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New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
CANE TO NEU-YORK TO BE An ACTRESS

WHY SARAH RUNINGEN LETT HER WESTERN
HoME-HER STORY TO MAGISTRATE sIMMs.
Sarah Runingen, young girl Of Rugby. n. d..
was in Essex Market Court yesterday and said she
had left her Western home and come TO NewYork
TO be an actress She was arrested Friday night
at the Pennsyvania Railroad station in Jersey
city by Gerry society agents She had been de-
tained because she said she had no home nor
friends in NewYork.
This is the story she told In court MY father. "
she said II, Swede. while / was born and reared
IN Rugby He is the butcher OF the pace which Is
an Indian and cowboy town OF about two hundred
inhabitants and my training was such that can
ride mustang and shoot with revolver or rife
with the best OF the men. My mother died three
years ago and eighteen months ago my father
with my stepmother because ! could not hep be-
lieving that she only married my father because
he owned three farms. his butcher business and
Il Twas''@ and here she hestated. II was con:
think there were other girls just as nice"
Then in sudden burst Of confidence she added
Would you like to know why they thought SC
a' she said we there was only one organ IN the
town. and as the only organist, and owned
and %e easf Surprise parties Finally got sick Of my step
mothers treatment Of me, and M sold the organ. fol
come SasH to my NewYork to Sc an Miss &ndsr
SON the niece Of ne gostmss,er s OF the town. wen!
off for few days. when she returned home and
came on here. / travelled lrst-c,ass In Pullman
paace car. and had had a.. real good good time" ..
with good clothing. and she was we'll dressed
Magistrate smms seemed greatly interested in her
Workers In Rug0y. cunning. and said that II sh,
went home she would be pleased to show hin
same invitation to Roundsman o. Brien. OF tn,
Court squad, and Agent schmitt to whose care sh,
was committed until her parents have been Informed
OF her being here
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
MUST EVACUATE LIAU-TONG.
/ DEMAND FROM RUSSIA. FRANCE AND "hH
u,Nv tn re PRESENTED TO JAPAN.

A DEMAND lNoM Rl sSlh, rN+N.'~'
MANY TO BE PRESENTED TO JAPAN
Berlin Oct ia dispatch to the Cologne ia
zette" from ST. Petersburg says that the dpioma'io
representatives OF Russia. France and Germany az
Toxic Will within a .ew days hand to japan al
Identical note In regard to the evacuation by japan
OF the Liau-Tong territory. This, 1t IL stipulated
By the Powers. must take place within mr. s
months after the payment 10 Japan by NINA -, pa
lhe sum OF $1,000 600 taes indemnity, and shail De De
in nowlse dependent the conclusion Dy Japan
Of commercial treaty with China. The entiie
SroeGom OF navigation in the Formosa Channei u
also 10 be assured by Japan
Yokohama oct. 19.-It is announced here that on
october Il Vscount Muira. the Japanese Minister
to Corea ard the other members OF the Japanese
LEGATION. together with a number of military ofi-
GERS a, Scout were recalled The report that Jap
anese soshl were implicated in the murder OF the
Queen OF Corca is confirmed.
Washington Oct. i9.The japanese Legation has
no information concerning The withdrawal OF the
Minister from Seoul. reported in a Yokohama
dispatch No intelligent reason can be advanced
for such action on the part of the Japanese Gov
ernment and the officials OF the Legation who were
spoker TO declined for that reason TO speculate on
n They said that II the report was true they
would undoubtedly be informed soon regarding the
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
NEW PANAMA CANAL PLANS.
SIR HENRY TYLER BELIEVES THAT THE woR
CAN BE FINISHED IN SIX YEARS.

SIR HENRY TYLER BELIEVES THAT THE WORK
CAN BE FINISHED IN SIX YEARS.
London. oct le.-Sr Henry Tyler. formerly presi-
dent of the Grand Trunk Railway OF Canada. In a
letter dated at Panama. denies that the Panama
Canal has been abandoned. and describes the new
schemes In connection with the work. He says that
II il now proposed construct two large dams one
on rock to be $40 yards long, G, yards wide at Its
base and Ss yards high. across the upper Chagres
River at a point above where the Obispo River runs
into the Chagres. The second dam will have rock
sides and will be 45 yards long. Z0 yards wide at
It's base and 27 yards high This will be built across
the bed OF the Chagres River after Is Joined
by the Obispo Two lakes will thus be formed. the
upper one supplying water to the higher portion OF
the canal while the lower one will be mainly used
to furnish water tor the navigation OF the lower
part Ten locks will be built enabling the canal TO
reach a height OF 10 feet above the sea level.
Sir Henry holds that there is no insuperable diff
Guilty in the way Of the completion Of the canal in
six years at cost OF f2O.OOOO0. by utilizing the
work already done for distance OF fifteen miles
from Colon and four miles from Panama He adds
that the financial combinations connected with the
French company are sufficiently powerful TO
provide the funds necessary for the completion Of
the undertaking.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
THE EMPTY TREASURY or CHICAGO

Chicago. Oct l9.The city banks have been asked
T., meet the city payrols for the rest OF the year
Warrants drawn upon the tax levy are offered as
reimbursement. These are the main provisions OF
the agreement submitted to the banks by Controller
Wethere the terms OF which were made public
to-day: Ii is proposed that each OF the banks en-
tering into the ARRANGEMENT pay an amount not
exceeding per cent OF their capital stock to the
Merchants Loan and Trust Company as trustee and
rolls assigned to IL during each month up to and
Including the month OF January, 1895 BY this means
II Is expected that a practical loan OF at east
s2O0O.0D0 can be obtained. assuming that there IA
sufficient money hand to discharge the payroll
for the present month.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
BAD NEWS FROM THE CZAREWlTCH

THE ENGLISH COURT HEARS THAT HE CANNOT
SURVIVE THE WINTER.
London, Oct. Is-The Queen will return TO windsor
Castle from Balmoral November 1e. The Court
has received the worst advices concerning the
Czarewitch who is q victim Of consumption. 1t Is
said that he will not survive the winter TIE Prince
az Wales last greeted the CZarewitch In the Copen
hagen Roads the royal yachts passing so close that
they were abe TO exchange sautes: The Care
witch was then lying on a sofa on the deck OF his
Yacht.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
KING MENELEK STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

ONE REPORT is THAT HE WAS KILLED An
OTHER THAT HIS TONGUE WAS PARALfIED
Rome oct. i9.-Advices received here from the
State of Tigre. Abyssinia state that KING MeneieK
has been killed by stroke OF lightning. Ano'hea
account, from a different source, says that tne
King was struck by lightning, which raralyzed MS
tongue but did not kill him. 49,
General Baratiers expedition has finished It's
campaign against Ras Mangasca and returned 10
Adua leaving Italian troops at all the fortned
posts Ras Mangascla, through the mediation OF
priests is begging for peace.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
m prrrsy THE s0cIErrs AGENTS

David T. saltxman, the Parkhurst Society aseo'
who IL accused OF having blackmaIed MIS- MN.
ME Jacobs, Of No. 54 Great Jones-st, was he'a ;.
5000 bail for examination yesterday In the ion',
Police Court. Agent bennett OF the society sa'a
that the society would prosecute this and any o'"'
ba ackmail case to the fullest extent: ,,-,xn,rs,
Frank Moss, the chief counsel OF the rS1Anss "a nssss
socie,y directed Mr.. bennett TO drop an md
devote himself exclusively 10 pun!shins the as''''S'
aaents OF the society.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
AFFAIRS IMPROVED AT KU-CHENG.

A cable dispatch was received in this city yesier-
dav nv the Rev Or. :. l.. Baldwin corresponding
secretary Of the Missionary Society OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. from the Rev Or. q. B. Smyth.
president OF the AngloChnese College in Foo-rhow.
China as follows
THE situation ar Ku-Cheng is much improved The
peonje are quiet. The prospects for the resumption
nf our work are brighter. The officials cooperate
with the commission. This result l. due to the pres
ence Of the British fleet az Foo-Chow.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
EARTHQUAKES IN COLOMBIA.

Colon oct. 19.--Great alarm has been caused at
Chnacola in the interior of Colombia. by series
of earthquakes that have done much damage Ten
shocks have been felt in forty-seven hours. and
every building in the place has been more or less
DANA ged SO far as known. fatalities have oc-
CURED but the peo lie fear tnat worse SHOCKS are
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
MORE THAN FIFTY LIVES LOST

HUNDREDS INJURED AND IMMENSE DESTRUCTION
OF PROPERTY by THE STORMS ~ ITALY.
Rome. Oct. l9.-The violent storms which nave
prevailed along the Italian coasts and In the inte-
rior have resulted in the death Of hfy persons ana
injury TO hundreds Of others, while the demaBe 10
property is almost ncaculab.e.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20


st night and were lively in consequence.
ALBEMARLE. J. H. Robinson & wife, Bos-
80 'rintock & wife. Pitts \, 'on; II c.rL ,. u,
'. Mc'"n'ocH' ''' ''''' f. L. VIII. Boston.
Bushness & wife. Plain HOFFMAN.
neic; sao,s - wife. Dundee C. =. irwin, Louisville
G ,r,fand - W a. &. Tyler. New London
: T. Whitfield stamford. g p Wnght Louisville louisville
s. G. Moehring & wife. W. /. Elkins; Pl,sbu5s. W
: 7. Fish, Boston. onfg >,... ,,.
w Hooper. Cambridge. =. ard New Haven ~
ilss Riggs Washington. \. W. Stewart wife, Chi
boApWnf e Loyelt oEMe"n5 wife Cos @ hushes Denver
ton. ,,o.,. ,,o,o,ard HOLLAND.
" Hume Eastport. Ne. D. r. Russell 81. Louis.
J. F. MURPHY Kingston. u =. Cook wife chicago.
jamaica. T. r. Carpenter. Chicago
II. White ocala Fla 9. W. davenport. Boston.
: r. Hohster & wife, Mrs; W r Potter saginaw
hc Rev $ Manning Au- ". J. Gemp & family. ST.
"Vrh Whi,,aker Toronto. " f. Buck & wife Boston.
. D. woodson. Elkin W. +. Ely. Providence.
Va Mrs. T. :. King. San Fran
!. G. paws & wife San ". +. Bogart & wife. San
Yam oslrand & wife, IT. ,ono,.o.,,
Worth. Tex. MAhLboi'o'"H'
BRUNSWICK u u NJ Hictsu,nn sr' y'S enr
:. q. cassett & wife. West T. r Himan Binghamton
. f Ayen. Boston, n.r J.. 7. Shaw & wife. New
/. r. Parker wife. Phil burg.
adelpha. f. J. Pierce & wife, New
: H. Bracket. Boston W d Palmer & wife Al
Y Assmann Boston. W smith Brantford. Ont.
,,.cv,xcu,N n. Green * wife. Spring
BtCklN"hAM field
A Buckley. Southport .....
/. II. Smith WIFE South NoN"NNp'T'
iTs " j. Goodman Tyler, Ks,a g. h cGs9sD msit,@ors
riss & Goodman, Tyler. = Iop,s SsSN"''" "ne' S'
Teyas; ,,--,..o,, T. p Lonsdae, PhIladel-
}. N. Branch. Richmond , G. ID. Crawford & wife Bos-
|, II Mccormack. Chicago. ton
Gu.sEY. ST JAMES
v T. Anderson. Ir.. Gin A C. F. Boehme. Baltimore
cinna,; I'm Mo-, "a j. r. Winder. jr.. Salt Lake
I. l.. Miner macon va city.
y II. Taper. Hafax f. j. Evans Baltimore
: v Parker fianiaN' !. q. Masterton Cleveland
!. Sydc nh!iihN g. Gordon, pittsburg
J. Price. bauhl1ir. ,,,u r. A. Garneau. 81. Louis.
!, simmons & party. Will
'op b. y puny. Columbus =, sTuRTENANr' m
D. sargent New-Haven Mrs. r. l. Bake. Rochester
n C.,rr a wife Scran- Mrs. c. A. Davenport E1ch-
=, ,,.z,.. ooAo,
:: Il. Taruzer Memphis. Miss l9ntoni London London
GRAND UNION. Professor /. Lee. Rochester
Y G. BLACK ottawa j. f, Parker wife Ok
T. Campbell. Rochester. io'u' ~ J.
I Austin Boston. ,,.,,.~.,...o~,.,
!: H. Babcock Westerly. w H. Boyus Grand Rapids
r. l. IL. @. Hamlin & wife
c. Lyon. Columbus, Springfield Ohio
Ohio. J. Dawson wife. Pitts
|. +. DelabaIre. Conway, burg.
Mass Mrs. S. 5. Seaman. scran-
" y. Fisher. Boston. ton.
) r Miner Philadelphia Mrs J. Fpst Venezuela
c,,>n ". E. street, Darien. Conn
GRAND X. .. Van wyck. Norfolk.
T. J. Van Patien. Burling. A. Woodlock wife. Eng
:. W. Walker & wife. L. D. Frlsione Nicaragua.
s. A. Mrs. {. Young. 81. Lou's.
enera and Mrs Tompkins W. II. Law. Southport, Eng
s. A.. land.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
A SPLENDID CAR FOR THE PRESIDENT

Wilmington. Del. Oct s.-One OF the finest pas
senger coaches seen In this city left the local
shops OF the Pullman Company this afternoon. 1t
went direct TO Washington. and Will remain there
until Monday night when 1t will start with Presl.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
"KAFFIRs" STILL RISING.
o,nrr AND STEADY MARKETS ON THE LoNpo
sTOCK EXCHANGE


STOCK EXCHANGE
Iondon oct. 1e-The market on the STOCK Elk
change was quiet and steady to-day. and the hal-
Ar circus" was breathing more freely Yesterday
r,se In ..Kaflrs" was maintained. ana there was
s,ri further fractional increase Rand goid-'n'nihs
shares rose p. points, and De Beers ana Ne"-'H'
gersfontein rose a. Barnato consois were weaN' ~
80. .aour,,ies u,ere armer under the influence OF
: drop of six points In the gold premium. foreigh
stocks were more elastic than they nave pren III ~
cenriv Russian fours have risen u ana Iurkisn
Hcs" A. Grand Trunks have not improved, uespa,s ,e )
the fairly satisfactory character OF the coinP""'
report.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
CABLE FROM BREST TO NEW-YORK.

THE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE FRENCH MIN
IsTER OF COMMERCE.
Paris Oct 1s-M. Andre Lebon, Minister oil COM
merce. has signed agreement with frehch
company to lay new submarine cables direct from
Brest TO New-York, and also to extend the caDie
10 the Antilles by laying an independent cable 10
Puerto Plata The work. according 10 the agree
ment is TO be completed within two years
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20

dent Cleveland and his party for the Atlanta Is Is
position The car is named the Columbia. aES ~ -
valued at sl35 600 II was built year ago AZ .. s
man. III. and came to Wilmington about in The
weeks ago. since tnat ysrs.nisd v.ire ,ns "
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
MARooNs SEIZE A LOCKWOOD ESTATE.

MAROONs SEIZE A LOCKWOOD ESTATE.
Kingston, Jamaica. Oct. ls.-Five hundred Ma
rooms" turbulent negroes who live In the noun
tains OF this Island. have again seized the great
Fullerswood logwood estate on the Back eiver
which they claim belongs 10 them The Court has
issued injunction against the trespassers. bui
they threaten 10 defy the authorIties. Should they
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20

M, obev the order OF the Court. a military force
nj, lie sent AGAINST them The Crown Solicitor VIII
90 ~ Back River to-day and attempt to compei
IN. egroes to withdraw.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
SPANIARDs DEFEATED IN CUBA
A COLUMN ROUTED NEAR CRIsTo-THE CAPTURE
OF A NAVAL VESSEL.

A COLL Mn ROUTED NEAR CRISTO-THE CAPTURE
OF A NAVAL VESSEL.
Santiago de Cuba. Oct. r. via. Key West Oct
l9-On the 10th inst. a Spanish column under
Colonel Cotrina and Commander Dlez, left San
Luis 10 go TO Cristo. On crossing the river Qua
ninicum. three miles from Cristo. they met band
of rebels under Colonel Pena and had short bat
tie The Spanish retreated to San Luis carrying
with then, twelve or fourteen wounded. The loss
OF the insurgents is not known.
The vessel captured by the insurgents Is named
the Dos de Mayo. and was taken at place called
Aserradero eighteen miles from Santiago. 1t had
been placed there TO watch the coast between
Macio and Portillo 1t had lieutenant OF the
NAVY as commander and fifteen men, As they
were In need CT water. the commander sen, ten
OF his men ashore In open boat to get IT, The
rebels surprised the men and made them prisoners
afterward going to the Dos de Mayo, where the
commander surrendered without making the least
resistance. ,o
General Garcia Navarro. after having fortified
Daiouirl one OF the American mining villages. went
on October Ii to Juragua another OF the American
Mining Company's villages TO fortify tnat also
The American Railroad Company. OF th: city
runs all its trains empty. as passengers 90 not
dare TO travel on that road because the rebels have
threatened TO attack the trains with dynamite
bombs ,, - ...s
soldiers daily from the country that II has peen
necessary 10 arrange two large rooms OF tne paf =
racks 10 receive them. Yellow fever has increased
owing 10 the heavy rains that nave peeh ialhnB
for the last few days. which also interfere Win
the war operations here and In Guantanamo
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
ARE YOU DEAF?

The AURAPH0NE will help you ~ you do. u
recent scientific Invention which viii s,sst the
hearing ~ anyone pot born deaf When 10 the sTit
comfort n l. 10 the ear what glasses sts IN The
g.Ian ear sc,s,sc!: E.ec,s ,,rPS ,9r rse1"',
NEW YORK ,AURhPHQRE GO. omes.;
ZIG H-irop"liia" edE,. M"ai.e. N.n'
l:Es phiii;p. Iidg. o. go IRE NJ. is"st"ns
..r as3 EouIt bie Uuilding. Atian'". eA-
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20

THE BATTLE-sHIP VICTORIOUS LAUNCHED
London, Oct ls.-The new baite-ship Victorious
was launched from the Chatham dockyard this
afternoon She Is $50 feet in length. 70 feet beam.
and I'm feet draught. Her armament will cohhist
OF four loading forty-six-ton guns, twelve
Inch quick-ring guns sixteen twelve -pounders
with several three-pounder Hotchkiss guns ana
Maxims She will also carry four submerged tor
pedo tubes and above water. The ship was
launched In the presence OF distinguished COM
many OF spectators. She was named by Mrs.
Goschen wife Of the First Lord OF the Admiralty
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
GUESTS AT LEADING HOTELS.

The leading hotels were we'll filed with guests
last night and were lively in consequence.
A.. Robinson &
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
MARI.RnRnT(iH

II. X. Miller. Ncw-Orleans.
W. McEwen & wife. London.
7. r. Hillman. Binghamton.
Ala.
J. I. Shaw & wife. New
burg.
+. ]. Pierce & wife. New
Haven.
W. -. Palmer & wife. Al
bany.
W. Smith, Brantford. Ont.
II. Green * wife. Spring
field.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20

y in consequence.
j. II. Robinson & wife, Bos-
ton.
NJ. I. Clark. New-lIaven.
a. T.. jenkins. Cleveland.
+. l.. VIII. Boston.
HOFFMAN.
G.. r. Irwin. Louisville.
a. &. Tyler. New-I,ondon.
q. u. Wright. Louisville.
r.. Knapp. san Francisco.
w. l.. Elkins. plttsburg.
! H. Crosman. jr.. Harris
burg.
g. Ward. New-Hayen.
4. w Stewart g. wife. Chi
cagO.
q Hughes h.ptar
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
NORMANDIE.

W. o. Hill. Chicago.
{. Keldel. jr.. Baltimore.
r. Beckwith n wife, ST.
Louis.
T. =. Lonsiale, Phlladel-
phla.
c. ID. Crawford & wife. Bos
ton.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20
ST. JAMES.

W. II. Boyns Grand Rapids.
IL. q. Hamlin e. wife.
Springfield. Ohio.
J. Dawson & wife. Pitts
burg.
Mrs. s. 3. Seaman. Scran-
ton.
Mrs. J. FDst. Venezuela.
W. f. street. Darlen. Conn.
X. u. Van Wyck. Norfolk.
A. Woodlock & wife. Eng
land.
y. Frisione. Nicaragua.
Mrs. {. Young. st. Louis.
W. II. Law. Southport. Eng
lana
New-York tribune., 1895-10-20

iifisis.f fsfA''
u. n. Russell. 81. Louis.
II. -. COOK & wife. Chicago.
T.. =. Carpenter. Chicago.
c. W. davenport. Boston.
Mrs. W. +. Potter. Saginaw.
j. T.. Wheeler. New-iIaycn.
W J.. Gemp & family. 81.
Louis.
W. r.. Buck q wife. Boston.
J f. Ely. Providence.
Mrs. T. :. King. San Fran
cisco.
W i. Bogart & wife. San
Francisco.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06
WHAT SOCIALISTS WANT.
An Export Tax on Missionaries Is One
of Their Vasaries.

An Export Tax on Missionaries is Ono
of Their vasaries.
The Socialistic agitation In England
Is pretty earnest, just now. We get a
new idea of its meaning by perusal of
that interesting abomination, Rey-
nold's Newspaper-which to the aver
age Briton is the elimination Of radical
ism and chaotic morals. This journal
thus gives vent to its feelings:
England has the distinction of being
the greatest pauper nation In pro-
fessed Christianity, gambling, and pau
perism, no other country can touch her.
Year after year we have been calling
attention to the condition of the unem-
ployed, and asking for permanent, not
a temporary remedy. The government
has been heedless-the Liberal govern
ment as much as the Tory. The fearful
weather has brought the question into
prominence, almost impossible to be
secured in any other way. An unem-
ployed committee has been appointed
by the House Of Commons. So far so
good; but what we want Is a permanent
remedy. The Poor Law system is sup
posed to deal with temporary distress.
We recommend the unemployed COM
mittee to consider the following mat
ters as a means toward a solution Of the
difficulty
"Reafforestation.
"Waste-land culture.
1.-THE appropriation of the ecclesias-
tical tbthe tax on agricultural produce.
"The better administration of exist
ing charities.
"A tax on all missionary contribu-
tlons wastefully sent out of the country
for the conversion of the well-fed,
healthy. and contented poor heathen.'
"The abolition Of primogeniture and
entail
Railway companies to be forbidden
giving preferential rates to the foreign
er for agricultural and diary produce"
1.-The abolition of naval, military, and
civil service sinecures.
"A tax on horse-racing.
Raising the age OF legal marriages,
and making it's conditions more strin-
gent, SO far as means are concerned"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06
WHERE PARIS is AHEAD.
Her Wonderful System Of Pneumatic
Tubes and Telephones.


Her Wonderful System Of Pneumatic
Tubes and Telephones.
| From Good Words.
In Paris the pneumatic tubes used in
the dispatch of card kilograms and let
| ter kilograms from one portion OF the
city to the other are placed in the
sewers. The excellent sewer system
has helped the development Of this
handy means of communication In a
way which would not have been pos
slble otherwise. 1t is quicker than the
telegram for messages within the city,
and would be perfect If the slow Paris
ian facteur We're replaced by the smart
London boy messenger. AS We stand
below the tube We can hear the whiz
of the chase distinctly. There it goes
at lightning speed. bearing most proba-
bly, some tender message from love-sick
Jean at his office at the Bourse to pretty
Jeannette, who is toiling somewhere
near the Bon Marche, and fixing a
rendezvous for the evening, after the
days labors are over. Wonderfully
| convenient, these letter kilograms for
| orrespondence-more secret than the
telegram proper, in making no awk-
ward mistakes In time or places-and
best OF all. preserving the caligraph of
| the sender.
More serious things are doubles pass
Ing across the coils which cover the
remainder of the roof OF the tunnel
These are the telegraph and telephone
| wires. thousands Of miles Of them con-
Meeting the 240 postoffices and placing
hundreds of subscribers in the city
within earshot. Overhead wires are
prohibited in Paris; SO are sky signs,
and how much the city gains In beauty
those only know who have seen Lon
don. with its unsightly webs strung
| across the housetops, spelling whatever
OF the picturesque there may be about
the streets and constituting serious
danger to persons and property.
There is no comparison either in the
efficiency of the telephone In the two
cities. A whisper may be heard in
Paris, while in London telephoning Is
generally most eXasperating opera
tion. A striking piece of evidence on
this point is afforded by the fact that it
Is we'll nigh impossible to telephone
from Paris to any given subscriber in
London, and that before the instrument
could be of any practical use for long
messages the two great foreign news
agencies, DalziePs and Reuters, We're
obliged to have special wires laid under
ground to their offices from st. Martins
lie Grand. On the other hand, any sub.
scriber in any part of the French capi-
tai may be heard with ease from the
general postoffice in London In this
and one or two other matters already
mentioned John Bull has great deal
to learn from Jaques Bonhomme
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-06

Louisiana was purchased for $4,000. 900
In 1903 the region to the west of the
Mississippi was almost a wilderness,
and so completely isolated from the set
tied states that 1t was much more diff
cult to reach New Orleans than 1t is to
60 to Rome or Berlin at the present
time.
When Florida was ceded to the
United States in 1921. after two years
of negotiation and much reluctance on
the part of Spain to give up her conti-
mental possessions. Florida was much
farther from the city of Washington In
point of time than Cuba is at this day.
One may now leave the capital of the
United States Monday and be In
Havana Thursday morning. going by
the way of Tampa and Key West.