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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
NINE SKELETONS IN A BOAT.
Fate OF q San Francisco Man and His Com.
pSnions Who Disappeared.

San Francisco (SpeciaD. first news
has Just been received OF the fate OF L. W.
MaslIn, OF San Francisco, who left Ell
Trlumpho in boat on December 8, 1893,
with eight companions, ard OF whom nc
trace could be found. Tho bbat was dis
covered two weeks ago on the beach few
I,iles from Corrlnto with nine skeletons
stretched on the bottom. There remained
only bones, clothing and some iewelry that
Aad belonged to Maslln. Yultures had
stripped the skeletons. 1t Is believed that
the men were blown out to sea, and having
no food or water aboard. perished, and
that the boat was finally washed upon the
hepch
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
Gives Sa5, 900 For Church Work.

Ralph Voorhees,, oi.Clinton, N. j.. an
uncle OF Governor Foster NJ. Voorhees,, has
given S10 900 to the American Bible So.
ciety Of New York City, $1,000 more to the
Board OF Foreign Missions OF the Reformed
Church, and $4,000 to the Board OF Educa.
tion. Mr.. Voorhees, is President OF the
Hunterdon County Bible Society.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10

Boy OF Thirteen Gets Six Years In jail.
Fred Limp, thirteen years old, was SEN
fenced to prison for six years few days
ago, by jury In the Pike County Circuit,
Indiana. Limp was found guilty OF man
slaughter, having killed his schoolmate,
Dee Paterson, by cutting his throat with
pocket knife while engaged in light over
the disputed ownership OF top.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
confe,ses That He Killed His Aunt

Henry Brunot and Frederick Sibley, who
with Brunot's mother, were arrested at
Pana, ILL.,, charged with the murder oil Miss
Jane Brunot, a wealthy maiden woman,
the sister OF Mrs. Brunot's late husband,
have confessed that they killed Miss Bru
not They exonerated Mrs. Brunot, and
she has been released from custody. The
murder occurred on the night OF March 80.
Young Brunot admits that he killed his
aunt, after which SIbley threw the body
into the old we'll where 1t was found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
cnbsn Crop Prospects Bright.

Tie sugar crop OF Cuba for 1899 Is oh-
cial!y estimated at so7, ,sOa English tons.
against q total for 1898 Of 222,O32 tons. The
tobacco crop is said to be OF good quality
and moro abundant than for two years
past. The planters In the Province OF
Plnar del Rio are very cheerful as to the
ontlooE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
Moro Fighting at Samoa.

AUCKLAND, N. z. (By Cable).-Advices
lust received here from Apla, Samoan
Islands, dated April 18. report that severe
fighting has taken place between large
bodies Of friendly natives and the repels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
The BADGER +.

The Badger Starts For Samoa.
The United States dispatch boat Bad
ger, with the Samoan Commission on
board, has sailed for Apia. The steamer
will stop at Honolulu for coal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
Foreign.

The Senatorial elections for the new
Cortes were held in Spain, and passed of
TRANQUILITY throughout the country. They
resulted In giving the Government larger
majority In the Senate than 1. had secured
In tho Chauker OF Deputies
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
Kills His Brother and Himself.

James and Joseph Caldwell, brothers,
who lived on a ranch near Wiliamsport, N.
D.. uuarreied u few days ago and James
shot his brother to death with n rifle. He
then committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
MORMON SENATOR A MOTHER.

Mrs. DR.. Cannon Presents Her Husband
With q Girl.
SALT LAKE, Utah (speciaD.-State Sen.
ator Matte Hughes Cannon, who received
votes OF several OF her fellow-legislator.
for the high position OF United States Sen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10
Cuban National PARTY Active.

The Cuban National Party, just formed,
makes demand for the holding OF general
elections. The party is growing stronger,
and Is forming branches in every vllluge
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10

Canadian Government Estimates.
The Canadian Government estimates for
the next year show a decrease OF about
n 500 000 -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-10

Angio-AmerIcan Concession in China.
Valuable mining rights have been grant
ed by the Empress-D owager to British and
Americans In China.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
Second Legislative District.

Notice is hereby given to the Republi-
can voters of the Second legislative dis
trict that q primary election will be held
on Saturday, July !, 1899, between the
hours of and Z o'clock, for the purpose
Of electing a delegate to represent said
legislative district in the coming Re-
publican state convention to be held An
Harrisburg. on account of the follow
ing Tuesday being a legal holiday, the
convention to compute the vote will be
held on Monday. July 3, 1899, at o'clock
in the court house in Scranton. In ac-
cordance with a resolution adopted by
the last district convention the candi-
dates for delegates to the state conven-
tion will be voted for directly by the
voters at the polls. Each candidate
must register with the district chairman
his full name and postoitice address and
shall pay his assessment ten days be-
fore the election or his name will not be
placed on the official ballot, neither will
any votes cast for him be counted.
The regular vigilance committee to-
gethec with the return judge to be ap-
pointed by the chairman will conduct
the election and the result will be report
ed by the return Judge to the district
convention which will be composed of
the return Judges of the various districts
Frederic w. Fleitz, Chairman.
Attest; NJ. w. Lowry, Secretary.
June II, 1899.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
The General in Command.

The Importance assigned In all official
discussions OF American military mnt-
ters to the opinions Of Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin ana the frequency with
which he stands forth as in fact the
erecting genius ut the war depart"
nent make 1t plain that instead CT
having in Nelson A. Miles a command
ing general whom the powers that be
will not permit to exercise the func-
tions of command. the army should be
placed directly and openly in Corbin's
charge. Then it would be possible for
every man. woman and child in the
United States and its dependencies to
know at any given moment Of time
precisely where to put the credit for
successful or the blame for unsucess-
full direction from headquarters.
An army, like a great industry,
needs at its head in working control
a practical and experienced man
schooled and proficient in all the de-
tails OF the work before him. Two
commanders, working at right angles,
will undo an army, no matter how
able they are. how patriotic or how
unselhsh II has beer evident since
the present administration came into
contact with war problems that be-
tween the commanding general and
the adiutant general such friction eX-
lists as to introduce into serious prob
lens an annoying and a dangerous ele-
mcnt of discOrd. This discord has
a bo1 Af
tary operations and relations since war
with Spain was entered upon and it
is now largely responsible for the
anomalous spectacle of the major
general commanding" in a time of
war stripped of every important
prerogative and relegated to the un-
military position of an ornament
How far this side-tracking and sub
ordination of General Miles is Just
or wise need not now be considered.
Opinions respecting the relative merits
of Miles and Corbin differ widely along
lines of individual bias. 1t is sufficient
for present purposes to call attention
to the unmilitary spectacle presented
in the placing of nominal subordinate
in actual command over a nominal
commanding general and to suggest
that it is proper and necessary that
this anomaly should be ended. The
president of the United States as COM
mander-in-che should have power to
name as the general in command the
man whom he considers best fitted for
that place; and while legally he may
lack this power today, if he considers
Corbin superior to Miles and Miles un-
fit to command, Miles should be told
so frankly and asked as a loyal SOL
dier to make way for the welfare of
the service.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
General Woods Choice.

II will not leave the military service
of the United States so long as my SER
vices are wanted, not for $4,000 a year
or twice that amount. Money is not
the only thing in this world" In
these words General Leonard Wood
announces his determination to remain
at his post of duty in Santiago at a
pecuniary sacrifice to himself such as
few men would have the moral cour-
age tC undergo.
Nor is Woods decision influenced by
any promise or expectation of promo
tion. He says he has not received the
slightest intimation that he is to sue
ceed General Brooke as governor gem
eral Of Cuba. Except to ask him to
assign me to active service during the
late unpleasantness | have never"
says General Wood, asked the presi-
dent for favor in my life and I could
not ask for one now" The asking in
this instance is being done by the
American people, who believe that
Wood is the man they need to have in
charge of the island.
woods choice is the right and manly
and noble one, yet had he chosen 9TH
erwlse there would have been disap-
pointment but not blame. 1t will oc-
cur to most persons to hope that in
putting duty to country before self in
terest Wood in the long run will he
protected against loss. Such a hope is
natural and creditable but probably
vain. Our facilities for comforting re-
wards upon public servants of extra.
ordinary worth are, II Is to be feared
Inadequate to the fulhlment Of this
generous desire. So far as political
honors go, they are more likely to be
won by some artful or amiabe medic
Gritty than by a man Of Woods fine
stamp. AS for promotion in the army.
that is decided very largely by age
alone. Nor Is public opinion sufflc-
emily stable to warrant the belief that
It's approval will constitute in all re-
spects fitting recompense. It is
favorable to Wood today but at any
moment in the future ii is liable 10
be converted by trivial incidents from
praise TO censure, or il not that, II Is
liable to give TO Wood the most cruel
treatment of all--indifference.
In any sane appraisal. the work which
Wood has done in Cuba should rank as
the highest form of achievement possi-
BILE to a servant OF the paople. Not
only has he done wisely and we'll the
duty owed by him to the government
which employs him but he has con-
terred upon many thousands Of aliens
temporarily under his care practical
benefits of inestimable value. the
wholesome influence of which should
extend indefinitely throughout the fu-
lure. AS the first OF our military ex-
,nutives nharRad with the reconstruct
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
DIDN'T MISS MUCH.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
on one of the trolley lines leading to a
well-known amusement park they have
a system whereby the cars are stopped
at certain points to allow uniformed in
spectors to count the passengers, pre-
sumably as a check on the conductors.
Yesterday among the passengers on the
car on which the Saunterer happened to
be riding was a well-dreSSed young fel-
low with a penchant for cracking jokes
at other peoples expense. When the car
stopped for the count-up he had a lot OF
fun thrusting gibes in the inspector, the
conductor and the trolley company peo-
pei in general. Finally, just as the car
was about to resume its journey, he
called out:
Say, Mister Inspector, you missed
me-"
The inspector turned and looked the
young fellow over very carefully.
"Humph!" he retorted, Il guess the
company can stand it. l didn't miss
much"
Then everybody laughed, the young
fellow got red in the face, the motorman
turned on the current and the car sped
onward
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
Fourth Legislative District.

Notice is hereby given 10 the Repubi.
can voters of the Second legislative dis
trict that a primary election will be held
on Saturday, July l. 1893, between the
hours OF 4 and Z O'Clock. for the purpose
Of elect!ng a delegate TO represent said
legislative district in the coming Republi-
can state convention 10 be held in Har-
risburg. On account of the following
Tuesday being a legal holiday, the con-
ventlon to compute the vote will be held
on Monday. July 8. 1899. at 3 o'clock p
m, in Burkes hail. Carbondale. In ac-
cordance with resolution adopted by
the last district convention the candi-
dates for delegates 10 the state conven-
tion will be voted for directly by the
voters at the polls. Each candidate must
register with the district chairman his
full name and postoffice address, and
shall pay his assessment ten days before
the election or his name will not be placed
on the official ballot, neither will any
votes cast for him be counted.
The regular vigilance committee, to-
gether with the return Judge to be ap-
pointed by the chairman, will conduct the
election, and the result will be reported
by the return judge to the district con-
vention, which will be composed of the
return judges of the various districts
]. w. Smith, Chairman.
Attest: Samuel S. Jones. Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

tion Of an obsolete civilization, he has
set standard for those who shall
come after him in similar commissions
so high and clean that Incompetence
or taint must hereafter show forth in
vivid contrast and therefore be easily
marked for cure. That which Dewey
did In starting rightly our work in war
Wood has done in properly initiating
the far more difficult and trying work
placed before US by the return OF
peace; yet any tonguey blatherskite
playing skilfully on the popular fancy
Of the hour is liable to win greater
applause and turn this to more profit
able account, speaking from the money
standpoint.
But. money is not the only thing In
the world; conscience and self-respect
are also factors of happiness and not
the least of Leonard Woods services is
his public reminder of this. a so often
forgotten, truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
REALITY.

He sought fer Fame
And found a shining nut
Without a kernel,
lie sought for Wealth
And found a brilliant heap,
Which blinded him and weighed him
down,
SO that he could walk straight no more,
And went erraticaly
Where Right and Wrong held sway
lie sought for Power
And fouad Il hard, high chair.
Wherein he sat
And cursed his awful luck,
while men, like puppets,
Bowed and fawned beneath him
But slid their troubles to his aching back.
He sought for Love
And found "A full-grOwn flower,
Fragrant and sweet and pure,
And every petal held a grain of honey
On which he feasted-
And the JOY of simple life then held him
low,
And lost him In oblivion.
james Oppcnheim. in New York Bun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
Third Legislative District.

Pursuan. TO a resolution of the stand
ing committee of the Republican party
of the Third legislative district of Lack
awanna county held on Saturday, June
q, 1899, the district convention will be
held on Tuesday, the 9th day of June,
1899, in the Arbitration room, court house.
Scranton, at o'clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of electing one person as delegate
to the state convention.
1t was unanimously resolved by the
committee to submit to the convention
for adoption or rejection, a new code OF
rules commonly known as the "Craw-
ford County Rules"
T. ]. Matthews, Chairman.
J. r. Watkins, Secretary.
Scranton, Pa, June II. 1899.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

The Independence OF Manila, the or
gan Of the rebellious Filipinos. urges
Aguinaldo's men 20 prolong their fight
Ing until after the next presidential
campaign in the United states, which,
I. says, is "sure to result in decision
to withdraw the American troops from
the Philippines" Don't bet on 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
REXFORD'S.
SCRANTON, June 26.

Wouldn't it be a good plan to
leave your expensive watch home
this vacation. You can buy from
us a splendid timekeeper in plain
nickel silver case for $2.5o.
Just arrived today. New and
awfully pretty little pins for my
ladies' neck ribbon. inexpensive
summer prices, SC, Ioc, 25c. If
you see them, you'll
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

The COMMUNICATIONS of different
localities who are passing resolutions
protesting against an alliance with
England are shooting at a target which
does not exist, All the same, Uncle
Sam intends to remember his friends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26
Nebraska Pepper.

We have received sample copy OF
the Conservative, q weekly paper pub
lished at Nebraska City, Neb., by Hon.
]. Sterling Morton, who was secretary
of agriculture in the last Cleveland
cabinet. The Conservative was prob
ably named in jest, as some of the fol-
lowing extracts will indicate:
Mere CAB will not cheaper anything
except the imitation statesmen who
evolve il and words and wind will never
correct commercial abuses.
The Conservative challenges the VAL
liant gentlemen who fight trusts with
their tongues to join together their cash
and fight them with competition In all
the markets of the United States.
The refrigerated impertinence with
which self-cCLstituted leaders of the con-
solidated appetite for office known as
1.-The fusion party" declare their inten-
tions of making new issues or with
drawing old issues from the presidential
campaign of 1900 is rather refreshing.
These automobiles in politics are ready
to travel any road surveyed or marked
out for them, provided 1t leads to an Of
flee and salary.
A railroad company is capital incor-
porated. A trades union is muscle in"
corporated. Capital works for profits.
Labor works for wages. Bryanarchists
condemn the former combination and
commend the latter. Cash capital must
not combine to maintain profits. But
muscle capital is justified in consolidat-
ing as a trust to put up wages. Cash
capital whenver it attempts self-preser-
walton by Incorporation is damned by
Bryanarchists as plutocracy. Muscular
capital Is praised by the same herd Of
statesmen whenever It pools to put up
wages, reduce the hours in a day or pre-
vent non-union laborers from accepting
scale of wages which it has rejected.
How consistent are the Bryanarchsts. To
combine cash capital to maintain or adj
vance profits is wicked oppression. TO
organize the muscle capital of labor to
demand and secure more wages is Chris
tian beneficence! The profits of capital
are only the leavings of wages. When
the latter leave nothing the mills shut
down.
There are sixteen pages of pepper
like this. When Mr.. Morton grows tired
of lambasting his fellow citizen, Mr..
Bryan, he turns his epigrams on Presi-
dent Mckinley and the so-called i'm
perialists. when a government" says
he, 'imperils the people of a country
in causeles, aggressive war, and not
for self-preservation, that government
becomes a despotic usurpation." He
thinks the United States is now in such
a war and that it's administrators are
despOtic usurpers. We cannot agree
with the late secretary of agriculture,
yet we are bound to say that what he
writes makes interesting reading.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

In Italy hail storms are averted by
heavy artillery firing. There ought to
be very little danger to small fruit in
the vicinity Of the Foraker -Kohlsaat
campaign.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

The Due d. ARGOS, Spain's new min
lister at Washington, is reported to be
greatly pleased at the cordality of his
reception. His experience simply
proves that the American people are
able to distinguish between a gentle
man and a de LONE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

From time to time some newspapers
deem it of Importance to reiterate that
Admiral Dewey is an eXpansionist OF
course he is. Would he be foolish
enough to want to see his own work
undnno2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

Out in Kansas they have already
settled it that the ticket in 1904 is to
be Roosevelt and Funston. We fear
that would be rubbing 1t in on the anti
imperialists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

The Grand Army is all right as it is.
Let the soldiers of each war have their
own organization. They can all meet
in common as American citizens.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

Secretary Alger prefaces the an
nouncement of his senatorial candi-
dacy with a loud whoop against the
truts. He is evidently bent on captur-
ing the galleries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

The improperly OF General Alger
continuing In the presidents cabinet
while actively canvassing for the Of
fee of United states senator is in
disputable and, we may add, intoler-
able. The anomalous situation should
be promptly ended by resignation or
removal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

At $500 per speech Mr.. Bryan is will
Ing to figh; the octopuses until they
squeal for mercy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-26

Thomas A. Edison promises within a
fewweeks to have ready for the market
type of automobile which will be
light, graceful, easily managed, cheap
and capable of going $50 miles without
recharging. 1t is now up to Nikola
Tesla.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-29
GOVERNORS FATHER DIES
william &. Poynter Passes Away ut
His Home at Albion.

William Chapman Poyntcr, fatherSf
Governor Poynter, died at Albion after
a long illness. Governor Poynter went
to the bedside OF his father Friday
and remained with him until the end.
The family of the governor left Lin
coin to attend the funeral, which will
be held at Albion. q,
Mr.. Pointer would have been seven
ty-ninc years old had he lived until
March IS, 1900. He was born in Ken
lucky and at the age of fifteen removed
to Eureka, ILL.,. where he lived until
fifteen years ago, when he removed to
Nebraska. For many years he was
a minister Of the Christian church. He
leaves a wife s~eventy-four years old.
Mr., and Mrs. Poynter would have cele-
brated the sixtieth anniversary of their
marriage next March. ID. j. Poynter,
editor Of the Albion Argus, is their
Sou.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-29
BOERSARF kOTIDLF
They are Massing in Great
Numbers at Stormberg
no IIDlNGS FROM MfTHUfN AS YET


A London, December 81, dispatch says
the Daily News has the following dis
patch from Capetown, dated Saturday,
December 10:
"Thc Beers intend to make a big
stand ut S~tormberg, and are massing "a
great force at the abandoned British
camp. One commando of 1000 consists
chiefly OF rebel Dutch"
The gravity Of the military situation
is again becoming accentuated in the
public mind, owing TO the complete
absence Of news. Nothing has been
heard from Lord Methucn since Sun
day, and 10 is feared that his commuui.
cation has been cut. II this be SO his
position is dangerous.
The Boer position, already formid-
able on December IL, has since been
greatly strengthened, extending for an
area Of twelve miles. IL IL e~ntrenched
according to the approved methods
throughout the entire length. Wire
fences have been placed before all the
trenches at every point, guns have
been got into position, and there is cv-
cry evidence that the Bocrs are well
supplied with ammunition. Only a
powerful attacking force can hope to
make q successful assault.