THE SCBAXTOX TRIBTJXE TTEDXESDAT MOTCNIXG, MAHCH 4, 1896. AS TO STREET CAR TAXES Revenues That Some Cities (iet from Traction Lines. EYES Of THE PUBLIC OFENED Perceatate o the CroM Receipts of the CompaaUaRisldlj Enacted U Maay Plaoes-Three Cent Fares Profit- able to StrMt Car Ltaes. The city of Soranton Beta from the Ecranton Traction company. In 01-c-hanfe for the franchises granted to that corporation, a pole tax urnouiitiiiif to a little over $1,600 a year, and the right to use the trolley poles for rlty in poses. Many oyier cine m- hemreet railway eoinuany paya 10 me . r. 1. - luiulllllll his" method In ue In New York Is that ale ut Dubllc auction. The law pu blishes a minimum, which is .1 per ... . . Akau lUnA 111 J WIMf I11M1 V VUIM U11U .1 lift I rill. .AIIVMI.I lie UIUU1IIK INUnitllllll l mwc tViA "utui.it tirliM ' K-H-elltlv a frmi- t hlse was Hold In whii-h the payment to ine viiy kui ri i-r-ui. ui 1117 6ib. receipts for the first five yearn. Mayor i'lnitree, of Detroit, believes tliut the munlctpallty should aim to a:' quire the ownership of the trarka. TliU Is In line with successful experiments in Great Britain, where steps were taken many years ago for the better protection of "public streets. Detroit has 3-ceut fares, too. and Henry A. Ev eiett manager of the Detroit railwuy. declares that his company at 3-cent fares is paying -'0 per .cent, on the In ternment, besides interest ou its bond. The law Kovernliis the construclloli of a new railway In New York, passed ou September Itf. 1SS5. provides for keeping; the streets paved between tin trucks und two fecet euili side; nut over t cenl fiiie on uny part of the llin-; proper fenders and wheel mmrds; trans fer ticket over certain lines; privilege other roads using the trucks tor their cars. After llfteen yours no overhead eleetrlc nower Is to be tiMed. In audi tion to the percenlufte paid, the road la to be liable to .y unuuully to the city for the. that live years J per cent., und thereafter K per cent, of Us ktuss re ceipts; udditionul to the amount of pr centaue required by law: JoU.OW forfeit tire in case the successful bidder falls to construct the proposed road. THE FACT IX Mll.WAl'KKK. AVIlwaukee's street railways are oper ated under a new state luw which makes It the duty of the secretary of every company or coi porutlon und of every person operating or maintaining u street railway to tile on the ttrt duy of December of each year with the treasurer of the city u true and correct statement of tiie gross receipts of suld fctreet railway company derived or ac cruing from the maintenance and oper ation of a street railway during- the preceding twelve months. Such state ment shall be duly verified by the oath of Bitch person, or one of the general officers of such company. On or before the 1st day of February, IttlMl. und on each succeeding 1st duy of February every such etrei-t railway company sliall puy to the city treusurer a sum of money qnal to the percentage of Its (rroHs receipts. The revenue which said street railway companies shull pay Is as follows: One per cent on the first eiiDO.OOO of its gross receipts, l'i per cent upon the gross receipts ovist $2"iO,UOO and not exceeding IfrtO.OOO, and 2 per cent on all amounts over faoo.000. Klchmoiid, Vs., makes the construc tion of a street railway subject to the approval of the city engineer, who Is given considerable authority in super vision. In case work is not prosecuted faithfully and conditions not fully com piled with the franchise and tracks laid ure to be forfeited to the city. Follow ing are some of the conditions of the ordinance: Besides paying city tuxes, fi per cent of the gross receipts until January, ISM), with the nmutint ufter that dute to be fixed by councils. Half rate tickets fur school children between K and 4 o'clock every school duy. Tick ets must also be sold at half rates for use between 6 and 7 a. in. every duy ex cept Sunday. Transfers providing only one fare to any part of the city. Buffalo puts a tax on the gross re ceipts and the amount of revenue ob tained during 1KN4 was $:!U.484.02. being 2i per cent of the ri-ok receipts of the Buffalo Street Kullwny company. 4 CANADIAN LKSSO.VS. Toronto took possession of the street railways In that city )n lssil, puying $1, 4LS.7S8 for the property, the company's charter having expired. Pending the decision as to what should be done with the property, the city temporarily as sumed the management, and operated It as a munlclisil line. The net reve Ifue for a period of three months was something like ja.OOO a month. The rounril decided to sell the line again, hp(wever, to secure which decision it -was charged that Improper Influences vere used. The, entire plant was turned ' over to a private company at the ap praised valuation at which It had been purchased by the city. By the terms of the agreement the company was also to nay an annual rental of $s00 per mile of single track, or $1,600 ner mile of double track. In addition, the city U to receive 8 per cent, of all gross re ceipts up to I1.IKIO.00U per annum, 10 per in t. in all between $1,000,000 and 11. iiW.VOO, 12 per cent, on all between $1. 600.000 und $i. 000.000: 15 per cent, on ail between $2,000,000 and $:!. UO.000, and on all gross receipts over 18.000,000, -0 per cent. At the termina tion of the agreement the city Is em powered; If the council so decides, to take over the entire plant at a valua tion to be settled by arbitrators, "but the city Is to pay for the lund so se cured only what it is worth, without reference to its value for street rail way purposes. The cash fare Is S cents, six tickets for a quurter. For the use of work ingmen eight tickets must be -old for n quarter, to be used between the.honrs of tt and 8 In the morning and fi and 6.3V In the evening. Children under ii years are to ride for half fare. Hchool children are to have school tickets at the rate of ten for '26 cents. The hours of employes are limited to ten a day or sixty a week. It Is also stipulated thut no adult employe shall be paid less than 15 .cents an hour. The first month's returns to the city under the ftew management were Sll.C'il. Montreal takes n graduated percent age of gross earnings. An ordinance regulating an electric line, passed In December, 1S2, provided for eight worklngmen's tickets for 23 cents, for use at certain hours: 4 per cent, of gross earnings up to tl.ooo.000; 6 per cent, from S1.000.000 to $1,500,000; 8 per cent, from ll.GOO.OUO to $2,000,000: 10 per cent, from that sum to $2,r00.ooo; 12 per cent, frem $2.fiiH.000 to $.'1,000,000. and 15 per rent, on earnings above f3.0HO.6U0; ten hours' labor per day for employes, or SO houra per week; the franchise to run thirty years, and at its expiration and tvery five years thereafter the city hni the right to take he property, its Value to be determined by arbitrators. IN OTHER CITIES. 'Cleveland has two companies and they pay at the' rate of $10 per car per year in license fees, the amount being 7.WiO at present. The company must pave and repair between tracks, and, under recent ordinances, a strip out ' aide, muklng 10 feet In all. The gas companies of Cleveland are required to pay tk per cent, of thrtr gross Income Into the city treasury as a franchise tax for th use of the public streets. A similar (ax upon street railway com panies would. In the mayor's opinion, tie Just and equitable. In cases where the companies object to showing up their books, the same end might be readied by charging a specific sum par linear foot of track owned by the com pan. A company in Cleveland city la how- seeking a franchise on the basta of a So cent lax per linear foot of track per year fur a single track during the ttrst ten years of Its charter, and 40 cents per linear foot annually for the remainder of Its grant. The tax on this basis would be easily collected, and could not give rise to any disputes. In Europe franchise are valuable, and are paid for accordingly, Liver pool, Manchester. Birmingham. Edin burgh and Glasgow own their own tracks. The county council of London not long ago decided to take posaeaalen of the tramway systems of north and south London. Liverpool owns fifty miles of tracks, which leases at $3,000 a mile. Manchester owns fifty miles of single track which it built Itself. It was leased to a company In 11177 for twenty-one years for HOO.OOu per year, but the city has to keep the tracks In repair. Of 12 roads In Great Britain, 27 are owned by local authorities. In Paris the Omnibus and Tramway company pays to the city $20o.0vO a year, and in addition $400 annually for every omnibus and $;00 for every street cur. making a yearly levenue of about $554. ooo from this company. Another com pany puys $200 a year per car and an other $l.".o. The franchise of the street railway rompuny in Berlin expires In ll'll. when the trucks become the property of the city, which will also have the right to purchase the equipment at a fair valua tion. In 1SH0 the revenue of the city from its gross percentage was nearly J.'OO.Ooo. The city has the right abso lutely to regulate fares, frequency of trips, etc. They order things better abroad. "And the Greatest of These Is Charity." Win. Mcintosh. In The Philistine. Sunset hour at the meridian of Para dise Flats; but no sunset was visible. It was the worse end of a bad December day. out doors, all was one color, and the rain froae us it fell. Before the big tenement stood a ltus sian sMjjh. with an Impatient puir of clipped chestnuts. A Korium sentinel In furs nut on the l.ux, and his liveried mule groped in the durk hull for the habitat of John Jones, who hud been "recommended." John Jones lived there, but there was no evidence of It on the first tloor. This tenement was not provided with a hull directory and a battery of bells. Poverty makes resi dence uncertain from month to month. Many u good man has been returned "not found" or "u lake." because he had to try elsewhere when the rent came due. On the fifth Moor, a room thut looked buck over u net of railroads held John Jones's treasures. Three little girls were keeping: the stove warm. There was some coal In It, but 1 lie way It act ed was proof that warmth Is not always provoked by poking. The tire had a hungry look like the children, and like them, moreover, evinced an unxious de sire to go out, cheerless us it was be yond the Ineffective screen of the wulls. The footman's knock created a flut ter In the little group. Who would knock at that door? "It's a p'licemun," suggested little 4-year-old Kit. The coul In the stove and a grape basketful more had been picked Up ou tne tracks. Hand-ln-hund they lined up at the iloor and 8-year-old Annie opened It. Kit nud the 2-year-old pulled hard on the line when i he towering footman en tered. "Does John Jones live here?" "Yes," said the eldest girl. "John Jones, who registered at the Work and Aid Bureau?" "I think so," said the girl, cautiously. "Sure!" put In the 4- year-old. "Where Is he?" "He's out looking for work, sir." John was a mechanic until over-production or uiider-distiibutlon or some thing else turned everything upside down. Now he was looking for work of uny kind und not finding it. "Where's your mother?" 'file's sick in bed, sir," said Annie. "Say, mister! Do you know what we've got?" piped the 4-year-old. "We've got a new baby, and it's a boy!" A grunt of disgust was the lackey's only answer. Well, what then? If John Jones had work, or a little money In the bunk, it would be no reproach to him that the miracle of life had been wrought once more over In the .corner of thut room, and thut there was one more mouth to feed. But this wasn't business. "Can you write?" the footman said to the'glii. "Yes. sir, a little," she suld. "Write your name here," he said, pro ducing a receipt book. The girl made a scratch where he In dicated, with some tremor. Then he handed her a large package which he held ill his gloved hand. "This is for your father," he said; "don't open It until he conies," and the vision of furry magnificence faded from sight. John Jones, coming up the narrow stair, was almost crowded down again by the swelling cape of the man who was looking for him, passing down. Of course neither knew the other. A mo ment later the father with a heavy countenance entered the buck room and usked In an anxious whisper how mam ma was. Before the elder girl could answer the younger cried out. "O Papu! there was a splendid man here for you und he brought you fometlng nice." The square package was a problem to the man. So large and so light. When It was opened the puzzle wan no less. It was a picture a beautiful wo man's head, with a pensive, tender look thut might have been the Sphynx's own schoolinarm stare for all it meant to him. As he looked for un explana tory mark somewhere a card dropped to the floor. This is what he read on It: John Jones, Esq.: Dear Sir At the last meeting of the Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Poor the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas, The retinitis influence of art Is almost wholly lost to the poorer classes by reason of their lack of means und time to enjoy the exhibitions open to others, ami Whereas, The degradation of poverty Is to be cured not ulune by teaching self Independence by means of u labor test for applicants for n lief but also by making the poorest conversant, so fur as may be, with the works of the great musters of literature, music and art; therefore be It Kesolved, That each member of this society shall be one of u committee to loun works of art to the poor and pledges himself or herself to place each week In the house of some poor family a picture or sculpture to be studied by such family, to be loaned such family for one week. In the hope of arousing In Its members a love of the beautiful. Eleanor Gould Martin. Secretary. All this hut the address line was printed. Below a form wus filled In as follows: Names, John .Tones. Residence, Paradise Flats. Picture, Psyche, by Smith. Owner, Jane Hodges McVickar. Dute of loon, December 1. 183. Picture to be taken, December 23, ls5. "Papu." said 4-year-old Kit, as the card fell from the nerveless bund of John Jones, "I fought It wus somefing good to eat." The latest revision tells after this fashion what followed the trial In the Wilderness: "And when Tie had fasted forty days and forty nights He was afterward un hungered. And behold, angels came and patronized Him." Commsrslal fcffcct of tlcetrlctty. It has been estimated that electric roll ways have displaced In the I'nlted States no less than 2i5.000 horses, and the move ment hun not yet flopped. That many hoi set would require about 123.0OO bushels of corn or oats a duy, enough to appreci ably ffct prices of those grains. It amounts to 4o.0iXi.IW0 bushels a year. Fur thermore, the loss of this commercial lie. mand for thee coarse grains in the cities means an enormous loss of tonnage for th railroads about Hl.M) carloads. TOM REED IS CHIVALROUS The New Komun Has a Valiant Cham pion in Connrcss. BOLDLY FAV0KS EQUAL RIGHTS An Earnest Suffragist, Who Is on Rsoord In th Mrongast Tama A Rsport to tho Uuuao Whleh Show What II Stands. From the Washington Post. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. Speaker of the House of Representatives and prominent Presidential possibility, Is an ardent advocate of woman suffrage. The enunciation of this opinion was oc casioned by a visit of vote-seeking ladies in the spring of 1SS4. Mr. Reed, who hud in the congress before been chairman of the Judiclury committee, now led its minority. The good women had s;okeii. So had the committee, in the usual stock of adverse arguments about the care which should be given to the bestowal of the privilege, not the light, of suffiage; and the co-ordinate and advisory position of woman In re lation to man and her freedom of slav ery; about the Indirect representation which all women have at the polls through fathers, brothers, and hus bands, and about the sacred tenderness of womanhood, which might be con taminated by political associations. This report was accompanied by a mi nority report, presented to the house by Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, on April 21, 1SS4. That Mr. Reed wrote it can not be doubted by any one who reada the first paragraph: "No one who listens to the reasons given by the superior class for the con tinuance of any system of subjection can full to be Impressed with the noble disinterestedness of mankind. When the subjection of persons of African descent was to be maintained, the good of those persons was always the main object. When it was the fashion to beat children, to regard them as little anlmuls who had no rights, it was al ways for their good that they were treated with severity, and never on ac count of the bud temper of their par ents. Heme when It is proposed to give to the women of this country an opportunity to present their case to th various State Legislatures the demand of the people of the country the equality of political rights, it Is not surprising to find that the reasons on which the con tinuance of the Inferiority of women la urged are drawn almost entirely from a tender consideration for their own good. The anxiety fell lest they should thereby deteriorate would be an honor of human nature were If. not an his torical fact that the same sweet soli citude has been put up as a barrier against every progress which women have made ever since civilization be gun. There is no doubt today that if in Turkey or Algiers, countries where woman's sphere Is most thoroughly con fined to the home circle, It was pro posed to admit them to social life, to re move the veil from their faces and per mit them to converse in open day with the friends of their husbands and brothers, the conservative and judi cious Tuik or Aigcrlne of the period. If he could be brought to even consider such a horrible proposition, would point out that the sphere of woman was to make home happy by those gentle Insipidities which education would de stroy; that by participation in con versation with men they would learn coarseness, debase their natures, and men would thereby lose that ameliorat ing Influence which leaves them unfit to associate with women. He would point nut that "nature" had determined thut women should be secluded: that her sphere was to raise and educate the man child: and that any change would be a violation of the divine law which. In the opinion of all conservative men, always ordains the present, but never the luture." HIS CHARACTERISTIC STYLE. This is Reedlsm pure and simple. Of course it is not necessary for this argu ment, and for the presentation of the man from Maine to the country as the woman's candidate for the Presidency, that Mr. Reed should have written the report himself. He presented It to the House, and his nume is the first on the list of names signed to It, of which there are four In all. But no one who ever heard the Hon. Thomas speak will deny that this Is written in his best style, and should be for all time the platform of rights and principles for woman's suifrage conventions. To pro ceed with this very Interesting docu ment, intended as a legislative argu ment, but now a llaming campaign manifesto: . "So in civilized countries, when It was proposed that women should own their own property, that they should have the eurnings of their own labor, there were not wanting those who were sure that such a proposition could work only evil to them, and that continually. It would destroy the family, discordant interests would provoke dlspute.and the only real safety for woman was In the headship of man. not that man wanted superiority for any selfish reasons, but to preserve Intact the family relations for woman's good. Today a woman's property belongs to herself; her earn ings are her own; she has been emanci pated beyond the wildest hopes of any reformer of twenty-live years ago. Al most every vocutlon is open to her. She has proven her usefulness In spheres which the 'nature' worshiped by the conservatives of twenty-live years ago absolutely forbade her to enter. Not withstanding all of those changes the family circle remains unbroken, the man child gets as well educated as be fore, and the ameliorating Influence of women has become only the more murked. Thirty years ago hardly any political assemblage of the people wus graced by the presence of women. Had It needed a law to enable them to be present, what an argument could have been made against It! How easily It could have been shown that the coarse ness, the dubious expressions, the gen erul vulgarity of the scene could have had no other effect than to break down their purity .of word and thought which women have, and which conservative and radical are alike sedulous to pre serve. And yet the uctuul presence of women ut political meetings has not debased them, but has raised the other sex. Coarseness has not been diffused through both sexes, but has fled from both. To put the whole matter In a Bhnrt space, the association of the sexes in the family circle. In society, and In business, having proved improv ing to both, there Is neither history, reason, nor sense to Justiry the asser tion that association in nolltlcs would lower the one or demoralize the other." Here follows a tirade of characteristic scorn from the "fanaticism of conser vatism" which holds out that It is against "nature" for various propped novelties to be possible, much less deilr uble, until some bold reformer has proven both these Impossibilities. This section of the argument concludes: "The enfranchisement of women must pass the ordeal like everything else. It must give good reason for its demand to be or take Its place among the half for gotten phantasies which have chal lenged the support of mankind and have not stood the test of argument and discussion." AN INALIENABLE RIGHT. The next chapter of this bible of wo men's rights seeks to prove that surf rage Is an Inalienable right and not a privilege to be granted in the discretion of governments. One of its paragraphs: "No reason on earth can be given by those who claim suffrage as a right of manhood which does not make it a right of womanhood also. If the suffrage is to be given man to protect him in life, liberty and property', the sam reason urges that It be given to woman, for she has the same life, liberty and property to protect. If It bo urged that her Interests are so bound up In thoe of man that they are sure to be protected, the answer is that the same argument was ursrect as to the merger in the busi band of the wife's right of property, and was pronounced by the judgment of mankind fallacious in practice and principle. If the natures of men and women are so alike that for that rea son no harm Is done by suppressing wo men what harm can be done by elevat ing them to equality? If the natures be different, what right can there be In refusing representation to those who might take juster views about many so cial and political questions." A lengthy paragraph seeks to prove that aa this government Is founded upon the rule not of the wisest and best, but of all the people. Ignorant and wise. Just and unjust - alike, the voice of woman should not be debarred because she may not be tit to deal wisely with public questions. Soma) argument Is also given to show that if. as is gen erally believed, participation In the af fairs or the government educates and Improves, women, and eventually the w hole race would be materially elevatett by the bestowal of the ballot upon them. The rerKirt concluded with an allu sion to what may have been Mr. Reed's experience with the Irresponsible par ticipation of women iu the Maine cam paigns for prohibition, lie says: "It Is sometimes asserted that women now have a great Influence in imlltics through their husbands and brothers. That is undoubtedly true. But that Is just the kind of Influence which is not wholesome for the community, for it la lnlluence unaccompanied by responsi bility. People are always ready to recommend to others what they would not do themselves. If it be true that women cannot be prevented from ex ercising political Influence, Is not that only another reason why they should be steadied In their political action by that propel- sense of responsibility which comes from acting themselves? "We conclude, then, every reason which In this country bestows the bal lot upon man Is equally applicable to the proposition to bestow the ballot upon woman, that in our judgment there is no foundation for the feat- that women will thereby become unfitted for all the duties she has hitherto performed." The Model of a Statesman. Charles M. Skinner. In The Dilllstlne. When Ablel Whitworth went to the assessor's office to get 5(1 per cent taken from the taxable value of hla house and lot he stepped Jauntily into the room. Then he shuddered, "i want to see the assessor." he faltered. . Now, the man who had lifted his head when he stepped on the ruir before the official desk tilled him with a vague alarm. He was of only medium size, not well put together: he had a curling black mustache, a heavy, monkey-like face, a nilraculolsuly clean shave, a political diamond in his shirt, new clothes and an air of brutal leisure that reminded one of a sphinx, or an alder man. But it was the shining, glassy, far seeing eye, with its lashes turned back, that startled Mr. Whitworth. It was so cold, so empty of expression, so thoroughly uncanny, that it scared him. After a long, searching look, in which he did not seem to breathe, the assessor bent his head and resumed the study of a paper that lay on the desk before him. Mr. Whitworth waited; a clock ticked and buzred somewhere in the room, em phazing the silence: then he gulped and repeated, "I want to see Mr. Klannery, the assessor." Some seconds elapsed this time be fore the man at the desk raised his head again and transfixed him with another stare: then he resumed his reading. The man was wrong, In some way. Was he mad? He might be a vampire, or a ghoul, for he did not look or act like a human being. Mr. Whitworth became quite chilly in his blood. "1 don't believe 1 want to see the as sessor," he said, huskily, and was about to turn away and run, when a solitary clerk, who had been toiling over a ledger In the back of the room, hastened forward and said, "Beg pardon, sir, but I was in the middle of a calculation and wanted to finish it. Can 1 do anything for you?" "I wanted to see Mr. Flannery." "This represents Mr. Flannery," said th clerk, "and represents htm remark ably well. In more than one way. He Is, if 1 may so call him, the official Mr. Flannery' . "I don't understand." "I dare say not. We don't let every body know about it." And, calmly lift ing Mr. Flannery's head from his shoul ders, the clerk reached down his neck and adjusted something Inside of hhn. The sound of the clock stopped, and Mr. Flannery did not lift his head again after It waa replaced. Mr. Whitworth gasped. "You see, sir," added the clerk. "Mr. Flannery was appointed by Mayor Rourke, at the request of Boss Wc Manus. It was supposed that he could' read and write, for he has been quite successful in managing primary elec tions, and has made a good lot of money In the saloon business. But he can't read and he is busy, so what was the use In his coming to the office? He had this wax figure of himself made to sit at his desk, and there is a spring attach ment that works whenever anyone stands on that rug. The figure, you see, lifts its head once in twenty seconds, and that is all that Flannery does when he Is here. The taxpayers have been kicking so hard about absentees that the boss and others have been stirring the office holders up and Flannery thinks it's only right to make this much of a concession. Very few find out that It Is not Flannery.except that he swears more. If you want to see the sure enough Flannery go down to his saloon on Columbus avenue. He comes here every second Baturduy he is very good about that to get his pay." "Seems to me you are giving him away pretty freely." "Well, to tell the truth. I'm hoping to get his job myself, under the new mayor." In which Narrative an Allegory may perhaps be discovered without a power ful Mind or a Microscope. NEW LINCOLN MEMORIAL. How Publishers of a Magazine .Merge Business with HenevolencJ. All the founders of McClure's Maga zine are recent graduates of Knox Col lege, Qalesburg, Illinois, and the editor, Mr. McClure, is a trustee of the college. They have undertaken to assist the col lege In establishing "The Abraham Lincoln School of Science and Practical Arts," as a worthy memorial to Abra ham Lincoln. Before Lincoln was even nominated fer the presidency, Knox college con ferred on him the degree of Iioctor of Laws, and at he time of the famous Lincoln and Douglass debate, held at Qalesburg, October 7. 1858. the students carried banners Inscribed "Knox for Lincoln." The publishers of McClure's Magazine have established 100 scholar ships in this new school. Each scholar ship entitles the holder to all the privi leges of Knox College, and can be earned by securing 500 subscribers to McClure's Magazine. A scolarshlp pays the board, room rent and tuition of a young man or woman for a year. The publisher of McClure's Magazine have also undertaken to raise an endowment fund of a quarter of a million dollars for this new department of Knox col lege. On Oct. 7. of this year, the college will celebrate the anniversary of the Lin coln and Douglass debate. The oration will be delivered by the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, and many men of national fame will pe present. Excursions from all over Illinois and adjoining States will bring thousands of Lincoln's old friends together. It Is planned to have a much larger concourse of people than attended the debate. There will un doubtedly be thousands present who were present at the debate. DETROIT'S 'FIENS MYOR The Breezy Career of His Honor, Hazen S. Filigree. IT FK0M SHOEMAKER'S BENCH A Sturdy Mast of Parltaa Aaeestry Who Has Mads Tatags Uasa Staea He Got late Offlee-His Celebrated Potato Farat. From the Buffalo Express. Detroit. Mich.. Feb. 15. Hazen S. Pln gree is a lineal descendant of Moses Plngry. who came from England In 1H40. and settled in Ipswich. Muss. For the first 140 years, nearly all of the Ameri can branch of the family Itvetl in Ips wich. Rowley and tieorgetown. .Mass. Toward the close of the lust century, the family had so increased in number that many of the name sought und ob tained new homes in other parts of the May State, and in Maine, New Hamp shire. Vermont and Nova Scotlu, and ut the present time, descendants of the fuuilly ure found in nearly every part of the I nion. Huxen S. 1'ingree was born ut Den mark. Me.. August .'10. 1M:'. and is the fourth child of Jasper and Adeline Pin gree. His father wus a farmer, and resided at Denmark from the time of his birth, in lstotS until 1871. when he came to Detroit, where he died in lSS'J. Hulen S. Ptngree resided with his par ents until 14 years of age. when he went to Hopklnsvllle, Mass.. and secured em ployment In a shoe factory. Here he learned the trade of cutter, at which he worked until August 1. IbSl'. when he enlisted as a private in Company F, First Massachusetts regiment of heavy artillery. This regiment wus assigned to duty In the S'M Army Corps, and Its first service was rendered In defense of the Nation's capital. During (Ten. Pope's Virginia campaign, the regiment was ordered to the front, and partici pated in the battle of Bull Kuu on August :0, 1S6L'. It afterwards returned to duty In defense of Washington, and remained there until May 15, 18t4. when the time of service of this regiment having expired. Mr. Plugree, with enough others, re-enlisted to keep up the organization of the regiment, which was then assigned to the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corps, of the Army of the Potomac, and took part In the bat tles of Fredericksburg h Boad, Harris Farm and Kpottsylvanla Court House, Cold Harbor, North Anne and South Anne. At the battle of Spottsylvanla his regiment opened the engagement, and lost 500 men, killed and wounded. CAPTt'RED BY THE KEBKL8. On May 27. 1S64. Mr. Ptngree and a number of hla comrades, while recon nolterlng, were captured by a squad of men commanded by Col. Mosby. As prisoners of war they were brought be fore that rebel officer, who exchanged his entire suit of clothes with Mr. Ptn gree, but afterwards gave back the coat, remarking that his men might shoot him for a "Yank," a result he certainly did not desire. After his cap ture, Mr.Plngree was confined for near ly five months at Andersonville. und for short periods was confined at Qordons vllle; Va.; Salisbury, N. C. and MUlen. Ou. At the latter place, in November, 1864. he was exchanged, rejoined his regiment in front of Petersburg, and soon after took purt In the expedition at Weldon railroad, and In the battles of Fort Fisher, iioydtou Road, Peters burg, Hallor's Creek. Farmvllle and Ap pomattox Court Houre. From the Bat tle of the Wilderness to the Fall of Richmond his regiment lost l,"X:i men and 38 officers. It was complimented in special orders by Gens. Mott and Pierce for particular gallantry In the last grand charge on Petersburg, In which it took a leading part. Mr. Pingree's second enlistment was for three years, or to the close of the war. and when the surrender of l,ee took place his regi ment was In close proximity. He was lmntered out of service on August 16, 1805, and shortly after his discharge, came to Detroit. Here for a short time he was employed in the boot and shoe factory of II. P. Baldwin A Co. IN THE SHOE BUSINESS. Deciding to embark In business for himself, in December. 1808, with C. H. Smith, he bought the small boot and shoe factory of a Mr. Mitchell, on the coiner of Croghan and Handolph streets, the entire capital represented by the firm of Plngree & Smith, when established, being but 11,300. The first year they employed but eight persons, and the value of their production rea hd only $-0,000. Aftr a few months they removed to the Hawiey Block, on the corner of Woodhiidge and Bates streets, where they remained two years. During the following three years they occupied the Funis worth Block, on Woodbrldge Street, and in 1871 they moved to the southeast corner of Wood bridge and Orlswold streets, using at that time but one-half of the building. Their venture was a success from the very start, and has shown a steady increase from year to year. For years they have maintained their position as the most extensive boot and shoe manu facturers In the West, and their factory Is excelled by but one or two In the United States. Over 700 persons are employed, and their weekly pay roll amounts to between $5,000 and (!.000. The value of their annual products amounts to about $1,000,000. Their sales extend all over the West, but are more especially con lined to Ohio, Michigan and the Northwestern states. From the beginning of this enterprise, Mr. Plngree has hud general supervision over the complicated detuils of the en tire establishment. Mr. Smith retired from the firm In 188.1, but the llrm name, Plngree & Smith, hus been retained. Air. Pingree's success has been the re sult of hard work and good manage ment. ELECTED MAYOR, In 18S Mr. Plngree was elected mayor of Detroit, defeating the Demo cratic candidate, John Prldgeton, Jr., who then held the office, by 2,li8 ma jority. As mayor he has made an en viable record. With the Interests of the taxpayers ut heart, he has ably fought all of the petty steals In the council, and many of his suggestions in munici pal affairs have been carried out with udvantage. Through his Influence the great street car strike, which practi cally paralyzed business for a week, wus satisfactorily settled. A few months later, when the council attempted to give the street car companies 30-year franchises of every line in the city. Mayor Plngree interposed with his veto and effectually killed the scheme, thereby undoubtedly saving to the city of Detroit rights worth millions of dol lars. In the fall of ISftl. he was nominated for mayor by the Republicans, and was triumphantly re-elected In one of the most hotly-contested municipal elec tions that the city hus everexpeiienced. His total vote was more than 1.000 higher than the combined vote of the two Demosratic candidates. When It Is considered that the normal Demo cratic majority in Detroit Is between 3,000 and 4,000 Mayor Pingree's strength With the people can be appreciuted. For the third time, in the fall of 189:1, Hazen H. Plngree was called on to muke the run for mayor. The odds against him were tremendous. The Democratic leaders had become reconciled to each other and united on one of the most popular Democrats in Detroit to oppose Air. Plngree. The local Republican leaders, whose Interests Muyor Piugrce had antagonized by his vlgirous us suults on monopolistic corporations, such as the street railway company, the gas companies, etc.. were united to a man and threw all their wealth and In fluence to his Democratic opponent, but In spite of all this, the people registered their approval of the policy pursued by Mayor Plngree by re-electing him for the third time with a splendid majority of 6.000. He was elected a fourth time, his 10,592 majority being more than his opponent had votes. In social life. Mr. Pinjrree Is large kearud and generou,"a faithful friend rgy .BSCA.U8BW. IS THE LARGEST PIECE QF wOODTobacco Sold Fbn slOCEMT and a good citizen. His private life lias been pure and untainted by suspicion. In 1872 he married Frances A. liilbert, oi .ii. i iciiieuis. Alien, t ney nave inree children, two daughters and a son. Mayor Pingree's fame outside of his city has sprung not merely from his po litical victories. The success of tils scheme for the cultivation of Idle city land by the poor and unemployed won for him the name of Potato Plngree; a more substantial tribute is seen in the fact that Buffalo and other cities adopt ed the Plngree plan with considerable success. His fight against street cur monopolies has also ranged him as a vigorous advocate of the popular "poor man's" cause. He is a clever writer and a speaker who never falls to Inter est. NEW SWINDLING SCHEME. A Shrewd Trick Hayed Huccessfully I'pon a Louisville GeatUmouhy aSleek Nlra Hammer. , Louisville Courier-Journal. ... Sleight-of-hand sierformers have re sorted to another scheme for making money besides appearing on the stage before the public, and the fact can be attested by a clerk in the furnishing goods establishment of U. S. Rosen berg. Last Monday a man entered the store and said he desired to purchase a collar button. He was a young man with a splendid appearance and spoke fluently. The button was i-rlced at 10 cents, but the clerk Hoid he hadn't the change for a $10 bill and the man left without the button. Last evening at about 7 o'clock the same person called again and purchased a necktie. He was about to leave the store, ostensi bly, when he suddenly turned and laughingly asked the clerk if he thought he was trying to "work" him the other day when he offered him the $10 bill, and whether he thought the bill was a counterfeit. The clerk remarked that he had no such Idea. The man appear ed satislied at the answer. Incidentally he then suggested that It would be well for all clerks to know a counterfeit bill when they saw one, and leaning against the counter with a confidential and con fiding air remarked that he would show him a way to detect the "queer." The clerk said he would be delighted with the Information, and tiie man asked for a $2 and a $5 bill. He then took u 5-cent piece from his pocket und moistened both sidos. The coin was, so the clerk thought, placed between the two bills and the whole was wrapped in a piece of paper und tightly tied. lOxpluuatlons were then in order. The key to the solution was. the stranger explained, that Impres sions of the nickel would appear on both bPls. "On the counterfeit bill," he said "the Impression will not appear." The man snld he would step, across the wuy to get a drink end on hla return would open the package. It would require thut long for the impression to be nmde. The clerk wailed for about u half hour, but seeing nothing more of the stranger his suspicions became aroused. He opened the package, and In! the nickel was there, but the bill were gone. The stranger had slipped them up hs sleeve and wus away with the $7. Tiie scheme Is being worked sys tematically u the cltv. and two or three other persons buve been made the victims. U the baby Is Cuttlnc Teeth. Mrs. Wlnslow'u Soothing Syrup has been used for over Fifty Years by Mil lions of Mother; for their Children while Teething, with Perfect Success. It Soothes the Child, Softens the Gums. Allays all Pain; Cures Wind Colic and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Sold by Druggists In every part of the world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wlnslow's Boothlug Syrup," and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. DR. ALEXANDER'S LUNG HEALER The Famous Cough Cure. Is guarsuteel to cur wber alt otbtrs fall, it Is put nn after a favorite prescription by Dr. Alexander O'Mulley. wilkes-Burre, P one of the molt eminent physician and sur geons in th Mate. For 21 years the leading doctor In Luzerne county. This favorite fam ily remedy is Positively Uusrantted to Cure er No Pay. Trice, -'5c. per bottle. Ak your dsalort for it sad take no other. E, GENERAL ACEKf i .ill's LAGER BEER BREWERY. Maaafaotoreri ef the Ottoerats PILSENEIi LAGER BEER CAMCITVi 00,000 Barrels per Annum Moosic Powder Co, Booms 1 tod 2 Coisaiieiiti Btt'g, SCftANTON, PK MINING and BLASTING POWDER MADS AT M OOSIC AND KUs- , DALB WOMU 1 Lalnln Rand Powder Oa, Orange Gun Powdot lectrio Batteries. Pases for siiissd log blasts. Safety Pass and fopuinoCfleinical Co.'s EiExploslra WILLIAM S. MILLAR, Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton. ROOMS 4 AND S, Qaa and Water Co. Building. CORNER HOMING ATE, ASP CENTER ST. OFFICE HOURS from T.S0 a m. to t p. m. (1 boar Intermission for maner and iuppor. ParUcnlarAttentlonGiiento Collections Prompt Settlemeat Ouarsateed. rQUR BUSINESS IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED Telephone No. 134. nT. PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL Ceal ef the best quality fer flriimUH so, and of all slses, delivered la aaa aft ef the city at lowest price. Orders left at my Office NO. 118 WYOMING AVENUE, Roar reom, first floor. Third NatSemal Baa, er seat by mall or teJepheae tatha mime, win reoalea prompt attentloa. paelal eontraota will be made tar ami mJa aad toUrerr of BuokwiMst Ceal wrvi. X. SMITH. French Injection Compound Caree IwaMltrely. qnUkty. (not BfJ check i. taaiutM or nioues refundeU. Avoid dinrous mnedlee. FrleeSoeealeser bottle. Six mattles. twttl ear wrerMt caw) acnt prepaid, ncure ttomi Baemctoo. with only cleuilaotlljr sua tftlmg tm sue iJdreM for m.wi. DR. LOBB'S BOOK FREE To nil sufferers ef ERKOKS OF YOUTH 1 OST VIGOR end DISEASES OF MEN AD WOMCNi l8 ossee: cloth bound; seearelyt seated aad nailed free. Treatment by mail, strictly confidential, and a noelttre qniek enra fua,- aiteed. - He matter how loaf ataadlac. wUl patitlTelF cure you. Write or ceil. 1") lf3a If. 13th St.. Phllada.. Pa, inte klajft) years' coatiaMM praetlaej
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