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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1899
Page
4
Scranton edition notes it prints short letters from friends on current topics, provided they are aligned with the writer’s real name. The notice is dated Scranton November 7, 1809, and records the paper’s advertising agent and mailing details.
The Tribune urges complete returns tonight from every precinct as it lists state officials elected including J H Brown Lancaster state supreme court judge, John L Mitchell Tioga superior court judge, James E Barnett Washington County state treasurer, and commissioners Morris Scranton Penman Olyphant plus auditors Johns Berenton and Kep rr Berenton. The paper notes anti imperialist commentary and urges voting straight Republican.
A critique urges Congress to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix maximum rates for the Pullman Palace Car company. The piece condemns Pullman after absorbing Wagner and eliminating competition, charging high fares for short interstate berths and profiting under legal cover. It calls for action to curb monopolistic traffic and make democracy decisive.
Critics blame Governor Roosevelt for not ordering the militia during the Coney Island clash over a boxing event. They argue New York state law against prize fighting should have been enforced, while defenders say gubernatorial prerogatives and sheriff authority were at stake. The debate centers on legality and political responsibility for public order in New York City.
The piece decries Tammany Hall and Croker, warns of vice and municipal corruption, and argues the electorate should back Morris and Penman and Johns and Kiefer, voting the straight Republican ticket to resist moral decline and blackmail. It notes hypocrisy in anti prize fighting and defends Roosevelt within the political clash.
The North American Review analyzes F. de Martens and Seth Low reports on The Hague conference. It outlines three conventions and declarations, noting American objections to certain disarmament provisions and praising the first convention for peaceful settlement and arbitration mechanisms.
A compilation of humorous and barbed anecdotes involving Lewis Carroll Wordsworth Henry Clay and Admiral Dewey drawn from Youths Companion Galena Republican and Globe. It recounts a girl’s quip about Through the Looking Glass a farmer’s jab at Wordsworth a Kentucky politician’s stagecoach remark and a faux native showman exchange plus Dewey recalling Manila Bay tensions after the fleet’s destruction.
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The narrator notes the need for a seasoned international lawyer to interpret law amid a tense situation. An admiral laments the lack of a skilled food lawyer and notes common sense replaced strict legal guidance as events unfold. A rescued passenger then sends a telegram from a new post to report the incident.
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