THE SCTtiNttTON TTtlBTTft-HOlVDAT oilOltHTlSra. .TANtTATtT 4, 1897. o x. FORECAST OF THE WEEKJN CONGRESS Question of the Cuban Resolution Left in the Hands of Mr. Cameron. rORCCAST OF HOUSE PROCEEDINGS Tliu I.iiikI Hill to A in end tlir I'osttil J.iiwhSo ns tu I'nilillilt Triuisiiils- In n In the ,111111s of Siirlnl oi!ls mill Sample Cojiirs oi Miuspnpurs. l'licillc ltitiliotul I'niiillii!; Hill. AVnslilnBton, Jin. 3. When the sen ate meets Tuesilnj iiioiiiIiih" after tho hollilnv; l pccm It Is uultu llhcly Unit the tlclmtu on mnttots put tnlnliiR to our foieUtt lelntlons tuiil the position ns mmed by Societal y Olncy lot the? o ectlthc, will at once begin to take eliape. AVhethei Mi. Caineuin will call up the Cuban 1 evolution on the open ing day oC the spsilon Is not et' known, for that senator lias not ictuincd to the city, tiud tho Mtbjei t Is entliely In his hands. It Is haidl thuiiRht that liu will seek to lone the Issue on the opening day, owlntf to the fact that theie Is not llltclj to bo a quotum of the uiate present Dining- the nioi nhiff liolii, howener, itudei mi) c;use that ma be put fot wutil, the dcbito on the siiblect can lie eomnicnced, but It must r1i way to the unnnlshid buslmss al 2 o'clock un less theie nio suflklent otis to cita plinc the Oklahoma flee homestead bill with the mole piussliu; question of Cuba. The homestead bill, which Is. championed bi Ml. Pcttlpiew, Is not to lime smooth salllttK. A stums minor ity lepoil by Mr. 1'latt Is to bo pie sonled, and that bcnatoi will lead the opposition to the lnpasme on the lloor oT the senate. Mi 1 1 nle, who Is Iciokcd upon as the lender or the jutl-Cubnu sentiment In the senate, said vostndny that seeial sonatois who had been heietoCoie silent on the subject hnd come out aRalhst the Camel on resolution and theie was now no possible chance foi Its p issnc, On the olhei h ind, Messis fame ion, T.oiIkc, Ch miller, MoiRali nnd Mills as seit that the sentiment ftt otitic ac tion b coiiKiiss Is biconiliiK mine iR oious and that the flRhtitiR will be foieed fiom the stai t. Ml Hale,, who, In the absence of Ml Allison, Is act liitf chairman of the committee on np inopiliitlons, expects to hae the .mm bill leiioi ted to the senate Wednes day and this will be put fin waul to nn tsiRonlzo the Cuban piopocltlun Two speeches ui e booked tor the com ing week, one b Ml 1'eflei, ptolnbly Vedneday, on his resulutloh foi the appointment of a national monetntj confoience, and anothei b Mi Pioctor on the lolnt lesolutlons ptoUdlnR foi the election of piesldent and Ice ptesl dent and senatois bj populai ote. the house forecast Just befoio the holiday leccss the houje of lepiesentatives, upon the leo oniinenilntlon of the committee on lilies, niiaiiRed the business of the house foi the Hist week of the new eai On Tuesday and AVednoMlay the Loud bill to amend the postal laws so as to pro hibit the tiansmlsslon In the malls of feoti.il noel publications and "sample' copies of newbpnpeis at the second class into will be the special oulei Dlbcussion undei the Ronornl nile will continue from immediately nftei the leading of the Journal on Tuosdaj un til L' p m , on Wcdnesd.ij and undei the live-minute lule upon pioposed ainciulments until 4 o'clock when Mi llie; will begin upon pending amend ments and the final l assagi of tin bill AVhen the bill was callid up, rather un- FE" 400-402 Lackawanna Aye,, Opp, Wyoming House, Cloaks Trimmed ats. AVe Imvc 10 OiiO DolHts woith of JACKirrs. capi:s, sp.pahatu skirt.s AND Till M MUD HATS, and in oulei to illbpose of them In time not to enirj them oer, v,u will not wilt until Mitch, as others do before thej luall iliiuiu then ptlccs to any extent Wo have alreailv put the knife Into eon prices anil cut them light Into half Xot a sliiKle gaiment can ou llnd In out handsome, chceiful and well Hnhnil stole that does not come up to tin full stand aid in legard to STYI.i: and Ql'AUTl Out stote is Hghteil not bj t,as, oi any other light that makes voiu guiiuent look ono va in tlio htoio and anothei when jou got home Out stoic is lighted by NATUrtAI. DAY UU11T and with I'Li:.NT of It We handle NO TIIASH It jott want trash, thin ro elsewhere and jou'U lltul lilentj of it tin re i lianill. riN'i: goods onl, anil vvouhl not keep In out stote un thing that Is not P1NP IN ol'ADITY nnd UP-TO-DATU in st le, even If wo could never sell a garment. Reliable Goods. Reliable Treatment, Is Our Hotto. It Is only six weeks since wo have Cpencil our store, and wo can confidently say that wo have, duilng that time, made moio friends than all othir cloak stoics duilng bo many yeais. Goods Clicerliillj Kclmiigcil, Perfect Fit Uiiuranlccd. No Extra Charge. You save from 2j to DO cents on tho dol lai as to price bj buj lag our Cloiks nnd Trimmed Hats of us besliles being snro that ou nro getting good goods of tho latest t)Ui and best wotkinuiislilp. THE PARIS, 400402 LACKA. 'AVE,, OPP. WY0MINU HOUSE. Cor. Lackawanna and Wyoming Aves Scranton, Pa. expoctcdly several weeUs ago, it devel oped Hutpiisint; sttoimtli, but since then the opposition has boon active and the chances of Its passage nro now consltlered rnthoi doubtful. After this bill has been disposed of, the lost of the week Thursday, Filday and .Saturday will be denoted to the consideration of the I'aclllc mllioad funding bill, lepoited by Judge l'uw eis, chairman of the committee on I'a clllc lnllronds.. Two days will be given to t;oneial discussion, and one day to debate, nnd action In committee of the whole upon pioposed amendments. The bill will bo lepoited to the house at 5 o'clock Patuiday and the vote on Its pussage tnken on Mondav. the tilth Inst , Immediately after the leading of the Journal. The debate on this niens ui e will doubtless be Intel estlng, owing to the opposition whlih exists among inombeis of the house to the action of the majority of the committee. The bill pioposes to estend the government Hen overall the physlenlly piopeitles of the companies, which It Is claimed the piesent Hen docs not cmei and substi tute lot all outstanding obligations a new 1 poi cent, nioitgngo, the gin em inent debt to be cnirled lit " per cent pti nuuum. In ndditlon to this, the Southern 1'nclflc company Is lciiulied to pav the amount chntged against the Ceutial I'aclllc tompnny mi lung as It lemalns lessee theieto The nmount of the rnliin I'aclllc mortgage will be $rt,-7.-M 00U and of the Cenlial Pacific fr2, MJ1 OOO Messrs. llubbaul, of Mlssoutl, and hell, of Texas, hae mnile nilnotitj it pints opposing the lei ninmenilntlons ot the committee, the funnel lecom mondlng that the bill diawn by Attot ney Oeneial Uaiinon, and Inioduccd by Srnutois Hi Ice mid lloignn to enloiee the goeinnunt lions upon the ptopeity liv pioceedlngs In the couit of appeals ol the Distilct ot Columbia, and the lattir that the debts of the companies be extended at 3 per cent. Instead of 2, seemed, b the Hist moitgnge upon all theli pioputles Tliey will piobablj lead the deb lie against the committee's bill lly the tcinis of the oulois making these measiiti's, ,tho special business consideiatiun of anv othei matteis Is shut out, and It will take unanimous consent to ait on nnj thing else until the in dels hae been exhausted 'Hie onlj exception is that on Pildav night piinle pemlon bills will be discussed foi two bonis and a half as usual with out a quotum. MILLER RELEASED. Tlio Ameucnii Arrested lor Jliiidoi Has Uoeii lJeleiiscd. Can Diego, Cal , Jan 3 Chailos A Millet, the wealthy Ameilcan leeentlj nitested and thiown Into a Mexican dungeon on a mm del chaige, has been icleased on his own lecognls'anco on ouleis fiom the geneinl go eminent Mr Mlllei" wa chaiged by the au thorities ui Omelnpec, state of Guei leio, with the murder of Lieutenant JMunido Zepeda on Octobei (ith The accused lin" given the most posl tie pi oof of his innocence and has succeeded in tmnlng the tnbles upon bis accuiois to such an extent that a llghl lincstlgatlun Is now going on under the military authoiltles, mi eat thing what piomises to be a whole sale conspliacy In the state ot Guei leto to have Millet done awn with and hlu piopettj divided, besides gi gantic ft mils against the government In levenue taxes JAY GOULD'S SCHOOLMASTER. The financier l.ciuiieil His A ii C's fiom David . .stratlon. nilenv ille, N. Y , Jan .1 The oldest school tenchei In Ulstet countj Is Da vid V. Stiatton, of Nnpanoch He vas born in Koxbm, Delawaie count, elght-one yeais ago and taught school for sixty yeat While teaching in Delnwaie countv one of his pupils was Ja Gould ' I taught Jay his A B C's," said Stiatton to one of the guests who at tended the old pedagogue's fiftieth nn nlveisai this week. "I well lemeni lier the little fellow, with his keen black ees The 111 st rudiments of ed ucation weie obtained from me, and he was an apt scholar and quick to lenin " Stratton 1 pioud of the fact that one of the gientest flnancleis and mllioaJ magnates of modem times vas the Delawaie county lad who learned his letteis from him. SPAIN AND CUBA. The Itojs of Cluvoliind Settle the Question. Cleveland, O, Jan. .1 "Cuba," a set tlement In the southwest end ot the citv, has been the scene of a number of pitched battles dining the past month between two gangs of bovs who call themselves Spanlauls and Ctibana. The Spanlauls nie about !00 stiong and "lnsui gents" about L'OO The boys nie fiom 11 to 20 jenis of ago. Yesteidaj afternoon the two aimles met nnd foi half an hour they fought a fleice battle. In which hame of the bojs weie badlj Injtued A tinln of box cars was used bj the insm gents as bulwaiks A number of the boys sta tioned themselves on top ot the cms They had tevolvers and soveial shots weie fired One boy wns shot thiough tho hand, another In the knee, and an other In the bead. SPORTS ARRESTED. Accused of Coutiibiitms to tho In juriesof .lolmii Dull). No' Yotk, T.m 1 Mnnasei Thomas OUouike, of th- Dioadwuy Athletic club, Iteteiee IJIlK Hoche and l'l Ize Klghtet Geoige Justlci, who veie ai restcd Satuidny night by Captain Gioo, of the Meicoi stieet station, foi being contiibutoiy to the Injuries that "John n" Duffy, of IJoston, iccelved in the piI?o light at the athletic lub on Sntut day night, vveto today held in $2,000 hall in Jefferhon touit fot tuitliet ex amination on " edncsiilay aftctnoon. A ceitlflcate wns shown fiom hi. Vin cents' hospital, wheio Dulfj is now, to the effect that he was suffeilng tiopi ccicbel hemoirhago nnd that IiIh dentil might be expectee) at any moment The tlnee pi ibonei 3 furnished the ball demanded ami veio leleased. MISSION TO KINQ MENELEK. Ilnth tho llrilisli and tho Trench Ilniit Something to Sii) to Him London, Jap. 3 An Dngllsh special mission to the Negus Menelek Is under the consideration of tho foreign olllce. The French government Is about to dispatch fiom Obok an Itnpoitnnt mis sion headed by M I.ngaule, Into gov einoi of Obok, who has alteady hold frequent communication with Menelek, and, It Is believed at tho English for eign office, has npproached that poten tate on tho subject of a Trench protec totnto over Abyssinia oi sopio such understanding as would effectually check the expansion of Riltlsh Influ ence in the legions of the upper Nile. INDIA UNABLE TO COPE WITH FAMINE Thousands of Unfortunates Arc Dvlng from Starvation. INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS HELPLESS Hitssin Is Doing -Mute Than Croat Britain to ltelleie the Miming .Miillltudes--'l'liu l'lngiiu at Hoitibii) Adds to Its Terror. -Itritlsh Aid Mill IJc Neecssiir). London, Jan. .1 Tho letter of ox Judge Goodildge, published last week In the Ungllshiunii of Calcutta, point ing out that the means adopted by the government of India to i heck the lnm ine were entliely Inadequate, declaring that thousands of pet suns nie dying fiom starvation, and cnlls attention to the genet al apathy on the subject thus fai displayed In nugUiutl The queen some time ago bent a telgiam to the vice-toy of India exptesslng sympathy foi the surferei.s and piomislng that they would be nsslstcd. but thus fai nothing ot consequence has been done by tho Impeilal goveinintnt to aveit the effeetH of one or the gieatest lakuu Ities that has evet thienleued India Ciiinpnilsuns ato made In the mnt tet between the attitude of Gicat J!tl tnln and Russia, whlcb do not icdound e?ieally to the ciedlt of this countiy It Is known that the Cai has seveial times expressed bltnselt as being deep ly concerned In the outcome of the fnm Ine, and his Intel en has taken n pinc tleal tin n One of the means adopted by tli" Czar to snPllc au fot the suf ferers was a giand conceit, which pto eUiccd a lnrge sum of money. All the aitl'ts who appealed volunteeied theli set vices, nnd all the icceipts were de voted to the fund for the1 victims As the nYnlr wns tinder the diiect pation age of the CVai and Cziulnn, almost the entile loutl was luesent, as weie also the civic and nillltaty olllclals in St Peteisbuig The newspipers ot Moscow and St Peteisbuig continue thcii earnest ap peals foi ltclp fot the famine suifeieis, and In otlui ditcctlons steps ate being taken to aid the victims, in .sumo Eng lish quntteis the opinion obtains that tills geneious action ot the Russians Is only a mask hiding some deep-laid po litical scheme, having fot Its object the laisu g of disaffection In India against IliUMi nilc Some of the Toty papers expicss theli aptnoval ot decimations that have uppeaied In ceitnin Indian pnpeis to the effect that aid from such a sottice should not be aceootcd Hut they do not uige the government to extend aid to the sufletois, and in the meantime thousands of tho natives aie dy ing. IUIPSIA'S CHARITY. Theie Is no question In the minds of those who nie not blinded by untied of Russia that the Russian mov ement had its oiigln entliely In chatltable motives, and that It was Intended as a response to the foielgn aid given nt the time of the gient Russian fam ine sonic live yeais ago The Russian newspapeis point out in their uppeals foi subset lptluns that had It not been for the aid extended to the Russian suffeicis. by Gieat Uiitaln and the United States the death toll would have been much laigei than it actually was Quantities of gtuln have been pui chased with the money rnled by public subscriptions irr Russln, and the Rus sian government has undertaken to fot w aid the giain to India flee of cost The Indian government Is not able to cope with the situation, and unless Impel Inl aid Is extended the famine will move one of the most calamitous visitations of the kind that has evet affected India Advices lecelved here from Rombay show that the bubonic plngue, w hlch Is supposed to have been impoited Into that city fiom Hong Kong, wheio It laged with gieat violence about a year ago. Is lapldly extending among the nntlv es, w bo, thus far, have been the ptlnclpnl suffetois Thousands of the lesidonts have lied from the city, but their exodus Is mote than countei bal anced by the artlval of laige numbers of victims of the famine, who ate pinn ing Into the city In the hope of eltnei obtaining work or of nt least finding among the chatltable tellef from the pangs of staivntlon These, weakened by want of food, quickly fall victims to the disease, which thus fnr has b'a filed the effotts of the physicians to control It. The sanltniy condition of the native quaiters also tends to the spiend of the disease, but the natives, with their usual fatalism, aie not to be taught the benellts of cleanliness In their hab itations, and accept tho plague as a visitation from theli gods It Is thought that unless the sanitary tegti latlons can be enfoiced by the civil nu thoilties, It will be necessary to call upon the military for assistance In compelling the natives to obseive the health laws. COINAGE EXECUTED LAST YEAR. An Increase in the Production of Cold nod a Deci ease in 'I'lmt of Silver. Washington. Jan a The coinage ex ecuted nt the mints ot the United States dining Decembei amounted to $7,014,419 In detail the coinage con sisted ol double i agios numbeiltig J0"i, 5G9, eagles, 15rM4, hall eagles, 10,04fi, qunitet e'.igles, G.4GC Total value of gold pieies coined, 4, .103, lu5. Slhei dol lais, 1,700,'jr.O; silver half dollats, 9C?,- A SUDDEN THOUGHT SWEAR -ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP." 'AND THERE, ABOVE THE LITTLE GRAVE OH, TKSREABOVE THE LITTLE GRAVE, WE KISSED AGAIN WITH TEARSI" Copyilght, 1S9C, by Mitchell & Miller. 2G0; innitcr dollnif. 1,035,250; dimes, 1,085,506. Total silver coinage, $2,551, DGS.10. rive-cent nickels, l.'JSO.COSj one cent pieces n,32fi,ti21. Total value minor coinage, $10J,2S0.01. riuni Iniorninllon iccelved from of fice! s of" tho mint seivlco and other agents employed to collect tho stntls tlcfl ot the pioducllon of gold and sll vet fiom the mines of the United States dining the calendar vcar lS'JC, the ill lectot of tho mint cstlmntes the mo duct of gold to have approximated $51, 500,000, being an lncteaso of $5,000,000 over 1S13. The, puuluct of silver In the United States In 1VJG, fiom the information now at hand. Is estimated to have been fiom 52,000,000 to G3,CO0,UUO fine ounces, a decicnso of 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 ounces fiom that of ISO". TRAMP'S WINDFALL. Ono of the Itliondes Tumil) l.enves Jail with u I'lstliil of Mono. New Ilrunswlok, N J , Jan. 3 George Rhoudes was confined in the Middle sex t utility Jail fot a long time as a witness In the rnilfos assault case Tally In Auuust ol last yeat, while he was plttlnu on the station platfoun at Vnndev enta's Ctosslng waiting foi n fi eight rain to i onto along nnd give him n i Ide, he saw the assiult committed The Middlesex county gland juiy meets only tluee times a yi it, and the ensi went ovei to the December teim RhondoH did not gt limbic at being kepi In Jail Ho said that any thing was bet tet limn being tinned loose In w Intel On Wedni sday last Rhoadcs wna called ns a witness In the tilnl of Pat hos and he inntetlally helped the state A juiy com Ii ted Paigos, and he was lem.mdeil to jail fo"i sentence. Tin prosecutor then orileted the iclease of Rhoailc", and yistcrdtvy aftunoon the jallet Infolmed him that he was a flee man and that there was a little pies ent awaiting him lit the shei Ill's office Rlioades did not undei stand nt tit si, and seemed to fear that some old lont plalnl wns about to be piessed against him Then Deputy Shciiff Wesnci handed hint a loll ot bills as thick as his (1st "All this for me'" said .Rlioades, ns he biushed back the hair fiom his blow like the hem In a plav, when the dreadful looking man with the falsi beaul comes to put the handcuffs on him fot the cilme the villain uccuses him of, "Theie Is some mistake bete I novel had so much tnonev in my life" Then Mi W'esnci explained that the money was coming to him for his timi spent in Jail as a w Itness "You sec,' explained Ml Wesnei, "tile fountv pays witnesses 50 icnts a day for ovciy day thev aie con fluid In jail You ltavi been in lib days, and you ate entitled to $74 " "And don't mv bunul ot anything come out of this"'" said Rlioadc, still unable to undei stand his good fot tune. "Why, no," said Ml. 'Wesnei "That's all youis, to do whit you like with Now lun along and dtatt the new yeai right " "You bet I'll start the now yeat right," said he Last night theio was a morrymaklnr 'at a tiamp lodging house- In Neilson sticet. All the hoboes in the city hnd heaid of Rlioades' good luck. Hveiv few minutes Rlioades would pull out bis roll, take off another 2-dollai bill and send out foi mine icfieshment This sort of thing kept up till mid night. Rlioades was u minded of a piomle to use hlin money in stalling life anew. "Oh, that's all light, my filend," he said "On this day of feasting nnd good cheei It Is bettet to give than to lccelve. Aftet tonight I sweai pff " NATIONAL FINANCES. A Deficit of 3:i7,t)0!!,:i!J(l for the Tirsl Six .Mouths of the 1'is.cnl Year. Washington, Jan G The compain tlve statement of the lecelpts and ex pendltutes of the United Stntcs lot the month of December, 1S0G. shows for the fltst time In quite a long petlod a sm plus of lecelpts over expendituies. This sin plus amounts to $2,014,149, and is ac counted foi by tile lecelpts ftwnn the te cent sale ot first militgage bonds of the Cential I'aclllc Union Pacific and Kan sas Pacific lnllronds, and on siuallet In tel est payments requited. The defi ciency fot the six months, ended Dec 31, IS'jC, amounts to $.:7,90-39G Duilng that petlod the receipts weie ns fol lows. 1S1G 1895 Customs $C7,SJ1,GS2 SS- 111,273 Inttitnl levenue . 77,721,741 76,bM 4(jr Miscellaneous lecelpts 11,1)01,170 S.JI2S11 Total ...$157,507,102 $lb7,5ii7,t"i3 lb9ii. 18U5 The pxpendltuies foi the six months ended Dec. 31, lS'lG, wue: Civil and mlsccl. Win Navy Indians Pcitlons Intctest $33 500 174 27.501,7)5 , 17.IS9 07'. . 0,191, I'd , 71.93J.103 , 18,7Sib,113 $11 933,417 30 497,021 H511,4W 5 090,1 S3 71,234,127 17,012 501 Total $195,410,000 $lS2,9fl2,7(,0 For the month of December, 1S9G, the receipts nmnunted to $25,S37,111, against $20, 2sS, 917 foi Decembei. 1S95 Tho de posits In tho nntlnnal bank fund dining the month amounted to $1,221,052 and redemptions to $bS9,5GS. "I have always been tioublod with headache, dizziness nnd a tiled feeling Aftet tnklng a few bottles ot Hood's Sat sapat ilia 1 am able to go about my vvotk as well as I did In mv youngei Cays." I.uclnda Kully, Kant?, Pa Hood's Pills cuie all liver ills. STRIKES ME LET US fjBtMlf f u ' CoosioS F1 i CLOAK A Substantial markdown in prices has taken place in our Cloak Room. CONNOLLY & A WORD. WANTS Or ALJj KINDS COST THAT MUCH, WHEN PAID rOR IN AD VANCE WHEN A UOOK ACCOUNT IS MADE NO CHARGE WILL BE LESS THAN 15 CENTS. THIS RULE AF PLIES TO SMALL WANT ADS. EX CEPT LOCAL SITUATIONS, WHICH AP.E INSERTED TREE. ih:ll wantkd iMali:s. BAHlinit WANTED AT ONCE-AT HOTEL Jormy u L'nt bcrhltop, must bo first cl.isi; none otlict ttooil npplv. MEN AND WOMEN OUT OP EMPI.OY ment nml willing to work ciin lourn nf n purmiuont sltnntlnn nt kooI wisciby writing ut onco to P. V. IL.liox -1), Aueustn Mninu IITANTED-AN IDEA. WHO CAN THINK V of somo f.lmplo tliiut; to intent? Pio tictyoui lib us tlm miy IiiIhb you weiltlt Wrilo .IONH WLDI1LRBUIIN A. CO, Dopt. C, 'Jl, Patont AttornojN, Wnsliinutoii D.O, for their S1MI0 prlzo oftoi and list or JU0inou. tlons 'wanted ANTED-AS AGENT IN EVr.HY SEC tlon to cainnss- SI 'HI to S'M a day inado ; sells at flRbt; ilso a man to soil Staple Goods to dealers, best Hido lino $75 1 month, salarv oi InrRO commission inado, cxpertoneo uniiccos-'ai . Clifton Soap and .Manufactur uic Co, Cincinnati, O. WANTED - LLL-KNOWN MAN IN ocry town tn toltclt stock subset Ip tlons, a monopoly; big money for njfeiits; no capital loiiulrod EDWARD C. PIbH & CO , Poi den Illock, Chic lu'o 111 ii i:li vanti:d ri:M ali:s. 1 ADILS-l MAKE HIG WAGHb DOING Li pleasant homo w otlr, and will jjladly send full particulars to nil sending - cent stamp MISb M A. blEHHINS, Lawience, Mich T7-ANTED-LADY AGENTS IN SCRAN ton to sell and inttoiluce bndor's ciko icing; expcilenied c uimispi prefeired: notk jeiinanent and vcrj profitable Wilto foi 1 articulam nt onco and cot benefit of holiday trade. T. B bNYDER .V. CO , Cincinnati, O. J ANTED IMMEDIATELY -T O ENEIt ' gotlo unlcswoinau to repiosont us Gunranteml Si! a daj without interforrius with other duties Healthlul oecupntioii. Silto loi partii ulars, inclosing stamp, Mnut;o f ltciuicil Cciupanj, No. 7-' John htiect, Now Yoik liOAUI) WANTHD. OR MAN AND WHE, NE Vlt PUBLIC Library. Address A Tribuno olllee rou sali:. I70R SALE-A SILVER PLATED CONN L' doublo bell euphonium, ulcelj cnginod with trombono 1 ell gold lined, tieirlvnow and cost JW willMll at n birgain Addtoss this weok to li W GAYLOU, LaRajsvillo Pa 1?OR SALE-HOUSE, AGED blX YEARS V weight 1,WJ i omuls; can be been at 10J1 Prlco ( treot rou ui:nt. ITiOR RENT-TUE THREE TLOORS OVER I No 4 iO Sprncn sttoot now otoupled b tlio Rowing Association; possession Apt 11 1st Inqulro ot PRED WAGNER, 511 Lacknwamin .IMIllUO 17IOR RENT-NICE 1S-UOOM IlOlIbE, TJi j1 Washington avonuo, all incdern lin pioomettts, by robruarj 1 l 70R RENT-HALP OP DOUBLE HOUSE, modern iiunioeinonts. rent reionable. corttor nf Pine and BHkelj strcots, Dunmoio PUOriTAHLi: SPECULATION. "pTTuV in r? R ii vi sVii n s a n b" s ro c ' k J Solid foi oiti "liooUiot' ixphinuig oui plan, now Is jour oppoi tunity as mariEnls nrrv low, wo tmKo money fot our customets doal Ith a ii sponsible film bank lofotoui es A P. nORST CO Bankois mid Uiokors II PInostioot Now York iiusinp.ss oppouTUNi'i n:s. MON EY-1 P OU WANT TO Lr ARN HOW jou tan mnko niocuj in Wall stnot on J.'O and upwards, so id for my plan of specu lutlon ffroo. E MORTIMER PINE, Binkoi and Hrokut HBroulwaj, N CHIUOPOD1ST AND MAMCUUi:. pORNS, BUNION'S AND INOROW1NG -J nails cured without tho lent pain or drawing blood Consultation and uiH ! u giMiu freo. E M lll'TSI L Chiropodist .! I ack an.inna menue. Ladies attended at their reiidi uco If iluslred. Chatges meliorate. CITY SCAVLNGIIU. AE HItlOGb CLEANS TlilVY VAULTS . and cesi rools. to odot ; improcd pumps used A, BRIGfiS, Piopnetot Lino oulors 1100 Ninth Main mourn-, or Tt cites' dt tig storo, rotner Auiims mill Mill In rt i 'telephone iWi SUPKEAIH COURT IN RUSSIA. Tho Car Mill Cicuto It to tiilimi! liilllsllll 111 Slllllll o Ills Itu i clciis. Hoi Hit, Jnn 3 A Biieclnl illspilfh from St I'pti lHbuijj to tho Piilouiii! Cltt ai'tto snys It Is the inte-ntloii of tho car to cirato a stiiiimo couit, with the object of lellovIiiK hltn of much of tho woik which elovohcH upon tho era- JlOIQt. The point will Bettlo nil tlio mttttots now ilcclilul by tho czar, except thoso of tho hluhest litipoitanco, which will, ns hototoforc, ho luferteil to the oni lietor liliiielf Tho atnml DitUe Con stuntlno Coilstnntlnoxltch, uncle of tho cznr, will he appointed piesldent of the couit. l i PI i "j! I v ' DEPAHTMEMT. V J f WALLACE, AGLN'IS WANTED. W" XnteT) wrwnNTTTmrru hpIPs nuthorboil "LIVKS OP MoKIN I.KY AND HOHAItr," NH mzo oltuiuitly illustrutul, prleo only M 110 tlio host nnd tlio clmipuitf and oiitsslUall otlict", fi) nor cent tonRoiits nnil tlio frolirlit nld. tSr'Ili)1'1 now rCailyr sine tlina by scnillni; on cents III sttnips for an outfit nt onco Ailclross A, D WOltrillNUTONACO., Hjrtforil. Conn. 7ANrnn-ACTivn agents to shll ' now attnrtlvo irtlclo. Exrluslxo toi ritorj anil Ilbci nl tortus Riven. '1HE10EAL .ITU Sullo bttoat, Clticnijo. a oents'-s.!) a" iTuNDitniTpoTr YOUIl i v nolclibois' aililiusscs; sond 10 ountj for ronti net nml bimplo cops-. KOMANUE, 14 111 Hroadw.iy, N V. WANTED- (JENEltAL AGENTS IN EV oi v county; alio lady cuiasscr3,nomo tbltiKiiow, sitio sollor; apply quick .1, C 1IIL1IEIIT, 141 Adams avenue, Pcranton, Pa AGENTS-WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO do about Safo Citlzotishlp price SI. Go ing by thousands. Address, NICHOLS, NnperUllo, 111. AGENTS-TO 8HI.L OUR PRACTICAL cold, silver, nlckol and conpot cle'ctrd ploitct s, piicos from S3 npwaiil salary and I'xiionsps paid outfit free. Address, with kttnip, MICHIGAN MFG CO,, ChlcaKO GENTS TO SELL CIGARS TO DEALERS, iV SJ'iMookly nml nxllollses, oTporiomo un necessary CONSOLIDA1LD Ml G CO. 4b Van Union st, Chicago, CALPSMAN TO CARRY SIDE LINE; ill O por cent eomini'slon- sninplo book mailed freo, Addre's L N CO , btatlon L, Now York. SI OCKIIOI.Di:US' MLT.TING. riMIE ANNUAL SI OCKHOLDERS' MEET I Ing of Tlio Weston Mill Company w ill bo bold nt tho 1 itst National Bank, of sunnton, bnturdnj evening, .Ian nth, at 8 o'clock A. W, DICKSON, becrotarj-. rPHE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE I stockholders of tho Thlul National 11 ink ot Scranton will bo held in tho Direitois' loom of tho bank building, on Tuesday, Jauu nry 1., I8J7, between the, boats of.) and 1 p iil HLNRi BCL1N, .III, SoLretaty TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE -L annual mooting of 'I ho Spiing Brook Wator Supply Company for tho election of directors and tlio transaction of such othoi buslnossns may pioperly como befoto it. will bo held on Weitnosilny, January ilUtli, 1MI7, nt tho hour of 10 o'clock a m , at tho olllca of tho company in Scranton, Pa , In accordance witli tho by-laws of tho company L A WATRES, Prosident. Attest -T, H, WATKINS, Seciotary vilwt.us' notici:. TN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OP i. tho city of Si ranton for tliu appointment of Viowuts to asccitiiu tho costs, damages and i penses, and assess tho bonotlts tor tho construction of sower of Robinson streot. I.onorgiu place. Chestnut tuonue and Prlco streot. In tho Court of Common Pleas, No 41, Nmomboi tirm 1KM Notice is hciohj gion to tlio following pnr tles in interest that tho uudersisuetl Uonors, duh appolntod by tho couit in tlio foregoing mitter, luiM) ptoparol a scheduk, showing tho damacres, costs and oxiienos ascot tallied and allowed and tho bonellts rssersed for tho foregoing impro ement, and tliat saliHio" ers will moot nnd exhibit the same at No. ill Lnckaw anna avonuo bcranton, Pa , on the 11th day of Jauttary; A D 1897, at a ocloika tn , and will then and thoroupoii hear all ocop tlons theioto and oIdenco the! con Philip T Lonorgan Pattlck O'C'onnoll, Mai tin Don nollj. Mis. P, McGarrj-, L Goodman, Mrs James Howaith, Mary Albto J ELLIOT ROSS, D E. JOHNSON, MORGAN LAKE, Vlowers LOST. J OST-A WHITE BULL PUP, FINDER Xj will bo suitably rewarded upon roturti toWM IIANLEY, Jll fi CI Mnnrou avenue. SITUATIONS WANTED. SITUATION WANTED - BYFCPERN 'J eucol bminn-s man, as accountant, prl- ato sect otnij ot collector: good lcfutouces Addiets QUlc'K, Tilbuuu olllco QITUATION WANTED-BY AN EXPEKI VJ ouced onglneor, as unglneei, theinan or watchman; eandu repairs and bo generally Uicful; mauled man i.nd anxious foi wmk; gool lufoioncos. Address L C , Jl.l Linden ttrout SITUATION WANTED -TO (1(1 OUT 3 washing nnd it ouliig; wablilng and Ironing tnken homo also. Call or iiddiois L K , 51b ceo con 1 1 SITUATION WANTED- BY A MIFDI.E I) aged man nB drhor or teannitor; under stands caro of horjoj. W H -17 Jcllcisun avonuo DRUG Cl.rilK VANTS POSITION R2G iHterid O A ; bist refo'oncos. Address ERNLS1" GROSb, Wjomlng, Pu vTrAN rED-m married man, situa- 11 tion iiHongiuocr, llieinauot watelimati, can diiowu lepajring and mnUo himself gen eiallv useful; good references furnished. E L , JM l.tudeu btioet. Q1IUATION WANTED-TODO WASHING O anil itoiiing at hotn or go out by tho daj nt nnj thing, cloaulng otllces, will gho perfect satlsf.n tion at anj plueo Call or address A. II , .til Noitu Sumner nonuu PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PhyMcuin ami Surcdns. DR. MARTHA S EVERITT MX WASH liihtou ae Olibe liuuis until 10 a in , 1 to I, to S in MARY- A SHEPHERD, M.d7 NoTis Adams ae nue DR. A. TRAPOLD, SPECIALIST IN Diseases of Women, comet Wjomlng uAenuo nnd Spruce, street, Scranton Of Jlco hours, Thursday and Saturdjya, 9 a m to o p in DR. COMBGYS-OFFICE NO 337 N. Washington ave. Hours, 12 m to J p. m. DIseasiB of women a specialty. Tele phono No 3232. DR W E ALLEN, 612 NORTH WASH Ington acnuo. DR ANNA LAW, EOS Ofhcohours, JM1 a rn WYOMINO AVE , 1-3 p in , 7-8 p. m DR L. M. OATES, 123 WASHINGTON avenue Olllco hours. 8 to 9 a. m , 1 SO to 3 anil 7 to S p m. Residence 300 Madi son aovnuo. DR. C L TREAS, SPECIALIST IN Rupture, Truss Fitting and Tat Reduc tion, Rooms .!0G unrt 207 Meara Building Olllco telephone 1303. Hours; 10 to 1.', 2 to 4. 7to B. DR. B, W. LAMEREAUX, A SPECIAL- Wallace Has had a trifle the worst of the weath er. JVrild weather and a brisk cloak V trade seldom come together. That's why this mark-down has been found necessary 209 Washington Avenue, Opp. Court House. 1st on chronic diseases of tho heart, lungs, liver, kidney nnd gonlto urinary organs, will occupj tho olllco of Dr. Roos, 231 Adams nevnue. Oillco hours, 1 to fi p. m. W. G. ROOK. VETERINARY SUR Keon Horses, C.ittlo and Dogn trentod. Hosplt il, 124 Linden etreet, Soranton. Telephone, 2672. I.IlWVCt'i. rr.ANK n royle, attorney and counsellor-nt-law. Hurr building, rooms 13 and 14, Washhifiton avenue. EDWARD W. THAY'ER. ATTYATLAW. 211JVyomlne avenue. jnrrRUY's a. ruddy, attornuys- at-law, Commonwealth building. WARREN Ei KNAPP. ATTORNEYS nnd Counsellors at Law, Republican, building, Washington avenue, Sctanton, Jl'a. JESSUP &. JESSUP. ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors at Law, Commomvcilth, bulldlnt. Washington avenue. W. II. JESSUP. W II. IESSUP. .TR PATTERSON & WILCOX, ATTOR neys nnd Counsellors at Law; olllccs G and 8 Library building, Scranton, Pn. ROSEWELL II PATTERSON. WILLIAM A WILCOX. J ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HANT Attornejs nnd Counsellors, Common wealth Jjulldlng.Rooms 10j20 and 21. FRANK T. OKELL. ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Room B, Coal Exchange, Scranton, Pa. JAMES W. OAKrORD, ATTORNEY-at-Law, rooms G3, CI and G3, Common wealth b illdlng SAMUEL W EDGAR, ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Olllce, 317 Spruco st , Scranton, Pa. L A. WATRES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 423 Lackawanna ave , Scranton, Pa URIE TOWNSEND, ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Dime Eark Building, Scranton. Money to loan In largo sums at C per cent. C. R. PITCHER, ATTORNEY-AT-lnw, Commonwealth building, Sctanton, Pa. C. COMEGYS, 321 SPRUCE STREET D. R. REPLOGLE, ATTORNEY-LOANS negotiated on real estato security. Menrs building, corner Washlncton avo nuo and Spruco streot. B T. KILLAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. itu Wyoming ae, cscranion, l'a JAS. J. II HAMILTON. ATTORNEY-AT-law, Vi Commonwealth bld'p Scranton. WATSON, DIEIIL, HALL ,t KEm'meR ER Attornejs and CotinsolIors-nt-Law ; Traders' National Hank Uulldins; rbbrns b, 7. 8, 'l and 10, third lloor Detectives. BARRING & M'SWEENEY, COMMON. wealth bulldlns. Interstate Secret Ser vlco Agencj. Architects EDWARD II DAVIS, Rooms 24, 25 and 2o, ARCHITECT. Commonwealth uutiuing, bcranton. E. L WALTER, ARCHITECT, OFFICE1 rear of fOC Washington aenuo. LEWIS HANCOCK JR , ARCHITECT, 433 Spruce st , cor. Wash ave Sctanton. BROWN & MORRIS, ARCHITECTS. Prlco building, Uj Washington avenue, Scranton. T I. LACEY (c SON, Traders Bank Rulldlng ARCHITECTS, AlelcfiiKin. G F KEI.LOW. 1001 W LACkT7aVE. Dentists. L. M'GRAW, 303 SPRUCE! DR. H T. REYNOLDS. OPP. P. O. DR. E. Y. HARRISON. 113 S. MAIN AVE. DItC C LAURACII, 115 Wyoming' ave. It. M. STRA'ITON, OFFICE COAiTeX change. WELCOME C SNOVER. 421LACK ae Hours, 9 o 1 nnd 2 to G Dressmaker. .MRS M E DAVIS. 410 Adams avenue. Schools. SCHOOL Or THE LACKAWANNA. Scranton, Pa , prepares boys and girls for college or business, thoroughly trains young children. Catalogue at re quest. REV THOMAS M. CANN, WALTER H RUELL. MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN and School 112 Ad ims nvenue Spilns term April 13 Kindergarten $10 per term. Sec. Is. G R CLARK fi. CO , SEEDMEN AND Nurserymen; store 148 Washington ae nue; greon house, 1350 North Main ave nue, stole telephone, 7S2 WireScreens. JOS KUETTEL REAR "fill LACKA wanna nemte, Scrnnton, l'a, manufac turer of Who Screens lintels nml Restaurants. THE ELK CArE, 123 nnd 127 FRANK lln avenue Rates teasonablo P. 55EIGLER. Proprietor SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D , L fi. W. passenger depot Conducted on the European plan. VICTOR KOCH, Prop. WESTMINSTER HOTEL, Cot. Sixteenth St and Irlpg Place. New Yorlc. Rates, f3 SO per day and upwards (Ameri can plan.) GEO MURRAY. Pioptletor Miscellaneous. UAUER'S ORCHESTRA-MUSIC FOR balls picnics parties, receptions, wed dings and concert work furnished For terms address R J Bauer, conduotor, 117 Wyoming avenuo, over Hulbet's mttslo stote MEGARGEE nROTHERS PRINTERS' supplies, envelopes, papqr bags, twfno. Warehouse, 130 Washington nvo Scian. ton. Pa. TRANK P RROWN fit CO. WIIOtE salo dealers In Woodwaro. Cordago and Oil Cloth, 720 West Lackawanna avo. THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT Ac countant nnd auditor. Rooms 19 and 20 Williams Building, opposlto postolllce. Afent for tho Rex Tiro Extinguisher. -i aw - l tt V
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