EIGHT PAGES 56 Ul.ilXS. SCKANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 189. TWO CENTS A COPY Dnportcd Dress Goods Sale We have cone over the entire bal ance of our Imported dress go.iis stock, and marked down prices to the point where the temptation to buy should prove irreslstable. Not a yard of last year's goods Is of fered In the following lots. Uvery thltiR Is new and the styles are without doubt the finest we have ever placed on A Bargain Counter as every Item forms a distinctive NOVELTY. Important, The figures quoted below are guaranteed for their accuracy in every case: 25 PIECES 38-lnch fancy Tweed Suitings, Win ter weight. BPlendid assortment of neat effects, favorite color combin ation. Present season's price, Rile. Sale Price, 35c 15 PIECES 45-Inch Persian Novelties. Of course they are strictly wool, and the color harmonies are exquisite, embracing as they do precisely the same effects as are now proving popular In Paris and London. The present season's price has been SDc. . Sale Price, 45c 10 PIECES 4r-lnch Scotch Cheviot Suitings In j me superu sou color mixtures ior which Scotia's looms are famous. Light Winter weight. Present sea son's price, 75c. Sale Price, 50c 20 PIECES 40-Inch all-wool Crochet Nov-ilties In triple color combinations. A very dressy fabric that uas provtd a leading favorite. Present Ma son's price, 70c. Sale Price, 50c 15 PIECES New Silk and Wool Pin Stripes In subdued colorings. A lovely labile for quiet dressers. Present sea son's price, 75c. Sale Price, 62 l-2c 10 PIECES 42-Inch Brocade Novelties In superb two-tone combinations, mostly In quiet shades, but decidedly novel effects. Present season's price, $1.00. Sale Price, 75c 15 PIECES Silk and Wool Granite Cloth In mix ed effects with highly finished face. Present season's price, $1.00. Sale Price, 75c 12 PIECES 45-Inch Boucle Novelties, Black ef fects over. Green, Plum, Garnet and Brown grounds. Present season's . price, $1.00. Sale Price, 75c 15 PIECES 40-Inch Silk and Wool Repps, Irrl descent effects In the very latest colorings. Present season's price, 11.00. Sale Price, 35c 12 PIECES High class Novelties In new silk and wool weaves. Exclusive styles that sold readily at $1.25 during - season. Sale Price, $1.00 GLOBE HENRY WATTERSON'S WORDS OF WARNING Back from Europe He Rejolcei in Polit ical Daggers Past. TIME FOR REAL STATESMANSHIP Political Perils to Be FacedThc East is in langerAgrorinim is Abroad in Ihe Land and Organised Wealth Must Act Wisely. New York, Nov. 29. Colonel Henry Watterson returned in the Paris yes terday afternoon after a visit of six months In Europe. He has spent the season chiefly In Paris, London and Switzerland, sending occasional letters to the Louisville Courier-Journal, and working as occasion served upon a life of Abraham Lincoln, which he expects before very long to put Into the hands of his publishers. The Colonel's shadow has not grown less, but he was fatigued with travel. He took his baggage and ItSNISV WATTKKSOS. some distressing memories of a temp estous voyage to the Windsor Hotel, Here he will remain until the middle of the week, when he returns to Louis ville. Readers need not be- Inform ed that Colonel Watterson has kept In close touch with the political campaign that was carried through during his absence. He brings back to America matured views on the strug gle in which he took a part not loss active because it was at long range. "I felt certain, as long- ago as last August." he said last night at his hotel, "that McKlnley would be elected. Now that he Is elected I feel that the coun try Is safe for the present. Hut thoughtful men should not be lulled Into fancied security because we have overcome the dragon of repudiation. "The Gorgon of agrarlanism Is still abroad. The Bryan movement was most dangerous because It affected to speak In the name of the people. The whole people must come to see thnt there have been mighty changes going on In the world before such a govern ment as ours can be both, safe and free." "Don you think the victorious party capable of appreciating the responsi bilities imposed by victory?" I asked. EVILS OF PROTECTION SET . FORTH. "I am not elven to prophecy," the colonel replied, "but some things seem obvious. In the first place, there can be no permanent alliance between the gold Democrats and the Republicans who united to elect McKlnley. The difference between them Is too radical. Mr. McKlnley is an extreme protection ist, the sound money Democrats are sincere tariff reformers. Statesman ship is largely an a flair of compromise, and order loving Democrats compound ed with their convictions to defeat liryanism and all it Implied. "The Republican party has had In Its time great good fortune. It has shown Itself a clever opportunist, but it can not rest Its case upon the doctrine of protection. The doctrlr at war witn the genius of American institutions. It is the father of paternalism and the godmother of Populism. It sets ex amples to those who Imagine that wealth can be created by legislation. During the periods of depression It serves both as an instigation and as a pretext to discontented elements. The manufacturers, If they were wise, would lead the movement to discard it. They would if they would have the question settled by statesmen and save It from the hands of the mob. "I take If for granted that nothing will be done with the tariff in the ap proaching short session of congress. There will, I think, be no organized eflort Jo pass the Dingley bill. . REPUBLICANISM MUST BE BORN . AGAIN. "What of tn. Fifty-fifth congress, with McKlnley In the white house?" "The easleBt thing the Republican party can do is to revise Its whole posi tion on the tariff. The manufacturers do not need It and If they were rid of it might make their proper place In the markets of the world. If Mr. Blaine were alive he would Bee the wisdom of of this. If his party now contained some leader of equal wisdom, that man would lead the party In a new departure as wide as that made by the Democratic party twenty-five years ago. "To retain Its ascendency, to keep the votes, the Republican party must be born again." "Do you expect an extra session of Congress?" "No. I think that McKlnley. mind ful of Mr. Cleveland's experience, will think several times before taking on that responsibility." "Will Major McKlnley force the tariff to the front?" "I don't know. I think he Is honest and willing to take his own medicine. But the situation has changed the emer gency Is new. If the elements of order do not keep together, the elements of disorder will. The menace of 1900 is much more dangerous than was that of 1896, and If the Republican party is wise It will cast a few anchors to windward." "How would you provide for the de ficit in the treasury accounts?" Concerning the supposed dangers of a new sectionalism, Colonel Watterson spoke warmly. DANGERS TO BE CONSIDERED. "If human experience goes for any thing," he said, "the world ought to be wiser for the lessons It has had. I am afraid, however, that organized wealth and power have not yet grown wise enough to scent danger before it is upon them." "Let the East take a lesson. In Its concentration of wealth, In Its osten tations display. In the gradual culti vation of caste, let It behold a danger It will do well to consider In the light of both ancient and modern history. If the East has any real statesmen they cannot put their geniuses to bet ter uses than by the construction of policies which will bring them alliances and make friends policies Justifying In some measure the unlimited accum ulations they have been able to pile up within so short a compass of time. "Those accretions not only serve to breed corruption among themselves, but they unite against the simple rights of property all the forces of cupidity and rapine operating on agrarian and sectional lines. Only the pride of wealth and caste can keep the East from seeing that It must make a part ner of the rest of the country." I asked Colonel Watterson If he had found In Europe any sentiment to warrant the prophecy made by the Paris Figaro, reprinted In the Herald the other day, that if the United States took part in the Cuban situation It would find all Europe arrayed against It. EUROPE INDIFFERENT TO CUBA. "It Is perfectly certain," he replied, "that we are suspec-ted In Europe of harboring the intention to annex Cula. Hut, even so, this Powers of Europe would rcgnrd a contest between tne United States and Spain with perfect Indifference. Spain has no ardent friends in Europe outside of Spain, and we have none at all. Hut Cuba Is too reniute an Interest to interest Europe. "I do not think our government wishes to annex Cuba, but we should certainly be unwilling to seen another Power ihan Spain control the Island. I Imagine that the government has been so far restrained from interfer ence chiefly by a desire not to seem to bully an inferior Power. It is a ques tion now whether reasonable patience has not been exhnusted. "Spain might take the Initiative in a war with the United States merely as an expedient to preserve the Incum bent dynasty from dangers at home. The Carllsts are watching and waiting and always hoping. They might prove dangerous In case of trouble." Colonel Watterson said that Canovas was not regarded in Kurope us a strong man, and that the general feeling was that Spain was In Its decadence nnd hud little left of the old Castllian spirit. DESCRIPTION OF DEATH. An Unknown Suicide at Chicago Gives an Account of the Effects of Laudanum. Chicago, Nov. 29. After destroying all marks on his clothing which could in any way lead to his Identification, a well dressed man about 30 years of age, committed BUlclde at the Kimball hotel last night, by taking laudanum. He described the effects of the drug in wrt ing until his hand could no longer hold the pencil. The body was not found until lute thin afternoon, death having resulted some time previous. In his efforts to destroy all clews which might lead to his identification the suicide forgot two articles which Indicate that he. was an easterner. A small mirror found in the hand of the dead man bears the stamp of a firm in Rochester, N. Y., and the memorandum book in which he described the manner of his death contains the trade mark of A. W. McGloy & Co., Pittsburg. He en gaged a room at the hotel last evening and registered as E. L. Bryan, although the police are of the opinion that this Is not his name. Before taking the drug he wrote a letter to the hotel pro prietor and another to the press. In which he gave no cause for his act other than that his life had terminated in failure. He continued his description of the effects of the drug until all his strength had failed him and some of the last of it could not be deciphered. As much as could be made out is as fol lows: To M. T.: "Drank one ounce of lauda num. After five minutes feel little or no pain. Heart action now pronounced. A slight puln in stomach. Mv stomach is very weak, having suffered for years from acute dyspepsia. Ten minute. Condition about the ume. Pulse rapid and pains in wrists and slight puin in region of heart. Hand trembles. A feeling of dullness with mure pain in all parts of the body. Will keep up this description of effects us Ion us possible. Hope it will be of use to medical science. Eyes show change. A feeling of drowsiness coming on. Sort of a feeliiiK of intoxication accompanied by slight fever. Twenty minutes. Puln In creasing. A slight perspiration started. Am getting sleepy, (lave a sort of numb feeling und no pain." The last few sentences were scarcely legible, so unstend had the writer's hand become, and although h at tempted to write a few more lines, it const not be made out. No money was foul J on his person. He was well dressed, smooth shaven, and brown hair and blue eyes. SPAIN'S SAD PLIGHT. The Cubau War Has Drained Her Porkctbonk. London, Nov. 29. The Times will tomorrow print a leader treating of the situation In Cuba. It says that ow ing to the incapacity of her generals there is no prospect whatever of Spain wining In the struggle in the island. Moreover, Spains resources are strain ed to the utmost and it will be difficult for her purse to bear much longer the demands upon it. In conclusion the Times says: "We cannot exclude the probability of intervention by the United States." Death of a Mathematician. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 29. Beauretpird lions, professor of mathematics and tta tronomy In the College of Charleston, died this afternoon after a short illness. He was born In Virginia and was !it! years of age. He was ti sruduate of the Uni versity of Virginia, and for seven years has held the cha'r meniioned here. He was considered the most accomplished mathematician of his age in the south. Act of o "Cured" Patient. Columbus, O., Nov. 29. Superintendent A. II. Richardson, of the State Asylum for the Insane, here, received a dispatch from Marion, O., tonight, stating that Henry Powers, a patient from Marion, who was placed in the asylum lust March und was so fur cured as to be permitted to return to his home on trial visit on October IS, murdered his wife and committed suicide today. Conference of (lute Men. Pittsburg. Pa., Nov. 29. A number of Pittsburg glass manufacturers left for Indianapolis tonight to attend the meet ing of eastern ami western glass manufac turers to be held In that city tomorrow. It is stated that the eastern manufactur ers have not been working together In harmony. . Pennsylvania Postmasters. Washington, Nov. 29. The following fourth class postmasters were appointed today: Pennsylvania J. C. Adams, la- frlvl, Cumberland; 8. Worden. Kunckle,. .uzerne; W. H. Perego, Laketon, Lu zerne; S. R. Lyons, Ovid, Erie; C. Huw becker, Williamson, Franklin. Death of Sadie McDonald. Sidney. N. 8. W., W. 29. Sadie Mc. Donald, an actress, died here today. She was 21 years old and left 8 m Francisco In May last for a tour In Australia, play ing In "A Trip to Chinatown" and "A Milk White Flag." Her parents live In Brooklyn. Cnrringe Factory Burned. Tork, Pa.. Nov. 29. At o'clock this morning the. Queen street ..hops of the Martin Carnage works were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of nearly $.jo,O00. The Insurance is about bait that flgur. FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE CONFLICT Regulations for the Entrance and So. Joura of War Vessels. GENERAL ORDERS OF IMPORTANCE The French Government Prepares For the War Which Has Long Been Deemed InevitableArticles Which Are of Interest to the General Pub lic. Washington, Nov. 19. Secretary Her bert has published to the navy in gen eral ordtrs, a decree of the govern ment of France prescribing regula tions for the entrance and sojourn of vessels In the seaports of that country In time of war. Although intended ior the Information and guidance of com manding ottieers of United States naval vessels, the new regulations are of im portance to the masters of all ships, and they have the additional interest to the general public of showing what steps to protect ports are believed to be necessary by a great naval power, as well as the significance their enact ment proclaims that France Is omitting no detail In her elaborate preparations for the conflict which that government hus long deemed Inevitable. The de cree, which was issued by President Faure June 17 last, and formally com municated to the department of state recently by the French ambassador here, contained five articles, as fol lows: Article 1. In time of war, between sun rise and sunset, no Franuh merchant ves sel, nor any foreign vessel, whether a man-of-war or a merchantman, shall ap proach within less than three miles of the French coasts (French and Krencn possessions) before having been author ised so to do: between sunset and sun rise the prohibition to approach within less thun three miles is absolute. Between sunrise and sunset all vessels that are at such a dlstunce from tho land that their colors can be distinguished therefrom, shall carry their national colors. If they destre'to enter the prohibited regions, they shall so signify by hoisting the signal for a time: but they shall remain without the three-mjle line, until Ihey have been boarded, or until a semaphore has sig nalled to them that their request has been granted. Ail vessels must Immediately obey orders signalled by u semaphore, or received from a man-of-war, either verb ully or by International coda or signal. Article 2. In time of war, in case of full ure by a vessel affected by this decree to conform to the above order, the nearest fort or vessel of war shall warn her to obey the same by tiring a blank charge. If this lirst notice is without effect, there shall be tired, two minutes later, a pro jectile, and finally, after anothe. Interval of two minutes. If the vessel does not stop or stand off, an effective tire shall be opened. In case of urgency, the prelim inary blank charge may be omitted. A vessel that violates the order relating to the Interdiction of the prohibited dis tricts renders itself liable to be destroyed. IN TIMT3 OF WAR. Article 3. In time of war, no small craft, other than those belonging to French men-of-war shall go and come in the fortified harbors without special authorization and without having received from the mari time authorities the means of making themselves known. During both day and night, the going and coming of small steamers, other than those belonging to French vessels of war, shall be absolutely prohibited. Rowboats, however, can go and come from sunrise to sunset, provided they have received permission from the port authorities, but under the reservation that they are to keep clear of vessels of war, if so ordered, and of not commun icating with them. In any case, without having asked and received authority to do so. The going nnd coming of authorized small craft Is subjeeted elsewhere to the local instructions Issued by the perfectoral authorities nnd especially as regards the prohibition to enter certain portions of the roadsteads or of communication with any other places than those expressly desig nated, in commercial ports, special meas ures will be taken by higher authority, of such a nature as to serve the interests wf commerce, although Imposing upon the trnme of small craft the restrictions judged necessary. Article 4. In time of war, vessels author ized to enter French roadsteads and har. bors must take the anchorages which will be assigned them by the local authorities anil conform to the Instructions of every kind. Issued by these authorities. The length of their sojourn Is subordinate to the necessities of the military command, and when it Is necessary to place these localities upon a war footing, the higher authority, can, if circumstances require it, order them to withdraw to the oiling or to some designated place. This order must be executed at once, but a delay may always be granted to vessels which are juslllied in being so situated us to render immediate compliance Impossible. No vessels shall cet under weigh either to change her anchorage or to leave the harbor without having been authorized to do so by the local authorities. Article 5. Tile measures provided for In articles 3 ami 4 may be put In force during the period of mobilization. PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT. Comparison of Earning of the Rood for the Year 1N1;,.. Philadelphia, Nov. 29. The Pennsyl vania Railroad company's statement of compurislon of earnings and expen ses for the month of October and ten months of 1!96 with the same periods of 1S95 shows the following: Pennsylvania railroad, lines directly operated, October, gross earnings de crease $866,400; expenses, decrease $463, 000. . Net earnings decrease $20:1.400. For ten months. Gross earnings, de crease $1,204,900. Lines west of Pitts burg and Erie directly operated, Oc tober. Gross earnings, decrease $St!fi, 800; expensese, decrease $;i:!l.:;iM); net earnings decrease $5:i5,!00. For ten months, gross earnings decrease $1,808, 100; expense decrease $462,700; net earn ings decrease $1,:i45,400. All lines east of Pittsburg and Krie, October. Gross earnings decrease $877,300; expenses de crease $:1X0.000; net earnings decrease $347,300. For ten months. Gross earn ings decrease $1,9"9,40(; expenses de crease $31,900; net earnings decrease $l,927.r.O0. All lines west of Pittsburg and Erie, October. Gross earnings de crease $972,iiOO; expenses decrease $?!)(, EDO; net earnings decrease $riS2.000. For ten months. Gross earnings decrease $2,122,K00; expenses decrease $677,700; net earnings decrease $1,445,100. CABINET GOSSIP. General Alger Mentioned for Secre tary of War. Canton, O., Nov. 29. At no time since his election has Major McKlnley had a quieter day than to-day. He attend ed church this morning with Mrs. Mc Kinky, and they dined this afternoon with his mother. Ex-Representative John 8. Thomas, of Illinois, was the only caller of Im portance. Mrs. H. Estby and daughter, who are walking from Spokane, Wash., to New York, were received by Major McKlnley to-night on their route East. Cabinet gossip Is becoming more ani mated as the days wear on. There Is a renewal of the talk about General R. A. Alger for secretary of war. Some of, his friends have been here within the last week, and It Is known that Major McKlnley thinks very highly of him. The name of Senator Allison is connected with the position of secre tary of state, and will be a good deal talked about in the next ten day. Andrew D. White, of New York, Is still discussed for the same position. A -New York Republican who passed through here to-day Is authority for the statement that Thomus C. Piatt, of New York. thinks of going to Canton within a few .weeks to have a talk with Major McKlnley and enter his protest against the rec ognition of certain men in his own State whom he thinks unfriendly to him. BRUTAL NEGRO'S DEATH. The Murderer Smokes a Cigar on the Scaffold. Columbus, Ga Nov. 29. A special from Seale, Ala., says: Jackson Young, a negro, was hanged at the county jail here yesterday. The murderer as cended the scaffold smoking a cigar, seemingly indifferent to his fate until the imp wus being udjusted. Then he showed signs of Borne fear. The man neither confessed nor denied his guilt, but said that he was ready and willing to die. Tho crime for which Young was hanged was one of the most brutal and revolting that was ever commmitted in this county. His victim, a young girl, about sixteen years of age, was his sister. She was found unconscious, with her skull crushed and shattered with on axe and her face mutilated. The girl recovered consciousness long enough to tell that her brother Jack hud done the deed. An outrageous as sault preceding the murder was the motive of its commission. COLD WAVE WEST. Intense Suffering and Loss of Life Will Probaby Follow the Recent Fall of Temperature. St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 29. The Inten sely cold weather which prevails in the storm swept districts of the north west have brought on intense suffering and the death list is expected to be quite large. At Moorehead, Minn., Thomas Anderson, a young man, after helping a woman to her home, attempt ed to reach his home but perished and now lies in the drifts. At Fargo, N. D., Frank Vach, of Chicago, was frozen on the prarle a mile from town. , At Churches Ferry, N. D., a train man who attempted to get help fur a train load of cattle, was frozen stiff. Ten car loads of sheep destined for Chicago, were frozen at Grand Harbor, Iievlls Lnke. The November which Is just closing, Is the coldest known In the northwest for fifteen years. Snow fell on the fourth of the month and has not since disappeared even for a day. There Is great suffering on the stock ranges and thousands of cattle will be killed If the weather continues cold. On the ranges west of the Miss ouri river the temperature is from 6 to 20 degress below zero and below zero at all points In the Dakotas. Reports from the railways indicate that they are running nearly on time agniu to night. Farmers coming In from the ranges west of the Missouri say tin loss to stockmen so far Is not great,' as when the storm broke the beeves found fair shelter in the valleys. The weather however. Is still very severe, zero temperature being reported all over Minnesota and the Dakotas. ALLERT0N IS HOPEFUL. It it Thought That He Will Be Next Secretary of Agriculture. Chicago, Nov. 29. "Samuel W. Aller ton will be our next secretary of ogrl cultture and Chicago has got there again." said C. W. liaker, secretary of the National Live Stock Exchange, as he returned last night from a visit to Canton. W. H. Thompson, Jr., president of the National Live Stock Exchange; L. H. Doud, president of the National Live Stock Rank; C. L. Mallory nnd Joseph Adams, commission men at the Stock Yards, had acompnnled him on a visit to the presldent-ulect to advance the Interests of Mr. Allerton. "In the discussion of the matter Mr. McKlnley expressed opinions as to the general requirements of the head of the department that were In full accord with those of the committee," con tinued Mr. Raker. "He said he had n long and Intimate acquaintance with Mr. Allerton, and spoke highly of him as a gentleman and a financier and businessman, nnd while he did not tell the members of the committee outright thnt he wold make him a member of his cabinet, we feel from the way he Heated the matter he would appoint him." COWBOYS OFF FOR CUBA. Two Hundred Texas Cattle Drivers Will Assist the Insurgents. San Antonla, Tex., Nov. 29. It Is reported here that an expedition of over 200 Texas cowboys are about ready to depart from Point Isabel, on the lower gulf const, near the Mexican line for Cuba. The expedition was organized by an agent of the Cuban Insurgents who has been In this part of the state for several weeks. A large quantity of arms and ammu nition will be taken by the party. Accused of Embezzling. Newark. N. J., Nov. 29. II. L. Hum phrey, superintendent of the Huilders' and Traders' exchange In Clinton street, Is accused of emlnzzling the funds of the exchange. Thus far the shortage has reached su.flmi und his books are still un der examination. Humphrey is ill and un der surveillance at his home here. - Stenmship Arrivals. New York. Nov. 29. Sailed: Massachu setts, for London. Sailed for New York; I'mbria. from yueenstown. Sighted: La Touralne, from New York for Havre, passed the Lizard. Herald's Forecast. New York. Nov. 30. In the middle states, today, much colder weather prevails, fair in the Interior and cloudy to partly colder, cloudy on the coasts, with snow, possi bly followed by clearing and brisk north easterly to northerly winds, becoming dangerous on the coast with the northward movement of the dist'Mbance now south of llatteras. temperature falling about 20 degrees in the Hudson river valley to night. On Tuesday, colder. THE NEWS THIS .MORNING. Weather Indications Today: Rain or Snow; Fresilng Temperature. 1 Watterson's Warning Note. Wnnce Promulgates Naval Orders. Lnrg.- Union Meeting of Railroad Men ut Carbondale. 2 Sermon by Rev. Rurdivnl, of Jermyn. Wall Street Review and Markets. 3 (Local) Sermon by Rev. J. It. Sweet. Verdict for the Traction Company. 4 Editorial. Casual Mention. 5 (Local) Senatorial Candidacy of Ex- Lieutenant Uovenor Watres. 6 (Story) "Vernor, the Traitor." 1 Suburban Hapenlngs. ( News Up and Down the Valley. A GREAT GATHERING OF RAILROAD MEN Engineers, Firemen, Conductors and Trainmen Pour in on Carbondale. MANY GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT A Magnificent Body of Men Repre senting the Various Branches of Kailrond Work Meet in the Pioneer City nnd Discuss Questions of Mut ual Interest. Welcomed by Mayor O'Neill. .Secret Sessions in the Morning and Public Meeting in the Afternoon. .Good Program of En tertainmentSpccial Trains Run From All Points. From a Staff Corresiondent. Carbondale, Nov. 29. All roads led to tills city today and a hospitable wel come was riven to the thousand or more railroad men who came to attend the union meeting of the lirotherhood of Engineers, Conductors, Firemen and Trainmen. When a union meeting la held, every railroad man within reach- HON. JAMES J. O'NEILL, Who Welcomed the Visitors on Behalf of the City. lug dlstnnce, and who Is not out on the road in the discharge of his duties, makes it a point not to miss It. No liner body of men could be gath ered together than the hurdy engin eers and dutiful firemen, the trusted conductors and courageous trainmen, whose dally duty Is of the moBt exact ing kind and requires of them to be at all times reliable, ever mindful of the numerous lives that are placed In their keeping. It was a cheerful sight to see them mingling with one another, extending the hand of fellowship, re newing old acquaintance, and forming new ones. The weather wns grand. The sun was shining brightly, except now and then when a gray fleece of cloudspass ed over it. The air was bracing and appetizing. At twilight a tlurry of snow whitened the ground and the tree branches. All of the brotherhoods Were repres ented by the grand officers, except the engineers. Grand Chief P. M. Ar thur was unable to be present, but Assistant C-rnnd Chief A. H. Youngs ton, of Cleveland, was there. (Jrnnd Master Morrissey, of Galena, 111., rep resented the trainmen; Grand Chief Clark, of Cedar Rapids, la., the con ductors, and Grand Master Surgent, the firemen. Assistant Grand Chief Wilkins, of the conductors, was also present. Most of the railway men stopped at the American house, nnd It was re garded as the headquarters, but there were large numbers at the Hotel An thracite and the Harrison house, while many more were the guests of fellow workmen at their homes. On the LVlawure and Hudson two trains wore run from .Wllkes-Itnrre, one reaching Scrnnton at 8.ir, the other at S. The first was In charge of En gineer Cobb, Fireman John Sullivan, Conductor Cook, Hrakemen J. W. W'lnt, f red Sliipton mid James Uonohoe. and It consitcd of eleven couches, every one of them tilled. The second was in ENGINEER WILLIAM BLAKE, Who Spoke in Welcome for the Railroad Men. charge of Engineer McDonnell, Flre niuti Phil lldfrii k. Conductor Farrcll, Hrakemeii William Grant. Charles Case, John Wolcott. F. K. Pnrtlcy and was made up of nine coaches carrying 2U0 passengers. Another train came in on the Hcl.iwure nnd Hudson on the Albany nnd Susquehanna division from the north, one on the Eric from Hlng hamton, nnd two on the Ontario and Western, one from Oneonta, N. Y the other from Norwich, N. Y. SECRET SESSION IN THE MORN ING. All tho trains arrived at 10 o'clock, and at that hour the secret sessions were called to order. There are two divisions, No. ICrt and No. 4lix, of.th? En'tneers, In Carbondale: two. No. 56 anil No. 62, of the Firemen; one. No. liifi. of the Conductors, and one. No. 91, of the Trainmen. At the respective meeting rooms of these divisions the secret seslsons were held, nnd merely routine business was transacted and addresses on the good of the order were delivered by the respective grand olli cers. Jacob Sehmerhorn was general chair man of the arrangements, and was as sisted by a committee consisting of D. E. Parmeter, F. U. Collins, Alex. Pope land, John Maxwell and Edward At- Continued on Page 5 FINLEY'S BARGAINS IN ORE, GOOD. Note the following for this week: 18 pieces 40-lnch Ail-Wool Tweeds In Greys and Urowns. strictly 60- 25c cent goous. This week 10 pieces 38-Inch Silk and Wool Mix tures, 39-cent goods. This week.. 19c IE pieces Changeable Glace Suitings. 40 Inches wide, have been selling; 7Rf at 43 cents. This week's price.... 13 pieces All-Wool Suitings In Mixed Jacquard effects, 40 inches IRi Wtda, This week'B price JJl Regular value, 48 to 60c. S pieces 611k and Wool Fluid 25f Better goods than usually sold at GO cents. As the above lots are not large, early; buyers get the benefit. Specially low prices on alt our Fine ami Medium Priced Press Patterns for this week. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Always Buisy. Do You Dance? We Sell Party Shoes and Slippers, All the Korrect Shapes. Large Hand Brushes LEWIS,REILLY k BAVIE5 114 AND 118 WYOMING AVE. A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OP FINE JEWELIf CAN BE SEEN AT M SPRUCE STREET When yea pay for Jewelry fen might at well get the best. A fine Una of Novelties for Ladli aaS Gentlemen. W. J. Weichel 408 Spruce St. MATTHEWS BROTHERS Atlantic Leai FreEdi Zinc, Enamel Faints, Carriage Paiats, Crockett's Preservative. Ready Mixed Tinted Oloss Paints, Strictly Pure Linked Oil, Guaranteed
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