THE SCBANTON TRIBUNEMONDAY MOHN1NG, APRIL 6, 1696. Zfy cranion $rt6une Belly and Weekly. No Sunday EdltkM. rub-bed at SrnntoB. Pa, by The Tribune l"nb- lUhlnv Company. ew Yock CMIok Trlbiipa uuUdlog, Vmok a lira, Manas; C. p. KiNQSaunv. .. am Ku C. M. RIPPLC, Sie-v aaa Tasae. UVV . RICHARD, htm. W. DAVIS. Iminim MBlit. W. W. VOUNOS. Aav. -'. iimu at ran fouto ji at sc-saino. ,. as bsoosl-css hau mattjeh. "Printers' Ink," the reeoenUeil Journal br adver ilwn, ram Tile hobanto.n Taiaiaa u tne bent rtMif medium la Ngrlheaatera Peanajrlra via. "friuten' luk" knows. Tre Weekly Tamusit, lowed Erer- Saturday, contain). Twelve i .uHlwnit Phh, wlib an A bull deuce uf NeWH, Fkiiuu, aud Well-Killied Miwl lany. Kor Those Who Cannot Take Tim Kaii.v Thujl'nk, lb Weekly It Kecnuiuientled at the Bert Bargain Uolug. Ouly 1 1 a Year, In Atlrauce tux Taiauxs ) tor Hate Pally at tb D, and W. btatlouat Bubokea. SCRANTON. APRIL , 1896. The Tribune is the only Republican daily ia Laekawanna County. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. To the Republican electors of Pennsylva nia. , . The Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen representatives, will meet In state convention ThurHilay, April m, 1896. at 10 o'clock a. m , in the opei house, city of Harrlwlnirg. for the pur pose of .lomlniitlnv two candidates for repiesentsuive-at-liirj-e In eonKres. nr thirty-two candidates for presidnntlal electors, the selection of eight di'li-galf"-at-Urge to the Republican national con vention, .and for the transaction of bulii other business as may be presented. By order of the state committee. Attest: Chairman. Jere B. Rex, W. R. Andrews, Secretaries. It was Pattlson who made Cleveland the Democratic nominee four years ago. Now the question arises, Is Grover grateful? Municipal Changes. , At noon today the executive depart ments of the city government will pass, for the first time In ten years, from Republican Into Democratic control. The record which the Republican party has made during this decade of munici pal administration Is endurably written In the city's magnificent development. Waves of prejudice may from time to time blind the electors' eyes to that rec ord, but It will stand, for It is now his tory. Of the out-going officials It can be truthfully said that they have been honorable, public-spirited and faithful to their trusts. So far as the executive branch of the city government is con cerned, Its duties during the past three years have been performed conscien tiously and with ability. Had there been equal conscience and equal ability in the legislative department, the re sults would have been even better than they have been. Th Ti-lhnnw nmnngpa in Trent Afflvnr Bailey fairly. We shall not go out of our way to criticize him because he Is u. Democrat. We shall endeavor at all times to remember that ho is the elected j chief magistrate of tho whole city and j fhall judge his official actions by. the ; tandnrds expected to govern tho mayor of a lai ue, liberal and enlight ened city like Scran ton. We wish him success. We trust that his adminis tration may be clean, straightforward, progressive and business-like. We are ready to co-operate with him in all broad measures for the common ' wel fare. If Mr. Cleveland declines to be a can didate it will probably not be because of modesty but because of fear. Treat All Alike. Attention Is called to a letter on an other page from Select Councilman Chittenden, in which he presents the arguments of those who oppose the con struction of the Frothlngham band stand portico. It will be seen that Mr. Chittenden draws no distinction) be tween a structure sheltering the entrance-way to a public assemblage room and at the same time supplying, with reference to band concerts, a long felt want, and the projections of pri vate stores. There Is, however, in com mon sense If not In law, both a distinc tion and a difference. ; The resolution Introduced last week by Mr. Chittenden calling for the ar rest of Mr. Frothlngham and the de molition of his portico Is not only. In conflict with common sense, but there is also good reason to believe that It is at wide variance from the law. No where does the ordinance authorize the street commissioner to tear down an obstruction which Is a nuisance of the third class, nor Is there a syllable of legal warrant for the triple arrest. As the case stands, the arresting of Mr. Frothlngham would subject the city to a suit for damages, In view of the ap proval of his building plans by the building Inspector, while the destrus tlon of his portico by the street com missioner would become an act of tres pass. If the gentleman from the Ninth Is sincere In his wish to enforce the law on all alike, why does he not Introduce a resolution calling for the arrest of ev ery property-owner who has awnings, cornices or other projections contrary td law, as well as every one who has dangerous vaults underneath the side walk? Why single out Arthur Frothing, ham? The Tribune will gladly remove Its bulletin bead If that gives offense. But if one man or one firm Is to be at tacked', let all be treated alike. Then there can be no suspicion of prejudice or partiality. A census in France was taken on Saturday night last and one In London on Sunday night, and the results, sn far as the enumeration of the people la concerned, will be known within a week. The compilation of the vital and social statistics will take a longer time, but not, It Is said, more than a month or two. In the United States a decennial census Is begun at the be- ginning of a decade and the last re sults of t are seldom announced be fore the decade Is half completed. If we had a permanent census bureau organized on expert lines, this frtos waste of time would be obviated, and our census statistics would be made public almost as soon after each gen eral enumeration as are the statistics tf England end France. Messrs. Quay and IMatt have simul taneously gone to Florida, "for their health." This docs not necessarily mean, however, that they are as sick' as the McKlnley bureau reports would indicate. 1 Inexorable Alternatives. While it would obviously be out of place for The Tribune to offer to the new mayor advice from a party stand point. It Is proper enough to say that the politician? who ere Importuning Mr. Hallcy for favors bear only a small proportion to the number of citizens who simply and unselfishly wish his ad ministration to dignified, business like and helpful to the best interests of the city. It is possible that the que' tlon will more than once present Itself to him for official answer whether the active party workers or the people gen erally shall be accorded his preference. In such a contingency we believe that the new executive will find It to the ultimate advantage of his administra tion to act broadly and firmly from the standpoint of the non-office-seeking public, without much reference to the effect of such action upon the distinc tively partisan element immediately surrounding him. , The circumstances of Mr. Bailey's election are certainly favorable to the adoption of a policy of Independence. His debt to the workers of his own party, no matter how they may strive to magnify It, Is small. He manifestly owes his election to no one man and to no one faction. The power conferred upon him by that election could, there fore, with propriety, be reserved for use toward purely public ends. The opportunity before him to consider questions of appointment and removal solely with reference to the best In terests of the city Irrespective of fac tion, personal claim or party pull. Is one such as rarely comes to a mayor elected nominally on a party ticket. He could, with exceptional justification, say to his advisers: "Gentlemen, I con sider that I have been called to the ex ecutive chair of a large corporation, and that it is my duty to administer that trust on strictly business prin ciples, neither discharging nor employ ing a man except for business, rather than political, causes." While such a declaration, rigidly adhered to, would probably cause disaffection among the small circle of active politicians who have none but selfish Interests in view, it would win and retain the confidence of the immeasurably larger and more important class who regard municipal office as a thing unsulted to low parti san manipulation. Between these two elements In the community there Is no durable middle ground. The official who attempts to face both ways Is lost. Either the politicians or the people must eventual ly predominate. Neither class will long rest satisfied with a compromise. It is the unvaried history of municipal government In this country that the men who achieve distinction ore pos itive and uncompromising men, who rspotiso one or the other of these alter natives find thenceforth proceed uiulf vinttngly. Mayor-elect Bailey will to day find himself confronted with the duty of making choice between these inexorable conditions of oilietiil policy mid it is our Inmost advice to him, of fered in the friendliest possible spirit, that the prospect of greatest success lies in the direction of unswerving In dependence. The Chicago Times-Herald Is' va liantly essaying the task of trying to shame the New York Sunday World, Journal and Recorder out of their min gled frothtness and nastiness. It calls them exemplars of "muck-rake jour nalism," and expresses the hope that the public intelligence In and near the metropolis will yet make such cater ing to pruriency -and sensationalism unprofitable. We wish we had tne Times-Herald's faith. Sunday Newspapers and Sermons. A short time ago the Newspaper Ser mon association of Boston, having un dertaken to publish sermons in the Sunday newspapers, offered $500 in prizes for the best four sermon's sub mitted to its committee. Nearly 300 sermons were received from writers of nearly every denomination. A circu lar has lately appeared announcing the awards. Thirty-three were considered deserving of special mention, nine of which, ' It is stated, were written by clergymen of the Episcopal church. A final group of twelve from which the four prize winners should be selected, was determined upon. Of the four who received the cash prize of $125 each, three were Episcopalians. The com mittee of award can hardly be accused of partiality since It was made up as follows: A Unitarian minister, a Con gregational minister, two editors and proprietors of Boston papers,: and one, a clergyman of the Episcopal church. Contests of this kind can hardly fall to cause preachefs of the gospel, of every .denomination, to bestow addi tional care In the preparation of their sermons. While, of' course, the main object of going to church is not to hear sermons, but to worship God, it Is, nev ertheless, quite true that Intellectual men and women of this day and genera tion will not often listen tb; ill-prepared discourses. The man who enjoys and appreciates a good sermon and knows such a treat is' awaiting him, or who conceives It to be his duty to go to church for the purpose of Worship, will not be detained at home by the Sunday newspaper though It be ever so inter esting. At the same time, since the Sunday paper ia an. unalterable fact, would It- not be well for religious peo ple to exert their influence toward mak ing It clean and elevating? The v6te at Saturday's primaries In dicates that the delegates from the First and Fourth legislative districts of Lackawanna county will be for Sena tor Quay for president, honestly' and without reservation. The Republicans of those districts have properly -inter preted the Issue placed before them, and are to be congratulated upon their wise judgment. ' If the Philadelphia Press Is sincere In it dally reiterated assertion that the whole country, from Maine to Cali fornia. Is frantically "solid for honest money." why does, it waste double leaded space each morning to say so? The last Issue of the Providence Register announces that John V. Hope well has become sole editor and pro prietor of that interesting weekly jour nal. We congratulate Mr. Hopewell and wish for him abundant success. According to the programme, the amended Cuban resolutions are to reach a vote In the house today. The house knows Its- duty. Let It perform that duty honestly and fearlessly. Notwithstanding that Mr. Magce dally denounces Senator Quay as a bold. had man. we notice that the QunJ col umn In steadily growing. WITHOUT PRECEDENT. "Penn," In Philadelphia Bulletin. There are some conditions of the presi dential campaign this year which mark an almost complete, abandonment of pre cedents in both parties. The Republican washouts of the past three years have indeed, destroyed entirely some pf the old political landmarks. For the flirt time since the war the candidates have ull been brought Into the Held without any regard to their states or to their "avail ability" in carrying this or that state. Some of the best men, among both the Republicans and Democrats, were long practically ruled out of consideration be cause they were not satisfactory to one or two localities. Hut this year, there has been an entire letting down of the brs the country over to all candidates who could show a reasonable claim to the nomination, through their personal merit or their national popularity. II II II In every campaign In the past twenty years, or stnre the White leagues In. the south compelled tho KcptiMlcun party to put up Its ehutters In flint section, Now York. New Jersey, Connecticut and Indi ana formed a quartette which had to lie deferred to In conventions, and which had to be "carried" at elections. They were the four states of tho north in which neither party could ever count safely and surely on a large mujorlty, and In which the fluctuations of public opinion were generally felt more markedly than else where. This year they will stand on the same level as other commonwealths In both the conventions and at the polls. The disintegration of the solid south, the shitting conditions of the west and the sweeping Republican advance since 1892 have lessened their Importance and .de prived them altogether of that dispro portionate preponderance which enabled them to dominate conventions, and which made them tho chief battle grounds of the soap collectors and the fat fryers. If the Democratic party of New York was such un essential that ever since the time of McClellan we have had the singu lar spectacle of every one of its candi datesSeymour, Orecley, Tllden, Han cock and then Cleveland three times tnken tram that state. Hancock Is not properly an exception, for he had lived little. In Pennsylvania, was practically a New Yorker when his nomination enme to him, and his affinities to New York were of far more consequence than any which ho born to his native state. This year no special consideration Is given to It by either side. Governor Morton, for example, old as he Is, would be an im mense formidable candidate if New York were now "doubtful" as It used to be In advance of a presidential election. But no politician thinks of regarding It any more us a "pivot." So far as the Democracy are concerned the old combination of New York and the solid south has ceased to be a winner and has passed away for ever. H II II Moreover, the horror over the Idea of putting a southern man on a presidential ticket has pretty nearly died out. The mention of Carlisle Is no longer an occa sion for pulling out the map and showing that he Uvea on the lower side of the Ohio river. The Mason nnd Dixon line has been effaced as a political boundary. Six or seven of the states below it cer tainly Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ker-tucky, Tennessee and Mis rottrl nrn more or lea doubtful, nnd the inopt conspicuous Pnd dangerous of nil the landmarks id national polities In tho tiiwt quarter of a century is gradually Kinking out of i-i;;hl. The bid eas'tern'nn'i middle state's never had Much u! a show in llepubliean con ventions. The west, with Its boundless jiride nnd ambition and aggressiveness. lias come to assume pretty niueii tno same relation to the Republicans that the south in the slave days did to the Dem ocrats. Since 1S.VS all but one of the Re publican candidates after Fremont, who was a nomad Lincoln twice, Grant twice, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison have hailed from beyond the Alleghenles. Blaine was tho one exception. The west, indeed, has held the presidency a Rood deal as the south did when from Washington to Pierce, or In a period of sixty-three years, the two Adamses and Van Bitten, with the elder Harrison for thirty days, were tho only northern men who were permit ted to get into the white house. There is no sltrn viaiblo that the west will not con trol the St. Louis convention this year, if not absolutely dominate the situation, li II II Again there are no "barrel" candidates In the field. Such a spectacle as Alger, of Michigan,, presented In 1S92 a good-natured, commonplace man, who would never have been thought of for the nresldency ordinarily, but whose checkbook with Its retinue or agents, puners, BUbsldizeu newspaper men, and all the maln-chanee crowd who hover around conventions like birds of prey Bcenting carrion, enabled him to get more than 1U0 votes at Chicago In 1SSS Is not likely to be repeated. Til den was liberal In this respect, but he was the ablest millionaire that ever aspired to the presidency, and he spent his money with discretion and without serious per sonal scandal. No such candidates as Flower, who in 1884 opened a headquarters at Chicago and obtained four votes after tho expenditure of thousands of dollars on heelers nnd rounders with railroad bills and rum bills have thus far been visi ble. There has never been a rich man elected to the presidency with the excep tion of Wsshlrigton; there has never been a rich n:an even nominated in modern" times by any party with the exception of Tllden. and notwithstanding all the clat ter about "plutocracy," tho chances that a millionaire can get Into the white house nre. after all, as remote as they ever were. Again, it Is questionable whether the country has not grown so big and with "politics" taking so vital a hold on the nlaln Deople that It is not becoming morn tllfflcult for syndicates or combinations of munagers to nave their own way. For years ago the smashing of the Quuy-Platt-Clarkson combination at Minne apolis and the Hlll-Ilrlie-Uorman alliance at Chicago was unprecedented. Up to that time no candidate who did not have the good will ami support of the party managers in the chief states or in the national organization hail ever been able to do what Cleveland did and Harrison also, although In a mjnor degree, agalnnt their bitter, strenuous opposition. The newspapers, which everywhere today give five times as much attention to every de tail and ramification of politics, natlonul, state or local, as they did fifteen or twen ty yeats ago, hnve tnodn It more dllllciilt to set up a machine that may control a party throughout the country as the Vir ginia Influence and tho Albany regency did In earlier days, or as the ConklinB-Cumeron-Iignn cabal In our own times In two. If not three, national conventions. They nominated Grant and suppressed Liberalism In 1872 with the popular tide running (heir direction, or, rather, they running with It; In 1876 and 1E90 they head ed off Iilalne with .ho popular tide run ning dead against them. The Impulse which In 1892 arrested the progress of Da vid B. Hill and rut him completely out of a game which Recording to all the rule of Hoyle rn politics, he was sure to win when he had accomplished the feat of securing seventy-dwo. delegates from New York unanl.'iious, was communicated to the Democratic party by the New York World In a series of editorial phlllpplea that were unanswerable. The only big syndicate in s'ght this year la tho one, which has laid out for Itself the contest of preventing the nomination of anybody else at St. Louis than William McICInlev, and there is no longer much room for doubt that It has turned out to be a mora formidable undertaking than seemed pos sible when the word was passed around In the junta that the Buckeye statesman was io nave nla comb clipped. . , ll ii ii - Most remarkable, perhaps, ot all the anomalies or new conditions of this praai- it-iiiini year ia mat a great party virtual ly confesaca lta defeat In advance and mat not one active candidate for Us preaidentlal nomination has made his ap pearance. There U absolutely no prece- ittiii iur mm ln me wnoie nistory or tn IVmoeratle uarlv. If thia rnn.lillon of things thall continue the campaiga of 'W will be the dullest since the time of Mon rce. and there will be Hue need of huge campaign funds. But a split In the Dem ocratic .party on the money question Is more than possible, and If It aha 11 hap pen. It will add more to the conditions of a unmue year in presidential politics, , Is that you. Charley? Ye. Who's talking? This Is Arthur. Well, what Is it? Can you make arrangements to address a meeting irom tne portico tonight? No, sir! I'm agin" It. "Agin" what? The portico, of course. Is that so? Decidedly so! It'a an infamous obstruc tion; an Illegal dream! Why. I had the mayor's permission But that don't go! When asking Indulg ence from the eHy government, you will need to supplicate the ward stateamac Seel , Z-a-l-llng '- . Say, Andy, can you leave the churn and come over a few minutes?, , , Something urgent, mayor? 1 Yes. I want you to cheer mfrupv What Is the matter? I'm afraid I shall have trouble dis tributing the Raster eggs today. Nonsense! The pupils cannot expect to be served after the supply runs out. That's all right, but W la .the apportion ment that makes mo nervous. How Is that? Why, you see, every fellow on the ap proved list thinks that he Is entitled to the g'oose egg. Z-s-z-llng! Hello! Is that Sam? Yes, sir. Where are you? In the basement the office of the com mittee on territories. Well? Are the seeds, ready for distribution? Yes, sir. I don't think you had better send them out just yet. Why? I'm afraid its a little too early to plant. Too early? Yes. I hear you have Just had an awful frost on the Weat Bide, Z-z-z-ling! HILL & CONNELL, SI AND 133 H. WISHIKGTOil IVE. ' Builders AND Makers OP ' AND 131 AND 133 II. WASHINGTON AVE. Finest Line of II or 0 8. HOTEL JERMYN BUILD'C WYOMING AVENUE, REYNOLDS BBS, Stationers and Engravers. Spring Stationery, SPLENDID LINE, ' LOWEST PRICES. BEIDLEMAN. THE BOOKMAN, Enlarged and Improved Store. 437 Spruce St.. Opp. "Tne CoMoawealtaV' OFFICE SUPPLIES UK BOOKS GOLDSWS V our Selection Carpets, Rugs, Oil Linoleums, Mattings, Shades and Draperies Our department is one ot the most extensive and prices simply unmatcha ble. Special sale of 150 Neur Smyrna Rugs, Bromley's bast, size 10x60: reg ular price $3.50. Our Price, $2.49. ' ' - . Afresh arrival of Straw Mattings, per steamer Peking, at 10c. per yard. All grades of Brussels Carpets from 35 cents up. CHINA FOR Hotel-:- We take Tileasurp in in form inrr 1ia rmtiK fVmf a V. lust hnislied filling our contract for Hotel Jermyn, and will have in our show window this week a full Hue of the goods for public inspection. The above tuts, show the stvl nf TWnrntimv wTuVTi ie in a Peacock Blue color. This is unquestionably the hand somest, as well as .the largest and best grade of China ever brought to this uart of the state. ihese goods are made iviiuvvio vo.. at .cast Ilveroooi. 1 Jhin. wher thv hav a pottery with twentv-eieht kilns, the laro-est in the world and make a specialty of Hotel we wisn to call the attention of Hotel and Boarding House Proprietors that we have these same rronrls in Plain White in stock, and will furnish nrices on Depomtorl at anv , time. . 422 Lackawanna Avenue. WELSBACH LIGHT ItwcliUi idijled ;or Beading ud SowiDg. Oounmes tone (8) foot of gas pet oar nd give an efflolencT of sixty (40) oandlea. Ravin ir at laaai Ml M. m m aha swdiaaiy Tip Burners. -u ana o u. , HUNT j CONNELL CO., 434 LACKrWINM IYEXUE, Manufacturers' Agents. 526 Washington Ave., SCRANTON, PA. TELEPHONE 55i fjl I Pi lie tJSpr men EffllEll HIVMA III; Mate 0 . JUR GREAT DISPLAY tur you u uo so. make a home bright, auic mail lasiciui ana artistic wau decorations. We show novel designs, exquisite colorings and fine qualities of paper at surprising prices. It costs brc little to make your walls radiant with brilliant touches of art, newness and gracefulness from our collection of the latest Wall Paper ideas for every kind of room and every kind of effect at from 6c. to $1.19 a roll Too much can't be done for tjhe home. Cloths, by The Knowles, Taylor & China. s j Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA, Ecrunton, Pa., prepares boys and girls for college or business; thoroughly trains young children. Catalogue at re quest Ouens Hoptcmber . REV. TIIOMAB M. CANN. . WALTER H. BUELL. MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN and Bchool, 412 Adams avenue, opens Sept t Klndegarten tlO per term. Wire Sresns. JOS. KUBTTEL, REAR Bit LACKA wanna avenue, Soranton, Pa., manufac turer of Wire Screens. Hotels and Restaurants. THU ELK CAFE, and U? FRANK 11a avenue. Rates reasonable, P. ZEIOLBR, Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D., L. W. passenger depot Conducted on. the European plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop. WESTMINSTER HOTEL.' Cor. Sixteenth St and Irving Place, New York. Bates,' tt.60 per day aqdupwards. (Amen aa plan "k . ANABI, -4T Jepimysi H Oil El) .Iff' fate SrWL 8010' y of Wall Paper makes it easy coining contributes more to cheerful, attractive and aeree- PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dentists. . Dlt'.?rILL,AM TArfc PORCELAIN, grids and Crown work. Office, US Washington avenue. C. C. LAUBACH. SURGEON -DENTIST. up. im Wyoming avenue. R. 11. 8TRATTON, OFFICB COAL Sj chaste. Physicians and Surgeons. DR. A TRaPrfcT.rt CDlTntiiism t Diseases of Women, cornt-r Wyoming; avenue and Spruce atreat, Scranton. Of fice .houri, .Thursdays and Saturdays. a. m. to 6 n. m. DR. WAY VM prCMV iv . t d "7 ! WO. Dls. of women, obstretrlos ao'A and all dls. of call. ... , DR. W. C ALLEN. (U North Washington avenue. i OH. C. L. FRBY, PRACTICE) LIMITfill diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose an? Throat: ofllre. lil Wyoming eve. Real. dence, j2yine street . DR. 1 M. GATES. US WASHINGTON avenue. Office hours, t to I a. m., IN to t and 1 to I p. m. Residence Mt MaU eon avenue. DR. J. C. aTESWTUESDAT8 AND Fridays, at SOS Linden street. Office noura i io i d. rn. drHjOIamereaux. a speciaLT 1st on chronic diaeoses of the heart, lunga, liver, kidney and genlto url jiary diseases, will occupy the office ot Dr. Ross. 232 Adams avenue. Office hours I to S p. m. Lawyers. WARREN ft KNAPP, ATTORNEYS nnd Councilors' at Law. Rep-ihllcan buildinir, Washington avenue. Scran ton. Pa. j'EST7P8 HAND, ATTORNEYS ANf Counsellors at Law, Commonwealth building, Washington avenue. W. H. JESStTP, HORACE R. HAND, W. H. JE39TTP. JR. PATTERSON ' WILCOX, ATTOrT Tier and Counsellors at Law; offices I and I Librery httlldlng. 8cranton, Pa, ROSEWWLL H. PTTERSON. WILLIAM A. WILCOX. ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND. Attorney and Counsellor, Common wealth building. Rodma 1. and 81. FRANK T. OKELL, ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Room 6, Ceal Exchange. Scran- ton. Pa. JAMES W. OAKPORD. ATTORNEY. at-Law, rooms a, M and C Common, wealth bulldlnit. SAMUEL W. EDGAR, ATTORNBY-AT. Law. Office, 1T Spruce at.. Scranton. Pa. L. A. WATERS. ATTORNBT-AT-LAW, 4W Lackawanna ave.. Bcranton, Pa. UR1B TOWN-END, ATTORN ET-AT' Law, Dime Bank Building, Scranton. Money to loan In large sums at 6 per cent C. R. PITCHER, ATTORNEY-AT. law, Commonwealth building, Scranton, Pa. H. C 8MYTHB. ATTORNEY AT LAW, 400 Lackawanna avenue. C COMEGY8. Ml SPRUCE STREET. D. B. REPLOGLE. ATTORNEY LOANS negotiated on real estate security, tot Spruce street, 5. F. KILL AM, ATTORNEY-AT AW, 120 Wyomlwr ave.. flcrenton. Pa. JA8."J. H. HAMILTON,' ATTORNEY-AT law. 45 Commonwealth hUVg. Scranton. i. li. C. RANCK, 134 WYOMING AVE. Architects. EDWARD H. ' DAVIS, ARCHITECT, Rooms 14, B and 20, Commonwealth punning, ncranton. B. L. WALTER, ARCHITECT, OFFICB rear of Mf Washington avenue. LEWIS HANCOCK, JR., ARCHITECT; . 436 Spruoe at, cor. Wuhsve., Scranton. BROWN MORRIS, ARCHITECTS Price building, Us Washington avenue. Scranton. Loans, THB REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND Loan Association will loan you money on easier terms and pay you better on Investment than any other association.; Call on S. N. Calender, Dime Bank btilldlnr. SceJs. O. R. CLARK CO., SEEDSMEN AND Nurserymen; store 146 Washington ave nuei green house, 1800 North Main ave nue; store telephone 781 Miscellaneous. BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOR balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed dings and concert work furnished. Far terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor, 117 Wyoming avenue, over Hulbert's mulo store. MEGARQEB BROTHERS, PRINTERS' supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, ISO Washington ave., Scratw ton, Pa. FRANK P. BROWN ft CO, WHOLE, sale dealers In Woodware, Cordage and Oil Cloth, 7M West Lackawanna avs. THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT AC , eountant and auditor. Rooms it and ID, ' Williams Building, opposite postofflea, " Agent for the Rex Fire Extinguisher. t , ; -. J .'' 6 '