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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Dawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune AstTolOger.
Astrolabe Cast: 4OS a. M, for Thursday,
May 26, 1897.


"A 9 F2
4 child born on this day will notice that
frst-class hay weather Is damaging to
the open car crop.
The man who can keep his spirits up
this weather is cheerful enough to sell life
Insurance in the yellow fever districts.
In the present afternoon newspaper war
it is difficult to determine which fleet de-
serves to be bottled up"
Professor Coles could do a land office
business in this section with a cargo Of
his bottled sunlight"
Songs OF thu War.
IT is claimed that the denizen of Cadiz
OF the Yankee Pig" never afraid is,
But he'd probably run
From a l3-inCh gun
AS he would from the entrance of Hades.
Aiacchus' Advice.
Readers are warned that afternoon pa
per war news must be headed by type
not less than inches high to be the "real
thing"
People who are impatient at the fail
ure of Captain Sampson to capture the
Spanish fleet should remember that the
Gulf of Mexico is considerably large than
Court House square.
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Proper School Management.

Civilization is on a higher plane to-
day than it was yesterday and Scran-
ton can not afford to take a backward
step in educational work or school man
aGement, Powers which were formerly
vested in the school director are now
hy law delegated to the teacher, be-
cause the qualifications of the teacher
have been annually increased while
the qualifications Of the director have
remained the same as in colonial days.
In consequence Of this demand for
higher scholarship, the teachers re-
spon5ibilities have been increased and
his duties enlarged. The functions of
controller are legislative and when he
enters the domain Of the teacher to eX-
anime pupils. or the field of the SUPER
intendent to promote pupils. he is
usurping power that belongs to another
who has been trained for special work.
Neither argument nor arrogant as
sumption can Justify a controller who
enters a schoolroom and promotes pu-
pills from grade to grade in defiance Of
power is either ignorant of our system
the children TO do this work and a con-
troller who arroGates unto himself this
nor the superintendent can be held re-
Spunsible for daily attendance. II work
the principals protest. We pay train
ed men and women who are in close
touch with the educational interests OF
a controller rohs a teacher of his power
pl a
specr or takes from the superintendent
the rights vested in him by law, it is
the duty of the board Of control to pro-
test and thereby sustain n system OF
schools upon which the state expends
millions of dollars annually.
70 properly grade system of schools
containing from 1900 TO 1900 pupils
is no easy task and II one school con-
tains more or fewer pupils than an,
other at certain periods of the year
this is not just cause for complaint
All that we can hope for is in an equa,
BILE adjustment. Neither the teacher
starts in a certain mill or factory and
the daily attendance is reduced in the
school located in the same district, il
would be unwise TO locate response
bilty. Again, it is not reasonable tC
expect the upper grades to be as full as
the lower grades, for in this industrial
city many have bread to win at ar
early age. To have the same number
IN each grade would mean a numerica
basis for promotion, which is con
demned by our leading educators Pu
pills should be promoted Just as soon a'
they are able TO do the work in th'
next higher grade, whether It be in tht
month Of January or April Gradinl
requires skill and good judgment anC
should be done regardless of persona
favor.
How many pupils shall constitute
grade for one teacher is a disputed
question, but when the superintendent
says he has teachers enough his judg
ment should be respected and no NOR,
employed to burden the taxpayer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26
Naval Strength of the Nations.

In reply to an inquiry as to the naval
strength of the principal nations, we
beS to say that as nearly as we have
been able to ascertain it, the follow
ing table represents it, the column
headed "A" standing for battleships
of all kinds, "B" for cruisers of all
kinds, &C" for coast defense ships.
"D" for scout boats and "E" for tor
pedo craft Of sll kinds. This is a
rough classification. but to describe
each navy in detail would require a
whole page.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26
What Shall Be
the american Fdtdre
From the Utica, n. Y, Press.

From the Utica, n, Y, Press.
nm EW TINES and new conditions
INIl make new policies and compel new
IWl plans, Recent events in which
llVI this country Is intimately con-
cerned force inquiry as TO what
really is the American policy in the ma
tional sense. Individually the Yankee is
the most progressive, enterprisng man
on earth. lie has made this nation, not
yet "A century and quarter old, the lead
ing republic of the world. Its population
ana its material resources are the mar
vel of the age. The man who in July l76,
should have foretold the fact of 1898
would have been regarded as a lunatic.
The widest fight of imagination in those
times would have come nowhere near
prophesying the actual realization. Hence
it follows that the wise counsels of the
great men of that time must he accepJed
in this the close Of the nineteenth CEN
tury in view of all American achieve
ments and growth which they not
even hoped for much less expected. 1t
was not supposed a hundred years ago
that the United States would come to
comprise 7O0OO,0OO people, leading in all
which makes a nation great, Advice that
was eminently wise and sound at that
time and under those circumstances may
be very prCperely accepted nowadays
with very important modification with
out disrespect to the great statesmen of
the early days Of the republic. Could
they have foreseen the development they
might have spoken differently. These are
things TO be taken into account when
quoting the sage suggestions Of the ma
tion's fathers and founders.
The phenomenal growth of the United
States has outrun all anticipation, Its
industries, its mills and its factories, as
veil as IT'S TaSmaPs. Enust snd . I-ark a.
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Suffering the CONSEQUENCES

Under orders from Croker Mayor
Van Wyck of New York has bounced
the Republican chief Of police and re-
organized the po.ice board. Inasmuch
as the police department Of Greater
New York has absolute control of the
election machinery affecting 100000
voters and nasmuCh as the two Re-
publicans whom under the constitution
Van Wyck was compelled to put on
the police board are Republicans whom
real Republicans repudiate and whomi it
is believed Tammany owns, body, soul
and breeches. this recasting Of author
ity Ia susceptible of one Interpretation
only--namely, that Tammany intends
to run the next election to suit her
self
Next fall governor and legislature
are to be elected in New York state,
and the legislature, in turn, will choose
a United states senator to succeed Ed
ward Murphy, Dem. Upon the vote of
this senator may and probably will
depend the Political complexion of the
senate Of the Fifty-sixth congpess
The recollection of Murphy or the choice
Of Democrat like him, Croker, for
instance and there is reason to be-
lieve that the senate is Croker's goal
very probably would mean continued
Populistic and Slverite supremacy in
the upper chamber at Washington-a
consummation which could not be
viewed in any other light than that of
q potiopol misfortune To this result
the capture by Tammany of the power
and chance to stuff Greater New Eork's
thousands of ballot boxes would con-
tribute nightly, no thanks to the
Mugwumps Of a year ago whose at
temp to ignore party consequences put
Tammany in office.
There remains a possibility that this
slick scheme will encounter a snag.
The governor has power to remove
Mayor Van Wyck for violating the
spirit of the new state constitution,
but this would simply shove a Tam
many subordinate up into the vacant
chair. Or. he can summon an extra
session of the legislature to pass u law
specifying that the minority members
of the bipartisan police force must
be certified by the regular organiza-
ton of the party to which they re-
putedly belong. But the chances of
undoing Croker's clever work are
slight Greater New York re-en-
throned Tammany deliberately. Let
1t suffer the consequences.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

a correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press expresses the fear that free Cuba
will develop so rapidly and become so
formidable an island power, following
the example of Japan, that twenty
years hence she will be an embarrass-
ing rival of Uncle Sam. Some folks
are never happy unless they are bor-
rowing trouble
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

trlevably wrecked by the popular revolt
against his methods, of which there are
already many signs, It will only be be-
cause the disasters he has invited are
withheld by the hand of Providence
Rochester Herald.
Did Spain pay anything for this new
ally2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

Various pictures of battle scenes "by
our correspondent on the spot" that
appear in some Of our contemporaries
indicate that the artists must have
been badly afflicted with NAL de mer
during the engagements.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

The insnuation that American war
ships would sail under the yellow flag
of Spain for an instant even in
strategical movement, looks very much
like a yellow fairy tale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

General Wolseley's opinion that the
United States could probably defeat
any other nation in the long run is
doubtless correct, but long runs are too
expensive. We need to be in shape to
do such job quickly when necessary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

1t seems certain as the case stands
that a majority of the delegates to next
weeks state convention are not dis
posed to risk the nomination OF Will
liam A. Stone on a Bill Andrews
basis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

The rating of the United States is
given as it was before the war with
Spain began; that of Spain as it stands
now, with the Manila fleet destroyed.
Since the $5O.OOOOOO appropriation
passed by congress became available
a total Of GA ships of all kinds have
been added to our navy; the building
of new battleships, 27 torpedo boats
and torpedo boat destropers and 4
additional monitors has been authoriz-
ed. AS the case stands, England has
the strongest navy and France the
next strongest; but it is believed that
in years the United States will have
reached third rank at least and possi-
bly, second. 1t should have a navy
second to none in effectiveness.
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; John Doe,
, Company a,
, Thirteenth Ponna. Infantry,
) Falls Church.
y Va.

Letters thus addressed will reacf
their proper destination speedily.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

President McKinleys conduct of the
war with Spain up to date has been
marked chiefly by ignorance, mismanage-
Inent, delay and jobbery in commissions,
and II mis- administration be not ire
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

for their products II they are to profit
ably employ their millions of employees.
The home consumption is immense, but
ye can not always live on each other ana
wax strong. This nation has avoided al
llancos which many always regard as
entangling and has aimed to be at peace
with all the world. Meanwhile European
countries have paid more attention TO en-
larging their foreign trade and entrench-
Ing themselves I'm actual and prospective
markets. There must be a place TO sell
what Is made, else there Is no use 10
make II. The United states has sought
To be friendly TO everybody and aimed 10
please everybody. IT can be safely set
down that the individual who has no en-
emcs has no very firm friends ana Is
lacking in that strength of character
which commands the highest respect. The
man who suffers himself to be run over
simply TO avoid the unpleasantncss often
incident to standing up for his rights
may be imposed on continually and TO his
everlasting disadvantage.
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The same assertion applies with equal
force to nations. Orators are fond OF re-
ferrlng to the future usefulness and en-
nobling influence of American progress.
1t Is believed that this country has-in the
providence of God a mission to perform.
1t is the exponent of liberty and prog
ress. These blessings are enjoyed wher-
ever the stars and stripes float. They
will follow the flag wherever 1t is plant
ed. The Good Book discourages hiding
light under a bushel. Civilization and
Christianity do not go where they are
not carried. IL is a question which will
bear thinking about If the trend of af-
fairs is not opening the way for the
United States to enter upon noble mis-
sion in the cause of humanity. The prob
lem which confronts the statesmen today
Is to determine and define what is and
shall be the wisest American policy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

Letters intended for members of the
Thirteenth regiment should be address
ed as follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26
ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS PAY

From the New York Times.
The sea pay Of naval officers, as com
pared with that of corresponding ranks
in the army, is as follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26
Legislative.

The United States navy is all right
In the matter of big guns but it is i'm
possible to approach the calibre of
the Spanish battle report liar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

Late reports strengthen the belief
that the residents along the Atlantic
coast are in greater danger from over
due Spanish mackerel than from tor
pedo boats of rakish design.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26
tBe Scranton trtBuns

Published Daily, Except SUNDAY, by the
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n Month.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

The phenomenal growth of the United
States has outrun all anticipation. Its
industries, its mills and its factories, as
vsIl aa its Tasmaps. siaust 6nd 3 uAark a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
s11vERWARE IN CENTR41 PARK.
Pound by . Gard~ener-stolen from n W. GLIB
aon-Ahnndoned By tho Thief.

In clearing the grass near Eighty.sixth street
in Central Park just after daybreak yesterday
morning Gardener Martin Kavanagh saw a
big wicker basket hidden behind a clump of
bushes alongside the Eighth avenue wall OF the
park. 1t looked as II 1t had been dropped over
the wall. The basket was chockfuli OF silver
knives, forks, spoons, ladies, trays, fish knives,
and other articles Of dinner service, each en-
Graved with initials. He put the basket on his
wheelbarrow and trundled 1t to the Arsenal.
where he reported tho find to the Sergeant. Tho
latter assumed that the silverware was stolen
and telcgraphed to Police Headquarters.
The message led to the speedy Identification
of tho silverware as tho property OF r. W.
Gibson. an architect, living at is East Seventy
seventh street. 1t had been stolen some time
after midnight on Thursday from the Gibson
residence. The property was claimed by F. A.
Hammond. proprietor Of tho Plaza Hotel and
uncle Of Mr.. Gibson's wife.
The robbery was discovered by servants at 4
o'clock yesterday morning and reported at once
to tho police Of the East Sixty-seventh street
months at his home and has been in the charge
Of trained nurses. His wife, who is g daueh-
te. of the proprietor of the Murray Hill Hotel,
Is also sick and is now at the hotel under med1-
cal care. The sickness OF the architect and his
wife left their house under the entire control OF
tives showed that one of the servants had failed
to fasten tho door of the rear extension to the
house on going to bed on Thursday night. The
silverware, which included a gold souvenir
spoon presented to Mr.. Gibson's daughter, a
dining room and the thief or thieves had no
trouble in getting in and carrying 1t off after
the servants had gone to bed. The stolen silver
was all returned last night, and at the house 1t
was said that nobody was suspected there Of be-
ing party to the theft. Tho police believe that
only one thief did tho work and they have no
clue to the perpetrn;nr. They think that the
thief had hurried through tho park and had
been compelled to hide tho basket 10 escape de-
lection and arrest by a policeman who unex.
pectedly appeared in sight.
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JOHN A. ANDREW POSTS oFF1oERs.
Installed with an Unprecedented Honor BY
Past Commander Atkinson.

Iustallcd with an Unprecedented Honor ~
Past Commander Atkinson.
The installation of the new officers OF John A..
Andrew Post. 234. of colored Grand Army vet
Grams, took place last night in the assem-
bly, chamber OF Central Hall. 149 West Thirty
second street. and was conducted by e. ]. At
kinson OF II. b. Clafin Post 57s. who went to
the war with the Ninth New York Regiment,
and Is a Past Commander of the Department Of
New York in the Grand Army. To install the
officers of the colored post he had. under the
Grand Army ritual, to assume a subordinate
role, and the announcement was made that 1t
was the first time that such an honor had been
paid to any post in the State.
Among those present were delegates in full
uniform from many posts: Alexander Powell.
ter A.. Arthur; the Daughters Of Colored Veter.
ans of Andrew Post, under the leadership or
President Ada J.. Gasbey. and tho omans
Relief Corps of Aux larry Post 234.
The members OF John a. Andrew Post entered
the hall ut 8 O'Clock with a drum corps, attended
by the Daughters Of Veterans. Commander
Hcilfert of Farragut Post 20. attended by thirty
officers In uniform, met the newly elected ofii'
GERS and escorted them before tho throne. Mus
kets were stacked at the steps and the throne
was decorated with tho Stars and Stripes. The
new officers are: samuel +. Saxton, Commander;
George +. Bennett, Senior e-Commander;
Frederick a. Lewis, Junior Vice Commander;
William II. Baker. Surgeon; David X. Johnson,
Jcscrh Sampson, Officer OF the Guard.
The installation ceremonies lasted nearly an
hour, and nj Tho close the members or thrraRut
Post gathered around Tho throne and presented
OF embroidered silk. A ball followed the in
Btallation.
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SHOTS EXCHANGED WITH BURGLARS
An Attempt to Rob the Post omce at spripE
Valley.

An Attempt TO Rob the Post omeo at SPRING
Valley.
PRrNa VALLEY, N. Y. Jan. 2s.-Alfred Hood.
who lives next to the Post Office in this village,
was awakened shortly before 2 o'clock this
morning by the barking Of Irving Keesler's dog.
which has for q long time been kept in the yard
back Of the Post Office. A little later Mr.. Hood
heard some persons attempting to put up a lad
der against the rear of the Post Office building.
Raising tho window and looking out, no saw
two men at work there attempting to enter the
house. Mr.. Hood fred two pistol shots at
the men. and they ran away. Ho says he
could have killed at least ono of them.
but he is going to the Klondike next week
and did not want to be detained. so he
only fired to scare tho men away. Mr.. Hood
went downstairs and into tho street, where he
fired another shot at the retreating men. One
Of the burglars fred in response and then both
disappeared. On going to the rear OF the Post
Office building 1t was discovered that Irving
Keesler's dog had been poisoned and lay dead in
the snow. A bag Of -four which tho thieves had
was to be used in deadening the noise caused by
blowing open the safe had the men succeeded In
getting into the Post Office. Before going to the
Post Office the thieves had gone up to jefferson
Youman's feed store and stolen o horse and
sleigh with which to carry Off their booty and
make their escape.
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A sUsP ICIous TENEMENT FIRE.
OiI-soaked Rubbish Set Anre In . Hallway and
tho Hall Door Fastened.

the Hall Door Fastened.
A barrel of rubbish which had been wet with
kerosene oil was set on fire yesterday in q mar.
row hallway on the second floor Of a four. story
double-frame tenement house at IL Nostrand
avenue, Williamsburg. The building Is owned
by Joseph Mintz and is occupied by thirteen
families. There are about twenty-five children
in these families. On the ground floor are two
stores and in the centre a winding stairs leads
to the second floor. The barrel was in an alcore
beside a door connecting with the fiat Of Henry
Hardy, a motorman.
Hardy got up, he says, at 5 o'clock yesterday
morning and went to a bakery for aLloaf OF bread.
On his return he prepared his breakfast. While
he was eating, about twenty minutes before 9
o'clock. he says he saw n flash Of light in the
hall. He opened his door and discovered the
rubbish in the barrel Burning. He aroused his
wife and children and then ran TO a front win
dow and shouted for help. Mrs. Hardy's
hurried down the stairs. On reaching the hall
way in which the barrel was ablsze they found
lower stairway After kicEing and bansing at
tho door for q few moments one OF the women
led the way to the ROOT, and the tenants who
house.
Hardy's shouts brought to his help two men
Patrick. Callahan was the first of these to
enter the house and run up the stairs. He
discovered that the door leading TO the hall
way was fastened by the knob with n piece OF
clolhesline which was tied at the other end to
the stair raj ing, He cut the rope and opened
and was spreading. Callahan and the other
man seized the barrel. threw 1t Town the stairs
and kicked it into tho street. The fire in the
house was put out before much damage was
done.
Hardy told Police Capt. Corwin that when he
returned to his fiat from the bakery the barrel
was in its place and there WAS no odor of oil
anywhere. Fire Marshal Gray began an inves-
tigation later. lie also questioned Hardy. who
told him that some of the tenants in the house
didn't like him or his family and he was salts
injuring him. Hardy was in arrears with his
rent and dispossess proceedings had been begun
arainst him. These proceedings had hecu de-
lay,d because one Of his children is I'll with scar
let fever.
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Union College Alumni Dinner.

ALBANY. Jan. 2s.-The annual dinner of the
Union College Alumni Association of north.
eastern New York was held ut the Kenmore
Hotel here tonight. Seventy.nve graduates of
the college attended. Among the speakers were
President 4. V. V. Raymond of the college.
William II. McElroy OF Rochester. Supreme
Court Justice A. T. Clearwater, DIR. Albert Van
dcrveer and Joseph A. Lawson OF Albany, the
hon. Seymour Van Santyoorl OF Troy, William
y. Rankin OF, New York city. Principal q. u.
Edward Everett Hale. Jr.. and Prof. Frederick
X. Jones of Union. The College Glee Club
quartet attended tho dinner. and there was an
accompaniment OF instrumental music. Tho
business meeting OF the association was held
Just previous TO the dinner. and the Hon; Sey.
dent for the ensuing year.