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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-01-28
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oltier Bebolpe iano am Di0nta8 Absnr
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lpe.ienb loDls an be lrBlers eompan,,
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0O; oab ben @.senibdmsrn osr 2ols
lut eem 8oblnion 0tunbfld IN be,
. Wuro $500 besablt Deroe. Der BsIlti
Ipuroe anssnommsn. bod porbsr naIt
5rau 2bomas Sones an S,sus ,bres
cert. Diannss ais Sanlirsb Der NO. "
5hule ernannt.
@tne Nei0lutlon tpuroe Bon SHuIratt
Senntnss sInesteI4t. pel6s bssnsdt
OaB felne AIbet on Gonlratlen bon bel
bebbroe ansenommen wub. bis be,
bautnlpettor eln alnitlees Gsrtliita
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nsber bic 2Oblsnlleferuns isitsni
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Bsilbtt uno Der Seireldr tpurbs inhruui
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DIE 5ablunesliite fur ben am l3
SauudI besnoeten 1albmonat I'm g.
IdmmibelIass pon ~. Yss ~ purbs an
esnemmsn.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-01-28
Dpn Der Subfette.

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its Club bdIt am24. 5ebruar in ber st
Diatp's Sale Elm Banfstt.
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rel am Donnsrlias auf BEN slattsn Sci.
tsnrpss uno brat babel ben Arm.
Satob @rlnepaIe. elm alter Bspobns,
orI obeisn l9. Watb, puibe am 6tsuas
Don Der st. Diatlen 2r1e aus beetbist.
@bmarD D'Nalsp pon Sub @afbina
Ton Apenue. Der lsBte Wode e,n Ylutse,
fdB istbatft, iialb am W,tipo& I'M yiO'
lee 2aplot Soipltal.
glebssr Gbas. Armbruh bon BiitstOr
Ipenue bat iip 10 aIsmll0 pom ieIner
a,antbsu srpoll uno fam lest wtsbsI
lslnsr Bsitatl.suns na&Bsben.
Der scranton Sunss Dldnnsr1oi
lufft Borbsrsltun8sn fur cine am 10. 5e
oruar IN Der @srman,a 9ale pon lbm
absubaltsnbs Absnbuntsrbaltune.
DIE Sanssrrunbs cab am Wontas
Abeno in 0tattsr's pa0e eth portIsllI1es
SonjsIt, pas gut beiu&t mar unb purb
sin 1anitranS&en ielnen Abl6lub fanb.
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opistIi8en 2lr&e ireuen umfafeno,
8uIbsreliuneen itir ben am 70. uno "a.
Ssbluar abiupaltsnbsn Ular.pa Walblns.
ION 3bee.
Dem S4rsinsr Daniel luid muros
am 6IsttaB IN Der ilDl,@en S.dblmupis,
lpapIsno CT ein Stud pol, IN Der Ua.
l1ne abpobslts, bsr re4ls 3elssFnser
aDssi4n.ttsn.
Diattb,as 8usno BON prospect Gpsnu,
ipuroe am D.rnltas wsesn une,issliten
Bsrtaufs pom 0strantsn arrsiirt unb
anisr bItsi1ait tlt isln gsr.&t!l&ss
S'iHslnsn ssrsut.
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,pulpe am Dlontae Absno BON slnsl
5roben 5rsunpssipaar uDsrraitt; eln
orrBnu9ter Abenp tpurpe pon ben Ans
pslenosn usrlsbt.
Der Arbsitsr 5ortbilbunes. unb I'm.
Ierliusun8ss8,rem CAB am Samnas
Absno IN tsiner paue sln tpoblbelubtes
son,ert. mt oaraufoleenbem Bal. mel.
pee IN lsosr Wssis iutIlspsntsuenp per.
lsf.
Der Ras aus Stamm Der Rotbmdn.
nsr b,sll am Dsnltas gbenp IN 5Iupan's .
Qaus e,nsn >, gop Wop." um psrit,s.
oene S,oBbeamien oes Orbens su EN-.
pIan8en, nab psl4em elR infoTmelsr
Gmptan8 hailianb.
Serr Robert Robinion purbe fpdt am
DiOntaS Jia1l BON sinsm pl6slltsn
unwObllsln befdlsn uno fur sinlse 3su
.uar isln 3utanb Elm ssfdbrllttr ;
ptOmpte arilll1s 9ilfe bra@ten ibm
S,lsl1ieruns unD CT bsfnDst ii3 Isst aui
DER 8shsruns.
Die Geianssisition bss 8abeuIsr
&rantsn' nnietiiuBunes' 8srelns bat BIZ
loi8enbsn Bsamisn errpdbt: YrGfbsnl,
Spas. S6walO; Bgs ytaiiOsnl, 5rsO.
Blslffer; Sstrstar. d. 9ulbe,ns; S4aB.
meltsr. 5Obn vlsuert (; BlbllolbstaI.
felnparo 8Isln F.; Dwlsent, Irof. s. ".
5aft; 8ps Ouissnt, GmlI opp.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-01-28

- Sn St. 2Ouis. WO.. ia General
5opn D. Stsusnion ssiiOrben. Ct
wures i'm SABRE 1921 in Staunion. 8a.,
atboren unb bat IN BEN m,rltanii&en
unr tm Sdrasiris8 NIT Ausss,&nuns
Bsb.snt. Ut blntsIlabi cine Wrips unb
lwd SSbRe.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-01-28
3 'mfc's
SD ltoeuti6e Sicrtubc,
2lS penn apenne.

Gin nod oltOsutidn Bsifs aefdbrt.s eotnl.
mo man fi6.r IL ftstt anssnsbms Stitui1afI
~ fuoeu,
Das nit osrisIb,n pebunoens R tau.
rant litftrt uu- Del fdt,Htn Der 9abrtsislt
..ehHbura'r pob du uuO bshge NE c.
impori,tis Bs,b. uno Reibws,ns, pria,a Gs T.
stH, bsfiAs SsbaHaae.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02

-. a buiwark Of all that ls hon.
eat and patriotic In a natlunal life,
the u~nfiinching ~suppottat OF those ideas
and principles on which modern civiiiSa-
ton has its foundation. Had abe then
given her suffrage to BRYAN and the cause
he stood for. what shame II would have
stamped upon herl What a shock it
would have given to her credit In all the
marts of tradel Into what q miro Of
financial calamity It would have plunged
her both at home and abroad What
a blow it would have been to her prog
ress and prosperity along all the lines of
material advancement | 1t might have been
followed by one of the greatest commercial
disasters Of the century.
In the campaign in which we are engaged,
the path of sound patriotism and Of secur.
ity leads to maintaining New York i'm.
~preRnable as 1.-THE enemy's country" as
regards Organism and all that 1t implies.
TRACY is the q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
Tho Outside Elections.

The most significant of the elections TO-
day outside of the Greater New York 10
that In Ohio. Not only is Ohio the most
populous and important State e~lecting q
Governor and a full State ticket this year,
but the Senatorial fortunes of the Hon.
MARK A. HANNA are at stake, n every
body Is interested in Mr.. HANNA. He has
conducted q spirited canvass for the control
| Of the Legislature, the conditions being in
some respects not particularly kind to him.
Republicans all over the Union are hoping
for his success, for they have not forgotten
MARK HANNA's services last year to their
party and to the country.
In other respects the returns from Ohio
will be awaited with interest, and likewise
those from Iowa, where also the election Is
for a full State ticket. Both States are
battle grounds for the principles which the
Republican party represented In the great
contest Of 1895; and, although in Iowa the
immediate issue as between gold and silver
has been partially obscured by temporary
political combinations, the size Of the
straight Republican vote will tell the story.
Virginia and Massachusetts are the other
States wherein Governors arc to be chosen.
In Virginia the legislative elections will
determine the choice of Senator DANIELS
successor. In Massachusetts,, where the
G~overnorship is put up annually, GEORGE
FRED WILLIAMss side show Is contributing
amusement and instruction to the voters.
In Maryland the principal question 10
whether Mr.. GoRMAN will get back to the
United States Senate by the shifty policy
of evasion which he adopted last spring.
His term does not end until March, 1893,
but as the sessions of the Legislature are
biennial the Senator will be chosen by tho
body now elected.
Ohio, Virginia and Maryland are the only
three States wherein the vote to-day wholly
determines the choice Of United States
Senators. Elsewh ere, as in New Jersey,
State Senators will be chosen who will
lave a chance later to vote for United States
Senators. Over in Jersey Senator SMITH
has been not very noisily active in several
of the counties, and his interests have been
furthered in more places than one by local
Republican disturbances.
Generally speaking, the returns from
thirteen States besides New York will illu'
inmate the great question as to the extent
to which the natural and usual reaction
after such a victory as that of 1896 has al
fected the politics of the present. If Bryan
ism has gained ground at no important
point, we may record with good heart an
other national victory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02

President Hnunnxux, that The Eneiish
Government shall secure quasi possession
Of SANTANA Bay" n this were true, IL
would create . grave situation. OF course
there would DO no attempt to cede
the bay to England. Indeed, our own ef-
forts to acquire q coaling station there were
rebufred most vigorously, and II was found
dangerous for the Government to be sus-
pected OF trying to allow us q foothold.
Even when the American company took
over the obligations of the Amsterdam
firm, it encountered some opposition based
on fear Of aggression by our Government.
But possibly MI. POWELL, In speaking of
q "quasi possesslon." to be grantedto the
British Government, may suspect that the
new syndicate has made arrangements for
the enforcement Of Its rights by It's Gov.
eminent. In any case, the wording Of the
contract possesses an Importance for our
country. It was only year before last
that San Domingo was in trouble with
France, which was sal to have contempla.
ted the prosecution of some claims of
its citizens by the seizure OF the customs
duties. At that time those duties were
pledged to the American syndicate, and, In
addition, our own Government had claims of
long standing against San Domingo which
It had not sought to settle by force. The
difficulty, We believe, was amicably
smoothed over, but for . time IL caused
uneasiness.
For the reasons already given, we doubt
whether San Domingo has made any stipu.
lation whatever in regard to the possession
Of SANTANA Bay. Yet the strategic impor-
lance Of this bay, from It's opening upon
the Mona Passage, makes its future an
object of watchfulness for our Government;
and since the collection Of the export and
import duties Of San Domingo is to pass
from IN American to an English syndicate,
our authorities. after Mr.. PowELL's let
ter. will naturally await assurances that
no political or territorial control can
thereby pass to the British Government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02

He says ir the Yantic 10 Not Taken Immediately
She VIII ne Ordered hack % Boston.

He says n the Yantic Is Not Taken Immediately
She Will ne Ordered hack 70 Boston.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Theodore Roosevelt,
the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy, came back
at Gov. PinRree of Michigan in true Roosevelt
style this morning. When the eccentric Gov
ernor heard last Friday of the accident to the
old warship Yantic, which is to DO turned over
to the State of Michigan for tho use of the
naval militia, he telegraphed in hot haste to the
Navy Department that he had instructed the
agents OF the State not to accept the Yantic In
her damaged condition. or until all claims on
account Of her collision with the steamer
Canadienne had been adjusted. Mr.. Roosevelt
did not see the Governors despatch until he
returned to Washington this morning. COM
mander Moore. in charge Of tho Yantic. had
wired that the vessel was not damaged beyond
injury to some woodwork. Mr.. Roosevelt sent
this message to Gov. Pingree:
Telegram Of Goth received. Yantic Is re-
ported practically uniniured. If not receipted
for Immediately and taken charge of by repre-
sentatives of Michigan. vessel will be ordered to
return to Boston at once. There are many other
naval militia organizations which desire the
fantic. We have already spent more money
than We should have spent upon the Yantic,
and We will not spend a dollar moro"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
INTERNAL REVENUE FIGURES.
Decrease In Total Receipts or 92l 4 .O02-Great
Decreaae in the Production OF Beer.

Decrease In Total Receipts or Rell .O09-Great
Decrease in the Production OF Beer.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The internal revenue
collections for the year ended June 80. 1897,
were SAG, 619, 500, less by $211 ,O22 than those
of the previous year. The cost of collection was
8 3.s4s, 469. against 81 ,Os6, 29l the year before.
During the year 3,15s distilleries were oper-
ated, against 6.ls7 for the previous year. Tho
total production Of distilled spirits. exclusive of
fruit brandies, was 80, 485, 64s taxable gallons.
For the previous year the production was
6,5ss, 703 gallons. There were also produced
during the year 29s, 921 gallons of rpple brandy,
1921 OF peach brandy, 1.495, 1886 OF grape
brandy, and smaller quantities of other brandy,
n total of 1.sl3.427 gallons. an aggregate in
crease Of 1.590,425 gallons from the previous
year. The decrease was 900. 800 gallons Of
apple, 45,7s6 of peach, and 625, $50 Of grape
The principal increase of receipts shown in
the years operations was on account Of distilled
spirits, despite the great reduction in the num-
her Of distillerics, the collections amounting to
Ss2, O0S, 5i2, against $40. SIC. 07O the year be-
fore. The production of beer showed n great
decrease, 81 AGO. s22 barrels being produced. MS
against 35. S59, $50 for the previous year, u de.
crease OF 1895, 42S barrels.
The chief decrease In receipts during the last
year was in beer, amounting to 81 312.O73. The
total receipts were S32,i7 1852, gainst $685.
7S4.235 for the previous year. The receipts
from oleomar9arine fell off $lS5. 800. the total
being $l.O34. 100, against $l.2l9,432 for tho
previous year.
The receipts from manufactured tobacco were
81, 1871,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02

Doubtless the last word in British bat
tleship construction has not yet been said. but
tho Campus, which was launched at Ports
mouth tho other day. is interesting as the pio-
neer Of q class officially described as IN diied
Majestics. They displacc, In fact, about 1000
tons less than the Majestic. but are to be q knot
faster, whilo carrying armor thinner, yet of
about tho same resistance, and having only a
little less gun power. They have the same
length between perpendiculars as the Majestic
class and are 1--WE feet longer over all; but they
have a foot less beam and a draught fore and
aft of only 20 feet, against the Majestic's mean
of 27i9. This last feature is q gain. because tho
Campus class can go into waters from which
tho Majestic is barred.
Another interesting feature is that the Belle
VILE boilers are now for the first time to be used
In battleships. There will be twenty of them
on the Campus, and q speed Of 1919 knots Is OK
pected. The easements are like the Majestics.
but the belt armor is six inches instead of niue,
the new hardening processes allowing this re.
duction. The main battery Of Tho Campus is
like the Majestic's. four 12-inch wire guns and
twelve 6-inch rapid-lrers; but the Majestic has
more guns In the secondary battery.
Like tho Andromeda class, the Campus has
two protective decks. and she has an unusually
good support for the ram bow. She has sixteen
boats. including three moved by steam. and two
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
The Day OF Election.

No exhortation to the citizens of New
York to discharge to-day their duty at the
polls is necessary. Rain or shine, they will
all be sure to get in their votes. .
1t has been a not campaign and the citi-
zenship of the town has never been more
aroused than now.
The Tammany remnant will make n rush
to get back to power. The George people
are inspired to vindicate the fallen leader
to whom they were so p~asslonately devoted,
represented to them now by his son and
namesake, the living HENRY GEORGE. The
detestable Low conspiracy has rallied all
loyal Republicans the more enthusiastic
cally about the standard of their party,
upon which traitors are firing from the
ranks of its most malignant enemies.
The citizens of New York are eager to get
to the polls, now that the day 30 impa-
tiently awaited by them has come. They
will all be on hand.
Whatever else they do or leave undone,
let them be sure to put the stamp of their
contempt on despicable hypocrisy and SNUG
pretence.
Elect BENJAMIN r. TRAoYl He is the
only candidate worthy of an honest and
sensible mans vote.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
Pecksnir 1ndorsed by TiRe.

SETH Lows canvass ended as 1t began,
with the unblushing assumption that he
alone of all the candidates would be re-
sponsible to the people, II elected. In his
final address he says once more Of the Citi-
GEMS Union:
at stands for the responsibility of public on,eers
to the people,"
Howl In what way would SETH Low be
responsible to the people, If he should be
electedf He has no party behind him to be
held accountable for his misconduct, IL he
should turn out to be the most disastrous
Mayor New York ever had. He is not eligi-
BILE for reelection at the end of his four
years term. There is nc way in which the
voters could get at him to punish him in
d~ividually, no way to punish m party
responsible for him.
The American system is the best and the
safest: A continuous political organization
responsible for its candidates for public
Office In nation, State, and city.
That is the only way a Mayor Of New
York can be held responsible for his deeds
and misdeeds. SETH Low, the individual
representing himself only, would constitute
an utterly irresponsible form Of Govern.
ment. He would be responsible solely to
his own Pecksnifian conscience, or rather
circumstances.
AS for the Endorsement and guarantee OF
the ephemeral and fugacious Citizens
Union, 1t would not be worth 30 much as
Mr.. MONTAGUE Tees autograph on the
back of a four years note.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
England and SANTANA Bay.

The notification which Mr.. POWELL sends
to the State Department from Port au
Prince has one feature of much import. Our
representative in the island finds that San
Domingo has borrowed 81, $780, 900 of an
English syndicate, which receives as Sc
curity the right to collect all Custom House
duties, and after paying a fixed amount to
the Government for its running expenses,
to retain the rest for the account of its
own loan.
Thus far the transaction is of a business
character not unusual; and, in fact, the
English company is practically taking the
place of IN American syndicate that re-
ceived, several years ago, a like control of
the import and export duties, to cover a
loan. The railroad concessions and control
which the American syndicate has hither.
to enjoyed also pass to its British successor,
the latter paying to the former whatever
the Dominican Government still owes 1t on
account of it's loan.
We may further point out that the orig
inai holder of these customs privileges was
the Amsterdam banking firm of WEsrEN.
DoRP & Co., which made a loan Of several
million dollars to San Domingo eight or
lin ycdio dBo. IL was SltpuldUou uudt
WEsTRNDoRP & Co. should appoint Their
own agents In collecting the duties, that
these duties were not to be altered without
their consent, and that Holland should
DO the arbiter In disputes between
them and San Domingo. The Amster
dam firm thereupon foated its bonds
and of a total amount of so, 500. zoo
American capitalists, we think, took about
$2,oOO.0OO San Domingo, with the pro
ceedh, cancelled some old debts and began
work on the railroad running from Puerto
Plata to the interior. But hard times came
with poor crops, affecting the exports; and
there was also, 1t Is said, mismanagement
ut the ports and no little smuggling, af
fecting the imports. The receipts arc said
to have dropped from 81, 200, 900 In 1887
to $1,200,O0O in 1892. Accordingly, II
1893, when six months interest was du,
and the credit of the republic was suffering
WEsTBNDoRP & Co. shifted their burden
to the shoulders of a New York syndicate
~ 1t now in turn goes to the English.
But while our Government might no
be troubled by the new arrangement, |
concurred in by the American company
there 10 one point In Minister POWELL
lettor to Secretary SHERMAN that ma,
create uneasiness. From hints that hav,
been dropped" he says, 81 fear some con
esssiOAS have been made ON the part o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
II ia announced that the Monteomer

1t Is announced that the Montgomery,
which took the Detroit's place In Florida waters
when the latter vessel was ordsred to Guate-
mala, will be retained on patrol. although the
Detroit returns to Key West this wook.
Thus we shall have, for the execution Of the
neutrality laws, on the Florida coast, no Tower
than four warships and four revenue cutters.
The former include the cruisers Detroit and
Montgomery and the %gunboats Annapolis and
vesuvius. OF course the Government cannot
warrant that even with this increase Of force no
armed expedition can slip away from the long
coast linei but there can be no question Of the
rigor with which our laws are enforced.
II Spain complains Of US when we go to the
expense Of maintaining eight vessels for the
purpose of watching and preventing Hlibuster-
ing expeditions. and when for two years We
have had q largo force go engaged. what could
satisfy heri That We have fulfilled the re-
quirement of due diligence" there can DO very
little doubt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
No Cannot Comprehend seth Low.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Mr.. Low 70 vocifer-
Qua now in p~roclaiming that local elections should be
entirely independent of State issues. Only three
years ago he was OF q radically different opinion.
On Aug. 8. 1894. he wrote q letter. which was road
to the Constitutional Convention then IN session.
Then he proclaimed, and I quote his exact words
from the Convention Record:
Of the case. The powers Of the State must
constantly be called into action in is behalf. -
The police power In the State Is one Of the far. reach
ing attributes Of sovereignty. and 1 do NOT think that
Il should be devolved, without reserve power q
control, upon any locality. Convention Record,
page 7l4)
Then Mr.. Low maintained the close relation be-
tween state authority and local authority and the
dependence OF cities upon the protecting power OF
the State. For in the Same letter he indorped the
following proposed amendments to the Constitution;
SECTION 5. The Governor may remove the Commis
force Of any city for cause. Upon such removal thu
Governor may appoint the successor Of the oniccr OF
SECTION 8. Laws may be passed providing. for th,
election of majority and minority State election com
missioners equal in number by q vote OF the mem
bers OF the two branches OF the Legislature. The Leg
%islature may deyolve on such majority and minorit!
election commissioners or other election officers O
any city. Convention Record, page 0S0.)
Thus. Mr.. Low that the control OF tn
police force and also the conduct t. OF elections in cite
be transferred to State authority. Now ho argue
that city and State elections should have nothing II
common. Well, II the amendments hao gone through
AZ he and urged. with the police AMI
election officers responsible to State authority. hov
| much Of home rule would have been left TO cities
Would not those amendments have restored the obi
Gus system Of governing New York and Brooklyn
from Albany? Would not State Issues then hav,
been thrust into every local %electionp
confess to an utter inability to comprehend MI
Low as q public man. He IA so contradictory. o.
changeful, SO inconsistent as to bafle analysis. He 1
Republican and Democrat, protectionist and fire.
trader. home.ruler and advocate o
extreme partisanship and non. partisanship In loca
government. Tho transitions are so rapid M to be
wilder. I doubt II Mr.. Low has fixed political con
victions. SrKFHEN D. JACOBS.
BRookIYy. Oct, 90.