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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1899
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune publishes a party notice listing officers and directors for a local company dispute. Names include Mayor James Molic and Treasurer Thomas K. Brooks with other officials and directors named. The piece also notes a February date and a Democratic senators remark on peace treaty politics.
The piece discusses local election contrasts, listing candidates Minto B. Piroaks, Widmaver, Morris tl Shires, Jones, Tins litt, Bowler and Captain Moir. It argues Democratic control has lasted too long and urges a quick, thorough shift in city administration, citing broader political lessons from national figures.
The bill promoted by Senator Vaughn, seen as necessary, would deny witness fees in contests where votes are illegal and make petitioners liable for costs if the contestant fails to prove a rightful claim. Critics fear bad faith contests and urge relief for the public from endless election challenges, noting Lackawanna’s insight into this issue and warning against political tremens.
The president is urged by Secretary Alger to discipline General Miles for public evidence on unfit beef fed to troops last summer. Some demand court martial, others seek Miles removal. truth unclear. Miles cites reports from thirty officers and eighty civilians supporting his claims about unsanitary meat used at Santiago and Porto Rico.
The piece urges a wide and careful probe into the meat distribution issues of the war era. It argues military leaders scapegoats are unlikely and calls Alger Miles McKinney Congress and officials to unite in exposing the guilty parties and addressing the beef crisis.
A conservative estimate pins the senatorial stalemate's bill on local principals for hotel rent and red fire at over $1000 daily with numerous extras. state cost remains unestimated, but the price is described as notoriously heavy tied to John Wanamaker's vindictiveness.
Charles M Pepper, the American correspondent in Cuba, reports early signs of a business boom as Unete Pom remains in control. He notes conservative cash trading, slow price cutting, and a shift among Cuba’s educated classes toward commerce and investment, with bankers open to crop mortgages at 7–8 percent after the insurrection.
The analysis shows a war framed as civilization and humanity. Critics call it imperialism while supporters see expansion. the aim is framed as the extension of civilization rather than conquest or empire, with three possible views on Spain’s colonies and the duty to implement a better order.
A Forum column recounts a real life romance where Mrs Vermule, wrongly imprisoned on swindling charges, followed by a Pekin Illinois women’s clubs push to restrict use of women’s pictures in ads for cigarettes liquor and other products. It also notes Miles claim about Chicago meat packers and embalmers and Henri Watterson’s Dewey politics.
A humorous fortune style piece by Amaccus the Tribune astrologer dated Friday February 3. It hints at social dynamics in Harrisburg and odd admonitions about moss on ancestral names and avoiding fruitless traps in a quixotic tone.
The New York Sun argues the Spanish peace treaty ends the war with clear advantage to the United States. It says opposition within the victor nation misreads the document and disputes the treaty as too successful, urging Senators to consider the practical question of ratification rather than constitutional technicalities.
A senate argument stresses that a treaty with Spain ends war and frees islands, but requires ratification to settle peace. Refusal next Monday risks Aguinaldo violence, international backlash, and economic turmoil, tying Senators to blame for upheaval and danger to national destiny. The piece urges swift ratification as the test of national honor.
The item notes warm acknowledgments from Scranton and surrounding ladies for the bazaar with opening sales described as enormous. Gratitude is expressed for local appreciation of the efforts.
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