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    THE - SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY HORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.
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Baking Powder,
1 1 use it in my kitchen and class work."
Emma P. EwiNC, Principal Chautauqua Ctoking School.
Norrman & Moore
FIRE INSURANCE,
120 Wyoming Ave.
"Husband, thl. lr I stuff r nd br-.d;
I'll get a dirurce if tuore'.on. to ba had.
Air that's pure, and a home that', briput,
Caa only bs found witU The Suburban Light. "
SUBURBAN ELECTRIC LIGHT
COMPANY,
Tho (troatost luxury In a modern homo
fnext to a Rood buth room) i. the Incandus
ent Eloctrio Liifht No dwollins H complete
or "up-to-date" without both. No bu.inos.
place without the lattor.
Our sy.tem, using the alternating current,
1b absolutely snfo from fira.
ackawanna
THF
aundry.
jcS Pcnn Ave.
A. B. WARMAN.
pecial Notice
ABOUT Sept. 20t.l1 our
new store will be
completed, which will be
the largest Carpet, Wall
Paper, Drapery and Cur
tain Store in the State,
and we will show the
largest stock of new
goods in each department
ever shown in Scranton.
I
Carpets, Draperies and Wall Pap:r.
I27WYOMINQ AVE.
cm son.
The I.nrknwnnna company pnM yester
day nt tho Hampton anil Sloan rnlnm.
Tho regular mcctlns of the Home for tho
Friendless will ho held tomorrow morn
Insr. Tho Delawnro and Hudson eompnny pnld
yeptorduy at LeggcU's Creek und Xlar
vlne mines.
The minimi parade and Inppoctton of the
Scranton lire department will tuko place
September S3.
The will of Catherine Adams, late of this
city, wns probated yesterday by Register
W. S. Hopkins.
TlcRUlar meeting of the board of mana
nrr of the Home for the Friendless at
usual hour and place.
In the estate of Jacob Keryzanofskl
letters of administration were grunted to
his widow, Jtillu .
Superintendent OeorRo Howell was ono
of the lecturers at the city teachers' In
stitute In Wllkes-Barre, Tuosday.
In the' estate of Patrick McOuIro, late of
Archbald, letters of administration wero
granted to the widow, Julia MeUulrc.
Scranton Stove works employes will
meet tonlnht In the board of trude room
for the purpose of forming a benevolent
association.
The Woman's Keeley league will meet
this evenlmr nt 7.30 o'cloc k at the Institute,
7.'S AIndiA i nventie. All members are re
quested u be present.
Marriage licenses were granted yes
terday by Clerks of tho Courts John H.
Thomas to Ilert R. WIckwire und Lillian
Kenan, of t'arbondula; Joseph Such and
Anna Kerzennlen, of Taylor.
The Association of the Ono Hundred and
Forty-third rcKlment, Pennsylvania vol
unteers, of which Captain 1. Do Lacy, of
this city, is president, held Its thirtieth
annual reunion at Plttston yesterday.
Tho Laurel club extends nn Invitation
to women and slrls to attend a musical
and literary entertainment and harvest so
cial tonlKht nt 7.45 o'clock in the Young
Women's Christian association building.
At today's meeting of the board of
health Attorney (ieorKo S. Horn, who
succeeds Colonel K. 11. Ttipplp, will take
his seat. It is not expected that any at
tempt will be made to dlstrub tho organi
zation as newly effected.
The offices of the Colliery Engineer com
pany, proprietors of the Colliery Kiigineer
and Metal Miner, Home Study and the In
ternational Correspondence Schools, In the
.(Joel Exchange building, Scranton, Pa.,
which wero partially destroyed by firo
on Sunday morning, August 30th, IS'.Hi,
havn been moved to quarters on the three
Upper floors of the new Mears building,
corner of Washington avenue and Spruce
(Mreot.
Tnx Collectors Ilond.
James E. Loftus, collector of poor
tax In the borough of Throop, filed his
bond aa collector of poor tax for tho
Wakely poor district, yesterday In the
'office of I'rothonotary Pryor. The
amount of the bond la f.3.422.62 and the
bondamen are Thomn Hanahoo, John
JIahoney and John O'Hara,
James J. Lawlor, collector of taxes
In Wlnton borough, filed his bond of
J5.S02.74 with the JSlakely district. Ills
bondsmen are Thomas Keddlngtun and
Michael Gallagher.
WHIhim K. Moses, collector of taxes
In Dickson borough, jrave his bond 'to
the same district for the sum of $B.774.S2.
His bondamen are Albert Cleaves, Mot.
rla Weiss. Edson Scott, W. P. Knyder.
"William McLoughlin and J. N. Snyder.
.
A tircat College.
On the opening day of the last school
year at Williams' college (then Wood's)
only thirty students entered the short
hand department. Testerday 71 en
tered that department, being eleven
more than twice as many as last year.
Popularity, thoroughness and public
appreciation of uncqualed advantages
are thus shown, and competition
gainst any other two business col
leges of the state Is freely challenged.
SI
Sure.1'
COMPLETE EVIDENCE
AGAINST VAN HORN
Verdict of Guilty Last Night at the
Coroners' Inquest.
HIS RAZOR WAS IDENTIFIED
It Was Found in the Cellar Where
Mrt. Wcstcott's Throat Was Cut.
She Told Three Witnesses That
Vnn Horn Did the I)eedPolice
F.U'orts Hampered by Lack of Funds.
Py the verdict of the coroner's Jury,
arrived at Inst night after hearing the
testimony of several witnesses, George
Van Horn Is charged with the murder
of Mrs. Josephine Westcott, the Frank
lin avenue boarding house keeper,
whose throat was cut last Friday night,
and who tlird tho day after ut the
Lackawanna hospital.
Though the evidence before the coro
ner's jury wus entirely circumstantial,
yet it wns HUlIlcleiit. with tho state
ment made by Mrs. Westcott to those
who were present In the house after
tho deed was committeed, to hold Van
Horn responsible for the crime. Three
of tho witnesses swore that Mrs. West
cott said, when they asked her who
did it, that it wus Van Horn.
There was now evidence to corrobo
rate Sirs. Westcott. The bloodstained
razor which wns found on the dirt lloor
ot the cellur the night the deed was
committed was Identified by Mrs.
Coons, of Franklin avenue, as having
been stolen from her husband by Van
Horn. John Medell, who sold the razor
to Coons, Identified the razor found In
the cellur as the name one.
Chief of Police Kidding was present
at the inquest and liu had the razor
with him, but he had also two other
razors, which looked very much like
the one that cut Mrs.Westcott's throat.
He not the two at Luxemberger Hros'.
barber shop before coming to the court
house, and It would be Impossible to
pick the right razor out of the three
without having known It previously.
MR, WICKUXHOFFER'S TESTI
MONY. Oeorge Wlckenlioffer, of 250 Franklin
avenue, which is Just across the street
from the Westcott residence, was the
first witness sworn by Coroner Long
street. Last Frlduy evening, he said,
after supper lie took his pipe and to
bacco and a newspaper on tho front
porch, and was Just making up his
mind to retire to bed, when ho heard a
commotion across the way.
He ran over and saw Mrs. Westcott
standing In the doorway with her two
hands against her throat and the blood
streaming through her hands. Sho
urged them for God's sake to get a doc
tor without delay, that her throat was
cut and she had been murdered.
"Who did it?" asked Mr. Wlcken
hofl'er. "That fellow," she answered.
"What fellow?" asked he.
"George Van Horn," she replied very
distinctly.
The witness then busied himself get
ting a doctor and procuring attendance
for her to assist her in every manner
possible. He heard her tell others,
who asked afterward, that Van Horn
was the person who cut her throat.
William J. Trimble, a man who
boarded at the murdered woman's house
gave testimony. About twenty-five
minutes toS that night he went into
the kitchen for a drink of water. Sho
was in the kitchen lahout her house
work. He went up stairs to his room.
He henrd unusual noises down stairs,
and going to the head of the stairway
he heard someone breathing heavily
nd making gutteral exclamations. The
blood was issuing In stearins from a
wound on Mrs. Westcott's neck.
She wns uttering that she had been
murdered, and he questioned her as to
who did it. She- told him it was Van
Horn, and then ordered him to go for
a. doctor. He and Mr. WickenholTer
first sought a doctor, and afterward
went out hunting for the fiendish mur
derer. CALLING FOR HELP.
Mrs. Oscar Fetterholf was the first
to see Mrs. Wescott after hor throat
was cut. The witness ten minutes be
fore left Mrs. Westcott in the kitchen
and went to her room. She was not
upstairs very long when someone called
out her name loudly. She ran to the
door of her room and saw Mrs. West
cott coming upstairs, holding her hands
to her thront and acting as If in great
pain. Mrs. Fetterholf asked her what
had hnppened and was informed that
George Van Horn had slashed a razor
across her throat. The witness after
that was engaged In assisting the
wounded woman.
William Heedlcr and Oscar Fetterholf,
husband of the preceding witness, were
sworn and they testified to seeing Mrs.
Westcott with her throat cut, but they
did not bother about annoying her with
questions concerning who did it and
what the cause of It was. They heard
others then present say that Mrs. West
cott charged Van Horn with the crime.
Wesley Kresge, motorman on thj
South Side sree car line, lives next
door to the house where the crime was
done. His back door Is close to the
cellar door of the Westcott house. That
night some friends called upon him.
They were sitting in the parlor, and
about ten minutes to 8 o'clock he heard
the clothes lino, which Is fastend to
the corner of the kitchen and runs
back nearly to the rear of the garden,
twanging so as to be felt where they
were sitting.
He remarked, humorously, thnt some
one must be trying to hang himself on
the line and he went out to Investigate.
He was told that Mrs. Wescott a few
minutes before wont down into the cel
lar and that some man had been hiding
down there and rut her throat, and that
he jumped over Mr. Kresge's fence and
made his escape down the lot. The flee
ing murderer, Mr. Kresge believes, ran
Into the clothesline.
FOUND THE RAZOR.
Thomas Morrow, another person who
boarded with the dead woman, and the
ono who found the razor on the lloor of
the cellar, was sworn. He left the house
soon after 7 o'clock that night, he said,
and took a walk. Returning less than
an hour later he saw larga crowds gath
ered on the streets In the neighborhood
of the boarding house. Some one told
him that his boarding mistress had been
murdered. About 11.30, after everybody
but the folks of the house had gone
away, he and another boarder, William
Pettlt, decided to go down Into the cel
lar to" Investigate. They took a lamp
with them and after a short search
found the razor on the floor. The blade
was open and It was stained with blood.
Chief Robling took the three razors
from his pocket and laid them down on
the desk. Coroner Longstreet told Mr.
Morrow to select from the three the
razor that he found in the cellar. He
looked them over carefully and picked
out the right one.
John Medell, of Franklin avenue, was
sworn and testified that he sold a razor
to William Coons several months ago.
He was asked If It was any of the three
razors lying on the desk. He looked at
them and identified the one which had
been found in the cellar.
Mrs. William Coons was sworn. Her
husband could not be present. Coroner
Longstreet asked her if she could Iden
tify the razor Mr. Medell sold to her
husband. She. said she could and she
picked out the one that had been picked
by the other two witnesses before her.
Chief Robling took the razors up and
placed them in different positions each
time.
COMPLETE PROOF.
The razors looked so much alike, and
the three last witnesses were seated
apart in the arbitration room so tnr.t
there could be no possible way of one
gaining any knowledge of which was
the right razor, by watching the others
pick it out.
This was all the testimony taken and
the jury In a few minutes agreed upon
the following verdict:
"We, the undersigned Jurors, find
thnt Mrs. Josephine Westcott came to
her death from the effect of a wound In
her throat, made by a razor in the
hands of George Vnn Horn on the even
ing of August 28, 1S96: Dr. E. M. Pen
nypneker, Wallace G. Moser, D. J.
Moriaiity, A. J. Wlnebrnke, Dr. C. M.
Slttorly, John T. Rrown."
Mayor Halley and Chief Robling fixed
upon $511 as the amount of the reward
offered for the capture of Van Horn.
They proiose to pay this out of their
own pockets to tho one who earns it.
Chief Robling had a quantity of photo
graphs of the murderer taken yester
day from an old photograph and pro
poses to secure many more as fast as
they enn be turned out and send them
all over the country.
Nothing new was learned of Van
Horn's whereabouts up to a late hour
last night.
ADVENTISTS TO STAY.
Believers in the Seventh Day Doctrine
Will Organize a Church on
the West Side.
The Seventh day Adventlsts will or
ganize a church on the West Side, thus
giving their denomination the first foot
hold In this part of Pennsylvania. For
the past month evangelists, represent
ing the State Adventlsts' conference,
have conducted missionary meetings In
a tent on South Main avenue and-it is
owing to the success of this movement
that the conference will establish a
church here.
The tent meetings are held nightly
and during Sunday afternoons and
evenings. Evangelist K. C. Russell, the
principal expounder of the Adventlsts'
doctrine, has created a general uprising
In tho Adventlsts' favor among the resi
dents of lower Hyde Park. His talks
have attracted hundreds of listeners.
He seems to strike a convincing chord
and the converts, it is said, are quite
numerous.
Many persons who were formerly
staunch members of other churches find
themselves on the Adventlsts' side.
Among the West Side ministers the
speaker Russell Is creating an Impres
sion. Many of these have attended the
tent meetings and a great deal of re
spect Is shown to the evangelist.
PLAIN-SPEAKING MAN.
Mr. Russell Is especially argumentive.
He is a plain speaking man and is of
much dramatic force while in the pul
pit. With him, engaged In the work, are
Elder W. H. Smith and Student J. H.
Schilling. The three men live In a small
tent which has been pitched In the
shadow of the main canvass. Their sup
ply of the necessaries of living comes
from the people who live near the tent.
Such an Interest Is taken In the mission
aries and In the church thnt the move
ment has been self-supporting Blnce its
inauguration.
Owing to the cold weather the tent
meetings will soon be abandoned and
the evangelists will hold forth during
the winter In Heers' hall on North Main
avenue. It Is thought thnt during the
run of the Heers hall meetings the first
church will be organized. Elder Smith
will be In charge hereafter, Mr. Russell
going to other parts In the interest of
his creed.
"You can say as a positive tact," said
Student Schilling to a Tribune repnrter
yesterday, "a church will be established
here; when, we cannot say, but some
time during the winter."
LARGE JUDGMENTS FILED.
Involves tho Ownership of the Froth
iiiKhnni and Arcade.
Two large Judgments, one for $:!0,375,
the other for J29.452.62, were filed yes
terday In court against Arthur Froth
Ingham and Laura, his wife. A judg
ment of $1,0C0 was filed a few- days ago,
and the three make a total amount of
nearly Jfil.ooo.
Executions were issued and the writs
were placed In the hands of the sheriff.
Attorney Charles H. Welles represents
the creditors. The judgments are
against the theatre and the leasehold
Interest In the Arcade property. Unless
a settlement of the claims be made out
side of court, the sheriff will advertise
these proiertles for sale, and will dis
pose of them to the highest bidder w hen
the sale duy arrives.
For t Serve Tonic I sc Horsl'ortl's
Acid Phosphntc.
Dr. II. M. Harlow, Augusta, Me.,
says: "I regard It as one of the best
remedies In all cases in which the sys
tem requires an acid and a nerve
tonic."
Owing to fire in Conl Exchange
building we have moved our office tem
porarily to Second National Hank
building. 234 Lacka. nve., in rooms for
merly occupied by Traders' National
bank. Atlantic Refining Co.,
Scranton station.
The Misses Merrill's School.
The Misses Merrill's private school
for primary and Interemedlute pupils,
will open Monday, Sept. 14, USDS, 612 Jef
ferson avenue.
A Handsome t'pright Nohnirr Piano.
for sale at a bargain; carefully selected;
slightly used; fully warrnnted. Address
Miss Hardenbergh, 633 Madison avenue.
The King of Pills is Beecham's.
BEECHAM'S.
READY TO APPLY
MR. rARR'S NEW ACT
c
Nearly 10,000 Children in This City Come
Under Its Provisions.
CAN THEY ALL BE ACCOMMODATED
There Were 10,000 Children Enrolled
Last Year and the New Enumera
tion Show. That Now There Are
Nearly as Many as That Between
the Ages o Eight and Thirteen
Yeur"t;ist of the Law and How It
Is Proposed to Put It Into Effect.
The new compulsory education law
will go into effect with the opening of
the public schools on the 14th Inst. Then
will be solved the problem of applying
the new uct.
This law, in a nutshell, provides that
all children between the ages of eight
and thirteen years must attend some
school wherein the lEngllsh branches
are taught, for at least sixteen weeks
In the year, unless excused for some
urgent reason by the board of control.
Penalties are prescribed for persons
holding parental relation to children
who do not obey the law.
The county assessors ure required to
make out a list of all children coming
under the provisions of the law and
place it in the hands of the secretnry
of the school district. He must for
ward these books to the principals of
the various buildings and they are re
quired to check off monthly all chil
dren who are absent more than five
days.
A certificate from the principal of
any educational Institution that a child
is In attendance there shall be a satis
factory excuse for the non-attendance
of a child at public school. The board
can then appoint attendance officers
whose duty It shall be to require truant
or absented children to attend school
or to cause the parents or guardians to
furnish reasons before the board why
such children are not attending school.
REGISTRATION BY DISTRICTS.
In this city the registration of chil
dren hus been completed by the asses
sors and is now in the possession of
Secretary E. D. Fellows, of the board
of control. It shows that there are In
this city 9,17'J children who come under
the provisions of the act, that is, chil
dren who are between eight and thir
teen years of age. They are located as
follows:
First ward, First district 1M
First ward, Second district
First ward, Third district &SS
Becond ward, First district 17
Second ward, Second district 1SD
Second ward, Third district H
Second ward, Fourth district 13
Second wurd, Fifth district H;3
Third ward. First district ItD
Third ward, Second district 1"
Fourth ward, First district , 115
Fourth wurd, Second district IN
Fourth ward, Third district 240
Fourth ward, Fourth district U-3
Fifth ward, First district 2iW
Fifth ward, Second district HI
Fifth ward, Third district 142
Filth ward, Fourth district 152
Sixth ward, First district 2u7
Sixth ward, Second district 103
Sixth ward, Third district ISO
Seventh wurd, First district 47
Seventh wurd, Second district 72
Seventh wurd, Third district 1M
Eighth ward, First district Li
Eighth ward, Second district 99
Ninth ward, First district fti
Ninth ward, Second district 130
Ninth ward. Third district M
Tenth ward 270
Eleventh ward, First district 2.'2
Eleventh wurd. Second district 1U1
Eleventh ward. Third district 124
Twelfth ward, First district 1S4
Twelfth ward, Second district SO
Thirteenth ward, First district 218
Thirteenth ward, Second district H7
Thirteenth ward. Third district 129
Fourteenth ward, First district 159
Fourteenth wurd, Second district 2-12
Fifteenth ward, First district 229
Fifteenth ward, Second district 219
Sixteenth ward. First district S9
Sixteenth ward. Second district Ml
Seventeenth ward. First district !20
Seventeenth ward. Second district .... 217
Eighteenth ward 176
Nineteenth ward. First district 223
Ninetenth wurd. Second district 2;;t
Nineteenth ward. Third district liti
Nineteenth ward, Fourth district 2W
Twentieth ward, First district 171
Twentieth ward, Second district 233
Twentieth wurd, Third district 115
Twentieth ward. Fourth district hjo
Twenty-first wurd. First district 149
Twenty-llrst wurd, Second district .... 153
BIG GAIN IN NUMBERS.
According to last year's enrollment
there wus nn average attendance of a
little over 10,000 pupils In the public
schools, their ages ranging between six
and twenty-one years. The assessors'
enumeration shows that there are this
year nearly ns many children between
eight and thirteen years of age as there
were of all ages In attendance last
year. There is a very large percentage
of children below eight and above thir
teen years of age attending school and
It looks as If the enforcement of tho
law Is going to overtax the already
crowded schools.
The law, however, requires the school
board to make provisions for every
child that should attend school and
consequently there can be no great evil
resulting.
WEST SIDE SLANDER SLIT.
One Man Wants 83,000 for Being
Called n Thief.
John Bertoli.of the West Side, brought
an action of trespass for slander yester
day In court against Patrick J. Man
pen. He wants damages In the sum of
$5,000. Attorney Joseph Jeffrys repre
sents the plaintiff.
The suit is based on the following lan
guage which Eertoll claims wns ad
dressed to him on August 2S last by
Mangan In tho presence of several per
sons: "You robbed me of money, you
thief you." The tittering of this sen
tence, he says, hus damaged his char
acter to the amount for which the suit
is brought.
E0ARD MET AND ORGANIZED.
Those Anxious to Become Mine In
suet-tors Will Be Examined.
The board that examines applicants
for mine inspectors In this county met
yesterday afternoon In select council
chambers In the city hall and organized.
The board Is composed of John F. Sny
der, of this city; Andrew Allen, of Dun
more; Vnughan Richards, of Priceburg;
Martin Miller, of the South Side, and
Peter Flantielly, of Carbondale.
Mr. Snyder was chosen president of
the board, and Deputy Clerk of the
Courts Emll R. Bonn was chosen secre
tary. After organization was perfected
adjournment was made to Wednesday,
September 16, at 2 p. m. in the same
place.
Under the Act of lS91thecourts of com
mon plens in anthracite districts are
vested with the power of appointing five
persons, two of whom shall be mining
engineers and the others practical
miners, to constitute a board for the
examination of applicants for the posi
tion of mine Inspector, Messrs. Snyder
and Allen are the engineers, the 'others
are miners.
The terms of Inspector Edward Rod
erick, ot the First district, and Patrick
Blewltt, of the Second district, will ex
pire next month. It Is to examine ap
plicants for these positions that the
board will meet on the 16th. The result
of the examinations is forwarded to the
executive department and the appoint
ments are made after due consideration
by the governor.
IS 0R0WIN0 STEADILY.
Hoped That the Twin Shaft Fund
Will Reach 910,000.
Although tho Twin shaft fund of the
Scranton board of trade has reached a
figure several thousand dollars larger
than was at first hoped by its most san
guine supporters, it continues to In
crease. It is an exception where a day
passes by without the addition of one
or more contributions.
The fund has grown to $15,826.12, or
within S173.8S of $16,000, the amount It is
now hoped to attain.
Yesterday's statement of the fund wns
announced as follows by Secretary Ath
erton: Previously acknowledged $13,818 C2
Additional contribution from the
employes Dickson shaft, D. &
H. C. Co 1 50
Additional contributions from the
employes of Elk 11111 Coal and
Iron Co.
Simon Andrews to
Anthony Dler to
James Harrington h
Daniel Farrell !(
Thomas Noon M
Patrick Noon (V
Frank llrlslln M
John Konch 25
Alec. 1'owco ' 25
Ed. Newton 1 00
Murtln Jordun 1 00
x
$ 6 00
$15,826 12
WILL BE WELL FURNISHED.
Board of Trade's New Homo to Be
Elegantly Equipped.
No rooms or apartments of any com
mercial organization in the country are
to be more handsomely furnished than
those of the Scranton board of trade
in its new bull l'.ng now neaiing com
pletion on Linden street. In order to
provide all possible funds for furnish
ing purposes the building committee
hus Issued the following letter to board
of trade members:
Dear Sir: The Scranton board of trade
will take possession of their rooms in the
board of trade building on or about No
vember 1st. In order that your building
committee may take the necessary steps
to suitably furnish them, and provldo (or
any further funds thut may be required
In excess of our present resources. It is
especially desired that all dues be paid at
once. Our new quarters will be peculiarly
adapted to our needs, and for beauty and
convenience will bo second to none in the
country. It is hoped thnt each member's
individual Interest in this matter will call
forth a prompt and hearty response.
Respectfully yours,
A. W. Dickson,
11. M. Holes,
J. A. Linen,
C. 1'. Davidson,
E. II. St urges,
Building Committee.
Most of the offices in the building
have been retted. A few will not bo
occupied, however, until after the first
of next Jnnunry on the termination of
leases held by prospective tenants In
their present quarters.
Testing the concrete.
Street Commissioner Kinsley's Poor
Opinion of Nome of It.
In the continuation of his tests of the
concrete that is being laid, of late, by
the Barber Asphalt company, Street
Commissioner Kinsley yesterday went
to Capouse avenue, where some repairs
were recently mode nnd found the con
crete there to be of a very inferior qual
ity, according to his opinion and that of
two experts, Frank Wolfe and Edward
Jenks, who accompanied him.
Mr. Kinsley claims that concrete
should be so hard that It will not yield
easily to a pick. The concrete exam
ined yesterday could be dug up with the
hands.
"Best goods for least money." Polite
attention. Quick delivery. Coursen.
THE CLIMAX
ineMCish has Gome am
Now comes the climax of our great
clearance sale. If price is the object our
entire stock of millinery goes out on
schedule time.
Nothing we can say In tho newspapers
will give you any Idea of tho bargains
offered at this our great wind up sale.
A. R. SAWYER,
33 Wyoming Avenue.
Including the painless oxtrartin; of
tMth by an .ntir.ly now procsi.
S. C. SNYDER, D. D..S.,
M Sprue St, Opp. Hotel Jenny n.
ISM MATTINGS
Japanese Rugs, 9x9 ft, $5; some slightly damaged, - $4.00
Japanese Rugs, 7 1-2x10 1-2, ft. $5; some slightly damaged, 3,50
Japanese Rags, 3x3 ft., . 50c. each.
Straw Mattings .... 10c. per yard.
$Entire Stock reduced to close out.GT
SIEBECKER
(Largo Show Window.)
To Core a Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
falls to cure. 25 cents.
Steam clams, spring chicken and
good beer, at Lohmann's, Spruce.
Prices Gut
IN HALF.
so
IN STERLING SILVER.
BERRY, THE JEWELER
423 Lackawanna Aveim
1 Qt.
flason's Fruit
Jars With
Porcelain
Lined Tops,
39 Cts.
a doz. at
(Tarl(e
ros.
StThomas College
SCRANTON.
CLASSICAL AND COmMERClAL SCHOOLS
THB CLASSICAL SCHOOL affords a lull
chumiciil coin sn for pupils destined for the
5rofrssions, sud includes Latin, UrMk,
invlivh, Mnthcmntics, Science Mental
Phdcsophr and Ethics.
THB COMflERCI AL SCHOOL affords a full
busliies. cour.u for boy preparing for
commercial life. Tin branch, taught in
elude English. Modern Languages, Arlth
luetic. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type
writing. Drawing, Kolencn, &c.
For Particular. Apply to
REY. D. J. MncQOLDRICK, Pres.
or
Brother Angelas, Director of Studies.
POWELUS
fiusic Store.
PIANO SPECIALTIES:
Chickering
(The Standard of the World,)
Ivers & Pond
(With Patent Soft-Stop,)
McPhail
(With Compensating Rods.)
Norris & Hyde
(.With Transposing Keyboard.)
And other excellent
makes. Prices and terms
on application.
ARGAINS
AND RUGS.
is
& WATKINS
, 406 LACKA. AVE.
MOTHER RARE 6PPSRTDRITY.
iusl e
jsf
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At Remarkably Low Prices.
LADIES' CAPES.
Ladies' Cloth Capes, formerly
$2.50. Sale Price. So.
Lndics Yelt Capes, formerly
$5.00, Sale Price. $2.59
Ladies' Silk Capes, formerly
$0.00. Sale Price, $2.98
LADIES' SUITS.
Ladies' Outing Suits, lined with
silk, full skirt, formerly
$1 1.50, Sale Price, $8.98
Ludics Blazer Suits, in all
wool mixed goods, formerly
$10.00. Sale Price, $5.98
Ladies' Black AH Wool Serge
Suits, formerly $12.00,
Sale Price, $7.01
Fine Milan Braid Sailors,
worth $1.40, Sale Price, 39f
LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS.
Which were sold nt $1.19, 98c.
and 75c, Sale Price, 39e.
Ladies' Fine Dimity Shirt
Waists. formerly $2.50,
$1.75 and $1.15,
Sale Price. $1.19
INFANTS' COATS.
Infants Long and Short Coats,
silk nnd cashmere, formerly
$3.50, Sale Price, $1.19
Infants Caps, formerly 35c.,
Sale Price, 10c
Now is the time to have your
furs repaired by the only practW
cal furrier in the city.
J. BOLZ,
138 Wyoming Avenui
High
Grade
Shaw,
Emerson,
Malcolm im
CloDgb & Warren,
Carpenter,
Waterloo.
And Lower Gradas at
Very Low Prices.
J. LAWRENCE STELLE,
03 SPRUCE STREET.
Owing: to the
fire in the Coal
Exchange, our
store wil 1 be closed
for several days.
Due announce
ment of opening
will be given
P. M'CREAl CO.,
128 WYOMING AVENUE.
are necessary to the well appointed tahla.
Prlcrs for pretty design. In good china
are very low now. Tlu-re Is no renfon
why yoii should not be able to' preparo tor
the coming Reason. Just look In and sea
what we offer.
DQIflPC
ni r iunuL
31 Penn Ave. Opp. Baptist Church
Middle of the Block.
F RE
jri's
va Dunn's