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NO WATER IN THE
THIRTEENTH'S CAMP
.WELL BEINO DRIVEN HAS NOT
BEACHED A YIELDING POINT.
Boys Suffered from Thirst Arrange
ments Being Matlo to Cart Water
Into the Camp from the Adjoin
ing: Farm Houses Private Chris
tian Evans Is Improving Livoly
Skirmish in Company F Street
That a Court martial May Bo
Asked to Investigate.
Special from n Staff Correspondent.
Camp Aider, Dunn Lorlng, Vn., July
21. Somebody ought to take somebodies
aslde and tell them something. There
ils a lame-sized weak spot somewhere
'In some high place In this corps. Such
imlemnnngemont ns that which has the
Thirteenth suffering the pangs of fever
ish thirst this nfternoon Is deserving
the Investigation of a court-martial.
The regiment came here under pro
test from Lieutenant Colonel Mattes.
"Ho rode over Monday cenlng and find
ing that there was no water available,
called the attention of corps headquar
ters to the hardship that would un
doubtedly ensue. Corps headquarters
Bald, "Go ahead, the water question
will be solved."
The regiment went ahead, but the
water question has not been solved.
The well Is down 125 feet, but not a
.drop of water Is forthcoming. The
Eighth's well Is of none too gieat ca
pacity for their own needs and ery
irlghtly Colnel Hoffman has refused to
-allow two rcclmeuts to dialn upon It.
The consequence Is that the Thir
teenth's men are without water and
have been that way all day. Lleuten
nnt Cox has just succeeded In securing
two teams and has dispatched them In
charge of non-coms to forage for water
among the surrounding farms.
To make matters wor.se, some short
sighted dignitary has ordeied that the
sutlers cea.se selling stmt to the pri
vates. During the early morning the
men quenched their thhst with soda
water, but after the older closing the
sutlers' tents to enlls-ted men went
forth the only wav tho men could get
a drink was to walk to some adjacent
farm house for It.
he will necoven.
Private Christian Evans, who was
injuted by running against a bayonet,
Wednesday night, is reported to bo Im
proving at Fort Mjer hospital and
there are new strong hopes that ho will
recover.
Company F's street was, last night,
the scene of the Hist hnngulnury en
gagement of the present war In which
the Thirteenth was n participant. Corn
whiskey was smuggled Into the street
during the early evening and when It
commenced to set In Its work theie
was trouble. This lt the btuft that
fcouthern bitching bcs lie up with.
It is bad stuff, bail In eveiy hene of
the word. Its effect are also bid
and In last night's incident there wuj
no exception to the rule. There was a,
sort of running fight all along the
line, which after an hour or so as
sumed such proportions ns to demand
the Intel feieneo of the ofllcers.
Things, quieted down for a time, but
a noil t 10 o'clock the corn whiskey 'oin
nienced to gpt lu Its aftermath eftectf
and a couple of the victims started out
fur blood. One of them, Private John
Walsh, ian timucl: thiouch the stteet
looking for the man thnt had struck
him during the earlier light. Private
Harris, one of the unallest men In the
companv, looked to Walsh to be about
tho tize of the gatro ho was after and
coming upon him while he was re
clining In his tent dealt him a lclous
hick in the head. In a moment there
was a i lot. Han is after recovcilng
from the stunning effects of the blow,
eel?;! his bayonet and matin for his
fthi-allant. He was just in the act ot
making a ferocious lunge at Wnlsh
wlui' Fiist Sergeant Fieeman gtabbed
Jinn and knocked aside the bayonet
which was within a few inches of
Walsh's breast
PEACEMAKERS AVON.
By this time about half the company
was engaged In the melee uither us
belligerents or peacemakers. After a
ten-minute struggle the peaeemakeis
gained the upper hand and the olllcen
were congratulating themselves that
the excllenunt had subsided when
WaUh, who Is evidently an epileptic,
fell In a fit, induced, no doubt by the
excitement, and for auothei half hour
It required the combined strength of
ten men to keep him from disrupting
the rglment. The surgeons weie sum
moned and with their little injectors
and a pinch of morphine quelled all
the excitement in short oider. Han Is
and Walsh were taken to the hospital
for treatment. Harris worst Injuiles
were a lacerated ear and sprained an
Kle. A court martial will likely look
Into the, affair.
The two battalions of the Thirteenth
were the opposing forces in un inter
esting and exciting sham battle this
morning. They left camp at the same
time, one going to the east and the
other to the west, striking Into the
woods andi then advancing towards
each other on tho noith side of the
camp. Tho main object, a agreed
upon, was to catch the opposition In
an exposed position. Major Wood took
a stand on the edge of a thick woods
overlooking an open field and awaited
the coming of Major StlllweU'a men.
The latter fought their way thiough
nn almost Impenetrable succession of
blackberry trochas and secured an
ideal position In a brush-covered gully
paralleling the tho woods where the
second battalion was concealed.
The main bodies and the squads de
ployed as flankers blazed away at
each other with blank cartridges for
about an hour and enjoyed it hugely.
It was the first time that many of tho
men even fired a gun.
Durson Devan, a former member of
Company A, is the guest of Adjutant
Waller Gunster.
Principal Musician John Hayes Is
back from his furlough and ha& re
sumed command of the musicians, re
lieving Bugler Emmet McDermot.t
who wore the sword while the chief
end principal musicians were uway.
The first visitors to. the new camp
were Thomas Kilrow, or Cheat Bend,
and Register of Wills Samuel Wright,
of Montrose, who ran down from tho
Republican state committee meeting In
Philadelphia to see the Susquehanna
boya In the Thirteenth.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Private Jacob L. Moser, of Company
B,, has been detailed from the dlvt--ta.
JmmujIUJ corps as orderly to Dr.
Blanchard. Major Parke has selected
Hospital Oidcrly Walter Schmltt as
his orderly. Private Friend B. Gilpin,
who recently enlisted In tho hospital
corps, Is acting as Major Keller's or
detly. All these orderlies are mounted.
First Sergeant Blesecker and Prlvato
Kcllerman, of Company li, aro back
from a week'n furlough.
Prlvato Nounan H. Paike, of tho
Governor's ttoop, Is homo on a week's
visit.
Private Harris, of Company B, who
shot himself In the foot last Thursday
was able to bo about on crutches yes
terday. Tho bullet has not been ex
tracted and the surgeone say It will
not bo necessary to do so.
The Women's Relief association, of
Shlppcnsburg, presented a silk flag to
the Eighth regiment yesterday. At
the request of n committee of ladles
who brought the flag to camp, Colonel
Coryell, of the Twelfth nfade the for
mal presentation. T. J. Duffy.
THE BAKERFORTUNE.
Heirs of the Estate Aro Hade Aware
That the Philadelphia Fortune is a
Myth.
Pittsburg", July 21. In connection
with the report that $10,000,000 is ready
to be distributed among the Baker
heirs the following abstract from the
adverse report made to the Beaver,
Pa contingent to the "Baker heirs'
association" will bo of interest.
The report is made by W. II. S.
Thompson and Charles R. Eckert, w ho
spent considerable time In Philadel
phia Investigating the matter.
The icport says:
lu connection and co-operation with At
tornevs P. M. Stoner and R. SI. Ewliitf,
of I'ittsburg, representing certain ot tho
Uakei heirs, vus made a very cuicful
search of all the recoids In the county of
Philadelphia which intent in uni way
throw light upon the estate in question.
Wo were greatly assisted by li. J Miller,
an attorney of Chicago, who claims him
self to be In the line of Inheritance, unit
who foi a money consideration which vu
paid him, laid before us the result of his
boarch, extendlnc over many month"".
Wo wcio directed by ou to turn our at
tention mora particularly to an estate In
lands which vveie said to be held under
lease for nlnetj nine years, which lease
had not long ago e plied, and also to an
alleged fund hold somewhere In trust for
the Itaktr hclri and which had accumu
lated for a long period of time.
As to the lattir wo may say that wo
And no reference of record anj where In
dicating tho creation or existence of tny
such trust fund. Since our icturn from
Philadelphia we learned from Mr. Miller
that certain old mortgages held by Henry
Baker had been paid Into court to await
tho satisfaction of the heirs.
Messis. Strner and Ewlng havo bluco
gone to Philadelphia tc investigate this
particular rrctter. and And that. Instead
of tho money having been paid Into court,
the mortgages werj satisfied bv proceed
ings under tho act of assembly to havo
them legally satisfied of record.
As to tho alleged leas-e. there Is no leae
of lands In any of the Baker namc justl
fling In any way the numerous reports
which havo been published in relation
thereto.
Tho Baker heirs are scattered all
nver the United States and' Canada
and considerable mteiest Is every
where manifested In the com so of In
vestigation. The conclusions of Messrs.
Thompson. Fckert, Stoner and Ewlng
co-opciallng in the investigation, but
proceeding on Independent lines In the
mtter of their employment, practic
ally establish that a number of per
sons scattered over this bioad land,
and harborlnjr a delusion In the mut
ter of coming Into possession of a con
siderable section of the cltv of Broth
erly Love or fingering millions of its
dollais.
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OUTLOOK FOR PEACE.
No Hope of Overtures From Spain
Yet, Washington Thinks.
Madrid, July 21. 2 p. in. A news
paper here today publishes a statement
from a cabinet minister, who sayb he
is absolutely Ignorant of any peace
negotiations. He added that if there
aie overtures they will be made to the
minister for foreign affalis, Duke Al
modnvar de Rio, and that Senor Ga
mazo, the minister of public Instruc
tion, will be charged with the negotia
tions. Washington, July 21. Without any
very tangible leason there has been a
notable diminution of the oirtlmlstlu
expressions among ofllclals to tho ef
fect that nn eaily peace might be
looked for. Possibly the temporary de
pression is explainable by the fact that
private advices, entirely unofficial In
chaiacter, fiom sources of Infoimatlon
In Europe, Indicate that the situation
in Spnln Is such that there Is no pres
ent hope of overtuies from that gov
ernment, which is apparently In the
most exasperating Ignorance of the
condition In America.
It Is npparent to tho ofllclals that
the peace party In Spain feels Itself too
weak to Insist upon demanding peaee.
It is probably working In a quiet way
to educate the Spanish people up to
the point where they can contemplate
with resignation the acceptance of the
minimum peace conditions that mlht
be expected to form the basis of the
United States' demand. If the domi
nant party In Spain is under the Im
pression that the United States pro
poses to denude Spain ot all or almost
all of hsr colonial possessions, It might
be conjectured easily that it would
favor a protracted resistance, Tielng
convinced that It had little more at
staka and lelylng on the Kuropean
powers to protect the peninsula Itself
Tho warning notes from Europe, con
vened through reputable newspapers,
that the United States Is not to be
allowed to conduct a compnlgn In Eu
rope, are Interpreted In some quar
ters as really the only hopeful signs
looking toward the beginning of peace
negotiations. Bearing in mind the
well recognized leluctance of the Eu
ropean nations to allow any Interfer
ence with tho balance of power In
Europe, it Is assumed that the neutral
nations muy now be spurred on by
knowledge of the approach of Wat
son's eastern squadron, to make tho
strongest lepresentatlous to Spain In
the direction of peace. But legardless
of the succcah of tho expedition from
this point of view, It is still tho steud
fast purpose of the administration to
send a squadron to European waters.
It feels Justified in undertaking that
because the notion prevails that tho
war can bo terminated only by tank
ing a blow at Spain direct, and the
United States Is net disposed to recog
nize tho right of any country or com
bination of countries to prevent it
from seeking the enemy where it is
to be found in this case in Spain
pioper.
Hood's
Cure tick headache, bad
taste In the mouth, coated
Pills
tongue, gas In the stomach.
dlitreu and Indlgttttou. Do
not iteaktn, but hava tonle efftct. Si cenU.
Tb only I'llli to UV with Uood'i SampullU.
MAYOR USES HIS
POWER OF VETO
Concluded from Page 3.
or raising the tamo even though tho side
walk In undiKturbcd.
Tho Supreme court In an opinion hand
cd down yesterday reversed tho lower
court In tho case of John Jermvn against
tho city asscsscrs uud tho board of ic
vlslon and appeals, This establishes the
validity of the act of 1W5 nuthorlty of
which tho board of revision of taxes anj
appeals is constituted and In pursuance
of which Mr. Jcrmvns nsscsament was In
creased. MEETING OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Solicitor Says the Contemplated
Street Railway Tax is Illegal.
City Solicitor McGlnley delivered a
knockout blow -last night to the oidl
nnnce Introduced last May In common
council providing for n tax of $300 a
mile on street railways. While his
opinion was being read there was so
much noise that It was dlfllcult to hear.
It was read a second time to give
Messrs. Gllroy. Coleman and Grler a
better understanding of Its tenor and
effect. It was as follows:
To tho Ilororablo the Members of the
Common Council of tho City of Scran
ton. Gentlemen: As to the legality of ordl.
nance, file of cemmon council No. IS, 183i,
"providing for the levy and collection of
llcenso tux on Iron and steel rolls of
street rallwavs mid other companies In
and upon tho streets and highways of
tho city of Scranton,' I would respectfully
submit that said bill would be Illegal and
Inoperative.
All property which Is Indispensable for
carrying on the business for which a
company Is Incorporated, and which is
represented by the capital stock of that
corporation, Is exempt from local taxa
tion, excepting such property us may oo
specified by statute or within tho prov
ince of police legulatlons.
In tho case of the city of Scranton
against tho Electric Light and Power
company, where an effort was made on
the part of the city to tax the propel ty
of the light company. Judge Archbald, in
icnderlng the opinion of tho court, stated
"tho capital of a corporation may be
taxed but not tho property covered by 't,
whero that propertj Is essential to carry
out public corporate purposes. This Hurts
familiar examples In tho lallroad trarks,
depots, machinery, engines, etc., of a
railroad companj ; the canal locks and
gato keepers' houses of a canal, the road
bed and gato houses of a turnpike; or
the steamers, wharves and warehouses
of a steamship companv.
OPNION QUOTED.
In tho case of the Peoplo's Street Rail
way company against the city ot Scran
ton, ear liSl, being un appeal from the
nsesimcnt bj tho board of revision and
appeals of $13,000 upon the lallway tracks
and turntables of the street railway com
panv, tho court said: "The plaintiff Is a
public corporation. Such of Its propertv
real and personal, as is necessarily perti
nent to Its public works, indispensably
necessarj to enable tho corporation to
fulfill the purposes for which it was char
tered, loes Its 4pecUU character in
houses, lands, etc., so far as the laws
regulating taxes aro concerned and is
recognized as simply part of that unity
which Is governed by the corpoiate fran
chise, and taxed directly by the com
monwealth. The question Is not of ex
emption from taxation but as to the
manner of taxation. The railway tracks
and turn tables of the plaintiff are. wo
think, clearly -within tho rule as above
stated and not liable for assessment for
municipal purposes. The J11000 assessed
against tho plaintiff tor this property
should he striken from the assessment.
The proposition of law Involved In the
bill being considered by your body has
been passed upon bv the lo,ver and appel
late courts very frequently In the past
fifty j ears See Northampton county vs.
Railway Co-npany. S C C. 412; 1 Weltner
on Pennsylvania Corporations C5C; Spring
Brook Water Supply company vs. C. H.
Schadt, cdunty treasurer, .1 Lackawanna
Legal News 170; Railroad vs. Berks
county. 6 Pa. TO; L I. & r. Co. vs. Lu
zerne county. 42 Pa. 421; St. Mary's Gas
Co. vs. Elk county, 168 Pa. 401; Railroad
vs. Venango county, 1S3 Pa 61S.
DECISIONS REVERSED.
Judge Roekcfeller in the cae of North,
umberlund county ncalnst the Philadel
phia and Erie Railroad company, review
ing the decisions, concludes that the In
dispensable works of a public corpora
tion aio a part of Its corporate fran
chises and therefore taxable by the com
monwealth r.s stock- that railroad tracks,
laid down and used, are ordlnarllv and
properly pertinent and nre a portion of
the public worns of the corporation, that
thev are essential for the proper pei
formance and enjoyment of tho fran
chises of the company: for the exercise
and due execution ot Its corporate rights
and privileges, public functions and du
ties, and are theiefore exempt from lux
ation for local purposes.
The city solicitor communicated nlso
the fact that the viewers appointed to
assess the benefits nnd damages of
Section C of the Fifth sewer district
has estimated the cost of the sewer at
$9,350, of which sum $7,4S0 Is assessed
to abutting property owners, and $1,
S70 to the city. If no exceptions nre
filed the report will be confirmed final
ly In thirty days.
A third communication was received
from Mr. McGlnley asking for Instruc
tions whether or not to appeal to the
Supieine court from the peremptory
mandamus directed by Judge Edwards
to City Controller Robinson to certify
the contract for the South Side sewer.
The communication was ordeied filed.
DAMAGES AWARDED.
The ordinance awarding $650 to
Thomas B. Jackson for his property on
Monsey nvenue, which was damaged
by the sewer overflow, passed third and
final reading. The bids for the con
struction of the pave on North Main
avenue were received and refened to
committee without being read.
Ordinances on first nnd second read
ing were: Providing for a flagstone
sidewalk and gutter on Prospect ave
nue between River and Beech streets;
an ordlnunco providing for the con
struction of a sewer on Wheeler nve
nue from Vino street to a point 170
feet north of Gibson; an ordinance pro
viding for a flagstone.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
A Test Case From Juniata is Heard
nt Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July 21. Chief Justice
Sterrett today delivered the opinion of
the Supreme court in the case of the
Juniata Limestone company, limited,
against Millard II. Fagley. This was
un appeal by the defendants from tho
common Pleas court of Blair county,
which court held that the Act of June
15, 1S97, entitled un act regulating tho
employment of foreign born, unnatural
ized persons, to be unconstltulonal be
cause It offends against the fourteenth
amendment of the constitution of the
United States and Section 1, Article 9,
of our own constitution.
This act was known ns the alien
labor tax law, and Chief Justice Ster
rett says It belongs to a vicious class
of legislation and affirms the decision
of the lower court, quoting largely from
the opinion of Judge Acheson, of the
United States circuit court, who had
also declared the act to be unconstitutional.
EXAMINING THE
BIG RESERVOIRS
Cci eluded frcm Page u.J
ment and Impurities that go to the bot
tom of the reservoir are carried off.
When It Is dcslicd to clean tho rceer
voir this large pipe Is opened nnd the
suction draws off tho sediment, etc.
Soon nfter leaving Elmhurst for
tho Williams' Bridge reservoir tho
party entcicd tho system of roads
that the Gas nnd Water company has
for several yeans been constructing
through Its mountain lands. Up to
date fourteen miles of the finest maca
damized driveways have been made
and about four miles more will be
constructed before the system Is com
pleted. A large force of men Is kept
constantly nt work constructing these
road. They nre progressing at the
rate of 300 feet a day.
Near the Williams' reservoir Is a
large, stone crushing plant where the
broken stone for the macadem Is ob
tained. When Supeilntendent Reeves
was asked yesterday why the company
had bullti this extensive and expen
sive system .of driven, he replied:
GIFT TO SCRANTON,
"Well, the company owns this land
nnd we have to drive through It a
great deal. V. W. Scranton, the presi
dent of the company, saw that we
must have roads and decided that
they should be good ones and be n
free gift to the people of Scianton. In
cldentally,! might say that the fact
that Scranton has had practically no
nice drives had something to do wtt'i
inducing Mr. Seranton to build these
roads In the shape you now see them."
Whatever the Incentive Scranton has
been supplied with fourteen miles of
the finest drives In the countiy thtough
mountains cf unrivalled p'otnresque
nes. The Wtli'irr.s' Btldge reservoir !s r.,l
the Stuifoiel Meroow brois. avJ ca'i
store thue l.-.'iv "ed und ' rty million
gallons of water. The water that does
not go through the pipes to the high
service reservoir at Dunmoie passes
down the natural channel to the reser
voir which supplies South Scranton.
On e StnlTord Meadow brook a
mile south of Williams' bildge Is the
site of the Dagen farm reservoir which
will be the largest owned by the com
pany. It will have a capacity for stor
ing twenty-five hundred million gal
lons. There Is a depression of the land
on the Dagen farm which makes It a
natural reservoir The water will
cover two hundred and twenty .five
acree of land and will be 68 feel dtep
at the dam and have an averase depth
of thirty fet.
The lake that will be formed will
be one of the lrunp"t In Pe nsylv.nua
and although somewhat semi-circular
in shape will admit a mile and one-half
straightaway course for a boat lace.
DRIVEWAY AROUND LAKE.
All around the edge of this resarvolr
a driveway is already constiucted. It
Is five and one-half miles In length.
Some Idea of the immense dam that
is required to hold this vofit body of
water In check may be obtained from
the following facts: It Is the laigest
dam In Pennsylvania; It has upwards
of forty thousand square yards of ma
sonry in it; it was begun three years
ago by Buike Brothers and will not
be completed until next November, al
though work has been prosecuted on It
as rapidly as possible during the eight
months of the open season each year.
The dam Is about five hundied feet
long. Threo hundred of this Is of
solid masonry fifty-six feet thick at
the bottom and 12 feet at the top.
Two hundred feet of the dam consists
of a core wall eighteen feet at the
bottom and four feet at the top. This
wall is flanked on either side by great
banks of eaith which will be rip-ripped.
The boulevaid around the reservoir
will pass over the top of this dam on
a series of ornate arches.
The spillway from this reservoir is
some distance east of the dam and
the water will be discharged Into the
basin of a stream long d'ry. Over
this spillway the company has con
structed all Iron bridge at a cost of
$4,000. It Is expected that this reser
voir will be filled with water by next
spilng Pipes in the filters at the dam
will admit of water being discharged
Into the Stafford Meadow brook from
the top, center or bottom of the dam.
This water will pass down to the reser
voir lower down in the stream which
supplies the South Side.
TUNNEL BEING BUILT.
At the opposite end of the reser
voir from tho dam Is tho end of a
tunnel 2.S00 feet long through which
large plpeu will carry the water to
the No. 7 tcservolr. Work on it Is now
in progiess. It will thus be seen that
the water can be diverted in two dif
ferent directions, to the South Side
or No. 7. This reservoir was planned
and Is being constructed under the di
rection of W. II. Marplc, the engineer
of the company.
After the Inspection of the site of
the new reservoir the party lunched
nearby In a pretty grove which at the
suggestion of one of the members of
I he board o; health was chilstened
Reeves' grove, In honor of Robert
Reeves.
Mr. Horn made a short speech In
which he salu the water company was
desei ving of every credit for the enter
prise and thoughtfulness shown In
planning for the future and for this
alacrity with which it co-operates with
the board of health In guarding the
purity of the supply.
On the way homo the party stopped
at the distributing reservoir on the
Stafford Meadow brook which supplies
a great portion of the South Side.
Tuifulls of vvuter were taken from
each of the reservolis and they will
be sent to Philadelphia for a chemical
analysis.
CHRONIC
ECZEMA
CURED BY CUTICURA
I was troubled sereral years with cbronlo
Eczema, on my head and faco. I took medi
cal treatment from tno doctors and several
lotions, but received little relief. At times,
the dreadful itching becamo almost Intoler
able. Whan I waa heated, tho Eczemabecamo
painful, and almost distracted mo. I tried
CoTicnnA IlExnsiu. The Eczema rapidly
ditappiartd, and am well, wfffc no trace of
an cutaneoui ditease. J. EMMETT REEVES,
1'eb. 2J, 1808. Vox 125, TUorntow n, Ind.
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CBTiriH r. ttitU nalmlaii with Cvtlciii, ,ci
mild 4m fa! CcticcraIUiolvirt
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purchase of over 150 pieces, represent
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for
You Know the
Connolly & Wallace,
127 and 129 Washington Avenue.
HIS LEFT ARM CUT. OFF.
Michael Duddy, of Minooka, Had His
Aim Bun Over While He Was
Asleep on the Railroad.
Michael Duddy, of Minooka, while
lying asleep at midnight on the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail
road In the lear of the Phoenix Chemi
cal company's quarters, had his left
arm cut off near the shoulder. He was
dragged several feet by the train and
his clothes show that he had a very
narrow escape from being mangled to
death.
He and Peter Judge were together
around town di Inking during the early
part ot the night, according to the
story given by Judge to the police, and
they wandered to the upper part of
Lackawanna avenue, and turned down
behind the Chemlcal'o quarters to find
a place to doze a few hours. The
first thing Judge knew, the sound of
a rushing tiain and the screams of a
man filled his ears. He rubbed his
eyes, and the fact dawned on him that
his companion was huit.
He went out on Lackawanna avenue
and ran till he met Patrolman Johler,
whom he Informed of what had hap
pened. The Lackawanna hospital am
bulance was sent for and arrived. Dr.
New bury could not obtain nny Infor
mation from Judge about the injured
man, nor would he tell his own name.
Consequently he was arrested and
taken to the Center street station.
When his excitement passed away he
told their names and all else he knew
about the matter. Thereupon he was
permitted to go home. His Impression
was that it was the passenger train
which left at 12.55 for New York that
Injured Duddy.
Duddy was unable to throw any more
light on tho case at the hospital. He
had his senses, though he had been
drinking freely. He was quite well
known by reason of his ability as a
boxer, having been a. stiong, hardy
and supple young man. He has two
brothers In the Eleventh Infantry of
the United States army at Tampa. Dr.
Newbury ordered a priest for him, be
cause he had lost a large quantity of
blood and the shock was an intense
one.
DEATH OF FREDERICK SPEISS.
Was the Father-ln-Law of ex-Sheriff
Charles Robinson.
Ex-Sheriff Charles Robinson receiv
ed a telegram yesterday announcing
the death ot his futher-ln-hiw, Fred
erick Speiss, tit his home in New York
city.
Mr Speiss had many friends in this
city. He was 7.1 eais of ago and lived
In East Fifty-sixth street. The fu
neral will take place Sundav morning
from the Masonic temple In New York.
Mr. and Mis, Robli.son will leave this
morning for New Yoik.
Mayor Still Unconscious.
At midnight Otto Mayer was still
unconscious at the hospital.
Lightning Causes Fire.
Philadelphia, July If. The. wholesalo
bakery of Harry Waulkln, at Mitchell
street and Gieeu lane, Hoxborougli, a
suburban section of the city, was struck
by lightning tonight and caught nre. The
building was almoxt entirely destroyrd,
causing a loss of JK.OiiO, partly covered
by Insurance. During the storm a num
ber of places were struck bv lightning
and slightly damaged. Several pcrbons
were also severely shocked.
Becker Wins. '
Troy, N. Y., July 21. Larry Hecker, of
Bayonne, N. J got the decision over
Jim McKeever, of Philadelphia, In a hot
ly contested teniound bout at the Man
hattan Athletlo club tonight. Uecker
was the aggrertor from the Mart to thn
finish. Jim Gorman, of Troy, challenged
the winner and the challenst was accepted.
1 Iand
GALATEA
THE GREAT CLOTH FOR
8 Cents a Yard
Regular Price is
FL0REY& BROOKS
211 Washington Ava,
Bathing
Trunks
and Suits.
All Prices.
FLOREY&BROOK
Opposite Court Houu
Hand Bags,
Suit Cases
and Trunks.
Trices Itight
CONRAD,
305 Lacka. Ave.
WOLF & tYENZEL,
340 Adams Ave., Opp. Court tloms.
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUiflBERS
Bols Agents for Richardson Boyntoa'i
Furnaces and Binges.
Fertilizers
THE
u com co.
Refrigerators
AND
Ice Chests.
THE
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CO.,
Seeds
AND
434 Lackawanna Ays.
WiUlftCJt
15c to 18c.
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OF SCRANTON.
Special Attention Given lo Busi
ness and Personal Accounts.
Liberal Accommodation Ex.
fended According to Balances ani
Responsibility.
3 Per Cent. Interest AUowod. on
Interest Deposits.
Capital, -Surplus,
r
Undivided Profits,
$200,000
350,000
79,000
W3L CONNELL, President.
HENRY BELLY, Jr., Vice Pres.
WILLIAM II. PECK, Cashier
The vault of this bank is pro.
tcctcd by Holmes' Electric Pro.
tcctlvc System.
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers of
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
435 10 455 ft Hintfi S!.. seraiiM. Pa
Telephone Call, 3333.
MAIION & DENSTEN,
Beat Estate Brokers and Promoters.
Board of Trade Ulde., (2nd floor, room 210)
Heal est.tto bouslit and sold, houses
rented, tents collected on low percentage,
Mone) placed on ttist and second mort
gage. Houses and lots bouRht, sold and
exihuuced, conveyancing, will, mortBaccs
and deed drawn. Leases and contracts
drawn while you wait. Partnerships ef
fected, Htock compinles organized on
patents, plants, quarries, mines, profes
sions or business. Charters obtained.
Capital stock Increased All legal mat
ters given strict attention and speedily
and properly executed,
James, Malion, J. C. Densten,
Attorney nt Law. Student at Law
EDUCATIONAL.
WVVM
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
JOHN MAWARD HARRIS, President.
Comprises a College wltb four courae:
Academy for Young Meu and Iloyi: Ladlet
Institute, a refined boarding clio61; School
of Aluile with sraduatlnr coiiraaa. Kor rata.
.' logue mldrou VM C. UKUTZINQCR, Reg.
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