. On the pre-
vious occasion, when brought into court
for trial, he evaded sentence. it is said.
by a Misrepresentation of the facts in the
case.
The times., 1898-12-12

Few men who have contributed to the
entertainment of the present generation
have become more popular as writer's OF
While others have deived into the realms
of scandal, politics or the triviaiities of
English society for their themes. he has
made himself noted and liked by his
ability to handle stories of simple and
wholesome family life. and has drawn
into his pleasant net the British seas on
which yachtsmen SAIL the beauties and
peculiar life of the Hebrides. and a host
of things that others have not touched.
or touched only superiicialiy One of the
noticeable things about the heroines
OF his stories Is that they are all drawn
from a single conception of pure, sweet
and loving woman; Intelligent utterly
feminine and human; always a Jolly.
hearty companion for father or husband
1t is said that this picture of the nearest
thing TO perfection in modern womanhood
was drawn from the charming personality
of the novelist's own wife. The fact. and
1t is not doubted that ii is one, has
drawn the author all the nearer 10 Ameri-
can readers who for the most part de-
light in the idea of single devotion dis
played by man toward woman William
Black may be forgotten in time. Few II
any, of his novels are of the kind to out
live the decade in which they were writ
ten. But the present Anglo-Saxon gen
Grafton will not soon cease 10 remember
the genial writer whose stories were
always readable, interesting and. above
all things, clean.
The times., 1898-12-12
FATALITIES AT A FIRE.
Three Persons Burned to Death and
One Killed by y Fall.

Three Persons Burned to Death ana
One Killed by n Fall.
New York, Dec 1.-THE five-story fiat
house at No. ls4 Prospect Place. Brook
lyn. was almost destroyed by FIRE to-
night. Three alarms were sent in. and it
was more than two hours before the fire
men succeeded in getting the flames ur-
der control. 1hea II was discovered that
three of the tenants had burned to death
and that the man who discovered the fire
had been killed by fall.
The dead are:
JOSEPH L. NosLIT.
MRS JOSEPH L. N0BLIT.
THOMAS WINNIE. o; No. 69o catlicn Avenue.
Unidentified woman, supposed 10 be Mrs A. L.
Robinson
1t was at 1920 o'clock when Winnie,
who was passing tie house. III company
with Louis h. u iatman. noticed that
the front cellar was abiaze. He shouted
to the policeman On the corner and three
men ran into tie front han to alarm
the tenants. They found that the stair
case was already in flames and that this
means of escape for those on the upper
floors had been cut off. Whitman and
Winnie hastened INTO the adjoining fat
and up the stairs and shouted across the
alI Stihlt. lnc pOicciudH went Ddch ~
the vestibule and, after ringing furious
ly at the bell of each fiat. entered tho
building again and shouted
The occupants of the first three floors
escaped. though they lost all their ef-
fects.
Winnie and Whitman were unable 20
get any answer to their calls across the
air shaft until they reached the top floor.
There they found Nobtit at the window,
shouting for help, and with all ways of
escape cut off, Winnie hurried to the roof
to call to the firemen for ladders and
while making his way to the front part,
missed his footing and fell down the air.
shaft. His head was crushed and he Was
instantly killed.
When the fire was out three bodies were
found in Noblits front parlor. They were
evidently those Of Noblit and his wife and
Mrs. Noblit's mother, who lived with her
daughter.
The times., 1898-12-12
TWO MEN DEW REvoLvERs.
A Shooting iGair Mt Cnbin John
.rId.e.

fridge.
James Carey. forty-nine years old en-
ployed as bartender at No. 325S NJ Street
northwest. was last night, according to
his own statement, the victim of an un-
provoked and malicious assault, as a re-
suit of which he received two bullet
wounds from a 32-caliber revolver One
bullet entered his left cheek about half
an inch from the nose and passed out
Just in front of his ear. The other lodged
in the fieshy part of his left shoulder.
The shooting occurred in the hotel at
Cabin John Bridge about $3.50 o'clock.
Carey. in company with Michael Smith.
of No. 1868 Twenty-second Street, had
been at the Bridge the greater part of the
evening. Shortly before the trouble they
entered the hotel. According to the stories
of both men Carey dropped a quarter on
the floor and when he stopped to pick
it up was STOPPED by Bob offutt and
Peyton Whelan, two Marylanders. Carey
claimed the money and was backed by
Smith. Offutt also laid claim to the
money and Whelan vouchsafed for him.
A slight argument arose during which, it
1t said, Offutt and Whelan drew revoivers
and opened fire On the other two men.
Several shots were fired. two of them TAX
ing effect in Carey. Others whisked over
the head of Smith.
CONSERVATION was caused by the shoot
ing and the assembled crowd scattered.
Smith, who is a powerfully built man,
grappled with Offutt and succeeded in
wrestling the revolver from his hand and
throwing him TO the floor. Whelan about
this tins disappeared. Carey was seen
to be bleeding from the face and was i'm
mediately picked up and started for this
city in carriage.
Carey was driven to the Emergency
Hospital, where an examination disclosed
that his wounds, though painful. were not
necessarily serious After they had been
dressed he was taken to his home. Mr..
Smith said at the hospital last night ''the
assault was enurely unprovoked and was
a most cowardly one" He exhibited u
S2-caliber revolver. which. he sand. he had
taken from offutt The revolver contained
one loaded shell and two empty ones. the
other chambers being empty. Smith stated
his determination to go to Rockville to-
day and take steps to prosecute both Of
futt and Whelan.
The times., 1898-12-12
might crop out of the panhandlers, dis


Still outrages of divers kinds were done.
and, while sociologists stood by, feeling
the pulse of their pet child. the people OF
Trenton grew timid and fearful. Then.
one day lately. the bottom fell out of the
scheme, and 1t became known that. al
though Torradell had reformed many n
tramp and fed and housed many. many
more the venture was as empty as the
South Sea Bubble.
1t is new side Of an old story-a story
that will be told and told again while
sloth and vice and adventure have any
effect at all upon men. Tramps are be-
yond all benevolence, and. in measure.
beyond law. They belong nowhere: they
have no responsibilities: they spurn any
advantage that may involve decency and
industry: they abuse charity every day In
the week. yagraney is one of the Oldest
professions in the world. II revolves about
the stronger elements Of society as regu-
larly and ceaselessiy as the earth revoives
around the sun. 1t is almost one OF the
fixed laws.
The redemption of the tramp is baf-
fling job. You can lead horse TO the
water, but you cannot make him drink
The times., 1898-12-12
OBITUARY NOTES.
4. NJ. weston.

New York, Dec. III. NJ Weston. who
was formerly the law partner OF Don NJ.
Dickinson. died yesterday morning In st.
vincent's Hospital. to which he was re-
moved from the Manhattan Club on Mo-
vember Is Mr.. Weston was chairman of
the Democratic State Committee of Mich
igan and was the owner of the Grand
Rapids Democrat. He was fifty-five
years old. He had been suffering for
some time from Il dropsical complaint.
The times., 1898-12-12
JUDGE RoBERTsoN's WILL.
The Bulk of His Estate Left to HI
Widow

New York, Dec 1.-THE will of the late
William II. Robertson was filed in the
surrogate's court at White Plains yester-
day. The estate is valued at $4,000 by
the executors. Mrs. Robertson, James
Barrett and William G. Barrett The
horses. carriages and household property
are left to the widow. She is given the
use of the homestead and its library, and
is given during her life the interest OF a
trust fund of $4,000.
At her death the estate is divided be-
tween the three sisters of the deceased.
who also receive the widows share at
her death. There are number of small
bequests to friends and relatives. Judge
Robertson had no children.
The times., 1898-12-12
TO STUDY THE MOBILE.
MnjOr Hopkins Seeking Points OF
Troop Ships.

Major Hopkins, the military aide to
Secretary Alger, has notified the War
Department of his arrival at Savannah.
He will take passage for Havana on the
big troop ship Mobile, recently recon-
structed at Cramps yards. Philadelphia,
when she sails for that port
Major Hopkins will thoroughly inspect
the workings Of the vessel. and will apply
any practical lessons he may learn to the
other transports now being fitted out by
the Cramps. The Mobile is said to be one
of the largest troop ships in the world
The times., 1898-12-12
JohnL Gardiner

Boston. Dec 11.--John L. Gardner, best
known as the husband of Mrs. Jack
Gardner, famous as a Boston society
leader, died on Saturday night at his
home, in this city. He was stricken
with apoplexy at the Exchange Club in
the afternoon. His age was sixty-two.
He inherited about $2.5O0,0O0 from his
father. an old-time merchant, He leaves
no children.
The times., 1898-12-12
vAeRANcY WINS.
Failure of Another scheme for the
Trnmp's Redemption.

lFrom the Boston Journal)
Another tramp community has failed.
and sociologists must seek new stage
for their study. Twelve years ago man
named Torradell conceived the idea that
the kind treatment of tramps would
cleanse and beautify the world and, af-
ter struggling with the idea for long
time, he found capital sufficient to take it
out of the abstract. He bought small
lot of houses in Trenton, New Jersey, and
added factory to them. Trades that re-
quired littls skill and experience were to
be followed by his wards. The locality
actually did change from disreputable to
respectable and the twenty-four little
houses We're steadily occupied
The eventual results were few but sig
nifcant. TIE Scheme failed year by year.
Tramps came and tramps went, but there
was no profit to the manager The city
was relieved of p large part of its charit-
able responsibilities. but, on the other
hand, the .pbwens of law and order were
increased. to meet any emergency that
The times., 1898-12-12
SPECIAL NOTICE.

A MEETING Of THE -fIr,i,1oIS1sSs sTocKaoI, ,DERs
OF The National Metropolitan Fire In
surance Company OF the District of Co
lumbia will be held on the 27th day- OF
December. A. D. 1895. for the election OF
directors. Polls open at II m. and close
at O'Clock p. m SAM CROSS. Secy.
no29-tfem
The times., 1898-12-12
Misplaced Consideration.
From Tit-Bits.)

.'Have not been a considerate wifey' she
asked, reproachfully
what way?"
Has there ever been a night when you were
cut late that haven't left the gas burning fof
youg" she demanded. 80 -, :.
said, sarcastically. oi course YOU have hut who
pays the bils?'' -
The times., 1898-12-12
Hnbic. in Boston.
,fFrom the New o,lsars s..tc

According to the figures of local statistician,
babies are a great deal more popular in Boston $
foreign-bo born families than in the native born.
The esthetic cult Of the Hub evidently regard a
baby as bowling nuisance, because the Boston
Herald says that ten; years ago 81 out of every
hundred Of our population were Of wholly native
parentage, and now they number only q. On
the othet, hand. persons OF wholly foreign parent
age numbered 60 in each hundred ten years ago.
and now they number 62. The moral of these
figures is sufficiently obyious -is
The times., 1898-12-12
CLOTHING FOR SOLDIERS.
Articles Destroyed by Disinfectior
to BE Replaced.

Assistant Secretary of War Meikeijohn
has issued an interesting order.
He has decided that whenever articles
of clothing of enlisted men have been
destroyed or injured by disinfecting pro-
cess to prevent contagion. gratuitous
issue of such articles of clothing will be
made to the enlisted men TO whom such
clothing belonged. upon the certificate OF
the officer who has personal knowledge
Of the facts" 58 .
The times., 1898-12-12
BE Determined to Have Heurich,.

he Determined to Have Heurich's.
When you are determined to have
Heurich's beer 1t will always be served
you. Do not accept an inferior article
because 1t is claimed that other beers
are on an equal with Maerzen, Senate.
Extra Pale and Lager Beer. 1t has
been demonstrated by analysis that
Heurich's is the only pure beer sold in
Washington Phone 634. Arlington Bot
Ting Co., for a case and you will readily
see why Heurich's lead all others In pur-
ity, age and strength.
The times., 1898-12-12
PROF. eArEs,s PURCHASE.
New Institution
Chake.

Prof. Elmer Gates has purchased from
the Chevy Chase Land Company, through
its agents. Thomas ]. Fisher & Co, a
piece of land at Chevy Chase, fronting
135 feet in Irving Street and 100 feet In
Kirk Street. The postoffice, which is
now on the property. is to be removed
to new building farther to the north
Prof. Gates will probably erect a build
ing on the newly. acquired land to be
used for scientific and educational pur-
poses
The times., 1898-12-12
EDUCATIuNA1
DIED.

ToRkiNToN-on Sunday. December II. Isss
Thirty-third Street northwest. MAMIE c. be-
loved daughter Of Edward and Margaret Turxia-
Notice OF funeral in Mondays Evening Star It
COURf-Suddenly. Saturday, December 10.
isss. at l. O'Clock. at the residence Of his
mother. No. 6s6 Street northwest, EDWARD
r. COURf, beloved husband of Daisy NJ Coury
tnee Lsaeh).
Funeral from Lees undertaking Establishment.
December Il. at 80 p. m Private 1t
DuyALl-on Saturday. December 10. 1855. at
O'Clock p. m. BENJAMIN H. DUyAII.. in the
Ssth year of his age.
Funeral Monday afternoon at o'clock. from
his late residence, I3l Indiana ave- Relatives and
friends invited. deII.at
The times., 1898-12-12
WILLIAM BLACK DEAD.

The Novelist Pnxxes way Mt Brigh-
ton, Aged Fifty-Seven Years.
London, Dec. n--wiillam Black. the
novelist, died at Brighton yesterday. He
was fifty-seven years old
The times., 1898-12-12
GA ToHTA.
Bs..ths zlhs Kind You Have Always Bought
'''.a'''' .i &HzZz:Zu
LIGHTNING RELIEF.

sure cure for headache, faceachs, toothache, etc.
Price, 10 GENTS AT ali druggists. dee7t
The times., 1898-12-12

DR.. Herry's Cough Syrup cures
coughs and all bronchial affections
which this weather is producing.
AT all druggists, Isc-
The record-union., 1898-04-11
Y. M. c. A.
Easter Exercises Yesterday-The
Saturday Entertainment.

The Easter service yesterday after
noon at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms was a
marked success The parlor was we'll
filled with young men, and the music
was excellent. Miss May Malone pre-
sided at the piano; Mrs. Reavis sang
a soprano solo entitled "Anchored"; S.
S. Wall rendered Palm Branches (by
]. Faure), as a baritone solo, and the
male quartet gave the hymn, He
Arose." as arranged for male voices by
George c. Hugg. Rev. S. J. Carroll
delivered an address filed with splen-
did thoughts suggested by the Easter
tide, urging the young men to seek that
resurrection which would give them a
close companionship with Jesus Christ.
The programme for the concert to-
night at the Congregational Church is
of a very high character, and all lovers
of music should secure seats as early
as possible to-day. The concert is we'll
worth the price asked for admission,
and besides, the money goes toward the
fund for refurnishing the associa ton s
rooms.
The association rooms presented a
scene of activity on Saturday evening.
There was a large number of young
men present, and the sack race in the
gymnasium ELECTED great deal of
merriment, as there were races for the
long boys and races for the short boys
and races for the long and short boys
together. They had the appearance of
so many seals fioundering about upon
the gymnasium floor.
The association is indebted to some
of it's members for a new visitors re-
gister. which now lies upon the desk
in the reception-room. This must be
the beginning of the new furnishings
which are shortly to come
The record-union., 1898-04-11
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
The EGiGce Thronged Yesterday
Rare Musical Features.

The Cathedral was crowded at high
mass yesterday morning. Every seat
in the spacious edifice was taken, and
many stood in the rear throughout the
mass. Perhaps one half of those pres
ent were non-Catholics who We're at
tracted by the announcement of the
usual elaborate Easter services and the
high-class musical portion of it.
Bishop Grace officiated, and his as
sistants We're Fathers Walsh, Brady
and Hynes and some of the Faculty OF
the Christian Brothers College. AGO.
lytes to the number of about fifty were
also on the altar, and the very impress
i've service was carried out with all the
splendor of the Pontifical mass ritual
Father Walsh preached a mastery
sermon appropriate to the Easter day,
explaining at length the significance of
the occasion and the reasons why the
Catholic Church held the day in such
reverence.
The Cathedrals fine choir was at its
best, and the brilliancy of the musical
part of the service was one of the main
subjects of remark among the vast as
semblage as the people filed out of the
church at l O'Clock The chorus work
was grand and full of vigOr, and the
solos throughout were beautifully sung.
All of them were gems from the mas
ters Of mass music, and We're given
with good finish.
The feature was the offertory, q
prayer from ma abuchodOnosor," sung
by Signor Abramhof, with accompany
ing chorus of the choir in unison. It
was a fine effort of the well-knoWn bas-
so, and the church fairly rang with the
swell of his powerful voice. The selec-
ton was one of Verdfs best, and was
given in masterful way.
The record-union., 1898-04-11
On THE ISLANDS.
The Farmers Will Irrigate With
the River Water.

Heretofore at this season of the year
the people on the islands down the
river have had to run immense pump
ing plants to keep the seepage and rain
water out of the levee-inclOsed islands,
but now it is just the other way; they
are taking water in from the river to
irrigate the land.
The Rio Vista News" states that Fl.
E. Crew of Walnut Grove will shortly
commence the work of putting in si-
phons on the ranches of Felix DrOuin
and Henry Culper on Brannan Island
With a little irrigation crops are as
sured on these places.
William Goodman of Grand Island
will put in a large siphon for irrigating
purposes at his place next week His
crops are looking fine
In any event the island farmers are
all right, except that this season their
fruit has suffered greatly from the late
severe frOStS
The record-union., 1898-04-11

HEBER-In this city, April 9th. Mrs. f.
l.. Heber, native of Bremen, Ger
many, aged "A years.
Friends and acquaintances are re-
spectfully invited to attend funeral
Tuesday afternoon, at 2:3g o'clock. from
mortuary parlors of w. f. Gormley. GIG
j street, thence TO Cathedral, where
funeral services will be held, commenc-
ing at o'clock. 1nterment st. Joseph S
Cemetery.
MYERS-In this city, April 9th, Mrs. Do
rotha Myers, wife of the late Henry
Myers (mother of Gussie. Henry and
Morrison Myers, Mrs. Louisa Gilman,
Mrs. Thomas Reddington and Mrs.
Dora HuberD, a native of Germany
aged II years.
Friends and acquaintance are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
to-day (Monday), at p. m, from
her late residence, 621 p street. Inter-
ment City Cemetery.
GOULD-In this city April 9th. Lottie B.
Gould daughter of n. I. and NJ. j.
Gould, and sister of w. II. Simpson
of Sacramento, and Mrs. Baker of
Rockwell. n. Y, native of California
aged Il years, months and I days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
GRIMES-In Alaska. April Sd, Stanley NJ.
Grimes, a native of Ripley County IN
diana, aged 52 years and months