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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
FUND AT KINGS DISPOSAL.
Philanthropist Gives $l,ooo,o0o fol
Consumptives' Sanatorium.
.lusivc Wire from The Associated Press

BY Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press
London Jan. 2,I;-In consequence OF
King Edwards active interest in the
crusade against consumption a phil
anthropist who wishes his name with
held, has placed 100000 ($l,OOO, ,0OO) at
his majesty's disposal for the construc-
tion of sanatorium for consump-
tiyes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
NOTICE.
SOME GOOD SCORES MADE.
Shooting Match of the Dalton Gun
Club on Wednesday.

The members of the Dalton Gun
club held their New Years shoot on
Wednesday. at clay-birds, and the fol-
lowing is the score out of possible
twenty-five, at unknown angles:
Will Brewer, %; Charles Greasy, 20;
j. l., Swarts, %; Fred Brewer, IS; G.
IL. Swarts, 10; Stephen Dawes, Is:
John Thomas, 21 Harry Dalton, "a.
The cold weather made shooting diff
cult.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
Erie Railroad, Wyoming Division

Trains for New York, Newburgh and intcrmo.
diate points leave scranton follows; re a.
nl.,; 2.25 p. m.
Airiyals-l03j a. m. from Middetown Homes,
dale llawley and intermediate points; O20 p. N.
from New York, Newhurgh and intermediate
points. No Sunday trains,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
AlliS-ChalmcrS 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, 1902-01-03
"Arizona." F"

In Arizona" which is to be pro-
duced at the Lyccum Saturday mat
inec and night one of the principal
| characters that of Lieutenant Denton,
is essayed by Lionel Barrymore, who
is the son of that well known star,
Maurice Barrymore, and is gifted with
all of the histrionic talents of star
young, good looking and standing al
most six feet. lie is one of the most
attractive actors of the present gen.
GRAFTON.
Young Barrymore has been on the
stage ever since he was Il mere child,
and he has probably played as many
different roles as actors twice his age,
but he has repeated over and over
again that he has never been cast for
such a congenial, pleasant role as the
one he is now portraying in Augustus
| Thomas drama, ARIZONA" To say
that Mr.. Barrymore is equal to the oc-
cason, would be putting the facts in
a rather too ordinary light. as he is
the ideal of the character in every par
ticular, and has been repeatedly COM
plimented on all sides for the excellent
performance of the part which he
gives. Seats are now on sale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
Heart
Disease
Ninety Per Cent. of 1t Really Caused
from Poor Digestion.

Real organic heart trouble is incur
able but scarcely one case In hun
dred is organic.
The action of the heart and stomach
are both controlled by the same great
nerves, the sympathetic and pneumo-
gastric, and when the stomach fails to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
theatrical.
ToDAY,s ATTRACTIONS.

ACADEMy.--The Aubrey Stock company. AZ
ternoon and night.
Star-"The Thoroughbreds." Afternoon and
night
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
D., l.. & w. Board for Today.

Following is the makeup OF the d.
J.. & W. board for today:
THURSDAY, JANUARY :.
Wild Cats East-S y. M, c. ". Dunno; 10 p.
M, +. IIalctt II p. M, ". j. Mosicr.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
oanada's Great Band.

1.-THE Kilties' who appear at the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-03
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
EDUCATIONAL.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
TaxatiOn Oi MOrtaaues.

The average mortgage is very elu- sive when the tax gatherer is moving about. Tn New York Governor Odell estimates that 50 per cent of them es- cape taxation altogether, while the poor landowner pays the freight. The rich moYtgagee escapes tax-free, while the land occupier, who is nomlnally an owner, never escapes.
 Governor Odell therefore suggests a new plan for taxing mortgages, bas- ed upon the belief that most of them now escape the vigilance of assess ment officers He proposes to elimi- nate the assessors altogether SO far as the elusive mortgage is concerned. He will ask the legislature of New York to impose stamp tax upon mortgages, and mortgage is not to be recorded unless it bears the proper and legal stamps.
 This removes at once all uncertain ty of taxation on mortgage. The parties to 1t know at once what must be paid, and it is thought that it will operate to increase the money availa- ble for mortgages, and lower the rate of interest, simply because 1t will take away all uncertainty and all in- Quisitorial methods.
 The Odell system is finding favor in the northwest, where the subject has long been full of perplexities, and its adoption by several states seems to be assured. When a mortgage must bear stamp as a prerequisite for re- cord. none will escape taxation, for all must be recorded in order to become a lien upon the land as against other liens. The public record is all essen tial, and the stamp tax is the road to 1t. A f1ve-year mortgage would bear a larger tax than three-year one, and SO on to the end of the list. The plan is a good one, and Alabama could increase its revenues by adopt ing 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
Rhode Islands Next Governor.

The newly elected governor of Rhode Island is Dr. Garvin, demo- crat. He was born in Knoxville, Tenn, in 1841, but his manhood years have been spent in New England. The Providence-Journal, a high-class re- publican paper, says he is a sincere public spirited citizen, but one who is devoted to fads and isms, the pre-. sumption being that he is opposed to the Journals fads and isms.
 It seems the republicans of Rhode Island are ridden by a machine con ducted by politician named Brayton and the revolt against the boss was strong enough to elect Dr. Garvin but not strong enough to elect a demo cratic legislature. Dr. Garvin's plu. rality is $500, and this country physi- clan is said to deserve the large vote he received Governor Kimball was the republican candidate, and person ally he is well liked but the deter imitation of the voters to rid them selves of Boss Brayton led to the political upheaval that has taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17

The Georgia prices paid are the prices that the book trust is extorting from Alabama parents. The differ ence in cost to 100000 school children in this state is great sum, all Of which goes into the bulging pockets of the book trust. But the increased cost is the lesser part of the problem. What we need is state uniformity in order that all parts of the state may be equally well served-that every removal shall not call for a new set of school books in the family, and that a state hoard of high standing shall supplant incompetent county su- perintendents in the task of selecting books. The book trust and other sell fish interests say "No," and thus far the legislature has not had indepen- dence enough to stand up for the 100000 children of the state and against the selfish interests that are exploitin them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
JELks AND MINE OPERATORS.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 As far as public opposition to re- newal of the convict leases is concern cd. 1t is based purely on sentiment and is, therefore. of little value. Some people think the conviots should have tender ioin steaks and angel food three times a day. and feather beds at night For tunately that opinion is not general enough to bankrupt the state by com polling the adoption of such policy
 Those who know Governor Jelks best are confident he will dispose of the con- victs to the best general advantage hav- Ing all the while a due regard for the comfort of the convicts. He will not de- mand terderioin steaks. but he will de- mand an abundance of wholesome food and well ventilated, comfortable sleeping quarters. He may also demand the priv iiege of closer supervision of the convicts than has been considered necessary in the past, the purpose of that policy being merely to better attain the above suggest ed ends.
 It is quite probable that Governor Jelks will demand better pay for the convict labor. He has already increased the re- ceipts from the convict department by de- manding better contracts and If the dif- ference between free labor and convict labor Is stiI too great he will be justified in demanding further increases. That feature of the controversy will be dis cussed at She conference next Saturday.
 By giving state matters the same atten- ton he would give his private business affairs, Governor Jelks has made Ala bama a most excellent governor. and his start so soon after being reelected prom ises continuance of that commendable policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17

endeavor to promote the welfare of the state. The Age-Herald Is conf. dent the other counties of the state have done as well. and that a session is in sight which will be devoted to the public veal, and that, too. with rare honesty of purpose and intelli. gence. The preparation of general laws is no doubt progressing already in many parts of the state and the best of action may confidently be an- ticipated.
 The absence of the opposition at this time will prove time saving, and that Is an important desideration when the work of the sesson is to be confined to sixty days. If. however members come more or less prepared for the great work in hand every nec- essary general law can be prepared and passed. Frivolous bills of local nature will not at any rate clog the of the two houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
TFf OElT DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlAsa nA
Peace Is a very apopIexy, letharey; muIled, deaf and sleepy.
 -coriolanus.
School Books In Alabama.

Selfish interests of one sort or an- other, from the book trust to the teacher who recevies a favor or two from the book trust, prevent In Ala bama the adoption of a state text book law. Instead we have county uniformity or no uniformity at all, and the one is as good as the other. County superintendents or county boards of education are not good judges of text books, and sometimes they are open to the advances of the book trust A state board and state uniformity would carry to all parts of the state better books at lower prices.
 Tennessee has adopted state uni formity, and parents in that state purchase school books at prices fully 40 per cent below those demanded in Alabama. North Carolina also has adopted state uniformity, while Geor- gia clings to county uniformity, and the following table. prepared by the Atlanta News, shows the difference between the two systems in the res- pect of dollars and cents:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
LEES OPINION OF JOHNSTON.

From the November Confederate Veteran.
 While in South Carolina the editor of the Veteran heard from high authority the following statement, which he has never seen in print: President Davis was in the habit of having his cabinet 10 dine with him once a week. On such an occasion, in 1884, guest, Sidney Lee, brother of General Lee, indulged in some serious animadversions of Gen. J. E. Johnston. A card was brought to the President who announced that General Lee had ridden up from the Petersburg lines to confer with him, and General Lee was invited to join the party. While taking glass of wine the guest con- tlnued his strictures on General Johnston, General Lee excused himself in order to have an Interview with the President. but before leaving the room said in most impres i've manner: "Gentlemen. if Joseph E. Johnston is not general, the Confederacy has nonei" The iute Hon. George A. Trenholm, secretary of the treasury. was present and heard General Lees remarA. He repeated H. after lhe war, to General Ellison Capers (now bishop of South Carolina). hence the un- questioned source of the statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
PASSING OF PROTECTIVE TARIFF.

From the Kansas City World.
 The industrial world is fast amaigamat- Ing into one family, and the lives of em- pires no longer serve as the horizon of commercial outlook and the limit of trade expansion.
 Modern application of steam and cleo tric,ty in transportation and communica- ton is fast annihilating distance. wiping out racial prejudices. reducing climatic differences. and so bringing all mankind together in the same mart and into genial understanding among the peoples of the nations of one another's commercial needs and capabilities.
 Great tusineas houses nowadays are world institutions with branches in the commercial capitals of every continent.
 Within the decade we have seen the trusts expand from state to interstate, and now to international scope and ope- ration.
 cur own country at least means little short of revolution.
 In this new perspective, the protective tariff, which has never been regarded as better than a necessary evil, must be- come recognized as an intolerable handl- cap.
 Men of all parties who arc broad enough to rise above mere partisan politics are beginning to see and to say that if Amer ican indr strialibm Is to enter tais world contest for commercial supremacy with a fair chance the tariff shackles must be shaken from its hands
 Among such men Is Frederic c. Howe. a republican, the law partner of two sons of James A. Garfield, deep student and good citizen.
 MT. Howe has an article in the current number of the Atlantic Monthly entitled ''The End of an Economic Cycle" In which he ably shows that the age of the protective tariff in this country is pass ing.
 He takes broad view of a broad ques- ton and speaks with boldness that its seriousness demands.
 He points out that all history shows a steady westward shifting of the center of world exchanges. The march that began with the beginning of civilization about the rivers of Mesopotamia has continued through Phenicia, Greece, Constantinople, Venice, Florence and The Netherlands to London and Liverpool. Here it halted because the timely repeal of England's corn laws gave her merchants opportun- ity to grasp and hold the world trade that had shifted within their realm.
 But the march Is still westward. The Atlantic ocean of today Is the English channel of fifty years ago.
 Mir. Howe deems Wall street to be with in the mark in anticipating that New York will be the clearing house of the world within a comparatively few years and that we of this country have now reached position not unlike that which confronted Sir Robert Peel
 The analogy Is striking. the array of historical sequence is impregnabie and the reasoning Is irresistible.
 It Is in behalf of the American producer as well as of the consumer that MT. Howe argues for tariff readjustment designed to awaken more cordial trade relations between this and European countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17

to a scheme Of the Trust Company of the Republic, a company located in New York to build large number of ware houses in the south--15O. according to re- ports-for. the storage of cotton upon which negotiable receipts were to be is- sued. thus making cotton good collateral but as we had heard nothing of the mat ter since. had not in fact heard of any warehouses being built, we concluded that the scheme had been dropped.
 IL seems. however. that 1t has not. According to cable dispatches Daniel Leroy Dresser. president of the Trust Company of the Republic, was in Man chester, England on Tuesday last, for the purpose of bringing the scheme of his company before the cotton spinners of that city. The dispatches state that 1t was well received. and steps were taken to s.uild warehouses and the necessary terminals in Manchester, to be used in connection with the projected warehouses in the southern states of this country. It seems that 1t is the plan to have lines of steamships to run from the cotton ports carrying cotton to the Manchester warehouses.
 It Is not altogether clear what the scheme of the Trust Company of the Re- public Is. or rather how 1t Is to differ from the system that Is now in use, un- less it be that the warehouses are intend- ed for the benefit of cotton growers who wish to hold their cotton for better prices. In that case the cctton growers could get negotiable warehouse receipts which they could use In raising money. They can got money on their cotton now if they want it, and have their cotton held for them as long as they care to have 1t held. but 1t may be that the trust com pany Is going to hold it on better terms than can now be obtained.
 If one of the purposes Is to hold back cotton with the idea of set-ins higher price for il the warehouses will have to be pretty 1ig ones or thers will have to be more than 150 of them. That number of warehouses of the capacity of those now in use for the storing of cotton, would not hold sufficient cotton to mate rially affect the price. Now that the Trust Company of the Republic shows that it is in earnest in this matter by interesting the spinners of Manchester in It. a fuller explanation of It's scheme will doubtless soon be given to the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
IN HOTEL LoBBIHs.
Growth of Wrestling.

''The modern craze for athletics shows no signs of abating," remarked a citizen yesterday. ,.It is perhaps good thing on the whole. for if not overdone it tends to make healthier men and women. The athletic zeal of all college boys seems to turn to football while in men, especial ly of the professional type, 1t runs to prize fighting. Football and prize fight ing have both been drowned upon as be- ing brutal One form of athletic contest which has not incurred this criticism is wrestling. This is good, clean sport of the best kind, requiring the highest de- gree of both strength and skill without being brutal or dangerous
 "In this connection I understand that two prominent society men are to in- dulge in a wrestling match, the wager being $10O a side. The event is to take place shortly and both men are busy having themselves rubbed down, drink ing iron tonlcs and using all the ways and means known to the athletic world to develop their strength. The only thing about this match that resembles prize fighting Is the amount of talk that Is be- ing done by both the prospective contest ants. To hear them get together and tell about what they are going to do to each other sounds like an advance story of a big prize fight Big talk however, helps a man to do big deeds. and only mention this coming match so that if the residents of the Highlands feel the ground shake at any time they may know 1t Is not an earthquake but just one of the men being thrown1'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
The Tempest.

Louis James and Fred Warde are rec organized as two histrionic interpreters of Shakespeare par excellence, now living common force and each is a student of the immortal dramatist. James Is nearly 60 years of age. while Warde Is only in his f1fty-second year; but the latter has been on the stage almost as long as the former. Warde is a native of England and was 25 years old when he came to this country to support Edwin Booth He was IA years old when his mother took him to London theatre to see the trag- edy of Hamlet. It was the first play he had ever witnessed. He was stage struck and before he was 15 was employed as call boy in a London theatre. Before he was 16 he was acting and has been at it ever since.
 I've are playing to great houses every where" said MT. Warde at the Hillman yesterday "The Tempest Is put on with such exceptionally fine detail and modern accessories that old Shakespeare would not recognize the play if he were to see it as presented by our company.
 By the way, with all my reading and study of Shakespeare I had never given critical attention to Tempest until took it up with view to this production. had studied Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Julius Ceasar and the historic plays thoroughly and had accepted the dictum of the commentors that The Tempest was one of the masters greatest works; perhaps his most mature work. Well, now that am familiar with The Tempest I do not hesi- tate to say that while some of Shakes peare's most wonderful work Is found in this play many lines in it are unworthy of the great bard. Many of the speeches are simply puerile. I hardly know how to account for the unevenness of the play. It may be that Shakespeare wrote only the beautiful lines and that somebody else wrote the senseless and the limping passages; or it may be that Shakespeare wrote the good parts when he was sober and serious and the unworthy speeches when he was Just getting over spree
 q never had any trouble in memorizing Shakespeare-the real Shakespeare-but never in my life found such a difficul. job as I did when I put myself to the task of committing the inane stun put into the mouth of Prcspero."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-17
INDIGO THE OLDEST DYE
 SOMETHING OF INDUSTRY

ing to the top give the water the appear ance of boiling.
 In short time the water becomes light green in color, when 1t Is drained off by pipes running from the bottom of the vat into another place at a lower level More water is then run into the upper vat, and this becomes green, like the first.
 In the second vat the green liquid Is violently agitated by being beaten with rods or sometimes by paddles run by pow CT in order to separate the grain,' as they express it. Agitation causes the liquid to change its color from green to bright blue and to deposit a sedi- ment in the bottom of the vessel After being allowed to settle for some hours the sediment is drawn off Into third vat at a still lower level from which 1t Is pumped into a boiler.
 After being slightly heated the liquid is again allowed to settle, clear water rising to the top. As much of this as possible is skinned off, and the residue is then brought to the boiling point. It is then poured upon a very fine cloth stretched over a wooden framework and allowed to- drip. When drained to the consistency of thick cream, 1t Is removed and subjected to enormous screw pres- sure, causing 1t to become about as hard as cheese. It Is then cut by brass wires into cubes three inches square, and when these are dried and polished they are ready for market.
 The finest indigo is packed in "serons.'' which are rude. shapeless cases made of dried OK skins. It Is claimed that no other method of packing for shipment prevents deterioration of quality so well as this, well made serons being perfectly alrtight and moisture proof.
 Twenty years ago the exports of indigo from Central America exceeded $500, 600 pounds, valued at approximately $2.750,- coo Exact statistics of production at the present time are unobtainable, but probably the exports are not more than one-twentieth of what they were at the period above stated. The reason Is to be found. not in a falling off in the de- cry of @ method of compounding these dyes in the laboratory at less expense than that necessary to extract them from the giquislete
 Twenty years ago. or thereabouts, Dr. Bayer of Munich. discovered method of extracting indigo from coal tar, and from that time forward the cultivation of giquslete has steadily declined. The artificial product Is almost identical, chemically. with the natural. and Is se- cured at little expense from what was formerly regarded not merely as useless, but as a nuisance.
 However the advance of science cannot convert the native Central American to the use of any substitute for natural eiuuislete dyes; and until the native races of Axtes, Toltec and Indian descent be- come entirely extinct this branch of tropi- cal agriculture will remain of consid- erable local importance