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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01
Judge Wizards RESIGNATION.

The announcement that Hon. E. N.
Willard will today by resignation re-
tire from the bench of the Superior
court, while it is not unexpected,
nevertheless supplies a fit occasion for
a brief word of comment upon his rec
ord as a jurist.
Called to the bench by appointment
two years ago, from a career of active
and successful practice at the bar, it
is simply vocing what will be gladly
attested by colleagues and practitioners
alike to say that Judge Willard ex-
hibited from the first judicial qualities
not merely confirming the wisdom of
his selection but even exceeding the
sanguine expectation of his friends.
Astute and accurate in his interpreta-
tions of the law, he had moreover that
practical grasp on the essence of JUS
tice which is of paramount value on
any bench. To the adjudication of
issues arising from the peculiar con-
ditions of the anthracite industry he
and much of his time was devoted to
cases of this character; but in the gen.
eral business of the court his clear
judgment end sane view of the under
lying equities were soon recognized and
appreciated and in his retirement the
court will experience a loss of not easily
measurable dimensions.
That loss, however, will be Scranton's
gain; for it will restore to the bar Of
Lackawanna county easily its foremost
representatives; and to the community
a citizen whose public spirit constitutes
a resource of inestlmable value.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01
That Bear Dance at Reading.

The incidents at Reading yesterday,
conservatively described in another
place, illustrate the chaotic character
of the present Democratic party-a
party bound together by no clearly-de-
fined and vital principles, and existing
chiefly for the purpose of exhibiting to
the country a horrible example of mis-
directed energy
Mr. Harrity, the chief victim in the
scrimmage, emerges with the bruises
Of conspicuous martyrdom and there
fore with the prospect of not very dis
tant triumph over his present perspir-
ing punmelers. The attack upon him
had Its, origin in jealousy and gathered
force from that fanaticism which would
sooner wreck cause than allow for
honest differences in opinion. We have
no interest in Mr.. Harrity, in one way
or another, except that curiosity which
is ordinarily excited by forceful per-
sonality rising to high position from
humble beginnings. From a Repubi-
can standpoint it makes little or no
difference whether the name of the
leader of the Democratic forlorn hope
in Pennsylvania be Harrity, Garman
or something else. But looking at the
Reading conventions work from a
humanitarian standpoint it seems cruel,
brutal and shameful; and we expect to
see the better element in the Demo-
cratic party repudiate the agents and
instruments of it and move to recon-
struct the ruins of their party on a
broader and braver basis.
In the meantime it is now evident to
all that the extremists are in the Demo-
cratic saddle, and those who don't have
the inclination to ride to their self-de-
structive quickstep should be made
welcome in the Republican fold. To the
Reading platform we shall refer here
after
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

A passerby on the night Of May 1, It is
scream. Luetgert and his wife had
been on bad terms and he had, 1t is
asserted, expressed a wish to get rid
of her.
In the preliminary hearing a chemist
testified that the chemicals indicated
in the vat consisted of crude caustic
soda and caustic potash. In support of
the chemists assertion that such a
solution, properly heated, would de-
stroy a human body in from two to
three hours, a solution was mixed ex-
perlmentally and the corpse of a pauper
thrown in it. In three hours nothing
was left except a few pieces of bone
and thick brown ooze, similar to that
found in the sausage vat. The line of
defense will be to prove that the chemi-
Gals were used for the destruction of
certain black sausage and that the
missing woman has been seen since
May 1, alive and comparatively well.
One Bohmrich a law student, is pre-
pared to testify that on May at Ken
osha he had seen in the railway station
woman whose description as to per-
sonal appearance and clothing talies
exactly with the appearance of Mrs
Luetgert. The woman had reached
Kenosha the night before on a north
bound train, had slept all night in the
station, refused to give her name, but
said she had a sister living in Chicago,
named Mueller Mrs. Luetgert had
sister by that name. This testimony,
it is said, can be corroborated.
1t is announced that during the pres
ent trial the jury will be asked by the
defense to witness an experiment in the
vat in the basement of the sausage fac
tory This is to be the result of an ex-
pertinent conducted by Luetgert's at
torneys Saturday. The body of a man
about Mrs. Luetgert's age and weight,
was taken to the factory and immersed
in a solution of caustic potash. The
experts relate that after boiling the
body in a Is per cent solution of the
potash for the same length of time,
thr4. and one-half hours, and under
the same circumstances as the state
alleges that Luetgert disntegrated the
body of his wife, the complete skeleton
of the cadaver remained intact, and
that the solution had but little effect on
the clothing. AS a result of the test,
the defense, it is said, will ask Judge
Tuthill to remove his court and the
jury to the basement of the big saus-
age factory for a few hours and wit
ness another experiment, which the de-
fense claims will completely disprove
the states theory of disintegration.
Comment on such a case cannot we'll
be made until verdict is reached. But
it is evidently going to be a famous
case, both for it's horrors and it's fine
points in criminal law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

Confronted this week with the larg-
est criminal trial list In the history of
Chester county, Judge Hemphill offered
pointed advice to the grand jury.
After pointing out to it the fact that
the multiplicity of petty cases plainly
bespoke the rapacity of committing
magistrates for fees, he urged 1t to
ignore every one of these cases and put
the costs on the prosecutor This may
sound rough, but it is the one way to
get public sentiment on the subject
stirred up.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

Captain Mahan, the naval expert,
processes to see into futurity far enough
to distinguish that in the twentieth
century there will come an armed clash
between Christianity and Mohammed-
anism and the stake will be the domi-
nation of the world. Some men are al
ways seeing big possibilities afar off.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

The Washington Star puts columns
into a sentence when. with an eye on
the Gotham mayoralty fight, it says:
"Mr. Platt is a great politician, but he
has not the genius for reconciliations
shown by Mr.. Quay" For all around
astuteness the latter may have a
superior, but if so the public doesn't
yet know it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

that France and Russia take in the
United States in a triple alliance to
preserve the peace of Christendom dur
ing the Twentieth century is, we fear,
more complimentary to this country
than practicable. So far, however,
as the United States is concerned we
guess the peace Is pretty safe, unless
some other power shoves us.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

Says Governor Pingree: "If some
ity imposed by the national banking
law upon banks could be applied to all
corporations / believe that much Of the
odium which now attaches to corpor-
ations in general would be removed"
If Governor Pingree were corpora
tion doing business in Pennsylvania
he would not have occasion to lament
the laxity of legal oversight and inter-
ference
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

That was a sensible suggestion of
Superintendent Howell to the board of
control the other night that salaries of
principals be graded according to
merit. The same might be suggested as
to all teachers salaries, but the
millennium in school management is
not yet so near.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

The chief duty of the United States
government in reference to Cuba seems
at present to be to aid Spain in the cir
cumvention Of the insurgents. But we
venture to predict that this unholy
alliance will not last much longer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01
Would Prove an AIibi.

Lawyer-"Ill defend you, Sambo, IN
this bigamy case, but what defense have
your"
Sambo-"I kin prove an alibi"
Lawyer-"An alibi? How will you
prove it?"
Sambo-"By two odder wives what /
had."-Adams Freeman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

will continue to split his ininitives
whenever 1t suits his purpose, just as
he will end his sentences with prepo-
sitions when 1t is more direct. lucid
and effective than to reclothe the
thought In a more conventional dress.
The grammarians make us tired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

Resolved, That the platform adopted
at the National convention of Democ-
racy in 1896 be endorsed fully and
without reserve."-Plank Second in the
Platform of the Lackawanna Democ-
racy, adopted Aug. "a. 1897.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01
The Second Gubernato toriaT Entry.

The second formal avowal of a Re-
publican candidacy for the guberna-
torial nomination in Pennsylvania next
year has been made. Congressman
Charles W. Stone, of Warren, having
hurled his gage of friendly battle into
the political arena, his namesake, the
gentleman from Allegheny, Hon. Will
liam A. Stone, now does likewise and
calls upon his friends throughout the
commonwealth to rally to his support.
Colonel Stone is a man of robust per-
sonality, mentally and physically, and
has behind him an extended record of
conspicuous and useful public service
at the national capital. His identif-
cation with the cause Of immigration
restriction, a subject upon which he
may be said to be an expert, has been
one of the means by which his fame has
traversed the state and given him
strength politically in quarters where
personally he Is little known. But his
equipment for the executive office is
not limited to a special line of legis-
latiVe work; his mental development
anu ilio ca pei lSlINC III publlC are
well rounded; and if geographical and
factonal reasons do not finally operate
to render his candidacy futile, he will
undoubtedly make a first-rate COVER
nor.
1t has been said of Colonel Stone that
he is the slated candidate, but this
assertion is rendered ridiculous by the
obvious fact that in a field likely soon
to be occupied by representative men
from every section of the common
wealth no slate could at this early time
be made, even if there were a dispo-
sition to make one. The field is open,
the way is clear and it will no doubt
be the public's purpose to continue
these favorable conditions until it can
select the candidate most satisfactory
to it and proceed to place him in nomin-
alton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

We notice that a number of grammar
ians have fists in each others hair con-
cerning the split infinitive, as used in
such phrases as: "To properly UNDER
tand;" "to fully comprehend" They
will quarrel, of course, because quar-
reling is part of a grammarlan's busi-
ness; but Notwithstanding and never
theless, the writer who writes chiefly
for the purpose OF conveying thought
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

State Treasurer-J. S. BEACON, of
Westmoreland.
Auditor General-LENI G.. M'CAULEY,
of Chester.
Election day, November 8.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

There are men in the Democratic
party of whom 1t can be said. as it was
said of the Bourbons of France, that
they neither learn nor forget. This
class voted for Andrew Jackson until
Billy Bryan arose and it will no doubt
shout for Bryan and 16 to long after
Bryan himself is gathered to his faith
ers and the free silver issue buried un-
derneath half a century of oblivion. 1t
is this element which is now in the
party saddle in many localities and in
sheer self respect the sound money
Democrats in those localities will have
either to cooperate with the Republi-
cans until the zealots in their own
party run their course and disappear,
or withdraw from political activity al
together.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

The announcement that Tom Watson
will forever retire from politics" is
certainly tough on politics.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

'If you had half the nerve this tooth
has," said the dentist to the quivering
wretch In the chair, you could have this
all over In about Ave eeonds."-Pearson's
Weakly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

The Rev. DIR. Swallows opinion of the
other state candidates this fall can
readily be conjectured but what the
public has yet to learn is the clerical
gentlemans opinion of himself
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

Will the friends of Harrity in Lacka-
wanna sit quiet while he is being per-
Secuted for having had the courage of
his convictions?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-01

Brother Garman's victory is an empty
one and moreover it drives into tenn
porary retreat the ablest general of
them ALL
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02

The president sent the name of
Hon. Il. K. Chenowoth to the senate
yesterday for confirmation to sue
coed Hon. Sam F Webb as collecor
OF customs at the port Of NogaIes.
This appointment is a most excel
lent one and is specially pleasing
to The good people of Nogales, who
backed Mr.. Chenoweth for the
position almost TO man. Mr..
Chenoweth was also on the Citizen
tow line and he got there like q
little man. The Citizen takes pleas
ure in predicting for him strong
and successful administration ol
affairs. President Mckinley I'm,
doubetdly had this in view when
he made the appointment. Harry
we congratulate you.-Citi:cn
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
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Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
HOW TO MAKE 1T PAY.

We have always claimed that
sugar beet culture IN this valley
would be highly successful, and
this opinion is verified by Prof.
Stowe Devol, president of the Ag-
ricultural College. Prof. Devol
gave lecture last Thursday night
on the production of sugar beet,
when he said the climate aud soil
here are peculiarly adopted to the
production of this article, The
professor inspected our soils close,
~ aud declared that the sandy
land was just the thing for sugar
beets to grow in and attain perfect
ton.
While we believe no one doubts
that the beet can be successfully
grown here, yet the question still
romans: Will III pay, and where il
the market?
Prof. Devol answered both cues
toms; it Will pay and the market is
right at our doors. He said: "Ir
order to have a factory built here
you must devote about 1000 acres
to the cultivation of the beet
However it will only require about
geo acres planted annually, but
you must alternate your crops"
When the farmers can give this
assurance it will be an easy matter
to get factory to consume the
product.
1t is claimed that Utah's sugar
factory has put more money into
circulation than any other industry
of like magnitude in the state, and
there is no reason why it will not
do the same here.
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
Tnr Bulletin and the Globe Be

THE Bulletin and the Globe Bet
seem TO be entering on discus
sion Of the merits and dement's OF
the boleia system. In its last issue
the Bet has the following, which 10
say the least is not very comph.
meutary to two of our mining
camps:
"i'he Graham County Bulletin at.
tempts defense of the boleta
system employed at Clifton and
Moreuci, which the Silver Bet de
Bounced several weeks ago, when
The bill TO compel employers to
pay workmen in cash was before
the legislature. The evils com.
planned of are notorious, and it is
idle in the Bulletin to oeny them
L, is question il the pecuniary ad
vantages of Graham county from
Saving two such large enterprises
ss those at Clifton and MOrenci
o. Grating within her borders is not
Offset by the cost of administering
Justice in these camps, which fur
Bish 80 large proportion of the
leriminal business before the dis
trict court Of Graham county each
year, not TO mention minor cases
in The Justice court. From moral
standpoint the policy there pur
sued is abomnable, and il would
be better for Graham county and
Arizona il Clifton and Morenci
wgrc blotted ont Of existence like
Seldom and Gomorah Of old"
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02

Gov. FRANKLTN's annual report
has reached US. 1t is the largest
and we believe the most cOmpre.
hensive report yet complied by u
governor of this territory. II
treats all industries and interests
of the territory fairly and truth
fully. 1t is highly illustrated,
which fact alone will make it at
tractive. 1t is safe to say that this
report will be the means of bring
ing socores Of people to our ter
ritory.
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
DUTY OF PARENTS TO THE PUB.
Lie SCHOOLS.

Last Saturday was school cleo
ton, the day set for electing trustees
to conduct oul public schools, and
the day in which an election should
have been held in Stafford, and the
reason that one was not held brings
forth the query; DO the parents
owe duty TO the pubic schools?
Most emphatically they do; ard
very grave duty it is, but how light
it seems TO set on some OF US.
The first duty parents owe to the
public schools is to see to it that
none but component trustees are
elected, trustees who will spend
sufficient of their time to see that
schools are maintained properly
and guard the interests Of the dis
trlct.
Trustees in the Stafford district
at the present time assume a grave
responsibility, as large amount
of bonds are to be sold and large
school house erected, and certainly
trustees should be elected who at
least are successful in their own
business, but the people were not
sufficiently interested to turn out
in force enough to organize an
election board therefore no elec-
tion, was held.
When the people show such an
indifference, what can be expected
OF trustees? How is the county
Superintendent, whose duty 1t now
is to appoint to know who will
serve the best interests of the dis.
trict?
We claim that when an in.
lfferences is shown that should q
mistake be made by the appointing
power, and persons get in who
would squander the money of the
district the people have no kick
coming.
If the people could only wake
up to the duty they owe then
children and take lively interest
III school elections the trustees
wopld feel that a trust had beer
repoSed IN them that they could
not afford to neglect. Competent
teachers would be employed, tht
school houses made homelikc ant
the funds carefully guarded.
When the parents are interested
the trustees are in the same cOndi
ton; when the trustees arc interest
ed the teachers always are; whcl
the teachers are interested it nat
urally follows that the pupils cal.
not be otherwise, and the school /:
always u success and the money
spent in a good cause. Let us no
forget that our first duty to the
schools is to attend the elections
and take an interest in them.
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
MARK is TRUE.

The Republican takes Mark
Smith to do for saying publicly
that "Arizona is for free. silver"
and will stand in the silver column
Till the voters of this Nation over.
throw monopolies and trusts. If
Mark Smith said otherwise he
would be a traitor 10 Arizona and
her interests. Mr.. Smith stood
squarely on free silver platform
and was elected to represent the
honest sentiments of the people Of
this territory and he is too honor
able man to go back on his own
convictions and the instructions Of
The people who elected him. The
Gazette desires to impress the fact
upon our contemporary and the
gold sympathizerS OF this territory
that the people Of this country
have realized their folly in defeat
ing Bryan, they fully know that the
"wave Of prosperity" that was
waiting the election of Mckinley
to sweep over the land was a false
promise and a snare; they thor
oughly understand o.day that the
coincidence" that Mark Hanna
shouted for was deluslon and
was only to secure votes, and that
the next congress of the United
States will be composed of three
quarters silver men. Every city
election since the boosted wave Of
prosperity washed seward have
given Democi attic maJorities.
The people are awakening to the
fact that fraud has been practic-
cd upon them and are only wait
ing an opportunity to rehuke the
perpetrators. Chicago gave Nc
Kinley upwards ofloO,oOO MAORI
ty. A city election will take place
in u few weeks and we predict a
Democratic majority of 100000.
This sentiment, right or wrong,
prevails in every section Of the
Union, and The gold men might as
well try to turn back the tide of
the Pacific as steam the onward
march Of free silver, and the Re
pubi,cdn's attempt to belittlo Dele
gate Smith tor his manly, honest
sentiments, are illtlmed. Arizona
is a free silver state and who is
cowardly CROUCH TO deny it? The
gold men, the Mckinley men real
ize this and are familiar with the
causes that mako 1t so, and any
attempt to make the country be-
iicve otherwise would meet with a
rebuke it deserved, and we repeat
& this congress don't admit Ari-
coma, there will be silver men
enough in the next to admit US
,ver the veto of the president. Mr..
smith is to be congratulated for
,is utterances. Stand true to your
'olors Mark aud Arizona will stand |
" you,-Gdeette.
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02

II is credited to an "excbange'
as having said that's printer dosen't
rush to doctor when he is out OF
"sorts". Nor to the baker when
he Is ont of "pi". Nor to the bible
when he wants "rnle". Nor TO
hell when he wants the "devil",
Nor TO the gunshop when he wants
a "shootIng-sticl". Nor to cabi.
net SHOP when he wants "furni
ture". Nor to a bank when he
wants "quoins", Nor TO giri
when be wants a "press". Nor IL
a lqwyer when he has a 'dirty
case. Nor to butcher when he
wants "phat'. Nor to a pump
when he's dry-and has 10 cents
in his pocket.