The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-15
INFORMATION.


Many have noted the great increase ir
| the cololed population of Philadelphia
Pittsburg, Chester and other points neal
the southern borders of Pennsylvania. Al
explanation is found in the hostile legis'
lation of Maryland, Virginia, South Caro-
lima, Mississippi and very recently of Ala
bama. In the latter state the registration
has Just been completed to meet the lat
est constitutional requirements. all aimed
at negro disfranchisement. This regis
tration shows $4,000 white males quail
fled to vote. or one In six, while but 2,,W
| colored men may vote. or one to 2O III
Macon county. with majority of colored
the home of Booker Washinston's great
Tuskegee Institute, but So colored could
register. In Mississippi the proportion is
even worse. The South. through political
oppression is driving away Its labor, and
soon its fields of cotton will lack pickers
PENNSYLVANIA is the first refuge of the
oppressed. hence the unnatural increase
so easily traced in many towns and cities
1t is difficult to imagine section which
could play worse politics than this. II
preserves a solid Democratic South, but
it also augments solid Republican
north. 1t is a new form of sectionalism
prompted by the rankest political injus-
tice and oppression. The registration OF
the South is decreasing; that of Pennsyl-
vania never increased so fast. In Ches-
ter city alone over 5000 has recently been
added to the cOlored population.
The number of railways in the hands
of receivers on June 30, 1901 was i5. a net
decrease of as compared with the year
previous. The roads under receivers OPP
Grated mileage of ., ,497.14 miles. or about
ne-hlndredth of the total mileage. In
Guiding tracks of all kinds. the aggregate
length of railway mileage is o65. .366 .2a
miles. classified as follows: Single track
195.57O92 miles: second track, 12,Si5.41
miles; third track, 1l53.96 miles: fourth
track, S7G.13 miles, and yard track and
sidings, 81 1886 miles. These are owned
by 2,057 corpora tons. which use 39,5Sl en-
gines and l.550,S ,S33 cars. On an average it
takes 2O2 engines and 1926 cars to equip
] 900 miles of line. One passenger locomo-
tive on an average carries during its life
,G3l passengers and travels l.70l,0O5 pas
senger miles: while one freight engine
hauls 1862 tons of freight 6,459, 1876 ton
miles
The latest and most trustworthy infor-
nation concerning the gold output in the
* Nlondike comes in the shape of a report
made by George III. HeeS for the Cana
dian Manufacturers association, a copy
of which has been received by our state
department. After thorough investiga-
ton of prospects in the Yukcn territory
Mr.. Hees presents very gloomy outlook
for the prospectors who are cIowding into
the territory. The total yield of gold last
year in the Klondke was $a4OOO,OOO. The
production this year. according to the
government estimates, will not exceed
Sl4 900, O0O-a falling off of nearly one-half.
No new discoveries have been made for
over a year. although every foot of the
ground in creeks. rivers and mountains
has been explored. At Dawson 1t is re-
ported that there are ten applicants for
every job. and the winter will witness
great suffering and distress.
Who would be a Venezuelan? Rev. T.
s. Pond. an American missionary in Ca
racas, writes that during his five years
residence there he has never before, in
any circumstances of war or peace,
known anything to compare to the pres
ent widespread and hopeless poverty.
This, he says, Is largely due to the utter
paralysis of enterprises, foreign and do
nestle. since the present civil conflict be-
gan four years ago. The rural districts
he describes as being stripped bare and
i'm Il state of deSoation, the result of the
frequent acquisitions for provisions and
supplies made by both government and
insurgent troops. In consequence of this.
crowds of starving people are RAPIDLY in
vading Caracas, Mr.. Pond saws half the
families of Caracas can Obtain only one
meal a day and hundreds cannot get even
that, and the price of the necessities of
life is high and still rising,
The handicap of lmperfect vision ma
turally interferes with the nroeress of
the child in his studies. saws DR. GRACE
October Delineator on backward children
A we'll known oculist of Nav York states
that defective vision is n very common
cause of apparent mental dullness In
Young children A chiId's eyes should he
examined when he Is old enough to at-
tend school in order 10 he sure that he
does NOT suffer from lack of good eve
sight. One writer has said that he never
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