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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-12
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No. 1C.-An the right, title and interest
of the defendant a. <. Peckens. in and
TO that certain lot and parcel Of land,
situate in the Borough of Dunmorc, in
the county Of l4ackawanna and state OF
Pennsylvania, being lot number two in
in the city of Scranton and partly in
the Borough of Dunmore, and designated
as North Park, the full map or plot OF
which is intended to be duly recorded In
the proper office; said lot is rectangular
in shape, and is forty A0) feet in front on
and one hundred and sixty-three Q6O
in depth to an alley Sixteen Q6) feet wide
for public use also has an alley sixteen
Q6) feet wide on the southerly side for
public use. Said lot is conveyed express
ly subject to the following restrictions
and conditions, any one of which to vio-
late may be restrained in equity: First.
No Intoxicating liquors shall be sold
thereon. Second, No building to be erect
ed within twenty (2O feet from the front
line Of said lot on Monroe avenue. Third,
No barn. shed or outbuilding shall be
Fourth, All buildings and fences to be
kept neatly painted. Coal reserved.
All improved with a large two-story
frame dwelling house, with an IL" part,
and one-story addition and porches; also
one-story building, barn and other
vines, fruit trees, etc. Being the same
premises conveyed by T.. b. Sturges, et
al, to the said A. A. Peckens, by deed
dated Oct. 8 1888, and duly decorded in
the recorders Office in Deed Book No. &C.
page sos, etc Seized and taken in exc
cution at the suit of j. NJ. Smith, execu-
trix of ]. T. Smith, deceased. Debt,
$27357 Judgment No 7S4, May Term,
1896, ii. ia. to March Term, 1897.
GEARHART, Atty.
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All trains run daily except sunday.
+ signifies that trains stop on signal for pas.
senEers.
hecure rates via ontario Western before
purchasing tickets and save money Day AM
Night Express 10 the West
&c. Anderson, Gen Pass Agt
4. Flitcroft. Div. Pass, Agt. scranton, Pa.
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I have always rather prided mysel,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

In speaking of his failure to press
the arbitration treaty to a vote at the
present session of congress, Senator
Sherman revealed the dominant reason
for the delay when he said: The
treaty would have been ratified at this
session if President Cleveland had had
more than a handful of friends among
the senator's" He added: Il have not
the slightest doubt that the treaty will
receive the votes of the necessary two
thirds of the senate when a vote is
reached. We have two-thirds now,
and the friends of the treaty will be
stronger after March A."
1t is not q pleasant reflection that
subject of the magnitude of a general
treaty of arbitration between the two
principal nations of the world should
be approached by the highest legisla-
tive body of one of those nations less
in a spirit of comprehension of its
broad import than with a wish so to
regulate official conduct as to spite
the temporary head of a coordinate
branch of that nations government.
That the senate OF the United States
has good ground to feel indignation and
contempt for many of the words and
actions of Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary
Olney is not to he disputed; and where
it has chance to retaliate for official
Sights without prejudice to the nation
al Welfare-as, for instance, in the
rejection of factional appointments to
federal ofIlce-the improving of that
chance, while perhaps reprehensible on
high moral grounds, could at least be
endured by the general public without
impatience.
But because Mr. Cleveland has been a
self-willed, obstinate and tactless pres
ident is certainly no reason why any
senator fit to hold the credentials OF
an American state should decide t.
oppose every measure which Mr.. Cleve.
land favors simply because he favors
it. There is some foundation GROUND
for g. senator who is opposed on prin,
Ciple to the whole broad theory of ar.
bitration, as representing a danger Il
an alert national spirit and possible
stimulus to the destructive slothfulnes'
and aristocratic tendencies of prolonged
peace; but there can be no justifica
tion whatever for any senator, be hi
politics what they may, who governs
his attitude toward a subject of thi
vital and far-reaching importance s,
that it viii always antagonize tn
attitude of a certain enemy, The re
mark credited above to Senator Sher
man, while it conveys no new informa
tion, is the first authoritative eXplana
tion which we have seen of the sen
ate's OtherIvise incOm prA hensible cours
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The Influence oCpiscns.

The Sun entered the sign of Pisces On
Saturday and will remain in the same un-
I'll March 20. With the exception Of
George Washington few great men have
been born under this sign. The greatest
failnS Of children OF Pisces is the lack of
salf-coniidence. They are refined by ma
turc ana dislike things vulgar ana COM
mon. They love everything beautiful in
art and nature, but do not always show
their affections on account OF innate
modesty. They are often impressed by
the idea that fate Is against them ana
hesitate when they should act. They
should be taught to overcome the lack OF
confidence and act for themselves. They
win be most successful in mercantile pur-
suits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajncchus,
The Tribune AstroiOger
Astrolabe cast: 3.3S a. m, for Tuesday,
Feb. %. 1897.

sss; ,ss; e g.
1t will be apparent to a child born on
this day that George Washington would
not have been success in modern jour
nalism.
When MclEiney's cabinet has been filled
and it has been decided who will take
the next census in the Eighth ward there
Is no reason why business should not
move along as usual.
The father of his country still seems to
have cinch upon the affections Of the
people that can never be duplicated hunt
ing ducks.
The campaign liar shows a desire to
make punching bag of Senator sherman
during practice hours.
Now that the price of gas has been re-
duced there is no reasonable excuse for
lack Of eloquence i'm the councils.
Aincchus' Advice.
Remember that it is dangerous to talk
to reporter upon subjects between you
and l."
Parties who are anxious for war over
Cuba Will do well to transfer their inter-
est to Crete. Cuban patriotism is liable
to become too realistic
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

A formal and authoritative reply
has been made by Maxine Gomez, seh-
eral-in- chief of the army of Cuban lib
Grafton, to those portions of President
CleVeland's last annual message which
reflected upon the actuality of the Gu
ban republic, 1t will be remembered
the message reported, ION reliable au-
thority, that. at the demand Of the
communicating chief of the insurgent
army General Gomez the putatiye
Cuban government has now given up
all attempt to exercise its functions,
leaving that government confeSsedly
(what there is the best reason for sup
posing it always to have been in facD
a government on paper"
To this official indictment of the sin
cerity of the Cuban foes of Spain, The
spirited Gomez makes earnest re-
sponse. at is not to me-" says he, ITO
whom is due the answer of certain
capital assertions which that remark
able document contains, nor is my
voice the one authorized to speak in
the name of the Cubans in arms on all
the important points referred to in it.
But I am cited in a direct manner, and
it is due to my position as general-in-
chief of the army of liberation, as we'll
as to the interests of justice and of the
cause to which ] have devoted absO-
lutely the last days that God may
grant to my honest and struggling life
that take up the illusions to me, and
rectify the mistaken opinions therein
contained; for We're / not to do So the
prompt realization of our desires may
suffer, of the desires of my soul, and
the final aim of the aspirations of the
Cuban people which have honored me-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

dreams OF doing-;nl;c time for the put
tilg Of his talents to fairer test.
--:II;--
There is an almost bru al cyn!clsin about
the view Of lfe which Mr.. John Davidson
takes i'm the small book OF short stories
which ne calls Miss Armstrongs and
G her Circumstances" He deliberately
chooses to put before us some of the
meanest coarseSt, most sCrdld aspects OF
#, and doesn't degh TO sugar-coat the
offence by preaching to us IN cho.ce Pc
RODS Of oNhortation as does Mr. Howells.
His is not especially the attitude OF SYM
pathy for misfortune nor OF Indignation
that such sharp contrasts between nave
and want should exist in the very heart
of a world which boasts of Its superior
civilization. He Is not the propagandist
of an ism nor the eXploitcr OF a lad. lie
just looks at these sombcr scenes and re-
produces them from an imnersonal and
impassive sense CT artistic selection, as II
he fancied they would give to his pen the
employment best fitted to set forth its
skill. For instance, in the chaptcr enti-
tied Some Poor Folk" which concludes
with the authors description of how he
once stood before an altnshouse ana gave
siXpences or shilllngs to such inmates
as hobblcd past him, curious to see them
make, Chid-like, for the nearest sugar
store to turn their unexpected wealth
into sweets, he dismisses Il depressing par
graph thus: "rhe idea or happiness, the
delight of life, seemed here to have dwin-
died down with young and old, sane ana
insane, into Il desire for little more su-
gar This is the tragic farce that puz-
| 2les, and will perhaps always puzzle: the
! viciSsitudcs ana fate Of the paragon of
| animals" 1t IL man in the abstract, man
| whose 'ViCissitudes" supply the factors
| necessary to desirable literary prob
| lens" descriptions" or situations" in
| ,b,, L. i,tp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY 90, 1897.

It is denied that Consul General Lee
asked Grover for a warship. If he did
not, he should have. This thing of let
ting Spain have free hand to outrage
and assassnate American citizens is
growing q trihe tiresome.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

We are glad to see that the consoHYa-
tive and influential Philadelphia Led
ger has at last come to its senses on the
Cuban question. The recent pilgrim
age of Richard Harding Davis to Cuba
is no. without good fruit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

Having been ignored in the makeup
of the cabinet, Pennsylvania is natur-
ally curious to know how far this rule
is going to be applied. Are banner
majorities a bar to recognition?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

AS for Hanna and the Ohio senator
ship. he fairly won it and that's the
whole story.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23
Is There No Redress?

TheNew York Journal yesterday, in
most conspicuous manner on it's first
page, printed as an alleged authorized
interview with Senator John Sherman,
who in nine days will be secretary of
state, the following language, osteh-
sibly applying to the report that DR..
Ricardo Ruiz an American citizen, had
been foully murdered in a Spanish
prison, while held as a suspect:
"The only way TO put an end to the
atrocities is to declare war on Spain. J.
know not what course Secretary Olney
may pursue, but this is no longer a ques-
tion of belligerency, but one of the foul
murder of an American citizen, held as
suspect. We have already recognized
Cuba's belligerency by an act of con-
gress passed last session, but we have
not recognized independence, We have
right to interfere If either Spain or Cuba
fails to carry out civilized warfare,
though the death of Ruiz Is quite another
matter. | suppose that, Secretary Olney
having requested a full investigation, Con-
sul-General Lee will again promptly call
upon the Spanish authorities for the facts
in Ruiz's case and if Ruiz's body has been
buried it will be eXhumed and examined.
Then If the investigation shows that an
American has been murdered Spain Will
be asked to make reparation. If she re-
fuses to do so the United States ought to
force her by declaring war. We cannot
stand idly by and permit the Spaniards to
butcher Americans as they please. We
are bound to protect our citizens and
think Americans in Cuba will be protect
ed even if we have to resort to arms"
This expression of opinion is natural
and proper enough, in itself, but it's
impropriety as coming through such a
source from a man about to assume
direction of our foreign affairs was
manifest upon sight, and stamped it
as q, fabrication even before Senator
Sherman took occasion to honor it
with an unqualified denial. The point
we wish to raise, though, is whether
there is any law by which those news
papers which still try to the best of
their ability to be honest and fair
with their readers can be protected
against the general Odium cast on the
newspaper business by such a dam
nable prostitution of the liberty of this
press as is involved in the deliberate
dissemination, at such n time of so in
cendiary and harmful a falsehood. II
there is, we submit that redress Should
be sought and that the takers anC
mountebanks who prey OH the public
in the abused livery of journalism
should be put into prison or foggeC
into surrender of their debased creden.
tials.
1t is possible that the New YOrl
Journal was imposed upon, but no
probable. In any event that paper now
merits prosecution as public swindle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

According to her man Palmer, all
that eX-Queen Liluokalani wants from
the Mckinley administration is "hands
off Hawaii" If that be all, she has
every chance to have her hope fulfilled.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

1t is quite evident that the corpora
tions do not relish the proposition
which comes from Harrisburg to make
them the victims of another tax
squeeze. Nor can this be wondered at
when we consider the general condi-
tion of business. A much better plan
than to levy unjust tribute on the or
ganized enterprise of the common
wealth would be to increase the in
heritance tax, which in addition to
helping the state out of bad financial
hole, would tend to cause our wealthy
men to distribute more of their for
tunes prior to their death.
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SOME
NEW
BOOKS.

The Jacobite attempts to restore the
Stuart dynasty in England have ferti-
lized fiction quite as conspicuously as they
have enriched history, but still the writer
who can spin q tOlerable yarn with
Jesuit monk as the arch-conspirato
young Protestant nobleman as the hero,
for the heroine a fair maiden caught
against her wishes in the meshcs of court
intrigue and released to marry the hero
only after stunning succession Of mis-
haps and abductOns, and with incidental
Glimpses at royal persOnages and dips
into the inner life at court can expect a
hearing. Such a novel as we have de-
scr.bod is "A Woman's Courier" the
work of one william Joseph Neoman.
Whoever he may be, Mr., Yconan has evil
dently made a careful study of the char
acter of william Of Orange whom he rep
rescnts as a kind of Dutch Quay, taciturn,
Unconditional and laconic, hut fun of eN-
CutiVe ability, strategy, and the power of
silent command over men, ana moreover
one of histoIy's greatest ConCiliators. We
cannot say much for the workmanship Of
AIr. YeOmans story, for 1t is at all times
crude and N places sloVcnly; but good
many grOSscr faults than appear in his
book could be overlooked in recognition Of
the his torical worth of a picture such as
Mr. Yeoman draws of the Protestant sue
ccssor of the eXpatiated Stuart. More
over, as a novel, ~ Woman's Courier" If
crude, IS kept at the double quick in
point of action and jolts one along over
it's rough places without giving one Il
chance to complain at the uneven char
acter of the roadbad. The incident around
which this story Il built Is the conspira-
cy Of the "Forty" against King VIII
| Jams life, am episode of the year 1886.
| New York; Stone d KimDall, buCkraA
u mo, PIP. $40, $3.50,
-:|:-
From the editor of the Reading Herald,
| Mr.. William Mccormick comes a prettly
| wrapped package of breakfast table es-
| says entitled "While Your Coffee Is Cool
! ing" being collection of some of the
| informal chats on miscellaneous matters
and things, which Mr.. Mccormick took
! the liberty of having with the readers OF
| his excellent paper during the year 1856.
| We might quarrel with him over that title,
since It Is an obvious infringement of
| The Trbune's Old gossip column called
"As the Coffee Cools," but since Brother
! Mccormick has distinctly improved on our
grammar, we viii let the point drop. As
for the chats themselves, they arc in the
| main fugitive opinions on subjects sus-
gested by the current news ana commit
| ted to paper as such expressions usually
are in newspaper offices, on the spur of
the moment, without pause for reflection
| correction or even revision. Necessarily
therefore, they DO not call for serious
| criticism, yet by ..he many glimpses OF
literary power which they reVeal-by theiI
flashes Of humor. their sparks of irony
wit and sarcasm, and their numerous evi,
dences that the writer of them could be
If he chose, a very aniable Hnd piquant
philosopher-one is moved 10 wish that
| Mr.. Mccormick might some day do what
We suppose every routine -enslaved editor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

in frittering away nearly six weeks or
valuable time in a palpably insincere
attempt to hang up the Olney-Paunce-
fote treaty. 1t is an arraignment OF
the United States senate by its leading
senator such as we had hoped would
never be forced upon the diseased
minds of those who cry for the scnate's
abolition.
We can only hope that there VIII
come to the senate of the Fifty-tfth
congress a higher sense of official duty.
%
The state of Pennsylvania would
today stand relieved of great finan-
cial embarrassment if it had never
begun the mischievous course of grant
ing aid to local institutions that should
have padded their own canoe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23

For detailed itineraries and other infor-
nation, apply at ticket agencies, or ad-
dress George w Boyd, assistant general
passenger agent, Broad street station,
Philadelphia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-23
FLORIDA.
WASHINGTON.
OLD POINT COMFORT TOURS
RETURNING DIRECT OR VIA
RICHMOND ana WASHINGTON,

will leave New York and Philadelphia
Feb 20, March IS and April Is, 1897
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I|})AzI 4 AR.

Collection for Spring 1902, in and arriving New
WltOns Administers Body
grains
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-22
.SUSTAINS LINDA
VISTA DISTRICT
Demurrer to the Suit for Dis
organization Declared
We'll Taken.
Judqe Torrance Renders a Decision
Confirming the Validity OF
the Bonds.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21.-Judge Tor
rance to-day sustained the demurrer
Of the defendant in the case of the
State of California in the relation of
Carlos Olvera against Linda Vista Ir-
rigation district, an action to disor-
ganize the district on account of al
legged irregularities in its inception.
The demurrer was made on the ground
that the Legislature had fixed a time
limit in which suits for disorganization
could be started in the Superior Court.
and that the State or anybody else
was barred by the expiration of this
time; also that the decree of confirma-
ton under the Wright Irrigation Dis
trict Act precluded any Judgment ia
voring disOrganization. Judge Tor
rance decided that the demurrer was
well taken and by his decision settled
the case.
The Judgment. with previous decis-
ions by the Supreme Court, once more
aff1rms the stability and validity of ir-
rigation districts, and in this case con-
firms the validity Of the bonds. The
district was authorized to issue 81, ,000,-
900 in bonds, and s1S5.000 has already
been issued and expended for water
rights and dam sites. A proposition is
now pending before the district for the
development of 1900 inches of water to
be supplied free to residents for three
years, and to cost S25 an inch there
after. This proposition is favorably
regarded, and work may soon begin.
The district contains $4,000 acres of
lemon land.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-22

this city have been, for several years,
aware of the fact that the Board of
Education, comprising nine members,
was not what it should be. There have
been rumOrs of corruption and black
mail before now, but no direct proof of
the malfeasance Of any member was
ever before presented to the public.
But now the people who read have
been given specific evidence of a most
rotten condition Of affairs with regard
to the present management of the city
schools, which has been simply appall-
ing in its degradation. There seems to
have been nothing to which certain
members Of the school board would not
descend to force a dollar out of an en-
ploye Of the department or a hapless
contractor supplying the schools with
articles of necessity. Such sad state
of affairs has been uncovered that the
League for Better City Government
has proceeded to engage additional le-
gal counsel TO assist in the work of un-
covering the faithless public servants
Hon. Henry T. Gage has been Sc
lected by the league to assist T e. Glib
bon and Judge J. Noonan Phillips in
prosecuting the cases against the bood-
lers. The entrance of Mr.. Gage in the
case has created no mild sensation. He
is gentleman Of a great deal of prom
inence in Southern California, and is
looked upon as one of the foremost
attorneys Of this section of the State.
Mr.. Gage has been mentioned as a pos
sible successor to United States Sena-
tor White in the event of a Republi-
can Legislature.
The greatest measure Of odium re-
sulting from the exposures that have
been made Of school board corruption
rests upon School Director Walter L.
Webb. The reason of it is that the
public generally looks upon Mr.. Webb
&s the man whose brain conceived the
various schemes whereby everything
the school board did was made to pro-
duce for certain members of it. This
is more or less true. Webb is a young
man, Of a great deal of perseverance
and energy, and he certainly did have
the present board in the palm Of his
hand, having fixed up a deal whereby
a combination Of six members was
made and absolutely every act die
tated by him. He is one of those kind
Of men who brook no interference
and he permitted none in the manage
ment of the schools. He ruled with a
hand of iron. He built up a very
powerful political machine and was
absolutely certain to be elected to the
City Council next year
But now all is changed. Webb has
fallen, and with him he has dragged
down his friends. He is a man of su-
perb nerve. He has faced the storm
with remarkable fortitude, but it has
been too much for him. In politics
those who We're closely identified with
him and who have endeavored to help
him out Of his troubles and difficulties
now find themselves marked by the
League for Better City Government for
slaughter The impression has got out
that these friends must have profted
by Webb's crooked conduct. The re-
suit is they are looked upon with sus-
picion.
There is no doubt that after the full
measure Of school board corruption
has been exposed and the corruption