e V - THE1 SCB ANTON TRIBUNE Fill DAT MORNING, - DECEMBER 20. 1895. t tit cranfon riBunc Deny and Weekly. So Buadaj EdlUoo. at Scraaton, P, by The Tribune PaV llatalnv Cduubt. ttm Tfck OOat: Tribune Building. Frank & Star, auoager. L P. RiNOSBUNV. Pun. aae Can't Maa. B. H. MlPPkC. Sn'i Thus. UVT . RICHARD Kama. W. W. DAVIS. BueiNise M. W. W. VOUNGS, Am. Nana'. kmio at tbi rosromoi at ktrantoh, fa, as noonD-CLASS MAO, MACTIB. rioters' Ink1 the recognized Journal fhr w6vr Hears, rates THa Scramtow TaiBUMsat tba bnt edverUslac medium In Northeastern reauajrivu ala J'rlnter' Ink" knows. fan Wincty TaiBl'Kit. Issued Evtrv Saturday. Contains Twelve Handsome Pane, with no Abun dance of News. Fbiten. and WellEdlted Miscel lany. For Tbo Who Onnot Take The Iiau.y Tribune, the Weekly la Recommended a tlio Beat Bargain (Join. Only 1 a Year, In Advance. fux Tarsus I fhr Sale Dally at the D., L. and W Station at lluboken. ED SCRANTON, DECEMBER 19, 1S93. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. headquarters Republican state commit tee, 1231 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 12, 1893. to the Republican Electors of Pennsyl vania: The Republicans of Pennsylvania, by Mielr duly chosen representatives, will Jeet In state convention, Thursday, April 3, 1890, at 10 o'clock a. m.. In the Opera House, city of llarrisburg, for the pur pose of nominating two candidates for representatives nt la rue In congress and Ihlrty-two candidates for presidential elec tors, selecting eight delegates ot lurgo to the Republican national convention, mid transacting such other business as may be presented. By order of the state committee, : JI. S. Quay. j Attest: , Chairman. Jere B. Rex, ' i W, R. Andrews. ' ' ' ; Secretaries. Representation in this convention will le the same as In the last state conven tion. A Proper Protest. A large number of the Republican Newspapers of Pennsylvania are enter ing a -well-directed protest against the arrangement alleged to have been made it the recent conference between Sena tor Quay and a number of other Repub lican leaders, by which Senator Cam rron was designated as the proper per lon for chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation In the Republican National Convention. If the leaders In confer tnce mapped out a programme as al leged, the least that can be said Is that It was altogether premature. The Penn sylvania delegation will consist of six-ty-four delegates, only a few of whom have been chosen. It is fair to assume that a majority of these delegates will e representative Republicans, and men Dtntelllgence and character. If Sena tor Quay, and the half-dozen gentlemen be called Into conference with him, have presumed to select the chairman for the whole body of delegates, all that need be said is that they have assumed a great deal. It is not improbable that when the sixty-four shall have been duly Chosen a considerable number of them will want to have something to say themselves as to who shall be their chairman and spokesman on the floor it the. convention. The Republican newspapers are alto gether right in protesting against this premature action by the conference al luded to. The attempt is manifestly to be made to give Senator Cameron un lue prominence inthe National conven tion, a distinction to which he Is clearly not entitled and which would never be conferred upon him by the mass of Re publicans in this state. He has for rears chosen to act outside of Repub lican lines in the senate, and has not lone anything for his party In the state r nation 'to entitle him to any honor or ' fllBtlnctlon at the hands of his party. Public sentiment in the Rpeubllcan party has compelled him to announce bis retirement as a candidate for re election to the senate, and this is not a , very auspicious time to push him to the j front as the leader of Republicanism In ft National convention of the party. For j few men, however prominent them selves, to get together and select th.s non-conformist Republican for chair man of the state's delegation, in ad vance of the election of the delegates, Is an act of presumption almost without a parallel, and It is not surprising that the Republican press of the state enters Its solemn protest against the propo sition. Let the sixty-four National delegates select their own chairman. ,We apprehend that that is precisely what they will do, and his name will Dot be J. Donald Cameron. ." The British newspapers are of one accord In declaring that the Monroe doctrine has not been recognized as j)art of the International law. Great . Britain may not have recognized . it, '.' tout practically every able-bodied man In the United States has, and, if nec essary, will fight for it. Great Britain has been compelled to recognize sever '. el other "doctrines" In the past and yet recognize the Monroe uocirine. ; The Strika In Philadelphia. There Is nearly" always too much . haste In criticizing; the civil authorities of a community when they fall to suc cessfully cope lth a body of rioters. (vThat Philadelphia experienced this week has been the experience at some time of nearly every large city In the country. Riots spring; into existence at the shortest notice, as a rule, and the result Is that the civil authorities are : unprepared to meet the emergency at . ance, but there was no reasonable ex pectation that this strike would at once be attended with a great rjot. Phlla- . delphla has a large police force and taken as a whole It Is probably the equal of the force In any other city, and su perior to a majority of them. In this Otmtry there Is always great reluct iaee to call the military Into service. A slnalefeglment of the national guard ould doubtless have quelled the mob In Philadelphia last Tuesday in a very ' ' fcort time, and probably without firing a shot but the mayor refrained from tz M tor military aid, believing that the civil authority would be able to re store law and order. The fact that not a single life was lost, nor any considerable number of people Injured, during the nearly all day riot, proves either that the mob was unusually good-natured, or that there was no attempt made to oppose ihe rioters In their wanton destruction af property. At this distance from the acene of the lawlessness Philadelphia does not appear to very good advantage as a well-governed city. It was an r.ll-day riot, and the reiterated state ments of the Philadelphia newspapers that the rioters were for the greater part boys and loafers only adds to the surprise that the lawleasness was permitted to continue nil day. It is claimed that very few of the thousands of street railway employes participated !n the riot. This seems to be nearly always the case, or nt least this is the claim nearly always put fo'rwwd when a riot follows In the waXe of a strike. Sometimes this Is true ami sometimes It is not. ' ProEently the tax-payers of Philadel phia will be heard from. The Traction company will present its bill for ears demolished by the mob and for other Jamagc9 Incidental or otherwise sus tained, and the city will have to foot that bill, which, It Is apprehended, will be a pretty extensive one. There will bo no escape from this. Having failed to protect the' property of the com panies and enforce law and order, ho municipality v.ill be compelled to pay the bill of damages. This is one of the IcHHons of the Philadelphia strike and riot. The average Republican Is always a patriot when there Is occasion for the assertion of patriotism. Nothing could bo more gratifying than tha unanimity with which the Republican members of consrei's rallied around the Democratic president the moment he developed a proper measure of genuine American ism in asserting the determination of the administration to maintain the pol icy of this country as embodied In the Monroe doctrine. Any man In the presidential chair, be he Democrat or Republican, will always have the hear ty support of the Republican uarty In anything ho may suggest or do to up hold the honor, dignity and interests of this republic. If President Cleveland v.ill maintain the firm stand he has ta'ten with reference to Great Britain's attitude In the Venezuela question he can count upon the support of every Republican in congress and In the coun try. The St. Louis Programme. The Altoona Tribune, one of the most conservative Republican papers in Western Pennsylvania, in commenting upon the announced programme of the Pennsylvania delegation at St. Louis, says: "As the gentlemen who are In control of our state politics have no In tention of permitting a Pennsylvanlan to be nominated, there Is no reason why a pretense to the contrary should be made. The purpose, of course, is to put the delegation In shape for handling most effectively on behalf of the candi date whose nomination the managers really desire. Nor should Senator Cam era lead a delegation to a Republican convention. He has not been a Repub lican for years.havlng repeatedly voted contrary to the fundamental principles of the Republican party and being at this moment a Populist In sentiment. There are plenty of genuine Republi cans in this state." This Is only one of many expressions which show that on attempt to make a stool pigeon of a Pennsylvania candi dacy at St. Louis would bo resented by party sentiment. If such a purpose has been entertained by the present leader ship of the party in this Btate, it Is not too late to take cognizance of Its evi dent unpopularity, and modify the pro gramme so as to render It more In har mony with the dominant party desire. If It be deemed expedient to cast the vote of the Pennsylvania delegation for a Pennsylvania presidential candidate, such action should be genuine and in good faith. No effort should be spared to wake that candidacy successful; end the quest should be aitandonvd only when Its futility had become unmis takably evident. . Such a course of procedure would sustain the dignity of the common wealth, and constitute a latins vindi cation of the party leadership from the charge tKit Its supremacy Is main tained only for Eeldsh purposes. The weary and over-worked congress man will soon be :n his way home to enjoy the holiday season and recuper ate his strength for the real work of the seenion after the New Year Is ush ered In. Smalley on Bayard's Case. For once it happens that George W. Smalley, that whilom beau ideal of Toryism, has found It In him to utter both sensible and patriotic advice. In his special syndicate letter to several American papers, published a few days ago, Mr. Smalley discusses the contro versy Into which Americans have fallen with their own ambansador to England and in the course of that discussion SayS. Ini, rtrnnnr-tMnea of the 1 uo not imiti i house of representatives likely to do us much credit aoroaa. uiu.Cu. I. a o.i. . mi-inVB. or two mistakes. It was not the duty of an American am bassador to criticise American American parties beforo a British audi ence it was not his duty to discuss tho character of the American people in the ' . i.-..ii.i,,o What he said presence ui iwi.,' r . about our bolnx oftentimes self-confident and violent and needing a strong ruler Is true enough, but it was not iur mm j i at TCiitnhunrh aarlnrt pro tection end the corrupting Influence of pro tection on public life In America. What he said Is, I tninK, nor true, ui.l, . rn hn Hhnnld have left it for some one ele not an American in a. coun try not his own. ir we must revue w other let us do It at home, and not abroad. Above all don't let us send an ambassado; to do it, nor sufter mm to uo it wunuui re buke. . ' A rebuke and a proteet were called for. The press of America has already admin istered them In tolerably etrong lannuage. wneaner mr, nuju.u - -akio reproached him with his fault, we do IrOt KnOW. imiau IIIIU atis and the department , of state. It wm a. nrooer case for official notice. There, I think, tne mfir ....-. , i. n ihair itiit whfvthar or not 1 FQ 1UI llici - Mr. Bayard deerved a heavier punish ment than the censure of the press and of the department. It was not for the Inter- eti oi inw vuuunj ... draa-n-ed to the bar of the house of rcpre- . . , .1.1. tMKMnUMBM, rcntntlvea, tnreaienmi win ii.im-""'"". disguised In terms of vehement Invective . j ,a mmmlttM not i vet BO- pointed for further dlflclpline. All that, of course. Is known at once In England. It affoots both Air. Bayard and his diplomat ic usefulness and hla country. You may see from the comments of the English press tfeat, while they think Mr. Bayard In the wrong at Edinburgh, they think his critirs in the house and the house it self Hill more In the wrong. Viewed soberly and with an eye to the future consequences, Mr. Smalley's idea of the case Is unquestionably the correct one. The American congress has perhaps shown itself too sensitive. A moderate, renolution of disapproval would have been proper and dignified. If it be assumed, as seems at this time reasonable, that the duty of disciplin ing Mr. Bayard could not be safely left to the president or to the secretary of state. But to Jump Into hysterics is to get ourselves laughed nt even by those who are sensible of the ambassador's original Indiscretion. Still, It Is a cir cumstance without precedent In our history; and the error. If an error, was clearly on the right sldi The committee appointed at the last meeting of the Pennsylvania Editorial association to prepare a new libel bill to be presented to the next legislature?, have performed the duty Imposed upon them. The bill prepared appears to meet the requirements of the press of the state without depriving any person of duo redress against malicious libel. The present libel laws are faulty and unjust to publishers and editors. A casual examination of the bill prepared by the committee appears to remedy, at least in large measure, the faults of the present law. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Tr.bune Bureau, ' CIS Fourteenth street, N. W., Washington, Dee. 19. The Hon. Charles A. lioutelle, of Malao, who has been known us the great cham pion of the American flag in Uie house, is surh a bitter partisan tliut he is willlnK to allow that emblem of liberty to be trullcrd In the dust for the take of making a political point. Boutelie bus probably made more speeches In defense of the flag than all the other members of the house. He eeidom rise In his seat that ho does not work In tho flag somewhere In his pipeech. For thet reuson he is known as tho "Has defender." But Blnce President Cleveland Irsued his now famous message on the Venezuelan question Mr. Boutelie, either through Jealousy or some other reason, hai changed his tune. When the resolution was brought up In the ftouse on Wednes day appropriating $100,000 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a commission to be appointed by the president to estab lish tha boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana, Mr. Boutello objected to Us passage. His reason for objecting was that the subjeet was too grave anil serious for the house to tackle in an off hand manner. Mr. Boutelle's friends as well as his antagonists were very much surprised to see him forsake the flag In thlstts hour of need. The general Impres sion among his colleagues is that Mr. Boutelie didn't want president Cleveland or his. party to get any glory at the flag's expense. II II II Tho resolution Introduced in the senate on Wednesday by Mr. Cnll, of Florida, providing for the appointment of a select committee to Investigate organized efforts of corporations to control the election of members of congress and to Influence leg islation In congress. Is calculated to cause name trouble In both houses. The fact that it was opposed by certain eastern and western senators, who, l.t Is charged, owe their seata In the upper house to the organized efforts and systematic benefi cence of corporations directly and vitally Interested in. legislation, Is being generally commented upon. Senator Quay did not speak on the reso lution, but he voted for it. His approval of am inquiry Into elections In which the Influence of corporations enter, recalls his speech on the floor of the senate last Jan uary, In which he denounced In strong language the methods which a corporation employed In Philadelphia elections. Sen ator Cameron opposed it for reasons best known to himself. It Is noteworthy that Senator Bewell, of New Jersey, opposed tho resolution of Mr. Call. It was tho first speech he has mado since becoming a member of the senate the second time. (Jewell's connection with the Pennsylvania railroad no doubt prompted him to oppose the resolution. Senator Chandler, who probably had in mtnd his arch-enemy, the Boston and Maine Railroad company, sustained It wlilh his vote and strongly urged !ts pass age. It has not been many years since Mr. Chandler oA'ered a resolution, the pur pose of which was an Investigation Into the election of his New Hampshire col league, Senator Galllnger, Whom he Inti mated had been elected by the organized support of a railroad conporntion. The Call resolution Is considered most timely, as it Is strongly hinted that In the make-up of the senate committees and the appointment of rhalrman of commit tees. Into whoso hands fall the considera tion of Important legislation a.'feetlng cer tain corporations, the Influence of those fame corporations figure most conspicu ously. Su-h a resolution can hardly pass the house, but If one like that which Senator Call introduced Is presented there the dis cussion which '. will provoke will at leus.t -be Interesting. It Is openly asserted that In congressional campaigns In the west the participation of railroad corporations is notorious. An Instance was cited to mo toOay by a member of the house. It was that of a southern rsllroiil company which, he said, expended ?n0,J0 to secure a renomination for a member of congress who was the road's attorney and whom the corporation wanted returned to con grer.s. , . 'I 'I II , Both houses of congress will adjourn to morrow for the holidays. They will recon vene on Filday, Jan. 3. A pension has been granted to Edwin D. Campbell, of South Auburn, Susquehan na cocJity. Also, to Thomns English, of I'lttston, and Benje.mln F. Newer and Danl'sl Shovlln, of Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county. Congressmen S-tranton, Lelsenrlng and Ccddlng will spend t!ie holidays with their families at their respective homes. Mr. Scranton will have time to explain to his "bone" hunting constituents how he came to fere so badly In the combine's divide of the spoils. Congressman "Jack" RofWneon Is In dally receipt of encouraging letters re garding his candidacy for Cameron's seat In tho United States senate. "Jack" toys his chances up to date for election are as good as any other candidate. He Is not In the race for fun nor (for bis health. It might bo wi3e for the opposition to keep an eye on "Jack." j Speaker Reed Is roltg to appoint three committees on contested elections. Each committee will havo tqn cases to conalder, two of the thirty-two ontet hnvlng been dropped on account of (the, contestants fall ing to comply wfth thfc law, W. R. B. POLITICAL POINTS. ,imhM tf t.iixefni miititv Ttemibil cans have concluded that their congres sional district is enimeo to one oi ino eight delegates at large to the Republican MatUr.l rnnvntinn. Innd ihev are uratnBf ex-Representative Ctiarle A. Miner, of Wllkes-uarre, to pormit nts mune o wo befor the Elate convention as their can didate. A better njon could certainly not be chosen as. the rt preservative of north eastern Pennsylvania, and if the Luzerne Republican put forth the proper effort t"hey can win. Olher counties will cor dis My stand by hem in behalf ot Mr. Miner. i William t'hler Hense-I, of Lancaster, has dlFigtit-ted the Harrlaburg Patriot by ap pearlng before Uie board of pardons aa attorney for Pulley. Hensel, as'attor. ney-general wanted to send the state treasurer and auditor general to the peni tentiary as coparcener of Bardsley and could not then find languags eM-oog enough to denounce the rasratlty of Bards ley. Now, for a petty fee. he ask the board oft. pardons to pardon this came Fcanip whom he himself placed where he is. hensel certainly does not appear to the be.t advantage In hla new role. -W It Is notice ible that few of the Repub lican papers of this state that comment on the subject believe that the leaders of their party mean to support in good faith any l'tcinsylvanian for the presidential nomination. All the more ncv-essHy that the several congressional districts select ftrcng. self-reliant and responsible men to represent them In the convention. -:(:- Scnator Chandler Is a trifle ahead of the rest of the American people In his anxiety for a war with Grt at Britain. Neverthe k.'S he is right when he proposes that tk's country should always have on h tnd t.nough arms and equipments to plat-" a ;orge volunteer army In the Held. The men are always rtady and the arms should be on hand alto. The Harrlsburg Telegraph wants Sena tor Cameron to be the most conspicuous figure among Pennsylvania Republicans In thenext llepubllcaniiQtlonal convention. If the senior senator umpires to such distinc tion ho ought to revise, renovate and re Invigoralo his Republicanism in the mean time. Of late years he has not been able ta pass Inspection as a Republican. A ehart time ago It was announced by fomo Democratic newspapers that Su perior Court Judge Oilady desired to be elected a delegate to tho Republican national convention. The Judge has em phatically denied that he has any e.uch ambition and the Democratic organs rhould now ftop abusing him as a parti san. He is out of active polKIcs. Republicans can always be depended upon to put patriotism above mere partl eanlsm when the honor, dignity end rights of t,!ii3 republic are an Issue. Wit ness the manner In which the Republican house of representatives has rallied around the Democratic president now that hu is on the right truck. Now lot President Cleveland go Jifst one step further In his Americanism and for ward a polite request to Ambassador Bay ard to hand in his resignation. Better do It while the spirit of patriotism moves him. Just now this repotbllo ought to be represented in England by a man who loves his country. Representative Goetner, of Montgom ery county, who has served two terms In tho legislature, has announced that h wants a third term. In Montgomery, as elsewhere, there are many who have wait ed for their turn a long while and are of the opinion that two terms should Batisfy Mr. Goetner. Hon. John Lelsenrlng, it Is understood, will not be seriously opposed in his ambi tion to be a delegate in the national con vention, but there is a disposition among the Republicans of Luzerne to name the second delegate themselves, instead of per mitting Mr. Lelsenrlng to designate him. Hon. Chris. L. Slugce, of Pittsburg, is probably wondermg why his name does not appear in the list of delegates at large to the Republican national conven tion prepared by Brother Quay. Mr. Ma gee will appear in that convention Just the same, and as a delegate, too. Next yjar Republicans who attend the state convention of their party at Harris burg win not be likely to suffer with the heart, as has been usual. There will be that advantage In holding the convention In April. It Is gratifying to notice that the Demo cratic newspapers are endorsing tho pres ident in his outburst of patriotic adher ence to the Monroe doctrine. The effect is both gratifying and beneficial. Secretary of the Commonwealth Reeder hopes to be one of the delegates to the national convention from the Northamp ton Congressional district. Judge Stroh, of Carbon, will probably be the other. Governor Hastings has Issued the com mirsions to the seven Superior court Judges-elect, and they are beautifully en grossed specimens of the art of pen manship. A Dnocratlo organ remaTks that "now President Cleveland has a party behlnl him. So he has-the Republican party is backing him up now that he Is right. One Law's Injustice. Jcrrayn Press: "The Scranton Tribune law that requires witnesses who cannot .!',1lLll'lLt? be locke(1 UP ln order to In sure their bslng on hand when required. J nln, in effect, punishes a man because he chanced to witness a crime. The fami lies or such men often suffer through the Incarceration or the bread-winner, end the law ought certainly make provision for those dependent on him. and the very least should be an allowance equal to the man's average earnings." TOLD BY THE STARS. Dnlly Horoscope Drawn by Ajncchns, Tho Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabo cast: 1.53 a. m., for Friday, Dec. 20, 1895. U A child born on this day will observe that the most important testimony in a Lackawanna county murder case is al ways presented before the board of par dons. When ho reads the papers he will begin to cherish the opinion that courts und Juries ore of small consequence in Penn sylvania unless locks are placed on the penitentiary. The poss'lbillty that a war with England may have the effect of re-orgnnfzlng the General Gobin-Scranton. Wllkes-Barre Cavalry company, is causing some appre hension. Local poets do not seem to have "caught on" to tho fat that ened. AJacchns' Advice. Don't split your throat yelling for war; or you may be called upon to shoulder a musket. Don't expect to reform the world In five mlnut3. Remember that iU manufac ture consumed six days. Don't harbor the Idea that you know it nil. You are lla.llo to become lonesomo If you do. INTERNATIONAL LARGE TYPE BIBLES IN OUR WINDOW FOR A FEW DAYS. I m . -irjto'Jtf.- hi. ;iii!rlfi' fA .-vi ! PRICES WAY DOWN COME AND SEE. Deidleman the Bookman, 487 Sprue Strut. - Christmas Presents. HILL p: GONNELL, 13! AND 113 H. UASHlHSTOil AVE. 133 eras BASKETS AT 131 A'!D 33 N. W2SHIXGT0N WE. CHRISTMAS If yon aro thinking i f buying a ilinnor Mt Vr Christmas wo havo a tare acluctioa in the killnwini: makus : tlaviland & Co. Chas. Field Haviian j, R. Delinieves & Co. L Sazerat & Co. All Limoge French China. Carlsbad China (German.) Onondago China (American.) Maddox Porcelain. Wedgwood Porcelain. Furnival Porcelain. Powell & Bishop Porcelain All Engliah maker. We also have a lartro variety in American lorctlnin and W. G. acta. Our leader luOpleea et is JU9B. LIMITED. m LACKAWANNA AVENUE. pen Evenings. THE NEW NO, 2, Contains all that boa made Eammood Work famous, and NEW, NOVEL and USEFUL Im provements. "Hammond Work the Criterion of Hammoud Superiority." "Hammond Bales the Criterion of Hammond Pcpularity." Ham mond No. 2. "The Perfect Typewriter. Ex amine It and be convinced. . Philadelphia branch of The Hammond Typewriter Co., lit B, Sixth btreet. F. A. & A. J. BRANDA, 414 Sprues St., ScuntM ReprenaUthes. Winter Will Soon H?r? And to be prepared to matt the cold weathor you want a seasonable Suit or aa Overcoat or both AND THE CEST PLACE TO VISIT F0.1 SOMETHING GD3D IN MERCHANT TAILORING IS m us 406 Lackawanna Ava. THERE YOU WILL, FIND The largest stock to aoloct from. 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Furs will fly from now until the stock is sold. Every electric car OUR LINE OF Hi! (1(1 Is now ready for inspection. We have all of Prang's beau tiful line of calendars and booklets in water , colors, as well as the lines of all the leading publishers. Celluloid and leatlw Goods, Family and Teachers' Bibles, Episcopal Hymnals and Prayer Books, Catholic Prayer'Books, Gold Pens, Silver and Gold Pencils. WE SHRLL BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU REYNOLDS BROS. Stationers and Engravers, 3.7 LACKAWANNA AVE- SPECIAL SALE OF Fine selection of Ready Made Clothing; also Clothes made to order at the lowest prices. Perfect fit guaranteed at B. LEHMAN SCO'S til LACKAWANNA AVENUE, Corner Franklin. Self-Ponring Tea and Coffee Pot Poura by the lid. without ; lilting or tipping. , . . . Thoy have no complicated p.irts to gut ont ot order and canae trouble: no valvm; bo apringv no mechanism of any kind. They do not soil the table cloth by drip or e.IU. 1 hey makes moat valuable and useful Christmas Rift. 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SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS AT CONRAD'S An Elegant Stock of WALKING STICKS AND SILK UHBRELLAS OYSTERS We are Headquarters for Oysters sad are handling the Celebrated Duck Rivers, Lynn Havens, Keyports, Mill Ponds; also Shrews bury, Rockaways, Maurice River Coves, Western Shores and Blue Points. tS-Wtsnke a Specialty ef delivering Bine Points on half ansa In aarrters. MERGEREAU & CONNELL PIERCE'S LIARKET. PEN N AYE ' ,' ' i ; . v . v.- : ".'.' '' mm passengers on and off. WELSBACII LIGHT ftpcciillj Adapted for Beadle ud Saving I and Ven ill Costumes three (3) feet of gas per hour and gives an efficiency of sixty (00) candles. Saving st least 83 per cent ovar tha ordinary Tip Burners. Call und See It. HUNT I CONNELL CO., 434 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. rUnufacturers' Agents. DON'T WAIT TOO LONG. Previous to oar inventory we have decided to close out what We have on hand of EDWIN C. BURT & CO.'S LADIES' FINE SHOES, Consisting of a well assorted line ot hind welts andturnain French and American kid that wereeokl at $61)0. S5.&J and S&00, C-j rn Mow reduced to a)5We Theso Shoes are all in perfect condition. Call early If yon wlaa to talcs advantage of this special sale, The Lackawanna Store Association LIMITED. CORNER LACKA. AND JEFFERSON AVES. 326 WasJiingloaArx, SCRANTON, PA. TELEPHONE 565. HOLIDAY HEADQUARTERS Fine Trunks. Bagssnd Dress Suit Cases WINSLOW ICB SKATES Pocket Books, Card Casea Bill and Leather Books Parses. Bill Rolls, etc. Finest line la the city ef KNIVES. SCISSORS, RAZORS AND RAZOR STROPS ' TOILET BOXES, DRESSINO CASES Collar and Cuff Boxes do ve end Hsadkerchlef Bases CIOAR BOXES AND SMOKINd SETS Man tear and Blacking Sets MUSIC ROLLS Hair, Teeth and Mall Brashes A fins line TRIPLICATE MIRRORS Sterling Sliver M sainted . Leather Oeeds at Bettam Prices UMBRELLAS AND OLOVES IMPORTED BRONZES AND NOVELTIES In Endless Variety HARNESS AND HORSE CLOTHINO G. W. FRITZ . 410 Lscktwanna Avs. ill! II CO., . I