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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

We are glad to notice that the efforts
Of our local authorities to secure the
conviction Of the person guilty Of the
death Of Mrs. Thomas Watkins have
received the commentator Of citizens
generally. The crime by which this
death was caused is not only sin. in
morals, but It Is sin the legal side Of
which Is too often neglected. The per-
son who kills another in open battle,
face to face, may be guilty of homicide,
but the guilt is trivial compared with
that Of the heartless parent or un-
scrupulous physician who, the one
through cowardice and the other for
hire. sacrifices a prenatal life in the
utter helplessness Of its embryonic con-
dition, jeopards the welfare Of the
mother and strikes an indirect blow
at the very cornerstone Of society--the
purity OF the home. The arm of the
law ought to be unsparing in Its pur-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05
Senator Elinn's Road Bill.

Pttsburg Times: 1T Is doubtful II any
bill offered in the legislature this winter
will be of more substantial Importance
than Senator Films road bill. In brief,
it takes the control of the public roads of
all counties out of the hands of the town.
ship authorities, and vests 1t in the hands
of the county commissioners of each coun-
ty 1t wipes out the Office of township
supervisors and abolishes the practice of
working out road tax, stipulating that the
work of road making and repairing shall
be done by contract. by the lowest re-
sponsibe bidder, and paid for in cash ;
the money to be provided by special an
nual road tax levy of one mill upon the
real and personal property taxable for
county purposes. The need of u radical
reform of our road laws has been much
considered by practical men in recent
years, and they should have something
wise to say. The time has come to pass
an act. Nor do We see that any act Will be
worth passing If 1t does not abolish town
ship supervision, and the system of work.
ing out road tax, which in nine town.
ships out Of ten has been either farce or
a waste"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

The, United States, senatorship in
Michigan, just bestowed on julius
Caesar Burrows, has been entrusted to
capable hands. Mr.. Burrows has few
equals as ready debater; his knowl-
edge of public affairs is accurate and
widespread, and his Republicanism is
no recent caprice Another pleasing
feature of the selection, to Pennsylva-
mans, consists of the fact that it opens
the way for Thomas b. Reed to ap-
point as chairman of the next commit.
tee on ways and means Mr.. Burrows
junior in service, John Dalzell.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

We heartily concur in the protest OF
those who resent the petty action OF
certain members of common council
in trying to have the night lunch
wagons removed from the streets. If
the opposition of these councilmen to
the wagons We're carefully analysed 1t
would probably be found to rest largely
upon the fact that these might lunches
are not free lunches.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05


blies Is because the wording of that
legislation is repulsively hackneyed,
circumlocutory and verbose. The de-
mands upon the modern citizens time
are sufficiently varied and voluminous
TO render it impossible for him to waste
much of that time In the perusal of the
redundant jargon of the statute
makers. If the gist of the matter were
crisply expressed. he would find 1t not
only valuable but interesting; and the
popular knowledge Of current leglsla-
ton would be appreciably Increased.
Whether such simplifcation is possible
while learned profession rests much
of it's occupation upon the complexity
of legal verbiage is perhaps doubtful.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

John Burns declares that he perceives
premonitory SYMPTOMS of tendencies in
this country which threaten to bring
about crisis compared with which the
French revolution was merely by
play OF children. John Is doubtless pre-
pared Ito specify these symptoms at 75
cents per ticket of admission.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

without going outside the present
boundaries Of Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

1t is time Grover Cleveland became
reconciled with somebody.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05
SCRANTON, JANUARY 5, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. -
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 1O3,0
Registered voters, 20.599.
Value of school property, $3.50, 900.
Number of school children. 1900.
Average amount of bank deposits, SlV'-
100000.
It's the metropolis Of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper thah
Niagara.
No better point in the United States at
which to establish new industries.
See how we grow:
Population In 1860. 0.................. 9,2.s
Population in 1870. 0................... So,ooo
Population I'm 1880 O..,. 45,s50
Formulation in 1SaO ',. 1926
Population in 1894 (estimated). ..... lV3.oU
And the end Is not yet.
There is room for a greater Scranton
without going outside the present
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

We are of the opinion that the grano.
hthic pavement ought to go.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05

sNTlRED AT The posToFPiCB AT SCRANTON. PA. A
slooNDcLAss MAIL NATTER.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-10-26
Mon 0nCIe
etM0nCure
PAR -
JEAS DE La BRETE
csuronae par rIcddemie Franc, So
Prir liontyon
JEAN De LA BRETE

Je suls 81 petite qu'on pourrait inc
douner Ia qualitica ion de name, 81
ma lete. mes pleds ct mes mains
asstaient pas parfaitement proper
touues 4 ma taiilc. Mon visagc ma
nj il Icngueur d6mesuree, nj Ia
hrpeur rilieulc que l'on attribute aux
naias ct aux etres dlflormes en-
e;apral, ct la finesse de mes extre-
mics serat envlce par plus dune
belle dame.
Cependant, l'exeguIte de ma taille
ma fait yerser dies iarmes en- caehette
Je dis en- cachette, car mon corps
Glljputien renferlnait nne anne tiere,
oauei!leuse, incapable de donner le
spectacle de ses faihiesses au premier
yepu -. ct surtout 4 ma tante. Du
moins, tellc Gtait ma facon de sentir
aauinze ans. Mais les ev6nements.
les chagrlns, les soucis, les joles, Ia
pratinue de la vie, en- un mot, ont
detendu rapidement DIES caracteres
beaucoup plus rigides que le mien.
Ma tante etait la femme la plus
desagleable que j'aie jamais connue.
Je Ia trouvais fort laide, autant que
mon esprit, qui n'avait jamais rlen
va nj rien compare, pouyait en- iuger.
Sa figure etait anguleuse ct commune,
50 voix criarde, sa demarche lourde
ct sa stature ridiculement elevee.
Pres dele, j'avais lair dun pnee-
ron, dune fourmi. Quand ie lui
parlais, je levais la tee anssi haut
que 81 j'avais voulu examiner Ia CINE
dun peupier. Ellie etait d,orlsine
plebtienne ct, semblable Il beaucoup
de gems de ST. race, prlsait par-dessus
tout la force physique ct professait
pour ma ch6tivc personne un dedain
qn m ec:asait
Son moral ttait la reproduction
fdele de son physique. II ne renter
matt que des apretes, DIES asperites,
des angles aigus contre ies9ueis les
infortunes qui vivaient avec ellie, 81
cassaent le nez quotidiennement.
Mon oncle, gentllhomme campa
snard don't Ia bGtlse etait devenut
proverbiale dams le pays, laVai'
eponsee par faiblesse d'esprit ct d'
caractere. II mourut peu de temps
apres son marriage ct je lie lal lamai'
connu Quand je pms reheehif
lattribuai eette mort prematuree
ma tante, qui me paraissalt de forc'
conduire ,apidement en- terre non
settlement un pauvre sire coihui'
mon oncle, mals encore tout u
regiment de maris.
Javals deux ans, quand me
parents sen allerent dams autr
monde, m abandonment aux caprice
des eyenements de la vie ct dc MOI
consei de famille. Dune bell
fortune. lis laissalent dassez Joii
debris qnatre cent mile francs
environ, en- terres, qui rapportaleh
un fort bon revenu.
Ma tante consentit Il m clever
Ellie naimalt pas les enfants, ma''
son mari ayant mai admlnlstre, Ell
etait pauvre ct songeait avec satisla'
tioa que laisance entrerait avec me
dams 50 maisOn.
Quelle laide maison grande, d'
lahree, NAL tenue bate au milie
dune cour remplie de fum'er, q
boue, de poules, ct de lapins. lie
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claicHI tOuJouto SotohSs. IN ''t's
S s,couait III tete dun AR satisfa,t,
prisait avcc enthouslasme. ct repe
talt Bon. tres bon :" sur tous les
tons.
Pendant &c temps, je comptais
mentalement les tarhes qui couvralent
sa soutane, ct je me demandals
quelle apparence il ponlrait hien
presenter sill await une perruque
noire, dies culottes collantes et un
habit de volours rouge, CONNIE ce!ul
que mon grand-oncle portait SUI son
portrait
L'idee dn cure en- culottc et en-
perrnquc ttait ST plaisante, cue le
partais dun grand tclat de rlrc.
Alors ma tanie &c. .iait
'.so,te petite bete .
TT autres amenities 4 &C genre,
qui avaient le privilege asttre aassi
parlempntaire qu 'explicites.
lie cure me regardait en- sourian.,
eli repetait deux ou trols fois
"Ah jeunesse 3! belle jeunesse Y
TT un souvenir retrospectif sur ses
quinzc ans lui faisait abaucher un
sospir.
Apes celia, nous passions Il Ia
recitation, ct les chooses Il allaicnt
plus 81 bien. C'etait l'heure critique
Ic moment de Ia causerie, DIES opl'
Mons personnelles, DIES discussions
voirc meme DIES disputes.
lie cure aimait les hommes lie
'antienite, les heros, les actions
pre.que fabuleuses dams les4uelles le
courage physique ioue un role
important Cette preference etait
etiange, car il n'etait pas precisGment
petri de larglle qui fait les heros.
J'avals remarqua quill naimait
point 4 retonrner chez lui 4 Ia NUT
| ct cette deeOuverte, tout en- me le
rendant plus cher, car etais mol
meme fort poltronne, ne pouvait ne
laisser ancune Illusion sur son
courage.
Ensuite, sa bonnie anne placiae
tranquille annie du repos, de la rou
| tine de ses ouailles ct du corps gu
Ia possedait, n'avait jamais au Crane
! jamals, reve le martyre. Je lt
voyais palir, autant du molns que se'
joues roses lie lui permettaient, Ell
Iisant lie rect DIES supplies lnfilge:
aux premiers chretiens
Il trouvalt tres beau d'entrer dan:
le paraeis dun bond herolque, mai
il pensait quill etait bien doux d,
sayancer tranquillement vers feter
mite sans fatigue ct sans hate. |
II await pas de ces clans exaltes gu
iuspirent lie desir de Ia mort pou
yoir plus tot lie souverain des monde
ct du temps. Oh ! point dn tout
| Ii etait decide a sen aller sans mul
murer quand son heure arriYerai'
mais il desirait sincerement cue c
fdt le plus tard possible.
i J'avoue que mon Temperament
I qui ne brille pas par la corde hero
| que. arrange de cette morale douc
ct faciie
Neanmoins, il en- tenait pour Sc
i, htros; il les admirait, les exaltai
q les aimalt d'autant plus, sans dout
que. le cas- echeant, il Sc senta
absolument incapable de les inter
QUAINT Il moi, je be partageais !
| ses goilts, nj ses admirations. j.
) pronvais nne antipathie prononct
pour les Grecs ct les Romans. p;
: ] un travail subtil de mon Intelligent
fantaisiste, l'avais decide que CT
. derniers ressemblaient a ma tante,.
c Oil que ma tante leur ressemblai
: CONNIE on voudra, ct, du jour on
fs ce rapprochement les Roman
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piantes de la creation, sans que
personne Sen sonciat lie moins du
monde. Je pense que, de mGmoire
y homme, on navait WI un jardinier
ehonder les arbres on arracher les
mauvaises herbes qui croissaient i
leur 9uisc, sans que ma tante ct moi
nous eussions lid6e de nous en-
occuper.
Cette foret Verge me dtplalsait,
car, meme enfant, j'avais un goat
inne pour Fordre.
La proprlete s'appelait lie Buisson.
f-'le etait situGe au fond lie Ia
campagne, Il une demie lieue de
feglise ct dun petit village compose
dune vingtaine de chaumieres. nj
chateau, nj castel, hi MANOR a elmo
lieues a Ia ronae. Nous vivlons dams
Fisolement Ie plus complet. Ma
tante allait quelqucfois i c.. J, la
vile plus voisine dn Buisson. Je
desirais vivement laccompagncr, de
sorte qu ellie ne m 'emmenait jamais
Les seuls 9venements de notre
vie etaient rarrivee dies fermIers, qui
apportaient DIES redevances on Tar
gent de leurs termes, ct les visites du
cure.
Oh l'excellent homme, que mon
cure !
II venait trois fois par semaine Il
Ia maison, s'et;.nt charge, dams un
jour de beau zale, Gle bourrer ma
cervelle de toutcs les sciences a iui
connues.
Il poulsnivit sa tarhe avec perse-
verance, quoique ie IN cntendisse a
exercer 81 patience. Non pas que
j'eusse Ia tete dure. j'apprenais avec
facilite mas Ia paresse etait mon
| peche mignon je Paimals, je lie
dorlotais, en- depit des frais delo-
auence du cure ct de ses efforts
multiples pour extirper de mon anne
I cette plante de Satan.
/ Ensuite, ct c'6tait Ia le point le
plue grave, Ia faculte du raisonne
ment Sc developpa chez moi rapide-
ment Jentrals dams des discussions
aui mettaient lie cure a lenvers; j.
me permettais des apprecations GU
heurtaient ct froissaient souvent ses
plus chares opinions.
Cetait un vif plaisir pour moi de
le contre-dlre, de le taquiner, dt
prendre lie eontre-pied de ses idees, dt
ses uouts. de ses assertions. Celia mt
fouettait le sang, me tenait Tesprlt ei
Gveil. Je soupconne quill eprouva
| Ie meme sentiment ct quill eut et'
urofondement desole s, j'avais per's'
tout a coup mes habitudes ergoteuse
ct pind6pendance de mes idees.
Mas ie navais garde, car. lofsqu
, ie lie voyais Sc tremousser sur sol
siege, ebourifier ses cheveux ave
desespoir, barbouiller son nez Ct
| tabac en- oubliant toutes les regles d
Ia proprete, oubli qui n'avait lieu gu
dams les cas- serleux. rien negalal
, ma satisfaction.
Cependant, sill edt etc seul en- je'
) ie crois que j'aurais resiste quelqu'
> fois au demon tentateur. Ma tant
await pris Ia funeste habitude d'assi'
, ter aux lecons, blen qu'elle ny con
prit rien ct u'e!le baillat dix fois pa
) heure
Or la contradiction, lors mem
que sa laide personne n'etait pas G
scene Ia mettat en- fureur dauta'
plus crande GU u'elle n'osait rlen dl'
aevant le cure. Ensuite, me 70
:. discuter lui paraissait une monstfu
sit; dams forde physique ct mors
), .,amais ie ne m'attaquais ellie DIRE
,,nept ear ellie etait brutale ct Java
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Fn,r'< Z, Cn4u,I4v


Bou in tuomidllc and western ststrl
begin 90 bsyud u February n th,
southern states they start carlton II tho
weather Is mild, strong colonies will
c0usum. larrgquluuUgs of thoir stores
IN tins month solid u1urishmUut D. Dot.
Ter tIpn liquid. Tho latter kind haas q
tendency unduIy Noito tho bees, Caus,
ing tlau % iIy out ui tlnir hives and
perish ItHlso stimulates tnom 90 breed.
ing t0ooytyps.ycly before thoprupor sOl.
son.
no tho absence Of frames of sealed
honey which arJ 90 ha preferred before
anything else, two kinds 0f artificial
food can Or used with safety one n
these kiudsH called "GaII Candy, tho
namo originating from chat of tho In.
vautur 10 is mlIU from pllyUrilul
rrauullt,I sugar and liquid honey PVT
whatever quantity Ut pulyggiyud sugar
you ulyu.I iuiDa uitghlUyDssol; then
add suH .HDoy OF extracted honey 20
make % dough Armnd or two of this
Hau b1 laid uu muslin perforated with
holes mI placed over tho cluster This
cam lr luHH"l sos often us necessary.
Tnl other IHul IS Cludy madu from
rauuIatal sugar Put into amy guam
ify 0t sgr.. enough water 90 dissolve
IG Th.l uu.l 'ha siup until 10 will boo
como hard when dipped IN watcr This
ru Goo p0umI'utp patty pans and placed
over tlo clusJCr thu pans being invort-
I'D with tho sugar nuyt tho bo0s, says
correspondent In Farm Journal and au.
.AoIi,y Tor tho foregoing.
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the English, and he has au intimate per-
"lull friendship with the greatest OF the
1uJncsr statesmen. lie is @ big broad.
shou.dered, red-hcldel man ot about
forty five lie is 70 thorough American,
aud hg has tHg nerve 90 demand and the
uiplpmAgy necessary Co secure the best
results ilr our people ia the Tar cast
Too the past the Germans and the Eng
lsh have systematically hulldozed ll-
pan into giving contracts and iavors 10
them 90 the expense of the United
States, bat under the present regime We
are likely 90 get our own share OF every
thing, aud it will take more than tie
average diplomat either Japanese or
European, 10 pull the wool over Ed
wins ned eyebrows. The position OF
minister 20 lspan Be- now worth about
thirty i've thousand dollars % year ia s.l'
ygr The minister has tine, modern
home in Tokyo, and he lives within a
stones throw OF bait q dozen pingsc
mobiles aud princes. In addition TO Mr..
Dun, the legation consists Of sggfy.
Hry, % young man named IlsrOi, who
Is as bright Js q dollar and who did
good service in Corca before he came to
Japan, Of Dr. Whitney who has Tor
years been the Interpreter OF the Legal
ton and who speaks Japanese like
native, and also OF Lieut. Michael J,
O'Buyu, the military attlClc.
lu my next letter ] will treat OF our
diplomats in China and OF our other
Foreigners in Asia,
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ward wen, hl.. 600 C1ua as our secre
uly OF legation, Today when amy mat
ter u' Interest IH foreigners H fU bee
carried through boo .ur.1 ~. Allen s
always appealed lo Through him ,hr
missionaries have iUUaI access Co the
best classes of the country. and ilalr
work is not confined lU lHg coolies as %
is 10 20 large extent 100 China. De- Allen
has nor been connected with the mi,.
slons 10 any oIH.a. way for years, aua
IBIS work has been practical and lpl3
matte rather chan religious, lie is 90
man Of high education % born diplomat
and thoroughly efficient 90 every
respcC.
OUR AMERICAN GuSUHAi8 rs gDREA.
There are q number OF Americans
connected with che Corean govern
mcnt General Clarence Ifcathousc Is
the foreign adviser 10 the king, and his
majesty consuls him ON 40 matters of
foreign policy His salary IS, believe.
about $1,000 ygll and he has mag
nlhccng establishment with numerous
servants. lie spends @ great deaf OF
his time lu the palace, and he ls con.
rec,rd with many of the modern re-.
forms. Not long $3.50 lhr Sing gave him
N rauis, and / .HU.UH ice has nov the
right To- wear gold luton under Dis
vdr Tie ls % California HIn. who WAS
%, one time owner of the LrTWiHfT,
and VINO Wsat 20 Japan som years agu
tH cunsu, gyU 90. 90 huEuhJmt, lie is
% tine lawyer, Wsu u' good education.
and one ul the best story tcIlcrs 90 pub.
Doe hIv O. .Ugra William Nee Dye.
who went over CO. tulrt 90 rcuEanze
the army some years ago, la still 90 the
service ul the IHE lie took part il
the late war lu tIs country and thgu
went TO EsYp., where Doe served win
great distinction 900 Che army of the
Ehedlye, lie uJs uaw been 90 Cored
about eight yeats. Hal during tha, time
bus hair aud BEARD have become as white
us suuw Another American connected
with the army Colonel i, ]. u. Metz
stead, who aided Iu drilling the troops,
aud who is now Il ,aa head OF the kings
imperial school lIeb bright fellow,
and, like the other Americans who are
connected with bus majesty seems to be
willing to wait for Ul5 salary without
very much fuss aUuu. ls non payment.
/ suppose this matter hIa been changed
now, aud the foreign loan which The
king has made, uI d. f}iHE to make, vii.
enable all OF the official salary debts To-
De promptly paid, When ! was On Co
rca, hONcver lhc kHg owed the Amen.
can officials aaou, 10000 dollars, aud
nearly every loTcigu., 900 bis service was
from one month 20 year neHlndhaud.
F mugED um KING.
The only American who was paid up
promptly az this time vas the king 5
electrician, Mr. Thomas w. Power, a
young Washington man, who was just
about completing tue putting OF an cleo.
tic light plant into Ihe palace. Ills
majesty IS very much afraid OF assassl.
nation. lie has two great palace cities,
each OF which contains between five
hundred and a thousand acres OF build.
lngs, and which arc about two miles
apart Mr. Power had put two thous.
and incandescent lights into these pal.
aces, and hundreds OF them are kept
blazing from FIVE O'Clock Ia the evening
until six o'clock IN the morning. Ills
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HE PRESENT
war has increased
the importance OF
our mission to
Corca THAT
country from now
on will be the
wedge between
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there are now 600 missionaries 1t work
900 that country They claim that they
have lHuHa Chinese who are regular
COMMITMENTS. 1Ul iu. Increase bias
been rapid Wilhu late yclW. II IS
.HhIyslE years since Protestant mis-
ilus were started boz China. and the
chief work has been done during the
last iuIvgure years, at the beginning
ui which there were only SOS communal,
Dauis, One of the friends of the miss
ions claims that u the same advance
continues during the next thirty five
years there will Dee 90 a11.Ua9 Protestant
COMMITMENTS BOO China, aud % Christian
community oi one hundred million puU-
p.u As Tor me, ! very much doubt this
estimate, There is Efcl, mission work
going on iu Japan, and Japan i5 the
paradise OF iha missionary. Tie Is ale
Owed 90 DO ., he plelscs and the pg1'
pie are more easily converted. Some of
the hes, work of the missionaries Is
through their hospitals, which are very
much needed, and which are now thor.
oIgh.y appreciated by the Asiatcs,
The work 100 this line has been improve
Ing every year, and the man who tells
you that tine missionaries are not doing
anything ll Asia has not as q rule,
been inside of missionary house
nor looked at all into the Trl. work
which they are attempting To accom-
pllsH.
OUR DIPLOMATS ly JtrAS.
Japan Is now considered quite as de-
stable q country by our diplomatic
agents as England or the continent
The salaries OF the CuusuIs 4ru high and
our diplomats live much better BOO Japan
than they DO in Europe Nearly every
one OF them has a large establishment,
with plenty OF servants, and they are as
l rule Of q higher grade than those ape
pointed 10 the big cities of Europe. the
consul general at Yokohama ls one OF
the dblgst men who has ever been sent
abroad ln that capacity, His name Is
Nicholas w. Mclyor, aud be Is an Iowa
mlu Of about forty years OF age, lie Is
fine lawyer, and Is q graduate of Yale
College. Packed Wllh common sense
and "a man OF business ability, he Is
making very successful consul general.
The vice consul general Is MI George
II. Scidmorc, who has been for years
connected with the service and who has
considerable diplomatic ability At
Osaka and lIioEo, the great CONNER
CIal Ccnters of western Japan. the United
States Is represented by Enoch j. smith.
crs, who has been connected with our
diplomatic service for a quarter OF "a
century and who did good work at
Shanghai. aud Iieu-lSin Al Nagasaki
we nave w. H. AberCrombie, q rich
American who has one OF the finest
house, boo tho far east aud who Is a man
OF culture and brains
TilE LEGATION At TOKYO,
The cunsuls, however. have to do
only with the business interests OF the
country and with the luTyhcnng of
American trade, An matters connected
with tins war are Lett to the legation at
lokyo. and this Is in better condition
today than 10 has been for years. The
minister is Mr.. Edwin Dan, a relative of
senator Thurman and q man well fitted
to deal with the japanese, from his resi-.
dence OF many years Ia the country. lie
speaks the japanese as well as he does