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Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

There must have been some other cause for the demise of the town of
 Centervllle. Mich. WAS IT besides the absti- KILLED BY nence of its popula- TEMPERANCE? ton from intoxlcat-
 ing drink. though its death has been attributed to the driv- ing out of saloons. The story of the death struggle as sent over the wires was brief. and the diagnosis may be wrong.
 On the first of May the main street of Csntrevile was sown with oats. and the side streets were boarded up to prevent trespass upon the growing crop. Sound timber from buildings was carted away. the civic life went out and the place was left to the squirrels and bluejays. The unofficial certificate made the cause of death prohibition and driving out the sa- looms, but temperance towns have fourished ere now, and lovely villages of the plain have gone the way to dusty death without being deprived of spurious stimulant. Sometimes spirit ual stimulus is what is lacking.
 We refuse to believe that Centreville died of too much temperance. More likely it was the center of nothing that could sustain a healthy life. Perhaps it was the product of boom" that had collapsed, and it's main street hal been chiefly on paper. But if 1t was so situated that nothing but liquor woull keep it alive, it would probably have become a center of debauchery if 1t had taken the proffered stlmulant, and it had better die in decency and be sown with wholesome oats.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16
TALL CORN

doesn't come by accident. A
 fertile soil and careful cultiva-
 ton are necessary to produce
 the towering stems and heavy
 ears.
 Yet the farmer who under stands that he can't have a
 healthy corn crop without
 feeding and wedding, seems to think that he can have a healthy body without either care or culture. But the body Is built up just as the corn is, by the assimilation of the several chemical elements oil which vitality depends. And what weeds are to the corn, diseases of the stomach and nutritive systems are to the body they divert the neces- sary food supply from the proper channels, and the body becomes lean, sickly and ill-nourished.
 The proper digestion and assimilation of food is a pri. mary essential of health. By healing diseases of the stom. ach and organs of digestion and nutrition, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery increases the digestive and assimilative powers, stimulates the action Of the blood making glands, and sends to every organ of the body the rich red-corpuscled blood on which physical vigor and vitality depend.
 rI took two bottles of Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discoy. cry, Tor stomach trouble,p writes Clarence Carnes. Esq, of Tayiors- town, Loudoun Co, Va. oit did me SO much good that I didu't take any more. can eat most now. I am SO well pleased with Il I hardly know how To thank you for your kind infor. nation. tried a whole lot of .hings before l wrote to you There was gentleman told me about your medicine, how it had rnred his wife I thought would iry a bottle of it. Am now glad Ihat l did. for I don't know what would have done If 1t had not been for Dr Pierce's Golden Med. cal Discovery"
 Dr, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate the bowels and cure
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

It Is reported that gold mine has been discovered in Rhode Island The state being SO small prospectors are hesitatlng about developing the mine for fear that digging very much of a hole will turn the state completely in- side mt
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

Tt is some distinction to be the wife of a great man; but who would want to be the husband of great woman?" Denver News. By enclosing a 2-cent postage stamp the editor of the Denver paper might learn something to his advantage in writing to David Nation. Esq. of Wichita, Kan.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

In the case of railroad accident It is a caution sometimes to note how much better time the claim adjuster the disaster than the wrecsing crew cnn do
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16
AN EMBARRAssMENT TO HULL.

The Nashville American is inclined to favor the candidacy of David B. Hill for president. but thinks he would have, if nominated, an embarrassing time with the income tax The demo- cratic party, it says, ia thoroughly committed to an income tax, but Hill is OppOSed to it.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16
INTERESTING TO wHEELMEN.

INTERESTING TO WI1EELMEN.
 Rev. H. II. Stebbns of Rochester, N Y., one of the most prominent Presby- terian clergymen in the state of New York. was sued recently by 0 man who claimed damages on account of having his horse frightened by bicycles ridden by Dr. Stebblns and his son.
 As the son passed the mans horse on his wheel the animal reared broke a whiffietree and threw the people out of the buggy. Dr. Stebbins stopped to learn whether any of the occupants of the carriage were injured, and finding that they were not said to them that though no one was to blame he would pay the damages done to buggy and harners. The lady in the carriage died some months afterwards and her hus- band sued pr Stebhins for ten thou sand dollars dumagen
 Judge Davy, after listening to the testimony, granted a non-sut and d. reete1 a verdict for the defendant. as the counsel for the prosecution insisted that the case should go to the jury.
 In expoundlng the law in the case Jpc' ice Davy sfid that a wheelrnan was not trespaser on the highway and was not blameworthy unleco he struck the horse win his wheel.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

J. Pierpont Morgan might buy up the Hon. Jonathan Jacob Lentz the Hon. Bill sulzer the Hon. Winl Allen and the Hon. Dick Franklin Pettlgrew
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16
and organize a windmill trust.

What is the use of worrying the democrats three years ahead of time by threatening to nominate Mark Hanna for the presidency?
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

Any physician desiring a change of should make immediate ap- plcation to the Sick Man of Europe.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

Pickpockets are no respecters of per- sons. They will even touch" q cabl- net officer or an Arizona legislator.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

Soon the voice of the saloon singer which has pervaded the town since
 long before its incorpo- THE ration will be forever GOING OF stilled in Phoenix. and THE GIRLS. the pianos vii! sit in
 the abominatlon of des- edition.
 This will be brought about without a great deal of enthusiasm on the part of the democratic council. and the job will probably be done with the least Possible thoroughness. but assurance
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

Perhaps Mir Morgan would be glad 10 obtain an option on the milky way.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16
THE SOURCE OF oPposITroN

The opposition on the Harvard board of overseers to the granting of an hon. orary degree to President Mckinley narrowed down. on the final vote on
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

Balf a leaf is better than whole loafer.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-16

There must have been some other cause for the demise of the town of
The Conservative, 1901-10-24
POLITICAL.

eff President Roosevelt steadfastly
holds to the determination to regard
merit as the real test, he will place
his country under obligations to
him. says the Philadelphia Ledger
(Rep.), land at the same time will
that he will become one of the most
popular chief magistrates in our his
tory
'We have simply to do for the
ocean carrying trade as the German
government has done by the Ham
burg American line-give it freedom
and let it alone,' counsels the Indian
apolis News Gnd. }. American en-
terprise needs no subsidy. 1t requires
simply All even chance-a fair field
and no favor The people ought to
set their faces as flint against sub
sidies'
eff in the past the Massachusetts,
democracy has been twitted by it's re-
ing republican action and offering
nothing resembling constructive legis-
lation on it's own account premises
the Boston Herald (Ind. ),'i it can now
wholly clear it's skirts from such crit
icism, as the platform laid down for
state work furnishes enough new sug-
gestiOns to keen the legislature busy
for several years to come. ~
The Philadelphia Press (Rep) sees
indications of an increasing DISPOSE
tion to keep partisanship out of the
Judiciary elections. There are still
some districts in the state where the
judgeships are treated as matter of
political spoil" it says, and where
The Conservative, 1901-10-24

the judges themselves treat their high
offices as political places" but "no
less than nine Of the whole number of
nineteen common pleas judges to be
elected in different districts of the
state this year will be chosen without
partisan opposition. -
"The only apparent possibility Of
uniting and reviving the democracy
in several important commonwealths
lies in utilizing local domestic ques-
tions as campaign issues" says the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (Rep.
"There is a chance that a fair degree
of party harmony and cooperation
may be secured in this manner, and
that the eastern democracy may again
become a compact and effective organ
ization, strong enough to impose a
wholesome check Oh the republicans
i'll such states as New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. -
"To exhaust ingenuity in devising
ways w SpCllV tllO AlioVOoi
of in discovering how to prevent it's
accommodating would be like enlarg
ing the bung of a wine barrel to keep
it from overfowing, instead of shut
ting off the infow,' argues the st.
Paul Pioneer Press (Rep). "It is
practically to tax the people Of the
country for comparatively useless OBJ
jects, and to depend upon expendi-
lures variable and uncertain to pre-
vent dangerous congestion of the
treasury, instead of ridding the coun-
try once for all of the burden of tax
alton and of the danger. "
'The obstructionists who have sue
ceeded hitherto in defeating all reci
procity treaties in the senate have not
come from this part of the country"
The Conservative, 1901-10-24

says the Chicago Tribune (Rep.).
"They hail from the eastern states,
noticeably from New England, where
there is cabal of protectionists who
pretend to favor reciprocity as
theory, but who always oppose put
ting it into practice. 1t is this same
cabal which is now obstructing the
reciprocity treaty with France and
trying to smother it in committee.
This is trickery, not legislation.
1T would unquestionably be better
for the South if the parties were more
equally divided in the matter of both
respectability and numbers reasons
the Nashville American (Dem.).
"Such condition would demand
strong leaders, the best men to fill the
offices and wise administration of
affairs. 1t would serve to make the
South more influential in national
affairs, in the selection of candidates,
the framing of platforms, the shaping
of policies, and in the distribution of
federal patronage and public expendi-
lures. President Roosevelt has
splendid opportunity to contribute
to this change of conditions
"With respect to Cuban annexation
the attitude of the United States
should be that of absolute non inter
yention and On-interference, coun-
sells the Philadelphia Ledger (Rep.).
"It is possible for the United States
to make the commercial conditions in
the island intolerable by a narrow, H.
liberal, and oppressive policy, condi-
tions from which there could be no es-
cape save through annexation. The
United States is bound by the highest
sanctions of honor not to force annex
alton by this or any other course. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
STATEMENT OF FIREMEN
List of the Requests They Pre-
sented to the Officers of the
L. I. & S. Company.

The strike among the firemen and
coal beavers at the South steel mill OF
the Lackawanna Iron and Steel COM
pany is still on. but has not spread to
any of the other departments, and
Superintendent Barnard yesterday de-
clared that operations are in no way
interfered with at the works.
The strikers have issued the follow
ing statement, to give the public the
correct version of the conditions which
resulted in the suspension Of labor:
Editor of The Tribune.
Sr: Owing TO conflicting stories in crcuat ion
regarding the demand made by the fircmen Of
the South mill OF the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
company. we ask space in your valuable paper
to correct the statements published in the dailies
which are calculated TO deceive or misrepresent
our demands our demands are as follows:
first-lGi: cents per hour for lo hours work, OF
20 cents per hour for hours work.
Second--Fire three boilers with present help.
r. S.--'rhc two men at present to clean fires
Full time while the mill is running. Same pay
Wien sent repairs as firing.
We ask that all boilers be on except those
dropped Tor repairs and same pay when sent on
repairs as firing.
We ask that all boilers be kept on except
those dropped for washing or repairs, and that
six boilers be sufficient for one fireman when
mill is not rolling.
Our grievance committee waited on Mr.. Bar
nard April 20 AMI went into the grievances in
detail. After listening attcntiycly he told lis our
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
AN EXPENSIVE BON FIRE.
Confiscated Gambling Apparatus
Was Burned Yesterday by Off,
GERS of Municipal League.

Agent Robert Wilson and half
dozen Municipal League detectives
yesterday afternoon carted away the
expensive gambling apparatus confis-
Gated in the recent gambling raids and
took it out to the circus grounds, on
North Washington avenue. where Il
huge bonfire was made.
The apparatus was all taken apart
and each separate piece was carefully
watched until it was reduced to ashes.
The billiard table, which was taken
from the Wyoming avenue establish
ment was also burned.
When the first load had been burned
up the wagon was sent to the Com
monwealth building. where the thr-
teen slot machines taken from various
saloons up the valley some few weeks
ago. were stored. These We're loaded
on the wagon and taken out to the
scene of the bonfire, where they were
first rendered useless by an axe, and
then consigned to the flames.
1t is known that the Municipal
League is determined to wipe out the
gambling evil in this city, and it is
expected that raid will be made in
the near future upon two other gam
bling houses which are said, by the
league authorities. to be in active
operation on Spruce street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
LANSDoRF- MILLER.

A. very pretty wedding took place
at st. Nlary's German Catholic church
yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. when
John Lansdorf was united in mar
riage to Miss Annie X. Miller, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller.
Both bride and groom reside in South
Scranton. The wedding ceremony was
performed by Rev. Il. Straub. A
large throng of the relatives and
friends of both parties were present.
The bride was beautifully attired in
white mousseline de sole and carried
bouquet of lilies Of the valley. She
was attended by Miss Mary Herzog. as
maid of honor. and Miss Annie VIM
ter and Miss Mamie Miller sister of
the bride, as bridesmaids. They wore
gowns of blue mousseline de sole and
carried bouquets of white carnations.
The groom was attended by George
Miller as hest man and John Rink
and John Lansdorf, jr.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony,
a wedding dinner was served at the
home of the bride, at 729 Maple street.
They received many useful and beau
titul present from their friends. Mr..
and Mrs. Lansdorf will reside at 740
Locust street. where a pleasantly fur
n:sted home awaits them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
Mr.. CLARKE PROMOTED,
Local Weather Observer Has Re-
ceived Commission as Fore
cast Official.

f. II. Clarke, who is in charge of the
local station of the United States
we" her bureau. has been signally hon
g II by receiving a promotion in the
service to the rank of. local forecast
official. The advance carries with it a
substantial increase in salary and also
heightens the Importance Of the Scran-
ton office.
Mr.. Clarke received his first notifi-
cation that the honor awaited him by
a letter he received April II from the
Hon. Willis Moore, head of the bureau,
in which he intimated that within a
short while he would receive the ad-
vance. Mr.. Clarke's commission fol-
lowed a few days later. from the Sec
retary of agriculture. 1t will take ef-
feet May /.
After July it is likely that Fore
cast Official Clarke will be awarded
another assistant, and his staff thus
increased to three aides. The Office
will then be considered on a footing
with those in the larger cities of the
state.
In Pennsylvania there are stations
at Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Scranton,
Harrisburg and Erie. Only the first
three have forecast officials. In New
York state there are seven stations,
only three of which, those at New
York city, Buffalo and Albany, have
forecast officials
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
IMPRESSIONS OF OUR IRA.
Personal Comments on His Appear
ance Before Supreme Court.

That the picturesque does not escape
the eye of good newspaper men even
in such a prosaic proceeding rs an ar
gument before the Supreme court, is
attested by the following comments
culled from reports of the ripper
hearing:
II. TT. Burns, of Scranton. broad Of
shoulder, ruddy of cheek and with a
scraggly red beard. and Il carelessness
of attire which suggested that, Cincin-
natus-like, he had left the plow to join
the battle, opened the argument. Calm
ly, dispassionately and without any at
tempt at pyrotechnics. lie proceeded to
discuss the measure and the relstio
it bore to the supreme law of the
land. Inquirer.
"Mr. Burns opened for the appel
liant. He is innocuous in appearance,
but those who he read his paper book
expected spicy argument. They were
disappointed, His argument was de-
void of metaphor of the character that
made his brief the wonder and amuse-
ment of the other attorneys. Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
A MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Odd Fellows to Honor Memory of
James B. Nicholson.

A memorial service in commemora-
ton of the memory of Grand Secre-
tary James B. Nicholson. of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. who
recently died, will be conducted on
Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock, in the
rooms of the Lackawanna lodge on
Wyoming avenue.
Recorder James Moir will preside as
chairman at the meeting and prayer
will be offered by Rev. Robert +. Y.
Pierce, u. D., pastor of the Penn
Avenue Baptist hcurch. who will also
make an address. Other addresses
will be made by Past Grand Master
w, Gaylord Thomas and Major Gen.
eral Ed. G.. Deans. commanding the
Department of Pennsylvania, Patri-
arches Militant.
The musical features of the pro-
gramme will consist of two duets.
sung by David jenkins and Thomas
Abraham, and several selections, in
cluding Ncumans Lead Kindly
Light" to be sung by the glee club Of
Silurian lodge
Grand Secretary Nicholson was for
over thirty years one of the foremost
odd Fellows in this country and held
the Office of grand secretary for years
and years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
CAREY-LINS.

Attorney II. d. Carey, of Jermyn. and
Miss Marie Katherine Lins, of Carlisle,
Pa. were married at the home of the
brides father, Leonard Lins. of East
High street. Tuesday afternoon at .
o'clock. by Rev. Mr.. Diffendorfer, pas
tor of the First Lutheran church OF
Carlisle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey left for Wash
ington and other points. Mr.. Carey Is
a graduate of the Dickinson School of
Law having finished in the class of '96,
and it was during his career there as a
student that he met his bride. Mr..
Carey is one of the most promising of
the younger members of the Lacka-
wanna bar. With his bride he will con-
tinue his residence at Jermyn, where
they will be at home to their friends
after May !.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
LackaWanna Railroad.

On account of the Pan-American ex-
position the following round-trip rates
and arrangements will be in effect from
Scranton: Season tickets will be sold,
commencing April 80 and on every day
thereafter during the exposition linn
tied for return until November 30 in
elusive, $l1.20. Ten-day tickets will be
sold, commencing April 30 and on every
day thereafter during the exposition,
IS. Five-day tickets will be sold, COM
mencing April 80 and on every Tuesday
and Saturday thereafter during the eX-
position, So. All tickets will be hon
ored in sleeping or parlor cars in con-
nection with proper Pullman tickets,
except the fye-day tickets, which will
be honored in day coaches only. Chill
dren between the ages of five and
eleven years, one-half of the above
rates. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
GLEASoN-REILLY.

In st. Peters cathedral at noon yes
terday occurred the marriage Of Will
lam Gleason, Of Franklin avenue. and
Miss Agnes Reilly, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Reilly, of Prospect ave-
nue.. The bride was attended by Miss
Name Reilly, her sister, and the groom
by Martin Buckley, of Avoca. AS the
bridal party entered the church. Prof.
w. P. Schilling played the Mendelssohn
wedding march, and as the nuptial knot
was being tied by Rev. j. A. O'Reilly,
Prof. Schilling played 80 Promise Me-"
The bride presented charming APP
pearance in a gown of brown broad
cloth. trimmed with white chiffon, and
wearing a hat to match. Her attend
ant wore blue broadcloth, which was
also trimmed with chiffon. Both car
ried bunches of carnations. Mrs. Glea-
son has for some time been bookkeeper
for Clarke Brothers, and has also been
in charge of their advertising. Her
husband is employed by the Scranton
Railway company.
After a reception at the brides home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason left in the after
noon for New York on a wedding tour.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
FUNERAL OF MRS. NICHOLS.
Respected Resident of Clark's Sum
nit Laid at Rest.

nit Laid at Nest.
The funeral of Mrs. Flora Annette
Nichols was held from the residence at
Clarll's Summit yesterday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. Interment was in the
Clark's Green cemetery.
Mrs. Nichols had always been one Of
the most highly esteemed residents OF
the northern part of the country. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nell
son Newton. two of the pioneers Of
Luzerne county. She was born in Scott
township, siXtY-one years ago last
September.
During her two weeks illness, her
greatest desire was to live until her
son, Nelson, could reach home from
Havana, Cuba. where he spent the win
ter. This wish was not gratified, as he
did not reach home until three hours
after the funeral. Interment was de-
layed until after his arrival.
Mrs. Nichols was one of the most ac-
tive members of the Clarks Summit
Baptist church. She is survived by her
husband, Asa A. Nichols: two sons,
George II. and Nelson N, both of
Clarks Summit: one brother, G. r..
Newton. of Scott, and one sister. Mrs
Mary N. Gardner. of BinghamtOn, N.
Y. The Rev. Fl. P. East officiated, and
the pail bearers were Major /. A. Ack
erly, Byron Ackerly. w. P. Litz, w. S.
Frace, j. f. King and +. M. Young.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
PERSONAL.

Miss Alice Burke, OF Adams avenue is in New
lcIk
Richard oBrien went to New York yesterday
afternoon.
George Wirh oi Richards & Wirth is in Sy.
racuse on business
VI. u. Casey. acting superintendent oi car ser.
vice on the Iackawanna railroad, was in Buhalo
yesterday
John V. p quackenbuSh, OF Laekdwanna ave,
iue, received his commission as notary public
Yesterday
General Superintendent ). b. Ihorne Of the
Temple toal and Iron company, was in New
York yesterday.
William McCoach, one OF the members of the
select council OF Philadelphia, was a guest in
this city yesterday,
p. J. Hopkins and wife lett yesterday for an
extended vacation "trip. They will visit Harris
burg, Pittsburg and the battlefield at Gettys'
burg.
Miss Margaret Hewlett OF Philadelphia, who
has been the guest OF Mis- Mary Linn. OF Capousc
avenue, for the last two weeks returned to her
home yesterday.
Cards are out announcing the marriage OF
Grace daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Rose,
to Mr.. Harry A. Pierce, Saturday April 81, at
thc Penn Avenue Baptist church.
The Rev. Frank J. MilInsn, formerly in charge
Of the sumner Avenue Presbyterian church, was
3rlaincd last week by the Presbytcry at Lchigh