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The mix-up at Harrisburg yesterday
proves that "A squad of policemen can
accomplish more than a set of resolu-
tions in the way of promoting Demo-
cratic harmony
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If General Uribe-Uribe has sur
vivcd notices of his death he should
at least have the good taste to kill
half of his name.
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The efforts Of the Philadelphia North
American to draw Admiral Cevera into
the -Schley row were met by
a dgnified rebuff, and yet the North
American does not seem to realize the
fact.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

In the present crisis Mr.. Schwat
does not seem to be doing much in
the way of earning his salary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

The final settlements" of the Chi
nese affair are becoming more num-
erous than farewell appearances of
popular theatrical stars.
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Scranton can no longer be known as
a strike center"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

Suburban residents of Greater New
York still show a lack of faith in
the scientific individuals who vouch
for the Brooklyn bridge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

A good many Beers in South Africa
evidently have not heard that they
have been banished.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

Malvar does not seem to be worth
an expedition for his capture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

The affair at Harrisburg yesterday
demonstrated that vaudeville is not
entirely out of date.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-16

For cards oi thanks resolutions Of coincidence
ara similar contributions in the nature of aa.
Vertisins The Tribune makes a charge OF cents
line.
Rates for Classified Advertising furnished on
application.
SCRANTON. PA. AUGUST 16, 1901.
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always Busy"
3 Always Busy Events

First--Our Fall styles
of Celebrated Korrect
Shoes at $500. They are
displayed in our mems
window. They are for
the smart dresser who
wants to be just little
ahead of the other fellow.
Second-The placing on
sale of every mans Rus
set Shoe in our store, low
and high cut, So and Si
grades. They are dis
played in our mems win
dow. You can get a pair
OF them; perhaps the best
shoe you ever wore, for 81.
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Inhalation of tar is ever so good for
catarrh, but you can't make people on
Washington avenue say they like the
treatment.
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HOTEL TERRACE.

Paror Hotel. Accommodations unsurpassed
Special SUMNER RATES to permanent guests.
Get them Table Board. W II. WHYTE
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SCRANTON'S BUSINESS HOUSES

THESE EWrERPRisivG DEALERS GAN SUPPLY YOUR EDS
OF EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND sArise Acro1uy
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American and Foreign Thrift.

q 5 AN Illustration Of popular
~ thrift on the other side Of the
4 n Atlantic, says the Philadel-
,,bia Rulletin tho Statapp N I
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THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
The following table shows the price per inch
each insertion, space to be used within one year'
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Theatrical Advertising.

n ISIS EDNA CRAWFORD,
vi of Cincinnati, may be
4 Il considered as one Of the
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Pennsylvania Democracy.

THE RESULT of the Demo-
cratic state convention at
Il Harrisburg yesterday is
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The Oklahoma Land Lottery.

Y y COMMENTING upon the recent
distribution of lands in Okla
l. homa the New York Tribune
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
STORM ON THE GULF COAST
INFLICTS HEAVY DAMAGES

New Orleans, La, Aug. 15.-The
storm which has been sweeping the
Gulf coast from Pensacola and moving
westward during the past two days,
has prostrated telegraph and telephone
wires 10 such an extent that news
from the outlying sections is hard to
get. The gravest fears have been en-
tertained for the safety of the people
living at Port Eads, which is at the
mouth of the Mississippi river, and
for the ships that started for sea just
before the storm began.
The wires to Port Eads have been
prostrated since Tuesday night at s
o'clock, but the Picayune reached a
man who left there at . o'clock
Wednesday. He was at Burns, which
Is sixty miles down the river, and the
farthest point with which there is
wire communications at the present.
This man describes the storm which
swept that section as a regular tidal
wave, similar to the one which result
ed in such awful loss of life in 1898.
He says all the people living on the
east bank of the river have moved up
to the Jump" which is fifteen miles
from the mouth of the river.
In the city of New Orleans and sub
urbs there has been some damage. At
Milneburg, one of the lake resorts the
railroad pier head, running out into
the lake for 1000 yards. has been de
stroyed and all light buildings demol-
tshed. The big holdings ON shore with
stood the gale.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 15.-The tropical
storm which has been raging along the
Gulf coast for two days has tonight
completely isolated the city of Mobile,
Alabama, from the outside world 1t
Is known that much damage has been
done along the water front in Mobile.
but whether there has been any loss of
life or not is mere. conjecture. Moth
ing has been heard from the country
south of Mobile up to the time the last
wire of Mobile failed
At half past this afternoon the
Western Union office in Mobile was
abandoned, the water at that time be
ing three feet deep in the operating
room.
Two hours later communication was
mad for few minutes with Mobile.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
The Old Revenue Law Adequate

There is no need of n special session
empower the authorities to assess rail
roads and other corporations. The old
law is adequate. 1t makes ample pro-
vision for the assessment of such cor
porations.
There never has been any need of Il
new law on this subject. The Fusion
lists have been in power for nearly ten
years and during that time they have
completely controlled the State Board
of Equalization which under the law
is required to assess the property of
railroads and kindred corporations.
This board needs no increase in its
powers. If it has failed to properly
assess the corporations it IS the fault
and not of the law which confers upon
them power to act.
Instead of calling n special session
of the Legislature for the purpose OF
enacting law that would confer this
authority to assess corporations upon
OIleE Il uSlOllSlS, bONeTDOr oTUlau ana
the other members of the State Board
of Equalization have but to discharge
their duties under the act creating that
board. They have all the power they
need, all that the Legislature could
confer upon another set of officials. A
special session of the Legisla ture
would cost something like 100000
but a session of the State Board of
Equalization would cost nothing. Gov
ernor Orman and his associates on the
board should accept Judge Dixon's de-
cison, go ahead and make the assess
ments in the way they ought to be
made. To enact n new law would be
to shift the responsibility now resting
upon the State Board of Equalization
to the shoulders of other officials, but
with no assurance whatever that the
duty of assessing the corporations
would be any better discharged than in
the past.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
Denver Jury-Bribery Case.

Denver, Aug. 1G.-The contempt pro-
ceedings again Police Magistrate
Thomas and Bailff Robert Schroeder
came to trial in the West Side Crmi-
nal Court yesterday. In the morning
George l.. Adams, foreman of the jury
in the second trial of w. W. Anderson,
was examined by Anxious Curiae Har-
ry OBryan, cross-eXamined by Milton
Smith, attorney for the defendants,
and re-eXamined by Mr.. O'Bryan. In
the afternoon Jurors Jacob Dunn, Ger
guson Halle and ]. r. Shoemaker, with
Carl II. Cochran, an attorney, went
through examination, cross-examina-
ton and re-examination. The court
asked a few questions of the wit
nesses.
The direct examinations brought out
in detail the matter already made pub
lie in the affidavit of the jurors. The
cross-examinations by the defense
gave witnesses opportunity to repeat
n good part of their testimony. gave
them opportunity to explain why they
had not reported to the court the al
legged attempt to bribe them to con-
Wet Anderson, either to Judge Malone
or to Judge Mullins, and also gave op-
portunity for the defense to emphasize
the extraordinary behavior of the wit
nesses who preferred to keep secret
the attempts to bribe until they were
discharged from the jury room.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
STEEL STRIKE CONTINUES
RUM0RS OF PEACE OVERTURES

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 15.-Once more
efforts are afoot to settle the strike
being waged against the United States
Steel Corporation by the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers,
but their success is roblematical.
Neither side will admit that there has
been single step toward bringing
about n re-approachment, or that there
Is any prospect of an exchange of
peace proposals.
B. NJ. Caldwell. formerly n mill own
er of Mingo Junction. is known to
have conferred with the strike leaders
with n view to sketching n basis of
settlement which he plans to place be-
fore the officials of the steel corpora
tion. lie is believed to be the mysteri-
Gus man who conferred with President
Shaffer for more than two hours at
strike headquarters to-day, although
the latter said later that he had not
seen Mr.. Caldwell for months. Both
sides vigorously denied that they had
either made overtures or received pro
posals, but 1t is known positively that
the plan is under consideration. Mr..
Caldwell is acting Independently. and
does not represent either the manufac-
turers or the men.
No expression from him was obtain
able, and no line on the terms that
have been considered can be had. 1t is
believed here that under certain cir
cumStances the contending sides could
be brought together and n settlement
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
EXPERIMENTING THE
LAST BUFFALO HERD

Buena Vista, Colo, Aug. 16.-Denver
Republican Special) What is alleged
to have been a deliberate attempt to
kill off the few remaining Lead of buf-
falo in Colorado has just come to light
here.
Yesterday Game Warden George b.
Fravert of Leadville arrested Frank
Bartlett, Charles Bartlett, brothers, and
]. e. Webb of this city. The first and
last named are taXidermists, and had
in their possession the hides, heads
and skeletons of four buffalo. The
men claimed the animals had been
killed six years, but the game wardens
do not admit this. Game Warden Har-
ris of Denver was also here in connec-
ton with the affair. The men We're
taken to Leadville where they secured
their release on bonds.
Frank Bartlett had received word
that the officers were coming and at
tempted to escape, being overtaken on
the road nine miles from town. He
said he was on his way to Leadville,
where he intended to give himself up.
The only buffalo ranging in Colorado
are in n small bunch in Lost park,
thirty-five miles southeast of this city.
When a count of the bunch was made
last summer there We're eighteen in it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
Mr.. Bryan's Diversion

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Times, does Mr.. Bryan great injus-
tice. The late presidential candidate
has visited the Buffalo Exposition. He
enjoyed himself, and he wrote up the
show for the Commoner. The extracts
from this correspondence made by the
Times suggest descriptive writing of
character. OF course 1t was bad judg-
ment on Mr.. Bryan's part to write on
such n subject at all, but having under
taken it, his inability to make II good
job of it, from n literary workman's
point of view, was his misfortune and
not his fault. Mr.. Bryan's sole talent
is denunciation. In excoriating a
monster and painting an outrage in its
most awful colors, Mr.. Bryan has no
superior and few rivals. But in de-
scribing anything he has enjoyed he is
perfectly helpless; he lumbers around
among the most commonplace thoughts
and the tritest of expressions. His
mind has dwelt upon the Robber Bar
ons, the Gold Bugs, the Octopus, in
succession it is not clear what it will
dwell on in 1904, but it will be some
thing awful, and Mr.. Bryan's powerful
arms will swing n scourge over it.
What can he who is wont to storm the
imminent, deadly breach to do when
called upon to chatter airy nothings
in n lady's boudoir? What can Mr..
Bryan do with the instructive Pan
American, the amusing but strictly
chaste Midway, and the beautiful
Thousand Islands ds?-Commercial Bull
letin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
NIr. Tillmnn's Prlnciples

The sort of man to whom the state
of South Carolina turns itself over, If
it refuses to accept the good advice of
Mr.. McLaurin, stands revealed in the
brutal speech made by Senator Benja-
min II. I'illman, at Marinette, Wiscon>
sin, yesterday. In an entirely unneces-
sary and enthusiastically offensive
northern audience the extreme "befo'
de wah" slave-driving principles on
the subject of the negros assumed un-
fitness to live anywhere else than
well under the white mans heel. The
whole speech carries us back to the
past. Would you have your daugh-
ter marry nigger?" the old pro-slav,
cry orator used to eXclaim. why
don't you exterminate your black pop
ulation by intermarriage?' asks Till
man. Then he goes on to declare that
Booker II. Washington ought not to
be permitted to make artisans and
tradesmen of the negroes, because
that would put them on an equality
Win Wulle dIllsiuS anu AuteuSlIy
race hatred
Mr.. Tfllman says there were more
Christians among the 100000 slaves
before emancipation, than there are
among the 100000 blacks of the pres
ent day. 1t does not seem to occur to
him that this statement is n worse re-
proach TO the white people of the
country, and particularly to those of
the section in which the negroes chief
ly live, than it is to the negroes them
selves. The blacks are of their house
hold. If they have gone so far astray,
the household is morally responsible
If they are relapsing into paganism
and barbarism, they must have been
horribly neglected by their natural
guides and guardians.
Mr.. McLaurin, and the new senti-
ment in the South which he represents,
offer salvation from this old Confeder-
ate-brigadier and -whacking spir-
it. There are some hopeful signs that
South Carolina is ready to accept the
salvation. Ia Tillman the people may
see the evil and revolving alternative
that is offered them.-Mail and Ell
press.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

The proper discharge Of public duties
the character of the officials upon
whom those duties are imposed. The
Fusionists have been in control of the
State Board of Equalization for years,
and If they have not properly dis
charged their duties what assurance is
there that the desired assessments
would be made in any better way by
the Fusion county assessors or other
officials to whom the authority might
be entrusted? Are we to suppose that
the fact that a few of the assessors
are Republicans inspires Governor Or
man with the hope that in the aggre-
gate the duty of assessing corporations
throughout the state would be better
performed than it would be by the
State Board of Equalization composed
of Governor Orman himself and other
Fusionist state officials?
The trouble goes back to the fact,
demonstrated through years of bad
government and mismanagement of
public affairs, that the Fusionists are
incompetent and without any qualifi-
cations for governing a state or COM
munity Of any other size. This has
been demonstrated and illustrated ever
since they came into power and they
seem to be growing worse and more
and more inefficient and incapable
win each succeeding administration
The laundering attempts at legislation
last winter and spring We're the worst
in the history of the state. To call
such n Legislature into special session
to enact n law for which there is no
use whatever would put the cap sheaf
upon Fusion bad management and
wasteful expenditure of public money.
-Uenver Republican.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
j. p. MORGAN'S PLAN
FOR PROFIT SHARING

New York, Aug. 16.-The Press this
morning says:
j. Pierpont Morgan has planned the
greatest labor union of the age, Il
union of labor and capital. Accord
ing to his plans, stock of the United
States corporation valued at several
millions of dollars at par has been set
aside for the purchase at inside fig
ures by the 10000 men employed by
the companies that make up the great
steel trust. 1t is contemplated to
form this co-partnership between the
shareholders and the employees of the
United States Steel corporation.
The plan was conceived before the
strike was thought of, and then it was
expected that it might be put in oper-
alton in two years. 1t required time to
formulate the details of such a tre-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

| The Associated Press operator there
| had made his way to the operat ting
room in n boat. He took up his posi-
ton on the top of the switchboard,
several feet above the floor of the of
| flee, and detaching the Associated
Press wire from its place on the board
sent this message:
"Am on top of the switchboard here
with a lineman. The water is over
three feet deep in this room, and is
still rising. The wind is blowing ut
the rate of fifty miles an hour and we
look for worse things tonight. The
business district Is deserted"
| Here the wire failed, and nothing
more could be heard from him. al
though persistent efforts We're made
| The water at 3 p. IN. was reported as
| high as in the great flood of 1893, al
though at that time the wind was not
as high.
From Mobile to Fort Morgan, dis
tance of thirty-five miles, and on both
| sides of the bay, summer resorts and
summer houses are located. These
were, it is believed in the direct path
of the storm. The telegraph line to
Fort Morgan runs around the bay
through the country, and covers
eighty-five miles before it reaches the
government reservation.
1t is feared that there has been loss
of life on some of the islands in Mis-
sissippi sound, located just outside the
| bar below Fort Morgan. These islands
are inhabited by French fishermen
and are only about four or five feet
above the water under ordinary stages,
and there was great loss of life in
1898.
According to advices received in At
lanta the Louisville e Nashville rail
road has had washOuts near Chef Men
tour, Lake Catherine, Lookout and
Rigoletta. Two miles of Louisville &
Nashville track through the Tensas
swamp, west of Mobile, is reported
under water
All trains have been abandoned for
the present. Several bridges are re-
ported out of plumb.
The weather bureau here sent out
special warnings tonight, forecasting
high wind for Alabama tomorrow.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

Portable churches have followed the
portable school house. The Dutch Re-
formed Church of Pennsylvania is con-
sidering the advisability of adopting
them in communities too poor and too
thinly settled to afford a permanent
house of worship. The buildings are
made of corrugated, galvanized iron
fastened to a wooden framework The
inside Is sheathed with matched
boards, between which and the iron
walls is lining of heavy felt, which
keeps the building warm in winter and
cool in the summer. Each piece is SO
marked and the whole so planned that
aLy ordinary mechanic can put the
building together Such a church, with
seating capacity of three hundred,
can be built for fifteen hundred dollars
The portable church, however. is not
an automobile. 1t is like other churches
in that it will not "go" unless people
pull together.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

The pope is not allowing the young
king of Italy to pick up all the coin
collections in the Italian market. Six
thousand pieces. containing many rare
papal coins, which were collected by
Cardinal Randi have been bought by
Pope Leo and added to the fine collec-
tion In the Vatican. Many fell Into
the cardinals hands in 1862 for their
weigth in silver. when Pope Plus in
troduced the French monetary system
and the old coins were retired by the
papal government
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

An extraordinary sensation was pro
duced in Lisbon, recently by the dis
covery that an old woman named
Casilda, a reputed witch, WAS kid
naping little children, and, after TAX
ing them to her home in a slum, was
gashing their hands and collecting
their blood in bucket. There is an
old superstition that blood from the
hands of children between the ages OF
one and three is an infallible ingre-
dent in love-potions, and it was for
this purpose that Casilda was making
her horrid brew. 1t is asserted that
the police, in arresting the witch, OBJ
tanned evidence which indicates more
than one lady of good society as
among her clients.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

wyoming has soap mine. A de-
posit of a whitish material, in COM
posite form, containing just enough
sulphates, potash and pumice to give
gritty essential, has been discovered
five miles west of Newcastle, in the
northeastern part of Wyoming, says
the Denver Times. The deposit lies
in fissure and dips into the ground
like vein of mineral. The vein. so
called, is Is to IS feet wide and runs
the length OF quarter section, which
for 20 years up to date was usedsas a
stock pasture. Soon a building of
commodious dimensions, fitted with
machinery that will cut the slabs OF
mineral soap into sizes for CONNER
,cial use, will cover a part of the
ground.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

Arthur p. Milmore of Cambridge is
the Oldest and richest messenger
boy" IN the country. He is 10 years
old and has fortune of $50 900. With
$4,000 well invested. Milmore does
not need to work. He works for his
health. He has always been well,
never having had a sick day in his
life, and he intends to keep well as
long as he lives. So he works for the
exercise that he gets rather than for
the money, which amounts to about
81 or So week Mr.. Milmore was born
In Scotland and accumulated his
money in the United States and Can
ada as a carriage manufacturer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

From the time of st. Pauls younl
man of Troas to the recent death OF
the gifted son of the Secretary OF
State. records of fatalities from fall
ing out OF upper windows are not un-
common. They aggregate a warning
that ought to be needed against the
frequent practice of sitting in an
open window when one is sleepy
Even to the sufferer from sleeplessness,
the cool night air often brings mo-
ments of drowsiness and consequent
loss of equilibrium.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

A 3O-knot steamer with propelling
machinery on the turbine principle,
according to the invention of Mr.. Par
sons. brother OF Lord Rose, is being
constructed on the Clyde for the
French Northern Railway company to
ply between Calais and Dover. 1t Is
expected to run this summer, and will
do the channel passage in little over
half an hour.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20

I'VE now know that all the theses
which the first class in Harvard Col
lege defended in 1642 are false" says
Edward Everett Hale: their astrono-
my was all wrong, their logic was all
wrong, their metaphysics were all
wrong, and their theology was all
wrong" While we are priding our
selves upon the intellectual successes
with which this century opens, it will
be wholesome to reflect that the men
of light and leading in 1912 were as
sure that they mad the right Of things
a. we are today of our own science.