THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- THUKSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1896.
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(tiptis, Draperies and Wall Pap:r.
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REPt'BLICAN MEETIXtiS.
OU) FORGE. Thursday, Oot. 22. In Fal
lon's hall. Speakers, District Attorney
John K. Jones, Attorney J. M. Hurrls,
Attorney F. W. Fleitz mitl tleoige Okell.
801TTH SIDE.-Thursday, Oc t. 22, In Mil
ler's hall. Speakers,. Attorney K. A.
Zimmerman and Attorney H. C. Rey
nolds. SOUTH SIDE. Thursday, Oct. 22. in Cal
lery'a arcade. Speakers. Attorney C. P.
O'Malley and Attorney H. M. Streeter.
CARHONDALE. Thursday, Oct. 22, In
Opera House. Speakers, Hon. V. A.
Stone, Mnjor Everett Warren, Attorney
A. J. Colborn, Jr., and Attorney John F.
Keynolds.
MOOSIC Friday, Oct. 2.1, In Diamond
hall. Speakers, Attorney John Hall Os
borne. Attorney John M. Harris, Attor
ney H. C. Keynolds.
PROVIDENCE. Frldny. Oct. 2X in Com
pany II armory. Speakers, Hon. Mar
riott Droslus, of l-nneaster; Attorney
Homer Oreene. of Honesdale, and At
torney W. (laylord Thomas.
SOUTH SIDE. Friday, Oct, 33. In Xat.
ter's hall. Speakers, Attorney A. A.
Vosburg, Hon. F. T. Okell and E. K.
Hall.
DUNMORE. Friday, Oct. 23. In OM Fel
lows' hall. Speakers, Hon. B. F. HtiRhes,
Attorney E. H. 8hurtlefl and Attorney
,R. A. Zimmerman,
TAYLOR. Saturday, Oct. 24, In Weber's
rnk. flpeakors, Major Everett Warren,
District Attorney John R. Junes, Attor
ney John M. Harris and others.
WAVERLY.-Satiirdny, Oct. 24. in tho
band room. Speakers, Colonel F. L.
Hitchcock. Attorney H. SI. Streeter, At
torney T. F. Penman and Hon. John F.
1 .nmlla
PECKVITXE. Saturday, Oct. 24. Spea't
ears, Attorney M. W. Ixiwry, Attorney
H. C. Reynolds and Attorney John F.
Reynolds.
EI.MDALE.-Saturday, Oct. 24. Speakers,
Rev. H. M. Harris and Mark Edgar.
SOUTH SIDE. Saturday, Oct. 24, In Phil
lip's hull. Speakers, Attorney R. A.
Zimmerman and Attorney C. P. O'Mal
ley. PRCKVII.LE. Monday. Oct. 2G, in ld
yard's hall. Speakers, Major Everett
Warren. Attorney R. A. Zimmerman
and others.
MINOOKA. Monday, Oct. 2(1. Speaker,
Rev. H. H. Harris. Attorney F. W.
Fleltz, Attorney John R. Edwards and
others.
DALTON. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Speakers,
A. J. Colborn, Jr., Attorney H. C. Rey-
nolds.
CENTRAL CITY.-Thursdav, Oct. 29. In
the Frothlngham. Speakers, Governor
Daniel H. Hastings, General Latta, Gen
eral Reeder, Colonel Henry Hall, of
Pittsburg, and Hon. Charles F. War
wick, mayor of Philadelphia.
city mm.
Lost A voting pug dog, answers to Ned.
Reward of 13 If returned to Luther Keller,
615 Clay avenue.
"II Penslroso," a weekly paper devoted
to the Interests of the Italians of Lacka
wanna and Luzerne county, has mude its
appearance.
. Today Is donation day nt the Home for
tho Friendless. Cash, clothing, edibles
and the like will be gratefully received
and duly acknowledged.
. ..v . r ut- nu uj.ici aupper Hna en
tertainment In Flnley's hall this evening
for the benefit of Shiloah Baptist church.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Superintendent of Schools George How.
ell will lecture before the Women's Chrls
tian Temperance union of the South Side
this evening ou "The Value of Education."
Mayor Bailey yesterday suspended sen
tence on Mrs. Bridget Jones, the woman
found drunk and asleep on the Delaware
and Hudson tracks at Dodgetown. Tues
day night.
The ladles of All Soul's church will give
one of their excellent suppers In the
chapel, near the corner of Pine street and
Adams avenue, orf Friday evening of this
week, from 6 to 8 o'clock.
Members of John Boyle O'Reilly coun
cil. No. 134, Young 'Men's Institute, are
requested to meet at their hall at 7 30
this morning to attend the funeral of John
Benker, of the South Side.
, The reception committee of the recent
Christian Endeavor convention will hold
an informal social this evening In the par
lors of the Penn Avenue Baptist church
under the auspices of the society of that
church.
A suit to recover 1006.26, with Interest
from Aug. 24. 1892, was begun in court yes
terday by Attorneys O'Brien & Kefley,
representing Mary Lewis, against the
Empire Life Insurance company, former
ly the Home Benefit society of New York.
The Rev. John T. Vine, who is holding
special services every night in the BaptHt
church, Green Ridge, Scranton, will on
Friday evening of this week give, as a
prelude to the sermon, an account of ex
traordinary meetings held In Europe and
America among pigeon fliers, dog fanciers,
pickpockets, gamblers, rogues, thieves and
vagabonds. All shnnl.l hpnr this .
mark a bio lecture. Meetings every night
At the regular weekly meeting of Lieu
tenant Esra 8. Griffin Camp No. 8, Suns
of VeteraiiB, last evening. Anal arrange
ments were made relative to the fraternal
visit to be made Friday evening to the
members of Colonel T. C. Harkness Camp
No. ICS, of Wilkes-Barre. The members
will leave Bcranton on the 7.10 p. m. Jer
sey Central train and will be accompanied
by a number of Grand Army men. Any
visiting brothers In the city sre cordially
Invited to so along, also all members of
the Grand Army of the Republic desirous
of ma king the visit will be especially wel-
ad by those) who go on this trip.
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BIG PARADE ON ,
FRIDAY NIGHT
All of the Republican Clubs of the County
Are Invited to Participate.
MAJOR 0AKF0RD GRAND MARSHAL
The Bicycle Division Will Bo in
Charge of D. B. Atherton Officers
of the Clubs Are Requested to
Notify th. Grand Marshal at Soon
a Possible of the Number of Men
They Will Have in Line.
Tho biggest demonstration of the
present campaign will take place next
Tuesday evening; and It will of course
be in the Interest of McKlnley, sound
money, and protection.
Monday nljjht a meeting of represen
tatives of the Republican clubs of the
city was held in the rooms of the
Central Republican club, and un execu
tive committee selected to make ar
rangements for this demonstration.
Colonel E. H. Ripple is chairman of
the executive committee and Senator
J. C. Vaughan la secretary. It had its
first meeting yesterday morning in the
board of trade rooms, at which Major
Onkford was appointed grand marshal
with power to name his aides. D. B.
Atherton will be marshal of the bicycle
division, which will be a very Interest
ing feature of the parade.
Secretary Vaughan was Instructed to
write to the Republican' clubs of tho
county Inviting them to participate In
the demonstration. A special invita
tion wilt also be sent to the Golden Rod
club, of Wllkes-Barre, to come up and
join the paraders.
Officers of the various Republican
clubs of the county are requested to no
tify the grand marshal as soon us possi
ble of the number of men they will
have in line.
Committees were appointed to secure
caps und Chinese lanterns for the clubs
that are not uniformed. Chinese lan
terns and torches will be carried by the
marchers.
Another meeting of the executive
committee will be held this morning to
further perfect arrangements for the
demonstration In which every Republi
can club in Lackawanna county should
have a representation. It will be a
great night for Republicanism.
POLITICAL JOTTINGS.
John Lemon, who was nominated for
legislature in tho Fourth district, by
the People's party, has withdrawn from
the light. It will be remembered that
the names of the People's purty legisla
tive candidates could not be placed on
the olllcial ballots because the nom
inations were not properly certified to
the authorities at Harrlsburg.
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Managers of the Democratic eam
nnlirn nrt considering the advisability
of holding a big demonstration the lat
ter part of next week. A demonstra
tion In any form Is opposed by some
of the leaders who believe In the policy
of conducting a still hunt for votes.
Last night a well attended Republi
can mass meeting was held at Jermyn,
which was addressed by J. F. Reynolds,
candidate for legislature In tho Fourth
district, George D. Taylor and others.
A rally was also held last night by the
Republicans of Moscow,
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The Bryan and Sewall club, of Ml
nooka, met last night In No. 1 school
house and listened to addresses by
County Chairman T. J. Jennings and
Attorney M. A. McGlnley, .
The Nineteenth ward Republican club
will hedd a meeting this evening at Nat
ter's hall. All the members are re
quested to come around.
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An enthusiastic meeting of the Mo
Klnley and Hobart club, of Greenwood,
was held Inst night In No. 2 school
house at Greenwood.
ACCUSED OF BIGAMY.
Alonzo I erwllllgcr's Second Marriage
Antedated His Divorce from Wife
No. I, It Is Alleged.
Alonzo Terwllllger, of Wyoming ave
nue, was charged, yesterday, beforp Al
derman Wright, with the crime of big
amy. His accuser, Clara 12. Cook, of
the West Side, who until recently lived
with him as his wife, alleges that he
married her while he was yet united
to another woman. Their mnrirnge, she
states, occurred on June 30, ISM, at
Lake township, and at that time he
was the husband of another woman
from whom, she proposes to show, he
was divorced In 1892, fully a year after
the marriage with her took place. She
also alleges that Terwlllinger has an
other alliance which will add to the
gravity of the crime.
Terwilllger gave ball for a hearing
Monday afternoon next, at 4.30 o'clock.
His attorney is Frank T. Okell. Cor
nelius Comegys is representing the
prosecutrix. Mrs. Terwlllinger or Cook
as she designates herself in tffi? Infor
mation filed In the case Is also taking
steps to secure a divorce.
SIMON HINERFELD BRINGS SUIT.
He Wants to Recover $25,000 Data
ages from Br. John 1.. IVosiz.
Dr. John L.' Wentz was yesterday
sued by Simon Hlnerfeld, the Per.n ave
nue grocer, for damages In the sum
of $25,000. The papers were tiled by
Attorney Charles H. Soper, who rep
resents the plaintiff.
Hlnerfeld alleges that his 13-year-old
son, Jacob, died as the result of neg
ligence on the part of Dr. Wentz. The
boy took sick In the latter part of
June, and was operated upon on July
2 for appendicitis. He was very weak
after the operation.
Hlnerfeld alleges that Dr. Wentz left
the city on the Fourth of July, had
the boy removed to Dr. Thompson's pri
vate hospital on Wyoming avenue, and
left him without his care for upwards
of twenty-four hours.
While the doctor was absent a change
took place in the boy's condition, and
blood poisoning developed, and he died
July 6. On account of the doctor's ab
sence from the city at the time blood
poisoning set in Mr. 11 erf eld wants
damages.
The Custom Department
at Horan & Merrill's, 316 and 318 Lacka
wanna avenue, is complete in every
particular. All the newest and nob
blest patterns in fabrics and gent's
wear.
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
falls to cure. 25 cents.
Special attention and private dining
rooms for dinner parties at Lohmann's,
Spruce street. Service and cuisine un
excelled In this clty.
Tickle your babies with a pound of
Diet Butter Crackers, at your grocers
In Red Hooped Kegs.
Fine Watches
In gold or silver cases at your own
prices at Davldow Bros. auction sale,
217 Lackawanna avenue.
- Opening.
A dainty line of Children's Cnata at
the Baby Bazaar, 613 Spruce street,
ISHAM'S ORIENTAL AMERICA.
Colored Troupe Furnishes a Delight
ful Evening of Song and Mirth.
A crowded house at the Academy last
night enjoyed a novel and delightful
musical treat In John V. lsham's "Ori
ental America," a pot-pourri of solos,
duets, quartettes, chomlses and ope
ratic selections rendered by a company
composed entirely of colored people.
Eight of them, Belle Davis, Mattle
Wilkes, Mme. Ploto, Maine Calloway,
Margaret Scott and Messrs. Woodward,
Jackson, Elklns and Johnson are solo
ists of no mean order. The chorus sing
ing was superior to that of the average
opera company.
An artistic number which won a
triple encore was Miss Belle Davis' ren
dition of the genuine negro melody. She
Is an intelligent delineator of negro
character, sings in excellent voice and
possesses tho happy faculty of knowing
how not to over-do a thing. Billy Eld
ridge, the leading comedian of the com
pany, is a great fun provoker, and Is
easily the leader of grotesque dancers.
The staging, partlculav'y the electri
cal effects, and the costuming are ela
borate In the extreme. The perform
ance will be repeated this evening.
CABMEN'S ANNUAL BALL.
The 98 Event Held in Turner Hall
Last Night.
From the time that "caller-off" A. J.
Lnngan gave the command "gents, take
on your hats!" in the first waltz, the
Cabmen's ball at Turner hall last even
ing was a success from the cabman's
point of view. The cabmen have a
union and this union Is responsible for
a bull once every year. Last night was
the night for '96.
The festivities began In a calm delib
erate way about 9 o'clock and Increased
in excitement, greater and greater, un
til at 2 a. m. the ball was rapidly round
ing into form. At midnight, Indeed, the
floor was very sparsely occupied. Re
freshments were poured out In the front
parlor und upstairs there were places
allotted for a tete-a-tete. Many prom
inent young men attended the ball
which was conducted without disorder,
though smoking during dances was al
lowed. Professor Johnson played the music
and John Carroll was master of cere
monies, assisted by Owen Sweeney.
The reception committee was: Jerry
Cotter, Michael Barrett, and Isaac
Bumhaugh. Michael Dunn and Joseph
Burrett were floor managers.
VERY LIBERAL RESPONSE.
Nearly 1?,000 Collected for St. Jos
epli's Foundling Home.
The response to Bishop O'Hara's ap
peal In behalf of St. Joseph's Found
ling Home building fund has been most
liberal. All the churches In the diocese
have been heard from and the amount
realized Is in the neighborhood of
$12,000.
Of this sum the Scranton churches
contributed $5,237.65, as follows: St.
Peter's cathedral, $3,560: St. Patrick's,
West Side, $312; Holy Rosary church,
Providence, $300; St. Mary's church,
Dunmore, $288; St. Mary's German
church. South Side, $245.65; Church of
St. John, the Evangelist, South Side,
$255; St. Paul's Green Ridge. $216;
Church of St. John the Baptist, West
Side, $52.
Some of the out-of-town churches
which made large contributions were:
St. Rose, Carbondale, $1,082.45; St.
John's Pittston, $970.45; St. Mary's
Wllkes-Barre, $739.M; St. Nicholas,
Wilkes-Barre, $364; St. Domlnlck's,
Parsons, $334.85; Annunciation church,
Willlamsport, $237; St. Leo's. Ashley,
$250; St. Patrick's Olyphant, $221.
KEYSTONE BREWING COMPANY SUED.
One of Its W agon's Kan Over at Son
of John Kotloski.
Attorneys Hulslander ' & Vosburg.
representing John Kosloski, of the
North End, brought suit in court yes
terday against the Keystono Brewing
company, of Dunmore, for damages in
tho sum of $5,000.
Kosloskl's 6-year old Ron was run
over by one of the Keystone company's
beer wagons on October 2, and his left
arm was broken, besides the Infliction
of painful and serious Internal injuries.
It is alleged that the accident occurred
at a street Intersection and was due
to the negligence of the driver In com
ing along at an excessive rate of speed.
SAYS KANSAS IS SAFE.
Cyrus Lclnnd Jr.' Declares McKinlcy
W ill Carry the State.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 21. Cyrus Le
land, jr., member of the Republican
national committee for Kansas, a mem
ber of the national executive commit
tee, stopped in Kansas City on his way
to Chicago. When asked about the sit
uation in Kansas, he said:
"Kansas is well ' organized, and I
know from our poll of the state very
nearly what the vote will be. Mc
Kinley will carry the state by a good
majority and the Populists know it.
The First, Second and Fourth districts
will give McKinley 12,000 majority, and
I would like to know where the oppo
sition expects to get the votes to off
set that."
INVENTED THE CORN COB PIPE.
Henry Tibbe of Washington, Mo.,
Succumbs to Pneumonia.
Washington, Mo., Oct. 21. Henry
Tlbbe. a wealthy citizen of this city,
aged 77 years, is dend at his home of
pneumonia. He wus born at Enschade,
Holland, and emigrated to this coun
try in 1867. He was the Inventor and
patentee of thr now world-famed
"Missouri Meerschaum" corncob pipe,
manufactured in this city.
Mr. Tlbbe began the manufacture of
the pipes in 1867 with scarcely any capi
tal, Intending first to supply the local
demand only, but the popularity of the
pipe soon spread everywhere, and now
the company manufactures not less
than 25,000 pipes per day.
Excelsiors' Doling Tournament.
The Excelsior Athletic club will con
duct a boxing tournament at Music
hall next Saturday night, which prom
ises to eclipse anything In the line here
tofore held In this city. Among those
entered are Wiilischek and Young, of
Philadelphia, and John .McKenna,
Bob White and Tim McDermott. of
Trenton. The Excelsiors have a repu
tation for clean sport and they can be
relied Upon to give a good entertain
ment along that line. The prices of ad
mlslson will be 25 and 50 cents.
DIRECT FROM THE ORIENT.
Choice Importation of Hugs.
Among which are Bokhara, Mecca.
Khiva and Daghastan to be shown a
few duys only. A rare opportunity for
great values.
Kconomy Furniture Co.,
225-227 Wyoming ave.
Wood's Actual Business College,
Scranton, Fn.
A school of actual business from the
start. ,
100 scholarships sold for organization
at $15 each.
The advanced thought In business
education.
Easily learned In one-fourth the time
taken by former systems.
Walt for our representatives and lit
erature. W. P. Gregory & Co.
The Greatest Crowds
that ever attended any sale In this
city congregate every day at Davidow
Bros.' auction sale, 217 Lackawanna
avenue.
Try Jordan's one-halt minute stew
LARGE INCREASE
IN ATTENDANCE
Over Twelve Hundred Pupils Enrolled Is
. the Public Schools.
OPINION OF SUPT. GEORGE HOWELL
Increase Is Unusual, bat Not of Such
. Dimensions nt It Will Be When the
Fnrr Bill It in Full ForceThere
Are Four Hundred and Seventy
three Fupitt in High School" Girls
More Numerout Than Boyi.
According to the reports now being
tabulated by Secretary E. D. Fellows,
of the board of control, there are 2,345
more pupils attending the public schools
this vear than there were at the close
of last term, and over 1,000 more than
were enrolled during the first school
month of 1S5. Judging from these
figures and personal observations at the
schools Superintendent George Howell
estimates that the average attendance
this year will be about l.OoO more than
the average attendance last year.
The enrollment during September was
12.595. Of this number 6,973 were boys
and 6.722 girls. In June, the last month
of the previous school year, the schools
closed with an attendance of 4,813 boys
and 5,437 girls, a total of 10,250.
The report contains the first official
compilation of the attendance at the
high school. It is appended with divi
sions showing the enrollment by classes
and the proportion of males and fe
males: Class. Males. Females. Total.
Post-Graduato ..7 14
Senior 17 46 03
Junior 6 10 16
Sophomore 80 168 248
Total "l75 298 473
PUPILS IN EACH SCHOOL.
The following table shows how the
pupils are distributed In the thirty
nine other schools:
Mules. Females. Total.
No. 2 m W 890
No. S 254 27K Ml
No. 4 3 80 lia
No. G 150 134 284
No. 6 M7 111 221
No. 7 T.9 72 131
No. 8 HU 128 274
No. 8 115 A 279
No. 10 196 193 3S9
No. 11 annex .. 54 29 M
No. 11 131 ltf 300
No. 12 1S7 184 371
No. 13 225 2.12 457
No. 14 32 4t9 737
No. 16 191 is 375
No. 17 ') 1"2 :S2
No. IS l'ii 215 .3,0
No. 18 annex .. loi 93 2w
No. 19 2t 2i9 529
No. 20 42 51 93
No. 21 177 215 392
No. 22 59 119
No. 23 Wi II a 170
No. 24 0 101 ll'.l
No. 2.'. 27 76
No. 26 ll H2 SN
No. 27 243 - 2T3 016
No. 2S 157 2 3:.
No. 29 IK) 11 226
No. 30 I'M I'M 3115
No. 31 139 195 334
No. 32 135 194 329
No. !12 annex .. 31 17 fO
No. 33 282 314 CS6
No. 31 41 47 90
No. 35 197 1 79 .176
No. t 233 3 HI r.I9
No. 37 SO 50 100
No. 1 annex ... 23 25 48
Grand total.. 6.873 6,722 12.593
Superintendent Howell says that
while the Increase Is unusually large
as compared with former years It Is
not by any means phenomenal, and he
hesitates to say that the compulsory
educational law has made itself great
ly felt In this city. It may be, how
ever, that when steps are taken to en
force the law there will- be a large
addition to the number of pupils In the
schools.
CF.NSUS OF THE CHILDREN.
Secretary Fellows has a census of all
children between the ages of 8 and 13,
who by the act are required to attend
school and it Is expected that the board
will direct him, at the next meeting, to
proceed to compile a list of non-attend-Ing
children letween those ages. This
will be done by sending to the prin
cipal of each school the names et all
children In the district served by that
school and have that officer make a
return of such as are not on the roles.
Then the larolits of the absent chil
dren will have to be visited by an
"attendance officer" for which the law
provides, and if the children are found
to be In attendance at neither a pri
vate, parochiul or other school where
in the English branches are taught,
it will be the duty of the "attendance
otllcer to report the parents as vio
lators of tho law and the board will
have to proceed against thfj.i.
SOME MODERN PROBLEMS
A Canadian Journal Stales TbemVery
Clearly, But Does Not Throw Much
Light on Their Solution.
From the Toronto Globe.
A judgment was rendered not long
since by an American court Involving
the power of a city corporation to own
and control a system of street railways.
Though the judgment favored the city,
one or two of the judges talked as if
state or municipal ownership of rail
ways were a dangerous form of social
ism. With many persons the boundary
between public and private action is
purely arbitrary, and is fixed by use and
wont rather than by reason. The aver
age man, for Instance, regards the
proposition that education is a state af
fair as self-evident, and where there
has been any conflict of authority it
has been between the state and the
church, the notion of allowing educa
tion to be conducted by private busi
ness enterprise being practically not
discussed at all. Tet It is tolerably
certain that If the business of education
had dropped opportunities for the rapid
accumulation of wealth the state would
not have been allowed to control It
without a struggle, In which it would
have been contended that state educa
tion was a perilous experiment In So
cialism. Before the day of the railway no one
ever thought of denying that tha high
ways were public property. The Intro
duction of the railway meant either
that the state should hand over the
highways or run trains. Tho one prop
osition Involved as radical a change as
the other, but the choice was never
presented to the people In that plain
form; the railway service passed un
der private control because the pro
moters were Bharper and more vigilant
than the law-makers. It will be found
that many of the social problems of the
present day arise from the fact that
scientific Invention and business enter
prise move so much faster than law
and government. The railway cannot
be regulated by the laws which were
made for stage coaches, nor can mod
ern trusts and combines be kept within
bounds by restraints which were fram
ed for another set of conditions. 'It is
one thing to prevent the grocers of a
town from formlnz a corner In can
dles, and another to deal with such n
huge monopoly as the Standard Oil
company, or to keep the price of Illu
minating gas or electricity within mod
el atlon. For some time It was supposed
that the public interest would be fully
protected by free competition; but it
lias been 'demonstrated that free com
petition In railways, or In the supply
of water, gas and electricity, Is out of
the question; that there Is usually an
attempt at competition, which the riv
als nnd to be ruinous and abandon,
substituting for it a combination in
which the cost of the experiment is
taken out of the public. Economically
their position ia sound. One line it
railway, double-tracked, la safer, faster
and less expensive than two so-called
competing lines, single-tracked and
poorly equipped and maintained. So It
Is not In the interest of a city to have
three or tour rival companies supply
ing water, gas or electricity. It is be
coming an axiom In economics that in
all these cases the interest of the
publio can be best protected, not by an
attempt to enforce competition, but by
public ownership or strict public con
trol; that one good service ia better
and cheaper than two or three poor
ones, but that the state ought to see
that the benefit of the saving; goes to
the, public.
But this Is, after all, only one phase
of a situation which, to minda least
Inclined to despondency, must appear
grave. The last half century has been
one of extraordinary industrial devel
opment, and in all that has been done
In this way the United States have fully
kept pace with the rest of the world.
In that country human energy, aided
by science, has been applied to natural
resources of extraordinary richness. A
man would hardly have Incurred the
reproach of a visionary if he had ex
pected from this happy conjuncture of
circumstances a condition of society In
which poverty would have been as ex
ceptional as cholera or leprosy on this
continent. It Is true that there are
vices and weaknesses of character
which tend to produce poverty and
which no scientific progress can abol
ish. The national drink bill. In spite of
the vogorous efforts of the temperance
reformers, is enormous. There is vol
untary idleness, there is wasAe of food,
there is lack of thrift in many ways.
But there Is a great mass of poverty
which can by no means be attributed to
any of these causes.
DIRECT FROM THE ORIENT.
Choice Importations of Huge.
Among which are Bokhara, Mecca,
Khiva and Daghastan to be shown a
few days only. A rare opportunity for
great values.
Economy Furniture Co.,
225-227 Wyoming ave.
Marriage Licenses Granted.
Mrriage licenses were granted yester
day by Clerk of the Courts John H.
Thomas to Homer G. Wilcox, of Fell
township, and Abide I. Bloxham. of Car
bondale; Daniel Ulllavary and Celln Ly
nott, of Jessirp; George A. Bender and
Catherine Davis, of Scranton; John W.
Jackson and Teresa Myers, of Jefferson:
Philip Seymour and Kllenor Abbott, of
Olyphant.
A Cruel Jett.
Householder (to unfamiliar gas collec
tor) I don't seem to know your face.
Where's the usual man Jones?
Collector Laid up In bed.
Householder (bitterly) Of course, with
the old complaint gastrlck fever eh?
(Kxlt new collector, hurriedly.) Ex.
change.
London Wheat Market.
London, Oct. 21. In the grain market
today there was less activity than yes
terday, but there was no abatement In
the firmness of Its tone and the tendency
waa higher. Foreign wheats were 6d.
dearer and flour was firm and a shilling
dearer.
Make your wife glad by taking home
a pound of Diet Butter Crackers, In
Red Hooped Kegs at your grocers.
Never Before
In the history of Scranton could the
people get such bargains In watches,
jewelry, etc., as are being obtained at
the great auction sale of Davldow Bros.'
now going on.
The little Red Hooped Keg at your
grocers holds something good.
The Crystal Laundry
makes a specialty of careful work.
Orders promptly attended to.
Twining, optician 125 Penn avenue, In
Harris' drug store. Hours 9 a. m., 5
p. m.
Jordan's butter cakes and coffee, 10a
SRWYER.S SPECIHLMiLll!iERy SALE
Our advertisement only be-ins In newspa
pers the etrongeat part of them is their ful'
Aliment - in giving vulues that force recogni
tlon a. cenmua bartralus -that win apprecia
and instill cnufldencg. Facta are what count
not promises,
. ( fhlldreu'e Trimmed Hatt,
Thli Week 97c 1 el aud serviceable, value
I $2,011
.... ... . . I Children'! Trimmed
ThU Week $1,37 RnK all colon, good value
(at $8,110.
(Ladles' Nicely Trimmed
Turbatia, Round Huts
and Dreai Bhapea. Regs
liar price, $f.2.,
( Children's Velvet Trim
This Week 6ic mod Sailor!, all color,
I wcrth SI.25.
Thla Wck aieJ Mines. .Tarn O'Bhanters
inn week 3Ci n ci9 cloth, wortn 4,,,,.
I LndieV Camcl'e Hair Sail.
Thl! Week 77c-! era anil Walking Hats. Reg-
I ular price. 11.5"
Thl. wck of J down Fine Black Blrdi.
i mi week ec j Oood valne t SJft
Thl. Week , J Coque Ieathen, all colore,
nis ween S worth luc
Cost! nothing to eoa.
A.R. SAWYER, 132 Wyoming Av.
REEVES JONES,
CONCERT PIANIST.
(Musical Director of the First Preaby.
tcrlan Church.)
Teacher of Piano. Organ and
Harmony; Also the Art of Aceom.
pnnying Taught. Studio at Resl
dence of the LATE HERR KOPFF,
302 Adams Avenue, Scranton.
BEST SETS OF TEETH. II
Including the painless extracting of
teeth by an entirely new proccta.
3. C SNYDER. D. D. S.,
9pn Hotel Jermyn.
YOU MAY TRAVEL
Such prices would be con
sidered remarkable even when away .out of season. Irish
Point curtains, $1.50 pair, others at $10.00, $15.00, &c.
SIEBECKER & WATKINS, Lackawanna Avenue,
Opposite Wyoming House.
Hi
iUEDraOl!
, Jutl' Wa Sen ths
PLAIN COLD RINGS.
We keep all sizes and
shapes.
BERRY, TdE JEWELER
23 Utkinana Ataiwi
MEN'S fine All Wool Overcoats la blot
and black: elegant quality, perfect St
Why pay f 10 for an overcoat whea w
will tell a bettor oae for 17.M.
I
UNDER THE HEADINO
SPECIAL
BARGAINS IN
PIANOS
Another Music Dealer Offered aa
I vers & Pond
(Oood at New)
FOR $225.00.
This U certainly a REMARKABLE RECOM
MENDATION from a competitor, a the Piano
had hard atage for nearly is yeart la a "Club
Houm" and still "Oooa as New."
THIS IS TRUE?h:X'B'uW."Bt.
buy new eats U at
POWELL'S
riusic Store.
TOILET SETS, LAMPS,
DINNER WARE,
UADIE8,
Have you come to our new and bean
tiful store yet? If not, do not miss
it It will be a treat to you and your
friends. Open stock Dinner Ware In
large varieties. Toilet sets in beauti
ful new designs. Lamps in the latest
shapes and decorations. Now is the
time for selecting Christmas presents.
All the latest novelties. Come early
and get first choice.
METROPOLITAN
CHINA HALL
C I. WEICHEL,
Mean Bldf, Cor. Wain, and Sprace St
From here to the land of
the Pyramids and never find
such values in Draperies as
we are now offering.
Now is just the time when
home-loving people are doing
their best to brighten up their
rooms and make them as cozy
as possible for the long win
ter evenings.
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You want the Beat Value
you can get
Now and at All Times.
That' why no on disputes our,
ciaun wne-n wa say that our
, Flu Stock of
Fur Coats. Fur Capes, Col
larettes. Neck Scarfs,
Huffs, Etc.,
Cannot be competed with by any
house in the city.
Fine Wool Beal Capes, S yards
wide, SO luches long, trimmed
With American Martin, fhpan at
125.00, Sale Price. $9.98
Fine Imitation Martin Cape,
3 yards wide, SO inohea long,
handaomslv llnarl. nhn at
30. 00, Sale Prlee. $10.93
Fine Astrakhan Cape, S yards
on 1 1 iL ' 1
somely lined, cheap at $27.00,
saie race,
Fine Boucl Cloth Coat, with
Velvet Collar, Cheap at 96 25,
Sale Price, $2.98
Fine Cloth Cape, 80 Inches
long, cheap at (S.00, Sal Price 99o
TRIMMED MILLINERY.
Turbans, Toques and Walking
Hats, . At $1.49 and $2.49
Children's Trimmed Hats, At $1.39
Have your Furs repaired by the
only practical Furrier In the city.
J.BOLZ
138 Wyoming Avanua.
HASLflCHER'S
Leave your orders
for Millinery with us
The styles will be
the latest and the
most correct, the as
sortment the largest
to select from, and
the prices right for
high class materials
and workmanship.
Hats Trimmed Free
HSSLACHER'S MILLINERY.
U.LANGFELD, Successor,
324 Lackawanna Avenue.
WHITE FRONT.
Talking
At Length
Does not convince as examina
tion. See what we offer In
Dinner Sets:
English Dinner Set, decorated, l E A
112 placet, low at S7.S0; our price, 9 U,JU
American Dinner Set, decorat
ed, 113 pieces, low at $10.00; our 0 QC
price 90.4 J
English Dinner flet. decorated, (M 1 Qfl
112 placet, low at S15.00; our price,
WI.IVV
Carlsbad China Dinner Set.
pieces, low at $21.00; our prl
Carlsbad China Dinner Set. 102 M 7 Cfl
ICS. a I llVW
Purchases made of us mean money
saved for other household things.
231 Penn An Opp. Baptist Cborcn.
Middle of the Block.
WILLIAM S MILLAR,
Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton
ROOMS 4 AND 5
OAS AND WATER CO. BUILOINO,
CORSES WYOMING AYE. AND CENTER St
OFFICE H0T7R8 from 7.30 a. m. to t .
Sa. (1 hour latannlaaloa for dinner and
Part lea lar AMentlaa dive to Collection
Proaipt Settlcmeat Guaranteed. Yenr Baa
Bee la Respectfully Solicited. Telephone
& initio
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