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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
Mckinley and Hanna.

F r. kOHLSAAT, Of Chicago.
through his paper, the
A v N Times Herald, occasion
ally takes the public a.
rarge into his confidence in the matter
of the secret history of politics; and the
inside version frequently differs ma
terially from the version current on
the street corners. This is especially
true with respect to the relationship
which has so long existed between
President Mckinley and Senator
Hanna. If the average man were
asked to name the one episode i'm the
Mckinley administration which on the
surface appears most questionable, he
would promptly cite the alleged
manOeuver which transferred John
Sherman from the senate into the sec
retaryship of state and thus made an
opening for Marcus A. Hanna. To the
ordinary mind, accustomed to enter
tain sordid opinions concerning political
methods and motives, this episode had
the superficial appearance of a dis
creditable deal, In which the venerable
VII, SHtIildn, IN MS declining years
was made the subject Of a confidence
game, played with for time and then
elbowed into retirement, "unwept, un-
h0nored and unsung"
The light which Mr.. Kohlsaat sheds
upon this incident presents the facts
In much more pleasing perspective,
Says he: I'm the days from 1892 to
March, 1897, William Mckinley had
learned 10 lean upon Mr.. Hanna as a
counsellor and man of affairs, but
above all as a man and a friend. He
wanted Mr., Hanna near him in Wash .
ington, To that end he offered him
place in his cabinet. Until three days
before the Inauguration Mr.. Mckinley
kept the place open for Mr.. Hanna.
hut nothing could tempt the latter to
accept. He clearly saw that their rela-
tions would be misnterpreted, and that
what would have been a tribute Of
friendship would have been tortured
into Che payment OF political obllga-
ton. .TherG1 could be nothing of this
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

y
vote cast in Ohio Nov. Z is
"A at last completed. For
governor Nash, Rep, re-
ceived 417,l99 votes; Mclean, Dem.
3GS,176 and Jones, Ind, 1O6,221, Nash's
plurality being 49O23. The total vote
polled was 92O,646. In 1896 it was l,O2O,-
107. 1t therefore appears that 100000
voters this year stayed at home. How
many of them were Republicans, sulk-
ing against Senator Hanna or resent
ing the administrations refusal to give
to Senator Foraker's friends due rec
ognition in the matter of patronage?
There are a number of queer things
about these Ohio returns. Says a CO.
lumbus dispatch TO the Sun: Jones
received nearly twO-thirds of his vote
in Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Lucas and
Franklin counties, which embrace the
cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo
and Columbus. While Judge Nash has
the largest plurality Of any candidate
on the state ticket, he received the
smallest vote. w. u. Davis, the candi-
date for judge of the Supreme court,
an office which the antitrust people
very greatly desired, received 27,413
more votes than Judge Nash, though
his plurality is nearly 1000 less; this
difference is explained by mistakes in
marking the ballots. Judge A. w. Pat
rick, the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant governor, leads Mclean, the
candidate for governor, by 47,4OS. AL
len w. Thurman says this difference
represents Democratic protest
against McLean's candidacy. On the
other hand, the Antl-Saloon league Of
the state, which made a bitter fight
against Judge Caldwell, the Republi-
can candidate for Lieutenant governor,
wants the credit for making Caldwell
run behind The league is entitled to
some OF the credit, but an analysis of
the vote of some OF the counties in the
northern part of the state, where the
opposition to Mclean was most pro-
nounced, bears out the theory advanced
by Mr.. Thurman. While Judge Cald-
well received POS more votes than
Nash he ran $4,000 votes behind the
other candidates on the Republican
state ticket. his plurality being l2, 73O.
Judge Nash carried ffty-five of the
eighty-eight counties, Mr.. Jones two,
Lucas and Cuyahoga, leaving Mclean
thirty-one counties"
All in all, it is very evident that Ohio,
politically, is a good deal mixed
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
Face the Music.

II you make mistakes, stand by them;
It's not a bit of use
To say you didn't mean to
That's not a good excuse.
II you mean a thing, why, say It;
It's not a bit of use
When YOU want TO say "the d-l,"
To change II to "the deuce"
II you have burdens, bear them;
It's not a bit Of use
To bow your head in sorrow,
Your troubles to reduce.
And II you have friends, keep them;
It's not hit of use
To nag and cavil at them
Until they've broken loose.
-Pittsburg Times,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22


% Voluntary reduction by the COM
pany
(2) Competition.
80 Public possession and operation
,f the present water system after con-
demnation and appraisemert.
The third of these possibilities is ex-
Ccrdnrly remote. II would involve
not only protracted legal struggle
with the advantage resting with the
present corporation under the princi-
pie that possession is nine points in
law. hut also the very debatable ques-
tion whether the kind of municipal
m management likely ~ prevail in Scran-
ton would If established, represent
any Improvement either in executive
ability or in the economy of charges
L. the community.
The second alternative is more avail.
lblc but even It is Of doubtful utility.
il would uaCessitate. 20 begin with,
the investment from some source Of
not less than % 00o. 900 in the effort to
fight an enterprise already thoroughly
established and cntrenched. The
Scranton Gas and Water company has
taken its uiCk Of all the water sheds
and other natural advantages i'm the
vicinity and what it has left open TO
competitive use is Of very inferior
value. It's immense reserves both Of
water and money represent resourc -
very ominous TO a competitive COM
pany having to enter the field with
JT,,1, 81
competition were under the control OF
men Of great wealth and inheXblc de-
termination IT would not last six
wecks: and even though it should sue
coed in establishing an Independent eX-
istence there would always be the pos
sibiity of a combination leaving the
consumer to pay generous profits on
a double investment.
We have, then, only the one practi-
cable hope: the responsiveness of the
company: or more especially the re-
sponsiveness of the one man who, for
all practical purposes, is the company
TO the opportunities or the restless
ness Of public opinion. The theory
that councils can establish rates and
Indlnlaln lnen Is theory merely. IL
Is not difficult to foreSee the inability
of body of men like the Scranton
councilmen to cope with a resource
full, aggressive ana determined mind
like that of w. W. Scranton.
on different occasions Mr.. Scranton
has said that the present meter rates
Were not necessarily final Let him b.
benevolent despot and meet the peo-
pie half way. 1t is true that he cOult
snap his finger at the public if he SO
willod, and tho public would have no
substantial redress. 1t is true that he
represents in effect an absolute mon,
opoly over an article OF prime neces-
sity. and under the general trend Ot
legislation i'm PENNSYLVANIA is encour
aged by a long line of statutory enact,
Incnts to consider tho public's inter,
CstS simply from the revenue stand
point, without a thought Of its equi
ties. But Mr.. Scranton ia not as blacl
as he is painted. He is bad man
10 bluff or bully but good man (,
reason with If there is to be a wa
let it not be until the resources o
diplomacy and arbitration shall hav
been exhausted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

The charges that Colonel Metcalf, of
the Twentieth Kansas. shot an un-
armed Filipino; that General Funston
gave his wife church vestments. and
that Colonel Barnett hid in a rice dyke
show that the dsgruntled volunteer
private is bound to get in his revenge.
If there had been substance to these
accusations the failure to make them at
the proper time in the prescribed mill
tary form would have involved the
present accusers in the guilt. The
charges are evidently manufactured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
CURRENT VERSE.
Sealed Orders.

Death is a Spirit.
Those who have seen him nearest
Hold him dearest,
For rareness in his choice
When, at his Masters Voice,
He seeks, for his own call,
The bravest, best of all.
When ii seems unbetines
That one both good and great
Should pass the shadowy gate
Opening to stranger climes.
Then may We feel full sure
The soul has grown so pure
That it must needs incline
Into the Vast Divine.
Death is a Spirit!
We deem his pace too swift;
To our eyes,
Though we be passing wise,
1t is not given
To see across the rift
Between ourselves and Heaven!
On earth we hear a knell-
Elsewhere there peals bell
In welcome for a guest,
New to the Wondrous Quest
Whereof no man on earth
May ever know the birth.
Only God knows, and they
Who have Joined His great Array.
Walter Herries Pollock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

Secretary Roots desire to retire Gem
eral, Shafter as a major general will
not be opposed. The main thing with
generals of the Shafter kind is to get
them retired as exepditiously as pos.
sible.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

The fact that Mrs. Aguinaldo's ward
robe filled twelve sugar barrels is re-
futation of the belief entertained at
one time that the Filipino belle wore
little save a smile.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

The progress Of the Molneaux trial
in New York indicates that the pris-
oner is liable to die OF old age before
his guilt or innocence is established.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

Congressman-elect Roberts exhibits
an inclination to fire the mote and
beam Biblical argument at hfs assail-
ants.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

The astronomers have been obliged
to retire from tho center of the stage
without having had the opportunity
to win a single bouquet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

The writer whose liver Is in the
proper condition can generally discov-
er some evil in the good work of any
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

and British flags flew from the same
flag staff. in companionship with the
Stars and Stripes. This is more than
a coincidence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

expect to play in Edward Atkinson's
back yard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

Agunaldo continues to play one
night stands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 20, 1899.

The Beers seem to have the same
difficulty in locating Cecil Rhodes that
is experienced by American troops in
search Of Aguinaldo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

1t now begins to look as though even
Admiral Dewey is liable to experience
difficulty i'm pleasing everybody.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

on the town hall at Windsor, when
Emperor William arrived. the German
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
The Water Question.

. HERE ARE three possibili-
ties of relief from the pres
Il cnt charges Of the Scranton
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22

The Dewey home give-away Is a
lttle rough on the donors. to be sure;
they should have attached string.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-22
The Ohio Vote.

~ HE OFFICIAL count of the
vote cast in Ohio Nov. Z is
"A at last completed. For
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16
PARALYSIS FROM FRIGHT.

Terror paralyzes the brain, and may
stop the heart action Men have been
found dead on the battlefield with no
mark of injury upon them, and amid
the crash and Shrek OF sho. and shell
and the ping of rifle balls the man
who says ne never felt fear should be
eligible TO the liars club,
Let me relate a personal incident in
The civil war. where by the way the
enemy were very uuciyIl In annoying
MS in every way. We had been in a
few such engagements as the Wilder
ness, Spottsylyania and others when
we halted az Milford station, Va, for
dinner Capt Kennedy had gone or
20 gossip, and / was the senior officer
OF the company present We were
gnawiug hard tack softencd by good
coffee ara chewing beef dried on the
hoof.7 no, the "embalmed' article
which Gen. Miles has recently de
scribed. when from a hill about half a
mile away half a dozen Of the enemy
appeared with light field piece, I'M
Irlbered and le, us have three shells
/ jumped up TO form my men, but
could not speak The suddenness Of
the attack paralyEed the vocal organs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16
A MAN WITH TWO HEARTS

A colored person called Villa,
King, of New Bedford, has ENJOYED n.
uninterrupted possession of two hear,
for a century, as he is 100 years ola
and still so hale and literally hearts
as to be able to bend bars OF lro,
across his arm. According to the Nax
York Herald, which records this "a
markable freak of nature, Dr.. Munro.
b. Long, of the Muhlenberg hospital
staff, a physician of high repute, ate,
visiting King, said; King has opa
heart on the right and one on the leh
SIDE of the chest. whose separate beat.
in unison could plainly be determined
BY certain muscular cantractjon
King let one heart drop to the left fIjac
region, where | clearly heard the beat.
ing; then let the other heart drop n
the right lilac region, where Is heat.
ing was also plainly heard, both beat.
ing in the lower part of the abdomen
in unison. Next, King threw over the
interior of the abdomen a wall of bone
from the neck down, giving every eyi.
dence of having two sternums. or
breastbones, one of which is movable
at his will and seems to lie behind the
regular breastbone when in repose.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16
MRS. NJ. COOPEK,

Mrs. NJ. G. Cooper, of the Royal Acad
envy of Arts, London, England, is un'
doubtedly one of the greatest living
sculptors She has modelled busts OF
half the nobility of England, and Is now
in Washington making busts of distin'
guished Americans. Mrs. Cooper has
just completed a bust of Mrs. Belya
Lockwood which is now in the Cor
coran Art Gallery Ruskin, the great
artist, placed Mrs. Cooper as one Of the
greatest sculptors and painters OF Tbs
century. Mrs, Cooper is an ardent
friend of Pe-ru-na, and in letter dated
January %. written from Washington
says the following: Il take pleasure ID
recommending Pe-ru-na for catarrh ana
la grippe | have suffered for months
and after the use of one bottle of Peru
ma | am entirely well. Mrs NJ. g.
Cooper
Send for free book on catarrb cd
titled Health and Beauty" This booS
is written especially for women, and
will be found to be of great value to
every woman. Address DR.. Hartman
Columbus, Ohio.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

The British government has re-
markably well developed faculty of
keeping it's business to itslf. The
gates OF the government dockyards
rarely open, even to British citizens,
and almost never to foreigners. Con-
sequently, although all Englishmen in
general and yachtsmen and naval
architects have been curious to know
what Queen Victoria's new yacht will
be like, ever since parliament appro-
priated money to build the boat, moth
ing is known except the meager de-
out.
English curiosity became so clamor-
GUS a short time ago that the admiral
ty decided TO depart from its declared
policy OF maintaining secrecy about
the royal yacht so far as to give out
some OF the principal dimensions OF
the vessel The new yacht is to be
$50 feet long and so feet beam. Her
draught is to be Is feet and her dis
placement is to be 1900 tons This
will be by far the biggest yacht ever
built. William x Vanderblt's yacht
valiant, which has passed muster for
a pretty good sized yacht, is small by
comparison with Queen Victoria s
new peasure craft. The Valiant is
only 1872 feet long, 80 feet beam and
l6 feet draught. Her gross tonnage
is 1923. Howard Gould's Niagara is
still smaller, being 272 feet in length,
80 feet beam and l6 feet draught.
The new royal yacht is as large rs
the cruiser Baltimore, larger than the
New Orleans and much larger than the
German emperor's yacht Hohenzol-
Tern. The Hohenzolern is nothing
more than protected cruiser, anna
ment, protective deck and all with
quarters fitted up for the emperor
The British royal yacht, on the other
hand, will have none OF the qualities
of cruiser, but will be a yacht pure
and simple
The hull is to be of Steel sheathed
with wood, and covered with copper.
She will be provided with double bot
TOMS, Sne Will nave LHIGb lulluelS
and two masts. Speed is to be IN
an important consideration. The ad-
miralty has delgned to inform British
taxpayers that the yacht is to have two
sets Of tNple-expansion four-cylinder
engines, driving twin screws and hay
ing an Indicated horsepower of H.
600. The high-pressure cylinder Of
each engine is to be 261a inches in
diameter, the intermediate cylinder
Az inches in diameter, and the two
low-pressure cylinders SO inches in d.
ameter, all having a stroke of 80
inches. Steam will be supplied by IS
Belleyille boilers. working at a pres
| sure of 300 pounds, which will be re-
duced at the engines to $500 pounds
The CRATE area under the boilers will
be $40 feet, and the heating surface
will be $4,000 square feet. This ma
chinery is expected to drive the vessel
through the water at a speed Of 20
knots an hour with the engines maxi
| ing 140 revolutions a minute.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

claims and claims for property de-
stroyed during the civil war.
The Cody trial for alleged blackmail
against the Gould family was contin-
ued at Albany with testimony regard
ing letters written by the defendant.
Mrs. Cody was found guilty.
Italy asks the United States to sup
port her In seizing Chinese territory,
but the United States declines. Italy's
action is regarded as a formal recog
milton of our new position in interna
tional affairs.
The secretary of the treasury has re
ceved from superintendent Pritchett
of the coast and geodetic survey pro-
test against the arrest OF two of his
officials for pickpockets at the New Or
leans mardi gras.
Josephine, the eldest daughter of
Rudyard Kipling, the author, uied OF
pneumonia at the home of a friend of
the family in New York, while her ia
Their Is reported to be recovering from
the same disease.
Herbert w, Smith, cashier for Gill
hes & Co., New York, coffee import
ers, Is fugitive. Experts who have
gone over his books have reported
thus far a shortage Of $4,000 in two
years; cause, women.
At Boston a large four and one-half
story building, occupied by a dozen
firms and numbered from So to 65
Charlestown street, North End, was
practically destroyed by fire, causing
a loss estimated at 900.
The navy department will award
contracts for six small unarmored
cruisers at the earliest opportunity.
1t will not be possible to begin work on
the new battleships and armored crtis-
ers, as armor cannot be- bought at The
price fixed by congress.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

for a moment, but the danger was not
as great as in the engagements named,
for a squadron of cavalry put the
enemy with their one gun, down the
road in great haste.
That same day | was detailed to
take a message to Lieut.. O'Hara, com
manding the picket line. 1t was near
shutdown, and the line lay through a
swamp. The orders were not to chal-
lenge a man approaching our lines, but
TO shoot. There was no "countersign"
in the immediate front, found O'Hara
and delivered the orders and started
back believing that | was within our
lines There was a bright flash and
the song of a bullet My heart
seemed to stop and my tongue again
Glove to the roof of my mouth, and |
dropped to the ground for safety and
to learn the situation Conversation
between the pickets developed the
fact that | had somehow got be-
tween the lines and was in front of
my own men. Speech was then re-
stored, and after that it was never
lost If M comrades were correct in
saying that when | was in command
of the color company the eolors could
be located by my explosives.
This is instanced merely to show the
effect of terror on the brain and heart.
In early life | used language which
regard as ungentlemanly today, as t
was the current conversation in the
lead mines and on the frontiers, and
in the excitement of battle must have
used improper epithets, for our chap
lain called me TO task for it. In the
cases above related the unexpected
attack produced an effect which an
expected one did not.
| have Oeen told of rabbits dying
from coming suddenly upon a man
who yelled at them and can see
how such thing is possible It is the
shock of suddenness which paralyzes
the heart and stops its action. This
never happens with young birds or
animals when taken in the hand; their
sense of fear has not been fully de-
veloped, but with birds or animals of
a highly nervous organization it is
easy to believe that it may occur, and
both the quail and the rabbit have
delicate nerves, Such a death seems
impossible in such fighting animals as
foxes and hawks Forest and Stream.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16
CREOLE BELLIES SOCIAL DEBUT
Must be introduced to New Orleans
Society at the Opera.

"Sociey goes TO the French opera on
Saturday night because it's great
grandfathers handed the custom down
TO IT, writes Harrydele Hallmark in
the Ladies Home Journal. so es-
tablished is this custom that no social
function is ever prepared for Satur-
day evening during the season. The
family that gives out an invitation for
that night Is Immediately classed as
not yersed in the usages of society and
not worthy to be known. This is so
deep-rooted In Creole life that such
an invitation would be jeered at as If
coming from a barbarian.
The best singers save their voices
for this browning night, and the
house is like private ballroom. where
the guests visit and laugh and chat
from the balconies of the boxes as
they do from the little iron balconies
that connect their houses. If one
does not so to the opera on Satur-
day night through lack OF invitation
or money one Is very careful not to be
seen elsewhere, giving out the sug-
gest.on that sickness or trouble i'm
PEELED ones absence. The proud
Creoles OF the French set, some Of
them In grinding poverty, ignore all
that costs a piCayune 10 order to save
the amount to appear at the opera on
Saturday night. No debutante OF New
Orleans enters society in the correct
and approved manner unless she make
her debut In a box on this particular
evening II the social aspirant has
sufficient money and tact to secure the
good will Oh a leading family to invite
her debatan,e daughter into its box.
this daughter has received the most
precious hallmark OF society. II
man who owes a social call pays the
call TO his friends IN their box at