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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1898
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Crash Suits
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At THE
ACKAWANNA.
Piano Contest Vote Not Uood After Aug. 15-
Magnificent Ludwig Piano Given Away
Tn order that everyone In thin vicinity
will know I'orry TJrothnrn and tho excell
ence of their I.udwlR, IJrlKRK. Knnbe nnd
Voea Pianos, we huvo determined to Rt.o
iroc of charpo n nne l.UDWlQ PIANO to
tho Bchocl. hospital, convent, church, so
ciety or nny other pultlla or private Insti
tution thnt receives tho largest number ot
vote In a popular content, alio vote, will
consist, unless otherwise mentioned, or
nny advertisement or Mher printed notlco
or comment, no mnttcr where found,
which contains the ramo Terry Hrolhers.
Tho followlnR rules will bn observed.
1. All our rtpular advertisements found
In tho Truth. Tlmei. Tribune, Ireo ITcm
or Itepnbllcan will be accepted nsvous
not later than dute printed at tho top or
the nd. .
2. Any other ndvertlsement or comment
will bo accepted as a vote whenever de
livered. ...
8. CarefnUy cut tho nd. out of tho paper,
leaving tho least pofMble margin.
4. DELIVER VOTKS AT TUB 8TOUR,
NO. 3n5 WNOMINO AVKNl'H. MEN
TIONING FOR HOM INTENDED.
f. Keep all similar votes tORelher.
i. All votes will be destroyed utter they
are counted.
7. A dally bulletin will bo pested nt tho
utorc, showing the blnnding of contest
ants. The contest will close Dec. 31st, lSDSi If
you want to help your favorite school or
society securo a splendid gift, start tho
ball rolling.
PERKY BROS., 205 Wyoming Ave.
SCRANTON, PA.
COLUMBIAN DETECTIVE AGENCY
CIME BANK BUILDING,
SCRANTON, PA,
Matters Solicited Whore Others Failed.
Moderate Charge.
"Philo"
Settles Your
Stomach.
An effervrKMnt clcasant tnstlnr now-
der, for tho almost immedtato cuto of
Headache, Neuralgia, and Backache
"Philo" Is effectual In all cases of Sleep
lessness. Indigestion, Heartburn and Al
coholic excesses.
" 'Philo' Is positively tho best remedy
I have yet used for my headaches." Vic
tor Koch, Jr., Scranton House, Scran
ton. Pa.
"For Neuralgia and Headaches Philo
Is perfection." Anna 13. Hubcr, C. C.
Cushman. 216 Adams St.
Sold by all first class druggists. Price
10, 25 and to cents and $1.00.
"PHIUO" MFG. CO.,
35 Clinton Place, New York City.
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Uaveopcned a General Insurance OfTiss In
inu Mini Mik en
Bct Stock Companies represented. Large
-Gcs especially solicited. Telephono 18113.
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Write or Call for, Price List.
KEMP, 103 Wyoming Avenue.
THIS AND THAT
"There seems to bo a. gpod deal of
misapprehension about that decision
of tho supreme court in the Jormyn
assessment case." eald Attorney T. II.
JJurns yesterday. "I have read In
some newspaper In the city that tho
decision will put J30.000 into the city
treasury. That is not true. The deci
sion settles a disputed point but asldo
from that is of no value to tho city.
When the board of assessors made a
new assessment in 1807 It was attacked
and fearlnc; the whole assessment
might be invalidated the city fell back
on the triennial assessment and on that
computed the taxes of property owners.
That tax was paid and property own
ers received teccipts In full from the
city. There is nothing additional due.
nothing to be paid, the now assessment
having been abandoned. Tho decision
of the supreme court allows tho board
of revision and appeal to order a now
assessment whenever they see lit so
to do, but I cannot but believe that the
supreme court did not have a firm
grasp of the subject matter in dispute
when that decision was decided upon."
Following are tho Democratic candi
dates for nominations for the various
offices to be filled in Luzerne county
thli fall:
Congress John F. Shea, D. L. Rhone,
W. L. Raedcr, A. It. Brundage, of
Wllkes-Barre; John M. Carman, of
Nanticoke.
Sheriff J. J. McGlnty, Charles F.
Nelson, Wllkes-Barre; W. II. Ruttedge,
Pittston; M. F, Corcoran, Duryea; Kd
ward Wernet, Nanticoke; Adolph Glen
non, West Pittston.
Controller William Mullally, T. M,
Sloyles,, Wilkes-Barre; George Sniffer,
Plains; J. K. P. Fenner, Ashley; Ed
ward Barrett, Pittston.
Recorder Louis Gabriel, Nanticoke
Charles Boyle, Plymouth.
Coroner Dr. J. J. Sniythe. Sugar
Notch; Dr. D. F. Smith, Plymouth.
Surveyor James Crockett, Wilkes
Barre. "The state campaign will open nbout
the first week in September," said Col
onel W. A. Stone, Republican candi
dal, for governor when in this city on
Wednesday. "The opening meeting I
expect will bo held at I'lttsbure dur
ing the gathering of the State League
u ..cpubllcan clubs, and after that
meeting my time until election in No
vember will bo tnken up by a cam
paigning tour that will be arranged by
the state committee. I can't tell at
this time where tho committee will or
will not Jdlrect me to go but I hope to
be abloy to speak a few days In this
part of the state."
One of the largo springs on Oak Ter
race grounds is being mado deeper and
wider under tho direction of Mr
Echoori maker. The purpose is to make
the b&ndsomo stono work, now being
built around tho spring, Inclose the
waUr, Into which will be put gold and
silver fish and brook trout. The walls
are laid 'In cement, are eight feet In
depth and two In width. Elmhuret
Blynal.
Mr, Ambrose Bradley, brother of Mrs,
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P. SI. Spencer, In on his way to Hono
lulu with tho First regiment of New
York, which has had an ovation all tho
way across tho continent. Tho com
mander, Colonel Harbor, Is bo wealthy
that the boys feared ho might use his
Influence to keep his regiment from
nctlve sorvlco, but they underestimated
the ofllcer. Mr. Bradley, who corre
sponds for a number ' of prominent
newspapers, writes graphic accounts of
the enthusiasm In his regiment over
their expedition.
KELLY'S SIDE OF THE CASE.
It Differs Radically from the State
ment of Mangan.
"Your paper did mo an Injustice to
day In associating my name with that
of the notorious Mike Mangan, of Third
street," said John Kelley, esquire, yes
terday. Mr. Kelley Is tho young man
who wenrs tho loose fitting ormlno In
the Eighteenth watd and whose Judi
cial career has been checkered by largo
splashes of color.
"I was not passing by ns ycir paper
stated," continued Mr. Kelley, "I had
business with Mrs. Cpnnors, who lives
next door to the Mangan house, nnd
whllo In there I heard n woman yelling
murder. On looking out tho door, I
saw Mangan after his wife with an
Iron In his hand. They inn Into tho
next house nnd Mnngan caught his
wife by the head. 'When I got to where
Mnngan was, ho was unmercifully
beating his wife. Uoth were on the
lloor.
"No man would allow such ti brute
to bent a woman, nnd tho consequence
was that Martin got the worst of the
fray and hid behind tho stove llk,c a
whipped cur, pleading to his wife not
to put him In Jail again.
"There Is a warrant out for him now
and ho won't be long nt large. No
revolver was used. Constable New
man tried to get him from behind tho
stove while I went and telephoned for
the police. When I returned both
Mnngan nnd Newman had gone. I will
have Mnngan before me before many
moons and I will treat him na he treats
his wife nnd children."
This statement differs radically from
the one given by Mangan. which was
printed In yesterday's Tribune. The
ense is now before tho public In Its
entirety.
ARE MARRIED AT LAST.
Lewis Cass Case Miller and His
Youthful Bride Had a Stormy
Time of It.
Lewis Cas Case Miller and Jennie
M. Hendricks were married yesterday
by Alderman Howe, after a checkered
experli-nco tho past thirty days in
which elopements, arrests, "jails, and
forgiveness followed one another as in
cidents. Miller up to July 1 lived with his
wldowtd mother on West Lackawan
na avenue and wni employed ns barber
In a bhop conducted by .Ituncs Gib
bons near the city line, Minooka. On
the above date he did not go to work,
but, pursuant to an arrangement, met
Miss Hendricks nnd went to Hingham
ton to 'be married, an event which
they were unable to have accomplish
ed because they could get no clergy
man or Justice of the peace to marry
them on account of their juvenile ap
pearance. Miller is only 17 years old. and his
bride Is but 13. Tho first day of July
was Friday. The next her parents saw
of her wns on the Sunday following.
They nsked what kept her away two
days. S1h told the truth. The next
day, which was the Fourth, a hearing
was given Miller before Alderman Mil
lar on a warrant sworn out by tho
girl's parents alleging n. number of
serious charges for enticing one so
young away from home for the pur
pose of marrying: her. He was held
In 11,000 bnll which he could not fur
nish, nnd was committed to tho coun
ty jail. A few days later he secured
a bondsman and was released.
Within a week negotiations were
made between "botli families for va
tual consent toward the marriage, nd
a license was secured yesterday at the
ofllcc ot Clerk of tho Courts Danlols,
after which they went to Alderman
Howe's ofllcc and were married.
SEVENTH AND NINTH WARDS.
Number of Voters from These Places
Examined Yesterday.
Tho witnesses examined at yester
day's hearing In tho Langstal'f-Kelly
contest wore from the Ninth ward ot
this city, and a few were from the
Seventh ward.
They were as follows: Patrick To
lan, sr., Terence Rafferty, Anthony
Clark, Patrick Harrison, Martin De
voney, Charles Burkell, George Bur
kell, Jumes Moloney, John J. McCar
thy, jr. W. Flynn, James Blsbee,
Thomas Flynn, Patrick Bird, ..-..mael
Murphy, Frank J. McCnwley, Hugh
J. Keenan, Martin V. Daniel, James
Casey, R. N. Roche, M. Barenty. M. J.
Colllgan, T. F. Collins, Joseph Keogh,
James Cadden, William Corcoran, John
Devnnney, John Culkln, Luko Burns,
Patrick Mulderig, Michael Weir,
Thomas Mooney.
Tho hearing this forenoon will be de
voted to the examination of witnesses
from Archbald.
The attorneys on both sides have be
come habituated to badgering each
other, but nt a stage of yesterday's
hearing this conduct suddenly rose to
fever heat. Mr, Hamilton laid a tax
receipt on the table and Mr. Donovan
picked it up, He was told to put It down
and ho refused, nnd upon still refus
ing ho was informed that some ono
might come over and tako it from
him. The magistrate of the Twelfth
reddened up ana promised to wipe up
the floor with some one.
S200 FOR ENG-LEBRECHT.
Damages In That Amount Given
Against City By Referee Sando.
Attorney M. F. Sando filed his report
with Prothonptary Copeland yesterday
as referee In the suit of John Rngle
brocht, of tho Twentieth ward, against
the city of Scranton and awarded htm
a judgment of $206 for damage done to
his property by tho overllow of water
upon It.
On April 27 last Cnglebrecht died,
and by agreement of attorneys for both
parties the testimony was tuken with
out waiting for the substitution of the
administrator or executor ns plaintiff
In the suit. Attorneys M. J. Donahoo
and I. H. Rums represented the plain
tiff, nnd City Solicitor McGlnley the
defendant.
The New York Bhoe Sale.
Is a hummer. Ladles' fine shoes al
most as cheap 'as you can have the
old ones repaired. The 5 Brother, 508
Lackawanna avenue.
BIG INCREASE
IN THE REVENUE
PENMAN'S DISTRICT MAKES A
FINE SHOWINO.
War Itevenuo Bill Has Increased the
Amount of Collections Ono Hun
dred and Fifty Por Cent Com
missioner Scott Rules That a Mar
riage License or Certificate of Mar
riage Does Not Havo to Be Stamp
edTax on Bond Accompanying
Mortgage.
Major T. F. Penmun, Internal rev
enue collector for this district, has pro
pared and forwarded to Washington
his report for the month of July. It
shows that during the thirty-one days
the war tax measure was In operation
up to Aug. 1, the revenue of Uncle Sam
In this district has Increased about 1M
per cent. An opinion from Revenue
Collector Scott received yesterday
states that mnrralgo licenses and the
certificates of marriage Issued by cler
gymen are not subject to the war tnx
when first Issued. Subsequent dupli
cates of them must be stamped.
The amount of business done by this
Internal revenue district during the
month of July Is shown by tho follow
ing llgures: List, under which head
Is Included all revenue for which
stamps are not Issued, J26.757.54; beer,.
I100.47fi.08; whiskey, $3,387.32; cigars, $G,
766.15; tobacco, $4,034.11; specials, $25,
677.13; documentary stamps, $23,994.65;
proprietary stamps, $4,70S.31. Total,
$203,733.59. The revenue collected dur
ing the month of July, 1S97, was $148,
506,96, but that does not give a fair In
dication of the normal condition of rev
enue affairs at thnt time for the rea
son that the Dlngloy tariff bill went
Into effect during thnt month, cutting
off the seven nnd one-half per cent, dis
count that had been nllowed on beer
Btnmps when bought In quantities. '
Knowing that the new law would cut
off this rebate many brewers bought
thousands of dollars worth of stamps
early in July which Increased that
month's receipt to a wonderful extent,
but decreased tho receipts for the suc
ceeding months.
BETTER COMPARISON.
A better comparison is furnished by
the month of July, 1S0S, when normal
conditions prevailed. The following
were the receipts for that month:
List, $4.80; beer, $30,710.90; whiskey, $3,
686.21; cigars. $7,698.00; tobacco, $3,073.
9S; specials, $15,850.50. Total, $81,924.39.
It will be seen by these figures that the
amount derived from tho sale of cigar
stamps In July 1896, wns almost $1,000
more than In July of this year. This
Is due to the fact that prior to July 1
the cigar manufacturers stamped all
the stock they had on hand with
stumps at tho old rate nnd consequent
ly there was n decided falling off In
the demand for cigar stamps during
July. Taken altogether. Uncle Sam
should be very well pleased with the
showing made by Collector Penman's
district.
At the request of the clerk of tho
orphans court of Luzerne county, Col
lector Penman asked for an opinion as
to whether or not marriage licenses
and the marriage certificates Issued by
ministers should contain ten cent
stamps. Ho received Commissioner
Scott's reply yesterday. Ho rates that
the marriage license and marriage cer-
tlllcate are for the purpose of collect
ing and registering vital statistics as
a basis for the administration of pub
lic health laws and that the license
and original marriage certificate come
within the exemption of Section 17 of
tho war revenue act, which Is to tho
effect thnt all state, county, town or
other municipal corporations in no
exercise of functions strictly belonging
to them In their outline of governmen
tal taxing or municipal capacity are
exempt from the stamp tax Imposed
by the revenue act. On certificates Is
sued subsequently to the original the
commissioner decides that a stamp
must be placed.
TAX ON BONDS.
At the request of many lawyers, Col
lector Penman secured an opinion as
to whether or not bonds accompany
ing mortages should be stamped and
If so at what rate. The revenue law
provides under a sub-dlvlslon entitled
bonds In schedule A that "All other
bonds of any description require a fifty
cent stamp." Mr. Penman gave It as
his opinion that bonds attached to
mortgages aro independent securities
and should be classed with promissory
notes, requiring stamps at the rato of
two cents per $100.
Tho department has sustained Mr.
Penman's view of the law In an opinion
which says'. "In all cases where a
mortgage Is accompanied by a note or
a bond for the amount secured by the
mortgage the note or bond which is
In effect a promissory note Is subject
to a stnmp tax as provided In schedule
A, under the head of bills of exchange,
etc," This reauires thnt a tax of two
cents for each $100 shall bo affixed to
every bond attached to a mortgage,
Tho commissioner goes further and
states that when a mortgage contains
a clause or stipulation promising to pay
a certain amount tho instrument will
be subject to taxation as a promissory
note according to tho rulo provided
therefor and this is, notwithstanding
the fact that the mortgage may bo for
tho sum of $1,000 or less. This leads to
the conclusion that the commissioner
considers a mortgage as a defeasible
deed as distinct from an agreement for
the payment of money.
Many of those who did not pay tho
ivu- tax before Aug, 1 are settling up
and paying tho CO per cent, penalty,
although not without much murmur
ing. It is not likely that extreme
measures will have to be resorted to
In many cases. If It Is necessary, how
ever, thlB will be done.
TAX ON WINE.
It has been reported to the collector
that many liquor dealers are not ob
serving the part of the war revenuo
law which requires that each bottlo of
wine must be stamped. The stocks In
the hands of tho local dealers were ob
tained prior to July 1, It Is reasonable
to suppose, and therefore were un
stamped by the manufactuerer or
wholesaler. It therefore became the
duty of the retailer to stamp It. Not
many of them havo done so, and ar
rests are likely to follow.
The. same applies to dealers who had
proprietary medicines on hand when
tho wnr tax went Into effect. Many of
them havo mado no effort to secure
stamps or comply with the law.
REMOVING: BIO CULM PILE.
Process That Is in Use at the Payne
Colliery.
I One of the most economical Indus-
tries In the Wyomlnc coal field Is now
In operation nt Payne's colliery In Lu
zerne. It hns already taken hundreds
of tons of saleable coal out of what
once seemed to bo a valueless culm
pile. The culm Is washed Into a chute
on tho bank's surfneo by the means of
a strong current of mine water which
Is pumped by nn englno from tho bot
tom of the shaft.
After the culm Is In the chute It Is
convoyed by the means of an elevator
to a smnll brenker designed for Its re
ception nnd the larger sizes, nnmely,
steamboat, egg and stove coal, aro
taken out and loaded In enrs for tho
market, whllo tho culrn Is sent through
a pipe Into tho mine and Is utilized In
filling old workings and making them
secure from caving In. Tho small coal,
such ns pea coal and buckwheat. Is
used In the boiler house to mnke steam
for the various engines.
The lnrge bank which once obscured
the view of the surrounding towns Is
now being removed and If this Industry
is continued In operation for nnother
year, as no doubt it will, since the pros
pects arc so Inviting, no traces of tha
once Immense culm pile will be left to
mark Its site. Wllkes-Barre Times.
SOME SERIOUS CHARGES.
Made by Mrs. Ellen Fadden Against
Her Partner, John F. Roche Are
in the Hotel Business.
Last week nn equity suit was brought
by John F. Roche, ot the firm of Roche
& Fadden, praying for a partition of
the property at No. 9 Lackawanna ave
nue, between himself and Ellen Fad
den and her children. He alleged that
she refused to agree to a partition, and
took that means of compelling her to
do so.
Yesterday Attorney S. H. Price, act
ing for Mrs. Fadden. tiled a bill in
equity against Mr. Roche praying that
the co-partnership be declared void and
that nn account be taken of the moneys
received and paid In regard to tho said
co-partnership. And that In tho mean
time Mr. Roche be restrained by an or
der or Injunction from collecting or
receiving any of tho partnership debts
or money.
She alleges that in December, 1S87,
she entered Into a partnership with
him In the business of hotel keeping at
No. 9 Lackawanna avenue, nnd one
hnlf of tho capital stock was furnish
ed by each. That for upwards of one
year he has had tho active manage
ment of tho concern and she believes
and expects to bo ablo to provo that
he has permitted the Indebtedness to
Increase and has confessed Judgments
for the alleged purpose of causing the
property to be sold that ho might ac
quire title thereto.
DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED.
They Were Sent to the Home for tho
Friendless.
The managers of the Homo for the
Friendless acknowledge with much
gratitude gifts from tho following:
Mrs. J. A. Robertson, Jellies; Miss
Maggie Zeldlcr, quantity bread; Mrs.
Simon Rice, fruit; Mrs. E. J. Smith,
quantity valuable clothing; Mrs.
Thomas Arr.cr, milk und vegetables;
Lindners &. Rohrwasser's bakery,
quantity 'bread and rolls; Mrs. E. Bull,
Mrs. Wesley rinnell, cake; Mrs. E.
Fish, clothing; Mrs. J. B. Dlmmlck.
quantity strawberries and sugar; N.
11. Ashley, 100 pounds fresh fish; Cale
donian voclety, provisions; Mrs. J. A.
Robertson, three gallons lco cream for
the Fourth of July; Lewis, Relllv ;
Davles, boxes firecrackers; Boyle &
Mucklow, boys' suits; M. Goldsmith,
box of useful articles: Mrs. W. W.
Watson, quantity provisions and
clothing: The Elks, quantity provi
sions; Mrs. Runk, shoes nnd nuitsery
rrtlcles; Mrs. I. L. Tate, box .clothing;
Mrs. J. E. Cnrmalt, milk dally; Millar
& Peck, glasswure, crockery; Consum
ers' Ice Company, ice daily; Mrs. Cra
mer, watermelons; T, II. McCllnlock,
tlowers; "Pansy Club," Green Ridge,
two dozen bibs; Mrs, Schoonovcr, Mrs.
Calvin Seybolt, reading matter; Mrs.
Martha Bird, quilt; Mr. Klngsley, load
of fertilizer; Snmter Bros., boxes toys
and games; Mrs. B. M. Wlnton, arti
cles for the sick; Mrs. Serena Von
Storch, watermelons; Mr. Thomas Ar
ner, vegetables; Schanl: & Spencer,
ten pairs shoes; Mr. J. A. Penman,
cloth for boys' clothes; Mrs. F. Keiple,
fichu; Mrs. W. H. Richmond, Jtlly.
Desserts were furnished by Mrs. D. E.
Taylor, J. D. Williams .fc Bro., Mrs.
John Gonter, Mrs. T. H. Watklns, Mrs.
E. S. Moffat, Mrs. Surreth, Brewster
and Barnes in attendance.
FINN MAKES AN OBJECTION.
Says Building of a Wall by Carter
Will Injure His Land.
An equity suit was begun In court
yesterday by George W. Finn praying
for an injunction to restrain P. P, Car
ter, M P. Carter, Olive Carter and
Amelia Kennedy from constructing an
embankment of Btones, earth and other
material along the Lackawanna river
opposite land owned by him.
The land Is situated In Green Ridge
In the vicinity of the Prlvlntr park.
He alleges that tho construction of
the wall will narrow tho channel of
the river and cause the wnter to inun
date his land. Judge Archbald grant
ed a preliminary injunction to restrain
tho defendants, their agents or em
ployes from golnp; on with tho work
and fixed next Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock as a time for a hearing. At
torneys Carpenter & Fleltz represent
the plaintiff.
St. Luke's Summer Home.
Cash donations received at last report.$356
Received since "For Ilia Sako" :o
Samuel Hlnes,
Treasurer.
City and School Taxes, 18G8.
The duplicates of city and school
taxes fo,r IMS are now In my hands
for collection.
A penalty of THREB TER CENT,
wjll bo added on the first of Septem
ber. 1S9S, and an additional ON12 PER
CENT, on the first ot each und every
month thereafter until fully paid.
C, G. Boland, city treasurer, city
hnl1'
Today, Bigger Bargains,
than ever at the 5 Brothers' shoe
Bale.
A Good Set or Tceili for... $3.00
Our Best Sets or Teeth 5.00
Including the Painless Citrictlon.
DR.S. C.SNYDER
jji Spruce Street, Opp, Hotel Jermyn
NO MATCH MAKING
ALLOWED THERE
MEMBERS OF THE POOR BOARD
ENTER AN OBJECTION.
Routine Business Transacted at the
Board Meeting Dr. xt. W. Weta
orlll, ot Philadelphia, Makes a Re
quest John Sargeant, of Nichol
son, Wants His Son Back Super
intendent Beemer Submits His Ho
port for July Mayfleld Sends an
Insane Patient to the Home.
Stnld, unromantlo members of the
poor board object to having their rooms
In tho city hall used for "matchmak
ing" purposes, as President W. S.
Langstuff rather unpoetlcally stated
the proposition yesterday, and while
nothing wiyi done In nn official way. It
Is probable that If ngaln a poor, for
lorn nmn asks the kind offices of Mrs,
DuEgnn In securing him a good wife
she will have to compel him to be
silent while In the apartments where
public charity Is measured out.
The man who collides with the poor
board's objection to matchmaking
under the direction ot a public official
may feel thnt It Is a cold kind ot chnr
lty he Is receiving, but he will prob
ably console 'himself with tho thought
that there aro other plnces where
matches can be made besides heaven
nnd the poor board rooms.
Yesterday's was the monthly meet
ing of tho board and Superintendent
Beemer submitted his monthly report
for tho Home. Tho board wns honored
by a communication from Dr. H. M.
Wctherlll, secretary of the State Board
ot Public charities. Most of the ap
plications for aid were worthy nnd
wcro referred to the proper directors.
THE REPORTS READ.
President Langstnff presldcdasusunl.
Superintendent Boomer's report for
July Indicated nn Increase of thirty
two inmates for the month. For tho
month ending June 30, there were 411
inmates. During July fifteen males
were admitted, classified ns follows:
Five sane, eight insane nnd two sane
born. Also committed during the month
were seventeen females, classified ns
follows: Ten sane, five Insane and two
sane born. During tho month there
were fifteen discharges, eight fane
males and two sane females and two
insane females, nnd died, one sane
male nnd two Insane females. The
whole classification was 120 sane males
and sixty-five sane females: 120 Insane
males nnd 126 Insane females, making
a total of 240 sane nnd Insane males
and 191 sane and Insane females, or a
grand total of 431 Inmates.
Mrs. Margaret Drier, of Lackawanna
avenue, applied to the board for as
sistance In reference to the care of her
grandchild, Bernard Bacon. This makes
the third chnpter of the sad history of
the Bacon-Drier families. Bacon wns
arrested and as a result married tho
girl. Later a case was brought ogalnst
the girl, Gertrude Drier, charging her
with perjury. Bacon meanwhile de
serted her nnd joined tho army. Tho
mother has now deserted tho child nnd
gone nnd It Is thus a care for tho
grandmother. The board directed that
the little lad be sent to the Home.
WILL RECEIVE THE MAN.
Dr. H. M. Wetherlll, secretary of the
Board of Public charities, sent a com
munication to tho board requesting the
admission of nn insane man to tho
Hillside Home. He states that it Is a
pitiable case and the Danville author
ities will not take It. The man is a
resident of Watsontown. Northumber
land county, and by present inference
will not live long. The board felt high
ly complimented by the apparent con
fidence reposed In them by Dr. Weth
erlll, and the patient will be admitted,
Almost Identical with the above case
is the request of the Mayfleld author
ities to have an insane woman ad
mitted at the Hillside Home. Warren
and Danville asylums both plead a
crowded condition. Tho woman will
be sent to the Home as per request
and Mayfleld pays expenses.
John 'Sargeant, of Nicholson, ap
peared before tho board and asked to
have his boy, Charles Sargeant, given
back to him. The lad is now at the
Pope school, after having been nt the
Home for the Friendless, St. Patrick's
Orphanage and the Hillside Home.
Tho father gave up his son because
the mother hod deserted tho homo and
ho could not devote sufficient time to
his care.
This was about four years ago and,
although the wife has been back about
three years, they did not wont the boy,
Mr. Sargeant says, because he and his
wife thought tho boy would be better
cared for where ho was than with
them. Now that the boy Is nearly six
teen years of age, he thinks different.
FANCY
98c Bushel.
Coursen's Java Coffee,
25c. Per Pound
Fresh Roasted Rio Coffee,
15c. Per Pound
Java and Mocha,
30c. Per Pound
Coursen's Triple Blend,
32c. Per Pound
Georgia Peaches and Cali
fornia Fruits,
E. Q. Coursen
Wholesale and Retail.
SEW TA
MALONEY OIL AND MANUFACTURING CO,
141 to 140 Meridian Street.Scranton, 1'a. T bona b'i'i
BURNING, LUBRICATING
AND CYLINDER OILS.
PAINT DEPARTA1ENT. Llnteed OIL Turpentine, Whlta Lea Coat lr. Tlton
VarDJsn,lJryerB, Japan ana Sulnslostala "Y v.u ir, iiioo
The matter was referred to Superin
tendent Boomer.
Tho majority of the other applica
tions wcro for temporary relief nnd
were disposed" of In the usual manner.
EXCURSION TO NEW YORK.
Low Rate, Offered By Fathor Mathow
Society of Wilkes-Barre.
Scranton people who want to go to
New York, Boston and the seashore
enn take ndvnntnge of the Wilkes
Barro Father Mathew society excur
sion, which leaves Monday, Ausr. S.
Tickets will be on sale nt Delawnro
and Hudson depot, Scranton. Faro to
New York nnd return, $4.60, good to re
turn on any regular train within 10
days.
Parties going to Boston can tnke
boat nt Pier 18, North river. Fare
from New York to Boston and return,
$4.80. Boat leaves 6.15 p. m. Trains
leave as follows on Lehigh Valley rail
road: Pittston, 9 a. m.j Wllkes-Barre,
9.30 a. m.
SCRANTON BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Now Is the time to prepare to begin
a course In September. Business edu
cation Is prnctlcnl and, therefore, puys.
Call nt the office or wrlto for a new
Journal nnd learn whether or not our
students secured good situations.
Judging from tho number of appli
cations for admission already coming
In, wo must conclude that the rooms
will be crowded enrly In the full.
Excursion titovo Work Employes
To Harvey's Lake Saturday, Aug. 6.
Train leaves Delaware and Hudson de
pot at 7.30 n. m. Will stop at Steel
Mill and Mlnookn. Fare, adults, 85
cents; children, 0 cents.
Trans-Mississippi nnd International
Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska.
Reduced rate tickets on sale June 10th
to October 13th, via Lehigh Valley rail
road, to Omaha or Kansas City, In
quire of ticket agents for particulars.
51.00 Does the Business,
of $2.00 at tho 5 Brothers' New York
shoe sale.
Steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. F. & M. T. Howley.231 Wyoming ave.
GREAT CLEARING SALE
For tin Next 5 Days,
Unbleached Muslin, Yard Wide.
Anderson L L Muslin,
per yard 3lAc
Atlantic P Muslin ' per
yard 4c
Atautic H Muslin per
yard 43c
Atlantic A Muslin per
yard Sc
Bleached Muslin, Yard Wide.
Columbus Muslin per yd 4c
Hills Muslin per yd 5c
Fruit of the Loom Mus
lin per yard 5jc
Lonesdale Muslin per
yard 5Jc
Fine White Cambric. Yard Wide.
Berkley Cambric per yd... 6c
Fruit of the Loom per
yard 8c
Lonesdale Muslin per yd... 8c
Unbleached Sheeting.
Over 10-4 Sheeting per
yard 9c
Lockwood 9-4 Sheeting
yard 12JC
Clarke Bros
A. MTTENBENDER. J. M. KEMMERER.
NOW IS THE
TO
L
The best of the riding season
is Jiere and the nights' dark.
Have a bicycle lamp that will
not jar out. BUY A
DIAMOND,
$2.00.
Bicycles and Sundries,
the best line in the state. Enamel
ing and nickel-plating a specialty.
We can rubber tire your carriage
any style or size.
Iron and Steel.
.Wagonmakers and blacksmiths'
supplies. A large 'stock of cold
rolled shafting.
SCO,
31'f'r's Scranton Bicycle.
126, 128 Franklin Ave:
1118 K,
SZO Lackawanna Ava, Scranton Pi
Wholesale nnd Retail
DRUGGISTS,
ATLANTIC WHITE LEAD.
FRENCH ZINC.
Ready Mixed Tinted Paints,
Convenient, Economical Durnbla.
Varnish Stains, ',
rroduclncI'crfoctlmttAtlonorExpeoilTa
Woods.
Roynolds' Wood Finish,
Especially Dcugned for Insld W'orlc
x Marble Floor Finish,
Durable, and Dries Quickly.
Paint Varnish and Kal
somine Brushes.
PURE LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE.
Hand & Payne
You can do unusually good buy
ing in summer wear here. Not un
common to save half on regular
prices. Note them :
60c. NKCICWKAR AT Ec.-1'uff Four-in-hands
and Afccots. To closo out this
line.
SILK SUSPKNDKRS t0c light weight.
MADRAS SUSPKNDKRS 25c, light
weight.
Sl'MMKR Ot'TINO SHIRTS - $1.00
shirts ut "fie., fl.50 shirts at $1.00, $2.u0
shirts nt Jl.W.
Hand & Payne
203 Washington Ave.
A Woman's
Pride
Often loads her to uso every
effort to excel In the art ot
making bread, cukes, pie, etc.
t'Minll.v sho has a favorite
br.'tiut of flour nnd wo aro clad
to think that from tho larco
and Increasing! trudc we, havo i n.
"Snow White"
Flour, that must bo the favor
ite of a very great many.
Those who havo never tried It
should do no.
All Grocers Sell It.
'We Only Wholesale It."
THE WESTON MILL CO
Scranton, Carbondtte, Qlyphint.
wwvvv
FIVE DOLLARS FOR
WRITING A LETTER
In order to introduce
my new line of Kimball
Pianos and organs I will
pay FIVE DOLLARS to
any one who will send
me the name of any par
ty who will buy a piano
or organ of me.
This will be paid when
first payment is made on
the instrument and to
the first one who sends
me the name, "if you
know of a neighbor who
talks of getting one send
the name in.
Address
George H. Ives
No. 9 West siarkct Street,
WllkcS'llaiTC.
BARBOUR'S HOME CREDIT HOUSE
.Sr-si. -9
..- "SV - "
V -I -
Having added 1,200 feet to our stors
room, wo aro now prepared to show a
finer assortment of
FURNITURE
than ever. You are cordially Invited to
call and Inspect our goods and compar
prices. CASH OH CREDIT.
Tlfc -
.JfiH'
423 LACKAWANNA1AV5.