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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATU.
Governor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor J. V. S. GOntN.
t-evrctary of Internal Affairs JAMES W.
LATTA.
Judge of Superior Court W. W. POR
TED.. Congressmen nt Large - SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCIIT, QALUSHA A. GROW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Ncnnte.
Twentieth Di&t.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
II on. r.
First Dlstrlct-JOHN R. FARR.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLD3.
COLONEL hTONE'S l'LATFOUJl
It will bo my purpese when elected to
bo conduct mjfelt as to win the icspoct
nnd gcod nlll of those who have opposed
mo as sell us those who have given ma
their support. I holl bo tho governor
of tho whole people ot tho state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up in tho legis
lature which are neither the fault of one
party nor the other, but rather th3
growth of custom. Urrecessary Investi
gations havo been authorized b commit
tees, resulting In unnecessary expemc to
the state. It will bo my care and pur
pose to correct these and other evils In i!o
far as I havo tho power. It will be my
purpose whllo goernor of Pennsylvania,
ns It has been my purpose In the public
positions that I havo held, with God's
help, to discharge my whole duty Tno
people are greater than the parties to
which they belong. I nm only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only nttempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can best be done by
nn honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
It seems too bad to close the war
without giving Colonel Bryan a chance
to do something.
The Fire in the Rear.
During the War of the Rebellion
there wns nothing so discouraging to
the soldiers fighting for the Union as
the incessant fire in the rear from rebel
sympathizers in the north who had not
the courage to Join the Rebellion and
battle for their convictions. Unlike
the Confederate who fought bravely in
the Interest of what he believed to be
a just cause, the cowardly northern
sympathizers confined their efforts to
carping and sneers nt the soldier at
the front The work of the northern
traitors, while having little effect on
the real issue, did much to influence
h,"-fe'ellng of sympathy for the rebels
among the residents of foreign coun
tries and was in that way mischievous
In results. The war with Spain seems
to have developed a class of fault
finders in tho present generation who,
while perhaps not sympathizing with
Spaniards, never allow an opportunity
to criticize the president, war depart
ment officials and army and navy offi
cers to pass unheeded.
Many of our esteemed contempor
aries. It Is believed, cutild be in better
business at this period than publishing
hysterical editorials that condemn
military and naval leaders at the front
whose skill and sagacity have enabled
American boldlcrs and seamen to
achieve victories that are without
patallel in history. From the manner
in which some of the American leaders
have been attacked It seems as though
they had bfen guilty of high treason.
It is the duty of every decent Ameri
can newspaper to uphold the officers
in command of troops in time of war
rather than seek to belittle them be
cause of some fancied breach of eti
quette or neglect to distribute praise
to the extent that the editors may think
necessary. Tho writers who debase the
columns of their papers with such ex
hibitions of petty spite against men in
command of our furc;s at tho front,
are even more despicable than the cor
respondent Scovel, as their attacks are
more cowardly and vicious than that
of the foolish youth who slapped the
face of General Shatter. It must be a
matter of surprise to the readers of
many of these papers to bo confronted
with such foolish exhibitions of rancor.
Let us refrain from mnklnu war upon
our army and naval officers, at least,
until the difficulty with Spain has been
adjusted.
.
The Spanish troops are gaining: In
telligence by experience. The toldlers
at Guanlca ran at the approach of
American gunneis.
As to a Protectorate.
The opinion that America should hold
the Philippines as a trust gains ad
herents every day. Even among those
who are much averse to the acquisition
of new territory, there is a strong re
pugnance to the idpa or relinquishing
the control of tho Islands to Spain
when the barbarities of centuries will
be repeated. We may not want these
possessions beyond the need of estab
lishing there n, coallnc station. We
may see nothing in tho prospective
ownership but trouble and expense for
yeaia to come, nnd yet the instincts of
humanity protest against yielding the
results of this seemingly providential
victory to the hands so manifestly un
fit for its government. To cede it to
any one of tho other nations that stand
watchinu the great coup in this end of
the century game, would be to pro.
duce a condition of feeling whose re
sults could not but be deplored. It Is
a situation unique from every stand
point and unparalleled in all history.
It Is a problem, the gravity of which
corely disturbs the most brilliant
jMMHkSn
minds at the head of the nation, and
which ndmttis of no solution satisfac
tory from every standpoint.
It Is probnble that no other nation,
powerful enough to grasp n colonial
possession of such value as the l'hlllp
pines would stay her hand under any
consideration save that of superior
might in a rival, while she weighed tin
benefits to a mass of struggling beings
unfitted by heredity and environment
to govern themselves or to decide for
themselves the question ot tnc,r ,,cs"
tiny. In a country less important, one
less practical the position taken In
several vital points connected with
the war tnlcht be termed Quixotic in
tho extreme, yet hand in hand with
the so-called quixotism walks tho
stern-eyed shrewd common sense of
the Yankee, who may have a reputa
tion for driving sharp bargains but
who has ever lent his vigor and enthu
siasm to aid the oppressed.
Tresldcnt MeKinley seems in no hur
ry to commit this government on
peace proposals. He realizes nc doubt
that In war the United Stat.-s nre
fighting Spain but In diplomatic nego
tiations we will be obliged to face all
Europe.
Good News from Hawaii.
The news of the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands was received tn their
capital with perfervld demonstrations
of Joy. Whistles of founderles, mills
nnd steamers were turned loose, bands
paraded the stieets, and cannon was
fired, A veritable pandemonium of ex
ultation reigned for a. time. Kuwait
in a word is happy. She Is now a
full fudged, Integral portion of the
United State, enjoying tho privileges
of our llag and the protection of our
government. The leading men of Hon
olulu assembled upon the receipt of the
news and recommended Harold M. Sc
wall, United States minister, as gov
ernor of the Islands. We will not 'n
terfere in any unobjectionable selec
tion which the inhabitants make in
good faith. Hut it eccms to us that
these Influential citizens of Honolulu
were somewhat precipitate. Their ac
tion was Intended, no doubt, as a com
pliment to the United States, and we
readily accept it in the good faith in
which it wag made. But it was Pres
ident Dole and not Mr. Sewall who was
instrumental In consummating the an
nexation. The Hawallans do not suf
ficiently recognize tho diincultlcs
which President Dole had to encounter
in the fulfilling the mission he had set
his heart on and which he has happily
lived to see accomplished. The flrfct
governor of the Islands should be th
man who has governed them so v,vil
and wisely in times past, to whose ex
ertions they owe their Independence
and subsequent nationalization, and
whose executive ability Hawaii can
not dispense with at present.
The construction of a cable to the
Hawaii Islands should be undertaken
as soon ns practicable. Once the cable
is landed in Hawaii its extension to
the East is a matter of time. Until
our annexation of Hawaii no corpora
tion could be formed to undertake the
tremendous financial tesponslbillty of
laying a cable along the Pacific to
some point in Asiatic waters. Now
that difficulty is removed. Anir-Hcan
capitalists should set about the under
taking at once. It must be American
A cable dispatch sent from New York
to Hong1 Kong has first to bo trans
mitted to London, from London to
Egypt, from Egypt to Persia, through
India and Burmah, through an over
land route until it reaches its destina
tion. It can scarcely be expected thut
we can administer the government of
the islands with satisfaction to our
selves or to tho natives without that
telegraphic connection. It is tha ner
vous system of executive administra
tion. The Pacific ocean from the west
ern shores of America to the south
western shores of Asia has a breadth
nibltrarllypstlmated at between twelve
thousand and ilfteen thousand miles.
This enormous stretch of water it
would be impossible to connect even
by cable without resting on some In
termediate polntfl. Hawaii supplies
ono of these. Hero our end of the
cable could satisfactorily terminated.
If wc maintain coaling stations nt the
I.adrone, Caroline and Philippines, or
annex them, altogether they will, of
course, becoming connecting links or
supports to the cable. We must not
cease to remember that the Atlantic
cable was the Inspiration and the life
work of our countryman Dudley Field.
Tho bed of the Pacific is tolerably well
surveyed already. Its general con
figuration has been cartogiaphcd by
tho Challenger which has given exact
information of its peculiarities. Nsit ti
er delay or expense need bo Incurred
in preliminary surveys and sound
ings such as preceded the laying: of
the Atlantic cable.
Until the airlval of tho Hawaiian
commissioners who leave here in
August little can be done to biiper
bedo the government and administra
tion of the Island such ns it was be
fore annexation and such ns It ttill
rerralns. It has been officially an
nounced, however, that the adminis
tration has dectdsd to send to Hono
lulu the first rattallon of the New
York volunteer regiment and a batta
lion of the englnscing corpa. Tho ar
rival of the American troops will, It
is believed, he follov.ed by the draft
ing of the National Guard of Hono
lulu, a body of five hundred men. All
has been propitious so nr in the at.
nexutton of these island?. The Amer
ican constitution has not been ab'o
gated, and is just now as strong as
before the annexation. The rmt'vca
have not risen and massacred their
treacherous representatives; thtV have
received the news of tho tussl'iir of
their islands under our control with
tho delight of children.
The conflict between the brewers and
tho saloonkeepers of New York over
the war tax may result in starting a
new brewery by the retailers; a con
tingency utterly unexpected by tho
brewers. The beer tax cannot there
fore bo longer regarded as distinctly a
temperance movement.
If La Bourgogne's fearful end results
in an international agreement to estab
lish a track which ul ocean liners
must take, the woeful catastrophe will
have not been in vain, as the added
safety of sea-voyaging will In time de-
elare. When it Is considered, however,
that such an arrangement might have
been made without racing In a fog
which produced tho great loss of life,
it seems a crime that steps of the hind
were not taken before the advent of
this growsome incentive.
"Yellow" Journals are beginning to
fhow a lack of enterprise. None of
them havo published zinc or chalk
plate portraits of Hobson's prospective
btlde.
Suggestive Trade Figures.
Trade figures ordinarily are uninter
esting but no thougntful American can
say this of the figures of our foreign
commerce for the year e.nded June 30,
which have Just been officially promul
gated. Already it has been noted that
our foreign trade during this year has
been the largest in our history, the ex
ports being nothing less than phenome
nal. But details with respect to theso
exports are now available.
As compared with the year preceding,
cotton exports increased from 3,103,734,
010 pounds to 3,3U,332,S0O pounds, while
the total value last year wa3 $330,800,071
and that for the year Just ended $229.
907,477. Tho exportation of mineral
oils increased from 073,r,14,946 gallons to
1,022,210,379 gallons, yet the total value
In tho year just ended was tout $55,171,
000, against 162,635,037 in the preceding
year, a marked increase in quantity
and decrease in export value. In pro
visons, including beef, pork and dniry
products, the valu'j of the exportntlons
is greater than last year, being $154,
451,074, agairst $137,13S,0S4 last year.
The valuo of the wheat and flour ex
porteJ during tho year just ended
amounted to $212.&9l.G39. a sum only
surpassed in 1SS0 and 1SS2, the total in
1S80 being 1225,879,502. and that of 1S92
being $236,761,416. In corn tho export
for the year exceed both in quantity
and value those of any preceding year,
the number of uushlq (Including corn
meal) being 209,859,102 bushels, valued
at $15,260,007. The largest exportation
of corn in any preceding year was 17R,
817,417 bushels in 1897, valued at J31.
9S9.213, while in no year prior to 1S97
did the quantity of corn exported ever
reach half that of the year Just ended.
In oats, oatr.ieal and rye the exporta
tion also greatly Increased, tho total in
cacli case for the year just ended be
ing about double that of tho preceding
year.
It is in manufactures that the gain
was greatest, tho value of these al
most doubl'lni: In twelve months. Yet
no clars in our population has failed
to share in the benefits of this growing
export trade. The fact that wo havo
passed the point where our own people
can consume the things which Ameri
can labor producer makes Imperative
the adoption of a policy looking to the
extension of our foreign markets, nnd
in tho working out of this broad policy
not only a larger navy, with adequate
dry docks and coaling stations, but
also the Nlcaiagua canal, raciric ocean
cobles and the American flag over pros
perous nnd growing oversea colonies
are Indispensable.
It is evident that Lieutenant Hobson
owes his life to Admiral Cervera's in
terference more than once. The cell in
Morro Castle would soon have finished
even a man of nerve like Hobson had
not the admiral insisted upon his re
moval to more civilized quarters. Most
Americans had a shrewd suspicion that
tho Spaniards in general would have
gladly contributed to his speedy de
mise. Heavy editorial writers about the
country evidently take the Madrid es
capade of Miss Jessie Schley too ssri
ously. So long as Admiral Sampson's
stock of ammunition holds out and Ad
miral Dewey is unmolested by the
Washington government, there is no
Immediate danger of evil results from
Miss Schley's visit to the land ot bull
flshts and prunes.
Children usually select most inoppor
tune times for the contraction of dis
eases, but the boy king of Spain has
made no mistake in taking the measles
Just now when the tenderness of his
people may thus bo drawn to him, as
it is most needed.
Two Mormon elders are laboring In
Susquehanna. As that locality fur
nished the first material for Mormon
Isni years ago, it ought to be ahle to
produce another larger contingent of
Saints by this time.
m
Switzerland can muster 502,"!54 men
for tho field in the c-nunn of a few
weeks in caso of war, yi-t .trance to
say Switzerland does not set-m to tako
much interest in the disposition of tho
Philippines.
A Western exchange intimates that
Garcla's troops are in more danger of
gout than the American soldiers are
of succumbing to yellow fever.
No one doubts MUs Jessie Schley's
good Intentions. It is the lack of faith
in her good sense that has 'become
prevalent.
The government Is beginning to real
ize that good cooks are as useful in
warfare as first class arms and ammu
nition. Lackawanna Democrats nre in doubt
as to what incident of the war to fea
ture as a campalcn Issue.
There Is no doubt that Spain wants
peace. But sho evidently wants it at
barzaln counter rates.
Hobson's strapbool; is probably fill
ing more rapidly than Sampson's these
days.
am.
PENITENCE.
The mercury now glistens as it glides
Along the tiny tube with numbered bides,
And each citizen grews badder,
For you've got to get a Udder
If you wish to ncto the height to which it
slides,
A gentle billow sweeps the asphalt pave,
And to cross tho street you must be cool
and brave.
Overbhocs you fain would use them,
But you're liable to lose them
If your feet are overtaken by the wave.
Yet, when these summer days have hur
ried by,
For happiness we still will vainly try.
In the chill of January
Wo will be regretful, very.
For our Impolite remarks about July,
-Washington Star.
Trade of the
Philippines
Washington, July :s.
Special to the Bcranton Ttlbune,
(2 t,trpilE TRADE of tho Philippine
U U II lolnnrf. In 1X4?" la 111. till of
T
an interesting document
which linn lust reached the
Bureau of Statistics. It Is a
report of the British consul at Manila,
Mr. Rawson Walker, and us It was re
tched at tho British consular ornco May
31, 1S3S, it is probably tho latest and per
haps most accurate plcturo of commer
cial conditions In tho Philippines which
has been presented since Admiral Dowcy
Intensified public interest In that spot.
Consul Walker estlmutos tho 1SD7 Ira
forts Into Manila at $1i5,0O0,0jo, of which
about one-half was of (Spanish origin, the
Imports from other countries having ma
terially fallen off in 1SU7 while those irom
Spain Increased largely. The exports from
Manila havo, ho buys. Increased in the
past year In several of the trading arti
cles, notably tobacco, hemp and copra,
tho dried kernel of tho cocoanut, the
valuo of which alouo ho estimates at $15,
000,000, while he estimates tho s'lgar crop
at $U00O,COO nnd hemp at $11,000,000. Jle
makes no estimate of the tobacco exports
but says they are larger in 1S37 than In
former years.
LOCAL TRADE CONDITIONS.
Consul Walker pictures local trade con
ditions In a way which will greatly in
terest merchants and manufacturers in
the United States, prefacing his state
ments by saying that his Information Is
mostly obtainable fioni British mer
chants, since the .Spanish statistics aro
not obtainable until too old to be of any
value. He buys: "A decidedly bad year
for importers generally has just closed.
What with the upset of business owing
to the Insurrection or rebellion in tho is
lands, the heavy decline In the value of
silver and consequent drop In exchange,
and the imposition of a further G per cent
ad valorem duty on all Impoits, merc
hants may bo said to havo had a truly
rough time to contend with."
"in printed cambrics during tho year
just closed, tho Importation of English
goods has shown a decided decrease,
while imports from tho Peninsula havo
on tho other hand shown an Increase.
This Is duo chlelly to tho advantago the
Catalan manufacturer enjoys with pro
tective duties, us such allows hlin to give
a better cloth than his heavily mulcted
competitors can posMbly give, nnd now
that ho has proved his ability to pioduco
as good and fast colors us his foreign
con-pctltors. It Is expected that each year
will sco an Increase of pilnts from Spain.
Glasgow manufacturers hold tho printed
Jaconet trade and appear to be ablo to
keep It. Barcelona manufacturers cannot
compete ns they cannot manufacture tho
cloth In the first place, and even If they
had that, they could not give tho requlrul
finish. Linen goods aio now almost
things of the past, as tho high duties havo
put them out of tho reach of tho ordinal y
consumer. Juto backs come from Bar
celona In very largo quantities, as no
other country can compete owing to tho
protective duties. Needless to mention
Germany continues to hold her own
against all comers In the hardwaro de-
pal tment, and tho finer prices havo to bo
cut tho firmer hold she sets on this trade.
American machinery has been tried from
tlmo to time on this market, but has
proved In tho main expensive. Iron forged
In bar rods, etc., also corrugated shent
Iron, owing to tho unsettled state of the
country, has not enjoyed the sale It did
last year, but to all appearances demand
Is revhlng, and tho near future should
see more houso building In progresb.
Since I transmitted my last report the
better English marks have a firmer stand
ngalnst the Continental marks. C'ar
riago builders again enquire for qualities
from Belgium. Enamelled iron goods
meet with a very fair demand the price
of fuel hero calls for a thin make ot
cooking Uten3ll. Small articles (sundry)
all comer from Germany, and aro of tho
veiy cheapest description to suit the na
tive consumers' pocket. Earthen and
glasswaro demand calls for steady sup
piles, and tho commoner quality emanat
ing from Germany, nnd the better clas
from the United Kingdom. Tho total
Imports of paints and oils this year show
a decrease; well known English marks
are conspicuous by their abspneo, owing
to tho fact that English manufacturers
do not care to ship such low qualities ns
find consumption. Paper cartridge, pacK
ing and cigarette come from Spain,
Franco and Germany, and receipts show
an Increase for 1S97. In clcaretto paper.
Spain divides the honor with Franco nnd
Austria, and supplies must of neccsblty
be steady. Tho past year shows a largo
Increase both In raw and tinned comesti
bles, England, Germany and Spain pro
viding nearly all, tho American products
are too cxpenMvo, and are therefore not
In great demand. Wines in bulk alto
show nn Increase; but supplies of beer
have diminished considerably.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR MANILA HAR
BOR. Consul Waalker also reports somo In
teresting facts about harbor Improve
ments which were under way at Manila
when ho wrote. IIo says: "I encloso
with this rerort a plan of tho new har
bor works nt this port, which havo been
under construction now for soino years.
I am Indebted for the plan to the cour
tesy of tho superintending engineer, Bcnor
Don Eduardo Lopez Navarro. Tho works
when completed will bo a great boon to
shipping In general that have now to ride
outbldo In the roadstead or bay somo
two or threo miles from Manila. Steam,
era drawing little water and small craft
tan enter the liver Paslg, Those engaged
In the China trade, and running between
Hong Kong nnd Manila under the British
flag, discharge the bulk of their cargoes
in lighters In the bay, and then enter iho
river Paslg to continue discharging tho
remainder. Tho samo plan has to bo car
ried out In loaJIng the steamers for Hon?
Kong, viz., a certain bulk of cargo is put
on board tn tho river before mentioned,
nnd then tho steamers have to steam out
side In tho bay to toko the remainder
of tho cargo on board. Of course, load
ing or unloading in the bay cannot go on
during many days during tho typhoon
season, nnd when the notlco of three balls
Is hoisted as a signal by tho harbor mas
ter that a galo Is impending, then tho
vessels have to heave up their anchors
and make a run across the bay to Cavlte,
which lis three miles distant, where
there is a naval nnd marine dockyard, as
well as shelter. When tho works aro
concluded at the port of Manila there will
be an abundanco of room not only for
men-of-war but for all kinds of mer
cantile craft reeking to discharge their
cargoes, or coming In ballast seeking
freight. The government aro also ex
pecting a floating naval dock from Eu
rope to bo placed In the bay at Subltr,
some twolvo hours steam from the po't
of Manila. British engineers have al
ready arrived from England to superin
tend tho placing of this huso floating
dock or pontoon In position (when It nr
rlvcs from Glassow whero It has been
constructed). When this work 1b com
pleted tho vessels comprising tho Spanish-China
squadron will bo ablo to be
docked and repaired at Sublg Instead
of having to go over to Hong Kong
(where they have often to wait weks
for their turn to enter the dry docks) "
Consul Walger closes his Interesting re
port with tho following statement: "Tho
only other work or Improvement that has
taken place since I wrote my last re
port is tho enlargement of the 'Luneta,
or public promenade, which Is the fash
lonabllo rendezvous ot tho Spanish mili
tary and civil authorities, who drive In
their carriages, or kit down by the sea
shoro to hear one of tho military bands
play, which take placo every ovenins.
Several manumcuts of tho Illustrious
dead who distinguished thcmbelvrs In the
military history of Spain nre to decorate
this enlarged promenade, the marble hav
ing arrived for that purpose from Eureps,
and when the whole of the Improvements
now under progress of being carried out
are completed, the Mnnlla promenade will
be able to vie with any at homo or In the
far cast for size, plcturcsqueness and
public convenience
GOLiSMIT
What a
A White
And Nayy Blue
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
tion.
The Skirts are the new circular flounce shape, very wide,
made of Navy Blue Duck, with several rows of
white piping. PrfC OMj $Io9
ftSee Lower
Always Biusy
SUMMER, II 898.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need tho Shoes.
Wo need room.
Lewis, Rciliy k Mvies,
114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
THE AVERAGE SPANIARD.
From Collier's Weekly.
General Martinet Campos delivered re
cently a few remarks on the subject of
tho honor and dignity of Spain. Ad
dressed to the ministerial council, they
were supplemented by others from the
Duko of Tetuan. Tho latter announced
that Spanish war ships would never lower
their flags before the foe. These gentle
men have their country with them. The
average Spaniard Is a disciple of Aaron,
who was In love with peace. To him It ;s
a necessity. Ho can't spell bread without
It. let alone butter. But he would rather
sell his last stick, pawn his wife's wed
ding line, go to tho front and tako his
sons with him than admit that Spain can
be licked. Ho knows that before a squad
of his countrymen an empire tell. Ho
knows that a regiment of them took Mex
ico and another Peru. He has listened to
tho story of tho battlo of Las Navas do
Tolosa, in which eighteen of his people
were killed and a hundred and twenty
thousands Sarratlns perished. Ho has
listened, too, to tho tale of Salado, whire
the death of twenty-four Spaniards was
balanced by tho slaushter of a hundred
and seventy thousand Moors. Ha Is ta
mlliar ith tho details of the flsht at
Lepanto, with other stories more enter
taining fetlll. He knows that barehanded,
without so much as a war budget, Cortes
and Plzarro conquered half a hemisphere.
He knows these things, and, with them,
his knowledge of history ends. Tho lim
itations of this knowledge havo preserved
his Innocence unspotted. They have lett
him not wise hut very proud, lietween
a republic and a monarchy he is not al
ways ablo to differentiate. His Idea ot
govorrment ccnsltts In taxes, alcades and
police. Matters political interest him as
do the snows of yester-year. But on the
subject of the country at large, and par
ticularly at war, his views, If simple, are
compact. Tho Duko of Tetuan summar
ized them splendidly. It is a pity that
they should h&.vo to bo changed, yet such
Is tho sway of the world.
CASE TOR INVESTIGATION.
From the Medical Record (New York).
The transport Seneca arrived at this
port on July 20. with nearly ono hundred
sick and wounded from Santiago on
board, aincng whom wer fourleen men
with a suspicious fever. The ship was In
a filthy condition, short of food and wa
ter, without any medical or surgical eud
piles or Instruments, not even dressings
for the wounds or a single clinical ther
mometer. In ono caso an abscess was
opened with tho blado of a Jacknife, no
scalpel being obtainable. When the cap
tain was ordered to take tho sick sol
diers, ho protested that there wero no
conveniences or even necessities for them
on tho ship, but his objections were oer
ruled by tome ono at Slboney, Wia
that some ono was is a proper subject
for Investigation by tho military nuthorl
ties, and when found his punishment
bhould bo such as to deter others in com
mand from like brutality. The affair was
a disgrace to tho army and the country,
and. as many foreign military attaches
wero on hoard the Seneca, our shame
will be published to the world.
IMPERIALISM IN TEXAS.
From tho Dallas News (Ind. Dcm).
"Call it 'imperialism' or what you will,
but It looks to us like the popular sent!
ment in the United States In tegnid to
territorial extension is to 'keep what wo
get and rustle for more." and them's our
sentiments." say the Dublin Telephone.
If the country weeklies over tho Union
are as unanimous a those ot Texas en
the above tentlment the policy of tho
government may bo said to bo forming
I rapidly.
m
Batuit5fMl Comnilbleatloini,
Waist
Price
Corner Window.
MILL k COMIX
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying n bras Bedttead, be sure that
you get the best. Our brass Beditead are
all made with seamless bras tubing and
frame work: is all of nteel.
They cost no more than many bedsteads
made of the open seamless titblne. Every
bedstead la highly nnlahed and lacquers.!
nder a peculiar method, nothing ever hav
ing been produced to equal lU Our new
Spring Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill &
CoeeeW
At 121
North Waablastoa
Avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
Caecellatioe
tamps
Made
to
Order.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTEC JKRMYN UUILDINO.
130 Wyomlns Avenu.
Midsimmmer
Lamp Sale .
Until Sept ist we will offer
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
from 25 to jo per cent, dis
count. We wish to reduce
stock. If you are in need of
a lamp this is a chauce to
get a bargain.
CUiQNS, FERBER,
WAitEY CO.
422 Lackawanna Aveuna
Mm irfs
jpi Fantish
bazaar;
Skirt
Only 69
s
FINLEY
The Hast 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 NegUgeU
Shirts, separate cuffs, to be worn 'with
white collar. Our regular 6O0 line, at
43c.
Ono Asorted Lot Men's Soft Front
Shirts, with attached collars. Our 69c.
75a and S5c qualities, in one lot to
close, at 50c.
Two Lota Boys' Unlaundried Shirt
Waists, "Mother's Friend." Our 60o
quality, at 3Sc. Our 65c quality at 50c.
Broken Lots Celebrated King Waists
for Boys. Round collar style. 95o
quality at 50a to close.
Glen Collar Style, our 51.10 quality
at 83c.
Boys Madras and Oxford Chev
iot Blouses, our $1.10 quality, 95c. Ou
$1.35 quality, $1.10.
For Stout Men, extra large sizes In
Soft Front Negligee Shirts, with de
tachable collars and cuffa at greatly
reduced prices for this sale.
The greatest value ever offered in
Men's Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers
at 21c each. For this sale only.
Big reductions on Neckwear, IIosl
ery, etc., etc., during this salo
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District fj;
Mlnlnc. Ulattlus, Sporting, Bnioltelui
and the Ilepauuo Chemical
Company'
MM EXPLOSIVES.
fcufely Kuie, Caps and Kxplodart.
ituoni 101 Connell Bulldlnj.
tjcrdntoa.
AQE.NClBi
THOS, FOrtD.
JOHN 11. SMITH JtSO
W. E. MULLIQA.V,
mttitaa
Plymouth
Wilkes-Barri
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