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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Chang. Predicted.

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

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He did WITH the Florida fruit But the
Spanish frost may not have been
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

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discussion lasting several DAYS. as they
embraced 4 complete revolution In the
present system All of tine amend
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
A Good Scheme to Let Alone.

The efforts of the United Mine Work
ers, which is an organization composed
at the present time almost exclusively
of men engaged in the bituminous coal
mining business, Ito gain a foothold in
the anthracite regions are meeting with
scant success, for which fact there is an
obvious and a sufficient reason. The
bituminous miners, recollecting how
their past strikes have failed largely,
as they imagine, through their inability
from the anthracite trade, seek now to
use the anthracite miners and nine
aaborers as cat's-paws. They reason
that II they can once get these eastern
diggers of hard coal into their grasp,
general strikes may be ordered with
comparative impunity, and the consum-
ing public will have only one alterna-
tive except ito force the bituminous
operators to concede all points in dis
pute. That would be to freeze.
II their plans should succeed, the an
thracite element, being in a minority,
could, in any question as to the advisa-
bility of general strike. be outvoted
two to one, and thus be literally dragged
into disturbances in which they have
no interests to guard and no grievances
to right. A more preposterous and alb
normal arrangement of affairs would
be almost impossible co conjecture.
With the two branches of the coal trade
IN spirited and increasing rivalry. such
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Cantain Delaney,s Little Bill.

Harrisburg correspondence of the Car
bondale Anthracite: John c. Delaneys
bill has successfully withstood the batter
ing ram of that great and original thinker
and intrepid warrior, General Goblin. De-
laneys bill is to increase the salary AMI
responsibilities of the custodian of the
public buildings and grounds and for
which the Dunmore laddie is scheduled
Time was when we old timers who have
seen the map of Europe change and who
have withstood the shock of the discovery
of horse blankets, used to call this job,
which John C. is after with gun, a "spar-
row farmer" Goblin tried to shoot Do r.
laney's bill full of holes, and he did put a
few holes in It, but John C. is man who
is generally on the ground where the
worms congregate at the same time with
the early-rising lark, and he had the SEN
ate well set up. John c. is friend Of
mine whom / have borrowed money CT
and to whom | can go at any time for a
chew of fine cut When his bill passes he
will be appointed to this enlarged Gus
todianship and will pocket the $1,000 sal
airy like u little man."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

mean that the bituminous people would
accomplish by STRATEGY what they have
been unable to achieve in open CONNER
cal warfare; that is to say, the con-
quest of the anthracite business.
Emissaries of the United Mine Work
ers are now busy in these parts. Not
withstanding the chilliness of their
early reception, they are bent upon
catching the workers of this region in
the snare. Forewarned, however, is
forearmed. The sensible miner of an
thracite will think twice before he de-
cides to play into the hands of the oppo-
sition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
The Church and the Poor.

Ought church-goers to wear good
clothes? Is 1t conducive to Christlani-
ty to dress up" ON Sunday? These
questions look simple enough, but there
appears to be a negative side to them
founded on serious argument The
February Chautauqua, discoursing edi-
torially uponthe relation of the modern
church to the poor, bravely utters this
sentiment: "The thoroughly bad habit
OF wearing the best clothes to church,
the expectation of q certain smartness
and fashionableness in the dress of a
congregation, draws a line against peo-
ple who are shabby and have not grace
enough to forget 1t and forgive their
brethren for being better dressed 1t
IL true that there Is a kind of piety
In clean and fresh clothing; and many
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

from the PhlIaueIphIH inquirer.
Robert Watchorn, the retiring chief FAC
tory inspector, gave a dinner last night at
the Hotel Vendig to his successor, James
Campbell, of Pittsburg, and few friends.
During the progress of the dinner, Il. V.
Powderly, the former chief of the knights
of Labor, registered at the hotel, and as
soon as his presence was known he was
prevailed upon to join the party. Mr.,
Powderly is on his way home to Scranton
from Washington, and as soon as he gets
there he will commence to practice at the
Lackawanna bar. The former labor chief
was recently admitted to practice, and in
view of his long residence in Scranton,
and the high place he holds In the COM
munity 1t is probable that he will find the
law more profitable than the role of a
labor leader.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
Lackawanna Reapportionment.

Two propositions relative to the leg
tslative reapportionment of Lackawa-
wanna county have been submitted to
the Harrisburg committee having this
matter in charge. One is embodied in
the old bill re-introduced by the chair
man of the reapportionment committee.
1t solidifles the First district creates a
new Second district with 900 Republican
plurality and throws nearly 1900 Demo-
cratic plurality into a new Third dis
trict. Thus, out of five districts two,
in ordinary years, would be as solidly
Democratic as the other three would be
Republican.
The second suggestion, that of Rep
resentative Connell, provides that the
city districts shall made up as follows:
First district-Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth and
Twenty-first wards. Second district
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth. Eleventh,
Twelfth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nine
teenth and Twentieth wards. Third
district-First, Second, Third, Seventh
and Thirteenth wards. The vote cast
in these districts in 1898 for state treas
urer is as follows: First district, Re-
publican, 2,44S; Democratic, 1,73S; Re-
publican plurality, 705. Second district,
Republican, 2,3S3; Democratic. 2,551
Democratic plurality, 16S. Third dis
trict, Republican, 1896; Democratic,
1854; Democratic plurality, 6S. This
plan would give the Republicans good
fighting chance to capture every dis
trict in the county including the
Fourth, which is now probably safely
Republican for some time to come.
1t would seem as If the members of
the committee who live in unaffected
districts ought to be willing to let those
members who are directly affected
have some voice in this discussion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

The prompt ending yesterday of the
Fifteenth district congressional confer
ence at Tunkhannock by the, nominal
tion of f. ]. Jordan, of Wyoming, and
James H. Codding, of Bradford, for the
short and long terms respectively will
naturally disappoint the friends of c.
Fred Wright, of Susquehanna, who had
hoped to see him entrusted with the
performance Of his deceased brother S
uncompleted work. The selections made
by the conference, however, are per-
sonally acceptable, and they have the
political advantage of representing the
most disaffected portions of the dis
trict. Now that harmony has been re-
stored after many days, Republicans
of the Fifteenth district will be ex-
pected to continue in good humor and
TO elect Messrs. Jordan and Codding by
enthusiastic majorities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

out this winter with the startling dis
tinctness of "a weeks growth of whis-
kers on the face of a masculine bru-
neute. The new county craze, however,
is not dangerous and no doubt serves
a good purpose in keeping restless
spirits out of mischief.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

If the officials of steamship companies
which are too poor to equip their pas
senger steamers with an adequate num-
Der of life boats could be made to take
a dose of their own medicine, this form
of murder would soon decrease.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
The New Charities Measure.

"A bill to establish a department Of char
tiles and correction has been introduced
in the house by Representative Marshall.
1t provides that the chief officer shall be
known as superintendent and be ap-
pointed by the governor for term of
three pears. The superintendent Is en-
powered to employ three inspectors and
five clerks, and also three deputies, to be
be known as inspectors of charities, COR
rections and lunacy. 1t is the duty of the
superintendent to see that the laws re-
specting charities, corrections and lunacy
are enforced. For this purpose he Is in
vested with all the powers now con-
ferred upon the board of public charities.
The superintendent is given full power
to visit and inspect the books of all in
stitutons receiving state aid, and to in
quire into the grounds of any request for
state aid by any institution. Whenever
he shall be satisfied that any insane pa
tient In any county or district almshouse
cannot there receive proper treatment he
shall make application to the president
| judge of the proper county to have the
patient transferrde ia state hospital.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

Special to the Anthracite.
Senator James Vaughan, 1 am inclined to
think, will prove u popular member of the
upper house of parliament. He Is ap-
proachable, courteous, oblging and has
got great deal more sense than an
ibeX.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

The Anthracite county movement
less give the newspaper correspondents
something to write about for a period
of perhaps eleven days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

legislation is backed up by particular So
cities, opposition is likely to take a
course that will annoy and perhaps check
the measure"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
Another Good Roads Bill,

A bill introduced by Mr. Snlvely nppro-
PIRATES $5,00O.0OO to improve the public
highways under the charge Of the secre-
tary OF internal affairs. II provides for
the election and appointment of n town
ship road committee and cuonty road en-
gineer The money is to be disbursed by
the state treasurer upon order of the sec
retary of internal affairs when this order
Is accompanied by the sworn statement Of
township committees countersigned by
the county road engineer. The appropria-
ton Is to be expended outside of cities and
boroughs prorata, according to the popu-
lation of each county or such road as the
secretary of internal affairs with the
county engineer and township commit
tees shall agree upon. All such roads
shall be kept in repair by the state. The
local committee will consist of flve men
who shall serve five years without COM
pensation except expenses. The pay OF
the engineer shall not be less than $500 q
year and actual expenses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

1t is none of our funeral; but We can
not help remarking that it is a rare
kind of Wilkes-Bawe philanthropy
which seeks to defeat the Quay county
movement because it would cost Halle
tonlans too much,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
Thinks Its Friends HurtIt.

Carbondale Anthracite: "Representa-
tive Farr's compulsory education measure
does not seem to be making that haste
which was expected from the great clamor
made about II at the beginning of the
legislation session. Compulsory educa-
tlon Is likely to suffer because of the
friends 1t has made. When any piece Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

In the matter of making settle
ment with China, the japanese govern
ment appears as Independent as lady
operator in u telephone exchange.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

One of the men recently admitted to
citizenship in q county not a thousand
miles from here confessed, while under
examination, that he did not know who
the president Of the United States was,
and did not care. We should think
that our glorious republic would feel
proud of such a son.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01

would blush to appear in the Lords
house clothed in office or kitchen gar
ments. This brand of piety has some
claims to respect; in many hearts it
is associated very closely with the pro-
prieties of sincere worship. But II
does tend to exclude the man with the
shabby coat and his wife, with her last
years bonnet. If we went to church in
everyday attire, we should look less
like a smart social club and some of the
poor would worship with us in a more
comfortable frame of mind"
The tenor of the Chautauqua's con-
tention Is that the modern church
and, as we take it, more especially the
Protestant church-has not yet caught
the full meaning of Christianity's duty
toward the abounding poor in our pop
ulous cities. The feeding to these peo-
Pile of the spiritual graces of religion
when their physical stomachs are suf-
fering from chronic absence of meat
and potatoes is a kind of zeal which
is mistakenly applied. Even Jesus. 1t
will be remembered, first fed the null
titude before He preached to 1t; and no
doubt had He sojourned in Pennsyl-
vania rather than in Palestine, He
would have clothed it as well. This
much may be said without irreverence,
since it Is only "a logical extension of
the instructive parable of the loaves
and fishes. The editor of the Chautau-
guam might easily have added to his
argument the historical fact that fine
apparel nowhere appears in any OF the
Scriptures as q requisite feature OF
Christian evangelization. Not that
this is, in itself, an argument against
cleanliness or neatness of clothes, but
simply that in the serious earnestness
of primitive Christianity the niceties
OF our fastidious modern time found
little counterpart, and did not, there
fore, to any perceptible extent retard
the spread of Christ's Gospel among
the meek and lowly.
In one or two of our large cities
notably i'm New York, it has come to
be the fashion for wealthy congrega-
tons which themselves worship amid
| luxurious surroundings in veritable
earthly temples to establish, in the
poorer districts, modest missions, in
which plain pewS and a plain service
beckon to "a plain and poor attendance.
One cannot criticize the sincerity Of
good intention which prompts this
| thoughtfulness for the ''other half
yet it requires to be added that this
division OF the Christian church into
distinct classes, when dictated by other
reasons than necessity, is scarcely in
unison with the divine democracy of
that church's Founder. How, then,
shall the problem be solved? 1t ds
perhaps not for the secular press to
answer such a question: yet We fancy
the true solution may be reached, an
time, without the necessity of dividing
the churches into sections, the one kind
for the fastidiously afiluent, and the
other for the penniless unfortunate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-01
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY /, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide. TAO feet. 49,
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population. 1894, 10000.
Registered voters, 20.599.
Value Of school property, S750,000.
Number of school children. 1900.
Average amount Of bank deposits. $lV,-
600, 900.
It's the metropolis Of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point In the United States at
which to establish new industries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-09
NABBEo AT LAST.
rock Who Has Been "working" odd
 fellows all Over the Countrv

Crook Who Has Been "WOrking" Odd
 fellows all Over the Country.
 Chief of Police Egan made an arrest late this afternoon which will interest Odd fellows throughout the country. John A. Kennedy lodge, No 403, of New York, has sent word to the various lodges through out the country that a man was travelling on card of Louis Nicholson and obtain ing money through misrepresentation. The man was Emil Solomon, who had been expelled from that lodge and he was described as a neat appearing Hebrew with a very light. moustache. He was in Middletown yesterday and worked" the Oddfellows there.
 This noon a well dressed stranger en- tered o. H. Bronson's insurance office and asked for the proprietor. He waited around the office until Mir Bronson ar- rived. when he told him that he was an Odd Fellow and wanted enough money to go to New York. Mir Bronson, who is secretary of Townsend lodge, suspected the man and identified him from the re- ports sent throughout the state. He ac- cused him of being Solomon and not Nicholson. The latter denied it and Chief Egan was quietly notified.
 When the chief confronted him Solomon wilted and owned up to his identity. He had in his pockets Michelson's card and also money order receipts which he claimed he received for the money he begged, which he sent to his wife and five children in New York He begged piteously to be let of for their sake. He said he was out of work and had to do something. Solomon admitted that he had played his little game in all the big cities from New Orleans to Waterbury.
 The lodge in New York has been notified of his arrest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-09
BOILER BADLY FITTED.

State Inspector LafOrGe Says It Is
 Dangerous to Use No Is Engine.
 The articles published in these columns in reference to the condition of the boiler of No Is steamer have caused considerable talk among the members of the fire de- partment and citizens generally have in- terested themselves in the subject. The communication published above the sigma ture of Fireman" recently has been pro- nounced unfair to the members of the fire board, inasmnch ss the members of that | body seem to have no alternative in the | matter. To say nothing of the danger to which people would be exposed in case of an explosion by defective boiler, there is also a fine of $1 ,000 for using such an apI sratus after it has been condemned by the state inspector. Some people seemed to doubt the truth of the statement that the state inspector had condemned the boiler and Said that they should prefer hearing from the inspector before be- 1 lieving the statement In order to ascer- l tain the true state of nffairs a reporter of the DEMOCRAT interviewed State Inspector F. W. Laforge in his office last night. Mir Laforge authorized the publication of the following statement:
 'I examined the boiler of No Is steamer and found that it is badly pitted, so much so that it is hable to give out at any mo- nent when in use. In my judgment 1t would not be safe for the department to use it any longer"
 MT Laforge showed the reporter speci- mems of pitted boilers containing ''scabs. '' which when removed leave a hole in many instances extending through the shell of the casting. Asked if it was A common thing for a boiler to become so badly pitted after fifteen years use. MT Laforge said: ''It is not an uncommon thing es- pecially when they are not kept in con- stant use." From this it must be plain that there is nothing left for the commis sioners to do but dispose of the boiler as soon as possible. It is said that with the new water supply the gravity pressure will be so great that engines will not be needed If this be thu case perhaps it will not be necessary te purchase new | steamer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-09
CYCLING CHAT.

Belgium boasts of 225 wheel clubs. of which Brussels has 20.
 Over 50. GOO people attended the opening of the Paris cycle show.
 American made wheels nro to be import ed inta Holland by an Amsterdam con cern
 At the National cycle show, just brought to a close in London, 1, ,64o machines were exhibited
 Paris was astounded recently to sec a negro wheelwoman pedaling along the boulevards.
 Special paths for cyclists are at present being constructed along one side of the main roads in Belgium.
 Ladies trousers to ride bicycles in" is a startling statement hung out by 6 Philadelphia tailor shop.
 It hardly seems possible that it Is only five years since the first pneumatic tired bicycle was seen in England.
 A new English saddle Is made of wire netting woven in Q somewhat similar fash ion to the wire mattress seen in this coun- try.
 We arc continually being told that cycling is comparatively in its infancy. It is A pretty healthy infant, though. Don't you think so'-Sporting Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-09
TIMELY TOPICS.

This is the sixth day ofE. T. Turner & Cos red ticket sale. Bring a big basket. 1t won't cost much to All 1t.
 The Upson, Singleton & Go announce 6 tariff sale of ulsters. Price no object jusI now.
 Speaking of skates. P. J. Bolan has the biggest variety you ever saw. Prices way down; too.
 A. W. Castle. the popular butcher, always has the interests of his patrons in mind. His prices are low alwaya-
 B. Shoninger < Go wish to call the at tention of the public to their bargain sale of second hand pianos and would state that their pianos must be sold to make room for new stock which will arrive about February I. when they will have an opening. under entirely new management, If you are contemplating purchasing 6 piano call at once and procure e bargain in either A new or second hand piano.
 Greater bargains than ever tomorrow at Curran's. Read their big ''adv."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-09
Shot Himself In the Breast.

MYSTIC, Jan 9.-Captain George Little- field shot himself this morning at his home in Water street, it is supposed with suicidal intent. His step son, George Church, age: r, came into the house this morning at half past eight o'clock with a double barreled shot gun which he laid on a table ill the kitchen while he went into the sitting room to see the family before starting on hunting trip. A few minutes later Captain Littlsheld went into the kitchen, and shortly the people were startled by hearing the report of a gun. Investigation found the cap tain's body in a hallway in the rear of the kitchen. He was unconscious, and had fired the contents of one barrel into his breast. Medical Examiner Wiggins was summoned, and worked on the man for an hour, and at ten o'clock the captain was still alive. though it is not believe d he will recover. He has been Respondent of late.