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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
Grasshopper No Longer Dreaded.

If writer in Everybody'S Magazine may be
credited, kans"s farmers no longer need dread
The grasshopper pest. In South Africa there mas
been discovered fungus disease which under
favorable conditions kills of the grasshoppcrs
in Enormous numbers ~ the chronological
institute in GIdhIm,town, Natal. they have cul.
tivated this fungus in culture tubes. and have
carried it successfully throughout the whole year
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
THIS AND THAT.

Rev, j, j. O'roole. of HOLY Rosary
church North Scranton. who has been
assigned To the parish of Weusboro,
Tloga county. was a newspaper man
before he became Il priest and was
considered the liveSt newsgatherer in
the region of his home at Mt. Carmel,
S'h'o MS ordination ten years ago he
mas been located at Holy Rosary
"hurch. North scranton ANA is greatly
b"loNed ny the congregation. the MEM
b"fS OF which greatly regret his de
iarlure, although it is gratifying To
them 10 see him raised to the dignity
of a pastor
\ number of young ladies of the
hll have organized Il club TO work in
various ways for the Home for the
Frl"ndlesS. Their first effort will be
cake and candy sale mt the store
room formerly occupied by Net .leton
IN IN" commonwealth building. Fi-
day afternoon and night and Satur-
day night. Cake, candy and all kinds
"f ice cream will be for sale ana the
ruhlic is urged To attend.
won Storch Park" is now what
they can the roumy. moccuped plot
of land on the corner of Main avenue
and Green Ridge street. Its lawn nr
green and the trees and shrubbery
presents To the pasSer-by an inviting
and attractive appearance. \ goodly
Number of pretty small parks are very
desirable in city like scranton.
Rev, r. W, Tierney, of this city. who
has been student in the seminary at
Dunwoodie, \. Y, for several years.
will on Saturday morning, June /. be
ordained Il priest by Archbishop Cor
risan in st. Patrick's cathedral i'm New
York. Father Tierney will celebrate his
first mass in ST. Peters cathedral in
this city on Sunday, June ., at 1890
a. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
HER OCCUPATIONS.

After losing her school. she worked
for while in a dressmaking establish
ment and later opened up an employ
iheht agency. in which occupation she
is at present engaged. Before the ac-
cident she was able to attend "a all her
work. but since that time she has had
|" have the assistance of a clerk,
she claimed that prior to the, acct
dent she suffered from no physical all
lnent other than a Sigh; cast i'm her
eye. She consulted a physician about
II. ana at his advice wore glasses. She
did not need them. however, she
thought. but not wishing 10 60 con-
trarN to the PHYSICIANS directions con-
tlnued to wear the glasses. Now one
OF her eyes is almost totally blind and
a cataract is forming in the other. She
also told in detail of he pain and dis
comforts she suffers from the derance-
ment of her internal organs. and at
tributed all her trouble to the arci-
dent for which she blames the city.
DE- James stein, oculist. corrobor-
ated Miss Duliin as to the condition of
her eyes. Whether or not she would
he totally blind. eventually. the doctor
would not say. The sight is almost
wholly gone from one eye. and a cat
aract is forming in the other. Until
this cataract natures ii is impossible
t" say with any degree of certainty
what the ultimate results will he.
Dr. 5. =. Longstreet described at
length from an expert point of view
the ailments now affecting Miss DUFF
fin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
Us, ALIENS F0oi-Eas, in Your Gloves

\ lady WllICs: II Shake Allcn's FOOt. .Easr
into my gloves and rub a little ON my hands, II
saves my gloves by absorbing perspiiation n
is a most dainty toilet powder" We invite Tho
attention OF physicians and nurses TO the absolute
purity OF Aliens Foot.EaSc, Dr.. W G. Abbott
editor OF the Chicago Clinic says; at is a grant
preparations am using il constantly in my
practice" All drug and shoe stores sell H. 80
sample sem FREE. AddIe's Allen ; Olulstcd.
- eHv. y. 5.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
Piano Case Organ for Sale.

beautiful mahogany plano case
organ, hut slightly used and just as
good as new, can be purchased at a
great bargain for cash at Guernsey
Hall. 3li and 3l6 Washington avenue.
Scranton Pa. Cali and see ii. 81
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
Liquor Licenses Transferred.

Court yesterday transferred liquor
licenses as follows:
License of Frank Brown. of sol
Scranton street, Fifth ward. to
Michael Lynott.
License of Michael Graesneu. of
ThrOop, to Gabriel Palneci
License of Michael Smith. of Win
ton, to K. \. Marshall
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
PLANS Are
NOW COMPLETE
Y. M. c. A. CORNER STONE LAY
ING TO BE BIG EVENT.

Rt. sxev. Bishop H. G. Potter Is to
Speak Upon Relation of the Asso-
citation to the Various Phases of
Human Activity--seats Are to Be
Arranged for 1000 Spectators.
Letter Regarding the Bishops
Connection with Y. M. C. A. Work
from Secretary Morse.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
NIll. WITNESS

The Witnesses who cOrrohOrated Miss
Duttin as to her physical soundness be-
fore the time of the accident We're Col
onel T., j. Fitzsimmons. a. T.. Duffy. p.
II. coync. Mrs. Della Gilgallon. Mrs
Mary Marshall, Miss Susan Schnell.
Lizzie Collins, Julia Clark and Lizzie
Willard.
IN his cross examination of Miss
Dutiin, CITY solicitor Watson endenv-
"red Ia bring out that she was IL fire.
uuent visitor to the Mccain home in
West Scranton. when she first came to
this city. and that she was obliged To
have Miss Mccain, now Mrs. w. K.
Dolan. read her correspondence for her.
BECAUSE of her own defective eyeSioht
Miss Duliin denied this. Mrs. Dolan is
one of the witnesses summoned by the
defense. Among the others are DR.. l..
NJ. Gates, DR.. T., q. Roos. DR.. w. r..
Allen. DR.. ]. f. O'Brien. DR.. Joseph f..
Grant and DR.. l.. Wehlau
DR.. Gates is one of the new Witnesses
in the case, and il was largely on the
strength Of his evidence that the new
lrlal was granted. He Is expected 10
testify that he examined Miss Dufiin
several years before the accident and
found her suffering from the very all
mentS she is now trying To make the
city liable for The testimony of DIR.
Gates WAS anticipated, and Miss Duff
lin while on The stand told that DR..
Gates only visited her once and then
remained for less than ten minutes.
she denied that he made an eNaminu-
tion of her.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23

SALE ul SEATS OrENS.-Thc advance sale Of
seats opens This morning at 9 oclook. At the
'lr"um bon office ror John Drew, saturday after.
noon and night May ~ ior both matinee and
night performance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
QUESTION INVOLVED.

Whether or not the tenant of an
upper apartment tenants the stairway
leading thereto is the question in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
OPENING ADDRESS

In his opening to the jury, Mr.. Wat
son stated that the defense would
prove that Miss Duflin's vision was
80 defective. two years before the ar-
cident that she was refused "A school:
that while teaching II private school
on Gibson street, earlier than the last
mentioned period. her vision was so
defective that the children took ad-
vantage of it to play pranks, ana that
when she came here nine years ago
she was accustomed to use large
would also he shown. he said. by the
testimony of number of reputab bile
physicians, that the other physical
ailments Miss Duilin is complaining
or were old maladies antedating by
years the time when the accident oc-
Cured.
Before beginning the defendants
case, MI Watson moved for a non
suit on the ground that Miss Dufin
lived for months across The street
from where the obstruction i'm question
was lying, as alleged. for several
months. That she had equally as
much constructive notice of it as had
the city, and knowing it was there
she was guilty of contributory negli-
gence when she permitted herself to
collide with il. Judge Kelly refused
The motion, saying the matter could
he brought up after all the evidence
was in. and made grounds for a re-
quest for binding instructions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23
CITY NOTES


L., l.. y ". rANS.-I employees of The Dia.
nond aud St"rs mines will be paid TO-DAY To-
iao,row the pay r.r will visit the mines below
,li.1"n.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23

DIED FROM INlj Rli.S -! !,hn T.vlur of
l.ackawanna, died last night at trt Moses Tayl"r
hospital "t injuries received Mou,in IA ti.n Hold
en- c"Iltc'N. by being crushed under Il TALL Of
,"'h. IL, was 30 wears uf age and i survived lv
a Miic and Two uhilnIrn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-23

llREMl.\'~ RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS .Th" mrm.
hr'> of the fm"mcns Relic association M, la.t
n'"h ia city hall aud informally discussed .ro
arrangements beng mai, ton the ot emug ~
in'r nrw rmrir.> y" !rt'i,tc action ,n anv
question: was 'akrr, there .'rI;.. 70 oIp,rs prc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-12

perhaps trip DevOnShire, he is so dense
and unwieldy, and, besides, he IS almost
as old as Salisbury, having celebrated
his sixty-eighth birthday last July 1t
would seem that he cared not for the
premiership anyway, having practically
declined it twice in the recent past, but
people Will persist in declaring him in
line for the succession. He holds, in
fact, more positions now than almost
any other man in British politics.
though most of them are merely hon
orary ana held on account of his great
name. He married the Dowager Ouch
ess of Manchester only nine years ago
and is said to incline to domestic life
in his old ge rather than to politics,
which he is in perforce from a sense OF
duty. One of the wealthiest men in the
kingdom, he owns estates aggrega ting
1877, 600 acres and eight magnificent res
licences. any one of which should salts
them being Bolton Abbey and the famous
show place Chatsworth, with its al
most peerless collections of statuary
and paintings The title, to which he
succeeded on the death of his father in
1891, is almost as old as that of the Ce-
ellis. dating back to the first decade of
the seventeenth century. Since 1857 he
has had a seat in parliament, where he
has slept through more speeches and
any other man alive Chamberlain
once alluded to him as my late lead
err referring to his invariabIe habit of
arriving after everything was well un-
der way AS to his somnolency, he GER
tainly has an excuse if all speeches are
as heavy as his own. He was once re-
preached by a lady he was taking out
to dinner with having yawned several
times during the delivery of one of his
own speeches. ..Ah. my dear madam. .
he courteously replied, but you didn't
hear my speecht''
There could be no greater contrast
between any two men alive than that
existing between Devonshire and Bal
four While there is a general impress
sion that the former might make a
safe" premier on account of his indo-
lence and slowness, which count for
much in diplomacy, it is admitted that
he lacks tact and sagacity. This can
not be said of Arthur James Balfour,
who is tactfuI and courteous. every
inch of him. and although in his youn-
ger days ne affected species of dilet-
tantism. lounging on the benches of the
commons with his long legs stretched
out and a general air of Iistlessness
about him, he was in reality always
alert and wide awake, as his opponents
found when they began to badger him.
The Duke of Devonshire may be seen
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<<.sS.sSre<Ss<S &C
as much as they hate you my occupa-
ton would be gone"
1t was predicted of Mr.. Balfour near
~ ten years ago, when there was also
talk of Salisbury's impending retire.
ment," the time cannot be far distant
when Mr.. Balfour as prime minister
viii have in his hands the shaping for
many years of the political destinies of
his party and of the British empire.
He has some qualifications for the
work Whether he has the supreme
gift which would be the touchstone OF
the rest remains to be SEEN" As a
speaker he is persuasive. hardly elo-
quent; in society he shines with a 1us-
ter all his own, but he is not and never
will be in touch with the common peo-
pie any more than is his noble uncle,
Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, whose
tactless speeches against the Irish on
occasions have been brutal in the ex-
IRENE. Balfour is yet young for a
statesman with a career behind him
and a brilliant future doubtless ahead.
being only fifty-three. He is rich, a
bachelor an athlete and a cIubman. a
student and somewhat of an aesthetic.
Above all, he is a diplomat, born and
trained, and that is the kind of man the
Tories desire to stand at the helm and
steer their ship of state, for there are
surely troublous seas ahead for the
stanch ship Britannia. and a helmsman
will be required who can be both firm
and suave, who can apply the iron hand
in the velvet glove. which same Arthur
James Balfour can do. it is admitted
by all. better than any other man now
within the range of the omniscient gov
ernmental eye.
JAMES WILLIAM WALTERS.
London, England
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counts for much; in the second, he re-
ceived his diplomatic training under
his uncle. having been his secretary SO
long ago as the Berlin congress of 1878.
intimate even then with the great mas
tiers of diplomacy, Beaconsfield and
Salisbury. No, there is doubt as to
his succeeding. peradventure Salisbury
ever retires, for through him would the
Salisburian traditions be perpetuated
and the same policy carried out Bal
four has the same pride of race and
lineage that Salisbury has and. al
though courteous TO a degree. has been
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G.t$.<S.<}~<$.c.G.G.<

"HE Impending retirement Of
Lord Salisbury is a phrase
sufficiently familiar by this
time. having been in use many
years, whenever. for instance,
that grumpy old statesman
took a notion TO retire for rest and rec
reation to Hatfield House, which he
loves so WELL But this time the i'm
pending retirement" actually impends,
for, though Salisbury carries his labors
easily, being so familiar with govern
mental and International affairs that
he has them all at his fingers ends
and always on call, he is weary of the
work. He has a students love of pri-
vacy and the Investigator desire for
scientific research. but can crafty nei-
Their to the full as matters stand with
him now If he ever contemplateS retir-
ing for the purpose of spending his old
age amid the delights of his ancestral
acres, surely he must do it soon, for old
age, as it is reckoned in the United
States, is already upon him, his seven
ty-first birthday having been celebrat-
ed last February.
It having been decided that Salisbury
is to retire, the next momentous cues
ton relates TO his successor There
are scarcely two opinions-over here in
London at least-as to who ought to be
his successor But tongues are wag-
ging over the qualifications and aspira-
lions of two prominent men who NAV
be said TO have trained all their lives
for this eventuality. One of these is
Spencer Compton Cavendish. eighth
duke of Devonshire, lord president of
the council and leader of the Liberal
Unionists. and the other is Right Hon.
Arthur James Balfour, first lord of the
treasury and leader of the house of
commons Joe Chamberlain has also
been mentioned. but not Of late, for the
people over here are more than dis
trustful of him. However. the outlook
at present is that one of the two gen
tlemen named Will step into Salisburvss
shoes when he vacates them. and the
general opinion is that either will he
able to occupy if not to fill them with
somewhat Of acceptability. Both pos
sess certain qualifications for the pre-
mierShip, although in manners and an
pearance the two are DRAMATICALLY on
posed
The Duke or Devonshire is as heavy
and stolid as country squire and quite
as letharg1e as the present premier
himself without his vast reserve force
and splendid grasp on affairs whenever
he wakes from his maps You NAV BE-
able TO catch Jupiter Salisbury noddinr
but you can't trip him up. You might
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accused many times of being supercil-
ious. He treats his opponents with
fairness, with a GOODNESS bordering on
contempt, never getting in a heat. new
er forgetting himself or what is due his
enemy. This characteristic GOODNESS
stood him in good stead when he was
chief secretary for Ireland during the
fierce onslaughts upon him by the Par
nellites, when it was predicted that he
would be either driven from his posi-
ton or into an insane asylum But he
withstood all attacks with logged per-
tinacity, never yielding an inch, never
retorting uncourteously. and in the end
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he triumphed, winning a greater VIC
tory than many a general has gained
in the field. OF course he was well hat
ed by the Irish, yet he has always pro-
fessed to like, even to love, them, and
latterly has shown his good will. But
this tale is told of those strenuous
times when he had all ireland by the
ears. He said to a priest whom he had
met: after all, I fancy that the news
papers make more noise than the mass
es. Do you think, now. that the people
really dislike me?''
'Ah, Mr. Balfour." replied the priest.
'if the Irish only hated the devil half
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Hon. AzZZzu1. CT B0I0ul:

in the house of lords almost invariably
asleep or inattentive, with his hat pull
ed over his eyes, his arms folded and
his huge feet in everybodys way. He
is really what he appears-sleepy and
sluggish, a lump Of British clay that
requires excessive pricking and prod
ding TO become aroused.
I think there is little doubt when the
matter comes to be seriously consider
ed that Balfour will be the choice, as
everything seems to be in his favor In
the first place, he is a Cecil, being the
son of SaIisbury's sister, and that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-12

According to a statistician, the pope
receives more letters and newspapers
each day than any other ruler, the av-
erage number being from 10000 10 a.
900. OF these only a few are ever seen
by his holiness, most OF them being
taken at once to the chancelIor's Office,
where they are distributed among thir-
ty-five secretaries, who duly read them
Next to the pope was the late Presi-
dent Mckinley who received daily
about l. 400 letters and between 5000
and 1000 newspapers. pamphlets and
books
The king of England's post is not 50
large as this. 1000 letters and from
1000 to 5000 newspapers being the daily
average. The car RECEIVES $50 letters
daily, the king of Italy 500 and Queen
Wflhe1mina of Holland between 100 and
$50, all of which she reads herself
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N M Ma9 H 4Az WHITE HOUSE CHEERFUL

president, who listens. waving his pipe
toward the children when they become
too boisterous."
President Van Buren, was a widower
when he succeeded to the presidency.
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the father of ten children, all were then
grown up. He was accompanied to
Washington by his daughter-in-Iaw,
Mrs. Jane F. Harrison, and her two
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ervard deprived her of the opportunity
of exercising hospitality to any extent.
President Tyler had been married
twenty-eight years when he went to the
White House and had seven children:
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and one of his daughters-in-law attend
ed to the social functions. General
William Henry Harrison, who became
president in 1871, had been married for
ty-six years at that time and though
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The borough of Kensington. in London,
is arranging to purchase the residence
of the late Lord Leighton. which, to-
gether with the contents. is to be kept
open as an art museum.
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During the season just closed the to-
tai catch of mackrel was 80, SOB barrels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-12

-HE annals of the White House
make scant mention Of the
children who have enlivened II
by their presence, for while /
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HE impending retirement of
Lord Salisbury" is a phrase
sufficiently familiar by this
time, having been in use many
years, whenever, for instance,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-16
FELL INTO BOILING MUD.
Serious If Not Fatal Accident at the
Yellowstone Park

HELENA, Mont, July 9-W. W. wy
lie, who has just returned from Mann
moth Hot Springs. in Yellowstone
Park. brings the report that two wom-
en-, whose names were unknown, met
with an accident while inspecting the
boiling mud paint pots" at the Thumb
on Yellowstone Lake Saturday after
noon.
The women, mother and her daugh-
ter, who entered the park by the Mo-
nida route, fell into the natural caul-
dron where the boiling mud was waist
deep and could only be rescued with
difficulty.
They We're taken to the Lake Hotel,
where a physician said their injuries
might prove fatal.
HELENA. Mont, July 9.-Reports re-
ceived here today from Mammoth Hot
Springs, Yellowstone Park, state that
the two women who fell into the boiling
mud of the Paint Pots. geyser at the
Thumb on Yellowstone Lake are be-
lieyed to be Mrs. Zabriskie and daugh-
ter of Brooklyn, N 7. They, with a
perty of tourists, entered the park by
way Of Monida. It IS not known just
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-16
and in Cuba are claimed by English

aio IN Cuba are claimed by English
corporations.
Inc issue was made last September,
"nen Sir Alfred Miner, the South
AIrlcan commissioner, promulgated the
Iatnous order, giving notice that the
brush government reserves the right
70 recognize or modify any concession
iiaue oy the late South African Repub-
nc, without proper legal authority, OF
contrary to the law, or the conditions
Wnlch have not been duly complied
with, or which appear to affect preju-
uicialiy the interest of the republic y
ihls last clause was of the most
sweeping character. and the British
government appointed a commission to
pass upon the whole subject. This
commission has made an exhaustive
report, set out in the blue book 1t
rays down some important principles
one interesting statement in the be-
SHINING IS this: "One the first of Sep
TENDER, 1900, her late Majesty annexed
the territories and obliterated the SOW
sreignty OF the South African republic
II Is clear that state which has an
he4eo another is not legally bound by
any contracts made by the state which
mas ceased to exist, and that no court
OF law has Jurisdiction to enforce such
contracts if the annexing state refuses
to recognize them"
Inc commission also asserts the right
70 examine whether the rights which
IL is asked to recognize have IN fact
been duly acquired a point of inter-
EST IN the Cuban cable controversy.
II accepts Sir Alfred Miners most
important suggestion in the decIara-
lion that the new government Is justi-
ned IN cancelling or modifying con-
cession when the maintenance of the
concession is injurious to the public in
terest."
The conclusions of the commissioners
nave not yet been accepted and enun-
clated by the British government itself,
so far as the blue book shows The
is brought up to April
18th last.