J W' r' pT 0 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899. We Believe In every community there nro a good pro portion of people, who will go to a well storked store, nnd make purchases of such goods ns they need. This la tho only way to buy Pianos, Organs and Musical Merchandise We Invite you to call nnd pen our stock. Wo carry ns fine n lino of PIANOS as were ever offered In Sf rnnton. i Our prleis will tislonli-h you. Wo del not enrt out Roods on trial, but If you mean business, wo will sell lower than any ono Oct our prices on WASHBURN goods. Call and sco tho ANOEUTS. TUNING and REPAIRING A Speclnlty. PERRY BROTHERS 203 Wyoming Ave, SCRANTON Ice Cream. BEST IN TOWN. 2FBB Per c Quart. LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO Telephone Orders Promptly Delivered 235-337 Adams Avenue DR. A. A. LINDABURY, , Specialties Surgery, l)iseas33 of Women Office IIours.........Il to 12a. m 'J to 4p.m At Ilesidence 7 to H p. m Office 210 Co nil ell I)ulldla. Ilesldonce 210 Month Main Avenue. e Scranton Transfer Co., HUail J. KEEVAN, Manazer. Checks ItasgftRe direct from renldsnca to any part of the United BtatdJ. Offlco 109 Lacka. Ave. Phone 523 HUNTINGTON'S BAKERY. 120 Spruce Street. Masonic Temple. DR. PARKE, Has reopened his offlco at 308 Washington Avenue Special attention clven to Diseases of Women. Olllcc hours, 10 to 12; 2 to 4; 7 to 8. ' C 3. SNYDER, The Only Dentist In the City Who Is a Graduate In Medicine. 420-422 SPRUCE STREET. DR. H. B. WARE, SPECIALIST. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Office Hours 9 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. ; 2 to 4. Williams Building. Opp. Postofjlce. I CITY NOTES PRINTERS' BALL.-The Printers' union of this city will conduct Its annual ball in Music hall next Wednesday even, lng. DR. M'LEOD'S SWJMON.-Tho subject of Rev. Dr. McLeod s morning sermon tomorrow at tho First Presbyterian church wilt bo "A Message Irom (3yd to the American People." GIFTS ACKNOWI.nDGED.-Tha Home for tho Friendless acknowledges the fol lowing senerous gifts; Mr. W. II. Gear hart, KO; Mrs. W. II. Gearhart, 50; Mrs. J. A. Price, J10. EXHIBITION TONIGIIT.-Thero will be a public exhibition of beautiful Mil. mlnated pictures on a largo scicen erect ed at 122-121 Penn avenue, in front of tho "Bon-Ton" hotel this evening, com menclng at 8 o'clock. WILIj MEET TONIGIIT.-Thero will be a meeting of tho subscribers to tho Green Rldgo Free Kindergarten ahsociu tlon Saturday evening at 7IK) o'clock, nt the rcsbldcnco of II. It. Reynolds, 1710 Monsey nvonuo. All LUbscrlbeis nro re quested to be present. FOOT BALL TODAV.-An exciting and well-played gamo is expicud this after noon at Athletic park. Tho High school team will line up ngaln&t tho btrong Keystone eleven, from Factoryvllle, nnd the' result is eagerly watched for by all foot ball enthusiasts. Tho High school will lino un ns follows. Left end. Me Hugh: left tnckle. Welenfluo. left guard, Mnlla; center. Eynon; right guard, Hor. an; right tackle, Sehultz; right end. Vaughn n; -quarter back, Trupp; left half bnck.iWllllams; light half back, DcBow; full b'rfck, Hnrrlriglon. f THE MODEL," X VIENNA CAFE AND RESTAURANT, E. MOSES, PROP. Z2I-SS3YJASH" INOTON AVENUE, OPP. COURT HOUSE, ' Dinner Table d'Hote. Breakfast, Luncheonind Supper a la carte. Oytters served in any stylo. All table dollcacles of tho season served In cafe or delivered to fam. tr lles in any quantity desired. f- Flno Catering a speclnlty. Fresh Invoice of fancy groceries f and smoked goods, Salmon, Stnr- gedrr,.. White Fish. t- - 4 OFFICERS OF THE BANKERS Were Chosen at Hie Ses sion Held Here Yesterday. INTERESTING .ADDRESSES Delivered by Hon. Charles S. Frdr chlltl, ex-Secretary of tho Treasury, nnd Hon. Thomas J. Powers, Etato Commissioner of Banking Reports of Group Chnlrmen Wore Ono of tho Features of tho Session Reso lution Passed Asking Congress to Enact a aw to More Firmly and Unequivocally Establish the Gold Standard In This Country by Pro viding That tho Gold Dollar, Which, Under the Existing Law, Is tho Unit of Value, Shall Bo tho Standard Measure of All Values in the United States. The Pennsylvania bankers concluded their convention with a business ses sion yesterday morning, nnd in tho af ternoon the delegates departed foir their homes, expressing themselves highly pleased with their stay in the Electric City. Addresses by Hon. Charles S. Fair child, ex-secretary of the treasury, nnd Hon. Thomas J. Powers, state commis sioner of banking; reports from group chairmen and the election of offlccrs were the main features of the pro gramme. The reports of tho group chairmen proved especially interesting1 this year, inasmuch, as the subject matter of the reports was the General condition of business In the various districts represented by the groups They tended very strongly to corrobor ate Colonel Bryan's reluctant state ment that "thcie is some piosperl'n- " Tho session was called to order at 10 o'clock by President Kunkel. nnd tho proceedings opened with prayer by Rev. C. M. GKIln, D. IX, pastor of Elm Park church, after which Hon. Chas. S. Fairchlld was introduced to address the convention on "Tho Business of Banking." Mr. Fairchlld spoke in a conversa tional stylo without any attempt at oratorical flights. He was listened to with wrapt attention and vigorously applauded when he had concluded. He said in part: MR. FAIRCHILD'S ADDRESS. Mr. President and Gentlemen I sup pose it Is more of a formality than anything else having nddicses on the subject of your business from other men. You who have spent your lives In the business of banking need very little from an outsider. I mybolf have had a shorter experience than most of you In that particular line, having been the president of a financial institution for ten years only. Before that my ex perience had been as a lawyer, and In that capacity I was deputy attorney general and afterwards attorney gen eral of the state of New York. I occu pied that position four years. Then I became assistant secretary of tho treasury, and then the secretary of the treasury.and those offices occupied four years of my life. So that I have seen this subject of business, of banking, from various standards. Perhaps that was an advantage, and perhaps it was a disadvantage. It has not all been passed In one business, as , on see. As a result of it all, although I have never had to do with a national bank or a state bank, except as a director, as I have been in one or two and am now, as a result of my observation I think I am now able to speak In a quite un prejudiced manner, and In view of the prejudice that so largely exists in the public minds In many parts of tho country, and on the part of many peo ple, against the bus! less in which you are engaged, and at a time when men are seeking still to excite public feeling and perhaps to base political Issues upon the mere name of banks and bankers. I wish to say and I say it In all sincerity and ns the result of some years of experience nnd obser vationthat were It not for tho service which you and your Institutions render to mankind wo would lapse far toward barbarism. Therefore it always seems to me that bankers w lion alone or when they gather together should never be In a state of apology towards their fellow-citizens or on the defensive as to their business in any way, but. quite the contrary, they should feel and as sert that they aio performing an In estimable service to mankind; nnd be lieving that as I do, I always look upon any gathering of bankers with the most profound respect ns bilng and representing a body of men who have served their fellow-men on tho whole, taking the average, with unparalleled faithfulness and benefit. ' USEFUL BODY OF MEN. Hence I fpel that in having the privi lege of addiesslng you a few words to day I am talking to a body of men who are as dignified nnd ns useful ns any that can bo assembled anywhere in our eountiy. What service do you ren der? What Is ono nf the chief services that you render? Under our checy and deposit syfetem you furnish a currency that is Just ns truly a currency for most transactions as gold or Fllvcr nr United States notes Nor bank notes. Under that check and deposit system you furnish the vehicles that moe the business of a county to n degioe an 1 In a magnitude as to which tlise forms of currency that I hav spoken of aie tho merest trifles. That currency Is based on wh.it? It Is nut based on United States bonds; it Is not hased on any safety fund: it is not based on anything whatever except the geneial commercial soundness of the business of this country and the faithfulness and the wisdom of the banket g who conduct the business of those banks. Should you cease to render that ser vice tho great bulk of the business of this country must stop. r Under our modem conditions It could not go on. Should we have to transact our business, In the old way of tho middle ages, in money today, anil not on this enormous faith nnd credit that comes thinugh these banking Institutions, tho business of the world as conducted in modern times must practically stop. Tho other kind of currency answers for small transactions, to make change. It Is serviceable In llttlo transactions whera men do not know one another. Tho gold or tho silver, or the United States note, or the bank noto serves ns an Introduction because they nro based upon something that is known to nil mankind. All mankind knows that all mankind will tako gold. All the people in tho United States know that at tho present time everybody will toko stiver because tho silver is prac tically redeemed In gold 'In our coun try. THEY DO TAKE IT. Everybody knows that everybody elso will take a United States note. Ho does not know exactly why, but be cause everybody does tako It. Every body knows that everybody else will take a National bank note. Very tew people know why, or know what they are based upon or what makes them good, but they do know that evoty body will take them. Therefore those kinds of currency answer for transac tions where men do not know one an other, where there Is not time to In qulio about one another, or in- rural districts where men have not business habits nnd do not like to keep accounts nnd that sort of thing and prefor money, ns It is ordinarily called. But this is tho small change business; these are your llttlo transactions; these arc your horse-car fares. This is tho thing that you pay your railway fares with, the thing that you pay for your purchase In tho retail sioren with, where there Is not time for the pro piietor of the store to know whether a check Is good or not, nnd this thing answers where the checks that come In and exchanging them back and forth, would not make the proper change. But after all, when all this Is disposed of, the great movoment of business tlmt takes place Is through the other service that jyiu perform; and It Is Just ns truly a currency as any of tho things that I ha-c mentioned. The function of gold is to serve ns a certain reserve because that Is known ns ac ceptable at all times to all men. There fore under that Idea and thoso habits It has become necessary to have some where a fund of gold which men feel enn he fallen back upon In case of ne cessity to settle balances that nro not settled In other ways. It is seldom used except when men begin to doubt the other things, but ns long as the other things have no doubt connected with them the gold is In the world and in this country more as assurance tn case of extremity. SAFETY OF CURRENCY. As to tho safety of this kind of currency, or of any other Kind of currency that might be Issued by thp banks, because In my appre hension your deposit and check cur rency differs In no icspect from a bank note currency except that It has to per form some of the minor functions of which I have spoken as to the safety of It, as a whole, based as it is upon the business of the country. Isn't it safe? Isn't It safe to base anything upon, If you choose to do so as a whole, guarding ngalnstsporadlc cases of mis management. Isn't It safe? If the banks of this country are not safo for all their responsibilities that they now have and w hie h they may assume, take them as a whole, leaving out the al most infinitesimal fraction of failure nnd bad management ns applied to tho v. hole, then, I always like to ask, what Is safe. Take the' city of Scranton. I was reading of your banks and of their prosperity and of their resources in the nowspaper last night as set forth in one of the addresses delivered hero yesterday. Would you say that the munici pal bonds of the city of Scran ton wore a better asset than the com bined obligations of tho banks of Scranton I think on a little reflection you would sav not, because the obli gations of tho banks of Scranton, be Ini bastd upon all tho business of Peranum, whenever those assets, there fore, become worthless then what be comes of Scranton nnd what becomes of the municipal bonds of Scranton? Theiefoie I always maintain that what you have In your banks and In the banks of your country is a higher se em Ity than nny municipal, or state, or government bond because the prosper ity of the thlncs which go In to make the assets of the banks, the prosperity of those things Is the condition pre cerdent to the solvency of your munici pality, of your state, or of your coun try. Wipe out tho assets of your banks and not only are your municipal and state and government bonds good for rothln, but your railroad bonds are good for nothing because tho whole thing, thp whole life-blood of the busi ness of this country would bo dried up and nothing would bo valuable. BANKS ARE SAFE. Therefore, in speaking of the banks as n whole, bearing In mind always there serve that theie may be here nnd there, and one badly managed, taking your banks as a whole, I think we may safely sav that nothing can be con ceived of that is more sound and more safe; and It follows ns logical when ono considers the fact that the con dition precedent to all value Is the value of the assets of the banks of the United States. And bearing that in mind, not to take your time, I think that men should take that thought fully into consldera- I IFF W WyilUiy Why let your neighbors know it? And why give them a chance to guess you ere even five or ten years more? Better give them good reasons for guessing the other way. It is very easy; for nothing tells of age so quickly as gray hair. 5 is a youth-renewer. It hides the age under a luxuriant growth of hair the color of youth. It never fails to restore color to gray hair. It will stop the hair from coming out also. It feeds the hair bulbs. Thin hair becomes thick hair, and short hair becomes long hair. It cleanses the scalp; re moves all dandruff, and prevents its formation. We have a book on the Hair which we will gladly send you. If you do not ohtsln nil the bene, mi you expected t nm tho me ol ilia Vigor, write the doctor about It. 1'rolmhly there li umo difficulty with yuur general lyitcm which in ty bo cully removed. Addreu, Dr. J. C. Ayer. Lowell, Mui, ffa .m frjjj ,2kP5$?VP5? raJTfw Jfirom TIfrs. Vaughn to 97?rs. SPinkham, LtTTIft TO MRS. rlNKUAW NO. 64,38; " I)KA.n FmnsD Two years ago I had child-bed fever and womb trouble, in its worse form.' For eight months after birth of babe I was not nblo to sit up. Doctors treated mo, but with no help. I had bearing-down pains, burning in stomach, kidney nnd bladder trouble and my back wus so stiff nnd sore, tho right ovary was badly affected nnd everything I ato distressed mo, and thero was a bad discharge. I was confined to my bed when I wroto to you for advlco nnd followed your directions faithfully, taking Ijydia E. Plnkhnm's Vegetable Com pound, Liver Pills and using tho Wash, nnd am now nblo to do tho most of my housework. I bellcvo I should liavo died if it had not been for your Com pound. I hopo this lottcr may bo tho result of benefitting somo other suffer ing woman, I recommend your Com pound to every one." Mns. M.vr.y VAuamr, Trimble, Pulaski Co., Kv. Many of theso sick women whoso letters we print were utterly dis couraged and life was a burden to them when they wrote to Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Plnkham, and without charge of any kind received ndvico that mado them strong, useful women again. tlon In considering all these questions of banking all theso mooted questions. Men should satisfy themselves of tho truth of the proposition that I lny down as to the absolute safety of the thlijg as a whole, otherwise your country is nothing the business of your country is nothing at all. Bear that in mind, and then go on from that to consider any questions of currency legislation that you choose. But if you satisfy yourselves of that fact which I feel is perfectly true, then one can fight in telligently and more Intelligently than If ho has proceeded with his mind filled with tho fact of a failure here and there, he can more intelligently If he has eliminated thoso considerations and taken the whole as n whole con sider all of these questions to which attention has been called in late years. Another thing that I think we need to consider, nnd consider very care fully, Is the relation of tho government to all of this business of banks, and, through them, of the country. I was Interested In reading In the newspapers last evening the speech of Treasurer Roberts, and tho propositions that he mado for making more secure the cur rency of the United States. That is, in my Judgment, almost absolutely es sential to give an assurance of pros perity, continued without disturbance from time to time, through tho cur rency of the United States. AS A SUGGESTION. I would not state this as my opinion, but I would throw itoutns a suggestion that great as the usefulness of the United States currency has been at times, vet in its present condition be ing based for Its redemption upon the power of tho government at Washing ton, and, through political changes, upon the will of the authorities at Washington, the fear that the promise expressed or Implied of the government would not ba fulfilled has made the currency of the United States a good deal of a nuisance at times. In 1S95, about this time In the year, I think the currency of tho United States at that time came mighty near wrecking the whole of our business nnd it had within its possibility the doing then within a few weeks of something that would have wiped out ten times over all the service It had ever done to the business of this country. That possi bility and that danger should, of course, bo removed. The propositions that have been made nnd which tho president Is making and which we hope will be enacted, will go a long way to remove the possibility of the currency Issued by tho government, Instead of being a public servant and a public benefit, from becoming a public scourge. It does not take us beyond the safety, but it prevents its being a terrible menace to business. And another thing that I was very much Impressed with when I was in tho treasury department which is now arising again, and I am glad to speak of it In the presence of the treasurer of the United States is our sub-treasury system. This system of taking In the treasure of the United States into a vault physically all the revenues of the government w'hen the revenue" of the government day by day equal Its expenditures, or vice-versa, of course no change is made; but when, as in my time, our revenues enormous ly exceeded our expendltures.and when ns now the revenues are exceeding the expenditures, and If this condition of business prosperity goes on that dif ference will probably Increase. INCREASES REVENUES. Now at this very time when business Is fo large, when so much Is needed to carry on the business of the country, that very condition increases the revenues of the United States without corre spondingly increasing Its expenditures, with the result that the very moment when the business of the country needs all the money It can get, the United States, by the very prosperity of that business and by other circumstances that have created the need for the money. Is withdrawing It from the pos sibility of Its use by the community. That is what happened In my time, when I was in the treasury, until we came to a condition that threatened serious panic. I know I went to New York at that time, and I met my old friend Mr Vermllye nnd one or two other gentlemen and we were looking over the situation, nnd I recollect Mr. Vermllye holding up his finger to me and saying: "Sir, unless you do some thingand it Is not a question of days, but It is a question of hours you will see as had a nanle here as ever was known," Think of the morstroslty of a state of things that made a state ment of that kind true7 I, a young man who happened to be at the head of the treasury department, to be taken out to luncheon by half a dozen bank ers in Npw York and having It put into my head tint there was that prodig ious power In mi hands as a govern ment officer' And It was true. For tunately it is a power that never has been abused, but it is a state of things that ought not to exist. This whole system of locking up, outside of the money of the country that comes in in public revenues, Is something that ob tains, I think, nowhere elso in the world excent In this country. I sup pose It has Its origin rather in fear and Jealousy of banks. It certainly never contemplated great revenues. It never contemplated a condition such as we then had nnd which we will have again in this country. ANOTHER SOMETHING. Now, thero is another something and It does not make much difference to you bankers; nono of these questions make ho much difference to tho bank ers as to their profits, as mankind is led to suppose; you go on In business, you make money with good currency or bad currency, and perhaps you mako more with bad than with good cur rencybut the people who are your constituents, the people whom you have your charters In order to serve, they need In their affairs a protection In nil Aheso things, and you are occupying as to those matters. It seems to me, a sort of position of trust towards your cli ents who nro not In a position to look Into these things nnd understand them quite so well ns you, You cannot sit down nnd merely protect yourselves, You ought, out of fairness and a sense of obligation toward thoso who nro making your Institutions prosperous, to glvo your minds to tho things that will avert dangers from their business, al though it may not affect your profits, you knowing In advance of the dan gers. Therefore, all of theso subjects should bo considered by bankers.although they aro not primarily so much Interested In them ns other members of the com munity.The other members of the com munity aro often prejudiced upon these subjects to their own Inlurv nnd detri ment. Now, If you comprehend the fullness of your obligations nnd trusts, you should seek to overcome those prejudices, even at some risk of some unpopularity, because you are In the position to do it; you have tho obliga tion upon you. HIS REMARKS NOT NEW. I do not propose, gentlemen, to take up nny more of your time. I simply wish to say that I am enormously Im pressed with tho Importance of all thog subjects and the Importance of your re lation to the community, and therefore I have ventured to spenk of some of these general subjects. That which I said In regard to your deposltp, and chocks, furnlshln? a tuiirexcy Is not now. Alexander Hamilton spoke of It in his time, nnd Gallatin nnd other men said there was coming tho great currency of the country. So that It Is not at all new, but It Is something of which the mass of people apparently think but little. You are In a time of great business prosnerlty in the coun try as a whole. With wisdom nnd con servatism It is likely to continue a long time. It Is within your power to ex ercise a restraining Influence ns well es giving aid to all this. It Is your part not only to encourage, but to ex ercise a conservative Influence. It Is your part to use your Influence, so far as you can. to remove governmental difficulties that grow out of our laws, some of things founded on the neces sities of the time and others sometimes upon passing prejudice. All this Is among our duties and functions, as I understand them, not alone to conduct your own Individual Institutions and make money for them, but If you come to a full appreciation of the whole subject, that you are to give your minds to all of these things. And therefore, to repeat what I started with, I say that a group of bankers like this Is one of the most important assemblages that can be gathered to gether In this country; and feeling that I have felt It a high honor to bp cn'led on to make an address to the hankers of such a great business community as Is this state of Pennsylvania. You have malntnlned the Inner of your profes sion as a whole with wonderful fidel ity. You have been of Inestimable use In developing the resnurct s of this mar velous commonwealth, and I bid you God-speed In your good work in the years to come. (Applause.) MR. POWERS' ADDRESS. Following this came tho addres3 on "The Banking Department of Penn sylvania," by Hon. Thomas J. Powers, state commissioner of banking. Mr. P6wcrs said: There was a time when the chief de light of certain classes of demagogues was to sneer at the bankers, and In some parts of the country th; still try to bring them into contempt nnd array certain elements against thtm. This feeling, I am glad to st.il does rot exist to any consldcrab'j degree in Pennsylvania, and the time is coming when the people everywhere will con cede to the bankers as a class their ;ust meed of praise and honor (or their rtt tiing qualities. No community is complete without its banking institution. You cannot point to a prosperous and thriving place that does not have In Its midst a sound bank that is and has been a help to Its prosperity. Tho banking department of the com monwe tlth of Pennsylvania was first seated by an act of the legislature of ". By reason of the failure of th.it body to mako an appropriation or Its support, It work was seriously handi capped, and but little was accom plished duiintr that year or the year following In tho way of examinations, although much work was done by the superintendent and his deputy in for mulating blanks for reports and schedules, receiving reports and tran scribing these portions thereof which were deemed best for the Information of the public and compiling the same for the annual report. The greatest labor devolving upon these officials was not only locating that of tho various corporations placed under the care of tho department, but tho careful study of tho various acts of assembly creat ing them and thus ascertaining Just what kind of business tiny could or could not do, in order that they might be properly classified under the var ious headings of banks, trust com panies nnd savings inst'tutions. Their nomenclature was misleading, nnd I hero record the wish that the day mny soon come when we will have a uni form system covering all institutions In the state. EXAMINERS KEPT BUSY. In the years 1803 and IS04 the field force, then composed of three examin ers, were constantly engaged in mak ing examinations. In February, 1SD5, tho department was re-organlzed. the ntimbt." of ex aminers increased to ten, and building For Saturday afldf 10-SPECIALS-10. First Special Ladies', Men's and Children's Hobe, nil SSc. goods, 3 pairs for 59c. And a largo ball of darning cotton free with every, purchase. Second Special Men's Unlaundxied Muslin Shirts, very good muslin, linen bosom and covored collar button hole. A tip top shirt. ' 29c. Third Special Jouvln nnd Emperor best grade fine kid gloves. Mostly tan, broken as sortment of sizes, SI, 50 and S2.00 gloves, to closo at 95c. Fourth Special Corsets, a lot of the bast make of $1.00 and $1.25 corsets. Lines that we aro closing out 49c. Fifth Special 50 pieces of wide Taffeta Ribbons, best grade, all new shades, 25c. iunl- ity. 12J4c C. MEARS&HAQEN Utw;! 52 nr is I i ooay s To Illustrate by example the wlfulom of tho old ndftRC, "Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today," v,n mention Lamp opportunities that nm n 1a m nXiml nin1 lAilnV Wit tl'lVn mnHtltnrl Infn Inmhi n mimViAtt s pjji Import samples of uholco vases. From tho fact of their cxcluslvencss does 35 not mean fancy prices nf you buy tho lamp for what you would ordinarily 2 pay for the Vase; Kncrustia Glass, Itoyal Bonn, Bordcnbach, etc. Zt N. B. Thero aro no duplicates, 5d SCRANTON'S lamp headquarters, 2 Millar & Peck, ,34U?ir.";2f I THE POPULAR HOUSE Dockash Stoves ana Ranges tVJcids in Scranton. High Grade Goods. Will Last a Lifetime. Cheapest to Buy. Best in the World. Always Give Satisfaction. Repairs Always in Stock. HAATP fr PHI I pd m H M. WW i fMAMr f? l1 1 tsi re m jr-w i luuo uuiiuiui iu-i On Thursday F. L. an Opening of Fine Fairs, Cloaks, ' Capes, Jackets, Suits. 9 sses Fur and loan associations, both domestic and foreign, were placed under its su pervision. Since that time ll:e woik of the department has been constant. Were the examiners to work ovary day in the year, Sundays include!, it would be a physical Impossibility to examine once per year each and cvry corpora tion coming under its Jurisdiction. At the piesent time it has under its care two hundred banks, trust com panies and savings institutions, tweU hundred domestic building and 'oan associations, fifty foreign building as sociations and twenty-five Homestead loan and trust companies; the latt r doing a business somewhat akin to banking associations. Their assets are as follows; Banks $ 8(5,255,988 13 Trust companies .-.,. 2Crt,3S 1,703 77 Savings Institutions 105.70i.929 il Trust funds 41S.CS2.010 03 Domestic building ass'ns.. 112,C0',7C7 27 A grand total of $990,011,510 03 And this does not include tho foreign Continued on Pago 12. nonday irafy Sixth Special Fancy all Silk Plaid Neck and Hair Ribbon Seventh Special Over 500 Ladles' Embroidered Handkerchiefs, slightly soiled. v Have been used for decorating. All 20c. numbers. 3 for 25c. Eighth Special Ladles Wrappers, Percale and Cambric. Nicely made, very full sweep. Big selection of stylos. 89c. Ninth Special Nearly 200 men's working and dresa shirts, cheviot, cambric nnd madras, dark and light, 70c. and SI, 00 garments, to close the line 39c. Tenth Special All that we have left of our La dles' Summer Shirt waists. Somo good ones In the lot 25c. n nances - FURNISHINQ STORE, WW., f Xf nclltllrvi-Atl Arn Hi nusiiiuLuu nw. CRANE Etc. Coats, SPECIAL SALE HIGH GRADE&Sk. fekitoslies Hoil Storm Goats Former Price, $15.00. Successor to Dronson & Tallman. 412 Spruce Street. Headquarters for .Men's Unihrwear. SUMMER RESORTS. Elmwood Hall Elmhurst, Pa. (Formerly Hotel Clmlutrst,) Open All the Year. Tills liotol has bean lomoJela 1 and roflttst throughout aud will op;n its iIoom June li, 1'or rates, eta, call on ur aJJron DR. W. H.H. BULL ELMHURST, PA, L At Retail. Coal of the best quality for domestla uso and of nil sizes, Including Buckwheat and Blrdeeie, delivered In any part of the city, ct the lowest price. Orders received at the office, Connell building, Boom S08; telephone No. 1763, or at tho mine, telephone No 272, will ba promptly attended to. Dealers supplied nt tho mine. T PLEASANT COAL CO To PATENT Good Ideas may be secured by our aid, Addreu, THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, MoV S3 (y) a tsy vJ' JmlimM. " Tn iP2 UAJJi.LH-1 uat rffcJUflA..
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