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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
Relative 20 school Boards.

Senator Kennedy, Just before adjourn
ment last week, introduced bill that
makes all county, city and borough off,
GERS ineligible to serve M school directors.
1t knocks out all persons employed In any
of the city departments. such as police
men, firomen. market clerks. heads OF bu-
reaus. etc. The bill Is aimed to correct
abuses which have become very prominent
In Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
senator Quay VIII Take II Hand in the
Delaney Matter

senator quay VIII lake u uuHi III thS
Delaney Matter
Harrisburg, March 3.-The charge of
General Goblin and some others who are
opposed to the creation of the position Of
custodian of public buildings and grounds
because of personal objection to Captain
John q. Delaney that 1t involves an eX-
traYagance is no longer valid, If it ever
had any Justification in fact. The bill in
its present shape actually saves $1,000 to
the state, while at the same time reorgan-
izing the control of the public buildings
and grounds upon a basis of efficiency
hitherto impossible under the methods
now in vogue. The administration has
prevailed upon Captain Delaney to recon-
slider his determination to enter the ser
vice of the Southern Emigration society,
and will install him as custodian as soon as
the custodanship bill shall pass the house.
II is the understanding here that Senator
Quay has been largely instrumental in
persuading Captain Delaney to continue
in Pennsylvania politics. and that he will,
this week, take an aggressive hand
against the effort of certain influences in
the house to oppose the Delaney bill on re-
ligious grounds. The Republican leaders
here are determined that, so far as they
can prevent 1t, the element of religious
prejudice shall not be injected into state
legislation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
Mr.. Magcc Nails a Lie.

From IA Plttsburg Telegram.
Hon. c. l.. Magee returned from Har-
risburg Friday. When asked about re-
ported conference ut which he. Dave Mar
tin and Governor Hastings are supposed
to have been present, the object being
to combine against Senator Quay, Mr. Ma
gee said: ''rhere Is no truth whatever In
the story. | did not see Governor Hast
ings or Mr.. Martin on Thursday"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
DO You Hear Any Objections =?

From the Wilkes-Barre Record
If the people of upper Lackawanna want
u new county and are will to pay for It,
why should they not have 1t? And why,
above all things ridiculous, should any
resident OF Scranton get up on his hind
legs and ObleCt2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04

And now the Delaware legislature has
Imposed penalties for flying foreign
flags upon any public building in the
state. The sentiment of patriotism Is
commendable, but there seems no rea-
son why the various emblems should
not occasionally be allowed to float in
subordination to the Stars and Stripes.
30 long as the officials in control Of the
public buildings have been naturalized.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
For This Relief, Infinite Thanks.

Coming into power in time of peace
and plenty, the first full-handed DEM
ocratic administration since the war
will go out of power at high noon today
having wrecked the revenues Of the ma
tion, shaken the foundations of busi-
ness confidence, enacted but one law of
consequence-which the Democratic
president himself declared sayored of
'perfidy and dishonor"-aud met its
running expenses only by the repeated
selling Of government bonds. The new
debt thus created by it, it will deliver
over to Republican craftsmanship for
payment, and will probably not even
have the common decency to shut its
mouth Of criticism while Republican
statesmen are manfully preparing to
pay it. As for the panic which it's
blundering inefficiency inspired and in
tensItied, it will be less than two years
before it will, with habitual effrontery
and gall, be actually charging that to
the workmanship of the Republican mi
nority; and denouncing that minority
with all the fervor Of restive guilt.
The Fifty-third congress has been. for
two years in unlimited control Of the
legislative functions Of the federal gov
eminent, with an executive of it's own
choosing seated firmly in the presiden-
tial chair. 1t has had every opportun-
ity to impress it's character upon the
legislation Of the nation; and every
incentive arising from a great popular
Endorsement to make that impression
deep and strong. The history Of gov
ernment by the people does not afford,
outside Of war times, a more striking
instance Of free handed' Instructions
from the people to their representatives
in the congress. Every circumstance
was auspicious for the enactment OF
Democratic policies, and for the deter
mination, by thorough test, of their
suitability TO the needs OF our republic.
1t Is not simply in the failure of these
policies that the Democracy stands con-
demned; for this was clearly foreseen
far In advance Of the fact. The culmi-
mating culpability and reproach of the
Fifty-third congress, we repeat, is not
that 1t failed-snce that was Inevitable
but that 1t invested that failure, when
II might have been pathetic or even
heroic. with the characteristics of a
monumental farce, the gross blunder-
ing, maudlin ignorance and ignomini-
Gus ineptltude OF which have dragged
the theory Of free government into the
dust and then picked the pockets of the
citizens Of that government by way OF
farewell insult.
The death Of such a congress should
be the theme Of national rejoicing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04

II Reeds was a billion dollar con-
gress, Crisp's went it nearly $50 ,OOO, 900
more, not to say word of its panic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04

in that service? This Is not condi-
tion of affairs which would be tolerated
in the army or the navy. No one would
venture to claim that the substitu-
tion of a Republican for a Democratic
commander-in-chief of the armies and
navies of the United States would make
desirable the replacement by a good
Democrat" of every Republican in the
ranks: yet in the nations civil SER
vice, which nine years out of every ten
in the nations life Is infinitely supe-
rior in Importance, we have. for whole
decades, gone along recklessly upon the
principle that skill and fitness are lit
orally of no consequence whatever. In
comparison with II party name and a
party label.
1t Is time the common sense of the
people awakened to the insecurity, as
well as to the intrinsic injustice and un-
fairness, Of this evil notion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
A New Boom in Town.

our esteemed contemporary, the
Archibald Citizen, Is urging the selec-
tion of Hon. Joseph A. Scranton for the
United States senatorship ut the eX-
plration of the term OF Hon. j. Donald
Cameron. 1t feels, so it says. that
there is no time to be wasted" should
the people of this portion of the state
want Mr.. Scranton for senator.
We do not know upon what basis the
Citizen proposes to run Mr.. Scranton
for senator. The Republicans of this
section have already, in convention as
sembled, declared for Hon. l.. A. Watres
for senator, with the apparently COR
dial approval, at that time, of Mr..
Scranton's newspaper. 1t is scarcely
likely, therefore, that our Archibald con-
temporary will have the temerity to run
its candidate on a Republican basis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04
SCRANTON, MARCH 1, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, Ii0 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population. 1894, 10000.
Registered voters, 20,599.
Value of school property. 100000.
Number of school children, 1000.
Average amount of bank deposits. SlV'-
10000.
It's the metropolis Of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Can produce 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, 1895-03-04

A recent duel fought by Frenchmen
terminated fatally. Unless some pre-
caution Is taken to prevent accidents
of this kind, duelling Is likely soon to
become unpopular in France.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-04

Under the management of b. j.
Mooney, the Carbondale Anthracite has
been snappy, yirile and aggressive. Mr..
Moneys retirement will take from that
sprightly journal a capable pilot. To
Richard j. Beamish, who succeeds Mr..
Mooney Scrantonians will extend their
best wishes, trusting that he way fully
realize all expectations save in the one
detail of a discovered county.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
LEAVE THE SCHOOLS ALONE.
An A. p. a. Spirit Appears in Canada.

Toronto, Ont. Malc 15.-The Grand ex-
eoutive Of Canadian Protest Mt Protec-
tive Association today issued :. lnanifea-
to on the inject of Manitoba schools.
The manifesto states that the grand ex-
ecutive shares in the general alarm with
wEioh ali right-minded citizens view the
apparent Indifference or irresolution of
the Dominion government on appeals for
Catholic minority in Mani oba. 1t ex-
presses tue belief that movement of
unrest among the French halt-breeds is
due to spirit, not their own, (which ever
and anon blows their passions into
flame, which, on two occasions, to advance
interests not their own, ufiamed them 10
commit the crime of rebellion. This
spirit, the manifesto declares, is the spirit
oI the ultramontane church, which hav-
ing achieved for the present all posi- BILE
resu ts attainable in the provinces by
inirigues, has turned its attention to the
Dominion, ,and is besetting the federal
rulers with demands for that which
provinces will not surrender. To prevent
a recurrence of the attempts to destroy
the public school system of the prov
fnoes and restore harmony among all
people. irrespective of creed, the grand ex-
ecutive asks that all members of the or
der and every patriotic citizen unite in
the just demand that the Jesuits be
forthwith expehed from the country, and
further requests that every caudi ate for
parliamentary honors be pledged to opq
pose any federal interference with the
recent public school legislation OF Man
itoha
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
AFTER THE COLORADO RIOTERS.
Governor MoIntyrs Wires that He VIII I'm
dsavor To Arrest the Murdsrsrs Of the
N Italians.

Washington, March l5.-This aftern oon q
telegram was received ut the Department of
State from Governor Mcintyre of Colorado,
dated Denver: II aIn just In receipt of a
detailed account by telegraph from the
sheriff at Walssnburg. 1t does not differ
materially from the newspaper reports. The
inquest had. A. am informed, q thorough
investigation made. and evidence in writing
subscribed py witnesses and fledIin the ONCE
of the clerk Of the District court. The
shsrlfr further reports no trouble since.
and NO danger. He is thoroughly able to
maintain pence and no danger of an uprising
Of Americans or Italians. Am in receipt Of
a telegram from the ambassador for Italy
saying in part; Please give orders for in
mediate action against the murderers Of the
Italians Immediate action will be urged
ON the proper authorities looking to tho
arrest and runishmsnt of the guilty. per-
sons. The acting Italian consul informs
me that he leaves tonight for Walsenburg.
Have given him suoL letters as he asked for
to the sheriff. From every source Of infor-
nation am satisfied that everything Is
quiet. / have taken steps to as certain the
nationality OF tho deceased.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
CELEBRATED THEIR CENTENNIAL.
The Tooth Anniversary of the Organization
of the Massachusetts NJ Charitable Mechan-
ics' Association.

Boston March 15.-Tnis afternoon at
Mechanics Hall, the memb bers of the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics
Association and guests commemorated
the Tooth anniversary Of the organiza-
ton. The gathering was a notable one,
comprising representatives from almost
every sphere of action, and included
men whose fathers were bonored and
useful mem bsrs of the association. Ex-
ercises were held in the main art gallery
of the building, which was gayly decor
ated in honor OF the occasion, The exer-
clses opened with music by the Beacon
Orchestral Club, followed by an iuyoca-
tion by Rev. ga. Horton. President
E. Noyes Whitcomb, of the society, made
the address of welcome, and introduced
as chi ef speaker Hon. Frederick W. Lin,
coin, ex-mayor and ex-president of the
association, who made the chief address
at the semi-centennial celebration in
1845. Following his address, a hymn,
written by Rev. Mr.. Horton, was sung by
Herbert Johnson's Quintette Club. and
an ode, also written by Mr.. Horton, was
read by Miss Ethel Whitcomb. daughter
of the Presid ent.
After the benediction, the compapy
adjourned to Cotillion Hall, where the
dinner was served, covers being laid for
400. at the guests table were Presi-
dent E. Noyes Whitcomb, Hon. Freder-
ick W. Lincoln, Hon. Alexander Fl. Rice.
Professor Frank A. Hill, of the state
hoard of education. Professor Benia-
min Apthorp Gould of Cambridge. and
General A. P. Martin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
KEhNEsEc PEDAeooUEs.
Fourth Annual Meeting Held ut WstervilIe
Yesterday.
(Snscial to the PRESS. \.

Especial to the PRESS.) Esss
Watsrivlls, March Is. 5.-The fourth an
nual meeting Of the Ksnnebsc County
Tea ohsrs' Association was held here to-
day, at the Inatituts building. and the
following business was transacted: si,-sl
Forenoon session-Prayer by Rev. A.
l.. Towne, A. M. OF WatsYvills; report Of
President WI. Powsss; report Of secre-
tsry; paper, English literature in public
schools. E.w.snall,, principal Of Mon
mouth Aoadsmy; paper. Common sense
In public schools, Walter D. Stinson OF
Augusta; paper. English grammar, W.
1. Tompson, principal OF Erskine Acad-
envy; paper, Manual trainina,W. G. Hol-
dsu, principal manual training depart
msnt Of Portland
Afternoon session-Paper. Utility of
classical study, r. ". johnson, "A. NJ. ,prtn-
cipal Of Coburn Classical Institute; pa
per, History. q. n. CAam bsrlain, principal
William, R.Smith grammar school, gram
mar and high school departments; pa
per, Gsosraphy In grammar grade, Yes
ton Lewis. principal Williams grammar
s.s sa.a Ao:s gp'r .rGn.s G'ns' hsS
else. reading, Mis-. Della o'Donnell Of
Waterville; paper, Beginners in geogra-
ply, Miss Stella 4. Barton of Augusta;
Glass exercise in Swedish system of
gymn astics, Miss May E. Smiley of Gar
diner. with 20 students from Gardiner
high school; paper. Somsthing rural
school should do for ita pupils, WV.
Ststson, state supeirntsndent schools:
discussion, n. n. Goddard, principal
Oak Grove Seminary; sulo9y on DIR. J.
a Han son, D. E. Bowman, A. M, pirnci-
pal Wats fvills High school.
Tha business meeting followed, and
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing ysar:
Prssidsnt-F. W. johnson, principal
Coburn Classical Institute.
Vics Frssident-W.J j. Tompson. priuci-
pal Erskins Academy.
Secretary-Miss Stella e. Barton of
Augusta.
Treasurer. H. Blanchard, superinten-
dent of schools, Watervills.
Executive Committes-H. II. G0ddar \
principal Oak Gorve Seminary; G. W.
Cham berl air, principal william r .Sinn n
grammar school; Miss Burleigh and Miss
Whitman.
Evening sesaion--A ddrsAs Of welcome,
Rev. A. l.. Towns A. M. Cohurn Classic al
| Institute; response, "A. Il Brainard, prin-
| cipal Augusta high school; address,
Fruit on the educational tres, Professor
A. W. Anthony, Cobb Divinity School,
LeWist .E4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16

Of business as often as once every SIX months
and ~ AXE careful and complete e1amina
tion OF the records OF tho ofilce including
all the bills of purchases and accounts uf
sales. The governor and council shall cor
rect any and all abuses if any, exist, and
refusal on he part of the said commission
er TO comply with their order or directions
relative thereto shall be GOOD and sufficient
cause for immediate removal from Office.
Section 9.-The governor and council are
hereby directed to cause an inspection of
the stock in each town or city agency at
least once in each year in towns and twice
in each year in cities. and for that purpose
they are hereby authorized to employ com
potent assayers and empower them to enter
such times as they may be directed oy the
governor and council. and without notice.
any city or town agency in this state to
test the purity of all of the Intoxicating
liquors kept therein, and tha governor and
council may also authorize such exAmina-
tion on complaint Of the municipal officers
in a town and at the expense Of such town.
Any assayer making any examination pro-
vided for by this section. shall examine the
invoices of liquors purchased and compare
his analysis with that written or printed on
such in nvoices. He shall report immediate tely
the result of his examination to the
municipal officers and also TO the governor
and council.
Section l0.-Upon petition and rsprssen-
tation IN writing to any single Justice Of
the Supreme judicial court in term time or
vacation of ten or more well known tax
payers of any city or town in which liquor
agency 10 established that ths:said agency 10
being conducted in violation or evasion Of
the law creating the same. specifying in said
petition the violation complained of. such
justice after reasona BILE notice TO said city
or town II upon the hearing 1t is shown that
the ssid agency il not being conducted in
accordance with the law authorizing the
establishments Of the same. may order the
said agency closed. and the liquors found
therein forfeited to the state.
Section ll.-Provides that municipal
oilcers buying liquor except from the state
commissioner or town and city asents sell
ing liquors dscrssd to be forfeited impure.
sdultsrated or diluted. shall be punished as
provided in section thirty-nvs, chapter
twenty-sevsn, a. amended.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
CONSUMPTION CONTAGIOUS
So Says the Bill to Amend the Health Laws
Reported by the Judiciary Committee.
Especial to the PRESS.


Augusta, March 15.-The bill reported
by tie Committee on the Judiciary to
amend the health law makes consump-
tion a contagious disease in the eye of
the law, as will be seen by reading the
following provisions:
Gases of cerebro-spinal meningitis, of
measles, of so-caIled membraneous Group,
of whooping cough, and of pulmonary
tn berculosls, or consumption, as it is
commonly termed, shall be reported
promptly to the local board Of health OF
the town in which cases of this disease
occur; and it shall he the duty of any
householder who knows, or has reason
to believe. that any person in his amily
or household has any of these diseases,
and it shallSbe the duty of any physician
who knows, or has reason to believe,
that any person whom he attends, or is
called to visit, is affected with any OF
these diseases, to report the same TO the
local hoard of health.
at shall he the duty of each local
board of health to notify the state board
of health of cases within it's jurisdiction,
of typhoid fever and of the diseases
named in section two of this article, and
such notifications shall be in accordance
with the requirements of the blanks fur
nished BY the said state board.
Tine provisions OF this act shall be
enforced and violations hereof shall be
punished as is provided by section 26 of
chapter 1873 of the . ublic laws OF 1857,
and by section of chapter 227 of the
public laws of 1885," s
The bill amends the existing law still
further by providing that persons recov-
ering from small pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria or cholera, and the nurses In
attendance on them shall not leave the
premises without permission from the
board of health or health officer. The
law now is, that attending physicians
may give such permission. The attend
ing physicians may, By the hill, no lon
ger give permission to householders in
whose houses Contagious diseases have
occurred, to allow the removal of per-
sons or effects from the premises. SINH
larly, the right to prescribe the condi-
tions on which patients recovering from
contagious diseases may mingle with the
general public, or on which persons hav-
ing had access to such patients, may go
out, is limited to the local board of
health, the from.of the attending phys
icians to make such regulations being
taken away. The same restriction ia put
upon the readsnission OF children to
school after recovery from contagious
diseases. These changes in the law are
brought about by striking to the words
attending physician" in sections II, IA,
Is and 10 of chapter 123 public laws of
1887. 1t will be seen that they greatly
increase the powers of the local boards
of health in cases of contagious diseases.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
Camden to Hold a Town Meeting.

Camden. March 15.-Town meeting occurs
next Monday. The Republi ans have nom-
mated for selectnlen. Alden Miller, L. M.
Remission, }. $. knowlton and the Demo-
Gratis, j. II. Sherman, K. n. Duffy, E. Q.
Fletcher. Messrs. Sherman and Duffy was
on the board the past year. Political lines
are not dra "n very close at the spring
elections. The auditor's report shows u
total amount expended the last year to ne
thirty thGusa nd four hundred and seventy
nine dollars and sixteen cents: present net
indebi eness, twenty thousand ,hirty-two o
dollars and sixty cents; births lasi year,
forty five; deai hs. thirty-fve. Fifty articles
will be considered on the town warrant
Monday, mostly current expenses, The i'm
proyenlents not Ealing for large sums.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
DAMAGE TO THE NECKAN.
Sun and Wind Opened Her Seams, and She
Nearly Sunk when Launched.
Especial to the PRESS. ]

Especial to the PRESS
Bath, March IS. The trim little Bax-
ter yacht Neokan, which has been
hauled up at the shipyard of Charles B.
Harrington. at the south end all winter,
was to have been launched yesterday af-
ternoon and started for Portland. The
launching occurred all right, but the
yacht didn't take herexpected departure
The delay was caused from the fact that
while she had been hauled up the action
of the sun upon theaoakum had caused
her seams to open, and when she was
launched she began to leak badly, aud
the water rising in the freroom put out
the fire that had been kindled. Both
siphons were put at work, and she was
kept afioat without further damage.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
MAYOR wakefield GAINED.
But it was a:...Gold Headed Cane and He
4se @e Enjoyed 1t.
(specia: to the PRESS. J

(Specia, to the PRESS.)
Bath, March 15.-Thsre was a good attend
anoe of members Of the city government
present at the city building this evening,
1t being the last meeting of the year. as
the new city government will be inaugu-
rated Monday morning, at ten O'Clock.
After the routine work had boon per-
formed, DIR. Edwin NJ. Fuller of Ward 4. the
only Democratic member of the board of
aldermen, presented Mayor James ". Wake
deld with an elegant gold headed cane, en-
graved upon the head OF which were the
names Of all of tho aldermen and the city
clerk.
After the meeting adjourned the two
bodies went to Holly Frea Inn at the in
vitation of Mayor Wakefield, where an ex-
csllent spread awaited them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16

Mount Pleasant, Pa, March 15.-Not
since the halcyon days OF the old sypdi-
cate have Connellsville cokers received
such pleasant news as came to ten tbous-
and employees OF Friek and the South
west Company today when notices were
advance in wages, averaging abOut Is
per cent, will 90 into effect April lst.
The rate for the mining of 100 bushels
goes from 7s cenvs to 90 cents. that of
drawing from As to SO, and SO on down
through the different kinds of labor,