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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1900
Page
4
The Scranton Sundune published daily except Sunday by Tribune Publishing Company at fifty cents a month. Editors invite letters on current topics but require real names and signed submissions subject to editorial revision. Office at New York and Drexel Street. foreign advertising by Bree land associate as space permits.
The Republican state committee calls a convention of Republican electors in Harrisburg on April 5 at 10 am to nominate a U S senator two congressmen four presidential electors and eight delegates at large plus alternates for the national convention in Philadelphia June 19. Delegates are apportioned by district based on votes for the presidential electors in the last election, with one delegate per two thousand votes and adjustments for fractional votes. Frank Reeder chairs, with W Th Andrews and GPE Voorlores as secretaries.
Ferber and Fellows lead Republican slate with Veete tomorrow for school directors and for ward candidates. Voters are urged to back the viaduct and new sewers project as part of the ticket.
Scranton faces a busy building season as new mills and large projects are expected to drive demand for housing and real estate. Planned parks, land acquisitions, viaducts, and sewers, along with a charter for the Delaware Valley and Kingston railroad, promise broader prosperity while miners and rail workers anticipate steadier work and wages.
The silver question is declared dead by education of experience. Colonel Morse offers to light Serantos free if city presents his refuse, countered by a bid threat to shut off power if not accepted. City officials are urged to take him at his word.
The piece argues the Albany House defeat of a death penalty bill was not a fair gauge of public opinion. It cites Newton Curtis and Justice Wilken on reform goals, deterrence failures, and the harms of executions versus imprisonment as a more humane and effective approach.
General Curtis argues that abolition of the death penalty in several states correlates with reduced murders and increased unpunished crimes, citing Michigan Rhode Island Wisconsin Maine Town and Colorado. He notes foreign data, 1490 to 1900 lynchings versus 500 legal executions, and contends expert opinion is shifting away from capital punishment.
The article critiques Professor William G Sumner of Yale for asserting that a large share of modern marriages are unhappy. It argues he has no data to prove a high rate of unhappiness, notes that happiness is relative, and questions the certainty of his sweeping statement. It also recalls Ex-Speaker Reed on Sunday newspapers.
A jumble of misprinted notes cites wages for London domestic servants, South Africa England cable rates, Chicago life expectancy gains, and Japan’s arms sales. It mentions New York streetcar laws, railway ticket prices, electricity-related fires, false teeth from Philadelphia, and gold use. Also noted are Polish teaching bans, heat remedies, self marking of theater exits, sugar nutrition, and quinine production in Java and India.
Special correspondence from Washington describes the last White House reception of the season as a spectacle of women in low necklines and varied gowns, contrasting brutal fashion scrutiny with praise for resilient American girls. The crowd crowded the east room, pushing and laughing, as elegance and discomfort mingled in the elegant chaos.
A portrait recalls the gracious wife known for patient devotion and Christian character. Her sweet face left a shadow in the amile as mourners remember her loving life and the happiness she brought to her husband.
A reflective essay argues that genuine virtue is rare and often counterfeited like honesty. It critiques moral absolutism, urges social responsibility, and traces how ego and economic interests shape conduct in a modern world. It muses on evolution, free will, love, and the role of justice in daily life.
We offer a full line of watches guaranteed to pass inspection. Buy from an old reliable house that stays in business. Our guarantee is as good as gold. Prices as low as any.
Finley’s Foulard Silks and Challies announces its spring line for 1990 featuring the cream of the best manufacturers. The collection moves beyond blacks and navies to summer colors such as blues greys heliotrope fawn and includes Natural Foulard and Liberty Satin finishes.
Our Charlies are handsome and the assortment is extensive, with scarcity in finer grades. This limited time offer rewards early buyers with the best selection. See our exhibit this week.
Teachers and superintendents seek substantial inexpensive picture study aids. The article promotes beautiful new reproductions in two subjects, offering reasonable prices and a complete assortment for class use.
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