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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
EAGLE SONG.


Tread at Woodstock, Conn, yesieda
Out upon the four winds blow,
Tell the world your story;
Thrice IN hearts blood dipped before
They called your name Old Gloryl
stream, Old Glory, bear your stars
High among the seven;
stream watchtlre on the dark.
ana make sign in heaven
Mighty harvests gild your plains
mighty rivers bear them,
Everywhere you fly you bid
All the hungry share them;
Blooms the wilderness for you,
Plenty follows after
Underneath your shadow go
Peace and love and laughter.
when from sky to sky you float,
Far in wide savannas,
vast horizons lost i'll light
answer with hosannas.
symbol OF unmeasured power,
Blessed promise sealing,
All your hills are hills of God
AND all your founts are healing!
stlll to those the wronged OF earth
Sanctuary render;
For hope and home and heaven they
see
Within your sacred splendorl
Stream, Old Glory, bear your stars
High among the seven:
Stream IA watchfire on the dark,
Aud make sign in heaven!
Harriet Prescott SpoGord.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05


The verdict of murder 10 the first de-
gree. brought in at Troy early yestsr-
day morning against Bat" Shea. the
hired assassin OF Robert Ross, Is really
returned against the same political
system that has developed such men as
Murphy, Croker. Grant and their vari-
Gus subordinates. John Swinton, an
observer certainly with exceptional
opportunities for the getting OF accu.
rate information, expresses the belief
that hundreds OF persons are "put out
of the way" each year in New York
city by agents of Tammany, whose re-
sentiment has been incurred either po.
litically or through threats to reveal
the Tammany methods Of blackmail
1t was in this manner that Bat Shea
killed Robert Ross. There is no doubt
that he did it for the promise of pay;
aud very little that that promise would
have been redeemed had the assassina-
iiun created lesl stir
Ro's' offopse consisted Of being a Ra.
puollcar, wno ilad a republicans ear g.
nest abborreucs OF the electoral crimes
and poljce intimidation that had for
years weighted Troy down under the
',scrupulous domination OF Edward
Aiurpby, He bad volunteered us one
.t those who purposed seeing il an eles.
ton conld not for once be held hone silly
IN his native city aud who Intended, if
il could not, 10 find out just why not.
Appraised Of his audacity. the machine
set itself to work to get him out OF the
way; and no easier plan Offering, the
loo was entrusted to bat" Shea. a
professional bruiser thug and tough.
1t was deemed in his school Of politics
very trivial thing to pop a man over
with convenient pistol; and no doubt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

Shea was the most surprised person in
Troy when he learned that Ross death
had caused any comment or commo-
tion.
Bat as with Boss Twesd's insolent
query, What are you going to do about
it?', Shea had for once reckoned with
out his host In recent years senti-
ment had been slowly growing that
public Office is public trust and that
elections ar Q the concern OF respectable
citizens as well as of partisan banditti.
This growth had been gradual and. for
the most part, quiet Wits still ridi-
culed 1t, Paragraph writers yet poked
satire at it. Nevertheless when the
bullet of paid assassin smote Robert
Ross to death at Troy. the movement
already lusty. fairly hsw into
magnitude, and in sheer obedience
to an inexorable sentiment the
Murphy machine in Troy, after
Intellectual quips and feints. had
to desist from its efforts to shield its
apprehended minion. and was forced
to endure the slow torture Of seeing
him legally enmeshed in damning evil
dence while the erstwhils autocrats of
the Democratic party in Albany and
Troy were powerless to save.
The end, however, is not yet. Only
the tool has been doomed to the death
chair The chieftaiu in crime is still
at large. fat. arrogant and impenitent
Shall Shea hang while he escapes? II
there is justice left amoag us. history's 5
answer will be "Nop
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
The Converted Hill.

There is no use trying to conceal, the
fact that since his entrance into Il Q
senate David B, Hill has developed
rapidly and favorably. He has stuck
to principle in manner wholly unpre-
dicted by any act Of his previous ca !.
reer; the thing which be has thought 1t
his duty to say aud do hO has said and
done. whether it has pleased his fellow
partisans or offended them. He has
squared himself on the broad platform
of political equality toward all classes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
BREAK UP THIS BOYCOTT.
Philadelpbia hille,in.

Inc twenty-five railroads which are
tied up as q result of the boycott insti-
,uted by the American Railway Union
nave the support OF public opinion in the
them through no mistake or unfair act of
their own. 1t is the business OF the law
TO see that in this struggle these roads are
given full protection. and that any inter-
ference ON the part of the strikers" is the
cause Tor the immediate arrest of the Of
lenders. This much is the plain duty of
those who wish to enforce the abstract
truth that IN this country each man must
De- allowed to conduct bis own business
without interruption, and who wish in this
particular instance to break the backbone
OF strike which is irrational throughout
ana deserves but one termination-speedy
and utter failure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
One Serious Afterthonrht

Sixty eight years ago, while the can
non aud the bells were acclaiming the
semi-ceutenuial anniversary of the ma
tiou's birth, there died almost within
the hour two men who typifed separate
policies and differing civilizations.
One Of these, john Adams, stood for
the stern morality and shrewd self in.
terest of the New England Puritsns (;
the other, Thomas jefferson. repre-
sented the highest ideals of the aristo-
cratic colonists at Jamestown. During
their lives these eminent men were
often bitter antagonists. Amid the
many public duties in which they were
mutually engaged there og%en pene-
trated the inevitable divisions in hered-
ity, customs and ideals which clashed
at later day upon fields drenched
with the blood of brotheSs. To John
Adams we owe what is substantially
the Republican party Of today; to
Thomas Jefferson what traditionally
passes for the Democracy Yet in the
hour aud stress of death, oblivious to
all that had engaged their powers of
battle, the hearts aud the souls of
these great patriots came together in
loving Embrace and took mutual flight
into tie presence of their Maker.
We hear today at various intervals
talk OF the yet unbrilSed ehasm be.
tween the states. The spirit of rebel
lion still unrecoNstructed delights to
find occasion to vent it cherished biz
terness; and perhaps. on the side of the
Blue, there are times when the heroes
OF the Gray are denied their well-won
due. In the presence Of these remins-
cences of the awful Civil war it does
one good to recur back to that July
day in 1926. when as the Joy OF the
young republic was finding vent in a
thousand noises. the magnanimity of
rival patriots. chastened and clarified
by the near approach of death, took the
form of simultaneous salutation voiced
in affections sincere speech. What
ever may be said by frenzed Caves
and Rossers, the spirit of true brother
hood is surely cementing the oncs sew
cred sections; and the real love of de-
serving mother country bringing into
the old fold all the once rsbellious
children.
Tue south has lost nothing that
time and opportunity cannot replace
1t surrendered at Appomattox no
principle vital to its safety or neces-
sary to the quiet Of its conscience.
Slavery is dead and secession is dead;
but in their place the south has the
greatest industrial posi- bilities OF any
section, labor cheap and abundant
carrying with its employment no cry
OF suffering and no blush of shame;
unrestricted social and political privi-
leges upon a footing level with that
of the people of the north and west;
and reunited destiny grand beyond
reach of exaggeration. 1t is for the
second generation after the war to
break away from the natural prpju-
dices of their veteran sires and get
fairly into the spirit Of American
liberty and human freedom, where one
wife, one home, one flag and one God
suffice to exhaust the full measure Of
manly loyalty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

Mr. SINGERLY's business relations
with the typographical union should
not concern the politicians The Re-
publican party in this state should be
above dragging private business affairs
into politics. In any effort TO play the
demagOgue Democracy has it handi-
capped from the start.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

The RICHEST Indian woman in the
world is Princess Tom, of Alaska.
This princess OF masculine title wears
thirty bracelets on her arms made Of
$50 gold pieces. 1t canot be said that
all that glitters about Princess Thomas
is not gold
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

For Governor:
DANIEL II. HASTINGS,
OE CENTER.
For Lieutenant GOrCnOr:
WALTER LYON,
ALLEGHENY.
For AuditoF General,
AMOS II. MYLIN,
OF LANCASTER.
For Secretary Of Hernal AGdirs'
JAMES W. LATrA,
OF PHlLADELPhIA.
For CongrsSSHiel.Gi-Ldrge:
GALUSHA a. GROW,
or SUsQUEHASNA
GEORGE f. HUFF,
OF NESTNORELAND.
Election Time, Nov q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

MAYBE BY the time Eugene V. Dsbs
runs into the arms of the federal courts
aud gets brought round to saving
realization Of his own hardihood, he
will conclude that the role of head g.
swSlled agitator is more difficult and
dangerous than it looks from the out
side. Labor owes no sympathy to a
man who would kill 1t by his indis-
cretionR
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

1T is A SAFE guess that both the
Eleventh and Twelfth Pennsylvania
districts will next November elect to
congress men who will be Republicans
and protectionists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

WHATEVER FIGHTING Laekawanna
Republic ms have to do among them
selves should be done prior to the
county convention. We believe that 1t
will be,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
How to Prevent Explosions.

Philddelphid Press.
Powderly and other labor leaders in their
ostensible objection to strikes forget that
men 40 what they make possible to be
done. The way to prevent an explosion
IS to keep matches out Of the powder
magazine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

HutdndI ous Journal
Inc attempt to demonstrate that Debs
Is "a ligger MANI than Arthur Sargent
OF any OF the other labor leaders. is cost
ing $500 600 II day, but Debs isn't paying a
cent of the expense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
HONEST OLD JACK:

Oh, this being in love is a bothersome
business:
1t just keeps one in torment from morn
ing ill night:
Though | quarrel with Jack every minute
Pm with him,
l'm wretched whenever he's out of nv
sight.
His name, though prosaic it has but to BE-
mentioned
And my heart gives jump-Pd perish
before
| would own mp to hint stands still
while listen
For his step on the walk or his ring at
the door
| can settle to nothing-to reading nor
sewing
just for thinking of Jack. | don't nirt
any more
Not because it is wrong but because the
plain truth is,
What once was pleasure is now but Il
bore.
For the rest Of mankind, though they all
were ApoloS,
Pve no eyes and no ears; for, alas and
alRck
When woman's in love the whole uniyer, q
centers
In some commonplace fellow like honest
old jack.
boston Globe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

John X. Shaw, the Baltimore soft coal
operator, estimates that the recent soft
coal strike cost that CITY $1,000. 900 per
month, or nearly $4,000, 900 for the seven
weeks of its duration. 1t will doubtless
tie several weeks before that less will be
regained in the form of increase wages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
CHIEFLY
Said in Jest.

Although the Democratic senate has
pushed its persecution Of the two Repub-
lican newspaper correspondents who gave
away its sell.out to tho sugar trust to the
point Of getting them indicted for re-
fusal to betray condolences 1t could not pre-
vent ecentcilizens from extendiagl ROM t
sympathy to the victims OF this outrage
Gus policy. Since the publication OF the
statement that the grand jury were about
to indlCt Mr.. Shriver, of the New York
Mail and Express and Mr.. Edwards, of the
Philadelphia Press, and that they would be
required to furnish bail, each Of them has
received many offers Of bail from promi-
neut men throughout the country.
Among those who offered to furnish bail
for MIR. Shriver were Senators Hill and
Murphy, Of New York: Augustus D.
Shepard, of the New York Mail and Ex.
press; Hon. Joseph H. Manley, of Maine,
chairman OF the national Republican eX =
ecutive committee; General James s.
Clarkson, Representatives Cadmus, Stevens,
Tracy, Duupbg, Durborrow and number
Of other citizfds of Baltimore and New
York. Offers were received by Mr.. Ed
wards from Chauncey NJ. Depew, William
II. Grace and Thomas L. James. Of New
York; Charles Emory Smith, of Philadel-
phia, and many others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05

81 am not sure" said Scranton parent
last evening, that the Fourth OF July fire
cracker fever is worth all it costs. spent
$40 in fireworks for my two children. They
had good tine while the fun lasted, aud
] don't exactly begrujge the money. Yet,
after all, 1t is poor example to set before
them, that OF virtually burning up a ten
dollar bill at n time when thousands of
Americans are starving through want of
the conmonsst foOd.n
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
The DAY We CELEBRATED:

L He DAY WE CELEBRATED:
The glorious Fourth has come,
Beat the Understanding drum, pound the
tom.tom, sound the hewgag, blow the
horn and
Let her come
Shoot the cracker fire the pistol, punch
the eagle make him scream,
Loudly scream!
Day or powder and torpedoes, lemonade
that knows no lemon, ginger-pop Ge-
void of ginger, ice cream
Innocent Of cream!
The glorious Fourth has coma,
Bang the hollow-sounding drum sound
the tocsin, raise the war.whoop, ella Ia
the cymbals.
Let her come!
Tintinnabuate the fire bells, raise the
small boys ululation, crack the canopy
with speech
Roaring speech
Hear the eloquence compounded of un-
mixed ingredients, one per cent Of
thought original, nlnety-nine
Per cent of screech.
The glorious Fourth has come,
Whack the loud, reverberant drum, pound
tne tin pan, oeat the boiler, blow the
fish horn,
Let her come!
Tune the fife and blow the bugle, shoot the
rocket through the spheres,
Dodging spheres!
Let the rapid -mouthed declaimer pour his
cataract OF verbals, eloquence divorced
from meaning, words
Unmarried to ideas.
The glorious Fourth has come,
BeHt and mound and Vhnpx tina drn ~,
PUNK the banjo, shoot the rocket. fire
the cracker.
Let her come!
Scorch your whiskers, shoot your arm off
blow large hole through your head,
Swelling head
Fire the cannon, crash your ribs in, break
your leg and save your country.
Then be carritd d off 10 bed
Nam l'n,,I. ITn,,Iy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-05
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

SCRANTON. JULY 5, lSO4.l
Evening journal., 1894-02-15

II anyone were TO inform 10
Of the existence Of another, aud totally
different world above this pond--a world
Of air, sunshine. Of trees and flowers, =
world inhabited by winged creatures
with gorgeous plumage-would or could
It form a conception Of such2
That is the picturesque language Of
the Oldest civilization Of the world of
people who have possessed knowledge
that may have suggested the pyramids
Of Egypt and inspired the Ilisd Of
Homer.
The esoterics Of India have a profound
contempt for a man Of boolIs-they are
full Of reverence for man like Audubon,
n he has the wit 10 use the facts he OBJ
tains about birds.
Books do not teach men to reflect Il Is
only 10y profound reflection that a New
ton, Harvey, or q Bessemer can be Of
any service to the world. Books are &C.
cessories, merely, to q genius; we doubt
not that the effect of books devoured and
improperly digested produce mental
dyspepsia They cannot feed the mind
ehich is too weak to digest the facts
they contain.
Evening journal., 1894-02-15
The reokham Nomination.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 10 5--Senator-elect Nc
Laurin of Mississippi is-eXpected to arrive
today, and it is supposed that he will take
his seat and be sworn in upon the assem-
bling of the senate. In this event he will
become senator in time TO participate in
the executive session this afternoon, and
his first vote Of Importance will be either
for or against the confirmation of the nom.
ination Of Mr.. Peckham. He processes TO
know now just how he expects to vote, but
the opponents Of confirmation are very
hopeful Of securing his assistance because
OF the statements attributed to him in pub
lished interviews.
Ordinarily 50 much importance would
not be attached TO the vote Of auy one SEN
ator, but the leaders on both sides Of the
Peekham contest are so uncertain as to the
result and so anxious about 81 that they are
straining every effort to hold what they
have and gain al that may be possible.
Senator Pugh, chairman Of the judiciary
committee, snid that he believed that the
majority against Peckhani would be from
L. g.
Evening journal., 1894-02-15
rehrIng Sen Ghost Not Laid Yet.

WAsnINGTON, Feb. l5.-The sober second
judgment Of both parties to the Behring
sea arbitration discloses the fact that the
agreement reached by the arbitrators is not
entirely satisfactory to either the United
States or Great Britain. IL appears, how
ever, that the dissatisfaction is based rather
upon matters of detail than upon any OBJ
lection to the broad principles upon which
the arbitration was based These matters
are now the cause of some concern to the
two nations. and for months past there has
been much correspondence aud many per
sonal interviews between Secretary Gresh-
am, Sir Julian Pauncefote and Minister
Bayard with a view to their adjustment.
Evening journal., 1894-02-15
RECENT LITERATURE.

The March number Of the Forum
(Which, by the way, will begin Volume
XVIII will contain the sharpest and, IL
Is believed, the most helpful discussion Of
the income tax that has anywhere sp-
peared. The Hon Uriel S Hall. member
of Congress from Missouri, who has made
himself great authority on this subject,
will write In favor of To-; and David
A. Wells against it. The same number
Of the Forum will contain the first Of a
series Of articles on different systems Of
Socialism or Communism that are favored
by different groups Of agitators in the
United States Edward Bellamg will ex-
plain definitely the program OF the Ma
tionalists, and Professor Willism g..
Sumner. Of Yale University, will critioise
this Program showing its imprs cticabil-
ity. Another striking article that will
appear In this number. will be search
Ing inquiry into the causes Of railroad
failures In 1893, by Simon Sterne.
Evening journal., 1894-02-15

"WHAT shall we do with those turbu
lent lunatics called cranks7" was sub.
ject Of lecture by DR.. .Landon @. Gray
in New York. In the course Of his
lecture DR.. Gray said "As there seems
10 be st times fashion In crime as much
az there is in dress, furniture or art. the
increasing tendency towards deeds Of
violence By persons Of unsound mind is a
question that may we'll enlist the con.
siderAtlon Of society like ours, for
know Of no topic In which the science Of
the physician and the art Of the lawyer
could act more In unison. The increasing
prevalence Of the mental unsoundness
called crRnkism is astonishing More
than that, IL Is dangerous. The subject
Is liable to kill himself or some
body else. or course, crsnklsm Is q
mental disease, the result Of heredity, or
Of q mental habit II II Is the result Of
heredity, 1t may not be cured. Ifit Is
the result Of mental habit, 1t can be
cured. In either case, however. the
subject should be put under treatment,
if.not confined. IL Is safer to confne
him; for, then, he is not liable to do
harm TO others. Bat In addition to that
confinement is more likely TO effect cure
1t Is not so much a question, what shall
we do with our turbulent lunatics as
what shall we do with these one-ideaed
cranks-men who entertain deluslous.
They become turbulent lunatics We
ought to stop them before they go so far
or get 80 bad We should not wait till a
man with a delusion becomes dangerous.
He should be confined at once 1t ls nc
more cruel to do that than to restrain 9
child who has the measles.
Evening journal., 1894-02-15

ART is, after all, the great educator.
She is immortal. The ages sweep on,
ana for years she has been content to sit
almost forgotten among her treasures
while the words Of men we're spoken aud
printed and the people read as they ran
Bat art is awake aud stirring. She is
having her triumphs Now It is but a
look. as men run past, and It tells them
everything. Art is teaching the chill
dren, for they have but to look upon her
face to learn. II the great fair that has
just closed taught the nations nothing
else. II has at least taught them the educa
tional value Of art, and great love for
IL Fill your house with pictures, lay pic
ture albums within reach of the young
people. Let them look and learn. It will
save years Of schooling. Great
pictures stir In us many aspira
tions. and all noble ones. They
are our inspirations. No mother
who wants to secure for the children
that refinement, that soul delicacy that
will make Of them gentlemen and gentle
women, will leave the house empty Of
pictures. We are making the grandest
aud most libe al offer Of the century.
We are offering an easy and attractive
way Of teaching, at once, geography and
history, and offering It for a song, Half
cent Is the price Of a picture and its
story. Sixteen Of them for ten cents !
Only don't forget the coupon You can
do nothing without the coupon, and you
only want three Of them. Cut them out
Of daily issue Of the EVENING JOURNAL
and secure for yourself and your family
an art album unsurpassed In style beauty
and finish by anything ever before at
tempted in the nineteenth century
Evening journal., 1894-02-15

certainly. II the report should be such
that all the members of the subcommittee
can accept il, it is probable that the full
committee would follow this course and
thus dispose OF the question so far rs the
committee is concerned at an early day.
II minority report should be made nee
essary by conflicting views, as seems prob
able, there would be some delay. The tes-
timony will not be made public until the
report is agreed upon or possibly not until
It Is presented TO the senate A member
Of the committee who has been present "a
most all the meetings said that there
would be very great disappointment over
the testimony, when printed among those
who have expected it to reveal many i'm
portant matters.
Evening journal., 1894-02-15
sonato IIawaIlan Iavs,tI-aiIon.

WAsmNGToN, Feb 15.-lhe senate COM
mittee on foreign relations held a meeting,
az which Chairman Morgan informed the
other members that he had begun the
preparation Of his report upon the Ha-
waiian Investigation and had IL under
way. He asked for a meeting OF the sub
committee which has had this subject TN
der consideration for Saturday next, when,
be said, he might be able 70 present a rough
draft OF the report, though be had not
gettsn aleng with Il sufficiently to premise