l' THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JUNE 1G, 1900. i X tuMMi! Dally, nicrpt Stimliyj 17 The TrlW mo 1'ublUlilng tampan'. t Kitty Ccnta Month. uvv. a mciiAnn, foiitor. q, FK jaYXinUJ.innJnen JtanaRcr. Kew Vorle Office! IMSumu St i ;.'8. & vnn:iiAND, Sole Aeent lor Foreign AdvcrtUlnR. llered it the iWofllco at Soratilou, V., Second-Ulan JUll Maurr. Wlirn tpace will permit, Tlie Tilhune Is ) waja Rlad to print ahort letters from lt frlemli hearing on euntnt topka, but ita rule 1' tluii tlieaa mut bo algncd, lor publication, by the writer's real name: anil the. conJItlon precedent to acceptance ia that all contributions Miall be subject to editorial revision. TWELVE ' PAGES. SCUANTOX, JUNE 16, 1000. FOR VlCii-PRKSIDKNT, CHARLES EMORY jMITH, OF PHNNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. roncrcsMnrri-atl-iiKi"- IIUX'SHA A- OUOW, uomiitr ii i ohiiui:iu:ii Ainlilor Ucncul -K. H. HAHM'.NUiniGH. ' County. t'oncross-vl 1 1 .1.1 WI (IINNH,!. .lu.lsc-tU.OIK.i: M.- Vl.-O.V MicillV-JOlIN II. IT.LI.oWS. 'Jifiiiirr--J. A, M'livMON. DMrl.l Allomiy -UJ1J.I.V.U It. LLWJU. riolliunul.il JlHJV LOl'I.LAM). flulviii (iiiitt-.-1'IIOUV I'. DVNILLS llcevnlir ul Ihcils-KJIir. HOW licici.lri M WilN-W. K llV.CK. Jm,v Coouul-ilonci l.DWAItl V, MCHOKX, Legislative, rust Diiiiiit iimut ' iti:M'i,iw. s.icmi i)inift-,ioiiN miii-.itk, .lit. 'Ilnid l)lliiu- i:i)AI!H .IAMI.S, Jli. ruiiiiii j)ij.iiit p. . I'liii.niN If the best man Is nominated at l'liiMdelplil.'i Ills liimio v.lli bd (Jinnies J.'mory Smith. "You're Another." y AUJHKV WAR is now in piosicss between Controller JL JL Will S. Color, nf New Yoik city, a Tammany appointee who, after ho trot Into ofllec, decided to be Hue to Ills outh legutdles-s of eonm-quenees, and the boodlor elenicnt in Tammany who have not been dVile to use liim as they bad hoped. On Wednesday Mr. Color delivered the julnclpul uelelieps at the oom luencenient of the Illinois State unl veisltv, In the eouise of which lu ui'Bued eloquently for a liiRhor stand aid of public honesty and incidentally rental kedi "The old system of steal ing fiom the public treasury has passed away, and a safer nud more pt oil tabic plan of bartering political inllucnee for cash or stock In corpora tions has succeeded." This is taken to jefer, among other tlm-.gs, to the fact that Mayor Van Wyck, also u Tam many ofliesholder, has boon levealed as the owner of a big block of Ice tiust Mock, which he got cheap on bonowed money, the ice trust being now a bene llclaiy of cltj contiacts. A petition for UJe mayors Impeachment Is pending bcfoio the governor and the cac against him is generally conceded to be set Ions. Hut maik the sequel. At the ciy moment when Color a addieshlng the unlveisity students at Champaign, 111., one Jaiob W. Mack, lepoited to be a .substantial and icpu table citizen of New Yoik city, was prcferiing charges befoio the governor against Color. Ills bill of partlculats alleges that in July, 1S9S, the? comp troller advertised for pioposala for city bonds aggregating JlS.CSS.OSJ.yC. IK au aided the bonds to the Pioduce l.xchange Tiusl, which represented a syndicate. In which, it is alleged, the Hint of "W. N. Coler & Co. was Intel -csted, the comptiollei being a mem ber of said firm. The bid of the syndi cate was 101. Ut. Theie wwe thirty-one other bidders, who bid for a par aggie gate of $S,3SG,000, at approximate!, 10S. It is ch.uged. mm cover, that to enable the favoicd sjndlcate to get the hunt's at a low in Ice the compti oiler fright cned olf other, possible bidders by giv ing out statements to the elfect that tlie city was nlicady bonded beyond the limit of in per cent, which, if tme. would Invalidate the bonds. It is claimed that the favored syndicate must have made a million dollais out of tlie deal. The i use Is Samlllar. Accuse a crook Jn politics and lie invariably tries to make out that bis accuter is another. It Is fottuuate that both these chaigts will come for mvIcw befoie a gniu noi like Theodoio lioosevelt, who abo cveiythlng else Is a tilend m fair play lie will pi ob them to the bottom and .he nubile can lesu assuied that irie ipective of politics uxuet justice will or done. The Oieijon Republican majority, ns back tllstilcts lepoit. now exceeds 11. )00 for the head of tlie state ticket and 3,000 for congiessnien. Mr. Hryan can uifely regal d the Pacific coast as pait if the "enemy's country." Famine Stricken India and Africa IN VIEW of the awful icports Which come fiom the famine smitten districts of India of suf fering and starvation outrunning ill efforts which have been put forth n the way of tellef, Major Molr has n a letter to Mrs. W. M. Phlnne, of Oleun HUge, publicly indorsed the le lluf inoement in Scranton and uiged citizens to hand contributions to the "t-arlous pastors of the city, to the Young Men's Christian association, to i'Jie -Young Women's Christian associa tion or to himself, promising that the 'utter shall bo promptly acknowledged ind accounted for. The Truth also has a famine relief fund, or contilhutlons may be sent to Messrs. Drown 13ros.-& Co., 69 Wall street, New York, to bo forwarded ro India under tlie auspices of the Coriimlttco of One Hundred. Mis. Thlnnpy hands us a copy of thn Uoiiibay Guardian of April 18, which s given up -to pictures, and descrip tions of heart-rending famine Bcenes. Hero Is an cxtrAct offering practical hAvIco as to wltat should bo donej "There la a grand opportunity fdr some Of the manufactuiers of 04t meal, corn starch,' corn flour, shredded wheat, wheat cream, Quaker oats, gianula, onrtny, condensed milk, llorllck's food or other prepared foods, to send gen erous donntlonK. Besides the manu facturers, wholesale and retail deal era could send cases of them, too. Many a weary missionary wcatlng out her life to prepare somo delicacy for a hun dred orpliun boys or girls with famine uoro mouth or some other awful effect of famine, would be chceied and helped and perhaps her own Ufa might be saved for the work by a good supply of such delicacies, which could be eo easi ly pre pared," v As It will be November nt least be foio any crops can bo grown In InJIa, and Inasmuch as millions nf people on the vcrgo of starvation will have to be supported until that time and many long afterward, Mrs. Phlnney requests us to say that she Is collecting a hogs head of prepared foods for Immediate shipment to India and those wishing to contribute to It aro directed to com municate with her as soon as possible at 1533 Monsey avenue. In Kast Africa a condition prevails which, although Involving fewer peo ple, Is In degree quite ns pitiful as the famine in India, although less has been written about It. In the Christian Unity for March, Itev. P. W. Krieger, stationed at Nairobi, nrltlsh East Af rica, in a letter dated Dec. 21, 180D, tells of a 1'ainlne which had even then re duced the natives to utter want, so keen that many were dropping dead In the Holds while others could with dilll culty be restrained from eating the seed grain planted to overcome the fa mine. Undoubtedly the conditions In India arc most severe, but as they nie moio widely understood perhaps a lit tle benevolence diverted to South Af ilca would not go astray. These vari ous appeals touch the chords of com mon humanity and merit from Ameri cans especially immediate and gener ous response. An exchange cruelly cnlla attention to the fact that this Is the season when "degrees" aro distributed light and left, by Institutions of learning, with little icgard to the fltness of the gift. In the case of many small colleges, these degiees have been made so cheap that the degree of LL. D., for In stance, Is liable to become like the much-abused title of "Professor," al most a tenn of reproach. There is undoubtedly ti laige need of reform in this dliection. Townsend Vs. Loch re n. M' UCH ADO was made by the Democratic party a few weeks ago because in an obiter dictum handed down by United States Judge Lochien, of Minnesota, commissioner of pensions under Cleveland, the view was held that the constitution piojectcd Itself by Its own force over Porto Itlco: that the moment the Ameiican flag went up over that island in obedience to the ratllled tteatj of Palis Poito Rico be came an Integral part of the United States, subject to eveiy restriction as well as to every guarantee of the fed eial constitution a contention which, If continued by the Suptcmo court, would overthiow the law under which Porto llico is now being governed as u teitltory. abolish all tariffs and stu- round with appalling difficulties the whole expei Iment of expansion. Wo now refer to Judge Lochicn's opinion because another Judge of the United Stntes couits, co-ordinate with him In lank as well as in professional leputatlon, has directly uiled just the opposite fiom Judge Loehren's dictum. In the United States circuit court sit ting In New York, Distilct Judge Townsend on Thuisday, In the appeal of an Importer whose Imports of Porto Wean tobacco had been pionouneed dutiable at the custom house, decided explicitly that the tieaty of Pails, wlilch left to congress the determina tion of "the civil rights and X'olitlcal status" of the territory it ceded, is con stitutional and in full force. "The peo ple of Poi to Rico," says Judge Towns end, "Instead of being Incorporated Into the Union by the tieaty are left In statu quo. Nor has there been an extension (bv congiess) of our lawa or institu tions over the Island. But at least one of these acts, In ought about by treaty or legislation, is necessary befoie an application of tlie constitution in Porto Rico. Until then the Island remains, to use the language of the Supreme com t, 'pait of the United States, but still a foreign country." " Continuing, the Judge, as lepoited in thu New Yoik Sun, went on to say that "the appellants deny the authoiltv of the United States under the constitu tion to hold soveieignty over subject teirltory which It does not make a part or itself under1 tlie constitution. Other nations may, the say, but wo may not, and the tieaty Is void so far as it contemplates such a thing. No tieaty has ever been adjudged invalid for biich cause. If the contention Is valid we cannot hold the tcriltory without Imposing on it ut once the bin den of our uniifcrm levenue and tatiff laws, and the treaty piovislon for ten years' free trade between the Philippines and Spain is void; tlie treaty which ceded Louisiana to us was unconstitutional because of the discriminations provided for In that tcultory In tonnage dues to be im posed on French and Spanish ships; the Florida treaty wns in tlio same case. Tlie natuial and apparent mean ing of the treaty of Paris Is that Porto Rico Is acquired, but not Incoi pointed, and that the uniformity clause of the constitution does not yet apply. The power to acquire territory without In corporating it Is an ordinal attribute of sovereignty. The Independent states possessed It and delegated it to the federal government, which now pos sesses It exclusively. The argument that a government based on the con sent of the governed prevents us from 'ruling subjects' does not apply It wo admit that the Inhabitants of Porto Rico without Incorporation of their ter ritory In the United States may have all the civil and political rights of the Inhabitants of tlio territories. Perhaps the negative provisions of our constitu tion, which protect civil rights, do ap ply, but If they do It Is because we can not violate tho principles of govern ment Imbedded In our Institutions; not because Porto Rico Is a part of tbrt United States." Judge Townsend con cludes) "That wo liavo tho power to govern without the obligation of uniform taxa tion may be an unfamiliar proposition, but it Is so becauso we have never be fore had occasion to use the power to the same extent. The constitution makers may not have thought of It, yet, ns wo have oecn, It Is an Incident of full socrelgnty commonly exercised nt tho time the union was formed; one which Is now prohibited to tho states, and so must have passed to tho federal government with tho power to moke war und treaties to which It is Inci dent. For the framcrs of tho constitu tion Intended that Instrument not as a limitation upon the freedom of the new sovereign lu acting for tho states In foreign affairs; not as a check to growth, but as tho organic law of a nation that can live nnd grow. To 'deny this power to govern territory at arm's length would bo to thwart that intention to make the United States an unfettered sovereign In foreign affairs. For If we wage war successfully we must somo time become, us many think wo nro now, charged with territory which It would be tho greatest folly to incorporate at once Into our Union, making our laws Its laws, our citizens Its citizens: our tuxes Its taxes; and which, on the other hand, International considerations and the sense of our responsibility to Its Inhabitants may forbid ub to abandon. The construc tion of the constitution which would limit our sovereign power would force us Into a dilemma between violating our duty to other nations and to the people under our caio on tho ono hand and Mating our duty to ourselves on the other. That construction would In such case imperil the honorable exist ence of our republic. It could not havo been Intended by those who framed our constitution that we should be born a cripple among the nations." It seems to us that tho line of reason ing heic laid down Is sound and ra tional; that It presents a sensible view of the power necessarily Inherent In a sovereign nation, and that it would be a very narrow and Illiberal construc tion of the constitution which would deny to congress the power hero set forth. But, of course, no opinion short of a Supremo court deliverance will now have binding acceptance In view of the entry of this question Into par tisan politics. An Indian prophet out In Minnesota had a vision the other day which was of a character calculated to make his red brothers In that ylclnlty restless. Ho was promptly placed In the guard house, where he had another dream which promised happiness to all In dians who behaved themselves. Con ditions make prophecies. T.I Hung Chang maintains at his own expense as a body guard an army of 9,000 men, who ate the best paid soldiers in China. Li's retainers, who huve heretofore had nn easy time, are now In a fair way of being called upon to earn their salaries. Another case of "lynched the wrong man" Is leportcd In a southern state. Meanwhile, the men who ought to bo lynched seem to flourish like green bay trees. Mi, Bryan Is at present suffering from a complication of money devil, imperialism and trusts. Otherwise he is said to be In good health. Gcneial Botha takes an occasional pause In his retreat to show Lord Roberts that his ammunition Is not exhausted. It will probably be necessary to kidnap Mr. Taylor In order to satis factorily settle the Kentucky trouble. The original Geneial Otis man had Ills day Jn Rochester yesterday. TOLD BY THE STABS. Dolly Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchua, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: J.Oa a. m., for Saturday, June 10, ltiOO. A child born on this day will notice that the recent primaries tamed a Rood many politi cal prophets In Scranton to bhed their whiskers. l'olitits will often rioclop undieamt-ol fool Ishncvi in men of supposed intelligence. Self praise Is not really Injurious, but it gben tlio audience a tlrt.il feeling. It is sometimes possible to tain friends with out being one, but it Is difficult to keep them. It Is easier to stand prosperity than to cct an opportunity to trj it. The dirk horses did not kick up much dost at the recent iirliuarict. AJacchus' Advice. It Is now proper fur the man who sajs "Is it hot enough for jouV" to make inquiry regard ing Uc-prcsidcntlaI possibilities. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. Visiting cards Iron arc popular in Or manv. The name U printed In silver. The thick ne-cs of the card is one four-hundredth of nil inch. Austria is the country most lenient to mur derers. In ten jcars over MO pcrcin vveic found guilty of inurdei, of vdioni only twcntj-tliwc wcic put to death. A plan to found a colony In Cuba, with the twin purpos of raising fruit foi United Mates markets and of establishing a winter resort, will be recommended noon. It Is ascertained, on scientific data, that the air resistance to a railway train ol average weight moving sixty miles an hour Is 11.371 pounds nearly six tons. Krom on interpretation of a passage in the Koran, Moslems arc forbidden to have shades to their cjes, henco the absence o( the peak both from the fez and the turban. The onion was worshiped by tho ancient 1'g.vptians The cauliflower is a patrician umung vegetables and was taken (rem lis Cyprus home in Italy and Kngland In the reign ot Klizabcth. A well known scientist (urnishes some infor mation in regard to the agcr of tiees. He as signs to the pine tree 500 to ilK) jears ns the maximum, 4i5 joars to the tllvcr fir and 170 to the ash, 'J lie increase in the number of medical women In lireat llritaln is held by the medical men to be astonishing. In London alone there aro nov clglity-flve registered and mialltied medical wo men, almost all of whom arc in practice, The hill which tlio HrttUh Infantry stormed at Clencnc Is 1,000 feet high. The acallng ot It by the Dublin Fusiliers and the King's Itoj.il lilies may safely be put down as one of the most brilliant deeds in the record ot the Drltinh army. Paper shingles have been introduced Into Japan by an enterprising Tokyo firm as substitutes (or the wooden article. The new Idea is a slab if thick-tarred pasteboard, moro easily managed than ordinary thinglca and costing only halt at much. It is asserted that no two countrlra in the woild make and rat the same kind of bread. In Kngland and America there is the greatest simi larity In this resect, but the Kngltshmau never eats bread hot from tho oven.tnor iloci he use biscuits made with shortening. According to tables made by sporting men ovir $j0,000,0;."is lost on the turf every jcar. 0( this 1(00,(100,000 Is lost on Knglish rate courses and about flOO.OOO.OiiO on Australian courses, lite rimalnder is chiefly distributed between France, tit United btatea aud IlrltUh colonics. Weekly Letter on Mimical Affairs. II. " PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE OWN ERSHIP OF ELECTRIC LIGHT ING." (Copyright, 1000, by William S. Crandall.) Till! day (or fancy prices for electric aticct lighting has passed. The biggest money has been inado In this line. The reformer lias been the cause of the downfall, Ills tlogan bus been and is, "public ownership of nil utilities." It sounds well And appeals to t lie popular mind. Prejudice against coiporate in tcresls pushes It along. The people urge Its adoption cterywherc. They say It lias passed tho experimental stage. Whether that be .1 (act or not auccess, disaster or Indifferent re sults hate one and the same elfect, Simply to (an the flame ot popular approval. Without at tempting to na!)i.c results, or to form a dis criminate judgment the people decree lounlclpil ownership a success. Corporations arc awakening to the need of doing something In self-defence to check the growth of this sentiment. President Cahoon, of the National Kleetrki Light association, gave this warning cry In the opining sentence of 1 Is address, at the last cslon of that body: "I doubt If there arc in this whole association a dozen members who realize fully the gravity of the present sltuitlon (or the priate ownership ot public utilities. The quetlon is taking on ii new form. Heretofore franchises hac been granted haphazard, and little, if any, effort has been made by the different states to follow out any one line of polhy with regard to cither the granting ol franchises or the operation of com panies under those franchises. Massachusetts bin taken a step, and a long one, In the dliec tion of what the future will bring about, and that is, the regulation of ull public iitimb's, and the compelling of all such coiporattons, bo they priiatc or municipal, to render to a board of commissioners an uecoimt in prescribed form at definite Inlenals. We cannot take 'he stand that it la against public policy that this should bo done; it would simply be a two of kicking against the pricks. There Ho open before us two paths: Municipal owneiship or private ownership under state regulations." The goose that has been lading golden eggs for the corporation Is dead. Tlie maximum und minimum prices for electric street lighting aro greatly reduced as compared with the prlies of ten years ago. Tor Instance, the city ( ln vllle, 111,, about a year ago, closed a (He-year contract with u corporation, which called for light at tlio rate of .!U per arc lamp of 2,000 candle power. This Is unheard of where real has to be used, as In this case. The low price was due to competition, with a popular demand (or a municipal plant. Whatever the explanation, the result was fa vorable to the city. And public ownership sentiment continues to undermine the Interests of the corporation, particularly so In the west. Although the profits in the business have been lowered to what seems to bo the minimum, jet the corporations multiply and appear to thrhe. They eagerly tcek (or business even under these conditions. As it Is not to be supposed they are In bud. ness (or their health, there must be a reasonably sized profit somewhere within their reach. The smaller cities have been among the first to adopt municipal ownership. Very Iwol the largrr ones nac indulged themselves In this cli. reetlon. Chicago, Detroit and Allegheny arc notable exceptions. For the sake o( comparison, a group of twenty-five cities lias been selected from among those nerved byprivato corporations anu mose unaer public ownership. NO. 1-rrtICC tJNDEH PRIVATK OWNCnSIIIP. 2.000 a p. CITY. ,2 s! Si Allentown, Pa. .., Ashoville, N. C. ., Auburn, Mc , Dutte. Mont Ilellvllle. Ill Ilrattlcboro, Vt. ., noone, la Columbus, Ga. ... Fort Wayne. Ind... (ialcsburg. III Iowa Citv. Ia. .... .loplln. Mo Kenosha, Wis Loikport, N. Y. , Mankato, Minn. ., Mi nominee. Mich.. -Massillon. O ..... Oswego, N. Y, .... Oil Citv. Pa Owensboro. Ky. ., Iioannko. V.i .,,,, Salt Lake City .. Spokane, Wash. . , St. Cloud. Minn , Tcrrc Haute, Ind. 112 W SO in iro 40 31 2(11 2.23 i r. 3.78 3..12 4 50 3.00 3.8') 4 10 3.35 2.I.S 1 89 All 2.M 3 2 2.61 3.23 2.1 ! 2 10 1 'M 1 75 1.80 1 26 li7 1.03 120 2l O 1 100 liO 107 fi3 (if 1 Olf) Id 1( 140 401 200 41 430 No. 2-PIUCE UNDKH PUBLIC OUNKIVSIIIP. 2,000 C. P. CITY. Alleghenv. Pa. ... Aurora, 111 Hay City. Mich. .. Hatavia, N. Y Hlonmlngton, 111. . Columbus. Ind. ... Detroit, Mich. ... Decatur. Ill Dunkirk, HI Kaston, Pa Galveston. Tex. .. Goshen, Ind Kalamazoo, Mich. . Little Itock. Ark. . Marion, Ind. ..... Mradvillc. Pa Newark, O Paducah, Kv Itochellc. Ill St. Joseph, Mo. ... St. Chailcs. Mo. .. Sherman, Tex lrpe-ka, Kan , Titusvlllc. Pa Wheeling. W. Va. 3,00 $100.00 3. sou 83 00 3, 1 12 50.00 3,800 144,00 2.200 75.00 2,000 90 00 3,000 PO.OO 2,182 S3.00 2,230 100 00 2.230 75.42 2,700 72.50 2,iOO 72.0(1 2,2V) 75 0(1 J.NJO 78 00 2,230 74 00 2,210 68 82 2,000 (,j Oi) 3,800 81 00 3,030 SO 00 3,800 72.60 4,380 70 05 3,800 72 00 3,800 48.00. 3,800 75 001 3,800 M.ii3 72. II l.Sl 2.55 2 01 1.01 2.71 2 01 2.10 2 22 2.25 2.11 2 7(1 2.01 2.71 2.01 2 r. 1.01 1.17 1.77 2.51 2..r. 2.50 1.60 2.6.1 1 41 167 61, 53.23 63.2, 74.33 68 0 73 05 48.40 l3 31 01, 82 IH 4S, M20 60 2S 6.1.-J5 Ort.OS 48.51 71.00 53 2. (( 70 73.11 I.S.00 57 01 67 01 .1 1.7.00 The difference in tlie cost of coal accounts, In & & 4"fc 4 4 4 & 4r 1,237 3,970 206 2,327 200 2,62.1 103 3,407 310 2,712 82 2,200 1 S 3,7mS 130 2.170 73 2,80'J 111 A.8.H 300 3,000 123 2,400 200 3,0.16 212 2,43.1 118 2,200 100 3,500 221. 3.2S.3 120 4.OU0 40 2,17!) 360 2,700 SO 2.'i2o 111 4,015 2i. 2,105 111 4,000 430 4.O00 J901 CALENDAR, An opportunity to secure exclusive patterns and first choice. ooooooooooooooooo $ Tinted Backs $ n angers r'rtlrss.'.FlSiCs 185 White Backs Gold Embossed Mounted Photographs Half-Tones Lithographs ooooooooooooooooo Prices From $12 to $95 per Thousand THE TRIBUNE has exclusive control of the finest line o! Calendars ever exhibited in Scranton. It is early yet to think of 1901, but it is necessary to place orders early (or the class of work here outlined. The full line of samples is now ready at THE TRIBUNE office and is now complete, but the best will go quickly, and no design will be duplicated for a second customer. 4 THE IMBUNE, Washington Avenue. NOTICE Orders taken now (or December delivery. fy fr ?. ty ty $ fy fy fy fy a measure, for tho variation In the price per aro lamp. Tlie average price ot coal per ton of the private ownership group it (i.3!, it being Just 12 cents mere than the other. And the average number nf bcurs which the lamps arc burned under tlie tormcr Is 3,113, while un der the latter it Is .1,027, nr 100 hours less under pulillo management. Tho average price per lamp hour, under private contract, Is 2.M cents; under tho other, 2,17 cents. This would give an average per, arc limp, pir ear, ol sf.vl.03 and $i3.M), respectively, or a difference of $".78 per limp. Hut win n the longer hours of srriice given by the private ciriratlon and the latger owl o( etal arc taken Into consldcritloh, the difference would not lie so great. In the management of the municipal plant, as lu the aitmli.lstratlon ol atl other city affairs, the department Is made to curry tho maximum of expense in the way of salaries. If the muni, clpsl plant were run on a lu-slncss basis, the contrast between the prices would be more markedly in favor nl public ovneisliip. Tlio (ollowlng table shows the prl'i't pi Id for similar service in tvventj-flvo of the leading cltlci in the United Slates. Owing to the larger expense Involved for equipment and operation in Inign cities, such ns lion pules lor the lamps ind conduits for the wires, the rrlces are nec essarily laigrr. Hut, taking tlnse things into consideration, the price per arc lamp is about the same as pild In tlio smaller cities: SO. 3-PItICK OF KI.KCTItIC LIGHTS LEAUIXCl CTIIKS. IN 25 4 1 I 5 5!;' o. CITY. -2 E "5 C J? - S' 'a a e. New" York M.Sfrl 3,800 "$tlfl 00 Chicago all 3,SW 117,fp0 Philadelphia 7.S.U 4,2.13 111M St. louls 2,1110 n.'.KW 7t.tTi llaltlmnre l,:ioi 4.000 127.7X Cleveland 8T0 .1,700 B7.50 Cincinnati 3,00 4,000 81.'") Van Francisco T.t H,2n 127.V1 Washington CM 4,000 72.00 M. Paul :nj 1,000 nnno Pittsburg 2,100 4,000 Oit.00 Newark 1,60 4,000 DS.55 Minneapolis M7 2,200 81.00 Minneapolis 1711 3,000 10S.50 Milwaukee 1,112 4,000 02.00 Louisville VCI 4,000 81.00 Indlanipolls l,l',s 4,000 83.00 New Orleans 1,020 3.&V1 127,75 A'hanv CM 4,000 124.10 Denver V 4,000 100.00 Jcisev Citv 1,32(1 4,000 OTO0 Los AngelM 82.) 4,000 fiO 00 New Haven '4111 4,000 01.25 Omaha 3J1 4,000 114 00 . 11. All limn. f 000 P. ! itn1c islSnru. - noted. 1.200 C. P. 2,4hJ lamps at $1(6; 1,116, $161.25; 237, $182.50; 571. $125. "3,500 operated by municipal plant. PERSONALITIES. The appointment of Professor Drandt V. B. Dixon, president of Sophie Newcomb college, in New Orleans, as civil service commissioner In that city, is regarded as at: earnest of the in tention to administer the law properly. The Itev. Henry A. Stinison, D. 1)., pastor of the Manhattan Congregitlonal church o( New York, has Just been appointed Southworth lec turer at Andover Theological seminary for next year. He will deliver a course of six lectures next winter upon "The Church ol Today." It is worth noting that one of the supporters of Olive bchreiner's husband when he at las: succeeded, after several attempts frustrated by mobs, in piesentlng tho Doer side of the South African dispute to a Louden audience, was Mrs, Despard, a sister of Oeniral French, General Roberts' well-known cavalry leader. Miss Jobjne Ilowland, the "Gibson girl" and actress, is visiting her old home, in Denver, where she spent all but a few jears of her lite. She was born In Indianapolis, but moved with her parents to Dcnvei when 2 jcars old, and lived there twenty-two jears. She has not made a theatrical engagement for next jcar. The Itev. llichard Windsor, of India, spoke at the Ecumenical conference In New York of the effect that Cluistian sympathy had on the natives of Indian villages. He alluded gratefully to the generosity of the American people, who had sent a shipload of torn from Indiana during cue of the recent teinble Indian famines. With that shipload of corn, he said, 3,000 people were (ed at a time. ?0& tSEJStisf! Particular Interest centers around our $20 Thrce-Pleco Bedroom Suites. And It Is not difficult to decide why. Thero Is something about each piece which catches tho eye and Invites a better acquaintance. Then construc tion and finish arc observed and com parisons made. The decision generally Is that these aro better In every way than anything ever offered at tho pVlce. Hill & Cooraell 121 N. Wasbinj'toa Ave, & 4 2? 4 FOR THE NEW YEAR. o Rneln Y 14x22 v 5S3s2L 'lSIE' .fr fy $ fr fy $ ty f, ALWAYS BUST. Yotu Keow We Grow Enlargement Sale of 50c School Shoes For Boys aed QirlSo Lewis (jSRellly Established 1888. 114-116 Wyoming Ave. For Weddtag Presents ? Yes, we have them, in Sterling Silver, Rich Cut Glass, Clocks, Etc. An interesting variety of the richest goods in America. Prices the low est, guarantee perfect at iERCEREAU&CONimt 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Haflmit & Coeeell Go. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 iaclawaiM Avenue HENRY BELIN, JR., General Agent for trn Wyouilaj DUli'lct i.a Ululng, Blasting, Sportlus, SiuoUalut uud His nepauno CUamloa. Co iipany'i in EXPLOSIVES. tufety ruse. Caps nnd llxutolKt Uoom 401 Couiisll Uulldlaj. tioraaUx. AUKXUll&a THOS. FOUD, JOHN B. SMITH & SON, V. E. MULLIGAN. - JPlttaton. Plymouth. Wllke-Brre. Oil luraiT'i raits '. I ') II III 11 ll M V 3? A wnshprwoman living in South Bend, Ind. , had for a long time suffered from dyspepsia, until ono day sho gavo Riptna Tabules a trial. Her own statement of tho result will be of interest to other dyspeptics : " From tho eery first day," eho said, "I felt less misery in my etoraach, aud when tho first supply was gone, I went to tho druggist aa 1 got moro, and have teen using them ever since, and very thankful I am to know about them, for I had tried bo many things and herbs and doctors without getting any letter. I hail about given up getting anything to help me, but to-day I can eat quite a largo meal nnd feel no dlstresi, but before, if I took two or threo mouthfuU, I must wait two or threo hours before oatiug moro victuals, or suffer in agony." .. AB.e"'1!XwV'','!onUl3lD.Tt7R''1,,,I.l,r,r,,nrPri-rtBn(wlthoutrlM)linowroraaltini dru p .lore. - job nn rum fan lo prlceU ort l InlondM for the poor nj the economical. on" tolii ot lb. ATnt cirtona (IM Uvhulrt) rn b lid ,r mill by .endlns fort.l(,bl nu to lh IttraW Cduia!2 CoiVixr, No. 10 Bpruw tfireet, .s.w Yerk - or a lnsl carton Uuixaauib will Im acal lor flio "uu. FINtEY'S We desire to call your attention to our fine stock of 1 Fans, Gloves, Belts aed Faecy Also to the finest assortment of in hand embroidered, Real Valenciennes, Duchesse, Point Lace Etc., Etc. All of which arti cles are especially suitable and appro priate as presents for the IACIAWAMA AVENUE ooooooooooooooooo INVITATIONS; CALLING CARIS. Are you interested in the above ? If so we invite you to call and see what we have in the latest and newest styles of Engrav ings. We have several new sizes to select from. s. General Statloncis and En- Y Si avers, A Scranton Pa! a Hotel Jctmyn Bids. $ 6 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sy CSV - ' Ifi
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