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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21
SCRANTON, JULY 81, 1897.

The refusal by Judge Allen Craig at
Stroudsburg last week TO naturalize
two aliens who couldn't tell the name
either of the president OF the United
States or Of the governor of Pennsyi-
vania was a judicial act very much to
the point. Would that all our judges
would do likewise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

ability be such an era OF peace and pros
perity as the Vanderbilts gave to the
lines which they secured thirty years
since, removing perhaps forever all dan
ger OF rate wars, recelverships and nom
income earning systems and schemes In
that part of the country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21
Manifestly Unfair.

From the Chicago Record.
Don't you want to get into this Ma
tional Encyclopedias of Prominent Peo-
ple-cost you only S25?''
mo, sir; don't like the way 1t is run.
Look at George Washington and John
Quincy Adams getting in for nothing"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21
The Ruling Passion.
From Judge.

MY dear, st there are a great many
bargains in politics. Don't you think"
II think, my darling, that when two
dollar votes begin to sell at one-ninety-
eight you can begin to talk about female
suffrage"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21
Z. TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: LIS a. m, for Wednes-
day July q, 1897.

80 6 6W
A child born on this day will notice
that the dawn of prosperity is apparent
to all who are not troubled with dys-
pepsia.
In base ball parlance wet grounds
often signifies no crowd.
1t is now insinuated that Taylor has
an "umpty-umpty umpty-idilly" council
There is no reason why Scranton should
not become portion of greater Dunmore
If the Bucktown solons would only con-
sent.
Wilkes-Barre has not much of ball
club, but If she discovers some of her
citizens in the Klondyke gold regions wc'll
become jealous.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21
MODERN EDUCATION.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
A comparatively new state law re-
quirlng annual examinations of teachers
Is creating considerable trouble in one
OF the large cities of Northwestern Penn
sylvania although the act requires only
a fair knowledge of photography, reading,
writing, geography. English grammar,
mental and written arithmetic, United
States history, the effect of alcohol and
narcotics on the system and the theory
OF teaching. Certificates were refused
some CT the applicants, whose friends pro-
ceeded to crsicise the authorities. In de-
fence the school superintendent published
a statement which indicates that the pub
lie schools of that locality have turned
out some remarkable graduates.
%
Quotations from the examination papers
show that in these days of good schools
and free Libraries there are people who
believe that "Horatio Gates was a general
In the civil war;" that Mason and Slidell
were English spies," that James @.
Blaine was a Repblicaun vice president"
and that JEFF Davis was hanged" A
surprising bit of information was that
'one of the sources of revenue for fed
eral government is licensed saloons" Per-
sons using alcoholic drinks probably will
be uneasy when told that "alcohol makes
the muscles soft and fabby and when
| they break in the head apoplexy results"
student of South African affairs learned
that Paul Kruger is trying TO. reach the
North Pole by an airship." Opinions on
Horace Mann varied. One applicant de-
scrbed the pioL eer educator as "a men,
Der of Clevelands cabinet" and another
| stated in writing that he was IA famous
| negro"
In geography the ignorance OF some OF
| the candidates was astonishing. Indiana
was located on Lake Huron; the Amazon
| flowed into the Antarctic ocean; Detroit
was in Michigan, on the banks of Lake
Ontario, and the frigid zones were noted
| for lions, tigers and hyenas. Among the
choice samples of spelling were "speach-
es," ''cublan," "ballance," 'cotten,"
| "sigarette,' "plurel'' and "aggitatlon."
The law, presumably, excluded few in
capable candidates, ard for this the public
ought to be II tanbful. But the condemna-
tion of the school committee shows that
| fitness is about the last thing ccnsid-
cred, and the fact that the misinforma-
| tion quoted came from public school
| graduates seems to warrant the belief
| that the Legislature should have taken
action many years earlier
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

Times and conditions change. Horace
Greeley if alive today would have to
say: go north, young man."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

Minister Woodford says he expects at
Madrid to have pleasant time. Maybe
the pleasure will be chiefly on his side.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

This year James ]. Hi!l. of the Great
Northern Railway company. expects to
ship 100000 bushels OF wheat to the
Orient Our trade with Asia Is only in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

II the report is trustworthy that the Bal
timore and Ohio is soon to be foreclosed,
a mi.age of 2,l00 miles and capitaliza-
tion of $l25, 100000 will be added to this
list, and I'm case the Union Pacific is Sc
cured by the bondholders that corpora
tion also will become an exclusive Morgan
possession. In the financial and business
movements OF several other roads the
namo of Morgan is behind every idea
acted upon, notably those of the Northern
Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy and the Erie. With these last
mentioned roads may also be classed the
New York, New Haven and Hartford,
together with the New England, though
here the Morgan interest is a fiduciary
representation OF the Vanderbilt capital.
o
Nearly thirty years have passed since
Mr.. Morgan began railroad financiering.
His first notable essay at competitive or
aggressive investment was against the
late Jay Gould.He defeated the latters
brokers and lawyers in a contest for the
control of the Albany and Susquehanna
now part of the Delaware and Hud-
son system. He has not since been promi-
nent as a direct purchaser of properties
But all the same he has so changed the
railroad situation in the middle states
that at present his interests manage all
the Mines between New York Central
West Shore system and the Pennsylvania
road, with the exception of the Jersey
Central and a few small routes. Indeed,
| from Albany TO the Southern railways
northern terminus, the only system not
In the hands Of him or his allies is the
Pennsylvania, for the Jersey Central can
be acquired at his discretion and the
| Baltimore and Ohio mortgage Is practic-
| ally his to foreclose. Railway history has
| been made rapidly throughout this re-
gion since 1890, and the important deyel-
| opmentsof the period are now ushering In
a new era OF transportation and invest
ment business, 1t will in all human prob
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

The house of Representatives at Wash
ington is almost as swift as three
year-old.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21

1t is lucky from one standpoint that
the Klondike gold territory is within
British boundaries. 1t saves US boun-
dary war.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-21


all at usual
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05

upon the weakest nerves. The effect is
apparent in the attempts to cut the
IeVees and the redOubled vigilance on the
part of the defenders. The attempt to
blow up the Bonnet Carrie levee was
probably the work of some crank. whose
mind gave way from constant terror, al
though it is blamed on the CITY of New
Orleans. A CCeyasSe there would carry
oil an ocean of water into the lakes and
thence to the gulf Another favorite
and suspected levee cutting spot is at
Socolas canal, about sixty miles below
the city, where the water would onlv
have a long stretch of four miles to
reach Lake B0rgne, with fall of about
ten feet to facilitate its progress. This
cut is one of the pet places of the outlet
theorists.
The weak levees are reported everv
day, there being over half dozen be-
tween New Orleans and Batnn Rouoe.
Trains of men and material are kept 1v-
ing and all night forces are at work.
There is yet no break, although several
of these levees are very weak. New Or
leans, like Gretna on the opposite side
or Donaldsonville aoove, continues to
fortify herself. The idea is to build so
as to be able to stand two feet more of
water. This will insure safety against
the rivers highest stage, as well as plac-
ing the towns hey Ond the danger from
crevasseS elsewhere in the neighbor-
hood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05
WILD WALL OF WATER
CLOUDBURSTS LEAVE 4 WAKE OF
C0RPSES.
Great Havoc at Guthrie. Hundreds of
Houses Swept Away. $1,000
eco Damages.

A press dispatch from Guthrie, Okla
hama, says:
For miles tonight the Canadian valley
is a dreary waste.
At sunrise this morning mighty wall
of water from six to eight feet high and
mile wide broke upon West Guthrie
without warning, crushing houses,
sweeping away property and drowning
people by the score.
Every movable thing was swept before
the wavn, which passed on into the val
ley with resistless force, wreaking terri
BILE destruction to life and property
wherever it reached.
Dozens of human lives are known to
have been sacrlficed-how many may not
be ascertained for weeks.
Hundreds of houses were wrecked: tor
miles farms were completely ruined,
bridges and tracks we're washed out and
railroad traffic in every direction is at a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05
PEOPLE LIVING IN TERROR.
EW ORLEANS PEOPLE FEAR THE
MISSISSIPPI.
mdrcd> Of Men still at Work on
the LeyeeS. The Danger Pc.
Rod Will Continue for
Thirty Days.
of Men still at Work on

Anew Orleans special says: The riv-
has been stationary around the nine
ZEN foot mark for about three days now,
nd while the strain has been terrific it
'nothing in comparison to the anxiety
} to what the river is going to do next.
he scientific experts frankly admit that
Rey are uncertain as to the whereabouts
4 the crest of the tide wave. Several of
PEN predict that the dang ell period will
ot be over for thirty days yet. On the
'ther hand practical men living along
de o. the river who have watched the
IlSSlSNppi face to face for years are
9Italn that the fall is about to begin
% that the danger period will soon be
7er,
In the meantime, the constant warfare
DAY and night-the frequent alarms,
De perpetual dread, is beginning to tell
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05

standStill,
The property loss is placed at some
thing near S1,000,000
As darkness gathered many overturned
houses could be seen out in the flood but
it could not be learned whether the oc-
cuDants escaped.
Persons who saw the first column of
water say it was about eight feet high,
spreading entirely across the valley.
The first wave was followed b. others in
quick succession, until the whole settled
into a bank of water from six to eight
feet high. Many had already begun car
rying their household goods TO places of
safety, bat few had made more than one
trip when they were forced to flee for
tt cir lives before a raging, resistleSs tor
rent. Houses, barns and other effects
began to drift down stream, each freight
ed with one or more human beings.
Boats or RATS shot out here and there
from the shore and desperate efforts we're
made to rescue the people. Improyised
RATS were quickly thrown together and
started out into the mad stream. Be
fore many of them had been propelled a
couple of yards from shore they were
twisted and driven by the waters and
the would-be Tescuers thrown into the
stream. Half dozen rescuers were
drowned before those they tried to save
had been reached.
Tonight forty or fifty people could be
seen Clinging to trees and roofs of build
ings, but could not be reached and will
have to spend the night where they are
The strength of many may fail before
morning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05
STRIPES INSTEAD Of ROPE
Henry Whites Old Mother. Sweetheart and
Sister Circulating Petitions.


Sister Circulating Petitions.
Executive clemency for Henry White,
the convicted murderer sentenced to
hang in Columbus in June, is to be ask
ed for and the case will hardly be carried
to the United States supreme court as
was minated at one time.
Petitions asking Governor Atkinson to
commute Whites sentence to life impris-
onment are being circulated and thor
ough canvass made for signers. The PEE
titi MS are in the hands Of the relatives
OF the young man, and the persons thus
engaged have gone about their work sys-
tematically.
The aged mother of the young man
carries one copy of the petition, while
bis sister and sweetheart carry others.
The devotion of his sweetheart is re-
markable. She does not think of de-
serting White in his trouble. The more
hopeless his fate, the more constant she
is.
The petition has been signed freely by
several hundred.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05

1t should be made matter of public
knowledge that DeWitt's Witch Hazel
SalVe will speedily cure piles of the long
est standing. 1t is the household favor.
lite for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and
sores of all kinds.
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-05-05

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 1Oc,
25C.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-15
NOT sCORCHERs.

A contemporary observes that the
making 1t so hot for the scorchers that
they will presently be banished from
this city. We wish that the statement
was q true one and covered the ground.
The scorcher is a nuisance and cannot
be too summarily suppressed. Nor did;
it take the authorities long to deal.
with him. Doubtless there will always
be few reckless riders, just as there
are few reckless drivers and a GER
tain number Of people who invariably
set their own pleasures ahead of the
comfort safety and rights of others.
But it is not the scorcher, unfortu-
nately, against whom the efforts of the
city council, the police department and
the municipal court are now directed.
1t is the peaceable and law-abiddng
citizen who has committed the crime
of learning and loving to ride the
wheel. Not the scorcher, but the care
full rider, who observes the rights OF
others and asks that some respect be
paid to his own, Is the criminal against
whom the efforts of the st. Paul city
government are now directed.
The offenders who are being hailed
before our municipal court and locked
I'D or forced to give bail and pay heavy
fines are no longer those who have
been guilty of riding at rate too
swift for the comfort of others and the
safe use of the streets. They are peo-
pie who have ventured upon some side
walk away out in the environs that has
been set aside, for no valid reason, for
the sole process Of disintegration by
the elements. sacred from the touch Of
the invading wheel. They are people
who want to use the Summit avenue
cycle path and are shut out by the
outrageous new ordinance. They are
the poor boys and girls who have
scraped together enough to buy
wheel on installments and find them
selves unable to purchase a lamp Tor
the amusement Of the City fathers.
They are people who do not under
stand the necessity Of carrying light
ed lantern in broad daylight. 1t is not
the scorcher, by any means, VINO IS IN
trouble, 1t is the Infamous creature
who actually believes that he has a
right to ride a bicycle if he does SO
with due consideration for others. All
other local institutions are held in
allegiance while the machinery of local
legislation and local justice is directed
to the vengeful pursuit of our Wheel
men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-15
cooPERs' STRIKE OVER.
Part That Labor Commissions
Powers Played in 1t.

Part That Labor Commissi Oner
Powers Played in 1t.
The boss coopers Of the city have
finally succumbed and signed the new
scale of wages submitted by the jour-
neymen and the latter will resume
their places in the shops next Monday
morning. Every point contended for
by the men was acceded to by the
bosses at hur1edly called conference
held yesterday morning. The motive
actuating the bosses in the premises
was the threatened entrance into COM
petition with them Of the men, who, at
their meeting Tuesday evening. adopt
ed resolutions providing for the start
ing OF a cooperative shop. and $500
had already been subscribed by the
men for that purpose. and one Of the
bosses had offered to dispose OF his
plant to them. g.
The men desire to- correct a state
ment in an evening paper fl which.
Labor Commissioner Powers takes
credit for the satisfactory adjustment
OF the difficulty, which they say is in
correct, Mr.. Powers acting only in the
capacity Of attorney for the bosses, as
is shown by communication in the
secretary's hands in which the COM
missioner refers to the matter as "our"
difficulty. The communication was for
the purpose Of appointing yesterdays
conference.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-15
ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE.
Gomez Says No Other Terms Will Be
Considered.


NEW YORK, May 14.-The CORES
pondent Of the New York Journal has
Just returned from a visit to Gen. Go.
mez and the other Cuban leaders in
Cuba, and is the bearer of the follow
ing important statement by Gen. Go
mez to the American people:
Your correspondent now in camp has has
requested of me statement of the attitude
of the Cuban republic certain questions
likely to assume more or less importance
when our struggle for liberty shall have con-
cluded. The question OF our acceptance OF the
autonomous terms offered by Spain has al
ready been ably answered by our distln-
guished representative in the United States,
Estrada Palma. Neither the terms of au-
tonomy, nor the act of offering them is worthy
Cubans, who have become familiar with the
treachery and duplicity of Spain, and the
worthlessness of her promises. We do not
believe we shall ever have to call special
convention to consider the framing of a
peace treaty with Spain. Only concession Of
absolute independence will be regarded as
sufficient basis for treaty negotiations. and
this the Spanish government will not grant
1t Is difficult to discuss. without embar-
rassment. the question Of our attitude toward
any proposition looking to the annexation OF
Cuba to the United States. in the event of our
ultimate victory. as there has developed in
the United States a strong anti annexation
sentiment. and the Cubans have never indi-
Gated in the slightest degree for this closer
thing for freedom, there is a strong sentiment
against annexation, although our feelings
towards your country are the friendliest and
of the most sympathetic character. We are
fighting for absolute freedom. not only from
Spain, but from any government not of our
own making. We will stand ready to form
with the United States any alliance calculated
to mutually strengthen our two countries,
commercially or otherwise, but 1 do not be-
leve there is sentiment in either country
in favor of annexation strong enough to war
rant the hope of the ultimate union of our
two countries. In the relationship contem-
plated.
Any proposition from Spain looking to the
granting of our independence upon payment
to the Spanish government of sum large
enough to cover the expenses of the war will
be rejected by the Cuban republic. We can
wrest our independence from Spain with our
swords without encumbering our new re-
public with enormous debt. In this COM
munication wish to again call the attention
of the civilized world to the warfare con-
Quoted by Gen. Weyler. now in command
of the Spanish forces in Cuba. The horrors
of far-off Armenia are not as deserving Of
the attention Of the American congress as the
barbarous and atrocious conduct of this gen.
eral M. Gomez.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-15
IN A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE.
New Hampshire Mans Comment on
National Politics.

New Hampshire Mans Comment on
National Politics.
To the Editor of the Globe.
privilege Of even the humblest individual to
speak forth his sentiments freely and without
reserve.
read In my paper we endeavor for victory.
1t is indeed truly so in a righteous cause
otherwise we pray for defeat. / suppose that
nine-tenths of the voters of this country are
anxious and willing to enlist under this BAN
ner. Let Democracy. then, present a right
eous cause and victory will most assuredly be
certain.
/ read that one Galusha Grow says that it
will take ten years to get the country
Strengthened out after Democratic misrule,
or language to that effect. But, according to
done is because the right men are not there
to do it. 1 think we have erred in urging
our lawmakers to do too much; better, far
better, do nothing than do wrong.
We read there is Harrison man some
where who says that a cheap coat means a
laborer, the man who produces all the wealth
of the world, be called cheap man-for he 1t
is who must wear a cheap coat-because the
Harrison man stands ready to skim his
milk? 81
There is Mckinley man, also, they say.
who says cheap means nasty Gould any one
with qualities that should adorn the great
utter such sentiments as these? Should those
who are favored by Providence dare to pre-
sumo to siur those who seemingly are not?
It seems to me that one honest and able man
could Inform himself sufficiently to reform
the whole thing. I write my honest senti-
ments. I do not wish to offend any one. Re-
form is all I aim for.
Subscriber.
Pittsfeld N. II.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-15
FOLEY BROS. HEREAFTER.
Archibald Guthrie Pulls Out and
Will Continue Alone.

Foley Bros. & Guthrie, railroad con-
tractors, have dissolved partnership,
Archibald Guthrie retiring. The Foley
Bros. will continue all the branches OF
the business, including the numbering,
banking, etc, as well as the railroad
work. The partnership just terminated
has existed since 1889, and among the
big jobs it has done were the construc-
ton of the Duluth & Winnipeg, 1O2
miles, at a cost Of $1,500,000; two
branches of the Great Northern, from
Great Falls to Nihant and Barker, each
seventy miles long; the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Northern, the Duluth, Missis-
sippi & Northern logging road. the
belt line from Duluth to Superior, the
Park Rapids branch Of the Great
Northern,.q the line from Grafton to
Cavalier in North Dakota, and many
smaller branches. Last summer they
constructed the Halstead & Hope line
for the Great Northern. A notable
contract completed also by them was
the construction of the Kalso & Slo-
can road, in British Columbia. in 1895.
Mr.. Guthrie will continue in the
same line of business, and will retain
his interests in the St. Cloud Lumber
company, of which he is vice president,
and the Foley-Bean company, of which
he Is a director.