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    fnE SCnA3STTOj5 :THrBujJC-TIirnSDAY MORNING, AtAUCH 19, 189.
M Pure and
BAKING PCWDEIX
"I have used Cleveland's Baking Powder with
entire satisfaction in the preparation of breads, biscuits
and Cakes." JULIET Corson, Founder of Xrt York Cooking School. .
Norrman & Mooro
FIRE INSURANCE,
120 Wyoming Ave.
BIG BARGAINS IN SHOES
, RUSSET SHOES IT COST
AT THK
COMMONWEALTH SHOE STORE
Washington Avenue.
EVERY ROAD LEADS
Somewhere!
BUT THE POPULAR ROAD IS THB
' ' ONE THAT LEADS TO '
LTHE -ackawanna
aundry.
30 Penn A vs.
A. B. WARMAN.
WILLIAMS & M'ANULTY'S
1IME
SUPERIOR mm '
DESIGNS
of n
The most com- CURTAINS,
plete stock of mnjU
Special Patterns WINLIUvV
mads strictly oninro
private tons for onnuw'
Scranton. ' Etc.
cm BOTES.
. "Join the Wiles."
The grand Jury will make Its first return
tu conn thiM lllOIIlltlH.
. Mm. Kdwurd Cunuvun, of Price street,
fi-ll und fractured her leu yesterday.
The He v. Mr. tllornu will speak ut tho
Yoiiiik Women' Christian nssoclution iu
ilay at 12.au. All young women are invit
ed to be present.
" Miss Jlollle Tracy Weston, who will Rlvo
a recital 111 the North .Main Avenue Hup.
lift church next Tnemluy evenlnn. I" an
nrtlst of much ability and lit highly rec
ommended. A military commission wan yesterday
Issued at llarrlsburir to Harry I'anje
Decker, of Lackawanna county, to lie Ill-it
lieutenant of Company ', Thirteenth res
iment. MnrriaRe licenses were granted by Clerk
of the Court John II. Thomas yetnerduy
to Nimroil Edwardx, Srranton, anil -Mar.
Kuret Kane, Olyphuni: Walter William
l,lsk and Mary Keese, Hcrantou.
'. Tony Vecers created a tliHturbanre In
Contractor Klerstead's oflli'e, on Adams
n venue, yesterduy afternoon when he
went to draw his pay, and ax a result he
spent last night In the station house.
About twenty-five of the Sc ranton Cash
tore clerks and their friends were uivon
a slelghrlde by Proprietor P. p, price
last night to Chinchilla, where they were
entertained at the home of Prank H.
Young, one of the elerks of the store.
The Broad oyster and chop house, 12,
I'enn avenue, of which Flora C. Itoiku
feller ho been proprietress since IIioj.1
tiros, disposed of their Interest in It to
her. Is In the hands of the sheriff. Three
Judgments of twUU, pVD.tf anil $."iU0, amount
ing to 91.fNW.lj?. were entered up yesterday
In the ofltce of Prothonotary Pryor and
executions were issued on them. The
Vlace was not closed on account of the
fact that the stock on hands consists of
-perishable goods. The proprietress will
remain in charge until next Wednesday
morning at M o'clock, when the mile will
taK place. The roreo notes on which ttiu
writs were made weru held by l'elnu A.
Itockafeller.
' MARRIED LAST EVENING.
JMIw Rcgl L. bow it Became tho "rids of
- Bsnjstnin Simkovir.
; The marriage of Miss Jlcgl J.obowitz
to Hen Jam in tilinkoviu, both nf Xouth
Washington avenue ami prominent
young ioiks or tne iiennl Israel congre
gation, was solemnized ut the Hickory
Htreel synairotrue uy itov. Muthun IMel
mun, the rabbi, at 6.30 lust evenlnir.
The ceremony was witnessed by ax
many ai tho church could hold. A re
cent Ion was tendered to Mr. and Mrs.
Bimkovits at the home of her ulster,
Mrs. Samuel Iebowltz. 4'8 Houtli Wash
ington avenue, until 9.'M and then the
wedding festivities were transferred to
Music ball.
The bride was attended at her mar
riage by Miss Annie Juilkovltz as
bridesmaid, and Miss Koran Weisherger,
as maid of honor. The bride wore white
But In with pearl trlmmngs: and her re
Bpectlve attendants white silk anil blue
silk. Kdward Weiss and Joseph Judkn
Tits were groomsmen. Two little girls.
Katie MUHkovItt and Tlllle Judkovltz
attired In blue silk dresses, followed
the bride and carried baskets of liowers.
The bride and groom received con-
rrstulatlon In lurire incustir nt the
reception in aiusie nan. Dancing was
the leading featuretif the occasion until
an hour xut midnight. Music whs
furnished by ji gipsy orchestra. M iss
Katie Hlmkovits and Joseph Himkovltz.
Inter and brother of the groom, and
Nathan Kosenthnl were present from
Wilkes-Barre, ana j. n. iiernstein, from
Ualtimore.
Meals and old l.unchcs-
Meals and cold lunches served at all
kmira t I.ohmann's. Huruce street.
ltegulur dinner 40 rants. Imiwrted
tknil domestic wines, cigars and liquors,
Organs at half price. Guernsey Bros,
Hks for Sals and for Rent.
' If yMCMtraiplaU purchasing w has
lags boas.. r waat tm invest I a lot,
arc tk. Huts at asitlraMs at .parly .a
sag. a at Th Trtaaa..
Sure.'
TAX LEVY ORDIXAML
Full Text of tha Measure in Be Introduced
In Select Council Tonight.
Yesterday afternoon City Controller
Wldnmyer completed the drafting of
the annual tax levy ordinance and to
night he will send It, into select council.
The measure lixes me levy ut tnirieen
and six-tenths mills. This Is one mill
less thun last year's levy, when a soc
ial levy of one mill was made to providu
for the purcha.se of Nay Auji park. The
umount which will bo.ruiseu oy ini
lew will be In the neighborhood Of
Sl.0uu. which will be distributed us In
dicated In the ordinance piinieu in iuu
below:
An Ordinance Levying General and Spe
cial City Tux for the Heal l ear. iwi.
siBrii.in i n it ordiilnud bv the selJct
and common councils of the city of &Vjran
ton, and It is hereby ordained by the au
thority nf mi int. That for the purpose
of defraying expenses of the city oi guTuiu .
ton tor the nscai year iwu. ami cenaiu
other dctlclcniics prior thereto for vkhi n
appropriations have been male, a tax Is
hereby Itvieil on all persons. oecuiuuuui,
leal, ptrsonul and mixed property, within
the limits of the city of Hcranton, Penn
t'vlvaiiiu. taxable accorJuiB to tlie laws
of the state of Pennsylvania, for county
purposes, as follows:
KOK GENERAL KXPENSE9. t ,
To provide for the payment of general
expenses, there Is hereby levieu icu vi
mill oil the uoitar oc vaiuauon.
To iiioviilf for the Diivtiienl of Interest
on one Ihiii. lied thousand dollars, six per
cent, city bunds, lamie ol year is.o, ami io
.i..vi.l ii ulnklnir fun. I for Die IlillliiUltl'ili
of Huid bonds, there Is hereby levied, sixty
four huiidreutna or one inui on me wuui
valuation. ', , .
To provide for Interest on one hnndivd
nml lliiee thousand ilolurs. four er
cent, cltv Issue of yeur. ISMi. and to pro
vide a slukliiK fund for the lliiuldalion
of said bonds, there Is hereby levied III ty
slx hundrellis of one mill on the dollar of
vaiiallou.
To provide for the interest on seventy
live thousand dollurs, four per cent, cltv
bonds Issi f year, IMu, and to provide a
slukiim fund for lite liquidation f suul
bonds, there Is hereby levied foiir-tellllis
of one mill on the dollar of valuation.
The provide for Interest on ninety tho i
dulid dollars, four und olii-half per cent,
city bonds, issue of year ISIH. und to pro
vide a sinking fund lor the liquidation of
said bonds there Is hereby levied tour
titiths or one mill on the dollar valuation.
IXTKUKST ON ClTYJlONIiS.
i'.. 1. 1.. f.,r interest on one hundred
ti n.l fortv-fotir thousand dollurs, four and
one-hulf'per cent, city bonds. Issue or
and to provide a sinking rund for the lliiil
dutlon of said bonds there Is hereby Ievi"d
live-tenths of one mill on tno uonar vaiua-
"t"' lirovlde for Interest on two hundred
and tlftv thousand dollars, four and one
half per cent, city bonds, Issue of year,
ism, and to provide a sinking fund for the
liquidation of said bonds there Is hereby
levied one and one-tenth mills on the dol
lar of valuation.
.
GREAT DEMAND FOR TICKETS
About Three Hundred Already Disposed
or for I ho Charity nan.
the general committee
having the charity ball In charge was
held last night, at which most gratlfy
.. r.mrii'iu nam made nf the nrnaTesS
of arrangements for the bull In the
Frothlnghuin on April 1. Ahout ,iuo au
.iuui..,i tibatu Iiiiva nlreflilv heen dis
posed of, the demawd greatly exceeding
expectations. At last night's meeting
the following gentlemen were appoint
ed to act on the night ot the ball:
Keceptinn committee Dr. W. K. Con
nors. J. J. MeCawley. Ur. Haggerty, Ur.
W. r . Kiauy, ur. . r. imtun, i . u.
Hlckev, Percival J. Morris, Henry Collins,
P. J. Collins. I'. .1. JUirkln. M. J. Colllgau,
n Li i,.rntl T ' lnii'flrlv. Mdwiird
(I'Hrl'en, James 11. 'Timlin. 11. J. Gavin,
M. 8. Collins. It. ,M. i itrien, i . r. uni
fy, John J. HigKins, M. G. Neary.
Floor committee William Hoyle, John
T iWHnlk. X 1 .'ill-run Wlllifim II.
Coyne, E. j.' Melvln, K. J. .McCahn. M. T.
llowlev, John 11. aiun, ur. josepn .tie
t I yiiaa JumM W Mcrinn-
eld. D. P. Hyrne, John' M. Corbett, P. K.
Grifiln, Krank rorn, J. n. l assuiy, jusepn
V. La vis. Or. V. L. McGraw, Thomas
Collins. George Clark, K. P. Cnnavan, M.
J. .McAndrew, George X. Campbell, P. V.
I ....n,t lu,ua ll.,nmli.h .InuAtth P linn-
I, noil, .ni'i" " . .
non, M. J. LynotO Frank .MeCawley, Jo-
sepn .0ian, jonn jiacr.uciicn, riaim
Knight, John MeCawley.
PRINCETON ALUMNI.
Northeastern Pennsylvania uraduatcs
Will banquet at the Terrace.
The annual alumni of the Princeton
nhimnt of northeastern Pennsylvania
will be held nt the Hotel Terrace tomor
row evening. Last year the banquet
was In Wilkes-Purre and then the prin
cipal officers were Hcraiitonlnns: this
year the two circumstances are re
versed according to u luns-Htandinsr
custom of the organization.
It Is expected that about forty-live
persons will be present Including Pro
lessor West, of the university facility,
and u quartette from the 1'nlverslty
Glee flub. The t oust master will be II.
A. Fuller, of Wilkes-lfnrre. president
of the alumni. The other oflicers are:
Secretary, George Vninhart. Jr., of
W'ilkes-ltnrre; treasurer, Lyddnn Fllek.
of Wllkes-Harre; executive committee,
it. H. Wells and Thomas H. Atherton,
tif Wilkes-Harre; .1. K. Hurr. of Carbon
tittle; C. V. Oersheimer, of Townndu,
and ,1. Harry Fisher and W. K. Gun
ster, of this city. .
A I'omlng l.vcnt
of Importance lo the ladles of Scranton
and vicinity is the opening of Gel son's
New Millinery Store ut 421 Lackawan
na avenue. Gerson Is a familiar name
in Philadelphia and throughout the
state of Pennsylvania in connection
with fine millinery goods and the lead
ing styles of trimmed huts and bonnets.
It is the largest millinery establishment
In Philadelphia, with u resident buyer
In Paris, located at Hue lie Petit F.cu
i les 47 und a branch oMIce in New York.
Gersnns are constantly receiving ull
the newest French fashions in headgear
its they Intend the Scrantuii store shall
be the Ix-iidlng Millinery store In the
slate. The same styles and same goods
will ulwavs be found on the counters
and show rooms here ns are shown in
the Philadelphia establishment, as nil
the goods are brought direct from the
manufacturers at home anil abroad.
The prices will be found to be much
lower than the same quality of goods
huve ever been sold here before. The
opening davs will be announced in the
paper, and ladles should take particular
note of the same, as the exhibit of Im
ported hats and millinery novelties will
far exceed anything heretofore shown
In Scranton.
4V - -
Wuljrnn's llorsSale.
Today at 1 o'clock the big horse sale
begins nt Cnslck's stable. They huve
horses of nil sixes, colors and descrip
tion, and they are to be sold without
reserve, to the highest bidder, they will
be all worked and driven to the satis
faction of the buyer, and then you can
buy at your own price. This is n
chance t lint should be appreciated by
those In wnnt of horses, as Waldron lr
acknowledged to be the only man that
will sell a horse regardless of cost in an
auction ring. A deposit of $10 will lf
required on every horse sold before hf
leav.es the ring, so go. with the crowd
at 1 o'clock toCusiek's stable.
Second-hand grand upright piano
but slightly used. Best makes. Cheap
t Guernsey Bros. : '
IT LOOKS LIKE
I'olancler ith His Head. Crushed
Pound Kcneuth the Tracks.
OXE ARREST HAS BEEX MADE
Grlshka, Who Hoarded with the Man Now
Iad. Had Blood on Ills Coat.
He Loved the Wlf. of
John Mlckas.
Theories of murder and accident are
puzzling County Detective lyshon and
Coroner Longstreet In the case of John
Mickus, a Polander, whose body was
found early yesterday morning lying
beneath the Delaware, Lackawanna
und Western tracks in a culvert near
the Tripp homestead. His hond had
been rrushed almost to a Jelly.
.'John Grlshka. who boarded with
Mickus. was arrested under peculiar
circumstances. , At the coroner's In
quest in the court house lust lilRht no
conclusive evidence to ntove the mur
der theory was adduced, although
Grlshka is critically Involved and will
be held until alter the ccntlnued In
quest at S o'clock Saturday ulnht.
Urlshku was urrested because of
the suspicion attached to the presence
of blood stains on his overcoat. lie had
stood among the crowd which surround
ed the bodv when the coronet' arrived.
The coroner noticed the soots on the
coat and crdc-red the arrest of Cirljhka
after he had failed to uatliitacionly ex
plain the etaiiu.'. '
The body or ,Mici:ua wus uiimitmu
ahout 6 o'llock In the morning lv uj
wurkmun who was v.alklny along tne
tracks. lie notttled the ilugniun at
the crossing, who, I" turn, nott
tled the police of the West Side
station house. Coroner Longs treet was
summoned, und when he reached tlie
seene. found a crowd of morbidly curi
ous persons surrounding the remains.
POSITION OF THK UODY.
The position of the body ludliuted
that human hands placed It where It
was found -that It could not have been
hurled there by a passing train. This
was tlie opinion tf the coroner und of
the police There was cause ateo for
the theory that murder 'was committed
mi the spot.
on the ivIiiinliiK wall w here the body
rested there were a few drops of blood.
The wall Is a part of a trestle over a
private roadway In the rear of the
Tripp homestead on North Main ave
nue. The body lu.v on Us buck near the
Mitith abutment mid almost beneath the i
i.utslili r'.lilHilind truck. The head
pointed no the mad. Evidence that the;
bodv hud nut fallen was offered In the
regular position of arms nml logs which
did not Indicate any violent action at ,
the llnie Mickus' form reached the HiHt.
The murder theories ure suggested by
the fact that the peculiar construction
of the culvert would render It almost
iiniMisslble for a man to be struck by
a train and his body Hung to the spot
where Mickus was found. Three tracks,
two of them for southbound und one for
northbound passenger trains only, cross
the culvert. The space between the
ties of each set of rails Is only two or
three inches wide, while there Is a
space of two feet or more between the
ends of the ties of the three tracks.
A southbound train could not have
thrown a body through tho two-foot
space and over to a point between the
northbound track, and a northbound
train certulnly would huve hurled it.
somewhere else than directly beneath
that track und against the south abut
ment. No trace of blood could be found
on the Iron, stone or woodwork of the
culvert, and It has not been learned
from uny fireman or engineer that a
man was run down during: the night.
HEAD rtADLY BATTERED.
The head was badly battered. The
forehead was crushed, tlie nose broken
and the teeth knocked out. No other
marks of violence,-excepting some con
tusions and scratches on the face and
hands, were discovered. His hat was
found near the body.
Mickus' watch chain was dangling
from his vest: the watch could not be
found. A pocketbook on his person
contained threo pennies.
Any footprints that might have
thrown some light on the matter were
almost obliterated by the crowd be
fore the coroner and the police reached
the scene, although there were tracks
indicating that one or two men had
walked down the embankment from the
railroad, and had then walked back
and up.
While the coroner was surveying the
body and scrutinizing the locality, his
notice was attracted by Otishka, the
man held on suspicion. Dark colored
spots were plainly visible on the lapel
and skirt of his overcoat. He told the
coroner he was a friend of Mickus and
had seen him at supper on the preced
ing evening. He evaded questioning
and appeared confused. There was lit
tle doubt t hut the spots were-made by
blood and Coroner Longstreet ordered
Patrolman Evans to arrest the man.
He tried to wash the stains off with
snow while being led to the West srnle
station house, but was prevented do
ing so by the patroltnnn.
The coronet' Impanelled a Jury and
ordered the body removed to the
morgue of I'ndertnker Price, where the
coroner and Or. Penny-packer mudo a
jost-tiioi lein examination at ft o'clock In
tin- afternoon. Meunwlille County De
tective Leyshou begun work on the as
sumption tliut Mickus ami Grlshka
were together during Tuesday night.
INQt'KUT LAST NIGHT.
When Cnti mer Longstreet began the
Inquest In the court house Inst night
n score or more of unusually well
dressed and Intelligent Lithuanians, or
Russian Colanders, were present. They
were of the same class as Mickus mid
the uccitsed. The hitter wits nut pres
ent. The Jury was ci.nipOHcd of it. t".
Mellon, George W. Keyes. Alfred ('..
Puce, .1. .1. Itowf II. Evan J. Evali'i and
M. S. Matthews.
Siimllel Vleliiilnfl v.'lm ftiiml tin, luwlv
was sworn. He lives at 1J1.S Thump ton
uti-ft nn.l U'uilla Iti the M iiu.l I'l.iuu.
ant mine. Nicholas described the u'l
lion in which the remulns rcsli-d und
suld there were footprints in the snow
icudlnn to and away lio.n the spot.
He did not notice tin- ft ilpilnts except
in the Immediate vicinity of the body.
Some sensational facts which will
prove serluiis evidence In connecting
Oilshka with the crime were related
privately to the coroner by Andrew Our
don, who lives in the rear of 120S Short
avenue. Ooidon muy be sworn Satur
day night, lie Is a middle-aged pros
perous looking Polander. and speaks
gooi, Kngllsh. He works in the Mount
Pleasant mine, and is known us un ar
bitrator, udvlce-glver nnd Interpreter
among his countrymen.
Cordon first made his knowledge
known ro n Tribune reporter, and later
repented the story to the coroner. He
acted as Interpreter dining the Inquest.
Mickus. he raid, wus 4:1 yenrs old, und
worked in the Brlsbin mine, us did
tirlshks. About a year ugo his first
wife died and within a month he mar
ried a girl named Miller, who was then
working for a family on the boulevard.
Trtey first lived in the Seventh ward,
where Otishka came to board with
them. Quarrels were frequent uniting
the three on account of the boarder's
attention to Mrs. Mickus. Their rela
tions became so conspicuous that since
the family and (Irlshka moved to Lloyd
street, three months ago, the aTectlon
between him nnd Mrs. Mickus was
known among all the colony.
THKT FOl'OHT FREQUENTLY.
The two men fought frequently, the
wire always taking nidi with the
boarder.
It was these facts that were known
when the Inquest began.' The real
testimony showed nothing that Ce
rurred later than 6 o'clock of the night
that Mickus met his death. The sev
eral witnesses examined gave testi
mony corroborating the information
given the coroner by Andrew Gordon.
The evidence offered bv George Grl
gus, but two weeks In this country,
showed what occurred in the Mickus
household up to 6 o'clock Tuesday
night. Grlgus went to the house about
fi.3i o'clock to ask Qrishka to write a
letter to his (Grlgus' friends in Po
land. In the house were Mickus, Mrs.
Mickus, Grlshka and "Charlie" Miller,
a brother of Mrs. Mickus. They were
drinking beer, but were not Intoxicated.
Miller siMin left and at 8 o'clock Grlgus
also departed.
Other witnesses were Simon Narou
sas. a driver of a Itoche beer wagon:
Nathan Suravltx. a retired Penn ave
nue grocer, and a neighbor of the Mick
us family. Patrolman Kvuns gave what
seemed to he unimportant evidence
that Conductor Messit had pun off a
Luzerne street car Tuesday night four
Politnilers. one of whom looked like the
man under arrest.
Grlshka will be taken from the West
Side station house to the centrul police
station this in'ornlng. . The detective
work on the case is being dune by Coun
ty Detective l.eyshon. The police will
not Income Immediately Identified with
it u '.til utter th ; verdict of the coro
ner's, Jury.
FOLK FAYORKD FEUBKK.
...... " , I all socotl?3 In the cathedral paiu'h und
schucnk of I lie Dcpanmcnt i.ommltwe I aaj0inln,t narlPhes aie invited.
Gone in His Oppo-iiion j Tlie Italian Catholics are especially
Fred lutrr, George Handeisoti, Yv'. J. enthusiastic over the reception. Yea
Thomaa, j. V. SJehwenk and M. J. ' tefday Rev. Father Dominic, pastor
Bums the full member. ihin of life file i 'he Italian cr.ngrccat'.ou r.t the cathe-
departrnent committee, met lu.l night
and approved of the appointment of
Chlif Fi'I'bcT nod tlie r.l district I'llRl-
nreia. Mr. Mchwcnk opposed the rc
poit, but did nor waste much energy
trying to win over the. other members
to his way of thinking.
The lli;ht on the acceptance or rejec
tion of thlri report will ci. me off tonight.
The administration men ure confident
of huvliitr tin- ii.itiiluailoiiM continued,
while the opposition Is equally confi
dent that they will not be coulli'iiu d.
It Is expected that there will be u blB
attendance of spectators to watch tlie
light.
... .
REDS WERE TARDY.
Hlucs had Mude a ( ontriwt with the
I ruction I onipuny.
Tin- Hlucs yesterday scored n point
over the lleds III the Young Men's
Christian association uieiubershlp con
test. The circumstance Is explained In
the fulluwIiiK telephone conversation:
"Is this Mr. SilllnuinV"
"Ves, who's ttilklngr?"
"This is Hand Horace."
"WcllV"
Mr. McClnve. emit illll of tlm l?,,1u
Is here and wants tu coutrai t with you
io nave reu lings aitacneu to the trolley
poles of all the cars.
"Sony, but Captain Atherton, of the
Hlties, has just left here after arrang
ing to have his blue flags put on the
cars. He stipulated that we make no
arrangement with the Reds. My re
gards to Mr. McClave."
"All right. It's too bad, but can't"
"Good-bye."
"Well good-bye."
The blue Hags appeared on the cars
ut C o'clock.
It Is rumored that the Reds have ar
ranged for the use of all the flagstaff's
on Luckawanna, Penn, Franklin, Wy
oming und Washington avenues and
Spruce and Linden streets, and will
Ming their colors to the breeze as soon
us the Mags can be made,
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AHOL'T HELL'S DEATH.
Ur. Slcklcr of .Icrmyn, Writes It Was
Purely Accidental.
Any doubt as to tlie cuuse of death of
aged John Hell in Jermyn recently Is
set aside by a letter from Dr. J. U. Slck
ler, of that place, to Coroner Longstreet.
The letter was received yesterday.
Coroner Longstreet on Monday re
ceived un anonymous letter hinting that
Hell's death was the result of foul play.
Dr. Sickler wrote that hr had never
seen anything susnicious connected
with (he death of Hell, who died on the
morning of the I4tlt, except the fact
that there was some insurance (not a
large amount) curried on him by his
laughter with whom he lived. Dr.
Sickler had been acquainted with them
for sometime and thought the letter
received by the coroner was actuated
by spite. Dr. Sickler was called last
summer to attend the old man by the
same family when he fell part way
down stairs. He believes his death was
purely uccidentul.
,
CO.MM ITTEE II ESITATES.
Will Investigate Before Uranting
the
Xinth Street Franchise.
The railway committee of common
council failed to approve of the resolu
tion granting to the Valley Pussenger
company the right to lay tracks on
Ninth street between Swetland street
und Lackawunnu avenue.
The committee thought it wise to con
sult first with the city engineer regard
ing the width of the street, nml with
the streets and bridges committee as to
advisability of ullowhig the compuny
to follow out Its proposed plan of es
tablishing a belt line by way of Ninth,
Swetluml und Main avenue, outward
bound ami Jackson and Robinson
streets. Inward bound.
A conference on this mutter will be
held next week.
DREAMS Ol' I'AIR WOMEN.
Ate I'uKiinllv breams of beautiful
(iuwns and lilch Apparel.
It la the realization of such dreams to
see the rich, new and elegant suits nnd
t!aiil'"llt.s to be seen at tne store or
Fraud Fltzplbbon. Hurr Hulhltng. i:i2
N. Washington live. Don't grab at
straws when you are llouinlering In the
sea of ninny clonk advertisements, but
irnisri a ll'iu hold on one of the many
life pp .servers lie throws to you in the
way of bnrgiiins in outer wear.
Soruiit hi lias but one legitimate cloak
Mot" where everything that is nbso-
! "I,rv ',rrcci jn sijic may no lounri-
1 II lid ul'M III." kes II 'jreat lili.'.tnkf W lull
ltic v fail to visit this emporium of
fashion. Ladies find this store a pleas
ant pine lo tiade in ami an obliging
force of saleswomen lo wait upon them.
Prices rule vrrv low. lis n line enpo can
be l.cut'rlil far $1.45 nml from tills price,
values advance according to quality.
Don't fall to make n vlsii to this tlie
handsnr.K ft store In Seratitun.
F.. S. WILLIAMS Cil-XS IT.
lie Will Itnild tho New Nnv Aug I'nulne
House on franklin Avenue.
In order tu fncilituio the passatp'
tlitoiicli council "f the contract for Hie
erection of the new Nay Aug engine
house, on the corner of the Franklin
avenue und Page court, both fire de
partincui committees met lust night to
Jointly covsldcf th" bids opened ut
the lust meeting of the lower branch.
The Invent bid was that of !'. S. Wil
liams, who proposes to do the work for
$!,:'iiii. and he was accordingly awarded
tlie contract.
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Ancient Order of llihcrnlnns of Atncrien.
Division officers of-tlie Ancient Order
of Hibernians of America in Scranton
and vicinity nre requested to attend n
nnti.'r ibis evenlmr In College hall at
7.30 o'clock for the purpose of arranging
a reception to Caidlnal Satolli.
William Dawson.
County President..
Oriental rings nndjCurpcts.
Mlchai llun Bros. & Co. are here with
n verv choice nnd large selection of
Persian Bugs In be exhibited and sold
next week. - :
Plllsbury's Flour ml.:s have a capac
ity of 17.S0O barrels a Coy. v )
PLANS FOR AN OVATION
Is tu Be Tendered to Cardinal Sutulli
: Saturday Xinht.
MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT
Ucprcicnta'lvcs of Various Catholic
Societies Will Confer to Arrango the
Details for the Demonstration
for the Prlnee of the Church.
It is proposed to give a reception to
Cardinal Salnlll on his visit here In
connection with the consecration next
Sunday which will rival the greatest
of the many big ovations tendered the
famous nrelcte during his recent tour
' through the west and south.
' Although the first public Intimation
! of the reception was given in yester
; day's Tribune, the enthusiasm over the
j movement is already as great us If it
I had been under discussion for weekf.
! The lenders of the various societies j
; connected with the Catholic church and
i the priests us If by one Impulse set at
! work yesterday to formulate plans for
,the event. The result waa a cull for a
! meeting to be held In college hull at T.uo
! o'clock tunlHliI tu which ilcleffntes from
dial parish, made a tour of the city
and the towns down the valley and
found all the societies willing and anxi
ous to participate. Today be will visit
Carbondale nnd Intervening towns to
personally Invite the societies, of the
upper valley to co-operate in the cele
bration. The slue of the parade which will be
the principal feature of the reception
will depend tu u great degree on the
time at w hich Cardinal Satolli w ill ar
rive. At tireaeut thla is not definitely
known.
If he should come on Ralutday after
noon or early Saturday evening the
pat ado will no doubt be an Immense
one, providing, of course, the weather
should also be propitious.
THEY DO NOT WANT HIM.
Greenfield Township Ohjcets to u
Cur-
bondnlu Pauper.
Patterson & Wilcox, counsel for tho
overseers of the puof of Greenfield
township, yesterday made uu appeal to
court from the net Ion of the Ctirbomlule
poor district in unloading one John
ligation, a pauper, on them. Judge
Archliuld directed that the appeal be
heard on depositions on May 1 next.
John Gilgullon, the cause of the
trouble, drifted Into Cftrbotuliile late
ly and became u charge un tlie poor
district. It was found that this has
been his condition for years, and us he
was n bird of passage, having no Icgnl
settlement In Carliondale, the poor di
rectors Investigated and learned that he
was a charge on Greenfield township,
so they took out nn order of removal
before W. H. Swlck nml T. O. Robin
son, two Justices of the pence of Jer
myn borough, with a view to have
Gilgallon sent back to Greenfield
do not wont him In Carliondale.
LEAI'.YEAR DANCE.
They
UlTcn for the Members nf the Scranton
llleyclo Club.
The wives nnd lady friends of the
Scranton Bicycle club members gave a
leap-year dance for the members Tues
day night at the club house. It was
one of the pleasantest and one of the
best managed social events in the club
house this season. Music was fur
nished by the Lawrence orchestru. A
collation was served at midnight.
The commutes were as follows: Miss
Esther Farles, chairman; refreshments,
Mrs, E. M. Beyea. Mrs. F. S. God
frey, Mrs. Dr. Stein, Mrs. John Fritz,
Mrs. Alex. Dunn, jr., Mrs. E. It. Davis,
Miss Stevens. Miss Mussar, Miss Sand
ers, Miss Charlesworth, Miss Hiiiley,
Miss Pettlgrew; decorations, Miss
Phinney, Miss Schlmpff: floor. Miss
Torrey. Miss Pnrton, Miss Phinney,
Miss Churlesworth; music. Miss Bone,
Miss Parton.
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NOT VERY COMPLIMENTARY.
Lively Ending. of Lightning Hod Litiga
tion Before Alderman Wright.
(1. L. Potter, of Moscow, yesterday
sued Robert 8. Harlln. of this city, he
fore Alderman Wright to recover a
quantity of lightning rods and fixtures
which he alleges Harlln is Illegally de
taining. The men were partners in the
lightning rod business until last Au
gust, and the present suit results from
the dissolution of the partnership.
Attorney George D. Taylor, who Rep
resented Potter, got Into a heated ar
gument with the alderman over the le
gality of n ruling nn the admission nf
certain testimony, and tho consequence
was that Mr. Taylor withdrew the case
and left the court, saying he would take
! his client to where he could
get Jus
tice.
ENGINEER SIIAFER WEDS.
MUs . I.iie
Wenigcr, of
Pctcisbure,
Is the llride.
John E. Sliafer ami Mlrs I.lzzle L.
Weniger were married yesterday In
Dover, X. J. Mr. Sharer Is u well
known Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western engineer, and lives ut liur. olive
street. The bride's home is in Hie Tenth
ward (Petersburg.)
rhe couple left Scranton on the !). .".0
morning Lackuwuiuia train for
Dover
where they were married by llev. David
Spencer, formerly pastor of tlie Penn
Avenue Baptist church. They returned
011 tho S.10 evening train.
CONWAY WOMAN lUI.KASl.l).
Secured h ItonJsmiin In Person
of
-Miuhni'l l.uvelicof I ncrno Street.
Mrs. Margie Conway, w ho was com
mitted to the county Jail during th"
forepart of last month for keeping a
disorderly house, in which young Mills
were enticed to their ruin, was yester
day released on bail. Michael Lavell.',
of Luzerne si reel, qualllyin;; us her
bondsman.
The bail was in the sum of $.ri0 and
! was entered before Alderinuti Millar.
TRAMP TUNERS
. IJEWARR
(If men traveling fium house to huuse pre
tending tu be Tuner, and kepuircr d Pianos
snd Organ. I luy tunn taati uce our name
without authority.
The Only Tuners .
Who do wiirk lor us are ncssrs. C. p. ami 0.
P. Willi I l-iMDHH.
All work done by (hem, ur In our Immense
repair department, is guaranteed by ui.
Vuu cannot afford to have your Instrument
ruined by Incompetent workmen.
Estimate, given for ro-.trlmini or varnish
ing Pianos, ntuking them almost good m new.
Your work Is solicited.
Orders left In person or by trail promptly
attended to.
L. 6. POWELL II CO.,
216-330 WYOMING AVE.
TEMPERANC E HALL ETRNED.
Was Owned b St. Joseph's Father
.Muthcw Society of Minooka.
Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday
morning tire broke out in the hall of St.
Joseph's Total Abstinence and Benevo
lent society of Minooka, and it was
burned to the trround in less than an
hour. No one has any conception of
how the fire originated, Inasmuch as It
started in the rear of the hall, away
from tho stove altogether.
The banquet ami entertainment of
Division . Ancient Order of Hibernians
of America, was held St. Patrick's
night, but everybody had gone home
about midnight, and the hall was locked
by the Janitor two hours before the
Humes were noticed. There arc mi fire
companies In Minooka. and there were
bill few persons around while the fire
wus in progress: but a half dozen men
organized a bucket hildijade and as
sisted In preventing the spread of the
Haines to adjoining buildings.
The hooks, iiaocrs and effects of St.
Joseph's society were destroyed, us well
ns a piano owned by llcv. John Lough
ran, which was used In choir practice.
The society carried M.HOO Insurance
and that will fully protect them. I'n
d. 'I taker T. F. McOonough. or Plttston
avenue and Fig street, had '.'ml chairs
In use at the banquet, which hud not
been removed, and these were de
stroyed. The tables were built of hem
lock boards for the occasion, and there
l'oie do not entail much loss. The ban
ner of '.he one let. v was in the hull und
it was consumed.
The building wits orlgr.ially used an a
grocery store many years ago, and later
as a school. For upwards of lifteen
years It had been i lit property of St.
Joseph's society. Ttn years a?o at an
enttrtalninent one nlf.ht when SOD peo
ple were In the hall, and during an ad
dress by the late ,fud;e Connolly, the
floor caved in and precipitated half of
the uudlcncc into the basemunt, a dis
tance of ten feet, but no one was in
jured. Uuy tho Weber
and get the Lest. At Guernsey Bros.
If you're responsible and want a piano
on credit ut your own price nnd on your
own terms call on Guernsey Bros., 2L'4
Wyoming avenue.
423 Lackawanna Avenua.
Spectacles and Eye Glasses
to fit cverybodj'. We make
a specialty of fitting Glasses.
TRY OUR 50c. SPECS.
100 Ladies' Silk Waists,
in colors, both figured and
striped, with large Bishop
sleeves, pleated back and
frotit, would be cheap at 4.
01 SPECIAL Pit $2.49.
TO liiSPZCT THE
LtRJE ASSORTMENT OF
Dinner,
Tea', Toilet Sets,
AT
RUPPREChTS
CRYSTAL PALACE
231 Penn Ay.'. Opp. Dcpiist Cburcli.
BEST SETS OF ii.
lacludinff the palnlen xtraoHag
vnu uy au "uiirciy new pro
S. C. SNYDER, D. D. S..
121 tf BUtf STCIL
O. Hi,
Ml 111
IT ML Mi
Mil
NEW
In Fancy Brillian
tine Skirts,4 Jj yards
with stiff inner lin- QQ
"g. for.. ill JJ
Fine Blazer Suit,
newest styles, mixed flQ 7C
goods, for VaJil U
WE WILL SELL
THE BALANCE OF OUR
AND CLOTH
GARMENTS FOR
Silt; l
In order to make room for onr
immense Spring Stock.
sJ. BOLZ
1 38 Wyoming Avenua.
High
Grade
Shaw,
Emerson,
Malcolm Loys.
Clongh & Warren,
Carpenter,
Waterloo.
And Lower Grades at
Very Low Prices.
J.
303 SPRUCE STREET.
Spring Styles.
ON SALE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29.
CHRISTIAN
4 12 Spruce Street.
THE GREAT
j
l the Stock of TURXQUEST,
The Jeweler, ut
142 PENH AVENUE
Old Postoffice Building,
Will lust only u few duyn louger.
KverythhiK must gu ut soma
price.
By order of Assignee.
A. R. HARRIS, Auctioneer.
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TUS OtLUaATI
Ira it FrtMSl the Nort repslst u4 FfsirtsS
LMdtllf Aruats.
Wtrsroemsi (hipoiitsColumbMNsaatnsot,
90B Washington Av. Soranton.Paj
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HATS
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Dunn's
Furs
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