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SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22

0ohitsb.nbe VerIsnen uno 0aros-
Gifi,iere oarln permifslt.

Berlin, IL. Dee. 0ds y5dssblutt4
fagt, baB Elm Yro3eB in ben 9ert1tss
h6fen Ihtpebt, in pelnen piele Wdns
ner Der b0hitItebenoen 5dmilien pers
ipidelt Iinb unb in bem es iid1 um einen
riefigen 9aaarbIpiel : Stanoal han@
belt. Cine perbdltnibmdBig gertnge
Qn3abl neuer Wlitglieper pes psSppial
Clubs, Der Elm gebeimer Spielprt tur
Gffieiere Der Oaroe 8egimenter, tlir
Gegleraaosbeanisil, Wdnttsls nEo
Mttglieper bes Rsinsiuss lit, lit anges
tlaet, cine 9lnsabl ilnger Wtdnner, Die
lie in ibre @epalt betdTen, I'M enorme
0elbIummen befhpinoelt 5lt haben.
Wenn bic GeThihte DFfentli9 betdnnt
ipirb, tpirb eine 2ln5abl BON SfTieieren
in llngnabe beim 8aiIer fdllen, bd ne
iiCb gegen feinen 2lnti : Spiel Gooer
fir bic 9lrmee perTiinbigt haben.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
Bonn Sonerea.
Seine ,,Snifrnatonal Mmtriear.
giunf".
Soa= unb Steueraeitbe fir 0awaii.

Maibington, II. Dec. Die gorlass,
bic nSnternatipnul glmericon gant"
81 incprporiren, purbs seItern Jta6S
mittdg nit elmer acknowledgement
Mlajorttdt i'm 0ouIe peripprfen. 9err
9inglen, Der 2eiter Der Mfajoritdt bel
Den 8erhonblungen, argumentirte fur
Die 9tnnabnle Der Borlage, gleihfals
6r. 9iq bon Connecticut. Dagegen
Iprahen bie&eprdientanten 8ea (4Sop.,
@ot), SuISsr (8em, H. 81, Waripell
(4op., glsb.), Wtapbpr (Gsnlg 8a.),
unb Stpanion (Dem., 8a.).
Mlit 148 gegen 103 Stimmen fpurbe
bic 8prlage dbgetbun. Die Bill, Die
3oas unb Steuergeisbe Der 8er. Stadz
ten auf bie Sanotpid Snfeln aus5u5
bebnen, fpurpe pbne Spppiitton angee
nDmnlen. 6r. DingleD erffdrte, bab
in Der Bill Die gtpilbienitgeieBe in 8es
sug uuf Grnennungen i'm 3ollz unD
Steuerbienite in 9alpaii eingeialohen
Ieier.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
eagara 9cbt.
giloung elmer yiationalregiernng.

Mlnbrib, 10. Dec. Montero Hios
unb Die anberen Uiitglieber Der ipani@
inen 5riebenscommiHion trafen ges
Itern Rahmittag aus paris bier Elm
unb purben auf benz 8abnbofe BON
8amasa, bem sSiihrer Der nit Der ge@
gierung un3ufriebenen 2iberalen, nno
elmer Qln8ubl bohgeitellter 8eanten
unb Bplititern begriiBt. glm gtbenb
empfing Die annigin Regentin Wionz
tero 9fips in beipnoerer 4uDien5.
Die geitrigen 3eitun9en erfldren, bub
man Tid in Der leBten WiniiteriiBnng
bdbin eiuigte, bab Das jebige Cabinet
nicbt fpisoer bnr Dem pariamente err
Iheinen follte. Mlan glaubt. baB Sds
eaItu Der a1nigin fsine Reiignatton
nah S9luB Der beutigen SiBung linz
terbreiten ipirb. sSn einem fdbarfen
Qtrtifel iogt Der .GI 2iberal". baB
beioe 9arteien Die Iiberdle un0 confer
pdtipe perIdfpinben miiBterL pa lie
Die llnter9rabung Der pantheon
gsreItige mad QtuBen bin, BEN 3uiam@
nenbru6 Der 5inan5en uno ben 8erz
luIt bes golpnialreihes berbeifiihrten.
Sine 9tationalregierung, meint Isl
aiberdl" lit CUR 3eit in Der 8ilbung
begrifTen. Der 6eruusgeber elmer
curliitiTden 3eitung, bic bier Der0f<
fentIiat ipirb, iporb in Qepn auf elmer
HunbreiIe bur1 bas Ganb perbaftet.
@rabirsnbe 8ocumente purnen bei ilm
aefunDen.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
Dte 8eit ehunasanflagen
6tgen ben Ynnpesisnator Wtarf
Sauna.

WaIbington, IL. Dec. sSn elmer
GiBung bes Senatseorite fur pripiz
legien unb Wablen ipurben geitern bic
4ntlagen Der geitehung tur5 otsens
tirt, tpelhe ppm SbiozStdatsienat gez
qen ben 8unbe5Ienatpr gamma in 8erz
binbung nit ietner grpdhlung fir
ieinen jeBioen Q(mtsterntin erboben
nurben, unD oann an Elm aus ben Sez
natpren Soar, Spopner uno EurleE
deficiencies Subcomite pertpiefen, oas
bic fyrdge unteriuden unb prdftifd1
entfheiben ipirb, ipie peit man in bic
Ter Nngelegenbeit geben follte. Die
Mntlagen purben ipdbrenb Der leBten
gonqreBleIIipn erhoben uno regiitrirt,
dber ppn ihren llrbebern ni9t CUR GHt.
iheibunQ aebrdndt.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
Snterpie,p nit Senor NioS.
Sic Ybilippinen nidt 10 idnsu er'
obert, OILS man 8lanbt.

2pnbpn, IL. Dec. Der Barrier
Correspondent Der u1imes" telegra1
pbirte eeltern Mprgen elm lunges Sn@
terpielp nit Dem Yralibenten Der lpa@
nii1en 6riebenseommiilio Wapntero
Nios, i'm Nsrlaufe oeiien ii4 2ebterer
bariiber belhpert boben ioa, baB bic
2lmerifaner ipie nInpbbiide" Sieger sez
hanoelt haben, bic jebt nod niht muB@
ten, mas llnsliid ooer Nieperlage lei.
Hios benertte, lpenn lie ipdter aud
einmal glieberlagsn erleiben follten,
ipiirbe man ibnen geseniiber tbenfaas
ipeniger beugiam iein.
Die fpaniihen Gommihdre behaup.
ten, ipie Der Correspondent fagt, bab
bic pbilippinen nod nidt erobert ieien
unb baB ibre Groberuns nidt lhnen
gu Wege gebradt perben tpiiroe. Was
s0errn Nios ieboh am mei1ten betriibt,
fheint Nmeriias 0erfuh su lein,
Spunisn feinerGbre gu berauben burh
bic Msiaerune, bieSdhe Der rMaine"z
aataltropbe burh elm Ghiebsseridt
entfheiben gu lafien. sSm Dertrauen
ertldrte 9err Nios, bab bic fpanii4e
Nesieruna bon teiner 0efahr feitens
beg Garlisnlus bebrobt lei.
8olb Bible 6fll, Der Berg,
in tpeIdem Sofepb Smith. Der Grim
Der Der Wprmoneniette unter gottllher
ginaebung bic golbenen 8ofeln sefunz
ben 3u baben bebouptete, auf pelhen
bic Wprmonenbibel einsesraben mar,
liest auf elmer Turm nabe palmpra,
g. o., tpelde ieit elmer Reihe bon Sab
rem giaentbum bes Nbmirals @ampz
ION 1T. Die Mormpnen nollten Dor
flint Sobren ben Qiigel taufen, um
barouf eineg eb61tnibtapeqe gu bautn,
Der Mbmiral ipeigerte iid aber, benttlz
ben ber3ugeben.
Die tigentb + mlihe, uu
ettpa 800 perfonen beltebsnoe Nai1e.
bic in Der Ndbt BON Snbian Niber
6unbreb, @uf5sg Gountp. Del, pobnl
unb ftn dls 3u oenJnoianern geborenf
| bttrahtet. ipirb es burh3ufeben perfus
! den, bdb ber Gtaat bic Hoften Der pou
ber MoFt unterholtenen @dule Be,
aablt. Der urfpruns biefer Wif4,
linge lou borulif 3uriidgefihrt iper'
ben. baB bpr langtn Sobren mad bel
bortioen Gesenb idiffbriiAiQe mo1'
| rtn (Rarnli idier) tnmtn tinb iiA MD
| 0taxsn ~ NdntitplesS Sneioaer e,'
4 n sss.s ". n go. NH
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
Ginbred)er an Der Mrbeit.
Gin,n 8.loIbrnnf nit Sgnamit auFz
gslprengt,
Mbsr nur ipenia 0elo erbentet.

gounsstpipn, g., II. Dec. 8ier
ginbreder brangen lebte giaht in ole
Office Der rSennett 6ounbrn Co." i'm
nDrolid5en Sbeile Der Staot, iiberipdls
tieten ben gtahtpd9ter Sobn Welben,
fnebelten unb banDen ibn. Damn
fprengten Die 8iebe Den &aiIenidrant
Der Sffiee NIT 0Dnanit nuf Dentolirs
ten ibn ppllitdnbia, erbellteten aber nur
S28 in @elb. 8a Die giIengieBerel IN
einem entlegenen 89eile Der Stabt lit,
tpurbe Der ginbrub erIt beute Wtorgen
befannt, dls Die 9tngeItelten Der 5abrit
3ur 4rbeit tdnen. sic fanben Dea
0Ghter gefnebelt unb oebunben ,ino
befreiten i'm BON ieineu 5efeln.
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
sSnlanp u ptt5en.
10 GNece,,fher

Sn Srentpn, q. S. tpurpe Die
bingham Copper &C Gjolp Utinin9
Gp.1 nit einem Capital bon $4,000, :
600 incprpprirt. Die 0efelfcbaft niro
iicb bGuptId9lih Der Qlusbeutuns Der
ulineralfelber in lltub Sutuenoen.
SAT- Der sanSe Gelddftstheil
bes Stdbtdens 9iffin, Ga. brunnte
lebte gtaht ab. Das 6euer entltano
bur1 cine 2ampenerplDiion in einem
2osirbauie. Die Jreimaurerbaae unb
Sebn 8erfuufslaoen sin9en in Hauh
unb SSlammen auf.
,yn rIHer IN Sapanndh, 0d., gtS
haltenen Inlprahe ertldrte0en. Shafs
ter, bab bic Gubaner niht I'm Gntfernz
tsIten elmer 5elbitresieruns fdhig ndz
rem unb bic Sniel mod lanse 3eit uns
ter elmer ameritaniIhen WlilitGrDers
ipultung nerbleiben miiiIe.
- Sn gbieogo iparb Mihael 6.
Npllinaer, Elm sebprsner Selterreiher,
auf ben Nerbaht bin perbaftet, feline
sSrau, bersn perfoblten Qeihnam man
in einsm Wanblhrante fanb, ermorbet
au babsn. Die She mar teine belonz
bers aliidlithe eeipelen.
Der Reeierungs Giihbunpfer
.5ifbbalpf" lit nit Mitalieoern Der
1iIhsrsiepmmiiIion nod porto Nico
abgs1eaelt. po bic Tifherei Sntsreiz
fen eingehenb Itubirt ipsrben foller1.
Sn ct. Qouis bat Mm. S. Ortiz
ipein bas unter benz Namen 9amiltons
Spnbieat betannte bortige Strubeil
babnlpitem fir $2,28O,0O ernorben.
Sn Nep Wort ftarb Der ebemaligs
Yoliaeicapitdn Sohn Wiount i'm Wlter
bon so Sabren. Gr 3eihnete iih be-
{onbers burh llnterbriidung Der Rras
tpalle ip1brenb bes arieees aus.
Sn npiteri01er Weife 1T nab.
Sunetion Gitp., &as., Gruu @eorgt
Craig, bic 9ausbdlterin bes Jurmers
Sobn arebs, in benz Jarmbaufe tr=
mprbet iporben. Der Grau mar bel
9ols BON einem DIR gum anberen pOl,
lig burhgefdnitten.
- Gln Wfob BON LOO Jarmern dlls
benz Neb Niper 9bale nabe 9erartand
Ser, erihoffen seltern ben Neee'
Neipton @anics, ipelher por einen
Sabre sinen unfittlihen Mnsriff au
cine Nsgerfrau gemaht bate.
- Nbmirul Ghlep bat bemMarine
bepartsment einen BeriAt iiber bic 8e
pesunsen bes rGliegenbtn 0tfdpa
bers" bon {einer Mbreife bon Rep We}
Biz aur erIten Bei4iebung Sdntiaso'
iiberreidt. @hIeD re6tfertigt fein
Miidtehr nad Rep Mef bumit, bal
es ibm unmDelid mar, Bel benz bobel
Seeg1nge Roblen einaunthmtn.
Sn Ntp Dort trof Der Ddmpfe
~pannte" aus Rem Mittelmeer etl
unb brodte 3ebn Gdiffbriihise, ADJ
MGnner unb 3toei Gruutn BON ben
| mad @t. Sobn, q. g., be1fimotbetel
/ @hoontr ~OstrbiQ ipeldtr ouf ben
0tean II fzIspbtm sIsaabs setrof
Tn plx
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
9lls Der in Der Ndbe bon @reel

- DIS Der in Der Ndhe bon @reer,
%. 0a., anidfige Shpmus eSones nit
Petroleum bus 5euer i'm 9erbe ansiinz
ben ipollte, entItanb cine grplofion.
Das 3immer ipuro bollitdnpig bemoz
lirt ltnb biz 9leiber Der beipen 3tpilz
linqst0hter ssones' geristben in granb.
Die ainbsr perbrannten elenbisli9 gu
3ope.
Sn 9iIls bale, q. g., besrub
Die 92idbrise Trau gli5ub Copper
ihrsn 71jdbrisen 9phn Sobn, peIher
@elbitmorb bsgangen bate. Qm
Sage porber bate lie ihn bon Dem
Stallbulten. an bem lie i'm erbdnst
aefunbsn, abeeihnitten, in's 9uus ge~
tragen unb bort, ebenfalls ohne oiilTe,
Wisberbelebunesperiude NIT ibm an=
seltellt. Grunb BON Sobns Seibitz
morb mar Die 5batiahe, baB er geipet@
tet bate, Hoolepelt neroe niht erpablt
iperben, unb es ibm unmoglih seipe@
len, iiber ben 8erlult Der Wette bins
aus3utommen.
einem Der eroBen Gllen@
ipaaren GeIhdfte Nep Yorts tit elm
neuer, iih fortbepegenber Gublteg bonn
Bafement nun benz er1ten Stodlperte
oeleet porben. llnten felt man llh
borauI. hdIt lih am 0eldnber feit uno
pirb lanelam unb hiibih in bic 9Dbe
qebraht. Oas @egentbeil finbet aui
Der anberen Seite ltutt, bod pasen lih
nod niht piele 2eute uuf bic dbrp1rts
aebenbe 9eite. Sbne 3tpeifel 1T bies
Der 5ubitea Der 3utunft. Mit 2eihs
tigfeit tDnnte man auf benlelbsn
Gtiihle anbrinsen, unb bann Obne lpeis
ttre @t0rung, b04itens. oaB man Elm
paar Mol um1teigen mub, nah ieinem
Be1tinmungsort dbfahren.
Dos gebeimniB. pelhes
uber Der Grmprbung ber Grau 2ebs
from ltirebte, lit bur9 bas @eNonb=
niB hires 15iGbrigen Gnteliobues, tpos
nah er ieint @robututter ermorbete.
qeliift.t lporben. Die 20 Sabre alte
Sfrou 1ehftrpm tpurbe duf ibrtr nOrb=
lit BON Bismard. q. o.. gelegtntn
sForm ermorbet auf9efunben. sSbr
6hdbel mar nit einem ftumpfen Sns
ftrlment eingeidlagen lpprben. Web<
rere Wohen sons umb1ntt bas tiefpe
@ebeimnib ben Gau, ba man ni6t bic
ltilt{tt Spur bon benz Morber ent<
btden fonrte. Dn fiel Der Ntrbdht
ouf ihreu Gnftl unb bttfer bdt iebt ben
9eorb einesildnbtn. Gt ioot, e bubs
Il 4ottn ntbane
SuÌˆd Dakota nachrichten. (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-1900, 1898-12-22
2luslanb Roti3en.

Inter benz gprTiBe mc9onalo
Sinclair, Gr36iIhpfs bon 2onbon,
England, fanb in Der ct. Sames 5alle
qeftern cine 8erIdmmlung bpn 8ertrez
tern alIer gonfeiIionsn ftutt, tpelcbe iiA
5u Guniten Der bonn 3aren porgeiAldz
genen IbriiItung ausiprahen unD eiz
nen 8efhluB CUR 6erbeifiibrung zines
engliI9 Z ruiiiihen GtnDeritdnoniiics
bpri6lugen.
Der 8unoesfrsuser sGincins
ndti" lief seftern beim gerluiien peS
6afens bon Santiago be Gubo auf eli
nen 5elisn, Der burh feine Yoje ges
tenn8einnet mar, unb bat biz jrBt
nod nidt tpieber flott gsnaat fperben
tDnnen.
Iohrihten BON MbeHnnien mele
ben, baB a6nig Menelet iich Iebr iiber
Die ibm BON Der &0nigin 8ittotid in
einem Bbonogrdphen gefaitte 5reunbz
fhofts gotlhaft gefreut babe. Die
Gntgegennahme DerIelben fano nnter
groBen geremonien itatt unb e pltroe
bubet Elm aDnigsIdlut geFeuert.
sSn 2pnbnn ilf bellte Baron 5ers
binanb sSnHes be ROthI9ilb, 9drla@
merislnitolie5. aeitqgbep. Gr mar
Der aipeite 6pbn bes Deritorbenen 8a@
rons alphpnIs be 9ptAldilO un0 nit
Ieiner GpuIine Gbelind, S9peIter Des
erIten 2prb Rotbi9ilb, perbeiratbet.
Das gariier nSournal" melbet,
buB elm Spion in Nimes, 5auptitaot
Des 8epartements Garo, entOedt iporz
ben iei. Gs lit Elm friiherer glrtilleriit
Rdmens Setrion, in peiien 8aters
Sauie cine gln5ubl piAtiger Soflts
mente bss 3riegsminiiterium5 gefuns
ben tpuroe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-20
Our Irrefragable Warrant.

r. there are persons on this side of
the Canadian border who yet doubt
whether the United States was justi
fed in going to war with Spain be-
cause Of Spain's misgovernment of
Cuba, we invite their attention to an
article on page reprinted from the
leading paper of Canada, the Toronto
Globe. Some Of the statements in the
Globe article fall short of the truth.
Especially is this noteworthy in refer
ence to the debt imposed by Spain upon
Cuha-a debt not $3.50, 900. 900 but nearer
100000 900. The Globe, too, minimizes
American losses by reason OF Spanish
misrule in cuba. 1t estimates these at
$50 100000, The president of the lead
ing organization or American coastwise
and maritime merchants, Mr.. Shayne,
of New York, estimates this loss at
5000 100000.
our losses have been other than finan-
Cial Our loss in temper, because OF
the insufferable conditions maintained
by Spain in an island so near our own
shore, the distraction which this in
creasngly cXaspeTating nuisance had
introduced into our domestic politics.
must be reckOned in the account.
Municipal law prevents one citizen from
maintaining a nuisance offensive to his
neighbor The statutes provide penal
ties for the householder who disturbs
the public peace and affrOnts the pub
lie conscience by notorious and pro-
longed maltreatment OF his children or
his wards. But when the offending
neighbor is a nation and his victims
are a whole population, the only rem
edy remaining after persuasion and re-
monstrance have failed is force. Force
used as a last recourse and used for
the benefit Of humanity has warrant in
both human law and in divine.
The history of wars contains no in
stance of a nobler cause than that In
which America is now engaged, Heaven
speed the victory!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-20
The Flag Above All Else,

The interview with Major N1illar
printed in yesterdays Tribune is in
tercstiu@ as showing the feeling which
has been aroused by the presidents
apparent tardiness in recognizing
Pennsylvania i'm his military appoint"
menta. This feeling is natural and,
within bounds. commcndablo, since it
state loyalty.
But We must NOT permit ourselves
to forget. for an instant that more inn
portant than General Goblin, more inn
portant than the National Guard Of
Pennsylvania, more important, even
than the commonwealth itself. is the
glory and honor Of The Nation and
the defense of its Nag. our citizen
soldiery have gone to the flags de-
fcnsc, not in pursuit of a bargain but
out of unsclnsh patriotism. They are
sincerely sorry that their brave old
brigade commander does not go with
them. They hope the president may
yet see his way clear TO testify ap-
prOval of their splendid response to
his call for volunteers by comforting
upon both Generals Goblin and Wiley
the rank in the National service which
they have so long and so nOnorably
held in the Pennsylvania militia. our
belief is that if they will have a little
patience this hope will not be disap-
pointed.
BE that as it may. the question OF
individual recognition or preferment
however just and eloquent may be the
reasons advanced in favor of such rec
ognition or preRcrmcnt, must not bf
magnifed into a greater issue than the
defense of the Stars and Stripes. Major
Millar, We feel sure, will be the first
to recognize this when he comes tC
view the problem calmly and in tho
light Of its national, instead Of its per.
sonal, bearing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-20
important News from Lancaster.

A highly significant announcement is
made by the Lancaster New Era, a
journal which for years has been the
recognized oracle Of Republican fenti-
ment in that Gibraltar Of Quayism.
The New Era declares it would be a
burning shame for the great Republi-
can party Of the great state Of Penn
sylvania, the first to send its fun quota
of soldiers to defend the honor of the
emblem Of Liberty and Union, OF
Humanity and Equal Rights, TO fritter
away its strength and lose its prestige
through the unseemly divisions TO-
mented by personal ambitions and fac
tional jealousies." And this. it adds, is
just the danger which now COnfrOnts
us, unless wise counsels shall prevail
in the deliberations at Harrisburg.
The New Era continues:
Whether justly or unjustly, the i'm
preston has gone abroad through the
rank and file of the Republican party
that a particular candidate is to be
forced upon the party in the interests
OF a faction whose political methods,
especially in the city of Philadelphia,
have disgusted members Of the party
who respect the manhood of the free
American citizen. The leaders of this
faction have been playing a bluff game
by asserting that Colonel William A,
Stone has a sufficient number of dele
gates secured to insure his nomination
on ths first ballot In this claim they
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-20

preme test will not be as successful as
the others have been, and he ought to
know. The inventor has been offered
one hundred thousand dollars in
France for his invention, Patriotic
American that he is. Mr.. Holland
would rather bestow his boat on his
country than sell II for a fortune to a
foreigner. We must accept no sacri-
fee from Mr.. Holland. our policy
must be to encourage by all possible
inducements the inventive genius of
our countrymen by hope of public re-
ward and recognition when the invcn-
tion is Of national Importance. That
the Holland torpedo boat marks an
era in the evolution OF naval warfare,
we can scarcely doubt The Holland
may not be all that the exigencies of
n naval combat at the present day re-
puire. But we certainly have in
the Holland the embryo Of the most
destructive engine of maritime warfare
that the wit of man has conceived.
The conception of submarine boat is
as old as the idea of aerial navigation,
and the art of flying is of respectable
antiquity. Mr.. Holland has been the
first inventor who has made a prac-
tical success of other mems dreams.
We may build a huge fleet, but
without the men trained to command
and the men disciplined to obey, we
place so many floating hulks in the
water. All our battleships are fur
rished with every appliance that mod
ern science con devise and ingenuity
command to establish their efficiency
and their power The methods of re-
cruiting officers and men at the present
time is radically wrong and unscien-
tiic. 1t is true such a system has
produced Dewey, but fortuituous
exception in one or two instances does
not provide an invariable rule. We
must assmilate the appointment of
our naval cadets and recruitment Of our
seamen to the methods obtaining among
the great naval powers of Europe. That
is to say. we should remove as far
as practicable from the domain of polit-
ical influence and official nepotism
and officers, and take the training of
the embryo sailor and gunners in hand
at a very early age. All the seamen
i'm the British navy for instance, are
recruited between the ages of fourteen
and seventeen. and political nomina-
tion to naval cadctship is a thing un-
heard Of. The aspiring midshipman
may come from any rank in life, theo-
retically; but the rigid preliminary eX-
animation which he undergoes presup-
poses special educational training
which can only be acquired in high
class schools and colleges. This, of
course, insures the requisite personal
discrimination. Congressional nomi-
nation is not a bad thing in itself, and
has rarely proved to be so. But it is
| necessarily haphazard and restrictive,
where it should be general and open.
It may he difficult fer the admins
traticn to arrange the war to suit the
convenience of the various generals,
no matter how much it is to be de-
sired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-20
Tie Evolution of Our Nayy,

The launch of the hattleship Ala
bama from Cramps ship yard, Phil
adelphia, on Wednesday was so quiet
ly performed it might he said almost
to have been perfunctorily discharged
to avoid public notice. Owing to the
war the Navy department did not
countcnance a ceremonial christening
of the latest and most magnificent
addition to our navy. If the ritual in
the launch of the Alabama was that
of 4 lay baptism, the occasion was
none ,he less significant. The Ala
bama is the largest hattleship afOat
in the navy Of the United States. She
is. however, of the same size and de-
sign Of her sister ships, the Illinois
and Wisconsin, which are now on the
stocks and nearing completion at New
port News and San Francisco, respect
lively In a few months the Alabama,
the Kentucky, the Kearsarge, the
Illinois, and the Wisconsin will be
placed i'm commission. These formid-
able addiHons to our existing fleet will
not merely augment its numbers and
fighting strength and enhance the
prestige which il has earned in the
war, hut will mark the parting Of the
ways. Our navy in the future will
rank in strength and efficiency withany
one Of the greatest naval armaments
in the world. Economy, even parsi-
mOny, has its place i'm naval admin
istration, but it must be placed above
party politics and cut Of tho reach Of
party politicians. Some of these ships
that will go into commission in a
month or two might have been. or
rather would have been VITA Samp-
sons squadron now We're it not for the
efforts Of representatives in the house
20 make party capital out of the des-
picable dispute over the price of Har-
veyized armor plate. 1t is useless to
enter into the merits or dcmerits now.
There are gentlemen i'm congress who
filled pages of the Congressional Rec
ord in denunciation Of the Carnegie
trust who could not ordinarily, tell
the difference between Harveyized ar
NOR and sheet-iron.
The Holland submarine boat has un-
dergone vavious experimental tests
under the supervision of naval ofi
GERS. The department is satisfied with
it's subr ,rgence capabilities and with
It's speed The only test now wanting
is one in which an ordinarily charged
torpedo will he fired from the torpedo
tube in the Holland As this expert
ment IL It failed would very probably
involved loss Of life, it has been put
Off until all the other experiments and
trial trips have been held. Mr.. Hol-
-""a has mn n1iseiVinPs thai this su.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-20

Mr. Book, a Spaniard OF German
birth, who formerly lived at Havana,
says that 1t will be impossible to starve
the Spaniards on the island of Cuba by
blockades, and also states that an army
of 10000 men could not capture the
country. Mr.. Book may have some in
side information concerning the state
Of affairs at Havana. but other returns
seem indicate that he has been par
taking too freely of the springtime
liquid that bears his name.