THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, SEL'TJJffllHER 5, 1900. ljc Scrcmfoy rt6une Published Dally, r.xccpt Sunday. J The Wh ine rubllihltiic Company, at Fifty Cents Month. MVY fl. niCtlAirP. editor. O. V. IlVMIhE, l)ulmu Minuter. Ktw York Offlee- 150 Nassau St. S. 8. VI1KFXAND, Sole Agent for foreign Advertising Entered at the I'O'tolfire at Scranton. Pi . Second-Claw Malt Matter. When space wjll permit, The Tribune )s alwavs glad to print short lettira from its friends hear Ins on current tcplcs, but Its rule If, that Jp"' mint be signed, or publication, by the writer : lil naric ami the condition precedent .,xfl eeptatce Is that all contribution! shsll l' Mibject to editorial revision. SCRANTON, BKI'TEMBEll B 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. iel(lent-WH.I.nt VcKIKl.CY. Ice msitlcnt-THL'OIKlRi: ltOOSHViXT. State. Congrcf'mcn at Large OAI.USHA a. enow, UUIIMil II. KiKHUKHMl. Auditor Ger.fral-E. U. IIMIDKSnr.Hflll. County. Conjrcw-Wlt I tAM rONNIJ-t,. .liidire-r.FOTtCE M UtrSoS. SricrifT .U"1N II I ri.l.OVvS. Ir.iuirei .1 A SClt.WTON. liUt'kt Attn ie Il.T 1 W! IT LEWIS. rrrthr.iinlarv .H1IIN ( Oi'ELAM) Clerk of (onrta 11IOM49 I' tuMKL-S. Ilecnnlrr ol Heeds EM1L DONS. HeirlstFr of JM1N-W. K. DECK. Jury ronnnlMluncr-KliWAIUl II STUtlCF.S. Legislature. Flr.-t Dittrlrt-TIIOUAR .1 RIAKOI.nS. rVtond mtrirf tons srilKt'Eii, .lit. Third Diitnet-FDWAni) JWI.S, Jit. rourtli Pist'let-i' A lMlll.niN. Mr. Bryan's labcn- talk In Chlcnso sounded veny much like a letter of acceptance warmed over. Get Together. en iiNDnriSTANDiNo ot the rituatlon is that the de rent coal operators of tho anthracite region have at nl! times been ulUIm; to meet nnd treat v.lth committees of their em jiioyei. Thli ! oeitalnly the spirit which should prevail nmons employer.-;. The man who declines lo enter Into communication with tho uoik men In hi employ or who. If compiled to meet committees of his employes, c'.oe.s so pottMily or abusively Is both unmanly and foolish, lie Is unmanly beenusj It Is a fair part of his duty (d keep watch over the welfare of tho labor In his employ and to remain In por.sonal tourh with bis men. He is foolish became high handedness al ways Invites trouble. He may not al ways bo nblf to rjranl what the men nsk but If he Is an honest man dis posed to do what Is fair he cm win their conllderce and hold their re spect. The objection of tho operators, wo understand, Is not to meeting their o.Mi employes but to metluB men who are not their employes. They arsue that outsldms cannot possibly have the same Interest or tho sama knowledge of local conditions as the Immediate pilncipnU; nnd they pio fess to fvircsec In lb- precedent of recognized outside Interference nn open door to endless confusion. Here, then. Is a difference -Allien relates only to a comparatively few men not work ins minors In our anthracite mines. Their devotion to the cauie of labor no doubt is such that they tlll Kladly step aside when they discover that tney are obstacles to a, coming to Knher of Anflnaclto employes and em ployed. It is reassuring to loam that when Hoosevelt and Rrvun met at Chiecgo Instead of milllns pistols they prompt ly shook lianas. The Policy of Scuttle. O rilAnci: of political bias can Justly be brought against tho Associated Pro-, which Is made up of papeis of all shades of partisan belief nnd managed with this fact In mind, its notis i oricspi-indence from the Philippine hns fioni the first been absolutely straightforward, telling the truth as clearly ns trained reporteis could see or hear It. Hence an opin ion by It concerning conditions and prospects In the Philippines is entitled to weight. We punted in csterday's Issti" a Msnldcnnt dispatch from Manila r-cnt by tin- Associated Press and today we ask attention to this extract from it: "A majority of the blunders desire peace and the resumption of business under the American'!, but rtioy nrs so cow ed by a long series of murderous ntpoeltlih nnd destruction of property bv their armed countrymen that thoy dnro not actively show their feelings, especially because cperlenee has , t'lUght thrm what such nn expression of sintlment will bilng upon them frrm tho mercilessly towngeful icbels. And change of policy InvoHIng tho withdrawal of the United States troops without substituting for them n-n ndeqnaie defensive force, is cer tain to result In fraiful retaliation at the'oxpn&o of the fiirnilles." And alo tills: "The experience of North ern" Iuzon shows that the American occupation of nny locality tends to Itsjiaclllfatlon and well-being." New, no one questions that It would bp very convenient If the United States could In somp way get rid of Its burden of responsibility In the Philippines without perfidy to those friendly natives who have trusted In Its assurances of protection ns well ns without default Jn Its lnrger obll-g-Ulon to humnnlty. But this Is not to be, The Fhlllpplnes are American territory nnd tho United States alon Is responsible for the establishment of law and order In them. It dare not scuttlo and run. Tho action of Judge Fanning In calling a halt upon the school board of Towanda In the case of the com monwealth vs. E. Ij. Smith, Is to be heartily commended by ill loveis of falr piny. Smith, who Is a Christian Scientist, declined to have his son vaccinated upon the order of tho school board. The lad was refused admission to tho schools upon that account. The school board then brought suit ngulnst Jfr. Smith under the compulsory education law, to col lect fines; imposed for non-nttend-nnqe of pupils at school. Judge Fan ning holds- that the parent did all o N that the law required In aemllnfr lila pon to tho school, and that If atlmls Blon was refused, flncB could not bo collected. Th- court I also of tho opinion that the vaccination law In mich eases Is optional and not manda tory. There are a good many people, not ChrlMtlan Scientists, who do not bellevo In vaccination, and It It easy to see how the vaccination law and the cotrrpulpory "ducitlon law, If car ried out to tho letter, could often, aa In the above case, orove a method of persecution. Chunpt I.I, one of th3 Boxer leaders, strayed Into Austrian lefrntlotm nt Pekln the other day nnd wns prompt ly arrested. It Is evident that tho Filipino "amino" Bchemo will not be a success In China. The Tnmmany Ice Trust. T HK CHAr.OG Is made by tho cr.ininn Times, apropos oi tho Tammanv ice trU3t, that eleven ot ItR twelve In corporators are Kepuhllcans. We do not know that this Is true neither do ve know that It Is talse. Tlieie are Republicans and Republicans, nnd tho kind nccustomed to Jllrt with Tnm many Hall are not In pood odor else where. If thosev alleged Republicans took stock In the Tammany Ice trust they probably did so with tho same motive which caused our distinguished nntl-monopollst and anti-money power friend, tho editor of the TImej, to take stock In the Dime bank, because they expected to leap good dividends, nn expectation realized In both Instances. But that has no bearing upon Tam many's connection with tho Tammany ice trust. Mayor Van Wyck and his brother, tho Judge, who wrote tho anti-trust plank of the Kansas City platform, own, the former 1P.173 and the latter 7000 shares of Ice trust stock, Th mayor did not pay cash for his stock but carrlrd It on notes. .1. S. Cram and Charles P. Murphy, clock commissioner.-, appointed by Major Van 'Wyck, who gavo tho ex clusive prlvlUges of the docks to the trust; John Whnlon, coiporatlon coun sel, who gave a legal opinion that theso privileges could be granted: II. H. Kearney, commissioner of public buildings, who purchases tho supply of Ice for the municipal offices; Georga V. Brower, park commissioner,, who purchases the supply for the paiks, Handoli h Ouggenhelincr, president of tho copimon council that makes the. appropriation"; Joseph E, Is'ewbergcr, Mai tin T. McMahon nnd Unfits U. Cowing, Judges of the courts, also appear as holdeis of large blocks of stock In the trust, .hlch are supposed to have been given to them for ser vices rendered or expected; and lust Lut not least Richard Croker and sev oi al members of his family are credit ed on the books of the company with 1,000 shares oaeh. The meie fact of owning stock In n business enterpii.se would not of Itself condemn these officials for they might have secured It honestly and without nny intention of using thlr oillclal power and oppoilunitles to In flate Its alue. But the fact Is that just as soon ns the Tammany crowd fixed matters so that the Ice trust vas safeguarded against competition the trust raised the pi Ice of Ice, which cost ?1 a ton laid down on tho docks, from $1.50 to $3 and i a. ton to whole sale customers, and t'lom $6 to $12 a ton to Its retail customers, and ro fused to permit the sale from Its wagons of small pieces which were purchased dally by several hundred thousand people who were not able to buy 1P0 pounds for CO cents, tho price fixed for the smallest delivery. This was manilestly nn act of extor tion made possible not by the pies ence of eleven alleged Republicans on the list of incorporators but by the presence In New York's city hall of Democratic officials posing before tho people as opposed to trusts yet hAing in their pockets stock In one and using the powecs of their ofllces to give that stock artificial value. Says thi Scran ton rimes: xccnrdlnj to the laws of Vtw York plJtr tho gmtrnor has the powtr of remm.il fioni cilice of any public oltld.il iruilty of 'nalfeis ami. The New Yuil; Woild liristnlrd formal ilnrKc nuilii't Major 'ai )(k tlmnuh on attorney, and dunaiid.-d of Mr. llnorcilt tbat In perform Ids dut and remoMj Van W.uk. Tiimminy flail declared its ullllngtKM to Uid .mi md in iti I'.nur to puniah the alleged deiellitlon of any of its numbirs ttlille hold ins oiliie, mid rc'iueited liocmor Itoojuult to uaa bis Icnal authority to remote Van Wjclc, tr any ru,)"c official proved guilty in charged, r'our month have elapsed, and )ct Ooiernor ltiMlt ullon . nun (harced with malfeas ar.ee in orluc, aeaint whom has betn presented oienyhelinlncr iMdence1 nf kuIII, not only to remain In office but to tike no eo(nIraiiu wlrt tr of the chirms. Whj ? rtecjiiio If Vin Wnl Is piiiltl. II ulll Im 111 D.i In .1 ,iiinil,..r nf r(lnl(llt nj P,itby itcpublUan of Hotlum. 'and will pro- a hoomeran. Wu question If any man ncqualpted with Thondoio Hoosevelt believes this last sentonce. There Is not an net in his public career which lends color to the Insinuation that he would shirk a duty on account of political pies hure. Neither Is it truo that no cog nizance has been taken of the charges. Governor Hoosevelt, through tho at torney genernl, has called upon Mayor Van "Wyck to offer a defense nnd tho mayor has asked for a certain period of time In which to piepare that do fenhc. That has been granted. It will exphc within a few days. When that reply is received It will be up to Hoosevelt to take the next step. It Is belteved he will appoint a commis sion to take testimony. The Tam many crowd would like to havo Hoose-. velt aot Impetuously after hearing only the prosecution's sldo of the case. If he should remove Van Wyck with out due inquiry and deliberation it would enable tho Ice trust crowd to bid for political sympathy nnd pose ns maityrs to gubernatorial partisan ship, but Hoosevelt will not give them this coveted oppoitunlty, IIo intends to get eviy fact squarely entcied on lecord nnd to act Judicially upon the evidence We do not deny that many Repub licans -ire holders of stock In trusts, and that many nioro would like to be. We guess thiH is also true on the other sldo of tho party fence. Hut It comes with poor grace for the Demo crats to holler against tiusts In one breath and In the other to press to their bosoms the Tammany gang which makes Its campaign money tluouitii Just eucli acts of piracy as are exhibited In Its connection with tho Tammany Ice trust. With the Chinese tampering with telesraph wlios at the other end, th Wnshlneton oillclal dlRcatches from l'ekln aro becoming about an uncer tain as one of the yellow Journal boiled minister ecoops. ('Addling Its Own Canoe. FROM whlcl past THE HAME papers hlch almost dally for tho past two yoars navo uecn worrying over an Imaginary alliance with Hnglnnd, now comes gos sip of on American break with Eng land. There Is nothing In It. Tho United States Is paddling Its own canoe. If In certain emergencies Its Interests are In harmony with the Interests of Great Britain nnd tho two nations by friendly eo-operrttlon for ppecltle purposes can advance their mutual welfare, It Is simply common sense that they should tnko ndavnnt ago of tho opportunity to do so. Thero Is no alliance In uuch co-operation. Under our form of government an alliance of any kind would be Impos slblo without the consent of two thirds of the senate. No senator has been asked to consent to an alliance with England nnd the idea of nn al liance has generated wholly In tho Imaginations of persona careless of tho fucts. Neither has there been a break with England. The United States alms to keep on friendly terms with nil na tions. Because England Is suspicious of Russia constitutes no reason what ever for nn American boycott on Rus sia The relations between Russia and the United States have Invariably been cordial. Russia has never vio lated an agreement with this country, but on tho contrary haB shown many substantial proofs of good will. This docs not require us to form nn nl Hanco with Russia, or to mix Into the Intrigues between Russia and other foreign nations. Rut It constitutes a good reason why the United States should nccept Russian pledges at their face nlup until compelled to discount them, and why, In such emergencies as is now presented in China our gov ernment should follow Its best Judg ment unblosed by foreign prejudices. Thanks to the splendid diplomacy of the McKlnley administration, that is being done. But It supplies England with no cause for offense. Accounts of the trials and tribula tions of Commissioner General reck seem to Indicate that the United States was too well represented at the Paris exposition. It begins to look as though Count AValdersee would need to make hasto If ho expects to command anything In the allied line in China. President Kruger is moving In a direction that will soon necessitate the locating of his capital on some other man's claim. Gotham's Latest Miirder Mystery from the New ork sun IN 1 hi N Till! l'lIlST half hour of the morning of faurdaj, two weeks ago, I red bclurn, an in- cir old boj, apptared at the etreet door of the liouw in Hast Thirti -fourth street where lived bis landlord, a drugirist named Ty Irr He made such a noi'e in trying to arouae fjlcr, who was not at home, that the wife ot the janitor of the house came out tu him. lo br the boj reported that -JjJtJbiter, Katharine, with whom ho lived in third story back rooiut of a Second avenue tenement near Thirty-sc-rntli street, had bten inun'ued, and that he h.ul fcutid her body on his return from a day spent away from home. He I. id come to set the aid and advice of Tjler, whoe store was in the Second avenue tenement building, and who wis acquainted with both Fred Scharn and his sister. 'Hi boy seemed to the worran to be hilt out ot his senses. With another tenant the led him to the police station In Kast Thirty hit h street. o . Detectives nnd a hospital surgeon were at once sent lo the tenemem. The found tne bod of Katharine Scharn l.viug face- down on tho lloor between bei bedroom and the living room of the apartment. Her body lay In a position biigircntiiij rather that it bad fallen, insensate, in tho place whrre it woj found than thai th l,irl bad drauged herself there from any otner part of the room. The body waa that of a girl '11 or 2.1 years old, of comely flijurc, and of pleas Ini; if not beautiful feature. She had red hair, and woic old ppactaclpH, There was imiih flood on the floor near the girl's face Her hair was much utshevcllid. Her hat and a numVr of cheap hairpins and comuj wero k altered about the loom in disorder, A cruir. plod-up 6heit lav under the upper pirt of the body. A blood-stained Irunmcr la.v near ttie Kirl'a head It was the sort of hammer that would bo ordinarily uul for household Jobs, siir h, for Instance, as tho lulling up of por tieres; its place was in a box under the kitchen sink. A tiutnlxT of parcels, still la their dry jrood.1 store wrappings, hy on the bed, which was neatly mvlo up. A number of portieres liy In a heap on alounj;e. There was no money, no joweliy to be found on tho girl'a person or mi; where in the rooms. o Thus at 2 o'clock in the morning of Sunday, Vug. 19, (lie pollc- had before them just such a grihly problem as It is the delight of the writers of a cirtain department of Action to construct for themselves In order that it may bo worked out with enterlainlrg Ingenuity. There can be no complaint that sulBcicnt inirenuity his not been excielxd in the effort to And out who killed K.ite 'clurn. For two weeks fifty or more persons, unit connected with the police department, and others privately employed, all ol tium exptrienceil In detective work, have eli rretcd all their energies to the solution of the prrblcm. Vet there li no reaon to believe to day that the police have any more certain In formation a to the Identity of the murderer of Ivitlnrlne Scharn than they nad at ehylrcak on that Sunday morning1, o Something was learned of the Scharn girl's friends, of her manner ot life, and of her move ments for a part ol the day before her body was found. It was established that her brother was a liar and a thlefgnd one who waj content to live at his sister's expense while he was out of employment, aa he was normally. Uut It was alto established by the testimony of eleven dlilnterested perons, thit however, much he may have been pleased to He to the police about his actions on Saturday morning, he wai north ot the Harlem river from half pas o'lloek In the afternoon until a few- minutes befure 12 o clock midnight, and that it was an iniioiil. blllty for him to have reached his home more than a lew minutcK before ha appeared at his landlord's home The condition of the body at tho time when tho (wllco entered the rooma was such that life- must have been extinct before inldnUht. The brother was taken In charge soon after his arrekt by a counwl who forbade him to have any further communication with the police. lie has been held in custody flr.t ri suspected ol murder and then ai a thief, Pefore the Imy became silent, the police weie told by him that his stater was engaged to be man led to a bank clerk with whom she had been acquainted for four yers Tetters to her from the clerk wero found In the rooms. It was learned that Kate had agreed to meet the clerk at One Hundred and Slxty-iixtli ktreet and Third avenue at half past 7 o'clock on the ev ening beforo her body wu found. The bank clerk wai arretted) he cave i lem honorable account than had Fred Boharn of hll relation with the trill, lie showed that he had kept the ennagement at One Hundred and Sixty-Math ctreeti that Kate had not come, and that he had aptnt the rest tt the night In that part of the city with peraoni who fully corroborated hli story. He waa reltated. The movements of Kate Fcharn wer then twied through Saturday afternoon. She re lebed her wceVa wanes at the lead pencil fac tory where she was emplojed, at noon. With friend alio went aliopplna; and purchased the articles which wero found on th tied after the murder. Only a small part of her money was epent In this way. She left her friend at i little after 2 o'tlork, with the remark that she was (tolht- home, and that she eapected to dine ilh the hank rleil. that errnlnu 'n Harlem. At quarter before 7 o'clock Kate frcharn entered n orner uroc-ry near her home and bought a small o.tntillty of pears. She was without her lut and teemed to he In a hurry, On leaving the store h turned the corner at If to return to her rooms. U tome time between C and 8 o'clock a number ol portieres that wero hanging out of tht windows of her rooms and bad betn hanirlhs; there all day, were taken In. Nobody saw who took them In, At quarter past 8 o'clock tn llttto itlrlt who wanted to deliver to Rate Scharn the week's wa-hlmt their mother had done for her were unable to discover any soundl of llto on the other aide (if the Brharn door, and left their bundle with a neighbor. At no time until the police -anie In the early morning was the e-is lighted In tht. looms; a woman who sat up all night Jn a home that overlooked the Scharns' windbws gate this testimony. No sound was heard In the place that night until Mrs, Kchoc, who lived in the front looms on the same floor with the- Scharns, heard Fred Scharn enter the door soon after midnight and heard hlir try out "Murder!" before ha tan downstairs ngain. o A careful cxamlnitlon of the murdered girl's body showed that slip had been struck four tlmse on the back of the head with tho hammer, Three of the blows wrie light and caused scalp wounds. The other fractured the skull. The immediate cause of death was asphyxiation, which was prebsbly caused by tho conttrlctcd position in which the girl lay on the floor, un conscious, after being knocked down. lheie were also tlgns tint she had been struck with a heavy fist blow on the right eye and on the side ot the Jaw. It was determined that ehe had eaten a light lunch (our hours before sho died. No vaco of the Hard the had bought at 7 o'clock was found by the post mortem ex amination, or by search In the hous. Notwithstanding the statement of the bank clirk affectin? the girl's character, there was nothing to show that the was not an Industrious, quietly bchaed person, who kept oil the streets and was hird put to it to make an honest living for herself and her brother. Certain stories were told of excursions on which the and her young man went In company with another factory girl and a companion. In the vaguest way It was suggested that these friends might know how fch came to her death. These and all other cluea have come to nothing. There is an old rule set down for murderers, that safety is best assured to him who mes as his implement some object picked up on the scene of the crlmo, avoiding the use of any weapon import ed to the place by himself, BUSINESS OB IDLENESS. The thoughtful voter will distinguish between the transient and the permanent dlrterencca be tween the Republican and Democratic parties. Kach campaign bilngs to the front tome tem porary rpieptlons o expediency, which are in tended to blind the cjes ol the thoughtless and attrait the floating vote. "Tippecanoo and Ty ler too'1 won more votes than logical arguments. "Fifty-four forty or right" aroucd the whole countiy and not a lew would havo preferred the flsiht to the fltt.v-four forty. And "10 to 1" drives sound money Democrats Into the Hcpubli. can party, and SMlvcr Republicans Into the Dem ocratl,.' ranks. However, biek of all thee campaign cries deeper than the money o,uetlon, more important than the subject ot imperialism, more vital to the future welfare of tho nation than militarism, Is the radical ditlcrcnce between the two great historical paittes on the tariff question. It is not a question of protection and free trade. No party advocates and no government practices absolute free trade. Tho Democratic party has. however, for vears advocated In its platforms the well defined policy of "a. tariff for revenue only," refusing lo recognize as democratic the wisdom, Justiie or propriety ot affording either protection to American labor or American capi tal invested In American industries. The avowed Republican policy, often reiterated in national platforms and enacted into law, as Is evidenced by the McKlnley and the Dlngley tariff billa, openly affirms tint the Republicans favor a pro tective tariff that will encourage tha Invest ment of Amerlian capital in manufacturing en terprise and insure to American labor, both native and naturalized, the advantage of "a fair day's wages for a fair day's work," Roth of these plans have been tried within the memory of most of those who will cast their votes next November. The WILson-fiorman tariff bill and the effects thereof ere Democratic. The Dlngley bill and its results are Republican. The effects pioduced by theso two measures should be carefully weighed by every voter who dc sires hi ballot to influence national prosperity and pcrtonul advantage. I'nelcr the operation of the Wilson Gorman revenue tariff, tho income of the government wa not sufficient to pay current expenses, The tariff for revenue only did not produce the revenue. Government bonds were sold in time of peace to pay the dally obligations of the Democratic ad ministration. From being a debt-paying nation we became a debt-creating nation. Industries languished. Mills shut down. Factories closed. Building ceawd. The army of tho unemplojod Increased. Panic came Racks failed, For tunes crumbled Labor begged In vain for work. Rut just as soon as the people could express their verdict at the polls, Cleveland was repudiated, the- Wflson-Corinan tariff bill wa declared want, ing and a change was demanded. o With the election of a Republican president and a Republican congress, a protective tariff measure was t'nicted, The Dlngley bill became a law. What have been the results? The na tiunal treasury overflows. The nation has fought to a tucersjful Iwue two wars and has been pa) ing debts at the same time Rond issues have given place to bond redemption and refund in; the outstanding obligations nf the nation at ' a lower rate of interest than was ever befoic ( secured by any nation in history. Mills have beeti started Factories hav been running daj and night. Wages have been Increased. Labor has been profitably employed. Tho exports dui ing tho four years of the Dinglej Republican tariff have exceeded the combined amount of all i the exports of the nation durlnc all the pre- I vlons years ot our hlttory fiom tho beginning of Washington's first administration to the clo-e of Cleveland's last administration, There is the record None deny it The books have been audited, and the balance is known to all What clo the American vot'is wantf A return to the Wilson florimn tar.t bill and panic times, or a continuation of th Dlngley bill and McKlnley times? Yeur vnt a next November will eleclde the question. POLITICAL HOME TIUtUSTS. Laboring men can easily weigh the repectlve merits of the two parties with referenee to their Influence on the question of work and wages by comparing the tramping annlw, the chailty soup ru.ics, the silent factories, the grass grown railroad, and the atagnation of 1803 and ISM produced by the Democratic threat of a policy of tree trade or revenue tariff with the protective tariff and its results, as seen todnv with busy mills, crowded railvva;s, employed la bor, good wages, and the heaviest exports ever made by thla oi any other country since nations began to exchange products. P.rjn says it is better to open the mints and cut the dollar In which nagra are paid in two In tha middle. President McKlnley aavs It better to open the mills and continue to pay good wages In the lst money the world has ever Known. It ia lor labor to decide which of the two policies la most likely to butter his bread. The Kansas City platform by denouncing ex pansion under the name of Imperialism en dorsed tlu policy of Cleveland, who furled the Sag at Honolulu, It returned to ths old tradi tions of the sixties when the country wu urged to let the south go, to let the imperial republic be divided, to let slavery continue, to create a Una of cuktom houses and block houses all along the Mason and Dixon line, which would have called for a standing army In the north and an other In the south, and would have turned bark the clock of pregress and tolled the death knel) of human liberty everywhere. But no, liberty and union triumphed. Th eevered country united. It commenced to grow. Railways wore pushed to tho sunset Alaska became ours. Hawaii begged lor adoption and wo took her In) Guam Joined the procewloni the Philippines, Just awake to tho fict that one American promise ts worth mere than sixteen Spanish bonds, een the star of hope rising and looks for peair, pros perity and regeneration under the benign In fluence of American schools, American com merce, American laws and American Justice, II this be Imperialism let the Democrats make the moat oi it. There never was a time In the hlttory of any lountry when Its salvation depended upon a lot of office seeking political adventurers whos claim to statesmanship retted only on criticising the work of belter men and trying to delude the people with promises Impossible of fulfillment. Those enterprising cities whero the popula tion figures hate not come up to expectations arc In a petition to sympathize with Mr. flrjan's ISM) predictions. JLLWATB BUSY. Vou are Invited to our eleventh annual ale of school thoes. jLewis&ReiHy Established 18S3. Wholesale and Retail. 114-316 Wyoming Ave. ilercereaM & Gonad 11 s Temporarily at 139 PENN AVE. CONTINUED YT 1U1 4 Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc M Dam rt- Our full force of workmen at work again, as usual. Watch Repairing and all kinds Jewel ry Repairing and Engraving done promptly. A Health RIPANS 6iN0OL SN0ES .1 iliilLo)iii The Tabules ore a compact, convenient, accurate form of a prescription universally used by physicians In treating digestive troubles The exact formula from which Rlpans Tabules are made is in dally use in the great est hospitals in the world, where the hijhest medical skill rtconizes it as the bst preparation ever devised for derangements ot the stomarh, liver nnd bowels. If these organs can be kept healthy and active there is little danger of serious sickness Almost every illness Is traceable directly to Indigestion and its accompanying disorders. Rlpans Tabules stimulate the stomach, stop fermentation anel make digestion easy and rapid They stir up the liver and help it to perform its functions. They cure constipa tion and strengthen and invigorate the bowels so that their natural action Is restored. One Tabule is a dose. The frequency of the dose is regu lated by the apparent need. ,0000 Extraordinary Contest Tile Scraitoa Tiritae Offers Unusual Induce meats for Earnest Efforts on the Part The Tribune aims to largely increase its circulation during the next few months. It is the best and cleanest paper published in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and if it once finds its way into a family its merits will enable It to remain permanently. In order to introduce it we seek the co-operation of ambitious, intelligent young men and women, and to gain their help have put into exe cution a plan that will interest every one. We are going to give scholarships and other special re wards to the ten persons who will bo most successful and attain the highest number of points in our Educationnl Contest. By schol arships we mean a full course of study, paying the tuition charges in each, and in the cases of the two leading scholarships, The Tribune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also pay the board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship, covering four and three years respectively. In addition to the ten special rewards, and In order to com pensate those who may enter upon this work and not be success ful in obtaining one of these, The Tribune will give to every one who succeeds in obtaining subscribers under the terms of this contest ten (10) per cent, of all the money from subscrip tions they may succeed in winning for It All letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of tne Educational Contest, Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa." The Tribune will be pleased to ar ver any inquiries for additional in formation and urges those inter. sted to write if in doubt on any point. SPECIAL REWARDS. 1. Scholarship In Wjoining Semi nary (I years) including tui tion and board $1,000 2. Scholarship in Keystone Acad emy (3 j ears) Including tui tion and board SRI 3. Sohmcr f II llano, incladlng stool and ecarf (on exhibition nt J W, (lucrnscy's, 8U Washlnton avenue) 43S i. Course In Piano Instruction at Scranton Conservatory of Mu sic S. Columbia Ilicycle, Chalnlem, 1000 model (on exhibition at Conrad ttrothers', 213 Wyo ming avenue) 0 Scholarship In Scranton Dullness College, fommrclal course... 7. Scholarship in Kcrunton Business College, shorthand course .. 8. Solid ilold Watch, ladr's or pen- tleman'a (fi. exhibition at Eu gene SchlmpfT's, :17 Lacka wanna avenue) 0. Tele-Photo Cycle Poco 1). Cam era, 4x5 (on exhibition at the firiCirj Art company, 209 Wjomln' avenue) 10. Lady's Solid Cold Watch, or 75 7J GO CO CO 40 Oentleiuan'g Solid silver Watch (on exhibition at Ihi gene Echimpfl'e, 317 Lacka wanna avenue) 30 2,4.10 Cadi contestant falling to secure one ot theso special rewards will be giver ten (10) per cent, of all the money lie or she turns In. 00X00000000 "Don't Swear" If you haven't the proper ofTlce sup plies. Come In and glvo us a trial. Wo havo the largest and most com plete line of office supplies In North eastern Pennsylvania. If It's a good thing, we have It. Wo make a specialty of visiting- cards and monogram stationery. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. Preserver TABULES 'H FINLETS i Early - ooooooooooooooooo RULES OF THE CONTEST The special rewardi will b given to the persons securing the largest number of points. Points will be credited to contestants securing new suliscribcra to the Scranton Tribune as follows: Points. One Months' Subscription. ..$ .60 1 Three Months' Subscription., l.tt S Six Months' Subscription.... 2.60 6 One Year's Subscription .... 5 00 12 The contestant with the highest num. lier of points will be given a choice from the list ot special rewardi; the contestant with the second highest number ot points will be given a choice of the re maining rewards, and ao on through the list. Each contestant failing to secure a special reward will be given 10 per cent, of all money he or the turns in. All subscriptions must be paid In ad vance. Only new subscribers will bo counted. Kencwals by persons already on our subscription list will not be credited. No transfers can be made after credit has once been given. All subscriptions, and the cash to pay for same, must be handed in at The Tribune olfice within the week In which they are secured, so that papers may be Bent to the subscribers at once. fcu!crlptionj must be wrlttrn on blinks, which can be secured at Th Trlbua olhce ,or will be sent by mall. The contest will close promptly at S o'clock Saturday evening, September 29, HOO. ooooooooooooooooo Good 'Myers l- Will find our new line of Fall Cheviots, Camel's Hair, Pebble Cheviots, Vicunas, Whipcords, Armures, etc., etc., worth looking over styles and price being cor rect. These in black only. Broadcloths, Venetians, Plaid and Stripe Back Cheviots, in a full range of colors and black. Raieette A new cloth which we now iutroduce, and which being thoroughly shrunk and spot less, will prove an excellent cloth for hard wear; in a good rauge of colors, including Silver and Oxford Greysi Brown, Blue, Etc. All the new numbers in our "Guaranteed Black Taffeta" from 19-inch to 27-inch wide at lower prices than ever, to open the season. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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