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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24
Good Advice.
HERE is much truth In what
John Hays Hammond says
Il about Englishmen having

"HERE Is much truth in what
John Hays Hammond says
Il about LInglishmer having
erred in taking no palms 10
present before the American reading
public their side OF the South African
situation. From the very first, the
Beers and their more Jealous syinpa-
thizers kept the American mails busy
in the circulation of pro-Boer litera-
ture, all OF it ingeniously prepared with
a view to arousinE American compass
sion. This activity has not been coun-
teracted. Many Americans who have
been in the theater of conflict have
undertaken to inform their fellow-coun-
tryn1en of the British point of view, but
until the publication of Conan Doyle's
pamphlet, 1.-The War in South Africa.
Its Cause and Conduct" issued only n
few weeks ago, and the voluntary con-
tribution of merely one individual Eng
lishman, no accurate, comprehensive
and well-prepared statement of the
British position from an English source
has been placed within reach of those
English speaking republicans of the
New World who. although naturally
inclined to sympatllize with the under
dog in a fight and on general princi-
pies partial to anything labeled re-
public, yet are sufficiently fair-mnded
to want to read both sides
OF course. so far as immediate re-
suits are concerned it did not matter
to the British government whether the
British point of view was understood
in America or not. 1t knew that 1t
would not be interfered with by any
foreign power: that it's money would
suffice to buy from individual Ameri-
cans whatever it needed from them in
the nature of war supplies, and that our
neutrality would not be interpreted in
when that sympathy clashed with the
I,ocketboo!i. Hence it could afford,
lookins; to immediate results only. to
let the pro-Boer ferment go its course.
From Il political standpoint this line
of reasoning, while somewhat cynical,
is characteristic of Lord Salisbury, who
at heart has always been very much of
counts for nothing SO long as it is un-
organized and powerless to enforce it
self in legislation. But from Il higher
looking to the development
of mutual respect and esteem between
Great Britain and the United States
the moral unity which Cecil Rhodes
had in mind when he framed his monu-
mental WILT has been unfortunate
that the truth has not been presented
in all its phases.
The struggle is now so near to its |
end that it Will, soon become possible |
to consider the whole episode judcially. |
John Hays Hammond, who knows from |
bitter experience what Boer misrule |
means. gave to E.nglishmer good adj
vice when he recommended Il larger
'rankness toward American public opin-
ion, and especially counseled generous
in peace terms of Boer
pluck and valor, both as important to
The future of South Africa and as high
~ desirable for diplomatic and SYM
pathetic effect. Let us hope that both
these points of advice will he followed
lnd that in the end England's work will
De justified by common consent OF all
concerned
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24
A Partisan rIeasure.
HERE is this much logic in
Senator Hawley's bill "to
II. increase the efficiency of the

y" HERE is this much logic in
Senator Hawley's bill ITO
II. increase the efficiency of the
,a army" 1t is the logical con-
Verse. of the army staff proposition. If
there is to be commanding general
hassfoiild command. But in practice
tl,is.is impossible in time of peace, for
tlteTeason that the president and sec
rdtarylof war necessarily both command
the commanding general and no law in
cQpsonance with our institutions can
taka from the civil authority as repre-
sented' by the chief executive para
mount power over the military.
The 'Hawley idea of making the COM
manding general the pivot around
which the whole army revolves harks
backeto the early days of the last CEN
tury,s before the DEVELOPMENT of the
modern idea that in conference is Wis
dQEnss!rhe Hawley bill proposes to put
un1na the commanding general more
than one man can do and do well and II
provides no system whereby there can
pc assurance of that cooperation with
he er-in-chlef the lack of
which has been SO noticeable in the
past few years. 1t ignores the expert
snce Of the leading European nations
Nho have long since discarded the mil
ltary dictator idea and by means of a
nexible staff. with rotation between II
and the line. have encouraged origin
Atty and merit in the officers and as
,ured themselves OF broadened SER
rice.
1t is represented in the Washington
dispatches that the Hawley bill is es-
9ecially designed to please Lieutenant
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

General Miles. That sufllces to stamp
1t as partisan bill and one more likely
to decrease than to increase the army's
efficiency. What Is done In way of
army reorganization very plainly
something must be done If we are to
profit By the teachings of the war
with Spain-should be done without ref
erence to individuals now on the stage
but soon to pass away: the broadest
interests OF the army and the country
should be considered impersonally and
dispassionately. and the concens,s of
the best expert opinion taken as the
guide
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

President Roosevelt's rebuke to Fun
ston Is merited. Funston was Il whirl-
wind fighter and his views ON Philip
pine affairs, and ON senatot Hoar and
the other allies of rebellion are both
peppery and sound. But it is not the
place Of any soldier to develop The talk
ing habit. He is supposed to say moth
ing and saw wood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

Counterfeit postal cards are the
latest, Considering the difficulty that
ing and disposing of bogus postal
cards this seems another illustration
of the fact that some people prefer
to be dishonest even il it much more
laborlous than making money by leglti-
mate methods.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

Under the title "The Fall of Roose-
velt' Editor William Henry Thorne of
the Globe, makes il twelve page at
tack upon President Roosevelt, and
incidentally advertises himself as II
false prophet for not having, sooner
been able to form IL proper estimate
of the chief magistrate. In other
words William Henry's article reads
very much like the literary effort of a
rural partisan who had failed to secure
an appointment as postmaster
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24
HONEST quota among the
Independent Republicans in
Il laI

Independent Republicans In
l. other years have demanded
that in the chosing of party
candidates the majority sentiment OF
the party masses should have preced-
ence over the dictation of a few lead
ers--the Press heretofore has called
them bosses-meeting in star chamber
conclave and defying the popular will.
Although the distinguished editor of the
Press may now be willing to delegate
to Senator Quay the divers and the
heads of a few large corporations the
naming of the next governor OF Penn
sylvana we have yet to see proof that
his newly assumed attitude has the ill.,
dorsement of the following he has hith-
erto represented.
But whether Mr. Smith now speaks
for the so-called insurgents or for him.
self alone, there is another and Il nll-
merically much more important factor
in the present political situation in this
state--the great body OF young Repub-
lican stalwarts, who have borne the
brunt of the party fighting in the past
and who today decline to be euchred
out of their rights by deals between
Senator Quay and corporate influences
This powerful element in the electorate
has been aroused by the brutal attempt
of Quay to place Il ban on the legiti-
mate aspirations of the leading candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomination,
and it demands and will fight to
finish for fair play. Let the insurgent
miilionaires gloat il they will over the
ukase of the boss that free expression
of party preference is to be throttled in
Pennsylvania: but at the same time
remember that such throttling in the
past has been dangerous politics, the
evil effect of which has been wide
reaching.
We have reason to believe that the
editor OF The Press Is sincerely solicitolls
for the success of the congressional
ticket in Pennsylvania. BY what
strange mental processes he has arrived
at the conclusion that the way to pro-
mote the election of Republican con-
sressmen is to suppress popu!ar prefer
ence in the choosing of the Republican
candidate for governor we confess our
inability to guess. But we warn him
that his conclusion is erroneous and
that its triumph on June IL would add
immensely to the difficulties of those
charged with the conduct of the ensu-
ing congressional campaign.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

The announcement that General
Uribe-Uribe has again been over
whelmed shows that the professional
reyolutionlst of the asphalt belt is
still able to take his medicine with ac-
customed regularity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

The steamboat disaster ON the Ohio
river near Cairo the other day again
demonstrates how easy 1t is to con-
duct an enterprise of this nature with
no precautions for the safety Of
patrons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24
DR.. 4 Mrs. John MacDuffie'S

2Sth year. Twenty-Five years under the manage.
and academic courses Resident pupils limited I,
20. 10 girls nonresident. Beautiful grounds.
Tennis courts. Instruction in accordance with
highest requirements OF hest colleges. For par.
ticulars and catalogue address
John MacDufic, Pin d., Springfield, Mass
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

Some people are uncertain as to
whether 1t should be known as the
"beet" or "beat' sugar crowd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24
STATE NOR MAI. SCHOOL.

Fast Stroudsburs, IA,
Tho examinations ior admission to the Middle
Year and Senior Year Glasses will be held June III
High school graduates will be permitted TO take
both examinations and enter the senior class
where their work has covered the junior and mid
die years course OF the normal, This year will
be the last opportunity given to do so, 40 the
three years course Is in full force and all will
come under the state regulations OF examinations,
For iull particulars address at once.
q. p. BIBLE, \. NJ, Principal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

For cards OF thanks. resolutions OF condo'enc,
and similar contributions in tho nature OF adj
vcrtising The Tribune makes a charge OF cents
n line
Rates Of CLASSIFIED Advertising furnished on
application.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24
SCRANTON. APRIL "a. 1902.
For governor of Pennsylvania. on the
issue of AN open field and fair play,
JOHN P. ELKIN, of Indiana,
masses
A Good Mans Mistake.

Ii ;lic Republican organization brings the indie.
pendent Republicans what they want and seek,
there iS no reason why they should moi accept it,.
--l'hilalelphiu Press
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-24

TIE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
The following table shows the price per incl
each insertion. splce 10 be used within onc year.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18
Senator Foster in California.

Senator Foster, his wife and
two daughters, and DIR. ID. n.
Foster, have been to California
on a trip of health and rest, says
the st. Mary Banner. While
there the Senator was interviewed
by a reporter of the Los Angeles
Times, and among other things,
said:
II am only here on a pleasure
trip, and as | am not acquainted
with the politics of California,
should prefer not to deal with
the subject. However, there is
one thing you might say, and that
is the people of Louisiana are
closely allied with Californians on
the reciprocity question. We be-
lieve that both the beet and cane
sugars Of our States are at stake,
and should the reciprocity plan
be adopted, it would no doubt
prove ruinous to both industries. p
When asked as to the probable
candidate of the Democratic party
for the Presidency in 1904, Sena.
tor Foster said
81 don't believe | can tell you
much about that. 1t is something
concerning which no one seems to
have positive opinions
Senator Foster is one Of the po.
litical leaders IN the South, and al
though comparatively young
man yet, he has been spoken of as
a Presidential candidate on the
| Democratic ticket in the next
campaign. He is the avowed
champion OF the Louisiana Demo
cracy, having first gained distinc
ton as a party leader when the
morals of that State were threat
ened by the power of the Louisi
ana State Lottery Company. He
served two terms as Governor
and at the expiration of his second
term, two years ago, was unanni
mously elected to the United
States Senate.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

"A Speckled Rird~'by Augusta
Evans Wilsop~oh sale E. F. Mil
lard's News DepotA
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

Thirty great principal and me-
mage riders are with Ringing
Bros circus, which shortly ex.
hbits in this city. Among the
most famous are the Dayenports
the Hobsons, Frederick and Aug
usta Schadel, Julia Lowande
John and Michael Rooney, Rhods
Royal, Madame Royal, Charles
Carroll and the famous prince o
horsemen, John OBrien.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

The Holloway Trio of high wire
acrobats, who are engaged with
Ringing Brothers Worlds Great
est Shows this season, were the
reigning sensation OF London last
winter. These great artists per
form acrobatlc feats in mid-air
and upon thin wire, that many
clever acrobats hesitate to attempt
on the solid ground. There is NJ
other act like it in the world.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

grower or manufacturer. 1T is
gratifying to know that the South
has the assistance and cO,Opera-
ton of the Government in bring
ing about the result they desire
an undertaking the success Of
which now depends upon the cot.
ton growers and glnners them.
selves.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

The Street Car Strike at New
Orleans has been settled by a com
promised of both parties and tht
cars running again. Frhe Strike
Breakers were sent back home
with one 'sbrOkenn record fol
them. The Militia was also honor
ably dismissed and allowed to re
turn home without having to ron
der any field service.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

sB Smiths Ayminster Art
Squares $40. aBd down. r. s.
Mcmahon.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

administration of criminal justice
a vain parody on justice.
We thank the Court aud its
officers for coWtcsies shown us,
and now, on tins lith day of Oct
ober, 1902, our duty being com
pleted, we beg to be finally dis
charged.
Respectfully submitted,
Il. G. Laughlin,
Former.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

sz5S Carpet is cheaper than last
year. Large stock, late designs,
new fabrics you can find what YOU
want and you will be satisfied
with the price. X. 5. McMahon.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

Notice to the Ladies: " you
would likelto have a @y COM
plexion and a clear in as well,
try a bottld of T96 Tongue. 1t
will make y yku eft. Get bottle OF
Tono Toniqa today from the Els
forge Drug Co.-51-2
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18

'.The Dolphin" an Ecclesiastical
Monthly for EDUCATED Catholics
on sale at L. y. Mfllard's News
Depot.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18
Beautiful Compilations

Are spoiled by usings any kind of
preparation that fills the pores of the
skin. Thesbest way " secure a clear
complexiorl free from sallowness,
pimples, blos schess ftc., is to keep the
liver in good order. An occasional
dose of Herring will cleanse the
bowels, regulA Asthe liver, and SO es-
tablish cleaG healthy complexion.
soc at Estorge Drug Co. Oct.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-10-18
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE & TELEG. CO.

The Cumberland Telephone Telegraph Company has issued st
ment Of its business the of Sept 1902 and the grow
of the business is shown as follows:
Number of subscribers Sept 1902
added during the month 1880
discontinued daring the month. .............2s77
Total number Of subscribers Sept a0 1902
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

been dredged to deep water and cut
through the Cordilleras has been ac-
complished to a depth of 100 feet.
1t was in 1S50-1S52 that the Wausit
company, which then controlled all
transisthmian traffic, had the Nicara-
qua route surveyed and twenty years
later commission went over the line
for the United States. When the Pan
anna scandals began, Mr.. A. G. Mino-
cal, who was member of that COM
mission, obtained a concession from
Nicaragua and the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company was organized.
In 1889 the original Panama company
suspended and the same year the MIC
aragua concession was transferred to
the Maritime Canal Company.
The company dug about three-quar-
tiers of a mile of the canal and deep
ened the harbor at Greytown. Then,
the Nacaraguan government claims, the
concession was forfeited by a discon-
tinuance of the work.
The special feature of the Nicaragua
route is the great inland sea which
lies in the hollow between the eastern
and western Cordilleras-Lake Nicara-
qua. This body of water is forty Five
miles wide, 110 miles long and 112 feet
above sea level
The plan of the Nicaragua canal
comprises an engineering feat the most
wonderful ever attempted. In the 18th
milan commissions estimate of the time
1t will take to construct the canal, six
years are given the building of a dam
across the San Juan river, while two
more will serve to complete the water
way. The San Juan leaves the south
east corner of Lake Nicaragua and
flows almost east into the Caribbean
sea. The first half of its length from
the lake is almost continuation of
rapids and waterfalls. 1t Is then joined
by the Rio San Carlos and its size
doubled Two miles above this junction
is the site of the great dam. The San
Juan in its normal state has a flow
of 10000 cubic feet per second, but in
the rainy season 1t sometimes mounts
to 100000. TO hold back this flood with
a dam 100 feet high, and thereby raise
the waters of the San Juan to the level
of the lake, is the project.
Originally, the cost of the Nicaraguan
canal was placed at $50,000,000. The
estimates have steadily risen until at
present the figure is $3.50 100000 The
first was for 16-foot canal OF narrow
gauge whereas the latest plans call for
cut 81 feet in depth and extending
in places to a width of 150 feet. In
curves width of $50 feet is called for
and in the harbor at either terminus a
channel of 800 feet wide is projected.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
The Girl in I.oye.

In marriage the sole right you have
to better your condition is that you
take into your heart the joy of a great
and enduring love. says Lillian Bell in
"Harpers." If with it there should
come riches and the open door to So
ciety opportunities of travel and an
entrance to Il world of culture which
you could not have obtained without it
that is a gain which comes as an ac-
cessory, and for it you may be as
thankful as your nature will permit:
but these very joys of ease and luxury
may prove the undermining of vonr
love and the destruction of your happi
ness, for the real true love in life Is
strengthened with the strength to defy
even death itself by pain and sorrow
and what the world calls disaster
n man and a woman who are NOT
drawn closer together by hardship and
poverty and sorrow, and whose love is
not broadened and deepened and made
more tender by grief which reaches
to the depths of the soul, either were
never in love with each other or else
have no depth of character on which to
build life worth living. But at tba
beginning no young heart can bring If.
self to believe these truths. atbougb
older ones know them to be the foun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

anna, no less than fourteen routes have
been proposed and surveyed across the
narrow neck of land connecting the
American continents. Only two sur
vive.
1t was in 1913 that n survey was
made of the Panama route FOR the first
time A Wrench engineer undertook this
work, but with no important immediate
results. lie was followed not many
years aftcrward by George NJ. Totten,
chief engineer of the Panama Railroad.
who estimated the cost of the construe-
ton of the great waterway ut Sf5,0Oo,-
goo to $l0O000.0o0 Subsequently the
United States government also made a
survey, locating a practicable line for
an nteroceanic ship canal twenty-slx
feet in depth from the Bay of Aspin-
wall in the Caribbean sea TO Panama
ON the Pacific.
In 1879 Count Ferdinand de Lesseps,
the man best known in connection with
the Panama project. appealed To the
nations to send delegates to a proposed
congress in Paris, to discuss the ques-
ton of Il canal across the isthmus. ON
May 10 of thar year representatives
of twentyfour countries assembled IN
the French capital ana on their adj
iournment the Universal lnteroceanie
Canal Company was organized. The
disasters attending this company, with
its record of the greatest steals in the
history of the world-and its attendant
numerous suicides. are still fresh in
the public mind and need no recapitu-
lation here. The company, however. IS
not dead, though they have tried in
vain to raise the Sl50,0o0.000 necessary
to complete the canal. The collapse OF
the company awoke the strongest pub
lie prejudice against the route and 1t
Is indeed remarkable that in the many
points to be considered and in an IN
dertaking SO gigantic the two routes
are such close rivals.
1t is not generally known that work
on the Panama canal was resumed in
1895. and has been continued TO this
day. In order to save some of the
$500. 100000 De Lesseps' company
spent and TO retain the valuable con-
cessions granted it. the receivers or
ganized new company. The stock was
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

purchased by members of the original
company, who hoped by further sub
scribng to save part of their original
investments. Thirteen million dollars
was all, however, they We're willing
to invest, and this only eleven days be-
fore the expiration of the original con-
cession. An extension of the conces-
sion to 1910 was secured. The new
company did not waste the thirteen
millions In mere show on soft ground,
but. in contrast TO Its predecessors,
made every dollar tell. in the hope of
retrieving lost confidence, or, failing to
secure further investments, to make
the partly built canal so much more
valuable when the Clayton Bulwer
treaty should be abrogated, so that the
attention of the United States could
be secured
There Is little native labor to be had
on the isthmus. The climate is not con-
duciye to activity and the natives are
averse TO labor constitutionally The
old Panama company imported thou
sands of Chinese, but they proved to
be poor workmen, especially when con-
sidering the expense incurred in trans
porting them from China. The new
company placing a bond guaranteeing
the safe return of those of her subjects