THE SCRANTON . TBIBUNE-MONDAT MORNING, APBIL 20, 1898. 5
Pure and
Baking
I have used Cleveland's Baking Powder with
entire satisfaction in the preparation-of breads, biscuits
and Cakes," Juliet Corson, Foundtr of Kew Yuri Cwkiug Sckaal. j
dorrman & MooreFoRVESjRUSBED out
FIRE INSURANCE,
120 Wyoming Ave.
BIG BARGAINS IN SHOES
RUSSET SHOES IT CCST
AT THK
COMMONWEALTH SHOE STORE
Washington Avenue.
NO MORE SW-EDGED COLLARS-
ANTI-SWEAR IftONED
Old Solid Comfort to have one encircled
round your neck. We are giving
them to our patron.
Lackawanna
THE .
aundry.
308 Peon Ave.
A. B. WARM AN.
T
WILLIAMS & M'ANULTY'S
LAGE
OF
The most com
plete stock of
Special Patterns
made strictly
private to ns for
Scranton,
4
Etc.
CITY MOTES.
Join the Blues an-J eat Turkey.
On May 4 S. M. Nash will open the Hotel
ElmhuiHt for the season.
Another drunken man was locked up by
til own request yusterday.
At tonight' meeting of the board of
trade Hon. O. P. Williams will deliver an
address on "Freneh Itoads."
Hanlon's "Funtasma" was repeated Sat
urday afternoon and evening at the
Academy of Music before well pleased au
diences. The Trlnly Lutheran hureh la to be
palmed and renovated within uccordlng to
the decision of a congregational meeting
last evening after the service.
The contributors to the Lackawanna
tiostpital and the Scranton Training School
for Nursea will hold their annual meeting
on Monday, May 4, between 6 and 9 p. m.
The county commissioners have decided
to levy a 6 mill tax for county purposes
and a one-half mill bridge tax. The bridge
levy Is generally one-third of a mill, but
It was necessary to Increaso it this year
owing to the great number of new bridges,
' The exchanges this week at the Scrun
ton Clearing House were as follows:
April 13, $11,307.S0; April 14, $112,3.".2.70;
April K, Slt.u24.07; April Hi, Jll8.ii2U.SU;
April 17, 11.570.'.i9; total, $739,412.17: Clear
ings for the week ended April 20, 1SU5, $801,
800.02. D. T. Kdwards will hold a lecture In
Co-operative hall, on the West Side,
Wednesday evening. He will talk On the
following subject: "Principles of Inn
Church of Jesus Christ of Laterday Salius
Commonly Known as Mormons." Free to
every body.-
Marshall Goodman, the colored man ar
rested at Klmira lor a robbery committed
at the Faurot House in this city last sum
mer, was given a hearing before Alder
man Fuller Saturday and was held for a
further hearing before Alderman Millar,
bywhom the original warraut was Issued.
We first meeting of the chorus choir
for the Christian tinuYavor state conven
tion jiext October will be held In the
Young Men's Christian association parlor
this evenlnf nt 7 :iil nVWlc im,l.,r thw ill
rectlon of C, H. Chandler. The choir will
sing at the lecture of llev. P. K. Clark, 1.
l.. In the Frotlilngham, on April 30.
Heginnlng today a number of change
will be made In time of departure of liel
uware, Lackawanna and Western trains.
The summer train leaving at 4 p. m.
for Nicholson will be put on and the train
now leaving for Unit place at d p. in. will
leave at S.10 p. m. The train leaving for
Northumberland at U p. m. will leave at 11.07
p. m. The 'train arriving from that place
at 8.42 ft. m. will arrive at H.35 a. m.
The funeral of Theodore J. Carter will
take place this morning from his home,
114 Illx court. Deceased was a member
and secretary of Elect rln City lodge. No.
r" Knights of the Golden Bugle, also of
Patriotic Order Sons of America,
nbers of Pride of Kluotrlc City temple,
52. and all visiting temples are re
nted to meet at Hulburt's hall at 8
ok, Monday morning, to attend the
aeral services In a body. Services will
held nt residence at 8.15 n. in.
itiltlng the1 mutual aspects of the
. .' par yesterday, April?, It will be
ound V'at the Bun nml semi-square to
eptneand square t Jupiter; Mercury
was also' seml-squaro to Neptune, and
"teiius was sesqulquadrate to Itranus. All
Aese aspects, according to astrology, are
i Ml, and denote bloodshed and deeds of
. lolence. ' A glance at the columns of The
J rlbune today would neem to verify, In
this respect at least, the system by w hich
astrologers vlalm to be able to peer Into
the future.
The Old Reliable- ,!.. & W. K. R. Always
in the Lead.
Note the Important changes In time,
taking effect Monday, April 20. Time
shortened and more trains, one of spe
cial mention being the express leaving
Scranton at 1.15 p. m., arriving in New
York ; ut $.30 and Philadelphia at 6
p. in., .time shortened to latter point by
twenty-live minutes. Special attention
Is also called to the many solid vesti
buled trains leaving- Scranton at al
most every convenient hour In the day
for New York. Philadelphia, Huffalo
nd all principal 4lnts.
We open today one case ventilating
summer comets, 48 cents each, best ever
offered at . the p Ice. Flnley's. c
Rest Goods and Beat Service.
Coursen's celebrated print butter,
Mo. JMo waste;- lee cold,' Courses new
hams, Me; Java ana Mocha coffee, Sic.
I
Sure.",
Powder,
Terrible Accident in the Eddy Creek
Mine ut Olyphant.
XOT A MOMENTS WARNING.
I Ivo Men Were Advancing to the raca of
a Kock Tunnel When the Hoof Fell,
Instantly killing Four and
Injuring the Fifth.
Pour men were Instantly killed and
one was seriously injured In Eddy
Creek mine, Olyphant, Saturday morn
ing at 10.15. The awful accident hap
pened ut the face of a rock tunnel,
which is beliiB driven from the Kdtly
Creek vein to the rock vein. The dead
Linen are:
ltalph Abbott, of Throop Dorougn, a:i
years old, who leaves a wife and seven
children,
James Abbitt, his brother, also of
Throop, 2ti yeari old, who leaves a
wife and three cl lldren.
John Harvey, of Throop, 40 years old.
who leaves a wife und six children.
John McHale. of Olyphant, 24 years
old, who lived with his widowed moth
er. His man-luge with Miss Kate
Lynch would have taken place on the
iittth. Six months ago yesterday hln
brother, 'Jamea McHale, was killed In
the same, mine, a short while before
his marriage, too.
The injured, inun Is Frank Lewis, of
Blakely, a married man with a large
fatuity. His recovery Is expected,
though his Injuries are very serious.
The men were In the employ of Con
tractors NorrlH & Wan A rock tun
nel beurs almost a sin .' relation to
a mine that a stulrwa"' es to a dwel
ling. This passage t e rock vein Is
now nbout 100 feet I length and Is
only one-tlfth compled. .The work Is
ptiMhed night nnd day, and the men
who were killed went to work at 7
o'clock in the morning. Dynamite, or
Klant powde is used In blasting. Some
times as nil y as a dozen holes are
drilled In the face of the tunnel and
these are charsed and set off snnul
tarifotibly by the means of an electric
botttry. Th holes are usuuily drilled
by fcrcf: from an air comtiresser.
TWENTY-FIVE TONS FELL.
Several holes had thus been prepared
and about 10 o'clock they were charged
and a few minutes later set off. The
men waited a little while for the smoke
to Hear away, and tl'n went forward
to the face of the tunnel to prepare
to . lond the fallen rock Into cars.
Scarcelyf-iad they begun to do this
when twenty-five' tons of welg' t fell
upon them. The four dead m ' were
closest to the face or the tunnel.
Lewis was . bout at the circumfer
ence of the fall and escaped death. Mr.
Norrls, one of the contractors, wus In
the tunnel at the time, but he was nut
up where the men were; he was down
disconnecting1 the wires of the electric
buttery. The first thins; he did was to
clear away the rock that had fallen nn
Lewi? The groans of agony that he
henrd taught him that all were not
killed. It took him only a few minutes
to do it, and when he had the man re
moved, he went to the foot of the shaft,
and procured help to get the bodies
out.
This task was attended with much
danger, and It was 12 o'clock before
the first body was uncovered, which
was that of McHale. He was terribly
crushed. It took another hour to get
out the Abbott brothers. They were
crushed out of shane. At 2.30 Harvey's
body was taken out. Crowds of peo
ple were attract hi to the moutn or the
shaft, and th r ws of the happening
caused much mm among- the people.
The. mine ambulance was in waiting
and conveyed the bodies to their late
homes as they were brought to the
surface. Lewis, the Injured man, was
brouKht home at 11.30.
WHAT LEWIS HAS TO SAY.
A Tribune reporter called at Mr.
Lewis' homo in Blakely Saturday. The
man was not In condition to say much,
nor does he know what to tell about
the happening. It came upon them so
suddenly and without any warning that
they hnd no time to escape. He was
walking apart from the four men; they
were walking In the middle of the
passage and he was walking along the
"rib" eight or nine feet away fiom
them. Falls of roof are usually preced
ed by a rumbling sound, but In this
Instance the crash came In an instant
and the men were crushed to death
so swiftly that not a groan or sigh
escaped their lips.
Mr. Norrls said that evhat saved his
life was that the men started for the
face of the tunnel before him and left
him disconnecting the battery wires.
Otherwise, If he were with them he
would lltf llrnfc They had -been,- per
haps, 100 feet from the fnce when the
blasts were set off. As to the respon
sibility. It is unlikely that any blame
enn be attached to the contractors. It
was Hlmply one of these mine acci
dents which are upt to happen at any
moment In the best regulated working.
It was somewhat similar to the one
which a few duys beftu-e that killed
two Oaughan brothers In the Pine
lirook shaft. The Eddy Creek shaft
Is owneil by the Delaware and Hudson
Railroad company. It Is In charge of
Inside Superintendent A. P. Patton and
Fire Boss W. H. Davis.
The rock; tunnel was started about
three months ago. Mr. ward, the con
tractor, was In charge of the night
shift. Mine Inspector Roderick will
make nn Investigation.
The funeral of John Harvey will t.ake
place tomorrow afternoon from 'his
home In Throop. He was a member of
Toualuka tribe, Improved Order of Red
Men, and the Sons of St. Oeorge, which
organizations will attend in a body. A
prayer meeting will be conducted this
evening- under the direction of the Rev.
D. M. Klnter.
RESOLUTIONS OF REQRET.
At a regular meeting of Division No.
14, Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Dickson City, held yesterday, the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted on the
ueatn.oi Aiutiaie:
Whereas, The Creator of all In His Inlln-
Ite wisdom and goodness has removed
from our midst our faithful und devoted
brother, member Joint McHale; und
Whereas. This being the second fatal oe.
cldent In the same family within seven
months, tne calamity brings with it a
great darkness on our society and the
community in general; be it
Kesolved. That we are unable to f till v
express the sorrow and regret we feel
for his afflicted parenst, and we hereby
extend to them our heartfelt sorrow for
their great loss.
Kesolved, That as a mark of respect for
the memory of our deceased brother our
division charter be drapped in mourning
for the space of thirty days.
Kesolved, That these resolution be re
corded on the minutes of our division nnd
copy forwarded to each of the 'following
papers for publication: The Scranton
Tribune, the Scranton Truth, the Scranton
Times, tne aoramon Republican, tne uiy
phant Oasette and the Prlceburg - Re
corder. The 'funeral will take place this af
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Division, No. 14.
Ancient Order of Hibernians, will at
tend In a body. Interment will be
made in Olyphant Catholic cenetery.
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W. W. WHARTON FOR CHIEF.
Ha U Pat Forward a a Compromise Can
. . didate.
W. W. Wharton, secretary of the
Scranton Wood Turning: company- .has
been put forward1 as a compromise
candidate for chief of police. Many of
Mayor Bailey's friends advise him that
as matters stand now it would be bet
ter for him not to appoint either Rob
ling or Taylor, and they point to
Wharton, who Is not particularly Iden
tified wi'-h any faction of the Democ
racy, as the solution of the difficulty.
He came to this city from Philadel
phia three years ago and Is 27 years of
age. well educated, tall In stature and
athletic In his make-up. Some of the
signatures on his petition are O. S.
Johnson, John Jermyn, Alexander
Dickson. A. H. Christy, Charles Du
Pont Jireck, K. 11. Sturgcs and James
II. Torrey.
DAXGEUOlSll WOUNDED.
During a l ight In Johnson's Patch an
Hungarian is lladly Hashed.
Edward Scullion, an Hungarian of
Johnson's Patch, was badly slashed by
an nxe. during a drunken quar
rel Saturday night. He was found ly
ing In the middle of the road on Larch
street, unconscious, by two young men
shortly after 10 o'clock p. m. He was
conveyed to the Lackawanna hospital,
where It was found that his uncon
sciousness was the result of a great loss
of blood from a long, deep gash on the
left log Just above the knee. The
wound was about seven Inches long,
and from Its depth and other circum
stances it was Judged that a razor or
stiletto was used.
Lieutenant Spcllman made an Inves
tigation yesterday afternoon and learn
ed that Scullion had been cut with an
ax In the hands of a Polander. The
affair occurred near the Johnson's mine
barn, and from what little the otticer
could glean of the occurrence Jt ap
pears that the assault was unprovoked.
The hospital physicians feared at nrst
that he would not recover, but toward
morning he rallied, and as the day pro
gressed, hopes were entertained for his
recovery. Alter regaining conscious
ness he was questioned about the af
fray, and stated thut he knew who
ut him. but would not give his
name. He ulso said thut after being
cut he run about a block, but further
thuu this nothing could be gained from
him.
OVERCOME BV THE HEAT.
Michael J. fox, I Ircmnn at Hotel Jermyn,
Dies from Heat F.xliaustinn.
Michuel J. Cox, a young man em
ployed us tlremun at Hotel Jermyn,
was overcome by the heat Saturday af
ternoon und during the night died at
the Lackawanna hospitul. The boiler
loom, where Cox worked. Is so situated
thut the heat there Is intense. After
several men were compelled to relin
quish the job. Cox on Friday morning
undertook It. In the evening when he
returned to his boarding house he suf
fered from nose bleed and complained
of exhaustion from the heat.
In the morning he felt all right again
and went to his work. About 4 o'clock
In the afternoon the other employes in
the basement noticed him acting
strangely. Some time afterwards he
became delirious and began butting the
wall with his head. Force had to be
used to restrain him, so violent was
his delirium. After he was quieted
down Ice was packed about him and his
temperature, which was 110, was re
duced. After working with him for
over an hour, the Lackawanna hospltnl
ambulance was summoned and about ft
o'clock 'he was taken there. He lived
only till 10 o'clock, never regaining con
sciousness.
The deceased was a son of Justice of
the Peace Cox, of Parsons. His board
ing house was at 1303 Sanderson ave
nue. He was 23 years of uge and of
large stature, weighing over 200 pounds
and being of an athletic build. His
relatives at Parsons were notified of
the sad event, and yesterday came here
to take charge of the remains.
CHILDREN'S EVENING PARTY.
It Was Given for the l.lttlo Folks In Ei
celslitr Hall,
A most enjoyable children's' party
was held at Excelsior hall Saturday
night by the young people who belong
to Miss Elizabeth Lewis' Saturday
morning dancing class. A large num
ber of the parents of the children were
present and watched the dancing.' The
following was the order of dances and
the personnel In each:
.Maypole dance Helen Holes, Gladys
Watkins, Edith Holland, Dorothy War
ren, Helen Simpson, Margaret Collins,
Fanny Mears, Margaret Klrkpatrlck,
Huth Stiles Clair Brewster. Flossie Por
ter, Clara Porter, Gordon Taylor. Jamie
Linen, Law Watkins, Kdgar Coursen, Leon.
Grlllln, Harold Dolph, Warner Hays,
Howard Hand, Karl Coston, Taylor Fos
ter, Esson Taylor, Friend Kierjtead.
La Hose Elolse Phelps.
Highland It lug Edgar Coursen.
Trovata Adallne Hand.
Skirt dance Lalla Coston.
Flag dance Reatrice Morris, Grace Law,
Mary Amerman, Irene Keirstead, Joan
elte Schlatter, Helen Jones, Gertrude
Coursen, Elolse Phelps, Taylor Foster,
Walter Coursen, Homer Klce, Ambrose
Leonard, Harry Jones, Ralph Megurgel,
Stanley Dolph, Ralph Amerman.
Huden-Haden Irene Klerstead.
Tambourine dance Clair Hrewster.
Sailor's hornpipe Gordon Taylor.
Cracovlenne Arthur Matthews, Ber
tram Fenner, d'Andelot Uelln.
Scarf dance Gertrude Coursen, Helen
.tunes. Heatrlee Morris. Helen Wlnton,
Jessie Peek, Adallne Hand, K aTe"-5l-hTnrrrt
Olalr Wade, Nettle MeClarrah, Schlatter,
Louise Davenport, Ucssle Porter, Kdtia
Klerstead, Evelyn Jones. Trlstlne Morris,
Florence Simpson, .Mabel Spencer, Allc-'
Hlalr, Grace Hulbert, Helen MerritleU,
Florence Peck.
THE KOUUERS STILL THERE.
Prof. Martin Joyco Reported to Have
lice n Held I p at Continental.
That the highway robbers who have
been plying their bold work in the
neighborhood of the Continental have
not been scared off Is evidenced by the
report of another outrage perpetrated
Suturday night. The vlctoni this time
is Professor Joyce and It Is said ho
lost $27. This makes at least half a
dozen "hold una" that have been re
ported. The robbers are described ns well
dressed men. one of them quite short
and the other remarkably tall, all who
have seen them agreeing that the big
member of the ralr Is several Inches
over six feet, and one of the victims
avering that he is nearer seven feet
than six. They change their base of
operations nightly, but most frequently
ply their bold trade along the railroad.
I.lovd Won tho nookensc.
The Sheridun monument fair was re
opened Saturday night for the purpose
of deciding the contest between Joseph
D. Lloyd, of the West Side and John
Gibbons, of the South Hide, for a book
case. The former was the winner the
voting being as follows: Lloyd, 3,200;
Gibbons, 1.842.
Reliable l.ow-Hoto Insurance.
Buy twenty year renewable Insur
ance of the original low rate old fine
stock company, the Provident Savings
Life. It paid losses of ten million dol
lars In twenty years, Is one of the
strongest companies, and It excels In
economy of managemenl'expense.
Cost per $1,000, to be reduced by Ave
year dividends: Age 25, $13.76; 30, $14.80:
3D, $lC.0!i; 40, $18.66; 46, $23.98; 60, $33.88.
Age 65 (ilfteen-year renewable), $40.82.
Age 60 (ten-year renewable), $60.78.
Horace M. Walton, General Agent,
Commonwealth building-.
KILLED BYJIS FRIEND
Sad Kesnlt of the Careless Handling
of a Shot Gun.
SLAYER NOW IX COUNTY JAIL
After killing Frank LibudicsM at Price
burg Yesterday Afternoon Frank Pre
bllskl Told Conflicting Stories and
Was Committed to Jail.
Dickson City borough yesterday af
ternoon added another to the intermin
ably long- list of victims of the gun
that wasn't loaded. Frank Llbudzeskl,
of Lincoln street. Prlceburg, in the
Second ward of the borough, was In
stantly killed by Frank Prebllskl. Tho
dead boy was 18 years old April 10,
and the Prebllskl la nbout IB. He Is
now In the county ail charged with
murder. Justice of the Peace John SII
vinski committed him and Constable
Max Koehler brought him down at 9
o'clock last night. The information was
lodged by the mother of the dead boy.
His father, Anthony Llbudzeskl, Is vis
iting In Nantlcoke.
The shooting happened about 3
o'clock In the afternoon in the dining
room of young Prebllskl's home. How
It happened is not decided, because the
one who did It has told three different
stories, and if he had stuck to the first
version he gave, which was that he
tired the shot accidentally, the proba
bility is he would not now be In Juil.
His protestations that Llbudzeskl had
the pun In his own hands and pulled
the trigger himself and was negligently
responsible for his own death, angered
the latter's family and aroused the
suspicion that it may have been a de
liberate murder.
THE TRUE VISION.
From the undisputed facts In the case
and the harmonizing of the contlicting
evidence the true version of the fatality
is about as follows: Llbudzeska, Pre
bllskl and the latter's brother, Michael,
who Is a year older, were out after
dinner In the woods. They returned
ubout 2.30, sat on the porch of Jer
myn's, now Johnson's, store, a short
while und went urt to Prebllskl's home
a block away. The house Is directly
behind the store. When they reached
the house they sent Mrs. Annie Mehal
ska, an old grandmother bordering on
00 years of age, for a pail of beer. She
got a can, took the money and got the
beer. '
Just as she left, Llbudzeskl asked
Frank Prebllskl to bring his gun down
and let him see It. The firearm was
produced from the stairway, and. while
It was In the latter's hands. It went
off and the charge entered Llbudzeska's
chest at the base of the left neck. It
went in at the bottom of the coat col
lar, nnd the muzzle was so close to
him that the oloth was burned.
The wound was an awful one to look
ut. It was one and one-half Inches
In diameter and the lower edge of Its
circumference was at the center of the
third clavicle. Its course was down
ward and the charge tore through the
windpipe and aesophagua, shattered the
subclavian arteries, and was Imbedded
In the upper lobe of the right lung.
HE DIED INSTANTLY..
The deceased was sitting on a chair
when the shot struck htm and he died
before he fell on the floor. The blood
pumped out of the wound In large
quantities and bestrewed the floor. The
pallor of the body was as strong as If
there was not a drop left In It. As
soon as the shooting happened vounir
Prebllskl ran out of the house and to
where his uncle lived. His father was
there visiting and he asked to be saved
from tne consequences of the klllinir.
Ho cried and pleaded that It was acci
dental
Chief of Police Henrv Mcnnrrltv mil
Constable Max Koehler located the two
Prebllskl boys and took them to the
omce oi squire Shiv Inskl until Corn
ner S. P. Longstreet arrived at G
O'clock, 'j-ne body had not been re
moved except a few feet from where It
nud fallen until Dr. Longstreet came.
and assisted by Dr. E. M. Pennvnacker.
held an autopsy. They found that the
charge was mostly deposited in the
upper oart of the right lung and they
removed several grains. It was No. 8
bird snot.
A Jury comprising William E. Moses,
ur. v. i: nenneuy, j. uurke. Pro
fessor M. J. Lloyd, John Miller, of
Prlceburg, and John T. Brown were
present during the autopsy and ad
journed to 'Squire Sllvinskl's office to
hear the testimony. The boy who did
tne snooting was the nrst one exam-
tned. He denied point blank that he
had the gun in his hands when It went
off and said he was outside. The only
tiling ne did admit was that he had
got the gun for the deceased to look at.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
Michael Prebllskl, the other brother.
wjia sworn. He saw the two boys
handling the gun in the dining room
and went out in the yard to look after
a two-year-old baby while the old wo
man was gone for the beer. Chief of
Police MeGarrlty found the gun In a
closet uustairs. The shell wus taken
out of it. Dr. J. J. Rilhelmer was also
sworn, but his testimony threw no
light on how the shaming occurred.
The jury s verdict was as follows: "We,
the undersigned Jury, find that Prank
Llbudzeskl came to his death 'from the
effects of a gunshot wound In the chest
inflicted by Frank Prebllskl, while
carelessly handling a gun.
The testimony of the witnesses be
fore the coroner served for the hearing
before 'Squire Slivlnski on the charge
of murder preferred, by the mother of
the deceased. On account of the con
iHeUftg- stories told by PrfhllakLthe
squire decided to send the case before
the Krand Jury.
The body was removed to his par
ems' home after the autopsy. At the
hearing his mother was present and
she cried as if her heart would break.
The deceased Is the youngest of a
family of six. Prebllskl is a son of
Michael Prebllski.
PILGER'S DESPERATE DEED.
After Celebrating tho Christening of Ills
Child He Kills Himself.
Petersburg furnished Its quota to the
exciting events of yesterday. William
Pllger, of . Rlchter avenue, about 8
o'clock In the evening blew his head
open with a shot gun the same as if it
had been split with an ax. He went
Into a small bedroom, took the . gun
along, sat down on the edge of the bed,
put the muzzle In his mouth and pulled
the trigger with his big toe of the
right foot.
The charge went directly through the
brain center and split the head through
the medial line. His brains were scat
tered about the room and when his hor
rified family went to see what had hap
pened he was dead.
A strange feature of the rash act was
the fart that there was a christening
at the house In the morning and dur
ing the day a number of friends called
and entered Into the spirit of celebrat
ing the baptism of Pilger's youngest
child, so that there was no occasion for
any despondency to arise.
While liquid refreshments were pai';
taken quite freely, yet there was no
Intoxlcatlun. It had not got beyond
the degree of exhilaration. Pllger ap
peared to be the happiest one In the
party. He joked and laughed and
made himself busy that those present
would enjoy themselves.
And when he left the room where
some of the guests were he was light
hearted any cherry. A few minutes
later when his corpse was gazed upon
they were thunder-struck. He had giv
en no sign nor word to Indicate his In
tention, and no one In the house saw
him get the gun, which was In another
room.
Or, A. H. Bernstein wa Immediately;
summoned, but though he arrived at
the house promptly nothing could be
done, as death was Instantaneous. Pllg
er was between 40 and 45 years old. A
wife and six children survive him. He
was employed in .the Dunmore mines
of the Pennsylvania Coal comnany as
miner, and was an industrious citi
zen.
He lived happily with his family and
no cause can be assigned for the rash-
act. Dr. Bernstein notified Coroner
Longstreet, who decided to investigate
the case today.
ARE A VERY BAD TRIBE.
The Kelly's Patch Dlstorbera Again In
Charge of tbe Pol ice
The notorious Fallon-Boylan family.
of Kelly's Patch, brought the police
down upon themselves again Saturday
night. About 2 o clock a. m. two ot
the Fallon children rushed Into the
West Side police station and told. Lieu
tenant Williams that their mother, who
was in bed with her three-days-old
btfhe, had been struck on the head
with a hammer by her brother-in-law,
James- Boylun.
A squad of officers, including Lieuten
ant Williams, Patrolmen Matthews,
Lowry and Lewis, hastened to the scene
and found the famous quartette al
most stupefied with drink and on every
hand evidences of a riotous time.
Boylan made his escape but his wife,
the fumed "Cyclone Kate," and James
Fallon, quite equally as famous, were
taken Into custody. The "Cyclone" had
a gash on her forehead which she
claimed had been inflicted with a file In
the hands of the sick Mrs. Fallon. The
latter woman was not injured. The
police did not bother ahout getting the
details of the night's doings but took
the two worthies in tow on general
principles.
Yesterday morning Boylan came to
the police station to see his wife and
was locked up by Captain Edwards.
They were given a hearing in police
court and remanded until today In or
der that time could be had to deter
mine what would be the best method
of disposing of them. The Fallons have
a house full of small children who will
probably be taken charge of by the
authorities,
MICHAEL STROGOFF REVIVAL
William Morris Gives an Elaborate
Production at the l-'rothlnghatn.
William Morris' production of "Mi
chael Sti-ORoff" nt the Frothtngham
Saturday was au elaborate affair, but
not the kind that appeals to the regular
theater-goer. There are few compan
ies that carry finer scenery and set
tings and the members of the cast are
all competent actors, hut there Is some
thing lacking In the story as it Is
dramatized to keep the audience Inter
ested throughout, consequenly It was
not received with any great degree of
warmth.
Morris himself Is a very fine actor,
possessing a superb stage presence
and good voice. Of the large company
which the play demands Miss Florence
Gerald and Griflith Evuns do the most
effective work.
AN APPROPRIATE TEXT.
Rev. E. I.. Miller Preaehes to the Inmates
of the Lackawanna Hospital.
Special services were held at the
LLackawanna hospital yesterday after
noon, nev. a. i.. miner preacnea a
short sermon In the mule ward to the
Inmates of that ward and those of the
other wards who were able to attend.
The Elm Park church choir rendered
music.
Rev. Mr. Miller took for his text Rev.
xxl, 4: "Neither shall there be any
more pain." He said In part: "How
much pain Is there In the world, physi
cal and mental. None are exempt from
It. Tho promise is that there Khali be
no more pain because there will be no
more sin nor any more need for the
ministry of pain. Our comfort while
awaiting the fulfillment of this promise
Is derived from the many assurances
of the divine preserver. Christ had
every way of suffering In his earthly
life and especially from Gethsemane to
Golgotha."
Miss McLane is now in her new store,
201 Washington avenue.
DIED.
CANNON At Moscow, April 16, Mary
Elisabeth, wife of B, J. Cannon. Funeral
-Monday, April 20, at 10.30 a. in., from
her home. Interment in Forest Hill
cemetery.
DOR8BY At Morrlstown, N. J., April 10,
1896, Mary Dorsey, faithful servant to
Mrs. Thomas Dickson for thirteen years.
She was a member of the Second Presby
terian church of Scranton. Funeral at
Morrlstown.
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Tho richest picking and the quickest
Selling we've had this season. In all the
country there are no brighter, shrewder,
better posted women than right here in
Scranton, and the crowds that have visited
our store means something.
The possibilities of trade are simply
wonderful when such novelties and values
are represented. All new goods, no old
ntnnl, with Aur facilities fnr -hnvlnir It
would be worse than folly to deal In
trash. That's when good management
dhows Itself, and no day without some
thing newer and more tempting. That's
why this store will always lead.
We have twice over what any other store
In Scranton can show, and we question
whether any stock anywhere represents
better values for the money.
A. RtSAWYERtwt.
Ave.
Wholesale and Retail Milliner.
BEST SETS OF EH, $8.00
Including the palnloss extracting of
teeth by an entirely now proceis.
S. C. SNYDER, D. D. S.,
3Ji Spruce St., Opp. Hotel Jermyn.
IK
To Carpet Buyers
After three months ol attempting to sell Carpets in
"room '2RxAO feet, we now have the pleasure of
showing goods in our new Carpet Department, which
is well lighted and contains ample floor space to
properly show our select line of Carpets, consisting
of Moqiiettes. Axtninstcrs, Velvets, Kody and Tapes
try Brussels, Three Ply, Agra and Ingrains.
fl&'Carpets Sewed alio laid promptly. Examine
our siock ana prices.
406 Lackawanna Ava
ff. V. JON,
423 Lackawanna Avanua.
. Spectacles and Eye Glasses
to fit everybody. We make
a specialty of fitting Glasses.
TRY OUli 50c. SPECS.
FANCY
ELGIN
Butter
1
F Par
OC Pound
AT
AND
We are just exhibiting a
fine line of the above.
Acknowledged by lovers of
art the best ever made.
We will be pleased to have
you call and examine.
RUPPRECHTC
UL
231 Pena Are. Opp. Baptist Church.
Benefit
THE MOST IMPORTANT
Part of a Piano Is the Interior, Vou want ser
vice as well as tone and appearance. In our
selection we aim to Rive all these qualities.
AN EXAMINATION SOLICITED.
L. 0. POWELL S CO.,
216030 WYOMING AVE.
S
(Large Show Win
Creamery
lit IH
VASES
JiNIEE
A 8W
IflOW.)
1 r-
SOKE OF TIIE
BARGAINS IT WILL
PAY YOD TO LOOK AT:
ONE LOT OF
Ladies' Suits in Mixed
Goods for $1.98. They
are a model of jauntiness
and tailor-made beauties.
ONE LOT OF
Laundried Waists for
50c. We are offering
you an unusual value to
open your eyes.
ONE LOT OF
Boys' Straw Sailors for
10c. Can't be had else
where for 50c,
ONE LOT OF
Ladies' Trimmed Hats
for $1.98, worth $3
Come and see us if you are
looking for Big Bargains.
J. BOLZ,
1 38 Wyoming
High
Grade
Shai,
Emerson,
Malcolm Lore.
dough & f ami,
Carpenter,
Waterloo.
And Lower Grades at
Very Low Prices.
J, LAWRENCE ME,
303 SPRUCE STREET.
THERE IS A NOBBINESS
ABOUT OUR LITEST STYLE OF
SPRING HATS
That Is Positively Striking.
Furnishing Goods, Correct
Ideas in Fancy Shirts. Ex
elusive and Rich Patterns.
Lowest Prices Prevail.
41a SPRUCE STREET,
303 LACKAWANNA AVB.
N
EW,
OBBY
OVELTIES,
IN EASTfcK JcWbLKY wili. DC rwune
IN ENDLESS ASSORTMENT ATTHB
ST
215 Lackawanna Avenue,
We tell Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, ate.,
at intrinsto value prices, and as thera Is not
one cent'a worth of our large and attract!
stock that has not come direct to oar new
store from manufacturers, Importers and job
bers, wo think a look through It might In
terest yon.
Will Open About April 1.
TURMQUEST & GO,
Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry,
215 LACKAWANNA AVE.
TW OCipillATI
PIAWOD
tn at Frassat tbe Mart Popalu as4 rnftnei M
WareroetnsiOaHaOalainkiBllemiaiMt,
905 Wnahlngton AV. 8eranton,P;
FRANK P.- CHRISTIAN,
JEWELRY
ORE
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