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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
GLOVES & MiTTs

Mems and boys heavy knit shrunk
wool mitts at sc pair, worth lOc.
. Mems leather. gloves. fleece lined,
knit wrist. at 20c,
Mems black kid mittens and gloves
fleece lined and worth Sc for 4Sc.
Mems horse hide -mittens.full large
, sizes, welted seams, wool knit, rib
bed wrists, Cor 69c.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPENING.

The annual holiday opening at F.. g..
Loomis' book and art store occurred
Thursday evening. The store was opened
from 6:S0 to 10 O'Clock, and a large crowd
swarmed through the doors and viewed
the beautiful holiday goods on exhibition.
The store was prettIIy decorated, and the
fine ware and medallious were placed to
catch the artistic eye. The round counter,
placed in the center OF the store. con-
tanned enough handsome ornaments to
stock n smaller store. The art ware dis.
played on this table was especially fine.
Tepletz ware, Japanese and Crestwave
ware, cut glass. ETC., were found on the
center counters, and all was neatly and
artistically arranged. The display OF
meda!IIons was by far the largest ever
made In our city. The goods displayed
were all purchased recently, and ara new
and up-to-date.
Mr.. LOOMS has increased his stock In
every branch, and now has one OF the
largest retail art stores in the state. His
store contains everything to bo found in
the art stores OF the cities, and he handles
his goods on tho principle Of quick sales.
small profits. He has increased his stock
of books until he now has double the
number OF volumes he ever carried before,
and his shelves contain all of The late
works.
A large medallion Will be given away
by this store Mt the end of the holiday
season. Every person making a 50.cent
purchase will be given Il ticket, and tho
lucky lumber Will draw the handsome
prize.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
TOYS! TOYS!
Thousands of toys of ali kinds.
: D..vrr,v. PIANO LAMP GIVEN AWAY

At the earnest solicitation of many of my customers / have
concluded to give away another beautiful piano lamp as a premium,
during the month of December Each soc purchase will receive a
ticket.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
Mark Twain,s New Book.

NWIh witt 1IVUhs
X. Trotter Is the duly authorized agent
to receive subscriptions to Mark wain's
book, Following the Equator" 1t con-
tains over 600 pages, fully illustrated. and
sold at the following prices:
In fine cloth, gold and color design $3.50.
Library style, gold calf effect. gilt top
$3.50.
Half Morocco, gilt top $500.
Thoss desiring the book can apply to
r.. Trotter, Lexington, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
NORTH POLE. 1897 NORTH POLE.
SANTA CLAUS
PROCLAMATION!

KNOW YE all Men. Women and Children in the County OF
~ Lafayette that my Headquarters will be located. as usual, in
the building occupied by
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
DRESS GOODS

So inch flannel suitings. strictly all
} wool in solid colors and fancy MIX
! lures, 25c yd.
1 SO inch all wool flannel suitings.
} worth today 75c for SOC sd.
1 Is inch fancy cotton plaids, sc I'D.
I AZ inch dress plaids, sell every
where for 12fc, oIir price Zoe yd.
IS inch fine French serge, black
only, SOC I'd.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
BIRTHS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Born, In this city, November 81, 1897, tC
the wife of Mr.. Fred Kohlman, a girl.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
.Battenberg Lace
Materials

Z No need of sending TO the lace
) houses for materials for this popular
4 work when you can buy them 80
= chedply here.
Lace braid, &c sd or l5c a dozen.
/ Lace thread. SC ball.
: Lace rings covered, &c, SC and sc a
) dozen.
1 Lace patterns, l2c, I5c and coc.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27

"Maud g." hou for sale at Aull q WIS
sons. If you wish the best try THE brand.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27

The following marriage licenses havg
beer Issued the past week by County
Daaoraar Wallace
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
NO TRANSACTION.

From the New York Sun
made no offer for 1t. We have not asked
the price of it. There was a time, some
forty years ago, when Spain might have
sod Cuba to us, and got the cash for II;
but the situation has changed since then.
The revolutionary Cuhans are not anxious
that Spain should sell their country to
them. They have never made any propo-
siton to Spain for its purchase. They
believe they can gain possession of 1t
without paying q party who has no legi-
innate claim upon it. They say that the
Americans did not pay England for their
country, and that such of the colonies OF
Spain as parted from her in other times
got off without paying her anything. 1t
Is by driving off the robbers that the Gu
bans expect to get what belongs to them.
There are people who think that If Spain
were to become convinced that 1t would
be best to sell Cuba to the Cubans, this
country would help both parties in the
case by guaranteeing the payment of the
purchase money to Spain, perhaps to the
mistaken. We have not the leisure to en-
gage in that kind Of business. Thus tho
whole thing is very plain. Spain says she
will never sell Cuba. The Cuhans say
they do not desire to buy it. The Ameri-
cans also refuse to buy, refuse even to
give a guarantee of payment to Spain in
case she should change her mind and
seek to sell Cuba to its rightful owners.
There Is no transaction, Meanwhile,
Cuba is marching on.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
Unjust Criticism,

The habit among American newspa-
pers of discrediting the United States
senate has occasional excuse, but in the
main it is without justification and
tends simply to create vicious pre-
judices among the people. We expect
the supercilious Mugwump press to
scold whenever the senate does any,
thing robust and candid; but we are
surprised TO observe ordinarily judi
cious papers like the Chicago Times
Herald engaged momentarily in the
same shrewish practice.
Just now the latter journal Is in i'll
humor because the senate passed the
Morgan resolution. 1t calls Senator
Morgan names, it howls jngoism anl
demagogism. and 1t tries to leave the
impression that the senate in this mat
ter flew directly counter to public opin-
ion. AS a matter of fact, it must know
better. If it has any knowledge what
ever of the state of popular feeling
with reference to Cuba it is well aware
that the extreme anxiety of the execu-
tive department, heretofore and now,
to avoid ruffling Spain's feathers is
viewed by the great body Of Americans
as an exhibition Of conservatism which,
instead of helping along a solution of
the problem at issue, simply gives
Spain a wrong conception of US, makes
her feel that we are cowardly and alb
ject and encourages her in the very
| directions in which she needs to be
| suppressed.
The Venezuelan message of President
| Cleveland showed in the case of a much
| stronger power than Spain the whole
some effect of plain speaking. The
| Guiana boundary dispute had been un-
der consideration by Great Britain and
| the United States through the soft
| processes of conciliatory negotiation
for years without visible result; but
one vigorous blast from President
| Cleveland clarified the entire situation
and, though using the threat OF war,
to the ludicrous alarm of the over edu-
Gated effeminates of the period, did more
in one day to assure peace than had
been achieved by the arbitration socie-
ties since the dispute began.
The lesson of this incident applies to
Cuba. 1t is not jingoism nor fire-eat-
Ing nor appealing to the galleries to in
sist upon vigorous and uncompromis-
ing assertion Of American prestige and
influence in an international matter in
which we are intimately concerned,
but instead, the wisest and most truly
peace-making craftsmanship. 1t is be-
cause OF our continual vaclllation and
supercautiousness in matters Of this
kind that the Spanish people and a
good many other people in different
parts Of the globe regard US with con-
tempt and feel free TO offer indlgnities
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
The Escape of Havemeyer.

The escape of the president of the
sugar trust from conviction in the
senate contempt proceedings, while the
go-between, Chapman, is imprisoned,
constitutes situation which will re-
quire a great deal of explaining. 1t
appears that Mr. Havemeyer got off
on account of technical flaws in the
indictment. The question which this
circumstance suggests it whether those
flaws were the work of ignorance or
design.
We have seen how the gigantic in
stitutlon over which Mr.. Havemeyer
presides could capture a national ad-
ministration, as in the case of Mr..
Cleyeland's treatment or Hawaii and
Cuba; and how it could twist to its
purposes influential senators of the
United States. as in the case of cer-
tain members of the present finance
committee of that honorable body The
seat OF capturing sufficient foot-hold
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
IMPORTANT, If TRUE.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


If the report is true that the Lykcns
Valley bed of coal has been found of
workable thickness at Tamaqua, and If it
shal. prove to be continuous bed instead
of a mere local deposit, the discovery
is of great importance to the coal
trade. The Lykens Valley bed-or lSSds,
for there are two of them-were auout
the first of the anthracite series deposit
ed. They underlie all the beds from
which the hard coal of commerce
comes and their product is a semi-anthra-
cite, burning almost as readily as bitumi-
nous but with the clear glow and smoke
less flame of anthracite. 1t is much
priced for domestic use and commands a
higher price than any other coal except a
few fancy brands. Although they are sup
nosed to undtrli the mammoth bed,
which is continuous throughout the an
thracite region, they have never been
found in workable conditions anywhere eX-
cept in the western end of tho Schuy!kill
coalfield; hence their reported discovery
as far east as Tamaqua opens possibili-
ty Of a greatly enlarged supply of very
profitable product and large addition to
the business of the Schuylkill miners and
coal dealers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
The Tax Receiyership Bill.

The reconsideration of the Torrey tax
receivership bill by the house at Har-
rsburg yesterday, and it's postpone
ment for the present, gives the sup
porters of this excellent measure an
other chance to bring pressure to bear
upon the legislature in its behalf. The
difficulty is that while this bill pro-
poses a Substantial benefit to every tax
payer in a third-class city inasmuch
as it would enable him to pay all his
taxes to one receiver at one time, in
stead of to two or three receivers, in
different places and at different times,
thus causing confusion and annoyance
as we'll as increased cost of tax col
lection, it is a measure in whose favor
the people have taken no concerted ac-
ton. Its merit is so manifest that no.
body in particular seems to have made
II his business to boom it.
On the other hand, there is an active
and effective opposition composed of
office-holders whose positions are
threatened. and this, working quietly,
has been enabled to do much mischief.
The situation may be explained still
more plainly by saying that while there
is nothing in the bills enactment save
for the people in gross, there is a
good deal in it's defeat for the few
whose soft snaps it threatens. That
being the case, the bill is reasonably
sure to expire unless the people bestir
themselves. They have it in their
power to secure the victory If they
will put forth some effort If they neg
lect to do this, it will be their owI
fault and they will have only theil
own inertia to blame.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
Defeated, but Not Dismayed.

The National Arbitration committee
appointed by the National Peace con-
ference, which met in Washington in
April of last year, has issued an ad-
dress to the people urging those who
are friendly to the principle of arbitra-
ton to continue their efforts for the
establishment of "a proper and a per-
manent system of arbitration between
this country and Great Britain" Such
a result, it submits. would be "the
most influential step toward the adop-
tion of arbitration by all civilized ma
tions."
In this advice the committee will
have general sympathy and co-opera-
ton. The defeat of the Olney-Paunce-
fote compact involved only tempor-
airy setback for the cause of arbitra-
tion in general. 1t is our belief that
the senate had substantial reason for
ohjecting to that treaty in it's origin
al form: but that it will at a future
time approve an instrument properly
drawn for the protection of American
interests is as certain as anything in
the future can be. Those who oppose
the whole theory of arbitration consti-
tute as small minority in these days
of diffused intelligence as do those on
the other hand who think so much
OF the broad principle of arbitration
that they are needless of the details
of its application
The National Arbitration committee
has shown the spirit in defeat which
wins admiration and support. 1t does
NOT give way to choler nor pause to
weep over the irrevocable; it takes off
It's coat Qn pacific sense) and goes
to work. The duty before it is simply
to keep the best influences of our ma
tional life in organization and cooper
alton. This in itself will force a re-
opening of the recently interrupted ne
gOtiations, aud with the experience of
the earlier failure as a guide, Amer
lean craftsmanship will not be likely
to fall a second time into the pit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

to study Il through men selected by IT.
self Any step looking to the recognition
OF the Cubans either as belligerents or as
an Independent nation must be grave
one and is liable to bring about serious
complications with one or more European
nations. 1t Is easy for men who have not
this responsibility upon their shoulders
to insist upon immediate action and
to talk glibly about the ability OF the
United States to whip any nation, but the
man who recognizes that his action, un-
less carefully considered, Is liable to
plunge nations into war, sacrifice not alone
millions OF money but perhaps thousands
OF lives, must feel that the responsibility
is very grave one. Human life, whether
In Cuba or in the United states, or upon
the high seas, is sacred and a president
who could or would take action liable to
create such complications as to endanger
the lives Of his own people or the people
OF other nations, without the most careful
consideration, would be unworthy of the
confidence of his country. Those who un-
derstand the responsibility which rests
upon President Mckinley in determining
what the attitude of this government shall
be recognize GULLY the wisdom OF his
course in desiring ample time for a stuoy
of this question in the light of such infor-
nation as he can obtain through his own
representatives selected for that purpose.
1t Is not through any desire to temporize
or to delay action further than the time
necessary for this examination that leads
him to the careful course which he is pur-
suing, or that leads the house
of representatives. to decline TO
force him to act before, he has
obtained this information upon a resoiu-
ton whose adoption might be fraught with
such serious consequences, and might
sacrifice the lives of many citizens of his
own as well as other countries. The peo-
pie of the United states need not suppose
that President Mckinley is unnecessarily
| delaying action, or intends to unnecessar-
| lily delay action. lie does not. He fully
| realizes the gravity of the situation, the
| Importance of action, but he also recog-
nizes the equally important step of max
| ing that action just to his own country,
to the Cubans, and to humanity at large
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
Reckoning Without Their Hosts.

The fact that the large syndicate of
American and English capitalists
financially interested in Cuba which
recently approached the Spanish min
lister at Washington with a proposition
for the purchase of Cuba's independ-
ence has not been disheartened by his
curt rejection of their offer is notewor-
thy. Their representatives, Messrs.
McCook and Smith, have again assured
President Mckinley of their ability to
guarantee the bonds of the Cuban re-
public to an amount sufficient to reim-
burse Spain for the recognition of Gu
ban independence, provided the United
States, pending the stabilization of the
new Cuban government, will take
charge of the islands finances; and
they claim to have faith that notwith-
standing Spain's grandiloquent talk to
the contrary, the government at Mad
rid will yet be glad TO accept a fair
cash offer.
From the standpoint of American and
English capitalists there is nothing out
of the way in such a proposition. Those
men own property i'll Cuba which is be-
ing deprecated by war. They want
peace. They are willing to pay for it.
To guarantee the bonds of a govern
ment owning so fertile an island as
Cuba, under the sanction of a power so
influential as the United States, in
wolves only a slight risk, compared
with the risk to which their property
is subjected by the present conflict 1t
might cost them the trouble of ad-
vancing some money for interest pay
ments on the bonds, with the certainty
| of getting it back again in good meas
ure; but that is all. The bonds them
| selves would be a mortgage on the
| island upon which they could any time
realize by means of a forcible seizure
| of the Cuban custom houses, after the
example set by Great Britain at Cor
| into.
| When we ccme to consider this prop
osition from the standpoint of the lead
ing citizens of Cuba, however, it pre-
serts decidedly different aspect. Here
are men who for more than two years
have braved death, starvation and con-
| tinual discomfort in behalf Of their
| country's desire to be Independent
Many of them have endured the tor
lures OF the inferno i'll the cause OF
Cuba libre. They have seen their fer
| tile island turned by war into n will
derness; they have sacrificed theil
plantations, their homes. their in.
| come on the altar of patriot
ism; and now to ask them, with
victory In sight, to shoulder 6
big war debt on top of all the othei
burdens which the conflict has imposed
upon them, merely in order that the
departure of the Spaniard may be has
tened, is to ask what any American
similarly placed, would unhestating
ly pronounce unreasonable.
It is one thing for syndicates remote
from the scene of nostilitics to draw vi
theoretical plans for the achievement
of peace in Cuba; but ii is quite an
other thing to put those plans into op
Grafton. The freedom Of Cuba must b,
won by the sword. That is freedomi
only sure price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
We offer this week, to
reduce stock, extraOrdi-
nary values i'm Curtains:

40 pairs Nottingham Lace, 69c. pair;
from S5c.
30 pairs Nottingham Lace, sSc. pair;
from $l.10.
IS pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.15 a
pair; from $1.37A.
20 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.SS a
pair; from S1.75.
is pairs Nottingham Lace, $165 q
pair; from $500.
12 pairs Nottingham Lace, s1.95 a
pair; from $3.50.
20 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white,
1915 a pair; from $3.50.
10 pairs Irish Point. ecru and white,
$455 pair; from $3.50.
IL pairs Irish Point, ecru and white,
$3.50 pair; from s6.c5.
10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white.
$3.50 a pair; from $3.50.
10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white,
s.371. a pair; from $1,000.
IL pairs Brussels Net. $3.50 pair;
from $6.75.
12 pairs Brussels Net, S6.75 a pair;
from $7.S5.
12 pairs Brussels Net, $7.75 a pair;
from $s.25.
12 pairs Brussels Net, $3.50 a pair;
from 5000.
IL pairs Brussels Net, s10,25 a pair;
from $1,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

That is an interesting report which
says that General Maxine Gomez, com.
mander-in-chief of the Cuban army, is
about to resign his command in favor
of CaliXto Garcia, accept the appoint
ment Of secretary of war and In that
capacity pay a personal visit at Wash
ington to President Mckinley and Sec
retary Sherman, for the purpose of
explaining to them the real facts con-
cerning the strength of the insurgents,
their progress in establishing a civil
government and the outlook for Cuba
as it appears to him. General Gomez
would be warmly welcomed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
SCRANTON, MAY 2S, 1897.

The Tribune is panied to witness the
warmth of temper which is beginning
to characterize the relations of it's es-
teemed afternoon contemporaries; and
in the interest of peace and concord
It feels constrained to suggest a ref
erence of their circulation controversy
to arbitration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
Special Sale.

Chdrns
fFn
We ashbe
Black Umbrellas natural handles
lot handle, Gloria Umbrellas
neckta a 9
andB Boys fancy a 10
all szes in whit and dancie a
sIinenand Duck Tam a 14c
sterling silver gold
kind. choice
Half Price,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

in a district court to spare the presi-
dent of the trust the ignominy of in-
generation in Jail along with common
felons would be relatively easy.
1t is not difficult to predict one re-
suit of this kind of thing. 1t will make
votes for Organism much more rap
idly than the conscientious endeavor
Of the Mckinley administration to do
its duty toward the people in mass can
unmake them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
EUROPE AND CUBA.
Interview with Henri Rochefort.

Interview with Henri Rochefort.
Europe may not be afraid of Greece,
but she is mortally afraid of America.
Certainly no European power will send
warships into Cuban waters to help
Spain or in case war is declared be-
tween the United States and Spain they
will not send vessels to be sunk by tor
pedoes at the mouth of New York har-
bOr
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28
SPOKE FOR MIR. WILLIAMS.

Wash. Dispatch in Phla. Inquirer.
Congressman Connell, of Scranton, on
Wednesday had few minutes talk with
the President and put in a good word sor
ex-State Representative John T. Will
Jams, of Scranton, who would like to be-
come consul to Cardiff, Wales.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

IF the present legislature undertakes
to lock horns with Governor Hastings
on an issue of extravaganza versus
economy, it will speedily discover that
public opinion is on the side of the
governor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

Senator Morgan frankly says he
wants a war with Spain because he be-
lieves it is inevitable anyhow and that
the sooner it is endured and concluded,
the better for all concerned. A good
many persons think this who lack the
candor publicly to say so.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

William f. Curtis, the man whom
Secretary Blaine appointed chief of the
bureau of South American republics, is
a busy apologist for Spain, and sur
passes even Senator Hale in the dis
semination of anti-Cuban literature.
What would Blaine think if he were
alive?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-28

The claim is now made that Cover
nor Blacks starchless civil service sys-
TEN is unconstitutional. Then why are
it's opponents so al-fired mad?