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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-15
CUBA UNDER WEYLER.
Another Chapter in Cuban His
tory Opened.

Hay ana, Feb. little great
est activity was displayed in
military circles to-day The
festivities in honor of the ar
rival here Of General Weyler,
the new captain general, who
landed yesterday from the
steamship Alfonso XIII, have
ended and another chapter in
the history Of the island Of
Cuba has been opened. st the
captain generals headquarters
the reports which he sent for
on his arrival, telling Of tie
number of men available for
actual service, the number Of
sick, the quantity Of ammuni-
ton and supplies in possession
Of each column or detachment,
the state of the railroad aud
telegraph lines and the strength
of the enemy we're being collat-
ed by a number of clerks. It
is understood that steps are
being taken to organize a large
cavalry brigade for Immediate
service. Considerable difficulty
is being experienced IN secur-
ing the necessary animals, as
great number of them have been
eorralled by the enemy. But
it is expected that the efforts of
the captain general will result
in strongly reinforcing the
mounted infantry now at the
disposal of the Spanish com
handlers.
Orders were issued this morn
lug from headquarters to make
a considerable increase in the
number of armored railroad
cars for the use of troops.
These cars have been of great
assistance to the Spaniards in
protecting conveyances Of pro
visions passing through parts
of the country infested by in
surgents. Pilot engines are also
protected, and are sent forward
in order to guard against eX-
plosioDs Of dynamite along the
road and on the military train
itself. Sometimes there are
two of these armored cars at
tached to one train. One for
ward car is placed Immediately
after the engine and the other
brings up the rear. Both are
filed with troops and. protected
with boiler iron in most cases,
although this has been found to
be Of insufficient protection, in
nearly all cases insurgent bull
let's passing through the cars
Therefore, recently armor has
been doubled in thickness. But
there is no time for improve
ment. For instance, news was
received here this morning that
the insurgents had succeeded in
derailing a pilot engine between
Coliseo and Sumedrio, The
work was done so effectively
that the military train, with its
armored car, was under the fire
of the insurgents very soon al
terward. But, thanks to the
gallant defense of the military
detachment defending it, the
train was rescued. In addition,
= train at Retoces has been de
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-15
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

The Influence Of Sagittarius.

Sagittarius began yesterday, Nov. e
and will continue until Dec. q. Sagit
tarus belongs to that part Of the body rep
resented by the thighs, which relates tc
the muscular and motor and nerve-sys.
tens. Children of Sagittarius are usually
bold, fearless, determined and combative
In everything they are very decisive and
are apt to be too quick to decide act. and
speak. They are pretty apt to express
the first thing that comes into thei!
minds, and just as it appears to them re-
gardless Of the consequences, and are
therefore often led into combat and
make enemies They hate anything hid
den, even secret organizations. They are
liable to go to extremes both as friends
and enemies. Children of Sagittarius
nave natural inclination to chastity and
are usually the strongest persons ply
sically of the twelve signs.
The diseases TO which they are most
liable are sciatica, rheumatic pains and
weakness OF the chest and lungs with
a tendency to consumption. On this ac-
count they should avoid damp localities
as much as possible. They are frequently
finely organized, having Il good deal of
true prophetic nature and ability to fore
tell events.
OF the children of Sagittarius the an
oient astrologers speak as follows: "Sagit-
tarius Is not altogether evil. for when Il
son is born the Sun dwelling in it, doth
give him fortune and ministreth coura ye
to take anything in hand In whatsoever
he purposes; and especially to travel IN
strange countries and to cross the seas
and not return without great gain. He
shall also get friends to assist him to
come into the houses and courts of princes
or rich men, not to gather up the trench
ers or lick the dishes, as the common or
viler sort of courtiers do; but to be put
in some office, as steward, or such like
to the which promotion his agility and
strength shall greatly prefer him. The
woman born when the Sun Is in Sagittari-
us shall not much differ; but she shall be
full of anxiety, painful, merciful ami
much envied, and laid in wait for by evil
men: but she shall overcome them. She
shall marry at about the age of II years,
but If that marriage proceed not she shall
not marry until the age of "a years"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
dust a Word or Two
Of CdSdaI Mention

Many are the superstitious fancies that
still survive. Prothonotary Pryor, for in
stance, won't let an object, such as
hitching post. separate him from the per-
son with whom he is walking. We would
walk half IL mile around the post to avoid
1t. He claims 1t casts suspicion on his
last tarrying place. His deputy. the inim-
table Myron kasson, will not pay bill
on o Friday nor eat mushrooms on
Tuesday. Superintendent Howell breads
the figure II. Sol Goldsmith invariably
has a chill when a cross-eyed man in Il
brown derby hat touches him for five;
and even so mild tempered man as City
Treasurer Boland has been known to ge.
flustered at sight of q golden rod. But
they are not alone In these sngularitias
Some of the most eminent of men had
similar ones. Three OF the greatest of the
English Observation-Disclosures Bacon,
John Locke and Isaac Newton-have left
behind abundant proof of their belief in
secret and occult arts. The master mind
of all-Lord Bacon, in his Sylvia sylvia
rum--dilates at length upon the value of
the sympathetic ointments of his day,
which were applied, not to the wound oc-
casioned by a weapon, but to the weapon
itself Sir Walter Scott gives vivid pic
turc OF this in the case of the wounded
Delorare. in the Lay of the Last Min
strei' Robert Boyle, the inventor of the
ar-pump, applied powdered moss from a
human skull to arrest bleeding of the
nose. not as a snuff. but to his wrists.
And this catalogue could be extended in
definitely.
-:ii:-
The Scotch are not far behind the Irish
in the matter of bulls. Il M, lister in Ar
ran is said TO have made the following
announcement from his pulpit: my
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

even If the majorities he had in all the
other states had heen rrvr,sed. rhrs
ten states would have carried the cleo
tion against thir:y-tive."
Well, what of it? ii candidate and
policy SO commend themselves To a
people as to secure such major!ties in
ten states. they will be pretty likely to
carry more than ten. In any event,
the majority ought to rule, no matter
where that majority happens to be To-
Gated We see no possible Injustice in
the direct election plan at all compar
able to the outrage which would have
been perpetrated two weeks ago If.
notwithstanding McKinley's sweeping
majority of the popular vote, there had
been such a slight change in the nine
close states as would have elected Bry-
an in the electoral college. Here a mi
nority would have coerced a majority,
and the minority would have been
made up not Of the brains but of the en-
thusiasts and malcontents of the land.
The worst danger in the direct cleo
tion system is in an unfair vote and
fraudulent count. But this danger ex-
lists anyhow. 1t existed two weeks ago.
1t robbed Mckinley of Virginia and
Tennessee and it almost stole away
Kentucky. If the people Of the domi-
mating states stood in danger Of de-
feat from fraudulent voting in the
southern states, they would not fool
and falter as they do now with the
question of enforcing a free ballot ev-
erywhere and an honest count. There
would then be sufficient incentive to
insure the working out Of necessary
reforms. We do not go in for constitu-
tional changes merely for the fun of
the thing, but we honestly think that
direct elections and six-year presiden-
tial term are desirable innovations
and that in time they must come.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
EXEMPTIONS from Taxation.

In the county of Luzerne the assessed
valuation of taxable real estate is esti-
mated by the commissioners at $24,-
957, 2O2, while the value of the real es-
tate returned as exempt from taxation
is put at s. 246,G40, or more than one
twelfth The present figures for Lack
awanna county we do not a; this mo-
ment have at hand. but no doubt the
ratio Of exemption is about the same
County and municipal real estate would
doubtless make up a considerable part
of the exempted twelfth, but by far
the greater part represents church
property. If all church property were
taxed. the millage rate would be ap-
preciably reduced.
A casual suggestion in these columns
the other day that 1t would be setting
n good example if the churches would
voluntarily render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars" by shoulder
ing their share of the general debt
which all citizens owe to the govern
ment for protecting them in the law
full ownership Of property, called forth,
much to our surprise. a general eX-
preston Of approval. Our sole idea
in this connection was that 1t would
emphasize and give symmetry to the
constitutional divorce in this country
between church and state, and do away
with any scmblance of legislative ia
voritism. The debt of society and gov
ernment to religion is incalculable. but
unless We grant to the state rights of
partnership with the church. it were
more logical tc rest the church's claims
for support wholly upon an individual
rather than upon political footing.
1t ought not to add much to con-
gregational burdens to make provi-
sion for the payment of taxes on church
property. We don't anticipate that
such taxation will soon be enforced,
yet we must say that the clergymen
in various cities who are at present
agitating for such legislation on the
ground that 1t would put churches on
a fairer basis in a business sense and
tend to check other requests for ex-
emption having less warrant in point
Of deserving are presenting some valid
arguments.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
The Supreme Duty.

The Washington Post is not disposed
to admit that under the Mckinley
tariff, if that tariff had been let alone,
it would have been possible to call In
bonds for redemption and thus con-
1inue the reduction of the public DEBT,
instead of increasing that debt as the
Cleveland administration has done.
This is matter not subject to exact
determination. But it is we'll to remem-
ber that the Mckinley bill did not have
a fair chance. 1t was no sooner passed
than the Democracy declared war upon
It. Importers, in anticipation of it's re-
peal, withheld importations. thinking
to get better terms under lower tar
iff and thus the revenues under the
Mckinley hill were not normal.
II in 1892 Harrison had been re-elect-
ed, that fact would have been inter-
preted by importers generally as signi-
flying that the Mckinley bill had come
to stay They would therefore have
ceased to withhold imports, the VOL
ume of impOrtations would have risen
to normal proportions and in conse-
quence the Mckinley bill would have
produced correspondingly larger rev.
enue. Since it's greatest deficiency
(Which occurred shortly before it's re-
peaD was very small, not in excess OF
$1O,OOOOOO, we regard it as warrant
ed inference that that deficiency would
under the foregoing contingency have
wholly disappeared. We are strength
ened in this conviction by the reflection
that had Harrison been reelected there
would have been no disturbance of con-
fidence among American business men,
no general paralysis of trade and in
dustry and therefore none of the fun
damental causes OF gold exports, bond
sales and agitation for free coinage,
which contributed so directly to the
hard times which prevailed after Har-
rison's defeat. In other words. it was
the repeal OF the Mckinley bill which
brought on the perils of the recent
presidential campaign, and 1t Will be
by the early restoration of the essen
tial principles of that bill that those
perils may be largely averted in fu-
ture.
We have said all along and we
repeat with undiminshed confidence
and emphasis that the silver question
was only a surface effect of the
Cleveland Wilson crusade against the
Mckinley Protective tariff. Had the
tariff been let alone, our finances would
have undergone no arrangement and
We should no. have had in the past
three years the misery, doubt and gen.
eraI restlessness which have been so
previously in evidence. 1t follows ma
turally from these unassailable prem
ises that the most urgent duty before
the next administration Is to restore
Protection and thus cut the tap root
which feeds the growth of Populism,
fiatism and miscellaneous discomfort.
The sooner 1t prepares to discharge this
obligation the sooner it will have the
pleasure OF witnessing general re-
currence of healthy prosperity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
No Quarter for MonOp0Iies.

While the Wilson bill was pending
the Pttsburg Dispatch. staunch pro-
tectionist paper. strongly urged the in
sertion of the proviso that It should be
defense against the payment OF any
duty to prove in the United States
courts that the domestic production of
the article subject to that duty was
controlled by combination, trust or
agreement to limit competition. The
purpose ot this provision was to strike
an effective blow at trusts. AS the
Dispatch itself says, in reviewing its
course at that time:
THE purpose of protection is to in
crease the competition Of domestic
producers and thus cheaper prices to
the domestic consumers. The intention
of trusts or combinations in any pro-
tected article Is to defeat that inten-
tion Of the protective policy. 1t is,
therefore, IN mere self-deferse that a
protective tariff should contain this eff
fective proviso, that if protected indus
tries seek to cheat the people out Of
the full benefit of protection, that pro-
lection shall cease until the attempt
to stifle domestic competition is aban-
doned. This will be an important point
for the Republican congress to con-
slider"
The Republican party can leave to
demagogues the work of shouting out
promiscuous and undiscriminating
abuse of capital, but 1t cannot afford
as party to ignore the very evident
desire of the public for effective relief
from abuses of corporate privilege. 1t
must prove by judcious deeds the ut
ter falsity of the claim that it has mar.
rowed into tool os the great moneyed
interests Of the land
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
What to Do with ex.Conxict s

The question of what to do with our
ex-convicts having come up again in
some Of our sociological reviews, an in
teresting answer has been supplied by
the veteran journalist and publicist,
w. A. Croffut. He writes to the Wash
ington Post:
What the eX-convict needs on turning
his back upon the prison door is money,
and he needs it most grievously. With
money he would have heart to face The
world, to live down the scowls of old
acquaintances, to re-establish his better
reputation Indeed, money and the knowl-
edge OF trade would probably have a
more powerful reformatOry tendency than
all other influences combined. What So
ciety ought to do, then, is not only to per-
init, but to compel, every occupant of its
penal institutions to work hard and con-
tinuously during the entire period of his
service. He should work ten or twelve
hours every day; he should be taught
trade; he should acquire manual expert
ness. The government should keep strict
account with him, charging him with his
board and care, and when his term has
expired he should receive from the jailer
sum of money in hand equal to all he has
earned minus the expense of his impris-
OilHcHt. MS WOulu Olten amount 10
more than the man ever had before at
any one time in his life. and would enable
him to look around him upon the world
with new hope. The possession of
money has a tendency to teach thrift.
Thrift is honesty, and endowed with the
feeling of independence, the average
criminal would be already half reclaimed.
The objection smetimes raised that
In bnr in, .;t
the labor of men not in prison and in
jures honest industry does not trou-
BILE Mr.. Croffut, for three reasons.
First. the competition of 500 prisoners
is no greater in it's effects on the labor
market than the competition of 500
workmen who are out of prison; second,
If work produces all there is every
workman in the United States must
work overtime to support felons who
are not allowed to support themselves,
and third, disturbers Of the peace and
volators of the rights of others are a
constant menace to workingmen, who
have primary interest in their refor-
nation" He adds that a movement
Is already on foot to put convicts to
work in those prisons which shelter
persons sentenced by United States
courts. In the case of life sentences,
culprits should in his Judgment, be
compelled to work to support their
families, and, in the absence of such,
to help support the penal institutions
of the country.
For our part, we think Mr.. Croffut is
about right.
If any sound money Democrat is
recognized, what is the matter with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
Desirable Innovations.

The Chicago Times Herald objects
strenuously to the proposition that
presidents and vice-pIesidents should
be elected by direct vote OF the people
IF that were done" 1t says, "the
smaller states might as well hold no
election at all. for the heavily populated
states would control. In the recent
election the large ,najorities In the
eastern states. that is. In New England,
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Ohio, would have elected Mckinley
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

Is snperlicia!ly crnveisant with a list
Of confused PHILOSOPHERS. ne is regard
ed as sufficiently equipped for the busi-
ness of life."
We recently received from a noted
western university series Of questions
relating to the proper collegiate train
Ing for journalists. In the list were
nine queries as to the value of certain
specific studies, and the very last one
mentioned was English. 1t was APP
parently overlooked until toward the
close of the Interrogation and then in
serted as an after though-English. the
language with which the journalist has
to earn his bread and butter. Possibly
questions didn't think It was of enough
Importance to speak about. except as a
formality.
And this, alas. is true of most of our
colleges-as true now as it ever was.
Time is literally wasted on abstruse
topics of study and speculation which
only serve to blunt the faculties and
encourage the habit of think round a
circle while the fundamentals Of prac-
teal education. which the colleges, by
means of their special facilities and OPP
portunities, ought to widen and deepen,
are passed over without a thought.
Why cannot our higher institutions Of
learning realize that the object of 'du-
cation is to qualify for usefulness and
happiness. and not to foredoom tp in
tellectual aimlessness?
Gross frauds alone prevented NC
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune AstrOiOger.
Astro,abe cast: 1886 a. in., for Monday.
Nov. y, 1896.
a . m

1t will be apparent to a chld born on
this day that the stock of Brick Pom
eroys Is on the increase III the Scranton
Sunday newspaper field.
When so many people are willing to
make fools OF themselves IN order to gain
notoriety and wealth. it is a pity that
so few succeed.
The attitude of rivals in Sunday Journal
ism hereabouts Is suggestive of cats hang
ing by the tail over the clothes-line.
Not much investigation is needed 10
reveal the dirt on Scranton's streets.
Blackguardism is seldom mistaken for
wit save by the man who indulges in 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
Neglecting the Fundamentals.

The justice of recent remark by
the Philadelphia Bulletin has been
brought to our attention. 1T is no.
,orlous" said that paper. that the
'"mp'etest education IN the mos. ef
ficienr os our colleges does hot Imply Il
comprehensive iss OF the Enk fish
tongue. II the graduate Is able 70 con-
strue q little Latin and less Greek, and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

If everything goes we'll at the approach
ing session of the legislature the politi-
clans of the mother county hope after the
reapportionment bills pass to have the
parcelling out of two senatorships and
eight seats in the lower house. Lacka-
wanna's only gain would be an additional
representative, who would doubtless he
given a district comprising parts of the
present First and Second districts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

The Springfield Republican, Mug.
wants to know what condueror ever
bore captive in more conspicuous tri-
umph than Grover Cleveland will bear
the next president on down through
the shouting thousands along Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the capitol on the 4th
of next March," If triumph consists
of being proved wrong and repudiated
on every issue before the people save
only the mandatory duty of keeping all
the money of the government at a par
ity. then our Mugwump contempor-
ary's query is eminently germane.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

vania's expectation of cabinet Of
flee. Pennsylvania is the Gibraltar of
the Republican empire, and it demands
racoynitipp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

There is no doubt that the "coun-
Boyer, slap Quay, snub Hastings and
play hob generally; but do they want
to? We opine not.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23
THEY VI AY.
From the Times-Herald.

From the Times-Herald.
Unusually attractive offerings may be
looked for on Uncle John WGnamaker's s
bargain counter from this time until Sem
ator Cameron's successor is elected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-23

A Paisley man, in discussing the right
Of women to practice medicine, in let
ter to newspaper Of his place asked
this pointed question: "Why should not
women be freely allowed to become medi-
cal men?'