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SCKANTON, MARCH 9, 1359.
The unification of the coal trade may
he merely n drown, but Bometlmcs
tlrcums modify teallttcc
In Justice to the Mayoi-elect.
The decision of the primates com
mittee on motion of Councilman Oliver
to recommend the lumping of the waul
iippioprlntlons and to vest their ex
pendltuie In the street commissioner Is
In line with lmsltie-bs prudence and
common Hence. It Is Hip only way that
an economical and olllclent enu of the
ctreetR can be bctuied, assuming, of
course, that the street commissioner
knows lili business.
The adoption of till piolslon bv
councils would be un act of falrnehs to
the Incoming city ndmlnlstratlon, a
wsll nn an act of justice to the taxpa
eis. The new maor xhuuld hae full
scope and flee loin to tnny Into effect
his Idrns of city government nnd those
who shall si'cU to abildpe his poveis or
hamper his olllclal activities will of
fend the nublli's keen ense of fair
Play. While Tuptaln Molr Is orKauls:
Iiir his administration he should have
the coidlal and mi nest support of
councils Till" " his due, since the peo
ple look to him to pioduec lmpioeJ
leaults and will hold him te.-.poiislblc If
they do not apueai. and no better ad
vance testimonial "f fait Intent can be
given lv the iiiunltlp.il liRllatiue than
to make It ici.sllile foi MoIi'h depart
luental chief, to inntiol effectlvelv
fnun the bp(?innltiB the ailmlulstratlve
woik In their wspet tlve spheies of
labor
Serautoii has had too much peanut
polities In tilde matters In the past
and It is hlKh time to turn over a new
leaf. Dlffei as we may at the pilmaiies
or at the pnllt, it i time to lealize that
the Induction (f a fellow -citizen Into
t lie nf'iee of nnvoi makes- hlin the ex
eeuthe of tile whole city, clothes him
with o trw Ml" of leuponstbillty greater
than any other In the community and
cntltlo him duiintr meilt to the best
support of the people luespaethe of
part J. The welfnie of the elty, as well
as fairn"s t lilincIC, makes this de
mand impel niive and local lecognltion
of It Is esentlal to the realization of
Scranton's laisest posslldllties.
About the nnlv thing that lemains
for the bolteis to do in Pennsylvania
Is to send Quay a bottle of bromo
selt70r which has been couectly fixed.
Thpy have tiled inactieally everything
else.
A Danial of Justice.
The biJberv investigation nt lluiris
biup has gone far enough to convinces
public opinion tint It nuit go a gieat
deal faithei. Certain men have been
accused by iiiuvm of uclu whirh aie
amenal)le to punishment bofoie the
law and the t ppoitunlly of defence has
been denied them by the committee
wliltl. elicited the accusations. The
accuse!-- have not been pitted against
the aeruseci but have been shielded by
an aibltiai ttilimr of the chiir, who
ir .1 number of the faction lnlnslns
the chaiges
Veiy obxlouslvihls is not justice but
a mockery of It. It emblcs the public
t.i luar onlj one side of the ease. It
Is not an Ircf-tlgc'tlnn for which the
so-called refoi met m at the state, capital
recei.tly (uofessed to be to enner, but
an cs-ii.iite pioe edlng pieclsvly of
tlio kind that was lecently cooked up
b the same elements against Senator
CJuav The charge of attempted brl
boij may be tine oi they mnv bo false;
fiom the Investigation a It Is now
cfiiducted mo honet't man can tell
which. The essence of Justice, that Is
to lay the biinging of the parties In
inteitst fnc to face and tlie open
healing of all the evidence In the ie
niotcst degrej peitlueut to the case, is
conspicuous wholly by Its absence.
I'ndei such condition" as thete theio
!h only one thing lot the accused to
do They must demand to be heard
by the l-RlslatIo committee and If
denied justice there they must take the
eato Into tli- Dauphin county couits.
l'nles they uo this the infounatlon
elicited by the committee must be giv
en to thi- dbtilct attorney for presen
tation in tlie giand Juiy. One way or
.uiothei, the case must be tried openly
and fnliiy In a icgular coutt nnd It
must be followed thiough to the end.
The publli will woon begin to look
tinxlotiplv foi the last wotd In the
Sampson-Schley contio(isy.
The United States and China.
The olllclal announcement of the In
tention of tho Tiiited States to take no
part In the dlsmembeiment of China
but to safeguard her tieaty rights and
commoiclal opportunities In that great
empire which is evidently soon to bo
leconstructed along modern lines has
elicited two significant comments. Tho
Chinese minister at Washington, Wu
Ting Fang, says. ' I am fciiro tho
Chinese government and people will not
lull to observe this stiong evidence of
good will It Is not only another bond
between the two countlles, but It has
a special significance Just now. While
the Old World powers seem moed hi
fi spirit of rapacity, the United States
takes that lofty position of equity, Jus
tice and humanity which has charac
terized her dealings with other inter
national questions of late, and Instead
of Joining In encroachments on China
assumes an attitude of strict neutral
ity." Tho ambassador of Russia at Wash
ington, Count Casslnl, in a statement
communicated through the Philadelphia
Piess, says; "Theio ate so many ways
of viewing the 'open door" proposal and
so many Interpietatlons to bo placed
upon It, that It Is u delicate subject to
dlHcuss. I took Issue with Lord Rotes
ford, and I think I mude my position
quite plain. Now a new aspect Is pto
hented In Italy's action, Russia's atti
tude Is not changed by this action, Wo
hu'" never uucosed the open door, and
consequently we can take no other nttl
tude thnn that which has been cilllo
tally announced from our foreign olflcp
many times. Rut wo are wondeiltiff
what our gieat neighbor to tho west,
the United States, will do In this emer
gency. Of course, I can speak only for
Russia, but there seems a similarity of
InterestR to guard and to promote. Rus
sia is at tho entrance of her Industrial
and commeiclal development, nnd she
will endeavor to shield thin develop
ment from all that might retard It. Wo
have nt countries Just awakening
fiom the lethal gy of centuries nnd be
coming grain lands and pastuto coun
tlles, and from tho outlet on tho
Chinese sea we hope to enter the com
mercial woild In tho four quarters of
the glob". AVIth our Slbeilan railroad
wu will cuiry to Europe the treasures
of India and of China. The tea pr6
duct alone will bring us an annual In
come of 40,000,000 loubles (about ?20,
000,000). Other staple products yield a
propottlonate figure. Then it Is hoped
to extend out met chant mailno across
to your great western countries and to
btlng your ovet abundance Into Asia
and Afilca. for this reason Russia
would welcome the United States as a
factor In the councils of the nations
that mut of necessity govern the East,
We have never officially nor unoillclally
piotested ngnlnst the American occu
pation of the Philippines. On the con
ttaiy, we have welcomed the United
States In coming nearer to us, as one
ft lend welcomes another.
"It has been the source of much grati
fication to mo that Mr. Hitchcock,
lately your ambassador to St. Peters
buig. has told tho American people
about the attitude of Russia befoie and
since tho Spanish war. It would bo
expected that Russia's ambassador at
Washington would say that nothing
hostile had been done against our
countiy by his own. His position would
bo untenable otherwise. Rut Mr. Hitch
cock is a disinterested witness, and
when ho has so cordially and so elo
quently reiterated what I have said to
the American people for many months
I am of course deeply grateful. Rus
sia maintains her old histoilc attitude
tow aids this great nation. She was
one of the first to aid the founders of
this republic and she has been through
out its growth a sympathetic and sin
cere friend. During the Civil war she
did her part when the existence nf tho
Union was thieatencd, and If duiintj
the war which has Just been fought tho
United States had needed the aid of
Russia it would have- been given as
fiocly and as fully as In tho past. Theie
have been many who have asserted
very diffeient things of Russia's feeling
towards America, and thete nre still
some who say that Russia lias ulterior
intentions in endeavoilng to draw the
United States into the Chinese ques
tion. Time and the authoilty of your
own ambassador at St. Petersburg have
proved the falsity of the first pioposl
tion, and of the second, It can be said
that Russia is not trying to draw tho
United States Into the Chinese ques
tion, but "if the United States, to pro
tect her vast commeiclal Interests sees
fit to seek a voice in deciding this im
poitant issue, Russia, will be the first
to welcome her and to co-operate in
finding a just and satlsfactoty solution
of Its difficulties."
It may faiily be assumed that in good
time the United StnUs will "seek a
voice" in tefeience to China by ctuslng
the woild at large to know that It will
expect fiom all tho occupants of tho
Orient treatment in trade flee from un
fair discrimination. Should such treat
ment anvwhete find denial It Is reason
able to assume that the United States,
with or without the aid of friendly na
tions, w 111 take measures to protect its
own. That Is certainly as far as we
should have any moral right to go and
that far wo should be in honor bound
to uo, whatever the consequences or
the cost. Tho friendship of Russia, now
asserted In words, can In the coming
ears be pioved in actions, and by
those actions we should be content to
guide our future policy. The Russian
ambassador speaks truly when he savs
that down to this time Russia has given
to the United States no cause for com
plaint and many evidences of good will.
A continuation of the same cordial re
lations will bo the earnest deshe of the
Ameiican people and, we trust, of Rus
sians also.
Meanwhile, by tho use which the
European nations make of their Oiien
tal seizures will they be Judged before
the w oi Id's best public opinion.
Consul Williams appears to
ben lost in the crush at Manila
havo
Meat Inspection.
Now that so much Is heard about
meat Inspection in auny supplies, it Is
Inteiestlng to note that a prominent
nuthorlty on the subject declaies al
most all the cities of tho United States
to bo without ptoper meat Inspection
and that consequently all the people
nro exposed to the gravest dangers.
Americans nre tho gieatest of all meat
eaters and in Philadelphia alone 123,
000,000 pounds aro consumed annually.
His arguments ate all In favor of
municipal slaughter houses, because of
the unsanitary methods in vogue w hero
cattle ato killed at present. There are
persons who go nbout the country buy
ing up old nnd diseased nnlmals which
ate called "bolognas," as they ate used
in this species of food, thus being a
far greater menace than aro the ma
terials generally assigned to this use
In the time-worn Jokes. Since tho es
tablishment of public abattoirs In Ger
many and In other European countries,
It Is stated that tubercular diseases
have greatly decreased, despite tho
continental custom of consuming much
meat whllo it Is in a practically un
cooked state.
Meat inspection that does not inspect
Is the order of things lu this country.
Two meat Inspectors for tho million
und a quarter of Inhabitants of Phila
delphia are a sumplo of the care be
stowed on the conditions nf this great
food department. Tho average con
sumer goes on the same principle when
eating meat that he does whllo eating
chenles; what he doesn't see doesn't
huit hlin. If careful food Inspection
caused anv inconvenience in seeming
tho desired cut of tenderloin or made
an advance In pi Ice, tho average citi
zen would say, "Oh, I don't know. I
guess a 'tubercle' more or less won't
huit me, I wis)), toll's wouldn't agitate
thli matter." A state of apathy nnd
carelessness exists In this country over
these subjects, and, until more public
sentiment Is aroused In behalf of tho
cleanliness and healthy condition of
food supplies, legislation affecting
these will be slow and enforcement of
It Ineffective.
A half-starved negro who stole a few
colni from a museum lo get something
to eat was ccntenced to two years nt
hard labor by a Philadelphia Judge tho
other day. It Is unfortunate that mis
istrntos who believe in ndmlnlstorlnjr.
Justice In larifp doses are generally Iden
tified with cases of this kind while tho
thugs, highwaymen and wlfebeatera
are looked after by tho courts who
believe that j'istlce should be tempered
with mercy.
i i
The Common Sense Plan.
Although there will, dining thepum
mer, bo numerous conferences of
prominent Republican leaders In the
next congtess on tho subject of cur
rency riform tho prevalent expecta
tion In ndmlnlatratlon circles Is that
congress next winter will not be likely
to go further than to enact Into law
the lecommondntlons of the president
on this subject.
It will be tecalled that he pioposed
that when United States notes are re
deemed In gold they bo held and only
paid out again In exchange for gold,
lie nlo recommended that national
banks bo allowed to Issue notes to the
face value of the bonds which they
have deposited for circulation nnd that
tho tax on circulating notes cecuted
hi deposits of such bonds bo reduced
to one half of 1 per cent, per annum.
Ho also proposed that authority be
given for tho establishment of banks
with a minimum capital of $23,000, so
as to enable national banks to be es
tablished in villages. He iccoinmended
that tlie Ishiio of national bank notes
be restricted to the denomination of $10
and upward, and that nntlonnl banks
bo required to redeem their notes In
eold.
Ttiis Is a programme which is easily
undetstood; which attempts no radical
cxpenments; which removes tho green
backs as a factor of danger and does
away for all time with tho "endless
chain," which veiy propel ly puts up
orl tlle uak' l"o burden of maintnin
inn tho credit of their note Issues, nnd
which by reduction of the circulation
tnx and of tho minimum capital limit,
and by lnciease of the circulation limit
tends to enc outage legitimate banking
operations and to perfect the country's
mechanism for speedy exchanges. It
Is pre-eminently a common sense plan
of cuueny reform which avoids at
tempting the Impracticable and con
tents itelf with insuilng tho largest
available share of tangible benefits.
Congress will study a long time be
fore it can improve upon the president's
suggestions.
An effott has been made by some
honest legislator of New Jersey to
give a helping hand to his friends, th
newspaper men. Ho hns endeavored
to intioduce a bill to limit the hours
of labor which newspaper nnd maga
7lno wtlteis are lequlrod to "put In,"
but sadly enough for the intended ben
eficiaries, the bill was amended to a
grotesque dcgiee, for when it came up
for consideration it contained tho
astonlihing piovlslons that newspaper
men should not be required to woik
more than eight houis a day. Com
pensation was fixed at eight dollars an
hour, with another provision that they
should be allowed eight hours for lun
cheon on week days, and ten hour3
on Sunday. The bill passed the house
by a unanimous vote, but New Jer
sey senators have ideas of their own
as to humor and consequently the
newspaper men of New Jersey ate like
ly to continue their grind for fifteen
or twenty hours out of the twenty-four
Just as they do in Pennsylvania, with
the matter of compensation held In
abeyance.
Tlie Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse beat
the Tuesday blizzard by at riving that
morning after a voyage made in 5
days, 21 hours and 8 minutes from tho
Cherbouig brenkwatorj an average
speed of 22.33 knots an hour. This
lowers hei record 1 1-5 bouts from
Cherbourg and is a lemarkable ttip
for winter weather. Modern sea voy
ages, like almost everything else mod
em, are doing away with all the rom
ance which formerly clung to them.
Novelists can scarcely weave a plot
which will cause the central figutes to
make an unalterable Impression upon
each other's hearts in the space of
fivo days and tvventy-ono hours, allow
ing for tho probuble sea sickness. Tho
only alternative will be to have an
accident happen to uelay tho vessel
and that sort of story has served a
long and hard-worked apprenticeship.
A tilp to Europe Is now less Interest
ing, as sea voyages go, than an ocean
journey to Cuba.
Scarcely a day passes that the Pitts
burg papers do not have from one to
a dozen reports of Increased business
done by old established Industiles in
that city or of new Industrial enter
prises nbout to be formed. Pittsburg
is tho busiest city or its size In the
United States today; perhaps In tho
world. All kinds of business in Pitts
burg nro steadily booming, and the
teason Is that Pittsburg enterprise has
diversified Pittsburg's industries until
dull times aie no longer possible. The
example of Pittsburg should not be lost
upon Scranton.
An electric lineman In New York
survived tho shock of 2,000 volts tho
other day. Science offers no explana
tion except thut he may have ben
brought to that state of endurance by
reading war headlines In the Gotham
dally papers.
It Is fortunate for this country that
eight battleships wero contracted for
beforo the senate decided to purchase
bargain counter armor plate only.
Timid people need have no fciis of
"bob veal" this season. According to
accounts It Is now used exclusively as
canned chicken.
To tho Wnnamaketltos the expected
contliiubs lo fall to happen.
Pr?s?nf Sfattis of
Gnforltinafe China.
I'rom tho Philadelphia- Pi ess
THE COAST Is now dismembered.
Russia has occupied tho most
northern province, 8lilng-kliig,
holding its chief ports and pro
lWMlng to croKs It by rullroals.
Pe-Chl-LI, tlio next const province, hold
ing Peking, Is still In Chinese hands, but
the entrance to Its gulf Is cm uno cldo
held by Russlu nt Poit Arthui tend en
tho other by England at Wot Hal Wcl.
The provlnco of Shantung has been pro
empted by aermany b taking Kluo Clmu.
Tho Yang-tse-Kliing delta passes through
the next coast province, Klang-su. and
tho valley of this river hns been solemn
ly declared under tho English sphere of
Influence. Tho Italians from San Mun
liny are las Ing claim to Che Klung. Fo
Kien Is as yet unclaimed. The French
havo nlu-ajs asserted a special Intetest
In ru-Chau, Japan holds Formosa over
against tho provlnco, and thcro nio scat
tered Englsh Interests. Last comes tho
great populous provlnco of Quantung, rr
Canton. England has a foothold oft tho
coast at Hong Kong nnd has added a.
mainland tract Tho French may anvv
moment take lialun, and Macao Is Por
tuguese, liable to co to tho highest lit 1
der. Interests, however, suulclentty con
flict at this point to prevent any such
ncttou as bus been taken in the provinces
without any foreign foothold,
the seven coast provinces of China,
therefore, four, Shlng-klng, Shantung,
Klang-su and Clio Klarg, nio practically
pre-empted bv Russia, Germany, England
and Ital. Tho entiarco to Pe-Chl-LI is
In foreign hands and Russia alrendy dom
inates tho northern third and will entor
It shortly by railway. Tho coasts of Fo
Klen and Quantung aro already com
manded. Chinese administration goes on
over all this territory. Chlneso cutoms
are collected Uy International law they
aro all Chinese tcintory. Hut in tho four
provinces ulicady earmarked eacli for
eign power which has plnnted its flng
controls or excicloes mining and rail
road rights, and Is ready to assume full
sovereign power nt tho Hist sign of an In
truder. Tho tieaty poits remain, one of
them, Shanghai, as good as a foreign set
tlement, and with tho low Chinese tariff of
5 per cent., but China has lost control nf
Its coasts as completely as If Its lino
were savage and still open to seizure unJ
settlement by right or discovery.
o
When tills process began by Russia and
Qormany at tho north and was proposed
by France lrom the south tho position
of England wus precarious. 'Iho utmost
that could be dono was to lav a broad,
general claim to tho Yang-tso Kiang val
ley. Hut Germany Is row detached from
Russia. Itnlv comes In ns tho other col
onizing member of the Triple Alliance,
and Eord Salisbury's favorite plan of an
English nlllauce or undoi standing with
tho league of Central Europe is in full
progress on tho Chinese coast. Exactly
as German and Italian possessions havo
come In as "buffer" territories In Africa
between the claims of England and
France, so they havo been neatlv Inter
posed on tho east coast of Asia, between
Russia and England on the uoith by Ger
many at Shantung, and between Franco
and England at tho south by Italy nt Clio
Klang, one on each side of tho rich core
and fertile center of Chitsi, the Yang-tse-Klnng
valley about as big as our Mis
sissippl which England is about to en
ter at its head by railway from Uurmah,
and which It claims to its mouth as a
"sphere of Influence."
o
The Impartial American, ns he contem
plates all this with even-handed i easi
ness to sell r-ilta to anybody In one one's
"sphere of influence," cannot help a llt
tlo ndmlratlon at tho neatness with which
England has again come to tho front In
China,
NEWS AND COMMENT.
General Gomc-7, writes Chailes M. Pop
per, would not bo a successful politician
on a campaign tour. Ills wajs aie ton
blunt. The day lie camo from Matairai
to tho insurgent headqmrtets at Alari
anoa ho had a soeciai train for himself,
tho members of his staff and vailouj
civilian officials. Gomez's car was tho
one into which everybody naturally drift
ed. When, between places, he got tired
and wanted to rest l.o said for everybody
to clear out The Castillan language
does not express It quite so bluntly, but
tho words mean tho same thing. When
thero was hesitation a tall captain went
through the nlslo of tho car and pushed
intruders beforo him. At ono place a
Cuban of prominence had seated himself
In the general's seat while ho was on the
tear platform. When Gomez returned tho
Cuban remained. Gomez glanced at him
impatiently a moment, frowncd.and with
out a woid seized him by tho shoulder.
The seat was instantly vacated. A little
later a handsomely dressed woman was
presented. Gomez was on his feet In a
second, as gallantly as a French cour
tier, and would not sit down until sho
had seated herself beside him Then ho
took her Jeweled fan and wielded it a3
g'-acefully ns only the Latin women know
how to wield a fan This Cuban woman
belonged to a wealthy family, whosa
means had been given freely to tho in
surgents nnd which had suffered persecu
tlon from the Spanish officials. In those
few minutes' talk with the old general
rhe had her reward for all tho sacrifices
that had been made. lint she wus not al
lowed to monopolize his time. One of his
officers brought forward u poorly dtessed
woman and her little daughter. They had
hung back nnxlous for a word of greet
ing, yet afraid to intrude. Both were in
black. Gomez knew the stoiy In an In
stant. Husband or son or brother had
been lost in tho insurrection. Slnco ho
came out of tho woods he has known tho
samo story hundreds of times Instantly
his attention was turned from tho ele
gantly dressed lady at his sldo to tlu
poor woman in black. Sho had his fleet
ing and kindly Inquiries ufter her wclfuie.
That was her recompense.
Sir Robert aiffen, the English statls
tlcian and economist. In a stilking piper
on 'Tho Relative Growth of tho Con
poncnt Parts of tho Empire." gives somo
facts and figures showing tlie vvondotful
lncreaso of Greater Rrituln In territory,
population and resources during tho past
quarter century The empire now em
braces 11,600.000 squaro miles, or, if Egypt
and tho Soudan bo included, U.000,000
bquare miles, with a total population of
over 420,000,000, or one-fourth of the peo
ple of tho earth. Tho English-speaking
ruling race, being chiefly In the United
Kingdom. British North Amoiica and
Australasia, number nbout 00,000,000, or
less than one-eighth Of the whole, and
tho remaining 370,000,000 nto the subject
race, living tor tho most pan in India
and Africa. Tho increase in urea and
population of tho empire excluding Egypt
and the Soudan, sineo 1S71 amounts to ,
S5I.0O squaro miles nnd 123Ou0,000 people,
or more than a fourth of botli territory
and population. Tho ruling race has In
creased by 12CO0.OOO, or ono-fourth of tho
number In 1697. und tho subject races havo
gained 112,000,000, nbout one-third of their
number in 1M7 Tlie present total rove
nue of the various parts of the empire Is
$1,353,263,000, showing an increase of J075.
715,000 since 1871. or over 40 per cent, of
tho present total; and tho Imports und
exports amount to $0,873,00O.OiO, which Is
an lncreaso of $2,110,000,000, ubout one
third of tho present total.
When in Cincinnati the other day
"Fighting Cob" Evans told a reporter a
bit of hitherto unpublished war history
connected with the Santiago naval cam
!algn: Said he: "Tho entrance of tho
Mcrrlmno Into tho harbor under fire from
every gun It seemed of the Spanish fleet
and fortress was tho most terrible sight I
ever saw, I can best der tribe It as hell
with the lid off. Tlie next morning all
we could see wllh our glasses wero tho
tops of tho Meribnuc's mast to which
was fastened something resembling n
liUL TLllj'o wj-j iiu iiin of life and, of
course, we thought It all up with our poor
comrades. I had received orders from
Sampson to nllow no boat to approach tho
wreck, and soon my executive officer re
ported to mo that n Fteum sacht wus
drawing ntur to It ard asked If he should
open fire. For seme reason or other tint
1 cannot explain, I decided for tho tlmo
being to disobey orders, und told my offi
cer to wnlt u bit. Then wo suw tho jncht
tako on board from tho raft I havo men
tioned our ccmrades under Hobson. Had
1 fired, of course they would havo per
ished, ns would havo Admiral Cervora,
who was on tho barge. I only learned on
reading Lieutenant Hobtin's recently
published story that ho and his fellows
had been clinging for hours with their
hands to that raft, with bodies totally
submerged, when tho b.ngo reccued them.
I havo thanked God many times since
that 1 refrained from firing on th.it
bnrgo."
There Is an Interesting steij behind the
recent appointment of Ur. Gossncr n
postmaster nt FIndlay, O , and W. E.
Curtis thus tells It: A good many jcars
ago tho lamlly of tho Into president,
Rutherford It. Haves, owned a dog, which
ran Into tho street one day nnd barked at
a passing carriage. The horso was fright
ened, bolted and knocked down a woman,
who brought a suit for damages against
the ex-president. A man by tlio namo of
Lovo was her lawyei. Ho got judgment,
which President Huyes relused to pay.
Lovo waited for an opportunity to collect
the Judgment, which camo when Miss
Fannlo Hayes was liuurled to Lieutenant
Wilson of tho navy. Ho created a sensa
tion by descending upon the Hajcs man
sion during tho ceremony with a con
stablo und seizing tho wedding presents.
Thcro wus Intense Indignation among the
trlends of tho Hayes family and tho ro
spectablo peoplo of tho neighborhood.
President McKlnley happened to be a
guest, witnessing tho entire proceedings,
and his present to the bride was BClzod
with tho rest. A few weeks ago this
samo Love camo up as n candidate :or
tho postofflco at FIndlay, strongly rec
ommended by Senator Hanna, the mem
bers of congress nnd other Republican
politicians, but when the president
learned through a member of tlio lluycs
family of his Identity somebody else wus
Immediately appointed.
Tho actual work of building the "White
Cltl" of tho Pan-American exposition,
which is to bo epened In Buffalo in 1W1,
will soon begin Tho exposition is nn as
sured fact. The bill appropriating $390 -000
for tho Now York htnto building and
exhibit passed both houses ot the legis
lature, and was signed bv Governor
Roosevelt immediately. On March .1 tho
bill appropriating $"00,000 tor tho national
exhibit passed congress Mid was signed
at onco by President McKlnley. Thcro
Is now tho sum of $2 200 000 behind the ex
position. The city of Buffalo and west
ern New Yoik have raised by popular
subset Iptlon $1,400,000, congress has ap
propriated $'00,000 and tho stato $J00,00O.
During tho r.ext few weeks other states
will appropriate largo sums for their ex
hibits, and the woik of prepaiing tho
exhibits in other countries of the western
hemisphere has nlieady begun.
Tho Joneses, ns the Chicago Record
notes, aro doing very well in official life
In tho s. mte of tho United States aro
.Tames K. Jones, of Arkansas, and John
P Jones of Novada, who hold their seaU
unti March, 1903. In the last house of
representatives was W. A. Jones, of Vir
ginia, who succeeds himself In the next
congress, and William C. Jones, of tho
stato of Washington, who Is succeeded by
another Jones whose initials nro W. L.
The present Jones Is n Populist. Tho
next Jones Is a Republican Dan W.
Jones is governor of Arkansas, J. II.
Jones Is lieutenant governor ot Mississ
ippi, A. W. Jones Is lieutenant governor
of Ohio, r. L Jones is superintendent of
Instiuction In Indiana and W. D. Jones
Is attorney general of Nevada
The biggest medical contract on record
has been given to Dr. Azel Amos, of
Messachusetts. He has been ordeied by
Gercral Guy V. Uenrv. governor of Porto
Rico, to vaccinate every cne of tho Isl
and's 1000 000 Inhabitants. It will tak6
him and his assistants six months to com
plete the contract nnd tho cost will ex
ceed $100,000
and
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LAUGUSr ASSORTMENT OV RANGES
IN 1HB CITY.
Plmmbieg
and Ttauiiirw
GUrlSTElR & FORSYTH
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
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A Brooklyn drummer suffered from biliousness, constipation and
loss of appetite. He noticed that his brother drummers used Ripans
Tabules, and tried one. It did him fiood, and now he takes them
regularly. "My bowels are regular,"' he writes. 'I have no bad
headaches. 1 have a clean mouth and a good breath in the morning."
AnairttylepaclrtcnntilnlDZTLfi.ll'iViTiiiiLrilnapiiwrrirtontwUbautgliu.llinawforialettMint
trafc.tortn-rouriYli.ivT itaUliw ivtovdiou UlBlenii.iiraritiepoaranl the ctonor ilml imiotia
of the Urv-reut oirtonUJutabuie)t.mbjual )y mill by tndinxfoiiy-titfht rent to ibu 1jpay Cii.uc&j
Conuiiu, tu. a byrutj birtet, tew Yuik ur ui,'lj carloaiiui iuilk; will bo scuifvr uvu itau.
did
Lamp:
Vc have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chaucc to get a.
good lamp for little money.
TIE CLEMONS, F0RBER,
Q'MAIXEY CO,
422 Lnckawaun i Avemi
Lewis, Reilly
ALWAYS BUSY.
The inarch of
honest progress
will ever in
crease: Our
Shoes for Spring
are fit to march
the earth.
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WRITti IT DOWN
As jour needs suggests anything In the
oflifo and stationery lino nnd when jour
list Is full bring it to us and wo will sui
prise jou wllh tho novelties we havo re
ceived in up-to-date supplies for jour of
fice We have ever) thing In the Blank
Hook lino riling C.iblnets, Document
Hoxe. Postal Scales, Pox riles and the
largest assortment nf IJox Stationery in
the City. Whltlrg's Wedgewood Uhio, tho
very latest color. In all sizes In stoek.
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS.
i ;i) Wyoming Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
Book
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There is no need to
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of the 5hirt Waists car
ried by us, viz.
we would simply sayi
Our advance styles are
here and on exhibition,
and are deserving of youi
time and attention.
Never has our line corn
prised so fine a collection
of choice things as we aro
showing for the season of
1899 in
Percales,
Dimities,
Scotch
GioglhcMnis
and
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Y011 are cordially
vltefll to eiir Sprtoi
kg of tliese pMs
M weeL
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LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Tub MonFitN IIaiidwarb Stohe.
Eeameled
Ware
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and labts long.
It is
Economy
to purchase these goods
and we invite inspection
to our carefully selected
line.
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110 WASHINGTON AVE.
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The HMot &
Conine!! Co
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Buildei's Hardware.
434 Laetoaifla Aveme
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