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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, APRIL
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1899.
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SCllANTON, APIltti 5, 1895.
The drawing or n. factional Una In
tlio Iioueo yesterday on the vote upon
the Kentur ballot bill was unfortunate
and It wan also unfortunate that the
supporters of Senator Quay, with a
few honorable exceptions notably
Hpeakvr Karr should have arrayed
themselves In untasonlsin to f.his
meuBUre. The Keator bill Is support--cl
by nn overwhelmlns public sentl
mpiit and Its rnacttnent Is demanded.
The Question of City Ownership.
1'mler the teims of a m-cntly enacted
law Governor Plumee hu appointed a
foiuiutxMon to estimate and appraise
the value of the existing street rail
way systems In the city of Detroit,
with a low to their purchase and oper
ation by the city. The validity of the
law has vet to be tested uud Inasmuch
us the street car companies do not want
to sell ami will tight with all their re
nources the effoit of Governor PlnBree
and his following to force them to sell,
It may be a lone; time before the htrug
Kle will end. Nevertheless the episode
will rail ill) for (fenernl discussion Pin
Ktee's favoilte subject of municipal
ownership and In this way It will bo
ndticutlonnl. Those who agree with i
Plnjnce that the cities of the United j
States should own and manage all pub
lic works testing upon municipal fran
chises preent as their ptlnclpal argu
ment the s-tulcment that such owner
ship would Insure a service directly In
the interest of the people, offering su
perior accommodations at smaller costs
tliun at present. This it! the substance
of the nlllrnmtlve argument for city
ownoihhlp. Theoretically it is not con
trovertible. If we assume it to bo tho
proper function of the city to supplant
private enterprise wherever it can.
Hut on practical grounds, taking Into
account the prevalent conditions of
municipal politics, the general charac
ter of the men who control ward and
city primaries and elections or who af
terward control the men elected by
them, and the lack under these condi
tions ot an eftectlve organization of
honest and Intelligent publlo sentiment
Mifllclent to enforce honesty and fidel
ity in tho public service as it is en
forced in the great majority of in
stances of private service, there is
room for vigorous dissent. It Is true
that pilvate corporations now fre
quently secure valuable public franchis
es by corrupt means and fall to give to
the public owning the franchises a just
equivalent either lu taxes or in ser
vice. It is true that private enterprise
occupying this field exhibits as a rule
numeious shortcomings. Street car
companies, for example, do not vun cars
enough at busy seasons and do not keep
their cars or tracks In the best condi
tion; telephone companies secure
against competition are inclined to be
stiff as to prices and curt as to com
plaints; water and light companies,
wive In exceptional Instances, consider
their own Interests first and the Inter
ests of patrons afterwards. These and
a thousand other possible indictments
of private enterprise protected by
monopolistic franchises are In the main
true and no opponent of city ownership
who Is honest and fair can gainsay
them.
But where there Is disease it does not
follow that there should be blind haste
to experiment with the first glibly of
fered remedy. The objectionable fea
tures to private enterprise In control of
public works can nearly nil bo traced
directly to the monopolistic character
of Its franchise grants; throw open and
keep open the door to competition and
the objectionable features disappear
I mildly. A monopoly is a monopoly,
whether t un by a board of corporation
directors or u board of couneilmen or
mayoralty appointees; and monopolis
tic characteristics invariably out-crop
in I'lther case. The city-owned street
inllwny would relied in its business
methods tho mental and moral caliber
of the men In control of the city hall,
and If, as Is alleged, such men now
sometimes sell themselves or give
themselves away, leaving tho public in
the lurch, they would be Just as apt to
repent the trick when clothed with ad
ditional power.
The franchise wisely leased under
lust conditions is the Ideal toward
which reformative effort lu this matter
Humid tend, and If agitation can force
i'lty ownership, which Is not desirable,
It could with eiml ease force the leas
ing Hypteni, which Is.
I'ntll the people Fecure an efficient
conduct of the municipal business al
leady provided for they will be foolish
to rilc the experiment of wholesale
municipal ownership.
The Chicago Election.
Of the three nominees for mayor of
Chicago voted upon yesterday none
measured up to the highest reaulie
inonts but ot the three the one elected
wus decidedly the best. Curter Harri
son In politics Is a Democrat, and th.it
Is against him. Ho Is also a opotls
man, and that Is not much better. Ho
has the misfortune (ur shall wo say
good fortune) to be popular with the
sporting element, which Is a larse one.
In Chicago, and hence arises the cry
that politically ho Is a creature of the,
saloons. I3ut on the other hand he
has shown a good deal of his fathers
grit In blocking schemes to turn th
city over to pillage; ho has been an
affable, approachable and level-headed
mayor and ho has won tho signal
honor of being marked for slaughti r
by the franchise grabbers who could
not use him In their crooked buslne.o.
In the great Chicago fight against
tho Yerkea atreet railway combination
which captured the Republican party
o'rganlzatlon In Cook county, electel
.lohn It. Tanner governor, gained con
trol of the state legislature at Pprlni
field, pained tho notorious "Allan bill
empowering cities to renew existing
street railway franchises for fifty year
periods, and then tried to take- ad
vantage of this privilege by means of
a rotten ordinance In Chicago's rot
ten council which virtually meant cor
porate confiscation of Chlcago'a
streets, Mayor Harrison stood tiut
ooldly for the people and directed the
opposition so effectively that It finally
defeated tho franchise grubbers it
every point. For this course Harri
son received tho unstinted praise ind
mipport of every newspaper In tho olty
pave tho one controlled by the Yerka
syndicate, and It was this which re
elected him.
It doesn't make n particle of differ
ence to tho publlo at large what par
ticular paving company secures the
contrnct for repairing the pot-holo
streets provided It puts In a responsible
low bid and Is made to do Its work well.
Hut tho people do demand that this
long neglected matter of street repairs
shall be proceeded with at once and not
held up Indefinitely.
Declaring American Intentions.
The proclamation of tho Philippine
commission recites nothing which has
been unknown In this country but Its
declaration of American Intentions In
categorical form exposes the hollowncss
of the sentimental objections which
have been raised to tho nation's pres
ent procedure In tho Far East. Liberty
in the truest sense Is the American pro
programme; liberty but not license;
equality In place of favoritism before
the law; honest application ot revenues
to local needs; release from Inherited
piejudlces and oppression; In short,
encouragement und help toward the
highest planes of possible achievement,
Individual and collective. Where there
Is government there must bo responsi
bility and this the United States pro
poses to assume. Conversely, where
there is responsibility there must be
government, and this the United States
will csabllsh over all opposition, nut
once established, tho benefits will be
free to all; the American programme
provides no place for pillage or mon
opoly. Independence for the conglomerate
races Inhabiting the Philippines is a
dream of the far off future. In a polit
ical sense the proclamation wisely
holds out no delusive Inducements. Not
a word Is said concerning tho contin
gency, so freely mooted In America,
when the American Hag will be furled
und the ensign of tho affranchised Fil
ipino republic substituted In Its stead.
The commission on the ground sees
that such a contingency is not worth
considering at this time. It recognizes,
however, that the natives have been
misinformed; that nefarious lying has
taken place among them; that their
Imaginations have been Inflamed and
their heads swelled with false represen
tation and Ignorant flattery; and It
proceeds' as best It may to dispel these
wrong lmptesslons and to make plain
tho Ametlcan government's honorable
and humane Intent. The proclamation,
corning on top of a first-class drubbing,
will command attention and simplify
the problem. It should also put to
blush these doubting Thomases at home
who have persistently encouraged the
misguided Filipinos In their unjust dis
trust. Senator Hanna's Cleveland , friends
who bolted the regular Republican
nominee and elected a Democrat for
mayor have set a precedent which may
return to plague the senator In tho
years to be.
Proof of England's Good Will.
The Washington correspondent of
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat has
obtained confirmation of the recent re
port that the Urltlsh government hud
authorized Its ambassador at our cap
ital, Sir Julian Pauncefote, to Inform
the president of Its willingness to
abrogate the Clayton-Uulwer treaty
which stood In tho way of American
control of the Nicaragua canal. But
that was not all. At the same time
Sir Julian was authorized to say that
If the United States desired the repeal
of tho Itush-Bagot convention forbid
ding the construction of war ships on
the great lakes England would not
object.
The Clayton-Uulwer treaty came
about as follows: In 1S49, during the
tush of gold seekers from the Eastern
states to California, the United. States
entered Into a treaty with Nicaragua
for the opening of a ship canal from
Greytown, on the Atlantic coast, to
the PuJllc coast, by way of the Lake
of Nicaragua. At that time, how
ever, Greytown was virtually oc
cupied by British settlers. The whole
eastern coast was occupied by the
Mosquito Indians, over whom the Brit
ish government claimed to exercise n
protectorate. This contention was dis
puted by the United States, but, as
any attempt to force a canal through
the Mosquito county might precipitate
a war, United States Secretary of
Stato Clayton asked British Minister
Bulwer. at Washington, to withdraw
tne niltlsh pretensions. This the Brit
ish government declined to do, but
ugreed to enter Into a treaty for a
Joint (Anglo-American) protectorate
over the proposed canal. This agree
ment was signed at Washington April
19, 18.10, and ratifications were ex
changed on the Fourth of July follow
ing, and Is commonly known as the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Its language
In the first article is as follows; "Tho
governments of tho United States and
Great Britain hereby declare that
neither tho one nor the other will ever
obtain or maintain for Itself any ex
clusive control over the said ship
canal; agreeing that neither will ever
erect or maintain any fortifications
commanding the same or in the vicin
ity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or
colonize, or assume, or exercise, any
dominion over Nlcnragua, Costa Itlca,
the Mosquito coast, or any part of
Central America, nor will either muke
uso of any protection which either
affords, or may afford, or any alliance
which either has or. may have to or
with any state or people for the pur
pose of erecting or maintaining any
such fortifications or of occupying, for
tifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa
Hlca, the Mosquito coast, or any part
of Central America, or of assuming or
exercising dominion over the iatn, nor
will the United States or Great Britain
take advantage of any Intimacy or use
any alliance, connection or Influence
that cither may possess, with any state
or government through whoso terri
tory tho said canal may pass, for tho
purpose of acquiring or holding, di
rectly or Indirectly, for the citizens
or subjects of tho one, nny rights or
advantages In rcgatd to commerce or
navigation through the said canal
which shall not be offered on the same
terms to the citizens or subjects of
the other."
It Is understood that England's will
ingness to abrogate this treaty Is con
ditional upon the understanding that
If the United States shall build n
translsthmlan canal it shall be open
on equal tonus to all nations, u con
dition to which there will be little
objection. The other matter of war
ships on the lakes Is an accommoda
tion to American shipbuilders along
the lake shores who, being near to
timber nnd Iron supplies, want to en
ter Into competition with the coast
wise ship yards In the construction of
small war craft.
At the meeting of tho Democratic
state committee which Is scheduled
to take place at Harrisburg on April
1J tho public would like to have an
explanation ot the present mission of
the Democratic organization. Has It
become simply un Incident to Repub
lican factionalism?
An Increase of Immlgiatlon Is re
ported, indicative of tho foreign belief
that times In the United States are im
proving. For ones this Is a foreign
opinion concerning this country which
Is well founded.
A ten per cent, voluntary wage In
crease to the operatives In the New
England cotton mills Is a good times
sign of pleasing proportions. Repub
lican supremacy pays.
The Pennsylvania senate did a good
day's work yesterday when it de
spatched without mercy tho vicious
bill to double the tax on foreign in
surance companies. '
Hopeful military olllclals at Manila
believe that Agulnaldo will soon be
willing to exchange his gold collar for
one of celluloid and come Into camp.
It looks as though the base ball play
ers might be obliged to keep their
muscles limber by shoveling snow for
a few weeks longer.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Trlbuno Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast; 4.5G a. m., for Wednes
day, April 5, ISM.
Iff?
A child bctn on tills day will notice a
peaceful and "thank heaven It Is over"
expression on the countenance of Citizen
Bailey.
Tho present cold weather has doubtless
been prepared to balk tho fellow who
says, 'Is It hot eroiigh for you?"
This Is tho week that will record all of
the resolutions never to move again.
In matrimony It is better to bo somo
ono's Ideal.
All will rejoice when April showers
ceaso to be flaky.
With tho right kind ot neighbors It Is
not necessary for a man to mind his own
business.
Tho Germans expect to seize 1-chou at
once though they ore not snuff-takers as
a nation.
CASUAL CHAT.
Tho usual number of "Kor Kent" blgns
that confront one on ulmost every street
of tho city this season have cause-d much
speculation lu circles whero things are
judged from a surface view only. Many
persons attrlbuto the condition of a fear
ful blight that has fallen upon wicked
landlords who refuse to paper the walls
twice a year und put blobes on the kitchen
gas ilxturoh. Others aro apprehensive
that tho city la going to tho dogs and
that peoplo uro moving out as rapidly as
possible1. Neither theory Is correct. It
may bo explained by the fact that tho
building business has been over-done.
During tho past year four or Ave hundred
new residences wero erected, and prob
ably not moro than 100 wero really needed
to uccommodato new-comero. Tho lnhab
Hants aro not moving out ot the city but
tho Incrcabo of residents has not been
ablo to keep pace with the town lot boom
ers and general builders who havo bent
their energies for several years past to
enlarge tho city. With tho arrival of
many new Industries which will probably
Incrcaso the population of Scranton to a
marked extent during tho good times
that nro Just dawning, it Is likely that
many of the signs will disappear, but It Is
evident at the present time that tho
building Industry has succeeded In gettln;;
several laps ahead of tho demand.
It Is noticed that the boys who "buck
tho tiger on 'change" in Scranton uro
moio numerous than usual ot late on ac
count of tho recent activity In stocks
which bus made. It possible for all to losu
a few dollars In a genteel way. While
fabulous tale of winnings nt stocks mo
told wo do not know of anyone in thl3
vicinity gaining riches at stock upeoula
tlon who wns not rich beforo ho began to
speculate.
Mayor Molr Is now kept bu.sy tecelvlng
the second crcp of congratulations upon
hl3 recently acquired honors. In a few
months hence ho will bo ablo to decldo
whether tho glad hands wcro extended
In pure friendship or In thn nttempt to se.
euro a portion of the loaves and fishes In
his larder.
There has alwuys been a disposition to
scoff at tho spring poet In Scranton nn
well us in other localities. Rut peoplo
who remember that James Whltcomb
Riley was once a spring poet will be apt
for a time nt least to look with moro
consideration upon budding genius. This
Is not given, however, fur the purposo
of opening the flood-gates of song too
suddenly In this vicinity.
THE INFALLIBLE MAN.
Thcro was a man who never made
A blunder In hl.s life;
He loved a girl, but was afraid
If she becamo his wife
That he or she mlcht rue the day
That brought them bliss, nnd so
IIu put tho happiness away
That wedded lovers know.
One day the man who never made
Mistakes perceived tho way
That led to fame, but. still afraid.
Draw back and stolo away;
Ho shunned tho winding path that led
To distant, unseen ends.
And kept the road that stretched ahead
With neither steeps nor bends.
At last tho man who novcr made
Mistakes fell by the wav;
In garments that were badly frayed,
And pale and starved ho lay;
No weeping friend bent o'er htm there,
Nor servant, child nor wlfo;
Rut victory wns his he nVr
Had blundered In hla life.
S. 13. KUer, In Chicago Newa.
Information flbofof
the Santoan Islands.
Washington, April 4, Tlio people, pro
iluctlonn and commercial and strategic
Importance of tho Somouti Islands aro dis
cussed In tho current number of tho
"Monthly Summnry of Commerce and
Finance," Just Issued by the treasury
bureau of statistic. The Islands aro lo
cated about 2,000 miles south and ISOO
miles west ot tho Hawaiian Islands and
14 degrees south of the equator. They lie
In an nlmost direct lino between Ban
Francisco and Australia, and slightly
south of tho direct Btcamshlu line con
necting tho Philippines with the proposed
Panama or Nicaragua lntcroceanlo ca
nals. Their special Importance, therefore,
lies moro In their position as coaling and
repair stations on theo great highways
of cotnmcrco rather than In their direct
commercial value, their population being
small and their Imports and exports of
comparatively little importunce.
Tho group consists of 10 Inhabited and
2 uninhabited Islands, with an area of
1,700 squaro miles, and an aggregate popu
lation, according to latest estimates, of
SG.00O people, of which something over W
nro British subjects. 125 Hermans, ii
Americans, 23 French nnd 23 of other na
tionalities, while the remainder arc na
tives ot tho Polynesian race. The bulk
of the population Is located In the three
Islands of Upolou, Savall and Tutulla; the
number In Upolou being 1(3,000. n Savnll
12.C00 and In Tutulla 3,700. Tho lslnnds
aro of volcanic origin, but fertile, produc
ing cocoanuts, cotton, suiiar and conVe,
tho most Important, however, being co
coanuts, from which the "copra" of com
merco Is obtained by drying tho kcrrel
of tho cocoanut, tho "copra," which Is
exported to Europo and the United
States, being used in the manufacture of
cocoanut oil. The exportation of copra
from the islands in ISM amounted to 12,
K3.M9 pounds, valued at $231,372. A con
siderable proportion of this was exported
to tho United States; a larger proportion,
however, to Germany, whoso citizens con.
trol Its commerce through a trading com
pany which has long been established
there. Tho cocoanut and copra produc
tion, however, varies greatly from year
to year, owing to the fact that mnny ot
tho cocoanut trees havo been destroyed
In recent wars, between native factions,
a single Individual being able by cutting
out tho crown of tho tree to permanently
destroy In two minutes' time tho frult
bcarlng qualities of trees which require
several years for their growth. A com
mission appointed to Investigate titles to
lands alleged to havo been purchased
from tho natives In ISOt completed Its ln
bors. conllrmtnir about 73,000 acres of
lands to Germans, 3G.O0O to British and
21,000 to Americans, though much of this
land has since changed hands.
o
Bspeclnl Interest nttnehes to theso
islands from the standpoint of tho United
States bj reason of the fact that the har
bor of Pago Pago, In the Island of Tutulla,
tho southermost of tho group, was ceded
to the United States for a naval and
coaling station, llrst in 1S72, and after
ward confirmed by a treaty signed at
Washington, Jan. 17. 1878, and ratifications
exchanged on Fob. 13 of the same year,
by which tho United States wus given the
right to establish at that harbor a station
for coaling, naval supplies, freedom of
trade, commercial treatment as a fa
vored nation, and extra-territorial consu
lar jurisdiction. This harbor was occu
pied by tho United States In 1S9S, presum
ably with tho purpose of utilizing Its ad
vantages as a coaling and supply station.
Tutulla, the Island upon whose coast the
hnrbor is located, has a population of
3.700 and an area of 310 squaro miles and
Savall, 039 squaro miles.
o
The Imports during the tlscal year 1693
amounted $118,810. of which SG0.C21 came
from tho United States, JG4.G04 from Ger
many, $1,548 from Great Brtaln, $153,703
from New South Wales, and $110,003 from
New Zealand. In 1S9G, the imports were
$304,159, of which $17,552 came from tho
United States, $49,802 from Germany, $177,57
from the Australasian colonies, $7,011 from
Great Britain and $21,904 from other coun
tries. The exports In 1893 were $256,750 in
value, of which $33,050 went to the United
States, being exclusively copra, $107,930 to
Europe, of which $163,630 was copra, and
$2,174 cotton. The 1890 exports were $263,
017, of which $231,372 was copra.
NEWS AND COMMENT.
W. E. Curtis is sure that everybody who
reads the paragraph wo are about to
quoto from his correspondence from
Washington to the Chicago Record will
agree that Mrs. Charles lirandon, of
Moundsvllle, W. Va., Is entitled to a pen
sion even if only half her story Is true.
She claims to have been tho third WHO
of Charles Hrandon, who recently died at
tho ago of Do, having been the father of
thirty-flvo living children and four who
did not survive Infancy. At tho time of
his death his eldest child was 73 and the
youngest 3 years ot age. Her maiden
name was Sarah Darker, and sho was tho
youngest of a family of sixteen. Sho Is
now 61 sears old. Tho llrst Mrs. Bran
don was the mother ot two children now
living nnd of four that died In infancy.
Tho second was tho mother of eighteen
and tho third, tho petitioner, of fifteen
children. At the time of her marrlago
twenty olive branches left by her two
predecessors still lived under tho parental
roof, the oldest being a strapping boy of
39 years, and she claims that she haa al
ways given them a tender mother's care.
Rrandon was a voterun, of three wars.
He fought the British la 1812, tho Indians
and tho Mexicans, nnd seventeen of his
sons served In the Union army during tho
rebellion. It appears that there were not
enough names to go round, for two of tho
boys wcro called Charles nnd two wero
called John, the duplicates being tho sons
of different wives. Roth of the Charles
es nnd both cf tho Johns borved lu tho
army with Simon, Evans, Peter, Jo
sephus, Hiram, James, Van Burcn, Jacob,
Abraham, Alexander, David, Andrew and
Rufus. Both of the Johns nnd one of tho
Charleses were taken prisoners at tho
battle of Chlckamauga und died In An
dersonvllle. l'eter was killed at Shlloh.
Tho rest of them returned safe and
sound at the close of the war and aro
now scattered through the mountains ot
West Virginia, Virginia nnd eastern Ken
tucky, engaged in farming and other
pursuits. Having reached tho ago 01 fit
and feeling tho Infirmities of her yet.rs
Mrs. Rrandon thinks tho government
should do something to help her. nnd
therefore applies for a pension.
Tho moro stablo tho government of
Cuba, writes Robert P. Porter In tho
April North American Review, tho more
certuln will bo Its Industrial development.
The closer und stwnger tho lies which
bind Cuba to tho United States, tho
greater will bo tho prosperity und tho
moro rapid the reconstruction of tho
Islund. To the outside world Cuba hns
becomo part of tho United States, To
call tho present situation Military Pro.
tectorato or Military Occupancy will not
alter tho fact that the ftreugth of Cuoa
today is In close alliance with the United
States. Commercially nnd Industrially
tho two countries fit perfectly together.
The products of Cuba can till find a mar
ket In tho United States, while the needs
of Cuba can ul bo buppled by its con
tinental neighbor. Tho Cubans havo hud
a tasto of the prosperity which followed
reciprocal commercial relations with tho
United States. The golden possibilities
of absolutely free Intercourse between
Cuba and tho United States must bo ap
parent to tho more Intelligent Cubans.
Here, suys the Sun, is tho btoty of n .
business transaction between . the war
department and an American corpora- I
tlon in connection with the war. The
largest single purchnso of ships for
transports was that of tho fleet of tho At.
lantlc Transport Line, of which Bernard
N. Raker, of Baltimore, is the president.
When tho government was sorely In need
of vessels In which to carry Its troops.
Mr. Raker offered to the department
suveu stAamnMrm f hi Hua de- (
pnrtment's own valuation of tho ships.
Tho price finally fixed was $l,0oo,0u0. The
Mohawk became the Grant, now ut Ma
nila, Tho Mobtto becamo tho Sherman,
also at Manila. Tho old Massachusetts
Is tho Sheridan, now on her way out to
tho Philippines. Tho other vessels, tho
Manitoba, tho Mlnnownska, tlio Missis
sippi nnd tho Michigan, aru respectively
known In tho government's scrvlco us tho
Logan, the Thomas, the lluford and the
Kllpatrtck, In addition to this eulo at
the government's own price, Mr. Baker
gave, frco of cost, tho uso of another
ship, tho Missouri, for hospital service.
Tho government Is still using tho Mis
souri, and tho Atlantic Transport Lino
is still paying all tho expenses of run
ning tho Bhlp. That wns not a business
transaction on tho Atlantic Transport
Line's part; it was simply a patriotic
contribution to the national cause. Al
ready the government hns received two
offers of $1,000,000 for theso ships, which,
If ncceptcd, would mean their frco uso by
tho govrrnine'iit for over eight months,
a. u-so worth easily 1,000,000 nt tho prevail
ing market rates.
Tho mentis by which the return of gov
ernment candidates Is secured at elections
lu Spain nro various, writes II. Butler
Clarke In tho Forum. In desperato cases
they aro sometimes violent, An Instance
Is quoted In which It was found necessary
to bring about tho fall of tho floor of this
room In which the election was held, In
order that, during tho confusion and flight
ot tho opposition overseers, the voting
urns might bo changed for others held In
readiness, Mnny nro the miracles of
electioneering times. Tho dead voto wl'h
tho living; the nbsent, with those who
nro present, nnd nlways on tho right side
they aro ministerialists to a man. Those
whoso opinions aro known to bo safn
need troublo little about qualifications;
cvon beggars may at times exerclso privi
leges which harsh laws havo denied to
them; but known opponents and doubt
ful persons aro subjected to rigid scru
tiny. Tho first precaution taken Is to
securo a trusty body of overseers, whoso
duty It Is to watch over tho purity ot
elections. On them tho election depends,
so no efforts nre spared to lnsuro their
right thinking; and, If the result Is as re
quired, they need fear no Inquiry Into
their methods.
Two hundred nnd fifty new companies
wcro Incorporated In New Jersoy during
tho month of March, nnd tho total capi
tal ot these authorized to Issue stock and
bonds of over $1,000,000 each amounts to
$1,111,730,000. Tho Incorporation fees re
ceived from theso companies by tho sec
retary of state of New Jersey amount to
$126,000. Tho nverage capital stock of the
250 companies Is $4,447,000.
We are
Showning
This Week
a great variety of elegant
goods in
Spring Serges,
Ckcks and Plaids.
You will find the prices as
the goods.
Wo J. DAVIS,
213 Wyoming Ave.,
Scranton, Pa.
and
..AUGUST
A&SOKTMCttr Ob'
IX TJIK CITV.
UANGU
PlMmbiinig
and T5eIl5eg,
GUNSTER ii FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
lages
Furnaces
Ul- vj&l 'WSewi'MVr5
For three years and a half I suffered horribly with dys
pepsia ; everything I ate disagreed with inc. 1 gave up all
rich foods and consulted several physicians, but still 1 did
not get any better, was badly constipated, had frequent
headaches and dizzy turns. In February last 1 began tak
ing Ripans Tabulcs and felt better almost immediately. I
have taken three Tabulcs a day ever since, and would not
know what to do without them.
TVANTED.-A ' " 'h' ItTP-A'K-B wltt not benefit. Tbr binlih rain and prolong Ufa.
V OnstlTMrfWt. NoinihnwnnlH I P'A'N-ayi the iik(o ami KwrHi tolltulf. tlll-A'N-S,
l')fnrrrnlor tirrltn ptckrt for llcrlii. my,iril nt nny Unit intra. T .. ai pin and una lliou-
ml tnitmonlala wilt h.i niallirt to uiijr uddroj fur Si'CUU, f or anW lu th Ivlp iu u-iemlcal Co.,N
U fiprucu ut., Ketr IvrL.
Odd
Lamp:
Vc have a number
that we will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get a
good lamp for little money.
TIE CLEMOHS, FERBER,
ALLEY CO.
iTl Lackawanna Aveaua
Lewis, ReMly
& DavIeSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
The march of
honest progress
will ever in
crease: Our
Shoes for Spring
are FIT to
march the earth
Lewis, Eeilly & Mvies,
1 14-116 Wyoming Ave.
and ask to see
our
Wedgewood Blue,
Oriental Rose,
MADRAS IWm,
. The most beautiful
shades ever display
ed iu stationery.
All Si2es in Stock
t10
to
(ao
We have the usual
complete line of
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS and ENGRAVEK3.
Hotel Jermyn Building.
book
bSedlmii
NEAT. DUUABLK BOOK BINDING
IS WHAT YOU HECKIVU IF YOU
LUAVU YOUH ORDUR WITH THtl
TR1BUNK BINDERY.
mm
INLEY
Easter
IN
Laies' Fine
New Spring
Hew Silk
New Silk and Lisle
Silk SWrt Waists,
Hew Handkerchiefs aai
Laces, etc
We make special mention for
this week ot
Perriis Hew Sieie
Piqime Gloves
The very nobbiest glove made
to be worn with tailor
made gowns and
the best
Oee Dollar
Real kid glove ever sold with
a positive guarantee.
530and 532
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Thkod e""' IlAnotTAua hmbb.
Keep your nose on the
giindstonc. Be alive to
what is going on around
you. Live buyers are
taking advantage of our
offer of
McMe-PiatesI Trays
For 35 cents each
FOOTE k SWEKl CO,
110 WASHING TOX AVE.
The Hyot &
Coemell Co0
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders hardware.
04 Lackawanna Avenue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
benerul Agent lor tbu Wyomiaj
DUUlutiJ.-
u
nirrn hxnriJ
lljutnr, HloKtlnK, Hportlni, Hmokalmt
uud trie Itepauno Cbemloai
Company'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tufety iHise, Cup nnd Kxplodari,
1Iouiil'4U1 Conuell DulUUu;.
' rjorantau.
AOUNOI&Ji
THO, FOKI),
JOHN It. HMITUib'iON
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