1 -" THE SCEANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 189a. BIG DAY OF GRAND ARMY Concluded from Tnge 1. harbor propelled by Btotim let Us whis tle go, and this, with tho cheers of the crowds on shore, mn'le a deafening noise. The president was the first to step on board the flagship from the steep ladder that hangs over the New Tork's side and as ho did so the entire squadron belched forth the president's salute of twenty-one guns, or 126 guns In all. The bands of nil the ships simultaneously played "Hall to the Chief." The president was received at the gangway by near Admiral Sampson and the staff ofllceis of the shin, who were In special full dress uniform. The rail was manned by the men dur ing the formal greeting. The call to quarters was then pounded and every man on board ship sprang to his place Just as though nn engagement was hbout to start. The sight gieatly pleased the president. Mr. McKlnley was then shown over the whole ship, starting at the aft turret, In which two eight-Inch guns are located. Stand ing with the small enclosure of the tur ret were eight men naked to the waist, who were going through the motion of loading, sighting and firing the guns. The president watched the proceedings with much Interest. It took a half hour to go over the vessel and so In terested did the president become that he expressed a wish to visit the other ships. As ho left the New York the entire fleet again fired the picsldent's salute. Captain Taylor was at the gang way .when the chief executive came aboard and was greeted again by twenty-one guns. The battleship, like the New York, was also cleared for ac tion, with ammunition up Captain Taylor conducted the president to the great thlrteen-lnch guns nft and the latter nimbly climbed to the top of the turret While he stood on the turret it was swung around, the big guns sighted and the entire mechanism of the turret was explained to him. From the Indiana Mr. McKlnloy was rowed to the Masachusetts, Brooklyn nnd Texas. He did not Inspect these vessels but inciely contented himself by greeting the commanders of each. An Inspiring Sight. The return of the president to the shore was an Inspiring one. The Texas was moored furthest up the river nnd the presidential paity had to pass each of the gieat ves"Is on Its return to shore. The river was alle with craft crowded to their utmost capac ity and a great noise was being made As the barge neared the flagship the signal was given to salute and six big ships again belehiod forth a terrific palute rivet y man and officer on tha ships stood at attention nnd the bands added to the din by again plnylncr the "Hail to the Chief." The barge wis stopped while the salute was being fired and after It had censed the 12 brawny pallors pulled for the shore, Mnslng one of the most patriotic scenes chat has ever taken place on the river. President McKlnley proved to b a good pallor. The river was ery rough bocaue of the large number of steam essels in the vicinity of the squadron. The barge constantly pitched Iolently but the president rathr enjoyed the shake up. A noticeable feature of the visit to the fleet was the president' cordial greeting to the men on each ship. He never once forgot the "boys ' and bowed to them upon boat din? nnd leaving the ships The party teached the hotel at fi:30 and preparations for the evening were made. Candidates for Commander. The fight forcomtnander-in-chlef con tinues and each candidate still feels sure that he will land a winner. Col onel Albert D. Shaw, of Watertown, N. Y, seems to lead, with Comtade Leo Rassleur, of St. Louis, a good sec ond. There Is not much talk about the office of senior vice-commander-ln-chlef tonight, the canvass for that office being lather quiet and it Is not known who will get the place M. Mlnton, of Kentucky, will ptobably bo named for junior vice-eommander, while William H. Baker, of Massachusetts, seems to have the call for surgeon gen-eral-in-chlef. The contest among the cities for the holding of next year's encampment has narrowed down to Chicago and Salt Lake City. It Is practically conceded that Chicago will be the winner. The actual business of the encamp ment will begin tomorrow nt the Orand opera house. About 1,2.10 delegates will have seats in the encampment, which will last two days The committee on pensions of the na tional encampment met today and com pleted the report, around which the de bate of the sessions Is likely to centtp It Is said that while the committee will suggest certain changes In laws that now seem to be equivocal, and will cite Instances of hardship that have como as a result of the Interpretation of the law, It will not Join in the denuncia tion of the pension commissioner, H. Clay Evans. EVENING EXERCISES. President McKlnley Delivers Two Addresses. Enthusiasm was rampant tonight. Wherever President McKlnley appeared he received tremendous ovations, par ticularly at the Academy of Music, where the Grand Army was officially welcomed to the city and state by Mayor Ashbrldge and Governor Stone. An Interesting event at this celebra tion was tho meeting of President Mc Klnley and General Sickles, of Nw York. The general was alieady seated when the president arrived, accompa nied by Secietarles Root and Wilson. When the president observed the vet eran he walked toward him and Gen eral Sickles arose from his scat. They Phook hands cordially while the nud. ence numbering about 3,000 made the house ring with their plaudits. Admiral Sampbon and his Btnff were among the first to arrive. The navul hero was vociferously cheered and when later In the evening he was in troduced by General Wagner, chair man of the meeting, the ovation was repeated. Addresses of welcome to tho Giand Army of tho Republic were made by Governor Stone and Mayor Ashbrldge, to which L. Torrence, Judge advocate of the Grand Army, respond i. President's Address. The president was Introduced as "Comrade" MclKnley. He said; It has given me great pleusure to be associated with you today, I have been deeply touched by many of the scenes which all of us have witnessed. With the Joy add of the clad reunion of old oomradta who fought side by ride In a pommon cauee and for a common country thsra was the other sad side that so many of our comrades who two years ago had marched proudly with you through tho city of Buffalo, aro no long er In tho ranks. Tho circle 1b narrowing. As years roll on one after another is not present at our reunions, but accounted for. They havo gono to Join tho great majority of our comrades who sleep tonight beneath tho low green tent whose curtains never outward sway. But with Jt all, my comrades, I could not but Inquire, as 1 witnessed tho vast procession of old veterans and heard tho plaudits of tho people, 1 could not but ask tho question- "What has en deared this vast army to tho American peoples? What has enshrined you In their hearts? What has given ou a perman ent, imperishable place In hlstory7" Tho answer comes that you saved tha nation. It was becauso you did some thing; aye, you sacrificed something. You were willing to give up our lives for civilization and liberty, not for tho civ ilization nnd liberty of an hour, but of ages. That has given jou tho pluco In tho hearts of tho American people. Gicat and good deeds never die, nnd the Grand Army of the Republic Is to be congratulated tonight that tho Union it saved nnd the peace It secured at Ap pottomatox court house moro than a third of a century ago. Is stronger, better und dearer to the American pcoplo to day than ever before in all our history. Vi aro once moro and forever one peo ple, ono in faith, one in purpose, willing to pucrillco our lives for the honor of our country and tho glory of our Hag. Tho blue and the gray march under ono flag vvc'vo got but one flag now tho same that our grandfathers lifted up, tho same our fathers born and that nag which J on kept stainless and mudo tri umphant will bo kept stainless nnd mado triumphant for evermore. I may bo pardoned for saying In this presence that this hns been ono of the happiest davs of my life, as I stood look ing in tho faces of my comrades. They are getting a little too old for war, but they aro nil right. That during last year nnd this sum mer, wo vvcio nblo to convene 250,000 of tho best young men In the United States was duo to the example of your patriot- Ism and tho inspiration of jour examples. General Sickles was next introduced nnd made a brief address, expressing his admiration for the nation's chief executive. At Odd Fellows Hall. A few minutes later the presidential party, with Admiral Sampson 'und his staff, left the Acadvmy of Music and proceeded to the Odd Fellows' hall, where President McKlnley was tho guest of honor at a banquet tendered by George G. Meade post, the Lafay etto post, of New York, and the Kings ley post, of Boston. The distinguished visitors were driven tin ouch the "avenue of fame," which for the first time they saw illuminated. Immense throngs surged thtough tho avenue and tho cheering "vas deafen ing. When the chief executive entetod the banquettlng hall all present arose and cheeted their distinguished com lade Whon tho piesldent was Intro duced by the toastmaster to the diners he arose nnd said: "1 do not Intend to make a speech at this time. I merely want to pay that It is a great pleasuie to me to be a guest of the three greatest posts of the Ginnd Army, Klngsley, Meade and La fayette. It has given me genuine pleas ure to greet so manv of my old com rades In this city of historic memory nnd patriotic devotion, for I assure you that all the goodness and greatness of Philadelphia is not in the past. I could not help but tolled as I passed through the "Avenue qf Fame" today what a volume of history its portraits told. The history of the achievements of the nimy as well ns tho navy made well and clear by familiar faces; familiar In that gteat sttuggle. Our great com mander wns theic Ulysses S. Grant, Shot man, Sheridan, Meade, Hancock and Fatragut, and while old ocean's bieast bears a white sail they will be lfinembeted. And not only in that gal lery of heioes Is found the gieat captain, but the private soldleis of the army. He who has now Insignia, of tank but the blue blouse. The men behind the guns of the navy nil tell story of heroism, greatness and match less achievement In whlcli we an glory. I have about me the army and navy which I command (applause.) And eveiy ono who wants to speak to you tonight ehall speak. (Laughter nnd n.pplauso.1 The secretary of war is liete, tho secretary of agrlcultuto is here nnd the president of Cornell uni versity who was tho president of tho Philippine commission recently back from Manila Is here. And Adndral Sampson Is here and now gentlemen of tho three great posts you have your choice." The toastmaster took the president's cue, nnd called on the gentlemen nnmed by him. Secretary Root and Professor Schurmann made brief ad dresses In which they referred to the war In the Philippines, Both of them took the stand that tho war phould be tarried on vigorously until peace nil over the Island Is had. The presidential patty retired from the hall and drove directly to the Penn sylvania railroad station where the party boarded a special train und left for Washington at 11.30 o'clock. Tho same persons that nccompaniod the president hero returned with him to tho capital. The president, through Secretary Porter, expressed himself as highly pleased with his lslt to this city. SHIPWRECKED SAILORS LANDED Crew of the Bark Clara E. McGilvery Put Ashore at Rotterdam. Rotterdam, Sept. 5. The British steamship Massapequu, Captain Cook, from Newport News, August 21, for this port, has ni rived hero nnd lunded tho crew of the bark Clara H. McOll very, which wus abandoned in a sink ing condition, bound from Bei'.TiJda for Philadelphia. It has been a matter of conjecture ns to the fate of the crew of the MeOIl vcry, which hailed from Port Ucdway, Mo , nnd vvhlvh was reported first by the Civ do Lino steamship New York at Wilmington, N. C, August 25, as having been sighted in latitude 36.33, longitude 74,50. nbandoned, dlsmnsted In a gale nnd ngatn reported sighted August 23 with her masts and wreck age alongside. On August 27 the tug Itesue left Not folk for the wreck which wns lvlng nbout ninety miles southeast of Cape Henrv, nnd found her lying on her beam ends with bow cut avvav ns If some vessel had run Into her. Noth ing wns found worth saving and there was no evidence of what had become of the- crow. Pennsylvania Potmasters. Washington, Sept. 6 The following Pennsylvania postmasters of the fourth class were appointed today: 11. I). George, Qarmans Mills, Cambria county, Harry F. Smith, Gcibtown, Cambria county; S. A. Cooper, Hurmoneburg, Crawford county; Mary L Rose, Hay dentown, Fayette county; U. P. Unger, Leechs Corner, Mercer county; L. I), Tiffany, Lucasvills, Wyoming county, John J. Landla, Plank Road, York coun ty; George W. Devault, Shlrland, Alle gheny county; George Volfe, Tunnels Wile, Armstrong county. FILIPINOS WILL BE LEFT TO GEN. OTIS SOHURMAN COMMISSION'S DU TIES PRACTICALLY ENDED. Only to Submit Its Report to tho President Opportunities to Treat with a Civil Commissioner, Onco Neglected, Not Again to Re Offered. To Push Operations Energetically Against Agulnaldo's Sands. Washington, Sept. 5. So far as nego tiations with tho Filipinos nre con cerned the Philippines commission has ceased Its labors. The president be lieves that the Filipinos, having failed to meet tho commission In tho proper spirit nnd take advantage of Its pres ence to come to reasonable terms with the United States, should be made to deal entirely with the military force. General Otis will not be hampered in the fall with civil commissioners. Neither President Schurman nor Ad miral Dewey will return to Manila, and It Is probable that Colonel Denbv nnd Prof. Worcester will receive In structions, If they have not had them already to return home and prepare a report for submission to congress. Tho information which tho president received from President Schurman nnd which he laid before tho cabinet yes terday, but strengthened the belief of tho president and his advisers that the situation confronting the army In the Philippines should be left entirely to tho military. While this report of tho president of the commission was not nil that could be wished for, it was far from discouraging, Thouga not blinded to the difficulties which confront the administration in the Islands, President Schurman takes a rather hopeful view of tho situation. He admits thnt it Is a hard problem, but is confident thnt with patience and peres vet ence It can be solved to the ndvantage both of the Fillnlnos an 1 tho United States. After hearing all Piesldent Schurman had to say, the piesldent concluded that the existing conditions In tho Philippines were not auspicious for a continuance of nego tiations between the commission nnd the Filipinos, and so informed the mcmbeis of his cabinet present at the meeting of yesterday. When tho Filipinos ilnd they have to deal with the military nlonc, and nre to secute no respite until they surren der unconditionally, they are likely to lose hope. This, at any rate, is tho flim belief of tho administration. Gen ei al Otis and his miuy under instruc tions ftom the president, will allow tho rebels no rest onco the fall campaign has been inaugurated in earnest. When they aie forced to give up their trenches through inability to stand the lire of the American urtlllery, they are not to be alllovved, ns heretofore, to le treat without pursuit and construct new trenches at their lelsiue. After the artillery nnd Infnntry havo dis lodged them and forced them to ilee, the cavalry will pursue them relent lessly. To get away they will be forced to abandon food supplies and nrms, and they are bound to be l educed to a con dition wheie there will be nothing left for them but suriender. As the terms of surrender will bo dictated by Gen eral Otis, there will be nothing mine for the Schurman commission to do in the Philippines unless In the unlooked-for contingency that General Otis should fail to round up Aguinaldo and his band. Rebellion Unpopular. Piesldent Schurman Is convinced that Agulnaldo's lebelllon Is becoming moro and more unpopular with the na tives of Luzon By the time Aguln aldo's forces shall have sustained a few serious routs the discontent now existing In many of the provinces in consequence of the hardships foiced upon the inhabitants by the state of war will, President Schurman thinks, havo become general throughout the island, and Aguinaldo will ilnd himself In desperate stialts, Piesldent Schtir man believes that Aguinaldo, even now, realises the honelesness of his cause, and Is deterred from sui lender only through fear that he will be severely dealt with when taken. All reports of the plans which the president has decided upon for gov erning the Philippines when American authority Is established are without authority. Tho president hns given little thought to the future government of tho Philippines. What he is con cerned about is the crushing of the lebelllon. The future government of the Islands Is a matter for eon giess to decide. It Is even doubtful If the president, If the rebellion Is ciushed before the assembling of con giess, will make any speclllc iecori meudatlons to congress ns to the char acter of government he things the Fili pinos ought to have. He probably will content himself with laying before con gress full Information upon the con ditions existing in the Philippines and leave to the law-making branch he task of providing a government for the Islands, untrammelcd by any opin ions of his own on the subject. Ho followed this courso In the caso of Ha wall, and ho Is not likely to change It In the caso of tho Philippines. He desires to avoid tho slightest basis for the foolish talk which has been in dulged in nbout his assumption of dic tatorial authority. The president Is not nfrald to trust congress He has perfect confidence that congress, when possessed of full Information, will act with wisdom. The president has declared his belief that the Philippines nro ns much a part of tho United States as Louisiana or Texas, which becamo part of the Unit ed States in a similar manner to that in which tho Philippines were ndded to our territory. That congress will decide to contract the country's domain he does not credit. But If eongre-s should not decide he will Intorpose no obstacle, hut will carry out the ex pressed will of congress In that, ns ho hns in all matters growing out of the war with Spain for Cuban freedom. As to Resources. The president nnd his cabinet have been partlculatly pleased with Presl dent Schurmnn's accounts of tho pros pects of Philippine development under American administration. President Schurman was emphatic In his declar ation that the resouices of the Islands and the advantage of them as a basis for American trade In the Orient would more than repay the United States for all tho sacrifice necessary to establish United States authority Ho believes that Manila under Ameri can rule will become one of tho gieat trading points of the world. It will bo but, a few years when It will outstrip Hon& Kong. Tho trade possibilities In the C'Hcnt ure but little nppreclatel by the majority of Amerlcars. but J those who, like President Schurman, have Investigated them, confess them selves ns amazed that a forfeiture of the advantages which tho United States has secured In this field through Its possession of the Philippines should receive a moment's serious considera tion. THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE. Dally Chronicle Urges tho Shipown ers to Bo Oenerous. London, Sept. 5. The strlko of tho seamen nnd firemen, which wns begun yesterday In a half-hearted fashion, will not apparently affect tho shipping Industry to any great extent. Al ready tho Dally Chronicle, which Is the principal labor organ, Is urging tho shippers to bo generous, becauso "sail ors are admittedly unable to organize like other woikmcn, nnd their lot Is not rosv." Joseph Havelock Wilson, member of parliament from Mlddlesborougli, a Radical, but who was elected moro par ticularly ns a labor representative, and who Is taking a prominent part In tho movement, savs thnt the collier men nt South Shields have notified their employers that they will strlko on tho return of vessels to port, nnd that the Glasgow men nro leaving thel.- ves sels. He ndded that two vessels weio blocked In tho Tyne, and that the strlko reports from Liverpool were en couraging. The secretary of the union nt Liver pool reports- "Cloven large steam ships blocked hero, including ihc Ocennic nnd the Lucnnla." That nssertlon, however, is contrary to the statement issued by tho ship owners. MARRIAGE OF JEROME KEOGH. Ceremony Will Be Performed This Morning in Boston. Jercme It. Kcgh, of this city, tho well-known pool champion, will bo married nt Poston, Mass , tills morn Ins to Miss Mnry O'Kcefe, of that city. His brother, John Keoch, of New York, will bo his groomsman Miss O'Kcefe Is a charmln-j young woman who Is popular In the first social circles of the Hub. After their marriage Mr. nnd Mis. Keogh will spend some time In New York, Albany nnd Norwich, N. Y, nnd will nrrlvo In this city nbout two weeks hence. Mr Keogh Ins been playing pool In Chicago for some time and passed through the rlty Sunday nigM on his way to Boston. CAME FROM WILKES-BARRE. James Ritch nnd Mrs. Lzzle M. trioseschoule Married. James Rltch and Mrs. Lizzie M. Gro Bcsehoule enme from WIlKes-Bario yes terday nfternoon to be married by Al derman Myron Kasson. There was quite a wedding ceremony In tho lat ter's office, there being two attendants on each party. Tho latter weie Edith Ripley. Dolllo Jones, Edward Bible and C. J. Mlrtz. When they had been made man and wife the groom fished clown In his pocket and pulled out all his small change, amounting Just 65 cents, which ho handed the alderman ns his fee. Rltch is 60 years of age nnd this Is his first matrimonial vcntuie. His bride is 3S and her Mist husband died in 1SD0. NO POCKETS PICKED. Remarkable Feature of Monday's Big Gathering. Ono of the most remaikable features of Monday's big celebration was the fact that not a single ca-e of pocket plcklng wns reported to the police. This Is truly wonderful w hen It Is taken Into consldeiation that a crowd estimated nt between 70,000 and 80,000 persons were on the streets and that th con vention being of national importnnce, attracted nttentlon nil over the coun try, giving ciooks a tip Too much praise cannot bo given the police and other officers who so care fully pati oiled the platforms of the sev eral depots. Ther were neaily a dozen on duty nt the rallvvaystatlons when tho special trains arrived . TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. Festival in Rooms of John Boyle O'Reilly Council. In the rooms of tho John O'Reilly council, Young Men's tute, on Lackawanna avenue, Boylo fes- tlval was held last night for tho benefit of tho building fund of the new Catho lic chapel at Clark's Summit. Ice cieain and cake were solved and the evening was enlivened by music. A gold bracelet was chanced off and was won by Mrs. M. J. Kelly, of rhelp.s sttect, wife of County Treas urer Kelly. The festival will bo con tinued this evening, when a $10 gold piece for which a number of tickets were sold nt the picnic In Clark's Sum mit Saturday will bo disposed of by chance. HORN WILL BE REPLACED. Griffiths Will Bo Furnished with a Now Instrument. William Griffiths, trombone player of Bauers band, who was knocked down and lnjuied by A. F. Law's horse In Monday's paiade, yesterday iccelved nn order from that gentleman for a new horn to replace the ono damaged In the accident. Mr. Griffiths' Injuries aro not serious and ho was able to bo nbout his duties yesterday, although slightly lame. STILL IN CONSULTATION. Lnckawanna Conductors and Train men Not Ready for Confetence. Tho Joint committee of tho Lacka wanna eonductois and tialnmen aie still In secret session at A. O. I W. hall, and can not say when they will resume tho conference with thrt offic ials. Grand Chiefs Clarit and Morrlssy aro still with tho committee. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. And Miss Blanche Veiy Lives to Tell the Tnle. Special to Tho Bcranton Tribune. Hallstead.Sept. 5. Lightning on Sun day evening struck nn electric wire and followed It Into tho Major house, whore It struck a dining loom girl nnmed Blancho Very and rendered her uncon scious It also splintered an electric light pole in fiont of Rose Mack's resldenco on Main street and hit tho Firemen's hall, hut no serious dnmage was done. Pennsylvania Pensions, Washington, Sept. 5 Pension certlrl catOBi Original widows, Harriet Kolb, Carverton, Luzerne, JS. TRANSVAAL CRISIS STILL VERY GRAVE BOER REPORT THAT THE TEN SION IS LESS SEVERE. British War Office Denies That Re serves Have Been Called Out. Press Regards tho Situation ob Extremely Grave St. James' Ga zetto Says Moro Troops Hnvo Been Ordered to Bo Ready to Sail War Office Denies It Hopeful View in n Dispatch to the Times Stock Ex change Depressed. Capo Town, Sept. 5. Arrangements me being completed for safo-gunrdlng telegraph communlcutlo-t with the Capo in caso of wnr between Great Britain and the Transvaal. Refugees to tho number of 147 have at lived heie One million cartridges havo been for warded to Pletermaritzburg, capital of the British territory of Natal. Many Dutch farmers arc leaving Bochuana- lnnd for the purpoo of forming a longer ncros tho frontier. London, Sept C Tho latest news re ceived In this city fiom various points In South Africa Is vague and contra dictory. Nothing moro Is known re garding the status of tho negotiations between Great Britain nnd the Trans vnnl that what wns learned yesteidny Tho officials of tho British war offico deny emphatically thnt the reserves havo been called out or that any steps havo been tnken to thnt end. Tho nfternoon newspapers follow tho load of the morning publications nnd take an extremely grave view of tho situation, although tho wur office de nial tends sonievvhnt to nllay the wild, nlnrmlst reports current late Inst night. The Boer oigan here, the Slnndard rnd Diggers News, todny prints a dis patch from Pretoria, saying that the tension there is nppnrently less severe, nnd thnt It is believed that arrange ments for the proposed conference nt Capo Town will be completed, nlthough It Is unlikely that President Kruger of the Transvaal lepublic will attend the conference. The opinion of persons who legard the bnginnlng of a wnr between Great Britain nnd the Transvaal ns onlv a matter of a short time, is voiced by tho St. James's Ga7ette, which Fays today: "The news concerning the crisis Is very grave. AVe learn thnt three more Infantry brigades have been ordered to Capo Colony. Including the Gordons, of Daigat fame: ono battalion of tho Highland Light Infnntry which fought In Crete, tho second battalion of the Block Watch and the second battalion of the Cnmcronlnns. Thoso troops are under orders to be ready to leave at tv-enly-foitr hours' notice. Tho offi cers nnd men are delighted nt the pros pects of active service. In service cir cles wnr Is considered nbsolutely cer tain. The admiralty have a number of transports readv to convey troops to Cnpe Colonv. The Boers, while pro crastinating In regard to their reply, have been making every preparation for war, and nre contemplating raiding the Natnl frontier. Lalnv's Neck, which is the sole route from tho Transvaal to Natal, is undefended." England's Proposal. Capo Town dispatches say that the Afrikander papers print what purports to be a semi-official account of the re cent jKiuipariois. But ns they ciedlt Mr. Conyngham Greene, tho British agent In the South. Arflca Republic, with saving that Great Britain v as willing to abandon the question of British suzerainty If tho proposals made at tho Bloemfonleln conference ly Sir Alfred Mllner the governor of Capo Colony nnd British high commis sioner of South Africa, were accepted, they aie not credited cither at Cape Colonv or beie Tho second edition of tho Times, Is sued this morning, contains a dlspntch from Pretoria under date of Sept. 4, saying: The piedominant view Is that the last dispatch opens up the way to a modus Vivendi, Inasmuch as the proposals of Mr. Chamberlain i elating to the seven years' franchise havo been practically complied with. That Is the result of the influence of Heir Fischer (the spe cial agent of the Orange Free State) with the Raad " The dispatch, however. Is at variance with the editorial -views on the matter expressed by the Times this morning. The gravity of the news in regard to the ttoublo In South Africa had a de cidedly depressing effect on the Stock Hxchango today, all departments sym pathizing. The war office has Issued a denial of the icport publlhed today In the St. James Gazette that three moro Infantry brigades had been ordered to the Cape. YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE DAY. Preparing for the Celebration to Be Held Sept. 20. Repic-entatlvos of tho various Young Men's Institute councils of northeastern Pennsylvania met In Plttston Sunday to arrange for the appropriate c elehra tlon of tho Young Men's Institute National Pay, September L'0, tho birth day of James Cat roll, of f'airollton, one of the signers of tho Declaration of Independence. Judging from reports tho celebration, which will be held nt Lnke Ariel on September 20, will be nttended by an unusuallv largo crowd. Tho principal bu-lncs was to arrange for tho excur sion. SUIT IS THE RESULT. Company Refused to Transport a Dead Body. A suit Is nbout to be Instituted by a resident of Hoboken against tho Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western rail road company. On July 13 a child of the plaintiff died of membranous eioup. An undertaker placed tho bodv In a hermetically scaled casket an 1 on veyed it to tho station of the Ddnwar- L.ickawanna and Western rallrou'J to be taken to another town for burial. Tho station agent, however, refuse 1 to accept it on bchulf of tho ompany or even allow tho undertaker on bin own responsibility to place H in the baggage car. Medical Recoid. Steamship Arrivals. New York, Sept. 5.-8allad: Bulgaria, Hamburg; Ccvlc, Liverpool, I.uhn, lire men via Southampton. Arrived. Went rmland, Antwerp. Cleared: Suuthwnrk, Southampton; Teutonic, Uverpool, St. Paul, Southampton. Liverpool Arrived. Culic, New York. Southiimpton-SallPd. Bremen for Now York, wbs report! d pasced Lizard 4th, Boulogne Sailed. Pntrla, from Hamburg for Now York Scllly PaBsedi Satiie, New York for nre. men. Lizard Passed; Amsterdam. New York for Rotterdam. Rrowhead Passed. Auranta New York for Liverpool. CHILD WIVES. THE PATHETIC PICTURE DICKENS DREW. Of all the tharacters evolved from, the master mind of Charles DlckeoJ, there Is perhaps none which can rival in Its pathetic Interest, that of Dora, the "Little Blossom." She found the wedding ring grow too heavy Ifor her little hand, and In apltc of the lavish noss of a husband's love, she fnded away Just like somo sweet blossom nipped by untimely frost. The pathos of tho ehlld-wlfe'B history reaches its climax In that last Inter ovv with her husband. David sits on the bed side, and thus the story Is told: "She looks Into my eyes nnd sponks very softly, 'I nm afraid dear I was too young, I don't mean by years only, but In experience and thoughts nnd everything. I was such a silly little creature. I have begun to think I was not fit to be a wife.' "I try to stay my tears and to reply, 'Oh, Dora, love, as fit as I to bo a husband ' " "I don't know," with the old shnke of the curls, "Perhaps! But if I had been more lit to be married I might have mado you moro so too. I was very happy, very, but as the years went on my dear boy would have wear led of his child-wife. She would have been less and less a companion to him. I Know I was too young and foolish. It Is much better ns it Is." Poor little Dora' The sweet little blopsm faded and fell. But how many women wake up to a realization of tho burden of marriage, crying with Dora, "I was not fit to bo a wife," nnd live on through yenrs of misery and suffer ing. UNFITNESS FOR MARRIAGE is the cause of much of the unhappl ness which Is so frequently ventilated in the divorce courts. The young wo man, know Ing nothing of physical dis abilities enters into the marriage ob ligation to wake from her dream of love and happiness, to a lcalizatlon of possibilities of suffering hitherto un known. "About ten years ago T was married and three months later I becamo mis erable, but I did not know what was the matter with mo," writes Mrs. John Hemmls, of Munson Station, Pa. "I was so sick and nervous, wns not nblo to do any work at all; had to hire It all done. My husband's mother had bren using your remedies, nnd ono dav she came over to see me nnd brought some of your 'Favorite Prescription' wlrh her, nnd she frald, 'Take that medicine I know It will help you' I took It and it did help me and I got better of the bad feelings that I had before I commenced taking It, was soon able to do my work myself I took the medi cine .tight along till after confinement, nnd I can safely ay that Dr. Pierce's Tavorlte Prescription is better than all the othler doctors' medicine put to gether. Now I am happy nnd well, nnd the people who saw me before when I was sick nnd see me now have said 'How well you look,' and they ask me svhat I got to make me so well I quickly tell them what mado me bet ter. Some of the neighbors have used the same medicine through my advice, and they hnvo been greatly benefited, too As long ns God lets mo live, whenever I need nnv kind of drugs, I will send for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pro scription, and 'Pellet ' It used to b before I ued vour medicine that every month I had severe pains and then the hemorrhage would stop and in a day or two come back again, nnd so on for a week at a time, and I would have to lie In bed, but now that Is all over. I can go ahead with my work as If noth ing wns the mntter I will ever be thankful to God and you for having Ftuh remedies to help poor suffering Invalids like I was myself. I will nd v lw every sufferer who is In need of a doctor to put nslde the doctor, nnd get some of Dr. Pierce's medicine, and tl.nt will be the bet doctor they ever had and the one who will do them the most good." Tlin YOUNG WIFE'S DANOHU commonly grows out of neglect of con ditions which seem to her trivial But every variation from tho normal, In the womanly functions Is a prophf-sy of evil to come. Irregularity In true glil Is often the beginning of a deiangel condition, which In wifehood opens din way 'to serious disease. Inllammatlnn conies and ulceration to be followed by that condition of general dlse.io known as "female weakness." No v o man Is lit to bo married In whom th' womanly function Is not reguln nnd healthful. The uso of Dr I Imc Favorlto Prescription Insures b'.s leg uUrltv nnd more than all, gives pos'. tlvo strength nnd vigor to the woipim ly onmns. "I wrote for ndvlce Februarv itli. 1SDS." writes Mrs. Loma HalsNad f Claremore, Cherokee, Nat , Ini'. Ty. I was tacking with pala from the back of my head down to my heels. Had hemorrhage for .veeks at a time, and was tillable to sit up for ti minutes at a time. You answered mi letter, advised me to usi vour villi nble medicines, viz. Pr Pierce' Fav orite Piescrlptl"n 'C.nlden Med'ccl Discovery" and 'Pleainnt I'elleti.' aW gave advice about injections baths nnd diet. To riy surprine. In r.nir in mths from thj innc I bssun yoar irsitpi nt I was a woll woman and havo not had tho backache since, and n?v 1 put Id sixteen hcurs a, day ,it hard work." WHY DO WOMKN WAIT whon they discover tho first symptoms of the diseases peculiar to their sex? Tho question is not hard to answer. Women wait becauso they dread to fnco the unplcnsant questions, the In delicate examinations, nnd the obnox ious local trentment which their frlenda havo undergone nt tho hands of somo local physician. Woman's modesty In affronted by these things, and disease Is nllovved to go unchecked. Dr. Plerco has earned tho undying gratitude of thousands of women who have tnken ndvantage of his offer of free consul tation by letter, and havo been treat ed and cured ns was Mrs. Hnlstcad, without having to submit to questions, offensive to every modest minded wo man, nnd only submitted to when thero seems no other wny of escape. If, nfter undergoing nil the mental martyrdom attending on such treat ment, the suffering woman could bo sure of a euro, It would be somo con solation to her outraged feelings. But the avorngo local practitioner enn make no allowance for the differences In wo men. He treats them all alike, strong nnd weak, and makes no allowance for tho delicately constructed woman, whoso fine organization revolts at tho crudity of his methods. The use o "Favorite Prescription" and Dr. Pierce's treatment have resulted In cures where physicians and surgeons have been entitcly a, cd and help less. "I can cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce's Fnvorlto Prescription as one of the best medicines for women," writes Mrs. Maty Mm dock, of 220 Tay lor sticet, TopeUn, Kansas. "I con sider It tho best medicine made. I Know It has no equal. I nm tho mother of ten children and only one living tho tenth one. She is ono year old nnd Is as well and hearty as can be. She is a beautv. Of my other babies, some were born at right time, but dead, other, wero premature births; one lived to bo one year old but was always feeble. I tried different doctors, but none of them could tell what my trouble was. They saiJ I was well and strong. I was examined by sureeona but they found nothing wrong, and they weie puzled to know what my trouble wns. I did not know what to do, so I thought this last time I would try Dr. Pierce's Favorlto Prescription. I took It the entlie nine months and now havo a fine baby gill, and I can not praise joir medicine enough for the good it did me." NOTHING LIKC IT. It can be claimed without equivoca tion or reservation that no put-up med icine specially for woman's uso sold by dealeis, has been so wonderfully suc cessful In curing tho diseases of wo men, as Dr Pierce's Favorlto Proscrip tion. It regulates the periods. It heals Inflammation and ulceration. It cures female weakness. It strengthens the nervous system, so that thero 13 no moie nervousness. It gives a healthy appetite and sound, lefresh Ing sleep. For prospective mothers it is Invaluable, giving them strength, for tho coming ordeal, which Is mado practically painless through the use of 'Favorite Prescription,'" Its tonic ef fects are no less marked, and nurslns mothers find it a snutee of vitality which makes tho musing baby a, ceaseless pleasure, Instead of a pain ful drain upon the vital powers. Sick women suffering from chronlo nllments are Invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free of chnrpe. All , letters are read and answered in prl- i vate, and their contents nre held a3 1 strictly private and sacredly confident j tlal. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. Women aro cautioned not to con found Dr Pierce's offer of a free con- sultatlon by letter with offers of frea medical advice, having behind them no competent physician. Anyono can give advice, but only a physlclnn can give medical ndvlce. There is no other offer of medlcnl consultation by letter, mndo by mnu or woman which has behind it a specialist of Dr. Pierce's wide experience in the treat ment nnd cure of diseases peculiar to women. As chief consulting physlclnn to the Invalids' Hotel nnd Surgtcnl In stitute. Buffalo, N. Y.. nsslpted by his medical staff of nearly a score of Fpeclallsts, Dr. Plerco has, in tho past thirty years and over, treated nnd i uted moro than half a million women. Write then, without fear and without fee. to Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N Y. There Is no alcohol In "Favorite Pre i.i rintion" neither does It contain opium, cocaine oi any other narcotic. It Is n true tc mperanoe medlclno. Accept no substitute for Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Thodenlerwho tries to substitute, a ' lust ns good" wc'trine dors o onlv 1 ecatise it pays him nn extravagant profit He gets an honest tunflt on an honest medicine v hen he cils- nu ' Favorite Prescrlp t -hi." Inntst upon having tho honest in.dliir". ill wtlf protection A WOMAN'S FRIL'ND. Tho best book on health, hygieno nnd rhjsloloity. wl-Uh a woman can have Ik Pr. Pierces Common Scnsa Medlcnl Adviser. It answers tho nat- i uinl question-, of the womanly heart. j It points the way to happiness in, mnrrlnT. nnd healthy motherhood. This gieat book, containing 100S largo pages is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay op ne of mailing only Send twenty-on? one cent stamps for., tli book In jyip'i'.j covers, or thlrty-onL-stamps for iJutiublndliig.' -Address Vc I R. V. PleTce, Buffalo, N, X
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