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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-14
Inst llndY Recovered.

Butte, Mont, April 13.-The las body
Of the six miners killed by the powder
explosion in the st. Lawrence mine on
Saturday morning was recovered this
morning. The position of the bodies found
indicates that the men discovered tina,
an explosion was about to occur in the
magazine for some reason. and started tC
run away, but they could not reach ii safe
distance before the explosion occurred.
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Will Seek Silver in Canaan.

Susquehanna, Pa, April 13-Capita.ists
from New York and Pennsylvania have
organized a stock company TO prospect
for silver and copper at South Canaan.
Wayne county. Pa. Ores taken from the
land leased are rich in base metals. The
company has secured an option Of 552
acres of land for $4,000.
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PROCLAMATION OF \
Explains His Position in H
Away from Trial. \
TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTI
win Return and Stand Trial When tn
War Is Over aud Abide by the Con-
sequences Other News Of
the Cuban War.

Havana, April 13.-ColOnel Tort re-
ports that the column under his COM
mand has had q series of fights with
1000 insurgents led by Masso. Castillo
and Others. The scene of the engage
ments was south of Guira De Mclean,
i'm the southwestern part of the prov
ince of Havana.
The official report says that the rebels
retreated In complete disorder. after
leaving twenty killed and eighty
wounded. The troops lost five wound
ed. Colonel Segura reports having had
an engagement with insurgents near
Piedra. province of Santa Clara. Ac-
cOrding to Colonel Segura twenty four
rebels We're killed. while the troops had
only five of their number wounded.
Maceo Is camping I'm the hills south
of Cabanas, In the northeastern part
of the province of Pinar Del Rio, and
a comparatively short distance west of
Havana. Gomez Is near Sancti Spirit
us.
GARCIA'S PROCLAMATION.
New York. April 13-Estrada Palma,
Cuban delegate. has received the fol-
lowing communication from General
Garcia:
To the People of the United States Of
America.
! am fully aware of the obligation which
l have contracted to stand trial for my
alleged violations of the laws of your
country. ] have not remained to face the
consequences Of my acts simply because
! feel that | have higher duty to per-
form as a soldier and Cuban. Having
fought for the independence of my coun-
try for ten years and having ever since
promulgated the idea for which we then
fought. | deem ii my highest ana hottest
duty to fight and bleed, If necessary, die"
to attain the Independence of my country
Should ] fall my death will cxpiatc. |
hope in your eyes. any possible olfcnse for
which ! might have to stand trial there:
should | survive, l give you my word as
n man and Il soldier, to return to your
country and cheerfully abide by the con-
sequences which the laws of the country
may visit upon me. My conscience tells
me that In this proceeding / will satisfy
the laws of justice, and | am confident
that the citizens of the United States will
so judge of my conduct
(Signed) CaliXto Garcia.
Cuba Libre, March, 1896.
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Seal Eishcrs llcscucd

St. Johns N. r.. April 13--All the men
who went adrift on the Ice made their
way ashore Of were rescued by boats eX-
cept two. Much relief is felt that the loss
of life was so slight, there having boen
only these deaths, whereas fully a thou
sand men were seal hunting on the ice.
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SinKccycr thc Winner.

New York, April 13.-The principal bout
at the boxing tournament Of the En-
pire Athletic club tonight at Maspeth l..
l., was the one between young Critic" I"
of Australia, and Charley McKeever Of
Philadelphia. twenty rounds. at catch
weights. The full twenty rounds were
fought, McKeever getting the decision.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-14
QUAY CONFERENCE.

Leaders of tho pcnnsylvanlan's presi.
Dental Boom discuss the situation
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Washington. April ia conference
lasting several hours was held at the
residence Of Senator Quay tonight. At
it were ex-senator Tom Platt, Joe Man.
ley. General Clarkson and Senator
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Stcam mship Arrivals.

New York, April 13.-Arrived: Amster-
dam, from Rotterdam; Saale, from Bremen
and Southampton. Arrived out: Island.
at Copenhagen. Sailed for New York:
from Antwerp, April H. Sighted: Fulda,
from Mediterranean ports for New York.
passed Gibraltar; Aachen. from Bremen
for New York. passed Isle of Wight
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silver Candida prosrcc,

Birmingham. Ala, April 13.-Captain Jo-
seph i. johnson. the free silver candidate,
will have not less than 800 out of 5Oi votes.
The News. a gold standard paper. con-
cedes his nomination. He has carried
Jefferson county. which was claimed by
Clark.
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Rights OF Cities.

Philadelphia. April 13.-The right of
cities of the third class to make contracts
for lighting for a term of years was up
held by the Supreme court today In an
opinion by Justice McCollum. The opin.
ion was given In the case of Zlack and
others against the city of Chester.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-14
Air Mor,on Rcccivcs y,n,,,,,

Albany. N. Y, April 13-Marquis Yama-
gata and his suite arrived here at 1.20 this
afternoon The party were taken to the
executive chamber. where they attended
reception given In their honor BY Cow
ernor Morton,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-14
WiIlmsport Is Rcrub,icop
IIernld's Weather Repor,.

Williamsport, Pa, April 13.-W. D. Cro-
ker tRep) was this evening reelected city
solicitor.
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l.. p. Wins n GAM.

Philadelphia. April 13-The University
of Pennsylvania Base Ball team today de-
feated the team of Dickinson college by a
score Of 20 to 6.
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Strong Vctocs Grca.cr New York

Albany n. ", April 13.-The message of
Mayor Strong on the Greater New York
bill. was read In the senate tonight and is
Il veto
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make thtlr escape ana OH rtaCHN
foot of the shaft gave the signaT
were hOisted as soon as help cO0(
reach them. They were at once reS
moved to their homes In ambulances
and medical aid was in waiting to at
tend to their every want.
General Superintendent Storrs. of
Scranton. was telegraphed for and ar
rived at the mine at 10 o'clock tonight
and Immediately took charge of affairs
in and about the shaft. At II o'clock
tonight the mine Is still on fire. but 1t
is believed it can be subdued within the
next twenty-fOur hours.
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Our Price ST.. 20
WORTH S4.75

Fancy broadcloth double capes.
full sweep and extra deep-inlaid
collars, lined throughout. etc; col
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the league has been too careful of the interests of general traffic; but, if so, it is a good fault.
 As for scorching out of the pure de- light of going fast, nine wheelmen out of ten everywhere cmphatically uphold every attempt to put it down. New York was the first city to establish a small squad of bicycle policemen. About 90 other cities have already fol- lowed the example and-what is more important~-in many places special policemen are appointed from among the wheelmen themselves to serve with out pay in preventing rowdyism awheel. The best cycle clubs have been prompt to see that one rowdy on bicy- cle injures the reputation, with non- riders, of wheelmen who are not row dies.
 Sometimes local bicyclists insist upon too much, as when they claim the priv ilege of riding over sidewalks or going without bell by day and lamp by night; but Americans have so long asked less than their public rights that it is re- freshing to meet once ill awhile a body of men who stand up for little more than may properly belong to them. And in regard to such local ordinances, it is easy to see that more strictness is required where both bicyelists and pedestrians are many than where either class is few. Upon the boulevard in New York, for instance, it is a rare thing nowadays to see a bicycljst rid
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REFORM BY THE BICYCLE
The Wheel a Splendid Factor in
 Developing Citizenship.
Solving the Good Roads Prob1em-What Seemed at First a Plaything Is Revolutionizfng Matters in
 Several States.
IcoPYR1GHT. 1896. l

It seems trifle strange that some of the fellows who are always writing about reform have thus far paid so little attention to the most powerful agency which Is improving American citizen ship.
 am speaking, of course, of the bi- cycle.
 In most of the states of the union and in all the great cities, the bicycle vote has become thing to be recl1oned with. In New York it has bowled out the granite ring completely. Time was when a residence block couldn't be paved with asphalt, even if the prop erty owners were agreed on footing the bill. The ring that sold granite blocks to the city was too powerful.
 In those days-and we saw the last of them less than three years ago Fifth avenue was entirely paved with granite, which seems ludierous enough, and the only new smooth payements laid were upon few cross streets lead
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his island "a kind of wild pigeon, who built, not as wood pigeons, in tree, but rather as house pigeons, in holes of the rock"
 These may have been the blue-roclS pigeons, which were formerly abundant in Tobago, but are now rare. But l am inclined to think that they were not pigeons at all, but birds entirely differ ent; for Crusoe's knowledge of natural history was exceedingly limited. He hardly knew "hawk from hern- shaw" or "handsaw," as most errone- ously say. However, in spite of the ob- seurity of the glen, 1 saw bronze eolored body alight beneath some tree ferns, and after careful stalking man. aged to shoot one of these 'partridges, y very pretty bird, with neck feathers of a vivid, golden green. The day passed quickly, and as l returned from my tramp the woods were quite dark and the thickets black in the night shadows; it may be imagined that l lost no time in covering the distance to my hut When I reached an opening great night hawk darted overhead, with it's wierd cries, and out of the deeper woods came strange, untitled noises. One of these night birds hoy cred consistently in front of me, at times alighting directly in the path, and again falling flat on the ground, with wings and tail loosely spread, as though wounded Many other noe turnal prowlers also made their ap- pearance, especially bats, which were continually sweeping down in front Of me. Some were of the small, common kind. but there were others as large as pigeons. They Tapped about like ghosts, with soft and noiseless hight; and among them were huge vampires which knew would track me to my camp and endeavor to such the blood from my veins while was asleep ln my hammock.
 At last I sprang into the clearing. shaking with excitement and apprehen- sion. Such was the termination ot that first day in the tropic woods which had opened so blithely.
 - TIRED A DEER
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intrusion upon the campaign and will light as shy of it as the enthusiasm of their followers will permit.
 harmless substitute will be the dinner pail brigade" of men either carrying tin dinner pails, or weariup. them upon their hats A popular ad- dition to such paradei is wagon drawn by ropes in the hands of two lines of men and bearing a gigantic tin dinner pail eight or ten feet high. Upon it's bulging side can be printed some such legend as: "Sixty-six new tin plants. Capacity, 6,o00,o00 boxes. Who cid it?" tThe American rolling tin plants were on July 1, 90 in number, the doping works 31 in addition). The possible variations of the dinner pail idea are almost infinite.
 Democratic parades will avoid the tariff question, following the lead of the convention, which recommended letting it alone for the present. Of fensiVe campaigns are always stronger than defensive ones, and the party fight will be made on the silver issue. This will suggest trueulent transpareneies, differing in different sections of the country. Where a South Carolina pa- rade might paint "No More Six-Cent Cotton" on the muslin of it's trans parencies, one in Iowa will declare that "Eight-Cent Oats Means q 2o0- Cent Dollar" Transparencies are easi- ly and quickly made anywhere; cam- paign uniforms are made mainly in the large cities by few firms which fur nish them very cheaply by the quan- tity.
 Doubtless tie campaign will become bitter and hot in no great time, and be disfgured on both sides by many re- gretable features. In general, how ever, more attention will be given than in the past to making people laugh. The comic element in parades is pretty well looked after nowadays. A com pany of Trilbys, wearing wide, loose coats, such as Trilby wore on her first appearance to the three musketeers of the brush, and enormous Tapping boots filled out with straw js a funny device for which costume makers expect con- siderable call. 1t IS unnecessary to re- mark that there were no Trilbys in 1892. The development of electrical science
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bird of the south known as the boat tali gralSle. So much for the cas- slques, who flew about nervously over head, expostulating with me in bird language for so ruthlessly sacl<ipo their homes. It was too bad could not but admit; but it was a sacrifice to the cause of science; perhaps they might have been reconciled if they could have understood
 Across my path, as I moved away rom the palm tree, ran a strange wood rat, over Is inches in length, with a pouch in each cheek, stuffed full of eaeao seeds, from which chocolate is made. l knew from this that there must be wild chocolate trees some- where near, and resolved to look for them later on. It is always advisable to take notice of every little circum- stance when in the forest; it some times leads to important discoveries. This incident led, a week or two later. to my finding 8 grove of cacao trees. from which I procured seeds enough to supply me with chocolate for months
 Hearing some queer noises proceed ing from a elump of wild plantains, I crept stealthily towards it, and saw a very funny sight. Perched upon plan tain leaf, bending it nearly to the ground, was a squirrel. As soon as he saw me approaching he darted up a small tree, halting at intervals. cock ing his tail to one side and sticking out his head in very comical way. Seeing that did not mean to modest him, he leaped down upon the plantain again and erept cautiously toward me, chat tering and barking all the way, as though to express his disapproval at my intrusion.
 He had good reason to "thank his stars" that I did not know then that he was d specimen of the very rare ''golden-bellied squirrel" for I fear I should have added him at once to my collection in spite of his entertaining ways. But after enjoying his antics for awhile 1 went farther into the glen, ate traeted by a soft "whirr," which I knew meant the presence of the mountain doves, sometimes called the Tobago partridges, or pigeons.
 Robinson Crusoe says that he found in
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NEW IDEAS FOR PARADES
A Few Improvements in the
 Art of Campaign Processions.
The Bicycle Corps in Line Now-T.le Silver Dollar Parade, che NapoIeons, she Trilbys, the Tin Plate
 Men and Others.
[coPYR1GHr. 1s9s. I


 New York, July 25.-In the good old times, not so very old, an evil=smellinr kerosene torch and an oileloth cape to keep the dripping oil off ones business suit was the height of elegance for cam paign parade wear. All that is changed, and the present queer, multi-aneulal. campaign will present as many points of novelty in it's street processions as it's new combinations of the personnel of the old parties.
 The most popular of the innovat tions will, without doubt, be the bicycle pa rade. Both Mckinley and Hobart are members of cycle clubs, and the latter is an active good roads advocate. AL ready, in many parts of the country, Mckinley and Hobart bicycle corps have been formed for parading pur- poses. The usual method is to have captain, flag ensign and 34 privates. Each private carries d lantern or transparency, upon each of whose four sides big letter is painted. The F letters on the left of the line read "M-- C--K-I-N-L-E- D = II 4O-B-A-R-T'' from front to back On the right of the line the same legend of course, reads from rear to front. Of course, too, with more riders, ad- ditional notices can be spelled out, one word to each man. And, of course, the democratic paraders are quite as free to use bicycles as the republicans, except that they can't claim priorj ty of invention and may hesitate to seem initiative.
 In the Chicago convention the feature most adaptable to parade purposes was the "silver hat" worn by some of the marching clubs of Missouri. This was simply tall hat with a crown about thrice the usual height and colored to resemble silver. more favored de
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suggests many new parade features never before possible, at least for mod crate cost. About the most easily man. aged of these is given by the use of elec- tric headlights cased in glass bulbs of many different colors and worn upon the marchers hats These lights come at from five to ten dollars each, and may be furpished much cheaper before the season is over. They work like the electric bicycle lamp, deriving their power from q small portable dry bas- tecy carried by the marcher.
 The ease with which trolley cars can be fitted out with glowing lights of many tints has set many men thinking out ways and means of holding trolley car parades without interfering too much with the regular traffic; and of course there are always fireworks, in which line very little novelty has as yet developed
 It looks n.w as if women's march ing clubs would be formed on both sides of the political fence and in many parts of the country.
 A queer novelty of no earthly use for parade purposes, is the political shirt front, diekey with the portraits of candidates printed on the bosom.
 The talent" who figured on Bland's nomination by the democrats have had to stack away hosts of Bland badges and buttons made up in advance, and have had to work night and day on Bry- an badges and buttons. But such is business.
 Yes, it will le hot ard picturesque campaign; and may the country pros per.
 DAVID 1MEC,ITcI InR
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vice for the campaign, however, will probably be a sort of helmet upon which is borne by way of crest an enormous papier mache disc a foot and half or two feet in diameter, GOV cred with tinfoil and stamped into the nude semblance of silver dollar. A banner in the shape of a dollar and much larger is borne by the ensigns.
 The defeat of Bland in the convention deprived the democrats of the oppor- tunity of realizing one picturesque cam paign effect. Bland lives in Lebanon, Mo, and was fancifully referred to as the Cedar of Lebanon" If he had been nominated, his supporters would have borne sprigs of cedar to play against the Mckinley pampas plumes. A parade so dressed would have looked like Birnan wood coming to Dunsinane, in Macbeth. Still, the democrats will find it easy to invent feathers as pie turesque. They will doubtless make great use of the barbecue, an old-time southern festival which has grown into great favor again of recent years and is especially beloved of southern popu- lists. In the best specimens of the bar becue, 10000 persons are fed. Dozens of oxen are roasted nearly whole, upon mighty tunspits suspended over deep fire pits dug in the ground. Sons of thunder roar speeches from half a dozen platforms and everybody has a good time. The nearest approach New England can make to this style of feast is a big political clambalze, and this is hardly seasonable after the end of Sep tember.
 Marching clubs in military uniforms have always been popular. This sea sons will merely differ in the details of the uniforms. Most of the democratic regalia will involve play upon color, and be designed to use silver gray cloth wholly or in large part. Republican marching clubs will, in perhaps half the instances, select some form of Napoleon ic costume, usually the cutaway coat, trousers, boots and cooked hat familiar in the pictures and seen upon the stage in Mime. Sans-Gene." A good many republican leaders, however, regard the Napoleon element as an unfortunate
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@t loaded my gun with two charges 7 duck shot. and sent one of them aasnlng through the treetop. It |aOught down shower of leaflets with | @1 dlslodging the coveted birdnest; |l9aseeond shot, more carefully aimed, pught one of them whirling to the gOand, where 1 could examine it at my sSafe, 1 found it to be over five feet lehgth, woven of tough grasses and am hbers, and lined with soft leaves. ohg opening in the throat of this yTara-shaped \ dwelling gave ingress to s1 ,s' builder and possessor. Through
 as the bird descends to the bed of .s'es '. at the bottom, where she makes i. ,al. a, In the tough wall, through which s1 ,s Onrusts her beak; and there she sits suiiy Viewing the outside world. She ,n-' aU0 10 be caught mapping, and at the
 esa'est es sign of danger scrambles up
 ', inside of the nest and flies off in
 ,Ailng. It seemed to me that more
 n.ieet <. bird dwelling was never con-
 s,s s''ed; and surely, never did man or
 ~u enJoy more delightful surround M N 'nan its owner. The long grasses ' KY compose the nest are attached to
 soss eA'feme tip of the palm branch and
 s,s su around the midrib; thus great
 apity. e0ino'neo "i'n tue ei"e
 na ane architects of this wonderful
 N s '. n ehe palm-tops belong to fam
 So s@nlliar to most of us who live in
 x ~ aor uh-that of the Baltimore oriole, tn.g soiaen robin"-whose nest, on
 eet scale, is a duplicate of this pen fss.n napltation. In fact, the great
 an; aaeas. Who had the pleasure of first Sl s The bird, called it the crested 6s. but the French naturalist, Gu sa op1eeted to his classification, fass's 'suained it the yellow cassique- Ls'eus Latt' lcteros," derived from the i ts r eassas,' helmet, on account of sma a''iiled crest, and from a. Greek ana.. elerring to it's color. It is also
 susa s''nes a called the "yellow-tail," be- |his mat appendage is bright yellow. Aons soout IS inches in length, with a
 ed q, body and bright yellow beal,
 sheiy resembles the great black