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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
THE SOLID SOUTH.

Washington. Nov. i.-Returns from the
state elections in Alabama, Florida, and
the CarOlinas. show normal Democratic
victories, with nothing Of incident to re-
port.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
RHODE ISLAND.

Providence, Nov. A normal offyear
Republican majority for kimball. Repub-
lican, for governor, and the entire Repub-
lican state and congressional ticket was
polled today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
TEXAS.

Austin. Nov. 4.--Almost without opposi-
ton the Democratic state ticket was
elected today, Lanham for governor de-
feating Burkitt, Republican. by close to
100000 majority. There were five tickets
in the field.
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TENNESSEE.

Nashville. Nov. t.--Little interest was
excited by tOday's election, which only
affected governor and railroad commits
sioner. Frazer. Democrat. for governor,
will havle the usual majority, 10000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
Wyoming.

Wyoming county: Pattison carries
Wyoming county by about 200 plural
ity. Entire Republican county ticket
elected by pluralties ranging from 100
to 250.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
McKean.

Mexican county, estimated: Gives
Pennypacker 500 majority, a Demo-
cratic gain of AL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
WYOMING.

Cheyenne, Nov. d--Deforcst Richards
Republican candidate for governor. is
elected by 10000 ma jority over George L
Beck, Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
NORTH DAKOTA.

Bismarck, Nov. d.--Rcttrns at midnight
left little doubt of the election of Frank
White for governor and the success of the
Republican ticket generally. The legisla-
ture will be heavily Republican.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
TOUR OF The
COMMISSION
Goal ArbltratOrs Pass Busu
Dau in the Mines Of the
Shamokin Region.
MINERS OF MIXED
NATIONALITIES

rhe Commission Sees Much to Inter-
est Them in the Various Places
Visited-Environme of Hickory
Ridge Decidedly Uninviting-The
Commissioners Question Miners
Found at Work - Judge Gray
Among the Most Careful Observers
in the Party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
NOTICE.

Peckens will take his run on No. 81
Wednesday, Nov. 8,
1l.S0 p. m. extra east freight pool runs
daily commencing Sunday, Nov, :.
J. j. Duffy will remain on Rafferty's
crew until further orders
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-05
WASHINGTON.

Olympia, Nov. i.--Hadley, Republican,
for justice of the Supreme court is elect
ed by 1900 majority, and the legislature
is safely Republican,
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D., L. and w. Board for Today.

Following is the makeup OF the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
board for today:
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Monroe.

Democrats are elected for the legisla-
ture.
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PENNYPACkER
IS ELECTED

tConcludcd from Page 1T
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CONGRESS WILL
BE REPUBLICAN

TConcluded from Page IT
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By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.

Mount Carmel. Pa, Nov. 4.--The ar
bitration commission. appointed by
President Roosevelt to adjust the diff
fcrences existing between the anthra-
cite coal miners and their employers
visited the Shamokin region today,
and tonight are resting in the mining
town of Mount Carmel.
The commissioners put in a busy day.
They went into the depths of one mine.
then looked over several towns and
wound up their days inspection by
visiting the mining patch of Hickory
Ridge where they saw a mixture OF Il
half dozen nationalities of mine work.
ers living in homes that are mere sham
ties. The commissioners saw much
to interest them in the various places
they visited and obtained much inform
alton that will help them in the task
which is before them. Tomorrow the
Mahonoy and Panther Creek valleys
will be visited.
The arbitrators were up early and lett
Hazleton on their special train at
o'clock. On the run to the Shamokin
region, the train passed through Ma
hanoy City, Shenandoah. Centralia and
Mount Carmel. At several stations
small crowds Of persons We're on hand
to see the train go through. The COM
mission arrived at ShanIokin at 1905
a. m. and a small crowd was there to
meet them. At this place District
President John Fahey, Secretary Hart
lein and National Board Member Miles
Dougherty, representing the miners in
this district boarded the train and We're
introduced to the members of the COM
,,,;ec;pn Caporal erinteO6ont R C.
Luther and Mine Superintendent John
Veith. both of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company met
the train at Mahanoy City and repre-
scented the. Reading company in the
tour of the commission today. Among
the other persons in the party were
General Superintendents Warriner, of
the Lehigh Valley Coal company and
Richards, of the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Coal company, who have been
with the commission since last Satur-
day.
The special train was run to the Bear
Valley colliery, of the Reading COM
pany, about three miles from Shamokin.
This mine is a very wet one. and the
commissioners were compelled to wear
rubber coats and hats besides their
usual outfit of jumpers and overalls.
More than an hour was spent in the
workings, which are about four hum
dred and fifty feet below the surface.
The principal feature which was new
to the commissioners in this colliery
was the very steep pitch of one of the
veins. 1t has d pitch of from thirty
five to seventy-two degrees. While
the arbitra tors We're in the mine they
were hauled about in a train of cars
draws by "A mine mule. One of the
cars jumped the track twice and miners
had to replace it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
SUCCESS.

Thirty years ago three boys, the son
of a widow by the name of Ochs, were
selling newspapers on the streets of
Chattanooga, Tenn. Now they own
the Chattanooga Times, the New
York Times, the Philadelphia Times,
and yesterday Mr.. Adolph S. Ochs be-
came the owner of the Public Ledger
the great paper founded and pub
lished for half a century by George
w. Childs. He paid about two and
a quarter million dollars for the pa
per, which pays a good dividend on
that sum. By the introduction of
Ochs methods it will be made to pay
more.
: The career of the Ochs boys reads
like a tale from the Arabian Nights
instead of the actual career of three
newspaper men of indomitable ener-
gy, brains and genius.-Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
POLITICAL SIGNS.

So far the best signs point to three
conclusions as almost certainly
The Republicans favor a tariff conces-
sion to Cuba, and, this done, they
hope for quiet on the general tariff
question; (2) they will approve the
Administrations Philippine policy,
and the Democrats will oppose it and
demand Philippine independence
this in spite of some exceptions, such
as Senator Hoar on the Republican
side and Senator Morgan on the Der4-
o~cratic side, who on this question
differ with their parties; g. the Re
publican present preference for the
Presidency in 1904 is Mr. Roosevelt.
Unless the Democ- ats insist more ear
rtNtly than they now seem likely to
insist on a radical revision of the
tariff, the Philippine question will be
the file that the campaign orators
this summer will most strenuously
gnaw.
It is clear that he Democrats in
Il is years Congressional campaign
viii make their ~principal appeal to
the country for 4 definite declaration
o: Philippine independence ard the
&C ntroversy will harrow down to this
qa2stion-ShaIl we or shall we not
rake the F~ilip1nCs such a definite
promise as we made the Cubans?-
The Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

problem will be understood. Treasur-
er Lacy said to-day that the pressure
on the Treasury would be relieved in
September. He went on to say that
only three or four sherifs now owe
anything on back taxes, and that col
lections in this particular are now
perhaps more closely made than ever
before.
Raleigh Cor. Asheville Citizen: One
of the leading negro politicians here
was asked to-day what would be the
attitude of the negro voters in the
present campaign. He replied: ''They
will saw wood" Several negroes
who heard him said, eyes, that is the
status of affairs" An ex-State chair
man of the Democratic Committee,
when asked his views of the negro at
titude, said he thought the negro
would be very quiet indeed.
Raleigh Cor. Messenger: Govern
or Aycock commutes to life imprison-
ment in the penitentiary the death
sentence of Richard Blaton, colored,
who was convicted of rape and SEN
fenced to be hanged at Salisbury
1t was said by a group of Democrats
who were chatting here to-day, to be
quite likely that Congressman Bel
lamy will be defeated for renomina-
ton. They went on to say that it
looked like Hale or Brown, or Patter-
SON Or Mcintyre would get the nomi-
nation this time.-Senator Marion
Butler has rented his house here, and
will spend the winter in Washington.
1t is understood that he may not re-
turn here to resume his residence
Senator and Mrs. Simmons will go to
Beaufort the end of next week. Mrs.
Simmons health has been feeble for
a year past, but she is now slowly i'm
proving.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
DOUGLAS NAY GET THE JUDGEsHIP
DECLINED BY McLAURIN.

The name of Judge Robert M.
Douglas, of North Carolina, is under
discussion in connection with the va
cant judgeship of the Court of
Claims, recently declined by Senator
McLaurin, of South Carolina.
Judge Douglas is the elder son of
the Senator Stephen A. Douglas. He
was born in 1849 and became private
secretary to President Grant before
he was 81 years of age. President
Grant appointed him United States
Marshal for the Western District of
North Carolina, and he later became
Associate Justice of the North Caro-
lima Supreme ~Court.-Washington
Special to Philadelphia Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
PREPARING TO BUILD THE CANAL.

More than a year must elapse be-
fore actual work can begin on the
Panama Canal. Many important
steps in preparation remain to be
taken. In case the Panama program
should be impracticable, the Presi-
dent, by the terms of the act Of Con-
gress, would turn to the Nicaraguan
route, and this would occasion a
further delay.
Secretary Hay is already taking
steps to negotiate a treaty by which
the Colombian government will grant
to the United States a perpetual right
of way across the department of Pan
anna, with certain other concessions
and privileges. The memorandum SUBJ
mitted by the Colombian minister be-
fore the adjournment of Congress was
unsatisfactory in several particulars,
and it will be necessary to persuade
Colombia to deal more literally with
us than it proposed to do. Then the
treaty must be ratified by a two
thirds vote of the Senate, which, it
is expected, will hold d special session
in November.
The Attorney-G General is working
on a second preparatory step. He has
sent an attorney to Paris to look in
to the legal rights of the Panama Ca
nal Company to see if it can give the
United States a perfect title to it's
unfinished waterway. Corresponding
studies will also be made here.
In case no legal difficulties arise
and the Senate ratifes the treaty, a
commission of seven members will be
appointed to have charge of the I'M
dertaking. They will first have to
prepare specifications, showing in
minute detail what the government
asks of the contractors who will bid
on the work. The commission will
then draw the contracts and see that
they are properly carried out. When
the work is at it's height not fewer
than twenty thousand men, mostly
West Indian laborers under American
superintendent, will be employed on
the isthmus.
The Secretary of the Treasury will
also have a part to perform. He will
pay forty million dollars out of the
current surplus funds to the French
company if its property is finally ac-
cepted ,and then will arrange a bond
issue to cover most of the rest of the
cost of the canal. The first boat Will
probably pass from ocean to ocean
about the year 191O.-Boston Youths
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
General News.
MEANING OF THE COAL STRIKE

In the July number of Gunton's the
editor attempts to make clear the
real issue in the present coal-strike
discussion in the following para
graphs:
whether the demand for an eight
hour day and an increase of 20 per
cent in wages is reasonable or unrea-
sonable really cuts no figure in this
strike problem. If the employers had
consented to the conference with the
unions, it is altogether probable that
the demands of the men might and
would have been modified down to a
thoroughly reasonable and economic
basis. After the reply of the corpo-
rations, there was nothing for the la
borers to do but accept the decision
that they would not be permitted to
participate in making the contract
under which they would have to work
or strike.
"In this state of facts, as developed
by Commissioner of Labor Wright's
investigation, it is clear that the cor
porations are responsible for the
strike. All the inconvenience to the
public is chargeable to the railroad
managers, because their attitude left
no other alternative for the men ex-
cept unconditional surrender of all
voice in determining their condi-
TONS"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
COTTON MILL MERGERS.
Spinning Mills Will Soon be in the Under.
wood Combine.

Charlotte, N. O., Aug. Or. S.
Reinhardt, a prominent cotton mill
man of L~incolnton, who is returning
from the committee meeting with F.
L. Underwood, the mill. merger pro-
moter, says that in less than two
weeks three-fourths of the spinning
mills in North Carolina will have
come into the merger. "Mr. Fries is
succeeding well in his scheme to con-
solidate the weave mills, but as for
the spinning mills" said Mr.. Rein
hardt, Eve will soon have them all"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
CYCLONE PLAYS HAVOC NEAR VIII
MINGTON.

Wilmington, n. c., Aug. IA ter
rible cyclone passed over Carolina
Beach at nine o'clock last night, COM
pletely wrecking the hotel and injur-
ing fourteen people, several probably
fatally. The cyclone came up sudden
ly and travelled in a narrow path. The
hotel was the only house on the beach
in it's path and it's eighteen occupants
we're carried down in the wreck, only
four escaping injury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
DISORDER IN THE MINING REGIONS.

Last week the miners strike was
disgraced by serious rioting. Two
non-union men at Shenandoah who
were attempting to pass the strikers
pickets under the escort of a deputy
sheriff were set upon by the strikers,
and one of them, according to the
dispatches, "beaten almost to death"
When the officer defended his charge
by the use of his revolver, a great
mob gathered, from which he and one
of his men fed for refuge to a near
by railway station. Here they we're
instantly imprisoned by the mob, and
when the sherif's brother attempted
to go to their relief he was seized and
dubbed into insensibility. From the
wounds received this victim died on
the following day. Meanwhile an en-
CINE sent to release the sheriff and his
protege was surrounded by a hostile
crowd, and did not make its way
through until the police had fred a
volIey, temporarily dispensing the
crowd. The police then became the
objects of the mob's wrath, and were
greeted with volleys of stones, to
which they responded by c~ounter-vol-
Ieys from their ~revolvers. The police
men did not make good their escape
until two of their number had been
caught by the mob and beaten. The
first days dispatches indicated that
forty strikers and four policemen
were injured in the confict-two of
the latter perhaps fatally. The next
days report, however, indicated tkat
the injuries sustained had been exag-
gerated. Nevertheless the. situation
was d~isgracefuI enough, and the Gov
ernor of the State called out two reg
iments of militia to maintain order.
The officers of the union realized the
seriousness of the blow to their cause,
and issued appeals to the members of
the union to devote new zeal to the
preservation of order.-New York
Outlook, Aug. 9th.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
JUDGE JOHN GRAY BYNUM DEAD.

Judge John Gray Bynum, of
Greensboro, died Thursday as a result
of injuries caused by falling down
stairs.
Judge Bynum was ffty-six years
old last February, and was the son of
Judge John Gray Bynum,of New Han
over County, who moved to Burke
County. His mother was the last
wife of the late Chief Justice Pear
son. He was appointed Judge of the
Superior Court by Governor Scales
to succeed Judge Avery, and elected
to succeed himself for one term. He
married Miss Henrietta Erwin of
Burke and had no children. In 1895
he moved from Morganton to Green's
boro, and soon became prominent in
the local practice of law in ~associa-
ton with his first cousin, ex-Judge
w. P. Bynum, Jr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
LIVING AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.

The cost of living grows steadily
higher. Prices to-day are so much
higher than they were in May, when
the extraordinary conditions then OBJ
tanning led to criticism and action
against the so-called beef trust, that
people are quite forgetting that Incl
dent in the increased perplexities Of
the present. Last years drought is
responsible in considerable degree for
the present high prices of meats,
fruits, vegetables and eggs, no doubt;
but not altogether, by any means.
There has been a steady upward ten
dency in prices of things in no de-
gree affected by the drought and the
reflex influence of this rise is felt in
every other line. Some of the COM
mon building materials are higher by
so per CEN than they were three years
ago, and the average cost of living is
more than 40 per cent higher. Some
man who calls himself a political
economist declared recently hat pros
perity means a Continued level of
high prices" It is evident to one of
limited means, and this represents
anywhere from Is to 90 per cent of
the people, that this does not define
prosperity correctly from his point of
view.-Rural Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12
Washington, D. G.
Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.

Judge John H. Reagan has resign
ed his position as railroad commits
sioner in Texas, on account of the in
frmities of age. He has been in pub
lie life for fifty years or more, and
is the sole survivor of Jefferson Da-
Wis Cabinet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

The London Daily Mail says it is
in a position to state that there is no
question of any second operation on
the King being contemplated. Tt
adds that there is every reason to ex-
pect his Majesty is well on the road
to permanent recovery without fur
Their surgical treatment of any kind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-12

The naval board of awards is busy
ing itself with the "meritorious SER
vice" medals which are intended to
go to those officers who rendered par
ticularly telling service in theWest
Indina naval campaign. So far it
appears that only four persons have
been decided upon for the merito-
rious service medal. These are Cap
tain Richard P. Hobson for his we'll
known feat with the Merrimac, Lieu
tenants Ward and Buck for their per-
ilous secret mission into Spain, and
Lieutenant Victor Blue for his fa-
nous work In connection with the To-
cation of the Spanish feet in San
tiago harbor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-24
A Firmen's Close Gan.

" stuck to my engine although
every JOINT ached and every nerve
was racked with pain" writes G.
w. Bellamy, a locomotive fire.
man, of Burlington, Iowa. / was
weak and pale, without any appe-
tite and all run down. As I was
a ., to give up, got a bottle Of
Electric Bitters, and after taking
IT. l felt as well as l ever did in
my life." Weak, sickly, run down
people always gain new life, vigor
from their use. Try them. Salts
faction guaranteed. By st. Jo-
seph Drug Co. Ltd. Price 30
ceuts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-24
Had 10 Conquer or Die.

81 was just about gone" writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel
Springs N. c., Had Consumption
so bad that the best doctors said
Icould not live more than a month,
but I began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery and was wholly cured
by seven bottles and am now stout
and we'll F" Its an unrivaled life
saver IN Consumption, Pneumon-
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invaluable for Coughs, Colds, Asth-
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free at st. Joseph Drug Co. Linn
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-24
FORCONGRESS.
HON. :. G. RANspELL.
or EAST CARROLL
JUG6LTvG WITH THE
JUDICIARY.


intermediate Court of Appeals is
apparent to both litigant and ad-
vocate. Rarely is it the case that
either attorney or client is salts
fed with the decisions of a tri-
bunal other than the highest: a
divergent and uncertain jurispru-
dence 10 inevitably resultant.
The sole tenable argument in
favor of the Circuit Court of APP
pesis Of Louisiana, is that of
convenience and economy. The
jurisdiction of this Court, as
constituted by the Constitution
of 1893, extends to amount
dispute exceeding $3.50
and not ID excess of $1,000; two
District Judges are assigned by
the Supreme Court to sit in par
ishes other than those in which
they preside rs District Judges,
and review the decisions of the
Court of the psrish in which they
set.
The saving in cost to the State
of this system over the old system
of Circuit Court of Appeals with
its ten judges (outside of the City
of New 0rleans) amounts to $40,-
600 year; to the litigant inter-
ested In matters within its juris-
diction, it gives the advantages
Of appeal from the decisions of
the lower court at minimum cost
IN attorney fees and court costs.
Nov, though this system has
not yet been tested by practi-
cal operation, it is proposed to
abolish it and in It's place to es-
tablish still another system, the
creation of the chronic office-seek-
era quasi pension psorision,-
with all the Disadvantages of
former systems accentuated and
their soul Justification iIliminat-
ed,-a system recommended Meth
er by expedieney, convenience,
nor economy.
1.-THE proposed amendment to
Articles IS, 90, 90, 100, Eo5 and
181 of the Constitution of 1898;
TACT No. 126 of Louisiana, 1902
provides foF the establishment of
two Circuit Courts of Appeal out
side of Orleans, with three judges
each. at q salary of $4,000 each,
aggregating $4,000 per year.
To give them jurisdiction up to
5000 and take away from the
Supreme Court jurisdiction in
amount less than Sc, 900.
At the same time it is proposed
that these new Appellate Courts
shall hold sessions only at given
points in the State, viz: Baton
Rouge, 0pelousas, Shreveport,
Monroe, Alexandria, Lake Charles.
Thibedaux, Crowley, New Iberia
and Amite City-ten points in
ten parishes, leaving the other
forty-eight parishes at the trouble
and expense of carrying their APP
peals to the eonrts at the points
named.
It is further proposed that all
those six circuit judges, at sal
aries of 1900 per year, are to be
appointed by the next Governor
IN July, 1901.
Mr.. r. B. Kruttschnitt. who
VAS President Of the Convention