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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-04
Gunmpre.

- Wfellett'S Itee9erei Nabicr murbe
am Sonntug 9iabmittag pom ciuer
9ln;abl Snaben um etma S22 bcltoblen
un6 oa bic Yuri6en iid iofort baran
mahten, oaS uuebrlih erlan9te 9elo 81
peraus9aben, 10 mar eS ein leidltes, ibre
SbentitGt icitiuitellen uno oielelben
wuroeu am Wiontug uerbaftet unO ge-
itanoen ibre S6ulb ein.
= @larf 2lnoeriou, 81 Sabre alt unO
pon Wta0iionuille, unb Der II Sabre
alte gSalter Wiaiters pon bier wnrben
0eitern nabe WtoScom uon einem Sotals
;u9e Der Sadamanna Sabn iiberIabren
uno 9etDOtet. sic 9in9en bcm Sabns
9eleiie entlan9 mo waren chen etnem
Sradu;uge auSgewiheu. ais auf Dem
anOeren 9eleile Der 3ug iie trat. Sbre
SOrper wurOeu furdtbar uerltiimmelt.
- Die 0tcpublitaner oeS YOrousbs
ltellteu am OonnGrlta9 9lbenO fol9cnOe
SauOioaten aui Sdlaemeiitcr, Char
les !. Sauage; StraBentOmmiliGr
Sall lbornton 9lubitor, Y. q. Sbams
berlaiu SrieOensrihtsr, SUbn sling ;
Sfulrdtbe, s. y. @utrous mo @Cor9G
Wiithell. Der am gleidel 9lbenO aba
0ebaltene @onuent Der Otmotraten CT
9ab iolgenOes 0telultat Staemciitcr,
2lu9nit 9Sablers ; Stra6entommillur,
SObn Wic@jlone; 9luoitOr, Sernarr
SellD =; 6riepensrihter, Squire SopncD
ShulrGtbe, 3Obn 6IanneIp mo Wlara
tin Gibbons.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-04
auS eem oberen EbaIe.
(NrhbaIe Gprrsippnbtni.l

Sn Dem Roieufelot @ebGn6e ~
SlDpbant ri6tete an SSreita9 slbeuo eir
entltanbenes Seuer eineu Shaoen Don
etwa 5000 all. Die 6lammen fOnnter
pom elmer @imerbri9aoe selOidt weroen,
cbe Die 6euerpebr elntraf.
- Das SaubOl; fir ben tiir,lif
our6 iseuer 3eritOrten BREEDER Der ..
& .. GOmpanie ;u SlDpbant lit nun
sr0BtentbeilS Sur Stelle uub nit Dem
9ieubau piro in einisen Ga9en beson.
nen meroen. Die @ompanie ermartet,
baB Der ueue BREEDER am I. Sum- in
Operation 9eiest weroen fam.
t9arbpnealt ecrrtlpvuosn,.l
- Die bielisen @erte Der .. & s..
Gompanie arbeiten ieit WtOnta9 wieOer
;ebn Stunben td9li6, anitatt wie bisber
nur neun.
- SOreit 9itp purbe friib am Oiens
itas Otor9eu BON einem Sranbe beims
gfluft. melber Dor leiner Yem6ltisuns
einen Sdaoen Don etna $50, 900 anrifs
tete. Der 9ranb, pabri6einli6 bur6
Elm iiberbei;tes aamin psruria6t, ger
forte ben beiten 3beil bsS 8el6aftSs
blofs al Der Oiiltdsn Sets uon Wtain
StraBe.
= Sine 9lnjabl 1aubitrsi6er seristben
am 5reitas Sormittas nabe Dem Goal
brOof BREEDER in eiii blutises 0anbses
men9e unO es bieB juerit. 6aB elmer Der
Serle ermorbet mOrben mar, bod muroe
gefunben, oaB er nur 9ebOrig our6bldut
uno ibm nabe;u ein DIR ubsefaut NOR
ben mar. Der Serl CAB ieinen namen
ais lbOmas 0iOrris BON PariOns an.
- 8abrenb Stanlep Delanep uno
2homas SlapOnsfD ON Donneriias
Wiorsen oamit beiddftist waren, in
Dem fSoreit 9ia BREEDER ju SOrsit @itD
Die 8eTrorene Soblenmaiie in ben Sbutes
lOs;ubre6en,, CAB bic Wiaiie na6 uno
besrub iie uollitauOis, iOOaB iis eritidt
wurben. @twa iiinf;i9 3onnen Soblsn
muBten sntfernt meroen, ebe man bic
Serunglildten befrsieu tOHnte.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-04
6erihtli6es.

Sine ;meiwD6entli6e Sisuns BON
Sriminal9eri6t muroe am Wtonta9
Wtorsen srOiinet uno iiir oieie entbdlt Die
Siite 23S Sale, jebod bsfinoet ii9 Hur
elmer fir OtOrb barunter.
Sobn SlabertD. Der aus Bellies 9eibs
itall ;mei lleberrOde itabl. muroe gu 81
Strafe uno ein Sabr @efdn9uiB uerur.
tbeili unO bat Oas seitoblene 9isentbum
iuriidiueritatten.
9lntbonD 9iallin. Der 6reb. Murif)
tbdtlif an9riii, enttam nit 81 Strafe
unb ben Solten.
6ranf 3. Oetmeilsr, BON 5ranf
Summler Der llnteridlasuus ansstlast,
wurOe scsen Ssiituus uOn 81 900 8iirss
i6ait aui ireien 6uB 9siest.
Sreo. Sadus bat me9en Oiebltahl
uno @mpfan9 9eitoblener Waaren 81
Strafe in beSableu uub 10 Gage Sc
idngni6 ab;uiiesn.
Der 6all 9e9en 2Silliam .. Yuibnell,
Der an9efla9t mar, ben Snaben anorem
Ooran gu Dunmore erihoien iu ba'
ben, neldlen er fir ein Subn bielt,
muroe nieoerselhla9en, oa man ni6t
9eniisenoe Seweiie se9en ibn bate /; Ell
muBte jeoob Die 8oiten beiablen.
SSrancisco Hiello unb Wti6ael Rrascr
befannten ii6 6es 9lnsriiis unO Oel
ShlGSerei idulOig unO miiien ie 81
Straie beiabIen uuO ie6s Wtonate in
9efGnsniB oerlebeu.
Uti6asl Satati;, oes 9lei6en Serge
bens iibsriiibrt, sntfam nit Der slsi6si
Straie.
9In,einan finhen nnrh ma Nnhen
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-04
Bilfesbarre Ramri6ten.

- Sr1llt, oaS 221agrt9e SoDnlelll
Der @beleute Oenrp 9lOOlf pom 9iOrO
9rant StraBe, erla9 am 6reitag Der
YneumOnia.
- Der Sair9runS at 94poming lit
pom S6eriii uerfauft wOrOen uuO es
werOen in 3ufunft pabrl6einli6 feine
adcrbau slusitellun9en mebr abges
balten.
- 6cuer6ei S6uler's SabreSberi6t
iast, oaB i'm uerilOiienen Sabre bier 81
SrGnbe ltattIanoen, bic all @i9sntbum
unO @inridtungen einen @elammtl6a'
peil pon SS1 ,473 anri6teten.
- Gbas. .. 9ieuer, eiu befaunter
Contractor uOn aiOoer StraBe i'm Slt.
enOe, itarb Sreita9 liudmitta9 naf
lGngerer Srantbeit I'M 9llter pom GA
Sabren. @r biutcrldBt cine 9Sittwe uuO
neuu Sinoer.
- 8as gteseriheuial SObn Samp.
ton, melder am Oonnerlta9 pom Ocn
gei6wOrenen Der 9tOtbjubt Idulbig be-
funOen wurbe, erbielt am Sauitag
uOn 9iihter SalieD iciuc Straic, mel6e
aui Is Sabre 3uftbaus lautete.
- 8ir. q. s. lia9el uon Der beuts
I6en tatbolii6en ct. 9iidolauS Sc
meinoe bat cine Geriiiglng erlalicn,
uah wel6er weibli6c SGn9er pom Dem
Sir6enhOr aus9elhloncn iinO, 10 baB
Die Wtelen in 3utunit nur pon ben
mGnnliben Sbor9lieoern gelun9en
mer0en.
- IS iinO fir 2u;erne GOnutD insge.
lammt 1466 %iiensgeiuhc ein9ereid)t
wOroen, cine 3unabme bon 131 sc.
luhen 9c9enilber Dem Sabre 1903. Sir
Die Sta0t 9Silresbarre iino pom oieen
glpplitationen 1S4 ein9etra9cn morOen,
cine 3unuBme BON IA. Yiele Der Sc
Jude werOeu Dor Scriht au9efo6tGu unO
uiellei6t uermeigert weroen.
- Die bieligen 98irtbe babeu ii6
eptihlolicn 9e9cn Die 8eriol9ungeu Der
gl9enten fir .reine 9iabrungsmittel"
| ii6 Su webren. sic iino bisber fir
SeriGlldgn9en pon 8etranfcu uerfOlgt
uuo bcltrait morOen, pelte pon ibhen
in 9utem @laubeu all ibre 9ledtbcit pom
auswGrtigeu AgeHtcn getauit wurOen,
uIO bebaupten, baB nidDt iie, louNern
Die Sabrifantcn unO GertGuier geltraft
mcroen iollten, mas jcOenfallS aud oaS
ri6tige WGre.
- Yor;eitio in Sen 9tpril aelhidt
purOen in Der Sreitag 9iaht Sf,erlii
SacObs uno iiinfiig @cbiilfcH, pcldc
auf Die 0auer pon 24 Stunoen oe
Sebi9b SalleD Sabnitrcde ;lpilhen
9Sbite Saoen unO Sairpicm bepaften
uno in Der bitteren SGlte nlht wenig ;lI
leiOen batteu. Dies 9eidab iniolgc
eiuer. ieoenfallS uon einem SpaBuO9el
9emabten OrOBung, oaB man Die Sc
leiie in bic Suit lprcngeu meroe, wenn
ni6t Die Summe pon $4,000 i'll einer
gewiiien 6riit 9ciablt werOe.
- Die Gi@tauuu9 I'M SuSqucbauna
uGberte iih 9noe lester lSO6e Dem
Oamme bel lianticOrr, lOmObl oberbalb
wie unterbalb I'M 6luiie. unO man
iiir6tete bier, OaB iie ihlieBlidl Den
0amm errei6en uno iid BORT ieitleecr
f0nnte. Alian wirO iib erinuern, bat
oics Wtittc WtGr; 1865 cbeufalls Del
Sail mar uno iu Der uerocrbliden 6lutll
am ct. 9atrids Gage az. WiGri 1868
iiibrte. meldlc einen 2beil Der StaOt
l8iltesbarre iiberlbwemmte. Die jeei9t
@isitapung critrrdt iih uOu Sunbnn
naf 0ianticote. cine %Gn9e uon 80 .ptct
len. mo bas Sis lit itellcmpeiic 53 Jul
bod.
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Nas I5aI abr drtS

SlGlur.-Ss tollllllen OeS ofteren
6auSdnOeruu9suertGufe uOr, weld)e uuS
uuO bic Seler jeooh weni9 interclliren (;
nitbt 10 bel benz, mclder leste 9Sohe
;mil6en ben 0erren 0enrt pom gSeiiens
ilub uno SUbn Stt, Sobn Der 9Sittme
tSrau Wtar9aretba Stt pom Storr
StraBe, gema6t muroe. Seeterer fauftc
nemlif pom eritGrem belien @igentbum
all llnion Strabe anb betreibt nun lols
Dies ieit leeten Wiontag ais SOtelier.
Sbi6ou mir Dcrru pOn 9Seiienfub
ni6t gerne i6ciOcu ieben, 10 tOnnen mir
abCr bo6 Serrn Stt ais beliebten uno
moblbefaunten Wtann SeOermann aufS
bette cmpieblen, iusbelonOere alien
Deuti6eu. Serr SSeilenflub ieIbit Bit
tet, oaS ibm bisber gei6entte Sertranen
aui ieinen 0iahfOl9cr Su iibertra9en.-
tSrau 9lbraham Sirfer, melhe Dor
ibrem 98e9;uge uOu bier uOn Dem lOblir
den 6rauenpercin Der Oeutl6en euan9es
lilhen Sird)engemeinoe nit elncm lbOs
nen Seld)enf, beltebeno aus lilbernen
Wtelicrn uno @abeln, beba6t purbe,
eriudt ms, Oenielben i'm rScrantOn
9Sobeublatt" ibren berilihlten 0ant
aus;uipreben. uuO oaB JIG in Der nenen
2lnlieOlung (2laianee, SbiO) ibrer 9er
Oenten werbe.-0err SObn S6ilo BON
yincoln 0eigbts bot leete 8ohe slnitcll=
ung ais Garpcnter an Der Siblg anges
nommen.-Oas neue 2aDlor OoIpital
miro auf Dem ganoitri6 nabe Dauens
ports6arm, AN Glib Wtain Str. ,erribtet.
moiiir Die yadamanna Sompanie orei
9lder yauo OOnirte. Sobalo $1,000
our6 ircipillise SeitrGse aufscbra6t
iiuO, miro Oas Snititut cine Staatsbez
milli9un9 pou $40, 900 erbalten.-Seet
berriden 6roit uuO 98inO. tauf warme
aleioer Dir 9eidwinO. 6liiBmann g.
2Sebel.
Seiletess SefdluiIe.
Die 5aplor Shlau6 So. 9io. 1 bat
in ibrcr leeten Sieurs iolgeuOe Be
idliiiie 9eiuBt:
3nocm eS Dem allmGdti9sn @ott,
Dem gentcr aller Sbidlale, 9eialen bat.
!. 5. 0ideD, Den friiberen 9bei oes
iSeuer SepartementS uon Scranton,
aus leinem gSirfungsfreiie uub aus Der
Wtitte leiner Samilie auf 10 unermartett
9Selie abiuberuien, Der uns sur 3eit in
1894 burd leine 9enerOIe 0auOlung uni
ourb 3u;icbuh9 anberer Silfsquellen
9ebolien bat, bic 3uDlor Sblau6 So.
9io. Su griinOen, 10 lei
BE d. 10 en-: OaB 2aDlol
Sdlauh So. 9iO. cine Yelleiosaoreli(
al bic binterlaiiene 9Sittwe unO 6amilit
ieuoe, uno Oieiclbeu ieiner ber;li6er
Spmpatbie bel ibrelu uneriesli6eu Ser
lutte uerlidcre; uno Ierner
8ei d. blOiIen: 0aB bieS in
Scranton Nohenblatt mo Der Scran
ton Times" publsirt werOe; unO
Seihloilen: Oieles ais ell
NtemoranOum III uuierem YrOtOtolll
Gin;utra9eu.
0as 6eiolutions Gomite
G. OFT, IT., @. 9Seibel
SObn 9ia9eli.
- Sn ser SermDu DO. 2 Wtine Il
| SlN 6orge muBte am Wiontag Der Se
trieb cingeitcllt merOen, peil cine &c
iGbrlihe 9lulammlung BON 9as itatt9e
iunoeu hattie. 700 WtGnner uno Sna
ben muBteu ;eitweili9 fsiern.
! - Wtarsurst, Die 4idbrise 5odte
. Oes Samuel WtabullD pom WtinOOta
tru9 an WtOnta9 glbsnO i6auberbait
SriibwuuoeH an SOrper oapOn, als eli
Sciirl beige Suppe lid ilber lie er9Ot
. Der bebqnOelnoe slr;t beiiir6tet, baB ii
Sleine ibren SerIesnuSen erlie9sH pirt
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- Nilliam 8. 9Baltsrs nirb Oas
Wtelpin 6otel al 8enn gluenue (St.
GbarleS) etwa am 1. WtdrS iibernebmeu.
- Sin tleiues 5suer in Dem 300
Slof an 9iaDmono 9lllep, in Der Ouuis
6drberei, wuroe 9eiteru 9taAmittu9
Obne sroBen S6aoen seIOidt.
- Der Sanuar 8eri6t Der bier Fos
li;ei- Wta9iitrate Der Staot 9iebt an, oaB
in uerflonenen Wtouat 24S SerbaItuus
gen uorgenomnten nno S536.05 al
Strafen cOllettirt muroen.
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2luieisen fiubsu our4 bas a8Oasu.
blatt" Die wsiteite SerbrsituHs,
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9ie luribc
Gaiioll

IN pitbtr bier. StitS bsbtuttt ni6t stral
Sduts unb 9is. tenn pbIhcn bsr 6rcitfpns ct
ntn IGnatrsn unb aubatenrsn @riI1 btr bat.
ME sspSbnIid, 10 btpsuttt itn lduatr, ununitr-
bro6tnrr auftntbalt sinia6. eab sr nm 10 Hin
fer lsinfn Atibisb ntbmtu pirb, unb or 8Tiib'
Ling, nit isintm fncaptnosn paubpui une an
etntbmsn yiifisu prp bier isiu, tbs mir Is mr'
fen.
90 III 5rabjabr unb Sbrs Sribjabrsbsbiirf
nilIt ntbmsn stssrpGriis unisr @seantsn in
AnipruG. g8it esp6bulib, ttsinntn mir rta
Ncnat t5sbruar nit elmer
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1hotost apbieeu ale u niabts sse'
ldh enfs.

@ortrait Fbotograpbieeu, 6amilicns
unS GeiellidaitSgruppcn in beIicbiscr
@Srobe uuo ieiniter 9lusitattung, Yors
traits III GrapoH unO lSaiieriarben, DE
proOuttiouen uno SergrOBeruuscn pon
alteu YilOeru, sauoi6aitsbiloer Il. i. NJ.
Seite 3uIrieOenbeit miro 9arautirt.
Seitells iriibjeitig.
0enrD 5rep,
421 gadamanna 2lue., ScrautOn, pa
SSir 9ebeD 2raSin9 Stamps.
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9ittsfcn.

- Das GiSentbum Der 9uSerne
@ouutD 9lderbau Seiellidaft ;u Beit
littstOn DurOe am Dfontas our6 ben
S9sriif perfauit unb upH aopofat D..
3. WtabuH fiir 81 $3.50 tiufli9 erpprberl.
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Grokeu iueiken
MnsacQung

bic ollss umfabt. tas paTsue ii iur anfrtieuns
pbtr ,um Anfauf ppu bsratlfsLttn llnisrstrdn-
bern. 9teptb line Stiidt. .Naarsu fur
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Ss.I25s WITH THE
sBza VETERANS
RSk@Hd

ing officers continuing 10 go on and on
until ordered 20 desist.
At Antietam forty-four officers and
men were killed and l52 wounded.
II again illustrates the regard with
which the regiment was held in that
when the officers in command wanted
a position taken the gallant Sixty.
ninth was summoned for the task.
The boys we're opposed to the Lou.
isiana Tigers at Antietam. a regiment
OF men with half Irish blood. When
the regiments FLASHED there was real
fighting For six hours the battle
waged without the sign Of either yield
ing. The sixty-ninth won the day.
but at a considerable cost. The Lou.
isiana Tigers who lived through the
war went on record as stating that the
Sixty-ninth gave them the hottest bat.
tie Of the war.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19
surgeon General Harmon.

Comrade George A. Harmon, NJ D..
the present surgeon general Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic. resides
at Lancaster. Ohio. where for many
years he has been one OF the leading
physicians. He was born and reared
In Franklin, Ohio. but in 1862 his
father removed to Indiana. and there
be volunteered in a company OF
strangers. asking for nothing and get
ting H. During his whole service he
vas one OF the men behind the runs
He served in Company X Of the
E~ighty-hfth Indiana volunteers, and
was a sergeant when discharged. June
~, 1865. His captain testihes that
he was In every battle 10 which the
regiment was engaged, and be always
found him TO be a true. upright, hon
est and brave soldier. facing death In
more than a dozen b~attlehelds, never
finching In the performance OF any
duty and always o5eying orders" The
brigade in which the E~ghty-hfth In.
diana was was taken prisoner by Van
Dorn's division March 8. 1868. and
@AHaAa 1NHNtE NA-A4AMkA AENAaaA@A AAA
field. joining sherman "a Chattanooga,
for the Atlanta campaign. He wss
with the advance column which en-.
tered Atlanta. and was on the Skin
mlsh line al the entrance into Savan-
nah. He took part In the battles Of
Aversboro and Bentonyille. the last
great battles Of the war. Al the close
OF the wal he studied medicine at and
VAS graduated from the Ohio Medical
College, then from Bellevue hospital
and passed through every course Of
instruction with honor. He Is past
medical director. Department Ohio.
C.. A. r.. and ex-vice president OF the
Ohio Association Of ex-Prisoners Of
War. He has been commander Of
his post and has filled other Offices Of
honor and responsibility amoag bis
comrades,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19


Major General C0rbin win fgtt the
third battle Of Bull Run, The general
stan o; the army Is now engaged
upon improving the strategy Of Gen.
eral "Stoncwall" Jackson in what Is
regarded by military s%trateEists as the
most mastery campaign OF the civil
war.
From Portland. Ne. which never
came nearer 20 war than seeing IN the
oding Spanish fleets which never ex.
listed. the army will be
transferred this year 20 Manassas, Va.
which still bears the marks Of the
heavy blows dealt by blue and gray
'ayty-two years ago.
For the hrst time an opportunity
VIII be Afforded for effective compari.
sons between the old army which
fought and the now army which is
being trained 10 fight Can the mod.
ern armament and the methods OF
transportation which have developed
forty years from the days when Pope
and Lee raced from their respective
bases 20 the battle-ground change the
result 81 their maneuyorss Twenty.
two thousand modern soldiers viii be
used % test the proWcss OF the an
client armies Of the rebellion and
prove what would have happened had
the commanders whose anne made
history possessed krag Jorgenson
rlncs pougherty Wagons and the new
army Geld gun
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Dut a. q polite diplomatic repreren
auve. making treaties and layinr tbe
foundations ~ sovereignty. 10 THE
CONGO be went. fortified By he an.
riVaisd skin IN rough travel aud -
MS equally unnvaled Acquaintance
with native manners and customs
The reports which be seat back o.
the resources OF the country and u
the stealinga and b~utchernee ogm.
mitted BY the Arab slsve TRADERS b..
Yinced an avariciOus and humanlta-
uan EurOpe-bOth characteristics BE-.
Ing genuiue-that Africa coui6 10
longer be allowed 10 60 ia own way
% the everlasting bonfire
The result was the Berlin confer
ence Of 1854. At this conference the
nations Of Europe drew up rules for
the game Of scramble which vas about
% begin. Stanley had trayersed the
une1plored enter Of Africa which
separated the better krOwn rcgions II
the south from the still better known
regions q the north He had brought
the period Of curious, iuvestigatory
exploration 10 an end. He had taken
service under Leopold. He had trans.
formed the International Congo asso-
citation into a sovereign landed estate.
Sir Francis de Winton had been sent
out as territorial governor. The Unit
cd States had recognized the blue
felded and gold starred flag Of the
international Congo association as
that Of a friendly government II
the other nations Of Europe were not
TO be left on the cold edge Of con
quest It was time for Intervention.
The Berlin conference. rendered In
evitable BY Stanley. meant interve1-
ton. The International Congo asso-
citation became the Congo Free State.
with its territory roughly deAned and
with is sovereignty lodged in the per
Of the king Of the BeIgians. The
rest o. Africa was manifestly destined
10 be gradually rounded up into
spheres OF influence, the centers Of
gravity Of which would be al London,
Paris. Berlin, Lisbon and Rome. The
laws governing this process were con
structed in skeleton and were left 10
be provided with flesh and blood by
subsequent conventions between the
governments particularly concerned
The year 1854 must. therefore. be
taken as the epoch q the modern par
tition OF Africa and Stanley must be
taken as q compelling figure in that
epoch.
This is the reason why only an IN
adequate conception of Stanley's work
is secured When he IS studied only as
a member Of the glorious fellowship
% African explorers. he ranks with
Diaz and Nssoo dR Cana and Living.
stone, and his amnity is mainly with
them. But Circumstances gave him
a right 20 be counted with also Gn,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Aad nov Il is the Mexican war, We
hear from Washington, D. c. that a
camp 81 Danes Of the Mexican War
has reccntly been organized Ia that
city. It's membership Is comprised OF
the descendants 81 the commissioned
officers who served IN the Mexican
q The name OF the Washington
organization Is Camp Contreras. in
honor 81 the battle OF Contreras.
fought on Aug. 90. lSiT. The officers
% Camp Contreras are: District com
mandant. Mrs, Louise Kensday. Hare:
drst vice commandanL Miss Mary
Dcsha, second vice oommandant Mrs.
Howard r. Johnson; third vice com.
mandant Mrs, Diana K~earney Powell:
secretary. Miss Alice Reynolds; CORE
spending secretary. Miss Mamie
Heth; Treasurer. Miss Aimee Powell:
register. Miss Marie Stockton Barnes:
historian. Miss Elizabeth Bryant John.
ston. These ladies' are all prominent
members OF the Daughters Of the
American Revolution.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Miss BueT--I B0tlce y0u're elezs
ing house Mrs NeWco-e azE 7 vas
afraid you might Be tempted 70 throw
your rubbish Out On the hack 1o- Z
5ust wanted 70 say that We eozt 60
that sort % thing here.
Mrs EewooZe-I burned al CIR
RUBBISH in the Furnaces Tits zoraizE
Miss Bizzsy. Including az old book en-
EdqUstse whlch Right have saved
Tor yOl-PhZzGelphha Press
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Stanley and the Congo will go to-
gether in the human mind.
But Stanleys work was even great
or than this. He labored al a time
when exploration had come 10 have q
political as well as a geographical
value. Bruce and Park and the rest
have their place in the history Of ad-
venture and Of science. For Stanley
was reserved the distinction Of being
the first Of the African explorers
whose travels led directly 20 general
exploitation and whose personal
career is itself entwined with the par
tition Of African territory among Eu-
ropesn powers.
J.. Scott Kettle, the great English
authority on the colonization OF Afri-
ca, IS sustained by the facts when he
a y that in the descent Of Europe
upon the newest as well as the Oldest.
Of continents. "Stanley's memorable
journey across Africa and especially
his discovery OF the great waterway
Of the Congo may be regarded as the
ln~itiatory episode"
While Stanley was still IN Africa on
the Journey which took him through
underground and dwarfs from the
hesdwRters 10 the estuary Of the Con
20, King Leopold o. Belgium. hts i'm
~agination fired by the prospect OF a
new continent splIt down the middle
and exposed 10 the view OF civilized
mankind. had convened the Brussels
conference OF 1875. Here the Interna.
tionsl African Association was organ.
lied for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of geo
graphical science. So iridcsccnt had
this science become that subsidiary
African associations were organized
even among the mountains OF switzer,
land and along the plains Of Hungary.
far from the European coast line and
equally far from maritime ambition.
As soon as Stanley landed at Mar
settles on his return from Africa he
was saluted by King Leopold's ennis
saries Then came the establishment
under Belgian auspices o. the com
mit'co Tor the exploration OF the upper
Congo Shortly Afterwards came the
reincarnation 81 this committee as
the international Congo association.
sian controlled by the head Of the Bel.
CLAN government, and largely sup.
ported by his private purse. Stanley
was about TO assist In the unique en-.
tcrprlse % creating an empire on be-
half 81 an ambitious royal millionaire
and thereby drawing the wolf pack Of
Europe into combined but mutually
hostile attack upon the regions by
which that empire was surrounded.
Ia 1879 stanley was hack In the
basin oi the Congo. this time not as
an adventurous newspaper CORE,
sponeent Tcaping thrills aud stories
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Gen Leonard Wood IS pashing q re-.
form In the army. he wants an So
tiers taught 10 Swim There are some.
thing Ike hny deaths = year In ne &c.
listed strength 81 The army from
drowning. This Is in time of poaoe.
Gen Wood regards u as Fidicuhoas f,r
soldiers who are liable % BE- ordcrea
20 ford rivers or disembark from
transports through surf auriaE war
time, no; 20 be able 10 take care az
themselves under these eircam.
stances TIE responses fram ne
army 20 hl& suggestion that swimming
be made q part Of ne private 49,
diers e~tpcati0E hare heen al Gionk
TIE enc LIE Of hearty approval
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

senator Cullom dropped b. 60 see an
editor frlcHd % his and while they
were chatting the man Who knows
how a paper ought 20 be run ma8e his
appearance lie complained thar
some articles from bis pen had not
been published though they had been
sen IN weeks before The editor
smiled sadly I'm holding them he
replied. And they serve q very Ecoa
purpose, 90 Now and thea ! set %
thinking that perhaps We are not Of
tering the public as good a paper as
we ought To Al such times I look up
your articles and see how much worse
the sheet might be- 50 become real
cheerful again Please dout take thsm
from me-"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

The late Miss Frances Power Cohbe.
the author. vas tremendously Ia earn.
est in her humanitarian views, While
chatting Ia her presence on n oc'
casion Keran Paul said something
about the lower animals Miss
Cohbe exclaimed Indignantly; Lower
animalsi acknowledge 10 such ais.
tlnction, Mr. Paul. unless ySa refer 10
married men