4 THE RURANTON TRIBUNE TIIUBSDAY MORNING. APRIL "11, 1895.
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fc-CRANTON, APIUL 11, 1S05.
THE SCRANTOX OF TODAY.
Come and Inspect our city.
Elevation abuvu tha tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy;
Estimated, pollution. 1SS3. 103,000.
Kujristenjd voters, 20,69!.
Yulue of school property, $900,000.
Number of school children, 12,000.
Averate amount of bank deposits,
Jio.-
eoo.ooo.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point In the United States at
which to establish new Industries.
See how we stow:
Population In I860 9.221
Topulntlon In 1S70 Sj."
Population In 1SS0 45.S50
Population In 18iH) 75.215
Population In im (estimated) 103,000
And the end Is not yet
How do Messrs. Loftus, Grler and
Robinson like it to be called traitors by
the Democratic org-an of Iuzerne coun
ty? Is it not time that the right of in
dependent thinking and action be recog
nized In the Democratic party ?
The Dickinson Verdict.
The disagreement of the jury In th
cult of MIhs Anna Dickinson against
Thompson et al. brings vividly Into
view tile Inflexibility of the present Jury
system. That after the clear evidence
adduced during this now celebrated
trial, the members of this jury should
divide eight against four in favor of the
plaintiff Is proof positive, to our mind,
that cases Involving the delicate ques
tion of sanity or Insanity are not proper
cases to put before a jury of laymen,
but that they should each be tried by
a special Jury of experts, from whose
mlnrl. all rllutiirttf nrv nntlima r.t ontL
mentallsm will be brushed aside to
make room for the cold facts of scien
tific evidence.
The central fact In this trial, divested
of all sentimental trappings, was to
determine, by the ' preponderance
credible evidence, whether the plaintiff,
at the time of her Incarceration at Dan
ville, wag In such a condition of mind
as would render that Incarceration Jus
tifiable. A jury of experts, skilled In
the art of concentrated, thinking, would
have kept this point clearly In mind,
and would not have gone wool-gathering
Into domains of pathos and fancy
wholly alien to the merits of the case,
From what Is reported to have occurred
in the jury room on Tuesday night, It
seems 'proper to Infer that the" twelve
lay jurors to whom, under the law. the
adjudication of the facts. In. this case
was entrusted, considered pretty nearly
every subject In' the circle of their
knowledge except the few. and galfent
facts upon which rested the whole
structure of the case before them.
The disagreement renders necessary
the case's retrial, In view of which fact
an expression of opinion as to 'the
merits of the Issue Itself would at this
time probably be-out of place.. Hut It
Is certainly proper, at this time and at
all times, to argue earnestly In behalf
at Improvement In the present system of
tr,lalbyjury,to the?nd that the obsolete
requirements of that system, whleh -but.
vlv'e conditions that, no longer exist,
may give place -jto provisions In better
' harmony with the live conditions of the
age. When thlB system was devised,
there were no scientific explanations of
vagaries of the human mind; and all
men were peers In the matter of
psychometric : Jurisprudence, Today,
psychiatry Is a science In Itself, to a
proper, understanding of which exact
ing special study and knowledge are
essential requisites.
Governor Hastings' appointment of
John M. Walton to be controller of
Philadelphia - Illustrates the policy of
prudence which he Is wisely pursuing
whore factional differences prevail. Mr.
Walton was a clean third man, unob
jectionable to both factions. His selec
tion was at once adroit politics and
praiseworthy public policy.
Recognize Cuba's Independence.
The action of the Cuban patriots in
declaring their beautiful Island Inde
pendent of Spain's brutal domination
and in establishing, If in name only,
the republlo of Cuba places upon" this
country the duty of Instantly recognlz-'
ing the young republic. It Is clear,
from current events, that the present
revolution In Cuba is no mere mob-like
uprising, but a carefully planned and
desperate revolt of a people, bent upon
achieving their release from an odious
' foreign despotism. "
, In such a situation our duty Is clear.
Had it not been for the aid of France)
the United States would in all probabil
ity have failed in its battle for freedom
against Lord North and King George.
France came to our rescue In the nick
of time, and that without being in full
sympathy with our form of government.
Today, the American government Is tho
recognized exponent of human liberty
and civic freedom. Its flag Is the uni
versally accepted emblem of home rule
by an enlightened democracy. It stands
In Its relation to other republics as the
senior and sympathetic brother, which
should lose no opportunity to extend
Its friendly offices in behalf of people
who are oppressed.
The action of France In recognizing
the Independence of the thirteen Amer
ican colonies was almost wholly n
matter of expediency. France wanted
to cripple and embarrass Its long-time
foe and rival, England. We have today
not only expediency but also principle
urging us to recognize the Independ
ence of Cuba; expediency, in that Cuba,
as an independent republic, would In
ure to our benefit in trade and our
security in time of war; and principle,
because the cause or the Cuban patriots
is precisely our cause, hallowed by the
most glorious memories of American
patriotism and consecrated by the shed
blood of our bravest citizens.
It will be a blot on our national honor
if In Cuba's hour of trial Its big brother
republic on the North American main
land shall churlishly refuse to proffer
it at least moral support.
The Carbondale Anthracite nominates
Hon. J. Donald Cameron for president
In Upon what ticket, neighbor?
Repeal the Income Tax.
If President Cleveland were the kind
of man whom many people once
thought him to be, he would summon
the Fifly-.ourth. congress together In
extra session and urge It to repeal the
income tax. This Is not. Indeed, a legal
duty, but It Is his moral duty In view
of the emphatic unpopularity of that
discriminating tax among the people,
and especially In view of the grave
doubt which the straddle decision of
the supreme court has cast upon its
constitutionality. An enactment so odi
ous as this one Is and so uncertain in
its attitude toward the fundamental
law, ought to j-emain on the statute
books no longer than the actual period
of time which must necessarily inter
vene between its passage and Its earli
est possible repeal. Every additional
moment of Its continuance as law tends
to work gross Injustice to the people
and to bring all law and all government
into contempt.
The Income tax as It stands today is
an emasculated, measure, conceived in
so mean a spirit of popullstic prejudice
and Bectlonal revenge that it Ml to
pieces from sheer vlclousness before It
could be even measurably enforced. It
is a tax which can be collected only at
the expense of justice, truth and honor.
It is the desperate resort of a desperate
party anxious to screen with arrant
demagogism the full measure of Its
own incapacity for successful national
administration. It has been rejected by
the most crushing recoil of popular sen
timent on record In the annals of popu
lar government; and Its further con
tinuance, even In devitalized sem
blance, Is a grewsome mockery of com
mon sense.
If there were In the white house today
a man mindful of the needs and the
wishes, of the people, a main amenable
to their voice and responsive to theU
call, not a day would elapse before no
tice would be given of the calling of a
special session, for the purpose of re
moving from the rttatute books the last
vest tee of this scarecrow legislation.
Unfortunately for the country, the man
who now Is president is Indifferent to
all things save the gratification of his
own conceit; and can be expected, de
spite the conspiculty of his duty, to re
main oblivious to the situation's finer
requirements.
Kx-Chlef Clerk Kerr frankly admits
that Generalissimo Harrlty cannot be
unhorsed this year; but intimates that
he can and will be unhorsed some other
year. Mr. Kerr promises to keep his
Kurrage up until he wins the Issue.
The Wyoming Conference.
The year which has Intervened since
the Wyoming conference held Its forty
third annual session In this city has
been one of gratifying progress along
religious lines, and notably so In the
Methodist Episcopal church. ' The as
semblage of that conference In our
sprightly sister city of Carbondale this
week comes at a time when throughout
the country generally, and especially
within the area comprised by this con
ference, there Is an unmistakable quick
ening of the religious spirit among the
people. We know that many persons
are in the habit of disputing this state
ment,' but we think it is literally true,
notwithstanding seeming evidences to
the contrary.
There has, within the year, been visi
ble even to the laity a diminution in the
factional controversies which, only a
short time ago, were diverting the
energies , of" many of our Protestant
churches from the fundamental duties
of those churches as schools for the de
velopment of morals and character.
We hear today less about technical dif
ferences In theology than we were ac
customed to hear only a few years ago,
but we 'hear a good deal more about the
purification of city government' and the
temporal reclamation of the fallen. If
the learned disputations of the titled
halr-splltters of the various churches
have lately lost Interest among the peo
ple, it is a pleasure to know that the
modern and 'priaotlcal secular agencies
of those churches have gained in num
ber; strength .and usefulness and, are
continuing that 'gain, with gratifying
steadiness. ,', ..t';.- . ...
We are not of those. Who deplore this
growing tendency -of tho preachers and
the-church-goers to1 mix Into the dally
activities of their town and time. We
welcome, rather than resent, the entry
of the pastor Into politics. The modern
church should in our 'Judgment attune
Its ministrations to the present Instead
of tp the past. The scribes and Phari
sees that need those ministrations are
not those who slumber in the pages of
venerated records, but those that walk
and talk in the flesh, spread pltfals for
the contemporary unwary and do mis
chief that (s thoroughly up-to-date.
Tho Wyoming conference is realizing
these necessities more and more each
year; and the reflection of Its liberaliza
tion Is bound yet to bo seen in the
morals and manners of the rising generation.
"Doubtless before a-full court the
whole Income tax act would fall, as It
deserves to, because of Its Intrusion
Into the field of taxation rightfully re
served to tho states, as well as Its
manifest violation of the uniformity
prescribed by tho Federal constitu
tion," remarks the Philadelphia Record,
And yet the Record sustains the politi
cal party which perpetrated this out
rageous act!
The remark of Judge Stowe, of Pitts
burg, concerning the present anti-oleo
law hits the nails on the head. "It
comes near being an outrage," ho said,
"but as long as It remains on the statute
book it must be enforced." The pres
ent legislature should (hasten along that
incvltuble repeal.
COM PL'LSOR Y KDL'C ATIOX.
At a mass meeting of citizens held In
Pittsburg Monday the following trenchant
preamble and resolution were read and
adopted: "l!y an Imperative law of nature
the fnmlly Is Intrusted with early and In
fant education; by the potency of religious
life and sentiment, the church must be en
trusted with strictly religious or sectarian
Instruction; by tho inherent principles of a
government of the people and by the peo
ple, that education which relates primarily
to tho rights, duties and needs of sover
eign citizens must be entrusted to the
state. To admit the first two of these
principles Is to admit the third, and to
deny tho third is to abrogate tho princi
ples upon which our civil government
rests.
"No discussion of compulsory laws and
their enforcement as mere abstractions
will avail. The real question is a practical
one of the adjustment of educational agen
cies. The question Is not whether tho
state has a right to enact compulsory edu
cation laws. We have passed beyond that
point, and It is evidenced by tho fuct that
laws compelling the attendance of chil
dren at school have been enacted and are
now In force among the most enlightened
and freest nations of the earth as well as
in nearly all of the leading states of our
own grand Union.
"The question now Is, what education
may the state prescribe and by what
means shall It enforce the Instruction pro
scribed? This Is the question that Is now
before the people of this commonwealth
for discussion, and It Is not answered nor
put aside by the assertion that public
schools have been established and main
tained without the aid of compulsory
laws, and that their results Justify their
existence; nor by asserting that compul
sory laws nre un-American and conse
quently remnin dead letters upon tho
statute hook. Such assertions are neither
pertinent nor true. Our public schools
have not been established and maintained
by voluntary, charitable or philanthropic
effort. They exist by force; law backed
up by enlightened public sentiment.
"They camo into existence In response to
a conviction In the minds of our fathers of
the necessity of a safeguard for political
and religious liberty, and they live and
prosper today by the force of the laws
which were much more hateful to the ene
mies of free schools when they were en
acted than a compulsory education law
would be to any class of our citizens to
day. It is no more hateful nor tyran
nical, nor un-American to compel a citizen
to educate his own children than it Is to
compel him to pay a tax to educate his
neighbor's children.
"To hold that compulsory school laws
are un-American Is to Ignore the history
of our free school system and remain Ig
norant of tho spirit and purpose of past
and present opposition to the establish
ment of f reo schools. The only freedom In
connection with our free schools Is that
freedom granted to dilatory and neglect
ful parents to allow and even compel
their weak and wayward offspring to ab
sent themselves from school Instruction.
We already have compulsory schools, com
pulsory taxation, compulsory certification
of teachers, compulsory supervision, com
pulsory free text books and supplies, and
why not now add compulsory attendance?
In view of the foregoing, be It
"Resolved, By the citizens of Allegheny
and Pittsburg In mass meeting assembled,
that they unanimously and earnestly rec
ommend the passage of the Farr compul
sory educational bill as amended and as
recommended by the principals' clubs of
Allegheny and Pittsburg.
THE INCOME TAX.
From the New York Herald.
1. The Income tax Is now In force.
2. The tax Is levied on Incomes received
between Jan. 12, 1894, and Dec. 31, 18H4.
3. The amount of the tax Is 2 per cent.
4. Citizens of the United States resident
or non-resident and resldont aliens are
subject to the tax on all Incomes. Non
resident aliens are taxed on Incomes de
rived from any source in .the United States.
, 6. Incomes of $4,000 or less are exempt
from taxation.
6. On Incomes exceeding $4,000 the tax is
levied only on the portion of the Incomo
exceeding $4,000.
7. Incomes are taxable, no matter from
what source derived, except
(a) Those derived from rents of real es
tate. (b Those derived from interest on state
or municipal bonds.
8. Only one deduction V $4,000 Is made
from the aggregate Incomo of the members
of any family composed of one or more
parents and minor children.
9. Where corporations pay taxes on their
Incomes, Individual stockholders are not
taxed upon incomes derived from divi
dends on the stock of such corporations.
10. Each person having an Income of
more than $3,&00 per year must make a re
turn of such Income to the collector or
deputy collector of Internal revenue of the
district In which he resides.
11. Guardians and trustees must make
returns for their wards or cestui que trust.
12. Returns this year must be made on
or before April IS. In succeeding years be
fore the first Monday In March.
13. The tax Is payable on or before July 1.
14. It Is made the duty of the collector to
assess the amount of the Incomes of per
sons who fail to make returns, and add 60
per cent, to the amount of the tax as a
penalty.
15. Five per centum will be added for all
taxes unpaid ten days after notice and de
mand, and Interest at the rate of 1 per
centum per month added as a penalty, ex
cept from estates of deceased, Insane or
Insolvent persons.
16. For a false return a penalty of 100
per cent, on the amount of the tax Is Im
posed. 17. Salaries of state, county or municipal
officers are not subject to the Income tax.
For Honest Harmony. '
What J. Bloat Fassett Wants. .
The Republican party must have unity
and must have harmony. It must have
that sort' of unity and harmony which Is
based upon universal co-operation In the
cause of progress. It should be united !n
a harmonious desire to keep Its promises
and fulfill its pledges. We should have
peace in a harmonious and unified en
deavor to Illustrate to the people of the
state of New York that our party Is better
than Tammany hall; that our methods are
not Tammany methods; that over a mere
question of patronago and spoils It would
be impossible for our party to spilt. There
should be a unified endeavor to convince
any bumptious man who assumed to boss
or bully the party that he was out of place,
and that tho party had no use for him or
his kind. That Is the sort of peace that
would bring harmony which will bring
welfare; welfare not only to the Republi
can party, but to ail the people of the en
tire state.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The
Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 3.00 a. m. for Thursday,
April 11, 1895,
A child born on this day will observe'thnt
lazy men never escape the spring fever
epidemic.
It will be unlucky for a maiden embark
ing upon a journey today to meet a man
with red whiskers, '
In order to make a gift to the Lord ac
ceptable It is not necessary that It should
be advertised among men on full sheet
posters. ,
From the manner In which Germany
continues to exclude articles of food, It
begins to look as though the inhabitants
of the Fatherland intend in future to exist
upon beer and wind.
The Individual who cannot testify to
having heara a robin sing this spring is
not much of a liar.
Ajneclilis' Advlco.
Parties desiring oratorical pointers from
Anna Dickinson will do well to muke appli
cation by mail.
If. like Mr. Cleveland, you have become
a target for. slanderers, eat cloves.
Do not believe Editor Ben Haines' asser
tion that Plttston Is situated in Lacka
wanna county. There Is reason to believe
that Ben is geographically squint-eyed.
Not like oatmeal.' Far
more delicious and delicate.
Cooks quicker, too!
Sold only in 2 lb. Packages.
Useful
and Orna
mental Goods
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 TOUR
SELECTIONS WHILE OUR AS.
60RTMENT IS COMPLETE.
HH1&
Connell,
131 AND 133
WASHINGTON AVE
AYLESWORTITS
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In tbe City.
The latest Improved furnish'
Ings and apparatus for keeping
meat, butter and eggs.
223 Wyoming Ave.
IT. PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL
Coal of the best quality for domestic
tse, and of all slses, delivered In any
part of the city at lowest price.
Orders left at my Office
NO. 118 WYOMING AVENUE.
Rear room, first floor, Third National
Bank, or sent by mall or telephone to the
nine, will receive prompt attention.
Bpeclal contracts will be made for the
lale and delivery of Buckwheat Coat,
WM. T. SMITH.
THE-aaa,
WEBER
PDA MO
GUERNSEY BROS.
224 mo:.:iK3 AVE.
OATS' I
tj) Not like oatmeal.' Far yjf
til
GRAND EASTER OPENING,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Introducing many
THURSDAY special Kid Glove Sale. Two Dollars for One. We will sell loo
pairs of the celebrated Fosterina, 7-hook Gloves at $1.00 per pair,
Positively for One Day Only.
FR I DAY Special Bargain Day in our basement of
goods from the receiver's sale of E. S. Jaff ray &
Co. at Half Price.
SATURDAY A Manufacturer's Entire Sample
Line of Capes and Jackets at half price. No
Garments alike, and many of them the choicest
and jauntiest effects ever displayed in this city.
jCSDuring this opening we especially desire
to call your attention to our new 13ne3 of Laces,
Handkerchiefs, Children's Caps, Gloves, Waists, Par
asols, and other Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings.
EVERYTHH READY
The extensive alterations and enlargement of our various depart,
merits are now complete, and teeming full of all the vurlous items of
MEN'S AND CHILDREN'S Spring Outflttings. on a larger and broader
scale than ever. Here are a few Easter Specials :
Men's high grade all wool Suits, worth $15, for $10,
(Heavier than spring weights for year around wear.)
Men's highest grade all worsted Snits, worth $18, for $12.
(Suitable for the most scrupulous and economical.)
Men's pure far Derby and Alpine Hats, worth $1,50, for 87c.
(In the fashionable shapes and shades.)
Men's satin lined newest Neckwear, worth 50c, for 25c.
(Elegant Scotch plaids and other effects.)
Child's fancy bine Jersey Snits, worth $3.00, for $1.50.
(It will surprise you how good they are for the money.)
Child's Braided Cassimere Reefer Snits, worth $3.00 for $1.75.
(No child can have occasion to look untidy.)
CONFIRMATION SUITS.
" THF QAMTPRQ " SQUARE DEALING clothiers,
I lib UnllllLriOf HATTERS AND FURNISHERS,
OPENING DAYS
6V
LI
NEW FIRM.
We extend u cordial invitation
to all to visit our store and exam
ine our special display of Fancy
Vases. lirlc-a-Bruc, China, Cut
Glass, Silverware, etc., all the
latest designs, on
APRIL 11th, 12th, AND 13th.
Make memorandum of these
dates. Don't forget to come.
THE
LIMITED.
422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
ARE THE BEST COASTERS.
Consequently they must run easter
than any other wheel. Call
and examine them.
M. FLOREY,
222 WYOMING AVENUE,
Y. M. C. A. BUILDING.
The secret is out Not only do they
ay we do wahsing for a living, but
that we do it well. So keep It going.
Tell everybody you see, but tell them
Dot to tell.
EUREKA .-. LAUNDRY,
32 Washington Avo.
SPALDINC
special features among lines
adapted to the season.
THE COLD HOLDER
You bnbold In the cantor. It's tho Celebrs
ted Alaska. It well deaerTe. to be surround
od by all that Is good. The time approachoa
fur Its iwe. I. yours in order or do you need a
new ou! Look well to your rofrigerator. for
it i. nica to hold the ire to keen your food In
order. Perhaps yours leaks. That is all right
if water only conies from the wasto pipe for
dripping from ice. If it lets air Irak in then
you'll be out of pocket. Your ice will disap
pear with speed; your food will not keep so
lontr or tttBte to sweet. Hardware, of course,
for everytblug and everybody.
LENT
Fresh Fish and
Oysters Received
Every Morning.
Pierce's Market
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DR. HILL & SON
ALBANY
DENTISTS.
Bet teeth, 15.60; best sat, to: for gold eap;
and teeth without plates, called erown and
bridge work, call for prices and refer
ences. TONALOIA. for extracting teeU
without pain. Mo ether. Mo gas.
OVR FIB8T NATION L BANK.
of fixings that are
AND BOOKLETS.
ALLTHE-r
Leading Publications. Prang's
Latest Easter Lilies and Sweet
Violets. Tbey Are Beautiful.
Episcopal Hymnals and
Prayer Books in Sets and
separate; also, Hymnals with
Music. New line of Catholic
Prayer Books, single and in
sets.
REYNOLDS BROS.,
Stationers and Engravers,
317 LACKAWANNA AVE.
April II, 1395.
We
Have Aloved
to No. 121 North
Washington Avenue,
Next First
Presbyterian Church
New Store,
New Styles,
New Prices,
and
We Want
You for a
New Customer.
HULL
FURNITURE DEALERS.
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