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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-05
STRIKE IN PROSPECT.
New Bedford Spinners Are Deter
mined to Resist the Reduction.

New Bedford Spinners Are Deter
mined to Resist the Reduction.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. AR
rangements were made today for
mass meeting Of spinners in the city
hall tomorrow evening, when action
Will be taken on the 10 per cent reduc-
ton Of wages, scheduled to take effect
In the cotton mills Jan. IT. The officers
of the local union declare that the
vote will be to strike unless the cotton
manufacturers recede from their vote
or Dec. 81. The carders' union will
hold It's meeting the same evening,
When the situation will be discussed
1t is stated that the carders will also
vote to strike
LEWISTON, Me-, Jan. 4-The reduc-
ton In the wages Of cotton mill op-
eratives of Lewiston, which goes into
erect Jan. IL, will amount to from 10 to
IL 1-9 per cent, and the other mills in
Maine, as far as is known today, will
adopt either one or the other of these
rates. The Farwell mills at Lisbon, the
Edwards, of Augusta; the Cabot, Of
Brunswick; the Lockwood, Of Water
vile; the Gardiner mills and the La
coma and Pepperell mills, Of Biddle-
ford, have also Joined the general
movement, and will be followed, it is
believed, by the big York corporation
of Saco. 1t Is estimated that nearly
10000 operatives will be affected in this
state. 1t Is thought there will be no
strike in Lewiston or Auburn, but 1t is
difficult to tell what the Biddleford OPP
eratives will do. The Lewiston and
Auburn mills employ about 5000 per-
sons, and the reduction in their pay
will amount to about $4,000 month
WHITINSVILLE, Mass, Jan. A.
Whitins Brothers, of this town, who
operate cotton mills at North Uxbridge,
Saundersville and Whitinsville, have
posted notices announcing that the
wages of the operatives will be reduc-
ed on and after Jan. TO- A reduction
of wages has already gone into effect
at Millbury, Sturbridge and in the Far
huntsville mills here. The reduction
will amount to about 10 per cent It Is
thought the operatives will accept the
reduction.
NASHAU, N. H, Jan. 4-Notices Of
the reduction in wages were posted at
the cotton mills of the Nashua and
Jackson corporations here today. The
new scale of prices will take effect on
Monday, Jan. II. The mills employ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-05

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The times., 1898-10-02
THE PALAIS ROYAL, G and Eleventh Sts.


dam from Ochoa TO a point fourteen
miles below the San Juan basin, thereby
avoiding a costly embankment All OF
these facts and many more viii be en-
braced in the report which Will be sub
mitted to Congress at the next session.
Mr. Wheeler and his associate engineers
have declined to talk 10 any extent on
the subject.
1t has been two years since any actual
work has been done on the canal by the
company, of which Warner Miller is the
head. and it is said that the attempt to
build the canal by private means, has
been abandoned. The concessions obtain
ed by Mr.. Miller's company from the Nj
caraguan government still holds good, it
is said, and have been offered to the
United States Government 1t is reported
that syndicate OF Chicago capitalists
has looked over the ground and is en-
deavoring to secure concessions from the
Nicaraguan government, and also that
Mr.. E. F. Cragin, who is at the head Of
the syndicate. and a party of engineers
have recently returned from the 18th
mus and are endeayorirg to interest
members of Congress in their plans
They have placed the volume OF COM
merce that is likely TO pass through the
canal much higher than the estimates of
the Government, and the revenues to be
derived will warrant them in spending
considerably more than s1e0,OOJ,000 in
building the canal.
The times., 1898-10-02

done, and the demand for the latest and
best in every branch of mechanics rep
resented in a man-ofwar. Manual labor
is, therefore, reduced to a minimum. a
condition OF affairs which must result in
a greater interest and development of the
crew in their special duties, as now re-
quired in a modern battleship. where
fighting, and all that leads up to thorough
efficiency in that line of art, is not handi-
capped by the constant drudgery so uni
versal in the old-time vessels of our
navy
The height of freeboard forward of the
vessels hull proper is twenty feet. and
at the stern, thirteen and a quarter feet
The floor of the pilot house is forty-four
feet high, thus placing the eye of the
steersman, for ordinary cruising, about
fifty feet above the water. The sight
holes in the armored coming tower for
use in close fighting are thirty-four and
a half feet above the water
The bore of the forward 13-inch guns
will have an elevation of twenty-six and
a half feet, and the after 13-inch nine
teen feet, above the surface of the wa
ter. The 6-inch guns vary from fifteen to
twenty-five and a half feet, and the O.
Founders from thirty to forty and Il half
feet above water, according to their To-
cation on the vessel The smaller guns
are mounted in the military tops. at
heights of from fifty-nine to seventy-nine
feet. This great height above water
of both main and secondary batteries
will enable the vessel to be fought in any
weather. a quality always sought for, but
obtainable only in vessels of good size.
and considered of immense advantage by
all naval authorities.
She is also provided with bilge keels.
,s-T,s
only, so as not 10 interfere with docking
her. These keels have a maximum depth
of three feet and will largely tend to les
sen her motion in a seaway, and so con-
tribute to her steadiness as a gun plat
form, so essential for correct gun fire.
Four powerful electric search-lightS are
also provided; two on top of the forward
chart house, and two on each side of the
after military mast; all having an eleva-
tion of 25 feet above the water and COM
manding complete all-round range.
There will be two sets of triple-expan-
sion twin-screw engines, each in its own
separate water-tight compartment the
collective indicated horse power will be
about 10000, with 120 revolutions per min
ute; stroke, feet. There are eight sin
gle-ended cylindrical boilers, each 15 IL
feet in diameter by feet II IA inches
long, having a total CRATE surface of 6S5
square feet. with 21,20O square feet of
heating surface; pressure, $50 pounds.
These boilers are placed, two each, in
four separate water tight compart-
mentS. The smoke pipes are two in num-
Der, and stand abreast of each other
The first keel plate of this vessel was
laid February 10, 1S97-not quite twenty
months past-and the percentage of work
completed to this date, based on the yes-
sci fitted out and ready for sea, is now re-
ported between 80 and "a per cent The
contract price was 81, ,595 600, and the date
OF completion is stated to be October s.
1899
The times., 1898-10-02
Mr.. BAYARD LAID TO REST.
The Funeral Held Yesterday at viii
mington. Del.

Wilmington, Del. Oct. 1-AH that was
mortal of the Hon. Thomas F Bayard
was laid to rest in the family vault at
Old Swedes' Church Cemetery this att
ernOon.
The services were conducted by the Rev
DR.. Douglas, of Tuxedo Park. y. J.. and
the Rev. VI B. Dunlap, pastor of the
Old Swedes' Church. There was neither
singing nor speaking over the remains
The political organizations and the bar
association attended the funeral in
body.
At least Il. 600 persons filed by the cloth
covered coffin that contained the remains
The city was in holiday attire from I
10 o'clock. All flags remained at half
mast and all stores were closed
The honorary pallbearers were: Former
President Cleveland. Governor TunneII. OF
Delaware: Chancellor Nicholson, Of Do
yer; George L. Riyes. of New York city.
John V. Craven. of Salem. y. J.. Thomas
Craven, or Salem, n. J.; Judge Grubb.
DR.. ]. A. Draper. and II. G. Banning. of
this city, and Henry ". Bryan, Of WASH
ington, d. I.
The times., 1898-10-02
WORK OF THE ENGINEERS
Ready to Compile Their Me
araguan Canal Report.
THE ESTIMATE REDUCED
The Undertaking viii Cost Less
Than Was Originally Supposed
The Commission VIII Resume
Work as Soon as Possible - Sur
veys, SoundiEgs and Borings
Brought Back.

The Nicaraguan Canal Commission,
consisting of Rear Admiral John G. Wal
ker, retired, chairman; Brig. Gen. Peter
C. Hams, and Prof. NJ. Lewis Haupt will
meet in the near future to consider the
report of the eight engineers who have
recently returned from Nicaragua.
whittier they were sent to report upon the
feasibility and probable cost of a line
heretofore surveyed for the great nation
al enterprise.
The late war interrupted the work of
the Canal Commission but now that the
engineers have returned to make their
report, renewed energy will be infused
into the preliminaries of an undertake
ing, the immediate necessity for the be-
ginning of which has been impressed
upon the Government and people alike
by the lessons of the war with Spain.
1t was stated at the office of the Com
mission, on Fifteenth Street above Penn
sylvania Avenue, yesterday, that the re-
turned engineers will begin their work
early this week. Rooms for them are
now being made ready in the building
where the offices of the Commission are
located. Admiral Walker is now in
Washington arranging for the commence
ment of the work. He said that he could
say nothing definite until the report of
the engineers has been received and con-
sidered by the Commission, nor could he
say when the Commission will meet but
it would be soon.
The eight engineers reached New York
last Tuesday and came to Washington
E'rid m in their arrival
TO Admiral Walker They returned to
New York yesterday morning, but will be
back here in time to begin work not later
than Tuesday.
The engineers are Eben S. Wheeler, who
is the chief of the party, and Andrew
Onderdonk Harvey C. Miller, Louis
Hawkins, William d. Thomas, Richard
B. Post, Percy j. Burns, and Horatio H.
Trudle. There are still in Nicaragua a
number of other engineers, but the bulk
of the work was completed before the
party headed by Mr.. Wheeler returned.
This party brought back a vast amount
of data relative to surveys, borings, and
soundings.
1t is said that the surveys show that
the proposed canal TO connect the two
great oceans is entirely feasible; that no
serious obstacles are in the way. and that
the cost will be considerably less than the
estimates made by the Ludlow commits
sion or the sum named by Admiral
Walker a year ago. 1eis reduction in
cost is said to be due to a change in the
location of the Ochoa dam, and to other
notifications of the old route.
The estimate of the Ludlow commission
was $133 100000 and Admiral Walkers fig
ures were s125G00,O O00. but it is said that
the report of the engineers will place the
estimate at less than S1o0000.0 000
1t is claimed that $10000,0gO alone can be
saved by changing the location of the
The times., 1898-10-02
SAKS AND COMPANY.
Innings.

We want to submit this as the most COM
plete-and best assorted Lining Dept in the
city We've made it study to have just
what you want-for the good to the best.
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Fast Black noire perealine...... SC a yd
Saks & Company
Penna. Ave. and 9TH St.
The times., 1898-10-02
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known f. ].
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly. honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mtl-
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testi-
monials free
Halls family pills are the best
The times., 1898-10-02

As- The above list is the practical
view Of the opening" telling Of to-
morrow's saving in cents and dollars.
The aesthetic view includes unique
store decorations, and. especially. the
entire renovation Of she Third and
Basement floors. making the Suit and
Wrap Parlors and HOusefurnishing
Department alone worth a visit.
The times., 1898-10-02
wouId-Be Regfcidex Sentenced.

Budapest, Oct. Three Iaborers nam
ed Musk. Hartmann and Roracs. con-
victed of plotting against the EmpeTors
life. were yesterday sentenced MuzsiIz
was condemned TO five years penal serv-
itude for conspiring to commit high trea-
son. and Hartmann and KOracs 10 two
years each.
The times., 1898-10-02
Contest. for ofympian GIories.

Baltimore Oct. L-RObert Garrett, of
this city, the celebrated Hopkins athlete.
will enter the Olympian games at Paris
in 1900. AT Athens. in 1896. Mr.. Garrett
won international fame by his wonderful
skill in hurting the discus, beating the
Greeks at their own game.
The times., 1898-10-02

10 per cent discount, including Feath-
er Boas.
The times., 1898-10-02
Feilings.
Toilet Articles.

10 per cent off Richard Hudnut's
Perfumes. &c.
35c- ounce Woodwork QuadrupIe
Extracts sc
soc. Medicis "Oxyn'' Balm. sc
sc. cakes Soaps, ten kinds.............4c
The times., 1898-10-02
Dolls.
Books.

29c- Dolls. with bisque heads. &c. Pie
s. Dolls. life size. SS-ss
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17
The Z sYolt Against Andrews.

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press gives currency to
some information of possible sgnih-
canoe when he says: ut Is stated by
some of the Republican members of
congress from Pennsylvania that Sena-
tor Quay is becoming weary of such
lieutenants as state Senator Andrews,
and is about ready to accept long
experienced Cameron follower and lieu
tenant like ex~Collector Cooper as his
trusted manager. Senator Quay has
undoubtedly been very much worried
over complications that are arising in
the state, and especially over the situ-
alton in Philadelphia. There are those
of lis friends in the Pennsylvania dele
CATION who assert that he will yet
proak with the Penrose faction in
Philadelphia. and they would not be
surprised If this break came over the
appointment of a collector of customs"
The fact that Colonel Cooper is q
candidate for re-appointment to the
customs collectorship, backed. it is
said, by the by no means inconsider-
not have any bearing on this point;
but it is violating no confidence to
say that many of the senior senator's S
truost friends are urging him, both for
his own sake and for the party's sake,
to put Il stop to the offensive activities
of the gentleman from Crawford coun-
ty, or, failing in that, to cause the fact
to be known that Andrews has no
political power of attorney. We may
add that this advice is most strongly
urged by mon who have the fewest
axes of their own to grind; who are
not down on Andrews because jealous
of him, but who perceive that the gait
at which Andrews is now going is a
gait to party revolution, and who are
| unwilling that Senator Quay should be
| unnecessarily involved in trouble.
1t may be that these friends of
Colonel Quay will meet the usual fate
of those who give wholesome advice
without solicitation; but in that event
their consciences will be clear and they
can seek shelter during the storm with
out tinge of remorse.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17
Real Civil Service z eform.

1t is announced authOritatiVely that
& clear majority of from is to 40 exists
in the present house of representatives
in favor of modifying materially the
present civil service law. Twenty-Five
out of the y Republican members from
Pennsylvania are counted on to support
the movement. which will take definite
shape as soon as the civil service COM
mittee of the house shall report the
new measure lately drafted by the
friends of genuine civil service reform
This bill, it will be recalled, eX-
empts from the operation of the civil
service rules all employees of the gov
ernment whose duties are in any sense
executive and leaves under those rules
only clerks, daughtsmen, ETC., whose
labors are mainly mechanical and per-
functory. The latter are to hold Of
flee for a term of five years unless
removed for cause; the former, being
trustees and executors of the will of
the people as represented by the ad-
ministration in power are to serve un-
til called upon by their superiors to
ciple back of this proposed modifica-
tion is exceedingly simple. 1t presup-
poses that when a majority of the Vot-
ers of the nation call a fellow citizen
to be chief magistrate that majority
intends that he and those officially
of his duties shall have latitude suf-
flcient to enable them to man the i'm
portant tiduciary posts in the federal
service with men of their own selec-
ton. The manager of an industry
would insist upon such latitude of
power should he be called to take
charge of a new plant or to reoTganize
plant already established but not in
satisfactory running order. The newly
installed general of an army would
want the same effective control over
subordinate officers down to the very
= private in the ranks. Neither the fac
tory chief nor the general-in-Ch Chiei
would assume responsibility without
power corresponding Herewith and ad-
equate thereto; yet under the existing
condition of the civil service the presi,
dent of the United States, and his re-
-, .sponsible lieutenants, are more Otter
servants than masters, and they nc
sooner accept their commissions to of,
fice than they find themselves in near
ly every direction prevented by ridicul.
GUS rules and regulations from put
ting to work under them in places OF
Importance requiring confidential rela
tiofis between subordinate and chic
men whoms they feel that they car
trust. .cs
This state of affairs must be modi
.bed Common sense advises modihca
stion; justice demands II, The case o.
ssfhe minor clerks ana other workmer
who do simply what they are directed
to do and have no margin of discre'
tion in the manner OF interpreting ol
fulfilling orders, does not so much mat
ter So long as these persons arc
efficient and respectful, they should b'
retained. But no man or woman i'm G
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17
The Democratic Ticket.

1t is to be regretted that the Demo-
cratic city convention did not appear
TO recognize the sentiment, prevalent
as we'll among Democrats as among
Republicans, that nominations for the
board Of six should be made with a
view to securing the services on the
next school board of thoroughly repre-
sentative men. Among Saturdays
nominees are some who have had cX-
pcrienCc in school mana cement, and
for these tho public will be duly thank
ful; but the ticket as a whole stands
forth as politicians ticket, the politics
Involved being of the familiar and none
too welcome type which it was hoped
would to some extent disappear when
ii came to the election of a board of
six
Geographically, too, the ticket is none
too happy. With four of it's six NOM
inees representing the West Side and
the North End exclusive of Green
Ridge, and only one representative for
the large taX-paying district known as
the Central City it evidently is in no
bclttI SHdDc " ESCAPE ScCllOIdl lccl-
ing than is the ticket named last Tues
day in Music hall. That ticket might
have been named Saturday which by
jIs very excellence would in some de-
gree have taken party politics out of
the approaching municipal election is
generally conceded; but such a ticket,
il is equally clear, was not named by
our Democratic friends, and we there
fore feel emboldened to predict that
they will find it difficult to land a man
on it next month.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17

While Texas, with q population OF 81
23j,523. has three judicial districts, and
New York, with a population OF 5,997, S5S,
has also three.
The Western district of Pennsylvania
now COMPRISES in area nearly the whole
state, and ii has been a great hardship
for the densely populated sections of the
state in the northeasterly part, through
the coal regions, and especially in the
counties of LuzeIne and Lackawanna, to
be obliged to journey clear to PittsDurg
in order TO have access to the judges OF
the district and circuit courts. OF course
it may be said that the hardship OF
this condition of things has been
somewhat mtigated by the establishment
of an annual session of the court at
Scranton and Williamsport. but this is
more seeming than real, The judge, the
district attorney and the marshal all
still reside and have their offices at Pitts
burg, and practically all the business of
the court is transacted there and the
northeastern section of the state has no
benefit of the session of court except
for few days each year. 1t frequently
becomes necessary in the administra-
tion of justice to get an interlocutory or
der or decree of the court or to make
or file a motion, or to do one of a thou
sand things required by the administra-
tion OF justice, and to do any of these
things it Is still necessary for the people
in the northeastern section of the state
i'm the counties embraced within the con-
templated new judicial district to go 10
Pittsburg in order TO see the judge
and get the relief desired. This
has been a great hardship in the past
and is growing TO be a still greater hard
ship as the population grows and the
need for court privileges increases. IL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17

The letter from Representative Con-
nell, elsewhere on this page, giving the
reasons which impclcd him to revive
che attempt to secure the creation of
a new federal judicial district with
courts sitting at Scranton, Harrisburg
and Williamsport. will be read with in
terest. The figures cited clearly es-
tablish that PENNSYLVANIA is entitled
to a third court district and the rapid
and steady growth, in both population
and business activities, of the terri
tory proposed to be included within the
limits of the new district. assures that
{. third set of federal courts would
have ample employment from the mo-
ment of their creation. We recon-
mend TO all who are interested in this
matter a careful pcrusal of Mr.. Con-
nellS letter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17
MIR. CONNELL AT WASHINGTON.
From Washington Letter in the Wilkes.
Barre Record.

II rom IL w bINlNI III lIlO w
Barre Record.
The manner in which Mr.. Connell Sc
cured the collcctorship for Mr.. Penman
emphasizes the prominent position which
the representative from Lackawanna is
assuming in state politics. Mr.. Connell
not only stands in with the powers, but
is power himself. He has brought into
politics the same force and determination
of purpose that characterize the ideal
business man.
Selfshness has no part in his makeup.
For his constituency he exercises a
tenacious determination, and is invari-
ably successful in the consummation of
his wishes. The samc tireless energy
which is displayed i'm all the matters per-
tanning to his own interest is brought out
when his aid is given to a colleague.
This may account to a great extent for
his popularity with the Pennsylvania
delegation There is scarcely one of the
weaker districts that has not been
strengthened at times by his aid.
1t is seldom that a congressman OBJ
tains much prominence or weight in
state politics during his first term. The
rapid advance and displayed power of Mr.
Conncll have become a matter of some
gossip at the capital. and considerable
speculation has been melted as to the
future of "the old man."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-17

1t is to be hoped that the Scranton
Railway company will meet with
speedy success in It's effort to secure
a sufficient supply of suitable new roll
ing stock for the ccommodation of its
increasing business. The public, in the
expectation of the better facilities
while longer with the wretched
cars now in use on many of the car
lines; but this patience should not be
oNertaXcd.