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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
New York Produce Market.

New York, Feb. 1.-Flour-Quiet and
barely steady; Minnesota patent, s5l0a
$50. Wheat-Spot steady; No, 2 red, SLOT,
T. o. b., atioat, to arrive; No. ! northern
Duluth, Sl09, f. o. b., afioat; No. / hard
Manitoba. Sl.0S, +. o. b., atioat; options
had a sharp forenoon advance on the big
decrease in Liverpool stocks, bulish ca
bic advices. foreign buying and demand
from shorts, but eased off somewhat in
the last hour under realizing; No. red,
February, No3al0SA; closed s,o3h;
March, Sl.0z' sa1.03A. closed sl.021s; May,
96 ll-16a97%4c., closed &c; July, S9sia9Ol2c.,
closed S97sc. Corn-Spot easy; No. .,
35&.c.; options dull, closing unchanged to
lsc, net decline; February, SAC. May, 33at
aS3isc.,, closed 33&c; July, closed S&sc.
2Sisc.; No, . white, SOC. No. 3 white, 291ac;
track white 3Oa33c.; track mixed, west
ern. 29a30c.; options quiet; February. 2S1a
a2S4c.; closed 2S1ac. May, 2Sl2a2S9sc,
closed 2Siac. Beef-Firm. Cut Meats
Firm. Butter-Firm; factory, llal4c.; Ell
gins, 2Oc.; imitation creamery, lSal7c. !;
state dairy, l3alSc.: ere Hery. l4al9c
Cheese-Quiet. Eggs--Firm; state and
PENNSYLVANIA, l9c.; western fresh, 1Sc
Tallow-Dull; city, 39sc. country, 31aa39sc
Petroleum-Dull,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02

Philadelphia. Feb. 1.--Wheat--Firm and
1c. higher; contract grade, February. 9Sa
9Slac,; March, April and May, nominal.
Corn-Firm; No. mixed, February and
March, 33&a3ic. April and May, nominal
Oats-Firmer: No. white, February and
March, 3Oa3Olac.: April and May, nomi-
nal. Potatoes-Steady. while. choice, per
bushel, 75a7Sc.; do. fair to good, 6Sa73c. ;
sweets, prime red, per basket, 60a65c. do
yellow, 55aG0c.; do seconds, 25a30c Pro-
Visions-Steady; smoked beef, city, 16a
lie. Beef Hams-S22. .50a23; pork, family
Sl2a12.50; hams, S. +. cured, i'm tierces, 7
aSc. do. smoked, Sl2a9iac.; sides, ribbed
in salt, 5ha51ac.; do. smoked, 6Ac.; Shout
ders, pickle cured, 5l@a5Ac.; do. smoked
bacon, 7a7Hc. lard, pure city refined, in
tierces, 5Aa5hc.;. do. in tubs, 512a53Ic
Butetr-steady; fancy fresh creamery,
zoe; do. Pennsylvania prints, 2lc.: do
western do, PIC; Eggs : Unchanged;
fresh, nearby, 19c,; do. western 19c
Cheese-Dull and barely steady. Refined
Sugars Unchanged Cotton - Steady
Tallow-Dull. Live Poultry-Firm; fowls
Sa9iac.; old roosters, &C.; spring chickens
Sa9c.; turkeys, 9a10c.; ducks, 9al0c !;
geese, Sc. Dressed Poultry-Firm fowls,
choice SEC; fair to good, Sa9c; cnlck-
ems, large, 9iHal0c.; good to choice SIaa
&C.; common and scalded, Ease; turkeys,
fancy, 13al4c.; choice, l2c.; fair to good,
9al0c.; ducks, Sal0c. Receipts-Flour
5000 barrels and 5000 sacks wheat 1O5 900
bushels; oats, 10000 bushels. Shipments
-Wehat, 900 bushels; corn, 164, 900 bushels;
oats, 1875, 900 bushels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
WYOMING.

The concert given in the Presbyterian
church last Friday evening by the In
dependent Glee club was largely at
tended. The club rendered some ex-
cellent music and the recitations given
by Miss Bessie Parker were highly ap-
preciated.
Charles Penny. of Scranton, spent
Sunday with his family here.
Rev. w. II. Gotwald, D. D., of Wash
ington, D. c., preached in the Baptist
church on Sunday morning.
On Saturday last son was born to
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Mullison, of Eighth
street.
The funeral of the child of John
Hoover, of the West Side, was held on
Sunday in the Methodist church. Rev.
Wilson Treble officated. The inter-
ment was made in the Wyoming cem-
eterv.
Miss Name Miller of West Pittston,
spent Sunday with her grandmother,
Mrs. e. ID. Wilson, of Shoemaker ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Dewitt returned
hone on Saturday from Sulphur
Springs, N. Y, where they have been
sojcurning for a time.
The grocery firm of Patterson & Ed
wards Las dissolved partnership. Ben
Jamin Laubaugh has been engaged as
an assistant to Mr.. Patterson, who
Will continue the business.
Charles Mann, of Wilkes Barre, was
in town on Sunday.
The Monument Glee club will hold a
grand concert on the evening of Feb
ruary 90
The Wyoming borough suit against
the Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Val
ley Traction company 10 recover Sc. II,
the amount of license tax the boz
rough has imposed. The suit is a test
case as to the right of the borough tax
ing the Traction company.
w. j. Davies has rented the new
house owned by Rev. Mr.. Santee on
Wyoming avenue. ana will move in il
about April !.
Rev. Robert II. Reidy, of this place,
II conducting revival meetings at his
charge in Courtdale.
Oscar Frear, who has been in the
employ of Patterson q Edwards, has
accepted a position with Evans Bros.
III PittstOn as solicitor in Wyoming
and will begin his work today.
The musical and literary competitive
meeting which has already been an
nounced to take place will be held on
the evening of February q in the Bap-
list church.
Mrs. Emma Dewitt, OF Monument
street, is quite i'll with the ague.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
THE MARKETS.
Wall Street lsevieW.

New York, Feb. 1.-The stock market
today had a load of liquidation to carry
sun heavier than that OF yesterday, and
there were fewer prominent stocks to ex-
ert sustaining force by special strength.
The heavy offerings were well absorbed,
and net declines are for the most part
conhned to fractions but are very general.
For a time after the opening there
seemed to be no dimlnution from yester-
days activity. There had evidently been
a large accumulation of outside orders
over night and London was also a buyer
OF stock. This demand was satisfied,
however without effectng any marked
advance in prices, the offerings being
very large. Later prices began to yield
under the weight of continued offerings,
but the pressure was not great and the
market fell in dullness, holders appar-
emily being content to await a rally to
continue the liquidation. Total sales
were 401, 100 shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN ALLEN
rooms 70J- FOG
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
Look at the Prices:
ITEMS Shoes.

LOT 1-Men's $500 and $500 Shoes in
Box Calf, Patent Leather, Calf
Hand-sewed 3-soie shoss at .....,,,$2. 70
LOT 2-Men's Calf Shoes, Congress
ana Lace, some Calf Lined, worth
from $3.50 to $500 ....................Sl.9 s.. .9S
LOT 3-Men's Needle-Toe Calf Hand
Sewed, Calf Lined, 3-Sole Shoes.
worth $500 to $500, all sizes 6 to 16
at ..........,..........,.S .9S
LOT 4-Men's Solid Leather Shoes,
Congress and Lace, all sizes, worth
from $l.75 to $3.50, at ..................$l.3 81. 80
LOT 5-Men's Light, Dress Shoes and
Double Sole Working Shoes worth
$l5O at ......',......., ,....... eSc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02

butchers. $8.6Oa4; good fat cows. S3.6Oa
$50; common old cows, SO l0a2.S5. Hogs.
Fairly active; Workers. good to choice, 81
ai.02; rOughS, common to choice, $3.30a
$50: pigs. good to choice S315a3.S1 Sheep
and Lambs-Quiet: lambs, choice to se-
lected wcthers, $i.G5ai9O; Culls to COM
mon, S3a3.15
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
East Liberty Cattle Market.

East Liberty, Pa. Feb. 1.-Cattle--
Strong and unchanged. Hogs--Iower;
prime medium, siO5a4lO: best Workers.
S,S5a4; heavy, S3.95a4; pigs, So. 75a3. So; good
roughs, SO, ,25aS,5O. Sheep--Uneasy at un-
changed prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02

Chicago, Feb. 1.-Cattle-Slow at S4.3Oa5;
stockers and feeders. $S.2Oa3 40; western
fed cattle, A.4Oa4.I5. Hogs-Lower at $3 50
aS,9O sheep and Lambs-Active; sheep,
$Sa4 for inferior TO choice; lambs, s5a5 70.
Receipts-aCttle, 1000 head; hogs, 50, 900
head; sheep, II. 900 head.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
New Work Live Stack.

. New York. Feb, 1.-Beeves-No trading.
Caiyes-Quiet and steady veals. s5aS.15;
ssTassers, SS2oa3 %, Sheep and Lambs
Bogs-Cuiet at 81. 90a4 90
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
MYERDAVIDOV
The Acknowledges Cheapest Who,e-
sale and Retail Shoe House.
S07 LaCsaWanla Ave.
Big Sale Of
Sample Shoes

Fortunate circumstances enables us
to buy from the largest shoe manu-
facturers in Boston, Mass, for spot
cash, l,50o pairs of Mems, Boys Ladies',
Misses and Children's Sample Shoes
in patent leather, enamel box calf and
winter russets at less than 80 cents on
the dollar; in fact. for less than the
cost of making OF shoes, not mention
ing the material, and we shall give you
the opportunity of buying good, sty-
lish and durable shoe for little money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
Buffalo Live stock.

East Buffalo, n. Y, Feb l.-Cattle-
About steady; prime 10 extra choice fin
ished steers, S510a5.25; good 10 choice fat
smooth steers, $i40a450; fair to good
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02

Oil City. Pa, Feb. 1.--Credit balances,
G5; certificates opened no quotations;
cash sales. 5000 at C5h. 5000 at &C; ship
ments, l0S,5H barrels; runs. 12o,7So bar
relS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02
Our
Draperiies

Window Shades, Linoleums,
OiIcloths, ETC., show at
glance the advantage gained
by our long experience, and
prices today are less than they
will be in a month from now.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-02

are the best after-dinner
pills, aid digestion. 25c.
Evening star., 1898-06-14
The Districts Sewer Needs.

me District appropriation bill in its
present form deals far more generously and
Justly with the local interests as regards
IT'S provisions for new sewerage facilities
than has been the fortune of the capital
for many sessions. The local sewer system
has been continuing source of COMPLAINT
ever since the city began to assume its
modern proportions and now that il is of
etropolitan -ank its necessities require
broad and liberal treatment as befts the
nation city. In many respects the sewer
system Of Washington is dangerously in
adequate Some years ago an expert COM
mission was organized TO formulate a plan
Tor the general extension Of the sewers
ai-d l" devise comprehensive method of
sewage disposal. The scheme thereby
evolved has been In view since then In ALL
that has been urged upon Congress.
The old method of dealing with the sey-
erage problem was 10 appropriate small
sum annually. sufficient to provide for the
current needs of the system and to add
esch year d trifiing extension. sometimes
permitting the Commissioners to enter into
large contracts and providing for continu-
ing allOtments of money from year TO year
In this manner much work has been
started that has ultimately cost more than
would have been the case had Congress
outlined definitely al the outset the precise
limitations OF an enlarged scheme of OPERA
tiens and given assurance that the neces-
sary funds would be forthcoming 10 meet
the drafts the work progressed. One
result Of this plan has been to permit
much work to be half done and then
abandoned because OF failure of the ap-
propriations- Much deterioration has re-
suited. and in some cases misfit construc-
uons have been evolved
Finally profiting by the lessons of ex-
perience the citizens proposed to Congress
that broad plan of sewerage extension
and disposal should be authorized in gen.
eral conformity with the scheme of the
sewer commission and that the money for
the purpose be Immediately raised by
means OF an issue OF bonds. In this man
ner the work would be inaugurated al
once with a minimum of loss by reason ci
deterioration ana a speedy enjoyment OF
the results.
Congress has not given assent to this
plan. This year. however the Senate has
treated the sewer needs with a wiser lib
Evening star., 1898-06-14
In Conference.

The District appropriation bill Is now be-
fore the conferees. and there is no reason
to doubt that II will be finally shaped IN
ample season for passage before the be
ginning of the coming fiscal year, when II
is to take effect In all III amendments
were added to the bill by the Senate. Many
of these are verbal in their nature. Some,
however. affect vital interests Three sep
arate groups stand conspicuously forth as
of the first consequence in comparison with
the others as they relate directly to the
urgent public needs of the capital. These
are the amendment for the maintenance of
the free library. which has been so long
delayed: another is the provision for an in
crease in the available water supply
through the completion of the aqueduct
tunnel and reservoir and for an inquiry
into the feasibility and need Of filtration;
q third is the series relating to the sewer
system. so sadly in need of extensions and
improvements. These three sets of changes
affect matters that have been urged by
the citizens for several sessions. The free
library item has been postponed until 1t has
become one of the standing demands of
the District. By no just device can 1t be
excluded from the bill this year. The
amendments relating to the water supply
ana the sewers are so closely related 10
the health OF the city that they should be
adopted without question. They are rec
ognized by all authorities as absolutely es-
sential. and Congress has before 1t now
merely the question of economy The
wisest view of the case is that the surest
economy is a present provision for these
necessities. which accumulate in expense
as they are postponed from year to year.
The water supply items involve no new
drain upon the general government. for
the amendments so far as the nation Is
concerned merely make available the
money now lying idle in the treasury. re-
naming over from former appropriation.
The sewerage items are so urgent that the
question of economy should in no wise be
permitted to apply to them.
There is much excellent material in the
bill as whole. and it can not be questioned
that in the light of the experience of the
past the conferees. who are well aware of
the needs of the District, will deal justly
and wisely this year in their final work on
the budget.
Evening star., 1898-06-14
Will the Democrats BIunder Againf

In our civil war the democratic party
was divided into what We're called the
war democrats, who patriotically support
ed the war, and the "copperhead demo-
Gratis, who virulent.y opposed it. The war
democrats. though men of the highest
standing i'll the party ranks for character.
wisdom and ability, We're outvoted over
whelmingly by the 'copperheads. This
uEpatriotic democratic majority were able
TO do much injury TO the Union cause; to
protract the war greatly; and to add enor-
mOusiy TO the loss of life and the burden
OF debt thereby involved. But the result
was that the .'copperhead democrats were
buried under a load of popular execration
and 50 discredted as a party that for a
quarter of d century they were kept out OF
all part in public affairs.
VIII the democrats now repeat the blum
der of 1s61? Will they follow the lead OF
Senator White and Representative Bailey
and commit the party TO a copperhead op-
position to the government in the success
ful pSosecution Of the present war? If they
do II Is safe TO predict that they will re-
main out of power for another quarter of
a century, at least.
Evening star., 1898-06-14

erality than formerly and has provided for
IT uch of the essential work in a series Of
important amendments that should assur-
edly be retained in the bill by the con-
ferees. The Senate increases aggregate
81 .026 900, of which s246,G0) Is appropriated
Immediately. while s7s0.O0O is provided for
in the form of continuing contracts, to be
n ct as the work is advanced. The bill
carries in all. for general and extension
purposes the sum of s1.253. 900. which is
less than half of the amount that under
the broad plan of sewer extension and
sewage disposal will ultimately be re-
quired. The items all necessary for
the preservation of the general health of
the District They tend toward a removal
of some of the evils that have menaced the
capital for several years. and when the
work authorized ty the bill as it stands
has been finished the city will be well along
toward the ideal stage of municipal de-
ve1opment in the matter of a sewer sys-
tenn.
Evening star., 1898-06-14
Sugar Trust Against the Country

Whenever tariff bill is making in Con-
gress and the Sugar Trust puts in appear
ance and with characteristic effrontery es-
says to dictate terms. attention is widely
called to the spectacle. The press de-
nounces it, and senators and representa-
tives are very chary about championing
the Trusts interests. 1t is to nobody's
credit to appear the friend and fugleLan
of corporation whose exploits have been
so rapacious and unscrupulous Those who
play the Trusts hand do SO by stealth.
And yet at such times the Sugar Trust
has right to be heard as to it's interests
Sugar refining is a legitimate industry. 1t
has right to reasonable protection under
a tariff law drafted on protection lines.
There can be dispute as to that The
stir caused by its activity grows out of it's
graspingness and monumental impudence.
1t Is not willing to stand on plane
with. other American industries 1t de-
mands the fattest terms of all. 1t wants a
schedule which will enrich 1t to the utmost
possible degree, and put the whole sugar
market of the country under its sticky
thumb
But what is this in comparison with COM
ing here and undertaking to dictate the
foreign policy of the government? What J
this in comparison with coming here at a
time when the country is at war with a
foreign power and undertaking to oyerruIe
the advice of Generals Miles and Schofield
and Admiral Walker and Captain Mahan
as to a measure for the countrys safety
What in the way of cold cheek has ever
equaled this effort of the Sugar Trust to
subordinate the welfare of the country to
the profit and loss account of it's general
ledger? Jim Fisk was a man of enrontery
in his day, but his genius was parochiaI in
comparison with that of Havemeyer and
Oxnard and Spreckels. He may have want
ed the earth, but he never had the audaci-
ty to go before Congress and ask for It
And yet there are newspapers and public
men whose gorge rises at the maneuyers of
the Sugar Trust for an advantaeeous
schedule in tariff bill, but who can stand
to see, and even assist, the Trust fight a
measure involving the safety and the pros
peIity of the whole country. Why is this
The Sugar Trust, in striving for a tariff
schedule to its liking, is simply playing the
game of business. But in seeking to pre-
vent the annexation of Hawaii it not only
far exceeds its functions but takes sides
against the government itself.
Evening star., 1898-06-14
A "COnsOling Doctrine"
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.)

1t IS a most "conSoling doctrine" which
Speaker Thomas Bracket Reed expounds
In ais article on the twenty-tifth page in
these sound words:
In neither craftsmanship politics, busi-
Eess nor invention is the world dependent
upon accidents Out Of the bosom of the
human race will come in all ages all that Is
necessary for continued progress When
ever we have reached one point Of civilza-
ton and come in sight of the neXt, no roar
Ing rivers nor even the painless ocean can
stay our onward course. The riYers will
be bridged BY human inventions and we
shall find d way to build the great ships
which will take us all across"
True this Is. Never truer than today for
the United States. The nation has reached
the boundary and limit of its continental
progress. On one side 1t looks on the Pa
c!fic, on the other on the Atlantic and gulf
Trade. progress and the demands and du-
ties of civilization beckon it over both.
Sh9ll 1t stop because the past has no
precedents and lacks for inventions to meet
the craftsmanship of the hour? Far other
wise. Let it follow the "consoling doctrine
of Speaker Reed and move on, annex the
Hawaiian Islands. bridge the Pacific with
coaling stations to find a way for "the
great ships" of its navy; let its guns speak
the hope of the future in Manila Bay, and
in Havana harbor let them announce sue
cor, relief and freedom. Our past was great
but our future must be made greater, not
by standing still but by going forward
Next Wednesday afternoon at ) o'clock
when the House votes on the annexation of
Hawaii we trust this most "consoling doc
trine' will be uppermost in Mr.. Reeds most
philOsophic mind Sincere, patriotic, dedi-
Gated to the public service. loving his coun-
try and anxious to serve her, he has op-
posed the anpexation of Hawaii, as many
a sincere New Englander before him op-
posed the annexation of louisiana of
Texas and of California. The great current
of national destiny was against them. In
this one matter 1t is against him. Why not
learn from his own most inspiring and
'consoling doctrine" perceive that the
practice of the past no longer suits or
guides the advancing and enlarging present
and join neart and hand his great and i'm
perial powers Of leadership with those who
desire to see to it that
thu worth
OF Venice do not fall below it's birth.
Evening star., 1898-06-14
A Session In Summer.

The New York Sun. in some timely OBJ
servations on the duty of Congress with
respect to Hawaiian annexation. says:
"WashingtoTfi is .hot town in July and
August: but. We have already remarked,
Manila Is hotter. The hottest place of all.
however, will be in the immediate neigh
borhood of any statesman who runs away
from the thermometer and duty to seek
personal comfort while our brave soldiers
and tars are fighting Ior their lives and for
the flag under the FURNISHED sun OF the
tropics
This point Is exceedingly we'll taken. 1t
ought to be stated, however, that the heat
IT. Washington at any time does not bear
severely members Of Congress. They
have the pfeasantest place for doing Dusi-
ness in the town. The splendid hit- pile
stands on an elevation. Catches the breeze
north. south, east and west. and the air
within its walls Is from tea to fifteen de-
Grees cooler than at any other nearby point.
Real discomfort on account of the weather
is never known there.
The Senate chamber In particular is q
delightful spot 1t has a commanding
northern and western exposure. Huge
doors and windows open in every direction.
Huge electric fans are kept constantly
whirling in the basement, the refreshing
effects of which are felt ID the very roof.
The tipple is Apollinaris lemonade. ice
cold and on tap in quantities. A short flight
of stairs leads down to a restaurant where
all the GelicacieS are Servsl
These provisions for coniprr are praise
worthy and entirely well deserved. Con-
gress is a most important branch of the
government. But they should be remem-
bered in the comparison between the con-
ditions under which Congress is serving
and those under which Dewey and his men
at Manila and Sampson and mis- men at
Santiago are serving. In The one place AL
the comforts of home;;'' III the other all the
GIscomforts of midsummer exposure at sea
in the tropics.
1t may be suggested that burning black
under the sun in the tropics is less severe
punishment than having to listen TO a
prosy harangue delivered against time,
that neither electric fans nor Apollinaris
lemonade can relieve the stupefying dulncs So
of legislative flibusterer in full swing
Granted. But the Senate can defend itself
and abate the infliction. 1t has only 10
rally TO its own relief and az a protracted
sitting pump the iusty sons of Borcas out.
The heat In Washington, never overpow-
ering, cuts no figure in This matter OF a
hight for the cCuntrys welfare. Congres SIS
can easily stand short summer racket
Let the country understand this