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THE SCI? ANTON TBIBUNE MOXDAT MORNING. MAHCII 2, 189C.
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iu all the grades, suitable '
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v carved wood, imitation leather,
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We supply decorators on
short notice.
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BUY THE BEST.
USE
Mrs. Rorer
Uses "Snow White" in
' her vScrautou Cooking
Lectures.
rEKSOiNAL.
. Judge Hmry WlUon, of Hone.idal wan
a tjeiuntun visitor Suuiiduy.
B. E. T1 ban eltgule1 With MfSUilH
Conni-ll to if present them on tilt? ioaJ.
1'iofeHsor T. .1. luvit-s. Mux. Uui, will
net utljucllcalor today al the lJotlvillo
lxtfiidfui.
10. K. 'IVal has uectited a )Hltlon with
' Megm-gel i.'ontiell no their rfpiesentii
tlvv un Out road.
MImm Xlmy Hrintol nrnl Miss Emma X.
Thomas, of lliialiu-her'it liave relurnrd
from New Yolk.
Mr. ThntiuiH nucl Mrn. IloiiuhPtly, of
I. -fiih Joih-x At Co.' till I II !'- Kioto, ate
iti Ww York on ti buslm-sn trip.
Diivld lt"f-M is llllini; tlln piiyillon of
Mali t'unifr John It. W'illininH. who lit at-
II. iusly 111 at Ills Intuit-, in J'roviilt'iii e.
K. K. Itoliiithan, AttoriU'V W. I!. I.i-ivK
.lolin II. I'hillips nml liavid I'lil.iiul.i
will leave for J'ottsvlllo this morning on
Liiixlnexx.
Talll-M. Kviiiim, of The Trilitltu- Job ilf-l-artmeiii,
on Saturday afternoon left for
Jainxi'onl, I 'ui bun county, und utlrniled
in Hie evening it banquet in homl' of St.
J.e.ivld' Day.
Jacob Crown, formerly of this city, wan
married on Huiiduy evening, I'Vu. S3, In
hrooklyn, N. V., to Miss Kllilil.l Jacobs, of
iliul city. Mr. und Mix. Drown will reside
In New York.
Mrx. I.iici.'ila V. Treat, who Is to lec
ture under the auxplces of 4)i Scruntou
1'ree KlnderKateii uxxoclaitloti ut the Al
liilKht .Memorial hall on Tnesdav even
In If. is a miest at the residence of Mr. iind
.Mix. Kilwanl L. Fullur, on Jefferson ave
nue. Mr. nnd Mrx. Jumes J. HoKers, of the
South Side, left at midnight Salurdav for
Hrooklyn, to ut tend the fiincral or Melville
1". I'raft, of that cilv. 'I'he deceaseil, was
ii member of the editorial stalT of the New
York KvenliiK I'oi-t und was well known In
S. Tuiitun und I'lltston.
A mom; the candidates for the degree
of Ii. 1. S. ut the coiiimeni'ement exer
cises of the rhlliideliihia lenlal college
mid lloxiilia! of oral rtuiKery, to lie held
t rhiladelphln Academy of Music March
6. are Welc-mti S. Snover, of ibis city, und
AVIIllam 1.. Van 'Dunkirk, of Taylor.
'; Messrs. l ('. Kerber and M. J. I I'.MalleV,
of the I'lemons. h'eiber, u'Mallcy I'd,
leuve for IMttsbuiK, I'a., and Kast J.lver
.pool, II., today. They will visit the larae
' jiolterles In the west during their iiliseiica
and tnaki- final .ireparatlon Tor hl.dns a
l arload of vlilna. for Hotel Jermyii.
' ARE ALWAYS AT HAM).
Ilcsr Bottle In a Itugnio Prove a Hanger
oils Weapon,
MaRBle Dlmlep, of No. 18 t.nckawnn
Tia nvenue, wax nut. of the live females
who found tlieinxidvex In the police mu
tton yesterday morning. MiiRpIe'H
rrlme was thnt o," issulliiifir Proprietor
Ooborn with a but. fr. rutting; a Rush
In his forehead which kept a doctor
busy with thrend anil needle for some
time.
She days that Coliorn was beating his
wife and in Intel-ferine; to save the
luckless better half she herself was
attacked and badly abused. She re
treated to her room and when t'ulmrn
followed her and throttled her she
picked- tip a beer bottle and knocked
. her assailant down,
. Coburn's side of the story will be
heard when the hearing takes place to-
1 day.
Buy the Weber
and get th best. At Guernsey Bros.
OUR
Continued for Another Week. -
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AVe nuist get rid of the ex
tra stock, because our Spring
Goods will be iu very soon.
Just a . few good things
which you should cousider
t before buying:
A dandy Men's Fine
Calf 'Shoe, lace or tfjQ ft A
' cougress,bestof shape vuiHIJ
Ati up-to-date . Fine
Calf Shoe, razor toe, tfQ AH
' extended sole, - ipuiUU
;'A few Winter Rus
' sets, double soles, ex-tflQ HI"
tended, all sizes, - ty3j3
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" 410 Spiral Streri
SnowHe
FLOUfi FOR GOOD RESULTS.
CLEABM W
THE RICH AND THE POOR
Tupic of Hume Mission SuH:rintcnr!cnt
in Holy Trinity Church.
PREACHED BY UK. WHITTEKEK
Nut What Man lias, but What Ue
I, Controls Man's ltostlajr-Us
Must Ba Worthy of God's
Good Graces.
Itev. Dr. J. B. Whltteker. superln
temleiit of home missions and of the
general council of the L.uteran rhurrh,
oietipled the pulpit of Holy Trinity
Lutein an t-hurch, Adams avenue and
ilulberry street, yesterday. Dr. Whit
teker's home is In Kastun, but his work
takes him throuehout the I'nlted
States. He was a professor of Thlel
college for fourteen years, and has
been a pastor of a laixe Lutheran
ihurili in ftoche.sler and of old St.
John's In Kuston. He is an unusually
gifted pulpit orator.
Dr. Whitteker's mornlwr sermon Il
lustrated the purable of Luzurus ami
the rich man. The text was from St.
Luke, xix, ID. ill: "There was a certuln
Hell num. There was a certain beg
gar." Dr. Whltteker said:
Jesus often taught by couplltiK
things strikingly similar or strangely
contrasted. It gave his teachings u pe
culiar effectiveness, readily catching the
mind, fixing the attention and touch
ing the heart. A case of strong con
trust Is that of this rich man and the
beggar.
The rich man's luxurious mode of
living Is expressed by the Inspired
writer with one sweep nf the pen:
There was a certuln rich muu. who wus
clothed in purule and tine linen, ami
who fared sumptuously every day. The
distressing stale of Laiturus Is pictured
In liinguuge equally graphic; lor 'he
was covered with soles, and desired
the crumbs which, fell from tle rich
loan's table. And the does cuiiie and
licked his sores.'
WHO WiU LD KXCIIANUK 1'LACKS.
"There are dogs that live on dain
ties: but who would exchange places
with them natures ns well us modes
of living? Man is more than an un
Itual to be fed and clothed. Hod
breathed Into his nostrils the breath
of life und mini became a living soul!
What is the life of u man's heart?
That Is the one great question.
"The defect of the rich man did not
lie In his riches but ill his character,
lie wus a selllsh man. Me scattered
his wealth, but he scattered It for his
own enjoyment. He fared sumptuous
ly: but he turned away from that poor,
ick, starving cteuture who luy ut Ills
gale and usked only for the lilt 1 1 V
criiinlis whb h he had polluted with his
own grusplng bunds. The virtue of the
poor muu did not lie In his poverty, but
in his contentment; for (Sodliiiess with
contentment is great gain.' Hut death
overtakes them both, and ill death they
tlnd n common level. While all the
contrust that marked their life In the
body, marked their death and the dis
posal of their bodies; still, the rich
mull left behind his riches, and the poor
man left behind his poverty, und then
comes a now contrast which brings Into
review the very heights of heaven und
the very depths of hell.
l'lCTl'ltl'IS WITH LKSSUNS.
"These two strong pictures are set
before lis for a purpose; they each have
thrir lessons. The great question of
life Is not one of condition but u char
acter. Hlcbes Is not the best thing
u man inn huve, nor poverty the worst;
in the light of eternity, u rich man
miiy be very poor und a poor man very
rich. Hut poverty Is not a means of
grace. Lazarus didn't get a radiant
robe In eternity because lie wore a gar
ment of tusH here. The poor man In
spite of his poverty was good ut heart;
the rich man In spite of his riches wus
bad at heart, and it was their condi
tion of heart which determined the
eternal weal of one and the eternal woe
of the other. The one grent sin against
which this parable warns Is the sin nf
selllshncss; and rich ami poor alike un
guilty of it. We are not to estimate a
mun by what he bus or has not, but by
what he is. A Hellish man Is not neces
sarily u miserly man. He may scatter
his money, but In doing so he looks
only to his own pleasure. Whatever is
his own, he takes care if; what Is not,
he Is willing to let starve.
"This accounts for the fact that the
iliurcli does not get nil equnl shure
of crumbs even with the dogs indeed,
with many, the dogs cfime first. 'the
church hist, or not ut all. It is claimed
as. an actual fact a fact bucked uo by
figures that It costs more to feed the
dogs that roam over these I'nlted
States, than It does to supply all the
churches of tile land with the preached
Word.
TWO MKN CONTKASTKD.
"Look ut the lot of these two men:
The rich man, blessed with every lux
ury that the world can give, living on
the very heights of human pleusure;
the pour mun, sick und starving, drag
ging out a wretched existence in the
very depths of misery. Hut how dif
ferent when death stood before them!
Kor the one, he was tile king of terrors,
stripping him of all that gave him
pleasure in lime, and dragging 111 in
down to nil that could give him pain
throughout eternity. To the other, he
wus a welcome visitor iu the guise of
angels, releasing him from all thnt
made him wretched here und lifting
him up to ull the bliss of heaven.
"Are you rich? Don't allow your
wealth to bar the gates of heaven
against you; don't let It harden your
hearts against the anneals of Christ's
church or the pleadings of Christ's
poor. Are you poor? Don't imagine
that poverty Is a passport to heaven;
of that poverty Is in any sense or
under uny circumstances a substitute
for piety. Klch or poor, it mutters not
the heart Is the man, and out of It are
the issues of lite and death."
spoKt: or ;ois klect.
Instructive Sermon Preached bjr Kcv. Dr.
Jiiiuc Mclcnd. '
A sermon showing a great deal of
thought and careful study and calcu
lated to explain the benefits heaped
Upon I bid's most fumous disciples in
nuitiy ages, was preucheil hist night in
the First Presbyterian rhun h by Itev.
Dr. Junies AlcLeod. The discourse be
gan and ended with the following para
graphs respectively:
"The vulue of a truth does not always
ilejiend upon our ability to verify It in
experience. Home tiuths are beyond
the range of our experience. The fact
that a mere child cannot understand
or explain the truths of chemistry or of
astronomy does not detract in the
least from the value) of such truths. If
the experience of a little child be as
nothing compared with that of the
wisest and most learned philosopher,
we may also say that the experience of
the wisest und most learned philoso
phers, is us nothing compared with that
of Almighty Und."
"U'bui huve Nnuh. and Abraham, and
Moses, und David, and Haul, and I'eter,
und Augustin. and Luther, and Calvin,
and Wesley, ,ind the whole sacrament
al host of Odd's elect to fear when
Jesus Christ Is iheir Savior and Advo
cute? That they v'-ere sinners ull would
confess with sorrow but thu.t they huve
been suved by grace all would confess
with Joy and thunkft iness. Surely the
love of (lod In Jesus C irlst, our Urd. to
which we owe ull this) Is unspeakable.
Let us praise Ultii for ti n riches of His
grace and I or. fie wouderN ,,f n ,,Ve."
V. AI. C. A. OONVEMION.
District Sslom Wr CloMd ..ast Might
In lialton.
The district convention of ;he Young
Men's Christian association closed Inst
night in Dnlloii alter many Instructive
und Interesting sessions which began
Friday night.
At oYlock Tn the association rooms
began a prayer, song and testimonial
service. A men a afternoon gospel ser
vice was held in the rooms at 3.30
o'clock, and in the evening beginning at
7. 20 a union service, evangelistic in
character, was held In the Methodist
church ad continued one hour. The
Bervlce that followed was a farewell
meeting conducted by the Pennsylvania
state secretary. . MBalrd.
During Saturday morning's proceed
ings Mr. Hoff. the Scran ton' associa
tion's physical director, gave -an ad
dress on the personal life of the worker,
and General Secretary Mahy, of this
city, discussed the subject "A Young
Men's Christian Association's Hlble
class." a topic originally assigned gen
eral Secretury Armstrong, of Plttston,
who was too 111 to attend. O. W. Smith
ing. W. A. Merry and C. H. Chandler,
all of Scranton, were among the after
noon speakers. The Saturday night
meeting was held In the liaptlst church.
An encouraging feature of the con
vention was the presence of several
young men from Forest City and Mon
trose. In which towns It Is proposed
to orgunize associations.
SABBATH CHURCH NOTES.
Superintendent J. C. Sanborn addressed
the (iospel meeting In the Rescue mission
yesterduy ufternoou.
Thomas Klgar, the prison exangellst,
preached In I lie evening In the Second
Presbyterian church.
Un Saturday court granted a charter to
the lieriiiun Polish SMtngellcul Lutheran
Kinauiiel church of this city,
"Incidents of Passion Week" was the
evening topic of Ktv. N. !'. Stahl In the
fireeii Kldgo Presbyterian church.
The topics of Kev. U. T. Price In the
Court Street .Mothodist church were
"The Divine Intercessor" and "Sienes in
the bust Week of the Life of Christ."
A session of l lie Ay oca and Moosli;
Christian Alliance will be held Thursday
and Friday Iu the Moosle Presbyterian
church. The sessions will convene thrice
dally.
(leueral Secretary Mahy conducted tba
Young Men's Christiun ussoL'iatlou Uospel
nieeilug. An interesting musical pro
gramme was rendered under the direction
of J. I 'hale
llev. Dr. Leroy Stephens, of Lewlsburg,
Pa., preached in the morning In the Penn
Avenue Baptist church; in the evening the
pulpit was occupied by HeV. Dr. H. H.
Hun Is, of Taylor.
At the monthly meeting of the Pastor's
union to be held 111 Young .Men's Christian
Association hall at ID o'clock this nforn
Ing. a. puper on "Church Polity" will be
read by Itev. D. J. Williams.
The third or an Illustrated series of ser
mons on Pilgrim's Progress was dellv
eied last nighl by l!ev. W. 11. Stubhle
btne, of Calvary lieformed church. The
subject was "Pussing the Cross."
The third organ recital of Professor
Alfred PcniiliiKton will be given Thurs
day evening In Kim Park church. Theo
dore Heinhei'Ker and the church quartetie
will assist. A silver-offering will be made
ut the door.
The day was a "full day" iu the North
Main Avenue Baptist c hurch. Pastor Wat
kil:4 baptised during tile morning service,
uller which u large number of new mem
burs were received Into membership pre
paratory to the celebration of tiie Lord's
supper.
The quarterly meeting of the Women's
Foreign .Missionary society of the Hcrail
ton Melhodist churches will be held this
afternoon ill the Khli Park church al 3
o'clock. An Interesting programme lias
been prepared by the Auxiliary society or
the Simpson Methudlst Fplscopul chiiivii,
who will conduct this quarterly meeting.
Itev. I1'. W. Whipped, of Mussafliuset Is,
who preached two tine sermons al the I'ld
veivallsi church last Sunday, has itoye for
his family and upon his return will reside
on .Marlon street, near Washington ave
nue, lie will begin his labor shere us pus
turof that church .March as. There was no
preaching 'service yesterday, but I he
Young People's Christian union mid Sun
day school met In the morning.
LETTERS 1 KO.M THE I'EOl'LE.
tl'nder this heading short letters of In
terest will he published when accompa
nied, for publication, by the writer's
nunie. The Tribune will not be held re
spunslble for opinions here expressed.)
( till) I KII.M All. DAVIS.
Kdltor of The Tribune.
Sir: So many questions are asked nie
regarding my action in closing the ".My
I'nele" company, and there Is such wide
spread misapprehension regarding the
mailer Una I am reluct jnlly compelled, at
a raihcr laie hone, tohere state facts not
yet made public mid deny statements tlmtn)
are not Hue. I cauiioneii tne manager,
.Mr. James C. Jack la brother of Hie pro
prietor of the oigani'.atloiil befoi;e baud
Iliut our house was patronfKed by ladles
and children, und thai he must allow
nothing Kuid or done that would offend a
lady audience. When the performance
was over, and lieforc the audience wus out
of Hie theuter. I pointed out to Mr. Jack
that the entire entertainment, neurly,
was interspersed with doiihle-enterdre. In
delicate and Indecent references, situa
tions and suggestions, and canceled the
engagement, under t he explicit conditions
of Hie conlracl and the strict rules of the
house.
I did not specify any particular per
former, speech, song or ut-tion, und did
not refer to Mr. Sturgis In uny wuy what
ever. 1 took into consideration, when I
dismissed the company, tilat It would cost
me several hundred dollars iu having u
dark house, wllh nearly every expense
Hie same. I was conlideiM that the ul
tracliou could pack my house ut every
performance wl:h men: but 1 ulso felt sure
(hut no gentleman who saw that per
formance would invite or advise his wile,
lady friends or children to witness It.
This prediction of Us peculiar drawing
power has since been amply verified. The
ubility of the performers or Ihe slivuglh
of the play was never disputed by me; but
it Is a notable I'urt that In all reports pub
lisht'l uo Journal has endorsed the 'iiow
for cleanliness. .N'ul u paper printed ill
Scranton would publish what was said
und done at Unit perlornuinc The mun
ager of the company accepted my uciioa
gu efully, but Mr, Hturgis was exceed
ingly Imliguai l liver the trouble, and
made ii personal matter of it, claiming
us I urn ilifoi ineil. thai the show was can
celed on account nf u song he sung. This
was not I rue. no matter w here he got his
liilormatlon. I did not mention his song
to uny one until ufler It was reported to
tne that he ;aus scoring me and Justifying
himself. The show would have been can
celed if Hi- rong had noi been sung.
It has always been my honest Inten
tion to give my patrons none but clean
pi rfor.r.aa; s-s. and ir slight Indelicacies
have fame limes crept In. in the in ill 1 1 1 in le
of organl'Uiions that have, played my
house, and Iu the rush und crush of my
arduous and exacting personal labors, 1
Ihlnk it due me from the press or the city
that this step toward eliminating objec
tionable feature, costing me hiiudr.ods of
dollars, should be placed to my credit, lu
stiad of evoking the ubiise thrown at nie
und my house by u Sunday Journal whose
renieser.tatlve has had free entrance lu
my theater for years, und w ho never be
fore has seen lit, to my knowledge, id
say un unkind word of house or manager,
or to criticise uny one of the entertain
ments he has very evidently enjoyed.
As to the patrons we ester to, I am con
fident that luy iiciinn will be uppivciated
and approved by them.
Heorge K. Duvis.
Malinger Davis' Theater.
Scranton, March I, ISHii.
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M'MAHON HAS NOT COME.
'His Local Street Car Men Waited in Vain
for Him Saturday Mght.
A meeting of the Conductors nnd
Mutoi men's union wus held Sulurduy
night a', their bull on Wyoming uve
nue. and they expected Iliut President
McMuhon of the Amulgumuted asso
ciation of Street Kallwuy Kmployes
would arrive in town that afternoon.
The gentleman up lo midnight last
night bad not registered ut any of the
leading hotels of the city, nor has any
of the st tee' car men here knowledge
that he has urrlved.
The meeting transacted nothing out
of the extraordinary routine business.
The men prominent In the local union
profess lo know nothing about Mc
Mahnn's proposed trip here, uslde from
what they saw In the press dispatches,
Kaincd :it Hours.
Oloversvllle. X. Y March 1. 1 1 has
rallied here for thlrly-slx hours and wllh
Hie rising temperature and melting snow,
Ihe city hus been nearly Inundated. Im
mense dainuge has been done by the flood
ing of houses, barns and cellars.
ELM PARK'S GREAT EXTENT
Stands A mono, the Lending Methodist
Churches in This Country.
its large relative value
Comparing the Membership and Property
Valua with tha Churches. F.lin Park
Stands Almost Alone-Soras Inter
esting I'igurcs-Earlj History.
Magnificent Elm Park church, of this
city, with its valuable proiierty, big
congregation, wonderful organization
and all else that goes, in a worldly
sense, toward making a marvelous
church Is in a general way as well
known to every man, woman and child
of Scranton as is any so-called "feat
ure" of the city. Kurther, this church
Is known throughout Methodism of the
I tilted States and Is held up as a
model by its own denomination in the
eastern states.
Few, however, while noting the
growth und stability of Kim Park
church huve any idea of its magnitude
In detail. With Its property vulue of
2L'"i,0uo and full membership of 1,000
It Ik equalled by but a few and exceeded
by none -of the churches of the snme
denomination In the country, consld
erlng, of course, the combinative rela
Hon of the area, population, und real
estate valuation of other cities, lu or
der that u. comparison muy be made,
following' uiv given some facts In rela
tion to the largest Methodist churches
in the country:
I.KAD1NO CHIT11CHKS.
Baltimore Mt. Vernon Place has a
membership of '.." und u church property
vulued ul tJfAI.IKKI. First church has u
tnemberhisu of 1,100; property Valued at
$L'to.Uoo.
.New York city Calvary church has a
membership of l,1Mi; church vulueil at
tUu.vuu. Madison Avenue, membership,
4U0; church valued ui Ji.U.lXKI. Purk Ave
nue, membership of IMS; chun b valued ut
16O.U0U.
iNewurk, X. J. Membership, 'M; church
valued ut J1H0.0.XI. St. Paul's church,
membership, iiu; church valued ut li'.,(xi.
Wilmington. Del, tlrucei church has a
membership of HIT; cliuivh valued ut J-15.-UUV.
Harrls-burg, Pu, Grace church, member
ship of 7-0; church valued ut l;'i.lHHI.
Brooklyn St. John's, membership. 7"0;
church valued at $rjr..im. Hanson Place,
membership, l.luo; church valued al SI
Ihxi. New York Avenue, membership, TOO;
church valued al Ji.ibi.
Pittsburg. Pa. Christ church, member
ship, iMn; church valued ut $'.'iu,liou, (built
on same style us Him Parkl.
Allegheny, Pa. Culvury church, mem
bership. Tun; church valued ut Sl.'iO.uoti.
Buffalo, N. Y. Delaware Avenue, mem
bership about 700; church valued ul ubout
l.",ii.ouo.
Detroit, Mich. Cent rul church, member
ship, mm; chinch valued ut J17."..0go.
Wllkes-Harre. Franklin Street, mem
bership of MM; church valued ul $i:iu.mi.
Chicago There are several large .Meth
odist churches in this city, bill none, with
the exception of First church, the lower
part of which Is used for business, is
worth more than and nono with a
membership that reaches Into a thousand.
Til 'H ELM PARK CHt'IlCH. '
III comparing Kim Purk church with
the above, it should be noted that the
best qualified members of the olliclul
board regard the Klin Park property ut
Ja.OOO us a very conservative estimate,
and many think it ought to be listed
as it hus been in the conference min
utes at jL'.-.n.wiO. From these minutes
were obtulned the particulars of the
churches referred to. It is conceded
that Klin Park church und parsonage
is the llnest. structurally, in the Meth
odist deiiiiminaHon, anil the best udnpl
ed to church work, und there tiro but
Tew, If uny, Methodist churches In the
country that have larger evenlnir au
diences. The running expenses of these
churches, with their contribution to
benevolent objects, run from JS.000 to
IIS.0O0, while Klin Park last yeuf for
riiiinin? expenses and benevolence ffuve
ubout tL'O.OOO.
licv. Dr. W. H. Pearep. Kim Purk's
pustor, received as a legacy from his
predecessors a strong chinch materially
and spii'ltuully numbering BS4 full mem
bers, which number was at once re
duced to 574 by the dismissal of ltd, thut
the John Rogers chapel connected with
the church might be organized, with
these r74 persons Dr. Peurce begun his
work, but during his pastorale us many
us 1K7 died or lost their membership
through lapses. Such u loss might re
duce the ordinary church roll, but In the
case of the progressive Kim Park there
ure fully l.liuo full members on the roll
at this date.
CKOWTII OF THK CHl'RCH.
Figures show belter than words or
comment the growth of the church gen
erally. Out of the old church on Ad
ams nvenue, which was sold Willi Its
parsonage live years ago for $:lu,0UO,
have developed the new Kim Park uinl
parsonuge. the conservative value of
which is jL'l'.'.ontl. und on which there Is
not one dime of debt. ThPre Is also
owned by the church the substantial
frame Klin Park chapel on the South
Side, which Is unincumbered and rep
resents a nourishing society with u vig
orous Sunday school und Kpwnrtli
league. A total Insurance of $IIKI,000 Is
cai riel on the church properties.
During five years the church has
raised for all purposes, other than
church building und furnishing, $77.
H74.7.1 that Is. if as much in raised this
year as in Ihh.'i. and the probability is
that un increuse will be shown. 'Since
leaving Adams avenue t lie Sunday
school, congregation, snclul meetings,
Kpworth leagues and the various so
cieties have more than doubled In
membership.
To no one cause can the phenomenal
growth of this church be more nt
triblited than lo Its pustor. Dr. Pearco.
Hut hi wonderful energy would not
huve shown such splendid results with
out Ihe help of a sympathetic member
ship and the wise, strong und earnest
olliclul board. Of this board it is said
that it has yet to experience a misun
derstanding between two or its twenty
live members, and this during a period
or five years. The board s work has
shown a wisdom, liberality and concen
trated tmrpose which have anticipated
every wan', and need or the church.
So w ith u thoroughly milted and loyul
church, wholly unincumbered, and with
the coming or a new pustor with large
experience, broad culture, deeply spir
itual und fervent, und whom pruise Is
given in all the churches with nil these
the future or Kim Park Is very bright.
nkw con;kkhath' pkdhahlk.
In chronicling these facts, which
are Intended to show a growth and ex
tent hidden from cusual observation. It
will not be surprising lo learn that a
new Methodist congregation Is already
suggested for the central portion of the
city. This field Is now wholly covered
bv Klin Purk. but the capacity of tne
big church and its workers has reached
the limit and the only feasible plan
suggested for relief Is a new congrega
tion. It Is suggested that it church In
established In the vicinity of Clay
avenue und Pine street and this may be
realized in the near future.
What is now known us Kim Park
church hud Its beginning In a class
that was formed on the Plttston cir
cuit, Susquehanna district, Oneida con
ference, in Isiili. with the Kev. tleorge
Peck, !. D., presiding elder, and the
Kev. Uetijamlu Kills, preacher in
charge, und the Itev. R Owlus. asso
ciate ;reacher and the Kev. Solomon
Mrlftln ns local preacher. .
The Hist church erected in Scranton
stood on the corner of Lackawanna und
AduniH avenues. It was commenced tn
tstl and .mulcted in 1842, at a cost
of :,o0. The "Village Chanel." as It
was calli-d, while under the supervis
ion oC the Methodists, was used by
other evangelical denominations ns a
house of worship. The society con
tinued to worship In the chapel until
the c-omoletlon of the basement of the
brlclt church on Adams avenue In 1856.
Among the early itinerate ministers of
the circuit including Kim Park church
dining its iicciipancy vf-tln Village
ChatH'l, are. found the names of Kevs.
WPlinm Hound. K. Owlns, Ira Wilcox.
John D. StatYoKl, John Mulkey, U. F.
M ri und H. F. Williams.
MINISTERS OF THE CHl'RCH.
Following are the ministers who have
served the church since 1S54, In the
crder named: Kevs. A. H. Schoon
inaker. George Peck, D. D., H. W. IJor
hani, George C Rancroft. J. V. Newell,
J. A. Wood, N. W. Everett. . D. Stur
devant, J. O. Nobles. I'hilip Krohn.
tleorge P. Porter, I. T. Walker, L. C.
Floyd, J. I-Tckman, J. E. Smith, D. D
C. P. Masdcn. 1 C. M uller. J. K. ITice,
I. !., C. V. McLean and W. H. Pearce,
D. 1.
In 189 the Adams avenue brick
church was enlarged and beautified at
a cost of about 112.000. The recon
structed edifice was dedicated Jan. 24,
1NN0. by Bishop Charles Fow ler, D. D.
Uround was broken for Kim Park
church on the corner of Jefferson ave
nue and Linden street. Sent. 8th, ISM,
by William (."oniiell, president of board
of trustees, and twelve days later the
Adams avenue property was sold for
thirty thousand dollars. A lurge tnb
crnncle was immediately erected on the
corner of Ailuius avenue nnd Mulberry
street as a temporary place of worship.
The corner stone of the new edifice
was laid Ain-ll 3rd, 1S!2, and after two
disastrous tires, the first occurring Dec.
"id, 1SH2, the second March 22nd. 1W1,
the magnificent structure was finished,
anil on the 17th day of December. ISSl.'l.
after a week of inioressive services
conducted by the pastor. W. If. Pearce.
ussisfed by some of Hie most eminent
ministers of ull evangelical denomina
tions, it wus dedicated to the worship
of Cod by Uishop Churlcs Fow ler, D,
!., LL. I .
OFFICIO ntf OF THE ELM PA UK,
. Following' ure tiie Elm Park ofllcers:
Trustees William Cunm-ll, president;
O. F. Key nobis, secretary; William II.
Peck, treasurer; I. j. Mcgarg-I, C. I.
Jones. Chariest Schlager. John T. Porter,
L. C. Hessler. William A. Mav.
Stewurds S. .i Kerr, James C. Mc A uni
ty. II. 11. Archer. A. I. Plerson. J. I..
Council. C. li. Jones. W. L. Council, M. W.
Edgar. W. ):. l, Clave, II. L. Itlchards,
VV. II. Peck. S. T. Jones.
Kecordlng Steward- W. H. Mcl'lave.
District Steward -W. II. peck.
Providing Steward S. T. Jones.
STOl.i: SIM) BOTTLES.
Merry lirivor of an Ash-Cart Comes
to Urlcf.
Yesterday nn nshmnn named Edward
1 hompsoii wus held for court bv Alder
man Alllhtr for the theft of Mill empty
bottles from D. W. Hurr. proprietor of
the wholesale drug store at the corner
of Franklin nvenue and Spruce street.
The bottlesi were idled up in crates on
the sidewalk nt the side of the drug
store and n onetime during Saturday
they were discovered to be missing.
Mr. Hurr received information which
led htm to inspect that lie would llnd
his missing property ut Sehweskey's
Junk shioi. In Raymond court, and u
search wuriunt In the bunds of Special
Officer Dyers confirmed bis suspicion.
.Schweskey was arrested nnd secured
his releue by giving Information
which led to the nrrest of the ashman.
The latter made no denial of the charge.
KI.I'CTIOX NOT OVKR YHT,
Charge Made That Councilman lilies, of
Winton, llosu t I'nld Taxes fn n Year.
There will be a heurlng this afternoon
111 court uL o'clock to show cause why
a writ of uo wurranlo should not Issue
to test the right of Heniurd (illes to
the office or councilman In Winton bor
ough to which he was elected nt the re
cent election over his competitor. James
Strong. The vole cust for lilies was 4S
and lor St l ung 4:1.
It is alleged that the victor Is not un
elector nf the borough on the ground
thut he has not paid any borough tax
for one year next befoie bis elect bin ns
required by the net of April :t. Ixf.l. The
writ asks thut (Jiles be dispossessed nf
his seat und thut It be given to Strong.
THK CAPTAIN'S MATH.
Drama in Which Miss Uindley Appeared
at the Acudcravof Music.
"The I'uptaln's Mate," with Florence
Uindley ns the star, uttructed a fair
slued iimllvnce to the Academy of
Music. Saturday night. The drama has
a strong, well defined plot that is de
veloped in u striking ami yet natural
iiui liner.
Miss Uindley is a blight, young; wo
man, who bus few Kinieriors in the
nielo-druiiia soiibretle line. She was
supported by ii good company, which
includes Drew A. Morton. W. II. Pend
ergust. J. J. Morris. John Shelliorn and
Miss Viola Wruy Crosby.
Till Will Interest Manv.
F. W. Parkhurst, the Huston publish
er, says thut, If anyone who Is afflicted
with rheumatism in any form, or neu
ralgia, will send their uddress to him at
Hox l.'.OI. Huston, Mass., he will direct
them to a perfect cure, lie has noth
ing to sell or give, only tells you how
he was cured. Hundreds have tested
it with success.
Prices
Doing It
That's what crowds our
store so. We have leased
the whole building, 303
Lackawanna avenue, for
a term of years trom Apr.
1. Don't want to move
one thing more than we
can help; 500 bargains,
hut only space here to
name three.
Knives and Forks
Rogers' best, 12 Dwt.
silver to the set. Get a
set extra for company,
too. Your jeweler tells
you all about 'em and
saj-s $5, We shall sell
25 sets for
$2.90 a Doz.
Watches
Always low here. Our
$50 watch is cheap; here's
a chance for that hoy or
girl. Elegant silver watch
hand engraved and war
ranted for time. They
were $3 to $5.
$2.75
Pictures
Any price almost, so as
to sell them fust. Some
genuine etchings in pol
ished oak. frames, we
mark down to 69 cents;
should be $1.75.
213
Lacka. Ave.
We Are Not
Going to Move '
But we have some goods that the
prices will move for us. Charles
Fields Haviiand's French I hlna,
10 2 pieces Dioncr Sets for f&oo,
former price $50.00: Hue, pink,
and heliotrope clouded coin gold
decorations composed of the fol
low 1 tin pieces:
12 Tea Plates.
12 Dinner Plates,
12 Soup Plates.
12 Fruits.
12 Individual Batters.
12 Tea Cops.
12 Sanrsis
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2 Uncovered Vegetable -Dishes, i
2 Covered Vegetable Dishes, i
1 Sonp Tureen. I
110-Inch Platter. U-i
1 12-Inch Platter.
1 14-Inch Platter.
1 Cravy Tnreen.
2 Pickle Dishes.
1 Salad Bowl.
I Covered Butter.
WEICHEU MILLAR
134 Wyoming Avenue.
THIS CUT
REPRESENTS THE
McCANN,
205 Wyoming Avenue.
OUR
SECOND
ANNIUERSflRY
IN BUSINESS.
Thanks to a generous
and appreciative public
we are vigorous two-year-olds.
Come and See Us
All Week.
P. M'CREA & CO,
128 Wyoming Ave.
TAPESTRY
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Full AssortmcMit now in. Splendid things
at 60 and 70c. per yard. Largest Line to
Select Prom.
Our Ingrain Lfnc is very C10icef
many exclusive designs being shown in Three
Ply. Agra, Extra Super and Cotton Chains.
All sizes from single
in
ftSrGet our prices
Javanese Rugs.
hi inn
in tin prices ol
AND
Don't buy until you see
our prices.
STKINWAV & SON S . .
Acknowledged Ihe Leading
PIAN05
Ol the Worl
DRCkl tt HMOS.,
KKANICME & BACHL and other.
ORGANS
Musical Instruments,
Husical Merchandise,
Sheet Music and
Music Books.
Purchasers will alway.t llnd a complett
luck anil at price a luw as the iuaU
Ity of Ihe Instrument will permit at
N. A. HULBERT'S
nusic STORE,
117 Wyoming Ave.
Scranton
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We Have
On Hand
THE BEST STOCK
IN THE CITY . .
Also the Newest,
Also the Cheapest.
Also the Largest.
Porcelain, Onyx. Ktc
Sliver Novelties In Infinite Variety.
Latest Importations.
Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds,
fl. E. ROGERS,
Watchmaker, 215 Lackawanna Ave.
BLANK BOOKS
Of all kinds, manufactured at shotf
notice, at The Tribune Office.
TAKE CARE
ami your eyoi Will
take cars of you. II
OF YOUR EYES 5
roil nr tronuiea wits
iioadiuha or nervoua.
iiesHiro toDH. SIII H
Bl'KU'S and hav your eyi rinmined frua.
We lis to reilive'l price mid are the lowest la
ttia oit y. N losal epeutaelea from $1 to ti; fol4
from UtotH.
303 Sprue Street, Scranton, Pa.
BRUSSELS
door to x 12 feet Carpet
Stock.
on Japanese and
Suits
Overcoats
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