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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

The decline in drunkenness which has
resulted from the temperance reform
work of the past two decades is strik-
inely illustrated in the police court rec
ords of New York. In 1877, 20; in 1887,
ID and I'm 1897. only out of every 1000
of population were arrested on this
charge. Not only did the ratio de-
crease but there was also an actual de-
crease of 80 per cent. in the number of
arrests in 1897 as compared with twenty
years ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24
II Is AT HAND.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
President Mckinley is a cautious man,
but he Is loyal to the duties Of his place.
he knows as well as any one that Amer
lean sentiment looks with indignation
upon the physical and political atrocities
continuing in Cuba. And he is also aware
that in the middle of the platform upon
which a majority Of the voters made him
president of the United States there Is a
plank demanding. the termination OF the
Cuban war, If necessary at the hands OF
the United States government The time
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
For school Director.

Three Years-PETER NEULs, Eleventh
ward.
Three Years-D. !. PHILLIPS, fitth
ward.
Two Years-E ID. FELLOWS, Fourth
ward.
Two Years--F. s. GODFREY, Eighth
ward.
one Year--F. S. BARKER. Seventeenth
ward.
One Year-ELIAS Il. EVANS. Fifteenth
ward
Election Day February IL.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24
Strike Losses of a Year.

Everywhere the tendency of intelli-
gent leaders Of organized labor is away
from strikes except as a last resort
The president of the American Feder-
alton of Labor. Mr.. Gompers, and the
new general master workman of the
knights Of Labor, Mr.. Hicks, no less
than Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers and Chief
Sargent of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Fmemen, are on record with
strong disapproval of strikes where an
alternative appears; and some data
recently collected by the labor depart
ment of the British government, cover
ing the results of labor strikes in Great
Britain during 1897, emphasize the wis
dom of this conservative attitude.
In all there were in England last
year S39 strikes and lock-outs. affect
| ing POI .63S persons. The number of
working days lost is estimated at TO-
100000. Taking a working year as 800
days, this figure is equivalent to about
33.333 years of individual idlenesS. Ac-
cCrding to the statistics the loss of
wages in London and other great cities
may be estimated at about s shillings
per day, and in other places about l
shilling less. The average daily wage
of the men who are or have been idle
| has been, after careful comparison,
placed at As. sd. For the 1OOOO,OOO
wasted days the actual wage loss is
therefore $1l,S75, 900. This, however, is
only a part of the total loss. These
strikers, while idle, had to be support
ed. The Amalgamated Society of En-
gineers last year spent $l,500,0OO of its
surplus fund in sustaining its striking
membership. The Boilermakers' soci-
ETY. spend Sj0O,000 in round numbers
The department estimates that trades
union treasures lost SS,150, 900 in 1897 ir
this way. The third item of loss-the
sacrifice entailed on general business
cannot be estimated. The engineers
strike, the biggest strike of the year ir
England which lasted throughout the
year. caused falling off of nearly
81 900, 900 in shipments of machinery
during which time German exports oi
machinery increased nearly S2,5OO,OOO
Other branches of trade doubtless suf'
fered correspondingly. Some of this
loss will never be regained.
No guess as to the total loss arising
in Great Britain from the strikes o
last year can be accurate but it woult
seem from the foregoing details tina
the official estimate placing the aggre
gate at not less than S6O,OOO,OOO, o
roughly speaking. 50 per capita, is con
servative. 1t is clearly to the publ!'
interest to discourage strikes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

rendering to autonomy. The debates
in congress evidently warned Blanco
that it was time to bring al his re-
serve artifices into play.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

The confirmation of the appointment
Of Judge McKenna to the Supreme
bench is likely to be followed by one
good result. The country will now get
competent attorney general.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

Professor Goodwin Smith has again
affirmed his belief that the people of
the United states are incapable of self
government. There are certainly times
when II looks like that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

Congressman King says when he was
in Cuba the Spanish We're busily re-
hearsing hlrelings paid to impersonate
Cuban insurgents in the act of sur
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

Since 1860 the annual average con-
sumption of whisky in this country per
capita has decreased from 2S6 10 .95
gallons, but a further decrease of .95
gallons would make the country better
In every MaN.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

The Philadelphia Ledger calls upon
Senator Quay to retire. 1t is possible
that on this subject the senator will
develop a species of deafness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

for executive response TO this powerful
and characteristic feeling cannot be very
long delayed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

The last issue of the Jermyn Press
announces it's sale and transfer by
Thomas Boundy to Paul'W Harris and
Charles Kiger, of Elmer, N. ]. Under
Mr.. Boundy's management the Press
has been an alert and aggressive local
paper. We wish for it's new owners
equal and even greater success.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

So rapidly are new avenues of labor
being thrown open to women that 1t IS
difficult to keep the run of the WIDEN
ing outlet for her energies and INTEL
lect. One of very recent date, however
Offers such unique advantages that
special attention is called TO it's posi-
bilities. This novel enterprise is in
the KIondike; not as may be hastily
supposed in the lines of boarding house
proprietor, laundress or general cook
or even urospector of claims. Ihe
scheme as devised by a Kings county,
y. v, woman is to take stock in a
Klondike mining company to be cap
itallZed at 100000. This feminine finan-
cier, after doing this, decided that she
wanted to run the company. She had
| purchased enough shares to have a
considerable say and she said it early
and late. in season and out of season,
until the other stockholders decided
that the only thing to do was to buy
ont that woman. She saw her adNan-
rage and her shares went up. She con-
| :inued to talk and to lay plans as to
what they would do when they arrived
at the Yukon in the spring. The men
grew desperate and offered fabulous
prices for her interests, but she is still
holding on, realizing that she has
struck little Klondike of Ter own
without the inconvenience attached 10
fur sleeping bags ana other parapher-
MALTA necessary to protracted stay IN
| Alaska,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Dawn by Aiacchus,
The Tribune Astroioger.

Astrolabe cast: 1.20 u. m. for Monday,
January "a, 1898.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-24

Congress will not permit the gripping
of the letter carrier service in the chief
cities, for the ample reason that con-
gress would not dare to.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
Political Parties IN south Dakota
nrudN fpr the Irav.


SIOUX FALLS. s. D., June 12.-(Special.) y
II is the purpose Of the republican leaders
Of all factions in South Dakota to get to-
gether this summer, and to put up such a
ticket as will M the full voting
strength of the party. There is no doubt
that the populists. democrats and silver re-
State Treasurer Kirk Phillips. who has made
n model treasurer. Is attracting attention as
II candidate for governor. But Edward Van
Gise, who lives in the same county, wants
the nomination for congress, and 1t is GER
tain that both OF them cannot be named. NJ.
f.. Greeley OF Deuel. county has been spoken
of in connection with the nomination for
governor, but II is doubtful IL he Is a can
didate. The friends of ex-Congressman o. $.
Clifford OF Canton would like to see their
~favorite back in public life, and stranger
things have happened than that he would
he one of the leading candidates. Major
Picklcr is also developing strength in this
connection, but 1t is thought this is prelim-
mary to his candidacy for congress. Coe l.
Crawford of Huron is still being urged fot
congress, but before he gets the nomination
he will have to account with C. H.. Burke OF
Pierre, the brilliant leader of the repub.
! leans in the last house, and one OF the
smoothest Of the young politicians in the
state.
1t is reasonably certain that If the fusion.
lists can prevent 1t. the silver question
which was all dominant in 1896, will b'
sidetracked. The campaign will be fought
largely on state issues. Republicans art
more harmonious than ever before and the!
feel certain OF a victory at the polls.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
WATERS BEGIN TO Reed
Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers Subside a
Des Moinesns
ALL DANGER FROM A FLOOD is NOW OVER
Mrs. ChnrIcs Heaton sue4 for the Loss
of n Husband, CHARGING tina
He Has Been spirited
Away

DIES MONIES, June 1~2.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The Des Moines and Raccoon rivers
here, which have been greatly swollen by
the heavy rains during the past few days,
began to recede today. No damage was
done, but all one day the river rose
at the rate of four inches an hour, came
within a few feet of the danger line and an
other big general rain would have caused
much damage.
Charles Heaton OF Saylorville, a little
town a few miles north of here, has disap-
peared. His wife claims that he was
spirited away by his relatives and she has
begun suit in the district court against them
for SIS, 600 damages. naming Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Heaton and Jasper Stout as de-
PENDANTS.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
| today observed its annual memorial day.
One thousand marched in a procession to
Woodland cemetery, where they decorated
the graves of their dead comrades and held
appropriate exercises.
C. w. Hackbart OF st. Ansgar, Ia, ar
rived in the city last night on an overland
trip by wheel from Los Angeles, Cal. He
made the trip in six weeks. He rode across
the country all the way on the roadbed of
the Santa Fe. His c%yclometer reads 2,S40
miles for the trip. He left on his wheel
for home today.
John J. ingalls, of Kansas was in the
city on his way to Chicago. He expressed
the belief that the Spaniards will withdraw
from Cuba within a very short time and
that the war will be ended within sixty
| dayS.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
stiu HnegIunp over Road Fund.

Saturday morning the Board Of County
Supervisors held a conference with the city
council with a view to a settlement of the
controversy over the expenditure of the road
fund. City Attorney Wadsworth, for the
city council submitted the proposition that
the council would allow one-third of the
road tax collected within the city limits
to be expended by the county on roads adj
jacent to the city under the direction Of
Chairman Baker of the county board; the
remaining two-thirds of the fund to be ex
pended within the city and all work done
In the city TO be under the supervision of
the street supervisor and all the bills to be
accepted and endorsed by Chairman Baker
of the county board. This latter provlso was
necessary, in view of the fact that Judge
Smith in his ruling decided that the funds
should remain in the hands of the county
treasurer.
This proposition did not meet with a very
cordial reception from the supervisors and
they held out for half of the fund to be
expended outside the city limits on adjacent
roads. The city council refused to make
any further compromise and the conference
ended with the controversy in the same
condition as 1t was before the meeting. The
amount in the road fund over which the con
%troversy is amounts to about $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
Iowa Prcss Comment.

Audubon Republican: Governor Shaw is
proving to be a good, strong and clear
headed governor. His mistakes are very
few indeed. ru1
Dubuque Times: Iowa will again return
a solid delegation shodld the congressional
and state conventions be content to indorsa
the record of the administration and of the
Iowa delegation in the present congress.
That record should and viii command the
support of a majority ineyery district, Elk
tremes are dangerous and should be avoided.
Iowa City Republican, Those outside re-
publican papers that ARE worrying about
the position Iowa will take on the money
its own people while tney ,pay close atten-
ton to picking up tho stitches dropped in
their own knitting. We. dent say this in a
boastful and off hand manner, but candidly,
after a contempiationifbf9 political results
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13

LIE MARS, Ia, June 12.-.tSpecial.)-The
result of republican county conventions in
this part of iowa leaves the congressional
nomination in doubt. The convention in
this county selected a delegation that will
give a divided vote in the congressional con-
vention owing to the fact that ]. U. Sammis
of this county is a candidate for the nomina-
ton of railroad commissioner. l. S. Struhle,
ex-congressman. is at the head of The dele
cation. Lyon, Monona and Ida counties Sc
lected Perkins delegations yesterday, Perkins
winning in Ida by a fraction of a vote. Cher
okee county selected a delegation that will
be divided. Cole has Sioux and Oscecla
counties for him. Perkins has the Wood
bury county delegation, though not instructed
for him because Woodbury. has two candi-
dates for district judge. Judge Thomas
has none of the delegations yet, but
will get Buena Vista and probably Sac and
Clay counties.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
ChiIdrcn's Day.

Children's day was observed in several of
the city churches yesterday. At the Broad
way Methodist church the morning service
was given over to the children OF the Sunday
school, for whom a literary and musical
program had been prepared.
At the First Baptist church the evening
service was devoted to the young people, who
rendered a pleasing program of recitations
and readings interspersed with sacred songs.
At the First Congregational church spe-
olal services in observance of Children's
day were held in the morning. Following a
brief sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. w. VIII
son, several children were baptized and the
little tots who had graduated from the
primary class Of the Sunday school were
made glad by having diplomas presented
them.
At the Second Presbyterian church the
children's exercises were held in the morn
ing, when the pupils of the Sunday school
classes rendered a sacred musical ~cantata,
entitled "Children's Hosannas."
The Children's day exercises at the Fifth
Avenue Methodist church were postponed
until next Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
BERNIE SAWYER TELLS OF TAMPA.
County superintendent Gets an Inter-
csting Letter from His Soldier Son.

County superintendent Gets an Inter-
esting Letter from His Soldier Son.
County Superintendent Sawyer has re-
ceived a letter from his son, Berne, who
is in the First Illinois infantry. The letter
was written on the 9th from Port Tampa,
since which time according to newspaper
report, the First Illinois has been ordered 10
Santiago. Describing the departure of the
troops from Chickamauga, the writer says:
We broke camp about 10 O'Clock on the
morning of the hottest day of the year, each
man carrying forty-nine pounds of baggage.
Our march Of twelve miles was over a dusty
course and we tried to make good time, with
the result that fully n quarter of them came
In at the finish. OF our company, eighty
four men. twenty-five marched into Ringo
about 4 O'Clock, dead tired, but still in the
ring, and your little son was In that same
bunch, at the head of the gang. The men
dropped out in twos and threes and lay down
at the roadside, some dizzy, others uncon-
scious. Whatever doubt / may have enter
tanned about holding out on a long march
has been entirely dispelled. as believe l
finished this tramp in as good condition as
any man in the entire regiment. We
travelled in elegant style. with Pullman
sleepers, all the way to Tampa. OF this
place let me say that the climate will not
hurt any of our men and anybody who gets
sick here would stand an equal chance OF
sickness in any of the northern states.
o''I 10 - 'aN NV 4 u oINth iOhBtu
to see, and it meets every expectation. The
climate, so far, has been delightful. The
sea breezes modify the heat to such an
extent that we are far more comfortable than
we were at Chickamauga,o Have been bath
ing two or three times in the bay. For the
distance of nearly a mile one can wade with
out striking deep water, We have caught
innumerable fiddler crabs. horseshoe crabs,
softshells and startish. 1t is a wonderful
sight to watch the army of crabs meandering
up and down the beach day and night.
There are four or five volunteer regiments
besides the regulars. The latter, at least all
| have seen, are pretty good fellows and have
given us a few good tips on how to get along
and not get the worst of 1t.
We have been issued rubber ponchas and
at night spread them out on the ground fDl
cover them over with blankets, so that we
are comfortable sleeping inside or out. Our
grub" might possibly be improved. but as
the conditions can't be helped they are ac-
cepted as a part of army life.
Have been informed that we shall go either
to Porto Rico or Cuba soon. but this is I'M
official. so you cannot accept it as gospel.
There is absolutely nothing that l need
and am in the very best of health.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
EnIistine for the Fiftieth Iowa.

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 12.-(Special.)-
The enlisting detail for the Fiftieth Iowa,
now in camp at Jacksonville, is as follows:
First battalion: Captain Cherry, head
quarters at Des Moines; X, Corporal Karl
C. Corley, Grinnell; l., Musician Henry Dun
ham, Newton; G., Sergeant Leroy Christie,
Ottumwa; l, Sergeant Edwin E. Habby, Iowa
City.
Second battalion: Lieutenant Herder,
headquarters at Davenport; d, Corporal
Samuel ]. Kellogg, Washington; B, Sergeant
Julius e. Burneister, Davenport; C., Private
James l.. Horton; NJ, Sergeant Edwin b.
Lucas, Fairfield.
Third battalion: Lieutenant Emile Rem
aud, headquarters at Keokuk; A, Private
Warren T.. Bisbee, Keokuk; F, Sergeant
Charles E. Chambers, FIT, Madison; II, Cor
poral Albert II. Wood, Charlton; e, Ser
geant Glen c. Haynes. Centerville.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
Conventions Mt C~rcston.

CRESTON, Ia, June 12.-(Special Ores
ton was quite a convention city Saturday
when the three principal political parties
assembled in county conventions for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to the state, con-
gressional and judicial conventions. The
unfavorable weather interfered with the
attendance. The delegates to the republican
conventions are as follows: State-John
Gibson, j. b. Harsh, Paul Maclean, w. w.
Morrow, J. M. Jackson, d. A. Porter, John
O'Keeffe, A. F. lexis, j. V. Hoakison, DR..
j. w. Lauder. Congressional. Banks
Wilson, r. Brown, l. b. Jordan, G. w. De-
lay, Ed Steers, C. Mcconnell, A. e. Keith,
Ray Delmege, Joseph Stranad, F. r. David
son. Judicial-James G.. Bull, Hugh NJ. Fry,
L.. j. Camp, R. j. Wilson, w. M. Brooks, w.
T. Maxwell, N. w. Rowell, B. T. Nix, w.
j. Davis, ]. X. Ewing. A new county cen
trail mint was selected with James f.
Bryan of Creston chairman; Ed Ayrs of
Lorimor, secretary, and C. S. Stryker of
CreStOn, treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13

CHARLES CITY Ia, June 12.-(Special.)
Fully 1000 persons attended the picnic
of the Woodmen here yesterday. Nearly
every town within a radius of 100 miles
was represented by a camp, and about every
camp was accompanied by a brass band,
The rain of the early morning delayed tie
arrival of trains somewhat, but ut II O'Clock
5000 marchers were in line. After the pro-
cession all assembled in a mammoth tent,
and George E. May delivered a welcoming
address. The response was by George Il.
Albert. School children entertained the null
titude with music. Head Consul w. A.
Northcott made the address of the day.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
Iowa Newspaper Notes.

Lafayette Young of the Des Moines Capt.
tai is going to Cuba with the army.
j. H. Bahne has retired as editorial writer
on the Sioux City Journal and has been sue
ceeded by Mr.. McEachran of Chicago.
Again it is announced that the free silver
daily project for Des Moines has been given
up and a weekly organ will be started.
A.. f. Slater of the Sioux City Journal is
to be married this week to Miss McColl.
daughter of Conductor McColl of the Mil
waukee railroad.
Senator A. b. Funk. editor Of the Spirit
Lake Beacon. is mentioned as a possible
successor of Ex-Governor Larrabee on the
State Board of Control should the latter re-
tire on account of i'll health.
Charles Lederer, who has purchased the
old Atlantic Messenger and will conduct II
as an independent weekly, had been living
i'm Atlantic for some time for his health. He
was well known a few years ago as one oil
the best artists on the New York and Chicago
papers,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
DESIRE TO RETAIN THE SCHOOL,
Chamberlain objects to Converting 1t
Into u Refol WntOry.

Chamberlain objects to Converting 1t
Into u Refoi mntory.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D.. June 1~2.-(Spe-
cial 1T is said to be the desire of Com
missioner Jones, of the Indian bureau at
Washington, to transform the government
Indian school, recently completed in this
city, into a reform school for unruly Indian
children from all parts OF the United States.
Commissioner Jones. it is believed, bases
this desire upon the belief that 1t will be i'm
possible to secure enough Indian scholars to
run the. school as an educational %institu-
ton to its full capacity. But it has now
been demonstrated that Notwithstanding the
largely increased Indian school facilities
throughout the northwest during the last
few years, there will be no difficulty eXpe-
rienced in filling the Chamberlain Indian
school to its full capacity, thus doing away
with the necessity of turning it into a reform
school, a change which would be looked
upon with disfavor by the citizens of Cham
berlain.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-13
Money to loan on city property. Kline.
/. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. $50.
RECRUITS THE LIGHT GUARDS.
Office Opened for the Enlistment of
Thirty-Nine More Recruits.

Office Opcned for the Enlistment Of
Thirty-Nine More Recruits.
Private l.. w. Silverthorn of company L.,
Fifty-first Iowa volunteer infantry, detailed
as recruiting officer for the Second battalion,
arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and
will today open a recruiting Office at the
Dodge Light Guards armory in the Ma
sonic building. Under the scond call for
volunteers Iowa's quota will be made up
not by organizing new companies, but by
recruiting the companies of the regiments
already in the field up to the full limit of
1OS men. At present the strength of the
companies is sixty men, SO there will
be thirty-nine men more needed for each
company.
Recruiting Officer Silverthorn will be at
the armory today from 10 a. m. until 8 p.
M. and 1t is thought that he will have no
difficulty in securing the thirty-nine re-
cruits to reinforce company l.. He will Sc
lect such men only as will pass the prelimi-
nary examination, which he will make as
to weight, height and chest expansion.
The recruiting quarters for the Second
battalion are at Red Oak and the men re-
cruited by him will have to go there for
the physical examination. The men, as soon
as they pass the examination, will at once
be sent forward to San Francisco to Join
the regiment, where they will be out
fitted.
The Second battalion, of which Private
Silverthorn has been detailed recruiting Off
! Ger, comprises companies M of Red Oak,
Il Of Shenandoah, C of Glenwood and l. OF
this city. Private Silverthorn enlisted in
company l. from this city and his home
is at PIG Frank street. He expects to leave
for Red Oak tonight with the recruits.