The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, July 24, 1896, Page 4, Image 4
THE , SCR ANTON TRIBUNE FRIDAY MOllNTNGr.v JULY -24, 1896.. Bally asd Weekly. lf Scaday FtifeUkktd at Serantnn, P, by Tee , limine i oraimnj. Sew Toik Ode: Tribune Building, Gray, Manager. C. H. RIPPLt, Thus. LIVVS. RICHARD. Itrna. W. W. DAVIS, 9uiKm Manaiaa. W. W. VOUNOB, Am. Krn't inilll AT THI FOBTOFno at scrmtoi. A,. A eicoND-cues kail uattir. "PnntM Ink," tta recognized Journal for tSrwr- ntfS TB C STBANTON TBIlUNllUttMMM lvfrllIii( mrdlnm In Northeastern reauaylva, lIa. "Wuim' luk" known. Ti WriKiT Tmni'sr, T.nd Everr Raturday. Contain Twelve Handnome Hues, with n Abuu Oanct of Nm, fiction, and Well-Krilteit Mhwel Uny. lot Th' Woo Cannot Ha Thu Daily T:Bri, the Weekly Is itecnramcnited tne Baal Uargalu Uolcg. Only l YiAr, iu Advance lu TuiMVK 1 lor Bale Dally At the D., U and W. fetation at UubuktB. SCRANTON, JULY 21, W4 THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. NATIONAL. I or President, WILLI A. U jMcKINLI.V, of Ohio. Tor Vice-President, GARRET A. HOISAKT. of New Jersey. STATE. Congrcssmen-ut-Lnrge, GAI.ISIU A. C.KOW, of Susquehanna, bi.MlTL A. lUVEM'ORT. of Erie. Election Pay, Nov. 3. THE KEHLBLICAN tM.ATFOKM. 1. Tariff, not only to furnish adequate revenue for the necessary expenses of :he Bovernmetit, but to protect American la bor from uesrudutlon to the wage level of other lanilg. 2. Reciprocal agreements for open markets and discriminating '.lu ties In favor of the American merchant marine. 3. Maintenance of the existing Kold standard and opposition to free coin age of silver except by International agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world. 4. Pensions and preferences for veterans of the Union urmy. 5. A Arm, vigorous nd UlgnlhVd foreign policy "and all our interests In the western hemisphere carefully watchod and guarded." 6. The Hawaiian Islands to ba controlled by the United States; the Nlcaraguan canal to be built; a naval sta tion In the West Indies. 7. Protection of American citizens and property In Turkey. 8. Heasscrtlon of the Monroe doctrine. Eventual withdrawal of European powers from this hemisphere and union of all Engllsh-rpeuklng people on this continent. 9. The United States actively to use Influ ence to restore peace and give Independ ence to Cuba. 10. Enlargement of the navy, defense of harbors and sencoasts. 11. Exclusion of Illiterate and Immoral m. migrants. 12. Reapproval of the civil ser vice law. 13. A free ballot and an honest count. 14. Condemnation of lynching. IS. Approval of national arbitration, . 16. Ap proval of a free homestead law. 17. Ad- i mission of the remaining territories, rep resentation for Alaska and abolition of carpet-bag federal officers. 18. Sympathy with leititlmate efforts to lessen Intemper ance. 19. Sympathetic reference to "the rights and Interests of woman." Con densed by the Times-Herald. Mr. Bryan thinks he has eliminated tige from politics. That point will be determined with greater precision on Nov. 3. In Reply to St. John. . Mr. St, John, of Nuw York. In his St. Louis Hpoech In favor of fre? coin uge, cited the expel lenoe of the roun t'ry under the Bland bill us tin' argument why, in the event of free coinage to tlay at Hi to 1, kuUI would- not leave u hut Instead would come to us. During the first yeur of that net we irnlned, as he said, ly Importation $4,000,000 In Kold; $70,000,000 the next and $tl.00O,H0O the third year, During the twelve years thut the act was on the statute -book we gained $221,000,000 of foreign Jfold. Insteud of the destruction of our credit abroad, ns had been predicted, the V'nl ted States 4 per cent, loan, which stood at 101 on the day of the enactment, Bold at 120 per cent, within three years, and at 130 per cent, subsequently. Mr. St. John here makes on excellent argument for The Tribune's plan of a protected free coinage) of American li ver on a gold bnsls; but It Is an argu ment that does not apply to the present proposition of his political associates to admit to free coinage at 10 to 1 the sil ver; of the world which la now commer cially worth only about 32 to 1. The Bland bill directed the purchase by the government of ' $2,000,000 to $4,000,000 worth of silver bullion per month, which was then only about 18 per cent, cheaper than irold, for coinage Into 4121i-Rraln legal tender dollars.. These legal tender dollars were accepted without question of their value, al though worth ns bullion only $0,8185, because . tha volume of their coinage was sulflclently limited to render It eas ily possible for the government, at de mand, to exchange for each silver dol lar not satisfactory to Its holder, one gold dollar. This addition of about $30, 000,000 a year to the currency merely kept pace with the country's growth under fostering Protectlon.and a similar addition would have a similarly benefi cial effect today. If Protection had not been Interfered with by Democratic bands. Such a proposition, however. Is In no sense parallel with the demand of Bry an and Bewail for the unlimited and in dependent coinage of silver dollars 'worth commercially only half their face value. There Is no known force In law, or nature which could keep such a flood of cheap dollars up to a parity with -gold. Gold would Inevitably go to a premium and disappear. ' Instead of currency Inflation we Bhould have the sharpest kind of currency contraction; for our mints could not turn out the heap silver dollars an fast a the good .gold' dollars would gu out of use. Mr. Ht. John's' argument simply confirms . The.Trliutne In Its belief that the truest friend of silver Is the '.voter who will vote to protect that metal from;th ' degradation which would surely follow the necessarily unsuccessful attempt by this nation alone to force S3 cents' worth of sliver on the commercial world as an equivalent for 100 cents' worth of gold. The doubling of prices promised by the advocates of free silver would no: mean the doubling of wages; for wages is the last thing and the Flowest thins to reflect a rise In prices. But even if wages were to double, wherein would the working man. with a doubled cost of living, be better off? "The money of the I'nitcd Slate, mid every kiud or form of it. whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world. It must not only be current at its full lace value at home, but it must be counted ntpurio any and every commercial center of the globe. The dollar paid to the farmer, the wagccarucr nnd the pensioner must continue forever equal in purchasing and debt-paying power to the dollar paid to any gov eminent creditor.""-. HUiiiley iu His Speech of Acceptance. We do not doubt t!at in the main tlw story of a new combination against Sen ator Quay, which we printed in yester day's Issue. Is substantially true. But, It does not follow that the party will lend Itself to the wishes of the few ,who dislike and would depose the junior senator. The lesson of a year ago ha not been lost upon the masses. Examining Railway Statistics. The prostration of business In this country occasioned by the "change of lS92,rt from the effects of which our commerce Is still suffering, is vividly illustrated In the report of the Inter state commerce commission for the year ended June 30, 1895. Which has just been published. It has truly been suid that the condition of the railways of n na tion Is th best barometer of the na tion's commerce. Depression lu trade very quickly reflects Itself in the trans portation companies' balance sheets. In this report comparison is made with lSOti a year when the Wilson bill panic was at its highest point. In some Items there are slight gains as contrasted with the figures for that year, but on the whole the" showing is very uncomplimentary to the political party whose Incompetency In. national administration made such adverse con ditions possible. On June- 3(1, lS'Jii, Iti'J roads, operating 37,8X5 miles, were In the hands of receivers, showing a net decrease of twenty-three loads und 2,!W3 miles of line. The railway capital represented by these roads was nearly $-'.C(K,000.KiA, or about 22.2 per cent, of the total railway capital Invested in the United States. The total railway mile age was 180.B57 miles, an Increase for the year of 1.94S miles, or 1.09 per cent., the smallest during uny year for which reports have been made to the commis sion. The aggregate length of all tracks in the United States wus 236,894 miles. The increase In number of locomotives during the year was 20. the total num ber being 35,61i9. The number of cars of all classes w as 1,229.231, a decrease of 7,517 as compared with the previous year, or the total, 33.112 or nn Increase for tha year of 94, were in passenger service and 1,196,119 In freight service, a decrease of 9,050. The number of pas sengers carried per locomotive were 60, 747, or 3.907 less than In 1S94. The num ber of passenger miles per passenger locomotive was 1,218,987. or 225,433 less than In l!i4, while the number of pas senger cars per 1,000.000 passengers cur ried was 65, or 12 greater than the pre ceding year. The number of tons of freight carried per locomotive In 1895 was 34.817, showing an Increase of 2,908 over 1894. The number of ton miles per locomotive was 4,358.821. the In crease over the previous year being 242, 066. These figures Indicate increased economy In the transportation of freight The number of men employed by railways shows an Increase of 5,426, as compared with the year before, the number, of employes being 783.034; but the annual average rate of .Increase un der llepublicau Protection times used to be nearly 35.000. whereas us many men were employed In 1S92 ns in 189.), not withstanding : what, ought to have been the natural growth In the business during this three-year Interval. Financially the year was; exceptional ly disastrous. Stock to the amount of $3,475,640,203. or 70.05 per cent, of the total outstanding, paid no dividend, nnd 904.436,200, or 16.90 per cent, of funded debts, exclusive of equipment trust obligations, paid no Interest dur ing the year covered by the report.' In no other year since the organliatlun of the commission has so large a percent age of stock passed Its dividends, or, except in 1S94, has so largo a percent age of funded debt defaulted Its inter-' est. The amount of bunds paying no Interest was $624,702,293, or 13.41 per cent.; of miscellaneous obligations, $54, 498,288, or 12.24 per cent.; of Income bonds, $223,235,619, or 91.52 per cent. Balancing all accounts, the startling fact la shown that the railways closed the year with a net loss of $29,845,241. In 1892, under the McKinley tariff, the railroads made a net profit of $364,873, 502. Here we have another convincing proof, that the difficulty from which business is suffering Is not the gold standard or the lack of free silver coin age, but the Democratic party's bung ling work at so-called "tariff reform." The charge was recently mad in print by Senator Coyle. of Bohtrylkllt county, that his superfluous bill to es tablish at a fat salary a state superin tendent of mining was "beaten at the last session of the legislature by a lobby of mine inspectors." As a matter of fact, Coyle was so anxious to get this buncombe bill through for home .cam-, palgn effect that he offered to make any changes In it which the opponents of It might suggest, even though they should utterly destroy the measure' Importance. .All h wanted was to pose at home as theauthor of a bill. Whether it was good, bad or middling made no difference. Coyle Is not the man to challenge a scrutiny of records. One of the charges made by the Popu lists against the Republican party, is that the rank and file are not' fairly repret'3nted In municipal, state and na tional conventions; that bosses rule and attend conventions without having authority from the masses to act. With John W. Hayes, gas manufacturer, and ex-secretary of the Knights of Labor, hailing from New Jersey, and a resident of Washington, D. C, representing Rhode Island at the Populist conven tion In St. Louis, and with J. A. Wright, of Atluntlc City, N. J., representing Pennsylvania on the committee to se cure the nomination of Bryan, It would appear that the Poo's had departed somewhat from the path of reform nnd were emulating the practices which they condemned in others. A careful perusal of the mimes of those attending the Populist convention, as published iu the St. Louis papers, discloses the fact that over a third of the delegntes rer resent nothing or nobody. They are there for free silver and lots of it. It might be pertinent to Inquire why, if Mr. Frank Willing Leach "li not and would not now be a candidate for the state chairmanship," he Is taking such till ncthe and voluble Interest lit tne selection of Senator Quay's successor. Mr. Leach should be can -fill not to ovi.iefctlmate his retail '; lir.pirt-inee. A doubling of the number of mine Inspectors, an Increase in. the sulury and a ten-yenr term with Ineligibility to a second term would probably do as much toward the solution of mine acci dents us could be done by legislation. For, when all is said, the sovereign remedy Is common sense. Make no mistake about the working man. The American who honestly earns his wage does not want to get It puld at pay-duy in half-value dol lars. MORE BASIC FACTS. Continuing from yesterday the citation or facts bearing fundamentally on the free silver discussion, we come to the matter of prices, and again using the language of the Pittsburg Dispatch asiert (what Tlio Tribune 'has several times proved) thut the reduction of prices which has been distinctive of the last two decades has in every marked ease been due to ("pedal causes entirely outside of the Influence of coinage. Leudlng examples among them are: The Invention of new machinery and methods which permit the same labor to produce from two to six times as much as formerly. The reduction In cost of transportation, by which price are lowered In the ship ping markets, without u corresponding decline at the points of production. i:x umples of this are, thut wheut on the farms or Kansas, Nebraska und Iowa was shown by the census of 1870 to range from 45 cents to 4k cents In gold value, and that of the decl'ne In' the value of wheat In New York, Just 19 cents per bushel Is the decline in freight rates between Chicago and New York alone. The Immense multiplication in produc tion and the addition of new fields of pro duction of the staples affected In other parts of the world. II i I! The favorite assertion of the sllverltes that sliver will purchase as much of everything now as It did In 1873 ha been s.hown to be an utter and complete error, it will not even purchase as much wheat on the farms of Kansas and Nebraska as It would then. It will not purchase-as much corn, pork, coal, leather, coffee, eggs or cheese. Out .of thirty-eight artl cle3 quoted in the statistical abstract of the Un'ted States for that period, there ara only seven In which the percntagn of decline hus been as g't or greater than .tht of silver. Of th ;32 articles covered In the inquiry of the Aldrirh special son ate committee, silver fell over oil per cent., while the remaining 231 articles dropped In price on an average only about 8 per cent. While - decline fn prices due to Im provement, concurrently with the ad vance in wages and the increase in mater, lal wealth, is tho leading characteristic of the alleged twenty years of demonetize, tlon from 178 to Ut'3. the three years since the hitter date have shown prostration and the decline of both prices and wages due to turlff tinkering, and the disturb ance of credit due to the free silver threat. Three years of disturbed credit have done more Injury than twenty years Of the gold basis. The decline In farm prices since IM'2 hiiH averaged 40 per cent., at against less than 10 per cent, prior to 189.', thus showing that tariff tinkering, and not free trade, is ut the bottom or the trouble so rar as agriculture is concerned. !l II I' ' With regard to the. nssertlon that the Increase or the standard has Increased t'he amount that the debtor must pay, and that the injury to prosperity has Increased the total of debts, the facts are: 1. That the total of recorded public debt decreased between 1S70 and 1890, from $3, 27j,t)UW.0O0 to $l,9!KMirtQ.0iJ0. v That the amount cf corporate and business debt on which there are statistics for comparison in creased from $2.8SO.OUO,000 to $8,160,0XMJi(. In other words, the debt which represent ed waste 1 wealth was paid off; while tha debt which represents the Investment in the production of more wealth has en larged. 2. That the calculation of the census bureau of a total of debt of $19,O00.OUO,0W for 1390 Indicates a total of $W,ouo,WX),0UO Tor the same debt In 1870. 3. That therefore the Increase of debt Tor te two decades was not quite one quarter the total Increase of wealth. 4. That thp utmost possible founda tion for the assertion that debts have been Increased by the advance in the purchas ing power of gold permits an allowance of an Increase of two-thirds of one per cent, annually; while the gain to debtors In the decreased rate of Interest from high public credit and stable basis of values has been from 2 to 4 per cent, annually. :r n li Incidental to the general subject of the alleged debts of the nation, and the lack of prosperity, two favorite assertions of the rrea silver men have been examined. 1. The declaration that this country owes !,0uU.CJ0.0u0 In securities held abroad, and has to ship $200,000,000 or gold abroad annually to pay the Interest on them, has been ehown to be a complete figment of the imagination by the fact that for nine teen years prior to 1895 the net gold move, ment was about $6,000,000 In favor of the United States, or, from 1878 to 1892. $101, 568,310 in our favor, the great outflow of gold, amounting in four years (1892-96) to nearly $200,009,000. having occurred during the Democratic era of tariff Jugglery; and that during the same time the United States exported a balance of merchandise, rhlch by statistical calculation reduceu the $1, 604,000.090 of securities held abroad In 1ST5 to between $500,000,000 and $1.000,000,. C00.- 2. The assertion that the prrted or de imonetlzstlon has ralbni with especial hardship on the western agricultural and mining states Is disproved by the census stx tittles, showing that while the aver age per capita wealth In the United States Increased from $788 lu 1870 to $1,026 in 1S9V, the least Increase In any of th?fe states wastn Minnesota, from $0Cr, to $1,087. while In the others It goes inuen higher, to a nirxlmum In' Montana from 1737 to $3,427. With regard to the proposition to reduce the standard In order that It may be eas ier to pay debts, the followli g facts de ne.nd consideration- , 1. Thwt It is a grossly Inequitable pro pt.;tluii that because a limited and unin tentional hardship may have b-m Inlllet el or. n t:iulii body of debia existing In 187:., it ! now proposed to inflict gi eater nnd Intent loiiut hardship on tt(her to tal of dehl.t existing in ISW. Of .rh total of debts mtw existing, not 10 per cent, was In existence In 1K71. 2. According to the best statistical cal culation, the debt which has existed from lr73 to the present has been subject to an appreciation cf gold, not above 15 per cent., (and iiri.bably not more than 8 per cent., sll lai'tors duly considered), while the free sliver proposition Is to s.'ale down by 40 to 50 per cent, a total of debt over three quartets of which has been contracted In the past ten years. The free silver men fay that they wish debts paid in the stand ard in which they were contracted, but they propose to tuke a totul of debt or which Wi per cent, was contracted on the pjld basis, and to transfer It to th silver Lusls. 3. In aitui-'Uir.g the Interests of the cred itors, for the supposed benefit of the debtors, they propose to scale down the saving of the following classes of the common people: The depositors in sav ing banks numbering 4,K75,t0 and having savings lent out at Interest to the amount of $1,810. OiW.lMO; the members of bulldlnir and lo!:i associations numbering 1.74d,ijuO and having suvlngs Invested in mortgages of 5!5t'.O00.m; the holders of lite Insurance policies numbering about 1,200,000, with In vested savings ot l.lii.i)O0.W: the holders of tire insurance policies estimated at 1.8it0.0iio, with luveitmer.ts due them or $1,352.OUO.00o; the pensioner of the L'nlted States numbering iCU.UHO, with annuities amounting to llj.i.'kcj.ooo: the depositors In banks not business borrowers, and the t tockholders lu banks, together with email investors outride of corporate agencies, es timated at 3.OOO.0H0 to 4,1'JO.Oi"). 4. While these large classes Include. In the majority wage-earners and people of small means and property, it hus been fhown that the people who borrow rrom these classe have more property and larger means than the real lenders. The rree silver proposition Is, thereroie. to tal.e away a portion or the savings or the poor and frugal and give it to the borrowers who u'e better OIY. II II 'I The proposition to Increase prices by cheuueuing the dollar has been shown to Involve the following facts: 1. The Increase of iprices by any such means Is purely nominal. A bushel ot wheat Is now worth 63 cents lu New York, because It is worth 5s. Id. in Liverpool, both gold values. Hy halving the value or the dollar It may be made worth $1.26 In New York in the depreciated standard, but that there will bo no Increase iu ic tuul value is shown lu the fact thut It will be worth the same 5s Id In Liverpool. 2. That the operation or the change or a single nation lrom one standard to an other Is shown to be that Imported prod. nets always rise first, because they have to be paid ror, on arrival. In gold. The pro position Is therefore that t'he American people must pay higher prices for all for eign staples for an indefinite period, be fore their products will rise in proportion. 3. That this rise In domestic products will bo seriously delayed by the convulsion iu cred'ts which would follow the fore knowledge thut a change would be made, the stoppage of industry and the restric tion of consumption to the narrowest lim its. 4. That the last thing or all to rise in proportion to the Inflation of prices due to a lowered monetary standard is the wages of labor. Three examples huvo been cited in which the advance of prices from this cause has been 100 per cent., while wages in live to ten years have advanced only 40 to 50 per cent. The free coinage proposition to labor Is, therefore, to ex change Its CO per cent. Increase of wages under the gold standard for n 25 to 35 per cent, decrease, by being paid In a cheaiper dollar. H I! II With these facts bcrne carefully In mind, it will not be ditlicult for intelligent read ers to reach a satisfactory conclusion with reference to the proposition that the Unit ed States admit to free and unlimited coin age, at a ratio to gold one-hair ot the commercial ratio, the silver of the world regardless of the consequences. PROTECT OUR OWN. The general Inquiry now is, shall we make our own comforts or go without them at the will of a foreign nation? He. therefore, who Is now against domestic manufactures, must be for reducing us either to a dependence upon that nation, or to be clothed in skins and live like bensts in raves and dens. I am proud to sny I am not one of these. Experience has taught me that manufactures are now as neoessarv to our independence as to our couiforts. Thomas Jefferson. HOW IT WORKS. Since the Wilson "tariff for revenue only" went Into effect the expenditures of the Democratic administration have ex ceeded the income by $'s0,H03.77. TOLD BY THE STARS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchut The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabo cust: 3.33 a. m for Friday, July 21. lSIti. iff v; It will be apparent to a child, born on this day thut the wild cat polltlcul par ties should also promise to double the wages of workliigtncn, If they propose to double the price or potatoes and wneal, Tne literary light with "tin soldier" In his hed who. does not communicate with the Times on the currency question, is neglecting duty. If 'Squire Keehley, of Waverly. Is not called In very soon the Kryan campaign vhunder will be exhausted before Orators Holarul and Bailey have had u chance. Coming legislative conventions this year should produce the usual number of "glad hunds and warm heurts." Where Is Johnny O'Boyle'.' He is due as a candidate. Ajncchus' Fublos. A little boy climbed on the shelf, 'Hid Jars of Jam and honey. And ate his till of sweetmeats, rich. And thought the act quite runny. But when. like Ueorgle Washington, The small boy wus confessing. His mamma caught him by the neck And gave him a sound dressing. MQ'al A practical application or Sunday school book theories usuully proves disas trous. DAINTY GLASS. Only one thing more beautiful and that's dainty China. Tou should realize the fall sig nificance of tho word dainty. Means, In the Brat piano, "in good tasto," which lu turn means REAL artistic merit, REAL usefulness. When yon've fully realized what "dainty" means, you'll be prr pared to appreciate our stock of China and Olass. THE ,1 LIMITED. tJPr GOLDSITH'S I UiU SATURDAY lot JUT 2Uli 9 10 12 O'CLOCK. They are all of the Celebrated "Stanley" Brand, of which we have sold over 10,000 this season, and every one of them having given satisfaction as to fit and finish. They have been our 75c. and $1.00 Waists. They will be on sale in Cloak De partment, upon second floor, where there is plenty of room to accommodate the crowd, and so that you can get them easily and quickly. V r Your Choice, 25 Cents. Gome Early and Get as Many as You Like THE NEW WOMAN'S SHOE 1 1 1 li 10 The Most Perfect Fitting Shoe Made. Al Full Line in All Widths at BANISTER'S T WRITE IT III! At your necda aupgesta Anything id the vay'of Stutionrry, Blank Book or fli Bupplies, and when your liat la full bring it in and vo will surpilsa you with tlio novelties we reoslve daily. We alao curry a very neat line of Calling Curds and Wed ding Invitations at a modorata prlo. 1 . 8m Stationers and Engravers, HOTEI, JERMVN BUILDING. Change Your Shirt We are selling Men's Laundered Shirts, with fancy colored bosoms, for You pay $r.oo for the same thing at other stores. CONRAD 05 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. MERCHANT TAILORING Pprinu and Bommer, from 520 np. Tronser toga and Ov-rcoati, foreign and domestic fabrics, made to order to suit the moat fas tidious In price, fit and w. rkmnnihip. D. BECK, 337 Adams Ave. 1 50c, n aiE 1 1 Lffi 1 m HOME-GROWN TOMATOES PEAS, GREEK CORN, CELERY, BEETS AND CARROTS, FAN CY "JENNY UND" AND GEM CANTELOUPES, WATERMEL ONS, CALIFORNIA FROITS. If I PIERCE, AVE. WEI 1H1I1 0 1 326 Washington Av&, SCRANTON, PA. TELEPHONE 533. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dentists. C. C. LAUBACH. SURGEON DENTIriT. No. 115 Wyoming avenue. R. M7 BTRATTON, OFFICE COAL E.V chanre. Physicians and Surgeons. DR. A. TRAPOLD, SPKCIALIST IN Diseases nf Women, corner Wyoming avenue and Spruce street. 8eranton. Of fice hours, Thursday and Saturdays, ! a. m. to 6 p. m. Washington avo. Hours, 12 m. to 3 p. m. Disease. of vomen a specialty. Tele phoiie Xo. 3232. DR. KAY," 206 PENN"aVE 1 to I pTm?: call 2062. Dis. of women, obstetrics and ail dm. of chil. DR. W. E. ALLEN, 512 NORTH WASH lngton avenue. DR. C. L. PREY, PRACTICE LIMITED diseases of the Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat; office J22 Wyoming ave. Real, dencc, 529 Vine street. DR. L. M. GATES, 125 WASHINGTON avenue. Office hours. 8 to 9 a. m., l.jo to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Residence 309 Madi son avenue. DR. J. C. BATESON. TUESDAY3AND Fridays, at 505 Linden street. Olllce hours 1 to 4 p. m. DR. S. W. LAMEREAUX. A SPECIAL 1st on chronic diseases of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and Benito urinary organs, will occupy the office of Dr. Roos, 232 Adams avenue. Office hours 1 to 5 p. m. W. o7 ROOK, VETERINARY BUTS peon. Horses Cattle nnd Dogs treated. Hospital, 124 Linden street. Scranton. Telephone 2672. Seed. G. R. CLARK CO.. SEEDSMEN AND Nurserymen; store H8 Washington ave. nue; green house. 1350 North Main ave nue; store tclcnhone TO. Wire Srcens. JOS. KUETTEU REAR 6U LACKA wanna avenue, Scranton, Pa., manufac turer of Wire Screens. Hotels and Restaurants. THE ELK CAFE, 125 and 127 FRANK lin avenue. Rates reasonable. P. ZEIQLER. Proprietor SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D L. & W. passenger depot. Conducted on tha European plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop. WESTMI NSTEK HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irving Place. New York. Pates. IS.60 per day and upwards. (Ameri can plan). S. N. ANABLB. . rroprutar. 11 BAZAAR. 1 YOY can pin your confi dence in the Qreat Clearing Sale of Summer Footwear at the a JERMYN BUILDINd REPAIRING. Spruce St Lawyers. WARREN KNAPP, ATTORNEYS and Counsellors at Law, Republican bulldlnir, Washington avenue. Scran. ton. Pa. JKSHVPS A HAND, ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors at Law, Commonwealth building, Washington nyenue W. H. JESSUP, HORACE E HAND. W. H. .TES9ITP, JR. PATTERSON WILCOX, ATTOrT tieys and Counsellors at Law; ofljeea I and 8 Library building. Scranton. Pa. ROHEW7CLL H. PATTERSON. WILLIAM A. WTLCOX. ILf1Et7hANP, WILLIAM J. HAND. Attorneys and Counsellors. Common wealth bulldlnir. Rooms19. 20 and tl. fnkt.okelC attorney-at- Law, Room t. Coal Exchange, Scran !?? I-- ... - james w; OAKFORD. ATTORNEY at-LdW, rooms 13, H and 65, Common. wealth b"IMIni ' BAMt-'KL W. EPOAR. ATTORNEY-AT- Law. omce. mi anruce nrrnmon. r. l7 A. 'WATERS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 4?3 IacKnwanna ave.. prmnmH, 1 1- URIE TOWN8END, ATTORNEY-AT-Law. Dime Bunk Building, Scranton. Money to loan in large sums at i psr cent. C R PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-'law. Commonwealth building, Scrantea. Pa. . C. COMEQYaS21 SPRUCE HTRBET. rpB REPLOGLE, ATTORN EY LOANS negotiated on real eatata security. 40f Spruce street. B. F. KILLAM. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 120 wynmlnr av.. "rrrnTKjrsi j AS. J. H. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT. law, V t;ommonwinin nm n. ocrantun. J. V. C. RANCK. 1W WYOMINO AVE. Architects. EDWARD H. DAVIS. ARCHITECT. Rooms 24. 25 and 20, Commonwealta bnlldlns'. R'ranton. E. L. WALTER. ARCHITECT. OFF1CB rear of 608 Washington avenue. LEWIS HANCOCK, JR., ARCHITECT, 438 Spruce St.. cor. Wash. ave.. Scranton BROWN MORRIS. ARCHITECT 97 Price building, Vii Washington avenue, Scranton. Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA. Scranton, Pa., prepares boys and girl for college or business; thoroughly trains young children. Catalogue at re Quest. Opens September 9. REV. THOMAS M. CANN. WALTER H. BIJELL. MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN and School. 412 Ailnms avenue. Spring term April IS. Klnrterearten $10 per term. Loan?. THE REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND Loan Association will loan you money en oasler terms and pay you better on Investment than sny other association. Call on 8. N. Callender, Dime Bank biilldlnr Miscellaneous. BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOB balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed dings and concert work furnished. For terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor. 117 Wyoming avenue, ever Hulbert'a tntislc store. MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS' supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, 130 Washington ave., Scran ton. Pa. FRANK P. BROWN CO.. WHOLE sale dealers In Wood ware. Cordage and Oil Cloth. TA West Lackawanna ave. THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT Ac countant and auditor. Rooms 19 and la Williams Building, opposite postoffice. Agent for tha Rex Fire Extinguisher.