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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
STARVATION AT CIENFUEGOS.
The Appeal to Sampson for Aid Can
not Now lie Answered.

(Coly right. 1898. by the Associated Press.)
GUANTANAMO BAY, July 25.-The fol-
lowing pi.iful appeal has been addressed by
the starving people of Cienfuegos to Rear
Admiral Sampson:
Honorable Sir: The Cubans, old men,
women and children, resident in the tow
of Cienfuegos and this neighborhood are
all dying of hunger. The young men are
all in the field with the Cuban troops, and
have not shoes, neither food. All the pro-
visions in this town are in the hands of the
Spaniards. Cubans cannot obtain a piece
of bread, as ii Is necessary to send every
thing to the field. The Weyler system is in
their way. The situation is terrible If
you, honorable sir, do not come quick with
your squadron in our help and take possess
sion of this town we shall be lost. We beg
you to precipitate your operation. About
5000 old men, women and children shall
die of hunger in this town. Some of these
old men have four or five sons fighting for
freedom. This is our situation horrible
situation. If the great people of the United
States do not come quick in our help we
are lost. For Gods sake, come quick
SOME CUBANS."
Nothing can be done for the people nj
Cienfuegos until that place is Captured
This will not be for some time.
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miles from this port is TO the eastward OF
the harbor. In addition. the water al
Ponce is too shallow for the transports to
be able to get close in shore. Then, again
Ponce itself is some little distance from
where the troops would have been able &c
land if that point had been selected for
the debarkation of the expedition.
One advantage of this place is that it is
situated close to the railroad connection
with Ponce. which means of transportation
our troops hope to secure today.
The Reconnoiter.
Early this morning the Gloucester, in
command of Lieutenant Commander VAIN
wright, steamed into Guanica harbor, in
order to reconnoiter the place. With the
fleet waiting outside the gallant little fight
ing yacht Gloucester braved the mines
which were supposed to be in this harbor
and found there We're five fathoms of wa
ter close in shore.
Guanica bay is a quiet place, surrounded
b. cultivated lands. In the rear are high
mountains and close to the beach nestles
village O fabout twenty houses.
The Spaniards wera completely taken by
surprise. Almost the first they knew OF
the approach of the army of invasion was
in the ann ouncement, contained in the fir
ing of a gun from the Gloucester, demand
ing that the Spaniards haul down their
Gag which was floating from a flag stan
n front of a block house standing TO the
east of the village. The first couple Of
three-pounders we're fired into the hills
right and left of the bay, purposely avoid
ing the town. lest the projectiles nurt wo-
men or chill iren.
The Gloucester then hove to within
about GOO yards of the shore and lowered
a launch having on board a Colt rapid
fire gun and thirty men, under the COM
mand of Lieutenant Huse, who was sent
ashore without encountering opposition.
Quartermaster Beck thereupon told Yeo-
man Lacy to haul down the Spanish flag,
which was done, and they then raised on
the flagstaff the first United States flag to
float oyer Porto Rican soil.
Spaniards Fired.
Suddenly about thirty Spaniards opened
fire with Mauser rifles on the American
party lieutenant HUE and his men re-
sponded with great gallantry, the Colt gun
doing effective work.
Mormon who received Admiral Cervera's
surrender and Wood, volunteer lieuten-
ant, shared the honors with Lieutenant
HUE.
Almost Immediately after the Spaniards
fired on the Americans the Gloucester
opened fire on the enemy with all her
3 and 6-pounders which could BE- brought
to bear. Smelling the town. and also drop
ping shells In the hills west of the port,
where number of Spanish cavalry were
to be seen fastening toward the spot
where the Americans had landed.
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MOVING SKATERS ARMY
Disposition of the Troops Still Under Con-
sideration.
Will Not Be Sent North Until the Vel.
low Fever Has Been thorough
ly Stamped Out.

Adjutant General Corbin was very much
amused today over a press dispatch from
Trenton, n. J., saying that he and General
Manager Hutchinson of the Pennsylvania
railroad and other officials inspected tract
of land near Morrisville, Pa, yesterday
with a view to establishing camp for Gen.
Skaters forces, now at Santiago. The fact
is that Gen. Corbin has been closely con-
the preparations began for the war with
Spain, and yesterday celebrated his one
1t ndred ard first daily vigil of eighteen
hours each at the War Department. An
inspection of the character indicated was
made by Assistant Adjutant General Heis-
tand and other officers of the War Depart
ment, some one of whom was evidently
mistaken for Gen. Corbin.
Gen. Corbin said today that the question
of the disposition of the troops under Gen.
Shafter at Santiago was not yet settled.
1t is under consideration, however, and ac-
ton will depend altogether upon develop
ments in the near future. 1t was certain,
how -er that there will be no general
movement of troops from Santiago until
after the Spanish prisoners had been re-
moved and there was some definite knowl-
edge of the progress of military operations
in Porto Rico. The health conditions of the
army at Santiago will have considerable to
do with the future movements of those
troops. The authorities here appreciate the
great value of the services rendered by
Skaters army, and recognize the force of
the suggestion that they be brought back TO
the United States as soon as possible in or
der to remove them from the dangers of
contagious fevers- 1t is in view of these
considerations that the War Department
is taking steps for the establishment of re-
serve camps at convenient places in the
United States
Inspecting Sites for Camps.
Army boards are engaged in the nspec-
ton of various places which have been
recommended as suitable for such purposes
and large number of available palaces
have been found. These will be held in
reserve for use In case 1t is found neces-
sary for the preservation of tile health Of
the army to change the present Camping
grounds of the IrooDs now in places more
or less exposed to contagious diseases In
asmuch as yellow fever prevails in a mild
form to limited extent among the troops
near Santiago, 1T IS not deemed prudent
or advisable to transfer any of them to
this country until such a step can be taken
without danger of a spread Of the con-
tagion. The military medical authorities
are confident Of their ability to handle
I'd stamp out the disease among the
troops in eastern Cuba. When that has
been accomplished +; is probable that the
majority of the troops there will be re-
turned TO the United States and given a
short holiday prior TO the institution of
the campaign against Havana IN the fall.
1t Is not improbable that some Of the reg
imenis which are entirely free from sus-
| picion of the disease may be allowed to
CONS to the United States in advance of
any general movement In that direction.
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SKATER AT CAMP WOOD.
Gen. Wood Remains at Santiago to
Govern Its People.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 26.-The LIST
United States Infantry, under Lieut.. Col
Bisbee, went to Guantanamo yesterday
afternoon, in order to occupy that place.
General Shafter and staff left this city
yesterday for Camp Wood. The military
governor, General Wood. remains here.
Company T of the SD Michigan Volun-
teers, will publish today, with General
Skaters consent, the first American paper
published in Cuba. 1t is edited and printed
by members of the company and will bear
the title Company F Enterprise"
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tx I (A
O'CLOCK P. M.
SUES FOR PEACE
Spain Sends a Message
to the President
BY THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR
Wants to End the War and
Settle the Terms of Peace.
THE SPANISH MINISTER'S REQUEST
An OfficiaI Statement Given Out
by the Administration.
Wants to End the War and
Settle the Terms of Peace.
THE SPANISH MINISTER'S REQUEST
An Official Stateme mt Given Out
by the Administration.
BRIEF, BUT SIGN IFICANT

- >
Spain has sreu rur peace formally
and directly to President Mckinley
through NJ. Cambon, the French
ambassador.
The following official statement is
made:
The French ambassador on behalf
OF the government of Spain and by
direction of the Spanish minister OF
foreign affairs, presented to the Pres
ident this afternoon at the White
House message from the Spanish
government looking to the terminal
ton of the war and settlement OF
terms of peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
COURSE OF THE soLACE.
viii Distribute DeIicacfes and Col
1ect Sick and Wounded

The following bulletin was posted at the
Navy Department today:
THE ambulance ship Solace will sail i'm a
day or two from New York for Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron. While at the navy
yard she has had an additional ice ma
chine installed, and has been supplied with
a oafbonater and brown canvas awning bv
the Rhode Island Relief Association and an
X-ray apparatus by the National Society of
Colonial Danes She will go to Key West
and take on board all the naval sick cr
wounded in the hospitals or on the vessels
in port and will assist all the vessels on
blockade duty around the Island of Cuba,
taking on board their sick and wounded
and leaving them ice, fruit, delicacies and
stores for the sick, comfort bags and cloth
ing, contributed in kind or purchased with
money 81 pplied by various patriotic socie-
ties throughout the country. AS soon as
she receives her complement of sick and
wounded she will bring them TO one of the
northern naval hospitals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
SPANIARDs KEEP GOOD WATCH.
Flash and Smoke Signals and Shots
Followed a Dispatch Boats Course

KEY WEST. Fla, July GA squad of
Spanish soldiers three miles west of Bahia
Honda, province of Pinar del Rio yesterday
afternoon fired half a dozen shots at the
Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy,
which was passing that point two miles
out.
Flash and smoke signals also marked the
progress of the Dandy along the shore,
which seemed to be excellently watched.
The country from point west of Bahia
Honda to Havana is in a high state of CT :
tivation.
The red hull of the Spanish steamer a.
fonso XII, sunk near Mariel is a conspi .u-
Gus landmark.
Cape San Antonio light, at the western
extremity of the Island Of Cuba, is burn
ing, and Havana was brilliantly Illuminated
last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
ITALIAN BANKER FLED.
His Countrymen. Who Are Deposftors
Clamor for Revenge

NEW YORK, July 26.-Agostino Gallo
venizi. banker in the section known as
Little Italy. having disappeared. sherifrs
deputy took possession of his Office today.
Upon the desk was-found note in Csiallc-
venizfs writing saying that business ha
called him to Italy.
He owes $1,000 to depositors. Of whom
there are large number. Today Giallo-
Vonizfs office was besieged by hundreds of
people, who said he had taken from them
az their savings. and who were clamOrous
for revenge.
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Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address in the United
States or Canada, by ordering Il at
this Office. in person or by letter.
Terms, IL cents per week: - cents
Cor two weeks. CT 80 cents per
month. Invariably In advance. Sub
scribers changing their address from
one Post-ofilce to another should
new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
SUICIDES IN SUCCESSION.
One upsets a Woaan's Mind aud She
kiIIs Hcrss.!f md Child.

WHITE HALL. New York. July 25.-Mrs.
Pou.tney Robinson shot her child today
and then killed herself at Fair Haven. VT
Her husband has been camping at Lake
Saint Catherine, near Poultney. for the
past three days. His sister-in-law, Mrs
Metheney. who formerly resided in Ph.la-
delphia and was with the camping party.
committed suicide yesterday by taking car
oolic acid News was sent to Mrs Robin
son late last night, and II is supposed This
affair upset her mind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26

New Division I'M the Patent Office.
The commissioner of patents has estab-
hshed new division. to be numbered 36
me classes included in this division are
ciass 81 (driers), certain subclasses from
class 10 tinstrumentsl and several sub
classes from the printing class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
NILES MEN LANDED
Their Short Skirnnish With
the Enemy
NO AMERICANS WERE KILLED
Four Spaniards Killed by the
Gloucester's Marines.
PORT GUANICA THE LANDING PLACE
Sharp Advance to Capture the
Ponce Railroad.
ASHORE p ON SOUTH COAST

Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press)
PORT OF GUANICA, Island OF
Porto Rico, July 25-2 p.m.-via
the Island of St. Thomas, Danish
West Indies, July 2o-Morning-
The United States military expedi-
ton under the command of Major
General Nelson A. Miles, command
ing the army OF the United States,
which left Guantanamo during the
evening Of Thursday last, July FL,
was landed here successfully today
after skirmish between a detach-
ment of Spanish troops and crew
OF thirty belonging to the launch OF
the United States auxiliary gunboat
Gloucester, formerly Mr.. J. Pierpont
Morgan's steam yacht Corsair.
Four OF the Spaniards were killed
and no Americans were hurt.
The American troops were push
ed forward promptly in order to cap
ture the railroad leading to Ponce,
which is only about ten miles east
o this place.
Guanica is a small town of 1000
inhabitants on the southern coast,
about six miles south of Yauco, OF
which city it forms the port, and
with which it is connected by a good
road, practicable in dry weather. 1t
is situated on the Bay of Guanica.
which is one OF the best ports in
the whole island.
The banks to the right are steep,
and form a good natural wharf
Three vessels can lie alongside and
unload by means of a gang plank.
Vessels of thirty feet draft can easily
enter the bay and proceed close in
short There are no Notifications or
mines.
From Ponce there is an excellent
military road running eighty-hve
miles north to San Juan.
The whole of General Brooke's
force, with the New Orleans, An
napolis, Cincinnati, Leyden and
Wasp, expected here within twenty
four hours.
lilies on the Yale.
The ships left Guantanamo bav
suddenly on Thursday evening with
the Massachusetts,, commanded bv
Captain F. J. Higginson, leading.
Captain Higginson was in charge OF
the naval expedition, which consist
ed of the Columbia, Dixie, Glouces-
ter and Yale.
General Miles was on board the
last named vessel The troops were
on board the transports Nuecez, Co
Tnanche, Rita, Saltwater CITY of
Mancon and Specialist. This was
the order in which the transports en-
tered the harbor here.
The voyage from Guantanamo
bay to this port was uneventful.
AT noon Yesterday General Miles
called for a consultation, announcing
that he was determined not to go BY
San Juan cape, but by the Mona
passage instead, land here, surprise
the SpaniarCs and deceive their mil
itary authorities. The course was
then changed and the Dixie was
then sent to warn General Brooke
at Cape San Juan.
Port GuanIca has been fully described by
Lieut.. Whitney OF General Miles staff. who
recently made an adventurous tour of
Porto Rico.
Ponce, which 10 situated ten or fifteen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26

Patents weye granted today to tie fol-
lowing residents of the District of Column
bia: Philip II. Deis. cover for commodes.
VIM n. Moore, acetyiene gas generator
lamp; Eldridge j. Smith. assignor 10 Smith
Flexible Chair Company of Virginia, chair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-26
Banquo, the
he Champion Hackney
Dead.

TORONTO, Ont. July 26.-Banauo. the
champion hackney stallion. belonging to
Robert Beth. NJ. p. is dead
The age-herald., 1898-01-02
A SATISFACTORY
 BANKING YEAR
AN INCREASE OF CLEARlNGS OvEl
 1896.
Clearing For the Year Wore SsO,9o7.405.s1 and S2O,692, ,s64.oO For 189e, an fn-
 crease of &21I,631.S7.

The annual amount of clearings by the Birmingham Clearing House for the year 1897 was computed yesterday.
 For that year the elearings were g ,9f = 495.S. while for 1896 they were $2O, { 92 S;i.0J showing an increase of $2li,631S7 The clearings for the month of Dccen- Der, 1897. were s2.2e4 ,3s15O while for .hc same month of 1896 they were Sl9.4 G il, the increase being s259,9ai0o.
 During the last six months of 1897 the clearings of each month over the preceding was very decided, and from all indca ions they will continue to increase during t'c year of 1898.
 The amount of clearings il is said doss not always denote a healthy condition of the banking business, for in times of much speculation the constant changing of mo ey from one person to another swtlls iho Clearing House receipts, but does not nec- essarily help the bankers.
 But during the year 1897 the deposits haze increased much moro than the Clearing House receipts show.
 On the whole, the banking year of 1Sai is considered very satisfactory one by the bankers.
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

going to town the nearest way Ashford would have passed the Brown house.
 It is claimed that while Ashford was sick at his residence, Brown was seen several times in his front yard looking in that dl- rection. On the day of the shooting, ac- eording to the witnesses, he was seen in the yard while Ashford's horse was hitched in front of his (Ashford's) house. Ashford came out, mounted his horse and rode up the street one block north, thence turning west. his mother living on the southeast corner of the next block
 As seen by witnesses when Ashford rode off, Brown emerged from his yard with 8 gun and walked alongside the fence up the street in the direction of Ashford 8 mothers residence. As Ashford reached the intersection of the two streets Brown fired two shots from double-barreled gun, hitting Ashford.
 Shooting Him While Down.
 No one actually witnessed the shooting. One witness testified that the last time he saw Brown he was standing in front of Mrs. Ashfords residence just inside of an old-fashioned "cut-off' in the fence which is often seen in small towns. The witness said that he was looking through the
 
 ford was coming. There is also a large tree in the yard which would have been be- tween Brown and the street traversed by Ashford in the position he was seen stand ing. It is not known whether any word was spoken by the men. Ashford was shot in the back and neck, as can be seen by a diagram of a coat showing the bullet holes which was exhibited in court Two shots were fired at the intersection of the two streets where Ashford's mother lived.
 Ashford was riding due west. It is SUD- posed that his horse shied and turned up the street, running north. The horse had gone almost a block before he fell off. Brown followed him and, according to wit nesses, reloaded and fired two more shots when within about thirty steps of Ashford, who was laying the ground. Two pistols were found on Ashford's person. After the shooting Brown turned and walked in the direction from which he came.
 It is claimed that Brown was liberated by law because it was known that Ashford
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

had threatened his (Brown's) life A strange coincidence is that Attorney Weak ley, who will defend T. T. Ashford, prose- cuted Felix Brown for killing his present clients brother
 Where the Woman Came In.
 Tt is a. romantic story that seems to have caused one mans death and almost an- other. It has been difficult task to get the details of how the woman figured in the case and probably complete details will never be obtained as 1t haas been an- nounced that the defense would keep the curtain over this phase of the case
 It is said that Fred Ashford and Felix Brown were once warm personal friends. This both sides admit, but as to the de- tails of the trouble. both are extremely reticent. It is claimed that the beginning of the trouble dated back to a time when Brown was i'll. The friends of T. T. Ash ford say that Fred Ashford took him to his own home and nursed him back to health. It was at this juncture that wo- man stepped in, lighted the fires of III feel ing that have continually burned between the two families since that date.
 It. is @ delicate subject and friends of both sides speak of the affair in lowered tones, as though bespeaking an air of secrecy. The woman was a sister of Mrs. Fred Ashford and was a widow It is claimed by the friends of Ashford that the hospitality of Ashford's home was taken advantage of by Brown to besmirch the good name of the family. There are two sides to every story, no matter how foul or whether filled with deeds of hero ism, and the friends of Brown say many things calculated to extenuate the cir cumstances. Ashford's friends, however, admit that the woman confessed that she was party to the relations which pre- cipitated a storm of wrath and gave birth to a feud between two of "the oldest and best families" Further than this the friends of Alderman Ashford are silent
 What the Prosecution Will Claim.
 The prosecution, so 1t is thought, will de- pend on the manner of the shooting as sufficient grounds for conviction. It is likely that there will be a heated legal argument when the defense attempts to bring in the testimony of the Courtland tragedy.
 The prosecution will recite the facts that Ashford assaulted Brown when the latter was unarmed. That the affair occurred partly in a crowded street and in a store filled with ladies( thereby jeopardizing the lives of many others.
 Brown, will of course, not be able to ap- pear at the preliminary trial, but it is possible that the state will be ready to proceed If the prosecution intends to lay stress on the testimony of Brown it will not be ready.
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

brother at Courtland, Ala, on Dec. 31, 1896, to free their client. They will contend that this killing was brutal in the extreme and coupled with things said since then, goaded Ashford on to the sequel which came in front and inside of Rosenstihrs jewelry es- tablshment on Thursday before Christmas day.
 They will also contend that Ashford re- peatedly avoided Brown and that when the two met it was through no connivance of the former. full copy of the testimony adduced during the preliminary trial of Felix Brown for the killing of Fred Ash ford is now in the hands of the living Ash ford's attorneys.
 The trouble between Fred Ashford and Brown goes back to woman, and shots were exchanged at the depot in Courtland before the tragedy. For week previous to. the killing in Courtand Ashford had been confined to his home by illness. He lived just one block from where Brown was stopping. In going into the business portion of the little village the nearest route was for Ashford to pass in front of the residence where Brown was domicled. It is claimed that Ashford repeatedly went a block out of the way to avoid any con- tact with Brown, although it was gener- ally understood that when the two men met it was merely a question of who was the quickest and most effective shot.
 In going to his plantation Ashford should have passed by the Brown house, but it is alleged that on his frequent visits to his farm Ashford went the distance of a block before turning in the right direction, for the purpose of avoiding his enemy He was on horseback en route to his planta- tion when he was shot and killed.
 Situation of the Houses
 To moro perfectly understand just where the killing occurred, Brown lived a block west of Ashford on the same street, and a block south of Mrs. Ashfords mothers residence on the same street. The Brown residence fronts on two streets. The street on which Brown and Ashford both resided ran into the business portion of CourtIand. Ashford lived a block further from town than Brown, both being due east from the business houses. It will be seen that in