I SCRANTON TRIBUNE F. EL. WOOD, General Manager. f'riii.isnrrv nAit.r Art. wskki.y in BORAl ION. PA., BY lllE 'IKIBUMt PLBLISKINO Oovpamv. Nr- Vohr orrtor.: TiminNB Buimuno. I RANK S. QRAT, MANAdfK Dtttrti at thr Pattofle al Boraatoa, Pa.. ftostf (Urn Hail Matter, THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. BOKAKTOK, APRIL 10, IBM. ( 'ouscils Lass evening met their op portunity to ill unanimous re-elec-Won iiivordotl by them to Qty Engineer Phillips. With 1hi Itnndsoiiie token of Sorsnton's sppreoistion to Hj.ur bin tbli fuitbful ami efllcient public dfi vant may bs extieeteil to do even htttter work in tht future than trial which has won him favor In the int. The Wyoming Conference. I lure id something peculiarly ug pjeettve in tiie sssembUff, k uiiiuiui: tonight, of the Methodist raiuisten of the Wyoming eo nference, one of the largest, most intelligent and most thoroughly orgauized conference in tl.e leading Protestant dtnioiuiiiiition iu cur country, taking place in a chnrab wh oh admirably typifies in its manifold charms the majesty, parity and hmuuuity of thet'hristiau religion A progress is taking nlaoe in the ma terial comfort! of mankind which this church and tliia convention of 'liristinn iu in latere call vividly to mind. The beautiful architecture, the sublime and inspiring musio, tiio glad light of the i bright springtime lilWriuj.' iti thrcu;h colored windows upou an interior scene of Inspiring solemnity, usace and restfulness -all these things, and many more delicate emotions and intuitions which evade dethutiou in Words, but which combine to subdue the spirit of the worshipper in the new Kim Park isctuary are comparative novelties in a denomination which sim-e its birth lias worked SlUOUg the middle or Hie lower cUaee, carrying into the lanes and info (ha bypaths of human activity a new message of Divine forgiveness and i ii"w hope of Divine aid. i et it will ho shown during tho con ference Si IsiOttS, as it has already been demonstrate! during tho services in which Kcrantonians particularly have participated, that the century's ad vane i In material achievements, jo well ; represented in this model combination ! uf church and school and home, has not abated in the slightest; that honest spiritual zeal or that cordial and un ostentatious brotherhood which have thro'.tiz'i all its generations bean the predominant characteristics of the Methodist Ktiscopal chnrab. In the hearty and wbols-souled which Scran tonians iu and Scranton Methodists welcome general in tur- ticuiar will tins week ettend to the visiting clergymen of this bodv, n welcotno iu which the disttuclious of wealth or pretension that so often pre vail in pecnlar intercourse will be ob literated entirely, there will ba exhib ited a convincing refutation of the sometimes expressed fear that accumu lated church riches necessarily mean corresponding spiritual deeay. or that the giving to God's home of some of the adornments which we free'iy confi-r upon our own implies a weakened faith or involves a sacrificed charity. We offer this thought at an intro ductory greeting iu the hopa that it may remove any possible misappre hensions among thosn oalous and ill recompensed mon who form the bulk iir.d stay of the evangelical corps of t!;is faith ill-recompensed, wa say, in the light of commercial standards, but surely not poorly paid in tbe peculiar and abiding rewards which came to the consecrated worker in tha vineyard of the Master. If at the first introduc tion to the beauties of tins urban temple there should ariss a fleeting thought of comparison with tho hum ble church at home, perhaps with its straight- backed paws, its cushion logs seats and its lamps that shed a flicker ing glow over tha earnest but simple worshippers within, let it be recalled that all the ilifferencos which human ingenuity can dtvi3e or human gener osity call into being can never obscure tha fundamental tie Of Christian fel lowship, which has bean, is an 1 for iver will be the bond that links to gether the hoiitst followers of Curisr. . - Amiiui an INDUSTRY is convalescent, to be sore, but for that it owes no thanks to its Democratic ijnaek doc tors. . Rights of Trainmen. So much has recently been said in the press with reference to the decision rsndersd at Omaha Isst Friday by Fed rral Judge Caldwell in tho Union l'a cilic wage schednle case that it seeing desirable to present a short synopsis of that case and of the Judge's ruling The fact tiiat eighty psr cent, of t lie railway systems in this country are now being operated cither by receivers or in the immediate dread of receivers gives the case unusnal Interest, inas much as tho doe is of sweeping significance. The litigation in qiustion cam be fore Judge Caldwell as au outgrowtn of nn attempt by tha receiver of the Union Pacific railroad last Jannary, without having given thirty days' no tice as required in a then existing con tract, to force n reduction on the sched ule of wag'-s agreed upon between the original managers of the railroad and (fpretentutives of tbu six union orders of railway employes. In overruling the receivers on this point Jadg Cal l well remarks tbnt: An essential and Indispensable requisite to' the safe and successful operation of the road is the employment of sober, intelli gent, experienced and capable men lor that purpose. When SroaaOOUMS audel the management of a court in which tho employes lire conceded to possess all these fpifiliflenlioiis and that cmico-sion is made In the fullest manner here the court will i.ot upon light or trivial grounds, dispense with tlnir services or reduce their wages. And when til schedule or wages in force nt the time tbe courtsssumos th man ngeraent of the rowl is the result of a mBi,nal sgreemsnt between the company ufid th employes, which has been hi force lur years, tho court will presume the schedule reasonable and just, and OftyoUS UispnMagtbat presumption win be reonired to overthrow it by satisfactory proof. This, the court contends, has not b.eu done by tbe receivers, altbnuit'i they had all rcromir.riided that a cut be made. It is. the court's belie that tho reccivor luado tlia request Ignorantly, ns cot oqe of them is n practical railroad man, and thir ojitu'.on upou tiio subject of wage schedule i con fetaedly ot liitlo Valne. Tuu court sharps iu their anxiety t.. have au economical ad ministration 01 this trust, to the end tliut ' thoe who own toe property end have in ns upon it mgygetouto! it what )s fairly their due.But to accompUsh ibis desirable result the eragea of t ii- men must uot be rednoed below a reasonable sua) jnat compensation for l heir service.-. TtMtJ uiu.-t bu paid fair wagea though no dividends are paid on the stock mid no Interest paid on tbe bonds, The recommendation ot the receivers to adopt their schedules cannot be accepted by tho conn fot aiiothtr reason. Ttiat Bclied.i was adopted without affording to the mon or their representatives uny opportunity to be beard, '''im was in vio lation of the agreement by the terms ot which no Change of the schedules l be mude without notice to tht. uiou and granting them a hearing. This was u Fundamental error. 1'aesiug theucu to a discussion ot some general aspects of railway re ceiverships iu their teiatioii to labor the court continued The receivers were the Qrst to break the contract bntweon tbo court and its employes; but if the reverse had been the case the court could not have directed or enjoined tm men to continue in Us ser vice. Specific performance ol a contract to render personal service cannot b en forced by InjUnotloU, by pains and penal lies, or by any other mean. The period of compulsory personal service, save at a punishment for crime, has passed iu this country. In tins country it is not unlaw ful for employes to asbociate, consult and confer together with a View to maintain or increase their wages, by lawful uuil peaceful means any mom ttiau it was un lawful for the receiver to Counsel and I confer together for the purpose of redno- nig then- wages, a corporation is organ- ized capital; organised labor is organised 'capital: what is lawful foi oils todOil I lawful for the other to do. It is interesting to contrast this ds cisicn with the modified ruling nf Judge Jenkins in the Northern Pacific case, to the effect that employes of a railroad engaged in inU'r-state coin- uierco cannot suddenly quit work, with- Out giving a i i u i notice; nor can they combihe and conspire to uhaudou the servico of a road wit!: tho latent of crippling th property. The original ruling of Judge Jenkins restrained the leaders of thu union men from "order-' iug.recommeiidin,', approving or advis ing others to qolt the service ' Upon tho representation that this clause "re straining an Individual from friendly advice to the employes a body, or indi vidually, as to thtjir or bis bast latere st : in respect of remaining iu the service," ! Ihe clause wns on Friday, at Mil wan , kef, stricken from the writ Thus, any ! iudividu il, according to .fudge Jenkins, j may give friendly advice to railway ! employe uudsr s receivership ;lut may , not cider them to ijuit abruptly, in ! lUOh a mantier as would cripple the ro iu i service to the public, The technical points of diver between these two simultaneous rul ings in almost similar cases render doubly needful an authoritative review ot tins whole problem by tha United States Supreme court. Steps to this end should be taken without delay. -If STRAW vote could be tak'ili today among decent men, Breckinridge would get tkonnanest-man-alive priz-j and have plenty oi votes to spare. How jurors will vote, is another story. The COMBINATION of mud, water, Snow, ice, slush and disease germs, presented these capricious April days along Scranton's wooden block paved streets, is more useful as a topic than it is exhilarating as a fact. t'z Ait CRIBF is resorting to every known device ot gag rule to avoid adopting the abused Reed practice; but fate has clearly decreed that this particular parliamentarian must taka bis bitter medicine or do without his necessary quorum. Somewhat Incredible. The valae of a good reputation, whether deserve! or not, is shown anew in tbe defense which is springing np around Warden Zebulon Brookway, of Klmira. .Among our religions ex changes, for example those weekly and fortnightly representatives of chantablu and leisurely thinking -there is manifest a disposition to shield Broekway. no matter what tl.e evidence against him. IrVe honor Brockway'l friends for this firmness of their faith. Wo respect linmnn ! nature more highly for this new ev!- deiica of conservatism and oantiou, I Bnt what conceivable object could . these various investigators of Brock -! way' management have in black I guarding him! Where is the motive for thu Implied issertlon that Brook way la tha victim of a gigantic son ! spiracyt We are somewhat laoredu 1 lotis wnen it eomes to the conspiracy charge. We do not credit every resort to this easy and somewhat hackneyed defense. Mo rogue wns ever unrnusk eil, but that he charged his downfall to a conspiracy. No knave was ever frustrated but that he covered his own humiliation with this threadbare fabrication of meaningleis rhetoric. It has been our observation that con spiracies are a great deal mom frequent en the stage and in dime novels than they are in rnal life. The majority of sane Americans are sufficiently occu pied in conserving their own bread-and-buitsr Interests without leisure or In clination to plot toward tho roin of some individual who is above them. With rgard to the particular case of X.obulon It. Broekway, he may be a martyr-like exemption , but wo should like to have something In the nature of evidenee to support this philanthropic exatise. it is not in tlut nature of things reasonable or plausible that senators, journalists, prilon exparts and entirely disinterest 'd committee men would suddenly change from em inently reprectuble L)r. Jekyllsinto villainous ilydes conspiring to defame the wnrden of the Klmira reformatory, through no better motive than inbred lovo of tho diabolical It wn.f. no doubt pain the some hun dreds of millions of dead and living Americans who have dons fairly well under the etymological standard! set up by Noah Webster to learn, at this lata day. that Mr. Webster's style of spelling dosa not command the appro bation of Cleorge W. Smnlley. The New fork Tribune's London ambassa dor is even more than displeased; he Is indignant In his chaste opinion Mr. Webster was a mere etymological charlatan; sn empirical word-monger who had no right nor license to depart from the Anglican stylo of "donble ling" Buoh words as traveller, and in serting it "tt' it honour, candour and favour. Mr. Stnalley takes this ihing so deeply to heart that iie la quite out ! of sorts with America, and cannot now endnre to livo in the laud of his tirth. nor tms onenco or a uuu pniioioaist, ho is bitter toward every American book or naper that follows the We -tartan method and has even worked up a liw-fo ami painful grlevuooe against the editor oi tbo Century dictionary, Professor Whitney, whose researches in Sanscrit have, iu Smsllsy'a opinion, left him deficient In English F Is too bad t but we 4nn not pleaso Smaly th all these little Items Bttt since vc cannot, there's an end on't. THiBBisons Democratic newspaper office in Pennsylvania where Represen tative Bines' stock is quoted below par. Thatpaperis tbe Philadelphia Tlms, which broils Lnserne'c little Napoleon in the following Welllngtotisiqne fashion: It Is a cold day for violets when Can gi nsman Blues fails n tumble into trouble of some kind. There isn popular suspicion iu Luzorao county that Mr. Hinee cannot endure the dispensations of peace Under any conditions, u may be a (litis man, but his belligerent attitude have been as numerous ns the crows In spring time 01 cotuso it u amusing u Bod Mr. Hinee tackling the entire department over which Mr. liisnll presides. It Wuliiil lie iiunai oral for him tt tram the howitasr of ora tory m any other direction and uot employ wind to gain conquests and prise. The new postmaster at Kingston WON appointed to tnUe office. He will do that v.-iy thlm;, and do it Without delay. Mr. limes muy fume about it and Si-ntl out unci views ami engage in the usual pyroteoholcs, but the fact will still remain that th postmaster geoorsl consulted thHbss: pnblio interest oi making the selection and set aside Mr. lliues solely on the gluUud tbnt Mr. lime-.' man was not the man Kingston sbouldnave. Tbls leaves Hines a martyr to his own reflections, with n choice array of thoughts on hand for the ne-t occasion. And the worst ot tbls is that o far as llines is personally Concerned, he will get no sympathy from anybody. o.vt oi tun funniest things In that Kingston p OSt rflice muddle Is tha fact thai Mr. Hines,n later than but lion day, bad written to his man Van Scoy, to be in Washington on the Otb so as to meet Mr. Bissell and got his uatua listed among the fortunttso. Auotlmr fact bearing upon the case i' embodied in the statement thnt Mr. McDonald, the real winner, had only become a res ident of Kingston four days before hie nomination was sent t tho senate. For a reprt Bentativc who is believed by man) to have cast bis vole for the Wilson bill in the fond hop: of gsttiug something substantial iu the way of compensatory patronage, Hr. Bines certainly does not emerge from this latest episode with anv flittering amount of prestige or glory, ."I "N i McCLI uk's first duty, upon resuming editorial labors, is to assure congress that unless it "shall res cue itself from the tuiro into which i! ha? fallen, the nation will ae cept the s?ttled judgment that the Democratic party should nevor again be entrusted to role the Republic." To our way of thinking tho nation will be safe in accepting this jungm?nt anyhow. Tiiii CDAnots whic'i are current against Justice Patrick Dlvtor, who craduated from the bsr of a to-jgh Gotham saloon to t'uo bench of n Tam many police magistrate, are sufficient, if substantiated in ronrt,!osend this in teresting spci:nen of machine politics to join his eo- laborer, McKhhc, in Sinir Sing. I' T the decency of the jniliciary it Is hoped they will be substantiated. - Tin; csNTii i. principle of the pro posed Wast Lackawanna viaduct is just, bevond dispute. Weal Sidersnp proved the bridges thinking they would alio get the Viaduct. Any question of damages ongbt not to be permitted to hinder a public Improvement thai would toon pay for itself a dozen limes over. i One TERRIFIC hesder, rocfivel Inst week by his PUgOlt iniijesty.the king of the Belgians, has converted that noble personage from bfcyelinit to tricycling. The crowned heads of Europe are just now riding last to a ;:ood deal mote isrions tumble, which one wheel more or less will not materially lessen. - - i Mr, Cmvelamd's cabinet of political curios u preserving, at this time, o masterly I Hence. A' THE Pie Counter. Bpring iensarl Don't yon bear The rumble ot the fruit nan's can Spring is here' And appear Orson shoots that now from tubers start; Spring is here' And witli cheer The bumblebee will lest his lung: Soring is here' The poet, near, His gladsome SOhg of spring has sprung. e . Mind iieauer--ow if this gentleman will hide anv article in his possession I trill agree to find it blindfolded Subject (from l.u.crnei Mot, by u gosh domed Mght ' 1 v henrn tell uv youbuueo chaps ale re' 4 "I'll send vou to jail for contempt ef court, sr. ' said the Irate judfje to the In- eoient attorney. 'Don't do it, vour honor," pleaded the lawyer, "1 don't waul a life sentence." Dttrotl rive fVess, e e a Van Braam I wonder what made Hiss Burnley discard that cart-wheel theater hat of here! Ililnnd Same one tOM her that the prettiest girls wore the smallest hats tit tho theater. PittltntrQ TtUQTtph, l New Arrival -And who is that most wretched locking individual roastiug over the hottest "rat Lndfar Oh, ho is ono of tlioso fellows whe upon earth used to designate the inontiisof the year by figures, Pond Mother Reginald, 1 understand yon too keeping ci ii pany with mo of the chorus girls in "The niack Urook' 1 is she n blonde or n brunette lleyi nnld Melt her, mot her. Komi Mother- What then, my boy Reginald (.'best nut, mother. ('bonis of Cherubim Ob, Kejiy. Bwitcb off. - Uvnoklyn Eagle. .lolinnla--! am so sorry for Mr. Brown, lie bas sore even. Father Vou must be mistaken. I never heard that his eyes wcro weak. Johnnie well, they are. Surah always turns the as down when he calls to see her. esc "I am sorry to tell you," said the special ist, "thnt your son will uever be nricb bat tor than an idiot." "Teat's pretty tough,' laid the dramat ist, "but J guess I can get a little recom pense, i ii v, , te a realistic play with him for the central figure, and put him on tbo stage." tut Uunapotii ,'oiiniuf. Reform Orator We nook that which will remove all distinctions and place mankind kind upou a level. o d Boak (on the back sentl-WhalV de matter wld Dock? Nell-Why docs that Blnsbln gton girl wear glasses Belle I dare anv it'sbe nue she i too no dot in h olt at any thing witn the naked eye Phmaeipmu . record. Some Passiko THoooBTat The average dead heal seldom gels left! ,ii technical law poluts, Th bushwhacking journalist nuder In telligent control to a marked estent re-1 gambles n ntnsenm mttlesnske whose fangs have been removed, It is better to have been In ii lucky than j Willi an ambition iO edit a newspaper. The nee oi adversity way not always be sweet, but they stimulate appreciation for thf. much derided free lunch. Tbe friend who extends a hand in the j hour of trouble is liable to be sincere, un less he ii set. king ollice. A cynic cannot help entertaining a poor opinion of nimself. A clam cares not for the opinion of the World, Beme meu aie like clams though not tu u. etui. NECKWEAR STOCK B0W;3, REVERSIBLE 4-IN-HANDS, WHITE LAWN STOCK TI3S AND BOWS, Something New for PTTT T. nPPM 1 UUJ SJ.Uyj. FASHIONABLE MMINERY JENKINS & MORRIS, formerly witb I.Hih Joaes, fllspUy a large and erell-seleeted toflc uf raiLa-maMe 1 Spring Stjrlss In Millinery. Especial attention ittfeii to A rustic : TrimtttinK. 1 406 SPRUCE STREET, ; N. A. HULBERT'S City Musio Store, - WVomi.vo AVf.. eclUNTtMfc BTF1NWAY PON DKCKKK AillOiHlillW KUAN Kill ". ( H I-, . A A.A. .V. 1. A I ! .K AITD era ORGANS MI'sicai, MKUCHANDISU Mihlc, KTOm kto Scientific Eye Testing Free By Dr. Sh:mberg, Tho Bpeeltltot on V" Ejre Besdsehss ami nsreoosnesi rsneeei, UMesisno isgprefen rtt y le of ITS GhsNS Uil Spe tmlrsut tbe , boirestftle, B(t Artificial live iui rtcl fur f.-.. 5 SPRUCE ST., op. Old Post Office. Up to DATE CONRAD'S GUERNSEY BROS. Will remove about April ist to 22 7l Wyoming Ave nue (Y. M. C A. Building), with a full line of Pianos and Organs At Wholesale and Retail, qu easy monthly payments. It will pay to wait for them. m YOUR GROCER DELICIOUS. MILD SUOt-AXt OVRBD ABSOLUTELY PUnD HAMS. LARD. EVERY HAM AND RAIL OF LARD BRANDED. m$i THE STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA WET MAKES MO DIFFERENCE TO U3 Our balanitis are like tho celebrated 'possum irap that would catch the var mints "eoinitr or a-. t: wine." Being always as bright and fresh as a July uuru ing, pur stock is ever rich in novelties and abundant in itaples. To bay with out seeing out aggregation is to deplete your parte without consulting your judgment. Thai, iu times like these: i almost criminal. 500 DOZEN uujo aiiu uiii- rabu DlaUK JinUuiialjuUlj IIuSq All sizes. I'rica everywhere 25c. We will give yon Two Pairs for the Quarter while they last. You ought to see them. A Big Drive in Ladies Broadcluth Capes, in Tan, Navy Brown and Black AT -SI. 73. A Still Greater Drive in Ladies' All Wool Broadcloth Three-Piece .Capes, with Double Ruffle Collars; enormous sweep; all colors, AT $1.98. Ladies' Jacket Walking Suits, in the Most Stylish Cut, Tailor Made, e$4.c)S. In our Curtain Department we are ollering a lot of first class Window Shade, complete with fixtures and ready to hang, 1 7 cents. I ITictOTB -7:x- xl.- T.T Out of Sight Our new Bicycles are now to be seen at our 3 14 Lacka- ;ue ,,ore 11 11) he. A I 1)1 N'fi k-A -f-"" CREDENDA, 6ENDR0NS, And a full line of Boys' and Girls Wheels. We are male- ing extremely low prices on Second hand Wheels. 11 u SLLinmu vx ui 314 Lacka. Ave. FINE ENGRAVING wedding mulatto, Rnn.innrtm.Mitn 1 nlihUuliOuliiCill:, ' Recaption and Visiting Cards, Monograms, Menus and Dinner Cards, Reynolds Bros. Staiiotters and tnsr..vcr.i. 817 Lackawanna ave. N.B. Wc are offering i new edition of the Book of Common f'ravcr, well bound in cldtll. Two Copie3 for 25c. Single Copies, 13c. 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