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THimSDAV, JANUAIIY 27, 1B9J.
THE SCUANTON TRIBUNE.
rrinmsDAY, januatiy 27, isos.
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IIC0ND-CLA63 MAIt UATTIR.
SCIIAKTON', JANUAItY 27
189S.
xROPUBUCAN CITV TICKCT.
Tot' Sclinol Director.
Tlirco YcQiH-ri:Ti:H NnUXS, Eleventh
vvnrd.
Three Ycnrs-U. I. I'Hn.UI'S, rifth
wnrel,
Two Ycars-H. 1). rHLI.OWS, Fourth
win J.
Two Ycars-F. B. aODl'IlUY, Eighth
wnrd.
Ono Ycnr-r. S. BARKER, Seventeenth
wnrd.
Ono Yrnr ELIAfe i:. KVA.N'H, rifteenth
vvnrd.
Election Day, Fcbiuaty 1.
The l.Inil of reciprocity which Spain
moit elesetvpi fiemi this cenmtr Is tlie
hind thai reiitilreH nminunltlon to e.ti
ly it into ufiVit.
A Rcclps for Harmony.
Representative Adams, a Phlladel
phliin on teniH or ctinsltluiablc inti
macy with the renlor iepre?entnttve of
thl-s commonwealth In the United States
senate, Is (iiiotul In a dispatch fiom
the natlonul t.ipltul to tlio Wllkes
Mane Record us fmylntr advisedly that
the Independent rnndldacy of Mr. Nevv
Itt for teu'hei of taxes In Philadelphia
x 111 he railed orf by its sponsois, llr.
Penrose and Mr. Durham, out of def
ip 'ice to the earnest elcslic of Colonel
Quay foi lmi moil in the Republican
iiinUu. Tt will lie leealled that the
Newitt tamlldao wan net up by a ml
ii . lty v. hifh liiiltcil Hie legular Repub
lic nn convention after beliiK beaten In
that convention two to one.
Wo do not Know whethei this lepoit
Is true nor whether. If true and In due
couiK! verllkd, It would sulllce wholly
to nllav tho veiv considerable evil
wioiiRht In the public mind by the cir
cumstances uttntuliiiR the bolt Itself.
The calllni? off ot Newitt. -while IiIkIiIj
cieditnble to Senator Quav's perspica
city as a politician, would no doubt
Mill leae a bid taste In tho mouths
of those Uppuhlliuns thiouRhout the
commonwealth who, as the vote for Dr.
Swallow dearly indicated, uie becom
ing Mimewhat thed of "set tips" and
"knock dow ns" on the political chess,
boatd, concerning vhlch tho people
themselves, while expected to foot all
tho bills of evpense, have apparently
the least to" pay. As a matter of party
lpRUlaiity Nuvvltt should of course re
tire, Inasmuch ns among Republicans!
who believe In regulailty ns the ?reat
e.st of party virtues he now lias not a
leg to stand on. 15ut will his retire
ment alone sulllce to disperse the storm
e louds w hlch are slow ly gathering along
the Republican horizon In I'cnnsj lva
ula? It Is our belief that the Newitt affair
Is mply ono Incident, and by no means
the most ominous, in a flock of slg
nillcant and poitentous facts. Much
more dangerous to tho prospects of the
P.ti ty In the approaching gubernatorial
campaign Is the spectacle afforded In
the methods employed by those most
actively engaged In promoting the can
didacy for governor of tho Hon. Wil
liam A. Stone, of Allegheny. Here, ac
cotdtng to seemingly trustworthy re
poi ts not yet responsibly denied, wo
hae tho anomalous condition of a state
hali man and many direct lieutenants)
in the regular party organization at
woik with tho prestige arising from
their oillclal position within the party,
s-eeking to encompass the nomination
of (i man for whom there Is among the
masses no audible call, and against
whose candidacy there can be brought
the .same charge of political manipula
tion and disregard of public opinion
which eight years ago proved fatal to
:i then equally popular citizen of North
western Pennsjlvanla, George Wallace
Dolamater. Does thfe tend to encour
age harmony In the party? Is it cal
culated to popularize the organization
nmong friends of the other candidates?
Evidently not.
"Wo feel disponed to credit Senator
Quay with pinceiity in his jeported de
plre for haimony. Indeed, he has good
reasons off his own for .such a piefer
en e. That under any circumstances
he could effect his own re-election next
winter Is veiy probable; but the tri
umph would be robbed of Its spatklo
If at nbout the same time the executive
mansion at Haiilsburg should be giv
ing shelter to the third Democratlo
governor elected In this stalwart Re
publican commonwealth since lion.
Matthew Stanley Quay became the rec
ognized Republican leader of it. To
,lrt ullnli n nvi vyiCd?.........,. .. 1,1.
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its element of personal rebuke. Senntni-
Quay has onlj to follow to the limit
his own better judgment, which uigea
him, we bellee with Inci easing em
phasis, to cut adrift those who abuse
his faor and stand fotth asset tlve-ly
in behalf of political fair play.
It is reported thut the president Is
nt woik upon a plan to take the con
sular hi'ivlco out of politics, lie will
need to be ratci'ul lest It at the same
time should take him out of polities.
The Loss of the Tillle.
Without doubt the greatest vietoiy
whleh Spain has won In several monthf
In her war for the retention of Cuba
was won on the high seas off Parnegnt
the other tlav4 when a Cuban tialten
scuttled the lillbuster ship Tlllie.hend
lng to the bottom a consignment of
wur materlals.incluellng tluee dynamite
guns and forty tons of dynamite, in
tended for delivery to the mllltaty
genius of the Cuban revolution, den
eial Callxto G.aicia. The Tllllo had
stolen safely tlnough the coition of
coast spits maintained by our gov em
inent and Spain In hindianto ot uld
for the Cuban insurgents, and was on
her way rejoicing when perfidy In the
hold, negotiated by Spain, spoiled all,
eairylng down to an untimely death
four of tho bravo (kou1s who had ilsked
their lives on thls'haznrd for Ubeity.
The monetaiy loss resulting from this
eleploiablo net of tieacheiy Is consid
erable, and It will undoubtedly he felt
by the revolutionary agents lri New
York, who, up to this time, havo sus
tained the enormous expense of the
Cuban Insurrection almost wholly from
tontiibutlona made by Cubans thorn
pelves. There was n time In the hls
tmy of the revolution when such a
loss would not have been severely flt,
Ono year ago news of It would have
Iwen followed by extra subscriptions
from Cubans In this country nnd Eu
tope more than enough to reimburse
the junta's treasury. But the Cubans
who could afford to do this are rela
tively few and their ipsources are not
InexhaustlbK Tho regular monthly
Payments which every patriotic Cuban
Is making- to the ravolutlonaty cause,
amounting In many cases to moie than
twenty-live per cent, of the donor's
cntlrn lniohip, constitute ns heavy a
Hacrlflce. an the majority of American
Cubans can make without reducing
themselves nnd tjielr families to des
titution. Rut even If the money loss lesultlng
fiom the scuttling of the Tillle wote re
gained In route way, Tea for example
by American contributions, which up
to the present moment have been more
llbctnl in words than In negotiable cut
icncy, thcie would remain the feeling
of Insecurity nnd distrust which every
act of treachery Inspires and lenves In
its waif. This will constitute th Jun
ta's gioatest obstacle. Spanish diplo
macy has again exhibited its consum
mate skill. It has barbed the enemy
in n way which Insures pain and peril
long nftor the arrow Itself shall hae
been extilcated. The ciicumstance Is
enough to make decent Americans
heaitllv nhiimcd of the Illiberal and
one-sldod policy of the government at
Washlngton which', by Its refusal to '
giunt belligerent rlghtn his made- It
liecesi? iry lor the friends of Cub i to
steal nnd skulk out of Yankee poits,
subjecting themselves to such llsks ns
pmvpd fatal to th" putposes ot the
expedition nboaid the Tllllo.
Fortunately, General Garcia has no
pipsint lack of dynamite; and with
what he has he will undoubtedly render
a good account.
It is to be hoped that the libel suit
brought liv Mi. nnd Mis. Kdwurd A.
I.eete against the 1'iee Pies will be
ran led to u decisive Issue. If the
charges made against this c ouple arc
false, no punishment of the circulators
of them can be too seveie. If thoe
chargts me Hue, their definite estab
lishments in a couit rf Justice would
be of manliest advantage to the com
munity, which could then take steps to
protect itself. The charges In vague
foini had been cuirent for pome time
pi lor to tho publication In the 1'iee
Press. The plaintiffs in this suit, if
they are as. innocent as we muFt as
sume them to b until proof Is foith
comlng to the contrary, have put sued
the proper cour-c In demanding an in
estigutlon and -wo trut that they will
push this demand to a conclusion.
As to Promissory Notes.
A decision lately renicied by the
loid chief jutlcc of England is the
subject of varied comment In this
country. Tho facts hi the care weio
as follows:
A tlch joung man was asked by a
fiiend to witness ft document; a piece
of paper was produced, coveied by
oth'er paper in which there weio four
openings. It wa3 explained to the
joung man that the paper was a power
of attorney i elating to his friend's sis
ter's marriage settlement, and that he
was simply to witness his friend's slg
natuie. He signed his name in each
of the openings, nnd nfterward found
that he h'ad signed two Joint and sev
eial promissory notes with his friend
for more than llftv-'ive thousand dol
lars, payable to the older of a London
money-lendi.r, who nfteiward discount
ed them at the late of fotty pet cent.
............. ...
tounci mat tne inenu nmi gone 10 uie ,
continent, and the moneylender
urougnt sun against me joung man lor i '"i"i -i-.ui iu.j,-.i. .....v.. .......
invment of the notes hvQti mnde since 1W7 It is pointed out,
pajment of the notes. tijr ,nhtnncCi by jIr. Thomson that, at a
The juiy held that the money-lender convention of street rallwaj men hold
had taken the notes in good faith, but I In the jeur named, tho dlsciisslun of the
that the young man had not signed ' epedlenc 6f substituting Moctrlc tiac
,, , . , . , , I tlon for horse power was ciillclscd as a
them as promKsoiy notes, and the chief ,, of ,' . ,nlpntio of tho
justice, in appljlng the law, hell that
tho defendant was not liable, because
the essence of a contract was lacking
and becaip-e the signatuie vas obtain
ed by fraud.
This, of couise, bsais heavily upon
the money-lender, but It appears nev
eitheless to lie n just and ecuiltahl" de
cision to far us the signer of th note
is concerned. Th impoitance of the
decision lests in its insistence that a
pxomls-jory note, to be binding, must
possess the essence of a. contiact.
Wheie. theiefoie, notes are won by
siiarpeis tluotmh nilsrepiesentatlon, as
is frequently the case, paitleultily
among faimer., the meaning af this
decision is that tho holder of the notes
cannot teeovei. A slmilai ruling In
this ounliy .vould be most welcome.
Sjienklng of leelpioeity with Cuba,
then- b. ulieaeb a toleiahly satlsfac
toiy 'jsttni l'i vogue, wheieby the Cu
ban insurgents give us good money
and we give them good rules, powder
and shells.
Encouraging Statistics.
Pig lion being at the base of a ma
Joilty of our meat Industtles, piogtess
In Its production may safely be token
as Indicative of lndustiial progiess
genet ally. For this icason large Inter
est attaches to the llguies contained In
an advance sheet of the Hulletin of the
American Iron and Steel association
computing the domestic pig iron pto
ductlln In 1897 with the pioduction in
a numbet ot ptevious yeais.
This sheet glve.s the total pioduction
In 1S97 ub y,65J,6S0 gioss tons, against
8,023,127 tons In 1S9, (i,4CC,J0S tons in
1S93. C.057.3S8 tons In 1891, 7,124,r.O.' tons
111 1&93, 9.1S7.000 tons In 1892, S.279,870
tons In 1891, and 9,202,70.! tons In 1S90
The pioduction In 1897 was l,029,G.r3
tons more than In 1890, un lncieuso of
almost twelve per cent. The pioduc
tion of Ile.sscmer pig lion In 1S97 wus
5,795,531 tons, against 4,c;4,9S5 tons In
1890, and 5,023,095 tons in 1895, The in
ci ease in 1897 over 1890 was 1,110,029
tons. The production of basic pig Iron
was 550,391 tons, ngalnst 330,403 tons In
1890. The production of charconl pig
Iron In 1897 was 255,211 tons, against
310,244 tons In 1S90, a decrease of CG,
033 tons. The production of splegel
Iseu und feiromaiiuane.se was 173,095
tons, against 131,940 tons In 1S90, und
171.724 tons In 1895.
Inasmuch as 1S97 was not freo fiom
tho disastrous conseciuences of tho pie
ceding Quadicnnium of business depius
sion, it would seem to be reasonable to
expect a yet greater pioduction In 1898.
The foregoing llgures offer much en
couragement to the belief, now veiy
generally held In Eutope as well as
ciulte universally In this count! y, that
the supremacy of the United States In
the iron and steel trade will In future
bo even mote marked than It Is today.
Tho evident desire on pnrt of tha
high ofllclals In the United Stntes army
to adopt more tasty weurnlng apparel
should bo encouraged. Dress goes a
groat wny In foreign diplomacy, nnd
representatives of this government
have often been placed at a disadvan
tage in eastern courts through tlie
modesty of their apparol. There Is no
eaon, nt the present moderate price
of gold braid, why the United States
soldier or marine Bhuuld bo dressed ns
though ho had Just escaped from a re
formatory or nn Institution for the
feeble-minded. It Is nbout time that
Uncle Sam began to ppruco up.
It has been alleged In certain quar
tets that the agitation about tho coun
terfeit one hundred dollar bills has
been stirred up solely for the purpose
of giving a lot of government detec
tives some excuse for drawing their
salaries, and that tho bills uie all
genuine. With most of us this must
cer icmuln n theory merely.
The Chicago pres Is unanimous In
commending the pretty Japanese cur
tom ot liberating a flock of birds at
the launching ot a shlp, instead of
spilling llfiuor on the deck. The cfil-
go editors believe in spilling the II-
quor where It will be moio effective.
The prevailing epidemic will be
called "grip" this year. So persons
suffc'ilug with cold In the head will be
entful aljout spelling It "la gilppe"
unless they wish to bo consldeiod out
oi date.
The governor of Illinois had rheuma
tism and therefore couldn't meet Pres
ident Dole, but If Dole will consult the
Chicago pppers he '..ill disc o or that
he didn't miss much.
Robeit P. Porter says the president
offeied him the supeiintendcncy of the
Tv elf th conrua, but. he declined It. We
fear that Riotlur Porter Is entirely
too modest.
The opinions of Giover Cleveland on
mntteis of national Interest tbee days
lme the llaor of a last je.u's mln-
bticl joke.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Unily IJoroscopo D:iwn by AJncchus,
The Tribune Aslrolosoi.
Asliolabe Cast: 3 3! a. m . foi Thursday,
Jamui. 'J7, IbDS.
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A child boin on this cla will notice
that tho backbone ot winter ia becoming
very limber..
Mr.!, liradlsh has evidently concluded
th it $10,000 was lather u high price foi a
kiss.
It Is coitaln that some of the vntloas
nomination papers tiled nt tho couit
house the other day have been made In I
.aln with a big V.
Tho attorney Is about the only ono
who receives real benefit from u libel
suit, and he often gets left.
According to Chief of Police Robliiig,
Dr Craft In epresslng opinions of Sorati
ton his been talkng through his neck.
Decades Progress
in Eltricify
Troin the New York Sun.
n N AltTICI.E which has not it te
J celved as much attention as It
l1 de-crves Is the review of elec
n tiled advance in the im-t ten
jeurs, contilliuteil to tlie lorum
b Mr. Ellliu Thomson,
the wen known
i.u ..... r..w ronle realize the extent
and range of the applications of dec-
same nssoclitlon In the picncut ear took
for ki anted the universal applicability ot
electricity to stieet nil propulsion. The
ptosneet now Is thut, in the eoume ot a
tew years, the eiueltles ot hoi-i traction
on city railways will exist only in le
membranee. Electric ttaetlon bus Kiven
gieatir spud and better eais, which,
moieovei, aie lighted and heap d i'lo
tilenlly. the lesult being an amount of
cleanllnexs and eomlort not otherwise
obtainable Electricity seems nNo des
tined, at no distant day. to revolution
ize pisienger traffic on the tiunk lines
connecting latge centeis ot population,
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The lnclllty with which electlie siivlee
mas be Hitpei posed on io ids otlghuillv In
tended foi steam Unction has been ilem
emstiated by n eonsiileuous railway or
ganization. It has been shown that sin
gle cars may be propelled at high sp-eil
with comparative safety. Even sixty
miles an hour has been exceeded. It has
ftnther been moved by the eonstrnctlm
of several huge electrlo locomotives for
the Ualtlmoiu nnd Ohio r.illioad that
such machinery enn haul thu heaviest
train loads, and moie than eeiual In pow
er locomotlvis woiked by steam. Mr.
Thomson Ins no doubt that the latter
will, eventually , be supplanted by elec
tlie motors driving the axles of the ears,
as In street railway service Che.ii tuel
can be used to generate tho pov.er In the
ilcctrlc stations, nnd water powei. where
it is available within thirty oi forty
miles, may be transmitted to the railway
line In a wold, the foundations of 'he
lailway piaetlte ot twenty yeais hence
nie being laid today
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If we look back ten yenrs we find that,
although telephone exchange systems
wero then already in existence, there
weie vlitunlly no lung distance exten
sloni To render tho lattei practicable
the lines have to bo made of heavy cop
per wire, the wire, of couise", becoming
thicker in proportion to tho distance to
be covered. It follows that the cost of
the copper recpilred becomes very heavy
for great distances, over a million pounds
of copper being need for a single circuit
from lloston to Chicago. Prior to lfcS7,
only tho largest rltles possessed any elec
tile lighting service; tho alternating eur
lent, which is now so largo a factor in
electrical enterprises, had scarcely be
gun to bn ued At present, even the
smaller townH have their eloctilcal sta
tions, their aic lamps for street lighting,
nnd tho smaller incandoscents for general
use. Tho Incandescent lamps employed
In tho United States nro numbered by
millions; and there aro several hundred
thousand nro lamps besides. There lie
now in operation nearly 3,000 eloctaie
llght supply Btatlons, which, togethei
with Isolated electric plants, leptesont u
capital of about 1500,000,000.
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Stress Is naturally laid by Mi. Thom
son on tho remarkable application of
e'tectilclty ut Nlagnia. Hero Is brought
homo to us tho Industrial Importance of
cheup nnd unfailing power developed from
water In Its fall. Tho power of hugo wa
ter wheels Is delivered to masalvo dyna
mos for giving out In turn tlectrlo en
ergy. Upon the water power thus tians
milted depend the electric llijht and elec
tilc railways of the city of Niagara, ns
wojl as r number of remarkable lndus
tiial establishments founded In that plnre.
Here, too, tho feasibility of tho long
distance transmlsson of power Is exem
pllt!d by n hlgh-pressuro lino extending
to liufmlo and dellveilng tho elcctilc en
eigy to un electric station there, Tlie
Niagara iilant has grown Into existence
within, the Inst flvo years, ns a conso
eiucnce of tho ndvnnces in electrical scl
enco made within the decneto Just closed.
Thero nro other examples of water-paw-er
transmission, porno of them far ex
ceeding In distance that between Niagara
and HulTnlo, olid somo In which tho
amount of power conveyed, ns well us tho
prcssuro ot tho current used upon the
line, Is much greater than Is set ex
hibited nt Niagara.
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Notable, also, nro tho applications of
tho clcctrlo current to heating and to
metallurgy. Ilv electric welding ma
chines are now mado carriage hardworo,
uxles, wheel tires, parts of bicycles, and
tools, metal bands for palls, tubs, nnd
barrels, nnd Innumerable other cuticles.
Electric methods havo been found adapt
able to tho nnneallng of armor for war
vessels. Formerly, It was almost Impas.
slblo to drill or cut holes In tho plates cf
Hnrvolzel armor, but, by tho appllca
Hon of electric mnrhlncry, It has been
found practicable to obtain extreme lo
calization In tho heating of metal through
tho delivery of electrical energy and its
conversion Into heat nt tho desired pohit
without Impairing the quality of tho
rest of the plate. Mr. Thomson reminds
us that, beforo the advent of the electric
welding process, Iron and platinum wore
icgordcel ns tho only wcldablo metals.
Now all metals am capable of being
welded under clectjto treatment. Elec
tric heating Is used in many other-ways.
There aro electro cooking utensils, elec
tric soldering tools nnd similar devlcss,
whllo many stieot cars nro provided
with electric heat In winter.
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In metallurgy the value ot electricity
has receved of Into a new demonstration
nt Niagara, where tho metal aluminium
which, not many jears ago cost J2 nn
ounce, Is now pioduced and sold nt a
prlco which makes It, bulk for bulk,
cheaper than bia-s. In this ense, of
com so, tho electric cm rent's power of
olectrolzlng or breaking up strong
chemical unions Is employed. Works for
the production ot mem ... sodium and
other metals slmllnily depend upon tho
decomposition efd c ted bv the electric
cuucuit. Enormous amounts ot crude
copper nro nnnunllv letlncd by clcetro
ljsls, with the result that a nearly puro
metal Is obtained, where formerly Impuri
ties lessoned tho value ot tho copper.
Not only 13 this the case, but, In some
Instances, amounts of the precious met
als siitnclent to pay the cost of tho pro
cess havo been separated In the retlnlng.
c
Passing from the applications of elc
trlclty to Industrial pmposc, Mr. Thom
son reviews tho ndvnnces mado In elec
trical sclenco cons Idered as a department
of phjsies. Among other discoveries, he
refers to tho demonstration made bv
Herz and others that signals may bo
transmitted to distant points without
wires simply bv using electric wnves of
seme millions of vibrations per second :
thoso invisible waves being recognized
by suitable receivers. Whether, how
ever, tho wireless telegraph will super
sede surface telegraph lines unci sub
marine cables Is pronounced questionable.
We note, flnullv, that the discovery of
tho X-rays belongs, properly to electric
al science, seeing that the lavs are tho
lesult of electrical action in certnln
vacuum bulbs. On the whole, tho da a
set foi th by Mr. Thomson fully Justify
his conclusion that 'tho application of
electricity to the needs of mankind will
bo deemed hereafter tlio clowning gloiv
of tho latter hair of the nineteenth cen
tury. THR PATHWAY CLEARED.
1'iom the Washington Star
Probably no well-lntouned person in
Havana or Madrid, and certainly no well
informed person In this counto Is llkelv
to bo misled by the kow-tow lug now In
progress over the ordering of the battle
ship Maine to Havana, it Is u ccicmonv
which appropriated goes with an o
tremelj ticklish situation. Hut there still
remain the bald fact", easily to be recog
nized and appraised, that SpanWh uu
tliorltj . even In Havana, is all but over
thrown, that llfo there Is not safe, and
that whether Spain likes It or not she Is
foiced to accept outside assistance toi the
preservation of older. The Maine goes
now. Tho movement of the other ships
of the scniaUron will depend nu develop
ments. Thej will rcmiln close b, and
can eally be utilized for a piessing emer
gency. The president has rightly Intel -preted
the needs of the cao. The risk
",;;' ',; 't , ot AmerKdll
blood In Havana by a Spanis l mob, alter
all the wurnliH' that had been given,
would have overwhelmed not only the
iidmliilstititlun but the country with
shame and confusion Thero will hi t
feeling of security now as to the safety
ot nil Ameileaus In Havana and ilst
whero hi Cuba.
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Meanwhile, It Is well to oliMrve how
mNtr.ken we jceni to have been all along
in dealing with Spain about Culm I'lrst
came the qiiestlon of Ceneinl Wevler'i le
cmII. Theie was hesitation about owm
Indliertly pressing that point. Finally It
was done, Indiitctly and with extiemo
delicacy, and Spain gave way. There was
no iluie up Then came tin cpiestlon ot
offoiing to help succor the thousands of
staivlng women nnd chtldien whom (icn
etal WeyW had penned up like beasts
ol the Held That was delayed lor fear
of unending the sensibilities ot Spam,
finally the otter was made, und Spain
jumped nt it Sho even ptopeistd to take
ehnige of the contributions and distrib
ute them to the victims ot her own un
speakable opniesslon! Hi r senslbllltb s
weto not wounded even a little bit.
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Now we have the order as to the Maine.
For mouths pro-Spanish elides have
llmntciicd uppalllng consequences ut tho
bate suggestion of such a thing. Spain
would not heal of it. Such step, vve were
assured, with a look of great sternness,
would be Instantly leseiited. Has It
been" Senor du Lome apptovis ot It.
Wanted to read the older, and mani
fested cutloslty about details, but sees
no offense to Spain In the step Itself.
And so now. what offense to Spain could
there be In u linn and polilo le presenta
tion on the pait of this government le
speetlng the bringing of the war In
Cuba to nu early close? Spain knows
that her eauso In the Island Is lost. Sho
knows the bankrupt state of her treas
ury, tho discontent of he r troops, und
the Impending smash. Who shtll say,
therefoie. In the light of this history wo
have quoted, that sho would not really bo
glad of nn intei vontinn which would re
lieve her of her burden?
Havilaod
CMma
Vi'U Altr. CLOSING OUT 1'OUH OF
Ol'll OI'KN BTOCK CHINA I'AT
'J KHNS ,
At Cost
IP YOU WANT A CHINA IUNNUU
SKT NOW IS THJi TIME TO U17YT
Wi: AHK TAKING ACCOUNT OK
STOCK AND WANT TO CI.OSH OUT
TlIKsSKFOUIl L1NIUJ IlKFOHi: 1'tll.
11UAIIY 1.
THE CLEiOHS, BM
ALLEY Ca
'2'2 Lackawanna Avenue.
Gfl
1 MMIT1F
TP
xtnuffd
JL4
led
MHITM
uWUUU
InJ
OFF WITH TIE LID)
as mi: oi.t u:.ut i"s cvsr ore ui;o
nn old shoe, ho should you leso vo to
cniry out tliOB uule hy oumlnc In and select
ing u now tiiilr of oui e Icitunt 'Oh silni"i
Just received lot thtxe who want udva'icu
styles nt In vUwmd plii'vi.
Lewis, Rely & teles,
VYOM1NO AVEXUli
THE MOW.U.V IIAKDWAHK JsTOllrJ
MiETOH GOING FAST
Those Oil Heaters we told you
about last week. But the fact of
our luviner had a good sale of them
WILL NOT change our resolution
to clean them out.
II11BY MUST GO
And judging irom prices we aie
selling them at they won't last
long.
Call find Be Convinced.
F0OT1E & SHEAR CO
o)
1 11) .V. WASHINGTON AVK
MILL & CORNELL'S
buch a choice Btock toRdect from cannot
be found cltew here In thin part of the tute.
And when yon consider the moderate, prices
nt which the goods are marked U a further
claim on the attention und eonslderatlou of
buyers.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS.
WiiiTisa Desks
DlirSSI.NO TADI.U.
Fancy Tablb.1i
Om.vAi.GLAs.'er'?,
I'AItLOIt Cahinhw.
JIUHIOOAlllNhT-l,
CUIHOOAHlNin'S
Jlooie Casks,
FAltOY UA8KKTS,
I.OUNOES,
WOitK Tables,
Kasy Chaii,
GlLTCHAIIli,
INLAID CltAIUS
llOCKKIM,
HllAVl.Na STANDS,
l'LPhSTAM,
TABOUKETTCI.
All at lowest prices consUtent with tho
high quality of the goods.
Hill &
CoflMiell
AtJ21
North Washington
Avruuo,
Scranton, Pa.
inary
G0LD8
or mm m
Fnrmtore
CJE.
areata
Spccia
For TomorrowFjrMay9s
Bargaito Sales, For
Particulars, ' Read This
Paper Tomorrow More 5 eg1
The Very Best
ClotMog Mao u f act nn red
Is the only kind we have;
you can buy" it as low as you
would have to pay for the ordi
nary. Call and see what we are
offering.
BOYLE
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
TPTi"lYTT TPTuPiv
.1 JiiM iiiu ii hy
COM
After a season's rest,
ihese goods are
Agak to tie Front,
and such Ginghams
surpassing in beauty
and texture all for
mer efforts.
We Handle the
Genuine
Andersoini's
Manufactured in
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
expressly for the fine
American retail trade,
and in designs exclusively
our own.
.They are just opened
and await your inspec
tion. 510 and 512
J LACKAWANNA AVENUE
6l
ipams
BAZAAI
Faction
OiPM
I
A Place
JU
Its Place
We lave
EverytMinig'
Office
Mppli&s
s,
S TATIONKHS KNGUAVEIIS,
HOTKIi ji:rmyn liUILDINO.
1!10 Wjomlng Avenue.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
(Jeueiul Agent for the Wyomlaj
District for
DUPOUT
affMMlfilEI
lllulng, IlluRtlng, Sporting, Smokelcai
und the Kepuuuo ChemlcMl
Company'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fcafety Fuse, Cnpi and Explodow.
Rooms '.12, 'iirt and Ull Commonwealtll
Uulldlng, Scranton,
AOKNClUrf:
THOS KOni),
JOHN It. hMITHAION,
V. W. MULLIGAN,
Plttston
Plymouth
Wlikes-Barra
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestla usa
and of all sizes. Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered In any part of tha city)
at the lowest price
Orders received at tho Office, first floor.
Commonwealth bulldlnc room No
telephone No. 2G24 or at the mine, tele
phono No. 72, will bo promptly attendee!
to. Dealers supplied at tho mine.
t. s:
JiillH
UCKLOW,
IklfUa
r