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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02

The board of control held a special
and also a short meeting last evening.
Though ii was short and special, there
was nearly a full representation pres
ent and several important matters were
dealt with, among them the letting of
contracts for the heating, plumbing
and ventilating of the new schools,
Nos. and 3S.
The first report received was that of
the teachers committee, which recon-
mended that the opening of the night
schools be deferred one week, to enable
the wiring for electric lights to be done.
The report of the committee was adopt
ed by the board. The schools were to
be opened next Monday night.
Then came the recommendations Of
the building committee regarding the
contracts for heating and plumbing the
new school buildings.
The committee recommended that the
contract for heating and ventilatng
No. 2 be awarded to C. b. Scott for S5,-
446.S0; that the heating and ventilating
of No. 3S be let to Hunt & Connell for
$5536; that the plumbing of No. be
let to Hunt q Connell for 81 $40, and
that the contract for building a sewer
Vi.
for $1S9, all work to be done in accord
ance with the plans of Engineer John
Harris, and under his supervision.
THE FORMER BID.
| 1t will be remembered that Hunt &,
| Connell bid on the contract for No. 2
before and their bid was rejected, be-
cause plumbing was included in the
In Of hot fNt t.,1,,
Mr. Gibbons said Mr.. Scott had had
every opportunity of knowing how
much Hunt & Connells former bid was,
because it was published, and that he,
/ thereby had an unfair advantage. He
| pointed to the fact that 1t was $195
! lower than the former bid.
The beard thought differently, how
| ever and adopted the recommenda-
tions Of the committee.
Then q bid was read from Thomas
! ] O'Malley offering to do the plumbing
in No. rs school for $3,9O0.45. 1t was
moved TO refer IL to the building COM
mittee, with instructions to report
forthwith, and the motion was carried
Mr. Gibbons objected again, cor1tendinG
that the bid was enormously extravar
giant, and that the matter should moi
be acted upon at once, but given care.
full consideration. He was alone ir
the field, however, and when the com.
mittee reported faVorably in a few
minutes, the report was adopted.
Mr. Gibbons then said he had beer
in consultation with Superintendent
Howell in regard to the crowded con
dition Of the high school and that thr
superintendent had recommended tha
the primary children be taken out o
the building and suitable quarters Sc
cured for them elsewhere.
MOVED TO REFER.
Mr.. Gibbons moved that the matte
be referred to the high and trainin!
school committee in conjunction will
the controller from the Ninth ward
with instructions to report at the mex
regular meeting,
Mr.. Phillips moved that the teacher
be paid for the month of October afte
the superintendent had passed on tn
payroll. The motion was carried an
the meeting adjourned after haviu
transacted all this business in less tha
twenty minutes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
Special Low Rates to Philadelphia
Pa. National Export Exposition.

October 25th, November 9th and 22d
the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
railroad company will sell round trip
tickets to Philadelphia, Pa, at the one
way fare plus fifty cents for the admit
tance coupon to the exposition. Tick
cts will be good going on any regular
train on the above dates, and for re-
turn within ten days from and includ-
ing date of sale Full information may
be obtained on application to any tick
ct agent of the "Lackawanna" rail-
road.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02

Pine street, Williamsport, and in Phila-
delphia at 1923 Market street, 260O Ken
ington avenue, S02 Vine street, and at
the Gibson house Wilmington.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
FOR LIBELLING SQUIRE GILBoY
Little and o'Toole Indicted by the
Grand Jury of Luzerne County.

Editor Richard Little and Reporter
NJ. j. OToole, of the Scrantonian, wers
indicted yesterday, by the Luzerne
county grand jury for libelling Squire
j. r. Gilboy, of Duryea.
In a highly sensational article on
the Corcoran murder case in a recent
issue they made the most reckless
kind of charges against Mr.. Gilboy on
the strength of what afterwards de-
veloped to be the himsiest sort of in
formation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02

relieve and cure Rheumatism, Gout
and Eczema. An ideal fall-wint ar
home for invalids. sg The San
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
BOARD OF CONTROL
AWARDS CONTRACT
HEATING, vENTILATING AND
PLUMBING JOBS GIVEN OUT.

J. b. Scott Will install the Heating
and ventilating Plant at No. 2
Building-Hunt & Connell Will
Put in the Heating and ventilat-
ing System at No. 39 and Do the
Plumbing at No. 2-opening of
Night Schools Deferred One Week.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
SCRANT0N'S WATER
SUPPLY is GOOD
BOARD OF HEALTH HEARD r. L.
PITFIELD's REPORT.

He Is the Assistant Bacteriologist Of
the Pennsylvania Board of Health
and Recently Made an Examination
of the Reservoirs That Supply the
City--Employes of the Crematory
Claim the Benefit of the Eight
Hour Law-Reports of the officers
of the Board.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
A Card.

We, the undersigned, de hereby agree to
refund the money ON a 50-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar II II
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded
Matthews Bros. &, T.. Chittenden.
Phelps Pharmacy. ID. w. Humphrey
McGarrah & Thomas q. Pichel
II. G. SanderSon J. p. Donahoe
n. NJ. Eiche. Browns Pharmacy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
THAT COFFEE AGAIN,

like to talk about our coffee, because
it's worth talking about,
It's the best Mocha and Java blended
to the queens taste, and would cost you
40c. at most stores, but we sell it lbs
for 81. "Most exquisite coffee | ever
drank" eXClaims another delighted lady
who Is an excellent Judge of good coffee
our 25c. grade is better than most 35c
goods.
Your money gladly refunded if any ar
ticle does not give entire satisfaction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02

Flatulence is cured by Beecham s
Pills. ."
Try Joy Maker" SC. cigar .s
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02

Smoke the Popular Punch cigars. 1oc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
NoRToWS BULLETIN
RrtistiC Wall PAPERS

DECORATIVE NOVELTIES,
WALL MOULDINGS,
WINDOW SHADES,
CURTAIN POLES AND FIXTURES,
BLANK ACCOUNT BOOKS,
STATIONERY
for business and pleasure,
Large variety, popular prices.
We invite inspection of stock
This month is a good one for
Decorating and fixing your rooms.
We can furnish good decorators
on short notice and reasonable rates.
CHIIDREN'S CARRIAGES; h
we have few left which
will sell at deep cut
prices to clear them out.
Boys express wagons and velocipedes
Large toys in wood and iron.
NJ. NORTON,
322 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton.
"a South Main St., Wilkes-Barre.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02

Smoke the Joy Maker" cigar, sc. =.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-02
The Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Co.

All Lackawanna avenue, 123 South Main
avenue. Phone 732. Prompt delivery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
THE COMMERCE or THE PHILIPPINES.

population that can never be as
simulated and whose most active indus
Try Is rebellion against foreign domi-
nation. promises little in the way OF
progress Through internal change other
than through extcrmmation. This may
De accomplished by war by labor akin
10 slavery or by contact with q higher
civilization and its consequent disas-
trous results TO the weaker race. Even
II the native population be subdued,
they Wlll make unwilling t1.lgrs; III
arlVen OUT or the larger and more fer
tile ISLANDS, some form OF labor must
take their place. IL will not be Amcri-
can III VIII not BE- European, Tor IL
can not De either. II must be A4iatic,
ana, ~ LETT TO a free settlement would
ne chinese. Yet our laws as applied
TO the Hawaiian Islands prohibit the
introduction of Chinese. AMI is il right
10 apply another rule 20 She Philippines
american territory?
PRODUCTS take care of themselves
Climate and soil and a mild pressure
OF commercial exchanges have deter
nhned that the Philippines should con-
tribute TO the worlds trade u few lead
ing commodities. The most important
Is hemp, natural monopoly; for
lhough mC~.y species of this plant are
found IN the tropics none produces the
same or as good Nbra as II obtained
ln thr philippines. More than that at
trinpls = 10 raise this particular Nareiy
elteMhere haNe failed ,IA.-- -l.LIL- ul The
Np"its OF hemp in lsg1 was s. 900
y ~ . nearly equal value oi sugar WHf
aiso tNpntt-d $1,000 OUOl. these two
onlln"dities making nsasly % par cent
nt ihr value OF The total EXPORTS. "
hie' other Items bp taken from the
.Np 'ft taDles,.copra t'2 6Si 9-1). tCbac-
mol-abbut 81 pc~ cont Of thr entire
Nport raiuc is ar,ouufr,i rer ard ov.
'ty lcafiie article ntrrng INTO tho cx.
port movement.-H Harpcrs Magazine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
BRITISH LAW MAKING.

Before Parliament meets the cabinet
advises or rather informs the crown of
the program or policy which is TO be
pursued by the government in relation
to both foreign and domestic affairs
For instance in 1868 the issue in the
election was the establishment of
the Irish church, TO which the queen
was strongly opposed, yet the prime
minister advised her that a measure
must be introduced dis-establishing the
church In Ireland and in the speech
from the throne the queen CMr. Glad
stone) announced that such a measure
would be introduced and hoped that
parliament would adopt il. The queens
speech Cor prime minister's adlreSs)
thus outlines at the beginning OF the
session the legislation to be introduced
The cabinet prepares the measures and
introduces them through one OF its
members, all OF whom have seats in one
or other of the houses OF parliament.
Measures thus introduced the party Is
politically bound To support. If cab
met Is defeated. n Is regarded as vote
OF want OF confidence" in the minis
try. and II resigns. which means that
the opposite party goes into power or
n new election is ordered. as the prime
may decide. In this way the
entire legislative policy Is shaped and
the measures prepared by the cabinet.
and thus party responsibility for legis-
lation - definitely located in the ad-
which holds the power OF
resignation or a dissolution OF parlia-
ment as a whip OF party discipline-
Gunton's Magazine for July.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
NESTS IN BANANA BUNCHeS.
Dr. Gibbs Tells Of The fasoriis wootlani Haunt
Of kaw Curious Creatures.

"All sorts Of curious creatures. says
Dr. Morris Gibbs. "come TO us i'm
bunches of bananas, and / know OF
over twenty species OF insects, reptiles
and mammals that have gained free
transportation TO our land by slowing
themselves away IN punches of this
luscious and popular fruit. 1T is a very
common occurrence to find spiders Of
several varieties, all of which are pro-
nouncsd deadly poison, OF course.
nave seen three speces OF snakes
Whlch were taken in these we'll built
places OF concsalment. one OF which
was u greenish- -colored boa, all of five
ieet long, and two little fellows, and all
alive. IL is not rare to find active little
lizards which have made the thick
shelter ther home, and been taken
over 2500 miles into foreign land. new
er TO return to their sunny home again
Curious land crabs also migrate
by this method, and, like all the rest OF
the unknown creatures from foreign
lands. are pronounced most Virulent
and are killed on SIGHT. Then, too. we
often find little mice with very long
tails, which have made themselves
comfortable on the journey by prepar-
ing soft nests in the centre of the
bunch.
The great punches OF fruit hang
near the ground, and the wild Great
ures seek the space within and thus es-
cape the hot sun. or perhaps their enc
MES. What more natural than for q
mouse 10 build it's nest and rear it's
little brood in this retreaE? Then the
time comes for the shipping OF the
green fruit. The big stem is cut with a
huge knife. much like the Cuban ma
chete aud the punches are carried To
the coast, Where they are loaded on the
steamer for American ports Thousands
and tens of thousands OF crabs. rep
tiles mice and endless quantities of
spiders and Insects are annually
brought into our boundaries in punches
Of bananas. and are distributed |
throughout all civilized quarters i'm the !
rnion.'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
PREDICTION OF AN ENeLIsnMAN.
No Says Al Sorts Of Pleasant Things About
American Industrial EnIoprses.

met on the morning / sailed from
New York for Panama the agent OF a
syndicate OF English capitalists and
manufacturers who had just completed
six weeks tour OF inspection among
the Industrial centres Of the country.
says William T.. Curtis I'm the Chicago
RECORD, and he remarked:
shipbuilding is the only Industry I'm
Which you Yankees do not lead the
world, and you might be first as You
VIII De first in that also II you under
take II. You have the men and the
materials an dthe tools, and the late
war has demonstrated what the United
states might be IL she seeks a place
among the sea powers. You already
nave the best navy in the world for
It's size, and. although you haven't built
many merchant vessels, you have built
good ones. In gunnery, too. / see that
you are going ahead and taking the
business away from us poor Britishers.
L learned yesterday-but perhaps IL Is
secret yet-that the Russian Govern
ment had just placed an order in this
country for $6,900,000 worth OF guns.
suppose the Car intends to celebrate
the holding OF the peace conference.
have noticed great activity in your
shipyards. | have visited several on
the sea and on the lakes, and they are
all working night and day with big
orders ahead, and most OF them are en-
larging their capacity in anticipation
or future business. When / get home
next week i shall tell our people that
Uncle sam is going into the ship build
ing business and will shut up some of
our old-fashioned yards. You have all
Lhe advantages that we haven't. You
get your coal and iron off the surface
)f the ground, while we have to dig into
the bowels OF the earth for IL. You
have better machinery and more in
senious workmen, and everything else
mat goes to make prosperity. You
nave furnished our food for years; you
rave been supplying our railroad iron
ina our electric apparatus, and now |
ron are making our locomotives. Pretty |
Don we shall be buying our ships on |
his side OF the water. Already the |
Belfast people have brought from Ala 4
'ama the steel plates that go into the /
oceanic, the new White Star ship, |
which is to be the largest ever built In |
he world"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
SHE CARRIED THE 0BELISK.
A 0lcs Famous Vessel That Is Now Used as a
Coal eape.

vessel which was once a famous
steamer, but is now a commonplace
sea-going coal barge. is in port load
Ing for New England port. The pes-
soug was built for the Khedive of
Egypt IN 1864 and named the Denton.
At that time she was considered one of
the fastest and most beautifully an
pointed vessels .foat, says the Balti-
more American, ard the khedive en-
joyed her immensely. for while But
tired OF her. and in 1879 William II.
ne got tired OF her. and IN 1879 William
III. Vanderbilt bought her TO transport
the oDelisk from Egypt to Central Park
New York Lieutenant Commander
Gorringe took command OF her, having
Deen detailed for the purpose by the
United States Government
The obelsk. which weighs 1876 tons
was far from the shore line. and buried.
besides, deep in sand. 1t was alto
gether too heavy for ordinary ma
chinery TO be used, and il was carried
down on immense platforms with can
non balls under them far Iollers-rAe44
it was placed in a crib fixed on a pom
to0n. The pontoon and ship were lifted
in craving drydock, head on to each
other, and when this had been accom-
plished hole 20 feet long and Il feet
hi gh was cut in the starboard bow of the
boat below the water line. Through
this the great stone was rolled into the
hold OF the ship on a groove having an
improvised ball-bearng attachment.
also made of cannon balls. Inside the
obelisk was braced along the keelson.
and stout snoring fixed about il To
make IL immovable. After everything
was made shipshape and the ribs and
plates were replaced at the bow OF the
steamer, she finally set sail for New
York on June Il. 1850.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
SHOCK CURED A PATIENT.
Peculiar Method Of Treatment Employed By q
Physician Who Evidently Knew Men as Thsy Are.

you know" remarked the physl-
clan to the patient whose mind he was
trying TO get on something else. "the
Well. I had an experience once that
you Will hardly believe. though ii is
gospel truth. i opened my office FIRST
in a fiat, and beirjs somewhat OF an
athlete 1 am afraid IL did not present
quite the appearance of most doctors
fiat was a dilettant kind OF chap, sell
fish, and much devoted to a lot OF
really fine bric-a-brac he had i'm his
apartment On the floor above him
were the only two women in the fiat
at that time. two widowed sisters. with
two or three children between them
One night about 10 o'clock when / came
In / smelled fire, and going up stairs
TO investigate discovered flames COM
ing from .--e floor above the widows.
l gave the alarm at once and as
dashed up the stairs i met my bric-a-
brac friend at his door. told him to
run and turn in an alarm from the
corner. and he said he had TO save his
rare things. L swore a little bit and
told him TO save the women and chill
dren. and when he said something
about getting out himself / hit him a
lick in the face and knocked him
down the short flight OF stairs TO the
first turn. He was up in an instant
and bounced up the stairs, supposed
after me, but " wasn't that -He-taEe1
up the stairs and right through the
smoke, black as ink by this time.
dragged the two women toward the
stairs, dashed i'm and brought out the
children. and before | knew exactly
where i was he had dashed into the
apartment again and brought out a
half smothered housemaid who had a
room at the end OF the apartment IN
the meantime the firemen had arrived |
and the fire was extinguished before it |
nad gotten over TO the bric-a- brac side
Df the nat, and my man had the sat |
sfaction OF saving his rooms both from |
ire and water.
by midnight things had auieted |
Town enough for those of us still i'm |
condition TO go 10 bed, and at that hour
ne Drlc-a-brac man came into my Of
Ice with black eye. in addition to the |
ire and smoke scars. | did not know
vhat was going to happen. but when
he put out his hand | took it. I'm
more than Obliged TO you. he said. for
ne service you haYe done me tonight
needed just s91ut that hard a lick
o knock the right kind Of sense into
ne. Now fix me up and send i'm your
I'LL. j shook his hand heartily, fixed
Inn up, and didn't send in my bill"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
JOHN REDMOND.

For the first time I'm their cheouered
history. the Irish Nationalists are this
session without leader actual or
nominal; but that Is not for lack of
candidates. The mantle of Charles
Stewart Parnel has indeed been as
sumed by Mr.. John Redmond. hut the
garment that Mr.. Reomond wears is
rather the chiefs" housecoat than the
robe OF the uncrowned King, In other
words, Mr.. Redmond is the leader not
OF the Irish nationalist forces. but OF
that part OF them which remained
ialthiul to the individual when the DO
Htlclan mad been deposed by the will of
the majority OF his supporters. over
TINS section of tne old Parnellite party
Mr.. Redmond holds undisputed SWAY.
his Following amounts. TO nine mem
pers or Parliament only. but small as II
is II controls the political situation of
Dublln, TO say nothing OF Waterford
ana some other populous places. Mr.
redmond IS bitter enemy OF England
ana or the English connection. but no is
an opponent tie Cnionists admire. they
cannot desp'se him, for in his most in
trSnslgeant speeches he has avoided
.ne .ne personally offensive abuse that has
dlshgufed the oratory OF some othar
latter day patriots, and he has fought
ms corner against overwhelming num-
Ders win a courage and ability that
men OF DaScr metal could not have dis
played. lie Is by way OF being born
-ato Parliamentary life. for his father
was member for Wexford before him.
ana ne entered the House of Commons
Tuilously enough, as "a committee clerk.
lie teH under the Parnelite influence
hearly ~ years ago. and then ne was a
very young man indeed, He was not
inuch concerned In the agrarian agita-
..on, out IN Parliament he was a
new constitutional movement. Ue
came To the front much about fhe
same time as Mr.. Healy did: and IL
might be said. without contradiction
that these two brilliant young Irish,
men, taken, the one from committee
ONCE OF the House OF Commons. the |
otner from commercial clerks desk |
I'm London were rivals for the favor of |
thelr leader in the strenuous times OF /
US and lSS3.-July Pail Mall Gazette.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-26
THOUSANDS OF TROUT.
Some Interesting Sights al The Breeding Pond al
The Riknson Haloheu.

Forty-two thousand trout In less than
an acre OF water! Four or five
FOUNDERS as thick as a gunstock and
as long as your arm! Brook trout so
plentiful that they fairly brush one an
other and bump their speckled sides
together when they move about! All
this is TO be witnessed in the state fish
hatchery at W.lkinsonville, quietly
nestled away among the hills about
two miles below Millbury. There are
now at the plant, says the Boston
Transcript 5000 old breeders -fer-use
for stock fish. From these old fish
there were taken 300 OF the largest fish,
ana these were put into Lake Quinsiga-
mond. In place OF these and to infuse
new blood into the parent stock, 500
wild thout have been netted from wor-
cester county streams.
The fish are fed regularly at O'clock
in the morning and at o'clock i'm the
afternoon, and to the visitor this Is
perhaps the most interesting OF the
many entertaining tAlngs to be seen
there. In a smaller pond are 2000 two
year-old brook trout, active and alert
In innumerable smaller ponds are other
thousands of fry. flngerlings and yearl-
ing trout and salmon.
confined in huge tubs through which
runs stream OF sparkling spring
water are the 5000 land locked salmon
which are being reared for Lake Quin-
sigamond, anu which will make of the
lake the finest salmon water in the
country south of Maine. The fish are
now about two inches in length active,
healthy and und. In other tubs are
1000 yearnng trout that are also in |
tended for the lake. They are about
the size OF the salmon, and just as at I
tractive. In another large tank, are |
10000 brown trout OF the English |
variety for the Worcester lake. They |
will be liberated this fall or next spring. |
They are little known in this country, |
and are magnificent in game qualities. |
In addition TO ese there are at the |
$50 rainbow trout, imported |
from California. They are now two |
years old, and will be put into the lake |
this fall IL the present intention holds.