SATURDAY, FEBHUAHY G, 189S.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
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AVOCA.
The school board will meet In regular
Hfsslon on Monday evening.
Avocii Conclave, I. O. II., will In
stall olllcers on Monday evening.
The Avocu, lnltennnn and I'lttston
eurllng teams will play the first of a
.series of games for the Parker Cup on
Carpenter's Kddy, Plttston, today. The
game will be called at 10 o'clock. The
Avoca club Is now In possession of the
cup, and It Is their Intention to keep
it for some time.
Miss Rachel Steiger, of Dunmore,
spent yesterday at the Sunders resi
dence, on York avenue.
Reginning tomorrow and every sec
ond Sunday hereafter the Y. M. 1. will
meet at 9.15 a. m.
Mrs. Michael Queeney, of the West
Side, Is seriously 111.
Mrs. N. E. Hosklns Is visiting friends
in Dunmore and Scranton.
Miss Nellie Reap Is visiting friends in
Klmhurst.
Revs. G. J. Dixon, A. F. Rroderick
and J. E, Holmes were visitors at the
parochial residence yesterday.
Miss Suslo Conarty, of Plttston, is
the guest of Miss Nellie Meuiymi.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Howell left yes
terday for Pottsville, where they will
reside.
Mrs. Cornelius Osborne is visiting
friends In Scranton.
YV. J. "Williams and Thomas Llew
elyn have entered as students In .the
Scranton Business college.
The Y. M. I. will conduct a grand
social In the Sarsfleld Opera house on
Feb. IS.
Michael Rrogan, of the "West Side
hospital, has tiled nomination papers
and will run as an Independent can
didate for justice of the peace.
Thomas Harkins, of the North End,
Is suffering from an attack of pneu
monia. Rev. "N. H. Gottwalter, of Washing
ton, D. C, will lecture In the Moosic
auditorium on Tuesday evening, Feb.
S. Subject, "Our Country."
The marriage of M1ss Elizabeth
Bugleholl to John McKeeby, both pop
ular people of this town, was solemn
ized on Wednesday evening by Rev. J.
Jones, pastor of the P. M. church, at
the home of the bride's mother, on
South street. The bride was becom
ingly attired in a brown travelling suit
nnd looked very charming. They were
both unattended. After the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs, McKeeby left on the S.40
Delaware and Hudson train for Mont
rose, where the groom's parents reside.
On .their return they will reside In
Avoca.
An evening with Wesley was pleas
antly spent on Thursday evening at
the Methodist Episcopal church. The
members of the Epworth league ren
dered an interesting programme rcla
tlve to the occasion, after which re
freshments were served and a silver
offering taken In a Wesley teapot.
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AMERICAN KUI.WAYS.
Thero is so mucli abuse of the rail
ways of America by politicians in this
country that It Is well to know what
loreluners sav of thnm.
1-1 Hung Chang, the great viceroy of
inmii, huui: -.-ownero else m the. world
are there such fast and luxurious trains"
as in Amortm.
Marquis aYniagatn, Held marshal of
uiu j.ipuntso empiro saw: "The speed,
the comfort, tho luxury of your railroads,
is a marvel to me."
Marquis Yamagata, field marshal of
railroads of Russia, said: "There is notli
lug in Europe to comparo with your rail
roads." Sir Henry Truman Wood, special rep
resentative of tho British government to
the World's fair of 1693, said that no
where in Europe, could thero bo found
such luxury in travel and such excellent
service as aro given on the railways of
the United States.
The latest: l-fllnllf nnr,-in,vlcn. nf n.....
. .,u ,. wtt..t.4 (out, Jl H vfl
ago rates in tho United States with other
countries snows as follows:
For passenger, Kor freight,
mile pertonpermilo.
United States u.14 0.97
Prussia 2.tti 1.3a
Austria 3,ori jlfjj
France 3.3,; 1-M
Helgulm 2.2 j.;;:i
England Z'M u'j
If the averago of Ameilcan freight rate
was as high as It Is In linlirinm 11,., ,,...
plo of this country would have paid tho
luiinujo mat yt'ar aunut fSMi.UW.UUO tnoru
than they did. If the rates had been as
high as thev are In Encrinmi tim .,n.,i.,
of this country would h.tvo paid tho
junwuja auoui wjjEj.ue more than they
did,
If the average passenger rato in this
country had been one cent a mile moi-o
than It was lest year (which would be
less than the averago rate in France),
the extra cost to tho people and prolit to
the rollways of tho United States would
If American railway rates, therefore,
both' passenger and freight, were about
tho average of European rates, tho earn
ings' of tho railways of tho country (and
the payments of t)ie people) would have
been more than one billion dollars (more
than Jl,000,W),000) greater than they were
In last year alone.
At American rates, European railways
could not live, but American Ingenuity
has (earned how to operate railways
much mora cheaply than they can do it
anywhere else- In the world, In' spite or
the fact that the prlco of labor and of
ncariy an materials is much higher In
una vuuijir
KDUCVION.
AbOUt 8.000 RtUdftntfl rrAlV,l rtrvllnu-n
Jnatructln last year at tho public ex
pense alid 138,000 at private Institutions.
About Jit teen million scholars were re
ceiving elementary Instruction, 600,000 cec.
ondar Instruction and, 210,000 superior
Instruction. About 14,600,000 attended
publlfc echools nnd l.COQ.OOO attended prl
vaty Institutions. There are approxi
mately sixteen million school children In
tnd country,
H
MARTIAN TRIAL
Concluded from 1'aco 1,
she proved to bo tho most Important
witness of the day. She was very brief
In nil her answers anil exceedingly ner
vous nt first. She said she was stand
ing' on tho porch of the school house
nnd saw tho deputies line up along the
roadside. Then tho strikers approached
quietly nnd orderly. She did not hear
any shouting. The sheriff stopped
them and some of them gathered
around him, but she did not see any
of them attnek him. Some of them
cried "3o ahead," and a few of the
strikers pushed past the sheriff. At
that moment u shot was llred, then
came another, and In air Instant later
a crashing volley.
"I saw men fall," said Miss Coyle;
".some of them ran toward the! school
house and when they had got half way
they fell. I do not know whether they
were shot Just before they fell or If
they were wounded by the volley and
ran so far before their strength failed.
The shooting continued for about two
minutes nnd after the first volley It
wus scattered,
"I helped many of the wounded strik
ers who fell near the school house. I
bandaged the wounds of some of those
who were shot through the arm or leg
nnd we carried one man shot In tho
stomach and another In the chest into
the school house, cave them water to
drink and tried to make them comfort
able. There wus blood all over the
school house Hour, It was a horrible
sight.
I helped nbotit twelve or fifteen of
tho wounded and did not see nny
weapons on any of them. While I was
helping them a deputy nnmed Hess
laughed at me as he walked about
smoking a cigar. I said, 'You ought to
go to Cuba.' Another deputy, Clark,
laughed and I said to him, 'Do you
think you've done a glorious deed to
day?' I called two more of them
bums."
Miss Coyle made a good witness for
the commonwealth In her recital of all
this, but In the cross-examination she
also made n good witness for the de
fense. The defense will try to prove
that the people of Latimer were very
much afraid of the strikers nnd became
much alarmed when they heard they
were coming. 'Guscott, the principal of
the school, had denied that his scholars
were frtshtened, but he could not ex
plain very clearly why they had bolted
out of the school without being dis
missed. Miss Coyle said on this point
Just what the defense desired to get at.
THE CHILDREN FRIGHTENED.
She said: "Shortly before 4 o'clock
Miss Cora Helnbach came to the school
and said, 'the tsrlkers are coming, nnd
I want my little sister to go home with
me.' I excused the little girl and then
thought It best .to dismiss the class so
they could get home before the strik
ers came."
This will be strong evidence for the
defense as It will show that on the
Tuesday previous to the shooting, a
number of strikers were rioting in Lat
imer and terrorized the residents.
While these were not the same men
who marched on the fatal Friday the
testimony will be valuable to prove
that In view of the rioting of Friday
the fiheriff considered the lives and
properties of the Latimer people In
danger and felt he was justified In us
ing extreme measures to profect them.
Dr. John J. Corrigan, of Hazleton,
testified to tho fact that le dressed
the wounds of some strikers as they
were being tnken to Hafeletbn in a
trolley car. Several deputies were in
the car but said nothing 'to him about
the affair. Then the pommonwealth
called Stephen T. Adams, a travelling
man, by whom it hoped to prove .that
some of the deputies while Journeying
to tho scene of the shooting made
threats that they would kill some of
the strikers. The witness said he
could not Identify any of the deputies
on the car, as he was proceeding to
tell his story the defense objected on
tho ground that as he could not Iden
tify any of the deputies it was not
proper evidence for him to state what
was said. There was a long argument
and the court finally sustained the ob
jection of the defense, and the evidence
will not be heard.
Court then adjourned until the morn
ing. The trial Is expected to take four
.weeks at least, as thero are about 150
witnesses to be heard by the common
wealth, and nearly 200 for tho defense.
Captain King's Umbrelln Story.
Captain Churley King, tho famous mili
tary novelist, lb a short, plump gentle
man, with a military step, and tho gen
eral cut of a retired olllcer. Ills face
has the red glow of vigorous health, und
he has light hair, a light mustache, and
blue or stee1 gray eyes. A pair of gold
glasses is tho only accessory to his per
sonal appearance that gles him a liter
ary look.
Captain King Is making his headquar
ters at tho Army and Navy club, says a
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune. Hero is a story he told to
a number of newspaper men tho other
day.
"After a sepaititlon of sixteen years, I
met nn old university friend of mine one
day at Madison, Wis. Of course, wo fell
Into a reminiscent strain, and he re
marked: "'King, do jou remember that ornery
umbrella I used to curry?'
" 'Quite well; I remember it on account
of Its many peculiarities.'
" 'I admit It was the most onery um
brella anybody ever carried. But 1 loved
that umbrella for the faithful services It
hud rendered me; 1 revered it for Its uge
and experience, and esteemed it for Its
fidelity to my porson. Other umbrellas
might get lost and never return, but I
urn suro I must have forgotten It In ev
ery saloon and sample room in town
without over losing It. It might stny out
over night, but tho next day it would bo
suro to bo returned to mo by somo
friendly genius who respected tho ties of
attachment subsisting between that um
brella and mo.
" 'But It camo to pass that I went to
church one Sunday to drink In tho spirit
of Christian grace, and fill myself with
tho unction of Christiun sanctity. I for
got my umbrella In my seat.
" 'By Jove, old man. would you bellevo
It, I never saw that umbrella again?" "
Thought He W'ns I'lnylne Poker.
A private rcame had been broken up In
a small town which was very religiously
Inclined and tho players arrested and
taken before the county Judge, The first
prisoner was told by tho Judicial light
to rehearse in stiict honesty what waB
going on when tho officer appeared.
"Well, hod Just dealt. It was a
Jack pot salu I, 'Open It, but it will cost
you $2 to come In.' Tho next player put
up the needed amount and soldi 'Well,
It will cost youUS more to be In this play.'
The third one advanced It J3 more, and
when It came to mo I looked at my hand
and found a pair of threes. I had been
lucky, and concluded to go In the jack
pot nnd did iv."
"Prisoner Is dismissed!" cried the
Judge, Interrupting him in his story.
"Well, what's the trouble?" said the
latter, looking about alarmed and study
ing the judgo In surprise,
"Why, simply this: You are charged
for playing poker, nnd your own evi
dence shows that you were not," replied
the court.
REMARKABLE SHOWING.
Volume ol Business Indlontod by Dun
V Compnny'n Weekly Report Larger
Thnn In 1802.
New York, Feb. 4. R. a. Dun & Co.'b
Weekly Review of Trade will soy to
morrow: Actual payments through clearing
houses In January made a remarkable
showing, being much larger than In
any previous month, 3&3 per cent,
larger than the same month last year,
and 7.6 larger than In 1892. The fail
ures In January were smaller than In
any previous year of which there Is
record, and were probably smaller than
In nny other January since 1881. The
statement by branches of business
given this week shows a surprising
gain In most departments of manu
facturers' trade. Meanwhile the money
market Is as confident as ever; gold
does not come from Europe In large
amounts only because bankers find It
worth while to lend American money
nbroad, and the commercial bhlances
are heavily In favor of the. United
States as heretofore.
Perhnps the most striking feature of
the week has been the decline In wheat.
With exports of 3,091,517 bushl-ls.agalnst
1,770,546 last year, flour Included, from
Atlantic ports, and 778,810 from Pacific
ports, against 844,313 bushels last year,
the temper of the market has been
weaker. The report of the agricultural
department hns had some Influence, al
though Its figures art- not generally
credited ns reliable. Tho wheat mar
ket has turned largely upon the opera
tions of Chicago speculators, but the
fact remains that the prlco depends
largely upon foreign needs and upon
the comparative scarcity of American
supply. Tho outgo of corn continues
heavy, 3,798,786 bushels, against 3,343,
400 for the same week last year, and
the excess over last year, when ex
ports were much the greatest ever
known, Indicates a very heavy foreign
demand. The spot price of cotton re
mains unchanged, but the fact that re
ceipts continue larger than during the
same week of 1893, after the heaviest
crop ever Jtnown, checks speculative
operations for an advance.
The Iron and steel manufacture Is
steadily gaining in consumption of pig
iron, although the production of the
material is still in excess of Immedi
ate demands, but not enough to cause
a decline In prices at Pittsburg or
Chicago. Even tho southern producers
aro able to get a fair price at Chicago
and nt the east, nnd anthracite pig Is
unchanged. The demand for finished
goods has been very heavy, and In
cludes for structural work 5,000 tons
for the state capltol building in Penn
sylvania, 4,000 tons for the court house
at Denver, 3,000 tons for the elevated
railways at Chicago, and numerous
small buildings In various parts of the
country. The demand for car building
has been very heavy, both at the east
and the west and the plate demand
greatly increaped at tho east on ac
count of orders from ship yards. For
plates the demand from tin plate works
has been very active. The prospect of
a combination of wire manufacturers
has stimulated the demand and raised
the price of wire rods. Of Connells
ville coke, 15,099 ovens are in blast,
with an output of 155,000 tons weekly,
and the quoted price is $1.50 for fur
nace. Tin Is quiet and steady at 13.S. cents,
with a visible supply Feb. 1 of 31,129
tons, against 32,332 a year ago. Ex
ports of copper In January were about
10,223 tons, against 9,066 last year, and
tho price is held nt 11 cents for lake.
There is a better demand for cotton
goods, since the general stoppage of
work at the east, but there is no indi
cation as yet of material gain ns re
spects unsold stocks on hand. In
woolen goods the demand is altogether
more satisfactory, an advance of about
20 per cent, being on most grades of
woolens and worsteds nnd nearly all
the mills are active. The sales of wool
nt the three chief markets were 6,361,
400 pounds, of which 3,973,000 were do
mestic, against 13,563,700 last year, of
which 8,493,400 were domestic.
Failures for the week were 335 In the
United Stntes against 311 Inst year and
39 In Canada 'ngnlnst 63 last year.
A New .Mother-in-1, aw Joke.
For a week tho guilty wretch had pos
sessed his secret In silence, starting at
every sound, and catching his breath at
every shadow. Yet he told himself that
he was quite safe, that no one knew of
his guilt but himself. They might guess,
but they could prove nothing. He would
do it again if ho had the chance. It was
nature's first law to protect oneself. He
had thought It all out how he would act,
and what he would say. Vet when tho
first breath of suspicion was directed to
ward him he started and turned pale, and
all tho defense which he had so elabor
ately constructed fell to the ground when
his wife turned her questioning eyes upon
hlui, und said:
"John, did you post that letter to
mother I gavo you last week?"
"Yes."
"Are you suro?"
"Yes."
"She never received it."
"Yes I meun Dash It. I"
"John, don't swear,"
"Yes er I mean I won't, my dear."
"It Is very strange."
"Yes cr perhaps it was lost in tho
post."
"Yes; that must bo it," mused his wife.
"I wrote mother to postpone her visit'
for a few months, and 1 have Just le
ceived a letter saying that wo might ex
pect her today."
Onco alono the wretched man prayed
that a nine-story house might fall upon
him and crush him.
Oil Market.
Oil City, Pa., Feb. 4-Credlt balances,
C3; certificates, sales of cash oil, 15,000
barrols at 6S; 3,000 barrels at OS1!; closed
ffc bid for regular delivery; shipments,
72,234 barrels: runs, G8,C9 barrels.
OOTS. SHOES AND
All Sorts for Everybody Come
Early and Avoid the Rush.
IWIYER DAYIDOW, 307 Lackawanna Ave.
Koyl mikes the loo J pure,
wholesome and delicious.
TON
POWDER
Absolutely Puro
SOVAl BAKIka POWOtR CO., NEW VOX.
THE MARKETS.
Wall Street Itovlow.
New York, Feb. 4. Tho remarkable
buoyancy of a few special Btocks lifted
today's market out of a slough ot de
pression and closed tho day with net
gains, though there were a few losses
in exceptional cases. Net changes were
small In tho general list, but the gulns
In tho llltlo group of leaders wcro ex
traordinary. The Erlo stocks showed tho
cffe;t of tome unusual demand at tho
opening of tho market and the first pre
ferred ended with a gain of over 2 points.
Connected in some way with this was
tho movement In Susquehanna and
Western which gained In force as thi
day advanced. Tho preferred stock
showed a gain of 4 points on the last
transaction, tho common stock 314. There
was nothing In tho news of tho day to
explain thesi movements. Total sales
were 291,200 shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN ALLEN
& CO., stock brokers, Mears building,
rooms 703-706.
Open- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est. Ing.
Am. Tobacco Co .... fcS',6 S9 SS'i b'J
Am. Sug. Re'b Co ..13?-1i 13SU 13T'b 1'SM'h
a., t. & s. F., I'r .. avH, ::iVi 3'j-j, :;m
Can. Southern 55 !i f,i.vj, &:, MVj
Clies. & Ohio 21 2 Hi, 21Tk 21
Chicago Gas MK 1! U7t .fits
hie. & N. Vv 125 126VA littli 12.!
Chic, B. & Q K' 100-Ji 99H l'f
c. c. c. & St. l .... 30 S7'.f, :wi ;:7i
Chic., Mil fc St. P..f'3i 'MV M'4
Chic, R. I. & P !2'i 93U (2Vi SI3V4
Delaware & Hud ...lWi 113i 113 1134
Dlst. & C. F IVj SVi SVi oVi
Gen. Electric "t?4 Xi. 3(i':. 37
Lake Shore 19'! l)l',s 193 191
Louis. & Nash ..
r.9 59'.i 59
M. K. & Tex., Pr .. SlTi WK 39;s 40
Manhattan Ele 117 117', ll.", ilT4
Mo. Pacific Sr,i ?14 33ft 34
N. J. Central 97 97 3f'i 97
N. Y. Central 11S',i 119V4 HS',4 119
N. Y., L. E. & W .. i:s 1CU l.V,s 1BU
N. Y., S. & W 12 13 12 15
N. Y., S. & W., Pr .. 30 S'V. 30 :il4
North Pacific 27i 27Th STA '-'&
Ont. & West IS is to 17-74 is
Omaha 73i 74 73',a 74
Pacific Mail 314 32ni 3134 32
Phil. & Read 22"i 22,, 22r?8 22'4
Southern R. R 9 9 9 9
Southern R. R Pr.. 3U4 P1H 31'. 31H
Tenn., C. & iron .... 23 25 23 25
Texas Pacific 11T 12 114 11
Union Pacific 33',(, 3.V& 311 33
Wabash 7 7 7 vCSi
Wabash, Pr IS;, U'a m, IS'4
West. Union 92 K 92 'J2".
W. L 3H :4 34 3ii
U. S. Leather, Pr .. 65i C.V,. G34 54
U. S. Rubber 17 17 17 17
Lehigh Valley 25 25 23 IT.
Ex-dlvldeud 2 per cent.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
Open- High- Low- CI03.
Vt HEAT. lug. est. est. mg.
May 93'Jto9ITi 9514, 9I4 95V4
July M 81 S3!s hi
OATS.
May 2I!4 2I',& 21'4 2l
July 23 21 22!8 Y.i
CORN.
May 291, 2'J! 29 291,4
July soy, a)i )',;, wji
LARD.
May 1.90 1.97 1.S7 1.07
PORK.
May 10.13 10.30 10.07 10.30
Scrnnton lionril of Trade Exchange
Quotntloni-All Quotations iinscd
011 Par of 100.
STOCKS Bid. Asked.
Scranton & Plttston Trac. Co. .. 20
National Boring & Drlll'g Co. ... ei
First National Bank 700
Elmhurst Boulevard Co 100
Scranton Savings Eank 223
Scranton Packing Co 95
.Lncku. Iron and Steel Co 150
Third National Bank 375
Throop Novelty M'fg Co &o
Scranton Traction Co is
Scranton Axle Works 75
Weston Mill Co 250
Alexander Car Replacer Co J03
Scranton Bedding Co 100
Dime Dep. & Dis. Bank 350
Peck Lumber M'fg Co 175 210
Economy Light, Heat & Pow
er Co 45
Scranton Illuminating, Heat &
Power Company 83
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1920 115 ...
Peoples Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 115
Pcoplo's Street Railway, Gen
eral mortgage, duo 1921 113
Dickson Manufacturing Co 100
Lacka. Township School 5 102
City of Scranton St. Imp. 0 102
Mt. Vernon Coal Co to
Scranton Axle Works 1Q0
Scranton Traction Co., first
mortgage, 6's, duo 1932 103 ...
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 4, Flour-Steady but
quiet. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red,
J1.03H:. f. o. b afloat to arrive; No. 1
northern Diiiuth, JU'&U, f. o. b., afloat,
to arrive; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 1.0114, t.
o. b., afloat; options were up and down,
over u narrow range all day; after a lirm
opening on foielgn cables, tho market
Steadied on big northwest receipts and
short selling by bears who wero finally
seared In by heavy export transactions,
and the close was firm at '.wic. net
advanco; March, Jl.OlUal.021,4, closed
$1.01T; May, 93 7-lCa9C14c, closed 9UVic.;
Today, Saturday
BIG BARGAINS IN
July, 88aS9c., closed 8Sc. Corn-Spot
Arm J No. 2, 36V4C f. o. b afloat options
firm oil day, closing HaV4c net higher;
May, 33a34c closed 31c, : July, 31T4c.
Oats-Spot strong: No. 2, 29!4cj No. 3,
29c.'! No. 2 white, 30WC. options dull but
strong, closing c. net higher; May, 29c.
Beef Firm. Cut Meats-Steady; pickled
bellies, CHaStic; do. shoulders, 4c:
hams, 7',4a7Hc Mutter Finn; western
cremacry, lU4a20c; factory, llal7c: stnto
dairy, ISalEc; do. creamery, 14al9c.
Cheese Weak; largo September, 8V4c;
small do., 9Wc: Inrgo October, 8a8Vc.:
small do., SliaStta; light skims, 6a6.ic.;
part skims, 4a5V4c; full skims, 2a3c. Eggs
Firm; stato and Pennsylvania, 19c.;
western fresh, 18'ic. Tallow Dull; city,
3?c; country, 3Hn3c. Petroleum-Dull.
Philadelphia Provision illnrkrt.
Philadelphia, Feb. 4.-Vhoat,-Flrm and
',4c. higher: contract grade, February,
97',4a97i4c. ; March, April, nnd ,Muy, nomi
nal. Corn Steady; No. 2 mixed, Febru
ary and March, 33ia31c: April und May,
nominal. Oats Steady; No. 2 white, Feb
runry and March, HOaSoHc; April and
May, nominal. Potatoes Firm; white,
choice, per bushel, 77aS0c. ; do, fair to
good, 70a73c, ; sweets, prime red, per bas
ket, 75a80c.; do. yellow, 70a73c; seconds,
30a40c. Butotr Steady; fancy western
creamery, 20c. do. Pennsylvania prints,
21c; do. western do., 21c. Eggs Steady:
fresh, nearby, 19c; do. western, 19c.
Cheese Dull and easier; New York fac
tory full cream fancy, 91,4c; do. fnlr to
choice, 8aS?4c; Ohio flat, laTiC Re
fined Sugars Unchanged. Cotton
Steady. Tallow Quiet but steady; city
prime, In hogsheads, 3Hn3c. ; country, In
barrels, 3&a3?fcc.; dark, do., 3'iC. ; cakes,
3";4c; grease, 3c Live Poultry Firm;
fowls, lOalOUc. ; old rosters, Ca7c. ; spring
chickens, OaSHc; turkeys, 9al0c. ; ducks,
10c. ; geese, 9al0c Dressed Poultry Firm,
good demand; fowls, choice. lOaWfcc. ;
fair to good, Unlike.; chickens, large,
101,4c; good to choice, 9i,feal0c. ; common
and scalded, Sa9c; turkeys, fancy, 13a
Kc. : choice, 12al2Vsc ; fnlr to good, lOallc.
Receipts Flour, 3,000 barrels and 11,000
sucks: wheat, 2S.0D0 bushels; corn, 43,'KX)
bushels; oats, IS.000 bushels. Shipments
Wheat, 2,500 bushels; corn, 7,000 bushels;
oats, 11,000 bushels.
Chicago (irnln Jluruct.
Chicago, Feb. 4. Wheat closed as it
opened today, strong, and at r;4c advance
over yesterday's final figures. There was
a long potlod of weakness caused by lib
eral northwest receipts and prospects ot
11 small vlsiblo decrease, but Letter buy
ing and strength which developed In
provisions und the coarser grains caused
a firm market during tho afternoon.
Corn ndumced He. Oats closed '.joic
higher und provisions touched tho high
mark of the season, closing 2,,ai,ic. high
er. Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Barely strndy; No. 2 spring wheat,
41u93c; No. 3 spring wheat, St,a9Cc. ; No. 2
led, 9sc. ; No. 2 com, 27c. : No. 2 yellow,
27?c; No. 2 oats, 24!4u2l?R; No. 3 whlto,
f. o. b., 25i,4a2Cc. ; No. 2 rye, 47c; No. 2
barley, f. o. b., 29a3Sc. ; No 1 flax seed,
ll.24Vial.29; prime timothy seed, J2.M);
pork, $10.20al0.25; lard, $l.87',i; ribs, $1.90.1
5.23; shoulders, 4s4o5c. ; sides, I3.23a5.33;
whisky, $1.19; sugars, unchanged, Re
ceiptsFlour, 6,000 barrels; wheat, .11,000
bushels; com, 2S1.000 bushels; oats, 191,'JOO
bushels; rye, 4,000 bushels; barley, 21,000
bushels. Shipments Flour, 6,000 bar
icls; wheat, lt,WH) bushels; corn. 121,00
bushels; oats, 208,000 bushels; rye, 1,000
bushels; barley, 17,000 bushels.
Knt Liberty Cattle Market.
East Liberty, I'.i.. Feb. 4. Cattle
Stcsub ; prime, $l.90a5; common, W.35a
3.53; bulls, stags and cows, $2u3.70. Hogs
Steady; prime assorted mediums, ?l.l.'a
1.20: best heavy Yorkers, $1.10al.l5; light
Yorkers, $4al.05; heavy, $lal.03; plg, $3.90
u3.93; roughs, $2.50a3.ffl. Sheep Firm)
choice. $1.70a4.80; common, $3.25a.I.7;
choice l.imbs, 51.73a4.90; common to good.
$4.73a5.75.
Iliiltalii Live Stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y.. Feb. 4. Cattle
Steady to a shade stronger. Hogs Fair
ly active; Yorkers, good to choice. $4.15a
4.20; roughs, common to choice, $2.50a3.00;
pigs, good to choice, J3.93al. Sheep and
Lambs Steady; lambs, choico to extra,
$5.93aC.10; culls to common, $3a,,.C5; shoep,
choice to selected wethers, $4.73a4.90; culls
to lenimon, $3.25a3.85.
Now York Produce .Market.
New York, Feb. 4. Beeves A tlve and
firm; native steers, $1.15a5.23; stags and
oxen, $3a4.U0; bulls, $3a3.73, dry cows,
$2.23a3.73. Calves Steady, stronger;
veals, ?3a9; grasesrs. $1.20. Sheep $3.50a
4.75; Iambs, $3.50au.23. Hogs Higher at
$4.23al;,30.
Chicago I.ivn Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 4. Cattle Active and
strong at $1.25a3, stockers and feeders,
$3.11.50. Hogs $3.S2',iii3.!i2Vi; pigs, $3.53a
3.80. Sticep and Lambs Brisk; $4.70a3.25
for yearling bht-cp; fed western sheep,
$3.S3a4.60. Receipts Cattle. 3,500 head;
hogs, 22,000 head; sheep, 8,000 head.
A LITTLE SUFFERER
Faco, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofulous Humors How n Curo
Was Effected.
"When live years old my little boy had
scrofula on his face, hands and arms. It
was worst on his chin, although tho sores
on his checks and hands wero very bad.
It appeared iu tho form of red pimples
which would fester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and tho little sufferer had
to bo watched continually to keep him
from scratching tho sores. Wo became
greatly nlarmed at his condition. My
wife's mother had had scrofula end the
only medicine which had helpd her was
Hood's Sarsaparllla. We decided to glvo
It to our boy oud wo noted on improve
ment in his caso very eoon. After giving
him four bottles ot Hood's Sarsaparllla
tho humor had oil been driven out of his
blood and it has nevor since returned."
William IUutz, 410 South Williams St.,
South Rend, Indiana.
You can buy Hood's Sarsaparllla ot all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hood's,
Honrl'c Dillc cure Liver III; lewy to take,
1 eaty to operate. 2) cent.
The Weakness
of a Woman.
A woman who has suffered eighteen years, who has
teen aired after a life of misery and lives again in tlte
sunshine of happiness, speaks to other women in words
of no uncertain meaning, .
Just a woman's itory.
Not strange because It happens every day,
not romantic or thrilling, but fust a story of
misery and suffering such as only -women
know.
For cifhtecn years, Sara E. Bowsn, of
Peru, Indiana, carried a burden ot pain.
Night and day, without respite, she suf
fered the most dreadful experience that ever
fell to the lot of woman.
That she did not die is almost beyond
belief.
That she is well to-day is a miracle.
Mrs. Bowen's trouble requires no descrip
tion beyond the symptom, which every
woman will instantly rseogoire.
In describing them Mrs. Bowen says:
"For eighteen years I suffered with
weakness peculiar to my sex.
"I was a broken down piece of human
ity: a shadow of a woman.
"My brain was tortured until I could re
member but little. I could not sleep or eat
and was reduced in weight to a mere skele
ton. What little I did eat could not be di
gested in my weakened stcte, and caused
me untold misery.
"My skin was muddy, my eyes were
heavy. I was dizzy all the time and to
tally until for even ordinary housework.
" Doctors prescribed for me without avail.
Medicine was recommended and taken in
quantity but it did no good.
M Time and time again I was at the brink
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
Schedule In Effect Nov. 28, 1897.
Trains Leave Wilkes-Barro as Fol
lows :
7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury
Harrlsburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, and for Pitts,
burg and tho West.
10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrisburjr, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts
burg and the West.
3.12 d. m , daily, for Sunbury, Harris
burg. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, and Pittsburg and
the West.
6.00 p. m., week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. U. WOOD, Ucn'l Pass. Agent.
J. U. HUTCHINSON, General Manager.
Lehigh Valley Railroad System
Anthracite Coal Used, Knsurlng Cleanll
ness and Comfort.
IN KFFECT JAN. 1G, 1603.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON.
for Philadelphia nnd New York via D.
&. II. It. R. iit ., 7.50 a. m and 12.03, 1.23,
2.21, 4,11 (Liluck Diamond Express; and
n.;:o p. in.
For Plttston nnd Wllkes-Uurro via D.
I.. & V. R. 11., COD, S.04, 11.10 a. m., 1.55
3.5, 6.00 p. m.
For White Haven. Hazleton, Pottsvilo,
nnd principal polntu In the coal regions
via D. & II. R. R.( 6.43, 7.50 a. m.. 12.05. 2.11
ami 4.41 p. in.
For Rethlehem, Eaaton, Reading, Har
rlsburs and prlnclpul Intermediate sta
tions via D. & II. R. 11.. 6.13. 7.50 a. m
12.03, 1.23, 2.21, 4.41 lUlack Diamond Ex
press), 11.30 p. m.
For TunUhnnnock, Towanda, Elmlra,
Ithaca, Geneva, and principal Intermedi
ate stations via D., I.. & V. R. It., 6.00,
10.03 a. m.. 12.45 nnd 3.33 p. in.
For denevn, Rochester, Uuffalo, Niag
ara Falls. Chicago and till points west via
D. & II. R. II., 12.03, 3.33 (Iilack Diamond
Express), 10.2S nnd 11.30 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehigh
Valley parlor cars on ull trains between
Wllkes-Uarre and New York, Philadel
phia. Buffalo and Suspension Hrldge.
ROLL1N II. WILRUR, Gen. Supt.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Phlla.,
Pa.
A. W. NONNEMACHER. Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agt., Philadelphia. Pa.
Scranton otllce, 309 Lackawanna avenue.
Del.. Lacka. and Western.
Effect Monday, Nov. 21, 1S07.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex
press for New York and all points East.
1.40, 3.00, 6.15, $.00 and 10.05 a. m. ; 12.55 und
3.33 p. m.
Express for Easton. Trenton, Philadel
phia and the South, 5.15, 8.00 und 10.20 a.
m., 12.55 and 3.33 p. m.
Washington und wuy stations, 3.43 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 6.10 p. tn.
Express for DliiEhamton. Oswego, El
mlrn, Comlns Rath, Dansvllle, Mount
Morris and Uuffalo. 12.10. 2.33, 0.00 a. m
and 1.55 p. m., making close connections
nt Buffalo to all fiolnts In tho West,
Northwest and Southwest.
Ulnghumton and way btallons, 1,05 p. m.
Nicholson accommodation, 5.15 p. m,
Blnghamton und Elmlra express, 5.55
p. m.
Express for Utlca and Richfield Springs
2.35 a. m. and 1.55 p. m.
Ithaca, 2.35, 9.00 u. m., and 1.53 p. m.
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes
Ilarre, Plymouth, Bloomsburg and Dan
ville, making coso connection at North
umberand for Wllllamsport, ilarrlsburg,
Bnlttmore. Washington und the South.
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions, 6.00, 10.05 a. in., and 1.53 and 6.0u p.
111.
Nnnttcoke und intermediate stalons,
8.0S and 11.10 a. 111. Plymouth and Inter
mediate stations, 3.35 and 8.50 p. m. For
Kingston, 12.13 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc., apply to M. L. Smith, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, depot, ticket office.
Central Knilroad of New Jersey
(Lehigh and Susuehauna Division.)
Stations In New York Foot ot Liberty
street, N. R., and Whitehall Terminal,
Anthracite coal used exclusively, Insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. II. 1S07.
Trains leave Scranton for Plttston,
Wlllies-Burre, etc., ut 8.20. 9.15. 11.30 a. in.,
12.43, 2.00, 3.05. 5.00. 7.10 p. m. Sundays, 9.00.
a. m., 1.00, 2.15, 7.10 p. m.
For Lakewood and Atlantic City, S.0
a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
8.20 (express) a. in., 12.45 (express with
Buffet parlor car), 3.05 (express) p. m.
Sunday, 2.15 p. in. Train leaving 12.43 p.
m. arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Ter
minal, 5.19 p. m. and Now York b.OO p. 111.
For Maunch Chunk, Allentown, Bethlo
hem, Eauion and Philadelphia, 8.20 a. m.,
12.45. 3.05. 5.00 (except Philadelphia) p. m.
Sunday. 2.15 p. m.
For Baltimore and Washington and
points South and West via Bethlehem,
8.20 a. m., 12.45 p. m. Sundays, 2.15 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
8.20 a. m. und 12.45 p. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Hnrrlsburg,
via Allentown, 8.20 a. in., 12.45, 5.00 p. in.
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Pottsvilo. 8.20 a. m.. 12.45 p. m.
Returning leuve New Yotk. foot of Lib
erty street, North River, at 9.10 (express)
a. m., 1.10, 1,30. 4.15 (express with lluffot
parlor car) p. m. Sunday. 4.30 a. m.
Leave New York, foot Whitehall street.
South Ferry, at 9.0S a. m., 1.00, 1.25, '3.55
p. m. Passengers arriving or departing
from this terminal can connect under
rover with nil the elevated railroads,
nroudwhy cable cars, nnd ferries to
Brooklyn and Staten Island, making
quick transfer to nnd from Grand Central
Depot and Long Island Railroad.
Leave Philadelphia. Reading Terminal.
9.00 a. m., 2.00 and 4.S0 p. m. Sunday, 6.25
a. m.
Through tickets to all points nt lowest
rate may be hud on application In ad
vance to the ticket agent at tho station.
II. P. BALDWIN.
.. . .-. .. Qn Pass. Agt.
J. II. OLHAUSEN, Gen, Bupt.
w
x"
of despair. Day by day my (rouble gttw
worse, and dark indeed was the day before
my deliverance.
" A friend of mine told me about Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and what
they had accomplished for others la my
condition.
" It was the first glimpse of the sun of hap
piness through the dark clouds of misery.
" I bought a box and took them. Even
then I felt their effect. I bought more and
continued to take them until I wis well
and strong.
" They liberated me from the most terrible
bonds that ever tortured a woman. They
brought me new life when death was
welcome.
" I recommend them to my friends, and I
do not hesitate to sav to every sufferintr
J woman in the world that Dr. Williams'
Fink Pills will cure her."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are a specific for all forms of weakness.
The blood is vitalised and becomes preg
nant with the elements of life. The ner
vous system s reorganized, all irregularites
are corrected, strength returns ana disease
disappears. So remarkable have been the
cures performed by these little pills that
their fame has spread to the far ends of
civilization. Wherever you go you will
find the most important article in every
drug store to be Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People.
Eric and Wyoming Valley.
In effect Sept. 19, 1S97.
Trains leave Scranton for Now York
and Intermediate points on Erie railroad,
also for llawley and local points at 7.05",
a. m. and 2.25 p. m. I
Arrive at Scranton from nbovo points I
ai iv.iu a. 111., j. 10 ana 9.3s p. m.
SCHANTON DIVISION.
Ill Effect December 13th, ISO?.
North ilouiid. South Bound.
a'oTi i eni
Stations p m
w fTralas Dally, Ex- 2 j
is 1 cept iunday.) I 5 a
p i.irtve Leave a u
T2.VN. Y. Franklin St. .... 740 ....
7io,Vesc 4'.'nd street .... 7M ....
7 00 Wcchawken .... 810 ....
p M'Arrlve Leave r m
1 15 I'ailofla . 2i5 ...;
100 Hancock .... a t ....
I2BB StarlUht .... 22S1 ....
.... .'... 12 '6 Preston park .... 2.11 ....
18 40 Wlnwood .... 2 41 ....
12 25 Poyntello 2M ....
1214 orsou .... 268 ....
I2C3 Pleasant Mt ar& ....
fllM? Unlondalo .... 309 ....
1149 Forest City .... 8 19
1134 Carbjndaie .... 3 3t ....
fliro White Hrldge .... f338 ...
fll2il -Maylleld .... (S 43 ....
1123 Jermyn .... 345....
II isi Archibald .... ssi ....
Ill 15, Wltitnn .... 354 ....
lull reckvllle .... 859....
11 o7 Olvi'haut .... 4 01 ....
I11031 1'iicaburg .... 4o; ....
1101 Tliroop .... 410...
Ill 00 Providence ... 41 ....
1110571 l'ark l'laco .... 14 17 ....
10551 scranton .... 40....
'a MLeavo Arrive r h
All trains run dally except Sunday.
f. slsriiinea that trains stop on signal tor pas.
eengers.
ecuro rates via Ontario a Western beforo
puichaslns tickets und savo money. Day ana
Niglit E pi ess to the West..
J C .indcrson, Ocn.Pass Agt.
T. FUtcroft. Dlv pass, Agt Sorntan. P.
f
Carpets
Are first in quality, first in
style, and first in genuine sav
ing point of view, because
they're lower in price than you
can find elsewhere.
irepenes
Window Shades, Linoleums,
Oilcloths, Etc., show at a
glance the advantage gained
by our long experience, and
prices today are less than they
will be in a month from now.
KERR'S
408 Lackawanna Avanin.
THIRD iTIW
OF SCRANTON.
Special Attention Given to Busi
ness nnd Personal Accounts.
Liberal Accommodations Ex
tended According to liuluncca mi J
Responsibility.
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on
Interest Deposits.
Capita!,
Surplus, -Undivided
Profits,
$200,000
350,000
79,900
m. C0NNKLL, President.
lIKNRYlMMN.Jr., Vice Pre.
WILLIAM II. FECK, Caslilcr.
The vault tif this bank is pro.
tectcd by Holmes' Electric Pro.
tcctive bystein.
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