,"lii'LJlJ!HIWiK(iiW'' TO? THE SCRAJNTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JULY 28. 1898. 1 ? H-H-t-M-H-f I OXFORD i TIE SHOES j AT OXFORD i TIE PRICES Lot 4 contains LADIES' TAN GLAZE KID HAND SliWIID OX FORDS. t different Htylcs, ac tually wcrlh $1.00. SI i"5 (f and $2.00: very Fpccl.il U morrow at Lot 5 contains MISSnS' AND CHILDREN'S TAN KID AND GOAT SHOES. Including a lot of John Mundells celpurnieu biioo. all sizes, regularly sold nt J1.25 and 51.50; licra tomorrow at .88 Lot fi contains BOYS' TAN KVS S1A CALP SEAMLKS3 SEWED LACK SHOES, of extra line qual ity, regularly sold at $2: also Hoys' Drown Kid Seamless Sowed L,ico Shoes, regularly Fold ut t or $2.25, hero tomorrow J)1JJ at It's a shoe chance that no other shoe store can equal at pre- sent, so don't miss it. 410 Spruce St The Wllkes-Barro Itecord can be nad In Scranton at the ne,va standa of M. Mclnhart, 119 Wyoming avenue; Mac, Lackawanna aecuo. CITY NOTES. Cards of thanks, resolutions of condo lence, obituary poetry and the like will be Inserted In The Tribune only when paid for in advance, at the rate of 10 cents per line. City Engineer Phillips lias certified to the completion of the lateral t-ewer on Wyoming avenue, between Green Hldgo and Marlon streets. All thosa enrolled in tho new Company A, Thirtenth regiment, arc to report ut the armory this evening at 7.S0 o'clock, when they will bo sworn In. There is room for two more men. Tho Women's Christian Temperanco union of Green Itldge will hold n moth ers' meeting at tho homo of Mrs. J. It. Thomas, on Wood btrcet, Thursday af ternoon, July 2S, at 3 o'clock. A hearing In tho case against Patrick Gallagher for stealing a. horso belonging o Christ Urbetect, of Pear street, was fixed for yesterday before Alderman Kas eun, but tho case was amicably settled. Tho Scranton Tinsmiths' union, No. 8i, is -showing enthusiastic Interest in next Labor Day's parade. They appointed a committee to securo a good band, and an other committee to prepare a largo iloat representing their trade. A beautiful new banner is being made for this union, and n large new American flag has been or dered. MORE DUNMORE VOTERS. Commissioners, Lawyers and Sten ographers Want a Vacation. Yesterday's hearincr In the Lansstaff Kelley contest adjourned at noon. The voters examined were from the Sec ond district of the First ward of Dun more. John Rtoebcr did not answer the questions with very good grace and was stood one side until his mood changes. The question of adjourning for two weeks to give Commissioners Kuggan and Lewis and the attorneys and stenographers a vacation has been l?cubsed but not settled. Mr. Hol pate for the contestants Is not favor able to a vacation. Those examined were as follows: It. M. Goldsmith, John McConnell, Joseph MrConnell, Andrew Walsh, Thomas CJulnnan, Patilck Coar, John L Fltz Slmmous, Thomas Gallagherr, A J. Gll llgan, Patrick Louchlln, James Stop fer, William T. Collins, H. D. McCalg, Michael O'Hara, Michael Grimes, Rich nid Kelly, James J. Mahon, John Hart, John v,'. Yost, Martin O'Conner, J. P. Reddlngton, John Stober, Harry B Stanton, Fred Clarkson, John P. Nolan, Max Levy, J. J. McGraw, Wil liam Garlln, Jnmes Louchlln, Timothy Sullivan, Patrick Gallagher, Stephen Genotvskl. FESTIVAL OP SPORTS. Revival of Olympian Games by John Boyle O'Reilly Council, Y. M. I. The Interest exhibited throughout the country during the past year In athletic tournaments.lntrodiiclnjr many of tho famous Olympian games, has piompted the John Boyle O'Reilly council, Young Men's Institute, to ne gotiate arrangements for a similar event to take place at Laurel Hill park on Saturday, Aug, C. It Is Intended to muko this featuro of the amusement the most complete of any ever attempted In Scranton. A large number of persons prominent in ocal circles have been encaged to participate In the games. The pro gramme will bo opened at 2 o'clock. Lawrence's band and orchestra have been -engaged to furnish muslo during the games, and afterwards for danc Jmr. Refreshment of nil kinds will be served upon the grounds. Kach purchaser of a ticket Is entitled to a chance on a hlh &rade bicycle manu factured by Blttenbender & Co., of Scranton. The Special Sale of New York Shoes, means good shpes. stylish shoes, well shaped and Hrlctly up to date shoes at very very low prlres. Salo opens at the Five Brothers this morning. u. I SCHANK & SPENCER I i VITAL DECISION ON TELEPHONE THE BELL COMPANY WINS AN IMPORTANT SUIT IN WES TERN PENNSYLVANIA. Validity of Patent Proved It May Result in Collapse of Numerous Minor Corporations All Over tho Country An Important Problem Solved by Inventor Carty Mado Practicable tho Use of the Tele phone for Commercial Purposes. From tho Philadelphia Press. New York, July 20. Information cair.o last evening from tho United States circuit court at Pittsburg that Judge Bulllngton had handed down nn opinion to the effect that tho Carty Bridging Bell patent Is valid nnd or dering that un Injunction lssui to re strain tertaln pel sons from making further use of this apparatus. This opinion Is regarded as of tho highest Importance by capitalists who have been thinking of Investing money In certain so-called Independent tele phone corpmntlons, nnd, of course, Is ot the utmost consequence to the tele phone company which has been almost Invariably successful In all of Its suits brought to dclond patents for tele phono apparatus from tho first one Invented by Alexander Graham Bell down to the latest appliance. Although the particular suit upon which the decision of Judirc Bufllngton was baed was apparently so unim portant In the character of some ot the person Identified with It ns to seem almost humorous, yet It has long been known In telephone circles thr-t this suit was but a test case designed to cover JntereMs and patents of Import ance equal only to the patent covering Bell's original Invention nnd Ills Inter apparatus, the Berliner apparatus and the double or multiple switchboards which are absolutely essential to tho conduct of a telephone business In pop ulous communities. It is something of a coincidence that tho courts have now within a little while established the validity of tho much-disputed and long-lltlgated Ber liner patent and also tho validity of tho Firman patent for a multiple switch board for telephone exchanges. Tho decision In the Firman case was hand ed down a few weeks ago by tho Cir cuit court of the T'nlted States sitting in the Northern district of Ca'lfornla. Now comes the decision of Judirc Buf flngton which, taken In connection with these two earlier decisions, would seem to put the great telephone monopoly of tho United States Into an linpieg nable position, at least until all of these patcntb have explied. Therefore, the case Just decided by Judge Hufllngton, which was upon Its face nothlnf more than a two-pennv litigation, nevertheless appears seri ously to threaten the existence, or at least to Impair, the prosperity and suf ficiency of all of the telephone corpor ations of which so many have been es tablished In the past year or two in the certainty that the lapse of tho or iginal Bell pa tent and some otheis would make It possible to build up powerful and commercially successful telephone companies competing with tho original company of tho United States. AN IMPORTANT SUIT. So, this little suit, which in the rec ord nppears to be nothing more than a suit of the Western Electric com pany of Chicago against the Mlllheim Kieetrie Telephone company of Penn sylvania, was really a litigation brought by the powerful nnd success ful Toler.hone Company of the United States against every other coriwratlon or partnership which Is tr.vlng to conduct a telephone business indepen dently of the Bell Company. The Mlllheim company as It appear ed in the evidence was nothing more than a local company established in a srr-all Pennsylvania city. It hid only twenty-five subscribers and appears to have been carried on more for the sake of mutinl convenience than with any Idea of earning dividends, for a telephone company with only twenty live subscribers could not earn enough to pay dividends sufficient to attract any amount of capital. The Chicago Company, however, pounced upon this little Pennsylvania company, choos ing it ns a type of all other telephone associations which it was claimed was infringing the Carty bridging bell pat ent. Ah It was al'o claimed, and In fact seems to have been admitted that It Is Impossible to satisfactorily ciury on a telephone buslners in a country dis trict without using the apparatus known as the Catty bridging 1H1 sys tem, it is easy to t.ee that If tho courts were to hold that this Pennsylvania company was Infringing upon the Car ty patent, then every other company not authorized by tho Bell people which used this apparatus was also infringing. Since it is claimed thut alr-.ost all, If not all of the Independent telephone companies, have been em ploying this apparatus, it is easy to see that a decision against the Penn sylvania company Is practically a de cision against tho great majority of independent telephone organizations. THE CARTY PATENT. Mr Carty Is one of the best known of electrical engineers In the United States. Ills expert authority Is veiy high. He Is one of the yovwg men who at the time the great commercial util ity of the telephone began to be per fectly demonstrated entered Into the study of electricity, especially as It Is applied to electrical development, with gicat zeal, He hud his hand upon the door ot Harvard college, and it had half opened when he turned aside to make a ppeclal study In this Held of science. Every one remembers bow long a time the telephone seemed to many persons nothing more than a curious and mysterious toy and how annoying It was to undertake to talk over a tele phone wire. The rumblings und mean ings caused by Induction, the whirring due to other Imperfect apparatus made It seem to many persons that the re sults obtained from theuttempt to talk over the telephone were not worth the trouble tho talk entailed. Among other difficulties was that en countered by nn attempt to establish different stations upon a single line, Tho New York Central Railroad com Headache speedily cured by tho uso of Horsford's Acid Phosphate Pleaunt to tike. Sold only In bottles. pany, which had a contract with the Metropolitan company, complained bit terly thnt It was unable to communi cate satisfactorily with tho various stations upon Its line. It held the com pany strictly to the performance of Its contract. It claimed that It could hold telephonic conversations between dis tant stations not at all and between adjacent stations with tho greatest dif ficulty and that the sending and re ceiving of signals was unsatisfactory. DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO SOLVE. Mr. Carty, then a young man of only 20 years of ngo, undertook to solve tho problem nnd to devise apparatus which would make It ns easy to use the tele phono upon a wire which contained a number of stations as upon a single metallic circuit wire. The problem wns a very dlillcult one and It was a new one. It required tho nrrnnglng of two wires of nn eleven-station line, with reference to the signaling and talking apparatus pertaining to the line In such a manner that any one station could send a signal to any other station and to all of the other stations, nnd that this same station could receive a sig nal from any other station, and also thnt any one station could transmit speech to any of the other stations and could receive Rpcech transmitted from any of the other stations nnd do all these things without upsetting the electrical balance of the line. To upset the electrical balance of the line would make It certain thnt con versations taking place upon neigh boring lines would be heard upon this eleven-station line. In other words, Mr. Carty set nbotit devising apparatus which would do something up to that time not done which would make a telephone lino commercially useful nnd satisfactory to the customers. Since then tho metallic circuit has been so generally established In cities. especially In New York, where the in-4 dividual lines are very short, owing to the numerous central stations, and It has been found quite feasible, commer cially, not to have any more than one party upon a line that Is, each sub scriber has his Individual line: but In smaller places and especially In coun try districts. In order to make the tele phone commercially advantageous, It Is absolutely necessury to have a good many more thun one person upon a line. CARTY FINDS SOLUTION. Mr. Carty, after exhaustive Investi gation and the most Intense applica tion, at last developed an npparatus which Is known as the bildglng bell npparatus, and under that name It re ceived Its patent. It Immediately solved the problem. It did for the wire what the Berliner apparatus and tho microphone did for the transmitter; what the metallic circuit did for long distance telephoning, nnd what the multiple switchboard did for central offices where there was large business. Moreover, it established Mr. Cnrty's reputation us un electrical scientist and Inventor. A description of tho apparatus would be too technical and difficult to set forth in a teport of this kind. It Is enough to say of It thnt it Is regarded as one of the four or five different ap paratus entering Into the perfect tele phone which Is able to transmit over a thousand miles of wire or ten feet of wire intelligibly the human voice. Upon It the original telephone company of the T'nlted States has relied for the maintenance of Its monopoly equally with Its reliance upon the Berliner transmitter nnd some other npparatus. INDEPENDENT COMPANIES. Many of tho independent telephone companies, which weie organized ns soon as tho patent for the receiver ex pired, have ptofessed to be Indifferent to any decision which the courts might render ns to the validity of the Berliner transmitter patent. Their mnnngeis have said that perfect telephoning can be done without that apparatus; but It seems to have established that inde pendent companies for the most part If not entirely have found lf absolutely necessary to employ the Bridging Bell patent, otherwise they give as did the earlier telephone only confusing mur muring and unsatisfactory service over the wire. A local company In Chicago, which Is one of the subordinate organizations of ine- ij.uuul leiepnone company or tho United States, nnd the little Mlllheim company, of Pennsylvania, with its twenty-live subscribers, weie perhaps chosen to make tho Judicial test In this case so that tho litigation could attract ns much public attention as possible. It has been In progress near ly two years and even the electrical journnls have iald but little attention to it. Tho Berliner litigation and some of the other suits brought to restialn nl leged infringement of patents for tele phone npparatus have attracted very wide attention, but this little case has escaped all public notice and not even tho decision which so vitally affects large amounts of capital and seems to threaten the established Independent telephone Industries, will not be made public until this report nppears. It Is the Intention, now thnt a decision has been handed down sustaining the valid ity of this patent, to proceed vigorous ly against every telephone association In the United States which has been making use of the Bridging Bell ap paratus, nnd It Is tho belief that Judic ial Interference to prevent further use of this anient will In all probability seriously cripple, If not destroy, nlmost all If not all of the independent tele phono companies of the United States. In large cities the decision jecently banded down by the United States Cir cuit court sustaining tho Flrmnn Mul tiple switchboard patent will also tend seriously to embarrass Independent companies. The decision seems to hnve been mado upon the broader grounds, and Its definition of some of the prin ciples guiding courts In determination of patent litigation are regaided as of the highest Importance, in that It sweeps away many of the contentions heretofore claimed by defendants In patent litigations based upon what have been asserted to be general prin ciples. Holland. - Palatial Railroad Service, The train service of the Lake Shorn and Michigan Southern Railway Is carefully mnnaged, complete and reli able. Sleeping cars are run on all night trains between Buffalo, Cleveland, To IcJo, Chicago, Cincinnati. IndlanapolU and St. Louis without change. Dining cars are attached to all through trains. Do not full to buy yoir tlej-.pt over the Lake Shore. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses were granted yes terday by Clerk of, the Coutts Daniels to Michael Wlngrene und Paulina JCov rovltch, of Simpson; Chniles Stewm. of Jessup, and Lena Whitney, of Oly phantj William Stanton and Ruth HeU Lewis, of Gouldsboro, Alderman Kai son married the last couple m the clerk's olllce. ORGANIZER EVANS IS AT WORK HERE ENGAGED IN PORMING LOCAL UNIONS OF MINE WORKERS. He Says That Slnco His Advent In to This Region Ue Has Organized Nine New Unions nnd Strength ened tho Twenty-Three That Wero Heretofore in Existence Where the New Unions Are Located Two Moro Are to Bo Organized This Week In This Region. Chris Evans, national organizer of the National union or United Mine Workers of America, has been qulo ly at work In this anthracite coal region for eomo time. Orgunlzer Evans Is a short, plain looking man, but his speech nnd na tion give Instant hint of a latent abil ity to accomplish much along sensible lines of action. He Is "ovnngellzlmr" among the anthracite coal workers and says that he finds a hnrvcut waiting to be garnered. When not busy nt his work he can be found at J. A. Shifter's, 312 Frnnklln avenue. In conversation with a Tribune re porter ho said ho left his home at Nel sonvllle. Ohio, Inst February, and has been working continuously ever elnee In tho anthracite regions. He can vassed Clearfield and Jefferson coun ties and In and about Hazclton. Many local unions were organized, and those In existence were strengthened and en couraged. Incidentally ho attended the recent convention of mine workers held at Altoona. UNIONS ORGANIZED. He came to our city about a montn ago and says he has accomplished much satisfactory work. To the twenty-three local unions already organ ized In the valley, nine more have ben added. These latter were organized nt the following towns: Duryea, Plttston, Maltby, Sturmervllle, Wyoming, Smlth vllle, Mlnooka, Old Forge and North Scranton. Two moio will be organised this week at Boston (near Plymouth), and East Wyoming. The organlzjd unions have been visited nnd their membership increased. The average membership of each union being about ISO. Tho above Is descriptive of Mr. Ev an's general work. To strengthen u d unions and organize new ones Is his put pose. The whole region will be thor oughly canvassed The mine workers will be more completely organized tnt.n ever before. In i espouse to a question as to who and what tho National Union of Mine Workers of America Is, Mr. Evans stal ed that It Is a body organized for the purposes of conciliation and arbitra tion between worker nnd operntir. There aro about 3SO.O0O mine ivorkerd (coal) In this country, and about 150, 000 In the anthracite region. It is not a beneficial order, but local unions vho govern themselves can, optionally, be beneficial. EACH STATE A DISTRICT. The national order is one of the slxtv nntlonal unions nflUated with the American Federation of Labor. 'n the states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana nnd western part of Pennsylvania (bituminous regions), It l thorough y oignnlzed. Each state Is a district with an average membership of 60,000. As to results, enily In January. IW, a meeting was held In Chicago lasting nine days. The operators and iepn sentatlves of the mine woikers con ferred, and today the men In the alu vn mentioned sections are getting 10 cents a ton more than last year, and on'.y work on the eight-hour schedule. "Some such amelioration of condi tions may be looked for here, after a while," said Mr. Evans. "I ilnd that affairs arc deplorable hereabouts, and look forward to a change for the bel ter after we have reached a point where the employer and employe un derstand each others wants and rights," Local unions having a giievnnce seek solution for themselves In the affvl'd district, falling, they appeal to the dis trict comprising several unions. Fall ing then the matter goes to the nation al body. Owing to Its connection with the American Fedeiation of Labor, ev ery other class of labor, organized thus is depended upon for help, both moial and otherwise. Mr. Evans likes Scranton and thn Lackawanna and Luzerne coal valleH. and the progress displayed along in dustrial lines. CROOK WAS REARRESTED. Wanted for Larceny of Money in Wayne County. Chief of Police Mahon. of Susque hanna, was yesterday late In reaching here to re-arrest on a churge of theft Patrick Hassett. The latter was re leased from the county Jail a few min utes before the Susquehanna official applied there, but was found later by tho Scranton police. On July 17 The Tribune reported Hns sett's commitment to tho county Jail for stealing a ride on a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western trnln. The report was read by Chief Mahon, who had a wairant for Hnssett's arrest. Ho resided In Susquehanna nnd was wanted for tho theft of $15 from the home of Owen Flnnlgnn, of Starrucca, near Susquehanna, but In Wayne county. When the Susquehanna official found himself behind time at the Jail he solic ited the aid of the police. Hassett was found In the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad yard, evidently waiting to steal a ride again, and was arrested. He was taken to Honesdale and locked In the Wayne county Jail yesterday afternoon. He has served time In the Eastern penitentiary. THE LARGEST HEREABOUTS. Big Breaker Being Erected by the Lehigh Valley Company . The new Prospect breaker which Is being erected at Mldvnle, near Wilkes. Barre, by the Lehigh Valley company, Is a mammoth affair. Thte breaker will have tho capacity of preparing 2,000 tons dally and will take coal from the Oakwood and Prospect shafts, tho Mldvale slope nnd the Mldvalo slopo No. 2, a new opening which Is not yet completed, being 700 feet long. Tho Wyoming breaker (old Pott Bowkley) and tho old Prospect break er are to be closed and the coal which was formerly piepared In them will be prepared at tho new breakor. The coal will be drawn to the breaker by means of a series of steel buckets on a chain. Mules and mine cars will thu be done away with. There will be Introduced twenty-two Vulcan Jigs for separating the slate from the coal and by this means tho slnto pickers will nlso bo done away with. There will be thirty new shaking screens, Which will be a great deal more econ omical than tho old stylo cylinder screens. Stenm for ithe entire plant will be procured from seven high pres sure Bnlcock & Wilcox boilers. One nnd one-half million feet of lum ber will bo used In the construction of tho breaker. The supports or uprights are of Iron, reaching many feet up from the stone foundations nnd nold Ing In place by large steel clamps thn structure above. Another feature la the uso of the Iron base for the bleak er, which Is entirely new In this vicin ity, the only other one known being at Hazlcton and owned by tho same company. In time the old Mitchell shnft work ings will bo drained and all tho coal in that territory will some time, sooner or later, bo taken out and prepared at the new Prospect. - BURGLARS GOT GOLD. Gang Does n Successful Bit of Wotk nt West Plttston and succeed ed in Escaping. Tho Scranton jollce yesterday re ceived a description of three out of six men suspected of burglarizing the store of the Stevens Coal company at West Plttston Tuesday night. Thiee gold watches, six silver watches, JIM in gold, several dollars In coin and a number of lesser articles wero taken. The men suspected had for several days been buying old rubbar good1) nnd old clothes In that locality. Onu was about 5 feet and 10 Inches in hclghth, 30 years old, wore a light colored hat nnd a summer coat and was not clean shaved. Aaot'ier w.d about 5 feet und 0 Inches mil, was of stout build and wore a soft hit 'I he last description applies ns to size to a third member of the party who was about 20 years old, wore dark clothes and hat and had several front teeth missing. It was learned that the men arranged with tho ferryman to be on hand and ready to take therm ncross the river during tho night. West Plt'ston of ficers followed this clue and hava been searching along tho route toward Shultzvlllc. Entrance to the store was effected through a third story wilndoiv which wns reached by means of a ladder. Tools to open the window and safe were stolen from a blacksmith bhop. Tho gang must have had additional Implements for use In forcing tho safe. No news of tho whereabouts of tie gang had been receive'! by the p.'ran ton police up to a late hour last night. LEADER'S BRANCH STORE. Will Be Opened In Carbondale In September. Tho well-known firm of Lebeck & Corln, proprietors of the dry goods store known as "Tho Leader," of this city, will open a branch store In Car bondale In the near future. Of the en terprise the Carbondale Leader of yes terday speaks as follows: "Arrangements have practically been completed by which this city will add another well-known firm to her list of enterprising business houses. For some days the llrm of Lebeck and Corln, proprietors of "The Leader" dry goods store in Scranton have been muklng negotiations for a suitable location In Carbondnle. Today they have Micceed ed in obtaining a lease on tho building at the corner of Salem avenue and North Main street which Is at pres ent occupied by J. W. Dimock and A. S. Lewsley. "The flim of Lebeck and Coiln need no formal Introduction to our towns people. On locating In Scranton a few yeaia ago they were at once recognized for their business abilities. They have gradually forged ahead until today they are leaders In mercantile circles. By their tact, energy, and line businesj principles they have established a rep utation of a high character and et Joy the confidence of the buying public generally. "The announcement of this new de parture will be generally favored by our people and their presence here may well be considered a valuable addition to Carbondale. "Before the store will be ready for occupancy many Important changes will be made by Conti actor A. E. Tif fany. Tho partitions which now divide the stores will bo removed and the en tire first floor front and side taken out. "A new entrance will be made on the corner of the building, while handsome plate glass windows will grace the front and side. The plate glass win dows will extend neaily the entlio length of the store on Salem avenue. "Inside the changes will consist of a new ceiling, new floor, and a hand some design of interior fixtures, and when completed It will compare veiy favoiably with their handsome busi ness house in the Electric City." THAT PAVING CONTRACT. Committee of Councils the Object of Criticism. No little Indignation was expressed yesteiday outside of city hall circles over the hesitancy of the Joint pave ments committee of councils In consid ering the bid for the Providence pave ment. It is argued that the committee has no good cxcusp for not awarding the contract to O'Reilly & Co , the Philadelphia firm, which has sought release from its proposal and the re turn of Its $1,000 guatantee. Messrs. Keller, Ros,s, Williams and Reee weie In a mlnorltiy Tuesday night In voting to recommend tho award of the contract to tho lowest bidder. They clulm the contrnct should l.e so awarded; that the ques tion of lrresponilblllty cannot develop until the firm shall have failed to fur nish bonds and shall have forwarded Its guarantee. The Joint committee will meet at -I o'clock this afternoon and endeavor to agree on a report to be presented to select council this evening. Meanwhile a spirited light Is on be tween the Scranton nnd Mack brick people. Their brick was Included In the pioposal 0f all the bidders except ing one. the third lowest, which does not Include the Mack brick. The lat ter Is figured at 2 cents per square ynrd higher In tho Rellly bid. The second bidder, George McDonald, puts tho same price on tach, Under these conditions the manufacturers of each brick are nearly on an equal footing as far as price Is concerned nnd are re lentlessly nt work with the commit tee to have their respective products selected, CITY SUED IN TWO CASES. One Involves 81,000 and the Other 83,000. Two actions of tiespasa were In- stttutcd In Prothonotary Copland's office yesterday ngilnst tho city of Scranton, Fred Mursch claims dnm ages in the sum of J1.000; nnd John Fruehtel, In tho sum of $3,000. Both plaintiffs llvo on Plttston avenue nenr Birch street. Attorneys Vosburg & Dawson nnd George II. Rico repre sented them. The dnmoges nto sought on tho ground that their properties nre dam ngpd by surface water after nlmost every rain storm. Tho damage Is not In tho havou wrought with crops or ground, but lrom the refuse deposited by the How of water from w hlch arises Intolerable exhalations, after tho sun begins to dry things up. The Murch and Fruehtel propel lies are on sloping ground. Whnt is needed to free them from the nulsnnco of which they com plain Is tho Seventeenth district sew- er . Great Sale of Summer Shoes. It comes just when wo need It the most. It's a warm sale of shoes for warm weather a hot sale nil around, made so by the prices, quality of goods and tho rare values our patrons ob- tnln. Wo Invite the public to Join us In this great special sale nnd push It to a successful conclusion. Sale opens today (Thutsday). Tho Five Brothers, 50S Lackawanna avenue. Steam Heating and Plumbing. P. F. & M. T. Howley,231 Wyoming ave. For Cleaning Silver, Gold And Jewelry, GET ILLAR i PECK'S L Warranted Chem ically Pure. 10c and 25c A Package. MILLAR 'PECK 134 Wyoming Ave. "Walk iu and Look Around." MM U Ml s New Potatoes $1.00 Per Bushel. A. F. KIZER, Prop. We Want to See You at Our New Loan Of- fice, 227 Washington Ave. GILLETTE BROTHERS, Auctioneers nnd Brokers. Special Ilargnlna In Wiitohcit. Jewelry, .Musical Instruments nnd Snorting Goods. Watches RepalredatLowe.it Prices, bcetlie 75c Shirts We 'Are a Selling for 37Jc J? Home Grown Green Corn, Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Peas. Georgia Watermelons, Blackberries, Red Raspberries, Black Raspberries. Pierce's Market Health and Pleasure for tho summer months can bo had at moderate cost at the Spring House Heart Lake, Pa., Thoroughly lenovatcd and refurnished, haB hot and cold water baths. Heart Lake U on tho lino ot tho D L. & W. 11. 11., three miles from Montrose; high ele vation, pure ulr, pure wuter, pure mlllt, row boats and llshlng tucklo free to gucstd. Good bicycle loads, tine shady grounds, large piazzas, dancing hall, For prices and particulars wrlto U. E. CROFUT, Proprietor Chas. UuP. Swift. Ceo. M. Ilalljtcad, Rdw. Swift. C. II. Van llmklrk. SWIFT. MALLSTEAD &CO Insurance R00111306 Connell Uulldlng, Scranton, 1 Can't Afford To lose your trade. We are continually on the watch for good goods at less price to you to hold you with us. gimmiiiiiiiiimiBiiimiiiiimiiiiiiu 5 THE BICYCLE CONTEST S " ; Is postponed for four weeks to S glvo everybody a little moro S ; time; come In nnd take a look S S nt it; it Is tho best In the mar- S kat. - !S A few ot tho leaders here: j; S Sam Kcmmlcr '-17 Charles (1 reaver 1,411 s S Cora Hatlct 17 s S John Kurtz 2,156 5 S Katie. Klrst b2i S Charles Wagner ltfl" S niiimiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiimiiiiiHn SOME SPECIAL GOODS hero that are imunllv 10c, now 4o LEMON JUICE Extractor (glaiis) .... 4o TAULU TUMHLEK, blown glass, thin nnd engraved, usually 5c. each: our price 6 for Wo CHAMOIS SPONGES made up ot chamois pieces, ltn tho best mnterlal for cleaning windows, or polishing smooth surfacew, tnctal, silver, etc., usually 10c Our Price, 4o DECOUATED ICE CREAM DISHES, mostly blue, worth De., reduced to J for Co LYE or Potash, box 4a CilLOItlDE LIME 4o HOItAX. 'J lb. package 4o UUSSET Shoo Dressing, bottle 3o IHXUY'S Heat Shoe Blacking 4o INSECT Powder Guns 4o SHELF PAPER, wide. : ft. In pkg... 4o AMMONIA. H pint bottle 4o SOME SPECIAL GOOD things In tin nnd enamel ware, worth JOo ENAMEL tin cup, 1 pint size 4a KNAM11I, pie pl.ite, 1 Inches -la ENAMEL match afo (2 holders) 4u LARGE CRIMPED tube cake pan ... 4o PERFORATED bottom, tin sluvo .... 4a FLUE STOPPER 4c POT COVERS, (i to lln inches 4c 8x12 SQUARE PANS 4c GALVANI.ER soap dishes 4c LARGE HASTING spoons Ac KUNNKLLS-nll sizes 4c GRATERS-all sizes 4c SILVERINE TRAYS. Ill-Inch slzo .... 4o QUART MEASl'RES, b pint up 4c CANDLE STICKS 4o COFFEE OR TEA POTS 4o MINING LAMPS 4o DON'T FORGET TO ASIC FOR BI CYCLE VOTES-ONE GOES WITH EV ERY 4c. PURCHASE. THE GREAT 310 Lacka. Ave. JOM II. LAUWIG. FOR BABY COMFORT nt the Baby Bazaar. Try the Knit NlRht Drawers, Knit Drawers, for Ladies and Chil dren, Dresses, long and short, Skirts, " Waists, Untlcrvcsts, Sacqiics, Blankets, Hosiery and Shoes. In great variety and daintiest design, 512 Spruce Street. Steam arid Hot Water . HEATING Gas, Electric And Combination FIXTURES Electric Light . . . WIRING Charles B. Scott 119 Franklin Ave. The Standard ElectricClocks No Winding. No Springs. No Weights. No Repairs. No Tiouble of Any Kind. At Small Cost. SuIlaDlo lor Stares. Oltlces. BanKs, Eic. ONE NOW RUNNING IN fcUKAN TON SAVINGS HANK hINCR UK CKMHKIt LAST; VAUIKS ONLY AUOIjTONL' SECOND A WIXIC Mercereati & Connell, Sole Agents for this Territory. THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK OP CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 130 Wyoming Avenue. iill. PLEASANT COAL At Retail. Coal of the best quullty for domestlo us and ot all sires. Including Uuckwheat and Ulrdseye, delivered In any part ot tin city, at the lowest price. Orders received at the office, first floor. Commonwealth building, room No. 6; telephone No. 2C24 or nt the mine, tele phone No. 272. will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at tho mine. W. T. SMITH. 4c. STORE v
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