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WEDNESDAY, JANUAHY 5, 1S98.
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tICOHD-CtASS UAIL UATTIK.
SCIIANTON, JANUAHY 5, 1S!1S.
Thc'lnterestlnR neWM cnnies from the
ielsenrltiB literary bureau that "since
Mm wlthdrawnl of Congressman Con
iiell from the Ku'bornutorlnl contest,
the LelHenrlnR people "feel conlldent of
heeurliiR n majority of the LacUawmi
jia delegation, If not all of It." What
mrloiiH thing one hears thfee days.
The Next Oonrd of Control.
As may have been seen In the pub
Mhed cull, deleeate elections will be
held on next Hntutday afternoon for
the choice of men to represent the dif
ferent election districts of the city In
the Hepubllcau city convention which
has .been summoned to assemble In
Music hull next Tuesday forenoon, '"
place In nomination candidates for the
following olllces to lie voted for at tli
noM municipal election, on Tuendav,
February ifi, namely: Two school di
rector to serve one year; two to servo
I wo years, and two to serve three
years. Important as these nominations
are likely, to be In view of the probable
ousting of the present board of Iwen-tv-one,
and .vital as are the Interests
thus affected, the curious spectacle Is
presented of almost utter public Indif
ference. It Is time this were punc
tured. Under the Iuwh of Tetinsylvuniu :i
school bouid In n oily like Si ronton Is
moie nearly nil omnipotent body than
any oilier governmental organization In
existence. It Is absolutely the master
of the people In the matter ol finances,
being authorized to appropriate funds
by simple le.'olutlon which can It de
Shed be passed lit Hie drop of ,i bat.
The- taxpayers. It Is Important to bear
In mind, are almost wholly at Hi mer
cy. While wilful frtiKl can be pun
ished In the courts If detected and
prosecuted for the considerable extrav
agance which Is the result ot Inno
cence, Ignorance or log-rolling on the
iioard there Is no ledress whatever,
anil to It there Is almost no limit.
Thote lies been gruve complaint on this
(core already, Justly or unjustly; but
lot the bor.rd of twenty-one give place
to a board of six, and unless those
six or a working majority of them are
men of exceptional honor, saguclly and
firmness, this complulnt will inevitably
glow In emphasis as the public learns
o comprehend the greater possibilities
for manipulation In a boatd of de
ceased membership.
It Is easy to define theoretlcallv the
kind of men who ought to be nominat
ed next Tuesday and in whose Interest
delegates ought to be elected at Sat
urday's primaries. These six candi
dates should first of all be absolutely
honest and Incorruptible. If concern
ing any candidate there Is a doubt on
th'ls point, he ought promptly to lie
turned down. The six men entrusted
with well-nigh omnipotent control over
the 3:100,000 annually required to oper
ate the city's educational system ought
certainly to le men whom the taxpay
ers would be w llllns to trust when
their own backs are turned. Next,
they should be Intelligent, preferably
parents of children who. now attend the
public schools, and owners of suffic
ient property to appreciate the neces
sity for prudent economy; and lastly,
If among the candidates offering them
selves for selection are any who have
bad honorable, and extended familiar
ity with the workings of the old board,
thEe, other things being equal, should
be preferred.
It In to be expectel, of 'nurse, th'at
the Hepubllean convention will desire
to nominate men who liav been loyal
Jtepubllcans, but emphasis need not be
put on party lines unduly. The board
of control has had In the past rather
too much partisan and factional politics
of the picayune kind: It ought to be
within the wish and within the power
ot th'o governing forces of this great
and stowing city to secure at the com
liur reorganization. of the, board a. class
of servants who. to the limit of their
ability will place the. welfare of the
school system above all other consid
erations, private or partisan, and who
will possess the back bone to hew to
the line, letting the chips fall where
they may.
We suspect that tliofp good friends
vim are wcivylng lest the repotting of
Colonel TngersGll'H lecture might upset
Christianity are agitated unnecessarily.
I A Government Worth While.
The reported stand of Great Britain
,for equal rights In China and special
.Vrlvlleges to none will be welcomed by
t'ne civilized world. Supported as It Is
bv the most powerful navy afloat and
b the co-operation of Japan, a nation
eftectlvely equipped for either peace or
waV. It will undoubtedly cause the land
thlAves of continental Europe to pause,
andlespeclally will It bear down heav
ily upon the erratic ambitions of the
conctVlted "war lord" of Germany. If
England's course in the Turko-Greclan
lmbf(jgllo seemed hesitant and un
wqrthly of her Anglo-Saxon traditions,
tlUs bVold demand for fair play In the
Orient! will do much to regain forefelted
respeclf-
To bV sure, England's course in this
matte
has been governed as much by
seV
Interest ns by abstract love of
The capture by either Ger-
Hussla of special and exclu-
klleges ulong the Chinese coast
istltute even a greater men-
lillsli sovereignty in India
,'land's maritime interests In
kn wpuld be Involved against
States were a European
tlze possession of a strip or
rt South America. England,
parent of the Monroe doc-
simply applying its prin
ciple to her uTO" seii-protecuon in Asia.
We say in reference Jo South America
that, all ,qtMr j'eA"t keep hands
off. JSnfelajio: J iX8 l reference' to
China- th'at' i ariyuropean power .gets
a privilege all the noverH must share
It; none must be peVmitted to gain an
advdhttgt-: lvrf the Vthers. Our dor-
trine". ffts" Jjur neeesBntJes; England'
doctrine "firs her's. but-tW.tp.are cut
from the same cloth atffJieJ&IP&t for
one must necessarily Mnkuujjhpect
for th. other. ,; Jf$.'.V
The promptness andrmness with
which the uovrnilicnt of he? 'Illltan-
nlc majesty has asserted Itself In this
matter constitutes a valuable object
lesson for the government of the United
States, which tinder a far more formid
able menace and under circumstances
appealing with Infinitely greater em
phasis to the universal Instinct of hu
manity, has In Its attitude toward
Spain In Cuba paltered and faltered
and sought refuge from duty behind
miserable make-shifts. One year ago
wo were nluiinltiK England for her
cowurdlce concerning the Turk; but to
day England by manly statesmanship
returns with Interest the shame to us.
It Is slcntflcant that one ot the first
measures introduced nfter the organi
sation of the present Ohio legislature
anie f font Hepresentatlve Jones, of
Canton, the home of President McKln
ley, and was u resolution directing the
Ohio senators and requesting the Ohio
representatives In congress to vote for
the recognition of the belligerency of
Cuba, and for Its Independence ns soon
as practicable. Thus does the real
sentiment of tlitt people find Its way to
the authorities In power.
Contingencies
While on general principle it .s un
necessary to cross a bridge until It Is
arrived at, u measure of ucademlc in
terest attaches to the point raised by
a correspondent of the Sun In reference
to the possible legal status of the Cu
ban Insurgents in two contingencies
which he outlines.
Uv driving I'ando out ot the Cauto
river the Cubans have captured pos
session of a naval outlet, thus dispos
ing ot the contention of Grant and Mc
Klnley that their' Is wholly an Inland
Insurrection. Now suppose- they should
despatch from the mouth of the Canto
river a merchant vessel bearing the
flag of the Cuban republic, loaded with
a cargo of sugar or other produce of
the Island and bound for the port of
New York. The Sun correspondent
wants to know what the government at
Washington would do; whether It
would rccosnlze or deny the right ot
that vessel to enter at the New York
custom house, to dispose of her cargo
and to clear for Cuba.
This question, It .seems, arose once
before. In .18b" when the Spanish
American colonies were In revolt, the
collector of the port of New Orleans
had It brought to the attention of
President Madison's cabinet, and on
July ? of that year he was advised by
Secretary of the Treasury Dallas In
these words
There Is no principle of the law of na
tions which recitilres un to exclude from
our ports the subjects of a' foreign power
In a state of insurrection ngalnst their
own government. It is not Incumbent
upon us to take notice of crimes and of
fences which nro committed against the
municipal laws of another country,
whether they are classed In the highest
grade of tret son or in the lowest grade
of misdemeanor. Piracy Is an orfense
against the law of nations, and every
civilized government undertakes to pun
ish the pirate when brought within 'ts
jurisdiction; but an act of revolt or re
bellion against a sovereign must not ba
confounded with a"h act of piracy, which
la denominated hostility against the hu
man race. Any merchant vessel, there
fore, which has not committed an offence
upalnst the law of nations, being freight
ed with a lawful cargo and conforming In
all respects to the laws of the United
States, Is entltlled to an entry at our
Custom House, whatever Hag she may
bear. She 1 also entitled to take on
board a return cargo, and to depart from
the t'nlted States with the usual clear
ance. There Is also a second possibility, al
though hardly a probability. The Cu
ban republic might fit out a war ship,
which might capture a Spanish vessel
and tow it Into an American port. The
question which would then arise would
be whether our government should ac
cord to these Cuban sailors the rights
of belligerents or hang them to the
ynrdatms as pirates. It is fair to as
sume from its past complicity with
Spain and from its inexplicable oppo
sition to the recognition of Cuban bel
ligerency, that It would favor the lat
ter course but It may also be assumed
that It would probably be deterred
from this course by fear of public sen
timent, which would never tolerate
such an act.
These problems as yet are wholly
academic. That Is to say, they are In
teresting for mental speculation and
exercise but have no practical exist
ence In the dofnain of affairs. More to
the point is the hard fact that thous
ands of Cubans are slowly starving to
death While our government acts as
Spain's almoner but lifts no hand to
remedy the cause of this frightful suf
fering and mortality.
Amons th'e enterprises planned for
i9S by the Pittsburg Dispatch In asso
elation with a number of other repre
sentative newspapers Is one which con
templates sending the well-known cor
respondent, Frank G. Carpenter, on u
S5,000.niile lour of South America, with
n view to the proper description before
American readers of this great conti
nent which destiny obviously Intends
to be In time the chief foreign market
of American exports. The Dispatch
has been since the beginning a
first clnss newspaper but In this feat
It will surpass Itself.
If the Philadelphia Inquirer and
those back of It would practice the
kind of politics that It preatjhes when
cornered the possibilities of political
trouble In Pennsylvania In th'ls year
of grace would perceptibly diminish.
The Impicsslon that Hanua's fight Is
McKlnley's fight probably proceeds
chiefly from Hanna. Mr. Hanna ought
not to expect the president of the
United States to expose himself to a
factional fire In Ills home state.
We Infer from the remarks of Senor
Pldal, president of the Spanish cham
ber of deputies, that only Uncle 'Sam's
superior size preserves him from un
almighty rough licking.
Seyator Fornker, when asked If he
couldn't go to Columbus to help Hanna
out, replied that he lud "a very sick
boy at home," We trust that Fornker,
ill?, la better now.
U Is possible that one of the reasons
why Colonel Ingersoll Is un agnostic
Is that there is money In it for him.
The collected figures for 1817 show
thut with one exception the railroad
building In that year wa the smallest
In the past t,wo decades. Iij 1893, the
total now trackage built covered 1,803
miles, while lust years total covered
l.SOt mil -m. This will explain In part
why 1897 was so poor a. year In the
steel rait trade. Hut renewals ulso
were sinnller lost year than usual nnd
this otate of skimped equipment can
not be permitted to endure much long
er. While new trackage construction
In great volume Is no longer to be ex
pected In this country, especially dur
ing the uncertainty as to whether
steam will or will not be superseded by
electricity for long-distance trafllc,
larger renewals are assured and these
will Inevitably give a better tone to
the rail trade of 180S than has charac
terized that trade for two or three
years past.
"Is It possible." the New York Trib
une asks, "that congress Is serious
when it makes not health, not man
hood, not moral worth the .test of a
candidacy for Atnerlcan citizenship,
but the ability to read or write twenty
five words of the constitution In some
Wnllachlan lingo or in Hlndostanee?"
It Is both possible and probable: and
until critics of this teat come forward
with a better one they will gain few
converts.
Both the Wllkes-Harre Hecotd and
the Wllkes-Unrre Times protest vigor
ously against the "xnap" call Issued In
Luzerne county for the election ot dele
gates to the state convention. "It
looks n little," says the latter paper,
"like un effort on the part of some one
to get control of the delegates for some
sort of n deal or bargain." These
Journals might Join In u request to Mr.
L-elsenrlng to explain.
It Is noticeable that President Mc
Klnley does not go to the civil service
commission when he wants a man to
do confidential political work for 'the
administration In Ohio.
An honest popular vote In Ohio, con
fined to Republicans, upon the ques
tion of Senator Ilanna's candidacy, if
It could be had would probably be In
structive. Great Britain's position In the divi
sion of tne Chinese swag would seem
to make compulsory a little more hon
or among International th'leves.
flfofhenfic NeuJs
Regarding Ciiba.
Of its Washington bureau. Mr. M
J. Gibson. In tho nrst letter Mr. Gibson
bhowed the crippled condition of the
Spanish army, reduced In less than three
years from 200,000 tp C1.&00 effective regu
lars. He also stated that the Spanish
take no prisoners of war and malntnln
no hospitals or prison camps for cap
tured Cubans, putting. all their captives
at once, to the sword. In the second let
ter he considers the autonomy proposi
tion and gives the substance ot witnessed
interviews, first with the members of the
new Autonomist council, of which Senor
Jose Galvez is president; second, with
nva lending Spaniards, Conservatives,
who are opposed to autonomy; and last
ly, with twelve leading citizens, Cubans
and Spaniards, chosen to represent the
drift of unofficial and what In this coun
try we should call non-partisan opinion.
These Interviews were taken in the pres
ence of Congressman King of Utah, who
Is In Cuba on a mission of Investigation,
and were secured by letters of Introduc
tion from Consul General Lee.
o
The Autonomists spoke through Secre
tary Congosto, formerly Spanish consul
at Philadelphia, whom Mr. Gibson de
scribes as the brains of the Blanco re
gllne. Secretary Congosto said the elec
tions under autonomy would be held In
six weeks or so, after the Spanish of
ficials had made ready the registration
lists. Then he would return to Philadel
phia, being positive that peace would re
sult In due course of time. At the con
ference with Senor Galvez and his asso
ciates of the "autonomy cabinet," they
expressed freely their belief that auto
nomy will be a success. They said that
the scheme went beyond anything asked
of Spain in tho way of autonomy before
tho war began. That fact and the fur
ther one that the leading offices would
be filled by men formerly trusted by the
uuoans, tney oeueveu, wouiu win over
those now opposed to the plan. If once
In working order they said that 40 per
cent, of the Insurgents, who are whites,
would accept tho new order of things
and cease to fight. This would leave the
remainder of the Insurgents without lead
ers, and that would end the war. But
they admitted that the success of the
plan would depend on Its acceptance by
40 per cent, of the Insurgents.
o
At tho conference with the Spanish
leaders who accept the Marquis de
Apeztegnla us their chief the- also ex
pressed themselves freely and frankly.
In tho first place, they declared that
Galvez and his associates did not repre
sent the Cubans. Tho representative Cu
bans, they said, w,ere either fighting In
the Cuban urmy or they are In exile
There are no Cuban leaders In Havana
these Spaniards assert. "Galvez Is an old
man and penniless," said one of the
Spaniards, "and the temptation of a sal
ary of $8,000 and a place of high honor
has led him to surrender to Coneosto's
blandishments. One of the othe? cabinet
officers has accepted a $10,000 bribe. One
or two of them are honestly misled. But
ri.i. W Z "c CA-e,i inemseives.
ihe Cubans repudiate uble-bodled men
who reman on the Island and do not
tako the Insurgent side." That opinion
was expressed by tho other Spaniards
wia cuiunence, nnu uy Individual Cu
bans; hence Mr. atbson was forced to
believe that the new cabinet officers are
without a following.
o
Mr. Gibson at this point says: "I can
hardly write patiently about the mons
trous cilme of the century, the killing
by starvation of about 400.000 Cubans, und
I will go into that In another letter. I
have seen within the last twenty-four
hours the most horrible Bights of my lifo
in the places where these reconcentrados
are In tho last stages of starvation. Two
of them died last night on the public
square, in front of tho hotel where I am
staying tho most puhllo place in the city.
I mention this In passing merely to show
that this awful work of killing off the
Cubans by starvation Is still in progress.
But the Cubans outside of the Insurgent
ranks, aro nearly all dead," "if Weyler
had remained In control another year,"
remameu .ur. nrunner, or tho united
States Murine Hospital Service, In con
versation with Mr. Gibson on Christmas
Day, "lie would have exterminated all
of the Cubans not Inside the lines of
the Insurgents." These facts go to show.
In Mr, Gibson's opinion, that so far as
representing the Cubans arc concerned,
the new cabinet counts for nothing. The
Spaniards at the conference said further
that they based their opposition, to the
scheme of autonomy on the ground that
If It Is a genuine offer it will place the
control of the island In the handB of the
colored men and Insurgents, and if the
offer Is not genuine, the result will be n
new rebellion and n worse condition of
things than exists today. They preferred
unnexutlon to the United States to either
born of the autonomy dilemma.
As representing the Insurgent point of
view Mr, Gibson says: "I was shown to
day by a prominent man letters written
f rpm a lurge number of Insurgent camps,
signed by all the ufllcers ut each cump,
asserting that under no circumstances
would they uccept anything short of In
dependence, Senor Halves could not pro
duce one scrap of evidence to Indicate
even n promise of desertion from the Cu-
THE Philadelphia Press published
yesterday the second of a series
of letters from Cuba written nf
ter personal Inquiry by the chief
ban ranks. The men who havo been sent
to offer autonomy have been (shot by the
Insurgents. The' piteous faces of 400,000
Cubans, men, women and children,
starved to death, cry to the Insurgents
for revenge. Many of the mothers nnd
sisters of the men In the Insurgent rmy
suffered that horrible death. Thousands
nro still dying every week from that
sumo cause. Is It reasonable to suppose
that men who havo been lighting two
years and a half, and who know that
the Spaniards ore almost In the last
ditch, are going to surrender now to ac
cept a plan of autonomy opposed by the
Spaniards, and which rests on nothing
moro than the decree ot Augusta, who
may be overthrown any day, and the de
cree cancelled? It Is a most unwarrant
ed assumption. It will not deceive any
Intelligent man who does not want to e
deceived."
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE.
From the Wllkcs-Barro Itccord,
The question of vital Importance to tha
Itepubllcan mnfscs of this Btate is, not
when the convention shall be held nor by
which faction controlled, but rather the
character of the nominees for governor
and other offices, tho methods of their se
lection, and the Inlluenccs that shnll dom
inate. The spirit of discontent is wide
spread In the party, and It will be an ex
ceedingly easy matter for tho state con
vention to precipitate a disastrous revolt.
The so-called Independents are not mal
contents or party wreckers, and they are
not Irreconcilable. They nre Republicans,
who revolt only when the party Is pros
tituted to base ends nnd sellish purposes
by tho leaders. The success of the state
ticket Is not all that depends upon the
uctlon of tho next state convention.
A full congressional delegation, twen-ty-llv
senators, all tho members
of the house of representatives,
and a multitude of county officers are to
be elected next year. A revolt against
the stute ticket might not prove fatal to
tho candidates for slate offices but would
cost the party the loss of a number or
members of congress In close districts,
likewise Innumerable county offices.
The Republicans In counties like Lu
zerne. Lackawanna, Schuylkill, Carbon,
Westmorelund. Fayette, Northumberland,
can barely win under favorable uusplces.
Loaded down with an unpopular state
ticket, they would have little hope of suc
cess. This will surely not be denied; the
experience ot last November proves that
It Is true. Tho Republicans ot such cojn
tles as we. have named will stand in their
own light and Jeopardize their party In
their own counties If they do not send to
the next state convention men who will
strive In all earnestness to make n.
state ticket so strong and popular and
(satisfactory to the masses that It will
prove a help to carry through the can
didates for congress, for the legisla
ture, and for county offices. A stato tick
et should ba so constituted that It will be
a help and not a hindrance to tho local
tickets. If the nil-potent leaders, who
will probably control the next state con
vention, fall to give the party that kind
ot a ticket then they nre unfit and un
worthy to be recognized as leaders of a
great party.
m
AMKKICA'S MISSION.
From a Lecture by Rev. Dr. Stafford.
"Every nation in this world is In some
sense u chosen people, and has some mis
sion assigned to it by Providence; some
peculiar thought, Idea, or principle which
distinguishes and differentiates It from
all other nations, which constitutes It in
Its Individual being, nnd the workings
and development und explanation of
which constitutes the nation's life work
and mission. Thus the Jews were the
chosen people for the preserving and
handing down in their fullness and pur
ity of the original revelations of God.
The preeks were a chosen people for the
cultivation ot art and philosophy, for the
leflnement of the senses and tho elevation
of tho mind. The Romans wero for tho
establishment and development of Juris
prudence and law and state. Tho Greeks
nnd Romans likewise fulfilled a provide.!,
tlal mission In the establishment, the one
In the Fast, the other In the West, of an
universal language, which was to be the
medium of on universal religion. The
American people are a chosen people,
chosen for the purpose of solving for all
time the most dllllcult problems of gov
ernment, of establishing upon a basis of
natural Justice and equity an Ideal state
of showing the dialectic unity be
tween authority and liberty and liberty
nnd authority, nnd thus giving tho world
not only tho highest conception, but the
realization of the Ideal state."
PECl'MAlMiY FITTING.
From the Times-Herald.
The report from Washington to the
effect that President McKlnley will send
to the present congress a messago recom
mending tho establishment of n depart
ment of commerce and Industry will be
gratifying news to the vnst commercial
and Industrial interests of this country,
which have long contended for tho cre
ation ot a new cabinet place to be devoted
to this purpose. It Is peculiarly fitting
that this administration, which, moro
than uny that have preceded It, sustains
such close relations to tho business In
terests of the country, should tako meas
ures for the creation of u federal de
partment of commerce and Industry,
SENATOU ANIMIEWS AIM.
From the Philadelphia Press.
It Senator Andrews succeeds in his
present purpose to own the next gov
ernor, that $00,000 "Lexow" bill won't bo
held back in the next legislature. It will
como forward and It will go through with
a velocity paralyzing to those unacquaint
ed with tho Andrews methods. Along
with that will come tho bills for the dozen
or so alleged Investigating committees
which made such n scandal at the last
session.
Unforgivable.
They loved each other well, they swore,
And so to wed they wildly hoped;
Wherefore It wasn't long before
They laughed at locksmiths and eloped.
Her pa forgave, as papas do;
Her mamma, too, forgave and blessed;
His ma and pa forgave them, too,
And brothers, sisters all the rest.
And only two could not forgive:
They've not forgiven to this day,
And won't as long us e'er they live
They can't forgive themselves, they say.
London Figaro.
MR. AND MRS. VERY .MUCH I'LEASEl)
TALKING A110UT THEIR CHRISTMAS
CHINA IIOUGHT AT OUR STORK.
TIE CLE10NS, FERBER,
0'MALLEY CO.
.r"j Luckuwuuim Avenue.
GO
LDSMT
pm
aking
Will be one of our principal occupations this week, but
the Bazaar will be open just the same, and all of the so
called bargains that you may read about in other adver.
tisements can be obtained here.
In accordance with our usual custom, thousands of
dollars worth of reliable merchandise will be laid aside
during inventory for our
January
therefore, we will have some interesting store news for
you in a very few days.
GOLDSMITH BROS. & CO-
NEW YEAR'S GREETING.
Lewis, Rellly & Davles vvlsh tho peace
ful, honest people of the world a happy
New Year. We ore happy because we
live In one of the most prosperous cities.
In one of the best counties, In one of
the largest states and tho greatest coun
try that man Is privileged to live tn.
Among the cities, towns, etc., that wo
wish to remember In a particular way are
the following:
Wllkes-Barre, Lake Ariel,
Kingston, Georgetown,
Bennett, Hawley,
Forty-Fort, Honesdale,
Wyoming, Waymart,
Parsons, Klmhurst,
Miner's Mills, Moscow,
Mill Creek, Gouldsboro,
Lain, Tobyhanna,
Yatesvllle, Mount Pocono,
Plttston, Pocono Summit,
Duryen, Cresco,
Lackawanna, Henryvllle,
Taylor, Spraguevllle,
Avoca, Portland,
Mooslc. Stroudsburg.
MInooka, Water Gap,
Hancock, Delaware,
Starlight, Manunka Chunk,
Conklln, Preston Park,
Great Bend. Lake Como,
New Mlltord. Foyntello,
Alford. Belmont,
Klngsleys, Pleasant.
Foster. Unlondale.
Nicholson. Forest City.
Factoryvllle, Carbondale.
La Plume, White Bridge,
Dalton. Jermyn,
Genburn. Archbald,
Clarke Summit Wlnton.
Chinchilla, Peckvllle,
Mavneld. OlVDhant.
Nay Aug, Dickson City,
Dunmore, , Throop,
Wlmmers. Scranton,
Mapewood, iBInghamton,
Cointlin Center.
May they live long nnd prosper Is tho
wish of Lewis, Rellly & Davles, the hon
est nnd most extensive dealers In boots,
shoes, rubbers, etc.. In Northeastern
Pennsylvania, Nos. 114 and 116 Wyoming
avenue, Scranton, Pa.
MILL k CORNELL'S
Such a choice stock to select from cauuot
be found elsewhere lutblspurt of the Btate.
And rhnn you consider the moderate prices
at which the goods are marked is a further
claim on the attention and consideration of
bu .ts.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS.
Whitiko Desks,
DllES4IMa TA1U.K.S.
Fancy Tables,
ciievauglasseh,
1'Aiu.oR Cabinets.
Music Oabi.nkts,
CUKlOOAniNKTM,
Hook Casks,
Famoy Baskets,
I.OU.SGKS,
WOKK TABLES,
KASV ClI AlltS,
Gilt ciiaiks,
InlaidCiiaiks
ROOKRnS
HIIAVINU HTANHS
I'miErtTALX,
Tauoubettem.
All ut lowest prices counlntunt with the
high duality of the good.
Hill &v
Comniell
At 321
North WuiUlucton
tvemte.
Scranton, Pas.,
; Happy 1
New Yearii'
1 to AIL :
1 F0OTE& SHEAR CO : I
'II
'y'l J 10 Washington Avenue. ))
Finmfirc
irs
kE. IS
QYCitory
Clearance
pineess
RELIABLE
Clothflmig
o
beeeomir motto
Ity meexcdledo
the lowesto
Your money back if you want it;
and the same price to everybody. Open
Evenings Until After the Holidays.
BOY
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
FINLEY'S
Blankets
With our regular
lines we offer a few
numbers ,at extraor-
dinary values.
Heavy Cotton Blankets,
size 1 1-4, cither grey or
white, price this week,
95c,
15 pairs all wool, brown
mixed Blankets, size 11-4,
price,
,75
All wool Blankets, size
72x81, either scarlet or white,
assorted borders, price,
$415
All wool white Blankets,
size 12-3, borders pink, blue
and red, price this week,
Specially low
prices on California
and Eider - Down
Blankets during this
week.
510 and 512
1
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
BAZAAM
Sale
at reliable
lias always
Qmial . .
prices
MUCRUIW
3
LANK
Books
-AND-
OFFICE SUPPLIES
The most complete line in
this corner of Pennsylva
nia. Time Books
for
11898
at
s
s,
STATIONERS, KNGItAVERS,
HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING.
180 Wyoming Avenue,
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyomlnj
DUtrictfor
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, SmokeleJI
and the llepauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcafety Fuse, Caps and Exploden.
Rooms 'J12, "1U and ml Commonnealtt)
Building, Bcruatoa.
AGENCIES:
THO.a, FORI),
JOHN II, SMITH ABO.V,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
rittstoa
Plymouth
Wllkes.IUrra
Ml PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the belt quality for dorajatlo ui
and of alt sizes. Including Buckwheat and
BlriUeye, delivered In any part ot the city
at the lowest price
Orders received at the Office, first floor,
Commonwealth building, room No (;
telephone No. 28U or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will ba promptly, attended
to. Sealers supplied at tbe mine.
T. SI
BlfOlo
POllERo
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