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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23

where indicates that he even suspected
his own death was OF might be report
cd
Captain and Mrs Bens left the win
ter quarters, II will be remembered
bent on pushing across the mountain
to the coast. They were out two days
when the captain fell sick and died
after a lingering Illness. He was
nursed by his wife In a hut which
they fortunately reached before the
captain collapsed. Indian runners, Mr..
Vctter says in his second letter. car
ried medicine to the captain until the
stock played out.
The prospector who told Mrs. Bens
that the eleven men whom she and
her husband had left behind on the Elk
were dead must have been brutally
lying, fer it will be remembered he
said he counted their eleven graves.
There does not appear to be any
other way of explaining the false story
brought to the states by Mrs. Bens.
Mr.. Vetter says that there are 500
persons at the mission at Kotzebue
Sound and about 600 in Anvil City and
that the majority of them are bent
on getting home. There is plenty of
gold there, he says. but all the claims
are staked out. One man, alone. has
thirty claims and is protected by the
transportation companies officials and
the United States soldiers. Mining
there is very difficult owing to the
shortness of the days and the lack of
wood. so necessary in thawing out
the ground.
All the gold in Alaska, Mr.. Vetter
says, would not induce him to repeat
the experience he has undergone since
| he left Scranton, March Il, 1928.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
PALMER BOOMERS START.
A Large Delegation Left Wilkes
Barre for Harrisburg.

Hon. II. w. Palmer, of Wilkes Barre,
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for justice of tie Supreme cou, t.,
has opened headquarters at the Lochiel
in Harrisburg.
The following Palmer boomers left
Wilkes-Barre last night for Harris
burg: Hon. NJ. b. Williams, Hon. f..
II. Chase, H. A. Fuller, Isaac p. Hand.
{. f. McHugh, b. r. Jones, r. p. Rob-
inson, Byron G.. Hahn, Hon. w. ).
Scott, L. p. Holcomb, Hon. j. Craw-
ford Harvey John Fest, George Koch
er, c. f. Keck, d. f. Thomas, T. r.
Darte, j. j. Thomas, Theodore Hart,
Jr,, F. c. johnson, George Ross, Will
lam Perry, William Riddle, Frederick
Hawkins, Samuel Salisbury, Abram
Salisbury, Louis X. Salisbury, Frank w.
Wheaton. George Llewellyn. Joseph
Lloyd Robert F. Donaghey, Charles d,
Narrower, Hon. j. X. Roberts, jr.,
James r. Ehret. Morgan r. Morgans,
John Davis and DR.. Moore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
Wyoming Seminary.

Boys prepared for Yale, Cornell, Har-
ward, Wesleyan, Princeton, Syracuse,
Iehigh and United States military and
naya! academies. Girls prepared for
Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, Vassar. Smith
and Woman's college Of Baltimore.
First class business college for young
people who desire to prepare for bust
ness life. Special courses in literature,
music, art and elocution. Fine DOR
mitories and full equipment Of build
ings ard apparatus.
Year opens September ~ 1899. For
catalogue. address H. T.. Sprague, D.
D.. President. Kingston, Pa. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
NoPfon'S New Books

hurchill's-Richard Carvel.
Caskoden's--Knighthood Was in
Flower.
Cromwell's-ownby Patterson.
Bang's--Dreamers.
man's-.-Prisoners and
CaptiUes.
Fowler's-pouble Thread.
Harold Observation-Disclosures Place.
Whitings'-Number Five John
Street
Weyman 's--Castle Inn.
Harraden's--The Fowler.
Dunton's Asylum.
Burnham Point Wooing.
Kipling g's--Sea to Sea.
Doyle's--A Duet.
Jerome's-Second Thoughts Of an
Idle Fellow.
Page's-Red Rock.
Westcott's-David Harun,
2OOth thousand.
oosevelt's-Rough Riders complete
Dooley in Peace and War,
second book.
Sheldon's Famous Books.
All the above and others at cut prices
NJ. NORTON,
322 Lackawanna Avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
Round Woods Park.

Lots are now being sold by Mr.. Harry
ID. Jones, eN-city assessor, who is on
the tract ready to show lots to any
person desiring to purchase Many
lots have already been sold west Of
the Round woods. Also in front of
same. 1t is a good time to select your
lot.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CoNVEN
TON.

In pursuance of a resolution OF the Re
publican county committee passed at a
regular meeting held on Saturday, Aug.
49, 1899, the county convention will be
held on Tuesday, September 20, at p.
m. in the court house, Scranton, for the
purpuse of computing returns and trans
acting such other business as shall be
brought before IT.
Vigilance committees will hold pri-
mary elections on Saturday, September
%, 1898, between the hours of ana p. m.
Each election district shall elect at said
primary election three qualified persons
to serve as vigilance committee for tho
next ensuing calendar year, whose names
shall be certified 10 on the returns to the
county convention.
Candidates who have thus far regis
tered their names with the secretary and
those who are desirous of registering will
observe the requirements of rule I, which
reads as follows: Each candidate shall
pay his assessment TO the county chair
man at least twenty days before the pri-
election, or his name will not be Nk,h
mary election, or his name will not be
printed on the official ballot" Satur-
day, September 9. is the last day for reg
istering and paying the assessment.
f. n. willard, Chairman.
j. T., Watkins Secretary
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
Bauer's Band Outing.

Bauer's band annual outing at Laurel
Hill park next Saturday August &C.
1899. is awaited with much interest by
the bands admirers.
TO make the day one continual round
of pleasure concerts will be given in
the afternoon and evening, which alone
win guarantee a large attendance. Mu-
sic for dancing will be furnished by an
augmented orchestra.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
NEIGHBoRs AT LoGGERHEAps.
Mrs. Frey and Daughter Charged
with Being Common Scolds.

Mrs. Rebecca Frey and her daugh-
ter Sarah Frey, of 122 Breaker street,
were arraigned before Alderman Mil
lar last evening on charges of being
common scolds and disorderly con-
duct preferred by Eliza Moran, of the
same street.
The latter claimed that the women
were constantly calling her and her
children vile names and that they had
thrown stones at her. The alderman
held both women under bonds to keep
the peace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
z Davs at the Seashore.

Excursion to Long Branch, Asbdry
Park and Ocean Grove via Central
Railroad of New Jersey on Saturday,
August 26th, by special train.
Fare for the round trip $3.50.
Tickets good to return on any train
on or before September 2nd. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
The Best Remedy for Flux.

Mr.. John Matthias, a well known
stock dealer of Pulaski, Ky, says: "Af-
ter suffering for over a week with flux,
and my physician having failed to re-
lieve me, was advised to try Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and have the pleasure of stat
ing that the half of one bottle cured
me-" For sale by all druggists. Mat
thews Bros, wholesale and retail
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
COAL WAY BILL OFFICE.
1t Is to Be Moved from the Passen.
ger Station.

The coal way-bill office Of the Lacka-
wanna road is to be removed from the
passenger station building on Lacka-
wanna avenue to the freight depot, a
few rods away.
Chief Detective O'Keefe and his force
will occupy the present way-bill office
as soon as the removal can be made,
which it is thought will be about Sep
tember
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
Heart Lake Sunday, August 27.

The Lackawanna Railroad offers an
other opportunity to the public for a
days outing at one of the prettiest re-
sorts in Northeastern Pennsylvania at
the small cost of 75 cents for the round
trip. Train leaves Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western station at 900 q,
nj.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
Smoke the Popular Punch Cigar, 100
A Card.

We, the undersigned. do hereby agree
TO refund the money on a 50-cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup OF Tar II IL
fails TO cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 2j-cent bottle TO prove salts
factory or money refunded J. G. Bone a
Son, Dunmore. Pa John +. Donahue,
Scranton. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
VETTER SAFE AND
HOMEWARD BOUND
LETTERS RECEIVED CONFIRM
THE TRIBUNE's STORY.

According to Mr.. Vetter's Letters
only six of the Party, Inclusive of
Captain Bens, Are Dead - Full
Story of Their Terrible Experience
Cannot Be Told, as a Letter Has
Miscarried Which Contained De-
tails-Substanc of Four Letters
Mrs. Vetter Has Received.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
Great Auction Sale.

OF so Nebraska horses, at Cusick's old
stand Scranton, Saturday, August 26.
Stevens, Seaman e. Moffitt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23
FIVE COMRADES DIED.

In the second letter he tells of the
death OF five of his comrades. Captain
Charles Smith and Frank Johnson, Of
Port Blakely, Washington; Joseph J.
can McCole, of Rockford, ILL.,: and
Frank Kudor, of Bay City, Mich. All
perished of scurvy, resulting from
their food and medicine playing out.
Mr. Vetter also tells of having heard
of the death of Captain Bens, but no.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23

Smoke the Hotel Jermyn Cigar, 1Oc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-23

Beecham's Pills for stomach and
liver ills.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

| A Marinette man named Shaughenessy
has gone to South Africa to join the
| Boer army.
Bert Snyder who was hunting near
Bayfield,, was accidentally shot and in
stantly killed this week.
The A Richmond Shoe company of
GAINESVILLE recently failed with liabilities
of Sl1 900 and assets amounting to So 600
James Manion took dose of carbolic
acid by mistake at Lac du Flambeau,on
Saturday last and soon after died from
the effects of it.
A tramp printer named Frank Davis
had both legs cut off while attempting
to board a train at Hudson ON Saturday
night He died.
Eustatia Dreiss of Green Bay a little
child years old, was SO severely burn
ed on Monday that she died. She was
playing around a Christmas tree and her
clothing caught fire.
Ismael Litto, "A farmer who lived near
Marshtield was found ON Friday last
with his head crushed by a falling tree,
He was working alone in the woods and
had been dead for several hours before
bis body was found.
Michael Khila, a laboreI 60 years old.
was found frozen stiff in an open field
where he lay from midnight until !
| O'Clock Christmas morning, near Eau
Claire, While preparations for an in
quest were in progress he thawed out
and sat up. He will recover.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS THAT
CONTAIN MERCURY,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except ON prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fotd to the
good You can possibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
Ct. j. Cheney Il Co, Toledo. @. contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall 5
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by f. J. Cheney q Co
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price Zoe. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best
dec Is
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
NOTES FROM MAPLE GROVE,

Mr. Sheridan of Chicago visited rela
/ tives here Christmas.
Prin O. NJ Morrissey of Chiffon il
visiting relatives here
Nick Monahan of Green Bay is visit
ing friends at Wayside.
Midnight mass was celebrated ut
Maple Grove Christmas
A dance will be given in Jos. Zahorik s
hall ON Tuesday evening next.
Willie Morrissey, astudent of the Osh-
kosh Normal, is home for vacation.
Mr. Buboltz who was so severely injur-
ed, is reported to be doing well and will
recover.
An effort is being made to organize a
literary society in Dist No |, Maple
Grove The movement should be en-
couraged.
OMamie Guhin pleased her pupils last
Friday by having Christmas tree. The
exercises in connection with it, We're
very good
A play will be presented at Wayside,
Jan. >. entitled The Deacon's Tribula-
lations. A dance will be held on the
following evening.
A shocking accident occurred here last
week. While cutting feed Daniel heefe
had his hand caught in the machine.
Before it could be released the hand was
cut off above the wrist The patient is
doing we'll under the care of DR.. Nc
Comb.
Willie Brennan arrived home last Sat
urday His sister, Mamie arrived homs
the same day from Menominee where
she has been teaching. Bonnie comes
from Iowa to spend Christmas at home,
aud John completed the family circle
Monday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

THE Pilots prediction that no atten
ton would be paid the debate on the lie
gal standard bill has been fully verified
But Indifference went still farther. The
large majority cast III favor of the gold
standard excited no comment, The
democrats who voted for it have not
come III for a particle Of censure. The
fact is the silver question is not only
dead but it is buried and any attempt t.
revive it will be regarded as body snatch
ing. Let the party keep on approach
ing its old position and its chances for
success in 1900 will be greatly increased.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
RELIEF In SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure. y
This new remedy is "a great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness i'll
relieving gain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages in male or female. 1t relieves re.
tention of water and pain in passing il
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your only semedy
Sold by F. c, Buerstatte, Druggist, Mani
towoc, Wis If
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
WHO NOW?

There are signs of the times whlc.i
men may read intelligentlyif they arr
more anxious to learn than determinedt
direct. For some time it was appareI
that interest i'll the free coinage of silver
was ON the wane. The Indifference ha
its inception among the people, but thu
silver leaders refused TO feel the public
pulse and thought the issue had capacit.
to stir enthusiasm equal to what it had
iii 1896.
They begin to perceive now that inter
est in the free coinage of silver Is declin-
ing. when the process is complete ana
interest in free silver is dead. They do
not perceive the corollary of this, and
that is the popularity of Bryanis follow
inc the declinat1on Of silver. His Is no
longer a name TO conlure by, and the
sober sense of democrats of the country
perhaps mconsciously but none the
less certainly. is setting against him,
1t is not a reyulsion in the sense of being
precipitate It is a steady movement
and steadily gaining momentum. These
slow movements are never checked as
the impellent force is devoid of passio.!
and is not Intermittent.
The silver leaders will not perceive
this movement until the force which is
urging it has completed its work
The fact is that during and since 1886
democratic leaders thought the surest
road to success was through the peoples
passions. prejudices and hostility toward
conditions in their nature evanescent.
They forgot that the peoples Judgment
is the only safe groundwork of any poi
icy. Mr.. Bryan was an excellent expo
nent Of the idea that temporary ebullltlon
may prove safe party measure. His was
the policy of denunciation and II must
be said as tribute to his ability that he
kept up the effervescent spirit to such \
degree. and for such length, that it did
seem To have become fixed character
istic of large portion Of the American
people.
But steady Judgment is again assert
ing itself and when it becomes asSertive
Mr. Bryan's supremacy ends. He can
not survive the death of free silver and
the issues associated with it. He has
played his part. played it well and bill
II. = e., |, lan H. ll
cause he is a stranger to the new ideas
which are controlling peoples minds
He may not be "A broad enough man TO
perceive this. He has not grown less
popular hut he is less trusted. Popular
itv and confidence are not synonyms in
the peoples Judgment A review of the
situation is demanded in view OF the
changes being effected.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

THE editor of The Chronicle does not
make use of his mathematical powers
when in speaking of the increased pur-
chasing power of the dollar. he says the
toll which should produce it should be
less He would destroy the equality OF
the equation. If days labor earns 81. %
and this will purchase sack of -four,
there certainly should not be less labor
expended to secure the 81 30 if it will
purchase two sacks Of -four.
Then as to debt paying power. All
obligations are debts. The man who
pays cash is in debt for brief interval
Why should the person who postpones
paying have his earnings given the quail
ity of increased paying power? A man
who contracts debt receives something
on credit. II he is what in commerce
al parlance is called good, he gets on
his credit goods equal in value to the
high purchasing price OF the dollar he
promises TO pay. Why should he not
pay the dollar which was used as the
measure of the value of the article he
received? If man borrows $3.50 each
of which has high purchasing power
and expends it in purchases, he has de
rived all the advantages which come
from the intrinsic value of the money
he borrowed Why should he be made
the special pet of Legislation and be per
mitted to cancel his debt by toll less than
it cost to produce the money he had
from another?
There is nothing more harmful than
legislation ON false basis, 1t will al
ways ultimately fail of its purpose
though at the outset it may do incalcu-
liable harm. There cannot be two kinds
of law one for the frugal and another
for the improvident.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

THE first assistant postmaster general
has ruled that married women are not
to he employed in postotfices. Those
who are employed even though married
are eligible. But girl who marries if
in the service must quit her job. Is this
saying that want Of deserving is shown
by entering the marital state! Or is the
Roberts episode expanding to such an
extent that even monogamy is to be
treated Us an offensey The ruling will
discourage marriage as q government
position is generally preferable to II huS
band
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28
THOSE WHO COME BACK.

The holiday season is not an opportunF
time for political contention or contro-
versy on governmental policies The
thoughts turn to local matters and hear
tv greetings are favorable to reminis
cnnce. If thoughts do not from the
promptings of,the season weave the wool
os the present into the web of the past,
the presence of those who return to the
cradle home bereft of local prejudice,
the meeting old time friends with the
friendliness of past recollections from
which every faint of difference is remov-
ed, cannot fail to link the past with the
present and bring up thoughts of WHAT
might have been,
Some good blood IF Manitowoc has
been transfused to the veins of other cit
les, and it has helped materially to build
up the industrial system of these places.
We are not conscious of the loss of pow
er, until that power manifests itself in
the presence of the individual who has
achieved success elsewhere where oppor
tunitv was not withheld We feel what
we have lost when we contemplate their
achievements in the line of industrial
and professional activity to which we
have contributed nothing and in the
benefit of which we have no share
Many young men have left Manitowoc
who have attained distinction in almost
every line Of human activity If the
reputation they earned and the business
they command We're local contribution
to their native city, what giant step in
progress would be made.
Opportunity was denied them here and
they sought other fields Their depart
ure, as subsequent events proved. was our
loss not heirs We cannot afford to ex-
patriate good blood, but we do it by not
furnishing opportunity for the exercise
it demands 1t is like good coin; it will
not circulate ON parity with the baser
stuff
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

THE prospectus of The Springfield Re
publican appears in this issue. The writ
er has been subscriber of The Repub-
lican for p years, 1t is the cleanest,
ablest and most independent paper in the
United States, and its English is classic
in its purity, The student will find the
editorial pages of The Republican as
valuable in improving his style az a
study of Adlison, Several young men
throughout the state have taken The
Republican on the writer's recommend
alton and not one of them has discontin-
ned it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

A LETTER from General Lawton was
read at Il banquet given by the New
England Society at New York ON Friday
evening last. 1t was written only few
weeks before he was shot In it he stat
Cd positively that the Philippine war
was protracted solely because of the en-
enlargement the insurgents are receiv
ing from the United States. The letter
has caused the greatest sensation and if
it viii be proved genuine will be a hard
blow to anti-imperialists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

Mrs. LELAND STANFORD is now Who'll
~ destitute of property. She has trans
ferred every vestige of her property t.
the University which bears her sons
name The deed conveying the real es
tate required $1,000 in revenue stamps.
She had before transferred her personal
property amounting to SO, 000. 600 to the
University. She has contract allow
ing her So 900 per year during her life
She can no longer be deemed fit object
of attack by populists, as she has shorr
horself of immense wealth. The wisdom
of her course is, to say the least ques
tionable. and certainly will not secure
the approval shown by imitation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

THE Milwaukee Sentinel made a de
termined fight against the passage of the
ordinance granting extended franchises
tothe Street Railway company. Though
it failed to defeat the measure its inau-
ence was sensibly felt and the ordinance
was passed with much mis- ,5ivines on
the part Of those who voted for it.
Few people outside of Milwaukee have
given attention sufficient to understand
the merits of the contention.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

KENTUCKY has surprised the entire
country. Bloodshed was confidently ex-
pected III that state because of the close
ness of the election The Goebel law
was pronounced by republicans part of
the democratic machine to count in de
feated democrats But democratic
board practically invited by charges
of corrupt purpose, under a law which
was widely advertised as corrupt means
of falsifying election returns, declares
the republican state ticket elected Con
trast this with republican procedure in
1896
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-28

FINANCIERS are busying themselves
with queries as to the cause Of the panic
of few weeks ago which fortunately
was limited to dealers in stocks and did
not seriously affect other industrial in
terests. The panic was really from ABOUT
the same cause Us that of 1887, a relun-
dancy of money, resulting in speculation
and abnormally high and constantly
growing prices