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The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
SUDDEN CALL OF DEATH.
A Commissioner to the Presbyterian
General Assembly Dies at
Session in St. Louis.

st. Louis, May 1S.-Rev. William A.
Echols, of Middlesport, O., commits
sioner to the Presbyterian general as
sembly, representing the Athens CO.,
presbytery, dropped dead at 1880 a.
m. Thursday in the auditorium of the
Washington and Compton Avenue
Presbyterian church. He was seated
in pew in the rear of the church
when attacked with heart disease.
Three physicians who were hastily
summoned did all in their power to
resuscitate the minister, but without
avail. for he died-in ten minutes.
There were 500 clerical and lay COM
nfssioners in attendance when the
temporary moderator called the as
sembly to order 80 minutes after Rev.
MIR. Echols had been taken away. The
One Hundred and Twelfth general
presbytery promises to excite more
than ordinary interest because of the
agitation for revision of the West
minister confession of faith. There are
a number of commissioners present
who will make vigorous fight for a
change, and so expressed themselves.
Owing to the street car strike, Rev.
DR.. T.. w. Sneed, chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements, had fixed the
hour for converting in the afternoon
at three o'clock, at which time the
commissioners assembled, remaining
in session until after $3.50. when adj
iournment was taken until evening.
The election of moderator to sue
coed Rev. Robert L. Sample, D. D., LII.
d., after spirited contest resulted in
the choosing of Rev. Charles A..
Dickey, d. d.. of Philadelphia, presi-
dent of the Presbyterian hospital.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
ABANDON THE SIEGE.
Relief of Mafeking Officially An.
nounced in London.
Severe Bombardment Forces Beers
to Abandon Their Positions
Around the T0wn-Joy
in london.

Pretoria, May 19.-It was officially
announced Friday that when the
laagers and forts around Mafeking
had been severely bombarded the
siege was abandoned, British force
from the south taking possession of
the place.
1t is reported that 5000 British
troops have surrounded Christiana,
and the landrost and other officials
have been taken prisoners.
Under a Heavy Fire.
London, May 19.-From the men,
ton of the laagers in the Pretoria
dispatch it is understood here that
prior to the raising of the siege of
Mafeking the Boer laagers around
that place We're vigorously bombarded
by the British relief column, and that
the burghers were practically COM
PEELED to abandon the siege.
JOY in London.
London, May 19.-The dispatch an
nouncing the relief of Mafeking was
posted outside the mansion house and
the news rapidly spread. A large
crowd collected and at this hour all
the streets in the neighborhood are al
ready resounding with cheers. At e:4O
Lord Mayor A. j. Newton, in his
official robes of Office, announced the
joyful news to the crowd outside. The
masses of people outside of the man
sion house soon grew to such dimen-
sions that the police were compelled
to divert all traffic. omnibuses, etc.,
through the side streets. The cheer
ing was incessant.
buildings Illuminated.
Midnight-The scenes in the streets
of mercantile London, usually quite
deserted at this hour, are almost in
describable. Bands, banners and flags
appear to have sprung suddenly from
the earth. Every other vehicle is dec
Grated with flags. Brass bands are
parading and leading crowds. who
sing songs. Colored fire is being
burned in every direction. Along
Fleet street, the Strand and Pail Mall
the public buildings are illuminated,
and the whole of the West end is
alive with enthusiasm. At the war
Office immense crowds quickly gath
cred, for, although no doubt was
thrown on the accuracy of the news,
there is the greatest anxiety felt to
get official confirmation from Lord
Roberts.
Butler Occupies Newcastle.
London, May 19.-Gen. Butler, in a
dispatch to the war Office, dated New
castle, May 10, says:
Newcastle was occupied last night, and
to-day the whole Second division and the
Third cavalry brigade will be concern
trated there. I have sent the mounted
force through Nqutu to expel small force
Of the enemy and to reassure the natives
The enemy have burned the chapel, broken
much glass. plundered many houses and
taken cash from the banks, but other
wise they have not done much harm. The
railway is badly damaged; the Ingagane
and Nkader bridges are destroyed. as are
many culverts and the pumping station and
waterworks. OF the 1000 men flying be-
fore US about 1000 seem to have gone to
Wakkerstroom and some by Millers pass
to the Free State. The remainder, who are
described as disorganized rabble have gone
north and say they intend to make stand
at l.aings Nek.'
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
EARLY IN THE FIELD.
tor Fairbanks as President
Candidate In 1904.

indianapolis, Ind, May 21.-Indiana
republican leaders and delegates to
the national convention will go to
Philadelphia with the intention of
starting boom for Senator Fair
banks for president in 1904. They
have talked the matter over among
themselves, and have come to the con-
clusion that the time is ripe to begin.
Since Congressman Lands, in speech
before the state convention, an
nounced that Indiana would propose
the name of Senator Fairbanks for
president in 1904, it has been regarded
as almost a certainty that Senator
Fairbanks will be candidate for the
nomination.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Commerce of PhilInnine..

Washington, May 23.-According to
statement made Tuesday by the di-
vision of customs and insular affairs
of the war department the total num-
Der of foreign vessels that entered the
ports of Manila, lloilo, Cebu and Jolo,
Philippine islands, during the month
of February, 1900, was so, with total
tonnage of G2,9S7. Of this number 80,
with total tonnage of 34,52G, carried
the British flag and four, with total
tonnage of I'LL, carried the Ameri-
can flag.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
VIII visit Canton.

Washington, May 2l.-The president
has decided to 60 to Canton late in
June for rest of two or three weeks
and incidentally to attend the mon
ster nonpartisan celebration which is
being arranged for July 4. This de-
cision is contingent upon the adjourn
ment of congress before that time, but
from information Saturday received
from leaders in both houses there 10
reason to believe an adjournment will
be reached by June 9 or June II.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Town In Ruins.

Milwaukee, May ia Sentinel spe.
ciaI from Marinette, Wis, says: Fire
started in the big lumber and cedar
yards of c. IT. Worcester & Co. at
Fisher, Mich, 20 miles west of here. at
noon Monday, and by night the town
was in ruins. A high westerly wind
prevailed. The loss will be over $780,
600, partially insured. The c. H.
Worcester company, of Chicago. which
owned most everything in the place,
is the heaviest loser.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
DEED OF A BRUTE.
Terribly Mutilntcd Body of Young
Girl Found Near Her Home
In Ohio.

Chillicothe, o., May 23.-Ethcl Long,
aged 10, daughter of Stephen Long,
who lives on farm near Austin. this
county, was found at a spring near her
home, her throat cut from ear to ear
and her head mashed, about three
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A colored
man was arrested at Austin, who claims
Cincinnati as his home. Deputy Sher-
iff james Devine found bloodstains on
his clothes. An attempted lynching
was prevented by Commissioner John
OFT, at Frankfort. The prisoner is
lodged in the county Jail here.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
An Awful Deed.

Pueblo, Col, May 21.-Frenzied by a
Jealous quarrel with his wife, Calvin
KimbIern (colored), formerly cor
poral in company NJ Twcnty-fifth
United States infantry. Sunday morn
ing shot his wife twice, once in the
abdomen and once across the neck,
and then deliberately and in the cold
est blood put a revolver to the heads
of 15-year-old Ethel Straussen and H.
year-old Jessie M. Skaggs and fired,
killing the latter girl instantly, the
other girl living for some hours.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Work of Eirebuxs.

Duluth, Mimi, May ia desperate
effort was made to burn the business
portion Of the city Monday night.
Some unknown incendlary started five
fires in less than two hours, burning
one man and five horses to death and
endangering over S3O0,0OO worth of
property. In Livery stable John Laf.
son., saloon ttache, was burned to
death. and five horses owned by the
Hamm Proving company were burned
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
A WARMING.

Washington, May 23.-The depart
mcnt of state warns the public against
the swindIng advertisement and other
publications of schemcrs relating to
pretended estates in England and eau
tions the people against RENTING
money in view of such advertisements
to any strangers under any circum-
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
FOuntl Guilty.

St. Louis, April 23.-Arnold Tuch-
schmidt, charged with the embczzle.
ment of $1,000 in government funds
while cashier of the internal revenue
department, was found guilty by a
jury in the United States district court
Tuesday. His attorney, Judge Krum,
filed motion for new trial
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Christians Slain,

London, May 1s.-The Peking cor
respondent of the Times says: The
anti-foreign movement headed by the
Boxers has attained alarming pro-
portions. There has been a serious
anti Christian outbreak near Pao.
Ting Flu, province of Pe-Chi-Li. Sew
enty-three native Christians were MUIR
dered, including women and children.
Many were burned alive.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Two Boys Drowned.

Sioux City, Ia, May 23.-While swim
ming in the Floyd river Tuesday aft
ernoon Harold Dennison, aged nine,
and George Lewis, aged ten, were
drowned. The Dennison boy became
exhausted and his little companion,
although not a very good swimmer,
went to his rescue, and both went
down together.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Must he Dealt with,

Picking, May %. - The authorities
APPARENTLY have begun to realize that
the Boxer movement is too serious
TO remain longer undealt with.
Troops are being sent to the disturbed
districts with instructions to rigidly
suppress the outrages. Six leaders of
the movement in Picking have been ar
rested,
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
To View the Eclinse.

Madrid, May 23.-Many scientists
are arriving to observe the eclipse. A
party of English astronomers has Sc
lected Santa Pola, province of Ali
cante, as an observation point. Sir
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, of
the British nautical observatory, and
his assistants have gone to Plazencia,
province of Cacercs.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
FIL1PINOS SURRENDER
Two Companies Give Up Rifles and
Ammunition to Col. Liscum
Mt Tarlnc.

Washington, May %. - The follow
ing cablcgram has been received from
Gen. Macarthur:
Standardization reports two COM
panies insurgents. comprising the COM
mandant one captain, two first lieuten-
ants. four second lieutenants. 1C3 men
with 16S guns in good condition, small
quantity ammunition, surrendered at Tar
lac at two a. M, May o. This is first
instance in islands of surrender of the
organizations complete and is regarded
as significant and important
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Made Eortune In Coal

New York, May %. = Frederic A..
Bell, who made a vast fortune in the
bituminous coal business in Philadel.
phia ad who was subsequently presi.
dent of the Buffalo Elevating com.
pany. is dead at his home IN Madison,
N. j., aged So years. He leaves an es.
tate valued at $25,OG0,0O0.r
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Goes for n Crui.e,

Brunswick, Ga, May 23.-The United
States cruiser Prairie went to sea on
weeks cruise carrying the First and
torpedo divisions of the Georgia naval
reserve under Commander Frank D.
Aiken.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26

Denver, Col, May 80. - Nathaniel p.
Hill, formerly United States senator
from Colorado, died at noon OF general
debility resulting from stomach
trouble. He was IS years old.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26

Mansfield, 20, May 23.-Ex- Secretary
of State John Sherman and wife will
leave Washington Friday in their
private car for their home in this city
where they will spend the summer
months.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26

San Francisco, May ga local
Southern Pacific train was wrecked
in Oakland Tuesday night. The engi-
neer and fireman were killed and sew
eral passengers injured.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Killed I!inanclf.

San Francisco, May 23.-Thomas Nc
Dermott, brother Of Maxine Elliott, the
actress, wife Of Mai Goodwin, commit.
ted suicide. Domestic troubles led 10
despondencY
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Money for Home for Aged Actors.

New York, May 23,-Over $4,000 was
subscribed for the home for aged and
infirm actors, to be erected and con-
trolled by the actors fund of Ameri-
ca. The total now amounts to s3O,0Os.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-26
Must REMAIN Neutral.
Great Britain Satisfied.

London, May 22.-The reply of the
: Washington government to the Boer
peace ENJOYS satisfies Great Britain
and corresponds with the predictions
made here.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
GAMES PLAYED ON
COLLEGE GRIDIRONS

| OF the big five, Pennsylvania and
| Yale were the only ones which showed
! up particularly strong Saturday after
noon. The Quakers easily ran up
| thirty-e eight points on Haverford. Har-
ward could only make twelve points
against Bowdoin, Princeton also made
| dozen points against Lehigh, but the
| Bethlehem lads scored five on the
| Tigers. Yale made thirty on Tufts. and
Cornell could only get six against
Bucknell, and that by the very hardest
sort of work.
At Philadelphia, McCracken, Hare
and Wallace showed up very strongly
on the offense. Gardiner at right end
played a splendid game, getting down
the field under kicks like another Gel
bert and tackling hard and sure. Hare
| kicked the goal from each touchdown.
Hale, Yale's nervy fullback, was the
man who made the majority of Yale's
gains against Tufts. The ex-center hit
the line like battering ram, and made
two touchdowns before being kicked
severely in the mouth and compelled
to retire. Cooke, the base ball pitcher,
made the longest run, a thirty-flve yard
sprint down the field. Captain Brown
was a tower of strength at left guard.
Although Harvard scored but twelve
points on Bowdoin, the Crimsons' work
was the best done this season by the
husky youths from Cambridge. The
halfbacks, however, are not playing
their game and Campbell, last years
crack end. is not playing up to form.
At Princeton, a dark, black haze en-
veloped the lung-haired men with the
tiger stockings on their sturdy limbs,
after Lehigh scored. The unexpected
happened as follows: a few minutes
after the opening of the second half,
Mccormack, the Lehigh fullback, punt
ed. Dutch Meier, the Princeton quarter,
tried to catch the oval, but his fingers
just touched the ball. which bounded
into the air again and was seized by
Captain Gearhart, who sprinted for
Nassau's posts and a touchdown.
Little. the new Princeton right end.
made a fine impression by his general
speed.
Cornell had an exceedingly difficult
time to beat Bucknell and it was only
a few minutes before the end Of the
second half that the red and white
managed to push their fullback over
the line. The puntng of Christy Mat
thewson, the Factoryville boy playing
fullback for Bucllnell, was excellent
and one of the features of the day.
Columbia downed Wesleyan, 1910.
Morley donned the moleskins again and
played we'll at fullback, while Weekes,
one of last years stars distinguished
himself by several long runs.
Lafayette swamped Susquehanna by
score of $50, playing an entirely sub
stitute team in the field during the
second half at that, and the Carlisle
Indians buried Gettysburg, 46-0.
Wyoming seminary played the strong
Athens Athletic club. which defeated
st. Thomas college, September go, and
bit the dust to the air of 1870.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
NO WIT IN GREAT SPEECHES.
Senator Beveridge Says the Immortal
Things Are All Serious.

In an eloquent article on Public
Speaking, in the Saturday Evening
Post of October 6, United States Sem
aor Albert j. Beveridge says:
1T Is n remarkable thing that there
of the immortal speeches that have
fallen from the lips of man. To find
a joke in Webster would be an offense.
The only things which Ingersoll wrote
that will live are his grafton at his
brothers grave, and his famous 1.-THE
Past Rises Before Me Like Dream"
But in neither of these productions of
this genius of testers is there single
trace of wit. There Is not a funny
sally in all Burke's speeches. Lin
coins Gettysburg address. his first and
ming the Douglas campaign and his
Cooper Union address in New York
are. perhaps. the only utterances of
his that will endure. Yet this great
est of storytellers since Aesop did not
adorn or deface one of these great
deliYerances with story or any form
of humor.
'"The reason for this Is found in the
whole tendency of human thought and
feeling-in the whole melancholy his
tory of the race-where tears and
grief. the hard seriousness of life and
the terrible and speedy certainty of
our common fate of suffering and OF
death. make somber the MASTER cord
of existence. The immortal things are
all sertous-even sad"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
This and That.

District Fire Chief d. j. Slowe has
been appointed superintendent of the
!. j. Poore Pump works, in Green
Ridge.
The passenger department of the
Lackawanna railroad has made an
other move for business in territory
where the road has been dependent
upon it's connections for traffic. The
company now proposes to work upper
Canada. where it has been without a
representative, and has opened an Of
flee in Toronto, the agent appointed
to take charge being George Bazzard
who will look after both passenger and
freight traffic.
Labor troubles have led to the Cen
eral Electric company abandoning its
Siemens & Halske plant in Cicero, a
suburb of Chicago. The company has
decided to leave the place and remove
the machinery and tools to it's shops
at Fort Wayne, Ind, and Schenectady,
N. Y. The determination was arrived
at six months since. when n strike
occurred that occasioned a large loss
to the company. Five hundred men
are thrown out of employment.
An order has been received by the
Baldwin Locomotive works for twen-
ty-two heavy freight locomotives for
use on the government railroads of
New Zealand Another order, on
which work has just begun, Is for six
locomotives for the Rio Tinto Mining
company, of Huelva, Spain. The first
American-made locomotives to be used
in Ireland We're shipped some weeks
ago. They are two engines of the
English type, for use on the Border
and South Coast railway.
The Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake
Erie railroad Is to put on cars carry
ing 10000 pounds each. The Besse-
mer roads contract with the Pressed
Steel Car company calls for 500 of
these cars to be built at a cost Of
about $1,0O0,O00. Some of them have
already been delivered, They are of
steel, and equipped with drop bottoms
for dumping into pockets. The plac-
ing of the two largest locomotives in
the world on the Bsssemer recently.
makes it possible for large trains Of
these cars to be hauled.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08

The Engineering and Mining Journal
says Of the anthracite coal trade:
Warm weather and rumors that the
striking miners were to go back to
work soon cooled the feverish ten
dency of the market. Consumers have
lost their fears of a famine and will
probably buy as sparingly as possi-
BILE in hopes Of settlement of the
strike before cold weather sets in for
good. Speculative holders of coal are
Just a trifle nervous at the outlook
Altogether, prices are not likely to go
any higher Immediately. In the West
dealers have found that they have
coal enough on hand, If dealt out with
care to last some time. This is par
ticularly true of Chicago coal men.
The movement from the docks at Du-
luth and Superior has been very heavy
but this movement Is lessenlng and
though receipts of coal are behind
those of this date last year, the pros
poets of coal famine this winter are
not so bad as at first imagined.
"As to the strike, it's duration is
still problematical. The banking house
that holds the largest interest in an
thracite railroad stocks Us said to
have sent the mining companies per-
emptory orders to end the strike. The
miners have received offers of ten
per cent. advance and lower powder.
The grievances they complained Of are
not general and the price Of supplies
was the most important. Having
shown their power and secured better
pay, it is quite possible that they will
return to work before long. Mr. Nit
chell, in consideration of what has
been done, may waive any claim for
open recognition Of the union. The
strike may be called off any day. 1t
may last for several weeks.
Retail prices for coal have fluc-
tuated violently during the week. At
New York harbor jobbers sold stove
coal as high as &c. 1t fell to $3.50 with
in two days. In general, it may be
said that prices at wholesale are about
81 above those prevailing one month
ago. Regular quotations, however,
cannot be given, as prices are a mat
ter Of bargaining"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
Price Does Not Suit.

The reduction in price of steel rails
of heavy sections from $25 to $26 a ton
by the associated rail mills does not
seem to meet the views of the rail-
roads, and though there are ''inquir-
ies," no business of any Importance
has been closed at the reduction. The
railroad people urge, with justice, that
the difference between the new price
of rails and the present selling price
of steel billets is far too great. The
rail of large section is one of the SIM
plest of finished products and requires
less labor and expense than other
forms. which are now selling at prices
as low or lower.
There are two theories as to the $26
price for rails; one is that it is merely
a feeler to see how far the railroads
are willing to go; while the other is
that a comparatively high price was
fixed for the purpose of steadying the
market. and producing, if possible, an
upward reaction. On either theory,
the price does not seem to have salts
fed anyone 1t has done nothing and
further reduction seems to be the
next thing in order.-Engineering and
Mining Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
PHILADELPHIA Cattle Market,

Philadelphia, Oct 7.--Receipts for the week:
Cattle, 3,O25; sheep 1851; hogs, 1902. Beef
cattle in light supply. prices steady; extra,
s.. 75a5.s7h; good, $5.25a5.5O; medium. $i.5Oa5;
common, S3.S7lHa425.
Sheep and la,nbs--Supply not so liberal and
prices about steady; sheep, extra. 4Aa41ac.
good, S%a4c.; medium, 3a3iac.; common, 1laa
2lac. spring lambs 3IaaGc.
lIogs-Shade easier, though inquiry was fair;
Fat eovD at s' as l thin m cows ruled
inactive, at 2a2Ac. Veal calves, quiet, at S5a7;
mch cows, steady, at $35a55. Dressed steers
ranged from sla to cents; dressed COWS held
ut 6a7%c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
Buffalo Live Stock Market.

Fast Buffalo, Oct. .-Receipts-Cattle, 81
cars; sheep and lambs, cars; hogs II cars.
Shipments 81 cars; sheep and lambs,
none; hogs, none.
Cattle-Nominally unchangcd; calves lower;
choice to extra, $6.50a6.75; good to choice,
$Ga6.50.
Sheep and ambs-Strong and higher; choice
to extra native lambs, $5.25a56O; good to
choice. $5a525; shoop, choice to extra, $iai.e5;
good to choice, S3. 75a4.
lIogs-Iieavy, s57Oa5.75; medium, $50; pigs,
~ 3(a5 40
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-08
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup

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