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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09
TEN PAGES.
For governor of Pennsylvania, on the
issue of an open field and fair play,
JOHN P. ELKIN, of Indiana,
subject to the will of the Republican
masses.
The Proposal of Arbitration.

THE PROPOSAL of arbitration
supplies to the employing i'll
n terests an opportunity which,
for the sake of the public
welfare, they should embrace. If they
are confident that their side is in shape
for successful presentation before an
impartial tribunal made up of expert
enced men of affairs, the recourse to
arbitration is without peril. If they
fear that an arbitration might follow
the usual course of Il compromise of
the conflicting claims presented, the
cost would be less than the cost of a
fight though they should carry it to
finish and win.
A strike means infinite anxiety and
burden, not only upon those immedi-
ately involved. but likewise upon the
whole financial and commercial world.
We do not refer alone to the imnedi-
ate theater of conflict. There strike
would mean agony. The ill effects
would reach much further. 1t would
wet-blanket the splendid prosperity of
the country in a thousand directions
and entail hardship and suffering upon
millions far away from the coal fields.
Fuel is a base of industry. Restriction
of the fuel supply during months of
struggle would extend a network Of
ramifying ills throughout the economic
situation.
Furthermore, as a consideration ap-
pealing strongly to those in high posi-
ton in New York. great consultations
of business enterprise lately formed re-
quire for the working out of the prob
lens confronting them the uninter-
rupted peace which now prevails in the
producing industries. Let this be broken
and there is no telling what the conse-
quences might be upon securities. Signs
of weakness in the market have not
been wanting. To invite a strain save
upon unacceptable necessity would be
the hazard of madness.
Fair arbitration should have no fears
for the party with a good case If the
proposition as made does not impress
the operators as Offering the requisite
fairness, let them submit a counter
proposition. There ought to be enough
conservatism and Intelligence among
the interests affected to provide q
method of arbitration mutually satis-
Factory. Notice of acceptance of the
principle of arbitration would be re-
ceiVed by the public as IA token of
peaceful issue and sigh of relief would
arise from ocean to ocean and from
lakes to gulf
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

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The action of President Jiminez, of
San Domingo, in stepping down and
out instead Of causing his followers to
fight in vain for a hopeless cause, may
to a certain extent mar his record as
a patriot" but it stamps him as
man of unusual good sense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

The active gentlemen who arc as a
rule constantly Offering new sugges-
tions as to the best manner of divid-
ing Turkey, seem to have lost heart in
their chosen mission.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

opel Watres' challenge to joint dis
cussiop-s Of the political, issues in
Wilkes Barre this evening. The chal-
iepge. was irregular daSform, since it
was addressed fog in obyiqus purpose
to an individual ~cltizen-of Wilkes
Barre no more than any other indiyid-
ulL,supporter of Mr.. Elkin entitled to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

|HE PROPOSAL of arbitration
supplies to the employing i'll
II terests an opportunity which,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

1t is becoming almost impossible for
the most hardened Democrat in the
senate to endure orator Tillman of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

Dame rumor," Trustworthy source"
and present Indications seem to
have u monopoly OH strike situation
news.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-09

dickson City should take warning
apd in future see that statesmanship
Within her borders is not too evenly
balanced.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
coquettlsh Girls.

Said an old bachelor: T believe that most women are natural born eoquettes and that they reveal this trait in early childhood. Some of them do l know. l do not like coquettish women but CO., quettish children are usually very fasci- nating I was struck with one of these little coquettes in a South Highlands car yesterday.
 "The child was about eight years old and had bright eyes and winsome ways and would have attracted attention any where. When the conductor came to her to collect her fare, she said, T wont give 1t to you
 Then I will put you off, the conduc- tor replied, playfully.
 [" No you won't said the girl.
 "The conductor passed on, but in a few minutes came back and asked the girl again for her fare. You must pay or I will put you off, he said. The child, with a coquettish air, replied I wont pay and you wont put me off, Then, after few moments she said, Well, l have ticket and I will give you half of 1t. With that she got out a ticket, tore 1t in two and handed the conductor a half.
 Nov, I must have the other half or put you off, She ffrted with the man a half minute longer and then gave him the second half The conductor laughed and pinned the two pieces together. I heard him say In an undertone, If there ever was a sweet little firt she's one. And that was what I thought"
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
State Primary is Inevitable.

The battle between the people and the politicians has been begun, and it will be carried to a finish. The poli- dcians are entrenched, and they are preparing to defy the people. They have long been accustomed to ignore the people, and now they propose to defy them.
 They even have tho hardihood to say that a State primary would invite frauds. As conventions are aggrega- tions of frauds-of deals and dickers between the few at the expense of the many-a few frauds in 8 State pri. mary should not be considered objec- tionable. At the worst State pri- mary could not be so bad as a COZ vention. That is simply impossible.
 The question is this: Shall the new, qualified and selected electorate have an opportunity as a whole to express It's preferences, or shall handful in each county be permitted to usurp this privilege? This is all there is of it. It is a court house clique in each county versns the people. The people should speak out. They should make their wishes known The primary sys- tenn is spreading in all States. Even in boss-ruled New York it Is winning in county after county. In South Caro- lima and Georgia it Is supreme, and the men who oppose it in Alabama, when the constitution recognizes and encourages it and the new electorate demands it, will wish they had never been born. The people simply demand back from the politicians their priv ileges and absolute rights. The usurp- CTS should remember that discretion is the better part of valor. The peo- pie are about to resume.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Lands Held by the Frlars.

The Senate committee of the Philip pines Is preparing Philippine gov. ernment bill, and some of its provis- ions relate to the lands held by the religious orders. The Paris treaty re- qulres us to protect these interests, but it seems to be the Judgment of all who have studied the problem that the best way out of the tangle Is 10 buy the lands held by the 12,000 to 14,000 friars, These friars are very unpopular, and if the government buys their lands all, or nearly all of them, will leave the Philippines,
 The bill that will soon be reported proposes to take the lands by the use of the right of eminent domain, giving in return just compensation, These lands will not cost exceeding $7,0O0,- 900, and they can be resold for what they. cost The bonds with which the kuiSHstoS O4 bIle ldAuS VIII ue 1utuO will be payable In gold and will draw t1a per cent interest.
 The friars are a remnant of Span ish rule, and they are and will con tinue to be a disturbing factor until they are eliminated, and all agree therefore in advising the purchase of their lands, The problems of the new possessions are apparently endless, and all are peculiar and un-American, but none more so than this busting of religious orders For the purchase of the lands means that the Friars are expected to leave the Philippines. Many of them have already left the islands, finding new homes in Brazil and other South American countries, where conditions await them not much unlike those that existed In the Phil ippines in the days of Spanish rule.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Pike County a Crisis.

The lynching bee at Milliard's Crossing, eight miles from Troy, was one of the most uncalled-for occur rences that ever disgraced and de moralized the State. The prisoner was in the hands of the sheriff, bound over to the grand jury, en route to the jail, and to trial, which could have had but one ending. He would have been speedily hung. No appeal could have been reasonably anticipated. No doubt of the guilt of the prisoner existed. He would have been hung, and that, too, speedily.
 The mob that intervened does not seem to have been expected or resisted by the sheriff. No one seems to know just what the action of the sheriff was. He did not at any rate defend his prisoner. But whether he did or not, the leaders of that mob should be and brought to trial. This duty is face to face, not only with the officers of Pike County, but with the chief executive of the State, whose record up to this case In the respect of law and order, was the brightest in the history of the State.
 This case is the turning point. If it goes unpunished lynchings will oc- cur as they have in the past If it is met and properly handled, there will not be another lynching in the State. Such outrages will be crushed out as free from them. Which shall it be? from them. Which shall 1t be?
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Piitsburu Coal War.

The Pittsburg Coal Company, cap italized at $64,000,000, and the Monon. gahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, capitalized at $40,00O,- 900, have gone to war, and each pro- poses to monopolize the river ship ping trade, even unto New Orleans. Heretofore the Monongahela Company has monopolized that branch of the business, but the Pittsburg Coal Con- pany proposes to equip in the course of ninety days 800 barges, coal boats and flats with which to supply with coal the towns on the Ohio and Mis- sissippi rivers.
 This war arises from the fact that the Monopgahela Company has entered ~the lake trade" thus destroying the monopoly of the Pittsburg Company. The Pittsburg Company strikes back by preparing to share the river trade, and the war is to be a merry one.
 Neither of the great Pittsburg Con- panies will find much profit in the Lower Mississippi, for they must meet there Alabama coal and fuel oil, either of which can be sold at lower rates than Pittsburg coal. The Monongahela Company is in fact mining Alabama coal for the New Orleans market. The fight will perhaps be fiercer in the Ohio and middle Mississippi districts. Alabama coal and Texas fuel oil will soon control the trade in the Lower Mississippi, and the Pittsburg roads will find no profits there. New Orleans at any rate will secure low-priced coal while the war lasts, and that will help it until fuel oil facilities are more nearly perfected.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
SONG OF REeEccA, THE JEwEss,

By Sir Walter Scott. When Israel, of the Lord beloved,
 Out from the land of bondage came, Her fathers God before her moved,
 An awful guide. in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillow glided slow; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands
 Returned the fiery columns glow. There rose the choral hymn of praise, And trump and timbrel answered keen; And Zion's daughters poured their lays. With priests and warriors voice be-
 tween.
 No portents now our foes amaze;
 Fors aken Israel wanders lone; Our fathers would not know Thy ways And Thou hast left them to their own. But present still. though now unseen,
 When brightly shines the prosperous
 day
 Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen
 To temper the deceitful ray. And, when stoops on Judah's path
 In shade and storm the frequent night, Be Thou long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and shining light! Our harps we left by Babel's streams The tyrant's jest, the Gentiles scorn; No censer round our altar beams, And mute are timbrel, harp and horn. But Thou hast said, ''The blood of goat, The flesh of rams, will not prize A contrite heart a humble thought
 Are mine accepted sacrifice.'
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Was a Worthy Man.

Robert Richie, a native of England who died in Birmingham few days ago. was a worthy man and well known in Walker county" said Mir. John R. Ryan of the Corona Coal and Iron Company yesterday.
 MT Richie came to work for me seven teen years ago when I was in charge of the Virginia and Alabama mines at Pat ton. He started as a coal digger. but be- ing a man of brains and character he was promoted. He was one of the best miners I ever knew. When he was work ing on wages he saved s10o month and invested his money judiciously.
 Richie was appointed superintendent of the American mines when they were managed by Mir. R. c. Middleton. After the sloss Company bought the American MT. Richie remained there as superin- tendeut for some time, but he left the sloss to accept the superintendency of the Lockhart mines. now owned by the Corona Coal and Iron Company and was in charge there until he went to England on a visit in November last to look after his private interests. When he returned
The age-herald., 1902-03-28

anoe to the present paper money. space is provided on one side 30 that the holder can write the name and address of any one to whom he de- sires to send the bill by mall. The payee writes his name on the bin, eol- lects the amount and tho postof1ce sends tho bill in for redemption. As long as the bills are not made payable to any one person they pass as gen. srai currency.
 Aside from the fact that these bills can be carried about the person as legal tender and mailed with as little inconvenience as an ordinary letter. the post check will be great boon to the rural patrons of the smaller postofaoes without money order dc partments. To those who live along the rural free delivery routes 1t will prove of signal convenience.
 Aside from these advantages, 1t is claimed that Mir. Posts plan would in large measure prevent robbing the mail. Of course, 1t would not en- tirely eliminate the bandit, but the reduction in his profits would tend to make him less eager to take risks.
 Congress would take long step to- ward further perfecting the postal arm of the government by taking favorable action on this measure.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
HOW WATTERsoN WRITES.
e Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the FlltSDufS bibpdtcH.
 q haven't anything to say" remarked Henry Watterson of the Louisville Cour- ier-Journal to a would-be interviewer who accosted him in the lobby of Wash ington hotel where he was recently stay ing "When I have anything to say," went on the facile oracle of the Demo- cratic party, who finds great joy In his close view of the dissension of the Re- publican party. 'I write it; then I put 1t in my pocket. After while take it out, read 1t and write it again. Once more put 1t away. Then I write 1t again and send It down to the printer and have 1t put in type. When I get the proof run over 1t closely and write 1t again. and again it goes to the printer Afterward 1t is sent to me again in the revised proof. Then I make the last corrections and send 1t down again. And then,'' continued Mir Watterson. with heavy sigh, ''the con- founded printer gets 1t wrong.'
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Post Check as Currency.

A constant annoyance in sending money through the mails is the abund- ance of red tape piled on the money order department of the postofice. To send money safely by post one must first make out an application and then fin many instances spend fifteen or twenty minutes around the money or der window. The person to whom the money is made payable contends with the same annoyance at the other end of the line. The result is that money is often sent in a haphazard way rather than submit to this inconveni- ence.
 Working on plan to avoid so much red tape, MT. c. W. Post of Battle Creek, Mich, has devised what he terms "a post check" The committee on postoffices and postroads is now considering MT. Posts plans. The measure provides that all paper money under $5 be retired and substitutes the post check of the denominations of s1, s2 and $5 for general use.
 The post check is similar in appear
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Mlndina the Weather.

up in Chicago, we never staid away from places of amusement or other places that were attractive to us because of rain, but here in Birmingham I find that showery weather keeps people in doors at night" said man of family now resi- dent here but who had spent most of his life in the Windy City.
 "A great star at the Jefferson Theatre will draw a big crowd, regardless of rain, but with the exception of some ex- traordinary attraction, bad weather means empty benches. Good church peo- pie in Chicago turn out to night services about as well when 1t is raining as they do when the stars are shining. It is not so here. I do not see why 1t Is that Bir- ningham folks are so afraid of a little rain"
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
First Visit to a City.

"I suppose 1t Is impossible for a coun- try man to conceal the fact that he is from the rural districts when he first goes to a city," said Hon. w. w. Haral- son of Fort Payne the other night T remember the first time I visited a city. That was very many years ago, but 1t Is as fresh in my memory as if 1t only oc- cured this morning.
 T was nearly grown at the time and my first city experience was in Nash vile. had read a great deal of the an- tics and escapades and general stupidity of the country boy away from home, but was sure that no one would have occa- sion to suspect that l was not city-bred. had heard and read that reading signs was a sure indication of a rustic. This I impressed upon myself very forcibly. determined that whatever else might do, I would certainly read no signs. But the minute alighted from the train in Nash vile I was attracted to large. life-size picture of a man which adorned the sign of some clothing concern far up the street. This sign was directly in front of me, and l knew that I could feast my eyes on 1t without attracting attention and giving myself away.
 "But in trying to read that sign did not notice where I was going and ran Into the fence in front of the dwelling in which I understood MT. Eakin lived at that time. Now. in the yard which this fence surrounded was lot of statu- ary representing dogs and lions. I haG never seen anything of this kind before. There was an immense lion right In my face, almost. I was never scared so in my life. With yell and a leap was in the middle of the car track. The car slowed up and stopped just in time, and with as self-possessed manner as possible I boarded 1t. I had never ridden on street car before, and had no idea what it cost for the privilege. When the conductor came round for the fares I handed him a $1o bill, and in a very considerate manner l told him to take out his change. He looked at the bill and then looked at me. and said: You - - country fool, where did you get on? You get off of this car, and don't you try to get on another one until you find your guardian He had found out what I was and hadn't said a word.'
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
TWO FAMOUS BULL-FIeHTERs.
One Was Formerly LowIy Telegraph
 Operator.
@ New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Following their successful season in Mexico, two of the best-known Spanish bull-fghters, Luis Mazzatini and Antonio Fuentes, have arrived in this city, on their way to the great fair at Seville. in Spain.
 "stay with us for rnonth," said the citizens of Yucatan, "and we will guar antee $20,0o0."
 Rather than miss the great fair at Se- ville," replied 5enor Mazzatini, T would forfeit $1oO,oOo'
 So 1t happens that the two are now on their way back to Spain, having since last November completed the conquest of Mexico and slain more than foo bulls.
 Mazzatini was originally a law student and finding that the law did not pay. he became a telegraph and was eventually promoted to be manager of a telegraph office Riches were not coming his way rapidly enough, so he decided to become @ bull-fghter. He entered the arena in 1881, and three years later received his diploma as matador He soon was ad- vanced to the front rank. It is considered one or the SlgntS or the great lalr at oe- vile to see him kill bull.
 He has had many narrow escapes from death and bears upon his body scars of many encounters with the maddened anil mals of the arena. Fortune has smiled upon him in spite of his daring life. and he says that he has property all over Spain. He wears many Liamonds and dresses eXtravagantly
 He and his friend of the bull ring will sail in few days for the other side, as they must be in Seville in time for their engagements at the fair, which opens on April 13. They are now at the Hotel Amer ica, at Irving Place and Fifteenth street.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
About Persons.

MT. w B. Clements of the Seaboard Air Line passenger department was at the Hillman yesterday.
 Dr. J. F. Curtis of Blocton is at the Me- tropolitan.
 W. H. Mitchell of Talladega is at the Metropolitan.
 E. L. seay of Nashville Is at the Flor ence.
 T. W. Crutchfleld of Nashville is at the Florence.
 J. A. DeHart of Greenville, Miss. Is at the Florence.
 J. T. Houston of Memphis Is at the Morris
 G. W. Nixoxn of Chattanooga Is at the Morris.
 E. J. Newey of New York is at the Morris.
 c. w. Cooper of Thomasville. Ga, is at the Morris.
 J. D. Hendricks of Montgomery Is at the Metropolitan
 Shirley Bragg of Montgomery Is at the Metropolitan.
 William Hall of New Orleans is at the Hillman.
 J. B. Staadeker of Louisville is at the Hillman.
 M. G. Alexander of New York Is at the Hillman.
 M. L. Manson of Atlanta Is at the Hill man.
 T. O. Witsell of New York is at the Hillman.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Holidays and Banks.

''The bankers lose nothing by holidays said bank official of long experience, ''but the clerks have to work all the har- der the next day.
 "It is a noteworthy fact that bank accountant will key himself to a nervous pitch that enables him to get through with double the amount of work on Mon days and other days that follow holidays than on ordinvry days and get through with all this volume too without making a single error. The same man. when Tuesday comes with it's light work, m makes no end of mistakes