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THE SORAN'L'ON" TltlHUNB-H'JtlDAY WUKUINU, AIAKU1L 20, 1SJ)7. W- lje wanton CriBime HID mul Weekly. No suaJay Edition. Published at Scrantun, Pa., by The Tribune PuMIsIiIiik Company. luw ) ork HciircwntallVP! 1'llANi; H OKAY CO. Itoom 1 Tribune HiilMliu, Now York City. IMIH1D AT TUB r03T0friCH AT flCIUttrOM. PA.. A3 EIC0ND-CIJla9MAtl.MATT!tn. SCltANTON, MA 1101 1 2H, 1S97. To insuro publication In thli paper, oluiileeied communication:) of a con ttoverslnl character MUST HI' SIONU1) POIl PUBLICATION by th'J filter's true name. To this Just rnlo we cannot heieaftcr mako exception. Make Poor Directors Elective. Thi' published tet of the 1)111 of llop-reyenttitlvc- Council pttnltlliiK for the elc-tlon of poor dli-oetuis Indicates, that the manner of selection sought to In substituted for the p'osent appointive system 1 as follows- That the tiunlllliMl oters of each of the pnal dlstilet composing the Sei.inlun 1'oor dl-drlet shall on the tlilul Tuesday uf Febiuury, Anno Domini, one thou-und elisht hundteil nnd nlnety-elBht, ami til I'linlally theieafter, elect one pel ion to sent- as a poor illieetoi for said district for the teim of time enrs ftom the lit xt das of Mnich. Ill cae of the death, relK nation, or iemoal riom the dl-Uilet ut ail) membei theieot, the lemainliiR t I rei tors shall (111 the vacancy until the iut municipal election, when a luetnbei shall be elected for the imexplied poitlon of said teim. It is vorth of notice that the chanp thus pioposed Is In line with icpc-atcd lecpminendtitloiiM by the piehldent Judi?i Hi st of Luzerne- county, and uf tcrwatd of Lackawanna. There can be advanced no iou-on In logic ur policy why the electors of tnese dlstilcts should not have the diiect choice In thl matter, the same as they now possess with left route to other public, seivants of u similar character. 'Die pusoaite of this bill Is demanded by public! sentiment. Mr. Kinsley ceitalnly has staying powers. Tiiat Supreme Court Decision. An examination of the complete text of tile iuIIiir of the Bupieine oouit tlnouijh Justice I'eekham, in the case of the government against the Tntits JIlssouil Ftelclit association, conllims the flist asseitlons as to Its thorough ntllimatlun of the validity of the Shei man unti-tiusl law to pievent aitilliial restraint of Intel -state commerce. The decision does not ut imv point discuss the wisdum or unwisdom of fedet.il it-gulutiuii of Inter-stute commeue nlons the lines of the statute under le !ev, but It lecognles the pluin lan guage of the Klieiinaii act nnd Dimply holds, in substance, that that language means what It sajs. The euuit'H iipluion is confined piln t Ipjllv to an answei to two questions. They aie, 111 St. whether the jintl-tiust art applies to and ooets common cai lleis by lallioad: and if so, second, dots the agieement set loitli In the bill of complaint violate any provision ot that act. On the (list point the couit holds that "a contract that Is In restnilnt of tiade or commeice Is by the sti let language of the act piohlblted. even though such contiact Is enteied Into between commeice can lets by rail road, and only for the puiposo of theie by affecting lialllc lates for the tians pottatlun of pel sous and piopeity. If such an agreement lestialns tiade or commeice it Is piohlblted by the stat ute, unless It can be said that an agiee ment, no matter what its teims, l elat ing unly to tianspoitutlon cannot le slialn trade or commeice. YW see no escape ftom the conclusion that If any ugi cement ot such a natuie does re strain It, the agieement is condemned by this act. " The point uiged on tlie defendant's pai t Is that the statute was not it-ally Intended to leach that kind of an am cement relating only to tialilc latcs entered into by competing common can lei s by ralh.oad; that it was Intended to leach only thov who weio engaged In the nianufactuie or sale of ai tides of conimeice, and who, by means of u lists, combinations and conspiracies, weie engaged In affecting the supply or the pi Ice or the place of manulactuie ot .such at tides. The teims of the act do not bear out such constiuctlon." With icfeience to the second point the com t says: Does the ptesent agreement ic-sttaln tiado or commeice In any way so as to bo a Iolatlon or the act'.' We have no doubt that It does. The agieement on Its face lecltes that It Is enteied Into "tor the puipofce or mutual piotection by es tablishing and maintaining leasonablo latts, mles and i emulations on ull fi eight tiatllc, both lluough and local." To that end tho association Is foimed and a body cieated which Is to adopt i tiles which, when agieed to, aie to be the governing rates loi all the companies, and a viola tion of which subjects tho defaulting com pany to a payment of a penaln. und, al though tho pai ties have a light to wlth diaw ftom the ogieement on giving thirty das' notice ol a deslio so to do, yet, whllo in foice and assuming it to be lived up to, theie cun bo no doubt that Its di iect, Inimedlate and necessaiy eftect is to put a lestialnt upon tiado or commence as desciibed In tho act. J'or the so u-a-sons the suit of the government iuii bo maintained without pi oof of the allega tion that the ugi cement was entered into for tho puipoo of iestrainlng tiade or commerce or lor maintaining tates aboo what was icabonable. The necessary U fect of the agieement Is to ic-dtialn tiade or commeice, no matter what tho Intent was on the pait of those who signed it. We think that tho fouith section of the act Invests tho government with full power und nuthoilty to bring such an ac tion as this, and If the facts bu pioved an Injunction should Issue.'' The magnltldue of the decision is shown In the fact that there uie sev-enty-tluee tiatlte associations In the United States whose further existence it impel lis. In the opinion of George II. Peck, geneial counsel of tho Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul lalltoad and one of the attorneys for the de fense, the decision will Inevitably cause the dissolution of these associations, unless congiess shall amend the Sher man ir-t or the Supieme coutt, upon a re-heailng, leverse Itself. Mr. Peck thinks the effect of the decision will be bad, and he lllustiates his point as fol lows; Under tho present plan tho iiillioads piotect themsulves against each other by joining In an agieement that certain lates shall bo maintained. If they uiu no lon ger pm milted to do so, late wins will bo of fiequeut oceiuence. What will ho the Jesuit? One man In any given city will bi y a big stoik of goods at .iievillng juices, and pay a given fielg'it late, He len? his goods aie fairly on the shelf n freight war wilt spring up. Ills compctl- lor not ops the Mteet will buy Ids good at cMiitly the same pi lee, but lie v. Ill pitv a nuch li' Height nite. The llrst up r clmnt will llnd It absolutely iiiipoilbli to compete With 111 neighbor except lilt a loH. Ills sulTeilng will entail siilleilng upon many othets an a lesiill of lti'talill'ty of nib's. What the shipper und the con slirt eo of ftelght want more than any thing else Is stability or ra'.oj. l'lil ri eight associations Insuie. It Is not to he denied that theio Is Justice In what Mr. Peck nays, but It Is also wholesome to have the fact known Mint the fedcial government In such inatlcis Is supiouie. This inuy tend to cause the tialilc pools to nbseive a due logiud foi public lights, so as not to Inllumpu sentiment udveise to thclt ex istence, while In Its letter this de cision Is pet Imps tempntuiily Injurious, in ultimate moral effect It will, we be lieve, ledound gieutly to the nation's welfnie and be looked upon, In yeats to come, as one of the maikltig points In a meat i paction against abuses of eoiporute pilvllege. - Senator Quay laughs at the story that he might be a candidate against Wnjia- maker for the state U ens-tn 01 ship. We date say he could engage a substitute. A Bit of Impudence. Theie is under coiisldeiatlon at llnr llsbuig a meiihiue known as the Spat-, bill which deseives to be thiottled with ncotnets and dispatch. Us piovlslons In Inlet ate as follows: Should It pass, an annual tax of $1 Is to be Imposed on eveiy bicycle in use In Pennsylvania, said tax to be duly collected by the leg lllni tax collector and coveted eveiltu ull into the stnte lieasuty wheie It Is to foim a part ot a public impiovement fund which is to lie paid out by tin state ticasuier to the ailous counties mid tiuviislilns. their mo rata shale to be in piopoitlon of the number of j miles of loadwny which It shall bear to the whole number or miles of luadway In the state. Ulcych'S whose owneis evade the tax ate to be seized and sold. ' It Is lepiesented that the author of this bill Is a Mtieeie bellevei In good loads, but If this be true lie Is cer tainly on the wiong way to their con stiuctlon. We have no doubt that the wheelmen ot Pennsylvania would glad ly contiibute $t apiece each year, di tectly to the commonwealth, If theieby a stait could lie made low aid highway Iniptovemcnt, in fact, vei few of them now spend less than live times that sum for this purpose. But It Is one thing to ghe voluntatily and another thing to be atbltiutily mulcted. The special tux pioposed in the Sputz bill Is a bit ol impudence, as unjust as it Is uncalled for. It Is a disi llnilnatloii against one kind of vehicle In tuvor ol other kinds; It ships In the laco the eiy pet sons who ulieady an- doing m on than theli shnte to push ahead the cause of good loads, and It encour ages the false belief that good loads aie not of geneial and uiiiloim benefit. It Is high time In this enlightened commonwealth to get out of the old mts and upon the solid basis that good loads aie needed b every citizen. The in clinic notion that they would bene II t only the lew is unworthy to be held by any man claiming to possess i opi nion sense. They me us much an es sential to the geneial piospeilty as good water, good all and good sanita tion. They should be built by lunds lalsed thiough geneial taxation, and the soonet such lop-sided I teak piopo sltlons as this Spaf. bill aie pulled out of the way, the sooner w ill they appear. and Piatt. A little ot the naiiui medi cine might tKcaslonally woik lor good at llaitlsbtiiK, also. Chauncey M. Uepew. like a tine thin oiighbted, comes up smiling with a handsome tribute for the man who beat him In the nice tin the ninbas mdoihlp to Gieat lllltaln. Ije says: "1 think Mr. Hay will mine than meet the obligations cast upon him, ami will be one ot the mosl uiiccessl'til am basadors we have ever pent abionil." We hope so. Hut hi- will have to gel lip eoily and lemuln up late to be us good as Mr. Depevv would have been lu the Apt II Km tun Senator Hour will give his opinion us to whulhei the sen ate has degenenlled. We iliiio say lie will' hold that tho Mnssnclutsetts pat l of it has not. And so Colonel Fied Grunt, It seems, is to be our next minister to Austila. Well, he l a son of his father who amounts to something on hit own legs- It Is announced that the ptoposed duty on books lias been stiickeu fiom I lie Dlngley bill. Pitch an umendment is welcome. That duty was a mistake. The London Times Is Indlscieet enough to Jump on the lnlted States senate. The Tlme-i Is usurping an ex clushelv Amenran pieiogvutvo. It Is something In know that Mr. Hiyau and his follnweis an- now, teni poiailly at least, sutlslled with the ('lilted Slutes Supieme I out t. 3Elp Of the Capital The legislating has defeated the new libel bill, nnd the excuse given is that Its membeis do not w ish to extend the oppoi untitles of newspapeis for cilll clsm of public utile lals. Then they should not Invite it. What Bravery Will Do. ' The fact thui Gieat lliitain has vvltli dinwn her waishlps fiom active pat tlclpatlon in theb lockade or Cietc- and that theie has ceased to be, In the dis patches ftom the capitals of the six powets, that (leicely thieatenlng tone which was the pievuiling note against Gleet u a loi might oi ro ago, Is signifi cant ot a chain e in the lastetn situa tion. Hciually so Is the seml-ofliclal hint which comes Horn Constantinople that the Poito might not object to ac tual Gteek occupation of Ciete piovid ed the island weie still to lemaln nom .inally a pait ol the Tutklsh emplie; in othei vvoids, that it King Geoige will name a governor-geneial, Abul Hanild will appoint him and tho matter at Is sue will dtop. If this last oveituie bo authentic, It will maik a signal vlctoty for Mr. Gladston", who, as tho Sun points out, pioposed in his nrsmurable letter to th Duke of Westmlnstet Just such a solu tion, nnd called attention to the fact that it would put Crete In the same categoiy with Bosnia, Herzegovina, Eastern Houmanla and Cj puis, ptoviti ces still nominally Tutklsh but actu ally Austrian, Bulgailan oi British. That the attitude of th once defiant povveu has leceutly weakened Is shown coiiveisely b the auginent-d llimnt-i-a of the Gieek government, last tepotts ctedltlng King George with having de claied dellbetately that "eveiy pres sute exerted by the powers upon Cteto will have Its counter stioke on the fion- tler and beiond " Altogether, the situation, asaeeutate ly as it cun bo viewed fiom this dis tance, ptesints a splendid exhibition of the supeilotltj ot light against might, when light btavely at. sens Itself in tho person of a stout-heaued champion. The two nuiopran llguies of this de cade who will win In this one alfalr their gteatest claim to the icspect of posterity aie the Kins of Gieece and William Kwarl Gladstone, and In the ptoportlon that they glow big upon the canvas do the ligure.i of William of Germany end NIcIioIbh of Hislu dim inish Into contempt. When President Krueser, of til" South Aft lean tepublle, doesn't like an edltorlt.1 in his morning paper, he sup piesses the Jotnnal's publication. Tljere ure olhciuls In the United States who must envy Kitteger hid power. The HUnwoith nutl-poitialt bill, now pending hi Now Yoik, has hesn amend ed to peitnlt newspapeis to print pic tures of lugltlves fiom justice, evident ly with u view to hastening their llight. Sptelal to the Seianton Tribune. Washington, Mutch 20. it makes all the dlll'ereiice In tho vvoild whose ox Is goreit. Tho new tarllf bill levies a lax or 73 cents pel ton on coal. One would mutually think that all Aitietlcun producers ol this veiy lie -essary ai tlcle would be lu fuvor of sueh tax. But they aie not. One Htm wauls the tnx ledured to ID cuius per toll. It is the iWhornc-Saeger Coal company, of Cleveland, O, that Is opposed to the 7f cent late plopo-ed bj the Dingle) bill. The luad of this 111 m Is I'lank Osboih-, a cousin ot Picdldont McKlulcy und a hi other ot William McKlnley Osborne, who was the other day appointed as con sul general to- London. This company, which lias Its mines lu southern Ohio, at the pi i scut time supplies Canada v.lth huge uuantltles or coal, and usei Is that It the- I'nlted States will keep Its duty on iojI down to -10 tents a ton that coiin ll will ledilie Itstaillt lioin the pievent late of tij rents. In otdei that the may be be-in llted Miosis. Usboi lie and Saegei aie Hooding longieSiS with piotests against the pioposed Ineiea-e of dutv mi io.il. The (oal opeiatois ol I'enns) Iva nlu. Vliglniii and West Vliglnla, who led Ihe competition tiom Canada, ale lu tu vor ol u piactlcall) piohlbltlve dill) on their piudiiet. It seems that the mind ot another mem ber ot the Osboine fainllv Is vei.v much distill bed Just ut pie-em. It Is William Mi ivllile) Osborne, the new i onsul gen iial to London, lie Is now engaged in canvassing the senate and hoit-e ol iep lesentutives to seiuii HUtllclellt llltlueiuo to peisuade the piesklnnt to levoke the Oldel or Si-cietai) Ullle) ccilieel lllllg roll kuIiii tees. When he pit ked out the ollli e to which he has just been appointed .Mi. iHboine was under the Impiession tliut It was wot tli between S'.O.uuO and $I(I,U"0 per )ear, all or which Is paid In teis. I'pon i-Miinliiatlon or the letiuns of Con sul Geneial Collins loi the last qimiti All. Oshoine tlnds Unit tile London i on siilale Is now woitli onlv flU.UW or tlL'.lWO. Hence, ids dlstiess or mind. It Is unitei stooil that the president does not think It good pollc) to levoke Mi. Ohie's oidei unless lougiess teiomniends It. That Is why Ml. Oshoine Is making a canvass ol both houses with the hope that the) will tako some action whkh will make his post In London woitli having, lleicto foie It has been the best paying otllee in the consulai seivlce. Cioni a moiidtaiy stniiilpoliH It has been piefeiable to the amhassadoishlp. to tin natloiihl committee In last .veav's catnimlgn Miijui Hid: had hi" )e on the imiMhnlhlilp or Die Dlstllet or Co.iuiihla b'lt when hi- dlieuvelcd that he mill not get that ur itn otlni ledeiul ap.iolnl nieiit he (-diluted the nett bt-t Job in dftht. He will make his pcnniiiictit li-l-deuce lu WimlilllKton. Coiigiessm in-at-liaige Grow Is sotiv what out of touch with his rnllciKU. 1 1 oni Pennsylvania In Ihe houe. He n fues lo caucus with tliitn on eveiy piop osltlon lui which they and the state are Inteiested. lu other winds he Is puddlltu his own cetioe. Pieslileiit .Me-Klide.v ipille cuptiued the lio;" on NewiiB'ier ltow by n'N caulinl icception of tin in on Tuesiht). It was wnoii) internal. After 1'iesliletit .MeK'u ley had grieted all the corltHpondc'llts he raced the gioup and said: "Gentlcmpe, I am glad lo see you here. 1 want you all to tiel that the executive mansion U a public olllce, ai. 1 tlut you arc welcome hue at an) time. I tnailk you lor 'om Ii.k. ' Chilli man lJiiiinll inl.cd the pieiU dent's attention to the fad that this was the liigist gathetlng of corre-nondelits he had nen In nnn.v year''. "I tnlte that as a lOiiiMllinent," sa'.d Ml. MeKlnlrj. '.'Well, It la a dlfleient sort ot n shov than that v,o had here a teiv weeks ago, ' broke In one ot the .vounger coi lesoond elits, with a 'ack or Tear of si eat iiin chaiacti"-ltlc n! his piofes-don. "When We weie asked to ccitnc to na oui !.' speets to .Mr. Cleveland baTore he went nway theie weie onl fouiteen v. lm u i ponded, and today theie tile Ju, La m n hc-ie. To thl the pieslileiit made no iepl. It't here another loucpondetit bioke In w th a I email: v.hleh gave Mr. McKlnley a chanco to show his quick wit. "Yes, be I 1 have hi aid the question . asked Inn; many of us vvld he here four .veils tioni now," he -aid, mennlng to convey tha Idea that possibly the ptesent president may have the same expeileaee as h's piedecissor und not be as popular at the end of his teim uu at the beginning or it. "Oh. as lo that," said the ptesUle'it, with a smile, "I hope you will ull plea vour pai cis so well that none ot ou will be missing George V. Lawrence, or Washington, Pa, who vvns u lnetilber of the leglda tuie UU) )eais ago and ulso spivisl two let ins In eongie-ss, Is heie as a crtndldUc lor the Cnlted States maslialshlp for th Wistein dlstilct. Chailemagno Tower may he tnnde con. sill general to Cuba, If he will aeicpt Him position. As a niattei or tact, the Cub-in consul generalship Is the best now open to any Aincile.ui clllren who wants to make for himself a las-ting reputation. PHI RPillT PP It Is Wise Econoiiiv ri- Bx-Mnjor Blllott, of Wllllainspoi t, l'a.. saw the piesident toda) in h's own inter est as a candidate roi Intel mil levenue lollrctoi In tho Twelfth dlstilct, to suc ceed Giant Helling. Congii'ssman Kul.i has a candidate for the i olh-etoishlp, l. T. ttohibacli, or Sunbinv, whom he will push vlgoiously. Congiesbnian Council's, candidate is Mujoi Penman, ot Set. niton, who held the Oolleetoishlp undoi the llnt ilson admlnlstiatlon. Bx-Congiesbinan Leonaid Is also a candidate toi the place. UN-AMERICAN CITIES. To buy where you c:ui buy the cheapest; another prosf of wisdom is to buy the best your poclcctbook will afford. Reliable merchandise wears the long est and is in every way more satisfactory than flimsy makeshifts. This store stands ready at all times to prove by actual demonstration that what you buy here will bj bought right, both in quality ami price. If through- any mistake it is not right, then we'll make it right. Your patronage is val- N uable lo us. ' ? EJEJSLOTT TO HSFH.AM ' : This refers to sundry lots of handsome Spring Suits, Ladies, Misses and Children's, all made by tailor artists, fit. finish and materials first-class, and all the dress making worry saved. THERE ARE SOME VERY PLEASANT PRiCE SURPRISES IN STORE FOR YOU HERE. Fl' Front Reefer Suit with straps, silk lined coat, skirt 41 yards around, bound seams, material of cheviot ssnre, well worth Sio. Our Price, $6.73. Black and Navy Blue Storm .Serge Reefer Suits, both skirt and jacket silk lined throughout, at the UnmatcJiable Price of $9.98. Genuine Craveuette Tailor-made Costumes, strictly water proof, beautifully made, perfect fitting in every respect, silk lined jacket, well worth $20. Our Price, $1 1.98. Black Brocade Mohair Skirts, 44 3'ards around, percaliue lined, velvet bound, worth $2. Our Price, $1.49. Skirts of fancy weave, Nub effects in various colors, full 4 yards wide, the very popular goods iust now, worth $4. Our Price, $2.73. Black Brocaded Satin Skirts, well made, beautiful hanging, No Trash, elsewhere $6. Our Price, $4.98. Children's and Misses' Reefers from 2 to 16 years, with deep sailor collar, Bolero Fronts and Kmpirc Backs. From $1.25 to $5.98. if you want the best Bicycle you can get for the money, get 1 1 1H Tims far in wtenllni; match All overzealotis lieutenant of Senator l'latt wliu undeitook on Ills own lespon sllilllty to say liuw Clovenior lllaclt of New York would uct on a ceita,lu mut ter lias been called down by both liluck Time l dealing Kently with Senator Spoonci. ol' Wisconsin. lie doesn't look a day older than he did when he letlied from the senate sK cais uao to make loom for lilb Democratic successoi, .Mi. "Cuckoo" Vilas. AlthmiKh now In his llfty-tlfth j ear Senator .Spoonci looks fully ten ycais jouiikci and by people who do not Know his am- would he taken for -10 much ottener than lor C". -Mr. Spoonci- Is one of the best Hieakeis In the senate. So far lie has not had an op portunity or displaying his oiatoilcal ability. the cateh-a-patch-cnn now kuIuk- on In the house oer tin) new tatllf bill the Repub lican oiators are eeveral points ahead of their flee trade opponents. The 1'opo eiats ate bllghtl) handicapped In thcli arxunients In defense of tho Wilson bill hecnuse of the fact that as a ieenue pioducei It has been n lapk talluie. Kiom a purely oiatoilial point ol view, leain out the olid aiKiiments and cold tacts picented by the Republicans, the Dem ocratic side of the house has pioduced some kooiI mateilal, which lias only been cuunllcd by such men as Dalzell and Deli ver lint, then, aftei all, lull; In cheap and doesn't amount to a Kieat ileal. A movement has attain been staited to eliaime the date of the Inauguration of pic-dUent and vice-president lioin Aiaich 1 to Apill S" Seantor Hoar has Intro duced a lesolullon to that elTect. It uho provides that the teims of 'Senators an I lewiesentatlves begin on the latter dale. The! Is 1 very leaRon why the date of the Inauguration should he changed The weathei In Washington dining the Ihst week In Mai eh U usually very dlsaeiee ahle and hundreds of people attelldlns the inuiiRUial ceiuionloH contract lolds which, in many cupes, lesult tatally Tin last fouith ol March happened, by ihe mi-iest i-har-ce, to be one or the lliiest dajs WiibliliiBton has experienced at that season of year foi a lone; time. Theie was ow-iy indication of lough weather. The day previous and the day followlm; weie good samples of March weather In this section. The weie both wet and dlsaniecnble. liy chaiiKlni; the date to the latlei pait of Apill vtaltots would tuen seo WaslilnBton In ull Its beauty. In .March they see It at Its veiy worst. Tho tai t that Pieslileiit .McKlnley is opposed to appointing anybody in a foi elsn mission ot consulate who Inn- busi ness Interests in that onntry inn? Iruclf out Mr. l'euiose, a biother of the sen ator, who Is a canuiuate for the ijovern. otshlp of Arlzoiiii. It Is said tint Mr 1'enrose Is Inteiested in mlnlns In that tenltoiy to quite an extent, and will, thereloie, veiy likely i onie within the new mud laid down uv tin- piesident in icsaid to consulships and otliti missions. Hesldes, Mr. I'cnio-ie Is opposed liy many of the lendlnir ltepuhlleaiis of AilZQiia, who decline that he did not suppott the Republican ticket lu the last p! evidential campaign They 'allese that lie not mil) oted for lliyun but contilbuted money to his (lampalmi. Ml. 1'eliroso llatly de nies the chaise, Major Chailes Dick, of Akron, (i, the new M-cretiuy of the Republican national committee, has aiilved lieu- and Is ndw In dial Be f hcadquaiters. Major Dick Is a datk vlsaged, smooth-lai is) man, and looks to he on the sunny side of 40, He Is a lawyer by pioficslon, hut of late jean has devoted most of his lime to the yreat name uf politics He was ctialrman of tho Itepublli an state committee of Ohio for thle-o )uuih, and usslatuut ueuetar l-'iom a l.e-etuie DelHeicd ill rittsbui;,' I.nst Week b Dl. Chailes MaitJII, ot e'lili-abo, "Thiee lacts letraidlntf i itles desme caielul attention The lust is that the uie thu dominant lone, soilal, Industilal, commeiclal, inoial and pollthal lu mod-t-iu lite Their growth Is abnoinial. When the Hist census was taken la 17UH iinl -i .t per i jut. ot tin- population was uibiM Accoidlnsf to the last census, taken m 1VJU, the piopoitlon was -'J.1J pel iillt. Duiltilf the- deiade between liid and lvtiU th Ilmiles lore tium .' r7 to -'.' U p. I lent In the Nuith Atluntle UlNlsluii ct the Union, whlih Includes the New Uiik land states, toi,i thei with New ork New ,lt-sey and l'ennsj KaiiUi, moie than hair ot the population rteie dwelleis In eltles or In fui t llgaies .,1 n per cent. The aggitBute yiowth ol out utban population Is time times us gieut as that of the iiiial population. Tula mean", of eouise, that In ilu ie-ai tutij. we ate to be a nation or i Itles 'j hi same tendency Is lslble In lluiopr 1 lorn 1VJJ to Ibb'J the IniieuM- in London was Ms pe cent.; in Rails, lib, in li una loT. In Hn lin, -.'JJ, lu Moscow and Constantinople each TiU; 111 Lheipool, 174, and In .Mdcli id, lll'i per cent. Hence municipal ptoblems aie thu pioblems of cUlli.atlou at luui" lu the Cnlted States, howcnei, the an moio Riae than eliew lu-ie, becausi ul the chaiacter of the goe-inmeiu whan makes i-ety male citizen a uli i o "The second slgnitlcant and ominous fact icgaidlng cities is that the aie b our own conlesslon and by the uei illa tion of loielgn Clitics, the pleile points wheie lepubllcanl-'m bleaks down. Tho conspicuous failuie of demoeiac Is that ignoianie, Ice, poeit, paupei ism an J shuip social contiasts siipd the i oils -n-lal toll In which the worst political abutis loot tlicmsehes ami thilve. Cur cities am un-Aineilean. rorelgneis with th -If Immediate descendants ale In tho ma- Joilt Our iiatHe customs or moiallly, based on Intelligence and piety, lounded on thu obse-'anee of the Loid's da, have been ullenated at tlieir own health In the decadent)- ot l'liiltanism and the Iuciease ol Kluopcan contlueiitallsin In tlie I'nlted States, we hae the explana tion of the popuhulty of dlvone and tin pievalenee ot cilme. Midhall, In his 'D)e tlonaiy of Statistics,' shows that the an nual deaths tiom dilnlt aie. lu l-'iame, In LOW) at the population; In Hnglan 1 nnd Ireland, J each; In Scotland, :1: In Sweden, li; ill N'ew Voile. 1:'. The dlvoiti and sepaiatlon In each thousand mar llages were in 1KS0; In Kngland. J; in Scotland, 3. In dance, 9; In .Masachu ett, r4 Ol late the nitio of inurdeis per million lui" bijen. In IJutilaiHl, 711; In Ueimany, 837; In tht I'nited States, U.lw In Oie.U Hiltuln, Fiance and the United States the uumUei of divorces more than doubled between lb"0 and IkS) ntld map another notablo advance between 130 und IVJu. of eouise these ominous ta tlstlcs, wheihci heie oi abroad, nie nor wholly uibun, yet they are emphasized In the cities heeuuse these supply the inot cont-nlent arena. Opportunity non been culled t'ne cleverest devil. o ' "The third tact Is that since the Pltle? alteadji Mile the nation and blnce they uu- the supieme danger points, they must be refoimed or we ate doomed. Vi cun lejeim them because we nu3c und We iliust btcaiiHe we .-an. New York and Chliauo aie the two most unllkeh munk ipalltles In the urlon to le. oei- to de )) nc-y yet thece nie pieclselj tho two e'tlts In wide a tho best he-ginning has been made. The millennium has not come In eltliei Rut k0 much has been oliendy done in both that the fi lends of lav and oidei are convinced that eveiy thli'K can be done Alter all, It is u question of the gilt, and giace uf Ameri can citizenship." , Tin: imcii r w.vv. $75.00- A strictly high-grade and up-to-date mount, MANUFACTURED BY S. Q. BARKER & SON. Scranton, Pa, PUSfaft Sf kr OVAL GRATE. wmmk M mm w a' &'ss. zzi zs""3 )U9 rte'h ri 1, AN Infortant feature found onlv in 1 P. i Stationery That Isn't Stationary! Nothing stands still at oui establish ment. It elj iatel happens that wo ...t. l... ,,, liu lm, n In ln,ii,ilti!r thpm iu;st- m- i,,v,, .-,,., 3 .u .u......r, ., , well, last call mound and we think .e can Interst ou with oui complete lines of stationed, enslaving, blank books and geneial olllce supplies. We also cam a complete line of typewilteis' supplLs Insiu'esqindCvpeiiecf cornbuition.Oi sim ple durable construction canbe easHy repaired without rawmfuim fainp. A. E. ROGERS' Jewelry Store, 213 LftCKflWAN.'U Atlj: fi i Foote & Shear Co. .eynoaas iros., 139 Wyoming Avenu, HOTEL JURMYN UUILUIVa ' SOLE AGENTS. Ill POWDER i DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, CLOCKS, WATCHES. Look at our $10 Gold Wiitchos, Warrunteil 15 Years. 213 Lackawanna Avenua. ROOfilS I AMD 2, COM'LTH B'L'D'G. SCRANTON, PA, Krom tho nimhurst Signal. The way lo havo piosperity id to work for It TOLD BY THE STARS. Sets moving miz is mini:, itki! mm"vi: riNMs,iii:n JIUVl.NH AMI I'tH Nil Yllf UAVK 1SHOK K. JliiItKillt I.K-.s. CHINA, i 'A LI. UN I ANUsKi: now ciii:AriA vi: i'a.n iu-:-i'i,.u'i.ii'ioi: itif. ifllHING AND BLASTING MADE AT MOOfllC AND ttUSH DALU WORKS. LAFLIN & RAND POWDn? CO'9 ORANGE GUN POWDER I.lettrlo Ilatte-iies, I'leetnc! l.xul ilor4. fj.' o: pludlui; blasts, S l.'ctj I ila--. und Ropauno Clioinlcal Qi 'j limn i:PLoiivn3 NOVELTSeS FOR EASTER Stcrlina Silver Top Gut (llass Salve lioxei. at 75 CENTS EACH. THE Daily Horose-npi1 UriiU'u by Aiucchtl.s, Tim Trihutii) Astiiilciui'i. Abtiolabe cast- 3.10 n m., foi Titday. Hatch W, 1W7. m1 is& It will bo appaient to a child bom on this da) that I'licle John Wumimakii has too muiiy political managem. The fact that too many peron o.'.pcc t lemiltH lu uiUance on eve-iy bulucns eii tuio may hau nomc-thluir to do with the haid tlmes Amoiitf tho Blsnu of mpiIiik ro putches of pavimunt that iuii occasionally be ob. served lhtouih the illit on tin sticctt. A Hcianton wife-beater ha be-en lined all of $3! Ale the loida of cie-atlou to bu ullowed no pi l lieges? Ajucehiis' Atlvie-e1. Now shako youi tut pets und uny old fi lends who are- no longer useful. demons, Fesber, O'Malley Co. 422 Lackawanna A.:. LADIES' (F01 Al'lill.0 An ExqiiisitEASTER Numbar. BEIDLEMAN, THE BOOKMAN, 1LI7 BpiueoMt., Upp. Tim foijiuiouwe-ulth, WOLF & WENZKL, 531 Linden., Opp. Cuurt rluns-, PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUIBBERS Hole Agents for Illch.udsoti royntuii'i I m-ntices and ltimds. IffillMILIi Jewalers and Silversmiths, 130 Wyoming Ave. a The Bradford Fully 1 A High uradu llul (Junraiitecil. Three Col ors. Sold Onlj I)) g?igTOgwai??iwgsa5as W 4?V m jz"sz "?' ."s, va?-Vi''- f,'" -JJ- j f jr. w r 1 r ;fstvf ft "-iri What Snrah Uernhard say