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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-04
DON'T ALLOW IT.

Don't allow yourself to go around
with that weak feeling which Is moth
ing but symptom OF dyspepsia. This
condition cannot continue indefinitely.
Sooner or later there must come a
complete breakdown, unless you be
timely wise and take "St. Bernard Veg
etable Pills" the only safe and sure
cure for all forms of dyspepsia. Pure
ly vegetable, they need no sugar-coat-
ing to conceal injurious drugs. Take
no substitute. There is nothing lust
as good" All druggists, 25 cents.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-04
TORRENTS
OF Rain and High
Winds
Did Much Damage In
Michigan.
Lives We're Lost and Property
Destroyed.

Detroit. July A storm of tor
rental force swept over the lower pc
ninsula of Michigan Wednesday night
and yesterday, doing tremendous dam
age Crops suffered severely and there
are numerous washouts on the rail
roads, one of which resulted seriously.
At Rochester, Michigan Central
freight train was ditched by washout
and two persons were killed and three
injured. Trains are late on all roads
In the southwestern part Of the state
It assumes the proportions of cy-
clone and several persons were ser.
iously injured in the wrecks of houses
and barns. Great damage was done to
the western Michigan fruit crop.
At Flint, the rainfall caused Swartz
and Thread creeks to overflow and
the southern portion Of the city is
flooded. Several factories on the bank
OF the river are submerged. Flint river
is also out of it's banks and the Lewis
paper mill is under water and In dam
ger OF being swept away. Two bridges
across the river are in danger. The
total loss will aggregate nearly $780,
BOO.
Port Huron is without means Of
transportation in or out Of the city,
the railroads and interurban lines be-
ing tied up by washouts The south
ern portion of Owosso is flooded and
the damage will be heavy there. Gel
lars are flooded at Durand.
In Detroit 2.2S inches of rain fell,
but comparatively little damage was
done.
Grand Rapids, Mich, July A tre-
mendous downpour Of rain Thursday,
which was almost cloudburst in Sc
verify, has done great damage through
out southwestern Michigan. The fruit
crop has suffered tremendous loss.
Wires are down 10 the north and south.
when the storm was most severe, and
information was hard to obtain.
All railroads running out of Grand
Rapids, except the Pere Marquette,
east, are tied up by washouts and dam
age to wires and track.
Grand Rapids and Indiana passen-
or train No 3, which left here mt II
o'clock last night for the north, ran
into washout at Belmont and the en-
gine and several ears left the track
Engineer Coleman of this city was ser,
iously injured. The storm was most
severe In an area about 80 miles north
south and east of this city.
We are sure to get the better OF
Fortune II we do but grapple Will
her--Seneca,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-04

Good, the more communicated, the
more abundant grows.-Milton.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-04

We are sure to get the better OF
Fortune II we do but grupple with
her.--Seneca.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
THE MODERN FETCH.
editor of The Tribune;


Sir: I am n subscriber TO your paper,
and, read carefully your editorials. / find
In them helpful reading, and II source of
serious reflection and study. In your is
sue this morning in the editorial on 1.-THE
Carnegie Idea" you say: almost our
whole social as well as commercial fabric
Is builded on the hypothesis that money
is the chief aim, and it's possession the
chief distinction in life," etc. These
thoughts and those of other writer's, are
reflections of the mature thinkers of our
time. Not only the mature minds are
thinking thus but the child mind bends
that way. To Illustrate. In our Methodist
Episcopal Sabbath school one year ago
we had lesson on the walk to EN-
mnus." The superintendent. in reviewing
the lesson. spoke of the sudden appear
ance of our Savior and the subject of His
conversation with His followers. "If such
a walk should occur these days, what do
you think would be this Conversations
Money replied q ten year old in the
front row of seats.
is it to be wondered at that such ans
wers come from ones of SO young an age?
1t shows that the teachings you speak
of. Our boys are taught to acquire it
(money) as n result of cleverness and
schcming," are taking deep root in the
immature minds of our youth.
Yours, etc,
j. NJ. Alexander.
Carbondale, Dec. 90.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

presses DISSATISFACTION WITH
the present method of coll
lecting taxes in that city,
and urges the Capitalization Of collec-
tions in one Office. That is a need
which is felt in every community in
| Pennsylvania. 1t is especially press
| ing in Scranton.
Hardly a year goes by here without
Il number of homes being sold from
under the feet OF their owners on ac-
count of non-payment of taxes, the
fault for which non-payment is often
not with the individual but with the
slp-shod system of assessment and
collection. In many cases the accumu-
lations of a lifetime of thrift and fru-
gality are sacrificed through the acci-
dental missing of some petty tax which,
as likely as not, may have been over
looked because the assessment was
wrongfully made out. We know of an
instance in which q prominent prop
erty owner of Scranton paid $4,000 for
Il lot upon which he intended to build
a fine residence and after a thorough
search of title and the expenditure of
large sums in Improvement came near
to losing it because one of the former
owners of the lot had overlooked the
payment OF a few dollars county tax,
of which fact there was no available
record. The matter had gone through
the hands of a ward collector who had
been succeeded by other collectors un-
81 tnl. n.
lawyer to figure out the location of the
proper depository of the information.
Yet because OF this one irregularity of
a few dollars dating back a number of
years an innocent man might easily
have been despoiled of valuable home
and would have been had not his attor-
ney been more than ordinarily vigilant.
But apart from this element of dan
ger to property owners, which Is as
much the fault of the system as of the
individual, the present arrangement Is
grossly uneconomic. no collect the
state and county tax assessed In the
city of Scranton the custom has beeen
to appoint from eighteen to twenty-one
ward collectors, who devote to the col
lection such time as happens TO be con-
venient and rely largely upon exonera-
tions to relieve them of responsibility
for the uncollected balance. Usually
the small personal tax is not collected
at all except when payment is volun-
tarily proffered The commission on
collecting 30 to 45 cents at the s per
cent. rate which the law allows is not
a temptation to push this feature of the
collections vigorously and as a result
every year the county loses hundreds of
dollars that 1t could secure with bet
ter systemization of collections.
What should be done is for the legis-
iature TO empower the county commits
sioners to vest the collection of state
and county taxes within city limits in
the Office of the city treasurer, thus
consolidating the collections, enabling
the citizen to pay all his taxes by visi-
tation to one office and supplying
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

OF the collar and cuff industry So per
cent is credited to Troy, n Y; Baltimore
absorbs more than 65 per cent. of the
oyster canning trade, and Goversville
and Johnstown, N. Y, produce "A per
cent. of all the gloves manufactured in
the United States. More than 40 per cent.
of all the jeWelry manufactured is the
product of Providence II. l., and the ad-
joining towns of Atteboro and North At
tleboro, Mass, and Providence controls
more than 36 per cent. of the silverware
manufacture. Chicago produces more
than "a per cent of the agricultural i'm
plements made, and of productions in silk
Paterson, N. j., absorbs more than %
per cent. Nearly half the carpets made
in America are the work of Philadelphia
weavers, and Connellsville. Pa, produces
AZ per cent. of the coke sold in the coun-
try.
Two hundred and twenty thousand
francs in gold have been stolen from the
cellars of the Bank of France. The sto-
len specie was wrapped up In little cloth
bags and was lying on shelves, which
We're shut off by railing which was kept
locked. The gate had been opened with
a key and the gold distracted through a
little hole cut in the bottom of the bags.
Little hope is entertained of the detection
of the robbers. There is reason to believe
tHtl lHt MONEY WAS uDSlTuClcu IT'S lDHS
ago as February, though the theft has
only now been discovered. Since that
time 200 employees have entered the vaults,
and there is little chance of discovering
suspicious expenditure or investments by
one or more Of these.
Wherever Alfred Belt, the African Croe-
sus, acquires new interests there he sends
not men of his own race, not Germans
nor yet Englishmen but Yankees, as he
calls them, to look after and carry on his
work. Wherever you visit Belt enter
prses in Portugal, or South America, or
South Africa, or Australia, or Korea, or
Siberia, the man you will find in charge,
the man who is making it succeed, Is an
American engineer.
There are 10000 more divorced women
than there are divorced men in the United
States, the official figures being $1,000 di-
vorced men and 1li,OO0 divorced women.
The disparity is accounted for by the fact
that men procuring divorces more often
remarry than the women under like con-
ditions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
Tho Arbitration Problem.

'7\HE CONSIDERATION which
deters most Of the American
Il. opponents of presidential ar
bitration of the Venezuelan
muss is the possibility that il President
Roosevelt should accept the invitation
of Germany and Great Britain he
would involve this country in respon-
sibility. There is evidently a wide
spread belief among conservative
statesmen in Washington that the
United States has about all the respon-
sibility on its hands just now that 1t
can conveniently handle.
But is there any escape from respon-
siblity in this matter unless we frank
ly abandon the Monroe doctrine? That
doctrine itself, and not President
Roosevelt, imposes responsibility. 1t
says that foreign powers which have
grievances against Latin-American re-
publics must accept limits Of our making
in the measures of redress which they
may adopt. Although we tell them to
go ahead so far as Venezuela Is con-
cerned, and take Il fall out of Castro,
provided only that they make no per-
mancnt seizure of territory, yet the
minute they do this, American senti-
ment becomes excited and presses on
Washington to cry a halt. Satisfaction
for South American injustice to for
eignerc must lie somewhere, and if it
cannot be worked out on the spot
where the injustice has been commit
ted, it must be worked out by those who
would prevent.
OF course arbitration by Roosevelt
would incur responsibility. But it
would come anyhow and might better
be faced in this peaceful method than
through the harsher processes of war.
We predict that the president will take
the powers at their word and do as
they suggest. In no other way can
South American rotten boroughs be
taught so effectually that the Monroe
doctrine is not a license to steal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNEsDAY. DECEMBER a. 1902

central place where assessments can at
all times be examined and, when neces-
sary, corrected. AS matters now stand
this would require an act of assembly.
But failing such an act, It is already
within the power of the commissioners
to designate one officer to collect the
entire state and county duplicate in the
city, instead Of diffusing the collection
among nearly two-score ward collect
ors. This would enable the thorough
systemization of the work and permit
of decided economies. 1t would also
enable the citizen to locate the collector
without having to hunt all over the
ward or employ a corps of assistants to
keep track of the continual changes In
collectors
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
A CHRISTMAS GREETING.

What shall I say to you whom I love
best?
Sweetheart, what secret is there yet un-
told
After these dozen years-the happiest
That life can hold?
Secret there may not be; but this one
thought
Comes to my heart upon the Christmas
morn:
What joy unto the lonely world He
brough
When He was born!
A JOY like that within my soul knew
When. like white star in the sky
above,
Suddenly into my lonely life came you
10 shine with love.
A white star still, you cheer me on the
way.
Lighting with love and laughter all my
life;
Let this my greeting be on Christmas
Day.
Sweetheart and wife.
Frank Dempster Sherman, in Woman's
Home Companion
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
INFORMATION.

Statistics issued by the census Office in
dicate, says Bradstreets, that the United
States ought to be Il fruitful field for ac-
cident insurance companies. For example,
in the last census year--the twelve
months ending May 81. 1900 ,5l3 acci-
dental deaths were reported. OF this
number 43,414 were males and 1909 fe-
males. In the period mentioned the pro-
portion of deaths from accidents and in
juries was $40 in 1000 deaths from all
known causes, as against 537 in 1880.
Practically per cent. of all deaths from
causes known and unknown are due to
accidental injuries, at least that is the
ratio one obtains by contrasting the 57,5l3
deaths from accidental injuries with the
1,039094 deaths from all causes that oc-
CURED in the census year 1900. These
data are not complete for the country as
a whole, reliable figures being furnished
by only the so-called registration states.
Connecticut Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts Rhode Island, Vermont,
New York New Jersey and the District
Of Columbia. In these states the death
rate from accidents and injuries was oG
per 100000 of population, or 276i9 persons,
an increase of Al per 100000 of popula-
tiOn. Fatal accidents are more liable to
occur in cities than in rural parts. Deaths
due to accidents and injuries were highest
among those whose mothers were from
Italy, and lowest among those whose
mothers We're born in the United States,
1895 and G2.7 per 100000 of white popula-
ton respectively.
a statement OF Canadas trade, pre-
pared by the customs department at OF
tawa, shows an increase of traffic with all
the principal countries, the most striking
feature of the statement being the steady
growth of business with Great Britain
The total imports for consumption in the
fiscal year ended June 80 amounted TO
$202, ,79l ,595, as against SlS1, 9SS in 1901.
Some of the sources from which these
imports We're drawn are shown in the fol-
lowing table, in which comparison is
made with the preceding year:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
BEGAN WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
from The Benton QIlD Republican.

Il OfII VIC I7V7IIeVII VIM fNVI''EUFINtFIF'
An old story is told of boarder who
called for an egg. The waiter asked how
he wanted it cooked. Just then flash Of
lightning knocked him senseless, and for
eight years he remained unconscious and
speechess, lie was at last able to speak.
and his first word was "Poached" Ii
was a case of suspended animation, and
the intervening time was blank. He
resumed just where he had left off eight
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

The announcement that Florence
Burns, the young woman recently
prominent in connection with the mur-
der Of q young man found dead in a
New York hotel, has been given an op-
portunity to elevate the stage, calls to
mind the fact thai in few instances has
this sort of enterprise served to elevate
even the box office receipts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

years before. This reminds us OF the
Democrat who Is again talking free trade.
In 1884, after the country had been wreck
ed by free trade legislation, the lightning
of public sentiment struck tn Democratic
party, Word was sent all along the line
that free trade must not be mentioned.
For eight years not u free trade squeak
was heard. AT last the effect of the
stroke of lightning has worn off suf-
liciently for old man Democracy to re-
sumo his free trade conversation at the
precise point where he left off eight years
u i'm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
TEN PAGES.

The Times urges the nomination by
the Democrats OF John j. Fahey for
recorder because in the recent congress
sional campaign he did and dared for
his party. He certainly did both. OF
the details, more anon. We simply note
now the Times testimony ON the SUBJ
ject, for 1t may hereafter prove sisnth-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

In 1900, although the Independent Re
publican candidate had 1873 votes. pre-
sumably for the most part Republican
votes, Mr.. Connell led the naturally strong
Democratic candidate In the vote of these
six districts. by 80. In 1902 against can-
dldate OF less strength in these districts
he is defeated In tho districts in question
by III.
Verify, there is need of an investiga-
tion. Let the probing go to the bottom.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

cnt had neither of the elements of
strength possessed by Conry or Spencer
IN the territory In question. With these
facts in mind the following tabulatlons
are Significant:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

Judge McPherson's decision regard
ing the Iowa C. o. d. liquor cases would
seem to render a whisky license a de-
cidedy short range affair.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

President Roosevelt should put on a
catcher's mask il he concludes TO act
as umpire in the Venezuela affair.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

Total ......... 1i4l3S 1522i7 us, l73
Increase 1902 over 1901, G592G, or 1873 per
cent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

The exports OF Canadian produce
amounted to $19G,Ol9763 in 1902 against
$177 443,439 in 1901. This branch of the
trade was, in the main, distributed as fol-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24

1t might be good plan hereafter to
have the Dunmore ballots printed upon
oiled silk
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
IMMIGRATION.

Comparison for July, August septem-
ber and October 1900 1901 and 1902:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
A rlisflt Tax Collecting System.

Carbondale Leader ex-
presses dissatisfaction with
l. the present method of col
lecting taxes In that city
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-24
The Water Cure for Fraud.

"HE COMMENTS of the state
press unpon the few develop
ments which have vet come
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-08-07

Pat went to race course the other
day and fell In with n number OF sport
ing friends who were betting on the
races. He was urged TO bet but stead
fastly refused until he saw two Of his
friends win a large sum on one OF the
races. Finally. after much urging. be
put half a crown on horse. from
which moment he became deeply inter.
ested
As the horses came past the judges
box Pats rn=crs clutchcd the hack OF
the seat and his eyes werr wide with
excitement. The horse ON which he
had bet finished sixth. wIthout a
word hut with look Of deep disgust.
be 30; up and hurried down TO the
paddock WHERE the Jockeys were. Cali
ing the youugstcr who had ridden that
particular horse aside. Pat inquired in
deeply Injured tones:
''in hivin's name. young man, phwGt
detained youY'-London Chronicle.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-08-07
Notice of Dissolution

In accordance with resolution of
the stockholders of The Metallic EN-
tractionc Company notice is hereby
given that at regularly called meet
ips Of the stock holders Of The Metallic
Extraction Company, held at the
Office of th" Company Room, 4l3 Bos.
ton Building. Denver. Colorado, July
LIST. A. ID. 1902, more than two-third,
of the cntrie stock of the corporation
being represented int person and by
proxy and all debts of the corporation
having been paid, The Metallic ES'
traction Compayn is by order e the
stockholders dissolved
W. W. Phelps. President.
+. A. Gillespie, Secretary.
First publication July %. 1902.
Last publication September 1. 1902
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-08-07

Tie Boethick Indians e NCw3oTEd
land. ~ one time the aboriginal iH,I:.A.
itants Of the island. can now Only 'r
counted by one or two skeletons and Il
few skulls. 50 completely have they
been swept away. The French employ
ed the MIc Mac Indians Of Nora Scot a
to fight against and cXtermlnnie item.
The Boeth, Ks were Peacoahle and
quiet race. given to hunting and fish
Ing They used canoes made Of birch
rind and Of skins OF deer. Ike the Is
klmo cuyak They had no pot, cry und
used uteus l. Of birch r!nd sew"d to-
rcther but they employed soaps'o1e
dishes as lamps. their form being sim.
liar to those among the Eskimos at the
present day.
They carved Ger and walrns horns
and the lu~"s 81 tlsr seal Into ora.
meuts. whlch they wore on their drefs-
Is. and oruamcuted their heads with
combs. The carvings are In tr'anrI-
lar patiorns, aud out OF the large cDl-
lcctions In the museum at St Io'n
there nrc no two orna mprts LHv'n= the
same pattern. Their stone iiaplcmeu :
were more r1deiy constructed than
those Of the western Indians.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-08-07
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate of Jane E Baker, deceased.
The undersigned, having been ap-
pointed Administ rator of tn. estate of
Jane E. Baker, late of the county of
Fremont. in the State of Colorado,
deceased, hereby gives notice that he
will appear before the County Cour,
Of said Frmeont County, at the Court
House in Canon City, in ,aid County.
at the August, Probate Term, 1902,
on the last Monday. (25th day. Aug
ust, next, at 10 n. m, at which time
all persons having claims against said
estate are notified aud requested TO at
tend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted
to said estate are req ested to maxi
immediate payment TO the under
signed.
Dated at Canon City, Colo, this
29th day of July, 4. d. 1902
Robert d. Baker. Administrator
First publication July 81. 1902.
Last publication August 81. 1902.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-08-07
"Laugh and arom Eat !"

Life is such serious business to
the average mortal that au opportun.
ity for n hearty laugh il more than
welcome to most people. IA merry
heart docth good like medicine. 4"
and so do the humorous features of
that g,ent metropolitan daily, The
Chicago Record Herald, The first
thing that grcets you on the frs; page
of every issue is the humorous cartoon
by John T, McCutcheou, the we'll
known artist, that frequently tells
more at n glance than could be CON
voyed in n column of readniR matter.
Every issue contains also humorous
small story ON the editorial page and
the alternating Currents" column
written by S. e Kiser, ono of the
most popular humorists in the country.
In addition to all these, the Sunday
issue always includes comic section
guaranteed to produce laughter.