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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11
The Dickinson Verdict.

The disagreement of the jury in the
suit Of Miss Anna Dickinson against
Thompson ct al. brings vividly into
view the inflexibility of the present jury
system. That after the clear evidence
adduced during this now celebrated
trial. the members of this jury should
divide eight against four in favor of the
plaintiff is proof positive. to our mind,
that cases involving the delicate ques-
tion of sanity or insanity are not proper
cases to put before a jury of laymen,
but that they should each be tried by
special jury of experts, from whose
minds all disturbing notions of senti-
mentalism will be brushed aside to
make room for the cold facts of scien-
tific evidence.
The central fact in this trial, divested
Of all sentimental trappings, was to
determine, by the preponderance OF
credible evidence, whether the plaintiff,
at the time of her incarceration at Dan
vile, was in such a condition of mind
as would render that Incarceration JUS
tlfiable. A jury of experts, skilled in
the art of concentrated thinking, would
have kept this point clearly in mind,
and would not have gone wool-gather-
ing into domains of pathos and fancy
wholly alien to the merits of the case.
From what is reported to have occurred
in the jury room on Tuesday night, it
seems proper to infer that the twelve
lay jurors to whom, under the law, the
adjudication of the facts in this case
was entrusted, considered pretty nearly
every subject in the circle of their
knowledge except the few and salient
facts upon which rested the whole
structure of the case before them.
The disagreement renders necessary
the cases retrial, in-vlew of which fact
merits of the issue itself would at this
time probably be out of place. But it
is certainly proper, at this time and at
all times, to argue earnestly in behalf
.ofimprovementin inthe present system of
trial by jury, to the end that the obsolete
requirements of that system, which sur
vlve conditions that no longer exist,
may give placeto provisions in better
harmony with the live conditions OF the
age. When this system was devised,
there were no scientific explanations of
vagaries Of the human mind; and all
men We're peers in the matter of
psychometric Jurisprudence, Today,
psychiatry is a science in itself, to
proper understanding of which exact
ing special study and knowledge are
essential requisites.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

Doubtless before a full court the
whole income tax act would fall, as 1t
deserves to, because of it's intrusion
into the field of taxation rightfully re-
served to the states, as well as its
manifest violation Of the uniformity
prescribed by the Federal constitu-
tion," remarks the Philadelphia Record.
And yet the Record sustains the politl-
cal party which perpetrated this out
rageous act!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11
For Honest Harmony.

What ]. SI0at Fassett Wants.
The Republican party must have unity
and must have harmony. 1t must have
that sort Of unity and harmony which Is
based upon universal cooperation in the
cause Of progress. 1t should be united IN
a harmonious desire to keep its promises
and fulfill Its pledges. We should have
peace In harmonious and unified en-
deavor to illustrate to the people Of the
state Of New York that our party is better
than Tammany hall; that our methods are
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

of the pastor into politics. The modern
church should in our Judgment attune
its mnistrations to the present instead
of to the past. The scribes and Phari-
sees that need those ministrations are
not those who slumber In the pages OF
venerated records, but those that walk
and talk in the flesh, spread pitfalls for
the contemporary unwary and do mis-
chief that is thoroughly up-to-date.
The Wyoming conference is realizing
these necessities more and more each
year; and the reflection of It's llberaliza-
tion Is bound yet to be seen In the
morals and manners Of the rising gen.
Grafton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

not Tammany methods; that over a mere
question OF patronage and spoils 1t would
be impossible for our party to split. There
should be unified endeavor to convince
any bumptious man who assumed to boss
or bully the party that he was out OF place,
and that the party had no use for him or
his kind. That Is the sort of peace that
would bring harmony which will bring
welfare; welfare not only to the Republi-
can party, but to all the people of the en-
tire state
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

Governor Hastings appointment of
John M. Walton to be controller Of
Philadelphia illustrates the policy of
prudence which he Is wisely pursuing
where factional differences prevail. Mr..
Walton was clean third man, unob-
jectionable to both factions. His selec-
ton was at once adroit politics and
praiseworthy public policy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11
Repeal the Income Tax.


If President Cleveland were the kind
of man whom many people once
thought him to be. he would summon
the Fifty-iourth congress together in
extra session and urge it to repeal the
income tax. This is not, indeed, legal
duty, but 1t is his moral duty in view
of the emphatic unpopularity of that
discriminating tax among the people,
and especially in view OF the grave
doubt which the straddle decision of
the supreme court has cast upon its
constitutionality. An enactment so obi
Gus as this one is and SO uncertain in
its attitude toward the fundamental
law, ought to remain on the statute
of time which must necessarily inter-
vene between its passage and its earli-
est possible repeal. Every additional
moment of its continuance as law tends
to work gross injustice to the people
and to bring all law and all government
into contempt.
The income tax as it stands today is
an emasculated measure, conceived in
so mean spirit of populstic prejudice
and sectional revenge that it fell to
pieces from sheer viciousness before it
could be even measurably enforced. 1t
is a tax which can be collected only at
the expense of justice, truth and honor
1t is the desperate resort of desperate
party anxious to screen with arrant
demagogism the full measure of it's
own incapacity for successful national
administration. 1t has been rejected by
the most crushing recoil of popular SEN
timent on record in the annals of popu-
lar government; and its further con-
tinuance, even in devitalized SEM
blance, is a grewsome mockery of COM
mon sense.
If there were in the white house today
man mindful of the needs and the
wishes of the people, a man amenable
to their voice and responsive to thel
call, not day would elapse before no.
tice would be given of the calling of a
special session, for the purpose of re-
moving from the statute books the last
vestige of this scarecrow legislation.
Unfortunately for the country, the man
who now is president is indifferent to
all things save the qualification of his
own conceit; and can be expected, de-
spite the conspicuity Of his duty, to re-
main obivious to the situations finer
requirements.
EX-Chief Clerk Kerr frankly admits
that Generalissimo Harrity cannot be
,,pborca5 tbic yaar. hut intimates that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

France came to our rescue in the nick
of time, and that without being In full
sympathy with our form of government.
Today, the American government Is tho
recognized exponent of human liberty
and civic freedom. Its flag is the uni
versally accepted emblem of home rule
by an enlightened democracy. 1t stands
in it's relation to other republics as the
senior and sympathetic brother, which
should lose no opportunity to extend
it's friendly offices in behalf of people
who are oppressed.
The action of France in recognizing
the independence of the thirteen Amer
lean colonies was almost wholly a
matter of expediency. France wanted
to cripple and embarrass It's longtime
foe and rival, England. We have today
not only expediency but also principle
urging us to recognize the independ-
ence of Cuba; expediency, in that Cuba,
as an Independent republic, would In
ure to our benefit In trade and our
security in time of war; and principle,
because the cause of the Cuban patriots
Is precisely our cause, halloWed by the
most glorious memories of American
patriotism and consecrated by the shed
blood of our bravest citizens.
1t will be blot on our national honor
if in Cuba's hour of trial its big brother
republic on the North American MAIN
land shall churlishly refuse to proffer
it at least moral support.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

The remark of Judge Stowe, of Pitts
law hits the nails on the head. ut
comes near being an outrage" he said,
book 1t must be enforced" The pres
ent legislature should hasten along that
inevitable repeal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

How do Messrs. LOTUS, Grier and
Robinson like it to be called traitors by
the Democratic organ of Luzerne coun-
ty? Is it not time that the right of in
dependent thinking and action be recog-
niZed In the Democratic party?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

The Carbondale Anthracite nominates
Hon. j. Donald Cameron for president
in 1896. Upon what ticket, neighbor?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

Ex-Chief Clerk Kerr frankly admits
that Generalissimo Harrity cannot be
unhorsed this year; but intimates that
he can and will be unhorsed some other
year. Mr.. Kerr promises to keep his
Kerrage up until he wins the issue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11
SCRANTON, APRIL II, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population. 1895, 100000.
Registered voters, 20.599
Value of school property, 100000.
Number of school children, 1900.
Average amount OF bank deposits slo.-
100000.
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.
See how we grow:
Population in 1860. 60.................. 9,5
Population in 1870. 70..... $1,000
Population In 1880. S0................. 45,Soo
Population in 1890. 9O.................. 75,2lo
Population in 1894 (estimated). 1O3,OO0
And the end is not yet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

ENrEREp AT THE posToYPics AT SCRANTON. PA. AS
sKcoHD-o CLASS MAIL MATTER.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-11

"Prnters' Ink" the recognized Journal for ndver-
tlsers, rates THK SCRANTON TRIBUNE as the best
advertising medium In Northeastern Pennsylva.
MIA. printers Ink" knows.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
Mischievous Mime. Nralrbran.

No prima donna was ever moro de- hghtfully capricious, more full of mis- chief than the famous Mime. Malibran. At the rehearsals of Romeo and Ju- liet" she could never make up her mind where she was to "die" at night. It was important for Romeo to know, but all he could get was mot sure, ," 'don't know, "can't tell, or "it will be just as it happens, according to my humor; sometimes in one place, sometimes in another" On one occasion she chose to ''die" close to the footlights, her com- panion, of course, being compelled to ''die" beside her, and thus, when the curtain fell, O couple of footmen had to carry the pair of, one at time, to the intense amusement of the audience.
 John Templeton, the fine old Scottish tenor, was probably never So miserable as when he was cast to sing with Mali bran. Very often she was displeased with his performance, and one evening she whispered to him, "You are not acting properly; make love to me bet ter," to which, so it is said, Templeton innocently replied, Don't you know l am a married man?' Evidently the lady did not think there was anything serious in the circumstance, for not long afterward, when in "Somnambula" she was ou her knees to Templeton as Elvino. she succeeded in making the tenor scream with suppressed laughter when he should have been singing by tickling him vigorously under the arms. -Cornhill Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09

Tho Times states that Mir Peel imparted his intention to withdraw from the office of speaker of the house of commons to Sir William Vernon Harnourt, chancellor of the exchequer, and the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour. the Conservative leader in the house. The paper adds that Mir. Peel will cease his occupancy of the chair directly after his successor is elected.
 Mir. Feels health has declined since the death of his wife. The approaching mar riage of his daughter to James RochfOrt Mcguire, 8 Parnellite member of par lament from the West division of Glare. will deprive him of the chief aid in the discharge of the social duties attached to his office. Therefore his retirement is not 0 surprise.
 The Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, speaker of the house of commons, is the youngest son of tho late Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel and was born in 1899. He was educated at Eton and Balliol college, Oxford, and in 1865 first entered parlia- met for Warwick. On tho retirement of Sir Henry Brand in 1884 MT. Peel was elected speaker and he has continued to hold the post amid general expressions of good will from all parties
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
MuTIiIY AND WRECK,
Thrilling Sea Tragedy on an HI Fated
 American Bark.

American Bark.
 PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-A letter TO- ceivcd in this city from Charles Jones' steward of tho missing American bark Portland Lloyd, which left .Iunin for Now York on Feb. I, conveys the startling in- formation that tho vessel was wreck cd during n desperate mutiny on board, in which the captain and most of his crew were killed.
 Shortly after the bark left Junin with Q valuable cargo of nitrate it was reported that she had struck a rock at the entrance to the bay of Junin and that all hands were drowned
 Jones' letter. which was to a relative declares that the affair was a planned at- tempt by the revolutionary party in Peru to seize the vessel and cargo for-uso against the government. While the ship was work ing out of the harbor several Peruvians appeared on deck. The captain was knock cd down with n handspike, tho chief mate was shot dead and two of the sailors stab bed. The man at the wheel, seeing that they were at the mercy of a set of dcspera- doeS purpoSely steercd the bark on the rocks
 The steward and A. B. Jellusson, n seaman, were tho only ones of the Amor ican crew saved. They endured great hard ships and had to lie concealed for some days before they could escape the ruf1ians The leader of the mutincers is said to be Gonzales d'Pietro, n notorious character who had shipped as a seaman on the Port land Lloyd and had gang of cutthroats concealed on board.
 It is believed that most of these men per ished in the wreck. D'Pietro when last seen was clinging to the bowsprit and may have been saved. An inquiry will be made into the affair by tho American con- sul at Callao. The story is borne out by a telegram received by Hager & Co.,. agents of the vessel in this city, stating that the wreck had been preceded by a mutiny, in which the captain and all hands but two Vgera killed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
THE WHEELING WORLD.

France has 625 bicycle clubs and 4O6. 900 riders
 Manhattan Beach, near New York. will have $lO0, 900 cycle track.
 The L. A. w, headquarters will be moved from Boston to Chicago.
 As early as 1863 Paris natter named Brunnel visited his customers on O tri- cycle.
 In the German army l, 400 bicycles are employed. and $50 more havo just been ordered.
 It is stated that k. c. Bald, the Buffalo class B racer will receive $2. 500 to race this year.
 Harry Tyler will have a motor cycle with a wind shield for his paccmaklng next year
 George Banker is looked upon in Eng land as the man who will fill A. A Zim mcrman's place upon the track.
 George Banker has returned to Paris, where it is believed he will be king of rao- ing men, now that Zimmerman is out of the way
 Chairman George D Gideon of the rao ing board belicvcs that the mile track roc ord will bo lowered to I:40 during tho coming season, while tho straightaway mark will in all probability be placed at l:3O
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
TELEGRAPHIc BRIEFS.

Lord Rosebery is recovering slowly.
 Neil Heath, B. A., committed suicide in a field near Victoria, B. c.
 Walter Sanger. the bicycle champion, is dangerously i'll with typhoid fever at his home in Milwaukee
 At Easton, Pa, while buying bill of goods in Q store Benjamin Keck, Q mer- chant of Broadway. N. J., dropped dead of heart disease.
 There Is little change in the miners strike in the Pittsburg district. The men arc holding out for the 65 cent rate and reject all compromises.
 Two American mine prospectors salted @ mine west of Zacatecas. Mexico and then sold Is to Louis Foot. agent of Brit ish syndicate, for s1oO. 900. with $50. 900 down
 The house at Guthrie, O. T., passed Q bill prohibiting the manufacture or giv- ing away of cigarettes or cigarette paper under penalty of $500, half of which is to go to the informer.
 The general term of the supreme court of New York returned an oral decision re- moving Police Justice James F, Quigley of the Gates avenue court. Brooklyn. for the intentional violation of his official du- ty in the disposition of cases connected with the recent trolley strike
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
DISAGRE-
But That Was a Sn,ai; Matter since The.
 Decided Not to IItCp she Dog

But That Was a Sn,tI; t:..iiCr since They
 Decided Not tO Krcp :he Dog.
 Some people," remarked MT. Bitter sweet as he entered his flat, do not do- serve to hGvc pcts-indccd they should not be allowed 10 possess them. They fon- dle and indulge them until they become regular nnisanccS and then probably forget all about them and lot them shift for themselves.
 Mrs. BittcrswCCt, as she acQuieSced to this tiradc, wondered what her husband meant by it, but sho did not ask, for she knew she would find out sooner by hold ing her peace.
 Then ho lighted tho gas, and she saw that ho had n pretty little dog under his arm.
 Just see this poor little creature" he said T found him at tho street door whining ai,L evidently half dead with cold and LuugCr."
 ''Oh, tho dear little fellowl May keep him Jasun?"
 Dy all means. The owner who was so careless of him deserves to lose him.
 "Oh, isn't he sweetP I shall take cx- ccllcEt care uf him, and ho will be so much company for mo. What shall call him!"
 u
 The idea! Why not call him Tray at once? No; he shall have n pretty name. Let mo sec. How would Punch do. or Bijuu?'
 For my part shall call him Fido. It is good, sensible name. had a dog named Fi,iO when 1 was a boy"
 lIumph! You had an uncle named FL kaniah, but that was no reason why you should bo called that shall namo the dear little fclliw Rags, I think"
 You will do nothing of tho kind. He Is my dog, nQd I will not allow
 He is n"S your dog. You gavo him to me anl"-
 Then tho hired girl rushed upon the scene Oh, ma'anl, such n time as they nrO having in tho flat below" sho cried. The lady as has just moved in has lost her dag. She was startin out with him for n walk bit ago and just stepped l..cE for her koy. WhiIo her back was turi!.u somebody stole hm. an she says thr4t Is 0 den of thieves. Sn,'s in Li-i .--.. now, with her husband t.. ..linnim let .s police an tho newspapers That will dO, Jul,l. "s Rl'F :: sweet, with great di.@ut.. iItny r' turn tO tho kiichGn. ,N:. Ii.t,.: >r..vt. . i myself tako nu interest in gossip ,,:I,, r.. ing the noig ghburs'
 There was a long pause. Thon his wifi, said:
 After all, Jason, n dog in flat is great nuisance. Perhaps you had better | just put the littlo fellow out in the hall IIo may bo ablo to find his way homo"
 And Mir. Bitterswect replied Gravely, "l ! believe you arc quite right, my dear. And ho did as lis wife suggested, rcmark ing us ho closed tho door, II don't car, much for that breed of dog anyhow" And presently the hystericaI screams il the flat below subsiled, and n sound O | joyous barking was hoard. Trib 1 nna
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
The Drn1ncrat
c. and M. T. MAIoNEY, Puv11surns.
THE NEW PARTY.


 The new party was successfully launched this week by the executive committee of the Bi-Metallic league, to- gether with the suggestion that ex-Repre- sentative Sibley of Pennsylvania, who was elected to the fifty-third congress as democrat and who gained an unenviable notoriety by blackguarding a democratic president in one of the diTtiest speeches ever made on the floor of the house, and who became an avowed populist long be- fore the expiration of his term. should be the nominee of the new party for the presidency. Sibley was given this distinc- tion solely because he has money and is willing to spend it.
 As d matter of fact there is every reason | to believe that the new so-called silver party is nothing more than a move to compel the republicans to nominate a presidential candidate who, if not person. ally favorable to silver. will at least prom ise to sign a free silver bill, if he is elected and congress will pass one during his term. That's why a candidate was suggested" instead of nominated.
 l It was the suspicion that the new party is merely intended to be tail to the next republican national convention that has prevented such a pronounced silver demo- crats as Bland. of Missouri, ,and Bryan, of Nebraska. endorsing it. They. and the silver democrats generally. believe it un- wise for democrats to join a new party at this time. and expect that the plat form of the next democartic national con- vention will show the wisdom of that be- lief. Representative Newland. of Nevada. IS to be in executive charge of the head quarters of the alleged new party. which are to be established ID Washington.
 Mir Silbey let the cat out of the bag when he said that if the republicans would nomi- nate Senator Cameron for president of American Bi-Metallic psFty-tha''s the name of the new party-would support him. The only two senators identified with the new party are Jones and Stewart, of Nevada, both of whom are devoted friends to Cameron. It looks like ''the Cameron party" was the right name for it
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-09
Explosion on nn on Steamer.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.-A terrific explosion on the tank of the steamer Bawnmore, lying at the Arctic oil works dock at the POtrero, caused great excite ment in that section of the city.
 Two men were terribly bruised and burned, receiving mortal injuries, and the vessel was badly strained. Everything on board was thrown in the greatest confu- sion.
 The Bawnmore recently arrived from Peru with a cargo of crude petroleum con. signed to J. W. Grace & Go. The cargo having been discharged. two workmen car rying candle went into the tanks to clean them. Instantly the explosion came. shak. Ing the steamer from stem to stern, twist. ing the tanks out of position and smashing the surrounding woodwork. The two workmen were carried out in an insensi- ble condition.