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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
The Business of 1901.

V W TE FIND IN the Rochester
AN Post-Express compact
and instructive review of
some of the more i'm
portant phenomena of the business of
1901, from which the appended facts
and figures are taken:
The record of bank clearngs shows
in each month u gain over the best
previous month aud for the year the
gains outside of New York city were
3S per cent. over 1900 and 26 per cent
over 1899. At New York the gain over
1900 was SO per cent The chief indus
tries of the country We're taxed to the
utmost their production was of enor-
nous volume, and the wages paid were
far greater than ever before. The
movement of merchandise throughout
the country was phenomenally large,
and the earnings of the railroads were
largest in their history.
on the New York Stock Exchange
total sales were 257,5S2, 135 shares, as
against 137 ,9OO,SS2 shares in 1900, 175,
142, OF shares in 1899, 112, ,S65, 375 shares
in 1898, 1861, $40 shares in 1897, and
80, ,594, $50 shares in 1896. In sixteen
stocks there were sales in excess of
five million shares. In 1900 there We're
only six stocks in which sales exceed
ed five million shares. American SUI
gar, in which sales aggregated 1902
139 shares, was the most active The
following shows the principal gains
and losses for the year, the important
stocks only being considered:
NET GAINS
Lake Shore, 13O General Electric. Sgai Llckn-
wanna, GS; Burlington, %; Michigan Central, IL;
Jersey Central 4Sia; Delaware and Hudson, n,
Northern Pacific, COM, 3ia Missouri Pacific,
3iiS; Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, conf, "a;
Colorado Fuel, $685. Rock Island. 50; Atchison,
32as; Reading 81; Northwestern, 20is; Continan-
ra Tobacco COM, %; Canada Southern, IS; Amer.
lean Tobacco COM, 2t2: Continental Tobacco
pfd. 2SA Baltimore and Ohio. 227s; New York
Central 22& Union Pacific, 22as Louisville ard
Nashville, lsa.: st. Paul, 49,; Buffalo, Roch"s-
ter and Pittsbnrg pfd.. IS; American Car and
Foundry, 10; Northern Pacific pid., l25s.
NET Losses.
Rubber pfd.. 20Ss Sugar, 297s Amalgamutei
copper, 2iA; Brooklyn transit 2lts; NatiohAi
salt com, l27s; National Salt pid., llla.
The following table shows the open
ing highest, lowest and closing aver
age values of ten leading stocks each
year from 1886 to 1S9S--the ten stocks
being Northwestern, st. Paul, New
York Central Lake shore. Lackawanna,
Delaware and Hudson, Western Union.
Union Pacific, Pacific Mail and Louis
willie and Nashville.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

a few drops of grease on some of
the streams have started hopeful pros
pectors out with drills in search of
petroleum in the wilds Of Luzerne
county. The hope of the oil hunter is
never entirely extinguished
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

Because Mexico would not take the
Pan-American congress by the throat
and compel it to give up talking about
compulsory arbitration, Chile threat
ems to suspend diplomatic relations
with her. The signs are multiplying
that in the eventual interest of peace
Chile Will one of these days have to
be Walloped
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

The entertainment for the Teachers
Mutual Benefit association Is an OBJ
iect which should appeal TO a large
portion of this community Scranton
teachers are paid less than the average
in cities of this size Few of them
can be found who do not have others
depending on them for support and
thus they are unable to provide for the
proverbial rainy day. They are often
overworked and under-appreciated.
They are the subjects of whims of Off
cials and parents who frequently are
misnformed, II informed at all, re-
gardng the matter under criticism.
They are the keenest sufferers from
street car strikes for they are afraid
to demand protection from insult and
abuse and doubtful about receiving 1t
If they should. 1t is due to these pa
tient and long suffering ones that they
be given the heartiest and most friend
ly support in this initial effort to Sc
cure II fund for incapacitated and worn
out teachers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

There is abundant justice in the de-
mand for the repeal of the war tax of
ten cents a pound on tea. This tax
was confessedly an emergency meas
ure. and as such was borne patiently
while the necessity for it existed. But
that necessity no longer exists. The
war is over and the tax, which takes
yearly out of the pockets of the people
nearly $9,OO0,OOO, should cease.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

birth, they would have to be careful In
this respect, and us q rule they are.
The directors order was aimed al
places OF known indifference to NOR
ais and there are enough of them to
justify its promulgatlon and enforce-
ment. We do not anticipate that any
element among our good and substan-
tial citizens will take exception to II
or have any other wish than that II
may be made II permanent feature Of
the policing of Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

When concern like the Everett
Moore combination goes broke" on a
capital of $125,0OOOOO, it seems useless
for the ordinary man to worry about
debts
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

Historian Maclay's original book
Will no doubt in time become as val
liable as the uneXpurgated editions Of
the Arabian Nights.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
Should Be Specific.

Va HEN f'TeSluenC clark Sulu
W. that the strike on the
Scranton Railway COM
panys lines had been
prolonged by certain influences" he
said either too little or too much. A
remark of this kind is unfair unless
supplemented by specific information
What influences have been trying to
prolong this strike? The public, upon
which the bulk of the burden falls, has
right to ask this question and to re-
ceive whatever, if any, information the
president Of the Scranton Railway
company has upon the subject.
1t has been assumed by some that
Mr.. Clark had reference to the gentle
men who are proposing to supply to
Scranton and its vicinity a modern and
efficient trolley Service. This, we feel
sure. does him an injustice. He could
hardly have had that idea in mind, for
it is, of course. without a particle of
justification, as any man of sense
ought to know.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

wheat advanced from Il Gle cents on
July 0 to SO SIS cents on December 8,
closing at IS rs cents, as against SO
cents at the end OF 1900 and 10 cents at
the end OF 1899 No. mixed corn adj
vnnced from 4G cents in January to "A
cents in December and closed at 20 GIG
cents as against As IA cents ut the end
of 1900 and 80 Ia cents at the end of
1899
These figures are convenient for pre-
servation for reference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

The Empress Dowager's trip to Pc
kin is being conducted with delibera-
ton scarcely surpassed by the average
messenger boy in answering II hurry
n
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

The Venezuelan row seems in Il fair
way of settlement without any of the
tiresome talk of concert of the DOW
arS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

In any event, President Castro real
i2cs the usefulness of an occasional
encouraging telegram.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
NET IMPORTS OF COFFEE.
(,onsnnntion

The IOIIOWlng IahIe SHOWS Ihe IUIlI nnpOlts
of coffee into the United States bv Gcsal years
from 1909 TO 1901 also estimate for the calendar
years 1901:
Eispll (nngilnni inn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
Estimated yield of leading crops,
based on the last government figures,
report, are as follows:

The high and low prices in the Chi
cago market for grain, seeds, and pro-
visions for 1901 compared with those of
1900 are shown in the following table:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
AS to Ladies' ParIors."

Wilkes-Ba Record ap-
pears to have some anxiety
n lest the recent order of the
direCtOr of fluhlic 81 fetN in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

greatest city on the high plane he has
occupied at the outset is very general.
An immensely powerful lobby is re-
ported to be in Washington for the
purpose of knocking out the postal rul-
ings of Postmaster General Smith in
reference to second-class matter 1t
is credited with having large sum OF
money on hand for educational pur-
poses" No doubt this part of the
story is exaggerated but it Is not to be
doubted that u strenuous effort will
be made TO restore the postal statu quo,
whereby certain publishers were maxi
ing vast profits at the governments
expense. There Is little reason to be-
lieve, however, that the attempt will
succeed. Reforms which are founded
ON substantial merit do not go back
ward; their direction is forward.
The record of lynchings kept by the
Chicago Tribune shows for 1901 a total
of 1876 for the United States, which is
20 more than last year and 2S beyond
the record of 1889, This total Is nearly
100 below that of 1892 which was the
worst in our history, but it Is bad
enough, and the worst thing about it
is that the lynchlng habit is steadily
growing. What it will be fifty years
from now If unchecked heaven alone
can conjecture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
Mayor Low.

" JUDGING from reports. the adj
ministration of Mayor Low of
New York is starting off well.
1t is big affair, larger than
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04
TOLD BY THE STARS.
IOLD d III = SIAhS,
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.

Astronbe Cast: 1.23 am, for Saturday, Jan.
uITy T. 1902
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-04

" W TE FIND IN the Rochester
AN Post-Express II compact
and instructive review of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02

EVEN if some of the merchants along
Main street do not care to keep open
evenings during carnival week, they
ought to have interest enough in the
appearance of the street to keep their
windows lit up while the carnival is
here. Even if some of them were OPP
posed to having any carnival, the car
nival is here and the thing for every
body to do now, whether they were in
favor of having it at first or not, is to
help "push it along and make it a
success if possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
WILL MANUFACTURE MITTENs,

G. G. Pratt of st. Joe, Mo-, to Open a
Mitten Factory In Kenosha.
Another factory will be added to the
industries of this city next week as C.
c. Pratt, of St. Joe, Mo-, has leased
floor space at the Crib company's
plant and next week will open a plant
for the manufacture of mittens, leg
gins and baby shoes.
The plant will open with a small
force of workmen but it is probable
that within short time it will grow to
much larger proportions.
Mr.. Pratt was formerly manager of
mitten and Logging factory in
Missouri and during his work there he
made a patent on cotton mitten
which is said to be the best thing ever
offered for the trade. Since securing
his patent he has been travelling about
the country seeking a suitable place
for location. Kenosha came nearest
to answering all his demands and he
has located here. 1t is probable that
Mr.. Pratt will erect a new factory
building in the spring and provide for
an enlargement of the plant. Most of
the employees of the new factory will
be young women.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
Mrs. Caroline Roth Files an Attach
ment on Winthrop HarbOr and
Dock Companys Property.
AN ECHO OF RECENT FAILURE
Attachment Covers All Property of Conn
pany In Kenosha County With the Ex-
ception of Ten Acres.

The Winthrop Harbor and Dock
company is in trouble of a financial
nature, and this morning "a writ of at
tachment, issued by Judge Belden yes
terday, was filed with the Register of
Deeds for record. The writ attaches
all the property owned by the COM
pany in this county with the exception
of ten acres. The writ was issued on
the petition of Mrs. Caroline Roth, of
Chicago, to secure the payment of a
debt of $5,352, alleged to be owed to
her by the company. Sheriff Whitcher
went down to Winthrop Harbor yes
terday afternoon and formally took
charge of the property and it will
probably be sold to pay the debts held
against it. The property consists of
one hundred and forty acres of the
most valuable land in the county. 1t
is all situated along the lake shore and
has been held by the Harbor and Dock
company for many years for specula-
tive purposes. The attachment does
not cover the village of Winthrop
Harbor, as the village is just outside
of Kenosha county.
The attaching of this property of
the company is an echo of the failure
of the Chicago Telephone Construc-
ton company at the Harbor a short
time ago. Mrs. Roth alleges that the
company is indebted to her in the sum
of $5,352. The money is due on eight
notes Of 5000 each. The notes were
originally given by the Harbor and
Dock company to the Telephone COM
pany and they were duly transferred
by the company to Mrs. Roth.
= Aspayment of the notes of the de-
funct company seems an impossibi1ity
the. notes were turned over to attor-
neys for collection and the writ is the
first move to secure the collection. If
the property is sold at sheriff's sale as
is expected, there will be many bidders
for 1t as the property has long been
desired by railway companies.
Should Winthrop Harbor ever be-
come the city it has been planned the
property will be worth thousands of
dollars and there is no doubt but that
it will bring at forced sale large
sum more than the amount claimed by
Mrs. Roth. The Telephone Construc-
ton plant still lays idle and there is
little reason to believe that it will be
opened in the near future. For three
months the wheels have been idle and
there seems to be trouble among the
owners that nothing but sale of the
plant will settle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
Prof. Drew Buried.

The first of the attractions of the
week was the burial of Prof. Drew,
the base ball player who was inferred
under eight feet of earth for weeks
sleep. The grave was at the corner of
Main and Wisconsin streets and it is
probable that the victim could not
wish for tomb more magnificent
Near the spot where he sleeps there
was for many years an old fire cistern
and the fumes of gases generated by
the stagnart water are still very ap-
parent.
The burial of Drew was an impress
sive one and was witnessed by some
eight hundred people who craned their
necks to get sight of the man who
was bold enough to go into such a
grave for a six days sleep. There
was light rain falling when the band
struck up slow music and an express
wagon bearing the coffin came to the
spot selected for interment. Drew adj
vanced to the front and made a short
talk to the people, telling them that
there was no danger in his experiment
and assuring them that it was in the
cause of science.
After this talk he placed himself in
state of hypnosis and was nailed in
the coffin After he had been made
safe for the week one of his friends
made short talk and the casket was
lowered into the grave and covered
over with dirt and sand. Two large
tubes connect the grave and the outer
world and the people will be given the
privilege of looking down on the
sleeping man. The whole affair was
most grewsome spectacle, but the
crowd seemed anxious to see it and the
grave on Wisconsin street will proba-
bly, be popular with sight seekers.
Drews will be resurrected on next Sat
urday night at ten o'clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02

Do not tear the bell out by the roots
in your frantic efforts to get some sort
of service out of the telephone com.
pany. 1t will do you no good. There
is Only one telephone company in town
at present. If there were two it would
help lot, but as things are now it is
useless to kick. One thing you can de.
pend on. The man with the bill will
always be around right on time
whether you are able to get any service
out of the company or not.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02

invited to come, and when they come
are always welcome.
It is not only reunion of pioneers
of sixty or more years ago, early set
tiers. now old settlers, but general
reunion of friends whose faces you
may not have looked into since the
last annual picnic. If you are well be-
haved and have resided in Kenosha
County FIVE minutes you are eligible to
attend the picnic. IF you are gener-
Gus and want to invest five dollars in a
share of stock in the Old Settlers club
you can do SO if you speak quickly.
The property is worth more today
than the total capital stock.
r. F. ROBERTS, Secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
PENSIONS AVERAGE $136.
Annual Report of Pension Commissioner
Shows Nearly Million Pensioners.

Annual Report of Pension Commissioner
Shows Nearly a Million Pensioners.
The average pension paid to each of
the nearly a million pensioners on the
government rolls is a little over $136.
according to the annual report of
Commissioner Eugene F. Ware, made
public today. The total amount paid
for pensions during the fiscal year
ending July was $137, 504, 2O8 and the
total enrolment was 999, 446, an in
crease of LII over the preceding
year. The total comprises 738,8Q9
soldiers and 200, 637 widows and depend
ents. During the year 50,128 old
soldiers died, but only 27,043 Of them
were pensioners. The report says that
the death rate among the pensioners
for the coming year will be about 4G,-
600 and the losses to the rolls from
other causes about 5000. The yearly
cost of operating and maintaining the
bureau and its agencies aggregated
So, 59O,52 The pension system since
the beginning of the government has
cost S2,oo2, 50O,O19, exclusive of the
establishment of the soldiers homes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
PICKP0CKETs START EARLY.
Howard Geddes Loses two Dollars Through
Manipulations of Light Fingered Gentry


Manipulations of Light Fingered Gentry
Notwithstanding the threatening
weather and the undivided interest of
the police officers of the city, it seems
that band of pickpockets got into the
city Monday night and while their op-
erations were not of an extensive
nature they were sufficiently large to
show that the light fingered gentry
were in the city and ready for work as
soon as the crowds became big enough
tomake work profitable.
Howard Geddes was the first victim.
He came down town Monday night
with a ten dollar bill in his pocket,
and thinking that he would pay a bill
he expended eight dollars of his money
and started for a drug store to get
some medicine. It was fortunate that
the bill was paid for while he was
walking through the crowd one of the
pickpockets firmly touched him and
removed the two dollars from his
pocket. He did not even know when
he was robbed but when he reached
the drug store the money was missing.
The case has been reported to the 20
lice and efforts will be made to prevent
further working of the pickpockets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES.
Manager AIleman. of KenOsha Ball Team,
to Sue Manager Armstrong.

Manager Alleman. of Kenosha Ball Team,
to Sue Manager Armstrong.
It is reported in base ball circles this
afternoon that Manager Alleman, of
the Kenosha base ball team, will COM
mence an action against Manager
Armstrong, of the Racine team, for
500, on grounds of SANDER. The story
goes that the Sentine1s, of Milwaukee,
were to have played at Kenosha Sun
day, but came to Racine Instead. Allie
man claims that Armstrong led the
manager of the Milwaukee team to be-
1ieve that the Kenoshas were dis
banded, and that on that account the
Sentine1s came to Racine. Manager
Armstrong was seen this afternoon
and admitted that he had been in
formed by the manager of the Senti-
ne1s that A1leman made the statement
that he would sue for 500 damages
Racine Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

At meeting of the Woman's Aid
Society of the Congregational church,
held Monday afternoon, Sept. %, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President-Mrs. w. S. Lamb.
Vice-President-Mr G. ". Allen.
Secretary-Miss Laura Brown.
Treasurer-Mrs ]. ]. Hoyt.
Assistant Treasurer Miss L. NJ.
Jameson.
Board of Directresses-Mrs. E. C.
Theirs, Chm, Mesdames G. Holt, Jas.
Barr, H. L. Bullamore, G.. H. Curtiss,
E.. H. HOLSTER, collector.
The society closed very successful
year, being entirely out of debt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02

IT is reported from Washington that
the President has decided to exert all
the legal powers of the Federal Gov
eminent, as well as the great moral
influence of the National administra-
ton to end the coal strike. Just what
the legal powers of the Government in
the premises are, will be difficult to
determine, but the President is said to
be so thoroughly impressed with the
necessity of ending the present state
of affairs in the coal regions that he
is prepared to go to almost any lengths
in the endeavor to better things. The
coal strike directly affects every home
in the country and the President be-
lieves that any effort he may make TO
end it, even if he is obliged to snake
things give 1itt1e,' as Lincoln put
it, in order to fud a law to cover the
case, will be heartily approved by the
great majority of the people. In order
to help out Wall street the Secretary
of the Treasury yesterday took action
that to put it mildly was deviation
from established precedent" without
arousing any great amount of adverse
criticism, and if the President can end
the present intolerab1e situation in the
coal fields the manner in which he
does it will hardly be criticised by the
people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 1.-The
President, Secretaries Root and Moody,
and Postmaster General Payne were
again in conference over the coal
strike today. A decision as to the
probable course of the Government is
expected this afternoon.
Saratoga, N. Y, Oct. William D.
Devery, of New York, was unseated as
a delegate to the State Convention
here today amidst wild confusion.
Bird S. Co1er was nominated for Gov
ernor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-10-02
SPECIAL REDUCED EXCURSION RATES

Will be in effect from all points on
the Chicago.& North Western Railway
for the occasions named below:
National Creamery B. MS Associa-
ton, Milwaukee, October 20 "a.
Brotherhood of st. Andrew, Boston,
Mass, October 9-12.
American Royal Cattle Show, Kan
sas City, Mo-, October OOPS.
National Conventions Christian
Church, Omaha, October 1928.
National Encampment G. A. R.,
Washington, D. c., October oil.
For information as to rates, dates of
sale, ETC., of these or other occasions,
call upon the ticket agent of the North
Western Line. dwo24