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120 Wyoming Ave.
BIG BARGAINS IN SHOES
RUSSET SHOES IT COST
AT THK
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Washington Avenue.
OUR WAGONS CALL
Regularly in all part of the city,
we miawu lout Drop a puatal.
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from 75c. to $60,00.
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WILLIAMS i I11IILTY
127 WYOMING AVENUE.
CITY motes.
The au-lltina' committee of council
will meet Monday evening-.
-The asphalt on the Linden street bridge
was completed about noon yesterday.
The sale of seata for Loula Jamef In
, "Othello" open thti morning at the box
ofllcv of the Academy of Muaic at 9
o'clock.
The offerings at St. Luke's church Sun
day morning; will be for the spntad of the
-mner IB the d'oceae, and U the regular
quarterly offering.
There was to have been a hearing In the
Oeiblir will case before Kegister of Wills
Hopkins yesterday, but It was continued
until Tuesday at 3 p. m.
A marr'.age license was granted to John
V. Howell, of Willlamatown, Iauphin
county, and Lizzie J. Nichols, of Oly-phan-t,
yesterday by Clerk of the Courts
Thomas.
The will or Mathlas A. Blackwell, late
of the township of Ransom, was admitted
to probate yesterday by Kegister of Wills
Hopkins, and letter testamentary grant
ed to N. O. Reed.
Bridget Moran. of the Seventh ward,
wore out a warrant yesterday for the ar
rest of Dennis Hartnett, on a most se
rious charge, that of following her to her
room In her cousin's house and forcibly
violating her. She Is 19 years of age.
The defendant was arrested by Constable
Kuesler, taken before Alderman Millar,
who granted a continuance of the hearing
until next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, to
enable him to make a defense. He Is 26
years old.
Sew Dress Goods.
Having removed our Dress Goods de
partment to the rear of our store, where
we have more room and an abundance of
light, we have opened the flnest assort
ment of fashionable Dress Goods, Plain
and Fancy Silks. We invite you to call
and see the new materials, weaves and
colore. Mears A Hagen. .
SETTLING PtFiIe"esT ATE.
Administrator's Hale of the Personal
Property or the Law C. C. Btaekhouae. .
"Attorneys. B. .Price, attorney of the
estate of the late Cawilus C. fitack
house, acting for H. C. Sohaffer, the ad-
' mlnlstrator, exposed to public sale yes
terday the personal property of the de
ceased. There were a few belongings
disposed of to outside parties, such as
the furnishings of his room and of that
description, but the bulk. In fact, the
entire property was bought In by the
administrator for the use of the de
cease's mother, who lives In Hacketts
town. J. J.
Attorney S. TV Kingsbury and Alex
Sunn, jr., appraised the estate. Ev
erything owned by the deceased was
valued at a conservative estimate and
.11, waa found by them-that the estate
Is "Worth fully $12,000. The deceased
wee the. owner of several thousand dol
lars worth of profitable stork and had
paid up every dollar due on it. His lia
bilities amounted at the date of his
death to less than 1800. ,
DANCING FOR , UNCLE SAM.
That's What Soma Corr-ondale Liquor
' ' - Hellers Are fining.
J. H. Byrne, one of the Carbondale
liquor sellers recently arraigned before
Collector Herring for having failed to
mutilate revenue stamps on empty
casks, yesterday appeared beforo the
U.lL..nH a.aa.1 , . , . . I
"which he has a right to do according to
the law on the matter.
Ten liquor sellers were arraigned for
their carelessness, but Cyme Is only
one of two who have made overtures to
settle. Their offers of compromise will
be forwarded to Washington, but If the
authorities deem it advisable the com
promise will be refused ami the. collec
tor ordered to prosecute. i
' The Scranton Business College.
inree students nave secured positions
this week.
i The business done this week is In ex
cess of that done on opening week last
jrenr.
' " iu. M.n. w BiuurniB Bl nil
school that order does not have to be men-
Honed. All Ar wnFkAr.
At the present rate of Increase the ac
. commodatlons will soon be taxed to the
utmost.
Special attention and private dining
rooms (or dinner parties at Lohmann's,
Spruce street. Service and oulslne unex
celled In this city.
Nothing can replace it for qualltf-the
Popular Punch.- . . .., ;
vCwhen ou think of the Nickel Plate
Road It brings to mind that delicious
i mgsgil Tflll nsui in I rial 1 Htiina satea aaetril thai
." fine ervlc trtd Low Bates, and you won
AmP tvhV DaODltl will trmval an Aihar tjiv t
i in
Sure."
Pcwdeh.
SOCIAL FOR DELEGATES.
Tendered to Them in the Rooms of John
Uoyle O'Keilly Council.
At the rooms of the John Boyle
O-lteltly Council of the Young Men's
Institute, on Lackawanna avenue, msi
night a social was given In honor uf the
delegates from Serantun ana us vicin
ity to the sessions of the grund coun
cil of the Young Men's Institute, east
ern Jurisdiction, which meets In In
dianapolis, Ind.. on Monday morning.
DanciiiE was ImlulgeJ In until mid
night to music furnished by Professor
Saft, wh.-n the deli-gates were escorted
to the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western station, from whli-h they de
parted for the west at 12.10. The names
Of the delegates and the councils they
remvsent are as follows: Mr. Crane
and .Mr. Holand. Council No. 121. Car
bondaUi; K. P. 'Mitchell No. 134. Scran
ton: E. Kdmunds. Nn. 171. Jerniyn; M.
J. Dnmiuirh and 1'. J. Kelly. No. 179,
South iSldo; ML J. Kagen, iNo.; 1S4,
Mlnooka: A. J. Byrne, No. 21!, Pun
P. fnnwHV. Frank Cooper, M,
J. t"Yoiir and M. J. Kltzglbbons, No.
"4.1 llvd Park.
Orand Second Vice President James
Oavnor. of this city, and Urunil .M:ir
shal J. F. McDonnell, of Carbondule,
accompanied the delegates.
GATHERED HERE AND THERE.
claimed a fat individual
yesterday, as he stood mopping his
forehead and exchanging sulfations
with a friend at Spruce street and Wy
oming avenue. "Ain't mis a curaer,
though?" , . Al , ,
wtmfa n cnrlcer?" asked the friend.
Whv the weather, of course. This
Is the hottest day of the year."
!t out." locosely said the other,
"this is Just warm, thafe all. The
thurmiimeter registers only 88. The
hnmUltv In erent and with the sudden
ri in temoerature makes you think
If. hnt
"Think? Think?" loudly said the fat
... "tv t have to think its not.'
T..n-'t T know It? 1 don't care about
v.nir thermometers, barometers, hu
midl-t-t-ters. chest protectors or any
other darn thing, sir: It's hot. sir," and
h. u-ii.iid Into a near by drug store
tvmnnriry relief from two
irinHHpa nf oramce sour.
As a matter of fact, the fat man was
rirht an.l an was his friend. Practical
ly yesterday was one of the hottest
days of the year; theoretically it was
not at least not according to the tner
,n,oia. tvhloh reo-lstered only 88 at
i.. hiiu'at hut the humidity and sud-
den rise from about 60 degrees early
in th mnrnlna- deluded thousands Into
the notion that the tnermomeier
as high as a balloon.
la a areat town for early
hours." said a commercial man In the
Vnllv House reading room the other
niht. "Or. to speak more correctly,
'. o . tnu-n for earlv hours among
ho msnoetable element. After the
theater crowds are off the street It Is a
comparatively small number who can
be found sitting about the tables in all
nlsht places, swapping lies, smoking
and drinking seltzer water. You see It
nn a laree scale In other cities; in rfmall
cities. I mean but here you have not
nvi-r a half-dozen cafes of a respecta
ble class where men prominent In the
mmmunltv sit and gossip to, say, 1
o'clock In the morning. 'Respectable
men don't do that' you say. Oh, yes,
they do In other cities but you re
good, early-to-bed people here, and
that's what gets me. I can understand
It In a town of 50.000 or 60,000 popula
tlon, but I'm puzzled to know how you
keep so good and proper In a small
metropolis."
Richard Harding Davis, the story
writer, has stirred up the citizens of
Honduras by an article he wrote about
that republic, and they say It would
be unhealthy and unpleasant .for him
to pay them another visit. To make
matters worse, he may ."ecelve a chnl
lenge to tight a duel from an American
he described in his article In iHarper's
for September, entitled "Three Orln
gos In Central America." His article
and interviews about that country will
be answered in a few days by J. K
Hunt, a wealthy mining engineer of
Honduras, who is now at the Hoffman
House, New York, accompanied by Dr.
Juan A. Arias, minister of the interior
of the republic, and General M. O. Bus
tlllo.
Extensive arrangements are being
made by the Franklin Engine company
or tne west side for the entertainment
of the members of tho llallstead Fire
company, who will be the guests of the
Franklins Tuesday on the occasion of
the annual parade and review of the
Scranton fire department. (After the
parade the visitors will the tendered a
banquet and this will be followed by a
trolley ride to Heckvllle, the evening'
festivities closing with a smoker In tti
Franklin's cosy quarters on the Wont
niue.
. e . i
Another effort will be tniur
morning In liberty hall to Infuse some
new life ami energy Into the Teachers'
Mutual TJeneflt association. It was
organised some time ago for the pur
pose of creating a fund for the support
of teachers who might receive injuries
or becomo 111. Only a fraction of the
city teachers became members and the
association has not yet blossomed Into
the useful organization Its founders In
tended It should become,
e e e
Mrs. C, 11. Van- Busklrk, of 720 Adams
avenue, on Thursday evening enter
talned the members of the Ladles' Aid
society of the Grace Lutheran church
at her home in a most enjoyable way.
Refreshments were served before the
company dispersed.
On Oct. 2 the annual fair of the
Northern Columbia and Southern Lu
serne Agricultural association, will be
held at Berwick and continue on Oct.
. 4 and t. There Is to be an unusually
large number of exhibits. It Is stated,
and there will also be horse and bicycle
races,
. Millinery Opening,
W again make our bow to the ladles of
SOT-anton and vicinity and beg to Inform
thm that after weeks of work and csre
we are prepared to show on Wednesday,
Thursday nml Frldny, Sept. 25, 24 and 27
our complute lino of millinery novelties,
We have boen represented In Paris and
London this season, and can show the
most elaborate line of nrtisfle hats and
bonnets ever seen In this city. We need
not add that our work ami styles are
the best or our prices the lowest. Those
who have given .us thslr patronage are
aWare of these .facts. To those who have
not seen our dlpr'ay of hi eh art millinery;
wle would say '"Come." You will be fully
repaid for your trouble. An Inspection
of our gems will rive you an Idea what
Europe and America will wear this fall.
Haelacher's Millinery. H. Langfeld, sue
cassor, 324 Lackawanna avsnuo. . '
CROCKEn.-ln Philadelphia, Pa.. Thura
day, Sept. It, Llllle i:. Crocker. Ser
vices at residence, 1616 Monsey avenue,
Saturday, Sept. tl, nt 180 p. m.
ARMfcVTKONa.-In Waverly. Pa.. Sept, 10,
1W6, James Armstrong, aged 7 years.
Funeral from his late residence Sunday.
Sept 22, 1HX, at I O'clock.
DP AT jron JAIL
Grand Jurors Wanted to Investigate
Food of Prisoners.
KERB SATISFIED WITH: TEST
Say Food Is Substantial and Palatable.
Jury Will Present Its Last Baton of
Hills and Its Rceommondatlona
to Court This Morning.
Members of the grand Jury completed
their work yesterday by inspecting the
county buildings and dining at the
county Jail on ordinary prison fare.
It is not often that grund Jurors are
willing to go so far In their desire to
perform their whole duty, but this Is
an exceptional grand Jury, and will live
In the annals of Lackawanna as the
Jury which, up to d ite, has broken all
records In the matter uf labor per
formed. The Jury was sworn on Sent. 9. and.
after being charged by Judge Archbald,
John T. 'Howe was chosen foremnn,
and the Jury given In charge of Dis
trict Attorney John 11. Jones. Since
then It has been busily engaged, a large
number of importunt cases having been
disposed or. The total number of In
dictments laid before the -Jurors by
Mr. Jones was 60S. by far the largest
batch that a grand Jury In this county
has ever been asked to pass upon.
Anions the indictments were two
charging murder, those ngalnst the
pursuers of the Wlnton speak-easy pro
prietors, the Jennings case, those
against alleged unlicensed llctuor deal
ers, nnd a host of others of more or less
Importance to the tax payers of the
county and those who are Interested
In the preservation of peace and the
enforcement of law In this county.
Jennings Case Heard.
One of the last cases passed upon by
the Jury was that acalnst John G.
Jennings, who Is charged with perjury.
it was taken up and considered yes
terday morning. While the Jury was
In session It examined over 1.BO0 wit
nesses and returned 230 true bills. After
all of the rases to come before them
had been disposed of the Jurors made
nn examination of the court house, and
then went out to the eounty jail to see
me manner in which that corrective
Institution Is conducted. Soon after
the Jurors arrived dinner was served
to the prisoners, and that they mlitht
know by actual experience what man
ner of food Is supplied to the county s
enforced boarders. Foreman Howe and
the Jury directed that dinner be served
to the jurors exactly as Is to the pris
oners. Two tables were quickly arranged
and were soon surrounded by the
Jurors, District Attorney Jones, County
Detective Leyshon and County Com
missioner Olles Roberts. 'Meat was
served on tin plates and the soup and
drink In tin vessels, a novelty that In
duced much merriment among the
Jurors. A spoon was laid beside each
plate, but knives and forks were ron
splcuous by their absence. Several of
the Jurors thought that this was on
oversight of some kind, and, after wait
ing for several minutes without any
move being made on the part of the
attendants to supply the missing links
between table and mouth, ventured to
suggest that knife and forks be se
cured. Was Against tho Rules.
Tney were Informed that It was
against the prison rules to place knives
or forks In the hands of prisoners, and
since they wanted to he served like
the Inmates of the jail they would
have to be denied these very useful lm
pllments. Prisoners cannot be trusted
with them, as they might use them to
destroy themselves when despondent
and depressed.
So the jurors attacked the vlrtunls
with tholr spoons and hands, and de
clared that the meal was both mib
stantlal and palatable. They after
wards Interviewed a number of the
prisoners, all of whom, except Murder
Frank Hezek. expressed themselves as
perfectly satisfied with the food fur
nished to them. Hezek said he did not
receive enough of bread, and his allow
ance will be Increased.
The afternoon was spent in fram
ing the recommendations of the Jury,
which Will be presented to the court at
10 o'clock this morning.
ONE NOVEL EXHIBIT.
Will Go to tho Atlanta Exposition from
tho Scranton llntton Co.
Ono novel Scranton exhibit that will
go to the Atlanta exposition was yester
day greatly admired In the olllce of the
Connell Coal company, where It at
tracted considerable attention. It Is
the exhibit of the Scranton Button
company, limited, and is arranged In a
new and attractive way, which cannot
fall to attract the favorable notice of
exposition visitors.
The entire display Is contained In a
handsome gilt frame nearly six feet In
height and about four feet wide. Tho
back of the frame Is of flexible stuff
to which has either been glued or
sewed thousands of buttons arranged
Into a faithful red, white and blue de
sign of the United States shield, stars,
stripes and all. Above the shield Is
"Scranton Button Company, Limited,"
while ihe remainder of the space within
the frame Is 'filled with buttons and
other products of the factory arranged
In an artistic manner.
PLANS FOR A CHAPEL.
Engaged the Poor Hoard's Attention Yes
terday at lllllsldo Home.
A regular meeting of the Scranton
poor board was held yesterday after
noon at the Hillside .Home.' Directors
Tropp and Williams were the only ab
sentees. No Important business was
transacted, although the proposition to
erect a chapel at the farm was dis
missed at leno-th.
Architect Amsden was present and
showed rough plans for a bulldlnir that
will cost probably 16,000 or 17.000. What
ever may be the final decision In the
matter, building operations will not be
started until open weather next spring,
FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.
That Is the Time When the Y. W. C. A.
Gymnasium Will Open,
Many applications are being received
for the educational classes and tho
gymnasium of the Young Women's
Christian association, both of which
departments will open the first week
In October.
Miss Janet K. Adams, physical dl
rectress. will arrive on ept. 20, and af
ter that date will meet any who wish to
make' Inquiry concerning gymnasium
work. '
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Resnlts in the Death of Newton Center
Well Digger.
Harrison Collins, of Newton town
ship, Is dead as the result of a peculiar
accident. ' -
Collins was digging a well and was
struck on the head by the bucket used
for .hoisting the earth and '-.which fell a
distance of twenty-eight feet. He waa
unconscious when raised to the surface
and could not be revived. He leaves a
wife and eight children. ' '
M'DADE WILL FIGHT IT OUT.
Believes the Aotlon Against Him Waa
Aetuaied by Spite.
James Cummlnsky, of KImhurst, Is
plaintiff In a -trespass suit against
James iMoDade, jr., of Nay Aug,
brought yesterday before- Alderman
Wright. On Aug. IS, IMS, so the story
goes, Cumminsky's horse and wagon
were on their way to church, the oc
cupants of the vehicle being; young
ladles. McDade drove along with a
heavier vehicle, and, In passing thn
plaintiff's equipage out, "took a wheel
off."
He never stopped to inqulre.but drove
on to the house of worship. Aa soon
as Cummlnsky met MoDade, he asked
him why he did It, and asked what he
proposed to do about. McDade asked
what Cummlnsky proposed -to do, and
was told that ho would send the bill
to him after the wagon was fixed, and
expected lilm to pay for It. The bill
of the wheelwright was $.1.l!i, and when
It was rendered McDade refused to pay
It, hence the suit.
Alderman Wright gnve Judgment for
tho plaintiff, ond Attorney John F,
Scragff, for tho defendant. Immediately
got out a certiorari and brought tho
case to court. The costs already aro
over $10, nnd had to be paid by thn
defendant. 'He proposes to light It out
If It costs $1.00 more, as he Is convinced
that the nctlon against him was ac-
tunted by spite, lie claims that tho
collision was a pure accident. '
FORMATION OF THE WORLD.
Subject of Kev. I. J. MoeGouldrlok's
Scholarly l.ccturo nt tho Cullc-go llnll.
Bi'fore the members of Branch 35,
Catholic IMutimt iHeneflt association,
and a largo audience of women. Rev.
ID. J. MacOouldi'lck, S. J president of
St. Thomas' college, delivered a lecture
lust evening at College hall on 'the sub
ject of the formation of the world.
Hi) said that the sun Is the parent
of tho planetary system. Jleforc crea
tion all was nothingness and vapor.
The sun formed out of the coalition of
vapors and gases and became one uni
versal mass of Incandescence thnt be
gan revolving with -Incalculable rapid
ity. The sun Is molten and enveloped
In a gaseous atmosphere. Scientists
have proven that it Is not a solid, be
cause the spots at the equator re
volve more swiftly than do those nt
the poles. Tin- rapidity of the revolu
tion of the surface of tho sun decreases
ns It goes from tho equator to either
pole.
Father iMarfiouldrlek, -by way of 11
histraMin, told his hearers to take a
foot ball, for Instance, revolve It on
Its axis, and If a line of spots were
drawn from the top to the bottom like
a meridian, these spots would come to
view nt the snme moment with each
revolution. With tho sun the spots at
the equator revolve quicker because
there Is greater incandescence than at
the poles.
Thrown off hy tho Sun.
It kept on revolving and threw off
Jupilter, then Saturn, Uranus, Mercury
and bo on with all the planets that aro
now known. The earth was one of the
globes of Incandescence thrown off Into
space from the sun. It did not fly
away and keep on flying. Its separa
tion from 'tile sun, tbut Is, Its centri
fugal force, would have continued on
lullniitely but for the counteracting In
fluence of the centripetal force, exer
cised by the other planets. The earth
was at the outset a molten mass, but
Its precipitation, being retarded by the
other planets, It was held In place bp
tween the sun and -them and revolved
through space In a circle around the
sun. Tho frigidity of the atmospherlo
vapors In Mme conduced to form a
crust upon the earth's surface.
The first theory of creation was that
God made everything as It now exists.
The speaker held that the sun will go
on throwing off Incandescent globes
thnt will go to form new planets, nnd
these now planets will throw off globes
of their own as the process Is now oc
curring with all planets, until event
ually In the future creation will dry up
and be spent.
The speaker talked on the tempera
ture of the earth at some length; he
said that volcanic eruptions, geysers,
hot springs, metal mines, salt mines
and artesian wells go to prove that tho
Interior of the earth is a molten mass.
The temperature rises one degree ev
ery several hundred feet In depth dur
ing the first mile and the ratio Is In
creased every succeeding mile, in
Warsaw. Poland, the thousands of In
habitants of the subterranean cities
where salt, mining Is carried on shows
from acquired fact that the tempera
ture of the mines Is almost unbearable
compared with- the temperature at thu
surface of the earth.
Proof tho i: ii rth Is Not Solid.
The heat decreases as one ascends up
ward and vice versa. The oscillations
of the earth's crust gives further proof
that the earth is not solid, that
the crust JuBt rests on the molten
mass and' moves sometimes like
an Iceberg under which the tide of the
outflowing river acts. The mountain
chains aild the depressions in the sur
face are regarded as still further proof
of the composition of the Interior sub
stance of the earth.
Light travels to the earth from the
sun In seven and one-half minutes, nt
the rate of 200,000 miles a second. The
Polar star in the northern sky can be
seen each evening,' but it is so far away
that It takes forty-seven yenrs for light
to travel from It to here. Were it to be
shattered to pieces t(i day, the light
from It would be visible forty-seven
years to come; the light to be seen nt
present required forty-seven years to
travel here.
Father MacOouIdrlck explained with
elaborate knowledge the progress of the
formation of the earth. At first It was
molten, the vapors and atmospheric
gases encrusted It slightly at first, then
vapoyy exhalations went out from the
earth and generated drops which
formed Into rivers and flowed over the
surface, carrying sand and detritus
along and making the earth's crust
thicker.
He said In conclusion that the an
tlmiltv of the earth Is thousands and
thousands of years, and should not bo
mistaken as being coevnl with the be
sinning of the human race. He will
lecture again on the third Friday of
October. -
WAS A GOOD COLLECTOR.
Nut He Was Very Slow About Turning the
Money Over nnd Is In Jail.
At the Instance of the Macaroni and
Bakery company, of this city. Joseph
Cassesse being the president, a warrant
for embezzlement was yesterday sworn
out before Aldermnn iMIllar against
Morrlslnl Lulgl. of Old iForge. The de
fendant was arrested, given a hearing,
could not furnish jwo ball and was
committed to the county Jail.
-He was employed y the company ns
salesman and collector; he was good
at both branches of the trade, but he
had failing that was paramount to all
his virtues, he failed to turn in tho
money to the firm and was arrested for
embezzlement.
Glnho Hotel.
Between the Academy of Muslo -alMl tho
r'roimngnam. npeciai rotas made to the
atrical people and Jurors. Rates $1.00 to
$2.00 per day. Bird A Flnnaghan, Props.,
228 Wyoming ave, Soranton, Pa.
Eight-day oak or walnut clocks, only
IZ.bs, at i urnquesi s, wawn. ave.
I.adlos and Gentlemen.
For1 the latest styles and lowest prices
In fine shoes try the Commonwealth shoe
store, Washington ayonua. .
This Is the time to buy fine napkin rings,
oniy io, a pair, ai i urnqucsi'i, VX) wash'
ingion avenue. .
It Is the old favorite still the Popular
ruiiuii nmu aim awvoi. .r
The Nickel Plate Road Is the Low TinlA
Best Service Short Line bclweon Buffalo
ana vnicago. . f
A large stock of diamonds Just brought
home from England at extremely low
' Monsoon Is a blend of India and Cey
lon Tea. No equal for strength and t ra-
BTBBeSh i
HE DROVE THEJRIEST OUT
Demented Man Toon Possession of
Moscow Parochial Residence.
HQ IS CRAZY ON RELIGION
John McDonnell of Dunmore Registered
as Rov. Richard II. Walsh at a
Hotel in Tobjhannn and He
I'loves lie Is tho Priest.
Confined In a cell at police headquar
ters Is John McDonnell, of Dunmore, an
Individual who Is possessed of the hal
lucination thnt he Is the person of Rev.
Richard H. -Walsh, pastor of St. Catha
rlno's Catholic church, of Moscow.
Tho demented man was arrested late
Thursday night by Deputy Sheriff L. C.
Ho r tree, after he hud taken possession
of the parochial residence nt (Moscow,
driven Father Walsh out, the servants
not waiting to be driven, and held the
fort for several hours. McDonnell
registered nt a hotf-l In Tohyhanna ns
Father Walsh nnd rnn up o bill for
which he did not settle when depart
ing, promising to squure the account
the next time he enme around.
His folks live In Dunmore nnd he Is
bout 26 years of age. His face Is a
rather Intelligent one, and when his
eatures are In rejioso there Is
no visible slRn of any loss
reason. In his conversation
he Is as rational as any man, but Is
more reticent than the average man,
yet his conduct and bearing does not
for a moment betray the first symp
tom of violent dementia. At times he
Is extremely talkative, but this occurs
ae very Infrequent Intervals. His lan
guage Is not Incoherent.
lie Dresses Like a Priest.
-His attire Is nent nnd clerical, and at
casual glance he might be taken for
priest. His hnt alone would suggest
the contrary, for It appeared to have
seen service before the war. In his
cell at the police station he has acted
very far from one mentally unsound.
He will answer questions and ask them
like a man of solid sense and under
standing, but the moment religion Is
mentioned It drives him Into a state of
absolute lunacy and violence.
David McDonnell, of Dunmore. he
says, Is his father. About a week ago
ho left home nnd went to Tobyhanna.
When he arrived he was travel stained
and dusty, and excited not a little sus
picion when he registered as Father
Walsh. He left without paying, and
then It dawned on the proprietor that
the man was crazy.
-McDonnell left Tobyhanna and went
to Moscow. Arriving at the parochial
residence he Informed the servant that
admitted him that he had come to take
possession of the house and the church.
The matter was not debated In the
haste with which the servant felt It In
cumbent upon herself to make good her
escape. Father Walsh tried to put him
off without occasioning any trouble,
but MoDonnell was convinced that he
was right and would listen to no over
tures.
Uo Takes Possession nf the House.
Siting that he had a. lunatic to deal
with), the priest Immediately sought
out (Deputy Sheriff Bnrtree to have
MclDonnell taken Into custody. A
warrant was sworn out and the arrest
was made.
Ho was confined in the Moscow lock
up until yesterday afternoon, when he
was brought to this city. He will be
sent to the Hillside (Home. He had no
firearms or weapons in his possession.
BEEF COMES HIGH JUST NOW.
Scarcity of Prhno Caitlo and Dear Feed
tho Chief Causes.
A scarcity In prime beef prevails
again. The meat market has not yet
recovered from tho wholesale slaughter
last year of prime cattle In consequence
of the great lack of feed. The demand
for first-class meat has been all along
greater thnn the supply and the nat
ural result Is the present high prices for
good qualities.
It will take a year or two to get the
supply up to tho lemand again. The
big four combination Phil Armour,
Nelson 'Morris, theiSwifts and the Ham
monds control nn Immense market In
cattle, but even the manipulators could
hardly produce the- present conditions.
A good- denl of prime beef has been
shipped to England because prime cat
tle is the only kind thnt can stand
tho trip. It Is all attributable to scarc
ity, nothing more. The demand Is
greater than the supply and prices are
regulated accordingly.
URAVE LITTLE TRAVELER.
Two-Year-Old Tenth Strcot Child Found
on Lackawanna Avenue
Little 2-yoar-old Georgo Prltchard, of
Tenth street, was found wandering
about on West Lnckawanna-avenue at
7.20 last night nnd was escorted to the
central police station for safe keeping
until the police could And who his
father was.
Telephone messages were sent to the
various BiZo-statlous of the city to
make Inquiries for the parents, and a
few minutes later Lieutenant Williams.
of the West Side. Informed the central
station that the child was the son of
Mr. Prltchard, of Tenth street.
Soon after tho overjoyed father ar
rived nt police headquarters and took
his little wanderer home.
TOMORROW'S MEETING.
Will Ho Led bv Miss Anna Van Nort
Formerly Asslstnnt Secretary.
The meeting at the Youns- Women's
Christian association tomorrow after
noon at 3.4.1 will be the first of a series
of threo services designed especially
for members, though all young women
will be cordially welcomed. Miss Anna
Van Nort, ot ono time assistant secre
tary In the Scranton association, and
recently general secretary at Hethlo-
hem, Va will lead the meeting, having
ns her subject "What Is the Lord Jesus
Christ to Me7"
It Is requested that all committee
workers will be present to gain Inspira
tion ror tne work of tne year just open
ing.
MORE GAS FOR SCRANTON.
Board of Trado'a Secretary Goes to Phlla
dolphin to Sco About It.
Through the board of trade renewed
efforts have been mado to Induce the
Acetyleno Light, Heat and IPower com
pany, of Philadelphia, to locate In
Scrnnton. Secretary 1). B. Atherton, of
the board, returned Inst night from n
trip to Philadelphia, where he met the
promoters of the new gas Idea, and pre
sented to ithem further argument and
figures looking toward the selection of
Scranton ns the city where the pro
duct will be manufactured.
It Is probable -that- a meeting of the
manufactures committee will be held
Monday night, when certain conces
slops asked by the lAcetylene company
Will be considered.
Y. M. C. A. GOSPEL MEETING.
Prof. J. M. Chana M ill Do Director of
Instrumental Mnsle.
The large attendance which the Nay
auk fans meeting! naa during the
summer months, has awakened an In
creased Interest In the song services
which are to be continued throughout
the year at the association.
Professor J. 'M. Chance will assume
his duties as director of Instrumental
music at the tomorrow afternoon ser
vice at 8.45 o'clock. The full glee club
will also be present under tho leader
ship of Tallle Morgan, thus Insuring a
spirited ana attractive service.
Bend- us your repair. Turna.uett, MS
Waahlsa-ton avenue. . .
FRENCH DIVORCE CASE.
Testimony with Regard to It Heard by
Judge Archbald in Chambers.
Testimony was heard . before Judge
Amhbald In chambers yesterday In the
divorce proceedings of IMrs. Mary Ellen
r rench, of Throop, against George
Kdward French.
IMrs. French asks for a divorce on the
ground of desertion. She waa married
to Mr. French at Throop on July 21
1H90, by the -Baptist minister of that
place. Her mother, Mrs. (Mary Ann
Hamplett, testified to- tho marriage and
to the additional facts that her daugh
ter and (Mr. French lived together as
man and wife until July 9, 1891, when
French disappeared. Ills whereabouts
have since been a matter for conjecture.
One child was born to (Mr. and Mrs.
French, which died about three weeks
after the father's desertion.
John Hamplett, iMrs. French's father,
and William Hawkins also gave evi
dence concerning French's desertion of
his wife and the efforts that have since
been made to discover his present place
cf abode. (Mrs. French was represented
at the hearing by Attorney W. F. Boyle.
He wns Instructed by Judge Archbald
to draw up a formal decree of dlvorc
ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY.
Charles T. Wilson Reoelves a Nervous Set
Hack I'pnn His Return.
Patrolmen p. F. 'Roland and Victor
Snrtor arrested Charles F. Wilson at
COS Lackawanna avenue, last night and
locked him up in the. police station.
Wilson was not forty-eight hours In
the city, having returned from Lancas
ter, where he nerved a term behind the
bars.
ails arrest was made at the Instance
of Frank L. iBIshop. of Fifth avenue,
to whose step-daughter Wilson was
married In this city Iwo years ago.
Soon after the ceremony he was ar
rested for a crime committed In Lan
caster, taken there, tried, convicted
and sent to prison.
The prosecutor alleges that Wilson
bad married a. woman In Lancaster In
1SS7, and that' she was his legal wife
when be formed an alliance with Bis
hop's daughter. The charge against
him is bigamy.
cylinder" Head blew out.
Causod a Delay on tho D.,L.aW. Road
at Nicholson.
The cylinder head on the right side
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western passenger locomotive, W. F.
Hallstead, was blown out yesterday at
Nicholson while the engine was en
gaged In drawing a passenger train to
this city. '
Temporary repairs were made and
the train reached this city thirty-five
minutes late. No one was Injured by
the accident.
CLOTHING AT HALF PRICE.
The I'nheard of Bargains Offered at Msr
tin Dclany's Sale.
The big sacrifice sale of clothing con
tinues at Martin & Delany's on Wyo
ming avenue, and is attracting large
crowds of purchasers who are securing
some rare bargains In the clothing line.
The recent cold weather necessitated
bringing out a large quantity of the
winter goods, overcoats, ulsters and
suits that were purchased for the fall
trade and were In the basement at the
time of the failure. These goods were
not shown to the public before, as
there was no call for thorn, but they are
going very fast now. They comprise
all the stock of -Martin & Delany, and
are of the best grade. They are being
sold now at the same low prices that the
rest of the stock was offered at. The
discount on them vary from 25 per
cent, to 50 per cent., and today we have
added another counter of -boy's suits at
one-half what Martin & Delany sold
them at. Come and see for yourself be
fore they are all gone. Never was goods
offered to the public at such unheard
of prices. Clothing at half price to the
people of Scranton means something.
A Boulevard Resort.
SchlfDel's hotel, which Is situated at tha
end of the KImhurst boulevard, lust out
side of Elmhurst, Is rapidly becoming one
or tne popular resorts ror drivma- oartles.
Landlord Schlebel furnishes lunches and
-meals at all hours, nnd commodious
stables are connected with the house also.
wnen enjoying a Dusmess or Dleasiira
drive to Elmhurst Schlebel's hotel Is the
proper place to stop for refreshments.
Old Folks ot Home.
Dr. Kilmer A Co., of Binghamton. N. Y..
manufacturers of the Famous flwamn
Boot, through one or their advertising
oiatriDuiors, win iirvncni t-very iamny in
Scranton with a copy of the famous song.
Tne uiu roiKS at Home, words and
music.
Get bargains In silverware at Turn-
quest i, 203 ashtngton ave.
Attention.
The dressmaking parlors of Madame
L'Amoureaux, D12 Spruce street, are now
open. She has Just returned from the
city, and Is prepared to furnish all the
latest styles. Pi-ices reasonable; satlsfac
tlon guaranteed.!
The Nickel Plato Road controls the
Dining Stations on Its lines and they re
ceive unstinted praise.
Bny the W4ber.
and get the best At Guernsey Bros.
The Nickel Plate Road runs from Buf
falo to Chicago, via Cleveland and Fort
Wayne.
Kindly call and Inspect our large stock
or dlamonua. Turnuuest s, W6 washing
ton avenue.
Miss Hardenberah's pianoforte school
will reopen Monday, 8ept. 16, at 633 Madi
son avenue.
If you want the best mild 10c. cigar, rail
ror the ropuiar rtim-n.
This our bargain week.
Washington avenue.
Turnquest, 205
Pltlsbury's flour mills have
of 17,600 barrels a day.
capacity
L, I POWELL li ITS
ESTABLISH ED 1860.1
MusicStore
The Largest Stock or Flrst-Class
PIANOS In N. E. Penna.
PRICES LOW AND TERMS EASY
Bheet Muslo, Muslo Books and Small
. Musical Instrument. '
226-228-230 WY0MIK3 AVEKUE
SCRANTON, PA.
EES! SfTS OF TEtTB. J5.CD
bwtadb tha watalisa
seta by aa eatlret ae
S. C SNYDER, D. D. &,
VIE Ml THE
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HAPPY
BY
THEM 01 NEW
1 TRILBY CftPL
It is the newest thing for
the coming season which we
are offering to the trade at
very low prices. . It is almost
unnecessary for us to remind
our customers that our line of
FURS AND CLOTH CLOAKS
contains styles and effects not
to be found elsewhere. So
ong we have been as origina
tors it's our constant aim to
produce new designs to set
the current of style. We have
a larger and more extensive
ine than ever before.
AFTER OCTOBER 1
We will occupy three floors
instead of one. That shows
more plainly than words
that we have the confidence
and patronage of the people.
J. BOLZ,
Only Manufacturer ot Furs
in the City.
138 WYOMING .VENUE, NEXT TO DIME BINt
THE CRYSTAL PALACE
" NEXT WEEK
IS THE WEDDING OF MY FRIEND,
WHAT SHALL I SEND ?n
an every.day occurrence in on fam
lly or another. This problem is easily
solved bv calling and admiring, the im
manse stock of
Cbiua, Glassware,
Artistic Pottery, Lamps,
Silver-Plated Ware,
Etc., at
LOUIS RUPPREGHT
Successor to Engeoe Kleberg.
231 PENN AVE., OPP. BAPTIST CHURCH,
FALL STYLES
The Celebrated
On Sale, Both Stores.
Thursday, Aug. 29
CHRISTIAN,
412 SPRUCE ST. 205 LkCKAWANNl AVE.
Sweet Potatoes
Home Grown Tomatoes
And Green Corn,
Fancy
Jenny Llnd Cantelonpes,
Bartlett Pears,
Peaches, Etc.
PIERCE'S MARKET, PENN AYE
ELECTRIC, VAPOR AND
Olvaa from I a. m. to p. m. at the
Green Ridge Sanitarium,
720 Marion St., Green Ridge.
For LarilM flnftortag- from KrrotDtaasea,
Catarrhal and Khaumatio Complaints apeelal
ttoatlea la (Iran.
MISS A. E. JORDAN,
(jBradoate of the Boateo Hospital Traunaf
teaoel for Merest). Superintendent -
TUS OCCMBATM
SO Waehlnarten A. mnteit.PiJ
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