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THIS SCBANTON TMBUNJS WJfiDNKSDAY. MOltNINGr. JULY 17, 1895.. '
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horton's bolletih;
Bicycles.
Tricycles.
Velocipedes.
Boys' Buckboards.
Boys' Express Wagons.
Boys' Wheelbarrows.
Babies Double-horse Rockers
Dolls' Perambulators.
Children' Coaches.
Krough Keigh and other
Games.
Very Interesting Prices,
at
NORTON'S,
822 Lackawanna Avenue.
A Foo to Dyspepsia
GOOD BREAD
USE THE
FLOUR
And Always Have
Good Bread.
MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALS
TO THE TRADE BY
The Weston Mill Go.
PERSONAL.
T. P. Duffy spent yesterday at Elm
hunt. Senator J. C. Vauchan Is in New York
for a few days' visit.
Hiss Teresa Lenahan. of Wilkes-Barre,
ta the guest of Miss Lizzie Keogrh.
Attorney T. V.- Powderly left for Wash
ington. D. C, yesterday afternoon.
Ous Butterburs, of the city solicitor's
office. Is enjoying a week's vacation.
Miss Anna Nealotv, of Carbondale. Is vis
iting Mis Mary C. Duffy, of Madison ave
nue. Karl Koempel has gone to Germany to
visit his parents and to seek renewed
sealth. .
Miss Helen B. Evans, of Qulncy avnue,
la visiting la Glenwotxi, Susquehanna
county.
Miss Emily W. Smith, of Qulncy avenue.
Is spending the summer In Columbia and
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Weaver, of Buffalo, lias returned
''bom after a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. H. By Ware.
' Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Puller. Miss Susan
Jermyn and Miss Wtnton are summering
at Shelter Island.
John Colllgan and family, of Washing
ton avenue, have gone to Atlantic City
to spend a month.
J. J. Connlff returned last evening from
Atlantic City, where he spent several
days of his vacation.
Mrs. A. H. Dlmmlck. of Mulberry street,
has returned home after a week's visit
with friends In Peckvllle.
Misses Susie Gordon and Annie Cawley,
of Ptttston, have returned home after a
Visit among Scranton friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Phillips, of North
park, are entertaining Professor and Mrs.
Charles H. Ashton, of Cambridge.
Misses Edna and Mabel Nece, of Phila
delphia, are guests of their aunt, Mrs.
Frank Thompson, of Wyoming avenue.
Mrs. Friedman, of N W Tork, returned
home yesterday, ac npanted by her
niece. Miss Anna Hln.-.'elt. of Penn ave
nue. Attorney George Horn, accompanied by
his nelces, the Misses Stevens, of Elmlra,
N. T., left yesterday for his cottage at
Crystal lake.
Mall Carrier John C. Costello, of Pitts
ton, visited Andrew J. Best, of Cedar ave
nue, yesterday, and left on an evening
train for Atlantic City to spend his vaca
tion. Editor W. R. Bell, of the Times, has
his three daughters visiting him at the St.
Charles. They came up from Washing
ton, D. C, accompanied by Miss Harris,
and after viewing the sights of the Elec
tric City will go to Lake Ariel for a few
days.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
. From the Philadelphia Press.
Some people And It great fun to wallow
In the sand after a sea bath and must be
covered to the tips of their noses. It
seems -to ma like an excellent method of
catching cold, but Worse than that hap
pened to a young girl with whom I was
acquainted. She had come dripping from
the sea, and kind friends hollowed out a
trench In tha sand, and after she lay down
In It she was covered up until only her
face was In alght. Then her friends wont
back to .wrestle With old Neptune, and
aba reclined In a delicious, dreamy
state. She dosed off for a few minutes
and was aroused by a severe slap in 'the
face. She screamed out, and as she did so
aha waa dragged to a sitting position by
her hair, and a woman'a voice shouted:
; "1'va caught you, have IT Oh, you hussyt
' This Is what you call going over to
Mrs. Mulllns and belpln' her with the
baby, is It?" A coarse face, vixenish look-
- Ing woman waa shaking her by the collar,
'.but as the girl pushed her assailant away
tha latter dropped her hands and her
Jaw, while a look of mortification swept
over her face as she exclaimed: "Why,
It ain't 'Linda, after all! Well, for the
Lord's sake!" Then away she flew down
the beach and. was out of sight "In no
lime.1' ' '
SUPPOSED THEY KNEW.
A story at the expense of tha Appala
chian Mountain club, of Boston, Is related
- In Happy Thought. An excursion party
from tha club. It appears, had gone to a
. rural part of the state, aad In default of
" aufflclent hotnl accommodations, some of
'the members were obliged to seek quar
ters lna farmhouse.
Simplicity waa tha order of the day.
Everything waa scrupulously clean, but
there was a natural absence of some of tha
luxuries of high-priced city hotels. Soma
at ha ladies of tha party discovered that
there were no keys In the Jocks of their
: rooms,, and waited , upon the farmer's
wife. ' - , :
... That good woman was surprised.
"Why," aheeald, "we don't usually lock
our doors her A and there's no one here but
- yon. But, ehen. I suppose you know you
- -owe party heat." ,..., x ,
The rial tore did hot Insist upon tha keys.
m ISJTC FUSF3SE
Opeaiag Meeting of the Conuatioa
of Christian Workers.
REMARKS BY MRS. A. C. MORROW
She Took for Her Subject. Whatovor Ha
Salth t'ato Von. Do It-Speakers
Who Will De Heard at
Olhsr Sessions.
An unique religious event, the Te
llevers Conference and Christian Work
ers convention, which la being held
under the auspices of the Tabernacle
church, on Adam avenue, Ureen Ridge,
opened last night.
This convention Is of an Interdenomi
national character and is conducted for
the purpose of bringing Into a closer
unity all the Christian workers of the
city. Prominent divines and lecturers
from various cities are in' attendance,
and will participate In one or the other
of the many services). It will continue
for five days. The lesser meetings will
be held in the church, but the main ser
vices, such as addresses by prominent
speaker, will take plaoe In a large tent,
capable of seating over 1.000 persons,
which Is erected just to the rear of the
church. It is tilled up with a comfort
able platform, camp cthalrs and is light
ed by elertrlc lights.
The order of evrvlces Includes prayer
meeting, 6.30 to 7.30 a. m.; preaching,
10.20 to 12 n: short addresses, 3 to 5 p.
m.; song service, 7 to 8 p. m.; Bible
study, 8.30 to 10 a. m.; testimony meet
ing. 2 to 3 p. m.; young people's meeting
and preaching, 8 to 9 p. m.
Those Who Are Attending.
Among the well known speakers,
trackers and singvra who are attend
ing are Rev. A. B. , Simpson, Rev.
Stephen Merrttt, Charles N. Crittenden,
MUa Louise Shepherd, Mrs. Abble C.
Monrow. of New York; Rev. S. II. Senft,
Altoona: Rev. S. A. Rennlck. Corry,
Pa.; Rev. George Smith, Newton. Pa.
The preliminary meeting last eve
ning was held In the church. It was led
by Mrs, Abble C. Morrow, of New York,
editor of the Sunday School Lesson
Illustrator. She took for her theme,
"Whatever He Salth Unto You. Do It."
She laid particular stress upon the last
word each time he repeated the quota
tion to Impress upon her hearers her
argument that God calls upon t'ach one
to do a certain work and that that
work and not something of our own
choosing is what we should do. Mrs.
Morrow Is a woman of magnetic pres
ence, a graceful, easy talker, and one
that Impresses her audience with the
fact that her whole heart is In her
work. She will speak again this morn
ing at 10.30 o'clock at the first meeting
to be held In the tent.
Programme for Today.
Today's programme Is as follows: .
Morning
7 to 8 o'clock, prayer meeting.
9 to 10 o'clock Blble.study.
10.30 o'clock, address by Miss Morrow.
Afternoon
2.30 o'clock, testomony meeting.
3 o'clock, addresses by Rev. Stephen
Merrltt and Miss Louise Shepherd, of
New York.
Evening
7 to 8 o'clock. Young People's meeting
and prayer service.
8 o'clock, address by Rev. A. B. Simp
son, New York.
The Dim mo re suburban cars pass the
Tabernacle grounds on which the tent
la erected. . .
AN IXFORTIXATE FAMILY.
Dorothy Boyer, the Infant Daughter, Fol
lows Her Parents to Grave.
Another of the unfortunate Boyer
family, Dorotlhy, a 2-months-old child,
died yesterday. The little one was one
of twlnn born two months ago.
When the mother was stricken down
by the plajgue of typhoid fever which
attacked this family, the Home for the
Friendless took charge of the mew born
Infant, while other diarltable Institu
tions .took cafe of the others of the
seven children.
Dorothy Is the first of the children to
succumb. The other? are doing very
nicely, especially the twin which is In
the Home for lln Friendless. Dorothy's
funeral will take place itoday aw 4
o'clock.
The Boyer family lived at 815 Gibson
street. In a house owned by W. Gibson
Jone. "When -the mirm weather set in
the father and after him the mother and
some of the children were stricken down
by a. malignant type of typhoid fever.
The mother died aibout fifteen days ago
and the father passed away last week.
An Investigation 'by thehoardof health
discovered the fact that tihe premises
were in a very unsanitary condition.
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CRUSHED HIS FOOT.
A Heavy Steel Bar Falls from a Car I'pon
Daniel Ma rev's Inntep.
Daniel Marcy, an employe of the up
per .mill waa brought to tlhe Moses Tay
lor hospital yesterday with his left foot
badly crushed.
He was epragglng a car loaded with
steel bars When one of the bars rolled
off the car and fell upon his Instep.
It 1 not thought that It will be neces
sary to amputate the Injured member.
Marcy Is 36 years of age and is a real
dent1 of Stone avenue.
COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.
Mrs. Ellen StHes was discharged un
der the Insolvency laws yesterday from
the county jail.
In the estate of Philip Bartron, late
of this city, letters of administration
were yesterday granted to the widow,
Amy A. Bartron.
Robert Haag, an tax collector of the
Seventeenth ward, tiled his bond yes
terday in the sum of $20,000. Colonel E.
H. Ripple and Sheriff Frank demons
are his sureties.
The bond of .William "Walker, treas
urer of the borough of MayfleM, was
filed in court yesterday In the sum of
$5,000. with M. F. Norton and E. F. Ed
munds as sureties.
AN UNDERGROUND TROLLEY.
It b Now In Suosessf nt Operation In New
York City.
The feasibility of the underground
trolley haa been practically established
In 'New York city. A car on the Lenox
avenue line of that city,- drawn by the
new motor Is now In use. Cars have
been running on Lenox avenue for sev
eral weeks, but their work baa been
mostly experimental. The electricians
of the General Electric company, which
Is building the system for the Metro
politan Traction company, have been
busy perfecting the system.
The new cars are operated and light
ed by , electricity . and provided with
super-, springs. . They, measure thirty
three feet hi length., ; They resemble
the Broadway line oar. ,
With the machinery now In use, 'the
can eat! make fifteen miles an hour,
but they keep within the ten mile limit
m hour prescribed by law. Below
135th street the care go at leas than the
lawful limit, while above, where there
are but, a few houses, they travel above
the ten mile limit.
This power la provided by two direct
complex generators and dynamos,
which are supplied by two cross com
pound engines of 800 horse power each.
These provide ample power at present,
but If the system ta extended along the
Columbus avenue line the machinery
will be augmented.
The motors and machinery are simi
lar to those used on overhead trolley
cars, the difference lying in the fact
that the power Is taken from below, to
receive which certain changes In the
motor are necessary. '
S01T1I SIDE NEWS.
New Street Car Schedule That Is in Effect.
Placing the Boilers In the New Silk
Mill.
Never before hasthe South Side been
provided with a better street car ser
vice than what haa been Inaugurated
with the new schedule whk-h went Into
effect yesterday. It Is due the 23.000
population in this part of the city that
a service equal to any In the city should
be provided. The new arrangement
worked like a charm, except at occar
ttlonal periods slight confusion arose and
delayed the cars a "few minutes. But
along towards evening the schedule
was carried out without a hitch, and
the traffic was very satisfactory to the
company. There Isn't any doubt but
that the seven car system will be a
source of prollt to the Traction com
pany and appreciated by Its patrons.
Shorter Paragraphs.
Herman Spruk. of Honeedale, is vis
iting 'hU son. S. S. Spruks, of Plttston
avenue.
MUa Sule Little, of Brook street, la
visiting In New York city.
The first of the new boilers for
Simpson & Co. 's silk mill arrived yes
terday. It took eight horses to pull the
wagon up t he 'Meadow Brook hill.
In speaking about the excursion of
St. John's purlfh on the 29th, It was
Inadvertently stated yeoterday that the
excursion will go to Mountain park.
It was intended to say Lake AirteL
Rev. J. L. Race, of the Cedar avenue
Methodist Episcopal church, has re
turned from Elmhurst and will officiate
at services next Sunday for the first
time In reveral weeks, owing to sick
ness of typhoid fever.
Gus Klbler, of PKtston avenue, was
painfully Injured on the hand yesterday
by gettin? It caujrht In a planing ma
chine In Hatrcn's mill on Alder street,
where he Is employed. Drs. Manley
and Kolb attended him.
NORTH END.
W. B. Christmas drove to Lake Wlnola
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tunstall are at their
cottage at Lake Ariel.
P. F. Fltmignn, of Providence road, has
moved to New York city.
Don't forget the "Trip to Europe" at
the Welsh Baptist church tonight.
Mrs. T. J. Detweller, of Church avenue,
will leave today for Ocean Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henwood and
family leave today for Mansfield, Pa.
Mrs. D. D. Jones, of North Main ave
nue, will leave today for Nantlcoke, Pa.
Mrs. Zfegler and daughter, Alice, and
son, Carl, leave today for Asbury Park.
Mrs. G. R. Clark has returned from
Pleasant Mount to her home on North
Main avnuo.
Miss Kaite Hicks, of Wyoming. Is visit
ing with Mrs. C. W. Benjamin, of North
Main avenue.
Mrs. Byron Wlnton and daughter,
Helens left yesterday for a short visit in
New York city.
J. B. Nicholas, of Parker street, left yes
terday for Rhode Island, where he will
visit a week with friends.
Mrs. E. M. Peck, of Carbondale, and
Mrs. Nickerson, of Afton, N. Y., are visit
ing with Mrs. W. B. Christmas.
Some of the people from the North End,
who attended the International Christian
Endeavor convention at Boston during the
past week, are expeotcd to return this
evening.
One of the entertaining features at the
birthday reception to be given In the par
lors of the Providence Presbyterian church
tomorrow evening will be rendered by the
young men of class No. 9. and promises
to be very entertaining. There will be no
admission received at the door.
DUNMORE.
Prayer meeting In the) Presbyterian
church tonight at 7.45.
Miss Flora Bishop, of Hawley, Is the
guest of relatives in this borough. 1
William Bennett, of Nantlcoke, Is spend
ing some time with Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Ma
loney, of Drinker street.
Miss Edith Wert, of North Blakely
street, leaves this morning for a stay of
several weeks at Lake Wlnola.
William Pruning of Brooks street, who
has been spending the past two weeks at
Lake Wlnola, will return home today.
A large number of our street wore
again quite badly washed out by the
heavy shower of yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. S. H. Adams, of Electrto avenue,
who has been visiting friends In Susque
hanna county, returned home yesterday.
The funeral of the Italian boy who was
drowned In the pond at Bunker hill, was
held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, In
terment being made In Mt, Carmel ceme
tery. A night blooming cereus attracted much
attention and was viewed and admired
by a large number of people at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wert on North
Blnkely street, last night.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the excursion of the Methodist church,
which goes to Lake Ariel on Aug. S. Many
games and contests will be held, whlh
will add to the Interest of the occasion,
Work on the Episcopal church rectory
and parish building Is progressing rapid
ly, the foundation of the former being al
ready completed, while the corner stone
of the latter will be laid this afternoon at
3 o'clock, at which many prominent di
vines will be present and take part. '
MINOOKA.
Miss Mary Jeffers, of Davis street, Is
visiting friends In Wllkes-Borre.
Miss AIHe Casey has returned home
from a visit with friends In Plymouth.
The Traction company has placed a
signal box at No. 6 switch on Main street.
Will some good-natured citizen kindly
show our worthy supervisors where the
road needs fixing?
The Greenwood Keg fund held a meet
ing last evening to complete arrangements
for their picnic on July 22.
Walter Gorman and John Cuslck. of
Scranton; Stephen O'Boyle, Providence,
and Rev. T. J. Teeffey, president of St,
Michael's college, Toronto, Canada, Vis
ited P. Joseph Kelly, on Main street, yes
terday. ' '
. THREE POWERS.
The Spirit salth: "All things are mine.
In earth and sky and sea;
Unmeasured space, unnumbered dead;
The wealth of things that be."
Nor Truth salth nay.
And mind doth sayt "Still yet am t
The power In every thought ;
I rule the earth; great kingdoms sway.
Where sceptered hand is not." .
Nor Truth salth nay.
Yet Love, In modesty unmeet
For power unlimited and great, ."!,'
Doth rule them bothl In ecstasy . 4 V .
O'er sweet tts power to mate;
Yet knows It not
, O. B. Andersen In Chicago Record, .
STATE GF TEECC.U TRACE
Tfcere Is Notfclig la Sitaatkm to
Warraat Gloomy Predictioas.
POSITION OP THE LACKAWANNA
Anxlons to Secure Fall Prices for Its
Cool An Improvement .Is Looked
for In September Statistics
About Coel Shipments.
There appears to be no foundation for
tint reports that some of the anthracite
coal companies have been quoting fig
ures to Boston equivalent to 33.75 per
ton, free on board, in New York. The
president of a leading company says
that his representatives made a thor
ough Investigation of the market
with the rtsult of establish
ing the fact that no standard coal
was being sold In New York below $3.05
for the lowest grade of stove, the best
grades being held firm at $3.10 and $3.15
net.
As a matter of fact, the representa
tive producers do not care to take out
side business at these figures, and are
simply protecting their regular custom
ers. So (far as cant 1e learned this
charges brought against some of the
small producing companies of non-observance
of the restrictive agreement
have no foundation In fact. Otherwise
tihere Is nothing In the trade situation
to warrant gloomy predictions.
If the production of anthracite Is
kept down .to the market requirements
until the beginning of September a rad
ical Improvement in the trade from
purely, natural causes Is certain. It la
posMlvt'Iy stated that the Lackawanna
Is not creating any disturbance In the
Industry, and is anxious to secure full
prices for Its coal. In the anthracite
trade Itself disbelief exists aa to the
probability of any effective movement
within the next few months on the part
of the banking interests to better the
condition of the Industry.
Anthraelte Conl Shipment.
The bureau of anthracite coal statis
tics reports the shipments of antthraclte
coal for the month of June itnd for the
year to June 30, In comparison with the
figures of ISM, as follows:
Regions.
Wyoming, tons.
Lc'h'.gh, tons....
Schuylkill, tons.
1895.
.. 1. 9SS.S38
.. extern
.. 1,196,59)
Changes.
Dec. 991,054
Dec. 98.217
Dec. 219.928
Total, tons 3,777,614 Dec. 1,399,193
For year:
. Regions. 1893. Changes.
Wyoming, ton....ll,0h2,05 Inc. 241,817
Lehigh, tons 3.199,723 Inc. 187,3."i
8chuylklll, tons... 6,393.086 Inc. 847.A80
Total tonnage... 20,674,905 Inc. 1,276,884
The stock of coal on hand at tide
water shipping points June 30, 1.895, waa
872,672 tons; on May 31, 1895, 726,996 tons,
an Increase of 145,66 tons. '
THE RAILR0AP PROBLEM.
One Writer's Views of ths Government's
Relations to ths Giant Carriers-Failure
of the Interstate Commeroe Commis
sion. In the A'tlantio Monthly for July,
Henry J. Fkitcher writes: "The gov
ernment of the United States has hith
erto n'vrunk from assuming same of the
most important parts of the duty im
posed on it by the constitution In regard
to interstate commerce. That duty
cannot be adiequately performed with
out taking cognizance of the relations
of the traine.portatlon companies to at
least three different subdivisions of the
community; those which they sustain
towards their own phareholdeirs, their
own employees and the general body of
the people who use the railways and
waterways hi trade and travel. The
first of these relations concerns the
ownership of eleven billions (pair value)
of ntock ar.d bond's of railway compan
ies alone, end a trackage of over 175,000
miles; of which, bcitween a fourth and
a fifth part have been plunged into tot
solvency a a result of unregulated
construction and mismanagement coin
client with a period of severe general
depression. The second Involves the ef
ficiency and happiness of nearly 1,000,
000 railway employees and the welfare
of their families, and, as recent his
tory sharply reminds us, affects the
titeady flow of commerce through all Ms
channcta; It penetrates eilmoEt to the
core of the greatest problem with which
eooi?ty is now rtruggllng the question
of the rlh'ts of labor. Most of the leg
Iwlntlon on the subjort of railway con
trol has been directed toward the third
of these dlvtofcyna the railway as a
common carrier because It directly
concerns he greatest number of people
amid the widest diversity of interests.
Need of Koencr Supervision.
The compmhentflva and lntelllgprA
adjusment of the relations between the
great agencies of commerce and the
rest of the public can never be affected
until each of the divisions Is exam
ined In detail, and the responsibility of
the government In respect to each Is
recognized and assumed. Each one,
when frankly confronted, seems as por
tentous as the entire problem of which
It is but a part, and It Is no wonder
that the duty of grappling with them In
turn has been, evaded and postponed,
while dally growing more and more
formidable. The time seems to nave
come when It cannot be put off much
longer. Tihe railway sytem has appar
ently readhed a climax In Its develop
ment. The old-fashioned Idea of com
petition aa a regulator of t'fs seems
about to be laid aside, at least, so far
as combination Is capable of securing
that result, and the alternative 1a before
the people of substituting In its place
a well-ordered and equitable scheme of
national control, or a concentrated1,
pool-bound monopoly, regulated only
by self-Interest. A law abrogating the
old prohibition of pooling will lead to
the final steps In the grand process of
crystalHz&ttoti, which will speedily
transform the railways into a single,
compact who!?, able to meet with unit
ed front any threatened attack, wheth
er It be from dissatisfied labor or an
alarmed government The consequenc
es of having permitted this unification
to go so far, with so little attempt to
bring it within the control of the only
government capable of grappling with
It, will soon be apparent.
' Soms Serious Omissions.
Not until 1886 did the National Con
gress set itself seriously to the task of
considering Its duty, under the consti
tution, toward the great subject of In
terstate commerce. The task has been
put off from time to time, because It
was) too vast, too difficult, to dallcate
because congress optimistically hoped
that eormihow It would right Itself; It
was let alone In part because every
avenue of legislation was blocked b.y a
powerful and oorrupt lobby. When at
last R had become m problem of over
shadwoinr Importance, It was taken up
timidly, not aa a whole, but piecemeal,
and a law waa evolved which purport
ed to concern ttself only with on
branch of the subject, and that aot the
moat Important nor tha moat urgent,
which contented Mae If wsth an effort to
correct discrimination in rates, to pre
vent pooling, to collect Information and
to secure publicity. Congress distinct
ly disavowed any Intention to deal with
the rights of shareholders and bond
holders, excep Incidentally, and did not
at all enter upon the questions of .the
mutual rights and duties of employers
and employees. Legislators felt that
any attempt at national Interference
with an agency so vast, 'powerful. In
finitely complex, and bound up so in
timately with every Interest of the com
munity would be unavailing unless it
were at once minute and aweeslng,com
prehenslvely gathering; within the jur
isdiction of the United States govern
ment the whole transportation business
of the country; and thoy shrank from
so long a step toward centralisation and
state socialism. They therefore con
tended themselves with passing a law
creating a tribunal which It did not
venture to dignify with the name or
functions of a court.
Slipshod Legislation.
This tow and tribunal, thus mild and
tentative, the courts of the country
have, by a long course of narrow con
struction, rendered still more Ineffec
tual for good or evil. The commission,
entrusted with vague supervisory power
over some 500 railway companies, big
and little. Intolerant of control and in
a state of Intermittent war, may spend
$225,000 a year In trying to make its In
fluence felt; while a fluctuation of a 20th
of m cent per ton per mile in the aver
age annual freight rate meansccord
Ing to a recent authority, an annual
gate or loss of $800,000 to the Chicago,
Milwaukee ft St. Paul, $900,000 to the
Northwestern, $1,385,000 to the New
York Central, $2,190,000 to the Pennsyl
vania division of the Pennsylvania rail
road. Congress has laid upon the com
mission responsibilities of vast extent,
without any clear and positive defini
tion either of Its powers or duties, and
without placing in Its hands any ma
chinery at all commensurate with the
work to be performed. Yet even the
timorous and halting legislation known
as the interstate commerce law pro
fesses to deal with only one phase of the
railroad problem.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Conductor Horatio Fellows and
Brakemen W. B. Evans, Joseph Rob
btns and Frank Fennel!, of the Dela
ware. Lackawanna and Western, re
turned yesterday from a fishing trip of
three days' duration at La Orange,
with an excellent catch of 150 pounds of
eels and twenty-five pounds of black
bass.
Contractor Conrad Schroeder was In
Carbondale yesterday Inspecting ttve
work which Is being done at the new
Seventh Avenue station. The founda
tion Is nearly complete and in a few
days will be ready for the carpenters.
Mr. Schroeder says the foundation Is
one of the best ever put up by experi
enced men and also expressed himself
as well pleased at the rapid progress
being made.
According to a recent order the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western will
Issue no more passes to employes ex
cept In cases of sickness and death or
when it is absolutely necessary for the
parties for whom Hhe pass is requested
to go to any given point. It will be
necessary to state the reasons In the
application for the, pass. (Notwith
standing this order no pedestrian par
ties have as yet been organized among
tihe Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern employes.
Reports from all sides show that the
railroads of the country are in a more
flourishing and! prosperous condition
than they have been for many years.
All the Western railroads are increas
ing their forces. Nearly, If not quite
all, the old force of St. Paul will be at
work by Aug. 1. The Union Pacific Is
opening Its Cheyenne shops and the
Burlington is Increasing its shop force.
The Omaha and Missouri Pacific have
put on additional men to work In the
various departments along their lines.
The movement of freight from Chicago
to the Eastern seaboard during the past
week shows quite an Increase over that
for the previous week and a heavy gain
over the movement for tha correspond
ing period .in 1894, when the great labor
strike was on. The total shipments for
the week amounted to 63,783 tons,
against 56,177 tons the week before and
41,420 tons In the same week last year.
A peculiar accident occurred at the
upper Delaware and Hudson round
house at an early hour Monday morn
ing. While the "men were turning en
gine No. 4 on the turntable they were
astonished to see a large coal engine,
No. 3, rurh out of the round house and
plunge Into the pit. Aa no one was on
her and no one had beern aboard her for
some time before, the men were puzzled
to know what caused her to start up.
One of them jumped into fhe pit and
discovered that the throttle valve was
wide open. He Immediately closed It
and the wheels ceased to revolve. Tho
engine was to have been used this
morning and one of the roundhouse em
ployes accordingly 'built a fire in order
to raise steam and get her ready for
her usual trip. The only theory which
can be advanced as to what caused the
engine to start Is that some of the em
ployes opened the throttle when the
engine was without steam and when a
sufficient pressure was raised the en
gine started without any assistance.
The only serious feature of tlhe accident
was the delay which was occasioned In
getting the remaining engines which
were In the roundhouse, out on their
dally runs. Not one could move until
the engine was righted and the engi
neers on all of the early rooming pas
senger runs were compelled to" use other
engines.
The crowds passing in and out onr
doors T Our oompetltoreonly gave
utafewmontbslnHcrsnton. Now
they are going to let ui stay right
along.
REX FORD'S,
213 UCXIWMM IVERUE.
Wall Paper
Styles and colorings are
very fine this seaaon.
Let us fix you up a
1 sample room with nice
Gilt Paper, $5.
nilTTO 31S2
full 1 1 1) 1 UCUKX! If 3.
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HAD ft TC3FEC3 FC3 A TOT
It Exploded la the race of Joia
Dyke, of Daamore.
BOTH OP HIS EYES INJURED
At the Present Time As Attending
Phvsleiaaa Are Vsakle to Say
Whether or Not the Boy Will Be
Blind from the Aeeldeat.
John Dyke, the 8-year-old son of Dir.
and Mrs. John Dyke, of East Drinker
Street, Dun more, met wltih an accident
yesterday of a very serious nature.
"While playing with a companion
Hiarry Richards, they found a railway
torpedo and while trying to open the
tin casing, the charge It contained ex
ploded In young Dyke's face, inflicting
painful and very serious wounds.
The charge affected both the eyes,
and at present the boy Is unable to see
out of either of them.
He was removed ito Oils home Immedi
ately after ithe (accident and several
physicians summoned. They dressed the
wounds and recommended that the boy
be kept perfectly quiet.
Until a day or two has elapsed they
cannot tell whether or tiot the boy will
lor t his eight
simplifiesTand conveyance.
Features of a New Illinois Law That Has
Many Excellent Points Worthy of Gen
ersl Adoption,
What Is known out west as the Tor
ren's land system will soon go into ef
fect in Cook county. 111., which fact
causes the Chicago-Times Herald to
carefully explain Its provisions. "Its
prime object," says the Times-Herald
"Is to simplify the conveyance of real
estate and make land as quick an asset
and as easily convertible as any other
form of propeity. Land is the basis
of all wealth, and yet its transfer is
expensive, cumbersome and slow. Tech
nicalities of the most absurd character
will sometimes delay a conveyance of
land for months, working perhaps ir
remediable Injury, and certainly much
exasperation, to one or other of the par
ties. "Abstracts of title and legal opinions
are always expensive, and It is the aim
of the new law to reduce these to the
minimum. It provides first of all for the
registration of titles, and this record
will show at a glance In whom the title
Is and what Incumbrances and charges
there are upon It. Every subsequent
transfer of the land Is based upon the
reglstar's certificate of the state of the
title, and thus each new certificate be
comes a fountain head behind which
It will be unnecessary to go.
Greatly Simplifies Matters.
"Another feature of the act Is the ease
with which the breaks in a title made
by descent or will are made matter of
record in the recorder's dfflce. Under
this law the title to real estate, like that
of personality, vests In the administra
tor or executor. After the proof of
heirship in the probate court and settle
rmmt of the estate the court by decree
directs the executor of the estate to con
vey the title to the heirs, and these
proceedings are made matter of record
with the registrar, who thereupon
Issues a certificate of title to the heirs
or devisees, and thereafter there will be
no necessity to examine the title back
of this certificate. This feature alone
will prove of immense advr.Uje and
will save much time.'
"The underlying idea of the law Is
that the registrar's certificate will be
conclusive as to the state of the title
at the time it Is Issued. What Is behind
it Is no longer of moment, for all pre
ceding conveyances and incumbrances
have been finally settled and concen
trated In this certificate."
There Isn't a
Woman in Scranton
or vicinity that wouldn't have a
nice Dinner Set if she could afford
it Who doesn't intend to have
one aa soon as she can. But it's
hard work to save Ji8 to $40. In
most sets there are so many pieces
one can do without; in many, lots
short that you would like to have.'
We sell yon a set as you want it
sell it as cheaply as if yon bought
it all at once. You can have a
dozen Tea Cups and Sancers this
week, a dozen Frnits Saucers an
other time, a dozen Dinner Plates
again any time when you can
spare the money. You don't have
to promise to take the whole set;
stop when yon like. It's easy
buying a Dinner Set this way,
and we've a number of stock pat
terns in Pretty decorations that
you can match at any time. Our
line of Toilet Sets is equally large.
China Hall
MICHEL & MILLAR,
aa.YicaQivauE.
TAR GUM
Cures Colds, Lays Out LaGrippc,
Cures Incipient Consumption.
Manufactured by O. ELMEN
DORF, Elmlra, N. Y., and tor aala
by tha trade generally.
MEGARQEL & C0NNELL,
fkoleala Agents, Scrutei, Pl
Tho Wcokly Tribuno
13 Pagss $f a Yaar.
17ATEH-PB00F GflRrJEHTS
7 OUR NEW
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Combining all the requisites of a fine
Spring Overcoat and possess
ing water-proof qualities.
MARTIN&DELANY'S
$1.98
ANY STYLE
BLACK OR COLORED
OXFORDS
Come and pick them out all
sizes, only $1.98.
We also have In addition to
tho above complete Hues of
Com irion Sense, Opera Toe
and I'iccudilly Toe Oxfords at
$1.50, $2.00, $2.50.
SCHANK KOEHia
410 Spruce Street.
VICTOR LEADS ALL
We arc receiving a few daily,
and are prepared to furnish Vic
tors, Gendrons, Envoys, .Fleet
wuigs,Relay Special, Relay Roikl-,
ters. Crowns, Lu.MlNums; all new
in both Ladles' and Gentlemen's
Wheels.
WE HIVE STILL SORE BARGAINS M
SECOND-HAND WHEELS
Call and Examine.
J.D.
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314 LACKI. AVE., SCRANTON, PI
SECOND ANNUAL EXCURSION
OF THE
MOSES TAYLOR LODGE
No.420, B.of R. It T
ELD RIDGE PARK.
ELM IRA, X. Y.,
SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1895.
TICKETS j $
Tralo leaves D., LAW. Depot at MS a m.
JAMES & KELLY
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND EMBALMERS.
Late of Pittsburg,
First-Class Li.ery In Connection.
205 SPRUCE ST., SCRANTON.
call up aeaa.
CO.
OILS, --r
VINEGAR
AND
CIDER.
OPFIOE AND WAREHOUSE,
Ml TO igi MERIDIAN STRB3T
M. W. COLLINS, M'cfr.
THE SCRANTON
VITRIFIED BRICK TILE
BANUPACT0RIN6 CO.,
MABBBS OS
SHALE PAVIKG CRICK
AKDtUpiKS BRICK
Oflleei S90 Wsshlaf tsu Avease.
Werksi Wsy-Ast. ht. W. t. . .
M. H. DALE.
General Salea Agent, Scranton, Pa
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Heeirs. Curtis k Wbealer are recognized as
the leading mtnufacturere of Lsdiee' Fine
Footwear in this country. Their Shoes postess
superior moriti over nearly all others. Tier
are beautiful la deeicn. graceful Id appear
ance sad posses the glove-flttlnj qualltias se
aioca eousht after In drws shoes. We call
jour particular attention to our oomplete Use
of Oxford Tiee la slack and taner leathers tm
say style of last and la all widths from Ate
EE.
We Invite a comparison with other Balers'
shoes at taesaiae prices.
LIMITED.
CORNER LACKA. AND JEFFERSON AVE!
Atlantic Refining Go
Unseed Oil, NapthsVi and Ckuw
lines of all grades. Alxle Grease,
Pinion Grease aad Colliery Cons
afflne Was Candles.
We also handle the Famous CROWN
ACME OIL. the only family safety;
Burning ou in tne market.
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Office: Coal Eschagae, WyemlaaT Ara
Works at Pino Brook.
WELSDACII LIGHT
Spceiallf Adapted for Rtedlnf aid Sniii
ipntm
saw!
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Consumes three (8) fret of cas per
hour and Rives an efficiency of slity
(Ml candles.
Baring at least 83 per osnl
ordinary Tip Burners,
Call and Sea It.
tha
HUNT UONIIEU CO.,
434 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. -rUnufaeturers'
Agents.
fcaaaart Instruments la every ssast af
Oto term as applied to Plnnos, .
Exceptional in holding their original fat
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