ny u dipm v 'm-'-jf 0nn -p 'Niimi,,. 'Vssf TI1E SORAKTON TRIUUKE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1S?7, i s &l3e l&cwmfon Cr(8une lidl oriel Weekly. No SmuHy mitlori Published at Scranton, Pa., by The Tribune Publishing Company. ltw orkltcprespnlatlvci FltANlt H. OllAY CO. lloom -13, Trltnino Ilullilln?, New York City. 1MIMD XT TUB POSTOFFICB AT SCRANTON TA., A3 GBCOND CLAB8 MAIt HATTIIt SCHANTON, FCUltUAUY 24, 1897. It probably la title that there Is no vociferous popular clamor for the on netment ut llnrtlsbuuj of reappottlon incnt laws', but unless the constitution id to bu regai (led ns a dead letter they will havo to be passed. The Case of Ruiz. Spain wilt doubtless appreciate the real with which Seciotary Olnoy senichts for Haws In the claim that l)i Klcardo mils', the latest piomlnent vic tim of Spanish assassination In Cuba, was nn Amu lean cltUen. Put It oc curs to us that while the validity or Invalidity of that rlnlm Is Imnoitant In its beailnff upon the diplomatic question whether wo shall demand of Spain compensation for Dr. Hul7. s denth, It Is utteilv lmmatoiial in the trnrred's exemplification of the un Chilstlan brutality of Spain's methods of waifard, and without pertinency to the now paramount proposition that the United States, In the Intel est of cl llizatlon, should stay Spain's bloody hand. Though it should appear that Di. Ruiz's claim to American citizenship was clouded, the fact would still lemaln that hen- was nn educated and ndmli able gentleman, a Riaduate of the Unl veisltv of Penns lvanla, and foi many yenis one of Philadelphia's most rc speeted dental sui goons, suddenlj seized by Spanish soldiers, dragged from his homo In Ounnabacoa, Cuba, and tin ust Into a foul dungeon, wheto ho was. kept foi tliiity days In lgnor anco of the cliaigo against him and finally, as it appeals, brutall nuir deied while In chains. Wo lopeat that while the Inquliv ns to Ills cltlzenbhlp Is of Impoitance fiom a legal stand point, the a'-buitlons as to his tient ment, If true as made, brand with new infamy the whole mlseiable Spanish effort to enslav e Cuba and add immeas urably to the odium of this govern ment's silence. The time has como for the state de pal tmont to inform the American peo ple as to tho facts In its pobsesslon with legard to affalis In Cuba If a tenth pait of the so-called Cuban news which appeals In tho papeis is tiuo, the public should Know It. The veil of seciecy which the ttaditlotis of di plomacy suspend befoio all foreign af falis should in this instance be patted The public has a light to Know wliethoi its opinions with lefeience to Spain nie lacKIng In authenticated justification I'nlt-ss the .state dep.ntment lesponds to tills llghtful demnnd for Infoimation the wort bUbplcIons will natumlly be conllunod and theio will in all likeli hood be a dcmonstiatlon of the &u piemacy of amused public sentiment over olllclal fatubbomess and seeming indlffeience. That the Amoiican people like to bo humbugged is pioved by the laige cir culations of the New Yoik Woild an! Journal. Ljlng, faKIng and mendacity appear tocaptute the mob. The Outlook for Bimetallism. It must be admitted that the out look for an international bimetallic agi cement, to favor which, if It can be SLCiited, tho Republican paity in its last national platfoim, in President elect JlcKInlej's letter of acceptance, mid In thirty state platfoims, stands committed, is not blight. Wo shall doubtless know moie when Senator Volcott letutns fiom his tour ot ln qulty among the ptlnelpal finance niin isteis and authorities of nuiope. He has epiessed in a genet al way the be lief that his mission will have some good lesults, but that it will lead dl lectly or'indliectly to tho convocation of another monutniy confeience is too much to expect. Tho house committee on coinage, weights and measuies hns theiefoie, in our judgment, acted wisely In so amend ing the senate bill authoring the pies ident to nppolnt commissloneis to an other confeience as to give the execu tive discietlonaiy power to name, in stead, special envoys to make dliect negotiation with ftlendlv Kuropearr poweis for an Intel national ngieement There have aliead been four monetaiy confeiences of delegates lepiesenting the pilnclpal nntions, and each of these has disclosed a geneial willingness to talk about bimetallism but a very con spicuous reluctance to guaiantee any definite action looking to its le-estab-llshment. "With the exception of the delegates repiesentlng England, eaclt delegation has said nice tilings for sli ver but pleaded Inability to commit its government to specific legislation In sil ver's inteiest. Wo see no leason to be lieve that a fifth confeience would pie sent diffeient choiacterlstics. Put Jy direct negotiation we can soon Jeain just where other nations stand and can tlieiefore the moio icadily decide oui own couise on this impottant matter, The personal belief of the vviltet of this edltoiial is that the dilft of the civilized woild to a, gold basis has ac celeiated tlie natural decline in pilces due to lecent changes in tho ptoduotlve processes of industry and theteby has tended to Impose sevete huidshlp upon producers) In genetal and agiicultutists in particular. Ho also believes that could a stable method be employed to restore silver ns a metal of piimary tender, it would lesult In substantial und far-reaching Impiovement In the state of trade. All these points, though, have been releguted by tho election of last Novembei to the domain of aca demlo speculation. The people then, with ees wide open, and by a majoilty that does not udmlt of question, voted to ratify and sustain tho slnslo gold standard, npd their wish is entitled to every decent man's respect. If the gold standard is good for us, bimetallism on any basis need not tioublo us, and if it be bad for us, wo can better enduie its Ills than any other nation on earth and consequently need not despair of event ual International concert for bimetal lism's restoration. Thus in either' as- t pect, the problem 19 one that time alone can solve. In ISOi, before Philadelphia's city Kovoinment was reorganized by the Hullltt bill, the expenses of the sevetnl city depattments amounted to $S,Gl-i,-3&9.B5, vilrllo In 1891 they amounted to $20,124,343.37, an lnciense of about 330 per cent., dining which time the increase- In the clt 'a imputation was only about 20 per cent. It would be Intel -osthiR to ltiiovv all the causes of this Increase, and also Just who leaped the benefits of It. A Hllllott Dollar Country. Continuing Its criticism of a lecent edltoiial In The Tilbiine which point ed out that government expenses, while mutually lncieaslng with the growth of tho counttj, have not Inct eased If wo divide the totnl appropriations by the number of pel sons benefited, the Ilnirlsbutg Patriot sas. Per cipltti llyuies of loveiute and c ptndltutc, like percentages which thev ale In effect ate not altogether tiust wotthv 'lliev can easily iiUle n gieat wiong In the appeal nncc of a mnnll bless ing. The motiopol which now takes two cents apiece from 70,000,013 persons Is a rtr enter i in so than the one that took .'! cunts fiom 10,000 000 pel sons, foi It give? less to the people nml Its emploes for tho nione received, and In the gross Is a greater lolibci than the monopolj tint took the 3 cents 'J he binglar who tuKes $10et apiece from ten houses In the same night Is a moie despeiate vllliln than the one that gets JS00 in one place and quits Put in rich case the pel capita loss In the gieater gioss amount Is the snnllor It Is not the amount of nione which the people of a coutitiy can spend which makes them prosperous but the amount tluy can save. The same mle applies to a government ns well as to an IncllvUluul This Is not und neur will be u billion dol lni count! v If Its business cm be con ducted foi less than a billion dollars It Is the gros sum unnecess irllj spent whlrh makes It rapacious, not the amount which each Individual contilbutes to the sum, These gcneiallties mav bo all light In their place, but havo they niiv pei tlncncy of the subject in liand .' it ir malns for tho Patilot to ptove that the business of the United States nt Its piesent magnitude can be conducted w ith efficiency and w lsdom for li ss than a billion dollais cveiy two .veais We asseit that the nntuial gtowth of that business has piogiessed to such a point that billion dollai congifsses do not neeessaiilj mean wantonly e tinvagant congiosses, b un incanc and we do not think that the Patiiots lemaiks nbout lobbeis and bumlni" successfully contioveit oui pioposltljn The piosent chairman of the house vvas and means committee, Mi DliiG le, in whose lntegilt and candoi the public has full faith, lecentlv explained In convincing munnei in what dliec tlons the govetnment expendltuies tre glowing He said "While it is Hue tint the appropriation j for this congiess will mil consider lblj oei a billion dollais, it doci not appeal that theie have been an expeiulltuies to which the teim extravagant could be Just 1 applied. The gov eminent expenditure a aveiagc about ?' CO pel head of popula tion Of this amount SJ DO lepiesents the expenditures foi the tr induction of the ordinary buslnes-, of the government Pa inents foi penMoiib lepieseul $2 moie pi i head rift cents of tho amount goes to piling ofl the government dibt, an 1 tho othei h ilf dollai lepresents the ex penses of liver and haibor woiK, foitlll citlons, the new navi, and public bull I-lng'- It is In the expenditures lepiescnt ed b this 1 ist half dollar of the pel cap ita that exttavaginee might, pel Imps, show Itself, and where the oppoi timlt for expansion Is gieatest The oidlnii expenses of the goviinment keep pice with tho giovvth of the population Tho have for veais nveiagod about S- 30 'l'hc pension legislation has not been extended during tho two list congresses, and tin pijnients on tho public debt keep about the snme Accepting this as tute, It can easlli bo shown thnt no congiess In lecent .vears has put a tlghtci gilp on the tluottle of ilvei and haiboi jobs tl.m has the piesent one, undei the Inflexi ble cconomj of Speaker Iteed The lat ter, in fact, has got himself actuallv disliked bv membeis for his flimness In lefuslng to let down the bai' to log i oiling measuies of nnv kind If the Patilot Is sufficiently tine to Its name to believe in llbeial pensions to the men who saved the nation, vvlcie In the foiegoing Itemization can It pj'nt to pioof of Its sweeping chaige of 10b bei .' The fact that theie weie 10,032 mui deis committed In this country In 1S9C and only 122 mutdeieis legally exe cuted vould seem to establish elthei that the death penalty Isn't getting a fall show or that It has so fai dp ci edited Itself us to be for piactlcal pui poses worthless Wo have little doubt that tho latter view is the col lect one. The Right Way. The following sensible icsolutlon was adopted by the lecent Congiess of Mothers at the instance of Anthonj Comstock. Resolved, That we will ndnilt Into our houses onlj those papers which Inspire to noble thought nnJ ded, and tint oui in lluenee shull go tow aid cultivating the public taste, until it shall demand fiom the pi ess onli that which elevates and re fines. Heie we have the light way pointed out to a substantial lefoini of American journalism. If the women of Ameilca who preside over its hotne life direct their efforts to the casting forth of filthy newspapers, filthy newspapers will soon cease to bo profitable and un scrupulous men will not theieaftei pub lish them. Tho influence of woman might go oven futthei than this Since men's chai actor ate levealed by the papeis they read, the fiowrr of sooietv should bo cast upon that man w ho hab ituates Ills mind to r cceh e the v lie sug gestions contained In such publications as dlsgince the newspaper business This would be a far moie effective method of combating the foul newspa per evil than to enact additional laws diiected against that evil. It is by no means feasible to convert the dally piess Into a kind of Sunday school leallet, because b so doing Its Influence for good would bo Immediate ly limited to those who ate already in accoid with noble Impulses. Its tiuo function Is to report society's Innumei nble activities nnd lender it possible for various Individuals busy vv 1th diffei ent cares and sepatated eaelr from the other by distance or circumstance to keep informed as to eaclt others do ings. Such a purpose is wholly legiti mate, and when achieved w 1th discre tion and without exaggeration of sucli activities as ate corrupting constitutes a cohesive and integrating force In so- l-clal evolution. Cut while the press should fearlessly "hold u mirror up to nature," It should not ronveit itself Into a gallery of horrors nor lend Its pages to the lellectlon mainly of the dis eases uf the time. Nor should It be w 1th. out thoughtfulness ns to its lespotiBlbl' Ity for the Influence wleldtd by It on the thousands of persons who icly upon It to do their thinking for them. It Is about tlmo thnt the United Stales saved emphatic and significant notice upon Sinlu that theie must bo n halt In Wejler's methods, not only as applied to his wanton disregard ot tho peisolinl rights of Americans, but also with le spect to the ruin and sequestration of mil llo'is of dollats worth of property owned hi cltl7ens ot tho United States Phila delphia Ledger. Ilooiay! Now you'io talking sense The lepoit now goes thnt President McKlnley will pioftu to Hon. .1 Donnld Camel on the ainbassndoishlp to Pus sia, and thnt ho will accept Such a disposition of th" JliMHinn embassv would be eminently acceptable to nil but ti few pet sons who bilk at Mr Camel on by force of habit -- - Tho sonsntlonal hullabaloo over tho past conduct of the state tiensury. in the light of eiinent Investigation, piomlses to tut n out another enso of "much ndo about nothing " It Is usu ally thus with chaiges giounded In factionalism. Pel haps, after all Is said, the best wa to smash a trust Is to let it "hog" Itself to death. Jiisf a Word or Tu)o of Castial Mention In iclUlous, muslcul, social and polltl cil ( liclcs, Select Councilman It II Will iams in;iks high on the West S'do As long ns thlit veais ago he was one ot the chief Mippoitirs of the late Itobeit .1 lames In his pnlmicst divs as ehuial con (luctoi of superloi abilities, and in Intel ems thiough the combined effoi ts ot Mi Williams and i few others, Dm Protheioe, the supeib conditctoi of the ome Inv ulnei able Cjmrodoi Ions, achieved his Hist luuels In his eaillei jcars In tills VVL L't"? if---lriPi m&. wh'z MhPg??K few W'A-Z. country Mr. Williams was piesldent oi tin ,-oclet He Is nlo a piorrinent Piee M.v-ou, a leadei In I'v thliinism, and n number of tho Grand I-odg5-2.f the Ami icun True Ivorites He Is a foimldabie candldite foi the Ice-pn sklencj of the oi del in Atneiica at the next meeting of the Gland Lodge In Mav Ho Is a piom lnent inembci of the t'ongieg itloinl con ference In this section of this state, and a leading inembei of tin I'lrst Welsh Con gn national chinch of the West Side. Air. Williams is the ti listed foreman of one of the mines of the Deliwaie, hackivvnu m and Western compim. He lepiesents the Pifth ward In the uppei blanch of councils and Is serving his second term In politics he Is a stalwnit Republican and wit Ids consldeiable power on the est Side This he did long before he became mlno foiemun He Is a turd eltlen und a plain-spoken run He en Jojs tho Implicit confldenec of tho entlii e ommunltj. Theie seems to be a constantly Increas ing I. umbel of oung women In this M clnlt who nie ambitious to shine behind the footlights, If onl In the choius of a 11 -b -night bur Usque e oinpanj Une ni,'ht last week the police of this eit picked up two voun,; j:lil who had just ai rived fiom Ilkes-Ilanc Then ages weie 1" and 1G, nnd thej were vei much stage-struck A smooth-tonguca j ouur' man the met in the Alligator Lltj told them that he would place the.n with u gooel companj Thev pioml-id to meet him In this clt, md left home without the consent of their patents to keep their uppolntinent Through some inisunelei standlng about the time of theli aiilval theii 'gentle man fiieiul" was not at the station to meet them and toon afteiw ml the police took tliim In charge Subst quentl the weie sent baik to Wllkes Hmi' The police spi-rit sivetal dnj s In n villi eltort to lliiel the voting man wnu deeojed them here, but he ovldentl heiiiil tint the gills wue in custod anil there upon ellsappenied The fate of the girls hid the not fallen Into the h inds ot tho police Is ius to sui misc. The proposi tion to place the girls with u theatileil comp.ni was of eouiso manufactured tor the puiposo of getting them iwn fiom homo. -O- Tho Mnwood (N. J) Mirror lefcrs to the good old chiiu h times In Scianton In this wise "It Is i elated of Rev David Shoit that when he was. pnstoi of tho I'enn Avenue ISuptUt chut eh at Scianton, Pa , he wnH zealous In tho woik ot seem ing new numbers One man, with whom he had lnboied e haiisthclj, was llnill pel suided as to his PhilHtlnii dut. but could not make up his mind v.hethei to become a Haptlst or a Methodist I'inil 1 he lilt upon a compiomlse and wioto to the doetoi that ho had decided to unite) with the Methodists, hut would like to lie bnptled in the Iiaptlst chinch b lnrmer slon This so exasiieiated the good doc tor that he sent the following ieply I icgict that I cannot nccoinmodate ou, but this chinch dots not tike In wash ing ' " -O- One of tho vor greatest iilanl'ts to bo heaiel Is Maitlnus Slev eking, the famous Dutch plnnl't Mi bleneking Is a oung man, and a giant In build, having a miii culai development which Is compiled to that of bandow Hut In spite of his gicat Ftitngth, Slocking hus a touch us light us down when ho chooi s to usa It that wn. Hut ut othei times he Is capablo ot evoking tonal whirlwinds He pla s with greit Hie, lluenc nnd vigor, but Is a thoiough artist und subordinates digit il accomplishments to tho Inter pi etitlou of the music before him His le ippeaiinco In Scianton next month Is awaited with Interest b lovers of good music. -O- The ninny friends of County Chairman Leo Holcomb, of Luzerne, will be glad to leain that he has been promoted to tho deput recordershlp uf rlmt count. Mr. Holcomb hns pioved himself nn executlvo ofllcei of ruroab!l!t. His conduct ot tho county chairmanship has been a pleasant sutfTiieu to his ft lends and a source of anxiety to his opponents As one of the bright and energetic oung Republicans who aie puMiliig to tho front of Penn slvanla politics his success appeals to tho smputh of those who like to seo merit leeognlzed, nn I wo predict for him further advancement In the near future. -O- Aithur C Pratt, of Ho!okc, Mass,, representing tho Plymouth Paper com pnn wns tho guest yesterday of Ron olds Pros, the Hotel Jeimyn stntloneis. Mr Piutt is wfll known in the commer cial world and especially In that delight full exclusive place wheto drummers move and have their being. MSS7S SZ- Yt It II. WII-IJAMS. STATE ' legislative topics'. Liquor laws nie to occupy a prominent place, It would feein, In tho calendar of the piosent legislature. Senntoi Gobln, of Lebanon, estelilu Introduced u bill which Is In part tho R lines bill of New Yoik. It was ill aw li by a wldely-ktlow l Philadelphia juilst, and Its puiposo is to provide for tho sale of llepiois In Itotits on Sunday, ot at all) time qf the duy or night to those who nio designated as legi timate gueSts of the house The bill Hist of all designates what Is meant b the term hotel It provides that any public house of entertainment which Is Kipt for the accommodation of the public shall bo designated oh a hotel, nnd to havo tho effect of the law In question must have nt lcist thlity rooms to be used as bedrooms to bo used bv the guests ot the houii . Llqtlur can be served 111 lhee looms to guests on Sunda or at an othei time, but all public bam, saloons oi othei places In the building win re liquor Is soil openly dining the week to the public must be closed on Sunds it Is said thnt this bill, which, b the wa, Is to be of feied in th shape of nn amendment to the llrooks high license, wns diafted at the ueplest and lindet the direction of the Hotel Men's association. The illiToien-e between this bill and the cekbnt"d Raines law of New York, where one li mi sandwich constitutes a meal and does eltitv as a stool pigeon foi ull the ill Inks needed In an election dlstilct, llei In this, that the objection ible phases of the alius law aie omitted, and the number of looms that aie necessai to enable a man oi hotcllcieper to sill Iquoi to givsts, Is lingei than thnt fixed b statute in New lork. More than e',00 acceptances have nl leuly been received bv the committee of the stale league oT Republican clubs having In chaige the ai iiiiiRements toi the dinner to be gIVe n to 1 nited States Fenatoi-elect Holes Penrose on I r el iv evening next, and additional acceptances nie being received in eei mail fiom well-known men In illfTcicnt parts rif th" stite The dinner will prnlubl bssciMrl In lloitluulttiial hill l'hl1idelphln.'rTho diners will sit down nt 7 o clock fsneloie Sobel piesldent of the league, w'll pie Flde, with the finest of the evening on his lUhl and Senntoi Qu.av on his left Vti Qii.il will start for his place at San Lucie, I'lii, a few dus later, having remained North piuposelv to do honor to his junior colleague While the lUavei mini I- not given to public speaking tne committee is hopeful of Inducing him to lespond to a toast Senntoi Came ion Is ils0 expect ed to make n shoit nddicsv. und his ic mniks will be Inteiest'ng as terminating 11 e public cneei of the Cameron dnastj in Pinnshan'a, beginning, as It did, in dliectlv thiough an uncle of Ml Penro e, who wns state senntoi when the elder Cameron was first elected to the nitlonal senitc in IS" Governor Hastings is also down for a toast, and among others who are expected to make addresses aie Con giessman Doillver, of Iowa; Pi evident Woodninnsec, of the National League ot Republican clubs, and Congiessman "Joe ' Cannon, of Illinois Repiesentatlve Conrad, of Phlladelpnli has introduced a bill to permit tho mem beis of tho Citizens l'eimanent Relief committee, of Philadelphia, who havp been Intel ested in lending mono to ncclj pet sons who will not icsort to pawnshops to form a coiporatlon foi this puipoie. Mil oi Waiwick, who Is chalimin of the Clticns' Permanent Keliei commute?, Di Fiench, the secietai, Joel J Hnllv, Justus C Straw bridge. Dr H O Shnl.es pe aie, John rield, Dr George St-aw-biidge nnd otluis ate said to be Intel es'"d In the measure It Is proposed, If the b'll passLs, to foim a conipan with $100,000 capital, to lend monev to deserving poor people at a rate of Inteiest not exceeding 1 pel cent per annum The loans nnv be obtained on real estate or personal piopeit, but If the applicant has no st . curltv the recommendation of responsible neighbors ma secure fiom the coipoin tlon sufficient funds to tide him and 1 Is fundi thiough an Industilil depression, ot nn unfortunate condition of affalis brought about b slc.-.uess or other mls foitune Senator Losch has Introduced a bill to supplement the Coipor.it'on 1 iw of 1S7I It gives watei powel companies the light to bii'Ul a dam in un boundai river ovor thlitv-tlve miles long below the head of the tldiwatei tluiein It also gives an corporation organled under it the right to operate and maintain tin dam In con nection with an eoipomtlon oignnlul In an adjoining state, and permits the Penns lvanla corporation to moitgage Its nroriert. lights and fiaiichl-cs Joliul with the coipoiitlon In the othn state to secure thevpiment of the joint Indebt edness, and to leuse Its piopeit lights and franchises to tho other coipoi itiun Authorlt is given to such corpoiutlom to develop electilc jowei for commenlil and nrnrriif-rctuilng purposes b nn ins of water and to nialntiln for distribution pui poses the nucssai buildings, poles and wlies, uttei hiving obtained the con sent of councils in cities - II Leglslatlon that will affect evcr beei diinkei In the state of Penns hanla will be intioilueed this week b Repiesentatlve W O bnilth, of Jelltison count. He bus been In cuii-ultation with the authorUles at the head of the Department of Puro Pood nnilei the seciitui of nn Iculteiie, hi reference io the mattei It will take the shipeuf a bill compelling biewus to keep all beei In stock foi ut le ist six months be for o It Is offeied fijr ale oi lint on the niniket The bill also contemplates tho nppolntmint of pure fool Inspe to-s wn s0 dut it will be- to not oui Inspect biew eiles, but have legulai und sitematl' ehemlcil analscs made ot the be i blew id and told In the commonwealth A bill Introduced b Representative Kunkel, of Dauphin, Is sa'd to hive the backing of labor oignuUatlons It com pels evil) proprietor of n mill to place In hln faetoiy an aull!ur Hie alarm, to bo connected with the llrc-alann system of the municlpallt, "-o that when a Hie breaks out the alarm ma be Instantan eous! communicated to the (Ire houses, Instead of seeking the neaicst box I'ru piletors of hotoK theateis, public halH and olllce buildings nie aNo compelled to Insert them In theli respective buildings Thepenalt for rioncoinpll nice with the act after Jan 1, lkto, Is a line of $10J The movement In t.ivor of sending thn National Gunrd to Washington to the Inaugiiifitlou on a special appiopi iutlon foi tho purpose Is not llkelv to succeed. Ollleeis of the Guard In both hoiifco and senate, as well ns other members, nro opposed to uppiopilatlng $30 001 for till) purpose when the icvenues of the statu ate in the condition thnt they aro In to dav Another proposition which will not bear proof Is that which proposes to tuko the legislature In n bod to the Irnuguia tlon nt a cost to the state of not more than " 000 Scnatoi Kauffman, nt the request of lion Monldeis' union No. HO hus intio ilueed a bill which provides that no maii ufaeturei, conti ittor or othei omploer of labor shall refuse lo employ nn ap plicant for employment for Ids con nection with n lubor organization, trcltlu r shall the discriminate against oi dis charge an emnloyeo because he Is a member of a laboi iin'on The penalty for violation of this act Is to be a lino of $500 and an Imprisonment of. not Icfs than six months for each offei'fce. CABINET FACTS. Prom tho Philadelphia Ledger. Including the ndnrlnlsttatloti of Presi dent Cleveland, tho individual states havo been represented In tho cabinets tho fol lowing number of times. MasHiicliusott', J9, New York, 28; Penns lvanla, 27; Vir ginia, 22; Ohio, 19, Kentucky, 15; Mniy laud, 15, Connecticut, S, Indiana, U; Geoi gla, 8; Tennessee, 8'; Illinois, 0; Maine, fi; Dolawaie, D; Wisconsin, 5; Iowa, 4; Michi gan, 4; Mississippi, l! New Jersey, 4; North Carolina, 4; I,oulsIann, 3; Mlnneso. ta, 3; New Hampshire, 3; West VliginU, Collection for Spring, 1897, now in and arriving. New and exclit sive patterns in Wiltons, Axminsters, Body Brussels, Tapestries, in" grains and Art Carpets. Every housekeeper's thoughts are drifting carpetward at this time of the year. Iherefore, we will be glad to show you our lines at any time, whether you are ready to purchase or not. That we arc great money savcis 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 us a fair share of your 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 per cent. See A glance at the center by us. We have over interest you. shown surely manufacturers of the CAPACITY 100,000 3 Vetmont, 2, Alabima, 1, Arkansas, 1, Colorado, 1, Nebuuka, 1, Oregon, 1 The following states have been without lepre sentatlon In the ciblnet: California I'lorlda, Idaho, Kansas Montana, Neva el r. Noi th Dakota Rhode Itlnnd, South Dakota, Texas, Ttah, Washington an 1 Woining. Judge McKenna's appoint ment will break tho lccord, so far as Cal' foinla Is concerned II II II Tne depaitmcnts of state, treasury and wai weie created in 17SU, and the secrc tailes were cabinet ollleeis In 17U3 the nav depaitment was added, with Its cc rctar a member of the ciblnet Although the otiice of nttoine general was created in 17S9, Its Incumbent was not admit' 1 as a cabinet olllcer until TS1I The post-of-llce department wa1- a branch of the treas ury until 120, when It became a ciblnet olllce. In 1S40 tho department of the In teilor was created, v'th the secietniy a cabinet olllcei In 1SSJ the depaitment ot agriculture was oiganizcd us a cabinet ot iice At pic-en theie is considerable iBi tatlon foi the ci cation of a depaitment of commerce, to have chaige of tho matteis now enttusted to bureaus of the state, tieasui, IntTior and agricultural depart ments II II I Pennsjlv aula's contilbutlons to the ex ecutive departments have been as fol lows Washington's second term, William lindfoid, nttorni general (not then In ciblnet), Jefferson' Hist term, Albiit Gallatin, secret ii of the treisur, Jir firon'i tecond teim, G illutln continue 1 Madison's first teim, Gallatin continue 1, nnd William Jones, ecci ituj of the n iv , Madison's second teim Gallatin and Jones continued, and AJexindci D.illui ecietai of ihc treasur.v (line spiled pcil od), and Hlchaid Hush altoine t.eneral, Monroe's llrst term, Rush, lontliuiid John Qulncv Adam's teim, ltlihiid Rubh fcecretit of the treasirr Jackson's llr-t teim, Samuel U Ingham, setretur of the tiersur, Jnekson's hciond teim, 1111 im I Dunne, seeictii of the triasur, in Urrrin'h teim, llenr D G lpln, attotne geneial, T lei's teim, Waltei roiwail, 'eeietar of the tieasur, William V ill lariib, societal of v.ui, vice Jums M Porter, rejeited b the senate, Polks trim, James Urn hanan secretir of stale T.iloi's teim, W VI Men 11th, seen tar of the tieasur, Petci's teiin James Campbell, postmaster geiural, liuchan an's term, Jeremiah S lilaek, nttoine general subsequcntl i-ecrctai of state, Lincoln's (list term, Simon Cimeion, scl retai of wai, Grant s first term, Adolph D Uorle, secietai of the nav . Grant's second teim, J. Donald Cameron, secn tuiv of w ti, Gailleld's teim Wane Mae. VenKh, nttoine genet il, Arthui's term, MneViagh eontiluucl, and siuceedul b Henjamln II UioWhtei, Hun'son's teim, lohn Wanam liter, postrnatcr general I II I It is to bo rrored rlmt the cabinet of President PUrce Is the onlv cabinet wh'ih served a full four eirs' teim without change In Its membershl') DAVID'S MAlt.M.VtS. rrom the Washington Post Now that benatui Qun Is to tuin loose, Dav Mai tin Is another indlvlduil whb will ilo well to pad th it poitlan ot his anatomy located just 1101 th and We t of the left clavicle I.IMUOIv.YI, WPS J.YintK.YTi:. Rx-Quccn Idluokalanl has anothor bur den to contend with Tne poets are uftei her. Helow Is one of thu latest contilbu tlons to tin cause of net ex-roal hUh nesb of Hawaii Poroveimore tho queen, though iuthlew hand despoiling Thee of HawaP's crown, In clutch of lupine btill thy fait Isles keeping With putty despot's frown; Hairing the gates th eiueenl hand wide opened, Thine is tho high renown Of justice, dealt with world-wide, pure intention, And ineic's blessed caic; Over thine Isles of peace Its might extend ing Thy people's ceaseless piaer; Thine thu tiuo womanhood that shines ex alted In light the mnrtrs bear. Upheld b conscious right, thy wrongs appealing To world-wldo sympathy Invest thee with a tilple power surpass ing The state of ioalty. All kindred hearts that throtf for right eous freedom Allegiance give to thee; And thou ure honored, loved by trust ex alted Qucen evermore to be. Cora Wllburn. Gieenbush, Mass,, Peb. 17, BoCCO Ctnusffl SScok n2 B S.E3.'" 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Just In, All Beleotetl, 50 cent Hooks at 35 cents, 25 cent Hooks at 15 cents. 35 cent Uooks at 10 cents. BEIDLEM, THE BOHAN 437 bpruce Street. Opposite The Commonwealth. im !! ni 1 QfT illiii pu iull uli CHASE A FARRAR 11. iliull, DENTIST BAZAAR. (IN BASEMENT.) the line of French Organdies cents to 37 cents, which will rAory. I Can't Think, no matter how hnrd I try. of a better place to buy my office and business sta tionery, blank books, type-wrltdr's supplies, etc , than nt Reynolds Bros. They have a laige stock In every line to choose fiom, and ou nevei can beat them on price on the down scale; and we also carry In stock a complete line of draughtsmen's supplies. eynolds Bros., Stalioners and Engravars, HOTEL JCRMVN BUILUINO. If Lxpcnsj Is No Object Why Not Have the; Best ? IIEUE THEY ARE: HUMBERS $115 UNIONS $100 Tor a Limited Purse Select Ulanufactured bj' Price to All. $75, Fully Guaranteed. For Rubbar Stamps Patronlza tba TON RUBBER ST1 CHASE & FARTiAR, Prop's., 515 Linden St., Scranton, Pa. NOWaffitubt THIS IS NO JOKfc. Book Binding IScat, Durable ltool, ISIndlng Is vvhatyou receive II ou leuve your order with the SCRANTON TRIllUNU U1NUURV, Trib une Uulldlnv, North Washington Ave. " ' ' ' i' "i " (IGYCLe ' II 111 i
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