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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09
RECEIPTS,

RECEIPTS.
Amount received by County
Treasurer Z. ii. Schadt from
County and Bridge Tax Dupli-
Gates, sale of Bonds, and other
sources of Revenue, as shown
by the statement of said Treas
urer, and chargeable to County
and Bridge Funds ..........,..$397, ,433 C2
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount of Disbursements from
general County and Bridge
Funds, as shown by the fol-
lowing Statements of the
County Commissioners, incud-
ed in County Warrants from
No. to 47lS inclusive ..........$277, 1856 10
Receipts in Excess of Disburse-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09

Mr.. Mitchell, Mr.. McTeal and, in fact,
the entire company handled their re-
spective characters in a commendable
manner. Manager Brooks has some
sort of a surprise in store for the la
dies later, but even to a Tribune re-
porter refused to disclose his plans.
The increasing popularity of the Lin
den is gratifying to its many friends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09

ASSETTS.
Cash i'm County Treas
uTy, County and Bridge
Funds. at noon, Jan o n.
3rd, 1898 ......'::.;.'''''S 81 @ 90 9o
Court House building, 3oO,oOO w
Furniture and Fixtures o, a.
i'm Court House .,;,'. S9'9O0 W
Court House grounds 2O0O0 ~
County Prison building. l2oO0 ~
County Prison grounds, 2OOoO W
prIson ,,...........'. 5000 90
Due from Collectors,
subject to commission
and generations ..... 1875 %
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09

and Constables' Fees 4S0
Paid Traders National
Bank, Coupon County
BOnuS .,.,........s..... vOO w
Paid Scranton Savings
Bank, interest on War
rants ....,...,....,,...,, 2S5 81 -
------S 2,0S7 &C
POSTAGE.
Paid Postage stamps cards.
etc'' '''..s''s''''.....','..... ." w
STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
Paid Keep of Insane Convicts
from Lacka. County ...........S 3i9 30
STATE INDUSTRIAL REFORMATORY.
Paid for care of inmates from
Lacka. County ...............,..S 5S6 II
STATE AUDIT.
Paid NJ. f. Sando. auditing aC-
counts of County officers with
the state Observation-Disclosures. $50 90
TAXES REFUNDED.
Paid Taxes overcharged and re-
Iunueu '''''''................... ~ 62
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09

DIVISION OF TOWNSHIPS AND BOR-
OUGHS
Paid Commissioners APP
pointed by Court.
maps, advertising, etc. ........s 2SS 60
DIVISION OF ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Paid Ed. a. Bartl for making
map ....s..''.'.''''' ''''s''''''''s'@ u W
EASTERN PENITENTIARY.
Paid Board and Clothing of Con-
Victs in Eastern Penitentiary..S 3.4S5 %
ENUMERATION OF SCHOOL CHILL
DREN.
Paid Assessors making enumer-
alton of children between the
age of s and IL years ..........$ $50 %
InIAr Ia,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09

Showing receipts, disbursements,
condition of finances and accounts
of State and county Tax Collectors
for the fiscal year ending January
3, 1893.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-09

PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid Blank Books,
blank forms. etc. .....S 20S7 AZ
Paid Hall & McChesney
for indexes ...... 80 10
---S 2,116 92
PREMIUMS.
Paid Bounty on wild cats. foxes
etc. including fees of Justces.s 2S3 %
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
Paid Assessors making May and
December Registration and
Clerks for making for Election
Boards .....'.'''''''' '''''''''''''''S 53zo A
ROAD DAMAGES AND ROAD VIEWS.
Paid Damages for land
taken for Road pur-
noses ,.............,,.,S 2l5 90
Paid Viewers appointed
by Court ....,...'.-'''' l'llo "a
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
SELLS KLOND|KE
 CLAIMS ABROAD "Padlock" Pettit'S SuC-
 cessfuI Trip. | LONDON CAPITAL PLENTIFUL HOLDINGS ON WHICH $2oo,ooo
 IS REALIZED. How the Enterprising Prospector Got His Name-Sale of a Paddock
 the Nucleus of His
 Fortuna. 4Sa
LONDON CAPITAL PLENTIFUL
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

TACOMA, Aug. 19.-H. c. Pettit oI Snohomish, better known as PaolocK Petit, has returned from London where he sold four entire kionolKe claims and interests in eighteen others to Englishmen for s2oO,ooo. These claims comprise holdings on Bonanza Bear. Hunker and Dominion creeks which Petit acquired last spring. Otn- CTS are interested with him in the sale, but a large part of the sale price named will represent Pettit's profits on less than two years work
 En route to Dawson last Tall Pettlt got stuck in the mud on the Skaguay trail. He paid a big price to packers and reached Dawson $200 in debt. He sold his paddock to an old miner for s2O and taking this hint he twice went up the river, buying all available pad locks of incoming Klondikers, which he sold at Dawson for S20 each, clearing $7OO by the speculation. With this ne began speculating in Klondike clalfns' with the result that he came out last spring with deeds to all or part or the twenty-two claims he has now sold ln London. He says there Is good de mand for Klondike claims in England
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
CONDEMNATION OF A
 FRUIT PACKING HOUSE
HELD TOTALLY UNFIT FOR HU-
 MAN OCCUPANCY.
Inspector Cookery Orders the Over land Company on Battery Street to Vacate Its Premises
 Within Ten Days.

The filthy condition of the Overland Fruit Packing Company's establishment, at 912 Battery street, discovered by Chef Food Inspector J. P. Cookery yesterday, caused him to give official notification that the place must be vacated and closed within ten days.
 MT. Cookery said last night that during the past two months of the fruit packing season he had not met, in all the inspec- tions made. another such instance of ut ter disregard of the laws Of sanitation and the rules that should naturally gov ern the conduct of an industry or this character.
 ''T'here are about 100 women, young girls and little children there, he said, and many of them are compelled to wear rubber boots or shoes in the fruit pairing room Under the plank flooring there IS an inch or more of stagnant wa-er, which spurts up through the cracks between the planking, rendering the room an unfit place for occupancy.
 Mir Cookery was accompanied by Chief Market Inspector Davis, who agrees with him that 1t was the worst case that has come under the observation of the Health Office this season. MT. Davis, assisted by Inspector Rivers, also condemned yester- day four tons of fish and 800 pounds of hams at the Clay Street Market. and 2OO0 pounds of salt pork at the Washington street wharf.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
RUSSIA COMES TO THIS
 = COUNTRY FOR WARSHIPS
Impressed by the Excellence of Our Vessels, She Gives the Cramps - an Order for Five.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-A Washington
 special to the Herald says: Russia, i'm pressed by the excellence of American
 ships, has come to this country for five formidable warships. I understand that the Messrs. Cramp of Philadelphia have
 closed a contract with that country for two battleships and three protected cruis- sers. These battleships are to be of F 00O tons and are to have a speed of eighteen knots. They are to have all the latest improvements. including cOpper-sheathed
 bottoms The protected cruisers are to be of 650O tons displacement, and the con : tract calls for a speed of twenty-three knots. These vessels will be of the Olym- pia type.
 and ten six inch guns in their main bat teries. They will have exceptionally heavy secondary batteries. The cruisers will have eight and six inch rapid-fire guns in their main batteries. Russia will use her own guns.
 The vessels will be required to maintain the contract speed for a period of twelve hours, as against four hours usually pro- vided in contracts for ships for our navy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
CUBAN RETALIATION
 COMMISSION NAMED
. General Parade, Admiral Landers q: and Marquis de Montoro to : ' Represent Spain.

= MADRID, Aug. 19.-The Cabinet council tonight decided to appoint
 General Gonzales Parade, second in
 Command of Cuba; Rear Admiral Luis
 Pastor Landero, who succeeded Ad- : rniral Navarro, the Spanish comman- :. der in Cuban waters, and Marquis de . Montoro, Minister of Finance in the . Insular Cabinet, as the commission of ;: evacuation for Cuba.
 ;. The Porto Rican commission has not /: yet been appointed, the Government
 awaiting an expression of the views of = Governor General Macias, but 1t has
 been decided that Admiral Vallaoino
 shall be one of the commissioners. , The peace commissioners have not
 been nominated, but 1t is believed the
 composition Of the commission has been decided upon. though the names of its members will not be published
 yet, as the Government is resolved to take advantage of the delay granted . by the protocol in order to avoid a Cabinet crisis.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

interest and opportunity - against which the outlines of the Philippines are but a ndspeck-sOmething more than islands, nothing else than con tinent.
 Within Asia lies the interest and op portunity that by it's largeness dwarfs every other prospect. l favor the ac- quisition of Porto Rico, partly because the moral purpose of this war demands that 1t should no longer be a political plague spot in the otherwise purified Caribbean Sea, but chiefly because 1t is at the gateway to the Caribbean-a sea that when the commerce of Asia is fully developed and the Nicaraguan canal opened will, from both a naval and commercial view, become the most important water on the face Of the globe. l favor the acquisition of Ha- wall, and l favor the acquisition of the Philippines, or so much of them as may be needed, solely because in the new career of commercial activity upon which, I trust, we are about to enter we need clear across the Pacific line of naval stations and home ports; sta tions in every sense our own, carrying under the soil the American title and over 1t the American flag.
 T favor the retention of the Philip pines or at least a part of them, that they may stand as a tangible continu- ing demonstration of the physical pres ence of the republic In Asiatic waters. The value of these conquests is not In their territory, nor their resources, separately considered, but In the fact that as an entirely they constitute chain precisely adapted to the expand ed sphere in which we are to enter. l care little for the links, individually, but everything for the chain that will henceforth hold us to our opportunities in the far East"
 Judge Grosscup declared that in his Judgment the most interesting and i'm portant object of our future foreign policy was involved in the immediate future of Asia. The break up In the current of Asiatfc life Is at hand, he declared, and the gates are opening upon a market the full magnitude of which has not yet dawned upon the world. The far-seeing statesmen of Europe appreciate the situation, he said, and far-seeing America must soon compass 1t.
 In conclusion, Judge Grosscup de- clared that the course of the nation was clear. If the American people are earnest in their purpose to participate in the development of the East, he said, they need these islands as strategic points. and as an integral part of the naval force. Without a naval display he asserted the country can never se- cure it's proper share In the commerce of the East, or protect it after it is ob- tained.
 A general discussion followed. partic- ipated in by Judge Grosscup, Carl SchurZ Harry c. Garfield of Cleveland F. B. Thurber of New York. John w Couehlin of Fall River. J. Davis Duff field of Fall River, F. s. Shack of New York and others.
 William Dudley Bull of Indiana to- night made a lengthy and strong ad- dress In favor of territorial expansion. Congressman Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts made an address on the immortality of prize money.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
INFRINGEMENT IN
 ARMY DEPARTMENTS
Men Discharged as Rapidly as Is Consistent With the Good of
 the Service.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Retrench- ment in nearly all branches of the army Is following close upon the cessa- ton of hostilities. Notably is this the case in the ordnance, quartermaster and engineer bureaus, where the needs of the supplies required and the men employed for the exigencies of war no longer exist. It the ordnance bureau the force at the various arsenals is to be reduced in all cases where this can be accomplished without detriment to the service.
 The quartermaster's department Is dispensing as rapidly as possible with such of the transports as were char tered and for which there is now no necessity.
 In the engineers department the ser vices of electricians, mechanics and laborers engaged in the work of harbor and river mine defense and of boatmen employed to patrol the adjacent waters to warn approaching craft of their danger also are being discharged as rapidly as is consistent with the good of the service.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
WATER FAMINE
 AT SAUSAL|TO Inadequate Supply for Household Use. NONE FOR FIGHTING FIRES TOWN AUTHORITIES AWAKE TO
 THEIR PERIL.
NONE FOR FIGHTING FIRES
Making Vigorous Efforts to Relieve the Situation-Bonds May Be Issued to Secure a Satisfac-
 tory System.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAUSALITO, Aug. 19.-The scarcity of the water supply in this town has assumed a serious aspect so much SO, irl fact, that the authorities have de- cided to take vigorous efforts looking toward immediate relief.
 This decision was reached shortly after the late fire which proved so dis astrous to residents of the northern part of town. At that time the water supply soon gave out and the entire community would have been at tho mercy of the flames had 1t not been fo~ the pumping engine of the North ern Pacific Coast Railway. AS it Is now, the water Is permitted to run only from to 8 in the morning and be- tween the same hours In the afternoon. The Sausalito Land and Ferry Com pany has been at work for some time digging extra wells and purchasing new engines, but to little advantage.
 Now M NJ O'Shaughnessy, the San Francisco civil engineer, the original engineer of NH Valley and Belvedere, has been selected to make report and give advice to the town authorities as to the best method of providing for a water system that will furnish an ad- equate supply. This move really means that If a feasible plan can be discov- cred for a good system the town will issue bonds and own its own water system
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
REST WILL RESTORE
 CAPT. CLARK'S HEALTH
Condition of the Naval Hero Not SC
 Serious as Has Been Believed.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Aug. 19-Cap- tain Charles F. Clark commander of the battleship Oregon, and one of the heroes of the naval battle of Santiago, is coming to St. Joseph to meet his wife and daughters and seek rest and re- cuperation. He will be the guest of his brother, Lloyd Clark, custodian of the United States lighthouse station at this port.
 Mrs. Clark and her daughters arrived from California a month ago and have been anxiously waiting the close of the war and the captains return. He Is expected here within a few days, hav- ing arrived at New York on the steamer St. Paul. Immediately on his arrival he telegraphed his brother that he was in good condition and that us soon as he could get through the quar- antine restrictions he would start for St. Joseph.
 MT. Lloyd Clark says:
 '"The captains illness Is not at all so serious as might be supposed on account of the Medical Board of Sur yey's report He was worn out by his long cruise from San Francisco. his arduous duties and the supreme excite ment of the battle. The strain caused a recurrence of an intestinal trouble which he contracted while engaged in a survey along the South American coast some years ago, and the doctors recommended, as timely and wise, that he be released from duty for a period which would enable him to recover completely He was given six months leave of absence.
 Mrs. Clarks daughters, who, with her. are counting the hours until he arrives, are the wives of naval Lieu tenants Robinson and Hughes, at pres ent on duty with Admiral Dewey's fleet
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
JOHN JACOB AST0R TO
 SET A GRAND EXAMPLE
Will Ask to Be Taxed on the True Valuation of His Enormous
 Realty Holdings.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Friends of Colonel John Jacob Astor say that he has determined to set grand example to the wealthy men of the nation. and will ask that he be, taxed on the true valuation of his great holdings of realty. He is now having his stewards prepare statement for the purpose, of determining what he Is really worth. He now pays $500, ,O00 in taxes. Colonel Astor has philanthropic schemes and intends to rank with Cooper and Pea body He will build a college and en- dow 1t, and proposes to establish cheap restaurants throughout the city on the plan of those of the Princess of Wales in London
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
WARSHIPS GATHER
 AT FORT MONROE
Seventy Vessels of the United States Navy Will Rendezvous
 There.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-One of the largest fleets of warships ever as- sembled in an American port will be brought together in the next few days at Fort Monroe. Already fifty-seven warships are under orders to rendez- vous there and the orders still to be issued will raise the total to the neigh borhood of seventy,
 The movement of these ships north ward is due to the close of hostilities and more particularly to the desire to get the ships away from points of pos sible fever infection. They will now be put into thorough repair and their crews will be gradually changed from naval militiamen to sailors of the regu- lar navy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
SIX CHILDREN DROWNED. CIoudbursu Causes Loss of Life in
 Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 19.: A cloudburst up Sawmill Run this morning caused tidal wave in the stream. endangering the lives of a dozen persons. Six children are missing and are supposed to have been drowned.
 drowned children, is dying from the ef- feet of the shock.
 There was a heavy and continuous downpour of rain throughout Western Pennsylvania from midnight until Q O clock this morning, and considerable damage was done by the overflow of small streams but as far as known there were no other casualties.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
CHILD FATALLY BURNED.
Was Lighting Fire With Coal Oil
 at San Bernardino.

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 1s.-The nine-year-old girl of J. I. Baxter of this city was fatally burned last evening. The child was trying to light fire in the kitchen stove, using kerosene to aid in kindling 1t. In some unknown way the oil ignited, exploding the can and scattering the oil over the entire room. The mother hearing the screams of the little one, ran to her rescue, and within few moments extinguished the flames. A physician was called and the wounds of the little child passed away at 11:3O o'clock last night.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
BAR ASSOCIATION ADJoURNS. Election of Officers Followed by &
 Banuuet in the Evening.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 19.-At the concluding session of the American Bar Association to-day these officers were elected: Joseph H. Choate of New York, president; John Hinkley of Balti- more secretary and Francis Rowle of Philadelphia treasurer. This evening the annual banquet of the association was held al the Grand Union Hotel. Covers were laid for 165
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Charged With Burglary.

Eugene Terrier was arrested for burg lary last evening by Officers Dillon and Whittle at saloon at 106 Steuart street. The saloon had been closed by the Sheriff, and the lock put on by one of the depu- ties had been wrenched off Terrier was found in the place, and the lock, with keys to the saloon, found in his posses sion. were booked as evidence against
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Soldiers Cannot Vote in Marin.

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. 19-The District Attorney has decided that the sixty sol diers from Fort Baker enrolled in tke Great Register by Deputy County Clerk A Sylya In Sausalito cannot legally vote in this. county at the coming election.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
New Furnace Company.

The Economy Smokeless Furnace Company incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of s6e00, all of which has been subscribed. The directors are John L. Howard, Harry E. Richards, Adam Heberer, J. G. Wilmington and Doug las R. Wilson.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
NO EXTRA SESSION.
Senator Cannon Receives Positive
 Assurance at Washington.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-Senator Can non of Utah, who has been fin Washing ton since Congress adjourned, will leave for his home in a day or two, having re- ceiyed positive assurance lnat there will be no extra session of the Senate this fall as had been for some time anticipated Senator Cannon believes that an extra roh
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Tariff Rates for Porto Rico.

WASHINGTON, Aug 19-The War De- partment to-day promulgated the tariff rates for Porto Rico. The rates are the Spanish minimum tariff rates heretofore enforced in the island. The tobacco sched- ule the same as that for Cube.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Funeral of Thomas Jewett.

The funeral of Thomas M. Jewett, late clerk of the United States District At torney's office. was held yesterday from the Church of Nuestra Sonora de Guada- lupe in this city. The interment was private,
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Santa Rosa Junk Dealer,s Windfall.

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 19.-This afternoon an old man named Elmer Van Buren. who runs a small junkstore in this city, re- ceived news that he has fallen heir to an immense estate, valued at many thou sands of dollars, left by relative in the East. A letter came unexpectedly with the news.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-05
DEFINITION.
There Is Something I'm the sound
Which Warrants the Queer
Conclusion.

81 didn't know whut it wah when was
invited" said Mr.. Erastus Pinkley, IAN
didn't know whut it was while L was dar.
But now dat rs done got away an hab a
chance ter fink it .ovuh, l knows whut it
is; does fob sho'."
"Whut is you talkin' 'bout?" inquired his
companion.
''l,s talxin' bout education; dat's whut |
is. DE reason mo- people doesn't show sense
is because dey doesn't stop an give .dey
alls brains a bump er two SOS ter explain.
ify foh dahs'fs, std O. askin' questions"
You wah talkin' bout bein' some place
las night"
"Yassir, l was to symposium"
''Whut's datI'
Oar you is; dar you is. Da's jes' whut
bin talkin' bout. You wouldn't use yoh
min an make de ,skivvery fob yohsef.
You gotter AK somebody
Does you know whut it means"
Goose i do. An | didn' AK nobody
neither. Now I'll show yer jes' how it's
done; I'll give yer some facts ter wucll
on so you kin draw yoh own conclusions. 1t
cost % cents to git inter de place; blackberry
an gin cos Is cents er drink, an if you took
a lady out to supper you couldn't git er pig S
foot fob less'n ten cents. Now, whut does
you call dat?"
'.Da's err er-wha' d'you say you been
las night?'
ITS symposium.
"Whut do dat mean?'
''It means dat when you goes to one er
dem de natural fo'gone conclusion is dat
you gifts supposed on" Washington Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-05

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