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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
ARGUMENT OF
VIADUCTCASE
WAS HEARD YESTERDAY BY
JUDGE JOHN p. KELLY.
An Early Decision Is Expected from
the Court-Mrs. Williams Brings
Suit Against the City to Recover
$4,000 Damages for Injuries She
Alleges She Sustained-Mrs. swartz
Will Oppose Her Husbands Appli-
cation for a Divorce-She Wants
Counsel Fees-Court House Notes.

The viaduct case Is now in the hands
of Judge John p. Kelly, the final ar
guments having been conducted yes
terday afternoon. 1t is generally un-
derstood that the Judge will render
an opinion within the next two weeks,
as the case will be taken to the SUI
preme court, no matter which side
wins, and 1t is desired to have the
paper books ready, 50 that 1t can be
heard by that tribunal some time in
February.
The case was pretty thoroughly ar
gued from the day of the first hear
ing so that all the attorneys did yes
terday afternoon was to sum up the
various arguments before presented.
Attorneys Burns and Streeter argued
for the plaintiff and City Solicitor
Vosburg and Major Everett Warren
for the defense.
The defense contended that the
$500 worth of bonds authorized by
the vote of the people could not be
counted in q statement of the city's
Indebtedness prepared for the pur-
pose of showing that councils by au-
thorizing the construction of q VIA
duct had exceeded the two per cent.
debt limit. With this $29O,OOO taken
out, it was shown that a margin of
over 100000 remained.
Then for fear that court might de-
eide that this s2900O0 should be
counted in compiling such a debt
statement, the attorneys for the de-
fense argued that the 100000 debt
contracted by the erection of a via
duct would be an unliuuidated clai,,,
and not such q debt as the trainers
of the constitution had in mind when
they framed that clause of the con
stitution fixing the debt limit in mu-
inequalities.
The attorneys for the plaintiff de-
MED both these contentious, and in
sisted that the S290,00O should be in
cluded when ascertaining whether OF
not councils had exceeded the two per
cent. debt limit, and that the debt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
VACCINATING CHILDREN.
Rush at the Hahnemann Hospital
Yesterday.

With their accustomary generosity
the managers of the Hahnemann hos
pital announced in yesterdays Trib-
une their willingness to vaccinate all
those unable to pay physicians for the
small sum of 10 cents, the cost of the
virus.
The price usually asked for perform
Ing this service varies from so cents to
dollar, including the certificate, and
as all school children must be vaccin-
ated by the fifteenth of this month it
can readily be imagined that the num-
ber of applicants was by no means linn
tied.
When this offer was made the hos
pital authorities expected to have a
big supply of virus on hand, but fate
decreed otherwise, and after twenty
eight arms had been pricked by the
lance 1t was discovered that the sup
ply of virus was exhausted. The re-
(mainder of the applicants will be treat
ID today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
TYPHOID FEVER CASES.

Another case of typhoid fever was
received at the Moses Taylor hospital
yesterday. William Bellies, of OLD
Forge, was taken sick several days
ago, and is quite seriously i'll. Another
member cf the family, a child, has
also been stricken down with the fe-
yer,
The doctors at the hospital believe
the case to be the result of impure
drinking water. There are two con-
valescent cases Of typhoid at the
Moses Taylor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
In Register of Wills Office.

In the estate of A. Il. Lidstone. late
Of this city. letters of administration
were yesterday granted to J. Nelson
Garrett.
The will of Winfield Il. Mott, late Of
Peckvlle, was yesterday admitted to
probate and letters testamentary grant
ed to his widow, Josephine Mott.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
Will Fight the Divorce.

Several weeks ago Lafayette Swartz,
who is employed as a motorman by
the Scranton Railway company, asked
for divorce from Rachel Swartz, al
leging that she was unfaithful to him.
Yesterday Attorney James j. O'Mal-
ley filed a paper for Mrs. Swartz, which
sets forth that she is not guilty of the
charge her husband makes against
her, and that as she has no means Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01

THANKS RETURNED.-The directors of the
Florence Crittenton Home wish 10 sincerely
thank the Sunday school of the Elm Park church
for Their generous Christmas gift OF S45, and
also for two wagon loads of vegetables, fruits,
grains and other goods
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01

nRIyrR boy INJURED. Richard Weaver, a
driver at me Dlaioiu hilhe was taken 10 'hi
Moses Tovjor hospital yesterday, suffering from
flesh wourJs and bruises the result of being
drayged II runaway mule
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01

Following are two views of the effect
the elimination of the individual coal
operator from this region will have:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
SII6 6N

RESIDENTS CoMPLAIN.-Complaint was made
at policel headquarters last night that the resi-
dents of llallstead place have of late been sub
iected tt great deal of annoyance by persons
who have been using the court a lounging
place,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01

RrcIrU, AR MEETING will be regular
nco,iug Of ,he board Of health at their rooms
II the city lal Wednesday at p. IN.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01

4 NOVEL WINDOW DiSpLAY.-The Foote &
Shear company have made novel and original
wndoy display by an artistic arrangement of
1901 calendars Of various firms and business
house. such display is new to Scranton, and
is Attracting much attention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
CITY NOTES
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opr> t\N. 7.---School sessions at St. Ceceia's
codemv viu not open until Monday, Jan, :,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01
SCRANTON OF
The FUTURE
EFFECT OF THE ELIMINATION
OF INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR.

D. B. Atherton Says 1t Will Be to
the Advantage Of the City IL the
Money Released from Mining En-
terprises Finds It's Way Into Man
featuring Channels-Attorney G.
E. Daniels Also Takes q Cheerful
and Hopeful View of the Future Of
This City.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-01

MY BE OSWALD Chief of Police Robling
mas received information that the Scranton man
who committed suicide at Newark n. j.. last
wee, may be Edward Oswald, instead OF I'd.
war Boswell as reported, II was suggested thai
Oslld might have been resident of Carbon.
dale but neither the Scranton or Carbondale city
dir ctofles contain TINS name
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
PERSONAL.

Hubbard b. Mcdonald. the journal clerk
Of the United States Senate, Is the third
of his family to hold the place, his father
and grandfather preceding him In it,
Walter Crane. the decorative artist, is
one of the most talented men in England.
He Is a teacher and writer in art, a book
illustrator, a painter. a designer of furni-
ture, glass. mosaic. wall paper and fabric.
He is besides 4 poet lecturer and fear
less socialist
Representative C. A. Sulloway, of Man
chester, n. H., is confined to his bed by
an attack of fever. and was not able TO
attend the obsequies of President McKin-
ley He was named by Speaker Hender-
son as one of the three New England Con-
gressmen TO represent the House OF Rep
resentatfves at the funeral.
Lord Rothschiid is. of course. now the
head OF the famous banking family and
It's most wealthy member. He Is more
solemn and reserved than his brother Leo
pold, but the two are much attached to
each other and they have multifarious in
terests In common. especially their love
OF sport. There Is a legend that Lord
RotfschIld orce discovered that he had
been giving an annual donation to the So
ciety for the Conversion OF the Hebrews
through a clerical blunder on the part of
one Of his busy almoners.
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
American RaiIwaxa

In the general development of our
country there is no more remarkable
feature than the growth of its railway
system. Using round numbers, 1t may
be said that the United States has
twenty thousand miles more track than
the whole of Europe, and nearly three
sevenths of the worlds entire trackage
More specifically. the report of the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
190t gives returns from one hundred
and ninety-two thousand miles OF track
in operation, an increase of thirty-six
thousand miles during the last decade.
The increase in mileage is something
more than twenty-three per cent, but
the gross earnings increased about for
ty-one per cent, and the net earnings
ings forty-six.
The business has increased much
more rapidly than the trackage-the
gain in net earnings being more than
twice as much as the gain in mileage.
This was to be expected, for the work
of development has been proceeding all
over the country at the same time, as
well along the lines of the old roads as
where new ones have been built. In
deed, the bulk Of the gain was doubtless
In the business of the older roads, for
the traffic of new ones is nearly always
small at first. In many instances they
run through new sections of country
where the population is sparse and can
furnish but little way traffic.
The distinguishing point of difference
between European and American rail-
way building is that in the Old World
the roads have generally, almost uni
versally, been constructed to meet the
requirements OF business already in
existence. and they have traversed we'll
settled countries. Here to very great
extent, the roads have been the pioneers
OF settlement. They have been run for
hundreds of miles Qn some cases thou
sands) across uninhabited plains, and
through primeval forests. where the
grizzly bear and the mountain lion held
full sway. Both business and pop
ulation followed in the wake Of the To-
comotive.
1t is not strange that Our mileage
should have increased so much more
rapidly than that OF Great Britain, or
France. or Germany, because our terri
tory is much larger. and our roads
necessarily longer. But 1t Is strange
that in railway construction we should
have surpassed all Of Europe. which is
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
NO OUTWARD SIGN.

In obedience to Il law that forbids the
draping of public buildings. the Capitol
at Washington, in which services were
held over the bier of the late President on
Tuesday. remained unmarked by funeral
emblems. The law is wise one. for it
was designed to provide against the fire.
quent draping of the buildings for officials
of various grades. 1t might be said that
an exception should be made In favor of
the Chief Magistrate of the nation: but.
after ALL the lack of drapery on Fed
eral buildings is immaterial. 1t is the vast
quantity of mourning material that is
displayed at private expense that truly
attests the sentiment of the populace and
directs the thoughts of the passerby to
the veneration in which the deceased is
held. A concourse gathered at the coffin,
in the awe-inspiring presence of the dead.
needs no outward sign of sorrow TO make
more impressive the sadness of the oc-
casion.-Baltimore Herald.
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
A RISING STAR.

Elihu Root is the risen star of the new
Administration. The friendship between
him and President Roosevelt is both polit
ical and personal. To note only the most
conspicuous politico-personal service of
each to the other. he successfully defended
Roosevelt in the Republican State Con-
vention of 1898 against the perlious nom
residence and tax-dodging charges. and
Roosevelt as Governor was most active
in promoting his ambition to be Secretary
of War.
Not only did Mr.. Root perform his par
ticular duties to the enthusiastic salts
faction of Mr.. Mckinley. but also he was
most helpful in advice beyond his pCcu-
liar sphere. Mr.. Roosevelt when Govern
or often had Mr.. Root at Albany. and
prCfited by his discreet and acute under
standing. 1t is inevitable that these rela-
tions will be resumed and that Mr.. Root.
very intimate In Mr.. McKinley's councils,
will be adviser-in-ch chief to Mr.. Roosevelt
New York World.
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
THE PRESIDENT AS A WRITER.
Extensive Literary Work Accom-
plished by Theodore Roosevelt.

| NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-Attention is be-
ing directed to President Roosevelts lit
| erary work just now because he Is the
first man of letters to occupy the Presi-
dental chair since Thomas Jefferson. Mr..
Roosevelt has been a writer for twenty
years, or neac:y half his life, and his pro-
( ductions have been widely read. 1t is only
| natural, however. now that he is at the
| head Of the National Government. that
| a larger proportion of the people should
turn to see what their President has done
| in the world of letters.
| His first publication was an historical
| work. 1t appeared when he had been only
| a year out of college. He was graduated
from Harvard in 1880. and THE Naval
War of 1872. or the History of the United
States Navy During the Last War With
| Great Britain" by Theodore Roosevelt
| was published in this city in 1882 1t will
be noticed that his Investigations into his
| tory, the conduct of navies and warfare
| We're begun in his earliest manhood. The
Nation" said of his first book: The
impartiality of the authors Judgment
and the thoroughness with which the evil
dence is sifted are remarkable and worthy
of high praise
Mr.. Roosevelt's next work, published
three years later, was entitled Hunting
Trips of a Ranchman: Sketches of Sport
on the Northern Cattle Plains, Together
With Personal Experiences of Life on
Cattle Ranch" OF the authors work. the
Nation" said: His style is simple and
devoid of pretence of fine writing. yet his
descriptions of scenery are often most
eloquent"
In 1887 Mr.. Roosevelt wrote the Life
of Thomas Hart Benton" and the year fol-
lowing "Gouveneur Norris" both duo
decimo volumes, published In THE Ameri-
can Statesman" series by Houghton, Mif-
fin & Co., at Boston.
The other and later works which have
attracted equal attention include Win
ming Of the West 1.-The Wilderness Hunt
err an account Of big game Of the United
States and its chase with horse, hound
and rifle. American Big Game Hunting:
Ihe Book of the Boone and Crockett
and Campfire" and New York" in
Longmans' Historic Towns series
Mr.; Roosevelt. in conjunction with Sena-
tor Lodge. OF Massachusetts. also pre-
American History" In 1899 the Scribners
issued Colonel Roosevelt's THE Rough
Riders, which told the tale of the opera
tons Of the United States Army In eastern
Cuba during the Spanish war. particularly
the part played by the famous regiment
which Mr.. Roosevelt organized and COM
manded.
In the following year, 1900 the Putnams
published a collected edition of Mr..
Roosevelt's works called The Sycamore
Edition." in fifteen volumes, issued In
cloth and paper
Another production of Mr. Roosevelt's
last year was THE Strenuous Life" The
origin Of the title is to be found in the
authors frequent use of that particular
phrase In many of his speeches. The
Century Company published this last
work.
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
COLONEL HoGE sANau1NE.
Thlnks the Chances for Republican
Success I'm Virginia Bright.

RICHMOND. Va. Sept 20-Col J.
Hampton Hoge. the Republican candidate
for Governor, was 81 the city today and
met host of his admirers in the lobby
of Murphy's Hotel Mrs. Hoge accom-
panied him here from Roanoke
Colonel Hoge is sanguine of Republican
success this fall. He says that the pres
ent prosperity under the national Ad-
ministration means m ore for Republicans
In this State now thiln ever before. He
also claims that many Democrats will
vote for him this fall.
Colonel Hoge is not allowing the grass
to grow under his feet and his friends
say that IL he wins this fall it will be one
of the greatest political battles ever
fought in Virginia, against great odds. 1t
Is thought, however, from past transac-
tions between Hugh Gordon Miller, a
stanch Republican of Norfolk, and Sem
ator Marcus A. Hanna. that the latter
gentleman is furnishing a campaign fund
for the Republicans in order to carry the
State for their party.
Andrew ]. Montague Is almost con-
stantly in the field making speeches and
talking among his friends in the rural
regions William A. Anderson, the candi-
date for Attorney General, Is to make
several speeches in Southwest Virginia
in the near future. Joseph E. Willard,
the nominee for Lieutenant Governor
will not go on the stump. He may. how
ever do a great deal of travelling through
the rural sections of the State before No
vember in order to ascertain whether the
Democratic forces have been diminished
or interfered with.
II have been invited to make an ad-
dress at Newport News on the evening
of October 10 and have accepted the in
vitation," said Col. John c. Summers,
Of Washington County, member of the
Constitutional Convention.
Il expect to make the speech of my
life." continued Colonel Summers, ..and
/ will leave here on the afternoon of the
9th for the progressive and enterprising
city, and will return on the morning of
the 11th.
From what / can learn from all over
the State, the chances of success of the
Republican State ticket are brighter this
year than for the past twenty-five years,
and l expect to make several speeches In
the campaign, at least one or two OF
which will be in this city.
THE campaign will be as hot and lively
as the Democrats Will want, and the Re-
publicans have all the ammunition they
want in the way of remarks made during
the canvass for the nomination. If in
dications count Tor anything, l VIII be a
very much disappointed man II the full
Republican ticket is not elected at the
approaching fall election, for there are
reports of unrest among the organized
workingmen that is of an exceedingly
encouraging nature-among men who
success of the Democratic ticket.
1--WE will. in my opinion, have the next
LEGISLATURE Yes sir; everything Is
lovely and the goose honks high
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
POLITICAL COMMENT.

1t is eminently fitting that the most un-
reasonable and inexcusable strike this
country has ever known should have
turned out to be the most trifiing and the
most futile one Never has a labor organ
ization gone before free people with
such demands as those which the Anal
gamated Association made upon the offi-
cials of the three steel and tin plate COM
panies last July.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
1t was n costly lesson for the people,
but the chances are that the last public
meeting of anarchists has been held in
Amberica.-Atchison Globe
Our contemporary of the organic variety
has discovered that it is yellow journal
ism to make enquiries concerning the
cases of Messrs. Rathbone and Neely, and
another of the same sort finds out that
IL is .anarchism' to expose the Phila-
delphia city government. These lights of
the press seem bent on improving the
status of anarchy and yellow Journal
ism.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
There is too much freedom in a country
where the scum of the earth is allowed
free access to the Chief Executive
Mexican Herald.
Admiral Howison fills the most pitiful
situation of any man connected with the
enquiry into the events of the Santiago
campaign. and he acts as If he did not
know it-Chicago Chronicle.
The right of protection to the Govern
ment which vouchsafes the most gener-
Gus care to the disabled soldiers does not
seem to be admitted by the persons who
are condemning Commissioner Evans for
preventing the practice OF fraud on the
National Treasury City Star.
Our Southern trade IS looking up, as
.,t.l.s
and the Improvement of the old easily at
test. Since the war that department of
business has been go badly neglected as
to cause the judicious TO grieve. but evil
IDENTIFY We have now passed safely
delphia Inquirer
The Washington times., 1901-09-21

The sitting of the Schley Court of En-
quiry yesterday was without any sensa-
tional feature. The decision of Admiral
Dewey to exclude question calcu-
lated to elicit opinions rather than facts,
probably foreshadows a rule excluding
testimony consisting merely of individual
opinion, during the course of the case.
II was noticeable that the intense public
interest displayed In the proceedings on
the first day of the court had much
abated Yesterday not more than half
the seats reserved for the public were oc-
cupied. 1t will be different in a few days
no doubt, when the testimony vital to
the enquiry comes to be heard-especially
that of Rear Admiral Sampson.
The Washington times., 1901-09-21
BRADsTREErs ON The WEEK
An Increased Demand for Goods
From Jobberr Reported.

An Ancrenseu Demano Tor Goods
From JobberS Reported.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2o.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
The sad events of the week have ma
turally been repressing features even on
days when the sense of national bereaye-
ment did not seek explanation in total
or partial suspension of all but the abso-
lutely necessary activities. The reduced
figures of sales and the lessened volume
of bank clearings were among the most
prompt measures of the repression under
which the business world has labored
but the course of prices of nearly all
stocks and staples shows that repression
and not depression is the word TO ex-
press the confidence with which the COM
mercial and financial world awaited and
received the change in Executives, en-
tailed by the lamentabie occurrence Of
two weeks ago.
Among the more favorable Of the pure
ly commercial or Industrial features of
the week have been the continuance of
the good demand from jobbers, the heavy
shipments of goods with which to fill
these demands, the better cali for goods
at retail and last, but not least, the set
tlement of the steel strike, which restores
unfavorable features are few, the most
notable being the advices of the arrival
of heavy frosts in the corn belt, affecting,
however, only the latest planted product.
The strength of corn has been indeed the
feature of the cereal markets and has
been shared in by other grains Cotton
alone of all the leading staples showed
hesitation and irregularity, advancing
early. but weakening in the middle Of the
week on poor cables.
Dry goods distribution at the West IL
still large, and cooler weather has stimu-
lated demand for clothing and shoes from
jobbers and helped retail trade at st.
Louis. Chicago, and Kansas City. A large
amount Of money is moving to the coun-
try and rates are firm. but 1t is noted that
collections at st. Louis and Kansas Cty's
territory are good. Business is active on
the Pacific Coast and an Improvement Is
visible even at San Francisco, where the
only important labor dispute existing in
the country drags along.
Omaha reports late corn hurt by frost,
but Sioux City reports the corn yield bet
ter than expected. and Milwaukee that
most of the Wisconsin corn was cut be-
fore frost arrived. Southern trade ad-
vices are that cotton is late to mature
and picking has been checked by rains.
AT the East wool Is less active but
steady at former prices, while the manu-
facturers have plenty OF orders and are
busy filling them London advices are
that the latest wool sale prices are per
cent higher than the last one. Money
tends to lower at Boston, where a good
tobbing business has been done In cotton
goods
15s as against 1872 last week and 1888 in this
week a year ago."
The Washington times., 1901-09-21

approximately of the same area as the
United States. and contains just about
five times the population. The expla-
nation is found in the tremendous en-
ergy and rapidity with which our peo-
ple have opened up and developed a
new continent, in which work the rail-
ways have been factors of prime impor-
tance. Those who are bewailing the
comparative smallness of or ocean ma
rine ought to be able to find goodly
measure of consolation in the circum-
stance that we have more miles of rail-
way than all the countries of Europe
combined.