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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
FISTIC WORLD.

At Troy this week Mike Leonard and
Harry Peterson will box 20 rounds.
Mike Sears and Luke Burke VIII meet
In a 20-round bout at Buffalo some time
this month.
owen Zeigier and Jack DAILY will box
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
ANTr-BETTING Law UPSET.

ST. LOHTS. Mo. Aug. o.--What Is
known i'm this State as the Breeders
law. under which pool selling and book
making are prohibited except on race
tracks. was pronounced unconstitution-
al Saturday by Judge Davis Murphy OF
the Court OF Criminal Correction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
NEW BEDFORD.

Two-base hit, Weisbccker First
base on balls, by Anderson. Moss. Beau
mont 2, Coughlin, Knorr. First base on
errors, Pawtucket. 3: New Bedford, Q
Passed balls, Stanhope. .. Struck out.
by Knorr. Stanhope, Hcine by Andcr-
son, knorr Moss. Double play, Moss
tC Stouch 10 Beaumont. Umpire, Hunt.
Time, In. 35m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
MILLER A PUZZLE.

FALL RIVER, Mass. Aug. 9.--with
the score a tie Rrockton went into the
air in the ninth inning Saturday and
Fall River won out on timely hits by
Ladd and Wise combined with costly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
NEWPORT WINS.

TAUNTON, Mass. Aug. 9.-Newport
punched their hits Saturday and with
the assistance OF several costly errors
won the game from Taunton Attend
ance. 1,500. The score:
Innings ... l 2 4 s 50
Newport 80. 3 o 0 2 o 2 - 8
Taunton -. 0 0 o 0 0 0 . 5
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
FosBERG's GOOD WORK.

The Pawtucket Y. NJ. c. A. team Wis
tied Millbury Saturday and met defeat
AT the hands of the team Of that place.
The features OF the contest were
catch by Douglass. the first base play
ing of Birt and the pitching Of Fosberg.
who let the Y. NJ. c. A. team down with
four hits. The score:
Innings -.
Y. NJ. G. A. 9 0 2 0 0 1 o. D
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
At Chicago.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
AT Buffalo.
At Rocky Point.
ASHToNS DEFEATED

The Laurel Hills OF Pawtucket visited
Ashton Saturday afternoon and defeat
ed the home team by score OF to
in n very exciting contest. and won
the series two out of three. The score:
Innings 80. l .
Laurel Hill l 0 0 ! 0 O. 9
Ashton 49,. 1 3 0 0 O. 8
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
YOUNG WILL STAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The preSl-
dent Of the National Baseball league.
NiCholas Il. Young Saturday resigned
from the position he nas occupied for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09

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CHICAGO AND THE WEST VIA NEwBURo
AND ERIE R'Y-eOO a.
A7noNS TfoNs rxCEPT Nta FIELDS sTATioN-s:1S.
$3.50 n. m. 4:l0, 9 30 and ell :l5 y. m.
Fields ststion-Fol5 Foio a M: Etio.
Leave L Pascoag at 5;a6. 72s .. M, u:p.
5.25 and ''s;05 .. m.
All trains leave from west end Of vsioa
.ss,urdsys only; = s,cgs gsopE on po,,c;
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09

NEW YORK. NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.

Time tables giving full information
as to local and through train servics
may be obtained at Providence sta
tion and stations below.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
BACK FROM CANTON.

With a wardrobe that Is jaunty and
travelling bag, brand new,
He is smiling in the station as he grants
an interview,
His manners very knowing ana his every
glance implies
That his ship has just been sighted; that
his star is ON the rise.
He instruCts you i'm the management of
government AFFAIRS,
And you feel that he Is worthy of an Of
flee and its cares,
You wonder what exalted post twill be
his lot to gain,
He is on his way to Canton, ana he's
waiting for the train.
A few days later he appears. He looks a
little dazed,
The travelling bag seems smaller than 1t
was when last you ga2ed,
When you strive for conversation, he has
little more to say
Than, young man. beware of politics.; It
really doesn't pay"
He's not at all his jovial self when stout
ly he declares
MY time must be devoted to my personal
affairs
There is something in his manner that
provokes a thrill OF pain
This man who went to Canton, and has
just got home again.
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
A Short Step Forward.

The immigration bill as it will reach
the president provides for the admis-
sion of any alien who can read ana
write in any language and for the ad-
mission also of his illiterate wife, pa
rents and grandparents, provided pa
rent and grandparent be over 80 years
of age and can be supported by the
adult male descendant. The periodical
entrance of aliens who come here to
work. returning with their wages
daily, weekly or at other intervals to
a foreign country, is prohibited with
certain exceptions, such as employees
of vessels and railroads, and aliens who
wish to enter with view to teaching
new arts or industries. The latter can
come in on a special permit from the
secretary of the treasury.
The bill as thus amended is open to
objection on the score that it will be
practically worthless for restrictive
purposes, but it seems to be the best
measure that can pass at this time. 1t
is step forward; not a long one, but
one which can subsequently be followed
up as experience shall point out weak
nesses in the law. The sentiment in
favor of the exclusion of unfit immi-
grants is strengthening daily among
Intelligent people and it will increas-
ingly bear on congress until the pro-
blem shall be solved with approximate
public satisfaction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
Present Libel Laws Injustice.

Wherever" says Judge White, of
Pittsburg, in jury charge defining the
Pennsylvania libel laws, there is
false publication the law implies
malice" Malice he defines to be spite
or ill-will toward an individual, or it
may be, an utterly reckless conduct
without particular spite or ill-will. 1t
is a reckless conduct that disregardS
the character and rights Of others, that
is malice in law, although there may
be no particular spite or ill-will toward
the Individual
In the case in which this charge was
delivered the jury took the view that
the laws inference of malice was we'll
founded. But on the same day, in an
other city, a case of diametrcally op-
posite gravamen arose which shows
in clear relief the essential injustice
of the present libel laws supposition
that a false publication necessarily
implies malice. The Philadelphia
Times, some months ago, received
through ordinary channels from a reg
ular correspondent whom it had no rea-
son to distrust, an item charging a
certain young man in Chester with an
| unsuccessful attempt to commit sui
| eide. The information had been re-
| ceiVed by the Times correspondent in
| good faith from a police officer who
had never previously misinformed him,
| and was published by the Times with
| hundreds Of other items similarly re-
ceived, but it was false and a suit
for libel is the result,
Now note how oppressively the libel
| law in this state bears on the publish
| ing business. If this young man had
| been injured in a railway wreck
| caused by the error Of a subordinate
,, employe of the railroad company,
| the railroad company could be sued
for compensatory damages, but its
| president could not be prosecuted
criminally for aggravated assault, Yet
having been injured in precisely the
same manner by a newspaper com
pany, he not only has legal redress in
civil action for damages, which is
fair and proper, but he can also bring
| a criminal suit against the editor and
publisher, charging them with malice
toward him, and the law as it today
| disgraces the statute books will hold
that malice on their part must be pre-
sumed until the defendants shall es.
tablish their innocence-being the one
exception now on record to the time.
honored rule that accused persons ar,
entitled to be thought innocent unit
proved guilty, To all this the jury, il
| the civil suit. can SuDeradl DunitiNa M
exemplary damages, making for ont
simple mistake, which was corrected
as soon as discovered, not only on,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

Sunday Feb. l4.-Nalcntine Day. Wealth
er mchangeable, \ child born ON this day
win lie clever bat not fortunate. IN IN
certain day.
Monday, Feb. 15.-Mercury sCXtile to
Saturn. Rain or snow. A child born on
this day Will be sharp ana clever but
inclined to untruthfulneas, y female VIII
be unhappy in wedlock Travel, Dut avoid
letters ana whiting.
Tuesday Feb. lG.-Mercury sesQu!qua-
dlGte to Mars Weather unsettled \
child born ON this day Will be fond of
pleasure and spend money freely Push
business before | p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. l7-Sun square to Her
schal, Weather stormy. \ child born on
this day will be very unlucky IN every
way, Sell; uncertain for business,
Thursday Feb. lS.-Sun square to Sat
urn. Weather unsettled. y child born
ON this day win be continually IN trouble,
DO not enter into disputes,
Friday, Feb l9.-Nenus seNtile to Nep-
tune. Weather stormy. A child born on
this day win be Industrious and rise in
life. Buy with care,
Saturday, Feb 2C,-Sun parallel to Jupi-
ter. Weather fair, \ child born on this day
WA be careless ana rather unfortunate,
Avoid females but travel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
More Testimony.

And now, to the mass of other testi-
mony relative to the barbarities prac-
ticed by Spain in Cuba we have the re-
port of Richard Harding Davis, q
young man who frankly says he went
to Cuba prejudiced against the insurg-
ents and returns vowing that the Unit
ed States will be forever disgraced un-
less they forthwith intervene to end the
war on the basis of Cuban independ-
ence. Mr., Davis begins his letter with
this specimen citation:
On the boat which carried me from
Cuba to Key West there We're three
young girls who had been eXiled for Civ
ing aid to the Insurgents, The brother of
one of them, Miss Clemencia Arrange, is
n command of the Cuban forces in the
ield near Havana. More than once the
sister has joined him there and has seen
fighting and carried back dispatches to
the Junta in Havana. So for this she and
two other young women who were also
suspected We're ordered to leave the
island. l happened to sit next to Miss
Arrange at a table on the steamer. |
found that she was not an Amazon or a
Joan of Arc or woman of the people,
with a maohete in one hand and Cuban
flag in the other. She was a well-bred
Well-educated young person, who spoke
three languages and dressed as you see
girls dress after church on Sunday. This
Is what the Spaniards did to these girls
After ordering them to leave the island
on a certain day they sent detectives to
their houses on the morning of that day
and had them undressed and searched
to discover If they We're carrying letters
to the Junta at Key West and Tampa.
They then, an hour later, searched them
at the custom house as they We're leaving
for the steamer. They searched them
thoroughly even to the length of taking
off their shoes and stockings, and tfteen
minutes later, when the young ladies
stood at last on the deck of an American
vessel, with the American flag hanging
from the stern, the Spanish officers fol
lowed them there and demanded that a
cabin should be furnished them to which
the girls might be taken, and they Were
then again undressed and searched for
the third time,
1t may be said that this offensive de
gree of vigilance is military neces
sity. But we agree with Mr.. Davis il
his doubt as to whether "the captain
AOf a British passenger steamer woul,
have allowed one of his passengers t
be stripped on the main deck OF hi
vessel, or the captain of a Brftisl
ramp steamer or of a coal barge!
The author of Gallagher" adds:
Before l went to Cuba l was as mucf
pposed to our interfering there as was
[ny other person equally ignorant con
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

cerning the situation, but since l have
seen for myself I feel ashamed that we
should have stood so long idle. We nave
been too considerate too fearful that as
a young nation we should appear TO dis
regard the laws laid down by older ma
tons. We have tolerated what no Euro
pean power would have tolerated; we have
been patient with men who have put
back the hand of time for centuries, who
lie to our representative dailies, VINO
butcher innocent people, who gamble with
the lives of their own soldiers In order
to gain a few more stars and an extra
stripe, who murder prisoners of war and
who send American property to the air in
flames.
American property has been destroyed
by Spanish troops to the amount OF
many millions, and no answer made to
the state departments demands for an
explanation. American citizens nave
been imprisoned and shot, some after a
trial, and American vessels are turned
over to the uses of the Spanish secret po-
lice. These would seem to be sufficient
reasons for interfering But why not 90
a step farther and n step higher, and IN
terfere in the name of humanity, not be-
cause we are Americans, but because we
are human beings, and because, within
eighty miles of our coast, Spanish ofhclals
are killing people as wantonly as though
cold bood-cutting them down in the open
roads, at the wells where they have gone
for water, and on their farms, where they
have stolen away to dig up a few pota-
toes. having first run the gauntlets OF the
forts and risked their lives to obtain
them. This Is not an imaginary state OF
affairs, nor are these suppositious cases.
/ am writing only of the things | have
heard from eye witnesses and of some OF
the things | have seen.
We quote just once more from Mr.
Davis. the son of one of Presiden
Cleveland's most intimate friends: :"
have the honor to have known P"esi
dent Cleveland for six years, and t.
have had the good fortune to have
| listened to his views on many subjects
and | have learned to respect him anC
| to admire him and to believe in him
and / know that he must be convinced
| thrice before he will act once. | als'
| know that could he make a weeks tou
| through Cuba he would declare war OF
| Spain by cable"
Are all the men who say these thing
| deliberate and malicious liars? Is thi
| government under no obligations to it
flag, its citizenship and to humanit
| beyond questions of currency and tn
| tariff?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus,
The Tribune AstrolOgcr.
Astrolabe cast: 2.S9 a. M. for Saturday
Feb. l3, 1897.
s G @

RA Z m
A child born on this day will listen in
vain for the song of the early robin in
the vicinity of Scranton,
If the prayers of the man who charges
u per cent. interest are answered accord
ing to his earthly demands he should be
doubly blessed.
1t will probably turn out that many of
the heralded cabinet possibilities We're
really of less consequence than Bradley
Martin at the Mrs. Bradley Martins ball
Comic valentine fiends will exchange
compliments, and perhaps portraits, on
this day.
A first-class matrimonial bureau ought
to be profitable in Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
Next Tuesdays Election.

The city election which is to occur
next Tuesday has attracted perhaps
less attention than it merits. Common
councilmen are to be elected IN each Vi
the odd-numbered wards, and THESE
councimen will soon after their quan-
fication participate in the election OF
city solicitor and a city engineer. Se-
lect council, which is unaffected by
Tuesdays election, being Repupllcah
by majority, and common council now
standing u to in favor of the Demo-
Gratis, it follows that if the Republicans
can hold their own in the Nineteenth
ward where George Wirth, jr., is close
" beset by the Democratic candidate,
Jacob +. Miller, and elect henry W.
Dale in the Twenty first, councils alter
April will be tie on joint ballot ana
the present engineer and city solicitor
can be retained. This is worthy OF con-
sderation by Republicans.
Perhaps the most animated local po-
lit,cal contest in the county Will be de-
cided on Tuesday in Dunmore borough,
where for the first time in this former
Gibraltar of Democracy the Repupll-
cans have unitedly nominated a COM
plete ticket and are confident OF sue
cess. The conditions in Dunmore this
year ought to be favorable to Repub-
lican victory If the voters of that polit-
ical faith will to a man appear at the
polls and vote. The borough govern
ment has for so long a time been in the
control of an unventilated Democratic
ring that even if there were no DEFINITE
reasons to suspect corruption and mis-
management it would be profitable for
the taxpayers to institute a change. we
believe these considerations are being
weighed carefully by the more liberal
taxpayers of that enterprising borough
and that this fact will be the means
of swelling the victory of which the
Republicans expect to be informed
when they read the complete election
returns in next Wednesday morning S
Tribune.
Another local contest in the outcome
of which special interest will be taken
is in progress in the borough of Taylor,
After the regularly nominated Repub-
lican candidate for burgess, James b.
Watkins, had in convention fairly de-
feated W. G. Howells. the latter, ,through
his connection with a Scranton morning
paper, began to attack Watkins and
indirectly support the Democratic nom
inee, Justice of the Peace Andrew
Doles. The essential unfairness of such
a course has not escaped the notice OF
the Republicans of Taylor, and while
they are apparently certain to elec,
Watkins, onlookers are curious to see
just how emphatically they will rebuke
the smallness of Mr.. Watkins Republi'
can opponent.
In other communities where local con-
tests are in progress along party line:
our advice to Republicans is: Where
the Republican candidates are reput
able men, stand by them. From town
ship and borough victories, Republican
ism is strengthened for it's larger strug
giles in county, state and nation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

According to the Publishers Weekly,
the number of novels issued in 1896 was
3S smaller than in 1895, yet there We're
still 1,Ol2 of them, or about 800 more
than We're really called for. But be-
fore we become too enthusiastic over
the decrease, let us make sure it is not
the transient result of a temporary
business depression. We fear the novel
mills will resume with the rest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
THE OHIO QUESTION.


From the Brooklyn Standardization,
We see nothing in the news from Ohio
to convince us that Governor Bushnell
will decline to do the natural and hand
some thing by appointing Mark Hanna
TO the senate or to destroy the pleasing
anticipation that this act will be repeated
by the general assembly and approved by
the people of the United States.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
THE FIRST DUTY.
From the Sioux City Journal.

T TUlII IIIt oIUUN NITS JUUT II<II'
Relieve the treasury from its immedi-
late necessities. Supply it with sufficient
revenue Wipe out the deficit. Put the
government in a truly solvent condition
This will be enough for the extra session,
although many other things ought to be
done. Then it will be time enough to en-
ter into the subject of monetary legisla-
tion. Indeed, the way will then be paved
for hopefully considering that important
matter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

one cannot refrain from admiring the
energy, spunk and grit which the lit
tie kingdom of Greece is showing in
it's determination to prevent by force
of arms the further massacre of Chris
tians in Crete. To be sure, Greece
NAV have an ulterior purpose. But
even so, it has shown the courage OF
its convictions in way that does the
Nnnl,nn hnnrt good.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

Whatever her game, it must be ad-
mitted that the eX-queen of Hawaii
is playing her cards with the adroitness
of an eXpert.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

Il is announced that bill will be pre-
scented to the legislature creating in Phil
adelphia an election board to take the
control and direction of elections in that
city. 1t is intended that this board shall
have exclusive jurisdiction regarding the
fling of nominations and the many other
details that precede and follow elections.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

A canvass of the New York senate,
made by the Troy Times, shows
unanimous sentiment in favor of the
appointment of Chauncey NJ. Depew as
ambassador to England This is un-
questionably an accurate reflection of
public opinion. Intelligent citizens are
for Chauncey to a man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

The Law and Order society of Phila-
delphia opposes the taking of the Ii
cense- granting power from the judges
of Pennsylvania on the ground that no
other plan will prove equally efficient.
How does it know?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

pecuniary reparation In equity. but
also two distinct legal punishnients,
one added to the other.
Is it any wonder such a libel law is
condemned?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

If the present Legislature of Kansas
were to adjourn sine die today, its
reputation would endure. 1t would rest
on three bills, the third of which has
Just been spawned. The first was to
punish assaults on women by a surgic-
al process. The second was to let
county offices to the lowest bidder
And the last is to force railway compa-
MES to stop their trains whenever and
wherever passengers wish to get on
or off. These are great days for Kan
sas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

The steel rail fight goes mcTrily on,
and enc of the pleasant consequences
of it will be that railroads will strength
en- their equipment, making travel both
safe and more inviting. This will in
sure a larger movement of passengers
and freight, labor in various directions
VIII receive moro steady employment,
and one of these days General Prosper
ity, whom the public has been so anXi-
ously expecting. will put in his appear
ance before we know it. OF courst the
rail war may go hard with Andrew
Carnegie before he gets through with
it; but it might better be he than the
thousands of idle mill employees in vari"
Gus parts Of the country who now want
for bread.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

1t is reported that Senator Quay may
visit Harrisburg after the inauguration
for the purpose of looking after this re-
form legislation to which the Republican
party stands pledged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13

Speaker Boyer ends the new capital
agony by announcing plumply tina. he is
"agin" a change.