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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27
Remembering the Maine.

T> IIF HIGH honors to he paid
at Arlington cemetery TO.
4 morrow by president. cab
met and representative Cit-
zens to the recovered bodies of the
victims of the explosion underneath
the battleship Maine will command the
sympathetic appreciation of the nation
and pass into history as another fine
proof, such as we are having in abunl-
ance these days, that there is at least
one republic which Is net ungrateful
1t will soon be two years since this
splendid battleship. under command ot
the intrepid Sigsbce. set forth upon
her final commission as n constituent
of the American navy. Yet what
mass Of vital historic achievement is
compacted within that brief interval!
No other two years since the nations
birth were 50 pregnant with great con-
sequences or so richly endowed with
fcats OF signal manhood. Little dil
the most prascient American then fore.
see Of the tremendous sweep Of coming
events which was to cxtiuguish the
last remnants of SPANS memorable
sOve,aignty in the New World, wrest
from her cruel clutch the richest
island empire in tine Cricnt and trans
pose the rank and prestige of the then
partly dormant United states.
When after the intolerable treachery
and swift, was entered upon, its shib-
boleth on land and sea was "Remem-
Der the Maine" And never for an IN
slant has the Maine been forgotten.
The memory of that awful tragedy was
with Dewey at Manila: II rerved the
vigilance of Sampson during the long
watch at Santiago: it aimed the dead
~ guns when finally Cervera came
forth. and from hero to hero, or block
gde or picket line in camp or ON bat
tie field, in the West ana in the far
East, it went its never ending round
rs marvellous inspiration. The
American people had the holiest Of
rights to remember ana avenge the
Maine. Could they forget the Anglo
Saxon manhood which. in the lurlI
glare Of that unparalleled crime, with
his ship and crew torn to pieces be-
fore him. under a strain not TO DO
conceived. directed Captain Sigsbee' 8
pen to wori that epic dispatch beg
gins bis, countrymen TO suspend judg,
ment until the facts were known?
Could they dismiss from memory tho
faithful ministrations os that devoted
chaplain az. all unmindful Of his own
safetys he comforted the wounded
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27
Building for the Future.

a MONG THE first things
" which Genera, Wood pro.
a poses {" do rs military gov
crnnr of C,ubn is 70 Amerl-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27
One Happy Day.

T OTHING WHICH the Saliva
tion army has done in long
time is more to it's credit
than the effort which u
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27
The Curfew Law,

v " = HEN IN DOUBT as to a
\N proposed measure Of
government, 1t is we'll to
consider first principles.
Those who advocate and those who
oppose the enactment Of n law com.
pelling boys and girls under 16 years
of age, and girls more especially. to
furnish an excuse for their naOitual
presence upon the street after cor
tain time of night are advised to sub
NIT their dispute to this arbitrament.
There are few general principles
which bear directly upon this subject,
as. for example:
U) The government is not to take
the parents place save when forced
by manifest necessity. It Is the pa
ents place tn educate the offspring
But We know that so many parents
failed to perform this obvious duty
that finally the state had to intervene
with compulsory education law
whicn. although strcnuously opposed,
has since It's enactment upon the whole
worked well and eommcnded itself to
the judicious. The parallel between
parental neglect of the educational
duty and parental neglect Of supervi-
sion over children's morals is perfect
Il is common knowledge that hundreds
of young girls in our city nightly, dur
ing scasonable weather, loiter in pub
lie places. to no good purpose ami AZ
considerable risk. Has not the govern
ment the right to do for the public
welfare, so far as it may, what the
careless parent fails to do?
(2) The state must not sacrifice in
dividual freedom unless necessary for
the general welfare. Isolated cases Of
hardship might result from the cur.
few law in Scranton. Here or there a
boy or girl might disobey with inno-
cent intent and be subjected to an
noyance. Much would depend as to
the discretion with which it was en-
forced; it would put into the hands
of unprincipled officials considerable
weapon for the venting of small spites
The public would have remedy for
that at the next ensuing municipal
election if not by means of a more
immediate appeal to headquarters. But
would the unfair eXaCtion~ of the law
in few instances be outweighed, and
largely outweighed, upon the whole,
by the benefits which would follow in the
checking in downward careers of many
of the habitual loiterers who at pres
ent are taking the initiatory degrees II
vice? If so, then the laws enactment
and enforcement would find justifiCa-
ton in its results.
We are impressed with the recon-
mendations in evidence in favor of the
curfew experiment; but the matter is
of sufficient Importance to deserve
careful investigation before definite ac-
tiOn is taken. 1t ought to be cOmpar-
atively easy to ascertain from reliable
sources how the experiment has
worked elsewhere.
Colonel Bryan exhibits an air of un-
certainty these days as he endeavors
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27

HF HIGH honors to be paid
at Arlington cemetery to-
a morrow by president. cab
o,1 al -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27

than the effort which Il
made on Christmas day in every city
where it is represented to feed the
poor. In the aggregate many hun
dred thousands of dinners were TINS
served to persons who would other
wise in all probability have gone hun.
Gry and known Of the day only as a
burlesque upon the principles it is sup
posed to typify and commemorate. In
the larger cities, like New York. Phil
adelphia and Chicago, the army sue
cessfully carried out most elaborate
arrangements and in the smaller places
where It's opportunities and resources
were both more limited it did what il
could, and did that Well. Mary other
religious and philanthropic orCaniza-
tions also took hold of the duties of
he day aggressively and went to TN
usual lengths in making it a hapny
Christmas to the poor and unfortun-
ate; and the volume of individual gem
erosity was probably larger than ever
before in the history of the United
Sta1es. Thus, owing to these various
influences and helped on by the splen-
did distribution of prosperity when
has come within the past year, Christ
mas day, 1899, touched the high water
mark of joyousness and good cheer:
and there is no reason why If this
spirit is kept up every day may NOT
be Christmas by and by.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27
A VERY UNIQUE
SCHOOL BUILDING
WHAT NEW YORK SUN SAYS OF
A LOCAL INSTITUTION.

A Correspondence School with Cap
ital of $1,000, ,ooo-The Large In
stitution That Has Sprung Up
Here in Eight Eeors-5,oo New
Pupils Day--Seventy-four Courses
and Hundreds Of Instructors-In-
struction on Mechanical and Elec-
trical Topics in Demand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27
DIFFICULTIES MET.

1t has been the experience in the
schools that most of the people who
apply to them for help have absolutely
no common English foundation to go
upon. Some of them, for instance.
write that they can do addition of two
sets of figures, but no more than that,
and are utterly appalled, by the diff
culties of common subtraction; yet
these applicants want to qualify to be
mine superintendents, by passing eX-
aminations which require of them
fair knowledge of mechanics and of
other things of which the average
graduate of Yale or Harvard has no
idea at all when he receives his
diploma. The Correspondence Schools
do not undertake to teach such cam
didate all that he does not know. They
begin by teaching him simple arth-
metic of a sort that he will use later
on. They give the miner studying en-
gineering nothing that he will not need
TO use in his mining work. For in
stance, they do not teach him anything
about interest and financial arithmetic
Little by little, working as slowly as
he pleases, taking three days for the
study of each paper or three months If
he needs it, he is led up through al
zebra and geometry and trigonOmetry
to the point which he wants to reach
Some of the students who enrolled in
plugging away on the road to what
they want to learn.
1t is apparent at once that it takes a
tremendous amount of perseverance
and ambition to be a successful stu
dent Of such a school. The success
which so many of the students attain
is doubtless due as much to their own
characters as it is to any particular
excellence Of thGir instruction. 1t is
the easiest thirg in the world for a
student to cheat himself and satisfy
the cheapest kind of vanity by obtain
ing outside help in answering his ques-
tions. In fact, the schools furnish all
the students who live at any distance
from Scranton with "keys" in which
the questions are properly solved. This
is done with the idea that the students
who live In California or British Co.
lumbia can save the time consumed by
sending his answers to Scranton and
getting them back, by Strengthening out
his bewiderment with the key"
which comes TO him along with the
textbooks. Sometimes, the school au-
thorites say ii becomes sadly appar-
ent that the student has done no more
than copy the key, letter for letter, and
figure for figure. The instructors say
that they can tell without the slight
est doubt when a student has done this
and that they always send back the
paper and tell him to do it over again,
con the level"
Here is a list of the subjects on which
Instruction Is given: Mechanical draw
Ing, gas engines, refrigeration, farm
machinery, stationery engineering, ma
rine engineering, locomotive engineer
ing, locomotive running. trainmen's
course Including air brakes and car
construction, electrical engineering,
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27

Some strife may be expected in ar
riving at the decision as to which Phil
adnlphia newspaper shall run the next
convention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27

" had indigestion and dyspepsia the doctors said but
! do not know what the matter. only know that
almost suffered DEATH especially when at delicate
period my bowels were bad and had such pains in my
back of morning could hardly get out of bed. When
had taken Ripans Tabules for weeks directed
was new person. These facts, and my friends
say the same"
The above words from letter written by young
lady of Hoton, La, whose cousin recommended the
Tabules
o sy F f % s s s tsS%s S%
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27

is YOUR
HOUSE VACANT2
If so,
TRY A FOR RENT" AID.
IN THE TRIBUNE.
ONE CENT A WORD.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-27

Mr., Jones, Of the Democratic steer
ing committee, is sadly in need OF a
compass.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
'rss RIOT IN BRUSSELS.
Socialists Assault Ministers Troops
Clear the Room.


Brussels. June 3o--There was an I'M
PARALLEL scene in the Chamber of
Deputies. The Socialists persisted in
a course Of systematic obstruction,
whistling. singing and shouting con-
stantly.
They finally attempted to assault the
members of the Government with their
fists and many of them rolled on the
floor In rough and tumble combats.
The person OF the Premier was
threatened as the one responsible for
the suffrage BILL and he was protected
from violence only by members stand
ing in front Of him.
The Chamber was finally cleared by
the troops.
The public are wildly excited and
the streets are crowded.
The King has decided to return TO
Brussels and remain in the palace dur
ing the discussion of the suffrage bill
Riots are inevitable. The Govern
mcnt buildings are being guarded by
troops.
Revolutionary speeches were made
at large meetings held at Liege and
Client. A crisis is imminent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
Attempt to Blow Up Coal Mine.

Evansville. Ind. June 2o.A bastard
1y attempt was made last night or ear
ly this morning 10 blow up the First
Avenue coal mine. This morning Man
ager Thomas of the First Avenue mine
was Informed that the company's pow
der magazine had been broken into
aud that some Of the powder was miss
ing. The magazine contained 400
kegs Of the most powerful blasting
powder. An investigation was made
and beneath small bush near the
engine room and airshaft the powder
was found. Attached to II was n fuse
which had been ignited. bur had for
tunatcly gone out before burning the
powder.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01

Washington. June 29-C;en. Harrison
Gray Otis, of Los Angeles, Cal, has
accepted an invitation Of President
Mckinley to visit him in Washington,
and he will be here shortly. 1t is sup
posed that Gen. Otis has been asked
to come because the President wants
to consult him about the situation in
the Philippines. Gen. Otis was APP
pointed Brigadier-General OF Nolun-
teers at the outbreak of the war with
Spain and sent to Manila. He saw ac-
tive service with McArthur's column in
the aggressive movement against
Aguinaldos army and was recently in
valided home The invitation was sent
before President Mckinley left Wash
ington on his New England trip. A
report is in circulation that the post
of Secretary of War to succeed Gen.
Alger will be offered TO Gen. Otis.
With the report is coupled the state
ment that the President will ask Sec
rotary Alger to retire on account of
the criticisms of the Administration by
Governor Pingree in connection with
the Governors support of Secretary
Alger for the Michigan Senatorship.
As the invitation to Gen. Otis was
was extended before the Pingree inter-
views were published, this statement
appears to be based on the mere sup
position of persons who assume that
the invitation had been sent within
the last day or two.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01

Washington June 30.--After much
.deliberation and in order to give Gen
eral Otis an effective fighting force OF
10000 men, ii has been decided to en-
list troops sufficient to make up for the
casualties and sickness in the Philip
pines The new force viii be yolun-
teers instead of regulars aud the first
detachment enlisted win be sent to
Manila TO fill out the three skeleton
regiments Gen. Otis is forming from
the State troops already there. 1t has
been decided, in offering the pro-
visional army. to act upon the recon-
mendations of General Otis, who is
instructed TO select for officers those
who have demonstrated their fitness to
command and who have distinguished
themselves in battle. 1t is believed
that the three regiments of volunteers
thus provided will offset for the pres
ent the ineffective troops III the Phil
ippines estimated at IL per cent. of
the army there.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
SHE CR[MAIED THE CHILD.
Colored Nurse Girl Says She
Committed the Crime to
Save Bother"
MADE TOO MUCH NOISE.
The Girl Confesses and Says That
She Has Made Several At,,.l~ots
TO Burn Employers House.

Has Strong Mania For C~imc and
Is Especially Fond Of setting Fires
Tries TO Poison Whole Family
Locks Baby In Room After Setting
Fire to Its Clothing.
Dover. Del. June 30.--The case OF
Mary Barrett, bright colored girl,
fifteen years old. Is puzzle to the
police
Mary is In the city Jail charged with
having set on fire and burned to death
Jackson, the eighteen months old
child Of j. W. Lafferty.
When first. arrested she denied any
crime. but afterward confessed that
she had set fire to the baby's clothes.
She said she was tired OF attending
to the infant, and wanted to be re-
lieved. Besides, the baby cried too
much.
While the baby was playing In the
kitchen. with its mother ON the out
side, she lit two matches and applied
them to the chIld's dress. She closed
the door SO that the cries Of the infant
could not be heard. and after waiting
until she thought the baby was burned
10 death she called the mother The
girl also confessed that she had made
several attempts 80 set the Laffertv
house on fire.
The detective who made the arrest
thinks that she tried TO poison the
family. ny some time ago green sub
stance was found in the coffee, but
fortunately Mrs Lafferty detected
something wrong and the coffee was
thrown ont.
Mary Barrett was employed by the
Isaffertys. who live near Leinsfc. ON
the day OF the child's death. she was
the last one IN the kitchen when little
Jackson caught fire and the first one
to find him In flames. She acted very
suspicious and Levi ryle, twelvr-years
old. a bound boy, says she said to him
when Pyle was mourning the little
ones fate:--
.'Oh. don't 80 on SO. He's too little
to know. And then he won't have to
be taken care of now"
She Is said to have threatened the
boy If he disclosed anything against
her.
The girl seems to have had n mania
for fires. First. bag OF rags was
found ON fire in her garrett rooms.
Secondly there came the baby's death.
and last her bed was found to be on
fire
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
New York Markets.


GRAIN Wheat: No. 2 red was quot
size. Il O. b. atloat and 70Mc. elevator;
No. / Northern Duluth. S2lkc. On the
curb September wheat ranged from
T0D.1Gc. to Soc. closing T0lac. at i
o'clock.
Corn: Weak No. 2 corn, 3OAc.; eIe-
vator, :}vAc. delivered and 4OHsc. r. d.
Ii. afoat. On The curb September
ranged from 39akc. to 39La. g
Oats: Trade light. No. 2 oats, Gle;
No, !, oats, Doc. No. white. 33c. No.
4 white 32c.: track mixed, 306I32c.
track white, .,:sMasc.; No. 2 white clips,
33isc.
RYE: Market steady. No. 2 western,
G515c., and No. | Western, ti6c.. both +.
q. Is. ationt: State rye, COO. G. !. (. New
York car lots.
BARLEY: Market quiet. Feeding, 10
Ale. &. |. +. Buffalo; mating, 471JOc.
delivered.
Flour and AIeal: Spring patents. $500
nSl.2O; winter strnights, $3.b00l$3. 65:
winter patents. $3.s5N7S4.00. spring
clears. $751; 1u0f$3.5D, extra No / winter.
So. ooms3l0 extra No. 2 winter, 500
tI$2.T0.
Beevcs. Receipts No trading Feel
ing strong. No change reported In
cable quotations.
Calves. Feeling firm. City dressed
cenls firm al 06l1Oi5c.; little calves. 661
III: dressed buttcrmilks. 7M71ac.
sheep and Lambs: Common to good
,beep sold at $325Ni4 621a per 100 ibs. !:
nearly carload OF choice Ohio do at
$500: fair 10 good lambs at $7.0Oa
81 20. dressed mutton firm at 761sc..
and extra stock sold as high as Dt1c.
Hogs: Fair to prime We're quoted at
a. 15d1SI.25 per 100 lbs; country
dressed steady
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
Negro KILLED by a Train.

Mount Vernon, H.. June 29.-Arthur
Brown, colored 20 years of age and
supposed to be from Birmingham,
Ala, was run M3er and killed by a
Louisville and Nashville freight train
at Bell Rive, ten miles east of this
city. Brown and two companions
were beating" their way to st. Louis.
and were put off by the trainmen at
Belle Rive. As the train pulled out
they attempted to board it again, but
Brown fell beneath the wheels and
was crushed to death.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01

returned Is London, where the mem
beers Of the Filipino .Iunta are en-
deayoring 10 obtain III interview with
Senator Haar and other Americans
with the object of securing concessions
to Aguinaldo and promoting peace.
There will shortly depart from Mad
rid prominent man of Manila, who is
going to Washington with a similar
object as the representative of the
Manila Antonnmist Peace Commiftee
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
Returns to stand Trial.

Minneapolis. June 29.-Louis +. Men
age. former president of the defunct
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Com
pany, which failed for large amount
in 1898, has returned and surrendered
to the Sheriff. There are two indict-
ments against Menage for grand lar
ceny. and after spending six years in
Guatemala and Mexico he determined
to return and stand trial.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01

Princeton, Ind. June 29.-William
Levans. president of the Peoples Ma
tional Bank in this city. died here. He
was II years old. He held the bank
presidency ince its organization, near
~ thirty years ago. He was town and
city treasurer for thirty-tive consecu-
tive years. His estate is valued ut
$200,00o He was bachelor and
leaves his fortune TO a niece and four
nepheWs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
r,iudewan Indicted for Murder.

Galeshurg. ILL.,. June 29.-~The grand
Jury. recalled to consider the murder
of Peter Boitenbach. indicted G. A.
I4indewall. Boltenbach was Killed IL
his saloon by Iindewall. who claimed
to have Entrusted some money to him
on the night before. II Is now asserted
that Lindewall left no money in the
saloon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
He Asks For a Complete Re-
port of the Present Situa-
ton in Manila.
PURPOSE IS NOT KNOWN.
May Mean That the Filipino Leader
] is Contemplating Some Terms
of Surrender.
Againaldo's Message Made Known
i by a Native Friendly to Ameri-
! scans-Severe Typhoon Prevents the
! Vessels From Opening Ports-in-
.creasing Activity.

creasing Activity.
Manila, June 30--One of the most
prominent Filipinos living In Mania
dlas received verbal instructions direct
1y from Aguinaldo, who is at Tarlace.
inStructing him to make the most
complete report possible of the situa-
ton in Manila, both political and milf
tars This is capable of a double in
terpretation. Possibly Aguinaldo de-
sires to know what the chances are
IN the event of his surrender; or 1t is
possible that he wants to obtain infor-
nation as to what places are bringing
produce into the country The block
aiding gunboats recognize clearances.
bur the fact that the opening of ports
would enable the natives to collect
duties has delayed the issuance OF an
order to this effect. and the conse-
aquence is that there is great hardship
at several ports because OF TACK or
food. and business is stagnated This
has influenced Gen. Otis. who considers
the situation sufficiently favorable to
permit the opening of ports.
The Filipinos are seeking from ma
1--WE sources lilOfIiidttol AohSeih =
the strength and state of health OF the
American troops and the intention OF
the Americans to operate during the
rainy season.
The Filipino mentioned in the fore
going, who has been steadfastly friend
ly to the Americans, has been request
cd to join Aguinaido, but he has fire.
quently refused to do so. This order
for information. however, settles the
question of Aguinaldo's reported as
sassinaaion.
A severe typhoon delays the vessels
in opening ports to advantage ana the
order of Gen Otis simply permits the
landing of food ut various places.
The natives remain comparatively
souie; in the south A Filipino scouting
marty met patro! of the Wyoming
regiment and fled into the arms of a
battalion of the 4th Infantry. Two OF
the natives were killed.
There is increasing activity at san
Fernando. where the natives apparent
Iy want to fight. 1t is reported that
Gen. Pic del Pillar, with 1000 men has
Joined the main body there.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
Cattle Dying From mydrophobla

Perry. Okla. June 29.--Near Jen-
nings. east of here, Is a community in
which 100 head of cattle and 100 head
OF hogs have died recently OF hydro
phebia. Mrs. Steve Clark, the wife of
a well-to-do farmer. who was bitten
by pet pig. is dying. Several per-
sons have been bitten by dogs and
other animals
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-07-01
ReclkIehen Gets Eifteen Years.

London, Ohio. June 29.-Jndge Wal
tiers overruled motion for a new trial
in the case of Carl Reckleben and sem
fenced him TO II years in the peniten-
tiary. Rechleben assaulted Mrs. James
Hrtsler. shot her three times and then
attempted to burn her mp.