THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 4, 1895. 0e Jkranfon Zx&vlm rUBUSHID DAILY IN 8CRAKT0N, FA.. BT TBI T&IBtWI PUBUS111MQ OOMPANT. t. P. KINGSBURY, Pm. CiN-t Mm. C. H. HI PPLC, o't Tc. LIVV S. RICHARD, Cairo. W. W. 0AVI8, lunnicnHiiir. W. W. VOUNOI, Aw. Mams'. Riw York ohicb : Trihdni Bcaoiiia. Prakx & ORAT, tdANAOIR. INTIRID AT THB PO3TOFTI0I AT SCRANTOK. VA., A MOOaO-OLAM MAIL UATTIR. "Printers' Ink," the recognised journal for advertisers, rates THE SCKANTON TRIBUNE as the best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printers' Ink" know. BCRANTON, JANUARY 4, 1895. THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. , Extremely henlthy. ;' Estimated population, 1S94, 103,000. . Keeistered voters, 20.599. Value of school property, $750,000. Number of school children, 12.000. Average amount of bank deposits, $10,- doo.ouo. It's the metropolis of uortlieastern Penn sylvania. Cun produce electric power cheaper than Nlugaru. No better tolnt In the TTnlted States at Which to establish new industries. See how we grow: Population in I860 '223 Population In 1870 m Population in IsSO..., ; Population in 1S90 fn.215 Population in 1S94 (estimated) lOAUM And the end is not yet. The residents of the Flrt district of the Thirteenth ward are acting on The Tribune's FupKestlon of cleansing com mon council by having as representa tives re.pntn.ble business men. They are urging F. O. KrucKcrman, of the Scran ton Iron Fence Manufacturing com pany, to accept the nomination. This in a wise selection. The large business of the Scranton Fence company is a monument to Mr. Kruegerman's busi ness ability and level headedness. The First district of .the Thirteenth ward 'has never had a representative in the common council, and it is argued by residents In that district that It Is time they had one, for the reason that little or no attenion has yet been paid to ward the Improvement of this import ant part of the city. Minooka'a Annexation Defeated. The Indefinite postponement by select council of the ordinance annexing Minooka was the only action possible after President Chittenden had stated the cold statistics of the subject. After citing the fact that the last total as sessment of Minooka for local purposes would, under a 10-mill levy, bring only 11,600 to the city's revenues, or about the tax paid by one good-sized office building in the center of the city, he made a detailed estimate that the cost of extending- city conveniences' -oyer Minooka'a rive square miles would be easiilK $20,000 a year. In other words, for $1,600 worth of taxes the people of Minooka ask Scranton to give thjn $20,000 worth of better government. A bargain thus one-sided might, as he pointed out, be defensible if the ter ritory proposed to be annexed were by location a natural part of the city. Hut Minooka is several miles distant from the central portion of Soranton; It Is not by virtue of its location a natural part of this city; and while we should like to" see the citizens of Minooka enjoying city conveniences, It would hardly be fair tb expect these conveniences to be extended by Scran tonlans so long a distance at so great an expense. An effort will undoubtedly be made by ithe Democrats to create the Impression that politics determined Minooka'a rejection. But any . shrewd man can see that business principles required the defeat of this annexation ordinance. Mr. Farr'a compulsory education bill, hs it now stands, will require all chil dren between 8 and 12 years to attend, for at least sixteen weeks In each year, unless excused for cause, a public or private school In which the Kngllsh branches are taught. There is no tyr anny In such a measure. It is simply exaot Justice. Plans For Road Reform. The governor In his message and the president pro tempore of the state sen ate have, within the week, strongly emphasized the need of Intelligent and progressive legislative treatment of the country road problem. This need la clearly recognized throughout the Btate. One measure of which much Is expected has been formulated by Sena tor Fllnn, of Allegheny. It is an ex haustive bill, which may be briefly summarized as follows: Section 1 centers the control of township roads in the hands of the county commis sioners. Suction 2 Kives the commlsxion ers power to order surveys, plans and es timates of new roads, tho same to be sub mitted to tho court of common pleas, which shall give advertised hearings. Section S empowers surveyors to enter upon private lands. Section 4 authorizes the commissioners to arbitrate damages. Section 6 authorise the appointment of viewers whero arbitration falls. Sections 6 and 7 deilne the powers of viewers and regulate the estimating of damages. Sec tion 8 provides that the payment of all costs shall be by public taxation. Section governs the payment of viewers. Sec tion 10 enables disaffected owners to file exceptions and governs the adjudication of the same. Section 11 dellnes how pro posals to build roads may be Invited and regulates the awarding of contracts. Sections 12 and 18 relate to repairs. Other sections adjust details of the surveys and construction work and talto from tho sev eral townships all control of road making and road repair. The question of cost is met In section 14, which authorizes the levy and collection of an annual county tax of 1 mill, upon nil real estate and per sonal property in the county, tho same to form a permanent road fund, available l.oth ror construction and for mulnton unce. ' The objection most likely to arise against this measure Is the familiar ono that it overlooks the province of the state In highway management.' Tho Fllnn plan would obviously be ' more produotive of uniformity in public roads than Is the present plan of town ship supervision, since It would make uniformity possible at least within county boundaries. But we are strongly fit the opinion Well expressed by 'the Philadelphia Press when it sees "no reason why the state itself should not construct and maintain state roads those which cross county lines and connect together tho loading commer cial, manufacturing and mining centers of the Btate. These stem roads should be models lor the local road makers to approximate, as nearly as possible. They should be of sufficient width, well paved In the center, of easy grades. safely bridged where necessary, and bridges and roads alike free of toll. These roads should also be lined on either sido with shade trees. On this point the road making and forestry In terests should Join hands, and the high ways of the state made things of beauty and gladness, as well as of every clay utility to the people." If this question is debated with an earnest purpose to reach definite re sults, It is very probable that, with the experience of numerous other states and the data of various past commis sions already available In guidance, this session of the Btate legislature may win, the credit which would attach to the taking of a practical step toward a permanent betterment of our common highways. Good councllmen appear to be quite certain to be chosen In the First, Fifth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Seventeenth wards. rut how about some of the re maining wards? What effort are the epre-sentativo citizens making to get representative representatives? It is unfortunate that Scranton's municipal treasury is not sufliclently capitalized to enable the cleansing of the slush-covered street crossings. Proposed Judicial Reforms. Few subjects are more deserving of earnest uttention by legislators than the question of contributing by whole some new laws to the better oillelency and promptnvss of our courts. What ever Is wisely designed to reduce the number of petty cases now unneces sarily taken Into the county courts, or to Insure a better quality of service on the bench and In the jury box, ought to commend Itself strongly to the favor of our .legislatures. To this general prin ciple all Will usseut. The only room for difference Is as to details. One of these details that has eminent approval contemplates the retirement, on pen sion, of common pleas judges after twenty-one years of acceptable service on the bench. The utmost that can be said aguiust It Is in complaint at its cost. A bill will be Introduced at llar- istbuijr this session to accomplish this purpose; and there are many convinc ing reasons why it should pass. Another detail now before the people for discussion consists of a proposition that Jury commissioners be appointed by the court instead of elected by popu lar vote. Concerning this proposition the Wilkes-Barre Leader says: It was thought that the plan of having tho commissioners chosen one from each party would be satisfactory, but In many Instances it has not been so. In many placea the wheels are still filled with the names of men to whom It Is a gravo dan ger to entrust the responsibilities of Jury duty. It is not so much the defective moral character as the Ignorunce of Jur ors that is complained of. Thero is such a thing as bribery in the Jury box. Thero Is such a thing as jurors deciding for favorite lawyers rather than In accord ance with the testimony In a case. Hut these nre comparatively Infrequent. Ver dicts, however, that are in flat contradic tion to the evidence, and sometimes In blunt repudiation of instructions from tho court, are common. Every lawyer of any standing can clto a score of them in his experience. All this is very wrong and there Is no remedy save In more intelli gent jurors. The right of trial by Jury is the most precious of all political rights, since but for the Insurance of It, the lib erties and properties of the citizen would be constantly in jeopardy from dishon est and tyrannical officials,' but it is more a right In name than In fact, unless the Jurors chosen are men qualified to discharge their responsibilities impartial ly and Intelligently. It Is not clear to us how the proposed change would, of Itself, improve the in telligence of the average Juror unless, indeed, it might tend to decrease the number of professional jurors common In portions of Pennsylvania. If, the ex amination of talesmen were required to be more searching, good might result. Less leniency on the part of the court In excusing from Jury duty men who plead the urgency of personal business en gagements would also exert a salutary Influence upon the quality of .delibera tion exercised In jury rooms. Just tiow these ends can be reached by statutory law we are unable to clearly perceive. But the subject Is well worthy of atten tive consideration by enlightened men. ... There Isn't a great deal of time to lose If common council Is to bo recruited by business men. It has wisely been decided by those In charge of the Hastings inauguration exercises to limit the military escort to a small provisional brigade. A large representation of the state's citizen soldiery In a peace exercise would bu neither appropriate nor convenient. Ample evidence Is In to warrant the suspicion that Dr. Park hurst and Mr. Piatt contemplate starring the country. Another Currency Scheme. .Ex-Senator Farwell, of Chicago, de clares that, however congress may twist and squirm, it will yet be forced to meet the currency problem In the fol lowing manner: First Let the government fund Its floating debt und refund Its bonded debt In 2 per cent. Ilfty-year bonds and re tire from tho currency business alto gether, Second Allow tho national hanks to use these bonds at par as a buslB for their circulation, exempting them from ail fed eral taxation, except just enough to pay for printing their notes. Third Hepcal the suh-treasury act and let the revenues of tho nation be deposited in the national banks where collected. ' This plan lias at least the one merit of brevity. Hut we do not believe that the people are ready to have the government . "retire from tho currency business alto. gether." Before the government does that, It will have to assure Its cltl tens that they will not be subject to a currency liable to lose Its value In the first moment of a panic The govern ment's present ipart In the currency business has been generally acceptable, In contrast with ithe partonce played by the several states, during the era of '"wild cat" currency, It Is a distinct Improvement, .from which the public will tolerate no backward step. The" need of currency revision Is in. disputable. If long-term low interest bonds are Indispensable, the acceptance of them' will be cordial provided there Is a provision for a flexible supplement ary currency based upon municipal, county or state bonds, or other sound collateral. But every dollar of this cur rency will have 'to L j so protected by federal safeguards that It will be the equal, at all times, of every other dol lar. . To this doctrine public sentiment is Irrevocably committed. One of the political rumors of the hour claims that if Thomas B. Reed should be unable to make the presi dential nomination himself, In 1.8, he would throw his strength and Influence to John Dalzell. The story Is apoch ryphal, but It supplies a good occasion for remarking that John Dalzell would make a first-class president. Having entertained the state with a very diverting light at Harrlsburg, Lackawanna county is now doubtless willing to settle down again into the homely routine of Sunday riots and ward politics. The demeanor of Grover Cleveland, It seems to us, Is that of a thoroughly disappointed man. But he is just be ginning to share a feeling long ago common to his countrymen. The honorable William Illnea Is re quested to note that the state represen tative from Carbon county, Mr. Will lams, is disposed to make faces at his antl-compuny store law. There uro persons on this globe who look forward to the time when the Kaiie-Olcott Heading reorganization committee will be mentioned no more in print. POLITICAL POINTS. Tho place of R F. Duvls, of Freelanrt, as doorkeeper of the house, is worth $iHi0. Senutor Clarence Kline says Quay county Is in sight, if its supporters will work for It. Prlvuto Secretary Tate will locate In Philadelphia after the explrution of his duties ut Harrlsburg. Phil J. Boyle, of Ifazleton, has been placed In charge of the new Jlu.OuO bath room at Hurrlsburtr, un uppolntment se cured by Senator Kline, Homer (ji-eeno declares himself confi dent of receiving the Wuyne nomination ut tomorrow's Itepubllcun congressional primaries and should he do so, he feels certain of securing the nomination In the district, when the eonferrees meet to choose a successor to Myron 1(. Wright. Pennsylvania's Claim Is Uood. From tho Philadelphia Press. It is absurd to say that Pennsylvania must stand aside because It is not a doubtful state in national contests. The very fact that it is always true should give it a preferred clulm und one which ut this time, when there are no doubtful stutes In the north, should make recogni tion of Pennsylvania absolutely certain. Ohio, which has not any more than Penn sylvania been a doubtful state, has al most lnvarlubly for twenty years hud a candldute for the Republican presidential nomination. That state has pressed Its demands with earnestness und devotion. not merely for individuals, but in behalf of the state; and twice within the period named has secured the nomination. Only twice In all Its history has the Republican party nominated a candidate from what could bo called a doubtful state, and on one of these occasions it failed of success. No question of doubtful stutes In the north can be raised In the next Itepubll cun nntional convention. All these stutes are pretty safe under the conditions then reasonably certain to exist. Need of Compulsory Education, From tho ICaston Free-Press. New York state now has a compulsory education law, the act passed last year going into effect on Tuesday. Had the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania not vetoed tho act passed by the legislature two years ago, this state would have a similar law. Tho provisions of the New York law are embraced in tho following: "All children between 8 and 10 years of age In proper physical and inentul condi tion are required to attend instruction, as In said law specllilcally stated, namely: All children between 8 and 12 years of age must attend during the entire period public schools are in session, between the first of October and the first of June fol lowing. All children between 12 and 14 years of age must attend at least eighty consecutive day during the same period, and the whole period, unless lawfully em ployed. Allchililrenbetwecnltand 16 years of ago must attend when not lawfully em ployed." Such a law as this will become more and more beneficial as the years pro gress, and the people of New York state will never regret its passage. It is one or tho duties of the present legislature of Pennsylvania to pass an act of this kind. The Outlook Is Gloomy. From the Philadelphia Times. There is quite a fever now raging for the establishment of new counties In the state, no less than three measures to this effect appearing In the first spread of legislation before the house. The coun ties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Clearfield and Jefferson are the sections Interested. Hazleton, Curbondale and Du Bols are tho cities after county seat honors, llazle county, cutting off lower Luzerne, An thracite county, setting aside the upper part of Lackawanna, with a township or two from Susquehnnna nnd Wayne, and Du Dols county, taking generous strips from Clearfield and Jefferson, comprise in brief the geographical features of the en terprise. How far the ndvocates of these divisions can prevail with the legislature remains as conjecture, but this does not open out as the sort of year for legislation of that kind. Dismember Turkey. From th9 Philadelphia Inquirer. In Europe is a power that comes out of tho dark ages and steadfastly refuses to have anything to do with modern cen turles, Turkey, the cruel, the barbarous Turkey, Is allowed to go on Its way when dismemberment would provo a blessing to ail mankind. Such a govern ment is a dlswace to civilization and it ought not to bo allowed to exist on tho face of the earth. Fur better that the country should be divided up among gov ernments that preach civilization and Chrlstlnnlty. The Armenian horrors have given the European powers full Justlllca tion for dealing with Turkey In a drastic manner, nnd a grent and progressive movement will have been blocked If out of the Investigation something fungible does not come. Wanted Dry Goods. From the Lewlston Journal.. An old lady from out-of-town come to the city Tuesday to do somo trading. As sho looked around tho large store with wandering eyes, u floor walker asked her "What do you wish today, madam?" "I wanted to go to the place where you sell dry goods?" "it is right hero, madnm. What kind of dry goods do you wish for?" "Dried apples, mister." And for once tho floor walker was non pluased. The Newspaper's True Mission. From the Olyphant Record. A newspaper exists to glvo the news and neither to ventilate personal spleen nor to discriminate against those who differ from us. This Is the standard by which personal opinion Judges, the press at the close of tho nineteenth century, and nn organ given to personal spits and dis crimination is an anachronism nnd un- unworthy of patronage. Is This Writ Ssrkastlc? From the Wllkes-Barre News-Dealor. Your Uncle Joe Scranton rather got the best of tho light for reading clerk of the house against Wat res. Scranton was backing Watklns for the place, while Watres was rooting for Flelti, and your uncle Joe won with bunas down. AMONG THE ALMANACS. The Scranton Republican almanac for 18t)5, a copy of which has been received at this office, contains Information of Inter est to every resident of Lackawanna county. It Is especially ample . In Its presentation of statistics, and Is, upon the whole, a credit to Its publishers nnd to Its conscientious compiler, Colonel S. A. Lackey. , Accuracy and thoroughness character ize the tenth annual handbook of local and general Information complied by the Wllkes-Barre Record. This almanao Is entirely of homo manufacture, and conse quently contains features nicely adapted to the needs of tho Record s readers and residents of Luzerne county generally. . The forepart of the handsome annual is sued by the Wllkes-Barre Leader this year Is, by spcclul arrangement, Identical with that In the almanao of the Philadel phia Record; but this Is supplemented by an exhaustive summary of Luzerne county information, and the whole publi cation is eminently valuable and cred itable. This year's compendium of Schuylkill county statistics by the Pottsvllle Chron icle shows care and enterprise. Tho pub lication of so good an annual by an Inland newspaper shows In which part of the Journalistic Held the fastest progress Is now making. Christmas Presents . Useful and Ornamen tal goods for the holi day trade. LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSING TABLES. TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX TABLES AND CABINETS (OF A GUARANTEED QUALITY.) AN ELEGANT STOCK OF PIC TURES AT MODERATE COST. FANCY BASKETS AND LAMPS. CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS WHILE OUR AS SORTMENT IS COMPLETE Hill & Connell, 131 IND 133 WASHINGTON ME A HAPPY NEW YEAR We wish all our patrons health and prosperity In 1895. We start on another twelve months' run with the earth around the sun, mora than fully' equipped to meet the hat demands of tho public of Scran ton. Our display la magnificently com plete, presenting monumental valuta in eve: y style of hcadwear. HATTER AND FURNISHER. Hand Sleighs, Baby Sleighs, Clippers, Alligators, Self-Steering Sleighs, Steel Sleighs, Iron Sleighs, AND THE FAMOUS Paris Hill Oak Sleigbs In Clippers and Bent Wood Knees und the Montrose Gun Tubing Sleighs. We have over too dozen in stock and will sell very cheap at wholesale' and retail. I D. WILLIAMS & BRO. 314 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. The secret is out. Not only do they say we do washing for a living, but that we do it well. So keep it going. Tell everybody you see, but tell them not to tell. - EUREKA. . LAUNDRY, 323 Washington Ave. THAT WONDERFUL ! GUERNSEY GOHH'S This Is SfockTakiDg Week When all Odds and Ends from every stock are brought to the surface, and a price put upon them that will give the sharp, shrewd bargain seeker an opportu nity to save considerable money, and at the same time you need not buy what you don't want, because it is cheap, but in our varied collection of useful articles, you are bound to find something THAT YOU DO WANT, and because it is cheap you will certainly buy it; therefore, we bring these important facts to the reader's attention. Many odd pieces in Ladies' and Children's Muslin Underwear, such as Night Gowns, Corset Covers, Chemise, Drawers and Skirts, some of them fresh and new, others slightly counter-soiled, all marked down to a price so they will be quickly sold CONTINUATION OF LADIES' JACKET Of Chinchillas, Cheviots, Boucle, Diagonal and Plain Cloths, at $4.25, $5.50 $6.75, $8.00, $9.85. JANUARY IS THE MONTH WE GREAT REDUCTIONSDBT IN ODD AND ENDS OF DINNER. TEA and TOILET SETS, LAMP GOODS and BRIC-A-BRAC 422 LACKA. AVE FOR '95 Reduced Prices. Balance of our Calen dars at half price. A good selection of New Year Cards. REYNOLDS BROS. Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Ret teeth, tS.SO; best set, W; for gold cap and teoth without plates, called orown and bridge work, call for prices and refer ences. TON ALU I A, for extracting tcet without pain. No ether. No OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. VEITORV EXCELSIOR BROTHERS, WYOMING AVE. SOS China Closotl reduced 15 to 40 par cent. Jan. 4, 1895. Removal Sale of Furniture at HULL & CO.'S, 205 WYOMING AVENUE, Flat Dressing Tables greatly rtduced In prict START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT And keep going riglit by buying and carry ing one of LLOYD'S WATCHES. LLOYD, JEWELER, 423 LAGKA. AVE. YENISON, PRAIRIE CHICKEN, Partridges, Quail, Rabbits, All Kinds of Poultry, Ripe Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Green Beans, Cncnmbers, .Head Lettnce, Salsify Radishes, Etc, Pierce's Market TONE IS FOUND ONLY IN THE WEBER PIANO BAZAAR SALE DR. SHIM BERG IS SELLING NOW Pearl Lamier Opera Glasses for $3. 85, worth $7. 60 SPRUCE STREET. DR. E. GREWER, The Philadelphia Specialist, and his asso ciated staff of Kngllsh and German physicians, are now permanently located at Old Postoffice Building, Corner Penn Avenue and Spruce Street The doctor Is a graduae of the L'nlver slty of Pennsylvania, formerly demon strator of physiology and surgery at the Medlco-t.'hirurglcal college of Philadel phia. 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