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The knife of reduction
has been thrust to the
hilt in the heart of prices.
Such shoe selling is only
made possible by price
littleness. All the sum
mer shoes and us must
part company before fall.
You need another pair to
last the season out. We
need shelf room for fall
goods. These conditions
make it easy to suit you.
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410 SPRUCE STREET.
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Linen Slip Covers mado
for parlor furniture.
Visit our Drapery De
partment, the largest and
most complete in this
part of tho state.
REPUBLICAN COUNTV CONVENTION.
In pursuance of a resolution of tho Re
liubllcan County Commltteo adopted at a
ti'gular meeting held on Saturday, August
21, 1S97, tho county cons'cnllon will bo held
on Tuesday, tho 7th day of September,
A. D. 1&97, at 10 a. m., In the Coutt House.
Scranton, for the purpose of placing In
nomination candidates for tho following
olllces to be voted for at the next general
election, on Tuebday, November 2, 1S37, to
ilt:
Ono candldnte for Sheriff.
One candidate for 1'rolhonotary.
One candidate for Tieasurer.
Ono candidate for Clerk of tho Courts.
One candldato for District Attorney.
Ono candldato for Iteeorder of Deeds.
Ono candldato for Register of Wills.
Ono candldato for Jury Commissioner.
Vigilance committees will hold delegate
elections on Saturday, September 4. A.
D. 1S97, between the hours of -1 and 7 p.
m. They will give at least two days' pub.
Ic notice of tho tlmo and place for hold
ing said elections,
Each election district shall elect at tho
said delegato elections two qualified per
sons to servo as vigilance committee for
or.o yea-, whose names shall bo certified
to on tho ciedtntlals of delegates to tho
county convention.
Tho representation of delegates to tho
fi.ild county convention Is based upon tho
voto cast at the last preceding Stato
election for Hon. William McKlnley, Re
publican candldnte for president of the
United States, he being tho highest of
ficer voted for at said State election.
CITY JNUTES.
Tho Woman's Keeley lcaguo will meet
this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
There will bo a choir rehearsal at All
Souls' Unlversallst church tomorrow
evening.
SI. J. Norton declares himself a candl
ilato for delegate In tho Eighth ward,
First di&tiict.
Tho Delaware and Hudson company
paid Its Scranton and Carbondalo em
ployes yesterday.
Tho Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern company will pay its employes at tho
Hallstead and Diamond mines today.
S. II. Stevens acknowledges the receipt
of $10 from "a friend" for St. Luke's sum
mer home, making tho total contributions
$374.49.
The Aid society of tho Presbyterian
church, Dunmore, will meet at Lake Ariel
tomorrow. Train leaves Dunmore depot
at 8.45 a. m.
The paving committee of select council
will meet tonight at 7.30 o'clock to pass
upon the question of putting In the drains
on Mulberry street.
Chnrles Cavanaugh, tho Carbondalo
merchant, yesterday brought a suit In
ejectment against Ellen and John Flnan
nnd Mary Williams to recover possession
of a lot of land on Dundaft street.
The Patriotic Order Sons of America of
Newton township will dedicate a new
Jiall at Newton Center Saturday. There
will be a parade, picnic and clam balio in
nddltion to tho dedicatory exercises.
Exceptions wero yesterday Hied by At
torneys S. n. Prlco and Patterson and
-Wilcox on behalf of the plaintiff to tho
finding of Judge Edwards In tho case of
IZmery Rlttenbender and others against
Abram Blttenbendcr and John M. Kern
merer. nnin
You want to see a fine
display of fruit, you first
want to go to Tim
bcRANTON Cash Store.
Faucy peaches, lovely
plums, luscious cante
lopes, big water melons,
rosy apples, beautiful
crab apples. But the best
thing for you to do is to
stop there, see the dis.
:: play aud get prices.
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ONE OF HANDLEY'S
MIXED-UP DEALS
Judge Edwards Emerges from Several
Months Delving In It.
DECISION IN A FAMOUS CASE
Verdict tor 1'lntntlir In tho Atnlcablo
Action of tho Hqtilty Improvement
Coutpntiy of Scrnnton Aenlnst tho
I'qnity Improvement Coinpnny, of
Winchester, Vn.--Tho I.nto Judge
Wa 1 run I it out of Hoth Companies
nnd Wns Entrusted with Somo Dcnl
lHgs Itctwccn tlio Two.
An opinion in the famous case stated
between the Kqulty Improvement com
pany, of Scranlon, l'a nnd tho Equity
Improvement company, of Winchester,
Vn., was handed down by Judge Ed
wards, yesterday.
Tho case was submitted In Febru
ary last, Lemuel Amennan represent
In the plaintiffs and John J. Williams,
of Winchester, the defendant. There
was an Inudequucy In some of the pa
pers and Judge Edwards ufter a time
dismissed the proceedings. It came up
again, and this time everything being
satisfactory, the court proceeded to
delve Into Its many Intricacies.
Tho whole question Involved In the
suit was whether or not the late Judge
Hundley had overreached, lntentlonal
ly or unwittingly, his fellow Investors
In tho Winchester company. Judge
Edwards decides, virtually, that how
ever tho Winchester people may view
the late Judge's dealings they were
legal nnd binding and ho gives a ver
dict for the plaintiff In the full amount
ot the claim, S15.2S2.20.
THE TRANSACTION.
Tho transaction In brief was this:
Judge Hnndley was president and five
sixth owner of the Equity Improve
ment company ot Winchester. He was
also president and whole entln?, four
shares excepted, of the Equity Im
provement company, of Scranton. He
paid his subscription to the Winches
ter company with certain real estate
In Scranton. To make up the dllfer-
enre between the vnlue of the real
estate and the amount of his sub
scription the company gave a mort
gage bond for $l"i,000. In course of
the time the company nt Judge Hand
ley's suggtstlon, authorized him to sell
the Scranton real estate for not less
than three-fourths of Its value. He
sold It for exactly three-fourths of Its
value to the Equity Improvement com
pany of Scranton, which was himself.
The terms of the sale, tho accompany
ing bond and the like were drawn up
by Judge Handley, but when he went
to Winchester to report his transac
tions to the company he neglected to
take the papers along. After his death
his executors produced the papers and
It was found by the Winchester peo-
'ple. much to their surprise, that ac
cording to Its provisions tney were
still held for the compound Interest on
the $153,000 worth of bonds, contrary
to the verbal understanding, which they
allege wns had at the meeting, when
they aver Judge Handley gave thpm
to understand that the sale of the real
estate released them from further re
sponsibility for the mortgage bond. It
was to escape this very responsibility,
they pay, that they agreed to the sale.
Excerpts from Judge Edwards' opin
ion will give a more detailed under
standing of the case.
FINDINGS OF FACT.
In pavment of his subset Iptlon to tho
stock of the Winchester company, Hand
ley conveyed to tho Winchester company
several pieces and lots of land situate
In Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania,
nnd received In return one hundred and
llfty-flvo thousand ($155,000) dollars In
bonds secured by a mortgago given to tho
Chestnut Street Trust and Savings Fund
company, of tho city of Philadelphia,
ns trustee. Tho amount of these bonds
represented tho difference between the
purchase prico of the property conveyed
by Handley and the amount of his sub
scription to tho capital stock of tho Win
chester company.
Tho mortgago given to tho trustee ns
aforesaid bears date July 1st, ISM). Tho
bonds secured by It are each of the de
nomination of ono thousand dollars, pay
July, 1, 1910, with Interest semi-annually
from July 1, 1S90, at four per centum per
annum. The coupons, therefore, attached
to tho bonds were twenty dollars each
In amount. The properties Included In
tho mortgago consist of nn undivided
one-half interest In C0V4 ncrcs of coal
land; 15 city lots on Penn avenuo nnd
Vino street, Scranton: two lots on Wyo
ming avenuo and Spruce street, Scran
ton, and tho surfaco of Co acres of land.
The conditions of the trust as set forth
In tho mortgago need not bo recited here
as they aro not of Importance In tho
disposition of this case.
Feb. 13, 1691, at a meeting of tho Win
chester company, John Handley, being
present, the following resolution was
passed and recorded In tho minutes of
the company:
"On motion of John J, Williams, tho
following resolution was adopted, viz:
That tho president of this company Is
hereby authorized and empowered to
make salo of any of tho real cstato sit
uated In Scranton, or Lackawanna coun
ty, Pennsylvania, belonging to this com
pany, In such parcels and at such prices,
terms and conditions ns In his Judgment
may be advantageous to tho company,
provided said prices shall not be less
than 23 per cent, less than tho prlco at
which said property was turned over to
this company, and also make, execute
nnd deliver deeds for tho real cstato
when sold from tlmo to time."
SOLD THE PROPERTY.
In pursuance to the nbovo resolution
tho Winchester company, by Its presi
dent, John Handley, on the 10th day of
March, 1S91. sold and conveyed to the
Equity Improvement company of Scran
ton, Pa., tho property sltuato on tho
corner of Wyoming avenue nnd Spruco
street, Scranton, for tho sum of ono
hundred nnd sixty-eight thousand and
flvo hundred (J1CS.500) dollars, which sum
was twenty-llvo per cent, less than tho
prlco for which John Handley had sold
tho samo property to tho Winchester
company, to wit, twenty-flvo per cent, of
$225,000.
To provldo for and secure tho pay
ment of tho purchaso money of J1CS.D00 tho
Scranton company executed n bond in
favor of tho Winchester company, a par
agraph of which was as follows: "Sec
ond, to sunender on the first day of
July, A. D. 1S93, to the Equity Improve
ment company, of Winchester, A'lrglnla,
for cancelation thirty of tho first mort
gage bonds hereinbefore mentioned of the
par value of thirty thousand dollars with
coupons attached up toy but not Including
tho 1st day of January, A. D. 1S93,
On tho 21th day of April, 189t, at a
meeting at which John Handley was
present, tho following resolutions were
passed by tho Equity Improvement com
pany of Winchester:
"On motion of Albert Raker, the fol.
lowing resolution was offered: Whereas
tho president of this company was au
thorized by resolution passed Feb. IS
1S91. to sell any real estate of the com
pany, situated In Scranton, or In Lack
awanna county, Pennsylvania, and make
and deliver deeds for same, provided the
price received for tho same should not
bo less than 23 per cent, below tho price
paid by the company for the same In
stock nnd bonds:
"And whereas, the president has sold
nnd convoyed certain lands by virtue of
fald resolutions, to tho Kqulty Improve
I v ' ' 'I
ment company, of Scranton, Pennsyl
vania, for the sum 6f I1M.7M, subject to
a mortgago thereon for 1168,000, which
said sum of (108,760 Is to bo paid In as
part by a surrender of tho bonds se
cured by said mortgage for cancellation,
and tho remainder ns set forth In a cer
tain bond executed by tho said Equity
Improvement company, of Scranton, Pa.,
dated tho 10th day of March, 1894;
"Ho It resolved, that tho said sate Is
hereby approved, as of that date, nnd
tho terms of payment of tho said sum
of J1GS.760 ns set forth In tho said bond,
aro ncccpted and ratllled,
OVER TWO MONTHS LATE.
"On motion of Albert Rakor tho fol
lowing wns adopted: Whereas, In a salo
of u part of this company's property at
Scrnnton, Pn to the Equity Improve
ment company, of Scranton, Pa., It was
agreed that tho llrst mortgage bonds of
this company secured by mortgago on tho
property described therein, to tho amount
of $155,000, should be surrendered with
coupons attached Including Jan. 1, 1894,
and whereas said salo was not mado
until March 10, 1S9I;
"Ho It resolved that In tho settlement
of tho amount to bo paid on tho bonds
and coupons of tho Bald company, given
for purchaso money, an allownnco shall
bo mado sufficient to cover tho Interest
on snld bonds from Jan. 1, 1S9I, to March
10, 1S9I, and for all overdue coupons be
longing to said bonds nnd Interest there,
on to John Handley, tho former owner
of snld bonds and coupons."
Tho foregoing findings aro based en
tirely upon the fucts agreed upon by
tho parties. Outsldo of theso facts thero
are but few other questions to bo con
sidered. It Is contended on tho part of
the defendants that ull tho coupons be
longing to the $153,000 lssuo of bonds,
thoso past duo as well ns those not due,
wero to bo surrendered to tho Winches
ter company, notwithstanding the ex
plicit terms of tho purchaso money bond
executed by the Scranton company In
favor of tho Winchester company; that
this latter bond Is ambiguous In some
of Its conditions, nnd that tho testimony
tending to change Its terms should bo
considered, nnd finally that thero was a
misunderstanding on the part of the di
rectors nnd officers of tho Winchester
company nnd John Handley as to tho ex
act conditions of tho sale.
In reference to these questions wo
mako these further findings ot fact:
Tho purchaso money bond to sccuro
tho payment of tho $153,000 to tho Win
chester company Is not ambiguous In Its
terms and conditions. To understand and
construo It explanatory testimony Is un
necessary. According to tho terms of tho snld pur
chase money bond, the coupons which re
mained the property of tho Equity Im
provement company, of Scranton, nnd
which were not to bo surrendered to the
Winchester company amount to $15,282.20.
1. John Handley ns president of both
companies was bound to act In good faith
towards each. Thero Is nothing In tho
evldenco In this caso to indicate that ho
acted otherwise. On tho contrary tho
evldenco shows that tho transaction was
fulr and consclonable.
2. Tho evidence contained In tho de
positions of the witnesses Is entirely In
sufficient to show misrepresentations or
deceit on tho part of John Handley as
an oillcer of either corporation.
3. Evldenco to nld In tho construction
and Interpretation of a written Instru
ment Is inadmissible where thero Is no
patent or latent ambiguity.
4. Tho plaintiff Is entitled to Judgment
against the defendant In tho sum of $15,
2S2.20, with Interest and costs.
DISCUSSION BY THE COURT.
Tho following facts aro not In dis
pute: 1. Full authority by tho Winchester
company to Its president John Handley
to sell tho Wyoming avenue property at
a minimum price, on such terms nnd con
ditions ns In his Judgment would bo ad
vantageous to the company.
2. A salo and conveyance to the Scran
ton company of the said property nt tho
minimum prlco fixed.
3. A ratlilcatlon nnd approval of said
salo by tho Winchester company nt tho
prlco nnd to tho grantee mentioned In
tho resolution of approval and according
to the terms of tho purchase money bond
referred to.
4. Tho receipt by tho Winchester com
pany of the cash portion of tho said pur
chaso money.
As we have already stated, tho terms
of tho salo nro set forth In tho bond of
March 10, 1834. Tho evidence to chango
or modify theso terms Is to bo found In
tho depositions of tho witnesses from
Winchester. Most of tho witnesses were
directors and officers of tho Winchester
company and wero present at the meet
ings of tho company held .Feb. 13 nnd
April 21, 1894. It appears from the de
positions that they had tho utmost con
fidence in their president; that In re
porting tho salo and tho terms thereof
tho president did not produco the bond
at tho meeting of April 24; that they did
not sco the bond until after tho death of
tho president, and that their recollec
tion and understanding as to tho terms
of tho bond providing for the surrender
of tho coupons, which are tho subject of
tho present suit, as reported by tho
president, do not agree with tho con
ditions of tho bond Itself. To Bhow tho
general character of this evldenco we
Insert hero tho deposition of John J.
Williams, esq., tho uttorney of the Win
chester company:
J. J. WILLIAMS' DEPOSITION.
"I have been from tho Institution of
tho company ono of Its stockholders, and
for the past few years one of Its direc
tors and Its legal counsel. I was present
at the two meetings mentioned in the
caso stated, and heard and took part In
tho verbal discussion with Judge Hand
ley and the members of the board about
the sale, when It was first proposed nnd
afterwards. Judge Handley stated as his
belief that this property was worth more
money than $108,750, and would oventual
ly realize more; that tho advantage to
tho company In ncceptlng his proposi
tion for Its snle to the Equity company,
of Scranton, would be Its relief from the
burden of Interest upon Its ono hundred
and flfty-flvo thousand dollars of mort
gage bonds. The bond of the Scranton
company for this purchaso money of
$108,760, mentioned In the minutes of ono
of Its meetings, wns not produced at
tho time, nor was I ever awnro of Its
purport until I was shown by Mr. Albert
Baker a copy of the bond, forwarded to
him by Major Conrnd as having been re
ceived by him from Mr. Amcrmon, slnco
tho death of Judgo Handles'. It was
drawn by Judgo Handley in Scranton, I
presumo (certainly not In Winchester, so
far ns we know), as was tho caso In
moro than one Instance where he was
entrusted with tho execution of tho or
ders of tho boaid. Such was our confi
dence In him ns a business man, a law
yer, and our belief In him from his hav
ing by far tho largest Interest of any
body In our company, and having been
the father and chief stay of It, that we
did not deal with him at arms' length
In any of theso matters.
"Cross-examination, by Mr, Amerman:
"Q. Did Judge Handley state to you
tho contents of this bond? A. No, sir.
"Q. Or to your board? A. No, sir; ho
did not.
"Q. Was ho asked by you or any of
the board what tho contents of tho bond
wero? A. Not to my recollection, nnd I
don't think ho was. Tho matter was
stated by him In a general way, nnd tho
terms nnd particulars of the bond were
not particularized.
"Q. Did you or your company ever re.
quest him to deliver tho bond to your
company? A. I did not.
"Q. Did your directors, to your knowl
edge? A. No, not to my knowledge. I
might state, for tho reasons already In
dicated, wo relied upon Judgo Handley's
own action; on his doing what was to bo
done when the proper time came."
Wo quoto also from tho deposition of
Holmes Conrad, esq.:
"I, individually, have and had Implicit
conlldenco In tho good faith with which
Judgo Handley acted with referenco to
this company. He alwnys manifested, I
believe sincerely, a spirit of unselfish
philanthropy. Ho was always unfortu
nate, however, in his manner of ex
pressing his views nnd intentions. lie
employed obscure. Involved and nmbtgu
ous terms In his statements, and In his
papers. He was tho founder, tho presl
dent, and by far tho largest stockholder
In the company, and as has been stated
i i i
cy Mr. Williams, the directors nsver
dealt with him nt sword's length."
Tho balanco of the testimony Is to the
samo effect.
It neeas no nrgument to convlnco us
thnt this testimony Is Ineffective and ot
llttlo weight to chance the terms ot a
written Instrument. The questions of
lnw nro so cloar and well established
thnt any discussion of them Is unneces
sary. Now, Sept. 1, 1S97, In nccordanco with
tho foregoing findings of fact and law,
It Is ordered thnt tho prothonotary of
said court forthwith give notlco hereof
to tho parties or their attorneys, nnd
If no exceptions hereto bo filed In tho
offlco of the prothonotary within thirty
days after servlco of such notice, tho
said prothonotnry shall enter Judgment
hereon In favor of tho plaintiff und
agnlnst tho defendant for tho sum of
$16,282.20 with interest from this date.
H, M. Edwards, A. L. J.
TWO OF THE CARDINAL VIRTUES.
Arc Incorpornred in tho Constitution
of n Now Itiisslnn Society.
Tho Youhg Men's Russlnn Educa
tional and Beneficial society, of Saints
Hllb and Borys, of Mayfield, through
Attorney William Vokolek, yesterday
applied for a charter.
These signed tho petition: Ondlo
Iwanlk, Andlo Sernlak, Victor Hladyk,
Mike Pawlak, Mike Tocky, Stefan Ter
rlo, Petro Tlhanlcz, John Floplak,
Petro Stafurskl, Ullnn Dudlk, Maxyml
Kullnndn. Amros Burlam, Sern Koos
tankewlcz, Petro Rlchart.
The object of the society Is to pro
vide a course of free lectures on Amer
ican Institutions for their fellow coun
trymen, to tako care of the members
In sickness.
TWO DECISIONS REACHED.
Arbitrators 31 like Awards in Cnrbon
Unlo nnd I'cckvlllo Cnscs.
In the caso ot Samuel Williams
against the Crystal Lake Water com
pany for stone Illegally taken from the
plaintiff's land, the arbitrators yester
day awarded $1,117.70 In favor of tho
plaintiff.
"No cause of action" was tho verdict
rendered by the arbitrators In the caso
of Calvin Peck against Edward Peck
and others. This Is the ejectment suit
engendered by tho changing of the
river bed and consequent confounding
of surveys.
WANTED IN ALLENTOWN.
Young Gchorns, Who Went Awny with
tho Knees, Is in Trouble.
Martin Geherns, a well-known lad
about town, who went away about a
year ago with the Sages to do the three
day sleeping act, was arrested last
night In this city by Detective Molr
on a charge preferred by an Allentown
girl named Carrie Pfelfer.
The warrant was mailed here by Al
derman P. T. L. Kelter, of Allentown.
An officer of that city will arrive to
day to take Geherns back to face the
Lehigh county grand Jury.
ALDERMAN MILLAR'S COURT.
A. McClellan nnd S. Star were hold In
$300 ball for practicing dentistry without
a license, Dr. C. C. Sapp being the prose
cutor. Four men and as many women who
wero captured In the raid nt 818 West
Lackawanna avenue Tuesday night wero
fined $3 apiece. The lines wero paid.
iMrs. Sarah Crane was held In $300 ball
by Alderman Millar last evening lor
selling liquor without a license and fell
ing on Sunday. The woman's alleged sa
loon Is at 1323 Capouse avenue.
Rabbi David Drack, pastor of the B'nal
society synagogue, on Penn avenue, was
ueld under $300 ball yesterday by Alder
man Millar to await trial on a cnarge of
assault and battery, preferred by John
Meyers.
Mary Kotzman, of Raymond court, on
complaint of Gustav Roth, a neighbor,
was held in $300 ball to appear in court
nnd answer n charge of being nt the
head of a noisy, quarrclsomo household.
A man named Sebert, who figured In tho
caso against tho Kotzman woman, was
held under $300 ball to answer a charge
of disorderly conduct, nnd John Meyers,
the friend of tho woman In the case,
was on the samo count required to furn
ish ball by Alderman Howe.
Scrnnton Conservatory ol .Music.
The fall term of tho Scranton Con
servatory of Music begins next Wed
nesday. Special advantages to students
In music (instrumental, vocal and
theoretical), drawing and painting (oil,
water-color nnd china) nnd French,
German and Italian. See advertise
ment page 7.
Send for prospectus.
J. Alfred Pennington, director.
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blood rich and pure with Hood's Sarsa
parllla. Weak, thin, impure blood Is
sure to result In disease.
HOOD'S PILLS are easy to take,
easy to operate. Cure Indigestion, bil
iousness. 25c.
To Cure n Cold in Ono Dny.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
falls to cure. 26c
CLOSING PRICES ON
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Your choice ot all our 75c and
$1.00 waists for 37c
Your choice of all our fancy col
ored $1.25, $2 and $2.50
waists 69c
At these prices they will go quick,
for in fit and style they are superior
to all other waists.
Best 50-cent Dress Goods, 7-yard
pattern, for $1.95
This is a rare bargain.
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WEARS
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MASTER PLUMBER'S
HAVE A GRIEVANCE
Building Inspector Nelson Cannot En
force the Plumbing Code.
NOT ENTIRELY HIS FAULT, THEY SAY
Ills Other Duties Will Not Allow Him
0 Give tho Plumbing Codo tho At
tention It Deserve, nnd in tho lie
llcfof the .llnstor Plumbers n Plumb
ing Inspector Should Ilo Appointed.
Honest Plumbers Cnnnot Compote
with Thoso Who Hnvo Only Their
Consciences Tor n Chock.
Of nil men In the world who have
no kick coming, to use an expressive,
if not extremely elegant phrase, It Is
tho plumbers. Yet they are kicking.
That Is, tho master plumbers are; and
If all stories are true they aro not
kicking without warrant.
Their kick is on Building Inspector
John Nelson, and It was registered with
tho board of health at Its regular meet
ing last night. Henry Gunster, as a
committee of the Master Plumbers' as
sociation, came before the board and
informed the members that their much
wanted plumbing code was not worth
three, or, at tho most, four straws.
It Is far from being as efficacious as
the board supposes, Mr. Gunster said.
It was Intended to regulate all plumb
ing cone in this city, and make It
uniformly panltary, but It falls mis
erably to do any thing of the kind. It
Is a good law and In Itself is entirely
satisfactory to tho representative plum
bers comprising the membership of the
Master Plumbers' association, but, Mr.
Gunster, speaking for the association,
says It Is ineffectual because it Is
evaded. He also says that tho building
Inspector Is responsible In a great
measure for Its non-enforcement and
the board should do something to Mr.
Nelson or the plumbing code to right
this wrong.
According to the codo all plumbers
are required to submit plans of their
proponed work and have tne same ap
proved before going on with their Job.
The Inspector duly inspects such plans,
and where such Inspections take place
everything is satisfactory. Some plum
bers, however, do not submit plana or
pay any other heed to the code.
LAW DISREGARDED.
With an utter disregard of all law
and authority, plumbers, he said, pro
ceed to do plumbing In any old man
ner their consciences will allow. The
plumbers who observe tho every stipu
lation of the law cannot compete with
those whose only check Is their con
sciences and hence the objection.
Mr. Gunster thought the only remedy
would be the appointment of a plum
ing Inspector and the divorcement of
this branch of the construction busi
ness from the building inspector's ofrice.
Mr. Nelson, he said, meant well enough,
but his manifold duties would not per
mit him to give the matter of plumb
ing the attention It deserves nnd as a
consequence the law-abiding plumbers
and the public health suffer.
After an Informal discussion It was
decided to hold a special meeting two
weeks from last night to give the mat
ter due consideration. Building In
spector Nelson will be summoned to be
present and the Plumbers' association
will be Invited to send representatives.
The board heard complaints from
Health Officer Allen concerning the un
sanitary conditions of various portions
of the city and the crying need of sew
ers In 'these places. Second, Third and
Emmet streets, Brick avenue and Oak
streets, Connor court, between Broad
way and River, and the historic pool
of scum-covered water west of Brick
avenue were among the localities men
tioned. In the matter of the swamp
east of Washington avenue, between
New York and Marlon streets, he re
ported that he and Sanitary Officer
Burke visited the councils of Dunmore
and after stating the nature of the case
received assurance that the borough
would abate the nuisance.
Secretary Murray's report for the
month showed a total of 137 deaths,
fifty births, twenty-five marriages and
forty-seven cases of contagious dis
eases, with seven deaths resulting
therefrom.
Food Inspector Cullen reported hav
ing made 663 Inspections of meat and
fish and 212 milk Inspections. He con
fiscated 607 rounds of fish, 120 pounds
of beef, 50 chickens, 33 barrels of vege
tables, 52 baskets of tomatoes nnd 39
baskets of peaches. Three Instances
of Impure milk were reported.
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Your choice of all our i2c, 15c,
20c and 25c Dimities, Mulls,
Lawns, Lappets, Jaconets,
etc., for only 5c
Your choice of all fine 15c and
18c Dress Ginghams for 8c
Your choice of all our 20c and
25c best fine Scotch Ging
hams for 12Jc
Best Apron Ginghams 5c
Good Apron Ginghams 3&c
Good Dark Prints 3c
Indigo Blue 4c
Shaker Flannel 4c
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PRICE OP ELECTRIC LIGHT REDUCED.
Suburban Kloclrlo Uglit Company
Lowers tho RAln Por Lamp Hour.
Tho Suburban Electric Light com
pany Elves notice that on Sept. 1 the
prlco of incandescent lights within tho
city limits will bo reduced to flve
clghths () of ft cent per lamp hour,
subject to a discount of ten to twenty
per cent, (according to tho amount of
current consumed) If bill Is paid on or
before tho 20th of the month In which
tho bill Is presented.
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a China Dinner Sets for a
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To buy just the station
ery you like? Our de
partment not very large
but full of bargains. It
may contain just what
you want. Here's a few
values at random:
Selected
Stock
Whiting's
Vestal white
commercial
or octave sizes put up 1-4
reams in a box usually
sold for 85c and $1, To
day they go at 4Sc.
Envelopes to match either size.
For Ordi- Whiting's
nary Use atin
X -1 Commercial
J and box papers, with en-
velopes to match. The
quality is much better than
the price.
Batln Finish Pound Paclcngo...lOo
Envelopes to mutch 4o
Hatln Commercial 15a
Envelopes to match :io
llox Paper, used to ho loc, now fie
Other Hox 1'uper better, higher
prices, of course.
Tea Set Carlsbad Chi-
Bargain na 56 pieces
stipple and
v tunately two pieces broken.
Original price. 5.90. To
move it out today we sell it
for $3.48.
Our On our center
Display counter front
the most
elaborate designs of Jardi
nieres we ever had. Prices
in snit rhf stvlf"; 9flf !iQ
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5UC, 70C, 81.33.
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k 303 Lackawanna Ave,
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Good
Good
Extra
Extra
THS
WEEK.
415 and 417
Lackawanna Avenue Scranton. P
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Fiflfl
Interesting
And Lqw
In
ice.
PAINTED DIRD CAGR, medium
size, our prlco
49c
LAWN MOWKRS, about ono left, O 1 n
$2.08 size, reduced to 9 1"
HAMMOCKS, ft good extra lonjjth
one, with pillow nnd spreader,
fringe on sldft worth S'2.00, ro CI nA
duccd to 3 1 . A't
Oil Stoves Reduced in Pries
WINDOW SHADES, 3x(l feet, ort
linen, spring rollers, worth .10c, )Cn
our prlco JiOC
FETT SHADES, .1x0 feet size,
spring rollers, worth lOe., our !f)c
CURTAIN TOI.E AND TRIM
MING COMPLETE, worth 20a, t O-
our price 1 yi
TA11LE OIL CLOTH, 40 Inches
wide, new patterns, was 10c., 1An
our price- . IHw
THE GREAT
4c. STORE
310 Lackawanna Ave.
THE
SnowWhite
PATENT
FLOUR.
We Mak It.
We Warrant It.
We Wholesale It.
THE WESTON ILL CO,
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Jersey Peaches,
Plums, Pears,
Apricots, Canteloupes.l
FRESH ARRIVALS EVERY
MORNING.
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Broken assortment Men's Un
derwear, 25c goods, for 18c
Men's .Balbriggan Underwear,
50c goods, for 39c
Ladies' 15c Vests, lace trim 10c
Ladies' 2 w Vests, fancy lace trim 1 9c
Blea. Crash, extra heavy, worth
for 3c
Brown Muslin, worth 5c, for 334c
Blea. Muslin, worth 6c. for 4c
Fine Brown Muslin, worth
6lAc. for 5c
Heavy Brown Muslin,
worth 7c, for 5-ic
Extra Fine Bleach'ed Muslin,
worth 7c, tor 5j2c'
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