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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
Prince Otto Won Rismarck.

The Death of Prince Otto Leopold
worlds stage one who for more than
half a century has been "A mighty fig
ure thereon, looming up in titanic stat
ure among the great men of the age
In looking backward over these fifty
years it would seem to the thoughtful
observer that more than Napoleon,
more than Prince Metternich, almost
more than William of Orange, Bis
marck was the Man of Destiny. Deep
ly religious and possessed of a simplic-
ity of faith, rare indeed, he seems from
the days of his early manhood to have
the strange inner consciousness that in
his hands lay the future of Germany,
Notwithstanding the fact that his fa-
ther announced in the newspapers the
birth of his third son, adding the
remarkable sentiment Il excuse my
friends from offering congratulations"
The way to great degree had been
prepared for Bismarck by such men
as Baron Won Stein, Hardenberg and
SCharnhorst, but it was Bismarck, and
he alone, who drove Austria from the
Germanic body and so wrought upon
the excitable French nation that in the
frenzy which followed, war was de-
clared with the result that France
soon lay at the feet of her Prussan
conquerors The glory of again hold
ing Metz, Alsace- Lorraine and Stras-
burg was fitting gift for King Will
liam, together with the imperial crown
of Germany, which the genius of this
man, the greatest general, the great
est diplomatist of the half century in
Europe secured to the monarch whom
while he served faithfully, he also
| ruled.
Never lived a prouder aristocrat
than Prince Bismarck Ancient of
family. with a long line of knightly
ancestry, his inherited instincts and
natural belief were for the right of
| royalty to rule it's subjects. In char
| acter and power of will no less than
| in his lofty physique he overshadowed
| for years that royalty. He passed
through wonderful vicisstudes of pub
|
| greeted his early diplomatic appoint
ment, to the hatred incurred by his
arrogance and afterward the mad adul-
alton which was his when his great
genius had conquered Austria and de-
spoiled France.
| Always and forever he labored 70,
the power and glory of Germany. AL
| ways beneath the dictator. was the
| God fearing man, who in his earlier
years said reverently: 1T is incom.
| prehensible to me how any human be.
ing who thinks about himself at all
and who is ignorant, or chooses to re.
| main ignorant of God, can live under
his load of self contempt and ennui'
In the young emperor, Bismarck me-
a dictator whose will has been ever
stronger than his own, yet in retiring
from the thirty years control of the
empire he lost none of the honor anc
dignity in which he had been held by
his adorng countrymen. They will no
forget that to this man of blood anc
iron is due the proud place they nov
| hold in continental Europe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
Imports from
1864, ,7SO,il2 S6l6, ,OO5, 10!
81, $50, 99S,556 sl,23l, $40, 95C

The increase of exports was, as already
Indicated, in manufactured articles and
articles of food, while naturally the de-
crease in imports was in precisely the
same classes of articles. Chemicals, china
ware, glassware, manufactures of cotton,
iron and steel, leather, silk. wool, ood
and fibre all show a decrease in importa-
tions compared with 1897 and 1896. while in
breadstuffs, provisions, fish, fruits, wines,
sugar, tea and coffee there was also
marked decrease in the importations, ON
the other hand in articles required by
manufacturers for use in manufacturing
there was an increase in nearly every
case over both 1857 and 1896 the chief eX-
ception being in wool, of which the i'm
portations in 1897 were unusually large.
The following table shows the importa-
tons Of all general classes Of articles
which exceed five million dollars in value.
comparing the importations OF the fiscal
year 1898 with those OF 1897 and 1896:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
BREWER HAS RIGHT IDEA.
Kansas City Star.

Kansas City Star.
Associate Jlstice Brewer of the United
States Supreme court said to fraud al
Topeka:
THE United States is amply able TO set
tls the question OF peace without any as
sstaHce from anYb' dy, and on terms
suitable to herself"
Nothing sounder than this has ever
come from the Supreme court of tho
United States
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

1t will be my purpose when elected 10
so conduct myself as to win the respect
and good will OF those who have opposed
me as well as those who have given me
their support, ] shall be the governor
OF the whole people of the state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up IN the leGls-
lature which are neither the fault OF one
party nor the other. but rather ths
growth of custcm. Unnecessary invests
cations have been authorized by commit
tees, resulting in unnecessary expense TO
the state. 1t will be my care and pur-
pose to correct these and other evils in so
far as | have the power. u Will be my
purpose while gov ernor Of Pennsylvania,
as it has been my purpose in the public
positions that | have held, with God S
help, to discharge my whole duty. The
people are greater than the parties to
which they belong. l am only jealous or
their favor. l shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can best be done by
an honest. modest, daily discharge Of
public duty
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

AS our country grows in size let us
make sure that it shall also grow in
the newly-1orn career Of so-called i'm
perlalism arouse l1irgly and knight
~ citizcnship.which Will not have other
duties or an indifferent memory when
the charged republic calls its defenders
to the primorias
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
MIDSUMMER.

Hot midsummer's petted crone,
Sweet to me thy drowsy tone
Tells of countless sunny hours,
Long days, and solid banks of flowers;
OF CULTS Of sweetness without bound
In Indian wildernesses found;
OF Syrian peas immortal leisure,
Firmest cheer and bird-like pleasure.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
From the Brooklyn Citizen (Dem)

From the Brooklyn Citizen Dem)
If it be true that Emperor \, am has
sought a friendly understanding with the
United States as to our intentions in the
Philippines, 1t is piece of boorish Inn
pertinence, and he should be told that II
is none of his business. In going to the
Philippines We have not invaded Ger
man territory. Great Britain, the most
powerful nation Of Europe, has not asked
us any such question.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
STOP "KNoCKING" THE CUBANs

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
There is no doubt that the Cubans are
deficient in great many respects. But 1t
is equally plain that the proper Settle
ment OF the Cuban problem is not 10 be
reached by driving them into enmty and
forcing the United States to undertake
the function of Spain, while destroying
the very foundation of our purpose there.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

Promoter Hoolcy, who made and lost
millions on high-sounding swindling
schemes. ascribes his success to the
cooperation OF well-known men who
sold the use of their names as figure
head directors and indorsers. This was
in England. Has such a thing ever
obtained, we wonder, in the United
States?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

otherwise would be to insult the tradl-
tions of American history and do vio-
lence to the spirit OF our existence as II
nation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

The native inhabitants Of Porto Rico,
having learned to applaud and to ven-
crate the American flag, have COM
pleted the preliminary preparations for
American citizenship rather better, we
fear, than some persons already al
lowed to vote in this great republic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
LEGISLATIVE L.

senate.
Twentieth Dst.-JAMES c. VAUGHAN.
House.
First District-JOEN r. FARR.
Fourth District-JOHN +. REYNOLDS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

Sir Henry Irving, the actor, has sued
for damages a critic who denied his
ability to declaim loud enough to be
heard throughout the theater. 1t will
be interesting to have a judicial ap-
praisal Of the money value of lung
power.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

Whether this anti-Cuban crusade is simp-
ly the product of general irresponsibllity
or is inspired by occult purposes, it can
do nothing but harm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

1t will take time for the Americans
and Cubans to learn how to under
stand each other. In the meantime the
wsest attribute on both sides will be
Datipncp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.

Goveinor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor-J. p. S. GOBLIN
Secretary of Internal Afairs--JAMES w.
LATTA
Judge of Superior Court-W. w. PoR-
TER.
congressman at Large - SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCRT, GALCSHA A. GROW.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

For disabling effects we should i'm
agine that Miles men have more to
fear from those Porto Rican gift cigars
than from Spanish rifles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
Great
Midsummer
Lamp Sale .

Until Sept 1st we will offer
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
from IS to 50 per cent. dis
count. We wish to reduce
stock. fyou are in need of
lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
FIN lie s
Mem s
Fur lnliSll-
ingS . . . .

The last ten days i'm
July will be devoted
to clearing up stocks
i'm general throughout
this department,when
everything i'm the line
of summer goods or
broken lots of any de-
scription will be closed
out regardless of cost.
Boys Shirt Waists
and Blouses, Mems
Negligee Shirts, Mems
Balbriggan u n d e r.
wear, Neckwear, Hos
iery, ETC., etc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

The following table shows the total
exports and imports by the grand divi-
sions in the fiscal year 1898 compared with
the preceding year:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01
Foreign Commerce
OF the United States
Wa hington, July 3

Washington, July II.
7PEE STORY of the foreign commerce
III of the United States III the year Of
her greatest exports has Just been
completed by the Bureau of Statis-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13
sHREps AND PATCHES.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let
him ask no other MISUNDERSTANDING.
If all great deeds got into print the world
would not hold the books-Ram's Horn.
Clever people talk cleverly only when
they talk with clever people.-Mary Dean.
Only what we have wrought into our
character during life can we take away
with uS.-Humboldt.
You have never had your friendship for a
fat woman thoroughly tested until she buys
a wheel.-Atchison Globe.
The average man can repeat about as
much of the Constitution as he can of the
Lords Praysr.-New York Press.
One of the most trying combinations of
life is to possess feet size larger than the
shoes you wear-Philadelphia Times.
Before going to war say a prayer; before
going to sea say two prayers; before mar
rying say three prayerS.-Old Proverb.
The Frogtown Kid rises to remark: eff
battle ships is she's why amt dey called
'wimmin-o war; "-Philadelphia Record.
1t is always the yeast when the bread is
bad. When it is good the housewife takes
all the credit to DISQUALIFICATION Transcript
Since God is to- be known through his
works, a better knowledge of His works
must lead to a better knowledge of Him.
The Outlook.
The sad fate of the president of an Iowa
Don't Worry Club has just been learned.
Business difficulties caused her suicide
Kansas CITY Journal.
We have noticed that married women look
more obviously at girls who earn their own
money than at girls who are surrounded by
young men.-AtchiSon Globe
Why is it a man can apparently derive
more mental inspiration from a book or
paper If he puts his feet I'D considerably
higher than his head?-Feminine Observer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13
PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Public school teachers everywhere will
note with interest the successful outcome
of the fight made by Chicago grade teach
ers for higher salaries. This fight was
conducted not by individuals but by or
ganization, and therein is the secret of its
| success. The teachers of Chicago are an
organized body, having united for the pur-
pose of furthering in various ways their
professional interests and the interests of
the schools. The readjustment of salaries
is the first important achievement but is
not likely to be the last. AS to the merits
of their contest in this matter the Journal
is not informed, but inasmuch as teachers
are usually underpaid, and as the School
Beard was prevailed upon to vote them an
increase the presumption is that they asked
no more than justice. In ali unions of en-
ployes the question of wages is one of the
first to be considered, and undoubtedly the
teachers in other cities, encouraged by the
Chicago example, will organize with a like
reform purpose in view. Whether they
have grievance as to salaries or not. they
will do well to organize. In Indianapolis,
for example, there is no organization
among teachers for promoting common in
terests. There is, perhaps, little complaint
here as to salaries, and, in any case, they
are probably as high as the city can afford
to pay though some equalization might be
in order; but there are many evils that
might be remedied, Improvements brought
about and practical ideas of individuals util-
lied for the general good through co-opera-
ton. When the city was smaller and the
school system more of family affair each
teacher submitted individual grievances,
suggestions and problems to the superin-
tendent or to the School Board, to be adj
justed, adopted or solved as the case might
be. Now that the system has become so ex-
tensive that the board takes little heed of
details and the superintendent has time only
for the more general features of school
management, the Importance of united
action on the part of the teachers is plain.
When all speak as one person they will not
be ignored BY organization they may not
only strengthen and dignity their own po-
sitions in the community, but may advance
the standing Of the schools.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13

The events of the last few weeks, those
which have not happened as well as those
which have happened, have furnished a
great field for yellow" journals and jour-
nalismA The designation is of comparatively
recent origin, but the public already under
stands pretty well what it means. 1t APP
plies to class of newspapers which are
entirely irresponsible to the public and ut
terly INSCRIPTIONS as to what they print
or now they obtain it. provided it is sensa-
tional. Anything to make people talk and
the paper SELF is their motto, and to ac-
complish this they deceive the public, fill
their readers fun of lies foment excite
ment and to the best Of their ability, sow
the seeds of misinformation and trouble
Some of these newspapers publish sensa-
tional dispatches which they have reason
to distrust, while others take bogus dis
patches and rewrite them so as to make
them more false and sensational Like
master like man. holds good in this case
as yellow journals are apt to have yellow
correspondents. The correspondents Of such
papers understand that they need not
trouble themselves about truthfulness or
accuracy, but they must be, first OF all, SEN
sational. If they cannot obtain news they
must manufacture it, and if the real news
of the day is not sensational they must
make it SO. With yellow journalism the rule
of recklessness goes further than the pub
lie be damned. = It includes the government
the dignity and welfare OF the country and
the peace OF nations. All these are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13


accepted fact matter OF course which
there is no reason to Extraordinarily harping
upon When the occasion comes for proof
OF his sentiment he is ready when the
fife and drum were sounded at recruiting
stations during the civil war they stirred
the hearts of the volunteers, but 1t was not
the fife and drum that brought them there
to enlist; it was the sense that they were
needed. Duty called them and they came
Those young men loved their flag and their
country then; old men. they love it better
because OF what it has cost them, but even
now they are not the ones so loudly as
sorting that the flag needs svindication by
war They are willing to await the de-
cision Of the authorities. They are ready to
give their services again if need be, but do
not think it essential to prove their 10y
atty by clamor. An emotional, excitable
element there is and will be- but it is not
representative; It's not the element that
goes to war and fights the country's bat
ties. 1t is the reticent, undemonstrative
people who come to the front when danger
really threatens They may be truly patri-
OTIS who shout themselves hoarse upon ev-
cry provocation, but the patriotism upon
which the Republic really rests belongs to
the vast multitude that expresses it's SEN
timents in deeds rather than words.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13

The expected has happened. Captain
Peral, president of the Spanish naval court
of inquiry, affirins the decision of the
Havana authorities made the night of the
Maine disaster and wired to Washington
and Madrid, that it was undoubtedly due to
accident. He is kind enough to say that he
respects Captain Sigsbee, approves the
American rules and regulations regarding
discipline on war ships, and has no doubt
that they were properly enforced--but the
ship was blown up by accident. The reasons
assigned for this conclusion are mainly
those which have been assigned by the
the beginning, viz, that torpedo ex-
ploded from the outside would have
thrown a large mass of water into the air
and caused a great wave in the harbor;
that it would have killed many fish, which
would have come to the surface, and that
1t would have caused a great hole in the
mud at the bottom of the harbor. The
Spanish official says none of these things
occurred, therefore the explosion was on
the inside and accidental. Tt might have
occurred from the inside and still have been
the work of treachery, but, waving that
point, it will be observed that the con-
illusions of the Spanish court are based on
purely negative testimony. Except the one
relating to the hole in the mud at the bot
tom of the harbor, all the conclusions could
have been reached without employing a
diver or making any investigation what
ever. They were the street talk in Havana
the morning after the disaster, and the
reasons on which they. rest are very unsub-
stantial. From all accounts the water in
Havana harbor is so filthy that no fish
would stay there If it could get out The
bottom of the harbor is mere ooze, or slime,
into which the hull of the Maine is sinking
Such material would not retain the impress
sion of hole two hours if one had been
made. The theory that a great mass of
water would have been thrown up by an
outside explosion is mere assumption. What
we want is positive evidence, not negative
conclusions based on what did happen, not
on what did not. That we will Nget in the
report of the American court. 1t is evident
from the Spanish officials talk that the in
vestigation of the Spanish court has been
very superficial especially with regard to
the condition of the hull of the Maine The
Spanish divers have not yet been inside the
hull at all. The report of the American
court will be based on a far more thorough
examination and on positive instead of neg
alive evidence. Whatever it may be, it will
be accepted as conclusive by the govern
ment and people of the United States. The
reDOrt of the SDaniSh rourt has heen fore
Swallowed from the beginning. The court
was organized to make such a report
whether the facts justified it or not The
report is worthless. The civilized world will
wait for the truth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The colored people of the United States
maintain seven colleges. seventeen acade-
mics and fifty high schools.
Ought a schoolmistress to go to her school
on a bicycle? This is the question the Paris
Municipal Council has had to decide, and
its decision is in the negative.
Nine. Patti has had the uncanny expert
ence of reading her own obituary notices,
the Australian papers having made the mis-
take of supposing that she and not her hus-
band died recently.
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch, of Chi
cago, has just been admitted to practice in
the Supreme Court of the United States
She is graduate of the Union College of
Law in Chicago. Her husband is a lawyer.
Tolstoi recently said to an interviewer:
II do not feel well at present and cannot
write just now, but I hope before 1 die to
say a good deal about women. Before my
death shall say everything that l have at
heart about them"
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow Of the
Pathfinder" is living at Long Beach, Cal
She still retains her early charm Of man
ner, and keeps an active interest in the
philanthropic work to which much of her
life has been devoted.
Governor Renfrew, of Oklahoma, got his
start in life by exhibiting petriied child
in Arkansas twenty years ago. He SAYS
that he recognized the child the other day,
but that 1t has grown some and is now be-
A banquet was recently given in France
in honor of Clemence Roger, who won emf
nence for lectures and writings on scientific
subjects nearly forty years ago. She was
one of the earliest to advocate and develop
the atomic theory and the theory Of luni-
nous vibration.
Private" John Allen. who is serving his
seventh term in the House, explained to
some brother congressman that he was
Obliged to be total abstalner when stump
ing his Mississippi district. Think what
would happen to me otherwise he said
IF / tried to say, Fellow-citizens of tia
wanda. or Oktibbha, or Tishimingo
county,
There was an extraordinary coincidence
connected with the lola trial While the
eminent novelist was being defended in one
court by Maitre Laborie in another and ad-
joining court a man named lola was con-
demned to three years hard labor fer forg-
ing the signature of a certain Madame La
borie, neither the convict nor his victim be-
ing In any way connected with NJ. Emile
Zoia or his advocate.
The wheelmen of California will be the
first to have an elevated cycle path Work
il now under way on such d path between
Pasadena and Los Angeles. q distance OF
nine miles. II Will be at an elevation 0f