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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No.2, Jr. o. u. A. NJ.
Meets every Monday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. s, A. II. q A. M. Meets
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, /. O. o. #.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhOrter's
Hall at s O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No II, K. of p. Meets every
Wednesday night In McWhorler's Hall at
O'Clock.
Meets every Friday night in Reynolds Build
ing at o'clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night in X.
of P. Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. U. W., meets every
ID and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
of the Union. Meets LIST and Sd Friday, Nc
Whorter's Hall at 8p. m.
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In each county for one year to hire and sap
erintend agents. Us month. State ngc.
THE HUBBARD Co. l0a3 Fiibert Street.
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AUcTIoNEERS,

Are prepared to call sales Of Real Estate
Personal Property, &C., and guarantee to give
atisfaction.
Gail on Or address, for TERMS &C., either.
Anbusiness WIN receive prompf attention
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Here is Your Chance

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Samples sent on application and esti-
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MlDDLErowN MARKETS.

MIDDLEToWN. DEL. AUG %. 1896
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets first FRI
day night of each month in Hose House.
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Auctioneer-l

am prepared to call sales OF Real Estate
and Personal Property-Be glad to give prices
or reference TO any that are going to make 4
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decttf To wnsend. Del.
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B. & O. Railroad.

J. R. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
BELLIGERENCY EXPLAINED.

What is the substantial Significance OF
the senate's action and wha; will be the
advantages and disadvantages to the
United States and to Cuba II the insuf.
gents finally be recognized by the United
States government as belligerents|
were questions which Philadelphia Press
reporters have asked men who have made
a careful study OF International law.
Henry II. Edmunds. the distinguished adj
miralty lawyer, said: ''If congress favors
the Cubans it raises them from insurgents
or rebels to level with the Spanish
forces. In other words. this country looks
upon the war as between two nations
While she stands off maintaining neutral
position. ] think that If the resolution
passes the house We would be justified in
selling arms ana ammunition to either
party. Belligerency means much for the
Cubans. At present there Is an act OF con-
gress which will not allow the lifting out
of a iilibustering expedition or shipping
arms to enemies of a friendly nation. Bel
ligerency will allow the selling of arms
and ammunition, but II We should remain
neutral 1t would not permit us to lit out
privateers. That was the cause of the
famous Alabama case during the late re-
bellion in this country. The English sent
out the.eXpedition and il cost that country
SlJ.0O0,0G0; so that unless we'are careful we
may get into trouble. | believe that the
recognition of belliSerency will result in
the Cubancs winning their independence
American citizens maintaining neutrality
on the island will be better protect cd
though those who join either Of the forces
will be subject to the laws of war"
l. i !.
. Captain W. w. Ker, who has been pro-
nounced in his advocacy of the cause of
the insurgents, said: '"rhe principal ad-
vantage would be that the Cuban govern
ment could issue bonds and sell them and
thereby obtain funds to carry on tie war
Another advantage would be that they
could buy arms and ammunition without
the fear that some aspiring official of our
government on the complaint of the
Spanish minister would seize them. upon
suspicion OF their intended use against
Spain. Then. again, If the Cubans Sc
cured a few naval vessels those vessels
might come into our port to refit. Of
course IL will be understood that with bel
ligerent rights, Cuba can have an official
representative at Washington TO lcok
after the interests OF his government. The
object to be attained Is for our govern
ment in the first place to grant belligerent
rights to the Cubans. then to insist upon
Spain acknowledging the independence of
the cubans. the Cuban government to pay
a fixed sum 10 Spain. this government
TO guarantee the payment of that sum-
and IL Spain refuses to accede to our de-
mand, then our government will send
ships and soldiers and drive the Spaniards
out"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
Some of Cuba's Wrongs.

Under Spanish administration the
island Of Cuba has to pay to European
money lenders q debt of $2O2, 1O646i at
an annual average interest Of 5ls per
cent. Cuba has a population of little
more than 1,50O.0 900; and for practical
purposes 100000 Of her inhabitants
may be removed from the problem on
account Of poverty and 100000 taken
as representing those who, by reason
of their ownership Of property, pay
the bulk Of the taxes. In other words,
100000 Cubans must by reason OF
Spain's mismanagement, keep up an
annual interest payment Of $11, 100000.
or a sum per capita Of s22, to say moth
ing Of the maturing principal. Is 1t
any wonder that Cubans want to be
free?
In a recent issue of FL Cubano Libre
appeared stirring review of Spain's
tyranny in the Queen of the Antilles.
We cannot do better than to quote
part Of 1t verbatim:
Columbus discovered Cuba oh Oct 2s.
1492. In 1911 his son Diego enlisted 300 men
and sent the expedition under the COM
nand of Diego Veltlsqnez to take posses
sion of the island and to begin to colonize
It. All the old historians agree that the
Siboneyes Indians. the dwellers in the
noblest Of the Antilles, were amiable.
harmless, hospitable. and attractive. We
lasquez lost no time in despoiling them of
their possessions, OF trampiing on their
natural rights, and of putting to death
those who resisted his brutal government.
Their chief, Hatuey, seeing his people SO
barbarously enslaved. rebelled, and Velas-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
For Commercial Conquest.

1t Is not easy to mistake the senti-
ment which exists among all classes Of
American business men for broader
markets for American products. The
recent demand upon congress by the
National Manufacturers association
for restoration of reciprocity and u
rehabilitation of our sadly deteriorated
American merchant marine was simply
the crystaliZed opinion of the entire
country, expressed by an organization
commissioned to speak upon u subject
vital to the welfare of it's member
thoughtful attention to a quotation
which we shall make from the Chicago
Times Herald.
In 1860" that excellent journal re-
calls, half the ocean carrying trade
was done in American ships Today
we boast 8 per cent. of it. Our decline
was due to several causes, of which
the civil war and British determine
tion to wipe us off the seas if not
off the earth, We're the chief. Just as
our decline on the seas set in congress
began providing means to develop our
continental trade by helping to con-
struct great highways on rails.
1.-The building of the Pacific railroads
may have enabled u few men to make
large private fortunes. How shall we
estimate, on the other hand, the part
these great highways on rails have had
in trebling our wealth in thirty years?
For twenty years we spent on an aver
age $1,OOO,OOO per day in railroad con-
struction. Subsidies We're given by
counties, and by smaller communities,
as well as by the United States. Had
not panic come the returns on the in
vestment would be far greater than
they have been, but making all allow
ances there has been return Of 10
per cent. The results are seen most
vividly in one incident of Industrial
development-steam power:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
Attest. -
eecrsras'es.

In our opinion the action OF the Demo-
cratic estimates committee. reinforced
by CAPTAIN Moir. in cutting to 5000 the
salary Of the mayors clerk when II
was thought the new mayor would be
a Republican, followed by the raising
Of it to 5000 after the election of n Dem
ocratic mayor constitutes specimen
of about as small politics as can be
found We should expect legislation of
that calibre from children; but 1t looks
singularly out of place in connection
with the government of a city Of the
size and Importance Of Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
WIND or THE WEST.
From the Philistine.

From the Philistine.
The wind tonight is cool and free,
The wind tonight Is westerly;
Sweeping In {. ON the plains afar
Sweet and failt--yet wild as are
All scents and doors blent
In the Occident
My heart tonight IL wild and free,
My thoughts tonight are westerly;
Sweeping out to the plains afar.
Where roses grow and grasses are
Carpets that spread 20 cool and sweet
For my naked rect.
My heart tonight wild and free,
My heart tonight is westerly;
But Im living again those old glad days
Roaming at pleasure the grassy ways
Only he,der riding the swales
OF the prairie trails.
John Northern Hilllard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02

on and everybody who attempts 10 end
IL is pat down as a crank and a ianatic.
Ii Is about time that the spsak-easy
proprietor and his frieai. the constabie.
were given u wholesome lesson. The law
should take them by the scruf OF me neck
ard lire them inio the county jail l! they
are adjadged guilty. Fgum present ildi-
cations, the State Liquor league 'nlei.is
to round ny these fellows with jar that
will loosen their eye teeth.
But the quickest and easiest way 70
stop the Illegal sale Of liquor is FOR the
Wholesale liquor sellers and the brewers
to refuse to do business with unlicensed
places. Such refusal, IL adhsred 10 Tor a
month, would drive every speak-Sasy IN
the state out OF business. The trade would
be diverted to the licensed dealers AMI
the wholesalers would lose nothing II,
the end. on the contrary, they would
gain much in public estimation, FOR II
could no longer be said that they indi-
rectly aided In the violation OF the law
by furnishing the means by which the
law is violated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02

oHu ueNdStatiOh peSuu W lJicEo NeiaS-
quez.
With the exception Of few manufac-
tories established in recent times, and Tor
the greater part belonging 10 strangers,
and OF a Few miniature railroads, cuban
industry is as backward as at the time
of the Roman empire. Long ago the ISL
ana ceased 20 produce legal interest that
was. profitable to Spain; on the contrary,
II yearly piles up an enormous deHcit. FOR
tradesmen In Spain. of whom on account
of the tariff Cuba is obliged to buy her
goods. IL is AN advantage; for the Spanish
of speculators, wealth. All the gain and
advantage Is for Spain; for Cuba there
is only suffering and impoverishment,
daily increasing, Nowhere within the
limits OF western civilization is there
spot more favorable to the rapid, almost
unlimited, development of great popular
wealth. Rich beyond any idea, beautiful
as an Eden, Cuba with only tenth part
of her soil occuDied and her resources
barely touched lies bankrupt under the
vile foot of despot too blind to see his
own advantage.
Consider how Spain, in maintaining her
military government, has treated the per-
sons and the private rights OF the Cubans.
The pretended insurrection of the slaves
In 1Ai was suppressed by the establish
ment of a court martial ut Matanzas, the
scene OF the disturbance. No criminal evil
dence could be obtained by usual means,
so the court martial returned to the in
Benious system of the lnquisition, and
toOh All tSuTHDlt. slaves,
free men of color, and white men were
strapped to ladders, face downward. and
their naked backs We're beaten until the
eNecutioners We're sated. AS result. men
in 1916 were sentenced, some to death, 9TH
ers 10 exile to hard labor. Every Cuban
patriot finds himself subjected to silent
prescription He Is watched as a sus-
picious person. if the suspicion takes on
degree of probability, he is arrested.
and then are applied to him the most ef-
fectivc methods of getting rid of "A sus-
pect among the rich collection of eXpedi-
ents known to Spanish military law. II
the evidence Is slight. he is ordered under
guard to safe place to be kept In cus-
tody. and is exposed to the risk OF be-
ing shot by his escort II he tries to escape.
So common has the process become that
wink of the commander Is as good as
nod of his head. If the prisoner stumbles
or sneeZes or looks to one side. he Is killed.
and the account II given: Oiled in trying
10 escape"
For Cuba's sake We should be pleased
to see the United States drawn into
taking more than a passive part in the
struggle for that country's independ-
ence. We suspect it would do Amer
leans good to get one fair whack at
Spain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02

Some of the Mckinley champions lack
consistency. Although they affirm that
their candidate is the overwhelming
choice of the people, whose will cannot
be thwarted, their next breath goes into
abuse of the anti-McKinley bosses"
whom they accuse of conspiring to de-
feat the popular demand. In choosing
a presidential candidate let us keep our
temper and be able to look pleasant
whoever wins
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02

The ratification by the house of the
senate's action In regard to- Cuba will
not alter the legal status of this gov
ernment toward either Cuba or Spain
1t will take executive action to do that,
and Mr.. Cleveland Is said to be deter
mined to withhold that. But it will at
least show how the United States feels
And it will probably cause other Ameri-
can republics to join in the liberty
loving chorus.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
An Unjust Comparison.

The specious attempt of the little
chorus of politicians which gets Its
keynote from the Scranton Republican
Dem.) to liken the actions of Scranton,
Fellows and Davies in the recent
municipal fight to the course OF those
Republicans who, in 1882. supported
John Stewart for governor will not de-
ceive anybody conversant with the
facts. The bolt to Stewart represented
what was believed at the time to be
a justifiable action because of alleged
unfair practices by the Republican
leadership in the state. Stewart was
nominated as q Republican by Repub-
licans. He would, IL elected, have been
a Republican governor, as he Is TO-DAY
a Republican Judge.
But the plot to fight Ripple was
Matched by Scranton, Fellows and their
crowd months before the city primaries.
and every move was In the direction OF
stirring up a false prejudice so as to
give plausibility and an appearance OF
justification to the premedtated STAB
at Republican supremacy In this city.
Every detail was subtly pre-arranged
to sugar-coat and facilitate party be-
trayal, and the benefciaries of the
treachery are not Republicans, as
Stewart was and is but Democrats.
The city government has been literally
betrayed into the enemys hands.
That is why we say that though free
pardon should be accorded to every
man who was misled, there should be
no pardon and no tolerance for the
principals in the treachery. who delib-
erately worked for party disaster, and
afterward gloated over the ruin they
had wrought.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02


1.-The growth of wealth from the in
auguration of the railroad era to the
present time has been most remark
able in the prairie and Pacific areas,
but the most remarkable fact of all
resultant from the railroad era is the
increase of products suitable for expor-
tation, namely, agricultural and manu-
factured The railroad era created
paths for the surplus production of the
United States to the sea gates. But
because the country has not had the
sagacity to provide carriage for it by
water to foreign markets it lies profit
less for a great extent, an expense to
the country in large measure, therefore
a loss. How soon will the people of the
United States awake to q realization of
the fact that creation of highways on
the seas for American products is the
natural and logical sequence to crea-
tion Of highways on the land to get
these products to the seas?'
Akin to the proposition to admit for
eign vessels to American register and
subsidiZe new American lines between
new ports is the project Of Senator
Quay to appropriate money for the de-
yelopment of domestic, deep-water can
ais. Water carriage is as essential in
ternally as it is externally If our manu-
facturers are to compete successfully
with their MISUNDERSTANDING British
and German rivals. That the near fu-
ture holds within its keeping brilliant
opportunities for large minded Ameri-
can craftsmanship in the direction of
fostering and nurturing trade expan-
sion without sacrifice of home protec-
tion is indisputable. We hope to see
speedy revelation of the far-sighted
young Republican who is destined to
be to the next generation what Mr..
Blaine was to the last.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02

The national civil service commission
partments In the federal government
are insufficiently paid as compared
with the wages paid to men OF CORE
spending standing in private indus
tries. They also claim that the ma
jorlty of clerks and copyists at Wash
ington are overpaid, and u general re-
rating Is proposed. The subject Is one
open to considerable difference Of opin-
ion
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
Spain's Fighting Strength.

While there is little probability that
the action of the senate in according
be1ligerent rights to the Cuban rebels
will involve the United States in a war
with Spain. 1t is well to know what we
should have to meet should such q con-
tingency arise.
SPANS standing army is about four
times as large as ours. The regular
force is made up OF 115.7s5 men. divided
as follows: 51,l62 in the infantry, a.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
THE INNOCENT CONSTABLE.
From the wilkes-Bar Record.

i
with 100 speak-easies in this county
doing business in direct violation of the
law. il looks very much as though there
has been very tall swearing done by our
constables every return day. These men
come into court. take the Bible and SOL
emnly swear that they know of no VIOLA
tions of the liquor law i'm their balli wicks.
Everybody knows that these statements
are not true The court knows II. The
copstables know 1t. But the farce goes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02
TRUE OF ALI. NATIONS.
nm the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago TimesHerald.
Goschen, first lord of the admiralty.
speaking Wednesday, said: "Conciliaticn,
Negotiation and arbitration may be val
able, but woe to the nation lacking the
courage or means TO hack its opinion by
its own resources" This Is as true for
the United States as II is for Great Brit
ain. Without ships, armaments and coast
defenses. our demand for arbitration or
international disputes may well he consid-
cred u proper laughing matter for other
rltiOuS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-02

No doubt the Dingley bill wasn't up
to the mark i'm all details Emergency
measures seldom are. But it was In the
right direction. and the Republican par
ty will bear in mind the names of those
few Republican senators who effected
its defeat