EIGHT TAGES G4 COLUMNS.
SSCK ANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE lil, 1805.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
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Franl
((J CSSIiJ....
They're seconds. We mako no
bones about this fact, but you
could not tell In five coses out of
every six had we not voluntarily
stated the fact.
Yet why should we conceal l't?
Deception has at no time formed a
part of our stock In trade, and
we're too old In our ways now to
think of changing a system which
proved so successful during the past
twenty years. It was necessary to
give some reason for tho
STARTLING YAtUES
represented In these Shirt Waists,
and here are the facts of the case In
a nutshell:
A RM
offered us
LADIES9
SIM WAISTS
at a price for spot cash. After a
little dickering we bettered his fig
ures In our favor by a good big dis
count, and on Saturday last took
delivery of the goods.
Now that we've looked them
over, sorted them out, we wish that
there had been 600 dozen, but no
more are procurable on the same
terms, and all things considered, we
consider ourselves fortunate In be
ing able to make the deal we did.
the mosK badly damaged of these
300 dozen bargain Shirt Waists con
sists In an occasional oil stain, a
badly finished scam, or some such
trifle. Cloth, patterns, cut and
make are as good as any we carry
In stock, and we warrant every gar
ment to be of thkj season's manu
facture. Now for the
CONDITIONS OF SALE
which opens on
TUESDAY MORNING,
JUNE 1 3 , AT 9 A. Tfi.
We've sorted them out Into three
lots.
LOT 1 Represents Waists that
show the damage, or of only me
dium quality.
LOT 2 Are all high class Waists
and the shortcoming which led to
their being classed as seconds Is
hard to find.
LOT 3 Could be placed on any
counter as perfect goods, and only
Waists of the choicest quality are
to be found therein.
$1 to J1.35 Is a fair' average for
these waists taken overhead. Here
are the
SALE
1
50c
85c
SALE NOW ON
Early buyers have decidedly the
advantage, as a,t the outset of the
sale the selection Is the biggest and
best ever offered In the city, and
there Isn't a size or a pattern
wanting.
GLOBE
-WAREHOUSE .
GRANGERS JWDJHE POVER
They Wielded a Greater Influence at
Harrisburg Than Ever Ik fore.
A FORMIDABLE ORGANIZATION
Stolo linn r J of Agriculture Wiped Out
to Mnko Room for the Depart
ment of Apiculture-Applicants
for l'ut Positions.
Special to the Scran I on Tribune.
Harrlstiurg, June 12. With the excep
tion of the revenue bill, which was de
feated by the influences of the state
administration and the corporations,
the farmer element In the recent legis
lature has gone home well satisfied
with what it got this session. The
llranger und Alliance members of the
house had a most formidable and solid
organization, and alt the "agricultural
legislation" that was passed was cer
tainly due to their efforts and strength.
The most effective showing of their
Influence was the creation of the state
department of agriculture and the prac
tical wiping; out of the state board of
agriculture, which has been In exist
ence during the past fifteen years. The
board Is legislated out of existence by
a clause In the general appropriation
bill granting J'J.OOO to It fqr the next two
fiscal years and which In addition says:
"Provided, that no vacancies in the
membership of the board shall here
after be tilled." This provision will
knock out about one-half of the mem
bership of the board between now and
Jan. 1, 1S!6. The other half will all be
out by January, 1S7.
The leading grangers In the state,
however, were careful not to show their
hand openly In their efforts to annihi
late the board of agriculture and cre
ate a department of agriculture. They
even went so far as to urge upon the
house appropriation? committee the
granting by It of $2,000 for the board,
but they took good care to tack on the
foregoing provision by which they give
the board an opportunity to slide grace
fully out of existence.
The chief trouble with the board was
that the most of the Republicans on the
appropriations committee and the lend
ing grangers throughout the state were
and are opposed to it for political and
other reasons. It Is claimed that a ma
jority of the members of the board were
In favor of the repeal of the oleo law
of 1S83 and that they were forced to
take a back track on that Issue at their
fall meeting at Somerset last October
by the vigorous fight made against
them by the Grangers, who have long
been opposed tj the board. In Bradford,
Chester and other counties.
The llonrd Too Extravagant.
Another objection to the board was
that it not only was too extravagant
In conducting farmers' institutes, but
that It used them for local and ulterior
purposes. Two years ago the board
was given. J!),500 for the use of the In
stitutes, while but J7.500 'has been
granted to the new department of ag
riculture. It Is claimed that the de
partment will do more general and
effective work with the smaller sum
than the board did with $9,500. But,
perhaps, the most controlling reason
for the annihilation of the board was
the charge that It had gone too far
Into Democratic politics; that It had.
In fact, been Instrumental In aiding
In the second election of Governor Fat
tison. This was the all-powerful argu
ment against the existence of the board
In the minds of the recent legislature
and the Hastings administration.
The bill creating the department of
agriculture was one of the first signed
by Governor Hastings, and Secretary
Edge, who Is at the head of the depart
ment, is now organizing It. For the
greater part of the offices there are
over 600 applicants, but there Is no op
position to Tr. J. T. Rothrock, of West
Chester, for forestry commissioner, and
Dr. B. H. Warren of the "Bird Hook"
fame, for economic zoologist. Dr. Roth
rock has been endorsed by the state
forestry commission and the faculty of
the University of Pennsylvania. Dr.
Warren has the unanimous endorse
ment of the senate and the Academy
of Natural Ssoiences, Philadelphia. For
state veterinary surgeon, Dr. Leonard
Plorson, head of the veterinary depart
ment of the university of Pennsylvania,
will be named. There Is a large num
ber of applicants for the appointment
of deputy secretary; Gabriel Heiser, of
Dauphin; Joel A. Herr, of Clinton; A.
C. Slsser, of Lackawanna, and Is likely
to be nppolnted. It Is said that Sena
tor Critc-h field, of Somerset, Is also a
candidate, but he is a hold-over sena
tor and cannot hold two offices under
the constitution.
Other Granger Legislation.
Other legislation In the Interest of
the grangers was the act appropriating
$25,000 to the mate dairy and food com
missioner and $"i,000 for tobacco cx-'
j-.rl mental station's. Two years ago
$6,000 was Appropriated for this pur
pose, the chief experiments being made
at State college. York, Bradford and
Lancaster, are the counties this appro
priation Is to benefit. Other bills asked
for by the granger Interests were; Le
galizing the dehorning of cattle; the
Marshall act amending the oleo law so
that one-hnlf of the fine shall go to the
use of the dairy and food commissioner
inrtead or the Informer. This amend
ment, It is believed, will put an end to
the alleged system of blacmall carried
on at Philadelphia and Plttriburg. An
other bill In the Interest of ithe farmers
la that appropriating $212,000 to the
State college. This proposition was
bitterly opposed by Representative
Lawrence, and had it not been for the
energetic work of the grangers In both
houses It would hnve been defeated. It
was killed iir the eonate appropriation
committee and then reconsidered and
passed.
It Is Interesting to note In connection
wuth the succefs of the rural members
this session the plans laid by the gran
gers to secure not only a firmer hold
upon the legislature, but a widespread
influence that will have effect In the
coming state Republican convention.
As the nomination of B. J. Haywood
for state treasurer Is assured, there Is
effort being made to dominate tty next
convention so far es candidates are
concerned, but there are many grangers
in harmony with Senator Cameron In
his free silver sentiments, and they
want the convention (to keep away In
'gold
MAJOR OULAIIAN DEAD.
The Celebrated Irish Leader Dies at His
Homo In Washington.
Washington, Juno 12. Major Richard
Oulahan, one of tho lending partlcl
pants in the abortive Stevens Fenian
movement for the liberation of Ireland,
and one of the gentlest mannered men
"that ever scuttled ship or cut a
throat," died In this city todiiy. Dur
ing the "Young Ireland" movement of
1N4S he was associated with John Mit
chell and made many contributions,
chlelly In poetic form, to the Dublin
Nation. He lett Dublin In 1819 and
came to the United States, and during
the civil war served as lieutenant in
a New York regiment.
Through Horace Greeley lie secured
a clerical position in the treasury de
partment, which he held up to the time
of his death.
PUESS fLlBBlsiiESS.
Election of Officers and Other Matters
Considered by the Orpnnlzu tlon-lliif-fnlo
tho Next Meeting 1'lnce.
Philadelphia, June 12. "A Night In
Bohemia" at the Pen and Pencil club
did not Interfere with a full attend
ance at today's Besslon of the Interna
tional League of Press Clubs. There
was a number of new faces on the floor.
notably Mr Belva 13. Lock wood, of
Uushlngton, who, although not a dele
gate, came as a member of the Wo
man's Press club of the national capital
and was accorded the privileges of the
floor. As soon ns President Howell
rapped the delegates to order. General
Felix Agnus, of Baltimore, was recog
nized on the resolutions offered by tha
llultlmore delegation for the appoint
ment of a committee to secure such
legislation as will amply protect news
paper men in the preservation of confi
dences that are reposed In them as
such. He then offered tho following:
Resolved, That the International League
of Press clubs urges all press clubs, mem
bers of the league, to appoint committees
to secure from the legislatures of the va
rious states, In which such league clubs
are located, the adoption of laws to pro
tect newspaper men in preserving Invio
late conlldentlnl Information communi
cated to them in the ordinary course of
their duties.
After a number of de-legates had en
dorsed Mr. Smith's resolution, it was
unanimously adopted.
The committee on location reported
In favor of Buffalo as the place of
meeting In 1SS6, which was unanimous
ly agreed to. The following officers
were then elected for the ensuing year:
For president, Louis N. Megargee, Pen
and Pencil club, Philadelphia; first
vice-president, Joseph Howard, Jr.,
New York Press club; vice-presidents,
John W. Kellar, New York Press club;
General Felix Angus, Journalists' club,
Baltimore; Mrs. Loulle M. Gordon,
Georgia Woman's Press club; John P.
Dampman, Reading Press club; W. V.
Alexander, Boston Press club; treas
urer, James S. McCartney, Pen and
Pencil club, Philadelphia; secretary,
Harry D. Volght, Buffalo Press club;
executive committee, Thomas J. Kee
nan, Jr., Pittsburg Press club; P. C.
Boyle, Western Pennsylvania Press
club; Robert B. Cramer, Pen and Pen
cil club; Dr. John Frlederlch, New
York German Press club; Harry W.
Hack, 'St. Paul Press club; Jean I. Char
louis, New York Press club; Mrs. C. II.
T. Avery, Cleveland Woman's Press
club; Mrs. Helen Gardener, New York
Woman's Press club; Eugene Fleury,
Buffalo Press club.
STATE COLLEGE GRADUATES.
List of Students Who Received Prizes at
Commencement Lxcrclses.
Bellefonte, Pa., June 12. A largo
crowd was present at the commence
ment exercises at State college today.
Four members of the class delivered
orations, and Hyron 11. Horton was
valedictorian. The commencement ad
dress was delivered by Robert C. Og
den, of Philadelphia. Then followed
the conferring of degrees and the
awarding of prizes. The latter were as
follows: The English prize to Henry
P. Newell, of Towanda; McAllister
prize to Kdward P. Espenshade, Lan
caster; the Junior oratorical prize to
Frederick A. Hemphill, Allegheny.
The honor men were: Budd Gray,
George Green, Edwin Harder, James
Marshall and Robert Wleland; second,
Charles Burkett, Byron Horton, Melvln
Klefer, Ralph MaciDonald and Warren
Smiley.
The following Is a list of graduates
and the courses In which they gradu
ated: Chemistry Dunham Barton, Mercer;
Jacob Eugene Hall, Fleming; Harry
Crelghton 1'efTer, Tarentum; Warren 1'.
Smiley, Fartoryvllle; George Knox Spcnre,
McICee's Hocks; Harlan Lawrence WIs
hart, Wells Tannery.
General Science Hugh McAllister
Beaver, Bellefonte; Byron Barnes Horton,
Shellleld; Robert Waring Welland, Slate
College.
Electrical Engineering Charles Watson
Burkett, Remington; Harry HoUlngshead
Geary, Ctttawlssa; William Kent Glbbony,
Kellevlllo; Edward Partridge Harder, Cata
wlBsn; Melvln Jesse Klefer, Sunhury; James
G. Marshall, Bellefonte; Robert Mathlas,
Chalfont; Lloyd Allen Reed, Alexandria.
Civil Engineering Thomas Rlsdon Cum
mins, Conneaut, O. ; Harry George Fleck,
Allegheny; Samuel Franklin Herr, Par
nassus; Thomas Wilson Rutherford, Hur
risburg; George Brady Snyder, State Col
lege. Mechanical Engineering Budd Gray,
Tyrone; Ralph Lashcllu MacDonuld, State
College; William James Moore, Altoona;
David Iieslle Patterson, Jr., Allegheny;
James Franklin Roilgors, Allegheny;
George Edward Sclbert, Hollefonte; John
Edward Snyder. Stato College; Ralph
Fiteh Martin, Sknneateles, N. Y. ,
Biology Georgo Horsey Green, Fllmore;
Robert Bruce Greer, Butler; Edward
Humes Harris, Bellefonte.
Mining John Lewis Bnrrls, Sharon;
Benjamin Franklin Williams, Wllkcs
Barfe. Tonight the seniors gave their fare
well reception In the college armory.
HEARD ABOUT THE STATE.
A son of Sheriff Fullmer, of Lycoming
county, received a ballot, Intended for a
target, In the neck.
The Crane Iron works, at Allentown, has
Increased the wages of Its 200 employes 10
per cent, dating from Juno 3.
The plant of the Lalance-Grosjean Agate
Iron works, at Harrlsburg.f will resume
operations In all Its departments on Fri
day, About 300 men will be given employment.
its declarations very far from
standard."
FREE SILVER'S CHAMPIONS
The Gathering of Bimetallic Orators
at Memphis.
SENATOR TUKI'IE'S ADDRESS
A Clear and Forcible Argument In Favor
of the White Metul-Cold Fasts Tbut
Disprove Alnrinlng Statements
of tho "Hold Hugs."
Memphis, Tenn., June 12. The silver
convention was called to order in Au
ditorium here at 2 o'clock thlH after
noon by W. N. Brown, chairman of the
Blmetullle Leuguu of Shelby county,
Tenn., and twenty-six states were rep
resented In the delegations, comprising
all the southern states, a number of
wentern elates and Pennsylvania.
The address of welcome wa delivered
by Colonel Casey Young, of Memphis.
Senator David Turple, of Indiana, was
mado iH'rmanent chairman and spoke
at some length In advocucy of the sil
ver cause. Mr. Turple spoke as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of tho Con
vention; Coined money has always been and yet
is In Itself a thing of value, and this value
Is of two kinds the metalllu or bullion
value and the niouetary worth or legal
vultie. The latter Is always a matter of
lawthe bullion vulue Is one of estimation
and opinion. The bullion value of silver
and gold, here and elsewhere, has always
rested and rests today upon one concep
tion, upon one opinion, upon one single
and simple Item of belief that ns there has
been In the ages past, so there will be In
the years to come no discovery of cither
of such metals which, as to the quantity,
shall make them comparable In value
with any other materials suitable for the
use of mankind as money.
There has always been a difference be
tween the commercial or bullion value of
the two metals and the legal or coinage
value. According to the test of the ene
mies of bimetallism that the legal vulue
of coined money must be the Bame as the
commercial or bullion value of the metal
In It nothing could be more dishonest.
According to that test there is not and
cannot be an honest dollar, of either sil
ver or gold.
The use of silver and gold for money has
added very greatly to their commercial or
bullion value. Large payments of coin
may be made In silver, but small pay
ments must be. Dally wages for dally
work to the hiborer must be paid, if In
coin, In silver dollars and their parts.
Gold is not divlsable to do this. For this
reason silver has always been the money
of the people of the greater number.
The Conspiracy Against Silver.
Although every friend of humanity re
joices In the destruction of exclusive gov
ernment ownership of the precious ores
and their metals, yet there was one conse
quence which followed the private owner
ship of the same much to be deplored.
For a long time the equilibrium was Im
partially maintained by law between the
two parties, but at last the holders of gold,
being the same as the holders of debt,
sueceoded lu having the government In
terfere by law In this strife. They said:
"We will not dispute any longer about rel
ative values. Silver must be barred out.
When we have killed silver for use as coin
It will bo worth less and less. We can
buy and sell It at our own price, and tho
ratio will be an idle fiction of the past."
The syndicate of gold is of no country,
of no age or creed. Its work began In
London, In the metropolis of gold' and debt.
Near the close of the last century Bllver
was there demonetized. Shortly after the
conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war
the same thing was dono in Germany, and
within the next decade the United States
and France and the other countries of the
Latin union took the same course. This
demonetization and cessation of the coin
age of silver occurred here In 1873. We
have legislated three times since 1873 for
the purpose of Its restoration, and each
time with reference to parity, equality
botween the two metals coined as money.
Our last law, the act of Nov. 1, W!)3, clearly
shows It to bo the declared policy of tho
government not only to maintain the
parity as to the money of the two metals
then In use, but as dollars of equal Intrin
sic and exchangable value referring to
dollars as such, not to the value or to the
bullion of commerce. Such was the prom
ise made the promise must be kept. The
monometalllst of gold says It will cost
much to keep this promise. It will cost
more not to keep It. Injustice" Is the least
prof) table und the most expensive of all
policies. Bimetalllsts are not agaiust gold.
Wo aro for sliver, and for Justice. It Is
now nearly two years since this public
pledge was given. 'TIs high time It was
redeemed.
Parity Is Maintained hy Law.
Ratio and parity are two words much
used In this discussion, and have expe
rienced similar fortunes. When It Is pro
posed by us to restore silver to full coin
age, parity Is spoken of as an Invincible
objection. How has parity been main
tained from 17U2 to 18115? By law. In Iho
same manner we shall establish and main
tain the same parity. For this parity by
law we have a voucher tho fact of more
than a century's maintenance. Parity and
rutlo are handsome names, elegant syn
onyms for that hostility to silver which
Its enemies would preter to disguise. In
the vernacular of the slnglo gold standard,
as It Is spoken today, parity means no
more silver; ratio meatis nothing but god.
They have put silver under duress. We
would mako it tree as before.
Much has been written of the stability
of the value of silver and gold, concerning
which it may be said that both these
metals are variable la value. Each changes
In value from time to time like other
commodities, but they vary In value in
finitely less than any other commodity.
We have an Instance quite modern In our
history of these changes In values. Many
of us recollect very well that as recently
ns 1873 we saw the golden sheaves make
obeisance to the silver sheaves. Our sil
ver unit of value was worth more than
gold at that time. Now, If we blmetalllits
had been disposed In 1873 to treat gold In
the same munncr as It enemies have
treated silver, and If we had adopted their
theory of honest money, there was a valid
reason for the demonetlatlon of gold
none for that of silver. Wo did not pro
pose to demonetize gold because It dollar
was worth less than the sliver dollar, ana
we do not think today that tho silver dol
lar was any better at that time than the
gold dollar because the metal In It was
worth more. Both kind of dollars were
equally good money. The law made them
such. This Is tho province of government.
The law will always have this authority
as long as mankind retain their opinion
of a scarcity of the two precious metals,
and their opUilop can never be shaken or
lessened by the Incredible myth, the unbe
lievable sophism that the bullion value of
tho metal in a coin must be the sumo as
Its standard legal value.
Gold Would Not l.cnvo lis.
It Is said that if we restore silver to free
colnago, gold will leave us. This Is as
serted as a principle under what Is called
The Gresham Law or Rule," namely,
that where two or more kinds of money
circulate together the Inferior will drive
out the better currency. This rule, save
In very rare Instances, has no application
to coin. But what pnrty In our country Is
seeking to debase coin? Who has advised
the debasing of either the silver or the
gold dollar? They have stood sldo by
sltlo, hand In hand, of the sumo purity,
nine-tenths fine, for mora than a hundred
years, In poace or war, for better for
worse, In prosperity and adversity. Sil
ver and gold havo been too long married
to be now divorced.
The loss of our gold, the depnrture of
our gold, will, as some opponents say,
bring about doprcsslon. Yet gold stayed
with us from tho beginning In usual quan
tity and proportion until 1873, when wo
ccused coining silver. From 1873 to 1878,
while) Bllver was not coined, gold touched
a low ebb. When, In 1878, wo began to
coin silver again, gold returned In larger
sums than ever, and stayed and Increased
with us. Since we censed the coinage of
sliver lu 1893, during 1891-95, gold hus left
us again. Tho fllxht of gold hus recom
menced. Surely this was not caused by
free silver col mi no. Experience teaches
us In this way the lesson that tho best
way to keep both Is to coin both on terms
of equality. It Is certain that we aro
largely1 In debt. This debt Is deemed to bo
luuxtlngulshable In gold. However that
may be It Is Ccrtuln 1 hut It will bo very
greatly Increased If it be mado payable In
gold only.
Ono Truth and Ono Error.
Tho fnlth of tho advocate of a single gold
standard Is compounded of one truth and
one pernicious error that coined standard
dollars should be of equal legal value Is
true, but that the metal in them must bo
of equal bullion value Is a fallacy so con
trary to our common sense ami experience
that It cannot be much aided by prophecy.
Let us, as bimetalllsts, remember that we
aro Americans, citizens of the great repub
lic, dealing calmly und deliberately with
our own highest interests. Let us take
counsel of fii.lt li and hope. Let us go forth
with manly hearts, without fear, believing
In all eoplldenco that tho sliver und gold
dollar of our mints, tho money of the past,
sound, tried und true, shull also be und
remain the money of tho future.
Air. Sibley's Speech.
When the committee on resolutions
appointed at today's session of the
southern and western states silver con
vention makes Us report tomorrow
there may be a lively time. The com
mittee went out at 5 o'clock, nnd it is
thought will be ready to read the plat
form early tomorrow. The plank which
may make all the trouble Is one which
endorses Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsyl
vania, for president. Mr. Sibley is a
man of brilliant attainments, a fervid
friend of the free silver Idea, and a
cordial hater of the administration
policy. In his speech tonight at the
Auditorium he did not spare cither
Cleveland or Carlisle.
rECK-KlSQ WEDD1SP.
Notable Society Event ot Pcckvillc-Miss
Delia Peck and Willis King United for
Life.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Peckvllle, June 12. One of the most
notable weddings of the day was that
of Miss Delia Peck, yodngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Peck, of Main
street, to Willis King. The ceremony
was performed by ltev. S. C. Simp
kins, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, assisted by the Rev. W. G.
Guest, of the Baptist church, at 8.45
this evening. The house was prettily
decorated with evergreens and flowers.
The corner of the parlor In which the
ceremony was performed was banked
with palms nnd ferns, and In the center
hung a bell trimmed with daisies. The
bridal party entered the pnrlor to the
strains of Mendelssohnfs wedding
march, played by Fred Benjamin. The
ushers were Lyman Peck, of Scranton;
Harry Peck and Frank Benjamin, of
Peckvllle; and Prof. W. A. Peck, of
Elmburst, all cousins of the bride. Tho
ushers preceded the bridal pnrty to tho
room; they were followed by the groom
and groumsmnn, the mnld of honor
and the bride, accompanied by her
father.
A. F. Kelzer acted ns groomsman.
The bride wore a-cream corded silk.
Miss Bertha Peck, a sister of the bride,
was the maid of honor, nnd was at
tired In cream crepe cloth. After the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. King received
congratulations, nnd refreshments
wore served.
The guests present were:
Mrs. Frank Day, Wilkes-Bnrre; Mr. nnd
Mrs. W. F. Bross.Hlakely; Mr. and Mrs.
Jidson Peck, Mrs. C. F. Peck. Elmhurst;
Mr. and Mrs. etedler, Wllkes-Bnrre; Mr.
and Mrs. Enterllne, Mr. and Mrs. Ber
swlck, Mrs. Schenk, Miss Florence Sted
ler, Miss Frederick, Scranton; Mrs. Will
iam Grant, Wilkes-Uurro; Gertrude Shop
land, Scrantou; Miss Carrlo Wise, Wllkes
Burre; E. J. Barthold, Blakely; Miss Anna
Taylor, Factoryvllle; Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Dougherty, Curbondale; Mr. and Mrs
Byram Pock, Rev. and Mrs. Guest, Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Cullender, Mr. nnd Mrs. JC
P. Truvlss, Mr. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs!
Saloth Williams, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mc
Cormlck, Mr. and Mrs. George Trevorton,
Mr. and Mrs. P. Snedlcon, Mrs. Bllsbco!
Mrs. A. A. Swingle, Dr. nnd Mrs. J. B.
Slckler, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Blocs, Mr.
and Mrs. V. Foster, Mr. ami Mrs. William
Boll, Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph G. Bell, Mr. nnd
Mrs. W. W, Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Peck, Mrs. M. A. Arnold, Mrs. Sarah Stev
ens, Scranton; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whlto,
Mr. and Mrs. John English, Mr. nnd Mrs.
E. H. Rftter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bailer,
Mr. and Mrs. O. Truvlss, Mr. and Mrs. 11.
H. HofTecker, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bell, Hev. nnd Mrs. 8.
C. Simpklns, Mr. nnd Mrs. Herb McCor
mlck, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Arnold, Misses
Belle Benjamin, Grace Bailer, Leua
Barnes, Dora Simpklns, Beatrice MeCor
mlck, Maud Trevorton, Emma Barnes,
Jessie HofTecker, Kate Bell, Sophia Simp
klns, Maud Doud, Anna Taylor, Nichol
son; Annie Doud, Alice Bell, Stella Ar
nold, May and Anna Gummoro, Mnmia
Perk, Scranton; Emma, EtUi and MyrWo
Peck, Jennie Benjamin, Myra HofTecker,
Messrs. George B. Reed, G, M. I'lerce, Ly
man Peck, Scrnnton; Elmor Swlnglo, Rob
ert Ed. Barnes, Bert K. Benjamin, Joseph
English, Florence Swingle, Leonard
Simpklns and Frank Cullender.
HAD BURGLARS' TOOLS.
Four Suspicions Characters Are Locked
Up ot Plttston.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Plttston, June 12. Chief Loftus and
Olllcer Withers arrested four suspicious
obarootera at the Lackawanna and
Blonmsburg Junction. When searched
a full set of burglars tools was found
upon the prisoners. When arrested the
men were selling clothing.
They were locked up for further hear
ing. It Is thought that the prisoners
are rsponslble for many of tho burg
laries that have recently been commit
ted in this section.
SCRANTON WINS THE PRIZE
Singers of the United Choir Cover
Themselves with Glory.
THEY SECURE THE $1,000 PURSE
And Also Toko Several Other Prizes Dur
ing tho l'estivnl-Spcoch of Llou
tenant Governor Vvatros.
Dr. Mason's Opera.
Wllkes-Bnrre, Juno 12. This morning
Conductor William Ap Madoc called
tho session to order and said In his
opening address that he hoped the audi
ence would continue the excellent at
tention they gave the competitors and
JOHN T. WATKINS.
Conductor of tho Scranton United Choirs.
adjudicators of yesterday. Music is an
art and a science and we must be
scientific to get In I be atmosphere of
appreciation; you can and I hope you
will appreciate this fact."
Will Watklns, of Hurrlsburg, sang
the solo of "Land of My Fathers," and
the audience sang the chorus In rich
volume and sweet tone, the subdued ef
fects in the lust chorus holng splendid,
Mri Broom, of Pottsvlllo, was presi
dent of the morning session. Rev. T.
C. Edwards was called upon and said:
I came here to hear, enjoy and be
thrilled, not to please others. I am
thrilled to see so many bright faces full
of the expectation of winning. That is
not all there Is. To lose should furnish
Inspiration to those who do so and
make them more cautious. The pres
ent adjudicators are the best we have
had thus far and impart some vital
points which have received but little
attention heretofore.
In the soprano solo Mrs. E. T. Grif
fith and Miss Sarah Schmidt, of Utlca.
and Mrs. Lizzie Hughes-Hrundage, of
Scranton, were accepted out of seven
entries nnd sang In that order. The ad
judication was given at once by Mr.
Henderson. He awarded the prize to
Mrs. Brundage, and after enumerating
the points to be considered In an ad
judication of this sort, .Mr. Henderson
said that some singers thought that
forcing the tones from the muscles of
the throat was beauty. This did not
occur so much, however, in the soprano
solo as In some of the previous ones.
Mr. Henderson complimented Mrs.
Brundage very highly on her observ
ance of the technical points of singing.
Yri.e for Miss Purkln.
' The sscond competition was a piano
solo, "Tarautelle" op. 20, by S. Ti. Mills,
for persons under 20 years of age. Tho
prize was $!" and a ohalr given by
Mr. Housenlck. For this there were
only three contestants, Miss Elsie
Cohen, of Wllkes-Barre, and John
O'Malley, of Avoca, winner of yester
day's piano contest, and Miss nno
Durkin, ot Scranton. Mr. Huss ren
dered the adjudication on this one In
favor of Miss Durkin, who also won the
same prize last year.
In Dr. Mason's "The Ramsomed of
tho Lord," the Mlnervllle choir, under
tho leadership of David M. Miles, was
tho only one entered and they pang
the icwe,. bautifully. The first move
ment was particularly well done, ns
was tho phrasing all through the selec
tion, the tenors being strong. The In
tonation was somewhat faulty. There
were twenty-six voices In this pnrty.
Tho music given In the competition
was, In point of delicacy, up tiOf not
exceeding, anything ever heard here
In competitive singing. The prize was
$200 nnd a gold metal given by Mrs.
Hcyer to the lender. As this was the
only choir to contest, the adjudicators
submitted a written report, read by Mr.
Krehblel, In which It was said that a
rule of the eisteddfod was not to award
a prize where there was no competition.
But In the chorus competition of the
morning wherein only the Mlnersvlllo
choir snng, this rule had, by consent,
been partly waived nnd the choir was
allowed one-half of the prize, or $100.
Tho Female Chorus Contest.
The morning session closed with a
female chorus for not less than twenty
or more than thirty voices. The com
petition was on "Annie Laurie," the
famous old Scotch melody, arranged
by Dudley Buck, and the prize was
$100 with $10 nnd a piano lamp to the
successful loader, nd $10 to each un
successful leader. There were six en
tries and they sang In this order: Scran
ton, Mrs. Heckle; Wllkes-Barre, Miss
Maggie Lewis; Pittsburg, Mrs. Samuel
Ingram-, Mlnersvlllo, Miss L. Il'nrry
James; mica, 'Mrs. E. L. Grlfllths; Mrs.
Annie Thomas, of this city. All the
choirs with the possible, exception of
ohe gave this selection with rare skill,
Scranton, Wllkes-Barre and Pottsvllle
seemed to tho average hearer to lead
tho others. Some of the renditions
were exquisite, showing a bennty of
tone and an evencss that denoted long,
hard practice together. Tlfb competi
tion was far tho closest of the entire
festlvnl. When the adjudication was
given, the greatest enthusiasm of the
session was shown. The prize was
awarded to tho Wllkes-Barre Heights
choir, led by little Miss Lewis, aged 18,
daughter of Edward Lewis. The prize
was $100 and the talented young wo
man gets a handsome piano lamp and
$10. Mr. Henderson mnde tho adjud
ication. He Bald that the task was the
most difficult the adjudicators had had
to deal with. The ladles had sung bet
ter than the men. The singing was so
admirable that we are very sorry there
Is not a second prize, as by the Judg
ment of two of us choir No. 1 (Scran
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t
ton) is only ono point behind. Wo
judged on the same qualities as for
other choruses.
Tho Afternoon Session.
At 2.30 o'clock In the afternoon Con
ductor Ap Madoc Introduced Lieuten
ant Governor Watres, of Scranton, as
president of tho session, and requested
tho following visitors to take seats on
the platrorm: Hon. Charles A. Miner,
Hon. M. B. Williams, Rev. T. C. Ed
wards, Judge Edwards, of Scranton,
Superintendent David R. Roberts and
William L. Williams.
Lieutenant Governor Watres being
Introduced, made an appropriate and
able address. He said it was a great
honor to preside over such a festival.
He complimented the city of Wllkes
Barre on Its love of muBlc and musical
talent and eald It must he a good city
that loves music so much, "for the
lover of mu;lu must be In accord with
that which Is holy and divine. The
more song there Is the less sin and vice.
He that hath not music In the soul or Is
not moved by the divine harmony of
Bweet sounds Is fit for treason, strategy
and the spoils. I congratulate Wllkes
Barre for having within Its borders the
line Oratorio society which has sur
prised, entertained and delighted us so
much."
Senator M. H. Williams followed
with a stirring und wildly applauded
address In the Welsh language.
The first competition on the afternoon
programme was a contralto solo, "Why
Bea.teth So, O Heart!" by Tostl, for
which was given a prize of $10. There
were three competitors, and Mr. Huss
announced at the close that it had been
won by Mrs. M. J. Boston-Wllllams, of
Scranton.
After .Miss Jennie Slater sang Verdi's
"Bring Me Forth the Victor," the two
rival choirs, Wilkts-Viarre and Scran
ton, prepared for the big prize, $1,000 In
cash and $.",() and a gold medal given by
Clark & Engle to the successful leader,
and $50 to each unsuccessful leader.
Tho contest was restricted to choirs of
not less than 173 or more than 200
voices, and the selections were the
Gloria from Beethoven's mass In C and
the "Soirl Buy," from MaeKenzie's
opera, "Colomha." Both choirs sang
superbly and the adjudicators reserved
their decision until the evening Besslon.
I vcnins Sosion.
Dr. Mason's opera, "Catrin, the Maid
of Cefynydfa," was given In the even
ing by a full chorus nnd orchestra. The
solo parts were taken by Miss Slater,
Miss H like. Miss -Baldwin, Mr. Auty
and Mr. (Mills. The opera Is very beauti
ful, especially in the choruses, which
Dr. Mas-n treats with great skill. The
melodies, too, are very beautiful in
many places, and the entire work Is
one of which Dr. Mason may well be
proud. It formed a fitting close to a
very successful festival.
Before the lose .Mr. Krehblel in a
magnificent critique of the merits of
the choruses awarded the prize to the
Scranton choir.
Filled with enthusiasm nnd with
manyathroat hoarse from cheering, the
Scranton singers and several hundred
friends who accompanied them reached
the Delaware and Hudson station In a
special excursion train at 12.45 o'clock
this morning. There was, however,
sufficient enthusiasm and some robust
voices Uft to cheer oft"n and loud for
John T. Watklns, the Druid, the Welsh,
Scranton nnd every other person or
thing which in any way contributed to
the eisteddfod. To a Tribune reporter
Mr. Watklns was ardor t in his praise of
the Choral society's splendid work and
said tho adjudication nnd other eis
teddfod arrangements were perfect.
100KS LIKE Ml'RDER.
The Decomposed lloJic.i of Two Negro cs
Discovered on tho Line of Wllkcs-Bnrrc
and l nston KnilrouJ.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa., June 12. A sec
tion gang employed on the Wilkes
Burre and Kasttrn road between this
city nnd Stroudsburg made a startling
discowry this afternoon. They were
cleaning away a lot of ground to put In
a long siding, when tlK-y came upon the
bodies of two negroes, whom they have
every reason to believe were murdered.
Tho bodies were interred under
six inches of earth and had
been thrown Into the grave
roughly. One man was lying on
his face and the other on his side.
The earth had been siamped down over
them and a number of bushes nnd treo
branches thrown over the spot evident
ly with tho view of hiding It. Tha
bodies nre In on advanced state of de
composition and have not yet been ex
amined by a physician, but the section
boss has found the head of one of the
men is crushed nnd 'that tliere is what
seems to bo a bullet hole in the breast
of the other.
Inquiry reveals the fact that nbout
three or four weeks ago a large gang
of colored laborers was employed re
pairing the road about half a mile from
where the bodies were discovered. One
night there was a fight over a game of
craps and several of the negroes went
Into the woods to have it out. The
next morning three of them were miss
ing, and when the section boss in
quired for them he was told they had
gone away. It Is su pposod that two of
them were the men whose bodies were
found nnd It Is thought the third body
may be nearby. The bodies are being
kept where they were found to await
the action of the coroner.
Warning to I'llbiiNtcrcrs.
Washington, Juno 12. Tho president to
day Issued a proclamation warning all
persons not to violate the laws of neutral
ity In the contest between Spain and her
rebellious colony of Cuba and informing
ull persons that any vlolntipn of the neu
trality laws will be vigorously punished.
Princeton Commencement.
Princeton, N. J., June 12. The one hun
dred! und forty-eighth annunl commence
ment of Frincoton college was held today
In tho recently completed Alexander hall.
The graduating class consisted of 215 mem
bers, which Is tho largesSover graduated
from Princeton.
Kiohnrd Ouuy Mnrricd.
Pittsburg, Juno 12. Hon. Richard R.
Quay, son of United States Senator M. 8.
Quay, was married nt 8.30 tonight to Miss
Ellxubeth Lorlng Waters, at the homo of
the bride's pnrents at Sewlckley, Pa.
WEATHER KKl'ORT. '
For eastern Pennsylvania. Inereaslnit
cloudiness nnd thunder showers; station
ary temperature.
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