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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
From Strategy to Business.

True to their usual tactics, the
Democrats launched yesterday a lot or
eleventh. h-hour falsehoods. The pages
of last nights Times bristled with them
and hired gossips put them in circula-
tion at street corners and in other
places of assembly. one was an al
legged denial by John G. Jennings that
he had fully eXoneratcd Clarence E.
Pryor of any intentional wrong doing
in the Cornelius Smith case. This de-
NAL was deliberately manufactured
We have the names Of five witnesses
who heard Mr.. Jennings eXOnerate Mr..
Pryor and agree to vote for him.
Another fool warn put out by the
ratified Democratic managers was that
the other Republican candidates had
been tossed overheard in order to save
Jones and Pryor Anybody who knows
the situation in this county knows that
Jones and Pryor do not need saving;
that there has not been a time in the
canvass when they did not seem sure
of election by large pluralities. The
truth was that yesterday afternoon
SCndul TtluStt dbSblultly " III Il
finger for his colleagues on the Demo-
cratic ticket and notified his workers
to drop everything but his own candi-
dacy, which he then foresaw was des-
perate if not hopeless. This was the
move which the Democrats sought to
mask by their fiction about Jones and
Pryor.
There were other roOrbaCks of equal
fimsiness but they do not matter now
The time for this sort of strategy has
passed. Today will witness the deter.
mination of the whole matter and we
are glad to be able to inform the loya
Republicans of Lackawanna county
that their prospects of winning a rous'
ing victory are first-class. If the Re
publican vote is brought out as il
should be, the election of the Republi
can ticket will follow. not by a narrow
margin but by pluralities little if any
smaller than those of a year ago
Therefore let no effort be spared today
to get out the vote. That is the pivota
point in the whole campaign.
,,oaIyp c,irp Of a rp,,CiDC, Nictprv fnl
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evidently published for the purpose OF
keeping up the interest of the reading
public in the enterprise, so that the
work OF the lecture bureaus will he
accelerated upon the explorers return
in case he does come back to the
green fields of civilization. The numer-
Gus carrier pigeons said to have flown
from Andrees coop have proved upon
investigation to be bogus birds carry
ing unauthorized dispatches from the
land of ice. AS an exchange remarks,
it is "a trine early to expect intelligence
from Andree. And, besides, in case OF
success it is not likely that the eX-
plorer would send on his thunder in
advance by carrier pigeons and give
some one else an opportunity to get
book or song on the subject on the
market before his return.
Whether successful or not, Herr An
dree displays good judgment in keep
ing out of sight at present, and in not
giving his story to the public too soon.
In many respects Andree's voyage is
unique. If he has actually ventured
very far from civilization, he has prac-
tically closed the doors behind him
and has left no track that could be
followed by a relief expedition. Should
the explorer return with a tale that
cannot well be verified or contradicted.
doubtless many will contend that he
did not go to the north pole at all, but
spent the time up around Spitzenberg
hunting seals and thinking up a yarn
to spin upon his return home. The
Andree question is one of interest to
all. There are believers and skeptics.
When one comes to think of it, the voy-
age Of Columbus was in it's time con-
sidered more hazardous than the under
taking of Herr Andree. Yet the results
that followed the Investigations of 1892
have been satisfactory to nearly all,
save perhaps the followers Of Seth Low
in New York. There is no question
that Andree has displayed an unusual
amount of foolhardness in the present
instance, if he is actually upon the con-
templated voyage, and it will be well
for the public to have patience and
give the explorer credit for what he
may have to offer at the proper time.
History proves that the Republican
party is the one party now in exist
aprn that nnnn1p oar, trIlSt Vote
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
Great Autumn Sale of

The character of our
Linen Stock is too we'll
known to need much talk on
our part. We merely say
that having purchased
largely i'm anticipation of
the advanced prices CON-
sequent ON the new tariff
schedule, we can offer ex-
traordinary values.
1t is impossible to EMU
merate the different lines
and prices, therefore we
mention only a few items:
One case silver bleached
German table linen, 64
inches wide, ten different
patterns. soc a yard, good
value at 75C.
1OOdozensilVer bleaChed
napkins.
so pieces Scotch and
Irish danlasks, from 25c
to $3.50 per yard. 200
dozen napkins to match.
Linen sheets, pillow and
bolster cases, counter
panes, bureau sets, etc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
Be the weather what it may, vote early,
TODAY'S ELECTIONS.
Plttsburg Chronlele-Telegraph.

This is an "off year" in politics, II is
the ebb after the high tide of the presi-
dental election, In Pennsylvania there
are six candidates in the field for the prin-
cipal officer to be chosen, state treasurer,
and five for the only other state officer
to be elected this year, auditor general.
The quietness of the campaign i'm Penn
sylvanla is in strong contrast TO the deep
interest manifested In the elections in
New York and Ohio. National issues are
prominent in those states, and outsiders
Of prominence are taking part In the cam
paigns. The selection OF the first mayor
OF the Greater New York is an event of
great moment and the result is being
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

awaited with anxiety which is not con-
fined within the boundaries of the great
municipality.
In Ohio the governor has to be elected,
but more interest centers in the selection
of n legislature, for the state assembly
chosen on November 2 will elect a senator
of the United States to succeed Marcus
Alonzo Hanna. The fight I'm Ohio was
deemed OF sufficient Importance to bring
William Jeanli KS Bryan into the state TO
tails against Mr.. Hanna.
The third Of the great contests OF this
year is Mr.. Germans battle for re-elec-
tion in Maryland. Governors are to be
elected in Iowa, Massachusetts, and Vir-
ginia, as well as In Ohio, and New Jersey
elects a Legislature, which will choose a
successor to James Smith, jr, Democrat,
in the United States senate. Twelve
states in all vote on November 2, but the
contests are not Of general interest apart
from those named
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
LIFE-sAVING HEROES.
/ the Newburyport News.

From the Newburyport News.
Out of over 1000 lives imperiled along
our coasts during the last year of life
saying service only fifty-three were lost.
That is a record that the service has rea-
son TO be proud Of The public does not
begin to comprehend the work of the life
saving bureau of this country and the
dangers to WI ich the men are at all times
exposed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
Editor of The Tribune.

Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me space in your valuable
paper to vindicate myself and deny a
false, malicious and despicable attack on
me, which appeared in the Scranton
Times on Saturday, stamping me as "A
boodler and trying in the most high
handed manner to blacken me in the
eyes of the public. The article referred
to accused me of using the postofiice as
a dispensary of Republican money and
furthermore asserted that | had openly
offered to bribe voters to cast their bal
lots in the interest of the Republican
nominees. This is an unmitigated false
hood, and L defy any individual, clique
or faction to try to substantiate It, l am
native born of Minooka, and In justice
to myself | defy any person to point out
one blemish on my past record, either as
an official or as an American citizen.
Yours respectfully,
w. ]. Burke,
Minooka, Nov. I. Postmaster.
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\ That the entire Republican county
ticket will be elected today is con-
coded privately by well-informed Dem
ocrats; but they hope the pluralitic7
will be small, so they can claim a
moral victory for Organism and free
silver. 1t rests with Republicans to
cancel this hope and clinch for years
to come Republican supremacy in
Lackawanna county by getting out the
complete party vote. Rout out the
stay-at-homes line up the wavering
Let's make this victory a sumner!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
SETH Lows DAILY CHANT.
From the New York Sun.

o, burn more incense round me and
trim my aureOle, and blazon and resound
me the necessary sole, the matchless
perfect, peerless head man of Virtues
show, the noble, sapient, fearless, remark
able Seth Low. l come, by Mugwumps
tended to beat the bosses down, and with
my radiance splendid TO shine upon the
town. l fill with wrath and terror the
slaves of partisanship, while freed from
vulgar error the Goo Coos laugn and skip.
Bow down, ye common people, admiring
gratefully the crown, apex and steeple
of civic virtue, ME.
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pulousness Of Tammany Hall at its
worst, would constitute a surprising
public misfortune; but II 1T shall occur
the fact will need to be borne in mind
that for this result the American peo-
pie can blame only the boundless ego
tism, ambition and stubbornness of the
Hon. Seth Low, disrupter of Republic
can unity and the effective enemy, be-
cause the misguided friend, Of good
government
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

From the Washington Post
We have no sympathy with one Of a CO.
tere of book publishers who the other
day appealed to his colleagues to discour~
age the printing of cheap books. the
glory of the end of the century is that
literature is to be had almost for the ask
ing. The development of the printing
press, the invention of type-setting ma
chimes, and the decrease in the cost of
paper through the utilization of new de-
vices have given a remarkable impetus
to the art of printing. Admirable maya
zines, attractive both in typographical ap-
pearance and of high merit as regards
their contents, are to be had for dime.
The household in which the monthly mag
azine was once an unknown luxury IS
now enabled to enjoy good literature and
artistic Illustrations at nominal cost,
o
Nor is this era of cheap but good liter
aturc confined to magazines. Books flood
the market There is sCme trash, most
truly, but as a whole the field of cheap
editions is one we'll worth reaping. Near
ly all the classics-the books that are per-
ennially entertaining and hopeful-are to
be obtained for few cents. When Emer-
sons wonderful essays can be had for Is
cents or Ruskin's beautiful Sesame and
Lilies" for the same sum; when the IA
nous authors of other lands are present.
ed in dainty form and admirable trans3a-
tions when Scott and Dickens and
| Thackeray can be had for less cost than
| the poorest dinner, why should any one
| complain? Nor do the catalogues of the
cheaper books make it plain that low
| prices and worthlessness go hand in hand
Matthew Arnold, Andrew Lang, and 9TH
| ers of equal standing, appear IN the list
| of authors. Almost every classic is on
i the bargain counter.
o
The most hopeful sign of the times is
this widespread publication Of good books
at minimum cost. If there were no de-
mand for them there would be no supply
They are not published for sentimental
| reasons. The very fact that good litera-
ture is within everybody's reach is, in it.
self, broadening the publishers market
| One good book stimulates the mind and
irsures the sale of another volume. Pres
entity, with few pennies or a few dol
lars, n library is gathered, and the seed
| of culture is sown. Certainly this is no
| to be deIyfored-not even by the publisher!
of high-priced books. The wider the fielC
| of literary appreciation and enJoymen
| becomes, the greater will be the deman,
| not only for cheap editions, but for thos'
volumes which cannot be published eX
cept at the old time standard figures
| The era of cheap books is matter o
| congratuation. Let the number be eve
| so great, let there even be Chaff amoni
the nutritious grain, we will not sheC
tears. on the contrary, we thank tn
man who first made cheap books possible
and to those who have come after hin
we offer our best wishes for the constan
increase of their trade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstroIoger.
Astrolabe cast: 4t9 a. m, for Tuesday,
Nov Q 1897
C4s,

y e&
A child born on this day will notice
that the Times editor, as usual at cleo
tion time, has "roorbacks" in his mental
garret.
Several enthusiastic political bed-fel-
lows in this vicinity will probably occupy
separate apartments when the results Oh
todays struggle are announced.
1t seems pretty tough for the candi-
dates of a political party to be obliged
to sign paper for public print agreeing
not to knife each other.
Charlie Schadt will be the coolest
baby in the bunch" when the votes are
counted this evening.
Okelrs vote will not cut as much of Il
figure in the present instance as the
mustache on the face of "a l6-year-old
blonde boy.
BY all means let the Democratic county
ticket get together" at once. The dis
solution will occur this evening.
Cornelius Smith and the Jennings case
have entered the campaign as an issue.
Let us hear from Baylor's fish pond.
The cheerful mien of Colonel Fitzsim-
Mons under the circumstances shows
that there are other heroes besides the
man who can smile with a bunion on his
iEstep.
Aiacchus' Advice,
Use judgment at the polls. DO not cast
your ballot in a way that will make you
feel like asking some friend to kick you
off the earth 4 week hence.
-
BE the weather what it may, vote early.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

state.
State Treasu rer--J. S. BEACOM' OF
WestmUrelaEd. --
Auditor General-LEVI G. MCAULEf.
of Chester.
County.
Sheriff-CLARENCE u. PRYOR, or
Scranton.
District Attorney-JOHN r. JONES, OF
Blakely.
Prothonotary JOHN COPELAND, OF
Carbondale.
ton.
Clerk of the Courts--THOMAS =. DAM
IELS, of Scranton.
Recorder CHARLES HUESTER, OF
Scranton.
Register-WILLIAM X. BECK, of Mos
cow
Jury Commissioner - CHARLES WIG
GINS, OF Scranton.
Election day, November 2.
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Read tomorrow's Tribune If you want
to learn all about the result. The Tri-
bune makes it a practice to beat all
competitors in the accuracy and COM
pleteness of its election news.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
WHAT WOMEN MOST NEED.

From Miss WIZARDS Toronto Address.
What women today most need is a bet
ter physique, and that means nutritious
diet simple food, loose corsets, larger
shoes fresh air at night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

To make sure of a rousing victory for
the whole Republican ticket, see that
your own vote and your neighbor's vote
are polled early.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

In their anxiety to punish Platt the
Low Mugwumps are making It possible
for Tammany to elect Van Wyck That
is the Greater New York situation in
a nutshell.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
NOTABLY TRUE.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The main dependence OF the state for
protection against vicious legislation,
profigate jobbery and ruthless usurpa-
tion must be an upright governor.
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GOLDSNIIlIH['S o. BAZAAR.
CHIFFONS==

Are the things nOw-r all ladies' No article has
BEFORE and decoration The
embroidered
asking could many
ands
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BOOKS.

This the Mecca Titles
Of Mann a Few:
Dickens Duchess Foherg Fielding Goldsmith
Holiness Hawthorne
Thackeray
purchasing
long. All m Library binding good
Price, Is Cents Per VOume
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To make sure of rousing victory for
the whole Republican ticket, see that
your own vote and your ncighbor's vote
are pOlled early.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

Vote n straight ticko; today, by
placing a cross within the circle at the
top of the Republican column.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

Fe the weather what it may, vote early.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02

History proves that the Republican
party is the one party now in exist
ence that the people can trust. Vote
it's whole ticket today.
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CHEAP BOOKS.

Re the weather what it may, vote early.
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A TINES LIE NAILED.

e the weather what 1t may. vote early.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-02
LAST WORD TO VOTERS.

BE the weather what it may, vote carly.
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AjaCchus, Advice,

Use judgment at the polls, DO not cast
your ballot in a way that will make you
feel like asking some friend to kick you
off the earth q week hence.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-01
HCwS THIS. MR.. sHERMAN2
IL Japan to- he Allowed to Garrison Hs-
wall to Baik Annexation.

SAN FRANCISCO. sept. %. If the
stories told by the passengers and crew
Of the steamer City of Pelsin. which ar
rived from Hong Kong via Honolulu
on Tuesday evening be true, state of
affairs exists in Hawaii which demands
the attention of the state department.
When the City T Pelsin arrived at
Honolulu. the attention of the other
passengers on board that steamer
was attracted by the remarkably sym
me trical movements of ia Japanese
steerage passengers who We're disem-
barking.
Although classcd a. laborers. their
well-drilled and military appearance
was too palpable To escape observation
and occasioned considerable comment.
The Japanese were apparently under
the command of veteran sergean
md divided into squads of 20 under
non commissioned officers.
During the voyage military disci-
pline was observed, which created COM
ment among the other steerage pas
sengers and the steamers crew, and
many onjectures were hazarded as To
the meaning Of their being shipped e.
the islands. IL was generally believed
that they were sent to the islands for
the purpose OF forcibly resisting an
ne xation, il necessary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-01
WAR MAY BE NEAR.
Substance of the Interview Between
Woodford and the spanish Minister Of
Foreign Affairs spain Can Not Expect
European Aid.


MADRID, sept. 25.-A correspondent
here learns upon high authority that
the much-discussed interview of Satur-
day last between the United States
minister to Spain, Gen. Stewart l..
Woodford, and the Spanish minister
for foreign affairs. the duke of Tetuan,
we're merely preliminary.
wooDFogp SAID SOMETHING TO THE DUKE.
Gen. Woodford reported to the duke
the gravity of the condition of Cuba.
and requested. III behalf OF the Unit
ed States, that Spain would find
a method of speedily ending the
war and giving justice to the
Cubans. lie offered the good offices OF
the United States in eifecting a settle
men OF the Cuban trou bles, which prac-
tica ily gives Spain an opportunity
OF gracefully ending the war. IL she
does not embrace it "; hin reason
able time. notice will Ice given that the
United States must interfere. though
Gen. Noodfori has not said 80 yet.
SPAIN CAN MOI ENrEcr EUROPEAN AID
Spain can not expect the aid OF Eu-
ropean powers. a. the United States
am bassa lors have ascertained that ali
the European countries. except
Austria, recognize that the inter
ests OF the United state
justify the lattcrs interference III
Cuba. Austria. in this matter. 10 in
fiue need by the relationship between
the two dvnasties. the queen regent
of Spain being an Austrian arch
duchess. but it il not like y
that Austria will take any part in th'
question beyond possibly making !
! diplomatic protest against the inter
ven ton of the nited States.
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SOME ODD FACTS.

Every adult male Mohammedan Il
liable to military service, except those
who have had the good fortune 70 DO
born in Constantinople-
Rome has been invaded within year
or two by three OF the largest Munich
breweries, who do a brisk business In
the Eternal city during the dog days.
And yet a German expert admits that
very good beer is brewed in some ltal-
ian cities, as well as at Athens and
Smyrna
While bathing at Long Branch re-
Gently a youth dived in-shallow water
and buried his head In the soft sand.
his legs sticking up In the air. Had
il not been for his father, who was
standing close by, the youth would have
been drowned. AS IL was, the sand
crept into his ears and burst the drums.
making him stone deaf.
In Persia the tenant is absolutely at
the mercy Of his landlord, who can even
seize the persons Of himself and his
family and reduce them TO a sort OF
slavery till arrears Of rent and interest
ure worked off. aud this is true OF most
countries under despotic rule. Tenants
are generally tenants-at-will and can
be dispossessed on most frivolous pre-