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TEN PAGES.
srnANTo.v, Pa , ait.ust 10, idol
In falling to.'.evrn get mention upon
the ret-olutlonsrof the Iowa Stale con
vention. Candidate Conger has again
seen emphatically reminded of the. In
gratitude of republics.
Senator James C. Vaughan.
PROBAT5M no man of his age
has been more thoroughly
.Identified with eery move
ment that has been for the
'oorl nf the city and for the upblldlng
if the Interests of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania than State Senator
James C Vaughan, whose death oc
curred on Thursday while he was en
Joying a brief vacation with friends at
Maplewood While yet a young man,
SenatorVaughan had already achieved
political and social prominence that are
usally bestowed to those of more ma
ture years, after many trials In the
race, and his death In the prime of life
cuts short a caieer that was bright
with promise of still gi eater achieve
ments. Ftom enrly manhood his life
has been one worthy of emulation by
those upon the threshold of a busy
career. In all enterprises, local or
otherwise, in which he has been identl
tied Senator Vaughan has been noted
for honorable dealing and 'his career
as state legislator has been one In
which any might have taken pride.
His Inn work at Harrlsburg was In
the Interest of charitable appropria
tions and the generous sums donated
to hospitals of Scranton are substan
tial proofs of his Influence and dili
gence. Although modest and unassuming In
manner. Senator Vaughan was a man
of fine attainments. He was In the
front rank as a teacher, lawyer and
legislator. He was a forceful wilter
and an earnest advocate of whatever
commended It.self to his sympathy and
approval As a Republican representa
lve of the people in the state senate
he was loyal to his party and friends
without. being offensively partisan, and
enjoyed the respect and esteem of
political opponents In every contest.
His untimely death will be universally
mourned thioughout the city and state.
The Wllkes-Ftarre Leader seems to
have discovered spots on Fred Dll
cher's halo.
The Planet Jupiter.
-TT-HERR IS NO better time
I than the yiesent to take n
JL peep at the planet Junlter.
which is in excellent posl
tlon for obseivatlon" in the southeast
nt early evening. About seven degrees
from Jupiter, on the left, is Saturn.
In November these two planets will
be Joined by Venus, now visible in
the west shortly after sunset.
Considerable detail can be Fcen on
the surface of Jupiter. Of the two
uark belts usually seen parallel to the
equator and about equally distant
therefrom, the southern Is the most
distinct, being quite dark. The north
ern belt of the pair Is comparatively
faint. But the whole northern hemi
sphere is marked with belts of varying
width, and the region about the north
pole Is of a grayish 'hue. The southern
hemisphere seems to bo nearly white
and Is apparently unmarked under a
moderate magnifying power, with the
exception of the very distinct northern
belt we have mentioned.
The belts are not easily explained
and as yet there has been no satis
factory theory regarding them. Indeed
the physical condition of Jupiter Is a
puzzle; although there are good rea
sons for believing that the planet Is
partially molten.
Evldfncevlji.npt indispensable In the
case nT a SouUicrn lynching. it Is
only rjecessary 'that a negro should
reslda in the vicinity of the crime. '
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Revival of Interest In (he Trotter
FkOITLAU INTi:m:ST has
" been revived in the record
' of harness horses by th re-
cent performance of Cres
reiis In; trotting a mile In two nilnutra
and to and one-fourth seconds.
While jhejireat stallion failed to beat
his tin at Pouphkeepsle on Thursday,
there ifre yet many who believe that
the twi-mlnuto trotter will yet he one
of thejwondets of tho twentieth cen
'tury. It was only a couple of decades
ago thjit Maud S. created' so much
txcItemVnt In sporting clrcleH by doing
a mile In a little better than 2:10, Yet
In thlsj period the record has been
cut doWn by eight seconds. It Is man
ifestly jlneredlhle that It should he
lowered as much more In the next
twenty 'years; but" It Is not unreason
able toj believe that two seconds and
a quarter may be clipped rYorp. li"lf
the breeders, trainers and drivers of
rS.merloqn trotters cmtlnue to devote
their attention 'to turning out the beBt
possible? horses of this class than hu
nan skill can produce.
In redent years th,at" portion of the
8rScfa!on ri8ime
!KU
rbllc which enjoy raclnrt nr, a spec-
a been tntPic.-tf rl chiefly In th
attract nuch
creat crowtls when o
one of tho Itn-
jxirtHtit iulne contests of the year
takes place. Whether the former In
terest In the guicerul und practical
trotter can he revived i onanist's to he
seen. While the tunning hoise I
nothing more thnn nxrlch man's toy a
sort of living machine to carry off
Makes oml prizes the Hotter i-.m ho
utilized ns n road horse, and his breed
ing should he encouraged. For every
successful trotter hundreds of line ani
mals are ptoduced, which, although
they may not prove iiultc up to the
rncliiK mark, are yet valuable and use
ful for driving purposes.
Mayor Hlnchllffe, of Patersou, N.
!., appears to bo the right man for the
place. H has, without ceremony, can
called the date of the proposed anar
chist performance In that city, in which
the nssnsslnatlon of the late King
Hnmbeit of Italy was to lme been
portrayed. There is yet hope for Pat
erson. Central American Squabble.
I
N THE fremient calls that are
made upon the State department
to take a hand In suppressing
this or that outbreak In Central
America, we aie constantly reminded
of the peculiarly Inflammable political
material which abounds in the terri
tory south of the possessions of Uncle
Sam. One band of wild-eyed patriots
Is hardly subdued before another ap
pears on the horizon ready to cut num
erous throats In the struggle to gain
possession of the ruins of a weak
knted government. Kvery time a
score or s-o of bandits tutn down the
brims of their hats and statt upon
the warpath, ninny nervous people be
come Impressed by the Idea that the
llames of n. revolution may cauh the
Monroe doctrine, and calls for fleets
to protect American Intel ests are
heard at every hand. At the present
moment we are enjoying the tltlllatlon
of our maitlal nerves because it has
been found advisable to send a gun
boat to Colon to keep an eye on the
rumpus which Is going on in Venezu
ela, caused by an upilsing of restless
spirits who are reported to have an
envious eye on Colombia.
The Immediate occasion of the re
cent order to the Navy department
was the "holding up" by a party of
rebels of a train on the railway that
runs across the Isthmus. This act
brings the United States Into the
squabble, as was done In 1RS5. when
Asplnwall was burned under somewhat
similar circumstances, because of our
obligation entered Into In 1S4B to main
tain an open line through the Isthmus.
In the fonner case Commodore Me
Calla with a party of marines locked
up the rebel chiefs until they piomlsed
to do their fighting in another part of
the world. Piobably less than this
will serve In the present Instance. The
affair is Interesting mainly because It
reminds us how sensitive we. are to
our troublesome neighbors. Nothing
has occurred thus far to justify the
fear that the revolt means the Inva
sion of Colombia, whose sovereignty
the government at Washington has
been committed to uphold.
Colonel Roosevelt has demonstrated
that the vlco-presldency does not in
variably petrify Its victim.
To Protect Sea Birds.
R
ESIPKNTS along the south
ern coast have apparently
been arousd to action by
the efforts of tho people
who are endeavoring to save fioin
extinction the native song n'nd In
sectiverous birds. It is said that a
strong sentiment is growing In Louisi
ana for the protection of the sea birds
on the gulf coast. The result of In
vestigations proves conclusively that
unless protection is given, the gulls
and water hens will become entirely
extinct in that region within a very
few ears. Gunners have been slaugh
tering the birds ruthlessly, nnd hunt
ers destroying the eggs. So rapid has
been the work of these two classes
that, according to the American Orni
thological association, not a trace ex
ists today of birds on either Brush
or Calllou Islands In the dulf, nt one
time tlje home of millions of sea fowl.
The same is practically true, it is
declared, of other Islands In the neigh
borhood. The proposition is to have
severe laws enacted against the de
struction of these useful birds and
their eggs and to rigidly enforce them.
The state of New Jersey has had a
similar experience to that of Louisi
ana, only public sentiment was not
aroused soon enough. Thirty or even
twenty-five years ago sea gulls weie
very abundant. The shoie was their
resting place, nnd at certain seasons
of the year thousands of young gulls
vould be seen in all stages of growth.
At the present time the numher nf
gulls on the New Jersey coast has
dwindled to hundreds, somo as
sert dozens. An ornithologist te
cently asserted that there are but
two small nesting places now on
the New Jersey coast, and these
are only preserved from destruc
tion by the constant vigilance of the
wardens duilng the breeding season.
Too little regard Is paid to the pro
tectlon of our birds. There seems to
be an Irresistible or unthinking Im
pulse on the part of many people to
&hoot nt and kill anything that has
feathers, and to rob bird nests of their
eggs and young, even though they may
be of no value for food. Tho sea gull
Is not only a victim of this nbnoimal
Impulse of a certain type of mankind,
but also of those who hunt for the
market. Tho gull Is not an edible bird,
hut Its plumage has a salable value,
so It is nbout exterminated o'n the
New Jersey coast. This will be tha
case also along tho whole Atlantic
Beaboard, unless prompt and energetic
methods aro adopted to protect tho
bird,
Before this naval trouble Is over ex
Secretary Chandler may also be
prompted to write a book.
lt Is not likely that much bloodshed
will result from the great strike to he
Inaugurated today. There seems to he
lesB danger of mob violence, which Is
usually the work of outsiders, In this
Instance than In any previous labor
wht. It must be admitted, however,
that the suffering caused by the clos
ing of the mills In this season of pros
perity will be far reaching and that In
the distribution of misery and Incon
venience the steel cot potation will be
the lean alfected.
The Cambria county Democrats have
adopted a platform upon alleged "new
lines," which they submit as a sample,
which they hope will he recognized as
n declaration of principles worthy of
place In the text book of the state or
ganization, ltlsifenred, however, that
the Cambria statesmen will be obliged
to produce something more original
than an expression of faith In the prin
ciples of Jefferson; an endorsement of
Bryan and a wall of disapproval at
everything promoted by the Republi
cans, before they can consistently ask
for a copyright upon their creation.
There is a suspicion that the liter
ary culture of the members of a Wis
consin Chautauqua who applauded
Senator Tillman's lynching sentiments
must have been acquired by perusal
of border tales In the boys' own five
cent library.
Senator Stewart admits that silver
will not be the Issue again so long
as the Klondike gold crop holds out.
TOLD BY THE STABS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Atrolbe Cat: 4.0i m , for Saturday, Aug. 10.
r J
A child bom on thl diy will notice that the
eleniuiti aie propitious to the Implritlon of the
poldcn rod poM.
fioodneMi may win cold, but It takes a trace
of old Aildtn in man to enable him to lun on
to the inlu.
hiin in the minority can seldom attract
attention In a majonlc poe.
Iho Indiiidual who Keep pirrot l mmlly
not without piomlnence In hit own neiehliorhood
The creatrat bloine MMnctirncs has the ap
pearance nt '.i cuise at the Inlioducllon.
The husnind of a eood cook seldom poses as
.1 c.i file.
Trouble Is somethlni tint ran always be found
by those who are looklns for It.
Th? Schley Inqdiry
an Unbiassed Uieu)
Krom Harper'j Weekly.
Till: Ny department ban, at the request of
Hear .dmiul Sibley, ordered n Investi
gation whiili will. It I hoped, Hence tho
crltKifni tint bap hem showered upon
thit olncrr'n tondu. t a the commander of 'he
H.ilne Kiuidion Public divu-Mon upon th
euhjcit ha,, been o intempente that even nour
the reil ubjn t ol the iiiqulrv 1 lierpifntly lot
KiEbt of, and one win relics upon the dally
pipen. for M infoninilon will ,ie dllTlnilty
In een determining wlio.e conduct U to be In
e4lcatrd. The point In dlpute aie, however,
well il fined and not nuineiom. The divuvlon
liu had Mich clfert In iloliylntc proposed promo
tion for merllorioiK renin, and the mitters
invoiced so dreptj concern the milntenance of
discipline In our navy, that It U doubly im
portant tint the public, tOiould fully understand
the cn.o.
whin eo crive a erkli a a national war face
ill- iriiintrv, peiee-time rulc of official fcnlority
mut Rive wiv, and it beromej the dutv of th
Navy ilepirtment to select at eomtmti'lere in
i hinf of the ba'tle aquadioiu thote orflecrs whi
will, all thine eonldered, render to their coun
ti (In luo'-t i tlli intt errviccrt. In the dir.ch'trffe
of thin duty the dipirtmciit, at the brrakin? out
of the war with spun, placed over the hcid of
Hear Admiral Sthhy (thin roinmoilotv) end
ebitcil, for cbitf command In the et Indies
Hear Admiral (then cat tain) Nilllim T. Sanip
eon. nn cftUi two number Junior tn Schley
on the tnw lit, and i-hortlv thereafter aliened
Sihby to duty a commander of a lljinc Kiju.ul.
ron, which avmbled at Hampton Itoid and
btcanie a Mihnidinalp part of sanion fleet.
The ' department's ordira were fulul.intlilly
equivalent to a dechnitlon that Schley wat
,iot fitted for commander In chief, but waj Rood
cnoueli to command a until squadron under
Captain Sampon'a impcrviflnsj direction. Com
modore Schlev ao opted the dutv cheerfiillv, nnd
and never sulked, but bit friend were re-entful
of whit thtv lonsitlercd an unmerited lacinua
Hon of Inrffbieni v
The flvinir ftqmdrnn wat held in readinew on
the home cott until the appearance of Cenera
in the cl Indict, Then Srhlev proceeded nuth
to the vicinity i.f Kev Wet, where a redUtribu
lifn of furies was made. Simpton, vvith a part
of tho -.iniailron, proceeded alonj the north
tcott of fuln In the ci-.t end of that itland, tn
intoioipt Cerveri hoiil.) he reek to rome norii
by tint rout., while Schlev, with the Mine pur
piite In view, pissed arniiml the wctern tnd
and alone the southern cunt of the l'land.
Schlev Moj ped before Cientuecot to avortiin
whither or nit Cervna hid entered that harbor.
It it beie tint the controversy bejan, nnd
Shlev'd movrincntt from lil.t arrival at Clen
fin cot In ij until July :t, the date nf the
battlo of Sintiaco, have been the mihlert of con
demnation ru one hand and laudation on the
other.
His critlt point out that his delay of three
davt before this port wan an uni.eeemry and
crimlml wite of vilui'ile time, and derlaie that
tho incniv'it nhvner misht hive been acertalnd
In much thorter time, nnd wis, In fact, aeer
mined bv fiptain Mi Calla, of the Mirbleheail,
within a f."v hours after hit arrival at Cien
fui'jot To thl Vlmiril Srhlev 's friends reply
tint be w-mild have hon equal relerlty had he
beni, a M'CalU w it, in poteufon of a eorte
enabling him to communicate with the Insur.
erntt on shore.
The Si hle.v squadnn jnoreeded from Clenfueeoa
tn Santiajo, and havine arrived at the latter
port, but not hiving definitely located Cervera'a
squadron (which wat, however, it that time In
tin- harbor of -vMtlacrni, Sihlev reported tint he
could no tnslntiln a blockade, ovvlns to the
Inadequate- of the coal supply of hit vestrlt,
and the impossibility of coatlnc at sea under
exl.tins conditions He therefore left Santlatn
nnd beem a retrograde movement to'inrrit Key
W'e.t. This movement was, however. Interrupt-
en, ami Miuey returner! tn tlie vicinity of San
tiago Admlial Sihlev 'a cffieljl dlcpatches admit the
urgent neuttity of hit remaining at Santiago,
nnd set forth hit eeues for ditohejlng hit
orders en the ruhlrct. These excuses aie three
In number, and their sutTiiiency seems not .vet
to have been filrly established. Kirst, he sa'vs,
May 2T. that hols vessels aie almost out of coal,
and that "the Brooklyn alone has more than
fufrkirnt coil to proceed to Kev West " The
coal reports from the various shlpa do not, how-,
ever, confirm thlt statement. In the case of
the lima, for ejample. her report shows that on
May ;. the diy preceding Vhlev'a telegnm.
she hid on Imird S:o Inns of coal, vvhlili wai
n-irly enough for ten divs" full steaming, and
quite enough lor a month' blockade duty. !
the n.'ioklyn's records Indicate tint she lad
enough i oil for fortv ilavs' blockade work, while
the Ma.saihuitti and the Texas were nearly it
well siipplinl: and whatever the litualloii 'tniv
have been as to the smaller vevcla of the quad
e.ron, it It e leir that the llrnokl.in, lovva, Mana
e'lu.ittt and Texas were equipped to maintain
the blockade,
ilmlral !-ihlev's second eveusr w.n that lie
wis unible to (oil at si 1, He nude this Kate
tuent em Mat 27. Vet as a matter of fait, on
May 22 the Iowa. Canine and llupont hod all
taken coal fimn a colllei In the open sra On
the 51th the Missacliucetts had slmilirlv eoalid
from the Mrnimac, and en the 27th- the iety
da- in whli h Schley sent tils irportthe Texas
eoilnl ship from a collier at night i and not
only did dmlral Shlrv himself imceed thus
frequentlv In coaling at sea, but the squidrnn
vv-ns frequently coaled In thit fashion after Ad
mlral Sampson arrived
The thiol excuse for the retrograde movement
wis that there was no available port In which
a base might be established for cnallngf yet the
harbor nf fiutntinamo lay conveniently near,
and was in fact seUed, occupied, and used by
Admiral Hamphon immediately after lata arrival
on the scene.
In three other parteulirs Anmiral Schiey'a
crrduet oft the port if Santiago befora the
anlwl cf the remainder cf the fleet has oecn
rersured. The, admitted ficts are that when
Schley had flnallj, after returning from his
retrograde movement, established a blocksde,
he found th Sjianlsh cruler Colon In plain
lht at anchor In the entrance. He allowed her
to wrialn In that potiMnn several ilajs without
maklnc any seriom effort to destroy her. He
did not at any time approach closer than ",noo
jardt (four miles) to either the ship or the shore
batteries, nrd he retired so as to llnlsh the
bombardment at a distance nf upwards of D.ouO
)anU, or about five mlhe. In botnhardlnf at
this great range It became neics-aty to elevate
the gun to such an angle that tin? gun-earrlsges
were injured by the shock; of recoil, These facts
are stated In the log books of the various ships,
and these sime bocks further show that al
though the blocksde was maintained by day, it
was abandoned at night. Admiral Schley, there.
fontj finds himself called unon In this connec
tion to answer three question:
t'itst, Whv did he not deitroy the Colon?
Second, Why did he bombard the shore bat
teries and Colon at distance claimed to be ab
surdly great?
Third, Why did he not maintain a night block
ade? So far as anvvers have been given to these
question, they ate substantially these, 1. I
Tn the first and second question it Is ssld that
the Navy department's Instructions forbade the
risking of a battleship, and that Selitey'a only
course was, therefore, to bombard at meh range
aa not tn risk injurj to hi vetselsj and to the
third question the answer ha been that the
experience of Admiral Schlev and other of
ficers In hi squadron during the civil war had
shown thit the maintenance of a blocksde at
night before ueh a port wai Impracticable,
and thit blockade runners and Confederate
cruisers had had little difficulty In recaplns on
dark night from closely blockaded port, and It
It Mid that an effort to maintain the blockade
at night might have reulted In the grounding
or torpedoing of some vessel of the squadron.
These replies have not hem satisfactory to
experts, who point out that when the command-er-ln-ehlef
arrivod the shore batteries were
bombarded at reasonable range without injury to
or even danger to the squadron; and that the
blockade was Immediately maintained at night
so effectively thst Cervera wat ultimately froced
to make his effort to escape by daylight
After Cervera' squadron had been located In
the harbor, and Simreon with hia squadron
had come to take command of the united fleet,
the vessels were disposed in a semicircle in,front
of the entrance, where thev remained until the
morning of July ,?, when Cervera made his
effort to ecspe. The Prooklvn at this time lay
to the southward and westward of the en
trance. When the action began she headed to the
northeastward, and, with the other veseels of the
squadron, engaged the enemy .Meantime the
Spanish vessels left the harbor and beaded to
the westward alone the Cuban reat, while the
American squadron headed towards the enemy
on converging courses. As the American vessels
(except the flrookl.vn) reached that distance
from the enemy at which thir respective cap
tains thought thir ships could most efficiently
fight, they turn-d to the westward and ran
course generally parallel with th Suanlsh vet
eels, and fought out the action. This particular
distance each ciptaln relected for himself, the
controlling principle governing hi decision be
ing that the distances should be bejond torpedo
range, and within the range of his secondary
batteries that is, from about 1,100 to about
l.foo jnrdn.
Tie Brooklyn headed to the northward and
eastward, and rapidly approaching the Spanish
squadron, had reached a distance probably some
thing less than a mil- from the enemy, when
it became necessary for Iter to head to the west
ward She could make this turn by using ellh.-r
a starhoard helm or a port helm, that ia to say,
by turning to the left and towards the enemy
nr to the right and away from him. All the
other vessels, using a starboard helm, turned to
ward the enemy If the Drookivn, too, had
used a starboard helm she would hive had to
awing through an arc of about l"i degrees, and
would hive flnished her swing about 400 yards
eloer to the enemy than she hegan it. If fhe
swung with a port helm she would hive to swing
through an arc nf about 2. degrees, and would
finish her swing about (.00 yards further from
the enemy than she began It. Schley' critics
urge that he should have- done what all the
other vessels did, vie t have made the shortest
poetihle swing and approached hit enemy He,
however, chose the other alternative and made
a long sweep, which carried him away from the
enemy, and (or making this loop ho ha been
the subject of much harsh criticism.
Outside of the navy there his been much dis
cussion concerning this celebrated loop, and Ill
advised persop hive not hesitated to siy thst
the nrooklyn ran from th enemv. Among nival
officers no such language is heard xdmiral
Vhley's courage is not Impugned, and. at worst,
tho order to poit the helm is regarded as an er
ror of judgment, committed In a moment of
emergency, nnd not fraught with serious conse
quence The Drookljn certainly did not run
awav Her share in the fight was not small.
Her blows were nt numerous and at effective
at thoee of anv other vessel in the squadron,
s'nd In return he received more jiunlshment than
any of her sister.
Retelling Sfory of
American Progress
from an Address by Tib bird II Kdmonds, Editor
of the .Minufactureia' Itccord
IN 1SV THF, TOTAL wealth of the United
States, as rejiorleil by the census, was 7,
$13,,OiO,non, or .)3 rer capita; in l-'iO it
w lH,lVi,nrVl, or Jill .ci capita, in
IsTn it was lO.Ois.fWi.Ofx), or 7 jcr capitc;
in t'0 the total was in.tp'O.OuO.iViii, and the
jier e-aplta was s7f); In IP'jel we hid lncriatcd to
JnVi.Oiti.oniVsvi, a, piT capita nf ifliHo. It It now
stated that the crnsus of !' will iOuivv our
wealth to be over J'W.OOilsTn.oun, or .in in
ereise of ".VWOnom or moic in ten jears.
In other vends, the riIii in ten years ha been
almost equal to our total wealth in H70. In
thirty tears the wealth of this country hi
inum than (trebled. Twenty jcars a;o we
thought thit our lountiy vvav rich and pio.
gicwdvo, and it then eeiined to us as, well a
to the world, tint we weie doing wonihrful
things in Milroad construction and indistriil
advancement, but as we Icok back over that
brief period we are atnajed at our giant A-rid-'s
and aie appalled by the kiio of new responsi
bilities which ret upon us a we stand tndsy
thp foremost nation of the earth, the richest,
the most piogres-ivc and tho ti'.t powerful up-n
which the smile of iven eer reeled Wt
jiraise er condemn, as ;jr view may uggc.t,
expansion in polili s, as thiugh our atatiumn
or jvolitlclans were r. sponsii le for our enmni't
into the world's aifam. Hut they aie only Iho
pawns upon the world's chewe-itd, ircxed
by the frrcn of comt.i re viiibh nuke ai'd
unmake the empirot of rai''i witi the rhirg.
ing currents of tiade niu commcice r.incns
arise and nitons ckr.i..',
o
We have become the d'Hillnint power of the
world, not because Manila and iiiliago startled
Kuropc with nur naval m.sihnitlca, but because
even below Dewey's victorious gum were heard
around the globe our manufacturers had been
victorious In the flit sklnnlshea 'n tho great
battle for Industrial Mipiemacj We have gmwn
accustomed to furnishing Kurope with biean
and meat and taking mirufai lured goods In
II turn. We thought thit el'ucjipe vva oui
banker, nnd that no railrojd could bo built
nor uny great undertaking nude niiirevsful unless
l.urupo was calhsl upon or the capital. That
was Hue even ten years ago The day Daring Hros.
failed a (rend wrote me, In substance, aa
follows: "The failuin of llir.ng Pros, mark the
end of England's tiuincial supremacy. Ncv"
lurk will now become the worlds financial
power, and the l tilted State will take l"ng
land's place a the vvnrl l' industrial leader "
The old Mother Counti) has bien the advance
Buaul of clvilizitlon. Whtievcr her Anglo
Mon banner has been planted commeice has
spiling nun exisli-nco and law and order hue
supplaiitiel harharltiu She has done .t gieat
vvoik for mankind, but tn her offspring, xincrlej,
her buiden bus now been transfeiird. Not that
England tnu-t wane, except relatively. Suih a
tut urn can Muiooly knuvv decay, but no longer
can (licit nritalii stand a thu nilglitlrtt nation
of cailli and Us credent civilizing power, i'bo
tiepternf tluam lal tuprcmaik has ahrady pia.cl
tu New York. There crnter the gteateel ilnanUal
irsnuices and thu nm..t brilliant leaden, ulu.ii
tho axoild lias ever tern.
This is the dav of gigantic 0ierstnn. Yet
we are, constantly amaied at tho kaltiiWnpIc
changes as our great tiiiamiera bring one com
bination after another Into being. Scarcely ten
jeiu ago a HdU0,rii,nun Industrial enterprise was
projected, Thei piets and the people thought
we hid reached tha limit of our combination
abilities. In quick succession nlhrra ol even
greiter capital followed, until a few months
ago' theto came the organization of the Ant
bllllon-dollar Indu.lria! company in the history
of mankind. Hut even tu that we quickly ad
justed ouf&elvcj, Europe taw In this orjanla-
Hon the evident marshalllne of our fereei tor
the tontrol of the world's Iron tnd Keel
trade, The scepter of flnsnce had already de
parted from Enjlat'd, and America hsd become
the dominant money power. We wne ladl.vg
In Iron and steel production, but only a few
far-eeelng men seemed tn have awakened to
what that meant, The general public had not
realized the power of jur Industrial Hit, ror
fully appreciated the fact that ih' world'
inatkets wire practically wlthour gtasp. Er
the surprise of this sudden awakening had pis
fM away Plerponl .Morkan had Invaded England,
and that mlstici of the sea, whose steam
tonnage exceeds that ot all other nations
combined, whose glory la been that Britannia
ruleit the tn, levying tribute upon all ncan
traffic, fw one of her greatest frleghU'jrrvltig
steamship line pan into Ms control it tlo
basis of an organization which It etostlu, d to
become a ruling factor in Iti (rnat'onal cetr.
metce. -o -And
jet possibly surpassing In Importance even
these world encircling movement It me relu
tlon which the South has Inaugurated. Coat
has been the foundation oi th marvelous Indus
trial advance of the centurj, for fuel ht.t been
the first essential In all material progress. Upon
lis supply nf coal has rested the trade, thu
commerce and the naval supremacy of Creat
Britain, the measure of every nation's material
advancement hat been It production and con
sumption ot coal, and the game of war and
diplomacy which the leadins natlor have been
playing In China Ins been, perhaps, as much
for the. control of Its last stores yi coal and
Iron a for tho open door of trade, Hut through
recent discoveries In Texas the South adds to
Ita enormous supply of coal the greatest ttoie
of fuel oil which ha ever been found, So
great is the quantity and so advantageously ia
It located for water transportation that for
all sections of the Atlantic and Dulf coast of
North and South America, for the West Indies
and for much of Europe, Texas can at least
dictate the price of fuel an e&entlal basis
for manufacturing There arc 70,000 to W.000
oil wells in the I'nlted States rroduelns about
lfin.oio barrels a day. There are a dozen new
welli at Beaumont which have a capacity be
yond the total of these other 70,000 or S0,000.
Tliece Beaumont v-ei can rroduce eeveral
hundred thousand barrels a elav. and though
their capacity must naturally diminish, a fs
alwavs the case with sucli "gushers," the
miny new welli now belrg bored may possibly
offset this, and thin give Texas a gteater regular
oil production than the t'nlted State now hit.
Possibly tho time It not far distant when Texas
and Enulsana and other Southern Hates will
even surpass the World' present outjiut of oil.
We are entering the "oil age'," an age in
vvheh this cheap fuel will mean almost as much
tn the advancement of the comfort and the
wealth of mankind as coal hat been since the
beginning ot the revolution wrought by labor
saving machinery A new- epoch hat been ushered
in, and In the South leads the world.
For every variety of manufacture, from cotton
goods to steel rail and locomotives, the world'
market are broadening1 out before the daring
commercial spirit of our merchants and mani
tacturen. f-'ive year ago the value of our
foreign export averaged ?SV1,(.000 a year and
(3reat Brltian' $1.100,ono,u00. Now we are ex
porting nearly il.SOO.ooo.rnio a year and England
nearly Jlio.Oio.W) less. Th-ii England led in
export, her foreign shipments exceeding ours by
over $20O,ncvi,0i) a ear New the I'nited State
leads with a giin of about fioo.ooo.nrti) compared
with tive tears ago vhlle Oreat Britain's r''n
has been only nn.nnii.twi. Our exports are .iow
evreeding out imports by an average of neaIy
oon, skvioi 1 yn- me total evew In the lst
three years having been Sl,740,000,OuO.
o
The Industrial progress of the last twenty years
hat been so greit that words fait when we try
tn tell tho story. We can put It In cold hgures
but the figure are beyond the power of our
mind tn fully grasp. Twenty year ago the
United States made .l,snn,nc tons of pig-iron
and mined 70,0U0,000 ton of coal Last year we
made nearly ll.noo.fto tons of Iron, and this
year we are producing at the rate of lS.OOO.ono
tons, and are inlnltif 27O.ono.0OO tons of cnl.
In lWO the total ripltal invested In manufactures
In the Tnited State was 2,7'),Oisl,onn. By IsOO
thl bid increased to A5rl,(Yin,l. The giln
in that ten year exceeded by $l,000,o00,ors) the
to'al capital invested in manufacturing In U'n.
TV exact figure for lftoo are not jet obtainable,
but since the wrnvvth IK) bat ben so great that
the aggregate gain will probably be equally ns
lirge. If o, the rjresent crtisu. will show $10,
000,(100,000 capital invested in manufactures, or
nearly four time a much as we had a late a
ls0. In twenty years we have increased our
riliroad mileage from fsl.000 miles to nearly
200,0011, giving ai now nearly one-half of th
railroad mileage of the world. In 1SSO the total
value ot the mineral production of the I'nited
States was Sol.OOO.OOOj in 1W0 it waa $3S,nn0,0n0,
and in IS'0 It was 17rt.00O,nfln. Agaiast our
total value of mineral productiont of $'j7fi,000,0iiil
In lt-fl Oreat Britain the next In point of
magnitude had ?''02.Ono,0Oii, Ocrmanv saMi.OOrt,
000, Biissia SI O,Oii,0Ort and Eranee $1in,ooo,fiiVl.
Our coal production e.f 270,(mo,(0 font I 3.1
per cent, of the coal output of (he world, and
our pig iron production it 35 per e'ent Of gold
and llvcr ve mine about M.V),fKiO,() a J1'"',
or I per cent, of the world' output of these
metal, while of copper we produce ,11 per cent,
of the total, of lead nearly i't rer cent, and of
zinc 21 per cent , while of crude petroleum
we are now producing neatly fiO.oooiOO barrels,
er a little less thin one-half of the world's
output. In 1;S2 (Jreat Britiln made R.500,000
tons of pig-iron, and the I'nited States marte
a.finn.nnn tons, Last year (Jreat Britain marie
S.oonW) ton, a gain ed onlv tno.OOO ton In
eighteen year, while the 1'niled States made
l.t.700,000 tons, a gain of 3.:;00,(IOO tons. Our In
crease in lOeY) over lfcv! was greater than Great
Britain's total production in 1!0.
POSTAL CARD'S SLOW OAIT.
From the rhlladclpfiii Press.
One- of the clerks In tho local postofflre
found in a bundle of mall yettcrday morning
a postal card which had been tent from Jlor
lisvllle, Ta., on February 11, 1S7P. Morritville
is a little toivn morn than twenty-three mllea
from Philadelphia, 10 the clc-k announced thit
the postal had made about a mile a year on its
way here, and had therefore troken all records
in slow transit. No one know where the card
had been during the many years, but it is not
believed that It lias been nutsdlo of this state.
The postal card wa addressed to Charles B.
Horner, a nurseryman of Mount Holly, N. .1
It was sent by the Olenwood Nurseries of Mor
lisville. A clerk accidentally read the card
He says it said: "Please cone over and tee us
as e-oon aj possible."
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WILL MAKE A STRONO CANDI
DATE. From th Olyphant Becord.
The Philadelphia Tress is authority for the
statement that Congrevsmin Connell is consid
ering entering the gubernatorial list against
Attorney General Elkln, who is slated for nom
ination bv the Quay machine. If the announce
ment be true Elkin need to get out and hustle,
nn matter what the weather, for he hi no time
to spare even If a year does intervene Mr. Con
nell would make a strong candidate jvertonally
and it is time the governorship came his way.
"Always Busy."
Always Busy Events
First Our Fall styles
of Celebrated Korrect
Shoes nt 14.00. They tire
displayed In our men's
window. They aro for
the Binart dresser who
wants to bo Just a little,
ahead of the other fellow.
Herond The placlntr on
sale of every man's nus
set Shoo In our store, low
and high cut, $3 and $(
grades. They are dis
played In our men's win
dow. Tou can get a pair
of them: perhaps the best
shoe you ever wore, for $2.
Lewis & Reilly,
Wholesale and Retail.
11q.-Vie Wyoming Av
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f The Tri
educational contest)
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weeks and still has four weeks to run. There is plenty of time
even yet for new contestants as is demonstrated by the fact that
last year two of the winners were only in three and four weeks
respectively.
The eight special rewards are offered to the young men or
women who secure the largest number of points in the contest.
They are required to canvass for subscribers to The Tribune and
are credited with one point for every month's subscription se
cured, a year's subscription counting twelve points.
Two of the winners will secure four year scholarships, valued
at $i,ooo each, for the work of a few weeks. Why shouldn't
one of them be you ?
The Special Rewards:
Scholarship in Lafayette College $1,000
Scholarship in Swarthmore College 1,000
Scholarship in Stroudsburg Normal School 67S
Three Scholarships in Scranton Business
College, $60 Each 180
Two Scholarships in Scranton Conserva
tory of Husic, $75 Each 150
$3,005
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will be given ten (to) percent, of all the money he or she turns in.
N. It. The first two scholarships eln not Includ me-sls, but the contestants sscurlnj
the-sr will be civfn ten (10) per cent, of all the money be or she turns In to Tin
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late for any energetic young man or woman to enter. Some o'f
last year's winners were only in three or four weeks.
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