TIIE SORATSTTON TRIBUTE-MONDAY MORNlNGr, FEBRUARY 32, 1S07.
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INTiniD AT TUB r03T0mja AT SCRANTON PA,.
6I0OND CLASS MAIL MATTER
SCHANTON, rElJIlUAUY 22, 1897.
exactly ten days hence the United
States will have a president In whoso
experience, discretion and patriotic Im
pulses It can place Implicit confluence.
Inadequate Protection Against Fire.
Rntuiduy e oniric's llio In Hitchcock
couit hiought vIMdly to the attention
or residents of the hill the need of a
hose house In closer proximity to that
poorly protected section of the clt
Heie Is a. lesldence uiea of moro than
a square liillo occupied by propel ty
owners who conttlbute a latKcr amount
of taxes to the city than Is deihed
fiom any other bectlon of equal sle,
and yet the valuable homes upon It ure
piactlcally at the meicy of any chance
blaze.
This is said not in criticism of the
lire department, which on each occa
sion calling It to the hill lias icsponded
as promptly and as elllclently as It
could. It Is simply a iccognltion of the
fact that to compel the piopeity own
ers of this areu to wait, when their
possessions ate thteatened by Hie, un
til hose carts and chemical engines can
be drawn for a mile 01 two up a steep
giade is to lnlllct upon them gioss and
ir excusable injustice. If ad the (lie of
Saturday evening attacked any one ol
the valuable legldences in its vicinity,
Instead of being limited to two small
and somewhat isolated bains, the loss
would more than have paid for the
equipping of a separate hose house and
for the maintenance of a new hose
company for several years It was not
due to any wise liberality of councils
that this flie did not destioy a whole
block of some of the city's finest
homes.
The present estimates committee of
councils having already slaughtered
the request of the chief of the hie de
paitment for such additional appli
ances as would tend to facilitate the
work of the pie&ent companies when
responding to calls in the Ninth and
Seventeenth waids, it becomes an Im
portant question whether the lesldents
of those wards should not take steps
to bring their needs more cleat ly to
councils' attention. It would seem
that thej ought soon to teallze In what
pei 11 they now rest by vhtue of the
past Indifference of our city leglslatuie
to the fire pioblem on the hill.
If "Weyler hopes to bring his cam
paign of Infamy to a climax in time to
teceive the ofllclal congratulations of
an American piesldent, ho had better
move lapldly. The day of his ascend
ancy at the white house Is hastening
to its close.
Figures That Don't Lie.
The Tiibune deslies to acknowledge
the receipt, thiough the courtesy of
Worthington G. Ford, chief of the na
tional bureau of statistics, of a copy
of the Statistical Absttact for 1S90 and
also a copy of the Monthly Summary
of rinance and Commeice of the United
States These two compendlums of
statistics with legard to our country's,
population, finances, commeice, agil
cultuie, mining, railroads and telo
gtaphs, immigration, education, pub
lic lands, postal service, prices, ton
nage, etc., lepresuit in miniature the
activities of all our people and aie
simply Indispensable to students of
contempotaty economics. Although
many public documents may justly be
regai ded as teptesentlng n waste of
money, the publications of the bureau
of statistics merit the widest publicity
and the most cot dial support fiom con
giess Thete should be authorisation
fot at least a doubling of their now too
limited numbei.
At the beginning of the Abstiact Is
a table summailzlng on a pei capita
basis the financial and commeiclal
statistics of the country by yeais fiom
1SC7 to 1S9G inclusive. This Is most in
teresting, but a comparison of two of
the years Included In the table suggests
Itself as being especially oppottune. We
shall ask attention to the statistical
state of the country in 189J, the yeai
when the Republican patty was cast
out of powet by an overwhelming ma
jotlty of the votets of the country, and
In 1S, the year when by an even latgei
and moie imptesslve majotlty, It was
summoned to tetutn to power. Ileio
ate the llgures:
lS9i 1SJC
Per Capita. Per Capita.
Amount of money
in LT. S $30 21
Honey In circulation J 1 44
Net national debt ... 12 SG
Intoiest on debt ... .33
Ordinary federal re
ceipts B 41
Ordinary expenses .. C 2S
Spent for pensions .. 2 10
Internal revenue col
lected 2 3")
Cost of collecting . 2 02
Exports $15 03
Exports of agricul
tural products, per
cent, of totul ex
ports 7SCS7(.
Ituw cotton, con
sumption of 21.031b
Wheat, consumption
of GUlbu.
Corn, consumption of 30 33bu.
Coffee, consumption
of 9611b
Tei, consumption of 1 37tb
I-lquors, consump
tion of 17.01gal.
Increase In tonnage
of vessels 3 83
$3.' SO
Jl 10
13 41
.49
4D9
491
190
2 0(1
2 03
512 11
CO 027o
18 401t
4 7Sbu.
14,73 bu.
8 011b
1311b
10 43gal.
1.47
1S91.
A study of these figures will be like
ly to explain very clearly why the peo
ple have decided to restore, as nparly
us possible, the political conditions
which existed prior to the election of
Mr. Cleveland in 189.'. It discloses
plainly, by the oiTlclal figures of Mi
Cleveland's own administiatlon, that
the defeat pt General Hairlson In 1S9J
was a mistake- foi which the people of
this countiy ate btill paying Ueaily
It having been decided In a Florida
circuit couit that th,e steamer Thiee
Friends, which Is under suspicion of
having conveyed arms ant ammunition
to the Cuban Insut gents, committed no
offense Inasmuch as fiom a federal
standpoint war is not In progress in
Cuba, the attorney general appeals to
the United States Supreme court and
there mukes the point ,thut If the oirl
cers and ctew of this staunch ship be
not punishable as filibusters, they
should bo convicted of pltncy, the pen
alty for which Is death. We think we
see nn American president ordering the
execution of a Group of American citi
zens fot the cilme of Imitating Steuben,
Kosciusko, Rgchambcau and Lafayette.
The Price of (Ins.
In Its tole us n defender of trusts the
New York Sun ably cotintei balances
much of the labld and unreasoning
demagoglsm which Is ut the ft out of
the contcinporaty opposition to concen
trations of capital In our Industries, but
It itself sometimes falls Into otiors
which Injure Its clients' case. It makes
one of theseinlstakes when It opposes
the right of our people thiough law to
establish tegulatlon of the price of 11
lumlnntlng gas
"The fact," It say3, "that the legis
lature cannot fix the wages of the la
borets nor the cost of the materials
employed by the companies In their
operations is not considered as having
any beating on the question. The pi Ice
of gas Is to established by law, and
the eompnnles must do the best they
can with their employes and the fui
nlshers of the matetlals they use. That
since they first began opeintlons the
pi ice at which they have sold their
pioduct has' steadily diminished fiom
$10 pet 1,000 cubic feet to $1.23 per 1 000
cubic feet, while their plant represents
Investments worth many millions of
dollais mote than their original cost,
is used as an aigument against them.
The newspaper decieo has gone foith
that they are making too much money,
and that they must bo compelled by
law to make less "
This Is an ingenious defense, but It
overlooks ceitaln essential points. In
the veiy lltst plnce, no gas company
can do business until It gets pei mission
from the community to occupy the pub
lic streets. Its franchise Is Its most
valuable asset. Usually that lianchlse
is exclusive, and secutes for its ownei
ptotcctlon against competition Now
the aveinge cost of making gas is piet
ty well known In Boston It costs 32
cents by the thousand cubic feet and In
Philadelphia, 37 cents Theiefore, when
companies exempt fiom competition by
giace of the community use that ex
emption to extort fiom the commun
ity, by whose oouitesy they aie al
lowed to do business, prices manifest
ly out of propottion to the cost of mak
ing and distilbiitlng their pioduct, It
becomes the duty of the public to. pto
tect itself. The most equitable way,
so far as the companies aie concerned,
In which this piotectlon can be ns
suied is foi the leglslatuie, after tho
tough investigation, to establish a cer
tain maximum tate. This would leave
them in the possession of their valu
able pilvlleges. The other method, that
of municipal ow nershlp of franchises,
subject to lease by public auction to
pilvate blddeis for stated petlods and
under stlpufated conditions as to price,
may yet be forced upon the citizens of
many American municipalities
There is a kind of immlgiation far
less desiiable than that which Is com
posed of Illiterates, and a sample of it
Is thteatened In tho lepott that the
ex-Pilncc-s de Chimay contemplates
bringing hoi malodoious gypsy Rlgo
to these shotes.
Newcomers from Canada
It is possible that the alien labor
clause of the new Immigration act,
which was aimed especially at Canad
ians who woik in tho United States but
live In Canada, will have an effect dif
feient fiom what the Canadian author
ities piofess to expect. They have re
peatedly deelated that its enactment
would be followed by lepilsals at Ot
tawa, and thiough the dominion pi ess
and in letteis and intot views in our
own papets have asset ted that such a
policy would undo a great pottlon of
tho sentiment which has In lecent yeais
been built up In Canada in fav ot of
closer and moro fiiendly relations with
the United States.
But a Montieal coriespondent of tho
Sun piesents a dlffeient opinion.
Says he: 'The menace of Mr. Lautler
that ho would pass an alien labor law
to retaliate against Ameilcan labor
does not amount to much For one
Ameilcan woikman who comes Into
Canada to beaich fot a living, a hun
ditd Canadians are dilven over the
bolder to find theli existence In the
United States, Tho gentlemen at
Washington w ho may be v islted by Sit
Richard Cartvvtlght and Mi. Dnvles
need not bo alatmed by any tin oats
they may make on behalf of Mr. Lau
ller on the alien laboi question. Fiom
Halifax to Vancouver thete is one unl
veisal wave of" depiesslon in the labor
maiket, and but for the outlet affoid
ed In tho United States, laboi tioubles
would bo assuming a very disagree
able form over heie"
The Intel ence to be diawn fiom this
is that that lather than lemaln in idle
ness on the noithein side of the bor
dot the Canadians affected by our alien
labor clause will make a vlitue of ne
cessity by moving into tho states and
there declailng their wish to secuta
American citizenship. The fulfilment
of this ptedlctlon would undeceive
Ameilcan labor in Its belief that the
exclusion clause would reduce its com
petition, but it would at last keep the
bulk of the vvnses of the new comets
in this countiy. It would, moreovei,
simply habten the natuial ell 1ft of
population fiom Canada southwards a
drift which has for upwatd of two de
cades kept the numbei of the domin
ion's Inhabitants down almost to a sta
tionary figure.
Tho problem fiom any standpoint is
a complex one but wo shall doubtless
boon be pilvileged to gain wisdom fiom
oxpetlence acqulied dutlng iu solution
Complaint is geneial thiouphout the
commonwealth, and especially in coun
ties having u large percentage of ignor
ant citizens, at the operation of the
present jury system, mid a member of
tho Allegheny county bar ptoposes these
Improvements Have the law chapged
so that the president juige shall ap
point two men of high standing In the
community, of dlffeient political faith,
who bhall with one of the Judges of
the common pleas act as a board to
select names from the county commis
sioners' book of taxables. Exclude
fiom Jury service both city and county
employes and other holders of political
office, and finally, have the names
drawn from the Jury wheel by the Judge
In pei son. This would seem to be whol
ly fenslblo, but so long as three Ignorant
men could still get on a jury to every
one man of more than average Intelli
gence, the level would be too low.
Sonic Interesting figures ns to tho
piobablo futuio pi eduction of tho South
Afilcan gold fields are presented by the
famous American mining engineer, John
Hays Hammond. He estimates that
tho Wltvvuteisinnd dlstilct alone Is cap
able of yielding $2,000,000,000, while In
the adjoining dlstilcts $1,000,000,000 ad
ditional Is In sight, Although tho out
put of tho Wltvwitersrand for 18 was
only $37,000,000 or about 10 per cent, of
thu woild's nnnual pioductlon, Mi.
Hammond feeels convinced that South
Allien will soon conttlbute to the uses
of civilization fiom $100,000,000 to $12"),
000,000 wotth of gold per annum These
figures If oven approximately true,
would seem to dispel one of tho fears
of those who oppose the gold standard
on the giound that the available quan
tity of the yellow metal Is Inadequate
to the wot Id's nionetniy needs.
Tho Massachusetts bin call oE labor
statistics toports for 1S93 a gain over
1891 of 0 pet cent in tho numbei of
men employed (n that state, and an In
crease of 11V4 per cent In their wages
for 1890 the showing mav not be so
good, because of tho fact that It was
a piesldntlal campaign year, when
business Invariably suffeis. Hut theie
appears to bo no good teason why
during 1897 the foiegolng ratio of Im
provement should not be Incrensed, not
simply in Massachusetts but In tho
countiy geneinllv. Politics Is out of
the way; the fenis of capital arc at an
end so far as national legislation Is
concerned, the deck Is cleared for no
tion und theto are plenty of oppoi Unti
tles foi tho piolltable Investment of
money. Lot us ugaln hnvo piospeilty
Rcpiesfnlatlve Mai tin Is quoted In
tho Plttsbuig Dispatch an having pto
posed to build a now capltol w Ith the
proceeds of a state tax on houses of
ill-repute. We suspect that this Is a
mistake. AVo don't believe theie Is a
law-maker In Pennsylvania who would
countenance such a suggestion This
state Is ubove that.
It is asserted by naval expoits that
not less than six months would be te
qulied by the Turkish government to
bciapo the bainaclci off Its old, tub-like
waibhips, and at leust a yeat to pump
out the ullse-vvatcr and fumigate tho
mlctobes Gicece evidently knew what
she was tackling.
The Hairlsbuig Patilot is Infoimed
that The Ttlbune never said or Inti
mated that the "more money congress
spends the less It costs the people " It
did say, though, that eongiess' appro
priations are not Inei easing on a per
capita basis. This Is a billion dollar
countiy.
Are we to understand, then, that
Pennsylvania is to be punished for be
ing too bafely Republican?
Jiisf a Word or Tuto
of Casiial Mention
Tho defeat of tho veneiablo wai-horse,
M. L Hluli, In last Ttusduj's Fifth wind
aldei manic contest, though only whnt
might bo expected from the staunch Re
publicanism of the ward, still is regret
ted by tho alderman's many warm pei
sonul friends. ,The old man has citing
to the otlico for twenty-one ypan flu
bolloved that he would die and still be
alderman of the rifth ward. Ho thought
the place was his as long as ho wanted it,
and when he was defeated In caucus he
was of the honest belief that tho people
his friends had been tricked. With that
Idea he decided to bo an independent. Ho
bollclted names for his nomination pa
pers and he used to tell In the pio-eleo-
tion days how "no one refused every ono
signed" "I ljor Bl.ili still has tho love
of his people In the rifth waid. Homo
will neer foi got his kindlier In ilK
poslng irises lie ued to say ufte- ho
had saved some poor wretch fiom Im
pending punishment "Thero's ciiou-sh
bid In the woild alicady, and jou iin't
make a bad man good by grinding him "
Owing to this generous method he was
chaiged with mglcct of duties Ills con
stablis wire his bltteiest denouncers,
himply because they oft times stw a
dollar in ipilscmut and then failed to gft
It because of tlio alderman's leniency.
-O-
Thero Is not likely to be any opposition
to Mai tin T Iaulle being le-eleded city
clerk He is one man who does not need
political Inllucnce ot civil service or any
other old thing to letain him In Ills posi
tion Ho can have It at lon as he wanfs
it and as he likes tho position about as
well ns tho position likes him It Is prob
able that many yeais will pass bufotc wo
will see them separated The reason he
Is peimitted to keep tho nllleo without
ohnlleugo or question year alter yetr,
through all the various changes of muni
cipal government, Is that together with
tho genially conceded fact that ho Is
most thoroughl) tltted foi the otllce, ho
manages always to bo ne'thei a Republi
can city clerk nor Democratic city cleik
but simply city clerk, He Is a Democrat
and does not hebltato to declare his con
victions, but he 13 novel a partisan v. hen
he is fuinillng tho duties of his otllce.
Occasionally one Unds a reil gem of
humor in the contemporary dally press
and such wo cull from our pink-eyed con
temporary of yesterday It reads- llko
this
"Should Chief Robling want more pi
tiolmen ho may find many peoplo willing
to wear a "stai" for nothing"
f'ould anything be more dellclously hu
morous' In fact It's fni too funny fot
general cheulatlon and that nrobably nc
counts for its appeal anco in thu pink-eye
Of com so not many will understand Just
whnt tho humorist means, but that's a
peculiarity of gonitis It is seldom under
stood, ho why quairel with this ono ort
that scote '
The approach of tho Corbett-ntzslm-mons
fight has so thickened the spotting
blood of tho "fellows" rherenbouts that
they can seuicely let a night pass with
out having Homo kind of a "go,". Last
week there vvero two lights ur tho valley
and .rnio down In Plttston, and sovoral
others aro being talked of In whispers.
Plan lor a Stale
BtireaU of Mines.
! imlsloiis ol the Least Oliiecttonnulc
MciiMirc ui This. Kiml Yctlntio-
iltiml at HtuTl&liiirn.
Of tho pioposltlons under considera
tion at Hntiisbutg looking to the cre
ation of a state bumtu of mining thu
least objectionable Is that known as the
Manslield bill, which has, wo believe,
the siuppoit of the state administra
tion. It consists of ten sections, as
follows:
Section 1 Ho It emcted, etc., that thero
Is heieby e-itubl'shed In tho dopaitmcnt
of Internal affairs a buieau to bo known
ns tho bin can of mines which shall bo
charged with a supervision ot the execu
tion ot tho mining laws of thl common
wealth anil thu euru and publication of
the annual tepoits of the Inspectors of
eoal mines,
Sec. 2-1 lie chief olllccr of Eald btrremi
sliill be denominated chief of tho bliuiut
of mines and shnll be nppolnted by tho
govornor upon the lecommendntlon of
tho cecrelaty of Intertill nffalis within
sixty days after the flnnl pass ige of this
act and uveiy fom yeius theiciftei Ho
shall bo commissioned by the gOvernoi
to spue fot a term of four yeats fiom
tho date of Ida appointment and until
his suceebOi Is duly qualified and shill
reeulve an nnnual salary of $3,000 and
traveling expenns In cuso of a vacancy
In the ofllce ot tho chief of saitl bureau,
the gov ei not shall appoint on lccom
menditlon of the societal y of Internal
artalrs a qualified poison to 1111 such va
cauej for thu unexpired balance of the
term,
See. 3 Tho chlof of the bureau of
mines Hhall be a competent mining on
glneet having at Unst ton yeais' piaotlcal
experience In the woiklng nnd ventilation
of coal mines of this state and a practical
knowledge of all noxious and dangerous
gases found in such mines, ol othet poi
son who shall be fully qualified by scien
tific knowledge und practical expeilenco
to pet form the duties of tho ofllce. He
shall h ivo passed tho examln Ulon u
qulred by the mining laws foi applicants
foi tho position of mine lnpectoi and
shall have been rccommi nded to the gov
einoi as qualified to 1111 the ollleo of mlno
inspector by some of tho exunlnlng
bonds duly appointed for thnt purpose.
The said chief of tho bureau of mines so
appointed shall, befoie cnteilng upon the
duties of his ofllce, take and subset lbe to
the otth of ofllce preset Ibcd by tho Con
stitution, and give to the commonwealth
a bond In the penal sum of $10 000 with
surety, conditioned foi the faithful dis
charge of the duties of h's ollleo
must n.vroRcn Tim law.
Sec. I It shall be the duty of the chief
of tho bureau of mines to devote the
whole of his tlmo to thu duties of his of
lleo and to see that the mining laws of
this state uie faithfully executed and loi
this puipose he is heieby Invested with
tho same povvei nnd authoilty as tho
mine Inspectors to entci, inspect and ex
amine any mine oi collleiy within thu
btnte and tho works and machinery con
nected therewith and to give such aid
and advice to the mine lnspectois fiom
time to time as he may deem best calcu
lated to piotect the health and pioimf'c
the safety of all pel sons employed In und
about tho mines. And should he iccelve
information by petition, signed by ten oi
mote mlneis oi opeiatois, and setting
forth that any of tho mine lnspectorsaro
neglectful of theli duty or are incom
petent to peifoim tho duties of their ot
llce or uio guilty at malfeasance In of
fice, ho shall at once Investigate the mat
tei and if he shall be sttlslled that the
chaigo or charges uie well founded bo
shall then petition the court of common
pleas or the Judge In chambeis In any
county within or partly within the in
spection district of the said mine In
spector which couit, upon teceipt of said
petition and a repoit of the character of
the charges and testimony pioduced, shall
at once Issue a cltutlou In tho name of
tho commonwealth tP the said Inspector
to appeal on not less than tlfteen days'
notice on a fixed duy beforo said couit
at which time tho court shall proceed
to Inqulio Into tho allegations of tho pu
tltioneis and may lequiie the attendance
of such witnesses as the judgo of the
couit and the chief of the said buteau
may deem necessary In the case. The
Inspector under Investigation shall also
have slmllai powei and authority to com
pel the attendance of witnesses in his
behalf. If the couits shall find by said in
vestigation that tho said mlno inspeetoi
lb guilty of neglecting his ofllclal elutles
or Is incompetent to perform tho duties
of his olllce or Is guilty of malfeasance In
ofllce tho said couit shall certify tho
same to tho governor who shtll deehvo
tho ofllco vacant and shall proceed to
supply tho vacancy ns piovlded for by tho
mining laws of tho state. The cost of
said investigation shall, If tho charges aro
sustained, be Imposed upon tho mine in
speetoi, but if the chaiges are not sus
tained tho cost shall bo paid out of the
state trensuiy upon voucher or vouclie-s
duly certified as to conectness by tho
judgo or pioper olllcor of tho couit
where such pioceidin,?s nro held; pro
vided that If tho couit shall be satisfied
that thero Is no foundation foi tho com
plaint or thnt tho same Is made with
malicious Intent then the couit mty at
Its discretion impose the whole ot any
portion of tho costs upon tho said peti
tioners. To enable the s ild chief of the
buieau of mines to conduct moro effectu
ally his examinations and Investigations
of the chaises nnd complaints which muv
be mudo by petitioners against any nt
tho mlno lnspectois as hetein provided he
shnll have powoi to administer oaths und
take atlUlavlts and depositions In foim
and manner provided by law.
TO TRANSMIT RLPORTS.
Sec 3 It shnll be tho duty of the chief
of tho buieau of mines to take ebaige of
and preseive lu his ofllce tho nnnual ic
poits qf the mlno lnspectois and tiansmlt
a copy of them togethei with such sta
tistical data compiled therefiom and
other mattei relating to the work of tho
bureiu as may be of public interest piop
ci ly addiessed to tho secietaiy of Inter
nal affalis for tiansmlsslon to tho gov
ernor and the geneial assembly of this
commonv.eilth on oi beforo tho fifteenth
day of May In each yeai It shall also
be tho duty of the chief of the bureau
of mines to see that s ild icooits oi a
copy of them nio nlaced In tho hands
of tho public prlntet for publication on
oi before the first day of June in each
year, the samo to be published undei ill
lection of the secrLtaiy of internal alfalt v
as other icnorts of his depaitment nio
now roqulied by law to be publlshcl,
and In order that tho ehlef of said buieau
may bo able to prcnare, comnllo and
tiansmlt his annual leport to the secie
taiy of Inttjrmil nftalis within the tlmo
heieln specified the mine Inspectors nro
heiebv required to dellvoi their annual
reports to the secietaiy of Internal nffalis
on or boforo the fifteenth day of Mar'h
In each year In addition to tho nnnuul
leports herein requlied of tho mlno In
spectors, the said mine insoectois shall
furnish to the chief of the buieau of mlnei
such bpeclal leports oi Information on
any subjects regaidlng mlno accidents or
other matteis peitalnlng to mining In
tel ests or tho safety of persdns employed
In mines as he at any time may lequlio
or may deem necessniy In tho pioper and
lawful discharge of his. official duties.
Tho rhlef of the bureau of mines shall
also establish, as far as may bo piaetlca.
hie, a uniform style and size of blanks lor
the annual leports of tho mine Inspectors
and pieseilho the form and chninctei ef
Subject matter to ho embraced In tho text
and tho tabulated statements of their an
nual reports The chief of the bureau ot
mines Is herebv nuthotlred to make such
examinations and Investigations ns may
enable him to repoit upon tho various
systems of coal mining practiced In tho
state, method of mining; ventilation; ma
chinery employed; stiucturo and charac
ter of tho several coal seams operated
and of the associated strata; tho circum
stances and responsibility for mine acci
dents' economy of cnal production; coal
waste; area and exhaustion of eoal terri
tory, and such other matters as may per
tain to tho general welfare of coal minero
andothersconnectedvvlth coal mining a3
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Collection for Spring, 1897, now in and arriving;. New and exclu
sive patterns in Wiltons, Axminsters, Body Brussels, Tapestries, in
grains and Art Carpets.
Every housekeeper's thoughts are drifting carpetwarcl at this time of the year.
Therefore, we will be glad to show you our lines at any time, whether you are ready to
purchase or not. That we are great money savers in the house furnishing line is conclu
sively proven every day in the week. That we employ only the most skillful workmen in
carpets as well as draperies is universally known, and which always bespeaks for s a fail
share of 3'our patronage.
Thousands of rolls of new Wall Paper are now being placed in stock. We
buy it in such enormous quantities that we save the Jobber's profit, thereby
enabling us to save you from 25 to 50 par cent.
Come and See
A glance at the center
shown by us. We have over
surely interest you.
Hanufacturers of the
CAPACITY 100,000
the Interests of coal mlno owners and
operators In this commonwealth.
HIS ASSISTANTS.
Sec. 0 The chief of tho bureau of
mines shall keep In his ofllce a journal 01
lecoid of all examinations made and
woik done tinder his administration and
copies ot all official communications itl
is heieby authorized to proeuie such
books, Instruments and chemical oi other
testa as may be found ncccssaiy to tho
pioper disehurge of his duties under this
act at tho expense of the state. All lu-st-uments,
plans, Dooks und leeoids per
taining to tho olllce shall be the pioperty
of tho state and shall be dellveted to his
successor in oltlco.
Sec. 7 The chief of tho buieau of
mines shall ut all times be accountable
to tho secretary of Internal affalis for tho
faithful dlschaigo of tho duties Imposed
upon him by law and the ndminlstiatlon
of his otllce, and tho rules and regulations
peitalnlng to said bureau bhall be sifbject
to the npprovul of tho secietaiy of Intei
nal affairs, who is heieby enipovveied to
appoint an assistant to the chief of the
buieau nt a salaiy of ?1,SD0 pei annum
and a skilled stenogiaphei and ty pew lit
er at a salaiy of $l,JiW pei annum, all
these salaries to be paid out of the state
treasury .
Sec. S Xo person who Is acting as a
land agent or as a managei, viewer or
agent uf any mine or colliery 01 who Is
Intel ested In operating any mlno oi col
lleiy bhall at the bame time solve as chlof.
of tho buieau of mines undei tho provi
sions of this net.
Section 9 That tho opeiator or super
intendent of each and eveiy coal mine
subject to Inspection undei tho mining
laws of tho state bhall, within six months
nfter the final passage and approval of
this act, deposit In the bureau of mines
an accurate map or plan of biieh coal
mine, which may be on tracing muslin
or sun pi lnt diawn to a scale ot not Icbs
than 200 feet to an Inch, which map or
plan shnll show tho actual locations ot
all openings, excavations, shafts, tunnels,
slopes, planes, main headings, cross head
ings nnd roonib or woiklng places In
each stiata operated, pumps, tans or
other ventilating appaiatus, the entlro
couiso and direction of air currents, tho
relation and proximity of tho woiklngs
of such coal mines to all othei adjoining
mines oi coal lands and tho rotative ele
vation of all tunnels and headings and
of tho face of working places neai to or
approaching boundaiy lines 01 adjacent
mines, and on or befoie the close of each
calendar yeai tiaiibmlt to the chief of the
bureau of mines a supplemental map or
plan showing all excavations, changes and
additions made In such mine during the
year diawn to the scale as tho Hist men
tioned map or plan, All such maps or
plans to bo and lemaln In tho bureau uf
mines as a part of tho recoids of that
ofllce,
Sec, 10 All acts or parts of acts Incon
sistent with this act be and the same aie
hereby repealed.
The fiamei of this bill, Repiesenta
tlve Manslield, of Reaver county, 1
himself a eonl mlnei and opeiator of
extended expeilence. Ills aim has been
to frame a measure which would sys
tematize the woik of themlne lnspectois
without adding laigely to the costs of
mine mipei vision. Tho principal objec
tion advanced against his bill Is the
dilllculty in the way of finding one
man for chief of the pioposed tlepatt
rnent who would be equnlly posted as to
bituminous and anthracite mining
methods. The Tribune would be glad
to hear what Us leaders have to sug
gest In way of ciltlclsm oi amendment
of this bill.
l'ostal Savings Hunk.
Children aio laige patrons of the postal
savings banks of Trance Out of over
400,000 depositors In theso Institutions, ac
cording to ofllclal repoitb, S0,GM are Illin
ois. TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dnil) Horoscope Drawn li Aincclms,
'1 ho Tubulin Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast 3 18 a m , foi Monday,
I'eb ii, 1S97
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A child born on this day will purchase
a llttlo hatchet at an euily ago and will
nevei tell a Ha when tho truth will do
just us well,
I'eoplo who complain of ill v emulation
in chuiches can usually endure a long
session In a theater without a murium.
Titles unaccompanied by an Ameilcan
hell ess do not cut much Ice in this age.
General Ilarilson piobubly has no use
for tho presidency today,
A.incchiis' Advice.
Do not be afraid to venture off tho
perch occasionally. It is better to bo u
"has been" than a social on political 0.
Lager BeerBrewery.
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Barrels Per Annum.
There is Alway
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for goods at a resouable
price that will
GIVE SATISFACTION
We have just received a
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the line of French Organdies
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TOS.,
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