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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14
IN q scU1r. COURT, oGglDA COUNTY,
\. iIson II Stdbbiuas,


W ISOl II, tolUpDiE&%7
Plaintiff,
Ann ONonnOr and George O'Con
l.oi:o administrators OF the estate
d Holm O'Connor, deceased, Ann
O'LonHof, George O'Uonn0r, I'D
ward ONonnor, Henry O,lonhJr,
Waiter 0jonuor, .johH O'toMnor,
Maiy Edison and e. s. l2lisuo, her
nunband, nattle U Conner, Ehlo ~
Uonil0r, AatiIda Donrliy aud II L
DUneIiy her husband, Annie D0n-
eii0n and b Ii DoH2i!an, her has
Dand, heirs I, la,y ol Jonn OlUu-
nor deceased, Defendants.
~ virtue oI and pursuant TO jutIG.-
lnelit of foreclosure and safe, rendered
liAU entered in the above i}ained court
IN the above entitled action, and dared
Ami 18TH 1896 LshaiieXl}osc for sale and
I.seEl at public auction TO the highest Dig
der, at the froHt o0r OF lie t.our, House
iii Che iASge Oh Eagle River, IN Villas
County, WISCONSIN, On the 9th day 81
December, 4. ID, 1898, mt three o 'GiOckHn
the afternoon OF Sala day, the following
/ described iea estate, formerly IN ONEIDA
county, now III has county, WISCONSIN,
being the n!ort4 aged Fleinlses described
III said Judgment. rO-Wlt: bot number
SIX ~ lii block number two ~ % the
plat o} the northeast quarter O. the
nOrth-WeHt quarter Of section thirty
three (33) in township nanloer ioFty
| (40) norih OF range ten (lO) east In said
village OF EagIa aiVe III said OneIda
(n0M EIas) county. Also lot number
one a. III block number xix 90 OF the
plat vi the northeast quarter 81 tIir
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14

We will pay u salary OF $15 perwceIl
and expenses for a man with rig to in
roduce our Poultry Mixture in the coun-
try, Only good hustIers wanted. Refers
errnce. Address, with stamp, Eureka
Mfg, Co., 500 No Ave, East ST. Louis,
I'll, At
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14
IANTEOI One Good Agent and only

JANTCNJ One Good Agent and only
ihNIEDa oiie, i'll every locality, tx
Ike. orders for "The Earth4 GirdIedr~>, b.
ev Z. De Wit Talmnge, -rdrp, radifc%
i'd charming, with hundreds OF nhA
1otos- lands, scenes, people and places
ne worlds wqndsrs as seen and desciIb.
by the greatest living preacher an[
'atOr. AgentH;are making from %5 t.
% daily. Demand enormous! Big com
ission, credit given; freightag@' paid
ltAt ftoe. Drop ali trash and sell THU
astet book for HOLIDAY Gift, PURPOSES
d make $30uper IL 0nth. ADDRESS To-
atft ana territory >
PEOPLES 394l I'll yYEI RET CT
PHILADELPHIA PA. v.
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IN clRcrIT coURr. oNEINA COUNTY.

:. ''''''' = : 20. Plaintiff.
tnn O'C0nnor, and George O'Con
nor, administrators of the estate
OF John O'Connor, deceased, Ann
0'Connor, George Ol0nn0r, Ed
WrTard O'C0nnor, Henry ONonnor,
walter O'C0nm0i. Holm OConn0r,
Maty Ellison and : Ellison, her
husband, Hattie O,Conn0r, Ella o.
conner. Matilda DUneIIY and Il +
DoneIly, her: husband, Annie Don
elan. and y II Doneian. her hus-
band. hers ut law of .}ohn O'00ll-
NOR. decpaSedy D9IeHdoltS.
Bv virtue OF and pursuant to a judg-
naut 0f foreclosure and sale, rendered
and entered in the above named court IN.
the above entitled action, and dated
November 23rd, 1893, I shall expose Tor
sale and SCH at public auction to the
highest bidder, at the front door OF the
court house in the village OF Eagle River,
in Villas county. wisconsin Oh the 9th
da.y of December, 1898 at three O'Clock
III the afternoon OF said day, the follow
inp. described roai estate formerly III
Oneida county. now in Villas county,
Wisconsin, being the mort@aged premises
described in said Judgment, to-Wlt: The
west forty eight AZ feet OF lot number
six (hl in block number two ~ OF the
recorded plat Of observation-disclosures o.
northwest quarter Of section thlrfy
three (33) in township nnmh@r iorty
(4O) north OF range nunber ten [ l0) east
ia the village OF Eagle. in said Villas
county, to satisfy said Judgment, with
costs and expenses OF sale
Dated October 1871, 89H.
w. A. BRADFORD,
Sheriff OF NlIAs county, wis
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14

Leave your money in the towH You
live in by purchasing your fall and wint-
err suits from j. B. Rogers, manager for
Jno L. Sullivan & Go.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14

Sheriff OF Villas COUNTY, wis
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14
CIRCUIT COURT, Villas.
(BEJ&Y5'E

IIl7-t1 allU = TED AIOIEE, PCT .
neT5 dong business under the firm
Plaintiffs
vs..
G. r Smith, Defendant
THE9FATB or WISCONSIN, to the SAID lJeien-
dant: You are hereby summoned to appear
within Gv euty uuE4 exclusive of the day OF
service Of this summons upon you ana Dc
lend the above eillIGled action IN the Court
aforesaid ANA IN case OF your failure SO 10 90
Judgment uiI be rendered against ron &C
corning o law. t'Oi4Aan * ColDian,
plaintiffs Attorneys.
L. o. Address, Eagle Hiver, villas, Co. Wis.
To Z HE SAID DltFENtYA Mt. j.. smith
Yoa are hereby notified that the comp5tiln7
TN the above GnntlGQ action was HieQ ~ lle
for.tne County OF Villas, state q iseonzlA'
on { Z -tCh day OF November, A. D-s1696
#s@t l0lnan q Coin an,
80. Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Nov. o-6w
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14

-pRIvATE. BOARDING HOUSE,
Nice clean rooms, and good board al
So so 8 week.
1fks. r.. SLATTERY.
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Insure yourself1n the RdATEON2AE.
PROTECTIVE AND SICK
Benefit SOCIETY," Of Bay

City, Michigan. j p. HOFFMAN,
Special and local Secretary for the coun
ties of Oneida: Lincoln; LangIade, For
est, Florence, :Marinette, 0conto and
Villas. All dues are Payable to ..-3;.,
J.-P. HOFFMAN,
Z Woodruff, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-14

PUBLIC LAND SALE.

Notice is hereby given that iii nursU-
ance of.instruotions from The Commits
sioner of the General Lard Office, under
authority vested in him by. section $3.50,
~. S. r. s., rs amended by the act Of
.Congrp>s. approved February 26, 1895,
we viii proceed TO offer at pnhIje sale on
the 18th day OF December, 1898, at 10
O'Clock, a. H., lit this Office, thefolowing
tracts of fand. to-wit: WnnwA Section
81, Township AN, Range 10 r. Any
aud All persons claiming adversely The
above described lands are advised to file
their CLAIMS in this:offirn on or before the
day above dasi4!sated for the. commence
rnrnt of said sale, otherwise their rights
will b. forfeited.
Dated at e. S. Land Office, at Nausau,
Wisconsin, this 29th day OF October,
1898
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
Del. Lacka. and Western.
Effect Monday, November IA 1Sas

trains leave Scranton as follows: Lex.
press Tor New York and all points Ea.t.
dd0' 500, $40, 500 and 1905 u. IN. 1855 9nJ
1888 y. m. -'o "''
Express for Easton, Trenton, philasol.
phia ana the South, $40. 500 and l0'0S n,
m, l2.55 and 3.33 y. m. '' a.
Iobyhanna accommodation g. 10 n n,
Express for Binghamton, Oswero Ey
mira, Corning, Bath, Dansville. Moln,
motifs and Buffalo, 1910, 2.35, 90 n m
LOO ana 5.5O y. m, making close connec
uons at Buffalo to all points in the West
northwest and Southwest.
washington accommodation, g. 10 n n,
bihghamton and way stations, 1O5 n m
Nlcholson accommodation $40 D. m
Express for Utica and Richfield Snrinps
40 "a. m, and LES y. m.
Ithaca, 2.35. 300 a. m, and 1.55 H. m.
For Northumberland, Pittston. Niiies.
B9rfe, Plymouth, Bloomsburg and Dan,
Nllle' making close connections at North
umberland for Willamsport, Harrisburg
Baltimore, Washington and the South. O.
northumberland and intermediate sta.
uons, 800, 1905 a. M, and 1.55 and 40 o.
m. -
Nanticoke and intermediate stations
SOS ana II 10 a. m. Plymouth and inter-
mediate stations, 3.35 and $50 p. m. Fo,
Kingston, 1256 y. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains va
For detailed information, pocket time
tables etc, apply to NJ. L. Smith, Dis.
drlct Passenger Agent, depot ticket Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
in THE PLAY HOUSES.
Modjeska as Lady Macbeth" "

1t has been long months since a finer
audience gathered IN the Lyceum than
that which greeted Modjeska last
night. Macbeth" was. by popular
request, the tragedy in which she ap-
peared. 1t is not the best vehicle that
could have been selected for the dis
play of the talents of the distinguished
actress but she gave an interpreta-
tion of the role of Lady Macbeth that
will not easily be forgotten by those
who saw her last night.
Her somewhat spiritual east of fea-
tures and girlish figure do not readily
lend themselves to the idea that it is
Lady Macbeth who is speaking and the
success of Modjeska last night was
won in spite Of these handicaps. She
threw herself into the role with an in
tensity that made the audience almost
forget that SO fair a face could never
mask mind as evil as Lady Macbeth.
In two scenes did Modieskas art
shine forth resple ndently. The first
was when she received her husbands
letter containing the prediction of the
witches; the second when she suffers
tie most terrible anguish of mind be-
cause OF the crimes she is responsible
for. The latter was q particularly adj
mirable piece of work.
In Modjeska's supporting company
are number Of very capable actors.
Charles d. Herman as Macbeth won a
larg2 share of the hOnors of the even
ing and Lester I.onergan as Macduff
was also we'll received Others wor-
thy of note were WadswOrth Harris.
John \. Lare and George Spencer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
Delaware and Hudson.

r, On Sunday. July 3rd, trains will leave
Scranton as follows:
For. Carbondale-62 7.53 $50. 1913 a.
M; u noon; L23, 2.20. 3.52, 525, 625, 5.5.,
9l5, ll.OO p. m; 1.16 p. m.
For Albany. Saratoga. Montreal, Bos
Ion, New England points, etc.-6.a0 a. M,
For Honesdale-62O, S5S, 1913 a. m. !?
noon; 2.20, 5.25 d. M
For Wilkes-Barre. 645 74S. S.43, 9.3S
1913 a. M: 1903. 1.23, 21s 1888, 427. $40.
I4S, 1O.4t l1.30 D. m.
For New York, Philadelphia. etc, via
Lehigh Valley Railroad-6.45 a. M, 1903,
LIS. 4.27 p: m; with Black Diamond Ex-
press, 1l.30 y. m.
For Pennsylvania Railroad points, SIS,
9.3S a. m, 21S, 42 p. m.
For Western Points, via Lehigh valley
Railroad-74S a. m; 1909 3,33. with BlacF
Diamond Express. 10.4l, 11.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive I'm Scranton as fol-
lows:
From Carbondale and the North-6.40,
I43 S3S 93i, OBS, 11.5S a. M. 123, 2.15, 3.25,
4.23 SAB. 7.43, 1923. 11.27 p. m.
From Wilkes Barre and the South-6.lb.
74S S4S 10.0S. 55 a. m; lis. PA, 3.4S'
$50, 6.21, 753, 9.O5. 1906 p. m: 1.13 a. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
For Carbondale-907, 1l.33 a. m; l5S.
352, 5j3 9.53 p. m.
For Wilkes-B -Barre-9.9S, ll.tS a. m; I5s.
32s. SAB. 7.4S p. m.
Lowest rates to all points in United
States and Canada.
J. w. BURDTCK, G.. p. A, Albany N. Y.
II. w. CROSS. D. p A. Scranton. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
What Happened to Jones?"

What Happened to JOnes?" is the
attraction at the LyCeum, Friday and
Saturday and Saturday afternoon. 1t
is a catchy title and one calculated to
arouse curiosity. The lines in George
II. Broadhurst'S What Happened TO
jones'" are said to be unusually bright,
new and witty and the humor flows in
a steady stream during the entire pro-
sress of the play. Jones' is drummer,
selling hymn books in slow towns and
selling playing cards in fast ones"
While attending a prize fight the place
is raided by the police and Jones makes
his escape with a musty professor Of
anatomy. EbeneZer Goodly, who has
been induced to attend the fight by his
prospective sOn-in-law. who has de-
cidedly sporty proclivities. The inn
pOrtant members Of the organization
are Bert c. Thayer T.. Soldene Powell,
Bcrney McDonough,Fr Frank Hope, Philip
Calvert, Charles Greene, Cora Williams.
Blanche Johnson, Eleanor BrOadhay,
Helen HarcOurt, Kate Weston and
Frances Lois Clarke.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
Bowery Burlesquers.

Hurtg e Seamen's Bowery Bur-
lesquers. which commences a weeks
engagement at the Gaiety, Dec. ), is
said to be one of the largest and strong
est burlesque shows that has been or
gapized in recent years. The company
includes Miss Truly Shattuck. who is
conceded to be one of the handsOmest
women and to have the most perfect
figure on the vaudeville stage Miss
Shattuck is seen to advantage both i'm
her speciality and burlesque. The
Worlds Trio, Perry Ryan, Lulu Ryan
and Emma Woods; Dan Gracey and
Ada Burnette, the famous coon define
ators; Loney Haskell, the clever mono
loguc artist; Andy Lewis and Maude
Elliott, who win introduce their orig
inal sketch, THE Upper Ten and the
Lower Five" Miss Gladys Van, who
Is known as'the pocket edition of Lii
liam Russell Marie and Nettie Mason.
the clever song and dance artists. COM
pose the olio The burietta which this
company present Is entitled "Slum-
ming" which is the latest society craza.
\ Genuin" thirasg cake wall: Is intro
du"od with tpu! genuine Chinese. aud
The indian Princess Yutampe" Is in
rnlUrcl IN The last scene.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
Central Railroad OF New Jersey
Uehlgh and srsQuehanna Divislon.)

Qehlgh and srsQuehanna Divison.)
Stations in New York-Foot of Liberty
street, N r., and South Ferry. Whitehall
street. ,, -,
ing cleanliness and comfort. ,, % 500,
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV 20, 1898.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
Wilkes-Ba etc, at $50, 1910 a, M 10.
2.35 $40. 40 p. m. sundays 9oo a. m''
For Lakewood and Atlantic CITY, SO
d. EnMr M New York Newark and Elizabeth,
40 (expressD Il. m, l.2O leNpressD. 3.20 (eX-
MESA D. m. Sunday, 215 p. m. Train
inaVinp 20 D. m, arrives at philadelphia,
Reading Terminal, 103 y. m, and New
AGLM IGar Ma Noitch Chunk. Allentown, Bethe-
hem. Easton and Philadelphia, $50 a. m'.
10. $40 p m. sunday WI 2iS ,Irgior =; m, an,
,nipte south and West via Bethlehem.
/ 70 n m. l.2O p. III. Sundays. 2.l5 p. IN.
Eor Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc, at
S.JG a. ppcaditig, ~; 1Ii Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown $40 a. m. l2O p m, Sun
day, 2l5 y. m
paturnng, leave New York, foot OF Lib
@ he ~ straet North River, at 400 $40 teX-
nitS nrassl a, m, 1.SO (express) p. m. Sunday.
i'Io oaye a; New York. South Ferry foot
,InL.Ttnhau street, at 905 a. m, l.25 p IN.
Pnssengers arriving or departing from
mis- terminal can conneCd uhaer 9roaG GoNtr Gn,a,.
WIZ a. lars and ferries to Brooklyn and
capte caater islands making quick transfer To
aSnd from Grand Central depot ana Long
lSIailu Ianra phtiadelphia. Reading Terminal,
q 81 n m, 500 p. m. SUNDAY, 6.lo "A. m.
D. '55rhromgh tickets to all points East,
south aud West at lowest rate at 'he
stauITI' OIIIAlrSEN. Gen. Supt.
II. P. BALDWIN, Gen, Pass Agt'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02

to the highest In Europe is a natural
which carries tourists to the summit
OF the Rlgi Kuhn. 4,472 feet above the
sea.
An Indian line, the Darjeeling Him
alayan railway, is one of the most re-
markable in the world. and is also the
highest, it's Darjeeling terminus being
situated on a glddy eminenoe 5000 feet
above the level of the plains At many
points II IL possible to see the curves
above and below from the train. no
fewer than seven tracks being visible
at one place. The sharpest curves are
at a place we'll named Agony Point"
where the train on two occasions al
most describes circle in it's own
length. one of the most striking fea-
lures of a journey up the Parjeeling-
Himalayan railway is the sharp transit
ton from the burning heat of the
plains to the cold air and the SHOWS of
this great height.
There Is single line railway
now working in Ireland. The Listowel
and Ballybunion railway sounds like
the invention of some mad humorist;
but such n place as Ballybunon really
exists. 1t is very popular seaside
resort in the southwest of Ireland Tho
distance between this point and the
other terminus as Listowel is ten miles
and there is one intermediate station
that Of Lissclton. The system on
which this railway is worked is called
the Lartieus single line elevated rail-
way. and was the invention Of French
engineer. This single rail line, it
should be explained at once. is not a
single track railway. but actually has
one rail for trains to run on. This
rail is supported on iron trestle worl,
at the height of three feet three in
rhes from the ground, and the iocomo-
tive and carriages are actually bal
anCed on 1t.
There is nothing in Europe to COM
pare with the extraordinary trestle
bridges which carry American rail
ways over the deer gulleys and pre-
cipitous creeks found in many parts of
the United States. They are Of rough
timber construction. sometimes rising
to height of 100 feet and form a
most complicated maze of timbers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
New York Grain and Produce Market.

New York, Dec. 1.-Flour--Fairly ac-
tive and tirmer. Wheat-<Spot steady: No
= red, 769,a71Ac. f. o. b. af1oat; No.
Northern Duluth. 16l f. o. b. afoat; No.
> hard western, 7O34c. T. o. b. afioat; No. ,
Northern Duluth, 739tc. f. o. b. ahoat
options opened firm on foreign buying
and cables and ruled strong all day. The
principal buying motives We're record
breaking clearances, good export demand
and a rumored drop in consols. Deliv-
cries on December contracts were liberal
but all went to exporters. Closed, aia1c
net higher. March closed 75c. May, 7lasc. /:
July, 7lFsc.; December, 7334c, Corn-SpOt
steady; No. 2, 4O7sc. f. o. b. afioat. OPP
tions opened firm and continued so all
day inspired by heavy export buying
and the rise in wheat. Closed isc. ret
higher. May closed S9sic.: December,
39lsc. Oats-Spot firm; No. ., 32c. No. 8,
3lc.; No. 2 white, 33i2c, No. 3 do, 32lac. /;
track mixed western, ~ aa53c.; track
white, 33a37lac. options, dull. Butter
Steady; western creamery l5a23c.; do.
factory l2al4i2c,; Elgns, 23c imitation
creamery, l3alI1ac.: state dairy, l5a22c. /,
do. creamery, 15a23C. Eggs-Steady; state
and PENNSYLVANIA, 2Ga2ic.; western fresh,
2jl2a26C; southern. 22a2jc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
Scranton Pass. Railway,
Philadelphia Grain and Produce

Philadelphia, Dec. 1.-Wheat--Was lec.
lower; contract grade. December, 1li4a
I2i2c. Confirm; No > mixed December,
3Sa4 4a99c. Ooats-Firm; No white, clip
ped, 33l2c.; No. 3 do do, 32a32lac.; No. .
mixed, do, 32c. Butter-Firm; fancy
western creamery, 23l2c; do. prints. 2ic.
Eggs-Firm; fresh nearby, 26c.; do. west
ern, 25c; do. southwestern, 22C. do. south
ern, pc. Cheese-Firm, Refined Sugars
Unchanged. COtton-Steady. Tallow--
Quiet; city prime, in hogsheads, 3l5c. :
country do. do. barrels, 3Fsc; dark do.
3lsc. cakes, iC.; grease, 2a3lac. Live
Poultry-Steady; fowls, N2a9c. old roost-
ers, 6loc.; spring chickens, Sa9c.: ducks,
Sa9c; geese, Sa9c. turkeys Sa9c. Dressed
Poultry-Unchanged; fowls, choice, l0c. ;
do. fair to good 9a91ac. old roosters, 6a
0lec. spring chickens, western large, liza
lllac.; do. fair to good, 10alOiac.; small
and inferior, do, Ease; turkeys, choice
l2al3c,; do. fair to good l0allc.: ducks
Sa9c, Receipts-Flour, LOO barrels and
l,jm sacks; wheat. 5000 bushels; corn,
S5N0 bushels; oats, 500 bushels. Ship
mentS-Wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn 2l3-
OOo bushels; cats. 5000 bushels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
REPORT FROM THE
RAILWAY BUREAU
SUBMITTED BY MAJOR ISAAC
B. BROWN.
Number of Employees During the
Year - Compensation - Operating
Expenses--Death Lists and Other
Interesting statistics-New Laws
Desired,

Harrisburg, Dec. 1.-Major Isaac b.
Brown, chief Of the state bureau of
railways, today completed his annual
report for the fiscal year ended June 30
last of the steam railway corporations
operating in Pennsylvania. The total
number OF employees, as disclosed by
the report, was 245,057 an increase dur
ing the year of "A per cent. These
employees received a g compensation for
their services during the year $3.50, $685.
S7l. an increase OF four per cent over
1897
Operating receipts were $3.50, 461 962.
OF these earnings sT71S1,33 were re-
ceived from passenger traffic, and $2i5,-
456, 146 from freight An examination ot
reports covering the past two years
shows that there has not only been an
increase in transportation receipts, but
in the tonnage as well. Operating eX-
penses were s217 ,163, 400 and total eX-
penses 1890. .442,Si3. Eishty-three cor
porations report deficit during the
year, Notwithstanding the probable
fact that this years tonnage has been
greater than during any previous year
in this state.
During the year 80 passengers were
killed and 80 injured; 53j employees
killed and 1884 injured. a worse show
ing than last year. There was one cas-
ualty for every twenty employees this
year. The number of other persons
killed. including trespassers was 1,j36,
and injured, 2.042. Major Brown says
that the danger to life and limb among
passengers on steam railways in this
country is much less than in many Of
the unusual pursuits of life in which
men are engaged. He has this to say
about the grade crossing question:
GRADE CROSSINGS.
What this bureau desires done in
the interest of the state the people
and the railway corporations is the alb
solute prohibiting of grade crossings
In all future construction of steam
railways and wagon roads and to make
further provision for the gradual abol-
ishment of those now in existence, the
expense Of which shall be borne by
the local municipalities the state and
the railway corporations. The enact
ment of some such law is an impera-
tive duty upon the legislative branch
Of the state and under no cirCum-
stances ought it be any longer neglect .
ed. Such neglect. if persisted in. must
be characterized as criminal on the part
of those whose duty it is to pass such
laws as will contribute to the safety
Of the people of the commonwealth.
There is no class of people who more
clearly discern the Importance of this
natter than the railway managers,
md as before indicated, these railway
corporations that have the financial
ability and are controlled by advanced
ideas in mana cement will, so far as
they can, abolish grade crossings"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
GERMANY WANTS ISLANDS.
Is Negotiating with Spain for the
Carolines

Berlin, Dec IA German govern
ment official, in an interview With the
correspondent here of the Associated
Press, confirms the renOrt that Ger
many Is negotiating with Spain for the
purchase of the Caroline islands. 1t is
understood that Spain expects to get
100000 francs for them, which Ger
many considers excessive.
Germany also makes the proviso that
the negotiations snail be contingent
upon no international complications
arising, especially with the United
states.
Prince Won Arenberg, president of the
colonial society. assures the CORES
pondent of the Associated Press that
the acquisition of the Caroline islands
is important less from the standpoint
of Commerc" which is insignificant
there, than from naval view point"