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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-28
BRYAN AND THE TREATY.
TO BE CONTINUED.

Was In Favor Of Ratification and q subse-
quant Declaration of Purpose.
In the house of representatives last
Thursday, Mr.. Grosyenor, of Ohio,
made a speech in which he charged
Mr.. Bryan with responsibility for the
Filipino war, on account of Mr.. Bryan's
position with reference to the ratifica-
ton of the treaty with Spain. Mr..
Bryan was in Atlanta Friday, and the
Atlanta Journal had an interview.
The following from the interview is
Interesting:
Have you seen General Grosvenor's
statement in the house Of representa-
tives on yesterday ?"
II have read brief extract from his
speech. 1t is true that I favored the
ratification of the treaty; but stated
in my interview, published by the AS
Sociated Press on December 18th, four
days after the treaty was signed and
nearly two months before it was rati-
fed, that in my judgement we should
not only ratify the treaty but that
we should declare the nations purpose
10 give the Filipinos independence
upon the same terms that independence
was promised to the Cubans. This
opinion was reiterated time and again,
and early in January wrote an article
for the New York Journal giving my
reasons for believing that it was better
to ratify the treaty and make the fight
upon the resolution declaring the ma.
tion's policy than to make the fight
against the treaty.
1.-THE Bacon resolution made the
promise of independence. 1t was in.
lroduced more than month before hos.
lillies began, and there was tie vote
in the senate until the vice president
cast the deciding vote and defeated it.
IF that resolution had been passed at
the time when Senator Bacon in.
troduced it, there would not have been
any war in the Philippine islands.
at is manifeslly unfair for Mr.. Gros-
venor to charge me with supporting
the treaty without also pointing out
that favored the resolution promising
independence. The bloodshed in the
Philippine islands is upon those who
refused TO deal with the Fllipinos on
American principles. 1t is cowardly
for the Republicans to attempt to evade
the responsibility. If they favor the
war Of conquest, they should have the
courage to avow it and give their real
reasons for it, namely, that they desire
10 give the syndicates chance to ex-
plot the island. The thing that sur
prises me about Mr.. Grosvenor's charge
is that be lays the blame on the Dem
ocrats. Heretofore the Republicans
have laid it on Providence"
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found 1t we can search the house In
side thoroughly"
An hour later he stood alone on the
low flight of steps that led down into
his mothers flower garden. The first
gray tints Of dawn were resting pallid-
ly on the trees Of the lawn and upon
the tangled riot Of blossoms which
sweetened the cold chill air of early
morning. Baffled and humiliated, he
had left his companions in futile
search to watch by the master Of the
house while he wrestled alone with his
perplexity.
The circuit of Broxton Hall had been
made carefully by the four men. Its
lower eXpanse Of broad veranda, pierre
ed by numerous doors and windows as
capacious, had been found guiltless Of
one derelict lock or bolt. Securely fas-
tened aud untampered with. each had
shown itself intact. The upper story
Of the rambling old mansion had re.
peated the same story-not the swing
ing of shutter nor the yawning of the
smallest door to admit an intruder!
At the end of the search the mystery
Of that crouching figure and disorder
ed desk was greater than at its begin
ming.
Weary of conjecture that only con-
fused. Of suggestions that did not sug-
gest. Tom had withdrawn himself and
now stood drinking in great drafts Of
fresh air. 1t cooled the hot feverish-
ness Of his body and spirit. The
phantasies Of the night seemed to quail
and shrivel before the pure calm radi-
ance of the morning star that still held
sway in the slowly flushing skies.
Peace came to the boys troubled
spirit as he stood there accepting heal
ing at natures benignant hands. The
night just gone was one he should nev-
er forget, but 1t had not put him fur
ther away from that noble browed
sleeper, from whose silent lips had
seemed to fall gentle rebuke for his
craven nerves.
Then the sun rose above the horizon
in his chariot of crimson and gold. and
q new day was fairly installed, the
last day for him to be privileged to
look upon his beloved's face. He was
glad that the unnerved watchers had
availed themselves of the earliest sun
rays to take their departure.
AS he stood there alone on the broad
steps Of tie house, overlooking the
beautiful expanse Of the Broxton lawn,
so he stood alone In all the wide world,
not one creature to call kindred. Small
wonder that he clung with rayening
tenderness to the silent sleeper in the
house behind his back.
He retraced his steps and re-entered
the room where his father lay. He
flung open the windows and moved
resolutely toward the casket. The ut
ter peacefulness, the majestic repose
Of the sleeper filed his soul with q
strange quietness.
At that moment he remembered the
seal ring which his father had always
impressed upon the wax Of his letters.
1t was on his finger when he died. he
should like 1t for his very own. He
drew the white draperies from the
broad chest to secure the ring. In the
pallid clasped hands a single white
cosmos flower had dropped to Its death.
The seal ring was not upon his IA
theirs hand. The flower had not been
in his quiet clasp when they laid him
in the casket.
Who would unravel the knot Of this
twofold mystery?
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ing because lie did not get here In
time to hear his fathers voice once
more. Oh, could kill Reuben for that
breakdown
Miss Malvina felt that she could
gladly help in the execution. And,
Miss Malvina, we are going to take
Tom home with us after the funeral.
Papa says l am to cheer him up. I'm
sure I don't know how. ! don't see
how anybody in the world can do that.
do you? l know If it was papa who
had been taken and left alone In the
world I should hate anybody who tried
to talk me into thinking 1t didn't matter
much. 1t wouldn't be any use. But then
I don't suppose girls love their fathers
the same way that boys do. Father
says he will have to be a father to
Tom now, and tell him If he isn't just
as good to poor Tom as he Is to me
shall make him answer for it."
Suddenly the small. clouded face was
illumined by q mischievous smile, and
a sidelong look full Of fun was flashed
under Miss Malvina's Sunday bonnet
"You see, I feel as If must be a moth
er to Tom now, or an aunt. or some
thing elderly and useful"
Miss Malvina begged her not to be
frivolous with such unliftlng gravity
that the bright face became overcast
again as, with hysterlcal catch in
her voice, Ollie added:
"Oh, what lovely world this would
be If all our friends would just keep
well and happy and go on living for
ever until we are all ready to start for
the next world in a big family party.
and the sun would shine all the time.
and flowers be in bloom always! Oh,
Miss Why, I bate sorrow! hate to
cryw
She was doing it copiously. however.
Her dimpling smiles had all been
drowned, her sparkling eyes grown
dark with the gloom Of her crude pro-
test. Miss Malvina put an arm about
the small. grief shaken figure and
moaned a platitude into the ear near
est her:
"My love, man is born to trouble as
the sparks fly upward"
The girl shook her off impatiently.
"Oh, what makes you say that? The
preacher will be using those very same
words presently. They always do at
funerals But I'm not man, not
spark, and I don't want to fly upward.
There. now"
Miss Malvina. feeling vaguely guilty
and distinctly rcpentant. lapsed into
silence. She was entirely unequipped
with weapons of defense against this
original line Of argument. Suppose
we don't reason about it at all, dear.
but just submit" she said meekly.
"We may as WE'LL" said the young
girl, with a resigned sigh, las insub-
mission neither alters nor softens the
hideous facts"
But the word "submiSsion" was
written on one of the unturned leaves
in Olivia Matthews book Of life. 1t
meant nothing as yet. They drove the
short remaining distance in depressed
silence-th through the shadow Of the
valley of death-the gay little equi-
page and the vivid girl.
Mother" Spillman. having emptied
her bowl of cold tea. was computing
the passage of time by her craving
for food. Surely Malvina could not
be away much longer. There she was
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LOVE FINDS A WAY,
BY JEANNETTE H. WALWORTH.

was Ollie's abject slave. He came
back to the phaeton empty handed.
st do hope" said Miss Malvina. In
discreetly anxious. that It Is nothing
Of Importance to Tom Broxton that Is
lost"
The lawyer was climbing back into
the phaeton. He carefully adjusted his
superfuous length to its requirements
and drew the gay lap robe over his
long legs before noticing this imperti.
nent hope" He looked stonily at
Miss Malvina over Ollie's golden head
to say coldly: "Your anxiety Is natural.
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FEBRUARY %, 1900.
dollar and shuffled back to the bean ar

Dor.
Long before Miss Malvina got home,
walking this time. with her brown
serge held carefully above her dusty
shoe tops, her mother had mastered
the contents of the soiled envelope and
secreted h between the back of her
chair and its chintz slip cover, where,
she declared. with triumphant
chuckle, 1t should stay, Matthews or no
Matthews. Malvina or no Malvina, un-
til she had decided for herself whether
It was for Tom Broxton's good to have
It found or lost.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-05
JUDGE ARCHIBALD.

When court opened in the morning
the trial of Jacob Walz, charged by
| Mrs. Henrietta Schmidt with assault
| and battery. was resumed. Walz was
| found guilty.
| a adiourning hour jury was out
deliherating on whether or not John
Medon who runs Il saloon at Maytield,
kicked and seriously injured tho
young son of Steve MarkowitZ. Metlon
alleges that he found the boy in his
bedroom, helping himself to the con-
tents of his till and shook him, but
offered no other violence to him.
+. II. Cawley was found not guilty
of assaulting John krager, but was
directed to pay the costs. The assault
consisted of daubing paint on young
Krager's face. Cawley is a painter
and was painting a fence at Carbon
dale, hut was annoyed considerably
by Krager and other school boys, he
said.
Joseph Phillips was acquitted of the
charge Of assaultins and battering his
wife, Lottie Phillips The assault
seemed to have been proved surely
enough, but during the trial evidence
leaked out which tended to show that
possibly there was justification for
Phillips conduct and he was given
the benefit of the doubt The Phillips
are not now living together.
Martin Jordan pleaded guilty to
throwing stones at the house of Pat
rick McNally, and was sentenced to
pay a fine of 81 and costs and spend
thirty days in Jail.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in
the case of Bridget Rainey, charged
by Mary f. Jordan with being a COM
mon scOld. Patrick Walsh pleaded
guilty to selling liquor without "A IL
cense and sentence was suspended lln
til Saturday. Constable John Lance,
o. the Fifteenth ward, was prosecutor.
In the case of Domenico Grayiaro
ana Bridget Silganncn. charged With
breaking q fence. by Mary Holly, a
verdict of not guilty was taken.
mol presses We're entered in these
cases Peter Spader pointing pistol;
Thomas r. Walsh, prosecutor. Il. Ru-
ane, larceny and receiving; Ira Mitch
ell prosecutor.
Just before court adjourned a jury
was sworn to try the case against
John Luken, of Lloyd street who is
charged With selling liquor without a
license. The prosecutor is Robert
Wilson, of the Municipal league,
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JUDGE CAMERON,

Mrs. Stewart Miller and her son. Otto
Miller, of Archibald. We're returned not
guilty of having thrown stones at Mrs.
Charlotte Komrath. Theywcre directed
to pay the costs, however.
Wallace Oakley, of Jermyn. mistooll
John Pritchard's pet poll parrot for a
chicken hawk and shot and killed it.
Pritchard had him indicted for malc-
ious mischief. but the jury decided
there was no malice shown and re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
costs We're placed on the county.
Augustus Seamans. of this city, was
found guilty of committing an assault
and battery on his wife.
j. A. Barron did not appear to prose-
cute William Weir for breaking fence
and isabella Weir for being a common
scod. Nerdicts of not guilty We're taken
and the costs placed on the county.
John Marcovich Joseph Nilipkn
and Mike Bliss, who hail from
the blazing Stump" section above
Carbonate. We're put on trial.
charged with committing an aggra
Oronik. The prosecutor was terribly
beaten, his head being covered with
scars where he was struck with stones.
The defendants denied that they were
guilty of the assault and one of them
displayed an ear. Il part of which was
gone, as evidence thai he was himself
badly hurt in the melee. He said some
one bit the missing piece off. The case
was given to the jury Just before adj
jOurning hour
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-05
TWELVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR
That's the Amount President w. w.
Scranton Says City Must Pay for
Water After April l.

some two months ago a communities
tion was received by councils from
President W. w. Scranton, of the
Scranton Gas and Water company. an
nouncng that he would be obliged to
rails" the rate paid by the city forWater
for public purposes.
\ special committee was appointed bv
select council To carefully consider the
matter and yesterday afternoon, after
several previous unsuccessful attempts.
meeting was held in the city clerks
office, There We're present Select Coun-
cilmnn j. f. Roche, G. f. Chittenden.
n. g. Melvin and Frank Clemons, in
addition to President Scranton himself.
The latter submitted a proposition,
which was that the company would
agree to furnish water for $4,000 a
year for all purposes, including street
washing and parks. For $4,000 the
company would furnish water for every
purpose except for city buildings and
parks, the latter two to be fixed hy
meter.
The proposition further provides that
there shall be either five or a ten
ycEr contract, which shal! 80 into eff
feet on April ], 1901, and that the rate
shan include the present city limits
Only.
The committee had Il whole lot of
statistics from eastern cities, showing
the sum paid for water for public pur-
poses, The members, after the meet
in,', refused to give these out for n,lb-
lication, but admitted that they showed
that other cities We're paying more than
Scranton will pay If the company's
proposition is accepted.
The committee didn't fix upon any,
thing definite, but decided to report the
conference to the councils. The gem
eral sentiment among the members,
however, seems to be in favor of ac-
cepting the $l2OOO proposition and en-
terinG into a iiVe-year contract, with
the privilege of n ilve-year renewal.
'Do you think this proposition should
be accepted" asked Tribune man OF
Councilman Chittenden, when the meet
ing was over.
"Why, it's got to be accepted" said
he. What else can we do? I am re-
minded of the Dutchman's reply to a
man who asked him if his wife was re-
signed to her fate before she died.
Vel, by 'Iimminy, she had to be- said
the Dutchman, That's what we've got
to be, We've sot to be resigned"
The present water rate Is $4,000 a
year, so that the new rate is an in
crease of $1,000 per annum.
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AN ENJOYABLE MUSICALE.
Catholic Historical society's "Sulli-
van" Evening.

The members of the Newman Maga-
zinc club and Catholic Historical suci-
atN enjoyed musicale last night. under
tne patronage of Mrs. Joseph O'Brien.
TIL" evening was devoted to the COM
nas!tions of the late Sir Arthur Sulli-
v.n.
pr. w NJ. Recdy gave a brief sketch
or the composers life. including the
history of his most celebrated operate
compositions and of his disagreement
with w. S. Gilbert, the man with whom
he collaborated for so many years.
Vocal selections from several of his
operas were rendered by Miss kather-
inc Mongan and Mrs. j. w. FitzGib-
bon. while Miss Nellie Beamish con-
tributed a piano solo and Miss Harriet
Ward violin solo. Mrs. O'Brien gave
n delightful rendering of "The Lost
Chord"
Next Tuesday evening Miss Marion j.
Bruno. of Yonkers, n. Y. will deliver
lecture on the work Of Rosa l3onheur,
the celebrated French animal painter.
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In criminal court yesterday morning
when the case aanst u. j. Maloney
was called, Mr.. Maloney did not an
swer being no longer a resident of
this city, and District Attorney Jones
made a motion to have his bail for
feiteG. This was objected to by At
torncy Joseph O'Brien, who said he
appeared for Mr.. Maloney. Judge
Archibald wanted to know If Mr.. O'Bri-
en- was prepared to plead for his eli
cnt and go to trial in his absence, and
Mr.. O'Bren said he was.
District Attorney Jones still object
ed, saying the defendant should be in
court and that his recognizance speci-
fled that he SHOULD be and appear at
the next term of quarter session."
'rhis meant he should appear in per-
son and not through the agency Of an
attorney. The matter was passed for
the time being to enable the court and
district attorney to acouaint them
selves fully with the law bearing upon
the disputed question.
Mr.. Jones will call up the Maloney
case again this morning and the ques-
ton at issue will be ruled upon. Mr..
Jones was not prepared to say yester-
tidy whether VI 1ol lIle CASE Will bc
put on trial in the event of the court
deciding that the defendant can have
counsel act for him during the trial.
Mr.. Maloney is employed by the
Central Pennsylvania Telephone and
Supply company and was indicted by
the LeXow grand jury for attempting,
to bride +. w. Zzlemann in connection
with q telephone ordinance. Mr.. Iiz-
lemann was then common councilman
from the Eighth ward but is now chief
of the fire department.
HoratiO r. Fellows was indicted by
the same grand jury and by request
of his counsel the case was allowed to
go over until next week. 1t followed
the Maloney case on the list.
Carl w. Mckinney, charged with
bribing councimen, was also on the
list for trial yesterday, but the ~,'-
titicate of his physician, DR.. p. H.
kcarnev, was presented showing that
he is i'll and the case went over until
the next term.
A large number of small cases We're
heard before juries yesterday or dis
posed of in other ways. They follow:
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loaned him 81 with which to buy furni-
fnra vrt., ,t ,yo o,,iit,y

loaned him 81 with which to buy furni-
ture. The verdict was guilty.
A verdict of not guilty was taken and
the costs divided between Maria An
tonic and Nicolo Jordano, in the case IN
which Maria Antonio, Jordano Mum
cinto Riccardo and Nincenco Ricardo,
of Dunmore were charged with assault
and battery by Nicalo Jordano. The
parties live in the same house in Dun
more. and the fight followed u dispute
about the manner in which certain
household duties were performed.
Owen Curran was convicted of com
hitting All assault and battery on his
wife, Catherine Curran. The assault
was committed at the home of the cur
rams. In this city. on October IL. The
testimony showed that on October Is.
at their home in this city, Curran, while
drunk, choked and beat his wife and
followed her with an axe.
Verdicts of not guilty were taken, de-
PENDANTS to pay the costs, in the fol-
lowing cases. William I. SAINT, as
sault and battery. Evan j. Evans.
prosecutor; John Slagerwalt, assault
and battery. Ann Evans, prosecutrix.
William McAndrew was tried on a
charge of assault and battery, pre-
ferred by Joseph Canterberry. The al
legged assault occurred on the night be-
fore the last election. Both men live
on the West Side. Each was in COM
pany with others. and the two parties
met on West Lackawanna avenue hill.
Canterbcrry alleges that 'McAndrew
knocked him down and assaulted him
without cause. McAndrew's defense
was that Canterberry knocked him
down. and what he did was in self-de-
fcnse. He was returned guilty, but
recommended to the mercy of the court.
BY direction of the court, a verdict of
not guilty was taken in the case of
Frances Deloris. who was charged with
larceny and receiving by Mrs. Maggie
Dombroslii. The evidence did not war;
rant the case in going to the jury.
Thomas kupst was charged with
striking John Babuses, Priceburg
saloonkecper. with beer glass, cut
ting him on the shoulder and leg. There
was also some evidence that I<upst said
he would kill Babuses. If he hung for
it the next day. His defense was that
he had a glass of beer in Babmses'
place. and then merely rolled the glass
toward him. The jury returned the de-
fendant guilty.
A verdict of not guilty, defendant to
pay the costs. was taken in the case of
Lewis Salkowski, charged with assault
and battery by Isnacy Olszewski.
Just before court adjourned for the
day, John Mart was put on trial,
charged with carrying concealed weap-
ons. Joseph Myers is the prosecutor.
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COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.

Phlander Silshy, OF North Washington ave-
nue., has been appointed Il temporary tipStatf
and went duty yesterday TipStavcs Sutto and
Iiorney are on the sick list, having been i'll for
some time.
The will of Thomas G. Burke, late of Carbon
dale, was admitted TO probate yesterday by
Register of Wills Koch. In the estate of Fred
Egan, Letters OF administration We're granted to
Agnes Egan
Mrs. Sarah Crane, for whom capias is
sued Monday, was brought in yesterday and re-
manded TO the custody oi the sheriff until Sat
urday. The capiascs WAS not served upon a. l."
Dunlavcy, but his attorney said he will be in
court thS mormlng.
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AGREE TO MEET
in CONFERENCE
Action of the Pittsburg Chamber of
Commerce Concerning Second
Class City Amendments.

Secretary Atherton. of the board Of
trade, sent communications a few
weeks ago to. the secretaries of the
Pi,tsburs Chamber of romnercsa and
Allegheny board of trade. asking the
co-opcraton of those bodies in Secur-
ing the passage of a new second class
city law. yor of amendments 10 the
present law.
He received no reply and sent an
other communion asking what action
had been taken regarding his first re-
quest He received the following re-
ply Yesterday from the Pittsbury
chamber of commerce.:
Dolph -. Ahcrton, Secretary Scranton Board OF
Trade.
Dear Sir: Your inquiry of nth inst. as to
what action the Pttsburg Chamber of Com.
mcrcc will take relating TO the passage of a bill
or amendment of the present law governing cities
Of the second class" was referred TO the commit
tee municipal affairs.
Their report is that the Chamber OF Commerce
Of i'itt,burg has on two different occasions pre-
pared and presented to the legislature of Penn
syl>Ana bills to amend and revise the laws gov
crnng the city of 'ittsbrc, but failed to secure
wl'"- was asked. If the representatives of the
business interests of Scranton and Allegheny 70.
guest II conference with the PittShurg Chamber
Of tonlmclcr regarding this matter it will he
approved by the chamber at its next meeting.
Very truly yours,
George IT, Anderson, Secretary.
Secretary Atherton stated to a Trib-
une man that he would present this
communication at the next meeting of
th" board and move that the commit
tee on Legislation and .aNes be. au-
thoriZed to confer with the PittsburS
and Allegheny people. that is, OF
Of course. If he receives Il 1aVorable
response from the last named city in
the meantime.