i"wwV"" ' 1 W I KHP ' W ll( Vj5 "j(,r THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-FKIDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1897. 'iE T, -VJ- BOYS' SHOES O For the better class of trade. Russia Calf in Tan or Black, Good- X year Welt. The best X shoe we know how to o X buy. Often the cheap- X est in the long run. O $3.00 & 410 Spruce St. f JL'EHSOJS'AL. Miss Joslo Duffy, of South Scranton, la Visiting Carbondale friends. Mis. George I'. Frlant and daughter, Hazel, have returned from visiting friends In Elwyn, west Chc?Ur and Trenton. Deputy Prothonotary and Mrs. Myron G. Kasson icturned yesterday after a thir teen weeks' sojourn In New Orleans. W. 11. Curtis, of Hrston, Miss., the popu lar shoo manufactuiei, Is calling on his f 1 lend, Charles Schank, the shoo man. Miss Teresa Keitlng, of Dover, N. J., re turned home yesterday after a visit with her cousin, Miss Mary Duffy, of Price street. Alexander McCarthy, ot Barrio. Ont Canada, la visiting his daughters, Mrs. K. F.-lioylo ami Mrs. William J, Burke, of this city. D. F. Kearney, of this city, who rcpre m nts the Mountnln Distilling company, -f Cincinnati, O., 13 around again after tin Illness of about a. mouth. .T. C. OallERl-er, of this cily, will deliver o, lciJturo on "Temperance" at Kl&tlcr's hall, Great llend. on Sunday afternoon at 3.30 under the ausplros of St. Lawrence society. Theodoro Wolf and John Stanton, the Kcnerai superintendents of the Upper and Lower mills of the Lai kaw anna Iron and Steel company, at Scranton, made a tour of Inspection of the works of the Carnegie . Steel company, limited, at Hrdddock and ' Homestead, yesterday. The two super intendents, during the time their mills are hhut down, aie combining business with pleasure by visiting .1 number of Indus trial centers and learning something of the methods of other superintendents, be sides makhig'the acquaintance of men In the same business us themselves. Pitts burg Times. IT AUDE A BIG HIT. How Stunrjrllohson Cnmc to Produce Dnn Hurt's Latest I'lnv. Daniel L. Hart, the AVllkes-Darre . play-wright whose dramatization of Opie Iteld's novel, "The Juckllns," will be produced by Stuart Itobson at the Academy of Music next Tuesday even ing, was In the city yesterday after noon. While hete he told how he came to write that play and what its first re ception was. "It was in Chicago," said Mr. Hart. "I had read Heid's hook and was en thusiastic over It. I went to the pub lishers and tried to arrange for the stage rights. They wanted $300 guar anty, besides other conditions. I hadn't 600 cents. I went to Mr. Rob son's manager, explained the case, and without having, read the book he put up the guaranty and told me to go ahead. A little later he read 'The Juck llns.' Then they were In Kansas City. When he had finished the novel ho wanted to pay my fare back to Chi cago and have me cancel the contract. I demurred, and finally we took the matter to Mr. Itobson. "The latter, to keep peace In the fam lly, agreed to produce the play one time, to save his manager's $300. It was put In rehearsal without special scenery or cast, and In due time pro duced. You know the rest. Mr. Itob son has had to make It one of the reg ular pieces in his repertory and in nearly every city it lias drawn laige audiences and elicited much applause." If the play, which we haven't seen, Is half so good as the book, which we have read, It wllVbe well worth seeing. WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. l'lnns for Organising 11 Pnrty of Pil grims Well Under Way. The plans for organizing a party of Welsh National eisteddfod pilgrims by Messrs. 13. u. Morgan & Son and John Orlftlth, have been completed. The party will sail on the American line steamship, Js'ew York, July 21, from new rork to Southampton Arrange luwnts have been made for the comfort and entertainment of tho party all the way toNewport, Monmouthshire. IriTlejoCof Ufa. celebration of Queen Vlctjsrla'ii Jubilee, an advance party of pllgrima rwill probably be formed to sail Ton ,'jiihe ! by the steamship Paris. Several 'applications have been re ceived already, and Itcv. T. C. Ed vardaV D. 1 (Cynonfardd), of Kings ton, Pn , who is to conduct the elstedd (odwlll trayel with tho party. EtrjjlRA PEOPLE MARRIED HERE. TliorjCnmr. They Vowed nnd They "M Departed for the Homo City. ""With a marriage license tucked away Jn his 'coat pocket and leading by some immaterial tie a good looking young f-jwumarr, Lewis J. Taylor, of Elmlra, . entered Alderman Howe's sanctum yes- -. terday and asked that he and she be married. She Is, or she was Sarah' A, Smith, who had been married before and her home Is als'o In Elmlra. They arrived In tho city yesterday TJtridlrrad procured the necessary paper from Clerk of the Courts Thomas. Mr, Taylor is a frequent visitor to this city,., Alerman, Howe knotted that Immaterial tic and Mr. and Mm Tay- "luT deported. Notice, I Wo are still doing business at the same' old stand where wehavo, been for tVf?,Jfy'tW0 jyefs pW and .most ro epectfully solicit' the patronage of the ' public as heretoforo'ln awnings, tents, Hags, and all hinds ot society goods nnddfcoretjons-- , ni4i B.?jFuhrman-& uro. Davldow TJros., Jewelers, have moved to 227 Lackawanna avenu,v ARE NOW DECIDING KOEHLER'S FATE Case Went to the Jury at 5.30 O'clock Yesterday Afternoon. THE DEFENDANT TELLS HIS STORY Ho Did Not Intend to Kill Keryckl, IIo Snys, but Only to Wound 111m In the I,eR9--.Stronc Closing Picas by Judge IVnrd for Pcfcnso mid Dis trict Attorney Jones for I'rosccu tloifJudgo lidwnrds Tnkcs nn Hour nnd n Quarter to Chnrgo Jury. At 5.30 o'clock ycitcnlay afternoon tin Iain of Mnx Koeliler wns placed In the lianas of the Jury. The defend ant occupied the stand nearly the whole of the morning and the afternoon wns taken up by the closliiK nddrcsscH of Judge Ward for the defense nnd Dlsttlct Attorney Joncs.and the charge of Judge Edwards. ' Koehler'a story wns materially the same as that of the preceding wit nesses for the defense, the only Import ant viulano helm; his nvurmont that he did not Intend to kill Keryckl, but only to shoot him In thu leg's. On eross-exnmlniitlon Mr. Jone3 at tempted to sdiow that Koeliler has been before the couu on several occasions for lrregulailtles In which reckless use of arms, chopping down a door and the like were numbered. Jud-je I'M wards vvou'd not permit the Introduc tion of this testimony. Evidence 011 the. part of the defence was however nllqived to show that Keryckl hart hfn ,conv(pted at the February term. 1S9G. of aggravated as sault and batten-. The defense show ed that Koeliler was cognizant ct this when he wenUJicfrBiaRe'thc arrest and used It as r.ji r.rnHmPnb'io prove that Koehler had cJusb o be in fear of Keryckl. With this the defense rested. The commonwealth called a number of Prlceburg citizens, Including several members of. the brass band to which Keryckl belonged to show that he was a good, quiet, law-abiding man and that while ho might have had an occasional ipiarre', which Is the rule rather than, the exception with those people, thUclieurrudance was not to be taknn as an Indication of his general character. NO HACKS TO THE CHAIRS. Mrs. Opcnowlcz, County Detective Ljyshon and others were called to prove 4.hcie 'were no backs to the three chairs In the room In which the killing took place, which evidence was adduced for the puiposo of contradict ing the witnesses -for the defens-J who swore particularly and positively that Keryckl, when assaulting Koehler had hold of the chair by Its back. Judge Ward began his closing pica p.t 1 45 and spoke far over an hour, making one ot the most eloquent nnd powerful aldresses that a Lackawanna county Jury hat- ever listened too. He laid particular c-mphasl.i on the "glar In Inconsistencies" of the testimony of commonwealth's witnesses, Alex Ker yckl and Constantino Shuzinskl, that 'koehler walked directly dver to the bed where Keryckl was asleep, and shot htm without a word, and also brought forcibly . before the Jury the contradictions regarding the noise In the bedroom, two of the witnesses say ing there was positively no disturbance arid others admitting that they were attracted up stairs by the noise of the scuflle. The conclusion he asked the Jurors to reach was tint these 'wit nesses were not telling the truth. "Its Impossible," said the veteran of the war, with his hand raised alott, it Is Impossible for those people to tell the truth. When I was a boy some seventy years ago tho Lackawanna river was a beautiful stream of pure water, teeming with fish. It was used for culinary purposes and we boys used to bathe there and we used to water our cattle there. Now a dog wouldn't wade through It, so polluted has it become. You can't get pure water from a polluted fountain; you can't get truth from a foul heart. You can't get from these people what Is not in them." GAVE AN OBJECT LESSON. In explaining away the seeming physlclal Impossibility ot Koehler hav ing fired the bullet while Keryckl was above him, Judge Ward had his col league, Mr. Duffy, assume the role of Koehler and he impersonating Keryckl, gave an exhibition of the manner In which the conflict and killing occurred as it was. presented to his view. With Koehler on one knee and in the act of rising, and Keryckl bending above him in the act of delivering a blow with the chair he demonstrated that the bullet would take exactly the very course described by Dr. J. J. Bll helmer, a commonwealth itnes3 whoso description of the dliectlon tho bullet took was "backward (from the pit of tho stomach) slightly downward and outward." The fact that the celling was only seven feet high as stated by all the wit nesses proved that Keryckl, who was a large man, must have stooped over considerably to raise a chair above his head. In concluding Judge Ward said that there could be no medium finding un der the evidence. The verdict would have to be first degree murder or noth ing. If they believed the witnesses for the prosecution and disbelieved those for the defense, then their verdict must be murder In the first degree. If, how ever, they could not believe the prose cution's witnesses and did not doubt all of the defendant's witnesses then the would have to acquit Koehler. For his part, he said, under such evidence, he wouldn't hang a dog for killing a sheep, MR. JONES' ADDRESS. District Attorney Jones' closing was a vehement denunciation of Koehler and his crime and a vigorous plea for a first degree verdict. He began by mak ing a very complimentary reference to Judge Ward's power, logic and elo quence and referred to his legal career as a bright and shining page in the court history of Lackawanna county. Rut, ho said, the Jury was not to pay any heed to eloquence, power or logic 01 allow sympathy or sentiment to ex ert any inlluence in forming their opinions; tho evidence should bo their only guide in coming to a conclusion In the case. Koeliler was not, he said, before the court In the capacity of a public olll cer and was not to be In any way considered such. He was there as a murderer and was to bo treated as any other murderer. Mr. Jones said ho believed from all he knew of the casa and from his knowledge of other cases which ho had prosecuted during his tlmo as dUtrlct attorney that with only ono exception this was the moat atrocious and outrageous murder of them all. Koehler has proved himself, he said, a, wllfull, vlcioua, reckless, danaeroua nnd bloodthirsty man and If he was freed from this crime, he prophesied that within a year he would repeat his act In which case the Jury, he held, would have the blood of the victim on Its hands. The deceased may have been Intoxicated and he may have bcci. unfortunate enough to gtf Into trouble, but ho was a human being nnd should not have been shot down like a dog. REVIEWED THE TESTIMONY. Mr. Jones made a careful and exhaus tive review of the testimony showing the alleged weakness ot the defense and pointing out how the story of the witnesses; for the commonwealth was In all reason the truthful one as they were In the main disinterested while every one of the prlnclpul witnesses for the prosecution were lntcrested.they having been participants In the out rage. He closed by baying with force ful emphasis that the good of tho community nnd the upholding of law and order demanded a. verdict of mur der In the first degree. Judge Edwards' charge was n care fully worded review of the testimony and thorough Instruction In the law bearing on the cae. If the Jury had hoped for any assistance from the bench' In shaping Its mind It was dis appointed as the Judge neither by com mission nor omission turned the bal ance one way or the other. Ho spoke for an hour and a quarter. POLISH PAPER'S LIBEL SUIT. It Wns on licforc Judge Archbnld All Dny Ycstcrdny. Tho case of the commonwealth against Dangcl Langowskl was taken up before Judge Archbald In court room No. 2 at the beginning of yesterday's session. Langowskl was, In 1896, con nected with tho Polish paper known as the Weekly Scrantonlan, and later as the Pennsylvania Weekly, published In South Scranton, and Is chnrged with criminal libel by the prosecutor, Rev. Bruno Iwanowskl, priest of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church of ncebursr. The articles complained of appeared In two different numbers of the caoor. The defendant claims that at the time of the publication of tho first ar ticle he was simply a compositor on the paper and that the publication of the second nrtlcle was Justified by the facts. The case was still on at ad journment. .Attorneys Kelly, Lowry and Taylor appear for the prosecution and Attor ney Vokolek for the defendant. The Jury In the burglary case against Eugene Courtrlght, Frank Dunn and John Wilkinson returned a verdict nt 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Court right and Wilkinson were found guilty of attempted burglary and Dunn was acaultted. Henry II. Plleegar, of Berwick, who married his step-daughter, Bessie M. Hartsell, In this city last summer and was arrested at the instance of his deceased wife's brother, John G. Cox, pleaded guilty before Judge Edwards yesterday. When tho fact that Pllee ger contracted the Incestuous marriage in Ignorance of It being a crime and only nt the request of his dying wife for tho purpose of keeping the family together, the Judge suspended sentence. Judge Gunstcr, who was consulted by Plleegar as to how he should proceed for the future, was auvlsed for the sake of their unborn babe to go to some state where they can be married legally and have tho knot re-tied. AND STILL THEY COME. John 0. Jennings Brings an Action In Trespass to Recover One Hundred Thousand Dollars Damages. John G. Jennings yesterday brought another action In trespass. This time he wants to recover $100,000 damage.? and names the following as defend ants: Lehigh Valley Railroad com pany, Attorney General Henry C. Jlc Cormlck, Judge R. W. Archbald, Judge F. W. Gunster, Judge I!. M. Edwards, Judge P. P. Smith, ox-Sherllf Charles E. Robinson, ex-Sheriff John J. Fahey, Deputy Sheriff Frank E. Ryan, Pro thonotary C. E. Pryor, Deputy Pro thonotary M. Kasson, District Attor ney John R. Jones, County Detective Thomas Leyshon, ex-County Detective Thomas E. Reynolds, and Attorneys Ira H. Burns, Lemuel Amerman, John G. McAskle, Eveittt AVnrren, Joseph O'Brien, John P. Kelly, Fred W. Fleitz, George- M. Watson, Milton W. Lowry, Frank T. Okrll, J. Alton Davis, II. M. Hannah, William H. Jessup, si, Wil liam H. Jessup, jr., Altied Hand, and Horace E. Hand. The declaration In tho case cover thlrty-slx and one-half pages of legal cap and sets fcrth generally and spec ifically that tho defendants thwarted the ends cf justice in the suits ot the plaintiff and his. son against the Lehigh Valley Railroad company. It Is a!.o S2t forth that without cas; the defendants charged the plaintiff and his attorney, Cornelius Smith, with libel and caused Mr. Smith' to bo dis barred from practicing in the courts of LacUawunna county. SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY. Will Ho Celebrated nt tho 5rccn Kidgr Iiibmry Tonight. Tonight there will be an entertain ment in honor of Shekespeare's birth day, nt the Gieen Hldge llbiary. A bII ver offering vvll bo received at the door for the benefit of tho library. The Idea Is to give a thorough Shekespearean entertainment and to emphasize the fact that Shekespearo wrote the vvotks which bear Ills name. Tho complete programme Is as follows: PART FIHST. Instrumental must'', The Misses Reynolds A'ocal muslo Miss Spencer Instigation scene, "Julius Caesar." Hamlet's Soliloquy. Music. PART 8DCOND. "Authenticity of Shakespeare's Works." Instrumental music, Tho Misses Reynolds Dream of Clarence. All the World a Stage. Piano solo, selected. Refreshments. MAJOR OAKFORD IMPROVING Much plotter Lust Night, nnd His Sprcdy Kccovrry i xpectcd. Major James AV. Oakfprd was much improved last night. That everything Is favorable to his speedy recovery was Indicated' by the attending physi cian, Dr. C. AV. Roberts. During ycBterday Major Oakford rest- ed very comfortably A report that ho had suffered fipm brain fever or con gestion of tho brain Is Incorrect. 1 -H-T"K---H--H"f-MK Tho amatour base ball club re ceiving before June rfl tho greatest number of votes, us explained on the sporting page, will receive 10 uniforms, free. No coupon good longer than 5 days after publlca- - tlon. Hero Is a charce for the ooys - of Northeastern Pennsylvania to " Join tha base ball procession In " quite tho proper ttyle. iiXJlX XXI Alii, J. PROF. GILL AN ON WHERE ARE WE AT Thoughtful Discourse Before Teachers at the City Institute. WORK DONE DURING THE DAY Superintendent Coiiphlln, of Wllkcs llnrro Schools, Talked About Clinr nctcr litilldlng, nnd Dr. lllgsby Spoko ofjiouis tho Wcll-Hclovcd, of l'rnncc--Tlicrc Wns Grndo Work in tho Afternoon nnd Then Cnmc Ttof. (Milan's Lecture. The Institute yesterday was some what wearisome but tho talks of Depu ty State Superintendent Houck bright ened things up a bit and Professor S. Y. Glllans' lccturo In the afternoon was exceedingly thoughtful. Tho morning session was opened with an Invocation by Dr. Blgsby and Profes sor Dei man conducted the singing les son. Tho flr3t speaker was Superintendent Coughlln, of Wllkes-Barre schools, and his subject was "Character Build ing." Ho gave a sample of questions that ho asked of the fourth' and fifth grade pupils and told of some of tho extremely peculiar answers given by some of the pupils. He gave these ex amples merely to show the effect of knowledge on the Individual. Active answers, original, If you please, will show you that the child Is learning regularly. Dr. Blgsby did not give his usual language lesson but Instead told a etory to idiow how a pupil's Interest may be aroused in a subject. His story was "Louis, the Well-Beloved of France." He told of tho tragic death of Marie Antolrette, with whoso his tory and suffering Dr. Blgsby is es pecially familiar, nnd gave a vivid word-painling of the court of France at the time. MR. HOUCK'S REMARKS. When Henry A. Houck, the deputy stats superintendent, nroie to speak he was greeted with hearty hund-clapplng. ttis talk was characteristically humor ous, lie envp his experience when h's was at so. 10I, the humorous blending with the pathetic. Yesterday, the last afternoon session was held. Miss Voorh'ees addressing the intermediate grades, Miss Mo Cioskey, the prhhary grades and Pro fessor Glllan, the grammar grades. .iss Voorhees gave an Instructive ud dress on expression. Miss McCloskey gave her custdlnury charming talk to the primary teachers. She took up child reading. Miss McCloskey advocates the feeding of standard literature to the young idea before the third or fourth trades. This will create a lik ing for g)od books which will be more difficult 111 the higher grades. Professor Glllan talked to the gram mar grades on geography, seeking to bring out those little facts which are not usually printed In text books. Yes t' rday tho lesson played about the scene of the Turco-Greclan war. At a o'clock the Institute re-met for general Instruction. After singing, in which "Tho Star Spangled Banner" und "My Country 'Tls of Thee" were happily Included, Superintendent How- J.) announced that Miss ''oorhets would, by request, repeat the recl'a- on which she gave Tuesday, "Rock Mo to Sleep Mother, Rock Me to Sleep " A sweeter, more sympathetic speaking of the piece, with Its dignified pathos, than that by Miss Voorhees yesterday could not be possible. WHERE ARE AVE AT? After more slnglnsr Professor Gllltm gave his lecture on "Where Arc Wo At?" which was thu most Ditientious of any given to the regular institute. Professor Glllan said the question Is not where we 'are at, but whither are we drifting? The oceans, said Profes sor Glllan, which used to be barriers, are now highways for commerce and the waters now "Join" the lands. Af ter mentioning the several factors In the life of tho busy world. Professor Glllan arrived at the school history of America. The 'first part of trie now dying century showdd tho schools In their Infancy; the middle part was the mechanical period, and for the last third of the century more books of an ?ducaticnal value have- been written than In the entire previous history of tho world. Punishment with its rod have been relegated, nnd vVe como to this fin do slecle period when education is a study of human nature. Piofessor Glllan then showed the several Impulses from which a He Is born in the child mind and dwelt for a time on the attitude of the teacher toward the child. From this ho dis cussed the new literature which seems to have outgrown the stilted style of the old masters, like Johnson. Ho would rather that the new should IN ERY We Are Going to Cut the Price Saturday and Monday of Every Pair of Hose in the Store. Look at the Bargains: LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, rosu- ffn lar price, 12'e.; Sale Price. 3 pair for.... Al LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSK, hlsh spliced heel and toes warranted fast black; regular prlco 17c., Sa'.o Price 2 Or pair xcjl, LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, Dou ble heels and toes, fast color; regular 44c price 20c., sale price 3 pair t-tw LADIES' DROP STITCH BLACK HOSE, spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf Dye, Oc regular prlco 25c, sale price, 3 pair www LADIDS" FIND BLACK HOSE. Herms dorf Dye, hl?n eullcert hoe'.s, toe3 and soles, regular price, 23c; pale price 3 62c ipalr .' v.w LADIES' FINE BLACK HOSE, 3 pair In box, Hermsdorf Dye, double heels and toes, regular price, 3 pair for 1.00. a rare Tc bargain; sale prlco, 3 pair "w A 9A1IPLT) LINE OF LADIES BLACK AND TAN HOSE, ut tho very best qual ity, Totalling at Wc. a. pair; we bought 7Sc them chctip, as long as they last, 3 pair Which is Just half price. LADIES' FINE LISLE HOSE, Hermsdorf Dye, high- Bpllced heels and toes, regulur 62c price, 3jC, sale prlco 3 pair v.w A delightful stocking to wear. LADIES' LISLE DBOP STITCH HOSE. very ilno double heels and toes, never $1.00 sold at less, than 00c. ; salo price, 3 paid for I,,,U MEARS 41 bo used In excess, than tho teachers, cling to the old Ideas. "A fad Is better than a focsll," said tho lecturer. Pro fessor GlllUn's last words were: "To know how to profit by the old and to catch tho Inspiration of tho yesterday will bo excelled by tho good of tomor row." Tho lecture was tho meatiest of the Institute. THE OLD 'SONGS. Superintendent Houck then spoke; Ho was sentimental nt first, sneaking of the blessedness of old songs In an affecting way, but his natural humor would burst out Just at tho right time. Mr. Houck attends the Institutes not as an Instructor, but ns an entertainer and the commonwaalth of Pennsylva nia has a precious valuable In him If for no other reason than tp brighten tne grey of a teaencr's life. This morning's session will close the Institute. This evening tho pupils of the high school will give an entertain ment. THAT TRIP TO NEW YORK. Kcgimontnl Order with Jtcfcrcnco to It Issued by Colonel Courscn. The following regimental order with reference to tho Thirteenth's trip to New York city has been Issued by Colonel Henry A Coursen: Headquarters1 Thirteenth Regiment In fantry, Third Brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania. Scranton, April 22, 1897. Regimental Order. No. 11. 1. As heretofore announced in Regi mental Order No. 3, current series, this rcitlment will participate in tho Grant monument inaugural parade in New York city on April 27, 1897. IT. The Meld and staff, non-commissioned staff, Lawrence band, drum corps, and Companies A, B, C and D, will assem ble at the Scranton City Guard's armory on Monday, April 2Gth, at S.43. First call will sound at 9; adjutant's call at 9.15 a. in. in. Companies 13. F and H will repo-t to Major George II. Whitney at tho Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western passen ger depot, Scranton, not later than D.30 a. m,, and Company G upon their arrival from Montrose. IV. I Irises will bo loaded on car at CHIT stieet not later than 8.30 a. m. A wagon will bo at tho Scranton City Guard armory to reetlve officer's personal baggage, not later than 9.20 a. m. All horio equip ments must go In the horso car. A'. Immediately upon leaving Scranton, company commanders will post :i sentry at each end of tho car and will Issue no passes except to non-commlssloned officers In tho discharge of necessary duties. Morning reports will bo promptly tor warded to tho headquarter.' car. Tho field and staff will bo mounted in the march ftom HoboVen to tho regiment's quarters In New' York. Iy order of Colonel Henry A. Coursen. Ii. T. Mattes, Adjutant. INVESTED WITH A GOLD CROWN. Tho Celebrated Wouinis Choir Wins a tJront Victory. Novq have just been received from AVale.-? that tho Dowlals choir has just won a sreat victory In un elstcddfodl cal contest of hiipremo importance over the Llanclly choir, which is equally as famous In the realms of music. Tho prize was ono hundred guineas and a gold crown, valued at twenty pounds, to tno victorious conductor. The contest took place at Tonypondy, a lanre town In tho Rhonddas, before an audience of twenty thousand people. Tho test pieces vvero "Yo Nations" (Mendelssohn) nnd "Lullaby of Life" (Leslie), two compositions calculated to give tho necessary variety In per formance, so as to prove the capacity of the choirs. The adjudicator was Dr. RIseloy, R. A. M., of Bristol, The fact that two such celebrated choirs were pitted against each other made the contest a very Interesting one and deep silence prevailed during the ringing. The adjudicator had no difficulty In urrlvlng at a satisfactory conclusion, although the singing by both choirs was unusually robust and 6tlrrlng, but the precision and shading of the Dow lals choir excelled, and, consequently, was awarded the prize. Harry Evans, was Invested with the gold crown. This was tho first Import ant elsteddfodical contest of the sum mer season. New York and Return, $1.35. On account of the Grant monument dedication, the D., L. & AA'. R. R. Co. will sell excursion tickets to New York for $4.35. Good going April 2G and 27. Good returning until May i, inclusive. Davldow Bros,, Jewelers, have moved to 2f.7 Lackawanna avenue. TIRED, NKRVOUS and weal: men arid women find new llfe.norve strength, vigor and vitality In Hood's Sarsaparll la, which purifies, enriches and vitalizes the blood. HOOP'S PILLS are the favor! to fam ily cathartic, easy to take, easy In ef leit. 1.5 3. Davldow Bros., Jewelers, have moved to 227 Lackawanna avenue. ORDER TO Children's Hose Wo havo a largo stock of Hoso for boys and girls, wo offer ever pair at less than real value, space will not permit a de scription of all. JIISSES' BLACK TUBBBBD HOSE, sizes. 5 to 7, regular price, 10c ; Bale price, 2 pair BOYS' AND GIRLS' IPSWICH HOSE, warranted fast color. All sizes, regular prlco 15c, sale price, 2 pair MISSES' FINE BLACK HOSE, sizes B',4 to 7, doublo soles and knees, regular price, 25c, salo price, 3 pair MISSES' FINK BLACK OR TAN MACO HOSE, cpllced heels and toes a very desirable stocking, all sizes, reduced -c. on each black pair. BOYS' K. T. HOSE, double knees and soles, regular price, 30c; salo prlco ..... - LOOK. OO DOZEN CORSET COVERS, made from good muslin, sale price 60 DOZEN JERSEY KNIT CORSET COV. KR8, salo price "Would bo cheap at double tho prlco. CM? 5, 417 Lackawanna CLOSING OUT SAL OF Sterling Silver Not having room to carry as large au assortment as Ave Avonld like, Ave have concluded to close out the entire line AT COST. You can buy solid Silver almost as cheap as plated ware. BERRY SPOONS, CREAH LADLES, ORANGE SPOONS, Etc. Millar & Peck, 131 WYOMING AVENUE. AValk in and look around 4c STORE 310 Lackawanna Ave. Our Second Floor Offers more bargains to you than you have any idea of. Visit the store next time you .are near us. WINDOW SltADES-I'clt, any col or, In ilxll Hic, spring ioIIctm, wore lUv, now LINUN H1IADKH Snmo sUc, fast colors, worth a le, our price HOLLAND SirADKN-Olaml Olive, sumo sle, In 0110 color, worth any hero sue, our price POLKS AND POLK TRIMMINGS, complete 10c 24c 25c 19c up 34c up 4c Yard 9c Yard LINKN SIIADKS-Wlth fringes SHELF OIL CLOTH IOO assorted Patterns, wus 80 yard, our prlco now STAHt OIL CLOTH .Many now patterns, 10 Inches vlile, viaii'jo yard, our price now POTTKItS 1IIXT TAI1LK OIL CLOTH 14 jauls wide, .ft In ches. Many new patterns; heavy gooils. Worth everywhere 'JOo jard, our new price , l'LOOll OIL CLOTH Oood quality. In all widths. New spring pat terns now open. Worth GOo yaid, our price 14c Yard 29c Yard 39c Up , 89c Up $1.98 COCOA MATS from.. CLOTHES HAMPERS.. CARPET SWEEPERS HHASS SASH CURTAIN RODS Extend from '2 to -11 inches. AVorth everywhere '20c. our price.. FRAMED PICTCRES-Tho only real Imitation of real oil painting made. You can't haidly tell them apart; line gold relief frames. AVorth 9'J.OO each, our price 11 in set. 10c 98c Uach BASKETS. BASKETS. MACHINES Evcrv Machine, warranted the best made and to work perfect ly smooth and f Q QQ easy. Worth 9S.OO, our price $0, JO , 49c Each, Up 49c HAMMOCKS All open now from... OIL STOVES Extra o ens and tops. THE GREAT J.J. LADWIfi, Prop., 310 LACKA. AVE FLOWER " PAPEk I LUNCH I Ksrt'n r MARKET I INDIAN J WASHING BOOM OUR 15c 25c 50c 21c 5c 10c ii Avenue, Scranton, Mi' $ H- & f fifc i I & in if p- in in B 1! a) O pi v d Byu4Gf m J gr This Iicaiitirui Hand Burnished Sllvcr-Plalcd Teaspoon Is usually sold at S1.25 per set. Our regular price is 98c; but for today and Saturday 100 sets go on sale at 67c, per set. OOOOO THE REXFORD CO., 303 Lackn. Avenue. SEED ATS There is no economy in sowing oats that will not grow. Ours weigh 34 to 36 lbs. per bushel and are Clean Natural Oats. 8 SILVERSTONE, The Eye Specialist Is now at his now quarters at 215 Lackawanna Avenue, in Williams' Shoe Store He has fitted up a fine Optical Parlor, where ho examines tho eyes free and prices for spcrtiuiex aro tho rheapuht In the city. You run get tho very late.it designs In frames or finiiiiiehH trlmmlngx. Ho Iuih licen In this city for ii number of yeais and ha always nuaranteed tatlNfuctlon and will ennttnuuto do tlioisame. All nervous headaches Can bo idluvcd by getting the proper glasses adi Justed to your ejes. DON'T FORC1ET THE PLACE, 215 Lackawanna Avenue In the White l-'ront Shoe Store. -J- EI imini H N iiif looci lets Men's Hose We offer great Inducements In fine Hoso every pair guaranteed as represented, MEN'S BLACK HOSE, fast color, extra high spliced heels, regular pi Ice, 17c; salo price, 2 pair MEN'S BLACK HOSE, fast color, double soles, regular price, 25c.; salo price 3 pair MEN'S BLACK HOSE, fast color, high spliced heels and toes, regular price, 20c; sale prlco MEN'S TAN HOSE, fast color, doublo boles, regular price, 23c, sale pilco 3 pair MEN'S MACO HOSE, black and tan, Hermesdorf Dye, doublo sales, regular price, 35c; salo price, 3 pair This Is a bargain, MEN'S BLACK SILK, HOSE, nover sold tit less than Doc, sale price, only 25c 57c 15c 50c 62c 29c OOOOOOOO The quality and price of the goods are just as advertised. We have a great variety of Hose not described, which will be sold at reduced pribes Pa. 0 f
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