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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

A Choctaw Indian, condemned to
death by three judges of his tribe for
killing a relative, is on a tour with an
Indian ball team of which he is the
star member and which played in
Kansas City Saturday. The condemned
man, Tonaka, who is six feet tall and a
fine looking speciman of his race, is on
parole and will return to his tribe to
be shot at the end of the ball season.
If the judges really desired to have the
murderer executed they should have
assigned him to the Eastern League
as an umpire and allowed the bleach
ers to carry out the sentence accord
ing to the dictates of their own feel
ings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

Kept captive for months in a Ha-
vana prison. the daughter of President
Cismeros, of the Cuban republic, is
now on trial for treason, with a sent
ence awaiting her of banishment to
Spain's North African hell-hole, Ceuta.
And this is Spanish chivalry and Span
ish warfare! And yet Spain thinks
Americans will not interfere!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

Altgeld has been heard from again.
He arises to remark that the country
is worse off than ever, save in an acci-
dental wheat boom, and even the grow
ers of wheat ought, he thinks, to get
two fifty-cent dollars where they now
get one hundred-cent one. We suspect
that Altgeld is biased.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

Seven railroads traversing the west
ern and northwestern wheat belt have
ordered 10000 empty cars for use in
moving the 1897 wheat crop and yet a
car famine is feared. Those cars in
motion side-track many a Popocrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

Experiments recently but quietly
made to test the practicability of talk
ing telephonically by cable from New
York to Southampton have, it is an
nounced, ended discouragingly. Vocal
sounds can be transmitted but the cost
would range from $50 TO 500 a min
ute. Consequently the American people
will have to be content with the more
economical pastime of talking through
their hats.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

combination. Evidently the United
States cavalry is to be congratulated
upon losing them, IL their manoeuvers
with the wild West show were the best
that they could do
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

Senor Sagastas discovery that the
United States is not going to take any
decided hand in the Cuban game had
better be held subject to revision.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

According to the New York Evening
Post, the American people are "relaps-
ing into barbarism." The Post editor
evidently needs a change of air.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

The New York Sun recently stated
that few of Buffalo Bilps Wild West
United States cavalrymen were ever in
the United States Cavalry. Nate sauls-
bury hastens to correct this impression.
He declares that every man but one
in the cavalry detachment was in the
army March last. nearly all as mem-
bers of the Sixth Cavalry. The same
is true Of the artiilerymen with the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

A publication in ,Dunmore entitled
the Pioneer threatens to reprint Tri-
bune editorials of two years ago. 1t
would be an Improvement upon the
Pioneers usual contents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

enterprise. Another illustration of the
modern idea of honor" came In 1872 or
1873 when the editor of the Gaulois, In
describing a certain ball, referred in
generic way to the eternal sub-lieuten-
ant who plows up with his spurs the
laces on the women's founces.' When
this editor reached his office the next day
he found twenty-seven challenges on his
desk, one Of which he accepted. Dis
abling his antagonist, he was Immediate
ly insulted by another sub-lieutenant,
and in this encounter the editor was
killed These military youngsters had
evidently determined to have his life IL II
required twenty-seven duels, and that, of
course, was nothing short OF downright
murder. The "honor" OF the modern
duelist is very low at the best, for many
cases are on record i'm which one of the
parties pursued unfair tactics in order
to save his own life.
One OF the most interesting points
brought out in any study of dueling is
that, except in extreme cases, the typi-
cal duelist generally hesitates to face
certain death. This Is apt to take all his
courage away, and render settlement
easy. A Scottish officer in Jamaica was
challenged by q Creole duellst Of great
reputation, and in accepting he stipulated
that they should both stand in an open
in, and taking the ends OF handkerchief
fire their pistols across 1t. Preparations
began, but the noted Creole swooned be-
fore the crisis came and the duel was off.
The story is also told of an apothecary
who took all the spunk out of his chal-
lenger by preparing two pills of similar
appearance, one harmless and the other
deadly poison, and stipulated that each
combatant should draw one by chance
from hat and each swallow the pill he
drew, on the spot. 1t was too prosaic
piece Of business for the professional
drelist, yet 1t called for genuine courage.
%
No better or more amusing duel story,
however, can be found than the one very
recently told in a southern paper in this
country of Colonel William Fitzhugh, the
Virginian of the later colonial and the
Revolutionary periods. Here again one
meets the superior hard-headedness of the
unromantic Anglo-Saxon. Having the
choice of weapons. Colonel Fitzhugh, who
was a man of undoubted courage, ap-
peared on the dueling ground with pot
of boiling pea soup and two squirt guns,
one of which the amazed challenger was
invited to take. The parties were to face
each other across the pot and keep
squirting the hot soup at each other until
the honor" of all concerned was satis-
fled. The burlesque was so clever and
audacious that the duel was promptly
declared Off Yet, of course only a man
of Colonel Fitzhugh's record in war and
peace could have done such a thing in
those days even in America.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17
In the Swim.

From the Boston Courier.
BILL why do they speak of you as a
fishy fellow, / wonder?"
Wall, l s'pose it's coz I'm always cod
ding somebody"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

Ex-Governor Flower has come to be
regarded as a man whose opinions it
will be safe to adopt in the matter Of
stocks. There is fair sized army
composed of men who follow implicitly
the tips given in the course of his or
dinary conversation. The latest an
nouncement from this oracle is that in
the case of wheat the bull market is
still intact and will be as long as this
export is going on and that the inter-
est has really but just begun, for the
advance will continue. Let us for the
farmers sake hope he is correct.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

1t is as difficult to define an anarchist
as to define a good man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

The Toronto World intimates that IL
the United States doesn't soon cease
from enacting protective tariffs Eng
land may in retaliation impose a ten
per cent. discriminatory duty on Amer
lean wheat and corn. Canada" says
the World, "can easily grow all the
wheat required by Great Britain and
she can supply 1t as cheaply as the
United States. A 10 per cent. discrim-
iratory duty against the United states
would benefit Canada, Great Britain
and the whole Empire, and 1t would at
the same time teach the United States
a much-needed lesson" If England can
stand 1t to risk such an experiment in
view of the experience attending her
first Corn Laws, the United States can.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17

yet stories of duels are among the most
popular and interesting reading to be
found In all literatures. The writer in
the Cornhill tells number of them. Such
was the French idea of honor at the
time that when a certain Partisan editor
In 1884 cut the price of his paper one
half thus incres sing greatly its circula-
ton, he had to fight four duels with rival
editors who disapproved OF his business
The age-herald., 1897-11-14

Decorated Thin Porcelain Dinner
 sets .......... .......4o ao S15.00 Decorated Forceiain Din
 ner Set...... ....,.... NJ so An elegant line of Austrian Rcticn and Haviland China Dinner Setssl The prices will interest ,ou.s f
 We tre getting ready 10 disp ay our magnificent stock os holiday gools. og The low prices we always make lon this stock brings q crowd of eager buyers.
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CUMMERcE COMMISSION.
 - Hot After the Railroads For Non- Compliance With Law. THE AUTOMATIC C0UPLERS And Air Brakes Demanded by Congress Not SuppIed-WiII Probably Have Resort to
 the Courts Railway Notes.

Nhe last session of the United Stal.es congress passed a law compelling all the railroads in this country to equip their passenger and freight cars with air. brakes and automatic coupleTs. The time Limitation of that act expires on Dec. S1. Very few of the roads have fully compiled with the law, in fact, only five have reported, up to date, that their cars have been equipped according ito law.
 The act of congress provides that in case of failure to comply win it's pro- visiors, the road so doing must file a petition for extension Of time. This ap- piication must be made to the interstate commerce commission, at Washington.
 In addition to this, the companies must bulletin in their stations in con spicuous places, and in newspapers that more time is needed by them before thsy can equip their cars and that for suffi- cient reasons the law has not been com piled wb,h. This is dcne for the benefi. of the travelling public and the patrons of that particular line.
 Some weeks ago the int srstate oe.n71ls- sion orde red all the roads in the cou-try to file reports Win its secretary, Mr. Nlloseley, shelving to what extent the law had been complied with. TO this or der responses wese received from about
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sixty different companies. The time for the filing of these reports expires io- morrow, and many roads have not yet been heard from.
 Among the sixty roads reporting only five claim to Have fully compiled wi,h the law as to the automatie eouplsTs.
 11e Ctlsi- reads rep1f1 that the ma jar " of Lha,r cars haye b. Il equ pei with the aouplers. More Of the r-ads are fully equipped with af4 brakes.
 The tardinet1s in complying with the eitl:r is satd to be due to the large nunlber of roads Tn the hands of re.1e.v- ers appointed by the unsted St1tes courts This involves questions o'f ;juris dlction of the courts and the interstare commsrc. ccmniis ion. Tn orde.- to force q compliance to the order it will be qlec- eszary to rsscrt to the courts
 May Resort to the Courts
 It Is reported that some of the ral- o-ds will plead their rights in the mat ter eff tn. delay to be equally as great as of those rcilds in the haris of re- caivers arpoirl5ad by judges sitting on the bench in the United States c1c.1s.
 It is apparent that the path%c1z of the commission in enforcing tn : q i-~r is ttaset by vexstious questions and lpn2tty points of law.
 Tha commission appears to bs incl.nel to deal leniently with the tardy r5s..ds. It is said It wJl discriminate in tiia mat- ter of compulsion. In ord 1T to do this ;ntell.gent1y, and with equitable justice to ell parties, Secretary Moselsy hes or dered each company to file a statement If it's financial condition.
 xlAr 1.... T fcr the purpose will be pursued with each delinquent corporation.
 The local companies have, from time to time, made changes in the equipment of their cars in compliance with the law. Their cars have net been all placed in the proper condition.
 Much pleasure was expressed lrounl railroad circl:s when Gov. Johrston's message was received. The message announced that all points in Alabama were free from quarantine restrictions excspt the extrs me southern Iart cf the state. There the regulations had been greatly modified.
 This was said to mean still further increase in the business of th= Louisville and Nashville road. It IS probable tha. Nos. and wfH be run to Mon.gom- cry on ard after Tuesday, when the or der becomes eff sc.iye.
 All of the roads are experiencing a favorable reaction. The business in all departments continues hiavy with no prospects of it holding up.
 Passenger t.nftic on the western rail roads is rapidly Increasing. Late reports show that recent earnings are far in ad- vance of those of the correspcnding period last year. The Improvements noted are not confined to any particular class Of bus.re-s. It is pretty evenly divided between lccal and through traf- ic.
 Ths receiver for the Lake Erie. All --nce and Southern railway has been dis
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IN THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE The Doings of the Tribunals at
 Yesterdays Sessions.
MIR. BADHAM'S CASES SET
Early in December They Will Be Called For Trial in the Circuit Court-A Divorce
 Granted-Convicts Sentenced.

The appeal cases of Back Tax Collector Henry L. Badham have been set for trial in the circuit court, beginning Monday. Dec. 6, in the following order:
 StaIte of Alabama vs. Howard-Harri- son Iron company. Assessment raised from $73,695 to $25O,Ooo
 State of Alabama vs. Birmingham Gas company Assessment raised from s2S,OOO to sSOO,OOO.
 State of Alabama vs. the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. As eessment raised from s2,19l,6 ,654.12 to $4,- AS, 757.56.
 State of Ala abama vs. the Birmingham Water Works company. Assessment raised from sS64 4,296 to sS0OO00.
 State of Alabama vs. the Birmingham Railway and Electric company. Assess ment raised from $163, 3,195 to $250,OOO.
 State of Alabama vs. the Tutweiler Coal Iron and Railroad company. As sessment raised from $2O,17O to s65.1SS. State of Alabama vs. Mark L. Potter. Assessment raised from $14,972 to $6O,-s 375
 State of Alabama vs. the Alabama Sllslte iIciru COLllJoHy. ASsSSoliiCifl oiS-Si from $136,69S to $147, ,3G0.97.
 State of Alabama vs. Sloss Iron and Steel company Assessment raised from s647,195 to $1,101,s97.
 State of Alabama vs Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company. As sessment raised from $6,500 to $54,270. State of Alabama vs. the North Bir- mingham Land company. Assessment raised from $34,7S6 to-$74, ,SS7.20.
 State of Alabama vs. the Woodward Iron company. Assessment raised from $269,339 to $561, ,026.75. 3 State of Alabama vs. the Consolidated Electric Light company. Assessment raised from $s6O45 to $121,O45
 State of Alabama vs. Hardie-Tynes Foundry and Machine company. Assess ment raised from $13,Cc0 to $20,0O0.
 The state of Alabama vs. the Highland Avenue and Belt Railroad company; assessment raised from s45OOO to $1O930o. State of Alabama vs the Pioneer Min ing and Manufacturing company; assess ment raised from $311 ,94O to s6S6, ,967
 State of Alabama vs. the Birmingham Rolling Mill company; assesmsnt raised from $165, 600 to $250,00O.
 The following cases were disposed of in the circuit court yesterday:
 First National bank vs. J. M. Huey; dismissed by plaintiff.
 First National bank vs. Thomas Harde- man; judgment by default for $144S1. Murrey Dibblo & Co. vs. Frank Hutter; judgment by default fer $4O1.55.
 City Court
 In the second division of the city court a divorce was grant 10 Emma Warmer from her husband s. l.. Warmer on the grounds of cruelty.
 The regular dockets in both the first and second divisions will be taken up tomorrow and Judge Sharpe and Judge Wilkerson will again exchange places and take charge of their regular ddvis- ions.
 Criminal Court
 Judge Greene has recovered from his
The age-herald., 1897-11-14
CALHOUN'S COUNTY FAIR.
1t Has Just Closed and Was Eminenty Sue
 cessful.

Maj I. F. Culver, comrfff-s,oneIr of agriculture, is full of pleasing ram'nis- ences of the recent fair h Id at Oxford Lake. He says it was a glest SUI cess
 In the course of a conversation Mej j. Culver expressed hlmI1elf as follows:
 'I had ths pleasure of attending 0la Calhoun Cou1Ey Fal,, the past week, and I want to say that it was a slc- cess in ev6.y particular. This wlsls the first flair ever held in the county, and the management have every r.ason to be proud Of ther und ert aking. If fu- tliV'e fairs continue, as the recent one gives us rea5on to expsct, Calhoun coIn- ty will soon attract the attention of the entire state of Alabama to it's annual fairs.
 'I was especially impressed with the peuitIy and swine exhibits. Of cocrse thy were not 90 numerous, but I have never seen better at any state fair h2ld in Alabama The exhibit by the ra1ias and the agricultural exhibit also de- sarva honorable mention. The frotting was good for county far. and Cows that Calhoun has s,me fine horse flesh within her bcri,rs.
 Tn connection with the fai, I held iHSlltule, dOly d.Sl Id DJ tue following prominent gentl men: Gel. J. M. Thornton. of Talladega; Prof. B. B. Ross, state chemist; J. F. Duggan, pro- lessor of agriculture; Er. c. A Cary, professor of vetinaGy science; E. A. Earle, ri-of ssor of horticulture, from the Alabama Polytei-Fnn'c institute.
 ''The institute was well attended and I am of the opinion that much gooi will result tiIerefrom. The one. idea Of ths meeting was to impress upon the farmers the necessity of diversisying their crops and abandoning the suicidal policy of planting all cctton.
 1.-The lands of Alabama are wei adapted to the cultivation of the diff ferent grains and small fruits. This is cur only salvation. If we psrsi-t in planting large o1ops of cotton we wil continue to have want staring at US. If the present low price of cotton will cause the farmers of Alabama to con- slider theste all important ques ions, it will havs been a blessing in disguise.
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indisposit.on and was able to be in the criminal court yesterday The following sentences were im- posed:
 Jim Roan, alias Roden, abusive lan- guage; ten days.
 Paul Jones, carrying concealed pistol; twenty days.
 Henry Mckinney, assault and batt;r ny thirty days.
 The noncapital felony docket will be taken up tomorrow in. this court and will continue through the week.
 Marriage License w. R. Cn.m to Miss Francas Mercy Weed.
 J. T. Corley to Miss Bottle Corl.y. W. E. Clark to Miss Della Dameron.
The age-herald., 1897-11-14
MINOR CRIMES OF
 VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS

Oscar Bowen, typical representative of the pictured Weary Willie of the comic papers, refused to work neI the chaingang yesterday afternoon. He had been finsd for trespassEng but wanted to rsmain in jail It was galling to him to have to work. The professional tramp shuns work with pers.stency. Oscar was given a good lecture by Judge Feagan and fined $15 and thirty days extra. He was sent to Ccalburg in the afternoon where his rsfusals to work will not be heard. When a man refuses to wSrk after b5ing fined helE,' remarked Judge Feagin. "ws will send him where he has to work" af
 John Thompson appeared to be in hurry Falday afternoon and rode en- tirely tclo fast The officers thoukgh. hrs speed endangel l.d the safety of pedes trians. John was arrested and fined $5 for his lecklee sness.
 Tom Johnson, an honest-lool1ing white lad refused to go out with the gang cf wo.kmen. He complained of bsing sick The physician admitted he was unwell but not enough so to prohibit his work ing Tips boy exhibited letters from prominent people of Columbus, Ga, in support of his assertion that he was no common vagrant. The letters were com
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mendatcr y and proved very useful to the by. Judga F;a1rn let him off with warning not 10 trnnEgress the rules cf the prison and assessed a fine of $5. The usual fine Is $15 and thirty days extra. When this fine Is assessed ii m ms the unfortunate will be sent to Coalburg.
 Chong and Charley Lee who conduct wash e' in Twenthsth rect. were ti.ed fer doing bue.nees without a Tc nSe. They had a Nc:n9e for one laun- day but opened a placs on the Sputh- sLdle. TfIs place. caused their alLlot They conterd,d they could open cffic 6 Wherever th@y G,sired provided they op- eTaed only ons laundry and held Q li- cense for 1t. The Souths.de was claimed to be an office fer ths distr button of the laurirys ,ta tie Southslde patrons. The contentious wsre sustained ard both wee acquitted. As they left the court room their bttle eyes twinklsi and th.ir tongues rattlsd off their peculiar jungIe of words.
 F. s. Carpar, a white man, takes p.- lLodical leads" Wh:n drunk he some
 
 fnfeiIcr court ytstoday he was fined $7.50 for lis eyer-inlugence.
 The question as 70. marriage being a failure wculd prob-ibly rec i've an affi,n- alive answer by many habituss of tn in- ferlor c,t'rtral coui't. S.las Mason and his wife attempted to carry On an argu- ment. srlas slapped his wife, probably because she wanted the last word. and was fined $5.
 A Round MualSrs, white man. was srr9ss.a in tiaa yicari y Of Arca furnace. He was charged vita trespassing on the compary's properly When arrested a pistol was fourd on him and case of carrying concealed weapons was made out He was given total fine of SJ5
 VIII Dial, another m nbar of the vast army Of tralrsz was fined $7.50 Al tiiough many worthy men are forced to roam ';ho country in seaIeh of wo.k, they are outnundbsqsd by the profss- sion'al trsimp. II is hard to tell an hon. cat man, and s-ne times they are fined .assfbeing tramGs.
 Will Johnson is said to have become g1crlctlzly loaded Fr,dly nHgl,. In that condition negro woman acc-Sted him.. Arm in arm they are said to have par aded the street. Will was taken in by Capt. Doasl;on and Officer Eagan for a D. peaii-g in public vita a prostitute. Yss- iperday norning he was finsd $7.50 : The marital vows -of Henry Pinis and his wife cid not appear g. .rong enough to prevent him from ehas.i tng her. He s'appci her face, and she had him ar rested. In or'iar to make his fine larger snc had deputy sheriff arrest her ''tuI5by.' The s'nfsedffs fees annotated to s2.15 She repented yesterday morning and wanted to wilnoraw the case. The sheliff's fees had 10 be paid before a withdrawal could be had They were settled.
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NOTICE.
THE STATE OF ALABAMA. IudioiaJ Dnpat.t i,oen f

The Supreme Court of Alabama Notice is hereby given that the call of the first division, composed of cases from the counties of Baldwin, Clarke Mobile, Monroe and Washington set for November 2. 1897. has been continued until Monday, December G. 1897
 And that the call of the fifth division composed of cases from the counties Of Chambers, Chi ton, Coosa, Elnore, Lee, Macon. Russell and Tallapoosa set for No vember g. 1897, has been continued until Monday. December 6, 1897
 And that the call Of the sixth division composed of cases from the counties of Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Jefferson, La mar, Marion, Pickens, Tuskaloosa, Walker, and Winston, set for November 2, 1897. has been continued until November 2a. 1897
 STERLING A. WOOD.
 Clerk. November 6. 1897.
 11-9-6t
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The indications are that the interstate commerce commission wdll issue an order in compliance with the petition of the Amercan Warehouse mans association, against the railroads of the country requiring the roads to publish on their tafi.ff sheets and otherwise a uniform time for completing the delivery of all classes of freight.
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charged and thg company reorganfzed with a capital stock of s500,000, under the name of the Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad company. At meeting of the stockholders a board of directors was elected and the following officers: Presi- dent, G. E. Taintor; vice-president and superinte ndent, H. D. Emerson; secreta- ny, G. V. LHuhar.
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 than books
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E. s. Carpsr, white man, takes p.- lLodical "lcais." Wh:n drunk he some tm's becomes very disogd:rly. In the fnfeiIor court ytstoday he was fined s7.50 for lis oSier-inlugence.
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Ths receiver for the Lake Erie. All -nce and Southern railway has been dis