THE SOB ANTON TnmUNIE-SATURDAY MOKNTNU. FEBRUARY 0, IS!) 7. West Side Department OFFICERS INSTALLED. Very Pleasant Event Lnst Evening Con ducted by Lackawanna Council, No. 1133, Royal Arcanum. Lnckaw mina council, No. 1133, Koyal 'Aicanuin, met Inst evening In Hobcrt JIouls hull on South Main avenue, nnd after lnslullliic olllceii a social time waB enjoyed by the sevcnty-IHc men present. The Installation oC olllcers lield within Itself a mild surprise which bill st out when Chatles Lali.u, who was nominated for legent declined the nomination at the meeting. The i eason for the sudden resignation Is not at hand. Aftet Mr. I-aUar had leslgned Charles 12. I.anninir was elected to 1111 the olllce of iegent. The othei olllceis installed were: John II. Reynolds, cc legent; .Tames Leyshon, oiatoi, Thomas Cosgiove, post lenent; A. 12. Vorhls, sectetaiy; U. r. Kynon, collectoi, O. T. Ilugdon, chaplain; V. H. Lautr, tic.T'uiei; Wal tei Tllhon, iiulde; L. 12 Giles, warden; John It. Ilanls, sentinel, Ico 12 T. John, deceased. The Installing ofllcer was DIstilct Deputy Gtand Itegent V. 12. Ntehl, assisted by membois of Seranton councils. A pleasant episode of the session was n presentation by the lodge of a gold band ilng to Thomas Cogiovo, who vacated the olllce of legent. The ilng Is veiy handsome, suitably Inscribed on the inside nnd ornamented with the emblem of the ordei Inlaid In gold and enamel. 'Dr. W. A. Paine made the presentatloni speech, mentioning Mr. Cosgioe's efficient set Ice and express ing the thanks of the lodge for the ex cellent piogic-s made during his lc glme as legent. Sandwiches, coffee and clgats weie furnished In the Ior ite club quaiters. Jin. BOWGR'S LCCTURE. The lectin e delivered last evening by A. Vincent Bower at the Scianton Street Baptist chuich was a rich treat. Mr. Bowel's subject was "Michael An gelo," and he was aided in Ills descrip tion by the use of a eiy line steieoptl con operated in the iear part of the chuith by an assistant to Mr. Bowei. The lecture deseies more than passing mention. Mr. Bower led his lieatuis through a maze of lnstiuction, flist showing the master pieces of other world-famed artists and then contrast ing their ci cations with those of An gelic The lenowned Italian's greatest piece of sculpturing was of Moses, now in St. Petei's chuich at Home. In lauding this paitlcular cieatlon Mi. Bower aniljzed the const uctlon. It was the woik of the soul. Angelo was inspired and lie seems to hao Impait od the inspluitlon to the marble. One day, after the statue was llnished the great sculptor drew- back apace and looked intently at the still figuie. Then ciazed by the stillne's, he lushed up to the gieat llgure and stiuck ileicely at it with his ehisd "why don't you speak?" lie ciied. It was this powei, the divine ability to Imbue the cold maible with passionate life that char acteilzes the woik of Michael Angelo A large audience beaid the lectuie. THE VOLUNTEEHS OF AMEniCA. Monday next, Feb S, from C to 10 p m., tables will be spiend foi a welcome supper to Captain and Mis. S. M. Johns, at Post No. 2, Volunteers of America, ICC Noith Main avtnuo. Quite a time Is expected as these olllcers hne made themselves ery popular since they came. The pi Ice of supper will be ten cents. The West Slders will do well to patronise this pntilotlc people, not only by silent sjmpathy but pmctical work by sending along something substantial to tin aboe addiess The captain as sures us It will be welcomed. ANOTHER EISTEDDFOD. An eisteddfod w 111 bo held on April 7 at the Bellevuo mission of the Flist Welsh Baptist chuich. Luther Lewis is supeilntendent of the school John E. Jones is piesldent of the committee in chaige; John II. "Williams, secretary; Luther Lewis, tteasurei, and the fol lowing members: David J. Jones, Jacob Jones, Mlilam Jones, Mrs. Isaac Davis, Thomas M. Jones and Dald Davis. Tho eisteddfod will be an old fashioned one. The piles, though small, will be just iaige enough to make it interesting. BURIAL OF MRS. EDWABDS. The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret Edwards took place yesterday after noon from 1C21 Lafayette stieet. Rev. Thomas de Giuchy, pastot of Jackson Stieet Baptist church, preached the funeial sermon. Theio was a largo as semblage of f i lends of the deceased. The pall-bearers were: David T. Jen kins, Thomas S. -Williams, Geoigo White, George Campbell, B. Lloyd and Thomas G. Beddoe. Intel ment was made in Washburn street cemetery. OFFICERS ELECTED. Tho following have been elected offi cers of the CaUinlstlc Methodist chuich, Bellevue: John W. Davis, sec retaiy; John D. Phillips, tieasurer; John T. Jones, Henry W. Evans, Will iam Davis, tiustees; John Samuel, Wil lie G. Williams, ushers; James Davis, Willie Samuel, door attendants; John Talarthen Jones, Moigan P. Jones, pub lishing committee. RAG BEE HELD. A lag bee wns tendeied Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis Thursday evening at their homo on Fourteenth street. Among thoso present weie- Mrs. Mol lis Jones, Mis. Thomas Lewis, Mis. William Royal, Mis. Hush Williams, Mrs. Maggie JiMklns, Mis. William Powell, Miss Louise Jenkins, Miss Mag gie Lewis. It was a Jolly company and a good time was passed while the sew ing was going on. NOTES AND PERSONALS. A preliminary meeting of the Ladles' 'Auxiliary of the Ordei of Rutlioad Conductors, will be held Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock, at the looms of the Railroad Young Men's Chilstlan asso ciation. Clothes lino thieves have been very much in evidence near tho corner of South Main avenue and Hampton stieet during tho past week and suspicion la tin own on a resident of the latter named street. On Wednesday morning n laige piece of caipet was stolen from the line at C04 South Main avenue. County Detective Thomas E. Leyshon In a lecoveied from a very serious 111- I t and has again begun active woik I I his oilice. " ho funeral of the late William Mua r ' -nn, who wus killed Thursday oven I on tho Delaware, Lackawanna, and stern lallroad at Tobyhanna, will place tomoirovv afternoon at 1.S0 e jcIc from his late residence, 320 Mer idian street, and at 2.30 o'clock nt the Simpson Methodist Episcopal chuich, Rev. J. 1). Sweet, officiating. Interment will be made In Torcst Hill cemetery. A social was held at the Hampton Street Methodist Episcopal chuich last evening. Robert Hand, a fifteen-year-old boy who l csldes on Luzerne sti eet, nnd Ed ward Lord were ancstcd last night by Lieutenant "Wllllamr on iti warrant swoin out befoic Alderman Millar which charges them with stealing hinss fioin the plant of the Seranton Il luminating, Heat and Power company. They were detained In the station house last night and will bo given a hearing this moinlng Mr. E. O. Finunfelker, of 1124 Jack son street, hna returned fiom a visit at Tobyhanna. "Mag" Montgomery and her husband were sent to the county Jail yesterday for thlity days In default of $5 line. The negro and the white man who made a noise on Seranton stitet weie fined $5. Alderman John pieslded. The, revival son Ices at tho Simpson Methodist Episcopal chuich will be continued next week and so long after as intoiest wniiants. Rev. J. B Sweet Is meeting with encouraging success. Last evening Rev. F. P. Doty, of the Hampton Stieet Methodist Episcopal (.hutch, pleached. We laundry stiff collars with soft button holes. Ciystal Lanndiy. Stow ait Galloway, of Touith avenue, Is lecov eilng from Injuiles lecelved at tho Dodge mine llnee months ago Ellas Pughe, of Acker avenue, who was lnjuted In the Bellevuo mine, Is se llously ill fiom pneumonia. Dr. E. Y. Harrison, Dentist, Mears Hall. 113 S Main nvenuc. A bachelor social will be given at the Bellevuo Baptist Sunday school rebtuaiy 17 under tho auspices of clnss No 2 Lieutenant Green, who Is doing Vol unteer work in this city, has leoehed the direful IntellgenLe from Merlden, Conn , that her mother died this w eek. The latest and best stjles. Roberts, 12(1 North Maine. The funeral of W. T. Mussleman, w ho was killed on tho Delawaie, Lackawan na and Western road Thursday, will take place at 329 Merldan street Sun day afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. Set vices at Simpson Methodist Episcopal chinch on Noith Main avenue. Inteiment In 1' oi est Hill cemetety. Choice cut floweis and flower de signs at Palmer & McDonalds, nil Spruce. West Side Business Director!. HARRIET J. DAVI,S, ri.OIUST.-Cllt lloweis ana funeial designs n specialty; 101 South Main avenue; two doors fiom , Jnckson street. MORGAN'S PHARMACY, 101 N. MAIN avenue. Physlcinns' preset Iptlons caie full.v prepircd from vv at ranted pure drtiKs una chemicals A line assortment of trusses, line statlonety, blank books, varnish stains, mixed paints oi funcj work, artists materials, vvlnaovv Klass, wall piper ana pletuio moulding. Clerk at store nil houis of night. SECOND HAND rURNITURE-Cash for anjthlng ou have to soil furniture. Stoves, Tools, etc Call and see tho stock of J. c King, 701 to 709 West Lack awanna avenue. AMUSEMENTS. Al Roev es and his big burlesque company will bo tho attiactlon at Davis' theatei the first tin co duj s of next wetk, and It is without a. doubt one of the giandest ot ganlatlons of Its klna ever seen on unj Ameiican stage, nnd so pionouncul by pi ess and public. Twenty white, tvvetuy bluck, handsome women, be lutltul Cre oles, Korgeous costumes, bcautitul scen ei ana giand electiical cftects thiee big shows In one High-class vaudeville, min strel and burlesque, headed bj tho clevoi Celtic wits, 1'errv and Bums, Miss Cissy Grant, Walker Slsteis, Brjco and Milton, Alice Clajton, gieat American colored quuitette, Paulino Bradshaw, the Norrls lamllj, ana last, but not least, Al Reaves and his banjo The sale of seats indicates that almost the entlie amusement-going public of Seranton who patronize the best dinmatlc performances will be on hand this attei noon and evening nt the rrothlngham to see tho tirst pcrfoi minces in our clt ol Daniel Prohman's famous New Yoik Lv ceum theatei success, Tho Prisoner of Honda " To any one who has seen this delightful dramatization it is a faot be jond question that tho play would havo been mi Immense success even If the stoi of Awthonj Hope's book of the same name had never been written. This is truly a unique exception In tho woild of literature No moio realistic scene Ins ever been presented on a local stage than the gieit prison scene intioduced in "Temptation of Money," which makes up part of the lep ertoire to be produced bj Ploy Crow ell and her strong supporting companj at tho rrothlnghnm net WPek. Duilng tho ac tion of the plav an Innocent man Is ac cused of the killing of a New Yoik park policeman Trial and conviction follow, tho next scene showing tho Interior of the death chamber at Sing Sing prison, with an exact fie-slmllo of the eloctiocutlon ch lit In position The condemned man Is then led In The trained attendants quickly strap him In tho chair and the operator stands vv 1th his hand on the switchboard awaiting tho fatal signal. So quickly 13 tho work performed that within three fourths of a mlnuto after the condemned man enters the death chamber all Is readv for execution Of course at the last mo ment his life is saved, but the sceno Is ona of tin tiling Interest. ,Tho same com pany and scenic and mechanical effects will be used hero as during tho twelve peiformances in Boston this season. On Monday nnd Tuesday "Tho Real Widow Blown" companj will bo seen at the Academy of Music. Tho mistakes of the joung man who is doing his best to peisonate tho leal charming "Widow Blown" aro most ludlcious. He Is as sisted by two joll fellows and a couplo of bright, prettj girls, but as will bo seen proves unsuccessful in tho attempt The compan Is under tho management of A. O Sc.immon, who has many other suc cessful comedies on the load, including "The American Girl" and "The Buiglai." He has given special attention to tho se lection of artists for this company, which Includes many well-known favorites. don'tTikeTme system. Cit) Uiiginon to Suggest n Now Plnn lor Accepting Streets. Tho action of select council's light and vnter committee In referring to City Engineer Phillips a list of thirty one pioposed locations for new elec tilc lights and lequestlng fiom him In formation as to whether the stieets mentioned had been accepted by the city, will give that olllclal an oppor tunity to say something about a much needed leform. Tho most pa!n3takinsr of eouncllmen and other city ofllclals liavei inanj times ciltlclzed the methods of accept ing streets. In the past It has only been necessaiy to cut a soit of ioad way with any kind of a grade and foist tho "lmpiovement" off upon the city as a stieet, the city then becoming sponsor for It and lesponslble for its Improvement. Many of the proposed elect! lo lights are for stieets in annexed dlbtricts It Is a question whether the placing of lights upon them would not imply tho acceptance of the streets. The system has been so lax and undefined that City Engineer Phillips Is in doubt about tho owneishlp of several of the thor oughfaies In question. He will prob ably communicate with councils sug gesting the aid of the city solicitor and a different plan for accepting streets In future Suburban News In General duniuoki:. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Burgess Dnn I'oncll, Treasurer Louis Engle. Tax Collector William E. Corrcll. Councllmen-C. S. Weber and William McCulloch. School Directors M. K. Kellum and Jer ry McPeck. Streut Commissioner George Jackson. Auditors Harry Winters and II. P. Mur shnll. Jusctlee of tho Peace A. A. Krotzer. William E. Corrcll, tho Republican can didate for tax collector, is a nnn the peo ple of Dunmore should tnke pildo In sup poitlng. Especially qualllled for such an olllce In every way he would seo that tho borough received every cent that could be collected or tho tax pliced In his hands Mi. Condi was boin In Wnmait and WILLIAM E. CORRELL, Republican Candidate foi the Ofllco of Tax Collector. comes of a family noted for Its stauncn Republicanism. Poi twelve ears he has been a icsldunt of this boiough, during which time ho has been nn emplojo of tho Erie and Wjoming Vu11e Rnlltond com panj. Duilng his resldenco in Dunmore Mi. Corrcll has gained a host of friends and when elected to the position foi which he Is now a candidnto ho will 1111 the olllce to the entire satisfaction of his consti tuents. James Thompson, of Claj avenue, Is tho guest of friend! in Pittston. Mis. Alexander Smith and diughter, Ethel, of Dallas, Tex , are tho guests ol Mis. William Young, of Chen street. The pioperty owners of Dunmoio arc Indignant against the contractors who nie putting up the poles foi the Electric Light company. In some of out streets the nte erecting the poles in the middle of tho gutters, thus destroying the paving stones and blocking the vvatei course. Yesterdaj moi nlng tho boss In charge of tho woik told n proportj owner on liiook street, aftei bienklng one of her Hags upon the sidewalk bj blasting for a post hole, that Dunmoio boiough hid nlreaay received a reduction of 23 pci cent, on theli electilc light bills, therefore she must be content, ho did not Intend to put his hand Into his pocket for such paltty damages. Mis Williams, a well-known character In police clicles, was anested lor duink enness and disordeily conduct last night at 7.15 p m b Olllcor Bulgei, and spent last night In jail She will be given a healing befoio Burgess Duggan this moining. Mis Van Houten's Sunday school class of tho Methodist Episcopal chuich gave a most delightful social last night at tho homo of Miss M irlon Kcnne, of Butler stieet An excellent pi ogi amine was icn dercd and a thoioughl enjoyable evening was had b all piesent. A straw -ride pal ty fiom Hjde Park passed thiough Dunmore on Its way to Moscow Inst night Tho Missts Giace Berlew and Mary Ed gar, of Plttston. aie being entertained by Mi. and Mis. Prank Bingham, of Butler street. Elsie, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Otto Dueblei, of Adams avenue, Is cerlously ill with scarlet fever. (JRLCN KIDGi:. Rev. W. J. Pord, of the Baptist church, who lias been suffeilng with lngilppe foi tho past week, is now able to be out again and will occupj his pulpit Sunda morn ing and evening. Miss Jennie Cane has returned to her home, at Maplewood, after spending a few das with Mi. nnd Mis. Tied Dunn, of Houlevaid avenue Born, to Mr. and Mis William Everett, a son. Rev. G. L Malee will dellvei a sermon to tho Independent Oulei of Odd Pellows lodge, No CO), at tho United Evangelical chuich, on Cupouso avenue, tomonow ev ening. Enos Maish has gone to his home, In Waj ne county, wheio ho will remain foi some time. A daughtei has been born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Jacob Johler, of Sandeison nvenue. The Senloi Epwoith League of tho As bury Methodist Eplscopul chuich will hold Its tegulai monthlj social In tho church pailois Monuay evening. These socials are veiy hugely attenled and aie glow ing moio Interesting All aio Invited to come and bilng their ft lends. Mis A. C. Learn, of Delawaio street, Is entertaining net mother, Mrs Brown, of Palls. Miss May Seward very pleasantlj enter tained a numbei of hei joung filends at hei home, on Mousey avenue, last even ing. Games music and othei amueements weie tho featuies of tho evening during which lefreshments were served Tho following composed tho party Tho Misses Llllle Seward, Grace Wnid, Florence Bow el, Lillian Saltord, Minnie Peck, Peaile Ltastono, Mae Benedict, Pauline Shook, Pcul Tieveiton, and Mes-sis. Clajton and Dwlght Saffoid, Chalks Teal, We-,lej and Albeit Kcllow, Will Edgar and Clarence Sownid Miss Sewaid was assisted in le eching b the Misses Pecrle Lldstone and Grace ard. IMtOVIDKNCL. John II. Phillips entertained his Sunduy school class last evening at his home, on William street Games and music wero Indulged In until a late hour, when a tur kej supper was seived Those present were David D Reete, Mr. and Mis. John H. Phillips, Ml and Mis Divld Jones, Mr, and Mis Daniel Morgin, Mi and Mis Merodjth Jones, Mr. ana Mis Thom as N Evans, Mrs Annie Humphrey, Misses Mar C Powell, Elizabeth Evans, Anna Reese, Battle J. Sharpies, Margai et Davis. Jessie Hicks, LUzle Jones, Mary J Edwaids, Martha Retse, Jessie Jones, Elsie Phillips and Maud Phillips. Miss Anna Davis, of School street, who has been 111 for the past few weeks, has recovered. The North End Star Basket Ball team will play tho Crescents of Pino Brook next Monday evening in Company II aim ory. Tho Citizens' band will bo piesent und while tho gamo Is In piogiess. Miss Maggie Thornton, of West Market street, has icturned fiom a visit with friends In Wllkes-Bnrre. BUCK A10UNTAIN MINE. Completion of n Tunnel Will Bring thu Coul Into Mnrliut. Everything Is In leadlness to tnp the watei In the old Buck mountain mine near Hazleton through the tunnel driven by C. F. King & Co , contractor, for Coxo Bros. & Co, Everything points to tho successful completion of this very diillcult englneeiing feat. It means the practical lecovery of coal mines) that were abandoned many yeais ago by the old Buck Mountain Coal company, and Is another evidence of tho supeilor sagacity as a mining ex peit of the late Eekley B. Coxe, A number of bore holes have been diiven, and within a few days high explosives will be brought Into use to tenr out the face of tho tunnel. Tho tunnel Is a hnlf mile In length, and cnteis tho mountain In the Laurytovvn alley. 11io water from the mines; will empty Into the Lehigh liver. Fifteen jcats ago the mine was given up as worthless nnd allowed to 1111 with wnter. It was leased some yents ago by Cox-e Brothels, and, upon the advice of Eekley B. Coxe, tost holes were driv en, which showed that the vein had "overlapped" Itself, and thnt the de posit was still lleh nnd lnige. It 1ms been shovi, by snipping audi bore holes, that not moio than 30 per cent, of the coal has been lemoved, and the lomalnlng veins measure CO to SO feet In thickness. A pioposltlon to strip No. 1 vein Is now being considered, which would In volve muny yeais of labor. It Is esti mated Hint there aie 2,210,000 tons of coal available by tho leniovnl of 0,000, 000 cubic juids of caith and lefuso. As soon as the water Is lemoved fiom these wot kings opeiatlons to mine coal will be commenced by Coxe Biotheis & Co. The coal will be biought fiom the mines through the tunnel and then hoisted up the mountain on a plane 1,500 feet long and hauled to tho Eekley bi eaker. ANOTHER STATE INSANE ASYLUM. Illlort to Ilu .Undo to Have One Erected in This Part ol Stnto. The rittston Gazette in lofoience to a meeting of the Plttston poor bond held In the Ransom poor house Alonday says: "Of the ninety-four inmates, about twenty nie demented, while the dlsttlct also has about llftj-flve Insane patients being cared for at vailous state asylums Tho nsylums, however, nie ovoi crowded, and will receive no addi tional patients. There are no provisions at the Ransom homo for cailng for the Insane as they ought to bo caied for In hopes of effecting cuics, und the prob lem Is as to what shall bo done with these unfoitunato people. "The Wllkes-Baire poor district Is even worse off than the Plttston dis trict, and the dlrectois of both bouuls ate to hold a conference shortly to dis cuss the advisability of petitioning the legislature to build a state nsvlum lor the Insane of Northeastern Pennsyl vania. With Plttston's seventy Insane, Wilkes-Barrc's 2J0 and thoso of the Hazleton dlsttlct, theie would bo a suf ficient number, the dli octets believe, to wairant the establishment of an asylum In this section of the state." LELAND STANFORD ESTATE. Mrs. Stanford, as Executrix, Decides to Close It Up. San Tianclsco, Feb. 5 Mrs Leland stanfoid has decided to close up the estate of her husband, of which she Is executiix. Plist, she will dispose of lands and aftei waul personal propel ty. Trom tile piocecds the balances due the legatees, under the will, amounting to nearly a million dollais, will be paid, and allow the residue to go to the Uni versity at Palo Alto Although Mis. Stanford has decided to leallze on the estate, and has ap pointed arents for the disposal of the landsi yeais mny be lequlred to cany out hei puipo3e. Tho outside lands will be sold off Hist and later the Stanford lesldenee and othei realty In San Fran cisco 'and Alameda counties will be placed on the maiket. The outside lands, which aro to receive Immediate attention, consist of lanches hold by the estate. They are the Copeland ranch, Tehema. county, 3,000 acres, a 3,000 acie lanch near Maitlnor, the Coon and Poll ranches In San Mateo county, aggregating 1,210 actes, nnd small i .inches neat San Luis, Obispo and Redlands. SCIIAFFER'S SUICIDE- A Desperate Husband Pirst Tries to Murder His lie. Huntingdon, N. J, Teb 5 Nicholas Schanei, of this city, shot and seriously wounded his wile and then mot tall wounded himself on the stieet here, at noon today. Schaffer and his wife had been sepaiated lor some tlnee months past and he had llted up a house with the Intention of staitlng anew. He ac costed his wife as she was i etui nlng from work and asked her to letutn to his home. On her lef using Schaffer diow a levolvoi and fired tlnee shots at hei, one taking effect in the stomach and the other two enteiing hot face just above the mouth The ciazed man then turned the lovolvei on himself and shot twice, the balls taking effect In the head. Schaffer died this afternoon, but It is thought Mis. Schatfer will lecovei. Schaffei was foity yeais of age. Tho piesent Mis Schaffer was his second wife. They had been man led but a shoit Inie when domestic diillculties arose and they sepaiated. Schaffer had been di Inking heavily of late. BURGLARS BURN A STATION. Apimrcntl Thoj Set It on Tire While Illowing Open n Snfc. East Haddam, Conn , Teh. 5 The lailioad station at Goodspeeds, on the Valley division of the Now Yoik, New Haven and Haitfoid lallroad, was to tally destioed by lit o at 4 o'clock this morning, and evei thing Indicates tli.it It way the icsult of an attempt on the pait of unknown peisono to burglarize the station. In the lulns the ofllco cafe was found In pieces Pieces of debris weie found 100 feet fiom tho scene, and some dis tance away weie two palls paitlally filled with water, Indicating that tho burglai"! sought to extinguish the file The loss will piobably not exceed $3,000. BISMARCK TIRED OF LIFE. Snjs That Ho No Longer Hns nn Object to Live l'or. Beilln, Teb. C The Diesden Gazette publishes ait aitlclo on Pilnce Bis marck, In the couise of which It sas that the prince lecently said: "I feel tired, but I am not sick. My complaint Is uneasiness of life, in w hie U I no longer have any object. Nothing that I see gives me pleasuie. I feel lonely. I have lost my wife, and my sons have their own business to attend to. Agilcultuie and foiestiy have lost Intel est, and politics aie be ginning to bole inc." GAMBLING HOUSES RUNNING. Detective's Admission iu tho Kansas City Investigation, Kansas, City, Feb, C Detective Hayes, testifying fov the defense In the police Investigation, proved a valu able witness, Ansvveilng a question, Hayes said that on the Instructions of the late Chief Irwin ho had notified half a dozen gambling houses to closo dm lng cai nlv al week. They had been i mining light along up to that time. Sandy Edwaids lan a crame dm lug the tlmo ISTflllfi CURES Munyon's Asthma Hei lis will otop tho most violent pntoxjsm of asthma In tlneo minutes. They aro compressed Into tilan gulnr pastlles, thu most convenient fotm for binning ever discovered, Used w'th the Asthma due tiny will positively nnd permanently cuie the worst foims of as tliinn. Box of Asthma Herbs w Itli Asthm i Cuie, Jl 00. A separate euro for each dlscico. At all diugglsts, mostly 25 cents a vial. Peisonal letteis to Piofesor Munon, ISO-. Arch stKct, Philadelphia, Pa, an swoied with free medical ndvlco for any disease. OBITUARY. Nicholas Tonkin, after n short Illness, died on Mondnj nt Hei lick Center The funeral services took place on Wednes day. James McCarten died nt his home In Luzerno borough on Wednesday moinlng at tho ago of 52 jcais His wife and sev eral children suivlve James Emanuel, aged 7. ex-high consta ble nnd ploncci mlnei of Shenandoah, died there Thursdaj. Ho seived tin to eais In tho Union uimy duilng tho rebellion Mis Arthur II. Jono3, formoily Miss Etta Cowling, of Wllkes-Baire, died on Thursdaj In Philadelphia She will be bulled today in Hollenback cemeter, Wllkcs-Barie. Mi s Mnry Aluri In, aged 18 ears, tho olt. cst icsldent of tho legion, died nt her home, In Upper Lehigh, Wednc'dn night Sho leslded In that vicinity for nearlj hnlr a centur nnd Is survived b a slstei, who is four jeais her Junior. Riley Bell, son of Alonzo Bell, died ut his home in Hopbottom on Thuisdnv last, aged 11 yeais Punoral toda nt H o'clock, Rev. P. E Adnms, officiating. Typhoid fever, of which he died, Is qulto prevalent In Honbottom. Lnuia tho Infant child of Mr. nnd Mrs Geoigo Seifoss, of Nicholson, died Thurs da afternoon The funeial will tako place at the house at 2 30 o'clock this after noon, Rev P. E Adams olllclatlng. In terment In Nicholson cemeter. The IS-months-old son of Mr nnd Mis E L Keane, otVDunmoie, died Thuiday night of diphtheria. The fum ral will be hold this aftei noon at 3 o'clock The mo ther nnd anothei child aie serloujl 111 of tho same disease. Mis Etta Cowling Jones died In Phin delphia. Wednesday nnd will be buil'd this afternoon nt 2 o'clock In Hollenbnck cemeter , WIlkes-Bai re She w as the w ife of A. II Jones, founeii supeilntendent of fhe Subiiiban Electric Light compaii of this city. John Wairen, aged C2 jcars, died at his home In Plymouth Thursdav afternoon of general deblllt. The deceased had been a resident of PI mouth for several eirs He Is survived b a wife, but no children '1 ho funeial will tako place on Sunda aftei noon at 2 o'clock, with services at the Flist Pilmltlve Methodist chuich. Rev. John Bath will olllelate Interment will be In Shawnee cemeter. At C GO o'clock last evening occurred the death of Mrs Betsy J. Dlmock, at her home, in Carbondale Deceased was bom In Vermont Oct 17, 1S00 Shoiemoved to Carbondale ovei thlit jeiis ago, slnco which tlmo sho has resided theic. bhe has been a member of the Baptist church elc.hty-th'-ee ears Her maiden name was Mill I a, and sho wns a nleco of ex-Coer- noi Palmer, ot the state of Voimont, Dur ing her icsldenco In Carbondale she has ucqulied in Mi) warm friends b hei Chils tlan chaiacter and deeds She had en Joj ed exceptional! gooil health all her life, and till within a shoit period was in the best control of ill hei faculties She Is survived b two sons, Geoigo Dlmock, si , who Is over 75 yeais of age, nnd Har 1 Dlmock, sit grandehildicu, the oldest of v horn Is ovei CO ears of age, eleven gi eat-grnndchlldrcn and three gi t at-gi e it grandchildren Funeral aiiantiments whl bo announced later m Sccunt) ISuildnij nud Savings Union. Charteied under Pennlvnnla laws Home olllce, looms 203 and 2o'J Meais building, Scianton, Pa ; telephone 12t2 Olllcers Colonel Geoigo Sanderson, pnsldent, Colonel P. L Hitchcock, lce piesldent, Edmuna A. IJartl, actuar , L J. Slebeckei, tieasurer; Horace E Hand, attoine, Albert Ball, secietu, R. IC. Cranner, superlntenaent of agencies Boaid of dliectois Colonel George San deison, attoine and eounsel-at-law ; Col onel P. L. Hitchcock, Insurance and attor ney, Edmund A Haiti, county surveor; L J. Slebecker, caipets and draperies; Albert Ball, secretin of S B, and S P., Frank II demons, sheriff of Lackawanna county; Prank P Chilstlan, hatter and gent's furnisher, C. C. Peibei, of demons, Feiber &. O'Malle Co; Chailes R. Con nell, secietary and treasurei Lackawanna mills SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT, TAN. 1, U7. ASSETS Cash In hank and olllco $ 2.S2J 10 Real estate loans 40,741 21 Stock loans E10 0) Installment dues unpaid S0C 75 Interest and piemlum due and unpaid 1,131 S3 Real estato 1,700 00 Olllce furniture ana fix tures 2St 21 Insurance ndvnncea ... IS 75 Due fiom expense fund . SJ 05 $4S 101 21 LIABILITIES Installment stock S.S0,OjS 72 Debentuio and coupon stock S.151 00 Dues Advanced by mem bers 7JS CO Bills paable 1,000 00 Undivided pioflts 2,122 89 113,10121 PROFIT AND LOSS Intel est and premium leeched S 1.SJ7 53 Interest nnd premium delinquent secured .... 1,121 S3 Tines lecelved CJ JJ Withdrawal piollts 21 CJ S 3,057 12 Sundiy loan fund, In terest nnd discount....? 40 50 Dobenturo dividends . .. 2HI 25 Interest and discount .. 240 0J Delinquent Interest and premium luly 1 .. 377 10 Net pioflts, (0 months) . 2,122 SO $ 3,057 42 umber of shaien in force Jan 1, 1SJ7, 1,501 DEATH OF REV. SCOTT. The Activo Young Missionary l'nsscs A way in Allien. Philadelphia, rob 5. Infoimatlon was received today at the olllce of the Philadelphia Mtsslonniy council of the death of Rev P. Cnmeion Scott, of Biooklyn, N, Y founder and dliector of the African Inland Mission, at Nzavvl, Hiltlsh East Afilca, on Dec 4 Mr. Scott was one of the joungest nnd most activo mlsslonailes in the Held, being only 20 years old To Cure n Cold in One Dny. Take laxatlvo Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tho money if it fu.ls to cure. 25 cents, Scintic Klieiiiiiatisin Cured. L. Wagner, wholesale diugglst, Rich mond, Vn says "I had a featful attack of Sciatic Rheumatism, was laid up almost two months; was fortunate enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheuma tism. This cuied me after doctoi's piescrlptlons had failed to have any effect. I have also heaul of fine lesults fiom othei s who huve used it." AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. All. THIS WIIIIL-. WAITE'S COMEDY CO. AND GRAND ORCHESTRA. "Inputs O'Cluck, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Mondn and Tuesday, fcb. S and g. A. Q. SGAMMON CO,, Presenting Willlnm II. Lytet's Succosaful Throo-Aot larco Comody, THE REAL WIDOW BROWN Many Laughnhle Situations. i3 Musical Numbers, Calcliy Dances. Douglass Athcrtnn, I.dwnrd I'owctb, John llavuns, AJolphe Al(isr, Win, A Ulllettc, llentrlce Leslie, (Irncc Dillon, Sadie Handy, Lizzie (lunznles and Others, I'KICHS Onllcry, ijc.i linlcon, 35c ; rlrst rioor. 3sc , 50c. und 75c. DAV5S' THEATER Monday, Tuesday, Ycdnesday, Feb. 8, 9, and 10. Tiia Twantieth Century Sensation, AL. REEVES' rlesque Co, A (ir.ind Spectacular Production of Two Races. A Alummuth Conception rl Vaude ville, Minitrclsy unit llurlcsquc, Including 20 WIIITUS und 30 ULACKS. Admission 10, 20 or 30 Cents. Two performances dally. Doors open at 1 SO and 7. Curtain rises at 2. SO and 8 1J. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY REPAIRED BY SKILLED WORKMEN. THE LACKAWANNA LUBRICATING CO, 1212 CAPOUSE AVE, SCRANTON. 2,000,000 BARRELS Made and Sold in Six Months, ending Harch 1, 1896, Total Product of The A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels, Largest Run on Record. V nshburn, Crosby'q Superlative is sold everywhere from the) Pacific Coast to St. John's, New Foundland, and in L'ngland, Ireland and Scotland very largely, and is recognized as the best flour in th world. MUfl 1EJ i ft a UHI mhh WHOLESALE AGENTS. HAVE YOUR HORSE SHOD WITH Trfi Removable, Self-Sharpta! Nevarclip T03 Cal'u GENERAL AGENTS, And a full line of iron and steel Blacksmiths' and Wag oumahers' supplies. IIIBlie i CO. THE DICKSON MANUFACTURINGCO SCRANTON AND WILKES-3AFinE, PA., Manufacturers of Mto? SMionasi Engines? fliers, HOISTING AND PW1NG MACHINERY. General Office: SCRANTON, PA. J l vf'tV . v I i l.l . In i . rty'lill Sotcctlnos noe 13 a reliable, XSVQ: A tbo jiurett drugs 'sta fl ' Tboy sm prompt, salo ard certain In result. Toe osnulne (Dr. Teal's) never dksr 2 nalu.. Sut auywlicre, 51.00. Addrcu l'SAI. Uco:utu Co,, Cloulaad, Q. For salo by JOHN H. Spruco Strootj Seranton, HELPS, TiE FROTHINGflflM. WncncrAUols. MnmiRors. John L. Kerr, Acting AUnager. TWO PIlRrOUMANCUsTsATUttOAY, fGK. 0 Matlnccnt 3.30. livening nt 8,15, Encntfeiiioiitllxtriordhury. Tho Great N.Y. liycoiint 'theater Succow, THE PRISONER OF ZEHDfl Drimntlzod from Anthony Hopo s fnmous romance by Kdwaid Hose. (I'rolncod by nr riuiKomuut with Jfr.Danlol rrolminn, JMcr. N' J. I.vcoum Theater.) 3Ianni;omont of Mr. mvld II lyninn Llnbornto t-ccnlo Effects. Oioit Cast. Silo of seats opens Thuruilny, Fobruai y I, at a s, m. THE FROTHINGflflM. Wupner & Ucls, Manager. John L. Kerr, Acting Manager. WcjU Commencing Monday, Vtb. 8. Tho Wlnsomo and Tnlontod Emotional Ao- tieis, Miss FLOY CROWELL Supported liv her own superb compuiv, un der tho direction of Armltngj iv, 1 Itzpntrlok, in n cnrofully solnetod lotvrtoiru of comedies nnd dramns Unmlbomu scenery, clovoi specialties Crowded houses ovoryvv horo. Pricos-ld, i!0 nnd 30 cents Dlmo nntlnoes Tuosdnv, Wednesday, Thursday and I ridny, Saturday inutlnoo 10 nnd 2D cents Ilesorvod B"iits on Halo rrldny, Fob. 5 Ladles' tickets for Monday night inn bo secuicd nt box office. If Expense Is No Object Why Not Have the Best ? IIEKE THEY ARE: HUMBERS $115 UNIONS $100 Tor n Limited Purse Select Manufactured by GHASE & FARRAR Price to All, $75. Fully Guaranteed. For Rubber Stamps Patronize tbe CHASE & FARRAR, Prop's., 515 Linden St., Seranton, Pa. He Positively Cannot Slip I, PA, H (W CENTERED 1 U Your Ho:se Is Shod with THE TRIBUNE is now prepared to fill or ders for composition on newspapers, books, pamphlets, or other publications at moder ate rates. Adires, BUSINESS MANAGER. fcM www -fiaw..! monthly, regulating roedlclno. Only harmlsu e53 should bo used. If 7011 waut tut best, get Fhormaclst, cor. Wyomlna Avonuo ontJ
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