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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

The Manchester (,ngland) Unity OF Odd Eel
lows is rapidly approaching membership of 4
million-thc latest returns show 0S2, $50 nlcn
bcrs.
The purchase OF machinery is irstrate nd
cation of the growth and expansion of business
All factories making machinery are now crowded
with orders.
About forty weight miles from Deadwood, S. D.
is a mountain Of good size which prospcctors say
is almost solid copper. 4 company capitalized
for S'.ND,000 has secured control Of the noun
tain. The men interested say it will be the rich
est copper mine in .ie world.
Attempt is being made to free the streams OF
Louisiana and Florida from the water hyacin,h
Hundreds OF skiffs and small vessels have been
caught by the water hyacinths and are unable
to get out of the stean,s in which they were
used. The drainage canals in New Orleans arc
in peril, and the logging industry of Southern
Louisiana in danger OF destruction.
Half dozen leading artists in New York have
planned l2.story studio building, which is in
tended to be the center of bohemian art circles
There are to he dozen studios with living apart.
mcnts and two dozen with bachelor quarters at.
tachcd. The project grows out of the diff,
Guilty in securing kitchen accommodations in
connection with studios.
Straw is put to strange Uses in Japan. Most
of the horses arc shol with it. Even the clulns-
est OF cart hofsc, wear straw shoes. In their
case the shoes are tied around the ankles with
straw rope, and arc made Of the ordinary rice
straw, braided so that they form a sole for the
foot about half an inch thick These solcs cost
about half.penny per pair. and when they arc
worn out they are thrown away.
The only club of Indian women united with
the general federation is on Il little island
in Maine, whose membership is entirely made
up of s1uiws. the association having been
formed for the purpose Of preserving Indian ira.
dtions and folklore. This club became Il member
OF the Maine State Federation soon after its for
nation and last year paid its dues in Indian
baskets--the worl, of its members. These were
sold for a sum considerably in excess of the
amount OF the dues and the surplus was duly rc.
turned TO the club,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Our Export Trade
ContinueS TO Boom

Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Washington, April 10.
HE FISCAL year 1901 seems likely to on
cccd any preceding year in its record pf
exports from the United States. The steady
. growth of our exports from 392 million
dollars in 1870 to $50 million dollars in 1850,
l,03O millions in 1892 and LISA millions in 1910
has been subject of much attention and much
favorable comment, but ii seems that 1901 is to
s,lrpass the record OF the year 1900 and bring the
export figure nearly if not quite to the billion
and half mark. Tho March import and export
figures, Just completed by the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics, show total expectation from the
United States in the nine months ending with
March, 1901, of Sl,liO,l7o,72s, or SS6,5io,o32 in
excess of last year which hold the highest record
in the history of our export trade
--o--N
Another interesting fact developed by the
March figures of our foreign commerce is that i'm.
ports seem likely to show decided decrease in
1901 AS compared with 1900, while the export :
arc showing the increase above indicated. The
figures Of the niEc months ending with March,
1901, show decrease of Si2, ,302 $50 in the i'm.
ports, as compared with those in the correspond
ing months of the preceding year, Thus the o<.
cess of exports over imports in tho nine months
under discussion is more than SO0, ,0ooOOO greater
than in the corresponding months of last year
and lar beyond tho figures OF any preceding year
The excess of exports over imports in the nine
months ending with March, 1901, is S5io,6Sr337
as against Sill,Sji,GG6 in the corresponding
months of 1900, increase OF Sl2s, ,S32,d,l in the
net excess OF exports over imports ior the nine
mouths oi 1901 as compared with the CORES,
pending period ot the lis al year 1870.
The farmers are apparently the chici bcncH-
ciaric, IN this remarkable increase in our ex-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20


in this country has welded
1. a greater influence in pro-
portion to it's years than
Hampton Institute. Virginia. Founded
in 1868 as the result of the untirfng
lahOrs Of DR.. S. c. Armstrong, it's
thirty-third anniversary, just ccle-
bratcd, has found it with 1000 grad
yates on it's list 5000 students in all.
and OF the entire nur ber scarcely one
to be marked off its honor roll of men
and women who have devoted them
selves to the uplifting of their race.
Although the Nirginian and the fed
eral authorities were interested by
Hampton's founder to the extent of
giving the institute Il recognized stand
ing and Il certain amount of financial
basis. the school is still largely de-
pendent for support and wholly for
ever growing facilities for extending
its work, on the contributions of large
the negro and of the Indian. 1t is to
be- remembered that Hampton from
the first has admitted the members
o. both these races on equal terms,
and that never has any difficulty oc-
CURED between the students.
In counting Hampton's radiation of
influence it is never to be forgotten
that Booker Il. Washington and his
wife are both graduates of Hampton,
that both there received the impulse
to devote their lives to uplifting their
race and the education of all their
powers which has enabled them to do
so. Tuskegee institute with all it's
field schools" is the daughter of
Hampton.
A brilliant and distinguished party
has been attending Hampton's thirty
third anniversary. on Tuesday the
10th, an informal preliminary confer
ence on education was held partcipat-
ed in by leading white educators and
clergymen from northern and a few
southern states. on Wednesday morn
ing the board of trustees held it's an
nual session. while the large number
of visitors went through the trade
school and shops where the young men
were engaged i'm work.
The trades that are taught are taught
thoroughly. Many young men learn
several, so that when they take up
their work among the ignorant negroes
-"the field work" so called-they can
build and teach others to build; can
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
TWELVE PAGES
SCRANTON, APRIL 90. 1901.

The contention which has arisen over
the question of salaries VS.. fees for the
officials of Lackawanna county sug-
gcsts the need of state legislation to
prevent such complications in the
future. An act providing that in coun-
ties with less than 100000 population no
official shall retain in fees more than
the amount Of the salaries provided for
similar service in counties above the
100000 line would fulfill the equities of
the occasion and remove all incentive
for Juggling with census returns or
raising hair-splitting technicalities as
to when Il Federal census becomes eff
fCctivc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

asecrtanmcnt of the population is of the first
oay on June; the fact Is not asccrtaincd as to
any other date. The actual count was made
between the first day of June and the first
d'y OF July and was then, at least. in the Gus.
t"uy of the supervisor, and could have been
easily asccitaincd by any citizen interested. rs.
pccially II his inclination to r,n for a county
once was dependent upon thr population OF the
S"nNy. ", as said in the article. iackawanna
county has had population Of over 10000 for
seven or eight years, then the only reason II has
not affected the compensation of county officers
IS That the supreme court decided that population
Is conclusivcIy fixed by the hcccnnial census,
ana 1t so happens that the population reached
the decisive mark shortly after the census of 1870
This Is the good luck OF county officers but il IA
gross injustice TO the people of the county,
and practically an habitusl violation Of the con.
stitutional provision and Of the act Of 1876,
and ought long ago to have been rcmedicd by
the legislature. 1t is suggested that "the CON.
p'eted ascertainmcnt and publication, so that it
becomes public property ought to govern the
change in classification. One only needs to be
Informed that a public act. with all operations
under 1t, is public property Immediately upon
its taking effect; that the completed ascertain.
ment under the act occurred. in view OF the law
on June i. 1900. of which the court was bound
to take judicial notice; and that the actual
''''t''''N" III Iitl WIS nOt IalJf
than July first.
u is obvious therefore, that the cmolumcn;s
OF Il county officer elected in November, 1900. is
not diminished by the act of congress: and that
Article 3, Section X. ot the Pennsylvania rons,i
tuition has no application. 1t is equally obvious
That the act Of congress, by virtue of the decision
OF the Pennsylvania Supreme court, ipso flcto,
changed the classification OF Lackawanna coun
ty and on tho fr, day Of June. 1900 transferred
1t from county OF less than 10000 to a county
over 10000.
There is 10 retroactive effect. The ascertain.
ncnt i, in law of the first day nf June and it
Is only the law that need concern us.
But II remarkable feature nf the interview is
the all,ision To the Iowa case Of State vs. Bias.
hainp tS7 Iowa. jSS, That case is exactly IN
point for the defendant, and We fnd it cited in
defendants paper book.
1t was contendcd there as here that the census
COT lsD) had not been officially announced The
court held that it. woulG take judicial notice
OF the result OF national census citing author.
ty in its support. The result of a national
census is the result on the first day OF juno,
and there can he no other result under the cen.
sns of 1890. 1900, as both acts arc similar in
this respect. Il. T. Griffin
Scranton, Apli 10.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

The bill prohibiting the use of boracc
acid and other injurious compounds
in canned foods. which was passed in
step in the right direction in the in
terest Of public health. While looking
after the much-abused oleo, it is Il
good plan to keep an eye upon the
chemical preparations which are far
more dangerous than tallow butter in
it's worst form.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

Il uucnt intervals. with re-
quests to publish, resolutions
passed by various organizations, de-
oIarns hoycotts upon certain enter
priscs with which the organizations
lave had difficulties.
While We arc always glad. as space
permits to print communications OF
public interest which come within the
limits of honest journalism and are
properly signed and authenticated, we
feel compelled to give notice to all
concerned that we cannot print boy
colt notices. The courts, with unvary-
ing uniformity. have held that boy
colts arc illegal: and where proof is
present as to their creation. the crea-
tors are liable to prosecution. convc-
tion and punishment. We realize that
in IA majority of instances the men
who pass these resolutions are not
aware that they are doing what the
law docs not sanctions: but, unfortu-
natcly, their unfamlliarity with the
law docs not release this paper from
responsibility when it becomes the
vehicle of furtherinG an illegal pur-
pose. There is good ground for be-
levinS that under the libel law Of
Pennsylvania the newspaper advertis-
ing ii boycott can be held to account
in action in damages, when the victim
of the boycott sees tit to seek redress
in such Il manner.
Moreover, the boycott. as Familiarity
employed, is almost invariably unfair
and unjust. since its effect is to take
away value without due process of
law. The mere fact that an employer
of labor does not entertain the same
opinions as to the conduct of his b,lsi-
ness as arc entertained by the members
of IL union of workinsmen who. in
secret session, sitting as Judge, Jury
and eX"cutioner. decree that he Is to
b" mulcted in punitive damages for
his failure to look at facts through
tLcil spectacles. does not constitute.
to the average mind a sufficient justi-
licatlon for the punishment thus arbi-
tr.lily decided upon.
case in point is that of tina, dis
reputable publication, the Scrantonian.
M ON" can view it with greater loath-
ing than does The Tribune. 1t repro
scrls about al that is vicious in Jour
nalism and ii is assovcre reflection
upon the common sense and common
dc,ency of this community that pub
licatiou conducted as it has been con.
Quoted could acquire the opportunities
f." mischief which it has had during
the past two or three years. II ever
there was strong temptation towE-d
the manifestation of summary Justice
1t has existed i'm reference tn this
ab"minabl@ paper. Yet John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers,
chose the proper method of redress
when he carried his case against the
Srrantouiun into court, The law is
entitled to respectful obedience, even
when the impulse is strong tn antici-
rate by unlawful means It's Inevitable
j4lgment
We, commend John Mitchell's orderly
: nlnthod To all who, when aggrieved,
fccl like taking the law into their own
hands, .f ..".
. The talk abOut ballot reform ia nlaaS SO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

AS time passes. Lord Roberts luck
in getting out of South Africa before
his reputation was forfeited gains in
appreciation. Never was there worse
grave yard of military prestige.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe CAST 324 a. m, for Saturday April


child born on this day will notice that the
mad dog scare has subsidized without the dcatl,
OF single canine.
Ii many men believed all the papers said
about them they would order asbestos coffns II,
advance
Officially speaking, Mr.. Ilatton seems TO have
difficulty in keeping his head on.
If money could be borrowed AS easily as
trouble, collateral would soon be a drug in the
market,
man can spend money like water in liquid.
atng his debts.
Handsome covers often enclose very dull books.
It's so with men.
Ajacchus' Advice.
It is better to shake your carpets than your
winter hannelS this weather
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

"Old Dominion ought to make a better
showing than this. Happily, Mount
Vernon was secured for the nation by
the women of the nation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

\A head of the great powder
:. y works at Wilmington,
' Delaware. who is we'll
ISgGWn in Scranton, where he has rela-
silns. has just become the owner of
' ,lSnhtpeler at the foot of the Blue
.;idee in Virginia, the home of Presi-
lgnl, Madison from birth to death, the
b yliaep where he. was born, to which he
Fh'dttght his bride, where he died, where
Dis remains and hers lie in a simple in
r..lpsure near the house. The widely
,kaQMp Writer. William r.. Curtis, in
speaking of the sale of Montpelier, says
4, ithat JeffeEson's home, Monticello, is
the property of a lawyer in New York !:
that the ruins of Jamestowp, the first
white settlement, belong no, aslady in
Dayton. Ohio: aud that the iisl OF en-
dowments and legacies enjoyed By, the
university of that state .shows that it
has been supported by northern men
Who were NOT educated there The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Expensive
Furniture. -. /.

There are two kinds Of expen.
sive furniture
First-The kind that is pur-
chased at a higher price than It
Is really worth.
Second-The kind that's made
out Of costly and rare woods,
beautifully carved, and upon
which no expense is spared in
Its construction and finish
The latter is classed as eek
pensive" because it costs more
than the ordinary, and there is
an impression that such turni-
ture cannot be bought anywhere
short Of New York.
We have Bedroom Suits. Side
boards, Dining Room Tables,
Parlor Suits. Library Tables and
all the smaller articles that go
with them, Of the very highest
grade, elaborately carved and
highly finished.
Look them over before your
next trip to the city.
-- '::~N-77
Hill \ COmmelQ
12l N. Washington Avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

The authors of the new medical
Science" at Jermyn have displayed
good judgment in first trying it on
the COW,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

The talk about ballot reform to please
the few continues; but the party circle
tn please the many is in very little
peril. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Hampton and Its Influence.

~ o INSTITUTION of learning
in this country has welded
4 greater influence in pro-
portion to it's years than
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Concerning Boycotts.

OR SOME TIME The Tribune
X has been receiving at fre-
Il uucnt intervals. with re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
OF Some Historic Places.

wv LILLIAN DUPONT, the
\A/ head of the great powder
y y works at Wilmington,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Southern rlen's Grace" Talk.

. HE AMERICAN Academy OF
Political and Social Science
l. has been holding It's fifth an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Ladies' Black Hose at SOC

At this price we outclass them all.
Unsurpassed in quality and style. COM
priscs all the different weights OF Lisle
| and Cotton Hose, in plain, fancy and
lace effects.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
Ladies' Black Hose at ,35c

| or pairs for $l0O. Lisle thread. drop
stitch. novelty stripes in various
| widths and styles. unquestionably tho
best value in the market, and are we'll
! worth soc.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-03
WHITE CLOUD MINE
CONCENTRATOR ERECTED TO
TREAT ITS ORE.
BOUGHT BY FRED J. ROWLANDS
It Will Probably Be Set Up Else
where Before Long-Ore Was Not
Rich Enough to Insure
Success.

The 50-ton concentration erected by
Fred Melcher and Charles Culb@rtson on
the White Cloud mine on Eight Mile
creek near Florence. Missoula county
about four years ago, has been bought
by Fred ]. Rowlands of this city and is
now being loaded on ears for transmits
sion to this city. Mr.. Rowlands has not
yet decided what he will do with it after
it arrives, but he will doubtless sell the
whole business to the one that offers
him the most money.
After Messrs. Melcher and Culbertson
had operated the plant a while they
sold 1t to MessrS. Wheeler and BabcOck,
who failed to make a success Of it be-
cause of the low grade ore they We're
compelled to run through it. AS con-
sequence they closed it down and since
Chen it has remained idle. At the time
1t was operated the cyanide adjunct to
the successful trea tment of low grade
ores had not been fully perfected; other
wise the plant might have kept in con-
slant motion and be doing business at
the old stand today
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-03

ohutes from the quarries above. Each
blast in the quarry removes several tons
of rock from the face and the miners
break it up with sledges and pass the
ore into a chute. Little or no sorting is
required, almost everything going to the
mill.
Eight miners working a single day
shift, in the open cut across the top of
the mountain, are supplying the 100 tons
of ore necessary to keep the stamps
pounding all day and night.
The tailings from the plates are run
out into the valley no effort being made
TO treat them further Frue vanners
We're used at first. but so few concen-
trates were obtained from the ore that
ii did not pay to operate them. The
great bulk of the mountain is a low
grade, free-milling ore. not averaging
over IS per ton. The cost of mining and
milling is said to be $3.50 per ton. This
would be much less We're it not for the
fact that the company has to pump all
it's water distance of nearly three
miles. I understand they are trying to
ohtaln electric power from the Bear
Valley Reservoir company. If this mat
ter is arranged satisfactorily, the mill
will probably be increased to so or 100
stamps in the near future.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-03
SN0WSHOE CHANGES HANDS
Said to Have Been Bought by D. P.
Bowers, Who Formerly opsr-
ated It.

1t has leaked out that the Snowshoe
mine near Libby has peen sold, says the
Montanian. The proposition submitted
by d. P. Bowers some time ago has been
accepted by the Pacific Northwest Min
ing company, at London, England and
the papers necessary to make the trans
fers have been forwarded to them by f..
H. West, the cOmpany's manager at this
place. AS soon as they are signed and
returned the mine and mill and all her
properties relative thereto will be the
property of D. P. Bowers who is the
only man who ever successfully operated
the mine in the past. During the past
week Mr.. West has been taking a full
invoice the company's possessions and
getting everything in shape for the
transfer.
1t is further understood that Mr.. West
is to retire from the management of the
Pacific Northwest Mining company at
this place and that w. A. Hills is to act
in that capacity, said change to he made
at the time of making the transfer of
the mine Mr.. West will remain in the
employ of the company, but his duties
will call him elsewhere.
The deal is one that will be- Of vast
Importance to the mining district and
will stimulate every industry in the
camp It will attract attention again
to the Cabinet contact, which was al
most gone with the closing of the Snow
shoe two years ago. With this revival
there will be activity all along the line
of that great mineral belt. To say the
least. it will be big thing for Libby
and for the whole camp. All the empty
houses will be filled up and there will be
more built. The restoration Of conf
dence will be entirely complete the min
ute Bowers take charge of the property
and Hills connection with the manage
ment of the Pacific Northwest company
will not detract bit.
All the people of the district are re-
joicng over the camps future. With
the Snowshoe in operation, with two or
three big hydraulic placer mines at work
on Libby creek, with five or more 10 to
20 stamp mills in successful operation in
the Fisher district and with the big lum-
bering industries going ahead, Libby
will become a town that will surpass the
hopes of the most visionary boomer in
the country. And all of these things are
assured beyond question of doubt. The
next will be the most prosperous year
in the history of Libby, except the sue
ceeding years which will continue to
enjoy permanent prosperity.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-03
MADISON C0UNTY'S MINES
Prominent Mining Engineer From Vir-
ginia City Has Implicit Faith in
Their Undersigned Resources.

Walter n. Brown. formerly superin-
tenLent of the Kenneth mine in Madison
county. is in the city today viSl>'h&
eiends He will depart in short TIME
{ r the east On business connected Win
several mining properties owned by nm
in Madison county.
He is an enthusiastic believer IN the
resources Of his County There mas oeeh
a great deal more work done In that
sefton of tire state this summer than for
several years past" said Mr.. Brown
this morning. "the county is fairly ailNe
with prospectors and some excellent
strikes have b zen made.
The development work this year has
uncovered a great many bodies of high
grade ere ana there are all Kind ~ east
EN- companies ,rying to get hu't CT 'hrl'
1T is my firm belief that in the next
few years Maids n county will be pre-
ducing more gold and other precious
metals than any other county IN lhe
United States"