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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

manStlla there ior the few. The banks,
many than there Tor the few. The banks,
added to their business until the figures OF
domestic commerce for 1900 make those OF 1890
seem of lonspnst period Never has average
individual ownership been greater than today.
Many men have accumulated wondrous fortunes,
hut this accumulation has not apparently in
terfercd with modest cndeavor. Tho number OF
savinss depositors has increased enormously, and
their savings represent vast sums. The holders
of small properties were never so numerous or
so large proportion OF the whole population.
4 decade Of tremendous development has not
eliminated the individual, but rather increased
his opportunities. Facts confutc theories, and
political economists OF the pessimistic school
are compelled to postpone the fuhlmcnt OF their
reful prophecies until this republic has at least
outgrown the present us,y age.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
ahs Value of the Birds.

w 80: !: e" .:::: +: :: !: :: +: :::::; :
ton of the value of the
bulletins on birds and mammals pub
lisheds by the Biological Survey at
Washington; bulletins that are becom-
ing more widely distributed among
farmers as the years go on. AS the
writer in Ainslee's, Mr.. Arthur Henry,
remalfs: Birds are the farmers
most valuable aids in his lifelong
battlciwith the insects that prey on
his craps. How important is it, there
fore pat he should not destroy them
that do him greatest service"
He gites the absolute proof given by
the biological Survey that, of the sew
enty-three different species of hawks
and OILS mhabiting the United States,
nut siN kinds are injurious: "and of
these six three are so rare they need
hardly be considered or taken into ac-
count as enemies of agriculture. The
other sixty-seven kinds prey upon
mice, insects, and other yermn, and
rank among the farmers best friends" /"
Mr. Henry's article, condensing some
OF the important work done by this
division OF the Uniied States govern
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
following table

In Great Britain and the United
States. as has been shown by an in
teresting coputation made by o. p.
Austin. chief of the United States
treasury bureau of statistics and sum-
married. in the Washington cores
pondencc Of the Philadelphia Ledger
the use OF the mails doubled within
the twenty ears which closed the nine
teenth century. The number of let
terS delivered in the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, rose
from 1,165,OO0.OOO in the fiscal year 1881
to 2.2t6.S0o,000 in 1900. The average
rumber per capita rose, in the mean
time, by more than 60 per cent, from
- to 55. The number of newspapers
and packets delivered increased by
more than l3O per cent. from 36i ,OOO-
OOo in 1881 to SGT. 900 in 1899, In the
United States an exact account is not
kept of the number of pieces of mail
matter handled. but an illustration OF
the progress made is afforded by the
number of postage stamps and other
pieces of stamped paper sold at the
postotliccs as above set forth. The
number of pieces of stamped paper
thus issued was |, 490,773,49S, in 1881,
representing face value of $34 Asa, SOB.
The amount substantially doubled in
1890, when the number of pieces was
3.lS3.14 ,3iS. and their value was $50
45S054. and nearly trcbled for the is-
cal year 1900. when the number of
pieces was 5.2S3,61S.Ol0. Thus, within
value was $?7, 7,6iOS91. Thus, within
nineteen years, with an increase OF
about 30 per cent. in popula ton, there
was an increase of nearly 200 per cent.
III the postal expenditure of the pco-
pie. and their per capita postal en-
pcnditures rose from about 20 cents
to Sl.30
The increase in the use of the tele-
graph and telephone has been even
more phenomenal In Great Britain
the number of messages sent rose from
29966,9G5 in the fiscal year 1881 to e.
36S,o in 1890 and 9O,4iJ,123 in 1900. In
the United States the number of miles
of wire operated by the Western Union
Telegraph company rose from 1lo,19l in
1870 to SIl,42O in 1898, and the number
of offices from 3,912 to 22.2l0. The
number of messages sent increased in
the same interval from 9.157,645, at an
average charge of 1j.5 cents, to g., lI3,-
I49, at an average charge OF 30.1 cents.
The Postal Telegraph company in
creased its length of wires from -
5S1 miles in 1851 To 143,2o0 miles in 1899,
while the number nf messages rose
from l,i2S,6Jo to 15.i07,0lS. Figures as
to the growth IN use of the telephone
in the United States are not available.
but that this growth has been rnor-
nous is II fact of common observation:
and that, with che apencd service it is
likely to multiply many fold III the
rcxt decade Is readily credible on the
basis OF tn" growth already visible.
This is the age of rapid colnmunica-
ticn.
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4
~ ing last June has not long ago
been issued by the govern
ment. We note one or two facts of the
multitude therein statistically record
ed. There was during that year Il total
enrolment of 16,7SS,362 pupils in Ameri- =
can schools. from the kindergarten to
the college inclusive. OF these more
than l5,ooo0O0 were in the public
schools.
Nothing could more forcibiy denote
the call for making the common
schools vehicles of the best and most
successful training. as regards both in
struction and discipline than do these
figures. IT is the future citizens of this
republic. the peOnlc who are presently
To rule this country. to determine it's
policy and the national character, who
ar" in The public schools today.
nf the onire population one IN every
five hundred was in college last yea ::
one in every four and half Of the
population IN school. It is noted as a
eat Improvement over the cducu-
ti"nal conditions of thirty years ago
That then the average child in the
public schools received but three years
of training, and that now the AVERAGE
has risen TO four and a half years"
That Is an emphatic showing of how
brief y school time several millions of
American children, native bonn and
foreign born, secure.
The report itself, and many COM
lncn'$ upon II in various leading Jour-
mails. while saving that the standards
OF teaoninG have risen. unite in making
the twp points which The Tribune has
also been steadily dwelling upon OF late
the need nf freeing the public schools
wholly from the domination of politics
ana that Of substituting fresh and in
divIdual methods of training for me-
chancal Methods
once more we mention the self-oyi-
den, truth that fresh and individual
methods ot training" are npossite
under The present system of assisnipg
iar tpo many pupils to II teacher. and
demanding of that teacher III. bring
ing them all up to the arbitrary stand
ards of the written examination as the
est for promotion aud advancement in
studies
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

The sixth annual convention of tho
National Association of Manufacturers
is to be held this year on June 4, .
and at Detroit. III addition to busi-
ness sessions there will be a visit to
the Pan-American exposition and a.
trip around the lakes. AS one of the
most active present-day agencies in
the extension of American trade, this
association appeals largely to Ameri-
can interest and support. May its con-
vention be in every way successful.
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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY, APRIL o. 1901.

their own personal effects. Tho world
has como To regard the heroism aud
self-sacriiice OF nurses. MS 1t does
those of frcmen, as a matter of course.
This is, though, the highest Of tributes
to their character as II class.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
Erie and Wyoming Valley

Time Table IN Elect sept. Il, IDOD
Trains tor lllwlcy and local points. conucIt'
Ing at Hawley With Erie railroad Tor New Work
ton at I,05 a. m. and 2.2j p. m.
Trains arrive al scranton al 1910 4, m, and
o.10 y. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
An Age of Communication.

w HAT ARE known in gov
AN/ crnmental parlance as
postal issues include all
forms of postage except
on regular periodicals. For 1900 these
amounted in value to 500. .1Ol ,i26. The
growth in the postal business of the
United States since lSS1 is shown in the
following table.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

ASuinaldo has issued a proclamation
10 all insurgents. commanding them to
lay down their arms and become good
citizens. If there is obedience at Dos
ton. no further trouble need be an.
ticipatcd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabc CAST :i.23 a. M. ior Tuesday, April
y, 1901.

A 20,
KVs' ". sgpe
\ child born on this day will notice that some
people could not be happy even upon Easter ul.
less allowed to appropriate the goose egg.
The discreet weather man will utilize the word
"rrobably'' in all predictions these days
No man can boast OF good name unless it is
worth something OF Il check.
Genius docs not ,ut much OF figure IN the
literary compositions of the day. IL requires
genius, however, to dispose OF one
II begins to look though it would he nee
cssary for soiLc al oar citizens TO order Il kcS
sent home on saturday evening hereafter.
Ajacchus' Advice.
The man who is looking for something should
never talk politics.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09


appointment of \. NJ. Brown
as the first recorder of Pitts
burg are appearing in print.
and. strange To say. every explanation
IS volunteered save the real one, which
is that Governor Stone wanted for the
place Il man absolutely of the first
class commanding the respect of every
faction and every party.
Incidental to this food of speculation
Is the conjecture that stone has
thrown Quay" The manner in which
this has been done warrants the belief
that Quay would like TO he thrown in
that wa" for the remainder of his ac-
tive political life. It ever one man
stood loyalty by another. William a.
stone has stood Loyalty by his friend,
Matthew Stanley QUAY.
Tn" fact is being perceived through
the dispensing clouds of factionaism
that the governor of this common
wealth is a man big in every attribute
of executive greatness. 1t surprises
some; but there were many who knew
1t all the time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

The reports of the recent destruc-
tion by fire of st. Peters hosuitul at
Helena, Montana, say the patients
We're all saved, and none of .hem
was injured or suffered any i'll effects
from the excitement of bainS muNe,i.
hut this could not have been accom-
piished had il not been for the heroic
conduct of the nurses. These, with
out single exception, AMI in the
midst of great personal danger, gave
their whole attention to the rescuins
Of their patients" They lost all Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

At Lake Placid, y. ", this year Il
letter addressed tn the merchants and
business men of the entire township,
asking them to close their business
places~on Good Friday, was signed by
the pastors of the Roman Catholic,
Protestant Episcopal Methodist l;pis-
copal, Baptist and Presbyterian con-
srogations The Jewish rabbi added
II postscript saying that Friday, April
,, being the second day of the Feast
of the Passover and so dear to the
hearts of the children of Isreal, |
would join my Christian brethren in
making the above appeal" The Lake
Placid correspondent of the New York
Churchman says the appeal was re-
sponded to by the closing of every
place of business for the day; mot
only every one of The storekae 0ers, but
also the mill owners, saloonkeeners,
BARRIERS, and all Others"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

Developments in the celebrated Rice
murder trial in New York demonstrate
that lying is not yet one Of the lost
arts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

The irrcprcssiblc crank appears to
be out in full force. explaining to the
government at Washington what to
do with Aguinaldo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

Western justice is evidently setting
color blind. A white man has Just
been lynched in Arkansas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

Jnpan's anxiety to test the embrace
of the Russian bear appears to IN
crease daily.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
SCRANTON. APRIL .. 1901.

the Cuban constitutional convention
Is be ginning to act like Il Scranton
council. ----
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

On" of lIavana's yellow papers has
been suppressed. The good work
should be carried on to New York and
Philadelphia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
For Sale.

FOR SALE-.ONEN PAIR BLACK MARES, PER.
feet match. sound and kind.
One Two Seated lhacton.
One Top Buggy with Shafts and Pole.
One Two.Scated Sleigh.
One Cutter with Shafts and Pole.
One Double Harness.
One Single Harness.
Robes, Blankets, ETC., etc. all in first class
order. For further particulars call or address
7li Linden street, Scranton Telephone call t2i3.
CIIAS. D. SANDERSON.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

Elnhrror- Williams address to his
a'mys'n9i1Lies that it is unpleasant
for or 4n'1%nan,> the target even for
roor marksmnM.
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Help Wanted-Female.

TED-HOGSEKEEpER MUST ALSO DE
good plain cook. References required. Cal
In evening at Nc. 1910 Washington avenue
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New York Office: 80 Nassau Sc.
S. S. vREELAND.
Sole Agent for foreign Advertising.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
LEGAL,

AUDITORS NOTICE--lN RE: ESTATE OF AM
brosc Muley, Deceased. In the Orphans
Court OF Lackawanna County, No. So, Series &C. -
Notice is hereby given that the Undersigned.
an Auditor appointed by the Orphans Court OF
Lackawanna County, to whom is referred the cs:-
ccptions TO the first and partial account Of
George NJ Mulley, executor OF the estate OF said
deccdent with authority to pass upon such cx-
coptions and report TO said court, will attend
to the duties OF his appointment at his Office in
the Conncll Building, City of Scranton, Mon
day, the thirteenth day of May. 1901. at o a.
m, at which time and place all persons inter
csted arc requested to present their claims or
be forever debarrcd from doing so.
JOHN NJ. HARRIS, Auditor
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Agents Wanted.

AGENTS WANTED--"AGUINALDO AND HERO
Funston" by Murat Halstead. Philippine HIS.
torian. Swift, sure seller. Write today for pros.
rccus and territory. The Halstcad Publishing
Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

Entered al the rostcflicc at Scranton, Ia, as
scconl.ClaSs Mail Matter.
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Figures Demanding Thought.


port for the school year end
A-- ing last June has not long ago
been issued by the govern
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
Help Wanted--Male.

MANTEDFiRs CLASS srENOGRAPIlER AM
bennington operator; good salary 70 tn
right man. Address Manufacturer. care Tribune
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Thirteen million mole people iound an adequate
living mcomc in The United States in 1900 than
were supplied With The same in 1880. and found
II easier. There is more prosperity for the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
William Alexis Stone.

= ARlctS interpretations of the
v appointment of \. NJ. Brown
rs the first recorder of Pitts
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
Seeds.

G. r. CLARKE & Co, SEEDSMEN AND NJ RS.
erymen, store POI Washington avenue; green
houses, 1850 North Main avenue; store tele.
phone, Is2.
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Situations Wanted.

SITUATION WANTED--BY WOMAN TO GO
out by day, washing, ironing or any work
by day. Please call or address Mrs. Russell,
1910 Cedar avenue. city.
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tBs Scranton .:lt;:lt tribune

LlvY S. RICHARD, Editor
O. NJ BHXBEE, Business Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

FOR RENT-HALF DOUBLE HOUSE, Gss lIAR.
rison avenue; rooms, SIS; also l6os Pine
street, rooms, SIC.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09

027 GREEN RIDGE STREET, ELEVEN ROOMS;
modern improvements; steam heat; furnished;
very desirable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04
The Minor Events Of Yesterday Pre-
scented in Condensed Paragraphs.
Rain fell last evening.

The Minor Events Of Yesterday Pre-
rented in Condemned Paragraphs.
Rain fell last evening.
Three DRINKS were pulled in yes
terday by the police.
Mr.. Chas. W. Dietrich has accepted
a position with Bayha Bros, wagon
manufacturers.
Wheeling lodge No. %, A. o. U.
W., will hold a social session Wednes-
day evening of this week.
The funeral of Adam Bricker will
take place tomorrow from his late
residence, No. 1915 Mccullough street.
-Kneves, Kraft & Co. have been
awarded the contract for the improve
ments upon the First United Presby-
terrain church.
The funeral of Jacob Schempf, who
died at the City Hospital Saturday,
will take place to-day from his late
residence in Bellaire.
The funeral of Jacob Lasch will
take place this afternoon from the
family residence near Glenn's Run.
The remains will be buried at Green
wood cemetery.
Members of Park Division A. 0. H.,
held a meeting yesterday afternoon,
and made arrangements to attend the
funeral OF Martin Fahey in a body, or
Tuesday morning.
The new law, providing that brew
ers may not go upon the bonds Of re-
tail liquor dealers, is expected to cause
some embarrassment to saloonists
when they get their licenses on May
LIST.
This evening at w. C. T. U. head
quarters on Market street, there will
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04
IED

BAIRD-At twelve o'clock. midnight.
Sunday, March 8, 1901, at his residence
near Elm Grove, John Baird, in the 66th
year of his age.
Funeral notice hereafter.
SCHEMPF-At City Hospital, on Sat-
urday, March End, 1901, at lis D. m., Jacob
Schenpf. in his 51st year.
Funeral from his late residence, No.
1855 Bruce street, Bellaire, Ohio, on Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends of
the family invited to attend. Interment
private at Rose Hill cemetery.
FAHEY-Saturday, March 2. 1901. at
his age. M year q
Funeral from his late residence, No.
T~wenty-third street, Tuesday at $50 a.
m. Requiem mass at st. Joseph's cathe-
'dral at 10 a. m. Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend. Interment
at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
BRICKER-On Saturday. March 2. 1901,
at 1905 O'Clock a. m, Adam Bricker, in
his 39th year.
Funeral from his late residence, No.
lots McColloch street, Tuesday morning at
$50 o'clock. Requiem high mass at ST.
Joseph's cathedral at 9 o'clock. Friends
Va ~ ieSPSSlA"hs iHsi'eu 10 at
tend. Interment at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
A special car will leave the office of the
w. & E. G. r. r. at the conclusion of
the services at the church.
LASCH-On Saturday. March 2. 1901. at
$50 O'Clock a. m, Jacob Lasch, in his SD
year.
Funeral services at his late residence,
near Glenn's Run, Ohio county. Monday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Friends of the
family respectfully invited to attend. In
terment at Greenwood cemetery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04

to be Edward Irwin.
Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON. Pa, March a-Coroner
Fitzpatrick on Sunday morning received
a telegram from Mrs. Rose Kennedy, of
Atlantic City, asking for a further de-
of John Kennedy, who was
killed by Constable John Nicely at ClayS-
vile Saturday morning. She also asked
for a description OF articles found on his
clothes and anything else that might
serve to identify him.
The coroner replied that the man had
been fully identified by the other man
found with Kennedy, and that the de-
scription of the Atlantic City Kennedy
Tailed in every particular with that of
the dead man at Claysville. He also
stated that unless she made some ar
he would turn the body over TO an anat-
Mrs. Kennedy will com to Claysvilie at
once.
1t developed Sunday that Kennedy's
companion, who is in the county jail, is
Edward Quinn, of New York City. When
the man was arrested he stated that his
name was Edward Churchill, and gave his
home at Pittsburg. Squire Fitzpatrick
wired his description to Chief of Police
HI. c. Eldridge, of Atlantic City, who re-
piled that the mans real name was Ed
ward Quinn. and that he had a bad record
in New York, where he resided. In let
tiers found in Kennedy's pockets from his
wife, mention is made of his partner
Quinn, and it is thought that the two men
have been operating together for some
time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE
For the Inauguration of Governor
White at Noon To-Day.

Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 3.-The
inauguration of Governor-elect Albert
Blakeslee White. of Wood county, will
take place at high noon Monday.
Weather indications tonight are for
pretty weather. A special train conveying
a large number of Parkersburg people will
arrive here at 10 o'clock this morning.
The White marching club and Citizens
band of that city, will be here, and the
former organization will act as the Gov
ernor'S personal escort. At IL a. m. the
parade Will be formed with company NJ,
West Virginia National Guard, the Elkins
club of Charleston, the State officers, the
White marching club, and other visiting
organizations.
Judge Henry Brannon, president of the
Supreme Court, Will administer the oath
of office.
Tonight a large number of prominent
politicians are in the city and more are
arriving on each train. The inaugural ball
promises TO be the most brilliant in years
and will take place in the capitol build
ing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04

be a celebration Of Woolley day. An
excellent programme has been arrang-
ed, and the affair promises to be very
successful.
Bids for the erection of a church
building for the Second Christian
congregation, on the Island, will be
received until March 18th. Plans are
on exhibition at the Office of Architect
e. B. Franzheim.
1t is reported that Frank A. Hol-
lenbeck, of New York, who controls a
patent for a three barrel gun, will
make his home in Wheeling, and will
probably endeavor to organize a COM
pany here for the manufacture of the
gun under his patent.
The funeral of Naomia, only
daughter of Mrs. Olivia S. Botsford,
took place yesterday afternoon at two
o'clock. Impressive services were
conducted at the family residence on
Chapline street, and the remains were
conveyed to Greenwood cemetery for
interment.
This afternoon the contract will be
awarded for remodeling the Reed prop
erty, corner Twenty-second and Chap
lin street, for occupancy. by the Centre
wheeling Bank. A corner entrance
will be placed in the building, and
new store rooms will front On Twenty
second street.
The funeral of Mrs. VIM. Lodge
took place yesterday afternoon from
the residence Of her daughter, Mrs.
Alva Lewis, on Mccullough street. The
services at the house were attended
by a large concourse of borrowing rel
atives and friends. Tho remains were
laid to rest in Peninsula cemetery.
Owing to the presence of many
citizens at the inaugural ceremonies in
Washington and Charleston, the meet
ing of the grand jury for the March
term of the Criminal Court will not be
held until Wednesday,. The jurors
have been drawn and witnesses sub
poenaed. The list of presentments is
not large, embracing a very small num-
Der of ~felonies.