THE SCBANTON TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 31, 3894.
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PERSONAL.
Mis Esther Klllam, of Paupack, la vis
iting friends on Capouse avenue.
Mrs. Flora Van Soholck, of Albion,
Mich., Is visiting relatives in the city.
Miss Blanche Wood and Miss Dodfte, of
Honesdale, are the guests of Green Ilidge
friends.
Motorman A. R. Hlgnett received on
Saturday the sad Intelligence of the death
cf his mother at Berkenhead, England.
. Bishop Rullson and Rev. E. J. Haugh
ton, of Pottsvllle, are guests of Rev. Rog
ers and Mrs. Israel at 8t. Luke's rectory.
George McDonald, ticket agent at the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western sta
tion, spent Saturday In New York city.
. Chaperoned by Mrs. H. J. Anderson and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belln. the following
party of young people recently Inspected
The Tribune's typesetting machines and
plant: Miss Knox, Miss Anderson, Miss
fcclin, Mr. Clark, Mr. Anderson and
Henry Belln, Jr.
Mrs. Theo. A. White, a well known so
prano of Blnghamton, delighted Scranton
lans yesterday while In the city visiting
Crlends. At the morning service at the
Second Presbytorlan church Mrs. White
rendered "The Beauteous Song," by
Barrl; and In the evening at Pcnn Avenue
Baptist church she sang "Lead Kindly
Light," by Shepherd.
THE BACHELORS' BALL.
Arrangements Made for Tonight's Bril
llajf Social Event.
The Bachelors' ball will be given to
night at the Frothlngham. In music,
dress and elaborateness of detail the
ball promises to be at least the gala so
cial affair of the season and has at
' tracted unusual Interest. For several
days the members of the committee of
arrangements have been busily; en
gaged In preparing for the event.
For the convenience of prospective
guest9 It may be well to note that car
riages will be permitted to approach
the entrance only from Spruce street,
passing out on Linden. This plan, It Is
expected, will save time and avoid con
fusion. To avoid a crush following the
ball, carriages will be called only for
persons with their wraps on and at the
door ready to depart.
During today the false flooring will
be laid and decorations completed.
NOVELTIES
FOR THE
HOLIDAYS. .,
Books, Booklets, Art Calen
dars and Xmas Goods of all
descriptions, nigh Class
: Framing a specialty.
A Foe to Dyspepsia
o
POLICE IHADE A BIG RAID
Four Gambling Dens Visited by Of
ficers Saturday ftlyht. ',
FORTY-ONE MEN GATHERED IN
Gambling Devices Valued at $3,000 Were
Confiscuted-City Enriched $800 by
l ines-Prisoners Given a Hear,
ing Before Alderman Fuller,
Trobably the biggest raid ever made
upon the gambling houses In Scranton
occurred Just before midnight Saturday
when four of 'the largest of those es
tablishments were raided and forty-ona
players, employes and proprietors
caught In the police net. All the gamb
ling paraphernalia was confiscated and
taken to the policemen's room at head
quarters whlfh looked yesterday like
a second-hand furniture store or the re
mains of an euchre party after a free
flifhjt. The prisoners were given hear
ings during the arly hours of yester
day morning by Alderman Fuller In the
mayor's office.
The place raided were Ell Ager's,
over the Windsor, corner of Penn ave
nue and Llpden street; Chris Anne
man's, at 315 Lackawanna avenue;
Cyrus Cdhen's; at 217 Lackawanna ave
nue, and Dummley & Keoley's, 221
Lackawanna avenue. The arrests were
made upon Information entered by
Chief of Police Simpson before Alder
man Fuller Saturday, complaints hav
ing: been made by families of men who
frequented three of the places pulled.
Descent Made Simultaneously.
The raids were made simultaneously
about 11 o'clock by Lieutenants Spell
man, Williams and Zang and Sergeant
Dieter with four men each, all in citi
zens clothes. Five of the regular night
patrolmen were on the alert about the
exterior of the places visited to guard
against the possibility of evtJn one es
cape, and Chief Simpson and Captain
Edwards conducted the plan of opera
tions. Lieutenant Davis superintended
the confiscating of as mixed au assort
ment of gambler's playthings as ever
ornamented the Interior of a police sta
tion. After the different squads reported at
the mayor's ollice with their prisoners,
the crowd showed a gathering con
taining Individuals well known In the
city's mercantile and professional cir
cles. Excepting the attaches, proprie
tors and professional gamblers, fully
one-half of the prisoners were men who
in their every.-day pursuits would never
be suspected of so gross an amusement
as "bucking the tlgar" but they were
there, Just the same, most of them very
much Chagrined and sheepish looking.
Hearing at Midnight.
Alderman Fuller was brought from
his home and In a very short space of
time had Imposed fines which will make
the city richer by about $800. The pro
prietors of the four Joints were fined
$100 each, and the players $20: a tax
of $25 was levied upon each employe.
Various excuses were offered by the
prisoners in explanation of their pres
ence In the gambling rooms, and the
half of them who look oath that It was
their first vis't to the places, or had
gone In on business, or were not play
ing, these were released without fine.
In all the places raided, "draw" or
"stud" poker was being played, but
each room contained one or two faro
layouts, and In two of the places a
roulette wheel was In evidence. The
roulette table with an Imbedded wheel
taken from Ager's was a handsome
piece of mahogony furniture and was
purchased at a cost of $350. Altogether
there were brought to the central sta
tion about fifteen tables for faro, rou
lette and draw and stud poker, hun
dreds of packs of cards, several bushels
of chips, faro markers and dealing
boxes, and, In fact, about every article
common to the American gambling
Joint. According to law the whole out
fit will have to be destroyed, which
means to the gamblers a loss of about
$3,000, exclusive of their fines.
DUFFY DECLARED INSANE.
He Was Taken Back Again to the Hillside
Home.
Patrick Duffy, of South Washington
avenue, who attempted suicide by tak
ing a doss of laudanum on Friday
night, was plated before Alderman Ful
ler on Saturday morning, who, after an
Investigation, ordered his removal to
the Hillside Home.
Duffy Is apparently about IS vpnpq
of age and has been an Inmate of the
Hillside Home for some time, and, of
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will accommodate the after-Holiday purse.
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I'SE 8AP0LI0 ! USE SAP0LI0 !
late, his friends have had cause for re
newed anxiety, owing to the Indications
of insanity which he had showed.
IN LOCAL THEATERS.
"Hoss and Hoss," the famous farce
comedy, has been secured by the mana
ger of the Frothlngham for the New
Year's attraction at that theater. This
Is the best play of Us class now be
fore the publlo, and should draw large
audiences here. "Hoss and Hoss" dif
fers from most so-called farce-comedies
In that It has a plot There are a
number of clever people in the company
and each is equal to a pleasing special
ty. The cast introduces an eccentric
Judge, an erratic lawyer, a typical Bow
ery girl, a humorous German sheriff, a
Weary Wraggles tramp, and several
pretty girls, who sing and dance at
every opportunity.
II II II
"Peck's Bad Boy" will be Introduced
at Davis' theater this afternoon, and
there Is every Indication that a splen
did treat will be given to those desirous
of an afternoon of mirth and merri
ment. The company has been specially
eeleoted and 'the adaptation of the
piece Is excellent. The whole perform
ance abounds In the merriest of fun and
the pranks of the Bad Boy cannot fall
but be a great attraction at the popular
theater. The piece will be seen at the
theater Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day afternoons and evening.
II II II
Next Thursday, Jun. 3, at the Froth
lngham, Scranton will for the first time
this season welcome the Lehigh Uni
versity Glee and Banjo clubs. All the
men In the city who are Interested
In the university, either by personal or
family ties, are doing their utmost to
Insure the success of the concert, and
it will undoubtedly be a very enjoyable
occasion. This Is the first extended
trip the clubs have taken this year.
II II II
On Friday night ithe "Chimes of Nor
mandy" will be produced at the Acad-
JIME. LOUISE NATALI.
emy of Music by 'the Scranton Oratorio
society. The following Is the cast of
characters:
Serpolette, the good for nothing,
Miss Julia Allen
Germainc, the last Marchioness,
Mme. Louise Natull
Gertrude... Miss Mame Fenner
Jeanne Miss Mamlo Jordan
Mannette Miss Ellse Radcllffe
Suzanne Miss Ray Harding
Henry, Marquis of Corneville,
T. J. Watkins
Jean Grenlcheaux J. J. Gleason
Gnspard, a miser Harry C. Peakes
The Bailie Dan Jordan
Register Robert Lynott
Assessor Herbert Johnson
Notary William Coyne
Village Maidens, Sailors. Etc.
The opera will be produced under the
direction of Professor Richard Lindsay.
Mr. Peakes, who has been engaged for
the role of Gaspord,' will on Jan. 31 Join
Miss Lillian Russell and company, who
are now playing the "Grand Duchess."
.Mr. Peakes will assume the character
of General Baum.
Postoffice Hours Tomorrow.
The stamp and general delivery win
dows will be open until 12 o'clock New
Year's day. The money order and regis
ter windows will be closed all day. The
carriers will make the usual morning de
liveries. Bay the Weber
and get the best. At Guernsey Bros
Those
Queer
People
There's
No Better
Holiday
Present
for the
Little Ones.
All parts on sale now at The
Tribune business office.
Goods
5, ETC., fit
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MINERS SAVEDJROM FIRE
Fourteen Men Imprisoned Eight Hours
' Behind a Barricade.
NOBLE ACT 01' FRANK BEXNIE
Passed Mass of Flames to Notify tho
Miners of Their Danger Kcsoued
by a Band of Forty
Picked Men.
Fourteen miners had a thrilling ex
perience and a narrow escape from
death In the mine of the Lackawanna
Coal company at Olyphant Friday
nlgUV While a portion of the mine
near the hoisting engines was a mass
of flames 'the men remained behind a
barricade erected to proteat thera from
the Bmoke and flames. They were in
this perilous position for eight hours.
Frank Bennle, She engineer, discov
ered the Are In the engine room after
his return from the workshop on the
surface where he had gone to procure
a bolt. Dense volumes of smoke filled
the gangway and the engine room was
a Beuthlng furnace.
linen ocourred an aot of heroism
which undoubtedly saved the lives of
fourteen men and will put the name
of Frank Bennlo on the list of anthra
cite mine heroes. At tho risk of his
life he ran past the flames and into the
mine beyond where the men were work
ing. Erected a Burrlcudc.
After the alarm was given It was
found lmjwsslble to get out, but the
men remained cool and held a hurried
council as to the best course to pursue.
Charles W. Williams, Patrick T. Bren
nun, William T. livujis, Frank Mc
Cabe and Engineer Bonnie, each an ex
perienced miner, decided upon erecting
a barricade of culm, rock and coal to
protect themselves and nine Hungari
ans from suffocation and cremation.
It was between 7 and 8 o'clock Friday
evening 'that the Are started, but not
until 11 o'clock were the flames dis
covered and word carried to the sur
face. During the three hours preceding
the Imprisoned men were powerless to
give the alarm and were kept behind
their barricade until 'help arrived ait 5
o'clock in the morning.
David Miles, a miner, discovered the
flre while on his way -to work on the 11
p. m. shift. Outside Foreman William
Harper and Inside Foreman J. K. Burk
helser Immediately called forty select
ed men Into service and began opera
tions for the rescue of the men inside.
Mine Inspector Roderick, who arrived
on the scene from Providence soon af
ter being notified of the flre, and Fore
man Burkhelser led the rescuers dawn
an air shaft nearly 3,000 feet from the
main opening.
Descended on Ladders.
The descenit of about 175 feet was
made by ladders and upon reaching the
bottom the party was led by experts to
the point where thefourteen Imprisoned
men lay. The barricade was torn dawn
and at 6 o'clock Saturday morning res
cuers and rescued safely reached the
surface.
The Olyphan't and Prlceburg Hose
companies meanwhile had willingly re
sponded to the call for service and aif ter
considerable difficulty a long line of
hose was carried Into the mine. At
8 o'clock Saturday night the flames
were under control and two hours later
were practically subdued. O. S. John
son, superintendent of the company,
was on the scene all day Saturday.
John S. Jones was severely burned.
He was the only peiwon Injured.
Many of the timbers supporting the
roof were burned and a large quantity
of rock and coal bas fallen. The place
where the flre occurred Is at a depth of
103 feet, 200 feet from the foot of the air
shaft and 2.700 feet from the main shaft
and at the head of what was known as
No. 1 plane.
Beginning tomorrow work In the
mine will be resumed, excepting In that
portion where the faHloccurred In thirty
chambers.
RHEUMATISM In the back, shoulders,
hips, ankles, elbows, or wrists, Is caused
by accumulation of acid In the blood.
Hood's Barparllla neutralizes the acid
and cures rheumatism,
HOOD'S PILLS are the best family
catarthic and liver medicine. Harmless
and reliable.
The $40,000 School IIouso.
for Columbia avenue has been let and will
be commenced Immediately. There are
sUU a few more lots left at a low price.
Arthur Frothlngham,
Oflice, Theater Lobby.
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PEI
IT IS OVER
The Holiday rush, we
mean. We had a lot of
goods arrive a few days
before Christmas, and
were too busy- to open.
Among them a lot of
those
These sets are new shape,
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guarantee the quality.
Our line of
DINNER, TEA
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A SUGGESTION .
Of course you are in a
quandary what to give
for a Xmas present. Now
your mind will be great
ly relieved by visiting
either of our stores, where
our lines of Bath Robes,
Canes,Umbrellas,Leather
Goods, Neckwear, Gloves,
. Suspenders and Night
Shirts are complete.
Our assortment is cer
tainly the largest and
best iu the city.
THE
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If you intend getting one. Our vast assortment is still
unbroken- and you'll have no difficulty making
' a suitable selection.
PRICES? Well, You Should See Them, Away Down-
Drop in and see us. We'll Interest you.
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Custom Tailors and Clothiers,
WYOMING AVENUE.
THE :. FASHION
308 Lackawanna Avenue.
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS IU PRICES
In order to close out our entire stock of
Winter Goods in all departments.
Jackets, Gapes
SOLD
MILLINERY
At your own price. Ladies' and Gents'
Underwear, Dress Goods and Notions, all
MUST GO AT
Something uioe for a Christmas Gift.
some dear friend's hair. Leave
E. M.HETZEL,
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WITH EVERT rAIR OP ICE
SKATES SOLD BY TJS BETWEEN
NOW AND NEW YEAR'S, WE WILL
GIVE FREE ONE TICKET GOOD
FOR ONE ADMISSION AT ANY
TIME TO EITHER OF. THE ICE
SKATING RINKS. 4 , L.ijj...,
C M. FLOREY
Y. M. C. A. BUILDING,
222 WYOMING AVENUE.
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TICKETS
THE SKATING RINK
AND
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and Fun
LESS THAN COST.
THIS SALE.
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FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Chains made out of your own or
orders as early as possible.
230 Lacka. Ave.
NEW STORE,
133 FRANKLIN AVE.
We are now doing a seneral Drug, Paint
and Oil business at the above location,
during tne erection of our store building
recently destroyed by lire.
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
OUR TELEPHONE CALL, NO. 221.
All orders promptly tilled and delivered la
any part ot the city.
133 FRANKLIN AVENUE.
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about it.
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Complete Outfitters.
La oka wanna Ave