-. - v - -V r , ..5, ,. -V ' . , r - -'. we;-- THE SOUANTON TlllBUNJiMVEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1002. 0e c$ntim txibmt rubilshod Dally BJjcfJpt BiimlAy, by The Tt llmne rublhWnf.Corninrj''" conunaiomn. MBJill 1 I .ii.Iii. ti i - - r.tVV k.' litcfirxiti) Knitnt, o.tv.nvxnKi: JilMINEM MAAnilt. Knterd't th''fotrtofllc at Scranloti, m Second t,.,i . si fruvt Mall Mutter. When ipnce will iiormll, Tti Trlliunn l ktwnrn.Rlnit to print ihortlfltteri from Its f rlciidn bf-nrlnc current' (oplci, but Iti rnlo N'tliBt'tlioae mutt lie ilRncdt for pub llnntlon, ly, tho writer'? Tonl nnnict unit ,Uio ronilltlon prncpile'nt to ncccptiinoe U thAt nil 6ontrlbtitlom thnll bo mliject to editorial revision. w-l-i-: l l rnfc ri-AT'iiATE fok advertising. ThoTotlowlnr tabic shows the price per Inch each Insertion, space to be used within one year! sldinir on ItrnrlltiK DISPLAY Ilnti of Paper .60 .10 ,J0 .!6 .:o . .10 l'ull Position l.el thAii 60 incliee , CO Inches . . ., 100 "..... aio '" MO " 11)00 "..;... .1,0 .41 M .30 ,:4 .19 .44 a .ITS For crrts of thanks, resolutions of condolence, and ilmllar contributions In tho nature of.iulvertlnln;, Tho Tribune makes a cbariro of 8 cents a line. TENJAGBS SCI1ANTOX, NOVEMBER 12, 1002. Good lnnriilm,'! Are you u cnmltilnto for recorder? Mollneux Acquitted. NO OTHER verdict wan possible from thti evidence Hum was presented In tho second Molt netis trial. A fiendish mur der Is cmnmtUed. Suspicion fastens upon one uf two or three persons. One of these Is Indicted, tried and convicted upon circumstantial-testimony instilll ciient to condemn a do.q-. An Interval of time elapses, anew trial Is secured upon showing: of gross errors in the conduct of the original trial, and, with a fair Judse, a. competent Jury and n free hearing; of all material and relevant testimony, the prisoner Is pronounced an innocent man. This verdict must be accepted as not only legally but also morally conclus ive. That Mollneux did many things deserving of censure was shown inci dentally, but misconduct Is not murder nnd this was a trial for murder. Criti cism, has been felt and expressed that Molinoux's father and family should have expended their means and tised all their influence to secure his acquittal, but any parent and all reputable rela tives would, similarly placed, have acted likewise. A life was at stake and it was entitled to a fair show. At the first trial Mollneux did not set a fair show. He was convicted on prejudice and general principles. The retrial was a necessity and its Issue a vindication of justice. The indictment of Cornish is now in order. He has been accused in open court by a reputable attorney, once the governor of the state, of dolus the deed for which Mollneux was arrested and arraigned. The circumstantial evidence against Cornish is equally as strong as it was against ,31olineux. What was sauce for one should be made sauce for tho other. The murder of Mrs. Adams was a crime of too great cunning and too utterly heartless to justify any let ting up or the efforts of the detective forces of the law until the man or woman who conceived and executed it shall have been given the punishment It merits. With the case between John Mitchell and the companies reduced to specific affirmations and flat denials, it is clear ly time to begin the weighing of evi dence, The strike commission does well to select Seranton as the starting point. We feel sure that our citizens will ap preciate the honor. Arbitration a Failure In France. ir-"klIE FRENCH coal miners I have rejected the adverse award of tho arbitration board and voted by a largo majority to continue tile strike. The French government was very reluctant to Interfere or be identified officially In any way with the struggle, except to preserve order, but yielding to the precedent established by President Roo.sevelt it ultimately consented to do so. In tho first place It Is neces sary to remark that the Investigations of the French strike commissioners seem to have been extraordinarily light or signally superficial. The commis sion had been sitting little more than a week, and In that time they not only heard and examined the contentious of the miners and operators, but had lime to adjudicate upon them and file their decision. They manage these things moro expeditiously in Franco than wo can hope to do here. At the same time, tlie conditions were not exactly tHmilnr. The' French miners formulated three demauds. An Increase In wagei.JanTeifiht-hour-day nnd old ago pensions. Tho commissioners could not grant tin eight-hour day or con cede old ago pensions. These are suh- ;i Jj?jM 'Jr'nolJ.t leal action In - France and their acceptance or rejection lies with parliament. On thu wage, question they found against the miners. The arbi trators contended that thu conditions of tho coal trade would not admit of an advance. In arriving ut this con clusion they tool; Into consideration "and apparently decided upon the fact that a rise In tho miners' wages would etthttiit'e-tho price of a prime necessary of,, life without any compensating jnib- j lie, advantage, The French miners, or (.heir Icucbprs, pointed out that the cost of'llvlng had greatly Increased among tlio'nV. The commissioners replied that tfio" lilsHi'i cost of living among tie lidjlers, was not exceptional, that meip. tiers ot the community who wcro leas able to bear the enhanced cost of liv ing tlwi they were had also to submit to ,Jt, and, dually that It would bo "un- . equivocally outrageous" to tax one ufvtlon of tho community, and that tho '"jiodrcut, in order to Increase tho earn ...liiff power of a limited number of men -.eiiKagetl lu it particular Industry. r Thu5 decision, as might mUtirally bo ' cx'iiected, did not satisfy the miners, although their leaders endeavored to Induce tlicui to accept; thu award. The decision is too logically decisive. Tho rnilrlt of compromise Is entirely eliminated. It , Is unreasonable to belief (lint tho French miners struck without hnVlng some grievances moiu or less definite which wotttd np peul for Hdjilstmont to it tribunal spe cially constituted to sift them. It Is Impossible to conclude Hint the miners laid down their tools without rhyme or reason! It Is, moreover, highly Im probable that the operators who had tho full military force of tho nation at I heir back to preserve order and pt-6-lect properly would have consented to arbitration when there was no politi cal or executive pressure brought to bear upon them to do so. However, the award Is what It Is. An arbitration court has entered Judg ment, nnd the party whom It nffocta adversely peremptorily refuses to abide by Its decision, despite the entreaties of Its leaders. The economical the orist will hold that this argues noth ing; that compulsory arbitration is one thing and a mutual concession by capital and labor to public opinion to arbitrate disputes by a commission with only a moral sanction for tho enforcement, of Its decree Is quite an other. In fact and truth, they nre only two aspects of a primal dllllculty. A theory will not necessarily stand the test o practical application be cause It appeals to our Imagination with the force of a natural truth. Ar bitration as a theory Is an nttractlve conception, but we have Just seen how Illusive it hus proven Itself In France when It for a moment deviates from the beaten path of compromise and takes to the high road of judicial decree. In order to avoid repetition of the Madison Square disaster, Mayor Low has recommended that the city ordi nances ot Greater New York should bo changed in a manner that will give tho authorities some control of explosives that are used In periods of jollifica tion. The example of Mayor Low is worthy of consideration everywhere. A good many patriotic people believe that It Is possible to celebrate political and other victories without using ex plosives powerful enough to blow up a tleot of warships. m The Next Big Issue. -W-1113 PROBLEMS of finance do I not appeal to the average JL citizen because they are dif ficult to understand and be cause lie has a very Imperfect concep tion of their importance as live factors in the dally equation of his prosperity or business misfortune. Yet witli the great tariff issue out of tho way, there is bound to come forward in its place for threshing out before the American people the question, hardly secondary In importance, of currency reform. "What is the matter with our cur rency?" tho thoughtless may ask. "Wo thought that "was all settled when Me Kinley was elected over Bryan and the gold standard riveted." Quite the con trary. Only tho A 1J C of it was set tled then. There remains for adjust ment the more Intricate matter of put ting our currency on a systematic,' scientific basis, so that when business grows the money supply will grow with it and contract when business con tracts, automatically, without fuss or feathers, and in a' manner to do away with speculative panics so far as they can be done away with at all. Uy reading the speech of tho comp troller of the currency, delivered before the American Hunkers' association at New Orleans yesterday and reported elsewhere, you will get some idea of what is the matter with our currency at present. It Is like the ten year old boy trying to crowd himself into a pair of five year old iants. It doesn't tit. For one thing, the government is re quired by law to hoard great sums of money in the treasury vaults at Wash ington that ought to be out among the people lu active circulation. Money lying idle docs no good. It is the nim ble dollar passing rapidly from hand to hand in purchase of goods and payment of debts that counts for business pros perity. The government must be out of the hoarding business. It must use the people's dollars so as to benefit and not cripple the people's business activities, llul, regardless of this phase ot the financial problem, the one great defect In our currency system today Is the fact that It has to be continually pap fed and wet-nursed when It should be strong enough to go it alone. A cur rency system should of Its own motion respond to business needs, providing greater or less circulation as the volume of cash-payment business expands or contracts. If n big crop grows out West und the farmers want real money for their grain, Instead of checks or promissory notes, It should not bo necessary to cripple business activities lu the East and South lu order that enough bank notes may bo rushed to thu West to move the West's crop yield. Uenorally when the West wants money the East wants It, too. Tliero ought to be enough for both and there can be enough without Injuriously lu llatlng the currency or depreciating It ouo particle. Tho remedy Is simply to provide for emergency Issues of what is called asset currency, that Is, bank notes on other security than govern ment bonds, but so regulated and taxed that it will not be prolltable to li-sue them when there Is not a rush of busi ness and so safeguarded that If a bank should go to pieces with asset cur rency outstanding Its note-holder would Buffer no loss, There Is nothing new or risky about asset currency, It Is lu usu lu home of the best governed countries In the world and wherever It Is used it works well. Scotland has it, Canada has. It. Substantially It Is the basis of banking in nearly every iniportant country In the civilized world except tho United States, which clings to a clumsy old system patched up from time to time by statesmen who knew better, but who were afraid to go before the people advocating scientific currency reform lest they might be charged with selling out to the banks. Twentieth century business must be done by twentieth century methods. The managers of the Washington, 1). U, theatres have decided to discontinue all advertising by means of lithographs displayed lu shop windows. They say that they receive more benefit from the newspapers and from the regulation billboard display than from the shun windows nnd Hint the latter means nbottt .1,000 passes weekly, many ot which rail Into tho hands' of speculators nnd besides constitute it very expensive niodu ot advertising. The straight newspaper rorni Is undoubtedly the bent und cheapest In the end. Ithode Inland has not gone entirety to tho bad. The Providence police refused to ntlow Emma Cloldmnn to nddress a Bttng of anarchists In their city the other night. ' Does It Aim to Protect Traction Monopoly? AN OPINION waH handed down on Saturday last by Justice Dean of the Pennsylvania Supreme court which, If its purport has been correctly Interpreted by the Pittsburg Dispatch, which makes It tho text of n long editorial comment, Is likely to have a far-reaching effect both locally and throughout the state. The case eliciting it was that of the Philadelphia, Weston and Swnrthman Street Itnllwny company against the Chester, Darby and Philadelphia Hall way company, Involving the right of a new railway company to use for pur poses of connections the tracks laid nnd owned by an old coiupuny. Heretofore It has been hold very generally and nlllrmud by the Supremo court ot tho T'nlted States that the legislature- ot a slate may establish the conditions upon which such right of use may bo exer cised: but now Justice Dean, the Dis patch says, holds that "one corporation for profit may not appropriate the property of another to exactly the snmo uses"; and the inference Is that his opinion would prevent, for cxnmple, a new trolley company desirous of entering- Scrnnton from using for central city connections any part of the tracks of tho Seranton Hallway company. Says tho Dispatch, In conclusion of Its comment: "The effect of tho decision In the larger cities of tho state Is to shut out any hope of weakening traction monop olies by the creation of competing lines. It leaves as tho only resource for cities seeking that relief the doubtful expedient of municipal ownership. The Supreme court has not yet declared that a law by tho legislature permitting cities to own street railways would be unconstitutional; but perhaps that Is because no such law has yet been passed." The announcement that the novelist Hallio F-rminlc Hives is to write a book with Mr. Schwab as the central llgure naturally causes anxiety anions his friends. The steel magnate can afford to laugh at the constant newspaper resignation rumors, but It is believed that the "ten, twenty, dirty" style of fiction will prove more jarring to his constitution than the Monte Carlo gambling story. " i lief resiling- news to the effect that tho country Is prospering comes from India. It is so seldom that anything save a famine is reported from India, the announcement that the land of the Hindoo is liable to escape future clas slllcatlon in the calamity belt will be received with pleasure the -world over. Mascagnl, the Italian comuoser, has discovered that genius without a busi ness manager cuts but HI tie financial ice in this country. From the latest accounts regarding affairs at Honolulu, the victims of C!ov ernor Dole's axe display remarkable vitality. Gunning and foot ball accidents ap pear to be about neck and neck on the record for this season. Arbitration In France appears have gored the wrong ox. to XITERAKY NOTES. A very attractive feature of the North American Itevlow for November is a line poem by 1'Mllh Wharton entitled "Vosa llus In Xante." which li a distinct uddi- tlmi tn Am..tln:iti Dmitri' .it' lint lit.'lwx.t ulass. An appreciation by Wolf von Sc-hlerbrand, recently the llerliu corres pondent of the Associated Press, of the work uf Andrew D. Whito ns ambassador to Germany, with mention of some dram atic Incidents ofun-Ulo history not before published, is another feature of this number of tho Hovlew which is worthy of more than passing note. The new story by Allco Caldwell JIc gau, author of "Mrs. Wlggs of tho Cab bage Patch," will begin in the December Century, tf is named from ono of Its cluii'actors. "Lovoy Mary," an luiuato at a cluirltalUo institution who is said to have as many Interesting characteristics as Mrs. Wings. For seven consecutive months ".Mrs. WIkes of tho Cabbage Patch" has been among the six best sell ing books lu the United States. Ounton's innKazliui those days Is full of rlpo thinking on the questions at Issno between capital and labor: and tho fort nightly lectures of Professor (iuutoii, now published regularly in periodical form at a nominal prleo review exhaust ively Hie arguments of tio best econ omists upon subjeotH just now uppermost lu the world's best thought. A striking feature of tho November Woman's Homo Companion it an artlclo on "Homo Chinese Ways," by Mmlnnio Wit Ting-Fang, wlfo ot tho Chinese am bassador. Shu throws somo Interesting light on the character of tho people who are Just now attracting tho world's at tention. How to prepare tho turkey and other accesxorles for tho Thanksgiving dinner Is fully told, with illustrations, in tho November number of Table Talk, which Is tho American authority on nil culin ary topics and all niatters pertaining to tho table and Its service. The group of separate papers In the Century on "Trusts," tho llrst one of which, on "Tlio So-culled lleef Trust," wu lu the November number, will bo continued in tlio December Issue by a paper on tho Pulled States Steel Corpor ation, by Henry l.oomls Nelson. REVERIE. For The Tribune. Weird sweet thoughts from I know not where Float oft tho music-laden air, Fragrant niem'rles ot dour dead days l.lo in the violin ho plays. Dreaming, 1 sec tho warm moon ilso And llout through tlio tpft Italian skies; From gay barque calls tho gomlollcr Whllo wild, sweet strains cntranco initio ear, Tlio music ceases I stand again Sad and alone Willi the old-tlmo puln; Clouds have obscured Itulla's skies, l.ovo Is no more, und memory dies. It. ViiuH. Spcccc. THE CRANE STORE Has news for you. It will be read by the Seranton public, for our ads. always arc. Today we place on sale, at OneQuarter Their Value One Hundred Siiits The cream of the Season's Garments, ranging in price from ten to twenty dollars. THEY ARE SPICY INDUCEMENTS AND UNAPPROACHABLE VALUES CRANE, 324 TAKE ELEVATOR. BED ROOM We have now in stock the finest display of these goods ever made in Seranton. Mahogany sets in the Colonial and Na poleon post bed styles. They are ele gantly rich. Dressers and Chiffoniers in beautifully finished Mahogany; Colonial and" Louis XIV styles. We Invite Inspection Whether You Arc Going to Buy at Once or Not. HHl & Council, Washington Aven ORIENTAL RUGS AT AU at 500 and 502 Lackawanna Ave- at George W. Watkins' Store. Will Begin Today at 2.30 and 7.30 P. M. Wednesday and Thursday at The Same Hours. The Triumph of Honesty Favorites with the People ALWAYS BUSY The Hurt Korreet Shape Shoo for l!entlemon....3.50 and $1.00 Tho l-:dwln C, Hint Shoe inr Ladles $3.."0 I LEWIS I REILLY, Wholesale and Retail TOOTWEAlt. llMlti Wyoming Avenue. SUMMER RESORTS Atlantic City. The temperature at the AONI5W, On the llcach, In Clielscti. Atlantic City, .MouUay mu bs". livery appointment of u modern Hotel. Jzl mh LACKAWANNA AVE. FURNITURE ue .I.4. BflJL : &B S ' IfUIlHI ill rcao I WW HUM III IvUUU ,t. Of anything In the lino of nnttr.nl crnrtrla ttta nni .,, .i li. ,j, vx.a bwwvM yw wu ouJiy 11, J, Soectar.lfis i t and Eye Glasses! Properly fitted by an expert f opucinn, j. T From $1.00 Up Also all kinds of preserlp- tion work and repairing. Mercereau & Council, 132 "Wyoming Avenue, 4 ... ...j..!..1.,i Men's Gloves, The $1.50 Kind for $1 A full one dollar anil a half's worth at a saving of 50 cents on each pair, It is a Cape Glove, lined with silk or unllued, dressed or undressed, soft skins, modern backs, all sizes, and In nil the popular colors. A real bar gain at $1,00 per pair. Each pair warranted. One of the best street gloves you ever saw for $1.00. 412 Spruco Street 300 Lackawanna Avenue. MNU OF LMl'OHTKD WOOL CH.OVKS, l'l.AIN Oil l'UNUV, CUo WHO WANTS $20.00 in GOLD For a Christmas Present? Twenty Christmas Presents $50.oo To lie Cilvcu by The Seranton Tribune to tile Children of Scraiilon ami Northeastern Pennsylvania. One Present $20.00 In Qold $20.00 One Present 10.00 In Gold 10.00 One Present 5.00 In Qold 5.00 Two Presents 2.50 Each 5.00 Five Presents 1.00 Each 5.00 Ten Presents 50c Each s'.oo Total Twenty Presents $50.00 Tlin TUIBUNC'S SECOND ANNUAL Junior Educational Contest. A Contest In Word-lluildliiK-. Who Can Make the Most Words Out of the Letters In T-H-E H-O-M-E P-A-P-E-R THIS IS much easier than last year's contest, aud twenty of the brightest boys and girls will secure Christmas Gifts in cash for making the largest number of words out of tliesc letters. It is lots of fun to think out the words and hunt tlicm up in the dictionary, and besides it will help you with your spelling. You will be surprised at the number of different ways these twelve letters can be used. Rules of the Contest. Presents will be given to the boys or girls, whose parents 01 guardians are subscribers to THE TRIBUNE, building the largest number of words out of the letters contained in "The Home Paper." No letters must be used any more times than they appear in these tbrce words. As an example, only one "A" could be used, but there might be two "H's" or three "E's." Onlv words delined in the MAIN PORTION of "Web ster's International Dictionary" (edition of 1SHS) will be al lowed. Anv dictionary can be used, but in judging the contest THE TR1 BUN!: will debar all words not found in Wcbstcrjs. Proper names, or any other words appearing in the "Ap pendix'' will not be allowed. Obsolete words arc admitted if defined in the dictionary. Words spelled two or more ways can be used but once. "Words with two or more definitions can be used but once. No single letters counted as words except "A" and "O." How to Write Yqur List. Write on one side of the paper only. Write very plainly ; if possible, use a typewriter. Place the words alphabetically. ' Write your name, age, address and number of words at the top of ypur list. , Write the name of parent or guardian with whom you live and who is a renular subscriber to THE TR'IBUNE. Fold the list DO NOT ROLL. CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20TII at 5 P. M All letters of inquiry for information will be promptly an swered. Address your list of words, or any question you wish answered, to CONTEST EDITOR. SCRANTON TRIBUNE. 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