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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1898.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
stati:.
Oovetnor-WILLIAM A. STONE,
lieutenant Goornor J. P. S. GODIN.
Secretary of Internal Affalrs-JAMES V.
LA1TA.
Jjdge of Superior Court Vf. W. rOR-
TER.
Congressmen - at Largo SAMUKL A.
DAVliM'CRT, GALUSHA A. GROW.
legislative.
Srnntc.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMKS C. VAUGHAN.
limine
First DIstrlct-JOHN R. TARR.
Fourth DIstrlct-JOHN F. RETNOLD3.
COLONEL STONE'S 1'LA.TI'OIOl
It will bo my purpcte when elected to
so conduct mjfrclf us to win the icspect
und gcod will of those who have opposed
mo ns well ns those who havo elen ma
their support. I shall bo the goernor
of the whole rcople of the state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up in tho legis
lature which aro neither tho fault of ono
party nor the other, but rather thj
growth of cuMcm. Vrrcccssury Investi
gations have been authorized by commlt
tres, resulting In unnecessary expciiLC to
the stute It will be mi care and pur
pose to correct these and other evils In 10
far as 1 hue the power. It will be my
purposo while governor of Pennsylvania,
ns It hai been m purpose In tho publlo
positions that I have held, with God's
help, to discharge my whole duty. The
people are greater than tho parties to
which they belong. I am only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their npproval and my experience has
taught me that that can best be done by
an honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
The effort on part of tho Frenrh am
bassador to Induce the United States
to s,ue for peace looks like another
scheme to let Spanish honor down
easy.
Suing for Pence.
The Spanish government through M.
Jules Cambon, the French ambassa
dor, has taken the Initiative In suing
for peace The proposal U uncondi
tional. Wc nre to formulate our de
mands and Spain will take them into
consideration. This Is a matter of bin-
cere congratulation for this country as
well as for Spain. If we have carried
on the war with deteimination and
without compromise, we have no wish
to prolong it unduly. The liberation of
Cuba was the object for which the war
was waged. The president In his mes
sage to congress distinctly repudiated
the Imputation that vie had any other
object In view than the establishment
of an independent and stable govern
ment in that Island. War once begun,
It Is beyond the power of any govern
ment to control Its couise or circum
vent Its ultimate Ifsue. Tho difficulties
In the way of an Immediate peace with
Spain lensonable and rational are
really not many. The evacuation of
Cuba and the cession of Porto Rico
may be taken as the basis on which all
other proposals will be entertained.
The disposition of the Philippines Is
unquestionably a great difficulty, but
It may not prove an insuperable one.
These Islands can never again be any
thing but a source of weakness, ex
pense and disquietude to Spain If she
retrain, possession of them again. They
are as unfit now foi autonomy under
Spain as they would be after our with
drawal ns an Independent republic un
der AgulnaUlo. It ts true up to the
time of the declaration of war our In
terests In the Philippines were rather
commercial than humanitarian Manila
bark we all heard of In one connection
or another ns an imported article from
the Philippines, but that was nearly
the extent of our geographical and po
litical knowledge of the archipelago
until Admlial Dewey's brilliant victoiy
brought the name of Manila into as
sudden vogue as Dawson City was a
few months previously. German In
terference has complicated a situation
In the East which was sufficiently
complicated before. The "consecrated
person" hnd probably his eye on the
Philippines as the lineal successor of
Spain whenever the rebels worsted her
in the sanguinary struggle bhe was
simultaneously carrying on In Cuba
and the Philippines. At all events an
Independent republic such as Agulnal
do is coquetting after Is out of the
question. The Philippine Islands would
not be able to maintain their Inde
pendence three months, and probably
not much longer under a' suzerainty
that was not an effective and effectual
protectorate such as England exercises
in Egypt.
The terms which Spain Is prepared
to accept do not In reality depend upon
the Spanish government. Tho internal
condition of the peninsula Is bordering
upon anarchy. Revolution is In the
air, not ono revolution threatening
from one quarter, but a series without
an object in common, or a common
purpose in view. It la probable that
the Queen Regent has received assur
ances from one or more of the powers
that in suing for peace the dynasty of
her son will be protected by armed in
tervention If necessary. Tho financial
Interests of Franco ate enormous in the
peninsula. A successful Carllst revo
lution would throw back the material
progress of the country, slowly moving
forward, a century. ThU would not be
the first time that France has Inter
fered In the Internal government of
Spain by armed Intervention. Indeed
Spain has been the cockpit of more
dynastic revolutionary wurs than any
other country in Kurrfpe. Whatever
the terms of peace may be, we may
rest fifsurM that the French republic
will keep Internal order in Spain until
these cuds nic secured.
One of the mo.it gratifying features
of the proposals made for peace Is that
the Spanish government has had the
good sense, llttlo ns It was expected of
them, to take the initiative directly
with Washington. If the ministry had
realized that the United States wni
nolthrr open to threats nor demonstr.i
tton of forco threo months ago, she
would have been spared Incalculable
misery. Hut the Spanish people were
assured by n bombastic ptess nnd n.
pragmatical at my that the Americans
were a people that despised war; that
were wholly absorbed In the pursuit
of wraith: n lace too cowardly for any
thing except pig sticking. Tho unfor
utnate and Ignorant Spanlaids were
not told that during the course nf the
century we waged two wars with Great
liritaln, one war with Mexico, Innu
merable Indian wars, and the greatest
and most disastrous of all wars an
cient or modern the great civil war.
Their own weakness was at the same
time as carefully concealed from them.
They were not told that the progress
of a war depended as much at any rate
upon money ns upon valor. They were
not told, thebp poor Spaniards, that
America Is Immensely rich and that
Spain Is Immeasurably poor in com
parison, and bo they have suffered In
consequence. We await tho conclusion
of President McKinley's deliberations
with confidence In the reasonable Jus
tice nnd humanity of the terms which
he offers for Spain's consideration or
acceptance.
Lack of patriotism In tills country
breaks out In spots, but they are few
and far between and will not bo dif
ficult to rub out. Professor Norton, of
Harvard nnd Professor von Hoist, of
Chicago university, should read Sen
ator Hoar's vigorous opinion of such
jematks as they have uttered and
promptly efface themselves. While
they have Injured their count! y's dig
nity abroad, Infinitely more luvr they
disgraced the great Institutions which
to some degree they represent.
Civic Federation of Chicago.
Since the unfortunate peace efforts
of Alfied Love, which caused the ex
pulsion of his followers from Independ
ence Hall, there ha not not appeared
on the surface a more nmuslng In
stance of childlike assurance than that
exhibited by the organization Known
as the Civic Federation of Chicago.
Now that the war with Spain teems
near the end the Civic Federation hast
ens to offer Its services In tho way of
untangling any diplomatic rufclems
that may have been unsolved dutlng
the conflict, and promised to sttalght
en things out with the woild at large
after nn opportunity has been given
the society to talk the matter oer.
Ignoring the work of the administra
tion which has met and successfully
grappled with some of the most per
plexing questions that ever confiont
ed tho head of a civilized nation, pass
ing by without a remaik the achieve
ments of the brave men at the front
on land and ten who have caused the
nations of the earth to look with ming
led admiration and awe upon their ter
llble skill and prowess In modem war
fare: dismissing without a thought the
patriotic congress which without a dis
senting voice hurried a bill through
both blanches to rrovlde a war fund
to be used without restriction, and
passed other measuies to provide a
permanent war revenue, the Clic Fed
eration of Chicago Issues a call for a
meeting to be held at Saratoga dutlng
the month of August "to discuss the
future policy of the United States." In
rcfeirlng to the question of what dis
position the United States should make
of Cuba, the Philippines and Porto Rico
at the end of the war, the Civic Fed
eration leaders gravely remark:
"This question Impresses us as be
ing one of the most serious tho Amer
ican people have had to consider. It
is a new question nnd one upon which
heictofore very little thought has been
given by the great majority ot tho
people. Whether the foreign policy of
the 'fathers' should be adhered to or
departed from le enough to challenge
tho most serious conslderatloi of our
ablest and most thoughtful men."
It may be a matter of Biirprlse to
most readers that "our ablest and most
thoughtful men" have been in the
background quietly thinking during
the past three months of war excite
ment when almost everybody ban had
6ome sort of un opinion to exrjress. If
such Is tho case it would seem more
In keeping with the course of events
for the able members of the Chicago
Civic Federation to keep on thinking
until the end of the war. An attempt
on part of the organization to dispose
of territory that has not yet bren ac
quired by the United States might
bring on embarrassing complications
and make us all regret that the war
was ever begun.
The war programme will doubtless
be subject to unexpected changes from
now on. The Philadelphia Inquirer has
equceted the recall of Admiral Samp
son. Our Army.
In a national crisis It ts well now
and again to lake stock of our position,
to see how far we have processed on
the whole, or retrogressed In particu
lars. Adjutant CJeneral Corbln has
made public a valuable statement of
the progress made In the organization
nnd equipment of the volunteers and
regular armies ot the United States. In
tha ninety days which havo elapsed
since the president issued his first call
for voli'nteet3 an army of 261,000 men
havo been recruited, mustered,
equipped, and placed In the field. This
is an achievement of which tho coun
try on the whole may well feel proud,
nnd which has cuusd astonishment In
the beet Informed and most critical
military circles of Europe. Tho army
which the nation has raised In this
Incredibly short space of time Is nearly
as large as either of tho standing arm
ies of France or Germany. We will
not say that It Is as well equipped
or as efficiently drilled; that was im
possible. It is lutgely a volunteer
army, which had to be mobilized on a
moment's notice; which had to be col
lected from states continental in their
aroa. and ni far npart as countries
that aro divided by oceans. This vast
nrmy was mlsed not for the purposo
of resisting Invasion, which would nt
once place the command of the entire
military resources nf tho courtly In
tha hands of the president; nor foi tho
purposo of suppressing a domestic to
hellion, which would effect tho same
end; but It was a rail to aims to engage
a foreign country on a torclgn shore,
Piitilotlsm alono wno tho Inspiring and
insplratlug 'motive which brought It
together, which has endured it unmur
murlngly to great hnrdshlps.and which
has subjected It to abnegation which
would ho Incredible If it could be re
counted Individually. The peisonnel
of the troops Is far superior to that
of any body of men hitherto raised for
military purposes In this countiy. Not
only Is It superior in physical status,
but In that pervading emulation ot
each regiment to be not alone equal but
superior to Its neighbor. A continental
army evolved through ycirs of labor
ious drill and almost Insufferable
conscription presents a homogeneity to
which our army cm lay no claim But
then the cost of maintaining such an
Idle host of the countty's most compet
ent workmen In their prime for three
or four years, apatt altogether from
other considerations, is so enormous
that even war does not greatly add to
the bin den.
Wo have no standing army to com
paie with the standing armies of the
Old World, but we have no standing
and insufferable taxation for that pur
pose. Tho gi eater part of our military
expenses are Incidental to actual war.
Our small regular nrmy in time of
peace Is nothing more than an highly
efficient police force under the con
trol of the Federal authorities. Even
with Its probable Increase in the near
future, that description will hold good,
of ihe 216,50) volunteers authorized by
congress, 212,000 have been placed In
the field nearly all fully equipped, and
In a few dar the entire army will be
In a state of preparedness to go nny
where and undertake anv engage
ments In a countiy of comparatively
dense population like our own, In which
the military spirit has not had time
to slumber for any considerable time,
wo should not expect permanent diffi
culties In recruiting a large force at
any stated time. But while numbers
nio Invaluable, they are not every
thing in the organization of an army.
You want a man behind the gun, or
the cannon, or the breastwork. It is
thi genial expressed concensus of for
eign military experts, who are not
likely to exalt cur soldiers at tho
expense of their own countrymen, that
our tioops ate the best fighters In tho
world. Can our pessimists want any-'
thing more from our army or navy to
relieve their Imaginations of those
dieadful nlghtmaies with which they
aio nfiected.
The movements of forebjn vessels In
the direction of Manila tmy be an In
dication that the powers are deter
mined to take a hand In the settle
men of the affairs In the Philippines.
In any event It Is not Hkelv that the
United States will permit Interference
In the course of represent itivs in tli3
East. Now that the go e':iinent is
faiily in the business and Is prepaied
to deal In a proper manner with na
tions thsk Interfere, It will be well to
settle for all time the quest'on o' the
tight of any European government to
meddle with the United States in It?
crueade against oppression.
Chairman John P. Elkln's statement
that In his opinion tho Pennsylvania
soldier may vote w herever he Is will
be heartily endorsed by all patriotic
citizens. The Act of 1S64 provides for
the erection of a polling place In each
company compilsed of Pennsylvania
soldiers and for officers who will con
duct the election In the regulation way.
In Chairman Elkin'b opinion that this
law Is In no detail affected by the
Raker ballot law Is Important under
tho existing circumstances.
Perhaps Miss Jennings, the Red
Cross nurse on the Seneca did talk,
women sometimes do, but had the not
said something regarding the deplor
able conditions on board the ship ear
ning wounded soldiers, the govern
ment might have heatd very little
about the evident neglect In preparing
for their return.
m
A rather dangerous precedent has
been established In Manchester. Eng ,
wheie a court official shot down the
Judge who had revoked his commis
sion because of misconduct. Tins Is
more startling than lynch law in the
United States, which hag ben a ei
veicly and deserv.f'ly crlticlsM.
The disposition on the part of the offi
cers of the American armv and navy
to award privates and seamen a large
share of the credit for victories won,
has doubtless done much towards im
ptovlng the fighting qualities of our
men.
The Jersey City man who presented
his marriage certificate In lieu of his
lirst naturalization papers setting forth
his intentions toward the country, evi
dently had a dim idea of what wo are
coming to.
A woman, of course it was n woman,
has written a poem about "Tho Re
porter In Heaven." Bless that wo
man! Nobody else would have ven
tuied to make such a euggestion.
It la rumoied that ex-City Solicitor
Rums smiled when he received tho
telegram announcing his nomination
for congress.
The lull In exciting war news hap
pened Just In time to give the returned
Klondlkers a chance.
It would not be a bad plan for tha
press to cabt a few bouquets ,n the
direction of General Mllei..
People along the New England coast
will begin to discover Russian warships
u few days hence.
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THE PEACEMAKER.
There was a young woman named Beliloy,
Who went forth with peaco In her eye,
But returned In a rage.
Unturned and savage;
And bho put up her Up and did chrey
Tills peucoful young person named Sclilsy.
Markets of Ciiba
and Porto Rico.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Washington, D. C, July 27.
THE markets which nte likely to be
opcred In Cuba nnd l'orto Hlco
to American ptoducers and manu.
facturtrs are the subleit ot much
nttcntlon and Inquiry Just now.
Large numbers of letters rcoch tho treno.
tiry department nnd bureau ot statistics
asking for Information legardlm; tho
class of articles Imported Into those
islands and tho countries which have
been supplying these articles. This In.
formation will be gtn In elaborate form
In tho next publication of tho bureau or
itatUtlrs, the "Sumniuty of Finance and
Commerce," nnd will show that Cuba has
been, undei normal condltons, buying
nominally about J2o,W0.000 worth of goodc
fiom Spain, about JI.'XW.OX) woith from
Great liritaln less than a million dotla.-s
worth from Fruncv and less than a mill
Ion dollars worth from Germany, while
fiom the United Slates her purchases
have tanced from clsht to twenty-four
million dollars In value. The Imports Into
Cuba havo been of course light during
the past ear or more, and a fair estimate
of her purchases can onlv be obtained
by examination of the Heurea of the
year 15)0 or earlier years.
Tho imports into Cuba and Porto Rico
from Germany In 1102 nmounted to l!,
620,000 marks, tho value of a mark being
23 S-10 cents; In 1193 It dropped to j.ixtf.
000 mars, In lS'Jl to 3,810,0uo. In 1M5 to J,
230,000 marks, and In 1S96 to 4.5O3.00O marks.
Tho largest Item In these Imports tioin
Germany waB Iron and manufactures of
Iron, which In 1S96 formed nearly one
third of the total exports from Gcimany
Into Cuba and Porto Rico.
From Franco tho Importations it t'l
Cuba nnd l'orto Rico nmounted to 5,277,
C90 francs In 193, the franc being valued
at 13 3-10 cents; 3,717,095 In 101. 2 7W.M2
In lstj. nnd 1.713.SS0 in 1896. The largest
Item among these Imports Into Cuba and
Porto Rico from France was Jewelry nnj
fancy articles which formed neurly one
thlid of tho total, the next largest belli?
textiles of wool 113,753 fianrs, and pic
pared medicines, 111.23J francs.
Tho Imports into Cuba nnd Porto Rico
from tho United Kingdom were valued at
1.478,171 pounds sterling in 1S92, 1,3J1,S.'S in
15.93, 1,121,096 In 1S9I, 913,793 in li93, and
722,550 In 1S90. The largest of these Im
ports from the United Kingdom In lt3i5
were cotton coods, 233,673 pounds bterl
Ing; linens, 137,631, Iron, wrought and un
wrought, 7S.6CS; machinery, 4.1,2)1: hard
ware, cutlery, etc., 2J,9Ci3; coal and other
fuel. 33,429.
From Spain the Imports of tho year into
Cuba 1896 were 134,461,675 pesetas, the
alue of the peseta being, according to
the mint bureau, 19 3-10 cents. Tho Im
ports from Spain In tho year 1596 were
larger than those In anv preceding year
In tho decade. The largest item of the
1S96 Imports into Cuba from Spain was
Hour, 20,326,8:2 pesetas In value; shoes, 17.
213,760 pesetas, sandals. 13,433,510 pesetas;
tiro arms, 9 31201), wine, 7,347,015: pre
served food, 4,742,361: oil, 3,J16,21S, manu
factures of flax and hemp, 3 7tO,0!7, soap,
3.176.SI6; wax and stearlne 2,095,622; man
ufactures of wood, 2,2'j7,M0; smoking pa
per, 1,SS5,231; beans, 1 S7S,01'i; rice, 1,191,
M9; com, 1,132 815; onions and potatoes,
1,205,115: pressed meats, 1.5S1.570, soup
paste, 1,43),999; saffron, 1,171, 2b0; packing
paper, 1,420,215; woolen blankets, l,093,S')b;
no other nrtlcle passing the ono million
pesetas line.
Tlio exports from Spain to Puerto Rico
amounted In 1S96 to 37,wJ0,b03 pesetas In
wluo, a larger sum than any other pre
ceding ear In the decade. The laigest
item was cotton manufactures 12,433,7u7
pesetas, shoes 5,380 740, sandals 3,601,0,
rlco 2,632.611. so.tp 1,255 814, oil l.lOJ.OT.. no
other Item reaching one million pesetas
in value.
Tho Imports of the United States Into
Cuba In 1897 were uccording to our own
ofllclal reports, $8 29,776, In 1V96, $7,530,SSO,
in 1893 $12,S07.b61, In 1891 J20,125,321 and m
189J, when they reached the maximum,
$24,157,698, having been In 1892 $17,931570,
and In 1891 J12 22I8S8. The reciprocity
treaty with Spain, mado under the Tariff
Act of 1S9). went into effect Sept. 1. 1831,
and rontlnued in force until Aug. 2S, JV9I,
"o that tho business of the fiscal ears
1TO, ISt! and 1891 was trnrsictcd under
that treaty with tho exception of July
nnd August of tho tlsc.it ear 1892.
'J he following table shows the total ( x
poits from the United States to Cuba
dutlng tvio pdst 10 jears:
3SS3 jio.or t,.V
l"" 11.631.311
1800 13,084,415
1S91 12221,88s
W2 li,t53570
ISXt 2l.lo7h.l3
11 20,125 321
1895 12,Si'7.'l
1896 7,'WU,iV)
1897 S.'.VUib
The folowlng table shows tho leading
ai tides exported to Cuba from the Unit
'd States In 1893, the ear of our grentost
'ports to that Island. Only the ai ti
des amounting to $100,000 In value or moro
being Included,
Lard $ I.023,'j17
Dour 2.t.i,5o7
Machinery 2,792,'5U
Hams Vbl.'JSJ
Corn S82.0U
Bacon 55b,747
Potatoes 554,153
Beans and peas 292,2
Railway bars, iron and steel 227,411
Wiro CU.IJO
Cars, passenger and freight 271,571
Saws and tools 2U.5I4
Steam engines I'.u,'i52
Agiicultural Implements 130,311
Cut nails 1U7.VU2
Roots and cshoes 114,nu
Tho exports from the United States to
rueito Rico In 1897 were jriis.siSS. In 18ii
they were $2,102,094, In 18D2 $2 856.003 They
were of ubovt the dame charactei as tho
exports to 'uba, wheat flour being tho
largest Item. $516,18S. In 1897, Hrrt $2.'0V1
bacon and hams $112,602, pltMrd pont
$152,411, beans and peas. $51,550, machin
ery $6i,4t2. no other ai tides of export in
1537 reaching as much as $50,000 In value
dutlng the jear.
FIRST SAW CERVERA'S SHIPS.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Joseph T. Gaskln, signal boy on the
battleship Iowa, Is credited with being
the first to give the alarm when Cervera s
squadron made Its dash out of SantlHgo
Harbor. Gaskln's home Is in Newark,
N. J , and he has written to his sister
that Captain Robley D. Evans, of tho
Iowa, has rewarded him for hb vigi
lance. Young Gaskln was on duty on the
Iowa on the morning of July 3, he says
In his letter, nnd was watching tne en
trance to the harbor keenly, being
spurred on by a standing offer of rewnrt
to the first person to report tho Spanish
fleet if it should make a break,
At 9 o'clock he noted and reported that
three lines of smoke were moving toward
the entrance and of his own accord pre
pared tho signal rumbers 2-5-0, meaning,
"The enemy's ships escaping," and maie
them ready for hoisting, At half-past !i
o'clock he .saw tho lirst emerging war
ship, and reported the fact to the naviga
tor, who ordered him to hoist the emer
gency signal He did so, and the navlga.
tor bald: "Sound the alarm, hugler;
sound generul quarter!"
Then tha battlo was on.
OFF TO TRADE IN SANTIAGO.
New York Sun.
Tho steamship Philadelphia, chartered
by the Ward line, left the foot of Wall
street for Santiago nt a tow minutes
afetr 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, tho
American flag ftlng at her toirmast. A
crowd of 500 people saw her depart and
cheered as she pulled out Into tho stream,
Tho Philadelphia carries a remarkable,
cargo, Including beer, watci melons, medi
cal supplies for the army as well as sup
plies for tho Red Cross, a Cuban news
paper plant and Instruments for the sig
nal service station which Is to be es
tablished In Cuba.
There were 65 passengers on tho Phila
delphia, and over a hundred applications
for patsaga were rejected by the steam.
GosMrnrs
What a BeaMtlfuil Combfleatfloinio
A White Waist
Aed Navy Blue Skirt-
We are holding a special sale now on both at
half the usual price. The Waists are made of
White Lawn with two rows of embroidery inser- '
tioQ' Price Only 6g Ceets
The Skirts are the new circular flounce shape, very wide,
made of Navy Blue Duck, with several rows of
white piping-. Price Only $n09
tSee Lower
Always Btuisy
SUMMER, 18P8.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear Is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need the Shoes.
We need room.
lewis, Rely & Mvles,
114 AND 116 WYOMINO AVENUE.
ship people for lack of room. It was the
same with freight. There wasn't any
thing like enough room for the freight
that people wanted to send on the Phila
delphia, and so preference was given to
tho class of goods that seemed to Le
most needed In Cuba,
Tho sailing of the Philadelphia prac
tically means the reopening of trade with
Cuba. Tho Philadelphia is the Mrst
steamer to leave an American port for
what Is practically regarded as a for
eign port with the American flag at her
foremast. But the Ward lino folks don't
regard Santiago us a foreign port any
more. They look on It as an American
city.
MOBE THAN ONE JUST CAUSE.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Very little doubt existed In any Ameri
can mind that the battleship Maine was
blown up by an external mine or tor
pedo. That llttlo Is dispelled by com
parison of the wreck of the Molno with
those of the Almlranto Oquendo and iz
caa at Santiago On those vessels the
magazines and some of the torpedies
carried were exploded by the action of
American shells and the tires staited by
them. et they present totally different
aspects from that of the Maine In Ha
vana harbor. There is no lifting of the
bottom plates or bulging of the sides
about tho ruined Spanish craft, a featu.-e
that Is marked In the wreck of the Maine.
This demonstration Is gratifying, not
because It was needed to convince tho
naval experts, or American public opin
ion, but because It is a refutation of tti.it
current of Kuropean sentiment which
condemned the American report. Tho
wrecks aro there for the examination and
comparison of tho officers of tho German
cruiser Geler, the Austrlans who wit
nessed tho destruction of C'orvera's snui-
dron, the English naval men nt Jamaica
nnd the French navy if It cares to send
a ship and ccw from Martinique for the
purpose.
Tho destruction of the Muino was not
needed to Justify the war; it was not
made an Issue in the negotiations pre
ceding hostilities. It did hae Its In
fluence upon tho American people In
their demand for the ousting of Spain
from this hemisphere. rate has de
creed that the operations of the war in
Cuban waters should affotd tho abso
lutely convincing demonstration that
the United States had more than one
Just causo for Its course. Tho war
begun for the freedom and peace of
Cuba Is mado to include the exposure
and punishment of Spanish treacher
treachery without parallel.
FISH CAUGHT THE FISHER.
Brookvlllo Republican.
A few days since James Reed, a noted
fisherman of fiarlngton, Torest count,
was fishing in the Clarion liver Ho was
walking along tho scaffold of a boat,
dragging bin hook In tho water, when ho
received a sudden Jerk, pulling him Into
tho Htrenm, some four feet deep. Ho
gathered himself up and began to reel up
his line, when he found ho had a monster
plko securely hooked, Mr. Reed succeed
ed In getting him pulled Into the boat,
where on measuring ho found his fish
measured 42 inches In length.
THE LUCKY FELLOW.
Numerous as the summer girls who love
a uniform,
And who at will can put their smiles
or sobs on;
Numberless as the biking ones who o'er
the country swarm,
Aro now the girls who might have mar
ried Hobson.
Tfc
Corner Window.
MILL & CQMELt
J23 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying a brass Bedatead, be sure that
yon get the best. Our brass nediteids are
all made with seamlesi brass tubing and
frame work Is all of steel.
They cost no more than many bedsteali
made of the open soamlesi tublnc Every
bedstead Is highly finished and lacquered
under a peculiar method, uothtnz ever hav
ing been produced to equal it. Our new
Bprln; Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill
&
Cooiniell
At 121
North Washlnstoa
Aveaue.
Scranton, Pa.
Vs
Caecellatioe
tamps
Made
to
Ordefo
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTEL JER.MYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avenua.
Great
Midsmmmer
Lamp Sale
Until Sept ist we will offer
our entire line of Banquet
Princess and Table Lamps
from 25 to jo per cent, '
count. We wish to re.
stock. If you are in nee.
a lamp this is a chance
get a bargain.
to
TIE QMQNS, FERBER,
AIXEY CO.
423 Lackawanna Aveuns
BAZAAR.
FINLEY
O "51
irmsi-
11
The last ten days in
July will be devoted
to clearing up stocks
in general throughout
this department.when
everything in the line
of summer goods or
broken lots of any de
scription will be closed
out regardless of cost.
Boy's Shirt Waists
and Blouses, Men's
Negligee Shirts, Men's
Balbriggan Under
wear, Neckwear, Hos
iery, etc., etc.
One Lot Men's Soft Front Negllgea
Shirts, separate cuffs, to be worn with
white collar. Our regular 60c line, at
43c.
One Asorted Lot Men's Soft Front
Shirts, with attached collars. Our 6De,
75o and 85c qualities, In one lot to
close, at 50c.
Two Lots Boys' Unlaundrled Shirt
Waists, "Mother's Friend." Our 50c
quality, at 38c. Our 65c quality at 50c.
Broken Lots Celebrated King "Waists
for Boys. Round collar style. 95c
quality at 50c to close.
Glen Collar Style, our $1.10 quality
at 83c.
Boys' Madras and Oxford Chev
iot Blouses, our $1.10 quality, 95c. Our
$1.35 quality, $1.10.
For Stout Men. extra large sizes In
Soft Front Negligee Shirts, with de
tachable collars and cuffe at greatly
reduced prices for this sale.
Tho greatest value ever offered in
Men's Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers
at 21c each. For this sale only.
Big reductions on Neckwear, Hosi
ery, etc., etc., during this sale
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tha Wyoralnj
UlstrlcUj.
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smolcelul
and the Kepauno Cneintcil
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcaftty I'use, Caps and exploders.
Room 401 Connell Building.
bcrantoo.
AGENCIES
THO FORD,
JORN B. SMITH A SON,
Y. E. MULLIGAN.
Plttstoa
Plymouth
WUke-Drrs
Ma's
UPOITPS
POWiEIL