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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-02

In one respect the London Times GER
tainly owes General Alger an apology.
It's assertion of fraud in war disburse-
ment has not leg to stand on.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-02
COlOred
Shirt
Waists

The final reduction oa
the season takes effect
this morning, and Shirt
Waist prices TODAY ara
i'm most Instances only
half what they were less
than a month ago. Our
object being to make a
complete and speedy
clearance,
The sizes are still we'll
assorted, and you can UNI
doubtedly find among this
line just what you want.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-02

A distributing agent, living at Catskll' N y, de-
scrbes the severe of neghbor who was COM
petey Frustrated with God only knows what "She was
just alive he says, land had been sick for over year.
and had paid great deal Of money for doctors and
medicines, but could not get any help The doctors had
given her up he says and theeupon he induced her to
try Rpans Tabues and after taking them one month she
could ride out in wagon, and after two months she was
entirely well.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Eleven wOrkmen were burned TO
death in a fire that destroyed a dwell
irg house near Rybinsk, in European
Russia. on the 14th.
Advices from East Africa show that
famine is prevailing in the German
possessions owing to the Crouth,
which also prevails alarmingly in the
British protectorate. Hundreds of
women and children are dying of star
walton. The whites are totally unable
to cope with the distress.
To prevent smuggling on the Cuban
coast Col. Bliss, the collector of GUS
toms at Havana,is to have placed at his
disposal as soon as possible several
small vessels for use as revenue cruis-
ers and which will be maintained out
of the customs receipts of Cuban ports.
The first of these vessels and the flag
ship of the feet is to be the Oneida.
The hopes that the dire famine pre-
vailing in seven or eight governments
of Russia, with a population OF up
ward of 100000, would be aiheliorat-
ed by the new crops within a couple
VI lnOUtnS are HON udSlleu W lHe
ground, as it is officially admitted that
the harvest is practically a failure.
A masked man recently held up two
bank clerks near Kalgoolie, in West
Australia, and robbed them of $4,000
which they were taking from a bank
to the mines to pay off miners.
The United States consul at Annoy,
China, reports that the plague has
broken out there.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The statue of Benjamin Franklin
presented to the city of Philadelphia
by j. c. Strawbridge was unveiled on
the 18th. The statue stands in front
of the post Office in that city.
Gov. Pingree marked the closing day
of the Michigan legislature by send
eng in veto messages. The governor
vetoed the amended beet sugar bounty
bill, and also bill appropriating $4O,-
900 for the state building and exhibit
at the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo, N. y.
James B. Tascott, whose inventions
in the manufacture of paint during the
past so years gained for him reputa-
tion throughout the United States and
Europe, died at Chicago on the nth.
Marcus DAILY, of Montana, and his as
sociates in the Anaconda Mining Co.
have sold all their holdings in that
company's vast and varied interests TO
an eastern syndicate headed by John
D. Rockefeller for So, 3,000,050
The board of regents of the Univer-
sly of California has selected Ben
iamin Wheeler, of Cornell, as the presi.
dent of the university, to succeed Mar
tin Kellogg, resigned, The salary OF
the president was fixed at $4,000 a
| year
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
LATER.

On greatly decreased vote from the
last congressional election Charles 4.
Littieteld, republican, of Lewiston,
Me-, has been elected to congress to
succeed the late Nelson Dingley, de-
feating John Scott, of Bath, Me-, by
an overwhelming plurality.
The subscriptions received by the
national committee of the Dewey home
fund amounted on the 18th to Sy,14O.
by the explosion of a lamp in the
house of Michael Jaslka, in Allegheny,
Pa, on the 18th, six members of the
family were badly burned. The ex-
plosion set fire to the house, but the
flames were eXtinguished with slight
damage.
The death is announced at New York
City of Simon Fry. grand commander
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
for the United States. He succumbed
to an operation for appendicitis at "a
hospital He was 46 years old.
At Hampton, n. H., Norman Will
Jams. prominent lawyer of Chicago,
died on the 10Th. Mrs. Merritt, wife
of Gen. Wesley Merritt, is his daughter,
and she and the general were at the
bedside.
At Portage, Wis, Julius Grotzke,
aged "a; John Robinson, 10, and Min
ME Schieffelbein, II, were drowned in
the Wisconsin river by the capsizing
of their boat. Three others in the
boat saved themselves.
Germs of tuberculosis We're found in
every COW of herd of 92 s.lat prelim.
mary tuberculine tests at Chicago
marked as suspicious" In the worst
cases the pulmonary organs were one
mass of tuberculosis bacilli. Many
of the infected cows were from state
institutions.
The will Of the late Robert C. Bill
ings, of Boston, gives about $700,000 in
public bequests, including 100000
each to Harvard college. the Massa-
chusetts institute OF technology. and
the museum of fine arts; $4,000 each
to the Massachusetts, general hospital,
New England hospital for women and
children, chidren's hospital and Mas.
sachusetts eye and ear infrmary.
The New Jersey court of errors ana
appeals has given a final decision as
to whether the constitutional amend
ment against race track and other
gambling was legally adopted The
opinion sustuins the amendment as a
part of the state constitution.
At Easton. Pa. on the 10Th. after III"
H'"ss dnv exercises at Lafayette col
lege, memorial tablet to Gen. Charles
,,Noi,, class OF 1855, who was
killed before Santiago, was unveiled
with appropriate exercises. The me-
mortal was erected by the class Of
1899.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
SOME SHORT STOPS.
sapient Sayings Which SAVIOR some-.
what of Wisdom Cleaned from
Experience.

What we get out OF life is just about the
size OF what we put into it.
Don't judge man by the scowl on his,
face; perhaps it wasn't there before he
saw you.
When frivolous young lady tells you
how awfully interested she is in the spe-
cialty you've spent 20 years trying to learn,
take her word for it, and then change the
subject.
1t isn't always fair to Judge man by the
hat he wears; perhaps it isn't so much a
matter Of taste as of salary.
Don't think that because Mrs. Continual
Performance is busy she is necessarily do
ing something. The science Of rowing is.
to get over the greatest distance with the
fewest strokes.
1t is a mistake to imagine that because.
people listen to you they are interested in
hearing you talk about yourself; poverty
isn't the only recipient of charity.
Don't congratulate yourself that because.
Busyman didn't throw you out of his office.
he was necessarily glad you had dis
turbed him with social call. He smiled
when you went out-not when you came in-
Detroit Free Press
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
TRULY EXASPERATING.
tive Yet He Failed to Loo.
to Home.

"By Georgel" said Hyde Park man who
was riding downtown in an early train. Il
detest people who are SO blamed positive
about everything"
1T is a disagreeable habit" the pas.
senger who sat next to him admitted, "and
it always pleases me to see such people con-
fronted with proofs that they are in the
wrong"
eyes, it does me, too. My wife's cousin
has been visiting US for several days, and
he's one Of those know-it.all fellows. You
can't tell him anything. Yesterday morning
he was reading about this Dreyfus trial..
and | gave him a pointer on how to pro-
nounce French word that was used But
do you suppose he was willing to admit that
/ knew more about it than he did?"
II suppose not
"No! He sat there, right at my own table.
and argued with me for 20 minutes trying
to show that l didn't know what / was
talking about. Such people make me
weary"
"Why don't you get French dictionary
and prove to him that he was wrong"
"Oh, looked it up yesterday and found
that was mistaken myself, but what makes
me mad is the fact that he was so blamed
positive about it."-Chicago Times.Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
TONS OF TREASURE.
;teamers Returning from the Kion-
dixie Are Loaded Down with Gold

Dust.
Tacoma, WASH, June 17.-The
steamer City of Tacoma passed Port
Townsend yesterday bound for Taco
ma with 200 Klondikers who bring out
$500,0O0 in gold dust and 100000 in
drafts as the first spring clean up.
Skagway, Alaska, June 13, via Seat
tie, June IA large amount of gold
dust and nuggets was landed at White
Horse Rapids on June 0, from the first
three steamers to reach that point
from Dawson City. Over one ton OF
it was officially checked off by the
officers at White Horse when making
the transfer from steamer to steamer,
The remainder was divided in pack
ages ranging from 10 to rs pounds,
carried by more than 300 passengers
of the three boats. They were in all
sorts of odd packages and made no at
tempt at concealment.
The gold is brought out largely by
merchants, with only few miners
who have been in the Klondike all
the way from year TO three years.
Only about half of il is from the win
ter clean up. No. II Eldorado, it is
said, will prove to be the richest claim
in the Klondike. Mr.. Peacock, OF Que
bee, who owns half interest, had 81
men at work on it Gll winter and the
clean up will be IL the neighborhood
of from S1,200,000 to S1,500,000. Peter
Odin gives good account of Gold
Hill, at the junction of Eldorado and
Bonanza, and says the results will sur
prise many.
Frank Slavin, the prize fighter, and
his partners have 81 placer claims,
most of them good.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
Made n Partial Confession.

Chicago. June 16.-Bartholmae Kost,
the Austrian held here for the murder
of his intended wife, Marie Naedocika,
in Austria, has yielded partly to the
pressure of police inquisition and
made confession of having disposed
of the. woman's effects. He admits
taking and spending the 600 forms
given by her father as dowry. At
this point his admissions cease, for
when asked if he did not kill Miss Voc.
dicka, so he could ma,rry Annie Schin.
ma, his present wife, who was younger
and more attractive, the prisoner al
most screamed out "No, no, no. did
not kill her, did not kill her"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
pEMoLlsHEp TIE TOWN.
Ap.aericans occupy Bacoor and Find
Evidence OF the KOmbardment on
All slider.

evidence Of the KOmbardment on
All sides.
Manila, June 15.-BeSore dark Tues
day night the Fourteenth infantry
swan the Zapote river, charged and
carried the trenches, heavy fusilade
of artillery preparing the way and
covering the crossing. The insurgents
broke for the woods before the Four
teenth reached them. Almost at the
same time the Ninth and the Twelfth
crossed bar of the sea and came upon
their left flank at a point where II
body of marines with Maxim guns
landed under protection of the ships
batteries and fred upon the enemys
left with demoralizing effect. The
Twenty-first crossed the river by a
bridge as soon as it could be mended.
siXty-fve dead Filipinos were found in
the trenches, most of them shot
through the heads. Several fiye-inch
smoothbore guns were captured with
ammunition marked ~. S. Navy
Yard"
After crossing the river the troops
were withdrawn, with the exception of
he Ninth and Twenty-frst, these regi-
ments being left with four guns to
guard the bridge. As they were be-
ing formed into companies the insur-
gents commenced to fire volleys from
the Jungle 300 yards away. The regi-
ments formed into line rapidly and
coolly, though under fire, and rushed
10 the woods, driving the enemy a
mile away, the Filipinos disputing
every foot. The Fourteenth encamped
across the river, the men caring for
many of the Filipino wounded. Eight
prisoners were captured.
The Flipinos retreated several miles
southwark to the strongly fortified
own of linus. The shelling of the
American warships drove the rebels
from Bacoor, so the Americans control
several more miles of coast.
Gen. Lawton, with his staff and a
troop of cavalry, started to ascertain
the nature of the insurgents position.
lie went five miles along the coast to
Bacoor without discovering the enemy.
He found the town full of white flags,
hut there were no soldiers there. The
women and children, who had fled to
the woods during the bombardment,
were camping in the ruins of their
homes. The shells had almost knocked
the town to pieces.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
N EWS OF OHIO.
Gathered by Telegraph From All
Parts of the state.


Columbus, June 1.-THE democrat
ic state central committee went into
session at the Great Southern hotel
Friday to fix the time and place for
holding the democratic state conven-
ton. The question of place was taken
up first, and representatives from Co
lumbus, Sandusky and GAINESVILLE made
short speeches. The committee then
went into executive session to consid-
er the claims of the various cities, and
half an hour later decided upon Zanes'
Vile. A recess was then taken, after
which the date of holding the conven-
ton was fixed for September and O..
Officers of the democratic state con-
vention chosen by the central commit
Tee are as follows: Temporary chair
man, Judge Mooney, St. Marys; tenn
oorary secretary, Thomas j. Cogan,
-incinnati; sergeant-at-arms, w. IL.
McCabe, Coshocton. Appointment OF
delegates will be on the basis OF the
1907 vntp
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
ARBITRATORS CONVENE.
Hearing of fAnglO-VeneZueIan Bound.
AIRY Dispute Begins in Paris Before
an international Court,

Paris. June 16.-The first formal
meeting of the Venezuelan arbitration
commission opened Thursday at the
foreign Office. The arbitrators and
counsel were received by the minis
ter of foreign affairs, NJ. Delcasse, in
the apartments in which the tribunal
will sit. These are the rooms used at
the meeting of the Spanish-American
peace conference and during the Ber-
ing Sea arbitration. Altogether there
were about 40 persons connected with
the tribunal present.
The arbitrators took their seats
soon after II o'clock, Chief Justice Full
Ter and Sir Richard Collins, lord JUS
tice of appeals, sitting on the right Of
Prof. De Mertens. the umpire. and
Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief
justice of England, and Justice David
J. Brewer sitting Vt his left hand.
Former President Benjamin Harrison,
Gen. p. F. Tracy and the remainder OF
the Americans sat at the tables at the
left side of the room, facing the court
and the other British representatives
were seated at tables on the right side.
The proceedings opened when NJ. Del
casse addressed the tribunal in q
speech of welcome.
Prof De Mertens replied, thanking
the French foreign minister for his
welcome and for the hospitality eN'
tended to the arbitrators. Rules o!
procedure were adopted and it was
agreed to hold four sessions each
week.
Sir Richard Webster then opened the
British case and occupied the remain
der of the day in IN explanation oj
the geographical difficulties of the dis
pute
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
coLFlNe AND CYCLING.

These two great sports 60 hand in
hand. The links are perforce situated
at some distance from town, and tho
easiest and quickest way to reach them
is with the bicycle. For golf good links
are needed; for cycling Good Roads.
Golf links can be made anywhere by
digging holes, and making artificial
barriers. On Long Island Nature has
been particularly kind. Its North
Shore is all rolling country, in many
places glacial action has formed hills
and hollows of perfect delight to the
followers of this sport. The level and
beautiful ocean shore is broken in
many places by rolling hills covered
with grass and shrubs which go to
make up links so close to the Scottish
ideals that all who have played in the
old country are struck at once by their
wonderful fitness for the sport, and
added to this the fact that the cool
South breeze comes up every day
throughout the Summer from across
the ocean and brings with it bracing
and exhilaration that nothing else can
give. Nowhere but on Long Island
do these conditions exist. 1t is unique
in this as 1t is in its varied scenery and
its unsurpassed attractions in every
line. The roads are good and many
beautiful side paths and cycle paths
wind through the woods. The tour
around the Island which can be made
in three days is most enjoyable, and a
week taken to the trip can be filled very
full of pleasure. The camera should
not be left at home, as the scenery is.
constantly changing, and its beauties
are well worth preserving for future
endowment.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
Three Thou.and Wen on strike.

Buffalo. n. Y. June 15.-Fully $500
men are on strike or have quit work
along the docks for various reasons,
and outside of the elevating of grain
no work is being done. The freight
handlerr held a meeting last night
and decided to remain out until the
demand of the Erie housemen for an
increase of one cent All hour in wages
is granted. The ore handlers on tn
Minnesota docks who We're shot at OF
Tuesday, did not go to work Wednes
day, being afraid to do so. The or,
handlers on the other docks have also
refused to work.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
cAR CREWS ATTACKED.
Factory Employees Assault Non-Unton
street HALLWAY Men.

Cleveland, June ia riot occurred
on the Wade Park avenue street car
line at noon Wednesday and the cars
were stopped. just after the whistles
of the factories in the vicinity of Per-
kins avenue had sounded noon the
worllmen sailed out in force. A cur
in charge of Motorman j, H. Anderson.
of Toledo, was passing at that moment
A fusilade of rocks, bricks and other
missiles greeted it and Anderson was
BADLY hurt.
Cleveland, June 16.-A riot occurred
Thursday on Euclid avenue justoutside
the city limits. A car operated by
non-union men and in which rcvcral
non-union men were riding wns east
ward bound. A crowd stopped the car.
In an instant the air was filed with
flying sticks and stones directed at the
car. A number of strike sympathiz-
ers jumped upon the car and pulled
the conductor from the platform. He
drew revolver and fired into the air.
Murphy, of st. Louis, managed to elude
the mob, which severely used two non.
union men who were aboard the car.
Soon after the trouble occurred on
Murphy's car westbound car from
Collamer approached the Lake View
car barns. 1t was in charge of Con-
ductor Anthony Wuerst and Motorman
Fox. A mob stopped the car. 1t was
partly filled with women, who were not
considered, for a shower of bricks
crashed through the windows. One
brick struck Conductor Wuerst on the
check, knocking him down. Another
brick which struck him on the top OF
the head, rendered him unconscious
Fox was so seriously injured with
bricks and debris that he, together
with .Wuerst, had to be carried to the
car barns. When the police arrived al
the scene of disturbance the mob had
dispersed.
Cleveland, June 17.-Rioting on the
part of sympathizers with the street
railroad strikers was. renewed Fri
day in this city. The first out
break occurred at the corner of Clark
avenue and Pearl street, when the
street railway company sent car
from Lake View filed with non-unior
employees and guarded by policemen
to attempt to operate the Holmder
avenue line. The South Siders did
not take kindly to the imported motor
men and conductors, and bricks, stones
and eggs were hurled at the car.
Shortly after noon girls employed
in factories in the wholesale mercan
tile district held up Euclid avenue
car on Bank street. After making il
unpleasant for the motorman and
conductor the girls drew back ant
men and boys hurled missiles at the
car. A number of arrests were made
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
MEsTREZAT is CHOSEN.
Democrats of Pennsylvania Name n
Fayette County Man 20 Head Their
State Ticket.

Harrisburg, Pa, June 16.-The con-
test before the democratic state con-
vention for supreme court Judge ended
last evening with the unanimous NOM
ination of Judge Stephen L. Mestrezat,
Of Fayette county, on the 2Sth ballot.
Charles j. Reilly, of Williamsport, per-
manent chairman of the convention,
was nominated by acclamation for
Judge of the superior court, and Rep
resentative William T. Greasy, of CO.
lumbia, was the unanimous choice for
state treasurer. After making these
nominations the convention adjourned.
The convention started to ballot at 6
o'clock Wednesday evening for SUI
preme court Judge and continued with
few recesses until 6 o'clock last
night. York county started the break
TO Mestrezat on the 2sth ballot by
casting its 13 votes for him. Before
the vote was announced Congressman
Ermentrout withdrew the 10 votes of
Berks cast for him and gave them to
Mcstrezat. Mr.. Donnelly, of Phila-
delphia, gave the city's 60 votes solid.
" to Mestrezat. Center county
changed from Krebs TO Mestrezat. En-
Congressman Kerr. of Clearfeld, who
had managed Kreb's contest, withdrew
his candidate in favor OF Mestrezat.
This insured the iatter's nomination,
The nomination for supreme court
Judge is equivalent to an election by
reason of the fact that two are to be
elected in November ard no elector is
entitled to vote for more than one.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21
while a party Of is young folks wgr,

While a party Of 1s young folks wsrt
IN bathing in the seat at Galveston.
Tex, on the 17th the undercurrent
swept them ont into deep water and
three girls were drowned.
The Benbow hotel at Greensboro, n,
c., was burned on the 18th. A tele.
gram was sent to the Winston fire de-
partment for assistance and they re.
sponded with two companies who
came the 20 miles in the record break
ing time of 80 minutes. The loss to
B. G. Fisher, proprietor of the hotel, is
100000, with no insurance.
The steel tow barge Manila, said to
be the largest vessel on the lakes, was
launched at the yards of the Chicago
Shipbuilding Co. at South Chicago on
the 18th. The vessel is owned by the
Minnesota Steamship Co., and was
built for the iron ore carrying trade.
Everett Z. Ryan beat Fred Beaure'
gard, of Fall River, Mass, in the Is
miles paced bicycle race at the Wal
than Mass. park, breaking the Ameri-
can record established by himself re-
Gently as well as the worlds amateur
record for the distance. His time was
2s:92
An advance of Is per cent. for COM
mon labor and second increase of 10
per cent. for the roll train hands have
beer made by the Logan Iron and Steel
Co. at Burnham, Pa.
The schooner John r. Kelly, of Bath,
Me-, from New York for San Francisco,
went ashore recently at Stanley, Falk-
land Islands and became n total wreck
The strike at the Rockport Granite
Co.'S quarries at Rockport, Mass, has
ended in favor of the strikers and the
men have returned to work under con
ditions to obtain which they struck Ii
| weeks agO
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-21

Toledo, June 14.-Herman Shotfield,
aged GO, living alone in ii small house
in Jerusalem township, 10 miles from
here, was found dead in his home yes
terday by neighbors. He had been
shot in the head and a hole in the
window showed that the shot was fired
from the outside. fIis body had been
dragged from table to the window,
but the murderer did not take it fur
ther, apparently on account OF the
weight. The motive for the murder
is presumed to be robbery, Sheffield
was a hermit and reputed to have some
unnnaU