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Tire SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MOKNING-. MATCCH 0. 1894.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
rcm.iBBEn n.vn.T and WWTIiY in Hi-kas-
rPN. PA.. BV Tllli 'llilllUXB tUBUSHINO
CoiiPANr.
New York Ornor,: Tnino.VB Ecildiso,
Frank s. Ghat. Manaokr.
Ivtered at the Pottofflce at Scranton, Pa.,
Second-Clou Hail Hatter.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
SCRANTON. MARCH S, ISM.
"When (An iron iV hot, strike," says the
provtrh; vMoAj briny translated, mi'iiiis
when bridges are uncommonly cheap'don't
ttand upon the order uf vlosiny a youd
bargain,
NOW SPEED THE BRIDGES.
By a happy compromise, suztfestoil
by City Solicitor Torrev, dtfferonoes os
to th method of proceeding toward
the actuRl work of bridge construction
hnve bean harmonizjd, and the joint
committee of council, at n time when
it was feared thero misht be del iy,
has been enabled to move expeditiously
forward. It has been decided to rec
ommend the procuring of the newer
approach to tli structure that is to
span the Roaring Brook, leaving to the
mayor, in his discretion, the question
either of accepting the $85,000 oiT-?r of
the Piatt estate, by terms of amicable
ft Ijudtment, or of instituting con
demnation proceeding, with such
correlative action as h) may
deem advisable. With view
to hastening the work, the joint
committee has recommended an
amendment to t:ie ordiaanco governing
the purchase of the Roaring Broik ap
proach, increasing its appropriation
from 135.000 to 183,000. Although
upon its face this action appears to in
volve a transgression of the original
limit of expsnie, it is fair to say that
probabilities favor the erection of ths
bridges and approac'i within the $135, -000
estimate, even thoiunthn approach
italf should cost sill. 000 mors than h i 1
oriifinallv been anticipated. The gain
to the city in point of convenience and
sppsarance, uudr tho rm-ied ap
proach, fully ja-itifhs the latter'
larger cost, as will us explained hre
after. Equal progress obaraeterlskl the
lotion of the committee with reference
to the Linden street bridge. Hsre, the
obstacles encountered were slight, a
brief discussion revealing that a prompt
acceptance, by the city, of the offers
already on file with tho city clerk from
r fleeted property owner?, and the put
ting of the same in legal form, would
char the way to the bond ordinance
iMelf, and make certain the quick com
mencement of tlie actual w.iric of con
struction. Aa agreeable feature of
the case in relation to both
bridges is the receipt by City E i
gineer Thillips of estimates from
bridge companies as to tho iron
work that practically assure bids mncii
below his original compntati n. It i3
seemingly safe to predict that npon
the Roaring Brook bridge alone, there
will b i a saving in the actul cost of
structural materials sufficient to reim
burse the city for the increased cost of
the modified approach, thus keeping
faith with the! taxpayers while at the
same time giving them a superior bar
gain for their money.
The advsntsgo of the modified ap
proach to the Riarlng Brook bridge,
briefly told, are these: Under the or
iginal plan, Sprnee street was extendi
clear through the Piatt estate, in unco
a manner as to leave, upon tHe north,
an unoccupied strip of Isnd fifty -five feet
in width. The opening of this approaoh
would, it was feared, lead to tbo sale
of lots on thii marginal ntrip, upon
wbloh houses might bo built with their
Tears facing the residences on Piatt
place, thus depreciating the value of
these Piatt place holding and, nt the
same time, making impossible a direct
approach to the proposed bridge from
Ridge row. Under tho modified plan,
a strip sixty ftiet wide is taken from the
Piatt estate and added to Piatt plao,
thus widening it to 100 feet. This
handsome roadway thoa itself becoui
the approach, facilitating travel in
all directions, making of what is now a
narrow and semi-private street a spa
cious thoroagfare, and saving its property-owners
from otherwise ioevltabh
loss. Another merit of the modified
plan consists of the fact that it will
get apart, at tho very beginning of the
approach, a triangular park, seventy
feet wide at the base and one hundred
feet long, which, in addition to beauti
fying the approach, will form a happy,
i-ven if modest, pleasure ground. If
this can be done, as now seems proba
ble, within tho $125,000 originally esti
mated, it will obvionsly bo a distinct
improvement over the earlier plan. But
even though It should cost a few thou
sand dollars in exoess of $195,000,
which is not probible, it would still b
an advantageous thing to do, an 1 one
that progressive Scranton would glad
ly applaud.
Thus it will be seen that publio dis
cussion has already operated to the
palpable benefit of the oity; and simi
lar discussion of future improvements
is recommended an both proper (and ex
pedient. While Tun TaiBUNB has had
a slight difference of opinion as to the
plan nrged upon councils by Mr, Roche,
it cannot deny him conHptcuons credit
for his able, indefatigable and, indued,
invaluable .services in promotiug this
Jong-needed enterprise. The spirit of
frankness in which diverging opinions
as to details of progress bsve been
voiced, and the equal "pint of
conciliation and courtesy in which
they have been burmonlzod are happy
portents, which should not be pir
rnltted to pass without remark. The
drift sod conclusion of this whole pre
liminary dibate has been to make
plainer than ever that Horanton Is Im
bued w'th an invincible determination
to push steadily ahead ; and the city of
which this can bo truly said need fear
nothing from good-natund conflicts
over wsys and means.
Now speed the bridges.
An afpkal to the English people, at
this time, npon the naked proposition
tn abolish the honse of lords, wonld
bring down a thunderous negative mv
iority and delay, for perhaps the quar
ter of a century, homo rule to Ireland
and varions parish, electoral and
magisterial reforms for England. An
appeal, upon the moderate proposition
to modify the house of lords would
probably carry. Lord Rnsobery rep
resents tho latter, or common-sense po
sition; Labouchere and his follow ex
Iremists, represent the former, or radi
cal attitude. It is not difficult toper
ceive which courso is tho course of
true statesmanship.
QUIIN VICTORIA was almost pain
fully proper and reserved in accepting
Mr. Gladstone's resignation; but un
less we err in onr estimate of Lord
llosebery she will have iuuc'i smaller
joy in welcoming Gladstone's succes
sor, Th liberality of tho groat octo
genarian, which male even tho queen
tremble at times for the safety of her
throne, we expect yet to see surpassed
in the practical strides which this ener
getic and woll-rouuded young premier
will make, in the Courts of time, to
ward true democracy In tho domain of
the Guelphs. lie is a great man, not
alone by virtue of ancestry, but also of
achievement; and such men are dan
gerous factors in obsolescent kingdoms.
.
CROKER'S BIG BLUFF.
Richard Croker, boss sachem of Turn
many, informs a reporter way down la
the wilds of Texas taut ho is mad ali
ovor, in consequence of Representative
Dunpby's resignation from Tammany,
and that If Dunphy Mid that he, Cro
ker, evsr offered premiums for fraudu
lent votiug, Dunphy is several interest
iug kinds of a liar, not to speak of
other things unmentionable, in print.
Moreover, Croker wants it understood
that Dunphy will have to answer for
this accusation in court and that he,
Croker, is a great and goa l man, a sort
of municipal philanthropist, as it were,
not a person who would contaminate
his noble mind with such a fOQI
thought as corrupting the billot.
Tiiis is interesting and to a certain
degree picturesque, It i throws a new
halo 3elf-tuade, to bo s'.ir-, but never
theless pretty about the massive
brow of New York's political monarch.
We Bse him revealed by liis own words
in the Hp-ct of a highly moral and in
tensely conscientious man, sitting np
nights to devise means for the purifi
cation of government and revolving in
his capacious mind schems for the
ennobl'ment of bit fellow man. Mr.
Croker does not say ao. but tho natural
inference from his remarki is that if
he ever gave out gol 1 watches, dia
mond badges and $1,800 clerkships to
election districts returning the big
gest Democratic majority it was done
as a partial reward or meek aud lowly
merit, as tokens for successful argu
ment and guerdons for skillful intel
lectual angling for the suffrage of wav
eling voters. We are given to un ler
stand that when a T.imm my district
returns un Unanimous vote, let us say
for Judge Mnynard, it is done simply
by the superior persu asiv mes3 of Tam
many ward orators, under the inspira
tion of expect ;d re war 1,. and not
through the coars?, vulgar and repel
lent processes of false registration, per
jured vjting and lying cunnt.
These who wish to believe this pretty
tale of Tammany hall are requested to
oommnnicatewitb this office, with a view
to their protection from green goods
men or from manipulators of three
card monte. Those who feel that Mr.
Croker is th wrong and injured vic
tim of a senaitivo anl inflexible con
science are ad vised to stay indoors un
lets accompanied by n keeper. The ef
fort of Richard Croker to pose in the
livery of injured iunocenco will not
suffice to keep from disintegration the
highly moral municipal machine which
he has built up in Gotham, and which,
at this very moment.is shivering in an
ticipation of coming collapse.
It is always eabr to sneor than to
achieve.
Monroe COUNTY U apparently suffer
ing from an aftrmath of crime and
criminal impulse implanted during the
construction, by cheap imported South
ern labor, of the now Wilken-Birre and
Eastern railroad. That importation
was itself a crime that entitled its
author to the gallows,
Committeemen Sanderson nnd
Roche, harmonizjd by a word, are liv
ing proofs of the effkacy of arbitration.
A3 TO HOME RULE.
There are certain fundamental prin
ciples of human jnitica npon which
progress Is necessarily bnllded;if not
so bnilded, It becomes false progress
ond will sooner or latter collnpse. One
of these principles is embodied in the
cry of the Irish people for a fair and
honorable voice in tho government of
their own homes; for aiystera divorrvd
from a spying constabulary ond one
freed of obnoxious survivals of mediae
val tjrsnny. They want, in sub
stance, the autonomy in local affairs
that is enjoyed by residents of an
American state, which, although loyal
to the general union, Is nevertheless
free to adjust its taxation, regulate its
petty courts and supervise the common
processes of the local government.
Certain concolted philosophers say
the Irish peoplo are Incapable of self
government; that English domination,
always retrogressive and obnoxious,
and often brutal, is n nocssary part of
Irelsnd'n continued existence as the
home of Irishmen. The assertion la an
insult, which is effectually disproved
in the large and liberal part taken by
Irish-Americana in tiie civic affairs of
their adopted land. The Irish-Aineri
nan is different from the Irishman of
Dublin or Moyo only by virtue of op
portunities that ure deuied to victims
of British aggression and repression,
The experiment of educating Irishmen
so as to (It them for self-government
has never been honestly triod by the
English people, who occupy, in their
political relations toward tho unfor
tunate residents of the Emerald hie,
much the nmu attitule sought to be
occupied, in our own country, by rebel
brigadiers over those whit residents
of the south who lack their w.ialth or
opportunities of self-improvoment and
are, therefore, condemned to the lash
It is feared by many observers that
Mr. Gladstone' retirement, followed
by the succession of an Euglish peer,
will groatly delay, If not altogether
preclude, the granting of home rule
This view, as we believe, Is founded
upon a misapprehension that does In
justice to Lord Rotebery's sonBe of
fairness, truth and right. But whother
It be In this respect right or wrong, It
is an erroneous view becanso it ignores
a fundamental principle, against which
Lord Rosebery's personality, were it
(lisiiosod to be hostilo, could no more
make headway than the broom of Mrs,
Partington could swoop back the rising
watera of tho great ocean. Homo rule
is inevitable, became it is just; the
temporary changes of politics and poli
tician are in ire passing incidents in
it's inevitable approach.
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At.THOVOO UNDER its present man
agement the number of the trolley
car's accidents has been greatly re
duced, sue li oasualtici as that of yes
terday afternoon point anew to the
Deed of fenden on every street car in
the city. It will bo found, In the end,
that appliances assuring greater a ifety
are a profitable investment.
Tine itiTKNiiuN of John Morley in the
Irish thief secretaryship is a fortunate
beginning for the Rnobery regime,
Few men in parliament eujoy the is--sp-ct
or exert tho dignified, yet effect
ivo Influence possessed by this scholar,
jurist and politician. In the I.idian
secretaryship his ntef illness would have
been in large measure waited, He is
Ireland' fit representative in the E i
glisli Liberal cabinet, and his proper
plac is ono that lfl concerned with In
land's executive administration.
Cunohkss will bo recreant to a plain
duty if it does not probe this Carnegie
steel plate scandal to Its very depths,
(irover Cleveland cannot, o:i top of his
other blunders, afford to lay the ap
parent crime of compounding a felony.
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FAIRNESS PAYS.
In its haste to press a demand forth
calling of an alphabetic il roll oT dole
gates at the May Repobllosn State con
vention, the esteemed Wilkes-Barie
Record is led to say that this point ''is
on upon which hinges tho goo 1 feel
ing nnd success of tho party in 181M."
While i'. is certainly desirable to have
each county's delegates polled indue
order.so as not to permit the Philadel
phia and Allegheny delegations to
cause a stampede, we canuot bilieve
that Republican defeat would ensue,
next November, wero the alphabetical
roll call ignored. By the time the May
Convention shall meet, there will be
prscticil unanimity us to tho miin
candidates, and an enthusiasm, both
ameng delegates nnd among tho voters
generally, which will make the briga
diers turn up their noses yot bigger at
Pennsylvania.
Nevertheless, it is well to insist upon
fair sn 1 courteous treatment of all lo
calities and section. The victory of
lust month, rendored fruitful in
Mr. Grow's second initiation into con
gressional usefulness, shows what, may
be expected of Pennsylvania Republi
cans when thsy are not rebuffed by the
party manacers and when their sponta
neous choice tor political preferment is
frankly sOoepted and loyally supported
by the: o managers. With no disposi
tion to resent necessary organization
and discipline, tho mass of voters in
this comtnonwo tlth served notice on
Feb QD that t'noy are grateful for cor
dial recognition, nnd that that recogni
tion pays. In tho person of General
Hastings they evinco a second choice for
preliminary ratification nxt May, and
they will undoubtedly expect the same
conrteons and proper spirit on, the part
of the state Ujj ublicun leadors that
they found so pleasant during the can
didacy of Mr. Otow.
In Tin: diverting spoech in which
William II. Hines voiced his hostile
fondness for tho Wilson bill that is to
say, when ho said he was against tho
bill's methods but in favor of its enact
ment occurs lh confession that "it
would be very impolitic to open our
ports to Canada unless oho in return
takes away all restriction laid on onr
product." The member from Luzerne,
adept as he is nt hedging, wriggling
and Straddling, will find it hard in
aftor years to eacapo from this confes
sion. It gives the whole sophistry of
"tariff reform," meaning sectional
tariff demolition, dead away. Tho
Wilson stripe of Democrat cares not a
rapof his finger for reciprocity. What
he wants is to give our markets, free,
to our competitors, in pursuit of phan
tom benefits th it are nover caught.
If the private talk of tho York state
anti-snsppera be nny Indloatloo, Mr.
Cleveland's tronble is a complicated
form of chronic hypocrisy an I in:;r stl
tflds. And tho deliberate manner in
wnich he has tnrnol thetn down, after
all that thev did for him, would seem
to justify a diagnosis no e severe.
A MONG
Music Lovers.
Professor Albln Horn and pupils will
give a recital at Powell's a few weeks
hence.
Miss Neally Stevens, the noted pian
ist who appeared In this city some
time ago, is anxious to secure a return
engagement. Her address may be had
of Miss I'loreuou Richmond or at
Powell's.
ill
Professor Haydn Evans will go to
l'ittston thifl evening to accompany
the Oratorio society in a concert,
see
The Penn Avenue Baptist Churoh
choir will give n concert nt the Green
Ridge Baptist church on March 23.
see
Alfred Wooler, solo tenor nt the Elm
Park Methodist church, have returned
from Pittsburg, where he was among
the soloists at a concert given in Car
negie hail. He was royally entertained
by Pittsburg musician.
b 4 e
Professor Evans, who acted as
as adjn llcator at the Marysville, O ,
eisteddfod recently, states that tho
singing In tbecontralto oontest was tho
Quest he lias ever beard, Tnreo of tho
contestants were particularly brilliant,
Mr. Evans claims tbst the Altrysvllle
vocalists are second to none.
see
Mr. BoUthWortb expects to occupy
hie now atuJio in Powell's building on
Aprli 1.
Mine Schilling gracefully rendered
tWO SolOS St tOO Robert BtlttOt cele
bration given by tho John Mitchell
club at Musio hull on Sunday evening.
e
A number of mnsia loving people
from Wilkes-13 irro attended Mr. Ctr
tr' organ recital on Sitnrdiy after
noon. They were ho chann.-d with tin
singing of Miss II -yuolds, of the Sec
ond Presbyterian ouurch choir, who
roudered a solo, that they Immediately
engaged tho vonnir prima donna to ap
pear in a concert at that city in tho
near future.
see
The royalties of Librettist Byrne.it
Is said, amounted to over $21), 000 last
year from "Prinoess Nicotine" and
other works. And yet people Wonder
What prompts tho average writer and
composer to spring com-.c operas upon
nil unsuspecting public.
:
The rank of musical instructors will
be increased utter April 1. by Mr
(ieorge Noyes Rockwell, who will turn
his entire attention to teaohtog and
musical work.
o
it is rumored that m nrked changes In
musical features of several of the lead
ing churches of the citv will occur
about the liint of April. If reports nre
true, the general shifting will be a sut-
prise tO people interested In church
music.
The S icred Mnita society now num
bers GOO voice-'. Meetings are held reg
ularly every Tuesday evening at Y. M.
O. A. hall, nml th interest In the worn
upon "The Pall of Babylon" Inorenses
with every rehearsal.
BEE WHAT
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LANK HOOKS
LANK HOOKS
MEMORANDUMS
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
LEADING MAKES.
Fine Stationery
WIRT, WATERMAN nnd Fl : AN' K
LIN FOUNTAIN PENS.
All Guaranteed.
Agents for Crawford's PetU nnd
Buck's Flexible Rubber Stamps.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers r.nd Engravers.
017 LACKAWANNA AVE.
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F. L. Crane's New Prices
PURS! FURS!
CAPES 18 INCHES DEEP.
FiTurh Cnnoy Tape's, IS Inrhen
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Astrakhan Cjti,
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Seal or FVtulan ('apes "
Alaska Beat Capes, "
AliiHkn S. ;il Cajiei,
Mink Canes. "
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Rluetrie cpes. " iiini
Preach Coney Capes, " II 00
Mink Capes. " mho
llr'iwn Nlarten Cnpea, " Ml (U
Monkoy Capes, ' 26 00
Highest Cash Frices Paid for Paw Furs.
Repairing Furs a Specialty.
WATCHES
DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
SPECTACLES
EDWIN G. LLOYD
423 Lackawanna Avenue.
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Moving and House Cleaning
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Are near at hand, and the question will naturally arise: Where
will we buy our new Carpet, Shades and Curtains.
For your benafit wa bag leave to zvj that tin doors to our Carpet D9partimnt
are open, and ever ready to extend you a heariy welcome. That we aro head
quarters you will soon b3 convinced when yoa sea wha': a lare stock we carry,
and how low our prices are. We handle every conceivable grada of Carpets, such as
RAG CARPETS, BODY BRUSSELS,
HEMP CARPETS, WILTON CARPETS,
INGRAIN CARPES, VELVET CARPETS,
TAPESTRY CARPETS, MOQUETTE CARPETS
OH Cloths, Linoleums, Mattings, Window Shades,
Curtains, Drapery Materials, Etc., Etc.
And we make a specialty of Fine Interior Decorations, employing none but the
most skilled workmen in every branch of the business.
Carpets cleaned by our New Process and relaid at short notice.
Goldsmith's Bazaar.
With the New Valves
Out of Sicrht.
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Our new Bicycles are now
to be seen at our 314 Lacka
wanna avenue store.
VICTORS,
SPALDING,
CREDENDA,
GENDR0NS,
And a full line of Boys' and
Girls' Wheels. We are mak
ing extremely low prices on
Second-hand Wheels.
JiDMLIISyfiO,
314 Lacka. Ave.
IRON and STEEL
NORWAY IKON
BLACK DIAMOND
SltiVKll
EXTRA SPECIAL
SANDERSON'S ENGLISH
JESSOP'S ENGLISH
CAST STEEL
HOUSE Sll()i;s
TOE CALK
TIRE
MACHINERY
SPUING
SOFT STEEL
ANVILS
It KLLOWS
HOUSE NAILS
WILEY RUSSElAi AMI WELLS BROS BCREW
C C XT I X O M A CHINERY.
WAGON WHEELS
AXLES
BPUINGS
HUBS
SPOKES
RIMS
STEEL SKEIN i
R. II. BFIliE ;
ender&So.Jcrepic;:.
Wholesale and rttuil dealers' in Wagonmakers' an l Blactamitiu
SUPPLIES.
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Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
General Office, SCRANTON, PA.
Fashion
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108 Lackawanna Avenue
400 and 402 Lackawanna Avenue.
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I Last Few Days j
At the Sale of the
Walter's Dry Ms Stock
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EVERY HAM AN ID RAIL- OF LARD BRANDED.
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