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Manned har modtaget Anmeldelse
fra Kjobmand L. NJ. GOLDEN ON
at han er beskikket som Under
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The Factory sugar price was fixed on Mon
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SD to Ordinance of
5 18th August 1874, it is hereby
made known, that under 30th April
this year the following announce
ment has bsen made to me by Mr..
L. nj. GOLDEN. that he has been
appointed as Sub-Agent for THE
LONDON AND LANCA SHIRE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY"
for the town and country of Fred
eriksted.
Frederiksted's Police Office, st. Croix, the
lst Nay 1896.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1896-05-06

ON IlII@g III Low Om Kon.
s~ulatv@senet af 14de April
1898.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
It is safe to wager that Visitor Quay
will get the glad hand.
Worth Looking Into,

Probably the most drastic corrupt
practices act yet framed in this country
IL the one which has just been enacted
by the legislature of Minnesota. It
closely grades the scale of permissible
political expenses and provides that
candidates for Office must file with the
county auditor thirty days after elec-
tion. sworn statement in writing set
ting forth in detail all moneys expended
by them during the campaign, the dates
when money was paid, and the names of
the persons to whom paid, and no GER
tiflcates Of election can be made out un-
til this statement has been filed. The
failure to make such statement lays
candidates liable to fine or imprison-
ment, and not only 30, but the candidate
who makes false statement and who
IL allowed to enter upon the discharge
Of the duties Of his Office may be re-
moved afterward If his opponent can
show that he has violated this law.
Honestly enforced, such law ought,
It would seem, to work material i'm
provement. It Is probable that It will
have the approval Of candidates them
selves since It would AFFORD them an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
THE CASE OF HAMMOND,
nm the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
1t Is natural and proper enough that a
great deal Of sympathy should be relt
and manifested in the case Of John Hays
Hammond, who was sentenced to death
at Pretoria. the capital OF the Erahs-
vaal republic in South Africa. He Is a
fellow countryman. widely and favorably
and and influential connections. The idea OF
such a man being put to death In for-
eign land was shocking, not only 10 tnose
who know him personally, but to tine
great mass Of the American people, we
do not wonder that in Congress and else
where sorrow and Indignation found Ve-
hement expression.
And yet, with all our causes Tor re.
gret, for compassion, for sOlicitude. what
real ground had We for protest or Tor
interference? Hammond denounced him.
self. confessed that he was guilty of high
treason against the government that
sheltered and protected him. acknowl-
edged that he conspired with other foes
of the Boer republic to betray and over
throw 1t. Can We as nation deny 10
Of self-defense? Would we tolerate for
eign Interference In the case of an alien
who had plotted the destruction Of our
| own government and our betrayal into the
hands of enemies from without? OF
course, there is but one reply to these
queries. States and people have no dear.
er right or holier duty than that Of self
preservation. THE, most unpardonable be.
cause tne HioSt udHSeious VI c'i'hes -
high treason. That means the murder
of a nation.
That the Boer government has shown
leniency in this case by committing the
sentence is gratifying. And yet these
Beers have been sorely outraged and OPP
pressed by England for more than forty
years. Twice they have been driven frorn
the soil they had occupied, reclaimed from
desolation, and made to blossom with the
harvests of their patient industry. Again
fifteen years ago. the English invaded
their territory with an army intending
once more to seize their possessions and
drive them forth into t.le wilderness. and
! now, despite the agreement reached In
| 1881 after the terrible punishment inflicted
upon the British, the Beers iind their an.
| cient foes and prosecutors plotting against
| their national existence and Integrity
against everything which states and peo-
pies hold most dear-against that whic IN
| Is more Precious than life itself And In
| this treacherous conspiracy contrived by
| Englishmen, led by Englishmen, and hav-
| ing for its object the foul murder of an
| Independent state, the Beers found John
Hays Hammond In the character OF an
active agent and participant, II is no.
himself removed It from the domain Of
doubt by pleading guilty to the charge
of high treason 1t Is not an hypothesis
| IL is u fact.
serious people,. They are beset by an
untiring. relentless. and Unsuitable foe
| England. That nation. the universal
| spoliator Of the weak, has not In forty
years relinQuished for one instant its full
purpose to destroy. subjugate, and despo!l
their lives, for their honor. for their
homes, their families, and their liberties
| We must not forget that they may find
| II dangerous to be too merciful.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

open. At the mex, station he stopped off
for d moment, to let others alight. and
then resumed his place. Then some COM
motion arose on the platform, through
and he was forced between the ends or
the cars As they rounded a curve. And
there got his arm crushed. He sued the
company for indemnity. The company 8
car and standing On the platform he was
guilty of contributory negligence ana had
only himself to blame. He should not have
got on the ear. or should have stayed on
when he stepped off AT the way station.
This defense was sustained by the cOur,
of common pleas, in both trial and gen
eral terms and the plaintiff was non
suited. The court of appeals, by a vote OF
four to three. has reversed that decision.
and declared that the plaintiff had prima>
facia cause 70. action
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
Peace with Honor.

Putting two and two together, II Is
easy to see that Senator Quay has de-
cided upon graceful acceptance or the
inevitable and will. with characteristic
shrewdness. withdraw from further re-
sistance upon terms honorable alike to
him and to the genuine friends and sup
porters of Major Mckinley. His atti-
tude hitherto has been hostile to the
Ohio statesman only to the extent that
one rival candidate Is naturally an
tagonistic to the aspirant who blocks
his own chance Of preferment. 1t has.
however, been an attitude devoid OF
personal i'll will and entirely consistent
with an amicable termination of hos
tilities The attitude which Quay as
sumed from the first was precisely like
that in which Mckinley himself would
have been placed had the Pennsylva-
nian occupied the leading position in
the nomina tion canvass. instead of the
Ohioan.
From assurances which have come
to us directly from the Mckinley camp,
we feel warranted in saying that moth
p InR now stands in the way of such an
understanding between the two candi-
dates as will give to Senator Quay in
connection with the national politics
of the next four years that measure of
influence which may properly be al
lotted to the recognized leader of the
ain rt1 in, th.ac ctaf which ~ n G =
the largest Republican plurality in the
list of Republican state victories. The
element in Pennsylvania which has
used the prestige of McKinley's name
In its attempt to unhorse Colonel Quay
is viewed by close friends of the next
president in a light which holds out no
signal of danger to the Junior senator
1t Is. We believe, pretty well recognized
at Canton, o., that this element fought
for Mckinley solely for local factional
that such claim to recognition will
weigh against the years of brilliant po-
litical and public service which decor
ate the career of Senator Quay.
on Senator Quay Is contemplated by
those who have commanded the fight
for Mckinley delegates in Pennsylva
mia. Rumors of forthcoming CONSOLE
dation of moneyed anti-Quay interests
in Philadelphia have been for some
time current. The immediate objective
point of this consolidation, according
to floating talk. is the successorship to
Senator Cameron, which it is proposed
to bestOw upon certain Philadelphian
of ample means, whose alleged mission
In the enterprise is to supply the sinews
Of war. This gentleman is now absent
in Europe, and until his return 1t would
be manifestly unfair to accept these re-
ports as authentic. = But whatever
shape the opposition to Quay may take
In the near future in this state, we con-
slider it highly unreasonable to suppose
that the nominee of the st. Louis con-
vention will, in the seemingly inevitable
event Of his election, so far forget the
proprieties Of his position as presi-
dent as to ally himself with a minority
faction In state fight against one Of
his competitors for the party's highest
honor The supposition involves a tacit
insult to William Mckinley, which he
will doubtless in due season find ways
and means to rebuke.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

One does not like to believe that an
organization Of the magnitude and
character Of the Methodist quadrennlal
conference could be unkind. Yet the
treatment by it at Cleveland t.
the two venerable bishops whom 1t de-
clarcd ineffective is OF nature to in
spire among layrnen desire for fuller
explanations. We cannot doubt that
the action in itself was q necessity. But
there Ii somehow an indispensable feel
Ing that the manner In which It was
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
TIME TO ACT.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Cuba has practically ceased to belong
to Spain. The real question now pending
l. whether the island Is 10 belong 10 CIVIL
ization or bgrbarism. II the present
struggle continues ii will take half a
century To restore order.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
AN INTERESTING DECISION.

The New York court OF appeals has
just decided an interesting case. the his
follows: A man paid for and took pass.
age on an elevated railroad train. The
train was SO crowded that he could not
to ride on the platform, with the gate
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
The Tariff and Politics.

The point is well taken that the tariff
question can never be wholly eliminat-
ed from politics, for the reason that
there will always be differences of Opin-
ion among the people as to whether the
tariff schedule shall be adjusted solely
function or whether its power to foster
and develop industry shall be the chief
concern. The journal which makes this
point--the Chicago Times Herald-con
tends upon good grounds that 1.-The set
tlement Of this question is politics, and
upon each side there will always be a
sharp alignment of party strength"
At the same time it would clearly con-
duce to more prosperous state of busi-
ness If the framing Of the various sched-
ules, when congress had once decided
which principle should govern them,
could be left to Il permanent commission
of experts. Such commission. IL told
to formulate d revenue tariff, would
not be likely to make such a mess as,
for example, Democracy made when,
after having set out to demolish pro-
lection, 1t also felled prosperity and
produced only ruin and deficits. A per-
manent commission could he engaged
in the practical study of the tariff,ques.
tion all the time. 1t could learn in time
just what adjustment Of duties would
be most likely to protect home industry
and just what adjustment would yield
the largest amount of revenue. In 9TH
er words, 1t could be a stationary cleri-
cal bureau belonging to the ways and
means committee of congress. subject
to orders but capable, when those Or
ders had been given. to obey them in
telligently and without waste of energy.
Such commission would do much to
reduce the tariff issue to the dimensions
of recognized science and protect II
from the odium attaching to the pres
ent method Of indiscriminate sectional
and corporate grabs for schedule favors
and preferences.
Along this line there Is substantial
hope of ultimate progress. We take ii
that no other line of activity is contem-
plated by the non-partisan tariff con-
vention which is called to meet next
month in Detroit. If something more
radical than this is purposed, it will no
aoubt encounter defeat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

The difference between Chinese and
Japanese ideas Of civilization is illus
trated in the fact that while China
refuses to permit the introduction and
commercial utilization Of electricity In
any form. Japan has just sent a COM
mission to this country to study the
workings Of electrical power and Of the
telephone system.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

One of the indirect effects of the Nc
Kinley sweep is that 1t puts our es-
teemed New York nameake once more
back into the soft lap of political pres
tige and prosperity. 1t is a long lane
which has no turning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

A stir has been occasioned in Lowell,
Mass. by an assertion from one Of the
pulpits that of the $4,000 women bread
winners in that city, 20 per cent. are i'm
moral. The minister who made this
assertion Is hearing from his parish
toner's in a way which will effectually
dissuade him from further attempts
at pulpit sensationalism.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
BIDE YOUR TINE.
From the wilkes-Barre Record.

From the Wilkes-Barre Record.
That Was very nice chapter on The
congressional situation in l.uzerne in Yes
terday's Scranton Tribune. Now let our
ne!ghbor follow 1t up with chapter on
the situation in the Lackawanna district.
II is IN a position TO do ii In most IN
,erestiag way, being on the inside or the
plans OF the dominant wing Of the party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

Young Mr.. Hearst is reported to be
dropping $4,000 a week on his New
York Journal. If he can stand that we
don't see why the public should feel
called upon to murmur.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
A DIFFERENCE.

From the Philadelphia. Press.
Senator Quay is keeping quiet and hold,
ing his delegation. Ex-senator Piatt Is
yelling "mui DER and losing his. That
Tho difference
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

taken was hos as nicely attuned to the
cardinal virtue of brotherly love as
would seem to be a natural expectation
in view of the character OF the men who
faOl, II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

Now for the paving Of Mulberry street
and the completion of suitable ap-
proach to the boulevard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
The Tribune is tho only Republican
daily in Luekawannn County.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
ConGrcssmcn-at-Larsc.
GALCSlA A. GROW. OF Susquchunua.
SAMUEL 4. DAVENPORT, Of Erie.
Election lay, Nov. 3.

Now that it is all over, we discover
that we We're really for Mckinley all
along. There's no magnet like success,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

Chairman Grier could evidently give
Thomas h. Reed several points on how
to round up u minority.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

The recent story charging General
Gomez, commander-in-chief Of the Gu
ban army, with having turned traitor
and sold out to the Spanish. emanated
1t seems from the Spanish legation at
Washington. And 1t is this legation
which has to all appearances hypno-
tized President Cleveland.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

In any view Of the turnpike quarrel,
1t is clearly the city's duty to make the
roadbed smooth and good; and the
sooner 1t does this the better.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

The proposition to raise local good
roads fund by taxing every bicycle rider
So a year has led the Pittston Item to
suggest that by waiting few years
and then making the tax about $40 1t
might be possible to do away with all
other forms Of taxation in Scranton.
The idea of waiting few years is GER
tainly good but 1t needs to be coupled
with guarantee that at the end of that
period the tax ordinance shall be used
to light it's authors pipe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

opportunity to escape from the multi
plying demands nowadays made up
on them by strikers and dead
er element in politics. Inasmuch
as the next Pennsylvania legis-
lature is committed in advance to
sweeping reform programme, it might
reformers. like William II. Andrews or
William Finn. to send for copy OF
the Minnesota act and pore over its
contents with view to reproducing
their substance at Harrisburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

One contractor has offered New York
city $245,OOO year for the privilege Of
picking over offal and rubbish collected
by the carts of Gotham's street clean
ing department. 1t is estimated that
the item of bones and fat will alone
yield $4,000 revenue a year. Charles
Dickens character Of Boffin, the gold
en- dustman," was evidently sketched
from life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

Professor Dolbear. of Tufts college.
who has been making a scientific study
of the mysteries Of spiritualism. has
promulgated the conclusion that while
there are some of the phenomena
which he can see through, there are
others which battle his inquisitive
skill. This is an eminently prudent
decision. We question II Solomon him
self could have done better.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

Grover is welding the veto AK with
all the desperation Of u last chance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

The Democratic press throughout the
state has again begun to predict the
speedy decline and fall of Senator Quay.
but as usual the wish is thu only parent
which can be found for their thought.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

The Wilkes-Ba News-Deaier an
nounces that Representative Lessen
ring owing to private business inter-
ests, will not be a candidate for renom-
ination and predicts that he will him.
self make formal assertion of this fact
within a day or two. His retirement
from politics will. however. be only
temporary. The verification of this
prediction will open the door to some
lively politics In Old LuZerne.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
A Specimen Act of Spanish Misruie

The decree of General Weyler prohib-
from Cuba IL fair example of the
arbitrary manner in which Spain gov
erns that unfortunate island. The
move Is probably intended as a double
will fall on Cuban planters, whom it
will deprive of a market for their crops.
But in addition to that, IL will work
serious hardships to Americans. will
from $4,000 to 100000 cigarmakers in
this country out of work. The fact that
many of these cigarmakers are Cubans.
who have been attracted to the United
States by the, higher wages paid here.
will not diminish the sense of satisfac-
ton which Weyler will get from his lit
tie coup.
All this time the president of the
United States, Notwithstanding that he
was virtually ordered by congress to
accord formal recognition to the bellig-
erent Cubans. keeps mum. permits him
self to be deceived by misrepresenta-
tions on the part of the Spanish minis
ter and uses the power of his high
office in trying to prevent American
sympathiZers with Cuba from giving
practical effect to their feelings by
shipping munitions Of war TO the pa
triot army. 1t is therefore not at all
singular that Senator Morgan has be-
gun to insist upon the adoption, before
congress shall adjourn. Of his joint res
olution which will force Mr.. Cleveland S
hand. No other course would be con-
sistent with the duty which congress
owes to the American people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

Mark Hanna has but one ambition.
Il can't afford TO hold office" he says.
I've got too many private irons In the
fire never held saiaried office in my
life and l never will. I'm running this
campaign for glory and not for gain.
When it's over | will go back TO my
knitting. All the reward I want from
Major Mckinley Is his friendship. and
I'm sure I've that already. but l would
like to go into history as the man who
nominated him for president" Mark
hasn't done this all by his lonesome.
Still, he deserves credit. His aim was
sure and true.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

The writer for the Philadelphia Bull
letin who subscribes the pseudonym
Penn" to one Of the most interesting
columns in contemporary journalism.
thinks that ito offer the Richelieu OF
Pennsylvania the vice. presidency
would be like dropping Il catfish into his
boat after he had started out to catch
u tarpon. Quay sitting like dignified
dummy over the senate, with u gavei
in his hand and sliding down that short
cut into oblivion. Is not the kind of
roundup to career that 4 boss. par
ticularly healthy and wide awake for Il
man Of g.. is likely to banker after.
Such an offer Is not likely to be made:
but even the vice presidency couldn't
extinguish Quay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
Loans.

THE REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND
Loan Association will loan you money
on castor terms and pay you better on
Investment than any other association.
Call on s. N. Calender. Dime Bank
building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
Hotels and Restaurants.

THk ELK CAFE. 126 and 127 FRANK.
lin avenue Rates reasonable.
p, ZEIGLER Propriotor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21

@. r. CLARK & CO., sEEDsMEN AND
Nurserymen; store 1l6 Warrington ave.
nue.; green house. 1850 North Main ave.
nue.: store telephone 762.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-21
Miscellaneous.

MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS.
supplies. envelopes. paper bags, twIne,
Warehouse. $50 Washington ave. 0cran.
ton. Pa.