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HIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3i. 1898.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
Govcrnor-WILMAM A. BTONK.
Lieutenant Governor J. 1 S. GOBIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs JAMU3 w.
LATTA.
Judge of Supcilor Coutt-W. W. POR
TER. ConRrtfsmen at Large SAMUEL- A.
DAVENrCRT, QALUSHA A. UHOW.
COUNTY.
Congrcus-WII.LIAM CONN13LL.
Judge-F. W. UUNST1SR.
Coroner-JOHN J. ROBURTS, M. D.
Survoyor-GEORGK E. STEVENSON.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dist.-JAMES C. VAUGJIAN.
House.
First DIatrlct-JOH.V R. FARR.
Sfcond Dlstrict-JOHN J. SCllEL'ER, JR.
Third rUr!ct-N. C. MACKEY.
Fourth Dlstllct-JOIIN F. REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATEOKM.
It will be my purpose when elected o
so conduct mytelf as to win tho respect
and good will of those who have opposed
mo as well at. those who have given mo
their support. I shall be the governor
of the whole people of tho state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up In the legis
lature which nre neither the fault of ono
party nor tho other, but rather tho
Growth of custom. I'nncccssnry Investi
gations hav been authorized by commit
tees, resulting In unnecessary expense to
the state. It will bo my care nnd pur
rose to correct these jnd other evils In fo
far as I have tho power. It will be my
purpos while governor of Pennsylvania,
as it has been my purpose In the pub'le
positions that I havo held, with God's
help, to discharge mj whole duty. The
people are greater than tho parties 10
which they belong. I am only JealoU3 of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can best bo done by
nn honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
Now that tho smoko of bnttle has
cleared away, tho Journalistic search
light Is revealing things every day that
we all ought to know.
The Convention's Work.
The renominatlon of Congressman
Connell yesterday tepresented no fac
tional or personal politics but was a
logical result of tho situation. As a
memliui of the present congress he hal
participated In the legislation leading:
tip to and supporting the administra
tion's war r'Hcy, and It was natural
that he should bo nominated to partici
pate alo in the more Important work
which will come before the ensuing
congress of preparing for the responsi
bilities of peace. Apait from that, Mr.
Connell during his first term, In extra
nnd In regular session, had given an
example of punctual, conrclentlous and
huslness-llke service which the district
could haidly fall to appreciate and to
wish continued.
In deciding to Indorse the principle
of n non-partisan jtidlclary the conven
tion put itsell abreast of the best sen
timent of the day and earned the ap
proval of judicious people. Judge
Gunster's snvlce upon the bench has
bfen of a character which fairly de
served appreciative popular recogni
tion. Able, well-poised. Impartial, he
has brought honor to the Judiciary of
Lackawanna county and It would havo
been a mistake to Ignore the manifest
propileties of the situation by forcing
Into the field a partisan candidate who
would precipitate, a partisan struggle
for an office that of all ofllces should
be kept above the din and dirt of party
politics.
The convention's decision to adopt
In Lackawanna county a modified fo.'m
of the Crawfoid county system of di
rect primaries is one upon which time
and cxpeilencc alone can pronounces
Judgment. Oiir own views upon this
subject aie well known, Tinkering the
system without reformation of the
man behind the system strikes us as
being somewhat vain. But the people
are entitled to try that kind of thing
If they want to; and Judglnti from
yesterday's vote the Republicans of
Lackawanna want to. We hope that
the experiment will result to tho par
ty's welfare and the public's satisfac
tion. If It does not, It can be repealed.
Admiral Dewey evidently thinks ho
can be of more assistance In hastening
permanent peace by remaining In tho
vicinity of Manila.
Hawaii as It Is.
Colonel Henry Hall, of the Pittsburg
Tlmas, who has begun n tour of inves
tigation among our new pi minces, has
received, It would appear, an unfavor
able first Impression of Hawaii; not of
Its climate or natural resources, but
apparently of Its people. The compos
ite character of this population, scarce
ly any two elements of which have any
thing in common, the unequal division
of wealth and Influence, more marked
at Honolulu than at most places; and
finally the paternalism which charac
terizes business enterprises, controlled
as they are almost absolutely by a few
great companies or monopolies, cause
htm to experience his first doubts on
the Immediate value of this latest
American acquisition.
The Dole republic he found to be a
mere toy and makeshift and the senti
ment for annexation due In the first
place to a desire of the property-owning
class, largely American, for stable gov
ernment, and secondarily to the anx
iety of the sugar Interests to preserve
the right of the free entry of their
products Into the American market.
Tho natives with few exceptions op
posed annexation, not especially be
cause they had any specific objections
to It but because they had an Ingrained
loyalty for the monarchy. "But," says
Colonel Hall, "to speak bluntly, tho nu
tlves do not count for anything In the
matter. They are a gentle, childlike,
Indolent, pleasure-lovlng people. They
wouldn't set the river on fire If It were
running bankfull with gasoline, unless
It were done by accident, dive them
the little clothlne thlH climate requires,
a hut for shelter, some pol, fish and
the fruits that can bo had almost any
where, and they nio content. They will
work under the spur and direction of a
stronger mind and will, but left to
themselves they take life as easily as
the climate and conditions under which
for countless generations their charac
ter was moulded, readily admit. There
Is no race prejudice against them
among the whites. Here you sec none
of those manifestations which mark
the relations between the whites nnd
blacks In the South, or even In North
ern communities. You will never hear
a wrong word agnlnst the natives here.
Everybody seems to like them. Of
course, Anglo-Saxon energy grows Im
patient with their easy-going ways, but
even that Impatience Is mitigated by a
tolerance born of n knowledge of their
character nnd natural tendencies and a
genuine liking and respect." It should
be added that ex-Queen Lllluokalanl
nnd her advisers have accepted an
nexation in a spirit of resignation and
are urging their followers to make the
best of it.
At this time, according to Colonel
Hall, Hawaii is a good place for the
adventurous American without large
capital to avoid. The man who has
only his hands as capital cannot find
employment there and If he could he
wouldn't like It. Most of the labor on
the plantations Is Asiatic contract la
bor, nt $13 a month or less. Nor Is
there much opportunity In sight for
small business or trading ventures. The
big wholesale houses nlrcady there
command the situation nnd tho new
retail shops and stores havo to com
pete with stores owned by plantation
syndicates or "company" stores. "A
man might," says Colonel Hall, "go
out there and start another store, hut
he must either buy his goods of these
large firms or Import them himself. In
the first case they would levy their
profit, nnd in the second case It Is
doubtful whether he could import In
small quantities nearly as cheaply as
they could In very large quantities.
Then when It came to selling his goods
he must compete for his trade among a
class of buyers who are under contract
to work for his competitors. Those
who are familiar with tho 'company
store' problem In the Industrial sec
tions of the United States can realize
what the difficulties would be In this
case."
However, It is only fair to say that
these views of Hawaii reflect conditions
as they existed prior to assertive
American occupancy. When American
energy takes full hold of the situation
things will undoubtedly become different.
It Is to be hoped that Senator Quay
will pursue his determination to prose
cute to the law's limit the persons re
sponsible for the circulation In Pcnn
sjlvanla of the scandalous attack up
on him that recently appeared in the
New York Voloo. The man who would
print such a libel and afterward claim,
as we undet stand the editor of the
Voice claims, to be respectable, de
serves to bo confined for life In tho
penitentiary.
It Is Time.
Everyone who has paid any attention
to the proceedings In our city councils,
especially to the financial condition of
the city, and has contemplated with
feelings of exasperation tho heavy In
crease In taxation cannot but feel thnt
the time has come for the voters and
taxpayers to insist that a firm hand
be placed In charge of the executive
helm. The prospeiity of the city is
too closely bound up In a business like,
conservative and careful administration
of Its affahs to tolerate further trifling.
The next mayor of our city must be a
man whose Ideals rise above petty com
binations over the appointment of
policeman or the desire to please by
the appointment of an Inspector. Ho
should be a man familiar with city
affairs if possible and fearless lii
wielding tho veto axe and In putting
his foot upon Jobbery or vicious legis
lation. He should be seated In the ex
ecutive chair free from pledges that
will come up to bother him and Inter
fere with n clean and conscientious ad
ministration nnd should above all
things be free from the charge that ho
was too anxious for office. He should
be a business man accustomed to le
sponsibllltles and therefore less likely
to shun them than the ofilce seeker
who spends his time setting up pins.
Only such a man can be peifectly con
scientious and Impartial.
We fear that not enough realize how
closely our future prosperity is depen
dent oil a clean and resplute adminis
tration. We shall be more and more
dependent on new enterprises, and the
first questions asked by those who are
invited to establish themselves in a new
municipality are about the municipal
government, taxation, etc. Let the
idea once go forth that these
aie not as they should be and
that valuations nnd taxation are
on the increase and the ef
forts of our board of trade will be
fruitless. At the present rate another
year willl see our streets In even worse
condition thnn now and less money
to repair them than was provided In
the last appropriation after such a
hard fight. There are liabilities in ex
istence and more likely to como that.
If the people do not vote In favor of an
increase In the city's Indebtedness, will
practically bankrupt It. One who con
templates the situation must have lit
tle interest In the prosperity of his
city If he does not agree to our asser
tion that a strong hand should be at
the helm and that our next mayor
should be one who has knowledge of
municipal affairs, experience as a
business man and Is fearless in the per
formance of his duties and who can
nnd will rise above the petty squabbles
that continually discrace our munici
pal hulls In the efforts to please or
placate, to punish or reward.
If tho Associated Press despatches
are correct, the United States army
contains a fiend more cruel and despic
able than Butcher Weyler In the per
son of Captain Llndheln, who had
charge of the hospital train that con
tained members of the Eighth New
York volunteers. While at Cleveland
the other night, Llndheln refused to
allow any of his sick passengers to be
taken from the train to hospitals where
willing hands would havo cared for
them, ulthoueh warned that many of
them would probably die If they con
tinued the Journey. Unless tho state
ments in press despatches nre terribly
distorted, hanging Is too light a pun
ishment for Captain Llndheln.
Dr. lioberts will make nn excellent
coroner. His nomination will bo gen
erally approved.
Fair Tiny for Alger.
Secretary Alger's recital of tho enor
mous difficulties against which the war
department had to contend in Improvis
ing suddenly nn army of 273,000 men
nndconductlnsslniultniieously but sue
ccssfuly two campaigns so far apart
as those ut Manila and Santiago, nnd
his asset tlon that he has done the best
that he could, giving his whole time
and energy to tho cause and sparing
nothing In his attempts to lectlfy
abuses as soon ns tljese were brought
to his attention, deserve to be consid
ered. In tho contemporary criticism of
Mr. Alger there Is unquestionably much
personal Injustice. The people, seeing
that mnnv things have gone wrong In
his department.and not knowing whero
else to locate tho resposlblllty, have
put it all upon him, which, of course, Is
unfair
At the same time the secretary must
not be permitted to evade the respon
sibility which properly Is his In tho
premises. In largo degree he selected
nnd organized the staff which has
failed so lamentably to fulfill expecta
tions. He did this largely In violation
of common sense principles, by appoint
ing greenhorn senators' sons and other
scions of greatness to positions requir
ing large experience and seasoned ex
ccecutlvo ability. Never was a war staff
organized with so much regard for
politics and so little regard for the fit
ness of the men put In places of re
sponsibility over other men. Criticism
of this aspect of the war preparations
was prominent ut the time but the sec
retary of war paid no attention to It.
He deliberately chose to follow his own
policy of favoritism nnd courtlershlp,
and now that It has led him to disaster
public sympathy is natutally somewhat
scant.
Of course, cursing Alger will do no
good. The mischief Is done nnd cannot
be iccalled. The main thing now Is to
find out accurately Just where the weak
places were and proceed to strengthen
them ore we become Involved In an
other war, which heaven forbid.
The point Is well taken by the Phil
adelphia Ledger that If Cervera's ships
had burned hard coal Instead of soft
coal their smoke would not have dis
closed their purpose to try to escape
and their chances of getting through
would have been better. It Is ridicu
lous to use smokeless powder in naval
warfare and at the same time fill the
atmosphere with soft coal smoke.
The gift by a wealthy Cuban resid
ing in the City of Mexico of $100 to the
family of the first American soldier
killed In the war for Cuban Independ
ence was a rrnceful act. But the best
way for Cubans to show their appre
ciation of what America has done for
them Is to piove worthy of it.
If tho armaments of Europe could
bo reduced one-hall there would be nn
Immediate saving per annum of $500,
000,000, not counting the productive
value of tho 1,400,01)0 men returned to
tho ranks of peaceful Industry.
If It Is true that Secretary Alger
sent orders to Shatter canceling tho
public orders that the commander-ln-chlef
hid given to General Miles, then
to his other shortcomings he has added
Insubordination and It is Alger rather
than Miles who should fear an Inves
tigation. . m
In a short time under American su
pervision tho expenses of the Santiago
custom house have been reduced near
ly fifty per cent., and the economic
reform campaign is merely begun. It
will bo a decided novelty In Cuba to
have a business-like administration.
The fact that the convention nomi
nated George E. Stevenson for sur
veyor unanimously indicates that his
Democratic opponent had better get
out of tho way.
The country can rest assured that
If General Miles shall be summoned
before a cdurt martial he will go "load
ed for bear,"
Dewey says ho hopes the flag: at
Manila will not bo hauled down. It
never will.
Secretary Alger avers that he "will
not retire under fire." He prefers
whitewash,
Sagusta evidently fears that the Cor
tes is loaded.
TOLD BY THE STABS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 2.31 a. m.. for Wednes
day, August 31, 1S9S.
rh 3 Dfc
In the opinion of a child born on this
day the best way to settle tho Thirteenth
regiment detention wranglo would bo to
jiace tho officers on privates' pay.
Secretary Alger and Mayor Bailey will
soon be able to thako hands as political
lmmur.es.
European nations are still of tho opin
ion that a razor Is lurking in the peace
ful czar's bcotleg.
Professor Norte n should secure n sup
ply of "Pink Pills for Pale Pessimistic
People."
Theatrical chestnuts are the only klrtl
that are not Improved by a frost.
Some people call this tho August thaw,
Tho "Last Rose of Summer" will need
to do Its blooming today.
Oyster Jokes are due.
FACTS OF INTEREST.
Compiled by tho Tlrres-llerald,
The latest computation chows that it is
2,113 miles from San Francisco to Hono
lulu, and S.0M from San Francisco to Ma
nila, Phillpplno Islands, by way of Ilono.
lulu.
It Is exactly 1.070 rnlles from Ponce,
Porto Rico, to Key Wcbt.
In Austria flour made from Irish pota
toes has como to supplant whealen flour
In many lines of bakery and confec
tionery work. It maker a beuufifully
white and light ceko and In highly nutri
tious. It Is cheaper than ordinary Hour.
In Europe the production of beet-root
sugar has Incr-ascd In forty years by 2,183
per cent. Of tho sugar used In England
more than 75 per cent. Is beet sugar.
Collapse of fh?
War Department.
From tho Philadelphia Inquirer.
T IS A sorry mess, but this Is no time
time to como to u standstill and talk
about Investigations. First let us put
J matters right, and then let a board
maKo a complete siuuy oi mo mis
take. and failures, not fur tho purposo
of damning this olllcer or thnt officer, but
to lender futuiu mlstnkes Impossible, It
Is tho system that Is at fault a Bystem
that has been Inadequate to tho requlra
ments, that has not kept abreast with
tho times. It you try to pour a barrel of
rain vvutor Into an ordinary gallon Jug
you nuturally full In tho attempt. For
more than thirty years wo havo been on
a. peace footing nnd dealing with an
army of twenty or twenty-five thousand
men. What did we krow about the hand,
ling of morn thai, two hundred thousanl
men, brought Ueither by a sudden call?
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But what of tho future Wo must have
a general Muff founded upen tho e&potl
enco of Euiopean nations. Wo must
study tluough that stuff everything that
pertains to war. Wo need not necessar
ily havo a Itrgo standing ramy, but wo
must bo pieptrec1 to handle great bodies
of men when they are summoned upon
tho Held of action. Wo have 'shown tho
world that we know how to fight, but wo
nro humiliated to discover that our boast
ed knowle-Jgj of medical and sanitary
science whn applied to our camps Is
nothing hut a boast. It Is there that our
failure has come. In the clash of battle
wo have mado n record that will live In
history, but In the handling of our peace
ful camps wo have shown a lack of
knowledge that Is disgraceful.
o
Tho general staff mu,t be prepared ns
only In tactics, but In the handling A
largo bodies of men and In the proper
care of them. The medical nnd commis
sary departments must work In harmony.
This can bo attained only by experience,
and that experience can be had only by
tho mobilization each year of all of our
troops for reviews und practice. It Is
too late to atone for tho mistakes of tho
past, but wo cannot begin too early to
provido agalnbt any such mistakes In the
future.
NOW FOR BUSINESS.
From tho Philadelphia Times.
Tho fall season Is about to open, and
unless ull Indications are at fault It must
be ono of tho most prospeious business
seasons of modern times. The country
never was In a better condition for sub
stantial business advancement. Tho
c'edlt of the nation is accepted through
out tho whole civilized world as second to
none of tho enlightened and progressive
governments; the balar.ee of trade nuvei
was so largely In our fu or; the gold re
serve In tho national treasury Is higher
today than any previous high water
mark; tho crops of tho year are most
bountiful; our long depiessed Industrlej
havo generally been quickened Into ac
tivity; labor ns a rule finds steady em
plcjment at fair wuges which are llkclv
to Improve, and the r.cccs-sailes of llf.s
have never been as cheap In the markets
us they aro today.
o
Tho war has opened up new and per
manent denands upen our Industries.
Moro than 100,000 men will be drawn from
farms and shops nnd business places of
tho land to cnlargo our army, und lully
500,000,000 havo been or will be expendct
by tho government In prosecuting tho
war and n r.'r,talnlng the l rovinces wo
havo conquered, every dollar of which is
paid to our owr people. Wo uro today
buying much less than usual from
abroad; while we are selling more In
foreign markets than at any time in the
history of tho government. Indeed theio
Is not a single feature that goes to make
up national wealth and prosperity that
this country decs not possess today In a
conspicuous dcgicc.
o
Our commerce, Irdustry and trade have
been so long depiessed that our business
men have gotten out of tho way of ag
gressive business direction. They havo
so long struggled against adverse busi
ness conditions that they aie slow to ap
preciate the now Inevitable business Im
provement, and they hesitate In reaching
out for it with tho energy that now
would bring more than generous compen
sation. While commerce and trade must
speedily and greatly Improve, it can bo
vastly helped or hindered by our busi
ness men meeting It half way with a gen
erous welcome.
o
Tho business man who waits for the
prosperous tldo to swcop down upon him
will bo left behind In tho lace. The
shrewd men In business circles will set
their houses In order at ence by providing
for tho large trade they can surely com
mand, nnd then making known to tin
public how completely they aro equipped
to meet the new and Improved conditions
upon us. Tho large dealer who shall first
announce his complete preparations for
tho large fall trade that Is com
Ing and who shall show to tho pub.
lie that ho understands and 1 h
vltes tho tldo of prosperity that Is
coming, will reap the richest harvest
from what Is now certain to bo a season
of unsurpassed business activities and
prosperity.
o
All business conditions aro now most
favorable. Let business men meet them In
the broad, progressive spirit that they
merit and wo shall soon have a most suc
cessful and enduring butiness tide upon
us.
THE SPIRIT OF STRIFE.
From the Toronto Globe.
It Is a noble trait of human nature that
makes It admlro heioism; tho trouble Is
that It prefers heroism In a noisy and
spectacular form; can appreciate heroism
in tho trenches, but is not so ready to rec
ognize It In tho hard-working physician
or nurse. In tho faithful, cheerful toll of
the breadwinner. In the mighty sacrifices
that mothers make for children Tho av
erage man docs not rcallzo that tho quiet
man who lives In tho little houso next
door Is every day a hero of tho finest
type; to provo his heroism he must march
behind u band, and come homo with somo
visible mark of sacrifice tho hand shot
off, not merely tho care-worn fuco and
the tired eye.
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Thcro Is, of course, a sound basis for
this popular admiration of the soldier.
Ruskln hit tho mark truly when ho said
that tho soldier Is rightly honored, not
becauso ho Is eager to kill, but because
he Is willing to die. He Is willing to mako
enormous sacrifices of luxury and com
fcrt, of thoso things on which in times
of peace ho sets so high a value. Ho is
willing to Imperil, what perhaps Is dearer
to him than his own life, or limb, or ease,
tho comfort and the social position and
tho education of his family, to run tho
risk of leaving them lacking In the com
forts and refinements and perhaps even
the necessaries of life. And where this
Is done, not recklessly, but with thought
and travail and pain, nnd from a high
sense of duty, It Is a mighty sacrifice, and
ono deserving of eveiy honor that a na
tion can give. Nor Is there anything es
sentially evil In the love of stilfe. It Is
a very ugly thing to seo people quarrel
ling, metaphorically scratching and biting
und searching out the weak spots In ono
another's hearts. But turn that love of
strife Into a gumc of cricket or foot ball,
and you have something essentially pleas,
ant, wholesomH and tonic. Tho fighting
spirit Is Ingrained in human nature
shows Itself In tho love of war, In tho
love of spcrt, In the tendency to run poll
tics on party lines. It has helped ua to
win political and religious liberty, and
such measure of social justice as wo en
Joy. o
Tho problem, then, Is, how can the
lovo of hcroldm, tho capacity for hero.
Ism, the fighting spirit be used nnd di
rected for tho benefit of mankind? How
can the heroism of war be diverted into
tho pursuits of peace? The answer may
be found In tho need for social reform
goldsmith's
Drapery
Department
Derby Curtains at $1.69, $1.98, $2.98 and up, worth double the money. ,
Chenille Curtains, worth $2.50, at $1.98.
Chenille Curtains, worth $2.75, at $2.29.
Chenille Curtains, worth $2.89, at $2.59, and higher priced goods in proportion.
A line of Scotch Lappets, 36 inches wide, worth iS cents, at izyi cents.
Embroidered Muslins, iij cent kind, at 10 cents.
Embroidered Muslins, iS cent kind, at 12 cents.
Embroidered Muslins, the 20 cent kind, at 14 and 15 cents.
A large assortment of Fish Nets at 10c, i2c, 14c, 15c, 16c, 17c and up.
Silkolines for Comfortables, 1$ cent grade Simpson's goods, at 9c, 10c and I3tf
Golden Draperies, 123 cent kind, at 7 cents.
Golden Draperies, 15 cent kind, at 10 cents.
Window Shades, ij cent kind, at 10 cents.
Window Shades (with fringe) the 20 cent kind, at tz y cents.
Opaque Shades, in all colors, the 25 cent kind, at 20 cents.
One lot in 4 colors, Oil Opaque, linen fringe, were 60 cents, to close at 35" cents.
Also a full line of Popular Priced Furniture Coverings and Drapery Materials
Estimates and designs cheerfully furnished for all kinds of interior decoration.
Always Busy
SUMMER, 1898.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear Is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need the Shoes.
Wo need room.
Lewis, RelMy k Bavles,
Hi AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
that Is so urgent even In the most civil
ized and democratic communities. Men
must bo taught that their real enemies
are not Russians or Spaniards or Amer
icans or Englishmen, but the causes of
oppression and lnjustlco and Inequality
that exist all over the world. War with
these will bo war In a righteous cause,
end will give amplo scopo for all tho he
roism and all tho combatlvencss of hu
man nature.
OMAHA EXPOSITION NOTES.
One of the liveliest days of the Trans
Mississippi exposition period in Omaha
will be Nutional Shrlncrs' Day, Sept. 14.
Invitations havo been sent to tho 100,000
members of Shrlncr temples In the United
States and Canada and the local commit
tee is expecting an attendance of upwards
of 5,000.
President McKlnley has Informally ac
cepted tho Invitation extented through
Manager Rosewater to attend the Trans
MIssUsIppI exposition during Pcaco Jubi
lee week, Oct. 10.
One of tho most notable of the gather
ings which have been arranged In con
nection with tho Tinns-MIsblsslppl expo
sition Is the National Currency conven
tion to bo held urder the auspices of the
National Sound Money leaguo Sept. JJ,
11 nnd 15. This will bo tho first assem
blage of Its kind In American history,
and the arguments In favor of tho various
forms of currency will be presented by
many of tho ablest cNpcnents of currency
reform In the country. Tuesday, Sept. 13,
will bo "gold" day. J. Sterling Morton,
of Nebraska City, Neb., president of tho
Najlonal Sound Money league, will call
tho convention to order at 11 n. m., nnd
will deliver the opening address. Other
addresses will follow by: Hornce White,
editor of tho New York Evening Post, on
"The History of tho Gold Standard";
Governor Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, on
"Tho Farmer'B Interest In Sound Money' ;
II. P. Robinson, of Chicago, editor of ihe
Railway Age, on "Tho Oold Standard nnJ
Railroad Interests," and Louis R. Ehrich,
of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tho after
noon session will begin at 2.30 and ad
dresses advocating tho maintenance of
tho gold standard will be given by: Ed
ward Atkinson, of Boston, Mass.,; Hon.
J. M, Carey, of Wyoming, subject, "The
Gold Standard from tho Standpoint of tho
Western States"; Judge M. L. Crawford,
of Dallas, Texas; John P. Irish, of San
Francisco, California. In the evening
there will be a general debate In speeches
of not exceeding; ten minutes In length, on
the arguments advanced during tho day
In advocacy of the gold standard. Tho
second day will be "silver" day. Hon.
Charles A. Towne, of Ouluth. will pre
side. Mr. Towno's opening nddress will
be on "The Coinage and Use of Silver ns
Standard Money Co-ordinately with
Gold." Other speakers will bo Senator
James K. Jones, of Arkansas; Congress,
man C. S. Hartman, of Montana; H, F.
Bartlno, of Washington, D. C, editor of
tho National Blmetnlllst, and Hon. Hor
ace Holes, of Iowa, who will advocato his
theory of a variable ratio, Hon. A. ,t.
Warner, of Ohio, will open tho convention
on the third day paper money day. He
will advocate a paper currency composed
exclusively of government notes. Hon,
J. II, Walker, of Massachusetts, chair
man of the houso of representatives com
mittee on banking and currency, will re
Ply. m
Looked His Part.
"What a firm, expreelve mouth that
young man In the end seat has."
"Yfa! lift's til A MiflmnlAn nf a ah f a at
all the local cakewalks."-Cleveland Plain
ueaicr.
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121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
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Thoy cost no more than many bedsteads
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Letter Presses,
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MidsMmmef'
Lamp Sale .
Until Sept ist we will offer j
our entire line ot .Banquet
Princess and Table Lamps a
froxn 25 to jo per cent, dis
count. We wisli to reduce
stock. If you are in need of
a lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
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ALLEY Ca
42'2 Lackawanna Avenus J
BAZAAI
FINLEY-
New Fall
Our First Delivery of
"Choke
Dress
Fabrics"
in Black and Colors for
early Fall wear is just
brought forward and wo
invite you to an inspect
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sure that after looking
them over, you will con
sider it time well spent.
We duplicate nothing
that is shown in Exclu
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make no mistake in mak
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our present line contains
many choice things that
could not be had later on. I
Black and Colored
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s,
Tweeds,
lots, etc,
in Bayedere and other effects
promise to be among the
leading materials for the sea
son and all of them are here
largely represented.
Also some very desirable
numbers in New Fall Silks
all in exclusive Waist Pat
terns just opened.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlni
District for
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and the tlepauno Chemical
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