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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-25
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES
OuCtatiOns--A!i Quotation BASED
ON Par OflUO.

Name. E.l. Asked.
Dime Dep. * pis Bank ...... 40 80.
Scranton Lace Curtain co. .... ... -
National Boring g Drilling 60 -. ~
First National Bank ........ 6ia -.
Scranton Jar & stopper Co. .. &C.. -
Ellnhur5t Boulevard Co. ..... ... 100
Scranton Savings Bank ...... 2Oo ...
ROnta Plate GlaS. co ......... -. 10
Scranton Packing 60. ....... e. 80
Lackawanna Iron n Steel Co. o.. $50
Third National Bank ......... $50 60.
Thro0p Novelty MFG. co. ... ... ~
Scranton Traction Co. ....... III y
Scranton Axle Works ........ -. ~
Lack'a Trust y safe Dep. Co. 1ij l:b
Economy Steam Heat d
rover 60. .................... ... -
BONDS
scranton Glass 60. ............ 90. lpo
Scranton Pass. Railway. first
mortgage due 1918 .......... 10 %.
Peoples Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 ........... 10 90.
Scranton x Pit,ston Trac. 90. -. 30
Peoples Street Railway. Sec
Ond mortgage due 1920 1000. llG
Dickson Manufacturing Co. q. -. 'u1
laCk., Tow nship School 80. ... lr!
CIT" of scranton 81. Imp. SO. ... 10!
Borough ui Winlon G6 ......... ... iuy
Nj. Vernon Coal Go. ......... .. =,
Scranton Axle Works ........ -. lN1
scranton Traction 60. ........ go. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-25

The EXERCISES attending the formal
opening and Official acceptance Of
Scranton's new high school Yesterday
afternoon We're both fitting and elahc"-
ate. The auditorium of the new hula
INK. where the exercises occurred was
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-25

81 'tH. "a. =. ..;. -L-p.'i,u or and
credit balances IIa1,ri t0.ly 80 Sill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-25
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
FORMALLY OPENED
Appropriate and Interesting Ceremonies
and Exercises.
PROMINENT EDUCATORS ATTEND

Addresses by UcmbCrs OF the Board.
Officers Of ihc District and by the
state superintendent Of Public In.
>!ruction-.whcS Sessions fcgin Next
Monday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
FOR II FARMER.

The wool of the Dorset Horn lamb is
especially valuable for it's whiteness
and softness. 1t furnishes, therefore,
no small item of profit in the rearing OF
these lambs.
Prof. Lodeman has been experiment.
ing with old and fresh Bordeaux mix
ture, and he finds that the freshly-made
mixture is far more effective, as it is
impossible TO Keep that which has stood
long from settling.
Each frame of comb in a bee hive
should occupy about " inches of space.
and in spacing the frames it should DO
done with exactness, so hat the frames
will be ~ inches from center to CEN
ter.
The best churning temperature is
CO degrees in summer, and Ga degrees
in winter. Ifyou feed much cotton seed
in winter you can go to 6S or 70 degrees
and it will do no harm. The lower the
better.
A farmer said at an institute that
his yield of corn last running from.
120 bushels per acre down to so, was en-
actly proportional to the time the ma
nure had lain on the surface before be-
ing turned under, and his experience
with last years crop was the same.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
ITEMS.

The letter Fl was II Hebrew named
Cheth, a hedge, or by some authorities
translated a stills. 1t is supposed that
the form of the letter was an imitation
of the steps through which entrance
was gained into an inclosed field.
Peter the Great, among other changes
made in the customs and manner of his
people, also instituted a reform in the
alphabet. Finding the number of let
tiers greater than he considered neces-
sary, he fixed the alphabet at &c.
The Hebrews called r Resi-, the
forehead, and the Phoenician form of
the letter closely resembles in outline
the upper part of the head. the hair,
eyebrows, eyes, beginning of the nose
and tips of the ears being plainly Wis
ible.
Whether the Phoenicians borrowed
their alphabet from the Jews, or
whether the Hebrew alphabet was de-
rived from the Phoenician, or whether
both came from the Egyptian, are mat
tiers about which scholars are not
agreed.
S was Shin, the tooth, and in its ear
lest form was, no doubt, a picture of
the front tooth, the Phoenician char
acter bearing a strong resemblance to
two or three of these Indispensable adj
iuncts to comfort in eating and digest
ing u food.
The hieroglyphic writing, romwhich
some persons suppose an alphabet was
derived, was in use at least 5000 3. C.,
but the recently discovered inscrip-
tons at the City of Nipur. in Assyria,
carry back the origin of writing to 9
point 1000 years B. c..
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
NAMES OF THE OVERS.

The name of the pansy is from the
French "pensees," Thoughts" this
flower from very ancient times being .
symbol of affectionate remembrance.
The rhcdodendron is named from two
Greek words signifying "a rose-tree,"
from the gigantic size of these plants in
oriental and tropical countries.
The calycanthus has it's name from
two Greek words signifying "a closed
cup" an allusion to the peculiar shape
of the outer covering of the flower.
The geranium has its name from two
Latin words signifying cranes BILL"
the reference being to the beak-like
torus projecting beyond the seeds.
The dianthus has its name from two
Greek words signifying divine flow
err" in reference to the fragrance and
unrivaled neatness of the blossoms.
The tulip derives its name from the
Persian word thoulbon. "a turban," an
eastern heaG-dress. sometimes made in
the form of a well-shaped tulip.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
THE ~NlSTRA

May Interfere If Spain Doesn't Soon hnl
the Cuban War-The President Will Not
Hesitate to Act If 1t Should Become
Apparent that the Spanish Are Unable
to Suppress the In~surrsction Within
the Year.
New YoRX, Oct. ia Herald spe-
cial from Washington says:
High officials of the administration
agree that if the Spanish government
does not succeed in crushing the Cuban
instruction by the first of the year it
will be the duty of the United States,
Independently or in conjunction with
h other powers, to stop the war.
A member of the cabinet said,
Thursday, that the president fully
appreciated the gravity of the
situation in Cuba, and the great
responsibility imposed upon the
United States as the great
power upon which would devolve the
duty of deciding whether the Spanish
cause in Cuba was hopeless and whether
the war should be stopped in the in
terests of humanity. He said hat nc
European power could be expected to
take the initiative, as the geographical
position of Cuba was such is to make
the question practically an American
question.
The president, he said, would not
take any action looking to the change
of policy in regard to Cuba until after
the elections, but he believed hat the
president would not hesitate to act be-
fore the close of his administration il
it should become apparent hat the
Spaniards were unable to suppress the
i~usurrection within the present year.
Representatives of the Spanish gov
eminent here are naturally consider
ably disturbed over the news from
Cadiz. Senior De LONE begged to be
excused from an interview and sci
Senior De Bose, the first secretary, to
see me.
The latter was 10th to believe the
report that Spain had reached a de.
cision to let Cuba go if the rebellion
should not be ended before March l
next. He insisted that Spain would
never relinquish control of Cuba,
and hat it was idle to talk about
Intervention if the war was not ended
before that time, for in his opinion the
rebellion would be crushed before
many weeks had passed.
The belief is current here that the
Spanish government would gladly
abandon its so far fruitless attempt to
put down the Cuban insurrection if il
had an excuse for so doing that would
be acceptable to the Spanish people. a
high official of the government eX'
pressed the opinion that the Spanish
government would be glad to give up
the struggle in Cuba if it could be
done without bringing on a revolution
In SDnin
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
MONUMENT DEDICATED
To the War Correspondents and Artist.
at South Mountain.

GARLAND, Md, Oct. 1.-THE army
correspondents and artists memorial
was dedicated on South mountain with
military, civic and social ceremonies.
Gov. Lowndes, Gen. Boynton. George
Alfred Townsend and others
made speeches. Mrs. Thomas NOyes
sang. The war department sem
a bugler and drummer. Papers on
war correspondence by S. Cadwallader,
Junius. Henri Browne, Henry Mosler
and others were read and poems re-
cited.
The monument is a battlemented
feudal gateway of Maryland mountain
stone, with one large horseshoe arch
of Pennsylvania brown stone on the
ground and three arches above of blue
limestone from the battlefield of Cedar
Creek, Va. In the rear are the
names of log war correspondents, II
southern correspondents and ten
sketch artists. The monument is sc
feet high and 40 wide, and through its
open arches affords extensive views OF
the battlefield country toward Wash.
ington and of Antietam and Harper's
Ferry
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
URGES
EnGland's Venezuelan Claims Not Sub
stantiated by Evidence.

Stimulated by Evidence.
LONDON, Oct. 17.-Sir Edward Clarke,
Q. c., conservative member of parlia-
ment for Plymouth, and who vas So
licitor general in Lord Sa1isbury's
previous ministry, in speaking public.
ly at York, expressed great anxiety
over the outcome of the Venezuelan
dispute in view of the approach of
the presidential election. He said the
decision of the American boundary
commission would be against En-
gland, not because it was a hostile
commission, but because, he believed,
no honest and impartial arbitrator or
commission could decide in favor of
England's claims upon the evidence.
1--WE have not recognized the com.
mission" he said. ave were not
called upon to negotiate treaties with
the United States with regard to Ven.
e~zuela, but if the blue book contain.
Ing the Venezuelan brief represented
the real and moderate contention
Of Venezuela there ought to be inn
mediate consent 10 arbitration. En-
gland should be prepared to accept
the consequence Of such arbitration in
the limitation line, which, after all,
matters very little.
IF the United States attempts to
force upon us the ultimate decision of
their commission, passionate resent
ment would be aroused here, serious
for both countries. That is why we
are taking what l conceive to be a
serious risk"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24

Sir John Miliais, who died recently,
was at n time a comrade and in
innate friend of the marquis of Sails
bury. 1t is not generally known that
the late president of the Royal acad-
envy and the present premier of the
British government one worked side
by side with shovel and pick, earning
their bread by the sweat of their brow.
In the early sos, when gold was discov-
cred in the district of Ballarat, Vic
toria, many young men of good fam
lily emigrated to Australia in the hope
of quickly accommodating wealth by
picking up nuggets of gold. Among
these adventures were John Millais,
who then did not earn as much
with his brush as he did of
late years, and Lord Robert Cecil,
who, as a younger son of the old
marquis of Salisbury, had but small
chances for the future, and even those
he had made worse by family disputes
The literary and newspaper work t %
which he devoted himself did not pay
him, and the young a~ristocrat decided,
like many other young bloods, to try
his luck on the gold fields of Ballarat
with pick and shovel. Lord Cecil re.
manned there for eight months. and
that he was not favored by Dame
Fortune may be gathered from the
fact that never since then has he made
mention of his experience in Ballarat
The hut is still shown where the pres
emit marquis and premier made his
headquarters more than 30 years ago.
Millais remained in the gold fields for
almost a year, but very little is known
about his success there.-St. Louis Re.
public.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Third constitutional Amendment.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION submitted to
the qualified voters Of the state of Missouri
an amendment to the constitution thereof.
concerning education, free schools and school
ages.
Be it resol,ed BY the Senate, the House Of Repre-
SeRfGtires cOncuTTiHg therein:
That at the general election to be held on the
Tuesday next following the first Monday in
November, A D., 1896, the following amend
ment to the constitution of Missouri, concern
ing education, free schools and school ages,
shal be submitted to the qualified voters OF
said state, to-wit:
SECTION /. That section 1 OF article XI Of the
constitution of this state be amended by strik-
ing out the word six and inserting in lieu
thereof the word five" so that said section OF
the constitution shall read as followiS:
Section J. a general diffusion of knowledge
and intelligence being essential to the preser-
walton OF the rights and liberties of the people,
the general assembly shall establish and main
tain free public schools for the gratuitious in
struction of all persons in this state between
the ages OF five and twenty years
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
Arrest of a Produce Merchant on a Serious
Charge.

Boston, Oct. 17.-Edwin Wilson, of
she firm of Wilson Sc Johnson, produce
commission merchants, at No. Z Black
stone street, was arrested yesterday,
charged with being a fugitive from
justice. The arrest was made as tns
result of an indictment brought from
Kansas City, which charges him with
larceny in May, 1896, of $1,000 worth
of property from 5. Ii. Wilcox and
ssner commission houses in Kansas
City
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24

The household is blessed indeed that
has in it a Christian grandmother.
Over such a home angels hover, and in
such a horne God dwells. Grandmoth.
ers feel, at times, that the world has
gone past them. Their heads ache
from the racket of the grandchildren,
and yet they fear 70 have them pun
ished. A good grandmother should
understand that she is not retired.
God fills earth and Heaven with good
grandmothers, and our Indebtedness
to them is superlatively great.-Rev.
j. Q. Henry, Baptist. Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
STATE OF MISSOURI-SS.

L, ALEXANDER a. LESUEUR. Secretary
of State of the state of Missouri, hereby certify
that the foregoing are full, true and complete
copies of the concurrent resolutions of the
Thirty-eighth general assembly of the state OF
MiSSouri-FirSt constitutional amendment. en-
titled: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION sub
hitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an
amendment to the constitution thereof, provid-
ing for the removal OF the seat of government
from the City of Jsfferson to the city of Sc
DALAI" Second constitutional amendment, en-
titled: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION sub
hitting to the qualified voters of the state OF
Missouri an amendment to the constitution
thereof, concerning the judicial department."
Third constitutional amendment, entitled:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION submitting to
the qualified voters of the state of Missouri an
amendment to the constitution thereof, con-
corning education, free schools and school
ages" and Fourth constitutional amendment,
entitled: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sub
uniting to the qualified voters OF the state Of
Missouri an amendment to the constitution
thereof, relating to water-works, electric or
other light plants and public sewers in cities OF
thirty thousand inhabitants or less" as ap-
pears by comparing the same with the original
rolls of said concurrent resolutions now on
file, as the law directs. In this office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, hereunto set
my hand and affix the GREAT SEAL
of the state OF Missouri. Done at
SEAL office in the City of Jefferson, this
fifteenth day of September, a. d. 1896.
A. A. LESUEUR.
Secretary Of Sta q.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
NOT SO BAD
No Lives were Lost in the saar-EiIeI Lima
Accident.

LONDON, Oct. IA dispatch from
Berlin to the United Associated
Presses states that the Cologne Office
of the Herald bureau circulated the
report Wednesday that so persons
were killed and many more injured by
the derailing of a train ON the Saar-
Eiffel line. A railway authority yes
Serday declared hat no lives were lost
In the accident. The train was carry
ing a large number of recruits to these
parts
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
~DAUNTLESS CARGO.
A Portion of 1t Captured by a Party Of
Spanish Marines.

HAVANA, Oct. 17.-Gen. Molins re-
ports that while on his way on the
gunboat ~Contramastre, in response to a
request for assistance by the Spanish
troops on account of the recent en-
gagement with the rebels at Rio Hon
do, near Trinidad, he discovered q
number of groups of insurgents. He
landed with a party of marines and
dispersed the rebels, capturing 500
rifles, a quantity of ammunition, a
gun carriage. stores of medicines, etc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24

Superhcialism, lack of m~ethodieal
thought and the drawing of hasty con-
illusions are fraught with dangers to
the republic, the church and society,"
Rev. n. Luccock, Methodist, Pitts
burgh.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
IN WHEAT.
The Staple Cereal Goes Kiting ut Chicago
and San Francisco.

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-December wheat
continued to rise in price on the board
of trade to-day. 1t advanced ~ cents
over the closing price of yesterday,
the top price being 72]3 cents. Only a
few shorts were left in the market
when it closed yesterday, and most
of those hastily surrendered this
morning when the advance continued
to their bitter regret. The market
started with a rise of one cent to II
cents. The bullish foreign quotations,
particularly the advance in the Liver
pool market, were considered the
cause for the rise here. The American
market, however, was considered
strong enough to sustain the new price
without the encouragement from
abroad.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Killed In Election Riots.

BERLIN, Oct. 17.-Electoral riots in
Oldenburg have resulted in the muir
der of two liberal voters by national
Catholic partisans.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
The Wheat Boom In Frisco.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 1a-This was
the banner day of the present wheat
boom. On the morning call December
was forced TO S1.41 1-s, per GENITAL, an
advance of over seven cents on the
best price obtained yesterday for the
same option, and an advance of II
cents since the first instant, when the
best figures obtainable for December
was S1.24 IA. The advance in May
was ever greater than December, the
regular session this morning bringing
it up to S1.44 IA, against ST.. SO "a as
the best price obtainable yesterday.
At the afternoon session December
gained three-eighths over best morn
ing prices, but subsequently dropped
TO 81. 40. May gained three-eighths also.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24

Following is an official copy of the
proposed amendments to the constitu-
ton of the state of Missouri to be voted
upon at the general election on Tues
day, November 3:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-08-26

Wanted.-To exchange II acres
of good land, in two tracts of 7
and 10 acres respectively, both
we'll fenced and cleared, had good
groves on them which are coming
out again, located at Higley,
Lake county, Fla, clear of en-
cunbrance, for a piano. Apply to
this office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1896-08-26
THEY'RE HERE
IN CROWDS

This is the age of stout hearts
and stout muscles. People are
Crowding the meat stores after the
article that makes muscle and bone.
The biggest crowds are here, be-
cause the biggest values, the low
est prices, and the choicest. most
temytinS meat are here. If you
don't believe US. come and see. 1t
wont cost anything.
l. ID w ARD S BRO S.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-13
A HOT FIGHT.
The Cubans Thoroughly Whipped the
Spanish Troops.

The Cubans Thoroughly Whipped the
Spanish Troops.
Havana, Aug. ga hot enga gement
is reported to have occurred between
Guayamas and Melones, in the district
of Manzanillo, in the province of San.
tiago de Cuba, in which the loss suf-
fered by the Spanish troops was exceed
ingly heavy. The official report gives
the number Of Spaniards as 100 pitted
against l 900 insurgents.
The official report further states that
Lieutenant Gonzales and Pintados, of
the Spanish forces, were killed, to-
gether with fifty privates.
Colonel Marco has had fight with
the band of Sanguilly on the planta-
ton of Condesa, province of Matanzas
The insurgents lost eleven killed and
took many side arms. The troops had
two officers and nine soldiers wounded
The insurgents have burned the plan
tation of San Joaquin, at Abanose, in
Matanzas, causing damage estimated
at 100000. The insurgent bands are
concentrating near the southern portion
of the trocha, and it is reported that
they intend to attack it before long.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-13
New YOrk's Coal Bin.

A prominent New York coal mer-
chant, while showing Pittsburg friend
about New York on the occasion of the
latter's first visit to the metropolis, took
him to the top of one of the very high
est buildings in town and pointed out
to him the different objects Of interest
that could be seen. The western man
took in the beautiful view of the bay
and then looked northward over miles
and miles of roofs and chimneys, over
the vast expanse of street and park,
business buildings and dwellings, and
then turned to his friend with the re-
mark that the most astonishing thing
to him was that it was SO clear. Not a
blot of smoke married the landscape,
clear and brilliant in the sun of "a bril-
liant winter day. New York was clean
and neat and the greatest possible con-
trast to the dingy and grimy cities of
the west, where the use of coal is not
restricted to certain kinds.
The coal dealers Of New York are
legion and the business has grown to
immense proportions. The ease with
which coal can be shipped to New York
and unloaded in order to get it to the
market with the least possible handling
has contributed to great extent to the
success which New York coal merchants
have attained. New York Mail and
EXnreSs
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-13
Building His Own Church.

San Francisco, Aug 4.-Rev. Henry
Victor Morgan, pastor of the First
Christian church society of Alameda, is
building meeting house with the as
sistance of several members of his con-
gregation. In laborer's garb, with his
coat off, his sleeves rolled up and a
straw hat on the back of his head the
Rev. Morgan may be seen daily plying
the saw and hammer in the construc-
tion of house of worship.
81 have always been handy with
tools and 1 am not afraid to work, I"
said the Rev. Mr.. Morgan. II took it
upon myself to superintend the con-
struction of our little meeting house. /
am being assisted by some members Of
my congregation. This structure will
be used for church only temporarily.
Inside of year we expect to build a
church edifice and then this structure
will be moved back and attached to
the rear and used as a Sunday school
room. think l am doing good work
for the Lord in this way. l am anx-
ious we should have home"