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New-York tribune., 1901-11-19

The only interesting point about Lord K!tch-
ane-.s dispatch published this morning Is that
the number of Boer casualties. 356. is the
ora largest total recorded in four weeks. Last
,,aeL the total was 81; the previous week it
,...s 337. and the week before that 4SI.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
INFORMATION.

Duluth -four mills are preparing TO make 10000
barrels Of -four every "a hours.
Plans are under way for au unbroxen electric
railway across the state OF New York.
American travel to Europe is stated in Lon.
don 10 have been greater in volume this year
than even during the Paris On00) exposition.
The Seine holds the record for traffic carry.
ing IN France--5O,04s vessels carried last year
81 O0O, 600 passengers and 100000 tons Of mer.
chandise.
The oldest inhabited hous, in England is on
the river Yer, close TO 81. Adams abbey. II is
octagonsl in shape and supposed TO be II cen
turies old.
In the japanese parliament there are l3o far.
mers, % barrsters % mechanics, editors, 8
doctors, l2 officials and IS members without fixed
professions
A late suggestion 10 progressive railroad man.
ayers is to build freight roads ten feet gauge
with 200ton engines and cars holding 200 tons
which will make express speed.
The English bought $3.50 coo worth ~ Ameri.
can shoes in 1893 and increased their purchases
last year 10 sllSo,0Oo English shoe firms are
trying to save themselves by putting in Amer.
can machinery,
Americans do not monopolize the practice of
keeping the courts busy II Is published that
in 1900 there were more than l,l25,doo actions
started in England, making ligitgants OF over 4
per cent. Of the population.
English magazine writer's are raising a cry
more like a howl against British railway man.
ayers for clingng to little engines, little cars
and small loads as against American immense
engines, cars and loads, in consequence OF which
freights are four times higher than here.
One Western egg factory candles" $1,000 eggs
a day, and three wagonoids Of crates which
are daily rejected are dumped in the suburbs,
From these discarded eggs an enterprising dealer
has during the recent hot spell gathered enough
live chickens to stock his chicken farm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

as will preserve public order in the too
frequent troubles that grow out of la
Dor disputes. There is no way by
which trouble and disorder can be
averted so well and so speedily as by
arbitration and settlement of the diff
ferences in dispute. A law that would
authorize the use of state troops in
the protection of those who wish to
work and in the preservation of pub
lie order where strike exists If with
in a given time arbitrators were not
selected by the employees. and close
the mill, mine, factory or shop II
within the same length of time an
equal number of arbtrators were not
selected by the employer, ought TO be
sustained by the courts as n police
regulation for the benefit of society,
While such act is arbitrary 1t is not
more so than public interference with
private rights in many other cases for
the good OF the public, and experience
has taught us that each Of these steps
may become necessary where labor
disputes lead TO violence. The court
or president Judge of the county would
then, at the request of either party,
appoint one or three careful, able
men to sit with the arbitrators select
ed when. upon hearing both sides,
decision could he rendered that would
be at once binding upon both parties
and work would at once be resumed"
The governors idea, at that time, as
outlined informally, was that through
the factory or mine inspector the
police power of the commonwealth
could be used to throw a quarantine
SO to speak. about the mill or shop
where trouble arises until such time
as the principals in combat should he
willing to resort TO orderly adjudca-
tion of their differences. If the strik-
| ers refused to arbitrate, he would use
the police force to furnish undisputed
protection to every man willing to go
To work in their places. If the en-
ployers refused to arbitrate he would
| use it to stop the industry until calm
or counsel prevailed. The underlying
| thought in his mind was that the pub
lie interest in quasi-pubic industries
demanded a larger legal safeguarding
in times Of strikes. lockouts and the
| like than hae yet been provided for in
| our legal machinery, which in its de-
| velopment has not kept pace with the
| extraordinary development Of modern
| industry.
Whatever may be the difficulties in
the way of framing law to fit the
| facts, this pOStulate of the governor is
everlastngly sound and intervening
circumstances have added weight to
| his words.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

UMoR has II that an attempt
will be made at Harrisburg
"A ~ tomorrow 10 have the Re-
publican state convention
put on record in at seast general terms
an Endorsement OF Governor Stones
belief in the necessity for legislation
In the direction of compulsory arbitra-
tion of industrial conflicts. In his
message to the last legislature the gov
ernor, 1t will be recalled. after a ref
erence to the anthracite mine strike,
said:
Experience with this strike has led
me to consider the question of arbi-
tration of labor disputes. The difficult
ty with our present arbitration laws
and those heretofore contemplated is
that they are not compulsory. They
are purely voluntary. While a COM
pulsory arbitration law would be in
effective, as We could not directly COM
pei employers and employees TO submit
their disputes to arbitration, yet | am
hopeful that a law could be framed
that would practically compel both
parties to voluntarily submit their dis
putes to arbitrators and abide by the
result. Police interference by the
state troops TO protect life and prop
erty and preserve order is justified by
law and by necessity wherever vio-
lence exists and local authorities
have failed. Experience in the past
justihes the passage OF such legislation
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
HAPPY HUMPHREY HUBBARD.


FROM the PhlladeIphla Press.
Humphrey Hubbard has heard llepzbah Hug
gins humming hymns hiariously, he having
helped Hepzibah homeward. Humphrey han
kered hugely, harboring handsome Hepzihah
heartwise. He had high hawthorn hedges hiding
his handsome house, harnessed horses hauins
harrows, he hoeng hills, helping herdsmen, hew
ing hemlocks, hacking hemp, harvesting hols,
hunting hawks, hurting Matching hens Hep
zihah, helpful housekeeper, hemmed handher
chiefs. boarded honey hitherto hived, heeled hose
having holes, handled harpsichord tremendously;
happy Hepzbah! Her honest, homely happiness
hit Humphrey heavily. He hovered, handsome
y hsbted, limiting humhly how Hepzihah had
harried his heart. Hepzbah honored his hssty
homage. Hating, however, haphazard haste.
Hepzibah hung her head, halting, hemmng,
having, hoping Humphrey had harmless habits,
hypocritical, hesitating Hep2ibah! He held her
hand hopefully. hungrily humoring her. Hap.
PLY Hepzibah needed her hirsute hero. Hymen
htchcd Humphrey Hubbard Hcpzbah Huggins,
he hugging her. happily hysterical! Henceforth
husband helped housewife hop hornpipes, hold
ing HONEYMOON holiday, hardly hearing harle-
quins bowling haleluiahs, hailing housewarm.
ing Ha. Ha. Ho! Ho
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

AN organization that would paralyze
thousands of unskiled laborng men
out Of employment because IT is not
permitted To dominate one of the great
est industries in the country is too sell
fish 10 deserve the support OF general
labor" This is the substance of let
ter from a Nandegrift steel worker
printed in a Pittsburg paper. and it
undoubtedly reflects the opinion of a
large proportion of the workingmen Of
the United States. Talk of formida bile
strikes because Of sympathy with the
Analgamated association strike is
baseless conjecture. There is little rea-
son 10 fear them
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

when certain sawycrs troubled their neighhors
by their drunken freaks the delnquents were
made TO pay the fines imposed in such labor
AZ they were accustomed 10, and were set 10
saw wood with which to build a prison. The
result was that, rather than transgress again,
they vanished from the locality as soon as the
ediAce was completed.
The trees xcw growing on the farm (ncar
franklin, y. H. where Daniel Webster was
born are TO he cut up into friction matches, a
manufacturing company having paid S2soO Tor
the standing timber upon it, The legislature
Of New Hampshire refused at its late session TO
pay 5000 for the entire farm, though many
patriotic citizens Of the state pctitoned IL have
it preserved as perpetual memorial Of New
Hampshire's greatest son.
Recently the Grand Army ~ the Republic
organization in Atlanta requested TO he allowed
10 furnish room at the Confederate Soldiers
Home Funds for the furniture Of the room
had been quietly contributed by the members
Of the post. The request was met in the same
spirit in which IL was rendered, and there will
he an inscription over the door Of the room
indicating that its comforts were furnished by
veterans Of the Northern army.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
The Situation in New York.

" T Is REPORTED that Senator
Platt, Governor Odell and State
Il Chairman Dunn. the leaders of
York state Repubicanism after
numerous conferences. have concluded
that If Tammany is not to elect sue
cessor TO Mayor Van Wyck, of Greater
New York, the opposition TO Tam
many rule must unite in support of a
Democratic -Tammany candidate.
We must remember" says Senator
Platt, that New York is a Demo-
cratic city, and an independent Demo-
crat stands a much better chance of
drawing a majority vote than Re-
publican does"
Another thing to remember in this
connection. is that a majority of the
voting citizens of New York are good
natursd and easy-going, little inclined
to take an exalted view OF moral ques-
tions and not easily led TO place much
faith In the strenuous type of munich
pal reformer. A candidate, 90 win
their support, must he, first OF all, a
good fellow" This does not mean
that he must be prof1igate, libertine
or boodler, hut that he must
be man of the world broad,
and charitable in his views and
willing TO compromise on half a loaf
or less when the whole loaf of munich
pal Improvement is beyond his reach.
1t isextremely doubtful if New York
wants 10 be reformed in the sense that
the word is generally used There Is
very little New England conscience in
her average citizenship. Her predomi-
nant idea is how to put in a dollar and
get out two dollars. So long as that
remains true--and it has been the rule
for a good many years and there are
few evidences of a change--the surest
way TO win for an anti-Tammany cam
didate majority vote at the polls is
not TO expatiate upon the abstract
viciousness of police blackmail on vice
but TO show how dishonesty in one
phase.of government means probable
dishonesty in all it's phases and to
trace home 10 the individual taxpayer
In dollars ard cents what 1t means
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
THE DREAMER.
From the Danish Of Erik Bog

From the Danish of Erik Bogh.
II seems so lonely mid this din and thronging,
It seems dull, this toiling multitude,
My bosom seems 50 warm, so full Of longing
And all the world is so empty, cold and crude,
Where has this earth for me a friendly hsrhor2
The words ! speak 10 others strangely sound.
From North to South ] searched with youthful
ardor
But nowhere for my soul haven found.
How often ! that wonderland depicted,
Which in my happy dreams I used TO see,
And longingly a reign Of love predicted,
Alas-cach time derision greeted me.
When one by ono my friends with smiles de-
parted
My ardent faith, my youthful courage fed,
Then eagerly Joined the merry.hearted
Though all their jests for me no brightness
shed.
But ofttimes when the busy day has faded
And in the gloom of night has sunk 10 rest.
! dream again and see with eyes unshsded
A brighter world with love and Justice blessed,
Oh wake me not! our earth yields not an atom
oi all the spendors that my dreams reveal
And mock me not, though you may never
fathom
The depths Of bliss these fanoies do conceal.
A. ID. Rome, in the Sun.
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to him TO have a cut-throat regime in

10 him 70 have a cut-throat regime in
Office.
II is no new thing to the New Yorker
to he told that the police wax fat
through imposts upon vice. 1t Is
equally futile to try to make him be-
lieve that If Tammany is ousted, vice
will cease to be. He does not object
very much to vice so long as his own
business Is let alone. He would much
prefer vice to exist In a way calcu-
lated to attract money-spcnding
strangers to the city than to have II
scattered about by dispersve raids. so
as neither to lure into town the mil
lions low disbursed in its pursuit nor
to protect from contamination or en-
barrassment those who want to keep
away from 1t.
But show him that the ousting of
Tammany means reasonable probable
ity Of honest government and fair
play; show him that it will mean an
end II the necessity of greasing itchy
palms in order TO obtain the admins
trdtive attentions that all taxpayers
are entitled to without favoritism or
discrimination; make clear to him that
the dollar can be put in under an anti
Tammany administration even more
safely than at present. and two dol
lars or two dollars and ten cents
taken out, and the problem is solved
Moralizing will never dethrone Cro-
ker. You will have to touch the
pocket nerve.
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TOmorrow's State Convention.
w JHTLE THE insurgents are
\N busy with projects of
fusion and dreams of

Wv JHILE THE insurgents are
\N busy with projects of
fusion and dreams OF
coming ACKNOWLEDGMENT
in gift from a complaisant Democracy,
the regular Republicanisrn of this stall
wart Republican commonwealth is on
the eve of convention that while not
likely to prove exciting, will by con-
trast certainly prove picturesque.
one week ago the Democracy con-
vened in the same place and the best
that it could do in way OF formulating
a platform was to ignore utterly those
great questions upon which. in other
years. il has tried desperately 10 di-
vide and confuse the public judgm ant,
and resort to the time-worn practice
of calling at the opposition harsh
names. Though II had to admit that
it could give no bond for the good be-
havior Of its own occupants of public
trust, and was so ashamed of its last
national programme that it refrained
from even limiting at it, it had the
characteristic effrontery to offer itself
as a substitute for the party that in
all the years of its administration of
state affairs has never stolen a dollar,
betrayed trust nor failed in the char
acter of it's government to keep pace
with the enlightenment of its con-
stituents and the advance of the COM
nnonwe alth in wealth, enterprise and
virtue
TomOrrow's convention of Republi-
can hosts, whatever else it may do,
will do no lodging. 1t REPRESENTS an
affirmative party, a party that does
not have to apologize by either con-
fession or avoidance, 1t is willing TO
accept full responsibility for its own
acts and all that il wants of the people
is an unbiased hearing. 1t may not
deal much in falsetto rhetoric, but 1t
can point 10 an administration of state
affairs that makes favorable Compari-
son with that of any other American
commonwealth and to a national plat
form, record and leader which it is
heartily willing to exhibit and extol
An anxious writer in the open Court
has revived the question, What shall
we do with our eX-presidents?" Thus
far the eX-presiGtnts of the United
States appear TO have been well able
to take care of themselves.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

NllbAl'flPHlA oCulists have
- discovered new disease
Il known as the "brassy eye"
which is said to affect motor
men and conductors on the trolley
cars. Its symptoms are an excessive
flow of tears and a dread of light
According to the oculists this is caused
by verdigris conveyed by the hand to
the eye, and its scientific name in
chalkitis. The motormen and con-
ductors whose hands are on brass rods
and the like a good part of the time
while they are on duty rub the verdi
girls into their eyes and then the
trouble begins. While it lasts. the
motorman II is eaid is not wholly re-
sponsible for accident or failure to OBJ
serve waiting passenger, because
everything before his eyes is more or
legs blurred. If treated in time the
disease is not serious. hut permanent
damage is liable to result unless the
"brassy eye receives some attention
from a physician in the early stages.
This Is given as a warning to motor
men Of this city as upon certain lines
symptoms Of the "brassy eye" have
been apparent to waiting passengers
for some time past.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20


Typographical union, which en-
Il rolls in its membership most of
the intelligent printers in this
country and Canada, has established
a character as one of the best unions of
labor in existence. Its general officers
are men of prudence, good faith and
conservative spirit; its rules stringently
forbid strikes save as a last desperate
resort; and its relations with the en-
ployng publishers of the land i'm the
main are friendly and on basis of
mutual esteem. Most of the friction in
some places prevalent has been due,
not to the union, but to abuse of it's
rules and principles.
New proof of this unions good sense
has been given in its action at Bir-
position, just now popular in some
labor union circles, to forbid it's men,
bers to enlist in the National Guard or
any volunteer military organization.
Although supported with a wealth of
misdirected vocal energy by men fond
of their own verbosity, the printers
promptly and emphatically laid 1t on
the table.
AS the Philadelphia Times we'll SAYS:
THE country may tremble for it's fu-
ture when any body of its citizens
shall be so bound by private rule that
they are prohibited from engaging in
military service, and no union or asso-
citation can be allowed to develop such
extensive powers over its members that
their fealty TO the organization shall
put in question their loyalty to state
or nation. What this country hourly
needs is true men with an appreciation
of the force of all their civic obligations
in war and in peace, and the typo
graphical union has set other unions
an example which they would do we'll
to emulate"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

one would think that reports of the
recent shocking fatalities at Carbon
dale and Sroudsburg would prove a
wholesome warning to people who walk
upon railroad bridges but they prob
ably will not. There is nothing that
more emphatcally illustrates the reck-
lessness of certain class of people
than the indifference with which they
will take desperate chances by walking
the ties of railroad bridge. AS rule,
some excuse can be found for the
most Needless victim of a grade cross
ing accident, but the persons who de-
liberately walk into a death trap
from which there is no escape and
the use of which for pedestrian pur-
poses is expressly forbidden. can
scarcely be entitled to much SYM
pathy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

Reports indicate that in certain
quarters the summer cabbage is be-
coming Formidable rival to the toad
stool in the work OF swelling the NOR
tuary list. The public needs to know
more botany.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
JUST IN JEST.

HUH exclaimed Mr.. ROY, after reading his
morning mail. "our boys college education is
making him too blamed smart"
What's the matter?" said Mrs. Rox.
81 wrote to him the other day that thought
IL would he kinder for me not to remit the
check he asked for. Now he writes:
Dear Father: shall never forget your un.
remitting Kindness '"-Philadelphia Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
PERSONAL DRIFT.

Legouve, the oldest Of the French immortals,
is % and is stil industrious, probably in deter.
ence 10 his famous saying; 1T is often said that
God condemned man to work. This is absurd.
God condemned man 10 live and gave him work
as. mitigating circumstance"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

Lieut.. Gen Sir Andrew Clarke, agent general
for Victoria, has recently completed his seventy.
seventh year. He won distinction in the first
Maori war in ls4Si9. was member OF the
first government Of Victoria, was offered the
premiership, which he declined, and subsequent
ly was governor of Singapore
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

AS usual the authorities" making
the most emphatic predictions regard
ing the crops of 1901 reside quite
distance from the corn belt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

Prof Vincent G. Poor, Of Kansas. and Miss
Mary Adelinc Stevens, Of Boston, have been
elected members Of the faculty Of Montana Wes.
leyan University. Prof Poor will have charge
Of the military instructions Of the university
and will teach several branches Of science, and
Miss Stevens will teach oratory and elocu.
ton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
ALWAYS Busy"
2 Always Busy Events

First-Our Fall styles
of Celebrated Korrect
Shoes at $500. They are
displayed in our mems
window. They are for
the smart dresser who
wants to be just a little
ahead of the other fellow.
Second-The placing on
sale of every mans Rus
set Shoe in our store, low
and high cut. SO and 81
grades. They are dis
played in our mems win
dow. You can get a pair
of them; perhaps the best
shoe you ever wore, for 81.
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Blnghamlon Pivats Trainin, School

for nervous, Back ward and Deaf Mute Chill
dren. Manual Training. Physical Culture,
Needlework. Music, Kindergarten, Artioula.
tion, Open year round, Circular, Prices
moderate. s. A. DooLIrrLE,
SO Fairyiew Avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

The Civil Service commission also
intimates that it would not object to
an increase of salary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

Benham-"Why did that woman keep You
standing at the door for half an hour7" Mrs.
Benham-"Shc said she hadn't time to come in"
Brooklyn Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

Notwithstanding the reports of the
weather bureau no one thought that
the Gulf storm would land at Nchol-
son,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

1t is scarcely probable that the
efforts in certain quarters TO confine
the Roosevelt boom to Kansas City
will be successful
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

The king Of Portugal Carlos Ferdinsndo Luiz
Maria Victor Miguel Raphael Gonzaga Xavier
Francisco de Assis Jose Simao, is a great hunter,
and spends all the time he spare in chas.
ing the boar. He is devoted 10 active exercise
nj all kinds. as the kings one private worry
is that his "too, too solid fesh" cannot he in
duccd 10 disappear Fortunately he is a tall
man, and 50 carries on his stoutnsS. which
is excessive for one still on the right side OF
forty.
When the great chemist Chevruel whose
statue was recently unveiled in France, attained
his hundredth birthday he was entertained at
a public dinner at which his son, high ~.
fcisl in the Department Of Justice, 81 years old,
was also present The old man made speech
and in telling an snecdote made a slight slip,
which his son carrected. Old Chevreul turned
around quickly and said in a sharp tone: "Hush,
younsster, when am talking" and the young.
ster' held his tongue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20

Narrow Escapc.-Iirst Chum-"A mad dog
saved my life once" Second Chum-"Ruhhsh
How" First Chum-"Didn't bite me."--Tit.
Bits.