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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23
The Dewey Home Affair.

" n THE FIRST place, a mistake
was committed in proposing a
u popular subscription for a gift
home for Admiral Dewey. If the
American people want to provide off,
cial residences for the ranking officers
of the army and navy--a very appro-
pirate thing to do--let them do so in
the ordinary manner, through an ap-
preparation of money by congress. This
will put the control of the buildings in
permanent hands and do away with
the fluctuations incident to the ebb and
flow of popular excitement.
The second mistake was made when
Admiral Dewey accepted this gift.
That it was not a spontaneous Offering
of the people was shown in the hesi-
tating manner in which the subscrip-
tions came in. There were thousands
of admirers Of the admiral through
out the country who thought that the
gift was in bad taste and who did not,
until his assent was announced, be-
lieve that the admiral would accept it.
Their unwillingness to contribute was
not born of stinginess nor lack of ap-
probation of the admiral's services but
of the belief that the passing of the
hat was not the proper way in which
TO acknowledge and reward the heroism
of a servant of the republic. The ad-
miral himself realizes this when it Is
too late.
A third mistake was committed when
the admiral transferred the ownership
without the knowledge or consent of
the donors, It is true that the mo-
tives of his action have been shame
fully misiudged and that no man or
woman in decency had the right Ia
imagine the things which many men
and women did imagine concerning this
matter. 1t is also true that under the
law the home was his to do with as he
saw fit. But there is a higher law of
good taste which forbids the turning
OF gift into gift without the donors
approval and the explanation of the
admiral shows that he did not pay to
this canon of polite society the respect
which a good many of his fyiends and
admirers think that it deserved. He
was. TO be sure, only a bluff sailor
man, held captive by a passion of the
heart; and this ought to excuse him,
as undoubtedly 1t will.
The lesson of these errors, which
Dewey and the people share about
equally,'is that no man is perfect and
that spasmodic popular excitement is
something very much to be discouraged
In republic. The whooping up of a
man until he is a god and then tho
throwing of him down until he is q
skeleton are phases of American hero
worship which might readily be dis
pensed with, The substantial reasons
why Dewey should be honored are the
same today that they We're when ht
first dropped anchor in New YorI
harbor. The difference ip the public,
attitude is simply a registration of tht
publics own asininity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23
YEARS WORK AT
THE HAHNEMANN
SET FORTH IN THE REPORT OF
MRS. M. II. HoLGATE.

During the Year Treatment Was
Given to Three Hundred and Three
Patients and of These Two Hun
dred and Eighteen Were INDECENT
Cases-The Change from the Blair
Property to the Present Location.
Training School for Nurses Has
Been Very Successful--Work That
the Officers Have Done.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23
Dress
Trimmings
land.
Garmitures

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.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23

authority trouble Is almost certain to
result IL whites ard blacks are forced
to exist in the same neighborhood on
terms OF equality. This should not
be, but II is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23

Estcourt and Ladysmith are now as
difficult to reach by wire as the orlgl-
nal Hobson girl.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23

, General Lawton evidently proposes
90 keep Aguinaldo's government in the
saddle during the balance Of the term.
The recent trouble with citizens and
the negro troops that garrison mill
tary. posts in Texas reveals the folly
Of distributing regulars in a manner
70 put negro soldiers in southern To-
ealities. The war department officials
should realize that it is almost im-
possible to cause the average citizen
of the south to regard the black man
with federation, and when the latter
5 to a certain extent clothed with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23

Miss Anthony talks on the Roberts
case like one afflicted by complications
of dyspepsia and Laura Jean Libbey.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23

The announcement in the Philadel-
phia papers, gleefully caught up by
the Times, that ex-Lieutenant Cover
nor Watres has forgotten the obliga-
tions he is under to Senator Quay and
to the Republican organization and
has allied himself to the Wanamaker
insurrection, could not be confirmed
yesterday at first hand, owing to Col
onel Watres' absence from the city.
In the lack of such confirmation we
desire to give to our fellow citizen the
benefit of the doubt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23

Following is the full text Of the ad-
mirable report made by Mrs. NJ. II. Hol-
gate at Tuesdays annual meeting of
the Hahnemann hospital:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23
Currency Reform.

~ HERE SEEMS to be general
agreement among the pro-
l. phets at Washington that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-23
Drawing the Lines.

" II IS ANNOUNCED on good au-
thority that the recent request
Il. of our government for written
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14

A great commotion seems to have
taken place among railway circles
owing to- the contemplated. through
car! service between the Pacific Coast
and Chihago which is operating one
day! each week. ! This isnot neW1ie!
paftdfe by any means; 60 the Ddnver.
q Rio Gfande Railroad Com pany' and
it's connections have been operating a
through car service Between the Pa
ciHc and Atlantic coast via. Salt Lake
Pueblo, Denver, Kansas City; and
Chicago for years, ,and three days
,each,S week. viz every W. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evening 81 Tho
oars Tor this through befyice are Of
TIE latest PnlIt6sne design, and 'ate
eupplied with clean linen and bedding
throughout. IA Pullman, porter is as
signed TO each car. These cars are
also under the" personal, supervision
of a Special Excursion .l;aeent
whose duty tits to Sec that passen-
gers are given every comfort and at.
tentiup. For further information; ap-
ply to .nny agent, or B. F. Nevins,
General Agent, or to II. Nj. Gushing
Travelling Passenger Agent, D. & R.
G. II. r., ,!5S, West Bird South st. Sal
Lake City, Utah. -:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14
QUEER ANSWERS.

The following answers' to examination
questions here given are bona fide, having
been read during the graduation exercises
OF one OF the leading graminar schools Of
Boston: o. .-,-..~. o. .'... g. .. -.
Mention five races of men, Men, WON
en-, children and babies.
. Of what is. the surface of the earth
composed? Dirt and people. ''','
Name a fruit that has seed on the
outside. A seedcake. ''''' .. -"
Name six animals of the arctic zone.
Three Polar bears and three seals!
Name five forms Of water. Hot water,
cold WAITER, faucet water, we'll water
and ice water. o.. ..,' .
Name and locate the five senses. The
eyesare in the northern part of the face,
the mouth in the southern.
Who were the mound builders? His
tory cannot answer these questions. Sci
ence only can.
Define finch, and use it In sentence.
Finch, to shrink. Flannel flinches when
it is washed. -.. .....
BY what is the earth surrounded, and
by what is it lighted? 1t is surrounded
by water and lighted by gas and cleo
tricity.
Whnt is yeast? Yeast is a vegetable
flying about in the air, hitching itself
onto anything. ''
What are the last teeth that come to
man? False tecdh.-Boston Budget.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.
All Subscribers Should Read tho
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

All Subscribers Should Read tho
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
l. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. Ii subscribers order the discon-
hnuance Of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all aTrearages are paid.
3 Ii Subscribers refuse or nenlect
to take their periodicals. from the
office to winch they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to othe
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address. they are held re-
ponsihle.
5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for. is prin,a facie evidence
Of Intended fraud.
6. II fspbscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take q paper
and refuses TO pay for it. .a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14
SLOW POWDER he USLD.
The Mean Trick That Was Played on
Hunter Who WnS - LIttIe
.OId-EauhIOned.

When nitro, or. as we call them,
wood powders. were new, there was an
Cid man came here regular. who wocld
stick TO the old black powder He
would also always wear a coat with a
cape in the blinds. and when there was
wind the cape Tapped and fluttered and
never shot would he get; but lie was
so stubborn and set in his ways he
would not change it. Well. some of the
fellows put up job on him about his
old "slow and sure" powder. and after
lot Of talk they made a match with
him that his gun with black powder, be
tried against one with wood powder,
and the match came of, says the New
York Sun.
Some one got at the old mans shells,
and drew the shot out of those which
they took good care should be the ones
to go in his gun. The old maa was
rather deaf. but would never admit,it,
and that was where they played the
trick on him. The nitro powder man
fired at sheet of white PAPER at't5O
yards and made fair pattern. and
then the old man fired and all walked
over TO see what he had done.
There wasn't mark on his paper, ,fof
course, and after they had examined
it carefully. suddenly one of the PARTY
yanked him, one side while another
! fired at the paper with an air gun
which he had hid under his coat. and
thus spattered a dozen or so pellets on
the sheet. enough to mdrt'it an.l then
they explained to the abbergastediold
man that his powder was so derned
slowit had only just re eached the target.
and but for them hearing it comingand
dragged, him one side he would have
been filled up with it. He went away,
and never came to the beach again.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14
TOLD IN ARMY CIRCLES.

A monument is to be erected to the
memory Of Ensign Worth Bagley, the
first officer in Tie American navy to fall
in the war with Spain.
II is said that Crozicr, who inve n ted
the disappearing gun carriage, got his
idea from u Kansas prairie dog jumping
into his hole. -
Congressman Jerry Simpson, Of Kan
sas, served with the Illinois volunteers
during the war, and since February,
1896, has drawn pension Of SIP a
month.
Capt. Francis Martin, U. S. NJ, now
living in Detroit, at the age Of Os years,
is without doubt the oldest officer in tho
United States navy. 'n'.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14
all it's Branches.

Customers can have their choice Of
getting the best eastern tanage OF
leather as well a. California stock
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14
n. T. Mau6.
Formerly with
James Brain,

Has opened a SHOE SHOP on the
north side next door TO the w. u. tel.
egraph office, whsre g is prepared to
do
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-14

EtKo, ;tNEvADA.
win attendlsll cails=-day or night. Day
once. Henderson Building, Night once,
~ Residehce, the Fitch house. first house
vest b. jail. ~ "
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20
Meeting of Ohio Music T each
ers' Association.

The nineteenth annual meeting Of
the Ohio Music Teachers Association
will take place at the Board of Trade
Auditorium, Columbmy December 27-
20. The address of welcome will be de-
livered by goYernor-elect Judge George
X. Mash. Several Oincinnati music
ians will take part in the proceedings.
On Thursday morning program will
be given by Philip Werthner, pianist,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Hahn, violin
lsts Mr.. Hans Seitz, Mr.. Graninger
and Mr. Froehlich will be the solOists
at the Thursday evening concert 10 be
given by members of the faculty OF the
Auditorium school OF Music. Mr..
Walter H. Aiken will have charge Of
the public school session Friday morn
ing. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Lillian
Arkell- Rlxford will give an organ con-
cart at the Second Presbyterian Church,
and the pianist at the Friday evening
concert will be Armin w DOerner,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20
I A Surprise.

When the wiseacres in Wall street
were chueklGng overthe accepteireport
last week that John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
had lost heavily in his initiative in
vestments on the Street through the
medium Of Leather common, the re-
ported lamb" was jotting down on his
private books the results cf a calcula-
ton which Showed that he had gained
a cool million. This fact, announced
in the Wcrld, caused not a little sur
prise.
Whichever way the Leather dealing
Went, the fact that he has entered the
street" marks the beginning of in the
career Of a man whom the veterans
from now on will watch, with due re-
gard for his millions and the way Jhey
will influence the market.
There is that in John d. Rockefeller
Jc, which commands respect. Thus
early in his career conservative fl
naEciers have awakened to the fact
that a seeming anomaly has stepped
forth into business llfe--a conservative
son of New York millionaire. New
York Word.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20
STREET PAY ROLL.
No Refuge.

"a very interesting fact OF modern
life that seems to have escaped atten-
tion, remarked a New Orleans lawyer
the other day, lis that the world has
wiped out its last City of Refuge off
the map. There is no longer any spot
on the globe where our fugttives from
justice are safe from eXtradltion.
When I first began to practice law an
American criminal of retiring dlsposi-
tion had wide range of choice in the
matter of foreign residence Spain,
Turkey Algiers, Japan, Holland, Chill
Ii, Ecuador the Philippines, Cuba and
all of Central America except British
Honduras guaranteed security to as
sorted brands of fugltives, from muir
derers down, and the lis of resorts
open to simple embezzlers was very
much larger For years, you remem-
Der, every runaway bank cashier made
bee line for Canada, and the thing
got to be a standing joke, like the
mcther-in-law gag and the merry
qulps about plumbers Nevertheless,
the circle kept steadily contracting,and
one by one the different countries en-
tered into mutual treaties and put up
the bars SO THAT the American crook
who wanted a change of air began to
find himself in the position of Dick
| Swlveller-when he checked off the
Ler,on streets he couldn't traverse
without meeting creditors. II was
mighty hard work to figure out a safe
itinerary Canada hung tenaciously
to the tourist trade, but at last she
passed law against bringing stolen
property into the Dominion that prac-
tlcally excluded the fitting banker.
Japan was one of the last OF the dis
tant Powers to adopt treaty covering
what are called crimes against prep
erty and the new proviso was a Sc
we're blew to felonious gentlemen in
deiiCate health. 1t robbed them of the
balmy climate of Yokohama Eventu-
ally 5hings simmered down to Central
America and then by process OF elimi-
nat.cn TO Spanish Honduras. That
vas the final stronghold of tine fugitive
BUT in '9S the Congress 'cf the nation
approved a new treaty clause, contain
rg the usual eXtrGdition provisions
So, as | said before, there is now no
City Of Refuge On the face of the earth
The man with a warrant goes where
soever he lists. New Orleans Times
| Democrat.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20
The Trouble in Wall Street.

The turmoil in Wall street for the
last few days Us just what the public
has for a long while been expecting.
It is not the result of poor business
conditions, but. on the contrary, the
result of industrial activity. During
the several years of business depression
following the bankers panic of 1898,
large sums of money accumulated in
New York banks. Interior banks sent
funds to the metropolis because the
New York banks allowed small in
tereSt for the money at home. AS the
banks became overburdened with mon
ey, they naturally stimulated specula-
tfon in Wall street. Easy money slim
ulated new enterprises, which prCmis-
ed large returns, and in fact. stimulat-
ed all kinds of speculation as well.
Business in the counbry began improv-
ing last winter, and as the commerce
OF the Nation expanded the interior
banks began Withdrawing their money
from the New York institutions. In
the past autumn crops had to be NOV
ed, and it was said money was senE
West for that purpose. But it stayed
in the West, where wages had been in
creased and values of commodities in
creased, so 1T required more money to
conduct BUSINESS, and currency did not
return to the New York institutions.
AS the activity in the West increased,
the Withdrawals from the East were
larger. The banks having no alterna-
tive, they were forced to ask for the
return of the money loaned to opera
tors TO buy Wall street securities. The
operators were forced to sell the secur-
tiles TO get the funds, and they had TO
be sold at a price some person was
willing to pay for them. The stocks
are now passing to the possession Of
people who borrow little, if anything,
and soon the financial turmoil of 1899
will be past history The disturbance
will be confined to Wall street and the
general business community will never
feel The effects. Today, even in New
York, where money yesterday was
quoted equivalent to 1856 per cent per
annum, merchants are abe 10 borrow
all they want at 6 per cent-Commer-
clal Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20

The teachers throughout the state
are organizing in the interest of the
proposed bill providing for the es-
Establishment and maintenance Of state
normal school, that will be before the
coming legislature for consideration.
The measure has been completed, and
will be introduced by some member OF
the house yet to be selected. The
matter of the location of the school
will be by competitive bidding, there
being quite number of small and in
significant institutions Of learning
throughout the state, that would be
only too glad to turn their outfit over
to the state under proper conditions.
The teachers seem to be united in fa-
vor of such a bill. They want better
fittei instructors for rheir work.
Ohio State Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20
The Literary Boom.

With all the business interests of the
country revelling in the enjoyment OF
an era of prosperity it is pleasant to
note that our literary interests are full
ly keeping pace with them. The pres
ent year is memorable in literary his
tory as a record-breaker in the sale
of new books, and its record appears to
be merely the beginning of a steady
movement and of continuous success
and progress.
The editions of the popular books OF
the year have reached unprecedented
figures. The collected testimony of the
principal booksellers all over the coun-
try shows that the leading books of the
season are such novels as Richard
Carvel," David Harum," Janice Mere
ditch" and When Knighthood was in
Flower" and bears out the claims of
the publishers thatthe salesrun up into
the hundreds of thousands. The list
Of books close following in popularity
is too long for publication.
This condition Of prosperity is in ev-
cry way gratifying. 1t Indicates an
increasing number of book-readers
and of book-buyers. 1t calls up a vis-
ion of the eyer-grclwng millions of
Americans who, like Ambassador
ChCate, wish to be amused and enter
tanned and are able to pay for what
they want, and it shows above all that
the average American mind is sane
and healthy and is attracted by clean
honest literature, which is none the
less welcome if it has a slight flavor
CT religion or a strong flavor of pat
riotism in it's ingredients.
We congratulate the literary fell
lows" upon the Frightening prospect
of the future, and we congratulate the
American people on the reasonably
assured certainty that their apprecia-
tion and recognition of their favorite
authors holds out promise of per-
manency for that harvest of amuse-
ment ami entertainment represented
in the literary boom of the year.-New
York World.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-20
rendered a Place on Nash's
Staff.

GAINESVILLE, o., Dec. 1S.-From very
reliable source 1t has been learned that
DR.. Edmund C. Brush, of this city, has
been rendered a position on Governor
elect Nash's staff. The same authority
states that Dr. Brush will be the next
Governors Adjutant- General. When
questioned about the matter today Dr.
Brush said.
You'll have to go to Governor Nash
about that"
Shortly after his return from Wash
ing'ton, 1t is said that Governor Nash
will announce his appointments. The
appointment of DR.. Brush will be re-
ceived with general satisfaction by the
Republicans Of the southeastern part
of the state. He is a close personal
friend Of Governor Nash, but has al
ways been identified with BUSHNELL
Foraker faction in the politics of the
state. On several different occasions
his name has been mentioned in CON
nectfon with the Republican guberna-
touial nomination.