THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- AYEDNESD AY. MARCH 9. 1898. JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. -rvwl Down the Price of Furniture mm I ' i i-JtuKajagg ft? ; I v il Ly k? ) WE BEGIN TOMORROW (Thursday morning) the Greatest Sale of Furniture the Lackawanna Valley hns fiver known. Here is the oDDortunitv of a lifetime to buv Good Furniture for a Little Money J !HprP nrp iwcrnins to astound the most Drudent buvers. They'll rishtlv wonder how we can do it. Every item; advertised is FIRST QUALITY of its respective kind. You'll come to look, and you'll buy for we'll save youj Fifty Cents on every 'Dollar you spend. Kead every item caretuiiy tor mere s a Bargain ireat in every nne. $15.00 Bedroom Suits for $8.98. $76.00 Parlor Suits for $49.00. MSfotfrt.. .... This Handsome Sideboard, with, heavy French beveled glass, swell front, cast brass trimmings; made of quartered oak, highly poiisneci, witn hand carvings on base and top, i absolutely worth 33. djin e For this sale at . Pl.yOj Rocking Chairs. t III I l llf I ? n 7W ' wL. ) 2 && JpBHk Ml Morris Chairs At a Bargain. finnr! nunlitv. stronirlv made.' oak frame, with Denim cushions ' and brass rod at back. ( aq ) worthS',. 25. At . PO.yo 1 Verv handsome solid oak frames. . . -i . . ' i l upholstered in Corduroy L anv color, worth je (q, $0.00. , At . . O' Mil il rl&l Hnrc U n C.henn Harcrairi a Side board built of solid oak throughout, vwith highly polished nnisn. rrencn fbfiveled nlatc class across top. JCast Brass trimmings. Positively ? worth every cent 01 30.00. For this great $l6aQ0 Kitchen Chairs. An Elegant Five-Piece Parlor Suit, with frame of solid cherrv, with; piano polish finish. Upholstering is of finest silk Audmere tapestry, filled with hair and guaranteed steel sprincs, This Suit is absolutely worth $S,.oo in any store in America. Our price has been jo AfJ $79 up to today. Tomorrow the pi ice will be . . PttV.UU Feather Pillows w An Ptcrrnnt Thrpp.Pi(n RpHmom Suit, consUtintr of bureau, bed- ,.,.,. I .,.., ..1,,.1-v otnnl U..JW nfonlil ncli nieniii finichn1 rtnrpnit hnc. A great Bargain these Featherclear beveled glass and three large drawers. You'd positively pay $15, lbtiro PncitnrMtr irnrth w . .. C fr thic cult in rirn; nthnr ctnrnnn It nllm -""vjnTE:; Pillows S lows. Positively worth d TQVor this suit in any other store .1 25 pair. Tnis sale at P "For this great safe the price will 500 Jardiniere Stands at 1 9c! and it would be cheap at that. $8.98! When the store opens tomorrow (Thursday) morning, we will place on sale just live U. ..-.-I fA D.ii.t-.f.il Inrrlininm C4ni(-1c TliQir 'if.i tiinrlcniTiQ 111 Mtforn ctmn rrh; moHo unH, Thic wnrw hnmlcnmol.r r.nichnH""u,c.U LICUUUIUI uaiUUUUL lauuo. . . iv.jr cu, .muuu. u, puun, ...yj u.uu. u,m, ""J " T imiiMOumwi Miiuubvi 1 .. . , ... i utt Dininc-Room Extension Tabie.come in white enamel, "reen, (or maiaciute , oaK ana manogany. iNot a one nas ever oeen1 with heavy legs, well braced niwsoid jess than ?8 cents. Many of them cost more. All to go today at built with mant frame. Ten feetC 7 long and positively djo AgJ worth 15.00. This sale pv.yj. Others from $4.98 to 36.00. Nineteen Cents Each. This Handsome Couch, covered; in green denim, with spring edge. For this sale at $3.98! Hard wood, with high qo back, just like cut, for . VOC Mattresses. ' First Quality Hair Mattresses,, cuaranteed full weight, worth S,oc This $150() Good, Substantial Mattresses,, filled with excelsior and (C Q c worth $3. This sale... PI'OO' We Have an Exceptionally Fine Line of( Parlor and Reception Chairs, Brass Beds, Chiffonieres, etc. on all of which you can save money i buying here. Mil !I1F" 1! hi'1 '"ittI -' Beautifully Polished Wood-Seat Rocker, with wide arms and deep eat. btrongly made and worth 1.50. For this sale at This Beautiful Solid Oak Office, Writing Desk, roll top, 44 inches wide, strongly made. E 1 j 7 c J IUl J XJ 1.05This sale at Dining Chairs High back, with brass arms and fine cane seats, :This sale at 75c Worth $1.39. Iron Bed And Springs' Bed has brass. 'knobs and inchj i posts. Springs( are good woven' . . r wire. 1 his sale' $3.98. Bed Springs Good quality woven wire, to' lit all beds, metal 'or wood. This 'sale S1.25i Worth $2. 50, Clothes Trees ?1' ..' ' '.' ' 7 Lr x zr PrTTtrfl T ) , -i 1 I I L 1. If 4 Hard wo"d, well made ic- ?and very solid for . jj Sideboards. Built of oak, with arms a bargain for 39 Cents. solid' fouri great This Beautiful White Iron Bed, brass trimmed, for . . . Ename $2.98 Beautiful Quartered Oak Writinc' kDesk, handsomely carved, Frenchi legs; positively worth $6 o r(, ror this sale . tj?ry JONAS Antioue pattern, with beveled iglass, strongly made and nicely hnished. You'd pay 12.00 for ahis ordinarily. For this tC o- .sale at . . jj !No flatter What You Want In Furniture We can supply it for the least fmoney. All U00US UCllVCl'CIl tree. CLOSING CHAPTER IN MARTIN TRIAL Concluded from I'ago 2. der mo to stop, I do eo at my peril. Of course this obligation of obedience to the authority of the peace olllcer of the county, Is not confined to laborlnpr men. It extends to and embraces all the Inhabitants of the county, rich nnd poor, high and low. A company com posed of the most weutthy nnd most prominent men or a community. If marching upon a public highway at a time or under ehcumstancps which, In the Judgment and discretion of thp eherlff rendered such a demonstration dangerous to the public peace, would be bound to disperse If ordered. so to 'do. And compliance with the order should be prompt and complete. POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION. If you are satisfied, gentlemen, from the evidence, that the purposo of the sheriff and of the pose, was to pre serve order and prevent riot, then It would follow that their intent nnd ob ject was not a criminal or unlawful one, and the rule of the law which makf s the act of one the act of all, has no application to the facts of this case. If, on the contrary, you are convinced by the evidence that the sheriff was not actuated by a desire and Intention to preserve the peace, but that he sum moned his poese with the idea of In flicting upon the body of men known In the case as strikers, wanton and un necessary outrage, and Injury, without reference to their action and conduct If, In short, his purpose was a base, a malicious and wicked one, then so far as he was concerned, and so far rb the deputies were concerned, If they understood his motive and acted with the same Intent, the fact of a criminal and unlawful combination would bo es tablished, and then all tho defendants might be convicted, although tho shot which took the life of the deceased was fired by a slnglo one of tho defendants. The act of any one would, In that event, be the act of oil. If under all tho evidence In tho case you are not eatlvfied beyond a reasonable doubt, that the sheriff and his posse were Im pelled by )t criminal or unlawful pur pose then the doctrine of the law which, tho commonwealth Invokes, that, which theio are many defendants tho criminal net of one of tlnm Is under certain circumstances to be regarded as the criminal act of all, has, as we have already said, no place in this case. AS TO THE SHOOTING. "It Is claimed by the commonwealth that after the firing of the volley some one of tho defendants left the line of deputies and continued to shoot at the strikers as they fled to the rear. Somo of the witnesses for the prosecution swore that such was the case. Rut this Is strenuously denied by nil the witnesses for the defens-e, who were on the ground, and there is no undisputed evidence identifying any one of tho defendants as tho party Implicated In any such movement. We say to you that If tho purpose, of the posse and of tho sheriff, was originally a lawful purpose, and one of the deputies In obedience of tho sheriff's order, in ref erence to firing, did continue to fire after all necessity for so doing had ceased, then if Mich pci'bon could bo Identified as tho slayer of the ileceaFed he ought to be convicted of one or the other of the offences charged in this indictment, as the Jury might decide. "After a caieful examination of nil tho, testimony, I am prepared to say that the most If not the only material questions in respect to which tho wit nesses dlfrcrlnthelrstatcments as tothe occurrence at Lattltner, are first, ns to the number of men who surrounded tho sheriff after his effoit to arrest one of the strikers. Second, as to the firing, was it continued after the ranks of the strikers hod broken nnd wero In e treat, or did it cease when tho volley was fired. It is alleged by tho com monwealth that those of tho killed and wounded who wero shot in the back received their wounds while In tho act of running away, and from shotsi de livered after the main volley had been fired, it Is claimed by tho defendants, that the evidence shows that tho firing ended with tho volley while tho strik ers, or somo of them at least, were still advancing townrd tho line of depu ties. And that thoso of the strikers who received wounds In tho back were among those who surrounded the sheriff when he made tho arrest, and was pushed from tho main road to the ditch, on one side of It. The orders of the sheriff wero not to fire unless he gave the word, or unless his own life was In danger, and he was bo situated as1 not to bo able to Issue an order or, unles-s the deputies themselves were In danger of losing their own lives by an assault upon them. The settlement of these disputed points by the Jury may be important, as will appear when we come to pass upon the legal points sub mitted by the counsel for the defense, and for the Jury upon the question whether the posse comltatus, originally a legally constituted body, did or did not becomo an unlawful assemblage, by reason of any subsequent determina tion to disregard tho law and commit crime. "In conclusion, gentlemen, you will say by your verdict whether the de fendants, or any of them, are guilty or not guilty. If you find all, or any of them, guilty of murder, you will also say whether of murder In the first de gree, or of murder in the second de gree, or of manslaughter. If you de termine to acquit them both of murder and manslaughter, then you will ren der a general verdict of not guilty. Tho duty of the court has now been performed and the case Is in your hands." When Judge Woodward fli.lshed the Jury retlied to their quarters to deliberate. and ns to tho conduct of their hotels the onst year. All weio granted a license except about a dozen, and these the roui t held under advisement for the present. Only one new llcent-e was trained, to tho Macnnerehoi hotel, which lost its li cense a year ago. FGUD GOADS A COUSIN TO MURDER Another of flio Sherman I'nniily In TomiPftHen Shot Down, Chattanooga, Tenn., March 8. T, N. Sherman, a prominent farmer, was killed this morning by his cousin, Tom Sherman, In a law olllce in Athens, Tenn. Tho killing was the outcomo of a family feud which has existed for sev eril years, and in which a number of Shermans have lost their lives. The slayer gave himself up, HOTEL KEEPERS UN0ER OATH. Court Wunls lo Know Their Iteln lioiu With II reivers. Lancaster, March 8. The court caus ed n sensation today by requiring tho presence In court of every applicant for liquor license In the city. They were sworn and closely questioned as to the control local hi ewers have over them BULLET FOR A PICKPOCKET QUEEN. Mabel Keating Shot by nn Opium Timid in n Saloon. San Francisco, Cal., March 8. Mabel Keating, known from New Voik to San Frnneisco ns the "Queen of Pick pockets," was shot and fatally wounded by Jerry Sullivan, a city hall Jan.tor, in the saloon of her husband. Sullivan callod for a drink. An Insulting reply brought Mrs. Keating to the front. Sul livan shot her in the left bieast, In flicting a mortal wound. Then Sullivan turned his revolver on Keating and sent a bullet through the back of Ills neck. Sullivan was nr- rested. He Is said to to an opium fiend, and attempted to kill his sister several months ago. Mabel Keating Is report ed to havo cleared over SSO.OOO duilng the World's Fair in Chicago. IS A POOR STARTING POINT PRISONERS LIVE HIGH. Sherltr Criticized lor Kxtrnvnsnnco in reeding Convicts. P.'ast Stroudsburg, Marcli S. Tho grand Jury In Its report calls the at tention of the county commissioners to the extravagance of Sheriff Learn, who, they fay, has been feeding tho pris oners too high. Ho has been allowed forty-five cents per day for feeding each prisoner. A former grnmj Jury also complained of Sheriff Learn's extravagance, but tho sheriff insists upon giving his board ers tho same food ns he buys for ills own table. GOOD TIMES have come to those whom Hood's Sarsaparllla has cured of scrofula, catarrh, dyspepsia, rheuma tism, weak nerves, or some other form of Impure blood. HOOD'S PltiLS are the only pills to tako with Hood's Sarsaparllla, Easy and yet efficient. Evidence That tho Cougrosiiounl Aspirant (or t.iibcrniitorinl Honors in l'ouiiMVlvntiia Has tho Prepon derance o( Precedent to Contend With. Henry Hall In Pittsburg Times. Threo members of congress from Pennsylvania, C. W. Stone, of Warren; V. ji. Stone, of Allegheny, and William Conuell, of Lackawanna, are avowed or mentioned candidates for governor, and two others, W. &. Klrkpatrick, Cf Northampton, and M. E. Olumtcd, of Dauphin, aro prominently mentioned as dark hoises. This would go to show that In Pennsylvania, at least, congress is just now regarded bb a good vantage point from which to enter the raco for the highest state ofllce In tho gift of the people. And yet the records bhow that only four of tho governors chosen by the people went to that oflico by the congressional route. Thomas Mldlln, the first governor under tho constitu tion, was a member of the Continental congress, hut never served In tho con gress of tho United States. William Flndlay, the fourth governor, was In congress from 1791 to 1T9S and from 1S03 to 1817, going from there to the gover norship, where he served from 1S17 to 1820. Joseph Helster, the fifth In the line, was In congress from 1797 to 1807, and again from 1815 to 1820, when ho becamo governor, and held that posi tion until 18.23. George Wolf, seventh governor, was in congress from 1823 to 1829, and was elected governor In the latter year, serving two terms, or six yeais. Tho last occupant of tho ofllce who had previously been in congress was James Pollock, the 13th. In tho list. He was in congress from 1813 to 1819, and was elected governor In 1831. Threo of our governors served in congress after the expiration of their guborna toilal terms. Theso were William Flnd lay, who nfter having gone from the house to tins governorship, went direct from the latter position to tho senate, where ho Berved from 1821 to 1827, Twenty-eight years later William Hlg ler left tho governorship In January, 1855, and entered the senate on March 4, 1855, where he served until 1861. An drew O. Curtin ended his six years' ser vlco as governor in UC7, and was elect ed to congress in l.SO and served threo ternm. o Several men hnve run for the guber natorial ofllce while In 'Congress and met defeat. Frederick A. Muhlenberg, speaker of the First and Third con gresses, was a candidate' In both 1793 and 179C, and was twice defeated by Thomas Mlfllln. James Ross was In the senate from 1794 to 1S03, and w'as an unsuccessul candidate for governor In 1799, 1802 and 1808. Andrew Gregg was In the house from 1791 to 1807 and tho senate from 1S07 to 1813. He was de feated for governor by Simon Snyder In 1823. John Sergeant was In congress from 1815 to 1823 and was defeated for governor In 1826, but ho seems to have been elected to congress the same year, as the jecords state that he was a member of tho Twentieth congress, which was chosen in 182C. Joseph Hels ter was in the house when he was de-, feated by William Flndlay in 1817, but succeeded threo years later. Henry A. Muhlenberg was In the house in 1835, when Governor George Wolf, running as an Independent Democrat, defeated him by dividing the party and elected Joseph Rltner, anti-Mason. John Banks had been two terms In congresa when he was defeated by David R. Porter in 1841. James Irvln had the same rec ord when Francis R. Shunk beat him In 1S17. David Wllmot, of "Wllmot Proviso" fame, left the house In 1851, after serving six years and was de feated In 1857 by William F. Packer, last In the line of Democratic governors until Paulson defeated Beaver in 18S2. Wllmot succeeded Simon Cameron In tho senate when the latter resigned to go Into Lincoln's cabinet in 1801, and served two years. Henry D. Foster had been in congress two terms when And rew O. Curtin beat him In 1800, and Charles R. Buckalew had served six years in the senate when John F. Hart ranft defented him In 1872. nfter a cam paign which was the preliminary and decisive test of the popularity of Hor ace Qrecley as a Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Two other unsuc cessful candidates for tho governorship George W. Woodward, In 1S63, and Helster Clymer, In 1860, also served In congress, but not until after they had been defeated for the other ofllce. o According to this, congress is not a very good point from which, to enter upon the gubernatorial race, but it is a question whether the experience of pafct aspirants will dampen .tho ardor of tho gentlemen v ho are now in the Held for tho nomination. It lb only thoso who havo no superstitious regard for pre cedents who ever succeed in breaking them. While on the subject of gover nors nnd congressmen, it may be said that there is a very good representa tion of ex-governors in the present congress. In the senate there aro ex Governors Berry, of Arkansas; Perkins, of California; Hawley, of Connecticut; Shoup, of Idaho; Culloui, of Illinois; Gear, of Iowa; McEncry, of Loulsluna; Davis and Nelson, of Minnesota; For aker, of Ohio; Wetmore, of Rhode Is land; Tillman, of South Carolina; Hate, of Tennessee; Proctor, of Vermont, and Wairen, of Wyoming. Senator White, of California, was lieutenant governor of his state. Tho house Is not so well supplied, having but two Ding ley and Builelgh, of Mnlne. It has, however, two former lieutenant gov ernors, Sayers, of Texas, and Stone, of Pennsylvania. So far as the administration is concerned it is long on ex-govornors. First and foremost there is ex-Gov. William McKlnley, of Ohio, president. In his cabinet there aro three more Alger, of Michigan, secretary of war; Long, of Massachu setts, secretary of tho navy, uml Grlgs3, of New Jersey, attorney gen eral. So, taking it all around, the ex governors teem to havo been pretty well taken care pf In late years. FERRIS ASHES AWAIT AN OWNER Only tho Administrator of Ills lis Into .'Iny Iluve tlio Urn. Pittsburg, March 8. Hudson Samp son, at whose crematory the ashes of George W. G. Ferris, Inventor of the Ferris wheel, are held for debt, stated today tint two efforts had been mado him by engineering societies In Chicago and Pittsburg to pay the expenses of the cremation, but a3 they were not the proper persons to tako charge of the re. mains he could not consider the propo sition. He said he could not give the ashes to Ferris' widow, as, according: to the law, she is not the proper custodian. He said ho would havo ito have an'orde from tho administrator before giving up the urn. ( ' . I -J4A5- ...i
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