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The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-27
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The people of this city arc not slow to make an honest dollar. A dollar saved is Q dollar made. Don't stand still or 20 and lose this golden oppor- tunity, follow tho crowd, or better still get h the lead.
 Where is the cry of hard times Our business has increased fully B l-3 per cent the last week.
 Our l0c window display Is knocke in 1t we have goods that have sold in other stores as high as 25c.
 Aay a..icle in the window for l0c.
 Fresh 3uttsr,. s,sh eggs, fresh rhu- barb, fresh sesd onions, fresh radishes. We are receiving these goods every 5 days.
 Great Scott sec the profits fy. All of our glass jars of jams and
 jellies, regular price $50, now. 25c Preserves, 2 lb tins, regular price
 25c, reduced to. to................. 2Oc Extra Standard Fruit, 2i lb tins, Irregular price 25:, reduced to.... 200 This includes peaches, pears, prunes,
 strawberries, raspberries and cherries Best Hoca and Java Coffee, reg
 ular price.50c, rednced to-. ...... 4oc 90c. Tea reduced to............. COG COG. Tea reduced to............... 6oc 35c. Coffee reduced dto............ 26c 75c. North Yakima butter, ? To
 brick, reduced to-. .......... e5c 200. Oysters reduced to........... l6c 25c. Oysters reduced dto........... zoe Rest Brand Clans. 2 cans for. .... 25c l6c. package Flaked Wheat. 1oc All spices and extracts at reduced
 prices.
 20 lbs. of Sugar for sl.oo with every
 $500 worth of goods. Franks Little Store, Corner 9th and State sts.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-27
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

Corner Fifth and Main streets. Morning service ct IT q. m. Evening service at 7:3o p. m. Epworth League at 6:3o p. m. Sunday school at Ia:r5p. m. Morning tople:-"The Relation of the Parent to the Religious Training of the Chlld."
 The evening sermon will be the first of a series on the "home Life" and will be on ''foundIng the Home or the Essentials for making true Home" Special music by the choir. All are cordially Invited.
 Rev. N, A. CovlngtOn, Pastor.
 CATHOLIC. Father Turnell being absent, there will be no Mass. Sunday School at p. m. All arc cordially Invited.
 Father P. H, Tumell.
 BAPTIST CHURCH. Services at the corner of Main and Fourth streets. Monlnlng service at IT and evening service 7:3o. Services II a. m. and 7:3o D. m, Sunday school I7 to p. n. The North Star Sunday school from ? to 3p. m.
 Rev. c. S. Clevenger, Pastor.
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lee cream free with French dinner at the Pack Train restaurant today.
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pREsBYrEarAN CHURCH.

Morning worship, nam. Sunday school, r7:rs p. n. Christian Endeavor, ! p. u. Evening services at SD. m. The church has just completed q very successful year of self.support. The pas tois will speak In the morning on "Glvlng that Profits the GIver as Much as the Cause Given To"
 Evening theme: "The Two Natures; What We are by Nature, What We May Become"
 Special music by the choir. Tenor solo, Trusting, l Call"
 Bv Judge Gillette. All arc cordially Invited.
 N. B. Harrison. Pastor.
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

St. Saviours church. sth Ave. and State St.
 Fourth Suniav after Easter. Holy Communion, Q a. m. Morning prayer and sermon, IT .. m. Evensong and sermon, 7:3o p. m. Sunday school, 7;is p. m. Morning topic: "Chrlst's Judgment" I" Evening topic: "The Consistent Dls- cIple."
 All are cordially welcome.
 Rev. James c. Cameron, Rector.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-27

George Howard. Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25
WHAT YANKEE RULE
HAS DONE FOR CUBA

OF them contracted the disease. Several OF the
brave fellows lost their lives by their heroan
AS an additional experiment the contagion theory
was tested. Another band of volunteers went TO
live in house where yellow fever patients had
been quartcred They used the same bed cloth
ing, ate the same food and drank the same water
that had been used by the unfortunate occu.
pants who had preceded them. None OF them
became infected
The outcome Of these novel and dangerous en-
periments established II clear case against the
mosquito, and the gentlemen composing the COM
mission Immediately concentrated their energies
upon the study of the habits OF the insect, They
found that the particular species that spread the
fever laid their eggs in water that they operated
in small territory, seldom flying over few
hundred feet from their haunts. Plans We're ac-
cordingly laid for their determination and the de-
struction of their breeding places. An organiza.
tion called the ''mosquto brigade was formed,
and a systematic search of the 26,GOO houses in
Havana was begun, Wherever standing water was
found it was drained, covered over or treated
with oil.
The work was performed as thoroughly as sys.
TEN and perseverance could accomplish it. The
houses of rich and poor alike were invaded and
all forced to conform to the rules of the commits
sion, In the tenement districts, where the people
were too poor TO comply with the regulations,
the brigade manufactured covers for all water
made the rounds at frequent intervals to see that
the precautions were being observed Every
building in the city was given number and en-.
tered in a book at headquarters The reports Of
the inspectors We're entered in this book.
This system gave the commission a perfect
record OF the condition of every house in the city,
and those who could afford it, and failed TO keep
the regulations, had to defray the expense OF The
work being done by the agents OF the orgauiza.
tion. Ii the fever ragged in certain quarter, the
energies of the force were cenrered on that local
ity First, the patient would be removed to the
fever hospital Then all the furniture and effects
would be caued away to the disinfectng plant
and thoroughly fumigated. The premises were
gone over carefully and completely cleansed.
Such heroic measures soon began to make
showing in favor OF the commission. Its efforts
were redoubled, and the mortality from this dread
destroyer was gradually reduced until last Mo-
yember there was not a single death in Havana
due TO II. This cannot be said OF any preceding
November for 40 years. Under Spanish rule, the
monthly death rate from this source ran as high
as 202 persons monthly. From a Spanish record
ot Ills deaths in Havana in twelve months
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rIOrgan and the Union.

a n AIR of mystery is lent to the
~ prelmnaries of the attempt
4 "a OF the miners union to
secure conference with the
operators. 1t has been reported and
then denied that John Mitchell saw
representatives of the operators in New
York last week: and it looks as if there
We're to be a period of throwing
OH both sides before the people of the
anthracite region are to know whether
to prepare for peace or trouble this
spring.
All this seems very childish to us. 1t
ought to be possible to get from the
operators a direct and specific answer
to the invitation to Il conference in Il
very few days after the invitation is
received and once got it should be
made public without delay. If the
operators are prudent they will meet
the miners and come to an understand
ing with them if possible. If not pos
Ible they could then agree to disagree,
nd if the union forced Il fight it could
,e fought out once for all. What is in
hlrous in these matters is not the
actual result but the prolonged un-
certainty.
There is very little excuse for talk
of strike at this time, no matter
whether the operators confer or not.
The one drawback that in years gone
.,y weighed heavily upon the miner has
been absent from the situation this
year. We refer to the lack of sufficient
time to give the miner {; living pay.
Time in the mines this past year has
been the best in many years; earnings
accordingly have been in excess of the
average and it will be satisfactory to
the majority of reasonable miners if
this condition shall continue for the
year to come.
Compared with the substantial ques-
ton of the size of the pay envelope the
question of technical recognition of the
union is unimportant. But we see no
reason why that recognition should be
withheld. The union is an accomplish
ed fact; as much a fact in its way as
is the Morgan control of the mines from
an operating standpoint. The men
have just as good right to have their
union as Morgan has to have his The
two unions ought to make an honest
effort to get along together. If such an
effort should succeed it would be bene-
fetal for both. But before it is decided
that the two cannot get along 1t ought
to be clear that every effort to get
along has been tried and found want
ing. Then, if there has to be a fight,
the public can welcome it as necessary
for its own welfare.
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Fair Play for the President.

y 1T Us SEE If there is any
foundation for the criticism
~ which has greeted the presi-
dents course in reference TO
the Northern Securities company. 1t
IS held in Wall street that in the first
place there was no call fer federal in
reference in this matter. That, of
course, is a matter of opinion. If the
merger is in violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law, and the attorney gen.
eral, pretty good lawyer, says it is,
then it is clearly the duty of the presl-
dent, through the department of JUS
tice, to see that the question came fair
ly before the courts. No stockholder
in the company has any reason to COM
plain on this score. On the contrary,
every stockholder ought to be glad to
have so important matter decided as
quickly as possible.
But it tscsatd by. the presidents crit
les, in Che, second place, that even
though he may have been justified in
ordering a judicial investigation he
should not have done this without first
letting Wall street know about it, so
that steps could have been taken to
prop up the market. No doubt if the
revealing to Wall street of his inten-
tion in advance of any official action
could be utilized in no other way than
for thefsprotection of the unwary it
would be a merciful exercise of execu-
tive discretion. But Wall street is not
usually looked upon i'm the light of a
philanthropic institution. 1t is just as
likely that this advance information
would have been put TO profitable use
by its recipients as that it would have
gone fors3he salvation of the ignorant.
AS a matter of fact, the Northern
Securities company was not formed
for purposes of public benefit primarily
but to let lot of frightened specula-
tors out of bad hole. The discovery
of Its great usefulness TO the people
came later. Those who uphold the ne
eessity of such contradictions in the
railway world have no quarrel with the
president lie Is not asking his attor-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25
Frederic J. 1Iasliins, in Letter from Havana
Published by the Philadelphia Record.

Frederic j. llasliirs, in a Letter from Havana
Published by the Philadelphia Record.
4 THE TIME draws near for the with
In drawal of the United States army OF oc-
1 \ cupation from Cuba II review of the
work accomplished by the American
forces during their stay on the island will prove
interesting.
When the agents OF Uncle Sam hoistcd the
Stals and Stripes over the palace at Havana,
three years ago, they found themselves con-
fronted by one OF the most gigantic and undesr-
able jobs that ever fell TO the lot OF white men
to perform. The situation was so dreadful that
any other than a crowd OF Yankees would have
backed down. At this time, Havana was probably
the uncleanest city in the world Its streets were
strewn with filth, and its mortality was in some
respects higher than London or New York The
seed OF centuries OF Spanish neglect and misrule
was bearing a bountiful harvest of death and
decay.
The Americans did not shirk on account of the
magnitude OF the undertaking, They rolled up
their sleeves and went to work They inaugur-
ated the most wholesale housekeeping in the
course of history, They carted away thousands
OF wagonloads of rubbish and refuse. They
cleaned and swept the dirty streets. The women
OF the Red Cross-those blessed angels OF mercy
-came to help them The hungry fed and
the naked clothed, Hospitals were established
for the sick and asylums founded for the home
less.
The feebly beating pulse OF industry was nursed
until il began slowly to revive, The crusade for
health and order has been conducted with un-
Tagging zeal. The fight OF the sanitary forces
against yellow fever has stretched from months
into years. No army Of invasion was ever con-
fronted with more stubborn Zoe than this yell
low terror proved itself to be. The significance
OF the decisive victory that has been finally won
against 1t attaches not only TO Cuba, but to the
world in general, for the discoveries brought
forth during the campaign on the island may be
utilized in combating this dread disease wherever
its r0yGges are known.
The most important development of the opera
tions conducted by the Havana yellow Fever
commission was the discovery that this terrible
disease is spread by mosquitoes. Some author-
ties have heretofore suspected these insects of be-
ing the distributing agents of the malady, and
the Havana commission proved the surmise to be
correct. The fact was established by experiment.
Several volunteers were placed in room with
infected inseets-there are many varieties OF mos
quitoes, but only one kind carries the germ of
this fever, THESE men had not been exposed in
any other way and after being bitten a number
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25
Were Traitors to the Theme.

reputation among The undergraduates for merci'
less and acrimonious irony. Recently in an
advanced English composition course Professor
Gates who has original methods of training,
called for an imitation OF Arnold's pure style,
With many msgivings and no small amount OF
labor the class painfully ondeayored to follow The
intricacies OF that author, The themes We're
handed in,
At the next meeting of the class, the professor
met hS students with an unusually sardonc
smile on his face.
Gentlemen" said he grmly, "therc has been
an error here. Most of you have initiated Rene.
dict and not Matthew Arnold. New Yorl;
Tribune,
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a ~ \JrulIJnJp m frT\rI1 ,,arsin,,
~ AS S''ioi'ii "a - iS'oii
~ of the incident at Hong
~ Kong. where it has been said
,o+ p,,,oo 11o ,,,,,+oa
'ha' iliiee iieiiiS hlsui'eu
Admiral Dewey by toastlng the United
States last has been given to the
Anerioon ,,ress Inv contain von LuaI-
- ~
ler' alae-ae-cahp 10 the berinah elh-
peror and official spokesman for the
prince during the latters present visit
49, ,,,,o,,ao ,-,,+oi, ,,o,, n,ro,,o,. so,,.,
" %>iieiie"' N"p'o''' 'o'' ~ says
In the harbor of Hong Kong the prince had
rendered dinner to the commanders of the
vessels OF various nations at that time in the
port. On that occasion the prince drank 10 the
health OF the sovereigns and chiefs OF tho ma
tions the flags of which were represented by the
guests. In me order ol Ills toasts MS hfst one
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25
Dealing in Futures.

Here is a story about J. L. Toole and j. F.
Warden One night they entered hotel in Bel
fast at which they We're well known, and Mr..
Toolc ordered bottle OF champagne, asking the
proprietor whether he would allow payment TO
stand over till a bet that lad Just been made
was decided The proprietor readily assented ard
the bottle was uncorkcd, the host accepting an
invitation to take II glass.
After chatting freely for a while Mr.. Toole
and his friend prepared to depart. Then the
proprietor limited that he would like to know
the result of the bet and what it was about.
"Oh," said Mr.. Warden, ''we have been OK
amining the Albert memorial, and my friend, Nh.
Toolc, has laid me odds that when it falls it
will be in the direction OF Corporation street,
and have bet Linn that, instead, it will fall to.
ward Victoria street,"
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Papa Lacked Impressiveness.

There is man who fancies he IS the head OF
the house. This particular man has several small
children, and it pleases him TO discourse great
deal on the training OF the young,
few days ago he had friends visiting him.
His two little sons began to play about noislly.
1t is one of his theories that children should
obey implicitly, and he wanted his friends TO see
how he carried it out in the training OF his own
family.
"Iohmy," he said sternly "stop that noise in,
stantly"
Johnny looked up in surprise, then grinned a
little.
''Oh, Freddy" he said to his brother, as they
went with the noisy romp, "lust listen to
papa trying to talk like mamma. "-'rit.Bts.
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ney general to argue that point. He
is simply asking for an opinion from
the courts as to whether law of the
United States has or has not been vio-
lated. When that question has been
answered IL will be time enough to
consider whether the faw itself is Il
good law or whether the public interest
demands its amendment so as to legal
ize such mergers OF transportation lines
as was contemplated in the organiza-
ton of the Northern Securities COM
nnny
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25

IF the fire insurance men had played
fair no one could have objected. 1t
has generally been recognized that ex-
listing rates are too low, considering
the growth in fire losses What the
people of Scranton object to is the
sneaking way in which the UNDER
writer's have gone at 1T to hoist the
rates. 1t is beyond defense.
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Edmunds Didn't Know the Senator

whose name was Mcconnell. lie enjoyed brief
term of about five or six weeks, and then lie
disappeared. Yesterday Mr.. Mcconnell visited
the senate chamber Ggain Very few of Tie
senators knew him.
His presence, however, recalled the fact that
when he was in the senate lie lifted his voice
and delivered a speech. lie was then an almost
utter stranger. Old Senator Edmnds looked at
him in aStonshment.
''Who is this man talking?" asked Edmunds OF
a page
Senator Mcconnell OF Idaho" responded the
boy
'Wcll,'' said Edmunds, 'wlen it comes to the
point that in the United States senate man can
make a speech whom | never saw before / think
it is time for me to leave"
And then Mr.. Edmunds, in disgust, retired to
the cloakroom. Washington Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25
THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY 25, 1902.

Stated plainly, the fire insurance
companies deliberately falsified in their
promise of rebate of the pink slip eX-
tortion, and, having pocketed the swag
declare their intention of keeping it. 1t
is evident that at this particular time
the fire insurance business in the mid
die department needs a revival of COM
mon honesty
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25

NJ T is TRUE that such occasions as
the visit of Prince Henry have
Il no direct bearing on affairs of
state. But, as our accomplished
ambassador to Germany, Hon. Andrew
ID. White, has pointed out, they are
valuable in that they create an atmo-
sphere of good will in which the off,
cial representatives of the countries in
interest can work more eXpeditiously
and to better effect.
In the large transactions of business
the dinner at the club which clinches
the desired contract. Many of our
wealthy corporations employ expert
talent simply to entertain persons
whose favor is sought for commercial
purposes. These attentions are wholly
aside from the negotiations which take
place when the business itself is trans
acted. They are for the purpose of
creating Il suitable atmosphere.
Those who criticise our government
for sending a special embassy to the
coronation of the King of England, al
leging that it is mere nunkcyism and
snobbery, overlook that it is largely
by such interchanges of courtesy and
good will that official intimacies are
developed with large benefit for all
concerned When, during the dark
days of our civil war; the public opinion
of Great Britain was insstent upon
peremptory reprisals for our seizure
. S,I
kindly personal feeling growing out of
just such opportunities for forming
valuable acquaintances as are being
made through Prince Irenry's visit that
our representatives at the British
court were enabled to set in motion in
iluences which eliminated in the
queens now famous action in blue
penciling Lord Palmerstons warlilte
dispatch. a little unofficial good will
saved us n foreign war.
In the case of Germany the most in
nuential man in it is the emperor. He
is the real as we'll as nominal head OF
the German government. When differ
ences between Germany and the United
States arise it is often the individual
opinion of the kaiser himself which de-
termines whether an immediate and
cordial adjustment shall be had or
prolonged controversy, With friction
and unpleasant feelings. The kaiser is
an astute and far seeing monarch, by
all odds the most Interesting and
statesmanlillc ruler of Europe; but he
is human. He, like other men, is in
tluenced consciously and unconsciously
by personal feeling. by the little things
that merge into the big ones. In the
years to come he can hardly fail to for
get that when he sent his brother to
America on Il good will mission that
brother was met and greeted by all the
American people with the most cordial
of welcomes and from high TO low the
utmost endeaVor was made to respond
to his kindly overture in kind. The
memory of this fact will weigh in the
consideration of future affairs. 1t Will
he a silent influence for the preserva-
ton and intensillcation of friendly re-
lations, perhaps even when those rela-
tons might otherwise become strained.
Consequently the best of treatment
for Prince Henry! Let American nos
show what it can do when
aroused.
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Tillman's coarse accusation was
equally an insult to the memory of
President Mckinley, since no deal to
give McLaurin control of the patronage
of South Carolina could become effec-
tive without McKinleys knowledge and
consent.
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Tillman's charge was lie. Was It not?
He also defended himself against Till
mans physical attack. Is that unpar-
liamentary? The senate of the United
states is a very dignfed place but we
refuse to believe that when one of its
members is struck on one cheek it Is
incumbent on him meekly to offer the
nth
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WHILE PADEREwsKI PLAYED.

bird stayed wing last night for while
And sang at our hearts dim door,
And sadder and gladder our tear aud our smile
Than ever they were before.
For ever beneath the lilt of the strain,
And ever brayuras above,
Was lone little sob like child in pain
Or the moan OF a weary love.
III. c. p.
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The theory that the capture of Miss
Stone was the work of Macedonian
politicians who took that method of re-
plenishing the campaign eNcbequer sug-
gests that the Macedonians must have
been getting their training in politics
from certain Pennsylvanians.
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Franklin Bell, whom President Nc
Kinley Jumped from captain to brig
adler, has been justifying his promo
ton by cleaning out Filipino insurgents
faster than was ever known before.
Half dozen more officers OF his kind
lln ere fall
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strict attention to the established rules
if he expects to receive offers of a share
in the gate money from any of the well
known athletic clubs
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Presdent-elect Palma of Cuba denies
that he ever said he would decline to
serve il the American congress with
held reciprocity. Well wager he
thought it.