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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04

which can be easily accounted for when
the character of the buildings of New
York is remembered. We have four times
as many scholars in our public schools
but only 25 per cent, more teachers, which
seems to show that big classes as we see
them in London schools are not approved
in New York. We have more public Ii
braries, but not so many as we ought to
have considering the difference in pUpu-
lation. There are in London only halt
as many hospitals as can be found in
New York, and considering the eXtraordi-
nary number of accidents in that city
compared with those in London the hos
pitals appear TO be needed. The New
Yorker can boast of possessing nine more
cemeteries than can be found in London.
and he puts the religious enterprise OF
London TO he blush by providing a
church or chapel foI every 5000 persons,
" hile We only provide one for every i,0O0.
The municipal debt hargs heavier round
his reck, the London debt being about
81 per cent. lighter for each ratepayer.
"Organized charity" relieved one family
out of every 200, but in London one fam
lily ir about forty-live Is maintained by
the ratepayers. As regards crime, par
ticularly that coming under the head of
housebTeaking and burglary, we are bet
ter off than New York, probably because
we are better policed, both as regard
numbers and character, If crimes In Los
don under these heads were in the SAN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04

mari: that the statistics OF crime for
the last decade-during which most of
the new laws were promulgated-indi-
cate even more saliently the facts.
While the population has remained al
most stationary in that time, crimes
against the person have increased
about 60 per cent, and, what is more
noteworthy, the increase has been made
up almost wholly Of offences commit
ted by recidivistes, or persons whom
the clemency of the law has permitted
to be at large after conviction of first
crime Two other things to be re-
marked are. first, that no otner coun-
try has such a large number of pro-
fessional criminals, and. second, that
the average age of criminals is in no
country as low as in France. Nearly
two-thirds of the persons guilty of SER
ious crimes are between IS and 2S
years, and the average age yearly
grows less.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
A Railroad That Lifts Its Self by LIS
Own Boot straps.
7rom the London Times,


In Halford's patent railway the immc-
date motive power is the force of gravity,
and the cars are, as it were, always run
ming down hill. This result is achieved
by making the permanent way in Sec
tions whose length is to be determined by
engineering considerations, hinged to-
gether and supported at each end on hy-
draulic rams. AS the train reaches the
junction of two sections, II puts the hy-
draulic mao hinery in action, so that the
ram rises, lifting the end Of the section
together with the cars that are upon II.
The train thus has a decline, down which
II runs by its own weight, and as the
same process is repeated with each Sec
tion, it is practically always running
down a falling gradient, continuous,
though of varying steepness. The neces-
sary hydraulic power is conveyed through
pipe laid beneath the rails, and the ad-
mission of water TO the cylinders of the
rams il controlled either by electrical
means from the cars or by the weight OF
no train depressing the section 1t Is
bout to leave, and thus actuating the
,pply valve. In the model built by the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04

inventor the rails are raised on columns
and the cars suspended on either side
below the track, but the system is claimed
to be equally applicable to trains running
above the rails in the ordinary way,
though in that case It is considered that
the limit of speed consistent with safety
would be much reduced. With a full
size railway the stroke of the rams nee
essary to produce a high speed would not
be very long, and the passenger would eX-
pericnce little, If any, OF, the switch -ba ck
motion which might at first sight appeat
inevitable. As model the INVENTOR
works very prettily, whether II woult
prove practical in am engineerding sense
and, If SO, whether it would be a com
mercial and economical success, are,
course, very different matters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
Neither Groom Nor PeddIer.

The Columbus Dispatch vouChes fol
the truthfulness of this: A couple called
at the county auditors office and asked
Deputy Stader to give them a license.
II can give you u peddler's license,
Mr.. Strader said, but you want the
probate court the other side of that lit
tie cigar stand you see in the hall, There
s. where you get marriage licenses"
"Well, now" was the reply, 1--WE don't
want to get a marriage license. We nave
had enough of them. What we came for
is license for our gog-a dog license"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
Muslin Drawers

Ladies good quality Muslin
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Drawers, trimmed with En-
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worth SOC, special .......25C
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
New York and London.

The local government Journal, in max
ing some statistical comparisons between
New York and London, says that Greater
London is double the size of Greater New
York and has double the population. IL
has more than twice as many policemen,
but only half as many tiremen, a fact
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
Corset Covers

Ladies' fine Cambria Corset
Covers, with V or square neck,
worth 25c, special ..19c
Ladies fine Cambria Corset
Covers, with V or square neck,
trimmed with Insertion and
Embroidery, special .23c
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04

proportion as those i'm New York we
should have about 100 more than New
York.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
Ribbed Vests

Ladies Jersey Ribbed Vests,
Fleece Lined, regular price 1oc,
special ..1OC, or 3 for 25c
Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests.
best quality, extra heavy, Fleece
Lined, nicely trimmed, special,
19c
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Sheeting and
Pillow Casing

One case 1914 Brown Sheet
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Fifteen pieces 42-inch I'm
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Twenty pieces Best Quality
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grade, special ........ 1876
One hundred dozen Best
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
Muslin Gowns

Ladies fine Muslin Gowns,
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special .............. S9C
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Yoke wide collar, trimmed with
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Table Damask
and Napkins

Twenty pieces Bleached Table
Damask, 35c-grade .......25c
Fifty dozen Pure Linen
Bleached Napkins, regular price
$I.oo. special per dozen. .69C
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CambriCS

One case-yard wide, soft
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One bale-extra quality A
Brown Muslin, 5c-grade. Spe-
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04
A QUDER LAW.

and had been laid up tor only seven
weeks. This fact, by a popularity of
French law, prevented her from having
a standing in court; the law practi-
cally says that a charge of deadly as
sault cannot be brought against a per-
son unless the victim has been eight
weeks in a hospital. In other words
the law presumes that an injury the
duration of which is arbitrarily. fixed
at eight weeks is if it keeps the victim
in led but fifty-iive days the presump-
ton is that it was meant merely to
injure. This monstrous law was no
more ridiculous than the trial, which
was as much of farce as jury trials
always are in France. The husband
was proved to be a wife-bea and a.
good -for-nOthing, and had threatened
his crime for months. Notwithstand-
ing that, he made some witty remarks
when he was put on the stand an epi-
gramatic fling at his mothers in law
tickling the jury particularly, and they
| acquitted him without deliberaton.
France, ii might be remarked paren-
thetically, Is about the only country
where timely epigram is eftlcacious
| iL warding off a death sentence, as it
| has done many a time.
The other case was that of Il ser
geant in the Garde Republicaine VINO,
after pestering a girl for many months
| with his attentions, attacked her with
his sword-bayoret when she refused to
marry him 1t was an outrageous
case, the girl being half killed, but a
jury acquitted him without a moments
| hesitation. (Since then, but a few
days ago, this man made another at
tack on the same girl, who escaped
from him by jumping out Of a window.
He is again in prison to be tried by
another jury)
These cases perhaps show sufficient
ly the state of affairs that the lenlency
of the French criminal law has brought
about. 1t may not be necessary to re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04

These instances indicate the fact re-
marked, that the French really pre-
tend TO be little better than other
nations, and that they hold themselves
to have had all the original brutality
of the human animal refined out Of
them. Largely they regard their crimi-
nails as artistic, even refined, criminals
mot refined in cruelty, as they really
are, but OF a wholly different clay
from the common criminal of other
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-04

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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
YELLOW FEVER ON THE SHIP.
Two Men Left i'm the Hospital, One Died
on SnipbOard and Another Conquered the
Disease and Recovered. "a

Two Men Left in the Hospital, One Died
on snlpboard and Another Conquered the
Disease and Recovered. -
New YORK, March 2I-The steamer
Strabo, Capt. Jardine, which arrived
here yesterday from Rio Janeiro, lost
one of her crew from yellow fever dur
ing the voyage to this port.
While in port at Rio Janeiro, two of
her crew were taken i'll with Symp-
toms of yellow fever. They We're re
moved to the hospital on shore just be-
fore the steamer sailed from that port
The Strabo sailed from Rio on Febru-
ary D. When but few days out the
ships cook, Henry Kearton, of Liver
pool, AZ years DID, was taken sick with
yellow fever, and although Capt Jar
dine did all in his power to relieve the
patient. Kearton gradually grew worse
and died on March =
Capt. -Jardine, who attended Kear-
ton during his illness, was taken down
with the dreaded disease on March 2.
The attack was severe one, but the
captaiHarallied quickly and was con-
valeseent when the steamer called at
st. Lucia, March III, for coal.
When the Strabo reached port to-
day the health officer ordered strict
quarantine of the vessel. She will be
detained for thorough disinfection,
the-crew's quarters will be fumigated
and all the effects and bedding will be
disinfected. The captains room and
effects will also be disinfected. There
were no other cases of sickness during
the voyage to port.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
OMAHA 5 BIG EXPOSITION.
Plans for Several of the State
Buildings Received and Be-
ing Acted Upon.
SOME OF THEWORE ALREADY UNDER WAY.
Thirty Five States Have Already Given
Notice of Their Intention to Partici-
pate In the Big ShOw-A Great Gov
ernment Building Five Hundred Feet
Long.

OMAHA, Neb., March plans for
state buildings at the 1ransmlssissippi
exposition are coming in rapidly. The
department of publicity has just
reached the architects drawings of the
Minnesota building, the Montana
building, the Arkansas building, the
Denver Building and the Missouri
building. The plans for the proposed
Iowa building met the hearty ap-
prOval of exposition authorities.
The Illinois building is nearly COM
pletcd, with the exception of an addi-
tional wing made necessary for the ac-
comnodation of the fine art exhibit
which Illinois will bring to the exposi-
tion.
The Wisconsin building is well under
way and is one of the most complete
state buildings on the grounds.
The Nebraska building is practically
completed.
The plans for the Denver or Colorado
buildings have been accepted and
the contract-will be let in a day or
two.
Plans for the Georgia Pine palace
have been submitted 1t will be con-
structed wholly of pine donated by the
people of Georgia. 1t is "a handsome
structure.
The Minnesota building will be con-
structed on similar lines, of unhewn
Minnesota logs. The design of the
architects is most pleasing.
Plans for the Oregon building are
now being drawn, ami will be sub
mitted next week Members of the
state commissions of other states send
assurances that plans for their state
buildings will be Forthcoming within
short time. 1t is highly probable
that the states of New York
and New Jersey will construct hand
some buildings at the Transmississippi
exposition. Thirty-five states have,
to date, decided to participate in the ex-
position. In 30 of these commissions
have been appointed and reports from
agents in the field are to the effect that
at least live more states will be organ
lied within the next ten days. The
winter weather having been more
favorable, construction work is fast adj
vancing and is progressing in the main
court, the bluff track and the midway,
with great rapidity.
The great government building. 500
feet long, and the pinnacle of whose
dome is nearly 200 feet high, is nearly
done. The management finds it nee
essary to build several anneXes to ac-
commodatc the extraordinary demand
for exhibit space.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
GUNNER MoRGAN's DISCOVERY.

Dry Gun Cotton in UnbrOken Crystal
- Tubes Taken from Maine Wreck.
HAVANA, March 19.-Gunner Morgan
made a startling discovery in the
Maine wreck Friday. He found
large amount of gun cotton in the
crystal tubes in which It was kept.
The tubes were unbrol1en and
the gun cotton absolutely dry. 1t was
the highest explosive aboard the ship,
and if the explosion had originated
within the hull it would certainly
have blown up, too, yet it was found
intact. Several of the tubes were placed
in Capt. Sigsbee's state room on board
the Fern to be kept. presumably, for
the board of inquiry.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
ENeLAND's FLEET AT CHINA.
Buying Up All the Coal Offering from
Ever Quarter, Where Necessary Paying
Gilt Edge Prices for the Same.

Buying Up All the Coal Offering from
Ever Quarter, Where Necessary Paying
Gilt Edge Prices for the Same.
TACOMA, Wash, March 21.-Officers
of the Northern Pacific steamship Vic
toria, which arrived Saturday night
from China and Japan, report that the
British government is massing a very
powerful fleet of war ships in Chinese
waters and that the British are buying
all the coal coming to those waters
for their men-of-war and so anxious
are they to get it that they send vessels
to sea and there hail the colliers and
bargain for their cargoes, paying gilt
edge prices, if necessary.
The British are said to be buying all
the available coal from the Suez canal
to the northern coast of Siberia, as
they do not want to use Japanese coal.
Purser Mcdonald says there are now
80 or 40 British war ships on the China
station and the fleet has been consider
ably augmented during the last few
weeks. Among the latest arrivals was
the big marine fighter Powerful, one
of the most destructive vessels afoat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25


NEW York. March 19.-The sorriest
looking crew that ever sailed into the
harbOr of New York came in on the
British bark Ancyra. l26 days from
Hong Kong. Bruised, blackened. weak
from lack of food, some having broken
bones, and others touched by scurvy,
they tell story of hardship and bru-
tallty. They charge even worse against
the captain of the craft, |. b. Morris.
and say that as soon as they reach land
they will make a1idavits of the facts
TO the British consul
n reporters @who went on board the
vessel found several bcrths in the fore
castle occupied by men who called
piteously for doctor Most of them
were covered with unheaIed wounds
and running sores, and several with
the sailors signs of scurvv. The men
charge this state affairs to Capt. Nor
ris. the first mate. =. c. Robinson, the
second mate, y. Cuno. and the boat.
swain, Edward Shcllnur.
Alexander McCausland said: From
the day that we left Hong Kong we
have been strapped and beaten. have.
without provocation, been struck again
and again by the captain and second
mate. We have had no fresh vege-
tables, our daily rations being two sea
buscuits and little meat. If we asked
for better food we were dubbed.
have seen every sailor on the ship
struck by one officer or another.
The implements used were a chain,
a long tambOO club, a bucket. an oak
club, the handle of a mop or broom. |
nave seen as many as FIVE men with
black eyes at the same time. We did
not dare strike back lest we be shot
Edward Simpson said: Peter Hanson
was killed by brutality and starvation.
The second mate seemed to have a par
ticular grudge against him, and so did
the captain. They used 70 take turns
knocking him about.
Then they would do it together.
Hansen finally got sick AMI feverish.
He was covered with black and blue
marks, and was weak from lack of food.
The officers said that Hansen was
shamming. They went to his bunk
and called him, but he was too weak to
get up. So the captain picked him UP.
You're sick. are YOU? calling him vile
names D YOU. IL make you
sicller- When L speak to you move,
and move quick
Then the captain slammed him down
on the deck. again. This he repeated
three times cursing violently all the
while. Hanson grolned, but made no
answer. In half an hour he was dead.
This was last SUNDAY.
The truthfulncss of this narrative
was vouched for by sailors VIM. Smith,
Edward Thompson, Pierre Daniel, Fred
Landstrom and Fritz Streey, all of
whom declared that they would swear
- the facts as soon as they had an op-
portunity.
Fred Landstrom, who was also one
Of the bedriddcn men. and whose right
arm was in Il splint, said: Il have got
three broken ribs. ard l think my arm
is useless. l have beer to sea for 40
years. and l never saw officers 50 brutal
as those on this ship. We have Just
been bullied and starved the entire voy-
age
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
THE WORST OF THE SEASON.
Severe Snow storm in Montana-AI Trains
Delayed.

KALIsPEL, Mont, March 2O.-The
most severe snow storm of the season
is prevailing in this section. At one
o'clock this morning it began showing,
and at six o'clock this evening Is inches
of snow had fallen, and at that hour
the wind changed to the north, and the
snow is drifting badly. All trains are
delayed. The storm is even more severe
in the mountains, and cuts and ravines
are almost completely impossible,
making railroading very difficult.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
ARIzoNA's REP RESERVATION.
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Devils
ing Means for Its Proper Display at

The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Devils
ing Means for Its Proper Display at
Omaha.
PHGNIx, Ariz., March 21.-A meeting
was held here under the auspices of the
chamber of commerce to devise means
for giving Arizona representation at
the Omaha exposition. Among those
present and urging an exhibit were: Ex
Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, and
5. X. Llewellyn, OF the exposition de-
partment of promotion and publicity.
1t was agreed that the governor be
asked to name there commissioners and
that the business men of the territory
be called on to advance about s., 900
with the expectation that the amounts
subscribed would be refunded by the
legislature that will sit next January
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
THE STEAM YACHT GIRALDI.
Spain's Latest Alleged Addition to Her
Naval Strength.

NICE, March 19.-It is rumored here
that Spain has purchased the steam
yacht Giralda, belonging to Hugh Nc
Calmont. NJ. z.
The Giralda is 2S9 feet long, has 35
feet beam, and is Is feet deep. Her de-
signers were the Fairfield Ship Build
ing and Engine Co., and she was built
at Glasgow in 1894. The upper deck of
the Giralda is strengthened so as to
sustain the weight of the heaviest
quick-firing guns, and her engine rooms
and boilers are efficiently protected by
her coal bunxers
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
Increase in Russian Naval Expenditure.

LONDON, March 19.-The czar. ac-
cording to special dispatch from St
Petersburg, has authorized an increase
in the ordinary naval expenditure of g.
0O0,OOOroubles yearly for six years, in ad-
dition to the special grant of so 600, 600
roubles for naval purposes recently an
nounced.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
DEMOCRATS OF THE HOUSE.
Hon. Richard l.. Bland, of Missouri says
They Are just Waiting.


They Are just Waiting.
New YORK, March Representa-
tive Richard p. Bland. of Missouri. die
tated the following statement concern
ing the Cuban-Spanish situation to a
Washington correspondent of the
World:
'Weare waiting for the report of this
commission of inquiry which is sup
posed TO be hard at work for the facts
in the Maine disaster When / say so,
mean the democrats of the house.
We are not pressing matters. be-
cause we want to hear what this board
has to say. We want to know wheth-
er it is going to find the Spaniards
guilty or blameless, and we want to
know other things in this connection.
what the administration proposes
to do, of course. do not know. but un-
less it drives the Spaniards out of Cuba.
the people of this country are going to
ask the reason why. and their demands
will be strong and emphatic"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
DefauIting Indiana Trustee Guilty,

ENGLISH, Ind, March 19.-W. /. Spen-
GER the defaulting township trustee,
who claimed TO have been robbed on
the highway, August. 1895, was found
guilty of embezzlement, and given 1--WE
years in the penitentiarv.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
ENoLAND's GRAND OLD MAN.
The Condition of NIr. Gladstone Growing
APpreciabIy Worse.

LONDON, March 2O.-The Pail Mall
Gazette says that Mr.. Gladstone's gem
eral condition is appreciably worse. 1t
adds: 1T was his own wish to be
moved to Hawar1en with as little
delay as possible Whatever the
precious nature of the IA
cial pains, neuralgia or the pres
ence of some unhealthy growth,
there can be no doubt that,
though intermittent, they have oc-
casioned severe suffering.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
NIrs. Matilda Josivn Gare.

CmcAGO. March 19-Mrs. Matilds
Joslyn Gage died, Friday, aged - years.
Mrs. Gage won an international repu.
tation as one of the earliest ch ampions
OF woman's rights in America, having
identified herself with that movement
n 1852.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-25
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
(First Regular Session.)
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, March 19.-The bill for
the free entry of guns. ammunition and
other naval supplies and war material
purchased abroad was passed without
division