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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

Uncle 'Rastus--"I done won dat turkey
at de rattle tonight"
Aunt DiHah-"IO' was lucky eh?'
'ias, l was po'ful lucky. While de res
was shakin' dice 'scused myself Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

Mr. Clcvelard's continued silence on
the third-term question daily augments
the cXasperation of his party. 1t
would not surprise us If the Chicago
convention We're to pass vote of CELL
sure on him,
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As to rIemoriol Day.

There are two sides to every subject;
and while no decent American would
wish to detract one iota from the sweet
solemnity which is properly function
of the day whercon we pay tribute to
the memory of our soldier dead, 1t may
well be asked whether all OF the present
outcry against amuse.nents on Memori-
al Day is warranted. We recognize
that there is danger of running to an eX-
cess the tendency toward amusements
which in themselves are harmless and,
within moderation, even beneficial. Yet
on the other hand, is there not some
thing to be said in favor OF a prudent
blending of joy with sorrow on that
day?
The Chicago Times Herald We'll states
the unconventional side of this subject
when it remarks that the garlanding of
the cemeteries. the mournful trappngs,
the solemn drum-beat. the fervent eu-
logies and the tears that will bedew
thousands Of mounds all over the land
are proof conclusive that Memorial Day
is still sacredly observed by the people.
and that its sOlemnity and tenderness
will not diminish. But" it adds. the
day has become more than funereal.
Only persons of gross thoughtlessness
would employ its liberty for dances,
banquets or other forms of dissipation
repugnant to n sublime ideal. Nor have
such o!fcnses become familiar On the
other hand, the day is replete with
thoughts Of national reunion, of broth
erhood restored, of peace, liberty, pro-
gress and happiness. out of this COM
panion Significance there has grown a
feeling of relaxation, of rest and of law
tul indulgence i'm open air exercise,
which is, indeed, an inevitable refec-
ton of the fellowship and confidence
implied In its primary purpose In SO
go far as the recreations of the day are
not in themselves immoral and Keep
within this limit-for fresh air and in
vigorating exercise are always whole
sone-the protest ought not to run"
AS the passing years have separated
this generation from the tense war
period such relaxation as has in recent
time manifested itself on this noble hol-
iday has been inevitable. We do not
believe that it signifies Indifference to
the ineXtinguishable debt owed by this
nation to its fallen heroes 1t rather
implies that the generation newborn
is disposed to have its day of innocent
frolic. without which no race can be
considered tit to grapple with crises
when they arise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

old o. bird to be caught by vice-presl-
dental Chaff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

The next storm center will be Cham
bersburg, which will next week enter
tain the state encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic The chief
will be the election of a department
commander. The candidates are Judge
Darte, of Wilkes Barre, and Colonel
Denworth, of Williamsport. In behalf
Of the former we take pleasure in say
ing that he Is q mighty good man.
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A Successful COnciaye.

If the knights We're surprised at
Scranton it is only fair to say that
scrantonians in turn were surprised at
the Knights-surprised at their num-
bers, their intelligence, their amiability
and their superb appearance on parade,
The pageantry of yesterday will linger
long in the memory of the thousands
who admired it as the most impressive
spectacle of well-drilled, well-uni-
formed and well-temDered men ever
witnessed in the city. Indeed it is no
exaggeration to express a doubt If any
other parade of it's numbers in line
ever surpassed it anywhere.
Concerning the more serious business
of yesterdays conclave. we can speak
only from an outside standpoint, though
it is safe to say that il progressed with
eminent satisfaction. But as for the num-
erous festivities and receptions, culm-
mating in last nights ball, it Is clear
from the speech of the visitors that
these were sincerely enjoyed. A strik-
ing circumstance of the whole affair
which clearly deserves notice was the
uncommon order and decorum that
characterized 1t throughout. Rarely
are so many persons massed in SO small
an area with such little show of fric
ton or mishap. For this result two
factors are accountable: one, the high
character and amiable manners of the
guests themselves: and the other, the
superior degree of care and thoughtful
ness manifested in the control of the
local arrangements.
AS our guests shall today disperse to
all parts of the commonwealth, we feel
sure that they will take with them
only the pleasantest recollections of the
conclave of 1896. No doubt some Of
them will have gained q corrected
knowledge of this city and it's people.
The conception of Scranton which used
to picture 1t as q struggling mining
town of desperate men and still more
desperate inhabitants, If 1t obtained
two days ago among any of those who
have since honored us with their pres
ence, obtains no longer. and in its place
will hereafter, We believe. be found
due understanding and appreciation.
For this result of the conclave all con-
cerned should be grateful 1t is unques-
tionably happy augury of many pleas
ant future relations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

The new owners of the Scranton bail
club have :hus far certainly had their
iiberality and enterprise very shabbily
rewarded by the men whose salaries
they !ay. We would not blame them
were they soon 20 substitute the mailed
FOR the generous hand.
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The Tribune is tho only Republican
Gaily in Lacknwanna County.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Consrcssmcn-at-Larg
GALCSHA a. GROW. Of Susqnchnnnn.
SAMUEL 4. DAVENPORT. of Erie.
Election Day, Nov. 3.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

The appropriations Of the present ses-
sion of congress already aggregate
$523,250.000. or about $l5,0OO.0OO more
session Of any congress in the history
OF the government. In addition, $685.
100000 worth of future contracts have
been authorized. Still, don't forget
that this is a growing country
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

our Republican friends in Lu2erne
are apparently devoting most of their
spare time just now to thinking up new
candidates. for congress. The latest
suggestion in this direction is II. Baker
Hillman. n gentleman who is undoubt-
esly admirably equipped for the posi-
the congressional field in the mother
county Will evidently soon illustrate
Fred Grants theory that a surplus is
easier to handle than a deficit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

passed in harness We're unshod. 1t
strikes me that this Is cruelty to u
species of animal which deserves bet
ter treatment frorl mankind" The
visitor is right. We had not noticed
the fact to which he calls attention.
but il his version of it is correct, there
is need for some vigorous blacksmith
Ing in this town.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

Mr.. kohlsaats close Identification
with the Mckinley campaign lends in
terest to statement just made on the
editorial page Of his superior paper
There are multiplying indica tions."
says the Times Herald, that Mr..
Platt's senseless and unwarranted at
tack upon Major Mckinley may mean
the ultimate deliverance of the Republi-
can party Of New York from the rule
of this imperious autocrat who has
never been recognized as the real leader
of the party, and yet has wrecked it on
the shoals Of defeat in every state
campaign with which he has been ac-
lively identified" It follows this with
an eloquent enumeration of the cam
paigns which Platt has lost, and con-
cludes by observing that 1.-The prospect
of the signal repudiation of Plattism
opens up brighter era for the Republ-
can party of New York" That this is
the sentiment of Republicanism
throughout the country cannot be
doubted. Platt. with great capabilities
in certain directions. has by his inflexi-
Bile prejudices and his lack of the con-
ciliatory spirit, earned just this reputa-
tion among the people. His usefulness
to the party is wholly in the past tense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

THE ELK CAFE. 125 and III FRANK,
lin avenue. Rates reasonable,
p. 2EIQLER. Propriator
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Wire Srcens,
Hotels and Restaurants.

JOS. KUETTEL, REAR Gil LACKA.
wanna avenue. Scranton. Pa, manufac.
tuser Of Wire Screens.
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Loans.

THE REPUBLIC SAVINGS AMI
Loan Association will loan you money
on easier terms and pay you better on
Investment than any other association
Call on 8. N. Calender. Dime Bank
building.
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SCRANTON HOUSE,. NEAR D., l.. q ".
European plan. VICTOR KOCH, PROP.
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Miscellaneous.

BAuER's oRCHEsTRA-Mus1c FOR
balls. picnics, parties. receptions. wed.
dinrs and concert work furnished. Foe
terms address r. J. Bauer. conductor.
III wyoming avenue. over Hulpsrcs
music store.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01

The normal for the month was So de-
grees, while the average temperature
reached % degrees. The unusual
amount of precipitation can readily be
seen from the statement that the nor
NAL Is about one-twelfth and the fall
this year was between s and z. Snow
has fallen to the depth Of fourteen
inches, and yet the peculiar conditions
OF the month have left but mere trace
at it's close. The heaviest precipitation
for twenty-four hours was on the 1920
when 2.77 inches was recorded The
heaviest fall for five minutes was on
the same day when .12 inches were reg
istered at the weather bureau. But
November and it's eccentricities have
given way to December, and, with the
change, st. Paul is promised slight
rise in the temperature, due to an area
of low barometer, which Is towering
around to the west and will act as a
neutralizing agent upon cold wave
which has set It's face toward the
Twins from the North Both areas
are due to the central locally today,
and, though no great change will be
appreciable in the conditions, it is the
assurance of the weather bureau that
there will be a slight moderation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
LECTURES FOR WOMEN.
Annual Series Begun in the Farm
ers' Institutes.

The annual series of lectures for
women in connection with the state
farmers institute work began yester-
day. The women lecturers this year
are Miss Mary c. Rhomson, of Mime
apolis. whose subject is Domestic
Economy" and Mrs. Ina Tiilson, who
discusses Poultry"
Miss Thomson gives two lectures in
each place and this year they will en-
brace meat cookery, including chicken,
beef and eggs, and cereals, including
bread mullins and mushes of all kinds.
A few of the simpler and more Valu-
able ways of cooking common vege-
tables are given when practicable. An
Introductory lecture on food analysis
with a view to learning the value of
the various foods is given, which Is
suggestive and interesting, rather than
elaborate and technical
Mrs. Tilison has lectured in the Min
nesota institutes for three years, and
had lectured occasionally in the Wis
consin Institutes before coming here.
Her topics include shelter, care Of the
chickens, marketing of eggs, diseases,
feeding and incubators. Her lectures
are attended quite largely by the men,
and are given in the regular, general
meeting a part of the time. She is re-
garded as an authority.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
employees OF THE CITY IN THREE
DEPARTMENTS WILL NOT BE
PAID
FULL NOVEMBER SALARIES.
Off AS REGARDS AVAILABLE
CASH,
OFFICIAL FIGURES READY TODAY.
Policemen VIII BE Doing Well IL
They Get Half of Last Months
Pay.

The employees Of the city in all the
departments look forward to the De-
cember pay day with some misgivings.
In years past departments of the city
have been short from 10 to 100 per cent
Of their November salaries. The blame
for this shortage in former years, &C
cording to Comptroller McCardy, has
been that the back taxes did not come
in with sufficient amounts to make up
the deficiency caused by the so per
cent clause of the charter being ap-
piled to the charter allowance of each
department.
This year there will be a shortage
in at least three Of the department
funds. The particular department en-
ployes who will not draw full pay for
November being the police, municipal
court and city hall and court house
commission help. Comptroller Nc
Cardy stated last evening that the trial
balance for the month had not yet been
made up, and for this reason it was inn
possible to state just how much short
age there would be in each Of the three
department funds mentioned. The fig
ures would be compiled today, and then
just how much the employees Of the
three departments, would receive of
their November salaries would be def
nitely ascertained.
The police department as usual seems
to be the worst off as regards avail
able funds from which to pay Novem-
Der salaries. The city treasurer's books
show that there has been credited to
the police fund s170,567.91 this year.
which amount includes balance Of
$50 from 1895. The expenditures up to
date have been $167, ,562. Sd, all but $5,-
134.43 Of this amount being for salaries.
This leaves balance in the fund from
which to pay the November pay roll
due Dec. Is of $3,005.37. AS the pay
roll foots up $13,61S.18 the outlook is
not very promising to the policemen.
The amount on hand may, however, be
augmented by credits from taxes which
Comptroller McCardy may be able to
dig up. It is possible that about So, 600
may be secured from this source, as
the city treasurer's books show only
$15,500 credited to the fund this year
from tax receipts, while last year over
$25,000 was received from this source.
The comptroller, while not willing to
discuss the possibility of additional
funds from taxes, evidently had this in
mind, for his deputy said that only
so per cent of the police salaries would
be paid on Dec. Is from present indi-
cations.
The municipal court fund is also
short, but as the pay roll for the month
amounts to only $S6750, the employees
paid from this fund will get all but a
small part OF the amount due them.
The figures for the city hall and court
house commission fund could not be
secured, neither was the amount Of the
shortage known, and not until today
when the comptroller strikes his
monthly balance will the figures be
given out,
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
MEDICAL MEN MEET.
Ramsey County Society May Change
It's Name


The regular monthly meeting Of the
Ramsey County Medical society was
held last evening in the Lowry arcade
There were sixty members present and
it is probable that In the future the
society will hold it's meetings in the
rooms which were used last evening.
The question will be definitely settled
at the next regular meeting, at which
time the new constitution which has
been prepared by q committee will also
be adopted. The constitution was read
last evening, but under the rules Of
the society was laid over for action
until the next session. It will at that
time be discussed and adopted SO far
as the public are concerned the only
change in the new constitution is that
the society will in the future be known
as the St. Paul Medical society instead
of it's present name.
DR.. G. l.. Greene presented and read
paper on the subject, "A New Method
Of Diagnosis in Typhoid Fever" The
paper to have been read by DR.. Edward
Roecl1mann will be presented at the
next meeting.
The rooms which have been offered
the society in the Lowry arcade are on
the third floor of the building and the
management has rendered a lease for
five years and also agreed to furnish
the rooms to suit the needs Of the physi-
clans. One of the rooms will be used
as a library and meeting room and
the ether for a laboratory Many OF the
physicians who have offices in the
building have already contributed ap-
paratus to the labratory and books to
the library. If the society at it's next
meeting does not accept the proposition
regarding the rooms, the doctors with
offices in the building will organize and
maintain the library and laboratory
themselves
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
FORTY EDITORS ARE OFF.
On an Excursion, Not Mentally De-
ranged.


The second annual excursion Of the North
Dakota Press association started from ST. Paul
last evening, and the members of the asso-
citation and friends who availed themselves Of
the opportunity will for the next ten days
have delightful trip. The excursionists
intended leaving this city on Saturday night
but owing to the Dakota blizzard the start
was delayed until last evening. The manager
OF the trip is William Miller, who Is also
president of the association For the past
three days the members, number of them
accompanied by their wives, have been stop
ping at the Windsor waiting for the other
members of the party to arrive. Last even
ing forty odd members left over the North
western road for Council Bluffs the first STOP
ping place. From there they will go by the
Burlington to Kansas City and from that
city to Dallas, Tex. After day In that
city they will go to Galveston, from there to
Houston, and reach New Orleans Saturday
evening. Monday they will leave New Or
leans, and, stopping at Memphis, Tenn, for
q few hours, will reach Chicago Tuesday. A
day will be spent in Chicago, and the party
Will return to st. Paul via the Northwestern
l1mifed, arriving here Thursday morning.
Among those participating in the trip are:
John w. Maher, Devils Lake; c. s. Lord
and wife, and A. B. Mcdonald and wife,
Cando: III. A. Nicholson. Crary; f. Jaskoski
and wife, Miss e. Angler, Miss Jennie Milne,
Grand Forks; Miss McVey Cando; B. H.
Harold, Wheatland; J. X. Fairchild and
wife Dayton; w. II. Burr, Grand Forks; w
c. Daniels. R. w. Walker, e. III. Kern La
kota; w. ]. Kneshaw and wife, Pembina; j.
NJ. Wiser, Fargo; o. Fl. Johnson and wife,
Mrs. c. R. Green, w. S. Gilpin, Hamilton !;
bina; A. Schmitt, Hillsboro:s H. r. Merrill,
Wahpeton Matte Moore. Grand Forks; w L..
Straub, Grand Forks; Walter Bond Fargo;
William Miller, Minnewaukan. e-.t
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
COLDEST BUT ONE.
November Almost Established =
New Weather Record.

At Il o'clock last night the last record
was made OF the most altogether can
tankerous month of November in the
annals of the local weather bureau If
was the colGest November; the wettest
November and the cloudiest November
the citizens OF ST. Paul have ever en-
dured. There were only two clear
days during the entire month and the
cold for the same season has never
been surpassed, or even approached but
once before, and that in 1881, when the
average temperature was % degrees,
the same record made in the month
just passed While the cold in 1881 was
as severe as that OF this year there
were none of the other conditions pre-
valent which made the month of No
venber, 1896, one to be remembered
The cloudy weather which prevailed is
remarkable from the weather mixers 8
teen days when the sun could not break
through its coverings Of dark colored
vapors. This was sufficient to char
acterize the month as out of the ordi-
nary, but when the records show that
precipitation, either rain or snow, fell
on seventeen days, also the abnormal
conditions are even more fully recog-
nized.
The last three days Of the month
have been exceptionally cold. so degrees
below the normal prevailing through
out Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
This means that the mercury has been
hovering about and below the zero
point for seventy two hours, each day
registering four degrees below zero.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
BOGUS EXPRESS PACKAGES
Are Used by Crooks to Gull St. Paul
People.

Are Used by Crooks to Gull st. Paul
eG I,ss4 reopie. ~ A
Now that the holiday season Is ap-
proachlng and people are awaiting with
innocent and pardonable expectation
the arrival of gifts from both distant
and near friends, the willy ICON" man
has made his debut to the citizens ot
II. Paul and his first appearance Of
TINS season seems to have been huge
success. financially.
Two men are riding about town IN
an open buggy drawn by dark horse.
Ihey stopped at the residence Of +,
II. Thurston, 273 Pleasant avenue.
manager of the Railway Mail Service
funtlng company, yesterday morning,
ana one OF the men, slight small
IeiIoW, light compleXiOned and wearing
light mustache, his eyes hidden be-
Eeath the visor of blue cap which
hts down snugly over his ears. deliver,
ed a. small, express package at the
door. sealed, waxed and addressed,
bearing the appearance Of bona fide
express bundle. There was fifty cents
express charges on the package which
was readily paid. After collecting the
money the two drove rapidly away.
excitement over their gift" But a
sad disappointment awaited them
when they opened the package, for ii
contained nothing but a worthless lot
of cloth.
The Thurston family is not the only
family in this city who have been bun
coed In this manner by these two de-
celvers. The con men took in a por>
tion Of st. Anthony hill yesterday,
thoroughly canvassing Portland aven-
ue.s me police are now working on the
ftsrA1
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
BURROUGHS NOT FOUND.
Missing Mail Clerk Is Still in the
Snow.

snow.
Henry M. Burroughs, the railway
mail clerk who left his car at DeviPs
Lake, N. D., during a fierce blizzard
last Thursday, has not yet been found
and it is feared that he perished in the
storm. Searching parties have been
engaged in hunting for the missing
man since his disappearance, but the
local branch of the railway mail ser
vice. which is in communication with
the officials at Devils Lake, has receiv-
ed no news Of the finding Of Mr.. Bur
rcughs, either dead or alive. Mrs.
Burroughs who with their two child
ren, resides in st. Paul, has been in
formed Of the disappearance of her
husband and is overcome with grief
over his probable fate.
Maurice O'Connor, who was in the
car with Burroughs when he left to
carry telegram to the depot, returned
to st. Paul yesterday, but could add
little to the telegraphic reports of the
unfortunate occurrence. Our train,
said he, s'was on the side track about
three blocks from the depot, and when
Burroughs left the car the blizzard
was at its height. He said he was go
ing to the depot and to q restaurant
but inquiry shows that he did not visit
either place. The storm was the worst
in years and it seems likely that Bur
roughs must have lost his way and
perished in the snow"
When the storm subsidized, huge
drifts of snow completely covered pas
senger and freight cars in the railroad
yards, and it is thought that the search
which is being conducted, will ultimate
ly discover Burroughs body beneath
one Of these snow piles.
M. j. Woulfe, chief clerk in the local
office of the railway mail service, went
to Devils Lake Sunday evening to as
sist In finding the missing man.
Burroughs has been in the employ OF
the railway mail service for about
seven years and he is given an excel
lent record by his superiors. His family
lives at $40 George street in this city.