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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
Meeting of Scranton Athletic Club.

Last night was the date of the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Scranton
Athletic club. Although all the details
and plans are yet somewhat obscured,
an enterprise of which the club is back
of will in a very short time assume a
practical shape. 1t has on numberless
occasions been the subject of wonder
that the South Side is not equipped with
a first-class hall. Just along that line
is where the club proposes to act.
There are upward of few thousand
dollars in the treasury and the money
is going to be spent to build a hall that
in all it's appointments will answer "a
long felt want" and become a credit to
the city as well as the South Side. The
most feasible way of grasping with
this by no means trivial undertaking
has been the subject Of discussion
among the members at the meetings Of
the past few months. A building COM
mittee has been around viewing sites
and has secured option on some very
desirable sites.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
will THE MERCHANTS KICK
May BE Asked to Pay City
Mercantile Tax.
THERE is SUCH A CITY LAW
Another Law Provides for an Appraiser.
Ills Non. existence Is the Only Hitch.
City Needs Revenue and MGR.
chants May Dc Forced.

A rather peculiar state of affairs was
revealed the other day when Alderman
Fuller was asked by the police depart
| ment to issue warrant for the arrest
| of an auctioneer who had not paid u
city license. 1t was found that the city
| had no right to collect the tax from the
auctiOneer. or, for that matter, from
any merchant or person doing business
temporary or otherwise on an estab-
| lished spot.
The circumstance is very similar in
idea to punishment provided for some
| act which is contrary to neither the
| statutes or city ordinances.
There are two city ordinances in the
recently prepared digest fixing Il license
| fee upon all mercantile business, such
as the sale of drugs, clothing, cigars,
| dry goods and the like and penalty is
| likewise provided by the payment of a
| fine or short term of imprisonment.
| The tax cannot be collected nor the
penalty enforced for the reason that
| the tax shall be fixed by u city mercan-
| tile appraiser a separate ordinance
| making provision for such ain officer.
Merchants Entered Complaint.
| For number of years there has not
been such an official, and the term of
the last city appraiser was limited be-
cause of the weighty objections made
| by merchants to the tax. They argued
| that it was sufficiently burdensome to
| pay the county mercantile appraise-
ment
| The section providing for n local APP
| praiser stipulated that the revenue
from the tax should be devoted to the
police department and it is this pro-
vision that makes it possible, after next
| Mondays reorganization of councils,
that an appraiser will be appointed and
a tax levied upon his returns.
Never In the city's history had there
been 50 much difficulty in cutting down
the estimated expenditures to fit the
revenue as was indicated by the recent
labor over the 1895 appropriations or
dinance. Nearly 100000 was slashed
out of the estimated expenditures and
it Is natural that many councilmen with
axes to grind will consider the idea of
collecting o mercantile tax. City Off
cials are of one mind in the opinion
that Scranton was never worse In need
of funds than now.
How the Question Arose.
All the surmising and talk on the sub
ject originated over the independence
of one Lackawanna avenue auctioneer
When the police threatened him with
arrest because he did not possess q
license he snapped his fingers at them
and told them, figuratively speaking, tC
so to warmer place than Scranton
1t was following this little episode that
the discovery was made that no city
mercantile appraiser existed and con
sequently no license had been assessed
Whatever may be the outcome of the
matter there is a feeling among the
officials in the city hall and some coun
cilmen that the merchants are the mos
feasible source of needed revenue dur
ing these hard times.
What fate will befall n proposition
to appoint an appraiser is a matter OF
conjecture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
New Temperance Organization.

Eighty or more young men of st.
Johns parish have decided among
themselves to form an organization, the
two main purposes Of which are to be
the moral and social advancement Of
the members. 1t will be a temperance
society and library for the benefit Of
members will be procured. The pur-
pose is to restrict membership to adults
between the ages Of IS and go Rev. Il.
j. Melley, the pastor looks with favor
on the object of the young men and
will meet them In the church hall Sun
day afternoon with the view to form
q temperance organization.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
West Side business Directory.

PIIOTOGRAPHER-C Photos. $l.4O
per dozen. They are just lovely. Con-
vince yourself by calling at Starnsr
Photo Parlors, l0l and 1903 South Main
avenue.
GROCERIES, - Revere Standard Java
Coffee il uneXcslled. The leading coffee
of the day. For sale only at 4. w. Ma
son 4 Co. Fine Groceries. ll6 South
Main avenue.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE-CASH
for anything you have to sell: Furni-
ture, Stoves. Tools, etc Cali and see see
the stock OF J. c. King. lO2i and lO2o
jackson street.
WALL PAPER-Go to Fred Reynolds,
206 North Main avenue, and see his
complete line of Wall Paper. Paints
and Window Shades. Just opened with
new stock.
PLUMBING-William D. Griflths, Il3
North Main avenue, does tirst-ciass
Plumbing, Steam Heat and Gas Fitting
Satisfaction is strictly guaranteed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
ONE NATIONAL OMISSION.
Eyery'Able Congressman Should Bc Pro
vidcd with Cuspidor.
From tha New York Sun

The newspapers did an unpatriotic
thing lately when they rent the veil.
turned on the fierce light that eats upon
throne, and revealed the House of
Representatives splitting tobacco into
its ventilators. 1t ought to have been a
sore subject to them. They forgot
that to many thousands of Europeans
of the better classes the prima facie
definition of an American is, sharp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
Where Is Oakley.

William Oakley, Of Price street, has
not been heard from since his sudden
disappearance on Sunday morning,
when he stated that he was going to
visit relatives in Rendham. As hereto
fore stated, Mr.. Oakley did not visit
Rendham. A Tribune reporter con-
versed with Mrs. Oakley at her home
last evening, and she stated that she
was at a loss to explain his absence, as
no word had yet been received. Among
the places where her husband might
visit are Carbonate, Greenfield, Leroy
Vile, and his parents home at Hartford.
Susquehanna county. Mrs. Oakley
sent a letter of inquiry to the latter
place and expects an answer this after.
noon. II Oakley has a purpose in re-
naming from home it was not pre-
meditated. as he did not draw his sal
ary which was due at the store of Jo-
seph A. Mears. Mrs. Oakley stated
that her husband was of kind dispo-
sition and no quarrels had ensued
previous to his departure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
Young Girl Buried.

A large number attended the funeral
of Ara. the fifteen-year-old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. Roberts,
which took place from the family resi-
dence, on North Garfield avenue about
3.3O o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev.
d. c. Hughes, d. D., pastor of the
Jackson Street Baptist church, oflc-
lated, and preached an interesting
sermon. The floral offerings were very
pretty. The remains were taken to the
Washburn street cemetery where inter-
ment was made. The pall-bearers were
Thomas Hopkins, Albert Davies, David
Morley, win Robertson, Thomas
Howell and Roy Williams.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
English Brewers Profit.

The Brewers Journal states that Eng
lish syndicates have S9l 600 900 invested in
American breweries, Ne dividend on
which, at per cent last year was $780,
600, and was paid In gold.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
SIR WALTER scott, BART
Mrs. Richards Entertaining Review
Of That Popular Writer.
HIS GREAT LOVE OF COUNTRY
Ills Vencration for the Past and In.
justice to the Covcnnnters-DicR
Thackcray's and Lytton's Works.
and Impulses Described.

40
n ,,,. n, i.''.,'i Us, y, fioviue''.e'
49,, .nu w, siHtn Vi ,'n
cal Iootnroe ot tha ras,danoa ~, Me-
Thomas Dicl,son on yvoebinyton oye-
nue last evening IN y Iareo and ranre-
sentative audience
7 Last EVENINGS suhiact included Scott
Dickens and ,rbockorov ana yyae traot.
ed i'm a delightful manner
beginning with Sir walton Scott
who was declared to ne tha ora,test
writer of the Nineteenth century the
lecturer Traced his career from the tima
of his birth in 1771 ia his deatb In 1s9o
His entrance into the literary world
was noted in 170G but his merits ware
not recognlzed until the nuhIication Of
the Wayerlv novels in 1914 Az tbe
time, however. although the merits of
the writer were widely reroynized his
identity was carefully concealed until
1927 he revealed the authorship at a
theatrical fund dinner. Nv the publi-
cation of the Waverly novels the nublic
perceived IA new era in fiction and
much speculation was caused owing to
the anonymous publication. 1t was a
singular comment that out of the
twenty-nine Waverly novels nineteen
were of Scottish circumstance.
Scotts Comnerdohre Character
~ Scott was endowed with tu,o ,ro
dominating Influences q vener,tio, ro,
the past. and an intense vet catholic
Scotticism uis lova fo,. tho noct ,,o q
extreme. vet il blended the noet and
| historian, as scarcely a fragment ot
| his poetry could be read but that had
| history for its basis. His love for the
past was centered on particular time
the Gothic period of Europe and the
rise of the Feudal period. and he be.
held it as the light Of a classical an,
terror breaking through the gloom o
| the eight centuries. and il was general
| lS admitted that by his writings hi.
readers We're presented with a pictur,
Of the nobler features of the time
There had in consequence arisen Low,
! for the past which caused more thor
ough insight into history
Mrs Richards then discussed the crit
icishls PASSED upon the hlstrlonlc abili
tleS OF scout ana as TO whether he wa
autnehlic IN MS writings upon Gothic
architecture ana medieval art or !
they We're pased on fiction. Ruskir
was oil 'he opinion that SCOTS knowl
cage was limited IN ms respect, ant
ne was mistaken IN the llttle he knew
Whlle eminent critics We're OF oplnloi
that the researches OF Scott were re
| liable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
Tho Largest American Town.

There Is a movement in North Adams,
Mass, to make the town n city. With a
population OF 2l,O00. II claims to be the
largest town In America, with the excep-
ton of Watervliet, ". Y,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
To nui,d so,omon,s Aoueare,

II is announced that the Turkish minis
ter Of public works has decided to recon
struct the aqueduct which supplied Jeru-
salem with water In the time OF King Solo
mon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29

DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup. brings
instant relief in cases of asthma, bron-
chltis, and all throat and lung diseases,
down TO the very borderland Of consump-
ton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
Brief Notes of fIutorcs,

VIII Shaw, of Moscow. Is visiting
friends on this side.
Lowest prices on Wall paper in the
city. Fred Reynolds. -
Thomas Finnerty and Mrs. Julia Nc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29

person that spits; and every American
they meet has to live that definition
down for himself. Our absolutely
unique combination of culture and Gus
pidors Is too much for the average vas
sal of effete monarchies, and he seldom
gets over it; certainly not by visiting
us at home, After a tour In the land of
the free and the home OF the brave,
and especially in its wilder and woolier
parts, the well-bred, foreigner, unless
he labors under the misfortune of let
ters of introduction to the best peo-
ple," and sticks close to big cities and
swell clubs will be apt to come away
with the conviction that as nation we
are congenitally salivated, and the cor
ner-stone and condition precedent OF
American social life Is the eXpector-
alton.
The Era of the SplttOon.
TO all such travelled foreigners-and
they are many and observant-it must
seem strangely mean That nation
which dredges remote rills, deepens har-
bors where ducks run aground, ana on
the very slightest provocation pensions
the apocryphal widow and the very
posthumous progeny of any one who
ever picked up gun during the civil
war should fail to provide It's chosen
sages with the salivary necessaries of
congressional life. Every one knows
that the ventilator was simply the
dernier resort of over-burdened and
ill-accommodated statemanship; and 1t
Is but natural. Ina moment of nicotian
emergency, what to a representative are
back pay. boundless stationery, and
whole families of personal clerks when
the proper Crockery Ia absent?
Let our new congress take new de-
parture in this really national matter.
Let there be llberality Give every
member ample and exclusive facilities,
with his monogram on the facilities,
and let the long-range marksmen OF
congress have seats on the aisles and
exchange the courtesies Of the situation
Thus, and thus only, shall such scan
! dals as this ventilatOr business be for
| ever abated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
ROOF TANNING AND SOLDERING

All done away with by the use of HART.
MANS PATENT PAINT, which conslsts
OF ingredients well-known to all. It can be
applied to tin, galvanized tin. sheet iron
prevent absolutely any crumbling, crack
Ing or breaking OF the brick. II will out.
last Timing Of any kind by many years.
and it's cost does not ex sced e-fifth that
OF the cost OF timing. Is sold by the job
or pound. Contracts taken by 4
ANTONIO HARTMANN, kN BIN g.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-29
Charles Dickens and Thackeray.

Mrs. Richards then made a general
review of the little legion" Of novelists
who arose after the death of Sir Walter
Scott, dealing in particular with
Charles Dickens and Thackeray.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-06-29
D5LlNaJzNr N0rlG=.

Red Oak Nilias om?la'. Loetirn OF P7il-
at7 a pltcc OF bIia.Es - so} Gi.y, Nevada Lo
satia1 OF WsTS5 81 ara CJal.e O.. srGlG.
II .tiee-4Rere ar. d., n4u mt upoi the 70 I'U-
IN d rib Q s. c. On &gc,lu OF asses ,Etee .
Nc Il. lev c. on Il 5.a Jiy Oc krrl, 1885, the
severa, arIo "a q oapa>i:e the Games o. the &C.
spec i've shaieau.dcts =, 70 oN>:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-06-29

~ il sc,ordaDco with ta~ sod order OF the
3~rA Of Tr,dees. ma afe oo the 9Th tY of Nav,
lSsk. - many sAares et e@ch pace Of su IN stock
may be necessary. vii be coll at public auc
aOA II the ONE cf ~ Csan pany, IN the Artiug.
sOn House Block. Carson Ci'y, Nevada. on We'd
nsssay. June ssn. 1926. s:s p. II the said dag.
= pay said oesinqveot assessment therecn- TO-
ee1her ~tth tAe ass ~ Adr.rtsin.. All. expresses
- ths sale.
y.R J1h1r,
Secretary,
The shove ssic u pestporr-i nnril july oh.
J,,nvs &, Ju &c,
Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
OLDEST MAN DEAD.


By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2i,-At the Home
for Aged and Intirm Colored pepole,
Girard and Belmont avenues, on
Wednesday the oldest man in Pennsyl-
vania, John Gibson, colored, died after
Il lingering illness He was buried at
Olive cemetery yesterday afternoon. He
was better known as Father" Glib
son, and when he entered the home,
eleven years ago, he said positively
that he was 119 years old, which would
make him 1870 at the time of death.
Other testimony as to the colored
patriarch's age varies as follows An
adopted daughter says he was 1913, hav-
ing been born at Snow Hin. Maryland
Jan. &c, 1892. Others say he was but
III years old.
Until the war of the rebellion
"Father" Gibson was a slave; but dur
ing that struggle he escaped and came
to Pennsylvania, subsequently settling
in North Penn village in 1856 In that
section of Philadelphia he founded the
first colored church, and was long one
of its exhorters. He has n son 80 years
old now living in the south, and one
of his daughters lived to the age of I2.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
NOWIE'S FATE In DOUBT.
The Japanese Government Docs Not Look
With Favor Upon the American inventor
of Internal Machines.
BY the United Press

BY the United Press.
London, Feb. 24.-The Central News
correspondent in Toxic says the naval
reports from Wei-Hai-Wei mention
eleven foreigners who were captured
with the island forts last surrendered
by the Chinese. Ten of them swore to
take no further part in the present war
and We're set free.
George HOWE, the American, who
came to the east with a scheme to blow
up Japanese vessels with submarine
Internal machines, has been detained
aboard the Japanese flag ship pending
the decision of his fate. The japanese
made reservation as to Howie in the
articles of capitulation. They are in
clined to treat him severely, as he was
let go ON parole after his arrest aboard
the steamer Sydney, yet lost no time in
breaking his word and placing his SER
vices at the disposal of the Chinese.
The Central News correspondent in
Pekin says
High officials here express the hope
that Ii Hung Changs appointment to
be peace envoy will be acceptable to
Japan. He will have full power to close
the negotiations without referring mat
ters to Eekin. The time and place of
the negotiations have not been deter
mined"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
CITY OF MOROCCO LOOTED.
Rebels and Residents Have Bloody Fights
on the Streets jewish Quarter Of tho
City Has Been Spared.

Rebels and Residents Have Bloody Fights
City Has Been Spared.
By the United Press.
Paris, Feb. PA dispatch from Tan
gier says that rebel tribesmen have en-
tered and looted the City of Morocco,
and that the rebels and the inhabi-
tants of Morocco have had bloody fights
in the city's streets, and that many
have been killed and hundreds injured.
The Jewish quarter of the city is said
to have been spared. The city of
Morocco, one of the capitals of the
empire, is situated in the southwest Of
the country. 1t is surrounded by Il
strong lime and earth wall thirty feet
high.
The town is i'll built, and the streets
narrow, irregular and unpaved. The
houses, generally built of the same ma
terials as the wall, are one story high
with fiat roofs and narrow openings
instead of windows. A large portion Of
the space within the walls is occupied
with gardens, open areas and market
places. The city possesses twenty
mosques, of which six are remarkable
for their size and elegance. There are
several tanning and leather dyeing es-
adjustments, some of them of great
extent. The population is estimated at
about 10000 on the south of the city,
outside the walls, stands a palace of
the Sultan Of Morocco occupying a
space of about 1870 acres.
Morocco was founded in 1912 and
reached the summit of its prosperity IN
the thirteenth century, when it had
more than 100000 inhabitants. 1t has
since been rapidly decaying and is now
half in ruinS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.

Captain George w. Skinner, ex-assem-
blyman. has sold the Fulton County DEM
ocrat to b. W. Peck.
Aged Benjamin Knittel fell from n snow
drift upon the railroad track at Lyons
and was cut to pieces.
A broken axle derailed n Wilmington
and Northern freight train at Isabella,
wrecking eight cars and injuring Flag
man Daley.
AT the Iehigh university Junior orator.
lcal contest yesterday the prizes were
won by Harry N. Herr III. A. Reid and II.
A. Daboll, respectively.
Executions for s6C7s we're issued Sat
urday night against w. Parke Cummings,
q large dealer In machinlsts' supplies and
steam filter of Lancaster. The liabilities
are large.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
DOWN ON QUAY,
Pennsylvania Railroad Officials Agitatc ted
over Delaware Bridge Question.
Ry tho Jrnitp1 Prose

By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2i.-Pennsylvania
railroad officials are anything but
pleased over the success of Senator
Quay in inducing the United States
senate to pass his resolution suspend
ing work on the Delaware bridge until
u commission Of army engineers can
report upon the proper height of 1t. If
the movement TO have the height of the
bridge above high water increased from
fifty to seventy feet proves successful,
a prominent official of the company
stated last evening, 1T may result in the
practical abandonment of the project,
notwithstanding the fact that consider
able work has already been done on
the approaches, and that the contracts
for the masonry and structural iron
work have been awarded.
Should Senator Quay's resolution pass
the house and become effective and the
commission be appointed, this win GER
tainly cause the suspension of opera
tons for months to come.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
BURIAL OF FRED DOUGLASS.
Remains of the Colored Orator viii Bc
Taken to Rochester.

BY the Un1teU FTtSS.
Washington, Feb 24.--The funeral
services over the late Frederick Doug
lass will be held tomorrow in the Metro
politan African Methodist Episcopal
church, the largest of the denomination
in the city and the demonstration on
that occasion Is expected to be one of
the greatest ever seen in Washington.
At 7.10 the body will leave for Roches-
ter, N. Y, where interment is to take
Mace
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
GENERAL CARR DEAD.
Commander of the Third Division, New
York Guard, Passes Away.

BY the Uniteu Press
Troy, N. Y, Feb. a.--Major General
Joseph d. Carr died at his home this
morning after an illness of long stand
ing. though he was confined to his bed
only six weeks. A cancer, which had
its inception in the cheek, and which
later spread to his jaw and throat, was
the cause of death.
Joseph b. Carr was born in Albany In
1928. At the breaking out of the re-
bellion he took an active part in organ
izing the Second regiment, New York
State Volunteers, and was elected com
mander. He participated in n number
of battles and continued in the service
until the close of the war. On June l,
1866, he was notified of his appointment
as brevet major general for meritorious
services. In January, 1867, he became
major general Of the Third division,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
sen ATOR PLATT ILL.
Confined to His Room at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.

by the Unlteu IreSS.
New York, Feb. 24.-The Recorder
will say tomorrow: Ex-senator n. c.
Platt is quite i'll in the Fifth Avenue
hotel. His ailment, diarrhoea, Is not
serious, but 1t confines him to his room.
and by order of his physician no visi-
tors at the hotel We're allowed to see
him today. He was taken sick on Fri
day, and grew worse until Saturday
night. Then a physician was called,
who ordered rest.
The ex-senators illness prevented a
conference which was to have been
held by some of his friends who do not
approve of certain appointments of
Mayor Strong.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-25
VIOLETS NOW in ORDER.
The Murderer of Madgc Yorkc Is Becom.
ing More Cheerful.

BY the United Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 24.--James b. Gen
try, the murderer, was reported this
evening to be improved, and unless his
condition does not again change for the
worse, he will undoubtedly recover
Gentry Is much more cheerful than
he was, and takes decided interest in
what Is going on around him.