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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16
Bankruptcy Legislation.

1t is announced in correspondence
from Washington that the house judic-
larry committee has agreed upon a new
bankruptcy bill which will soon receive
the approval of the house. 1t will be
remembered that legislation to regu-
late bankruptcy has on several occa-
sions been almost completed, but some
the demand for action of this charac-
ter.
The present bill provides, we are told,
for both voluntary and involuntary
bankruptcy by its provisions any one
may file a petition and so into volun-
tary bankruptcy, except a corporation.
The latter may be forced into it but
not otherwise. Wage earners, laborers
and farmers cannot be forced into il.
All others are subject to involuntary
bankruptcy for certain designated
causes. In general these involuntaly v
causes relate to fraudulent conduct on
the part of the bankrupt. The former
clause providing that a man who per-
mits his commercial paper to go for
thirty days shall be an involuntary
bankrupt Is eliminated. Where a per-
son institutes proceedings against an
alleged bankrupt by petition and is de-
feated on a hearing tn bill as it now
stands directs the cou Is to allow the
respondent all reasonable costs, ex-
pcnses and counsel fees, to he paid By
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16
FOR CUBA.

Once a lowly race lay dying,
Angrily as madmen die.
Cursing with the gasp that freed them
The power their hate had dared defy.
We were free and you enSlaVcd us:
We were strong, YOU brought US chains;
We were proud, you broke our manhood /;
We were rich, you stole our gains,
You robbed our women of their honor,
Made our fair homes deSOlatC
We saw our children grow in likeness
To the image that we hate.
We were starving aud you kept us
From the means Of getting bread,
And you dashed us as you drove us
Till we prayed but to be dead.
But brave men rose up among us,
And we followed them to war,
Crying, Let US live as frcemen,
Better dead than as we are"
Though we're dying, Spain, were fighting
And our brothers shall fight on
Till, as sure as Gods in heaven,
Your inhuman rule is done.
George HogS, in Wilkes Barre Record
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON. DECEMBER 1s, 1907

Many a soldier whose martyrdom on
the battlefield has won celebrity and
been oxtollpd in verse showed no
greater bravery i'm the line Of duty and
was deserving of no more praise than
Paymaster William II. Law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16
Regarding The New
Literary Lion
From the PittsburS Times.

from the llttSDurS Times.
m LII THE world that reads is talking
IAN about Henryk Sienkiewicz, the au-
Iu\ author of QUO Nads' He is the
Jnl literary sensation of the genera
tion. In an age when of the max
ing of books there is no end he has easily
come to the front and OVershadowcd all
others, although he writes in a language
which is unknown TO the great literary
nations. Naturally, there is great inter-
est in his personality and methods, and a
demand to know what manner OF man lie
is. This demand has been partly met by
the issuance of a small pamphlet by Lit
tie, Brown d Co, of Boston. SienkicwicZ
is a Pole of the Poles, and a native OF
that province known as Lithuania. lie
was born at VIOLA OkreJska in 1915, of an
old and noble family, but from which
wealth had departed, Lithuunia, the land
of his birth, though a part of Poland, has
the characteristics of a distinct NATIONAL
ity-a nationality even more interesting
to the philologist than to the historian,
because of its peculiar dialects, which
present more startling affinity to an
cient Sanskrit than any other dialect
known. 1t has scarcely any printed liter
ature, but is rich in spoken dialects, i'm
fragments of song, elcgies of rare beauty
tinged with melancholy at once Chastc
ana tender and profound.
d
In due time Sienkiewicz became a stu
dent at the University of Warsaw, where
he had many opportunities of observing
the unhappy condition of his native couu-
try and the efforts that were being made
by its conquerors TO denationalize the
Pole. lie left the university at the age of
22, becoming a wanderer. He led a gypsy
life I'm all parts of Poland, minging with
all sorts and conditions of people, and
faring as such wanderers do. lie was
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

1t is difficult to understand why Pres
idert Andrews should be criticized by
Grand Army officials for eulogizing the
personal character and military talents
of General Robert f. Lee. We believe
it is nowadays conceded by competent
observers that General Lee was one
of the greatest military geniuses in
American history. He fought on the
wrong side, but he fought there con-
scientiously and did his best. No man
could do more. Let us not begrudge ia
recognition of manly qualities. The
war is over.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

These historical novels were anteCcdent
to the production of "Quo Nadis," which
deals with the early Christians in the
time of Nero, and which. by reason of
the fact of the incidents appealing to the
whole Christian world, has attained Il
much wider popularity. But the same
qualities that have caused "Quo NadiS'
to be placed at the head of all the many
books dealing with the early struggles OF
Christianity are present to an even
greater degree in SienkicwiCz's earlier
works dealing with the heroes of Poland.
In the opinion of competent critics, they
have turned into the m-ager current Of
Polish literature as rich a stream as
Shakespeare poured into the literature of
the English-speakng world. 1t is aC-
knowledged on all hands that American
readers owe much of their enjoyment of
SienkieWicz to the admirable tranSlatlOns
of jeremiah Curtin, who adds to a COM
plete knowledge of the Polish tongue, Il
most difficult one. a thorough understands
ing and sympathy with his author ana
unbounded admiration for his genius, SO
| that he uses every gift in his power 10
properly present him to English readers,
as labor of love.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

The government, it seems, has al
ready arranged to forward relief sup
plies to the starving ice-bound victims
of the Klondike craze, and its course is
to be commended on humanitarian
with this bit of necessary paternalism
specific and explicit notification that
hereafter the Alaskan-bound argonauts
must begin the Klondike gamble on
their own responsibility and with full
foreknowledge that they must accept
all the consequences thereof.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16
GOLDSNIITH'S o. BAZAAR.
Sound Advice
To Everybody.

Because everybody CsndOm buys
V COSTLY Mild and mcmen weather has doing
there children
and suburbs who will do their Christmas buying
necessarily be
before Christmas. Therefore, canong crowds of
purchasers wholesome advice for postpone your
possibly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

the petitioner The petitioning cred
within five days thereafter file a bond
approved by the court conditioned on
the payment of the costs. Its general
effect is to discharge the bankrupt of
all debts after the estate has been ad-
ministered, and it has been found that
there has been no fraudulent conduct.
THE new measure is so framed" says
the Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger, "as to make its
administration simple and inexpensive.
1t involves only two officers, referee
and trustee. The former trustee re-
ceives no pay until the estate is closed,
the referee is to receive a fee of $40
at the outset. and when the estate Is
| closed a commission of one-half of one
per cent Various penalties not only
| against the referee and trustee, but
| the bankrupt in case of fraud, are
| named"
These provisions appear to be emin-
| entity fair and just both to debtors and
creditors. The need of legislation pro-
| tecting the interest of both classes in
| the business community is so apparent
| that it seems superfluous to state it
| in words. 1t is to be hoped that the
| present bill will speedily become a law,
| Controller Lloyd, of Luzerne, has had
| the misfortune to differ from the court
in the matter of the Interpretation of
| the law which fOrbids salaried police
men to receive any fee or emolument
for any service pertaining to their
duties as policeman. Policeman Jones
of Wilkes-B Barre, served a number o
! subpo mas, turned in a fee bill anC
the controller refused to approve it
| The policeman took the matter into
| court and there the controller wa.
promptly overruled. He probably has
other surprises of a similar characte1
awaiting him. His conception of hi
duties is such that if he were to bt
sustained by the court the other of
ticials of Luzerne county would sool
be relegated to the position of mer,
clerks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Authoritative announcement is made
nf the falsity Of the story that General
Sanguilly had sold out to Spain on
the contrary, he intends to renounce
his American citizenship, on which he
was pledged not to re-enter the field
against Spain and return to Cuba to
resume his old command under Com q.
He alleges that his parole was secured
by false pretenccs and that therefore
he is morally free to violate it. This
by others; but in any event it is some
consolation to know that however de.
fcient he may be in judgment San
gully is not a deliberate traitor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Here is a pen picture of the personality
of the man: And perhaps more eloquent
than many printed page is the face of
SicnkiewiCZ aS it looks at us in the first
volume of THE Deluge.' 1t is the face
of a thinker, of man who has lived
deep, felt deep, loved and joycd and suf-
fered. 1t is peculiarly an artists face.
stamped with the fine sensitivencss of
temperament that belong to such. The
gaze is kindly. yet sad. There is nothing
of that eXubcranCc of gaYety which
shines in the countenanCe of Dumas pcre,
or of the gentle. genial gOod-humor that
speaks from Sir Walters kindly visage.
1t is the face of a poet of a cosmopolitan
Hamlet of the Nineteenth century, of a
man who has Travelled much in distant
lands, is equally at homo in the Orient
or the Occident, but has remained always
of the Poles Polish even to the fine fingc"
tips"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

We have seen how Weyler's army of
200 900 has dwindled down to 10000
effective regulars. That is the sutIic-
lent reply to critics of Gomezs guerilla
tactics. Those tactics have gnawed
Spain's very vitals and yet kept the
insurrection's forces almost intact. In
war as in peace it is results that count.
Results IN to this time are all on the
side of the cuban insurgents. They
have made the most remarkable cam
paign for freedom in modern history,
and every augury is to the effect that
they will win their objective point
unconditional independence-ere an
other year rolls around. Mark this pre-
diction for future reference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Now that ex-Congressman Aldrich
has been proffered another place, it
looks as if Consul General Lee had
been requested to make his stay in
Havana indefinite. 1t is well. General
Lee commands the country's utmost
confidence and respect, and as Lin
coin said, it is a poor policy to swap
horses in the middle of the stream.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Correspondent Pepper reports it as
the opinion of a majority of both the
Spaniards and Cubans in Havana that
the United States will yet intervene
in the Cuban war We wish we could
share this belief but an administration
which could keep hands off butcher
Weyler will hardly take a grip on
palaVering BlanCo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

|ne Democrats, in trying to make
partisan issue out of the Cuban prob
lem, will, so far as they shall produce
any effect at all, simply help Spain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16
The Special
Holiday Department

everybody filled Toys Books
Leather Celod Plush Articles Novelties
that they bring the smile of satisfaction every
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

There appears to be good ground for
the belief that eX-Ambassador Bayard
again. has the senatorial fever. If
Delaware cannot choose a good Re-
publican it might easily select a worse
Democrat than Mr.. Bayard
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

seemingly content to get his food as did
the birds of the air and seemed to he
endowed with little ambition beyond that.
That his wandcrings were not without
purpose, however, was evidenced by
volume of sketches that came from his
pen in 1872. and exhibited great power of
satire. After having tired of wandering,
or having accomplished the purpose for
which his nomadic life was undertaken,
he edited n journal in st. Petersburg.
This did not occupy him long, and, like
many another advcnturer and enthusiast
he drifted to Paris. Here, in 1877, with
some countrymen, he Joined in the idea
of forming a Polish utopia in America.
A small band of them sailed in that year
and started their scheme near Los An
geles, Cal. Their settlement was called
Ammo Luni. Among the party was Nine.
Modieska who afterward became so cclc-
brated on the stage.
o.
The enterprise soon proved failure,
and those who had embarked in 1t were
compelled to look elsewhere for live
lihood. After attempting a number of
schemes to gain living, Sienkiewicz
managed to get back to Poland, and Il
few years thereafter, in 1850, be began the
publication of those books which have
made him famous. These were three for
midable novels, "With Fire and Sword" "
The Dcluge' and Pan Michael IheN
all deal with heroic episodes in the his
| tory of Poland in the seventeenth CEN
| tury. when Poland was an independent
nation, and they are deemed his greatest
| works, Notwithstanding he is chiefly
known in the English-sreakirg world as
! the author of "Quo Nadis." These books
were published in a Polish magazine as a
| serial. and they ran for period of eight
| years, each succeeding book being So
| quci to the preceding one ana carrying
| along some of the same characters.
| Speaking of these the pamphlet says;
| "Thcrc are uttcranCes and incidents III
| this work as dramatic as Shakespeare
! himself The genius stamped upon the
| Trilogy is profoundly original never imi-
| tative. All the forces of nature have
| helped to make it what it is. Fire, feel
| ing large humOr, profound pathOs a deer
reverence for the forms and spirit of true
! religion-thcsc are but few of the most
| striking characteristics of this work"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Credit where credit is due Under the
circumstances no American could bear
himself with more dignity and wise
reticence than General Woodford has
displayed since reaching Madrid.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Civil service reform must submit
to radical reformation or else be made
to give up the ghost Nothing can be
gained by postponing the inevitable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

In 1870 1921 copyrights were granted
to American writer's and composers; in
1896, 72,470. America is obviously the
coming seat of literature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

At this rate Santa Claus may have
to travel on mudboat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-16

Economy without inefficiency, or, in
other words, efficiency without waste.
should be the Republican motto in con-
gress. 1t is a war cry that will win.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17
VICTORIA THE GREAT"
Diamond Jubilee Poem by Alfred AUS
tin, the English Bard.

NEW YORK, June 16,-In its forthcom-
ing issue the Independent, under the head
line. Victoria the Great" will publish the
following poem, written for that paper by
Alfred Austin, poet laureate of England:
1.-THE dew was on the summer lawn,
The roses bloomed, the WOODS were green
When forth there came, as fresh as dawn,
A maiden with majestic mien
They girt a crown about her brow,
They placed a scepter in her hand'
And loud rang out a nation VOW,
God guard the Lady of the Land!
-"And now the cuckoo calls once more,
And once again Junes roses blow,
And round her throne her people pour,
Recalling sixty years ago
And all the goodly days between
Glory and sorrow, love and pam,
The wifely mother, widowed queen,
The Hottest as the longest reign.
She shared her subjects bane and bliss,
Welcomed the wise the base withStood,
And taught by her clear life it is
The greatest greatness to be good.
Yet while for peace she wrought and
She bore the trident. wore the helm,
And, mistress of the main, she made
An empire of her island realm
so gathering now, from near, from FAR,
From rule wherein ne'er sets the day,
From Southern Cross and Northern Star,
Her people lift their hearts, ana pray:
-,onger and longer may she reign,
And through a summer night serene,
Whence day doth never wholly wane,
God spare and bless our Empress~tlueen'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17
TOBACCO TRUST METHODS.
Testimony Given at the Trial OF In
dicted Officers and Directors.

NEW YORK. June 16.-The trial of the
indicted heads of the American Tobacco
Comnanv was resumed before Judge Fitz-
gerald in the Court of Special Sessions to-
dav The first witness Of the day called
nv the prosecution was H. j. Park, son
of the senior member of the firm of Park
e. rTilford AS a result of a conversation
held between his father and Mr.. Butler
about January, 1893, which he overheard,
about 1850 cigarettes made by a rival OF
the American Tobacco Company were re-
turned to the manufacturers.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Choate the wit
ness said his firm was Incorporated under
the laws of the State of New Jersey. Ac-
cording to the terms of consignment the
firm was privileged to send back the cigar
cites returned, as related in direct eXamlna-
ton. He did not think they were sent PACK
because they could not be sold. He dld no.
understand that there was an threat OF
intimation implied by Mr.. Butler. He nm.
derstood the latter to tell his tather tnaI u
he read the contract carefully ne would
see that he could not consistently sell other
goods In selling the goods OF the Anerlcau
Tobacco Company to retailers ms nfm cld
not fix the retail price. His was the only
firm he knew of that had a contract WIN
the American Tobacco Company not 10 sen
the companys goods below prlce ana not
to deal with firms wishing other cigarettes
Before Mr.. Parks was excused the as
trict attorney wanted to know II the de-
Tense would produce Mr.. Butler II requested
for the purpose of Identification After
some argument, the defense promised 10
produce Mr. Butler at the afternoon session
of the court o.,
Robert c. Brown, manager of the owl
Cigar Company, testified that in october:
1894 he had begun to handle 6rand OIL
cigarettes made by the National Cigarette
and Tobacco Company. Previous 10 that
he had signed the consignment contract
of the American Tobacco Company. snort
" after he began handling the opposition
brand, he telephoned an order to the Amerl-
can Tobacco Company. The next Gay an
agent of the American Tobacco Company
called and told Mr.. Brown that the Amerl-
can Tobacco Company could fill no more
orders for him. Mr.. Brown then called at
the offices of the American Tobacco Com
many and had an interview with repre-
Sentative of the company, who assured ms
customer that there would be no fuftner
trouble; that his orders would be promptly
filled thereafter. All that was necessary
for him to do was to remain loyal 10 the
American Tobacco Company"
Daniel Dresser, a tobacco 1oooer OF
BROOKLYN testified that he had been called
unon by Mr.. Butler and told that II ne
wanted to handle American Tobacco Com
nanv's goods he would have to cease hand-
ling an outside brand. DRESSER asked But
ier what he would do with his stock and
Butler told him throw it, in the river II
YOU like Court adjourned until FRIDAY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17

PHILADELPHIA, June 16. - The six
teonth annual convention of the National
Association of Railway Postal Clerks
opened here to-day and Will continue until
Friday About fifty delegates are present,
representing from $500 to 5000 postal clerks.
The convention will consider measures
looking to the promotion of congressional
legislation in favor of the railway clerks
and also to the formation of y mutual acct
dent branch of the national organization.
The report of Treasurer J. G. Wallace
81 owed that the association was in debt to
the amount of $526. The membership had
Increased during the past year from 2,4l5
TO 3,229. The first business to come before
the convention at the afternoon session
was the aeciden. insurance question. II
was unanimously decided that a one-thou-
sand-dollar death indemnity would be sat
isfactory and SIS was agreed upon as the
weekly accident indemnity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17
Cable Notes.

1t is said that Baron Won Der Reckoe,
Prussan minister of the interior, has re-
signed
Many Americans, among them. United
States Consul General Chas de Kay and
Mrs. De Kay, attended the diamond jubilee
banquet given last evening by the British
colony at the Kaiserhof, Berlin.
Secretary Honey, of the Barney Barnato
Companies, says that the claim of Mrs.
Blackman, of Cleveland, o., to be a daugh-
ter of the late South African speculator is
preposterous as Barnato was only once
married.
The Matin, of Paris, publishes an inter
view with Count Ito, OF Japan, in which
he says Japan never had any idea. Of en-
tering into conflict with the United States
as an outcome of troubles between Japan
md Hawaii, incidents. he added, which
nave been greatly exaggerated.
After a trial of three days the military
tribune at Vienna has found hartmann and
Wanizecke, who were charged with selling
military secrets to Russia, guilty of the Of
Tense. The former was sentenced to hve
years Imprisonment at hard labor and the
latter to three years. There was a second
charge of treason against them, but of this
they were acquitted.