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THE SCRANTON TIlIBUNB-TnURSDAY MORNING-, NOVEMBER 11, 189T.
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FCltANTON, NOVKMBKU 11, 1SD7.
In the Fifth district ot tho Second
wntil, where Lantratnff received 21
voles to 120 for I'ryor, Copeland re
ceived only 30 vote and Tommy Dan
iels only ". Wo suppose tho Hoodie
lloruullcnn will claim iicM Hint Wpplo
fought Copclnnd and Daniels.
In Re laiiRStaff.
AVo are nuthorlzed to say that Colonel
Hippie, whom Hon. Joseph A. Scran
ton calls upon to "stand up," Is ready
to do so, fnco to face, with any citizen
of Lackawanna county who shall da'-o
to assort that ho (Colonel Hippie) did
lint use his utmost influence for the en
tire llepubllcan ticket, without reser
vation or exception. ThJjx challenge is
open to nil comers, Sir. Langstaff or
any of hid dissatisfied friends pre
ferred. It is even open to Hon. Joseph
A. Scrnnton, If the latter has tho
nerve to face a man he has 80 often
nnd so Wantonly traduced.
While on this subject, we beff leave
to KtiBBet another lino of inquiry. Mr.
Scrantou seems especially concerned
over the defeat of Mr. LaiiKstnff. Thlrf
Is now the sole Imrden of his dally
Kiowls. Tho role of accuser of otheis,
which ho Is so oncer to assume, does
not blind the eyes of the public to the
fact that Ills responsibility as a pio
fossed Republican, having enjoyed
high, honors and emolument from tho
llepubllcan party, nnd as tho directing
head of a newspaper which pretends
Ftlll to stand for llepubllcan policies
nnd candidates, goes further than ma
licious criticism and falsification. Mr.
Snanton, suppose you also stnnd up
before the men you now seek to poison
against Messrs. Connell and Hippie and
tell them what you did for 1-angstaff.
You may say it was not your fight.
Hut If not, why do you make It your
light now? You have already acknowl
edged through your paper (see its Issue
of Oct. Hi!) that Langstaft's nomina
tion wan not duo to any Influence ex
erted by William Connell. You then
boasted that Langstaff had "never worn
"William Connell's collar." If, then,
Langstaff was not Connell's candidate,
why do you now try to hold Connell
accountable for his defeat? You then
tried to turn Connell's friends against
Langstaff and may have succeeded be
yond tho iower of Connell and Hippie
to undo all your mischief ore election;
but It certainly is most unmanly to
blame them now for your own evil
handiwork then.
We icltcrate and believe wo can
prove to the satisfaction of all fair
minded men that Stcssrs. Connell, Hip
pie and their friends did all in their
power for Lansstaff's success, and
worked In his Interest ten times a
earnestly as some of the men who are
now squealing most loudly because
Langstaff was licked. We assort and
believe wo can prove to the satlfac
tlon of nil lalr-mlndcd men that hut
for this support from the po-called
Connell Influence Langstaff would have
been beaten, not COO but 2500, and that
in Ills own wards, among tho very in
fluences now seeking to throw upon
William Connell the onus of their own
lukewarmness. And we .son o notice,
hero and now, that forbearance under
fals" accusation has about ceased to
be 'u virtue.
We are glad that General Gomez did
not send an order to Gcncrnl Pan
gullly commanding him to break his
parole or be disgraced In another way.
Such nn order would have done w anton
damage to the Cuban cause.
Icy the Sun property hnd been heavily
mortgaged to J. Plorpont Morgan, who
would herenfter bo Its virtual owner.
"Holland," after an examination of
Mr. Dana's will nnd other records, dis
misses every one of these stories as
Utterly untiue nnd mlslendlng. Charles
A. Dana left nn unencumbered estate
worth not less than $1,000,000 nnd more
probably worth $l,:r,0,000. Not a dol
lar of his holding of Hun stock, or of
the holding of Ills two close friends
and co-trustees, Thomns Hitchcock
nnd William M. Laffan. had ever been
hypothecated. In thirty years the Sun
has paid dividends exceeding 1,000 per
cent., and this year It lias nlicady
earned !!S per cent, on the capital In
vested and eio the year Is ended will
earn more. Indeed, tho only scintilla
of foundation for any of tho numerous
adverse reports which have been cur
rent during Charles A. Dana's connec
tion with the Sun lay In the fact that
some years ago, when Mr. Dunn con
templated erecting a new building for'
the mechanical plant of the paper, a
mortgage of $100,000 nt 4 per cent, was
executed, it being deemed more ad
visable to borrow the money than to
pass an annual dividend.
It was characteristic of Mr. Dana
that he disdained to notice any of these
uncomplimentary stoilcs. Hut It Is duo
to his lopittatlon ns a business man
that the truth should now become pub
lic. While Ills cateer In Journalism
would hae been nn unexnmpled suc
cess without regnrd to pecuniary con
siderations It ceitalnly is gratifying to
know that theie was suftlclcnt Intelli
gence nnd discernment among the peo
ple within range of the Sun's cli dila
tion to make possible the financial suc
cess of that superior newspaper. As
"Holland" truly says, "tho business
success of the paper Is Important ns
showing that it Is possible to innlntnln
In Ameilonn journalism the higher
Ideals and yet gain a laigo buslnets
prospeiity."
Long life to tho Now York Sun. nnd
may its shadow never grow less!
liev. Hogers Israel did not win the
bishopric but l.ls friends have this
strong consoWtlon: Ho deseived it.
Information which he can Impart from
personnl knowledge nre tho pictures
which ho will present of actual scenes
In Cuba, photographed by American
Journnllsts during the present insur
rection. If there be any persons In
Scrnnton who do not yet understand
why the Cubans have levoltcd; or if
there bo those who think that the in
surgents ought now to throw down
their nrms nnd nccept Spain's fako
overtures for n reconciliation, wo nsk
such to hear this lecture. They will
get fully their money's worth both In
entertainment and in knowledge.
I'p to the present time In this sea
son, according to records compiled by
the Chicago Tribune, four persons have
been killed in the United States while
plnylng foot ball; live critically injured
with recovery doubtful nnd 102 severe
ly but not necessarily fatally Injured.
If tho pilzo ring nt Its worst ever
equalled this, we have been misin
formed. And yet, foot ball is a "gentle
man's game" and hns the sanction of
the politest society.
Mayor Strong of New York was will
ing to go w 1th the Low crowd to the
extent of slnpplng Piatt, but ho de
nounces the later plot of the Citizens'
I'nloii malcontents to smash tho Re
publican party. "While the lamp holds
out to burn," etc.
Durrant, tho degenerate, whose hom
icidal mania led him to undertake tho
killing of young women.ls to bo execut
ed at last. Even foes of capital punish
ment will doubtlcs agree that it is a
good ilddance.
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Senator Gorman threatened to retire
from politics and the people of Mary
land simply held him to his word.
If Spain is so anxious to preserve
peace wh'y does she not try to deserve
it'
Hut Mr. Nixon discerns an effort on
llnriland's part in the last six years to
moot these. Blgns nt Independence and
competition by n "zcnl that seems fover
IbIi If not fralitlo" In forcing now mer
chant construction Into a market already
glutted with tonnnge, her Inst year's
product being no less than 1,400,000 toiiB.
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Tho practlcnl nlm. then, proposed by
Mr, Nixon, is that the $9X,0O0,0UO n year
which goes Into tho pockets of Drltlsh
shipowners should stay among ourselves.
To accomplish this purpose the tlrst step
Is tho spreading of information nnd
arousing of popular sentiment for tho
restoration of our ling on the ocean to
its old place, nt least, In the. world's
commerce. Various plans, such as sub
sidies nnd differential duties, will prob
ably bo laid before congress, In order
that n wlso cholco mny bo made. Hut
that the true method is not tho purchnso
of foreign-build ships, England's own
nicmornblo experience, ns hero recited,
certainly suggests. Indeed, wero the
ships bought, tho greater cost of opera
tion hero would put them nt a disad
vantage with foreign competitors. And,
besides, the teaching of history Is that a
prosperous American merchant marino
must linvo for its basis prosperous Amer
ican shipyards. -
MR. BRVAN'S ENCOURAGEMENT.
G0LDSM
CvJiSo ODC
8AZAAI
All this time your undo
Piatt savs never a wold.
Thomas
Climax of the Bestial.
In most murders w here jealousy Is
the pai amount Incentive there Is some
color of romance as a icllef from the
blackness of tho cilme itself; some
thing that human nature, weak enough
at strongest, can sympathize with If
not excuse. Hut In the Guldensuppo
case ns disclosed in the sworn confes
sion of the womnn accomplice we have
simply the grossest possible exposure
of human depravity without an exten
uating circumstnnce.
The woman In tho case is not a be
witching channel', sinned against as
well as sinning; but a coarse and
toughened specimen of bestlalitv, de
void nlike of charms of mind nnd of
person; nnd the men on her staff of
companions do not show up much bet
ter. Guldensuppo seems to have been
a mediocre sort of easy-going sensu
alist nnd Thorn n thug, net. Tho kill
ing of the one is a crime but not a
loss; the electrocution of tho other
would for ull practical pui poses be n
waste of expense when a good crack
on the head plus a toss into the near
est sewer hole would much more con
veniently servo the purpose of poetic
if not statutory Justice.
This case, of which so much In way
of sensationalism was nt one time pre
dicted concludes ingloriously in a
spattering of filth; and the best thing
that nnv decent reader can do, if he
must rend tho denouement at all, is to
perform, tho task shamefacedly, meta
phorically deodeilzu himself and pass
on.
The Rochester, N. Y., Herald calls
Dr. Swallow the biggest man in the
history of thn Prohibition party next
to ?Jeal Dow. Is there n conspiracy to
Inllnto the doughty doctor's head?
Civil Service Prospects,
Several decisions have iatelv been
made by 1'nlied States dlstiiet Judges
upon points touching' tho validity and
Intent of tho civil son Ice law, the lat
est being the nillng of Judge Jackson
of West Virginia that transfers in the
classified service for the purpose of
promoting or degrading an olllco holder
aro Illegal. The courts In cadi instnnco
l.avo all'imcil th constitutionality of
th law and have defended its viti'btv.
We must then-lore conclude that tho
law as It stands is structurally sound
and to bo obeyed until modified or re
pealed. It derives as whole validity,
however, from act of congiess and to
congress must the public look for re
lief from its oi rots of omission or com
mission. Wo recently made note of the proba
bility that congress at the approaching
session would have a good deal of re
pairing to make upon the civil seivlee
system as It now stands; and wo find
partial confirmation of that prediction
In the assertion of a Washington rot
lcspondent that a noil of membeis
which has been taken by mall by one
if the ofliclals of the house of leprt
sentathes indicates a clear working
majority In behalf of substantial modi
fications. Piess'.ue may be- hrouuht to
bear by the administration upon
enough of these to keep tho nntl-clvil
service manifestation down to a mini
mum; but It will take pressure nnd
substantial pressure to preserve tho
present law intact. That law, brought
forth in tile name of "reform" and
championed by men representing them
selves to be a good deal better than the
rank-and-file of American citizens, has
been so manipulated from time to time
by clever partisans anxious to placate
the friends and followers of the paity
temporarily in pow-r, tlint the most
lvnx-eyod civil service lefoinier in the
I'nited States, If he should suddenly be
bi ought close to tho superior svstcm It
was expected t create, probably
wouldn't iccognlze it. Hut keeping far
away from it, In the seclusion of their
llbiaries, whera it takes on tho airy
fabrlo of a dream, those wm shippers
of the Ideal delude themselves with'
tho fnncy that It is what they think It
isn heroic and ennobling victory for
better government; Instead of a fester
ing mass of duplicity, favoritism, in
Justiee and ln?IIIelency.
The Republican party believes In civil
set vice leforni, but not in civil service
deformity. It Is committed to the prin
cl lo that lltncss should govern ap
pointment to the civil service nnd mer
it, retention and promotion. This is
common sense doctrine, against which
no rational man could atford to take
a stand, Hut when this principle Is
admitted there Is room for wldo and
honest dlfferenco of opinion eoncernlng
ways and means. Not always does the
lendlast "smnrty" nt a civil service
examination possess the greatest prac
tical fitness for responsible trusts In
public ofllce; not always Is tho high
est name on the school room roll of
honor subsequently that of the most
successful and useful citizen in the
wider activities of real life. It is tho
belief of a largo number of level head
ed mnn in eongress--we think a major
ity that the civil service system needs
material amendment in tho direction of
decency, efllclcney nnd plain common
sense. If stops shall be taken to sup
ply this need, don't be scaled at the
Mugwump howling. Tno vital princi
ple will not be injured. Only tl-o warts
and barnacles will be scraped off.
STAXI) UP, MR. SCKANTON.
Ildltnr of The Tribune.
Sir: Joseph A. Scrnnton In his "Tailft
for His Personal Revenue Only" sheet
this morning asks me to "stand up." I
beg leave to assure the gentleman that
1 have neer yet been in such condition
tlint I could not stund up can he say ns
much? Ills dunces do not disturb mo
in the lcat. Tiny aro made to diveit
attention and suspicion from himself. I
plead guilty to the charge or having
done what I could during the late cam
paign for tho Republican ticket, but It
was for tho entlio ticket, lie cannot
truthfully say as much. Although his
paper Is almost devoid of Influence, it Is
possible that had it been In favor of tho
ticket It might hae helped save Mr.
Langstaff. Probably them were hundreds
of reasons why ho could not do this.
Stand up, Joseph, yourself If you are in
condition.
Ezra II. Ripple.
Sciynton, Pa., Nov. 10.
The Cash Ualtie
of the Shipyard
Kioni the New York Sun.
Tho effort to be made at tho con.lng
session of congress to build up the Ameri
can mi reliant inaiine gives a special time
liness to .Mr. Lewis Nlxoira striking dem
onstration, In the North American Ro
hv, nf the enn merclil value of shlp
.u Is to tho nation that fosters them.
The chief uxami'lo which he cites in aup
poit of bi view Is, of couise, IliiKluud;
lur her ships now entry moie than e--en-teiitlis
of tho woilil'it ocean-borne coin-medci-,
while "the earnings of her com
mercial lleut, Including tho accessories of
binkiug, in-ur.mee ana commission, ex
ceed $&ifc).(iX,00u a year, net cah," and
of this amount our own country eou
tilbutcs tho prodigious amount, in round
number, "of ?.iuu,iW0,000, or about three.
llfthH of our whole national revenue."
That the ship aid Is tho tuundation of
sea power, in the mllltaiy sense, cannot
bo ditpiiteil: but It Is clinr from tho lore
going figures that It is lilsh time for con-gie-s
to consider its bearing also on na
tional Wt.lltll.
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Tho long struggle for sea domination
in which Lngland was engaged lrom 1755
to HID, now .tK.ilnst one power and now
against many powers, which ended In her
triumph, was conducted in the face of
many obstacles. To begin with, slio did
not glow een the timber she needed for
her s'lilps. of her principal shipbuilding
materials "hir own soil produced In 1701
l(s than oiiL-tliiid, nnd in 1S11 less than
one-eighth." Two big vessels, built .it
Chatham and Deplford, that fought at
Tiufalgur. h.ul hardly a stU-k of llnglli-h
timber In them. Yet though she bought
tlmlM'r oveiywheie, and can led It to her
jaitiB,' Rnjland never tfiught .foreign
ships for her navy. She went further,
throwing obs.tai.li-s in the way of tlulr
purchase by foteign merchants, and ab
Holutfly foi bidding their purchase, by tho
Ka.st India company, over which the go
irnment had a certain control. At tho be
ginning of tho present century, Hritlsh
ship owneis, according to Mr. Nixon,
w.ie paying at tho rate of &K per ton for
i Hntrllsh-built ships made of Imported tlm-
Lir, win u they could buy American-built
:.lp.s of 1-o.ujI or better quality for $30
to u3 per ton. Impelled by motives of
peisonal gain they naturally sought to
iimoNe the obstacles to buying foreign
ships; but tho country clung to Its time
honored policy, and determined to main
tain home shipbuilding nt any cost. Tho
triumph of thut policy we see today. Our
own J.,uV),wO a year U an expenslo
tribute paid to It.
From tho Philadelphia Tress.
Mr. William J. Hi-van took tho troublo
on tho day after election to send broad
cast over the country his opinion that
tho returns from tho elections are en
couraglng to tho cause of freo silver. Are
they7 A brief review will show whether
they aro or not.
Heglnnlng with Massachusetts, it Is
found that without making any canvnss
nnd without spending any money tho
Republicans carried that state by tho
laigest majority they over had with the
exception only of the election In Novem
ber, i, which was hold under un
usual conditions. Can Mr. Uryan find
any encouragement there?
In New York state unwise counsel In
New York city kept nearly 100,000 Re
publicans from voting the party's state
ticket. Hut they did not voto for the
Democratic stato ticket. They simply
refialued from voting. Had they given
their votes to tho Republican state tick
et, as they would have done under other
conditions, the stato would have gone
Republican by 40.000 majority. Rather
poor encouragement for Mr. Hrynn there.
Then thero is New Jersey: Tho Re
publicans made no canvass. The stato
committee mirnosely let matters drift.
Hut a Republican legislature was chosen
and this old, rock-ribbed Democratic
state gave n Republican majority of over
SOW. It Is hardly necessary to point to
Pennsylvania's 130,000 Republican major
ity gained without any canvass as an
other sample. Smnll encouragement, in
deed, for Mr. Hrynn In these two states.
Take Maryland: Senntor Gormnn made
tho most supremo exertions to carry the
stato becnuso his political future rest
ed on tho lesult. Kvery force that
money, trickery and organization could
bring to play was everted In his favor,
but this old Demociatlc state gave 7,000
Republican mnJoiitv and elected a Re
publican legislature which will retire Mr.
Gorman to private life. Scant Uryan en
couragement thete.
Ohio with its S'i.OOO Republican majorltj
and a legislature Republican on Joint
ballot does not help Mr. Hrynn any. The
Democrats mado the most herculean ef
foits to carry the state but they wero
defeated by a majoiity which has been
exceeded only four times In forty yt-ms.
Tako Iowa: Tho Hi publican candidate
received tho largest vote ever cast for a
Republican gubcriiatoiial candidate in
that stato and won by one of the largest
majorities. It is easy to see that Ohio
nnd Iowa give no encouragement to Mr.
Hryan.
In Nebraska, Mr. Rryan's own state,
the free silver majority is about SO per
cent, smnller than it was last year. Does
that encourage Mr. Iiiyan? Or does Kan
sas, the returns from which indicate a
Republican majority of M.ooo or lo.vw:
Vliglnia Is not woitli mentioning. In
fact the only stato to which Mr. Uryan
can turn for encouragement is Kentucky,
but even that gives n Democratic ma
jority so small that It would have sent a
shiver through the whole Democratic
patty a few years ago.
When Mr. Bryan says he Is encour
aged by last week's elections htt is sim
ply whistling to keep his courage up.
Gfarist2aiini EedesLvor Trolley 0&y9
ThMreday, November nth,
Will be one of profit as well as pleasure, because we will make it a special bargain
day. Thousauds of visitors to our city from throughout this great valley aud ad
joining counties will be here and iu order to induce them to visit our establishment
and take home with them specimens of how money can be saved by buying their
Dry Goods at the Bazaar, we will offer
ta Cloak Depart memito
$3.98 Ladies' Box Coats with military fronts and coat backs, 25 to 2S inches, black and
colors.
$4.98 Tailor-made Reeler Jackets, either ripple or coat back, half silk lined.
$6.98 Tailor-made English Kersey Jackets, half silk lined, 25 to 28 inches loug,in blacks
aud colors, a good $10.00 garment.
$2.23 Black Kersey Capes, braid and fur trimmed, full sweep.
$3.73 Extra Heavy Milton Cloth Capes, box pleated backs and trimmed with lynx fur.
$8.73 Irish Frieze Capes, in tans, greens and browns, double box fronts and backs.
$2.98 Plush Capes, with full sweep, fancy silk lined, trimmed with Thibet fur.
$5.98 Sealskin Plush Capes, with box pleated backs,hcavily braided and 105 inches deep,
$9.98 The Best Waterproof Sealskin Plush Capes, 2S inches long and trimmed with
dyed raccoon or rich Thibet fur.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Ladies' Wool Eiderdown Dressing Sacques, in cardinal, blue, pink and gray, with
crocheted edge and ribbon bow, 47 cents for the day only. Ladies' Dark Calico
Wrappers, latest cut, well made, 3 1-2 yard skirts, 49 cents for the day only.
Mf jfllif 9 Flllinilkiliiini fMIlTlkir Flannelette Night Gowns, full length and well made, 49 cents,
L-lUCb iriLiMMll-S; HMiSJl Foster's Biarritz Kid Gloves, the $1.00 kind, at 75 cents. La
dies' and Misses' Flannelette Underskirts, 25 cents, Ladies' Fast Black Fleece Lined Hose, 10 cents for the
day only. Also special bargains in every department throughout our establishment. ,
FMEO
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real
Lieeai
Sal
Saturday, Oct. 23rd will in
augurate a
A BLOW AT EXPERT TESTIMONY.
General Mam will lave
m use
OVERCOAT
But many Scrautonians as well as our friends through
out the country will. We are prepared to show the best
line of exclusive makes ever shown, ranging in price
from
,00 to $4,5000
Combining Style aud workmanship. All are treated alike
aud everybody buys at the same price.
A Qooil Newspaper's Prosperity.
It la very welcome news which cornea
through "Holland's" admirable Nes
York correspondence for tho Philadel
phia Press that Charles A. Dana suc
ceeded as well upon tho business side
of Journalism as upon tho Intellectual.
There have been numerous tumors le
Kardlntr tho business affairs of tho
Now York Hun. One was that It lost
heavily by Its support of General Hut
er In 1SS1, Another alleged that Mr.
Dana's Unlit on Cleveland resulted In
a larpo balance on tho wrong side of
the Sun's lodger. Still a thlid and tho
latest one, circulated hi nee Mr, Dana's
death, repiosented that by ion ton of
tho dead edltor'B uncompromising pol-
In tho Pcnn Avenue Ilantlst church
tonight Colonel Cleoigo Nox McCain
will deliver an Illustrated lecture on
"Cuba" which will bo well worth hear
ing. Colonel McCnln earlv this year
delivered In this church a lecture on
"Venezuela," which was exceptionally
Interesting nnd Instructive; and to
night's lectuie on "Cuba" Is In tho
nature of a companion piece. Colonel
McCain in his capacity ns a newspapor
correspondent and n good one has
made n specialty of Latin-America,
having mastered tho Spanish language
and personally visited the chief places
of Interest In South and Central Amer
ica and In the Antilles. Ills knowledge
of the Spanish churactor, of Spanish
Ideas of government and ospoclally of
the way Spain lm treated Cuba Js not
derived wholly from books and hear
say, but Is lutgoly the rsult of illreot
Inquiry. Not lees vuluublo than the
Of courho tho grcot chango which re
lleved tho btniln thus Imposed on 11ns
lanl's shipbuilding was tho chango from
wood to iron us tho material employe.
That irivo her an enormous mlvantuKe, as
themifter she produced her own material
lnMoad of importing it. Then came, dur
ing our c!il wur, the wreck of tho Amer
ican ocoan-bomc merchant marine, which
had been lu-r most formidable rival for
tlio world's c.irrjlng trade, tho cruisers
which her dr. locks furnished to tho Con
federacji greatly contributing to that
wreck. Still further, when, after tho civil
war, our national energy found its out
lot largely In developing i all ways
throughout th country, and opening tha
continent's resources, England continued
busily her ov.n plans of developing a.
great f-stem of sea transportation nil
over tho globe, her Insular restriction, on
the ono hand, and her numerous and vast
colonial possesion, on tho other. Invit
ing her to that task.
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It was pei haps natural that after tho
crippling of our merchant marino hy tho
war, wo should piek the rnoro tempting
path of Innd development; but Sir. Nix
on suggestb that the practical lesult Is
tuat "tho money that Ilngllsh bankers
havo loaned uh to build our railways
with Is the money that wo havo paid to
Kngllsh shlpowneis for currying our
freight nnd passengers." Just uftor tho
war, In 1SC7, wo paid them U2,000 000,
last year wo paid them J300,000,000. Tho
averago for tho thirty years Is said to
bo a Httlo over JJOO.OOO.Oft). which would
make tho prodigious sum of $8,000,000,000
passing to their pockets. In 1890, or a
few years before, thero wero signs of a
change. Germany and our own country
had begun to nugmont tholr war tleets
by building their own vessels, and also
planned tho extension of their merchant
murines. At first, after tho long neglect,
we had to uso somo foreign material In
our war vossols, but soon congress du
ctal ed that only homo material should
bo umployed. Then wo began to furnish
BUladdies to a few ocean-going steamers.
From tho Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Supremo court ot Illinois hat. hand
ed down a deedsion which is ot Interest
in lev of the amount of expert testi
mony which is now depended upon in
criminal and other tiiaW. A man hud
Injured a leg by falling throimh a de
fectlvo sidewalk, and n. jdiysiclan was
summoned as a witness and questioned s.s
to tho c-lnirai tci nnd extmt of the In
juries rcrceled. Ho ltfu&ed to testify un
less ho was paid a laigo fee as an "ex
pert." and the mtslding JudRe held that
bo was In contempt of court and lined
him twenty-ihe dollars. Upon appeal tho
matter was carried to the Supremo court,
which decided that 'ho was in contempt,
nnd that a person summoned to give ex
pert testimony must do so 'without de
mandlng the payment of any fee other
than the ordinary witness fee.
o
Uoth tho lower and the upper court
denied tho plea v. hich was put forward
that a professional man's knowledge 's
pioperty which cannot bo taken fiom
him wltihout duo pioecss of law, and in
sisted that to make n distinction between
degrees of knowledgo would bo to de
feat the ends of Justice. It has been arg
ued that when a professional man Is
paid a largo feo for his testimony hli
views it may bo unconsciously -nio col
ored by the amount of money which ho
Is to receive. On tho other hand. It Is
held that equitably, If not as a question
of abstract Justice, a man who has ex
pended time nnd money In order to at
tain proficiency In any department of
human knowledge should receive lit com-pcns-atlon
when ho 13 called upon to givo
testimony In the particular branch of
science to the study of which ho lias de
voted ihlmsdf. And yet much discredit
has of lato been thrown upon expert tes
timony by its conflicting character, and
men havo como to think that tt Is mis
leading, and in maiy cases guesswork.
o
If tho medical and anatomical expcits
In the Imotgcrt trial at Chicago not only
thoso for tho defense, but for tho prose
cutionhad been paid tho ordinary wit
ness fee, It Is scarcely possllilo that they
would havo taken up days In tho delivery
of technical lectures and In battles royal
ono with another. When tho I.uetgert
trial asaln comes up It Is not likely. In
view of tho ruling of tho Illinois Supremo
court, that It will last as long as Its
predecessor did. Tho doctors will soom
como to a conclusion us lo whether a
bono shown to them Is a. human bono or
that of a dog or a gorilla.
The character of our
Linen Stock is too well
known to need much talk on
our part. We merely say
that having purchased
largely In anticipation of
the advanced prices con
sequent on the new tariff
schedule, we can offer ex
traordinary values.
It is impossible to enu
merate tile different lines
and prices, therefore we
mention only a few items:
One case silver bleached
German table linen, 64
inches wide, ten different
patterns, 59c a yard, good
value at 75c.
1 OOdozensilver bleached
napkins.
50 pieces Scotch and
Irish damasks, from 25c
to $2.50 per yard. 200
dozen napkins to match,
Linen sheets, pillow and
bolster cases, counter
panes, bureau sets, etc.
Boyle
:
Mmiclklow.
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Lewis, Reilly
& DavleSo
ALWAYS 11U3.
wasti: or human i.irc
London Chronicle.
In tho three fortresses In Havana there
aro now confined 4.7J7 political prisoners,
nnd counting thoso deported to tho Islo
of I'Ines thero must bo 10,000 In tho
whole Cuban command. From tho com
mencement of the war until tills date
K.271 peoplo havo been deported to Afri
can penal settlements; 427 prisoners of
wnr linvo been shot In tho Posso do tos
Laurels, Havana, alone, and 103 peoplo,
chiefly American citizens, havo been ex
pelled from tho Island. Counting tho
enormous number of persons who have
disappeared from their homes nnd never
again been heard of. tho deaths of paclf
Icos from starvation and disease, tho
raptured rebels executed In tho Interior,
the massacro of sick nnd wounded, and
tho appalling lines of Spanish graves
marking every movement of the Imperial
forces, somo adequato Idea may bo gain
ed of tho Inferno Into which tho "I'oarl
of tho Antilles" has been turned. During
tho mouth of August 3,470 soldiers wero
admitted Into hospitals with yellow lev
er and dysentery, and theso may bo du
plicated with the mon unfitted for duty,
but Invalidated Into tho barracks of tho
laigo towns.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Lamps
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HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyomlnj
District for
DUPONTO
reiiEK.
Mining, Wasting, Sporting, Siuokete.il
aud tho Itcpauuo Chemical
Company's
EM EXITOIVB,
tnfety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
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DON'T I1UIIT A (iOOI) BHOK. HUl'POSK
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STAND OUT-HOOH HPOIIT I'KOM 50c, UP.
HKU OUH WINDOW DISPLAY,
LEWIS,RHLLY&BAVIES
11 1 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
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We have them in all
colors with globes and
silk shades at prices that
are right and goods guar
anteed. Also a fine line
of extra Globes, Shades
and Ch3mneys to fix up
your old lamps if you wish.
Stationers. Engravers.
REYNOLDS EMS,
HOTKIi JIIU.MY.V HUILDINO,
Have the Famous
Planetary Pencil
Sharpener on exhi- O
bit J on. 'it is the 5
only Sharpener 8
which never breaks rj)
a point and will B
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TIIOS FOP.D,
JOHN It. SMITH &SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
nttston
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S sharoen lour dozen tb
S pencils every day for J?
12 months without .M
any repairing.
TIE CLEMONS, FEEEEE,
WALLET CO.,
422 Lacka. Ave.
139 Wyoming Aye.,
SCRANTON.
Typewriters' Supplies.
Draughting Materials,
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo uss
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered In any part ot tho city,
at tha lowest rlco
Orders received at tho Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No S)
telephone Mo. 2621 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 72. will bo promptly attendeel
to. Dealers suppllud at tha mine.
T. SI
H1QIE & SHEAR 0&
110 Washington Avenue.
Pax ton
Simple
Crown
FANS
Never Break )
Soapstone EMES
Castiron J
Earthen BATTER
Common Tin J MLS
All Sizes and Styles
WE
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