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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

Another petrified man has been dis
covered in Philadelphia. The com
bine" leaders need not hereafter feel
lonely.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY u, 1895
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894. 100000.
Registered voters, 20, $780,
Value of school property, S750,0W.
Number of school children. 1900.
Average amount of bank deposits, slV,-
p000 600.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
Iylvania.
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, 1895-02-12

ing the years Of helplessness from star
walton and freezing as well as from slav-
cry to keepers of sweating shops, AMI
professional beSgarS or thieves. II this
hurts the feelings of any advocate of per-
sonal liberty he may possibly be obliged
to bear 1t. The signs indicate that intel
Ngent citizens viii not always permit
the systematic training of criminals at
fearful cost to the public and that the
humanity of Americans will not always
ignore the indescribable squalor and suf-
fering of great multltudes of children IN
a land of plenty.
The notion that parental liberty in
cludes within itself the right to rear
children under such circumstances us
to make them, when grown. ignorant
and vicious members of society when
they could be made educated and useful
members is u monstrous perversion of
the truth, possible only to disputants
who, like the editor of the Scranton
Truth, do not fully realize what they
are saying.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

Is the Nicaragua canal job dead at
last? Let us devoutly hope 50.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

A number of Democratic newspapers
are now throwing rhetorical brickbats
at Thomas B. Reed, with a view to
discrediting his presidential candidacy
before the people. AS a matter Of fact,
the more the Democratic leaders dislike
him, the better he will be liked by the
masses. Anyhow, Reed has been under
fire before
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12
Lost Manhood Restored.


II you have been given up by your phy-
sician call upon the doctor and be exams
'"ed. lie cures the worst cases of Ner-
Nous Debility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec-
tions Of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Asthma, Deafness, Tumors. Cancers and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations free and strictly sacred
and coniidenia,. Office hours daily from
9 am. TO 9p.m. Sunday, to g.
Enclose five 2-cent stamps for symtpom
blanks and my book called New Life"
l will pay one thousand dollars in gold
to anyone whom l cannot cure of FPI.
LEPTIC COMMISSIONS or FITS.
DIR. T.. GREWER
Old Post Office Building, corner Pam
avenue and Spruce street
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

The liquor influence in New York
state will urge the adoption, at Albany,
of a law permitting cities of $4,000 or
more population to decide, by popular
vote, whether Sunday liquor selling
shall be permitted between noon and
midnight. This measure is called by
its authors compromise" bill; and it
deserves its title. The next thing in
order will probably be Il bill permitting
cities to decide whether gambling shall
be punishable on Sunday, or horse rae
ing or that form of vice known as the
social evil. Finally, it will be in order
TO have a popular poll taken on the
Ten Commandments. Maybe several
of them need cutting out. "Compro-
mise?' We should say it was.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

TO ENTER THE HEART.
We have entered the homes of a major.
ity of the people In Scranton with our su.
perior House Furnishings. etc. You can.
not find a better valentine for your wife
than an Easter Range. You will get your
moneys worth back again hundred
times II you purchase such sterling goods.
Our prices have been put 30 low we fear
they'll never stand upon their feet again.
Perhaps you know II little about Hard.
ware. We can teach you more. Come to
our school. We will greet you in our new
store April !.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

The secret is out. Not only do they
say we do washing for living, but
that we do it well. So keep it going.
Tell everybody you see, but tell them
not to tell.
EUREKA -. EAONORT
372 Washington Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-12

The only logical objection to the
Pennewell bill, from the standpoint OF
those who believe that each community
should have u direct voice in the de-
termination of it's political and social
conditions so far as these are affected
by government, is that it does not select
the easiest available method OF ascer-
tanning the popular will. 1t requires
this will to be expressed, not by secret
ballot but by the signing of petition
or remonstrance addressed to the court,
thus opening the way to bitter ami
mosities and personal grudges. TO this
extent 1t may be open to criticism: but
to contend that it must not be consid-
cred by this Legislature lest in some
manner the present revenue-producing
high license system shall be endan-
gered is, it seems to us, the veriest non
sense.
The Brooks high license system is not
sacred. Neither is it perfect. AS
matter of fact it is scarcely more than
Il clumsy compromise, by courtesy
is for the state to farm out monopolies
in the drink traffic to which it has no
moral right. in exchange for revenue
without which it would be decidedly
better off. In this locality, the crude
ness Of the system is further empha-
sized by the fact that when the COM
monwealth has, for $500 per dealer, sold
its permission for the sale of liquor, it
Immediately goes back ON its contract
by taking no steps to protect its patrons
from Illicit competition.
We object to investing such q law
with simulsted halo OF sanctity. 1t
is not a good law. 1t is a very crude
and clumsy law, tolerable only as a
makeshift until public sentiment shall
demand and sustain something better.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
The Cincinnati.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, July 17.-At the
Brooklyn navy yard to-day the q. S.
ship Cincinnati was presented with
magnificent silver service by citizens of
the city of Cincinnati. The presenta-
ton was made by Mayor Caldwell, of
Cincinnati. The service had been put
aboard before the presentation took
place. Admiral Bunce received the
committee on board soon after II
o'clock. The flags Aoated gaily from
the masts and the marines were in their
best attire for the occasion. A large
number of persons were present to wit
ness the ceremonies. Admiral Bunce
received the gift on behalf of the ship
and made short address in doing so.
Then the invited guests, the committee
and the officers of the cruiser, sat
down to a dinner that had been pre-
pared for the occasion. The service
cost So, 900, and is inscribed "The City
of Cincinnati to the United States
cruiser Cincinnati, 1892. On the OPP
posite side is al etching of the cruiser.
The service consists of punch bowl,
CO bowl, two fruit dishes, fish dish,
meat dish, punch ladle, and ice topgs.
The service is said to be the finest in
the department with the exception OF
that presented by New York city to
the New York. After dinner the
guests were entertained on board by
Admiral Bunce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
The Defender.

NEWPORT, R. l., July 17.-The big
sloops Defender and Colonia arrived
here shortly before s o'clock this morn.
ing in tow of the Hattie Palmer and
dropped anchor in the outer harbor, off
the torpedo station. Work on the De-
fender has now been practically COM
pleted and she has been turned
over to the syndicate, Mr.. Iselin and
Mr.. Morgan receiving her. Upon their
reception of the craft she was i'm
mediately placed in commission. 1t is
possible that trial sail will be made
this afternoon, after which the yacht
NAV be taken to New Rochelle, n. Y.
Her movements now depend greatly
upon the weather.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
The NfiIitia were CowardIy.

WINCHESTER, KY, July 1.-THE
grand jury will take cognizance of the
mob that took the negro, Bob Haggard,
from the Jail at an early hour yesterday
morning and hanged him to railroad
trestle at the edge of town. None of
the mob was masked and Identification
will be an easy matter. The leader
was an ex- Confederate soldier of Nor
gan's command and one of the most de-
tsrmined men in eastern Kentucky.
His commands were obeyed by the
mob, which was orderly in every re-
spect. Company A Second regiment
Kentucky State Guard, Captain Henry
Sitother, had been ordered out by Sher-
if Hodgins, and when the mob went to
the Jail and demanded the prisoner
they sat in the court house adjoining
like lot of towards and allowed the
lynching to take place. Haggard was
accused of an attempted assault upon
Myrtle Elkip, niece of the man for
whom he worked.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

THAT Gagged SKELEToN."-The steamer
T. v. Arrowsmith has taken to Washington
from King George county, the antiquity re-
Gently dug up in that county. 1t is a colonial
hanging cage such as was used before 1910
in the colony of Virginia in cases of conyic-
ton of petit treason.
The cage is made with an iron support for
the feet and an iron cap or helmet for the
head, with transverse bars or belts of iron to
encircle the body and upright bars to support
them. Within this cage were found when it
was unearthed the skull and other bones of a
human skeleton.
The penalty for petit treason under the old
law of England was inflicted where q serf
killed his feudal lord and was extended in
many cases to the murder of husband by his
wife. In America the wilful murder of mas
ter by a slave was held to be petit treason
and was punished by hanging in chains. The
last example of that punishment in this Sec
ton of the country was given near Aexan-
dria in 1767-8, when several negro slaves
were convicted at the Fairfax Court, then
held at that village, and hung in chains in an
opening in the woods near where Christ
Church now stands An account of the crime
and the punishment is given in the Gentle
mans Magazine. 1t is probable that the King
George cage, with its victim, was hung in the
air many months and was buried come time
before the revolutionary war. It now not
only revisits the light of day, but makes
voyage in steamboat, thing more incon-
ceivable than griffin or centaur, to an I'M
mense city grown out of what was then a
wilderness to be the capital of nation then
undreamed OF.
The cage and its contents are the property
of Mr.. Cawood, of King George county, and
will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Foreign News.

SOFIA, July 1.-THE condition of ex-
Premier Stan bulof is slightly improv-
ed this morning and he was able to
identify the persons who attacked him
and has given their names to the
authorities. The most serious of the
wounded mans symptoms arise from
his great loss of blood and possibility
that meningitis may supervene. His
coachman has been arrested on suspic-
ion of his connection with the assassins.
This suspicion is strengthened by his
readiness to stop the carriage when he
was ordered to do so by his masters
assailants.
LONDON, July 17.-Mr. M. F. Dryer,
the turfman, will return to the United
States at the end of July. His decision
to return is not due to any misunder-
standing with Mr. Croker, with whom
he is on the best of terms. Mr.. Croker
will remain in England for the present
1t is his intention to get together q
large stud of horses with Charley Nor
ton, former trainer for Squire Abing-
don Baird, as trainer. Mr.. M. F. Dwy-
er's Don Alonzo ran third at Newman
ket to-day in a selling plate of 109 SOW
ereigns, for three year olds and up.
wards, the winner to be sold for 200
sovereign, which was won by Favour
Royal.
LONDON, July 17.-sir William Har-
court yesterday addressed letter to
Mr.. w. S. McLaren, radical member of
parliament for the Crews division of
Cheshire, in which he wrote: "If we
were doing we'll should be glad of q
holiday, but in this storm must stick
to the ship, and am off for another
6ght.n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

AS ALEXANDRIA is democratic city
and as its board of police commissioners
are democrats, the men the latter have
selected for policemen are, of course,
democrats, for good democrats don't
believe in the non-partisan civil service
reform humbug, but do believe that q
party, like man, that doesn't provide
for its own household first, is worse
than heather. But for all this, there
are good and bad democrats, and as
there are plenty of the former who
wanted places on the police force and
who will make active, polite, efficient,
and trustworthy policemen, they were
doubtless selected; but it should have
been with the distinct understanding
that dereliction should be equivalent to
discharge. To reliable officer, who re-
spects himself and has the respect Of
other people, such condition would
not be Objectionable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
Heavy Hailstorrn.

AsBURY PARK, July 17.-At 4:45
o'clock yesterday evening black
cloud came up from the southwest and
within the next fifteen minutes the
rainfall hereabouts was heavier than
any the oldest inhabitant remembers.
The square in front of the postoffice
was flooded to the depth of ten inches.
The roofs of the hotels Gladstone aud
Grosvenor were blown of, and house
in West Park was RACED. In Ocean
Grove there was panic among the
tents. Trees were blown down, and
hailstoues as big as hickory nuts fell.
Children got empty boxes and padded
up and down Broadway. Wesley
lake oyerRowed its banks. At Free
hold lightning struck tree near the
railroad tracks as train was passing,
and two passengers were made uncon-
scious by the shock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
Baptist Young People.

BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE advance
guard of the great throng of $1,000 del.
egates and visitors who are expected
from ali parts of the country to partici-
pate in the convention of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union of America,
which will open its session tomorrow,
arrived in large numbers this morning.
The visitors experienced some annoy
ance through the misleading signs dis
played on every street car of the city
"Direct to the Baptist Tent" Cars
that never get within two miles of the
tent are thus placarded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

If GOVERNOR McCorkle, of West
Virginia, we're the greater dolthead that
ever lived, it would seem that by this
time he would be tired of the condition
of affairs in the mining district of his
State and take the necessary steps to
stop it at once. For months now the
many industrious miners there have
been idle and on the point of starvation,
andthe mine and railroad owners been in
peril of their lives and property, by
reason of the fact that q few so-called
''labor leaders" some of them negroes,
but really lazy blatherskites, threaten
death and destruction fwork be resum-
ed except on such terms as may suit
their whims. With ample power in his
hands to arrest the offenders and sup
press the gross, disgraceful and rn.inious
outrage at once, the people of his State,
interested in its welfare. should see
tb"- lall use it Immediately, OF
anow the reason why.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

WONDERFUL .EsCAPE.-Last Mon
day evening about 6 o'clock as Mrs. E.
M. Buck and her three little boys were
returning to their home from Char
lottesville, they were overtaken by q
storm, When nearly opposite the
dairy-farm of Payne & Cary a tremen-
dous ball of lightning struck the horse
attached to the vehicle, prostrating the
animal, and apparently killing it out
right. The occupants of the vehicle
were not in the slightest injured, nor
even stunned or shocked. One of the
little boys got out and ran over to Mr..
Payne's for assistance. While he was
gone the lady and the other boys tried
to ford the branch near by, which was
very much swollen, but the water was
too deep and rapid. They managed,
however, to cross on an adjacent fence,
and went up to Mr.. Payne's. The
horse, which turned out to be only
stunned, got up, and Mr. Bainbridge
coming along at the time caught
and tied it to a fence, and afterwards
had it taken to his house, where it was
yesterday morning alive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

THE INFLUENCE fthe administration
with the delegates to a convention, up
on whom it can be concentrated, was
patiently exhibited at the recent Ken
lucky State convention, where it was
all powerful. But that it is just the re-
verse where it can not be concentrat-
ed, where it can not be applied to all
the material at hand, where the pie is
too small to go round, was just as plain
ly shown yesterday in Lexington and in
Fayette county in the same State,
when the Blackburn candidates for
the legislature were nominated by
large majorities. General Malone
showed his familiarity with human
nature when he said it was easier to
buy legislature than the whole people
by whom it was elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
The Corbett Divorce Case,

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE suit of
Mrs. Ollie Corbett for an absolute
divorce upon the statutory grounds
from her husband. James j. Corbett,
the champion heavy weight pugilist of
the world, came up again this afternoon
before Referee Edward Jacobs. Mrs.
Corbett was early on hand. Miss King
testified that she had heard MIR. Corbett
introduce "Vera" as his wife, and had
seen "Vera" With her head on Mr., Cor
belts shoulder and had seen MIR. Cor
bett hug and kiss "Vera" on train.
The case was adjourned until the 26:b.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
Report Denied.

OTTAWA, Ont, July 1.-THE minis
ter of militia, when shown dispatch
from Washington to the effect that the
United States government has secretly
sent agents into Canada to study the
Typographical situation and the means
of defence in the event of an invasion
said "I don't believe a word of it,.
There is no necessity of sending spies
over here when every one is at liberty
to come and make his own surveys"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

AS STATED in yesterdays GAZETTE,
the jury in the case of Mrs. Farrall, the
woman tried in Charles county, Mary
land, for poisoning her husband, was, on
that day, acquitted. Under the jury
system, as now conducted, it is ex-
tremely hard to hang any body for
murder, and especially so if the accused
be young and pretty woman. Cir.
cumstantial evidence was strong against
her, and had her case been tried in
France at the time of which Weyman
was thinking when he wrote the Man
in Black, her fate would have been
sealed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
Murdered and ROBBED.

BUcYRUs, O., July 17.-Harry Bow
den, an operator for the Pennsylvania
company In the tower between here
and Upper Sandusky, was murdered
and robbed last night by tramps. He
had received his months salary from
the pay-car yesterday and it is supposed
the tramps who we're hanging around
the tower all day killed him for the
money. He was discovered early this
morning by an engineer of a passenger
train lying on the track. The train
could not be stopped and it passed over
Bowden, severing his head from his
BODY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

A REMARKABLE OLD MAN.-John
Murray, aged 1o2 years. died at his
mountain home, near Wymps Gap, Pa,
Sunday. He was the Oldest man in
the county, and had very interesting
history. He was born in Maryland,
but went to Pennsylvania at the close
of the war of 1872. He marched with
the American army across Licking
Creek. A short time before his death
he transferred his property to John
Burnham and his sister-in law, who
had long taken care of him. He rode
to Bruceton, w. Va, few days before
his death and ordered his coffin. Muir
ray never had any children, but raised
IA orphans, all of whom will attend his
funeral.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
Suicide.

NEW YORK, July 17.-Israel E.
Thompson, SO years of age, book
keeper, of New Orleans, La, commit
ted suicide at the home of his brother
in-law, Edward F.. Williams, in Ire.
mont, by taking large quantity of
morphine some time last night. He
was found dead in his bed this morn
ing. Thompson came from the South
two weeks ago on visit to his brother
in law. He had been in i'll health for
several years and for more than year
had been out of employment. His
sickness and misfortune together with
domestic trouble, which occasioned ms
separation from his wife, preyed con-
tinually upon his mind and at times for
several months past he had shown signs
of mental arrangement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
Anontrage low Athens.

Boston. July 17.-There was consid-
cradle excitement early this morning
when Waterman discovered several
Young men tearing down the United
States flag from the Peoples Temple.
The Waterman fred his revolver and
the young men took to their heels. fol-
lowed by several policemen. During
the chase several more pistols were
fred to bring the men to stop and
finally two of them surrendered. They
gave their names as Joseph and Theo-
dore Ducett, brothers, aged respective
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17

ACCORDING to the GAzETTE's Wash
iugton correspondence, numerous IL
quiries are made in that city
for sites in Alexandria county
for manufactures of various kinds.
If the inquirers were informed
by those interested, of the not only
sites, but already constructed build
ings, suitable for just such purposes
they can find here, and which can be
bought for almost the price of sites
near Washington, and that while rail-
roads run to their front doors
their back doors open upon water in
which ships can float, it would be pass.
ing strange if some of the inquirers at
least should not stop here without look
ing farther.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-17
"WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY IT, 1895
IT HAS been recently stated in the

ITHAs been recently stated in the
newspapers that though Mrs. Potter,
who left s:swell" society to go upon the
stage, had not lost her character with
her own people, she had with the pub
lie. Possibly, but who should know
more about q woman, her own people,
who are interested in her, or the public,
who are not? And if woman's own
family, familiar with her whole life.
deeply concerned about all she does,
and certainly possessed of better
means of ascertaining the truth
of all rumors regarding her,
continue to love, admire aid
respect her, what conceivable reason
have those who know nothing about
those rumors except what they hear
from gossipy tongues or read in sensa-
tional newspapers, and many OF whom
never were tempted to stray from the
right path, to condemn her, is by no
means patent, at least to reasonable
men,