"W$TJT Tfct-W t-r r- THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1899. L j)e ctanfon CrtBune I'nhllihrit Dally, Kzoept Hiintlar, bv thn 1 rltinnat'ubllililntf Company, nt Fifty Genu ix.Montti. .N er York urtlce: 160 Nmnu HU KH, VIU1KLANI), t-ole Aseut for Foreign AUverltilns. imfiiui at tub PosTorFin: at srnANTos, IM ASSKCOND-tt.ASS MAIIj UATTKK. TEN PAGES. SCUANTON, JANUAKY 9, 1899. No doubt If 'the Republicans had favored civ Ins the conquered islands back to Spain the Hon. William Jen iilnff Hrynn would today be a lioui lnjj ex)anlnnlt. With him It is any tiling for an lasuie BlBhonorable Politics. With the miprcmo rourt of Pennsyl vania now ronililetltiB tho Quay case In all Its leRiil aspects there is no call for iieuppapir discussion of the tch nlcal pointH involved: yet is cannot be inopportune lo point out the essential unfairness of the political methods dis closed If the opposition to Quay thould bv K'RhI means mitceed In pi eventing his inflection, nlthoiish ultlmatelv un iibli to malvi- Rood their charses of i lime an Instant c of injustice would b- pi evented foi which theie would bnj no ledress Smjc.1i a sarrlllce of Quay would be an example lor similar sae llllces In otliu fields nf politics. All that would .uteiwaul b" necessary to (Meat u pionlnenl eandldacv for pub lli oinee would l- to lasso the can didate bv nn ana of n trumped up f rltn iual tliHiuu calculated t inole his uindlciarv in publlr Misjiklon and odium until afti the ilito ol election, which would be Miltlclent so far as the eljfein.Mes of vindictive politics nil. (onriiiiid uif.ildles ot the i iRht oi wionif If the candidate thus las soed weie a voting man lie nilKht live lnnsr enousli to Ktt political satisfac tion, but If an ohl man he would )n humiliated and pel chance peimanently Injilied while his unscrupulous adver saries weie cnjovlnu the st,iiui ppolls Such a pioipett In intoleiably lepul Mve to the public's irstinclive legard foi fall plav It Is not tine that "all in fair In nolltlcs ratification Is not fair Vindictive poi sedition is not fair. The u'o of the law com ts to thwait oi fmthei political nmbltloni without regard to cqultv or Justice Is not fall, on the contraiy, it U depplc nble. Its unchallenged establishment in Amtilcan politics would maik a long atop in tlio dc iiadatlon ot elective gov ernment. Tlio saddest fentuie of Giover Cleve land's teient bitter criticism of the so called impel lalists Is the fact that no one 'CPins to have been made leal angiy by the e.-pitsldent's sarcasm. Bounties fox- American Ships. Sav.s the Philadelphia Ledgei : Senator It in-broiiBli has f,lm notice of his Intention to oltcr an amcndim-nt to Senator llanna's ships Ixiuntv bill, Senator Haushiiiiizh eldciill bclUvis that ir the pollcv of fosleiliiK pi i ate business at tl c cMjuisc of the whole boos ot the pcopi' li wKo niid just it should not be llmltul In lis opuutlons to the lo'teriiu; uf uiVIj two or three pnva e huvliios it teres!? but LXtrnd to nil of them Ills proposed aiiunclnicnt pro vides fni an I'Mio't linimty of $.! per ton upon all avUiiltural products shipped aliroul " 'lhe pollc of pi inline; (,'uvcrnmert bounties to render privuto business niotltablp call bo defenilrd oliiv upon the ff'niind that Its benellccnt np i rations aie moved In enual incisure bv nil biiMini is Interists In common If til" ship bullilliiK and ilei p sea Hxhiiu; Indus, tiles an to be made profitable, not bj the mdinni nr legitimate earnings of the well diluted etfortf IntelllRencp and enterprise ot these who conduct the m. but by taxes levied upon the entile coun try lor tbrlr benefit why, Senator Ilatu- broiujh appnicntlv arsues should not the auric iiltura' Inditstrv be made prollt l)!o In the sime vv iv hy the tnMne of monpv from the fedeial tieasmv to tes ter If An nnswei to Senator Tlnnsbiough can be made In a fe. words The Amer ican anileultui. 1 lndustrv does not need a bounty to nnble It to Krow the ineilcnii shipping industiv does, line ate some facts e dlected by Com missions of Vavlgatloii Chambeilaln: It costs nun i to build in the United Btates than in Great Britain or Ger man; steamships of the kind leciulred to meet the needs of trans-oceanic trnnspoitatlon. It costs more to opei nte vessels undei the American ilag than under foreign flags. Foreign gov ernments arc paying this jear J21510, 000 to promote navigation nnd trans portation under their respective Hugs. If we want t" compete we must use our rivals' weapons JIi. Chamberlain con tinues- "If it Is deemed woith while to malce the effoit, Ameiltau shlpa tan earn much of the- freight money we now pay to foielgu shlpow ners. If we do not make the effoit wo shall not get the trade. The Investment proposed Is a profitable one, vastly moie profit able for tlio peoplo of this country than much of the millions wo have sunk In some rlvei und harbor lmpiovements, Here, for example, Is nil extiaet nom a cltculur Issued on Now Year's day by a New i'oik flim ot ship brokeis 'Dining the past twclvo months we have remitted to owners by cable and draft. $:!2,4tl.513, money collected for owners' accounts for tho hire of steam ers under time charter only, not in cluding tho mo.'.ey l emitted foi j.itc or lump sum freights. This firm nets as American agontH foi owncw of 190 email steamships, engaged almost ex clusively In the trade between the United States and tho West Indies, Central Ameilea, Mexico and tfouth Arneilcau on the Caribbean, and of tho entire 190 vossels, only six weie under the Ameilcun lias. Putting nsldo for tho moment nil considerations of nen tlmont, is It woith while an a business proposition lo try to get a fuir share of this trade, or 13 It not? There irf no mysterious way b which vo can ac quire it. It tan only bo dono by the Investment of money in tho enterprise, and It la for cougiess to say whether an Investment of say 2,000.oo., yield ing a certain return qf aouii oi eight times that amount In freight money! alone earned by Amerlcuns not to mention the incidental development of HhlpbulldliiB-ib worth innlUiiB," On thin subject ox-Senator Edmunds eavs: "Tt i nhi'imw truth that the volume of foreign trade of ny nation Is very largely Influenced nnd Increased by the fnct that Us own ships lire, th" means of Its communication and trade. Their Influence on nil the agencies of such a trude Is nntttrallv nnd properly directed to tho development and lu ll ease of the trude of their own coun try. Anil so, while tho United States have slept or been indifferent to there consociations1, the trade with and mnr Ucls of most of the nations using such things na tho pioduclng and manufact uring nations have to sell, has fallen to und been absorbed by others than the United States. The great bull: ot our export trade must depend upon shipping. No theory or doctrine ot piotcctlon of free trade, no theory or doctrine of finance and currency tan affect that tho fact that our only means of communication and Intercourse with moie than iiO per cent, of all the in habitants of the globe is shipping. In order thnt tho United States can fair ly compete with other nations In tha markets beyond tho Boas, it is essen tial that our means of communication and intercouisc with the buying na tions should be put under tho protec tion of our own flag, nnd on a footing of equality nt least with our competi tors." The bounty or subsidy .sjstem is the one svstem for building up rapidly a. profitable merchant marine which bears tho indorsement of experience. The United States cannot afford to let doitrinnlio squeamlshness pievent its early employment. Notwithstanding' hjBterlcal reports concerning the situation in tho Philip pines, it is believed that Aguinaldovvlll take a reef In hi nmbltlon and come into enmn in time to avoid any un pleasant consequences that might re sult from what appears to be a very bold game of bluff. Confronted by Difficulties. The leply of tho English government to the tzar's invitation to a disarma ment congress of the powers has been published In it Lord Salisbury notes the strong current of public opinion in favor of a lessening of tho economic strain of militarism and adds: "The statements which constitute the giounds of the emperoi's pioposal are but too well Justified. It is unfortun ately true that, while the deslro for tho maintenance of peace is generally professed, and while, in fact, seiioiu nnd successful efforts on moie thun one lecent occasion have been made with that object by the groat powers, there hni been a constant tendency on the part of almost every nation to In crease Its armed force and to odd to the already vast expendltuie on appli ances of war. The perfection of the Instrumente thus brought into use, their cxtieme costliness and the hor rible carnage and destiuotlon which would ensue from their employment on a large scale have acted without doubt as a serious detenent from war, but the burdens Imposed by this process on tho population nffected must, if pro longed, produce a feeling of unrest and dlscoritent, menacing both internal and external Lianuuilltv. "Her majesty's government will glad ly oo-operato in the pioposed cfloit to provide a remedy for this evil, and If in any degree it succeeds they feel that the sovereign to whose suggestion it wan due will have richly earned the grntltudo of the world at large. Your excellency is therefoio authoiized to assure Count Mm a left Itusslan for eign minister that the emperor's pro posal Is willingly accepted by her majestj's govoininent, an, the queen will have tho pleasuie of delegating a lepresentatlve to the conference when ever an invitation is lecelved. Her majesty's government hope that the invitation may bo accompanied by some indication of the ppeelnl points to which the attention of the confer ence w ill be directed as a guide to the selection of tho Iirltlfa'h representative and the assistants by whom ho shouU be accompanied." No doubt fiom the Itusslan stand point one special point would be the reduction hy nt least one-half of Eng land's naval armament, while from the Fiench standpoint the restoration by Geimany of Alsace-I.onalnfi would be held to be a requisite of a l eduction of land forces. In the meantime the Ger man reichstag Is urged by the Hohen zollein dynasty to increase both tho German army nnd navy: the develop ments of the Dieyfus conspiracy show that Fiance is aheady enslaved by tho military, internal pel lis in both Italy, Austro-IIungary and Scandinavia for bid military curtailment and even ItusHln, whoso czar sees visions of the millennium, goes on buying warships and planning the longest and costliest military railroad ever constructed, Even pacific Uncle Sam, having fin lbhed with Spain, has Agulnaldo to deal with by other nienns than word of mouth. The disatmament programme Is eon fionted by difficulties. Theie has been unfair cilttclsm of Congiessman Halley for wanting nn authoritative determination made of the question whether membeis of con gress can lawfully hold commissions in tho army. The uttempt lion been made to convey tho impression that Bailey's lesolutlon was a personal drive nt Gen eial Joe Wheeler. Thero is no evi dence to bustaln this theory, but in any event tho question is one which should be answered. Although the straits of Gibraltar ato twelve miles wide, Great Uiitaln will hereafter command them with guns which thiow 400 pound projectiles with accuracy fifteen miles. Tho British policy is not to put olf defensive pio cauttons until too late, In which 10 spect it dlffeis from the past policy of Jho United States. The Kentucky act piovldlng that a third conviction ot ciimo shall mean life imprisonment has been declared constitutional by tho Kentucky court of appoala Tills does not signify, how over, that as modern punltlvo con ditions aio It is either Just oi expedi ent. Tlio Noi Hi Dakota senate has amend ed that stute's rnpld-flio divorce law by extending tho period of icqulied lesldonco fiom six months to one year and excluding aliens from dlvoice pilvflaeps. Kvldently the North Da- kota senate considers the divorce busi ness us peculiarly a domestic industry. The objeotlons of Canadian to tho abrogation of tho treaty provision for bidding the presence of wnrshlos on tho great lakes arc difficult to compre hend. In the fortunately improbable event of war we should not need vvat Hhlps to take care of Canada. Senator Perkins, of California, tho antl-cxpansionlst who asked tho legis lature of Ills' state for Instructions, has been accommodated. Hy nn almost unanimous vote of both branches ho has been directed to expand. liHeovcrers of presidential timber are aheady making suggestions with a zeal that shows that they aie determined that there shall be no dark horses when the nominations ate made. The rianklln Institute of Philadel phia is prosecuting an exhaustive in quiry into the soft coal smoke nuisance. It should not fall to send a delegation to Scranton. It is becoming npparent that mili tary governors of newly ucqulred ter ritory should possess tact as well as a knowledge of tactics. Sultan Ab Hamld has a right to feel slighted. lie has not received nn ulti matum for several weeks past. NEWS AND COMMENT Hcfore leaving Cuba Genoinl Duller of the evacuation commission In an open letter lo tho Cuban people gave tlio fol lowing wholesome advko. "You ask an expression of my opinion before leaving Cuba as to tho character of tho peoplo ot tho island and their future prospects. If they wilt be patient, following the dic tates of prudence and trust the govern ment of tho United Stales, a verj pros porous and happy future awaits them. Tho process of rehabilitation inas bo slow, but by cordial to-operntlon ot all classes It will bo more certain und perma nent. The auny of the United States is here to guarantee public order and en force obedience to law. ItB uso will bo conti oiled very largely by tho conduct of the peoplo themselves If they uphold the livv and Insure public tianqulllty, if each will respect tho rights und persons of tho other, there will bo no occasion for interference by American troops, and jou tako my word for it they will not ln tcrleie with the peoplo In their peaceful vocations, if the conditions I have sug- cested prevail. Sol say, It tho peoplo of Cuba (I Include In the woid 'people' all classes and conditions) will awult with patienco and lesolutlon the establishment of good government, honestly and Im partially administered, u brilliant future Is In store for them Tho first lesson In a popular government, 'a government of tho people, for the peoplo and bv tho peo ple,' Is to rulo themselves. When lluy have accomplished this most difficult of ull tho problems of life, thoy become tit to govern others and qualified to Join the gicat body politic which Is to wield tho sceptic of government over all." Torto Rico has an arei of ",3J0 square miles; that of tho state of Ccnnectlcut Is 1.7.'i0 square miles, and that of New Jer sey Is 8 320 square miles. The population ot Porto Rico Is less than 900.000. Ac cording to tho United States department of agriculture the annual nverago Im ports of this island from lSl2-lS9t3 to all countries, amounted to 18,114,50. peos, which amount Is calculated to cquul 17, 450,491 American dollars, and the annual average of exports for the sumo five jpurs is glvm at 1C.0S4.433 pesos or 1G, 290,042 American dollars. The Island Is closely cultivated, its commercial output can certainly bo Increased, and Its con sumption of foreign merchandise will augment with tho development neces par to bring about this first condition. Grant that exports and Imports ultimate Iv Increase DO per cent., Porto Rico could then supply about 30 per cent, of what the United States jearlv consumes in tropical products and she would be a market for about ? per cent of our ear ly oxpoi ts. When these facts are consul, ered ono reaches, savs the San Juan cor lespondent of tho Associated Press, a fair Idea of tho commercial value of this new possession. Tho truth about the cost of tho peaco commission at Paris is said to bo thit It will not aggregato JIOO.OOO. It Is .mid In olllclal circles that thero never was a more economical commission In the his tory of this tountr). When tho war end ed tho president still hid some of tho emergency appropriation, and $125,000 was set asldo tor tho expenses of the commis sion, who were ullowed their actual ex penses. It is said they wero given a chick for $13,000 each to cover Incidental ex penses and necessities. The attaches of the commission were allowed 53 and $10 a dav for expenses, according to their rank, and this was all. As the commis sion did little entertaining, giving only ono dinner, which cost $700, tho outsldo expenses were small. When thn com mission arrived In Amcilca ull bills vv'ere receipted, accounts cleared up, and tho president had a comfortable little balance of tho $123,000 to turn hick into tha treasury, A Montreal correspondent of tho New Yoik Sun Is not optimistic concerning Canada's Immediate future. "The late Fir John Macdonald," says he, "thought ho had given tho politicians of Canada un opportunity for formulating u higher school ot politics when ha brotignt about tho confederation of C. Hindu, but results go to show that he was mlHtiiUen Cun adluii politics aio only rattights no mat ter what the slzo of tho pit It Is a mut ter of little consequence what tho Issuoj Involved In any question aro over litre, tho uplrlt In which they are discussed Is always tho same narrow and llttlo. And nothing else can bo expected of a peoplo pushed up ugalnst the frozen north, and healing tho hum of progress and activity among 73,WO,O0O people, from whom they allow themselves to be wulfully sep arated, and whoso prosperity and larger llfo thoy aro not permitted to share, whlla being made subservient to tho politics of a foreign stats In ai.other hemisphere." In spite of the fact that tho year 1SD3 was a war year It was the busiest jear for the Now York Stock excliunue on record, as these figures of yearly trans attlons lrom tho New Yoik Times' torn prehenslvo minimi financial rovlew will show: Shares. ftonels ISiS 113,470 3S3 $JK,02S 710 1897 77,170,702 541,50!) 930 lKKi 51,033,02) uTI,:i.'10KJ "il fi 440 170 319.112100 1S9t 41,275,730 !',.' 711.150 1S91 77.9SI,S ,",'l.TH,Ii7 1692 80,720,410 j0J.307C0O According to Henry Norman, tho new Ameilcan ambassador to ITnghind, who Is to bo Joseph II. Choate, will be foitu nate In having at tho outset of his dlplo. matlo caieer a mncnlllcent oppoituntty, for. at tho somo time, serving th Intercut nf his own country and establishing a distinguished position In tho tountry to which lie Is accredited This oppoitunlty will bo presented b the nrrivul of the Amerli'in fleet ut Portsmouth In June which will bo the occasion for a stt Iking ei, position of British good will In gen eral and an appreciation of the splendid part plaved by tho American fleet during tho war In particular The Channel squadron will leturn from Its cruise to meol the American fleet. Tho Dul'o of Yoik will assume temporary command of the battlenhlp Prlnco George, named nf ter him, and, Mr. Notman understands, the queen hmelf will take some notable etep to confer crpoclal brilliancy upon tlio occasion. At every function, tho new American nmbnssaclor will otcupy tha most prominent position. An Invention which ought to work a i evolution In tho manufacture of fab tics It what Is said for It is true has iust been patented by W. 11 Packer, of Cleveland, O It is a ramlo doflbrator. Tho machine can be operated by a boy, nnd has a capacity of 400 pounds n day, ugalnst two pounds per day, which Is tho output of a man In China. The capacity of the machine can bo Increased accord ing to requirements, llamle, which In grown very largely In South America and tho southern ftntPS, Is a possible substi tute for cotton, flax nnd silk. The fibre produced from it Is tho strongest in tho world. Governor General Ilrooke Is penetrat ing tho frlnso ot tho cducntlonal quo, tlon In Cubn The other day ho learned that diplomas to graduates of tho Univer sity of Havana under the late regime, wero signed by the raptaln general, and subjected to a tax of $47) Ho has Ibsul 1 instructions lo tho rector of the univer sity and the directors to grant diplomas hereafter without a diploma tax. Thrco hundred young men nro now In attend ance at tho university. THE GERMAN WAV. Special Correspondence of The Tilbune, Washington, Jan. S. Tho great interest In Asiatic commerce which other na tions us well as tho United Slates aro now feeling, Is illustrated in a recent sub sidy ugi cement made by tho Get man j,ov eriimtnt by which it proposes to pay moro than a million dollais u year for a flfteen-ycar term for the establishment of 'steamship lines to pis between Us ports and those of Japan, China and Aus tralasia and certain pons of Oceanlca, That tho German government nnd those of Its citizens portlclpatlng In Its com morce should Jecl a sped il interest In the trade of the Orient Is not surprising In view ot the fact that Its exports to that part of the world hive quadrupled during tho past decade, -c A copy ot the ccntract between tho German government and the Lloyd steamship line for tho establishment and maintenance of postal a id commercial communication between Germany and eastern Asia nnd Australasia haa reached tlio treasury bureau of statistics, it shows that the Lloyd company agrees to maintain for u spaco of fifteen years, steamship lines running from Bremer haven or Hamburg, Germany, by way of a Belgian or Dutch port through Genoa, Naples, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, SIngaporo and Hong Kong to Shanghai, China, and back hi tho same route, a second main lire through tho same ports to Yokohama, Japan; also a main lino thtough tho same ports to Adelaide, Mel bourne, and Sidney, Australia; also branch lines from Hong Kong to Shang hai and from SIngaporo to German New Guiana, and other ports In Oceanlca. o Pour steamers are, urdor this contract, to bo built for tho Chinese and Japanese service to be of not less than 6,000 tons and equal to those of foreign nations in every respect, their plans to bo approved by tho admiralt, and to be running re spectively by October 1, 1S9D, January 1, September 1, and November 1, 1900. Tho steameis to be constructed for tho Aus tralian lino aro to bo not less than C.U00 tons, und also equal to those of foreign nations In every respect and suDject to tho approval of tho admiralty. All tho ships aro to bo built In German yards and German ninterial Is to bo used as far as possible, all admiralty requirements to be carried out In them, putting them into condition In which they can readily bo utilized for war purposes when neces sary. Tho agreement provides that In cases of mobilizing the fleet, the chan cellor can purchase the vessels on full payment of their value, or can hire them. The terms of the contract also provide that only German coal Is to bo taken on board at German, Belgian or Dutch ports of tall, except by the special assent of tho imperial chancellor; that in cases of German nnd foreign goods being simultaneously ottered for dispatch the German goods are, If necessary, to havo preference, and that tho chancellor may prohibit tho Importation by German, Bel gian or Dutch ports ot such agricultural products as may compete with thoso of German ngrltulture o The agreement provides that tho Ger man government shall pay to the Lloyd company 5,590.000 marks per jear pajaole monthly. (Value of maik 23 S cents). This contract extends from April, 1899, for a term of fifteen years; tho regular plan of sailing on the Jnpaneso lino must begin nt latest in April, 1S99. It is also annuonced that a Bremen firm Intends to establish with steamers now being built for that purposo a steamship lino on the Ynngtse Klans in China, to ply between Shanghai and Hankow. By the aid of thtso lines, which will connect with the subsidized lines running f.om Hamburg to Shanghai, German dealers and German Interests will be In direct communication not only with Shanghai which has two thirds of the import trade of China, but also with Hankow, ono of the most Im portant commercial cities of China, ond having a population of about 3,000,000. It Is now being connected with Peking by railroad. Hankow Is piobably the most Important of the distributing centers of Interior China, being splendidly situated In tho very heart of the country, sur lounded by a net work of rivers and lakes, and reached by the largest ocean steamers, and when to this is added the railway system now under construction, Its Importance as a distributing point for Interior China Is very great. o Germany's expoits to tho Asiatic coun tries havo Increased very rapidly durlrg the past decade. Her exports to China In 1SS7 amounted to 14 309,00u marks In value, and In lSJti to 41.266 000. To Japan the 1S87 exports were C,09S,000 marks, and those of 1890, 33,611,000 To British East Indies they wero In 1RS7 7.230,000. and in I'M 49,179,000 marks To Dutch East In Indles and the Philippines they wero in 1SS7, 5,819,000 and In 1590 16,913,000. To Austiaila they were in 187 7,470,000. in 1890, 29,217,000 marks, Tho following tablo shows tho total value of German expoits to Asia and Oceanlca by yeais fiom 1557 to 1590: car. Marls. IsSV 41,2,-,i..OOO 1SSS 50.013,0i)0 18!9 10I022UOQ 1590 116,927,000 ISsl 12",426,000 1592 114,121,000 1591 UJ.SSI.UU0 1591 US r.i3,0n0 ISO" 143M7.COO 18s0 17i,2iii,O0O THE SENSIBLE WAY. From tho Chicago Bccoid. Admiral Walker's plan for tho Nlca lugua cunal Is first to make a tieatv with Great Britain by which she will agree to permit tho United States to constiuct and control the canal, provided her ships have tho sumo privileges of t.-alllc tliut aro cnJoed by tho merchunt mailne and men-of-war of the United btates He Is confident thero would be no dllllculty In making such an arrangement Great Brit ain does not want tho canal but slio does want tho right to mitigate It, ami being tho greatest maritlmo power on earth, having as many ships us all tho test of tho nations put together hIid Is i u. titled to bo considered Having obtained the formal vvulvei of rights from Great Britain under tho Clay. ton-Bulwer treaty, Admiral Walker would proceed to make a contract with the Chi cago drainage syndicate for the con struction ot tho canal for a certain pi Ice, within a certain limit of time, and pay tho cash as fast as tho work is done and properly inspected under tho supervision GOLftSM nn Busy Gcttin TT Oir teat Jaiiary ir The head of every department during this week is gofng the rounds and under-pricing every article. Therefore, you will be the gainer if you visit this establishment when out shopping. All-Wool 36-inch Eiderdowns, formerly 50 cents, Hw ciif to 34 ceals Beautiful German Printed Flannels, formerly 15 cents, $See window. ALWAYS BUSY. Stand more kicks than any other shoes made. Lewis, Eellly k Mvies, 111 AND H WYOMING AVENUE. WE HAVE A NUMI1ER OF PINE 111 LA that we will close out AT COST This is a chance to get a good lamp for little money; TIE CLIEIQNS, FERBEE, ALL!EY CO. 4i!'j lackuwanna Aybou - THE MOOEHN HARDWARE STORE. Drop Lights We have made a re duction of 25 per cent, on our Hue of Drop Lights as we wish to close them out before in ventory. These are all new goods and bargains at the prices we have marked them. FO0T1B k SHEAR CO. 110 WASHINGTON A VII of a hoaid of competent enslurois. Afl mlrul Wulku thinks tho lights of tlio old Maritlmo Canal company should bo eat lied hy urultiallon. IIu dotH not bellovo tlio eompaii) lx entitled to ull It claims, but thiukH a commission of disinterested men could easily ascertain what amount has bien actuully oxpended by tho com pany In Its efforts to construct tho vva. tervvay, and that all fair minded men would nnreo to Its reimbursement. The admiral says there will bo no dif ficulty In obtaining a straight concession from Nlcaiagua on any icasonablo teinu, provided wo got at It In tho proper way. OUR fin (fM a BOT5' inliyJE IPS mj5 I lady For Holidays H311 & Connell, 123 Washington Avenue. Havo an unusual lnr:c assortment ot Chairs and Rockers SUJ'pfion Ladies' Desks man the wood., Parlor Cabinets and Music Cabinets lu Mahogany and VernU-Martlo. A FEW CHOICE Pieces of Bric-a-Brac, Tabouret tes, a large selection : Tables, in endless variety. Hill & Connell 123 Washington Ave. "TT Various styles and bindings. The larg est assortment in the city to select -from for office and pocket use. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS, THE mm & CONNELL CO. Heating, PJumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. Danes 899 in BAZAAI W ' . WtadSogUp Salle on Fancy Silks To make a complete clearauce on all lines that have been broken up by our holiday busi ness, we have arranged our entire stock of Fancy Silks into four lines, as sorted as follows: Assortment 1 All of our Fancy Silks that aro suitable for waist, petticoats, dress and coat linings, etc., etc., and woith from 85c to $1. Now Assortment 2 Evei ything in our stock of Fancy Silks worth from $1.00 to $140 Now 88c Assortment 3 All Fancy Silks ranging in pric from 8 1. so to $2.00. Now $1.00 Assortment 4 A few choice things in Fancy Brocades, etc., mostly in short lengths ot from two to six yards each; weie $2.50 to $5.50. Clos ing at $1.25 The first three lots are in lengths ranging from four yards to twelve and fifteen yards each, and we unhesi tatingly say that, so far as silk values are concerned, this is an opportunity rarely to be met with. F S eley SJOand 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tUs Wjomluj UUtrlctfJ. Mining, Waiting, Sportln?, Hmokelsu mid the Itepnutio C'UcmlotL Company 4 HIGH EXPLOSIVES, tn'fety 1 use, Cnpi nml Kxplodsri lloom 101 Conuell llulldlns. bcrantoa. AQK.NCI111 'iiios Foim JOllNU. SMITH A30M, V. E. MULL.ia.VN. f'ttits flymoatti WUkM-Birri Sac TrVkYTT TrlTYOr9 MNLMft DUP0MT8 rowEi.
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