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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-29

the Lackawanna Iron and Coal COM
pany.
WORK STOPPED BEFORE.
When the work of grading was first
undertaken, the mayor sent Chief Rob-
ling to the scene to find out by what
authority the street had been entered
upon. He was informed that the street
was not city property, never having
been decided over. The chief reported
this to the mayor and that was the last
that was heard of the matter until yes
terday.
General Manager Silliman, upon be-
ing apprised Of the interference by
the police, took the men away from the
job and suspended operations. He will
confer with the mayor today and en-
deavor TO adjust the difficulty amic-
ably.
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The Scranton Conservatory of Music
will resume instruction in all depart
ments Sept. II. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-29
Conservatory of Music.

Try the Hotel Jermyn Cigar 10 cents
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-29

HOODS PILLS cure sick headache
indigestion.
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Steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. F. & NJ. T. Howley. .231 Wyoming ave.
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East Mountain Lithia Water.

Mail orders promptly attended to.
John A. Swayze, agent,
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Smoke the Hotel Jermyn Cigar 1Oc.
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WORK STOPPED BEFORE.

the Lackawanna Iron and Coal COM
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Free Rural Delivery for the Mail
Service in Several California
Towns-Army Orders.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE POST
office Department has directed the estab-
lishment of a rural free delivery serv-
ice in the following California towns:
Eden Vale, Santa Clara County, one
carrier, route thirty miles; Pomona, Los
Angeles County, one carrier. route twenty
miles; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
County, one carrier, route twenty miles.
Joshua B. Bracket has been appointed
postmaster at Mesa Grande, San Diego
County.
Among army orders to-day is one di-
recting Captain Harlow l.. Street, COM
missary of subsistence, United States
Volunteers, to proceed from this city to
San Francisco and report in person to
the commanding general, Department of
California, for temporary duty. Captain
Street is an old Californian, having been
resident of Sonora for a great many
years. He was appointed captain of the
Capitol Police at the request of former
Representative Caminetti and previous to
that was in the regular army. He served
throughout the Cuban campaign and last
week was honorably discharged, but the
department reinstated him, and he will
probably be sent to the Philippines.
fourth United States Infantry Alcatraz
Island, is, upon his own application,
placed upon the retired list, to take effect
upon receipt of this order
Private Frank S. Scholl. Troop G Sixth
United States Cavalry, Fort Riley, kans..
is transferred to the Fourth United States
Cavalry. He will be sent to the head
quarters of that regiment, Preside. San
Francisco, and will report upon his ar
rival to the commanding officer, who Will
assign him to a troop which is to take
station in the Philippines.
Private John G. Desmond, Troop II,
Fourth United States Cavalry, Fort Yel-
loWstone, Wyoming. is transferred as a
second class private to the signal corps.
He will be sent to San Francisco and will
report upon his arrival to the command
ing general, Department of California,
who will furnish him transportation TO
the Philippine Islands.
Private John Maguth, general service,
recruiting station, 4o512 West Depot streat,
Knoxville, Tenn, is transferred to the
Ninth United States Infantry He will be
sent to Preside, San Francisco. and will
report upon his arrival to the command
ing officer. who will furnish him trans
portation to the station of his regiment in
the Philippines.
Private Joseph B. Wahl, Troop B, First
United States Cavalry, Fort Robinson,
Nebraska. is transferred to the hospital
corps as private. He will be sent to
the Presidio San Francisco. and will re-
port upon his arrival at that post TO the
commanding officer for duty at the Unitel
States general hospital. Private Arthur
Francisco, will be discharged the service
of the United States by the commanding
officer of his station Private Charles II IF
Hanks, hospital corps, now at Camp Nc
Kinley, Hawaiian Islands, will be dis
charged the service of the United States
Acting Assistant Surgeon Willis j. Raw
nor. United States army. is relieved from
further duty at Fort Logan, Colorado.
and will report in person to the command
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
How a Cuban Drinks Water.

The funniest thing in the line of drink
ing is to see the Cubans imbibe water
from from, ,~ ~m49Hnkeyjug'" 4Hd or perone: The
every house and hotel bedroom. is a de-
light to the foreigner, not only by reason
of It's artistic beauty. but because it
keeps keeps the water cool in a comparatively
ing shapes and sizes-all of gray clay
nodded in quaint design. The common
est are round and slender with two holes
In each, near. the handle. which is on
top. One hole is perhaps an inch in diam
eter through which to pour the water
into the jug, and the other, in knob
which marks the place, is not larger than
the hollow Of a goose quill It is the
old story of the bung and the spigot
Filled with water, the jug is hung on a
peg. or any convenient projection, in a
spot that is draughty. The currents of
air cause the thick porous clay to per-
spire, like a patient recovering from
Santiago fever" and the result is that
the water is rendered cool and whole
some. The Cuban fashion of drinking is
not to touch the vessel with the lips, but
to open the mouth wide, and holding the
jug up, to tilt it until tiny stream trio
kles down the throat, describing six
inch curve and striking square on the root
of the tongue.-Philadelp Record
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
Submarine Canyons, Rivers and Val
lows

If England and France are not always
at one now, there was a time when they
were physically united. according to
map shown by Professor Edward Hull at
the Royal Geographical Society, where he
read a paper yesterday on the Sub
Oceanic Features of the Coast of Western
Europe" Among these features he de-
scribed A deep canyon or river course in
the center of the English Channel, run
ming from the Straits of Dover westward
for distance of seventy miles. known as
"Hurd's Deep" Commander Hurd having
discovered it while making soudings for
the admiralty. This gorge has a depth Of
200 to 250 feet below the bed of the chan
mel. 1t was kept open by the force of the
waters of the English Channel as they
rose and fell. Very curious features were
observed in the case of the Adour in
France. The ravine through which it
flowed at some ancient date was discover
able for a distance of sixty or seventy
miles from the coast and about fifty
miles out it divided. forming. as it We're.
an island 5000 feet down under the sea
level. At one time there must have been
some magnificent cascades in these
gorges, as the declines in their course
amounted to as much a thousand feet
in mile. Undoubtedly at one time the
land extended far out into what is now
the sea. and was several thousand feet
higher than it is to-day, but the action of
the water had worn the earth away. In
the Bay of Biscay, forty miles off Cape
Pieto, is a seastack 200 fathoms below the
surface of the sea. measuring on the land
side 1900 feet and on the other side 1900
feet from crown to base.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
CONTROVERSY OF
The NAV|GATORS
HOdgSOn and HeilnerS
Versions.
CONVERSATION WITH SCHLEY
THAT CELEBRATED TURN MADE
BY THE BROOKLYN.
An Investigation Will Be Made by
the Navy Department and the
Whole Santiago Naval
Battle Reviewed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CALL HEADQUARTERS WELLING-
TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, June IT,
Official cognizance has been taken by
Secretary Long of the dispute between
Lieutenant Commander A. c. Hodgscn,
navigator of the Brooklyn, and Lieuten-
ant Commander l.. c. Heilner, navigator
of the Texas during the battle with Ger
Vera's fleet, relative to the conversation
alleged to have occurred between Lieu
tenant Hodgson and Rear Admiral Schley
in connection with the celebrated turn
made by the armored cruiser.
Lieutenant Commander HodgsOn, after
having, it is asserted, repeated the con-
versation he had with Schley. denied that
it ever took place in letter to the ad-
niral. Lieutenant Commander Hellner
declares that 10 prove the position of the
Brooklyn at the meeting of the board cf
navigators appointed to locate the ships
during the battle he repeated the converr-
satiOn in order to confirm the BrooklynS S
position as he claimed it to be.
| understand the Navy Department has
called upon these two officers for an Off
cial explanation of their statements, and
that each officer who was a member of
the Board of Navigators has been re-
quested to inform the department If Lieu
tenant Hodgson made such statements as
alleged. The navy regulations contain
provisions for the discipline of any officer
found guilty of untrethfulness. This Is
the conversation which Lieutenant Com
mander Hodgson is credited as saying:
SChley-Hard a-pOrt.
Hodgson-You mean a-starboard.
Schley-No, / don't; we are near enough
to them tthe Spaniards) already.
Hodgson-But we will cut down the
Texas.
Schley-Damn the Texas; let her look
out for herself.
Secretary Long declined to say this af-
ternoon whether any charge growing out
of the difference in the statements made by
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson and
Lieutenant Commander Heilner had been
filed, but it is understood that none has
been filed against Lieutenant Commander
Helner at least In any event the de-
partment determlned that the matter was
disposition in naval circles to believe that
any court which may grow out of the
controversy will receive testimony on the
events of the entire battle in order that
the world may know to whom the credit
belongs for the victory
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
THE TABLE SET FOR TWO

Inc sunshine falls on the window sill.
AND the day looks in at the open door.
Inc Kettle sings, and the dear old wife
Goes back and forth DER the kitchen
With plate and platter, and fork and
spoon,
As every day she is wont to do.
And she lays them with a quiet grace
On the homely table set for two.
oh, the bread is like the seas white sprav
And the cloth is clean as mountain
SHOWS;
From the pantry shelf to the kitchen
The dear old wife on her errand goes,
The morning glories over the porch
All in riotOuS tangle run,
The cat lies curled asleep on chair,
The old dog blinks at the MONDAY sun.
But the dear old wife is sad TODAY.
And the morning hours have seemed so
long,
For her thoughts are of the long ago.
When the old house rang with mirth
and song;
When the red-cheeked boys and merry
girls
Came trooping in through the open door:
AND some will come back no moreno
more.
There are empty chairs against the wall.
And the wide old rooms are strangely
STILL
The day is sad, though the sunshine falls
Like Sifted gold on the window sill:
Does the homely task she is won't to do;
But the tears fall fast as she sadly thinks
OF the lonesome table set for two
Good HOuSekeeping
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
Oldest School Teacher in Illinois.

Omar II. Lincoln of Marengo, near Har-
ward, Ill. is the oldest schoolteacher in
point of years of service in the State. Mr.
Lincoln has been a country schoolteacher
in McHenry County thirty-six years. He
began his labors in the schoolroom at the
age of 10, and now, at the age of 56, is
instructing about twenty scholars in the
country school in his district.
Mr.. Lincoln was born in the State of
New York ffty-six years ago. He came
to Illinois with his father when only four
years old. His education consists of such
advantages as he could then obtain in
the country schools and A short term in
the Wauconde Academy in Lake County.
During the thirty-six. years, of his pro-
fessional career Mr.. Lincoln has been en-
ployed in but thirteen different schools
And he is apparently as energetic In the
as when he first began his work, and a
great deal more in sympathy with IT, He ae
branches of pedagogy, and Is a liberal pat
ronzer Of all til in the edgsa
men in the developments of our free
school system.-Chicago Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
LACK OF COURTESY
SHOWN BY GERMANS
Officers of the Philadelphia Highly
Incensed Over an Incident
at A MIA

VICTORIA, B. c., June 1.-THE Ameri-
can officers of the warship Philadelphia,
in Honolulu when the Warrimoo, which
reached here to-day, sailed, were highly
incensed at the lack of courtesy shown
by the Germans in an unpleasant Incl
dent that occurred the day before the
Philadelphia left Samoa. Mataafa asked
to see the commission and a steam launch
was sent from a German vessel. The
Badger towed cutters from the Porpoise
and Philadelphia to Il point where 1t took
him on board, the arrangements being
that the party were to be distributed III
two cutters. Instead the party occupied
a gayly decorated native launch and was
towed Immediately behind a German tug
with the American and English boats
farther astern. After the interview with
the commission, on representation of the
English and Americans, the Mataatdltes
were ordered out of the harbor. The
Malietoa people were also offended at the
prominence given Mataafa by the Ger
mans.
The officers of the British and Ameri-
can Warshps, who have been fraterniZlng
during the recent trouble in Samoa, havA
decided to erect a joint monument TO the
memory of the Englishspeakng men
slain in the various engagements. II is
intended to erect a granite monument
with the names of the British engraved
on one panel and the Americans on the
other. Surmounting the roll of the killed
will be British and American flags inter
tWined.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
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PARIS CEMETERY FOR DOGS.
Decent Burial for Pets in Graves Sold
Or Leased

A society has just been founded in Paris
whose object is the creation Of a cemetery
for dogs. NJ. Harmois, the editor of
popular magazine, is the originator of the
project. The almost total absence in
Paris of the back garden makes it a diff
cult matter to carry out canine funeral
with anything approaching decencY. The
more devoted owners of dogs convey the
carcasses OF their pets to the open spaces
in the surrounding suburbs, with the re-
suit that every now and then the papers
contain accounts Of some bereaved person
being arrested bya local policeman on the
charge Of clandestinelY burying a baby
whereas all he had done was to consign
his spaniel to its last resting place.
AS a rule, of course, no such trouble Is
taken, and the dogs hearse is the dust
cart. A strong contingent of the departed
find their way to the Seine, out of which
river in the course Of its passage through
are flshed every year, the majority of
them those of dogs. This Watery burial
is bad for the nectar we are -'sually asked
to drink for a week or two in the height
of summer. and is an ignominiOus end for
the animals who suffer 1t. Considerations
Of this kind have induced NJ. Harmois to
start his scheme. He applied for help to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, but that body decided at its
last general meeting that its responsible
ties ended with the decease of its clients.
In reality the society's policy is one of
mastery inactivity throughout. and 1t is
mCst distinguished members has publicly
asserted that on the only occasion on
which he ventured to intervene in its
name he was taken into custody for Gre
ating a disturbance and stopping the
traffic.
However, NJ Harmois has succeeded in
obtaining sufficient support to start his
enterprise The site of his cemetery has
already been selected on some waste
ground near the old Notifications. and
early in the coming year candidates for
admission will be able to find accommoda-
ton. The graves may be leased for as
many or as few years as the dog owner
considers TO be the measure of his solici-
tude, and naturally the erection of simple
gravestones or elaborate monuments will
be allowed Finally. for the benefit of pet
owners in general, portions of the ceme-
terry will be set aside for all the varieties
of mans animal friends and companions,
from parrots to marmosets. from canaries
to cats. In short, the project is one that
will afford real solace to many excellent
souls while ii will at least do no harm to
the animals.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
Burned a Precious Flag.

The late Janitor Peters of the Girls
Grammar School in Germantown unwit-
tingly destroyed valued relic found in
the loft of the old building some time pre-
vious to his death. 1t was an American
flag the first to float over PUBLIC school
building in this city, in 1868. 1t was
principal of the school during the Civil
war, aided by other teachers of the
school. When it was proposed to pur-
chase a flag not one could be bought.
therefore wide bunting was purchased
and cut in two After the flag had been
made and the stars sewed on by Miss
the School Directors and teachers were
put on the stars Mrs. Dye, in speaking
of the affair, said that the janitor came
across the precious emblem. and believ-
ing that it had been discarded, owing to
it's dilapidated condition. consigned 1t to
the flames. es.-Philadelphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
BODY RECOVERED
FROM THE RIVER
Miss Mabel Kafitz's Remains Found
Floating in the San
.TOanl1in

STOCKTON. June 1.-THE body of Miss
Mabel kafitZ. who was drowned in the
disaster which overlook the catamaran
Wave a week ago, was recovered from the
San Joaquin this morning. The body
came floating down mid stream and was
intercepted near the county bridge lead
ing to Roberts Island. The features of
the unfortunate young lady were recog-
nizable and the body was in fair state of
preservation
The clothing was in a condition indicat-
ing that the girl had fought for her life,
but evidently had become entanged in
the skirt, which had been raised over her
head by the water Her hat and coat
We're gone.
The Coroner took charge 'of the remains,
which, after being viewed by jury were
delivered to an undertaken designated by
the mother of the deceased.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
SHERMAN SMITH IN
VAN ALSTYNE'S PLACE
Elected Superintendent of the School
for Incorrigibles at
Whittier

LOS ANGELES, June 1.-THE new
board of trustees, at a meeting held
last night, elected Sherman Smith
superintendent of the Whittier Reform
School in place of superintendent Van
Alstyne, whose resignation was pre-
sented and accepted. The change will
take place on July l, Assistant Superin-
tendent Oliver officiating as superin-
tendent in the interim.
The fire yesterday caused a loss now
estimated al $500. James Clark of
Pasadena took his seat on the board
last night and was appointed a commit
tee Of one to superintend the cOnstruc-
ton of new buildings to take the place
of those burned. The current appro-
priations fund contains sufficient
money to cover the cost of the new
buildings
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
POSTUM CEREAL.
"AUNT MILLY" FAILED,
SO the Young School MON"
Took a Hand.

Took a Hand.
Hastily putting up small lunch
the young school teacher hurried away
for the days duties; taught her physi-
ology class the evil effects of coffee
chat being the lesson for the day),
then came home and made coffee the
principal thing for dinner. She had
been growing more and more nervous
and irritable as the weeks passed by.
Stomach trouble had set in and more
or less bowel trouble, but she never
had applied to herself the teaching that
coffee acts as a poison on many sys-
TENS.
package Of Postum Food Coffee
found its way into the house and was
sent down to Aunt Milly, the cook, to
make. In the morning, when ii was
served, ii was so inferior that it was
pushed away in disgust and regular
coffee called for. But the school
teacher knew she must have help some
way to get rid Of coffee drinking, so
she went down the next morning to
make some Postum herself and to
make it carefully, according to direc-
tions The result was more satisfac-
u.
rich cream it was better than the best
coffee she had ever drank. and it made
her hungry for breakfast just to
smell It,
A week passed by and she became
known as an enthusiast on the subject
one day at school a remark was made
on her improved looks, and she related
the story of the new coffee. Miss
smith, one Of the teachers, remarked
that she had always wanted something
in place OF coffee, and intended to try
it, A lew mornings afterward Miss
Smith remarked: We tried yo1lr old
Postum at home, and nobody liked it."
She was induced, however, to give il
a trial under the personal direction OF
her own supervision, in order to know
that ii was boiled fifteen or twenty
minutes. That cleared up the case. and
Miss Smith is as enthusiastic over Pos
tum as the other teacher has been.
The little nephew in the house was
perfectly delighted with the thought of
having a cup of coffee every morning
for breakfast. The greatest victory we
a regular coffee devotee and held out
against the Postum for some time; but
after she had used Postum for about
ten days, she said one morning: Il
must say L will take this in preference
to coffee every time, so we will just
have Postum hereafter and none of the
old fashioned coffee"
Now when the teacher instructs a
class in physiology, she can demon
strate by her own physical health the
advantage of leaving off coffee with
its poisonous effects. Janet Cooper,
Nashville, Tenn.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
FALSE REPORT OF
LILIU0KALANI'S DEATH
Hawaiians Mourning the Supposed
Demise of Their Former
Queen.

VICTORIA, B. c., June 17-Hawaii's s
natives are chanting their wierd death
songs and generally proclaiming their
sorrow. according to ancient customs. un-
der the impression that EX-Queen Liliu-
okalani is dead. The rumOr left here by
the Miowera on her last sailing. it is said.
some of the passengers announcing at
Honolulu that she had succumbed in New
York to an operation performed for can
Ger. AS it was to undergo such an ope-
ration that Liliuokalani visited the States
her people at once accepted the story as
white population and the press indorsed
the story as highly probable and this fully
confirmed it in the eyes of the natives.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18

The women were removed from their
filthy surroundings at the instance OF
the new Health Officer. DR.. w p.
Lawlor, and the unsavory task of talk
ing them from the shack which they
called home was assigned to Officer
Butterworth, who is specially detailed
TO assist the Board of Health, and Po-
liceman John Galloway. The residents
of the neighborhood reported the case
to Officer Butterworth.
Year after year the partially dement,
ed women merely existed in the filthy
hovel, and under the same roof were
housed five SCrawnY cats, several
chickens and two goats. The women
slept in one room and the half-starved
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18

which he had been wandering for nearly
two months. l at once got alongside him
for news. His view Of the political situa-
ton was comprised in the opinion that
Khelat was the d-dest hole in the
world" and the people not bad lot of
beggars. but dirty and ID thieves" But
he had fished up nearly every pass and
stream, and could tell me exactly what
holes to go to for the biggest fish and
what flies to catch them with. / couldn't
make out that he had taken any escort or
thought 1t necessary to trouble himself
about the inhabitants in any way, and |
believe chap like that if he could only
be trained to keep his eyes open as well,
could fish and loaf his way anywhere
Life of Sir George Pomeroy-C Cooley.