4it'--?7f7T THE kcrl.NTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. v-"-r $6e fictanfon $ri6une Published Dally. Except Sunday, by Tho Trlbuno l'ubllithlng Compuny, at Fifty Cents n Montti. LtVY B. niCHAHD, IMItor. O. i mXllUIJ, nuslrcsa Mutineer. New York Ofl'cc: 1M Nnnu St. S. 8. Vltlini.ANM). Boles AKent for Pore-Ism AiIvli tlsliiR Unit reel nt tli PiKlrfilco Ht Sernnton, I'n.. tin Bcconil-Clum Me 11 Mutter. When spare will permit. Tho Trllumo 1 iilwnjs Klml In print xhnrt letters from ttn friends bcurlim on current topics, but Its rulo Is th it theo must bo slgnetl, for publication, by the writer's real mime; nnd tho condition precedent to ucceptnnto M that nil contributions xhill bo HUbJcct to editorial rovlMon. SCRANTON,' KKI1RUARY 12, 1900. STATE CONVENTION CALL. To the Republican Klcctori of I'cniixj . VuiiIj: 1 am directed by the Republlun KUte committee to untimimc that the lit pub. IkaiiH of lVnnxlatilu, by tlulr eltil chosen n nifti ntullv en, will mcit In un entlon nt tho opera bouse, In t lit -lt ot HiirrHiiinr, mi WidniMluy. April " Wuu, Ut 10 !D o'clock ,, 111, for tho plllposo ot iiomlnailtiK riinilliliiti Tor the following olllitK, tc wit: One person for tho ifllce of auditor sen. cral. Two persons for the clllco of cotiKr.!s-luan-ut'larKo. Thlrt.v-tvvo persons (fniii -at-Inmc) for pitshltntl.il elettorw, nnd to thooso eight tlelt gales anil eight alUlii ites-at-hilo to the Hi publican n itlun.il convention to bt hi hi In i'hllnilt Iphlu on Tuesday, thy lilnttituth da tf .lime het, and for Ilia tllllis.ll Hen (pf Milt h othi'l biislntss as ln.i he ptesentiil. Ill aiionlanie with the rulo adopted at the plate nmvciitliin held In llmlsliurg mi August 2Uh. li.st, the rcpiesentatlon In tho Htuti loiiNentloil will be based on the ole pulled at the last presidential fltitlon t'ldii this nile erth ltglsatle tlNtrlct Is tiilltlod to out tit It sate tni rvuv two tbousinil otes cut fur the i'i sldt i.tl i (littotx, In 1 "!. and an ml II t lull 1 1 th legate fur mn fr it Hon of two tlnui-niid Mitt" polhtl In i i ft if one times n.tl Knch dlMiItl Is entitled to the same I'limbrr of ib It gates as rep-ie-tutri It In the turner tlon of IViS Be oiiltr of the piltilUnu state com nlttee. l'miik Hrrtlii. I'll ill ill. in. V. II Andrews, r J. Vooiluos, Hoc letailes. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. Ff'HOOI. niRKCTORS-r. C. I'crber. U. 1) fellows. Tv t men moip ramble thin C. C. lVrbcr and Major Fellows to lnnti.me Mhool affairs toulil not linvo been named mi the Republican t Ity ticket. Vote- for them u week tnuii tonioirow. The Molineux Verdict. WITH Ji'flins It Is fie quelitly tho unexpected that happens. We doubt If lUo per cont, of the people who have follow oil the evidence In the Mollneus case as loportert ftom day to day In the newspapeis believed that conviction would icsult. Theio tloes not seem to be much lenson to question that a largo niajmlty of this larger Juiy looked upon the evidence as tending to establish a stiong pre sumption of guilt: but the lack of spi cule pi oof, the absence of a tlliect con nection between the jtl-nnei and the package of poison addressed to Coi nlsh which ended Mis. Adam's life, and the tedlousness of the expeit testi mony Introduced, with Its tendency to confuse the Juiors' minds, weie gen eially expected to i.ilse In the minds of the twelve men sitting In Immediate judgment a doubt or a hesitancy, of which Mollneu would get the benefit. There was, moreover, alwns present In the public mind the possibility that in some way ijmpathy for the defen dant's pitiable father or some of the influences thought to be active in the tndeavot to shield the defendant might In Mime Inipioper manner enter Into the Juij's tlellbeiatlons sufficiently to tause. It not an artjulttnl, then n dis agreement. This, we believe, was the condition of mind In which thf public leained that the vtidlit was one of guilty of mm dot In the llit tlerriie. The Infoi niatlon Is In a meas-uie suipilslng: et It is upon the whole llkel to have a vvide-i i .lining Inllueiue tor good. One of the points upon which the pios ccutliig attoiney ilvvi'lt with peislstent le-lteiation In his i losing .uldiiss was that In the c e of the law the pilsoner stood upon no tllffuent level thin would stand the "lommone-t son of toll oi lougshoieman". In othn wouls, that nilthei his f.imiij's high sodnl standing, Its gieit wealth not the Ken nine esteem In which It Is held consti tuted any ifiison to exempt the son from nny of the lonserjuenees of his ciimlnal actions, if It had been estab lished that he was guilt v of the cilme for vvhli h he stood analgned. The ver dict, theiefuie, tloes not ctuouiage tho wldely-pievalent opinion that wealth and influence dominate the courts; on the conti.uy It piesents a speitntle ot absolute Independence, and must do much to lemove false impiessions on this scoie. The verdict's bearing upon public morals will also be salutary. There nie pei sons in eveiy community so eager to acquit e soilal piomlnence tliat they are willing to overlook In tho clr i las to which they asplie lapses In nioials which they would unsparingly cojidemn In pcisons of Infeilor station. The result Is n continuous tendency tiiwunl the ci ration of lines of caste and thp development of a vitiated so elrtl atmosphere. Roland H. Mollneux has been called a degenerate. He rep resents the logical product of the ten ileney mentioned. His conviction must for a time fix the attention of our best society upon the evils growing up within Its limits and lend Impetus to refnim from within not less than give stiength to wholesome ciltlulsm from without. The ptoposltlon to create a cabinet depaitment of commerce and industiier has been lepoiled favorably In the son ute and Is expected to become a law, Kxpanslon Is in the nil. After.a week of chuos and blunders, the Republican situation in Kentucky Is hRck-Jp the status quo. If the Dem ocrats shall convene today In frank fort they will placo themselves In the position' of havig iccngnUed Judgy Taylgr's nroclumutlvn; if not, they will weaken their case In Jubllc opinion. In the meantime, Taylor represents tho electoral will, nnd tho day that ho Is unseated will make his cause lrreslst Iblo before the people. The nltempt of tho politicians to be guile Colonel Roosevelt Into tho vice piesldeney makes no pi ogress." In tho meantime, tho people's candidate, Chillies i:mory Smith, glows steadily In public esteem. The Candidacy of Ar. Olney. Tim PROPOSITION' by cer taln Intelligent eastctn Democt.Us of tho name of Hon. Hlchiud Olney, of Massnchttsotts. the last Democratic secrotniy of shale. In connection with n presidential nomination this year, has not made much practical headway, and piobablv was not expected to, but from the standpoint ot the higher politics It has much In Its favor. Leaving out of consideration tho In terest'! of office holders or of men ex pouting to get otllce, It will bo recog nized as In the long lun benellclnl to the people In geneial to have two po litical tni ties wiilllclently well matched In point of Intelligent c, pattlotlsm and voting strength to constitute checks, one upon the other. To this end It Is desirable th.it the best men In each party bhould be In tontiol of the party machinery and bo otfectlvo in the guid ance of party policies. Thole was a lime when tho Demo cratic patty, honoiable In Us antiquity nnd lespoctiiblo at least ns to tho in tellectual and moial haracior of Its leadership, tieeuplcil tow aid tho Re publican patty the lelatlonshlp consld i red above. It ltiul the wiong side of many Issues, but In Its enors of judg ment It was honest, nnd It lepusenled a powerful and an educational fotce In the foimatlon of .sound public luelg ments. In those elas men of standing tluoughout the countiv felt under no necessity of contoalhiff their politics; If Democrats they weie not Indifferent, apologetic or hostile In their attitude towatd their paitv management. How- it Is today" If a Hue of divis ion should bo diawn between those Deinotials who have n filr degieo of ptopeity Intel est and a lfsi'-otiably well educated Intellectual Inteiist In tho government and those who have not, the f oi mi r group would bo composed almost entlielv of citl-ens who cither sciretly or openly feel nMian.od of their pattv's pit sent estate nnd nie wholly out of sympathy with the lo tti.u Ions and shifty detirisogbm vvhlih Ins tompoi.tilly usurped the chief plates In Its councils. These inou know In their own heaits Hint Urjan Isin is a political disease, and most of them have sulllclent good sense to keep away fiom it themselvs; but ns jet they are doing nothing to lescuo their party. In consequent e the patty is tent into factions, pulied and limited by shallow tlimagogttes, and has no lonscleme, no settled tonvl'tlons, no clently cU fluid poller, and so long us this dibllity tontlnues no hope of suc i ess nt the polK We wonder that Democrats of the old school, men of attainments nnd cultuie. .tie content to surrender tame ly to this parsing socialistic clcllilum. AVe wondet that they do not take steps to loclalni and to icbabilltate their patty upon a footing that would again command geneial respect. I'ntll thete aie leturns fiom Kitch ener, It will be wise not to be too sure that Hullei's teal objective was Iidy smith. In Cuba. ALTHOUGH a general system of fiee schools was not put in opeiatlon In Cuba until Jan. 1 last, the lopotted en rolment alieudy exceeds 100,000 and is c pee ted soon to lepresent 10 per cent, of the total native population. "No effoit has been made," sas a Havana dispatch, "to gather the chlldien to gether and no ntlveitisements have been pilnted asking the chlldien to come loiwanl. Yi t they piesentod themselves so nuineiou'dy that the school authoiities have been unable to oiganls'o schools fast enough." The other night, In a Havana thea ter, a peifoimor dlsplaed thice (lags. The Spanish Hag was eheeied slightly; the Cuban Hag was eheeied enthuslas tleallj; but the Ameiican Hag, which lepiesents tho foices that tlellveied Cub i fiom bondage and that aie today unselfishly creating within her boideis the foundations of stable self-government nnd of a duiablc prosperity, was hissed. Veilly, Cuba needs public Instruc tion. As a lisult of sttlkcs due almost wholly to demagogical agitators, I'.O.OOO men nie Idle In CIiImro and the wel faie of the entile city Is coas ! t il. Labor's woist dinwi often comes fio'n within. The Case of Senator Hoar. - jr ASSACHUSHTTS Is now I debating whcthei she X. JL ought next winter to io tire or re-elect Senator Hoar. If tho question wote one solely of personal chatacter, ability and wnith, tho senatoi's gnat mistake on the subject of our duty In the Philip pines, vvhlih has cost the lountry thousands of lives and millions of dol lars, might be paidoned and a re election Justified on the basis of nutcy. No one who knows Mr. Hoar withholds from him psisonnl respect, veneiutlon and affection. No one questions his entire sineeilty or falls to rate prop erly the lino moinl courage which has Impelled him, in support of a mistaken conviction, to brave the taunts of the multitude and the protests of constitu ents and paity nssoclutes. If It weto u peisonal question solely, or if the pctsonal equation weie tho chief one In the problem, Senutor Hoar would bo entitled to a re-election without op position or qualification, and tho vvholo country would lejalce if ho should be thus honored. Hut Is It? Is It not, Instead, pro eminently, almost wholly, a question of public policy ami of tho highest policy, in which tho commonwealth of Massachusetts has been placed by Senator Hoar In the false position of having encuuiaged and aided aimed resistance to American sovereignty, with the result thatsactirice of life and tteastirc hns been entailed which would otherwise have been unnecessary? Is It not a question going to tho very vitals j)t tepresentntlve Rovernincnt and i bnllenglng tho right of tho ma jority to have its opinion registered In government? if Massachusetts should ip-elect Senator Hoar without Instruc tions or censure, how else could Its nrjtion bo construed than as nppioval of his tulBlnkcn attitude ami ns en dorsement of the Agulnaldo elda of Agulnuldo versus McKlnloy7 If Massachusetts wishes thus to be aligned, that Is another matter. Hut does she? The selection of Commander Rlchaid Wnlnrlght, the hero of Santiago, to succeed Rear Admiral McNalr aB super intendent ot Annapolis Is an extraor dinary honor when tho difference In tank Is considered; but there wilt bo no dissent from tho proposition that Vninilght deserves it, A sign ot the times: The ttustees of Columbia university have decided to establish In the school of mechan ical engineering special courses In na val architecture and niailne engineer ing. The twentieth tentury will see tho educated Yankee In command of the sea. Tho question of life lnsuianco Is evi dently in Kentucky politics to stay. Otifline SMdies of fliiman Nature Tooling: the Kid. MfiOlNO TO TAKR tho day off. eh?" said tho chief of division to tho clot knv In n the latter reported at the of ttto at ! ottoo.c and put in a slip for a tliv's have. "Nothing the nutter. I hope." No sickness at homo, is there?' "No." ii piled the iltrk, drcntll. lean ing heavily on the thief s desk. "No slilciusr or nn.vtlihg like that. Rut I've got to put In a tl iv of re scat ch. It's this win: Tint 10-vi.ir-old bov of ii.lno spuing a lot of 'em on me when ne .'as M'lng ovli his lessons after dinner last night that slumped mo and put mo ten. poiarlly out of business. This was one of them: " 'Tlin e.tlgbts of a pole stnnds m tho inu.l. one-llltli in tho water, and tho re mainder of the pole, twent-one feet, Is above the water. What Is the total length of tho pole''' "Sounds diad easy, doesn't It." went on the ikrl.. "Well. It Just stood me on my head, that s what It did Y'sce, I took my civil sei.leo examination over ttn stars ago, and I've trlid earnestly and pt.iverfully to forgt t all the digging I hid to do to sijuoizo through that. Then he askitl me how old (leorgo Wash ington was wilt n he dltd, how old the 1'olaek Kosciusko was when he offered his svvoid to the revolution iry loinmand tis. tho datu of the battle of Hunkir I llll, tho nature of the Missouri com promise, anil ten or llfteen nice llttlo out s like tint. I hid to extinguish him by telling him that t was nailing my piper, but I pioinlsul him that I'd glvo li i in nil tho answiis tomoirow Sunilaj in time for him to be rl'ht on tin in nt sihonl on Monday. Now that kid thinks I'm 'It.: He thinks I know it all. He biags to all the othtr kids In the tulgh Inn hood that his dad can give their duds cauls and sp.ub s and big calno and buit them to death when It comes to Ilralns with an upper ease R. Well, I want to have him go tight on thinking so. I wouldn't lose that young one's ex alted opinion of me for n house and lot. It 'ud be a solar plexus Mulsh for mo to have him direct tho blighting gazo of suspicion nt me. So I'm going up to tho library, lank out a bundle o' bocks of referent e, get the unsw ers to that list of questions, and tonight I 11 spring 'em on the kid In an oft hand sort of way, as If 1 knew 'cm all the time, but just didn't have tlmo to give 'em to him. I couldn't stand it to hive that kid get onto me. Not just ct, anyhow. Ho'll Irivo time to do that when he grows up." Washington Pott. How Justice Was Tampered. TACT IN the management of your Judgo Is a guat thing, sass .ho Chicago Ntvvs, A ctitaln will known iUlti-li titasury counsel was driving over lllack-frlus- bildgei one dav, on his way to Surrev sessions. Noticing Sir Peter Rd lln trudging along, In the mud and lain, lie Instantly stopped his hansom and of. fered the Judge n "lift." It was ac tepttd. and the pair proceeded to Nevv Ingtou u gieat amity. Arriving, the lcat mil counsel huriled In, as he had an Impoitnnt application to make on the sitting of tho court. To his horror and surpilso the suid application was curt lv it fused. Ho was dumbfounded at tho sudden change In tho demeanor of the Judge, until the usher, In a husk whls pel, said: "Do j on know what you've done?" "No! What Is It?" "Why. ou i an In nnd left the judge to pa j for jour cab" That New England Conscience. TlIAVi: HRARD It di tiled that smill Nt vv l'ngliiiitl chlldien have tho Now Riiglnnd t oust lento, but some things I have st en nnd heard Incline mo to think that they oflt n have It. sajs a wutei In the lioston Transeilpt. A story th'it was told mo tho othtr tla points that wa. One- day the mother of a 10-j ear-old boy gavo him two slices of buttered bread, telling him to give ono of them to his little sister. Hu ciriled out the order. That night, whin he went to bid, he was cvldentlj disunited In his mind ami remorseful nbout something, and his mother questioned liliu In a wa to bring out the truth. "I I wn-ui't nice- to Piggy about tint bread and buttt r," he owned, "Whj ," askitl his mother, "did you tako tho bigger plieo'' "No," ho ansvvtitd, "heis was a llttlo bigger trim my pleto was, but initio was a good deal buttctet !" St. I.ouls Globe-Democrat. The Steps He Would Take. A HOOD, kind clcrgman took a num- her of bojs to tho zoo, In ordtr to teach them natural hlstoij, u study gieatly neglected by tho middle classes, relates tho Chicago News. Ho took than to seo the lions fed, and tu his genial way he inquired of tho keeper: "If one of theso gigantic and ferocious inrnlvora contrived to eni.iiuip.ito Itself and to hurl Its prodigious strength Into our inlilttt vvluit stiim vvoul I jou take?' "Hloomlng long steps, jtalcl the man; and tho bojs tittered. He Knew by Experience, NOT I.ONO ACSO. whllo Rlcn ird Croker was In London, be and an American filtnd passed tho mapnllloent structure In Pltet street known as tho inns c.f Court, which is a star attraction In tho Hritlsh ir.etiopolls, sajs tho Saturday Rvt niiiK Post. "I wondir who they uic-th.it endless crowd v.'hb h iniu.s out from tho Inns?'' asked tho lileutl. "Oh, they aro tho out'"." leplled tho Tummany chief. Tripped by Kipling. AT A DINNRH In Rottlngdean Ittoly. mis a London corictpondent, a icj.il acndemlclau stated to the company tho alleged fact that sugar and uumau uio tho only two words In Unglhh wl.tro su ii pronounitd shu. Thero wns p.uch In terest shown n the discovery, when Hud. nrd Kipling was hoiul from tho other end of the titbit) "Hut are ou qulto ijiuu?" COMING ELECTION OF GREAT INTEREST VOTERS TO PASS UPON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Their Consent to Increase the Bonded Indebtedness of the City for the Purpose of Building Sewers nnd Constructing a Viaduct Is Asked. Candidates for the City nnd Ward Offices tho Citizens of Scranton Will Have an Opportunity of Vot ing for One Week from Tuesday. One week from Tuesday a municipal election will bo held in this city that li of great Interest to the tax payers, fur tho reason that they will ho called upon to vote on the ptoposltlon of ln ci easing tho bonded Indebtedness to the extent of nearly half a million dol lars. This money Ik to be used to pay the city's share of tho construction ot certain sowers and for tho construc tion of ii viaduct on the- south side of West Lackawanna nvenne. Thero has been nothing" in tho way of a systematic campaign attempted In behalf of the increase of indebted ness Tho propositions to build sewers and a laduct 'are to be votert upon separately and It Is possible that ona will be defeated and the other ran led. From present indications tho sewer ptoposltlon hns the best ptospoets of meeting' with tho approval of a ma jority of the voters fiom tho fact that It will be of direct benefit to almost every part of tho city. While the via duct Is ono of the most urgently need ed IniptovmontH with which tho city Is confronted. Its' urgency la not so manifest to the people or tho city gen erally as the matter of sevvets. Then, too, there Is some difference of opinion as to tho advisability of ereetlnp the viaduct on the south side of the street ami leaving the crossing open. MANY GOOD RHASONS. While innumerable good leasona are advanced for electing the viaduct on the side of the street not a few persons say It docs not enthely cute the evil and lefuse to give their uppioval to tho project In consequence. The Dela ware, Lackawanna antl Western com pany has agreed to glvo ;',000 towarl the construe tlon of a 'v laduct, but onlv In consideration of the fact tint the e tossing will be closed entltely. Tho Scianton Railway company bar. not yet made known what It will do to ward fcecutlng the erection of the x la duct it Is confidently espectcd to make a liberal contribution to tho fund to defray the cost of tho Impiovement. The only olllceis to be voted for In the city nt laige are school dlicctois. The nominations were made In view of the fact that tho suptcmo coutt now has befoio It for consideration the eiuestlon of tho legality of the present board. If It Is decided that the board of twenty-one has no legal existence, then the school affairs of the city will devolve on a boaul of six, elected from the city at laig'-. Two members ot this body are to bo chosen this ear. The Republican candidates are Major H. D. Fellows, the secretary of tho piesent board, and C. C. Feiber, who is also a candidate for tho oftice of school controller in the Eighth ward. Roth of these men would make most efficient school directors and tho taxpayers could feel that with them on tho board tho affairs of the district would be economically and wisely ad ministered. Mr. Fellows has for ear3 been secretary of tho boar.1 of control antl knows more about the practical work of running the schools of this city than any man within Its boun dailes. Mr. Fcrber is a thorough busi ness man, careful and prudent, and the kind of a person to whom largo Interests can be confidently entrusted. r OPPOSING CANDIDATES. The Democratic candidates for theso offices nre John Gibbons and Dr. John O'Malley. Mr Gibbons Is at present a member of the board of control and a candidate for ro-elcctlon In tho Twentieth vvatd. Dr. John O'iMalley has not seived on the board ot con trol, but besides being a candidate for school director of the city at large, is also Mi. Ferbet's opponent for school controller In the Eighth ward. In a number of the wauls there are veiy exciting contests for tho positions In councils, school conti oiler and alder men. Select councllmen are to bo chosen in all of the odd numbeied wauls, and common councllmen and school controllers In the even num beicd wauls. Finlev ItoFs has no opposition In Ihe First waul and will be leturned to tho select council, Edvaul Fltllcr will also bo accoulcd another totin th nlderman by unanimous consent. Roth aie Re publicans. In the Second waul nie aldeimnn. school controller and common council man to bo elected nnd the light for tho olllccs is very rplritcd. The pros cut alderman. Otto Mytis. Is the Re publican i Ji.didatc am' I'. S. Roland tho DemoeuUIo. iMoirls '. Moitls wants to cucceeil himself in the com mon council and his Republican nclgh bois believe he Is entitled to unother term. The Demociats do not concut In this view and have nominated P. J. Mulhciln to oppose him. A. L. rinncois, Democint. also wants to suc ceed himself as school controller, but will lave a iMflleult tiHk to do so, as lip Is opposed by Francis J, Olver, ona of the most popular Republicans of the ward. In tho Third ward, which Is strongly Democratic, the Republicans havo made no nominations, but the Demo ciat? have an old lime lumlly light on that Is chock full of plctuusque Incl Oentt. Select courcll Is tho nfflco to be filled, and John J. Kearney, tho present Incumbent; Henry J. O'Malley and John J. Costello are tho candi date!.'. Everything Is quiet and serene In tho Fourth ward. W. V. aillliths nnd A. R. Eynon will have no opposition for tho unices of common council and school controller, to which they vv'ere nominated They are Republicans. There is a nasty fight nmong the Re publicans of tho Fifth waul that will leave an abundance of bitterness in its wake. Rlchaid if. Williams, tlut piesent select councilman fiom the vvaid, was a candldntn for renoinina tlon und defeated Georgo uson lv thtpe votes. Ml. Carson sas ho was not treated falily at tho caucus and Is an Independent candidate. Tl c light between these two well known men l being waged with gieat bitterness. Common Councilman V. V. Calpln and Alderman Juhn W. Millet aio unop posed for re-election in tho Sixth ward, but there Is the liveliest kind of a tus sle for school controller between ll'atilck Golden and Patrick Mcl.sne. Democrats, nnd Evan O. Jones, Repub lican. Hon. John E. Roche Is n cnndldrtts for re-election to tho foloct council In tho Seventh ward nnd Is the' Demo cratic nominee. Hu has as an oppon ent ex-Common Councilman M. F. Gllroy. IN THE EIGHTH. Alderman W. S. Millar, tho Repub lican nominee for that olllce in the Eighth ward, has the ciidotscmcnt ot tho Democrats and can read his title clear to a second toim, though op posed by John J. Flntinghtin, Indepen dent. A warm fight Is being waged for common council nnd school con troller. Charles C. Ferber Is the Re publican candidate for sthool control ler nnd Dr. John O'Malley represents the opposite party. F. W. Zlzlenntt seeks a re-olcctlon on the Republican ticket to tho o.llco of common council and Is pltt"d against Thomas J. Roche, the Domorratio nominee. C. E. Chittenden Is unopposed for a tp-electlon to the elccl ccuncll ftom tho Ninth ward. He was nominated by the Republicans and no one has entered the lists ognltitt him. John Nageil anil Jacob Schaeffer, Republicans, w 111 bo S"nt back to the common council and school boaul re spectively for nnother teim. They were nominated by their Republlciu neighbors and arc unopposed. John J. Schneider, Republican, wants to succeed himself In tho select coun cil ftom tho Eleventh ward, but his right to do so Is questioned by August Schlmpff. There nre two sots of Democratic candidates In the Held in the Twelfth ward. Anthony Walsn, tho piesent school controller, is opposed 'j Miles Sweeney and Daniel Gulvin, tho teg ular Democratic nominee for common council, has t do battle with ex School Controller James O'Hoyle. who la an Independent candidate. There Is a highly Interesting battle being fought lu the Thirteenth ward between Andiow R. Lldatonc, the Re publican nominee, nnd ex-Shoilff A. R. Stevens, an Independent candidate, who was ondoised by the Democrats. Roth aro prominent citizens ot the vvaid and aro making an energetic i avas. JENNINGS OPPOSED. Thomas J. Jennings, Democrat, who has for twelve years represented the Fourteenth ward In the board of con trol. Is again tho Democratic nominee this year and is pitted agaliibt Will iam Prltihard, who was nominate 1 by the Republicans. Charles E. Wenzel, the present common councilman from that ward. Ins for an onponent Will iam R. Stephens. Wenzel is the Demo emtio candidate and Stephens the Re publican. There Is no ward In tlK city In which a moie stubborn fight is, bilr waged than In tho Fifth, whole Joseph Oliver and 11. T. Fellows have locked hoiti for tho oflice of select conn' II. Fel lows Is the piesent councilman fiom the ward, but was defeated by Oliver for a renomlmtion. Immediately after tho caucus Fellows announced that ho was an Independent candidate. Theodore S. Fuller and E lwnrd J. Coleman are the opposing candidate) for common council In tho sixteenth v ard. Coleman Is a Demon. it antl tho prpscnt repiosentatlvo from tho ward. Otto D. Schrlcfer, Rcpubllcan.ls unop posed for a ro-elcctlon to the board of control. Ex-Sherlff F. H. demons will be elected by unanimous consent to the office of select council in the Seven teenth ward. He was nominated by the Republicans and no ono has ap peared to contest him. He will be one of the stiong men of the next council. Patrick Lnngan has been nominated for school control'or by the Democrats and Republicans of the Eighteenth ward. Ho now repreents the ward In that office. His opponent is John J. Finnerty. Independent candidate. Thomas F. Morris, common councilman from the ward, has been nominated by the Democrats for another term. John M. Moran Is an Independent candidate for that office. Gerhard J. Rresser and Daniel W. Vaughan are engaged !n a very splr ItocLendcavor to be elected to the off co of select council In tho Nineteenth ward. Mr. Vaughan Is a Democrat and a former select councilman of the ward. Mr. Rresser is the Republican nominee. WOMAN CANDIDATE. The Twentieth ware! boasts of bnhvr tho only ono In tho city that has a woman candidate for olllce. She Is Mrs Rose E. Kape and sho wants to i epic sent that waul or. the &chool boaul Tho other candidates are John Gibbons, the piesent Incumbent, and Patrick J. Walsh. For common coun cil Michael J. Cuslck has a clear Held. Ho Is a Democrat and the present commoner from tho vvatd. John L. Piyne, Republican; John J. McAndiew, Democrat, and Michael Hupp, Independent, are fighting for the oftice of rdeot council In the Twenty-first waul. Mi. McAndrow Is he present incumbent. THE WHOLE DIFFICULTY. Man's aHJ!,H regretting. Life's jos aie hut few. llo vows that of earn he'd bo rid It hi'd done sonic small things ho ncg lec ted to do, Ami hadn't done some that he did, Washington Star. FURIITUR HHBfiSPa SIMM HHHIMHlM' W Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. HME & Cornell 121 N. Washington, Ave, OFFICE Railroad Men Get Ready for Inspection We have now a full line of all makes of Watches that we guarantee to pass. Buy your Watches of an old reliable house. Not some agent who will open shop for two or three months and then skip out. We are here to stay. Our guarantee is "as good a3 gold." Prices as low as any. 130 'Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. Heating' Stoves, Ranges, Fmrnaces, Plunmlbing GKI1EIR k FORSYTE J25-327 PENN AVENUE. ALWAS IJUHY, They Must Go That's the order we gave to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole Shoes for ladies and gentle men. Prices from $3.f0 TO $3.00, Lew3s. Reilly & Davies, 114-116 Wyoming Avenue. HENRY BELIN, JR., General Agent for ttia Wyomlai District .'j.- iuiiiiig, lilcminz, HDortlnj, HuioUj.-ju unci Uio Itepauno Cliemli-a. Co npmy MM EXRL031TO. tuiety I'usi', Cain und Kxulolirfc ttoom 101 Connell liuliatu;. borautoa. TIIOS. FORD, - - - .Vlttaton JOHN B. SMITH & SON. Plymouth. W. E. MULLIUAN. - Wtlkes-Barre. Man 4 thy w ' a- luroirs raiia A sign in South Clark Street reatls : "Stomachs WaOictl Out While You Wait." It means jut vlut it kajs, A eloctor who has an office at the head of the stiirs floes the viorUcf renovating stomachs that have become diseased through had treitment by tie owner, l'or the modest sum of so cents he inserts a rr'ibcr tube down the esophagus and pumps hot vn'tcr into the human leservoir until the cavity U thoroughly' flus'.ied out, The benefits of the treatment lire Slid to i;ive so much satisfaction to the sufferer that the doctor has many regular customers, and he is making a good living, Fioni J'nnkrs' Jni(Ciicngi CirefjnJ.i), January 2;th, 1897. Those who use RIPANS TABULES now and then find them a substitute for the washing out process. They are cheaper and answer the purpose better. One gives relief. BTrm rrKM rnM:Aiiin rut Tin 1 in in i rrEn tartov (without sum U NOW OKtI.V. ATHUMt. DRWI KT')UBS-tm nvkcmT. MLEY'S lew Mislii Under oooo Our January Clearance Sale of Underwear was so successful, that we arc now enabled to open up for Spring, an entirely New Line Of the freshest and dainti est undergarments that the most perfect skill and artistic workmanship is capable of producing. The line as usual is complete from the plainest to those more elabor ately trimmed, and comprises everything in ladies', Misses' and CMMrei's Garments Some extra special num bers in matched sets for wedding, etc., etc., at tempt ing prices. SALE OPENS MONDAY . . . 5! 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Teachers and superintendents de siring for class use in picture study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these beautiful new reproductions of great value. We have 100 different subjects to select from. The prices are very reasonable and the assortment is complete. With this book the simple act of writing produces a copy. Any letter head can be used and a copy produced from pencil or any kind of pen and ink. When the book is filled, extra fillers can be purchased lrom us at very little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Scranton, Pa. wear Tie Pei CarpiLelter Book .& l .... ' ' v., j. ylWj - J.-.- i.
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