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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

from thence on man-of-war building
was as much legitimate industry
there as at Philadelphia or Newport.
Mr.. Scott has also built the cruisers
Charleston and San Francisco, the pow
erful Monterey and Dewey's Olympia.
His father was Quaker and the son
grew up on Maryland soil. He was a
machinist first and an expert draughts-
man afterward. In Baltimore he SUI
pervised the construction of steam en-
gines for years. In 1860 he was en-
ployed as a draughtsman in the iron
works he now owns in San Francisco.
Five years later he was general man
ager of the irm, and later sole master
of it's affairs.
The friendship of James G. Fair
served to advance his interests until
his works covered 25 acres of the water
front of San Francisco, and match in
completeness those of Coils P. Hunt
ington at Newport. Nicholas, car Of
Russia, has invited him to meet the
naval experts Of Russia at st. Peters
burg to enlighten them on ironclad
work.
He has been president of the Art as
sociation of San Francisco, also of the
Mechanics institute, regent of the Uni
versity of California, trustee of the
Leland Stanford, Jr., university and Of
the free library. He was president of
the California commission to the
worlds fair. In literary circles he Is
known as a strong contributor to the
magazines, wide reader and an acute
thinker. From one end of the coast to
the other he is spoken of as san honest
man." Mr.. Scott is 6S years old.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
MOTOR CAR EXHIBIT.
Mr.. Coles Displays at a London show
His Remarkable Skill vita
Modern Vehicles.

The general efficiency of the motor
car was put to drastic test during the
thousand-mile trial at Agricultural
hall, London. There was a little spill
one day, when the driver of quadri-
cycle was the victim of loose head
bolt, and crashed into the fence, for
tunately without hurt to anyone; but
agsinst this accident may be set the
performances of other vehicles of tine
same and other types, especially that
of Mr.. Coles upon a Benz victoria.
Mr.. Coles first ascends two inclined
planes, having a gradient of one in
four, and so narrow that only the
most accurate of steering prevents the
car from topping over, and he follows
this by pulling it to "a dead stop on a
platform only few inches longer
than the wheel base. Finally, he runs
the car down a steep flight of steps,
and turns it sharp round to the right
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
THE BICYCLE STOOP.
1t Has at Last Found n Defender in
the Person of Well-knOwn
English Physician.

The pedaling fraternity has long
| awaited a defender for the hump
backed position of the scorcher, and
one has at last been discovered in DR..
ID. Campbell, an English physician, who
comes to the rescue in a paper on RE
spiratory Exercises in the Treatment
of Diseases" In formidable scientific
language DR.. Campbell explains that
the double-up position of the scorcher
is desirable and good for the health.
He finds that there is something in
congruous in an animal built on the
longitudinal plan standing and pro-
crossing on the end of its long axis -
A worm does not go skipping about
on the end of its tail, nor does a horse
habitually stand on its hind legs, Man
alone among the lengthy animals as
sumes this illogical posture, and DR..
Campbell has risen to combat the per
petuation of the error. He says one
of the reasons why cycling is more
healthful than walking is that the
wheelman can lean over, arch his back,
and prevent the abnormal strain on
the 'splanchnic area
Without going further into the doc
tors scientific reasons, enough has
been said to show that he believes the
animals that go on all tours are more
in accord with the laws of health than
those that insist on perambulating on
the end of their 'long axis" The hab-
it of walking erect has taken such a
firm hold on the human animal that
even DR.. Campbell despairs of any re-
form in that quarter. But the wisdom
of the monkey can be initiated on the
wheel, and if the scorcher does not ex-
actly go on all tours he can at least
assume position equally graceful and
hygienic. All reforms must begin
gradually, and who knows but that the
more correct and natural position may
in time be adopted in walking as well
as in wheeling?
There is a tendency for the blood
to gravitate to the spianchnic area
when the erect position is assumed, ~
says DR.. Campbell, land l cannot but
think that the fatigue of standing and
waning Is largely uue 10 InS LenU-
ency." Anyone with due respect for
his splanchnic area should need no
further warning. For the proud per-
son who cannot bring himself to as
sumo the quadrupedal posture at once
there is the choice of beginning by rid
ing a wheel and getting his head as
near to his feet as his pride and his
rams horn handles will permit. After
he has bumped his back sufficiently and
acquired a fine specimen of the ky
phosis bicyclistorum it will be com
paratively easy to go on his hands and
feet and keep his splanchnic area COM
fortably free from surplus blood ever
after. Before this refarm can be uni
versally adopted by men and women,
however, some great artist should arise
and convince everybody that the at
titude recommended by Dr. Campbell
is not only picturesque but beautiful.
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
BUILT THE OREGON.
Irving M. Scott, of San Francisco,
Claims the Distinction.
First Great BnttIeship Ever Con-
atructed on the Pacific COast-His-
tory of the Man Who Managed
the Great Enterprise.

Irving NJ. Scott, of San Francisco, Is
1.-The man who built the Oregon" He
is the front and backbone of the Union
iron works of that city.
Build her." said he of the Oregon
to his master mechanics, "as no battle
ship ever was built before. Our sue
cess means a new industry for the Pa
cifc coast and a man-of-war that can
defy any,"
And his master mechanics built
ship, a mass of steel, whose perform
ances since she left the stays havei
dumfounded the naval experts of other
nations.
1t is not generally known, but it is
literally true, that the personality of
Mr.. Scott was worked into every rivet
and bolt of the Oregon. He has been
an ambitious man in the business
world, and when by almost a mere
chance the government gave him the
first contract for a battleship ever
awarded to a Pacific coast firm he de-
termined that he would silence scoffers
as to his ability to accomplish the task
ny turning OuG II Sill ~ SeCOHu 10 none
that ever came from Cramps or New
port.
He watched the growth of the Ore
gon as father would study the devel-
opment of child. His personal atten-
ton was given to every detail, and
when she steamed away from Mare
island in 1898 for her wonderful jour-
ney around South America to Key
West, thence to the battle of Santiago
! and thence to far-away Manila, he
proudly said:
There is none your equal"
His success gave the Pacific coast
/ new prestige, and made it certain that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

the moment he has reached the foot.
Those feats were repeated daily
throughout the week.
Clearly there is no fear of the mo-
tor car being crystallized into one
type, for this exhibition of the Auto
mobile club embraces such widely diff
ferent vehicles as steam lorry and a
petroleum-driven bicycle, with phae-
tons, dog carts, vans, waggonettes, VIC
torias, voiturettes, "quads," and tricy-
Giles in between. The only element of
uniformity, or virtual uniformity is
that their engines are practically all
of the gasoline type, three entries of
electrical cars and as many of steam
being the only exceptions out of over
hundred stands.
In France and in England alike it
has lately become clear that the de-
mand must be met for lighter, small
er and cheaper vehicle tnan has hith-
erto been produced, and the voiturette,
in various forms, is the result. The
recent Introduction of the water-jack-
eted variety of this engine, which is
er air-cooled pattern, will undoubtedly
stimulate the manufacture of the
voiturette by English makers.
If appearances were everything the
light steam car might be regarded as
the motor vehicle of the future, for
this American product glides about
the arena with almost swanlike grace,
and as silently as an electric launch.
Its performances are very captivating,
and the inexperienced spectator may
be forgiven if he finds them more in
teresting than anything else at the
show. 1t must be pointed out, how
ever, that to produce the steam, three
times as much petrol is required as
would alone drive the vehicle. and that
25 to 80 miles is the limit of it's Jour-
ney without refilling of the boiler
London Letter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

to the great collection of monumen is.
The memorial is unlike any other in
the grounds and attracts attention be-
cause of its simplicity and appropri-
ateness. 1t is rude, old-fashioned an
Choir, which was not made for the pur-
pose of marking the last resting place
of the 1863 men whose bodies were re-
covered from the foul water in front
of Havana. 1t was made about 100
years ago, did service and was recov-
cred from the waters of Boston har-
Dor. The crossbar is of wood and stands
ten feet in the air. The bronze tablet
in the center of the cross bears this in
scription:
~. S. s. Maine, blown up February
IS, 1898. Here lie the remains of 1863
men of the Names crew, brought from
Havana, Cuba. Reinterred at Airing
tom, December 20, 1899"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
HAS UNIQUE RECORD.
Gen. John II. Ketcham Has Been Nom-
mated for Congress 10 Times
by AcclamatIOn.

Notable among the few members of
the house of representatives who have
been unanimously renominated is Rep
resentative John II. Ketcham, of New
York. Sixteen nominations by accla-
nation is his record, and tina: is the
top score for the house.
When Mr.. Ketcham came out of the
union army in 1865 brigadier general
he entered congress as a representa-
tive from New York, and was reelected
to the. Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty
first and Forty-second congresses.
He was candidate for reelection in
the Forty-third congress, and at this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
BICYCLE AND CRIME.
Prof. LOmbrOsO Advances Theory
Which Seems Ridiculous to
Thinking Americans.

Every new mechanism adopted in
oar daily life multiplies the causes
ard the number of crimes.
No modern mechanism has assumed
the extraordinary Importance of the
bicycle, either as a cause or as an in
strument of crime. So marked is this
that, whereas it used to be the some
what Incorporate fashion to seek in
woman the handspring of every mas
culine otfense-'cherchez la femme
we might now say, with perhaps less
eXaggeration, 'cherchez la bicyclette'
i'll the majority of offenses committed
by young men and in Italy at all
events by young men of good social
standing"
Such is the thesis OIL which Prof.
Lohlbroso in the Pail Mall Magazine
builds up remarkable string of evil
dence against the bicycle or at least
The bicycle in Italy.
Cyclists have always been inclined
to think that the effect of cycling
upon public morality has been bene-
fiGial rather than otherwise, observes
the Cycling Gazette, and, paradoxical
though it may seem, Prof. Lombroso
proves this to be the case in the end.
Hence we may safely draw the con-
clusion, overlooked by the italian au-
thor, that the bicycle, increasing hui
man opportunities, may contribute to
increased crime in proportion as
iSaif holiday contributes to increased
drunkenness.
Men who are criminals may use the
bicycle as a y5h;cle for crime while
men who are not criminals are not
likely to become criminals through
cycling; men inclined toward drunk
enness may embrace a half holiday to
become drunk. while men of sober
tendencies find the half holiday no
temptation towards intemperance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
To Protect wild Animals.

In London the international confer
ence for the protection of wild ami
mails in Africa recently began and was
opened by delegates from many coun-
tries. Concerted action is necessary
In order to obtain an international
agreement to restrain the extermina-
ton of many of the mammals, birds
and fishes in Aflica.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
Snow Floods I'm Colorado

Each year, with the melting of the
snow in Colorado, there is flood in
the Rio Grande. Sometimes the river
becomes a wide, raging torrent Of
large volume. The water dashes by
for brief period and then the river
becomes dry again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
A Wise California Inv

The supervisors of Butte county,
Cal, provide by statute that anyone
riding wheel on a sidewalk in any
unincorporated town in Butte, on
meeting a pedestrian, must "dismount
and remain at rest while such pedes-
TRAN passes"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
ANCHOR MARKS GRAVE.
The Appropriate Monument to the
Mnine's Crew in Arlington Ceme-
terry, Near Washington.

Arlington cemetery, the city of the
nations soldier dead, has always been
q place of more than ordinary interest
to people who visit Washington, but it
has become more so since the memo
rial for the Names men has been added
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
ATTACHING GRIPS.
Is as Simple as 1t Is Safe and
Effective.

Here is a simple and effective meth
cd of attaching grips to handle bars:
Near the end of the handle bar a
piece of wire, preferably about one
eighth of an inch in diameter, is
passed through holes. The wire is
somewhat longer than the exterior di-
ameter of the handle bar, so that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
They Lie Side nv side.

Lying side by side in specially pre-
pared graves on the farm of the late
Robert Bonner, in New York, are the
remains Of Dexter and Maud s., two
of the greatest horses the world ever
raw.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

Japan has now $50 daiIies and about
600 other periodicals. Twenty years
ago there was not a single paper
which could be called daily in Japan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

Americans prefer electricity for
running automobiles, the French
petroleum, and the Russians wood al
CDhol
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
Dyspepsia Among siIkworms.

An epidemic of dyspepsia has at
tackled the silkworms in Italy and
France. Food disagrees with them,
many of them refuse to eat, and they
are dying by millions on the trees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

Sharks have now penetrated into the
mediterranean sea through the Suez
canal from the Red sea.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
DOlNCS In CONGRESS
Senate Still Discussing the
Philippine Question.
PETTICREW'S AMENDMENT REJECTED
the House Minority Leader AttacIss
secretary Gogc-Accuses Him of
Unfair Dealing - Hopkins De-
feuds That Ofiicinrs Action.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate
IS still in the throes of discussion of the
ihlllppinc question, and apparently there
Is no near approach to n delivcrancc upon
the subject. Mr.. Vest of Missouri YES.
terday voiced the opinion of many sena-
tors when he said that such discussion as
was now in progress was of no conse-
quence, us the country was confronted
by state of facts that could not be
changed by talk.
Mr.. Pcttigrew's resolution of inquiry
and Mr.. Lodges substitute for il were
laid on the table, and Mr.. Hoar's general
resolution of inquiry as TO the facts of
the Philippine war was taken up. An
effort of MIR. Pettigrcw to amend il so as
to call for the presidents instructions 20
the Paris peace commissioners led to n
prolonged debate. After the senate had
considered the matter behind closed doors
the amendment was rejected 10y vote of
41 to 20.
Mr.. McLaurin Dem.. s. CO addressed
the senate on the financial question, maxi
ing an argument in favor of his PROPOSE
tion to confer authority upon state banks
to issue circulating notes.
The senate committee on interoceanic
canals agreed unanimously to report a
bill for the construction of the Nicara-
qua canal. The bill is the same as that
reported favoraby in the house by the
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, with a few verbal amendments.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was taken up in the house under an
agreement which limited the general de-
bate to that day. Ii was the general ex-
pcctation'that it would open up stormy
debate upon the question of expansion IN
view of the large army and navy items it
contains, but the members early became
very much engrossed in Il discussion of
an item of S150.000 for rural free deiv-
cry, in which all are personally interest
ed, and the subject of expansion was
barely touched upon.
Tho last hour of the debate was en-
livened with an attack by Mr.. Richard
son, the minority leader. upon the secre.
tary of the treasury for his course in
connection with the sale of the New York
custom house. He rehearsed the charges
that Secretary Gage had been guilty
technically of enlightenment in connection
with the sale of the custom house in de-
posting the proceeds in Il national bank
which was government depository in
stead of the treasury of the United
States, but declared that this charge
would not hold. His purpose. he said,
was to show that the National City bank
had been favored on account of the con-
tributions of its directors to the Repub-
lican campaign fund of 1896 and to show
that the course of the secretary in allow
ing the purchase price to remain in the
bank while at the same time paying rent
for the property and keeping it exempt
from taxation was not dealing fairly with
tlp frnSt funds Df fhp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
WRECK IDENTIFIED.
Thought to Have Been the Helgo-
land, nm OIL steamer.

ST. JOHNS, n. f., Jan. 17-Every-
thing goes to show that the wrecked
steamer is the Helgoland, the property
of the Deutsche-American Petroleum
company. Among Il number of flags pick
cd up near Holyrood was one with the col
ors blue, white and red, with the letter
"R' in the center. This is the house flag
of that company Taken with the finding
of the boat off Cape Pine, it seems to
leave no doubt as to the identity of the
vessel. a life buoy was also picked up
with the name of the steamer painted on
1t, but the lettering was partly illegible
from fire and water
Other flags found were a German en-
sign and II dark red flag with Il yellow
cross and the letter "R."
The Hclgoland, Captain Won Rittern.
which sailed from Philadelphia Jan. >
for Bergen, Norway was built ut New
castle, England, in 1890 and registered
l.563 tons. She was owned by the
DeutscheAmerican Petroleum company
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
TO TAX MORTGAGES.
Bill For New York Legislature to
Relieve Real Estnte.

ALBANY, Jan. II. - Mr.. John l..
Smith has introduced bill in the assem-
bly, that is designed to make the holder
of II mortgage pay his share of the taxes
on the mortgaged property. 1t provides:
IF at the time of the payment of any
such tax any piece, parcel or lot of land
upon which said tax was paid was sub.
ject to n mortgage, then being lien up
on and against such land the tax so paid
shall be deemed a payment upon the
mortgage in the proportion that the un-
paid principal of any such mortgage
bears to the assessed valuation of the
land subject to such mortgage at the
time of payment and shall in all things
operate and have the effect of cash
payment on such mortgage and the tax
collectors receipt shall be a full, com.
plete and sufficient voucher for such pay.
ment'
The bill is to take effect June 1, 1900.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
New York Markets.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16-FLOUR-State
and western weak at yesterdays decline
and not active: Minnesota patents, 49, 75a
A; winter straights, S3.35aS.45 winter eX-
tras, S2 55a2 90; winter patents, 3.60a375.
WHEAT-Opened weak and duh under
lower cables, but later rallied on foreign
buying; March, 74aI4 Lice; May, ~ 11-16a
72Tsc.; July, 72a4a727sc.
RYE-Dull, state, 55a56c., C. 1. f., New
York. car lots No. western, 6Ohc., (. o.
b., afioat.
CORN-Opened steady and showed an
advancing tendency on prospects of light
receipts and good western demand;, May.
39asc.
35c track white, western, 31Ra35c.
PORK-Firm; mess. $lo5Oal1; family,
$l2 25a12.75.
LARD-Easier; prime western steam,
6.35c.
BUTTER--Unsettled state dairy, l9a
24c.; state creamery. 2la25c
CHEESE-Firm; small, l2Aal3c.; large.
late made, l1Aal2c.
EGGS-Barely steady; state and Penn
sylvania, 20c.; western, ungraded, at
mark, 14a1Sc
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining, sac. :
centrifugal, SO test, 5-l6c. bid: refined
steady: crushed. 5.45c. powdered 5l5c.
TURPENTINE-Stea at 53a5S1ac.
OLASSES-Steady; New Orleans, 44a
55c
RICE-Steady; domestic, 4aG,Ac.; Japan,
4&a5c.
TALLOw-Firm; city, 5Aa5ssc.; coun-
try. 5ha5lAc.
HAY-Steady; shipping, 721aaS0c. good
to choice. SOaS7lsc.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
AN EASY TEST.

If YOU are suffering from kidney or oiaa'
der disease. the doctor asks do you de.
sire 20 urinate often, and are you compelled
TO pe, up frequently during the night' Does
your back pain you ? Does your urine STAN
linen? Is there a scalting pain in passing y,
and is it difficult to hold the urine back II
So your kidneys or bladder are diseased. "
Try putting some Of your urine in glass
tumbler, let il stand twenty.four hours. II
there is a sediment, or a cloudy milky ap.
pcarance, your Kidneys are sick.
DR.. Kennedy's Favoritc Remedy will sure
" relieve and cure even the most distressing
cases of these dread diseases, and no physi-
clan can prescribe medicine that equals it
for diseases of the kidneys, liver, bladder
and blood rheumatism, dyspepsia and
chronic constipation. 1t will promptly cor
rect the bad effects OF beer and whiskey.
All drug stores sell it for one collar bot
tie.
BY sending your address to the DIR. DA-
VID KENNEDY CORPORATION, Ron
doui, N. ", and mentioning the COLUMBIAN
trial bottle, together with pamphlet Of
valuable medical advice, will be sent YOU
free postpaid by mail. Our readers can de.
pend upon the genuineness of this liberal
offer.
The bone of contention is not worth pick.
inp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
Gold Seekers Reported Lost.

VICTORIA, b. c., Jan. 15.-News has
been received from Dawson that Cor
yoral Skirving, who was in charge of a
party detailed by the Northwest mount
I'd police. to go in search of the missing
Moffat party and who left Dawson Aug
% last, returned Dec. 10. Corporal
Skirving confirms the report of the death
If three persons who constituted the
Moffat party, A. #. Moifat of PEN
broke, Pull Bellevue of Duluth and one
Holmes of Fresno, Cal. They were the
persons who remained of n party num-
bering originally % persons en- route to
the Klondike over the Edmonton trail
during the fall of 1897.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-18
TaiIOrs Form n Trust.

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The Record to-
day says Negotiations are pending for
the consolidation of Chicago 'tailors to
the trade, with a capitalization of $5,-
100000 or more. The new combination
will he known as the United Tailors and
will apparently control the wholesale Gus
tom tailoring industry of the country.
Interests to be merged represent busi-
ness volume of over S1O,OO0.O0O year.
Relief from trade abuses and the evils of
excessive competition are named as the
motive of the amalgamation rather than
an attempt Mt corner In the one item
of sample books alone it is estimated Il
saving OF 81 100000 year will result