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written in hurry and thought 10 have
gone the way of most newspaper verse
until quoted by President Mckinley.
Cecil Rhodes has a preference for most
things Dutch-eXcept Beers Mr.. Rhodes
is a man of great culture; he is very
fond Of the classics, and has had type
written translations specially made for
him. He is very versatile In his hobbies.
busy man as he is, and his menagerie of
wild animals Is "A wonderful affair.
Miss Lillian Tracey, of Troy, an en-
ploye In a collar factory, finding when
her trial for slarder was called that her
lawyer was too i'll to appear and that
she could neither get another nor secure
a postponement, decided to conduct her
own case. She did 1t so successfully,
cross-examining the witnesses for the
prosecution SO clearly, that she was ac-
quilted promptly.
General o. o. Howard, while recently
the guest Of Mr.. Converse in Maiden
Mass, was taken by his host to see the
public library of that place, where is
Bicknells great historical painting. Lin
coin at Gettysburg" 1t was then dis.
covered that out of the entire group oi
twenty-one figures, the leading actors In
the Civil War, General Howard is tho
only one now living.
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PERSONALITIES.

Professor Pickering has money enough
collected to make a telescope 100 feet long
and 70 inches aperture, to be used IN pho'
tographing stars.
Lord Cromer, England'S consul general
in Egypt since 1883, controls an army of
2i.O00, runs the Suez canal and is man
of tremendous influence.
Miss Helen Goulds present attitude
toward MormCnism is no new thing with
her. Several years ago she was warm
supporter of Kate Field in similar
movement.
Ira d. Sankey, the singer who used to
be associated with Mr.. Moody, is to be-
come an evangelist on his own account,
and will conduct a series of reVlVals IN
various cities this winter.
Senator Depew relates that in speaking
of a rebellious client Joseph Choate once
said to him: "She is a sinnor-no, not
sinner, for she's my client; but she is
disagrecable, n most disagreeable, saint,
Colonel Albert A, Pope, of Boston, VINO
made himself a millionaire by the manu-
facture of bicycles, has, oddly enough,
never learned to ride one, though ne
knows every part of wheel, from the
smallest link to the largest bar.
The queen of Portugal, who is said to
have taken UP medicine as q fad became
so interested in 1t that shc completed
the course and took the degree of NJ. d.
She Is now the chief physician of her
husband herself and her children.
Professor Maria Lanford, of the Mime
sofa State university, has succeeded in
having tract Of timber between the
headquarters of the Mississippi and the
Red River of the North set aside by the
government as a forest reservation.
Mrs Ellen NJ. IIenrotin, the president
of the National Federation Of Women's
clubs, speaks fuently French Spanish,
Italian and German. OF all of thcs"
tongues she is said to be such a mistress
as not to speak them with any trace or
foreign accent.
The emperor OF Austria is supplied
with a private newspaper, which he
reads every day. This journal is made
up Of extracts, and the emperor's strict
orders are that nothing which concerns
himself personally, whc cther 1t be dis
agreeable or rot, shall be omitted.
William Dean Howels, the novelist, said
in the course of recent interview in
Chicago: II wanted to be an author at
the age of .. / remember my first at
tempt was an essay on Human Life and
perhaps you won't be surprised to hear
| that | took q gloomy view of the sub
| ject."
John Martin, who has been much and
often honored with office i'm Kansas, con-
sidering that he is a Democrat, has now
retired from the clerkShlp or the state
supreme court, his term having expired,
| Judge Martin is the only Democrat who
| ever held the Office of United States SEN
| atOr from Kansas.
Nine. Algeria de Reyna-Barrios widow
| of President Barrios, OF the Guatemaloan
| government, is about to so on the stage
| as an actress. She must now earn her
own living as the Si000O0OO estate left
| by her husband was seized by creditors
1 tN1N
| a revolutionary riot,
The author of "Our Destiny" the
verses quoted by President Mckinley In
Chicago and the south, Is Casper s. Yost
assistant managing editor OF the St
| Louil Globe-Democrat, The verses were
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AT THE LACKAWANNA HOS
PITAL.

For The Tribune
Joe.
at hurts so! DO you think that anybody
Can take away this dreadful ache and
pain
So can walk like other days? and hal
And climb tree, and--run a race
again?'
Bennie.
"Why. yes--I guess so, cause the nurse
Just told me
fine
An she's a dandy! says she'll give us
turkey
Thanksgiving (wlsh she'd cure this
back of mine.'D
Mary.
"All the things here are good, and folks
are clever.
They bring us flowers and books, and
look so kind;
Only--so many men are sick here always,
1t makes me cry, though nurse says
never mind!
Tommy.
at makes me feel bad, too. I know
things hurt them.
/ wish we had a room all for our own.
1 often hide my head under the bed
clothes.
1t scarcs me SO to hear the poor men
groan."
Evan.
| "Sometimes-at night-they die! get so
| frightened
| I don't kr ow what TO do! Um strapped
| down tight)
| So here ! lie; do you think II we begged
| hard
Wed get new room, nice and light
! All the Children.
| And quiet?' "'Spose we ask the Scran-
| ton people!
Oh! won't you build us children a new
| ward?
We're little. and we suffer; please please
| help us!
So will you have the blessing of the
Lord" "A. X. NJ.
Scranton, Nov. q.
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LITERARY NOTES.

From the Neale company of 43l Eleventh
street, n. W., Washington, ID. c., has
been received for review a copy of the
Conservative Review, a quarterly which
is not so well known in THIS portion of
the country as its merits would warrant.
The number before us is No. of Vol. H.
1t comprises 200 neatly printed octave
pages and the best idea Of the scope OF
the contents that we can give is to review
briefly the table of contents. The first
paper, by Hon. Josiah ,teraon eN-
member Of congress from the Tenth Ten
nessee district, considers what course
the Sound Money Democracy OF the
South should pursue in the probable
event Of the nomination Of Mr., Bryan.
He fiat fC oteCly advocates a third presl-
dental ticket The second paper is an
exception ally brilliant character study,
by cx~Minister Curry, of the late Will
lam Ewart Gladstone, based upon the re-
Gently published lives by Justin Mccarthy
and Sir Wcmyss Reid We do not re-
member to have seen elsewhere so salts
factory a perspective of the great conf
moner's career put within the compass
Of single magazine contribution. A pa
per full of we'll presented information
concerning the proposed intercontinental
American railway follows, from the pen
of Frederic Emory, eX-director of the
| bureau of the American republics. Presi-
dent Jordan of Leland Stanford Junior
university, defends the American univer-
| sity system against complaints that IL is
| ineffective; PhiliD Alexander Bruce Of
fers Il careful study of the race problem
I'm the South: Rev DIR. c. W. Il. Body
| explains the present crisis in the Church
| of England; Gaillard Hunt entertains us
| with sprightly narration OF some of the
| personal characteristics Of James Madi-
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'<ALk OF" ANOTHER "reVolu-
tion" in Cuba begins stimuli
Il taneously with the coming
to Washington of commits
sion representing the Planters and
Farmers association, one Of the few
substantial organizations OF genuine
Cuban interests. The men who ara
talking of taking to the bush are the
cafe brawlers. the agitators, he takers
and posers who fancy that the world
owes them a living and are too strone
Of lung to work. The men who are
coming to Washington to talk BUSH
ness with the president are exactly the
opposite class. They are the men of
brains and substance in CUBA, who are
bothering themselves far less about the
forms and ceremonies of politics and
ohlce-seeking than about the problem
Of getting enough capital into Cuba to
develop Cuba's agricultural and COM
mercial resources, give permanent en-
ployment at good wages to natives
willing to work and lay the foundations
of a durable prosperity for the great
body of the deserving elements IN
Cuba.
One OF the propositions which the
commission OF planters has laid before
the president contemplates, we are
told. the creation of agricultural banks,
to enable the farmers and planters TO
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borrow money. They propose that
these banks should have the authority
to issue paper money guaranteed by
Cuba, that the capital should be at
least $10,000,0OO gold, $3,0O0,0O0 to be
held in reserve for the redemption Of
notes, limiting the issue to 2O,000,000;
gold to be the single standard, the notes
to be redeemable in gold and to be
legal tender. The bank is to act as
treasurer for the island and to make
loans on first mortgages to run twenty
five years, with interest at 10 per cent.
They suggest that the foreclosure laws
should be simplified, the bank exempt
ed from taxation and the franchise
granted to the highest bidder to run
for twenty-five years.
Here is a proposition at last, from n
Cuban source, which has some body to
It. We are informed that the president
views this matter favorably and If his
legal pathway Is clear will set the nee
| essary machinery in motion to forward
| such a banking system or one similar
| in principle. The dress parade captains
and colonels who throng tho public
| places in Havana and gesticulate wild
~ in the direction of the woods at each
| disappointment in their quest Of soft
| snaps NAV not fall in with this pro-
| gramme but it will not make tre-
| mendous difference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29

~ UR ESTEEMED contemporary,
n n the Pittston Gazette. appears
to be ske3tiCal of the Della
ware Valley and Kingston
railway project 1t points out the
natural obstacles. such as the necessity
for transhipment at Kingston. n. Y.
and the closing Of the river in winter;
saws the Delaware & Hudson people
had long ago fully investigated the
feasibility of utilizing the canal bed
for rail purposes and dismissed it as
imnraCticable; asserts that the new
road is regarded merely as a demand
by the Pennsylvania Coal company
upon the Erie railroad for better rates
of TRANSFORMATION and adds:
"The Erie people will have to make
concessions in carrying rates. If wise
ly guided they will make them at once
TO the Pennsylvania Coal company,
who are the head and front of the new
scheme. They can make them directly.
or can, while nominally keeping up the
rates. do it under the guise of a new
lease of the sixteen miles of railroad
they continue to oppose, and in that
stir up a bitter feeling of opposition,
they will cause the road to be built,
thus losing not only the trade they
might retain but will have rival to
bid against them for all reachable
trade. In a commercial sense. there
is no money in a new carrying road
on the lines proposed. II would there
fore seem wise on the part of the Erie
company to grant the concessions
which the Pennsylvania Coal company
are in a position to demand,and equally
wise on the part of that company to
accept them
The Gazette can hardly think 81
poorly of the business ability of the
men who are behind the Delaware
Valley and Kingston railroad as to be-
lieve that they have not fully satisfied
themselves in advance both as to the
difficulties to be overcome and the com
mercial possibilities to be expected
from the roads completion. As to the
suggestion that the Erie people buy
off the Pennsylvania Coal company
there are others in the project who
have also to be considered 1t is not
- likely that the Gazette can mean to
imply that the officers Of the Pennsyl-
Vania Coal company would seek to play
another Temple Iron company game or
b their colleagues in the promotion of tho
- Independent coal outlet and it is very
probable that precautions have beer
taken against recurrence in any di
rection of the treachery which disrupt.
- ed the New York. Wyoming and West,
ern.
''Will the new coal road be built?'
asks the Pittston Gazette. To which
we beg leave to reply: ut will"
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A Good Man and a Bad.

"~HE HONORABLE William
Finn. of Pittsburg, says he
did not know that the money
which he borrowed from one
of his political creatures, a former city
attorney Of Pittsburg, was public
money. He never had any suspicious
along that line. In his Innocence he
borrowed thousands of dollars from
man not known to be rich in his own
right ana the thought never occurred To
him that Morcland. i'm his banking
transactions with Booth ana Finn,
was using money belonging to the tax
payers Of PittsDurg and putting into
his own pocket the interest on this
misusad princiral.
Tho Honorable William Finn was
one of the very pious politicians Of the
last legislature who took delight in
casting brick bats at wicked man
known as Matthew Stanley Quay,
There had been time when Finn and
Quay were good friends. On one oc-
casion they. with c. l.. Magee. signed
paucr apportionng among them, as
1t were. the political spoils of the city
OF Pittshurg and county Of Allegheny.
Quay did this because he was and is a
grossly wicked man. Quay borrowed
money from the Peoples hank in Phila-
delpha. state depositary, for the
same reason. But Finn did exact
ly the things which Quay did from of
course, radically different motives. He
did it especially to purify and uplirt
politics and to promote the moral well
fare of the people. We feel confident
of this for have we not as good as his
own word for it?
lapscd early in the game. It is diff
cult to make any combine successful
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29

What shall be done with Agulnal,
do?" anxiously asks an exchange. This
may furnish food for thought later, but
at present the problem Of how to catch
Aguinaldo seems worthy of greater
consideration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29

At the present rate the United States
will this year export in manufactured
products of iron and steel fully $780,
100000 worth more than last year and
this feature of our export trade is
hardly out of its cradle yet. The twen-
tieth century looms big for the Yankee
manufacturer.
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The Commissioner of Pensions

"a 70 OFFICIAL connected with
the Federal administration
L in Washington stands high
er in public and private es-
tlmation than Hon, II. Clay Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions. The presi-
dent made no mistake in the selection
OF a man to fill this, one of the most
trying and thankless positions in the
gift of the administration, The duties
Of the office are complicated, compre-
hensive and onerous. Hardly an in
cumbent of the place since the organi-
cation of the bureau has escaped
criticism and detraction. But no one
of his predecessors, possibly. has been
30 ruthlessly assailed as Col. Evans.
lie courageously met every protest and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29
Dress
Trimmings
land.
Ganon1itares

Which are attracting more
attention then any similar
line of goods ever shown in
this vicinity.
The goods are so elaborate
and the line so extensive that
a personal inspection of the
same is the only way you can
get acquainted with what we
are showing and we suggest
that you make an appoint
ment to look them over, when
we will be pleased to give you
all the time and attention at
our command in helping you
to make your selections.
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SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 20, 1899.

word to the Philadelphia Press ana
Its Luzerne county echo. The Tribune
spoke advisedly as to the past rela-
tlonship between Senator quay and
Colonel Watres. But it did not exhaust
the subipCt
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every form of detractlon and abuse by
a demand for n fair and honest inves-
tigation. The investigation was made
by his critics and those who were loud
est and most vehement in their I'M
parchment of his fidelity. The result
was his complete vindication.
1t was shown that he had followed
the law. 1t was not his function to
make the law. AS an honest executive
his duty was to administer the law as
congress enacted Il. This he did fear
lessly. openly and unhestitatngly. If
the pension laws are unjust to the
benchciaries of the government, it is
the duty of congress to repeal or to
modify them. The Commissioner Of
Pensions is a man of very pronounced
convictions, and his career as a public
official affords the amplest guarantee
of his courage to stand by them. He
is a loyal Republican, a wise, safe, able
alert leader and stands pre-eminently
high in the estimation and confidence
of the administration. Should he re-
consider his determination not to be a
candidate for vice president it would
bring satisfaction to a multitude of ad-
mirers in all parts of the United States.
1t is reported that the navy depart
ment does not intend to renew the
nominations for promotion of officers
engaged in the Santiago campaign
which were held up by Schley's friends
in the last senate. We trust that this
report is erroneous. The public may be
deceived as to Sampson and Schley but
it wants no injustice done to their gall
! lAnt subOrdinateS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29

The main difficulty now seems to be
as TO the definition Of the word imper-
lalism.
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find Ripans Tabules of the greatest value for indi.
geston dyspepsia especially after long bicycle ride,
when naturally gets appetite and that
as rule, overindulgence the dinner table but with
package of RPans Tabues in my pocket find immediate
relief from that full feeling by taking two Tabues
after eating and when ready home feel light and
cheerful ready to set the pace for the whole return trip
d % m % sqa @ % ST .sf % % 9S % SSp @ % @ @
~ "
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The proposed telephone trust col
lapscd early in the game. 1t is diff
cult to make any combine successful
that is accompanied by too much talk.
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1t Will.

~ UR ESTEEMED contemporary
the Pittston Gazette, appears
to be ske2tical Of the Della
ware Valley and Kingston
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Authoritative denial has been made
Of the stories that the Russian min
lister Of finance had been guilty of
irregularities. His guilt consisted. it
seems, Of having run afoul of the yell
low journals.
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Cuban Reconstruction.

OF ANOTHER "revolu-
tion" in Cuba begins stimuli
IA taneously with the coming
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29

T<HE HONORABLE William
Finn. Of Pittsburg, says he
did not know that the money
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-29
Trust The President.

Wv THAT TO DO with Porto
v " Rico is problem just
now coming in for
growing share of nubiiC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
QUESTION OF RATES.
Amount to BE Charged Rental for
Wharves.

Inquiries have been received by the Dis
trict Commissioners from certain parties &C.
cupying wharves and like property on the
river front as to what rates of rental will
be charged them by the Commissioners II
will be recalled that the board a few days
ago notified all such persons that the
United States Supreme Court in the Poto-
mac fats case having decided that the title
to such property is IN the United States
and Congress having placed the property,
within certain bounds, under the control
of the Commissioners, they will be expected
and required to pay for the use Of the prop
erty.
In this notice the Commissioners did not
state the amounts to be paid, but Capt
Beach, the Engineer Commissioner. has
recommended to his associates that al! oc-
cupants of the public wharves, etc, be in
formed that their rent will be the same
from the LIST of the present month as they
have been previously paying. Such rates
will continue until the question Of rates can
be taken up and decided by the Cou1mls-
sioners. This recommendation Of Captain
Beach will il is stated, be approved by ms
associates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

Driver Fined and Case Appealed From
Police Court.

Daniel Callan, a hackman, was today ar
raigned before Judge Kimbau on the
charge of disobeytug an order of police
man at the Baltimore and Ohio depot, in
violation of an act of assembly of 1871.
The accused man was represented by Mr..
D. w. Baker, and Mr.. James l.. Pugh, jr.,
appeared for the District. Mr.. Baker asked
quashed on the ground that there had been
no offense under the laws of the District
of Columbia, that the charge is vague and
uncertain and unconstitutional, and for
various other reasons, including a denial
of the right of the assembly to pass such
a law as the one in dispute.
The court overruled Mr.. Bakers motion.
and he noted an exception, and CaIlan was
arraigned Mr.. Baker then asked for a
jury trial for his client. This was denied
by Judge Kimball, and Mr.. Pugh called Of
ficer E. c. GoSS, who made the arrest, to
the stand.
The witness stated that when he ordered
Mr. Callan to take his hack from a place
where he had put 1t, he refused to do so,
and he then placed the defendant under ar
rest, and took him to the sixth precinct sta
ton, where the latter deposited s. collat-
eral and was released.
The defendant corroborated Mr.. Goss'
evidence.
client, the ground that Mr.. Callan had
only done what he had right to do. Judge
Kimball denied the request and imposed
fine of s. on Callan.
Mr.. Baker noted an appeal and gave the
bond of 500 required by law.
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Martha Warrington Chapter.

The final open meeting of the season of
the Martha Washington Chapter. D. A. r.
was well attended and quite brilliant, not
outstanding the bad weather. The pro-
gram included songs by Mrs. Rex Smith.
Miss Tyrer Mrs. Cooper and Miss Saidee
Drown; violin solo by Miss Farrow. &C.
companied by Miss Clifford; piano solo by
Prof. Arnold Meyer, recitations by Miss
Lulu Wilbur and Mr.. Claude Cooper, and
original patriotic poems by Miss Fedora
Wilbur, Miss Pike and Mr.. Morton. The re-
freshments were in charge of Mrs. Edith
Roberts and Mrs Howard johnson, assist
ed toy other members of the chapter, and
the evening wound up with dancing by the
younger members. This innovation has met
with such marked success that 1t will prob
ably become permanent institution, and
has already been adopted by other chapters
Regrets were expressed at the absence of
Mrs. Alden, state regent for the District of
Columbia, who was not able to be present
on account of indisposition. Among the in
vited guests were Miss Virginia Miller, act
ing regent of the Mary Washington Chap
ter and president of the Southern Relief
Society; Miss Sue r. Hetzel, registrar gen.
eral, D. A. R.. Mrs. Seymour historian gen.
eral; Mrs. Ballinger, regent of the Manor
House Chapter; Mrs. croissant, regent of
the Columbia Chapter; Mrs. Pepper of ST.
Louis, Mo-, and other prominent persons.