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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
The Serious Side of It.

There will be, for some weeks to
come, an outpouring Of the agitated
Democratic mind in attempted eXplana-
tion of why it so happened. The Demo-
cratic party always noted for its eX-
pertness in the philosophy of defeat,
will this time win new laurels by its
sapient Interpretation of how it got
knocked out. No reputation Of its
teachings ever long disturbs it. Like
the colored Tennessee postmaster, who
remarked that mo administration could
change quicker than he could" it has
to be said of the Democracy that no al
teration in the manifest current of pub
lie opinion can be too radical to deter it
from forsaking precedent and principle
and from getting ''in the swim"
Any other party, under the humilia-
tion Of a populor reversal of confidence
which is utterly without parallel in the
history of our politics, would ponder
long and thoughtfully whether it had
any genuine excuse for further exist
ence; whether, indeed, it ought not to
follow the historic advice of Wilbur L.
Storey, founder of the Chicago Times,
when, just after Hancock's defeat in
1880, he penned his celebrated editorial
entitled Let 1t Die" But the Democratic
party, in this one respect, is manifestly
no ordinary party. Founded upon no
central principle, it has nevertheless
managed to hold together in substan-
TALLY its present form during more than
forty years of strife and vicissitude,
with no greater bond of union than an
overmastering appetite for public
spoils; and this same greed may be con-
fdently expected to insure it's prompt
recuperation from the present defeat,
and to bring it again in the arena at
the very next call.
The Republican, therefore who anti
cipates an easy pathway to presidential
victory in 1896 misinterprets the teach
ings of history. There is an element of
danger in the sheer momentum of the
pIesell dNdldHCue. f1au lne DemOCra-
cy, two years ago, captured congress by
only small majority it would no doubt
have escaped many of the excesses of
unexpected power, and by the same
rule Republicans, in this moment OF
overfowing triumph, must be admon-
ished to keep cool tempers and Level
heads. The country has not entrusted
the Republican party with a commits.
sion to revolutionize this government
1t has turned to the Republican party
in all soberness and candor, because the
other party to which it had previously
turned mistook it's favor for boundless
license and abused Its partially by inor.
dinate carelessness.
The Democratic party is not dead. i
is only momentarily stunned. The bis
pluralities Of the last two years, frs
on one side and then on the other, show
the growing mobility of the popular will
and invest even the greatest victorie.
with the solemnity of serious responsi
bility, and the ever present fear of sac
rificing public favor through the lacl
of adequate self-control.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

Whether Mr.. Schadt or Mr.. Davies
shall prove to have been the victor last
Tuesday, The Tribune will be heartily
glad Of one thing. 1t will be glad that
no word uttered by it during the recent
spirited campaign either reflected upon
Mr.. Schadt's character or sought to
fasten upon him the stigma of an unde-
served accusation. 1t therefore has
nothing to apologize for and nothing to
regret.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

The retirement of Colonel J. D, Laciar
from the managing editorship of the
Scranton Republican is announced.
Colonel Laciar's connection with Scran-
ton journalism spans an eventful quar-
ter of century, during which time the
colonel has displayed most faithful and
honorable qualities He has particu-
larry distinguished himself by his
thorough mastery Of local and national
politics, in which special field he ranks
deservedly high. 1t is reported that
Colonel Laciar will begin the new year
in responsible and lucrative po-
sition on the editorial staff of the
Philadelphia Press. If this be true, the
Press is to be congratulated. Colonel
Laciar's successor on the Republican
has not, to our knowledge, yet been Sc
lected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

Christianity, the doctrine of non-partisan
municipal government, great popular
demand for honesty in official life, are
all actively in evidence now. Party
landslides are not infrequent; they come
and are buried beneath other landslides.
The landslide beneath which Tammany is
buried is of the permanent variety"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

Frank II. Clemons will without doubt
be the next sheriff of Lackawanna
county; but if by any accident he should
not be, his opponent, Mr.. Bailey would
enter the office realizing that neither
Mr.. Clemons nor any Republican news
paper during the progress of a heated
campaign forgot the common courte-
sizes that obtain among gentlemen and
descended to personal slander and
blackguardism. We regret that the OPP
position cannot truthfully say the same
thing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
People Arc TO Re Congratulated.

Washington Post: 1.-THE Democracy
went into the campaign fatally handi-
capped. They undertook a contest dis
credited and repudiated by their own
chieftain. Mr.. Cleveland's letter to Hon.
William L. Wilson stigmatized as per-
fidlous and dlshonorable the tariff bill
purely party ACKNOWLEDGEMENT en-
acted into law by both houses of q Demo-
cratic congress, and sent them before the
country branded as traitors and delin-
quents by their own leader They were
stripped of their armor and robbed of
their defense--not by the enemy, but by
their commander-and sent into the thick
Of the fray naked and helpless. Not only
that, but they were divided among them
selves, iniirm of purpose and incoherent
as TO their organization. Abused by the
Mugwumps, taunted by the Cuckoos, rent
asunder by dissenson, and destitute of
chart and compass, they were like some
abandoned derelict, the prey of every cur
rent, the sport of every vagrant breeze.
1t is no wonder that the Democrats have
been overwhelmed In every part of the
country where there was possibility Of
their defeat. without a leader, without
the hope and courage that come of harmo-
ny. discredted in the house of their
friends, and disarmed before the opening
Of the battle, they would have been super
human had they triumphed. They have
fought gallantly, wonderfully; but theirs
was a forlorn hope from the beginning,
and only a miracle could have saved them.
Set against each other by foolish lead
ers, stimulated to suspicion and recriml-
nation, embittered and alenated by scan.
dal and detraction, they were n mob
rather than an army-an intestinal melee
rather the demonstration of a propaganda.
We think the country Is to be congratu-
lated. AS things stood there was moth
ing to be gained by a different result.
Tha American people can always be
trusted They at least have not lost the
art of government"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
Honesty PAYS.

Carbondale Anthracite: Corrupt pol
itics, like other kinds of villainy, may
thrive for a season, but the end is disas
trous, and in the majority Of instances
precludes the possibility of resurrection.
Tammany is dead and the horde of venal
politicians who have been its parasites,
tools and promoters will so to the polit-
ical grave along with it,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

The indiscriminate mixing up of the
words plurality" and majority" is
again veXing the soul of the man who
bets. For his benefit, as we'll as for
general information, it may be well
to explain that plurality means the
excess of one leading candidate over his
nearest rival; while majority" means
his net excess over all rivals. 1t would
be easier to signal to Mars, however,
than to get the average writer for news
papers to observe this advantageous
distinction,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

practically all that has recently awak-
ened that municipality to a realizing
sense of its own shortcomings, Mr..
Harding has displayed fine executive
powers combined with genuine grit and
zeal. AS mayor he would be absolutely
honest and impartial. All the paving
agents this side of Gehenna could not
corrupt him nor, with his knowledge,
practice corruption on others. We do
not know that Mr.. Harding would ac-
cept even an unanimous proffer of pub
lie office; but he has fairly earned the
right to be considered among the fore
most promoters of Pittston's munich
pal advancement, to whom the city
must turn for its first officials.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
A Permanent Landslide.

washington Star; "rhe good that will
come to other American cities through
the decapitation of the Tammany tiger
will be immeasurable everywhere vir-
tue will be encouraged to assert itself and
vice prompted to seek the seclusion in
which-as 1t must always exist It should
be compelled to reside. The unclean ele-
ments may be inclined to minimize the
value of the victory won in New York and
may make reference to the fact that Tam
many had similar experience when the
Tweed ring was smashed and that 1t
came up smiling after brief retirement. II
is true that Tammany Survived the ordeal
that crushed Tweed, but In those days 1t
did not have to deal with men and women
like those who choked its life out but o
few hours since. The spirit Of everyday
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

Senator Voorhees,, just before cleo
tion, tentatively announced that he
would soon retire from politics; and just
to make sure Of him, the people of In
diana burned his bridges by $4,000 plur-
ality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

The Democratic party in Lackawanna
county is sadly in need of a new leader
ship.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

1t will be now in order for William
Hines to seek pecuniary consolation by
pushing that libel suit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

When Quay predicted a quarter Of a
million, he knew.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER 9, 1894.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 100000.
Registered voters 20599.
Value of school property. S75O,OOO.
Number of school children, 1900. .o
Average amount of bank deposits, SlO,-
100000.
It's sthe metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point In the United states at
which to establish new industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Lost Manhood Restored.
Wpokness of Younu Men Cured

If you have been given up by your ply
sician call upon the doctor and be exam
'"ed. He cures the worst cases of Ner-
NOus Debility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec-
tons Of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and
Crpples of every description.
Consultations free and strictly sacred
and contideni6i. Office hours daily from
am. to Q pm, Sunday, to2
Enclose five 2-cent stamps for SYMPTOM
blanks and my book called New Life"
/ will pay one thousand dollars in gold
to anyone whom / cannot cure OF EPI-
LEIPZIG COMMISSIONS or FITS.
DIR. Il. GREWER,
Old Post Office Building, corner Penn
avenue and Spruce street
SCRANTON, PA.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
.LoNG-LlvED RUSSIANS.
Centennrians Are Far From Being
Rare in the Cars Dominions.

Centenarians Are Far From Being
= Rare in the Cars Dominions.
It has long been well established
fact that abnormal longevity is more
common among the Russians than
among many other Of the European ma
tons. From an official report collated
from well authenticated local registers
it now appears that the government Of
Kieff takes the first place OF all Rus
sian provinces in this respect. During
last year, it is officially stated, there
were fourteen centenarian deaths regis
tered In that government. In the city
of Kief one man died at 40 years,
while within the suburban circle two
women died aged respectively 1O2 and
1O4 years. In Berditchef two men
reached the respective ages Of 1O1 and
LA years. In Vassilkoff another patri-
arch died In his 115th year. In the
same district there died a Jewess aged
1O5; in SYenigorodka, man Of Ito
year; In Tarastscha, another OF l05; IN
Uman, two men aged respectively JOG
and 1O2 years; in Radomytzel, He
brew aged 1O7 and Christian aged JOB
and lastly a man Of Jos years died at
Tcherkassy. Fl
Here are fourteen persons dying
within the same year and within the
limits Of one district, whose united
ages amount to ,4S9 years. According
to the Saraton Journals there is still
in that government an ancient veteran
OF the First Napoleon's army, formerly
Lieut.. Savin, and since 1912 known as
| Nicolai Alexandrovitch Sayin, who has
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
Wednesday,, Oct. 3.

The state superintendent Of public
instruction makes the annual appor-
,tionment of school funds.
The men employed by Drake & Stan
ton at Virginia, struck for raise in
wages from $1.35 to $1.5O per day.
John A. Moors, until recently paying
teller at the Security Bank at Duluth
died Of consumption.
The special town election at Glencoe
went against bonds for waterworks by
&c majority.
The state labor department completes
All interesting investigation into the
nationality Of the members Of the
trades union.
Adolph Reese, a civilian attache at
army headquarters at St. Paul, made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide. No reason is assigned for
the attempt
The county commissioners of Red
wood county have voted $13,5OO bonds
for erecting a Jail in this city. "A
building committee composed Of r. w.
Philbrick, q. "A. Pease and Frank Bill
lington was appointed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
Steer on the Track.

Flagstaff, Ind. T., Oct 1O.-Passen-
ger train No. 8 on the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Re, was wrecked yester-
day at a point two miles west of this
place. The accident was caused by
the locomotive striking steer which
was on the track. The engine, ex-
press and baggage cars were thrown
from the track and the engineer and
fireman slightly injured. The acct
dent occurred in cut, and as a track
could not be built around the wreck it
had to be moved before another train
could pass.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
Thursday, Oct. 4.

The Anoka council has passed reso-
luton unanimously closing every cigar
store Sundays.
The Goodhue county creamery has
gone into the hands Of receiver.
Farmers in the vicinity will sustain
heavy losses.
David Orr's mill, cooper shop and
warehouse were burned at Cascade.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, ST., 900. In
cendiarism is strongly suspected.
Mike Mead was sentenced at Hills
tic six months in the county Jail and
$500 costs for maliciously shooting a
neighbours horse last March. #
T.. r. Foley, the Aitlkin lumberman,
against whom suit had been begun by.
the state to recover on pine taken from
state lands, has paid up. His bill
amounted to $500 for ,OOO, 900 feet
Of timber and $17O 60 for witness fees
Again diphtheria had appeared at MI
laca. School has been closed, public
gatherings prohibited, and the president
Of the council has sent for state health
officer to investigate. It is hoped the
epidemic will soon disappear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
WHERE FRENCH TIPS GO.
Not Into the Pockets of Attendants
But Into Those of Employees.

Not Into the Pockets of Attendants,
But Into Those of Employees.
A learned foreign numismatist has
just revealed to Parisians fact Of
which most of them were certainly ig-
norant. 1t appears that at least in one
of the celebrated museums in Paris
the few sous given to the attendants at
the cloak rooms for taking care of an
umbrella or a coat do not go to the
servants attached to the establishment,
but go to swell the budget Of the in
stitutiOn. a8
This savant was the other day just
leaving the museum on the left bank
Of the Seine, where he, had greatly adj
mired the admirable collection Of old
coins, when he fumbled in his pocket
to find few sous to give to the attend
ant who kept his umbrella. He had
drawn four sous from his pocket, and
was about to hand them over to the at
tendant, together with the ticket for
his umbrella. when a supetbly dressed
usher told him in very mysterious
voice to put the money back into his
pocket. He did so, and was rather
astonished when he claimed his UNI
brella to find that the attendant did not
hold his hand out for the tip.
Being determined to ascertain the
cause Of this extraordinary conduct in
city where gratuities have been Civ
en- for everything, the foreign savant
went up to the official who had advised
him to keep his money and asked him
to explain the mystery.
The gorgeously dressed usher declar-
ed: ''Well, yes, sir, it is true I and
my colleagues do not care to reveive
! money from visitors. You see, we are
rot allowed to keep it, and it only
gives us trouble. We have to put it
into the till, take it out again. count it
and make packets Of it. It gives us
infinite bother. It has to go to swell
| the treasure of the museum, and only
serves to increase the number of the
curiosities you have just seen. Things
have been going on so for the last nine
years"
The numis1natist, who had never be-
fore had a gratuity refused in Paris,
declares that he will place the 4 sous
he intended to give to the cloak room
attendant in his collection as the rarest
Of coins he possesses. Boston Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
Saturday, Oct. q.

Fire completely destroyed the house
and contents Of A. A. Buckingham at
Crookston. Origin unknown. Nobody
was at home.
Valentine Hoeffli ag was suffocated
by foul gas while drilling a we'll in
Richter's park at Montgomery. He
was married man, aged thirty-6ve,
and the father Of three children.
Boring in the artesian well at Mar
shall has been continued through six
feet of sand rock, and the flow is in
creased to an estimate Of $500 barrels
in twenty-four hours, with about eighty
pounds pressure at the surface.
Fire destroyed the dwelling house &C.
cuped by John Drummer, situated on
the Epple farm, one mile south of Fair
fax. The household contents were
saved. The building was covered by
ir surance. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
WRECK IN .ISCONSIN.
THE COLD-BLOODED DEED OF IN
KNOWN DESPERADOES.
They Saw the supports From Under
Trestle, Causing the Partial
Wreck of :, Passenger Tratn-The
Fireman Instantly Killed.

# Ishinelander, Wis, Oct 10. Nothing
but unaccountable good luck prevent
ed the worst passenger wreck Of the
year on the 500 line. The Boston and
Minneapolis limited west, which leaves
here at 1 40. went through trestle
between Heaford ] Junction and Brad
ley. The stringers and piles had been
sawed after the east-bound limited
passed the place an hour and forty
minutes before. The rails were left
with no support and the engine
crushed through. They were going
thirty five miles an hour, and instead
Of dropping into the opening, the en-
CINE struck the solid track beyond and
turned clear over down the embank-
ment. The engineer, James Dutch Of
Minneapolis, was thrown twenty feet
ahead. He sustained a broken leg and
bad cuts on the head and q badly
bruised body. lie will recover He
was taken to his home. Charles Cot
trell, the fireman, was pinned under
the engine and terribly mashed. They
are still working to release his body.
He was instantly killed. He leaves a
wife and two children at Minneapolis.
! AAS OnoSdSC Cal S1Au S1ScpSIg lClL luC
track, but none Of the occupants were
badly hurt. The trestle is twenty feet
high.
The job Of cutting the stringers and
piles was exactly the same as was
done near Prentice last week. Who
ever did it last night was evidently
surprised in their work by the trains
arrival, and they left IN overcoat and
a saw. 1t is thought that the culprits
will soon be captured. Every sus-.
picious character in the country will
be made to explain his whereabouts
last night. In the overcoat We're Ger
tain articles which will help to identi-
fy them. The saw was stolen from the
hand car house, near the wreck. The
500 company has offered a reward of
$500 for information leading to the
capture Of the guilty parties. Engi-
neer Dutch was on the train which
narrowly escaped being wrecked in
the same manner last week, and he
thinks it is some one who aims at
his death. The officials think it is done
by tramps for robbery. =.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11

A few years ago portion Of the
pavement in Groswel road, London,
was lifted out of its place in some mys-
terious way. Before the workmen were
sent to replace it numerous toadstools
made their appearance in the cracks
between the misplaced stone and its
fellows. Investigation proved that the
stone. which was two feet one way
by four the other, and weighed 212
pounds, had actually been lifted out Of
place by the resistless growing force
Of these soft, spongy fungi.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11

Boston letter carriers are somewhat
pleased at the outcome Of their opposi-
ton to the rule Of the postal authori-
ties requiring the men to purchase their
uniforms and accessories from the tail
oring firm to which contract was
awarded. The men all along felt that
they could have outfits cheaper It per-
NIT ed an option in the selection Of q
dealer. Accordingly the matter was
brought to the attention Of the authori.
ties at Washington and it has been de-
cided that the carriers may buy Of any
tailor they desire.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
SUNDAY, Sept. 80.

Washington Clark, a returning har-
vest hand, was killed by the cars at
st. Joseph. He leaves a wife and chill
dren in Minneapolis.
William Sells, a driver for the Column
bian market, Minneapolis, was arrested
for embezzling $1620. He pleaded
guilty. "a # |.$
The county commissioners Of Mower
county have agreed to help the cyclone
sufferers of lie Roy, and appropriated
$1,000 as a relief fund for that pur-
pose.
A can Of gasoline exploded in the
kitchen Of the Brunswick hotel at Fari-
bault. Night Clerk Clement Schim-
melpfenig tried to extinguish it and was
seriously burned.
No fatalities have been reported from
the recent fire in Grow Wing. county.
The Myers family has been found
homeless, but unhurt. While there is
still considerable fire in various direc-
tons, no more trouble is anticipated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-11
Tuesday, Oct. 2.

The trial Of Rev. Father Engelbrecht
at Luyerne, charged with assault, ended
after twelve hours elaboration. The
jury brought in verdict of not guilty.
The Grand Army men will hear with
regret of the death of Capt. Charles D.
Parker, past commander of the depart
ment Of Minnesota, G. A. r., which took
place at his home in st. Anth my Park.
Nels GilbertsoIl, 4 latorer, was found
dead in his barn at Minneapolis. He
had hung himself from rafter, and
when his wife saw him first life was
extinct
At q meeting Of the university fac
ulty, held in the Office of the registrar
at Minneapolis, sentence Of indefinite
suspension was pronounced upon five
young men, members of the sophomore
class, whose names had been handed
to the faculty as having been connected
with rush which occurred in the main
building Wednesday last.
Freedom, Moywer, Rice, Steele and
Waseca counties creameries met in
Owatonna for the purpose Of organizing
a board of trade for the mutual pur-
chase Of supplies, sale of products and
institution Of a mutual fire insurance
company. There was a large attend
ance The following officers were
| elected: President, c. NJ. Finch, Clin-
ton Falls; vice president, G. D. Belden;
| board Of managers, G. D. Belden, AUS
| tin; NJ. Halvorsen, Albert Lea; L. D.
Harkins, Walcott; A. Havey, Osseo;
L. j. Larkin, Waseca.