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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01
SOUNDS LIKE a BLUFF.
spain Hurrying Preparations for Possi.
bl. sonniet with the United states

spain liurryins Preparations Tor tossi.
bi. 4 onfiiet with the United states
MADRID, Dec. 2s-The Correspond
encia il authority for the statement
that naval aud military plans to 10
carried out in the event OF war be-
tween Spain and the Unitad States
have already been formed and APP
proved by Admiral Beranger and Gen.
Azcarraga. respectively ministers OF
marine and war. The policy of Spain.
according to this statement, will be TO
act upon the defensive in Cuba, but to
be in readiness TO take the offensive
il the forces of the United States
shou Id attempt to make laDding on
the island.
The home dock yar.s have become
the scenes Of the greatest activity and
hundreds of additional men have been
employed in each yard to carry out
the orders of Admiral Beranger to ex-
pedite work upon the war ships and
the transports which are being re-
paired and got in readiness for service.
The Spanish cruiser Pelayo will be
win proceed under sealed orders 1t
Is understood tndl sue Is utstlueu lur
Cuban waters.
The Iieraldo announces that the
ministry vi war is preparing a pam
phlet for distribution among the OIL
GERS Of the army aud the navy as well.
which win coftain topographic maps
of the United States. copious data Of
the situation and condition of the
American fortresses and military or.
ganiza tion. the facilities afforded by
the American railways. their available
ity for military purposes, etc The
pamphlet will also contain sugges-
tions as to the best modes of attack
upon the vulnerab ole points Of the
American coast and interior and direc-
tions as TO the methods to ne employed
to effect the best results in making re-
prisals upon the commercial ports Of
the United States
The opinions on the situation, AZ
expressed by the newspapers Of Mad
rid and other Spanish cities, abound
with violent denunciation of the atti-
tude of the United States government,
but agree that the United States sem
ators ought not TO be taken too -
riouslv
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01
SECRETARY BAYARO


Does Not wish to Express Himself OF.
hctaiiy on the subject.
LONDON. Dec. 22.-United States Am
bassador Bayard was asked by a rep
resentative of the United Associated
Presses yesterday if he sustained the
views expressed by Secretary Of State
Olncy in his statement concerning
Cuba.
Mr.. Bayard replied that he did NOT
wish to express any opinion in an of
fetal capacity, but he would say that
Mr.. Olney had only quoted from the
constitution of the United States,
which gives to the executive sole
power nsex-oilicio commander-in. chief
Of the army and navy and the maker
Of all federal appointments
Mr.. Bayard was asked what he
thought Of the reports received from
Madrid that the Spanish war officers
were preparing a pamphlet for dis
tribution among the officers of the
army and navy containing information
as 10 the strength and general condi-
tion Of the coast dcfenses of the United
States, to which question the ambas'
sador replied that he was not sum
GENTLY acquainted with military and
naval matters to venture an opin
/ ion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01

"Of course, / shouldn't want to stand
in the way OF anything that you feel
like doing in the way of New Years
reformation" she said. "But II does
seem too bad"
"What seems too bad, my dear?" asked
her husband.
"That you should feel obliged to STOP
smoking just after l have given you
those lovely Christmas cigars. Wash
ington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01


peneath your shining wing?
n will your skies be always fair.
your seasons always gay.
WIN not a single cloud to mar
The brightness OF the day.
And will you tell the springtim"
Her favors we bespeak,
when we In sylvan Rlades and glcns
Her earliest trophies seek?
xvul March forbear TO fiout us
WIN clustering jlbes and jeers,
Ana April show her sunnlest smiles
In Mace Of frowns and tears?
xvlu summer bring her roses
TO deck the woodland bowers.
with not a single cruel thorn
concealed among her flowers?
And will she coyly linger
when harvest songs 80 round.
TIL an the cleaning swaths are cut
And golden sheayes are bound?
a tell us, happy New Year,
WIN all our friends be true,
And VIII each cup oerfiow with Joy
l'nmixed with taste of rue?
VIII every heart be Joyful.
And every eye be bright.
with not a single tear 10 dim
The lustcr OF their sight?
-Ah. no." the New Year answered.
such gifts / promise not
For Joy and sorrow mingled
Must he each mortal's lot.
But II you heed them rightly
LIES clouds and thorns and tears
Then not a single vain regret
VIII mar your future years."
Helen w. Clark, in N. Y. Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90. Mr.. Danford
rep, o. introduced in the house yes
terday & bill prepared by the National
Wool Growers association providing
for duties on wool. A duty Of IL cents
per pound Is asked for wool of the
first class; eight cents per pound for
wool Of the second class, and eths1
wool according TO grade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01
Ills Thoughtlcss Answer.

"you didn't receive calls last New
Year," said the lcap-year girl.
mot rs many as usual" replied the
thoughtlcssly candid young mau. "The
bin collectors all had a holiday."-wash.
inrinn Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01

AM one of the an
clients, an antique
of sober hue and
honely n p pc a r
an c e. Shapcly
enough. for was l
no II formed by
Amati, the master,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
ALesson from Albany.

Some of the things to be avoided at
Harrisburg during and after the con-
struction of the new capitol are indi-
Gated in a series of comparisons which
the Albany Press and KnickerDockei
has instituted between the bill OF costs
for the Albany capitol and that for the
capitol at Washington.
Last year it cost the state of New
York $780, 600 for the care of its public
buildings at Albany, of which the cap
itol and the governors mansion are the
principal ones. The cost of perform
ing similar service for the much larger
capitol at Washington was less than
half as much.
Last year at Albany $4,000 was spent
for lighting the state house and the
governors mansion. Last year it cost
to light the national capitol only $50
600
The annual pay roll at Washington
for capitol employees, including the ser
vices of forty-nine policemen and
watchmen. amounted last year to $1l7,-
Si5. The pay roll at Albany, in the
same year, for a similar service,
amounted to $lS6.912. And so it goes,
| item by item, each item showing great
! er expense at Albany for inferior ser
| vice than is required even at Wash
| lngton, where economy is not gener-
| ally regarded as a foremost character
| istic.
| The Albany capitol in it's present
| form represents an outlay exceeding
| $40, ,OO0, 900 and it could easily be duph.
Gated by any private contractor fol
| 81 600 600. Not all of the other $4,000,
| 900 represents a steal, for prices today
are lower than formerly but much o
Jne is quite as bad as the other, so ia
as the taxpayers pOcketbook is con
| cerned.
The legislature at Harrisburg, hav
ing shown the good sense to fall int
line with the governors recommenda
lions for a new capitol to be built will
strictest economy at comparativel
slight expense, should now hasten tn
preliminaries SO that the contract ma
| soon be let and the work of construc
ton begun. The eyes of the people ar
| upon each move in this matter, an
While there is no evidence to Warran
the expectation of extravaganza or job
| berry, yet in order to avoid both it
the Dublic's intention to continue it
scrutiny until the last brick is laid
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
Up to Their Old Tricks.

We have received from the commit
tee on tariff reform of the Reform club
of New Yurk-a committee numbering
among its membership such men as
Thomas G. Shearman, +. Ellery Ander-
son, Charles 5. Fairchild and John DE
witt Warner-a circular letter which
afflrms:
The proposed Ongley) tariff appears
to be specially designed to help trusts
ana monopOlies. 1t takes several dollars
from the pockets of the people for every
one that II turns into our national treas
ury AS u whole, ii COnters even greater
benefits upon privileged Industries than
aid the Mckinley bin itself, This partly
because many duties are higher, and
partly because the same duties are more
prohibitive, now that manufacturers have
been compelled by lower duties to improve
their machinery and methods to compete
with foreign manufacturers. In many
,ases though increasing the burdens Of
taxation, il decreases the income from
custom duties. The only important in
creases expected are from sugar ana wool
two articles necessary to health ana
comfort which should not be taxed at al!
I'm times of peace, or while it Is possible
to obtain sufficient revenue from other
sources The threat which this tariff bin
three fourths of our industries which
'annot possibly derive any benefit from
protection, makes 1t incumbent upon this
committee to do what 1t can TO Oppose
such special legislation Because we
lnow that II will increase the tax burdens
If our people, we propose to agitatt
against this bill until it is dead or We
have exhausted every means of opposi-
zion.
The circular goes on to offer to news,
paper free plate matter antagonistic
| to protection, from which we infer thar
| the country is to be afflicted to a limit
ID extent with a renewal of the cam
1aign of Misrepresentation and falslf
alton which these same free trade
ioctrinaires waged Immediately follow
| ng the enactment of the Mckinley tar
| If they misrepresented so artfui.,
in 1892 that they carried a majority o
them, but they must be blind indee'
| they expect to repeat the deception
m anything like the old scale. The
| nay again fool a voter here and ther,
but the great mass of wage-ear
| nave had their eyes opened with refeg
,nce to this Cleveland -wOrshiping free
rade clique and the less the latte
las to say on the subject of tariff o
any other kind of reform" the bettel
We suspected last fall that when th
Republican managerD angled for til
| support of this free trade crowd the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
HOLD YOUR TOSGU H.

Don't start your tongue agoing in care
less sort of way
And thoughtlessly forget it till it runs .
half a day.
The pleasant art of talking Is a happy
gift indeed,
But, oh! the art of keeping still is what
the people need.
Don't think that you can multiply om
meager stock of joys
by ianming every quiet space chock tIi.
of talk ana noise.
lr you've big two-bushel thought, why,
sirt 1t to a cup
OF plain, terse words, but otherwise, snni
up shut up! shut up.!!
The men who have their words engraved
on monuments, today,
Are not the ones who always tried to
have the most to say.
All, no, they thought for years to get one
sentence new and bright
For us to put in copybooks ana have oul
children write.
And so if you would render glad the ones
who have to hear,
Why find some real good quiet place an
think about a year,
And get a thought so deep and broad an.
true and great and wise,
That it will hit this dun old world righ
square between the eyes.
Nixon Waterman, in Good Roads Buile
tin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
Minister to Austria.

The selection of Charlemagne Tower
of Philadelphia, for the Austrian mis-
sion is not a partisan reward, but
rather a recognition of special person
al fitness Mr.. Tower is a man Oh
wealth and scholarly attainmehts
whose literary, linguistic ana soclai
training marks him as peculiarly
suited to a position of this KIND. vienna
is the most aristocratic capital IN the
world, and Mr.. Tower, in the best sense
of the word, is an aristocrat. by TINS
we mean that he has had means ana
leisure to qualify himself in those ac-
complshments which are required IN
a successful diplomatist, but Whlch the
majority of Americans, in the stress OIL
earning q livelihood, have to torego
A fair view of facts must take into ac-
count that there are other ways of rem
dering oneself worthy of official dis
tinction than by performing the duties
of the belligerent partisan. Mr.. ToWer'
if the testimony of those who know
him best is not to be disregarded, mas
exemplified in his career that wealth
may be put to purposes of public pron'
in the study and fostering of the liberal
arts and in the Interpretation of ms
tory II is not given to all men to fol-
low one path nor reach distinction
along a common route. The gentleman
whom President Mckinley yesterday
designated to be our minister at VI
emma has chosen a more select hhe OF
activity than most persons who figure
in modern politics, but he is a thor
ough American, a cultured and admir-
able citizen and just such representa-
tive of the United States government
as would be most likely to impress VIII
favor the circle to which he is accred
tied. In proportion as mis- selection
may fail to arouse enthusiasm amons
"the boys" will it be likely to win th'
approval of the judicious, who realiZ
that something in the way of persona
grace, culture and scholarship is nee
essary in the appointee to fastldiou
and critical foreign court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
A Direct inheritance Tax.

OF all the propositions advanced al
Harrisburg for the purpose of hitting
the revenues Of the commonwealth tC
the increased expenses Of government
none suits us better than the proposal
to impose n tax of ] per cent. ON al.
personal property directly inherited L
the value Of $4,000 or over. 1t Is esti-
mated that this tax would produce
81 900, 900 of revenue per annum, OF
enough to make both ends meet. An
additional emergency tax of one cent :
gallon on beer, to be imposed for q
period not TO exceed three years, ano
to be applied to the inevitable extra
expenses growing out of the restora'
tion of the capitol, would annual!
yield 81, ,OOO, 900 additional, which coulC
go into a reserve fund, in demonstra
tion that a surplus is preferable to q
deficit
A direct inheritance tax Is desirable
for at least two reasons. 1t is neces
sary in justice to the state, which dur
ing the lifetime of the testator find
il impossible to collect a just tax on
his personal property; and it is salu
tary in it's influence upon the legatee
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
An Admirable Example.

BY the will of the late John Crerar OF
Chicago. who died oct 49, 1889, the resi-
due of his estate after the payment OF
numerous bequests, amounting to $2'ooo'-
600, was given for the creation and en-
dowment of Il free public library, to he
called the John Crerar library, and I"
be located in the city of Chicago. IN
1891 the validity of the will was attack
ed, but was sustained by decision ul
the supreme court of Illinois, rendered
June 10, 1898. The administration OF
the estate in the probate court was
closed July 13, 1894. The library was
incorporated under the laws of Illinois
oct. -, 1894, and was duly organized
January 12 1895. 1t will be formally
opened on April l.
The directors and management of this
library have set good example to oth-
er institutions Of u similar character
by holding "a series of conferences with
the directors of the two existing pubic
libraries in Chicago, 50 as to prevent
any unnecessary duplication of books
and wasteful rivalry. In consequence
braries will work together, each empha
sizing a special department of research
and it is expected that in time they viii
issue joint catalogue. Another thlns
indicative of the wisdom OF the man
agement of the new library is tha'
rather than eHcroach upon the endoW-
ment fund il has been decided to sci
apart u portion of the annual income as
q building fund,so that when the library
shall enter it's own home, it Will be able
thenceforward to use the entire incum,
for working purposes. Such discretion
is uncommon enough to merit appre
ciative notice.
We cite these facts in part becaus
they are of general interest as illustra
tive of the development Of a better civ
illzation, and in part in the hope tina
publicity given to John Crerars eXampl
may in some way inspire imitation q
It, The opportunities for beneticenc
along this line were not exhausted 10
caly by the late Joseph j. Albright
The nobility and utility of his gift ar
being 50 Vividly impressed upon u:
from day to day, that we hope yet
witness the bestowal of complementar
endowments which shall have the ct
feet upon Scranton that John Crerar
munificence is likely in future to hay
upon the citizens of Chicago
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

who is thereby Informed, in an impress
sive manner at the very beginning of
his ownership of unearned wealth, that
he is under obligations to the commun-
ity about him. AS a general rule IN
sociology, the man who wins wealth.
by his own strong endeavor does not
abuse it: but ii is unfortunately also
the general rule that his children, to
whom his estate comes by inheritance,
do. This fact alone sufiices to JUSTIFY
society i'm imposing a tax on direct IN
heritances; but if 1t were not in itself
a sufficient justification, there would
remain the insurmountable fact that
only by a tax on wealth while 1t Is in
the probate courts, where personal
property cannot shrink, can the state
reimburse itself for the evasions and
INEQUALITIES of assessment apparently
inevitable at other times.
An inheritance tax has been de-
nounced in some quarters as socialistc,
but it is now the law in a majority of
the states and in most of the enlight-
ened foreign countries, showing that
the sentiment for it is widespread and
| well-grounded 1t does not discourage
| the accumulation of wealth; but 1t does
| to some extent encourage the distripu-
| ton of wealth prior to death, when Il
| upon the whole more beneficial to all
| concerned and more seemly than the
| spectacle of clamor and contest oftei
witnessed among heirs-at-law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

To insure publication in this paper
volunteered communications of a con-
trovorsial character MUST BIZ
SIGNED FOR PUBLICATION by tne
writer's true name. To this Just RUE
we cannot hereafter make eNceptloh'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

Henry Clay Evans, as commissioner
Of pensions, will not be likely to set up
an apothecary's scales in weighing the
nations debt to it's surviving veteran
defenders.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

A poll of the senate is published
which shows thirty-five senators op-
posed to the ratification of the arpitra-
tion treaty, and in this number are IN
cluded Senators quay and Penrose'
We don't believe either of these VIII
vote against the treaty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
Stationery That Isn't Stationary

ncut. 1t very rarely happens that we
raisr the price, but as to lowering them
we'll. lust call around ana we think ""
AN interst you with our complete lines
# stationery. engraving blank books and
General office supplies. We also carry
4 complete line of typewriters' supplies,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

Now that many of our patrons are
about to change the place of their resi-
dence, we request early notice of such
change, so that prompt delivery of
the paper may he made to the new
abode. Subscribers who move are be-
sought to give both the old and the new
address, and to be patient Tor DAY
or two until the carriers get their
routes rearranged
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

It now looks as if King George would
have to touch the match to the Ihes-
salonian frontier.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

1t is very discourteous in the Cretan
insurgents not to submit gracefully to
be starved to death by the Christian
pOWerS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

If the president We're to appoint a
commissioner to Cuba, to review the
situation and report the exact facts, 1t
would be wise move. There is evil
IDENTIFY a vast deal of misinformation
still current on this subject
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

An advertisement in The Tribune is
seen and noted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

made a mistake. our suspicion ap-
pears 10 be receiving swift substantial
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

Names reaching back to the days when
President Johnsoiftwas impeached. sen
ator Fowler voted NaSainst conviction
senator Corhett, now IN his seNenty-hrst
year. who was reccHtly appointed senator
by the governor of oregon, but VINO VIII
probably not get his seat, Is another oId-
timer. Kellogg ana clayton are remlhA-
rrs of the reconstruction days. II wa
rather interesting to note how the friction
of that period has disappeared, for cay
ton the one-armcd Arkansas Republican,
and Senator Berry, the one-legged Ar
kansas Democrat, held a long social cou-
ference on a sofa in the rear oi th'
chamber The two mon lost limbs night
ing against each other in the late rebel
lion. Clayton was recently appointed
minister to Mexico.
The Post of this city recently contalhe'
the following notice Of the new congress
man from the Eleventh Pennsylvania dis
ttict: "When a man waits until he is or
the brink of 20 years of age before h1
breaks into congress, one would THINK
that he was lingering superiluous on the
scene. But Congressman Connel q
| Scranton, viii not have It this way. ii,
| thinks that ne is good for many years
| to come. There IS ground for Mr.. Con
! nells belief. When Il few months ago ht
wanted to add SlDo,OD life insurance t'
! the large amount which he already car
! rles the physicians who examined hin
| pronounced him perfect risk for ina
amount Figuring up the premium, how
ever, Mr.. Connell found that it would COS
, him about 100000 a year, In five year
| 800, GEO. said Mr.. Connell to himself. NO
] won't do it, ! can put away the amour
Of the premium for five years ana be evel
| with the game As a matter of fact.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

Another old timer is seeking pontinl'
prefcrment from this administration. II,
Is General Thomas G. Fletcher cX-Govcr
nor of Missouri. He is of the three or
four surviving "war governors" and j.
still a hale, hearty and vigorous man
commanding presence. lie is a native Dou
Missourian, and was the first native-bom
governor of that state. He was the firs
president of the first Republican cluI
ever organized in a slave state: was :
delegate i'm the convention that nominal
ed Lincoln for president in 1860, ana wa,
on the Lincoln ticket in that year. II,
marched and fought as colonel of a reg,
ment and as hrgadier general with Sh,r
man, who names him lin his memoirs
General Fletcher wants to be register o.
the treasury.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30

What about Quay losing his "pull
at the white house?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
Gossip of
the Capital


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