TUB FCBANTON" TBIBITNE-WEDNESPAT MORNING, JUNE 24. 1899.
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In DI.teusM of the Lower Bowel, Hemorrh.
tills. Fistula. FUsure, Pruli., Ulceration,
fctc. 308 Washington Ave., Opp. Tribune
Building. Clilce liuurs-o to 13. i to 5.
l'KltKOlNAL.
Dr. J. R. Fanlhiim Is attending; a con.
ventlon of dentists at Lebanon.
At noon today Miss Lizzie Cottle, of
Dunmorc, v.'ill be married to Harry Sykes,
of Green Uldt'e, at the Church of the
Good Shepherd, Green Ridge.
John J. Gorman, of Penn avenue, and
Miss Slattle Oormerly, of Railroad ave
nue, will be married at St. Peter's cathe
dial this morning at 8 o'clock.
William Hess, of Adams avenue, find
Henry Prehorn, of Jefferson avenue, left
last nlftht for New York, and today will
r.ill on Hip Friealpnd for Europe, to be
pone three months.
Dr. John XleCrath, who was recently
graduated from the University of Penu
sylvnnla, returned to his home, on South
Washington avenue, yesterday. Dr. -Mc
Grain, took a hlnh rank among the mem
bers of h!n clU8J and Rives promise of
proving a valuable addition to the pro
fession he proposes to devote his life to.
He will take- a short vest at his home be.
fore deciding where he will locate.
Von May Need One.
For sea side, lake or mountain. La
dles' suits, stylish, fine material, frond
workmanship, and when you need it we
have them ready to wear; prices moder
ate, Mears & Hagen,
TWO LARGE AUDIENCES.
They Snw the Vitascopc nnd Vaudc
villo Show nt Frothinglinni.
There was another large audience at
the Frothlng-ham last night to see the
vitascope and the excellent vaudeville
entertainment. At the matinee there
was also a large crowd. Frank La-
lona's musical tramp act was received
with great favor last night and he was
compelled to respond to several encores.
Latona and Miss Annie Whitney, an
other member of the company, are
members of the League of American
Wheelmen being members of a Boston
Mass., club. They have their bikes with
them.
Last night's exhibition of the pow
era of the wonderful vitascope was as
marvelous aa that of the preceding
evening and amazed and astonished the
audience. The vaudeville entertainment
and vitascope exhibition will be re
P'ated each afternoon and evening this
week. Bicycles will be checked free of
charge at the theatre, which Is kept
very cool.
STRUCK BY THE FENDER,
A Child Fell Into It nnd Escaped
I nil 11 rt.
A little 10-yeiir-uld girl was picked up
on the fender of a trolley car on Spruce
rtreet near Wyoming avenue Monday
r.lght. She was crossing the track and
looking toward Penn avenue. When
. the fender struck her she fell Into It In
a sitting position.
rne cnna was unnurt. She was
taken to the home of her aunt, Mrs,
I'.obblns, on Spruce street.
JUST A FLYER
FOR TIUS WEEK.
A Fine Russia Calf .
Bals, Needle Toe, (
: all- sizes and
widths, Goodyear
' welt, up-to-date,
$2.50
Cannot . get any
sell at that price.
more to
&
410 SPRUCE STREET.
KOEHLER
TWO EYE-WITNESSES
IDENTIFY TOOT
Their Testimony WUI do Hard with the
Defeadiat
COMMONWEALTHS EVIDENCE IN
Attorney Brow Opened the Defend
ant's Side of the ( ate to the Jam
bat So Witnesses Have Been Heard
Yet iu His FavorCase Tried Be
fore Judge Edwards in Xo. 2 Court
Itooai.
It required only from the time court
convened yesterday until 3.30 in tne
afternoon for all the evidence of the
commonwealth In the Tonl murder case
to be pr-Si-nted to the Jury; but. never
theless, Distiirt Attorney Jonn K. jones
made out a strong ease of murder or
the first degree. Hoss Keogh, of Old
Forge, and John Jenkins, now of Ash-Ir-v.
but a resident of Old Forge the
time of the murder, swore positively and
unhesitatingly that they saw the de
fendant lire the shots, and their testi
mony was also clear that there was ne
provocation, on the contrary, that Tonl
wilfully and deliberately pulled out his
revolver nnd used it upon the piortrate
body of -Rafter.
Attorney Joseph W. Drown opened tne
defendant's ease to the jury and out
lined the story of the defense. In sub
stance be said that a number of wit
nesses would go upon the witness stnnd
and swear that Tonl was not the man
who did the shooting, that he was not in
the habit of carrying a revolver, and
that he was In another , part of the
town that night. Their witnesses will
be heard toduy and until their case' ia
closed.
It is a strange coincidence that Tonl
boarded at the same house In which
Creztnzo Merolo lived. The fact that
Rafter lived sixteen days after the
shooting does not deprive the case of
the element of first degree murder. The
old common law of England, with cer
tain statutory modifications, is a part
the penal codeof thlsstate and provides
that if the wounded person dies within
a year and a elay after the Infliction of
the wound, then the prisoner may be
tried for his life.
DR. LONGSTREET'S TESTIMONY.
Dr. S. P. Longstreet county coroner,
was the first witness for the common
wealth. At the autopsy on he body
of Rafter the coroner located the bul
lets; they were lodged near the hip Joint
In the pelvic cavity. The primary cause
of death, he said, was the bullet wounds,
the secondary cause was the Inflam
mation or suppuration and .the direct
cause was blood poisoning.
An anatomical chart was erected near
the Jury box and the coroner Id a very
satisfactory end simple mannel de
scribed the course of the missiles and
where they had lodged. He gave his
opinion that death was Inevitable from
the wounds.
Ross Keofh was then sworn. He met
the deceased on Feb. 4, the day of the
shooting, at Fallon's hotel at the dinner
table, and afterward they went out to
gether and visited Cuslck's hotel. John
Haysprlnger, of tHyde Park, was along
also. He went on and told of their oc
cupation the rest of the afternoon and
evening and led up to the time of the
shooting.
They went Into Holland's hotel and
left it after having some cigars, and
stood for a few minutes at the door.
The Italian band was practicing up
stairs in Holland's hall and Rafter
wanted to go up. The witness did not
want to go up, and he caught hold of
Rafter by the coat sleeve. Then the
latter said he was going home and both
walked a few feet along the sidewalk
when they met Tonl. Rafter slipped
on the Ice, fell to the ground, an 1'onl
whipped out his revolver and shot him
twica.
TONI HID THE REVOLVER.
He ran as quick as he did it to his
boarding house and the witness followed
him. Tonl took a revolver out of his
pocket and put It on the shelf. Then
witness went back to the office of Jus
tlce of the Peace It. Willis Reese and
swore out a warrant for the arrest of
Ton! and went with Constable Patrick
Henry and identified the prisoner. There
was no hedging about Keogh's testl
mony and Mr. Martin's cross-examination
did not make him any less confi
dent that Ton! Is the man who did the
shooting.
County Detective Thomas Leyshon
testified that he was told by Keogh that
Tonl took a revolver out of his pocket
wnen ne ran into nis Hoarding :iuse
after the shooting. Mr. Leyshon vis
ited the house and found a revolver on
a shelf In Tonl's bed room. The weapon
was offered in evidence. After Mr.
Leyshon, Constable Patrick Henry was
called and he testified to making the
arrest.
Dr. John J. Timlin, of Old Forge, was
sworn and testified to having been
called to attend Rafter. He described
the wounds and Bald he probed for the
bullets but could not find them. Miss
Lallan C. Rafter, .a sister of the de
ceased, testified to her brother's suffer
ing and death. She is one pf the staff
of nurses at the Lackawanna hospital.
MOTHER ON THE STAND .
John Gallagher, of Old Forge, was the
next witnesB. He wns fifteen feet away
from Rafter when the shots were fired,
but he could not Identify the shooter.
He saw Keogh follow the person who
fired the shots. Mrs. Surah Rafter,
mother of tne deceased, and Miss Min
nie A. Rafter, another sister of the de-1
deceased, testified to his suffering and
death, and that he was brought home
from Old Forge on Feb, 7, three days
after being shot.
John Jenkins, of Ashley, was the last
witness for the commonwealth. He Is
a young man and used to drive cars In
Jermyn's shaft, Old Forge, to Tonl be
fore the murder, In that way he was.
well acquainted with the defendant.
He was four yards away from Rafter
when the shots were fired and he posi
tively; Identified Tonl as the murderer.
The trousers worn by the deceased on
the date of the shooting have a hole In
them as large as that the thumb can be
Inserted,. The aperture Is the one
through which ihi bullets went and Is
near the watch pocket at the waist
band. .
QUARTER SESSIONS COURT.
Mr. Campbell, of the Ilnrrisbnrg
Telegram Fared Poorly with Law.
Before Judge Edwards In No. the
assault and battery case of P. F. Camp
bell against Mrs. Mary Crew was tried.
Attorney T.. V. Powderly represented
the defendant and Assistant District
Attorney John M. Harris was the com
monwealth's counselor. On April 2B last
Campbell went up Thirteenth street on
the West Side and In front of Mrs.
Crew's house shouted out the announce
ment of a story In the Harrlsburg Tele
gram concerning tbe death of a relative
of the woman. Campbell la an agent of
that paper and he bad a oundle o. them
under his arm and had them for sale.
The witnesses for the prosecution tes
tified that Mrs. Crew came out and laid
violent bands on the newsdealer. 8 he
did not deny it herself. In fact, openly
admitted it, but urged that she had suf
ficient provocation. In closing his ar
gument to the Jury Attorney Powderly
made Campbell hot around the collar
by commenting on how brave It 1 for
a man to come Into court to prosecute
a woman for assault and battery.
SHE CONVICTED HhrtSELF.
Judge Edwards, In his charge to the
jury, instructed them that under the
evidence of the defendant herself she
had to be convicted, as the law does not
justify an assault on the provocation of
words. He suggested to them that a
verdict of guilty might be taken with
out leaving the box, but some of the
jurors dissented, and they retired, but
in a short time they rame back with a
verdict of guilty. ne of the Jurors said
that a suggestion was made In the Jury
room that they contribute to pay Mrs.
Crew 's fine if she wou.J receive one.
When they rame back with their ver
dict Judge Kdwards said he would con
fide to them that he would give Mrs.
Crew the lightest sentence the law al
lows, which is a fine of $1. He said he
was sorry he could not sentence Camp- I
bell or any other person who will go
around the streets announcing the con
tents of lewd newspapers.
The ansaiilt and battery case of Pat
rick Hannick against Bernard McTighe
was amicably settled and was with
drawn. Hotelkeeper John T. Gibbons, of Tay
lor, was tried for assault and battery on
William Thornton. Colonel Fltzslm-
mons represented the commonwealth
and Attorney Joseph O'Brien the de
fendant. A verdict of not guilty was
returned and the costs were equauy di
vided. AN OLTPHANT CASE.
William H. Davis, an Olyphant shoe
dealer, was tried for putting his boot
heel on William Rosser's face and im
printing the shape of it there. Attor
ney Joseph O'Brien was for the com
monwealth and Attorneys Richard Man
ning, of Susquehanna, and J. J. Man
ning, of this city, were for the defend
ant. The defense was that Rosser was
drunk and was forcing his way Into
Mr. Davis' store and got pushed out
and got the marks on his face from
falling on mother earth. The jury will
get the cose today.
A verdict of not guilty was taken In
the case against Frank Matuzas and
Anthony Gedraytls, who keep the saloon
on West Lackawanna avenue, where
William Yuske used to be. They were
charged with running a gambling house.
Andrew Krouchinos claims he went in
there last New Year's day, was in
veigled into a poker game and dropped
$90 of his hard earned silver, but he
wasn't around to prosecute when the
case was called and he will have to pay
the costs.
ANOTHER POWER STATION.
It is to be Erected by the Economy
Steam Heat Company
The Economy Steam Heat company
has begun the work of laying a main
down Lackawanna avenue from
Franklin avenue to Cliff street to sup
ply the buildings at the lower end of
Lackawanna avenue. Another im
provement the company . has begun
work on is the erection of a second
power house. It will be located on Cliff
street alongside of the Everhart brass
works. .
The building will be of brick, 90x50
feet In size, and be supplied with three
300-horse power Climax boilers, giving
a total of 800-horse power for the plant.
This new station will be used in con
Junction with the old one on Jefferson
avenue, which has a capacity of 2,100
horse power, and will result in a more
even distribution of steam on all of the
lines of the company. The new plant
will be ready to generate steam In Sep
tember and will enable the company to
meet any demands for steam that may
be made on it next winter.
BANK CHARGED WITH USURY.
Allegation That Eighteen Cents
Illegal Interest was Collected.
What promises to be an Interesting
case Is set down for Wednesday In Al
derman Wright's court. Daniel Wll
Hams, of Dunmore, alleges against the
president and directors of the Mer
chants' and Mechanics' bank, of Car-
bondale, the charge of usury. .,
Williams claims that he had some
dealings with the bank and was charged
more than the lawful rate of Interest,
which altogether amounted to the sum
of eighteen cents.
The penalty for the offense Is aid to be
a fine of $100.
DEPUTY SHERIFF RYAN ILL.
Suffering From nn Attack of Ery
sipelas of the Face.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Ryan is serious
ly 111 at his home on MaeUson avenue,
and Dr. John Burnett is in constant at
tendance upon him.
Ten days ago Mr. Ryan suffered an
attack of quinsy and as he was begin
ning to recover from that distressing
complaint erysipelas of the face set In
Last night Dr. Burnett said that
while Mr. Ryan was a very sick man he
did not anticipate serious results.
Ex-Sheriff John J. Fahey Monday
by request of Sheriff demons, assumed
Mr. Ryan's duties during the latter's
Illness.
If the Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
Mrs. Wlnslow':. Soothing Er-nip ha
en useo tor over uty Tears by Mil
1'rns of Mother; for t:.elr Children
while Teething, with Perfect Suocsm
It Soothes the Child, Softens th Gums,
Allays all Pain; Cures Wind Collo and
Is ttie best remedy for Diarrhoea. Sold
by Druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure and ask for "Mrs.. Wlnslow'a
Soothing Syrup," and take nn oth?r
kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
Ask Your Dealer.
for McGarrah'a Insect Powder, !
10-cent boxes. Never sold in
Take no other.
:5 and
bulk.
English
Capital for American Invest,
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Important to Americans
seeking En.
Ilsh capital for new enterprises. A Hat
containing the names and addresses of 210
successful promoters who have Dlac.J
over 100,000,000 sterling In foreign invest
men til within the last six yearn, and over
(18,000,009 for the seven months of vL
Price 6 or 125. payable by postal order
to the London and Universal bureau of
Investors, 20, Cheapslde, London, B C
Subscribers will be entitled, by arranaul
ment with the dlreotors to receive either
personal or letters of Introduction to any
of these successful promoters.
This list is first class In every respect,
and every man or Arm whose name au.
peara therein may be depended upon. For
placing the following It will be found In.
valuable Bonds or shares of Industrial,
Commercial and Financial Concerns,
XlortKttge loans, Bals of Lands, Patents or
Mines.
DlrectorsSIU EDWARD C. ROSS.
HON. WALTER C. PfiPTB.
, , CAPT. ARTHUR STIFFS.
Copyright
Ptllahury'i Flour rai::a hava a capac
It el 17,800 barrels a dad
STEPHEN VASHO
KILLED HIMSELF
Oaly
Iweaty-two Years of Ate
Tired ol Life Nevertheless.
but
SHOT HIMSELF IN LEFT BREAST
He Boarded at the House of Joseph
Kereke, on Second Street, and Was
Found Lying on a Bed Last Evening
with His Clothes Soaked with
Blood" Verdict of Coronr' Jury.
With the llood gushing from a bullet
wound In the left breast and a revol
ver tightly grasped In his left hand,
Stephen Vasko, 22 years old, a Huxtt
lan unmarried, was found dead and
lying on his bed early lust night in a
boarding house at 3?4 Second street,
Bllevue. Later In the evening a cor
oner's jury returned a verdict to the ef
fect that the case was one of suicide.
Vasko has been in this country five
years. He was provident, steady In his
habits and had for several years been
employed about the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western shops. The house
where he boarde-J Is kept by Joseph
Kereke. The boarders were h!1 of the
hard-working and Intelligent class.
The house Is rlenn, well furnished and
apparently well kept.
Vasko returned from work at the
uual hour last evening. He seemed In
his usual good spirits and after Bupper
chatted a while with some of the board
ers in the back yard. He left them a
few moments before 8 o'clock and went
to his room off the kitchen.
The room Is occupied by four of the
boarders. A few moments after Vas
ko entered the house one of the boarders
went to the room and found Vasko ly
ing on one of the beds.
Vasko's shirt was soaked in blood.
Across his chest rested his left arm,
the hand clasping a revolver of 32-cali-bre.
One chamber was empty. The
shirt had been scorched by the flash
from the weapon. The blood trickled
from the bullet wound directly over the
heart, indicating that the missile had
entered that organ and that death had
been Instantaneous
Evidence in accordance with the
foregoing was adduced at the Inquest
Coroner Lonstreet was notified of the
case at 9.30 o'clock. A few minutes
later he was at the house in Second
street and had impanneled the following
jury: Daniel A. Gelbert, John W. La-
I 6EATTY . .
MEARS BUILDING,
Will, on account of getting
into business so late, close
out all their ' Tan and Sum
mer Weight Shoes at quite a
sacrifice.
CROUCH BROS.
Baby Carriages at Surprise Prices.
The Best Value for the Least Money in this valley. See them.
AT NORTON'S, 322 Lackawanna Anno.
WE HAVE AN IMMENSE STOCK OF
3 b
9
Having closed out the
and until the goods are
guarantee to sell
Our stock Includes
parison and the most minute examination. Customers not satisfed with
money returned any time
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY
IV1EARS
cey. Patrick Langan. Frank McArthur.
J. T. Connery and L. B. Duhigg. After
hearing the testimony the Jury at once
agreed that Vasko had committed suicide.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Basket Meeting Today ia the Penn
Aveaae Church.
A basket meeting will be held today In
the Penn Avenue Baptist church by the
Woman's Baptist Mission society of the
Abington association. The morning
session will begin at 10.30 and the after
noon session at 2 o'clock.
Miss Frances Schuyler, of the -Women's
Home Mission society of Eastern
Pennsylvania will Uellver an address.
McKinlrv and Ilobnrt Bonner.
Thomas Holtham, proprietor of the
Park hotel at Elmhurst yesterday erec
ted, a flag pole In front of his hotel from
which he files the American flag. He
has also stretched across the street
a banner containing portraits of Mc
Klnlcy nnd Hobart, painted by Trof.
Wall of this city.
This Issue of The Tribune Is not com
plete without a colored portrait of our
next president, Hon. William McKln
ley. Do not accept It from as-ents or
carrier boys unless accompanied by the
portrait,
Bought Too Much
We eon ft $3 to a mistake in
buying. Crockery is a new
line with us, and we fell into
tho natural error of buying
too many of certain lots.
Only one way now to even up.
We will put a price on them
that you cau't resist.
Dinner Sets,
112 Pieces,
Kicely decorated, light blue
and dtlft; $12.00 would not be
unreasonable.
$6.90 the Set.
Dozens of other stylea in
Dinner and Tea Sets, all
marked without consulting
the cost.
Lemonade Sets
Special value, we call these.
Large Fucker and 0 Glasses.
all decorated, with delicate
gold and pearl trimmings.
Can't be had elsewhere for
less than 12.25.
25 Sots go for
$1.25 the Set.
REXFORD'S,
303 Lacka. Ave.
jJSySce the Gift Boom while
you're on the Crockery floor.
nnirc.?
and
LnSJlLy
remainder of one of the largest wholesa'er's stock of Hosiery, we offer Saturday
sold our entire purchase at from one-half to two-thirds their retail value. We
Ladies' 25 Cent Hose for . . . . : 17 cents.
35 " n " 21 "
" 50 . .... 35
Gents' 20 " " . .... 13 "
25 . . 17 "
35 ' ' ' . . . . a . 21 '
Children's 20 " " ... . . 13 "
30 . . . . - , . 17
heavy and light, Black and
within ten days.
419, 417
Lackawanna
Wedding
idirfc One of
The Many
The Pleasure of
The Chafing Dish
What is more enjoyable tha n the
preparation of a dainty luncheon,
with the hostess presiding over
the chafing dish? Lobster, a la
Nov. burg, Welsh Rabbit and the
other appetizing dishes?
Five o'clock Teas, eta
China Hall,
t
134 Wyoming Ave.
Walk In and look around.
FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
This Is a store for Particular People. We art
particular people ourselves, and keep par
tlcular goods. Our prices are not high. They
might cully be so considering the quality.
We keep a lull stock of Men's Furnishings
ol every description. If you can'tflnd satls
taction here. It's safe to My yea won't find
It anywhere.
AVCANN, the HATTER,
sos Wyoming Ave.
Ladles' "KNOX"HATS, . Stetson Agency
I
AYLESWORTtTS
MEAT MARKET
The Finest in toe city.
The latest tnymei font lab-
lap and apparatoa far
Mat, batter aid caa.
223 Wyoming Av.
WW,,.,"
Iff,,...,,
Tan, Plain Dropped Stitch
their
HA
Avenue, Scranton.
IILLAR
IIS
i wins
oi to Boys i Mil
Aa elegant assortment at prices thai
are very low considering the quality,
make-up, etc, is being showa at oar
store. If you are thinking of bnytag
a Spring Suit cal 1 ia and look at our
stock it will da you good, and nt,
too, of course. We are almost son
yon will boy cannot resist
OUR HAT AND
FURNISHING GOODS DEPT
Is replete with everything that la aeW
and stylish; all the latest styles aal
colors. Call in and be convince!
MUM)
Clothiers. Hdlera&Fumisf
We Have
On Hand
THE BEST STOCK5
IN THE CITY .
Also the Newest.
AIM the Cheapest
AUo the Largest.
Porcelain, Onyi, Bts
Silver Novelties In Infinite Variitjb
Latest Importation
Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds.
fl. E. ROGERS,
Jeweler and
Watchmaker
21B Lactaiaani Itjl.
WE FIT ALL
No matter what their size, their
shape, their looks or color of theit;
eyes. Our clothing is fit Your suits
fit and our prices are so reasonable as
to fit your sense of what is proper and
fair. We invite your patronage. If
given an opportunity we will deserve it
BOYLE I MUCKLDW.
416 LICKAW&filU AVENUE.
DR. LOBB'S BOOK FREE
To all lufl.ron of ERRORS OF YOUTtLj
LOST VIGOR and DISEASES Of MEN AN0
WOMEN, X08 clotB bound; s.onr.ljj
eealnd aad malUd free. Tr.atoi.at br mafl
utriotlr cenfidrntiul, and a positive quick enra
gua anted. to matt.r how loag alandlng, I
will pwitlfolr ear. jeu. Writ, or call.
nD I flCtt 329 N- Sth St., Philada., Pa,
Ull. uuDU 30 j.ars' continuous araeHeeS
E.
and Ribbed. We court com.
purchase can have their
IN.
THE SEASON
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Pa.