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DICERES.

Es seguro que hasta el dia dcce
tienen solo de vida los c0ntribuyen
tes.
Todo estG preoarado: Registros
expe e1ientes de apremio, batuceros;
todo est& "a arreglado, aceitad0,
limpio y listo para empezar.
Deseamos evitsr este trance q
los moroeos y les dame Ia voz de
alerta para que SO apresuren pa
gar, 81 10 por amor al srte, por
amor 81 bolsillo que serS el que su-
f a las consecuencies.
Ohio pues q Ia GAIA.
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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
IN PUERTO-RIC0
FOREIGN

One Year. gold ...... SEQ
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
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Reunion
del COmit6 Executive
del PartidO Federal.

A Ia una d9 esta tsrde Sc Gale.
bra en- esta Capital Ia anunciada reu-
ni6n de los miembros del Comit6
Executive del partidO federal.
E acto reviste suma importsn-
ciA para Ia m&rcha de dicha agrupa.
ci6n polftica pues han de tomarse en-
el acuerdos de suma trsscendencia
Para asistir & Ia renni6n han lle-
g&do de los distintos departamentcs
de Ia iela, prominentes FEEDER lies y
hasts la hora en- que eecribjmos sa-
OemCs de los Giguientes:
DR.. Tomas Vazqusz.
Franc SEQ Escut6.
DR. jose Barreras.
Federico Sell69.
Lc1o. Francisco l Mater.
Lcdo. Ramon Rodriguez Gou-
"a e5.
Federico E Virella.
Celes tino Morals.
Mariana Abrij.
Modesto SGl$.
O3tAvio Garcia Salgado.
Ramon Il. Delgado.
Antonio R. Barcel6.
DR.. Fernando GorzAlez.
Lcdo. Manuel Per Avi!6s.
L"do Federico Gatsll.
joe de Diego.
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5000 DOLLARS

SO regalan quien distinga estOs brillantes
Alaska de los egtimos.
Anillo para Caballero, orc y brilIante SIO-OO
1'D' qrneso) pT, " $4,000
AlRIer nara i'd 8 500
Anillo para sonora sonorta, id, id. 500
Pendientes (par) para SonoritaS, id. id. 800
Idem para sonora, Id. Id. SIO-OO
Idem para i'd (bri lantes
gruesOS) @SO-OO
Idem para ninas (verdadero regalo) 500
Sc envian franco de tOdo gasto por Co
rreo, en- cajitas certiacadas declarada mer-
cancla; para toda la Isla dc Puerto-Rico.
No SO servird ningdn pedido que no ven
ga aoompanado dc su importe en- billetes del
Banco, en- carta certihcada valor declaradO.
Enviese la medida de los anillos, toman-
doa con un hilo alrededOr del dedo
No SO haCen deSCuentOs; no SO conCoden
representations nj SO onVian catalagOs, dlbu-
JOS nj muestras.-A todo cOmprador quo no
80 conforme con la mercanCla SO e deVOlVera
inmediatamente Su importe.
Drigrse al representante general 1nico
de la "SOCIEDAD ORC Y BKlLLANTES"
As:-Alaska G. A. Buyas, Corso Ro-
mana, il8, Milan QtaHa).
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IIlTnCreible V0rdad!!I

Unica vordadera OCCASION para gastar
ben el dinero en- regalos, cuyo valor supera
siempre su coste. Objetos de orc de ley
garantizado U8 quilates) con hermosislmos
esplGndidos brllantos, quimicamente perfec-
toS, de mas valor, por su constante esplendor
limpieza, que los verdaderOs. DesCOmpoSi-
Ci6n de luz, dureza, lapidaci6n perfecta, imi-
ACi6n mArnvil llOSa
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LUIS MENENDFZ.
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preston de II kilogramos por cent?
metro cuadrado.
Ell exito de las pruebss fn6' bri-
llante, y ha sido EnasaIgEdo al seffor
ministro de Marina.
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Andres CrOSaS.
MARINA.

Ofrece: Maderas de pichip6n
surtidas, pino americana y sprace
tejsmanis de pichipen para techar,
pinturss, hierro gslvanizado torni-
llos y clAvos, duelas, sAcos vacfos y
efectos navsles. Mantequill@ y sal,
chichas da nesss superiores.
" n q @
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POR Glen DOLLARS al cor
tado SO vende un piano en- muy buer
estado, de Ia afAmada fabricA de
Kalmann, Berlin que cost6 $500 me-
oroanos. I'm asta rsdacGi6n tnfor
imxaMoR A
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
His Usefulness Gone.

"~HE POSITION of Lord
Pauncefote, the British min
Il lister to this country is not
at present an enviable one.
The revelations which have been forced
by the German government as to his
attitude toward the United States in
the spring of 1898. during the unsuc-
cessful attempts of the friends of Spain
to syert our intervention in Cuba, put
him NJ an embarrassing il not intoler-
able position.
1t has been much paraded in the Eng
lish and American press and believed
that of all the foreign representatives
stationed at Washington before our re-
cent war Lord Pauncefote was espe-
cialEy and peculiarly our friend. Time
and sagain we have been told how it
was his friendship for the American
people which caused him to notify
President Mckinley, in advance, of the
intended visit of the representatives of
the six great powers of Europe who,
on April 7, presented a collective note
expressing the hope that hostilities
might be aVerted. 1t has been said SO
many times without denial that 1t had
come to be believed that but for the
British minister's attitude in this mat
ter our government would have been
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
FIGURES THAT HAVE
AMPLE SIGNIFICANCE

those bonds were selling at a premium in the
markets.
Another interesting picture is found the
page which shows the condition OF the savings
banks OF the United States in 1901. Deposits in
savings banks in 1920 were 81, 1886, and the
number of depositors, S,GSj; in 1901 the amount
Of deposits was 81, ,4l0 547, ,SS5, and the number
of depoSitors G,107 ,0S3; the average sum due
each depositor in 1870 was $131s6; in 1901, it
was $40l. TO-
Another interesting picture is found in the
statement showing the transactions of the New
York clearing house from 1854 to 1901 In 1854
the number OF banks was 5O the capital $l7, ,O0o,
OOO and the clearngs $3.50, 0,455, 9s7; in 1901 the
number of banks had only increased to CO, their
capital to So, 100000 while the clearings had
increased to $1,000 G72, ,d9I, the number of banks
having thus increased about % per cent, the
capital about rs per cent, while the clearings
i'll 1901 were thirteen times as much as in 1854.
Still another interesting picture is that which
shows in a single table the story OF the for
eign commerce of the United States from 1900
to 1900. In 1900 the imports were sol, ,O0O, 900
and the exports $71,0000O0, imports exceeding
exports by $2O,OOOOO0, or nearly 30 per cent. (;
in 1901 imports were Ss23, GOO, 600 and exports
$l,4s7 900 600, the excess of exports being 1864,
5000, or so per cent. greater than the imports.
Imports in 1901 were nine times great as in
1900, and exports were twenty yone times as great
as in 1S0O.
Another interesting picture is that which div.
idts the imports into great classes and shows the
relative growth of each Articles of food in 1856
formed 81 per cent OF the imports, and in 1901,
eG per cent; manufactures ready for consump.
tion in 1856 formed 20 per cent. OF the imports,
and in 1901, 1853 per cent. articles in crude
condition for the use Of manufacturers formed
23 per cent. OF the imports in 1856 and 49, .
per cent. in 1901, showing that manufacturers
are steadily increasing their importatons of raw
materials required in manufacturing while in
most other classes the percentage OF imports is
decreasing
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
AMERICANIZING MEXICO
BY WALTER j. BALLARD

I NASMUCH as the prosperity Of our sister re-
public, Mexico, makes her more desirable
4 neighbor. it is of interest TO note a few
facts from the valuable annual report Of
Consul General Barlow, of Mexico CITY.
Since the advent of peace and prosperity
under President Diaz, new capital has been
growing up, which bids fair to be, ere the close
OF the present century, of the wealthiest,
stateliest and most beautiful cities of the Aneri
cas-. Broad asphalted avenues, paved largely by
American companies, and beautiful macadam
drives, rolled by American steam street rollers,
and made of stone crushed by American machn
cry great canal TO carry off the sewage and
rainfals, have been finished in a year. A sewer
age system for the entire city will be completed
this year. Parks and plazas (public squares) are
being improved.
The city is one Of the best electric lighted in
the world. Over fifty miles Of electric street
railroad have been built and opened in two
years, and fifty miles more will be built this year.
All the material and apparatus came from the
United States, except the boilers in the power
house. American made automobiles and horse
carriages are numerous. Modern business blocks,
built on the American plan, and public buildings
with American ConvenenCcs, are being erected.
American apartment houses are proving splendid
Investments. Modern American house convent
ences are rapidly being introduced into Mexican
houses.
In the past year, $lO,OOO,OO0, Mexican, was ap.
propriated by the federal and municipal govern
mcnts for city improvements. A national thea
ter, new palace of justice, and fine buildings
for the geological department, are being con.
structed The climate of the city of Mexico Is
probably the pleasaritcst and hcalthiest of any
city in the world. For twenty-five years the
mean temperature has been 500 degrees +.
Though warm some days, it Is always cool at
night.
The population of the city Is 100000 and the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
Creeping Along.
II L is announced in correspondence
from Washington that the writ
4. ten pledges for attendance at to-


from Washington that the writ
Il. ten pledges for attendance at to-
nights caucus of majority Of
the Republican members of the house
nave been secured by Judge Crum-
packer and those who are with him
III the effort to investigate the abridge-
ment of suffrage with a view to the
reapportionment of representation.
An acceptable basis of action has
been found, it is said, in a proposition
to clothe special committee of eleven
members with power to subpoena and
examine witnesses under oath and to
send for records and other evidence
so that it may finally report what, if
any, proportion the number of male
citizens q years of age, in any state.
to whom said state denies or abridges
the right to vote, bears to the total
number of male inhabitants of that
state of voting age. Once there is
definite report on this subject before
congress- it will be difficult if not i'm
possible TO further ignore the consttu-
tlonal mandate concerning representa-
ton.
The idea that if left alone the dis
franchising movement in the south will
run its course without ultimate harm
to the men dlsfranchised and give
peaceful vent to prejudices and pas
sions otherwise liable to flare up into
violence has many supporters at Wash
ington, and if Judge Crumpacker shall
even get so much as fair investiga-
ton he will be entitled to congratula-
tion. Nevertheless nothing is settled
in this country until it is settled right;
and on that principle those Repub-
lcans who are in favor of temporiz-
ing with the constitution and with what
they know TO be a measure of simple
justice might just as we'll face the
question one time as another. 1t is one
of these problems which have got to
be solved. 3
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caught unawares and possibly embar-
rassed. His kindness, so the general
belief has run, saved us from annoy
ance and enabled President Mckinley
very neatly to turn the tables on the
august ambassadors OF the restless SOW
ereians.
The revelations of the past few days
have brushed away this pleasing con-
ceit and established very plainly that
Sir Julian Pauncefote has been receiv-
ing at the hands of the American peo-
pie more consideration than his con-
duct at that time deserved. 1T is now
shown and admitted by the British
foreign office that Sir Julian, not satis-
fled with the reply made by President
Mckinley to the ambassadors when
they called on him for the purpose of
intimating that-he had better go slow,
took the lead in an attempt to draw UP
q second note, more pointed than the
first, virtually warning lis that u hand
laid on Spain would be laid at the peril
of hostile coalition of European pow
ers. Nor is it possible longer to excuse
his conduct in this matter on the as
sumption that he acted merely in his
conventional capacity as dean of the
Washington diplomatic corps, for so
good an authority as George w. Small
ley, Washington correspondent of the
London Times, writes to his paper,
confessedly on authority, that Sir
Julian believed we had no ground for
war, that the judgment of civilization
would not endorse war and that the
United States ought to forego the
thought of war. In other words, this
kind and gracious friend proposed to
do our thinking and our acting for us.
He regarded us incapable of self-gov-
ernment.
The facts here stated are nowhere
denied. Lord Pauncefotes silence with
reference to them, especially after the
British foreign Office has had to go to
public pains to disavow what he did
and to say that he intermeddled on his
own initiative, can have no other in
depreciation than that there is nothing
for him to say. 1t is doubtful if his
further continuance in this country can
work to any good end. There are some
things which Americans may overlook
and yet not forgive; and as we read
the story of his singular conduct four
years ago it must be counted among
them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Washington, Feb. lG.

ss y PICTURE on every page is the term
IN by which enthusiastic student
of statistics describes the ''Statist.
cal Abstract of the United States"
just issued by the Treasury Bureau OF Statistics
While solid columns OF figures are not perhaps
looked upon by the average citizen especially
picturesque, an examination OF the pages of the
publication above mentioned, the Statistical Alb
stract, presents some interesting, if not absolute
ly picturesque facts. 1t is interesting, for in.
stance, to observe by one Of its earliest pages
that the gross area of the United States, cx-
elusive of Alaska and Hawaii, has grown from
S27,St4 square miles in 1900 to S,O2J,6OO in 100O
and the population meantime from $685. 4SS in
1900 TO 7J.G93.724 in 1900
Another page shows that Virginia ranked first
in population in 1900 and in 1900 ranked seven
tGcntr; that Pennsylvania has sturdily held her
OWE. having ranked second in population in 1900
and the same in 1900; New York. which ranked
third in 1900, stands first in the list in 1905
North Carolina, which stood fourth in rank in
1900 was fifteenth in 1900 kentucky has moved
downward from eighth in rank in 1900 10 twenty
ninth in 1900; Delaware, from seventeenth 10
fcry-siNth while Indiana moved upward from
tweny-frst in rank in 1900 to eighth in 1900;
AMI Ohio from eighteenth place in 1900 to fourth
in rank in 1900.
Another page which presents an interesting
picture is that devoted to the analysis Of the
principal debt of the United States. 1t shows
that the debt of the United States. which in
1865 was $IS.25 per capita, was in 1901 $13.45
per capita, and that the interest charge, which
in 1865 was s420 per capita, was in 1901 3s
cents per capita; the lowest rate of interest in
outstanding bonds in 1865 was per cent, and
OF those there were but 500, 100000, against
S2i5, ,0O0,O0O in per cent. bonds Sl,2l3, 600 900
at per cent, and $671 900, 600 at 7.3 per cent
while in 1901 practically onehalf of the out.
standing debt stood at per cent. and even
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Wanted Just Such Memorial.

Ono pieasant day last fall 30 tho story goes,
President lladley of Yale was stroling through
the beautiful campus of Dartmouth college with
his wife on his arm, They wera adnrinu the
beautiful buildings which dot tho campus, several
OF them having been erected by wealthy alumni.
Presently they came to an especially noble hall.
built of stone and occupying u commanding S.to,
over tho main entrance was marble tablet,
which announced that tho hall had beon erected
by John q, Blank. as Memorial to His lie,
loved Wife"
President iIadley stood and looked at the noble
pilo for moment Then no heaved u sigh tina I
was almost envlous.
"Ah'' he said, that is what should like to
do for my college"
And TO this day, the boys declare, President
hadley cannot understand why his wife should
have looked so horrihed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
Contrasts.

Y pom James Jennings, who
brutally attacked Harry Nc
~ Laughlin, OF Dunmore, for
daring to ride to a Pine
Brook dance in a street car last Christ
mas eve, and who, If the jury's verdict
is to be believed, also committed per-
jury on the witness stand, fine of $o5
and costs is imposed.
Upon Cassimire Chiliiewicz, a young
Polish woman of Priceburg, who had
the bad luck to be provoked by her
sister into squabble in which she
struck an unlawful but not an un-
natural blow, fine of $50 and costs is
imposed, in spite of the jurys urgent
recommendation of mercy.
In the case of Jennings there were no
eNtenuating circumstances whatever.
His was an act of wanton lawlessness
which would have shamed a Hottentot.
In the case of the Polish woman, it is
doubtful if guilt was more than nomi-
nal. She, at all events, had provoca-
tion.
Judge Edwards, who pronounced the
first sentence, inclined toward mercy.
Judge Weand, OF Montgomery county
who pronounced the other, inclined
away from mercy. If there is to be in
clination either way, that toward mercy
is best.
This is the first time E-you NJnrric l,o C.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
She Didn't Give Tt Up.

'Robson, do you know why you are like don.
key3"
Like a donkey" echoed Robson, opening his
eyes wide. II don't"
Because your better half is stubbomness il.
self"
The jest pleased Robson immensely, for he at
once saw the opportunity Of glorious dig at
his wife. So when he got home he said:
Mrs, Robson, do you know why | am like
donkey?
lie waited a moment, expecting his wife to
give 1t up. But She didn't. She loked at him
somewhat pityingly as she answered: s"I sup.
pose it's because you were born so."-Chicago
Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
OUTLINE STUDIES
OF HUMAN NATURE

and beautiful girl whose unaffected dignity
greatly pleased him. lie asked to be ". .c.. q,
10 his surprise and qualification he was IN
'troduced to Miss Endicott. During the entire
evening he paid her assiduous a,tcnuorl .ue
next day he called at her fathers residence. lie
soon became satisfied TO the social status of
the Endieotts. Hc finally suecumbed 20 the
charm OF tho fair girl, and instead Of sanctionng
Austins suit addressed her himself and presented
u handsome young stepmother instead OF pros.
pee'Ne hahoeo 10 tho waiting young lover Ans
TIN Chamberlain accepted the inevitable, and IL
said TO be respectfully devoted to his stennloiher.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17

ADO mas been caused among
~ organizers of speculative Jer-
L. n sey corporations by the intro
duction at Trenton recently OF
an amendment to the corporation act
providing for greater publicity of cor
poration affairs. The measure is worthy
of examination.
1t provides that "every corporation
organized under this act, and the direc-
tors and managers thereof, shall cause
to be kept proper books of account in
which shall be kept full true and COM
plete accounts of the affairs and trans
actions of the company; and shall once
at least in each year, and at intervals
of not more than twelve months, cause
the accounts of the company to be bal
anced and a shareholders balance sheet
of such shareholders balance sheet to
be laid before the stockholders at the
annual meeting, and a copy to be de-
posted at the registered Office of the
company for the inspection of the
stockholders in person during a period
ing" The shal eholders' balance sheet
must contain Q the amount of the
capital issued and the amount paid up
thereon, distinguishing the amount paid
up in money from the amount paid up
otherwise than in money; (2) the
amount of debts due by the company,
distinguishing the amount of mort
cages and lien charges upon the gen.
eral assets of the company; (3) the
actual amount of surplus, If any, and
the nature and mode in which it is in
vested; and (4) the amount by which
the gross value of the assets of the
company has been increased since the
last balance sheet in consequence of
any increase in the valuations of real
or personal property belonging to the
company.
What gives significance to this
amendment, apart from its obvious
justice, is that it is introduced into the
Jersey legislature by the assemblyman
who last year came to be known as on
especially friendly terms with the Unit
ed States Steel corporation Indeed, it
is freely said in New York financial
circles that that great corporation is
behind the amendment, and that its
purpose is to exclude from the benefits
of Incorporation as far as possible en-
terprises of a doubtful character, in
order that the reproach now resting
upon corporation methods in the minds
of many people, who do not discrimin-
ate between the numerous corporations
which are honestly managed and the
comparatively few which are manipu-
lated by sharpers, may be lifted. What
gives color to this theory is the fact
that the form OF bookkeeping recon-
mended in the amendment is precisely
the form already employed by the
United States Steel corporation in ad-
vance of any requirement of law.
Amy step in the direction of increased
security for the small investor in in
dustrial securities, or, we might better
say, in the direction of common hon
esty and fair dealing, deserves cordial
welcome. If the United States Steel
corporation is bent on making Jersey
corporations respectable it is entitled
to civilizations help.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
How Chamberlain Met Miss Endioott,

When Joseph Chamberlain came over to the
United States one of the objects Of his visit was
to find out what kind OF girl Miss Mary Endi.
colt (his present wife) was His son, Austin
Chamberlain, had met her in Europe, fell very
much in love with her. and asked his fathers
consent TO address her The old gentleman was
somewhat ehary Of American wives for English
gentlemen.
Before giving his consent he concluded to meet
the lady in person and investigate herself and
family. night or two after his arrival in this
country there was a ball at the British Embassy.
Mr. Endcott then Mr.. CleYeland's secretary Of
war, and his daughter were among the guests.
Mr. Chamberlain particularly noticed stately
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17
Co

Successors to Machine Business OF
Dickson Manufacturing Co, Scranton
and Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Stationary Engines, Boilers, Mining
Machinery, Pumps.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17

Andrew Carnegie is better philan-
thropist than statesman. He says this
country doesn't need navy. 1t needs
one as much as New York city needs
firemen and policemen If they were
lacking, would Andrew live there?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17

Secretary Roots bill providing for
general staff, stipulates that General
Miles, while in active service, shall be
at the staff's head. Thus is another
cruel war averted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17

In view of Senator Hoar's willingness
to believe i'll of his eountrymen in the
Philippines, 1t is a wonder he can be
so eontented with them at home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17

One of the new York critics COM
plains of Paderewskis opera that 1t is
not like Wagner's. Maybe that is why
1t viii be popular.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-17

Central city Republicans should
show by their votes tomorrow that the
Democratic theory that they are shirk-
ers is all wrong