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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The w. G. T. L. at St. Paul de-
nounees the army canteen.
The German army will be speedi-
ly increased by $4,000 men.
The Filipinos are appealing to
Uncle Sam for independence.
Much sickness prevails in the
American camp at Santiago.
The Turner & Jones Coal company
of Columbus, O., fails for 81 100000.
Republicans will control the low
er house of congress by majority
of Is.
An open switch at Kingston, Ont,
is responsible for 8 deaths and 20
cripples.
L. S. steamer St. Paul has left for
Manila laden with Nmas gifts for
the soldiers.
The courts of France are conduct
ing a secret investigation in the
Dreyfus case.
Capt. Palmer of the Wyoming
light artillery suicides in Frisco. He
was unbalanced.
C. A. Towne of the sixth congress
sional district of Minnesota is defeat
ed by Page Morris.
1t is announced that Don Carlos,
by force if necessary, intends to take
the throne of Spain.
Archbishop Gross of the Oregon
Roman Catholic church dies of heart
disease in Baltimore.
Two soldiers at Lexington, KY,
engage In drunken row, and one
gets an obituary notice.
The original crusaders to the
number of 36 have been made life
members of the w. c.. T.. L.
America sends 72,00O gallons OF
alcohol to Japan to go into the man.
ufacture of smokeless powder.
Steps are being taken to drain
$500 feet OF the works OF the Com.
stock lode at Virginia city, New.
Chairman Cockrill of ths state
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
A RIDICULOUS SPECTACLE.

by the late papers we learn that
the case of Mayer vs.. Sweeney, now
hanging in the Supreme court of
Montana, involving the latter's right
to be mayor of the town of Neihart,
Sweeney was regularly elected last
spring at the municipal election has
been advanced on the calendar, and
decision upon it may be expected
almost any day.
Last September, by mutual con-
sent of the litigants, the cases
against the aldermen elect, and all
other cases in this connection were
dropped and the entire question has
been made to hang upon this one
case. A decision upon it will thus
dispose of every thing.
That it will soon be decided is re-
freshing news, as the town, on ac.
count of this fight, has already lost
so much in money and responsibility
that year of upright government
will hardly retrieve it. Business
men are behind with their licenses,
and at present there is no effort be-
ing made to collect licenses. The
street work for this year has not
been thoroughly done, and many of
the citizens have escaped this duty
because of lack of authority to eh-
force the law. In fact, the epidemic
of typhoid fever Neihart has suffered
for the past three months is directly
traceable to a negligent clique of
city officers who have failed to en-
the laws of cleanliness.
1t is a shame upon civil rights
and public decency that this fight
ever came up, and the gang of self
constituted custodians of the public
good who have aided in this thing
have only made miserable specta-
Gle to the shame of the town and the
ridiculous criticism of the outside
world.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

democratic committee claims Conrad
an easy winner for the L. S. senate
Mrs. Peary, Oakland, Cal, is
burned to death in the presence of
her two children. A kerosene lamp.
Chairman DINGHY says the war
revenue bill will have to stand for
about year more, as the govern
ment needs the money.
Gov. Smith has agreed to consid.
er petition for the pardon of Bloor,
the senate clerk who was penned for
secreting the salary bill.
The strikers at Virden and Andu-
burn, ILL.,, win all their demands and
the mines are reopened. Troops
have been ordered away.
The national republican headquart-
ers will be opened in Washington as
soon as congress convenes. This is
preparatory tie the campaign of 1900.
Osborne Deignan of Merrimac
fame refused to be Hobsonized by
the girls of Stuart, Iowa, his home
town. The Iowans give him fan
cy sword and a blowout upon his re-
turn.
Sen. Stewart denies the press re-
port that he has been turned down
in Nevada. He says that there can
be no serious obstruction in the leg
islature to his return to the L. S.
senate.
Austin, Tex, has been connected
with Bar Harbor, Me-, by the long
est long distance telephone line in
the world. The line reaches 1900
miles, and takes in Washington, New
York and other leading cities.
Sergeant Perkins of Frankfort,
KY, is acquitted of the murder of
his son-in law, J. w. Newton. 1t
appears that Newton betrayed Perk-
ms daughter before he married her,
and afterwards betrayed her young
er sister.
The Paris peace commission has
evidently encountered deadlock on
the Philippine question, Spain refus-
ing to consider the American propo-
sails. Meanwhile, Uncle Sam is col
Letting powerful squadron to make
an attack on Spain if necessary.
a $o00,000 fire visits Dawson city
October 10, burning much of the
business portion of the town. The
fire originated in broil in the tend
erloin district, one of the bad wo-
men throwing lighted lamp at
another, the lamp breaking and
scattering burning oil over every
thing. The fire of a year ago was
started by the same woman in the
same way.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

The striking coal miners at Vir-
den and Anduburn. lll., deserve the
palm of victory in their heroic
fight against oppression and cheap
labor. Had Grover Cleveland been
president, the affair would have been
a repetition of the Debs episode,
where the workingman lost every
thing. The verdict in this case is
that laborers as we'll as capitalists
have rights to protect, which they
have a perfect right to protect. and
humanity generally should rejoice
that the Illinois strikers win.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

The slaughter was frightful.
The dead and dying were strewn
about by thousands.
The crush of matter and the wreck OF
material bore testimony to the awful
work that had been done.
But the end was not yet, for Mrs.
O'Hoolihan, with her insect destroyer
in hand, continued to pass to and fro
among the detached pieces of furniture,
Staying without mercy and spraying
with fierceness that betrayed long suf-
fering and grim determination to end
it, even if the cost should mount up to
a quarter. er.-Cleveland Leader.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
Well Qualified.

Materfamilias Ito candidate for the
post of cook)-Your general character is
excellent, but before engaging you I
must find out something more from
your last mistress about your cooking of
fancy dishes.
Candidate-Oh, you may make your
mind easy on that point, mum. The
last family lived with was just gettin
into society through their table.-Stray
Stories.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

Count Cassini, at the Russian EN-.
bassey in Washington gives great
stress to the firm and lasting friend
ship between the United States and
Russia, especially with reference to
the Spanish squahble, and says the
friendship will continue. 1t is
amusingly true that the winning fell
low in fight always has plenty OF
friends-after the fight is over.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
EMPIRICAL CLAMOR.


All the empirical clamor we hear
today relative to the annexation of
the Philippines by the United States
is certainly founded upon wind, and
lacks the logic of investigation to
give it ground. The people of
America are much concerned on &C
count of the wage question, and
there is hardly a day or hour when
the strike or lockout is not working
in some part of the land, due to a
difference IN the wages offered and
the wages asked. Naturally the
wage Garner would be supposed to
think, talk and vote for the things
which conserve his best interest,
whether it be directly met in mu-
nicipal ordinance, or indirectly in
volved in a great international prob
lem.
The Philippines contain popu-
lation estimated at 5 millions which
allows by moderate calculation for
five millions of laboring classes
wage earners. These are composed
principally of Sepoys or native In
dians and Chinese coolies. Either
Of these classes lives cheaply, princi-
pally upon rice, and the standard
wage scale for Manila is about $3.50
month, the laborer boarding him
self.
In the light Of mercy to down
trodden humanity the United States
has great duty to perform. But
where in the name of the Caesars is
the wage Garner of this country to
gain anything by the annexation?
TO annex in this case means to
throw open to the employer of
America five millions of toiers who
by ignorance and home training are
not above beasts of burden. OF
course it will help the Filipino. 1t
will raise his condition of life higher
than it has ever been. But while he
is being elevated, our own laborer
must be correspondingly depressed
until the Americans and Filipinos
have reached common level.
Theoretically this would be as fol-
lows: Supposing the native toilers
of the Philippines, 100000 strong,
receive an average wage of $3.50 a
month, their monthly payroll would
be $22, 100000. Then supposing
the toilers of America, $4,000, 900
strong, receive an average wage of
$40 a month, their monthly payroll
would be 81 ,O00,O0O,O0O. The sum
of the two monthly pay-rolls 81 ,O22,
100000, would eventually be divid-
ed proportionately between the
toilers of the two countries number
ing 30,000,000; and the monthly
wage scale would fall in America
and rise in Luzon until the quotient
of these two numbers is reached at
an average of S34.08 per month.
This of course omits the considera-
of cost of transportation across the
Pacific which would slightly alter
the figures in favor of America.
When we meet an imperialistic
wage Garner, we are driven to the
conclusion that he is either too char
liable or too ignorant for his own
good.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
Unneceasary ProeraatinatIon.

1.-THE man who wins, " she said, "is
the man who is always ready to EN-
brace an opportunity.
"Well," he whispered, after he had
slipped an arm around her, chow do
strike you as winner"
"Only,fair, she answered. "This
might have happened month ago. -
Chicago News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
Placing His Sympathy.

81 see the Spaniards at Matanzas are
compelled to eat their mules to keep
from starving, =" remarked the short man
as he laid aside the paper.
"Yes, l was just reading about it, I"
said the man with the chin whiskers
at is too bad. l actually feel sorry for
'em.''
"Who--the Spaniards?'
mo, the mules. '-Detroit Free
Press
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

A BIG snake exhibition is on in
New York, including all kinds of
serpents, frogs, salamanders, lizards,
turtles, etc. There are a few edi-
tors in Montana who would find a
trip to New York to see the snakes
much cheaper than the course they
are at present pursuing.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
Much Against Him.

Everything seems to be against
me, he said.
No doubt he exaggerated, but there
was certainly good deal against him,
for the girl who sat by his side and pill
lowed her head on his manly breast
weighed not less than $50 pounds -
Chicago Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

"Down with liquor" is a motto in
dorsed by both the w. G. Il. T., and
the Z. S. army; but the two bodies
seem to differ as to the method of
downing it.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
A Reflection,

"a throne" said the boy king, with
the gravity becoming his station, sis
very much like bicycle.
lin what respect?" inquired the
prime minister.
Things go easily enough while
you're on, but it's hard to dismount
gracefully. Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

Isabel, you are entirely too genial
to all the newcomers in this apartment
house"
Genial? Well, Harry, if 1 wasn't
You know very we'll we never would
find out single thing about them. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
Coulda.t surprise Him.

First Boarder-Phewl Just imag-
incl A gigantic trust in soup.
Second Boarder - Well, I'm sure
we've found pretty much everything
else there.-New York World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
Why She Enioyed Than.

II like to attend these band concerts
at the parks said Miss Quickstep.
,"You can always get SO far back that
the music doesn't disturb your conver-
sation at all. Chicago Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
The Scientific Way.

81 wonder" said Mrs. Jorkins,
whats going on in the Hemminger's
back yard!'
Better hire war balloon and find
out" snapped Jorkins. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

WANTED--sEvERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w persons in this state to manage our
business in their own and nearby
counties. |. is mainly Office work con-
Quoted at home. Salary straight 5000 n
year and xpenses-definite bonatide.
no more, no less salary Monthly $75.
References. Enclose addressed
stamped envelope, Herbert E. Hess,
Prest., Dept. NJ. Chicago.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
2 C. HILL, M. D.,
40 GOLD MEDALIST.

Formerly lecturer on Surgical Anatomy in the
Cincinnati College OF Medicine and Surgery
Cincinnati, o,
OFFICE. Rooms 5 & 9, Ford drssa n,sski Fall.
sN Special attention given to surgical
and chronic diseases and to disc ases
of women and children.
(lOtoi2 i2a.m. ~ Telephone So
- P. :" German Spoken.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19
She wouldn't DO a Thing to Them.

Mrs. Hiram-Dear, 1 wish you d
bring home dozen harveyized steel
plates.
Mr.. Hiram-What do you mean?
Mrs. Hiram-I'm just curious to see
what Bridget would do with them.
Philadelphia Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-19

Yeast-I see some of the papers are
finding fault with the gold lace and
other trimmings the officers of our army
wear.
Crimsonbeak-Well, they do seem to
be dressed to kill, that's fact.
kers Statesman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-04
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS.
Their Fair. .Mindedness. Scrupulous
Care, Reliability and Integrity.
From the Philadelphia Times.

L rom tHe fnlluuelpnld lines.
A very common error is prevalent
that the work Of reporters given in
newspapers, as a rule is not entitled to
respect or credence. 1t is generally
assumed that the reporter writes chief
ly or wholly to make a sensation or in
some way interest readers without re-
gard to facts, while just the reverse is
the truth in all reputable newspaper
establishments.
1t is safe to assume that the state
ments of reporters given in the leading
reputable journals of the country are
quite as truthful as are the general
statements from the pulpit when the
minister gets outside of strictly re-
ligious teachings, and very much more
truthful than are the public expressions
of most If not all Of the leading profess
sions. With very few exceptions the
arrangements of our leading daily
newspapers enforce truthfulness and
fairness as the supreme attributes for
a newspaper writer, and yet it is COM
mon for all who are displeased with
any reportorial statement to say that
tits mere newspaper story"
1t is true that there are a few con-
spicuous exceptions to the rule that
governs the reputable newspapers of
the country.
Not only are the managers of our
leading newspapers entitled to great
credit for the scrupulous care they en-
force on their reporters and CORES
pondents to present the truth with as
exact fairness as is possible, but the
public little know the ceaseless care
that is exercised in every reputable
newspaper Office to prevent the publi-
cation of even the truth when it would
be more harmful to publish than to
suppress 1t. There is not 9. week, in
deed hardly a day, that the newspapers
of this city do not suppress the facts
proper for public information which
would make a most interesting story
solely because it would bring a flood of
sorrow to the innocent and helpless and
cast an imperishable shadow upon their
| lives. With all the errors necessarily
| committed in a newspaper Office by
| reason Of the haste with which the ar
ticles must often be prepared, the pub
| lie little know with what thorough in
| tegrity the newspapers, as a rule, pro-
| tect the innocent even at the cost of
suppressing legitimate and interesting
| information. The skeletons Of hun
| dreds of households are carefully
guarded in the newspaper offices of the
country, and generally without even
the knowledge of the people who are
| thus protected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-04
WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
The Stuff of Which an Expert Is Made
Not an Eviable Position.

From the Detroit Free Press.
General Sheridan once remarked, do
lorously: The main thing in true
strategy is simply this: First deal as
hard blows at the enemy's shoulders
as possible, and then cause so much
suffering to the inhabitants of coun-
try that they will long for peace and
press their government to make it.
Nothing should be left to the people
but eyes to lament the war" 1t is left
for the war correspondent to witness
the atrocities. in their variegated
forms, and to keep that unsubstantial
thing, called the public, informed of
each and every movement.
The profession of ''war correspond
ent' is not one of ancient origin, nor
is it one of ease and comfort, though
to note the applications received at
every newspaper office, one might
judge it to be life of luxury. Some
imagine that the correspondents take
their positions in the background, away
from the flying bullets. This impress
sion may have been gained by an ac-
count sent by Stephen Crane to an
English journal during the recent Ar
menian troubles. The account de-
scrbed a village tavern, instead of
warfare, and the authors portrait was
sent as a suitable illustration for the
article.
1t is notable fact that the first war
correspondent, as we now understand
the term, is still living. When the
Crimean war broke out the London
Times sent a young Irishman to the
front to record the deeds of England's
armies The siege of Sebastopol was
described with wonderful minuteness
by him. and from the trenches of the
besiegers, he is said to have witnessed
every important event of the Crimean
campaign, This veteran pen artist was
William Howard Russell, who. after
serving through the Indian mutiny,
came to this country to witness our
Civil war, where his biased description
of the battle of Bull Run gained for
him the sobriquet Of Bull Run Rus
SELL" and ultimately resulted in his
| return to England the following year.
His work as war correspondent did
not end here, however; he followed the
Austrian army in Bohemia in 1866 and
| told of the trials and triumphs of the
| Franco Prussian war of 1870. But his
name will be handed TO posterity as
the man who drew the glowing pen
picture Of the memorable siege OF Sc
| bastopol.
The most noted correspondent of the
| present day is Archibald Forbes. who
| gained his first impression of war as a
common soldier in the Royal Dragons.
| He described the fall of the Commune
in vigorous manner for the London
Daily News, and, In 1877. his descrip-
tion of the war in Turkey gained for
him a reputation as one OF the worlds
greatest war correspondents. Mr.
| Forbes recently remarked:
| 1T is virtually impossible that any
one can have accurately pictured TO
himself the scene in its fullnes which
the next great battle will represent
TO a bewildered and shuddering world.
| We know the elements that will con-
stitute its horrors; hut we know them
| only. as II were. academically. Men
have yet TO be thrilled to the heart
by the weirdness OF wholesale death
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-04
FOREST CITY.

Mrs. =. H. Flynn. of Herrick Center,
was the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas w. Cunningham, on Saturdea.
Mr.. and Mrs. william, II. Reynolds
and son, Basil, spent Friday and Sat-
urday in Scranton.
The street commissioner has i'm
proved Center street considerably the
past week. The ditch on the south side
has been bridged in place where 1t
was badly needed. terra Gotta pipe
to carry the water has been put in
where Railroad street crosses Center,
and a substantial fence has been built
where the road turns toward the Erie
depot. all along the bluff overlooking
the tracks. This has heretofore been
very dangerous spot.
The household goods, stock, growing
crops. etc, of John Horosko. who lives
north of here, in Clifford township, will
be sold by the sheriff on Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock
house and lot on Susquehanna
street, owned by s. g. Kelsey, will be
sold by Sheriff Dewell, at 10 o'clock
on Saturday, July 23. The Southern
Rulding and Loan association is the
execution creditor,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-04
LOCAL AND Personal.

Mayor O'Neill has informed COM
mon council that it has no jurisdiction
in the Dockerty charges against Pa
trolman McAndrew. The mayors in
vestigation resulted in the exoneration
of the accused from all blame.
The telephone hours for July will
be as follows: s to 10 a. M, to p.
m. The. exchange will open again for
continuous business at $50 in the even.
ing.
The postoffice hours today will be:
For general business from s a. m. TO
IL noon. Lobby open for lock boxes
only from $50 to 4.30 p. m. One de-
livery by carriers. No registry or
money order business done
The Leader will suspend publica-
tion today, the Fourth being one of its
semi-annual breathing spells.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Morgan are spend
ing the Fourth with Susquehanna
friends.
Mr., and Mrs. A. S. Lewsley are
spending today in Nineveh.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-04
TAYLOR NEWS.
To Celebrate Fourth--FIag Raising.
Personal Mention.

The celebration of the glorious
Fourth in this place promises to excel
anything held in a number of years.
The Calvary Baptist church Sunday
school will hold their picnic in the US
ual place at 10 o'clock in the morning
and the Sunday school and congrega-
ton will start from the church and
parade to the picnic grounds in a body.
They will sing patriotic airs. All who
care to take part are gently requested
to be on hand early in the morning.
A grand programme has been provided
for the day. The Welsh Congregation-
al church will hold a celebration in the
adjoining wood. They will also march
in a body to the picnic grounds sing
ing patriotic songs as they proceed.
The picnics of the Welsh Baptist Sun
day school, Presbyterian Sunday
school, German Lutheran Sunday
school, Methodist Episcopal church and
the First Congregational Sunday school
will be held in the usual places. They
will also march in body to the picnic
grounds and render patriotic music.
Messrs. William Hoskins and By
ard Griffiths were callers on friends in
Scranton yesterday.
The Blues and the Reds will battle
for honors on the school house park
this morning.
The flag raising held at Thomas H.
PickrelPs barber shop, Lackawanna,
Saturday afternoon was an elaborate
affair. Burgess j. f. Watkins of this
place was orator. The Avoca cornet
band was present and rendered some
excellent music appropriate to the oc-
casion.
There will be a grand sweepstake
shooting match at Applenaps hotel
Old Forge, today.
Maggie Davis, the famous pacing
mare of L. ]. Davis. captured second
place in the 2:27 class at Wallsville on
Saturday. r. j. Davis handled the
ribbons and drove in grand style.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hood and Mas
ter Silas Powell. of Plymouth are
spending the Fourth with relatives ir
this place.
Miss Maggie Hood. of this place, is
visiting relatives in Pittston.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Griffiths We're the
guests of relatives in Hyde Park yes
terday.
An interesting game Of ball was
played on the school house grounds
Saturday afternoon between the Dew.
eys and the Simpsons. The score re-
suited in favor of the latter team by
score of IA to II.