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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-01
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
RESULTS in DEATH
John Watson Fatally Injured by Be-
ing Thrown from Wagon-Died
at Lackawanna Hospital.

John Watson, aged 19 years, resi-
dent of Salem, Wayne county, was in
jured in a runaway yesterday and died
shortly afterwards at the Lackawanna
hospital
He was engaged in delivering pro-
duce in Petersburg, when the team he
was driving took fright and dashed
down the Paul street hill. The wagon
was upset and young Watson was
thrown out.
His right leg was fractured and he
also suffered internal injuries. The
hospital ambulance was called, but
before it arrived Watson bled profuse-
ly. He was hurried to the hospital but
was so badly injured that death re-
suited.
Coroner Saltry was notified and held
Il postmortem examination, learning the
extent of his injuries. He has not yet
decided on an inquest. The young
mans parents have been notified and
his remains will be taken home today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-01

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.


All the world laughs at a lover.
BY rounding out the years youth gets fiat
Love thy neishbors as they love themselves.
Thieves can't steal your money II you spend
II fast enough.
Women play whist as skilifuliy as men do
tatting gracefully.
vuigarity Is doing before people what you
always do when nobody is around
A man can stand woman in any role except
that Of self-made martyrdom.
Don't forget that the man who sells ice
doesn't cut It in the same season.
The safest thing for a man to do who is
afraid of getting married is TO fall In love with
several women.
womau's instinct makes her as sure that
burglars have tried to get in the house as IL
they had left their cards.
her invite a friend to a dinner party because
she knows she has nothing At to wear.
Nice women shudder at chorus girls who
get presents Of valuable jewels, but they
can't help thinking how lucky they are.
You can never make a woman believe that
the best way to play whist is not to measure
out the cards as II she were making Gus
tard.
When q woman's husband quits doing
something he knows she doesn't like II is
time for her to discover what he has begun
doing in it's place.
When a young girl begins to confide to
her mother how silly II Is for other young
girls to pay any attention to boys, that is
the time for her mother to look out for
her own little girl.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25

cal propaganda, but President Lacoste
suggested that, in difference to Minister
Squiers' desires in the matter, the asso-
citation had best conflne it's labors, for
the present at least, TO purely economic
affairs.
Despite the alleged bankrupt condition
of the sugar industry in the island, plant
ers this year have produced and marketed
S25, $50 tons Of Cuban sugar, and leading
planters. far from being discouraged by
their failure, so far, to secure freer &C
cess to the American market through the
reduction OF duties, have increased or are
preparing TO enlarge their acreage for
cane production. Planters OF influence all
over the island have awakened to the fact
that unless they do something them
selves 20 better their condition, they are
likely to be left In the rear, as the gov
eminent cannot always be expected to
pay bounties to those who were never
upon its military rolls-especially when
the patriot troops themselves remain as
yet unpaid for their three long years In
the Held.
The republic Of Cuba has now been rec
ognized by every political power Of Eu-
rope, save that of Austria Hungary. Ger
many for some time hesitated to act, but
when the car Of Russia sent President
Palma an autographs letter OF congratu-
lation upon the establishment OF self-gov-
eminent here, Kaiser Wilhelm followed
suit, and the arrival of two more diplo-
matte representatives in the Cuban cap
ital is now expected any day.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
SPANS nAPPY RELIEF.

The loss Of Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines was very CALLING TO the pride
OF Spain and Is. doubtless, still deplored
bitterly by the masses of her people, but
there is reason TO believe that the real
Spanish statesmen and Spanish citizens
OF the higher order are already convinced
that when Spain was stripped of her Co
lonial possessions she was relieved Of a
burden that was weighing upon her more
and more oppressively and rendering her
real progress less and less favorable.
The Spanish minister at Washington
Senior ojeda. a man OF admitted ability
takes very hopeful view of his country's
future. In a recent interview, he declared
his conviction that an era OF prosperity
for Spain is at hand and that tits due to
the abandonment Of her colonial system.
He said:
1.-The colonies weer a constant perplexity
and care. a source Of corruption and a
great financial burden. Counting all the
losses Of the war and the costs entailed
by H. an the loss OF life, loss OF prestige
the burden Of debt and the dreadful hui
initiation, counting II all up, the war was
still q benefit because Il ioosed us from
the burden Of our colonies
Other eminent Spaniards have recently
expressed exactly the same idea. and It
has been stated also by intelligent. careful
and impartial observers who have studied
the Spanish situstion and outlook IN the
last year.
1t is evident that since her seemingly
disastrous clash with the United States
Spain has taken on new life. Her com
merce and industry have increased re-
markedly and there has been no less
notable Improvement in her agriculture.
The rich mineral resources Of the cotin-
try are receiving an attention that prom
Uses very profitable results. There seems
to be full justification Of Senior Ojeda's
exultant exclamation: "a new day has
dawned in Spain!'' But Just here arises
the question: II Spain has prufitted SO
much by the loss Of her colonies. how is
our government TO be benefited by taking
IN this htrrdens
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
OUR MASCULINE MAJORITY.

The state of Wyoming has many unde-
sirable conditions, but probably none that
is more deplorable than the great dis
parity between the number Of it's men
and the number Of its women.
Wyoming is condemned by the census
report to the inevitable distinction Of
having the smallest per centage Of women
in any part OF this country.
At the general count OF the population
IN June. 1900, n was found that Wyoming
had 2O,s27 bachelors and only 2,4S7 spin
sters. Such a surplus Of men must be
considered a serious misfortune and draw
back 20 a state.
There is a very general, though mistak-
en-. notion that in some of the older states,
especially those Of New England, women
are IN the majority.
Even in Massachusetts,, which has the
largest population of women, the bache-
lors outnumbsr the spinsters by more than
Sooo.
There are In Georgia S5.5n more men
than women of marriagable age
Alabama has 104 951 marriageable men to
1868 marriageable women. The majority
of bachelors in South Carolina is only 1884
In very few states are the numbers of men
and women Of manageable age so nearly
balanced.
The figures for the United States show
that there are 6.72o,77s bachelors Of 20
years and upwards. against 4.1o5 446 spinst-
ers Of 20 years and upwards. That is an
excess OF 90 per cent Of bachelors over
unmarried women. It means that IL every
marriageabie woman in the country. not
counting widows and those under 20 years
Of age. were to be at once mated with
men. there would still remain 2ss1.s3 I'M
attached males who could not possibly Sc
cure wives unless they should go outside
of their own country or secure them
among the widows or the girls under 20.
The census bulletin which gives this
information concerning bachelors and
spinsters reveals the unweloome fact that
the birth rate is decreasing in this
country.
Commissioner Carroll d. Wright, of the
bureau Of statistics. says on this subject:
1.-The idea of limiting families has more
effect upon the growth OF population than
war, pestilence and all other causes COM
bined" In 1850 the average family COM
prised FIVE and one-haif persons; now IT
f. only four and one-haif. Families in the
southern states have the most children,
and In New England the families are
smallest. Louisiana, in proportion to
population, has twice as many children
under years Of age as Maine. Neverthe-
less baby is born in this country every
IL seconds, and every minute in the
twenty-four hours FIVE cradles are sup
piled with occupants. Every % seconds a
death occurs, in the United States, and
every "a seconds a marriage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
soLDIERs AND CIVILIANS.

The cordial reception that has been ac-
corded the three Boer generals who are
now. visiting England causes the New Or
leans Times-Democrat to consider the
marked difference between the popular es-
timate and treatment OF military and civil
leaders, at least outside OF their own coun-
try.
On this subject our New Orleans con-
temporary says;
''It f. to be hoped that England will not
repeat in South Africa the error that was
made at the south by the north in the
period from 1861 to 1890. It is to be hoped
that Brftishers will not, while clarifying
the military chieftains Of the Beers, IN
sist upon pillorying before the world the
great civil leaders Of the South African
republics. There is really no reason why
Mr.. Kruger and DIR. Steyn should not re-
oeive from Great Britain the magnani-
nous treatment that has been accorded
Dewet and Botha and Delarey, Just as
there was no reason why the north should
have admired Lee and Jackson and con-
demned Davis and other southern po-
liticul leaders. AZ the time OF Mr.. Davis
trial IN Richmond, soon after the war,
General Lee made IL clear that he Oee)
was equally guilty with Mr.. Davis OF any
charge Of treason that might be preferred
against the president OF the Confederacy.
From the moral point of view, the posi-
lions OF both were Identical. This fact,
concealed though Il has been by partisan
rage. has at length become recognized by
impartial history. II IS certain that in the
fulness OF time, both General Lee and Mr..
Davis will be regarded with admiration
by Americans whose admiration Is worth
the having; and there can be no doubt
also that when the prejudice OF the hour
has passed away Mr.. Kruger and Mr..
steyn will share the sincere respect that
Englishrnen OF today are manifesting to-
ward General Botha, General Dewet and
General Delarey.
Let US then be thankful that the hon
orabie soldier swiftly reaps his reward,
not forgetting to regret that the equally
honorable civilian receives somewhat
tardily hts well-merited recognition"
The point here made Is admirablely sta
ted. Not even the most rabid south-hater
ever urged, or even suggested, that Rob
ert q. Lee was guilty OF treason, but there
was all over the north a popular clamor
for the blood OF Jefferson Davis, who was
of the most conservative element that
went into the secession movement. 1t is
well known fact that Mp. Davis did
not seek the presidency OF the southern
Confederacy. On the contrary IL was
forced upon him. His decided preference
was for service in the field, and he would
probably have become one of the famous
generals of the civil war had he followed
the line Of his own inclination.
President Davis persistently demanded q
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
CUBAN ANNEXATION.

Ever since her liberation annexation to
the United States has been regarded by
the world at large, and especially by the
great majority Of our own people. as the
inevitable fate of Cuba.
As the experiment Of self-government
I'm that island proceeds the clearer does
this prospect become.
The new Cuban government is involved
I'm a complication Of difficulties from
which fits escape without the aid Of the
United States seems TO be impossible.
But IL Is a foregone conclusion that as
soon as we rid Cuba of one trouble she
will be into another.
The overwhelming consensus OF opinion
Of those citizens Of the United States who
know Cuba best is that her present pop
ulatiOn Is unfit for any form of self
government.
Il is creditsble TO their intelligence that
this fact is becoming more evident 70
them.
The recent resignation of Senior Emilio
Terry. secretary Of agriculture. In the
cabinet Of President Palma. has proved
the occasion Of demonstrations which
may be taken as very significant
Secretary Terry resigned because his
project Of a 100000 loan for the benefit
OF the sugar planters had encountered
such severe popular opposition. II appears
that the main fight upon this proposition
was made by an organization composed
of veterans OF the various Cuban insuT-
gent armies. They have claims upon
the Cuban government which they insist
shall not be made 10 suffer by reason Of
bounties set aside for sugar plantation
owners. These claims amount to $500. 900
and I'm order to secure a priority OF con-
sideration for them the Cuban veterans
have organized a fight upon the Terry
loan for the benefit Of the rich sugar
planters.
The New York Times is convinced that
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25

the annexation Of Cuba may be FASTENED
very much In the near future. II refers
to the fact that - meeting Of Cuban vet
Grams was held 1T Puerto Principe two
weeks ago, a. which Il was safd that 5000
old soldiers were present. Senior Terry's
loan was denounced and steps were taken
TO present to the Csan congress and Pres
ident Palma the demand Of the veterans
for the immediate consideration OF the
question Of raising money 10 pay them
CuriOusly enough. n the Havana Post rs
not misinformed, u was also agreed -
form q veterans organization to march
through the streets with the American
flag, demanding immediate annexation
70 the United States.
Substantially all the property owners
Of Cuba. who are mostly msn Of Spanish
birth favor and earnestly desire annex
alton Tha old soldiers Of the Cuban az
my belong mostly 10 the radical party. IL
the Radicals and the Conservatives-that
is, the property owneFS-should unite IN
demanding anneEatiOn. and II the pinch
Of real distress ahOuld be felt throughout
the island In consequence q our refusal
TO reduce the duty on Cuban sugar
events might mSve very swiftly in Cuba.
The enlightened Cubans VINO have desired
national Independence and the ofhce-hold-
ing class who have been made comforta-
BILE by government salaries might find
themselves I'm the minority"
II IL quite natural that the intelligence
and property Of Cuba should be arrayed
IN favor Of a Stable government, which
is equivalent 70 saying that they are sup
porting the annexation movement.
The republic Of Cuba cannot last long.
It viii surely be absorbed before many
years possibly before many months, In
the great republic which seems to have
an ambition for unlimited growth by one
means or another.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25

trial, but was kept in prison nearly two
years before the federal authorities ended
the farce OF his arrest and indictment for
treason by releasing him on bond without
the slightest intention of ever summonins
him to trial
Long before his release on bail the fed
eral administration had become convinced
that It could not make out any case
against him and IT was glad to get rio
OF an undertaking into which hot heads
like Stanton had plunged It.
While the ex-prOsident OF the Confeder-
acy was yet held In bis Fortress Monroe
dungeon n. r. Banks then representa-
tive from Massachusetts, declared on the
floor o. congress that It might as well be
admitted that there was no law under
which Jefferson Davis could be tried.
The singing out OF jefferson Davis as q
special mark for IT'S venom and persecu-
ton was one OF the strangest develop
ments of the passion Of the north during
the reconstruction period.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
FOREIGN NOTES or INTEREST

Cholera Is steadily increasing In Egypt and
Manchuria-
Norway wants its consular service separated
from that Of Sweden.
Germany now has i40 Socialist publications.
of which 50 are datlies.
The English census returns show that but
one woman In every six remains unmarried.
Under a new law the bakers of Montreal
must stamp on each loaf of bread its weight
and their Initials.
One Of the new bridges 1cross the Seine Is
to be built in two stories With one set of arches
resting on another.
Forty-seven pounds was paid recently in
London for a Victoria Cross won by Gunner
T. Arthur, r. A, at Sebastopol, I'm 1856
On the eastern slope Of Mount Etna are
former lava streams and with all the houses
built Of lava.
As many Of the Paris hospitals are out Of
date, 1t is proposed to pull them down and
build new ones. The cost Of the changes would
be about SIS, 900.
France will probably be forced to import
wheat on a larger scale than heretofore. The
home crop OF that cereal for 1902 will be little
short of an absolute failure.
In Guatemala, the Indian population tries
to double its chances for the efficacy OF
prayer by worshiping az q Christian altar
with images OF its heather deities hidden
behind II.
Some time ago the Turkish customs au-
thorities seized a box Of skitties that ar
rived in Constantinopie on ground that the
balls were hard and heavy and might be used
as cannon balls.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
PERSONAL NOTES.

James Malay the sole survivor OF Commo-
6ore Perry's expedition to Japan, has just died
IN SheboyEan, Wis.
The Prince Of Monaco has presented guam
fifty Of deep-sea apparatus to w. s. Bruce for
the Scottish Antarctic expedition.
Dr. whitman Cross Of the United States
Geological Survey, will spend portion of the
year investigating the volcanic phenomena OF
the Hawaiian Islands.
Professor Edward g. Holden. United States
Military Academy, TO has accepted the ap-
pointment OF librarian of the United States
Military Academy at West Point
Barrett Browning has bought q new residence
IN Florence, italy, the city OF his birth, where
he has long resided in en- ancient palace, once
occupied by his father, the distinguished poet
Mrs Eths Butcher, daughter Of Rev. M. s.
Butcher, Of Chandlerville. ILL.,, has been ap-
pointed by the Womans Union Society to be
superintendent OF nurses in the hospital at
Jhadsia. India.
General Stewart L. woodford. who has Just
most was the really brave attempt that was
being made to raise the standard Of education
among the people, particularly among the
women.
Professor Ario Bates. Of Boston, who was
IN Venice when the famous campanile fell,
writes: The most accurate description of the
disaster IL to say that II 'crumbled.' 1t went
TO pieces all at once, like DR.. Holmes one-horse
shay"
Mrs. Edmund Rice, wife OF the colonel Of the
Twenty-sixth regiment, United States Volun-
teers. in the Philippines, has put in claim at
the war department for ST. 900, 900, alleged to be
due as royalty on a device for rolling up and
carrying shelter tents used by the army since
the civil
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
MEN AND WOMEN.

Artist Howard Pyle has bought the house,
sO7 Delaware avenue. Wilmington. and will
have II remodeled for his home. He was
originally a resident OF that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. King. Of Dry FORK.
near Carthage, No, celebrated their sixty
eighth wedding anniversary August 4. He IL
IS and she Is 81 years old.
Thomas Lewis. a g year old Liberian ne
gro. Is studying medicine and surgery in the
Emergency Hospital at Detroit Mich. He
came there from Philadelphia. and says his
father is chief Of q tribe in Africa
Emeline Amanda Dodge died in Brooklyn
last week, aged 50. She was a descendant OF
Tristan Dodge, who came from England In
1851, and became one OF the first settlers Of
Block Island.
Minister WI Ting-fsng has accepted an IN
vitstion to speak In Binghamton, N. Y, on
Labor s pay t ssss m a8ss mess1 ~
q Chinaman to laboring men.
Senator Beveridge is in retreat In fCali-
heavy villain. It is rurnored. resembles a GER
tain distinguished and striking figure. well
known around the haunts Of lawmakers in
Washington. Senator Beverage writes that he
has not time 70 make q tour OF Texas
Mrs. John Golden, Of Jacksonville. Ind. has
been granted q license to pilot steamers on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. and started on
her first trip as a licensed officer at the
wheel OF her husbands steamer. the Shawnee
which goes south with a large store boat. the
Mount Vernon, in tow.
Lord Rosebery one time sat next to a farmer
at hts estate dinner, and the con1ding man
whispered to the host. when the ice pudding
was brought: The pudding has been frozen. &"
The ex-premier thanking the farmer and look
ing surprised. called 20 a waiter, said some
mus anu .a1 snen. 70 S me- Sal
frozen on puPposer'
Mrs. stuyvesant Fish, apprehensive lest any
sne should appropriate her various notions In
connection with her Colonial ball at Newport
on August q, and destroy their novelty by
possibly using them for some other entertain
ment taking place prior 20 her own, has made
arrangements 70 copyright everything in con-
nection with the affair down TO the very cos
tunes and menu, II is said.
Blair Irwin, one OF the survivors OF the gal
liant 500 who made the famous charge at
Balaklava during the Crimean War an exploit
which was immortalized by TennysOn in HIS
poem, The Charge Of the Light Brigade" is
living with hts wife on the small farm known
as the Ansel Smith place, situated about four
miles from Sharon village, on the borders OF
Stoughton, Mass.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-25
cuRA,s GREAT CROP.

1t is said on good authority that the In
vestments Of American citizens In Cuba
amount to about SSOOW,00O.
Fully one-half Of this sum is In sugar
production.
The $40, OOO0 900 referred to IS not all own
ed by citizens OF the United States by
natural right. About one-half of it is the
property Of Cubans who have become CIT
izens Of the United States by naturaliza-
ton. Two-thirds Of the Cuban invest
ments held by the latter class were &C
ouired before the instruction Of 1885,
which led to the Independence Of Cuba.
Native-born Cubans have held large sugar
interests in Cuba for the past rs or Be
years.
The amount OF money from this country
invested in Cuba since the Spanish evacu-
alton has been by no means as large as
was expected.
1t is estimated that $50 900 will fully
cover all the Investments OF this class.
The uncertain political and social condi-
tions of the island have held back many
millions that would have gone before now
into the development Of Cuban industries
Of various kinds.
The OUTLOOK Tor the CUBAN sugar AhuuS-
try has not been favorable for several
years past. 1t is a business for large in
vestors and involves many risks. One OF
the many troubles OF the sugar planters is
the lack Of reliable labor. The natives
will not work steadily and efforts are
now being made to induce labor from the
United States to go to Cuba and work on
plantations.
II is the opinion OF those who are best
posted that the Cuban sugar industry has
seen it's best days With the present equip
fnent TIE full capacity of Cuban sugar
production is not more than 100000 tons
a year.
To double this would require at least
$3.50. 0OO,0 900 and much larger effective pop
uiation than the island mas at present.
Until there shall be better assurance Of
the stability of it's newly-instituted gov
eminent and a fairer prospect that our
own government win carry out its express
and implied pledges to encourage and as
sist Cuba no rush Of capital or enterprise
in that direction can be reasonably ex-
pected.