THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 189J.
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FAN.NlB M. Faemer, Principal Boston Cooking School.
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WILLIAMS 1 M'ANULTY
117 WYOMING fcVENUE.
CITY NOTES.
Th t-stlniatea committee will ni-t Kri
iluy nlKlir, when IIib pollen appropriation
Will III COIIShilMWit.
It Ihe weather permits Hie Georgetown
unci Cornell bane bull teams will meet in
tlilx city uu April 2.
The report of viewers In the mutter of
the nuUuiue ut a Luzerne vireet wan
yenterday confirmed finally.
The Woman's Christian Tempeiir,i i
union 01 t lis central city will holU t lit ) !
leKUlur nieutliiK lhl uflernoou nl L
o'clock. All welcome.
There were thirty-four deaths In the
city lust week, two of which ivnultc.1
from diphtheria. Four new cuen of illph
llit-rla and one of acartut fever weie im
ported.
John Scott, of Kingtfton, 4T. years oM. u
llremun on the Delaware, l.ucRuwuniKi
and Western railroad, mixta liied a fru
lure of the kneecap yeatenluy. He wan
brought to the Muxes Taylor hospital.
Key. P. J. McManux dcllvereil a lecture
at the Green itidae lltirury lust niuht ti
his tllu from "liriim Rhine to Purl." It
wan very Imerextii'i; and was listened to
with ureal attention tiy the large au
dience.
Olerk of the Courts John II. Thomas
Issued marrlKe licenses yesterday to
William '. Orlrtlthx und Until Jtlik. t. Car
liondule; Walter Uesner ami ld;i SwIck.
Hcramon: John W. itaymoml und Fannie
Koiiins, ttcruiiion.
The adjourneil annual meeting of the
I-ucku wunim Institute of History und
Hi icme. for the election of oltlcers and
the presentation.. of annual reports, will
1e held at the bourd of tradu room uu
Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 4 p. m.
Saint Luke's Church Kev. Itogers Is
rael. rector. Ash Wednesday. a. in.
holy communion: 10.:tu u. in., service iiml
sermon: 7.45 u. in., service, and sermon.
There wfll be three services dally duriui
the Lenten seuson, 10 a. in. und VI in.
every day, and at 4.30 p. m. every day save
Wednesday and friuay, wnen me aer
vice will he at 7.45 p. m.
Kev. F. W. Whlppen, late pastor for
seven years ut SI. Albans, I., is expect
ed In this city and will preach in tne
Vnlverxalist church, on Tine street, Feb.
Si, morning: and evening. He is a clergy
man of ubllltv. mid comes highly recom
mended by prominent clergymen in this
state. The society here hope to secure his
services as pastor lor the coming yen:
An unknown man, while In an hilarious
state of Intoxication, early last evening.
forced an entrance into thP residence of
Mrs. Fischer, at 421 Fenn avenue, and ter
rorized the Inmates with threats to burn
down the house. Special Officer Casper,
who happened near by, heard the tumult
and, RoinK to the house, took the riotous
visitor Into custody, tie was iocite-1 up,
pending a hearing this morning.
The Green Ridge Wheelmen will keep
open house to their friends thin evenlm;.
Kneel a I arrangements have been made
whereby complete election returns wu:
tie received as early as possible. The
members invite all their friends to rail
und enjoy a pleasant evening. The af
fair will be decidedly Informal, as no in
vitations have been sent out. A continu
ous lunch will be nerved during the even
ing. A "Cherry Tree Social" Is the name of
a unique entertainment which has been
Planned to be held at the rooms of thn
Young Women's Christian association this
evening at 7.30. What Is In this sirume
name all young women are Invited to come
and see. Good and varied music will add
much to tbe pleasure of the evening, to
W furnished by Miss Bnlvely. who will
sing, and Miss Ktesel, on the guitar. Miss
Fenner will recite a number of popular
selections.
VAN NORT HAS RESIGNED.
No
oncer Seeretar- of tho Pennsylvania
Division of Wheelmen.
Mr. Van Nort, rif this rlty. ner-rotary-treasurer
of thp Pennsylvania division
of the League of American Wheelmen,
has resigned hi ofllce ami I'hilip 8.
Collins has been appointed In his place
by Chief Consul Samuel A. Moyle.
Pressure of business and personal In
terest made it necessary for Mr. Van
Nort to resign. ,
Attention Camp Xo 242. P. O. S. of A.
All members of camp 242. P. O. S. of
A., are requested to meet at their hall,
209 Wyoming- avenue. Wednesday. Feb.
19, at 1 o'clock p. m., to attend the
funeral of our deceased brother. Henry
Clouser. Members of other camps are
cordially Invited to attend.
Reynolds Bros., Hotel Jermyn, Wy
oming avenue.
Our remnant sale will continue an
other week. See our ad for prices.
X Scott Inglis,
Carpets and Wallpapers.
Reynolds Bros., Hotel Jermyn, Wy
oming avenue.
and Sure."
1896 COMMITTEES NAMED
Men Kho Will tie Conspicuous in
Hoard of Trade Work.
NATIONAL DELEGATES REPORT
Give an Interesting Account of tho Ses
sion in Washington The Hoard
, Wants a Fire Marshal Ap
pointed Tarriff In Politics.
A regular meeting of the board of
trade was held last night. Tile attf.rtd
ance was small, probably on account of
the eve of election, but several matters
of interest were considered and the ses
sion wus not an unimportant one.
For the transportation committee
Secretary Atherton reported progress
in the committee's endeavor to have
the Lackawanna company return to Its
old mileage Hystem. That the board
has not ubandoned its determination to
secure un appropriation this year for
the office of lire tnarshul is shown In the
following communication from the pub
lic safety committee, and which was
read by the secretary:
Owing to a lack of revenue to be de
rived from taxes lor city purposes for the
ensuing year, the estimate committee of
the councils have been obliged to cut
down the appropriations nearly 100 per
cent. Thev have uhi-ady stricken out Ihe
nmouiit thought necessary to Inaugurate
u puiil tire depurtmem, ami feuilng that
the suir.e fate may overtake the lire mar.
siiui appropriation, we feet thut some ac
tion should be taken by this hoard. The
expense to the city of a tire murxhiil will
he so small compared with the henellts'lo
he derived bv the tax payers, sliuuld this
otllce be created, thul we sincerely believe
that some provision should be muil,vn
ut the sncrillcH of some less important
matter. We therefore respectfully oiler
the following resolution: i
Itesolved, That u committee three, con.
slsilng of W. A. May, A. W. Dickson und
the secretary, be uppolnted 10 wait on
ih estimate committee and thut they
most urgently request them to appropriate
the sum of $1.1100, that the otllce of lire inar
uh.il null- lie created, us provided .by the
laws of this commonwealth, anil embodie.r
in un nrdinul'ce now ill the hands of the
councils. Itespccffully submitted.
tSium-il) It. W. Luce;.
I'liuirmuu Public Safety Cnnimltee.
Resolution Was Adapted. '
After the resolution contained In the
i-oiiutitmlcutlun iud been adopted by a
I'niterlmr vote, some one moved a re-
consldcrution. The motion was carried
und the resolution was adopted by u,
vote of 8 to il, nearly hulf the members
present refraining from voting. While?
tli mutter wnjt under discussion, it was
opposed by Frcsident May who, while
nut disputing the necessity or u nre
murshul. thought the board could bet
ter see its wishes fulfilled by assisting
to bring about a reform In the system
of inn king assexsnieiits, und this he
urged us a means fur bringing about
numerous other municipal necessities,
lie argued that the city lias nut the
means for uny new enterprise and that
the revenue mlht be lurgely Increased
by chunging the present rule of mak
ing: ussesments. Colonel F. L. Hitch
cock was, by amendment, added to the
committee.
The secretary read the report of Col
onel V. L. Hitchcock und President W.
A. May. delegates to the recent meet
ing of the national board of truile meet-lug-
in Washington. Ordinarily such u
report might be dry und unlntereHtliiir
reading, but In this? Instance It was re
ceived ,wilh not u little interest and Is
us follows:
Report of the Delegates.
The Scranton Hoard of Trade.
Mr. President and (.irntlcmeu: Yotlr del
egates to the nationiil bourd of trude. ledd
In Washington, I). C, Jan. 2$ to :), In
clusive, desire to inuke the following re
port :
There were n limit urn delegates In ut
eiiduuce, mostly from the larger cities.
Chester. 1'eorfa. and Trenton were Ihe
only cities represented with a population
smaller than our own. There were moro
vruunlKiitious represented from Pennsyl.
vaiilii than from any other state: l'hilu
lelphla, Pittsburg, Hcranton and Chester
having delegates in attendance. Three
cltlA of Ohio, Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Toledo, were represented.
J lie personnel or the convent on was
far above the uverage. The men who at
tended as delegates were mostly past mid
die life und having been successful In
their .pursuits, eitnai- having retired or
so systematized then' business that sub
ordinates could look after it, now have
the leisure us well as the Inclination to
study questions relating to commerce and
the welfare of the nation. Except for the
minor prejudices In favor of their own
pursuits an accompaniment of all busv
life they were men singularly unbiased
in opinion and seemed Xo lie desirous onlv
of influencing opinion In favor of the be.it
interests of the country.
The main questions before the meeting
were those of the currency and finance,
consular.oflnlrs, postal affairs, railroad
iranspor.oiion. water-ways and bank
rnptcy i '--'.station. The subjects pertain
lug to tl.-se questions were handed In ry
mc commercial noines or t lie luixest cities.
Following the custom of the board, the
representatives of the bodies handing in
the subjects were mnde the members of
the committees to which the various sub.
jects were referred. Our board not hav
ing submitted any stlhiects vour retire
sentatives were not on any of the commit
tees.
Great Labor and Study,
It was surprising what labor and stndv
the men composing these committees nut
upon the work they had In hand. This
was notaniy tne can? witn the chairmen
of the committees on postal reform and
internal water-ways. The chairman of
the former committee must have exnend.
ed hours and days upon getting the infor
mation witn wnicn ms report was lined.
He stated that he had corresponded with
2,000 newspapers to get at the amount of
postage paid by them, as wpII as with
thousands of business firms. These facts
are given simply to show to what labor
ne went to get a complete report.' He
showed In the report that first-class mall
matter paid :i"5 per cent, profit to the gov
ernment, while third and fourth-class
matter and the franking privilege caused
n loss of 87 per cent. The delleit In the
department for the fiscal year was JS.OiiO,
(". caused wholly by the loss In carrying
tniru and rourm-ciass man matter anil In
the carriage of franked material. The
committee strongly advocated the reduc
tion of llrst-class mail matter to one-cent
per every half ounce or fraction thereof
und an Increase upon third ami fourth
luss matter so as to maxe the denciency
, greater man at inn present Time. The
uulrmnn of this committee. Mr. Acker.
Is a retail grocer of Philadelphia, doing
imsiiiess or a nan a minion dollars a
year. It is simolv wonderful how he Is
jible to attend to an enterprise of this size
und character, requiring constant utten-
lon. and yet be able to give so much
houaht and time to a suhlect. In a sense.
foreign to his business. As the equitable
adjustment of postal rates is a subject
which Interests us here more than most
of those discussed we desire to call your
special attention to It. Mr. Acker has
agreed to send us a number of cuules of
Ms report so soon as It can be printed.
v nen they are received we shall he
glad t distribute them among the
members of the hoard so that the mem
bers may become better acquainted with
he sublect and may IntelllsenHv inlal
In bringing about. desirulile ehanaea In the
postal laws.
Committee on Waterways.
The report of the committee on water
ways was not second to the report of the
committee on postal matters. The ehalr.
man, Mr. L. M. Ifatipt, of Philadelphia,
Is a noted engineer, and he not only gave
the subject careful thought, but brought
to his assistance life-long practice. He Is
an enthusiast In the matter of deepening ,
the water-ways already txlitlng and la
muklng new systems of utter transpor
tation. He thoroughly blievef In the
N Icarus us .Canal, the Pittsburg and Lake
Krie canal, the uu to connect like Michi
gan with the Mississippi and uu rrojii
New York through New Jersey to Uulti
inore. His argument In favor of these
Improvements were unanswerable. He
railed attention especially to the fact of
the over-development of means for land
transportation to the neglect of water
transportation. He also showed conclu
sively that for moving large tonnages and
heavy freight the advantage was not only
In favor of water transportation, but that,
strange as It may seem. It stimulated land
transportation In the vicinity of the
water-ways.
I'pon the presentation of the report
of the committees on consular affairs.
In moving Its adoption. Mr. leason,- or
Boston, made a speech remarkable for
Its knowledge of the subject and its
breadth of view. It seems that Mr. Lea
son had been appointed by the Boston
Chamber of Commerce to Investigate the
dock systems of the cities of Kurope, to
take advantage of any Improved methods
In use in foreign municipalities in a con
templated improvement of the Boston
Dock system. Whilst engaged upon these
duties Mr. l.cason had an opportunity to
carefully examine and investigate the con
sular service of the Vnlted Rtates. You
can easily imagine thut he was In a po
sition to give Information that an ordinary
man could not give. It Is needless to say
hs speech was most thorough and a very
valuable addition to the report of the com
mittee. ' Without the opportunity to ac
quire information which Mr. Leason hud.
a delegate would be singularly audacious
In trying to discuss the subject of con
sular affairs on the same floor wlth.hlm.
The best that we Ignorant ones could do
wus to pay strict attention and attend
every session, which we did, in order to
take home with us all the facts and notes
we could, both for an Inspiration to our
selves and to Impart Informailon to tho
bodies we represented. We can say forou--selves
that we left the convention with
broader views of the commercial Inter
est of our greut country and with the
determination to do more in the future for
the advancement of our organisation, and
the adoption of methods which will lead
to best results In commercial affairs.
Eulogy of National Secretary.
The eulogy of the secretary of the na.
tional bourd, who died dtuing the year,
also brought out thn training, the schol
arly development, as well as the business
and Christian traits of the members of the
board. We were surprised to listen to un
oration from a commercial man from Chi
cago, replete with' scholarly allusions, of
wide run ki of lunguage and excellent in
rhetorical eeffct. .The constant thought
with your delegates was how do these
men attend to their dully duties and yet
tind time to cultivate the refinements of
tongue and Intellect?
The peroration ot Mr. Waldo Smith, of
New York, In connection Willi the re
election of Mr. Frederick Fraley as pres
ident for the twenty-sith time in his ninety-third
year, was received by the board
With a great deal of enthusiasm. He said:
"Fngliind hail her Gladstone, Germany
her llismurck, Italy her lo XIII. und
America her Frederick Fraley, all grand,
old men."
Colonel J. A. Price, who represented
our board for so long a period, is not yet
forgotten, in some allusion or Some re
port his name is mentioned at every ses.
slon of the national board. It seems that
he Impressed them with his indefatlguble
industry and efforts to promote the aims
andobJects of the board. Through him
we ure not unknown, it rests with us to
broaden that knowledge and widen the In-
. liuence our city already has among those
'composing tne commercial bodies or tne
I'uited States bv considering the ques
tions of national Importance more thor.
ouglilv ami minutely thul) we have. We
rank high as a city when. our age nnd slxe
arc considered: with industry und united
effort on the part of the members of the
board we cun reach s more iidvmo"d posi
tion. Hespectful'v submitted,
W. A. Muv.
F. L. Hitchcock.
Committees for the Year.
The following are the IKM'tomtuittees
announced by President May:
Manufacturers Luther Keller, -chairman;
William Conuell, J. T, Porter, Jo
seph Levy. J. A. Lansing, Walter Hen
wood, F. S. Barker.
Legislation und Taxes H. K. Pulne,
chairman: T. 11. Dale, William McClave,
J. W. liakford, F. W. .Martin.
Finance Samuel Illnes, chulrman; But.
Goldsmith. J. H. Sleeil.
Streets und Highways C. R. Kinsley,
chalriuun: C. D. Jones. K. A. Haiti.
Transportation J. M. Kemmerer, chulr
man; T. J. Kelley, Ebeneser Williams.
Stock Kxchange William H. Peck,
chairman; H. J. Anderson, A. L. Collins,
Board of Trude Building A. W. Dl -la-son,
chairman: H. M. Boles, IC. B. Sturues,
J. A. Linen, C. P. Davidson.
Builders' Exchange Conrad Schroeder,
chairman; George Brown, Frank Carlueci,
John Henore, J. V. Howarth.
Postal Affairs David Pickens, chair
man: W. II. Taylor, Samuel Sumter.
Publication It. J. Foster, chairman; J.
H. Cobb. S. O. Kerr.
Public Safety It. W. Luce, chairman;
F. L. Hitchcock. Victor Koch, George
Keller, C. F. Whittemore.
Banquet C. II. Pond, chairman; K. O.
Ciiurseii, K. L. Fuller, Charles Schlager,
T. C. von Storch.
Membership Secretary, chulrman; A, J.
Casey, Sumuel Lebeck. W. II. Pierce.
Assessments I). T. Yost, chairman; C.
B. Scott, Walter Matthews.
It will be noticed that the manufac
turers' committee, the most Important
on the list, contains the names of par
ticularly inlluential and well-known
business men. The two new members
of this committee are Winter Hen
wood, manager of the Clark & Snover
Tobacco company, and F. 8. Barker,
school controller from the Seventeenth
ward, and a member of the Arm of 8.
G. Barker & Co, scale manufacturers.
These two ' appointments, like many
othVrs made by President May, indi
cate his policy In drafting from the
younger element on the board.
A significant appointment is that of
Street Commissioner Kinsley to the
chairmanship of the committee on
streets and highways.
Good Peal of Important Work.
A committee that will have consid
erable Important work to do at the
end of the year Is the board of trade
building committee. Its personnel of
itself speaks of the kind of work the
committee is expected to accomplish.
It will pass upon and in a measure de
cide nil questions that may arise In re
gard to the occupancy and furnishing
of the building to be erected on Linden
street.
Another committee whose labors will
be watched with Interest is the ban
quet committee. The board will cele
brate Its twenty-fifth anniversary dur
ing Mav or June, probably at the Hotel
Jermyn, and it is proposed to make the
event a gala one in the history of the
organization.
Franklin Henshaw was unanimously
elected a mebmer of the board.
. A copy of the report made by the na
tional board's committee on 1-cent post
age was referred to the committee on
legislation and taxes with Instructions
to report at the next meeting. The
secretary read a communication from
the Tariff Commission league of New
ark asking the board's co-operation In
a movement to eliminate the tariff fea
ture from polities. The matter was
favorably discussed and was referred
to committee, the secretary being In
structed to notify the commlslson
league that the board approved of the
proposed conference to be held in April.
The wisdom of sending delegates was
deferred .until the next meeting.
H. R. Paine created much amusement
by his exceptions to a communication
from the secretary of the West Side
board of trade, which was addressed
to "The Central Board of Trade." Mr.
Paine did not hesitate to deplore the
use of the word "central." However,
the communication was ordered placed
on file; It was a letter thanking the
board for its approval of the viaduct
project.
Crowed Condition of Street Cars.
A. W. Dickson called to the board's
attention the crowded condition of the
street cars of the Scranton Traction
company, the discourteous conduct of
the company's employes and the Ir
regular intervals at which the cars are
run. He was supported In the matter
by n. J. Foster, J. A. Lansing and the
secretary. The matter was referred to
the committee on public safety with In
structions to recommend the passage
of an ordinance by councils or some
other means to remedy the present con
dition of traffic. Several matters of
minor interest were acted upon before
adjournment.
The finest line of wines, cigars, malt
and other liquors In the city at Loh
mann's. Spruce street. K. Robinson's,
Milwaukee and Felgenspan's beers on
draught . . ... . ,.
BIG VICTORY IS ASSURED
Candidates on Republican Ticket Will
He Lice tel.
SURE OP LARGE PLURALITIES
City Chairman Stevens Did Not Quote
Flgares bat Said the Result Will
Be Decisive Victory What
the Democrats Say.
Cold did not deter the political work
era from attending Btrictly to business
yesterday. They were In evidence ev
erywhere and were doing their utmoBt
to win votes for their favorites. Kven
until late into the night they did not
tire of well doing, and persisted In
their efforts until long aftur midnight.
Thlu mmnlnfr Ihnii n-111 Wi.nli, liwlna.
trtously at work.
All of the Indications are that a very
large vote will be Killed today in the
different sections of the city and that
the Republican candidates will be fa
voted with a large sized majority of
these- votes. There has been a sentl
ment of steady growth In favor of the
election of Colonel Hippie and all nt his
associates on the ticket which will cul
mlnate today in their election by a vote
that will be a littlng rebuke to the men
who hove persistently and maliciously
assailed them since they were first men
tion in connection with the oftlces for
which they are now candidates.
Messrs. Ripple, Williams and W'id
mayer and the candidates for assessor
are all able gentlemen in whose hands
the Interests of tne city can tie piaceu
with the assurance that they will re
celve the most careful attention. In
the keeping of such men the taxpayers
know that the business affairs of the
dtv are safe, and they will receive
large vote today from the thinking,
conservative taxpayers of the city. The
attacks that have been made on the
Heuiibllcan candidates openly and oy
Innuendo have reacted, anil will prove
another element of strength today, not
withstanding: that many .men were ac
tlvelv enraged yesterday circulating
stories of every conceivable character
that would be calculated to arouse
prejudices against the Republican
nominees.
Plan that Will Not Work.
Tt Is a nlan that will recoil on the
slanderers. The manhood. Integrity
and sterling worth of the men who are
put forward as the Republican nomi
nees linve been moved time nnd nirnln
and their loyalty and faithfulness to
every duty Imposed upon them nre so
well known that tne cieiracior win mm
thnt his work Is worse than useless.
There were hundreds of callers lit
Kcutildlean headquarters yesterday
who hmuirht news of the prog
rcss of the bnttle In nil parts
of the city. Tho reports were
uniformly encouraging unci from the
llgures thev gave It Is tmte to preiuci
il.nt the itc'.uhlican ticket will be
elected n:ul huve it surplus of upwards
of S.UOU votes. It was a very represen
tative lot of Republicans who visited
headoiinrini'H during the day. compris
ing men who are prominent In till of
the various walks of life. They cuine
to tulk about the situation as they
viewed It In the vicinity where they live
and to offer their assistance In getting
out the vote. The energy nnd activi
no less than the great desire of Repub
licans) to do something to assist In the
election of the ticket wus one of the
very encouraging features of the clos
ing hours of the campaign utiil one thut
the mutineer of the campaign highly
appreciated. It simplified tneir work
and nave them assurance unew that
the FellowH-Serantoji kickers were lew
anu rar between.
What Field Marshal Stevens Said
City Chairman A. It. Stevens looked
Pleased and happy when seen by a
Tribune reporter lute yesterday after
noon at hcauiiuurters.
".f course we're going to win," he
said In reply to the Interviewers ques
tion. "There's no doubt about it. If
there ever wus any doubt In my mind
of the reBtilt of toinurrow's battle the
time for doubt has passed. We ure
safely out of the woods. The attacks
on Mr. connell have made a great
many votes Hnd won many ardent
champions for the ticket. 1 have re
ceived letters from a number of men
who suld that but for the attacks on
Mr. Connell they would not have inter,
ented themselves at ull In this light
us It Is they have enteretl heart und
soul Into the contest. The mud thrown
nt Colonel Ripple and the ntluck upon
his military record huve had a slmilur
effect they have won hundreds of
votes forour candidates.
"How Inrge will tho pluralities be?
Well. 1 have always preferred to do
my flmirliig on pluralities the day nfter
election und I think that s the best
plan. You can be ussured though that
the pluralities will be largo enough to
make the victory most decisive.
Bemoeratle Point of View.
At Democratic headquarters on Wy
omitiR avenue all was confusion and
disorder. A number of men and boys
stood in the hullway and others tilled
the small room in the rear of the second
floor used as headquarters proper.
Leading from this room is a smuller
apartment where Chairman Horn and
several other well known Democrats
were Interviewing those who had "busi
ness at headquarters. A stout gen
tleinan who looked as If he had been
promised a position on the police force
guarded the door of this holy of holies
and If he thought the petitioner's
"business" was of sufficient Importance
he was admitted to the presence of -the
great men within:
A Tribune reporter succeeded In run
ning the gauntlet and had an interview
with Oeorge Horn, the chairman of
the Democratic city committee. Mr.
Horn said that they had the campaign
well 111 -Kami and would elect their
ticket by pluralities ranging from 1.500
to 2.UW. It is unnecessary to add that
he declined to figure out where such
pluralities were coming from. The
pons, ne said, would be manned today
by volunteers and that all of the lag
gards would be brought out.
Yesterday afternoon the Democratic
watcners anil election officers met in
Industrial hall, on Spruce street, where
they were instructed as to their duties
by Attorney C. C. Donovan. K. C. New
comb, John P. Quinnan and ft. J. Bea
mish. i Tonlsrht both parties will receive re
turns at their headquarters. ,
Paving Ont the .Money.
A determined effort was made last
night by the Democratic campaign
managers and will be continued today
to debauch the voters by tho liberal use
of money. The South Side the boodle
dispensers made their special stamp
ing ground lout night and they were
lavish In their use of coin of the realm
To the Twentieth ward alone $500 was
sent by Ihe pure minded patriots who
nre lighting the battle for Democracy
for the purpose of endeavoring to
thwart nn honest expression of the
will of ,the people today.
WHAT COLON1X KIPPL1-: DID.
He Put the City on a Sound Firm Financial
Tooting.
"Every man In this building: ought
to vote for Colonel Ripple," paid As
sistant City Knglneer Kdward Sher
wood to a group discussing politics in
the engineers' office yesterday after
noon. "When he became mayor the
city employes were going around VUs
town on the first of every month ped
dling their orders for 80 and 85 cents
on the dollar. One of the first things
he did on assuming ofllce was to ar
range with ithe Third National bank
to have the policemen's orders cashed
ui par anu an otner orders to be ac
cepted at a discount proportionate to
the Interest, which was something llWo
3 per cent, for three months.
men he framed and engineered
througrli councils an ordinance prohi
biting the Issuing of city warrants ex.
cept when there was cash to meet than
and ever since then there hasn't been
a city order peddled on the street und
a city employe receives his full pay."
AIKEI1NU AT ARMOR V.
It Wasa Powderly Instead of Good Gov
ernment .Meeting. -
Every election eve a big crowd comes
up town, or down town, or over town
as the case may be. Last night was no
exception to the rule, and as the usual
curb stone committees found thst
kicking their heels wouldn't keep the
blood In circulation, they adjourned to
the armory, where there was steam
heat, no admission charged and a prom
ise of entertaining speeches. The lat
ter card was quite as attractive as any
of the others, many braving the cold
weather simply to satisfy the average
citizen's craving desire to know what
one man is going to say In reply to an
other who has had something to say
about htm.
Between those who hnd no other
place to go to get in out of the cold and
those who were attracted by the Pow-derly-Fltzslnimons
controversy, a fair
sixed crowd was present last night to
listen to the last desperate wallings of
the Democrats. 'mat they had been
misled into believing thnt there was a
great disruption in the Republican
party was evident in everv feature of
the meeting, and particularly In tho
fact that not a linker's tloxen of Re
publicans were in attendance. Re
publican disruption wns their last hope
and so certain were the managers thut
there would be evidence of it at the
meeting that they called it a good gov
ernment meeting In order to open the
doors to their disgruntled allies. But
they failed to materialize nnd the dls
consolation was great thereat.
Good Deal Growling Bono.
This being the case, the pre-arranged
tactics were deserted and the meeting
was turned into a growling contest. In
which Saturday night's meeting and
Mr. Powderly came In for the greatest
share of the snarls. The fact that Mr.
Powderly had dared to hint that there
Is nothing in the luw of the land which
gives the Democratic party a mortgage
on Irishmen aroused the wrath of the
unterrifled. and they took occasion to
vent their Ire In unbridled terms.
Select Councilman M. k. Clarke was
selected as tho most prominent Dem
ocrat present outside of the speakers
and was mude chairman. In keeping
with his unbroken record, Mr. Clarke
made no speech, but contented himself
with simply introducing the speakers.
.Kdward Merrltield opened thu meet
ing with a very eloquent tirade against
corruption In politics. Cornelius Com
egys tried to work up enthusiasm with
annrchial argument's and snarling ref
erences tr "people of wealth who live
In fine houses," but this, like his state
ment thut the generosity tif Connel! nnd
Rlpplo wns the mere promptings of sel
(lshness, was met by an ominous silence.
Colonel Fltxsimmons was Introduced
ns the Burke Cochran of Lackawanna
Democracy. His appearance wus greet
ed with long applause, punctuated with
cries of "Powderly." Powderly." The
crowd came to hear what he had to
say about Powderly and so to grutlly
them he conllned himself almost en
tirely to a vindictive onslaught on
Kern n ton's most widely known citizen,
during which he mude some Intemper
ate statements, which, while they did
not carry much logic or truth with
them, pleased the Democratic crowd,
ami thut was satisfactory to the elo
quent colonel.
lie Und Accepted a Cull.
Mr. Koltind was next introduced ami
unreservedly Informed the "fellow-i-al
iens thut there hud been "a irreat nub
ile demand for us und we only accepted
to sutlsfy the ilpBire of the will of Un
people." He mude an excuse for the
Democratic detVut which toduy will
witness by stating that he hud heard
thut Wholesale frauds were to be per
petuated on the ballot boxes and the
like.
Joseph O'Utien's uppcarance was
hailed with more cries of "Powderlv."
and so Powderly was the subject of
his story. Among the many things he
said about Powderlv was that he was
un importation as well as Mr. Ma I ley,
und thut Carbomiule Is no better than
Vtaveily. Chairman George S. Horn
next told the' assemblage to cheer up.
that victory was staring them in the
fuce nnd the like.
Nathan Yldaver. following the spirit
of the occasion, nlso jumped on Pow
derly. He ridiculed, or rather attempt
ed to create a luugh by referring to
air. i-owueriy s Ida- glasses anu llerce
mustaches." but the crowd, which wus
mude up mainly of men springing from
the same race as the great ex-lubor
chief, did not take kindly to a man of
Vldavers weight ridiculing one of their
own who Had brought such honor upon
mem, ami it not only reruseii to laugh,
but gave uumlsLikable signs of disap
proval.
Mr. Mcfilnlcy closed the meeting bv
leading in giving three cheers for the
ticket.
AN EASY WAY
TO GET
A
OVK plan of rental, with rent
to apply as purchase money,
It possible for almost any family
e iiiM-tiuss iiisirnmciii
I ull particulars on application.
Powell's
Music 5tore,
316-330 WYOMING AVE.
For tbe Convenience
Of More Room
the stock of the late firm of
OLOF C. N. TURNOUEST
JEWELER,
formerly located at 205 Washington
avenue, will be removed to 143 Tenn
avenue, In tbe old Postoflice Building,
where everything will be sold at auc
tion.
By order of Assignee.
A. HARRIS, Auctioneer.
The sale of Diamonds
will take place Friday,
February 14, at 2.30 p. m.
itUKIKD AT CARBONDALE.
Funeral of Misa llrlJiet 'ealon from
Her Home on t'arouse Avenue.
The funeral of Miss Hrldsct Nealon
took pluce yesterday morning from her
lute home on Capouse avenue. The re
mains were conveyed to St. Peter's
cathedral, where a solemn high mass
of requiem was celebrated by Rev. J.
J. It. Feeley. Rev. J. A. O'Reilly was
deacon and Rev. Father Ma lone, sub
deacon. After the mass the remains were tak
en to Carhondale, where interment was
made In the Cuthollc cemetery. n
Reynolds Bros., Hotel Jermyn, Wy
oming avenue.
WE IE MOVED
: : : TO : : :
423
Lackawanna Ave.,
THREE DOORS
FROfl OLD PLACE.
W. W. BERRY
THE JEWELER.
Men's Felt Boots and Over
$1.59
Men's Overshoes, worth 60c, our
sale price
39c
Men's Overshoes, worth 70o, our
sale price
49c
Men's Vulcanized Leather Insole
W'ootiKocket Boots, worth, $J.Tfi,our
sale price
$2.19
Youths' Woonsoi kct Boots, worth
$1.75, our sule price
$1.39
Ladies' Overshoes, worth Soc, our
sale price
25c
Men's Wool Lined Alaskas. regular
price, $1.00, our sale price
69c
IIS
Special Sale
To give onr nnny patrons the beneflt of a
Special Bargain we bare deoided to sell :
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Feb. 17lh-19(h Inst.,
Rogers' best table spoons, $1.99 Set
ii
4
" tea
" table knives,
" table forks,
109 "
173 "
1.73 "
RUPPP.ECHT'S
CRYSTAL PALACE
Formerly Eugene Kleberg
231 Peon Ave. Opp. Baptist Church.
These prices only for above dates.
THE NEW
illO! TYPEWRITER
NO, 2,
Contain all that ba mude Hammond Work
fasioua, anl NEW, NOVEL and I'HEFlTi. im
vroveinenta. "Hammond Wnrk itm (VIiaHmi
of Hammond Superiority." "Hammond Bale
tha fit.ri.m f Umr,.,A C. l . u
Bond No. 2. "Tlie Perfect Typewriter. Ex
amine It and be convinced. Philadelphia
branch of Tbe Hammond Typewriter Co., Ill
bY Sixth Street.
F. A. & A. J. BKANDA,
414 Serve tt, SctMhn RepretentathN.
BEST SEES OF IEETI. W
S. C. SNYDER, D. D. S.,
IIP
Ill
pH IS WILL BE THE
last chance you will
ever have to get
Furs
for the prices we will sell
them for th's week.
Electric Seal Capesj
newest style,
$5.98
Foroierly IliUl
Electric Seal trim- "
med with Thibet djC QQ
or Brown Marten, $Qa jQ
Formerly t.W
Fine Coat, newest
stj'le,
$2,98
tiuerly $T.S0
$4.98
merly $10 00
$5.98
merly $13.00
$6.98
Fine Coat, newest
style,
Formerly $10 00
Fine Coat, newest
style,
ne C
style,
Formerly $13.00
Fine Coat, newest
Formerly $15 uu
merly iivuu
$1.98
Upward
$2.98
Baby Coats from
Mackintoshes from
Upward
J- BOLZ
138 Wyoming Avenus.
Grade
Shaw,
Emerson,
Malcolm Lo?a.
Clough A Warren,
Carpenter,
Waterloo.
And Lower Grades at
Very Low Prices.
J. LAWRENCE STELLE,
303 SPRUCE STREET.
Spring Styles.
CHRISTIAN n '!',',
SOLU AUENT.
412 Spruce, 205 Lack. Ave.
Scranton
School of Elocution
and Oratory
MR. AND MRS. L J. RICHARDS,
Directors.
FIVE DEPARTMENTS Of
Si lor Girculor M Amrimii.
ROOMS 27 AND 28, BURR BUILDING,
Washington Ae Sera nton, Pa.
TNI OIUIMTM
Ut at rraaaat U Mom Fepalar ui MM kf
Leaduif Arueui
Wtreroom 1 Oppotit Olumbas eaaraent,
90S Washington Av. Seranton.Paj
mam
Bl
HATS
AT
Dunn's