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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-31
TRIES TO DROWN HERSELF.
Laura Gutman Seeks Death in the
Water.

New York March 3l.-Lsura Gutman, hand
some brunette, nineteen years old, the daughter Of
Henry Gutman. of No. 269 East Tenth Street. at
tempted suicide yesterday by jumping of the pier
AT the foot OF Seventh Street.
The Mace is known as the DRY Dock, and IS
owned by Morgan MCGOWAN. William Morgan,
while talking with one of his employees, John
Ramon. noticed the girl walking toward the dock
burriedlv, and called Bannons attention to her.
When the girl reached the end of the dock she
i,,mped into the river. Bannon ran for a boat
hook and succeeded in catching the clothes OF the
girl when she reappeared above the surface Nor
Gan also seized a boat hook, and together the men
pulled the girl to the uer.
Tho girl who was uninjured, turned over
To Policeman Sep of the Fifth Street station.
She refused to say a word and was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, where she was given dry cloth
mo She gave her name and address, but refused
10 tell why she attempted suicide.
Laura Gutman is OF ten children. Her IA
tbpr manufactures aprons for walters. and lives
in the rear rooms with his family. He said that
Laura had been very moody of late. and for the
past eight or ten months has refused to talk to
anyone
When she went out yesterday she was asked
where she was going but Ieiusel to give an sn 'wer
The slippostion was that she was going TO look
for work Once in while the girl would assist
her parents, but was very reluctant about IT,
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Look 0ut for Snares.

when the details of the Presidents
alleged patriotic ultimatum We're ex-
amined in this mornings daylight, they
did not scintillate nearly as much as
when they were served hot from the
White House last night. Critically Elk
amned today. several things appear,
either directly or inferentially, which
tend to the conviction that Congress
should not wait until Monday or any
other shorter time for Mr. Mckinley to
act 1t is too probable that by Mon
day We may find that European medi-
alton has been offered and accepted.
What is the basis Of this ''ult;matum"
and the consequent request Of the Ad-
ADMINISTRATION for delay2 Under another
name and with different dressing it
is the same old Spanish-Cuban bond
conspiracy. Spain is told that the
American people viii consent to nothing
but the absolute independence Of Cuba.
Sagasta tries to beg off from that. NO,
tyrant," says Mr.. Mckinley. you are
q beast and a butcher. and my people
are wild with wrath at me for letting
you stay on the earth, much less on the
Western Hemisphere. Under these cir
CUmstances. your own sense Of gener-
usity and justice viii lead you to evac-
uate immediately"
Then the frightened Sagasta asks
what his great and good friend may
mean by the ambiguous term "imme-
diately." To which Americas prophet.
priest and king replies that the Spanish
premier may ask his dumb brute COM
patriot with the long ears.
Having thus played to Ihl galleries.
the high contracting parties arrange
the terms of the real business. They
include the noble dictum that Cuba
must be free Immediately" if not
sooner In order to carry out this stern
purpose. Spain is to declare an armis-
tice for six months. during which time
Congress being of his hands, MIR. Nc
kinley will use the good offices and sew
eral departments of this Government
Ito insure a lasting peace" and TO cajole
or bully the Cubans into paying the
McCook- Hanna Rothschild syndicate
two hundred million dollars in bonds
worth par for an equal face value of
worthless Spanish paper, surrendered
TO Sagasta by the gang.
Let senators, members and all others
note with care that this 'ultimatum" is
an ''ultimatum' which, in fact, does not
demand a single thing beyond the
terms Of the McEinley-Sagasta under
standing for armistice, food for Span
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HIS SWORD AT HOME.
Request Of n Soldier Who Fell at n
tietam Carried Out.

Bellefonte. Pa. March 31.-Yesterday
evening quite a memorable and historical
event took place here which is about as
follows: When the war broke out in
1861. Hardman p. Petriken, son of James
Petriken. of this place. was one of the
many sons from Center County. who
went to the front. Soon after enlisting
he was made a lieutenant colonel of
Company z. Fifth Pennsylvania Re
serves on the night before the bloody
battle of Antietam when the armies OF
the North and South lay close together,
Lieut. Petriken was detailed with a
squad of men to recOnnoiter and place
an additional line of pickets outside
those already placed He accidentally
ran into the Confederate picket line and
was shot and mortally wounded.
While in a dying condition he was
found by Major William F. Robbins, a
member of the Fourth Alabama Regf-
ment who that night was in charge of
the enemies picket line. With his eX-
piring breath Petriken gave Robbins his
sword and requested him to send it to
his father who lived in Bellefonte, which
he did In the excitement of the hour
officer Petriken's sword was forgotten
and carried off by unknown parties. Ma
ior Robbins, however, determined to find
1t. and after thirty-five years of constant
tracing it was located recently in the
possession of an old soldier living in
Texas.
The only member of the famous Petri-
ken family living is Miss Marion Petri-
ken. of this place. sister of the deceas-
ed Last night large audience gather
ed i'm the Gregg Post rooms here to wit
ness the presentation of the sword to
Miss Petriken by Major Robbins, who
came here especially for that purpose.
The sword was received in behalf of
Miss Petriken by Capt. W. c. Patterson,
of State College. who was near where
Lieut. Petriken fell on that fatal night.
Other addresses were made by ex-Gov-
ernor Beaver. ex-Judge A. o. Furst,
Judge John c. Love, David F. Fortney,
and others The party of ten military
officials who accompanied Major Rob-
bins here. were entertained at dinner
Yesterday by John p. Harris.
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Nothing could be more plain or man.
datory than the duty Of Congress to de-
clare the independence of Cuba with
out any sort of qualification or delay.
1t may be that our lawgivers have
been put to sleep for a few hours, by
being told at the White House that an
''ultimatum" had been sent TO Spain
demanding independence" When they
learned this morning that what really
was demanded was only an armistice
until October. with a general view to
independence by purchase, they prob
ably woke UP to the fact that they had
been neatly done.
After a thousand such experiences
one would think that people clever
enough to get seats in the Senate and
House Of Representatives would know
better than to swallow Administration
schemes and make promises based up
on them. without knowing what they
really are.
Mr. Lincoln said that you cannot
fool all the people all the time" If
he were alive today it is doubtful if he
would apply that remark to Congress.
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THE DEAD INSULTED.
La Lucha Makes Several tnfourded
Accusations.

Havana. March S1-La Lucha. after
reviewing the findings of the Court %
Inquiry. prints this criticism on the re-
port of the Court
The Spanish government has made
report: that of the United States has
made another 1t will be proper for the
public TO formulate them With that
end in view. it Will be just and necessary
to make plain the following obscure
points:
What details are there about the riots
which occurred on board the Maine,
caused through discomfort among the
crew by the prohibition to go ashore?
What about certain declarations
made by an officer of the Maine. who
showed his displeasure at the life led on
board the United States warships. stat
| ing that they ought TO be all destroyed,
and that no would see it with pleasure?
What is there to be said about the
| supper on board the City of Washing
| ton the night the Maine blew up? To
| that supper fortunately is due the es-
| cape Of the Offices of the battleship. on
! ly thus is explained the extraordinary
fact that only two officers, who remained
| Oh bpdtu, ptii~l4Sp.
| What precautions were observed on
! board the American waTships, despite
the fact that the guns were loaded and
| the torpedoes had their war heads on?
How can the fact be explained that,
| among the object taken out by the div
| ers. including powder cases, grenades,
| etc not one single torpedo has been
found. thus strengthening the belief Of
those who hold that the torpedoes eN-
ploded through fatality or Carelessness
| What about the confusion on board
| at the time of the catastrophe to such
an extent that the seamen refused to
lower the boats? Is it not an undeniable
proof of the fact that the Maine was
submerged with all her boats in the dav-
its?
These questions were asked by every
one in low voice and in a low voice
! were discussed out of respect for the
calamity. and due TO the duties of a
noble hospitality.
But when chvalrous conduct is not
appreciated and generous hospitality is
abused il becomes necessary to set aside
quioxtic ideas and state things in a clear
| manner.
Let the foregoing questions he an
| swered and a truthful report will then
be had which will satisfy both peoples
the Spanish, which is offended, and the
! American. which is deceived.
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Take That Flotilia!

In view of the latest developments,
II is nothing less than crime against
the nation for the Administration to let
the Spanish torpedo ilotilla approach
American waters except as prizes OF
war Naval maneuvers at Key West
demonstrate the fact that in spite OF eV-
cry facility and artifice known to sci
entific defense, torpedo boats nave
chance to approach our warshlps With
i'm striking distance without being dis
covered i'm time to avert destruction
This was demonstrated the other night
in the cases Of the Iowa and Indiana,
during evolutions designed to learn
what the possibilities Of such hap
pening might be.
As far as we have been informed, no
steps have yet been taken to intercept
and capture that fleet Of destroyers, al
though there is talk Of orders being is
sued to that effect
Until very lately there has been every
anpearance of determination to well
come them as a new evidence Of Span
ish friendliness. generosity and sense
of Justice" The Spanish navy in our
waters is to be further REINFORCED by
another lotilla Of torpedo boats, now
on its way to the Canaries, and by three
or four additional war vessels.
can anyone imagine reason for the
sublime complacency with which the
/ Administration has seemed to regard
these movements? Surely we cannot
but a certain senator, whose name IL
! is not necessary to mention in this con-
/ nection, thinks that he can. He says
that the fiotilla business is an inte-
gral part Of the Hanna Sagasta plan OF
settling the Cuban difficulty. The mos
quito feet has not been resented. be
! cause il would be a useful adjunct to
/ the armistice. 1t would be able to form
such a Gordon around the island that II
would be next to impossible for sup
plv vessels to reach the shores with any
Z sort of cargo for the Cuban patriots
Rv October they might be coaXed OF
starved into submission. This talk of
/ iudependence.' said the senator. is
/ the purest bosh. 1t will only last until
Mr.. Mckinley can get rid Of Congress
cuba will never be free, or even have
belligerent rights, until Congress take;
the bull by the horns. and il VIII nave
to be in a hurry about that. or the Sc
craf forces behind the Administrations
viii compel it to resorNto foreign inter.
vention. if that has not been begged fol
already. To save the Spanish-Cuoar
/ bondholders.'
That is rather hot talk. and We do not
like to take is correctness for granted
1t must be said. however, that our SEN
atorial friend offers the only hypothe'
sis that We can think of upon which
the ..uItimatum" and armistice phe-
nonena can be be explained.
We are afraid. that the "ultimatum'
is a McCook gold brick. VIII Congress!
I buy it,
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Visions OF 70 NOtorman
lFrom the Philadelnhia Timcs.N

iFrom the Philadelphia limcs)
Got em again." exclaimed the con-
ductor. as a Lancaster Avenue car
came to a sudden halt and the motor
man disappeared beyond the front
dasher-via one side. of course. Every
one wondered what he had, including a
good natured man who had all at once
found himself sitting on the floor. but
no one took the liberty to inquire, for
the motorman soon reappeared ana
the car went on. But when mile
beyond the performance was repeated,
th. inquiry was made as to what the
motorman had. Rams, l guess, comes
about as near to it as you can get, OBJ
served the ringer up-of-fares. crazy
as a boiled owl ever since he read the
Times the other day about the motor
man that found pocketbook with S20O
i'm il. and then gave ii back to the wo-
man it belonged to. He's been a-seein
nocketbooks by the hundreds ever
since" he declared, rubbing himself in
a manner that seemed to speak of
bruises caused by violent contact with
the dasher. Jim says he wouldn't give
the stuff up by long sight" he added
as the motorman reappeared at his
post-emptyhanded
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SDanisb Virtue.

Something curious is TO be observed
in the Administration attitude toward
Spain: something which cannot be ac-
counted for on any logical or psyche
logical grounds. This is the pious con-
yiction which seems to possess Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his friends that the Span
ish are unusually virtuous and eNem-
plarv people. Possibly the President
may know some things about the Span
ish character which other people do
not. and so he may be impelled to ex-
cuse performances which ordinary peo-
pie would regard as clear proof of bar
barism. If he does know such things,
il would relieve the minds of Justice
loving Americans if he would give out
the information.
In the first place, the Administra-
ton and Administration organs
steadily refused to credit reports of the
horrible things which were taking place
i'm Cuba. They declared that human
beings could not be guilty of such
cruelties. or. il they were, ii must be
tho insurgents who were to blame.
heN ola NOT SEE UON III Hbii fCO-
pie could be in such destitute condi-
ton unless they were starving them
selves to death for the purpose of eX-
citing sympathy. Some Of these papers
even went so far as TO blackguard and
insult an innocent girl because she
was prosecuted by Spanish officers.
Not until all these reports were con-
firrned. Enthusiastically and absolutely,
by people who were friendly to the Ad-
ministration, did Tory papers admit
that they were true. The records of
history show just such incidents in
warfare waged by Spain. but somehow
or other these particular Spaniards
seemed to be considered incapable of
any sort of barbarism-
Then came the anchoring Of the
Maine in a hostile harbor, and the sup
preston of facts which proved its dan
ger. When, on February lS, the coun-
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ish soldiers, and the coercion of Cuba
for the benefit of the bond sharks al
ready accepted by the Spanish MIN
tstry.
We admit one unimportant difference.
At the end Of the new vista indepen-
dence appears. instead of Canadian an
tonomy. which baited the trap IN the
other case. The change is merely Il
concession to current American rage.
Carefully analysed it amounts to MOTH
ing. Spain would as readily prom Sc
independence at the end OF SIN
months armistice as any other an
cient thing. And that is the game! AL
first blush il looks like a nice one; but
on closer examination, we observe that
tha cards are all marked and are be-
ing dealt from brace" box.
cuba must be free, thunders the noble
being i'm the White House! When, on
William? why, at the expiration oil
the armistice, during which period no
supplies viii be allowed to reach the
rebels and 1 will occupy the time in
Christian endeavor to negotiate the
bond deal with Gomez. or assist SPAN
to that end"
We observe that, as usual, there l:
no word or thought of consulting the
government of the Republic of Cuba a:
to its wishes or interests in the matter
But that is unimportant to Sagasta
Hanna and McCook.
Seriously speaking, this 'ultlmatum
4 business is the most brilliant diplomatic
/ play in the history of the Administra
, ton. 1t is so much SO as TO justify tn
/ inference that it did not originate eithe
( in tbs. Executive Mansion nor in tn
I office Of Judge Day. A trained foreign
. Diplomatic mind sticks out all over IN
mass. The scheme is most CAREFUL.
constructed to throw patriotic dust Il
I American eyes, and to land the inter
national syndicate in financial safety
Ii includes an alternative in case tn
American Congress should fail to d
fooled into several days delay. Ina
alternative is foreign Intervention. an
if the necessity for it seems great I
the conspirators. the American peopl
NAV expect il within a week.
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HOWARD GOULD'S YACHT.
The Government Can Have Her D.
Giving n Bond.

Howard Gould said yesterday that ne
had not offered his new steam yacht
tho Niagara. for sale to the Government
nor was he expecting any price 10 pe
paid for the use Of her in case she
should be needed for fighting purposes
The ARRANGEMENT is this Mr.. Gould
said: In case the Government requires
the Yacht for war uses, it will give me
a bond to return her in good condition
after her work has been completed IL
the boat should be lost. the Government
would then. of course. pay me Tor her
but the yacht is not for sale. WaAt
her myself. have had her built 10 suit
myself and | have no intention of part
ing with her. OF course, she may be
DESTROYED. but / have to chance that
"4ow soon could the Government use
hero was asked.
Immediately. if necessary. said Mr..
Gould. The boilers and engines are III
Mace and are being tested. Unless an
uuexpected leak should be found. u may
he said that the yacht is ready now
tbar l. ia say. for Government uses. of
course. she is not upholstered. and the
furniture has not been placed IN her,
hui these items need not be consldereu
in estimating her lighting qualities the
Niagara is strongly built. Her decks
arc made of steel and it is certain that
che can carry 5-inCh guns. and perhaps
e-inch. In regard to this. she has been
already examined by naval experts, SO
thai | can safely state her gun capacity
..The Niagara will leave Wilmington
and come to New York about May IT,
To have some hand-carving and other
small work attended to. and also TO be
upholstered. -
what will he done with the yacht IN
case the Government does not require
herr" was asked.
INV intention has been to take her TO
Norway in June said Mr.. Gould. but
an my arrangements for cruising Will
denend on whether the Government
thinks the yacht sufficiently useful to
arm her. | am looking forward to cruis-
ing again to Norway having been there
iast summer in "A smaller yacht, which
I chartered in England.
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A SERIOUS OBJECT LESSON.
What Might BE Expected From the
Spanish FIotilln.

Kew West Fla. March, d--A practical
illustration of what the Spanish hotiila
of torpedo boats may do if allowed to
reach Havana was had in praclce
drill of five of the torpedo boats, under
Commodore Kimball. here last night
The fiotilla steamed out to attack the
three big ships in the outer haroor- Two
attacked them from the north' three
came at them from the south. ana an
five landed within striking distance uhoer
the rules. although it was a night very
Favorable for the ships. The naval men
here. and especially those who have hal
experience with torpedo boats. spea~ Sc
riouslv of SPANS power of Offense oniy
when the Spanish mosquito armAd-, IS
mentioned. No less than ten inherent
naval officers have said to your CORES
pendent today:
why don't Mckinley stop that To-
lila p
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try rang with the fearful news of the
blowing up of that battleship, the nrst
impulse of these Tory papers seems TO
have been to save the feelings or SPAIN
They were willing to attribute the dis
aster to carelessness on the part OF the
officers, to Cuban plots, to spontaneous
combustion, to any probable or improb-
able cause, rather than believe that
any Spanish heart could, for one mo-
ment entertain the horrible thought of
destroying a battleship sent into Ha-
vana harbor expressly to protect Amer
lean interests against Spanish agrees
sion. These theories however, did not
last very long. Popular Indignation
was too much for them. Then these
Administration organs started out
again to prove, step by step, the vlr-
tue of Spain They repeated, in the
/ first place. the statement of the Span
! ish government that there were no
mines in Havana harbor, and seemed TO
think that that ought to be regarueu
as positive proof that there was none
no matter what the wreck OF the Maine
and the reports of American sailors
might seem to indicate. Now, Is IL, oy
any sane person, seriously thought
that government occupying such
position as that of Spain was likely To
! come forward and state that there
were mines in that harbor, and thus
plead guilty from the start? Is 1T TO
be supposed that, after the Court Oh
Inquiry had proved to the satisfaction
of the whole American nation that the
! explosion was caused by a submarine
mine. the Spaniards who arranged that
mine and caused that explosion were
going TO come meekly forward and give
themselves up? There was Don
ouixote in Spain once. but he was a
character in fiction, and satirical nc
ton at that. The real inhabitants OF
Spain are not generally Of the Don
Ouixote stamp. AS matter OF tact' IL
the Court of Inquiry was expected u
prove that there was conspiracy u
blow up the Maine. il would nave 70
be proved by the help of the Spanish
| government, and the witnesses woulo
have TO walk up to the Americans
against whom they planned this crime
and say. with the flrmness and heroisn
of that American, about whom they
have not been taught: Il cannot tell
lie. 7 did il with my little Ratchet
And once more, let US ask: what Is th'
cause Of this wild and boundless falti
in Spanish virtue?