THE SUKAiNTON TJUtiOiVJiTMUtlb'DAY, MAY id, 1002. I It.. ,.wCg"ij" .. J k4l W '- tpiT-' r l . mi. 8 '.(i . r if. V'I'iil.llM.eil .Hallr, r.teepl Mindly, i'.v TheTrllt. Jvkt IMWUiilnij Oomjuny, t l'ltlyKeiiMit Mantle '.i 1.1 VY B. i,p, P. UVAIIKi:, )lmlnc, jlaiiaKcr. , ISO N'iMim Sf. ..... n s vtii'.rtASD. Sole A-jclit for t'.Meign .ilifttWnr. J'Kew York Otl1c.es Jett-i Ithtcreif t Ihe l'olnli!oi nt crtiitmi. !'., m . StTOiid CI.IM Mill MatUr. WIiTn pnee will pomtlt, The Trlbuhe is nlwnyn glad to print .fflhort letters from its friends bear- Jnjr on current topics, but Uh iuIs is w-thnt these must bo signed, for-pub-, illcatloji, by the writer's renl name; 7nd the condition precedent to nc ,eptanpe is that nil contributions' rfBhall be subject to editorial revision. "C TUB FLAT HUT. roll ADVI'.IITISINO. $, The following tal)l( filiown the tnlie wr Inch ath lnet;tlon,,i.ico to lie uacil ivltlilu one. '" tieM for1 Immciliito tue in a fuoit MiJMipply li.iiiiart In eime It should lip decided to nenil more iifiillH Hun the Mltlo will entry. There la iiiucli iiioiu ttclall In ili'ts dispatch, sliowlnir tin iircslilcnl's cn ftfi'ticcM tu meet mli'iiiifltoly and curly I lu (treat litiiimnltarluii duty mit upon llilr, llu" nciHcut great power, to llio stricken West Indian IbIuwIb. One In iiuitlculnf Ih that tin.' preplilent was Uoi-Htimilly iippenltfil to by the Preach iiinlirts-Milor, PiieaklliK In belmlf of the ruMldont of, l-'rnnuet who iKmrpceed that i.-mmti'y'H Inability to ronvuul th" tiecesury succor In time' to relievo (he worst HiinVrlii'r. Virtually Franco threw- hiTHrtt mi the Unltod .SlnlefV nluiVy" and beBgttl um to, help linnied lntelv hoi"' Hinltlcn I'oloiihit HUbJectK, TJndtr Ihecu clrcuiii'Uiuicos It Is to Hie' prcHlJcnt's ulcriml c roil It that hu re fused to be delayed by cunBiefKlomil npntliy or rtd-tapp. ,,' l1l.si7.AY. '".L.m (lion fj'liul'icv iil fid illcllQS Tim " JS-ivi " frni " ;i iJoti " I .'511P0 " ( WIOO " l m rtuii o( sTiiiira' on Paper. Headlinr. ,.'jn .::"i t Sill f ,'J w W. - .US ' iV, .17 .l1. .im Tiflt" .11 ..Ml ;.. K'al .is:. .is . ' For r.ircll of lliankn. riolilllom nt roiiJoVnof, nil Mmlljr innlrllititlom In the natuic nf ml- Vtcrtlslng The 'frllimic tnakci n dure' t I". 'fnls 'llne. '. ''Knloi ofl CLwIIIed Adirrllilne f mulshed " .apptleatton; &' TEN PAGES. SCRANTOX, MAT IS, 190i. , ,For sovernor of Pennsylvania, on the Issue ot an open field and fair play, JOHN 'P. ELKXN, of Indiana, Tsubjpct to the will of the Republican masses. At Hazleton. ST X IXTEUPKETIXO the vnilous reports from v Ijazlntun. all it which are larffOly Hpecuiatlve tu charactrr and of little credibili ty si far as they profess prophetic power, it is important to hear In mind .that "the shallows murmur while the deeps are dumb." Most of those who uirily talk strike know" from personal experience very little about strike. They, have lu mind chiefly tho brief and successful "strike" of two years ago, which' involved' little: Htratn. They look upon strikes as -they look upon picnics ami (frolics and-thvy are eafjer for one and are loquacious In making known their eagerness. This element supplies the hulk of the noise on the stieet corners and In places of unofficial assemblage. But the back bone of the Hazleton convention, we have reason to believe, Is made of ma turer stuff. It coniprlst,! men who 'have been through long and losing strikes and who know what they In volve. They are not talking. They aie 'not predicting. They are thinking and 'working. ' Moreover, the balance of power at rHazleton is held by men In sympathy with the leadeishlp and judgment of .John Mitchell, ff he says strike, they .will strike. Tf he says don't strike they won't strike. At Shuuiokln the convention got away from him. At the conference in this city his leadership ( was onibai raised and vexed. AL Hati 'letou he Is again In command. The .reference back to the locals resulted ill a renewal of his prestige and power. .Upon Mitchell, therefore, Is now the re sponsibility and he is equal to It. The M'llkes-li.'ine Uecord calls for a judicial lnve:nlgatlini of l.unerne's Flist district primal les and convention. It 'should be nuule. Let there be a complete unraveling of all the details of the plot to throttle majority rule. Every friend of John 1. Elkln In Wllkes-Hunc should demand this as a right. "I F-oraker Defends the Army. (I'ioiii llli Hi mil Spcctli In tin' Son lie.) X THE PttOGIlESS of this debate wo have not only had the policy of this gov ernment assailed, biitjf' wo have had also the American army assailed. This talk ot barbarities by our army Is not new talk. I have taken pains to look at the rec ord, and T find that oui army In the war of 1M2 was bitterly ciltlclsed lor the cruelties and barbarities practiced. There nio hundreds of pages of the record devoted Jo the debates in cmr giess about the erueltie.s and barbari ties practiced by Andrew Jackson when he was lighting the Semlnolcs and the exiles in Florida. Also In the war with 'Mexico. In the war with Mexico you can go to the Ubilii-y and 11 nil book alter book devoted to the exposition of cruelties and barbarities and out rages practiced and ordered to be prac ticed by (leneral Scott and his subor dinates in Mexico. The country vns infested with guenillas, tanchero, and they were ambushing and annoying our tioops. Finally the general Issued an order, and other ollleers did the same, that every .such man "tinder the law of retaliation should be given no quarter whatever, but should be put to death as "the only way to break up such Miirfare. During, the civil war there were numerous complaints of brutality and cruelty of one kind and another. And now we come down to the Philippines, and we arc told that there Is more brutality here than has ' Armstrong and Forest, the,lii(.t will) 'three delegates, the second with one, .have instructed for Elkln. Keep your ,eye on the Indiana plow boy. An Executive Who Acts. A" VL ACCOUXTS agree that the president's handling of Martinique ivllef piobletn has been an international object lesiou In pioinpUtudc and vigor. .While the Hiitish cabinet was hunting .yp the precedent!, and announcing through a spokesman In parliament ';that it could find none covering parallel circumstances, and was, therefote, un .iible to say without further deliberation -whether It would favor an impel inl .grant in uld of surviving victims of .this crowning calamity of modern .times, the president of the L'nllcd States was forcing from fotigress an Immediate uppiopilatUin and cutting lullcs of red tape In the endeavor to get tho military and naval machinery 1u rcndlness for prompt relief action. Ho asked congress for $:.U0,u0u; the sen ate voted $100,000 und the house grudg ingly raised it to jiiQO.UOO, but this did not satisfy the executive's Idea. of our moral obligation In the piemi.K's, ami he has not only successfully pre.sscd for the sum mimed In his special me's iigc but with Instant energy has pio vlded a private machinery uatloii-wlde 5or the collection and forwarding of lu .jftlvlduul aid. . " .i.Somo Idea of the energy which Mr, jjJjoosovelt iutused Jutii tlils situation 3Jtmy he obtained fiijni an extract finiii he Washington correspondence of the Philadelphia Uecord! a "Democratic, ul J.tjiougli friendly .soitcei Tho extinct y?fferreil to Tuesdayls proceedings: i-'In tlie execution ul th coiuiiiFliAiiu plans -VJinHed by the lr?sldcut JI(iikj.v, It. liiiJimi ( ..Ifiit liy this inoiiiliij; t lift t i(iit 4 tv halt ,i jlllion dollais uould.bn r.vulcjl iimmdlilely. In 'atjitlcli-alion of tlio fuMiralilr (inlou n( iduxu.-o, "Erxpcnditiirt's fxrudluK stip,i)(H,.jiiil Intnlrhii; nt jfat us niiiih incur, hail t-tcii IiioiiihiI luluie ill X"!lk todiy, 'I he iicUlenl had in.t wallirTttr he money, hut hid nit led lupa and lusti'iu i jflili'i in hi' tiled u Bel hu .ir ilipaiiliicnt to Slu tvhtii lie w:i i)iiraiilin; und iiiiilimlni; the Vtmwh JliiU'r." J j.Telnis the iiiuni-y huIiik,hi lapldly, tlw n..,. JHtnt, aflu- uppiuxlng the, hill slviir,' Vuo,0on, jiifrsoiially ii'iiilnili'd wnai'JU and ii'iiu-M'niaiivn 5o (hi necessity for inuie.4 The villain j.iuniptly ?(ive Jt, mi the U'Cviiniieiiditluii i'( thu KmiinU. jtio on fuii'Un Klatgn., ji.fj-ilnw thu hill sUthui.t Jlnifid u'f ilUnifalon, llur, thu hi)ua wily ll" Jrrrcd it In thu lunmilttj o mi uiuopil illuiut (hiii It a ircrlteil (1051 the H-liale, That ' uiinilttfe will hu nruid luaa luinbiiun (Wtd Jyi'-wljjr). On juteidaj, ) ias unrtllllnj-.n if. ()- lumiend moie thin IW.Ufll. 'Jl.e niiitloil jl ml flV),QM, one-lull the fiiiuuiu aUd hy the -rfJlilcnl, Kliuilhl he uluM,ia ri'Jt'iled un the Abound that (oiii;rra4 miKht lu nail and no hal Iij.v pniinlrllij fill. I li.llllili .Ij 1I11I s The ) I J its of I he i oniinlj ilo)jilnniu, m.id ler careful loiKlili-rallon c tin! min dl.palch.c iojn Iho Autlllvd. ionlei)iila f the vapAy 'f -10,. i rollon far fuuilecii ' " - t Hui.UMJ WOTKitl i r " iniJlI'Wll TOWnin-b. In the nasy iliiail- ...... .. I ..I. . i 1 IWHl I i ll' I jtnerainuem nunuatin); iininp fii mzm-iw flt, uiul the mnlli-al doiuriiiirut U worklir,' In i'liroporllon nt lu ijuicliam'x In the nasi- iKiiail- 0l,Jhe 5afj;fully planned ii'lllt iuraurr liele ""' ever been heard ot In all the lilstoiy of the world. "When men marching through the Philippines are fired upon from ambush and shot down, much inore when they are captured and as prisoners are put to death without mercy, their heads cut oil' and stuck on the top of poles, their arms out olf, and legs cut off, 'and their eyes gouged out, and their bodies disfigured In every possible manner, the result is I hat the. surviving com rades of such unfortunate victims will at the first opportunity avenge such savagely and such Insult and such winng. I do not Intend to talk about the Older of ("leneral Smith; first, be cause I do not know xvliether he made any such ouler as the papers have le porteil. If he did. I will await all the lacts heitire f judge him. I do not be lieve he made an) such order as has been reported to us, or If lit; did I think we vhall Had, when we leain the xvhole tint It. that theie Is a. light to be cast upon It with which xvo are not now familiar. 1 judge that from Ihe record (leneral Smith has made. T do not have the pleasure of knowing him personally, but T have found that his military service commenced at tho beginning of the civil war, on the -1th day ur June, IMil. I find thai he was wounded at Hnrbotnsvlllc July ill, 1SG1, and that he was most sevciely wound ed ul the battle of Shlloh, Teun., Aptil T, ISiii'. 1 llnd that he was also wound ed hi action at Bin Juan, and 1 fur ther llnd that he has been i-out biliously In the service of his countiy as a sol dier more than forty years, and that his recoid Is one as a soldier of which any American might xvell be pioud. T iciiniiol believe, to employ the language of Dr. Schurman, that transporting an American citizen across the Pacific would turn him fiom what he Is hero Into a brute and a, savage there, and theiefore 1 shall withhold judgment as to General Smith until vc know what the facts are. 1 do not belle vn Unit n man who Is capable of such huiolMn,. such gallantry, such valuable service to his country would be callable of do ing that for which wo should all con demn him without qualification, it p not much for us to wall befoiu we pasn Judgment. It Is pot much when the man who asks It Is a soldlci who has more than forty ycuis of gallant ser vice to his eredli. "Ill till) Philippines the pi.lliy or deied Irom here and ihe pulley uf unr army have been In accoid; and the solo aim of that policy, as eiinuvlutcd heio and as practiced there, has been to re store law and ouler by suppressing the Insurrection and all armed resistance, and doing that with as little harshness and with us little loss of life as ft Is possible in InilM, to tho end that civil government may bo established. Our army has .shown In this work ti sur prising humanity, It Is a uotoitous fact that'l'or morn Ihaij-two years af ter our operallons commenced wo scarcely ever kept prlsnneis, but al most Invariably gave them a good incal and a good lecture mi'd then turned them Inosit and let ihtui) go back, think ing and hoping that they would carry messages of our kind disposition "that would result ln'good fruits to out' cause. That policy worked well, inioiiguoui i.tision ami tnrougii all the provinces, except only four. "Tho lusiiricctlou continuing ami the Inhabitants being of a different type of Malays fiom those vu had beep con tending against elsuwhero, being more 'difllcult lo deal wth. being morn hos tile, more treachetous, more savage, t finally became necessary as an act of lion lo our own men and our Interests to resott to the' lavvof '. : tz ; r-; retaliation, mid under such proVoctllloji our army did resort to It. The action of Clenornl Hell In Ibis respect was not' unheard of, Oil tho contrary, he was but doing what Is common in all siluli cases, mid something its lo tho pro priety of which he waH the sole Judge. The result hits justified what ho did, for as a result of tl there Is peace today In Hamnr, there Is pence today In Put aligns, there Is pence today lu l.ugilna. There Is peace everywhere except only In licytc where theie are a few bolo men still lu the woods, and In Min danao, where the Moros lceently got Into a state or eiitptlou. "A few days ago, When It was an-, iioiinecd that there was trouble with the Moros and Unit Clenornl Chaffee had senf our troops there, the president cabled him to halt until the ma'tter could be Investigated, but fleiieral Chaffee wired back lu such a way that ho got orders at once to- use his own Judgment, and the soldiers went ahead. f fell sorry for the opponents of this measure when, n few days later, I road In the papers what ought lo have thrilled every American, how Cleneral Davis; with the gallant Twenty-seventh under Colonel Haldwln, had stormed the fort ot lliiuynii and had captured the garrison and planted our -flag In victory on Its walls. Every American should feel thillled by that account be cause of the heroism and the gallantry displayed, "We should talk about that feat of arms to tho .people, but, that Is one transaction In 'he Philippines of which you will not hear anything during tho approaching campaign from the ora tors who have spoken In opposition to this measure. They, Instead of tell ing the people, or telling the senate, of the splendid piogicss xvo have made, of our brilliant achievements, of the gallantry of our army, are hunting as wllb a fine-toothed comb for mimic-. thing they can ciltlcisc for some case of water cure; for some case where some Incensed soldier boy, trying to avenge the murder ot his comrade, has commuted some outrage that he ought not to have committed. That Is un graded, and upon the strength of such a compilation of Incidents wc are lold that 'our policy in tho Philippines is a wicked and mistaken policy; that our army has practiced luutallty and sav agery there. "Mr. President, .-o far xve have made no mistake about the Philippines; our policy there has been a wise and patriotic policy that was xvell consider ed before wc entered upon It, and a policy that has been faithfully and consistently pursued from that day until this; a policy that has' not been kept in the dark, but a policy that has been published to the win Id; a. policy that has until now required the pres ence or the army there, but the aimy has done its xvork, and now the time has come for military rule to be re placed with civil government. "I shall not enter upon any defense of the American army. It does not need any. From the beginning of our government down to this minute .to be long to the American army has been an American honor. Its ollleers have uniformly been lime, intelligent, and patriotic men and the men of the auiiy have been gallant and heroic soldiers, who have loved the flag and loved tho vuuuii-y iiiiu uiu uown ntu itsplt un hesltutinglv. What the American army has accomplished in the Philip pines is simply marvelous. Our soldiers have been under a tropical .sun, in a climate to xvhich they are unaccustom ed, a climate that was thought to bo dangerous, lighting an enemy xvho was skulking ihiougli Jungles and swamps. They have pursued them eveiy where, through the swamps, thiough tho Jungles? acio.-s tho livers, over the mountains, everywhere fighting them and every when destroying them as an organized force, in no instance hail ing, hesitating, or failing to win victory for our cause. "In duo time that army will come home but it will not come home be spattered xvlth intid. It will eoino home in triumph to receive the glad wel come and the pi oud plaudits of tho American people. Our people have al ways stood by their army, and they always will stand by their army so long as it 1-4 made of such splendid ALWAYS BUSY. . Us I J ' Pprlug ami fiiimnier Oxford ami roots that con lent the mind and loinfoit tho feet. Men's "Always'' Busy Oxfords, ?3.00 Ladles' "Melba" Oxfords, SJS2.50. Lewis 8c R-eilly, 114-110 Wyoming: Avenue. men, such gallant ollleers, such heroes, one anil nil, tis u'presont us u the Philippines." .. In contemplating the piospcrliy of rncle Sam. e.v-I'iosident Slinou Sam, of Htiytl, must be thoroughly convinced that there Is nothing lu a name. Pittsburg intelligence shows that all of the danger of suddim calamity upon earth In not located at the foot of a volcano. la spite of the movements of the beet tiu.st the hull light at Alfonso's coronation will be pulled olf on schedule time. BUILDERS OP THE STATE. 'Ihe amiu.ll mi ft In;; it Ihe S-o. l-ty uf Colon! ll Wan. uf ,im- ,liii,i u l.ihl in I'limt-lnii, , ,1., .iiilirdaj, At Ihe dinner chin In Ihe iiinhi lliih.ild W.ilM'ii (lihl-a, Hlim- or Ihu tviuint Jl uazlne, K'-.d ihe nolluwiug original poem; Who IjiiIKU the hiateV Nut ln-.lwoi power Hooted hi wioiu,", in guhl inlnnchid, Mali-., him ihe liirua of tho hour; 'Ihu ililli.il liht ian not he qui lu lied; Thin i-l'.ill otll)i hi- Utile fpin; .sMhc lleiiv upon v,u h filmed nclniuu; Shtill fhii'. ulii-io .hanie blots al( the pla'i; 'Ihe liiMtheiy 111 the ilazlint; ilm.ni, lie hulhl the statu hu bmJiN on linlli, .Sut 1 1 hi, ciu.liln tuuuiil hi, aim, Strike,, lotiuliiive finiii tho thione, and lutli, To v.In ,i dark iinpiliouH fame, i Not he, though iiai'i anioni; men, i:niilli and aui all 111 lleiuuhl, 'Ih'nnih II I.'' an eatihi lie )i hen; I) mil lu Mho yiuund .lull nil he hioiijht. I'm I Ills I hold, aid diall fm ine. 'lillhlunen seieli ilealh that they who oo.y Mile, 'ami the hloml ul Inolhn.i, they Hull hitu.l halo .uid want and uoe, 1ie inr' ul r.arh' ilieud annulet Inn Co the:- 'nldfil h, il.cir hour, And all the unheeded lejr., and ulu, 'Ihey uiisiil in u-t of iJHh'M powtr, lit httlliN the tale -.K to that UA' HrlniM i-ipoix, clean hand-, and purpose, pure; Who Iiimu not xnlm u a niasl.; lie hulhU the .slate (hat .hall endure; 'Ihe Ule uhiltlu I'Kll lu.ial mi IfoliU ii a hliliiiliiht fiom iui tires Tr-uuiii. of liouiir. lwfib' won. And fiiviloni'i.' Di'UI-iijIli.' fliei.' j The Finest Line of Porch Rockers Ever shown In Scranton A strong1 but true state ment. We have nearly every thing in summer furniture including the Prairie Grass Goods Artistic in design, rich in nppearance and very prac tical. We want every house keeper in Scranton to visit our jtore and inspect our stock you'll find prices right and goods the best to be had. $9574 in Special Rewards Scranton tribune's greatest of all -.. Educational Contests CLOSES OCTOBER 25, 1902. The Scranton Tribune's third great Educational Contest to now open. There are offered as Special Rewards, to those who secure the largest number of points, THIRTY THREE SCHOLARSHIPS In some of the Leading Educational Institutions in the Country. ' List of Scholarships 2 Seholorflilnit lii S.T.icuie irnlurnllr, nt SIM eiih ...... Sill 1 SVhohiithlp lu lliiiltnell Unliu-.Hi.1 .VJO 1 Sclml.ir-hlli III 'Iho UnlleHty of ltoelutrl'.. "21 I J.703 1 SiliolaMilp In .i.h!nicloii Sihuol lor IIoj.. 1700 1 Sihol.iMlilp in Willi ineport Diililn-on Semi- ' I i.i ry 750 1 Si liol.ilflilp to Dliklnuoii (.'olleglale 1'iep.ua- liy School v..,, 7'j0 1 Srlinlnrtlilp 111 .Veil Inn CM I fit la I e Institute. "20 1 SVIiol,ir.hlji lu Keintone Ac tileniy 0U0 1 Sviinlaidhlp In llrnwu Coltrfso 1'iepiit.itoty School i r'Hl I S)iohitlilp lu the behind of the Lu l.iiuaim.i tmi I Schfil.li'hlli lu Willie.H-ll.iire Institute XQ 1 Scliohir'hlp in C'otult Collate (Summer School) 'j;;o OO-.'O 1 Scliolarhl in Seranlon 'Concrxatory ot Mii"Ie, at ";1 2." eiuh, COO 4. Scliol.uahliM In Itiidcnherjclt School of Jluio nml All tGO 3 SMtoInnlilp4 lu hiinnlon llmine-vi Colleue, lit l-loo e.ul ..I .'!U0 f Fc-linl.iilili4 III Intel nation ll Col re-ponilciK o Si linnlf, uieraire inlue ifj" each 2S"j 2 fceholiie-hlpii ill T.ac Vawaiin.t Itu-itir t Colli ee, nt .fS". eaeh 17(1 2 Scholarships In Allied Woolci's Voi.il .Studio 12'i li40 S3 J-0.-.71 Rules of the Contest The fpctlal lewArdj wilt he gen to llio person our In-? the laifsevt iiuinhii- of points, ruin Id will ho uedlled In loiilestanU wturln:; new ub dcrllion to 'Iho Scranton '1'ilhune in lollom! . l'ulnti. 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The Till.iinc will imestl pile t-.ii.li milneilpllon and if fount liiesulai- in any way lesenen the rlaht to lehct It. Vn tiatii-feiH em he iii.iilenftei' credit bin onee been gixen. All MibivilnticiiM and the eish In pay tor them nuel bo liindcd In at The Tribune nlllee wllhlu I lie week in whleh lluv nio Hiiued, to that papori call bo cent to the sub KilheM at oin.e. bubstiiplloiii nin-t be ivillten on blanlo, which can bo fcecmci! at The Tribune olllce, or will be sent by null. Hill&Gonnell 121 Washington Avenue. EVERY CONTESTANT TO BE PAID Each contestant falling lo secure one of the scholarships will receive ten per cent, cf all the money he or she secures for The-Tribune during the contest. Special Honor Prizes A new feature is added tills year. Special Honor Prizes will be, given to those securing the largest number of points each month. The Contestant scoring the largest number of points before 5 p. m. Saturday, May 31, will receive A HANDSOME GOLD WATCH, warranted for 20.years. Special Honor Prizes for June, July, August, September and October will be announced later. Those wishing to enter the Contest should send in their names at once. All questions concerning the plan will be cheerfully answered. Address all communications lo CONTEST EDITOR, Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa. tTi- 4la$itlalalala I vJ $"&$ -I ! 4 J fr -- When in Need Of anything in the line of optical goods we can supply it. Spectacles and Eye Glasses Properly fitted by an expert optician; From $1.00 Up Also all kinds of prescrip tion work and repairing. Mercereau & Comjell, 132 Wyoming Avenue, !!' 4iIi.ii.i..j, SPRING AND SUMMER RESORTS Atlantic City. HotelSothern On Virginia menue. the xxtde-t and mot fash ionable in Atlantic Cfy.. fAllthin .1 few- yards" of the 1'umoiK bleed 1'ii.r and lloardwalU and In front of the most doirablo hithiue siounils. All lOiiienience, including bfe.uu heal, .im pallor, delator to stieel lei el, hot and cold IntlM. Tahlo excellent. Aqcomnioilatloiw for three hundicd. Teima modorate. Wiite for booklet. R. N. Bothwell. BEAUTIFUL LAKE WESAUKING On a Fpnr of the Allejchany Monnl.iiin. Lehigh Valley lailiuad, ne.it Tmwind.1. ll.ithlur, hihliiif, !'POlt, etc llxiellint (aide, ltea-nuable i..tej. .LAKE WESAUKING HOTEL 1". ()., Api.c, 14. Send lui- liunl.hl. I. K. 11 All ItlS. The Westminister Kenlttchy ave., near lleich, Atlantic City. Open all the year, Sun l'ailor, Klei.tlor and all nioileru impioicmciiK Spieial Spilut; Jlatc. CHAS. BUHRli, I'rop. EDUCATIONAL.. HOTEL RICHMOND. Kentucky Axeniie. l'irft Hotel from lleaiii, At lantic CII, X. J.i liO Ocean lcv loom.; i.i. pacily dOO; wiitc foi special late1. .), IS. Jenk ins i'lep. mm'iJMmn n Mattings and Rugs The artistic and serviceable sort, Our importations of Chinese and Japanese Mat tings represents the best and freshest in cool floor coverings. In bright artistic rugs we are showing a wide variety of inex pensive patterns. Do You Want a Good Education? Not a bhoit eoiusc, nor an ea?y course, nor a cheap coiir-e, but the best education to ho had. No other education U worth spending lime nml money on. If jou do, wiite for a catalogue of Lafayette College Easton, Pa. whleh offer; thoiuuah piepaiation in the r.ir.'imuiii',' and Cl.ciiiic.il l'iufcIuiM aa well a-, tho reguliii C'ollcjfe courier. r H AnnounGemeni During tho summer of 1902, in struction in all the subjects required for admission to the best colleges and scientific schools will be given at Cotuit Cottages, a Summer School of Secondjty Instiuction, Cotuit, Massachusetts, under the direction of Principal Charles K. Fish The courses of instruction are lor the benelit of live classes of students: 1 Pnllrliitnlfic ,lln lintrrt vplrfl OTsonditions at tlio entrance examina tions. 2. Candidates who have postponed examinations until September. 3. Students in Secondary Schools, who, by reason of illness or other causes, have dellelencles to make up. 4. Students in Secondary Schools who wish to anticipate utudies and save time in the preparation, for college. 5. Students in collogo who have admission conditions which must be removed before tho beginning' of the next Scholastic Year. I Tor particulars address, CHARLES E. FISH, Principal School of the Lackawanna, Scranton, Pa. Headquarters for Incandescent Gas Manfles, Portable, Larnps. THE NEW DISCOVERY: Kern Incandescent Gas Lamf Man GunsfeiiForsytli S.l327 Pen 11 Avenue. GENUINE 1 M Furniture Specials , Porch Furniture The strong, dura ble kind, at bargain prices. Buffetts- Many hew patterns in ma hogany and oak received during the past week. Library Tables Unexcelled assort ment in mahogany, golden and weathered oak, Williams & McAnulty 129 Wyoming Avenue,' .Winners of prizes will be announced in a few days. Dr. & Mrs. John WacUuffie's SOHOOL FOR GIRLS Jlh si-it1. TwiiitjMno jpih miller the man i"c mint uf MIS lltlWAIIIi, I'olliue iiii.iMtoiy jli.l acuUliilu 1 uilihi.-i. llihlitt niiil. liuiltel to 0. iai sill lion iinl.leiH. Ileuiilinl (riuuuiN. MeiiiiU loiiil, liiiriutlun in iiiioiilani-n with I IkIubI imiilieiuiiili nl lie,.t lolleun. I'ur par. tiiulirs anil i.italo'alo aiiri ,luhu MailhiiUv, I'd, u SirmiiMil, Mass, um STA'inNOIlAUI. SCII.00I. I'itX istiouiUhurs, l'a. The ( s.nuiiullinn lor aihnliuii tu llio Ml. Idle itai aiel ShiiI'iI1 Viar iIijmh will lie hehl .luiiu in. Ilkh nhyol si.i'luim will he . imltleil to take luilli iatiiiiiilloti anil riitu the teiiloi ela wlme Ihelr wink hu imyi"' flic junior ninl'iiilu. ille Jfan courso of tie iiounil. TliU jeai will 1 (he laft iinmrtum u-iim lo iln , n the lime .irai' ioitie U in lull fine ami all will lume uiiilei- the i-lalc 'iMUli'.t . ot eiauiliutloiH. I'or full iaitli'ulir .nliliim at ome, (I, I'. Illlll.t', S. M , I'rlnelit'l. SCRANTON COKRE3PONDEN0E SOHODLJ SCKASIOV. IA. T. J. l'o.Ur, i'lcilileat, iUmer II, Law ill, 1ti It. J. roller, t-taiili7 I', All.n, Vli I'fMldent. AiCHUr. Best Qualities $5.00 and upwards. Straw Hats of Every Description.' 412 Spruce Street 300 Lackawanna Avenue. Dr. Deiinel's Muoii Underwear 0) Sil Lager Beer.. MuniiiHctiirors of Old Stock ; i I- V J i i 'H l i1 ! I f- PILSNER .j. .j. .. . i $ 'J" $ 5 H 4 $L Scranton, Pa. Ilreiv a 11 lu 4 N, sevfiitu Old 'I'lioiie, 33J1, Nev '1'lioue, 29,?5. TRIBUNE WANT ADS, bring quick; RETURNS i IV i -.. h . . ifev Bfi." H - 'i . . i&Wr;-;' ,M&s ;.j uioMfobi-