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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-30

TNU HE PAUSE taken at Ha2le-
ton on the brink of the
Il strike precipice does credit
TO the judgment of the
United Mine Workers and especially
to the more conservative influences
among them, well personified, by all
accounts, in President Mitchell. The
impression created by his demeanor
throughout the Hazleton convention is
complimentary to his sagacity and
honesty of purpose. The leadership
which stops to count the cost ana
which withholds all drastic measures
so long as more conciliatory methods
remain is everywhere entitled to re-
epectful attention.
The ten day interval allotted for
further negotiation, if wisely utilized,
may avert altogether the unspeakable
calamity of a general strike, the bur-
den of which, however it might incon-
venience the operators and weigh heav-
lily upon the community, would so far
as the miners are concerned, soon be-
come insupportabe. There are more
than two sides to this question Of a
strike; there is the side of the great
public at large and if it desires to es-
cape a danger beyond the ability of
any prophet to forecast, now is the
time for it to make its influence felt.
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Extraordinary
Contest
The Scranton Tribunc Offers UAuSual Induce
mcntS for EarncS Efforts ON the Part
of Active Young Persons

The Tribune aims largely increase its circulation during the
next few months the best and eeanest paper published in
Northeastern Pennsylvania and it finds way into
family its merits will enable it to remain permanently In order
introduce it seek the cooperation Of ambitious intelligent
young and women and to gain their help have put into
cution plan that will interest every
We are going to give scholarships and other special
wards to the persons who will be successful and attain
the highest number Of points Educational Contest BY scho
arshps full of study paying the tuition charges,
eah and in the of the leading scholarships The
Tribune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also the
board of the fortunate winners during the life the scholarship
covering four and three years respectively
In addition to the ten special rewards and in order
those who may enter upon this work and be
full in obtaining of these, The Tribune will give to
every who succeeds obtaining subscribers under
of this contest ten o) cent Of all the money from subsp
tons they may succeed in winning for it
All letters of inquiry should be addressed editor of
Educational Contest Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa The
Tribune will be pleased to inquiries for additional in
formation and urges those interested to write in doubt any
point
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MULTUM IN PARVO.

Kiddvile Right Angle and Log Lick ere Ken.
tucky postoflces.
To become a soldier is a humiliation in China
The magistrates outrank the military socially
In Hamburg dogs are taxed by weight; the
heavier the dog the larger the tax that has to
be paid for it.
People in the interior Of China seldom read
newspapers. They get their ideas Of foreigners
and outside doings by gossip.
Twenty Japanese and seventeen Chinese
officers are attached to the German army !Cr
instruction, besides representatives Of other for
eign armies
There is a county in Kansas where there are
no physicians and drug storekeepers do not make
living. For more than year there has not
been a sick man iH> the entire county that has
not been cared for and restored TO health ly
''herbs" and other household remedies
A statstician has estimated that a man 80
years old has worked $500 days, has slept 6,00J
has amused himself 1000, has walked 1900
miles, has been i'll 500 days, has partaken Of
SO. 600 meals. eaten 1900 pounds Of meat and
a. 900 Of fsh, eggs and vegetables and drank 100
gallons OF fluid.
The average annual total of water which falls
as rain or snow in the United States is l,4O7
cubic miles. This amount Of rain would more
than twice fill Lake Ontario, 70 raise this
water TO the clouds from which II fell would
require the work OF 5O0OO0,O0O horses working
ten hours a day throughout the year.
Lewis wilkins, young farmer living near
st. Paul, MINI, IL believed to be the tallest
man alive, measuring feet ills inches in
height He was born in 1874 and from the start
grew so rapidly that, according to the stories
current in his home, he was six feet tail when
| only 10 years old. wilkins weighs 3di pounds
Lord Kelvin estimates the diameter Of the mole
| cule Of a gas 10 be not less than one fNe.hun
dred-millonths Of a centimeter II drop oi
water were to be magnihed to the size Of tho
earth and its molecules we're magnihed proper
tionately, the size Of each nolecule according t.
| the same authority would be between that Cf Q
| duck-shot and that OF a cricket ball
Many Ash can produce musical sounds. Th'
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Hold the Philippines.

There are certain large and general conslders'
tions, however, which, TO my mind, demon
strats that the authority to govern these De-
tendencies Is vested in congress subject to no
disabling limitations Of certain provisions Of
the constitution, which, because they are inap'
plicable to such a situation never could nave
been designed by the trainers to apply TO IT,
believe II never was heard before that any CON
stltutional government with the full ana com
pletc powers Of a nation was disabled by the
very instrument which created II from the ac'
QUESTION OF territory by the consideration that
il would be impossible TO govern it when ac.
quircd. Speaking my own opinion, ! would
hold the Philippines permanently and not pro-
visionally. ] would, from time TO time, as
their people demonstrate their capability give
them the fullest power OF sef.government they
are capable Of exercising. ! would DO as Great
Britain did with q race Of the same stock IN
the Straits Settlements, where, nfty years ago,
she found a barbarous population ruled by three
separate sultans making war on each other
and nfesting the seas with piracy. Little by
little she has given them selfgovernmert until
their sef.administration is now almost com
plete IL is one Of the most productive, pres
porous and peaceful communities in the world.
1t is loyal to the mother state and its soldiers
stand ready to be marshaled in arms for the FRO.
lection Of her sovereignty and for civilization
in China.
The conditions and situations ss 10 Cuba and
| the Philippines are not the same. We never
had sovereignty over Cuba. We have sever
| eighty over the Philippines. When We inter
| vened as between Cuba and Span, the Cu''Sns
were In arms fighting for their independence
and were practically belligerents. When we
invaded the Philippines the natives were not in
arms We never promised to give independence
to them and they did not demand 1t at that
time. Before we invaded Cuba, In the very
declaration OF war against Spain, this governmen,
did promise to give independence to that island
We made no such promise as to Porto Rico. Our
title to Porto Rico and the Philippines rests
upon the same incontestable basis, and yet
have not heard that even the Democracy purposes
or wishes to erect Porto Rico into an inde
perdent state,
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trigia can produce long-drawn notes ranging over
nearly an octave. Others, notably two species
Of ophtidum, have sound-producins apparatus,
consisting Of small movable bones which can be
made TO produce sharp rattle. The curious
drumming" made by the species called umhri.
vas can be heard from a depth Of twenty faith.
oms
According to the latest issue Of the Nome Gold
Digger to reach the United States, "tacSs have
advanced to 50 a pound; eggs to q dozen,
though efforts have been made TO raise the price
to $3.50. There are plenty Of them. Ham was
long since out" The Gold Digger is printed
in red ink and sells for 25 cents a copy.
The heat was so terrific in New York a few
days ago as 20 set of an automatic FIRE alarm
in a soap factory. The contriyance is regulated
TO give an alarm and send down & shower Of
water when the temperature in the room reach :
certain number OF degrees Fahrenheit. There
was no fire, but the sun did the business, and
the sprinkers nearly drowned out the soap fac.
tory before they could be stopped.
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Rev. ID. J, MecGoIdrick,

TN THE DEATH Of Rev. D. ].
MacGoldrick, this city in
4 more ways than one suffers
a distinct loss. Not only is
the community poorer for the
passing of a brilliant intellect and a
great teacher, but for the subtraction
of a spotless life. 1t is not always
that such deep scholarship and wide
spread attainments are united with a
personality SO entirely charming. No
one could come within the range of
that personality and not recognize it's
fascination. With a fineness of SEN
sibility most exceptional, he possessed
= strength of character scarcely recon-
cl,able with the courtliness of man.
nor and the polish of phrase not often
Known in this age of haste.
There was an apparent sixth sense
Of intuition which drew unto him the
Sorrowing and burdened, while a con-
trasting sunnincss of temperament
made him welcome companion in
any circle. Women found in him the
soul of refinement; men acknowledged
him as the most congcnial of friends,
and the truest of advisers. He had n
clearer and broader conception of poll
tics than most statesmen; he was
better vcrsed in philosophy than the
majority of philosophers and had an
acquaintance with science which
would have given his statements au-
thority in any civilized land AS a
lingust he had few equals and in mat
ters of art and literature his wide re-
search and familiarity with every
subject were surprise to even those
who have made life work of such
studies With these, he combined a
beauty Of inner life, spirituality and
a. simplicity of faith which compelled
all who knew him to feel his sincerity
and respect ii.
%His life has ended all too soon. II
was literally worn out in the service
OF others.
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A Question of Patriotism

a II THE REUNION of the
~ 109th regiment of New York
4 " volunteers, held In Owego
on Monday, General Isaac
s., catlin, a prominent Democrat.
voiced aptly the soldiers view of the
politician at home who makes trouble
for the soldier boys at the front. Says
the published version of his address:
"He likened those who aid the Fill
pinos by moral support in their war
oD Americans to the Tories of the
Fevolution and the Copperheads Of the
Rebellion. He said that no matter
how high a man stood politically he
was morally guilty of treason when
he promised to go to the aid of the
Filipino If the latter kept on fighting
He further said that If his son, Cap
tain Catlln, on duty in the Philippines,
should lose his life or limb in an am
bnscade of the Fllipinos bis life or his
blood would rest on the head and
the CORY hands of those who urged
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capacities Of their people. No such dihoul'ies
intervened in the administration Of Louisiana,
Florida or the territory which we acquired from
Mexico. Congress legislsted at the last session
in regard to the government OF Alaska In some
particulars entirely unwarranted by the conSu'
tuition, II the disabling construction placed upon
Il Inv our uI,ponents is correct.
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SPECIAL REWARDS.

/. Scholarship in Wyoming Semi.
nary a years., inclu-dng tut.
tion and board .........,.... 81 900
2. Scholarship in Keystone Acad.
emy g years. including tut.
tion and board .............. 6G4
3. Sohmer SD Piano, including
stool and scarf Con exhibition
at J. W. Guernsey's, 3l4
Washington avenue) ......... ass
4. Course in Piano Instruction at
Scranton Conservatory of Mu-
SIC .............,,,...... 70
8. Columbia Bicycle, Chainless,
1900 model (on exhibition at
Conrad Brothers, 243 Wyo-
ming avenue) ............... 75
6. Scholarship in Scranton Business
College, commercial COURSE. GO
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College, shorthand course =. 60
s. Solid Gold Watch, ladys or gen
tleman's (oh exhibition at Eu-
gene schimpff's, Sl7 Lacka-
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9. Tele.Photo Cycle POGO B. Cam
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the Grieln Art company, 200
10. Ladys solid Gold Watch, or
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$2,439
Each contestant failing to secure one
OF these special rewards will be given
ten QO) per cent. OF all the money he or
she turns in.
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Ii Hung Chang and the parties who
offered rewards for the rescue of the
legationers at Pekln seem to have dis
appeared about the same time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-30
SENATOR DAVIS ON
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
STIRRING ADDRESS BY MINNIE
sofas GREAT STATESMAN.
In Well Chosen Words He Cuts
Through the Mazes of Bryan's
Adroit oratory and Lays Bare the
Follies of the Democratic Platform.

Chicago, Aug. 29.--Prominent men
from all parts of the country gathered
around the tables In the banquet hall
of the Auditorium hail to attend the
feast given by the Hamilton club of
this city in their honor. The Hamil-
ton club is a Republican organization.
and after the menu politics are the
chief thing under discussion.
President Fairbanks OF the club
acted as postmaster. and with him at
the head table sat Colonel d. Il. Hen
derson, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives; Senator Cushman X. Da-
Wis, Of Minnesota Senator Dolliver of
Iowa: Charles G.. Dawes, comptroller
of the currency: General Shaw, COM
mander in chief of the Grand Army Of
the Republic; Walter Warder, acting
governor of Illinois; Lieutenant Cen
eral Miles, Major General Louis Wag-
ner, General Daniel f. Sickles, Judge
Leo Rassiur and others.
President Bangs opened the speech
making with a short address, at the
end Of which he introduced Speaker
Henderson. The address of Speaker
Henderson was most happily received,
and he was heartily cheered as he re-
sumed his seat.
President Bangs then brought for
ward as the next speaker Senator
Cushman X. Davis, who replied as fol-
lows to the toast Our Destiny"
This campaign is portentous Others have been
conducted on few issues, economic or moral.
In this one the Democratic party and its can.
didate mean the reversal Of every policy. dones.
lie and foreign, monetary, financial, protective
and expansive, which has made the sdmlnistra.
tion OF President Mckinley one OF the most
glorious in our history by the splendor OF its
military and naval achievements, by its revival
Of dying industries, by it's financial legislation,
by its making the United States the first money
power in the world, by its extension of our soy.
crcgnty and by advancement to the very
forefront Of international influence The meas,
ures and policies which have wrought these i'm.
posing political results are sevcrally and re-
spectiyely condemned, either in themselves or
in their just consequences, and their abrogatlon
| is demanded by the declaration OF Democratic
| principles, made at Kansas City This decara.
| tion does not denounce the administration Of
President Mckinley for its failures, it condemns
| it for its achievements.
For the first time the sovereignty Of the United
States over territory, held by unquestonable
| title, is to be abandoned and the flag lowered
and that, too, in capitulaton to a Aagrant in
surrection against its authority No Democratic
platform, no Democratic speaker, expresses any
satisfaction with our triumphs in war, or with
the abounding prosperity Of our people, OF with
our international ascendancy. How can they
rejoice in a prosperity which falsihes every pre-
| diction they made four years ago, and the ap
proval of which would retute every claim
that they can possibly make for their political
| restoration?
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A new cloth which we now
introduce, and which being
thoroughly shrunk aud spot
less, will prove an excellent
cloth for hard wear; in a good
range of colors, including
Silver and Oxford Greys,
Brown, Blue, Etc.
All the new numbers in our
Guaranteed Black Taffeta"
from I9-inch to 27-inch wide
at lower prices than ever, to
open the season.
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49, sus figures are unsatisfactory.
This is notably true of Den
yer and Chicago, where police, school
and city directory enumerations great
ly exceed the official count. Where
specific error can be pointed out IL
should, of course, be promptly reme-
died. The census rating is an import
ant municipal factor entering largely
into the consideration of those looking
for new places of residence or indus
try and it should be a just rating.
to the percentage of growth in any
city is a fimsy basis for a demand
for q recount.
In this connection 1t must be re-
membered that during the last ten
years the growth of our larger cities
has moderated from certain well-rec-
ognzed causes. One of these, the
most prominent, has been the tendency
of business operations to modify from
the speculative to a more conservative
basis. If we except the speculation
in franchises and charters which Is
yet very general and confine our re-
marks to industrial and mercantile en-
terprise it is plain that this is steadily
growing more cautious. The result is
that money is not accumulated so
rapidly as was the case in the younger
days of city development; it is not cir
culated so lavishly or with such an
air of abandon, and the incentive
x,,Ii Iro
or small village into the so-called hubs
oc enterprise, while by no means in
considerable, has today perhaps less
glamor about it than it has had at
any prior time. We think 1t is OBJ
servable that the tendency of young
men in fairly comfortable circum-
stances in the village or small city to
hazard a plunge into the metropolitan
whirl without first having secured sat-
isfactory employment is diminishing.
Another factor tending to retarG the
growth of our larger cities is the diff
ficulty experienced by urban factory
managers in getting along with the
labor in their employ. The multiple
cation of organizations among the toll
ers in our cities has in many instances
improved their condition but in other
instances where unwise leadership has
prevailed it has, through sympathy
strikes, boycotts and other demonstra-
tions of It's power caused a migration
of factories to smaller communities,
where the liability to friction is not
so great. Testimony to this effect has
been collected in abundance by the
United States industrial commission;
and it is corroborated by many acts
within the range of local observation,
| notably the dispersal of small silk and
| other textile industries among the
towns of our neighborhood. This is a
factor necessarily exerting an influence
upon the census returns.
Our cities as a whole are growing
but except where special and tempor-
ary conditions of a boom" characte
| prevail the ratio of their growth is
diminishing. This is as it should be.
| People are quite as necessary In the
| country as in the towns.
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Most people will agree with Prof.
Fitzsimmons that it is nobler to so
down with the Horton law than before
the gloves of an ambitious opponent.
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The young man up the Hudson, who
proclaimed himself Charley Ross the
other day, displayed very poor judg-
ment. He could have created more
interest in New York by im9ersonat-
ing the lost statesman. David Bennett
HILL
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OF course Bryan will take the stump
and talk as of yore. Can the leopard
change his spots or the boy orator
outgrow the fascinations of applause?
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william Conncll loves the Almighty Dollar
better than he loves the children Of Almighty
God, his brethren. - Carbondale News.
Written by one who evidently does
not know william Connell. Judge
not, lest ye be judged"
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Elias Hartz, the famous goose-bone
prophet, of Reading, announces that
he will publish his annual prognosti-
cations in a few days. AS all the other
weather prophets appear to have had
the elements against them recently,
the predictions of Mr.. Hartz will be
awaited with interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-30

sIf the Middle-of-the-R Road Pops sue
coed in their threat of polling 4
million votes and electing five congress-
men they will probably soon have an
ambition to occupy the entire thor
oughfare.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-30

The contestant with the highest num-
Der Of points will be given a choice from
the list of special rewards; the contestant
with the second highest number Of
points will be given choice Of the re-
manning rewards. and so on through the
list.
Each contestant failing to secure a
special reward will be given 10 per cent.
OF all money he or she turns in.
All subscriptions must be paid in ad'
vance.
Only new subscribers will be counted.
Renewals by persons already on our
subscription list will not be credited.
No transfers can be made after credit
has once been given.
All subscriptions. and the cash TO pay
for same, must be handed in at The
Tribune Office within the week in which
they are secured, so that papers may be
sent to the subscribers at once.
Subscriptions must be written on blanks,
which can be secured at The Tribune
Office or will be sent by mail.
The contest will close promptly at s
o'clock Saturday evening, September 2e
1900.
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Legislature. =.

First Distric'-THoMAs J. REYNOLDS.
Second District--JOllN SCHEuEF, JR,
Third District-EDWhRD JAMES. JR.
Fourth Distdct-P. A. PHlLBIN.
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RULES OF THE CONTEST

The special rewards will be given to
the persons securing the largest number
of points.
Points will be credited to contestants
securing new subscribers to the Scranton
Tribune as follows:
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Paramount Issues.

Imperialism is not the paramount issue OF the
campaign and cannot be made so, The ad'
iustment Of any question as to the Philippines
is TO be considered after rebellion against the
sovereignty and authority Of the United States
las been put down. The paramount Issues this
year arc financial and economic, Shall the anti
protection party Of le to be put in power to
advance its principles by the enormous powers
of executive influence in case Mr.. Bryan Is elect
d, and win the hrst engagement in a campaign
the next battle Of which will be for the control
Of both houses Of congress?
The question for the plain people is Do they
wish, with the instructions Of a bitter expert
ence fresh and deep in their memories to
change or submit to the change OF that abound
ing prosperity which came with the election Of
President McKinleyY-a prosperity which no
Democratic platform or speaker denies nor dare
not rejoice in or even allude TO- Agunaldo
can wait until the American people take "a
bond of fate" II necessary by snnihilating for
the preservation OF their own domestic interests,
tho political combination which is at the same
time their enemy aud the alder and abettor OF
the Tagal rebels.
The immediate duty of this government as
TO the Philippines is TO maintain its sovereignty
and TO crush rebellion against il. What It's
constitutional powers and limitations are can be
more prohtably discussed and considered after
the authority Of the United States shall have
been firmly established. | do not believe that
| the constitution contains any disabling inhihi.
| tions which will prevent this government from
governing, and governing those islands as their
| best interests may demand and according to the