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New-York tribune., 1899-07-30

living in the vicinity. Major Donald Ross, an
army surgeon in India, declared three years ago
that he had experimental with the parasites
and had administered to natives water which
he had artifcially contaminated with 'malaral-
lied mosquitoes" The natives developed ma
lara. OF course, IL such experiments were con-
Quoted with proper care and in sufficient num-
bers they would show that the mosquito might
perform the mischevous function with which
il was credited. although it would still remain
a question how far its activity extended and
whether other agencies were not much more in
nuential in disseminating the microbes AS yet
this point has not been cleared up satisfacto-
rily.
One weak feature of the case was the discov
cry by sceptics that malaria was often lack
ing in certain localities where the mosquito was
much in evidence Major Ross met this fact
only a few weeks ago in an address before the
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine on this
occasion he expressed the belief that it was
necessary to distinguish carefully between two
genera of mosquitoes. Culex and Anopheles. The
former breeds in wells. cisterns. tubs and other
artificial reservoirs of water and hence might
be called the domestic mosquito. The latter
does not breed in vessels or artificial collections
Of water 1t is i wilder and more rural mem
Der Of the family
THE INNOCENT DOMESTIC INSECT
Major Ross holds the genus Culex innocent
of any share In distributing malaria, and in
diets only the genus Anopheles If he is correct
in this view of 20 matter the distinction serves
as an important guide in measures for the ex-
termination Of mosquitoes The domestic va
riety would still be a source Of annoyance but
not Of danger And it would only be to the
breeding places Of the other kind that intelli-
gent effort would be directed.
The pond or puddle in which the disease bear
ing mosquito lays its eggs, according to the
English surgeon. must be large enough to allow
the Larvae to mature and yet not be big enough
to foster minnows. which would destroy the
laryfp before they develop into mosquitoes. Ma
Tor Ross regards the breeding places OF the genus
Anopheles as comparatively few In number
and easily dealt with. He thinks that 1t would
he quite practicable to exterminate malaria by
getting rid Of these centres Of infection. Com
mentng on these utterances. Mature" says
If it can be shown (by the West African expe-
dition or otherwise) that all the malaria in
large town arises from few puddles which can
be obterated at a small expense, the value OF
the discovery could not be overestimated-
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NEW-YORK NEWSBOYS.
THE KIND OF STUFF THE STRIKERS
ARE MADE OF.

THERE ARE SAID TO BE FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN
"THE PRoFEssIoN"-ETHIcs OF THE CALL
ING-rHE UNION AND IT'S OFFICERS
The New York newsboy has for many yeas
been an important and conspicuous figure in
metropolitan street scenes. but he came into
extraordinary prominence last week on account
Of the strike which managed on the same
lines as that Of the streetcar employees, but
with better judgment and less venom The
grievances Of the boys were few, but they were
considered serious enough for war, and when
that was declared every boy felt himself SOL
der ready to follow the command Of the hastily
appointed leaders. and the dangers Of life and
limb and the pecuniary losses were not taken
into consideration when there appeared
chance to gain their point Certain evening
papers are sold to them at 60 cents hundred.
and they wanted them for 10 cents less. In
order to bring the publishers to terms the
boys refused to sell the papers, and like other
strikers. made desperate efforts to prevent
others from taking their places. The scale OK
prices for papers to the newsboys has been fixed
so that they can make fair profit on their
sales They pay two cents for three cent pa,
pers. one cent for two cent papers. and most of
the one cent papers cost them one-half cent
The newspaper habit is 80 well developed 10
the people Of NewYOrk that the newsboy has
become A necessity and there are few places
in the city where he can not be found during all
hours Of the day and until late at night. 1t re.
aures no city license nor permit from tha
Health Department to become vender Of pa
pers. and hundreds Of little children are sent
out with a few cents every morning by needy
people to buy and sell papers, and by that
means help toward the support of the family.
But having the necessary capital is not all that
the newsboy requires. He must have a place
to sell his papers, ana if he ntrudes upon the
territory Of some newsbOy who has already
worked the ground and established trade he
must be prepared to fight for the place or IN
some way compromise with the little merchant
who is already established there. II the corner
or the block is a paying one the original news
boy may take the new one into his employ at
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MOSQUITO AND MALARIA.
T4Ic OLD INDICTMENT RECENTLY RE-
VISED.

SURGEON MAJOR ROSS EXCULPATEs ONE GENUS
AND CONFINES HIS CHARGE TO ANOTHER
The notion that the mosquito is not merely
N accompaniment but agent for the dis
semination of malaria is far from having been
established to the satisfaction Of medical men.
But il has just received the degree Of recogni-
tiop which is involved in the organizat on of
Az expedition from England to South Africa,
mainly for the purpose of investigating the mat
ter.
The vast extent OF British possessions in hot
climates long ago warranted a special study by
English experts of the maladies peculiar to-
those parts of the globe. But only of late have
schools devoted exclusively TO tropical diseases
been opened on the other side Of the Atlantic.
II ia under the auspices of one Of these institu
tons that the inquiry just referred to is to be
made To be sure there are other maladies
common in hot climates which are more fatal
and which would seem to deserve more atten-
ton But it would be hard to name any that
Is more prevalent causes more actual dls-
tress short Of death. than malaria. 1t manifests
itself too. in such variety of ways that IL IS
often a difficult thing to recognize and control
When the doctrine that mosquitoes were
largely responsible for malaria was first ad-
yanced il found its chief corrOboration in the
fact that a parasite that seems to be peculiar
TO the disorder in question had been discovered
residing in mosquitoes. This circumstance alone
would net prove anything. for one might mag
Inc that the mosquitoes were merely VICTIMS
and sufferers and not active means in the
further propagation of the pest Laveran. who
found the germ of malaria in the stomach OF
the mosquito nearly twenty years ago. got so far
but no further.
TWO MEANS OF INFECTION
Long afterward Dr. Patrick Manson sug
eested that the germs might be conveyed to
human subject in two ways. The infected IN
sect. soon after having laid its eggs IN poho'
died and its body then disintegrated. The sur
yiving parasites would eventually be Liberated
and scattered in the water. If any Of the huid
was drunk by man the germs would be trans
ported to his system. Again. the pond might
dry up and the sediment at the bottom might
be blown about as dust and inhaled Ny people
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MODERN SPANISH TORTURE.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
In view Of the inquiry which it is understood
has been granted by the Spanish Government
into the charges Of tOrturing prisoners in the
casemates of Monjuich. it may be Of interest to
set out some Of the items in the indictment
made against the authorities. 1t is said in the
first place, that a reward Of 10000 pesetas was
offered TO any iail official who could extort an
avowal Of guilt from a prisoner. Acting under
this stimulus, the jaers stated to have
forced the wretched creatures under their CON
troll to run round their cells day and night for
eighty hours at stretch, heavy whips being
used TO keep the victims awake. The officials
are also said to have deprived them of all food
save salt stOckfish and ardent spirits. confess
sion being the price Of a glass OF water. Not
a few paid it. slaked their thirst, and, it is con-
tended were summarily shot.
1t is further alleged that wedges were driven
under the nails of prisoners with hammers, and
allowed to remain until the nails sloughed away.
Even more horrible mutilatiOnS are stated not
to have been uncommon. one OF the most cruel
devices borrowed from the Inquistion. was 1t
is affirmed a machine like a Divers helmet,
fitted with a tube allowing the victim to breathe.
while a screw compressed slowly the sides and
top thus producing incOnceivable agony. One
prisoner, Moras. is stated 10 have undergone this
torture M re than once, and TO have been driven
mad by IL
New-York tribune., 1899-07-30

sURGEON MAJOR ROSS EXCULPATEs ONE GENU
AND CONFINES HIS CHARGE TO ANOTHER
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS,

Misses Grace Ayers. of BelnerVille.
n. j., Hattie BeVan and Dena Rosen-
Grams. of Pittston, who are the guests
Of Miss Mabel Spencer, of Jackson
street We're rendered a reception on
Friday evening by the young friends
Of Miss Spencer.
Miss Louisa COrless and Samuel
Costlett will be united in marriage at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs a. B. Holmes,
on South Main avenue, Wednesday
evening at o'clock.
H. II. Bamford. of South Main ave-
nue.. is recovering from the effects Of
an operation performed a few days
ago.
Mrs Louis Morse, of Jackson street,
is visiting her daughter of Cohoes, N.
Y.
John Simmons and son, Harry, of
ShamOkin, are visiting Mrs. Fred Da-
Wis, of North Sumner avenue.
Mrs. Grant Corbin, of North Sumner
avenue, is entertaining Mrs. Michael
Nauman, of Mt. Pocono.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bedell, Of Philadcl-
pha. are the guests of Mrs. Elizabeth
Long, Of North Main avenue.
Miss Kate Ackerman. OF Poughkeep-
sic, n. Y, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Chase, of North Main avenue.
Thomas Vaughn, of Pittston, and
William Bayard, of Dunmore, called
on friends i'm town Yesterday.
NJ. L. BeynOn, of Lansford Carbon
county, is visiting relatives on Eynon
street.
Mrs. Patrick Burke and daughter,
Mrs. HaWley, Of Pittston, are the
guests of relatives on Luzerne street.
Mrs. John Gagan, Of Pittston, is being
entertained by Mrs. Patrick Gallagher,
Of Jackson street.
Miss Priscilla Morgan, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her parents on North
Fillmore avenue.
John Flanagan, of Elk lake, Wayne
| county, is the guest of Michael Fahey
| Of North Main avenue.
Miss Emma Swartz, of Shenandoah
| is visiting Mrs. Ida Shear, Of South
| Main avenue.
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SOUTH SCRANTON.
James Mangan Seriously Injured in
a Runaway Saturday Night-Mr.
Michael Spindler's Two Sons Dead.
other Items of Interest.

James Mangan, a driver for the
Casey and Kelley brewery, received
serious injuries Saturday night in a
runaway.
His team is very spirited and often
attempted to get away, While driv-
ing along Cedar avenue the horses
made dash near the Christ Lutheran
church. Mr.. Mangan gained control Of
them and soon brought them to an Or
binary HaCe. Near Locust street an
other and successful effort was made
to get away. The animals, in their
maddcned chase, collided with a tele.
graph pole. Mangan and two men with
him were jetked from their high seats,
He was thrown under the wagon and
the rear portion Of it passed over his
legs. The other two escaped with slight
injury.
Mangan was removed to his home
where he was attended by DIR. Walsh.
The examination did not show tiny
fractured bones, yet 1t is feared thas he
is injured internally.
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SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The Pastors Aid society of the Court
Street Methodist Episcopal church has
arranged for a lawn social at Trips
park, Thursday afternoon, from to
S o'clock. A fine supper will be served
and also ice cream and Strawberries.
Rev. IT. V. Evans, of Wales, who is
making a tour Of the Baptist churches
of this country and who was expected
to reach here and preach at the Bap-
tist church on Wayne avenue this
evening, Is unable TO arrive here to-
day, but will arrive tomorrow and
preach in the evening in above named
church.
Providence Conclave of HeptasophS
will meet at the auditorium tomorrow
evening. Several candidates will be
initiated and there will be a general
good time.
Attorney a. \. NoSburg has received
his commission as district deputy grand
master of the I. O. Q. +. ana is now
prepared to grant all dispense tions,
etc, in accordance with the laws Of
the order and to perform any other
duty which may devolve upon him.
Wednesday evening an ice cream
and strawberry social will he held un-
der the auspices Of the First Baptist
church, Wayne avenue. The same
evening two contests will be decided.
Friends Of Rev. II. PeckOver will
be pleased TO learn that he is meet
ing with gratifying success in his new
field at Meshoppen. Mr.. Peckover was
formerly pastor of the Puritan Congre-
gational church on West Market
street.
John Gallagher, who signed as sec
ohd baseman for Scranton and was
farmed to the Lawrence, Mass, club
returned home Saturday.
The Citizens band of this place. will
give an open air concert this week
under the direction of Prof. George
Crump.
The Crystal erary and Dramatic
club will hold an important meeting
this evening.
The Rev. Y. Valentine Evans, Of
Wales, who is now on a visit 10 this
country, will preaSl at Providence
this evening, as announced in the pap
ers Saturday He will preach tomor-
row evening at the First Welsh Bap-
! tist church, Wayne avenue,
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PERSONALS.

John Regan, of Oak street is con-
valescing after an illness of several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Grfiths, Of
Wayne avenue, Visiteu relatives in
Old Forge yesterday,
Mrs. Harris, Of Stroudsburg, ie the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Louise Pow
ELL of Brick avenue.
Miss Nellie Kain, Of Ashley, has re-
turned home after n visit with her
cousin, Miss Agnes Davitt, Of Olyphant
road.
Misses Name MCGOWAN and May
Boland, Of McDonough avenue, spent
yesterday in Taylor.
Misses Alice and May Jones, OF Tay-
lor, spent yesterday with Miss Jennie
Evans, of West Market street.
Mrs. T. ID. James, of West Market
street, spent yesterday with her daugh-
ter, Mrs w. j. Wilson, of Dickson.
Miss Gertrude James, of West Mar
ket street, spent yesterday in Price
burgA
Miss Lizzie Davis, of Taylor, spent
yesterday with Miss Lottie Bray, of
North Main avenue.
Miss Eva Williams, OF Pittston, is
the guest of friends on Green street,
Miss Matte Risley. OF Shamokin, is
the guest OF Miss Nellie Davis, of
North Main avenue.
Mrs. Robert Hill and two children,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Twiss, Of Amelia avenue
p. II. Kearney, of Yard street, and
Andrew Whitehead, of Spring street
spent yesterday at Rock lake,
Mrs. Margaret Tierney anu daugh-
ter. of Ashley, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. James Healey, of Green street,
Mr.. and Mrs, John j. Murphy, of
Ashley. are visiting friends here.
Mr.. James Brace, of Williams street
has returned home from weeks visit
with friends in Danville.
Mrs. Gwen Morgans, OF Hazleton, is
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Lewis
of Summit avenue.
w. T. Evans, of Leggett street, has
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-12
LICENSE LAWS STILL IN FORCE
Opinion Given by City Solicitor Nc
Ginley to the Mayor.

Recently Mayor Toir addressed a
communication to City Solicitor Nc
Ginley with a view to ascertaining II
the license laws referred to in Tor
rey's Digest are still in operation. on
Saturday he received the following an
swer:
Hon. James Moir, mayor.
Dear Sir:-The license ordinances 10
which you have called my attention,
approved in 1866, 1867, 1881 and 1884, pro-
Viding for the collection of a license tax
from auctioneers and others, have never
been repealed and are therefore in
force.
Paragraph OF the ordinance OF 1881
declares that the license tax
shall be appraised by the mercantile
appraiser last appointed, and annually
thereafter to be appointed by the select
council of the city Of Scranton, who
shall make said appraisement on be-
half Of the city, etc. Inasmuch as the
Office of mercantile appraiser in this
instance is created by ordinance, 1t is
within the provisions of Section 6, Ar
ticle Z, Act May 23, 1889, which states
that the mayor shall nominate and by
and with the advice of the select cOun-
ell appoint all subordinate officers OF
the city whose offices are created by or
dinance."
Very respectfully yours,
M. A. Mckinley, City Solicitor.
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with an abundance OF flags and wild
flowers. Thousands listened to the ex-
ccllent programme of popular music
given. Professor Lawrence gave the
concert in honor of the Fourteen
Friends.
Charles Schenck, of Birch street the
shoe dealer, will leave for Lancaster to-
day to represent Nay Aug Tribe l40 I'M
proved order of Red Men, at the sit
ting of the grand council of this state,
held there this week.
Rev. Peter Christ, of St. Mary's
church, was at Pittston last night and
preached at the forty hours devotion
services held in the German Catholic
church OF that city.
The funeral of ReinhOld Saar was
held from his late home on Alder street
yesterday afternoon and was largely
attended. Services were held at the
Hickory Street Presbyterian church.
Interment was made in the Pittston
avenue cemetery.
Edwin Frable and William Smith,
select and common counciImen respec-
lively of the Nineteenth ward will
place a force of twenty men at work
this morning repairing the streets of
their ward.
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Lackawanna street, Olyphant, to Mary
Sweeney.
The respondents bill Of particulars
in the Eighth ward contest for the
constable was filed Saturday.
rule was granted Saturday on mo-
tion OF Hon. j. G. Vaughan to compel
the plaintiff and sequestrator in the
case of Luziarius Meyer against Ter
renee Rafferty, to show cause why the
appointment Of the sequestrator should
not be set aside.
A verdict for the defendant was rem
dered Saturday in the trespass case
Of a. s. Myers against William p.
Lifts. The plaintiff sued to recover
damages for farm stock and imple-
ments which were taken from the Vos-
burg farm at Clark's Summit, for which
the defendant was agent and the plain
tiff occupant. The question hinged
on whether or not the plaintiff had a
lease, as he claimed and the defendant
denied.
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GREEN RIDGE.

Mrs. NJ. Griffin, of Monsey avenue,
has returned from Pittston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Kimble spent
yesterday in Wyoming.
George Palmer, of Madison avenue,
and Miss Dorothea Murrea, of the West
Side, We're married in New York city
last Monday. They will reside on
Madison avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stevens, Of
Perth Amboy, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Orr, of New York street.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union gave the Lelaware and Hudson
railroad men buttOn-hOle bouquet with
text cards and white ribbons attached
on Saturday. This week the street
car men viii receive the same atten-
tiOn.
g. w. Miller. of Breaker street, is
visiting in Honesdale.
Soda water at Manners pharmacy,
the best in Green Ridge; our sales
prove it. -
b. f. Killam, Of Paupack, is visiting
friends here.
w. {. Reynolds, of New York street,
spent Saturday at Jermyn.
Patrolman Palmer has returned from
his vacation and resumed his beat
Saturday evening.
Mrs. John Capwell, OF Adams ave-
nue., has returned from a weeks So
| journ in Boston.
Rev. Nj. d. Fuller, d. d., of OWego
spent Sunday here.
Mrs. p. X. Potter, of MOnsey ave-
| nue., is visiting friends in Benton.
N. c. Benson, Of Marion street, is In
| Benton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Potter, OF Madi'
sonville, spent Sunday with his par
| ents on Monsey avenue.
Imperial Queen Hair Tonic at Man
ners' pharmacy, 920 Green Ridge street
the greatest hair grower known. SOC
| bottle. I"
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ment on South Main avenue and Jack
sor street which was torn up by them.
The Barber company made the repairs.
Ripple division, No. As, Sons of Tenn
peranCe, held a business meeting and
social session Saturday evening.
A rose social win be held at the home
of Robert Peckens, on North Lincoln
avenue, this evening, under the direc-
tiOn of the Sunday school class of the
First Baptist church, taught by Mrs.
u. G. Williams. Cake, lemonade and a
rose will be given for ten cents. Ice
cream will be for sale.
a siX-months-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. ]. Williams, of South Hyde
Park avenue, died yesterday. The
funeral will occur at 40 o'clock thi,
afternoon. Interment in Washburn
street cemetery.
A. B. Eynon has been chosen as dele
gate from the Plymouth Congregational
church to the Congregational conven-
tion to be held at Mt Carmel.
The funeral of William McDonOugh
viii be held this morning. The remains
will be taken to Holy Cross church at
Q o'clock and interment will afterwards
be made In Cathedral cemetery.
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Rev. Thomas De Gruchy, of the
jackson Street Baptist church,
preached q sermon last evening on the
supremacy of Christ" taking his text
from Philippians ii, gil verses. The
speaker in part, said:
Among the stately utterances of
Paul setting forth the supremacy OF
Jesus. there are none comparable to the
crystalline passage of our text. With
a bold and vigorous eloquence, rich
and joyous rythm. a soul aglow with
light, he proClaims the sovereign power
of Jesus.
'It is a choral outburst, the center
and climax of his sayings. 1t seems
the more remarkable when we think of
the age in which it was uttered. The
triumphal march of Christ through
nearly twenty centuries, gathering
around him the brightest intellects and
the purcst souls. rubs the prophetic
statement of Paul of its original start
ling effect, as time robs roses of their
perfumes. With us the supremacy Of
Jesus is a fact of history.
THE moral movements of the world
confirm it and tell us how 1t is fast
becoming a universal fact. But Paul
declared it at the beginning of Chris
tldnltE, when all Dblllltdl anu TtllS-
iOus institutions were hostile to Jesus,
and when to be a follower meant eX
pulsion from the literary and fashion
able circles.
But the apostle speaks Of Jesus as
having n name more exalted than any
other, a name to brighten in splendor
by the inflowing tides of civilization
ADJ the onward march of events, ead
could you marshall together all the
magnificent fora of tropical and equa-
torial regions ana weave the flowers Of
every hue into q garland. the beauty
would not equal the beauty for which
his name stands.
Underneath all forms Of justice,
truth and grace is this wonderful
name. You cannot blot it out. Men
have tried it. but vain and fruitless
have been their best efforts. The
names of kings carved in stones and
brass have been efflced, but the name
of Jesus. written on the tablet of hui
man souls, inwOven and interviewer
with all that is sacred and pure, will
never be lost.
Commencing life at the lowest
round, Graded in n manger, yet
raised to the throne of universal do
minion, the swaddlinG clothes became
the garments of a king and a con-