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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13

Scranton will enter the competition
now under way among the leading
manufacturing centers of the United
States to have the government locate
here its armor plate plant. The
movement in this direction is in it's
infancy, and is being forwarded by
Secretary Atherton of the board of
trade, but it is destined to eventually
interest the combined effort Of the
board and the city's shrewdest busi-
ness talent.
A commission has already been Great
ed by act of congress and appointed
to investigate the advantages of the
many manufacturing, commercial,
railroad and cheap fuel centres
throughout the country. The COM
mission met in New York city recent
ly and perfected a general plan for
obtaining necessary information. The
work will be performed in conjunction
with the navy department.
Secretary Atherton has, with the ap-
proval of the officers of the Scranton
board of trade, begun correspondence
with the navy department relative to
this city's part in the prospective CON-
petition and preliminary to more ag-
gressive movement later on. Acting
Secretary Theodore Roosevelt, Of the
navy department, has been forwarded
financial. municipal and cheap fuel
statistics as a medium through which
this city's claims may be pushed In
future.
BEST IN THE WORLD.
The impression has been created that
the governments armor plate plant
will be the best and, proportionately
the most costly of it's kind in the world
1t is believed to mean great deal tc
the locality which may be selected fol
the location OF the big establishment
The board of trade officers realized
that this city's efforts with the COM
mission would be hopeless without
concentrated work and inducements
to back 1t, but they believe they will
have the one and they know they have
the other.
Secretary Atherton was unwilling t
discuss the matter in detail with 6
Tribune reporter yesterday. He said
however:
There are great many figures to bt
compiled and statistics gathered, ant
some definite plan of procedure has Il
be formed before / can talk intelli
gently on the subject. But 1 will say
| that with this city's many railroad
outlets and cheap freight rates. its
abundance Of good labor and the cheap
| est manufacturing fuel in the world
culm-there is no reason why Scranton
should not share with a few other 10
calities the commissions close investi
cation. That point gained. the city
chances would be good for being
site selected for the plant"
| Regarding a site, Secretary Anterior
said that several were available ant
all were good.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS.
The Remarkable Acts of One Up-to-
Date Clergyman.

Killing cats in the pulpit to illus
trate an argument is the latest de-
parture of a minister who is attracting
wide attention. The performance and
it's objects will be fully described in
next Sundays Press" August Is.
Every other feature of next Sundays
Press" will be equally interesting.
Your eyes will open wide when you
read about the grotesque muscular de-
velopments as seen in this city. Then
there will be pages of the latest gossip
from seaside and mountain resorts,
more sporting news than can be found
in any other paper, and delightful liter
ary treats that cannot be specified
here. You had better order next Sun
days Philadelphia press" from your
neWsdealer today. !"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
PRICE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT REDUCED.
Suburban Electric Light Company
Lowers the Rate Per Lamp Hour,

The Suburban Electric Light COM
pany gives notice that on Sept 1 the
price of incandescent lights within the
city limits will be reduced to five
eighths 6s) of a cent per lamp hour,
subject to a discount of ten to twenty
per cent. according to the amount Of
current consumed) if bill is paid ON or
before the Goth of the month in which
the bill is presented.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
FOUR TEACHERS APPOINTED.
Vacancies Filled by the Teachers
Committee of the Board of Control.

At the meeting of the teachers COM
mittee of the board of control last
night the vacancies caused by the res
ignations of Miss Ida Cahoon, of No.
81, and Miss Nellie Hurlbutt, of No. 2s,
were filled by the appointment OF Miss
Ackerly to succeed Miss Cahoon and
Miss Edna Fowler in place of Miss
Hurlbutt.
Miss Name Thomas was appointed to
fill the vacancy at No. 25 and Miss
Duval was made additional teacher at
No. rs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
BEFORE BREAKFAST. :

We shall see Mulberry paved
Some sweet day by and by
When the pigs begin to fly,
Shall we have the wish long craved.
When we make our strike on wheat
When the politicians cease
From their scraps and are at peace;
When our City Engineer
Goes away to stay a year
Then We'll pave Mulberry street.
A new woman sitting aloft on a Spruce
street boot blackery having her pretty
russets polished, attracted the frank at
tcntion of many small boys, and the coy
glances of several large ones yesterday
morning.
Many of the lawns at Green Ridge form
a continuous beautiful stretch of turf
fenceless, limitless so far as "mine and
thine" are concerned. Their wide ex-
panse tempts the feet of strollng couples
at evening, who unthreatened by ominous
trespass signs sit on the grass as If it
might be a public park. A trophy left
by some unknown visitor and found on
prominent residents lawn the other
morning was hat, ornate with ribbons,
lace and flowers. 1t will probably adorn
the head of an orphan inmate of a charit-
able institution of the city the coming
Sunday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
SCRANTON WILL
ENTER THE FIELD
To Have It's Site Selected by the Gov.
ernmeut.
FOR AN ARM0R PLATE PLANT

Board of Trade Has Begun the Cam
paign Which Promises to Eventually
Elicit the Interest of the City's
shrewdist and weightiest Business
Talent - Site Investigating Com
mission Created by Congress Has
Begun Its Work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
Take a Day OFF

And enjoy yourself with the Plumb
ers, of Scranton and Wilkes-B Barre, at
Mountain Park, Saturday, Aug. H.
Trains leave C. r, II. of N. ]. station
at S.25 and 11.30 a. m. I"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
Don't Forget

That the D., l.. G. w. II. r. are now
running through day coaches and sleep
ing cars, New York to Chicago. via
the Nickel Plate road. Ask nearest
ticket agent of the D., l.. & w. r. r.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
Scranton Business College.

The shorthand room has been con-
verted into an advertising department.
The new Journal is being sent out If
you do not receive copy, write or call.
Remember the opening day, Monday,
Sept. 9Th.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13

Owing to the death of Mr., Boyle's
brother our store will be closed until
l o'clock Saturday.
- BOYLE & MUCKLOW.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13

Tailor made fall suits and overcoats.
latest styles. John Ross. So7 Spruce
street. I"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
CONCURRENT MEASURES.

Select council measures concurred in
were; Authorizing an expert inspection
of the boiler and machinery of the
Franklin fire engine; fixing Oct. 8 as
the day for the firemen's parade;
awarding to Thomas Cannon & Co., for
sl.Ss per lineal foot. the contract for
the construction of a laeral sewer on
Sanderson avenue and Cherry place;
authorizing the city solicitor to settle
for $500 the $500 claim of Michael Reap
for damages resulting from the erec-
ton Of the Leggetts creek bridge in
the First ward; the ordinance, amend
ed In select council, providing for the
repairing OF Excelsior and Niagara hose
carts; the ordinance, amended in select
council, providing for the construction
OF lateral sewer on Prescott ave.
nue.,
The ordinance for a lateral sewer on
South Wyoming aveeue and adjacent
streets in the eleventh ward and an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13

25o Xxx White Envelopes for 17c. at Sc.
Store, 623 Lack'a. ave. %
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13

BEECHAM'S PILLS for wind and
distress after eating.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
SOUR GRAPES.

If you go into town where the streets
are all that the fastidious could desire,
where heaps of lumber and brick do not
obstruct travel at frequent intervals,
where everything is spick-span for COM
pany, you can make up your mind that
town is dead. Nobody has ever been al
lowed TO labor under such q haliucina-
tion regarding Scranton.
Another new woman has struck this
town. Wednesday night about time to
go to prayer meeting, was her first ap-
,pearance. She rode a diamond framed
wheel and leaned far over the handle
bars In approved scorcher attitude. Ugh!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13

Steam Heating and Plumbing.
p. r. & M. 7. Howiey. 231 Wyoming ave.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
HAYTIS HONOR INVOLVED.
The Republic, il Forced to Receive
Count Schwerin. VIII he Deep
~ HumiIinted.

WASHINGTON. Dec. THE exact ma
ture of GernAny's demands on Hayti be-
came known for the first time today. De-
tails came by way Of steamer from Port
au Prince. which arrived az New York,
yesterday. and show the demands to be as
follows:
Tristan indemnity Of 3o.ono American
dollars for Emil Lueders.
Second-1he promise that Mr.. Lueders
may return to Hayti and there sojourn
without danger Of any kind.
Third-A letter to my government. la
which YOU VIII express an apology for the
proceedings toward The German govern
nlent in the whole transa ctien.
Fogrtn-That the president OF Haytl shall
grscioualy receive the German charge
'afTaires at Port au Prince.
IL was also announced that II indemnity
was not given a warsbip would be seng
or diplomatic relations be broken.
without answering Tire demands in de-
tail, Hayti asked If Germany. by present
ing this demand. intended 70 close the ne
sot;ations IL the LuedeFs case and also
upon what grounds IN apology was asked
The money demanded ~as regarded ~
Hagr as far less important than fhe other
three demands. which were considered as
affecting Hayti'S honor. Tha demand that
the president receive Count Schwerln gra-
c:ously WAS locked upon as involving a
deep humiliation. as IL was this official
who had gone before tne president and
rudely submitted his demands II was
this fourth demand which led Hayt! 10
prepare for one evsntuality.
Since the foregoing correspondence closed
f has become apparent. according 10 ea6is.
dispatches from Berlin. saat the sugges-
Jiers as 70 sending a warship has been
modified. ana .h4s there Is 10 present pur-
pose 20 send L..
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02

represented, among whom he mentioned
1aEl1lai Gibbons. entered q protest
against granting any extension os time
samuel tSorupers. presiien, of the Amer
lean Federation of La Dor. Joined In Mr..
Aorrtssey's protest against any undue sx-
The law
Mr.. Clark. representing the Chicago
Great Western. said thar his company
could nor AFFORD and had not the facilities
!" eqaip fhe aneqa!spped ears with
coapaers within one year. There were
about 31so ot ;ae<e.
What were the earnings OF your road
iasI year, asked Commissioner Prou;y.
over a.0o, saa''
Why could not the road. appiv $50 aso
70 equipplag ifs cars with couplerse'
Il would not be economical" replied
Mr.. Clark.
ne railroads whose equipment was be-
low - Per cent were called. and the
counsel of particular roads in many cases
explained the reasons why more progress
Rad not been made.
cowan and Morri>sey Have Words.
Iae hearing today closed with a some
"haf sensational exchange between Mr.
CowAn and Mr.. Morrissey.
MIR. Cogan in closing Indignantly reou-
olstsc he idea that -ar. Gompers or Mr.
Morrissey IN any way represented the en-
lIoEss OF tAe Baltimore * Ohio railroad
ihese employees. he declared. had not been
consulted. and he resented the quiet as
sumption Of the labor leaders that they
represented the workers on his road He
warned the commissioners against the
humanitarian view urged by these rentle-
men The perils OF the new appliances,
ne said, had not been established Sta
ustics on his road showed that they killed
more, but manned less. than the old sys-
tenn. HE used no veiled irony in his refer
ence to Mr. Morrissey's assumption Of
authority.
The latter jumped TO his feet when Mr..
Cowan sat down. He had tried he said.
TO occupy dignifled attitude throughout
the hearing, bat he deemed Ii his duty 10
reply TO the insinuation OF Cowan that he
did not represent the railway trainmen.
flgasy-fiye per cent. Of the employees of the
baltimore Il Ohio road were members OF
the brotherhood of Railway TraInmen
and al the Toronto convention last year
ne had unanimously been empowered TO
state the position OF its members 10 the
interstate commerce commission. Every
division of the Baltimore & Ohio had been
represented at that convention Upon that
authoNty. he said. he denied Mr.. Cowan's
statement.
Il said the question of years extension
had never been presented 10 the employees
Of the Baltimore & Ohio Interrupted Mr.
Cowan. and | repeat it
The Toronto convention" retorted Mr.
Morrissey. voted against any extension"
He then explained further that he had
appealed To the convention not TO tie his
hands. but TO leave him free to use his
Judgment. and that discretion had been ac-
corded him.
Soon afterward the hearing was ad-
tourned until tomorrow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
FORCED TO co INTO EMILE.
Irugnayans Prepare Ia Obey the Or.
der af scuor Guesfns.

ADNTEFIDEo, Dee. t-.rr. Miguel Her.
rera obes presidentisl candidate. Who
WIS minister of he interior and Of justice
Ia fhe cabinet Of the late President Esfda,
and who has been ordered INTO exile w .
decree issued Yesterday by Senior tussfaN.
president ad interim. viii leave tfr city
for Bueuos Ayres.
He wilT f@ aeGcempa Gted ~ Get. Tatas.
Dr. Aguierrae and sener brian. chief of
the municipality ~ Mousesidee, ~fa have
also hsen axilad by the aetiug president.
LONDON. Dec. A dispatch TO the
Times from Mgntexideo says that 80 al
tempt WIS made there yesterday tWednes-
day. 30 stab Senior jose Cuesfas. prest-
dent al interim Of Uruguay. II was uf-
successful. the byslauaers wardlng on
the would-bs assassin. ms man was for
Ineriy member Of the Nontsyfaeo police
force News If The outrage spread rapid
Iy and caused great excitement, but ths
clty Is under martial Law and thafe has
hesn no outbreak.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
MORE SHIPS FOR KIAO CHAU
herhn Aroused by Reports of rurs
ther Massscres-Other Powess
Watching Gcrmany.

BERLIN, Dec. i.-All sorts OF Wild ru.
mors are current here and at Kiel. probe.
bIy based IN the main upon the speech a
Emperor William at the opening of .he
reichstag as To the relations between Ger
many and China. But most of these are
discredlteti
Ihe National Zeitung has confirmed Tho
statement OF the emperor that Germany.a
only object In the occupation al kiao Cnau
Is to protect German missionaries In Chi.
ma. and the alarming stories are now takaa
with liberal allowances Of salt.
y sensation was caused today by a ro-
port that the Chinese had massacred n
'sernan soldiers bss9nging 10 the German
cruiser division in kiao Ghau bay. hut
there has been no confirmation OF this
while the latest dispatches received frora
admiral Won Diedrieh. commander OF thu
etsvislon. which was dated the afternoon oz
November ~. make no reference 10 fwht.
inS at kiao Chau.
But the Beriiner Tagebiatt II responds
Die Tor the statement that additional cruio.
ers are going 10 kiao cEau. bringing tn
fofce there up to ten ships. with soo0 mea
and 10 guns.
Ihe 80 lie Journal says also that forco
CT marines. including the crew OF the ~
periai yacht Hoheazoilern il going 10 Kfao
chau, but there Is no official coufirmattan
of these assertions. although they are held
10 Indicate that permanent occupation
Is Intended. especially as It 10 understood
that China does not insist upon evacua.
ton.
Rnssin Grows Suspicious.
LONDON. Dec 2.-It is reported here II
well Informed circles that the views Of the
Russian government have unde-gons !
change as to the situation at Kiao Chau
bay Seeing the large force that Germany
Is assembling there. Russia IL inclined.
with France to oppose German action.
n special dispatch from Shanghai says
that nine men have been arrested for a.
sissing In the murder OF German missiOr~
aries.
~ Is currently reported there that
France, Germany and Russia have entered
into compact for acquisition of Chinese
territory Germany taking Han Tun1.
Russia taking Korea and France taking
Fo-kien and Formosa
The movements Of the British and Jap-
anese fleets are supposed 10 Indicate sus~
picion as to the conduct Of the other pow.
ers. japan objects 10 a German cccupa~
tion of kiao chan until China has paid the
war indemnity.
IL is understood AT Shanghai that China
VIII refer the whole matter to the powers
for arbitration.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
WRESTLING WITH THE PASS EVIL.
National Live stock Association
Meets the Roads Half Way.

SIOUX CITY, Dec. 1.-Prohably the
most important resolution TO be consid
cred by the National Live Stock Exchange
at the convention TO he held In this city
December is one relating TO the system
OF issuing passes TO live stock shippers
who come To market in charge Of livs
stock.
In consequence Of the alleged abuse OF
the privilege by the sale of those passes,
the Western Passenger Association has
notified shippers that after certain date
the practice of issuing passes will be dis
continued. To avert this move, action Is
proposed on the part of the National Live
Stock Exchange with view 10 assisting
in removing the cause OF complaint
The resolution urges laws for the fol-
lowing purposes:
ITO suppress the practice Of ticket scalp
Ing and conilne the sale of railroad tick
cts TO properly authorized agents OF the
transportation companies. together with
suitable provision for the redemption by
such companies of unused tickets or tn-
used portions of tickets presented for that
purpose by the original portion"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
DEFICIT OF EIGHT MILLIONS.
Government Receipts and Expendf-
lures for November.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The compare
tive statement OF the government receipts
and EXPENDITURES shows that the total To-
ceipfs for November. 1897, were $40 $50 SIS,
Of which SIS ls4 SIS was received from the
o-ganization committee OF the Union
Pacific railroad making the ordinary re-
ceipts for the month sa5is .as7.
The total expenditures for November
were So. SIC. sss OF which s45sa. 3ss was
cash In the Union Pacific sinking fund
turned into the treasury and repaid TO
the appropriation from which IL had been
originally drawn for investment. Hence
the months disbursements include this
sum.
The ordinary receipts for the month.
therefore were S. Iss ss7. and the ordI-
nary disbursements So, esi 40. leaving q
deficit of $ os2 4e3.
The receipts from customs were S.. sse-
6a5 a falling off of about sloo ao COM
pared with November. 1895. The receipts
from internal revenue were sl3. $40 649 a
gain of about s4Saeo for the month
The excess Of expenditures over receipts
for the five months of the present fiscal
year, independent Of the proceeds OF the
sale Of the Union Pacific, was Si6 10I 49,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
RATE WAR NEARING An END.
Old Schedules Restored ny the Vest
ern Passenger Association

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-Passenger rates be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul and Minneap-
oils and Duluth will be restored December
u. All the roads interested in the traffic
in this portion Of the territory of the
Western Passenger Association were rep
resented at the meeting and the decision
10 restore rates as soon as the legal notiee
could be given 10 the Interstate commerce
commission was made unanimous.
The meeting did not take up today the
matter of rates to the Pacific coast
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
Counsel Is Allowed Until January to
File Briefs.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The Chicago
lake front case was taken up in the Office
of the secretary of the interior today en-
an appeal from the decision of the COM
missioner general of the land office, adj
verse 10 the Mckee scrip locaters. Mat
thias Benner and II. NJ Lafollette. Coun-
sci was given until the middle of January
for the filing OF briefs.
All the contestants in the proceedings
except the commissioner Of Lincoln park,
OF Chicago, are in possession of parts of
the land In controversy They represented
that the lands are highly improved and
that on them during their ownership hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars have been
paid liz faxes.
IT IS maintained that the decision of
Commissioner Hermann of the general
land office of May 70. 1897, should be af-
firmed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
NEW CABINET rop ~~
W. p"rian Resigns, and osA.
Ministers VIII rreoe

PARIS. Dec. 1.-The eahsna, -
iteFaoon' >. The newspapers cxn,s. se tnas
Net that All OF the ministers Wan : -
ana 'na' Premier Meline WIN .nds..nsn. .ssssn.
reconstruct the cabinet. tn. s 20
ainong the deputies was agatnss a. aeesanx
..t S~o.uet Fss'snIng. Securities -, s.ese ~,
poofse to-day after a firm open,ns m We
rather asl'stsd en- runors which s.,,se We
a report OK tue resignation OF n nS~sa nsys.s
,ans n.Is.,s,.a OF Justice. In addition. Srans.s A
NJ nar5s, ~1S rsSafaea =. as less reassarinx.
colleagues. has persisted in rs.ssns. s ot nis
tne PRESIDENT has accepted his rsss.ss .sul sa0
Al. Meine viii take the por;fo,io ~ ..s0,u
ter OF justice aa interim VI ainis-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The December
statement OF the public debt shows that
at the close OF business November 80 1897,
the public debt. less cash tn the treasury
amounted to 81. ls9. 226. 466, a decrease since
October 80 of 81. .S3s. rs. This decrease is
accounted for by an increase in the cash
due to the deposit of an installment OF
the proceeds of the sale OF government in
terests In the Union Pacific railroad But
for this transaction the cash in the treas
ury would have been s77l, $50 less than a
month ago. The debt is recapitulated as
follows.
Interest bearing debt ...s S47. .3S5 60
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity ........ 1881 ESQ
Debt bearing no interest....... 3S1, ,Ia3 l25
Total ......... ........-.x 81 229 $50 ul5
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-02
MUCH INTEREST IN TUE DEBATE.
Harvard and Yale to Discuss the An
nexnfiOn of HassnlI.

NEW HAVEN. Dec. i---Tnternatlonal fr-
teTeSt 4 felt Ia the Yaie~HaTvsrd debate
wateh viii take place here Friday evening
The question IS, Resolved That Hawaii
should De annexed 10 the United States"
Many Hawaiian aad Japanese will De
present TIE attaches % t8e two iega-
ilons al Washington will bA present,
The selection of the Affirmative side os
the question by Harvard ia regarded az 4
neat his os diplomacy. The president 0f
the Yale Union Debating Society Is Hiram
bingham. 5r-. c. Hawaii. ard he was
naturally anxious 70 have Yaia allowed
the annexation argument. Harvard how
ever. wanted that side aerself sud forced
Yale 20 act or the defensive