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STATE.
Governor WILLIAM A. STONE,
lieutenant Governor-J. I'. 8. GOBIN.
Secretary of lntcrnul Affairs JAMES W.
LATTA.
Judces of Superior Court W. W. POn-
' TER, W. D. POUTER.
Concrcsstnen - at - LarRO SAMUEL A.
DAVENPORT, QALUSIIA A. GROW.
COUNTY.
Conews-WILLIAM CONNELL.,
..Ijudgc-F. W. OUNSTER.
"Cbroner-JOHN J. ROBERTS, M. D.
Surveyor-GEORGE E. STEVENSON.
JWW' LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
rT'Atleth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
House.
Tirst Dlstrlct-JOHN R. PARR.
Second Dlstrlct-JOHN J. SCHEUER, JR.
Third Dlstrlct-N. C. MACICKY.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN I- REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM.
It will he my purpote when elected to
no conduct myself ns to win the respect
mid pood will of those who have opposed
mo as well as tho?o who have given mo
their support. I ohull bo tho Kovernor
of the whole pcoplj of tho state. Abuser
)t JJao undoubtedly Rrowu up In the leels
lattirc whli li aro neither tho fault ot ono
purty nor tho other, but rather tho
Browtli of custom. Tnnecessury Investi
gations havo been authorized by commit
tees, resultirK In unneccpfcary expense to
the stale. It will bo my tare and pur
CiDfrt.to correct these and other evils In so
v7nr As 1 hnvr the power. It will be my
purposo while governor of Pennsylvania,
nJfr has been my purposo in the public
FE2jilons that I havo hold, with God's
""ftplp, to discharge my wholo duty. Tho
ji.jvofito arc creator than the parties o
which thev belong. I am only jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught mo that that can best be dono by
nn honest, modest, dally dischargo of
public duty.
The press, of the country continues
to remove the shrubbery between Alger
and the searchlight.
A Queer Paper by Whitelaw Beid.
In the course of a paper In the Cen
tury magazine upon tho territorial
problems of the war, Hon. "Whitelaw
Itcld, since appointed a pence commis
sioner, takes advanced ground in fa
vor of retaining the Spanish West In
dies, Cuba included, as American ter
ritories, and Inclines toward a sim
ilar disposition of the Philippines. Mr.
Reld elaborates an argument tending
to estahllsh that wo should not bo
bound too rigidly by the terms of tho
congressional resolution pledging us to
withdraw from Cuba as soon as wo
had accomplished its pacification; his
argument resting upon the hypothesis,
which he cheerfully (one might almost
say eagerly) assumes, that the Cubans
can never maintain by themselves a
stable government.
It Is strange that an honorablo man
like Mr. Reld, who would defend tho
Banctlty of his personal pledge with his
life, Is so ready to counsel his govern
ment to violate Its public pledge and
so eager to smooth the pathway to
national stultification. Mr. Reid has
no right to say before the fact that
the Cubans cannot learn to govern
themselves; It will be time enough to
meet this contingency should it pre
sent Itself after the lapse of years of
unsuccessful tuition. But if it should
prove as he predicts that there are not
among the present Inhabitants of Cuba
enough elements of political and so
cial stability to sustain independent
statehood, then it may well be doubt
ed if we should have any place for
Cuba in our political system. We dis
like to picture the United States as
an international foundling asylum.
Another curious feature In Mr. Reid's
paper is the impassioned argument
which ho makes against thinking of
nny of the captured territory as rep
resenting possible states. He says in
effect that statehood for Cuba, Porto
Itico or Luzon must never be consid
ered. Not now, certainly. But if we
cannot hopo ever to Americanize these
islands sufilclcntly to Justify their ulti
mate absorption Into tho Union, the
same as we absorbed tho territory of
the Louisiana and Gadsden purchases,
then In our opinion wo had better give
up at once tho idea of holding them at
all. Statehood Is the ideal of republi
can institutions. Toward it, in prep
aration for it, our efforts must tend
If we would remain true to our political
principles.' '
Miles should not hit Alger when ho
la down.
Joe Wheeler's Way.
It does the heart good to see how lit
tle General Wheeler is bringing order
out of chaoj at Montauk Point. We
quote from the Now York Sun;
General Wheeler took a band In tho ad
mllftratton of hospital affairs today, and
he did It In a way that will not soon be
forgotten by tho hcrplttil odlcials.
Late yesterday afternoon, when Gen
eral Wheeler summoned Colonel Korwoul
and all of the regimental surgeons to li.s
headquarters and told them that he had
received a complaint of a lack of medi
cine frcm all tides, the principal com
plaint having been made by Dr. Woods
of General Ames' division, he demanded
to know frcm each surseon whether this
was true or not, and each and every oi.o
replied that it was. Then turnlnir to
Colonel Foiwcod, he said:
"How about this? Didn't you tell me
that there was enough iiedlcino here for
everybody?"
"I did, and there Is plenty," said Colonel
Forwood. "The wholo trouble Is that the
regimental surgeons don't send for It. If
they send for It they will get It."
"Then you have enough for the pres
ent," paid General Wheeler. "I have sent
for raoro and It vlll ba here before long.
Now I want you Burgeons to make out
your requisitions day by day and see that
they are filled. I want no more com
plaints about lack of medicine."
At 10 o'clock this mcrnlns General
Wheeler again Bvrr.moncd all the sur
geons to his tent. "I have brought you
here," he said, "to find out If you have
done what I told you to do and have got
plenty of medicine."
All of the doctors said that they had
excepting Dr. Woods, who again com
Rlalne4 that he could not set medicines,
"Did you make, a requisition for what
you wantcd7" asked General Wheeler.
"1 did," replied Dr. Woods.
"Was It honored?"
"it was not."
"Well, Colonel Forwood, perhaps you
can explain."
"The requisition was sent, but no trans
portation," said Colonel Forwood.
Dr. Woods admitted that and said that
ho had but ono horse. General Wheeler
looked very weary.
"How many do you need?" ho nsked.
"Three." said tho doctor.
"Dr. Woods, didn't it occur to you thnt
you might havo sent your ono horso over
threo times7" Dr. Woods mndo no re
sponse, and nddrcsslrg till of tho phy
sicians, General Wheeler said: "Thero
Is now no excuse for nny of you com
plaining of a lack of medical supplies,
Everything you ask for will bo given to
you. You know now how to get any
thing you want, nnd I will take no excuse
for a lack of supplies from nny ot you
from now on."
Rut that was not nil. The Sun ar
ticle continues:
After the doctors had dispersed, Gen
eral Wheeler said to Colonel Forwood
that there had been a number of com
plaints from people who were unable to
get answers from the general hospital
when they rang up that Institution on the
telephone. Colonel Forwood said that his
doctors could not leavo their patients to
answer telephone calls.
"Then detoll a man to do nothing but
answer telephone calls," said General
Wheeler. "And now," ho continued,
"why can't thero bo an alphnbfttc.il list
mado of all tho patients In tho hospitals
as they go out an In? There is complaint
of lack of syf-tem,"
"I cannot do It," said Colonel Forwood.
"Well, then I'll show you how," said
General Wheeler, and ho 'told the chlf
surgeon of the hospltnl to get an Indexed
book and put down each patient's name
under his lnltlnl when he came In nnd to
check It off when ho came cut. Then the
general mado some very decided remarks
about the wny things were being run in
the hospitals.
Where thero Is a will thero Is a wny.
Joe Wheeler may bo little, but ho has
tho will of a giant, more power to It.
Tho Havana paper which urges Span
lards In Cuba to get ahead of Ameri
cans in instituting Internal Improve
ments Is hereby assured that If its ad
vice is followed Americana will not feel
the least bit Jealous. ,
There Must Be an Investigation.
Tho horrible conditions which beset
our soldiers at Santlaso aro nscrlbed
by tho secretary of war to the acci
dental loss of lighters, to tho high
surf which prevented tho prompt land
ing of supplies, to tho lack of good
roada and flnnlly to the climate rind
natural drawbacks of the country in
vaded. The shortage of food nt Mon
tauk Point was due, it seems, to tho
bad memory of some ono in tho war
department nt Washington, who forgot
to notify the surgeons at the various
camps that an allowance of 60 cents a
day for each sick soldier would be
available for the purchase of invalids'
foods and delicacies. In fact, every
abuse that has thus far been uncovered
has brought out a ready-made excuse,
together with official reports charging
gross exaggeration. This being true,
perhaps the war department will ox
plain the things mentioned In the fol
lowing excerpt from a letter written
by Colonel Henry Hall to tho Pitts
burg Times from Honolulu, under date
of Aug. S:
If tho stories told by the soldiers whD
leftlast week aro true, and Inquiries mado
among scores of them elicited nn almost
unvarying response, they woro certainly
badly treated, not only on tho tilp from
San Francisco, but during their stay here.
Tho food served them was insufficient, of
poor quality and badly cooked. Tho ves
sels were overcrowded, thero being 1,400
on board tho Pennsylvania. On this ves
sel, It Is said, tin re was nearly a mutiny.
Those In control set out to servo only two
meals a day, and the t-oldlcrs would jvot
stand It, and threatoned to throw tho
commissary overboard. Tho meat, it Is
claimed, was unlit to cat. Tho meals
consisted of rice, soup, "slum," a com
pound made of canned meat and a
few ves''tai)les, black coffee without
sugar, and hardtack. When bread was
scived, It was frequently musty and
mouldy. Ono soldier told tho writer that
when the vessels came Into Honolulu tho
men almost Jumped overboard when they
Eaw tho enders on tho dock with pies
and cakes and fruits. On tho Pu;bla
there were susar and prunes and other
things In the hold, but they wcro never
served out. Finally, the soldiers broke In
and helped themselves, but were soon de
tected, and even this method of supply
was cut off. Whllo lyir g here tho short
ness and poorness of the rations wcro 'ho
subject of constant ccmplaint. Of course,
there aro always "kickers" and chronic
grumbler among any body of men, and If
they had received all that they were en
titled to In the way of provisions some
would still have complained. But when
every soldier jou meet, without excep
tion, tells you tho same story, thero is ev
idently ground for Just complaint. Tho
writer talked with dozens of them, honest-looking,
decent. Intelligent young men,
belonging to different regiments and sail
ing In different ships, and all had the
samo report.
This is the testimony that comes
from every direction, publicly and pri
vately, but the private testimony as
conveyed In letters from soldiers or In
Interviews from men returned from
tho front, Is even more intensive in its
arraignment of the mismanagement
than Is anything yet put In evidence in
print. General Grosvenor, Governor
Black and a few politicians may pooh
pooh it or charge it to sensational Jour
nalism, but the people from one border
of the country to tho other know
through the testimony of their own
sons and brothers that it Is true and
there are plentiful portents of n hur
ricane of popular indignation nnd re
sentment unless steps aro soon taken
to bring about a thorough, impartial
and confldence-lnsplrlng investigation.
Such an Investigation is necessary ns
well for tho living as for the memory
of tho dead. The American people de
mand to know why their war depart
ment is unable to manage oven a four
months' war that had but two land
campaigns.
The National Review's estlmnto of
Ambassador Hay la certainly compli
mentary. "He has," it says, "spoken
well and not too often; he has abstained
from being more British than tho
British; he has refrained from fulsome
flattery; nor Iiob he indulged in post
prandial cush, but he has missed no
opportunity of promoting friendly An-glo-Amerlcan
relations and has been
emphatically the right man at the
psychological moment." Poor Bayard.
How small he appears In contrast.
Schley's detachment from the flying
squadron probably means that Is to bo
allowed to pause for a time to regain
his breath.
The Los AngelesTimes argues against
the retention of captured territory be-
J cause It might hurt California! beet-
sugar Industry. Tho Times Is loyal to
local Interests but the destiny of a
nation cannot halt simply In deference
to beet sugarltcs.
General Coxey Is soon to make a tour
of tho country nccompanled by n brass
band. Tho programme will embrace
music and oratory, and trading stamps
will be on sale. If Coxey rcfrulns from
discussing territorial expansion he will
no doubt bo tolerated.
Governor Black accuses the newspap
ers of "Journalistic knavery" in deal
ing with Algerlsm nnd Us evils. It bo
gins to look as though Governor Black
Is tired of public life.
Notwithstanding tho efforts of tho
czar wo cannot dispel the belief that
tho white-winged dove of peace rests
more securely when perched on top of
a 13-inch gun.
CALENDAR, FOR SEPTEMBER.
1. Summer falls to tako her departuro
with becoming alacrity.
2. Dr. G. E. Hill nits up lato and com
poses tho best letter of the series.
3. Editor Lvnett flics exceptions to tho
Republican ticket.
4. Admiral Cervera gets a proposal and
coyly admits that his heart is another's.
C. Members of tho board ot control be
gin to preparo affidavits that they didn't
do It.
C. Two engagements nnd fifteen dlvorco
cases aro announced ns the result of tho
summer campaign.
7. Tho two doctors dlt.agreo about which
shall go to the legislature.
5. Professor Coles predicts more trou
bles. 0. Tho Scrar.ton police do not catch tho
burglarsi who havo been raiding the
towns.
10. Orator Colbcrn receives a laurel
wreath by mall and Is afraid It Is loaded
11. Secretary Alter forgets that this is
tho luckiest date In tho year for resign
ing. 12. Tho schoolboy hastens Joyfully to
school nit.
13. Theatrical nnd other chestnuts re
ceive a taste of the first frost.
11. Superintendent Howell smiles on tho
teachers who attended summer schools.
13. Tho summer boarder pawns his lav
ender trousers.
16. Tho nnnunt summer boarding house
keeper buys more government bonds.
17. Straw hats aro ordered to the dry
drek.
IS. Girls refuse to walk on tho street
with any man who hasn't been a soldier.
13. Advertisers realize that good times
havo arrived and throng around tho Trib
une office.
20. Fish Commissioner Stlllwell tries a
government fish on tho alligators at tho
park and they survive.
21. Charlie Schlacer, continues extend
ing tho city toward Elmhurst.
22. That new afternoon paper appears.
23. Tho chost of the old Rowing asso
ciation will not down and refuses to con
sider Itself dead.
24. Street Commissioner O'Royle con
tinues to soak tho middle of tho pave
ment and ignoro tho gutters.
23. Another shed 13 built on Welling
ton avenue.
2. Summer visitors to tho northward
are glad when they strike the old D , L.
& W. R. R. and hard coal.
27, Andrew Bedford Is engaged as ad
vanco agent for Sousa's band.
25. Secretary of tho Board of Trade Ath
crton lands a coffin plnnt.
2D. Judge Gunstcr falls to acquire a
swelled head.
SO. A large number of Methodist minis
ters accede that they dn not Ion? to an
nex tho weighty care3 of a presiding ci
der. ANGLO-AMERICAN
ALLIANCE SPEECH
Concluded from Page 1.
non-intervention of America in mat
ters relating to tho European contin
ent. That has nothing to do with
American intervention in Asia, nor
with legitimate expansion of our terri
tory In the Orient. If we are abrogat
ing tho doctrine, It must be because tho
Orient Is exclusively for Orientals, and
not for English and Russians and Ger
mans and French and Hollanders, who
are all there now, and fast appropriat
ing the Orient to themselves. Finally
it is objected that we will be Involved
in entangling alliances, and depart
from the precepts of the Farewell Ad
dress: but Spain provoked continuous
trouble at our very doors for a hundred
years, Mexico and Central and South
America havo had revolutions without
number. Great Britain bounds our ter
ritory for thousands of miles; and yet
for a century wo have avoided en
tangling alliances, although both pro
pinquity and provocation existed.
VALUE OF PACIFIC TRADE.
The nations of Europe are today con
centrating their energies on the shores
of the Pacific. England pushed
through the Canadian railway to fos
ter her Pacific trade. Russia is build
ing her trans-Siberian road for tho
same purpose. Germany and France
want ports and trading areas. Of all
the nations struggling for the trade of
the Pacific, ours is the only one natur
ally entitled to It. London and Paris
and Berlin and St. Petersburg are on
the other side of the globe, but wo have
XJTwC( c co:lst llne of 4'00 miles. Tha
Philippines mean our ultimate suprem
acy in the Pacific. They aro tho eastern-most
boundary of the markets of
tho jiast. On ono sldo Is China, on tho
other they look across to our own
shoies. Stretching 1,000 miles fiom
north to south and 600 from cast to
west, they form a natural barrier be
tween tho East and the Pacific. Scat
tered over C?0,000 square miles of the
oceans surface, the wholo vast area
would servo ns an outpost from which
. j,.Uii-i-i u.m ueveiop the interests of
America.
Facing the Pacific and Indian oceans
is moro than half the population of the
globe. Excluding North America, tho
foreign commerce of these peoples al
ready amounts to $2,500,000,000 a year
History shows that whatever nation
controls this commerce, controls tho
trade of the world. The stake at Issuo
Is stupendous. Nothing less than nn
entire and undivided control of thn
Philippines would glvo us a base ade
quate for our needs. Manila bay, or
even Luzon, for a naval and coallnt?
station would be too perilous nnd cost
ly a possession, with all tho other isl
ands partitioned and garrisoned by
European powers. With tho Philip
pines, Ladrones, Samoa and Hawaii,
our possessions will reach across the
Pacific, and Its commerce will becomo
the commerce of America in a larger
degree than of nny other nation. Tho
Pacific itself will bo oura preeminently:
our territory will bound It on two
sides; our Islands will dot Its surface;
and with tho ocean and Us trade in
our possession, our political predom
inance will be assured among tho na
tions of tho world.
NO WRITTEN ALLIANCE.
Such Is the broad plans of Interna
tional relations, upon which alone It
Is wise to discuss an Anglo-American
alliance, A formal, articulated alli
ance, In the European acceptance of
tho term, and as represented by Ra
Drelbunda and Kalserbunds, Is an arti
ficial bond, arbitrary In character, and
essentially military In purpose. It Im
plies constraint, disregards national
conscience, eliminates national Judg
ment, and discourages individuality of
national action. If defensive only,
England would defend us, and we
would defend England, against the
world, irrespective pj past relations,
present friendships or future inter
ests. If offensive and defensive, each
would be a party to the quarrels of tho
other, without the exercise of discre
tion or Judgment. Such nn alliance
would Increase entanglements; Inter
national Impartiality would bo Impos
sible; each nation would bo fettered
and hampered; discussions of compen
sations and advantages and equivalents
would follow; nnd friction and irrita
tion would finally degenerate Into open
hostllty. It was against such alliances
that Washington warned us, nnd his
advice Is sound today. Wo want none
of them. We need no alliances offen
sive and defensive; nor permanent nnd
comprehensive treaties.
Moro powerful than formally articu
lated alliances nnd moro enduring than
written treaties, Is the bond of Inter
est nnd sentiment that unites the two
branches of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Next to giving us the Philippines, the
greatest blessing of our late war as
to re-dlscovcr England and America
to each other. Tho two peoples, now
for the first time In a century, earn
estly desire each other's friendship.
Nor is this a sudden aspiration born
of emergencies In the Spanish-American
war, but tho result, as we have
seen, of economic political and racial
forces which have been silently nt
work for centuries. The great unwrit
ten and natural laws, tho laws higher
than human Institutions, are assert
ing their supremacy and are drawing
the two peoples together with an Im
pulse that no human power can safely
resist. That alliance Is even now more
than a theory. It is fast becoming an
actuality,; and woe betldo nny man
or party that disregards that fact nnd
Eets in front of an Inexorable racial
movement backed by 125,000,000 en
lightened sovereigns.
TRADE NECESSITIES.
America contains today 75,000,000 of
the most ingenious, Intelligent and
active producers in tho world. Pro
duction is far exceeding consumption.
The result is that we must find addi
tional marketB or curtail our pro
ducts. Hence our Intense and in
creasing interest in the world's com
merce, to which we gave scarcely a
thought when the country was young.
And wherever we go, in whatever di
rection wo expand our trade, there
we find Great Britain already estab
lished, maintaining open markets,
forcing wide the doors of commerce,
and developing trade Interests identi
cal with our own.
The area of England and her colo
nies Is 10,662,073 square miles, moro
than four and a half times the size
of the United States; and the popula
tion is 361,823,000. These possessions,
too, arc constantly increasing. In the
past twelve years England acquired
2,600,000 square miles, more than twen
ty times the combined nrpn. nf Mm Phil.
ipplnes, Porto Rico nnd Hawaii; and
all this territory is open to America
on practically the same terms as to
Great Britain. Even into remote Bri
tish possessions nnd markets, we are
pushing our commerce and discover
ing' untold possibilities. Tho African
Capo Colony Imports from British do
minions, aggregated last year $38,670,
362; and nearly threo times larger
than tho imports from any other coun
try were those from the United States,
of $13,151,071. Our total exports to
Africa in 1SSS were only $3,000,000; but
for the fiscal year 189S, they were over
$17,000,000. And in China, where Eng
land single-handed is opposing Russia,
we pass through the doors she forces
open, and In her own sphere of influ
ence, compete with her own merchants
for their local trade. Our commerce
amounts to one-seventh of all China's
foreign trade. Last year it was three
times as great as in 1895, four times
as great as in 1890; 50 per cent, great
er than that of Germany, and second
only to that of England.
In fact in England's own territory,
as well as in the ports held open by
her diplomacy and arms, we aro her
chief rival. Our trade ranks second to
her own, and often aggregates more
than the combined continental Imports.
And that trado Is rapidly Increasing,
even moro rapidly than the phenomen
al Increase in our general export trade,
which last year was twice that of 18SS,
four times as much as In 1S69, and
seven times that of 1865.
OUR EXPORTS TO BRITAIN.
And what Is the startling and In
credible aggregate result of this alli
ance of trade Interests? In 1897 our
entire exports aggregated $1,030,000,
000, and our exports to the British do
minions and spheres of ipfluence were
alone nearly 60 per cent, of that sum.
During tho same year our exports to
Germany and all German colonies were
11.91 per cent., to France and all
French colonies 5.74 per cent., and to
Russia nnd all her dominions, .77 of
one per cent., of our export trade. In
other words, our British exports were
5 times as great as our German, 10
times as great as our French, and 75
times as great as our Russian; 240
per cent, greater than our exports to
Germany, France and Russia com
bined; and 50 per cent, more than our
exports to all the rest of the world.
These facts need no comment. They
establish the corollary, however, that
If you curtail British territory cr Brit
ish influence, you necessarily curtail
American commerce. Our trade in the
Orient Is now $33,000,000 per year, and
under normal conditions It will soon bo
$100,000,000. All along our Pacific coast
this new trade Impulse is felt. Our
general Increase of exports last year
was 17.3 per cent.; but while our At
lantic ports Increased 17.61, and our
gulf ports 8.6 per cent., tho Increase of
our Pacific ports was no less than 25.7
per cent.
All that trade Is now seriously men
aced by Rursla and her allies in tho
East. In the present anxious position
of affairs may we not greatly assist
England? And incalculably benefit
ourselves? What right havo we to
stand supinely by and let Great Britain
fight our trade battles Is It Just? Is
it becoming In a great nation? What
if unaided, Great Britain should fall?
When tho trade interests of tho two
nations are Identical, ns In China, and
those Interests aro Imperilled, aro not
temporary trnde alliances both Justl-
imuie una necessary:
AUSTRIA'S THREAT.
Last November Austria's minister of
foreign affairs used this threatening
language: "Tho peoples of Europe
must fight shoulder to thoulder against
tha common danger, nnd must arm
thcmiielvcs for tho struggle with all
the means at their disposal." This
"common danger" and "struggle" refer
to the American Invasion of Conti
nental markets. If Joint action should
follow Austria's advice, would not n
well-defined trado nlllanco between
England and America, against Europe,
banded for the destruction of tho com
merce and Industries of both, be Justi
fied on every ground of self-interest
and telf-preservatlon? And it the
united diplomacy of Great Britain nnd
America should not nvall with Russia
and Germany and France, to abolish
piohlbltivo discriminations in CMncso
ports, why should not a trade alliance
establUh discriminations against the
commerce of these np.tlons In British
and American ports?
We have a valuable export trade
with Germany nnd France; but so have
they with us. Besides, every European
nation except Russia, Is largely do
pendent upon our food products. Sta
tistics show that tho slightest disturb,
nnce In our cereal exports precipitates
bread riots In moro than one Euro
pean city. Europe la affected by any
emergency that isolates her from our
wheat fields; particularly helpless
would Bho be If cut oft from the ter
ritory dominated by Anglo-American
Iniluencc. Even Russia Is not inde
pendent, for she is often an Importer
of grain. England, Ireland and Scot
land grow wheat enough to feed them
selves for only fourteen weeks. We
furnish nearly all the balance. Usual
ly the supply In the United Kingdom,
at any one time, will not last two
months, and often not one. So serious
Is England's situation, that tho Yer-
CO
USMIIi
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 $2.7, at $2.29.
Chenille Curtains, worth $2.89, at $2.59, and higher priced goods in proportion.
Aline of Scotch Lappets, 36 inches wide, worth 18 cents, at 12 cents.
Embroidered Muslins, ir; cent kind, at 10 cents.
Embroidered Muslins, 18 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, nj cent grade Simpson's goods, at 9c, 10c and I2jc
Golden Draperies, 123 cent kind, at 7 cents.
Golden Draperies, 15 cent kind, at 10 cents.
Window Shades, 15 cent kind, at 10 cents.
Window Shades (with fringe) the 20 cent kind, at lzyi 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, 3898.
Our annual July and August sale o
Summer Footwear Is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need the Shoes.
Wo need room.
lewis, Reilly & lavles,
114 AND 116 WYOMING AVENUE.
burgh committee recently advised as a
war measure tho permanent storage
of 32,000,000 bushels. Each nation In
Europe Is today more dependent on
America than on any other single na
tion. Hence, If we make necessary
trade alliances with England, to pro
tect our European, Asiastic and Afri
can commerce, we can defy the rest
of the world to do its worst; and it
can do nothing.
AN AID TO PEACE.
Another unitarian basis for alliance
Is tho maintenance of peace. The at
titude of the European powers is now
best described, not as anti-American,
nor even anti-British, but as broadly
hostile to the Anglo-Saxon race. They
all dread concerted Anglo-American
action. And Ensland knows and
America knows that all the nations
together could never stand against It.
Europe will invite no open breach with
two gigantic world powers, conscious
of their Innate strength and elated by
the recent victories of American arms
backed by the moral support of Eng
land. But peace fosters tradie, and
trade demands peace. In short, the em
pire Is peace, it means peace, it needs
peace; and the same is true of the
republic. The Interests of the two peo
ples In trade and peace are common
and supreme. A mere determination
for peace will Impress It effectually
wherever the power of tho race ex
tends, and such a guarantee ot peace
will go a long way to make war Im
possible and settle the affairs of tho
two nations In conformity with the
principles of natural justice.
An nlllanco between England and
America to adjust their controversies
by means of enlightened arbitration
have already been introduced Into prac
tical politics. The time is opportune
for its re-lntroductlon. If the friendly
sentiments at Westminister and Wash
ington should be promptly utilized to
enact a treaty of arbitration, such an
alliance would be Justified on every
ground of common and reciprocal in
terests, would have the-moral and po
litical support of both nations, and
would establish n more beneficent pre
cedent for the International adjustment
of the affairs of mankind.
If war should give way to arbitration,
and under a peaceful primacy one race
should dominate, can we doubt for an
instant that, irrespective of common
Interests, common national sentiments
would compel united action and make
the Saxon supreme? It Is not con
ceivable that England or America
would contemplate with equanimity
Slavic domination of the world; a Rus
sian word language Instead of our own
tongue; the despotism of the czar In
stead of personal liberty, cherished
by our race even before Magna Charta.
The grandest thought of the century
is this convergence of tho Anglo-Saxon
rnce. Th Anglo-Saxon rnco occupies
all tho lande, "fair to look upon," In
Asia and Africa and America and the
Isles of the Sea. It Is 125,000,000 strong.
It rules 310.000,000 more. Within all Its
borders, human Intelligence Iiob the
freest exercise, public conscience Is the
most powerful, law 13 tho most re
spected, crime meats the swiftest pun
ishment, and tho energies of the race
are combined in evolving tho highest
good of mankind; and Emrland and
America; Its two branches, Isolated
from the rest of the world and that lso
latton Increasing, but no longer isolated
from each other, will hereafter In all
divisions of the world's affairs be found
together, fostering common Interests,
cherishing common sentiments, and
pursuing- common action, roi; their
common good. -
noSk iSia1
909
HILL & CORNELL
12! N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying n brass Beditead, bs sura that
fou get tba belt Our bra Bodttoatls are
all made with asamlesi braia tubing and
framo work la alt of ateel.
Ibey coat no mors than many bedsteads
mode of tha open seamless tublnr. Every
bedstead la highly Onlahsd and lacquercj
under a peculiar method, nothing: ever hav
ing been produced to equal It. Our new
Bprl&s Patterns are cow on exhibition.
Hill ft
Cooed!
At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
,
Tyye?riters9 Supplies,
Letter Presses,
is,
Law Mails
aad tie largest line of
office sppplies audi sta
tionery 11 li E Feama,
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
UOXKL, JEHMY.N UUILDiNO.
130 Wyorainj Avenue.
H,3!
OS Elmer Sets
New, Beautiful Patterns,
just opened. Special
Prices on same,
$29,50
TFfWrT
TIE CLEMS, MBEIfc,
WALLEY CO,
4"i'i tacltawann .Avenu ..
EAIAAi
FINLEY-
New Fall
Our First Delivery of
66
Dress
Fabrics"
in Black and Colors for
early Fall wear is just
brought forward and wo
invite you to an inspect
ion of the same, feeling"
sure that after looking
them over, you will con- .'
sider it time well spent.
We duplicate nothing
that is shown in Exclu
sive Patterns, so you will
make no mistake in mak
ing a selection now a9
our present line contains
many choice things that
could not be had later on
Black and Colored
Tweeds, Cfeeviots, etc,
in Bayedere and other effects
promise to be among tho
leading materials for the sea
son and all of them are hero
largely represented.
Also some very desirable
numbers in New Fall Silks
all in exclusive Waist Pat
terns just opened.
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Acent for tho Wyoming
DUtrlctfj.
Mining, lllastlng, H porting. Bmokelui
and tea Hepauno CbemUal
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcnfety Fuse. Caps nnd Explode,
Itooni 401 Connell UmWlaj
Boranton,
MESS
' GOODS.
DUPONTO
rain.
AGENCIES:
Tnoa, ronn,
JOHN B. SMITH & SO&
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