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Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-02-23

In the United States court at Tampa
Judge Locke made an important
ruling on the national bankrupt law.
He said that he believed the law was
simply intended to place a mans af-
fairs in the hands OF a trustee, and
that this was where the United States
law ended. His opinion was TO the
effect that all questions growing out Of
the business after the trustee had
been appointed should be carried to
the state courts and not the United
States courts. Local attorneys be-
lieve this to be a very important
ruling, and one that will serve as
distinct guide post for future actions
under the national bankruptcy laws.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-02-23

The East Coast Lumber Company
at Watertown now has $50 carloads Of
lumber ready for shipment, and is
making it at the rate of ten cars per
day. They are having some difficulty
in getting cars enough to handle their
business promptly on account OF a
large number being tied up at docks,
awaiting unloading, at Fernandins
and Jacksonville.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-02-23
LnckaonvIIIa'a CenauE.

The report of the Jacksonville CEN
sus has been given out by Secretary
Taylor of the city board of health, the
following tabulated report being is
Iron County register., 1900-06-07
AGENTS WANTED

A book of over 400 pages. containing 100 Illus
trations, beautifully printed, edited by William
Vincent BYars the distinRuished author and jour
Iron County register., 1900-06-07
Notice of Letters.

Notice is hereby given, that Letters
of Administration, with Will An
nexed, on the estate of Thomas Boar
er, late of Iron county, deceased. were
granted to the undersigned, on the 4th
day of May, 1900, bv the Probate Court
of Iron. Courty, Missouri.
All persons having claims against
said Estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance within one
year after the date of said Letters, or
they may be precluded from any
benefits of such Estate; and if such
claims be not exhibited within two
years from the time of the publica-
tion of this notice, they will be for
ever barred.
This 4lh day of May, 1900.
VIM. nEPEW,
Administrator, with Will Annexed.
Iron County register., 1900-06-07
For two Years Ira w. Kelley of Mans

For two years Ira w. Kelley of Mans
count of kidney trouble. He consulted
several physicians and spent consider
able money for medicines without OBJ
tanning relief until he tried Foley 8
Kidney Cure, and now writes Il de-
sire to add my testimony that it may
be the cause of aiding others ="
Iron County register., 1900-06-07
Fl. W. COLLINS
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE
IRONTON MO

on oTIcE TO PIcNIcERs AND ExcuRsIonIsrs
.1(Hacks, Spring Wagons, Single and
Double Buggies; Three-Seated Car
riages and Two Seated Carriages, with COM
petent drivers; also, the best of Saddl
Horses for Ladies and Gentlemen caube had
at REASONABLE RATES
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
The Weight of Precedent.

T HERE is a story reported as having been told
by Colonel Fred N. Dow, of Portland, Nc,
which shows well how customary usage broad.
ems down from precedent to precedent" And
no less plainly does it show the weight OF the
exceptional precedent, says the Youths Com
panion.
Colonel Dow once visited friends at Quebec,
and while seeing the sights of the city and its
surroundings he took a public carriage to visit
the Falls of Montmoiepcy. At a halfway house
on the road the driver pulled up his horse and
remarked. ''The carriage always stops here"
"For what purpose2'' asked the colonel.
''For the Passengers to treat" was the reply.
"But none of us drink, and we dc not intend
to treat"
The driver had dismounted, and was waiting
by the roadside. Drawing himself up to his full
height he said, impressively. 81 have driven
this carriage now more than thirty years, and
this has happened but once before. Some time
ago had for fare a crank from Portland, Me-,
by the name of Neal Dow, who said he wouldn't
drink; and what was more to the point, he said
he wouldn't pay for anybody else to drink"
The son found himself occupying the same
ground as that on which his father had stood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
COMPLIMENTARY.


Washington Letter in Philadelphia Press.
One Of the men most talked Of for the next
gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania, is
Representative Connell, Of Scranton. II he were
to make a campaign independent Of the
chine the opinion here is that he would be one
Of the strongest men in the field. He has
always been friendly to Quay, but is believed
not to be in full sympathy with the machine
bearing Quay's name. Mr.. Connell has been
endeayoring TO secure harmony in the party and
has preached the cvangel Of compromise so thor
oughly that his friends claim his nomination for
governor would mean a political millennium in
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Connell, aside from politics, has many ele.
ments Of strength as candidate. heavy
coal operator and large employer Of labor, he
never had any trouble with his thousands OF
workmen. lie began life as a driver boy in a
coal mine at salary Of 75 cents day, and al
though he has to use seven figures in expressing
his wealth today, no one ever thought OF charging
him with obtaining a single dollar Of it illegit.
mately. or at the expense of any ones suffering.
He is high in the councils Of the Methodist Epis.
ccpal church and is liberal contributor to all
religious and charitable objects
These are a few Of his qualities now being
enumerated by his friends, who are coaching him
as likely candidate. The only thing urged
against him Is his age He will be 7S on the
10th Of next September, but any one who oh.
serves his movements and his work would throw
of twenty years in guessing his age.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15

and other inconvenient and sometimes
unsafe mediums, upwards Of a billion
dollars per year.
At present the average fee for do
nestle money orders, according TO the
last annual report Of the postofTice de-
partment, Is sO.O592 and the cost to
the government in handling the or
sers is 3 cents in third and fourth
class postofflces, plus the cost of print
Ing The money order system would
stil be used for sending sums in ex-
cess of $5 but on sums less than So
the postofice department would be
protected against loss by the revenue
1t would derive from the sale of the
stamps which are to go on the pro-
posed post checks. Now many per-
sons send money through the mails in
fractional currency or in one-dollar
and two dollar bills, on which the gov
ernment derives no revenue. Under
the post check plan, these sums would
require stamps and thus a new source
of postal revenue would be revealed.
The post check bill has the indorse-
ment of the postollice department and
its enactment would undoubtedly in
stitute a very welcome public con-
Venicnce
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
Probe Deep and Often.
RESOLUTION of Senator
Bacon calling upon the
Il. senate committee on rela-

IHE RESOLUTION of senator
Bacon calling upon the
Il. senate committee on rela-
tious with Cuba to
make thorough investigation
of all receipts and expenditures
of money in that island since
its occupancy by the United
States, is, of course, campaign dodge,
intended to lead to the belief that the
postal frauds are not the only frauds
which have characterized American
regulation of Cuban affairs. 1t is so
timed as to dOve-tail nicely with the
Democratic campaign yarn that the
administration is trying to hush up the
postal frauds. The only foundation for
this latter story is the fact that now
that thorough investigation is being
made by trustworthy experts along
enough different lines to bring out the
truth the authorities at Washington
and in Havana have declined to pro-
claim the details of the plans of detec.
tion in advance. They are going to
reserve their talking until they can
talk with all the facts in their pos
session.
Still, if Senator Bacon and the senate
committee on relations with Cuba want
to do any investigating on their own
account every facility should be. ac-
corded to them. The Republican party
is not afraid of Investigations. Once in
a while it puts trust in a rogue and
he betrays it, which is a misfortune
common to all mankind. But as par
ties go the Republican party is graft
fled to have it's administrative work
compared with that OF any other party
in the business of government. Let
the probers proceed The more the
menier; for every defect which this
kind of campaign detective work can
ferret out there will be disclosed a
dozen virtues.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
Concerning Doctored Butter.

4 ENCOURAGEMENT is made
~ that the state dairy and
L " food commissioner will
prosecute the operator of 4
creamery at Eagle Point, in Berks
county, for using what are known as
coal tar colors in coloring butter The
young child of Wilson Smith, a farmer
living near this creamery, drank some
of this coloring matter from a bottle
which was kept in the creamery and
died sixty hours afterward with symp-
toms of poisoning. This is the third
death reported in Pennsylvania in
three years due to swallowing coal tar
colors used in cOlorlng butter and
while the amount of coloring matter
in the quantity of colored butter which
an individual is likely to eat at one
time Is not sufficient tn cause death, it
is declared by reputable chemists to be
injurious to health and if this is true
it's use should certainly be interdicted.
There is one kind of coloring matter
for butter which is pronounced harm
less by experts. This is annato, de-
rived from the pulp of the seeds of
certain shrub which grows in South
America and the West Indies. Annato,
however, is more expensive than coal
tar and it's dye is not so lasting; hence
many butter-makers who wish in win
ter time to initiate the natural yellow
of the summertime product use the
.YsI1a =
quences, and it is high time that the
rough hand of the law should descend
upon this vicious practice. There is
really no sense in coloring butter at
all Butter in it's natural state is best.
But If the market is foolish enough 20
demand colored product, the dye used
should be harmless and the use of any
other kind should be made a special
misdemeanor, severely punishable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15

"the wholesale system of disfranchise-
ment by coercion and intimidation"
adopted in certain southern states; and
reaches its grand. climax in the fol-
lowing portion, which defics abridg-
ment:
Resolved That we denounce the act Of March
II, 1900 USnown as the currency reform act), as
the elimination of long series Of consprhcics
TO deprive the people Of their constitutional
rights over the money of the nation and relc-
gate to the gigantic money trust the control
OF the purse, and hence Of the people We de-
ncunce this act.
First, For making all money obligations, do.
nestle and foreign, payable in gold coin OF its
equivalent, thus enormously Increasing tie bur
dens Of the debtors and enrching the creditors.
Second, For refunding gold bonds not TO ms'
ture for years into longtime gold bonds, so as
to make their payment improbable and our debt
perpetual
Third, For taking from the treasury over fifty
millions of dollars in a time Of war and pre-
scnting it at a premium to bondholders to nc.
compsh the refunding of bonds not due.
Fourth, For doubling the capital of bankers 10y
returning to them the face value of their bonds
in current money notes, so that they may draw
cne interest from the government and another
from the people.
Fifth, For allowing banks to expand and con-
tract their circulation at pleasure, thus control
ling prices Of all products.
Sixth, For authorizing the secretary OF the
treasury 10 issue new gold bonds TO an uniln'
tied amount whenever he deems IL necessary to
roplcnish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
to secure more bonds and more bank currency
by drawing gold from the treasury, thereby
creating an "endless chain for perpetually
adding to a perpetual debt
Seventh, For striking down the sreenbacs IN
order to force the people to borrow three hun
dred and icrty.six millions of dollars more from
the banks. at an annual cost Of over twenty
millions of dollars
While barring out the money OF the consttu'
tion this law opens the printing mints OF the
treasury to the free coinage OF bank paper
money, to enrich the few and impoverish the
many. We pledge anew the Peoples party new
or to cease the agitation until this eighth hnan'
cial conspiracy is hlotted from the statute
books the Lincoln greenback restored, the
bonds all paid and all corporation money tor'
ever retired.
Upon this crazy platform William
Jennings Bryan beckons to intelligent
Democrats of the old school and asks
them to vote for him for president!
How are the mighty fallen!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
Lunchroom Wit.

r HERE was a diversion at the Uncleanscd
Spoon lunchroom the other afternoon A
man who had been notified of his appointment
TO a war department position in the Philippines,
on account of his knowledge of Spanish, had been
celebrating his forthcoming exile for several
hours Then he dropped into the Uncleansed
Spoon lunchroom for a bite. Calling Tcu.
tonic waiter, he said:
"Dish me up plate O. pork and beans"
The Teutcnic waiter knew the irstappointedto.
the.Phiippnes customer, and he saw his
chance.
"Yoost you Vait awhile" said he, "und you
eed your Fill-o' beans
Then the Teutonic waiter sank to the floor in
a At of uncomfortable laughter. So great was
the excitement that cnsued that three men at
the lunchroom tables were observed to remove
their hats while they ate Washington Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
She Discharged a Duty.

MANY simple people who obtain marriage Ii
censcs of city clerks imagine that they are
in duty bound to report to him afterward and
let him keep track OF their affairs.
Salt Lake City paper reports that tai,
gaunt woman, with ginger hair and somewhat
fierce expression Of countenance, lately came to
the county clerk of Boxclder county in that
state.
"You're the man that keeps the marriage
books, amt your" she asked.
"Yes, a'am," he answered. "What book do
you wish to see?
kin you find out il Jack Peters was married ?''
Search developed the name Of John Peters, for
whose marriage a license had been issued two
years before.
~ thought so," said the woman. married
'Lize Waters didn't he!"
"The license is issued for a marriage with
Miss Eliza Waters"
"Yep. Well, Pm Lie. thought I'd ought
to come in and tell you that Jack Peters has
escaped. Youths Companion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
THE MOTHER.

A little ring of gold-a battered shoe
A faded, curling wisp Of yellow hair
Some penciled pictures-playthings one or two
corner and chest to hold them there.
Many a woman's fondcst hoard is this,
Among her dearest treasures none so dear,
Though bearded lips are often hers to kiss
That once made only prattle to her car.
The sturdy arm the seasoned form, the brow
That arches over eyes of manly blue
Mean all joy to her living memory now,
And yct-and yet she hugs the other, too!
With that rare love, mysterious and deep,
Down in a mother heart thro' all the years,
That placid age can never lull to sleep
And is not grief yet oft brings foolish tears.
She often goes those boarded things to view
And finger the wee treasures hidden there
To touch the little ring and battered shoe
And kiss the curling wisp Of yellow hair!
New York Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15

~ X. WANAMAKER'S sue
Nj cess in throwing bouquets
4 n at himself in the columns
of the papers in sym
pathy with his advertising depart
ment does not entirely satisfy one
phase OF the public's interest in his
recent conversation with the director OF
public safety of Philadelphia. If we
reCOllect the version of that conversa-
tion vouched for by Mr.. Wanamaker
the director of public safety said he
had been looking up Mr.. Wanamaker's
record both in this country and in
Europe, and had found it vulnerable.
This is surprising, when We consider
how active John Wanamaker is in at
tacking the records of others and how
Virulent he is in censure of those who
do not minister to his political ambi-
tiOns or inclinations. That there could
be anything Vulnera BILE in the record of
a man like Mr.. Wanamaker is reputed
to be; that professions such as his
could go with performances of ma
ture to engage the attention of the di-
rector of public safety of Philadelphia
would not have been credible had not
Mr.. Wanamaker injected this disquiet-
ing thought into the public mind him
self. Now that the idea has been put
into circulation, there is bound to be a
widespread desire to know the truth.
On week days, amid business cares,
Mr.. Wanamaker works for the purifica-
tion of Pennsylvania politics and on
Sundays, we believe. engages with
zeal in the incubation of right morals
in the young. Are we to believe from
Mr.. Wanamaker's version of his talk
with English thai English was correct
in pronOuncing his personal record vul-
ncrable; or is it only the opponents of
this distinguished reformer who have
records appropriate as raw material for
the Thomas b. Wanamaker type of
jOurnaliSm2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15

a BILL TO substitute for the
~ present paper currency in
a n small denomination what
are known as post check
notes is now before congress and those
favorable to It's adoption are advised
to made their wishes known to their
representatives and senators.
1t is worth while to repeat pre-
Vious explanation of post check notes.
In the bill now pending it is proposed
10 reprint all $.0O, $500 and $500 bills
now In existence and to have the
new issue made out with blank spaces
in which any person, upon attaching
to the bill Il two cent stamp, may
write the name of particular firm
or person. Thus lndoIsed the bill be-
comes check, payable only to that
firm or person upon proper identifica
tion. Once paid, the check is Cancelled
and new note is issued in its place.
When the blank spaces are not filled
in. the note circulates just as our
present paper currency does. The bill
also provides for fractional post check
notes in sums of 5, 10, 10, 25 and so
cents, for convenience when sums are
u be transmitted by mail.
Under the new system, when one
wishes to send money in small amount,
300 for instance, by maiLto subscribe
for u magazine or newspaper, pay a
bill, OF transact any of the multi
.udinous pieces of business necessary
oy letter, ne will take $500 bill from
his pocketbook, write on its face the
name OF the person or firm to be sent
20, the city and state, and affixing "A
two cent postage stamp in the square
indicated Zone cent stamp for the frac-
tional bills), sign his initials in ink,
with date; the initials and date Ia
cross and cancel the stamp. Thus the
piece of currency which, up to this
time, has passed from hand to hand
as negotiable money, has been instant
ly transformed into a personal check
ON the United States government for
$500, as safe for transmission as any
piece of exchange. This is enclosed In
a letter to the person or firm desired
and when received is deposited, with
other checks, in the bank, or can be
collected by the receiver upon identl'
fication at bank or postofiice The te'
dious and inconvenient trip to tn,
postoffice 60 secure a money-order Is
done away with, and a convenient
safe, and instantly available form ot
transmissible money Is supplied, with
which the American public can trans
act business by mall which now ag'
gregates, in the small sums represent
ed by enclosed postage stamps. silver
piNces. morav orders, express order:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
Tops on the Warmth.

TN THEIR desire TO avert the
subVersion OF free institutions
Il by corporate and imperialistic
power" the Bryan wing of the
Populists have adopted a platform
which is certainly a study in vagarles.
All the old ones and number of the
new ones are there. The platform de-
mands a graduated income and iuher-
itance tax, postal savings banks, free
homesteads for every settler on gov
ernment land, government ownership
and operation Of railroads and trusts,
the initiative and referendum, Ameri-
can surrender TO Aguinaldo, municipal
ownership Of public utilities and direct
election Of United States senators; con-
tends that the tariff should be taken
off all articles controlled by trusts,
that the Philippine war is war of
conquest, and that standing army
is standing menace. and denounces
government by Injunction. the use of
federal troops to suppress riot and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15

1t is asserted upon good authority
that the profits of Mrs. Fiske during
the theatrical season just closing have
exceeded 100000 while those of Rich
ard Mansfield have been larger. In
asmuch as both of these players repre-
sent artistic conscience and intelli-
gence, their success financially is
public advantage. Both cherish the
idea of a playhouse in New York city
to be permanently devoted to the de-
velopment Of the higher forms of the
drama: and it is to be hoped that
the ideals of each will speedily be real
ized. Something of this kind is ur-
gently needed as an antidote to the
superabundant trash which defiles a
large part of American theatricals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15

Tearle, to play leading parts at his new thsater.
corner Of Broadway and Thirtieth street, New
York. On the first night Of new piece in
which Tearle appeared he wore a long double
breasted English frook coat. Walack was an.
xiously watching the play from the wings, nnd
as Tearle sat down, he carefully parted the tails
Of his coat Wallack ~as furious, and could
scarcely contain himself until the close Of the
scene. As soon the curtain was rung down,
Wallack strobe up TO Tearle, and said by
c., sir, the managcmnt OF this theater Pays
you enough money to enable you TO sit on your
cost.tails like gentleman, and by c., sir,
you must sit on them!" Needless to say, Tearle
sat on them after that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
1T STANDS ALL TESTS.


The Scranton Tribune has not in the least
abated its interest in the advocacy OF Charles
Emory Smiths name in connection with the
vice'presdential nomination. The omission of
the late State convention TO endorse Mr. Smith,
il says with force, has not been accepted by the
balance Of the country. Tie Tribune argues,
what is conceded, that the national convcn'
tion will want an available man who will
be absolutely acceptable TO the president, who
will in every way be his peer, and "Mr Smith
meets the emergency" 1t says, "There may be
others" There are others. But with the sin.
gle exception Of Governor Roosevelt, no name
in this connection has stood the test OF public
criticism SO successfully as Charles Emory Smith.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
In Apt Retort.

r. E0RGlA CAlNAN, who was not lacking in
appreciation of herself was once neatly re.
buffed by young girl graduate Of one of the
dramatic schools, who was about to make her
debut in small part in a play in which Miss
Cayvan was the leading lady. Meeting in the
green room before the curtain rose, Miss Cayvan
said to her, patronzingly; "Well, my dear, |
suppose you expect to become great actress
some day, don't your" Looking up naivey,
with an arch expression, the young lady replied:
"Why, yes; don't you?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-15
The Neostyle
Dmplica 10000.

1t will print 1000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or music, and 1900
copies from any original writ
ten on any typewriter. We
are agents for the above and
have one in use for the in
spection of any one interested
in duplicating machines.
The Planetary Pencil Sharp
ener, improved, The Star
Paper Fastener, improved
We will put either in YOU
office on trial for a few days.