THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JULY 18, 11)01.
Published Dally, r.xrept Smvlsy. by The Trlli.
urf PiihllfhlrR Cnmptny, t Kilty Cents Month.
LIVY S. HICHAM), Editor.
0. F. IIYMILE, Dullness Mimgrr.
New York OflUei 1J0 Nawau St.
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Soto Agent lor Korelsn Advertising
Knterod at the l'ostofTIre at Scranton, !'.,
fecund Clats Mill Matter.
When spare will permit, The Tribune Is aUi)i
Slad to print hmt letters from its ttlrnrt beir
inc on current toplrs, hut Its rule Is that "'
mint he flKncrl. lor puhllcatlon, hy the writer t
real nainci unci the condition precedent t" :
ceptanre 1 that all contilbutlons. (hall he luldect
to editorial revision.
THE FLAT RATH FOR ADVr.MISINO,
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nd similar rentribntlont In the mture of &
ortlMni The lilhunc mal.cs a iharce el 5 cents
lire.
Ultra for riawlAcd Advertlslnc furnished on
application.
SCriANTOX. JCL.Y IS. 1001.
The rirnrtlrnl offcrt of Hip Hiiprnno
court's rlrrlBlnn In trV vlmlurt r.irr will
hp to lnlt that enti-rprifp until It lins
hfn rlf.nrly cMnhlMu4 that the eoMn
it will Involve rnn ho mot loyally. Thin
nlipcuilty nhonlrl have loen cleared up
In the Urot pl.ii p. Nn one disputes the
nfPd of it lndurt. Kvory ear mnkes,
th'it nppd sre.iter. f'.ut It la Iniportunt
th.it the rity Fhould it now what the
vlirttipt will cost and he prepared to
pay Its share of that cost.
Should He Settled to Last.
ONK Or TIIK omcials of the
Ftofl trurt i. riuotcd as fa
ins: "The whole ilsht turns
upon the rlcht of theeniplny
ors to kppp a contiolllntr Influence over
thPlr own Interest.-. We weie railed
upnn In fact to MirtPiider the nifinngp
lnrnt of our huMners to the labor leaders-.
Wo shall continue to resist this
imposition, as well as the astiniptliii
on the rart of the uipiinizntlnn of
rower to dictate to non-union men, no
matter how long the strike lasts."
Thin ban the iIiir of coutape and de
termination. Hut on the jame day in
anfiher and equally leputable paper a
"Wall ftret financier who has eontl
der.tlal relations with the men who con
trol the policy of the 1'nited Stales
V-t(f corporation" is quoted as tollows:
"If the workmen In the non-union mills
Join the union without compulsion their
fiction will be a solution of the present
trouble, and thp strike will be bottled
within ten days."
Hreiyhody hopes the stilke will be
fettled form. Hut it would be dollars,
in pocket tor the American people if
the basis of settlement were of a na
ture to la.-.t.
r.eeent events? demonstrate that there
is a larpp amount of "Ki-levanre" nlloat
that could be more properly designated
"whim."
A Ainu Who Succeeds.
WK NOTICE! that Colonel
Charles S. Francis, Uni
ted States minister to
Greece, NItouniani(i and
Fervln. who is In this country on leave
of absence, has brought with him a
treaty of extradition with Roumanla
which will ro befoie the s-enatP next
winter. TIip United States Royprn
ment had been trying for twelve years
to negotiate such a tieaty when Col
onel Francis took the matter up and
he accomplished the. purpose in about
three weeks.
When he undertakes an entorpii
something has to move. An incident
in point that once came within our
knowledge makes an Interesting anec
dote. North of Troy a few fnlles is
the -.lllape of Melrose, wheie Colonel
Trancls has .1 summer lesldence. Two
railroads the Fltchbuig and Delaware
and Hudson pass thiough Mehose
and have a union station In chaige
ot a station master half of whose sal
ary is paid by each rtad. This station
master, a faithful employe. In whom
Colonel Francis took it friendly inter
est, one day leePhed fioin.hoth roads
notice of dismissal, due to some kink
at headquarter.".
It was the day before Thanksgiving
and Colonel Francis had a houseful of
guestP. Km when he learned of the
nation master's plight he took the
flrrt train for Albany; saw the Dela
ware and Hudson omcials; explained
matters; got them to agree to lcln
rtate the Melrose agent if the Fluh
burg people would also agree; took n
train tor Hnston: was told that the
man he wanted to see was some hun
dreds of miles fui ther off, visiting rela
tives; kept right on until he saw that
man. and returned the day after
Thanksglrinr; with the agent's re-ln-r.tatement.
JJn of that type usually succeed.
te . L-
MIC BrXiln evidently begins to re
's garK himself in the light of a lost
cau.
I.-
"A Well-Directed Charity.
Tyltn INTEREST aroused by
prellminaiy statements that
.Lewis Elkln.of Philadelphia,
; who died on July 7, had left
the .Tiulk of his estate of nearly two
rnllljon dollars to establish an unusual
chatty has been satisfied by the pro
batflUof the will. There will be no con
testof the will in this case. There
are -no children to inherit, nnd the
docirjnentftielf In that portion making
provision for his wite refers to the
fact'Shat the manner In which ho had
deviled the bulk of his estate was np
jrortd'hy her,
ItJJs left to the Pennsylvania com
panjE for Insurances w lives and
granting annuities and their succes
sors5n triiBt u create and dispense a
f uncM to a witned "Tho Lewis Elkln
Fiim! for'tho relief of disabled female
schobl t'oachem In tho umploy of the
cityof Piilladelphla." It provides for
nn annultv of $100, clear of all taxes
fbr any .unmarried woman who shall
havfO taught for a period of twenty
flvo years In tho public schools of tint
clty.janrt who. has at the time of her
"uinirratlon no means of bunnoit. It
.25" .273
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15 1V
Is to contlnup during the beneficiary's
llfp In each case "If sho should con
tinue without means of support for
that period." In the nnnual rpport o
tho fund to the Hoard of Education
the number of pensioners shall be giv
en but no mime. Very wisely ho uu
thorlzps his executor and tiustcc "to
tccelvo legacies or gifts for tho fund,
thus extending Its UHefulness."
Mr. Elkln was for twenty years a
member of tho Hoard of Education.
The recpnt drought Is not entirely
without comfoitlng features. It lias
Induced Mlssouilans to pray.
Mayor Cnrnahan of Rochester.
A VETO MESSAGE made pub
lic Monday by Mnyor Car
nahnn, of Rochester, N. Y
Is one of the most icmatit
nblo documents In the history of
American municipal government.
Tiom the document itself und ex
planations In the Rochester news
papers It appears that the mayor and
a local lighting company have differed
over the proper policy in l elation to
strcpt conduits for ckctrlc wiics. The
mayor favored city ownership and
contiol of the conduits; the lighting
company favored getting control of
them Itself. According to tho mayor,
the lighting company gained a decisive
influence In councils by putting on
Its pay roll tho polltlenl bob.i of
Rochester, Oeorge W. Aldrldgo. Ald
rldge Is n Republican and so Is the
mayor. At tho. time of the mayor's
nomination and election Is was gener
ally supposd he was Aldrldge's man.
Rut tilings are ceitalnly dlffeient now,
for In tho message the mayor directly
chaiges Aldiidge with selling his poli
tical Influence and after citation of a
Ipt of circumstantial evidence intended
to sustain biitli an accusation, pro
ceeds: "Opciatlons of this character dis
credit city government. It is tho gen
tlemen representing the private cor
porations who have had things hither
to alt their own way In dealing with
municipalities; tho gentlemen repre
senting the city have frequently got
something out of the contract for
themselves; tho people's interests
have been Ignored. Municipal author
ity and prestige are too often weak
and low; while the authority and pres
tige of private corporations engaged
in public services are cnoimously ac
tive and strong.
"All considerations favor municipal
ownership of conduits. Conduits, be
ing of a permanent nature of construc
tion, icquire no operating department
for their maintenance, and are, there
fore, best adapted of all public utili
ties for municipal ownership. Tho
companies own. opeiate. Install and
caie for their own cables under city
supervision, and as theie Is no divided
authority, danger of accidents Is less.
A municipal .system will bury nil
classes of wlies at the same time and
prevent lepeated digging up of streets.
A municipal system Is cheaper to con
stiuct than several private systems,
and will therefore allow of a more gen
eral use of conduits than would be
possible under pilvate ownership. Ow
ing to less cost of municipal conduits,
undet'Riound service connection can
be made with each individual subscri
ber and so dispense with tho election
of so many distributing polp.s. Munici
pal conduits being do.siiuble, let the
city dominate the situation with a per
fectly firm hand. Let It bay to all
corporations: 'You must put all your
wires into the city conduit, and you
shall pay rental sutllcient to piovide
for Its maintenance, opeiation and re
pair and for Interest on bonds and for
a sinking fund to liquidate tho piinci
pal.' "At a time not far distant, the pe i
ple of our cities will icfuse to submit
longer to existing conditions. They
will demnnd contiol ov.er public ser
vice corporations in one of two ways.
Either the leglslatuie must enfoico
the most complete publicity In the ac
counts of all these companies; limit
capitalization to tho cost of the plant
and make stock wateilng a criminal
offense; icqulro every franchise to be
submitted to popular vote, and create
a sttong state board with ample pow
ers to supervise the "operations of such
companies. If that relief be not forth
coming, the people will say that the
scandals and dilllculties attendant
upon the making of bargains with pub
lic service corporations aie so great
that the only visible teticat from tho
Intolerable btate of demoralization Is
municipal ownership and opeiation.
They will cease to farm out their fran
chises and will take over tho business
themselves."
There Is truth In these opinions, quite
apart from any connection with tho
Aldrldgc-Cainahan quaucl.
There is no question that It Is the
mobs that keep Dowelsm alive.
An Outrageous Plea.
THE attorneys of Mrs. Cordelia
Rotkin, who has been gi anted
hy the California Supreme
court a new tilal on the
charge of murdering Mrs. John V. Dun
ning, of Delaware, are reported ftom
San Francisco to bo preparing to carry
her caso to the United States Supreme
court. A most remarkablo statement
is mado with reference to California
criminal law in connection with this
case. Say tho San Francisco dis
patches: "In tho petition for a writ of
habeas corpus two new points en the
question of Jurisdiction will bo raised.
Flist, that tho fiendlng of a box of
poisoned candy thiough tho malls,
which caused tho deatli of .Mrs, Dun
ning and hpf sister, Mis. Deane, was
not a ciime In this state; second, that
the Constitution of tho United States
prohibits the trial of an accused person
except in tho state wheio tho crime wuh
actually committed."
If murder by tho use of tho malls Is
not a crime In California It should be
declared such without delay by both
state ami federal statutes. It Is scaler
ly, however, to bo expected that tho
United States Supremo court will ie
gard murder by sending poisoned candy
through tho malls as anything less
than mtuder, or permit any ,ucii plea
to shield a, criminal. This country is
pretty thoroughly seasoned to mlscar
rlaites of Justice In minder caes, but it
may yet Im driven to demind somo pro
tection for itself fiom "Messieurs, the
murdenrs," now turned loose on It by
thousapdH each year by the exercise of
every kind of technicality in the couiis,
It Is but brief note of the death of
Robot t Homy Newell, long famous nn
"Oipheiis C. Kerr," that we find, com
pared with what would have occupied
large space In newspaper column dur
ing Civil war times or those of iccon
stiuctlou. Ho was one of tho most bill
Haul ot American humorists, nnd ho
woiked, ns did England'! llncly dow
ered humoilst, the elder Thomas Hood,
in sadness und sorrow, making a world
laugh while his own heart was In
heaviness with life-long affliction. How
many readers or how many theatrc
goeis recall tho name and tho fame of
beautiful, strange, nnd gifted Adah
Ijuik'b Menken, or remember "Orpheus
C. Kerr's" marriage to her, the tragedy
of hl efforts to win her to the lines eff
normal, healthful life In vain; tho
separation that Inevitably followed.
She died many yeais ago. Notices of
his death say that he has been a silent
worker with his pen from the time of
his broken hopes till the end came.
The steamer Erik soiled from North
Sidney, Nova Scotia, on July 14, to seek
Lieutenant l'eaiy, expecting to reach
Etah early In August, after calling at
Labrador and the various Esquimaux
stations on the Oreenland coast. So
long as the search for tho North Pole,
and the dcslro also to learn more of the
meteorological conditions of the Arctic
circle, also of Its llora nnd fauna, bold
a fascination for adventurous spirits
the roll of Polar expeditions will
lengthen. Every llttlo while theie ap
peals some sporadic piotest against
"the waste of life and of expenditure
In Polar Journeys." Rut the protests
are likely to avail in the future pre
cisely as much as in the past; precisely,
also, as much as against any' other
form of exploring adventure.
The most satisfactory outcome of the
Just completed annual mooting of the
National Educational association Is its
full and detailed declaration with re
ference to the Importance of elemen
tary education to which we shall have
occasion to refer more comprehen
sively. St. Swithin is living up to his promifie.
More Notes on flrf
af Paiflmerican
THERE ARE many pictures In the
Pan-American Art Oallery which
would not probably stand the test
of propriety as prescribed by the Uos
ton llbiaiy. The nude subjects are
numeious and tbpy range from the
vague bluish poster called "The Spirit
of Nlagaia," by Mrs. Cary, of Ruffalo.
to the fiank "altogpthprs" by SpwpII,
I.ucns and Julius T. Stewart. The Intu
named artist has a, collection of small
paintings in nailery D, which ate won
(lei ml In their way. The excuse for
their existence is that they aie studies
of leilected sunlight. Some crltl'S say
thp aitlst needs no pxcusp for cteatlng
such picture, but there aie others who
express themselves ns uncompromising
ly shocked. As an example of tho lat
ter variety might be mentioned a bride
who. with her fond joung husband, sud
denly came face to face with the group,
near the corner of tills room. For nil
Instant she gazed like one paralyzed,
and their, grasping the arm of her lord
and master with a fierceness that made
him wince. he exclaimed: "Come right
away from here, Andrew, at once. I
never expected to see the day when you
would bilng me to such a place as this.
1 want to go home tonight." And An
drew walked away as meekly and in as
much confusion of countenance as if he
had been the painter of the guilty ple
nties. It is probable that because of
the mystPilotis vagal les of the mind
feminine, he was held as much account
able by ids wife for their presence there
n if they had been created by his lln
rois. There Is no doubt at all that
"Andiew" had a bad quarter of an
hour, and that he had reason to thank
his stars that he had chosen market
gardening for a calling Instead of ait.
Mr. Stewart's pictures are a little
startling. They represent a pictty wo
man in various poes and colois.
Sometimes she Is In a garden of pop
ples, and again she Is beneath the trees
In a forest, while In nearly every ease
her fair body, chameleon-like, takes on
curious hues fiom tho letlccted light.
In one picture slip holds n mantle of
gieen high over her head and here sho
Is n lavender lady. In another study
she crouches beneath a red veil, whoso
warmth of color sheds a rosy radiance
over her satin-white skin. The paint
ing Is beautifully done, but the effects
aie certainly most striking.
o
F. A. Eiidgeiiian has somo character
istic plctuies in this room. They are
oilental In 'composition and wonderful
la detail. One, "Tho Olil ot El-Kan-tara.
Algleis," is something likely to be
remembered. Just above this group Is
the splendid creation of Louis Loeb's
genliKi, "Temple of tho Winds, Sunset "
The beautiful figures on tho windy
summit are entrancing Indeed, and the
atmospheric effects uro truly marvel
ous. o
Among tho American women who
have painted much and pxcpedinsly
well Is Miss Clare MacChesney. Her
water-colors especially have attracted
gieat attention. She has two paintings
in oil pn exhibition. One Is a superb
study of an old man and Is entitled
"A tlood Story." The other is n still
life of the homely anil odoriferous, but
useful onion. It is In Room D, very
near ono of Rldgeway Knight's beau
tiful landscapes, "The Brimming Riv
er." An Interesting picture on the same
wall Is a portrait of a boy, curled up
lu a big chair reading. It Is aptly
called "Onco Upon a. Time." Tho art
ist Is Caroline Peart, of Philadelphia.
Ida Waush also has a tine portrait
lnins In this room, and Edward Duf
ner, who Is now in Paris'. Id represent
ed by two charming pictures, ono of
which, "In tho Studio," Is exceptional
ly rrood.
Oallery E Is distinctive for many
reasons, but chief of all for tho cele
brated Dalngeiileld Madonna, which Is
owned by Kl.ickner, of Now York, nnd
has been reproduced so exquisitely.
Every one Is familiar with this photo
giavurp.kiiown ns'ThoChlld ot .Mary,"
tho lovely face of tho Mother, voung
sweetly, Krncious and withal full of
tender sympathy, the Child standing
erect, encircled by her arm. Yet no
ona can gain nn adequato Idea of tho
wonderful plcturo hy even thp most
faithful reprints. It occupies n cor
ner lit one of tho larger galleries and
really Alls the vast room with Its un
earthly radiance. Tho coloring is rirh
and glowing with it depth often unat
tainable In modern art, but from It
shines that golden light, pIusIvp. mar
vpIIous, nll-pcrvndlng, nnd If Is not
strange that people pause ns If their
pyes'were suddenly dazzled by a gleam
from heaven nnd that they return ever
nnd again Just to seo tho haunting
beauty of this great picture.
o
An Interesting canvas to Scranton
visitors who went In for Art Inst win
ter Is the landscape, "A Connecticut
Hillside," by A. T. Van Laer, who gave
a series of excellent lectures In St.
Luke's Parish hall, under tho auspices
of a popular charity.
R. M. Shurtlcft has a number of fine
lnndscapes In this room, ono of these,
"The Woodland Pool," Is n, particu
larly go6d specimen of his work.
Probably tho most Interesting group
consists of three oxcellpnt pxamples of
William M. Howe's genius. One, "The
Monarch of tho Farm," Is world fam
ous, while "Evening. Rrandywino
Farm," Is ono of the best cattle lec
tures. Dear me. I Intended to tell a whole
lot of things which I overheard in that
gallery, but must wait until another
day. H. C. P.
Press Comment on
the Sfe?I Strike
Every Man Hla Own Mnstor.
From the New York Sun.
At present .a man piyg hl taxes to the ftite,
and 1 hl on muter, auhjert to the impartial
hw of ihn land. I'ntler the union, lie ould
l.nitt another and atly more rMortlonite tax
Kdthcrrr, and hl freedom would he gone. And
It la our hellcl that his dijs of idlcncaa would
increase. '
Strikos Aro a Crude Weapon. ,
From the Phlladelphit Record.
Tho Imitillty ot the strike a a meini of set
tling disputes hetwecn worklnsmen and their
emplojers hu holdout heen more forcihly Mm
trited than In the strike of the stationary fire
men In the .inthr.ieite mining region. There Is,
perhaps one fireman on strike to every fifty men
whom his idleness will direetly throw out of em
ployment. I.os and inconvenience will he In
flirted upon hundreds of others. The strike of
the skilled steel worker steps the work and
wiees of a still preater numher of nnkllled
lihorcra and inflicts injury upon thouand of
persons enjaeed in relitcd or dependent inter
ests, (or whewe ldlrnes.1 or deprivation there Is
nn provision or redress. The cries ancea of the
firemen miy he of such a character as to com
mand and dererve piihlic ismpithy. The rieht
to stop woik must he conceded. Put the right
to slop does not revth so fir as to cnihje the
striken to make stoppage effectual hy preventing
the work of other men, thus Inflicting Indiscrim
inate Inlury alike upon employers and upon fellow-workmen
and fellrm-ticlngs within the range
of hurt.
Labor Against Labor.
From the Lancaster New T.rit.
In order to compel all the steel trust em
ployes to Join the union, all the trust mills are
to he closed until that purpoc is attained. Vir
tually, It Is Iihor trjlng to cnerrc lahor. The
union officials hive undertaken the task of mak
ing every nun In nnd ahout lilt) ot the hlg Iron
ami steel mills in several flates to Join a lahor
orsanlratlnn with which they do not wish ti
have anv thing to do. It Is thought that the
wages of the men who will he called out amount
to ?.'."n,noo diilv, or 1.500,0) a week. That
much money will he nltlidrmn from the hinds
of lahor arid the usual channels of tride. Who
will he the siifferrii, the greatest losers? Will
it he thctrel trust or the lihor trust? The for
mer will.-perlups, loe most, hut they can af
ford It. N'one of them will go hungrv. It will
only curtail their rroilts for a time. How will It
alTeit the lalmr trut? With the cessation of
their rarnlngk theie will he shorter rations, and,
pei hap. In some homes, n'i ntlnn at all. A
hlg re-erve is spoken of to help along the strik
ers. 'I hey are ahvavs heird of at smh times,
hut they are less fiequcntly in evidence at the
critical moment. It will prohahly he no at this
time if the troubles are of long continuance.
1'nder every point of slew It is in unfortunate
occurrence. There does not seem to he any neces
sity for It. The men whom it sought to coerce
are not only thousands In numher, hut they are
well contented with their woik and their vviges.
Hut now lome their fellow-tollers and strive to
compel them to rhmcc their principles against
thilr will and enter a combination they detest.
The Machinists' Striko.
Fiom the Philadelphia Press.
Tho imchinlsta' strike Is reaching Its end, Just
as the steel strike Is beginning. The machinists'
strike was primarily for nine hours on the old
pay. It was mide In breath of an agieement to
give notiie ami arhltiate. The excuse on which
this violation of conti.ut w.ia Justified wa in
sufficient. 1'ioldcnt O'fonnell began much as
President Mnffcr begins now, with flit de
flin'C and the Miiillrri possible concern for agree
ment, .irlillr.ili.in or muluil lompromlse. Fven
In the proposition made last week to the National
Menl Trades spoliation by Pioldcnt O'Connell,
through the National livk Federation of Chi
cago, the nine-hour cliv Is evimpted fiom arid
tiation, the ecntrr of the dispute. A steady In-ercd-e
In wage and a decrease in hours hasbeen
going on for a century The progre Is wise.
Kvery movement toward it Is welcome. Whether
chinge In cither direction can he made at any
partliular stage is not a matter to he rpriing
ai an ultlmitum, breaking an agreement to give
poil(e and arbitrate, hut hv carciul exiinlnatlon
and fair n"gotution. Nuther was permitted in
the iiiKhlnl.ts' strike. Atler eight weeks. Presi
dent O'fonnell claims sunt. 'Ihe Metal Trade
amoclatinn claims It, too. .Neither has wholly
tucc ceded. Labor has beui the gieater losir. It
Is altogether probihle that If I'lr-ddcnt O'Connell
had been more anxious to win for his men than
to magnify his office either Imriascd wages (or
tin huurs or the old wagCji for nlno hour could
have been secured, as the latter was In Chicago
a jear ago. Ceitalnly Mime advance could have
been gained, a union si ale agreed on and the
reputation of the Inieiiutlonal Avoclatlon u(
Machinists for a longheaded polhy and fair
dealing established, .lames O'Connell preferred
a strike, lie Ins had It. A great breach has
been opened between emplojers and employes.
A heavy Iocs ol wages has come. In small phnts,
in Isolited nulls and In some works in large
cities with contracts, which the agreement broken
by ordering the strike should have protected,
the men have won. They hive gained sillier an
increase In vvagia or tho rn-w and shorter illy.
In lloston the stilke lias wholly failed. It has
In Cincinnati, In spite of Mr. OTonnrll's
"strategic reasons" (or goln imi k to work. A
liko failuie exists In Cleveland. In Indlanjpoll
a compromise was icuhed atler eight weeks, on
a basis ofteied at the stirt to the men. In Sin
FramiMO a hitter struggle is in ptogrcva. In
Wilmington the stilke has failed, it did In
Camden and at rpirrovvs Point. The stiugglo
continue in tne lailrmd shops on lines trlhuv
tary to this city. In the city It. elf the men sue
ceeded at many points and failed at others. In
other word, pirt hive gained all and part lost
all by a strike, vvhllo all could have gained some
thing by negotiation and adheience to a con
tract. Whatever the partial success may be, even
if it Includes as President O'Connell claims, half
the men who went out, it Is plain that on the
average negotiation would have been better.
Above all, what the unions need Is a reputation
fur prudence, discretion, care in keeping en
gagements and a readiness to exhaust negotiation
hcfoie icsorting to a strike. The machinists'
striko Ins not created such a reputation. Itatlier
It his destroyed such ns the International Aisoci
atijn of Machinists had,
FOREIGN NOTES.
From the bun.
Uelglum, according to the census just taken,
has ti.soo.OX) Inhabitants.
Munich's Red Cioss hospital has for a visiting
surgeon the crown Prince of Bavaria.
King IMward has established a new decoration,
the Conspicuous bcrvlco Silver Cross, for war
rant otticcn and subordinate officers in the
nsvy.
King Alfonso Mil is rapidly approaching his
legal majority.lle has been allowed to see in
state his first bull fight, which interested him
keenly.
Tscho' rirahe, the astronomer, has been desd
30i) years, and Prague, where he lived under
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"Artcx" Shirts
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"King" Waist and
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Kaiser lcudoll'j pstronase, will celebrate the
anniversary in the fall.
Lord Kelvin has attained his seventy-seventh
blrthdiy. lie held his professorship of natural
philosophy at Glasgow from 1S16 to 1595, a
period of fifty-three ears.
Prof. Rudolf VI re how has just received from
tho KaliT the Prussian order, "Pour le merlte."
He would have received it tons ago had it not
been for the active part he took in politics as
an advanced Ki.dical.
Alexandre I'arodl, whose tragedy, "Itom
Vaincue," aroused as much cnthulasm In lS7ft
as Itrstand's pla.vs have of late, died In Tarn
recently at the use of fit scare, lie was born
at Smjrna of Italian parents.
Kins Kdward VIII, that may he, has eoni'
pleteii his seventh jear and received as a birth
div present from his grandfather, King Kdward
VII, a bicycle. The frame meavires fourteen
Inches and the wheels twenty inches in dlam
oler. Rrrmanv rreited i memorial toner it fjtave
lotto in WJMn honor of her soldiers who fell in
the battle, at a cost of $200,000. the tower
was recently blown up by the military end
peers because it commanded tho new fortifica
tion toutslde ci I Jlrtl.
Yarmouth's hit trawlers have been sold at
auction for small turns, steim having driven
them out of business, Yarmouth for a century
was the i enter of the English North Sea fishing
Industry and in fishing fleet numbered over 100
vessels.
Abdul Ilamid II. has beaten the Pritlsh aver
age of decorations for service In South Africa.
There was a fire In the harem at Yildli Kiosk
recently that was put out qiilrldy. The sultan
has already bestowed COO medals for life saving
on that occasion.
Singapore Chinamen are indlgnint with the
r.nclMi on account of the Puke of York's visit.
Some official thought fit to decorate the hits
of the jlnrlskslu men with gold buttons, the
Chinese rank of mandarin rank, and the Chinese
in the colony refuse to accept apologies for the
insult.
AN OLD SEA-DOO ON LAWYEHS.
Krom the Westminster Gatetlc.
There is a pissage of curious Interest In the
will of the lato Admiral of the Fleet, Mr John
Commerell. He wrote! "Having had fatal ex
perience ol the Iniquity of the law In icrtaln
cases, when decisions have been given again. t
common sense and Justice, It Is my directions
that my two nieces who are Intended to benefit
by the death of my child or children mean fhe
two eldest children of my sister at the time this
will was made, namely, Kdlth Bloonifleld and
Kate ntoomfield, and I entreat the parties In
terested In my will not to appeal to the law
If any difficulty may arise, but to arbitration.
Having been swindled mjselt hy every lawyer
that I ever had anything to do with makes me
offer this advice to my heirs, executors, and
assigns."
ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 15.
After August 15 no more new contestants
will be received in
( The Tribune's )
EDUCATIONAL CONTEST
This action is taken for the purpose of protecting legitimate
contestants and preventing the possibility of any speculator from
entering the last day or two and purchasing a $1,000 scholarship
by presenting the names of his friends as new subscribers and
paying for them himself. While nothing of this sort was attempted
last year, the close of the contest demonstrated that it would have
taken much less than $1,000 to have purchased the first special
reward, as the winning contestant had only secured for The
Tribune less than $400 in new subscriptions. The Tribune desires
to protect tne contestants that aie working so nobly for it and will
use its best endeavor to have every feature of the contest perfectly
fair, and it wishes it distinctly understood that the rewards of
fered are in no sense for sale, but will positively go to the con
testants who secure the largest number of points, which will be
credited only lor new and legitimate subscribers.
The Special Rewards:
Scholarship in Lafayette College 1,000
Scholarship in Swarthmore College 1,000
Scholarship in Stroudsburg Normal School 675
Three Scholarships in Scranton Business
College, $60 Each 180
Two Scholarships in Scrarfton Conserva
tory of riusic, $75 Each 150
$3,005
Each contestant failing to secure one of these special rewards
will be given ten (10) percent, of all the money he or she turns in.
K, B. The first two scholarshipa do net Inclnd" meals, but the contestants securing
these will be given tin (10) per cent, of all tho money ho or sho turns in to The
Tribune, to assist in paying this expense.
There are seven weeks yet ot the contest and it is not too
late for any energetic young man or woman to enter. Some of
last year's winners were only in three or four weeks.
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