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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26
TWELVE PAGES.
SCRANTON, APRIL 26, 1902.
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.
Probinr the rlsat Trust.

"\HE CONTENTION of the beef
trust is that a scarcity of
cattle on the ranges has
forced the high prices now
prevailing for dressed meats. The action
Of Attorney General Knox in instruct
ing his subordinates in the department
of Justice to move for iniunctions dis
solving the beef trusts conspiracy,
agreement or "gentlemen's understand
ing in restraint of trade-a form of
government by Injunction" calculated
to become very popular if successful
will enable the trust to produce their
evidence in court, so that the public
may see just what there is in 1t.
In the meantime. one Of the leading
commission merchants in the Chicago
stock-yards, in an interview printed in
the Chicago Record-Herald, presents
some statements that are interesting IL
true. Cattle" says he, ARE more
plentiful on the ranges of Montana and
the two Dakotas than they have been
in many years. The increase in the
size of the herds over last year is fully
20 or 25 per cent, and the greatest part
OF this increase will come to the Chi
cago market. Growers are holding off
their cattle until they get heavier,
when they expect to get better prices
for them." The range cattle from
Montana and the Dakotas, the Record
Herald explains, are no mean factor in
the live stock situation. Last year Mon-
tana sent to Chicago 1890 carloads Of
cattle, South Dakota 4.0ss and North
Dakota 1851. This year it is estimated
that Montana will send nearly 1000 car
loads. South Dakota more than 5000
and North Dakota in proportion.
The attempt of the stock yards people
to put the blame on the farmers is
made by one of them in an interview
in the same paper-the chief clerk in
the auditors department OF the Union
Stockyards company. "They tell me-"
this official is quoted as saying. that
these farmers have plenty of good
cattle, and that they are holding of
until the apparent scarcity in the mar
ket forces the price still higher. have
been told that the large packing COM
and that they are waiting a while be-
fore they market IT. don't know how
true this report is, but farmers will tell
you every day that there is plenty Of
good cattle out on the stock farms. The
price must necessarily go higher if the
cattle don't come in faster, and that is
probably what they are figuring on"
If the large packing companies own
great deal OF stock on the ranges and
are holding on for higher prices, all the
elements of q corner" are presented,
and 1t ought to be possible for the de-
partment of justice to establish this
fact in court. That meat prices should |
run somewhat higher now at flood |
tide season Of prosperity than when in
dustrial conditions are depressed and |
meat-eating is curtailed does not seem |
unreasonable but the great jumps re-
Gently taken do look suspicious on their
face and 1t is desirable that there
should be thorough investigation.
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try to arrest Its present large growth.
We favor expansion. It Is inevitable.
The methods Of forty years ago would
not ft the requirements of today. Com
binations, whether OF labor or capital.
are forms Of this inevitable. Both have
their faults and abuses, and these need
TO be sternly rebuked until corrected; |;
but the underlying principle has come
in response to u genuine need; and it's
various applications viii gradually but
surely work out for the general well
fare,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26

Senator Bailey bids for recognition
by insisting the American representa-
tives at the coronation of Edward shall
observe the rules of Jeffersonian sim.
plicity,. SO far as any expense to the
government is concerned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26

Now that the opinion of the attorney
general has been announced it will re-
main to be seen which is the most
powerful the United States govern
ment or the beef trust
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child born on this day will notice tn., the
individuals who iurns! the campaign ke, note,
are beginning to blan'lish their tuning forks.
The promoter OF the open street ear at this
stage may believe that the reduction OF popl.
lation should not be left entirely to smallpox.
People who insist that increased expenses will
make taxes no higher talk like the man who is
engaged in promoting merger.
It. is not always safe TO assume that You are
furnishing pleasure ior bore. He may only be
killing time.
1t is said ;lai the Washington street car con-
dnctor who had the encounter with Senator
Money feels very much ''cut up over The atlair
Tile trouble with dyes at Paterson seems To
have been m ''oh color strike
Ajacchus' Advice.
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WAYsIDE NOTES.


In looking over the ads. in an April magazina--
ads. are usually interesting rcadng-l noticed one
entitled "ln:clligent Physical Culture" Ii at
traccd attention because instead of the custom
AIRY exhibit of Sanl.oDian muscles there sim
ply lml.lengtli portrait OF II miuc.aged and
disnilicd gentleman in correct evening dress.
There was certain auSteiiiy, and yet a kindly
look in the face. Looking at the foot of tie
ad ior further particulars. found it referred to
| the ''Rubert Fitzsilnnons Institute OF Physical
Culture. Robert Fitasii,nlors Director and Cen
crAl Manager" the name looked familiar and
on reflection | concluded that il could he none
other than ''l.anky Bob" the late (and pros.
pertivc) champion prize fighter. Well, starting
u physical culture school is much better thing
than opening saloon, most uf the successful
pngilistS do. Fi,n|snys he no apparatus nor
medicine. hut some OF his former pupils certainly
had Ia take their medicine. Considering Bub's
strenuous methods, ] am pleased that he can
-iN" instruction by correspondence This pa,
would not make pupils 81 nervous personal
interview might. 'Scnd ior Booklet to Robert
ritz,immonr-hni no. you can't gel IN vour adj
dress here, Dob, unless You pay for it at tegular
rates.
What an oa,i. in a desert ot asphalt, brick AMI
mortar and dust our court house square is.
Scranton should he thankful for this refreshing
bit OF green in the reiy center ot lis busy bSi.
ness lite. 1t is pity that some OF the tres
are not more thrifty, but on the whole The
court hou'r grounds are cQualled in hut few
cities of the size OF scranton, and many larger
places would hr thankful ior attractive u
public square.
Now perhaps some OF The mrdiun," can get
sockton'4 spirit TO tell Us whether ii was the
Lady or the Tiger,
Magistrates have their reyrrsrs as well as bust
TcsS men.
II is stated that the po,toHce department is
preparing new series ol stamps, and that they
will be more ariistic than the present stamps
Those in use now are neat enough, hut ii the
government could get up letter stamp that
would retail ior one cent, even il not very ar.
li.lic, would MI long felt public want,
spa, what was Paul Reyero's Ride that the
teacher wanted us to learn ahout?"
"Oh, lie rode out from Boston night TO
Lexington 10 notify the people that the British
soldiers wcic 10 march out the next day TO seize
some powder"
'Well, pa low many miles was il he had to
ride?"
'About twenty"
WAS il dark night. pa:'
II suppose so; don't bother me-"
"say, pa, why didn't he call 'em up On the
'phone."
Ordinarily. IL man wants TO advertise Tor a
wife, or woman for husband, il i, their own
personal affair and does not call for comment;
but when clergyman goes about it in cold
blooded way that the minister down in Reading,
Pa, has. and takes the reporters OF the yellow
journals into his confidence to the extent Of a
column so, il seems to call ior little gentle |
a. /. al Spr-
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Captain Clark evidently feared the
freight charges. ,a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26
An American Industry.

q STRIKE for better wages re-
~ Gently took place in the work.
4 y shops OF the General Electric
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26

An article Oh Animal Photography which up.
pears in The May Delneaor will br OF great
interes, 10 amateur photographers who are de-
voting ihcir attention to ihs line OF work. The
accompanying picturcS have been selected fer
their variety and their general pictorial we'll
as tcclucIl value.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26
Ajacchus' Advice.
ABOUT TRUSTS.

u e!oquence will not win The heart OF wonIan
Try ice cream.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
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Astroabc Cast: o.22 u. m. for Saturday, Ipri
2ii, l.AD.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26

Magistrates have their reyrr,es well as b'lsi
EcsS men
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-26

"HE CONTENTION of the beef
trust is that a scarcity of
cattle on the ranges has
enroo5 tho 1,iul, rrtcec nOvv
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Indiana Republican Platform.

"HE PLATFORM adopted b.
,g5. l the Indiana Republican con
.rMA Yention--the first of the Re
puhlirap conventions IN IA,
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About Trusts.

r N A LETTER printed elsewhere,
an esteemed subscriber asks us
Il to explain why the public should
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-19

brought to the lodge and afterwards
buried in the garden. A marble stone
shows the place where he lies. After
this many VINO had heard of the event
requested to have their dogs laid to
rest in the same plot of ground. and
thus it came about that permission
was obtained to allow the garden to
become n cemetery for dogs. 1t has
now been in existence twenty years,
and there are about three hundred or
four hundred graves, all beautifully
kept. The tombstones are pretty near
~ all of the same size, and mostly OF
marble One of the first of these to
greet the eye on entering bears this
inscription: MY Ruby Heart died
Sept IA. 1897. For seven years we
were friends This little grave is
surrounded by a small iron fence with
Q marble pillar at each corner.
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ever dog was mourns.. for friendship
rare by her adorna"
The Oldest and thararore one of the
first stones to be e'~cted is dated
1882. Loves tribute To Love. Dear
little Tony" In some instances vases
of flowers and artificial wreaths un-
der glass are placed Oh the grave.
Piiku was the dog who had belonged
to a relative of the king of Sweden,
and the crest of its master reversed is
carved on the headstone. Another
stone bears this inscriptions Good
bye, but not for ever
There is small greenhouse and
near it, unmarked, is buried the dear
ly loved dog of lady who had him
placed in an oak coffin with silver
handles Jack the Dandy, a Sports
man and a Pal" was bulldog, and
whep his funeral took place largo
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loss of only his coat and vest ana
collar.
If it had not been for the shouts
of those who had already found the
stairs, ! would never have gotten out
alive" he said The building was in
absolute darkness, so dense that q
person could see nothing. To add to
this the smoke was SO thick that
breathing was almost impossible and
the screaming and confusion of per-
sons running wildly back and forth in
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death; he lived twenty years. The
dog Danger was born in Mexico, and
under his name are thes words:
Gould | think we'd meet again,
1t would Tighten half my pain
Besides many other interesting trib-
utes paid to the memory of dead pets
are these: Thomas. the dearly loved,
faithful and affectionate friend of
Lady and Captain Nottage" ITO my
dear Rob, for nine years the beloved
and devoted companion of Mrs. F. M
Digan. Died May, 1900.
'He talked with soft brown eyes
More eloquent than speech
Also to our beloved and faithful little
Jack, aged seventeen years. Gould
Love have saved, thou hadst not
died.
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Chicago that morning and slept in his
mail car. Philip Koch of GAINESVILLE.
Wis, saved himself by sliding to the
ground by means of rope made from
strips of his bed sheet. w. ]. Thom-
as, another mail clerk, climbed to a
window on the fourth floor and was
rescued by f1remen just as he was
II. G. McMasters of Minneapolis, a
mail clerk who usually occupied the
about to drop from exhaustion.
Olaf Oldorf climbed downward
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HOW GUESTS OF CHICAGO HOTEL
DIED IN SMOKE AND FLAMES

the hall made it impossible for anyone
to keep his senses.
"The smell of smoke was strong in
my room when the noise awoke me.
1t must have been flltering through
the cracks of the door, for some time.
was partly dressed and attempted to
find the electric light bulb. 1t had
seemed just over my head when l
went to bed in the evening, but in my
excitement it might as well have been
in the clouds. l made a frantic
plunge for the door, which 1 remem
bered that l had bolted. I could not
find the bolt, and in the darkness
and excitement imagined that my end
had surely come. Then l tried again
for tSe electric light. / gave a gasp
of relief as my hand struck it. The
current was still on at that time and
l found the bolt which held me
prisoner in my room.
LAS l opened the door binding
cloud of smoke rolled into the room.
The narrow hallway seemed to be full
of shouting and struggling men. 1t
was impossible to distinguish them.
AS l stepped from my room the light
behind me fiickered a moment and
Disappeared l suppose it was when
the fuses burned out. My room was
at the head OF the stairway, or l
would never have found it, l heard
some one shout, Here they are!' I'm
mediately there was despairins
chorus from all sides of Where?
Where. Those of us that could
CROPPED in the direction from which
had come the cry of hope.
"As each man found the stairs he
would give a shout of announcement
to those further down the hall and
trying to follow him. The smoke was
rapidly becoming heavier and more
sitting. Below us could be heard the
roar of the flames from the rear. No
one fingered longer than necessary
after finding the way to possible
safety
Meantime the firemen and several
patrolmen had again started to climb
the stairs in the hope of reaching the
upper floors. Detective Sergeants An
derson and Ellsworth managed to
reach the top of the building. In a
corner near the head of the stairway
they found Mrs. Nina Belder. her II
year-old daughter Cora, and Mrs. Geo.
Cleft and her 9-year-old son. Remov
ing their overcoats, which they threw
over the shivering women. the two de-
tectives carried them down the stairs
to place of safety in an adjoining
building.
Mrs. June Shepherd of Cairo, Ill.,,
who was occupying room on the
fourth floor with her 10-yearold son
Fred. was awakened by the smoke.
Rushing to the door. she opened it,
only to find the hallway filled with
flames. Screaming, she slammed the
door and started toward the window
Her son grasped her clothing and
clung fast until the two were rescued
by the tiremen.
Mrs. Shepherds screams awakened
several persons in the rooms adjoining
her own, and doubtless saved their
lives.
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In the sixty diminntiye rooms OIL
the hotel 125 persons were crowded
when the flames broke out. Only
fourteen of them were residents OF
Chicago. The others were stockmen
and farmers attracted here by the
live stock show or railway mail clerks
and travelling men who could not Sc
cure accommodations at other hotels.
All the space possible was utilized.
Even the hallway closets contained
cots on which men were asleep,
though there was not enough room in
these improvised bedrooms for q
chair in addition to the cot. In one
room on the top floor the window OF
which opened to the only fire escape
on the building, was bed and cot,
All effective barrier, in the darkness
and smoke, to this means OF escape.
With almost the first burst Of flame
the fuses on the electric switchboards
burned out, stopping the elevators
and leaving the building in total dark
ness.
Before the fire department could ar
rive, In response to the alarm were
flames roaring from the rear windows
oi the building. Faces, white with ter
ror, were appearing at the front win
dows of the upper story. From the
sides of the ill-fated building men
and women. shivering and half clad,
were leaping or sliding to the roofs
of the adjoining buildings.
The cries of the men imprisoned
on the top floors could be heard above
the clatter of the fire engines and the
roar of the flames. The proprietor of
the hotel asserts that he started to
mount to the endangered men and
lead them to the windows where
they could safely reach the roofs on
either side of the hotel. but that ne
was stopped by the firemen. At that
time, he declares. all could have been
saved if some one familiar with the
upper floor had been allowed to show
them the way to the windows. The
tiremen contradict this, and say no
one could have reached the fourth
floor through the rapidly increasing
volumes of smoke. When fre-insur-
ance patrol. No. 6. arrived. it's mem
DefS started up the stars from the
Office to the third floor to rescue the
men, whose cries were rapidly becom-
ing weaker, hut their captain refused
to permit them to face almost certain
suffocation, and ordered them to re
turn.
The escapes of some OF the occu-
pants OF the rooms We're little short
of miraculous. Six men, woman
and q little boy, saved themselves by
jumping to the roof of a restaurant
adjoining the hotel on the west. Four
mail clerks. VINO said they had pre-
monition of danger, arose at 4:3O
o'clock. dressed. and left the hotel.
G. II. Foster. another mail clerk, who
occupied the room with Corey and
Ewing, both of whom are dead, re-
ceived a telegram early in the even
ing that his wife was i'll and hurried
away from the hotel to her bedside.
leaving his valise with his fellow
clerks.
room with Corey and Ewing. was
nearly an hour late in arriving in
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1t is not generally known that in
London. England, there exists an eX-
ceedingly pretty cemetery devoted
principally to mans best friend-the
faithful dog. Near the Victoria gate,
Hyde Park, stands the gate keepers
lodge. attached to which there is a
fair-siZed garden, the last resting
place of many favoriIe pet
Several years ago favorite dog,
which belonged to the Duke of Cam
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There is a stone in memory of My
dear little cat Chinchilla (Chilla).
Lovely. loving and most dearly loved.
Poisoned July 81, 1895. God restore
thee to me, so prayeth thy ever-loving
mistress" Below this are some hero
glyphics. which probably 90 not con-
tain a blessing for the person who SO
cruelty took the cats life. Another
marble stone bears the words. Alas!
poor Zoe. Born Oct. j, 1879. Died
Aug. Is, 1892. AS deeply mourned as
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Imprisoned in a tire-trap hotel,
fourteen men were suffocated at day
break on the morning of December
at Chicago. Only twenty minutes
elapsed after the alarm was sounded
until the flames were extinguished,
but in that time fourteen guests of
the overcrowded Lincoln hotel, 176
Madison stret, blindly cropping in the
dense smoke, had perished in the mar
row hallway and closet-like bedrooms
of the top floor.
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from floor to floor by means of the
iron shutters before the flames had
begun to break through the rear win
dows. r. C. Hamilton, while cropping
for the fire escape entered a room
where a man was llneelin2 in prayer.
He disregarded the mans admonition
to give up hope, but continued his
search for the fire escape and saved
Mother and Con Saved from Fire.
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Mother and Son Saved from Fire.

Fred Shepard. Mrs. J. Shepard.
himself. II. E. Jett of st. Paul was
awakened by the screams of a woman
and, with four other half-clad men
ran into the street and was given ref
uge in saloon. The same screams
Westerland of Chicago. They were
members of the party that was saved
by jumping to the roof of the restaur-
ant.
John W. Higgs of Lansing, Mich,
escaped from the upper floor with the
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number of bulldogs assisted at the
ceremony. One grave is very remark
able; it is large enough for child of
ten or twelve, and rallied in is a
splendid marble column, resting on
rock the whole covered with carved
lilies. On one side are these words:
'1n loving memory Of dear, gentle
little Lily, died Jan. 6, 1900, aged IA
years.
The Oldest dog in the cemetery was
Little Tim, true and faithful unto
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upon his eighty-ffth year apparently
in the best of health. He was hale
and hearty at recent family gather
ing at his home in Gramercy Park.
Mr.. Bige}ow was born at Maiden, \.
Y on Nov. 30. 1917.
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Aged Statesman In Good Health.
John Bigelow, former United
States minister to France. has entered
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Air in Southern China.

In southern China the air is SO hui
mid in summer that. despite the in
tense heat. clothes cannot be dried in
the open air.
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A FOOLISH OLD IDEA.

It was once thought that a
medicine was all the more bene-
fetal for having nasty taste and
smell. We now know that such
an idea is perfect nonsense.
There is no more reason why
medicine should offend the SEN
ses than why food should do so.
Therefore, one of the greatest
chemical victories of the past
few years is what we may call
the redemption of cod liver oil.
Everybody knows what a vile
taste and smell this drug has
in its natural state. No wonder
most people declare they would
rather suffer from disease than
take cod liver oil, and the emul-
sions are quite as foul and abom-
Unable as the plain oil, no matter
what may be alleged TO the con-
trary. Now it is one of natures
laws that medicine which dis
gusts the nose and the palate,
and also sickens the stomach, can
have no good effect as a medi-
cine, because the system cries
out to be delivered from it. In
WAMPoLE's PREPARATION
the desired miracle is wrought,
and we have the valuable part OF
the oil. without the other. This
effective modern remedy is pala-
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nutritive and curative properties
of Pure Cod Liver Oil, extracted
by US from fresh cod livers, COM
bined with the Compound Syrup
of Hvpophosphites and the tx
tracts of Malt and Wild Cherry.
The palate accepts it as it does
sugar. confectionery or cream.
Taken before meals it goes to the
very secret stronghold Of diges-
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Nervous Dyspepsia, Scrofula,
Throat and Lung Troubles and
all diseases due to impurlty OF
the blood. DR.. G. c. Shannon, Of
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its use with, I am sure, great al
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its faults. Effective from the
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