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Evening star., 1899-02-01
NEW YORK CHARITY BALL.
Vice President Hobart Leads the
Grand March,

A New York dispatch says of the charity
ball given at the Waldorf-Astoria last night:
The ball room was crowded. So were the
Astor gallery and the connecting corridors
and foyers,
Nearly every one came early for fear of
missing the grand march, which is the star
attraction of the charity ball.
Vice President Hobart with Mrs AIger-
non Sullivan, gowped in black velvet, on
his arm, led the march. General Miles
in full uniform, followed with Mrs. Ho-
bart. General Merritt was there. too, al
though his bride was not He escorted
Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford. Then followed
General Gillespie. with Mrs. Washington
Roebling; Mr.. George c. Boldt, with Mrs
John Sayre Martin; Mr.. Gilbert Codding-
ton. with Miss Quiseta Leland, and Mr..
John A. Hadden, jr., with Mrs. Edward
Mitchell.
According to their usual custom, the man.
ayers decreed that no money should be spent
in floral trimmings, and the word Charity"
blaze of multi-colored electric lights was
.he only special decoration in the ball room
The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart cined
with Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Boldt previous
to the ball. Other guests at the dinner were
General and Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Galloway Mr. and
Mrs. John Sayre Martin and General Mer-
ritt.
After dinner the party proceeded TO the
ante room just off the myrtle room where
the Vice President and Mrs Hobart received
the ball committee, the gentlemen of the
noor committee and the members of The
army and navy present.
Evening star., 1899-02-01
MARRIED BY TELEPHoSE
contracting Parties Were Far Anar,
When Knot Was Tied

A dispatch to the New York Herald from
Elmira, N. Y, yesterday says: After mar
ryihg Nellie G. Maxwell of WillIamspo
Pa, over long-distance telephone last
night. Harry A. Rantz of this city took the
hrst train he could get and Travelled seventy
eight miles to find his bride This form Of
wedding ceremony was decided upon for
the novelty of the thing.
The service was conducted by the Rev.
DR.. Isaac Jennings of the First Preshvta-
nan Church in this city. Tho groom. hest
man and few friends were here. Tho
bride and bridesmaid. with her father and
friends, were at Williamspor: Special
telephones were furnished, the operators
acting as witnesses to tho ceremony
The full marriage service resDouscs ard
al, was gone through In due form. The
bride put the ring on her own finger and
accepted the usual clergyman's Kiss by
proxy. Before taking this curious means Of
Decoming man and wife the opinions cf
lawyers in New York and Pennsylvania
ceremony. ~
Evening star., 1899-02-01
AgOncillo Expresses Regret

III MS letter TO the Secretary of State, in
closing memorial against the ratification
o. the peace treaty, Senor Agoncillo. the
Philippine envoy here, expresses regret that
he has not received any assurance of the
peaceful intention of America toward tho
Filipino republic, and his people are left to
fear the forcible destruction by America of
her late ally, the more so as additional
troops had recently been sent to the Phil
lppines, while violent expressions in the
newspapers and false accusations men,
TONED in them against Senior Agoncillo NAV
serve, he fears. to increase their uneasi-
ness. He regrets to observe that these eX-
presslons and accusations have received
no official condemnation
Evening star., 1899-02-01

as to not receive a specific mention in the
United States export statistics. In the first
nine months of 1898, however. s0,34e tons
were sent across the border. while the total
exports of steel rails from the United
states from January to September, 1898,
We're 222 973 tons. This. the British paner
Just quoted says. with anxiety indicates
mat the Americans are pushing into even
more distant export fields than Canada, and
points out the expectation of 42, All tons to
Japan up to September, 1898, as bearing out
this proposition.
Attention is also paid by the British Jour-
i.aiS 10 the importation of American slate
70 1ono9il, where 1t undersells the Welsh
product by 0 shillings nar thnnsand
Evening star., 1899-02-01
Why Mr.. Porter Went to Cuha

The decision TO send Mr.. Porter to Cuba
was reached after a full discussion of the
situation of the insurgent army between
the President and his cabinet Mr.. Porter
VIII confer first with Gen. Brooke, and his
mission is not to make nor promise any
payments, but to gather information He
VIII ask II the Cuban army will disband
on present payment Of s3,OO0,OOO Our legal
Iieht 10 make this payment was referred to
the Attorney General, who held that This
sum might lawfully be advanced to the in
surgent troops, on condition that the treas
ury be subsequently reimbursed from the
revenues OF the island, and it is understood
that this course will be pursued If II is
found that the desired results can be OBJ
tanned thereby.
Evening star., 1899-02-01
.bout $4,000, 900. The customs receipts, it

about Sc, 500, 900. The customs receipts, it
will be shown, We're nearly S1s,Ooo000, the
largest for the north of January since
1898, and an increase of about Sl,250.000
over December
The internal revenue receipts for January
will be approximately $21, 100000, slight
decrease from December but an increase
over January, 1898, over $500, ,o00 The ex-
penditures on accounts of the War and
Navy Departments during January will be
shown to be about $23 $50 600. an increase
over December of about 81 800, 900.
Evening star., 1899-02-01
LuzOn the Minimum Demand.

An erroneous impression has gone abroad
respecting the nature of the Presidents
instructions to the American peace COM
missioners in Paris touching the limitations
or the claims TO be put forward so far as
the Philippines were concerned to the Is
hand OF Luzon- As matter of fact, so far
from making that island the maximum
claim OF the Americans, the Presidents
instructions actually placed that island as
tho minimum claim to be set out The Ian
guass was nothing less than the Island
of Luzon, instead of nothing more than
the Island OF Luzon." 1t can be stated also
that the correspondence submitted to the
Senate included all of the instructions to
the American commissioners. The only
omissions from the mass, IL is stated, were
letters touching matters in no way related
10 the Spanish negotiations.
Evening star., 1899-02-01

II you want work read the want columns
of The Star
Evening star., 1899-02-01
MAYOR CUTS HIS oWN.PAY.
boston's Executive Orders u General
ReductiOn in SaIarfes

A dispatch from Boston yesterday says:
mayor quincy said today that in pursu-
ahce OF the orders issued yesterday for a
reduction IN the salaries of all depart
ihehts' ne would set the example and would
perform the duties OF mayor at a reduction
of ~ per cent from the schedule. The
salary is $4,000, but he will work for
s., $50.
Police salaries will not be affected by the
order, as the mayor has no control over
them. The salaries Of firemen will be cut
flre Commissioner Russell said today:
Nearly 5000 employees out of a total Of
io,oo0 are affected by the mayors order
and he expects to save $4,000 by reducing
salaries"
Evening star., 1899-02-01
Local pcusf0us

Pensions have been granted to the follow
ing residents Of the District cf Columbia:
Henry r. Bird. SC; Geo. T. Ribble, increase.
IS to Sl2; Edward George. increase. 81 10
SD; Ella c. Conrad. SIS: Harriet \. Ma
Sruder, SS; John Gartside. ss;. Augusta @;
Harris. So: VIM ". Fentress. $50; Aie;;aa.
der Douglas. so; chas. Fl. Haisht, SI2; Mar.
garet O'Meara, IS.
Evening star., 1899-02-01
Presidential Nominations Confirmed

The Senate yesterday confirmed these
nominations: Colonel A. B. Carey, to be
paymaster general with rank of brigadier
general; ]. Low, collector of customs,
Niagara N. Y.
Surveyors customs--J. A. Bassarear, Port
OF Greenport, N. Y; VIM. Barnes, jr.. Al
bany. N. Y; VIM. T. Fee of Ohio, consul
at Bombay; NJ. C. McLemore, attorney for
the eastern district of Texas; w. c. Hook
district judge for the district of Kansas.
w. Fifeld, collector of customs district of
Great Egg Harbor. N. j.; Colonel P. C.
Hains engineers, to be member of the
Nicaragua canal commission; M. Kyle. to
be surveyor general of Nevada, and a
number Of postmasters.
Evening star., 1899-02-01
In Porto Rico.

Maj. Gen. Guy v. Henry, the famous
cavalry leader, has been. appointed military
governor Of Porto Rice. IT. may be stated
with reasonable certainly, that he will re-
celve before long the title of governor GER
eral of that tight little isieE The personnel
of his staff, or, as it might, be termed. his
military cabinet, has not. yet been an
nounced. except that foI. Hall has been ai
made his adjutant general, In all likeli-
mood, Cen Henry, a lfttiei later on. will
form civil cabinet, tfhns, into it several
OF the Porto Ricans who have been most
prominent fat amtnnonn IN the antepelfBpm movement
Naturally. the problefq of administration
In Porto Rico is very imuGh more simple
than in Cuba, inasmuch .ass there is only
one province to be taHen care OF instead
of seven. On the other Mndaf there is plenty
OF work to do, the poptiati6i of the island
being not far from Sg6OO0i souls. Nearly
all of the people, howevers are delighted
with the notion of attaining American cit
izenship, and there is nos such problem to
be solved as presents itself in Cuba. where
there is a dscontented and more or less re-
beliious people. who are 7to be reconstructed
ana fxed up In such a a.way as to enable
them to govern themselves.
Ihe Hawaiian Islands, likewise are to
nave their military governor and admins
tration, preliminary TO their organization
as territory of the United States. No
body KNOWS as yet who the governor is
gong TO be- but to him. also will probably
be given the title of governor general So
far as that group is scoiicefned, plans are
somewhat in abeyance.> In view of the fact
that no difficulties present. themselves
7Whleh require l1mmediate or. strenuous
treatment.
Evening star., 1899-02-01
Federal Finances. for January.

The forthcoming report of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures for January
VIII show the receipts to- have been about
$4l ,Ifo,ooo, and the expenditures about $751;
207 600, leaving q deficit for the month OF
Evening star., 1899-02-01
ENGLISH BECOMING ALARMED.
Manufacturers Concerned Over the
Invasion of Our Trade.

Consul Halstead of Birmingham Eng
lard. reports to the State Department that
there is q great awakening going on among
English manufacturers over the disastrous
possibilities of American trade competi-
tlon. \ new trade paper there has met
with most cordial reception, he says, ard
the news columns of both daily and trade
papers are Glled with facts about American
trade. while the matter is given serious ed
i1orial discussion. which in English daily
papers means much more serious considera-
;ion than the same editorial space devoted
IL like subject in the average American
newspaper. In this weeks issue of the par
ticular trade paper referred to Mr. Hal
stead says that fully twelve 90o-word col
umnS are devoted to American trade mat
tcrs. about One-half taken from the Amer
lean consular reports.
Use of Our Consular Reports.
In fact" he continues. Il think the
United States consular reports are of
greater service to Great Britain today than
they are TO America, because the British
trade publications are giving more import
anec 10 them and quoting them more fully
than IS done at home
In support of this statement Consul Hal
stead sends clippings from the papers in
question, showing the large extent to which
they are drawing on the American consular
reports for their Information.
The British press expresses great concern
over the rapidly dwindling supply of rea-
sonably cheap iron ore for their blast fur
naces- The only mines of any consequence
that are supplying the British demand to-
Gay are the Cleveland ard the West Cum
berland mines. six other formerly important
Scotch and English districts being quoted
as practically exhausted. The Bril- n blast
furnaces are now drawing their chief sun
plies from Bilboa. Spain fio0 miles dis
tan'' ana from Swedish Lapland I6OO
miles on Even these supplies. II is said
are being rapidly drained ana the future
supply IS looked for from even more remote
Arctic circle. that can be worked o,,iv six
months III The year '>
Export OF steel Rails.
The great Increase IN the sale of Ar,nri-
can steel rails IN Canada is also attracting
attention. In lSo0 this trade vas so small
Evening star., 1899-02-01

Honest stLiningsat 'Opening" Prices
PTNHE superior Taffeta Silks, in all the colors
needed for organdy dresses, at 6oc instead of
8oc yard. &C yard for I2c quality Percaline
last black and colors. &C yard for 5c Fancy Stripe
Skirt Lining. I5c yard for 2oc Linen Canvas
2oc yard for Black Back Waist Lininps Sec
ond floor
Evening star., 1899-02-01
Export OF steel Rails.

Ihe great Increase IN the sale of Ameri-
can steci rails In Canada Is also attracting
attention. In lS9G this trade vas so ep,,l,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Courteous Humility.

A Somerset correspondent of the Pitts
burg Times tells the following story Of
General Alexander Ogle, head of the
Ogle family the members Of which are
celebrated In Somerset and its enVirons
as among the foremost of the Frosty
sons of thunder" When General Jack
son occupied the presidential chair Cen
eral Ogle considered it on one occasion
necessary to write the president letter
giving his views on certain prominent
questions of that day. The letter was a
long one, written with great care but be-
fore mailing 1t to Washington he thought
proper to submit it to a friend of the
same political faith as his own. This
friend read the letter very carefully.
Finally he said: General Ogle, that Is
a magnificent letter, just such a letter
as | should expect from a man like you;
but there is one little thing-a mere for
mality-that | notice. In speaking Of
yourself you have all through your letter
used a small Il with a dot over 1t. 1t IL
customary in polite correspondence In
speaking of ones self to use a capital
T. "Ahem!" said the general, hestat.
ing only moment you are right, sir; ;
in ordinary correspondence | always use
the capital Il in referring to myself but
when | address a great man like General
jackson I abase myself, abase myself,
sir, and use the smallest f. i'm the alpha
betr The "small formality" was cor
rected and the letter went on its way to
Washington.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

A naturalist found that black ants
were devourinG the skins of some bird
specimens on a table, so he made tar
circles on four pieces of paper, and put
one under each leg Of the table. Ants
will not cross tar Pretty soon he found
the ants busily at work again, and, look
ing at the tar circles found each one
was bridged by bits Of sand which the
clever ants had brought in from the
street.
Before 1898, when wooden matches with
phosphorus were made in Vienna, peo-
pie were dependent upon flint and steel
to secure a light. The first patent for "A
phosphorus match In the United States
was taken out in 1886 by A. ID. Phillips,
Of Springfield, Mass. For many years
people refused to use them, but by lSil
the ill-smelling and clumsy old tindcr
boxes were generally discarded.
The Paris Figaro is named I'm honor
of the typical Eossiping barber.
Petit Journal means "iittle journal" and
has no Connection with lie Journal. The
Gaulois is tho "Gaul" Liber Parole
means free speach" L'Instransigeant
Henri Rochefort's paper, is "the irrecon-
cilable.."
With a refrigerator in every house.
cold storage warehouses in every city,
and refrigerator cars on every railroad,
it is a little diffcult TO realize that the
process of freezing articles of food Ia
prevent decomposition was not perfected
until little less than twenty years ago
oxford. Me, has a custard pie associa
tion which meets annually i'm hemlock
grove on the margin of Swan Pond, and
gorges itself with custard pie. 1t grew
out of custard pie eating contest be-
tween two residents of the town thirty
nine years ago,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01

breadth and depth of the interest which
the people are taking in the question
of trusts, or more particularly In the
economic conditions OF which trusts are
mere surface indication. No such a
representative list of acceptances could
have been secured had the invitations
been to conference on some purely
academic theme. not entering inti-
mately and palpably into the everyday
thought and life of the people. The
conference at Chicago is to be nom
partisan and judiclal its aim is to
elucidate truth and If those who take
part in it are frank and honest, it can
hardly fail to result in much public
enlightenment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01

N
MI have arranged to send
v 4 delegates to the confer
ence on trusts initiated by
the Civic Federation of Chicago and
called to meet in that city on Sept l3
to 16. More than fifty members of con-
gress will be present. The Interstate
Commerce commission will attend in
body. Representative economists from
England and other foreign countries
have declared their intention to at
tend. The attOrneys-ge general OF twenty
two states have agreed to appear. Dele
gates are being named by Boards Of
Trades, Chambers of Commerce, Ma
tonal Labor and Agricultural bodies,
the National Bar association, the Ma
tional Bankers association, the Ma
tional Underwriters association, the
American Economic association, the
American Social Science association,
the American Academy of Political and
Social Science,
The labor interests of the country
will be represented in the conference,
in addition to the labor members on
the state delegations, by Samuel Com
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor; p. j. Mcclure, general
secretary United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners; =. II. Morrissey,
grand master Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen; NJ. r. Grady, organizer
Bricklayers' and Masons' International
union; James O'Connell president In
ternational Association of Machnists:
John w. Hays general secretary and
treasurer Knights of Labor: the Com
mercial Travellers association, by p.
L. Dove, president Commercial Tray
ellers National League; Willis Young,
president Northwestern Travelling
Mems association; NJ. w. Phalen,
president Travelling Mems Protective
association; d. K. Clink, past coun-
sellor United Commercial Travellers; ;
F. e. Haley, secretary Iowa Travelling
Mems association, and T.. T.. Clark,
grand commander Order Railway Con-
ductors; the agricultural interests by
Ex-Governor W. d. Hoard, president
the Farmers National congress; Aaron
Jones, Master National Grange. Ac-
ceptances have also been received from
Washington GLADDEN., Mayor Samuel
Jones, of Toledo, o.; John Graham
Brooks, ex-Secretary Sterling Morton,
NJ. e. ingalls,, president Big Four; f.
T. Jeffreys, president Rio Grande rail-
road; II. Il. Ely, Wisconsin university;
President Draper, University Of nli-
nois; President Northrop, University of
Minnesota; Henry w, Lamb, president
New England Free Trade League;
Jeremiah w. jerks. professor political
economy, Cornell university, and Law
renee Gronlund.
This rather formidable catalogue OF
names is rehearsed to illustrate the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
An Uncomfortable Seat.

The other day two young ladies hailed
street car in a large city, entered ii,
and found only standing room
One OF them whispered to her COM
panion, 81 am going to set a seat from
one Of these men,"
She looked down the row of men, and
selected for her victim a sedate-lookinG
gentleman. She sailed up to him and
boldly opened fire.
"My dear Mr.. Brown how delighted
am to meet you You are almost a
stranger! viii l accept your seat?
Well, l do feel tired I must admit
Thank you, very much!"
The sedate gentleman, a perfect stranE-
er, Of course, looked, listened, then quiet
ly rose, and gave her his seat, saying as
he did so:
"Sit down. Mary, my girl. I don't
often see you out on washing day! You
must feel tired! Hows your mistress?'
The girl got her seat, but lost her vi
vacity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
Cleaned While You Wait.

~ NE of the ingenious plans for
the entertainment of visitors
submitted to the manage
ment of the Forthcoming
Pan-Amerlcan exposition at Buffalo
has for its object the establishment Of
a Tourists Cleaning and Rejuvenating
company, the mission of which Is thus
described by the anonymous promo
ters:
II want to build a cleaning and re-
juvenating department near the Union
depot. and there scrub and dust and
generally clean up the visitors. Some
days the trains will bring in many
thousands Well, / want to be ready
for them. l want a great, long build
ing erected and when the trains come
in 1 want the runners to take all the
travellers and send them into the shed.
The entrance into the front room will
cost 10 cents, and those who go in
will have their hats and coats nicely
brushed by force of boys, and after
that they will step into a chair and
get a shine. Then they can go out, If
they want, but it will cost only 10
cents to go into the next room, and
there they will be shaved and get a
hair cut, and have a chance to wash
1t will cost 65 cents to get into the
next room, and there will be a nice
meal and ticket for the exposition
thrown in with a neat little guide
book"
Something on this order would do
land-office business in Scranton next
week.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
The Ohio Campaign.

HE nomination of John H.
Mclean by the Democrats
n Of Ohio to head their state
ticket in an antitrust and
anti-monopoly campaign Is beautifully
inconEruous, when we take into ac-
count the fact that Mclean is mil
lionairc whose fortune has been ac-
cumulated along the very lines that
the GAINESVILLE platform condemns.
Like the nomination of Ship-builder
Sewall for Bryan's running mate, it is
amusing.
But consistency never troubled the
Ohio Democracy and in Mclean they
have a candidate who is not only rich
enough to keep the machine well
creased, but also personally likeable
man. who has considerable following
in the state without regard to party.
In the years that he has been pub
fishing the Cincinnati Enquirer in
many way the strongest newspaper in
Ohio, he has made a host of friends,
who may be expected to remember him
with a complimentary ballot in No
vember That he has also earned the
enmity Of numerous persons is simply
a logical deduction from the fact that
he runs a newspaper.
At any other time than now Nc
Leans candidacy would be formidable.
The Republican party in Ohio is SER
iously disrupted. The Foraker wing
and the Hanna wing cannot abide to-
gether in peace, and all public protes-
tations Of love and good feelings are
Just so much iridescent buncombe.
Foraker would knife Hanna's ticket in
a minute if that alone were at stake.
But it so happens that this election
Immediately prccedes a presidential
campaign in which a chief executive
from Ohio is to be candidate for re-
election. upon a platform upholdinG
the military policy of an American
army now face to face with a foreign
foe. The chief executive is popular
in Ohio, his policy is popular, and the
Republican politician who should un-
dertake under these circumstances to
indulge in any funny business with an
anti Mckinley. anti-eXpansion COM
bination would, If found out, soon at
tend a political funeral in the unen-
Viable role of a corpse.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-01
Extinguished.

A young and newly-married couple
were entertaining their friends, and
among the guests was one whose con-
tinued rudeness made him extremely OBJ
jectlonable to the rest of the company.
His conduct, although most unbearable
was put up with for some time, until
at supper he held up on his fork a piece
of meat which had been served to him,
and in a vein OF intended humor, he
looked round and remarked:
rs this pig?"
This Immediately drew forth the re-
mark from quiet-loking individual sit
ting at the other end of the table:
(Which end Of the fork do you refer
to?"--Spare Moments.