-f-f n t.t t THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, MARCH 2S, 1902. g rVrv. IT i.'. t t rul.lljlictl Dally, Hteepl Smutty, liy The ; Trih una Publishing Compan), At Titty Cent? t Month. UV P tttUIAM), lMltor. O. r. DV.Mll'.i:. lluslneM Maimer. New York omcol ICO (., fAN)i Sole Agent for Voieluii dcrl!n,'. Lntcrcd at tie Postomce nt ficraiilon, l'a.i "' Second Claw Mill Matter. When spneo will peimtt, The Tilbuno Is nlwnya glatl to duil shoit lotteis from Its fjlentls benr lngr on curient topics, but its iuIo is thnt these must be Blgned, for pub lication, by the witter's real name; nnd the condition piecedent to nc ceptnnco Is that all contribution-? shall bo subject to editorial rovlslon. nu: rrivv iiati: ion vmT.intM.vo 'flip following (able i1io (lip price per Inch 'each Insertion, spue to lit' used nitliin one oirs linn nf siding on 1'iiU I'ipci Hcidlng Position Inches .21 .27i" ."0 2D "2 .:i 1(! 1?-. V yr, .ir iv. I ,n nr. ix iiiyr, VY Less than COO MH) inrlicj. ., 3000 " ... ."000 ' .., C00O " .. Tor rani of tlnnl. resolution of condolence, and nlmllir lonlilhutlon In tin' rnturo of nl crllslns 'llio Tribune itiil.es a chairjc t 1 ecnt line. , Hate? of ClisMod AdicitUIng furnished on application. TEN PAGES. SCRANTOX, 3IARCII 2S, 1D0.'. The leport that 1'iesldpiit Roosevelt contemplates appointing Jacob Rlls the first governor of the'Diinlsh West In dies is one which wc hope Is tine. It would be an ideal selection. A Machine for Peace. T -yiU USEFULNESS of the Na tional u'lwc ireueration lias leeched bit Iking exemplifi cation in the successful issue of its attempt to biing together the mine woikeis and oper.itois. rioin the standpoint ot the oidlnaiy man it lias never been clear why so much fuss should lf necessary to get the employ ing magnates and the labor magnates together. The amount of emphasis placed on the purely technical ques tion of recognition, botli by those who want it and by those who act like schoolbojs in their apparent fear of it, is one of those points in the iinlustiJ.il game which to the unbiased onlooker would be humoious it it weie not in its pi actio 1 elfett :o eiv seiious. The bunging of theso needlessly sep aiatcd loi ces together, if only "intor mally," is a tiluuiph of common senc and a eiy laige gain for the depend ent community. All who lnue contiib tited to tliis end, and Jlaik llanna es pecially, loi he seems to be the giant power in the combination, are cnlitltd to tho fullest thanks of the Aineiic.in people They not onlv aie doing good ioi the moment; they me p.uing the way to a time -wlien big stnkes Mill be as unpopular and as infirauunt as big wais. SIiilc we live In an age of tie uiendous combinations that, when abused, can do as gie'ttlj multiplied Inn m as they tan, when lightly used, do gicatly multiplied good, it Is a (list essential of peace and ptospeilty that tlieie should exist some efteclhc mechanism lor biinging hostile influ ences together in a .spliit oL willingness to hear and be he.uii, to she and take. Tills medianism Mink H.inn.i seems to hao succeeded in eohing. It is a work of the highest Inipoit.inie and ciedit, theiefoie, should be fieelv iic coi ded. The ice liaing been bioken to a face to face meeting of the thai magnate, we respectfully suggest that thev ar range to meet oltener No doubt theie aie good and bad on both sides, but in the main tiie magnates in New Yoik will lind that the magnates fiom Penn sjlvania and Indiana uie just about as honest, loyal to those who tiust them and anxious to be fair as aie the lep lesentatlves of the opeiatois them selves. Recent eent.s would seem to piove that they ai e pietty well mulched In the matter of sluowdness, also, rt has taken time to lind these things out. At the fii st, suspicions weio Inevitable. But now that the better understanding lias begun, let us hope that It may con tinue until a basis of Industry shall be leached which will put tnr Into the background of outgiown baibailties Hie ciuelties und gross injustices ot wai faie by sliike. Accoiding to Uran, Cleveland's last administration -was "odious and odor ous." Theie Is no wav of telling what Uiyan's might have been, but we can guess. That PeckvilleFlre. Puuiwillj-s destructive flie comes as a staged Ing blow to a. Utile cominunlty none too ilcli in means of recupei ntlon. ;it is n calamity calling for the most hoioiiBli Investigation. Rumots ot lucpndltnlsin need to be accepted cautiously Until vetilled or dispioved. Of cotSj.se, if It should be found thnt this cosily bjazu otiginuted criminally, thoio vyonlfLneed to bo lelentlebH piose cut!onof the ciinilmil. Hut the mote Immediate aud impoitant pioblem is ilrst to lebulid.aud then to ptovide tlio most elllcient of avnllablo means to pi event a recurrence of tho caiumlty, It tuftes puclr visitations as tills one, nlghtfttl as it appeals and is, to sharp en tho. w lis and freshen the euoigies, Small communities trie liable, unless vvatneiVnow und then, to giow euieless In tlte- ptovlsion uBainst Hie, FliVs In them us a lule ate taw. Houses stand rtjiom.year to jear in appaient fteedoin tffim danger. And tho result Is thntoften precautions which might bo tnken through the organization of volunteer Aqes and their liberal equip, inent, liioAieglccted or not piopeily malututned. It Is an tuio in relation to Hies usjlt-is-lu lelation to liberty that "t'teindl vigllauco" must be exeiclsed If double Is to bo avoided, We a.io not informed as to what the conditions in Peckvllle weio tor pio lection against lire; but it Is hue in many of tlio smaller communities in this noghboilood, us Jt wusunjll 10 cently hue of us huge und wealthy a community, as Scr union, .that pi elec tive measures have been notoriously InadeqUatOawWhen, bjri jupper effoit, they lUiglrl liave becirSvary consldei ably lnipiovtd. Tle school which es- porloncp licens Iti lhre nmllcin Is ti roitiy one; but the Iopkoiih tcauipd lit It ate tcmoipbired. AVe have no doubt that there ! enough Rontl Aiuork-nn pltlck and silt In IVcIjvIIIq to pull tltu town toRPtlior u fler llili" iiilsfoilUiiP, lebulhl lit bn.ttei ulylo vital has boon deployed, and thru to mfPRtnuil It lo tho limit of the inwn'H ability. .- i Colncldfiit Willi tlio announcement thai Cuba's Hist minister to Witililiii; ton Hill bo Honor Ouiiiiiti, wbo topic-fi-iited It iinolllolally dtiilnt,' the itixui icctloii, comet thu kiioiw thai tho III. st Anieilrnn ltiliilslci' to Ilaana will be Klti-liiiKh hoc. Tlila would lltimlule the lltliess of tlilng-i, To Maintain Just Rates. ASIOXC the oppoi (Miinicnt Riipeiv . loud lutes, ini 1 opponents of gov- vision of lnll- ludlng, nalur- allv, most of the inllway macjnates and big shipping inteipsts which level in lebales and "pull," this iiigumont Is liDhid; "Let tlicu- bo n complpte legal ucognltlon of pools and freight associations, having cential biiHMUs, with power to adjust lates In teiiltoiy wlicic tialllo is comjietltivc " Fuiiliermoie, as "William A. Itolieitson wiltes In the Toutm: "Of couis, all tiullls and agu'cmc'iils hould bo filed with the Intoi state Coin inoice ooninilssion, and should not take effect lor a opitaln number of days after their Illing. liming iirh peilod of espectatlon, nnj paity In intoust should bo at llbeity to file exceptions and objections to the pioposcd auange uienl. Jl tlicso objections met with the appioval of the commission, it should be its dulv to upplv to tlte oil cult com I for an injunction to lestiain the com pany Horn putting the lates in foico; or it might itself Ille objections and spek an injunction. I3ut if no objec tion was piesented, the lates should be dpemed prima facie Just and leasonable as against all futiiie objecting paitic, and should become legal Kites of c.tr llage, binding upon tiie lallio.id com pany. Jn any suit or pioceedlng in com I, the piesumptlou would be In favor of thoe lates which had been Hied and appioved. Tims the bin den of ptoof would bo sometimes on the lailioad, as when seeking to substitute a new tailff len an old one over the ob iecllon ot the commission; lim some limes on the shipper, as when attack ing the leasonabieness of a. late nlieady cslabllsbed. Jn this way, the lights of all paities v ould be piolected. Sudden and unieasomible advances in uites would be difficult; the comt, not the commission, would Judge of the icnson abieness of ,i mte, but the commission would be the constant and walciiful lepiesentntlve of the Intel est s of tho shippers. 'lieie tiafllc conditions had changed to such a degieo that a i.ite or agreement oiiginally just and rea sonable had ceased to be s0, the com mission might be authorized to insti tute proceedings tor its cancellation." The chief difiiculty with this arrange ment is that it deprives the inter state coinmeice commission of inhoient powei. its lunction would be cliiellv (lei leal. The great difiiculty today is not o much with taiifLs- ami agi ce ments as thev appo.tr on tlieli iaie as it is with seciet evnslons und sub terfuges. Unless the interstate com merce commission is invested with suf ficient power to fenet out the lebateis and to set in motion a machineiy ot piosecutiou so adjusted as with reason able ceitaintv to biing about the ade quate punishment of tho guilt j, the loot ot the trouble will leinain vn touched. Tlieie is need ot legislation making cilmlunl those acts, whether of lallioacls or of shippers, which piac lically set at defiance the public author ity as now impel fectly expressed in the interstate connneice law. Legislation to tills end is now pending and it should be enacted, Sometimes justice comes high. The Patihk minder tiial in New Yoik cot $2u0,C0U, and ended In a veidict so dlf teiont Horn the evidence that it will Piobably have to be tiled over again. Regarding Army Promotions. "-TPV'J' l-VlnXllifLlTY ot the sstPin ot pioinotlon b seni oiity alone which is now in vogue In the railed Stales nimj, with a low exceptions, ,nie to the shake up caused by the leient war, has otten been condemned by civilians, nnd as of len upheld by anny men, who view in it a sateguaid against lav oi it Ism and the capiices of political pull. Hut In the Ionium for Apill Major John 11, I'aikei, one of the most Intelligent of the wilting llyhtei.s in Undo Sam's ai my, joins with the civilians in con demning the Inflexibility of the piesent sy.stom, and, wluit Is inoie, suggests a plan whereby it can be sitlely and ad vantageously modified. The subject is somewhat technical to the oidlnaiy limn of peace, vet ills plan is woitli quoting: "Establish by law a '.siipeinuiueiaiy list' of line pllUeis, in each nun of tlio set vice, fiom captuln to colonel, equal in eacli guide to lu per cent of the number now uutlioilzed by law lu that gtade. Piesciibe by iuw that all pio motions to this mipeiiiumeiuiy list shall be for distinguished or meiitoilous sen ice, to bo dotei mined In a pie scilbed manuci, and pinto all ofilceis lu tlio service on uu equal looting for sucli pioinotlon. 1'iescilbe that annu ally a boaid of thiPb judge advocates shall select it list of candidates in each nun of tiie seivlce fm eacli grnue on tlio supeinuiueiniy list In aider of met It, us deUimlued by conslcleiatlon of ollliial lecoids of seivlce. Piesciibe that any olllcer hi the soivico may make application for such considera tion, or thnt any tonmuiudiug ofllter may recommend any subotdiuatn for buch consideiation, eacli applUation oi lecommendatlon to be accompanied by the official U'cotil of the seivico on which it Is based. Piesciibe that tlio candidates so selected shall be dlglblo for one vein, and sliull lie consluett'd by the ue.xt annual boaid If they fall of pioinotlon timing tho jeai, but that all pi emotions duiiiig the jeuv shall bo fiom the list of enndidutes in tho ouler determined by the annual boaid. Fin ully, let each officer so promoted be car lied on In his proper place on the lineal icglster, without number, until ho shall )o ptomoted lineally to his superpu meioiy gtade, ut which time let Iilu'i i overt lu his place in the lineal list, ui eating a vacancy In the sttpcrnuiner niy list to bo filled as heroic. The ex tin oillceis, not lniny in number, avail able for nny duty consistent with their wink, will nffoid a smalt sinplus lo meet details In time of pence, nnd will penult the logtilar tit my to furnish u quota of Held oIIIcom to the voluntceis In limp of wni, without depleting the regular leglments of nillcetB. A board of Judge advocates is lcconnnonded be cause lliese oillceis aie absolutely In dependent ot political lulluoncc, will not be themselves aficcted by tho pro posed law, aie nccliiitoined to weighing the values of lecouls, and ate ptofes slonally distinguished for the judicial fnliness and teinpei anient so essential to the pioper dlschaige ot this dellpale dun." In Major Ionian's oiiinlon, this piop osltlon "would depiive no olllcer ot uny light, lctaln Intact the seniority xys tcni, meet the nc tual needs ot the ser vlie, open a legitimate avenue lor the pioinotlon ot despiving oliiccis, stimu late ambition, foster originality und entei prise, equalize low aids while at tho same time seeming appropriate lccognitlon for all specially nieiltorlous seivlce, and be ti powerful Incentive to special zeal, encigy and Industty in tho case of cveiy olllcer in the set Vice." At a time when mmy leoig.iulzatlon Is one of tho vital Issues, this plan seems w oi thy of caioful consideration. Notwithstanding thu piourlnence achieved by ceitalu women who boast of being able to do men's woik, the woman who can successfully perfoim woman's woik still lias a wann place in the lieait of still eilng man. Of clitics of ills method of camm ing Aguiualdo, General Funstoir snjs: "They Know a good deal moie about tlu ai tides of golf than they do about the ai tides ot win." And that is piob ablj the ti uthu A veiy unpleasant task lias been Im posed upon the Cential Pennsylvania Methodist Jplscopal confeience at Bellefonte in the woik of untangling the knots in the Dr. Swallow eae. Fiom the way the prices ot beet aie advancing, one would think that the deai public was being called upon to settle the expenses ot a stiike some wlieie along the line. It is piobably a good thing for the nerves of timid people that the live rabbit is not as tenlble looking as the specimen cm cited by the Caster sculp tor. " Tiie capture ot Noiiel, another insui gent olllcei, shows that Manila, like South Caiollna, lias an inexhaustible stock of geneials constantlj on hand. Fiom the testimony of Mr. Morgan it would seem that a million or two looks like thirty cents in the ees of the lall load magnate. Meals for a cent aie now seived in New Yoik, wiille foi live cents ou can get a feast. Yet they sa a pooi man has no show. What United States Has Done for Cdba l lulu the I'lilhdcliilil 1 fie-" Willi slUcu,i UoaVi .VI i. 20 js the ib. hIi cif the upulilic ot C ltOOt'-i OlJil IpliOilllillk' hen the i;ocrmiiciit Cub i auiue!, con tlol, JllUi(llcllOll lllil JlltllOlltV CHOI the iil mil the fmoifiKine of the 1'nllcd Stales ickIiis in la-.t t.1s:e. Nd conipicst in lii-,toi.i ban a like lumil. It bcMii lom .vnii i0'(, will, I, ,ot until tlnce vcjis i'u weie t lie ili-tiuliiiu lonUllioiw of ion Hal ovii. I he Ilit elictions vcic only possible a little oiei a .veil ,liuc. 1 1 the Fniteil States two nioiiths licuce oinicnileis the Wind to the mil- of Us people, fiilllllmg the pkd'0 with which iniiiicieiicc Degin miiI wlucli no luiopean ,li. sum i cvpeclecl would he Kept Kept it lu-, bem, .mil imiili moie than w n plulfcCil uconiplishoil Hie Lulled btiln in Ju'il the idiiid .ifli. tlmtj juij of liitriiiilltcnl in Miircclioi I'oi three veirs It bid been blading fiom end to end. Vu uisingint folic was in the Ihld of Mime .U.Oou men, (.tionp iiioubIi lo ie idie Sjuin Mmi u tle jhi nouily in whole uiiii oC 10,0(10 men 'the sugji plniti lions ncio livjcd with (lie and the isitir piod nit had fillcn fiom 1,01)0,000 lo TU.OOO loin .VU tuck luil t-iinil 1 1 Ij hliuiiiLcii Onlv tho deilh lite hid giottii Villow uiii was iiidenilc. l'adi siiinmii it wis ipiileinic. The ikalhs wire vi n b jc.il tluce to fom times- the noun il mini bci Stanatlon in ivi; and IS'iS t.wept nil mirly i sKth of the population, herded In iiiililarj. (.imps whose nioilalli in innn i isn leu dead ieiy .voiini; ihlld I he Mind was without nsil iillliiie or ludii-ti), wilhout hocuiin u ti ule, iiiul the only tin it lug- tallliig- was that of grave dltviH and tieiiilinnhiis, who woe ttccMy biujlu' moie hiimiii behi,s Hut tin war (osi in open llfclll. j No inubliui wis nli-nit fum the wuik of pailfle.itlon. u IiisiiiKent mm nnd Koirimii'iiM wiiun luil home imuh, uaud to lose nil Unit of lliui jiais of (oiillliL und (vposmo and tlililj jean uf unit (tlon 'Ihe ellle wen, dlviikd Into hostile (uli in mil SiunMi futloiis. 'Ihe ncdlt of pljinciK hid Jiiuu with llich jiluit, V vast moil j;io '''I't, fiom lluee to lle veils in u u irs, piisiil on iinhitij nnd .nileulluie. 'Ihe louN and Jiuicles m iiiniil vith Ininlit. icmu liuiiU nt llihh veils' tlaudliiff 1'eaikiicc w m in ciu hamkt ami the sinllan (ninlllion if tho lit Irs in ule iveij homi n po-slhle p(sllioue. l'oiii Jim hue psscd 'ihe Iiiiiigint ainij Wlls lllduuilld WllllOlll bllOlk oi ioIIUIou 1 111 pi iv and fail lualiiicnl ulllinl nil. 'the liisiii Bint (.ouiiimcnt dlttohdl. 'ihe Uland inojs hillci older Hi in foi a Koncialion Aellow fivn his bun eviluilul (oi the llil lime in foai cii. 1 m if 5 of lu hl-ton. The deith late i-IiOb Cubi ono of tho most healthy tropical I.laiuK Schools lutu bien (ipuud liaduis lino been tialued Idiiiitlini has bull luil fioui Oueious diaries mid is fien lo all Credit his been ieloieU. f-uar planlailons are n iqulpped und pioduio Ibis .mji (.!."i,0iH) tun.,, twothllil, a full nop, VU auiluiUuie ha, ledud. I'eaco evMi, Iuboi ii iuiploed. Kwrj pioblem irncnttil lu bicn 1 1 iiimpli nit I ih (tl The leioul Is wilhout evainple. No laud lias done. o this land ha, done 1'or om blood and our tiuuuio in fleeing Cuba we lue asked no ie tuin. 'Ihe Uland. U lited from dibt. IU teinrll), its ilifuisp, iU "liidepindinie, lis s.mitaij (on dltioii and iU uoiioniieul admliikliatlon aie r;uai. initcid b) the United btalcs U tho appolired lioui it llbeiator will loinuilt lis dealuv Into the baud ot the Cuban people, and iU ptosperit) will loiitiuue to be aided h the United states, wlili li fun) tho Ulaiyl mil iU mbabltaiit: I,ITERABy NOTES. 'I In- Aill I oruin opdi itli an article in wblih Sidney lliouks pcrtluenllv applies to our own problem in (bo Philippines the leous to be ilni nu from "the i:amplc of tho .Malay SutiV' mult r Ililtii.li i ule, inon- other papcid (n question', airiitlu foreign alfalrs are 'The Anylo Japanese Alliance," b A. ilauiiio I,o, and "I'rlnce lienr' i.it," b Tiof Paul &, Jlclnuh. 'ilicio lljfure ulo, ill this month's (onteiiU, illi. unions ol wilous, bUbjicU ot doincjtlc polities now uttraitlii? the atlrutlun of cougrcai; vucii us 'Tlio Aincuilmiiit of the Inter itato Coinmeice Ait, and ilallroad 1'oollns," by W. X Itobert son; "Promotion In tho iiuj," bi Jlaior John II. I'arkci; "khall the Uuiled States hva-e lis (iranluj hands!'1 lo 'ojin 1'. liinli ; ami "Pro pouil Ameuduicnt. to Ihe C'orutllutlon," hy llonrj Jdlcbneld Aet bucccw for Apill malulalin the rcnuiUU lu leieitliiB slmnbtil of excellence now ctpectcil of Ibis Journnl of linplratloii, One of Iti many llmeli fralures Is n djinposlum on ''Shall We Keep the Philippine?" paitlclpdeil In by Ilepre senlalbcs Jck, Week nnd Mercer pn Iho nlllnii' 1lbe, nml llfpieenlulhcs llaeon, Clalnes and Do liinonil mi (he neijilbe. Iniimnudi ns these men hue penoinlly viewed the slluillon In the Phil ippine their opinion lnu more tlnti oidluiry Inlcrol, "lbe llhck Cii rluli," n fdilkiiiKh llliislnilfil pnblUiillon of l'uiil; k WiikiiiII, imbodles n (haiiulnif erle of liunioroin clnuclcr studies Of lirRlo life bv .funics 1). Corrother, a ilslnc niiHtei ot (Ills fonn mid field of literary ixprev Ion. Ilv no wilier Ins the neRro bren more aicciiralclv aiil jet Bracrfulh nml pynipitlicllmllv portriiicd. Undoubtedly Mr. Coiroilicis hi a pronildiit,' future In Ainerlcaii lellcis. In Its Apill Imuo tho renluiy, oplolw of Ihe Ihlrlt'iivcnlli annheini), nu April "i, of the wnender at pMiniiUo, print i yniKM. him on tint event which embodies inticli inlrr- cstlng dot i not heielofoio published. Two of Hie (Otitrlbuloi uro (Jcnciill (llblmn nnd Mciiltf, who weie two of Ihe time Union genera.! dcslg. nated lo utransc the ilelull of the fiirreiulcr. In consequenee of the pfesspre if more Iinnie. dlnte trspomlbllltlci, S'cniiloi Hanin has had lo suspend for a time Id snlc of pipcrj in the Nillonil M3Kii?lni' on "William McKlnley n t Knew Him," Hut that doen't interfere with lldltor (hippie lie (outlimes to nuke hi pcil oillul the mo'l orlRlual ami nupp of the ttn cent monthlies All number of the Outlook are interest Im;, in. slruillve nnd eveinplir, but Iho luontldj magi ilne numbers aie fust vv Inning' u plaie amoiiK the best of the I1I15I1 das. iiiaRizinM. A rcicnt Improicinciil In bien In the niimbei and qinl. Ity ot (he illiislialion these always mean souielhlns:. Anionir liileie.lliis ihumtis WToiulit bv Vitliur T. Vance since he became editor of the Woinin' Homo Companion are the intioduitloti of a series of nature ttudicn, a pipe of humor, a notice ible freshening of tlio fisblom department and a livening up ot all olbci department", "How to (let vcmnlnlul with Cud; or the Vleanltiff of Ihe ( brisllaii Silence 'Movcimiit" is the lilklng lllle of a Pinall volume Issued bj 1'unk it Wannill. lid iiuthor I thcodoro 1'. Seward, bntler known as Hie nilglnatm of "ilon't Won" ilubs . character ikilih of "(foldcn ltule" Jones, lite pbllantbioplst and sociillstlc macor of 'lo ledo, 0, who has cut a wide math in Ohio politics nnd industry in lecent jeirs, oppens In Trank I)ilie's 1'opuhi Monthly for Apill. N'ot content wilh getting clcclcil to the legis hluie, llooth 'taikiiiKtin, .ucordinj; Ui icpiit, is to marry a Innd-ome belies In llfeiatuic as in othci wilks of life nothing succeeds like sin cess. Home and flower-, published in Hie inlerisls of a moie beautiful .merk in life, now has the eiluie .erwers of l.heu '. llevfoid, the well known wnler en dowels and thdi riiltuie. ntiliinl If inline llau begins in the Apill Svribiiei'n bis mast ambitious woik. It u a loii nool of mllltar life lunging puneipiM.i upon 1 lcvoliition lu llonduris' J line lie a number of Clacking feood thoit sloiin in UiMee's- llm m.igi7iie teems to hue the till on the wiitcis of lictlon who cm mailer hiiinin inleiest. Iloukei W Islington's autublogi iphy his been li inflated inlo 1'iciieli, Ceiiuiu, sp,n,si, Hn. iliistdiu, and a 1 innisli ti in-1 itiun is now In piOglCsS Vlu) wouldn't line ambitions to own a suc cessful lnigiiine 1'iank A. Munsei saji Mini se's Migi?liie nilled S(i"'S,oO(J 111 prollts last jear. 1'or an linn lie insight into the fir Kjstem situation lead .lull m llilpli's "China mil .Japin laie lo Ticp," 111 the Woild'c Voik fm vpnl IMPRESSIVE FIGURES. liom the New Yoik Sim live jeais ago there weie .1,200,iMO savnus bank dcpinitoii. in Hie I lilted States; now time aie O,s00,0u0, an inueaso of 1,200,000, 01 at tin late of maily 1 ipuilci of a mill ion a jeai 1 ie jeai aj,o ihe amount on deposit in the giving banks of the fulled Stales was 'jt.'JIO, 000,000, it is now s.),t,(),00O,0O0, .111 iniK ise of .700,000,000 in fhe ce, or at the iaie of si40, OOO.OCW 1 jeai. T' L'l&.rf mm fmmm tiv wm ''r 'A i4 rmmmem. WfflMiSaBKMSrS ffl:rtffi.,strfswtKif Jefiii.'rV'rtsSsl t Air 17 .! T u "iur Ml. 1 tV-t 4f fJsr) y , ff 'rn .T jj g J jltifTirr C. ' -,rTiMeSLIllJ5i:i'1l'MrfSrj'i"S! ry?&JzVI.mmLi5&2T f'KJK W H a! Ri BK'WfSM'.sw la SSifck msmsSMSm1. s1, mmsmmmm LEWIS & REILLY, Wy r & xjMorpuwraqMc CRANE'S. "WHERE THE SUITS CLOTH JACKETS SILK DRESS SKIRTS TALKING SKIRTS BILK "WAISTS ENOUGH SAID 3S1 LACKAWANNA AVE. SCRANTON'S BUSINESS HOUSES. THESE ENTertPniSINQ DEALERS oan SUPPLY YOUI1 NEEDS OF EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND 3ATI8' FAOTORILY. FOR SALE llc'CI(m.9 and W'sOONS ot all hlmht also Houses and building lols nt baigalns, HOitSI.S CMl'l'J'll and 0II00MM) ut M. T. KELLER boeUawannr Cirrlage W'otk. J.B. WoOLSEY C Co CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Uralcis in Plate Glass and lumber of all hinds. SECURITY BUILDINQ &SAVINSS UNION Home Office, SOS 209 Meirs nuildlng. We me luiturlng bue eieli month which dhow- 11 nit sain to the imcctor of about 12 pel cent. We lom momv. We also iisue I'l Lb PAID STOCK SIM) 00 per' ihare, inter est pajablo (.eml onniMllj. ALUUIir I1VLL, Sfiielaiy. E. JOSEPH KUETTEL, rear Gil Liduwamn avenue, iinnuficlurer ol Vlie Screens of ill kinds; fullj pi cp 11 id for tho Epilnj season. Ho make all kinds of porch screens, etc. PETER STIPP. (Icneril Ccnlrictoi, Builder and Dealer In Uu Idlng Stone, Cementing of celiac a ;pe clallj. 'telephone Si'K. Ofllce, .127 Wishtiiton avenue THE SCRANTON VITRIFIED BRICK ANDTILE MANUFACTURINQCO MP ANY Mikcrs of Pavinj niick, eti. M II. Dale, Gencril alcs Agent, Ofllce o20 Washington are. W'oiks at Xiy Aug, l"a , 1'. k W. V". It II. THB M90SIC POWDER CO. Booms 1 and2, Com'Jlh H'V& BCBANTON, VA. riining and Blasting Undo at Mooslo nnd Itushlale Worlci. LAPLIN & RAND POWDQR CO.'S ORANGE GUN POWDER Klcotrlo Batterlei. Elcotrlo Bxpladsrs, xplodluz blasts, Safety Fuss uai Repauno Ghemical Co.'s man BXPLOflVEO imKRr.'MimmmespjgsamgasaiEESESSBSEfsna Fire Sale of Wall Paper and Shades. Jacobs & Fasold, 505 Linden Street. ALWAYS BUSY. Ihe Mclbi Boots and CKfoids, In ttjlo liih and 1.11c; 1'or the hulks fair. Happy 1'ect-fiee fiom care. Melba Boots, $3.00 Melba Oxfords, 2.50 Please Call At Our Stores For Your Easter Shoes and Slippers 114-116 oming Ave f LADIES GO.!' JACKETS SILK RAGLANS SILK PETTICOATS TAKE ELEVATOR. IfeZZT infill it BSft- 7 Jul 1111' g 'WALL Y We are' presenting the paper designs of the year. The patterns are the most artistic we have ever seen. All original and exclusive. You will be as pleased with them as we are. You will find they lack that "stiffness." in pattern which spoils many good papeis. Among the hundreds of charming varieties that we shall be pleased to show, you will surely be able to select such as will add the desired touch to your home. Furniture, gs, Draperies and In all the beautiful spring designs. nu affls 129 Wyoming Avenue. n mmMstMmMssmasnssissmEtMX EDUCATIONAL. SwartSimore . Swarthmore, Pa. ' Under Management ol Friends Offers a wide range of elective studies within the four courses that lead to degrees in ARTS, SCIENCE, LETTERS AND I ENGINEERING. Swarthmore College has extensive campus; c OF SCRANTON. Capital, $200,000 Surplus, $550,000 Pays 3 interest on savings accounts whether large or small. ' Open Saturday evenings from 7.30 to S.30. ! i' 'l' i' ! ! ' For Wedding . (jrlttS, mm, lit locks and ine China I JYlercereau & Connell, 133 Wyoming: Avenue, j. ,j. ,. .5. .j. $ .j... 4 4 J $ J J J ! HENRY BELIN, JR., General Agent for tlio Wyoirfce; District far Dupont's Powder Uinlns, tllastinir, Sporllntr, PmoKde?i and thu ltcpauno Chemical Company'! niGH EXPLOSIVES. Safety Fuse, Caps and rsplodeis. Iloom 101 Coo nell Uulldln; ,bcraten. AGUNCIIIS, JOHN H. hMlill SckHS li, W. MVbUUAN ...... l'lmoulli ...UllUrt IJjiie 3 beautiful situation and surroundings; superior sanitary conditions; ,, 1 adequate libraries, laboratories, shops, etc. It provides for sound 5 sJJJ and liberal scholarship and Intelligent physical culture while it at- (Q tends to the needs of individual students. Catalogues on applica- J 6 tion to the President. $ jtfa if. prettiest and newest wall ' i Carpets, B EDUCATIONAL. College MP Do You Want a Good EducatiOD ? ot a bhort couioe, nor an cisy course, nor a cheap course, but the brst education to be li id. o othci education is worth epeudins' time and money on. If you def, write for a c'llalojue ot Lafayette ulilcb olfcr thorough piepnatlon Jn the l'iininccuui; and ( liumial I'mfeloii a cl as the rcsulu Collide louiocs. SCRANTON CORRESPONDENCE B0H00I.3 bCRANION, I'A. T. J. roster, I'resident. hlmcr II. Lawall, Inu. R, J. Foster, Stanley P. Allen, Vice President. Secretiry. IuuuGditito Delivery. Several Frame Buildings 1,000,000 Feet Lumber. all sizes 1,000,000 lted Brick 200,000 Fire Brick 25 tons Corrugated Iron, Boofiug 20 tons Tin Mooting 100 tons 12-inch 1 Beams 100 tons Iron Columns 3,000 Cubic yds. Stout rough and cut Sovoral Car Loads of Bool-, ing Slate Snsh, Doors, Etc. , Etc., Etc.! Also a largo lot of FirfJ Wood at 50c per load L I. & S. Co.'s Old Blast Furnace north Won McAnulty College Easton, Pa. v-l a. j
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