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Thl Vote Not Qood After Sept. 5. 1893.
f A little boy and Blrl were playing
bn a fence when the boy fell off nnd
hurting himself be?an to cry. A lady
passing by asked of another who saw
the accident, "Why, wliat's the matter
with Johnnlo?" The lady replied, "Oh!
he wan walking on the fent-e and I
guess he lost his balance." A few mo
ments later the children were earnest
ly searching In tho grass and when
asked what they were looking for the
littUi girl replied, "We're hunting for
Johnnie's balance."
It must have been these same young
nters who taking a walk In early spring
came to a rond. They heard the liz
ards calling: Brlggs. Brings, Drlggs,
Brlggs. When Johnnie asked his Uls
ter, who taught tho llasards to say this
familiar word she Immediately replied,
"Perry Brothers."
COLUMBIAN DETECTIVE AGENCY
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ial "Crown Catarrh Powder relieved and
cured my case of Catarrh, which was a
very aggravated one of long standlns."
John T. CoURhlln (Department of Stato),
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Price BO cents. Sold In all first clars
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blower complete, mailed on receipt of 15
cents.
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ACKAWANNA LAUNDRY
308 PENN AVE. A. B. WARAIAN '
The Wllkes-Bnrre Hecord can be had
in Scranton at tho news stands of Rcls
man Bros., 404 Spruce and 603 Llndin
streets; Mac, Lackawanna avenue.
PE11SONAL.
Miss Mary Connolly, of Shenandoah, Is
visiting In tho city.
Dr. Brady, of Honesdale, was a Scran
ton visitor yesterday.
Rev. Thomas Coffey, of Carbondale, was
In the city yesterday.
Miss Nellie Henahan, of Plains, Is vis
iting Miss Annette Ruddy, of Third street.
Attorney James J. II. Hamilton 10
turncd yesterday from a three daV visit
In Juniata county.
D. T. Pace and sister. Miss Julia, of
Green Bdge, will spend the next two
weeks at Saratoga.
Misses Marcatet Burke and Mame
Watts, of Mineral street, have returned
from Mahanoy City.
Miss Mary Dougherty, of Foster, nnd
her niece. Miss Elizabeth Clcury, of tho
Convent of Angels at Elmlra, were in tho
city Monday,
R. II. Pygh. Scranton manager of tho
Mutual Guarantee society, of Philadel
phia, has been promoted to manager of
all offices of the company In this section
of the state.
nt Rev. Bishop Prendergust, coadjutor
bishop of tha Erlo diocese, was In the
city Monday. He was en route to Car
bondale, nnd was accompanied there by
J. J. O'Boyle, of Vino street.
WERE TWO BILLY BUNNS.
Interesting Story of How They Came
to Got Acquainted.
"My namo is Billy Bunn. I weigh
310; I am thirty-one years of age. I
travel for A. H. Platts & Co.; urn
nelllns the Ultimatum Cigar. My
father nnd mother, grandfathers and
Krandmothcrsn both sides were fat.
I am well. Tile theat or cold doesn't
affect me. Don't'know as I will ever
get any fleshier. I don't ride a bike,
but I do wear the Melville New Ath
lete Suspender. If you want to know
any more buy a Red Book."
Such Is the declaration of tho card
of a happy, hearty, looking commercial
drummer who struck tho town yester
day seeking orders incldentnlly, but
primarily In senrch of a namesake, W.
II. Bunn, manager for Moody & Gould,
of Seventh street.
Last summer the big Bunn registered
nt Fred White's hotel nt the Thousand
slands and while ho was blotting tho
Surplus Ink from his signature noticed
kvo lines above his own nnmo the slg-
latuie "W. II. Bunn JScranton. Penn."
rHls own Initials being W. H. and the
name Bunn being scj uncommon, he
kvtflB anxious to see what his namesakw
Tooked like and besoutht the clerk to
introduce them. To his regret ha
learned that tho Scranton Bunn had
only stopped In for dlnper and depart-
tq BDoui mieen minutes ueiore.
LTho incident passed Jrom his mind
iter a time ana it wpuia probably
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tiUMMM1.L2i:aL,Nlr':IBiMr? Tfcl r. ,!umi
have never recurred to him but for a
chance vMIt to llarveys lake. Ho hap
pened to ba In these parts nnd nr'
runged to take a rest at Fred White's
new Onconta hotel. Ho reached there
last Thursday and as he stood at tho
UchI: waiting to be assigned to a room
a package of letters bearing Ills uamo
caught his eye. He hnd expected some
mull to bo forwarded to him there and
with a "gucsH these are for mo" picked
them up and started to open one of
them. "Hold on there," said tho clerk,
"Aren't you making n mistake. Those
are to be lorwnrded to Mr. Bunn."
There were explanation!? and the
mntter was set aright. Bunn at onro
rofcitived to hunt up his namesake and
at the end of his sojourn came on to
Scrunton. He met Mr. Scranton Bunn
last night by appointment at Hotel
Jormyn nnd ns they were favorably
Impressed with each other nt first ac
quaintance proceeded to get better ac
quainted nnd did, nfter tho fashion
of Jolly commercial men.
OPEN LETTER TO DR. HILL.
A. B. Conger Suggests Some Further
Improvement nt Park.
Tho following open letter has been
addressed to Dr. O. E. Hill by A. B.
Conger, of this city:
My Dcur Doctor, its Just HKc you to
hold nnd try to tdd to the comfort of tlio
visitors to our only "brcithlng spot, '
Nny Aug park, und 1 trust that unlimited
success will crown your efforts. Will you
allow me to inake wmc miPKi'Stlons.
As u visitor to tho falls and park I have
noticed some tilings that are badly need
ed. Among them nro "signs" directing
the penpl.' and if this mntter was brought
to tho attention of our painters In tho
city I know that enoiiRh Mgnu would uo
contributed to "1111 tho bill." Again la
dles' toilets nnd gcntlenien"s toilets
fhottld bo creeled In different places
throughout tho pntk. Why not have each
one of our lint lor dealers contribute ono?
Set apart one day for olunteer labor and
let rory man not busy on that day go
to tho patk and under tho supervision
of tho pink commls'slcners put In a day's
work, the teamsters of tho city taking
their teams with them. A thousand men
nnd twenty teams In ono day could do a
large amount of work.
Then set apart another day as "Dona
tion Day" for Nay Aug park. On thnt
day let every school teacher In the city
take up a collection In his school, every
merchant do tho sr-mc In his btore, every
superintendent In the fnctory, etc., etc. A
nice sum coul 1 thus bo realized. Start
a museum and let each one who has a
telle put It out where others can see nn.l
enjoy It. I have a, few Indian relics
brought from tho "Plains" way hack In
tho "GOV which 1 highly prize, but would
bo pleased to contribute as my mite to
wards a museum.
Doctor, you have started a good work,
push it to completion. Put a "poor box"
marked "for the park Improvement" at
tho terminal of tho htrcet railway In tho
park for the visitors' accommodation in
making small donations. Many strangers
visit tho park who would use the box In
contributing their mile. I do not know
but suppose, of course, the "merry-go-round,"
pop corn, etc., aro paying n rea
sonable sum for their privileges and tho
Traction company should also give a good
lount mm.
CITY CLUB UKliANIZED.
Has Sprung from the Ashes of Row
ing Assocation.
From the ashes of tho defunct Bow
ing association has sprung a new or
ganization to be known ns tho City
club. The following members are al
ready on tho roll. C. W. Matthews, C.
P. Matthews, W. J. Welsh, O. M. Wat
son. II. M. Wood, M. W. Lowry. A. 1
Bedford, C. W. Gunster, Frederick
Connell. C. E. Chittenden. W. S. Dlehl,
O. K. Hill, W. S. Millar. J. G. Bailey.
O. T. Dais, D. H. Mless. A. M. White,
B. B. Penman, W. D. Matthews C. W.
Schenck, D. E. Taylor, J. M. Kcmmer
er, Myron Knsson, A. K. Adams, T. F.
Penman, F. II. 'Connell, F M. Vnndllng,
Valentino Bliss, G. B. Jones, John Pcl
llo nnd J. W. Fowler.
Ofllcers for the club have been se
lected ns follows: President, W. S.
Dlehl- vice-president. C. W. Matthews,
secretary, W. S. Millar, manager, A. P.
Bedford: treasuier, W. J. Welsh.
Tho club has secured nearly nil the
furnishings of the Bowing association
and will also remain In tho hitter's
quarters for the present. An nppllca
tlln for a charter will soon bo made to
the court.
THE NEWSBOYS PICNIC.
Arrangements That Have Been Made
for Tomorrow's Event.
Arrangements have been pei footed
for the newsboys' picnic to be held nt
Nay Aug Park tomorrow. The com
mittee In charge, consisting of park
commissioner Bedford, James lem
mings, of The Truth; Thomns Flem
ings, of The Times; T. Owen Charles,
of tho Republican; and Howard Davis,
of The Tribune, have decided on tho
following programme:
All newsboys will be presented with
badges by calling nt their respective
offices cither this afternoon or eaily
tomorrow morning. TJie boys will as
semble.on Washington avenue, between
Spruce and Linden tomorrow morning
not later than 8.45, from which place
they will parade, headed by Bauer's
band, to the park. Street car transpor
tation will bo provided for their re
turn. Refreshments and plenty of them
will be provided and will be served by
tho Ladles' Relief corps of the Ezra
Grlflln Post, G. A. R.
No trouble will bo spared to mako
tho day a red letter one for the boys,
of which there are over seven hundred
In this city and suburbs.
GRIFFIN IS AT LIBERTY.
Committed Wholesale Robberies
in
and Around Carbondale.
Charles P. Grlflln wns yesterday re
leased from tho Eastern penitentiary
after having served two terms aggre
gating live yeurs und two months for
burglary.
In October, 1S31, ho was arrested by
Detective Michael Moran, of Carbon
dale, on tho charge of having robbed
the Ontario and Western depots nt
Muyfleld, Jormyn nnd Carbondale, tho
Delaware and Hudson depot at Jor
myn, Horton Lee's hotel and a dwell
ing In Jormyn.
He was convicted on two of tho
charges and given three years and two
months for ono and two years for tho
other.
Trans-Mississippi and International
Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska.
Reduced rate tickets on sile June 10th
to October 13th, via Lehlgl. Valley rail
road, to Omaha or Kansas City. In
quire of ticket agents for particulars.
The Misses Merrill's prlvato school,
612 Jefferson avenue, for pupils be
tween 5 and 13 years of age, will open
Monday, Sept, 12, 160S.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis,
Teacher of Dancing. All classes open
October 1.
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
Ticket Framed by Yester
day's County Gath
ering. RULES FOR PRIMARIES
Committee Appointed a Year Ago
to Draft Suitable Rules Presented
Its Report nnd It Was Adopted.
Hon. William Connell Renominat
ed for Congress by Acclamation.
Hon. F. W. Gunster Endorsed for
Judge Dr. J. J. Roberts tho Nom
inee for Coroner and George E.
Stevenson for County Surveyor.
Stirring Resolutions That Were
Adopted by the Delegates.
Tho Republican county convention
which met In tho main room of the
court house yesterday afternoon adop
ted tho Crawford county rules for con
ducting primaries nnd nominated tho
following candidates:
Congress. Hon. William Connell,
Seventeenth ward, Scranton,
Additional Law Judge. Hon. F.W.
Gunster, (Democrat,) Ninth ward,
Scranton.
Coroner. Dr. J. J. Roberts, Fifth
ward, Scranton.
Surveyor. Georgo E. Stevenson,
Waverly.
It was a quiet but withal Interesting
convention and Its deliberations were
watched with the keenest Interest by a
crowd that taxed the capacity of tho
court room. Hon. William Connell was
re-nomlnnted by ncclammntlon nnd
Judge Gunster had a walk-over al
though J. Elliott Ross and C. B. Gard
ner were nominated to oppose h'm
nnd Squire J. W. Tiffany made a fer
vid speech on what he conceived to be
the folly of endoislng the nomination
of a Democrat.
Three popular young Republicans
were nominated for coroner and Dr. J.
J. Roberts, of West Scranton, .iaj tho
satisfaction of winning by a long lead.
Tho resolutions are strong ind clear
and have tho right patriotic ring. In
accepting the duties of permanent
chairman of the convention Major Ev
erltt Warren made a speech that was
an admirable effort. It was received
with loud evidences of approbation by
the delegates and spectators.
THE CONVENTION.
The call for the convention stated
that It would open at 2 p. m. nnd nt
that hour the main court room was well
filled. Fifteen minutes later when
County Chalrmnn John II. Thomas, of
Carbondale, went on the bench nnd
called tho convention to order there
was not a vacant seat In the court
room and many were standing. In the
assemblage were many of tho promin
ent Democrats of tho county Including
their chairman Colonel F. J. Fltzsim
mons who watched tho proceedings
from one of tho elevated seats In the
Jury box.
In the nbsence of the secrotar.v of the
county committee, Hon. A. T. Connell,
who is In the Klondike, tho asslstnnt
secretary, James E. Watkins, of Tay
lor, read the call for the convention.
Emll Bonn, of the Eleventh ward, and
William C. Nicholson, of Taylor, were
appointed asslstnnt secretaries of tho
convention and tho roll was then called
and credentials tecelved.
It wns shown thnt there were two
contests. In the Fifth district of the
Second ward, of this city, Edward Rock
and John I.enahan claimed to ho tho
legally elected delegates and for the
Second district of Wlnton credentials
were presented by Jacob Flndlg and
Joseph Kouekle. The chairman ap
pointed the following committees:
Credentials W. S. Millar, Scranton; Dr.
II. Bcgscy, Scranton; Abraham Howclls,
Archbald; Georgo Hoyes, Olyphant; Will
lam Thomas, Lackawanna.
Resolutions E. 13. Rohnthnn, Scranton;
Richard Richards, Scranton; J. O. Mas-W-rSk
Dunmore; Wesley Johnson. Old
Forge; Adam L. Bonn, Scranton; Ernest
Genorro, Scranton; Frank Itommcr
meycr, Carbondale.
In tho Fifth district of tho Second
ward tho committee seated John Len
uhan and In the Second district of
Wlnton, Jacob Flndlg. Chairman
Thomas called for nominations for per
manent chairman of the convention,
and James II. Hopkins, of tho Ninth
ward, nominated Major Everett War
ren, of the same ward. No other nom
ination was made and on motion of E.
E. Robathan, Major Warren was unani
mously chossn. Ho was greeted with
a hearty outburst of applause as ho
ascended the bench. In accepting tho
duties of his ofllco Major Warren said:
CHAIRMAN WARREN'S ADDRESS
My fellow delegates, my first words
must bo to thank you for tho honor
of presiding over tho deliberations of
this convention. I appreciate very
much tho compliment you have puld
me.
Wo meet today under the happiest
auspices. As Republicans, wo may
well be proud of tho achievements of
our party and her record of forty
years. And It can be truthfully said
that never In all her history were the
principles and tho policies of the grand
old party In so high favor with the
people as at this very hour. I mean
tho grand old Republican party the
purty of Lincoln and Grant, of Gar
Held and Blaine, of Harrison and Ar
thur and of that consummate states
man and patriot now In tho White
House by the overwhelming choice of
his fellow countrymen tho Hon. Wil
liam McKlnley.
Two ycara ago the country waB In
the slough of despond, her credit Im
paired and shaken at homo and abroad,
her treasury depleted her energies
dormant, her Industries paralyzed, her
patriotism stifled. Cleveland had torn
down the Stars and Stripes from the
Island of Hawaii and afterwards at
tempted to plunge us In a needless war
with Mother England over the location
of a boundary lino In Venezuela. The
Gorman-Wilson tariff bill stood on our
statute books, preventing Industrial
development, a barrier to commercial
expansion and worse than a failure In
Its claims of furnishing revenue for
tho government needs. The closing
months of Democratic administration
were the darkest since tho days of the
Civil War. And out of the West came
the boy orator of the Platte to tell us
of a panacea for all our Ills in a dollar
cut In two and made of dough.
PARTY OF THE PEOFLE.
The Republican party the party of
tho people accepted the gago of bat
tle. On Its standards were inscribed
America, "tho land of tho free and the
homo of tho brave." Protection to
American Industries nnd American
homes. An honest dollar und the
cjhnnco to earn It by honest toll. Mc
Klnley led Its hosts nnd It marched on
to tho tuno of "America" to a mag
nificent triumph In November.
In the months that have followed of
Republican administration, how glor
ious tho record of our partyl Wo
have seen the miserable mnkeshltt and
revenue deficit measure known ns tho
Wilson bill, replaced by Republican
tariff legislation the wisdom of which
appears the Dingiey biii naving ni
roadv demonstrated Us ability to pro
vide sufficient revenues to support the
government on a peace basis, while at
the same time framed to furnish nde
quate protection to American Interests,
Amerlcun Industry nnd American pro
ducts. Our financial credit has been re
stored, our currency established on a
firm basis. Ono dollar Is us good as
any other dollar nnd nil are the best
tho world over. There hns been no
Venezuela Incident to regret and npol
oglze for. Tho Stars and Stripes
hauled down at Hawaii by Paramount
Commissioner Blount, by tho direction
of a Democratic president, under the
orders of a Republican congress nnd a
Republican president, have again been
unfurled to tho breezes of the Pacific
over a territory now proudly clnlmlng
allegiance to tho United States of
America.
And to crown all, the barbarous and
uncivilized rule of the Spaniard has
been swept from tho Western hemis
phere forever. Our flag lloats today
In triumph over the Antilles. Morro
Castle at Havnnn, tho Gibraltar of
America, Is ours. Dewey and Snmpsnn
nnd Schley have shown that American
courage has American prestige have
suffered no diminution since the days
of Decatur and Paul Jones. Shatter
and Roosevelt and Wheeler have shown
that tho American soldier, knowing
no North nnd no South, but one com
mon country, Is tho best lighter In tho
world. The American soiuicrs anu
sailors have burst the barrier that
Isolated us from the world. A new and
mngnlflcent leaf hns been opened In
tho pages of our history. The age of
chivalry has linked Itself with tho ago
M'KINLEY'S WISDOM.
The wisdom of Polonlus was never
better illustrated than In McKlnley's
conduct of the war with Spain. Re
luctantly nnd only after every expe
dient of diplomacy was exhausted was
the president drawn by tho drift of
events nnd by popular and congres
sional clamor over the verge of war,
but when tho die was cast for war ho
waged It with such energy, skill and
persistency than In less than four
months a task which for a generation
hns been Impending as an Imperative
ono has been accomplished successiui
ly, completely, gloriously. None of our
"war presidents" Madison, Polk or
even Lincoln has conducted a war so
brilliantly, with such unanimous sup
port, with the loss of so few lives or
with tho attainment of such tangible
and dramatic results.
This brief war has developed both
heroes and statesmen, but It has also
developed the fact that we have In the
plain, modest, kindly man In the
White House a Christian statesman,
whose superb poise, lnerrant wis
dom, consummate tact and masterly
strategy have accomplished results
which will shine on history's leaves
us long as the great republic endures.
Shall the flag of our country be tak
en down from the place to which It
has boon carried by tho valor of our
soldiers'.' I say never! Never! Wo can
safely trust the present administra
tion to secure to us the advantage of
our dearly bought victories. At the
same time, speaking for myself, away
with the luggards who cry "Imperial
ism." We want the markets nnd the
commerce of the Pnclflc. AVo want to
grow, not stagnnte. The opportunity
Is ours. With the Nlcaraguan canal
completed, wo can control tho trade of
tho world. Is It not true statesman
ship to make the effort to grasp this
mighty trndo? It may be premature
ly previous to be mixing In national
politics at this early date, but I think
I can see an Inspiring aureola on tho
Republican horizon of 1900, nnd It
reads something like this:
For president, William McKlnloy. of
Ohio.
For vlco president, Theodore Roose
velt, of New York.
Platform, the earth Is ours nnd the
fulness thereof.
GREETED WITH APPLAUSE.
Major Warren's teferenco to McKln
ley and Roosevelt was greeted with
loud and long-continued applause. On
motion of Fred W. Fleltz the tempor
ary secretaries of the convention were
nude peimnnent. Mr. Fleltz then call
ed the attention of tho convention to
the fact that at the last county con
vention a committee of five was ap
pointed to draft rules for conducting
primaries according to tho Crawford
county plan. That committee ho bald
wns ready to present Its report.
Chairman Warren said ho would
have to rule that under tho rules nnd
the call of the convention the report
of the committee would have to be de
ferred until after the nominations had
been made. Mr. Fleltz said he was
perfectly willing to wait until that tlmo
but hoped that owing to thp import
ance of tho matter every delegate in
tho convention would remain to hear
and discuss the report of the commit
tee. It was to call their attention to
the matter that ho spoke at this time.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The report of the committee on reso
lutions was called for and was pre
sented by E. E. Ilobathan. The reso
lutions aro:
We, tho representatives of tho Republi
can party of Lackawanna county. In con
vention nssembled, hereby realflrm our
faith in tho declaration of principles con
tained In tho platform udopted at Bt.
Louis In 1S96.
Wo hereby reiterate our fixed and un
wavering faith In the principle of pro
tection to Kvery American manufacturer,
farmer and laborer; and wo ask that con
gross speedily enact legislation that will
protect our laborer and prevent our
shores from bolng mado tho dumping
ground for tho Ignorant, depraved and
depraded of nil nations.
We again firmly declare against a de
based currency of uny sort whatsoever,
and In favor of an honest dollar, worth a
hundred cents tho world over.
We congratulato tho nation upon tho
unparalleled success of tho administra
tion of that splendid American, William
McKlnley, which has been distinguished
for wiso statesmanship and lofty patriot
Ism In both Us domcstlo and foreign j.oll
cles, and particularly for tho efllcleut
manner In which tho war with Spain lias
been conducted to so early and honorable
a conclusion; nnd we hereby express our
approval of the terms of the protocol nn.
posed by the! resident botween this coun
try and Spain, and cemmend tho wisdom
of the president In his selection of the
peace commissioners to represent this
Continued on Page 7.J
A Good Set of Teeth for... $3.00
Our Best Sets or Tcctli 5.00
Including the Palntesi Extraction.
DR.S. C.SNYDER
3H Spruce Street, Opp, Hotel Jermyn
TWO SANTIAGO
HEROES ARE HERE
WERE WOUNDED IN THE FIGHT
ING BEFORE THAT CITY.
They Met and Formed an Acquain
tance While on Flckot Duty the
Night Before the Battle The Fol
lowing Day One Found the Other
Lying Unconscious on tho Battle
field and Although Wounded Him
self Assisted His Companion to tho
Hospital nt Slboney.
A strong bond of friendship exists
between tho two loylsh-looklng sol
diers who have been seen together on
tho streets of this city during the last
few days. Both were In the thick of
tho fighting at Santiago. The ono In
uniform who hobbles nbout with tho
aid of a pair of crutches Is George
Douglas, of Wllkes-Bnrre, a private In
the Tenth regular Infantry; tho other,
the one In a gray suit, with one nrm
In a sling and whose only mllltury
garb Is a campaign hat, Is Private
Buckton, of the Seventh regiment of
regular Infantry. The story of how'
they became acquainted while on night
picket duty and were wounded the next
day and camo north together is full
of Interest.
Young Douglas Is the son of the dead
colonel of that name, nnd the Colonel
Douglns who before his death was In
command of the regiment which tho
son Joined when the war broke out.
The boy's mother was a Scranton girl,
a Miss Buzzard, before she married the
colonel. Tho son was In college at
Philadelphia when ho decided to join
the regiment once commanded by his
father.
THEY BECAME ACQUAINTED.
Buckton has a history that Is simi
lar. He was In school nt Boston when
congress decided to Increase the size
of the regulur army. His father Is a
captain In the Seventh and consented to
the son's request to be enlisted In thnt
regiment. Young Buckton enlisted and
wns assigned to his father's company.
On the night preceding the memor
able fight of San Juan unusual vigi
lance wns used on the United States
advance lines. The extreme left of the
Seventh's picket line Joined the right
of the Tenth's. It so happened that
Buckton was on the last post of the
Seventh's left while Douglas was on
tho final post of the Tenth's right.
One the son of a captain and the other
the son of a dead colonel met nnd
scraped an acquaintance during their
cheerless and monotonous patrol. The
military history of their sires guve
them something In common to talk
about and to base an acquaintance up
on during tho frequent but brief In
tervals that their patrol brought them
together.
They clasped hands and bid one an
other what they thought was to bo a
final godspeed In 'the cold, damp and
cheerless gray of a Cuban morning.
Both regiments went Into action early
In the day.
Young Buckton's company was as
signed to a position In a trench that
had been dug during the night near a
Spanish position. In the early exchange
of compliments his left wrist wns
drilled through with a Mauser bullet
which killed tho man nlongsldo him.
Tho wound wns a clean one and did
not put him out of notion. He contin
ued firing but was made hors de com
bat by a brass headed missile which
shatted the bono in the upper part of
tho same arm and dislocated his shoul
der. He was ordered to the rear.
RECOGNIZED DOUGLASS.
Whilo trudging through an open
space a part of a battery ahead of him
whirled Into position and ran down
one of a squad of Infantrymen hurry
ing on some detached duty. The rest
of the squad paused to give their com
panion a look and then continued on
their mission.
Buckton wont to where the injured
follow was lying. He wns face down
ward and unconscious. Buckton
turned him over arid recognized Doug
las his companion on picket duty the
night before. While Buckton wns gaz
ing upon the prostrate form nnother
part of tho battery bore down upon
them. With his one sound hand ho
grappled the Webb cartridge belt about
Douglas' waist and pulled him out of the
way, ono of the wheels of the gun car
riage Just grazing tho latter's foot.
Buckton procured water and brought
his companion to consciousness. He
was carried on n litter to the Held hos
pital station and finally to the per
manent hospital at Slboney. Buckton
nlways at his side. It was found that
two of his ribs and some bones of one
foot had been fractured and his spine
Injured. Before leaving the field sta
tion Buckton's father, the captain, was
brought In with a bullet hole In his
foot. As senior captain he had been In
charge of one of tho battalions of the
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Seventh and was wounded during a
chnrge he led.
The boys were sent nboard ship de
stined for Tampa on the night of tho
Inst dny'B fighting when the Spaniards
made their final hopeless stand. They
were kept together In the hospital at
Tampa and left for tho north together
on a long furlough.
After several days at Douglas' home
In Wllkes-Bnrre they came to Dunmoro
to visit his friend, Frank Mace. Each
of the boys, now Insepernble, have been
ordered to come up for examination
for a regular army commission one
year hence.
Persons who nave noticed them on
the streets have presumed they were
volunteers vho were Injured In camp
accidents. But despite their youthful,
nlmost boyish appearance, they have
seen service such ns few hard men care
to undergo, now that tho horrors of
the Santiago campaign are known.
They aro quite modest young fellows
and have related their experience to
only a few of Douglas' personal friends.
From one of these the foregoing story
was obtained by a Tribune reporter.
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The Fall term will open September 12.
Send for now catalogue to
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Pupils of Grammar A Grade
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All pupils from schools not a part of
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