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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
Handball and Polo.

The contests for the interclub handball
trophy, presented by A Hohmann, are
at the Olympic Club.
The water polo championship is still
being fought out by the Pollywogs and
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

The Olympic Club baseball team and
the Golden Gates will meet to-day at
Recreation Park for the amateur base
BAH championship of the coast. The line
up will be as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26

Pleasant beat Robert Emmet Sc; Iowa Maid
beat The Prince, 49, Rowena peat Slr 5Noih-
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
cuc1ist Aronson Arrested.

oscar Aronson, the long distance cy-
clist. was arrested yesterday on a war
rant charging him with intent to defraud
his trainer. "King'' Ryan. He was re-
leased on $3.50 bonds without being put
to the indignity of being placed in cell.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26

Some fine old Violins at low prices at
Mauvais'. 769 Market street
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
YAcHTsMEN GETTING READY.
Oakland Canoeists Entertain Friends
on Washington's Birthday.

The carpenters are at work upon the
upper floor OF the San Francisco Yacht
Club house. partitioning the billiard-room
of from the dance hall. The walls of the
sitting-room and billiard-room will be COW
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
EVENTS

Cne-haif mile exhibition by Fournier on MS inf
One mile exhibition b. the California nt65le-dls
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
THE CALLS RAGING CHART.

e.npA AIosaG Goods start Won frst three
Natosa efonnh ira
handled Dole was
Srathe Dara 1G
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1.1s Winner. E E4wards
care lin ltes fromt the start
Scratch he'd
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
THE CALL BICYCLE CHART.

A. Slegfried gIiD......
R Robinson t4ol.---
Arthur Davidson (t--
r Robinson ({5f-
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26

722 SECOND RcEFour furlongs twO-yearOds $500
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26

T. l:l2la winner valley Stables OFallon
driving.
sails Bullman, Rubicon by wide
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

American people in general are fired
with any desire to appropriate Cuba.
A population unfit to govern itself
would not represent a desirable addi-
tion to our domestic race problems.
The cuba which Americans would well
come should be q cuba capable of
standing alone but sufficiently intelli-
gent to prefer Identification with the
creator of her affranchisement. For
this reason, self-nterest no less than
duty calls for the education of the
Cuban populations; for their uplifting
mentally and morally as well as in re-
spect to production and commerce. If
after all has been done which duty
says should be done 1t shall yet appear
that independence will not be possible,
the recognition of this fact must by no
means be limited to ourselves; the APP
peal for permanent guardianship must
come with substantial unanimity from
the representative Cuban people them
selves
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18
The Examination Fad,

INQUIRIES regarding school meth
DDS in other cities has developed
IA the fact that in one respect the
system pursued in Scranton is
not abreast of the best educational
thought of the day. We refer to the
examination fad which prevails here.
The tendency all over the country is
certainly in tine direction of shorter
examinations and fewer of them. Some
superintendents do not permit an exam
ination of more than one subject in n
single day and in many schools pupils
are not required to do any study or
class work during the remainder of
the day In the public schools of
Scranton four subjects embracing the
most difficult in the curriculum are fire.
quently undertaken in one session. In
many progressive schools in other
cities examination in a subject is
held informally and while a pupil may
be called upon to review previous topics
he is not subjected to an examination
in them more than once.
There is a growing practice of sub
mitting examination papers to specially
appointed examiners. In some in
stances this work is done by older pu-
pills. in other cases by teachers en-
ployed for the purpose, these persons
working in conjunction with the grade
teacher whose class is involved. Many
superintendent, in fact those who are
recognized as the progressive represen-
tatives of modern day education, posi-
lively forbid the now infrequent prac-
tice of compelling the teachers to work
over the papers after school hours, and
a more sensible regulation could not
well be devised. A teacher who has
worked until midnight reading and
marking papers is not in a fit condition
to carry on her class room duties next
day. 1t is an imposition on. the pupils,
If no mercy is TO be shown to the
teacher. 1t is upon them that the evil
reacts. Certain it is that the pupils
have rights in the matter. Certain 1t
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18
CRITICAL Situation
Of British Empire


FROM the New York sun
WV RlTlNG in mediately after the
vHI defeat of General Butler, the
WV London Times said that the
w English nation has not been
confronted by so painful and
anxious situation since the
Indian Mutiny." Actually, however,
England and the British Empire must go
far back of that Indian episode 20 find
anything approaching "A parallel of the
present situation, If, indeed in all Eng
lish history there has been any likeness
to it. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 made
manifest a violent and widespread native
discomfort with British rule which rem
dcred necessary vigorous repreSsive
measures, which were applied success
fully. The defeat of General Butler, fol-
lowing in rapid succession the similar
defeats of General GataCre and Lord
MethuCn and the earlier reverses of Gem
eral White, has been of far graver con-
sequence. The military prestige of Eng
land has received stunning blow. The
standing of the British empire as a first
class power of the world, as the foremost
power, is put to test more severe ami
searching than any other It mas been
called on to endure in a century.
o
England entered upon this war with
the Beers without single misgiving and
there was none in its, army. It's con-
tdence of speedy and complete victory
was absolute. General Butler himself,
upon leaving England for the field, io-
cosely and vauntingly proclaimed his in
tention of eating his Christmas dinner at
Pretoria. Throughout England. and
more especially in the London Stock En-
change, the contest was regarded sim
ply as an easy opportunity for the Brit
ish army to demonstrate it's reSiStless
power; and even in foreign countries the
more or less speedy victory Of England
was looked upon as almost a foregone
conclusion. 1t is true that acute ard
well-informed military critics, in our own
and other armies, had long questioned
the efficiency of the British military sys-
TEN and the practical ability of the
British officers to meet the eXaCtiOns of
modern war; but the general public,
more particularly the English public it.
self, had formed a conception of British
military resource and prowess which
made impossible to it the thought that
state like that OF the little South Afri-
can republic could withstand them for
more than a few weeks if they were
exerted even to a small part of their
extent.
The conduct of the British campaign
has amply justified these military criti-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

~ HOSE WHO attended court
last week noticed what was
Il said by habitual attendants
to be an unusual insstenCe
from the bench upon promptness, both
in the attendance of witnesses. tales
men and jurors and in the presence IN
court of attorneys Interested in cases
marked for trial. We cannot say from
personal knowledge what the custom
has been heretofore in these respects
or how far Judge Archibald last week
departed from it; but we do know that
the expressions of opinion among the
taxpayers in attendance at court was
without exception favorable to the
Judges attitude.
There is. we suppose, a reasonabl F,
margin of courtesy due from bench to
bar i'm the matter of adjusting court
business to fit the convenience of prac-
titioncrs; but common sense would
seem to Indicate that this margin IS
overstppped when the money of the
people is wasted i'm unnecessary de-
lays. It costs, we understand. some
where in the vicinity of so a minute
to operate the courts of this county;
and when many minutes of the courts
time are exhausted in easily avoided
Interruptions or i'm the sheer careless g..
ness of some individual attorney, juror
or witness, an injustice is worked upon
the whole body of the people as well
as upon the attorneys, witnesses and
h, hh1
In newspaper office it would hardly
be claimed that the absence of one in
dividual should cause suspension OF
publication. Railway trains do not
stop running when an engineer or con-
ductOr or superintendent takes a day
off. Very few lines of business sue
cumb to personal convenience Yet
there are attorneys who sometimes ap-
pear to believe that an expensive sys-
TEN of court administration represent
ing more than any of these other institu-
tions a public property and public
necessity should adjust its workings
to accommodate their personal APP
pointments. We cannot assume that
this is real belief. 1t is doubtless
simply one of the tricks or traditions
of the trade, more, we think, to ne
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
serVanCe.
When a court is at work at it's very
best speed the delays of the law are
provoking and costly enough to tax
both the layman's patience and his
purse. We, therefore, consider that
Judge Archibald is entitled to public
CommendatiOn for endeavOring to OBJ
viate delays which by the exercise of
little forethOught and public spirit
could easily be avoided.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

n ALL BUT name, Major Gcnel0l
Leonard Wood now on his way
Il to Havana to assume the office
of military governor of Cuba,
will be a civil administrator possessing
extraordinary power. In every deliv-
erance of opinion which he has made
upon the subject of Cuba's needs, he
has strongly emphasized his belief in
the wisdom OF using no more force in
the government of the Cuban people
than was necessary, and has asserted
his confidence in the friendly DISPOSE
tion and honorable intentions of the
masses of those people with respect to
the United States. We may therefore
expect that his assumption of the
supreme command in Cuba will be fol-
lowed as quickly as possible by the
introduction of American ideas and
ideals in Cuban public affairs. not
pompously at bayonets point but tact
fully under circumstances which will
seem to give to the representative
Cuban advisers, upon whom it is Gen
eral Woods policy to seem to lean, the
power of initiative and the courtesy of
voluntary acceptance. General Wood
policy is well expressed in the adage
that more flies are to be caught by
nolasses than by vinegar; and his con-
tinual and UNMARRIED practice has been
TO attain results through native co..
operation, by putting the natives on
heir pride and honor. He is firm and
stern, but the hand OF steel is gloved
In velvet
If Cuba can be fitted in one genera
lion for independent statehood; if the
dream of a Cuban republic capable OF
taking it's place among the sovereign
lattons of the world can be fulfilled by
ny'Power Short of miracle of heaven,
he policies and methods and personal
influence represented in General Woods
promotion to the supreme position in
Cuban administration Will effect this
result; if Wood shall fail it will mean
that the task set before him was an
impossible task. His appointment is a
guarantee, which the conscience Of
mankind will accept and indorse, that
the American executive has kept faith.
It was not within President McKin-
ley's power to go further toward es-
,ablshing in this dependent island
good order, intelligent Methods and
stable government, He has, at the be-
ginning, done his best; it is for Provi-
ience and the Cuban people to do the
rest.
1t Is mistake to assume that the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

cisms. 1t has not only not afforded any
example OF generalship on the English
side Indicative of capacity to deal with
present military conditions and exigen-
cies, but 1t has also demonstrated con-
tinuously from the battle Of Glencoe to
the defeat of Butler at the Tugela River
the incapacity, the careless training and
| the professional ignorance of the British
| officers, while on the side of the Bocrs
| and their Free State allies all the re-
quirements of such warfare have been
/ satisfied in distinguished degree; the
whole military ability has been with
| them. The English officers have neglect
ed persstently the precautions requisite
in every war with civilized people, ana
| have proceeded as If their mere APP
| proach, with all the pomp and circum-
| stance of war, was of itself enough to
strike confusion into the heart of the
| stoutest foe. Probably there Is no other
army in the world in which the officers,
as mass. have given less thought and
| less heed to professional study and prep
| aration than the English.
d
Kipling's stories, though written to ap-
plaud British military superiority, re-
veal, incidentally, this deplorable negli-
gence. Sports and pastmes take the
place of arduous military manoeuvres
and patient study of the practical ques-
tions and problems of war. OF course.
as papers of the United Service institu-
tion bear witness, there are conspicuous
| exceptions, known throughout the mill
'arE Worlu, out the great run OF brltisn
oWcers nave deceived themselves WIN
the hotlon tnat thelr persohai bravery
only rendered them competent tor tnel,
duty, though or course mere amman
courage is a relatively insignificant ele-
ment in war Foreign military students
Visiting England nave long peeh sur,
prlseu TO ma SO much OF prolessloIltli
ignorance among oncers ol lhe army
tney are hkeiy TO know more apout tnc
| construction ana capacity or thelr ord
nance ana the details OF their uuties'
. ,
Inc Oltter test OF the south AlrlCa"
war is SIMPLY prlnSlnE 10 we" the IN
eVltable consequences OF those perVasVe
uele"'s III the framing Oh brllish oiilceiS'
Ihey are compelled 10 SURRENDER TO
FORCES OF boer farmers resuE'rS Sle.u-
ing TO volunteers. inc errors ana mus
calculations the catelessnesS ana heGicct
OF tle hrst prlhclples OF lllouern wal
with the displav OF Which they Desan'
nave peeh repeated almost without Narl-
atloh from Glencoe TO luSela River,
Whetner Lne conhmahuef was Whte or
Gatacre. Methuen or Butler ana always
with the same disastrous consequences
oo idi' 'heS ha'e lediI'u nv
Meantime proDably interior FORCES Oh ti'e
| BOers are beaung them continuously WIN
a relatively small loss. Ihe strategy OF
the Brltsh campaign, WIN lts ulNlSloli
or the three columns, leu respectively py
Gatacre, Methuen ana Buller' mas proNcn
so FAR defective that now II may De sald
that the work has all to ne done over
again. a new campaign laid out ana ne"
| armies collected to carry 1t on. Bocr
soil remains untouched by the invaders
and the British are still everywhere on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

~ sional inconsistency of jur-
~ les was shown in the Ver-
dict returned on Saturday
morning in the case of the Common
wealth against George w. Beale,
charged with embezzlement.
This case grew out of the disappear
ance of certain funds held in trust by
Mr. Bealc as executor of the ellis es-
tate The sum Of 81. 500 was involved,
belonging to Mrs. Esther Mead, one OF
the heirs. The Commonwealth alleged
that Beale had guiltily approprl-
ated this money to his own use; the
defense. that he had invested 1t at Mrs.
Ncad's direction in stock of the Nor
rfs Ridge Coal company, now without
value. The conflict in evidence upon
the essential point in the case-that is
as to whether Beales purchase of stock
with Mrs Mead's money had been made
upon his own prompting, with fraud
ulent intent. or in execution of verbal
order from his Client-was direct and
irrpconcilable One or the other side
was mistaken One or the other side
d
swearing If Beale did not invest this
money on his own prompting, fraud
ulently, he is innocent of embezzle-
ment and should have been acquitted.
If he did so invest the money his crime
was flagrant and there existed in the
testimony no cXtenuating circum-
stances. The jury's verdict Of con-
viction, coupled with a recommended
tiOn of extreme clemenCy, is to be con-
Strued, We dare say, as a compromise
between obstinate jurors rather than
as a satisfactory expression Of justice.
Quite aside. however, from the ques-
tion Of the justice of the jurys opinion
on the subject, this case presents be-
fore the community in it's wider bear
ings a most impressive object lesson.
Upon the defendants own version Of
the facts we have illustrated loose
estimate of the moral responsibility
belonging to the Office of a trustee. To
the widow client who sought advice
as to the investment of her little le-
gacy the defendant recommended pUr-
chase of an admittedly speculative
stock which had been put into his hands
to sell. The risk in such an invest
ment was obviously larger than any
widow or orphan should have been
| asked to take; and that the defendant
in this case was willing to unload such
risk upon a woman Impractical in
the arts and wiles of business exhibits
a view of tduciary obligations which
can hardly be too strongly condemned.
In humorous or satirical literature
the typical attorney is often depicted
as human shark seeking whom he
may deVouri and this conception no
doubt owes its origin to instances like
| the one we have been considering. II
| Is unnecessary to add that this view
Is not To be accepted seriously. The
| majority of lawyers are on princh,Ie
| the flrst to condemn an abuse of trust
| Dy an unprincipled or a misguided
member of their honored profession
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

The soldiers of Great Britain do not
lack personal bravery; but their Off
GERS appear to lack the fertility of re-
sources and ready adaptabilty to un-
ize above all others the men who wear
the shoulder straps of Uncle Sam.
The more we learn about how things
are going in south Africa the better
satisfied we are to belong to the Ameri-
can wing of the Anglo Saxon race.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

Opponents as well as friends of At
torney General Elkin concede that in
Saturdays hearing at Washington on
the Quay case he carried off the hon
ors. 1t will add local interest to this
triumph to say that Mr.. Elkin was ma
terially assisted in the preparation of
his brief by his efficient deputy, Hon.
II ElnitZ
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

A Philadelphia woman has just left
her husband because he would not give
her a deed to his property. While this
action should not be encouraged, it is
probable that the wife who holds the
deeds for real estate cuts more of a
figure at home than the one who allows
the husband to have full control.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

is that they have the right to the SER
vice of a teacher who has not been
worn out with midnight toll.
The informal opinion Of about two
hundred superintendents seems to be
that written examinations are not a
test of the pupils progress, still less
of his scholarship; and that the teach
er's judgment of the pupils capability
is II safer criterion is almost a unani-
nous decision. In consequence of the
multiplicity of examinations and the
extra work they entail, the Scranton
teacher in a number of grades is fast
becoming a mere drudge with little or
no opportunity for bringing to her
pupils fresh outside interest and there
fore for doing the best work in her
power. This we consider a serious mis-
take.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

No doubt Senator Hanna had salts
factory reasons for squelching the
plan to give representation in future
Republican national conventions pro-
portion&te to the Republican votes
east; but he will find it difficult to
eliminate the impression that this was
the only fair basis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

Inc Democratic representation in
congress, although proficient in lung
power is already showing signs of
great weakness in its thinking depart
ment,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

Root and Hogg, as opponents on the
vice presidential ticket, offer u de-
lightful prospect for the funny para
graDher
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

we'll known Shoe Manufacturer at Nyack N. Y,
says he has been drinking man. but by chance
q,e ever did take SO much glass of beer it would
snake his head swim and upset his stomach His stomach
was always weak anyhow and every and then he would
suffer from distressing retchng in the morning-an at
tempt to vomt His brother ohn who is in the same bus'
ness in Newark frequently said to him "Dick why don't
lyou try Ripans Tabules2" Finally Richard said: "Wel'
buy me some" and John did so-and now there is no
happier man in Nyack than Richard He takes RIP
ANS after every meal, and they do him heap of good
oflAdhcd THAT benefit
ae,N
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18
The Beale Case.

a N EXAMPLE of the occa-
~ sional inconsistency of jur-
n les was shown in the Ver-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18

The conduct of the British campaign
has amply justified these military criti-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-18
TEN PAGES.
sCRANTo, DECEMBER Is, 1899.
The Laws Delays.

HOSE WHO attended court
last week noticed what was
Il said by habitual attendants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-27
John A. Merritt of New York to Sue
ceed Mr.. Willett.
PRESENT ASSISTANT P. M. GENERAL
E. C. Madden of Michigan to
Succeed Mr. Merritt.
THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICIAL

The President today decided to nominate
John A. Merritt Of New York to be post
master at Washington to succeed James =.
Willett. He also decided to nominate Ed
win c. Madden of Detroit, Mich, to be
third assistant postmaster general to fill
the vacancy caused by the transfer of M.
Merritt.
The selection of Mr.. Merritt to be post
master was a great surprise to the several
local candidates and a grievouS disappoint-
ment to the whole city. Several of the
local men mentioned for the position Were
SO strongly indorseJ that the President, it
is said, was in a quandary 10 which to
select. In the meantime Mr.. f. c. Madden.
the registry clerk of the Detroit Lost Office,
member of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. came forward as candi-
date for the Washington office He WAS
strongly indorsed by the brotherhood. ard
the President was beSieged by the inliuen-
tial members of the order to make the APP
pOintment 1t is said the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers materially assisted
in the election of President Mck nley, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-27
The Star Office in London.

The Evening Star has now permanently
established and well fitted office in London,
located in Trafalgar Buildings, Trafalgar
Square. where its representative will be
constantly in attendance, and where flies Of
the paper, and thos of other leading Ameri-
can journals, will be kept for the benefit OF
visitors. Patrons and friends of The Star.
traveing in Eng, g,and and on the continent,
are invited to have their mail addressed to
the care of its London Office as above,
where it will be safely kept until called for.
or forwarded, as may be instructed. from
time to time.
As the location of the new Star office Is
one of the most central in London in near
proximity to most of the, principal hotels,
and easily accessible from all parts of the
city, 1t Will prove to be great4accommoda-
ton to those who avail themselves of the
advantages it affords: and ladies as we'll as
gentlemen, travelling abroad, ere invited to
freely use its facilities.