iWt THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-PJRIDAY MORNING, MARCH J ), 1897. Norrman & Moore FIRE INSURANCE, f!20 Wyoming Ave. IACKAWANNA, THE E A D E R IN CORRECT AUNDERING 30S Penn Atenue. A. U. WAUMAN. CARPET Per yard for all Wool In grain. Guaranteed good quality, of latest designs and colors. U7 WYOMING AVD. CITY 3X0TES. The graml Juty will make a leport of its wetk'B work to com t this morning. The committed imanglnK for the until urlnif of tin- Midul of Ilonoi league! In this city will meet In Majoi Balluv's otllco tomoriow uttuiuoon ( CuipenttiB' union, No. Ml, will hold an open meeting tonight In Hulbeit's hull on Wjoinlng iixeniit-, whli.li nil cui Jieiiters uie lin'tod to attend Kitnuy ductile Untpm hue been placed at either entrance ot the .leimjn. Tlioy uro uic llKhtH, foil! In number, und atu supplied fiom the hotel plant John 11. Tronli, an eimlneer on the Deli Ware, Lackawanna and Wtwtuin tall loacl, will speak at the Heicue mission to night. Hcv. J. ii Sweet will conduct the mission set Ice Satin da o Piling. A theatei pait consisting of ten of the fellow emploi! of M 11 Wood, of ile gnrgel .SL Connell's wholesale house, at tended the Academy ot Music on W'eil nesda evening as the fciiests of Mr Wood Uyulty court will lesume Its session to ila , with Judbe Cdwaida pitsldlng. The case of Isinel and l.mlh lilttuiljeiuler against Abiuham Ulttenbendei and John M ICemtnerer will be again taken up and It la likely will be finished todnj. Pald Hughes and MIsh Sadie Ciook stiolled Into AHleiiiidii O Ii Wilghfs ol llce yesteidu aftei noon and welo Joined In wedlock. They g.io theli usldeiue as this clt Aldeiman light tied ihe knot and Mi. and -Mis. Hughes depaited. Tiedeilck lihodes was ai tested b a IDelawaie, 1-ai.kaw anna and Westun npt clal ollkei for stealing u llde on u tialn lthodts was niialgnud befoie Aldeiman Mlllai yesteida inoinlng to answei a chaige of tiesias He was sent to the count Jail foi n peilod of ten das Muirlage lliHiistt, were esteidav gi ant ed, b fleik of the Com ts Thomas to la ld Hughes, of Scianton, and Sadie Oioak. of Kingston; Thomas AV. (iunton and Mis Mien Kline, ot Hloomsburg, Piancesco Moitlll and May A Caibo, of Dunmoie. Tho Teachers' Mutual lienellt associa tion will meet at 10 o'clock on Satuidaj morning In the bo, ud of coutiol looms. Ullkeis Tor the yeai will be nominated and plans foi a. inception completed Ev eiy membui of the soclctj Is lequehted to be present Aithui Trothlngham jesteuUu, thiough his uttmne, Jlllton W. Lowi, caused a summon In iepleln to Issue against Qlbson Jones nnd Meledlth I. Jones lot the teeouiy of UM worth of hou-i hold O0ds, which, It Is ulleged, wele unluw full sel7ed und held ugalnst pledgi s In the case of the 01 pliant Lumber compaiu to the uso of l'atilck Mclloul dilck against the I'i opU's Mutual l.le Stock Insutance ompanj , an appeal fiom the common pleas of this iount the Su perior couit at Haulsbiug Wednesday tilllrmed the decision of the couit of this count. Sam rorrcst, mnnager for William Har ry, who appeals tonight and tomoirow at the rrotlilngham in his new pla, "John Htadle's Mone ,' took a tun nei fiom Wllkes-Uairo to look oer thu tltld "How , doe 'John Hiadle's Mone' compaie with thu 'Hlslng Ui Deration ' " asked a Tribune lepOrtei "Well, to tell you the truth, I'e been nsked that question t-o often that my answti has become steieo tped.' It Is a much better play Last night at Wllkes-Harre the people nskul tor 'Tho Hlslng Generation,' but befoio the peiformance was half thiough the verdict was ununlmous. Tho best thing Barry has ever had " An nit loan exhibition will bo held unit week In tho laige store 100m of the new board of trade building The ladlis of the Green Hldge llbrniy .110 the piomotus of tho ehlbltIon nnd a. tieat Is piomlhed the, people of Scianton The woika of art and other at tides already seemed bv the committee will be a line exhibition alone; one that no one should miss John Biulnard, a well known Suanton aitlst, has consented to manage tho exhibition. Ne.t Tuesday eenlng the exhibition will bo foimally opened and will continue af tei noons and evening foi the 11st of tho Wi'ek. rut Diet announcements will be made later. Tho exhibition Is foi the benefit ot thu Uieen KIiIm- llluaij and theiefote should iecole cniomagemeiit poooooooooooooooo JERSEY ECiaS, 14c AND PHILADELPHIA PP.IXT BUT TER the UKST that money tan buy and always satisfactory to thu pur ehusor. E O OOl HSE.N Wholesale and Kniull OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO nonu uurTi:i mauh. J. A. WATERS, buccesnur to Chrlstlun. the Hatter. At 205 L.ucknwunna Ave. 47c Will SCRANTON LOSES A PROMINENT CITIZEN James II lair Passed Quietly and Peace fully Away Last Evening. SKETCH OP HIS BUSY, ACTIVE LIFE Hu llml Itet'li 111 Slv WccKs mid Vns Conscious l.'p to Wednesday Noon. His Miih Miin to Iiic Until ill 11 y 15 When Ho Would IIiio llouu Ninety Veins ol Au,u--IIIn W cnltli I'.stl nuituil at About 91,500, OUU. Junes Mali' tiled nt (1.1C o'clock last ovenlne; at hi" liume, comer of Wu?ti liigtou menu'- und Mtllbeny Rtteet. Hi was ipputid one of thu wealthiest men in this legion und nets piobably woith K1.SOU.000 It wus to his ntcullni busi ness iDieslg'it und Hiigiti'lty and faith In Kii.intuii'M ftltllio added to the snine clutiac teilstlcs possos-sed by h few lel low buslnesb men of Ills uaily time, that tile riunntoji of tedtty de eloped Mi. Hlult's Illness dates ttom sK J AM US weeks- 11 no when lie was fltst conllned to hi" bod novel to leae It alive. Toi two eok It wes known he could not lecover. Ho, too was conscious of that fact nnd in leeently as Wednesdu noon tald to the nurse, "I shall piob ubl die nt sundown tonionow." He would have been 00 eata eld on Ma) 1.1 The lunei.'il will be held Monday af tei noon at -' o'tloik at th house. Hex. Ut James Mi'Leod and Hcv Di. S C Logan, .the piesent and e-pnstor, le sjiettlvel.v, ot the Flist Piesbj teilan cluucli, of which Mr. Ul.tli was a mem bei, will conduct the setvlt.es. Hvulal will be niude In the family plot in the Uuiiinoie cemetei j. Dili: TO A SEVRItn COLD. On Wcdnesilty, Feb. 3, Mi. Blair was at Ills desk at the Scianton SaIngs bank und nppaiently as vlgoiotis as usual The following; inoinlng- he 00111 plulned of being 111 a'ld Jr. N. Y. Lett. Hie family pin sic Inn was srnt foi He at that time was ell'leted with a seeie cold and an attack of a stomach disoi dei which he had Mtttued at Intel -als 101 yeais but which liad neti befolt been bet ions. He iiultkly iegaliie'1 Ills wonted crood appetite but the tood he- uto lulled to nouilsh him. About two weeks, ago his appetite lulled him and lie iUtleled lie o.uent uttatkh of nausea and tetth ings. Then It was lealUed that his con stitution had succumbed to old age and It was aniMumted by the physician that deutll W ollld soo ' c uie. Mi Blali loi the past tun days glow giadually weaket but sultuiPd no pain He knew he wab dying and was con scious up to Wednesday noon, An Incident show lug Ills consideia tlon foi otheis Whom ,p liked und his n gaul loi detail wus u. ton elbatlon last week Satin day with his son-in-law, James A Linen. Calling the lattei 10 his bedside, hu dliected him to pay a small 11161 tgage that Ih teuoided against the homo ot his toloied coachman, "Hen" Hill set, ut Wavelly. He asked Mr. Linen to do this and cliuige the tuiids to his ettute. Then on Monduy he tumindPd his son, A. 1J Hlah, that It wus the 1,1th of the month and Ihe legulat day for paying "Hen" lils wages. APPUOACH OF UKATH. Late yesteiday ufteinoon It wns plain ly esldent that death was not fur away He bank so (pulutly and peacetully that those about his bedside ate not ceitain ot the cMitt time he died It was ap pateut, though, at 0 1.1 o'clock that the end hud eome. In the 100m weie Mis II. A. Couisen and Mis. J. A. Linen, Mi. Hlali's two duughteis; Mis. A. H Hlali und Mis. II. M. Ulalr, dailKhteis-In-law, and Miss llunbuig, the nuisp fiom the Moses Taylor hospital, who hub been in attendance in the sick loom tluoughout Mi. Elah's Illness. Thioughoui hlH illnesr hu made no coinplulnt and cNpttcsed but one le gi et that he could not live until Muy 15 und bo ill) yean old. 1IIU lather did not lle to an old ago but his motliei was hi years old. Two hiothPis, John 1. Plalr, of Mlalts town, N. J., Is ! yo.11 1, old. and Jatob M. Ulalr, of Knowille, Tenii., Is SI yeais old. SKRTCII OTniS LIFE. Jumps Plulr was piesident of tho Scianton Savings hunk and lnigly In teiet'ttd in thi .setuilths ot the Dela wnie, Lackawanna and Western 111II load and tho Lackawanna lion and Steel company and tiulte a laige stock holder In tho l)loknon Mauufnctuiiug company, of width lie was Ice-iuesl- dtnt up to one year ago. He wus leputed one of the wealth iest men In this region. Up to ubout fifteen yeais ago he had spent ncaily half a cent 11 y In active lail load piomjtlnir in this state and the West. Mr. Ulalr was hoin In Wairon, then Sussex county, N. J., on May 15, 1S07 Ho wiib of Scotch-Yankee descent. When fifteen yeais old he secured woik in 'i country Btoro ut "Giavel Hill," N. J., a i)lace which lalei became Ulnlis town and was named after his brother, John.!, r.lalr. In Ih-'C hu established a stoiM of his own at Marksboro, N. J and continued It tor foity yeais, al- tlintlL'li much of that tltnu I'liKaged In I liiuili tnoie t'XtetiilVtf tjntet prises, In 1SS1, Iip and his .brother founded the liehldore; Xatlnnal bank whjeti Is tittll Until Ithlnt;, Hu Wuh Rervlng hW sKty-.ilxth consecutive' tctin ti dlivrtoi of this bitt.U ut tho tint? of 1.1b death, nnd had Berted lnote successive years us u Imiilt dlrectur than any man living In thu United Stales, not uxcuptlUK Ills in other who did not bee time a dlteitor until 1S.13. John 1, Ulalr Is still Its piesl dent. In H'3S James Ulalr becntno Intel osted In the Lackuwuuna lion and Coil cotn iun and voon nftcr In the Deluwatc, Liulvtwunim and WcBtctn rnllioad ui oiiu of Its diicutuiR. The mad then ox tended only between this clt und Hlnr; lininton. lie was our of the uilglual HloLkholtkis of the lion and Coal coni pun. LOCATHU IN SCItANTON. Mr. Ulalr located In fctanton In ISM. He was one ol the 1 loinoteis In 1SCS of thp I'eoide'M Htieet ullwuy, the ill st sUeet inlhsny built heie, nnd wuo Its piesldcnt foi many yeats and a dliei'tor in 111 Its leceitt meiglng Into tho Scuiu tou Tiitctlun company. The Hcinnton SavlngM bank wus In coi poiated In ISfiT and foi thlit ean he has been Its ;)iesldiit und one ol Its bo.il rt of dlletitot' lit owned tile mil- HLMK. Jonty of all the stock of that institu tion Hefote coinlnu to Scianton Mr. Ulalr had ben uuhe In the management of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West ern rallioad and had become Intel estud in othr r nteaui lullioads and nfterwaid imestcd hfally In lallioad enteipilses in Westun stales and tenltories, In this manner h made th bulk of his eaily fci tune. Among th loads which he was prominent in oigiinlzing weie tlic Iowa, Cedai Ilaplds and Mlssouii lailioad; Iowa Falls and Sioux City lallionrl; SIou City und.Pucltlc lall load, and th" I'lemont, Elklioin und Mlssouii Valley lalliond, all now leased by the Noithwt stein system Mr Hlali has been a dllectnr of tho I'll st National b'tnk up to the piesetu timi and was its lurgtst stockholder. THOSE WHO SCltVIVE HIM. Mi. Hl'ili has jfn thiee times mar nod He was hist mairied Dec. IT, 1SJI, to Miss Elizabeth Look ,of Hlalis town, X. J Ills si child! en, four of -hom an- living, weie by this union. Mss Locke was a gi.inddilld of Captain Locke who was killed nt tho Battle ot Elizabeth In the wui 01 tin Involution. The chlldien weie. Milton Locke, died iboj; Ale tin B, til picttut assistant cashlei ot thu Scianton Sayings bank. James Seidell, died liss, Liuiotta, witj ot Colonel H A Cum sen, of this city, Anna, wile of James A. Linen, piesl dent ol the Pit t N'utlonal bank, and Cluiles E Mali. Mis I'lnli died In 1SJS In lid Mr Hlali liiniiled Mis .Maigaiet McKlnney, daughter ot Hc. John F. Cluik. bhe died in 1HT2 In lSTfi Mr. Hlali mauled Mis Alice Hoiieis, who died In PsiU She was a daught,ei of Judge (lieon, of Sussev county, N J. The last two mai llages wei without Issue. MANTELL IN MONBARS. l.uru'o Audience Saw Iliiu I, list Night ut the Aeudciu). Robeit Muntell cave a fine prpsento tlun of "Monbais" at the Academy of M'uslu last niglit befoie a laige audi ence. It wus a benefit for the Oleen Kldge wheelmen and the bicycle boys and theli fi lends AVeie present to the number of ubout twelve bundled "Monbuis" Is a 10I0 In width Mi. Muntell has been frequently seen In this city, but theatei goeis do not tile of it foi It Is pe(ultaily suited to him nnd has done not a little to win foi Mr. Mantell the position lie enjoys as one ot our fotemost loinantlc actois. Tlw stoiy of "Monbais" Is diamatie and liighly Inteiestiiie; and the vailous scenes ate so diffused as to lend vailety and color to the diuma. Mt Mantell's leading lady, Miss Chin lotto Belli ens, made a most favor able ImpiPsslon She Is young, pietty nnd talented and Invests the lole of Dlone with the chaim of hei own pei sonallty The suppoitlng company vas toinposPd of veiy capablu playeis. PRICE OF GAS IS REDUCED. New Schedule (iocs Into Ellcct 011 t April 1 Next. The Scianton Olas and Water com jinny and the Hyde Paik Gas und Wat er company announce that on and uftei Aplll 1 the pi Ice of gaa will be $123 pel thousand cubic feet. This pi Ice will also bo subject to the following ills(ouuts Five per cent upon all bills wheie the consumption for the mouth amounts to less than $2D; ten per cent, upon ull hills when the consumption amounts to $25 and upwards, piovlded Ihe bill In paid on 01 befoie the 20th of tho month on which the bill Is ptesentpd (Mini ltt-duccd--Conl. Nay Aub I'aik Collleiy Egg, stove and Chestnut, $2.G0 Telephone 1)712 stcniu Hunting mill Plumbing, P. F. & M.T, Hovvley, 231 Wyoming ave. 250 XX Whlto Envelopes for 17c. at 3e. Store. 023 Lack'a. avo. ' Tailor made fall sultB and overcoats, latest Btyles, John Ross, 307 Spruce street. CHARGE OF BUCKSHOT FURROWED HIS CHEEK An Angjrcd Husband Makes a Murder oils Attack. WAS JEALOUS OP HIS NEIGHBOR Alter Ordering Uim to Stay Away from liis Homo lie Meets Him ut Ills (iute at EurH Morning mid At tempts to ltcinovc Mini with it Shot Giiu--Miruuulotis Escape Mad the Man ho Engciidcicd the Jealous j. After a heated wai of words with ills neighbor, Philip Powan, yesteiday, Thomas llailott, of Edgeiton, n mining settlement neat Jenny u, enteied his hoile, seled u gun unci tetutning lev elled It dliectly ut the cause of his wiath and (lied It was loudetl with buckshot und seveiul of the missiles en teied Powan's lace teailnt; fuiiuws in the Ilesh, which while not of a nuces s.ully fatal nattiie will dlsllgure 111 tit foi life. Bailott's hud aim was the only thing that s.ned Powan's life, us the men weto only u short distance upait und Biiilott undoubtedly meant minder. Jealousy Is said to be the cause of the quail el, Powan, It Is alleged, wast loud of Mis. llailott and Ills attentions mousing Bailott's susph Ion he deemed It piudeiit to order Pownn to keep uwuy. Yesterduy inoinlng at 7 o'clock the Jealous husband met Powan near his gate und the lestilt was as nboe imitated. Dr. Shields, who Is attend ing Powan, says his escape I10111 death Iej utmost uiliatulotis. CELEBRATION AT MOSCOW. Alinicisiir of the Post Obscivcd in nn Intcri-Miiir nv. Swartz post, Oiand Aitny of the He public, of Moscow, Wtdnesday even ing celebiattd. the seventeenth annl eisaiy of Its oitranlzutlon with a big meeting In Odd Follows' hall, Moscow. A delegation f 10111 Scianton posts at tended the celebiatlon. Major O. E Vaughn, of Moscow, was chaliman of the evening, und In opening the meet lug made a bilef uddiess. The audience sang "Amei lea," Pro fessoi Mai tin piesldlng at the 01 gall, and after a song by a male ciuattotte a ilnglng speech was dellveied by Cap tain E V Peatce, of tills city, who apologised foi the absence of Colonel E H. Hippie, who was unable to be pies elit, He sent ills legiets thiough Cap tain Peaice. M. J. Mai tin made an address on "The C.i and Aimy Button, Badge, Fra teinltv and Loyulty." Mr Mai tin played skillfully 011 the sentiments. The tulk by John T Howe, aldeiman of the Seenteenth waid of this city, on the humorous Incidents of tile camp (lie life was one of the good things of the evening A. B Stevens, of this city, made lemaiks that found u filendly lestlng place and Comiade F J Ams den, of this tltv, told ' What the Sol diets Aie Thankful For" An oilglnal poem on "The Amoilcnn riag," the cieatlon of Rev F.ither WeUh, of Moscow, which he dedicated to the post, was well recited by a young lady fiom Father Welsh's polish. Captain P DeLacy, of this tlty, told of some humorous incidents of a sol diers life. In introducing him Major Vuughn paid a watin tilbuto to the captain's heiolsm as a soldlei. Dining his addiess Captain De Lacy told his comi ados that they might congiatulate themselves that they had suivhed the gieat wai In whhvh they took pait, but also the decay of time. "When one hus made a tontiact to kill ot be killed loi four yeais or while a war lasts and thlttv yeats atteiwaids finds. hlmuelf ally i', he ceitalnly has- cause foi con giatulatingliimself." The captain then dropped Into a llghtel eln and kept his audlenie in u veiy meiiy mood while he lemalned on the platfoim. At the conclusion of his lemurks Hcv. Father W uluh made a shoit uddiens and the celebiatlon closed with the singing of 'Mulching Thiough Cleoigla," by th" audltiKP It was a lousing affuil Amung the Scianton yets present wele F. J. Amsdeii, Hdwaid W. Peaice, J. Alinemaii, Mosts Moiey, G. L Pieston, P. DeLacy, Hobeit C. Claik, Samuel S( hoener, Samuel Stevens, A. B Stey ens, Ueoige Claik, J K Huipei, 'ells Buitlee. Di VanCleet, John Westpfahl, John T Howe and H L Tillei. HEBREW FEAST OF PURIM. Tenth ul of Rejoicing Celebrnted Yes terduy 'rhioushout the Woild. Yesteiday the Feast of Purlin was cpI ehiated by Hebiews all over the woild The festival leally began at Kunset Wednesday and comiiiemoiates the de llveiame ol the Jews fiom the destiuc tio.i planned uv the Peislans. Tle stoiy Is icvealed in the Book ot Esther. Sei vices weie held in the .synagogues tluoughout the woild when wus ie-ad th'o soi oil of Esther The scrolln nie piepaied on paichment and aie used only tin the Puiim least. It Is tusto inaiy umong the more oithodox Jews to abstain from meut and ell Ink duilug the day pie(eding the feast but such is not a general obsetvanee. The Feast ot Putim is a festival of ip Joitlng nnd mluht be (ompaied to thii Clulstlau Cluistmas, piesents aie ex eliangtd and the poor not foi gotten. BURLESQUE COMPANY AT DAVIS'. Ida Millions and Others !ie 11 Vei) Entertaining PciToiinanec. Miss Ida Slddons, the famous but -hs(iie aitlst, and the lejuvenated Uieatei New Yolk company," aie at Davis theater for the balance of the week, playing a 1 etui 11 engagement The uudlime yesteiday ufteinoon und evening weie laiEu and evidently en Joyed the peifoununces. Theie aie seveial good thing Boul- Upside Down. m 1 Things aie topsy-turvey now, but think of the dulntluess and convenience latei on In oiJt to emplmsl.e the taet we will make pilcen extra special on what ie inulni of oui winter mllllneiy If you ato Intel ested In saving money, lome this week ulul select any one ot 2j tilmmed huts foi the small sum of $1.00 Each. Not out-half what thu mutorlals oro wot th. Watch the pupeis foi announce ment of our Uiand Spilng Opening next w celt. A. R, SAWYER, 133 WVOMINU AVENUE. deil and Urlltlli, musical spoils, aie the best In their line und "Multu Mutvo" guve n ludlciotltt peifoiinutice, sleight of hund, etc. After each tilck you are told how It Is done, The Montgomeiy slsterd dance well, Eleanor Long niuke n very enteitaln Ing coluied lady. Hho sings seveiul ne gro melodies. The exhibition ot gto temule aciobutlc woik by Hahler und Cloes is leally maivellous. llesldes these the show Is sliced In between two umuslng skits, In which the whole com pany Is seen. Mutlnees and evening perfoininnceB will be given today und tumoiiow. HAD HIS ARM CRUSHED. Driver Hoy nt the Greenwood Mine Fell 17 II (1 0 1 u .Moving Cur. Eddie Molesky, age 13 yeais, while at w 01 k as a di Ivor In the Oieenw ood mine, fell undet a moving coul car yesteiday morning and the wheels ciushed his ui m ut the elbow Molesky vv as leading a mule when lie slipped und fell. He was taken to the Lackawanna hospital where It was found necessary to nniptltute the utln ut the elbow . The boy Is now lestlng us toinfoitubly US COtlld be expected. GUARD WILL BE THERE. Governor Hastings Says Tliat the Citi zen Soldiers Will Go to New York. In conflimntlon of The Tribune's ex clusive unnounceinent two weeks ago that Ooveinui Hastings was then In New Yolk city niianglng foi attend ance ot the entile Pennsylvania Na tional tiuuid ut the unveiling ot Chant's tomb, the lollowlng dlsnatch was le celved last night by United Pieus. "New Yolk, March IS Llovei 1101 llust Ing", or Pennsylvania, in a communica tion to Oieelivllle .l. Dodge, gland lnal slud of the mllltaly paiude which takes place on the duy of the dedication of thu (li.iiit monument, states that he will Iv piesent to pin tlclp.ite In the nillltaiv pu lude with his entile staff. He also .-lays that In ull piobubllltles the entile Na tional (Jinn d of llie'stutt of Pt'lilisy lvanli, numbering S.uOtf will be on hand to lend their aid In making the ailali one of the gieutest this countiy has evet seen." NEW STYLE OF WHIST TRIED. Innovation on Ladies' .ii;lit at the Seruutou hist Club. Last night ladles' night at the Sciantolt Whist dub, .1 inoiesslve match loi palis was .played uudei 11 new system, wheieby each pall plays against eveiy othei pall, which sys tem has but lutely been lntioduced In this countiy and received Its Initial tiial In this city last night. Twenty -font playeis took pait and twenty-two hands (weiu played. Miss Piatt and Mi. lleeley had the high some xv 1th six pairs. The other plus scotes weie Miss Dale and T Hanloiij Dale, foui , Mi. and Mis. L. G. LuBai, thiee, Mis. W. J. Blown und C. It. Ftillei, one, Mr. and Mis. j. jj. Owen, one. Otheis who pattlclpated were Di. and Mis. P. F. Stiupplei, Mi. und Mis. T H. Dale, Mi. and Mis. C M. Sandeison, Miss Scianton and Mis. C R Fullci. Mr und Mis Fled Hlntermelstei, Mi, antl Slis. I. F. Allabath, Mr. and Mis C B. Penman. DEMURRER HAS BEEN FILED. Alleges That thu Orgiiuintioii of Wititou Council Wns lllegul. O'Bilen Kelly, yesteiday, acting for tho council and botough of Wlnton, filed a demiiuet to the bill of Chailes Sheildan and otheis, who have made complaint against tho oiganlzation of the council ns effected on the III st Mon day of Mutth. The demutlet nlleges that the oigan Iutlun was legally made und that the plaintiff In geiieial has no cause to asl. tellef THIRD NATIONAL 110UGHT IT. Sherill 's Snlu ol S. (L hen, Is on A. Co.'s Business Reuhed "?'.), 80 1. The sheillt's sale of tho effects of S O Ken, Son . Co. took plate vestei day. The Laikawanna avenue stcue hi ought i!,2JU and the bain $100 At toiney W. J Hand, lepiesentlnii the Thlid Nutlunul bunk, the pilittlpal Judgment citdltui, was the piuthaser The Cuibondale stoic, which v as sold dining the afternoon, biought &1..J7I. Dejiuty Sheilfl J. R. Feibui toudui ted both sales. HAS A PIN IN HIS EAR. Peculiar Accident That Ilelul John Buttle of Stnuo Avenue, John Battle, of Stone avenue, a slate plckei employed in the National bittik ei, met with u unions accident ye teiduy while ut woik. Something lodged In the boy's eat nnd while Hying to lomove It a pin which he used foi that put pose, slipped into his eat and it lirut since been found Impossible to leinove It. OBJECT TO PAYING THE COSTS. .Voilhern Coal and lion rompauv Files Exceptions to Ueciee. Exceptions weie yesterday filed by the defendants In the case of the R lan ton Gas und Water company against the Nnithein Coal and lion company to that pait of the Until deeiee w lib h plates the costs on the defendants (leoige R. Bedford, of Wllkes-Baue and James 11. Touey nio the lallioad company's attorneys. Circulation of "Tim Truth." Chailes K. O'.Malloy, being duly swoin ucooidlntr to law, says he had personal clause ot the die illation of 'The Sciuntou Tiuth" newspupei on Wednesday ufteinoon, Mai eh 17th, lb'j" and that sixteen thuusund thiee bun dled und thlity Clti,3"0) copies of that paper weie :nlnted und tliculated to meet the Iee.ltliuuto demand foi that day, unci thu t none of those ( oples weie sent out lor lice distilbutlon. Chuiles K O'Mnlley Swoin nnd subset Ibed to befoie me, Muith lb, l!ri7. (Seul) Fiedeihk Fullei, Alderman. Notice, We arc still doing business at the same old Htnnd wheio wo have been for twenty-two yeais pust and most to spuetfully solicit the putionuge of the public na heiutofoie In uwnlngs, tents, Hags and all kinds of society goods and decorations. - S. J. Fuhiman & Uro. Pabst's Milwaukee Rock Beer, at hohmann's, Sprute sheet. THREE MORE MINERS BURNED BY GAS Another Serious Explosion In a North Entl Colliery. MARVINE SHAFT WAS THE SCENE .In iocs .Nolan, Theodore iltmcyuud Junius Cousin arc thu Victims. I'lilluri! to Piopcrly Ueudut tt Can vas Door Is Assigned ns the Cnuse. .Nolan's llilins nru Serious Hut the Otheis Escape with Ml 'liter Inur. Three moie North End mlnets weie yesteiduy victims of u mine bus explo sion, which octuired ut the Mai vine collleiy ut 11 30 o'clufk it. ill. Tlley life' JAMKH NOLAN, laboiel, ugt'd 25 .veins, reading with Ills puientH, toiner of Wayne uventle and Parltei stluut, buiueil about thu fine, uetl:, uluis, chest ami back, THEODORi: HAVEV, dilver, iiKC-d 15 yetiis, lusldlng with his widow od motlie i on ltobert avenue, burned about the face and turns JAMB1 ('f)rSIN, iiinncii aged 20 enl", 1 (Siding on School stittt, buined ubout the fucc. Nolan's cundltlon is set Ions, hut the otheis escaped with compatatlvely slight bin ns. The explosion occurred at a heading 111 the ciuik vein, wliete .Nolan was w Diking The supposition Is that Nolan aftei taklnt: a ear out of the heading lulled to pioiieily leadjust the can vas dooi which legulutes the ull eui lent, und that a laige xolume of gas was allowed to accumulate. Whethei It was set off by Nolan, 01 by Htnvey, who was, at the time, taking nn empty cui Into the w 01 kings. Is not know 11 Nolan was In the midst ol the body of gas and rouse (itiently lei tlved the woise burns Haivey, who was near by, leceived the next most seveie In- Juty. Cousin was about. 30 feet off und KUffeied the least of ull The ( oncusslon w as not severe enough to hull the men about but It was nevei t lit less felt In the ndjaouit woi kings and was "the means of bring ing iiultk aid to the injuied The thiee victims weie quickly hoisted to the sin face nnd conveyed to their seveial homes. Last night they wete testing easily and except In the ease ol No lan nn seilous consequences ate appie hendetl. ACTION AGAINST C. P. FISKE. Depositions Taken Vesterdii) in thu Ollice ol Attoinc) ('. I). Tnvlor. Depositions vveio yesterday taken In the ollice of. Attorney Oeoige D Tayloi, befoie Attorney M. J. McAndiew, com missioner in the ruse of the Maitland Dilvlng Paik association against C P. Fiske The defendant managed the associa tion's fan at Wallsville. last fall, and It Is alleged did not make piopei le turns of the money taken In for admit tance and lefieshments Mr. Tayloi and Hon. John P. Kelly lepresent Flske and Mi. New'combe appeals foi the asstu latlon SPEllL'SftLEOF 50 dozen 24x48, extra heavy, regular value 39 cents. Special 29c 35 dozen 26x52, extra heavy, regular value 45 cents. Special 35c 25 dozen 26x52, double twist, extra heavy, regu lar value 60 cents. Special 49c BEST SETS OF TEETH, S8. Iik hiding the p Unless oxtractiuj of teutn by untntltelv ou piolcss S. C. SNYDER, D. D. S., 331 Spruce bt , Opp. Hotel Jenny n 11 TAPESTRY GOODS For Draperies, Chair and Couch Covering--Silk or Cotton. Gimp, Cord and Fringes to match. LAGE CURTAINS An immense line, from 50c. to $40.00 a pair. Sash Goods in Dotted Swiss, Figured fluslin, Oriental and Brussels Lace, Etc. BARGAIN IN OAK TABLES $1.40 each. You mere stands, large SEBECIER S HKIiS, f . W. BERRY, 423 Lackawanna Avenm, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sterling Silver And Cut Glass. Great Reductious in These Goods. Watches aiid Clocks paired on short notice. All Re- WARREN-EHRET COMPANY, CONTRACTORS FOI EHRET'S SLAG ROOFING. EHRETS SLAG ROOFING WILL RE SIST A FIRE BUILT UPON IT AND MAINTAINED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, AS WE HAVE PROVED BY AC TUAL TEST. IT IS FIRE-PROOF. 314 Washington ave., Scranton, Pa IS JJST SECURED OUR HEW LINE. For decorating. Opened a large assortment of the newest Novelties. HAVILAND We have the largest as sortment of White China in the city. METROPOLITAN CHINA HALL C J. WEICHEL, 140 and 142 Wash. Ae , Mcars Hldg. Solimsr Piano Stands at the Head AM) J. W. UULRMsUY Stands at the Head in the Music track. You, cim always gat u hotter luiKiiin at Ids beautiful warcrooms than .it any other placo In tho city. tall untl bcu for yourself before buyinj, 205 Washington Avenue, SCRANTON, PA. J. W. GUERNSEY, Prop. MT. PLEASANT COAL ATRETAIL, Con.) of tho best quality for domeatlo us end of all sizes, Including Buckwheat antl lilrdaeju, delivered In any part of Uxo cltr. at the lowest prlco. Orders rocotved at tho Ofllce. nrat noor, Commonwealth building-, room No. I 3 telephone No. 424, or at the mine, tele phone No. 272. will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. WM. T.SMITH. Bl DUNN'S SPRING H&TS --v --" should have one. selection. Jardi- 8nnu WHITE mM wBBum Wft W&iflF'&t: SKS S21M: iM-ilS& I mmmm -ssr 406 Lackawanna Ave. Opp, Wyoming House.
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