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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-03-27
NOTICE OF SALE.
Dated Sept. 4, 1899.


Notice is hereby given, that by an order
made by the Board of County Commiss-
toner's of O-msby.. County, State of Ne
vada, on the 5th day nf February, 1900
and duly entered on the minutes, that
the following described property. be-
Longing to Ormsby County, State of Ne
vada, be sold at public auction, according
- law, to the highest bidder for cash
before the Courthouse door on Thurs
day, the Sth day OF March, 1906, at 2
O'clock P. NJ. as follows to-wlt:
All of Block number two (2) of Sears,
Thompson and Sears division of Carson
City, Ornsby County, Nevada, together
with the improvements thereon.
p. II. PETERSEN,
Chairman.
| Attest:
GEO. w. CowING, ERIK.
Dated February 5, 1900.
SEAL:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
Second Legislative District.

Notice Is hereby given to the Republi
can voters of the Second Legislative dis
trict that primary election will be held
on Saturday, March II, 1900 between the
hours Of 4 and o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of electing two delegates to rep
resent said legislative district in the COM
ing Republican state convention to be
held in Harrisburg. and to nominate q
candidate for the legislature. The cor
vention to compute the vote will be held
on Tuesday. March 20, 1900. at o'clock
%, m., in the court house in Scranton.
In accordance with the rules governing
this district the candidates will be voted
for directly by the voters at the polls
Each candidate must register with the
district chairman his full name and post
Office address and pay his assessment
twenty days before the election or his
name will not be placed in the official
ballot. neither will any votes cast for him
be counted.
The district vigilance committees in
the various precincts will conduct the
election and the result will be reported
by the return judge to the district con-
vention, which will be composed Of the
return judges of the various districts
written notice containing further in
structions will be sent to the members Of
the said district vigilance committee.
Frederick w. Fleitz. Chairman.
Attest: Walter L. Davis, Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
CONVENTION CALLS.
First legislative District.

Notice is hereby given that conven-
tion of the Republicans of the First leg
islative district will be held at 8 p. m. on
the goth day of March next, at Co-opera-
tive hall. West Side. for the purpose Of
nominating a candidate for the legisla-
ture to represent said district and elect
ing two delegates to attend the Repub"
lican state convention to be held in Har-
risburg on April 25. 1900. The primaries
will be held on Saturday afternoon,
March II, between the hours of and 7
o'clock. According to the rules govern
ing the Republican primaries of this leg
islat.ve district rotice Of the date of said
primary election must be given by the
district chairman at least twenty days
before said primary election and each
candidate must register with the district
chairman his full name and postoftice
address and pay his assessment fifteen
days before the primary election or his
name will rot be placed on the official
ballot. No votes shall be counted for any
person who has not complied with these
conditions.
w. A. Paine. Chairman.
Attest: Joseph Jeffrys, Secretary.
Scranton, Pa, Feb. q, 1900.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
Third Legislative District.

In pursuance of resolution of the Re-
publican standing committee of the Third
Legislative district of Lackawanna coun-
ty. adopted at regular meeting held on
Saturday the Gath day of February, 1900,
the district convention will be held on
Tuesday, the 10th day of April. 1900, at 9
o'clock p. m.. in the arbitration room Of
the court house, Scranton, for the pur-
pose of nominating a candidate for the
legislature and cecting two (2) delegates
to represent said legislative district In
the state convention to be held at Har-
risburg on April %, 1900, and transacting
such other business as shall be brought
before II,
Vigilance committees will hold primary
elections on Saturday, the 7th day of
April. 1900 between the hours of and
p. m.
Each election district shall elect one
person, a qualified elector of said district.
to act as a member of the legislative
standing committee for the next ensu-
certified to on the returns to the district
convention.
Candidates who have thus far regis
tered their names with the secretary at
90S-90t, Mears building. Scranton. Pa.
ard those who are desrous Of registering
will observe the requirements Of rule G.
which reads as follows: Each candidate
must register his full name and postof-
| flee address with the chairman of the
/ legislative standing committee. and shall
pay his assessment to the district chair
man at least twenty days before the pri'
mary election. or his name will not be
printed on the official ballot"
Saturday. tho 18th day Of March, 1900
is the last day for registering and paying
| the assessment.
T. j. Matthews, Chairman.
| Attest: ]. z. Watkins, Secretary.
| Scranton, Pa, February, 2S, 1900.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

from the free and unconventional con-
duct Of an American girl In Paris. and
the story Is. In effect, a new "Daisy NIL.
ler' from the Partisan point Of view.
Unique, expressive, captivating slang"
is the description which best applies to
tile little volume Of "Billy Baxter's Let
ters" which has been ISSUED by the Du.
auesne Distributing company Of Harmar-
Vile, Pa, In memory Of the author Will
lam j. kountz. jr.. the bright young AL
legheny county newspaper man whose
recent death caused a widespread shock.
City Government IL the name Of q
monthly publication issued from Troy, N.
r.. which should be in the possession Of
every municipal officer and student of
city problems. 1t covers thoroughly the
whole field indicated by It's title and Is
each month a compact encyclopedias Of
timely knowledge.
In the March number of McClure's
Magazine, Walter Wellman tells another
story from his recent extraordinary expe-
riences In the Arctic. He will also give
the conclusions from his own experience
regarding the only feasible way to reach
the Pole. telling what 1t is and what 1t
involves.
George r. Becker. United States geolo-
glst, who has traversed South Africa,
tells in the March Forum his Views Of
the Anglo-Boer war He credits the
shows conclusvely that they are In the
wrong in the present conflict.
The person who wishes, in reading a
story. to be held spell-bound by Intensity
Of interest and intricacy Of plot should
purchase High Stakes" by Lawrence l..
Lynch, published by Laird and Lee. Chi
cago. 1t is enough to make Wilkie Col
lins' ghost have a spasm of envy.
Governor Roosevelts third article on
Cromwell" In Scribncr's for March.
compares the conditions at the end Of the
English Civil War with those at the end
Of the American Civil War. 1t also de-
scribes the battle of Preston
"A History of the Spanish-American n
War;" by Richard II. Titherington. based
upon official reports. Spanish and Ameri-
can. and other sources of authentic in
formation, Is to be published shortly by
D. Appleton & Co.
The last issue Of the Reform club quar-
terly. Municipal Affairs, Is devoted to ex-
planning how a city may be made beautt-
full. The subject Is considered from q
variety Of standpoints by authors of ma
tional reputation.
The second number Of The Successful
American. the monthly journal of con-
temporary biography, has appeared and
is replete with timely information about
several score Of the prominent Americans
of the day.
A new feature Of the Cosmopolitan is
the causerie entitled Men. Women and
Events" which gives some Of the fresh
est and most accurate personal anecdote
and genteel gossip of the time.
The continued popularity Of David Ha-
rum" is indicated by the increasing fig
ures, which are said now to have
reached 425,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

Is not asked TO appropriate any money.
There have been many theoretical
objections to the idea embodied in the
Depew bill. covering mainly the ques-
tion of the proprety of applying fed
eral funds to an institution OF learn
ing directly useful only to few. The
present bill, by waiving the appropria-
ton feature, escapes most of these
criticisms. 1t is evidently Senator De-
pew's idea that II congress will simply
give federal sanction to the project, in
dividual liberality will supply the en-.
dowment and we dare say he is right.
A national university Of the highest
grade, broad and progressive in scope.
situated at the national capital, where
the eminent men of every generation
would be drawn toward 1t and where
Its opportunities of usefulness would
be practically unlimited, certainly
ought to make powerful appeal to the
public spirit of cultured Americans Of
means and rapidly accumulate an en-
dowment that would enable 1t to take
the leadership over the advanced
scholarship of the age.
We have never been impressed with
the argument that the state should ter.
inmate its support to education at the
high school door. 1t is true that the
bulk Of attendance is in the lower
grades, but the scholar who pursues
post graduate research Is not less a
public asset than is the citizen who
just escapes illiteracy. The state does
well to centralize its energy upon the
common school system, which, as has
been said. is the nursery of good citiz-
enship. But surely the state can we'll
afford to lend the weight of its official
sanction to the project of a supreme
school designed to be to the educational
interests of the country in a certain
sense what the Supreme court Of the
United States is to the judicial system.
Especially can it afford to If it does not
cost anything.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
NLEY'S
E0U|LARD
SILKS AMID
C ALLIES

We have just opened our
spring line of New Foulards,
aud take pleasure in calling
your attention to the same,
representing, as they do, the
CREAM of the best manu-.
facturers' line for 1900. Diff
fering from last season when
most everything shown was
in Blacks and Nays, this
seasons line comes in colors
and shades more appropriate
for a summer garment and
comprises the New Blues,
Greys, Heliotropes, Fawns,
ETC., ETC., both in the "Natu
-al Foulard" and "LibertI
Satin" finish.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

"HE MARCH FORUM con-
tai3 an interesting article,
Il Rights and Wrongs in
South Africa" written by
George F. Becker, of the United states
Geological Survey, who passed several
months in the Transvaal four years
ago and equipped himself by CAREFUL
study for the expression of fair judg"
ment. Most of his article consists of
a review of the history of the rela-
tions between the Beers and the Eng
lish: but here is his conclusions:
"The Beers are fighting for race
domination. for the enthralment of in
dustry. for the maintenance of a social
condition which Is mere semi-civiliza-
tion. The English are fighting to OBJ
tain for British subjects in the Trans
vaal no greater rights than all white
foreigners enjoy in every portion Of
the British empire and in the United
States: the right Of franchise on rea-
sonable terms. reasonable Industrial
conditions, and liberty to be civilized
after the manner of Anglo-Saxons."
Mr. Becker does not agree with those
who think that the Boer community
has a right to complete control of its
own territory and to be as uncivilized
or as tyrannical as it may choose.
There is," he affirms. IAN internation-
al right corresponding to the right of
eminent domain. All rights are en-
joyed either by nations or by indi-
viduals on the tacit understanding
that they be exercised with due con-
sideration for the rights Of neighbors
and Of the greater public. A state
may not oppress the subjects Of other
powers, nor commit injustices under
the shelter of pettifogging interpreta-
tions Of treaties and convention. The
Beers want a monopoly of the rights
of freemen. They are fighting for free
dom to deny freedom to Others"
There may be differences of opinion
on these points, but it Is safe to as
sumo that as result of this war
South Africa will be opened to the
letter and spirit of modern civilization,
with equality Of rights and civil privi-
lege from the Cape to the Limpopo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

"~HE LITTER of President W.
w. Scranton, of the Scran-
ton Electric Light and Heat
company, in reference to
the city lighting contract, reproduced
elsewhere, deserves attentive oonsid-
Grafton. It's statements of fact put
the question in a new form.
Service at reasonable price has
been supplied by Mr.. scranton's CONF
pany for thirteen years. There has
been Just complaint, from time to time.
that councils have erected lights where
they were not needed and have thus
been extravagant With the peoples
money; but the blame for this does not
attach to Mr.. Scranton nor to any one
employed in his interest. The rate
charged per lamp has been q fair rate;
the statistics clearly prove this.
When the written contract ran out
the Scranton Electric Light and Heat
company continued to supply the city
from year to year. In view of its large
investment in plant, much of which
would be rendered valueless by the sud-
den termination Of it's business ar
rangement with the city, it would be
no more than fair or. the part Of the
city, If it desired TO terminate this ar.
gument, to give adequate notice. We
doubt that it would gain anything by
terminating the contract. That, how
ever. would depend upon the bids. But
to be fair the call for bids should
specify that the contract. when let.
would date st least one year ahead.
Then, II another bid should win, Mr..
Scranton would have a reasonable
time in which to dispose of his plant.
To cut him off at the drop of the hat
would certainly be ungenerous and un-
just.
We hold no brief for President Scran.
ton. If it. were personal matter we
should have good reason to say moth
ing in his behalf. But in a public af-
fair Of this magnitude the city of
Scranton cannot afford to perpetrate an
injustice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

The Tagal insurrcction has been
suppressed, but the Filipino junta at
Hong Kong is still doing business at
the old stand. This Is but another
illustration of the fact that the agita-
tor who operates at a safe distance
from danger is the most difficult thing
in the world to pacify.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
Democrats and the Constitution.

"HE CONSTITUTIONAL ar
gument Of the Democrats
Il that the clause "all duties
imports and excises shall be
uniform throughout the United States"
refers to territory captured or annexed
does not stand in the light of prece-
dents. Louisiana was ceded to the
United States in 1S03-a result due to
the sagacity Of the father of Democ-
racy. Thomas Jefferson. Out of this
great tract Of land which is now the
seat Of a mighty republican empire
Orleans territory was organized in 1904
and admitted as a state under the
name of Louisiana in 1912.
At the time Of the Louisiana pur-
chase our tariff gave to goods import
ed in American ships a 25 per cent.
preference duty. The Louisiana treaty
gave a similar reduction to French and
Spanish merchantmen trading at New
Orleans, thus, as Charles A. Gardiner
pointed out in a mastery address de-
livered before the New York State Bar
association a year ago, establishing
lower duties there on French and
Spanish imports by % per cent. than
elsewhere in the Union. For eight
years this condition continued. If the
present Democratic reading of the con-
stitution is correct, then during all Of
this time that great instrument was
being wantonly violated by an arrange
ment Thomas Jefferson's own. 1t
must be disturbing to this great states
mans shade to have his modern fol-
lowers accusing him by inference in
one breath of having ben the cham
pion imperialist of history and in the
next breath arguing, as Bourke Cock
ran tried to argue at Boston the other
night. that Jefferson wasn't really an
expansionist after all. but simply a
victim of appearances.
The fact of this whole matter Is that
The Democratic party Is repeating an
old trick. When 1t runs short of real
issues and are not take an aggressive
stand it's leaders invariably discover a
means to appear as heroic defenders
" the constitution. They are perfect
ly willing to read the constitution
sither way; all they stipulate is that
The Republican party must first give
them a cue SO they can take the op-
posite side.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02


year was very great is a
l. matter of general knowl-
edge; but some figures in
the New York correspondence of the
Philadelphia Ledger, taken from
statement of a leading New York
by some of the largest mercantile
houses in the country, give new idea
of the extent and diffusion of that
prosperity.
The statement shows the business of
sixty leading houses. in fifteen trades
and fourteen different states, in the
territory extending from New York to
Colorado, and from Georgia to Minne-
sofa. The trades represented are
wholesale and retail dry goods, whole
sale groceries. tobacco. cigars. silks,
hardware, furniture, packing, gloves,
clothing, leather, clOaks. collars and
cuffs and boots and shoes. These
firms have an aggregate capital of
s122, 2,4S2,00O, an average of $2,156OOO for
each firm. The net profits in 1899
amounted to the enormous sum of $685.
225.0O0. an average of $S17 900 for each
Arm. The rate of profit was 2S Clio
per cent.
There can," says the Ledger corre-
spondent, "be no question of the ac-
curacy of this exhibit. and it is, to
say the least, amazing. 1t reveals the
prosperity 0S the country in a shape
that every one will understand and
appreciate. There isn't stock and
bond sold on the New York Stock Ex-
change which pays an annual divi-
dend or interest equal to this. With
the exception of the Carnegie COM
pany. the Standard Oil company, three
or four trust companies and few
mining companies, there are no cor
porations doing business in the United
| States which yield a return, on the
money invested, equal to these mer-
camille houses. Think of earning over
2S per cent a year, when money can
be borrowed on call in Wall street al
202h per cent, and when government
bonds are selling on the basis of Il.
per cent year. The banker from
whom l obtained the remarkable sta.
| tistics in regard to the profits of mer.
camille houses believes that it Is no,
too much to say that the business OF
the country last year was done at ar
average profit of Is per cent"
| Republican administration, with ma,
tiOnal expansion Is a good thing II
continue in power.
| That western blizzard melted I,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
HER STRONG POINT.

She has no dog to fondle,
She has no cat to pet;
She does not own a parrot,
She leads no social set;
She writes no learned papers
To read where women meet.
But she can get up dishes
Her husband likes to eat.
And they are saving money,
And find that life is sweet.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

We fully agree with the Rev. w. A.
Quayle. Of Indianapolis. that the ex-
plot of the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon,
of Topeka. Kan, in hippodroming a
scheme to run a secular paper for one
week, "as Jesus would" is a bit Of
sacrilege impudent in the extreme.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
Our cflallies

Are too handsome to de.
scribe and our assortment
NOW is far more extensive
than in any season heretofore,
but on account of the scarcity
in all the finer grades, this
condition will only last for a
limited time, and early buy.
ers will get by far the best
selection.
See our exhibit this weeks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

have put himself in a better light be-
fore the worlds opinion had he shown
greater magndminity to PROSTATE
foe. The Julius Caesar style of war;
fare Is out of date.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

The act Of Lord Roberts In requiring
General Cronje to present himself. af-
ter his surrender. at the British camp
was q SEVERITY invited by Cronje's
prfpg, refusal Of proffered aid for the
wd19eAAnd children In the Boer laager.
1t was what. on the merits of the case.
this stubborn old warrior deserved
nevertheless the British victor would
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

find Ripans gentle and natural in their action and
would not be without them in the house.
My children generally troubled in the summer time
with variety of complaints, chiefly arising from dsordered
stomach This year have given them the chocolate coated
Tabues, with the result that during the hot SPELL
their health has been unusually good
Ripans Tabues are, l think the best possible family
medicine. and l have lately heard many friends speak
highly of their wonderful curative properties.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

There is a dearth of political leaders
in Kentucky at present. The fate OF
Goebel has undoubtedly persuaded
many that it is better in the long run
to stick to horse breeding.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
A WAR EXPERT.

Although no man of mighty deeds.
He has my admiration keen;
He can pronounce the names he reads
And knows just what the war map
means. Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

Democratic campaign orators are al
ready preparing to add the fifteen-per-
Puerto Rico tariff battle cry to
their vocabulary of woe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
51O-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Prang Platincttcs.

Teachers and superintendents de.
string for class use in picture study,
something that is substantial and
inexpensive will find these beautiful
new reproductions of great value.
We have 100 different subjects to
select from. The prices are very
reasonable and the assortment is
complete.
The Pen CarbonL Letter Book
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
SCRANTON. MARCH 2. 1900.
The coroncr's apparent inability to

The coroner's apparent inability to
keep legal engagements has resulted
in the falling through Of a number of
cases begun by him with every prom
Use Of thorough investigation and has
repeatedly put to annoyance both wit
nesses and court. The coroner means
well. but appears to be unable to keep
his fighting boots on long enough at a
time to accomplish tangible results.
The public is watching with interest
his conduct of the Weaver case.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02

The correspondent deputized to keep
Atpiheldo In sight has evidently run
out of cable tolls.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
- National University.

For National University.
4 BILL HAS BEEN introduced
~ in congress by Senator De-
4 y pew creating corporation
to be known as the Uni
versity of the United States, and TO
have the right to hold real estate. ac-
cept legacies, confer degrees. etc. The
government of the institution is to be
vested in a board of regents, composed
of heads of other leading institutions
of learning together with the president
of the United States, who Is ex-officio
the head. In scope the proposed uni
versity is to confne itself to post
graduate and special courses Of study,
paying particular attention to matters
which concern the government. The
idea briefly Is to provide adequate
means for the prosecution Of the most
advanced research. To this end. con-
gress Is asked to make over the twenty
acre tract of land formerly used by the
Naval observatory. which was origin
ally intended for this very purpose; but
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-02
Railroad Men
Get Ready
for Inspection

We have now a full line of
all makes of Watches that
we guarantee to pass.
Buy your Watches of an
old reliable house. Not some
agent who will open shop for
two or three months and then
skip out. We are here to
stay. Our guarantee is "as
good as gold" Prices as
low as any.