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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15

husband is such that it establishes a
strong presumption in favor of his in
nocence. Take the chief specimens
Marquis de Mores, the most violent jew
batter of his time; Col. Sandherr, wb D
died in a madhouse; Commandant dbl
Patty de Clam, who fears to face the
charge of forgery; Col. Henry, the con-
fessed forger and suicide; and Ester
hay, the unspeallable.
Eighth-Of the experts who exam
ined the bordereau, upon which he was
condemned, three declared that it was
not in my husbands handwriting.
Everybody knows now that the Dor
dereau was the work of Esterhazy.
Ninth-Henry's forgery is in itself
sufficient evidence that in the judgment
of the men who opposed Capt. Dreyfus
his condemnation needed propping up.
This forgery was ia preuve absolue,"
which NJ. Cavaignac, when minister Of
war, recently read out to wildly en-
thusiastic deputies as putting the guilt
of my husband beyond yea or nay.
Tenth-The seven officers who con-
stituted the court-martial would not
have condemned him were it not that,
after their deliberations had been con-
Guided, Gen. MERCER flourishedl before
their excited eyes documents which he
said were proofs of my husbands guilt.
These documents were not examined,
and were forgeries.
Eleventh-M. Goebart, the best iv-
ing authority on grarrOlogy, says that
the bordereau is not IN the handwriting
Ct Capt. Dreyfus.
Twelfth-It is DOW clear that the war
department has broken down in its eff
forts to sustain a case against my hus-
band.
Thirteenth-Thefo four journalistswh
led the newspaper campaign against
my husband are palpably unworthy
of credence. Drumont, of the Libre
Parole, praises Lucheni, the murderer
of the empress of Austria; Deroulede is
crazy upon the Jew question; Mile
voye. of the Patrie, Numbered before In
the Norton forgery. and bette noir is
the breath of his nostrils to Rochefort
Of the Intra nsigeant.
Fourteenth-The specific accusations
made by lola in his famous letter. I
accuse" are turning out to he wonder
fully accurate.
Fifteenth-The conductors of the
campaign against my husband have
hesitated at no crime. Forgery, rogu-
cry, conspiracy, duplicity. lying. and
perhaps murder have been resorted to
TO keep my husband in chains.
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coast. All that is necessary to reha bill
tate the ravaged plantations is to stick
few clippings in the ground and wait
for them to take root and bear. The
work 10 usually divided between the
planter and his wife-she sets out the
clippings and he does the waiting.
Some time during the year, if he is not
too tired, he may rebuild his residence.
This is done by tying a native rope
around four suitable trees and laying
cane stalks crossways over the top.
Other cane stalks are now and then
used for sides, but they are really I'M
necessary as the Honduranian concep-
ton of privacy is very vague, and there
is never anything to steal. So, as
matter of fact. the hurricane was much
less calamitous than it appeared to
those who are unfamiliar with native
conditions, The principal loss which it
entailed was in damage to the present
banana crop, and the fruit grows with
such rapidity that three months ought
to completely repair it. Meantime, the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15

vey, its mysterious and melancholy as
sociations have ever eXerted a strange
fascination. l must confess that have
been no exception to the general rule.
At very early age | developed the de-
sire to visit this mysterious country,
and to discover for myself, if possible,
some of its terrible hidden secrets.
st has been my good fortune, on two
recent occasions, to crafty this way
ward ambition; and from what | saw
and experienced l can assure my youth
full reader that his general gloomy TO-
ton about the land of snow and exileS'
is. in the main. incorrect-that there is
another and a very bright side to the
Siberian picture.
mot raising the question of the de-
plorable Siberian exile system. l would
impress upon the reader that Siberia
itself, in its southern portion at least,
is a region where the vegetation is as
varied and luxuriant, where the birds
MARBLE just as sweetly where the chill
dren play and the people laugh and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
Birth and Death Records.

There are a great number of curious
superstitions as to the time of day
when a dying person is most likely to
to draw his last breath, and the
tide, the moon and the wind have all
been supposed to have some share in
the matter. According to the British
Medical Journal Raseri, who has an
alyzed 25,474 cases of death and S6,515
q birth, where the exact time of day
was noted, finds that the maximum
number of deaths occur in the early
afternoon 1.-TWO to seven p. n.y., and
the minimum in the last hours before
midnight, while the maximum number
CT births occur in the early hours Of
the morning and the minimum ir the
carly hours of the afternoon. AS re-
CARDS the cause of this, he points out
that the hours of the maximum number
of deaths are precisely those when the
pulse rate and temperature are at their
highest in health, and when there ID
a febr!ie exacerbation in illness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15

Iglesias comes of an ancient and dis
tinguished Costa Rican family. He in
only Sc years of age, but his face re-
veals his grave and earnest character
and clearly shows that he is possessed
of acute intelligence. He is most dem
ocratic in manner, and his perfect sim
plicity, cordially and courtesy make
him most popular among his country
men. The republican form of govern
ment is not a mere mask in Costa Rica.
That place is truly free country, i'm
measurably in advance of its Latin
neighbors. Iglesias wants free press
and has it. He is opposed to monop-
olies, and one of his greatest perform
ances as president was the abolition Of
the tobacco and alcohol monopolies,
which had been used by the govern
ment. These industries are now -four
ishing under the stimulation of free
competition. Such is the work of the
young ruler of Costa Rica, who came
to this country to benefit his health
and to study. incidentally, the institu-
tons Of the United States.
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THE DREYFUS CASE.
Wife of the DEVILS Island Victim on
the Situation.
She Points Out n Number of Reasona
for Relieving Her Husband InnO-
cent of the Terrible Crime
of Treason.

The London correspondent of the
New York Journal has just secured
from Nine. Dreyfus IA statement in
which she demonstrates the innocence
of her husband, the eXiled French mill
tary officer. Nine. Dreyfus declares
without reserve that the bordereau was
the work of Esterhazy. She signs the
following:
First-Men of honor do not betrav
their country. My husband was a man
of honor. All who know him admit
that.
Second can conceive of no motive
to induce him to commit such an act
of treason. He dearly loves France
He had a splendid future in prospect
He was not in need of money. He was
a man of independent means. He has
always guarded with jealous care the
fair name of his family. He has even
given orders that all his fortune be ex-
pended in rehabilitating that name.
Thirdly husband constantly and
in the most solemn manner processes
his innocence.
Fourth-France initiates the example
of Russia in her blind prejudice against
the Jews. This is the reason why il
has been so difficult to let the light
shine upon my husbands innocence.
Fifth-Most of the intellectual per-
sons of France believe in the inno-
cence of Capt. Dreyfus. His well-reg-
ulated life and his rapid military adj
vancement induced them to look into
his case. The leading newspapers in
Paris hold that he is innocent.
SiXth-He was condemned upon evil
dence which was never shown to him
nor to his counsel. The irregularity
and the illegality of his condemnation
are no longer denied. The laws of evi-
dence did not govern the trial of Capt.
Dreyfus.
Seventh-The character of the men
who are most bitterly opposed to my
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
JOHN H. BANKHEAD.
Alabama COnEressmen Want Him to
Succeed Mr.. Bailey, of Texas,
as Party Leader.

Congressman John H. Bankhead,
whom the democrats of Alabama have
proposed for party leadership in the
next congress in place of Mr.. Bailey,
is an interesting character. The Fifty
sixth congress will be the seventh to
which he has been elected. He is pop
ular down in Alabama. but whether he
will please the silver people remains
to be seen. There are those who say
that Mr.. Bankhead likes gold, although
in 1896 he ran against gold democrat
A. S. undergraduate defeated him
by nearly 5000 votes. The Alabama
delegation say that Mr.. Bank head will
get the support of the east and of a
majority of the South Atlantic states.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
THE BANANA PLANTER.
In Honduras He Is a Creature Whose
PhilOsOphic Calm Is Never
Disturbed.

"The small banana planter of Hon
duras is the happiest creature on
EARTH said local shipper, reports the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, land
nothing ever removes him from his
philosophic calm. The frightful hur-
ricane which ragged along the Hondu-
rian coast on the 1st of the month alb
solutely destroyed scores of planta-
tions. The trees were plucked out of
the earth like blades of grass, the
fragile buildings were blown into kind
ling wood, and nothing whatever left
to tell the tale. Happening anywhere
else, such disaster would have keen
a tragedy of the first order, and meant
incalculable suffering, but nature is
very kind to her children on the banana
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
SUNNY SIBERIA.
All OF the Land Is Not Bleak and Desc
late as Generally Supposed
Vegetation Is Luxuriant.

Thomas G. Allen, Jr., who, some
years ago made tour of the world
awheel, has written an article on The
Boys of Siberia" for st. Nicholas. Mr..
Allen says: LAS dreary and cold as
Siberia is an expression that has come
to be almost proverb. The very pane
has always conjured up scene fdeso-
Iation and perpetual winter, enlivened,
perhaps, by a band of criminal exiles
plodding along some lonely highway or
practically buried alive in some gloomy
mine pit. In imagination we have even
heard the clanking of prison chains,
the moaning of suffering men, and the
sobs of distressed women. And yet,
however displeasing the picture which
the name of Siberia never fails to con-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15

Bankhead is a self-made man, Sc years
old, and all the education he has he
of the confederate army. Since the
close of the war he has never been out
of politics, and he has many qualities
which make him capable of being
wise leader. He has age, large expert
ence and is master of his tongue and
his temper. He is popular in Washing
ton, and many of the old war horses Of
the democracy would be pleased to see
him made the spokesman of their par
ty in the house of representatives..
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planter does quantities of resting and
Is han,,v -


Manufacturers of artificial birds buy
directly from the farmers and make up
their stock with no particular regard
for the accurate representation of a
species, just at present the birds in
fashion for mourning hats are small
black parrots, and there are no such
birds in nature. A fashion is in vogue
to match the costume in the plumage of
the bird trimmings, and manufacturers
Use their best art to supply the demand.
Sooner or later this fashion will be the
means of establishing regular farms for
the production of feathers for millinery
nurDoseS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
DON RAFAEL IGLESIAS.
Rica, Central America, Is
Liberal Statesman.

Senior Don Rafael Iglesias, president
this country, is a true statesman, i'm
bued with the modern spirit of the
most enlightened nations. No South
American state is more wisely or just
ly governed than that over which Senior
Iglesias presides. Unlike other coun-
tries in Central and South America,
Costa Rica is no breeding spot for revo-
luton. Its politics is pure and it's prog
ress rapid and permanent. President
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
Rough on the Priest.

1t used to he the custom when the
chief priest of one of the Congo tribes
showed symptoms of illness to kill
him forthwith, either by strangling o.
by the aid Of club. the natives be
iieviug mat If he were allowed to die
by disease all the rest of the world
would perish
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sing just as cheerfully, as in our own
country. In fact, that portion of ST.
IBERIA which is now reached by the new
Trans-Siberian railway might very just
ly be called the northern promised land
Of milk and honey for in it's teeming
soil, genial summer climate, and fab
ulous mineral wealth it is second to
none in the world"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
Caring for HIndoo Dead.

The Hindoos consider their dead as
sacred and do not allow them to be han
died by alien hands, the nearest male
relative-so1, father or brother-pre-
pairing the body for burial, and if there
he none of these relatives a son is
adopted by the family for the purpose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15

Queen Victoria's footmen wear wigs,
which have eight rows of curls, whereas
those Of the prince of Wales are allowed
seven lows, and those of the lord mayor
OF London are given six rows.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-15
bells Worn by Girla.

In the eighteenth century Polish
ladies obliged their daughters to wear
little bells in order to proclaim where
they were all the time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
the First Church About Our
Duty to Them as
Christian Nation.

Rev. James Mcleod, d. d., gave
timely and interesting address at the
First Presbyterian church last evening
or the subject of What Shall Our
Christian Nation DO with Our New
Possessions?" He based his remarks
upon Isaiah "a 2: Enlarge the Place
of Thy Tent" In beginning he spoke
eloquently of the recent difficulties win
Spain, giving Il rapid review of the
treaty and it's conditions and portray
ing with graphic touches the stand
taken by the United States for human
ity and justice.
He then passed ON to the plain duties
and responsibilities resting upon this
nation, and quoting at length from
President McKinley's great speech ct
Atlanta, which he declared fit to re
placed alongside if not on an equal
footing, with LincOln's famous address
at Gettysburg.
We own duties to the inhabitnats of
our colonies, he said. We must en-
tighten the ignorant in the Philippines,
where schools and teachers are rare
and where an inadequate idea of true
Christian religion prevails. The exper-
fence of practical Christianity in these
islands is meagrc These people are
semi-barbariC and we must show them
the difference between their barbarism
and our progressive civilization.
In the Philippines has existed an un-
holy alliance between church and state.
This union must be broken up forever.
The church that cannot or will not live
but from revenues derived from the
state deserves to die. Religious liberty
and rights to all Creeds, religions and
classes must be wherever our flag
floats. The Roman Catholic and Pro-
testant churches must stand. on an
equal footing in the eye of the law in
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines,
and it will be but short time until the
inhabitants learn to appreciate our
methods as a boon from heaven.
We must give them an open Bible.
Spain has never tolerated this at home
nor in her colonies. No country is so
difficult to gain entrance by one differ
ing in opinion from the state. 1t is
easier to enter Japan, China or the
heart of Africa.
While the new situation opens up a
fine field for commerce, we must re-
member that the possibilities for Chris
tian missions are even greater. We
must weave the scarlet thread of Chris
tianity through all the fabric of indus
trial and commercial enterprise.
We have good reason to cherish hope
that our possession of these colonies
will be appreciated by the people, and
will gain in honor and favor of heaven
and confer a lasting benefit upon the
wide world.
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politan hospital of New York city. The
doctor had Just completed his term of
eighteen months service at the Metro
politan, which Is one OF the great char
Hy Institutions of New YORK, and the
managers of the Hahnemann are con-
graduating themselves upon having been
able to secure a resident physician so
strongly qualified for hospital work as
Is DIR. Peck
Dr. Alfred Cramer, of Camden, ~ j.,
who was engaged n few months ago to
temporarily MI the position OF resident
physician at the LaCkawanna hospital,
will finish his service at that institution
on January ]. ana go to the Cooper hos
pital at Camden, whore he viii serve i'm
similar capacity. Dr. Crumer has had
charge of the medical ward at the Lack
awanna. His successor has not been Sc
leCted. DR.. Cramer received his appoint
ment to the Cooper hospital last June
DIR. J. II. Corser will be continued in
charge of the SUI gical ward at the Lack
awanna.
l.. S. Grifiiths, a former resident OF the
West Side, and now of Cleveland, is vis-
i,ing Eynon street friends. lie is secre-
tary of the eisteddfOd to be given by the
Cambrian society of Cleveland on Deccm-
Der 26 1t is to be one of the largest els
tcddfods ever held in this country. Judge
ii. NJ Edwards, of this city, is to he
adiudiCatOr Of the literary part of the
competitions. IlC will not. however, he
able to attend the eisteddfOd as lie has
another engagement for that date About
thirty ChOiTs will compete, They will rep
resent the best choirs of Pennsylvania,
New York and Ohio. Dr. Mason, Of
Wilkos-Barre. will be the choir adiudiCa-
tor
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service, which consisted of the reel
tation of the Nicene creed, Rev. Rogers
Israel presenting the candidate, the
bishop and the clergyman. Revs. Is
rael, +. j. Haughton, NJ. B. Nash and
Koehler assisting in the solemn Cer-
cmony as with bowed head the young
clergyman received the apostolic nI-
ders to the ministry of God. The SER
vice closed with HOY Communion,
when the bishop was the celebrant,
assisted by the rector and Rev. L. J.
Haughton.
ordination is always administered on
the Sunday succeeding one of the four
Ember days of the year, specially set
aside for prayer by the ministry. Roy.
Mr.. Evans will assume charge of a pas
tOrate at Mannheim and Mountain Hope.
Bishop Talbot spoke at st. Marks
in Dunmore last evening. Tonight he
will be at st. David's. West Scranton.
Tuesday evening at Forest City and
Wednesday night at the st. Luke mis-
sion in Nicholson. Saturday evening
he was present at the opening of the
parish rooms of the church of the Good
Shepherd
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
WOMAN FROZEN TO DEATH
Mrs. Charles Maston's Body Found
on the East Bank of the Lacka-
wanna River Near Taylor.
Missing Several Days.

Frozen to death. the body of Mrs.
Charles Mastun. of Taylor, was found
Saturday morning on the east bank
of the Lackawanna river near Taylor.
She was not of sound mind and had
not been living with her husband for
several months. He has a saloon on
Union street, Taylor. Mrs. Maston Ge-
sided with her mother, Mrs. James En-
gel.
Mrs Maston disappeared from home
on Tuesday. A search for her body in
ana along the river was made on Sat
urday by seven men. They made q
raft and were about to begin their
search when the body was seen lying
near the east bank of the stream. Picks
had to be used to free it from its frozen
contact with the ground.
The body was thnly clothed. 1t was
believed that the woman had wadcd
the stream at some shallow point and
had begun to walk toward the MinoOlia
station of the Delaware and Hudson
read when she was overcome by the
cold. sank to the ground and soon eX-
pired
Tuesday night and Wednesday and
Wednesday night the cold was intense
anu 1t. is thought the unfortunate wom-
an died sometime during that period.
The spot where death overlook her ;s
lonely and it is not surprising to those
acquainted with the locality that the
body was undiscovered until the search
party found it.
Coroner Longstreet permitted rcld-
tives to take charge of the remains lie
empanelled a jury which adjourned TO
meet this week and hear evidence on
the case. When the remains We're
taken to the home of Mrs. Engel, the
mother, at Taylor, she tainted, as did
two other women.
Mrs. Maston had two daughters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
Announcement.

! announce TO the Republican voters
of the city of Scranton that l am a
candidate for the nomination for
mayor
l pledge myself If nominated and
elected to maintain law and order and
shall enforce all state laws relative to
municipal affairs and all city ordin-
ances strictly so far as will lie in the
power of my office so to do.
l shall also give special attention to
the cleaning Of the city's streets and
to the preservation Of the public high
ways in good condition for the use OF
the citizens.
will use all of the power Of my
office to reduce the expenses of the city
government and to preserve the iinan-
cial credit ana honor of the city.
If the above sentiments meet your
approval | respectively solicit your
support for the nomination to he made
on the 14th of January, 1899, under the
Crawford system. g. T. Jadwin.
Scranton, Dec. II, 1898.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
PERSONALS.

T. Reynolds, G. b. Carson ana Henry
Jfkins, of this city, are attending court
In Towanda today as expert witnesses in
a law suit.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Ward, of Chi-
Caso, ILL.,, are visiting at the home OF Mr.
Wards mother on Adams avenue. lie is
n brother of W. S. Ward, Of this city,
and has been absent seventeen years
Mr.. T.. g. Moffat has gone 10 Mexico to
accept AN important position IN connC g.
tion with a silver mine largely controlled
by Ex-Governor Shepard and other promi-
nent men of New York and New England.
Announcements are out that Miss Min
ME Rinker, of South Sumner avenue,
Will be united In marriage to DR., T.. Y.
Harrison, of this side, at the Simpson
Methodist Episcopal church, Wednesday,
January 25. 1899.
The new resident physician AT the
iiahnemann hospital is Dr. j. l.. Peck, re-
cent senior house surgeon Of the Metro
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
FUNERAL OF MARY A. BROWN
Interment was Made Saturday at
Dundaff, Susauehanna County.

The funeral services for the late Mrs.
Mary A. Brown We're held Saturday af-
ternOon at the residence of her son,
lie Grand Wright, of 1873 Capouse ave-
nue.. They We're quiet and short ow-
ing to the recent serious illness of Mr..
Wrights daughter, Mrs. Atherton. Rev.
c. f. Robinson, d. D., of the Second
Presbyterian church. oflciated. Rev.
George f. Guild. of the Providence
Presbyterian church, assisted.
At the conclusion of the services tho
remains We're taken by train to Car
bondale, thence by carriage to Dun
daft, where interment was made in the
family plot in the cemetery there.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
"Shore Acres" SATURDAY..

At the Lyceum Saturday afternoon
and evening, two large audiences saw
a fine company, headed by Archie Boyd
produce shore Acres" one of the best
representations of rugged New Eng
land life ever put on the stage The
play is well staged. and was greatly
enjoyed by the audiences that saw il
SATURDAY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-19
MIR. GIBBONS HAS RETURNED
He will Appear Before the Judges in
Court This Morning.

John Gibbobns has returned to the
city and tomorrow morning will go be-
fore the court and ascertain the will of
the judges in the contempt proceedings.
Nh. Gibbons was absent from the
city nearly two weeks, and during that
time visited Philadelphia. Washington.
Buffalo and some other points in New
York state