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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-14

UNITED n MARRIAGE. Fred Lcitncr and
Mrs. Lena llouck, both ot this city We're MAJ.
med yesterday hy Magistrate w. :. MilIn.
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The Delaware, Lackawanna G. West
ern Railroad Company, Office Of
Master Car Builder.
Scranton, Pa, May -, 1901.


Scranton, Pa, May l3, 1901.
NOTICE:
Notice is hereby civ n tn all persons
heretofore employed IN the car de-
partment of this company at Scranton
and now out on strike, that, unless
they report for duty At or before :
o'clock "A. M. ON Wednesday, May 18th.
their places viii he permanently tllei
by the employment of others
/. Y. Canfcld.
- Master Car Bull ler
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TALENTS NAN1rD-AN members oi the
Young Womcu'S Cmiston association holding
talents" will please turn them in III once.
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men BROUGHT
FROM HOBOKEN
UNION employees REFUSE TO
TAKE STRIKERS PLACES.

Four Men Reported at Car Shop
Strikers Headquarters Last Night
and Said They Were Members of
Batch of Seventeen Men Brought
on from Hoboken to Fill Places of
Strikers-Statement Issued by the
Council Of the Affiliated Unions
About Nine Hour Matter
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d. H. PAY DAlS.-lhc Delaware and iiud.
son company paid yesterday at the Boston and
PLYMOUTH Nos. >, 3, | and }.
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Steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. +. & NJ. T. Howley,2Sl Wyoming ave.

Smoke the new klcon cigar, SC. +"
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NVNITIIN NEETTNI Of DIREt TOKN.--TNN
monthly meeting nl the directors ot the Rescue
Mission was held last night and the reports al
the treasurer and superintendent read. The
laltcr'S statement showed that there were thirty
meetings At which SIS persons were in attend
aucc. There was one conversion and twelve
persons asked tor prayer Twelve paid lodging,
were given and onc hundred and five fr,r lod.
n-s given. Fourteen trcc meals wcr,, given
and nnety-cight visits made. There were one
hundred and scvrnly.tmcr testimonies and nine
'ysiN ultiaili calls made.
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CITY NOTES


H., l., ~ ". PAiS-rhc trdinmcn employed
on the Lnckaw.mua railroad received their April
Gaming, yesterday.
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Security of Possession

Is the treasured dream of every prop
erty owner or prospective purchaser.
Frequently. it is not until the sale or
exchange of Il holding is desired that
the cloud upon 4 title is discovered and
contemplated plans are defeated.
Title Insurance fully protects against
defect of search, expense of litigation
in short. it provides complete in
Identification for any loss arising from
the contested validity of your property
rights.
Guard your interests with Il policy of
the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-12
ISSUED IN MOURNING.
Venezuelan Paper Announcing
Capture of AguinaIdO.

New York, April IA dispatch to the
Herald from Port of Spain. Trinidad.
says:
Efforts are being made by the official
press of Venezuela to create apprehen-
sion throughout Latin-America thE tho
United States is seeking to control the
new world. A great cutlery is being
raised over the American policy in Cuba,
which is cited as evidence of far reach
ing ambitions on the part Of the United
States
The most influential Caracas journal
issued in mourning it's edition announc-
ing the capture of AguinaldO. The Fill
ipiro leader was ranked among the great
heroes of history and the American pol
icy in the Philippines bitterly assailed.
News from Barcelona, Venezuela, is
that the Venezuelan government defin-
itely refuses to make repara ton in the
case of the American consul, Mr.. Baiz,
who was twice imprisoned, it is alleged,
without cause and from whom large
sums of. money were extorted under
threat of torture.
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assesses some Of the old faces disappear
During the past year a few have been
claimed by death and several others
have married and dropped from the
ranks OF newspaper workers
Shortly before time for the afternoon
session to be called to order, a little fur
~ of CONSERVATION was caused by the
arrival of Mrs Nation. She sailed in
with a cemplacent air, but was much
disappointed that she had not known Of
the meeting SO she could have attend
ed the morning session also. When she
removed her bonnet and shawl and COM
posed herself in an easy chair as if to
remain all afternoon the hearts of one
or two of the speakers went down as
the papers they were to read contained
many not very fattering illusions to
the self-invited guest. Fortunately for
thern Mrs. Nation had an engagement
and was compelled to leave soon after
O'Clock and the papers were reserved I'M
til after her departure.
Mrs. Nation enjoyed the meeting, but
she would have enjoyed it more had she
been given an opportunity to talk She
did venture a few i'll timed remarks to
that did not ruff1e her in the least. When
one demure little lady arose to read her
paper she apologized for her shortnesS or
breath; this was Mrs Nations oppor-
tunity for which she had been waiting.
Il know what's the matter your corSetS
too tight" she called She was sharply
called to order by the president but she
only smiled complacently and settled
herself to wait for another such oppor-
tunity. Before leaving she distributed
copies of the Smasher's Mail as SOU
Veniers.
The programme both afternoon and
evening was cut rather short as a num-
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BRIGHT WOMEN.
Their Kansas Press Association
Completes Its Work.
Session Was an Especially In
teresting One.
MRS. NATION THERE.
She Created Some Excitement
but Little Trouble.
Banquet and TOasts Enjoyed in
Evening.

Once a year the representative news
paper women Of Kansas assemble in To-
peka to exchange ideas ana receive a
new stimulus for their work which noth-
ing but gatherings OF this kind can in
spire.
Eleven years ago Mrs. Emma r. Aldrict
OF Cawker City called a meeting of the
newspaper women OF Kansas to be held
In Cawlxer City and at that time the
Woman's Press association was organ
fzeo with fifteen members. five of whom
are now active members; they are Mrs.
Ald~ich. Mrs. Annie /. Dlgga, Mrs. Mary
Vance Humphrey of Junction City, Mrs
Minnie D. Morgan of Cottonwood Falls
and Mrs. Mary L. Rupe of Clyde.
The association is slowly but surely
growing; each year new names are
added to the membership. but each yeaI
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CUBA MUST ACCEPT.
Senator Spooner Thinks q. s. Will
Not Modify PIatt Amendment

senator SpOO0or xn1nk8 " =. Will
Not Modify PIatt Amendment.
New York, April ia special to tie
Herald from Washington says:
Congress has defined the relations
which shall exist between the United
States and Cuba and. in my judgment it
viii not agree to any modification" said
Senator SpoOner. member of the senate
committee on relations with Cuba after
a conference in the war department with
Secretary Root. THE terms offered
Cuba" Senator Spooner continued, are
more in the interest Of the island than
in that of the United States I am con-
f1dent that the mass of the people Of the
island appreciate the unselfish at
titude of this government and If they
had an opportunity to declare their
views they would unhesitatingly approve
the relations as defined by congress"
The attention OF the senator was call
ed to the suggestion that Gen. Wood
should dissolve the convention and IS
sue call for another. the people at the
time of the election of delegates to vote
upon the question of the acceptance OF
the Plat amendment.
II have seen that report" ne said, II
know nothing about it I believe, how
ever, that the convention after further
consideration Of the matter Will come 10
the conclusion that the wise course to
pursue is to incorporate in the c0nstttu-
ton the terms offered them"
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$1,000 KILLED.
Army of an Arab Chief Lured
Into Narrow Gorge.

Bombay, April 12-Ibu Rashid has re-
covered the kingdom of Nejd, Central
Arabia, after defeating Mabaronk, sheik
of Koweyt, who recently seized the city
of Nejd and deposed Ibu Rashid. after
a pitched battle. The army of Mabaronk
was lured into a narrow gorge where the
hordes of Ibu Rashid swooped down
from the mountains and overwhelmed
their enemies. The fugitives who have
reached gulf ports declare that 5000 men
were killed. The fate of Mabaronk is not
known.
It is announced in a dispatch from
Bombay, March g. to the Associated
Press, that Mabaronk, the Sheik of Ko-
weyt, was then master of Central Ara
bin, according to dispatches received by
the Times of India, Maronk having fol-
lowed up his previous victory over the
army of Ibu Rashid by driving the de-
feated troops clear across Central Ara
bia Selling the city of Nejd and depos-
ing Ibu Rashid The latter appealed to
the sultan of Turkey to send troops from
BussoTah, a frontier city of Asiatic Tur-
key to his assistance, threatening to
stop the overland pilgrimages to Mecca
If he was not helped by Turkey.
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GROWING CHILDREN.
The Period When the Nervous Activity is
at Its Greatest.
The Home Doctor.

The Home Doctor.
Against the practice of giving tea and
coffee to children, we can not speak too
strongly Childhood is the period when
the nervous activity is at it's greatest.
The brain is ever busy receiving new i'm
pressions Reflex action. coordination
of muscles. and the special senses are all
under a special course Of training.
1.-THE nervous system is pushed to its
utmost capacity. end long is the list Of
victims that follow its over stimulation.
In these little people nothing but harm
can come from the use of such cerebral
stimulants as tea or coffee Bad, then,
as this practice is, let us as physicians be
aggressive in its prohibition.
do not be satisfied by answering No.
when asked as to its use, but let US teach
the families with whom we come in con-
tact that such practice is evil. We speak
emphaticaIly, because not only among
the poor and uneducated. but among the
rich who should know better. this prac-
tice is marveIously prevalent"
Children like a warm beverage for
breakfast and it is well for them to have
it IL the drink is a food and not a drug.
Postum Food Coffee is made to supply
a rich ncurishing liquid food with a crisp
cofsee taste, for those who can not and
should not use coffee Analysis shows it
to contain about fourteen per cent OF
muscle forming elements and e6.11 per
cent of energy and fat producing ele-
ments, which go to nourish and sustain
the delicate nerve centers throughout the
boGy and from which the vital energy
proceeds
The Supreme Importance of proper
food in place of drugs IS not generally
understood. but the success OF child or
adult depends largely upon proper sus-
tenance for the body. Children who de-
perd upon the intelligence OF their elders
to furnish them with good food deserve
our most careful attention and thought
upon this subject
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Wood, Mrs. ]. G. Wood. Mrs. F. A. Hare
of Steubenville Ohio, Mrs. R. E. Rice Of
Lawrence, Miss KimbaIl, Miss Martha
Kimball Mrs. NJ. H. Bishop of Junction
City Mrs. Minnie D. Morgan of Cotton
wood Falls, Mrs. Emma Aldrich of CaWker
City, Miss Harriet Adams. Mrs. DeWitte
Nellis, Miss Anna Marie Nellis, Miss
Katherine Morgan of Cottonwood Falls.
Mrs. G. w. Hurd of Abilene. Mrs G G.
GODDARD of Leavenworth Mrs james
1otte Wilder of Manhattan, Mrs. Olive L
son. Miss Lenora McLallin, Mrs. G. 3.
HOFFMAN of Enterprise. Mrs. Annie L
Digs, Mrs Julia S. Breidenthal. Mrs.
Rosetta Bartleson, Miss Helen Ball Of
Lawrence, Mrs. Isabel WorreH Ball, Kan
sas, Miss Gertrude Hal, Miss Zu Adams,
G. Frow of Ottawa. Mrs. Mary J, McCas-
lin, Mrs W. Y. Morgan. Miss Ritz Free
man of Omaha, Miss Edith Brewer.
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REWARD OFFERED
For a Document Relating to an Event
in the Civil War.

London. April 12.-Storfes and mem
cries Of the Alabama have been revived
here by an advertisement Offering a re-
ward for the recovery OF a document
conveying the thanks CT the Confederate
states to John Lancaster for rescuing
Captain Semmes and part Of the crew OF
the Alabama when the Kearsarge sank
her of Cherbourg.
The Confederate steamer Alabama.
Captain Raphael SemnieS, was attacked
and sunk by the United States corvette
kearsarge, Captain WinSlOvV. near Cher
bOurg, France June 19. 1854. The Brit
ish yacht Deer Hound picked UP thirty
nine persons, including Semmes and
fourteen of his officers after which she
headed for Southampton. Captain Wins
lows officers begged him to throw a
shell at the Deer Hound but he refused.
John Lancaster was probably the conn
ma1der OF the Deer Hound
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KIDNAPPED BOY FOUND.
Traced Down by Means of a Regis
tered Letter.

Chicago, April IA registered letter
written by one school boy and receipted
for by another has solved the mystery
which followed the kidnapping of John
Bernard Moffitt last August from the
house of his foster parents. 5228 Adams
street The nine-year-old boy, for whom
detectives have been looking in vain ever
since his mother, Justina Whitman, car
ried him away from Chicago, received
and receipted for the letter himself at
the residence Of an uncle at Altoona,
Wis.
The employment OF a registered letter
to locate the missing boy was suggested
to Attorney Noftt by an examination
held recently in the school to test the
pupils in letter writing. When Frank
Moffitt, 10 years old, mentioned that he
had to write a test letter a lucky idea
occurred to his father.
Write a letter to Bernie" said his
father Perhaps the little fellow might
get it. We will send it to Eau Claire,
Wis. as that is the last place we heard
Frank wrote the letter and it was sent
by registered mail. On the same train
went another letter, this from Mr.. Moffitt
to the postmaster OF the town, directing
him to deliver the first to no one but
the boy himself and to get make him
sign for it. If he did not call for it the
postnna ster was directed to forward the
letter to Altoona The boy was not
found in Eau Claire, but at Altoona the
plan succeeded.
Young Mofltt signed the receipt. The
7l4-l
Chicago Mr. MofIltt then consulted an
attorney at Eau Claire and secured a
writ of habeas corpus When the child
was brought into court the defendant
Anton Whitman, the uncle, secured q
coqtinuance TIL next Monday. The boy
was placed in the custody OF Justice Of
the Peace James c.. Mcmahon.
John Bernard MofIitt or Bernie
Moff1tt. is the son Of Justina whitman
When the child was an infant It was Ia
ken, with its mother. to Mr. Months
home. The country records show that
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TWO DAYS ON ROCK PILE.
Parents Hope They VIII Be Lesson
to Their Sons

Harry Gruber and Fred johnson. the
two boys who were arrested several days
ago on the charge of stealing chickens
wer.. before the police court yesterday
afternoon and were found guilty. The
judge fined them IS each. The fathers
of The boys paid SO each on the fines
and decided to allow the boys to work
out the remaining 81 on the rock pile as
they considered it would be a lesson to
the boys
The boys stole half a dozen chickens
FROM a woman in ParlSdale and sold
them to a Salvation army man who
keeps a grocery store near the Kansas
avenue bridge.
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SHIP LONG OVERDUE.
The John Mcdonald With Big Cargo
of Coal Awaited at Frisco.

San Francisco, April 12.-FoundI-ymen
and blacksmiths of san Francisco are
beginning to feel the shortage of Cum
berland coal. which almost amounts to
a famine, caused by the fact that the
ship John Mcdonald, from Baltimore,
with 1900 tons OF Cumberland coal on
board is now sixty days overdue. The
Mcdonald has been out 210 days and
while she has not yet been posted there
is IS per cent Reinsurance on her
Cumberland coal IS non-sulphurous
and is used almost exclusively in forg-
ing Unless the Mcdonald comes into
port within a short time it win be nee
essary to have the coal shipped overland
by rail
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St Petersburg. Wednesday. April TO-
Mn De Witte and Muravieff. ministers of
finance and justice. respectively, attended
the trial of LagowsAi, the provincial Off
cial who recently attempted to assassinate
Privy Councillor Pobiedonostzef, procur-
ator general Of the Holy synod The trial
which resulted in a sentence of six years
penal servitude Ia Siberia with loss Of
civil rights. was held behind closed doors
Lagowsl1i. in his defense declared it was
his intention to free Russia from the re-
dictionary influence Of the procurator gen.
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GEROW IN DEMAND.
State Employment Agent Already
Receiving Applications

T. B. Gerow. director of free employ
ment agencies. cannot get the bureau
I'm working order over the state any too
quickly Local applications for work
and worfmen are already beginning to
come in. The first application direct
came in today.
Proprietor wv. IT, Bruce wants cooks
in his hotel at Meade and he very evil
IDENTIFY wants them in a hurry and wants
them bad his letter is as follows:
Please send me a cOlored man and
wife to take charge Of kitchen in small
hotel VIII pay good wages if you can
send one Wire me at my expense and
I wiz remit ticket or wire money"
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Lima O.. April 12-Tests made in re-
hning Texas crude oil at the Standard OIL
refinery here show the product of the
Beaumont field TO be Of much higher
grade than heretofore estimated That the
oil market must in the future reckon with
the Beaumont output as a factor is now
coming to BE recognized. The recent de-
cline In both the Pennsylvania and Lima
markets IS attributed to the strike IN the
k3eanmOnt 1a11
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-12

governor has committed his sentence to
three months the recomTn eudation o.
the Nenaha county officials and Cottrell
taking an irOnclad oath never to sell
liquor again. The McCIellans are father
and son. Cloud county farmers. They are
given parole to go home and run their
farm. which during the two and half
years sentence that they have almost
served two girls have been trying to run.
Their offense was assault on a nelShDor-
ing farmer.
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Cost Of Kansas Charitiea.

The cost Of maintaining the eight char
table institutions for the month OF
March aggregated SO, e07. 81, while the
salaries Of employees amounted to $14.-
297-07, making a total cost of $34, 49,.
There are In all the institutions 1899
patients and pupils To care for these
the services OF 522 employees and attend
ants are required The cost OF rnainten-
ance is the least at the Osawatomie
asylum. It being 80 rs gents per day for
each patient
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PARD0NS UNDER NEW LAW.
Governor Stanley VIII Hear Appli-
cations Monday.

Governor Stanley will on Monday hear
the applications for pardons under the new
law which authorizes conditional Glenn
ency. The regular docket Will not be
called The governor will hear all cases
that are ready. and those that are not
prepared according to the terms Of the
sion.
The governor issued pardons yesterday
to Abe Cottreu. Benjamin and William
Mcclellan Cottrel was a Seneca jOintist.
He was sentenced for six months BY civ
Ing the alarm he prevented a Jail deliv-
cry at the Nemaha county Jail. and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-12
PHILLIPS CLEANS HIM OUT
Broker Got on Wrong Side Of
Corn Market

]. c. Goings, the Topeka stock exchange
broker. whose office Is on East Fifth
street has failed.
Goings got on the wrong side of the corn
market He was with the bears. Phillips
deals in the Chicago pit brought disaster
to the bears and GOings was with them
On or about Christmas GOings had 5000
on the credit side of his ledger He went
IN bearing on corn when 1t was quoted at
q cents or thereabouts- 1t did not fan.
It went up. When corn reached 4215 cents
the other day Goings saw the last of his
$1,000 disappear. He had lost.
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FORGOT HIS FINE.
Accordingly Daniel Rogers Is Again
Before Bar of Justice.

Daniel Rogers, the old colored man who
has, been in the police court several times,
was taken before Judge Magaw yesterday
on g. commitment.
Last fall Rogers was fined SO in the
police court on the charge of petit lar
ceny and was allowed to go free by the
judge with TIE understanding that he
would pay the fine when he got the
money. Rogers has not been near the
court since that time, so the commitment
was issued and he was asked to explain
why he had not paid the fine Rogers told
the court that he had been sick, and that
when he had received his pension money
he had been robbed His statement was
verified by some of the policemen.
Judge MagaW told the old man that if
he would pay a part of the fine he would
let him go until next pension day, so ROg-
ers paid IS and was allowed to go, with
the caution that he watch out for robbers
when he got his pension money.
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Mr.. Ohamberlain Resiens.

Washington, April 12.-Walter II.
Chamberlin Of Chicago. Ill. today ten
dered his resignation as United States
assistant commissioner Of patents. The
resignation will take effect May 1. when
Mr.. Chamberlin will resume the prac-
tice of patent law. Mr.. Chamberlin call
ed on President Mckinley and explained
that ne cannot afford to remain here and
neglect his practice.
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on June %. 1895, Gusta Whitman cor
sented to waive all rights and claims to
her child. Last August she took the boy
out for a car ride, and this was the last
seen Of him, until he was found in Wis
consin. His mother is supposed to have
died in Washburne, Wis, last Novem-
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Regents AT In. HAYS.
Locate Branch of Normal and Agri-
cultural College

Hays, Kan. April 1.-THE regents and
president of the State Normal and State
Agricultural college visited FIT Hayes
today and located the western branch
OF the State Normal and Experimental
State Agricultural college on the TT.
Hays reservation as required by the
act OF the legislature. Some Of the
homesteaders will release their claims.
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Rich Quartz Strike.

Victoria, B. c., April News has
been brought here by the steamer Bos-
cowitz that a strike of rich quartz had
been made near Kitzlass canyon in the
Skeena river Quartz has been struck
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Death of col. 2. .. Rigbv.

Chicago. April 12.-Col. Francis e. Rig
by, a we'll known real estate dealer and
one Of the charter members Of the Union
League club. died last night Of heart fail
ure at the Grand Pacific hotel He was a
native of Yorkshire. England, and was rs
mated from $500 900 to 81. OOO.00o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-12

Everybody needs a tonic Ia the sprina-
at this time the system Graves a tonic.
It Is housecleaning time for your body.
Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound will tons
up your nerves. blood. kidneys and liver
and III you with health and energy. Sold
by Geo W. Stansfield. $50 Kansas avenue.
and Marshall Bros, lis Kansas avenue
Some men never amount to much be-
cause they get into the habit OF fire.
quently beginning life anew