The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, September 04, 1896, Page 4, Image 4
THE SCBANTOJT TRIBUNE FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1890. 4 Sally ud Weekly. Ke Bandar Edition, fabllittitd at 6cnuiton. I'm, by The Tribune Pub lislitus Company. C. N. RIPPLfC, Oie- m Tun. IIVT S. RICHARD, Cure, W. W. DAVIS. Duwam Nun. . V. W. VOUNOS, Am. at . Kew York Cfflc: Tribune Bulldlnf. Trinlt & Gray, Iburu, KTIRSP AT Till FOSTOOTCl AT -RANTO. PA.. AS CSCOMD-ULABS II AIL MATTER. SCRANTON. 8EPTEMBKR 4. 181)6. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. SATIOMAI.. Presldent-WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Vice President-OARRET A. HOBART. STATE. Congressmen - at - Large GALUSHA A. GROW. 3AMUEL A. DAVENPORT. COUNTV. Conprcs3-WILLIAM CONNELL. Commlssloners-S. W. ROBERTS, OH.E3 ROBERTS. Auditors-A. E. KIEFER, FRED IN WARD. i.i;;isi, ative. 6nate. 21st DUtrlct-COU W. J. SCOTT. Rciresentative. 2J District A. T. CON- ;'KLL; 3d District-UK. N. C. MACKEY. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. 1. Tariff, not only to furnish nrtequato revenue for the necessary expenses of tno government, but to protect American la bor from degradation to tho wane level of other lands. 2. Reciprocal agreements for open markets and discriminating du ties in fa'or of tho American merchant marine. 3. Maintenance of the existing gold standard and opposition to free coin age of silver except by International agreement with tho leading commercial nations of tho world. 4. Pensions and preferences for veterans of the Union army. 6. A firm, vigorous and dignified foreign policy. 6. The Hawaiian Islands to be controlled by the United States; the Xlcaraguan canal to be built; a naval sta. tlon In the West Indies. 7. Protection of American citizens and property In Turkey. 8. Reinsertion of tho Monroe doctrine. Eventual withdrawal of European powers from this hemisphere and union of nil English-speaking people on this continent. 9. The United States actively to use Influ ence to restore pearo and give Independ ence to Cuba. 10. Enlargement of the navy, defense of harbors and sencoasts. Jl. Exclusion of Illiterate and Immoral Im migrants. 12. Reapproval of tho civil ser vice law. 13. A free ballot and an honest count. 14. Condemnation of lynching. IS. Approval of national arbitration. 14. Ap proval of a free homestead law. 17. Ad mission of tho remaining territories, rep resentation for Alaska and abolition of rarpet-bng federal, officers. 18. Sympathy with legitimate efforts to lessen Intemper ance. 19. Sympathetlo referenco to "the rights and Interests of woman." Con densed by the Times-Herald. "It is not more money we wnntt what we want is to put the money we nlready have to work. When money it employed men are employed." WILLIAM M'KIXLEV. Tho ticket nominated at Indianapolis yesterday by the Bold Democrats will probably be the thPnie of greater spec ulation than any irregular ticket here tofore placed before the people. While the candidacy of Palmer and Buckner can have no dangerous effect upon the prospects of McKlnley and Hobart, there will doubtless be a diversity of opinion as to what actual Influence it will wield in the campaign. The nomi nation of Si-nntor Palmer and General Buckner effectually extinguishes any hopes that the Uryanltes may have en tertained for suVcess In Illinois and Kentucky. Whether their interests will be supported by gold Democrats everywhere is the question that will probably provoke endless debate until election. While leading gold Democrats elsewhere may regard the ticket in a favorublo light as a means of keeping up an organization, it seems more than probnble that they will emphasize their disapproval of tho Chicago platform by voting direct for McKlnley and Ho bart. A Fraud and a Robbery. "There Is another element of mean ness in this tree coinage of silver. The United States has always paid its bonds In gold coin or its equivalent. In the darkest hours of the Civil War we stipu lated to pay our bonds, principal and Interest, in gold or its equivalent. All of the war debt has been paid In this way. A portion of it was paid by the (ale of bonds bearing; a lower rate of in terest, but we exacted from the pur chasers of these bonds gold coin or its equivalent even while our notes were below par In coin. About $847,000,000 of these securities are now outstanding, of which $262,000,000 were sold by this ad ministration and paid for In gold. It is one of tho objects of those who advo cate tho free coinage of silver to force the government to pay these bonds In silver coin reduced In value. It Is harsh to express this opinion of a measure favored by many good people, but I can not regard It In any other light but as both a fraud and a robbery, and all the worse If committed by a great, rich and free people. A citizen who should com mit such an offence would be punished by tho courts or denounced as dishonest, but a nation like ours is beyond the power of any tribunal but conscience and God. "I have the confident hope that the great body of tire Republican and Demo cratic parties, representing tho conser vative elements of our people, will stamp their rebuke upon this measure of infamy, ami thus preserve Intact the honor, the credit and glory of our great country. This matter of the free coin age of silver and the degradation of the standards of valuo Involves not only questions, of money,' but of honor and good faith. When thfa honof Is Involved, tho people never-fail to-respond. They havo complied with every promise and paid every debt contracted since the or- , ganlsatlon of the national government as It became due. Th y have paid four fifths of the debts contracted during the Civil War, and the prospect was hope ful that all of It would be paid before the close of this century, but this revers ing our standards of value has. like the fire bell at night, startled and alarmed our people. Let us settle it by following the action of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Benton, Hunter, Lincoln and Grant: let us maintain silver and gold at par with each other at the legal ratio of 1C to I until a conference among na tions can prescribe common standards of value. In the meantime let no act be done, no policy be adopted, no expedi ent resorted to that will tarnish the honor of this great Republic." Senator John Sherman. The platform adopted by the Gold Democrats at Indianapolis, which de nounces almost everything, reminds one of the remarks of (he individual who stood In the market place and rejoiced that he was not like other men. 'I do not know what yon think about it, but I believe that it is a good deal better to open the mill of the United States to the labor of America-thnn to open up the mints or the I'nitcd States to the silver of the world." WILLIAM M'KINLEY. An invisible string appears to have been nttached to Senator Palmer's dec lination of the presidential nomination at Indianapolis. Debtors and Creditors. The prevailing Impression Is that the great mass of the American people constitute the debtor class, and that only the rich money-holding, capitalis tic class constitutes the creditors. The truth Is that the creditor class is very much more numerous in this country than the debtor class, and that the wealthiest Individuals and corpora tions constitute the greater part of the debtor class. This fact Is mode clear by Borne statistics given by ex-Superintendent of the Census Porter In his ex cellent paper, the Cleveland World. He says: There are at this time .56 standard life Insurance companies doing busi ness In the United States, and 350 as sessment life Insurance companies. The standard life Insurance companies have R,"02,393 policy-holders and the assess ment companies have 3.038,813 policy holders, making a total of over twelve million policy-holders. Each policy holder Is a creditor for the amount he has paid in, and is vitally interested In the repayment of the money to his fam ily in the kind of money that he has paid for his premiums. The least esti mate placed on the average policy holder's family is a wife and two chil dren, so that 406 insurance companies constitute the life insurance debtor clnss and 36 millions the creditor class. The amount now In the hands of the life insurance companies, as trustees for their creditors, exceeds nine billion dollars, or seven times the present Na tional debt. There are in this country C56 fire In surance companies. In 1890 the num ber of dwellings in the United States was computed at 11.4S3.313. It is safe to say t'hut at least 10,000,000 of these dwellings are Insured against fire, and that most of that JO,000,000 of creditors are interested In the standard money which Is to be repaid them In case of a loss by fire. The number of savings banks In the United States In 1895 is reported to be 1,017, and the number of depositors 4,S"5,519, and their deposits aggregate $1,S10.597,023. 'Each of these depositors In the savings banks is a creditor and each savings bank is a debtor. There ar.j In this country, in addition to the number of savings banks, in round numbers 8,000 National and State banks and private banking insti tutions. The lowest estimate of the number of depositors Is 1,000 to each bank, while the highest estimate of the number of patrons who obtain loans Is 200 to each bank. Each of these deposi tors is a creditor to the bank. Just as the note holders are debtors. It is therefore manifest that every debtor to the bank is represented by at least four creditors. , The aggregate number of debtors to the banks would, therefore, be 1,608,000, while the aggregate num ber of creditors is 8,000,000. All paper money is credit money. The holder of every National bank note Is a creditor, and the bank that is sued it is the debtor. The holder of every greenback and every Treasury note and every paper dollar, whether redeemable In gold or silver, is a cred itor, and tho United States of America Is debtor. Deducting the credit money now held by the United States Treas ury, the aggregate credit money In the Yialids of tho people exceeds $750,000. Assuming that this) currency is appor tioned among the people so that $50 shall be the average amount held by any individual (and this is certainly a Very high average, as there are mil lions who have less than $10 of paper money), wo have an aggregate of fif teen million creditors as against 3,773 National banks and the United States. In other words, the psnr money in the United States represents fifteen mil lion creditors to 3,756 debtors, or 3,993 creditors for every debtor. The latest reliable report concerning the condition of building and loan asso ciations is that made for 1893 by Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor. The number of such com panies Is given as 6,598, and the number of shareholders, as 1,745,735. Each of these shareholders Is a creditor, and the associations are debtors. There are In the United States 388,631 public school teachers, 20,293 teachers In universities, colleges and other institu tions of learning, and 111,000 salaried ministers of the gospel. Each person belonging to these classes Is vitally con cerned in maintaining the present stan dard of money. The colleges and uni versities of the country are more es pecially Interested, since they have an income-producing fund of $98,527,452. and their Income, exclusive of United States bond investments, Is $5,277,052. The pension rolls of the United States contain 975,000 pensioners, of which 214, 000 are widows. Their annual pensions amount to $140,000,000. Each of the. pen sioners is a creditor and the United States of America is debtor. Each of these pensioners is concerned In main taining the existing standard of money. There is anotftfr class of creditors which practically constitute the rank and file of American bread-winners. Reference is made to the men and wo men on the pay-rolls of corporate em ployers. The railroads of America alone carry on their pay-rolls 7S5.000 wage workers. It Is a matter of common practice to hold back the wages of these railroad employes to the 10th or 15th of each month, so that each has a week or two wages due when paid off. In other words, each lndlvidunj on the railroad pay-roll is a creditor from $20 to $50, and each would therefore be vitally con cerned lit the maintenance of the pres ent standard of money. There are at least 3,000,000 more wage earners employed in mills and factories and mines who are paid oft monthly, and are always creditors for from one to two weeks' wages due from their em ployers. The prevailing impression is that the number of debtors who have mortgaged their farms and homes Is vastly In ex cess of the number of persons who are Interested as creditors in maintaining the existing standard. According to the census of 1S90 tho total number of real estate mortgages in the United States was 4,777,0'JS, of which 2,303,061 were farm and acre-land mortgages, and 2.474,637 town and lot mortgages. It is safe to say that tho number of farm mortgages at this date does not exceed 2,000,000, and the town lot mortgages will also fall below 2,000,000, owing to the fact that few new loans have been ne gotiated within the past five years. Manifestly the mortgage debtor clnss Is more than offset by the creditors to sav ings banks, and constitutes only one third of the policy-holding creditors of life Insurance companies and one-half of the number of depositing creditors in banks other than saving banks, and only a fraction more than one-third of the bank-note holders who are creditors to the banks of Issue and the United States of America. "Free silver would not mean that silver dollars were to be freely hud without cost or labor. It would mean the free use of the mints of the I'nitcd States tor tho few who are owners of silver bullion, but would make silver coin no freer to the many who are en gaged in other enterprises." WILLIAM M'KINLEY Warning has been sent to Senator Ben Tillman that the fences around his North Carolina political possessions are at present in no condition to keep the neighboring cattle out. Vermont without question may be In cluded In the territory defined by Mr. Bryan as "the enemy's country." The "Monroe doctrine" seems to have fallen overboard at Buzzard's Bay. A WUkes-Barro exchanges have recently been indulging In considerable good na tured talk In reference to the superiority of the Wllltes-Bnrro lire department over the Scranton organization. In lauding tho excellence of their own companies, how ever, our contemporaries certainly do an Injustice to the faithful and unselfish members of the Scranton Are department. While It Is admitted that a paid organiza tion might at times be more efficient, no one can question the bravery an enterprise of our self-saerltlclng fire laddies who keep up excellent organizations In in stances where deserved encouragement and support are not always revived. Whatever may be the differences that at times exist in the organization It Is evi dent to all who have knowledge of the subject that the Scranton fire department Is one of the most efficient Hnd enterpris ing organizations of the kind In the world. An Interesting paper fom tho pen of Ed ward Merrltleld entitled "Scranton Imme diately Prior to the Purchase by the Lack awanna Iron and Coal Company," has been Issued by the Lackawanna Institute of History and Science. As 'the years go by these articles based upon reminiscences of the early days of the Lackawanna val ley, when the flourishing Electric City was but a hamlet, must prove more and more Interesting to our people. The Lack awanna Institute Is doing commendable work In preserving data of pioneer life in Northeastern Pennsylvania which will be of Interest to generations to come. The announcement that Hetty Green offers to give tlOO.000 as an endowment fund for a home for aged and Infirm actrepses has called forth a suggestion from a funny exchange to the effect that the aged can always secure positions as chorus girls. It Is to be regretted that in this age any re putable newspaper will permit tho rehash of this worn-out joke. The perpetrator of the above will probably spring the mother-in-law gag next. Professor Coles, In Storms and Signs, predicts dire calamities for the month of September. There would not be so much objection to the professor's prophecies, but for the fact that they are generally ful filled. About the only grain of comfort offered by the philosophical astronomer this month is the announcemnt that a gold cyclone will sweep over the country and that nothing can stop the coming of better times that are near at hand. Hurry 'em up, professor 1 - Tho Kodak, Wllkes-Barre's funny pa per, says that "Scranton cannot appreciate Colonel Falrman and his art. There are several fhousand dollars worth of Colonel Fatrman's paintings hanging against the walls of nrlvate resi dences In this city and vicinity. This looks like appreciation, but oerhans there is a joke concealed In the Kodak's remarks that is too fine to bo appreciated outside of Wllkes-Barre. Editor Cruser, of the Montrose Demo crat, has always been considered some Mr? "? thing of a dude. Since receiving tho con gressional nomination from a combina tion of Democrats and Populists, however. It Is expected that he will have to be con tent with one suspender and esctjrw boiled shirts and shoe blacking. DOES NOT ADVOCATE VEAL CUTLETS. Wllkes-Barre Times. Gordon Hew, the Cornell university stu dent, who mysteriously disappeared about two years ago and who was sup posed to have been drowned in Cayuga lake, his watch and other valuables being found on the bank, has written his par ents from India. No doubt he expects to return soon and be received with open arms, etc. He ought to be received with a club. IS THERE ANOTHER LIFE. Professor Goldwin Smith, in the July Forum. Is there any voice In our nature which distinctly tells us that death Is not the end? It there Is, there seems to bo no reason why we should not listen to It, even though Its message may be Inca pable of verification such as In regard to a matprial hypothesis Is required by physi cal science. That tho Intelligence of our fbe senses, of which science Is the syste matized record, Is exhaustive, we have. It must once more be said, no apparent ground for assuming; the probability seems to be the other way; it seems likely that our senses, mere nerves even If com. pletely evolved, are Imperfect monitors, and that we may be living in a universe of which we really know as little as the mole which no doubt seems to Itself to per ceive everything that Is perceptible knows of the world of sight. Now, there does seem to be a voice In 'every man which, if ho will listen to It, tells him that his account Is not closed at death. Th good man, however unfortunate ha may have been, and even though he may not have found Integrity profitable, feels at the end of life a satisfaction in his past and an assurance that In the sum of things he will find that that he has chosen aright. The most obdurately wicked man, however his wickedness may have pros pered, will probably wish when ho comes to die that he had lived the Ufa of the righteous. It may bo possible to explain the sanctions or warnings of conscience generally as tho Influence of human opln. Ion reflected In the Individual mind, trans mitted perhaps by Inheritance and accu mulated In transmission. But such an ex planation will hardly cover the case of deathbed self-approbation or remorse. Thero seems to bo no reason why we should not trust the normal Indications of our moral nature as the normal Indica tions of our bodily sense; and against the belief that the greatest benefactors and the greatest enemies of mankind rot at last In tho same grave our moral nuture vehemently rebels. OUt RIGHTFUL PLACE. From the Cleveland World. There arc lu the United States nearly 23,UW,U00 persons enguged In the galntul occupations. Taking the actual census returns wherever given and estimating the earning capacity of this vast army at the lowest figure, we hnve between ll,00i,000,000 and $12,000,1)00,000 per annum. This tremendous earning power makes us the richest market In the world for tho 'products of European and Asiatic labor. Bedause of the higher condition of American labor In the tielJ, the mine and the workshop, we are able to buy more. Take, for example, a silver coun try like Japan and compare the purchas ing power or Its population, working as they do twelve and fourteen hours per day, and It would be only one-tweltth of the United States. For every dollar tho Japanese would have to spend the Amer ican would have $12. Tho Jupanese simply goes without many things which the American regards as neccessary, from a loss of part of these enormous facts shows that the United States, for the past three years, ha3 been suffering from a loss of part of these enormous earnings; a loss of Its consuming power. We have made less commodities, we have worked less men and paid less wages. Our gold has gone abroad to pay for In creased Importations of foreign manu factured goods and agricultural products, and our finances have been' deranged by reason of enormous deficiencies in the revenue. Distrust and lack of confidence have done the rest. Once put the Income's of the people on a prosperous basis again, and the money question will disappear. Certainly the preposition to reduce our standard of living, wages and money to thnt of Japan, the lowest In the scale, will not help matters. The place for the United States, both In wagfs and In tho Integrity of its finan cial system Is at tho head of the nations of the? earth, and there the Intelligence and patriotism of Its voters propose to keep the republic, only In that )laco can we fulfill our manifest destiny. if 1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST. D III 412 Spruce St. 205 Lackawanna Avenue. LIGHTNING FRUIT JARS All good housekeepers use Lightning Jars. Why? Because they open aud close easy, and are perfect sealers. The re sult is they never lose a can of fruit THE ri m 1VIIV) I LIIVMIl UM1TID. 2 UCMWMIU AVE. GOLDSOWS KD Why Ours Because we place our orders months ahead through Foster, Pa,ul & Co., and then their representatives in Europe select for us the best skins that can be found in France or Germany, out of which our Gloves are manufactured. This relieves us of the risk of being compelled to take anything that comes along in the open market after the season opens. That this fact has Jbe come known and is appreciated, our constantly increasing busi ness in the Kid Glove Department fully proves. The new Gloves for Fall in the Celebrated William & Fowler Brands are now in, arid we will be glad to show them to anybody whether they desire to purchase or not. y GOLDSMITH BROTHERS & CO., GRAND OPENING OF THE GRAND EASTERN SUIT AND PANTS CO. ! MM III $ Fine Tailoring at Popular Prices. Free Concert from 8 to 10 p. m. on our opening day by Prof. Bauer's Orchestra. Yours Truly, GREAT EASTERN SUIT AND PANTS CO. Va I u ' HE IT DOWN A your needs sn?grsts inythlng In tho way of Stuliorefy, fclunk t tk rr OfD bupplles, sod when ycur lift Is full bring it in and we will nurprls. you with tho novelties wo receive daily. e lo, carry a very neat lino of Calling Cards and Wed ding Invitations at moderate pricj. ni gl, Stationers and Engravers, HOTEL JERMVN BUILDINQ. CONRAD IS SHOWING HIS GOOD HATS Never So Cheap. CHEAP HATS Never So Good. 305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. MERCHANT TAILORING Bprlng and Bummer, from 120 up. Tronsar pes and Ovvrcoata, foreign and domestic fabric modeto order to suit the most fas tidioas in price, fit and Workmanship. D. BECK, 337 Adam Ava, sVi' .sBsF sWss " LOV are Better Than Others 9 Sole Agents for Foster, Paul & Co. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEHBER 5th AT 427 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. SOMETHING HAVE YOU HEARD OF FOR FLOORS? Will absolutely do away with the Dust Nuisance of Stores, School Houses, Halls and all Pub lie l'lnccs. No more Sprinkling, no more scrtiDDing. We can show merits of the aoods on our own floors. It will pay you to investigate. FOOTE & SHEAR CO,, AGENTS. i:9 WASHINGTON AVENUE. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Physicians and Surgeons, DR. A. TRAPOLD. SPECIALIST IN Diseases of Women, corner Wyoming avenue and Spruce street, Scranton. Of fice hours, Thursdays and Saturdays, ( a. m. to 8 p. m. DR. COMEOYS-OPPICE NO. SJI N. Washington ave. Hours. 12 m. to 1 o. tn. Diseases of women a specialty. Tele. pnone io. ciK. DR. W. K. ALLEN, CM NORTH WASH Ington avenue. DR. C. L. FRET, PRACTICE LIMITED, diseases of tho Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat; office 122 Wyoming ave. Rssl. dence. 539 Vine street DR. L. M. OATES. 125 WASHINGTON avenue. Office hours, I to I a. m., 1.30 to t and 7 to I p. m. Residence m Madi son avenue. DR. J. C. BATESON, TUESDAYS AND Fridays, at bOo Linden street. Office hours 1 to 4 p. m. DR. 8. W. LAMEREAUX, A SPECIAL lst on chronlo diseases of tho heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and genlto urinary orcuns, will occupy the office of Dr. Hoos, 232 Adams avenue. Office hours 1 to 5 p. m. DR. C. L. FRKAS, SPECIALIST IN Rupture, Truss Fitting and Fat Reduc tion. Rooms 206 and 297 Mears Building. Office telephono 1363. Hours: 10 to 12, 2 to 4. 7 to 0. W. Q. ROOK, VETERINARY SUR freon.' Horses Cattle and Dogs treated. Hospital. 14 Linden street, Scranton. Telephone 2672. Dentists. C. C. LATTBACH. SURGEON DENTIST. No. lis V.'yomlng avenue. R, M. STRATTON, OFFICE COAL EX chanire. Architects. EDWARD H. DAVIS. ARCMtECTV Room 24. 2t and It, Commonwealth bntlillnir. f .rntnn. B. L. WALTER, ARCHITECT, OFFICB rear of AOS Washlnaton avenue. LEWIS HANCOCK, JR., ARCHITECT, 428 Spruce t . ror. Wash, ave.. Scranton. BROWN A MORRIS. ARCmTECTSt Price building. ii Washington avsoue, Korsnton. Seed. O R. CLARK CO.. SEEDSMEN AND Nurserymen; store 14 Washlncloa ave nue; areen house. ISM North Main ave nue; store telephone ttt Loans. THB REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND Loan Association will loan you money on easier terms and pay you better 00 Investment than any other association. Call on a. M. Caliendsr, Dims Bank building. wins mm. I BRIM ! Lawyers. FRANK E. BOYLE, ATTORNEY AND counssllor-at-law. Burr building, rooms 13 and 14, Washington avenue, EDWARD w THA YER, ATTY AT LAW 211 Wyoming avenue. JETFRY8 & RUDDY, ATTORNBY8-AT-law, Commonwealth building. WARREN KNAPP. ATTORNEYS and Counsellors at Law, ResubUoaa building, wuMngtoa avenue. Bora ton. Pa. JMWpS HAND. ATTORNEYS AND Couosollsrs it taw, Cossmonwsa t building, Washington areaue. W, H. JBS8UP, HORATS B. HAND. 1 rt. JESirpr. JR. PATTERSON s WILCOX. ATTOR. torn and Counsellors at Law; offices I asa s iviprarr nuiiaing. Borsjitos, ra. ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM t. HAND. Attorneys and Counsellors, Common wealth Building. Rooms 1. It and 21. FRANK T. OKKLL, ATtORNBYVaT. Law, Room B, Coal Exchange. Seraa ton. Pa. JAMES W. OAKFORD, ATTORNEY. at-Law. rooms tt, 14 sad tfe, Common. weaitn nuiiaing. SAMUEL W. EDGAR, ATTftRNEY-AT-Law. Office, sit Spruce t.. Scranton. Pa. L. A. WATERS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. szs nciqwmins ave.. era.nton. ra. URIH TOWNSEND, ATTORNBT-AT. Law, Dtme Bank Building, Soranton Money to loan Id largo sums at S per cent. , C. R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-law. Commonwealth building, Soranton, Pa. C. COMEQYB. tBl-SPRPCB STREET. D. B. REPLOGLE, ATTORNEY LOANS fiegottated on real estate security. Mears' building, corner Washington ava. nue and Spruce street. B. F. KILLAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 120 Wyoming wve.. Pr.wAn Ps. JASTTTh. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT. law. 45 Commonwealth bid's. Scranton. J. M. C. RANCK. Itt WYOMING AVE. Hotels and Restaurants. THB ELK CAFE, US and 127 FRANK Un avenue. Rates reasonable. P. ZEIOLER. Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D., L. A W. Buwenger depot. Conducted on the aropean plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop. WESTmTnSTER HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth 8U and Irving Place, Now Yorlt Rates, ts.se per day and upwards. (Amaru can plan). B. N. ANABLB. Proprietor. Schools. SCHOOL OF THB LACKAWANNA, ec ronton, ra., prepare, ooys ana gins far college or business 1 thoroughly! trains young children. Catalogue at re REV. THOMAS M. CANN. WAT.TER m. puell. quest. Opens September 14. MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN ana nrnooi, en aoidii avenue, spring tern April 11 Kindergarten 119 per term. Wire Srcens. J03. KUETTEL, REAR 511 LACKA- wanna avsnue, ucranion, n,, maaursa turer of Wire Screens. Miscellaneous. BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOR piui., picniv., pi ue, receptions, wed dings and concert work furnished. For terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor. 117 Wyoming avenue, over Hulbert's muslo store. MEGARGF.E BROTHERS, PRINTERS' supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, 130 Washington ave,. Sera a ton. Pa. FRANK P. BROWN ft CO., WHOLE-l!Je-J'ri.'lL.Woo''war. Cordage ana OH Cloth. T10 West Lackawanna ave. THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT AC eopntant and auditor. Rooms li and ts, Williams Building, opposite postoffloe. Ifafwt ft taa Km Flra btutgulsaar.