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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-22

SPANS action in giving Minister
Woodford his passports and breaking
off diplomatic relations with the Unit
ed States is by no means surprising
AS a matter OF fact ii is entirely in
keeping with Spain's unreasona bic
stand in its dealings with this coun-
TT. The President Of the United
States went almost to the point of dis
gushing patriotic Americans in his
efforts to preserve peace, but all
concessions and arguments seem to
have been unavailiEg. The President
now realizes that the proper policy is
to strike quickly and sharply and i'm
press on Spain by armed force a les
son which 1t seems incapable of learn
ing IN any other manner War is too
terrible TO be considered with any de-
gree OF complacency. but when njus-
1ice and oppression hold sway the best
and simplest way to put them down is
by the strong right arm Of the govern
meDt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-22
FRIDAY. APRIL %, 1895.
"DAN1FOOLISNI.'
G Il. THAcKER, Editor and Manager.

Senator White, Of California. is evil
IDENTIFY one of those gentlemen who
believe that nothing can be so bad brt
that IL might be worse. He can
see no reason for the war about to be
anaugurated against Spain and croalled
all kinds of dismal warnings as 20 What
Will happen and what postelity viii
think OF us. He even goes To m.
extent of coming Il new word to FIT IN.
ex!gencies OF the case. Eut here ar.
the Senator's remarks; let them sneak
for themselves:
The limit OF damfoolism has not
Yet been reuched We are ;,bu,,l
10 be plunged into Il loolharuy
conflict with Spain. which we will
regret when this present trouble is
reviewed in Il sober, dispassionatc
manner
All the great thinkers, students
ana writer's viii condemn the Unit
ed states when they have the facts
before them. l deprecate war, 1ut
when 1t Is useless sacrifice of
blood and treasure it is uoubly
damnable."
OF course the United States had a
cattleshlp blown up and 260 of its
sailors and marines We're murdered
OUT that was much better than if it
had been fleet and thousand men
had been killed. Cuba has been de-
Vastated and thousands of men. WON
en- and children have been starved, but
that Is much better than if the number
ran up into the millions What is
the use Of fighting so long as peace
can be secured at any price?
It is sad to think that postcrity will
have such a poor opinion of the pres
ent generation. but when a patriotic
nation decides that the course adopt
ed Is right and proper and Spain makes
it absolutely impossible to avert hos
tiltties we presume it will be diff
cult matter to placate posterity and
Mr.. White. In fact it is by no means
certain that large majority Of Amer
tcans are worrying much about either.
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It is possible that the thirteenth Al
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year, may experience what supersi-
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Not having been sufficiently urged
before this to announce myself a candi-
date for councilman in the Fifth ward,
l have decided not to wait on my friends
any longer and now take this method
OF doing SO. subject to the Democratic
primary OF April 2S,'h. 1898
I'd. A. L. POWELL.
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mar Chimp.

| At the soldcd tation OF my friends and
upon Information that Mr. J. A Will
lett Will not be q candidate for re-elec-
ton, l hereby announce myself cam
d1date for THE Council from Fifth ward
subject to the Democratic primary
Z, w ROBINSON
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20

strong symptoms Of truth that Acting
Brigadier General Coursen was per-
suaded to telegraph Governor Hast
ings last evening asking if it was so.
The story was brought into camp by
your correspondent. The source whence
it came made it highly credible and
when it was communicated to Colonel
Coursen he was so impressed with it's
credibilty as to wire at once for an
official verifcation. 1t being late Sat
urday night when the telegram was
sent it is likely that an answer will
not be received until tomorrow All
that l am at liberty to print of the
story is that Governor Hastings yes
terday was sent word from the war de-
partment that his request for permis-
sion to increase the Pennsylvania
quota sufficiently to permit of supply
ing a third battalion to all Pennsyl-
vania regiments now in the United
States had been granted. This if it Is
true, means a call for $500 additional
men and it also means that the Penn
sylvania regiments will not he called
into action for some time to come.
UNIFORMS RECEIVED.
TIE Thirteenth yesterday received
a big consignment Of uniforms and like
equipment sufficient To provide for all
the regiment including the recruits.
! There is no especial significance at
tached to this according tn Quarter
master Cox. He had requiSition i'm for
these articles and ignoring the order,
or rather request, that quartermastcrs
keep away from Dunn Loring until the
ultra Sabbatarianism ought to know
! provisional division was attended 10,
made a fight for recognition won the
| day and triumphantly came back TO
camp with four big loads OF the much
! coveted equipment.
Another fool order was promulgated
| last night and is being enforced to-
dav. 1t closes up all the rcfrcshment
booths on Sunday and makes it impos-
sible for the thousands of visitors who
flock over from Washington to get even
a glass of milk, to say nothing Cf the
injustice ii does to the soldiers. "Geep-
ers pelts" said enc private who had
walked the hole length of Shanty-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20

Moser Of Philadelphia, are guests of
Private MOser, of Company f.
Musician Marcy Hedden, of Mon
trose, left for his home in Montrose
today on a weeks furlough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton jackson, Of
Scranton, called on friends in the reGi-
ment Saturday.
Private Morris Thomas, of Company
c, has been invited to sing at DIR. But
ler's church. one of the most fashion,
able in Washington. DR.. Butler heard
him singing at a Y. NJ. c. A. meeting
in ths Pennsylvania tent and after the
service sought him out and extended
the invitation. Private Thomas will
endeavOr to comply next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harding and
daughters Frances and May, of WASH
ington, yesterday visited Private Pey.
ton Harding. Of Company D, and Act
rs Hospital Stew .rd Clarence z.
Myers
Sergear' LattimCr Reese and Cor
poral w. r. Newman, Of Company F,
are home on furlOughs.
Captain Thomas Gilman left yester-
day for Scranton on a seven day leave
of absence. T. j. Duny.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20
Special from a staff Correspondent


Camp Alger, June 19.-General ], +,
S. Goblin will lead Pennsylvania's bri-
gade. He has been assigned to the
second corps and will be placed in
charge of the Eighth, Twelfth and
Thirteenth tomorrow.
Major General Graham announced
the glad tidings to the Pennsylvania
brigade at eight o'clock toright,
Colonel Hoffman, of the Eighth, hap
pened 10 he at headquarters when the
news of General Gobin's appointment
was received by General Graham from
the war department, The news spread
like wild fire through the brigade and
during the half hour before the roll
call theretwas scene Of wild enthus-
iasm. each regiment vieing with their
ncighhor in making the greatest
amount of noise. They then Joined in
parade and shouted themselves
hoarse for "Iobin'" Goblin! grand old
Goblin"
Colonel Girard is on deck again, He
has asked for and secured a court mar
tiaI, the first OF the war to try Col
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20
CHANGE OF TIMETABLE.
viii Go Into Effect on tho d., l.. and
W, Railroad Today.

The following changes in the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western COM
pany's timetable will go into effect to-
day:
New York trans-The train now leav-
inc at 5.15 will leave at so a. m. The
% p m. Washington accommodation
tain will leave at 30. The train arriving
at New York at $40 a. m, will arrive
at a3O. The train arriving from New
York at 5.tS p. m. will arrive at 5.38 p. m.
Northern DiyiSou-Thc train leaving
at 5.5J for Buffalo and Monrose will
leave AT $50. The train arriving from
buffalo at 500 n. m, will arrive at 5Ob.
The train arriving at 2.2j a. m. from Os-
wogO will arrive At 2.55.
BloomshurG-Thc 6 o'clock y. m. train
Cor Northun,herland viii leave at $40;
the l245 y. m. train for Kingston will
leave at l2J5. The train arriving at
Northumberland AT as y. m. will arrive
at Q o'clock The l2.3i D. m. train Will
arrive at l2.25 from Northumberland. The
train arriving at Plymouth at 5,47 p. m.
will after Monday arrive at So.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20

town in vain quest of a cooling drink
or plate of ice cream, and we came
out to fight or liberty" Whoever or
whatever is responsible for this freak
ultra a-Sabbatari2nism ought to know
that it is regarded here not only
as meddlesome folly but as a downright
outrage.
The usual Sunday services were held
Throughout the camp, each regim ant
having its 10 O'Clock church AMI the
Y. NJ. =. A. and salvation ARM holding
special services in their tent morning,
afternoon ana evening, Chaplain Stahl
had a large congregation in the Penn
sylvania Y. VI. c. a. tent, many men
from tile adipining regiments coming
over to hear his sermon. his reputation
for sound practical preaching on ap-
propridte themes having spread broad
cast through ;he camp and made him
the most popular sermoniZer in this
portion Of the division.
CHAPLAIN STALLS SERMON.
His text today was And the books
were Orcned; and another book was
opened" Rev. 2O:l2. His sermon was
a dissertation on judgment day.
The Catholic members of the regi-
ment attended Father Shermans mass
at the Fourth Missouri camp and heard
an eloquent sermon on mans destiny.
Father Sherman holds virtually two
services. The distinctivelY Catholic
services. the mass is celebrated at
$50 o'clock. At it's conclusion the bug
ler sounds the 10 o'clock church call
and after a short intermission Father
sherman mounts pulpit and conducts
a service that would be appropriate
III ary Christian church, consisting
mainly Of Scriptural reading, prayers,
a sermon and henediction. The services
were closed today with the singing Of
MY Country 'Tis of Thee" with band
accompaniment
The Thirtcenth's march to the PO-
tomac is to come sooner than was at
first expected 1t was at first sche-
duled for two weeks from next Monday
and later was changed to next Wednes-
day. This, however, confictcd with the
inspection which is set for Wednesday
morning and Yesterday when General
Buffers attention was called to the
fact be said he would postpone the
march probably until the following day.
Definite information is expected to-
morrow. The march will Cccupy two
days, The regiment VIII bivouac on
the banks of the Potomac above Great
Falls. sleeping in the dog tents" which
the men must carry with them
... .. r, ]. Duffy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20
GOSSIP OF THE CAMP.
! from a staff correspondent.

Special from a staff Correspondent
Camp Alger, Va, June l9,--There has
been some hitch between the war de-
partment and the Pennsylvania state
officers regarding the value Of the
property turned over To the United
States at Mt. Gretna. Boards of sur
vey are now arbitrating the dispute.
In the Thirteenth regiment the task
has been assigned to Captain Fellows,
of Company f; Captain Gilman, of
Company D. and Lieutenant Dodge, of
Company Il. They have made an in
spection and are working on their re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20
GEN. GOBLIN
APPOINTED
He Will Have Command
of the Pennsylvania
Brigade.
SOLDIERS ARE PLEASED
Made a Big Demonstration in
Camp Last Night.
SOLDIERS ARE PLEASED

COLONEL GlRARD HAS SECURED a
COURT MARTIAL AND WILL HAVE
THE COMMANDERS OF REGl-
MENTs TRIED FOR INSUBORDINA-
TION BECAUSE THEY CRITlClZlR
THE MANNER IN WHICH HE CON
DUCTS THE DIVISION HOSPITAL.
OTHER COMMANDERS TO BE
TRIED BECAUSE THEY REFUSED
TO ALLOW THEIR MEN TO NOLUN-
TER AS HOSPITAL ORDERLiES.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20
RUMOR OF MURDER.
Police Traced the Report to It's
Source, "A CrnZyWOman's Screams.

A rumor circulated late last night to
the effect that a Lloyd street Italian
had been shot and killed by a fellow
countryman, was given general cred
ence i'm the Providence section Of the
city. Lieutenant of Police Spellman
directed an immediate investigation as
soon as the report reached the station
house in the North End precinct but
the falsity Of the rumor was soon es-
tablished
The story of murder grew in some
unaccountable way from the screams
Of a demented woman, who lives on
Court street. some young men had an
noyed her and she showed her dis
pleasure by yelling murder Her
screams were taken too seriously.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20
The GREAT STORE.
JONAS LONGS SONS,

WE ARE approaching our first Semi
Wv Annual Inventory-the time when
every stock must appear at its best-and at
its least. Each buyer says his department
must show up best. Thus has the price
cutting axe been welded throughout the
store, and from now until July 1st, there
will be every day opportunities here that
would be lifetime chances elsewhere. When
we advertise bargain, come quick, for the
mid Summer rush is on-and even big
stocks pale in a day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20

ceived word yesterday that his son,
Corporal Gene Fellows, has passed
his West Point examination success
fully and that if it falls to the alter
nate To be selected he will at once
enter the academy.
Private Herbert Sergeant, of Com
pany E, has returned from his fur
lough.
Captain Fellows, of Company F. was
officer of the day yesterday and Lieu
tenant Benjamin, OF Company II, COM
mander of the guard.
The First battalion OF the Thirteenth
regiment did extra guard yesterday.
This il the first time the Thirteenth
has been called upon to perform this
duty. since the change was made sub
sttutng single battalion TO do guard
instead Of a squad from the different
battalions. Major StiIlwel was in
command, and becomes a police lieu-
tenant practically with Provost Mar
shall Nolroth as chief.
Private Bruce Holmes, of Company
Il, has been assigned to orderly duty
at brigade headquarters
Private Morris Emberry, of Company
c, today received a handsome seal ring
from a party of his personal friends in
Scranton.
The Eighth Pennsylvania is now re-
Cruited to its full strength and is or
ganizing a band.
Private Harry Drake, Of Company
c, is home on a furlough
The house committee Of congress
Friday submitted a bill authorizing
each volunteer company to enlist an
additional man To serve as chief cook.
He is to be expert and is to be allowed
| liberal compensation.
Battalion Adjutant and Mrs. II. NJ,
| Coursen visited Mt. Vernon yesterday.
AS conjeCtured, Colonel Mates read
| lily granted the anXiously sought fur
| lough to First Sergeant Daley, Of Com
pany d. The bridegroom left yes
terday morning for Scranton to keep
! his nuptial engagement,
| Mrs. George w. jenkins and
daughter Mrs. d. j. Davis, have re-
turned home after a two weeks stay
at Falls Church.
| Furloughs have been granted the
! following. First Sergeant William T..
| Wilder, Of Company +; William r.
Myers, of Company d; Private George
Baldanff, of Company H., Sergeant
Peter S. Saltry, Of Company II; Harry
! Drake, Of Company c; Private Charles
| Schumacher, of Company c.
Company + was defeated Saturday
! by Company q in a game Of base ball
| Up to that time the Hyde Parkers
| held the championship.
Colonel Coursen's brigade headquar-
7 ters have been supplied with a tele-
| phone.
Private Anthony Meyers, of Com
| pany f. is entertaining his father.
Forty-one more recruits arrived sat
urday evening at $50 o'clock. Among
! them was ex-Corporal Edward Ed
wards, of Company f, who failed 10
! pass the physical examination a. Mt.
G'etna and later was turned down by
! Lieutenant Dentler for a similar cause.
Attorney T. l.. Dickson, Of Media,
| and Misses Name Darman and Lott'e
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20

port. They will say that the transfer
red property particularly the guns and
uniforms. are not worth a great deal
They intimate that they may say
something even more emphatic than
this.
Yesterday Quartcrmaster Cox was
engaged in distributing to the COM
panies a lot of new equipments, among
other things 146 rifles. They are of
the same pattern as the old ones used
by the national guard. The fact that
the guns are stamped Springfield
Arsenal, June l3. 1895" shows that
the war department is certainly rush.
ing things. Revolvers for the nom
commissioned officers have also been
received. They are ferociOus looking
things as big as an old-fashioned
horse pistol. They are 45-calibre and
carry six cartridges.
Lieutenant Harrington, of Company
T., the Thirteenth's handy man, has
just completed a large swimming pool
for the use of the regiment 1t is To-
Gated in a respectable sized brook a
mile and a half from Camp. 1t is %
feet wide by 100 feet in length and has
an almost uniform depth Of five feet.
1t is expected it will be ready for use
tomorrow.
Colonel Glrard had A. extra men at
work about the division hospital yes
terday fixing up the tents and beds,
distributing deiCaCies and reading
matter to the patients, arranging
things in the kitchen, putting fly net
ting over the cots and i'm the door
ways and putting everything in gem
eral in ship shape. The occasion Of
all this developed at o'clock when
word was sent throughout the camps
| that General Sternberg, the chief med
| ical officer of the army. was coming up
| from Washington at ! o'clock in the
| evening to visit the surgeons. He
| came, saw and was so well impressed
with what he saw that he profusely
| complimented Colonel Girard and the
| other surgeons on the excellence of
| everything i'm general and the first
| division hospital in particular,
| Since Tuesdays Tribune came to
camp with the announcement that
| rcgimental commanders might at their
discretion grant seven-day furloughs
to the enlisted men, there has been a
veritable epidemic OF death and dis
ease among the relatives of the Thir-
| teenth's members, according TO the
kilograms that are being laid before
| Colonel Mates.
General Graham sent out a circular
yesterday calling attention 10 the army
regulation forbiddinG gambling within
the limits of the camp, He said he re-
| gretted to hear that some soldiers We're
so forgetful as TO play cards while on
guard duty and expressed the hope
that he would not be called upon to
| impose the severe punishment this Of
| fense calls for.
Chaplain Rick, of the Twelfth Penn
| sylvania, and his wife, who is visiting
him for a short period, were enter
| tained yesterday by Chaplain Stahl
Charles r. Daniels, the Truths war
correspondent, is spending Sunday at
| home.
| Captain Fellows, Of Company F, re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-20

orel Hoffman. of the Eighth Pennsyl-
vana. Colonel Kavanaugh. Seventh Ill
inos, and Colonel Welch, Sixteenth.
New York, who are charged with in
suhordination in criticizinG Girards
methods Of conducting the division
hospital. 1t is said, but not official,
that the commanding officers of five
other regiments, the Thirteenth among
them, are to he awaignod for refusing
to allow their men to volunteer as hos
pital orderlics
Tvanty-nnc recruits arrived at 10
a. m today.
WILL GO SOUTH.
Nothing has as yet occurred to dis
turb the calculations that the nine
regiments enumerated in Saturdays
dispatches will leave here at once for
Fernandina, there to possibly embark
for Santiago with the army that Gen
cral Miles is forming. 1t is expected
that the order to move will come at
any hour, as the inspections of these
regiments have been concluded and
their equipping is practically per-
feCted.
There is persistent report that the
whole First division is to be moved to
the south at once to become a part Of
the Santiago army, but it is given
small crodence in this brigade. Moth
ing definite can be said in advance in
these matters. Commanders, if they
do receive an intimation Of what they
,ssl1 g., .
obvious reasons, make il public prop
erty. The various circumstances that
can not be concealed, however, often
times show unfailinGly the true trend
of affairs and there are sufficient of
these now apparent to argue down this
new report.
First and foremost of these is the
order from the quartermasters depart
ment at Dunn Loring that the quar-
tcrmasters Of all regiments, with the
exception of the nine in question
| should keep themselves and their teams
away from the storehouses until
further orders, which further orders it
| is surmsed will come when the nine
| regiments that are being prepared for
movement are gotten away. There has
been no change in this order.
STILL EXPANDING.
| Again, the Pennsylvania regiments
are still undergoing expansion. Up to
noon TODAY only l66 of the PAS men
needed by the Thirteenth had arrived.
| The Twelfth regiment is in about the
same condition. That General Miles
will keep his army waiting for the re-
organization of the twenty-slx COM
panies comprising this brigade and the
| uniforming, arming and traininG-for
a recruit must have some little train
| ing--of the 504 recruits that the Eighth
| Twelfth and Thirteenth are bringing
in, is hardly a reasonable supposition,
More likely is it that he win do, as II
was first said he would, take a pro-
visional division composed Of the nine
regiments that are the farthest ad-
vanced in equipping and most perfect
= the matter OF organization.
The Third battalion story is afloat
again. This time it comes with such