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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
SAD CHRISTMAS FOR HER.
Mrs. Lillian Pnn, Overcome by Mis-

Mrs. Lillian PnH, Overcome by MIS-
fortunes, Attempts Suicide.
NEW YORK, December 24.-(Spec!alo
With no money in the house no pres
ents in sight for her 4-year-old son. or
her 6-montfs' old daughter. her husband
out of work. and in ill-health herselt,
the Christmas prospect was so appalling
To Mrs Lillian Paff. of east 154th street.
that she attempted to avoid it by taking
carbolic acid to-day. She is now in Leoa-
non Hospital and the doctors think they
can save her life.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
TIDINGS FROM TAZEWELL.


Death of @. NJ. Broun-SherfR James
Bandy Critically Ill.
TAZEWELL. VA. December 24.-(Spe-
cial)-O. NJ. Broun. a prominent and
wealthy grazier of the West-End, died
Monday evening of pneumonia after an
illness Of only q few days.
James Bandy. Sheriff Of TaZewell con-
tinues critically III at the Central Hotel.
and it is thought with very little chance
Of recovery.
G. w. McClintock. the town sergeant,
is very low, and it is thought that he
can survive but few days,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

(speciatl-A draft OF sailors was sent
this afternoon from Norfolk navy-yard
for Dewcy.s tleet Oft Culebra. which In
In need OF them. They went on the naval
collier Hannibal. Just down from Bald-
more with Cnnh1rlanA coal Tor ia
squafruu.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
pITTsYLvANIA POINTS.
Marriage of Miss Shelton and Mr..
Kenrcdy-wnDt Local Option Elcc-

ton.
CHATHAM. VA, December 24.-(Spe-
cial.)-At 10 o'clock SUNDAY morning. at
the home of Mr.. ]. E. Shelton. at Sheva,
a gathering Of friends witnessed the we'd
ding Of his daughter, Miss Annie. to Mr..
James Oscar Kennedy. OF Peytonsburg.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
]. w. Barbour OF Galveston. They will
reside near Peytonsburg.
Mr.. John B. Crews, Of this place. on
Saturday night led to the altar Miss Biz
die Mae Sanders OF Austin. Tex. Mr..
Crews and his bride will spend the holi-
days at his mothers home. near here.
A petition Is now being circulated pray
ing Judge James L. Tredway to order q
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

General Groner,s Daughter TcstifieA
Regarding Assault on Car Conduc-

tor.
FORT MONROE. VA. December "a
(Special)-Nrs ]. A Campbell! Groner
appeared in the Police Court to-day to
give evidence in defence of her husband S
action in striking Street-Car Conductor
Williams. The evidence was only partial
ly heard. when the case was adjourned
until Monday.
The social prominence Of the parties
involved makes the case attract interest
Campbell Groner is the son Of General
v. Groner
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
LEGATEEs GET THE CASH.
Distribution of the Estate OF S. Z.
Dsrden. of Southampton.

NORFOLK. VA, December 24-(Spe-
cia,o-The estate of the late Mrs. S. E.
Darden, of Newsoms Southampton coun-
~. recently sold. brought S7.7S0- This
is TO he divided among the three children
of the deceased as follows: Mr.. r. NJ
D,raen. Of Norfolk: Mrs. J. Fl. Rives
Of Norfolk. and Mr.. j. r. Darden, OF
NewSoms.
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FOR MAHOGANY TRADE.

Line of Steamers to Be Established
by Louisvillians.
LOUISVILLE. KY, December PA
line of steamers for the Central Ameri-
can and African mahogany trade is to be
established by the c. c. Mengel, Jr.. &
Brothers Company. of Louisville. to ply
between New Orleans and the mahogany
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08
THE MOSQUITO.

In the marshes where the bullfrog sings
his mellow serenade,
In the swamps where booms the bittern
in the gloomy cypress shade
And the cheerful alligator turks within
the everglade;
In the cstern, where rain water pours
and trickles down the spout:
On stagnant pools. in grasses. and most
everywhere about
The bloodthirsty mosquito from the egg
Is Matching out.
And once matched, he comes among us
with his pesky little bill,
And he settles on our persons, very much
against our will.
And, inserting his proboscis, he proceeds
at once to drill
And when through our epidermis he has
managed for to bore.
He fills up his little carcass to the burst
ing point with gore
This Is strictly true, though doubtless
you suspected it before.
You think that you have got him and
find out that you have not.
For he keeps one eye wide open to elude
the sudden swat,
And knows just how long it's healthy to
TeTldlH upon tHe Spot.
You may screen up all your windows and
hang netting DER your bed,
1t doesn't keep him out because he stays
inside instead.
And you wake up in the morning and
find that you've been bled.
Similarly you may smear yourself with
evil-smelling stuff
That is guaranteed by druggists on mos
auitoes to be rough.
But they seem to quite enjoy 1t, though
1t does smell bad enough.
So he breaks our summer slumbers robs
us of our needed rest:
So he drives us from our porches, where
the vines he doth infest.
And he spoils the fun of fishing, does
this sanguinary pest.
But upon the brutes dcmerits we'd en-
deavor to he dumb:
We'd forgive him all his faults-no In
considerable sum
II he'd simply so about his bloody busi-
ness and not hum
Lewiston Journal.
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of the East indies and China, with our
wheat flour, as an article OF food, the
gain to us Will be enormous.
In 1901, we sold 40 per cent. of the
clocks and watches, 4S per cent. OF the
s1,00000O cotton goods. Al per cent. of the
100000 stone, china and glass ware, Il per
cent of the $2,03296i iron and steel, only
per cent. of the s362.96S boots and shoes.
SS per cent. of the 100000 malt liquors.
Japan sent % per cent. of the S2I0,364
watches, but the new watch factory at
Manila, equipped with American machin-
cry, Will soon cut Japan out. When the
Filipinos raise their own rice, they will
save several of the millions of dollars
now paid out to foreigners, for that chief
article of the Filipino diet. When Our ex-
perimental farms teach them how to do
truck farming they will also save the
half million dollars paid yearly to China
for vegetables They will largely increase
their consumption of canned goods. In
this line we compete successfully with the
world. In 1901, they bought steam and
sailing vessels valued at nearly 81 100000,
but we do not figure In the list.
Turning to the export side we find that
hemp constituted nearly two-thirds OF
the $l5.976,6i0 total exports. We took 70
per cent. direct and u good deal more,
indirectly. London is the controlling hemp
market of the world The recent change
III export uutleS VIII likely ulNeTt tHe
Philippine hemp direct to us, instead of
through London. The hemp trade of our
"branch in the Orient increased 80 per
cent in quantity between 1899 and 1901.
and 100 per cent. In value. Tobacco ex-
ports show a good increase, being sl,93l,-
253 for 1899. against $2,631 ,961 for 1901. or
the $2.500,0C0 sugar exported in 1901 we
only took II per cent Japan took 40 per
cent. Other exports are copra, straw hats
(?Panama) mother f-pearl, copal and
cattle hides.
means million upon millions of dollars for
the islands, as soon as transportation Is
provided. and saw mills erected.
Now we have reached n most humiliat-
ing record: OF the $37,1S3, 1893, including
gold and silver imported into the Philip
pines In 1901, only two per cent. was car
rled in American vessels. Why? Simply
because, for want of protection, ship sub
sidy. or whatever we choose to call it. we
have only IAN apology for fleet of
ocean going steamships. Great Britain
carried So per cent. of our goods, and
Germany, IL per cent.
On the export side Our humiliation is
still greater-only one per cent. in Ameri-
can vessels-only one per cent. of $26, ,0OO.-
600. Great Britain carried all her own
goods and seventy-fve per cent. of ours.
Are we moving heaven and earth" to
build up our trade in the Orient, simply
to provide profitable business for foreign
vessels?
Educational, army and navy. and other
government supplies are not included in
these figures. as published by the Bureau
OF Insular Affairs. Our branch in the
Orient is doing we'll.
Walter j. Ballard.
Schenectady, N. Y, Sept. s.
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NO TROUBLE TO HELP SEARCH.

A woman stopped at cloth counter in
one of the large department stores re-
Gently and asked to be shown some dress
patterns suitable for early autumn wear.
The salesman began on the lowest row
of shelved compartments and pulled out
and opened box after box until the corn.
ter on either side of him was piled as high
as his head with goods. Three times he
climbed ladder to the upper rows and
staggered down under a weight of box
patterns until. when the woman took a
survey of the shelves but two patterns
remained unopened. Then she said, very
Sweetly:~
II don't think I'll buy any today, I'm
sorry to have troubled you; but you see
only came in to look for a friend
mo trouble whatever, madame" he re-
piled politely. Indeed. if you think your
friend is in either of the remaining two
boxes, don't mind opening them too
PHILADELPHIA Times
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public know that this programme Is
being pushed against their Judgment

public know that this programme Is
being pushed against their Judgment
and advice.
This may or may not be true. AS yet
1t is nothing more than rumor. The
fact that 1t Is credible and natural ac-
counts for the willingness OF many peo-
pie to accept 1t. The president has
doubtless calculated the chances and
made up his mind to accept them. Nat.
urally the men whose livelihood Is de-
pendent upon the construction and con-
troll of trusts, or whose chief ambition
lies in the direction of acquiring the
vast power inherent In the magnates
OF immense industrial combinations
would be likely to look with dlsfavor
upon programme designed to limit
their opportunities or curtail their au-
thorlty This is merely human nature,
of which, OF course, the trust makers
have their share. The old saying that
mo rogue e'er felt the halter draw
with added reverence for the law" ap-
plies in this instance the same as In
any other. Not all trust makers or
managers are rogues, by any means;
but 1t would be natural that all should
look with suspicion and distrust upon
| the attempt to substitute for their per-
sonal wisdom the supervision of gov
ernment tribunal empowered to keep a
watch over their aims and methods.
But the obvious politics Of the situ-
alton Is with the president. Those who
fight him will have to do so under
cover or stand committed to the de-
fense of illegality. What the president
aims to touch, If possible. are the evils
not the virtues of trusts. Those who
shall oppose him will have to establish
either that there are no evils--a task
they would likely find uphill work-or
that the presidents way of reaching
the evils would do more harm than
good. He has the distinct advantage of
initiative, of public confidence and re-
spect and of the conceded lack of
selfish personal motive. His speeches
confirm the public judgment that he is
actuated solely by sense of duty, and
they are SO rapidly establishing him in
the good will and enthusiastic respect
of the American people OF all parties
that the men who hope to sidetrack
him will need to get to work and work
hard If they are not to have their labor
for their pains.
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The Unifed States
Of The Orient

Y YHEN engaged in a new business
vi venture the prudent man pauses
w occasionally and takes note of
the results SO far achieved, with
view to future efforts along sure lines.
Apart from the eminenty justifiable NOR
al grounds for our acquisition of the
islands of the Philippine archipelago, there
Is u commercial side. which we must re-
gard as IL new business venture What
have we accomplished commercially in
the UNITED States of the Orient since
1899? Let the figures testify:
Increase In
1899. 1891. p. e.
Imports ..,sl9, 100000 $SO,0OO.0OO 80
Exports ...... -. 15.U00 600 2i,5OO0OO I'll
Customs duties. 4,4ll6S0 S,l644G6 81
Spain'S custom revenue was from three
to three and one-half million dollars an
nually
Comparing our trade with that of other
countries, with those far off isles of the
sea where day begins" the following fiuc-
tuations are significant of the progress We
are making. We quote the per cent, from
the countries named, Of the total imports,
a
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08
ADVERTISING DID 1T.

Every one knows how great the con-
sumption of oatmeal has become. on ac-
count of it's promotion by advertising.
TO indicate how other food products may
be promoted Mahn's Magazine for Sep
tember says: 1.-The consumption of oat-
meal has increased siX-fold in ten years.
What would happen to cornstarch if ex-
plotted in = manner to create newer and
more frequent habits of use?'
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Has Had Enough.
REASONS given by the
Nestor of Pennsylvania Jour-
nalism, Colonel A. X. Nc

"\HE REASONS given by the
Nestor of Pennsylvania Jour-
l. nalism, Colonel A. n. Nc
Clure, for deciding to cut
loose from the piebald reform" move
ment as represented by Pattison, Cuff
fey & Co. are certainly convincing. He
says:
~ shall heartily support Judge
Pennypacker for governor. His pollti-
cal environment Is quite as healthy as
that of his competitors and his per-
sonal integrity and admitted ability
give the best assurance of honest state
administration. I have known him per-
sonally and we'll for thirty years and
have never found a blemish upon his
political or private record. He was not
a party to his own nomination and he
is free to accept the duties OF the high
office and perform them with eminent
credit to himself and with the largest
benefits to the people Of our great COM
monwealth. If only questions of state
policy were involved in the present
contest, would most heartily support
any state ticket that gave reasonable
promise of state and city reform, but
there is no party leadership on either
side in the present struggle to give
such assurance. Character and quail
ficatons of individual candidates thus
become vital and I accept Judge
Pennypacker as the most worthy Of
the trust and support of the people.
But there are other and most vital
questions involved in the contest which
were not in any degree involved in the
contest of last year. The country is en-
joying a degree of Industrial and COM
mercial prosperity unexampled in our
history and our honored flag and bene-
ficent institutions have been extended
into distant lands to illustrate to the
world the grandeur of our free gov
ernment and it's ability to command
the markets of every cline for Ameri-
can labor. All these great achievements
have been attained against censori-
Gus and quibbling minority marshaled
under the banner of Democracy and it
has stumbled and foundered in fltful
opposition until it stands before the
country and the world today as bank
rupt alike in leadership and principle
National issues Of the greatest moment
are involved in the election of 1902
With such conditions presented in the
present exceptional and substantial
progress of patriotic advancement and
material prosperity. l cannot vote for
"a dot xx,l,no ,o,,f1y 30
cess is in disasters to our army in the
field, in convulsed business and trade
and in the silent temples of industry,
with breadless homes for American
workingmen."
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Colonel watterson's assertion that
the Four Hundred are utterly rotten
morally is of course Pckwickian. Fun
damentally human nature Is pretty
much the same in all levels. If 1t were
not popular these days to rail at wealth
the gallant colonel would be more char
table
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

Ordinarily one is tempted to sympa-
thze with almost any revolution which
can break out in South America, pre-
vailing government conditions being
revolt. But in the case of Venezuela
there does not seem to be much call
for preference between the ins and the
outs. Both are insufferably vicious.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

Governors. w. PENNYPACEER.
Lieutenant Governor-W. NJ BROWN.
Secretary Of Internal Afairs-lSAAC b.
BROWN.
County.
Congress-wILLTAM CONNELL.
Judge--A A. NOSBtRG.
Commissioners--JOIIN COURIER NOR
RIS. JOHN PENMAN.
Mine Tnspcctors-ILF LFWELYN NJ. EV-
ANS, DAVID Il. WILLIAMS.
Legislative.
First Dlstrict-JOSEPH OLIVER.
Second District-JOHN SC1lEUER, JR.
Third District--EDWARD JAMES.
Fourth District-.P. A. PIIil.BIN.
Election day. Nov 4.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

The large increase to the United King
dom was mainly for hemp, large part
of which eventually reached the United
States. 1t is gratifying to note that our
direct importation of hemp In 1901, was
one million dollars over 1899
We are making headway In that, our
sales to the Philippines have risen from
barely per cent. of the total imports of
the islands In the last years of Spanish
control 10 II per cent in 1901. We ship
there chiefly, and in the following order
of Importance, malt liquors. wheat -four.
iron and steel and their manufactures.
paper In its various forms, distilled spir-
its, glassware, cars. carriages and BIZ
cycles, cotton goods, wood and its manu-
factures, leather and its manufactures,
and watches and clocks.
The islands bought wheat flour In 1899
TO the amount of s3s226l, and in 1901,
1858, ,S69. Our percentage of II in 1899, rose
to SO In 1901. II We can supplant the rice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

Why is it that it is our navy which
seems to have monopoly of running
aground on uncharted reefs?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08
legislative.

IF the politicians had been sincere in
their anxiety to settle the strike, why
did they put off their intervention until
SO near elcci.On2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

Bryan scoring Roosevelt for playing
politics with the trusts recalls Satan
rebuking sin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

We dare say that mimic war was
worth it's cost; but there ought to be a
time limit on the rag-chewing concern
ing it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

In Mr.. Bryan's opinion. President
Roosevelt's attitude on the trust prob
lem is weak and puerile." He will
have difficulty in making the trusts
believe that.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08
The President and tho Trusts.

/HHERE ARE renewed rumors
of organized opposition from
IL within the Republican party
Z ~ to President Roosevelt be-
cause. of his attitude concerning the
trusts, The New York Herald yester-
day repeated with synthesized detail
the rumor for some time current that
the real secret of the reported inten-
tion Of the New York Republican con-
vention not to endorse the president as
a candidate In 1904 is the determination
OF Senator Platt and certain influential
Wall street captains of finance to dis
connect themselves politically from the
Roosevelt programme and to let the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-08

Completion of the harbor improvements
at Manila will divert to us a large share
of the trade now done by Hong Kong, as
Manila is by nature located for the dis
tribution of the imports and exports Of
Eastern Asia and Oceania,
BY countries the exports fuctuated as
follows In percentage of the total
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