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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18
YESTERDAYS WEEKLY 7

YESTERDAYS WEEKLY DEPOSIT.
Savings funds deposits for the sew
eral public schools using the idea were
not as large for the week as usual,
as the sum total for each school in
yesterdays deposit in the West Side
bank showed. For the week ending
Oct Il the deposits were as follows:
For public school, No. IS, David
owens, principal, 80 cents; Miss Martha
Watkins, so cents: Miss Elizabeth
Lewis, IS cents; Miss Alice Evans,
N.l3; Miss Bertha Kelly. 81 cents: Miss
Nellie Richards, Sl.59; Miss Nellie
Kelly, 81 cents; Miss Catherine Phil
lips, 81 cents; Miss Sarah Mcdonald,
40 cents; Miss Eliza Price. Sc cents:
Miss Mary Harris, 81 cents; grand
total, 1892.
For public school No. l9. Miss Josie
ID. Lees. principal, 1857; Miss Agnes
Murray, $3.50; Miss Norma Nichols,
sl.25; Miss Nellie Beamish, 10 cents:
Miss Morgan, 81 cents; Miss Flynn,
sl.66; Miss Edna Kent, 40 cents: Miss
Agnes Evans, 81 cents; Miss Wade, rs
cents; Miss Murphy, s1.S7; Miss Della
p. Evans, I.O9; Mrs. Ferber, $l.74;
grand total, 1897.
For public school No. SO, H. l.. Nor
gam principal, $50 cents; Miss Kate
Mullen, 81 cents; Miss Mary Ruddy,
SO cents; Miss Jane Fellows. $1.43;
Miss NJ. w. Vaughan, sI.O9; Miss Mary
Maghran, 80 cents; MISS Mary Car
penter, % cents; Miss Sarah O'Connor,
sl.29; grand total, s6.4O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18
EVENTS OF DAY IN
WEST SCRANTON
MASS MEETING IN ST. DAvID's
HALL FRIDAY NIGHT.

Number of Able Speakers Will De-
liver Addresses at Republican
Mass Meeting-Annual Banquet Of
st. Paul's Pioneer Corps-Weekly
Deposits of School Children-Fare-
we'll to Captain and Mrs. Williams
of the Salvation Army--Minor
News Notes and Personals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18

THE PRESIDENT a SLAVE TO CA
TARRH-D. T. Sample President of
Samples lnstalment Company Washing
ton, Pa. writes: For years / was af-
hcted with Chronic Catarrh. Remedies
ana treatment by specialists only gave
me temporary relief until | was induced
to use DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. 1t
gave almost instant relief and has proved
the one good thing in my case Sold by
Matthews Bros and w. r. Clark-32
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18
HAPPENINGS OF
NORTH SCRANTON
STARS WON BASKET BALL CON.
TEST IN ARMoRY.

Playing Was of Brilliant Charac-
ter from Beginning to End-Mrs.
Jane Herbert, of North Main Ave-
nue., Severely Injured by Falling
While Returning from Church.
Marriage of Thomas Jehu and Mrs.
Ann ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Well
Known Persons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18

Old fashions in dress may be revive.
but no old-fashioned medicine can r.
place Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera a
Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all drU
gistS. Matthews Bros, wholesale an
retail agents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18

DIRECTIONS. - Take HALF usual
quantity. See water hoils. Pour off after
FIVE minutes stepping,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18

FUNERAL OF MRS. BEDDOE.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Thom-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18
Never Mind

the head II il
aches or feels
dizzy. TIL e
trouble isn't
there. Never
mind the mouth
If it tastes bad
ly. The trouble
is lower down.
in the stomach
n o s letters
Stomach Bit
ters is what
YOU need to
make you well.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18
Hands
Across
The Sea-.

ELABORATELY STAGED.
Act 1--Devonshire Farm. Act lI-RoorS
Grand Hotel, Paris. Corridor of the hotef.
Madam vallerie's Gaming Saloon. Act liz
Exterior OF Prison La Roquette. Inter-
ior of the Prison. Court Yard of the
Prison. Act IV-Deck of the "Austra-
liam" Act V-Australia. Sidney Harbor.
Monte Crsto.... Tuesday Matinee
Power of the Press. s........ Tuesday Night
War of Wealth. Wednesday Night
PRICE CES-Dime Matinees. Evening, 10.
20. 80 cents.
ming.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23
Why Grant Attacked

Detroit Free Press.
ga good general never overlooked a
point in the game" said an ex-Army
officer who grieves because time has
ruled him, out of the service. "NOth-
ing escapes him and that should be
remembered by these curbstone and
corner grocery strategists who gather
a little surface Information and then
howl because compaigns are not car
ried on in accordance with their plans.
"Apropos to this, I recall what SEEM
ed little thing that happened before
we attacked Fort Donelson, and yet
there is no measuring the effect it may
have had upon history. General Grant
called q council of war to consider
whether they should attack at once or
give the troops a rest, while Grant
smoked and gave no opinion.
There was deserter broug ht in
this morning. the General finally said.
Let us see him and hear what he has
to say
ssThe first thing Grant did when tn e
fellow came in was to open up his
knapsack. Where are you from?' the
General then asked.
"'F'ort Donelson.'
i" You have six days rations, L see.
When were they served"
~ Yesterday morning, SIR
Were the same rations served to
all the troops?'
Yes, sir
Gentlemen said Grant, troops
do not have six days. rations served
out to them in fort II they mean to
stay there. These men mean to re-
treat, not to fight. We will attack at
once.h
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23

which the watches and instruments
were regulating and directing these
| engines of destruction. In the blind
ness of our rage how should we paint
the heroic deeds and the waves OF
| valor that burst forth from our men-of
| war?
| Those who fought beneath the
Spanish flag bore themselves like men,
| as chosen sons of our native land. who
would rather die without ships than
live in ships which have surrendered.
To name those who distinguished
themselves in battle would require the
publication of the entire muster rolls
of our ships from captain to cabin
boy. To these victorious seamen of
for the living and prayers for the
dead.
when the hostile squadron turned
toward Cavite the crew of the steamer
Isla de MindanO heare the drums beat
ing to quarters and answered with en-
thusiasm with three rounds of cheers
for the King and Queen of Spain. I'm
til 40 o'clock everything was still as
death. Everyaeye was fixed on the
battle flag waving at our mast heads
in perfect and majestic order.
THE Olympia opened fire on Cavite,
and in an instant reply came from the
battery on the Mole, which kept on
firing at five-minute intervals. The
irOnclad shaped her course for the
Reina Cristina and the Castillo. Into
both these ships she poured a steady
that followed in her wake. Another
ship tina: directed heavy fire on our
line was the Baltimore; and so the
cannonade went on until 7:45.
SAT that moment the Don Juan de
Austria advanced, intending to close
up with the Olympia, SO as to board
her. And if q tremendous broadside
had not stopped her self-devoted charge
both ships might have sunk to the bot
tom.
"The Captain of the Reina Cristins.
seeing that the resolute attempt of his
brave consort had failed, advanced at
at full speed until within 200 yards of
the Olympia. Then q shower of pro-
jectiles swept the bridge and deck, fill
ing her with dead and wounded-heroes
and martyrs whom the nation will re-
member as long as it endures.
"a cloud of smoke from the bow
compartment showed that an incen-
diary projectile, such as the law of God
cruiser. The ship, still keeping up
her fight on the enemy, withdrew to-
ward the Arsenal, where she was sunk
to keep her from falling into the hands
of the enemy. The desperation of the
men on the Reina Cristina was ag-
gravated by the sight of the Castillo.
She, too, was soon ablaze from another
incendiary projectile.
''The principal ships of our squadron
being out of the fray, the Yankee YES
sells, some of them badly crippled by
the fire of our ships and batteries,
stood out toward Mariveles at the en-
trance to the bay, ceasing their fire
and occupying themselves in repairing
injuries until 10 o'clock. Then they
began q second attack to complete
their work of destruction.
''In the second assault the fire at the
Arsenal was extinguished and they
continued to cannonade the blazing
eunboats- Now that the ships were in
flames. Admiral Montoio, who had
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23
White Oats or Black?

The popular prejudice in this coun-
try is fer white oats, as is generally
because the black oats have
much thicker and harsher chaff. But
this is not always the case. The black
oats are generally heavier, and for this
reason they are mostly grown in
Northern Europe. 1t is in the moister
European climate, rather than in our
dry and hot American summers, that
the oat attains its highest excellence.
The tendency of oats is to run out in
this country, though if only heavy
oats are used for seed, and the seed is
sown early, so that it will tiller, good
crops can be grown several years be-
fore the seed needs renewing. When
new seed is secured, it is usually call
ed by some high-sounding name, Black
Norway, Russian or Irish. Yet we be-
Eeve as good seed oats can be grown in
Maine as anywhere, and it will pay
more Southern farmers to procure
Maine oats for seed when their home
grown oats begin to deteriorate. 1t
never pays to use poor seed. If heavy
oats alone are sown, q smaller .uan-
tity of seed will be sufficient, as the
plants will spread more.-Exchange
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23

solidity and strength in all its parts.
The piston is long and of peculiar cons
! tructiOn having a countersunk recess
!, in its outer face. The machine is so
constructed that at the end of the
outward stroke of the piston compress
sed air is admitted in the cylinder,
and at the same moment the fuel, in
the form of petroleum or coal gas, is
injected in proper quantety. The
piston, returning with the momentum
of the fly wheel, congresses the already
partly condensed air to density of 35
atmospheres, generating by such
compression a temperature of about
1900 degrees F., sufficient to instantly
ignite the fuel, which burns with q
slow but powerful expansive force-50O
pounds to the square inch-that drives
the piston outward until the pressure
is released by an opening valve at the
end of the stroke.
American manufacturers will ma
turally be DESTROYS to know when the
n ew motor can be had in this country.
Mr.. Mason says that the patents have
been said here, and the manufacture
of the motor should begin at once. In
France large works are under con-
struction at Barbecue for its manufsc-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23
AUGUSTUS STORY
OF The Battle OF Manila.
Special Cablegram to the Globe Democrat

Special Cablegram to the G1obe-Democrat.
HONG KONG, July 15.-The follow
ing is translation of an account of the
battle of Manila Bay, written by Gov
Gen. Augnsti and printed in the DiariC
de Manila:
"When the enemy's squadron was
sighted in perfect line OF battle
through the clouds of a misty dawn on
the morning of May !, gloom and sur
prise were general among the people
of Manila. At last these ships had
strained their boldness to the point of
appearing on our coasts and defying
our batteries, whick showed more cour-
age and vaior, than effect, when they
opened fire on the squadron. 1t needs
more than courage to make projectiles
penetrate; indeed it does.
THE inequality of our batteries,
when compared with those OF the squad
ron, was enough TO transform the tran
quill character of our tropical tempera-
ments. While ladies and children, in
carriages and on foot, fled to the out
lying suburbs and adjacent villages,
every man, from the stately person
ages to the most humble workman,
merchants and mechanics, Spsniards
and natives, soldiers and civilians, sill
wept, sought their stations and put on
their arms, confident that the enemy
would never land on Manila soil unless
they did it over their orpses.
From the first the strength of the
enemy's armor and the power of his
guns demonstrated that his ships were
invulnerable to our energies and our
ornaments. The hostile squadron
would never have entered our bay had
not its safety been guaranteed by it's
manifest superiority.
-
the roofs of high buildings and all ele-
ton were occupied by those who were
not retained by military
duty, The slightes details
of the enmey's ships were
noted as they advanced toward Cavite
in line parallel with the beaches of
Manila. There were no gaps in the
line. The curious public hardly rea-
LIKED the disparity between their
great guns and the pieces mounted on
our Notifications. Some had glasses
and others were without them, but all
seemed to devour with their eyes the
intruding strangers, who were not
since the range of their guns enabled
them to preserve their impunity while
doing US as much harm as they pleas
ed.
"All who appreciated the impunity
with which the hostile ships maneu-
vered as if on q harmless parade, were
full of such rage and desperation as be-
longs to the brave man who can make
no use of courage, to whom remains no
remedy except an honorable death
rather than cowardly inactivity. A
soldier of the 1st Battalion of GAIA
dores gazed at the squadron sweeping
over the waters out of reach of the fire
of our batteries. looked out at the
ships and then toward heaven, saying:
eff Holy Mary would turn
that sea into land the Yankees would
find out how we can charge in double
time
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23

in the Mediterranean, ran across an
other ship. 1t was night, and he could
get no reply to his hail. This colloquy
followed:
Preble-I now hail you for the last
time; if you don't answer, I'll fire q
shot into you.
Stranger-If you do, I'll return a
broadside.
Preble-I should like to catch you at
that. now hail for an answer. What
ship is that?
Stranger-This is his Britannia ma
iesty's eighty-four-guns ship OF the line
Donegal. Sir Richard StrachAn. Send
q boat on board.
Preble-This is the United States
forty-four-gun ship Constitution, Cap
| tain Edward Preble, and I'll be ID
if send a boat on board any ship
Blow your matches, boys.
We were at peace at the time, and
the two captains suspected that each
| was pirate. They lay to during the
night. Explanations followed in the
| morning, when the British ship proved
! to be not the formidable Donegal, but
the thirty-two-gun frigate Maidstone.
Commodor c Mscdonough sighted the
enemy In Lake Champlain on q Sunday
morning. He ran up the signal for
| divine service, and, kneeling on the
i QeCk dfuO1R us men, OHtrtu dppTOpTl-
ate prayers. During the engagement
q British shot struck the hencoop on
the Saratoga and released q gamecock,
which flew into the rigging and crow
ed Justify through the fight, the men
loudly cheering. Macdonough's victory
aroused the enthusiasm of the entire
nation.
A war cry that closely resembles IRE
member the Maine" was that which
Gen. Sam Houston gave to his troops at
the battle of San Jacinto-the battle
which gave freedom and independence
to Texas. Col. Travis was in command
of about iS5 Texan soldiers in the fort
called the Alamo at BeXar. There he
was surrounded by greatly superior
force under the Mexican dictator, San
Ia Anna.
On the morning of March 6, 1916, the
little garrison of the Alamo capitulat-
ed, on the pledge of the Mexican gen.
eral that their lives would be spared.
Notwithstanding this pledge Col. Ira
Wis and his entire force were massacred
as soon as they had surrendered. Their
dead bodies were gathered together, q
huge pile of wood was hesped upon
them, and they were burned to ashes.
This fearful act of bsrbarity stirred
the Texans to intense wrath, and i'm
planted in their breasts fierce thirst
Tor vengeance. On April ~, 1885, Gen.
Houston, with about 700 men, gave
battle at San Jacinto to Santa Ana,
with nearly three times the number of
Mexicaus, and, in spite of the dispsri-
ty Of numbers, Houston's little force
swept the Mexicans like chaff before
the wind. 1t was more slaughter
than battle.
Just before the assault of the Texans
was made on the ARM of Santa Ana,
Houston addressed his soldiers. in a
: lfervid speech, closing with. these
J words: Remember the Alamo. "
These words fell upon the ears of the
Texans with wonderful effect. Every
soldier in the little army at the same
J instant repeated the words ''the Ala
J mo-" until the word became shrek
| for revenge that struck terror to the
; souls of the Mexicsns. When the bat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23
FAMOUS BATTLE CRIES.
Slogans That Have Rallied Americ-
ans In Many Fierce Fight.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Remember the Maine, Commodore
Schley's now famous signal of attack
on the Spanish fleet, will undoubtedly
become immortal in American history,
in the history of the English-speaking
peoples, in fact; for, as an appeal to
patriotism IL is as thrilling as was Nell
sons battle cry at the Nile, England
expects that every man will do his
duty
During the l32 years of our exis-
tence as a nation the commodores, cap
tsius, and other officers of the navy
have made q magnificent contribution
OF patriotic phrases to our war litera-
ture.
Tho sea fighters stapted in this line
81 the very beginning OF the revolution,
In fact, before that tremendous strug-
gle with the mother country was begun.
Capt. Whipple, of Providence. II. l.,
for instance. when notified In 1875 by
Sir James Wallace, of the British fri
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23
A New Motor.


Our consul general at Frankfort,
Mr.. Mason, reports that in May next
the various German manufacturers of
the new Diesel motor are to hold a Joint
exposition at Munich in order to show
what they have accomplished in the
development Of this remarkable inven-
ton. The world has heard q good
deal about new motors of various sorts
during the past few years. Most of
them have not justified the claims
made for them in advance. But the
Diesel motor is not in this class. 1t has
been examined and approved by Lord
Kelvin, of England, and Prof Schrot-
er, of Germany, the two highest autho-
rites on thermo-dynsmics in their res
pective countries. Mr.. Mason says
that expert commissions from ell civil
lized countries, including Japan and
Australia, have visited Augsburg to
see the new motor, and all have gone
home convinced of its wonderful utili-
ty. A perfected 1000 horsepower Die
sci motor is now expected to be the
partment in the Paris Exposition of
1900.
There is no explosion such as occurs
in the cylinder of an ordinary gas en-
CINE. The ignition of the gas is fol-
lowed by slower expansion like the
action of slow burning smokeless
powder upon the projectile in a long
and closely rifled gun. The twenty
horsepower engine now in use in
after eight months Of operation, is said
to be more efficient than when first put
in operation.
We can not doubt from the testimo-
ny furnished that the Diesel motor
is an invention of the highest
Importance to the whole world 1t
furnishes power at a cost of something
I'VE will not undertake TO say how
much) less than a fonrth of the cost of
steam power generated from coal
The boilers of forty horsepower
steam engine in Hartford will Consume
in ten hours coal costing something
over So. If within q year or two the
manufacturing establishments of this
city can obtain the same rpower for
81, thus effecting saving of 1920
year. there can not be any doubt that
they will do it. If furthermore. they
can save all the trouble and dirt in
vOlved in hauling coal to their fac.
turtles by having the necessary fuel
they will do that also. The Diesel
motor can be operated either by
petroleum or by gas. Mr..Mason says
that when using gas the new motor
will produce power as cheaply as
steam power could be had from coal
at 40c ton. The best steam engines
realize from l3 to rs per cent Of the
total amount of power in the fuel con-
sumed, while ordinary high pressure
engines may not utilize more than or
s per cent of the total. The Diesel
motor utilities more than 30 per
cent.
The new motor may be called q
higher type of the gas engine. Consul
| General Mason says:
'Omitting all scientific technicali-
| ties, the new motor may be cOncisely
described as a gas engine somewhat
similar in outward appearance to the
ordinary type, but more compact and
heavier, since the enormous pressure
under which it operates requires great
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23

gate Rose, that he would be strung up
at the yardarm for having burned his
majesty's ship, the Gaspee, sent the
laconic reply to Sir James: always
catch . man before you hang him."
81 have not yet begun to fight" was
one Of Commodore Jones' famous re-
plies to British captain with whom
he had been fiercely engaged for over
an hour, and who desired to know IL he
had surrendered; it was not Jones who
surrendered when tho battle came,to an
an end. That was celebrated engage
ment between the Scraps and the Bon
homme Richard. The Captain of the
Scraps having been knighted for his
gallantry on that occasion by George
III, Jones, when he heard of the pro-
motion, Enthusiastically remarked:
Never mind; IL meet him again I'll
make Lord OF him."
The first commodore of the young
American navy was Capt. John Barry.
In the spring of 1871 he was hailed by
u British ship on his way from Havana.
To the inquiry as to his identity he
replied: 1.-THE United States ship AL
lance, Saucy Jack Barry, half Irish
man, half Yankee: who are you?"
mot the value nor the command of
the whole British fleet could tempt me
from the American cause" was the
heroic reply OF Barry to Lord Howe
in 1916, when he offered him $1,000
guineas and a commission in the Eng
lish navy to Join the royal cause.
Equally heroic was the reply OF the
captive American sailor, Nathan
Coffin, when asked to enter the kings
service: Hang me, il you will, to
yard-arm, but do not ask me to become
a traitor to my country"
Commodore Stephen Decatur was
one OF the bravest men that ever walk
cd the quarterback. His famous toast
at aspublic dinner in Norfolk, Va,
in 1916, 'Our country, in her inter
course with foreign nations may she
always be in the right; but our country,
right or wrong" would, il he had
won him Immortality. The destruc-
tion by him Of the frigate Philadel-
phia in the harbor of Tripoli was de-
clared by Lord Nelson to be ''the
most bold and daring act of the age"
Decator was as generous as he was
brave. az cannot" said he to Capt
Garden, OF the Macedonian, as he Of
fered to surrender his sword, take the
sword OF man who has so bravely
for that hat" This was in the
1872 war, and the reference to the ha,
was reminder of bet between the
two officers, made previous to the
outbreak of hostilities, in regard
to the fighting powers of theil
ships.
To the hail Of squadron of Algeri
ne pirates. while cruising in the Medi-
terranean, of "Dove audit" (Where
are you going?"l Decatur from hi:
lone ship answered back. "Dove m
place" ("Where plesse'D, and they
let him 60.
''Don't give up the ship" the
dying words Of Commodore Lawrence
the heroic commander of the Chesa
peake. are among the very nobles
ever uttered. They will live as long
rs ocean rolls or ship floats. The gal
liant Perry flew that signal at his mast
head in the memorable battle of Lake
Erie, at the glorious close of which hi
had the inspiration to pen that dispatch
which has immortaliZed him in our his
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-23

with the guns assigned to them, allow
ing for their deficiencies and imperfec-
tiOns.
''The battery that did most damage
to the enemy was one made up of Hon
tOria guns. Six gunners were killed
and many wounded, and for this reason
it is proposed to demand the bestowal
OF the laurel-wreathed cross of San
Fernando on the valiant gunners who
served this battery.
"Guns were mounted at the entrance
of the bay, on Corregidor and Csballo
Islands, on Ell Eraile Rock, at Points
Restinga and Mariveles, at Punta Cor
da and Point Lasisi. The guns were
of 6-inch caliber.''