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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

AFTERNOON FIRE.-The alarm of fire
sounded from box 2J at 4.55 o'clock yes
terday AFTERNOON was oCcasioned by a
blaze issuing from the basement of No.
80 school. The janitor of the building
put in the furnace Let of paper that
he later applied a match to. He for
got to close the furnace door and some
of the lighted paper was carried by a
current of air on the floor, and a large
bundle of papers was ignited. The dam
age was very slight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

KNIGHTS WILL GO.-Quite a large
number of Scranton Knights Templar will
attend the funeral of the late Fred w.
Tyrrell at Wilkes-Parre today. They will
leave here on the noon Delaware ana
Hudson train. The funeral will be Temp
lar and under the direction of Dieu lie
Veut commandery. of WillSes-Barre. 1t
will be held at . o'clock. The service will
correspond TO the Masonic repute of the
deceased who was division commander
and grand marshal of the grand COM
mandcry OF the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

OPEN OCT. 1.-The educational and
gymnasium classes of the Young Wo-
mems Christian association will open
October /. Information in regard to the
classes will be given at the rooms and 1t
is hoped that many will avail themselves
of this opportunity to receive the benefits
the association has to offeE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

FOR RECKLESS DRIVING-Upon the
Information of f. ]. Holley. Barney Muir
ray was arrested last night or a warrant
issued by Alderman John T. Howe on a
charge of fast and reckless driving. Hul-
ley was out driving in a buggy when
Murray came along driving recklessly
and fast and crashed into his wagon,
breaking the wheels and otherwise dam
aging it. Murray was put under $500 bail
for his appearance at court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

YOUNG MEMS FoRUM.--The Young
Mems Forum club, who have their rooms
in the board of trade building. held a
special meeting last evening IN the office
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
LINcoLN's BIRTHDAY.
IL Is Appropriately observed in
Number of cities.

Chicago. Feo. 1.-THE banquet OF the
Marquette club on Saturday evening
was The leading event in this city in
honor Of LiuecIG's eighty-nlath birth
day. More than 1900 persons listened
70 the addresses OF ex-President Harri-
son, Justice David j. Brewer, Secretary
Gage, Bishop Porter and the other dis.
tinguished guests.
Boston, Feb. 1.-THE Middlesex club.
of Massachusetts. on Saturday observed
Lineoln's birthday with great banquet
at YouEg's hotel. Two hundred and
fifty of the leading republicans of the
state and New England were present.
The principal speakers were ex-Gov. j.
Q. A. Bracket, Lieut.. Gov. T. L. Wood
ruff. OF New York; Gen. Benjamin F..
Tracy. OF New York; Congressman C.
b. Lands, of Indiana. and Gov. Hast
ings, of Pennsylvania.
New York, Feb. l4.-For the third
time the birthday of Abraham Lincoln
was celebrated in this city Saturday
as a public holiday. All banks and pub
lie institutions were closed. as were also
the majority of stores.
The chief event of the day was the
annual Lincoln dinner, at the Repub-
lican club, which was presided over by
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who. with Con-
gresham Charles A. BouteIle, Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and
others, spoke. Senator John NJ. Thurs
ton addressed the Union League club of
Brooklyn at night.
ST. Paul, Mimi. Feb. 14.-In Mime
sofa which first of all the states leois-
lated LiAcoln's birthday into a legal
holiday, Saturday was generally OBJ
served, banks and public Offices being
closed all day and general business
much curtailed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
ALAS FOR THE EGGS.
The Revenge of Donkey That Had
Been Beaten.

One morning, while in Rome, |
walked out of the city with friend
writes Rev. George +. HasllinS. After
a walk OF several hours we called at an
inn for refreshment. As we neared
the ever open door of the hosiery, our
attention was arrested by the APP.
proach, from another direction, of II
tall, stout, middle-aged woman, and by
her side two large, moving pannicrs
filled to the very top with
eggs. From these panniers, II
you looked up, you saw two
very long ears; if you looked down
you saw four small legs, and between
the panniers was the head &C an ami
NAL. 1t was a donkey who bore The
heavy burden.
The woman was in great haste to
reach the city; but the donkey was in
no haste at all. On some previous oc-
casion he had very likely been fed at
the inn, and he stopped there now,
probably in the hope of getting some
thing to eat. Nor would he bulge a
foot.
The woman was armed with stout
stick about three feet long. With that
she began Delaying the poor donkey.
shouting at him meantime. Then she
went behind and strove to push him on
by main strength, putting her shout
der to his rump. Then she renewed
the beating and the shouting. All in
vain.
Presently the donkey became sulky.
perhaps revengeful. For to TIE horror
of hisagonized mistress, he kneeled and
then down went his hind legs, and the
next moment he was rolling over on
his back. His feet were in the air, and
the eggs were everywhere.
l could not help plying the poor
woman, who sobbed. shrieked and
danced wildly about in her distress;
and yet l reflected that if she had fed
the poor donkey instead Of beating
him so numerically. the disaster
might not have occurred. ! hope the
same thought struck her. Youths
COMPANION
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
What Decided His vote.

When DR.. Kenealy, being returned to
parliament by the electors of Stoke,
took an early opportunity of moving a
vote of censure on the judges, he found
c teller in Mr.. Whalley. On the house
dividing, it was found tina: 433 men Of
all parties yoted in the negative, DR..
Kenealy's proposition being supported
by single member. Tie single mem
Der vas Maj. O'Gorman. Asked aft
erward why he had gone against1his
own party, for once merged in the ma
jority. the major, hopping his massive
brow, answered; ''Bedad, it's a hot
night, aid knew there would be more
room in the aye lobby. San Francis
co Argonaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Milwaukee, Feb. 14.-Fire Sunday
evening broke out in ST. Aemilianus'
orphan asylum at st. Francis, suburb
of this city, where 300 children are
quartered. Most of the children were
playing outside at the time, while the
remainder were scattered in the differ.
ont corridors of the building Many
OF the children took fright and ran
away, and late at night several were
rounded up in police stations in differ
cnt sections of the city. Those in the
building were marshaled out in safety.
The damage to the structure was small.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
LoNeFgLLow AN ECLECTIC.
"Taies of a wayside Inn" Appeals 20 an
Americans.

Americans.
If Longfellow is generally appreci-
atcd by our people it must be because
he has something for them all, and not
alone for those of Anglo-Saxon stock.
And this is true. 1t arises from the
fact that Longfellow is an eclectic in
his tastes and sympathies. He might
have said, with the Latin dramatist:
Because l am a man, nothing which
pertains to humanity is beyond the
range OF my INTEREST,"" but it would
have been more accurate to say; Il am
an American, of English stock, born
when continental ideas were beginning
topermeate the civilization of New Eng
land, and conversant, by the very neces-
sity of my vocation. with the litera-
lures ofwestern Europe; sothat all that
is best in the tongue of Lope de Vega,
of INLAND, of Charles d'Orleans, of
Tegner, and of Dante. l regard as no
less my portion than the pages of the
Bible or the history OF Massachusetts,
Accordingly, Longfellow is at once
patriot and cosmopolite. He roves
with pleasure in Europe, but dwells for
sheltered Washington. He writes THE
Courtship of Miles Standish" and "The
Village blacksmith" but also "The
Spanish STUDENT THE Golden Ic-
gend," and Michael Angelo" In fact,
he is like a merchant who traf1ics ex-
tensively with foreign countries,
though he has also a considerable do
nestle trade, and devotes all his gains
to the embellishments of the city in
which his lot is cast, and in which he
dwells by preference.
The eclecticism of Longfellow is we'll
illustrated by the Tales of a Wayside
Inn" The scene is the Red Horse
tavern in Sudbury, 20 miles from Cam
bridge; but the characters include
Norwegian, a Sicilian, and a Jew, be-
sides a student whose tastes make him
q. q citizen Of the world. In addition to
these there are three characters identi-
fed with New England, Of whom two,
at least, are persons of the widest
sympathies. Thus it happens that,
while his foreigners are relatively fixed
and bounded in knowledge and lil1ings,
his Americans are catholic in spirit,
and the society which they temporarily
form is delightful, because of the assoc
citation of pronounced Municipalities
with others whose personal character
istics are tempered with that universal
love which is nothing less than the very
efflorescence of wisdom.-Prof Albert
S. Cook, in Chautauquan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

A publican who had mouse a few
miles out of London told me the follow
ing story not long since: One day a
little girl, about seven or eight years
old, came in for pint of four ale in Il
tankard. Not having one in the bar.
my friend sent her out into the pot
house, where the potman was busy
boiling his pots, to obtain one. "Oh!"
said the little girl, ''do you boil yours?
Why, my father fries his" Having
lost several pots, the potman's sus-
picions were aroused, so. in company
of a police officer, he followed the girl
home and caught the father melting
down some pewter pots in a frying
pan. The man, who turned out TO be
. noted counterfeiter. got ten years
penal servitude.-London Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
REMEMBERS ITS DEAD.
City of Gloucester. Mass. Pays Tribute
to Lost Fishermen.

Gloucester, Mass, Feb. 14.-Glouces-
ter's annual tribute to lost fishermen
was made Sunday. The annual memo
rial service under the auspices of the
Gloucester Fishermen's institute was
held in the First Baptist church Sun
day afternoon before a large audience.
many of whom were relatives and
friends of lost fishermen. Practically
all of the clergy of the city were present
and participated in the services, which
opened with select Scripture sentences
by the chaplain of the institute. The
memorial list, which was read, shows
that 90 fishermen lost their lives during
1897, their average age being 81 years.
There are II widows and As children left
TO mourn their loss. A large percentage
of the unfortunate fishermen we're ma
tves of the British provinces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

diplomatic service and seek political
preferment in Spain. The affair Will
not in the least affect the relations
between Spain and the United States;
in fact. the belief is that the minister
10 succeed De LONE, who will be in
closer touch politically with the Sa-
gasta cabinet and its reform plans, will
effect more cordial relations between
the two governments.
De Lome's offensive words.
Minister De Lome's letter, the dis
covery of which has caused the present
sensation, was addressed to Senior Can
alejas, the well-known editor of the
Heraldo of Madrid. The portion which
is looked upon as offensive reads:
1.-THE presidents message has unde-
ceived the insurgents, who expected some
thing else, and has paralyzed the action
of congress- but l consider il bad Besides
the natural and inevitable coarseness with
which he repeats all that the press and
public opinion of Spain has said of Wey-
Ter, 1t shows one what Mckinley is-weak
and catering to the rabble and, besides a
low politician. who desires TO leave a door
open to me and to stand well with the
JingoeS of his party"
De LONE Is out.
" Madrid, Feb. 11.-At meeting of the
Spanish cabinet held Thursday under
the presidency of the queen regent. the
minister of foreign affairs. Senior Gull
Ion. read dispatch from Senior Dupuy
De LONE. the Spanish minister at Wash
ington, saying that the published letter
to Senior Canalejas was written by him
and that his position. consequently, had
become untenabe and he begged the
government to accept his resignation
bo ~ Il 4 ~.
nation of Senior Dupuy De LONE and
the ministers subsequently met and de-
cided to telegraph to Senior De LONE ac-
cepting his resignation and intrusting
the first secretary with the conduct of
the current affairs of the legation.
His Recall Asked For.
Washington, Feb 1.-THE state de-
partment Thursday morning gave out
for publication the substance of the
cablegram sent Wednesday to Gen
Woodford. our minister TO Madrid in
reference to the De LONE letter. The
statement is as follows:
There has appeared in ru',lic prints
letter addressed by the Spanish minister
20 Mr.. Canalejas. This letter. the minister
admits, was written by him. 1t contains
expressions concerning the president of
the United States Of such a character as
10 end the minister's usefulness as a rep
resentatiVe of his government in this
country. Gen. Woodford, therefore, was
instructed a. once to say TO the minister of
state that the immediate recall of Mr.
Dupuy De LONE is expected by the pres
ident."
A refusal to make disavowal of De
Lome's sentiments places the admins
tration in position calling for de-
cislve action Immediately. If Spain
persists in maintaining this present at
titude there is no alternative, it is
urged, but the withdrawal of Minister
. Woodford from Madrid and the sever
ance of diplomatic relations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Council Bluffs, Ia. Feb. 12.-Mrs. Ida
J. Seipel, while getting breakfast Fri
day morning at her home in Persia, was
fatally shot by her divorced husband,
Michael Seipel. Seipel ran from the
house 10 barn, climbed into the hay
NOW and shot himself through the
heart, dying instantly. Mrs. Seipel was
shot three times, and there is little
chance for her recovery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
SENIOR De LONE RETIlES.
Spanish Minister'S Note Regarding
President Mckinley Gets Him
Iato Trouble.
he SENDS HIS RESIGNATION TO MADRID.
Admits That He Penned the onen-
siVe Document Minister wood
ford Demanded His Recall by the
Direction of the State Department
No Serious Results Looked For.

Washington, Feb. lO.--Enrique Dupuy
De LONE is no longer Spanish minister
to the United States government He
cabled his resignation of the post to
Madrid upon making the discovery that
his letter to Senior Canalejas, rejecting
upon President Mckinley, had been
published. To Assistant Secretary of
State Day Senior DE LONE admitted that
he had penned the note. whereupon the
state department wired Minister Wood
ford. at Madrid, directing that he de-
mand from the Spanish government
the recall of Senior De LONE. 1t is said
that Senior De LONE will abandon the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
Potter ReeIected.

St. Louis, Feb. 11.-lsaac S. Potter,
of New York, was reelected president OF
the League of American Wheelmen at
the annual meeting, yesterday. The
report of the secretary shows that the
league has 10000 members The next
meeting will be held in Providence, Il.
l. The league went on record as OPP
posed to Sunday racing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
Belongs TO the Fair Estate.

San Francisco, Feb. 14.-Supreme
CourtJudge Hubbard, Of California, has
decided that the state of California has
no title to the tide land property OF
the Fair estate at North Beach. that the
state parted with its title long ago to
James G. Fair and that title to the
property. which is valued at S400.00O is
now vested in Fairs successors in in
terest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
Congress OF Mothers.

Washington, Feb. l4.-The national
congress of mothers will hold its second
convention in Washington the first
week in May, and the prospects are that
the attendance will be even larger thaa
last year. The names of many notable
men and women will appear upon the
programme. The sessions will continue
for six DAYS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
Jury Finds LuetGert Guilty of the
Murder of His Wife.

VI his
Chicago, Feb. 10.-Adolph Louis Lieut.
CERT was pronounced guilty of the pre-
meditated murder of his wife, Louise,
at 1925 o'clock Wednesday night, and
his punishment was fixed at imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for the res
mainder of his natural fife.
[Adolph L. Luetgert's wife, Louise, dis
appeared the night of May l, 1897. Her dis
appearance was reported to the police May
by her brother Diedrich Bieknese, of
Oakdale Ill The police searched the clay
holes of the northwest side and the river
for her body, followed false clews of her
through Illinois and Wisconsin; then May
Is searched the Luetgert sausage factory
at Hermitage avenue and Diversey street.
finding two woman's gold rings in a vat
in the basement, as well as numerous cir
cumstances believed to be incriminating
Mary Simmering, Luetgert's servant, was
arrested at once. Luetgert was arrested
the following day. He was held to the
grand jury on charge Of wife murder
by Justice kerSten. Habeas corpus pro-
ceedings proved futile to effect his release
An indictment was returned June 6. The
first trial was brought before Judge Tut
hill August % and closed October q, the
jury failing to agree on a verdict The
second trial began before Judge Gary on
a change of venue from Judge Horton
November &c. In this trial lac witnesses
were called. Luetgert testified in his own
behalf for the first time. 1t was claimed
by the state that Luetgert looked down
upon his second wife as though she occu-
pied a station beneath him: that he loved
other women and desired TO rid himself
of her that she might not stand In the
way of the fulf1llment of his purposes. and
that he disintegrated her body in vat at
the sausage factory with a solution Of
potash after having effected her death.
The defense claimed that Mrs. Luetgert
disappointed over the business failure anu
despondent had wandered aWaYl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Marion, o., Feb. IA shooting af-
fray occurred here Saturday night
among colored people in which James
Woods was killed, Lizzie Hines johnson
MORALLY wounded, and a number of
others received wounds which were not
serious. Winfield Lewis, better known
as bad Eye" formerly Of Columbus, O.,
did the shooting. After killing Woods
he recklessly shot at every colored per
son in sight and then escaped.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE treasury
department has issued a statement to
the effect that the average receipts
from all sources for the first ten days
in February was S1,O57, 500. or at the
rate of 1886, 130,5sO per annum, which is
$50 900, 900 in excess Of the average an
nual expenditures for the past nine
ypare
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
seeking Ice-Bound Men.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 1.-THE United
States relief expedition to the whalers
and whaling vessels now in the icepack
off Point Barrow has been landed at
Cape Vancouver, and is now started
away across the bleak stretch of snow
and ice, LAO miles. When it will ar.
rive at its destination, if ever, is merely
coniectural
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Philadelphia, Feb. 11.-Rev. DR.. Will
liam c. Cartel, former president Of L. :
fayette college, died at 1:45 o'clock
this morning after long illness Of a
complication Of diseases. He was II
years of age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
4 score KILLED.

Warsaw, Feb. II. : During funeral
services in the synagogue at Idzienciol,
in Grodno. the woman's gallery col.
lapsed. In the panic that ensued IL
women, five men and three children
were crushed to death and many others
were seriously injured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

New York, Feb. 14.-John y. Nc.
Kenzie died Sunday, aged 66 years. Re
was chairman of the committee of cit
liens formed for the relief of the col
ored people in the war riots. He was
also foreman of the grand jury which
indicted William NJ. Tweed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
mig shin Goes Down.

New York. Feb. l4.-The American
line steamer ST. Louis. Capt. Randle,
which arrived from Southampton re-
ports the loss at sea Of the Holland
American line steamer Veendam, C-p1
Stenger. from Rotterdam for New
York. The passengers and crew of the
veendam were saved by the st. Louis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17

Vienna, Feb. 12.-Emperor Francis
Joseph viii celebrate this year the if
tieth anniversary of his succession TO
the crown and he has decided TO sig
nalize the event by resigning in favor
Of his eldest nephew.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
Death of a Jnrist

St. Louis, Feb. 14.-Justice George B.
MacFarlane, Of the supreme court Of
Missouri, died Saturday from the eff
reefs Of an operation performed for an
attack of appendicitis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-17
inheritance Tax Void.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Feb. lin the
district court Judge Thornell declared
the Iowa collateral inheritance tax law
unconstitutiona because it fails TO pro
vide for legal notice and therefore takes
property without due process Of law.