'J7IE SCRANTON TIH BUNTS-TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 0, 1807.
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NORTON'S
New Wall Decorations
for coining Season
aie now at riving frequently.
Wc invite the attention of
persons desiring choice coming
for llielr vails to see
our excellent assortment
of Decointlvc Novelties,
which will be checi fully shown
to all Cillers without
inclining an) obligation to order.
All grades of stock,
ecltisie patterns,
aitistic, up-to-date coloilngs
at popular prices.
M. NORTON,
322 Lackawanna Ave.
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DR. W. B. HENWOOD,
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316 LACKAWAHH1 AVE.
riDUSONAL.
7. WoliiRiit, of i.ai.l.avvdiiiiJ avenue, Is
In New "Voik cltv.
Miss lio Cinnvfin, of the Writ Side,
Is in New "V.oik cllj.
Ah McKtf, of tile Scianton Heef com
lain, left jLStuulTy foi Chicago
"liss Jennie Diilinm has ictiii nel to
h' i home In Ilonesdalo ufte.1 vl<liitj with
H tuntuu f I lends.
lit Itev. Iilshop O'llata his lotmned
fiom J'hll ulelplilu, vvltcto ho went to
-v Ii t his Inothei, Hi. Michael U'lluia,
v ho vv is heilously 111.
Mis Thomas and .Mis. Dougheit.v, ol
llu Hi in ot 1-e.ih Jonis &, Co, mid .Mls
JVmlimi Thonms and Mls Jetuilo Moigan,
tninmiis, an In New Yolk city.
Alis Trod Titus "pent Sunila and e
t( i lu nioniliiK with hoi Ihi-ImihI. who
Is In Snaiitoti In the- Interest of tho new
IIocm le (.omjiativ. Mis Titus Is a. niem
bu of Hojl's "A Discontinue Woman"
luminnj, now plaInj? In l'hllaiUlphla.
Tin jil.ij will bo inesenttd at the t a 1
rm iitt Monday nlttht and a theati 1
paii is bolus oiKanleU fiom among the
lminbeis of tho G tt.cn Itklho Wheelmen
to (,1m Mis Titus .1 lectiition as ,m v
liosMon of tho popularity In -which her
1 u-liaiul Is held. Iiefoie her depuituio
foi riilladtlphi i veslotelay "Ii and Mis
'Hum wiie sliown thioiifjh the 1'lne Uiook
mine
SEVEN DIVORCES YESTERDAY.
In ,Si Out ol tlie Seven the WifnWns
the Seekei lor .Scpuriitiou.
T-, icknwanna county will jet put
Oklahoma and South Dakota In the
Bhaile in them attei of gi hiding out dl
oues. Hue is esteidn's lecoid
Maty Jungle ns gi tinted a dhoice
from Cube it K. Iingle; i:ilin Jones
fiom Hlchaid K. Jones: Phoebe II.
Quick fiom James, S. Quick; Hninm
Jlaj Van lloiti fiom John S. Van Horn;
Idlly May Itoss fiom V. Jtoss;
Maigaret Mm gun fiom James P. Moi
gan, Clmiles i:ans fiom Muiy Hans.
In the dKoice case ol "Will I.. Jones
ngalnst IJllian May Jones, it was tn
deied by couit that the petitioner pay
the lesimndent's counsel a fee of $.!0
and that he also pay to hoi $20 a month
pending the dhoice pioceedings.
In the case of John Hoin against Ma
tilda lloin the lespondent was al
lowed SS0 for counsel fees and $ir a
month duilng the pendency ot the suit.
To Cure ti Cold in Ono Day.
Take laxative Uromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money It It
fhds to cure. 25 cents.
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Those special values in
ladies shoes. If the store
was larger these shoes
would cost j'ou $3.00
or $3.50. That's what
they're worth. But we
must have room for the
incoming goods. vSo
x away they go at
The new nickle and
dime toes. Common
0 sense toes, too, for com
a fort seekers.
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110 Spriict) Street.
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NEW SCHOOL BOARD
COMMITTEES FOR 1897
President Jennings Remembered Demo,
cratic mid Republican Friends.
FINANCES ARE IN HAD CONDITION
So Indicated in this Itcport ol'u Spec
ial Coniiiiitteo"ltulcriotl to Uco
ii I in Committee mill llouid Attorncv
to Suggest (i l'lau foi Titling tho
Board Over tlm l)lliieiilti--.11iuij
llhls ltcccliccl to llrrrt tlic New
Aos. (!, l.r n lid JiH Iluililint;s.
Tho first meeting of the lionul of con
tiol slnci Its iccLMd leoignnlzntlem vwis
held ltiHt night. It was luotluetlve ol
two limtttM ol linpoi tunic, tho im
liiiuiicotnent liv lMesldent T. .1. JcuiilliKH
of the new lii'J" ciniiniltti es iitul the lo
pnit of u Hpeilul ( oiniiilttie uppolnted
tit the last nipt t,liiu to lioiiovv iieinc
and ill Ise us and means foi tiding
the bnaiil oei a Ilnanclal deth.it pend
ing the unlv.il ul the oeidue appioptl
ntloii fiom the .state. Atiothei mnttel
id Intel est huh the l ending of miineious
bids foi the building "C the new Nos.
0, 13 and L'b schools
In reletting his ( ominlltees for the
flsial eai of 1&')7 Pi tsldeiit .leaning
did not fot get iltlier Uenioeiats oi Re
publicans whose lilendlluess made his
(lection possible The i oinuilttees ulc
us follows.
High and Ti lining School Committee
l'.J. I.tngiin, ch ilininn, 11 Not, .1 II.
Willi mis, iJeiison .M.'D.ivlb, A. I. 1'ian-
CoK
Teicheis' Committee (leoi,'e It C.u
hon, Lhalimnn, John Gibbon", A Walsh,
II I O.M.illiv.n U Si hiiiiu, John Di
am v, I'. J J.ansan.
lluilcllng Committee Hinon M llavK
ill ill man, C J Com ad, John M Casej,
W. .1. Wilsh, John Gibbons, H NoU,
George H. C ii son.
riimme Committee 1". Tj Woimsei,
ehaliman, II Not A I.,. Traniols, John
Gibbons, r. S H uker.
Supplj Committee John Devinev,
ehaliman: John M Casey, A. Walsh, fl
J. O'Mttllc, r. 1-. Wounsii, Gioujl 11.
Shlus
TKXT l?OOK COMMITTHi:
Ti t Book Commlttet John M. Caspy,
chili man, P J 1. uiKun. c". J Coniail,
JkoI) Sihaifpi. W. I. Walsli.
lnsiuanie Connnlttte C J. Com id,
(hall man A Walsh, John 11. William",
C S J.Kobs, John Ueaiie.
Units t omnilttLe John Gllihons, chait
m m H M I)il", GiorKP H. Shins
Audltln Committee 11. J O'Mulley,
chiiliman, Jaiob Sihaefei, W. S 1. uiK
statf Tlie lepoit of the special llnance
(oinmlttee did not Indicate u eiy
ilomlshluK condition, but In consldeiins
II, It should nut be oei looked that
theie Is still due about $10,000 fiom tho
state for the lKoal e.ir 1S90-1SM7 end
ini? June 1. The lepmt "as: "W'e ilnd
a deficit In eny nccotint."
The leport was nail und pic-eiited by
JIi. Woiui'-ii, i lialiinun of the coininlt
tee, who moM d tint it be lefeiied to
tlie llnance lommlttee, when appoint
ed, foi action and icpoited foitliwith
The nmtion pi e ailed, 'Kl ltl('1" ll'e
liU7 committees had been appointed
the, finance commit lee letiied with the
lepoit. The soon letmned with ail
appicml ot the tec oinnieiidallon nl
taihtd to tlie speilal committee's lepoit
lo tlie efltit that the boaul uttoiney
instinct tlie tn (ollecois to inuke le
tuins of duplicate tax leooipts within
sistj days. Theie then pi e ailed a nm
tion bv Mi. Gibbons, of the llnance
committee, lo the ellect that the com
mittee in conjunction with Hie boaul
utteiine (onsldei a means of piold
iiiK n-hool funds foi tlie next lle
mouths und leputt at the nel meeting:
ot the boaid
SOJII3 I'ltOPOSAI.S.
l'lopo&als fiom cunttactois to elect
Nos, ti, l.'i and -: buildings wete opened
and lefeued to the building committee
iis follow h, theie beliiK with nenil ev
eiy bid a piopo'-al at Inci cased cost to
add eltbei slate or tiled loots, the 11b'
uies below belntr toi fehlngled loots.
Conttactoi.
E. G. Hughe
liulldlng.'Ainoimt
1. 17,31U
13 K,m
Peck Lumbti Mf'g, Co 13 J1C0
ij l.t.'j
2s -'! S7J
Pi'ter Stlpp HiXK)
j L'l.'jOO
2 JI.7UU
M. J. ltuddy 3'i,Si"0
Mulheiln 1 Jiulgo ( 3'M.jj
Ij JU.UUO
i: S. Williams -Mi7
11 l.ulU
1,71b
A. IJ. KielStead M -M.WW
Giccn ItUlgo Lumbei Co (j I'Mtl-
IB 3S.5.J7
3 Sykes i: Sons e. L'o.niO
15 ai.TJii
2b L'u.Uli
J. 13. Woolsey A: Co 0 10.K0
H 20.7SO
23 J4,SUb
Dzra Finn &. Sons n 22.711
lj -'.',(,1,0
2b 2b, l.'i
Coniad Saluoeder ii 20,217
13 20,411
2S 21.W!
John Denote i. Son 0 21,, U3
V, 21.J1I
23 2i,UtW
A letter from tho city tioasuier nomi
nating waul collectois of taxes was
lead and the nominations weie continu
ed as follows: Klist and Thhd wauls,
A I O'Hoyle: Second waul, C H Tei
w llllger, Fouith watd, AVIlllam Fiantz;
Fifth and rifteenth wauls, Thomas D.
Davis. Sixth and Hlghteenth waids,
OwenT O'Mallev: Seenth and Hlghtli
wauls, Dennis Tleiney; Ninth waul,
P. H Oilgallon; Tenth, Kle until and
Twelfth wauls, Clecnge "SV Hombaket;
l'ouiteentli ward, Thomas Cosgioye;
Sixteenth waid, 11. H. I'enman; Seven
teenth waul, C. 11. Bedfoid, Nineteenth
and Twentieth "Winds, M, P Donohue,
Twenjy-tli.st ward, John AVard.
moM hoaiid or nnAini.
There- was lead a communication from
the boaid of health which was ouleied
lllcd nnd a pait of its contents refened
to the High hchool committee. The let
ter suggested that the board of contiol
comply with the state act leguidlng
wieclnntion and leglstiy and iccom
inended that an elevator be placed in
the new high be hool building. The i eat-on
foi tho lattei sutgestlon was that
the climbing of stairs was Injuilous
to th health of the gill pupils.
The meeting adjourned to meet In
legulat session two weeks hence.
REORGANIZATION BOTHER.
Wiulon llorougli mid l.ackiiwiiiiiiii
Township lltuo Hijiinhlili's.
John P. Cuinmlngs, who claims to
hae been elected seeretaiy ot AVinton
boiough, complained to court yestei
day that Thomas P. Walsh, whom he
succeeds lefuses to give up the seal,
books and papeis of the boiough. Court
gl anted an alternative iiiundamus on
Walsh, 1 etui liable Murch 15 at ITo'clocU
a, in.
Down In Lackawanna they ate hav-
InK hotlior over the looiKnuli'atlon ot
the boaid of nudltois, The lionul met
nnd oiciunls'.ed last Snttnday, fceittlnir
James MaiiKun, who, iiccoidliifj to the
lettillis, was defeated by I'atilik J.
DtiKKiin by one ote UtigKnn went be
fore Judge Atchbald yesteulny mid
complained, He wus dliected to qual
ify and ncaln niescnt himself to the
boaid for ncceptuiice.
lie ciualilled In Cleik Thomas' olllco
yesterduy afternoon, and last evening
wont to tho hotel In Mlnooku. wheie tho
boaid wns lu session and demanded
lecognltlon. He was asaln lefused a
seat on the lioiid. Today he will apply
fot a muudainus.
IN LICENSE COURT.
Fill Township and Newton Center Have
People Who Would Limit tlie
Number of Hotels.
Idcense court opened with all three
judges on the bench jesteiday morn
ing and nt adjournment neaily LT0 ap
plications had been piesented and
passed ovei. The dlstiicts wele cnlled
in alphabetical older and us Judge
Atchbald called out the name the ut
toine foi the applicant would answer
"new house" 01 ' old house" us the
case might be If It was tin old house,
and theie was no leinonstlance against
It, it was passed oet without discus
sion. It a new house the attorney
would lie called upon to show the neces
sltj foi It.
Theie was a blttei fight against a
nunbei of places In Fell township, W.
11. Richmond heading the list of n
lnoiistiants and Attomej W W. l.ath
loiie leinesentlng them. The vnilous
attorneys who had to contend against
these lemonstrnnces hi Id that the thli
teen men who signed the lemunsti antes
weie employes of Mr. Iliihmond and
onl did It on "geneia.'Vilneiples "
Newton Centci, which bus gotten
along loi twenty eai- without a sa
loon, lgniouslv opnused the applica
tion of Holoinon Van Sickle who seeks
to establish a hotel theie. Attoines
Vosbuig and Akoily ieinesented tlie
objectois und Mi. lloin the pctlttoneis,
Sentiment, It would seem tiom the slg
natuie on the petition, Is about een
ly dKIded as to the desliahilitj of the
hotel, but the opponents showed that
they weie the 11101 e nggiesslve, lot
they weie In couit lo gle leusons foi
allKing their slgnatutes to the le
monstiance. Judges Alchbald and Hdwaids both
said 11 would be supei lluous to atgue on
the necessity of a hotel theie ns they
wue poisontilly acquainted with the
need of itiih an Institution at that
plate, both haing Milnly nought, at
soiiK time 01 another while dthlng
thiough that tenitoiy for a ))lace to get
a bite to eat and lneasuie of oats for
tlieli hoises The quallllcatlons ot Ml.
Van Sickle wiie taken up and most
thoi oughly discussed. Doctor Coopei,
Mi Koons, Mr. Ulesecket, Ml. Klccher
and Squlie Whltlock all aetied that
Mi. Van Sickle was a mun ot intein
peiate halills
Some could not posithely say In an
swet to Mi Horn's questions, that Ml
" an Sickle had dianlc anything since
torn yeais ago tlie liStli of December,
but otheis swote that they had seen him
eli link within the last yeai Squlie
Whltlock went so far as to say he
smtilcd llqtioi on him as late as one day
last tall whin he walked alungsldeo f
Mi Van Sickle on his way to get his
cows. The applicant will be lieaid to
day In answei to those allegations.
NICE PEOPLE ARE THEY.
Quarrel Bclwccn the Fennel!, Rhoades
and Ike Families Reveals a Sad
Condition of Affairs.
"If you go to jail, mama, I'll see that
you get good things to eat," .said Nel
lie, the 11-yeai-old daughter of Mis.
Josephine Ike, who was cliaiged betoie
Aldei man Millai last evening with as
saulting Lain a Pennell, the 13-yeat-old
daughter of Mis. Hester Penned, who
In tuin was cliaiged with telling for
tunes for gain. Lizzie Ike, the lii-y ear
old daughter of Mis. lice, tuinlshed
infcn inution against Mis. Anna
llhoades to the eftect that Mis. Khoudes
keeps a house ot an unsavoiy chaiau
tei into which the complainant was
enticed Nellie Ike, the 11-yeai-old
daughter ol Mis. Ike told Mis. Duggau
of tlie Associated Cliailties a stoiy con
cerning the vile manner In which she
had been debauched. The an est ot a
young negio will lollow. ,
This wns the tiwltil condition of af
taiis levealed befoie Aldeiaian Millai
at the healings.
The tumble begun In the moinlng
when Mis. Ike was at listed for as
saulting and llu eatmlng to kill Lain a
Pennell. She was held in $300 bull.
Mis Ike thin biought about the nuest
of Mis. llestci Pennell foi foi tune tell
ing and, also, the uuest ot Mis., Anna
Hhoades foi keeping a dlsoideily house.
The whole batch eke out an existence
on the South Washington avenue Hats.
Mis Hhoades is a southern woman
and pioud ol 11. She has thtee sons,
who live at AVIlllamsport, wheie she
lcshled until a lew months ago, Mis.
Ike has been mauled twice and has
two e Illicit en. both ot whom llguied In
yesteulay's pioceedings
Mi Pennell, Is a poitly woman of 4ri
summeis, all of which hud bettet days
than 1SU7 will have foi het. She ad
mitted on the stand last evening that
she told foi tunes ' to ft lends only."
It legaul to Mis. Hhoades and the
chaige against her she had a dozen
young men piesent leady tosweai that
the Khoadis house was peifectly Im
maculate Mis. Ike, however, alil
that she had pusonul Knowledge to
Hie contiaiy und aveiietl that .Mis
Hhoades boasted to hei of the kind of
a place she conducted. Hoth aie inai
lied women and have husbands living
The tluee women weie held lu $.S0i)
bail each. They could not furnish and
weie sent to the ceiuntv jail to await
ti lei. The two Ike chlldieii, LIzsMe,
aged l'J, and Nellie, aged 11, will keep
house while theli mothet Is in jail
The Pennell glil will do likewise. Nei
ther of the husbands of the women
weie piesent at the heating.
Teachers mid Students Should
Take Horsford's Acid I'hosphiitc.
It supplies just the muteilal that Is
most wasted by bialn woik and netv
ous exeition the phosphates.
Hctiulilul I'lowers S'ico
and stiiwlieules to be had for the
picking Cullloinlii only foiu days dis
tant, and lutes lowest of the low Leave
tilts land of snow and Ice and take the
Nickel Plato load, with Its supeib ser
vice, to the Golden Onto of the SutiH'H
Seas. For all infoimutlon of lutes and
weekly exclusions, call on your neniest
ticket agent, or addiess P. J. Mooie,
geneial agent, Nickel Plato Iteiad, ii
nxchunge street, iiultalo, N. V.
p 1
When dlrzy or diowsy taken llKnCII
AM'S PILLS.
ARE INVESTIGATING
THE HOLD-UP STORY
Hoard 0! Trade Committee lk;ins the
Work ot Probing.
STATEMENT AUDE BY MR. MAL0NEY
Sti)s Tli tit nt tho Time Mr. Dickson
."Made His Clinrgn llcforo the Honrd
Tlicro ns ?to(lilug to Hold Up.
Position ol tho ('iiiiipany Ho ICcp
rcsuuts in the .11 title r--.11 r. Jitinsiti!;
Talks to the Committee.
The now legislation and tnxes com
mittee of the beuutl of tiude held Its
111 st meeting yesteulay afternoon when
the chaige made by A. W Dickson at
a lccent meeting of the boaul of Hade
that a cei lain oidlnance was being
'held up" lu council, was consldeicd.
Mi. Dickson, nt the meeting, stilted that
a new telephone company had been 01
ganlKed In this city and Intimated that
theie was tin effolt being made to pie
vinl councils ft om giantlng It 11 Han
dlist1. He deploiod this us he believed
opposition would be benellclal
Mi. DUksons leinaiks implied tint
the boaul should Investigate and, on
motion, the legislation und tuxes com
mittee was empoweied to look Into the
mattei. The meeting was held yestei
day at -I 10 o'clock Hvety lnctnbei of
the committee, c onslstlng of 11. 11 Paine,
ehaliman, I P. Megaigle, H H. Pat
teiscn, D M. Hellly. and Pied J. Wld
mayei, vas ineselit J. A. Lansing,
1 hall man ot the judicial y committee of
select council, also attended the meet
ing. Supeilnteiidont 11 J. Maloney of the
Centjal Pennsylvania Telephone and
Supplv company, was piesent to make
a statement foi his company. He
siltl that the linpiesslou the pub
lic leeched fujin the news tepoits
ol the boaid of traders meeting was
thai the Ceuttnl company was lespon
sllile loi tin attempt to hold up a. nieas
ui u In councils Mi Maloney then said"
NOTHING TO HOLD UP.
As this statement was made to the
boaid of tiade on Monday, Jan. lb, 'ind
as 110 such ftnm 1i!m. 01 oidlnance hid
been asked foi until the nice ting of the
select louuell on tlie following Thuisdtiy,
,hn 21, It Is cleai that Ml. Dickson had
been giossly Imposed upon. Let us hope
that he may be tin only one Imposed
upon by the cheap telephone scheme
In dofeiencr to this committee, I will,
how evil, sty th it we hue done nothing
whtitevei In this mutter, excepting to
advNe our fi lends not to put theli money
In where they aie (irtiln to lose it. Our
tea'-ons foi this ndvke ale given In the
following copy of a letter wilttiii bv one
of 0111 stockholder to a gentleman w hosu
name was being used by the piomotets
ot the new tutu pi Ise.
Deal Sli As a piudent business man,
you know that the tlmu to Investigate Is
he foie vou Invest. My object In wilting
vou Is to get vou to Investigate a little
befoie vou put money Into a sent me tint
will do us hai m without benellttlng vou,
foi voli are piettv certain to loe tvuv
doll it you Invest It you stay In until the
light Is ovei
1 have bet 11 In the business since Its In
ception and am famllln with all Its de
tails. W'h it I "-av to you 1 can piove to
vou. The stockholder of the piesent
tcimp inj have not reeelvcd an uvciago
of 1, pel cent pel annum on their monev
I'oi two e lis pikn to S'Jt they lecelvcel
nothing Dining IS'll and 1S01 thoy le
eched only I percent, and slnio then onlv
r, pc 1 cent. W'e have within the pist tin 1 e
years hoi 1 owed and put Into Impiove
nunts $l.'S,0iX)
"WHAT TH11Y WILL SAT.
The cheap piomoter with Int tinging
telephones, poles 01 othet mutulul to
sell, or a contract or position to giln
at your expense, will tell you that the
reason of this Is because we pay too big
a royalty to the Hill company I will be
glad to give you convincing pi oof tint
this is not tiue.
Now, If with a monopoly of the busi
ness and a nominal loyally on the lust
ltistuuaent, we havo not been able to
onn a lair lnteiest on the niomw actual
ly Invested, elo you think it possible foi a
second company to do so.' Tho nattiie of
the business Is such that two telephone
companies cannot piosper even modei
atcly In the jnmo town; they will loses
money fiom the stait, anil continue to
loe until one of them goes under, no
matter vvh it tho Cheip Piomotei m ly
say.
I assuie you that eveiv switch and tle
lco that gois to make the best stivico
of todav Is covered bv intents In pos
session of tlie Hell romp my; among
those aio 010 patents on the tiansnilt
tet, 211 on leceheis, 11" on switches, 1 tc.
liven It It weie possible to buy a tele
phono equipment, which would not 111
f 1 Inge on these patents and cause end
less litigation, we know bv yeais of cx
peilence that it neeessarv It would be
far e Impel and bettei to pay a much
laiger 1cnl.1I than th Hell company
chaige us for furnishing tho most pei
ftet instiument In the woild The people
would not long continue to uo the oth
ers nt any pi lie Tluy will use the si
tern tint gives them the best sctvUe to
OUR SPRING STOCK OF
TABLE LINENS,
litis nt rived For n few dtiys ve olTer tliein ut
hjit'cltil iirice-. JVe linvo the follcivving ilesiyiis:
Cuitmtionf, l'uimleri, Pond Lllius, Clover Leave,
Itiplu iitul Oak Leuved, Snow Drops, Cluster
.Spots, etc.
350 Cream Damask 2nc
40o C i cum Damusk
4.r)C Creuin Duinusk
COe Cream Damtiblc
(Joe Ctetini D.imusk
oju Ciemii Unituisk
r5e iileuulicri totiow White
05b lllcuchi'tl, now jmttuiiH
!vh lilenchcd, now patterns
$1,00 .Bleached, now patterns
$l.i!5 Blenched, now patterns
And a lurire ussortinent of hlgher-priced
atgrutly 1 educed prices.
bOe Ktipkins, S btiuare
iSOc Napkins, g fcininre .
$1.00 Napkins, J square
1 ."id Nnplvins, latnodiuuer
2,00 Napkins, large dinnet .
12.L'cj Napkins, liirj:e dinner
2.50 Nupkins, ltugo dinner ....
A gteat "vailety of mot o expensive
the grentest number of people and widest
extent of cotintiy,
ALTOONA'S I1XAMPLI1.
Take Alloona as an example. About
two yitns ago (in opposite exchange as
huge us ours was built there. W'e, of
eoiiiso, met t licit iate. The I'toiuoter
and the Instrument maker may have got
ten Foniethlng out of It, but 1 do not be
lieve that the honest Investors will evet
sco a dollar of their money. W'e would
not buy such a fume hlse or plant ut any
price, as that would establish a bad pie
eedeut. It Is bettet to let tho shtilrt get
lu his woik In nil such ease?.
Mr. Latisinsr disclaimed any cffoit
to waylay the oidlnance He stated
that he was not avvnie that theie was
such an otdlntince until he lieaid of
It tht ouch the newspapeis. Yesteulay
he looked through the committee box
and, sine enough, found the much
talked of document thete, coveted Willi
dust, lie was not ptosent at the meet
ing when the oidlnance came up In se
lect council. Theie was no one 111 es
ent nt the meeting to lepiesent the
"ptosectitlun" ns It was facetiously
spoken of. Secietiuy Alheitoti stated
that he had been Infoi tiled that tlie
new eompunv- consisted of Com ad
Sclnoeder, ptesldeiit; Mis. Minn Hob
iuson, C (1. Holiiud und othets and
that Attorney (leoige Hoi 11 was cotili
uel fot tlie new topiniinv. The commit
tee decided to hold atiothei meeting at
1 o'clock Wednesday iifteinotm. This
wns done with the Intention that the
"new company's" side of the case could
be hea id fiom.
DICKSON NOT PHHSHNT.
A W. Dickson was not piesent at the
meellngand w hen called up by telephone
he said he made tho statements at the
boaid of tiade meeting fiom Infoimn
tlon that was cm tent geissip at the
time In consequence ot tlie Illinois
that eri titloat he deemed the matter
ot Millie lent iiii'ioitnnce to call the at
tention of the boaul to it.
REESE G. BROOKS NAMED.
Will Be flic Successor of Mrs. Frances
B. Swan on tbc Scranton
Poor Board.
As announced In The Tiibune that
he would, Judge Aichbultl, yesteiday,
at the opening of couit, appointed a
successoi lo Mis Piantes U Swan on
the pool boaul. llx-Clly Tteasuiet
Heese O Htoohs is his choice foi the
olflce. In appointing Mr. lliooks Judge
Alchbald said
About six weeks ago to mv lcgiet Mrs
Swan piesented hei leslgnition as one
of the elliectois of tlie Sc 1 niton pool elH
tiictt. That having been made public
stveial applications have been piesented
to me, some fonnallv ami some lufoinial
ly, to supply this v nancy It his cost
me consldunble tonaldc latlon to know
Just who would be best to anpolut foi
that plate. Natmally the names of a
number ot Ladles have been suggested
to follow on la Mis Swan's footsteps
In some cases In two e ises at leist
there havo hee'i formal applications
made, one by Mis Moycr and anothei
bv Mrs Petttgitw Outside or this the
names of Mis Plane T. Vail, Mis "Vlol
tutl. Mis Duggun, Mis Holes, Alls X
Y Led, Mis. Klikpitiick und Mis J P
Connolly have all been suggested. Othet
foimal applications In addition to these
have been nuiele by S Mollis, Simon Kite,
J H Cohen, Jos(ph Alexnndei, ji , W. J
Walsh, Gtorge W Thompson, 11 II
Paine, W. S. Hulslandei and Heniy T
Koehler.
The dllllculty that presents Itself to me
Is fiom the wealth of mateiial fiom
which I am given oppoi (unity to select
I can hat ills ask any tommints upon
these applications Theie aie none ol the
names Hint have beta Miggt stcd th it
would not make an accredltuble appoint
ment, as It seems to us; I could baldly
mako a mistake In appointing anv of
these. Among the ladles, peihaps those
who havo beui most piomintnth uigtd
aie thosu I have mentioned, lltst Mis.
Moyer, Mis Pettegiew and Mis Vail
Without giving any veiy dillnlte lea
son for my jiidgme nt I can only st no
that at tho piesent time, It seems to
me best not to appoint a 1 tdy to this po
sition. Of the gentlemen who aie named
S Mollis and Simon Hlce and .Mi. Cohen,
lepiesentlng one class of the community,
all stand vuy high not only In that class
but In the community at huge If 1 weie
going lo selei t .some one fiom our He
ibipw biethien I h nelly would know
which of these to choo-,e And Jo-cph
Alexander Is again an applicant, and his
well known standing in tho coinmunltv
would give piomlse of his bring an ex
cellent ditectoi !t I could see my way
to appointing him. The same may be
said with 1eg.11 d to W. J. Walsh, who
has setvtd In othet olllclal capacities In
this citv, and of Mi. Thompson and alo
of Mi Pilne and Mi Hulslandei and Mi.
Koehlei.
Outsido of these dlicet applications
the ix) havo been other patties named and
theli nanus have been piosspd upon me
by their fi lends with consideiablo eaui
estntss Piom those Chillies Dupont
Hietk Is one and M. II. Dale is nnothtt,
but the one who his leeched tho stiong
rst endorse nu nt ami whom I finally have
consldeted It pioper to select, Is Hceso
G Hiooks. He has scived bofoio upon
the boird, and while from anothei pait
of the dlbttlit, yit is acquainted fiom
Wa Ara Showing Ativan cg Styles in
Dress Goods,
CirCB. UM.3 MA17
rr
Cl)
2c
,5c
:$!)c
58c
(i!)c
5c
(itic
7flo
8Sc
AVe vill Khully show thcin tilthonsli jon
may not be ready to buy.
CoiiiiiiiMiclnu, ."March 1 we oiler the foi
lowing prices 111
M05LIN5.
You won't buy them bo cheap tigaln.
Ciood Brown Muslin only
Kino Brown Muslin only
01c Brown Muslin only
7c Urcivvn Muslin onlv... . . .
lie Dockvv ooil, 5-4 P. O Muslin for . ...
lrfc LcicUvvood, (-l P C. Muslin lor
10c Loekvvood, 8-1 sheeting Mtiblln for.
ISc Loekvvood, 0-4 Sheeting Muslin for
20e Loekvv ood,10-l Sheeting Muslin for
JUu Utlca, 0-4 Sheeting Mtislin, tor
L'lu Utlea, 10-1 Sheeting Muslin, for
goods
47c
()c
S8c
....$1.15
. 1,50
HL. 1.75
1.05
goods.
415, 417 Lackawanna
that cltcuinstnnce with the growing
needs of this dlntilct. l'lom all thill has
In en sulci with icgiuil to him 1 hope and
tiust und conllduitly believe that his
selection will meet with the approval of
the cltlrctiH generally throughout the ells.
tl let. That Is what 1 deslie to have nnd
that Is the most I can expect, 1 the -foie
now make a. foinnl appointment of
lilm by the older which t lilt!.
LECTURE TOMORROW NIQHT.
I'lrst oldie Series to lie Dcllicicd in
h(. Thomas' College.
The Hist lectin e ot the course to bo
given In St. Thomas' college will ho
delivered tomotow nlsht by Kev D J
MncGoldilck, who will speak on "Iiish
Chaiacter Desctlbed by Irish Poets. ' A
synopsis of the lcctute Is. The Irish
man's love fot Iieland; the exiles
yearning for his native laud: the null
pati lot's love of llbeitv inid haticd of
tyianny, the Iilshman's fidelity to I10
land's cause even In the hoin of defeat,
the Iilslimaii and the landloul the
Itlslitnnn and the aliens, the It Mi
nimi's sympathy, gratitude, usefulness,
the Iilshman's altltilsiu, the ltlshnuin
In love; the lilshmini at the point ol
death: young Iieland, oui paillament,
dissensions, Piotestunt ascendancy, ed
ucation, clinging lldelltv, Soggtnth
Aiooti, the pull lot's vow, united lie
land the putl lot's anpelil
The lollow lug piogitnnme of music
will be lenileied by Ilauei's oichestiu:
Pi elude Selections fiom
1 "Tlie MUnd ol the Nile" ...Heihcit
2 "Civ.alleila Hustle-ana" M iscagul
1 "Maltha" Plotaw
I "Miiillniia" Wallace
1'ostlude, Jlaich Wtlght
The admission to the lecluie will be
23 cents. Hcetved seats e.xtia.
Chioiilc lthciimatisiii Cured.
Dr. H. B. Hettinger, Indlinapolls,
Ind, says- "I'oi several months after
spialnlng my ankle I wns seveiely af
llicted with Hheumatlsm. I dually
tiled Detchon's 'Mystic Cute' for ltheu
matlsni, and In 1 days could walk
without any cane, two bottles cuied me
sound and wedl I take gteat ploasuio
In lecommendlng the 'Mvstlc Cine' to
all who ate alllltled with Hheuma
tlsm" Sold bv Call Lotcnz, dtugglst,
IIS Lackawanna avenue, Scranton,
ATCHES
that
like
With Elgin 01 Waltham Move
ments, James Bass Case, wan anted
to weai for fifteen ye.us by
the Keystone Watch Case
Company, of Philadelphia, fit
ted with 1:1 gin or Waltham
movement. A competent
watchmakei tocoirect it fiee,
should it no wioim.
rford Co.,
303 Lackawanna Aenue.
ifPC
flic
. Hi
.. 5 c
.... n'u
. Sj
. 10c
... 12 le
.Hi
... Kic
. 151c
17c
Avonoe, Scronfon,
CI 0
DJLiljnbJlfiU
COPENHAGEN
Vases anil Flacpes
New at t wni e wltli delicate shad
ing under the glaze; all are copies of
fatuous paintings fiom pulillc and
private galleries.
German Stines.
New lot or Roods ns low as 75c.
'Hie stjle and tiitallty have been
greatly improved.
You can save money by making
jout purchases now. Wc do not
confine outsehes to any one
make or kind. Wc ate closing
out a Milliliter of open stock pat
terns on which cost is not con
sidcied when marking the prices
aie made to sell them.
lUI
1A ll
imu
MILLAR & PECK,
131 Wjoinlug Avenue.
Walk in anil look around.
Tott can save money by buying specta
cles of Sllverstone, the eye specialist, at
S09 Lackawanna avenue, onely ono flight
over tho Lehigh A'allcy ticket offlco. Tha
following prices will satisfy you that they
aio tho cheapest In tho city: Solid gold
rimmed spectacles at $3 50 per pair; lllloj
bows at $2; nlcklo bows from 50c. to $1 50;
aluminum bows from 75c. to $2 00; colored
glasses from 23c. to $1 25. We havo a largo
line of reading glasses, tho best In tho
market, at 23c. per pair. Opera and mag
nifying glasses at reduced prices. Of
flco hours, 8 a. m. to 12m.; 1 to C p. m.
Remember that your eyes will bo exam
ined free and satisfaction is guaranteed.
THIELE
School of Music, 510 Sptttcc St.
Mrs. Katharine Thiele,
Voice Training, Solo Singing
Ernest Thiele,
Violin, Piano, 'Cello ensemble. Roth
teachers at celebrated Sclhirwcnka
Conservatory, New York. Also other
competent teachers engaged Mr. Thiele
ib the successor to the kit;
HERR KOPFF.
THE
10QS1C Piill i
ROOItlS I AND 2, COftRTH Bl'ITfi,
SCRANTON, PA.
ullNiNG AND BLASTING
MADE AT MOOBIC AND RUSE
DALE WORIC3.
LAI-LIN S. RAND POWDBR CO'3
ORANGE QUN POWDER
r.lectrlc linttcrles, Hloctrio RTPlotlors. for oz
plotllnt; blasts, batety 1 uso, aacl
Repauno Chemical Co. 's r.xp"o"ivc&
Why lot your home nnd business be destroy,
cd through ejtron drink or niorphlna when
you can bo cured in four wooks ut thu Ktoloy
institiito, 728 MndUon iivnnuo Scranton, Pa.
I he Cur WUI Dear !cv3tla!loa.
Now Ss the
Time to Buy
EYES
EXAMINED FEE,
Miill
000000000
Co fiood Muslin for
7e I''curest Muslin lot
71c Hill Muslin fot
lu Lonstlulo Muslin for
71c Ft nit of looui Muslin for
lilo Pride of West Muslin foi
llflu Lonsdule Cambtlc AIusllu lor
12o Loekvvood, .1-4 P C. Muslin for
Me Loekvvood, (! IP O. Muslin lur
13o Loekvvood, 50-iiiuh Muslin lor
17o Lockvvootl, b-1 Sheeting ftu
20o Ijoekvvood, 0-1 Sheeting for
2-c Loekvvood, 10-1 Sheeting lor . ..
21c I'tiea, I) 1 Sheeting for
2Je Utlca, 10-1 Sheeting for
fie Good Apion (linghaifi for .
7c Best Ajiion Gingham fot
fie Beit Indigo Bluo Ualieo lor
fie (Jood Calico fot
Uc Shaket Flannel foi
. 'f;
,.. 5Jc
. (ic
.. (ic
... Oc
.. 10c
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.. itc
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. 10c
. lc
..Kic
, lc
..17VC
...10c
.. ilC
... 5c
... dc
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Pa.