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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
THE GREAT PAGERS.
Either Robert J or John u. Gentry VIII
Race Mt Charter Oak Park.

Either Robert y or John ". Gentry VIII
Race Mt Charter Oak Park.
1t was surprise to the followers of
harness racing to learn that Lewis G..
Tcwksbury's pacing kings John r.
Gentry, 2:00la, and Robert j, 2:011a
had been entered IN the free for all race
at Charter Oak parl, ON Independence
day, the Glens Falls engagement for
the horses to go against time on that
day having been Cancelled. James A.
Murphy of Chicago has entered Star
Pointer, 2:0215, and Guinette, 2:0S,
and Frank Agan, 2:032I, will start for
N W. Hubinger of New Haven. Joe
Patchen, 2:03, is the only one of the
crack side whoelers whose nomination is
uncertain. The black horse is to be sold
at auction at Chicago ON May by or
der Of the courts, and he may or may
not be factor in the race. Trainer +.
r. Bovine, who has charge of John r.
Gentry and Robert j, said recently that
it was too early in the season for him to
decide which horse he will start, but
that both were entered, so that the best
one might represent the stable when the
day Of the race arrived.
Owing to this sudden change of pro-
gramme Trainer Bovine says that he
will ship his horses direct from Fleet
wood park to Hartford and finish their
preparation there instead of at Pough-
/ keepsie Robert J was shod recently and
worked two slow miles directly after,
each in about $3.50. The gelding wears
six ounce bar shoe forward, under
which there is a leather pad, with a
stuffing of pitch and oakum between
the hoof and the pad. The soles of his
feet, which were thin and tender last
fall toward the close of the campaign,
have become seemingly thick and tough,
so that he now moves without q sign of
his old familiar nod.
Four sulkies and q skeleton wagon for
the two PAGERS have arrived at Bovine S
training quarters. The pneumatic sulky
which Gentry is going to try to pull a
mile in minutes weighs 81 pounds.
The old style high wheel sulky i'll which
one or both horses are to go .against
Johnson's champion record of 2:0614
weighs 2S pounds The skeleton wagon
is a racy looking vehicle, specially built
for Gentry and Robert to pull when
they attempt to beat the team record of
2:09I, now held by Mrs. W. E. D.
Stokes PAGERS Miss Rita and Josie B.
New York Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
WESTERN BASEBALL.
1t Is Claimed That Only Two Teams Are
In First Glass Form.

1t Is Claimed Jhat only Two Ieams Are
In First Class Form.
The baseball season in both the Ma
tional and Western leagues is now well
under way. The season Of 1897 starts
under the most favorable auspices. The
national game has stronger hold than
ever ON the American people. The weak
clubs in both leagues have been strength
ened more or less, and the clubs will go
into the fray more on equal terms than
in many previous years.
Every manager i'll the Western league
thinks that he has a team that will
make bold strike for the pennant.
just what strength they will show will
not be known until they have met all
along the line.
Kansas City and Minneapolis are the
only two clubs in the league that are in
first class shape. Minneapolis did its
early training at Hot Springs with the
Chicago team, and got the benefit of
some beautiful spring weather. The
men were all in good condition when
they left the resort, and the effects of it
have not worn off since the team has
worked farther east
Kansas City did its spring training at
home. The weather was good, and the
blues got i'll more solid days work than
almost all of the other clubs combined.
1t would not be surprising if they went
to the front.
The condition Of the Detroit team is
a fair example of the others. Indianap-
oils ran into unfavorable weather. The
Columbus team at West Baden has been
almost lost to public view. st. Paul has
done scarcely anything but dodge rain
storms and floods. Connie Mack took
his Brewers on a futile trip south.
Grand Rapids staid at home and accom-
plished almost nothing. The western
and southern clubs have all the advan-
tage in weather as far as the opening
games Exchange.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
BASEBALL BREVITIES.

Cleveland was recently beaten by
Grand Rapids, s to B.
Billy Hasamaear is following the
horses at his home in st. Louis.
In ten exhibition games this spring
Lajoie, the Philadelphia first baseman,
had batting average of $50.
Gimlet, from a Missouri hamlet, is
the latest exploitation as an outfielder.
Big Bill Klusman of the st. Joe team
is his discoverer.
President Harry Pulliam of the Louis
vile club says that Jimmy Rogers
showed a fine and finished hand in his
preliminary work.
There are some rare old timers in the
Connecticut league. Jack Chapman
manages the Meriden team, Jim
CfRourke handles the Bridgeport phe-
nomenons and Jerry Denny is trying to
land a winner at Derby.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
TIM KEE,
wi erChant Tailor.

Suits to order. Fit guaranteed. Fine
Duck Suits SIS up; Fine Tweed Pants,
$3.50 up; Fine Suits, SIS up. Clothes
Cleaned and Repaired.
119 KING ST. P.O. Box. IA.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
Floral Decorations.

Mrs. AMY l.. KING, announces
that she is prepared to furnish Cut
Flowers, Floral Pieces and Decora-
tons at short notice. Tel. 394
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18

We keep in touch with your
needs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
Interior
Decorating

Is a fine art, when prop
erly done, and the modern
styles of wall paper, de-
signed by some of the best
artists of the day, go far
towards making it COM
paratively Inexpensive.
A dining room, where the
the walls and ceilings are
made dainty and attrac-
tive by our unique designs
and rich colorings, is an
incentive to a failing appe-
tite.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-18
LEVERS & COOKE.
WAIKIKI LOTS
FOR SALE

There are 1O7 Choice Lots
for sale at Waikiki, right
mauka Of the end of the
tramway line. Several lots
are facing the Makee Island
band stand.
This is one of the best
locations near the Sea Beach.
The ground is as level as a
billiard table.
For prices and terms apply
to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09

to attach an enacting clause to the ten
commandments? Every state legislature
ems to contain enough cranks to keep
the BAH rolling, and every day brings
forward new evidences of legislative astu-
Unity. Kansas Is no worse than other
states in this respect Bills aimed against
theater hats, cigarettes and foot ball
nave literally became "too numerous TO
mention" y Massachusetts solon asks
for a salaried state board to examine
hlacksmths; North Dakota proposes to
license BARRIERS; an Indiana man has It
project to tax whskers Massachusetts
also wants all chiropodists to pass
state examination; Michigan ana Mis-
souri, propose to tax bachelors, ana
Missouri legislator has also introduced
a bill to punish by heavy fine any widow
or unmarried woman who refuses an hon
Orable Offer of marriage. Minnesota
comes forward with a bill to prevent
women from sending flowers to criminals.
Missouri wants to fine railway hands So
for flirting with women passengers, and
Nebraska asks that all bulls horns shall
be removed when the animals become two
years Old. Michigan and Indiana. de-
mand that bills of fare shall be printed
in English only, and a measure was re-
Gently introduced in the Indiana legisla-
ture making it misdemeanor to wear
squeaking boots to church. oklahoma
has tried legislation against bloomers,
| Kansas against Corsets, and Alabama
! against shirt waists. This country may
or may not be "the home of the brave
| but it certainly Is fast becoming the land
| Of the freak.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
UNCLE EBONN'S FROLIC,
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
The old colored man, who stepped eau
iously into the depot, appeared to be
dressed for an important occasion. His
long broadcloth coat was rather rusty,
and his silk hat did not seem used TO
being brushed the right way. He stood
just inside the door, and, bending over,
with his umbrella behind him, peered
cautiously around through the spectacles
which he had been polishing with great
care. His manner seemed so ditfident
that one of the men employed in the
place was moved to come to his assist.
ance.
Anything we can do for you?" he in
quired.
"Yassuh, ! reckon dar is" was the an
swer. ''ls dis de place whah de kyahs
stahts away FUN to whah deys gwine
at?"
You mean, is this the place where the
trains go out?"
"Yassuh," was the answer, with a
grateful smile.
"Yes, this is it. Where are you bound
for?"
mo place in particular. l jes' wants
ter travel"
But you must have some destination"
Il didn't know bout dat. But mebbe
de OIL lady was posted an packed it up
foh me. Dah's er pow'ful sight o. cor
Vittles an tiXin's in dat kyapetbag,"
But where do you wish to go?"
"Jes' traVelln'. | ain never been away
rum home. We done got some money
saved up an de folks all lowed dat l
orter celebrate my birfday by takn' er
'scursion an seem de sights er dis great
country, Is got tewnty-foh dollars an
eight cents. How much is half er dat|'
"Twelve dollars and four cents"
81 reckoned ia git on de kyahs an
travel dat much WORT one way an den sit
de conductor ter staht me back foh de
balance o. de money"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
Need of an Elective Poor Board.

The proposition to make the Scranton
Poor board elective by the people rests
on the most substantial foundations OF
justice and good policy and 1T is rldlc-
ulous to alege that it has its origin
in a wish in any quarter to gam rae
tional advantage The conversion oi
the board from an appointiNe TO an
elective body would simply conform /"
the idea of popular government ah'
put it in the power Of the community
TO select its own servants. Further-
more il would lift from the court u
load Of responsibility which it has ire
uuently expressed a desire to relinqulsh'
1t is reported that the bill which mas
been drafted, in obedience to repeated
recommendations from the press ana
bench. to effeCtuate this change is 10
he fought at Harrisburg. How true
this is we do not know. We simply
know that public sentiment calls for an
elective board and that the citizen VINO
opposes one win have the odds OF arSu-
ment and opinion dead against him.
The public is Still Interested to know
why the mayor, of Scranton permits
a discredited subordinate to ignore d
request for his resignation
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
The immigration Que estion Again.

The Immigration Restriction league
of Boston, Mass, which conducted
with signal ability campaign of edu-
cation in favor of the Lodge bill, is not
at all cast down by the failure of that
measure to receive executive approval
In circular replying to the veto mes
sage of President Cleveland it says:
The message objects TO the reading and
writing test as not excluding lawless
agitators. So far these men are crimi-
mails, they are already excluded by exist
ing law. The danger to the state, how
ever, lies not so much in the existence
of the few laWless agitators, as in the
presence Of large masses of ignorant ma
terial upon which these agitatOrs can
work. The message says that IF amy
particular element of our illiterate i'm
migration is to be feared for other
causes than illiteracy, these causes
should be dealt with directly 1t has
been generally agreed by committees of
both houses OF congress, and by the ma
jorlty of those who have investigated
the subject, that the method of dealing
with the question suggested by the pres!-
dent is impractiCaDle 1t has been found
impossible to devise a satisfactory way
of ascertainlng and passing upon the
character of individual immigrants, but
cational test will exclude a very large
number of those who are undesirable
for other reasons.
The League denies responsibility for
the last four section of the Lodge
bill as passed in the last congress. II
champions an educational test, pure
and simple, and has drafted q measure
which it will have introduced in the
Fifty-h congress, and which excludes
| from admission to the United States
"all persons over fifteen years of age
and physically capable of reading anC
writing, who cannot both read anC
write the English language or some
| other language; but an admissible i'm
migrant or a person now in or here
| after admitted to this country may
| bring in or send for his wife, his chill
dren under eighteen years of age, anC
his parents or grandparents over fift!
years of age, whether they are so abb,
to read and write or not" The test a.
to the candidates ability to read anC
write provided in this bill Is PRACTICAL!
identical with that contained in th
Lodge bill; namely, the drawing o
printed slips containing between TWEEN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
THAT INSURANCE TAX.


Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am much interested in your ar
ticle THAT Fircmen's Fund" in today's
paper. And while / do not think it right
to tax insurance companies on their gross
receipts-a tax on their profits would be
far more just-I am glad TO learn Scran-
ton is to receive a share of this money.
You say, ut was supposed that a great
sum of money would be realized by this
law, but 1t was found that the gross
amount will be about $4,000" A large
amount of insurance on Pennsylvania
property is written in New York and 9TH
er places outside the state and this is
why the amount realized is not larger
If written By agents residing in the state
It would pay its tax that is now lost
Many states have what Is called the
Resident Agent Law to meet this very
difficulty. 1t provides that all policies
covering property in the state must be
written by agents residing therein. | en-
close a copy of the law. 1t viii be intro
duced at the present session of the Legs
lature, Those who place their insurance
outside the state-chietly certain large
corporations-and get a lower rate be
cause of the evasion of this tax will op-
pose this bill, but If the hremen and
property owners whose premiums pay the
tax make a proper effort it can be passed
| easily, Yours truly,
| Charles h. Smith.
Scranton, March s.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
BRIGHAM YOUNG

Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: | notice that Colonel +. l.. Hitch
cock, in the Tribune of Feb. 20 objects
to the proposition of d statue of Brigham
Young as Utah's representation in the
rotunda of the capitol at Washington
He says: mo man can conquer a Will
derness who puts another in its place
Better a thousand fold for humanity, the
presence of the primeval wilderness in
its purity than the moral wilderness
erected by Brigham Young. His name
and work are stencil upon the coun-
try's history. His statue should have no
place in the capitol any more than that
of any other moral monster
My first object WI be to challenge the
writer's knowledge about Brigham
Young, or even the state of Utah, which
he seems disposed to call u wilderness.
Brigham Young was born in the New
England states, a land noted for it's prog
ress, its wealth of nature and beauty; Its
stability in philosophy and other sub
jectS that pertain to the elevation of man
kind from whence came the brightest
minds of the nineteenth century; and
challenge a brighter mind, a more level
head, or even greater statesman in the
nineteenth century than that moral
monster" the writer alludes to, the man
Brigham Young. His works and his
whole life stand in his defense, which
| Is So SlIOIS tHul lo SUI H. iIO HIdllcI
how fierce, can overthrow it.
| For further proof of the statement |
| just made, you will please go with me
| to the wilderness that the writer speaks
| Of, to Utah. Here about fifty years
ago landed Brigham Young, with
| few of his followers, to find
| a place where, says trapper,
| "a bird must needs carry a KNAPP
sack to pass over and live" They pitched
| camp, hoisted the Stars and Stripes on
| d lofty point, then on Mexican soil, and
| began to plOw the soil, preparatory to
| making it bring forth fruits and grains
| for the sustenance OF life. To this place
they came almost destitute and were
therefore compelled to live upon roots
and small sagoes in order to preserve
| their small quantity of seeds to plant
| for the coming season. Here they toiled
| and fought with mother earth for up
| wards of twenty-five years by them
| selves, when the world, perceiving their
| prosperity and the grandeur of their
| work and strength, and above all the
| blessings that God in His mercy poured
out upon the land for their sal;es began
to enter in amongst them and try again
| by fraud to deprive them of their liber-
| ties and rights. But God being merciful,
| blessed the land so that there was room
for all, and through the wisdom of that
| noble man, Brigham Young, Salt Lake
| valley was turned into flower garden
| Which sets at defiance the world for
beauty ana grandeur, while her people
| challenge the world for virtue, love
| chastisty ana intelligence.
If Brigham Young's name ana work arc
a stencil upon the land it must be the
stencil that the Apostle Paul speaks OF
in the fourth chapter Of his first epistlt
to the Corinthians.
c. A, streeper.
1OlG Wood street, Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
GOLDSMITEi'S o. BAZAAR.


MANY
visit this week and o q them
in
agenuine SSooS at
Sl4o ~ ~ f7 ~ 2 ~
Ladies' Two Toned Chngeb1e Skirts,
rontsi
andB
both jacket lined throughout $99S
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
Corporation X eform.

a discussion of the subject of trusts
which embOdes some practical ideas
appears in the current issue of the
North American Review from the pen
of V. n. Lockwood. Those IDEAS do
not Immediately relate to trusts-in
fact, when he gets to talking about
them, he goes to pieces as most reform
ers do-they have reference to the COM
monest forms of business corporation.
Mr.. Lockwood thinks it is high time
that the law governing corporations
should be so amended and strengthened
as to afford some measure of prOtec-
ton to minority stockholders, aud to
render it impossible for a president of
large corporation, as for instance a
railway company, to manipulate its Sc
curities for his own speculative gains,
without regard to the losses thus infict
ed upon the small shareholders.
TO check these and similar abuses he
would so amend the law as to require
that rot less than seven persons should
be allowed to do business as a corpora
tion; he would provide that every cent
of the capital stock should be paid in
at par value at the time of incorpOra-
ton and thus prevent misleading state
ments calculated to deceive the public;
in case stock is paid for in property or
labor done, instead of in cash, he would
have a sworn valuation of that prop
erty or labor signed by a majority of
| directors and endorsed by such an Of
ticer as the state commissioner of cor
! pOrations of Massachusetts; he would
! require the board of directors of the
company to give bond or good security
for the faithful execution of the trust
| COnfided to them, in order that the ma
| jority of stockholders may not ride
| rOugh-shod over the minority; for the
same purpose he would have some plan
for minority representation upon the
| board he would provide for a full and
! complete accounting of the company
! finances at least once a year and fix q
| penalty for failure to make such a re-
port; he would make the liability of the
directors of a company greater than the
liability of minority stockholders; and
| to modify or repeal q corporation
charter as broad as it can be made.
| These suggestions are admirable ii
theory and are no doubt capable of ap
plication in practice in which even
their enactment would serve useful pur
poses. The great trouble in all sucf
matters, however is to secure a uni
form and fearless enforcement of tht
| law. There are ways to get arOunC
almost any law, and especially does eX
| perience point to the truth of this Whel
the law relates to corporations. Th
law itself should of course be strength
ened; but superior to this need is th
necessity of such a toning up of tn
community'S moral sentiment that
viii show no more favor to the corpora
tion president who skins" the smal
investors that put their money am
property in his keeping than it nov
shows to the footpad or the burglar
SO long as society has only applause fo
the man with wealth, however OBJ
tanned, there need not be much eXpeCta
tion that the short cuts to OpulenC
which violate all equity will lose thei
charm to men whose ambition is para
mount to their conscience.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
The State Revenue Problem.

The revenue problem at Harrisburg,
as complicated by the necessity for a
new capitol, could be solved, in Speaker
Boyers Judgment, in the following
manner; (a) an extra mill OF tax, on
the capital stock of corporation which
would yield about $500, 600 annually: Oh
an office license tax of 500 per annum
on each of the 5000 foreign corporations
doing business in Pennsylvania, result,
S3OO,OOO more; and (c) a bill requiring
one-tenth Of the retail liquor business
tax to he paid by the various counties
into the state treasury, result about
100000 additional making in all 81 200, =
600 of new revenue a year. In three
years he believes this plan would pro-
vide ample funds for a thoroughly sat
isfactory new capitol costing furnished
and equipped, about $4,000, 900 to 81, 500, =
600.
This solution looks simple and the
first part of it would no doubt prove
fairly satisfactory. 1t is said that many
influential officials in the leading cor
porations of the commonwealth have
expressed a willingness to submit to an
extra mill of taxation for three years,
and if this be true the greatest obstacle
ordinarily to be encountered will in this
case be removed. 1t is not so clear,
however, that there would he approval
of the diversion TO state purposes OF
one-tenth of the retail liquor license
revenue, This would bear with special
severity on counties like Luzerne,
Sohuylkill and Lackawanna, where the
number of licenses granted is large
al the growth of court costs alarming,
1t would seriously cripple the processes
of local government in these counties