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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
Life Insurance.

TN THIS months number of
Gunton's magazine appears a
= posthumous article from the pen
of the late Sheppard Ho-
mans which presents intelligently
some pertinent thoughts relative to life
insurance When it is considered that
the American people are paying each
year almost 25O,OOO 900 for premiums
and that they have approximately ST.
900 invested for the benefit Of
their future widows and orphans, it
can be seen that the subject of life in
surance is worthy of more careful
study than it has received from the
masses. Says Mr.. Homans:
"While life insurance is a blessing
and one which is better appreciated
each year as its practical advantages
are more widely known, it does not
follow that it should be adopted with
put discretion, There are various forms
of policy contracts from among which
there is room for intelligent choice. \
young man with no capital, or with
moderate capital, all of which he needs
in his business, would not make a ju-
dicious choice if he selected a short
term endowment insurance where the
investment element is large. Such a
policy contract might on the other
hand be most judicicus for man who,
having an assured income, desires to
make provision not only for his family
in case of his own death, but for him.
self in case he should survive to a stat
ed age, Again, one who has a number
of persons depending upon his exertions
should select a different form of policy
contract from another who has only
one dependent. There is abundant room
for intelligent choice in the selection
Of the most suitable form of policy and
of the company which offers the best
advantages, and yet there are few en-
Eagements into which men, even the
most careful, enter with so little
thought and judgment as those of life
insurance. The result is that the num-
ber of lapses, or premature discontin-
uances, involving disappointment and
loss, is simply enormous"
As an illustration of the folly of eff
fecting insurance without proper car
ton and knowledge Mr.. Homans cites
the cases of those who have been in
duced to accept the contracts of assess
ment associations. THE principle up
on which assessment insurance is
based" says he, ''is that death claims
will be met frop the proceeds of as
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
Why Roberts Must Go.

"HE CHICAGO woman who
espouses the cause Of PoIyg-
N amist Roberts for the as
serted reason that there are
congressman who are guiltier OF
offenses against social morality than
Roberts is may be correct in this
hypothesis; yet her position is illogical
Assuming, for arguments sake, that
there are members Of congress who
lead double lives, none of these has
run for congress on the platform that
he ought to be permitted to commit
adultery whenever he so desires nor re-
ceived from his constituency a COM
mission on this basis which, If ac-
quiesced in by congress itself, would
have the political effect to legalize by
sanction of tne highest law-making
assemblage in the land the notification
OF marriage and home. If there are
members of congress morally as guilty
as Roberts is, they at least have the
decency not to brag about It and
fiaunt their guilt in the publlc's face as
their chief title to distinction and their
principal object in public life.
1t is the political aspect of the Rob
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

tho trouble, which is to buy your insur-
ance at fixed price from a stock com
pany. Competition will keep the rate as
low as safety will permit and the COM
pany will keep the expense ratio where
IL should be, because they pay the bills
instead of the policy-holder.
Lie insurance contracts which are free
from gambling attachments are sound
and valuable. If insurers prefer to in
vest In blind pools" they should not kick
at the results. AS there is only one
stock life insurance company of good
size, which issues non-particpating DELI
mite contracts only, l confess that the
public evidently prefer the three card
game with the other fellow dealing.
Allow me to suggest that 1t is bad judg-
ment for the dealers" to quarrel In pub
lie. Yours truly,
j. w. Dusenbury
Scranton, Oct. 81.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
On to Victory.

v THE PRESENT county cam
paign there is no inducement for
n any Republican to vote for the
Democratic candidates. There is
no charge, real or false, that the man
ner of the nomination of the Republi-
can ticket was tainted with objection
able methods or not fairly representa-
tive of the popular will. The nomina-
tions were an unobstructed expression
of the party wish as recorded at the
primaries and no Republican who
figured as a candidate for any nomina-
tiOn now questions the fairness of those
primaries or sounds the tocsin for re-
venge.
In the organization of the new coun-
ty committee there might have been
a fairer apportionment of representa-
tion but those who We're Disseminated
against arc not sulking. They are dis
posed to recognize in such matters the
truth of the rule that to the victors be-
long the spois-and the responsibilities
In so far as factional purposes are
masked in any of these manoeuvers,
they can well be left to the future for
consideration and action. At present
the duty of Republicans is to stand by
the Republican ticket; to give fair and
earnest support to every man on it;
to work for victory as a necessity of
party organization and party supre-
macy in the future; and to make the
victory of next Tuesday so complete
and emphatic that it will take all the
fight out Of the political enemy one
year hence.
County Chairman Nosburg has ef-
fected. it is said, a very complete or
ganization of forces and his infOrma-
tion is to the effect that no disaffec-
tion exists anywhere within the coun-
ty. The only need is for the bringing
out of the party strength on election
day. In this work every loyal Re-
publican should zealously cooperate
Penman and Norris Johns and
Kiefer for this campaign bear the un-
questioned credentials of the Republi-
can party; the Republican who with
holds support from any one of them or
yields to siren persuasion to indulge
in dickers with the enemy impeaches
his Republicanism and does injustice to
his party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

The expected has happened at Lady
smith in a manner which renders Eng
loss Of 1000 troops by capture is not
in itself an irremediabe misfortune to y
country possessing England's military
strength; but when jealous rival pow
ers are watching for a pretext for in
tervention, it is doubly unfortunate,
and it may also aggravate greatly the
possibility of an Afrikander uprising
in Cape Colony. The developments Of
the next fortnight in South Africa will
possess dramatic interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.

From the Pottsvlle Miners Journal.
A jury in Scranton promptly convicted
the editor OF the Scrantonian of criminal
libel last week and the court sentenced
him to six months In prison. That paper
has recently been printing the most sour
rilous diatribes against some of the lead
ing citizens of that place, and the opin-
ion Is generally expressed that the edi-
tor got only what he deserved. 1t pays
to conduct a clean newspaper The libel
laws of this state are too often violated.
and we hope that the day will come when
foul-mouthed assassins will not be all
lowed to pursue their nefarious work
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
A Suggestion.
Scranton, Oct. 81.
Editor Of The Tribune

Editor of The Tribune-
Sir; l understand that the so-called
discussion of life insurance Is supposed
10 be on tho heavy expense accounts OF
the companies. This serious weakness in
the management of the business is the
fault OF tho insuring public alone, and
as long as they are willing TO put up"
just so long 1t will continue at their
expense When you can get other peoples
money to pay your expense account you
will not use the same conservatism as
when 1t comes out of your own pocket.
There is one and only one remedy for
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.

Justice of the Supreme Court-J. HAY
BROWN, of Lancaster.
Judge of the Superior Court-JOHN l.
MITCHELL, Of Tioga.
State Treasurer-LIEUTENA COL
ONEL JAMES L. BARNETT, Of
Washington.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

There is mention of Rrigadier Gem
eral Fred Grants name in connection
with the next vice-presdential nomin-
alton WhV9
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
County.

Commissioner COURIER NOR
RIS. of Scranton: JOHN PENMAN,
of Olyphant.
Auditors-WILLIAM L. JOHNS and ASA
T.. KTEFER, both of Scranton.
Election day, Nov. T.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

"For three years Z had been suffering from
dyspepsia and stomach trouble, and had tried every
thing from patent medicines down to the hot water;
remedy. Last spring noticed Ripans Tabulcs ad-
vertsed in the village paper, and bought package
of Dr. Durant Z l had not used more than dozen
before felt better. l keep them in the house all
the time and give them to my friends, but rarely
have occasion now to take one myself"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

Biela,'s comet, the supposed harbinger
Of war, came very near spreading its
tail too late for the South African
struggle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

The cannonading at New York on
Dewey day, it is said, was heard at
Cape Cod, 25O miles away. If this in
telligence had been advanced earlier it
might have been attributed to the
Mole st. Nicholas correspondent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

Apurchase ofnear-
ly 1000 yards ena-
bles us to offer the
greatest value in up
to-date silks that
that have ever been
brought to this city.
The lengths vary
from 5 to IS yards
each, and for COM
plete Dresses, Sepa-
rate Waists or Fine
Wrap Innings, are
the opportunity of a
lifetime.
They are arranged
into 3 lots as follows
AT
6Qc 88c ST.. Is
worth worth worth
$I.oo. $I.25. $I.75 to $2.2s
Sale Opens Saturday Morning.
$40 and 5ll
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01
An Impending Crisis.

HERE ARE intimations. too
significant to be disregard
n ed, that the time is drawing
near when tho royernrnant
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-01

Entered at the Postoffice at Scranton,
Pa. as Sect nd-Class Mail Matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15
Ore Casing Mistaken For the
Hanging Wall.
DALTON & LARK SHIPMENT
TwENTY-THREE TONS OF HIGH
GRADE ORE MARKETED.
Mine Producing Very Well and Ores
VIII Be Marketed Right Along
Joe Bowers Extension Directors
organize-Rich Johnny ore-Cen-
tennial-Eureka Will Resume.

James Moffat, manager of the Star
mine in Pine canyon, Bingham, came
down from camp yesterday and is re-
ported as saying that very pleasant
surprise was made in that property a
few days ago, when it was discovered
that what was supposed to be the
hanging wall to the vein which has
been explored on an incline to a depth
OF 4Ve Feet, was nothing more than the
casing to larger body of ore.
After cutting through the casing the
ore was cut into for a distance of ten
leel, with no signs of the upper wall.
me Star mine is strictly a gold prop
osition, and it is said the new ore body
VIII carry average values of at least IS
TO the ton, which would make the prop
erty of more than ordinary Importance
from the fact that the ore is almost
perfect for treatment by the cyanide
process.
4 stakeholder of the company eX-
pressed the opinion last night that the
mine would develop into one of the
largest producers in Bingham. A tunnel
was run into the mountain, striking
the incline shaft at a depth of 200 feet.
he believes all the ore behind the cas-
ing above the tunnel level can be taken
down at a small expense and run out
of the tunnel to the mill for treat
ment.
Major J. B. DAILY and William Nc
Crea, who are largely interested, will
leave for the mine tolay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15

AM delighted with Tintics prospects
and possibilities.
David Evans of the Black Joe. La
RENE, May Day and Eagle & Blue Bel
mines. paid his usual business trip to
Tintic this week The Black Jack shaft
house and surface buildings are COM
pleted. and Superintendent Schuyler is
anxiousiy awaiting the coming of the
machinery A recent cave in the Black
Jack shaft disclosed marvelously beau
tiful lime crystals and stalactites, af-
1ordlng curio hunters a rare opportu-
nifty to obtain rare and frail speci-
mems.
y. S. Free arrived yesterday from the
city and Joined Superintendent Dan
Brighton at Silver City. who took him
TO the Showers Consolidated TO inspect
the ore showing on the 300 level and
the new station on the 400.
c. H. Mcmahon, western representa-
tive of the Simmons Hardware COM
pany, st. Louis, and a stakeholder in
both the Tetro and Emerald Mining
companies of Tintic. is here on his reg
ular business mission. Mr.. Mcmahon
reports a certain demand for informa-
ton regarding Great Tintic" every
where.
Thomas Weir of the Ajax and ORA
gon iron mines is up from the city. The
Ajax is in splendid ore at present. Last
week the company put out three cars
of excellent copper ore and this week
promises to market three more, that for
splendid grade have not been surpassed
for many a day.
S. 5. Jones, mayor of Provo, T.. r.
Cutler and w. e. Racler of Lehi,
stockholders of the Utah and Sioux
Consolidated Mining companies. are
here for the special meeting held at 2
p. m. today for the election of officers.
Lloyd T. King, the irrepressible rep
resentative of the Western Knight. is
here on Knights of Pythias business.
Grand chancellor and other grand lodge
officers, accompanied by a degree team
from Salt Lake City. will pay this To-
cal knights of Pythias lodge a visit,
and will confer the third rank on
twelve or fifteen candidates. They will
visit Godiva lodge No. at Eureka, on
Tuesday evening. Nov. 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15
PEACE OF THE WORLD ASSURED
TALK OF AN AMERICAN-ENG-
LISH-GERMAN ALLIANCE.
Comment On the Coming Visit of the
Kaiser to Queen Victoria and Its
Possible Results.

New York, Nov. IA dispatch TO
the Tribune from London says: The
German emperor's visit to England is
the chief topic of serious discussion and
ingenious conjecture. On the continent
he has suddenly doomed up as the COM
manding figure in European diplomacy
who has thrown his influence on the
winning side at a moment when Eng
land is making a supreme military ef-
fort 1000 miles from Lands End. Even
the commercial classes of Germany are
impressed with the power and conse-
quence of their emperor to great affairs
of the world and acrid French criticism
is forced to admit that England and
Germany have been drawn into a close
understanding which does not differ es-
sentially from a formal alliance and
forecasts momentous change in the
trend of European diplomacy.
The stage business of this imperial
journey is we'll worked both at Windsor
and Berlin. The queen is evidently TAX
ing the liveliest interest in the recep-
ton of her grandson and, after her
manner. is recasting the details and
assigning parts to all the members of
the royal family There will be fam
lily reunion, with every sign of affection
and cordiaiity and there will also be
stately functions in honor OF the ma
TONS illustrious guest.
The programme of the festivities has
already been enlarged so as 10 include
Oxford and Cambridge. London. Sand
bingham and Chatsworth. and the prime
minister will be at his sovereign's
right hand at Windsor. The German
emperor, who has a conspicuous talent
for stage effects. is charging his own
suite until it includes Won Bueiow,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15
Volume Of Business Large, But
Prices We're Lower.
HEAVY SALES OF DAISY
TOTAL OF $4,000 SHARES SOLD
DURING CALL.
Daly-West Sells at 12.79-Lower
Mammoth Took Another Tumble
Sacramento In Strong Demand
Buyers Get It For 80 Cents
Sales of Bunker Hill-Quotations

The volume OF business transacted on
the mining exchange yesterday was
large, but the general range of. prices
was lower A total of $4,000 shares of
Daisy changed hands. The highest paid
for it was 15A and the lowest 14%, a
shade under Mondays figures. DAILY
West found buyers at $1279. while
Lower Mammoth took another tumble,
closing weak with the stock offered at
OF cents. Sacramento was in quite
heavy demand, 5000 shares finding buy
ers al 81 cents. At the close 31A was
bid, with 321s asked. May Day partici-
pated to the extent of 500 shares at 50
cents. Bunker Hill was plentiful, and
buyers had no trouble in getting any
amount they wanted. During call 10000
shares were sold at prices ranging all
the way from AS up TO 5. Northern
Light was little stronger, and Yam
kee Consolidated was sold at fraction
over q cents. Joe Bowers went for IS
cents. but no one seemed to want Joe
Bowers Extension. Ontario was offered
at $40, with $50 bid. The following
quotations were posted:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15
JOE BOWERS EXTENSION.
Directors Met Yesterday and Com
plered Their Organization.

The newly elected directors of the Joe
Bowers Extension met yesterday and
perfected their organization by select
ing F. E. Wilson, president: Joseph
Lippman, vice president; F. A Druehl
secretary, treasurer and manager, and
b. F. Woodward superintendent
Mr.. Woodward left for the mine last
night, with orders from Manager
Druehl to commence work at once upon
the Estella claim, to which the COM
pany recently came into possession
from the Burnham Brothers of Mil
waukee.
Mr.. Woodward stated before leaving
for camp that he expected to continue
sinking in the new shaft, which was
stopped at a depth of forty-six feet,
1t win be run to the 100 level when, Mr..
Woodward says, there VIII be about
fifty feet of stopping room to extract ore
from the vein already exposed in the
shaft, and from which some very high
grade shipments have been taken.
While the title TO the Estella claim
was in doubt very little work was done
upon it. it being thought advisable to
wait until the dispute was settled be-
fore making any extensive explorations
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15

man in Great Britain" IF the Beers
see that they are sure to be wiped out
they viii destroy the mines around Jo-
hannesburg:" IF the 800, 00e Cape Col
onssts flock to the Beers the railroads
will be torn up etc, etc / presume
Mr. Geoghegan has some private infor-
nation on these subjects. or he would
not make such definite statements. and
am willing to concede that the gentle
man is mentally qualified to predict
anything that may happen to England
for fifty ye1rs. but | am not will
ing to admit. and never will be--unless
Mr.. Geoghegan adduces more argument
than he has done in his interview
that he has any right to consider HIM
self an authority on the Transvaal
BOer. Yours. etc.
1. WILLIAM EDMUNDS.
Salt Lake City. Nov ii, 1899.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15
ELECT DIRECTORS.
Sioux-Con. and Utah Con. Stockhold.
ers Hold Annual Meeting.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial CORRESPONDENCE
Robinson, Nov. 14.-At a special
meeting of the stockholders of the
Sioux Consolidated Mining company
and the Utah Consolidated Mining
company, for the purpose of electing
officers, held today, the following were
elected to serve in the respective posi-
tons for a term of one year. officers
of the Sioux Mining company: Franklin
Farrell, president; Robert d. Grant,
vice president; Thomas Wallace. jr.,
treasurer; Donald B. Giilies, secretary.
The directory includes all of the above
gentlemen, with the addition of Mr.. S.
S. Jones. officers of the Utah company:
President, Franklin Farrell; vice presi-
dent, Robert d. Grant; treasurer,
Thomas Wallace, jr.; secretary, Donald
b. Gillies. The directory, as in the case
of the Sioux company, consists OF the
officers and Messrs. S. S. Jones, Thorn
as r. Cutler and William E. Racker
Robert D. Grant was elected as general
manager and Donald B. Gillies general
superintendent of both properties.
Both meetings were entirely harmo-
NOUS. Messrs. Grant and Wallace leave
for the east this evening, Mr.. Grant re-
turning at once with his family Out
lining the future operations of the COM
panies, as much as possible. Mr.. Grant
said: 1T will be the policy of both
companies to pursue operations without
leVying any assessments. Mr.. Farrell,
Wallace and myself have purchased
the Farrell mill outright, and will oper-
ate as soon as our engine comes here
from Butte and puts the mill in shape.
Two or three cars of first-class ore
from the Sioux will go out this week"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15
DALTON & LARK SHIPMENT.
Manager Schenck Marketed Twenty
three Tons of High-grade Ore.

The initial shipment of ore from the
Dalton & Lark since the expiration of
The option held by the Coffin syndicate
was on the market yesterday, and the
controls showed the presence of 80
ounces silver, 4 per cent lead, "a per
cent copper and S1.52 gold. The ore,
Manager Schenck stated last evening,
came from the northeast drift on the
950-foot level, which is now advanced
sixty feet from the shaft, and which is
looking better with every shifts work.
The mine is how producing a car of
second-class ore daily and one car of
first-class a week, and just as soon as
the new eighteen-inch water column.
recently ordered, reaches the mine and
IS put in place, the manager says a
saving of at least $50 a day in the cost
of pumping will have been effected.
Speaking of the visit of Mr. Coffin,
Manager Schenck says he was ap-
preached by the gentleman with a prop
osition to again open negotiations for
the property, but what will come of it
he does not know. Mr.. Coffin went back
to Butte yesterday, and is expected to
return within a week or ten days, when
another conference between him and
Mr. Schenck will likely be had.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-15

lamentable shape things are in Mr..
Mcintyre said: 1T is very vexatious.
coming as it does just at this time,
when we wanted to run the mill at full
capacity and market our smelling ores.
of which we have more than the usual
amount. The little engine we are using
now is no earthly good. 1t cannot push
a half a car of coal to the mine. nor
bring down a load. and after struggling
for a half hour trying to pull a car of
concentrates out of the mill, had TO
give il up"
Asked how the conditions would af-
feet the November dividend, Mr.. Nc
Intyre replied that he was quite sire
the usual dividend would be posted on
the goth, but that he regretted the shut
ting down of both properties. and ne
cessitating so many men being idle
when the holidays are approaching,
particularly when it might have been
avoided. 1t will require perhaps two
weeks to repair the Alice so as to be in
proper condition. The New East Tintic
railway ordered a large Shea engine
some time in the summer, but it will
not be delivered before April. Two
cars of bullion and one of amalgam will
be sent out from the Mammoth mill
Wednesday, of the aggregate value of
nearly $1,000