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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21

The highest respect has been shown
the work and workers and the Asso-
citation tent has become almost a neces-
sity to the mon IN camp. The quality
of men enlisted is above what IL was
expected to find. In the Sixth Illinois
regiment, Colonel Foster says there
are about 2so members OF the Young
Mems Christian Association. In the
Twenty-second Kansas regiment there
is one company Of 1o6, and all college
men. In this regiment containing
eighty-seven school teachers and $50
college men, Young Mems Christian
Association was organized before they
left that state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
B. Company e, as will be noticed. is
the only one to escape.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.
That the disease has not become epi-
demic is proof that the surgeons are
taking every precautionary measure
that the situation demands. The pa
tients at the Fort Myer hospital are
receiving the best of care and have the
attention Of a corps of the most capa-
BILE physicians in the camp, selected
because of their experience and effic-
iency in dealing with typhoid. Every
weapon for battling the disease. known
to medical science, Is provided and 1t
is safe to say that there is no hospital
in the country where the patients
would be better cared for.
General Goblin left last Monday for
Philadelphia on a short visit. Upon
his return he will move his headquar-
ters to the new camp at Dunn Loring.
Private Harry Carling. of Company
F. left camp Sunday and has rot as
yet returned.
Rev. w. A. Nealon. Of Carbondale, is
visiting his brother. Private james
Nealon, of Company f..
Battalion Adjutant Harry NJ. Cour-
sen entertained his former school,
mate, Dr. William CramD. OF Boston.
Lieutenant Johnson, of Company A,
Is officer of the day and Lieutenant
Varcoe, OF Company E, commander OF
the guard.
Major F. w. Stillwell acted Monday
as division officer of the day and in
the evening conducted the dress
parade, Lieutenant Colonel Mates be-
ing absent on an inspection of the new
camp site. Captain Kambeck, of Com
pany B, led the regiment in review
and Captain Derman, of Company A,
commanded the First battalion.
John Morris, of Scranton, is visiting
his son, Sergeant Morris, of Company
A. T. T. Duffy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
GUARDING AGAINST FEVER.
Governor Hastings Confers with Dr.
Lee Regarding the Disease.

Harrisburg, July Ex-Governor Hast
ings had a conference this afternoon
with DR.. Benjamin A. Lee, secretary
of the state board of health, at which
the doctor was directed to take every
precaution to prevent yellow fever sus-
poets from landing in Pennsylvania.
There is a possibility OF yellow fever
patients coming from Cuba being land
ed at the Philadelphia ports The gov
ernor is anxious that the board shall
take vigorous steps TO keep them out.
Governor and Mrs. Hastings went to
Bedford Springs this afternoon for a
ten days outing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
WIN. CONNELL, President.
HENRY BELIN, Jr., Vice Pres.
WILLIAM II. PECK, Cashier

The vault of this bank Is pro.
tected by Holmes Electric Pro-
tective System.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
JOE LETTERS DEAL.
The Wheat Napoleon Will Borrow
100000 and Pay UP.

Milwaukee. July 2u.-The Daily News
SAYS: Milwaukee capital will clean up
young Joe Letters wheat deal losses,
and Levi q. Leither, his father. has
now practically closed the contract
which has been negotiating with the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company for the loan of $4,000 600 on
his real estate.
or the 5000, 900 which Mr.. Lett ar will
borrow from the company $4,000, 900 1t
is believed will pass over to him this
week and the remainding sl,000,000
next week.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
ELEVENTH HAS
RECEIVED ORDERS
PORTO RICO is SUPPOSED TO BE
THEIR DESTINATION.

Some Of the Incidents Of Life in the
Camp Mt Tampa That Furnish
Amusement and Give the Boys
Something to Talk About. J.
Cowles Has Been Made Corporal.
He is the First Of the Scranton
Delegation to Receive Promotion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
Connolly g. Wall;
127 and l20 Washington Avenue
m. William Bube and William Rich

ron. William Bube and William Rich
ards.
Since commencing this letter the long
looked for orders to prepare for de-
parture have been issued, and this af-
ternoon we are to receive light brown
canvas uniforms, all the men having
already signed for them. Our destina-
ton is unknown, but it is most likely
Porto Rico. If the orders are not
countermanded we will leave here on
Wednesday morning. The boys are
considerably elated, and it will evil
IDENTIFY be the end of Spain when the
Eleventh gets their work in.
Victor II. Pinkney.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
BOYS WERE VERY
MUCH DISAPPOINTED
THEY HAD BUILT GREAT HOPES
ON GOING TO PORTO RICO.

Almost Every Paper in the Country
Save The Tribune Accepted the
Rumor of Move on Friday as q
Fact and Printed it as Such-Pri-
vate Christian Evans, Of Company
D, Dangerously wounded by Run
ming Against a Bayonet-No Cause
for Worry About Typhoid Fever.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
US. CONSUL
CURED OF
ECZEM MA
CuTi'CiuRA [

had an attack of Eczema, and ordered a
box OF oxide of zinc ointment. The first
application changed the Eczema to hell-fire,
which seemed unquenchable. The druggist
had used rancid oerate and l was poisoned.
A local physician did not help matters, and
everything either failed to help, or made it
worse, ! was becoming desperate, when l
patched my servant for cake of CUTIcURA
SOAR and a box of CuTIcURA (ointment).
The Grst application relieved ne and In thres
days i0ds peU.
PULASKI +. HYATT, United States Consul.
Dec. 10, 1897. Santiago de Cuba.
Sold ghout the world. PoTTER ID. O. CoRP. Sole
Proper DOston How to Cure the Worst Eczema," nee.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-21
MAH0N 4 DENSTEN,
Real Estate Brokers and Promote

Real Estate Brokers and Prom oters.
Board Of Trade Bldg, end floor. room 2lO
Real estate bought and sold, houses
rented, rents collected on low percentage.
Money placed on first and second mort
gage Houses and lots bought, sold and
exchanged, conveyancing, will. mortgages
and deeds drawn. Leases and contracts
drawn while you wait. Partnerships ef-
fected stock companies organized on
patents, plants, Guarries, mines, profess
sions or business. Charters obtained.
Capital stock increased. All legal mat
ters given strict attention and speedily
and properly executed.
James Mahon. ], G. Densten,
Attorney at Law. Student at Law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
MRS. LUETGERT AGAIN
JACOB LUTHARDT SAYS HE KNOWS
WHERE THE WOMAN IS,
And VIII Produce Her on Payment of
$4,000 Reward-The Man Thought
to he Insane.

CHICAGO. Feb. IA man giving the
name of Jacob Luthardt called at the CEN
trail police station this afternoon and an
nounced himself as entirely prepared to ac-
cept the $4,000 reward which Police In
spector Michael Schaak has offered for the
production OF Mrs. Louisa Luetgert alive.
The man said he had seen Mrs. Luetgert
within forty-eight hours and could produce
her within the same space of time. He told
a straightforward story and although sub
jected to close examination by Captain
Colleran, of the central station, insisted on
the accuracy Of his story. He was shown
three hundred pictures and from them Sc
lected that of Mrs. Luetgert without
trouble. He said he could produce the wom-
an at any time and would do so Immediate
~ if he was assured of the payment Of the
$4,000 He said Mrs. Luetgert was within
a short distance of Chicago and with some
friends of hers.
According to Luthardt's story Mrs. Luet-
CERT is insane but has lucid intervals. He
was given a letter to Inspector Schaak and
that official not only agreed to make good
the $4,000 he had originally offered, but
promised to give Luthardt $500 additional
for every day that was saved in the trial
by the production of Mrs. Luetgert. THE
trial will last about one week longer and
will cost the State about $4,000 more said
the Inspector You bring the woman into
court and will personally pay you $230 900.
I will also guarantee that you get total
sum Of $4,000, as l know others who will
put up a little besides my $23 600. Now
bring her in."
Luthardt sat still a moment and then
with the remark well 1 must be going"
he left the station
Chief of Police Kipley's private secre-
tary, James Markham. says the man is in
sane. He says he has called at the chiefs
Office several times for an interview with
the chief. Each time he refused to state
his business, but said he had very impor-
tant business to transact with the chief
The trial of Adolph l.. Luetgert for the
murder of his wife came to end to-day
as far as taking testimony is concerned.
Assistant States Attorney McEwen at once
started in on his closing address to the
jury. 1t is expected that arguments of coun-
sci will take up week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
MAIL STEAMER SUNK.
The Channel Queen Wrecked and
Twenty-Five Lives Lost.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-The mail steamer
Channel Queen. running between Plymouth
and the Island of Jersey, struck on the
rocks off Guernsey island this morning dur
ing fog and sank. There were sixty-five
persons aboard, and all were saved, it is
believed, except twenty-five. The Channel
Queens engines were reversed when the
rocks were seen, but it was then too late.
As soon as she struck the boats were low
cred The first boatload reached land and
sought help of the fishermen, who made
gallant rescues, although the heavy sea
prevented their boat from approaching the
wreck The survivors had to be dragged
by ropes through the sea to the rescuing
boats The captain was the last to leave
the wreck The chief engineer. three stokers
and eighteen passengers, including fourteen
onion sellers, were drowned The passen-
gers were in their cabins when the sea
swamped the vessel The rescued passen-
gers lost everything. even their clothing.
Later-Three of the persons reported
drowned have since been found among the
rescued, reducing the total loss to nineteen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
business NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

CHICAGO, Feb IA bill has been filed
in the Superior Court by the Novelty Iron
Company, of Canton, o. against the Ameri-
can Boiler Company. of Chicago. asking
that the latter company be restrained from
dissipating its assets. The bill charges that
the American Boiler Company. OF which the
Novelty Iron Company is a creditor was
deliberately wrecked. Recently the assets
of the American Boiler Company which the
bill AYERS were worth $l50000 were sold for
$7S.631 To the Kellogg, Mackay &, Cameron
Company, composed of old employees of the
boiler company. The kellogg, Mackav *
Cameron Company has begun business as
the successor of the old American Boiler
Company, and the court is asked to decree
the transaction void
CHICAGO. Web. Judge Dunno to-day
appointed q receiver for the Vance q Jones
Company. a shoe manufacturing concern at
West Pullman. on the application of Arthur
G. Jones and William H. Huntington The
legal trouble surrounding the corporation
arises from differences between the inter-
ested parties of the corporation. and the
court is asked to allow the receiver to con
DUCT the business of the concern until these
differences can be adjusted. The concern is
In good shape financially.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Feb. IA decree
entered i'm the Federal Court to-day i'm
the consolidated cases of the State Trust
Company and the Electric Corporation VS.
the Lafollette Coal and Iron Company. The
amount is for over 81 60O,000. The Electric
Corporation and American Loan and Trust
Company are the principal creditors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
Negro Murderer Lynched.

BRAMWELL, w. Va, Feb. IAN I'M
known negro, who was refused the privi-
lege of walking through the tunnel on the
Norfolk & Western Railroad near here last
night, shot Harry Draper, the Waterman,
killing him instantly. A posse soon formed
and captured the negro later placing him
in jail At midnight fifty men took the
prisoner from the Jail and lynched him,
after which his body was riddled with bull
lets up. More than fifty shots were fired
The body was allowed to hang in the open
air all night, and it was frozen stiff this
morning. 1t is now reported that in spite
of the fact that the lynching occurred in a
binding snow it was witnessed by half as
many women as men, who cheered on their
iiege lords, and who after the negro's body
had been shot into shreds, crowded about
the mangled remains. Bailey, it is said has
killed three men during his life. Draper
was prominently known, and belonged to
the Masonic order as well as several other
secret societies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
Local Observations Tuesday.

Bar. Their. R.H Wind. Weather. Pre-.
a. m. 3O42 50 invest. Cloudy. 90
z p. m. .S042 II 50 invest. Clear. 90
Maximum temperature, IS; minimum tenn
perature, 5.
Following Is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation Feb. 1:
Temp. Pre-.
Normal .......................... q 10
MSetIl IL .VU
Departure from normal. ............-15 --.12
Departure since Feb. 1..............--15 -.12
Departure since Jan. l............."l55 *1.S3
*Plus. c. f. r. WAPPENHANS
Local Forecast Official.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
In FAVOR OF CARRIERS.
Decision by Judge svvaine Against
the POstofEice Department.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. Judge swaine, of
the United States Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Fifth circuit, to-day decided the let
ter carrier case involving the question of
pay for overtime due TO Charles J.Langston,
a letter carrier of Admission, Ala. The opin-
ion of the lower court was modified, but
the main issue in favor of the carriers was
confirmed. Judge Swaine eliminated the
judgment for compensation for the half
hour swings. in which the letter carriers
We're not actually employed at work about
the postoffice. The whole amount in the
case involved less than s100. but the decision
has an important bearing on others depend
ent on it amounting to many thousands of
dollars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
Fair Weather, Increasing CIOudiness
and Light FIurries of Snow.

Forecast for indianapolis and vicinity for
the twenty-four hours ending II p. m. Feb.
2-Fair weather, increasing cloudiness and
light fiurries of snow on Wednesday,
General Conditions Yesterday-High bar
ometric pressure continues over the coun-
try except near the northern Atlantic coast.
The temperature fell nearly everywhere ex-
cept in Kansas. Nebraska and Missouri,
where it rose slightly. Fair weather pre-
vailed except near the New England coast
and near the upper lakes, where snow fell.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-For Ohio
Threatening weather, with light snow on
the lakes; slowly rising temperature; fresh
westerly winds, diminishing.
For Indiana and Illinois-Threatening
weather, with light snow and probably
warmer in northern portions; westerly
winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-The snow and
windstorm of last night and to-day was one
OF the most severe experienced in this Sec
ton since the big blizzard, All trains are
behind time, and several casualties are re-
ported, but none of any gravity. The storm
was severity felt throughout eastern Penn
sylvania. Two Reading Railroad freight
trains coll!ded near Tamaqua, demolishing
both engines and injuring the fireman.
bralEemen and conductor. Traffic was de-
layed seven hours.
A dispatch from Stroudsburg says that
communication between that place and
other towns near by has been cut off. At
Tobyhanna the gale was so violent that the
iee-cutting industry had 10 be suspended
throwing five hundred hands out of work
The storm is very severe up the Delaware
valley
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02

LOWELL, Mass, Feb. 1.-Two thousand
men were employed by the city and the
street-railway company to-day to clear the
snow from the streets. The mills and other
large establishments where women are en-
ployed were crippled by the absence of
many of the female employees though none
of the mills were compelled to shut down,
except the Merrimack, which employs more
than two thousand hands. and the United
States Bunting Company, which employs
1505. Cloggings of the turbine wheels by
snow made II impossible TO start up the
machinery at the Merrimack Difficulty of
the same kn0 was experienced in other
mills. but they were all able TO run during
the day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Charles Reinolds, a
laborer, has been arrested for planning a
triple tragedy. Discouraged over the arrest
of his wife for larceny, he put a bottle of
carbolic acid and note in basket of food
for her. The acid was intercepted by the
police. The note overlooked by them told
the woman to drink the acid at q certain
hour, as at that time he would cut the
babys throat and then his own. Mrs Rey-
nolds told the guards. Policemen hurrying
ito Reynoldss home arrested him instanter
He is in half-crazed condition. The baby,
unframed, was given to the Humane So
cietv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
Bloody Duel in the Street.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. IA desper-
ate encounter occurred on the streets of
Opelika to-day between w. j. Siddell. clerk
of the Circuit Court, and d. f. Garden, q
prominent business man of that. place. The
contest over the Opelika postoffice led to
the difficulty. Siddel attacked Garden with
a pocket knife, wounding him badly in the
volver and fired four shots, one of which
penetrated Siddeil's back, completely para
lying him. Sddell will die. Garden is in jail
Both are among the leading citizens of east
ern Alabama and the tragedy may lead to
further bloodshed, as both have many
friends, who are aroused over the affair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
MAY ACCEPT RELIEF.
Strikers Who Receive Aid Will Not
Be Debarred from Voting.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Feb 1.-The
leaders of the cotton mill strike were in
formed to-day that those who applied for
aid to the overseers of the poor would be
debarred from voting at the next election,
and as a result applicants We're few in num-
Der Mayor Ashley when questioned regard
ing the matter, requested City Solicitor
Desmond to give a legal opinion. Mr.. Des-
mond stated that persons applying for aid
did not forfeit their right to vote. There
is no change in the situation here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
New Book on Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The best of the
mass of information relative to Alaska and
the mineral wealth of that country which
has been accumulated in the archives of
the government is about to see the light
through the medium of a book entitled,
Alaska; It's History, Climate. Resources
and Wonderful Gold Fields" the author of
which is Maj. Henry o. S. Heistand, as
sistant adjutant general of the United
States army, now stationed in Washington.
Major Heistand while officer of the
line Of the army, made an exhaustive Sc
ries of exploring trips through Alaska, and
especially along the Yukon, which drains
the gold regions, so that he has supple
mented the official records with much mat
ter of personal experience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
snow BIinded the EneIneers.

BURLINGTON, Vt, Feb. 1.-The mail
train south from this city, over the Rut-
land Railroad was stalled this morning a
short distance below Shelbourne. Two en-
gines loaded with men We're sent out to
pull the train out. The snow blinded the
engineers and they ran into the rear end
OF the stalled train. Fred Dubuc was thrown
between the engine and tender and so badly
crushed that he died in a few hours. Traffic
on the Rutland road was completely SuS-
pended. The Central Vermont trains are
running several hours late. Electric lines
are unable to operate. The amount of sndeV
varies. from ten to twenty-four inches. The
country highways are completely blocked,
The snow is six feet deep in the mountains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02

ST. JOHNS. N. f., Feb. IA blizzard is
raging here to-day. A large number of men
have been driven off on an ice foe in Trim
ity bay, and it is feared there will be repe-
tition OF the disaster of seven years ago,
when forty people persisted. The thermom-
eter shows twenty degrees below zero, and
che cold is SO terrible that some loss of life
must result. The government is dispatching
q rescue steamer to the endangered men.
An unidentified steamer, believed to be
the jamaica Captain Peterson, from New
York Jan. 25 for ST. Johns with general
cargo, is visible in an ice foe off Ferryland,
thirty miles south of this port She is fly
ing distress signals, and il is feared that she
has been seriously injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Feb. 1.-Charles d.
Etue has been arrested on suspicion of be-
ing implicated in the murder of Miss Emma
Schumacher, who was shot and killed by
one of two men who robbed her store last
December. Etue is the son of T. ID. Etue,
formerly publisher of a local stock paper.
Four years ago he was tried for killing
Anton Schulz in a quarrel over a woman.
His father. who was well to do, spent his
acduittal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
WAR ON SLOT MACHINES.
Nearly Two Hundred Owners of Al
legged Gambling Devices Indicted.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb. 1.-The Jeffer-
son county grand jury, this afternoon. re-
turned indictments against 1876 saloon keep
ers and others who have slot machines in
their places Of business. The indictments
charge a llisdemeanor-that of suffering
gaming on the premises. Several felony in.
dictments have been returned. however, To
make d test of the law on the point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
sIzirmish in santa Clara.

HAVANA, Feb. IA skirmsh between
Spaniards and insurgents has taken place,
it is announced, at the central plantation of
Constancia, province of Santa Clara. The
Spanish version of the affair is that sugar
cane cutters. assisted by a military
force from Encrucijada, defeated the in
surgents killed two of the latter and COM
PEELED the enemy to retire, but it is admit
ted that the commander of the Spanish sol
diers was wounded, that the chief Of the
guerrella force, ten privates and five labor
ers were killed and that four were wounded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02
Nm POISONED.

MONTREAL. Feb 1.-The death by pois-
oning of Sister Ste. Brigite, a nun in the
UrsuIine convent at Three Rivers, has just
been reported Tho convent physician sent
TWO prescriptions to the convent pharmacy,
which was in charge of Sister Ste Ursule.
one prescription called for suphate of
strychnine. Through some unexplained
error both prescriptions were made up Of
that deadly drug. Shortly after Sister Ste.
Brigite was given her medicine she was at
tackled by spaSms and died.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-02

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If you need remedy you
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For wasting in children
or adults, Scott's Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo-
phosphites has been the
recognized remedy foE TWEEN
ty-6ve years.
soc and $780, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York