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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23

Messrs Harper, James and Bloes to
report at the next regular meeting.
President James W. Smith then ord
cred the secretary to read off the
names of the different appointments of
committees he had made for the ensu-
! ing year: Road and bridge committees,
VIM. Snedicor, from first ward; VIM.
| V. Davis, from second ward; George
Moules, from third ward. Electric
| light committee, VIM. Harper, first
ward; r. T. James, second ward; w. S.
Bloes, third ward. Ordinances and
water committee, r. ]. Reese, third
ward; VIM. Snedicor, first ward; VIM.
| Harper second ward; finance, ]. ].
Parry. George Stgraves was appoint
| ed for five years to succeed Sylvanus
| Smith as a member of the board of
| health. Burgess S. B. Williams then
| presented the names Of the following
| gentlemen to the council for approval
| to act as the borough police force for
| the coming year. which We're accepted: :
| Chief of police, E. l.. Craig, first ward /;
! captain, Mark Walker, Jr; assistants
| to be appointed later. Third ward,
| captain, Sylvanus Smith; assistants,
Aneurin Williams. Benjamin Prosser,
| Samuel Newton, Mathew Harlow The
bond of treasurer elect William Jones
in the sum of twenty thousand dollars
was then read with the names of the
| following gentlemen attached: ]. w.
| Patton, Hector Jones, VIM. Mason,
| William Jones, T. r. Williams and
Bernard Kennedy. The securities were
accepted The bill of burgess S. B.
| TO-,
the amount of $500 was accepted and
ordered paid. Mr.. Plat of Scranton,
and Mr.. Harlow of Peckville. two cleo
tricians, offered to give the council
plans and specifications on electric
| plants free of charge which was ac-
cepted. Mr.. Maple Bell, the electrician
of Taylor, and also Mr. Harloe, were
present and gave the council some
good suggestions on different electric
| plants. President Smith instructed
the electric light committee to find out
| all they possibly could and report at
the next regular meeting, April 4.
There will be an entertainment and
| social at the Dolph chapel this evening,
March 23. cordial invitation is ex-
| tended to all who can to come and
help the free Kindergarten.
Robert McMaines. of Grassy, had a
very valuable Jersey COW die last Mon
day evening. Mr.. McMaines refused
the offer of $500 for her a short time
| ago.
The recital given by Miss Jessie L,
Stearns and her pupils at the Wilson
nall last Monday evening was largely
attended. All who took part are oe-
serving of much praise and are to be
highly complimented
Rev. w. G. Watkins, pastor of the
North Main Avenue Baptist church,
Scranton, will occupy the pulpit of the
Peckville Baptist church this evening,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
WITCHCRAFT In
FAR-OFF ALASKA
Two Women Accused Of the Crime al
Yakutat
CLOSING OF ALL THE SALOONS
Liquor Seized at Fort wrangei..The
Collector Determined to Enforce
Prohibition Laws--skaguay Trail
Is Breaking Up Owing to tho Mild
Winter.

Seattle, WASH, March 22.-The steam
ship Farrallon has arrived here from
Alaska. She reports that all the sa-
looms at Fort Wrangel had been closed
and the liuuor seized. The collector
says ne intends to enforce strictly the
prohibition law. A number of "tcughs'
arrived from Dyea and Skaguay at
Wrangel and several gun fights have
taken place.
Vancouver, b. c., March 22.-P. Car
ter who has returned from the north,
says that the American customs regu-
lations at Skaguay and Dyea are work.
ing like a charm. Collector 1vey has
returned to Alaska from Washington
and Is carrying out the treasury de-
partment's instructions of Feb. 2.
Mr.. Carter says that Skaguay trail
is breaking up owing to the early sea-
son and mild winter. The Dyea trail
Is no better. Klondikers are stuck at
Sheep Camp. The electric tramway is
not working. He thinks that the Stick
cen river route is to be the best when
the river is opened, which he expects
to be about April 25. He advises Klon-
dilters to remain in the cities of Seattle
and Vancouver in order to be on the
spot when the river boats are able to
proceed.
wrangel at present has a population
of 1000.
Washington, March %. - Secretary
Bliss today made public an interesting
letter from Governor John q. Brady,
of Alaska, containing the observations
made by him while on his annual trip
of inspection 20 the various roSits on
the coast. While passing up the Lynn
canal, the governor says, the officers of
the ship he was on saw piece of
wreckage which was afterward ascer-
tained to he part of the ill-fated steam
er Clara Nevada, of whose crew or
passengers not one was left to tell the
tale. Special attention, he says, should
he paid to vessels navigating the Yu-
kOn.
At Yakutat it was found that every
thing that had been reported to the
navy department regarding tie condi-
tion of affairs there was correct. The
governor speaks of the practice of
witchery which seems to exist to a
considerable extent in that part of the
country. He tells of a man and two
women who were bound and tied for
bewitching a man. On the ninth day
the bound man was released, and as he
had been given nothing to eat and but
a few drinks of water he was in a
shocking physical condition. The gov
ernor spent some time talking to these
people, and after explaining the laws
of the United States, told them that
in the future be would not deal lenient-
ly with those who practice witchcraft
About a dozen miners were at Yakut-
at, wanting to proceed to the head OF
Disenchantment bay. Thence they
We're TO cross over the glacier to the
Olesek river, where they intended tc
prospect, and afterward proceed to the
White river and get back to the St
Elias range of mountains.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23

the call Of Mr.. Norton, Mr.. Walker, who
is an engineer, said the plans did not
show the elevation of the pillars. II
was decided not to finally consider the
matter until the missing figures mad
been obtained.
Among the ordinances which passed
third reading were the following:
Common counciD providing for side
walks on West Lackawanna avenue
between North Main avenue and Ninth
street, three electric lights in the First
ward and an additional fire alarm box
In the First ward; (select counciD pro-
viding for the paving of Providence
road and North Main avenue and for
sidewalks on Clay avenue between
Myrtle and Pine streets.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
PERILS OF AFFECTION.
Tender Sentiment Is-A Physicians
Good Ad vice.

Few People Realize How Exhausting the
Tender Sentiment Is-A Physicians $
Good Advice.
There is no way by which people
exhaust themselves, or kill themselves,
so quickly as by exercising the affec-
tions.' .......
This striking remark was made by
one OF the best physicians in America.
He was man who had studied deeply,
observed keenly, and knew men and
women thoroughly. Continuing, he
said:
Sentiment is grand, lovely thing,
and the world cannot live without It,,
but the exercise of the sentiments in
variably exhausts. People may not feel
1t, but it is true nevertheless. A man
or a woman wears out, breaks down,
and then wonders at the cause. There
should be no occasion for wonder. /
have explained the cause"
'If the men and women of the nine
teenth century do not feed the forces
that produce sentiments, affections,
feelings, they are certain to break
down, to become exhausted, and to die
before their time. Do not tell me these
things are theories, for they are solemn
facts"
you ask me what / would do" he
continued. II answer: Begin to feed
these forces; feed them constantly;
feed them with the best and most sci
entific discovery you can secure. If
you ask me what is the best, / unhesi-
tatingly say it is that grand prepara-
tion which has been so long before the
people and is so popular, Warmers Safe
Cure. / know that it possesses powers
known to no other discovery, and /
know that thousands of men and wo-
men cannot live without it today. If
you will stop and think, or ask your
friends, you will see that what / say is
correct, and l believe be led to try it
at once If you have not already done
So"
The facts stated by the doctor and
the advice he gives are sound. 1t is
absolutely true that many men and
women are enabled to live and enjoy
life entirely through the power which
this great remedy gives them, and there
are thousands of others who need to
follow in the same path.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
WOMAN TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
Mrs. Cornell, OF Youngstown, fol
Board of Education Member.

Youngstown, Ohio, March 22.-The
women of this city will take part in the
city election April 4. A citizens union
ticket has been nominated for which
candidates from the republican and
democratic tickets were selected, and
the ticket also bears the name of Mrs.
Mary Cornell, widow of DIR. George
Cornell, for member of the board of
education from the second ward.
Mrs. Cornell Is a member of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union,
and the women win conduct a vigorous
campaign in her behalf.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
SERVANT GIRLS ON A STRIKE.
Domestics of Topeka Demand More
Privileges for Their Callers.

Topeka, Kan, March 22.-The servant
girls of this town have begun a war,
which they say will not end until the
women employers shall accord to them
all the rights and privileges due them.
They are demanding that in the fu-
ture the young men who call upon them
shall be permitted to enter at the front
door, and not through the kitchen from
the back yard. The domestics further
demand that the dining room, if not the
back parlor, shall be set apart for them
to use in entertaining their friends.
The threatened strike is a popular
movement among the young women
who work for living, and it promises
to shake society in the capital city
from center to circumference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
NEW COMET is DISCOVERED.
Professor Perrine at Lick Ubserva-
tory Sights Another.

Cambridge, Mass, March PA tele-
gram has been received at the Harvard
College observatory from Professor
Schaeberle at Lick observatory, stating
that Professor Perrine has just discov-
cred a bright comet.
Its position March 20 90 h. SO minutes
81 seconds, Greenwich mean time, was
as follows. Right ascension q hours IS
minutes 46.S seconds; declination north
l6 degrees 43 minutes 90 seconds; daily
motion in right ascension hours A
seconds; daily motion in declination
degree / minute.
The comet is 2 minutes in diameter
of the seventh magnitude, has strong
central condensation and a tail / de-
gree long.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
DUE TO TRADING STAMPS.
Heart Disease Followed a Grocsr's
Worry Over Them.

Wilmington, Del, March 22.-It is
stated tonight that Deputy Coroner
Chandler will give a certificate of death
from heart disease in the case of Gro
Ger John A. Light, who was found dead
in his bathroom yesterday, the place
being filled with gas.
Mr.. Light recently sold his business
declaring that be could not afford to
give trading stamps. and they would
ruin him. He worried much over the
stamps. and this. gave rise TO the re-
port of suicide; but the family deny
II.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
FRENCH FLEET IN CUBAN CRISIS.
The European Republic Has Great
Interests at Work.

London, March 22.-The St. James
Gazette this afternoon, commenting
upon the mobilization of the French
fleet, says: 'If the trouble between
Spain and the United States should be-
come acute it would precipitate issues
of great moment for France"
1t is suggested by the paper that the
mobilization may be connected with the
Spanish question.
Berlin, March 22.-The Berlin Tage-
hlatt says that France wishes to act
as arbiter and settle the American
Spanish question peaceably.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
BATTLE WITH FLOATING LOGS.
Raftsmen's Desperate Fight for Life
in n Swollen Stream.

Wiliamsport, Pa, March pa rise
of eleven feet in the West branch is
rapidly filing the Susquehanna boom
with logs, and nearly the $50, 900 goo
feet expected this season will come in
on this rise.
During the darkness of last night,
while the logs were running thick, two
Sinnemahoning men, who had come
down on a raft, were unable to make
a landing, and were in imminent dan
ger of going over Queens Run dam,
above Lock Haven, In their terror
they plunged into the swollen stream
and swan for the shore, battling with
the logs as they went. The raft was
saved from destruction by Lockport
riYermen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
GOT S22OO ON BOGUS INQUESTS.
Former Coroner Sent TO Prison for
Maiieasance in Office.

New York, March 22,-For having col
lected while in office $4,000 for bogus
inquests which he had recorded. ex-
Coroner Edward b. Coombs, of Kings
County. was sentenced today to one
year and seven months Imprisonment
in the penitenuary and also to pay a
fine of $1,000.
Later Judge Hirschberger granted a
certificate of reasonable doubt, the or
der being returnable on March 2S.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-23
MR.. ROCHE MAKES
A SERIOUS CHARGE
concluded from Page 6.1

by the calling of the roll on the passage
of the ordinance. He started to speak
but said he would wait until his name
was reached.
The herald., 1898-12-25

the role of Sieglinde, ''as bridge between
the lyric and the heavier roles of Wagner"
Both these singers have contributed articles
to the Seidl memorial volume, which the
Scribners have now in press, and OF the $50
numbered copies more than five
hundred are already disposed of. so that in
tending subscribers will do well to send in
their names at once. In her article, Nine.
Nordica gives an amusing instance of Mr..
Seidps minute attention to details. 1t was
his wont to go over the parts in the Wag-
ner operas with all the great singers, incud-
ing Niemann and the DE Reszkes. One day,
after giving three hours of his time to Nine
Nordica, he went with her to Broadway
The herald., 1898-12-25
Music at the Churches

The special music for Christmas services
at st. Nncents Church, corner Grand ave
nue. and Washington street, will be as fol
lows: At ) O'Clock a. m, Solemn High
Mass will be celebrated. Celebrant Rev
J. \. Linn. c. NJ; deacon, Rev +. II. Nc
Cabe, c. NJ; subdeacon, NJ T. Ryan, c.
NJ. The choir will sing Haydn's Second Mass
The herald., 1898-12-25

store to buy veil for Isolde in the second
act He asked for samples OF various kinds
of tulle, and when they came, he seized one
after another at one end and flirted the
Other rapidly through the air, to the great
astonishment OF the shoppers and shop-girls,
who were not quite sure whether he was in
his right mind. He knew just what he
wanted.
Miss Anna Virginia Metcalf has been Sc
cured as leader Of the First PRESBYTERIAN
church choir, corner Twentieth and Fig
ueroa street, commencing Christmas morn
ing. Special Christmas music will be rem
dered by the quartet choir at both morning
The herald., 1898-12-25

and evening services The quartet today will
be Miss Metcalf, soprano; Miss Fannie Lock
hart, contralto Mr.. Albert Coombs, tenor,
and Mr.. Scott Palmer, bass. Miss Metcalf
has sung in the leading churches of London,
England, New York, Chicago and St. Louis,
and has made quite a reputation as an ora
toro singer in England, having studied the
oratorios under the great master, Randeg
ger.
The next concert of the Symphony or
chestra will be given Tuesday afternoon,
January 10, with the following program:
Overture in d major lin Italian style)....
.'.'''..'.''.. ............... cchuDeft
Intermezzo. Opus 46. .Bargiel
The herald., 1898-12-25

Fantasie Caprice. .Vieuxtemps
Sixth Symphony (pastoral) .... Beethoven
Two dances. ...................Ru Rubinsten
l-Pecheur Napolitain ct Napolitane.
2-Toreador ct Andalouse.
former member of Mendelssohn Quintet
club
The herald., 1898-12-25

The annual Christmas love feast Of the
Church Of the Nazarene will be held Nom
day morning at $3.50.
The herald., 1898-12-25

The Volunteers of America, 12s East First
street. will hold Christmas services today
at II "a. M, 3 and 8 p. IN. Sunday school at
l:l5 p. IN.
The herald., 1898-12-25

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The herald., 1898-12-25

Christmas services will be held at Tenn
perance temple this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
There will be short addresses by Miss Emma
Hartman Of University, Miss G. L. Stick
w. G.. r. u, and Mrs. Hester T. Griffith,
state superintendent of soldiers and sailors
work. Song service in charge of R. N. JEFF
frey.
The herald., 1898-12-25

The musical program at the First Pres.
byteran Church, corner Figueroa and
Twentieth streets, under the direction Of
Miss Anna Virginia Metcalf, will be as fol.
lows: Morning Organ voluntary selected,
Miss Amelia Brown; carol anthem, Sing, o
Heaven" (Berthold Toms) Gloria, (Spohr) ::
response, "Come Gracious Spirit" (Harri-
SOM; offertory solo, 80, Little Town Of
The herald., 1898-12-25

Presbyterian Church, Hill and Sixteenth
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-05
VIEWING THE PARADE.

HE people of San Francisco witnessed yester-
 day parade which to many of them unique.
 The city is becoming accustomed to the sight of soldiers but before had there been here thousands, armed for war, marching with banners and drums, with all the precision and alignment of veterans. few weeks ago these volunteers rived from different States widely separated yet purpose among them all. For love of the common flag they had left the pursuits of peace. That the flag might unstaned they had offered their lives They were undrilled, ununiformed. The parade showed that there had been a transformation The boys marched with such military bearing that the civilian looking could not distinguish between the seasoned regular and the untried volunteer.
 There were other interesting features connected with the parade, but every eye for the soldiers To see them pass regiment after regiment an inspriting spectacle, not wholly show. There must have been in the minds of those who watched the thought that these soldiers of the blood as the who died bravey the torrid heights about Santiago, and that as willingly and bithely would they, too, go to a grave in alien soil It may fall to them yet to face perils appalling Cuba has offered but everybody who watched them knows that whatever betide, these boys will not shrink. The nation is aroused to fighting pitch, and they repre- sent the nation They are our people. We feel for them the bond of kinship.
 With victory crowning arms by sea and land with each day producing a hero, each hour heavy with fate a parade in honor of the Fourth could not have been an ordinary event But when we hear the tramp of armed men, and the note of the bugle which will soon call them to die when the flag which is the emblem of the Union floats over those who will carry 1t aar mark the advancing outposts of civil zation emotions are stirred to their deeps and love of country thrills the American as the love of mother and home
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-05
CAMERAS FLEET NEXT.

C AMPSON'S destruction of the Spanish fleet at \ Santiago, which served to infuse the Fourth - of July with the glow of present victory well past glory, not only leaves free prosecute the campaign in Cuba at whatever point please, but allows us to send at fleet to Europe to operate of the of Spain and another 10 seek out the flying squadron of Camara and destroy it wherever found.
 The extraordinary character of the victories achieved over the fleets of Spain Manila and at Santiago leaves not the least doubt to the result that will follow the meeting of American squadron with that of Camara. At Manila single man was lost during the action and at Santiago only one while the losses of the Spanish terrific It is clear that the Spanards however brave and patriotic
 they may be- are incapable of handling the mechanism of modern naval armaments They able to buy battle ships and cruisers with big guns from the British, the French and the Germans but they have not been able to handle them with any effect what ever In both contests gunners nave battered the Spanish ships to pieces with much safety to themselves as if they had been engaged in target practice.
 Under these circumstances the much debated ques ton whether Camara's fleet is making its way toward the Philippines with the intention of attacking Dewey will not be seriously considered any longer. To fight an American fleet is perhaps the last thing Ca thinks of doing. He may probably direct his course to the islands, but if SO it will not be with the intention of confronting Dewey. There will doubtless be repetition of the tactics of Cervera- The Spanish fleet will cruise and dodge about in the archipelago as long as possible, and when out of coal or when closely pursued, will take refuge in some fortified harbor and wait the inevitable end. There is a chance, however that as soon as Ca mara receives the news of the defeat of Cervera he will hasten back to Spain rapidly as possible There are good reasons for believing that his fleet was dispatched toward the Orient only for the pur- pose of deuding the Spanish people into the belief that the Ministry is prosecuting the war vigorously and intends to recover the Philippines. The move ment in fact is more likely to have been one Of politics than of naval strategy, and in the present emergency it may appear to the bewildered Cabinet at Madrid that it would be better politics to bring 1t home than permit it to continue its way to the East
 Whatever course the Spaniards may pursue there will be no question to ours. From this time on our fleets will seek Camara wherever he may go A fame like that which has been won by Dewey in de- feating Montijo and by Sampson in defeating Ger vera is to be gained by the fortunate commander who overtakes Camara and it is scarcely necessary to say he must steam far and fast he escapes the Ameri- can fleets that will be on his trail and moving as rapidlv as their engines drive them.