"Hi nt JW "rB c '4 HIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1899. r wm I'nblUhtd Hilly, ncopt Hmidar. by the rrlbnnorubllsblns Company, at Fifty Conn n Month. Jiw WkUltlco: lhO Nnntl HU a 8. VUHKIANt toln Ajcnt for 1-orolgn Advertlsln-j. MrEi at tiir rosrorrtric at m iiaxton, I A., AabKCOND-OLAm MAIL MATTER SCilANTON, rUUnUAUY 15, 1839. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS, Maor-JAMi:S MOIIt. rrensurcr-TUOMAS 11. HKOOKS. I-'ontrolIcr-F. J. W1DMAYI1R. School Directors - JOHN COITMEH Monms, ano'ian n. hhirks. Acicstni-n-UWILIM JONT.S. 1'lUI.ll' KINBLAND, c. s rownm. Ulectlon Day February 21. Under Republican ntlmlnlstrrttlon the :lty of Rcranton has Invariably thrived; on the other hand, Democratic ntlinln- s Istratlon has been llkn n wot blanket HI lime to Khe the Democrats a rest. For School Directors. The chonl boaul in an institution which rlt'htlj command tho alert In tercut nf mery intelligent citizen. It toiicho the home at a sensitive spot. Tlicie inuy be wastefulncsj and Job beiy and incompetence In other branches of the ( 11 government and the iUeiuKe cltlsan suffeiy chlclly to tho extent of u few extin mlllfl on the dol lar of taxation tho price of a few ex tra plpefuls of tobacu) or drinks of liquor. Hut lnlsmanaKfinent of the j-Lhool iaps parental fevlliiKss and Is a handicap thrnURli life to ovuiy pupil whose (Mlucatlonal opportunities nn abiklKcd by It. Foi this iiahou cus tom foiimled on loinmon sense has made the selection of school controllers a matter of eiy niniked concern on the p.ut nf the ludMdtial voter. The ,ourts may at an moment hand down u decision vacating the present board of control and KlinK power over tho cltlV educational Interest'- to the bond of l school iliieclors elected at l.uue but not et effective. Most stu dents of the legal points Involved In this controveisv for authority incline to the opinion that the boaid of six will win. Should this expectation be real ised, each member of the board will have three and one -half times tho pow er now vested In the aeiaRe controller, who if only one among twenty-one, and the election ot two directors next Tuesday is equal to a ballot for seven contiolleis under the old system. Tor the position of school director the Republican patty has pie&cnted two names of men well known to the people of this el'y for Ions and ciedl' abl Identification with school Inter ests. John Com lor Mot lis was for two terms u school uinti oiler representing the Fifth wnrd and for two terms sec aotaiy of the boaid. Dining these eats and throughout his long caiecr as a journalist and public worker in this community he lia3 displacd a fidelity to school interests and a mind foi progress well fitting him for elec tion next Tuesday. The wrac can with equal tiuth be said of his colleague, 3eoige H. Shlies than whom the city has not had n more efficient controller. The election of these men is a duty of all O lends of public Instruction. - The division In th senate on the JleKnery lesolutlon how.s that the Re publican leadeis suppoited It In prtf oi,nce to swallow in;? a bitterer dose Tho United states senate needs a i loaning out. The Publie Library. l.lbiarian Cair's annual repot t on the condition and workings of the pub lic library, now available In pamphlet form. Is a highly satlsfactoiy docu ment. Perusal of it helps us to realize that wo hae a llbiarj worthy In every lespect of tho city. Its finances arc iiilminlsteied with otonomj ; its details aio woiked out with courtesy and efll clency, and the book., that are day by day added to Its shelves aie the select ond ndurlng- litciatuie of our own and other tountiks. with sufficient capital In hand it In not a dlfllcult matter to accumulate a llbraiy to suit iiiio'h peisonnl piedllectioni', but in i public llluary all literary tastes and mental Idlossnuacler must be provid ed for and this i no small task. Tho number nf books on hind In the Albilght llbiai In the closing month ot the ycai amounted In sum totul to 33,73'i. This is a magnificent col lection In point of numbers considering the comparatively short time that has elapsed since the founding of the Institution, nut more noteworthy Is the care and good judgment shown In their selection. The llbraiy shelves present no large pieponderance of one class of Uteiary subjects but a well rounded repitfcentatlon of each depatt jnent of llteratuie. kept ever In tho van of progress. Mr. Carr, it should be said, Is a careful administrator ot tho funds placed ut his disposal. He has not even made a lequlsltlon for a telephone, piefcuing Instead to buy books with evciy available cent. Con sidering the amount of woik that has to be gone through In the time in which they aie on duty, Mr. Carr's assistants hao a great deal to do and their patience and skill aio well tested. Moreover, It la work which icqulies classified knowledge and constant and undeviat Ing attention. Imperturbable good hu mor Is a first tequisite on their part and library patrons do not find It ab sent. Scrantonlans may well be proud of their magnificent library and of its administration. Mr, McKlnlcy's critics Illustrate how easily a small man can point out the grave mistakes of the gteat. High Timo for ft Show Down. While William 12. Mason and a num ber of other sapheads In tho United States senate havo been calling Gen eral Otis and Admiral Dewey liars by professing to believe tho assertions of Agulnaldo, Agonclllo and tho other Malay half-breeds that the American troops at Manila began the recent fighting under orders from Washing ton, Issued with a view to facilitating tho ratification of tho peace treaty, It Is an lnterstlng coincidence that during all this period of insinuation and fire from tho rear the admlnlstra- tlon linn had In Its possession and hoa kept out of print the text of tho In tercepted dispatch from Agonclllo to Agulnaldo advising tho latter to begin hostilities against tho Americans be fore t enforcements for the latter could arrive at Manila. Writes William K. Curtis, one of tho most trustworthy of the Washington correspondents, to the Chicago Record: "If the secret work of Agonclllo's ac complices in this country Is ever fully made public certain United States senators and their unofficial associates will appear In a bad light. In tho civil war people wero locked up in Fort Lafayette for much lev. The American branch of the Philippine Junta got Into working order soon after the treaty was signed at l'arls. It had Its surface and Its secret meth ods. From the beginning tho govern ment has been In receipt of confiden tial Information that much more than moral support and encouragement has btjen given to the insurgents. Agoncll lo and his companions have been given substantial assistance by money contributions. Their successive steps nt Washington have been taken after counsel with United States senators. Proclamations, protests, appeals and ultimatums hav been put out In quick (succession to Influence publls senti ment In this county. Productions pur poitlnr to come from the Filipino Jun ta nt Washington wero inspired and written by the American sympathizers, Agulnaldo's name has bem signed to papeis of which he never heard. Agon clllo has been simply the puppet of men of wealth and high official posi tion In (his country. The purpose was to prevent the ratification of the tieaty. All of this Is plainly demon stiated by the confidential information now in possession of the government and there Is a stiong disposition to make it public, so that the people may know who have encouraged the Filip inos to leslst the authority of the United States." Intimations of this character have been made before and they are becom ing disquieting. It Is sincerely to be hoped that In the Interest of justice the administration will soon divulge all that It knows concerning thl'i mat ter. On tho face of things the redent opposition In the senate to the peace treaty was Inexplicable. Equally so is the persistent effort of certain sena tois, now that the treaty 13 assented to by this government, to nag at and embarrass tho president in his requests for authority to deal with the new duties which have arisen and which have to be met. Common sense teach es that this perversity is not bom of any principle. It la evidently partisan, venal or malicious, -.1.0 good of the country calls for a show down ot the inside facts bearing on thlr. humiliat ing and exasperating spectacle and if It put3 bonio of these saphcads senators in the pillory so much the better. Tho war investigating commission censures Miles for not notifying the war department that It had been stuck by tho beef packers. Ho says he did notkv It and that his notification parsed unheeded. If this Is true tho civilian war lmostlgatoi.s owo hiin an apolosy. ' An Inadequate Remedy. Tho lament of the war Inquiry com mission concerning the lack of a clear definition of the respective duties and authority of the secietary of war and the major general commanding can be echoed by every citizen, but it Is not so certain that public opinion will lallfy the pioposed lemedy which would make the general of the army a kind of little Tiay dog under the cus todianship of the secietary of war. This Is the remedy which w-uIC naturally be proposed by tho fi lends of the secre taiy but It Is easily concelvabls that in operation it might prove anythinr but fair or advantageous to tho army. Political accident determines tho name of the secretaty of war Some times he Is lit. more often he Is not. In recent history we have mom than one example of the appointment of a war secretary on the familiar principle that something had to be done for the appointee and In the belief that In the war oihco ho would have comparative ly little to do beyond ofllce routine and could not, therefore, get tho country into serious trouble. This has been the tule of politics under both Democratic and Republican administrations; no man or paity In particular Is to blame, the fault Is largely one of indifferent public opinion. Not so, however, with tho geneinl in command. A man cannot rise to the position of ma lor general in tho regu lar army of the United States without knowing something about the army about Its needp, Its capabilities, Its personnel, Its duties in peace and Its possibilities in war. Soldiering In these modern days Is no mco hit or miss pro fession but one necessitating careful special preparation and ripe experience. Tho man who can rise fiom one of tho junior commissions to tho flist place in army jank and carry himself with credit In the ascent Is necessary for a man having fitness for command wh h cannot be expected of civilian secre taries chosen under the peculiar exig encies ot party politics. If a man wanted a tooth pulled he would not go to a blacksmith, nor would success In commercial specula tion qualify a person to prescribe for tho sick or handle the delicate instru ments of scientific surgery. In private telotlons we recognize the need of spec ial preparation for special service; It is only In public affairs that the notion obtains that tho political Jack of all trades knows more about soldiering than the trained soldier and is a safer man to havo command of military op erations than tho experienced general who has made military operations a life study. Tho president of tho United States, as the commander-in-chief of nil the military and naval forces of the nation, and as the responsible head of all the natlon'fl federal activities, should, of course, have authority to pick his gen eral in command ana to replace a poor geneial with a better one at his discre tion, Dut satisfactory resultn will not follow in army administration bo Ions as the attempt Is made to clotho with autocratic powers transient civilians at tho expense ot the trained Roldlers In positions of responsibility. Agonclllo claims that ho had nothing to do with tho attack on Manila, and Insinuates that ho has been tho victim of tho yellow newspaper man of Amor lea. If Agonclllo's nerve had been of a quality that would havo permitted him to rcVnaln In Washington until news of tho attack had reached this country, some convcits might have been made to this hypothesis, but It Is doubtful If even the Filipino's1 good friends In the scnato will cicdlt his last statement. Whatever tho ultimate foim of the concentration, It has been apparent for some time that the Individual coal op erators would sooner or later be forced to combine for mutual protection on a basis which would lnsura unity of ac tion. There havo been numerous at tempts at combination without unity; henco It is not surprising that the pro ject of a combination by purchase and merger is now to receive trial as a last resort. Among the appointments to ofllce recently made nt Washington is that of cx-Representativo Moses A. Foltz to bo postmaster of Chambersburg, Pa., and It Is sufllciently creditable to deserve spec ial mention. Mr. Foltz is the editor and proprietor of Public Opinion and one of the best citizens of the Cumberland valley. Anti-expansionists will make note nf tho fact that an nlurmist has suggested that tho American soldiers at Hono lulu will probably spiead leprosy throughout the countiy when they re turn home. The whole trouble In tho iPhlllpplne country Is the result of Uncle Sam's unwillingness to run the show and al low Aculnaldo and his friends to pocket the box-olllce iccelpts?. A the leport of the failure of tho Delaware peach crop comes by the way of Chlcaco this year, there will be no tenson to doubt Its authenticity. TOLD BY THE STAHtS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, Tho Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe Cast: 4 13 a. m , for Wednes day, Februaiy, 15, liTO. 35 Jrf A child born on UiU d ly will prefer that tho zero weather should comu now minor than when the blush is on tho to mato 'J he military spirit which makes men wnnt to flelit after the war Is over Is much better for the health of the subject. Thcro is apprehension in boardlnc liouso circles that reports of tho failure ot iho peach crop may prccipltato a dried apple trust. A movement to celebrate the birthday of the author of "Ueautlful Snow" ought to bo popular. Has any cno heard tho fust robin? Ajacchus' Advico. Do not offer g-uden lakes for sale on this day. HEWS AND COMMENT Tho Ameilcan flag lias been mised on tho Islo of Pires to stay, save tho Chi cago Record When tho president nnd Sccictaiy Day put Into the piotocol that "Spain cedes to the United States tho Inland of Porto Rico and other islands now under Burnish sovereignty In tho West Indies" It meant evurj thing ubovj water except Cuba, which was taken earo of in another paragraph. It includ ed peimanent possession of tho Islo of rines. which uivcs us a naval station sivcral hundred miles ncaier tho cn tianco ot tho piopcsed Nicaraugu.c canal tin u Porto Rico and n colony ot which little has Lecn said or written, but which piomlscs 10 bo of gicat lmpoitaace. The Islo of Pines is directly south of Ha vana, and Is reached by a railroad which rum across lrom Havana thirty miles to a chain of small Islands like the Flor ida Kojs tho jouinej Is made In a few hours. From a naval point of view It .s extremely lmporti.it. It not only com mands the south coast of Cuba, but tho Yucatan passage to the gulf of Mexico, as Key West commands the passage be tween Florida and Cuba. The haibor fa cilities are not good at present but tho coast survey is now making an examina tion and has already dlscovcicd two or threo good bays to which navigable chan nels may bo easily made. Tho Isle of Plno3 Is about one-third tho size of Potto Rico, embracing l.Iilt square miles, broksn up Into hilla and mountains, with an ex cellent climate, and has been used as a. sanitarium by wealthy Cubans. Gen eral Leo has been ordered to make prep orations for a summer camp thero dur ing tho sickly season to which our sol diers may bo sent. Tho Interior Is moun tainous and heavily wooded with ma hogany and other valuable timber. Ther? are two or threo small towns, which were used as penal colonies for political pris oners during tho Spanish regime. If you live In Madagascar, according to a correspondent of tho Now York Her ald, j ou must have children, or else pay a tax to the authorities. This Is tho latest deeieo Issued by the government of Madagascar. For some time tho popu. latlon of thut Island has been decreasing. Tho government authorities sat Ui council a short tlmo ago and decided upon a ta- to bo levied upon every man who, at the ago of tvventy-flvc, Is unmarried, and unon overy married man who, at that age, has no children. The tax Is SI 73 a year. ll ery girl must pay a tax of Jl.so a year ns long as sho remains single af ter she passes her twenty-fouth vear. nnl every married woman docs tho same un til sho has children as the result of her man luge. The fool practical Joker is apparently a permanent featuro of colleges life. Hero Is his latest oplolt as told In o press dispatch from Wooster, O.: "Rrncst Weld, a freshman fiom Xdarj svlllo, O., was Initiated Into the Coccyx club, of Woostei college, Inst night. Ho was placed In a box, gagged and handcuffed, An oxprernman dellvcied tho box to lii.i sistor at Ilcovcr cottage. Tho box was left standlrs; In tho cold. When Weld was taken out ho was almost dead from exposure, ond his ear3 wero no badly frozen that ho may leso them " LITERAKY NOTES. The Fortnightly Review's brilliant art! clo on Lord Rosebery us tho Disraeli of Liberalism will ho reprinted entire In tho Living Ace for Feb. IS. Ono of tho features of tho March Wom an's Homo Companion will bo tho begin ning of John Kendrlck Hangs' seiial, "The Idiot at Home," wherein all the characters of "Coffco and Repartee" uro reintroduced, nnd tho Idiot proves him self droller as a married man that In tho witty table-talk of his bachelor days. "Aro Long Marriage Lngagements Ju diclous?" Is discussed from various points of view in the Fobiuary Issuo of tho American Queen by Margaret Bang ster, tho editor of Hnrpci's Dazaar; Rd ward Payson Ingcrboll. D. D,j Lucy Hall Brown, M. D.j Herbert L. Brldgman, of the IJrooklyn Standard Union; Hclon Lew Surgant and Susan Hayes Ward. Tho question ot handling the wires and gas, water nnd drainage pipes In great clUea, and even In towns, In becoming with each year ono of greater import ance A prlzo vvns offered to tho engi neers of the United States by tho Cosmo, polltan mncnzlno for tho ablest nrtlclo suggesting a scientific, economical solu tion of this problem. The paper of Merry V Ilrjnnt has been selected by tho com mittee ns tho ono most ably meeting tho conditions, it orpears in tho February Cosmopolitan. Sir O. S. Clarke, K. C. M. G., F. R. B.. contributes to tho February number of tho North American Review an exceed ingly billltnnt nrtlclo entitled "Iinpcilal Responsibilities a National Cain," where in ho discusses tho new position the United States will hcncefoith occupy among the nations of tho world. Tho lesponslblllty for tho government of the Philippines will, ho assorts, bo great, but If It is nppioached with high aims, n single oyo to tho general good, and a rcverenco for Justice, Incalculable moral gain will accnio to tho country ns Its re ward. In tho February Issuo of tho Forum thcro arc two articles of especial Impor tance nt tho present time. Ono is by Commander R. D. Bradford on "Coaling Stations for the Nnvv " Tho other paiiar Is by lion. David J. Mill, assistant secre tary of state, and is entitled "Tho War and tho Rxtenslon of Civilization." Mr. Mill claims that the terms "Imperialism" and "expansion" do not meet tho case. A more fitting phraBo, he considers, to des ignate the alms nnd achievements ot tho nation is "tho extension of civilization"; foi it expresses tho motive and control ling prlnclplo of tho war and ot tho tiea ty by which it Is to bo concluded. Current History, 4th quarter, 1SSS, ap pears from new new type, completing the eighth volume, which covers a year full of unusual historical Interest. Tho con tents include a critical ustlmate of Leo XIII. as pontiff and statesman. Tho war article reviews the peace negotiations up to tho end of tho ear, giving substance of tho treaty, the situation and outlook in the Islands, and tho problems of "Im perialism," with the various suggested solutions and nn indication of tho trend of public opinion thereon. Tho recent Anglo-French crisis, tho pollllc.il devel opments In tho Far Dast, and the general Internatlon situation in Europo ore out lined, also tho Dreyfus cose, tho proposed foim of government for Hawaii, tho Anglo-American commission, tho currency question, and tho issues of the recent stato and congressional campaign in tho 1'nlted States, with tabulated results. Army and navy topics, tho Truns-lsth-mlan Cannl Question, labor movements, political changes In various countries, progress of sclenco and Invention, nota ble biographies, etc., are a few of tho other features o Interest Included within tho world-wldo scope of this invaluablo work of reference, without which no li brary can bo up to date. Published bv tho Current History Co., Boston, Mass. $1.50 a year. Single numbers, 40 cents. G. W. DIUlngham company will issuo at once Kdvvard Marshall's "The Story of tho Rough Riders," illustrated with many engravings from photographs taken on the field. Tho book is devoted entirely to the Rough Riders, tho first to land in Cuba, who raised tho first Ameri can flag flown by tho army on Spanish soil, and headed ono of tho most des perate charges in tho history of war fare. The author of this book fought and bled nnd nearly died with the regi ment ho writes about Major General Leonard S. Wood, who was colonel of tho Rough Riders, said recently that M". Marshall's conduct on tho day of tho bat tlo of Las Guaslmas was tho most con spicuous exhibition of coutago that tho battle saw. Mi Marshall went to Cuba ns tho war correspondent of the New York Journal. He was hit by a Mauser bullet while at tho extreme front of tho llrlng line. His spine was shattered. Notwithstanding the agony and paralysis that resulted, Mr. Marshall wrote and dictated a long dlspatcn for his news paper telling tho story of the battle. Tho punctuation marks in tho story wero tho statements of the doctors that ho had only a few moments to live. Major Appell of tho hospital ship Olivette, says that no man ever received such a wound as Marshall's before and lived. Ho also says that his grit alone kept him alive, Marshall has for cars been known as ono of tho best newspaper writers In tho country, and has held at one time or an other the contiol of the greatest New York Sunday newspapers. Ills work In Muropo as tho correspondent of tho World and tho Journal has mado him almost as well known there as In Ameri ca. His "Story of tho Rough Riders," Is said to bo the best work ho has ever done It is full ot anecdote and episode. OF GREAT MEHIT. From tho Syracuse Post-Standard. The Scranton (Pa.) Tribune Year Book is a work of great merit and one that ex ceeds by far the efforts of manv more Pre tentious institutions. In addition to a large mass of local and general Informa tion, It prints fine half tone portraits of a numbpr of city and other olllclnls resi dent in Scrnnton, and Is, ns far us known, the first Instance of an artistically Illus trated almanac. It is a credltablo piece of work. WK IIAVK A NUM11KH OF FINK that we will close out AT COST This is a chauce to get a good lamp for little money. TIE CLEMS, FEMER, O'MAiiEY CO. 4'2'i Lackuwuuua Aveaun and k iraace; LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF RANGES IN THE OITV. 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She says she used to suffer greatly with headache too, due, no doubt, to indigestion and constipation, and tried every kind of remedy, but could find no relief until she began using Ripans Tabules. The very first Tabule gave relief, "and now," she says, " headache is a stranger." The indigestion and constipation disappeared, and she never felt better in her life than she docs now. She considers Ripens Tabules ithe best medicine in the world. L1 Goldsmith Bros0 & Coc You cannot think, no matter how hard you try, of a more convenient and better equipped stationery store than ours. In addition to the largest lino of office supplies In Northeastern Pennsylvania. Wo havo Blank RooVs of every description, Typewriters' Sup plies, Draughting Materials, Letter Presses. Postal Scales, etc. We aro agents for ndIon's Mimeographs ond supplies, and the famous Wernlckl Sec tional Book Cases. A complete line of Kauffman's Cor poration Rooks in stock. 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Her Majesty's Corset" in Fit, Wear and Comfort is unsurpassed. It is worn by well dressed women. Endorsed by physicians and modistes. P. B; HNLEY, Scranton, Pa, HENRY BEL1N, JR., cueriu Acent tor tba Wyoialaf District fi: Mlntns, lilabttng, Sporting, Smokelon ui ilio Hcpauno Cbeialox lompuny 4 mm explosives. tnfety Fue, Cnpi nnd Kxplod:. Kooiu iui uonaoii liuuaiu;. boiuutja. AQUNCllil TH0S FOUO, JOHN 11. BMITIIA30N W. E. MULLIGAN. 1 Mttsta Plymautti I ' AflflAi T mm DUP0NT8 P0IIE1. Wikes-IIiirrq
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