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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
1
The Senate voted 41 to 14 to recognize a state of war in Cuba and to maintain strict neutrality. Despite protests from Senator Hawley and a crowded gallery, the measure advances to the House for concurrence, with Speaker Reed's opposition looming.
In Washington on May 20 the senate debated the Cuban resolution at noon. Senator Thurston Nebraska argued for recognizing Cuban belligerency and warned that Spain would face war if searches violated international law. He cited the 68th St Louis convention and Sagasta interviews to support the push for decisive action.
Washington May 2 Cuban affairs sparked a partisan day in the House as a relief resolution for American citizens was adopted by a unanimous vote. Democrats pressed for a resolution recognizing insurgent belligerency, while Republicans headed by Hitt emphasized negotiating for Cuban independence with McKinley.
From Havana via Key West on May 19, reports describe worsening famine and disease across the island. Bere-beri appears in Santiago de Cuba and Holguin as French aid reaches sixty families. Weyler orders concentration, and villages like Chambas and Marequí gather then burn. Insurgent officials levy 2 percent contributions on farm values and impose forced loans on Central Sugar estate owners.
Georgia news reports George Rankin of Michigan who recently moved to Cartersville is seen socializing with a Black man. The mayor orders the town marshal to warn Rankin and says such conduct will not be tolerated. Rankin’s three children are suspended from public schools.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports Samuel Roddis, no residence given, struck by a Delaware and Hudson passenger train near Wilkes-Barre round-house on the north trip. He was brought to Pittston station where he died shortly after arrival. a time hook in his pocket bore his name.
Copenhagen May 20 The Folketing has been summoned to meet on Monday to consider the political situation after the budget vote led to the resignation of the cabinet led by Baron von Reedts Thott, who served as premier and foreign minister.
Governor Black signed a bill allocating 2,500,000 dollars for Bryant park improvement and construction of a free library to house the New York Public Library and the Astor Lenox and Tilden foundations.
George A. Taylor a long time St. Louis banker was found dead in his Normandie hotel room an empty bottle labeled Hydrodianic acid and several letters indicate a suicide in a dramatic act He clutching a picture of a woman not his wife a motive linked to marital trouble and a divorce suit filed by Mrs Taylor who later moved to Eldorado Iowa with their child
Madrid reports Senor Canovas states that Washington policy is not hostile to Spain while opposition presses attack Madrid for failing to stop U.S. relief to Americans in Cuba. McKinley message deemed an insult to Spain and Consul General Lee labeled Cuba’s captain general with Ireland portrayed as America’s real owner.
Washington May 2 brewers nationwide protest the estate finance committee plan to raise beer taxes. A Connecticut Brewers Association letter to state senators notes long bearing war taxes and argues other Internal Taxes have been abolished except spirits and tobacco.
George Mack a milkman from Kaar Valley with a Hornellsville route, finished work and bought parcels then lit a pipe. A match fire from the pipe ignited parcels and his wagon, his coat caught, and he rolled in the road and grass to extinguish it. He died before help could reach him.
A Havana special to the Sun states that Captain Enrique Puig's Spanish forces attacked a Cuban hospital near Bejucal killing all the sick and wounded and physicians and taking eighteen nurses captive. The death toll reached eighty. A Cuban counterattack routed Puig two hours later, killing fifty of his men with machetes. Elsewhere Captain Culesco with 200 Spaniards was defeated by General Quintin Banderas at Laguna Vieja Pinar del Rio. A dynamite blast on a train near Vega Alaza killed over 100 Spanish soldiers.
Captain John D. Hart famed for filibustering plans and neutrality law conviction says his steamer Laurada is tendered to the U S government to carry supplies to Americans in Cuba. The offer is made through Senator Gray of Delaware, attorney for the Hart Steamship Company.
United States Senator Joseph H. Marie died this afternoon at his Greenville home at 4 o clock after several weeks illness. Earlier hopes for recovery faded as Bright's disease was diagnosed as the cause.
Judge Ches ter postpones the coal trust inquiry to May 27 and reduces the attorney general's order to show cause why jur formation should not be held in New York instead of Albany.
The forecast from New York on May 21 expects cloudy to partly cloudy skies in the Middle Pintos and New England with cooler temperatures and fresh to brisk southwesterly winds shifting to northwesterly. Rain and local thunder storms are possible, followed by clearing by noon in western districts and tonight in eastern areas. Saturday should bring partly cloudy to fair weather with fresh variable winds near station ary, and rising temperatures.
Greek Premier M Ralli states indemnity will match Greece resources and finacial position, territory cession rejected to avoid inviting armed incursions and the need for a large army. Armistice with Turkey in Thessaly extends 17 days as peace talks possibly move to a European conference in Paris.
A temporary roof over the eastern approach to the Capitol caught fire at 1 o clock in Albany. The fire, driven by a stiff east wind, filled the capitol with smoke within five minutes. Fire was confined to roofing and scaffolding. judges rooms and law libraries were spared. The blaze, likely from a plumber furnace, was extinguished in about thirty minutes with hand extinguishers.
Havana May reports the Ruiz commission formed to investigate the death of Dr Ricardo Ruiz in Guanabacoa jail. Senor Enrique Rose, backed by Dr Congosto and U S commissioner W J Calhoun, was accepted as counsel by General Fitzhugh Lee, U S consul general.
David Davidson fatally shot his divorced wife in broad daylight in the Mojave desert mining town of Randsburg forty miles from Mojave California. The couple had run a Los Angeles restaurant and separated after a divorce for cruelty she moved to town and opened an eating house. Davidson arrived by stage, confronted his wife on the street and fired three times.
Smnaliier and billet rail manufacturers express dissatisfaction and advocate reorganizing the pool structure. They report being unhappy with allotments but note disruptions have not yet changed plans. Large producers say they will not join another pool.
Enaglelake Ind May 20 The Presbyterian general assembly elected Dr Sheldon Jackson home missionary as moderator with 428 votes, a result seen as a liberal shift. Dr Henry C Minton conceded. The afternoon session covered poll calls and the moderator’s election. The assembly later observed the Lord’s Supper with Dr Withrow presiding and 20 elders distributing elements led by Benjamin Harrison and John Wanamaker.
The Great Council of Pennsylvania Improved Order of Red Men met in Honesdale H. I. Selects next annual council site and names officers to be voted on in March. Nominations include W. E. Rodgers as Great Prophet Jerome Hite as Great Sachem Joseph Allison as Great Senior Sagamore and Frank Lamont as Great Junior Sagamore.
Washington May 20 The Senate committee of Interstate commerce met and failed to reach any recommendation on the Pooling bill and adjourned to Saturday next Senator Chilton moved postponing the question until next December but no vote occurred The Interstate Commerce Commission urged no legislation at present noting pending court questions especially in the Joint Traffic Association case should be legally determined before further legislative action.
News from Monticello Kentucky reports farmer Thomas Biddle his wife and three children on White Oak Creek Tennessee were killed when tramps who sought to stay by the barn were refused access then set fire to the house. The tragedy is believed to be an act of revenge.
Madrid May 20 A semi official declaration says Spain will never accept the sale of Cuba nor foreign mediation in a matter it regards as exclusively its own.
A large Hoboken blaze in New Jersey gutted an entire block, forcing 140 families to flee as flames raged through the night. The department struggled to contain the inferno with the city unable to fully cope. Windy conditions fanned the fire, and several nearby structures were endangered before containment.
General Senate debates the Morgan Belligerency Resolution and Eastern complications. Sports report a Scranton Providence tie in a Thirteen zoning game. Local items include Budgets and Councils acts like the Appropriation Ordinance, and the ordination of Henry W. Luce. County events cover Lackawanna and neighboring areas with commercial notes.
The state legislative committee revisits the antimeric coal region crisis at Hotel Jermyn with Senators Meredith Vaughan and Representatives Roberts Dunlap Campbell in attendance. Powderly testifies on causes, linking low demand, overproduction, and new coal breakers to idle workers and shifting fuel trends.
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