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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

I hereby announce myself a candi-
date for common council, to fill the
unexpired term of the Ninth ward, sub
ject to the decision of the Crawford
county rules. Peter N. Ham, SO2 JET
ferson avenue. ss
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Purchase your Fourth of July fur
nishings of Conrad, the halter 3O5
Lackawanna avenue. Open late Mon
day and Tuesday nights. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

The Dime Deposit and Discount bank
credits it's depositors over $4,000 for
the six months ending July /, 1900. All
savings depostors are requested to
bring their pass books to the bank and
have interest credited thereon. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Purchase your Fourth OF July fur
nishings of Conrad, the halter. 9oj
Lackawanna avenue. open late Mon
day and Tuesday nights. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Purchase your Fourth OF July fur
nishings of Conrad, the halter, 3O5
Lackawanna avenue. Open late Mon
day and Tuesday nights. *t
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03
Our Store Will Be Closed

all day July I, so kindly do your trad
ing today and tonight. Mahon's shoe
store, sos Lackawanna avenue. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03
Mahon's Shoe Store

will be open late this evening to ac-
commodate their many customers with
shoes for the Fourth. sos Lackawanna
avenue. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

The Dime bank increased it's surplus
by $4,000 on July /, 1900, making a
total surplus and profits of over S115,-
900. ..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Beecham's Pills for stomach and
liver ills. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03
LEWIS & REILLY.
Always BUSY Shoe Store.

Open late this evening. Firecrackers
free for the boys tomorrow July 4,
from to a. m. ia and 116 Wyoming
avenue. st
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03
Weber's Barber Shop
Mahon's Shoes

win be open until IL o'clock tonight
and will be closed all day July 4. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Celebrate the Fourth at Jonas Longs
Sons tonight. Grand promenade con-
cert by Bauers band. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Bauer's band at Jonas Longs Sons
tonight. Grand patriotic programme. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03
Plumbers, Attention.

Local union. No. co. will meet this
evening to hear the report of special
committee. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Bauer's band will give a grand patri-
otic concert at Jonas Longs Sons
store this evening. Plenty of room for
everybody. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

give n slender, pretty look TO the foot.
COS Lackawanna avenue. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. F. & NJ. T. Howley, ,23l wyoming ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Smoke The Pocono. &c. cigar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-03

Smoke The Popular Punch Cigar 1oc.
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New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY DECEMBER % 1900

equally liable with the husband for all household
has lsr sns ns n, the % husband and
seTenft,,H asTsned to her by her husband
,abr,en hle Alien law so as TO protect material and
The report of the State Engineer ON the canals
ara @ their endorsements will not be ready until
peted it will be to the Legislature with spe-
,d v,a5 message by Governor odeil II will, 1t is
Tanal, T, with the route changed from the present
EIle route. so as TO make its construction cheaper
Electricity viii be suggested as the motive mower
me supply TO be maintained from great power
is computed that the cost for fransportation after
me the improvements are completed VIII be only half
An amendment TO the primary law is suggested
provides election district association In each
elecuon district in the city of New-York to he
primary voters. Each association must meet AT
ms hour b e5 year and its elected president
sentative of the district " e repre-
;, The Superintendent of State Prisons. C. V. Col
lins State Commissioner OF Prisons and The friends
Nof prison reform win make earnest effort this
by the next Legislature the erection of
rate T prlson d9r CRIMINALS under sentence death
between $4,000 and $4,000 'u'ioihs is placed at
prisons possibly at Albany viii also he the STATE
Both @Both sing sing and Auburn prisons are old build
ings and antiquated as far as modern innroye
ments are concerned and Sing Sing is generally
convicts doubling up in their cells d'es ile
IS that wouS tend fpr to ths ali scheme
.ssrprases az Shese prisons and materially reduce
In the event of the passage of such bill Clinton
Prison. which is practically new strllcture viii
be utilized for the reception OF insane and con-
sumptive criminals W No"
Assemblyman Stevens of Franklin County will
introduce the Pure Beer bill 1t was this bin that
the cause N all night session of the Senate
and which lacked only two votes of being nassad
The bill provides for the elimination of glucose in
the manufacture OF beer, and specifies that pure
water. pure malt and pure hops shall be used
Senator Armstrong will introduce a bill to pre-
vent corpora tions from becoming incorporated with
capital stock largely in excess of the companvfs
assets when the concern applies for incorpora ton
under the State laws. Such law has worked we'll
( in Massachusetts. ~
A bill will be introduced licensing architects. so
that they may be held responsible for the faulty
construction of buildings.
1t is said that bill will be introduced to re-
Nive boxing and sparring by placing 1t under
Jurisdiction of a commission.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

legislation together with court decisions on s TINS
vital subject. The reports now being printed give
volume TO the Chicago labor diInGpdty; an an
other to agricultural conditions. especially IN re-
Iation TO the transportation and marketing OF
products, and stil another on agrlculture whiSh s
relates TO the prices realized by the farmer, tho
cost of the same articles to the consumer, ana the
profit OF the middle man
There is in hand also volume on manafactnrss manu-
and general business. which involves tarlH: uahb-
portation and labor questions and the problem M oi
denarfment stores. Three other volumes now IN
tbe hands OF the printer embrace Immigration,
mining and Industrial education. The investiga-
tian of the Commission which is now In progress
raIates 70 arbitration domestic service-sometimes
lied the servant girl question taxation or
cornorations the anthracite coal ana tfansporta-
ZION business, trusts and combinations In Europe
ships and subsidies tho sweating system. ois-
tyibuton OF immigrants and further inquiries INTO
cnnsolidat tion and railroad discrimination II there
- time enough the telegraph and telephone Will
"a Locked into and there is already considerable
evidence as 10 corporations WHICH give puohc ser
vice and as natural monopoltes.
There has been considerable uncertainty In the
nubIic mind as the form I'm which this testimony
se 20 he presented. may say that II VIII be given
in better form than the world has ever before seen
First an abstract digest is carefully prepared.
usually about onequarter the length of the tesn-
rony itself The digest has references 10 Jne nams %
OF tie witness and the page Of the testimony with
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
NEW-Y0RK STATE HOP MARKET.

SOME ACTIVITY SHOWN. WITH PRICES RATHER
ABOVE THE NORMAL
Utica y. y. Dee. % (SpeciaD.-The hop market
in the central part Of the State shows some ac-
tvity. with figures ruling at from 10 TO 10 cents
The brewers are, rule Indifferent over the
market for far they have been able TO obtain
about all the hops they at prices which they
consider nominal for this time of year. An ad-
vance took place early in the season, which was
said 10 have been caused by the anticipation OF
England's requirements. The dealers and the
growers appeared lose sight of the fact that
there a large quantity of old hops carried by
the English brewers, which made them indiherent
buyers al the time. and they have continued TO be
throughout the season. II appears that prices
have reached their highest notch for this year.
Dealers do not look for advance, expecting that
the market will remain about IL Is until the new
crop appears.
Some of the best growths of Central New-York
yet in the hands of the growers. Ihey are held
al firm ngures. being Of fancy grades some recent
sales Of inferior grades have been at IL cents.
Many brewers have full stock. preferring TO wait
before placing their orders, and they Will take
chances on the markets advancing. Early in the
season the growers said they would nave only
about half CROP and the dealers and sack manu-
facturers. taking them at their word, made prepa-
rations for this emergency. The sack manufactur-
made sacks for half crop but when harvested
IT was discovered that the crop in this State was
considerably larger than last year, and the supply
Of sacks was not large enough.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

cross references to other testimony pro and con
the same subject. A review of the testimony, Civ
ing its general purport, is then written the length
being one-quarter the length of the digest Finally.
a topical and alphabetical index Is made which
aHords quick reference TO the testimony both by
the subject and the name of the witness. Contrast
tnis for a moment with the youmin0us report OF
me British Royal Commission on the Depression OF
industries. issued about dozen years ago. which
was so valua BILE that American economists gener-
ally studied it, but of which had TO make an in
deN or my before L could find anything with
Out long search. The busy legislator or writer
or student who wishes to quickly find anything In
our reports will be able turn TO ii instantly;
II he wishes comprehensive knowledge OF what is
treated in any volume which he picks up he can,
within half an hour hour read the review
II he can devote little more time and desires to
know the purport of the evidence. he can look un-
der It's appropriate heading in the digest or alb
stract and IL he has leisure or has occasion 10
partcularfze he read in full the evidence given
by each witness. revised and corrected by himself
| speak of this fully in order to show that the
COMMISSIONS work is not going to fan nat or be
the contrary, owing the convenience of consult
ing the reports and the live interest I'm the many
important subjects investigated the work will pos
sess Immediate and historic value and will be more
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

first conclusions viii be reported to Congress- and
Although the Commission has especially reserved
the subject of trusts for fuller treatment, ii has
made several recommendations this important
topic. 1t has recommended uniform corporation
laws publicity. public supervision to prevent stock
offering and fraud and more power 10 the Inter
state Commission and to the courts for the stop
ping of discrimination and faveritism among ship
pers. which many regard as the chief danger and
evil INCIDENT Incl en- to great combinations ,,,4.
the inquiry into the trusts of Europe. The report
of our special agent who went abroad has not
that ali the @hief ndTstries m in (ire BTitajn and
the Continental countries much syndicated
similar industries here This has been the
know what the Commission will say. but for my
self do not believe that the trusts in Europe or
in the United States are dependent u3on tariffs
Great Britain has free trade All the other Coun-
as here some of the largest trusts found in In
dustTies which have no protection.
the Investigations Of the Commission Nearly all
the great labor leaders, National aud local, have
of labor have been before the Commission its
anS IA in Gefa ony oree hav heard of any feel
ing in labor circles that the Commission has not
cd it fairly And one of the Labor Commission
said this feeling was created by one or two
men who had failed TO he appointed TO the body'
The Commission has already reported on the sub
laws Of New-York and Massachusetts shorter
days. prohibition of child labor In factories ana
tenement production. restriction Of convict made
goods and the protection of States imposing these
The Commission has reported against njunCtiOns
upon masses of unnamed defendants. against
abuses of for contempt of court and against
''Pinkertonism.'
II has taken a step toward compulsory arbitra
tion by recommending that whoever begins a strike
or lockout without first trying in good faith to ar
bitrate shall be subjected to an appropriate pen
atty.
The. name of industrial Commission was con-
ferred upon the body by the law of Congress
which created it and charged it with the duty OF
inquiring into the condition and the methods OF
the great industries of the country and of report
ing to Congress and the State legislatures as to
he changes
since October 1896. the Commission has sent TO
Congress five volumes of reports and others are
which is preliminary. upon trusts and CORPORA
tons; second, which covers the trust 1ncorpora-
tion laws and digests of the decisions of the
courts third devoted to prison labor; another on
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
BATHS AT MINIMCM COST.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOU
SAND WERE GIVEN LAST YEAR FOR
FIVE CENTS EACH

Public attention has been directed anew TO the
Peoples Baths AT No. Centre Market Place be-
cause of the extravagant demand made by Com
missioner Kearney of the Department of Public
Buildings, Lighting and Supplies. for $4,000 with
which to maintain for year the public
baths in Rvington-st Almost every taxpayer
knows his sorrow that the estimates made by
Tammany Commissioners are invariably needlessly
large. but seldom is a standard with which to
compare them presented aptly as In this case.
Exactly the same kind of work Kearney de-
mands sS5 600 for done by the New-York Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition of the Poor
last year for $5.7I5 35 The society has managed
for eight years the Peoples Baths No. Centre
Market Place. The plant represents expendi-
ture OF about $4,000 1t Is erected upon land be-
longing to kindred organization for which
ground rent is charged Its only revenue is derived
from the charge of five cents made to each bather
for SOAP and towel The city furnishes the water
free of charge. In the first year the expenses
amounted S5G77 70, and the receipts from 50 40
bathers amounted 10 s2794 Last year the expenses
amounted .7I5 50 and the receipts from 130 Al
bathers 10 Sc 203 05
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
BIRDS AND DNOsAURS AKIN.
From Nature.

In The American Naturalist Professor II
Osborn reccnsiders the evidence in favor OF tha
existence in the Permian OF a common ancestral
stem from which have diverged dinosaurs and birds
1t is argued that many OF the resemblances be-
these groups adaptive rather than
genetic. while the apparent close correspondence
In the structure OF the pelvs between adult birds
and the herbiVOrOuS dinosaurs (which are special
ized typesl Is due In considerable degree to a
misinteFpretatiOn OF the hOmOlOsy OF some OF their
elements. Nevertheless the reSemblances between
the two groups are 50 numerous as TO justify the
BELIEF OF kinship. And special Importance attaches
TO the opinion that some sort OF bipedalism Was a
common character OF all dinosaurs the SUGGESTION
being cOuntenanced that certain forms. Ike Ste
gOsaurus have reverted from a bipedal 70 a QUAD
rupedal mode OF progression. Our present knOWecgs
therefore tustihes IN saying that 'in this bpeal
transition with It's tendency to form the tbOtarsus
the avian phylun may have been given OF from ths
dinosaurian This form OF the HuXleyan hypothesis
more probable than that the avian phylun
should have originated quite independently from a
qusdrupedal pToganosauTian reptile because tha
numerous parslelisms and Tesemblsnces IN dnosaur
and bird structure, while quite Independently
evolved could thus be traced back TO . potentially
almilar inheritance"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
COLONEL CLARKE TALKS OF WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE IN REGARD TO TRUSTS.
LABOR AND OTHER SUBJECTS
OF INVESTIGATION.
OF INVESTIGATION.

Philadelphia Dec. % (speciaD.-The following
statement was made to-day in this city by Colonel
Albert Clarke, OF Boston chairman of the Sub
Commission of the United States Industrial Com
mission on Conditions OF Labor and Capital En-
ployed in Manufacturing and General Business:
The inquiry into the trusts is only a part Of the
duty imposed upon the United States Industrial
Commission by law. but il is an important part,
and we have given it early and prominent place on
account of the public interest in the topic. The
preliminary report upon the trusts the first of
our reports upon the trusts to be to Congress
We have since continued Investigations of this
subject, with others. and shall continue until
we have exhausted the question our time. Our
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
THE WEEK AT ATLANTIC CITY.
MANY VISITORS ARRIvING-IMPRovEM
AT THE HOTELS

Atlantic CITY v j. Dec % (speciaD-The Hotel
IsIeworth opened on Thursday for the year. after
having been closed for repairs. An entire renoVa-
ton OF the building both inside and out. has taken
place. The hotel for the coming year will be under
the management OF Louis g. ScuI who. with Mr.
Hale. conducted the popular hOstlery last season.
Charles CSpe. proprietor OF the Grand Atlantic
Hotel. is making number Of improvements tor
the coming season. among them being the adding
of hot and cold salt water baths. He is also en-
larging his dining and making other altera-
tons that will add to the comfort Of the guests
Several changes are being made az the Hotel
Luray, which will for business in a few
weeks Twenty-Five new rooms are being added
The Hotel Ponce de Leon Is undergoing extensive
improvements. some sixty rooms being added. each
TO be provided with bath. This will make this
IS under the personal supervision Of the and
manager AIRS. s =. Sweeny.
Hall. where he will remain until after the begin
ming of the year.
Mrs. L. JOSephthal. of New-YOrk. Is passing q
few weeks at the Hotel TraymOre
Mr. and Mrs. b. Moore. Of New-YOrk are at tbs
A party OF New-Yorkers registered during ths
week at HaddOn Hall Included s s Dicks. T. 3.
Mrs F. J. MirIch. accompanied by her daughf~r
Miss r. Mirich, OF New-York, are guests at the
Mrs. Robert McColloug and her daughter, Miss
McCclloug. OF New-York: who We're guests at the
Iraymore have returned home They will again
visit the shore after the holidays
Mrs; L. G. Bruce 4s registered at the Archdals
J. G. Atkinson is guest at the Belmont where
he joined number of his New-York friends and
Will make his stay an indefinite one
A colony OF BrOoklynites gathered at Haddon
aali this week Among them are Mr.. and Mrs. z.
Babbath Master +. l. Babhath. Mrs. L. ThOmp-
G. Praht and nurse and William Cook Among the
9thsr New-1ork arrivals at this hosiery are Mrs
r. > TaggarG Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Adams. c. S.
douglas and w T. Bullock, jr.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
RUSSIAN NOTES OF INTEREST.
PLAN TO GIVE THE yoLGA AN OUTLET TO THE
BLACK SEA.


ST PETERSBURG Dec 3.-Belgian capitalists are
planning canal between the Volga and the Don
rivers at the point whore they are separated by
only about sixty miles. The chain of hills on the
right bank of the Volga offers a considerable OBJ
stacle. but which is not considered unsur-
mountabe. The cost is estimated at s35 100000 or
$40, 0G0.0D0 Representatives of the Belgian capi-
tasts will arrive here within few weeks TO ne
gotiate with the Ministries of Finance and Ways
of Communication This canal will. if constructed,
give the Volga. tire greatest river in Europe. an
outlet to the Black Sea and connect the Caspian
and the Black
The Minister of Ways of Communication, Prince
Khilkof will ask for appropriations the amount
OF s0.0pooO0 rubies for the approaching year. as
against 100000 rubles last year. Half of this
amount will be for rolling stock and half for
construction. Five millions will he asked for 10
continue the railroad line from Witepsk to
Jlobin. the right bank of the Dneper, the total
of which will ne 100000 rubes, 100000
for belt line Moscow. 100000 to continue
the line from Kief KoveI, 100000 for the pro-
lonsation of the Tihis- Kars road. 100000 for
the Transbaikalia and j500.0O additional for the
Orenburg- -TashkenG.
the Metallurgical Congress of South Russia took
steps TO found mining bank at kharkoH. with
capital of 5000G0N rubles.
The Nolga River Commission will recommend the
expenditure of 100000 rubies in the regulation of
this stream. II is estimated that 100000 rubleS
annually will be required TO maintain the works.
The sale of 100000 pood of krivorosk ores TO
Silesian iron interests is reported at the price of
seven kopecks pood.
The Government will make exhaustive trials or
the Popon system of wireless telegraphy during
this
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
SALVATION ARMY's ANNUAL REPORT.

The annual report OF the Salvation Army In
America has been published in an illuminated and
Illustrated pamphlet, issued from the headquarters
in West Fourteenth-st. and the balance sheet
shows that September 30 the Army had assets
amounting 1921 The expenses for the mainten-
ance OF the National headquarters OF the Army
for the year ending OF that date amounted 10 $50
sl2 a. The income and expenditure for social and
relief branches were each s59,455 80 The income and
expenditure OF the property section amounted 10
slssl4 The "self-deniaI" income and expenditure
reached SIS 669 s.. The income of the Armys har-
vest festival I'm 1899 $50 212 co. The winter re-
lief fund ss,I79 a The Galveston Relief Fund
OF the Army s.. 32s i3. The Indian Mission snd
Fa mine Fund amounted 10 22S g. and the Disabled
nfficers' fund SIG 431 %
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
NIcAR4GUAy RITES FOR THE DYING.
From Harper's Weekly.

From HarperS Weekly.
Among the many old customs OF Nicaragua
those relating TO the dead the weirdest the
stranger. Some OF these have been handed down
by tradition from the Indians, others We're brought
ever by the conquerors-and the two blended
that II is difficult 10 tell which predOminates. AS
soon as the medico pronounces ones Illness fatal.
word Is sent 10 the village padre who prepares TO
administer the last sacraments of the Church the
dying person. Placing the cOnsecrated wafer In
the custodia-a vessel OF solid gold silver. often
resDlendent with jewels-a procession is
formed and marches through the street small
how ringing q bell, rushes ahead TO announce the
approach OF the sacred presence. and after him
follows band OF music often single VIOLIN play
ing a dirge IL Il be possible secure any sol
diers they surround the padre. who. dressed In
brilliant vestments il generally carried in chair
over which four men hold a purple canopy. As
the little cortege moves down the silent streets.
every one bares his head and kneels. making the
sign OF the until the last soldier has passed
Woe 10 the sacriegious stranger who fails 20 show
This mark Of respect and many have been the In
stances where foreigners we're pulled from their
horses and even stoned for neglectns to follow this
time honored custom