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The oasis., 1894-05-17
Ground Squirrels and Gophers.

There seems to be unusual con-
 plaint this spring about the presence
 gophers and ground squirrels especial
 ly in their depredations upon the
 banks of reservoirs and irrigating can.
 als. They burrow little holes and
 soon cause serious leakage. It Is an
 easy matter to provide against the rayages of prairie squirrels by the use of strychnine. To make use of the poison first get it into solution. Strychnine is difficult to dissolve in
 water. It can only be dissolved with an acid. Put one-fourth of an once of crystals of strychnine into mortar. Grind them finely and then add acetic acid or strong vinegar until the crys- tals are dissolved. Then add ammo nia until the acid is neutralized. Then add two gallons of water. Put in as much shelled corn in this solution as it will soak conveniently and distri- bute around the runs Of the rodents. 4 man in Indiana has invented a gas pump which promises to be an easy and safe destroyer Of all burrowing even the pocket gopher. The pump Is arranged so as to generate and at the sape time discharge sul- phurous acid gas into the holes. The gas can be forced through hole for d distance of 300 feet and instantly sui locate every animal within tho dis .ance, The pup1ps bost 5, It Bs
The oasis., 1894-05-17

carried around in one hand. Oneman can iumigate all the gopher holes in a meadow of l6O acres in half day. In alfalfa culture the gopher is not espe- cially obnoxious, as the underground run which it makes are found to be very useful in irrigatlng field by the flooding system.-Saturday Review.
The oasis., 1894-05-17
Ingersoll on Silver.

The silver question is summed up in
 the following words from the eloquent
 lips of Col. Robert c. Ingersoll:
 I have said l would say one or two
 words on such vulgar things as gold
 and silver. 1 am satisfied, as I am
 that l live, that the few who control
 the debts, the currency, the money oi
 the world, have combined either con-
 scicntiously or unconscientiously, to make the detto pay more than tht creditor has right to ask.
 "The tendency has always been in this world to put the burdens on those least able to bear them. In barbariau countries the women have to do the work simply because they are tht weaker-that is all. And the others. being the stronger, do not expend their strength in working, but expend their strength in making the weaker do their work.
 This is precisely the same in our civ lized society today. Between the ricI and the poor, if the burden is to be borne in this country, 1t is borne b the poor-always.
 "They are the first to suffer. Let the blast of war blow over this coun- try. who goes to war? Who goes to the front? The millionaires? Not one. Who goes? The presidents Of great corporations? No. The men who preside over great vaults of gold. Not much The poor man goes, be- cause nine times out of ten the pooT man is the more patriotic. The poo bear the burdens of this country ano the world. Only few days ago oui money was gold and silyer-money that had been the money of man for thousands of years. Our silver was demonetized and gold made the stand ! ard
 There is no man in the United | States with ingenuity enough to ac- count for the characterization of silver I in 1873. There is not one.
 T do not think the few should have -he right to combine to increase the value of what people call money against the debtors and in favor of the realtors. want free coinage of all he silver you can mine from the hines of America, and if there are hose who are not willing to take sil. 'er we will not trade with them"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Justice Mitchell Reyerses Decision
Against the Pennsylvania Road.
n,. h.. Initial DI.n.c

buS ~ ihis NOub
By the United Press.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. j.--Justice Mitch
ell handed down decision today in
the Supreme court in the case of Rim
gle against the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, which Is of great interest to
railroad employees. 1t is an effort to
break the contract entered into by en-
plOyes when they enter the Relief asso-
clation auxiliary to the road. The case
came up on an appeal of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company from verdict
of SS3, 600 in favor of Ringle. The judg-
mcnt Of the lower court was reversed,
and one entered for the railway COM
pany on the point reversed.
The justice held that this case is
ruled by Johnson against the Penn
sylvania Railroad company. The es-
sential principle therein established is
that contract between employer and
employe, which preserves the latter all
his rights of action in case of negligence
until after the facts have occurred
and are known to him and is not against
the public policy. There Is no waiver
of any right Of action that the person
injured may thereafter be entitled to
take. 1t is not the signing of the con-
tract, but the acceptance of benefits
after the accident that constitutes the
release. The injured party, therefore,
is not stipulating for the future, but
settling for the past; he is not agreeing
to exempt the company from liability
for negligence, but accepting compen-
sation for an injury already caused
thereby"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

New York is clamoring for reduction
OF the price OF bread,
Seven inches of snow fell at Duluth and
three inches In northern Michigan.
Proceedings to oust Police Justice Div
YER from Office will be begun ut New
York.
Japanese residents of New York eele-
brated the Mikados birthday with re-
cepton.
On the charge of firing Lavi Weinberg's
store at New York, Sarah Silvermeister
and Louis Rothman We're arrested.
Ousting her sick husbands trained
nurse, Mrs. Hetty Green, the New York
milllonairess, took personal charge of the
case.
The sacred cattle of India imported for
o. II. =. Belmont are installed in his New
port stable, but are not likely to survive
the winter,
Climbing u lightning rod $50 feet to the
Bowdon college chapel splre. at Bruns-
wick, Me-, ID. Il. Mcmillan, "a sophomore
pulled down freshman banner and
planted n ~ flag there.
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FIVE TO TWO upon morton
Odds That Are Given by Men Betting
Upon Election.
CHAIRMAN BABCOCK SANGUINE
Confident That the Next j hse VIII Have
Large Republican Maj dty-Indica'
tions Of Republican Victory Are
Plentiful in the Empire State.
BY the United Press.


Washington, Nov. ..
There is no question in the nina oI
Mr.. Babcock, the chairman OF the Re-
publican congressional committee, that
in the elections tomorrow the Republic
cans will carry 1S3 ont of the 356 con-
gressional districts and possibly thirty
five more.
New York, Nov. 5.-Republlcans at
headquarters in the Fifth Avenue hotel
this morning figured that Morton would
have plurality of from 10000 TO $4,000.
Chairman Hackett, who has not hith-
erto been doing much guessing, placed
his estimate for Morton at so, 600 In the
state He would not risk his reputation
by making any guess about the vote in
this city or in Kings county Others at
Republican headquarters give 1t as
their opinion that HIS plurality in
New York county will not be over
1900, and that in Kings county it will
be kent down to 1000, If not wiped out
altogether.
The big betting at the uptown ho-
tells, which has been a feature of every
campaign, has begun at last.
The excitement began with the ep-
pearance on the scene of Joe Nendig bet
ting commissions for the Dwyer
brothers, George Wheeleck and other
well known bookmakers. Vendlg had
about 100000 which he wished to bet
and he has thus far succeeded in getting
Il good portion of his money covered.
The bets were made at odds Of to on
Morton for the most part. These odds
prevailed in nearly all Of the large bets
made
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
POLITICAL POINTS.

Colonel Singerly thinks General Hast
ings will not have much more than 5000
votes to spare.
The indications are that Objector Ho-
mans Republican opponent, Mr.. Watso'.
VIII be elected.
The defeat OF W. d. Bynum in the Sew
enth Indiana district Is predicted by Re-
publicans and admitted by the Demo-
Gratis.
Chairman Babcock believes that only
three OF the eleven Democrats who
framed the Wilson bill will get back to
congress.
General Hastings expects to have 200,O0
plurality and thinks that Republicans will
elect twenty-seven congressman In Penn
sylvania.
James A. Connolly. fsllow-townsman
OF Mr.. Springer. IL the Republican can
didate In that district, and according TO
reports Is likely to be elected.
Mr.. Wilson's defeat is prophesled by
Republicans and by conservative Demo-
Gratis. The majority OF his opponent MIR.
Dayton, Is variously estimated from 800 to
1900.
Leaving out of the calculation all dis
tricts south OF Mason and Dlxon's line,
the Republicans claim that they will havo
1870 members of the next house or major
ity OF II.
Here are some noted congressman who
are on the anxious seat. Cuckoo"
Tracey, OF New York; Congressman joe
Sibley, of Pennsylvania; McEttrlck, Of
Massachusetts. and Lafe Pence, of Colo
RADIO.
Unless Tom johnson, the Cleveland, o.,
free trader, deliberately buys his way into
congress he will be defeated by large
majority. His election would simply
show what great wealth can sometimes
accomplish In politics.
One OF the most radical free traders in
the last house was John T. Tarsney, rep
resentatiye from the Fifth Missouri dis
trt !, and II member of the ways and
no ms committee. Mr.. Tarsney " hay.
y : the fight Of his life for ro-electiop
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
PEKIN IS NOW their COAL
The Japanese Army Is Now Pressing
On to the Capital.
FOREIGN RESIDENTS .EAVE
Chinese Soldiers Arc Preparing TO Make
n desperate Resistance, and Deci.
sivc Battle Must Soon Take Place
Between the Two Armies.

Shanghai, Nov. 5.
The Chinese army under General
Sung, which evacuated Kiu-Lien-
Cheng is occupying mountain pass on
the high road to Peliln, with orders to
defend it at all hazards. A japanese
column is marching north with the in
tention OF getting behind General Sung's
army. Several small passes south Of
Moa-T -Tien-Ling are defended. 1t is ex-
pected that all foreigners will be Of
tlcially requested to leave Peltin within
a fortnight.
1t is again stated at Tientsin that the
japanese have effected landing forty
miles north Of Shang HaiKwan.
No Chinese version OF the fighting at
Talien-Wan, not far from Port Arthur,
has been received here but 1t Is gener-
ally considered 20 be true that that
place and KinchoW We're captured BY
the Japanese.
An imperial decree has been received
ut Nankin summonlng the viceroy OF
the LANG kiang provinces. Lutal, to
proceed At once to Tientsin and take the
seals of the acting Vce-royallty of the
province of Chill from Ii Hung Chang,
who Is to take command Of the first
Chinese army
Yokohama, Nov. 1.-The British
steamer Gaelic, Captain Pealne, which
sailed from San Francisco on Oct. IL,
and which was due to leave for Hong
Kong at noon yesterday, was seized BY
the Japanese authorities on suspicion
that she was carrying articles contra
band of war The steamer was after
wards allowed to sail, as 1t was found
that the suspicion against her was un-
founded.
The French steamer Sydney, which
sailed on Sept. Ii from Marseilles for
Yokohama, and which arrived ut Singa-
pore on Oct II, has been seized ut Kobe,
Japan, on suspicion Of having contra
band Of war on board.
London. Nov 5.-Dspatches from
| Toxic say that all idea of Chinese
raid upon the Japanese coast has been
| abandoned, and that orders have been
| issued to remove the torpedoes from
Toxic Bay. Navigation into the har-
Dor is now declared to be free. The de-
cree forbidding the sale of gunpowder
in Japan has been cancelled
| London, Nov. 5.--The Central News
says that there is reason to believe that
China has resolved to formally ask the
powers who have immediate CONNER
cial interests at stake to stop the war
The Chinese minister is said to have
communicated the request to the
foreign office in London this afternoon
ThiseveninG he started for Paris to seek
interviews with the president and min
lister of foreign affairs.
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the arrest of John Horley, under orders
from Mexico City, the result of some
old charge hanging against him in
Illinois some twelve years.
1t IL stated that the cause of the
charge against him being revived at
this late day Is due to the part he took
in having Suttler, OF Austin, extra
dited Another sensation was caused
by the arrest of DR.. S. j. Curry, said to
be from Rome, Ga. ostensibly for his
connection with recent street row be-
tween two Americans, but 1t is gener-
ally understood that this is only pre-
text to hold him for further advccs
from his old home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
LONDON BOMB OUTRAGE.
A Squad of Detectives from Scotland
Yard Investigate the Mysterious EXPlo.
sion-Many Theories Advanced.

By the United Press.
London, Nov "a squad of detec-
tives from Scotland Yard Is investigat-
ing the bomb explosion which occurred
at about midnight last night in front
of the house of Reginald Brett, son Of
the late Lord Esher, in Tilney street,
Park lane, two doors from the house of
Sir Henry Hawkins, one of the justices
Of the queens bench division of the
high court of justice, who has sentenced
q number Of anarchists. The police
found the remains Of the bomb, which
WAS made Of iron piping one-half an
inch thick and three inches In circum-
ference, the ends being closed with lead.
Suspicion rests on a man who alighted
in the vicinity of the house from cab
which had conveyed him there from the
Savoy hotel Just before the explosion.
The suspected person is not yet in Gus
tody, but his arrest is expected soon.
Colonel Sir Edward Bradford, the chief
commissioner Of police, is directing the
inquiry.
The whole neighborhood seemed to be
in possession Of uniformed police and
detectives who kept back the crowds
who had tlocked to the spot. Some Of the
residents of the locality were so
alarmed by the explosion that they fled
from their houses, and their houses
have been under police guard since last
night.
Among the theories which the police
are investigating IS the theory that the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
MURDER OF INNOCENTS.
An Unknown Fiend Kills TWO Chill dren
and Places Their Mangled Bodies in a
Brush Heap Wlieh Is Fired.

B, the United Press.
Paulding, ossa%u'-..- -55..-4.t ;. 4.t-trrrlfie crime
was committed near this city last night.
George and Nellie Good, aged 3 and
years respectively, children of Samuel
Good, who lives about three miles north
of Paulding, We're found by a search
ing party this morning in the woods
near the house, with their throats cut
from ear to ear, their bodies terribly
lacerated and blackened from a fire
started with the object Of removing all
trace of the crime.
Sunday afternoon the Good children
were playing in the road near their
home and wandered into Il nearby
wood. They failed to return al sup
their parents. At dark Il searching
party was organized and the search
continued throughout the night, but no
trace of the little ones was found until
s O'clock this morning when party of
men found the bodies in brush heap
forty rods from the road and less than
mile from their home The little
girls head was pounded to pulp, her
throat cut and she had been dlsem-
boweled. The little boys head was
nearly severed from his body, and was
terribly mangled.
The little bodies had been tied to-
gether With tarred rope and thrown
into the brush, which had afterward
been fired, but owing to a heavy rain
was too damp to burn and only black
ened the mangled bodies.
Sheriff Staley arrived upon the scene
aged 10, n boy who resides near the
Good home, on suspicion. Hart is an
illiterate boy and by some considered
insane. His arrest was due to his
strange actions at the time the bodies
We're found.
Leo Crane 90 years of age. who lives
with family named Jackson, and who
has been u companion of Harts, was
also arrested and placed in Jail. Pauld
ing was quickly filled with men who
We're talking wildly Of lynching the ar
rested persons.
This afternoon bloodhound was
sent to the scene, but there was little
hope of its being able to do anything
to draw any light ON the crime.
The attitude of the mob continued to
the prisoners We're quickly slipped out
of town and sent to Van Vert for safe
keeping.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
NO FAITH In MR.. HINES.
George u. D0nnclly, OF pittston, Relates
His Experience With the Juggling Luz
Zernc Statesman.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special 10 the Scranton Tribune.
Pittston, Nov. j.-rhe undying friend
ship which Hon. W. II. Hines processes
for the workingmen is fast being
found out and, happily, at IL time when
ii can be taken advantage of. The lat
est To reveal his treachery and lay bare
to public gaze his double dealing meth
DDS, is George h. Donnellly, of this place,
who, in II published card, says:
Il have come all the way from Phila-
delphia to request my friends 10 do
their utmost against Congressman
Hines reelection From my eXper-
ience with him have found him a po-
litical fraud-juggler and creature ut
terly unworthy of belief To those
whom he may have promised offices in
case of his reelection | would say, boys
do not be deluded by this creature--he
Is not q man In any sense--as his last
record Is that he never yet kept his
word. He secured ME position at ~ u
day in the custom service. with the as
surance that would be promoted to q
81 Il day position. He even went so far
as to give me letters to the collector and
deputy collector of the port, recon-
mending me for position paying from
81, 200 to 81, 800 II year. He kept on prom
Using and Juggling until ] was about TO
be appointed in August, when he
withdrew my name. Consequently
would urge my friends to strangle this
political pest in his mad lying gallop to
Washington. He is creature who has
no Use whatever for you unless he caH
use you az a tool. He was never
known to help any workingman unless
he accrued some benefit from it,"
George b. Donnclly.
AZ. 1904
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
FISH LAW WORTHLESS.
Pittsburg Judge Discovers that II Is not
Properly Constructed.

BY the United Press.
Pittsburg, Nov. 5.-From u decision
rendered by Judge White today it APP
pears the present fish law OF Pennsyl-
vania does not provide u punishment
for those charged with illegal fishing.
Three people charged by the fish war
den of this city with illegal fishing
were fined $50 each before an alderman.
An appeal was taken and an indictment
found against them by the grand jury.
When the case came TO trial today At
torney Thompson moved for a quashing
of the indictments on the grounds that
no crime was charged; that no fine or
punishment was fixed by law.
Judge White granted the move to
quash, practically affirming all OF
Thompson's points.
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railroad coal operators association that
unless the companies that are now pay
ing much less than the Columbus scale
were forced to pay scale rates, the
operators that are now paying union
wages would have to take measures
to annul the Columbus agreement,
Several large companies forced the
miners to return to work at reduced
wages. The operators paying the Co.
lumbus scale want uniform rate.
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as best he could for eight days past.
Though up day and night with the liv-
ing, he has had no time to bury the
dead, and the three bodies were found
partially decomposed, lying where they
died.
The state board of health will give
Kusch, who has not slept for five days
immediate relief,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
WILLIAM II. LEEDS DEAD.
The Well known Philadelphia Politician
Passes Away.

BY the United Press.
Philadelphia, Nov. 5.--William r.
Leeds, for nearly thirty years promi-
nent figure in Philadelphia. Pennsyl-
vania and national politics. and for
nearly quarter Of q century one Of
the Republican leaders of this city,
died early this morning.
Mr.. Leeds was born in Philadelphia,
Jan. 81. 1887, and in 1869 he was ap-
pointed collector of internal revenue by
President Grant. He was elected sher-
ifr OF Philadelphia in 1870 and repre-
sented the Tenth Legislative district of
this city at three sessions of the legis-
lature. He was n candidate for re-
election to the legislature.' He was u
delegate to several national conventions
and to nearly every state convention
since the war.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
NEW MARINE INSTRUMENT.

The Stadimctcr May Be Of Great Service
in Storm and Sea Fights.
BY the United Press.
Washington NOV. 5.-An instrument
that will enable mariner to tell in an
instant upon seeing lighthouse or any
well known mark upon the seacoast
just how far his ship is distant from
shore, that will inform the captain of
a man-of-war how far away his ship
may be from another vessel Of his own
navy. and be of assistance in many
other respects where the elements Of
distance or height are factors, has been
submitted to the navy department for
trial.
The instrument Is known as the stadi-
meter, and is the invention of Lieuten-
ant Fiske, who devised the range finder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06

Election officers are hereby notified that
q plan has been discovered to change the
marks on Republican ballots. The first
person caught doing that should be in
stantly arrested. With q free ballot and
a fair count the whole Republican ticket
will win, Let no guilty man escape.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
TRIBUNE BULLETINS.

The Tribune tonight will bulletin all
election returns upon an immense screen
by means Of powerful stereoptlcon. Ar
rangements have been completed to get
prompt ttclegraphic service by special WIRE
Read The Tribune tomorrow for the best
and fullest election news.
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pIttston, Nov. 1884.
SURGERY FOR CONSUMPTION.
A Part OF the Wall OF the Lungs Removed
with the Knife.

Martins Ferry, o., Nov. 5.--A very
difficult and delicate surgical operation
was performed upon Ellis Clark at his
home in this city by several local ply
siciaus. Several months ago Clark was
taken i'll with what was supposed to be
consumption, although the symptoms
were not exactly according to the Gus
tomary diagnosis
1t was finally decided to remove a
part OF the wall of the lungs. The oper-
alton was performed and the patient
stood 1t WE'LL and seems to be doing
nicely.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
HE HAD NO FRIENDS.
+. Hoyas Ends a Miserable Existence with
Knife.

by the United Press.
New York, Nov. 5.-E. Hovas. Ger
man and man who showed indications
Of having seen better days and who
was apparently of good breeding, sat
down on the steps of the Yorkville po-
lice court this evening, and, taking a
knife about eight inches long, stabbed
himself to heart. On the body was
found three notes.
One was addressed to the police and
stated that the writer had determined
to take his life, as he was out of courage
and had no friends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
WARNING TO MR.. HILL.
He Is Greeted by Binding Snow Storm
ut Cohoes.

BY the United Press.
Cohoes, n. y, Nov. 5.--Senator Hills
party left Saratoga for this place at
O'Clock. At Ballston 1000 people were
standing in the station yard during
the binding snow storm to meet Sena-
tor Hill. He and Governor Flower ad-
dressed them for fifteen minutes.
Senator Hill returned to Albany late
tonight. He will vote there tomorrow,
and in the evening will, with Governor
Flower, receive the returns in the eX-
ecutiYe chamber.