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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

summer tberc vrc scvon o,td,o, r,,opasiup,s. in.
cIu6inu two nrivo,c opcS moro or less undcr
the charge of tho Now York school committee
Besides tbcsc vyp,.sti, snnoratus Il included
in many of the playcro,,n,ls 10th large and small
not only IN New y,rt hp, in other cities
Boston was the first ,i,y TO show any real
in,cics, Ia ptocidipu p,a,rs to skate, when In
ts02 the two acres of tho mems gymnasium at
Charles bank were ecoded by tho mark depart
mcnt. At present there are twelve municipal
| skating places maintained by the city. ninc Of
which are specially noodcd for the purpose, and
ten OF them regularly plancd with u horse plane
n process first introduced ON Jamaica pond in
lN,jand all except Jamaica are wcll lighted in
| the evening Ahou, eighty acres thus kept
in order. THE scason at 'hallcsbank for eight
years averaged twcnl, live da,s of actual skating
nnd tho past season broke thc record since the
scheme has born in operation as there were
forty mine days oi actual skating. which is two
| above the previous highest record. The at
| tendance at the various skating rnks during the
season was close on 10 2@,Hno, which Is the
largest ever known.
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Weekly Letter on
Municipal affairs
XLV.-PUBLIC PLAY GROUNDS
FOR CHILDREN.

rIFTi YEARS AGO the first acre for park
r. purposes had not been purchased by any
4 American municipality Today there aHa
more than $500, ,OO0, coo invested by American
cities in public Fairgrounds, parks and appar-
atus tor the use OF children, old aud younI
GymuasiumS, skating ,nks and hathhcuscs are
provided with more lavish hand each year Tor
the use nj the general public
Foreign cities In! !c had all these ronyeniencos
for u longer period and have larger sums invest
ed than rties on this side of the Atlantic. But
that will not TO the ease decade hence, Tor
improvements in this particular are being made
at 50 much greater rate in this country than IN
the old, that it will not take longer than ten
years to pass the slower moving European mu'
nicipllity,
The crusade for better conditions for the poor
and more open spaces tor the children in the
tenement districts was commenced about ten
,curs ago in New York city 10y the late EN.
Mayor William 4. Strong. Fully twenty-five
blocks OF shaky old tenement houses in the
dtuscly populated districts were RACED to the
ground aud converted into breathing places tor
the children Of the ncighborhood oi whom there
were many who had never seen plot of grass
ten teet square,
Police officers whose beats were in The vicin.
ity of these newly created Fairgrounds have re-
ported fewer number OF arrests for petty oil
IVlScS Hlllohg 'hlHllth lllh H'olc lne sindll
parks were made. Boston has also found that
a comparatively fcw dollars invested in sand.
pits and other simple amu.rncnts tor The chill
dren have decreased the number oi arrests among
the Younger CLASSES IhcSc two cities agree that
the swings, eymnasuns, sand'pils and the like
more than pay for the expense OF creation aud
maintenance.
Boston has five indoor gymnaSiunls, The fi,st
was the gilt Of woman and was opened in
1897 in Fast Boston, The neat was the first
large municipal gymnasium in the country and
was opened in South Boston in December. 1880.
All the gymnasiums, whether indoor or outdoor,
are open in The evening, The former being lighted
by electric lights, There are regular instruction
classes aud many boys clubs aud few girls
clubs, and there are specified hours tor meu
and women, hoys aud girls, No fee is charged
for the use OF the privileges, There arc several
churches and semi'heneyolent institutions which
maintain gymudsiunS, both outdoor and indoor,
Tor general under certain conditions
Tie use OF the outdoor and indoor gymnasium
has been ldptcd by cities in all parts Of the
country, the largest increase having brcn made
duIhS the past tmcc years. Not only cities.
but large lnanullvtorles are providing these Tree
means Tor recreation TO the employed Last
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22
SCRANTON, APR1L 80. 1901.

a correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger. writing of tile primitive troll
icy system" ~ that ci!E, rises To re-
mark: "p'rhars when the traction Of
lirials reaIz" til" presence of u possible
competitor they may doign to correct
n few of the abuses under which our
meek and helpless citizens suffer.
scranton. "V"n more than Philadelphia,
II this ritN'S trolley system was owned
h% capitalists With u personal interest
il th. welfare. Of scranton. instead of
by the ma2natcs of whom the Ledger
correspondent complains. some "fcw Of
the abuses under which our meek and
helpless citizens suffer- might also b.
yuTIeyte,i.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22
Growing Export
Of american Coal
Special Correspondence OF The Tribune.

Sre'la' Correspondence ol Ih' i''huhV'
Washington, April u,
THE ANNOUNCEMENT NJ q prospective cN.
port tax of ono shilling per ton oil Eng.
i 1is coal adds interest to the fact that
American coal is making rapid hcadway in
invading the markets Of tho world The FIG.
,ircs of the treasury bureau Of statistics indicate
that the coal exports ot the fiscal wear which
ends June 20 will amount TO about SnO,Orn
tons a. against less than 2,o0n.Wn tons IN 1870;
s,5? Ia2 tons IN isnj ,'id i.isS6is tons in 400.
This export figure u ~. set small compared with
that oi thc tinted iMgdon. or compared with
our coal area. which is many times rs great as
that OF any other of the uual.cNporling nations,
but the growth in o'ir own ease has been 'nuch
more rapid than that oi any ohcr country.
The United Kingdom. for instance. export I'd
80 ~ $50 tons in 1890 and iG,10s0ll tons in 1900,
the relative growth being much greater in the
case of the United States than in tho case OF the
tinted Kingdom. Germany is the second grca,
roal.cXporting country Of the world, and her
exports only increased from o,li5,oo0 metric tons
in 1890 to lj,2,G.OO0 tons in 1900. The United
states now ranks third in tho matter of coal
expectations. while Belgium ranks fourth with q
total cNpor,aton of 61li,Oo0 tons in 1870 and
6r,i. 81, tons in 1900. Thus tue relative growth
ot coal cynoris from thu Unified States by Ia,
exceeds that of any other nation, while IT now
holds third place in actual expectation.
in production the lnitcd States has with,
the last two years taken first rank. her total
Goa, production in 1901 the latest available year,
being 226 iS,, ,j6I tons. against 22O,o9i,iSl ton,
bv the United Kingdom: while in 1880 the pro-
duction of the United Kingdom was 1sl,6li.:ss
tons. and that OF the United States, 1io,sss.720
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KNOWLEDGE IN BRIEF.

London has 100 acres Of docks; Liverpool, ot
acres
Wellscasoncd red hickory weights j2.37 pounds
to the cubic foot.
In prehistoric tiIics the rhinoccros fourish1t
in California while large lions and tigers Hrco
in the iunglcs.
The desert of Sahara is no little spot u
covers 2,50O,n0c square miles between the At
lantic ocean and the Nile valley.
The latest Swiss mountain railway propcct is
to connect the EnGadinc with the Italian lake
by road over the Bcrnina range.
Forty four years ago the Kansas kaw river
was navgated from its mouth up as far as Law
renee. Now railroads do the business.
One of the most destructive earthquakes in tho
worlds history that which occurred il
Ycddo in the year 1908, when 100000 people
were killed.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad is reported to have
over 2sOO0 individual shareholders who must
he notified of the new stock allotment and re-
ccive subscription warrants.
The Benedictne distillcry at Fccamp pro-
duced last year 1.6Sl, 900 bottles. One hundred
and forty tons of this liquor, valued at ElG,ooo
we're exported to Hamburg.
According to recent regulation, pupils in the
schools OF Saxony will hereafter be required to
commit to memory 29l Biblical verses and ID
verses OF hymns in addition to the catechisn.
Il
species of cymbal exactly resembling in shape
the dumbbells used by athletes. They are played
in pairs. one in each hand, and violently smitter
together
There are in this country over 200 mInnfactur
ing plants producing hats and caps for men and
boys The hat factories give employment to D.
600 persons who turn out a finished product
valued at $25 100000 annually
One OF the smallest parishes in Wales is the
historic parish of Shcr in the Bridgcnd Union
1t has only a population OF eight nine souls
Nash and Stembridgc, two other parishes only
number fourteen inhabitants between them.
People give more time to recreation than they
did years ago, and the world is the better fol
it. Occasional outings, railroad journeys, visit:
to interesting points, both at home and abroad
have greatly swollen the tide OF travel.
At least one cooperative colony-that located
in Dickinson county, kansas-scems to he thrv
ing. 1t was formed three years ago and has
made money from the start, clearing Sl,si2 last
year. The colony has ranch, general store
q bank and an insurance feature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

ONE FIGURES submitted re-
~ Gently by 4. j.. Randall of
Washington before the Indus
trial commission in support OF
government ownership and control OF
telegraphs are interesting if accurate;
we have no means of knowing how
accurate they are.
He said telegraph tolls are now
levied 50 as to pay large diNi-
Gcnds. not only for stock paid for
i'm money but on an immense amount of
watered stock. Two-thirds of the
stock of the Western Union Telegraph
company, he asserted, is pure and un-
mixed water. In 1858 the capital stock
of the Western Union company was
1856, 100, The stock dividends declared be-
tween 1858 and 1S66-eight years--were
Sl,.Sl0,li6, and stock was issued for
new lines TO the amount of Sl,A3I,o5o,
making the capital stock of the com
pany on July /. 1866. S20 l32 500 In that
Year stock was created 10 the amount
of S2l, ,i50,500, making the capital stock
u year later $i0,56S,Soo. The largest
dividend declared by the company up
to 1874 was Il4 per cent. In that one
year the investors got their money
back four times, The largest amount
of stock ever divided at one time was
$iO,OOO,00o, and for period of seven
years tn, dividends averaged about
100 per cent, In 1874 the company
bought up its own stock and the stock
OF other telegraph companies and ac-
cumulated a fund of Sl5000,000. which
1t held in the treasury OF the company,
Dividends declared in other years were:
1862, u per cent; 1863, 100 per cent; 4;
1854, 100 per cent; in 1875 dividend
Of $6,OO0CO0; in 1881 one of $l5,OOO,OOo
and another of Si,300,0O0. 1t realized
over $l00,0O0,CO0 in twenty-five years
by its extortionate charges. An in
yeslment of $1,000 in Western Union
stock i'm 1858 would have returned up
to 1890 stock dividends of more than
$5o,c00 and cash dividends of 100000
In 1890 the capital stock Was SS5,a6o, 900
.-low it Is $ll5, 100000.
SiXty-one per cent. of the telegraph
companies of the world are under gov
ernment control and II is instructive.
Mr.. Randall contended, to compare the
rates under such government control
With the rates in this country. In
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

Ignoring the problems of apportion-
Inont as affecting other counties, let us
see lInw I.ackaWanna can best be re-
strlcted, The constitution provides
that "'every city containing a popula-
tion eqlal to a ratio shall elect separ-
alelysits proportion of The representa-
,Ncs allotted to the county in which
it Is located" Scranton contains al
most precisely three ratios-only 7,493
over. Division of the city into three
DISTRICTS made up as follows appeals
strongly to favor from a Republican
standpoint ana is AS even division
made:
First district-!To comprise the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. Fourteenth, Fiji
teenth, Eighteenth ana Twentieth
wards-with Republican plurality OF
abouf55
Second district-To comprise the
Eighth. Ninth. Tenth, Eleventh,
Twelfth; Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
Ninetssssss wards-with about 400 Re-
publican plurality,
Third district-'ro comprise the First.
Second, Third, Seventh, Thirteenth and
Twenty-frst wards-with about i50 Re-
publican plurality.
As for the territory outside of the
city, 1t has been proposed to combine
into one district with two members. to
be known as the Fourth district, Arch
bald, Blakely. Carbondale, Carbondale
township, Covinston, Dickson, Dun
more, Elmhurst, Fell, Greenfield,
Goudsboro. jefferson, Jermyn, Lehigh.
Madison Mayheld. olyphant, Scott,
Spring Brook, Throop, Vandling and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22
Daily School.WOrk Test.

"a N AN ORELL. who has
said some decidedly wise
4 y "A things, tells instructors
they should never over
praise a clever pupil and never snub 4
dull one. lSut the present system of
written examinations for promotions is
Il continual "snub" and disbursement
to pupils who are dull or called dun
because. however great may he their
ability to ultimately assimilatc knowl-
edge they have not quick memories, or
are not possessed of the power OF cX-
the gift of more favored schoolnlatcs.
1t is to be remembered also that
those who lack this power of express
sion come often from the homes where
cooperation with the schools work of
training cannot be had. The discour-
agement. the "sn,lb'' of finding them
selves left behind is often so great as
TO hc an cffectual qucncher of ambition
to learn. SO the brief period of school
years to which such are limited fails
of even the good ii might have done
them. but for the cast-iron system.
When the teacher has the liberty to
advance each pupil according to the
daily record average and the devotion
to study and Improvement demon
stratcd in daily work, our common
school system will take a vast step for
ward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

- w itSl lDN b'IOre t1e leg
y islature is more important
4 than that of re-apportion-
,rcnt Since the date of the
last senatorial appartionment the
population of the commonwealth has
almost doubled: and since the last APP
portiunment OF representatives the
total population has grown from 4,2S2,-
S9l to G.@02. .ll5 an increase of so per
cent. The increase in our own county
illustrates vividly the unfairness of
continuing a representation in the state
law making assembly based on the
population of twenty and thirty years
ago. Not in existence in 1870. in 1850
Lackawanna had s.. 269 population: to-
day she has 1881. d gain of more
than 200 per cent. but there has been
no gain in her representation. Our
quota in the house of representatives is
l member to every 30 members when
by right it should be to every 81 menu
bers. Our county, in other words is
being subjected to an unfair discount
of one third.
l'nder the constitution apportiOn-
mcnt of legislative districts is based
on a ratio obtained by dividing the
population by 200. Every county con-
tanning less than five ratios has one
representative for every full ratio and
an additional representative when the
surplus exceeds half a ratio, but each
county shall have at least one member.
Every county containing five ratios or
more shall have one representative for
every full ratio. \ representative ratio,
on the recent census, is 3l,5ll. The
minimum population for two members
is iI.266, for three members IS,777 for
four members ll0,2SS and for five men,
bors l5T.5;'5. Upon this basis the coun-
ties should have representation as
shown in the following table, compiled
by Colonel Lambert of the Philadelphia
Press, comparison being made with the
present rrprpSpututiDn,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

Says Poultney Bigelow: CONNER
cialism runs riot in the United States.
Corruption stalks through the govern
ment departments. Congress itself is
little more than Il brokerage shop for
the sale of authority to fleece the peo-
pie Poultney should take a spring
mcdicine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

Aguinaldo's manifesto shows that
what the Filipino eX-dictator has lost
in eNuberance ne seems to have gained
in educational experience. In other
words, while he isn't so sprightly as he
once was, he knows more.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

For twenty one months treatment
of the late Senator c. l.. Magce DR..
Erowning, of Philadelphia. has pre-
scnted a bill for SiaO,oOO, valuing his
services at $50 for each treatment hour
AT this rate it cost Senator Magce more
for treatment than was required to
care for 35,20j patients received last
year into Philadelphia largest hospi-
tai And folks talk about the voracIty
pr pn'tticiaus
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

Senator Morgan's solution of the Gu
it to make long story short by ap-
plying for admission to the Union as
IL state. That would be an excellent
bargain from the Cuban standpoint;
but it would be decidedly tough on
Uncle Sam.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

Winton. with a Republican plurality of
about 200; and to leave the Abingtons,
Benton, Dalton, Glenburn Lackawan-
ma. La Plume. Moosir, Newton. Old
Forge. ransom. Taylor and Waverly
together as the Fifth district. with
about 200 Republican plurality.
We see no reason why this arrange
mcnt should not receive general APP
proval. one thing Is ceriain: the
people demand rc-apportionmcnt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

on $50 n week." is a question just now
claiming the attention of the readers
of the, New York Sun They can il
Trey can be happy at all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

\ Child bonn on this day will notice that many
people are in politics ali their lives without
securing desirable seat in the band wagon
It, is safe to wager that the fellow who makes
Il rush for the newspaper office to get his side
oi the quarrel in print irst is on the wrong side
The fact that a newspaper dies hard doubtless
accounts for the existence OF some in this vicin-
ity.
Somc persons become twisted themselves in the
cnlcavor 10 shape public opinion.
II is evident that spring is not playing bunco
came on us this time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

England the rate Is 12 cents for
twelve words, IN Germany Il cents for
ten words. in Italy rs cents for fifteen
words, in Switzerland 10 cents for ten
words. in Belgium . cents for ten
words and in France 10 cents FOR ten
words, while I'm the United states tho
prevailing rate is % cents for ten
words
The belief is widespread that govern
mCnt control of telegraphs would be
as generally satisfactory as is govern
mrnt control of the mails
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

over half billion dollars worth, or
9.2jo tons. of gold is now locked up in
Uncle Sans strong box. Is 1t not dan
eerous to keep 80 much money out of
LiNrului innr
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

Alton d. Adams, an electrical en-
giiieer of Boston, has been telling the
Industrial commission that municipal
owned electric light plants in Massa-
chusetts pay better profits and are
better managed than privatc-owned
plants. This may be So in Massachu-
setts. hut we doubt that it would work
out that way in the anthracite mining
counties of PENNSYLVANIA.
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Important if True.

- ONE FIGURES submitted re-
- Gently by a. j.. Randall of
Washington before the Indus
trial commission in suppOrt OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22
Aiacchus' Advice.

\ good way TO study expansion is to attempt
on architecture.
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ReaDpOrtiOan1cnt.

"a ' q QUESTION before the leg
y islature is more important
4 than that of re-apportion-
l.1 1.,t. ,f l,p
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TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Cn

.tstrclabc Cast: iiG a. NJ, for Monday, Apri
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Entered at the Postofcc at Scranton, Ia, as
Second Glass Mail Matter.
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Ladies' Black Hose at .35C
Ladies' Black Hose at SOC

AT this price we outclass them all.
Unsurpassed in quality and style, COM
prises all the different weights of Lisle
and Cotton Hose, in plain, fancy and
lace effects.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

New York Office: $50 Nassau St
S. s. VREEJAND.
Sole Agent for Foreign Advertising.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22
Annual Sale Of
New Spring Hosiery
Ladies' Black Hose at 25C

This line of Hose is matchcss al
this price. We give you the greatest
value obtanablc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-22

We have splendid bargain for you
in regular 35c number, now 25c. Fine
assortment of the latest things in fam
cy half-hose, in all the new colorings
and various qualities.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
MOUNT VERNON CITY CLERK ACCUSED.
CHARGED WITH NOT PAYING MONEYS TO THE
TREASURER IN THE REQUIRED TIME

CHARGED WITH NOT PAYING MONEYS TO THE
TREASURER IN THE REQUIRED TINE.
II is believed from resolution introduced in the
Common Council of Mount Vernon Tuesday
night that the Republican leaders Of that city ex-
pect 10 make trouble for the administration OF
Mayor Fiske. Mayor Fiske. who is a member OF
Tammany Hall. is running for a fourth term on
the Democratic ticket and DR.. Edward F. Brush
a wealthy manufacturer. is making the against
him. The resolution. which great surprise
o all of the Democratic members Of the Common
Council calls City Clerk Hoyt to explain why
he has failed comply with the city charter,
which provides that all public moneys received by
him must be paid over to the City Treasurer with
in days Alderman Lovett. who introduced it.
alleges that the clerk has failed live up the
charter. and he specifies number Of cases where
reports have been filed from two months
late His charges backed up by reports which,
he says. he has taken from the City Treasurer's
books
The violation of the charter is a misdemeanor,
and prominent Republicans say that If the board
tries to smother the resolution they will proceed
against the clerk and other members Of the ad-
mInStra ton Mayor Fiske became angry after
the resolution was read, and made sarcastic
remarks to Alderman LOvett. He wanted know
if the Alderman had been down TO the Fifth Ave
publican leaders. The resolution against the City
Clerk, it is said, is only of a number OF sur
priseS which the Republicans of Mount Vernon
have in store for the local Democracy.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
HE SAYS HIS CHILD rs HrpyoTJzEo
A BROOKLYN MAN ACCUSES \ WOMAN OF Es
TRANGING THE AFFECTIONS OF
HIS DAUGHTER

FRANK EiiS' OF NO 20 Classon-ave.. Brooklyn YES
terday obtained i'm the MyrtIe-ave police cour+ =
summons for Mrs. Mary Smith of No s5s soutb
Ffrst-st, for having hypnotzed and aIienated tha
affections of his ffteen-year-od daughter Hazel
Els The father has been unable to learn where
MS daughter Is now. and he believes Mrs Smith
knows.
Mr. Ellis said that Hazel had always been a duti-
full and devoted child until four years ago when
she went to work a housegirI for Mrs Smith
Gradually the girl became estranged from her pa
rents. and to see them less and less frequent
ly Last June she disappeared altogether and
il not until August is that she was found
working for family in CoOper-st. Mr.. Ells's ap-
peals his daughter to her
needed. and two days later she left the Cooper
ST. house. The father is positive that Mrs Smith
knows where the child is. and has got the sum-
mons in order that she may be examined under
oath by police magistrate.