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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
A Serious Charge.
THE HEAD of the Cramps
ship-building industry. Ed
n win S. Cramp. a conserva-

|NHE HEAD of the Cramps
ship-building industry. Ed
n win S. Cramp. a conserva-
tive man reputed TO be
cautious of speech, is quoted as having
charged that the labor difficulties which
have been experienced in his establish
ment during the past few months and
which have interfered seriously with
the execution of government as well
as private contracts, are the results
of conspiracy among English busi-
ness competitors to deal to the Cramps
foul blow and thus keep them from
getting certain valuable foreign con-
tracts.
ON the assumption that Mr. Cramp
has been correctly quoted, it is clearly
his duty to take action which will
protect himself and expose the conspira-
tors against him. If there is a Clew
10 be followed up it should be- inves-
tigatod without stint of pains or eX-
pense. and if Mr.. Cramp needs any
help in the work of ferreting out the
truth, he knows where he can get it.
The suppositiun that Mr. Cramp spoke
hastily and without provocation we
dismiss as unworthy of consideration.
If there have been sneaks among the
Englishmen in competition against the
Cramps, we will do the people oe Great
Britain the justice to say that we be-
lieve they will, upon the production
Of proof, be fully as indignant and
fully as anxious to see justice done
rs we are. The desire of the decent
men of both countries is for a free
field and fair play, with candid ap.
p!ause for the winners and no i'll will
anywhere. If sneaks on either side in.
terfere with this desire and become
unerringly identified. they will have
trouble.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

CtOfDlNG TO rumOr, a par
~ don will today be issued by
Il N the president Of France to
Captain Alfred Dreyfus,
twice convicted Of treason against
his country, and it will issue,
we are told, not because the
unbiased opinion of mankind con-
demns as unfair the judgment
of the military tribunals which have
pronounced cX-parte doom on Dreyfus,
but upon the ground that the prisoner
has been so weakened in health that
further confinement would be equiva-
lent to converting a sentence OF inn
prisonment into one of execution.
Would Dreyfus be justified in ac-
cepting a pardon so based? The an
swer to that is not for the public to
make. Between taking the abstractly
beautiful attitude of scorning any half
sake of wife and family, a fractional
concession which, however inadequate
on the score Of justice is yet an ad-
vance in that direction, stultifying the
generals claim Of his guilt, there is a
margin Of debatable territory which It
is the prisoners place and not ours
to traverse. If Dreyfus is asked to
pay any price for this pardon or 70
give any pledges ot ceasing to labor
for complete vindication, then OF
course it could be accepted only at a
moral sacrifice. But IL it is the volun-
| tary action of the government OF
France, rendered without condition or
| reservation, then we see no impro-
priety in its acceptance in the same
manner precisely that Dreyfus accepted
| the first sentence Of degradation and
| Imprisonment, with the affirmation OF
| his innocence. without regard to the
personality of the man himself or to
his attitude toward the French off,
cials, the Dreyfus outrage must be
| cleared up, with punishment for the
| criminals and yindication Of the inno-
cent, else it will be France not alone
Dreyfus who will be expedited to an
| inglorious death.
In this connection the New York Sun
cites from history notable precedent
French public opinion should be less
righteous and less intelligent today
than IL was in the last century; OF
that the court Of cessation is a less
upright tribunal than was the parlia-
ment Of Paris. II was on March O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
PERSONALITIES.

Hiram Cronk. of New York, is the only
surviving pensioned soldier of the war
of 1872. He is 30 years old.
Wayne MacVeaRhs retainer in the case
of Captain Oberlin Carter was $4,000. and
his fee is likely TO be several times much
more.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst announces that the
cost of the buildings she is to give to
the University of California will be be-
tween $IOO00OO and $S,O00,OO0
Gustavo Salvini, the son of the eminent
italian tragedian, Tomasso Salvini, WILL
according to present plans, make n star
ring tour of this country next year.
The National Memorial committee has
voted $4,000 for the erection of suit
able library at Hawarden for Gladstonc's
collection of books, and the work will be
begun at once.
DR.. W. p. Kare, the president of the
Winona assembly, is spoken of as the
most likely candidate as successor Of
Or. G.. S. Burroughs, in the presidency
of Wabash college.
Governor Roosevelt recently gave a
splendid St. Bernard dog to Mrs. Mary S.
Wilson, the woman of oyster Bay, l.. L.,
who n short time ago, celebrated her
| ninety-first birthday in perfect health.
Duke NJ. Farson the Chicago broker,
mas DOuBnt OF SlU,buJ HISTORICAL bu1dlO
Rock three miles west of Ottawa, Ill I,
which had been the scene of the war
dances by the Indians at an early day.
Rear Admiral Schley has accepted an
| invitation to visit Atlanta during the
coming fall. He will be the guest of Gov
ernor Gambler, Mayor Woodward and the
| officers of the Atlanta Business Mems
| association.
Lord Wolselev has now entered upon
| the forty-eighth year of his military SER
| vice During that time he has earned
eleven war medals and eight other deco
rations, and about a dozen clasps for
| battles and actions.
Dwight II. Baldwin, the Cincinnati mil
| lionaire, left his widow 5000 annuity, but
| bequeaths $45O,o00 to be equally divided
between the Home Missionary society and
the Foreign Missionary society of the
| Presbyterian church.
| The Hon. Daniel j. Ryan, who has been
chosen director general of the Ohio Cen
tennial exposition, to be held in Toledo in
| 1902, had charge of the Ohio interests at
the Worlds fair. Mr. Ryan was born in
| Cincinnati and is Al years old.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
General AIger Retires.

~ Y WITHDRAWING his can
x didacy for the Michigan
- United States senatorship,
General Alger retires COM
pletely and it is believed finally to pri-
vate life. He becomes, from this mo-
ment onward, private citizen, i'm
mune from newspaper attack and Of
interest to the public only in reminis-
cent wav.
The time will come when a more
charitable judgment upon General AL
gers administration of the war depart
ment will prevail than is yet discern
ible; that is to say, fairer distinction
will be drawn between the things for
which he was personally responsible in
the conduct of that office and the things
for which he was not in any individual
sense responsible but which, in the heat
Of public criticism, We're charged to
his discredt because he was the nomi-
nal head of the department. Persons
who have been close to General Alger
during his membership of the cabi-
net freely testify to his personal de-
votion to duty, to his exceptional gem
erosity and charity and to his freedom
from corrupt or sordid motives. Had
the enormous responsibility incident
to a great war for which there had
been utterly inadequate preparation
not devolved upon him; in other words,
had it been his good fortune to encoun-
ter an uninterrupted peace tenure,
there We're many characteristics about
him which would have tended TO popu-
larize him with the circle of persons in
touch with the war department and
thus to have given him, before the
country at large, at least a negative
acceptability.
His fault, so far as it was subject to
his own correction, lay in a too ready
acquiescence in political influences. In
time of peace the war secretary who
does not keep the senators and repre-
sentatives in good humor by respond
ing freely to their opportunities may
| not have a smooth pathway. but IN
time of extraordinary stress and activ-
ity it is a sign of weakness in a war
secretary to stop to weigh considera-
tions of politics and pull. Then in
slant decision and assertive personal
courage and independence are re-
! quired above all other things; the
small conventionalities, the traditions
the accumulated formalities and COM
mon-p places, have to be relegated to
their actual Importance and room made
| for the sweep of big events. The man
with the genius for command can force
| these revolutions through and exact
subordination and discipline among the
bureaucrats of the department in spite
of law, custom and precedent; and
failure to exercise this genius means
in short order his own humiliation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

Rumors that Admiral Schley is dis
gruntled over his assignment to COM
mand the South Atlantic squadron and
that his friends will undertake to tear
things to pieces unless he shall be per-
mitted to choose the orders which he
will obey. need not receive much cred
ence. The United States navy is a
good deal bigger than Mr.. Schley or his
fool boomers, and he, if not they, GER
tainly knows it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

An official estimate of the cost to
Japan of the recent war between that
country and China has been published
by the japanese government, and the
total is approximately $1OO,0OO,OOO. At
that cost it was the most profitable in
vestment that Japan ever made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

The recent appointment Of Admiral
Atlantic squadron has revived the
Sampson-Schley controversy. Admiral
Schley's principal misfortune seems to
be the fractions disposition of his
friends
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

BY reappointing DR.. Rothrock to be
forestry commissioner, Governor stone
has confounded the critics who have
been assuming without a vestige of
warrant that DIR. Rothrocks scalp was
in danger, and has at the same time
paid a very marked worth high but
deserved compliment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.

Justice Of the Supreme Court-J. HAY
BROWN Of Lancaster.
Judge of the Superior Court-JOSIA1 II.
ADAMS, OF Philadelphia.
State NORTHUMBERLAND COL
ONEL JAMES Il. BARNETT, Of
Washington.
Election day, Nov Z.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

II. Rider Haggard, the novelist, has
forsaken literary work to enter mining
schemes. 1t looks as though Haggard
had abandoned the pay streak for a
very uncertain grubstake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

Since expressing his intention of
reaching the North pole in the near
future, Lieutenant Peary is in danger
Of being chartered by some of the
yellow journals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

What a lot of worrying "the insur-
gents" are doing over Colonel Quay's
future. considering their reiterations
that he's as good as dead and buried.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

Aguinaldo's faith in the anti-imper-
ialists will probably diminish when he
fully realizes that they will not con-
tribute anything to the campaign but
talk,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

Perhaps, after all, Archbishop Ire
land is right in advising impatient
American critics of France to wait un-
Ill the honest part of France says il
last say concerning the Dreyfus case.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

The "aunties" will derive new encour-
agement from the fact that Ii Hung
Chang is reported to have expressed
disapproval of McKinley's Philippine
sell out to Japan. To be sure, Ii ad-
mits that he doesn't know much about
the subject, but ignorance is no bar
to fellowship with the Atkinson crowd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

If the papers from now on overdo
the Dewey business don't blame Dewey.
Remember that he is the one Ameri-
can in all this war hero excitement
who has never, for an instant, lost his
head.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

Mr.. Bryan has arrived at the con-
clusion that Mr., Cochran is something
of boy orator, too.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

itations and restrictions as may be nec-
cessary for the protection Of the public
good"
Except for the constitutional objec-
tions pending against the last clause
this programme Is not essentially diff
erent from that Of the other students
of the trust problem, II contemplates
nothing more than restriction and SUI
pervision in the interest Of the public
welfare. against which nothing can
be urged in principle and which, in
practice, would necessarily ,havo to be
experimental, like Governor Roosevelt's s
franchise tax. If we take away the red
fire there is no material in this pro-
gramme for a successful presidential
campaign, because both parties and
practically all experts agree that re-
striction of trusts is necessary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
LITERARY NOTES.

The original Dewey man is due.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19

The purchasing agent for of the large brass roll
ing mills in Connecticut had mighty hard time with
his stomach Il used to get up in the morning feeling
$50 years Old he sad land meal time felt faint but
still had an Unsuitable appetite. was and irritable
didn't take any interest in business anything else and
finally got so bad had the jaundce and yellow
sulphur. was getting to be perfect wreck and
didn't very much whether lived died 1t
at this point that began using Rpans Tabues but before
had used three dozen my natural color began return
All my stomach trouble has disappeared and con
slider myself we'll"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
Future of Dreyfus Affair.

4 CCORDING to rumor, a par
~ don will today be issued by
4 N the president Of France to
CaDtain Alfred DrayfIIs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-19
Where Experts Agree.

~ 7 OTABLE agreement prevailed
among the more intelligent
l. participants ir the Chicago
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
EVIDENCE DOESN'T COUNT.
Listened to 1t Without Ef-
feet Yesterday.

A delegation OF women appeared before
the police commissioners yesterday to pro-
test against the renewal of the saloon
license Of Burt Bowen, at Eighteenth and
Belleview. The remonstrance claimed the
saloon was within a block of the Switzer
school, but 1t was not demonstrated to the
satisfaction of Commissioners Ward and
Gregory. 1t had been represented to the
board that the protest Of President Yeager.
of the school board. had been offered at
the last meeting without his authority.
Secretary Benson appeared before the COM
missioners yesterday at the request CT
President Yeager, and made the point en-
phatic that the school board does not want
the saloon reopened. He said the greater
part of the children have to pass the sa-
loon on their way to school.
Mrs. W. A. shuMan. who lives near rear, the
minors. Mrs. Mamie Smith. Mrs. ]. H.
Hathaway and Mrs. George Flynn, all liv-
ing in the neighborhocd, testified to seeing
children get beer at the side door.
was surprised by this evidence, no formal
notice of which had been served on him.
Bowen acknowledged his surprise: and he
was given week to prepare his defense.
A delegation. including Secretary Benson
mel Milton Moore and Father Lillis. pro-
tested against granting licenses to William
Burke for saloon in the new Auditorium
theater and to A. c. ZentZ. at the corner
of Eighth and Holmes streets. They urged
that saloons should not be established In
such close proximity to the public library
and st. Patrick's cathedral The sapplica-
tions were put over until the return OF
Mayor Jones It is reported sS he Tl not %bSb Es
case the theater will open without bar
nearer than a block and a half.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
JOSEPH L0EFFLER DEAD.
He Was for Many Years Engaged In
the Saloon Business ut Fiji
teenfh and Grand.

Joseph Loefier, aged Sc years. died Of
cancer at his home. 1521 McGee street. yes
terday morning. He had lived in the city
for thirty-four years and was we'll known.
Mr.. Loeffier was born in Baden-Baden.
Germany. and came to this country with
his parents when he was boy. They
came to st. Louis. where Mr.. Loeffier
learned the trade of a cooper. and after
wards worked as brick molder. at the
outbreak of the civil war. he enlisted in
the First Missouri volunteers: and served
in the siege of Vicksburg, where he was
injured. He was discharged on account
of disability and returned home. In 1866
he came to Kansas City. and was q brick
maker until 1876, when he went into the
saloon business. He is the original Joe
of the Joe and Charley" places. his part
ner being Charles Raber: They started
their first saloon near the old Board of
Trade building, and later opened q saloon
at Fifteenth and Grand avenue. Mr..
Ioeffier was connected with this saloon un-
til about three years ago, when he retired.
The funeral will be held from the fam
ily residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Rev, Dr. ]. +. Roberts officiating. He
was member of the Grand Army and
the order of Druids and they will take
part in the funeral ceremonies. The burial
will be in Union cemetery. He leaves two
children. Mrs. W. ]. Baehr and John Loef-
fer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
HOLY ROSARY FAIR.
Closed Last Night-PrOceeds Will
Probably Lift Debt ON Church
Recently Built.

The last night of the fair held by the
Italian women of the Church of the Holy
Rosary was most successful one. The
hall at 1908 Main street. where the supper
prize contests. bazars and dance were held
was crowded last night and good sum of
money realized. The proceeds will be suffi-
cent it is thought. to finish paying off the
$1,000 debt on the church building at Mis-
souri, avenue and Campbell street.
The dinners served have been of an eX-
celent order. One dish was especially pre-
pared maoaroni of small size. served
as only the Italians know how to serve it.
Ravioli was the piece de resistance of tho
dinners. In the crowd that attended the
fair last night were scores of rosy-cheeked
dark-eyed. hlack-haired boys ana girls. The
booths containing various wares for sale
were literally patronized.
Music for the dancing late in the even-
ing was of the genuine Italian sort-a large
harp and violin.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
ANOTHER DOCTOR.
Coffee May Agree With Some People
and Not With Others,

duu NOT Win OtherH.
Until year ago. 1 was a most inveterate
coffee drinker.
have always assiduously abstained from
All other torms of stimulants. including
tobacco, and hence could easily localize
the cause for the numerous abnormal
symptoms ! became subject to. L grew
nervous and irritable. became easily ex-
cited and experienced a decided loss of
memory. together with many other symp-
toms, indicating an unduly stimulated
nervous system. My appetite was poor.
sight deficient. bowels irregular Like thou-
SANDS OF others, / could not bring myself
the cause of my abnormal conditions.
About year ago package of Postum
Cereal came to my office and ! concluded
with the trial, the liquid being light-coi-
ored. weak and insipid. 1t lacked the strong
haVor ima nag peen SO long accustomed 10.
cultivate a taste for it. and hence per-
sisted in drinking the almost tasteless mix.
ture for several weeks. until finally l be-
came disgusted With II and quit II. no.
nervous symptoms.
Shortly after this my attention was called
length OF time the mixture should boil. /
took the subject up again. following the
directions explicitly. and the result was
taste and everything Except the nerve
completely satisfied. The nervous symp-
VANISHED The az experenee g,nse IN H
. own case naturally led to a conclusion as
my patients. and l have had occasion in
numerous cases to insist upon the aban-
donment of coffee entirely. and the substi-
tuition Of Postum Food Coffee with highly
Or George W. Hoslsn. lis E. Long ST.,
Columbus, o.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
DOG TURNED IN ALARM.
He Was Ugly, Hairless, Mexican and .
LapdoE, but He Was EHca-
cious, Nevertheless.

An ugly hairless Mexican lap dog turned
in a fire alarm at 500 Main street last night
and prevented a fire that might otherwise
have been serious. The dogs mistress. who
is employed at the Orpheum theater. lock-
ed him in the room alone when she left
early in the evening. About II o'clock the
carpet caught fire from some mysterious
cause near trunk and was giving an ex-
hibition of a hot time to its one spectator,
When the dog set up such a terrific bark>
to seek the cause of the disturbance. Witt,
the result of finding the fire.
The fire department was quickly on hand
and put it out before any considerable dam
age was done. After 1t was all over the
people in the house remembered the dog
barking, but did not recall seeing it. 4
fireman, armed with broom, began poking
around under the bed. behind furniture and
IN closets to see if it was still in the room.
A vigorous thrust under the dresser a sec
ond time brought response in the form
OF piercing yelp, and the badly frighten.
ed, shivering, hairless. Mexican-bred fire.
alarm system was dragged forth.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
TO BOOM CORN IN PARIS.
Legislatures of Corn Growing States
to BE Asked to Make APP
urODriatiOns.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL, Jan. 1S.-The legis-
lature will be asked to make liberal ap-
propriation to aid in the making of corn
exhibit at the Paris exposition. Colonel
Clark F. Carr. of Galesburg. president, and
B. w. Snow, of Chicago, secretary, of the
American Maize Propaganda, are here con-
ferring with members on the subject. The
purpose of this organization is to bring
to the attention of the world the value
Of Indian corn as food for man. The prop
aganda has obtained satisfactory conces-
sions from Commissioner Peck, and will
have restaurant and corn kitchen in the
United States building at Paris. Or the
appropriation by congress of SGJo,Ooo, only
E5OOO Is set apart for all of the agricul.-
ural products of the country, including
horticulture and the beverages. 1t has
been found that the proportion of this
amount that can be set apart for Indian
corn will be very meager, and the maize
propaganda has therefore decided to ask
aid in the way of appropriations from the
great corn producing states of Illinois, 1n-
diana. Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebras-
ka 1t has not been declded how much
Illinois will be asked to contribute. Colo
mel Carr was greatly impressed when he
went to Copenhagen as United States min
lister by the fact that there was not a
pound of Indian cornmeal in all Scandina-
via Through the efforts put forth by him
and Colonel Murphy. commissioner of the
department of agriculture. the consumption
of Indian cornmeal has been so extended
that 5000 bushels We're exported to Dem
mark last year.