THE SCBANTON TMBUNB-SATUBDAT MORNING. MAT 2, 1898. if. ' NORTON'S Spring Specialties. 3-cext wall papers, (cent wall papers, s-cext wall papers. 1ke.t wall papers. 12-cent wall papers. 15-cem wall tapeks. ,o-cext wall papers. 1vcent wall papers. And all other grades made New patterns, up-to-date ideas. Artistic combinations of coloring to please all fancies and circumstances. WINDOW SHADES on spring rolls, ready to hang op, 15c and upwards. CURTAIN POLES with brass trimmings, 19c and upwards. WALL MOULDINGS to hang pictures 3c. per foot and upwards. NORTON'S, 322 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton. 3 South Main Su, Wilkes-Barre. SEED OATS, "aolce, Heavy, Clean. Bone Fertilizer, For Lawns. Linseed Meal, Lamp Rock Salt, Far Horses and Caws We Wholesale Only. I lit wtMUN MILL Ml, SCRANTON. OLYPHMT, CARBQN3ALE. BEWARE OF fllMS. THE GENUINE Ear tha lnitiala Q., B. CO. imprint ed in each cigar. GARNEY, BROWN &CO., UNUFaCTUR-RS, COURT HOUSE SO- ONE MOKE OPPORTUNITY. l.att Tonr of tho Season to Washington, .., D. C, via Pennsylvania Knllrond. ; AWIsIt to Washington, the nation' rapltal, la an event full of Interest and 'pleasure under any clrcumstancts. but when made under the supervision of the Pennsylvania Railroad company's famous personally-conducted tourist system the trip Is an ideal one. An experienced tourist agent and chaper on accompany the tour throughout to look after the comfort of the party. Those. a ho have failed to take advan tage of the tours already run should not miss the opportunity of partici pating in the last one of the reason, ' leaving New York and Philadelphia Mo V 11 The rate, including transportation and two days' accommodation at Washington's best hotels, is $13.50 from New York, $11.50 from Philadelrhla. $11.25 from Reading, and proportionate rates from other points; $14.50 from "Matt, V n"lr tn1,,HI,c ntaala nn M 1 1 .1 . vv w. n, ...v-tuutiif. iiil j .11 .vi. v.. - Detailed itineraries will be sent on application to Tourist Agent. 1198 Bioadway, New York, or room 411, Broad street station, Philadelphia. Uniformed colored porters are In charge of day coaches to show all atten tion to the passengers on the Nickel Plata Koad. BLOOD AND NERVES are very closely related. Keep the blood ri;h, pure and healthy with Hood's Sarsarirllla and you will have no trouble from nervousness. HOOD'S PILLS are the best after-rlln-ner pills, inUt digestion, prevent, constl. pation. !5c. .- There is an unsurpassed Dining Car service on the Nickel Plate Road. FOR WOMEN, IN BUCK ND BROWN KlO. Women's, Brom Glace Kid GO nn , . Centurj Lacs Boots tJJUU Ail Widths and Slues. nk & Koehler, OUIItl 10 Si StfKt IMP ADD Mru f rflUV ui uuniii uiiuu u.u.iuu fill VILl EIOEJBE COYS Our Milk frodacers Mast Have a Clcia Bill of Health. GUARD AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS Board of Htalih to Adopt Eaercetlo AScasnrea to Insara Wholaaomencas, of Mllk-Dcrclict CUrfyaaesi and Aldcrmcav Tuberculosis was the predominant subjtt't of consideration at the board of health meeting yesterday. The fact that the Jessu; herd of cow at Mont rcse and three out f V. 8. LangstafTa herd of twelve at the Diamond mine, have been found to be affected, causes people In general and the sanitarians in uartlcular no small amount of anx iety. It Is the opinion of the board that it would be extrenu-ly remarkable it there are no tubereukwis cattle In the vast region from which Srranton obtains its milk supply, when it l taken into con alteration that the utate authorities have declared that one-fourth of all the cattle in the state are a-iected, and tests have shown that the disease was present In two private herds In this Immediate virinlty. The, board feel that It is its duty to Hvctrtnln If any of the cattle which supply the milk consumed In this city are contaminated and if they are t-i have them slaunhtered. As the state reimburses the owner for all cnttle confiscated It Is thought that In stead of meeting with any opposition the movement will be heartily approved by the owners, and as It Is to the In terest of the wholesalers and distribut ers K assure the people of the whole somenrss of their milk they will doubt lessly co-opefate without being urged to any grcate extent. Finally, alter the question had beeu thoroughly discussed, the- board re solved to make a move to have ail the cattle supulylng milk to, the city ex amined by a veterinary expert. As a first step Pood Inspector Thomas was Instructed to secure from tho milk deal ers a list of all the herds supplying milk to Scranton. The next step will be to have thorn examined and after that it Is tronosed to prevent any per son from shipping milk to this city who can not show a clean bill of health for his cattle. NO CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE. During tho discussion of. the subject the iilivHlt'lunsi of the board. Doctors Al len and Boiitk-y. admitted that there Is no certain knowledge tnut a tuocr culur cow can communicate Its disease through IU niiik, but they contended that it stands to reason that milk from a dlaeast-d cow con not be wholly free from taint. The mlscroscope falls to show the tubercular germ in. the mint, but this does not prove that the milk la not unwholesome. Medical science, however. Is yet in profound-doubt on the question as to whether or not a human being can contract tuberculosis from the milk of an affected cow. It Is not well, it Is contended, to take for granted that such a thing Is Impos sible and with this acceptation of the question In their minds the hoara de cided to exercise its authority to re. nulr,. nn unnuestlonably bure milk sup ply for the people they are elected to protect in neaitn. After comparing his marriage re turns with those of Clerk of the Courts Thomas. Secretary IiriRgs found that, as was exoected. a number of clergy men and magistrates have neglected to obey the board of health's regulation governing this matter, and the board directed thftt they bo notified that they had made themselves liable to prosecu tion und that prosecution would follow a repetition of the oli'ense. It was expected that owing to the small number of returns during March and April many more derelicts would be found, but it developed that owing to the Lenten season there were not the usual number of marriages, and conse quently, not so many occuslons for lo lation of thlB law. Dr. Allen reported that the sanitary code Is about finished and will be ready for tiresentatlon at the next meeting. A resolution was passed condemning the unsanitary condition of the region between Edwards court and the river and the locality east of Pittston ave nue, and requesting Mayor Bailey to urge upon councils the crying necessity of the creation of sewer districts there. The unsanitary condition of Luzerne street, between Meridian street and Railroad avenue, and Diamond avenue. near Court street, were particularly complained of by Dr. Allen. Reccom mendatlons for the abatement of these nuisances will be made to councils. MR. HATTON'S COMPLAINT. Harry. C. Hatton, clerk of the com mon council, personally appeared be fore the board to complain against the Janitor of No. 25 school, who persists in burning refuse In tho school yard much to the annoyance of people living in that neighborhood. Dr. Allen and Sanitary Ollicer Burke will look into the matter today. According to Secretary Brlgg's re port, M5 deaths occurred during the month of April. There were 112 births and 74 marriages. The number of con tagious diseases reported was 38, divid ed as follows: Scarlet fever, 20; diph theria, 8; measules, 8; typhoid fever, 2, There was one death from scarlet fever, six from diphtheria and six from ty Dhold fever. Food Inspector Thomas reported that he tested 188 samples of milk and all but four were found to be of good qual ity. Of these four, three were doubt ful, and one was to all appearances. watered. Crematory Superintendent Henry Loftus reported having destroyed 1,964 barrels of garbage, 10 dogs, 2 cats, with the use of thirty-four tons of coal. INSPECTED THE HOMES. Visiting Committee of tha Poor Board Keporta Ucsult of Their Visit. Following Is the full list of the re port of the visiting committee of the poor board as to the condition of the three churatuble institutions for tho dren, St. Joseph's Foundling home, Home of the Friendless and St. Pat rick's Orphanage, which report was yesterday submitted to the board: The visiting committee of the Scranton poor board report: On Wednesday, April 9, 1SUJ. they visited the three institutions in which the children that are a charge upon the district are belnj maintained. The managers of St. Joseph's Foundling asylum are working under great msad' vuntage owing to their crowded condition and the poorly urransed and 111-venUlut ed building which they occupy. There are forty-two Inmates, live of whom lire charges upon the district, one child. Sa blna Ruaue, having been taken out by bar mother. The same crowded condition was made manifest at the Home of the Friendless, where their lire forty inmates. Among the number are eight old ladies. The children derive much benefit from the large recrea tion yard to which they have aoeeaa. The Kindergarten ciuss, in a very happy man ner, gave an exhibition of their skill. The older children are in scnoul. Five c.,,1 dren are at present being maintained by the district therein, but as fast as suit able homes can be found for them they win oe inuciiiurwu into sucn. i ST. PATRICK'S ORPHANAGE. . 4VI CI, I Ulllllfc . VI fJIIUUUjgf WW VUII1HIU Tee were shown through the entire inti tution und found every room in perfect order and Well ventilated, with the bright sunsmne peering into every nooK ami cor ner, iner are iu inmates, only nrteen c wnom at present are cnurge upon th district. This institution is admirably manageu. me emiuren are wen and hup py and show in their faces and deport' ment the uatnstaklnir care thnt l .. stowed upon them. Aside from the school privilege tney are taught useful employ ments and aro Indentured In aood homes. when proper provision can be made for menu, i ntra are- two. tarre piay rooms and ample recreation grounds hi connec tion with this bom. The committee recommend that Henry Crako and Richard Yerkes be transferred to St. Patrick a orphanage, where tny can have school privileges. ' ery respectfully submitted. - Frances B. Swan. Fred L. Terppe. Frederick Fuller. The board also took up th tubercu losis question and decided to have the herd of fifty cattle at the farm Inspect ed. The salary of John F. Williams, accountant at the Hillside Home, was Increased from $a0 to $& per month. This matter has been on the table since before reorganization, when an attempt was made to increase the salary to $,a. Yesterday's action was by way of com promise. . JENNIE ELLIS OBJECTS. A letter was read from Jennie L. Da vis, of 105 Sabine street, Syracuse, known better es Jennie Ellis, protest ing against her children being inden tured to the Home of the Friendless. The communication was referred to So licitor Scragg. It was decided to advertise for bids for the new chapel at once. The Bpecl- cations lor the new electrical plant were presented and discussed. Only six applicants asked for relief. Super intendent Keemer reported 112 males and 37 females In the Home at the end of April. During the month 9 were ad mitted. 17 discharged and 2 died. Dr. Ben F. Kvnns. the resident Phy sician, reported having treated 127 pa tients, of whom 72 were sane and ,., in sane. There were four deaths and one birth at the farm during the month. The number of patients In the asylum April 1, was lBti. Fourteen were re ceived during the month and ten dis charged, Icuvlng remaining May 1, 10. tiikatmc.il. The thrilling realistic drama. "Lost In New York." will be presented at the Academy Monday, Tuesday and eunesday evenings with the New York cast, scenery and realistic effects. This play cornea here endorsed by the hading critics, as one of the best of all the plays depicting life In New York. The special scenery used by the com pany Is painted by Arthur Voegllen, and Is said to be particularly realistic. including the following gems: The East river by Moonlight; Crammery square, showing the home of the late Samuel J. Tilden: Randall's Island In sane asylum; and abeautlful picture of Madison square with the magnificent Madison square garden In the back ground Illuminated. Real yachts, fer ries, and a practical steamboat are a few of the many realistic features In troduced, ' Incldcntlal to the action of the play many new and pleasing spe cialties are Introduced. . 'II! II A phenomenal soprano. Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, has appeared, whose voice possesses the remarkable compass of nearly four octaves from f In con tralto to hluli E, six ledger lines in the altisslmo, the greatest range re corded by history, and a wonderful pur ity, brilliance and sonority. Her sing ing was a revelation even to those who have been accustomed to the famous artists Introduced In New York by Ab bey, Schoeffel and Grau. She has creat ed an unequaled furore in her initiatory tour in the west. Several excursion trains were run from long distances to hear her. Miss Yaw, supported by dis tinguished artists wfll be heard at the Frothlngham Friday evening. May S, for benefit of Company B, Thirteenth regiment. II II II The entertainment to be given to night for the benefit of Willett and Thome at Davis theater, can scarcely fail to be largely attended. A small army of volunteers, professional and amateur, will take part.. Willett and Thorne will appear for tho first time this season In their comedy After the Opera." This is the last show of the season and the only one In the city tonight. II I li The advance sale of scats for Lillian Russell's forthcoming engagement at the Academy of Music promises to be large. This Is Miss Kussell s llrst ap pearance outside of New York In her latest operatic novelty. "The Ooddess of Truth," and curiosity to again see the famous beauty as well as to hear the great singer will doubtless result In the theater's being sold out com pletely shortly after the sale opens. Miss Russell will sing only one time In this city and the opera, it is suld, has the most superb scenic settings ever seen litre. DISTRICT Is DIVIDED. Third Elcstion District of Fell Township vindo Into Two. A decree of court was handed down by Judge Edwards yesterday dividing the third election district of Fall town ship into two, in order to make It con venient for the ci'.izens of Riohmon dnle, who were required to travel a great distance. The new district is called the Fourth and takes up the territory bounded and described as. follows: Beginning at a point on or near the line between Clif ford townshin and the borough of For est City in the Susquehanna county line about 200 rod westerly from the south east corner of the Susquehanna county line, thence westerly with the Susque hanna county line about 4!)4 rods and thence in a direct course about 500 rods to the forks of the road of mil ford and Owego turnpike, known as old Tlcknor gates, and then at right angles to sold direct course about 260 rods, thence about 25 degrees east, and north about 630 rods to the place of beginning. The place for holding elections In this new district is fixed at the Richmond school house, and William Anderson Is appointed Judge of election, James Johns and Andrew Moran are appointed Inspectors. The place ror holding elec tions in the district remaining of the third after the creation of the new one. Is fixed at the Clinton schoolhouse. Nathaniel Davis Is appointed Judge and Benjamin Milton and Domlnick O'Mal ley are appointed Inspectors of elec tion. When Baby was sick, ws gave her Castorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, When she had Children, ahe gave them Castorla, The New Shoe Store OF fi BEATTY . , IN THE, ' MEARS BUILDING Cor. Washington and Spruce, . Expect td .J" CROUCH OPEN ABOUT MAY 'crimes of the tori Atrocities la Armcaii Described by aa Eye Witness. APPALLING HORRORS NARRATED Text of Latter Keeelved from llarpoot y aa Arasaiilaa Sow Resident la Sera n ton-Assartioaa Which Almost Stagger Belief. Below la the text of a letter received by H. B. Dlkran. an Armenian residing at 42S Adams avenue, from a fellow Ar menian who was his classmate at col lege. Mr. Dlkran. who Is employed in the Oriental rug trade, vouches for the reliability of the correspondent and for the authenticity of the translation. The letter follows: Harpoot. Armenia. March 13. ISSf. Dear Fricud: Vou ought to thauk Ciod a thousand times a day for being under the flag of a free country. Our sufferings for the last three or four months are beyond description. The history of man kind has never recorded such a whole sale mussacre, torture and rapine, prao tleod on an Innocent and peaceful na tion as has been practiced on us this last year and a half, and especially since last September, by the Infamous Turks and barbarous Kurds. All these awful crimes have been committed under the light of the civlliation of the nineteenth ceutry! Shame! 1 think the man who Is the author and commander of thes dark and Khameful crimes is more cruel and barbarous than Nero ever was, and 1 would like to i-ee him and the others who are responsible for the awful bloodshed and never made un effort to save the helpless Armenians 'though they had the power to do so), before the bar of God. where !W,tiO mar tyrs of Christianity and Justice will Judge them, HORRIBLE DETAILS. In my last letter I wrote you the de tails of how I escaped and lived in a cave for two weeks, and gave you an idea of what was going on. But every new day brings us from a village, or a neigh boring city, more details of the terri ble massacres and misfortunes that our brothers and sisters had suffered, and are suffering yet. In the Vtiayet (county) of Harpoot the first village they attacked was Partak. All the men were killed or tortured, wo men were outraged and the poor Ar menians were exposed to every kind of cruelty that a gang of a barbarous mob and soldiers could practice. Every house was burned down after toeing robbed. Tho other villages had almost the same fate very soon. In Ichma the Frotestunt peo. pie fled to the church, but the soldiers. breaking the doors, rushed in, taking fifty young men out in the yard and cut their heads off. The fate of women was such that I would not dare to describe it. Girls were outraged before the eyes of their brothers. One of the brave women made the- most heroic struggle with the Kurds to protect the honor of her daugh ter. She rushed on the Kurd, took his weapon and killed him. but when she saw that some ten of his terrible com rades were coming toward her, she, with, out any n-ifilon, killed her daughter and herself. In Palou they killed every educated Armenian. The stores, houses and shop3 form a pile of ruins. Those who escaped death have nothing left ex cept a single undershirt. In Dlarbeklr some of the rich Armenian families had gallantly protected themselves as much us they could and succeeded in killing tome of the soldiers and Kurds who at tacked their houses. But the government has arretted the leading members of these families and sentenced some of them to death and some to the penitentiary for life. Their only crime Is that they pro tected themselves. Somebody may oc casionally ask, "What became of those terrible Kurds and Turks who took the life away from so many innocent people? Where are tney? Are they also under arrest?" No; on the con, ary. Some of them who were more successful In butch ery have received financial rewards, hon ors and promotions from the Sultan. In Malntia. when terrliled A wero running for their lives, some of ihu prominent merchants and bankers took refu,re in tha building of th? povern mcnt, hoping to be safe there. It was on,y a few minutes afterward when ev ery one of them was lying dead in that very place. WORST OF ALL. The fate of Hoylou. a villape ten miles from here, was worse than nil. There is not a single house left. We could see, from the mountains, the smoke rising to the sky two weeks after the day tho burning and pillage were started. They tried, very hard at first, to urge the Armenians to accept Mohammedanism, but when they saw their efforts were in vain they started their butchery. And how awful a butchery! Even small chil dren were not spared. The Turks enter ed a houso and killed as many as they could.. They spared only the life of two brides In that house and imprisoned them in a room to practice on them more hor rible crimes than death, when thev would be through with their slaughter. But the two young ladles, knowing what was ex pected of them, Jumped down from the window to the backyard and threw them selves into a well. In thu city of Harpoot, the whole part where the Armenians used to live, is bare ground. The plunderers were very con scientious in robbing. When they were In a house or store they carried away everything, even the brooms. The beauti ful and fertile field which lies before this city has the appearance of a desert now. The number of Armenians killed, wounded or lost In this country Is esti mated to be 8,000 or 10,000. Everywhere, two days before tho mas sacro, the government had snit soldiers to search Armenian houses and take away everything by which they could protect thmsclves. Special atl anion was paid to THE KEELEY CURE Why let your home and bnsiness ba destroy ed through strong driulc or morpblne whea yea can be curd in four week at the Keolay int'nt. 728 Madtsnn nv-nufl Scraaton, Pa. lb Cure Will Bear Investigation. if? ft A If 1 ): FINE Aiu iuv; Latest Novelties In high class imported goods and an immense stock of medium priced Dress Goods at prices that demand your attention exterminate tha priests and teachers, and there are only very few left. It Is claimed that all these crimes and masaacrea are done by the Kurds. No doubt there were some Kurds la the gang, but I saw, per sonally, a very large number of promt nant Turks, and most Molahs (Moham medan priests) who were dressed like Kurds. LOX3 PREMEDITATED. It Is very evident now that this plaa was premeditated by the government a long while ago. Guns and revolvers were sup plied and distributed to the mob by tha authorities. One could clearly notice that the soldiers who were sent nominally .to keep order were tiring either Into the Sir or into the windows of Christians' houses. They don't kill the Armenians now, be cause what Is the use of doing so? Th?y are dying from atavatlon or from the cold. On the mountains every day perhaps, hun dreds of them are dying and nobody knowa anything about them. How long la this to last? Many lives are saved every day by tho heroic efforts of the noble American mis sionaries, who are dlstributina the funds which the kind-hearted Christians have rent to relieve the wretched Armenians. No words of thanks can express our grati tude toward those noble hearts who tried and succeeded to save some of us from starvation. God bless them, but I must express my conviction that Americans can't live In this country any longer. If the mean Jealousy of the great powers will permit the Koran and sword work to gether to exterminate an old Christian nation. We nnpea! to the Christians of the United States to Influence their gov ernment to Und a way that all the Ameri cans can emigrate to a epeclnl part of their country which the government may choose. This will lie a glory to this most clvll urd government. And future generations will see in this act that America was tho greatest country in saving lives and spreading civilisation. The Nickel Plate Road controls the dining stations on Its line and they re ceive unstinted praise. Solatia Rheumatism Cared. I Wagner. Wholesale Druggist. Richmond, Va., soys: "I had a fearful attack of Sciatic Rheumatism, was laid up almost, two months; was fortunate enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheu matism. This cured me after doctor's prescriptions had failed to have any effect. I have also heard of fine results from others who have used It." Sold by Carl Lorena. Druggist, 418 Lacka wanna avenue, Scranton. There is no change of cars of any class between New York and Chicago via the West Shore and Nickel Plate Roads. Crockery Sale We want you to know our Crockery Depart ment. Prices on the goods prove every piece wiselv boueht. You trob- ably will never have a chance like this again. The sale means mauj' Dinner and Tea Sets; also hundreds of odd pieces at surprising prices. We mention three things: Bread op Cak? Plate Nicely decorated in vari ous colors. i Tea Plot-s. la Sauce Platea a Tea Cups, a Saucers, a Teapots, a Sugar, I Cream Pitches a Cake Platts, i Bowl, Bread or Cake Plate Hand decorated with fig ures and flowers, many beautiful tints, nice curved handles, value not less than 50c; sale price 29c. PIN TRAYS that should sell from 10 to 15 cents, take 'em for 3c. Rexford, 303 LACK. AYE. 90 Never Have We Exhibited As Large an Assortment of AS AT 415, 417 Lackawanna 1 u Isn't always the lowest priced; more important points are whether it will erase, wear black on the edea, chip eas ily, and whether it can be matched np at any time. In buying we always consider these point before cost. We give you the benefit of our experience, and buyers will find the goods we recommend economical in every day ser vice. China Hall WEICHEL & MILLAR, Q4WY0ail6MEIUL Walk in and look around. LADIES' AT I'GANN THE HATTER, :05 WYCffllXG AVENUL Stetson Agency. Our stock is retilete with the most desirable patterns in every grade of Floor Cover ings. We are not making "Spec ial Prices" or "Great Reduc tions." We simply sell ev erything at the lowest orlce. first, last and all the time. T5SIt will pay you to make comparisons. P. M'CREA & CO. 128 WYOMING AVENUL PRESENT. (i CUT (in We Are Showing a Very Fine Selection Of Plain and Figured MOHAIRS and GERHAN BLACK GOODS. Come and see them. Avenue, Seranton, Ill i 111 II fc CQ75 Dill QttH. An elegant assortment at prices that are very low considering the quality, make-up, etc., is being shown at onr store. If jon are thinking of buying a Spring Suit cat I in and look at onr stock it will do you good, and as, too, of coarse. We are almost sun yon will buy cannot resist OUR HAT AND FURNISHING GOODS DEPT Is replete with everything that is new and stylish; all the latest styles and colors. Call in and be convinced. Clothiers. iMera& furnishers We Have On Hand THE BEST STOCfC IN THE CITY . Also tha Newtst Also tho Cheapest. Also tha Largest UKSiyilfiSIHSie Porcelain, Oayi, Blc EUver Novelties la Infinite Varlet Latest Importations. Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds. fl. E. ROGERS, ieWWrtc'hmaker. 215 LaCfal Mil kll T01L1NQ MILLIONS. Supply the busy wants with 'tieff stock of goods. A big stock of goods Is, however, not always easy to select from; much depends upon its arrange ment and display. We believe that our goods, their arrangement, display, quality and price, combined to recora mend nur store at the best nlace In this city to purchase Clothing and Gents' Furnishings. BOYLE FlCH 4!6 LtCMWJII U AO HE - TAKE CARE and your eyes will take rare of you. If yon are Ap vmin rum irouuiea wiin nta- OF YOUR EYES DffSKSJJE5?S anil have yonr eyes examined free. w have rwlncrd prices and are t be lowest in the city. Nickel siwctws es from SI to fi: Bold from $ to IU. 4J3 Spruce Street, Scranton, Pa. Pa. GOODS .'w's.'.irA..'.fM .,