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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-21

games last year showed that the Greeks
are good sDrinters. but it is doubtful
if those people ever made such a record
in the long-distance run as they did the
other day in getting out of Macedonia.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29
OFFICER DlSHEROON
Was Not Sustained Other Young Men Also Discharged.

In the inferior criminal court yester. day Officer Disheroon was tried for tres passing On the property of the Alabama Brewing company after warning. Quite number of witnesses were examined and several other young men were ar- raigned for the same offenSe.
 It was claimed that Officer Disheroon was ordered to leave the premises. but refused to do so. He was making an ar rest at the time and did not take his de- parture until he had completed his busl- ness. Several young men were with him at the time and remained in his company until he left. Complaint was made agairst an of them.
 After Judge Feagin heard the testimony yesterday he stated that in his opinion, the charge was either frivolous or ma iicious. He discharged all of the de- fendauts.
 Officer Disheroon seems to be the un- fortunate member of 2he police force, as he was armsted some time ago for riding 0 bicycle on the sidewalk. a violation of a city ordinance. The complaint was brought by a young man who had been arrested by Officer Disheroon for like offense. The officer was discharged an that complaint, also.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29
FORGERY CHARGED.
Jim Towns, a Negro. Is in the City Jail 4.L. On That Serious Com
 plaint.

 [ Jim Towns, negro, is in the city jail and will have to answer to serious charge.
 Yesterday morning about o'clock Towns enterd the store of P. H. Earle &s Co.,, on First avenue, and handed Mir. R. A. TeRrel an older, whaeh purported 10 be drawn by W. M. Ful,on, of the Fulton boiler works for $5. The order was bad
 y wrrtten and at once engendered sus- picion.
 Ass.Stargt City Tax Collector Weeds was u5ar by al the time ard h.s a 4 nti II was called to the note. He pranoune d 1t a fcrgery and Towns was turned ov4r te 0fficfl Armstrong, who had him locked ua Hs tells straight story and it is not believed by the officers that he did more than try to pass the order, being in- fiuoIeed by ,. negro named Morgan. TuWris claimed Morgan gave him the or der and the officers went in search of hin. He was seen going around the cc-- ner. but set too hot pace for ths officers. They are stil1 on the lookout for him.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29
TWO ISLANDS.

Situated in the Coosa river, one and a half miles from the pretty lbttle town of Wilsonvine, on the Southern railway are two islands-one containing 100 acres and the other 16 The islands are now in high state of cultivation, and will produce wlh ordinary cultivation from fifty to seventy five bushels of corn per acre. The land is deep ailuvia1 soil, practically mex haustiblo, and if set in Johnston grass or Bermuda will produce for an indefinite time six tons of hay per acre. This hay when baled will bring $10 per ton net in Birmingh am, MonL gomery Anniston, Rome, etc. It will produce, If planted in ( bbon cane, rom tn to 400 gallons of sirup, equal to any grown in Louisiana These islands are at the foot of shoals quarters of a mile above, and a power equal to 200 or 300 horse can be- obtained The banks on the Shelby side are fifty or sixty feet above high water, and present mos. desirable loccl on fo, a cotton factory or similar plant. An electric plant for driving the machinery would be easily obtained with the water power. The scenery is. I think, the most beautiful in Alabsma The fishing, boalt- ing and hunting is rhe best anywhere in north Alabama. | will sell the property, and can make warranty deed
 For further information, apply by let ter or in person to J. l.. Waltha1l, 20f5 First avenue between Twentieth and Twenty first streets.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29
IMPORTANT DECISION.

Judge Sharpe Holds That Justices Can
 not Bind Over Misdemeanors.
 Some time ago Justice Charles Martin issued warrant against Ed Williams on a charge of assault and battery. The justice afterwards bound him over to the grand jury.
 Yesterday morning habeas corpus pro- ceedings were instituted before Judge H. A. Sharpe After hearing the evil dence.-Judge Sharpe turned the prisoner iGose and held that a justice does not posssss the power to bind over on a mis- demeanor charge on a warrant return able to the judge of the criminal court. ,. This decides a most important point which as been much discussed by mem bers of the legal fraternity.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29
INFERIOR CRIMINAL COURT
Bishop Parker Was Bound Over to the Grand Jury-Qui:e a Number of
 Cases Dealt With

Quite number of cases were disposed of yesterday morning by Judge Feagin in the inferior criminal court. The, vast majority of '.hem were for minor offenses. Bishop Parker a 17-year-old negro boy, was bound over to the grand jury under bonds of $15O on the charge of larceny of one shirt from a'ffrst avenue store house, E. Watson was tried on charge of dis orderly conduct. He was released upon promise 70 leave town.
 John Moore, an affray with Louis Bor- den; $15 and thirty days extra. .
 Eugene Tarrant and Matte Taylor, both colored, were charged with adultery. The case against chem was dismissed, as they were married.
 Will Drake, assault and battery on one Crock stt; 8.
 W. M. Franklyn, false pre-enee; not guilty,
 same larceny of one pair of shots; s15.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29
HOw'S THIS.

We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 r. J. CHENEY & CO, Props
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29

highest temperature s9; lowest. G9; aver age, 79 .H
 BEN M. JAcoBS Local Observer
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-29

by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 r. J. CHENEY & CO. Props,
 Toledo, o. We. the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West x Truax. Wholesale Druggists To- ledo, O.
 Walding, Kinnan X Marvin, Wholesale druggists, Toledo. o. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu. cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists Testi- monials free
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
WHEELS OF 1898.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Views of bicycles of next years model
are numerous. In 1897 the price attracted
more attention than the wheel, but in
1898 the money suestion will be subordi-
nate. Cyclists look upon the $l00 bicycle
as gone. The standard price will be some
where, we suppose, between SIS and $50.
Cnainless wheels will surely be promi-
nent next spring, promising to put the
greasy chain wheels completely out of
mind. Tubing rext year will be about
the same as it Is now. Gears of high, low
and medium size will be on the market
for choice, but during this season the lik-
ing for high gears has developed greatly,
probably as the result of the greater
strength which practice has brought to
tie average leg.
The radical genius, who Is being heard
from, asserts that the 1898 bicycle will be
operated by either the arms or legs.
This sounds more cranky than interest
ing.
The wheels most vulnerable point, its
tire, is being studied and experimental
with, with ardent desire for its improve
ment and with no little hope. 1t must be
possible to put into rubber some element
that would lessen its spilling on wet pave
ments, and it seems absurd that wheels
destined to pass over jagged roads should
be left so punctrrable. A less punctur-
able tire and a tire which when inflated
will remain full indefinitely is greatly
needed.
In spite of the promise of 1898, however.
owners of good bicycles needn't worry. A
good bicycle today will be good next year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
nCKinley's Cuban Policy.

1t is now said in reputable corre-
spondence from Washington that Cen
eral Woodfords instructions as min
lister to Spain will follow the lines laid
down by the last administration in re-
gard to the desire Of the United States
to secure a speedy termination of hos
tilities, and the willingness of this gov
ernment to use its friendly offices to
secure peace and tranquility in Cuba.
AS the Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger, Major Car
son, puts it, 1.-The instructions given
Minister Taylor, touching the great
commercial loss sustained by the Unit.
ed States by continuance of the strug-
gle in Cuba, and the intimation that
this government might be called upon
to intervene, are doubtless repeated in
the instructions of Mr.. Woodford, but
there is no reason to believe that the
present administration has taken any
steps in advance of what has been pre-
viously done in this relation. Minister
Noodford's instructions will doubtless
require him to press for speedy term
ination of the rebellion on the lines
laid down by President Cleveland and
Secretary Olney."
In the matter of claims for DANA aes
resulting from the insurrection, Major
Carson says that General Woodford is
under instructions to negotiate for a
convention similar to the one negotat-
ed in 1871, under which tribuna! of
arbitration was appointed, consisting Of
three members-one appointed by the
American secretary of state, one by the
Spanish minister at Washington, and
third chosen by these two. This COM
mission Of referees sat in Washington
and its awards were final. The pres
ent Spanish minister, Senior de LONE,
is favorable to a repetition of the ar
rangement, and as the proposition
seems fair on its face, there appears no
reason to doubt that it will ultimately
be adopted. Whether Spain, in the
event of its adoption, would honor the
awards made against her is another
question, which need not now be con-
sidered.
The programme as to claims is sat
isfactory; but that part of it which re-
lates to the central issue is not. The
lines laid down by Messrs. Cleveland
and olney contemplated autonomy for
Cuba with some vague hint at a more
decided course in case the pacific over
lures of the United States were re-
jected by Spain. If the present admin
istration has decided to take no steps
in advance of the Cleveland -Olney per-
formance 1t has decided unwisely. Au-
tonomy of the Spanish kind is some
thing which there Is reason to believe
the Cuban insurgents will not accept;
and it is certainly the last thing which
an American president should advise
them to accept. Autonomy of the
American kind is something to which,
II we may Judge from spain's earlier
attitude, Spain will not consent; and II
is something which the president Of the
United States cannot force Spain 10 ac-
cept without going to extreme meas
ures which, If ever adopted, might bet
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
Rich and Poor.

The chief of the federal bureau of
statistics, Carroll d. Wright, contri-
ebutes to the August Atlantic an in
structive paper in answer to the ques-
tion, Are the rich growing richer and
the poor poorer? In 1870, he points out,
S2.43 per cent. of the population of the
United States were wage-earners; in
1850, 34.67 per cent. and in 1890, 96.31
per cent. The average annual wage,
which in 1850 was $247, rose in 1860 to
$3.50; in 1870 to 1902; in 1880 to s347 and
In 1890 to Si45. This makes out a pretty
good showing for the masses of the
people and knocks the underpinning
from much of the socialistic false rep
resentation of the day.
But an even harder rap to the econ
omic calamity howlers is administered
by Judge Wiley, of Orange, N j.. in a
recent demonstration that the so-called
colossal fortunes of our time-the hold
ings of such mon and families as Rock
afeller, the Astors and the Vanderbilts
bear decidedly a smaller ratio to the
total wealth of the country than was
borne by the so-called big fortunes of
fifty or a hundred years ago to the
total wealth of the country at that time.
In the matter of railroading, for eX-
ample, Judge Wiley shows conclusive
ly that in order for the corporation
operating the road to acquire, in nor
NAL times, 50 it must distribute in the
community SOS; that is to say, when
one man in the railroad business makes
himself $1,00OO 900 richer he makes 9TH
ers $2S,OO0,OOO richer than before; and
so it has been with the large fortunes.
They are larger than the large for
tunes of former times, but so are the
disbursements among the masses and
so are the opportunities of the masses.
The whole amount of this subject is
that rich and poor alike are growing
more eXtravagant, in proportion to their
incomes, than is good for either class.
The man with $1,000 a year feels poor
because he yearns to live at a $4,000
a year pace and so on up and down
the scale. The man with 10 cents often
does not envy the man with a million
more keenly than the man with mill
lion envies the man with fifty millions.
The chance for poor man to save and
invest money and accumulate a COM
petence is as good now, in normal
times, in proportion to his actual needs,
as it ever was. if not better: but the
reason why so many men don't nowa-
days improve this chance is because
they haven't the fibre in them TO hold
out under the self-denial which lies at
the bottom of all genuine successes in
life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
The Proper Idea.

The Toronto Globe has planted itself
at last on ground which Americans can
respect. Speaking in reference to the
Dingley bill and various hot-headed
propositions by Canadians for retalia-
tion the Globe, addressing Canadian
readers now says:
We ought to have a distinct and per-
manent policy of our own, and it ought
not to be shifted to meet the caprices of
foreign legislators. That policy ought TO
be framed with the view neither Of
bluting" our neighbors nor of endeavor-
ing to obtain their goodwill; but of pre-
serving our own forest wealth, building
up the Canadian industries of which for
est wealth is the basis, and providing
employment for Canadian labor. HaV-
ing determined on such a policy, we ought
to be prepared to go our own way and
let our neighbors go theirs; let them put
the duties up or down as they please,
but let us not play the barometer to their
political weather. In a word, our policy
must be neither pro-American nor anti
American, but Canadian and British.
This is as good a statement of the
Protection doctrine as any American
could want, and when it shall voice the
policy of the neighbor to our north,
there will be increased esteem for her
on the southern side of her border. 1t
is the belief of the administration now
in power in the United States that it's
chief duty should be to conserve the
welfare of the people who pay taxes for
its support We regulate our tariffs
and other laws concerning foreign
trade and intercourse primarily to suit
ourselves. 1t is additionally satisfac-
tory, of course, when such a policy
suits other nations also; but it is by
no means indispensable that they be
suited.
Take, for example, the case of tin
plate. Prior to the enactment of the
Mckinley bill we imported all our tin
plate from Wales. 1t would have suit
ed Wales had we continued this ar
rangement, and it would have made
friends for us there and in England
had we done so. But the Republican
leaders believed that with proper pro-
lection we could make that tin plate
for ourselves, thus keeping within the
country, in the form OF wages and
profits, the money previously sent
across the water for that commodity.
The experiment was tried, naturally
not to Wales satisfaction, but it was
tried, and what is the result? We
have now $50 tin-plate mills; imports
of tin-plate from Wales have dropped
off nearly 75 per cent, and only the
other day we sent a bill of goods to
London which undersold the Welsh
tin-plate makers in their own market.
Does anybody suppose that intelligent
Welshmen think the less of the Ameri-
can people for striving to make them
selves commercially self-sustaining?
The Toronto Globe is on the right
track Let Canada go to work on a
policy of her own and hew to the line,
regardless of where the chips fall.
That would be a thousand times more
credtable than trying to do the role
of a legislative tail to foreign kites.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
Ter be put forth to end the whole agony

ter be put forth to end the whole agony
summarily.
1t is fitting that the responsible heads
of our government should move with
deliberation and circumspection and on
this plea the American people have for
two years curbed their impatience and
made allowances. In that interval Spain
has piled provocatiosi upon provoca-
tion to a decisive course on the part of
the United States with reference to
Cuba. When. as at the Baptist Temple
in Philadelphia last Sunday evening,
the auditoriums of our leading churches
ring with spontaneous applause at the
sentiment from the pulpit that our
Christian duty is to intervene for lib
ertv. 1t would be most inopportune for
an executive officer deriving his power
from the people to decide that he will
take no steps in advance of what has
been done" He may so decide IL he
will, but there is in our government
a higher power which may not be sat-
isfied to let such a decision rest in his
torv as Americas deliberate answer to
Cuba's cry of anguish.
We hone and believe that the Phila-
delphia Ledger's correspondent is mis-
taken in the part of his forecast which
we have quoted above.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
The King of Fuels,

We find in the Providence Journal
a summary of a paper read recent
ly by a Mr.. Shelton at the annual
meeting of the Western Gas associa-
ton, some facts in which are of inter-
est to residents of the anthracite re-
gion. The paper dealt with the ex-
periments which have been made in a
cooking purposes by manufactured fuel
gas.
Since 1880, so goes the paper, 27 trials
Of various fuel gas processes We're
made. Five of these were credited to
regular Illuminating gas companies
which, we are informed, did their best
to solve the problem of cheap gas for
heating. In Savannah the undertaking
was abandoned after a trial of two
years. People refused to buy the pro-
duct at so cents a thousand feet; the
greatest daily output was ten thousand
feet and only fifty customers were
secured. In Des Moines the estab-
lished gas company had only 20 GUS
toners, although fuel gas sold for 80
cents and illuminating gas cost 81. 10.
Consumers found that the cheaper
gas cost more than coal. 1t st. Louis
the price of fuel gas was marked down
to 80 cents and so customers were
found in a city having nearly half a
million inhabitants. The Boston Gas
Light company a few years ago Of
fered fuel gas at 60 cents. and had one
user, who, it is said, was on the free
list. In Louisville, KY, the income Of
the fuel gas branch was about $40 a
month.
Mr.. Shelton is satisfied that in the
five cities named the companies offered
the highest grade Of gas that could be
manufactured at a cost one-half or
two-thirds that Of the regular product.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

The apparatus was modern and one or
two of the corporations had separate
mains laid by concerns that had gone
out OF existence, and thus were en-
abled to sell gas at the lowest rates
possible. Their failure was as COM
plete as that of the promoters of the
twenty-five Independent fuel gas
plants, the reason of the Withholding
Of patronage being the same in each
case--the fuel gas had less than half
the heating capacity of the illuminat-
ing gas, and therefore, it was neces-
sary to burn twice the amount. OBJ
viously there was no economy In burn
ing two or three feet of cheap gas when
one foot of the higher priced gas
would give the same result under a ket-
tie or in an oven, and the fact that one
set of pipes served both for heating
and lighting was a strong argument
in favor of the Illuminating gas man.
ufacturers. There is, it is learned
from Mr.. Shelton's paper, no prospect
of having good gas that will compete
with coal at six or seven dollars a
ton.
Those consumers in these cities who
would not take the fuel gas but who
used the superior illuminating gas for
fuel, were chiefly well-to-do families,
who could afford to ignore the differ
ence in cost between coal and gas on
account of the greater convenience
of the latter They constitute a small
minority of the total population and
really involve very slight menace
to the coal trade. To the great mass
of Americans coal of some kind will
for many years continue to be the
chief domestic fuel; and of all the
available kinds none gives such gen.
eral satisfaction or offers itself at so
fair a price, quality of service con-
sidered, as anthracite in the small
sizes. That may properly be called
the king of fuels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24
KEEP 'EM OUT.


From the Rochester Herald.
No man can knowingly join a band of
anarchists without being a criminal in
purpose; and a criminal in purpose is a
criminal in fact in the eyes of the law
Our immigration act excludes paupers,
contract laborers and criminals Com
missioner Powderly has no doubt been
authorized by competent legal opinion 10
class anarchists as criminals. and to ex-
clude them as such from American ter
ritOrY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

That the newspapers of Buffalo have
risen to the occasion of the Grand
Army encampment after the fashion
which is characteristic of the best
journalism is shown in the superb
illustrated special issues put forth on
Sunday by the Express and News.
These publications are splendid monu-
ments to the peaceful opportunities for
which this nation is indebted to the
boys in blue"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

"They say" says Rev. Russell H.
Conwell, who has been to Cuba, that
we should advocate peace, but we can't
advocate peace with the devil. and
there can be peace only when justice
prevails and equity is the law of the
land. There can be no peace until
Cuba is free and every man at liberty
to worship God under his own vine and
fig tree" Does any American dissent
from this doctrine?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

This thing Of continually petitioning
the Spanish authorities in the name of
the American government to desist
from the consummation of notorious
outrages in Cuba is more creditable to
the American heart than head. The eff
fective way to secure justice is to re-
move the cause of injustice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

There is one thing the soft coal oper-
ators cannot do. They cannot get out
an injunction forbidding the public to
sympathize with the strikers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

From a Republican standpoint we
object to this cruel crusade against Mr..
Harrity. The Philadelphia is one of
Pennsylvania Republicanism's most
efficient allies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-24

John L. Sullivan, the ex-pugilist, is
an Independent candidate for mayor
of Boston on the platform that the
police of that city should be made to
do their duty. Mr.. Sullivan can ex-
hibit himself as an awful example of
past police dereliction.