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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON. DECEMBER 10, 1900.

The proposition emanates from Pitts
burg to expedite the counting or re-
turns on election night by changing the
law so that election officers viii not
have any Incentive for making two
days work out of one In order to null
tiply their fees. The Pittsburg plan Is
to allow them 81 apiece. whether their
work covers one day. two days or three
days. If the intent is to hasten the
count. why not try voting machines!
This Is the era of labor-saving devices
and the voting machine is certainly en-
titled to appear in the labor-saving
category.
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Centralized or Diffused?

Y y ERE Select Councilman
AN Roche's confidence in
the ability of councils
to exercise wisely the
appoiItive powers now vested i'll the
mayors office general. the second
class city problem would cease to be
n problem and would become instead
an incident. Unfortunately, It is not
common. nor have recent exposures
in councilnlanic circles tended to en-
courage the placing Of additional
rower in councils. That as a result
of those exposures better class OF
men may be brought into councils Is
hoped and believed, yet not even a
model council would, in our opinion.
lie 50 well fitted to supervise the eX-
ccutivc functions and processes of the
city government as would an eXecu-
tive commander-in-ch directly
elected bv and directly responsible to
the people.
Mr.. Roche's experience as business
man will doubtless bear out the
statement that large majority of the
SuctpSSlul private cliiti VI iSES w '''N
country are one-man affairs. If cor
lorations, they may have boards of
,'irertors, executive committees and
.tyigo"y boards for purposes of con-
.l"rnG broad questions of policy
Ynl for purposes of ornamcntation
'lr III" responsibility for the execution
nc dc,ailS is necessarily Centered In
- l~onn-rr. and tho hotter the mama
,ecr the more completely he constit-
tutcs. for all practical purposes, the
company. city government presents
a iarulle. At its head is the mayor.
who should he and in the best gov
ryn"d cities is in practical effect the
general manager. The people know
him and can get at him. He should
H.. eligible to recollection as Il reward
for good service, just as he is now
eligible for general condemnation a.
a penalty for bad service.
To put executive power in councils
is to hide it.. People not qualified to
elect good mayors, knowing how
much depends on having a good one
would certainly be disqualified from
securing a better average grade OF
executive genius in councils.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

~ROM THE FACT that it is the
H one department of the ma
tional government with which
each citizen is brought into
frequent, If not daily, contact, a large
degree of interest attaches to eVerV
feature Of the postal service. This Will
explain and justify the generous space
allotted elsewhere to the summary OF
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smiths Instructive and admirably pre-
pared annual report.
It's distinctive feature is the arGu-
ment made for the extension of rural
free delivery. proposition having the
Administrations fullest Endorsement
and support. Under arrangements
either completed or pending, about D.
900, 900 Americans resident on farms at
some distance from postal centers are
served with periodical delivery of their
mails. and the result has been very
noticeable increase in the volume OF
rural correspondence. What the post
master general now urges is that con-
gress shall provide the means, esti-
mated at not more than Sl4,OOO,O0o
wear, whereby this partial rural free
delivery may be extended regularly
over the 100000 square miles and
among the 900 people within the
practicable limits of such service. He
points out that if congress would
simply undo the gross abuses now ex-
listing in the second-class mail classi-
tication. whereby fake periodicals and
trashy advertising sheets get cheap
postal rates intended for genuine news
and literary publications, saving of
$4,000, 900 would be effected, or almost
enough to pay the entire net cost of
making rural tres delivery permanent
and complete.
AS to the economic and social signifl-
cance of bringing the farms into regu-
lar and frequent communication with
the cities and towns. MI. Smith truly
says:
Rural free delivery stimulates social and busi-
mesa correspondence and so swells the postal re-
CENTS. Its introduction is invariably followed
by a large increase in the circulation OF the
press and periodical literature. The farm Is thus
brought into direct daily contact with the cur
rents and movements OF the business world.
more accurate knowledge OF ruling markets and
varying prices is difused, and the producer, witt
his quicker communication and larger informa
tion, is placed OH surer footing. The value o.
farm land is enhanced. Good roads become indis
pensable, and their improvement Is the essentia
condition of the service The material and meas
urable benefits are signal and unmstakable. Bu
the movement exercises wider and deeper infu
ence. The disposition to leave the farm for thu
town is checked, and may be materially changed
by an advance which conveys many OF the ad
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Central Railroad of New Jersey.

Stations in New York-Foot OF Liberty street,
n. r., and South Ferry,
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV, p, 1900
Twain, leave Scranton for New York, Newark,
Elizabeth, Philadelphia, Euston, Bethlehem, Al
ientown, Mauch Chunk and White Haven, at $50
n. M; express, 1.lO; express, 800 p. m. sun
Far Pittston and Wikcs-Barre, $50 a. M; 1.l0
and so p. IN. Sundays, 2l5 p. m
For Baltimore and WASHINGTON, and points
South and West via Bethlehem, $50 a. n,, 40
$40 D. m. Sunday, 2.l5 p, m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc, at $50
a. m. and i.lO p. IN,
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg, via Al
lentown, $50 u. m, and l.l0 y. m. SUNDAYS.
2.l5 p IN.
Through tickets to all points east, south and
west at lowest rates at the station
H. p. BALDWIN, Gen, Pass Agt.
j. H. OLIlAlSEN, Gen. Supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

Including the cost of deepening the
harbors at Chicago and Duluth so as
to admit ocean steamships. the esti-
mated cost OF q 30-foot ship canal from
the great lakes to tdewater, all on
American soil, connecting Lake Erie
with Lake Ontario and the latter with
the Hudson river via Oswego and the
Mohawk valley. is given by an expert
commission as 1926 .S92, 900 with yearly
maintenance cost of about 100000 coo.
This suggests the next question, Is it
Wprth n -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
Delaware and Hudson.

In effect Nov. 25. 1900.
Trains for Carhondale leave Scranton ot GEO,
7h3 S53 TO- Il, II. M; 100, 1.29 24l, 3.52, $40,
OBS, 7.57, o.15, 1l.15 p. M; 1l6 a. IN.
For llonesdale-G.2o, 1918 Il. M; 2.li and
$40 p III. 80, a. o, ~ n
II 81 A. m; l2s, 2.1S, $685. Ar, 6.l0 7IS, lo41,
For l.. V. r. r. points-645, 11.55 a. m.; Els,
For PENNSYLVANIA II. r, ponts-G.I5. 0.3s a.
H.. a.1s and i27 p. m.
For Albany and all points north-G,ao a. IN.
and 1862 p. IN. ,,,
For Carbondale-00O, ll.3i a. m; 9.ii, 3.'2,
5.i7, 10,j2 p. m.
For Wilkes -Barre-o.3s, ll,55 a. M; Los, 3.2S,
627, S27 p. M.
For Albany and points north-".52 p. m.
For IIoncstne 900 a. m. and 352 o. m.
Lowest rates to all points in United States ami
Canada :.
j. W. BURDICK, G. r. A., Albany. \. Y.
H. W. CROSS, d. y. A., Scranton, Pa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
Reducing the Revenues.

- ONE OF the criticisms made
- upon the bill of the ways ana
means committee to reduce
the war-revenue taxes are
fair and some are unfair. Secretary
Gage makes fair criticism when he
says that to reduce the governments
income si000O,000 at one clip. when
the most careful figuring could not
discover q safe way to get along with
more than a $3O,OOOOOO reduction, sa-
vors of imprudence. especially In
view of the possibilities of unfore-
seen trouble and consequent expense
in our new possessions. There Is also
fairness in the criticism that the ways
and means committee has displayed
unnecessary eagerness to lift $lOooo,-
900 of taxation off the brewing inter-
ests of the country. a burden not felt
by the community at large and be-
licved to be not disproporttonate to
the profits in the brewing business.
But it is unfair to criticise the COM
proposing the removal of the stamp
tax on bank checks, drafts, certificates
of deposit, foreign bills of exchange,
conveyances, insurance policies, eX-
press receipts. leases, conyeyances,
contracts, warehouse receipts ana
similar papers indicative of wealth.
If bonds. mortgages and promissory
notes are to he relieved of stamp tax
alton, as everybody agrees that they
should be and as the ways and means
committee proposes, on the ground OF
giving relief to the debtor class. then
it follows logically that the emergen-
cy extra tax on, thrift, being no Ion
ger needed to support the government,
should likewise be removed.
BIT in any scheme Of tax reduction
it is wise to remember Fred Grants
remark that "a surplus is easier to
handle than a deficit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
LEGAL.
Scranton, Pa, Dec. I, 1
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. :, 1000.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
NOTICE-IN PURSUANCE OF RESOl.l TlONS
adopted by the Select and Common Councils,
there will be special elections held IN the fol-
lowing wards on Tuesday. Dec. Is. 1900
First ward-One person to serve rs Common
Councilman to fill the unexpired term OF David
H. Reese, resigned.
Second ward-Onc pcIson to serve as Common
Councilman to fill the uneNpired term OF NJ. '.
Norris resigned.
Third ward-Onc person To serve As Common
Councilman to mi the uneXpired term oi Jan"S
j. Gricr, resigned.
Fourth wardOnc person to serve as Select
Councilman to fiji the uncxpire,l term OF Simon
Thomas resigned, and one person to serve as
Common Councilman to MI the uncNpired term
of W. V. Griftihs. resigned.
Fifth ward-Onc person to serve as Common
Councilman to ill the unexpircd term OF e. Il.
Godsllall, resigned
Fourteenth ward-Onr person to serve as Com
mon Councilman to fill the uncxprcd term OF
&. f. Wcnzel, resigned.
Fifteenth wurd-rOne person to serve AS CONF
mon Councilman to fill the nncxpircd term Of
T.. N. Watkins, resigned.
Eighteenth wa,M-Onc person to serve as Com
mon Councilman to fill the uncNpircd term OF
Thomas +. Morris, resigned.
Twentieth wari-Onc person to serve as Select
Councilman TO fill The unexpircd term OF I. }.
Coyne resigned
JAMES MOIR. Mayor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

The American output of tin plates
has increased from 1S.S03 tons in lS92
to S97. 767 tons in 1899. while within the
same period the imports of British tin
plates have fallen from 26S,472 tons to
5S915 TONS It will be recalled that the
same political influences now opposing
the ship subsidy bill which has for its
purpose the stimulation Of an Ameri-
can merchant marine ten years ago
We're cocksure that an American tn
plate industry could not be develoued
under similar protection.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
November and December estimated.

The following table shows the imports from.
and exports to Porto Rico, in each month of
the year 1900 for which the figures have been
received by the Bureau Of Statistics This pres
cnation of the import and export figures by
months enables comparison of the commerce
since the enactment OF the Porto Rcan law
with that of the preceding months Of the cal
cnUlr wear:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

Franklin county, Penn, with a popu-
lation one-thrd as large as Lacka-
wanna, had but thirty bills of indict-
ment before it's last grand jury and has
only thirty-fve convicts in it's Jail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
Business Opportunity.

WALL. STREET-lF YOU WANT TO MAKE
money in the present markets, write us.
Stocks, Bonds, Provisions. carried on per cent.
margin. p. }. Peters Il Co.. % broadway, New
York,
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

Times Table in Effect Sept. Il, 1000.
Trains for Hawley and local points. connect
ing at Hawley With Erie railroad for New hork,
Newburgh al intermediate points, leave Seran'
ton at i.05 a. m and 225 p. m.
Trains arrive at Scranton at ioso = m ana
Q.l0 d. II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
Help Wanted--Male.

ABLE FIRM WANTS CAPABi.l.
man to manage branch office, taking ,re,-
;ion of business. Salary $1,000 and lihc,al COM
Address. Boz 1856, PHILADELPHIA. IA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

ANY AMOUNT or MONEY TO LoAN-QUlcK.
straight loans or Building and l.oii. At
from 4 to per cent. Call on N. V. Walker,
3l431j Conncl building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

FOR sALE-A DELIVERY COVERED WAGON.
has been in ,isc about two months. suitable
for a grocery store, dry goods store or other
mercantile purposes. Apply to William Craig.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
Recruits Wanted
Situations Wanted


POSITION WANTED-BY A YOUNG MAN, TO
learn the electrical b,lsincss at present
studying electrical engineering. W., 70d scran-
ton street, city.
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Wanted--To Buy.
Board Wanted.
Money to Loan.


MONEY TO LOAN on BOND AND MORTGAGE.
any amount. NJ. H. llolgnte. Commonwealth
building.
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FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR
sale at 605 Adams avenue. Call after p. IN.
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HONEST MAN. GOOD HABITS. WANTS ANY
position of trust. Write Trust, Tribune Of
0ce.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

FOR sAIE-BRICK BUILDING. NO. 43i LACK
awanna avenue corner Washington avenue,
being the property recently occupied and now
being vacated by the Hunt 4 Conne Company.
A. T.. HUNT.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

SITUATION WANTED--GOOD GIRL WANTED
for general hoisework, at once. GO West
1.ackawgnna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

FOR sALE-CoNTENTs OF HOUSE fuRN1.
turc. carpets, bedding, etc. 63s Washington
avenue.
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The facts in the case Of Oscar L.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

Entered at the PostofHcc at Scranton. Pa as
Second-Class Mail Matter.
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The Postal Service.

T\ROM THE FACT that it is the
X one department of the ma
tional government with which
oanh citizen Is hrOught into
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

AN Roche's confidence in
y the ability of councils
IN nXnrrisa wisely the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10

AND IRONING NEATLY DONE;
Call at 4O4 New street, Pine Brook.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-12


Hong Kong, Oct. a .--I y is said that
the authorities have received infor Or
nation that a general rising in the
southern provinces has been planned
for the month OF November. Ten
thousand more troops from India.
have been requisltioned for Hong
Kong. The Sixteenth Bengal Ian al:
GERS and the Hong Kong regiment
have been recalled from the north to
Hong Kong. The present indications
are that there VIA be a Boxer ris-
ing similar to that which has occur
red in north China. The whereabouts
OF the rebels in the n.nterland is not
known, but is Believed to. be ten miles
north of the British borders. a de-
tachment Of 1000 Chinese troops have
taken up a position at San Chung.
London, Oct. 1.-THE Hong Kong
dispatches this morning all refer to
the gravity OF the situation in south
ern China, but they give no further
details than have alresdy been for
warded in dispatches to the Assoc
ciated Press. In some quarters it is
urged that it would De better to em-
.ploy British than Indian troops in
China.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-12
OPEI,A TORS DETElslAlNE
Saw No Farther Concessions VIII
u rs Be fIade To Employees. a

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 40. Interviews
with prominent operators here elicit
ed a uniform declaration that. no fur
Their concessions or notifications OF
tn, present offer will be made, and
that the miners must take it or leave
it just as it stands. They say it AZ
plain and complete, and contains all
they can or will concele. The 10 per
cent Increase means that every man
IN the anthracite mine is to have $1.1O
f the work for which he formerly
received 81, the operators say. Inc
r o,vder matter is simply q matter OF
bookkeeping. Instead of giving the
miner 10 per cent increase fiat, he
will have his credit side increased say
8 per cent, ind from his debit side
will be subtracted per cent, or what
ever percentage OF expense II is found
the difference in the cost OF his pow
der amounts to. The purpose is sim
(piy to put an end to the bowling about
powder being sold ut exorbitant
prices. Powder is the basis OF the,
wage scale, it is explained, and to de-
crease it's cost is to increase the
wages. In this region decrease soI
$1.25 in key of powder means
per cent decrease iii the miners en-
penses. Therefore, when he has his
expenses reduced per cent, he has
his wages increased like amount.
The other per cent will be made
up by increasing the allowance per
car for cutting and loading. Where
q miner gets ST q car, he will under
the new scale get $i.o3 1-37a car. His
net earnings will be the same whether
he gets the increase fiat or - figur-
ing on the decrease OF powder. All
arrangements for tomorrow's big
parade and mass meeting are now
complete. Fully 10000 men will De
in the parade, and it is estimated
$4,000 persons will assemble to hear
President Mitchell and others speak.
The national officers come here today
and will remain here till after the
convention, and possibly till the strike
is settled.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-12
! EMPERO R'S EDllC
!Rebukes siimself, hat Places Chteis
* IA M blame UDOn 9th sFS. ~ NJ VI 81


Picking, Oct. s, via rien Tain Oct; 4,
and Shanghai, Oct. =. -By an im 4 n
decree issued at Tai Yuen nv, ta q
Of tie province OF Shan 81. dnted Sen
TENDER %, emreror Kwang SUI de
nounces the Boxer noye,nent ana I
iesignatessfor punishment nine rln8-4
leaders. He acknowled edges hrs n. own DE
fault ana rebukes himself but heS
places the chief blame upon " th es
princes and MOBILES who partici afs "
ii the movement and protrac tedE l NJ
Prince ,Iuan, Prince sal Wing, l}ltfe
San Kang, Wing Men, presid ent of tns
censurate, and Chao Shu Chiao, pres
ident Of the board Of punishme NJ, are
all deprived Of their titles, removed p s'
from office and turned over TO various 9LlF';
trial boards for further pen:altlesb.
Prince 'ruan, by the terms o. the de- e
cree, is to be tried by the board 81
clans. Copies of the DEGREES nave;
been received here and are accepted as
genuine. The foregoing zorro b 1A1'
the official advice receiv I'd last Wee e
lror, Director General Shen. by Ml'.#
Wa, Chinese minister at Washington,
ana later communicated to the state
department.. 1t is reported that Lung
Flu Hsing has fed to the province 81
Shan 81, fearing punish nent. me
impression is growing that the llnpef-s
ial government is making an effort &. ~
dispense and punish the Boxer
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-12
POLICEMAN SHOT by STRIKERS.
Riot Takes Place Early In the Morning
y o-~ Near Schuy Ill.

Hazelton, Oct. 1.-THE second fatal
clash between the striking miners
and non-union men occurred yester-
day at Coke Bros Oneida colliery,
in Schuyl>ill county, when Ralph
Mills, coal and iron policeman, was
shot and instantly killed, and George
Keller, another policeman, and Jo-
seph Lipko, striker, dangerously
wounded. In addition about dozen
employees of the coliery were badly
injured by being stoned by the strik-
ers. ~ as
The shooting was the result of two
separate riots The first began at z
o'clock in the morning and reached
climax about 6 o'clock, when 300
men, boys and women, mostly Hun
garians, attacked the men on their
way to work. Stones were thrown
and the policemen who endeavored
to protect the non-strikers were
forced to seek shelter. No shots were
fired at this time and the marchers
dispersed.
The second clash was the result
of the attempt on the part of the
company to have train of coal
cars from the slopes moved to the
breakers. The engineer was sur
rounded by men and women, who
stoned the engineer. Rev. Carl Hous-
er, a Lutheran clergyman, appealed
to the mob to disperse, but his words
were unheeded. A persistent attempt
was made to run the train and the
men made concerted rush upon the
guards, who ran in the direction Of
the engine house. The strikers gave
chase and the firing followed. Prob
ably a dozen shots were fired. 1t IS
not known from which side the first
shot was fired. Sheriff Toole of
Pottsville was notified by the COM
pany of the need of instant protec-
ton. He was urged to request the
governor to send military aid.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-12
coMPLETE LIST OF MISSING.
Nearly Two Hundred Missionaries no les 4 I
China Unaccounted For. Y

Nearly Two Hundred e N1lbSlOH1ATssasss 80 -
China Unaccounted For. sS5s
New York, Oct. 10 .--4A complet e; USE
of the Protestant missi onaries known W
to have been killed or naccoun 11a4ts Y
for, from the beginning Of the BoS i.,ls
movement to September has been
received by the American blole So So
ciety from Rev. John 2. HylSes, ITS
agent in Shanghai. The list contained
the names of ITS people. Very few,
if any, will escape. Ot these sixty-six55
are men, forty-one arc married and ~!
fhirty-tWo are single Women, and
thirty-nine children. III the total
there arc sixty-nine Americans, TWEEN
ty-fye men, sixteen ma FRIED and eight.
single women, and twenty chi 1rel..
4he total lllled, about whose deaths
there cannot be any question. are
eleven men, six married women, thil-.
teen single women and thirteen chil-
dren, a total of forty-three. OF these
killed thirteen were Americans; three
men, one married woman, ai-s single
women and three children.