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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
raekdwallila COUNTY.

de Merode. The musical specialties
were particularly merltorious. Dark
est America" viii be well greeted on its
return to Carbondale.
The patronage this season is reward
ing the Opera house management for
the good attractions afforded.
THE Cherry Pickers"-highly spok-
en- Of-will be here Tuesday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
UNION SERVICES.

Rev Charles Lee preached an elo-
quent Thanksgiving sermon in the Bap-
tist church yesterday morning to the
congregation of the Baptist, Methodist
ard PRESBYTERIAN churches, which We're
we'll represented. Special music was
rendered and the thanksgiving was
whole hearted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
DARKEST AMERICA.

The Darkest America" aggregation
of talented colored persons gave two
performances al the Grand Yesterday.
The matinee was well attended and in
the evening the house was crowded
standing room being at a premium
The excellent and comprehensive en-
tertainment given last season was re-
produced, one noticeable change being
in the introduction Of a serpentine
dancer with hair arranged a Ia Cleo
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
CARBONDALE.

1.-THE Carbondale correspondence Of TIE
Tribune has been placed in the hands OF
Mr.. c. r. Mum, Salem avenue and
Church street. to whom news items may
be addressed and also complaints Of ir-
regular delivery.1
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
Erie and Wyoming Valley.
In effeot sept. l0, ~.

In effect Sept. 10, 1897,
Trains leave Scranton for Kew York
and Intermediate points on Erie railroad
also for Hawley and local points at 79j
a. m. and 22j p, N.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
Delaware and Hudson.

Arrive at Scranton from above point!
at l0. % a. m, 3.l5 ard 9.3S d. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26

We are showing an except onally fine line
of Watches, Diamonds ana JeWGlry at
prices which will please YOU
The herald., 1897-02-15
BUTLER'S BAGGAGE
Actually Threatens to Give Rise to interna.
tional Complications

tional Complications
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-That JUS
tice court suit to get possession of the
miscellaneous lot of articles found i'll
Buffers luggage has become national,
and may become an international ques-
tion. Not only did United States Dis
trict Attorney Foote get telegraphic
instructions from Attorney General Har-
ceedings for the purpose of having these
articles impounded as evidence, but ad-
6itional instructions, also by tele-
graph, have been received to proceed
against Attorney Pidwell, who brought
the suit, sS-contempt Of court and for
attempting to obstruct United States
marshal in the discharge of his duty
by process from a court.
District Attorney Foote has not yet
decided just how he will proceed to fol-
low these instructions. He may apply
to the circuit court today for citation
against Pidwell requiring him to show
cause why he should not be adjudged
in contempt. 1t is quite likely, however,
that this will not be done until the suit
in the justice court is disposed of.
That there is any contempt of the
United States courts in bringing this
proceeding in the justice court Buffers
attorneys stoutly deny They insist that
the marshal cannot show that at the
time this suit was brought he held the
property by virtue of any authority,
or that there was at the time any allie
cation Of record IN the proceedings that
it was either the proceeds of any crime
or evidence Of the same.
The herald., 1897-02-15
INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

San Pedro wins.
Harvard and Yale agree to arbitrate
their athletic differences.
San Francisco police raid the fan tan
games and gather in 300 players.
Plans for McKinley's Inauguration rap
idly approach completion; tremendous
crowd is expected and accommodations
will be provided.
Labor Leader Sovereign writes a sensa-
tional letter urging Private Dalzell to de.
sist from urging war as relief from social
and economic unrest.
State Printer Johnson's policy of dis
charging Democratic employees is not un..
likely to lead to wholesale decapitatlon of
Republican offcehoIders throughout the
state.
A war correspondent interviews Wey-
Ter; the captain-general has no particular
plans; letters from insurgent leaders assert
that the Spanish troops avoid open en-
gagements.
Christians at Canea lombard the town;
there was little fighting, for the governor
ran away and consuls and people alike
made haste to get aboard ship out of
harms way.
Congressional forecast: In both senate
and house the appropriation bills call for
attention; with the immigration, bank.
ruptcy and railroad bills still undisposed
of the arbitration treaty is likely to be left
for consideration by the next congress; in
the house lively debate is expected over
the sins Of commission and of omission
embraced in the Sundry civil bill; an at
tempt will be made today to pass the bill
under suspension of the rules.
The herald., 1897-02-15
SAN PEDRO HARBOR
WILL Be IMPROVED
With Millions Provided by
Congress
THE DECISION IS arrived At
Though Not Yet Formally Made
Public
VOTE IS NOT UNANIMOUS
For Ose Lonely Commissioner Favsrs
Santa Morica
Four Harbor Examiners Prove Faithful t.
Their Trust
Information Not Official. but Coming Prom Z
Thoroughly Trustworthy Source. That
the Peoples Harbor Battle
Has Been Won
For Ose Lonely Commissioner Favors
Santa MOrica
Four Harbor Examiners Prove Faithful t.
Their Trust
Information Not Official, but Coming Prom .
Thoroughly Trustworthy Source, That
the Peoples Harbor Battle
Has Been Won

The San Francisco Examiner Of Sat-
urday morning publishes the following
dispatch:
WASHINGTON, Feb. ia high Of
fetal in the war department Is abso-
lutely certain that majority Of the.
members of the deep water harbor COM
mission, now in this city, favor San
Pedro. This official, whose identity
cannot now be made public, has been
sounding the members Of the commits
sion and from the information he has
secured says the decision will be in
favor of San Pedro, and that the vote
will stand four to one. He is confident
that a majority of the members have
already determined what their action
will be, although the formal decision
may not reach the secretary of war for
several days. This official is Of the
opinion that Commissioner Morgan will
file a minority report in favor Of Santa
Monica ard against San Pedro.
CONFIRMATION.
Private dispatches received in this
city last night are equally positive in
the assertion that the members of the
deep water harbcr commission have ar
rived at conclusion, and that that con-
clusion will result in the location Of the
harbor improvements at San Pedro
For very manifest reasons the source
of information is not made public, but
there seems little reason to doubt that
official secrets have been allowed to
leak out of the council chamber, and
there is very little reason to doubt that
the information now given is accurate
and entirely trustworthy, in which case
one battle of the people against corpo-
ration greed is won
The herald., 1897-02-15
A Snn Diern Murder

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14.-Pedro Mar
giende, an Indian, was found dead in a
dry gully about nine miles from El Cajon
yesterday His throat had been cut,
the head being almost severed from the
body. The body was discovered by an
Indian of the Sequan reservation known
as Pegleg. He failed, however, to no.
tify the coroner until today. At the in
quest several ranchers testified that
they saw Margiende on the road last
Sunday, drunk, with another Indian.
The pair appeared to be quarreling. No
body has been found who knows any,
thing about Margiende's companion,
who doubtless knocked him down and
cut his throat during a drunken row,
afterwards dragging the body to the
gully, where it was found week later.
The herald., 1897-02-15
HOT ON THE TRAIL
Blocdhounds Will Follow fiim Into the Gram
Canvon


Canvon
KINGMAN, A T., Feb. 4.-Bandk
Parker was trailed by the officers to
Milk Weed springs, eighteen miles north
of blackberry this afternoon. PARKER
held up two Indians at the springs ane
took their rifles from them. Blood
hounds will be put on the trail to-gnor-
row and the robber followed into the
Grand canyon.
Marvin, who was arrested, has offered
to confess and will implicate several
people now at large. Marvin purchased
the powder and cartridges found on the
body of the dead robber in KingpRA
Sunday last. Many things purchased by
Marvin have been found. duplicating
him in the hold-up. A posse Will 60 ous
this evening to guard the ferry over the
Colorado river. Parker's people live m
Utah and he may try to reach his home
A brother of his was hanged a fsNl
years ago for horsestealing.
The herald., 1897-02-15
A Mission Celebration

DECOTO, Feb. 14-Mission San Jose
is already making preparation for the
centenary of the founding of the old mis-
sion, one June 13. The mission was
founded June 13, 1897, and still stands a
relic of the days of Spanish occupation
On the morning of June 13 mass will be
held, followed later in the day by a
procession and features representing the
customs and manners of century ago
There will be vaqueros with their gaud-
lily caparsoned steeds, exhibitions OF
ridinf, lassoing and tanning of wild colts
and many other things. A barbecue
will be given.
The herald., 1897-02-15
Rosemead's Successor

LONDON, Feb. 14.-Sir Alfred Milner
has been appointed governor of Cape
Colony to succeed Lord Rosemead, bet
ter known as Sir Hercules Robinson
who resigned on account of ill health
Sir Alfred Miner. X. c. B., son of Chas
Miner Esq, M. d., born in 1884. edu-
Gated at Baliol Oxford (B A. 1877, M
A. 1879, Bar Inner Temple 1881, was pri-
vate secretary to the chancellor of the
exchequer (Hon. G. j. Goschen) 18S7-S9;
secretary of finance in Egypt 1SS9-92
since which time he has been chairman
for the board of international revenue;
unsuccessfully contested Middlesex
Harrow division. 1885; author of Eng
land in Egypt.
The herald., 1897-02-15

seems determined to do all 1t can to ig-
more the south and cripple southern
state institutions, while grabbing every
thing for itself. The assembly state
prison committee, however, has report
ed favorably bill to establish South
ern California penitentiary, and appro-
priating $4,000 to pay the expenses of
special commission in locating it. Kern
county has already offered a site, but
some think one of the islands off the
coast would be the best location. The
bill will probably pass
General Mathews, postmaster of Los
Angeles, is here and has written to the
Fiesta committee urging that state Of
ficers and the legislature be invited to
attend this year as two years ago. 1t
is thought the governor would probably
come. FRASlER.
THE VETERANS PROTEST.
OAKLAND, Feb. 14.-The Oakland
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public are in arms against the passage
of Assemblyman Dibble's bill, by which
it is proposed to turn the Yountville
Soldiesr' home over to the state of
California to be run as a state institu-
ton. In response to call issued yes
terday afternoon, 200 veterans met this
afternoon at the Army and Navy league
headquarters to protest against the
passed the assembly, and offer in its
stead bill prepared by z. N. Goldsby,
under the direction of several members
of the Grand Army.
Goldsby said he had been familiar with
the workings of the home since it's ORR
gin, and was satisfied that at the pres
ent time it was not being conducted as
it should be. He spoke against the
canteen system of selling liquor to the
soldiers, by which the home realizes
$1,000 per month, and the proposed
method of handling the funds of the
institution. He declared the veterans
were in favor of turning the home over
to the state, but wanted it done in the
right manner.
A committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed and returned with resolutions
characterizing the Dibble bill as insult
ficient, because it does not provide the
manner in which the state may acquire
control over the home.
The herald., 1897-02-15
CASTLEMARY'S FUNERAL
Great Crowds Gather at the Dead Singers
Obsequies


NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Probabfy no
person connected with the theatrical
or operatic profession ever had such
tribute paid to his memory in this city
as was in the display this afternoon at
the funeral services over the body Of
Count Armand de CASTOR, known as
Customary, the singer who died at the
Metropolitan opera house on Wednes-
day night, while singing in Martha.
The crowd that collected in and around
the French church of st. Vincent de
Paul, in West Twenty third street. was
so large that the policemen on duty
tried to control it. More than 1000 per-
sons were in the church, and many
women swooned. All the members Of
the Metropolitan Opera company were
present and M. Plancon, Nine. Livinno
and Violinist Hasselbring participated
in the elaborate musical program. The
floral tributes were profuse and came
from all the stars of the company and
many who knew not the dead man, but
who had applauded him at the opera,
The body was buried in Mount KisoA
cemetery.
The herald., 1897-02-15
rllch,can Water Power

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 14-Charles =.
Osborne, of Sault Ste Marie, state game
and fish warden, has returned from
Washington with the information that
a company has been organized to conn
plete the canal of the St. Mary's Water
Power company at an expense of nearly
49, 000, coo. Mr.. Osborne says there are
interested in the new enterprise the
Cramps the shipbuilders of Philadelphia,
the Chicago Gas company and others
which are to locate works on the new
canal The Cramps propose to estabish
lake shipbuilding industry at tn
falls
The herald., 1897-02-15
A Murderer Caught

DENVER, Col, Feb. Hilary Da-
Wis charged with the murder Of Officer
Joseph Baker at North Baltimore, Ohio,
June 21, 1896, has been arrested in this
city. He is said to be the last member
of the Stratton gang of postoffice rob-
bers. Officer Baker discovered Bob
Curry and Doc Leon in the act of rob-
bing the North Baltimore postoff1ce.
They killed him, but were captured. Da-
Wis escaped from the Toledo Jail. Curry
and Leon were tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life. Da-
Wis was betrayed to the Denver police
by his younger brother Gus, with whom
he had been travelling through the south
and in Mexico since his escape.
The herald., 1897-02-15

ment with Yale will not affect agree
ments with other colleges, nor prevent
a boat race with Cornell in the following
years.
1t is understood that the first baseball
game will be played in Cambridge on
June 20, which is the day before class
day with the second at New Haven on
June 30 If third game is necessary, it
will be played a week later. The track
athletic games will occur at New Ha-
ven on May IT,
The herald., 1897-02-15
George Foster Dead

gram received here tonight announces
the death in Arkansas of George Foster
of Coronado a brother of ex-Secretary
of State John w. Foster. The deceased
left here two weeks ago in apparently
good health for a trip to the east, in
tending to visit his brother in Wash
ington. Mr.. Foster had resided at Cor
Onado several years.
The herald., 1897-02-15
Nat Now a conrre,sman

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Feb 14-Ex-
Congressman Smedley Darlington has
been arrested on a charge of embezzle-
ment arising from the financial
troubles of the West Chester Guarantee
Trust and Safe Deposit company, of
which he was president before the re-
cent appointment of receivers.
The herald., 1897-02-15
Mrs Besnnt Coming

NEW YORK, Feb 1i.-Mrs. Anna Bess
ant. the Theosopist, will arrive in New
York early in March. She will remnaI
in this country six months during whlQl
time she will visit all the larger citie0
Her lectures viii be devoted to the ~
position of Theosopy and some OF hee
experiences in her journey through M
dia, from which country she y now ~.
turning, will be told. n
The herald., 1897-02-15
Wages Cut

HARRISBURG. Pa, Feb. 14.-Notice
of a ten per cent reduction was pc/ted
at the works of the Pennsylvania Steel
company to take effect March 1. The
reduction effects 5000 employees. Presi-
dent FELTON, said he hoped the condi-
tions would soon improve so as to war;
rant a restoration of the old wages. The
reduction is the result of the collapse
of the steel rail pool.
The herald., 1897-02-15
This Is a Warning

ELWOOD. Ind, Feb. 4.-The waste
oil from Alexander's oil we'll, which
flows into the creek passing through the
city, was set on fire by boys today and
the flames swept through the town,
burning two bridges and an elevator,
causing heavy loss.
The herald., 1897-02-15
It Means Army Worm

PACIFIC GROVE, CAL. Feb. 14.-A
curious natural phenomenon is interest
ing scientists hereabouts of which no
explana ton has been found. During
the last week myrials of butterflies, all
of one species. have congregated in
Mariposa grove, near Point Pinos light
house. The numbers are increasing
doi
The herald., 1897-02-15
nexican r1atters

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 14.-United
States Minister Ransom is on his way to
his home in North Carolina, having been
summoned by a telegram announcing
the serious illness of his wife. Hundreds
of Americans are here. The weather is
warm and pleasant
The herald., 1897-02-15
The Sick Senator's

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
George, of Mississippi, has recovered
sufficiently to be taken to his Mississippi
home The condition of Senator Harris
of Tennessee continues favorable, al
though it will be several weeks before
he can resume his sena toriai duties.
The herald., 1897-02-15
Redmond Reaches fIome

LONDON, Feb. 14-The Parnellite
leader Hon. John F. Redmond, who re-
Gently paid a visit to America, arrived
at Dublin this evening He was escort
ed to the National club by torchlight
procession.
The herald., 1897-02-15


Danish which still holds
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
A Colossal Criminal.

Hardened criminals who are given
tickets-of-leave and who continue a
course iniquity frequently have une1-
pired and accumulated periods OF de-
teption to serve for which their lives
would not be long enough, says Pear
sons Weekly.
None of these, however, would be
likely to compare with the individual
who resides in the town OF Memphis.
How he manages to elude the vigilance
of the law is question which cannon
satisfactorily be answered.
The fact, however, remains tina
were he to be arrested and mate u
serve the full sentence of each GRIM
| or misdemeanor with which ne could
or has been, charged, his life woui
need to be heightened to a period
| /, AS years.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
In an Iron Coffin.

When Jacob Guldi, one OF the best
known of the German pioneer citizens,
was stricken with what an intuition
told him would be a fatal disease,
there was one request which he
solemnly made of the members OF the
family, and that was that when the
end should have come they would bury
him in such way that his body would
be safe from ghouls, who might wish
to sell it to doctors for dissection, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t seems that the disease to q
degree mystifed the doctors. and
from this grew Mr.. Guilds suspicion
| that they would wish to wrest the Sc
cret from his mortal remains Mr.
Guldi died this week, and was buried
in the German Protestant Cemetery
ON Walnut Hills. The person who
secures his body will have to be mol
only ghoul but craftsman capable
of blowing the strongest safe IN tn
world. After debating the matter
| the family decided to place the hand
soma coffin inside of an iron box
The latter is about the size OF OF
binary wooden box which is generall
lowered into the grave. The box
which Mr.. Guldi rests weighs nearly
ton, and it required large force
men TO lower it into the grave, b'
the remarkable part of it is the III
which is locked on by q system
tumblers, just as n safe door is iocke'
When the last rites were finished II
immense iron lid was lowered IN
place. the tumblers clicked and t
most skilful grave robber conld a
!. get at the body.
There is absolutely no way to OPP
the iron vault, except by using sol
powerful explosive, as there is no W
d by which it could be opened from I
!, outside.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10

Late one Saturday night there ar
rived at q town in the mountainous
regions of Pennsylvania a total strang-
er. FATAL, gaunt, lightcomplexioned man.
with rather low, retreating forehead
and high cheek bones. He spent the
night at the public honse, and the
next morning made his way to the
Methodist church aud accosted tue
pastor, telling him that he was
brother in the ministry. He seemed
| 40 awkward and plain in appearance q
that the pastor was half inclined to
omit lie courtesy due brother pas
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10

The smallest residence in San Fran
cisco, is, of course. located in China
town. 1t is not, however, at the end
of q dark alley in damp cellar. IN
many of these are some very diminu-
tive roosting places, but they are ele-
CANT homes and 1ats compared to
Wong Seeks private residence on the
corner of Waverly place and Clay
street, says the San Francisco Call.
Wong's home is about as big as his
skin-a trife larger, of course, to ale
low for his wooden shoes that go to
bed with him, but the difference is not
material. Wong's home is box
nailed to brick wall over the fruit
stand where Wong makes living that
would not keep white baby fat.
Directly opposite-that is to say on
the southeast corner OF Waveriy
place and Clay street--there isanother
Chinaman who has n residence simi-
lar to that OF Wong, But ms - larger
than Wong's- whether owing TO
larger wooden shoes or to just what,
is not known. But it measures fully
a foot more in length and is IN inch
or 80 more in thickness.
The dimensions of Wong's Residence
he lives in it all by himself are i've
feet in length, two feet in width, with
ceiling height OF three feet clear o.
the gas fixtures. For pillow Wong
has a 9O-cent oil stove. md in the
2 morning he cooks his breskfast on BIZ
pillow. He uses rope ladder to ge
into his home, and when he has tucked
himself in for tbs night, he pulls NJ
his ladder and is safe.
Wong ia. saving money aud VII
. some day take the steamer Tor Chm
and cart off 200 or 900 American goi
r dollars to the sIums of Hongkona
. where he will live like prince.