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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

sued in excess OF the actual property
Of a company. Another necessary fea-
ture would be a heavy tax on the
payment OF excessive dividends or the
accumulation Of profits in excess Of
the amount necessary 10 pay a reason
able return 20 the investor. such a
law, collecting a prohibltivc tax on
excessive issues of securities ard cN-
cessive dividends and profits, would
draw the fangs of the trusts and make
them harmless. while preserving to the
producer and consumer the advantages
OF consolidation"
The application of this remedy would,
says the Record contributor, stop the
game OF the promoters. who are un-
loading unlimited issues of wind and
water on the innocent investor, but II
would make the stocks Of companies
that complied with the law almost as
safe an investment as government
bonds. II would protect the public
against extortion in the prices of COM
n,oditics. without attempting the inn
possible task Of regulating prices by
law, because it would take away all
motive on the part of directors to ac-
cumulate profits which could not De
distribsted. Last, but not least II
would he a good thing for the trusts,
because the restraint on speculation
and extortion would hold them down
to a margin Of profit that would make
hlackmailng competition impossible
If IL would do ell this 1t should be
good law to pass.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

The attitude of General Mercier tow
ard a representative of the Associated
Press who attempted to interview him
the other day was in accord with the
pitifully ridiculous stand that the gen.
eral has taken during the entire pro-
ceedings in the Dreyfus case. Through
his son, Mercier sets forth that II
would be useless for him to make a ~
statement in the case, as the foreign
press is prejudiced and could not be
swerved by anything that could be
produced in the way Of evidence in
favor of the army. From the man
ner in which General Mercier has in
sisted that Dreyfus is guilty without
evidence to support his theories it H.
not surprising that he should conside~
the foreign press equally unmoveable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

The Philadelphia Record shows an
inclination to become hysterical over
the arrest Of General Jiminez, and in
Inmates that the military authorities
of Cuba over-stepped authority in de-
tanning him when he attempted to sail
for Santo Domingo from Cienfuegos the
other day. Under ordinary circum-
stances il would seem as though the
officials have been a trihe hasty, but
a man possessing a name like that of
the leader of the Santo Domingo re-
volution will bear watching at all
times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
As Others See Him.

Governor Theodore Roosevelt has a
very peculiar, precise and staccato de-
livery when speaking in public, which
is we'll initiated by his friends. One
evening, the Philadelphia Post says,
the governor happened to overhear the
imitation. He laughed heartily, and
then asked:
do I speak as badly as that?'
Pretty nearly" was the consoling
reply.
Then" returned the governor, IL
must be one of the funniest men on
the stump"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

The boiler-plate news service an
nounces that Colonel Edward NJ. Hayes
will go to Manila in the near future
for the purpose OF capturing Aguin-
aldo. Colonel Hayes believes that the
war vould soon cease could the willy
Filipino chief be made a prisoner, and
will devote his energies to that end
upon arriving IN Manila. Colonel
Hayes has not announced his plan OF
operation, but claims to have the sane
tion of General Otis in his mission. II
the kidnapping scheme can be success
fully carried out IT. will certainly be a
more inexpensive manner of solving
the Philippines question than has here
tofore been suggested. BY all means
give Colonel Hayes a chance and let
us hope that he will be as successful
as the man who stole Chris Won der
Abe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

A scientist has called attention to
the fact that the Burmese regard tat
tooing as an efficient anti-toxin for
snake bites. This may do for tropi-
cal countries, but it is scarcely pos
sible that readers will be willing to
take chances with the American SER
pent upon any save the good old Ken
lucky prescription.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

1t is difficult to prescribe the best
occupation for men of deep learning
during the hot weather, but it must be
admitted that the scientists out west
who are counting the bones of the Dip
locodus are in much more profitable
business than the eastern professors
who are shouting anti-expansion the
cries
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

a few million dollars we can in course
Of time develop an American merchant
marine which viii save n considerable
part of this immense tribute now paid
to foreign enterprise. will 1t not be bus
mess economy to do so? This is the
whole question in n nutshell.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

The crew Of the Shamrock claim to
have seen a sea serpent on their voyage
across the Atlantic. Sir Thomas Lip
ton will do we'll to take a hint from
this circumstance and put his sailors
on soft drinks until after the race.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

In any event the Man Behind the
Hoe press is in much better condition
that the individual who used to pull
the lever of the old Washington type
of printing machine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
Ocean Subsidies.

The commissioner of navigation, Eu-
gene IT. Chamberlain, a Democrat APP
rointed to office by President Cleveland
and therefore not chargeable with bias
in favor of a measure distinctly Re-
publican in authorship and policy,
takes issue with those who in the last
congress opposed the Hanna-Payne
shipping bill on the ground that its
provisions opened wide the door to eX-
travagant subsidies. He has issued
a statement covering the controverted
points which is of educational interest
in view of the prospect that this bill
will be urged with vigor in the next
congress as an administration meas
Tre. Says he:
THE bill gives a uniform rate Of
compensation to all vessels (sail or
steam) virtually one cent per grsis ton
tor each 100 nautical miles traversed
to offset the increased cost of construc-
tion and operation in the United States.
1t has not, so far as | am aware,
been criticised as unreasonable, il one
accepts the theory that the govern
differences in order to give our mer-
chant shipping in foreign trade a
start. The bill also gives (over and
above that virtually one cent per ton
per 100 miles, a special allowance for
steamships of over / 800 gross tons and
of fourteen knots speed or upwards.
About eighty per cent. of the sea-go-
ing screw steamships of the world
which comply with the requirements
named as to size and speed now re-
ceive and, for some years, have re-
Ceived the assistance in some form Of
the various governments whose flags
they fly. The proposition in senate bill
$500 so far from being unwarrantable,
therefore, is mere compliance with the
ordinary maritime custom of years.
1t seems strange only to those who
have not looked at the facts.
The special and additional rates for
steamships of fourteen knots or over,
which have been condemned as ex-
travagant and unheard of, are designed
to offset the corresponding allowances
given to similar steamships by foreign
governments. Bearing in mind that
these rates alone mot the allowance
for difference in cost of construction
and operation) are being considered,
the rates proposed are not more than
enough to cOunterbalance contributions
! by foreign governments to similar
| steamships. The large British mail
contracts are awarded in lump sums,
! but have been at the pains to ascer-
| tain the steamships by which they
| are performed, their size, their speed,
| number of voyages and distances ira .
| Yersed during year. With this data
| it is easy to ascertain the additional
! rates named to which similar vessels
would be entitled to under Senate bill
\ $500. Viewed another way. this COM
! parison will show what foreign gov
| ernments pay to certain steamships
and what Americans steamships of pre-
cisely the same size and speed run
ming parallel to them throughout a
year would receive as an Offset under
the Hanna-P Payne bill. The following
are the summarizes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

Senate hill $3.50 thus proposed to off =
set S3,77S,eS2 awarded under British
contracts with $3,4SS,S34 awarded un-
der American contracts. The PROPOSE
tion is not oXtravagant nor does it
mean a pot Of money for the owners
of fast American steamships, Were 1t
not for two facts, the Americans will
obtain advantages for operating slow
cargo boats in conjunction with mail
steamships, and that our Pacific inter-
course with Asia is not subject to Suez
canal tolls, the bill would probably fail
TO accomplish its purposes"
AS was shown a few days ago in an
article reproduced from the Philadel-
phia Press, We are now paying in ocean
freights 10 foreign ship owners for the
transportation of our export Srade not
less than $lsC,OOOOOO a year, notwith-
standing that our facilities 10 build
ships and man them with intellige mt
seamen are potentially unsurpassed,
II by expendlng in subsidies each year
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

child born on this day would rather
vote at primaries than general elections
There's less liability of being forced to
testify at one of Lackawanna's famous
contests.
The sheriff seems about the only adver-
tlsng agent who can convince some men
of the necessity of u newspaper notice.
good many men who are failures as
political leaders attempt to gain noto-
riety as the wedge in the party split.
An advance in the price of western beef
may have a tendency to give the Frank
fort sausage an equine flavor.
Lack of proper understanding on part
of the public prevents many a man from
becoming great.
Aiacchus' Advice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

The long silence of David B. Hill may
be an indication that he is preparing
to say something significant when the
opportune time comes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

The war dogs of France generally
do their first barking about a bonfire
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

Perhaps NJ. Guerin would surrender
if allowed to retain his side arms.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

- begins TO look as though NJ. Guer-
in, the barricaded Jew-baiter of Paris,
would be obliged to resort to rat poison
if he succeeds in becoming a martyr
to the cause
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
TOLD BY THE STARS.

Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: $40 a. m, for Tuesday
August, %. 1899
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22
Ajacchus' Advice

The reformer will generally have bette
success if he goes away from home
work at II.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

EMMA Carrie think Elsie makes such mistake be taking
tonics all the time My experience is that tonic is
only good after have had a regular house cleaning,
and after that / don't need any tonic 1t is
remarkable how we'll Ripans Tabules suit my case. |
don't take a week, but whenever do they
do the business.
CARRIE: The tabules contain nux, and that is a tonic
EMMA don't wha they contain they lust wonderful
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north IS degrees east SO TT to h
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Preston, Mrs Mary, w "a TT Butte,
lots II and IS b 2.............. 1862 10
Quinn Bros, Butte, lot 4 b 51....... 80 n
Quinn Bros, Butte, lot 5 b 51....... 80 II
Singer, Jas c, east half of Butte,
lot ID b 81 z %
Thomas, j D, Butte, lot % b 29.... 34l 55
Thomas, J d, Butte, lot 81 b 29.... 3l3 "a
b 81 . $500. IS 10
Mrs Rosemond, Butte,
lot 10 b 81 50 n
Williams, Alb, Butte, lot 1 b 3d.. 40 "
York, ] J, Butte, and personal
property. lot Is b 7.............. 1888 81
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
FaL0BE'S HREAPOLIS OFFICE,
~ 20 WASHINGTON AK sou III.

Bernie McTague and Martin O'Malley,
two boys living in North Minneapolis,
when arraigned in the police court yes
terday, charged with theft from the
Glass Block store. confessed that there
was Il gang of junk dealers in that sec
ton of the city who had encouraged
them to steal. promising to buy every
thing they could get of any value. The
merchants were especially willing to
take any lead pipe, copper wire or other
marketable property, and. while they
paid little or nothing for 1t, it was enough
to get the boys Interested in getting It.
Other boys besides the two in court are
said TO be on the employment list OF, the
merchants, and most of the destruction
wrought in vacant houses and unprotect-
ed property the police believe is the work
of the employees of these dealers.
McTague and O'Malley were also want
ed by the police for breaking into nick
ei-in-the-slot weighing machine in the
ST. Louis depot and taking the money
from it. Judge Kerr, after hearing their
story, found them guilty of the larceny
charge and sent them to the state train
ing school
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
THE LAST OF EARTH.
Simple Funeral Services Over the
Remains of John Il. West.

Funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon over the casket containing the
body of the late Col. John T. West. Three
score of friends and relatives, seated in
the West hotel parlors, heard Rev. Ma
ron Shutter. standing by the casket,
speak of the qualities of the deceased.
Father Keane prayed; there was a song,
and the simple services were over. Out
side the parlors the halls and the lobby
Of the hotel were filled by hundreds of
Iliends OF the deceased, who, though
they were not permitted to attend the
private funeral took this means of show
ing respect for the dead. E
The honorary pall-bearers were: r. D.
Underwood. w. G. Collins, Thomas Low
ry Clinton Morrison, George Partridge,
G. w. Porter, George R. Newell and
Fred George.
Fred Underwood, Mr.. La Pice and the
, colcners brother, George, arrived this
morning.
The will OF the late Col. John T. West,
filed in the probate court yesterday, d.
vides the entire setate equally between
the colonel's two daughters, Mrs. Nell
lie Walker West La Pice and Miss Clara
Howard West. The estate has an estl-
mated value of 100000, divided as fol-
lows: City property. improved. sSO0. 1000;
city property, unimproved, $4,000; per-
sonal property, $4,000; farm property,
$4,000; wild land, $1,000
500 moan SWINnI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18

ship of the Union Pacific, is In Minneap-
oils on a flying visit
Herbert M. Carpenter has begun suit
against the Minneapolis Base Ball COM
pany to foreclose their right to the i'm
provements made by them upon the
present base ball park at Nicollet avenue
and Lake street.
Members Of the Ohio association will
meet at the West hotel at 8 o'clock this
afternoon to pay their respects as an
association to Murat Halstead
With one exception, the large Job print
Ing firms Of Minneapolis have entered
an tronclad agreement in which fidelity
to the price schedule Is assured by a
cash forfeit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH
Y0U2

II not. drink Grain-O-made from pure
grains A lady writes: THE first time
using 1t for one week nothing would in.
duce me- to go back to coffee" It
nourishes and feeds the system, The
benefit. 1t Is the strengthening sub.
stance of pure grains. Get a package
today from your grocer, follow the d.
reetions In making 1t and you will have a
delicious and heslthfuI table beverage for
old ana young. 1bo and $50. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
500 ROAD SWINDLED.
Money Is Said to Have Been Obtain
ed In a Peculiar Way.

Andrew NJ. Hulder, a former employee of
the 500 line, is under arrest charged with
swindling. He is said to have obtained
$1.25O in a peculiar way. Huber, it is
said, suffered from a trouble which had
begun In early childhood, and, being hurt
in a slight accident while working as a
bridge carpenter for the road represented
TO DR.. Eitel, the physician of the COM
pany, that his condition was due alto
gether to the accident. Huber was taken
to ST. Barnabas hospital for treatment
and operation. The operation was sue
cessful, but the company was called upon
to settle.
The alleged facts were brought out by
the publication of the operation in a
medical journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
ST. PATRICK's SERVICES.
The Day Generally Observed by Min
neapOlis Sons of Erin.

Special services were held In the Min
neapolis Catholic churches yesterday
morning In honor Of st. Patrick. and the
day was generally observed by the loyal
sons of Erin. Green was recognized as
the proper color for the day and appeared
prominently throughout the city. A num-
Der OF entertainments characterized the
evening and the day in a proper man
ner. An elaborate entertainment IN the
Lyceum theater was under the auspices
of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception and included music by the HI
bernian band. an exhibition of pictures
of Ireland and the presentation of the
play Lady of Lyons"
Mayor Gray and S. A. Stockwell spoke
at st. Charles church entertainment in
Dania hall and a programme of music
and recitations was given.
A minstrel show, concluding with
cake walk. were features of the affair
given by St Stephens church in st. Ste
phen's hall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
Must Be Retired.

When Judges Johnson and Lancaster
retired from the Hennepin district bench
the first of the year they neglected to file
decisions in upwards Of thirty deliaa1ent
tax cases which were tried before them
This omission will put the county to
considerable expense. as it now becomes
necessary to retry all these case, the
law not permitting a judge to sign an
order or decision after his retirement
from the bench
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
CHAPEL FOR THE JAIL.
Expense the Only Thing in the Way,
Says Sheriff Megaarden.

A chapel in connection with the Hem
nepin county jail has been suggested as
desirable Improvement by William A.
Petran and others connected with the
Christian Workers mission. The plan
meets with the approval Of Sheriff
Megaarden. who said today that there
was ample room on the jail floor of the
court house. which could be easily con-
nected with the jail, so that prisoners
could be passed through from the cell
room to the chapel and back under the
care of two or three guards at the most
The only matter in the way, Mr..
Megaarden said, was that Of expense
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
FARM LANDS.
20 Words or Less, zoe.
J.. W. LEMLEY.


800 jackson ST., St. Paul.
$4,000 CASH takes this 95-acre farm. all
under cultivation, including stock and
machinery.
s1,10O cash for this So-acre farm, 30 i'm
proved, balance timber; just a quarter
mile from a nice town and railroad.
$500 takes this S0-acre farm, highly i'm
proved. including stock and machinery
and the household goods; two and q
half miles from town and railroad.
$500 cash takes this 40-acre farm. all I'M
mile from a nice little town: good
schools, churches and creameries; ev-
erything handy.
&, 600 for this 1N acre farm; 30 acres Inn
proved: fine buildings; this farm il
located in Wright county, Minnesota:
this IL q fine stock farm -