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SCIIANTON'. DKCFIMIIEII 11. 1S97.
Judge I'onnypuckor. of the Philadel
phia common pleas hetnoh, has declined
to issue a charter to n Christian Sci
ence church In thnt city, on the uround
that to do so would violate the law re
quiring that n church charter flhall
not also legalize the business of'prnc;
tlclnp the heallne'i art for pay. Wp
wnrrnnt thnt the Judge's cars are
tingling these dayn.
The New Dspartmcnt Store.
The formal nnenlncr last evenlnu ot
Joiiiim Eons'B Sons' new department
store contributes to the mercantile te
sourccs of Rcranton rat Institution rem
lnensurato In mayiiltude with the
city's iiMiiulntlon and position as the
trading metropolis of Northeastern
Pennsylvania. The ftore In Itself Is In
keeping with the community's progress,
representing under one roof nearly
every branch of mercantile Industry
and exemplifying th most modern
utilization of forces and conveniences.
There are larger establishments In
larger cities, hut the most cursory In
s ectlon sulllccs to show that there Is
nowhfte one which exhibits a' more
intelligent adaptation of means to
ends. As something which' was in
evitable In the evolution of the city's
trade, this store must command for Its
tnanagi'iiient n high sense of popular
appreciation and felicitation upon Its
liberal pioportlons and superb appoint
montsi. Then- will naturally be at the begin
ning some diversity of opinion as to the
effects of this new clement of competi
tion upon the established mercantile
enterprises of Hcrantop, but Inasmuch
as this competition Is now assured,
speculation is necessarily Ineffectual.
It Ivta been the experience of other
ceinmunltie? that the Miming of the
department store, while it lias led to
pi, ni,. irndjustments in the prevalent
lmt'irxb- of trade, has urtcd ultimately
as a stimulus to business In general,
iird bus been in many respects a gain
not only to the purchf.siug public, but
olso to com in ting Interests. Especial
ly Inn this been true in the shortening
oC ctedlts and in the opiiortunlty which
it iif'oids to all lines of tiade to put in
operation the principle; of cash pay
ments. In this respect Scranton busi
nevs men have much to gain. The
cash system Is mutually fair and mu
tually advantageous. To the purchas
er it gives n wider option ot selection
and to the dealer a more rapid turning
over of capital. Thus smaller mar
gins e-imo to mean larger aggregates
of prollt.
The dominant lesson of this large
venture, however, Is that Scranton Is
fulfilling its destiny and realizing its
opectatlons as a, city of bioad and
substantial giowth. Standards of
equipment for successful competition
are enlarging; the pace Is quickening,
find in mcli a challenge victory, to be
von. will need more than over to be
deserved.
And now it is AVIlkes-Uarre that is
worrying over that government armor
plate factory site. It can compose its
feelings. There will be no govern
ment armor-plate factory.
Good News from Cuba.
The news from Cuba these days Is an
effective answer to the autonomy bluft.
General Garcia in the eastern prov
inces has for several days been making
mince-meat of Spanish sway, and now
comes word, olllclally ctrtll'ed to 'by
Ulanco, of the capture by the insur
gents of the Important seaport town
of ralmancrn. together with $30,000 in
money and a valuable lot of supplies.
The garrison, after surrendering, joined
the rebel ranks.
Again, the report tC resumption of
the grinding of sugar cane, which Cap
tain General isianco claims as a victory
for his policy of conciliation and re
construction, is Interpreted very differ
ently by Americans in Cuba. "Writes
Charles M. Popptr to tho "Washington
Star: "The crop Is about equal to trat
ot last year, or a trilltr more than one
fifth of what it was in 1S33. The
chances are that the cane will be
ground and ths sugar placed on the
market, yet this will not bo because of
any protection the military authori
ties are able to give. It will h" be
cause the New York panics who are to
h.indle the product have arrang.vl to
ray the tax the Insurgent government
lias levied. Their representative who
has been In Cuba has succeeded In hl3
negotiations, and the word has been
given to proceed with the grinding. Tor
every bag of sugar thai is warehoused
50 cents will be paid, or nearly one
sixth of a cent per pound. Th'o agree
ment Is Ironclad and cannot be cvad"d,
b'cauru the insurgents count the boys
In the warehouses. The financial le
sources of tlie revolution will bo ma
terially strengthened through this
Brurco of Income."
Having shown their ability to cap
ture seaports ltom the land sld. the
Insurgents need only nnval co-operation
to effect the entire e-cinilslon of
Spain from the Island. The reason why
the Cuban junta In .ls country wants
the McKinley administration to recog
nize Cuban belligerency 's because It
would tiivj the Cuban patriots the
right to equip torpedo boats and other
warships In American porta, for action
ugainst Spain on the high sens. At
present Spain has t'hU Prlvllego while
the Cubans have It not. Their de
mand for equal recognition mi.v not
be heeded by th,i present administra
tion, but Hhould they win their Inde
pendence anyhow, as now seenm inoro
pn liable than at any pravlaus time
Flnce the present Insurrection letnn,
the government of tho United Stntea
would bo in i poor uttltude to ap
proach tho republican government
of tluba with qvjvuivj.i looking to
commercial reciprocity, so necessary
to American commerce In lime of
reace. ,
The Pennsylvania Anduhon society
was organized in October, 1S96, for the
purnojorof furtlilrln'gjth protactlo'n of
our ".wild birds, lis report for The first
year of'ltH existence dhows that It has
enrolled 2,200 memo$rs,who have signed
the pledge cards of tho society to ab
stain from tho nee of wild birds for
ornameritntlon in millinery, etc. In
addition much literature has been dis
tributed helpful to the society's pur
pose. The Boclety has contributed
something to bettering legislation In
protection of game and has been po
tent in shaping public opinion to re
frain from the wanton killing of our
feathered songsters, hut as It charges
no membership fee and Is In all re
spects a voluntary movement, its di
rectors appeal to friends of the move
ment for llnanclnl help. Subscriptions
should be sent to William L. Bailey,
treasurer. 123 Chestnut street, Phila
delphia. Wo have no doubt that this
worthy appeal will elicit a generous
response.
Secretary Gage's currency plan Is
not received with hilarious enthusiasm
in any quarter, but nevertheless It is
causing a large amount of study and
reflection, and that Is probably what
tho secretary 1ms most earnestly In
view.
That Bicycle I'.nce.
A certain element In the population,
which feel Itself commissioned to save
M'dety from evil whether society evin
ces any disposition to be saved or not,
Is teported to be greatly exercised over
the fact that In New York city a public
exhibition Is in progress having ns Its
principal feature the spectacle of a
number of wearied athletes engaged In
a six-duys' bicycle race, at the con
clusion ot which It is probable that
som" ot the eontc slants will become
either permanently disabled or perma
nently Insane. There Is a cry, there
fore, for the forcible Intervention of
the police, but It Is a cry In which we
do not feel called upon to Join.
These wheelmen are engaged in
what to most men seems a ridiculous
competition, the prise of which would
apparently poorly repay the winner for
the energy and anxiety expended in
Its pursuit. They are rWklnu on one
race their physical welbbeliK, at least
lor a eonslileiibli! period nfter Its con
clusion, and perhaps permanently. Hut
tl "y are not doli'c anything in f-i Irll
dllferont from the do 'il of tho candi
date for olllci, who stikes his all on
one campaign; the sold seeker, who
starts for the Klondike to get rich or
Htar"; the piofes-lonal man, who
wins tuci'?pa by de.qierate effort at the
cost of ruined health, or the business
man who strains with all his might
to get ahead of his 'ompetitor and per
chance at the end has to show for l.is
druggie only dyspepsia, insomnia and
a past.
In other words, tin re Is not a vigor
ous and virile American In the land
who is in any position to throw ftonfs
at tha New Vnrk blovclo race. The
outcry against it Is not without ele
ments of reason and Justice, but nev
ertheless if we were to eliminate from
our national life the competitive spirit
of wide h that vace is symbol wo
Hhould soon Iofo tlnwe characteristics
which have distinguished this nation
from other nations and made our civili
zation In the judgment of most men
the b'Hl withal that there is on tho
globe. These r.te clays when dreamers
and demagogues Uivi to denounce tho
principle of competition, and profess
to want to establish Instead of it the
enervating thing called co-operation,
or socialism We que.stl.in whether It
they could once so-o their idea fully
exemplified In every day life they
would ever again open their lips on the
subject. Hut nt any even, until hu
man nature Is very radically recon
structed and natural law subordinated
to the Ideals of the social reformers, wo
shall have six-day bicycle races, rrlzo
fights, foot ball battle.? and all the
othtr playful or serious manifestations
tli.il romi! from the inevitable orera
tlon Tf the law of the survival of the
fittest.
Spain's first Hush of pleasure over the
president's message appears, after a
more careful perusal of Its remarks
touching intervention, to be giving way
to a fit of incipient Jim Jams. These
pesky Spaniards arc most villainously
hard to please.
An Object Lesson,
The energetic ma'nner in which the
German government recently exacted
smart money and apology from the
Haitian government for injustice put
by tho letter upon a German citizen
has not received altogether unanimous
commendation in the United States, for
the reason that the Haitian govern
ment, pleading Its comparative weak
ness and perverting the facts, created
through Its diplomatic representative
at Washington and by other means a
considerable amount of false sympathy
in this country. The American public
was the more ready to espouse the
Haitian side of the controversy In view
of the fact that the arrogance of the
German emperor has made him more
or less unpopular In the United States.
At the same time there are many
Americans who think that an Injec
tion of some of the German elixir of
life Into our own slow-going diplo
macy would not make it less respected,
and thereby hangs a tale.
Accotdlng to official records in the
state department, called Into public re
membrance by the Washington Post,
early in April, USD, one Bernard Camp
bell, an American citizen, accepted a
position ns an engineer on a merchant
steamer uolng to the West Indies.
What followed Is thus told In the lan
guage of Secretury Gresham: "On nr
riving nt Cape Ilnitlen on the 17th of
April. 1SS9, the steamer Clyde, upon
which he and others upon similar con
tracts had sailed from New York, was
boarded by officers of the Haitian navy
Admiral Cooper and Captain Comp
ton who Informed Campbell that he
was expected to serve on a Haitian
man-of-war lying near by. This he
positively refused to do. He was there
upon Informed by those officers that he
had been engaged for that purpose;
that he would not be allowed to remain
or return on the Clyde; that ho was
In their power, and that If he refused
to obey their orders It meant death to
him. He, however, still refused to
enter tho service of the Haitian navy.
On the 18th of April the day follow
ing his anivnl at Cape Ilnitlen he
succeeded In scouting passage on a
small boat for Monte Christl, hut while
he was walking about tho wharf wait
ing for tho boat to leave he was as
saulted by Haitian soldiers, beaten,
and thrown Into the sea. With great
difficulty and after much suffering ho
managed to get back to New York,
though his health has been permanent
ly Impaired by his Injuries, His state
ments are corroborated by several affi
davits and depositions accompanying
his memorial."
"Campbell's claim," ndds the Wash
ington Post, "was presented to the Hai
tian government by Secretary Ores
ham's direction, and that was tho last
of It, The Haitian authorities never
even took the trouble to acknowledge
Its receipt,"
If Germany erred on the side of pre
cipitancy It would appear from these
facts, which, we are glad to note, have
been made the subject ot Inquiry by
the senate that tho United States
erred infinitely more glaringly on the
side of negligence and Indifference, It
Is wholly safe to nfllrm that after the
Lueders Incident, with Its Immediate
and Impressive object lesson teaching
Haitians tho futility of monkeying
with the Germanic buzz-saw, a Ger
man citizen will bo safe on Haitian soil
for all time hereafter. On the con
trary, It can readily be conjectured
that the course of our state depart
ment, if it has been accurately re
ported, would make not for tho safety
but for the harm of American citizens
resident or visiting In Haiti.
We infer from tho tone of Secretary
Long's remarks concerning the civil
service that congress Is not lndlssolu
blv wedded to the Mugwump Idol, and
that the "reformers," notwithstanding
their bravo talk, are beginning to fear
a. divorce.
Again there is talk of a new steel
rail pool If one could be formed that
would bo fair to all concerned and that
would also be lasting It would unques
tionably bo a public benefit. Hut If
wishes were horses beggars might tide.
Tho petition of native Hawalians
against annexation would be more
convincing' If It could bo shown that
one in a hundred knew at the time
what he was signing.
T0L0 DV THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Diuwn by Ajacchus,
I' he Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe c-ist: l.Oi; a. m., fot Saturday,
December 11. 1S:7.
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A child born cm this day will notice
that the Scranton barbels are a pleasant
lot of fellows. They can discuss the de
tails ot the Van Horn murder moa en
thusiastically when shaving u nervous
customer.
With only six niembern It Is Intimated
that the pull on the school board wires
will bo three and n half times harder
than at present.
While wheat ! beaming at LOT,
Where Is silver and Hilly Ilryin?
And now a bakery trust! This indeed
take tho biscuit.
Ajiicclms' Advice.
Ijo not try to howl vourseif Into prom
inence. Th dear public may resolve to
now I you out.
Premier Sagasta
CrouJs Too Soon
Prom the Pittsburg Dispatch.
THERE Is no effort on tho part of
the Spanish government to con
ceal the elation felt over that
portion of President McKlnley's
message referring to Cuba. It is
more favorable than members of the
cabinet had dared to expect, prob
ably because they are secretly of
the same mind as ex-Mlnlstcr Tay
lor about the promised reforms. Tl.e
Spanish press, however, resents the Iter
ation of the right of the United States
to Intervene, under any clrcumst-nvs,
unmindful of the fact that the govern
ment at Washington lias failed to act
even when the provocation was extreme.
o
Premier Sagasta more leniently ascribes
tho reference to interference as a trick
to satisfy certain political sentiments in
the United States. There was a time
when such a construction of a presi
dent's message would have created con
siderable popular indignation, but the
whole course of two administrations to
wi.rd the struggling Cuban patriots has
been such that the people have no In
dignation left to waste upon so mild an
affront. It Is readily inferred that
Sagasta understands the tricks of the
political trade quite well enough to be
n good judge: that In fnct his own proc
lamations and promises are to be con
strued from the same point of view In
sincere, nut with an ulterior purpose.
o
Tho prediction that tho mssage will
have a disastrous effect upon the in
surgents, however, need not be ci edited
too readily. The president's attitude Is
no more encouraging thon thjit of his
predecessor In olllce. but It Is not prou
ablo that the soldiers of tho Insurrec
tion, who voted the official Indifference
of tho !" ;-d States to tho most in
human f -"s of the Weyler regime,
had i'V d any strong hopes of In-
terferer uh the comparatively hu
mane effor.s of Ulanco. It Is manifest
ly certain that at least one of the great
est leadeis of the revolution is not wast
ing any of ids time or uttentlon upon
political movements, either in the United
States or Spain. That one is C'ahxto
Garcia, who is fully occupied in win
ning Independence- with cannon, rllle and
machete, and the news from Santiago
gives evidence he is succeeding.
o
It is more than probable that tho new
promises of reform and uutononiy were
never intended for any othur purpose
than to Induce the United States to
adopt tho policy of non-lnterterence, with
which the Sagasta government Is so well
pleased. Hut If the pretense Is sustained
for any length of time It will necessar
ily benefit Cuba. If resort is had to tho
old methods there will yet be time, be
foro the adjournment of congress, for
the United States to modify Its policy.
Meantime the president did the only
thing ho consistently could, In asking
a fair trial of the new Spanish policy,
after neglecting to take vigorous meas
ures against the Infernal Weyler rule.
The Cuban war is not over nnd Sagasta
may yet learn that the reservation ho
refers to so slightingly may assume a
new Blgnillcanee: If not directly with
the executive, then through tho senso
of congress and the weight of popular
opinion.
ItlM'iniMCAN DIVISIONS.
From tho Washington Star.
On tho re.-ord mado at this session of
congress the Republican party must ap
peal to the country in next year's cam
paigns. If that record is good the party
may hope for indorsement at the polls; If
not, It may expect to be defeated. What
Ik the present piomlse? Tho Republic ju
party In congress is at present divided
on every Impoitant proposition upon
which action Is expected by the country.
No recommendation by tho president Is
unanimously indorsed. Docs this argue
u do-nothing session or only such results
i,s carry with them tho scars of bitter
factional fighting? Docs any Republican
leader think that his party can carry iho
next houso on any sich record as that?
It Is early yet. The session has but
lust begun. Hut .factional fighting Is
something that may not with safety Uy
any party lie permitted to go very far.
And Just now nepubllcan divisions are
not confined to congress. In a number
of states the situation growing out of fac
lion contests is n very serious one.
threatening permanent Injury to tho par-
ty. There Is plenty of work, Indeed, for
tho peacemaker, and the Republicans
would do well to call him In nt once. A
do-nothing session of congress, nnd le
moralized Hopubllcan organizations In
Important states, will Inevitably lead to
defeat next year.
WITH REPfiRENCG TO HAWAII.
Front Walter Wellman's Washington
Letter In tho Chicago Tlmes-Ilcrald.
Much Is being mado of Speaker Heed's
opposition to tho acquisition of Hawaii.
There appears to bo no doubt tho speak
er Is opposed to It, as u matter of opin
ion, which is tho more surprising, be
cause Now Kngland missionaries are tho
lending spirits in the social and politi
cal life of the Islands. The speaker Is,
of course, entitled to his opinion, but ho
has intimated with satisfactory clear
ness that his opposition will not tako
tec form of refusing the house nn op
pnitunlty to vote upon the question. Mr.
lteed Is not quite us much of a tyrunt
as that,
o
Without doubt the article of Professor
James IJryce In tho Forum has exercised
a good deal of Influence upon public men
here. Mr. Hryce's principal argument Is
that Instead of being a source of strength
to the United States from the naval or
strategic point of view, Hawaii would
bo a weakness, Inasmuch ns it Is an out
post which We would find it dllilcillt to
defend. Mr. Ilryce lias put his argu
ment so Ingeniously, nnd withal In a
tone so friendly to the United States, that
),ls words ale much discussed nnd often
quoted hero. Put in tills characteriza
tion of Hawaii In its naval aspect ho
contradicts Captain Malum, Admiral
Walker ond all our naval students and
authorities, nnd runs directly counter to
tho opinions of many of our eminent
men of tho present and past, James G.
Illalno Included.
o
Are Halifax nnd the Bermudas, with
their docks, coal wharves and repair sta
tions, sources of weakness to Great Brit
ain from the naval view point? If so,
they nro retained with surprising tena
city nnd maintained with amazing prodi
gality. They are simply outposts of the
British naval establishment, subject to
attack and seizure, but Britain would
not give them up for a good ileal. In
fact, they nro the seats of her naval
power in the western Atlantic, since ships
must have ports to run to, docks to
clean and repair in and wharves to coal
nt. just as they must have speed and big
guns. Invent ships that need no coal or
repalis, and It may lie granted that
Halifax and Bermuda are weaknesses
rather than strength In the British nnval
establishment, and that Hawaii would
add nothing to the naval power of tho
United States.
o
Mr. Hryce's most attractive argument.
In the broad sense. Is that the United
Stales is a nation of peace, and that it
needs neither outposts nor a great navy.
If we mind our own business he thinks
there is little danger of our having use
for war ships. If this Is true, as every
one hopes it Is, the question then Is
simply whether or not acquisition of
Hawaii will' Increase the hazards of our
foreign relations. If It will not, and we
arc to have no wars, why is Honolulu
any more subject to attack than San
Francisco or Portland or New Yoik or
Boston? As a part of the tenltoiy of
the United States It will enjoy that per
petual peace which It is the destiny of
this country to secure for its people.
No ono has as yet been able to point out
how Hawaiian annexation is likely to
Involve us In trouble with another na
tion. If we do not annex It we may
have trouble, but with the flag floating
at Honolulu the same pence and secur
ity will reign time that prevail In Boa
ton nnd San Francisco.
o
Willie it is true that Japan makes a
wry face over our annexation project and
has her lobbyists hern to defeat the
treaty. It is also true that the Japanese
government will have no cause for com
plaint if we do annex. She is working
the bluff n little, because it we are fool
ish enoiiKh to close our doors to tho
newcomer Japan will be glad to take her
in, if she can do so without a row with
tho United States. Annexation once
achieved, Japan will be as calm as a
May morning. No other power hns even
the semblance of an objection to our ac
quisition of the Islands. Hawaii, there
fore, brings us no risks. If war comes
to us It will come through other sources,
and in that event Hawaii would be a
good thing to have. Offensively. It Is
worth at least two or three battle ships.
Defensively, It Is no more liable to at
tack and eaptute than any other Amer
ican port.
should in: rut: first.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Old soldiers should be among the (irst
to see the necessity of preventing an
abuse of tho generous sentiment that
made and has protected the penston .ys
tcm. A Coal-Oil Johanna.
"Rich," exclaimed ono emancipated wo
man to another; "why, she's the queen ot
the stock exchange."
"She's very lavish, I'm told, In her dis
play." "She cr.n afford It. sues so rien mat
she uses hundred-dollar bills for curl pa
pers." Washington Star.
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Commeiciffl May.
We offer about 600
yards Fancy 511k, choice
designs in
Brocades,
Persiaes,
Romae
Stripes, eteo
in lengths ranging from
five to twenty yards each.
Former Price. 31.00 to
$1.65, at
59 Cts a Yard
to close them out. The
greatest bargain of the
season.
SJOand 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
ty o tm
?r
FANCY
SI LKS
8AZAAI
afternoon from 2 to 5.30
r?
ID
Punt Neither
NOIl TRUST IN Till-: WASTEKUIi
SUISTITUTES KOIl
GENUINE AGATE WARE
WE HAVE IN OUIt WINDOW
A LINE OK
AGATE IRON WARE
WE WOULD HE PLEASED TO HAVfl
YOU CAM. AND EXAMINE IT
CO.VT.S A LITTLE MOKE,
HUT WILL
LAST TWICE AS LONG
AH THE CHEAl' Ult.VDE.
ALSO
HOUSE KUUNISIIINOS
AND
HARDWARE SPECIALTIES.
FOOTE k SHEAR CO.
Ill) Washington Avenue.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyomlnj
District 10.-
Allulns, llliixtlne.sportlns, SmoUeleJl
uud tlio lti'puuno Cuumtca.
L'ompaiiy'i
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fculety Ktte, Cnpsnud Utplodort.
Koouu Ul'J, 'J 111 and 'Jit Commonwci tti
liulldlnj, Scrautou.
AGENCIES
Tlina. roi'.D,
JOHN R. SMITH. t-JON.
E. W. MULLIUAN,
Pllt.inti
Plj m-vitu
Wllkevil.iiri
WL PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of tho best quality for tloinesilo U!
and of all sizes, Includtns lluckwhc.i a
Blrdstye. delivered In any part of tlis city
at tba lowest .'rice
Orfierj received at the Office, first floo'.
Commonwealth bulldlnf, room No 4;
telephona No. 2iii or at the mine, tel
phono No. 172. will bo promptly attendeJ
to. Indicia supplied at the raluu.
r IP iCMMHnPTTTF
'). . WH .
MUCKLOW.
DUPOirs
POWER.