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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12
THE REAL ANDREW JACKSON.
lie Could Not Today Win the Renown
Which Attaches to the Hero of New
Orleans.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The Democratic idolatry of Jackson
is not altogether unaccountable He
had many of the qualities which make
up the poular hero. First OF all, he
was absolutely fearless. The popular
judgment runs strongly with Parson
Wilbur: "I don't alters agree with
him." sez he, ut, by Time!" seq he,
II like man lat amt afeared." He
was vehement friend as we'll as a
bitter hater. He had a real genius for
war, and his star arose amidst the
darkness of midnight. He gave the
country a victory and hero Just when
victories and heroes were sadly needed
The war had brought us, on land,
nothing but series of defeats and
disgraces, eliminating in the capture
of our national capital and the burn
ing of the national buildings, which
(while bringing little glory to the en-
emy) brought measureless ignominy
upon us. There was great reason to
fear a similar humiliation in the cap
ture of the capital of the southwest
To defend the city against the British
army We had a handful of undisciplined
troops, made up Of the local militia,
h1SthS -61tlShCu NOluuleeTB, negroes.
and Lafitte's pirates. No one dared
hope that these forces could make
head against the veterans of the PENN
sular War who had defeated the mar
shalS of Napoleon; who had marched
in triumph from Torres Vedras to
Paris; of whom Wellington said,
with these men l could go any
where"
1t was over this darkness that Jack
Sc. and the Sth Of January flashed
with radiance that startled not alone
the nation but the world. Wellington
and Napoleon alike recognized the
splendor Of the military genius that
had emerged from ohscurity. The
plain people were all the more readily
captured, as they knew that the hero
was one of themselves-a man of
humble birth. owing nothing to books
or to the schools. who did not really
believe. to his dying day, that the
earth is round. His simple life, his
corncob pipe, his direct, unadorned,
lucid and forcible speech added to the
charm. He was personally pure in life
and. no doubt, personally honest. He
was peculiarly the idol of the South
anu the southwest. which held then
political predominance that no longer
| exists. 1t was no disadvantage to him
in the o. - of Tennessee and Mississippi
that he would say to visitors, THAT is
the pistol that / shot Mr.. Dickinson
with" and that he and Colonel Benton
each carried in his body bullet from
the others rifle. Probably Jackson's
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12

adherence to the Democratic party
was largely a matter Of accident, due
to his Southern birth and associations;
to the fact that the Federals opposed
the war; 20 his own narrow minded
view of the Constitution Qf we may
suppose that he ever gave any refiec-
tion to that instrumenD, and to the
rivalry existing between himself and
Henry Clay.
1t is a matter for congratulation and
is-an evidence of advance In public
intelligence that such a career as that
Of Jackson is probably impossible at
the present time. When a later Ten
ntssean imagined that Andrew John
son was but a modern spelling of An
drew Jackson and that ignorance and
bull-heaoed win were the only requis-
ties for greatness. the nation smiled
contemptuously and tossed him back
into his proper obscurity. Even the
great and merited popularity of the
man who compelled the surrender of
Lee was impaired by the suspicion eve
believe unfounded) that he aspired to
something of absolutism.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12
LONG DISTANCE SINGING.
Miss Helen BuckIey's Voice Travelled
1000 Miles.

A woman's voice, rising and falling
In song, travelled 1000 miles yester-
day. and little crowd of men listened
with delight to the notes and greeted
the finale with applause. The singer,
listening far away, heart the sound and
smiled. She had sung in Chicago to
an audience in New York.
The audience gathered about 8
O'clock in one of the offices of the
American telegraph and telephone COM
pany, at No. Is Dey street, to hear Miss
Helen Buckley's voice from the West.
]. II. Phipps and +. r. Campigllo had
arranged the test with the company.
They said it was the first experiment
of the kind. Not long ago a piano was
tested in his manner. but 1t was not
known how the singing voice would
carry. Walter Damrosch, Ernest Ney-
or, John w. Lander and other musi-
clans had promised to be present. 1t
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12

was said, but did not appear, but John
Brown, of Chickering hall, was there.
She sang and the sound sped east
ward. From where she stood the wires
stretched southwark to Blue Island,
and then swung sharply to the east,
over the plains of Indiana and through
the towns, darted into Ohio at Bryan
and thence to Maumee, and so across
the state and into Pennsylvania. Fast
er than the eye can trace the route on
the map, the humming wires carried
the sound through the black coal
fields to Pittsburg, then through AL
toona and Harrisburg, now stretched
between poles. gliding underground
now dropping from sight under a river.
They climbed mountains and threaded
forests and swung over the fields and
farms of Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey, and until at last they plunged un-
der the Hudson and set the receivers
vibrating up in the twentieth story of
the telephone building.
The wires entered in a large desk,
on which lay a score or more receivers
for the guests. When all was ready
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12

the operator called up the long dis
tance department and asked for Chi
cago. The connection was made, and
the receivers were handed TO those
present.
"Al! ready here" said Chicago.
Every word was distinct.
"All right" said the operator. ''go
ahead"
There was silence for a minute, and
then piano was heard. After a few
bars the voice of a woman rose, clear,
sweet and strong, in Mendelssohn's
Hear Ye Israel" from the oratorio of
Elijah" 1t was difficult to distin-
guish the words. but each note of the
melody could be heard distinctly, with
the piano accompaniment swelling or
dying away.
The effect was not unlike that of the
monograph at times. There was the
same metallic ring at intervals, and
sometimes the sharp scratching noise
heard in that instrument. In her high
notes Miss Buckley was heard to the
best advantage. Those fairly rang out,
and 1t seemed as IL she were singing in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12

q room near by. The song ended with
full. clear note and crashing peal
from the piano, and the listeners drop
ped the receivers TO applaud. Mr.
Phipps called up Miss Buckley and
she was delighted to learn that her
audience was pleased.
Her next number was a difficult aria
from Massenet's "Heriodade." In this
the metallic sounds were more notice
able, and made 1t more difficult to ap-
preciate the voice. This disadvantage,
1t was said, was due to the piano, and
Miss Buckley sang a French song
without accompaniment. This was al
most perfect. Hardly a break nlarred
the beauty Of the voice, and even the
softer passages were pure and dis
tihct. After compliments were sent to
the singer the concert" was closed
New York Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12
The New Woman,

Wouldn't you feel helpless, Emaline. II
you heard the wolf at your doorT' .o.
mot much. I'd pull him by the ear and
make lovely rug out of him."-Detroie
Free Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12
UNCLE SANS LARGE
ISLAND COLLECTION
Not Counting Hawaii, He Has an Ex'
tended Oceanic Realm.
SMALL ISLES IN SEVERAL SEAS

Honoluiu's Picturesque Harbor.
Right OF Annexation of Mid-Sea
Territory--Ameri Isles in the
Pacifc--Queer savages Of Various
Kinds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-12
Household Utensils.


Six hundred pieces of Grey
stone Granite Ware, to be closed
out at less than what you'd pay for
tinware.
Dish Pans
oI-quart Dish Pans.
Worth CSC. January Sale :. SOC
Foot Bath Tubs
Worth oSc. January Sale. 30c
Chamber Pals
Worth 95c. January Sale. 42c
Toilet Paper
1000 rolls to go at .....- 2C
Scrub Brushes
Good quality .......... Sc
Clothes Lines
so feet of Cotton Line for. Sc
Dust Pans
Large Japanned. Round
handles. Worth Ioc. Jan
uary Sale ................. Sc
Dish Pans
Io-quar, tin. January Sale 7c
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
Some Moderate Statesmen.

One day. during a session of congress.
nearly so years ago. William II. Seward
and Robert c. Winthrop were talking
about men and things in Washington.
Moderation rarely succeeds in this
world, remarked Mr.. Seward, senten-
tiously.
ut NAV do better in the next" re-
Joined Mr.. Winthrop. and then he quoted
illustrating the statesman OF true nobility.
who. If he rise to station of command
Rises by open means; and there VIII
stand
On honorable terms. or else retire
And in himself possess his own desire"
Seward took long Whit at his cigar.
and, after a pause, said: II see now
why Greeley no longer considers you a
practical politician"
Mr.. Winthrop was distinguished for his
moderation. self-control and self-respect.
traits which were as conspicuous in his
public as II his private life. He was
ambitious: but no station, no matter how
lofty. could retain him for a moment II
1t required him to stife his convictions or
to depart from that golden mean OF
patriotism commended to him by Wash
ington and John Jay, runs the story as
told IN the Youths Companion.
Mr.. Seward. on the contrary. was
diplomatist. a politician-that is, a man
agar OF men, and secondly. a statesman.
He could. when his humanity was
aroused. Cor he was one of the most
humane OF hSn ueiy nuolic ,VPlHch anu
stand alone while withstanding friends
and foes. He thus stood when he de-
Tended the poor. idiotic.. black murderer
at Auburn. though the community cried.
''Eang him, Hang him. But Mr.. Sew
ards human nature. like the nature of
most men and women. was mixed and
he nridcd himself on being master of
the art of managing men. He found at
last one man he could not manage, Abra-
ham Lincoln. another moderate" states
man. and his relation to the martyred
president became almost that OF an
amanuensis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28

New York, March 27.-Quiet prepara-
lions have been in progress for some
weeks looking toward the organization
of a national volunteer force which, if
organized on the lines laid down, is ex-
pected by it's promoters to be the
largest assembly of volunteers the
world has known having allegiance to
one flag.
The preliminary steps toward organ
iZation were taken on Friday night,
when distinguished veterans and others
interested gathered at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel as the guests of Colonel
w. D. Washington. General o. o..
Howard was called to the chair and
soon after THE National Volunteer
Reserve" was formally organized.
The plan and scope of the movement,
which was termed a grand army of
individual Americans" was explained
by Colonel Washington. 1t was pro-
posed that this new national reserve
shall consist of volunteers, who shall
sign enlistment blanks agreeing, in
case of a foreign war or invasion, to
take up arms at the call of the presl-
dent of the United States, or of the
governor of the state or territory in
which they reside.
1t is the hope of the founders of the
NdliOiidl volunteer RESERVE lndI from
100000 to 100000 of patriotic citizens
will be found ready to form a part of
this patriotic body, ready at all times
to defend the flag.
Officers were elected as follows:
Lieutenant General James NJ Scho-
field, L. S. A, commander: Lieutenant
General James Longstreet, c. S. A,
vice commander; General O. o. How
ard was elected chairman Of the mill
tary committee. with vice chairmen as
follows: Major General Adelbert Ames,
Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler,
Major General Granville NJ. Dodge,
Colonel w. d. Washington was elected
president of the organization and Cen
eral A. Med. McCook secretary. The
executive committee of the military
committee consists of General John NJ.
Schofield, General James Longstreet,
General o. o. Howard, General Adel-
bert Ames. General G. NJ Dodge, Cen
eral Joseph Wheeler General a Med.
McCoOk, General T. G. Wood. General
]. F. Pierson. General L. E. MOlineaux,
General T. Mcmahon and President w
d. Washington. This committee, it is
will meet daily.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
sPITEFUL CONDUCT.
Cuban Alcaldes obstructing American
Charity.

Havana. March 27.-Close upon the heels
of a dispatch TO Consul General Lee from
Washington asking data as to the num-
Der and condition of the reconcen trados
ana also the length of time necessary to
feed them. comes the official announce
ment of the issuance of an order TO all
the alcaldeS. the civil governors and the
Cuban relief committee not to give the
information asked by the central COM
mittee. but 10 refer all queries to Gov
ernor General BlancO, who approved the
order. II seems TO have been decided
upon after knowledge of the grounds
adopted by the United States as to the
that such queries are to be answered by
saying that the Cuban government is car
ing for its own poor. but this is not Ver-
fed AID in the face of the facts. seems
absurd.
When the Mangrove arrived yesterday.
OF Havana sent on board an inspector.
According to the MangrOve officers, the
inspector was particularly offlcious in his
examination OF the vessel opening even
the food lockers and acting as If he sus-
pected the MangroVe of being a filibuster.
Consul General Lee was communicated
with and the inspector was removed in
4 hurry. in response to General Lees
earnest and even indignant remonstrance.
The governments explanation was that
all vessels not men-of-war must be board
ed by customs officers The Mangroye
of-war, but a lighthouse tender. 1t is
certain that no customs officer was or
dered on board the MangrOVe while the
ship served as the headquarters of the
court OF inquiry during its sessions here
and II seems probable that the ANNOYING
partment solely without any sanction by
the palace officials.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
NO RIGHT TO SEND ABROAD.
Militia, However, Would Volunteer
and Then Go Anywhere.

The Herald recently mentioned the dis
cussion regarding the authority of the
governor TO send the militia abroad in
case of war. and Adjutant General Con-
nors' view OF the matter.
The New York Herald contains the fol
lowing from Governor Wells on the same
The constitution of the United States
gives congress the power TO call forth the
militia. hrst 10 execute the laws of the
Union. second 10 suppress instructions,
third to repel invasion Congress has in
numerous acts made the president the
Judge of when such accosiOns have
arisen and has delegated TO him the
authority TO call for the militia for the
purposes above mentioned There Is no
restriction placed on congress as 70 now
1t shall provide for making the call, and
il : therefore within the power OF con-
gress to give the president authority 10
call upon militia OincerS Directly aAd IN
dependent of state officers. In fact. con-
gress has already given the president
this authority in certain cases.
Courtesy alone would require that the
call be made through the governor. II
the governor fails or refuses to respond,
there is no doubt of the presidents
authority lin the cases referred TOD to
make the call Independent of him. or OF
the presidents authority to punish by
the articles of war those militiamen who
fail to respond
The president cannot legally or consti-
tutionall- send militia as Such TO cuba
For an army of invasion he may call for
volunteers. the practical result of which
would be that the militia would volunteer.
Their status would be changed. and the
president would not be restricted by
limitations OF time or place of service.
but could use the volunteers in the same
way as the regular army.
There is no doubt. however. that.
lerallv or otherwise. the militia of Utah
would cheerfully respond to a call from
the president TO serve in Cuba or in any
other foreign country.
HEBER NJ. WELLS
Governor of Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
LEASE OF PORT ARTHUR.
Russians Will Take Possession of the
Chinese Fortress Today.

Pekin, March 27.-M. Pauloff, the Rus
sian charge d'affairs. signed today the
agreement regarding the lease of Port
Arthur and Ta-Lien-Wan and the rail-
way concessions. Port Arthur will be
given over tomorrow.
Chin-Chow will remain Chinese, but
the Russians will establish a small sta
ton in the environs. China will retain
sovereign rights generally and Port
Arthur and Ta-Lien-Wan will be open
to the warships of all nations.
Regarding the customs. the Russians
reserve themselves the collection of the
dues. but nothing Is divulged as TO their
eventual distinction.
The Russians will probably take the
forts at Port Arthur. The Chinese have
decided to open Fuh-Ning, province of
Fo-kien, as treaty port.
London, March 2S.-The Daily News
says this morning it understands that
after Fridays cabinet council orders
were dispatched to the British fleet in
Chinese waters to rendezvous in the
Gulf of Pechi Ii, with a view of
strengthening the diplomacy of Sir
Claude Macdonald, the British minis
ter in China.
The Pekin correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says: Sir Claude MacDOn-
aid has advised China to refuse to
lease Port Arthur, as it is unnecessary,
since Ta-Lien-W Wan has been conceded,
but China has replied that she is
powerless to resist the Russian de-
mands."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
GAMBLING ON WEATHER.
Chicago Mans Idea of Pool Nipped
In the Bud.

Chicago, March 2S.-The government
will not allow anyone to gamble on the
weather mans predictions or to oper-
ate lottery on the predictions. A Chi
cago man conceived the. idea of forming
a pool on the state of the weather on
April 20 next. He proposed to sell tick
cts at about 81 each and to award
prizes running from $50 to $4,000 He
wrote to the postoffice department to
find out if the mails would be closed
against his scheme. Attorney Barrett,
for the department at Washington.
wrote the opinion. which has reached
Chicago. The opinion says:
Although the weather bureau, with
improved appliances, forecasts with a
certain degree of accuracy conditions
of the weather for % hours in advance,
yet for persons throughout the country
10 make such forecasts so far ahead as
April 20 next, would seem to be en-
tirely matter OF chance. If operated
through the mails this scheme would
be held by this office to be a violation
of the lottery law"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
PREPARE FOR WAR"
Purported Language of Cipher Dis
patch Received By Blanco.

Havana (via Key West, Fla.), March
27.-Last night it was persistently
stated on alleged good authority that
the Palace officials here had received a
cipher dispatch from Madrid which in
effect said:
Prepare for war"
1t is not likely that anything SO
alarming or so peremptory 'was re-
ceiyed, but it is pretty certain that in
timation was given that the time for
evasion or delay on the part of Spain
was drawing to d close. There can be
no question that the policy of the
United States in making the destruction
of the Maine merely a side issue and
a corollary of the graver question Of
the continuance of inhumanity and
property destruction on the island is a
disagreeable surprise to many high in
office in Cuba. They had concluded that
the dispute as 10 the origin sof the eX-
plosion would be indefinitely prolonged
and finally open the way for a new in
vestigation in which Germany, Italy
or some other European power would
take part Many of the best informed
Spaniards are free to say that Amer
lean interference on humanitarian
grounds will be bound to carry with
it the passive sympathy, if not the ac
tive, of all civilized nations. since the
fact as to local conditions are no longer
in doubt in any cabinet in ChristeE
dom
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
CONGRESSMAN SIMPEINS DEAD
NO TALKER, BUT FAITHFUL TO
CONSTITUENTS.
Man of Independent Fortune-Death
of the Mother of ParneIl-Com-
mander Head of the Navy.

Washington, March Representative
John Simpkins, OF the Thirteenth district
of Massachusetts. died last night at his
residence in this city. 1717 K street. Of
heart failure induced by gastric compli-
cations.
Representative Simpkins was p man
of Independent fortune. He was born in
New Bedford. Mass. June q. 1862; at
tended the public schools of Yarmouth.
and after preparing for college at St.
Mary's school. Southboro. graduated at
Harvard university in 1855 He served in
the Massachusetts senate in 1890 and 1891.
was 4 presidential electOr for Harrison
and Reid in 1892. president of the Republic
can club of Massachusetts in 1882 and
1893, and 4 member OF the Massachusetts
Republican state committee in 1881. He
served III the F'ifty-fourth and Fifty
congresses, where he was known to his
collea CUES IS a man faithful to the in
terests of his constituents, although rare
" taking part in debate. Mr.. Simpkins
had recently been made a member Of the
congressional committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
A FATHERS VENGEANCE.
Killed the Betrayer of His Three
Daughters at Seattle.


Seattle Wash, March 27.-M. F.
Schelderup. q well known insurance
solicitor, was shot and killed this after
noon by f. NJ. Bradley. a prominent
contractor on the corner OF Third ard
Cherry street, in the presence of a
large crowd of theatre goers. Schel-
derup was standing on the corner wait
ing for Miss Bessie Bradley, whom he
was going to take to a band concert
at the theatre. Instead of being met
by the young lady, ne was met by her
father, who, without saying a word,
drew an old-fashioned Colts revolver
and shot Schelderup through the body.
Schelderup fell to the ground and ex-
pired in Il few minutes. Bradley turned
He was overtaken by an officer and ar
rested before reaching the station
At the station ne would make no
statement beyond saying that he shot
Schelderup because he had ruined
three of his daughters. He further said
that he did not intend to kill him. He
only wanted to cripple him and aimed
below a vital spot. Schelderup, who
has a wife in this city, had been
warned that Bradley was hunting him
and had been out of town for a few
days. He returned last night and this
morning telephOned to Miss Bradley to
meet him. The father received the
message and appointed the place Of
meeting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28
GERMANS WILL BE NEUTRAL.
Same Time Regarding Our Interven-
ton As Impairment.

London. March IA dispatch to the
Observer, from Berlin. says the imminent
danger of war between the United States
ana Spain is the absorbing topic of dis
cussion- Until recently political and
financial circles refused 10 credit the prob
apl!lty OF war. but the report of the
Maine commission dissiDated this
Skeptlcisn- There is great depression on
the bourse today.
German opinion may be summarized bv
SAYING that il refuses TO believe that
mine was exploded. 1t regards the cas-
as one OF negligence on the part Of SDain-
for which the United States 5 entitled
TO compensation. but SPANS claims ON
account OF the filibustering expeditions
must also be allowed. No German credits
the genuineness Of the American meas
nres against these expeditions o. the in
dlgnation of Americans over Spanish
cruelties in Cuba. Indeed. opinion here
resents American Intervention rs i'm
perunence and would. in case Of war.
SYmpathize outspokenly with Spain but
would AT the same time. preserve the
strictesU neutrality