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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1900.
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HfllANTOiN, DKCEM13EU 2R. 1800.
AV'ljy fhnnltl It lake the tjrealer part
nf it wed: for Hie court or L,nckawan
in', county to leurn from the ofllcluls
of the illy of Seianton the amount
of the city's Indebtedness? What kind
of foook-1:o3iin!r does the city employ?
No Violence,
THK QUICKEST way to forfeit
the now generul sympathy of
the public for the striking
mreet ear employes is for
the strikers or their volunteer cham
pions to resort to violence. This is the
wciIri always depended upon to break
u .strike. It never falls.
The Ktrikci's themselves have not
been Kiiilty of violence and to a matt
are opposed to It. Hut there are disor
derly elements In every community
which take a low form of pleasure In
seizing upon mieh occasions to exercise
their natural propensities for nilschief
mukiiiK; and those elements in our
own community must bo suppressed.
The crudest blow which a cause can
leceive Is n stab from its professed
friend. Every act of violence, every
indication of disorder emanating from
a sympathizer with the strikers is such
a stab and the harm it inflicts is in
calculable. llerr Krtipp's effoits to black-list the
sultan have been fruitless.
Seed Time and Harvest.
WITH a capitalization of
SS3.0S3 a mile, or almost
three times the cost of a
steam railroad fully
equipped for business, it is not sur
prising: that the S't-ranton Railway
company lias paid but one dividend
since its incorporation. The wonder Is
that it paid thut one.
It got its franchises for nothing. Its
cars are inexpensive. Its trackage is
only fair. Its power plants, good as
far as they go, are at times insuf
ficient and frequently the speed of cars
has to be cheeked to enable the scanty
supply of propelling fluid to go around.
Its payments in taxes to the city are
very modest in comparison with the
equivalents for ftanehisa privileges
, demanded In most cities. Where, then,
lias tile SC.ISP.SS.l capitalization of this
company gone to and what does it
represent? Theto is only one answer
to this question. For the greater part
It represents Inflation, which the trav
eling public is expected to convert
into negotiable value.
We are less disposed titan are some
o blame the Traction company
'or thN state of things-. A large pint
of this bunco work in councils which
is at the foundation of its Inilalion
had taken placj before th present
management took hold. It lound tho
inhcbief done and had to adjust lis
policy accoidingly. Tho problem of
giving to the people "I" Scranton and
its vii Inlty a s.'itisfin..ory street car
sen Ice upon a capitalization limited
to actual cash tfit of plant, fian
clilses and equipment would be com
intuitively simple, ;4r. Silllman, we
dare s.iy, would jump at the chance
to exchange for it the inllnltely more
dilllcult pioblem with which lie has
hud to wiesllc imniely. tho endeavor
to vitalize watered stock while paying
prepostetous tlxed charges and at the
same time preventing the equipment
ftom going m plecs for lack of le
pairs. Th" present strike might have ou-currc-d
had the company been honest
ly capitalized. Hut tho chances aro
that it would not, for then a icadJUHl
niont of hours of labor and rales of
pay, nit hough Involving fome inereasj
In the expense account, need not
imvo constituted a serious tliill
eulty. Nor could Hie strikers then
1'iiuj counted upon tho moral support
from public opinion which they now
,foiumand. Had our Traction service
been, of u character In keeping with
our city's population and position and
had ith relations with tha community
'.liscr. tmooth and satisfactory, the suil
,deit constriction of that service by
means of a strike declared at tho
helgiit, of the lioliduy season would
baldly havo been viewed by I he pub
lic, with the absence of irritation now
noticeable. It Is because the com
munity, rightly or wrongly, feels
under no sense of obligation
to tho Traction company and
regards It as an alien and oppressive
institution that it subordinates Its
own Inconvenience to sympathy for
the strikers'.
Tljo, laxity of legislation which per
nilts push evident overcapitalization
to be1 fastened n8 a dead weight upon
a public utility lias seldom been more
sharply defined than In thls"(nstance.
Here wo have the convenience and ae
commodatlon of 200,000 people ham
tiered and abridged by a process of
financiering which differs from high
way robbery chiefly In having tho au
thorization of law. Borne penons
blame tho financiers. Wo blame the
people who permit It and submit to it,
They are reaping as they have sown.
The Omaha police have determined
by careful Investigation that an Indi
vidual named Pat Crowe was in tho
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city Just beforo the Cuddhy abduction
occurred, but tho identity ot the pnr
tleH who got tho bug of gold scorns to
be as fnr from discovery as ever.
To William Drury belongs the dis
tinction of balng thus far tho only un
masked dlisemblor In tho senatorial
fight. And wo guess he wishes ho
hadn't.
Protecting the Birds.
THE Pennsylvania Audubon
society, In Its fourth an
nual report, properly ex
presses pleasure at tho
enactment by the last congress of the
Lacey bill to prevent tho Interstate
shipment of illegally killed birds or
game, a consummation to which it
contributed In energy and agitation.
It also gives proper credit to tho
leading wholesale milliners of the
eastern cities for having willingly
agreed, upon solicitation, to abandon
the use of wild birds In millinery.
The report also calls attention to
another important undertaking of the
past year the raising of a fund for
the hiring of wardens to protect the
terns and. gulls on the Atlantic coast
from Maine to Virginia during the
breeding season. As a result of mis
sionary work, originating In Pennsyl
vania, tho Delaware Audubon society
lias been formed nnd a widespread
practice of killing blackbirds for mil
linery purposes has been conquered In
that state.
The membership of tho Pennsyl
vania Audubon society now exceeds
ii.000 and it educational work in in
fluencing public opinion to discoun
tenance the inhumane and useless
waste of bird life, formerly fo com
mon, is increasing steadily.
Ex-President Cleveland seems In a
fair way to become tho target for the
entire- output of bricks that are now
being hurled by embittered orators of
tho Bryanizcd Democracy.
Co-operative Housekeeping.
AX INTERESTING Christmas
celebration, was effected
Tuesday In a suburb of
Chicago known as Long
wood. It was a co-operative dinner,
participated in by eight fathers, eight
mothers and a score of children. Fol
lowing the feast came songs, toasts,
cundy for the children and general
jubilation .over tho successful progress
of a practical experiment in communal
housekeeping.
Three months ago under the leader
ship of a Mrs. Chambers, who copied
the idea from a similar experiment In
Portage, Wis., eleven families, together
with a few luckless bachelors and
ladles not yet fortunate enougr to
have husbands, numbering fifty in all,
banded together in Longwood to econo
mize in culinary expenses 'by having
one kitchen organization do the work
for all. Each family has its own suite
of rooms or separate house if desired
but all come together at meal time and
contribute pro rata to the general
fund. Following is the statistical ex
hibit: Cost for single meals (average) $ 0.11
Cot per iliy for one person 33
Cost per week for one per-ion 2.!lt
C'oit lor single man for three months 110.70
Coit for a family of three for thiee months 02.10
i:puiditurc for scivunts per month 50.00
Dental of dining loom and kitchen per
mouth
Totil cost per month for hfty person
20.00
.50.00
"The idea," says the Chicago Rec
ord, "is simply to free women who
cannot afford servants and luxuries
from tho drudgery of cooking threa
meals a day, 365 days in tho year, and
as the plan has been successfully car
ried out there is no idea of making
the association co-operativo further
than in serving meals. At first each
woman tool: her turn at managing
the affairs, but It soon bc-camo evident
that 'everybody's business was no
body's business,' and Mrs. StafforJ,
one of the organizers, agreed to take
charge of everything. Mir. Chambers,
who started the Longwood association,
Is enthusiastic over Its success. She
cays:
" 'The principle of our association is
all right, and I feel that our at
tempt has been made a success. I am
only sorry that others have not taken
up with the idea, ns it surely solves
Hie problem for women who havo
some of the liner senses and yet aro
hold too closely to the homo bocausi
they cannot afford to keep a servant.
There are problems coming up from
time to time and it takes a competent
manager to solve all of them. It Is
for the lack of this manager that
others have failed. There should be a
central body where all these questions
might bo decided.' "
The great drawback to such an ar
rangement, it would i'cL'in, would ba
tho difficulty of maintaining harmony
among tho families after tho ilrst
Hush of enthusiasm had subsided. This
has been solved at Longwood for tho
present by Interdicting tho discussion
at meal times of any theme likely to
provoke aciid contioversy. For ex
ample, religious argument is barred,
and politics is treated gingerly. A
mild censorship of free hpeecli exists
by common consent. How long this
common consent will lust is another
fctory, concerning which deiolopments
must be nwnltcd.
Those two Ulnghamtou boys who set
a bear trap for Santa Clous which
broke the old gentleman's leg, necessi
tating amputation, should havo their
stockings filled with strap oil.
A Hopeful Augury,
THE COMPLETED organiza
tion of tho Dickson Mill
and Oral u company to take
the plnco in tills business
community so long occupied by the
Weston Mill company Is uuounced.
The news that the life and spirit of
the Weston company, Mr. A. "".N . Dick
son, a citizen whose career atands out
prominently as one of tho most cred
Itablo and exemplary among those
which have made our city and valley
what they are, Is to bo at tho hplm
of tho new enterprise will bring pleas
ure to thousands of his friends' and
constitute an assurance of success.
Tills news has more, however, than
a personal significance. It Is an evi
dence that, as one generation of bus!
ness men after many years of exact
ing work and cares plans to petite to
tho rest which It has well earned, thero
Is a sufllclency of young blood In. our
community to occupy the vacated places
and to carry forward the enterprises
which constitute tho elty'n preserva
tion. Those who have felt doubt on
this score will see In tho formation
of this new company nn evidence that
their fears are unfounded. It will
operate as an encouragement to sim
ilar ventures in other directions, nnd If
properly suportcd it will thus bo a
means of widening and diversifying
tho business future of Scranton.
Tho time is nt hand when this ques
tion of Scranton's business futuro
must receive practical' consideration.
Wo shall have more to say on this
topic In due course.
One Year's Crop of
State Legislation
Till! NEW YOniC date library has Just issued
its eleventh annual comparative summary
nnd Index of legislation by state, covering
the laws parcel in WOO. Thla bulletin, pre
pircd by Itobcrt II. Whlttcn, Ph. P., sociology
librarian, dtaests nnd organizes the cnonnoun an
imal output of legislation so ni to render available
with n minimum of labor the most lecent experi
ence of other stales, enabling those interested In
any speclllc law to find readily what stales havo
recently paned blmllar laws. An Interesting feat
tiro of the bulletin Is Its review ot the most Im
pott.int and distinctive legislation of the year, in
dicating the trend of legislation by reference to
laws of previous yens, fiom which the following
notes me tal.cn :
SUFFRAGE.
Theconstllutlonal umondment submitted lo vole
in North Carolina to disfranchise the illiterate
ncgio was adopted and goes Into effect in July,
1002. Tho proposed plan Is similar to that adopt
ed by Louisiana In 1608 nnd makes ability to read
and write a section of the constitution a qualifi
cation for voting. This provision applies to
whites and blacks alike, but there is a proviso
that It shall not apply to any person entitled to
vote in any state prior to Jan. 1, 1607, or to a
lineal descendant of such person who registers
Mure Jan. 1, 100S. It is "in effect an ingenious
device to disfranchise Illiterate negroes without
also disfranchising Illiterate whites and still keep
within the Ictlir of the fifteenth amendment pro
viding that the right to vote shall not be denied
on account of race, color or previous condition of
servitude.
VOTING MACHINES.
The voting machine id rapidly gaining in public
favor. The Hist state law authorizing its use was
passed by New York in 192, allowing towns to
use the Myers automatic ballot cabinet nt town
elections. During the present year Rhode Island
has treated a voting machine commission to ex
amine machines and make regulations for their
ue by cities and towns. Machines are to be
bought by the secretary of state and furnished
to cities and towns on application. In Iowa tho
use of sotlng machines has been authorised at all
elections and n commission to examine voting
machines created.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Ill Iowa a stale library commission lia3 been
created whoso duty it Is to give advice to
lihr.ii!cs and aid in their establishment and to co
operate with the state library In the development
of tiaveling libiaiies. New Jeiscy also has
treated a library commission. It is required to
furnish advice to libraries and may give $100 to
such as expend an equal sum for books. Begin
ning with Massachusetts in 1S90, special libraiy
commissions or authorities with similar duties
have now been provided in fifteen states.
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS.
Mississippi was the only state to pass anti
bust legislation in 1000. Trusts and combinations
are now prohibited by statute or constitutional
provision in twenty-nine stales and territories.
TAX INQUISITORS.
Iowa has followed the example of Ohio in pro
viding for tax inquisitors to discover personalty
omitted from tax lists. The law authorizes tho
county hoard of supervisors to contract with any
person to assist in the disiovcry of property not
listed for taxation.
TAXATION Or MORTGAGES.
Misso'iii has adopted a constitutional amend
ment lo cscnipl the amount of the mortgage
in the assessment of mortgaged property. A
mortgage is deemed and treated as an Interest in
tho pmpcity and the value of tho property less
the value of the moilgagc is assessed to the
owner and the value of the mortgage to the
mortgagee.
STAMP TAXES.
Virginia lias provided for the collection of its
tax of i-l on the seals of all coutts and notaiics
by means of an adhesive stamp to be affixed to the
instrument requiring the seal, over which the
seal shall be placed in such a way as to cancel
the htamjv. So far as known this is the only in
stance of (lie use of stamps by a stale for the
collection of a tax. In 1315 nn act was passed in
Maryland imposing a stamp tax on every bond,
obligation, single bill or piomlssory note above
tlis turn of $100. Tliis law was lcpealcd in 1S50.
FRANCHISE TAXES.
New Jeisey has adopted a franchise tax law
similar in some respects to that adopted by New
York in 1S00. Like the New York law it pio
vldes for the taxation of persons and coipora
linns using highways, streets and public places,
except lalhoad nnd canal companies. The New
York law, however, pi ov ides for the assessment
of tho properly and franchises of such coi pota
tions by the slate tax commission and for its
taxation for state and local purposes in the same
manner ns other propel ty. The New Jersey law
piovides that the property shall be assessed local
ly and taxed at local rates as heretofoie and that
a tax ot 2 per cent, on gross receipts shall bo as
sessed annually nnd apportioned by the stale
board of asscssois to the tnxing districts in pro
portion to tho value of property therein, on
sheets, highways nnd public places.
S1DEPAT1IS.
Rhode Island has created a state commission of
fire mcmhcis to build and maintain sidcp.itlis. A
license fee of fiom 60 cents to $1 may bo imposed
to foim a. shlcpath fund. A state sldepath com
mission has been established in Maryland with
power to appoint boards In each county to con
sliuil and maintain paths.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia have
icviscd their laws piovldlng for pensions for indi
gent Confederate veterans, and Louisiana has
adopted u constitutional amendment increasing
cumtal appropilallous for pensions.
INSANE.
In Iowa the slilu boaul ot control has been
authorized lo supervise county and private insti
tutions for tho insane. Massachusetts has followed
the recent example of New York, Wyoming and
Ohio, in piovldlng for state support and control
nf all Insane committed to Institutions. Alter
Jan 1, 1001, the Massachusetts state board of
insanity may transfer tho insana in almshouses
r other Institutions not contiolled by the btate
to state institutions. Massachusetts lias. also pro
vided lor establishing a stale colony for the
thionlc Insane, for which 1,500 to 2,500 acres of
land may be bought,
CONVICT LABOR.
On ("dilution ot the present lease, Match 3,
l')l, the s.vettm of leasing convicts In Louisiana
will be abolished. A law of 1000 pi ov Ides for a
boanl of control of the state penitentiary con
sisting of three couimlssloiieis, the boanl may
lecuru land for convict farms and factories and
may bid and contract tho tame ns u pillule Indi
vidual for the building by the convicts of state
and local public woiks.
PROBATION-.
A number of stales has piovidcd piobaliou offi
cers who may recommend Hut i mulcted juvenile
offenders be released on probation, and shall ex
cretso wpervlslon over those so released. Massa
chusetts in U'Jl was the first state to extend this
system to adult offcuders. Vermont followed in
1W3 and New Jeisey during the present year,
PAROLE, PARDON.
An interesting Kentucky law provides that the
boaid of prisons commissioners may parole con
victs in the penitentiary for the Uist time. Pa
roled prisoners are not required to remain in tho
stale, but it they do so they uio required to re
port their placo of residence and conduct to the
boaid of prison commissioners through the county
Judge nt least every six mouths. This provision
chcuhl bo quite cffccticu in diminishing tho num.
bcr ol ex-convicts iu the state. North Dakota
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has adopted a constitutional amendment estab
lishing a board of pardons consisting of the gov
ernor, attorney general, chief justice of tho su
preme court and two persons appointed by the
gov crnor.
STATE INSURANCE.
South Carolina has decided to make an interest
ing experiment in state insurance. The stale
will carry its own risks on all state and county
public buildings except school bouses. Beginning
Jan. 1, 1901, hail the amount now paid for pre
miums on city and county buildings will be paid
to the commissioners of the linking fund for on
insurance fund. When tho insurance fund reaches
$200,000 no further premiums will be paid except
to maintain the fund at this amount.
WORKINCIMBN'S TRAINS.
Massachusetts has provided for the running of
vvorkingmen's trains in the Boston suburban dis
trict. Such trains shall arrho at Boston between
0 and 7.30 a. m. and between 0.30 and 7 p. m.
every week day, and shall depart between the
same hours. For such trains, for distances not
exceeding fifteen miles, season tickets shall be
furnished at a rate not exceeding $3 per mile per
year, and quarterly and weekly tickets at a rate
not exceeding ?1 per milo per quarter, and such
tickets to be good once a day each way for six
days ill tho week.
DEPARTMENT STORES.
n 1S0O Missouri passed an act designed to pro-
ift department stores. The act classifies mcr
chandise in seventy-three classes and twcnty-ciglit
groups and prohibits the sale of more than one
group in cities of 50,000 except on the payment
of a license of from $300 to $500 forcach addi
tional group or class sold. Establishments em
ploying not more than fifteen persons are exempt
from the piovisions of the act. This act has been
declared unconstitutional by the Btate supreme
court on tho giound that taxes must be uniform
and that tho legislature may not levy a tax for
city purposes or deprive persons of liberty without
due process of law.
TRADNO STAMPS.
The use of trading stamps was prohibited by
Mainland, Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont
in 1608, by New Hampshire and Rhode Island in
1S09 and during the past year by Louisiana and
New Yoik. The Rhode Island law has been de
clared unconstitutional by the state supreme court
on the ground that the act is not a valid cxerciso
of the police power and that jt deprives citizens
of liberty and abridges their privileges and im
munities. HOHTICCLTUHE.
Ohio has authorized the board of contiol of the
agricultural experiment station to inspect nur
series, orchards, gardens, etc., and treat liecs In
fested witli disease. Plants shipped into the
btate must bear a certificate of inspection. In
Virginia tho board of control of the experiment
station has been constituted a board ot crop pest
commissioners with power to appoint a state
entomologist, publish a list of pests and diseases
of plants and piovide for the quarantine and an
nual inspection of ninsery stock. There are now
twenty states that have created a board of horti
culture or state entomologist to Investigate dis
eases and pests and with power in many cases
to take tho nccess'ary measures to prevent their
spread.
WM. CONNELL FOB SENATOB.
From the Olyphant Rccoid.
We arc glad to notice that the name of Will,
lain Connell has been brought forward in con
nection with the .ippioaclmiK contest for United
States senator. For four years Mr. Connell has
ably represented oil) of the most important dis
tricts in fids part of the state in the lower house,
and bis elevation to tho senate would be an emi
nently vviio promotion. Ills record as represen
tative is deserving this honor. No man knows
better tho needs ol tho great Keystone state and
he would be a representative of the entire state.
Geographically, too, ho U the rigiit man. The
city of Philadelphia lias a representative in tho
senate, and for twelve years Mr, Quay has sat as
a member of that body. Thus the western end
could not have cause for complaint if tho north
ern section should now have a chance. In
case Quay Is not chosen on tho first ballot, and
m do nut sco how he can be, Mr. Connell's
friends proposo to bring him forward. We bo
lieve all factions ot tho Republican parly could
rally to Mr. Connell nnd Dnd in him the best
possible eiponent of party iwllcles.
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at Gorman's livery.
FOR SALE-BRICK BUILDINO, NO. 434 LACK-
awanna avenue, corner Washington avenue,
being the property recently occupied ami now
being vacated by tho Hunt & Council Company.
A. E. HUNT.
FOR SALE-CONTENTS OF HOUSE Pl'INI
ture, carpets, bedding, etc. 032 Washington
avenue.
Wanted To Buy.
WANTED-SECONDIIAND SLOT MACHINES;
must be in good order) state particulars as
to make and price. Address L. M., general de
livery, Scranton, Pa.
Furnished Booms.
IV!
PIIONT ROOM,
with board.
SECOND FLOOR,
410 Adams avenue.
FOR TWO
FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET-F.LEC3ANTLY
furnished rooms; steam hc.itctl; everything
new, clean, cosy and homelike. Breakfast if de
sired. 611 Adams avenue.
Board Wanted.
BOARD WANTEDFOR THREE ADULTS AND
one small child, in respectable Jewish fam
ily, living Ir. first-class neighborhood. State
price. W. A., Tribune office.
Money to Loan.
MONEY It) LOAN ON BOND AND MORTGAGE,
any amount. M. II. Holgatc, Commonwealth
building.
ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LOAN-QUICK,
Btraight loans or Building and Loan. At
from 4 to 8 per cent. Call on N. V. Walker,
311-315 Connell building.
Becruits Wanted.
v
MARINE CORPS, U. S. NAVY, RECRUITS
wanted Able-bodied men, service on our
war shins in all parts of the world and on laud
in the Philippines when required. Recruiting of-
ucer, liu Wyoming avenue, gcranion.
Personal.
INFORMATION WANTED OF PR1MO BORETH,
who was a resident of New York City N. Y,
prior to 1SG5. If he is dead, his heirs will hcai
of something to their advantage by addressing
Jos. O. Liddlc, Gen. 1. O. Box, 501, New York
City, N. Y.
LEGAL.
NOTfCE IN PURSUANCE OK RESOLUTION OF
Select Council, there will be special elections
held on January Sth, 1901, in the following
wards:
Fifth ward One person to serve as Select
Councilman to fill the unexpired term ot Rich
ard Williams, resigned.
Sixth ward One person to serve as Select
Councilman to fill the unexpired term of Edward
James, resigned.
Fourteenth ward One person to serve as Select
Councilman ti fill the unexpired term of Peter
McCann, resigned.
.TAMES MOIR, Mayor.
Scranton, Dec. 2ith, 1000.
THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR ELECTION OK
four trustees for Keystone Academy' will be
held at the building in Faetoryville, on Jan. 7,
at 10 a. m . V. JI. PECK, Secretary.
PROFESSONA L.
Certified Public Accountant.
E. O. SPAULDINQ, 220 BROADWAY, NEW
York.
Architects.
EDWARD II. PAVIS, AUCUITEOT, CONNELL
building. Si ranton.
FREDERICK U DROWN, ARCHITECT, PRICE
building, 12G Washington avenue, Scranton.
Cabs and Carriages.
RUBBER TIRED CABS AND CARRIAGES; BEST
of servile Prompt attention given orders, by
'phone. 'Phones 2072 and 6332. Joseph Kcllcy.
121 Linden.
Dentists.
DR. O. E. EILENRERGER, PAULI BUILDINO,
Spruce street, Seianton.
DR. I. O. LYMAN, SCRANTON PRIVATE HOS
pital, corner Wyoming and Mulberry.
DR. O. O. LAUBACIL 115 WYOMING AVENUE.
DR. II. F. REYNOLDS, OPP. P. O.
Hotels and Kestaurants.
THE ELK CAFE, 125 AND 127 FRANKLIN AVE.
Due. Rates reasonable.
P. ZEIQLER, Proprietor.
SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D.. L. & W. PAS
sesger depot. Conducted on the European plan.
VICTOR KOCH. Proprietor.
Lawyers.
J. W. BROWNING, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL,
lor-it-law. Rooms S12-31J Mcars building.
D. B. REPLOfSLE. ATTORNEY-LOANS NEGO.
tiatcd on real estate security. Mears building,
corner Washington avenus and Spruce street.
WILLARD. WARREN & ENAPP, ATTORNEYS
and counscllors-at-lavv. Republican building,
Washington avenue.
JESSUP & JESSUP, ATTORNEYS AND COUN-
..I1..n.n.la rVinimmiWO.llth llllll.llnv llnnln.
10, 20 and 21.
EDWARD W. THAYER, ATTORNEY.
003-001, 0th Door, Mcars building.
ROOMS
I. A. WATKES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BOARD
of Trade building, Scranton, Pa.
O. R. PITCHER. ATTOKNBY-AT.LAW, BOARD
of Trado building, Scranton, Pa,
PATTERSON & WILCO.T, TRADERS' NATIONAL
Bank building.
O. COMEQYS, 013 REPUBLICAN BUILDING.
A. W. BERTIIOLF, ATTORNEY, MEARS BLDG.
Schools.
SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA, SCRANTON,
Pa. Course preparatory to college, law, medi
cine or business. Opens Sept. 12th. Send for
catalogue. Rev, Thomas M Cunn, LL. D., prin
cipal and proprietor; W, E. Plumlcy, A. M.,
headmaster.
himself as an English mechanical engineer, was
only 11 j ears nld, but hud iuastcied the titles of
urllhmctic. His fame H chiefly due to improve
ments vvlu.li virtually amounted to a luvolution
of the whole sybtcm of mill construction, and
to a system of waleruhcel construction vvhoo by
diaulio power vva3 never surpassed.
4
Georgo Grote, tho hUtoilau of Greece, eminent
also as a philosopher, a, politician nnd a labour
In tho advancement ot univris.il education, en
tered a grainmer school at Sevanoaks, In Kent,
In tits ijxlh. year, living been giouuded in I ho
elements of Latin even pi lor to this by his
mother,
Comto do Sait-Shnon, live founder of I'lcudi
Socialism, began at the agu ot 10 a vailed couim
of study and experiment which filled him for the
movement he was destined to inaugurate.
UjIIjiI, a d'ttriU In the Madias pKsidruey, was
ceded to the British by the Nizam of llaldaiabad,
to whoso share It fell at tho close of the war
with Tipu, Sultan eight jears bcfoie,
i '
Mauzonl, founder of tho romantic school iu
Italian literature, wrote his firt two sonnets at
the ago of 19.
Always Bimsy
But we are glad to take
the timo to wish you a
happy new century.
The greatest Shoe sale
of any age will be our
NEW CENTURY SALE
of honest Shoes. Prepar
ations for it begins today.
We begin the new cen
tury by closing our shoe
stores evenings at six
o'clock sharp, Saturdays
excepted.
Lewis&Reilly
Phone 2402.
Free delivery,
We carry the most com
plete line for office and
pocket use.
Calendar Pads of every
description. If you have
a stand we can fit it.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
Physicians and Surgeons.
DR. W. E. ALLEN, 613 NORTH WASHINGTON
avenue.
DR. S. W. L'AMOREAUX, OFFICE 39 WASH
lngton avenue. Residence, 1318 Mulberry.
Chronic discasca, lunsp, heart, kidneys and
genito-urinary organs a specialty. Hours, 1 to
4 p. m.
Seeds.
G. R. CLARK ll CO., SEEDSMEN AND NURS
erymen, store 01 Washington avenue; green
houses, 1050 North Main avenue; store tele
phone, 782.
Wire Screens.
JOSEPH KUETTEL, REAR 611 LACKAWANNA
avenue, Scranton, Pa., manufacturer ot Wire
Screens.
Miscellaneous.
DRESSMAKING FOR CHILDREN TO ORDER;
also ladies' wubta. Louis Shoemaker, 212
Adams avenue.
A. R. imiCGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS AND
ccs? pools; no oJor. Improved pumps used.
A. B. Brigiis, proprietor. Leave orders 1100 North
Main avenue, or EIcKe's drug store, corner
Adams and Mulberry. Telephone S34.
MRS. L. T. KELLER, SCALP TREATMENT, 60o.;
EhiminooIniT. 00 ; facial massage; nunicur-
Jng, 25c.; thiiopoily. 701 (Julncy.
BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOR BALLS,
picnics, parties receptions, weddings and con
cert work furnished. For terms address R. J,
Bauer, conductor, 117 Wyoming avenue, over
Hulbert's musio store.
MEOAROEE BROS.. PRINTERS' SUPPLIES, i:
velopcs, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, 130
Wasnington avenue, Scranton, Pa.
THE WILKES RARRE RECORD CAN BE HAD
in Scranton at the news stands of Itelsnun
Bros., 403 Spruce and 603 Linden; M. Noiton,
22 Lackawanna avenue; I. S. Schutzcr, 211
Spruce street.
RA ILROA D TIME TA BLES.
Delaware and Hudson.
In efleet Nov. 2.5, lOOO.
Train for Carbondale leave Scranton at e,20,
7.W, 8.63, 10.13 a. m.; 12.00, 1.20, 2.44, 3.52, B.fcO,
0.23 7.57, 0.15, 11.15 p. m.; 1.10 a. m.
For Honcsdalo fl.20, 10.13 a. m.; 2,11 and
C.2I) p. m.
For Wllkes-nairc-0.45, 7.43, 8.43, 0.38. 10.4.1.
11.63 a. in.; 1.2S, 2.18, 3.33, 4.27, 0.10, 7. If, 10.41,
11.30 p. m.
For L. V. R. R. polnts-G.45, 11.63 a. m.; 2.18,
4.27 and 11.80 p. m.
For Pennsylvania R. R. points 0,13, 9,38 a.
ni.i 2.13 and 4.27 p. m.
For Albany uud all points north 0.20 a. in.
and 3.62 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Tor Caibondalc-9.00, 11.33 a. m.; 2.11, 0.32,
C.47, 10.52 p. m.
For Wilkes-llarrc 0.S3, 11.53 a. m.; 1.5$, 3.2S,
0.27, 8.27 p. m.
For Albany and points noitlr S.C2 p. in.
For llonesdale 0.00 a. m. and 3.52 n. m.
Lowest rates to all points in United Stqtcs and
Canada.
J. W. BURDICK, G. P. A Albany. .V. Y.
II. W. CRO'.S, D. P. A., Scranton, Pa.
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Stations In New Yoik Foot of Liberty stieet,
N, R. , and South Feirj
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 23, 1000.
Trains leave Seianton for New York, Newark,
Elizabeth, Philadelphia, Easton. Bethlehem. Al
lentowu, Mauch Chunk and White Haven, at 8.30
a. m.; express, 1.10; express, 3.50 p. m. bun
days, 2.15 p. in.
For Plttston and Wllkcs-Barrc, 8.30 a. m.; 1.10
and 3.C0 p. in. bundavs, 2.15 p. in.
p.... ii.illlnioru nnd Washington, and nnlntc
South and West via Bethlehem, 8.30 a. m 1.10
3.80 p. m. Sunday, 2.1j p. in.
For Long Branch, Ocean Giovc, etc., at 8,30
a. in, and 1.10 P. in.
For Readlnir, Lebanon and Ilairlaburg, via Al
Icntown, 8.30 a, in. uud 1.10 p, in. Sundays,
" 15 p. m.
"For Pottsvllle, 8.30 a. in., 1.10 p. m.
Through tickets to all points tast, south and
west at lowest ratrs at the station,
II. P. BALDWIN. Gen. Pass Agt.
J. II. OLIIAUSEN, Gen. Supt.
Lehigh Valley Bailroad,
In Effect Nov. 25, 1000.
'1'ralns leave bi.ranlon.
For Philadelphia and New York via . & II.
It. II., at 0.15 and 11,55 a. in., ana 2.18, 4.27
(Mick Diamond Express), "d 11.30 p. m, bun.
ilaVs D. (c II. it- ".. 1.6?. .7 P. in.
For Wlilto Haven, llarlctou and principal
points iu the coal regions, via D. k II. It. ll.,
0.15, 2.1S and 1.27 p. in. lor Pottsvllle, 8.15,
2.18 and 1.27 p. m.
For Bilhleheiii, Lattoii, Heading;. HariMmrir
and iirinclpil Intermediate stations vlu ). A- w
II. It.. 0A$, ll.M a. m. J 2.18. 1.27 (Black Ilia:
niond Espies), H.S0 p. in. Sunday, D. & 11, 11.
11., 1.58. 8.27 p. m.
For 'ruiiMianuoik, 'lovvanda, Elinlra, Jlhaia,
Oeiieva and principal intermediate stations, via
1)., L. 4: W. II. . S.03 a. in.; 1.05 and 3.10
lVur (lencva, Hoihester, Buffalo, Nlagira Falh,
Chicago, and all points west, via 1). & JI. u. n.,
11.55 a. in., 3.33 (Black Diamond Expiess). T.S,
10.11, 1130 p. w. Sundijs, V. It H. It. n
11 53, 8.27 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehigh Valley
pallor caw on all trains betvvcecn Wllkes-Barra
and New Yoik, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Sus
pension Bridge.
HOI.I.IN II. WILBUn, den. Supt., ii Cortland
stieet, New York.
CHAHLES S. LEE, Gen Pass Agt., 20 Cortland
street. New York.
A. W. NONNEIIAC'HEK, DIv. Pass. Agt., South
Bethlehem, Pa.
For tickets and Pullman reservations apply to
809 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton, Pa.
EKELLiiil
mu mm
IMIEY'S
The Last
Days of
December
Will be devoted to
closing out every-"
thing that can be
classified as
HoflndayGoods
on account of our
annual inventory
which we commence
the first of th new
year.
Snould you still
wish to make a New
Year's present, you
can save money by
selecting from what
is left of
Sierling Silver
SiJk Bowm Quilts,
ALSO
Hnc Silk Umbrellas,
Etc, Etc.
510-512
RAILROAD TIME TA BLES
PENNSYLVANIA RAILftOAD
Schedule in Effect Slay 27, 1900.
Trains leave Scranton. D. &. H.
Station:
6.45 a. in., week days, for Sunbury,
Hairisburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and for Pitts
burg and the west.
9.38 a. m., week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsvllle, Bending Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts
burg and the West.
2.18 p. m., week days, (Sundays
1.58 p. m.,) for Sunbury, Harris
burg, Philadelphia, Baltimore.
Washington and Pittsburg and
the West. For Hazleton, Potts
vllle, Reading, &c. week days.
4.27 p. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Hazleton, Pottsvllle, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
.T. It. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Art.
J. B. HUTCHINSON. Oon. Mgr.
Delaware, Xackawanna and Western.
In Effect Dec. 2, 1000.
South Leave firranlon for Now York at 1.10,
.1.00, 5.50, 8.00 and 10 05 a. in., 12.55, 3.33 p. in.
For Philadelphia at 8.00 and 10.05 a. in.; 12.55
and and 3.33 p. m. For Stroudsburg at
0.10 p. m. Milk accommodation at 8.10 p. m.
Arrive ut Hoboken at 0.30, 7.18, 10.2S,
12.08, 3.15, 4.18, 7.10 p. m. Arrive at Phil
adelphia at 1.06, 3.23, 8.00 and 8.23 p. ni. Ar
rlvo from Niw York at 1.10, 4.08 and 10.23 a. ill. ;
1.00, 1.52, 5.43, 3.45 and 11.30 p. in. From
Stroudburg at 8.05 a. m.
North Leave. Scranton (or Buffalo and inter
mediate stations at 1.15, 4.10, and 0.00 a. m.;
1.55, 6.48 and 11.35 p. w. For Oswego and Syra
ruso at 4.10 a. in. and T.C5 p. ni. For Utica at
1.10 a. m. and 1.55 p. m. For Montrose at 0.0H
a. in.; 1.05 and 0.4b p. m. For Nicholson at 4.00
and 0.15 p. m. For Blnghatnton 10.2O a. m. Ar.
live In Scranton from Buffalo at 1.25, 2.03, 5.45
and 10.00 a. m.; S.50 and 8.00 p. in. From Os
vvcko and Syracuse at 2.55 a. in.; 12.38 and 6.00
p in. From Utica ut 2.55 a. ni.; 12.38 and 3.30
p ni. From Nicholnon at 7.60 a. ni. and 0.00 p.
in. From Montrosj at 10.00 a. in.; 3.20 and 8.00
Blo'oinsbuic PivWon Leave Scranton for
Northumberland nt 11.15, 10.05 a. m.; 1.53 and
6 00 p. m. For Plymouth at 1.05, 3.40, 8.50 p.
iu For Kingston nt 8.10 a. m. Arrive at North
umberland ot 0.31 a. in.; 1.10. 5.00 and 8.45 p.
in. Arrive at Kingston at 8.62 a. m. Arrive at
Plymouth at 2.00, 4.32, 0.45 p. ni. Arrive in
Scranton from Northumberland at 0.13 a. m. ;
1" 35, 4.50 and 8.45 p. m. From Klnrston at
ll 00 a. in. From Plymouth at 7.55 a. m., 3.20,
5.35 p. in. SUNDAV TiuiNS.
South Leave Scranton 1.10, 3,00, 6.50, 10.05 a,
m 3 33. 3.4 P- n
North Leavo Scranton at 1.15, 4.10 a. m,; 1.55,
6 48 and 11.35 p. ni.
' Bloomshurg IHvMon Leave Scranton at 10.05
a. m. and 5.60 p. m.
. ' , M
New York, Ontario and Western B.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT SUNDAY, NOT. 4.
1D0Q.
North Bound Trains.
Leave
Scranton,
10.40 a. in.
0.00 p. m.
Leave
Cadosia.
2.03 p, in
Lcavo . Arrlvs
Carbondale. .Cadoala.
11.20 a. m. l.us p. m.
Arrive Carbondale 0.10 p. in,
Smith Bound,
Leave Arrive
Carbondale. Seianton.
7.00 a. in. 7,40 a. m.
3.34 n. in. I.SO n. in
Suudavs only, No) til Bound.
Leave Leave. Arrive
Scranton. Carbondale. Cadosia.
8.30 n. in. 0.1? i". . , J0.43 a. m.
7,00 p. m. Arrive Carbondale 7.10 p. in.
Leavo Leave Arrlv
,Cadcsia. Carbondale, Scranton,
,.w a. .... ,t,U , 111,
4.30 p, in, 5.51 p. in. 6.35 p. m.
Trains leaving Seianton at 10.40 a. m. ilall,
and 8.30 a. m. Sundays, make New Yoik, Corn,
wall, Hlddletown, Walton, Sidney, Noiwioh,
Home, Utlca, Onrlda and Oswego connections.
For further Information consult ticket agents.
J. O. ANDEIIRON, Gen. Pass. Agt., New York.
J, E. WELSH, Traveling Passenger Agent, Scran.
ton.
Erie and Wyoming Valley,
Times Table iu Effect Sept. 17, 1900.
Trains (or Havvley and local points, connect
ing at Havvley with Erie railroad (or New York,
Nevvburgh ad Intermediate points, leave Scran
ton at 7.05 a. tu. and 2.!5 p. m.
Trains arrive at Scriuton st 10.30 a. ro. and
9.10 p. m.
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