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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-03

A raft of interesting information. is
contained in an analysis OF Lacka-
wanna countys tax collections as COM
piled by John T.. Williams, the expert
accountant of the county commission
ers, for the annual report on this sub
iect made to the secretary OF internal
affairs.
The report is tabular statement
showing how much each municipality
contributed in taxes for the mainten-
ance Of state, county, city, ward bor-
ough and township governments; the
amount collected for the support of the
poor, for the construction and repair
of streets, and bridges, and for school
purposes; the amount collected OH per-
sonal property and occupations. on the
real estate of railroad corporations, and
on the real estate OF other corporations.
A summary Of the report follows:
POOR taxes ........................S lzi,4fo az
For streets and bridges ........ 1Ol,3O IS
For school purposes Cnot in
Guiding state appropriation. 4SS.366 %
For other purposes ............ 47i,0l0 II
Total ..... ..........S, ,1sS, ,214 90
Taxes on personal property... 27,95S A
Taxes on occupations S6,So9 Al
Taxes on real estate of rail-
rOadS is,Vt9 w
Taxes on real estate of other
corporations and limited part
nerships ...... ...... 900. .. 233,35l II
They Are Not All.
These figures do not represent the to-
tal expenditures for government pur-
poses, as they do not include the state
appropriation for schools. the munici-
pallties' share of the revenues from
liquor licenses, and the direct assess
,nents on abutting property holders for
paves, sewers and the like.
OF the total amount Of taxes paid. the
city Of Scranton contributes $710,39566.
Carbondale contributes $73.S09.56. All
the other municipalities in the county,
combined. contribute only s404,009.01.
The corporations pay on their real
estate, one third OF the whole amount
collected, or $305I377.33. The railroad
companies alone pay as much tax on
their real estate as the City of Carbon
dale pays for all purposes OH real es-
tate. occupations and personally.
The county evidently has four mum
icipalities in which all the inhabitants
are rich, or at all events. contain no
raupers. These are Elmhurst Goulds-
l1oro. Glenburn and Lehigh. In none
of these places was there any poor tax
assessed.
Helps from State.
How the state "helrs some' in keep
ing the "deestrict" school going can be
CLEANED from a view of the following
table showing the contrast between the
III ,jtiac hpr
ouehs and those paid in the townships
&t.I. IL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-03

The report will be forwarded today to
the secretary of internal affairs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-03

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
PEN POINTS.

Police sometimes get those who help
themselves.
An optimist is man who belives that
all eggs will hatch.
Your failure is as sweet to your rival
as it is bitter to yourself.
There is a period in every girls life
when she dislikes her surname.
There are probably two historical
falSehoods for each historical fact.
The tastes of millionaire are often
impris oned in a pauper's purse.
PRIDE makes some people ridiculous
and prevents others from becoming So.
Virtue is its own reward and genius
is frequently found in the same class.
4 genius is a man who is able to dis
pose of his troubles for a consideration.
If man owned the earth he would
try to dodge the tax collector just the
same.
Some men are not content with be-
ing treated well; they want to be treat
ed often.
newly married couple always i'm
agine they are living on love until the
first butchers bill is handed in.
When a man wants to borrow money
he discovers that his most distant rela-
tions don't always live farthest away.
Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

mckinley" postal cards will be in
the hands of all post offices through
out the country by July 1.
The president, addressing war vet
Grams at Arlington, said that self-gov-
eminent would not be granted the Phil
ippines until they had proved them
selves fit for it, and also said that
charges of cruelty against the army
were as unfair as blaming the state OF
Texas for the burning of a negro by a
mob.
1t is announced by the war depart
ment that the military force in the
Philippines will be reduced to $4,000
men in less than two months.
The president will appoint national
commission to study the tramp prob
lem.
The French delegates to the unveil-
ing of the Rochambeau statue sent a
message Of thanks to President Roose-
Welt for the kindly welcome" given
them.
At the close Of II months the gov
ernment's cash balance is $195, 470, 222.
The surplus is close to the country's
high record.
Secretary Root has issued an order
decreasing the strength of our perma-
nent military esta blishment to 66,497
men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Inability to establish peace in the
Lake Land district, Philippines, unless
defiant natives are wiped out, is report
ed by Col Baldwin.
In Havana the grave of the battle
ship Maine dead was decorated by the
Cubans and Americans, and flowers
were put on soldiers graves at Ma
Mia.
In Chi Ii, China, a new Boxer out
break occurred and several mission
aries and large number of converts
and officials were slaughtered.
Prof Heilprin, of the National Geo
graphical society, assembled TO the
top Of the crater of Mont Pelee. The
lives of the party were constantly en-
dangered by continued explosions.
The Colombian revolutionists mined
the town of Bocas and blew up govern
ment troops. Colon and Panama are
the only towns now controlled by the
government.
At 1920 p. m. May 81 the Boer war
ended. when the peace treaty was
signed at Pretoria. The announce
ment was cabled to London by Gen.
Kitchener and given to the public.
The news was read at the church
services, and London crowds cele-
brated in the streets.
During May 800 japanese fishermen
were drowned in gales.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
WEST AND SOUTH.

In session at Wichita Kansas re-
publicans nominated w. j. Bailey, of
Baileyville, for governor, and
pledged themselves to the support
of Theodore Roosevelt for president
in 1904.
p. j. Sorg, former congressman
and multimillionaire tobacco manu.
facturer, died at his home in Mid
dIetown, o., aged GO years.
The Ohio republicans in convention
in Cleveland nominated Lewis c.
Laylin for secretary of state and
adopted a resolution for the crush
ing out Of anarchy.
Gov. Davis, of Arkansas, has been
expelled by the Little Rock Baptist
church on charges of drunkenness
and gambling.
The death of Noah Brookway Bea-
con, aged 102 years and five months,
occurred at his home in Des MoineS.
Ia.
On July 80 Michigan democrats will
hold their state convention in De-
troit.
Tennessee democrats have nom
mated James H. Frazier, of Chattanoo-
ga, for governor.
At Muskegon, Mich, statue of
President Mckinley, the first in the
world, was unveiled.
wv and Her5ert Martin and Libby
and Lizzie Durkee were drowned near
Martins Bluff, Ore, by the upsetting of
a boat.
Throughout the country Memorial
day was generally observed.
Four were killed and six fatally in
iured as the result of gas explosion
in a mine near Eagle Pass, Tex.
! At the age of II years Sylvester Pen
| noyer, governor of Oregon from 1SSf
to 1894 died suddenly in Portland.
At Salt Lake City \. F. Graves, q
mining man. shot and killed his wife
and fatally shot himself.
In Chicago fire destroyed the grand
| stand at the Hawthorne race track. the
loss being 100000, and one man was
| killed.
In Chicago 50 persons committed
suicide in May, the greatest number
ever recorded in one month.
From Manila the transport Meade
arrived in San Francisco with IS off
GERS and S54 men of the Twenty-irst
infantry.
At Lincoln, Neb., chime of ten bells
has been dedicated to the memory OF
i William Mckinley.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
A CURE FOR DROPSY.

Ashley, North Dakota, June 2nd.-J.
Fl. Hanson of this place has found a
cure for Dropsy.
For years Mr.. Hanson himself has
suffered with Rheumatism of the
Heart and Dropsy, and Of late has been
so bad that he could not work.
He has tried many remedies but
nothing he could get helped him in the
least and he was growing worse and
worse.
Finally he began treatment of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and to his great
delight he soon found that the Drop
steal Swelling was gradually going
down and that the Rheumatism of the
Heart was also disappearing. He
says:
81 have taken seven boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and am feeling better
than have for five years.
81 am able to work again and if the
Dropsy or Heart Trouble ever comes
back I will use Dodd's Kidney Pills at
once"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
LATER NEWS

| A tornado struck La Crosse, Wis,
blowing off roofs, piling pedestrians
up IN the street corners, smashing out
plate glass windows, and clearing Main
street of signs. A number of people
tally.
Four thousand engineers, fremen
and pumpmen have joined the anthra
cite coal miners in the strike against
the operators.
Chief Justice Fuller decides that the
national bankruptcy law is constitu
| tiOnal.
England grants the Beers SIS, 900, 900
to restock farms and permits the Dutch
language in the schools. All Beers
and prisoners of war outside of South
Africa, on declaring themselves Brit
ish subjects, to be taken back to their
homes
| Riot and bloodshed marked the pro-
gress of the transfers strike at Chi
cago. There were numerous fights
between the police and the strikers
and their sympathizers. Street car
traffic was stopped while the fighting
went on, the police and employees of
the packing companies were stoned.
At Fox Lake, Wis, several houses
were unroofed by tornado
Secretary Root has sent to the house
committee on military affairs draft
of a bill providing an appropri alton of
800, 900 to defray the cost of medals
for officers, soldiers and others who
served in the Spanish American war,
the China relief expedition, the Phil
ippine insurrection and other cam
paigns that may be undertaken in the
future.
At Rockaway Beach, N. Y, a trolly
car collided with an automobile con-
tanning four passengers. All of them
were injured, two fatally.
The monthly statement issued by
the director of the national mint
shows that during May, 1902, coinage
executed at the minis of the United
States amounted to So, $50, $50, as fol-
lows; Gold 1926, 900; silver, $1,S73, 900,
minor coins, $50, 800.
| Near Muclxwongo, Wis, Joseph Mi
nett shot and fatally wounded John E.
Mulaney and dubbed Louise Brown,
Mulany's houseleeper nearly to death.
| At Otis, Iowa, a passenger train col
lided with freight throwing the
sleeper off the track. Seven passen-
gers were hurt but none fatally.
E. L. Smith, of Chicago, was SEN
fenced to two years in the penitentia-
ry for making bogus postal cards
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
MANY HOTELS BURN.
Disastrous Fire at ROcI<away Beach
-Four Lives Lost-Damage to
Property, 100000.

New York, June MAX hasten,
80 years old, and Mrs. Lydia McKrow.
the same age, lost their lives Sunday
in a fire which swept away many
buildings at I4Ockaway Beach Thorn
as S. McKrow and his five-year-old
son Frank, Martin Hanson, 2S, and
Norris Hasten, rs, were injured and
taken to a hospital in Long Island
City. Several hours later young Nc
Krow died and the father was report
ed to be dying. The fire started in
the frame dwelling occupied by the
Kastens. In a short time it spread to
an unoccupied brick building, and
then in succession leveled the fol-
lowing structures: Kasten's hotel,
the Collonade hotel, the Casino, Wal
ters' hotel, Sycamore hotel, Burns
hotel, Seaside Avenue museum, the
Annex hotel, one-story frame hotel
(unoccupied), Peterson's hotel, the
Mousette hotel, Harry Genettes
store, Herr Bros store, the Nor
rison stables and Brennan's hotel.
The buildings for the most part
were of the frame type usual at the
seaside resorts, and the loss is esti-
mated at about 100000. After the
fire had been controlled the body OF a
man was found burned to a crisp in
one of the buildings. He is supposed
to have been candy maker. A num-
Der of persons received slight burns.
The fire appears to have started Ill
the kitchen of Kasten's hotel, prob
ably from the explosion of a gaso-
line stove, or from pot of candy
boiling over
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
THE EAST.

It is said that immigration is now 1T
the highest point in the history of the
United States, and it is said to be due
to the country's great commercial
prosperity.
In the United States there were 191
business failures during the week
ended on the 3Oth, against 149 the same
week in 1901.
1t is said that President Mitchell is
in doubt as to the wisdom of calling a
general coal strike, fearing the atti-
tude of the bituminous workers.
Percentages of the baseball clubs
in the American league for the week
ended June 1 were: Philadelphia, .613;
Chicago, .5S1; Boston, .576; Detroit
.533; St. Louis, 500; Baltimore, .485;
Washington, .412; Cleveland, 1924.
In the National league the per-
centages of the baseball clubs for the
week ended June 1 were: Pittsburg,
1888; Chicago, .657; Brooklyn, .472; Bos-
ton All; New York, AT; Philadelphia,
.412; Cincinnati, 389; st. Louis, 81.
At Rockaway Beach, n. Y, four per-
sons were burned to death and nine
small hotels and many other struc-
lures were destroyed.
The members Of the French Rocham-
beau mission were given a farewell
dinner on the battleship Gaulois at
Boston and sailed for home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Members of the National Lamp as
ISOLATION are accused of operating
a trust.
Pat Meagher, the well-known steep
lechase jockey, was killed at the track
in Toronto, Ont.
Ada Gray, noted actress in her
day, but now an invalid, was found al
most destitute in a cottage at City
Island, n. Y.
The steamer Amura, from Alaska,
reports that navigation through Lake
Barge has now started and all the
Yukon is clear.
Whenever President Roosevelt goes
riding he carries with him loaded
pistol, which he knows well how to
use should occasion demand.
A German firm has offered the Chi
nese government SIS 900 900 annually
for the exclusive right of selling
opium throughout the empire.
A circus tiger escaped and entered
car with 30 draft horses near
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. A battle fol-
lowed and the tiger was killed.
Officials of German steamship COM
panies are satisfied with the plan to
combine shipping and say they have
no fear of the american peril"
The leader of the Biscayan Spanish
nationalists sent congratulations TO
President Roosevelt on the Cuban re-
public's establishment, but censor
stopped it.
Extension of the Gould railroads to
tidewater at Baltimore will cost $780,
600, 600. The mileage will soon exceed
the Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania or Haf-
riman systems.
Balzac's works were held immoral
| by jury in a Chicago court, and a
woman who bought them for her chill
dren is held not liable for the sub
scription she gave.
Thomas A. Edison announces the
perfection of his storage battery.
which, he says. viii revolutionize mo-
tive power and do away with horses
for commercial uses.
The removal of Jews from Chicago
and New York ghettos to the coun-
try, by force if needed, was advo-
Gated at G national conference of
Jewish charities in Detroit.
Flax raising is assuming increased
Importance in the northwest. and it
is interesting to note that the Min
nesota and Dakota crops viii be
larger this year than ever before.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
CRIMES EXPOSED.
The Report of the Grand Jury Puts
Officials of st. Louis I'm
Very Bad Light.

st. Louis, June 2.-The April grand
jury, who has been Investigating mu-
nicipal corruption, with the assist
ance of Circuit Attorney Joseph w.
Falk, made it's final report Satur-
day to Judge Douglas. The report
says that while there may have
been corruption in other cities as
great as we have had here, yet. in no
place in the world and in no time
known to history, has so much ofii-
cial corruption been uncovered, and
the evidence shown so that all could
see and understand. These revela-
tions have been so appalling as to be
almost beyond belief, and it would be
years before the extent OF the dis
covaries are fully realized"
Four public men against whom in
dictments were returned have been
arrested, and are now under bond to
answer to the indictments returned
Saturday. They are to appear IN
court to-day and renew their bonds
and have their cases assigned for
trial. To-day new grand jury will
be impaneled and the investigation
will 90 on as before.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
CRUSHED UNDER AUTO.
Death and Injury in Path of Run
aw=- Racing Machine at
Staten Island.

New York, June 2.-One man was
instantly killed and four otherpersons
were hurt at Gras4nere, Staten Island,
Saturday, where automobile speed
tests were being made, under the au-
spices of the Automobile Club of Amer
lea, to break the worlds record for
mile.
The man killed was Andrew Feath-
erstone, assessor of the borough of
Richmond, run over and crushed to
death. The injured:
John Brick, of Stapleton; both legs broken
and injured internally.
Mrs Ella Hay of Concord Staten Island
badly hurt about the head and body.
Capt. Thomas Taylor, of the quarantine
station, both legs broken; one arm frac-
tured, and injured about the body,
Charles Bowden, OF Stapleton, injured
about the head and body.
The speed trials were held under the
auspices of the Automobile Club of
America over a mile course. Mr..
Bakers big egg-shaped car, of seven
horse power, was the only entry in it's
class. When nearing the finish it
swerved to the left and dashed towards
the line of spectators. Mr.. Baker and
his assistant shouted a warning to
the people and then jumped from the
car. Those who stood in the line had
no chance to get away. There were
screams and wild rush, in which men
and women were knocked down and
trampled upon, but before they had
taken five steps the machine struck
them. Mr.. Fethersten was directly in
front of the path of the auto. Itstruck
him with terrific force, and he was
thrown 20 feet in the sir and instantly
killed. Brick and Taylor We're also
hit by the machine. The others re
ceived their injuries by being trampled
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

Flood, famine, tornado mine disaster
to say nothing of the Martinique hor-
ror-have followed each other so close
ly that it is little wonder that believers
in the literal sense of the Bible hold
that the contamination of the age is
at hand. In the face of such horrors
as these the Christendom of 800 years
ago would have been on it's knees. 1t
might be well if the Christendom of to-
day were to take to it's knees. The
attitude is one that it too seldom as
sumes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

The Chicago Tribune estimates that
5O,505 lives have been lost so far this
year by elementary disturbances, vol
eanic eruptions accounting for As, $50,
storms for 704, tornadoes for 416,
cyclones for 22O, floods for 333, ava
lanches for 22S, tidal waves for 1O3,
snowslides for 80 and waterspouts for
-. Even if not single life more
should be lost from any of these causes
during the balance of the year-and of
course that's out of the questionable
record thus far is sufficient to make
1902 memorable in the worlds history.
This is to be the record year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

That very vague, though impressive,
authority known as 1.-The best scien-
tific opinion" has got at loggerheads
with itself on the volcano question.
If we are to believe one set of scientists
we may expect the lid to be blown off
the entire earth at any hour of the
day or night, while according to anoth-
er equally learned coterie the danger
is confined to the region of the Mediter.
ranean and the Caribbean seas and
Central America. The conclusion that
the unlearned person will reach is that
the volcano sharp, like the insanity
expert, is a good deal of humbug.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
War and It's Enormous Cost.

War began October IL, 1899.
Peace signed May 81, 1902.
Duration, two years, seven months ana
20 days.
Total available fighting force of Beers
(estimated), $4,000
Total number of British troops engaged
from first to last, 800, 900.
Largest number of British troops in
field at one time, 2S0,0O0.
British killed, %, POI.
British invalided, 1881.
Boer losses not known.
Prisoners at Ceylon, st. Helena, Ber-
muda and Cape, 10000.
Cost in money to Great Britain (esti-
mated, 81, $50. 000, 0000
Relief of British garrisons from Octo-
Der, 1889, to May, 1900
Kimberley relieved February IS, 1900.
Ladysmith relieved February Is, 1900.
Mafeking relieved May IS, 1900
Lord Roberts march to Pretoria, Feb
ruary. 1900, to June 3, 1900.
Guerrilla war and blockhouse cam
r.aign, under Lord Kitchener, from No
yernber, 1900, to May, 1902.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

1t is now recalled that NJ. NJ. MaIlu.
an American who wrote a book on
Equatorial America" in 1892, said of
Mount Pelee: "Once or twice since
1851 ominous mutterings have been
heard from Mount Pelee, which, it is
confidently predicted, will one day
deluge St. Pierre with ashes and lava,
repeating the story of Pompeii." The
strangest feature of the awful calars-
ity is the refusal OF the people to take
advantage OF their warnings and fee
for their lives.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

Boston is to have a novel public
exhibition early in the faIl-a parade
of working horses. The object, which
is a worthy one, is 'to improve the
general condition and treatment of
Boston draft horses, to encourage driv-
ers to take a humane interest in the
animals under their charge, and to en-
courage the use of powerful cart
horses, more suitable for heavy work
in and around the city" Similar
parades have long been held annually
in London.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

Accordingto the record of family
in the east that has descended from a
woman of criminal tendencies, who
who died in 1927, out of 500 descend
ants 700 were criminals and were con-
victed at least once each. Thity-seven
among them were executed for murder.
In trying and furnishing this family the
people have paid 100000. The sec
ond commandment appears to be still
in operation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

Dean Farrar has written for Lon
don newspaper an article entitled "If
Were q Millionaire" Nine hundred
and ninety-nine out of every 1000 per-
sons in the civilized world, if they actu-
ally do not write articles on the sub
ject at least indulge in some specula-
ton as to what they would do if they
were millionaires. And the occasional
man who does become a millionaire
after indulging in such speculation new
er does as he has planned to do.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

Recent discussion as to the proper
pronunciation Of certain Boer names
has led London newspaper to inquire
how the Beers themselves pronounce
the names of De Wet, Delarey, Botha,
Steyn and Leyds. If Boer usage is to
prevail De Wet is De Vet, Delarey has
the accent on the last syllable, just
as De La Rue; Botha is Bota, with the
accent on the first syllable; Steyn and
Leyds are "Stain" and Lads" respect
iyelV