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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01

date for president pro TEN. of the state
| senate.
Another story goes that Governor Hast
| ings may be proffered the mission to
Russia.
| Secretary of the Commonwealth ltee6er
ana bank Commissioner Gilkeson Will
| have charge of Governor Hastings sena
| torial interests when the legislature con-
venes.
| The Penrose mathematicians in Phil2-
| delph!a are claiming a total Quay force OF
| lOl Republican representatives and "a Re
publican senators, which would leava TO
the ether side 20 Republican representa-
tives and 10 Republican senators.
Says the Patriot: THE general belief
in political and official circles on capitol
hill is that Senator Penrose will succeed
Cameron and that the governor will take
tine place OF Senator Quay if he shpuli re-
| sign to enter Mckinley's cabinet as see
| rctary of the navy"
The Philadelphia Record truthGul'y
observes: "There are Il number OF stall
wart and capable Republican gentlemen
| in Philadelphia of large experience in af-
| fairs ana of undoubted character who are
making no effort to get themselves CHOSEN
as the next United States senator. Now
| IL the choice of the party could by any
| fortune fall upon one of these men what
| Il happy thing ii would be! But the Cod
| dess of Liberty seldom calls to her high
| seats those who modestly sit on the low
benches"
| Frank Willing Leach has engaged suite
of four rooms and the par.or at the Com
| mCrwealth hotel at Harris burg and has
secured an option on several other apart
mcnts at the same hotel. Former Lieu
| tenant Governor Watres will also be at
| the Commonwealth with his candidacy
Senators William Finn and Chris. l..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01

General Weyler's military movements
would make good subject for a Gill
bert and Sullivan comic opera
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01
\ SUMMER EMOTION.

o for the sight of a Summer girl,
From Beersheba to Dan,
Who doesn't smile
With intent to beguilo.
The heart of nice young man.
O for the voice of Il Summer girl,
Whose rhythmic language flows
BY day and night,
In endless flight,
But who never talks of her beaus.
o for the name of "a summer girl,
Enrolled with a golden pen,
Who will confess
She hasn't said "Yes,"
To a dozen or more young men.
o for the heart of Summer girl-
But I'm talking through my hat.
Whoever heard
OF "a thing SO absurd?
She hasn't any use for that.
Detroit Free Press
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01

The trouble with Rev. DIR. Parkhurst
Is that he has the troublesome habit
of every now and then speaking the
bald truth. That is very annoying to
n II concerned
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01

Another rise of q cents n ton in the
price of anthracite is expected soon. The
restriction of production practiced during
the past few months has permitted sur
plus stocks to dwindle and the present cord
snap IL expected to do the rest. II is now
believed that this years production will
approximate to i2.i00.00O tons as against
iG, iJ1. .ii5 tons last year. If this forecast
Is verified the trade will begin the new
yearSin good shape and ought to have q
recurrence of its old-time prosperity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01
POLITICAL POINTS.

Controller Lloyd. of Luzerne, has re-
fused to allow the jury co mmissioners IS
day for clerl- hire.
Senator Arthur Kennedy. ,.e Pittsburg.
denies that he wants to succeed Colon |
W. A. Stone i'm congress. He is a caEdi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01

imum limit to charges for transporta-
tion. The latter power would be equiv
alent to taking from the owners of the
road the management Of their own
property, and would warrant them,
should their business sustain loss. in
ence and in suing the government for
damages. The United States govern
ment is an important institution and 1t
has rights which merit respect, but
even 1t is not big enough nor strong
enough under its laws to force loss
on such of its citizens as are living
wholly within theiv rights.
There is much need of intelligent fed
to the end that the little shipper shall
have fair treatment as well as the big,
and that neither shall have his rights
mcnaced by combinations on the part
of carriers for the purpose of doing"
the public. The present law can with
profit be amended SO as to give the in
tcrstate commerce commission ampler
authority along these lines. But il
must not be clothed with arbitrary or
Legislative powers; it must at all times
be an enforcer, not a maker of laws.
In 1864 Nevada cast 1920 votes and
in 1876, 1861 votes, but since then the
total has steadily diminished until this
year it amounted only TO $500 votes, or
9.5 votes more than were cast in the
First Legislative district of Lackawan-
ma county; 51I more than We're cast in
the Second district and 2,099 less than
were cast in the Fourth district. And
yet this beggarly state has one repre-
sentative and two senators in congress,
and there is no known way to remedy
the inequality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01

Major Mckinley was elected presi-
dent on pledge to do what he could
within reason to secure international
bimetalhsm. OF course he will carry
out his instructions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01
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mcnt of the case before this committee
will aid the contest against Congressman-
elect McAeer, and that the evidence
which will be brought out today will be
likely to exert an influence on the rext
congress even though II will he such ,
strong Rnpub,ican and sound money ,oIv
that il will prevail upon the membars to
appoint a committee TO 20 into the merits
of the contest and make a rigid inyesti-
CATION" Sam ALWAYS was adept in raisinfr
"A breeze.
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The THANKSGIVING Day service ot tho
Ninth street Rautist church cincinnoti-
the. church of which Rnv Warren r. par
fridge is the uastor-vyos unioue in r.-
spCct of the decorations SAYS tho Tr,b-
unc of that CITY. "Tho nulnit Mai ro-,,
was beautifully decorated Win sbeovns
of grain and shocks of corn sent nv ax-
press into the city for this nurnns. Also
fruits and vegetables and rrocer;os Voc
bcnnel I'm In nrofusion rba arro.+ ,r,s
like n great harvest home fastiv,, Tb.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01
Ignored Business Principles.

An interesting light Is thrown by
President Proctor of the Civil Service
commission upon the efficiency of Hon.
John Wanamaker as postmaster-gcner-
al. The executive order putting rail-
way mail clerks under civil service rules
was to have become operative on April
l. 1889, but had for clerical reasons to
be postponed one month. Says Profess
sor Proctor:
Postmaster General Wanamaker
took advantage of this interval and
made 1000 changes in the railway mail
service for the benefit of politicians.
which think was Il great mistake, and
the records of the service leave no
doubt on that question. The reports
from the railway mail service show that
during the year 1889 before these 1900
changes took place the ratio of errors
by railway mail clerks was one to
1854 pieces of mail handled. In 1890,
the year following, the ratio increased
to one error for 2,S2i pieces of mail
handled. Since then under the merit
system anu promotion LOT eihcieHcE inc
ratio has decreased until it is now only
one mistake for 10000 pieces of mail
matter"
Mr. Wanamaker's candidacy for sem
ator is being exploited by business
men on the theory that he would rep
resent and so far as he could employ
business principles in official position.
The foregoing record certainly does not
bear this theory out.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
The Blood of Scores of Victims
Upon the Heads of Men
in Authority.
WEAKNESS OF THE STRUCTURE
Swayed Dangerously When Horses
Trotted Across-Testimony at
the Inquest.

VICTORIA, B. c., May 30.-Tne inquest
into the Point Eilice bridge disaster wa:
continued to-day. So far no expert testi,
mony has been called. A. G.. Smith
Deputy Attorney-General, suggested that
as the Government was anxious to have
most searching inquiry, it would
be better to at first get the evidence o1
witnesses of the accident so that the posi-.
tion of the car at the time of the disaster
might be ascertained as well as what part
of the span gave way first. Some very i'm
portant evidence on this point was brought
out during the course of the inquiry.
Lorne Gates, the motorman, was the
first witness called. His car had Just
passed off the bridge when he first knew
of the accident. He did not notice any
unusual vibration as he crossed the bridge
His car was a car-length off the bridge
when the overhead wires broke.
There was notice in the cars warning
people not 10 stand on the platforms. He
never tried to keep people off the plat
form when there was crowd, and had
never been given instructions to keep
people off the platform.
Captain William Grant lives near the
the condition of the structure. His wharf
was right alongside, and he was on and
under the bridge very often. About two
years ago he noticed that an abutment OF
the bridge, where it crossed his place, was
giving way from heavy rains, and the mud
sills and trestle work were going. He re-
ported this at the City Hall and asked
James Baker, then an alderman. to invest
igate. The city got jackscrews and Sc
cured the bridge again.
There had been so much vibration when
horses were trotted across the bridge that
Grant could not walk, but had to stand till
they passed. The city sent police there for
about a week after he first made the COM
plant and several people were fined for
driving fast across the bridge. The affair
quieted down again and the bridge was
later replanked.
Grant had told the officials that unless
something was done to prevent teams from
going fast over the bridge it would &C
down.
He was standing on his wharf at the
time of the accident. He heard crash
and saw that span had given way from
the pier on the Esquimalt end. The
mONetneilL StOppcu lOI d lew bcCOuuS anu
then began again.
The whole of that end gave way, and
the end near the city followed. The cal
was apparently near the center of the span
when the crash came. 1t did not go
through the bottom of the bridge.
Other witnesses of the disaster testified
that the structure had broken squarely in
twain, near the Esquimalt end, as the cal
was about in the center. 1t is plain from
these stories that the structure was unsafe
and should have been condemned.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
At The TOMB OF GRANT.
Immense Throngs Pay Tribute
to the Memory of the
Deceased Hero.
Many Prominent Persons Present.
ProfuSion of Flowers-Senator
Manderson's Grafton.

NEW YORK, NY. May 3o.-There was
an immense throng at the tomb of General
Grant to-day to participate in the memo
rial day services held under the auspices
of q. S. Grant Post No. 327, G. A. r.
The event of the day was an grafton by
ex-senator Charles F. Manderson of Ne
braska, The United States steamship
Newark was in the river below and fired q
salute Of twenty-one guns in honor of the
occasion.
The Grant tomb was handsomely
decorated by various posts Of the Grand
Army, and considerable number OF
people assembled to pay their respects to
the memory of the deceased hero. Many
prominent persons were present.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
THE WARF4RE IN CUBA.
engagements Bettcee,i the Spanish an
Insurgents.

Engagements Bettceen the Spanish and
Insurgents.
HAVANA, CUBA, May 3o.-Several en-.
gagements have been reported to-day be-
tween Government troops and rebels, but
they were unimportant.
The official reports have made no men
ton of Maceo since the last night at Con.
colacion, when it was claimed that he was
defeated.
1t is reported that Gomez, who was lately
encamped on the Palo Prioto ranch
near Sancti Spiritus, was ordered to stor
his westward march until the arrival oi
re-enforcements from the east. 1t is said
that he has already made junction with
an important leader, and will soon resume
his march.
The rumors that Captain-General Weylel
has resigned are only gossip.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
solemn serrices a. Napo.

NAPA, CAL, May 30.-Decoration day
closed the business houses here, and the
people honored the soldier dead. Kit
Carson Post, under the command of S. E.
Holden, and the local militia company
under Captain Easterby, with large COM
pany of school children and citizens, went
to Tulocay Cemetery at 2 o'clock. Taere
the Grand Army ritualistic service was
held, and T. b. Hutchinson delivered all
grafton. Thirty-four veterans are buried
there, and on their graves the hands OF
comrades laid flowers.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
PORT oRCHARD INSPECTION.
Commodore 1IatthetUs Says a Good Word
for the DrudOck.

SEATTLE, WASH, May 9o.-Commodore
E. o. Matthews, U. 5. N, chief of the
Government bureau of public docks and
wharves, who arrived in Seattle on Wed
nesday from the Mare Island Navy-yard tc
make an inspection of the Port Orchard
drydock and naval station, concluded hi:
labors to-day He finds that the dock
Notwithstanding adverse criticisms, is in
the main acceptable to the Government
and that the few defects pointed out by
the naval board of inspection at the time
of the official test in April are of trivia
nature. The commodore leaves for Wash
ington CITY tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Sentenoes S,ssnendea.

LONDON, ENG, May 30.-The Colonial
Office has received a telegram from the
British diplomatic agent at Pretoria say
ing that all the Johannesburg Reform
Committee prisoners except the four who
were originally condemned to death,
Hammond, Farrar, Phillips and Rhodes,
have been released. The sentences of
banishment imposed upon the men re-
leased has been suspended. upon their
undertaking never again to interfere in
the affairs of the South African Republic.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
reformed Presbvterion,.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 3o.-The
morning session of the Reformed Pres
byterian synod was devoted to the re-
ports of presbyteries, committees on tenn
perance and psalmody,. An encouraging
porators of Geneva College. Resolutions
were adopted voting aid to carry out the
plans of the faculty. The term for
which Rev. DIR. Trumbul1 was elected a
member of the board has expired, and his
successor will be chosen.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
MINISTER TATLoR,s VISIT.
In Londo,. He WiH Be Presented to the
Prince of Wales.

In London He WfH Be Presented 20 the
Prince of Wales.
LONDON, Eng, May 3O.-Hon. Hannis
Taylor United States Minister to Spain,
who is in London for the purpose of see.
ing his family, who sail for New York next
week, will be presented in the diplomatic
levee to the Prince of Wales next Mon.
day. The presentation of Mr.. Taylor will
be made by United States Embassado1
Bayard.
Mr. Taylor was questioned to-day regard.
ing the relations between Spain and the
United States, but he absolutely declined
to discuss the subject. He will stay ill
June 6, when he will go to Southam pton
to see his family sail Tor New York. He
will then go to Oxford where he will make
manuscript researches in connection with
his work on the English constitution. He
will return to Spain in two weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Fatal Fioh, Deer Cntt,e.

WICHITA. KANs., May 3O.-Sterling
Elder was shot and killed at Chickasha,
Indian Territory, to-day by John Ellis in
a fight over cattle. While the men were
quarreling Mrs. Isaacs, a sister of Ellis,
whipped out revolver and comm snced
firing ut Elder. Elder ran home, and
Just as he reached the doorway his wife
wrenched the revolver from Mrs. Isaacs.
who had followed. A general fight en-
sued, and Ellis shot Elder three times in
been arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
THE DAY AT san JOSE.
Ten Thousand People March to Oakhtll
Cemetery.

Ten Thousand People March to Oakhill
Cemetery.
SAT- JOSE, CAL, May 3o.-The observ-
ance of memorial day here was generally
participated in by the public, the exercises
consisting of parade OF the G. A. r. post,
Relief Corps, National Guard and school
children, an impressive ceremony at Oak
hill Cemetery and the formal decoration
of the graves.
About 10000 people participated in the
parade, the special feature of the process
sion being large mum Der of school-chil-
dren, nearly all of whom carried flowers.
which they strewed upon the graves.
Formal exercises were held at the Audi
torium to might, the entertainment consist
ing of patriotic muic and an address by
Rev N. A Haskell.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
THE DAY AT WASHINGTON.
Impressive Ceremonies at the Arlin0to
and SoLdiers, Ro,ne Cen.tcries

impressive Ceremonies at the arlington
and Soldiers Home Cemeteries.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 3o.-Memo-
rial day was observed here with the usual
ceremonies attending the decoration of
the graves of those vino fell in the civil
war. Arlington National Cemetery was
the main attraction.
The graves of General Sheridan, Ad-
miral Porter, General Walter Q. Gresham
and General Gibbon were profuseIy COW
cred with floral tributes. A salute by a
battery of the Fourth Artillery, o. S. A.,
music by the Marine Band and singing by
the Mozart Club preceded the delivery of
the Grafton of the day by Congressman
Marriott Brosius of Pennsylvania.
At the Soldiers Home Cemetery special
services were held at the grave of General
John A. Logan.
Memorial exercises and decoration OF
graves also took place at Chicago. Ph1la-
delphia, Cincinnati and many other cities
of the Union
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

United States for the purpose of delivering
a series of lectures upon his system of
mnemonics.
Lahan Frank of Steinway Hall, New
York, has conducted with great success
the concerts of brass orchestra which
have been given at the Industrial Exhibi-
tion
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Won.en Adopt Ne,p Rr- ua,r,.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 80. : The
Grand Council of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs this morning adopted
the new code of bylaws as a whole. The
board of directors deferred the selection
of the next meeting-place until a called
meeting in the fall. Boston. Denver and
Omaha are after the honor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Cofred to a Aanto Rosn P,slpit.

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, May 3O.-Rev.
L. D. Rathbone, for nearly nine years pas
tor of the Congregational church of this
city, has handed in his resignation. He
has accepted call to the Congregational
church at Santa Rosa.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

1t stands in hand to be citz again Monday NE
all alike; hare eye to Opport6t None Of
1oeay to let opportunity escape # pay $3.50 for
of those stylish suits and your nei@h6or buys suit else
0here and oeaJty he is he feels
41oays Keep your uceoter eye open opportunities The Big
Store presents ten it does not aer itself because it the
biggest and hondsoDe line Mems Tai1orade Suits that
that alone is going to bring you the big store 1t places before
you such opportunities that 1ooud you you bought
your goods elseWhere
high character of goods the only the big Kearn
street store But there opportunities
sent that not often presented We seize Them We
the benefit of sen such Glorious benefit you
from these Aigh-c1a Spring $3.50 Of op-
potunttes that do present themselves eUerydoy
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
A Slightly
Smart Looking

Made from those Uery S1ceEE
English HoDaesp1t5as in those
pIaids is indeed q pleasure to
0lCTo.
Some right clever things IN
T1ceedS, all neto coZori1S8,
you kno1c; some right clever
ideas IN ScotcbeS !; tailored in
az exquisite manner; such
suits as your tailor uoUJdn't
tIeinb Of Do0bif1S 1tnde1' so.
Monday again at the phe-
DoD1en0lly Eo10 price of
$3.50.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
There's Tone
and Character

Z Q JT10Se Fe0J SJC6IJ md 0PeSS-
up Clay Worsted Suits of
ours In 6zacb; decjdedly
clever garments, in clttozCaYs
and in sinSIe-6reosted sacks,
and In those 6Je-6reGSted
square cut sacks +; they're real
S1CelJ garments, real dreSsy
garments; not q tailor in the
land JC01tJd dream of mGkinS
you a sztft like one of these
7tnder so. @o1o you can
form an idea of Wb1t 1ce are
doing for you at
$3.50,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-15
"Olympic'' Peninsula Railroad.

The proposition to build a railroad
from Clallam bay to the Quillayute
river has within the past week assum-
ed more tangible and definite form,
and the question now seems to hinge
upon whether or not the settlers will
be able to raise the required subsidy.
The proposition as submitted to the
people by the representatives of the
Olympic Peninsula railroad company
is in substance as follows: The COM
pany, in consideration of the donation
OF $4,000 acres of land, agrees to build
construct and operate a standard
guage railroad from Clallam bay to
some point on the Quillayute river.
The time of completion of the road
is limited to eighteen months from
the acceptance of the bonus, and the
date of the bonus is limited to six
months from the time the subsidy has
been raised and deposited in escrow in
the Washington national bank of Sc
attle.-Beaver Leader.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-15
How to Treat a Wife.

(From Pacific Health Journal.)
First, get a wife; second, be patient.
You may have great trials and perplex-
tiles in your business, but do not
therefore, carry to your home a cloudy
or contracted brow. Your wife NAV
have trials, which, though of less
magnitude, may be hard for her to
bear. A kind word, a tender look, will
do wonders in chasing from her brow
all clouds of gloom.-To this we would
add, always keep bottle of Chamber
slain's Cough Remedy in the house. II
is the best and is sure to be needed
sooner or later. Your wife win then
know that you really care for her and
wish to protect her health. For sale
by Frank Tuell.