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PROSECUTION IN A
STATE OF COLLAPSE
WOULD BE GLAD TO DHOP
; PAEKE CASE IP POSSIBLE.
Captain S. S. Derman Succumbs to
nn Attack of Chills and Fever.
Order Recently Received by the
Thirteenth from Adjutant General
Corbin the Cause of Much Specula
tion Major General Graham and
Staff Made a Tour of the Hospitals.
Epeclal to the Scranton Tribune.
Camp Meade, Mlddletown, Pa. Sept.
22. The prosecution of Major C. R.
Parke, who was ordered under arrest
Home time ago for nn alleged offense,
In falling to forward descriptive lists
with patients sent to the hospitals, la
virtually In a state of eollupse. So far
n very lame case has been made out,
nnd If possible the entire matter would
be cladly dropped by those who start
ed It.
Major Tarke Is represented by Hrl
Badlcr General Gobln and Captain Nor
rls, of the Third brigade, both prom
inent lawyers who arc pressing the
prosecution hard. If the prosecution
falls to make out a cnFe, which now
seems Inevitable, Mnjor Parko will not
allow the matter to drop.
Captain S. S. Derman, of company
A, has succumbed to nn nttack of
chills and fever. The patient was re
moved from here to Harrlsburg this
afternoon and left for his home In
Scranton.
The chief topic of conversation yes
terday among the members of the Thir
teenth Is the recently received tele
gram from Adjutnnt-Genernl forliln.
which directs the commanding officer
of the regiment to make returns every
ten days to the War Department, de
tailing, per company, the number of
men actually present and capable of
attending to military duty. The order
came through corps headquarters, and
while It has been communicated to the
Thirteenth and to the Fifteenth Min
nesota, It was found on Inquiry that,
"s yet, It had not been communicated
to the Klghth Pennsylvania, the r
inalnlng member of the Third Brigade.
OPINION OP OFFICERS.
Most of the nlllcers. who have ex
pivssed themselves on the question,
seem to think that this Is done to give
the War Department direct and sys
tematic Information as to file health
status of the regiments; hut whether
It means that. In case the health rec
ords of any parlcular regiment should
Khow up badly, that command would
be mustered out, they were not will
ing, or prepared, to .ay. There is
hardly any doubt whatever, that such
Would be the case.
All during yesterday Major General
Graham, accompanied by severnl
members of his stalT, made a tour of
the hospitals, governmental nnd Red
Cross, nnd Inquired as to the well-being
of the sick. In the nfternoon twenty
five uatlents were removed from First
Division Hospital to a train which
stood on the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks. They were brought to the Good
Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. The
only member of the Thirteenth among
the number was Corporal Stephen Ly
man, of Company C, whose case Is
somewhat puzzling. When the regiment
left Camp Alger, he was discharged
from the hospital and was reported to
his company as lit for duty. Ho was,
however, far from It and continued to
get worse Instead of better. The end
came last Saturday. A relapse set In
and malarial fever of n very active
kind necessitated his removal to Di
vision Hospital.
Corporal Hlddleman and Private
"William Casterline, of 15, and Iiugler
Emmet McDermott, of C, were brought
yesterday to Division Hospital. They
are fever patients.
SUUPUJS DISTRIBUTED.
Lieutenant Johnson, acting quarter
master In place of H. I). Cox, nnd Com
missary Serjeant Wormser gladdened
the heart of the boys yesterday. They
made up their accounts, and It was
shown that since August 23 quite
a sum had been saved on the issues of
bread. It will he remembered that If
all the bread which Is issued by the
government Is not needed, the surplus
may be refused and cash received to
make up the difference. In this respect
enough has been saved so that since
August 25th each company In the regi
ment has received forty dollars. That
last dividend so to speak, was declared
yesterday. This money is the property
of the members of the different com
panies, and Is expended in buying ex
tras occasionally. It Is held In trust by
the quartermaster's nnd used generally
at their nnd the captains' discretion.
In this way, n fund Is always on hand,
ready to be used when Pncle Sam's
menu Is either unpalatable or non-existent.
Lieutenant Johnson says that
there Is some more cash coming in u
few days.
Ex-sergeant Major Harry R. Lath
rope bade good-by to the boys yester
day morning. He was sorry to leave
them, and they regretted to see him
go. He will spend a few days visiting
his parents nnd friends before return
ing to Princeton college.
Sergeant Major William McCulloch,
notlco of whoso appointment to that
Important position was received hero
Tuesday night by telegram from Col
onel Coursen. assumed the duties of
his new ofllce yesterday, und, If his
manner of conducting guard mount
this morning is to he taken as an In
dex of his fitness, he will leave no
doubt as to the wisdom of his selection.
No choice could have been more pleas
ing to the members of the regiment,
nnd this was clearly shown by the
manner In which they celebrated the
event last night.
NEW SERGEANT MAJOR.
Sergeant Major McCulloch, saw three
years' service In the National Guard;
and, though his term of enlistment was
completed when the regiment was
called to Gretna last April, he never
theless left his place In the Traders'
Bank, and re-cnllsted on the train while
going from Scranton to Camp Hast
ings. He Is a typical soldier, and well
qualified to discharge the duties of ser-geant-mujorhlp.
The boys all wish him
every success.
Yesterday afternoon Hon. S. S. Jones,
the well known Carbondale uldermnn,
accompanied by his wife, and Mr. nnd
Mrs. Lee, of Harrlsburg, paid a visit
to camp, calling upon Privates Will
iam Meyers nnd Andrew Mitchell, Jr.,
of A company. The party was shown
around camp nnd expressed much
pleasure at their trip. On leaving, the
alderman, mindful that the 20th of the
month Is midway between pay days,
nnd, therefore, a season of financial
ombarrassment to moat of the boys,
uave Prlvutes Meyers nnd Mitchell a
5 bill with the lnlunctlon that they
should "have something on him."
Captain Derman, of A, was officer
pt the day yesterday; Lieutenant
Footc, of D, officer of the guard; Lo
renzo RiBbce, of D, sergeant of the
guard; Edward Frear, of C! Herman
Dlunk, of B. and Homer Pease, of A,
corporals; orderly, Private Harry Ed
wards, of C.
Artificer Hoffman nnd Privates Sher
man Cummlnskl, Nlebllng, Bender,
Gardner and Boone, of A, left for home
last night on a seven-day furlough.
During the Illness of Bugler McDer
mott, Musician Harry Evans blows
the calls.
Private Harry Costner, of D, recent
ly entertained Mrs. May Williams, of
Carbondnle, nnd her friend, Miss Wat
son, of Harrlsburg.
LIEUT. ROBERTS IN CHARGE.
In the absence of Captain Knmbeck
and Lieutenant Berry, both of whom
are sick, Lieutenant Roberts Is In
charge of Company Hf
Private Joseph Gelger, of H, has re
turned from a sick leave of thirty
seven days.
Company Clerk John Malta, of C, ar
rived In camp yesterday evening after
a short vacation spent with his family
on the South Side.
Corpornl Arthur Rldgway, of B, has
a slight touch of rheumatism In the
left arm and hand.
Mrs. Thomas Lewis, of Scranton, Is
In camp today visiting her husband,
Private Thomas Lewis, of A company.
Severnl members of the Fifteenth
Minnesota were entertained last night
In D street by Privates Malott and
Orldler, of B, nnd Corporals Cleary and
Day, of D; Edward J. Kelly, of the
hospital corps, and Private Harry Lu
cas, of D, sang.
Word wns received nt headquarters
last night that Corporal George Rob.
ling, of C, nnd Private Beelman, of B,
were removed from the old division
hospital at Dunn Lorlng to the Fort
Mycr hospital. Both are doing well.
Sergeant Warren Colwell, Corporal
Berry and Private Thompson, of B, left
today for home on a week's furlough.
Miss Zncharlas, of Scranton, paid n
visit to friends In B company this
morning.
Richard J. Bourkc.
MAJOR PARKE ON TRIAL.
It Is Predicted That Ho Will Be
Restored to His Former Position
by the Court Martial.
Hy Associated Preys.
Camp Meade, Mlddletown, Pa., Sept.
22. Major Charles R. Parke, of Scran
ton, Is being tried by general court
martial nt the headquarters of Major
General Davis for alleged refusal to
receive descriptive lists of patients de
livered to the Second division hospital.
Parke was arraigned this morning on
charges preferred by Major Strlngfel
low, of the Fourth .Missouri, and the
trial will probably continue several
days.
General Gobln and Captain Norrls,
counsel for the recused, objected to
Captain Avis, of the Second West Vir
ginia, und Lieutenant Mattlson, of the
First Rhode Island, acting as assistant
Judge advocates. They contended that
these otllcers had not been regularly
detailed to assist Judge Advocnte Ran
kin, of the Second Tennessee, and were
sustained by the court.
Captain Kalbach, assistant surgeon
of the Second West Virginia, chief wit
ness for the prosecution, testified that
he furnished descriptive lists of pa
tients sent from his regiment to the
Second division hospltnl while Major
1 arke was surgeon In charge and that
they wore returned by the ambulance
driver. Similar testimony wns given
by other witnesses, although none
would state positively thnt Parke had
refused to receive such lists. The ma
jor's friends believe he will bo acquit
ted and restored to his former position
of executive officer of the Second divi
sion hospital.
George W. Hoffman, private, Com
pany H, Second West Virginia, Tun
neinille, died cf typhoid fever this
morning nt the Red Cross hospltnl.
Chief Surgeon Glrnrd is having stoves
placed In the Held hospitals and is
making other arrangements to make
the sick nnd nurses comfortable during
cold weather. The Red Cross nurses
haw presented Colonel Glrard with a
dressing gov. n as an evidence of their
cordial relations.
The Seventh Ohio stnrted today for
Columbus to be mustered out nt the
expiration of a thlrty-dny furlough.
The Fourteenth Pennsylvania expects
orders to muster out and there Is a
strong probability that the regiment
will be ordered to Pittsburg within a
fortnight.
The mornings at camp nro being
largely devoted to setting up exercises
for the purpose of getting the men In
good physical condition for duty In
sub-tropical climates. There Is also
more than usual attention being given
to loading and firing and skirmish
drill, as It is thought that whatever
service may have to be performed In
the newly-acquired possessions will be
In the nature of suppressing mobs
and preserving order In cities and
towns. The certainty of being sent to
distant shores has had the effect of
removing much of the discontent that
prevailed In many of the regiments
over the refusal of the war depart
ment to muster them out.
Rabbi Friedman, of Harrlsburg. has
received Information from Mnlor Gen
eral Graham that pei mission will be
given to Jewish soldiers of camp to
attend service on the day of Atone
ment, from Sunday evening till Mon
day evening of the next week.
CRALL IS ELECTED. '
Vice Councilor of Junior Order of
United American Mechanics.
New Castle, Pa. Sept. 22. The con
test for vice councilor of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
ended to day in the election of Charles
P. Crall, of Monongahelu. The vote
stood Crall 227, Charles A. Westerman
17C.
The report of the flnnnra nnmmiti..
of the order shows that there are 74,000
memners in good standing In the state
for 1S09. The per capita tax will bo
fixed at 15 cents each or n total of
$11,000, The tax to each member for
the orphans' home will be 10 cents for
the year or a total of $7,400. Salaries
were fixed as follows: State councilor
reduced from $1,000 to $800, and his ex
panses from $1,000 to $800; state vice
councilor $200, with expeneses nt $300,
the latter being a reduction of $100;
Junior past councilor the same. The
reports from the different councils rep
resented show that the order is In an
excellent condition and that the In
crease In membership has been a heal
thy one.
Hood
Biiouui ie in every family mb
medicine, chc.it and every fOB bDIa
traveller's grip. Tliey are W I I S
Inuluabl when the ttomach m
li out of order cure headache, Mllmiinm, and
11 llw troublei. Mild and efflclont. 53 cent
C0UNCILMEN LIKE
MR. KELLER'S PLAN
Concluded from Pago 0.J
General Phtnncy cnglno examined by the
Dickson Manufacturing company and re
paired If ho thinks advisable.
In conformity with Mr. Zlzleman's
resolution, President Molr added E.
Wenzel and Mr. Gllroy to the special
committee on firemen's convention,
The lower branch concurred in select
councils action In extending to Nov.
I, tho time for the payment of taxos
without penalty.
QUINCY AVENUE PAVE.
There was a long debato over the
petition of the property owners on
Qulncy avenue, between Pine nnd Gib
son streets, that tho proposal of tho
Barber Asphalt paving company to
lay a pavement ut $2,37 per square
yard bo accepted. Accompanying tho
petition was select council's affirma
tive resolution. Several of the coun
cllmcn were opposed to making the
award, as the original estimate of tho
city engineer was $2.10 per square yard.
The estimate was made before a change
was made In the specifications. Com
mon council concurred In tho award af
ter the reading of tho city solicitor's
opinion, which was to the effect that
tho city would not be liable for nny
part of the additional .expense.
Tho select council ordinance, provld
lng for the paving of Forest court,
south of Spruce street, with asphalt,
was reported forthwith and favorably
by the pavements committee and was
passed two readings.
Mr. Gllroy succeeded In having tak
en from tho table and killed, tho re
solution directing the city engineer to
prepare n statement showing what por
tion of the Farber court sewer was
constructed by P. J. Thornton nnd
company, contractors, and what por
tion by their bondsman, John J. Fahey,
nnd that payments bo made according
to such statement.
Tho park committee, through Mr.
Wlrth, reported favorably tho ordi
nance regulating tho distribution of
donations to tho parks. It was re
ferred for printing. The committee al
so reported favorably the resolution
directing that $14,000 for the purchase
of Tripp's woods for a public park
bo Included In the bond ordinance be
ing prepared by the special bond ordi
nance committee.
Proposals to lay sidewalks nnd curb
ing on both sides of Tenth street,
between Scranton and Luzerne streets,
also on Garfield avenuc.betwecn Wash
burn nnd Jackson streets, nnd also
on Meridian street, were received from
W. W. Davis. It. II. Williams nnd
James McNnlly, William C. Jones,
F. Mulllcan und R. S. Kecsler and re
ferred to committee.
The streets and bridges committee
reported favorably an ordinance pro
viding for narrowing the roadway
and widening the sidewalks on Dela
ware streets, between Washington and
Wyoming avenues. It passed two
readings ns did the ordinance provid
ing for sidewalks und gutters on Pros
pect avenue.
IN SELECT COUNCIL.
Qulncy Avenue Pavement Award
Causes Some Debate.
Select council last night took from
the hands of the paving committee the
bids for paving Qulncy avenuo and
awarded the contract to the Harbor
Asphalt Paving company for $2.37 per
square yard.
This action was In line with the
wishes of the property holders, all of
whom petitioned for tho pave and af
terwards that the Barber company be
awarded the contract at the price
named In their proposal.
In moving to have the matter taken
from the committee, Mr. Coyne, its
chairman, said he had consulted City
Solicitor McGInley regarding the pos
sibility of tho city being mulcted for
the assessment and had received a
written opinion setting forth that as
tha property holders paid tho assess
ment It was within the province of
councils to allow them to select who
would do the work for them; nnd,
further, that as the city was only 11a
bl3 to the contractor for as much of
the assessment ns It collects there is
no fear of the city being involved in
nny bother.
NOT SATISFIED.
Mr. Sanderson was not satisfied that
there was no risk in the matter. The
city la responsible for the legality of
the assessment, and If It places an Ir
regular assessment In the hands of the
contractor, It is liable for the conse
quences. Mr. Roche could not see that there
was any risk In tho matttV and after
tha council agreed to take tho matter
from the committee's hands, moved to
award the contract to the Barber
company. The motion prevailed by
the following vote:
Ayes Messrs. Thomas, Jnmes.Roche,
Melvln, Wagner. Fellows, Lansing,
Frable, Coyie, Chittenden. 10,
Nays Messrs. Ross, Finn, Williams,
Sanderson, Schroeder. 0.
A resolution extending tho time for
the payment of taxes without penalty,
until Nov. 1, was Introduced by Mr.
Lansing nnd unanimously agreed to.
A resolution, by Mr. Roche, calling
upon the city controller to furnish a
statement of the city's Indebtedness
was adopted. It Is to be used, Mr.
Rocha explained, In framing the legis
lation looking to asphalt repairing by
contract.
On first and second readings, ordi
nances were passed providing for as
phalting Brock court, and for the ap
pointment of a permanent man for the
Columbia Hose company.
ON THIRD READING.
Ordinance!! passed on third reading
provide for paving Forest court from
Spruce street to Its southerly end, and
for opening Kellum court, at Its inter
section with Ash street, to its full
width of sixteen feet.
Bids were received us follows for the
paving of DIx court, with vitrified
brick on n concrete base:
W. S. Langstaff, jr., and T. J. Hughes
Pave, $1.88 per square ynrd; straight
curb, 47 cents per lineal foot; circu
lar curb. 82 cents per llnenl foot.
V. H. O'Horo Pave, $1.73; straight
curb, 47 cents; circular curb, 83 cents;
relaying old curb, 15 cents.
M. J Ruddy Pave, $1,715; straight
curb, 4ft cents; circular curb, S5 cents,
Tho bids were referred to committee,
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.
Ruling Tending to Still Further
Restrict Immigration.
Washington, Sept. 21. The secretary
of the treasury toduy made un Import
ant ruling In which he holds that Chi
nese consuls In foreign countries are
not authorized to issue certificates to
privileged classes of Chinese entering
this country. In a circular Issued to
all olllcers ot the customs attention Is
called to nn opinion r the acting at
torney general, In which It Is held thnt
"There Is no uuthorlty In existing lawn
tinder which consulnr officers of
China In foreign countries may
issue to Chinese subjects of the
exempt classes tho certificates
prescribed by section (1 of tho
act approved July B, 1894, relating to
tho exclusion of Chinese."
Tho efTcct of this ruling will be to
prohibit tho entry Into this country of
the privileged classes except upon pres
entation of certificates Issued by the
Imperial Chinese government, and in
view of the fact thnt the government
has never Issued certificates of this
character, It Is believed thut compar
atively few Chinese oven of the ex
empt classes will apply hereafter for
admission.
GREAT TROTTERS CONTEST.
Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry Are
in the Same Race.
Readvllle, Mass., Sept. 22. Barring
Star Pointer, tho fastest two harness
horses in the world, Joe Patchen nnd
John R. Gentry, had a match rnce at
the Readvllle track today and Patchen
won In two straight heats. A stiff
wind blow down the stretch nnd held
the horses back so that the time was
Blow, the first heat being In 2.05 and
the second In 2.04.
The day was cloudy and dull, but a
crowd of over C.000 were In the big
stand nlong the track. Patchen, who
was driven by his owner, C. W. Marks,
of Chicago, had tho pole and at onco
went ahead, being a length ahead nt
the quarter. The horses kept tho
same relative positions until well by
tho half mile post, when Gentry be
gan to close up and almost nailed
Patchen at the three quarters. From
there to the finish tho crowd saw a
grand race, for Mr. Marks drove In
tho best stylo nnd managed to keep
Gentry nt his wheel until just nt tho
finish when tho big bay almost caught
him. The horses went under the wlro
vtith only Patchen's black nose In
front. The next heat up to tho half
mile was practically a repetition of tho
first for Patchen went immediately to
tho front, nnd not only kept the lead,
but was three lengths ahead as tho
horses came to tho three-quarter post.
Again Gentry made u grand purt
In the stretch, but was not fast enough
for Patchen and tho later won the heat
and the race by a good length.
2.10 class, pacing; purse, $;iki Frank
Uysdyk, b. g., by Hoyal Itysdylc-l'eacn
Blossom (llevor), won In throo straight
heats. Time, 2.12,i. 2.13, 2.10.
Match race, pacing; purse, $7ih Joo
Patchen, blk. h by Patchen Wilkcs-Jo-HPphlne
Young, by Jo Young (l V.
Marks), won; John It. Gentry, b. It., by
Ashland Wllkes.D.imo Wood, by Wrdgo
wood (Andrews), second. Tlhe, 2.'Js-!,
2.01.
2.1! class, pace: purse. $700 tlnlb, b. h..
by Hallldard, by Helen M. (Snow), won
In three straight heats. Time, S.ll'.i,
2.11, 2.131j.
AT ALLENTOWN FAIR.
Democracy Breaks the Record Lord
Vincent's Achievements.
Allentown. Pa. Sept. 22. Sixty
thousand people at the Allentown fair
this nfternoon saw Democracy break
the track record of 2.13 in an effort to
do better than 2.10 to win $230 addition
al. He failed by half a second. Lord
Vincent Had Little trouble In winning
the 2.20 trot. The 2.15 pace was badly
split up, Reuben S winning through
Patsy K breaking. In the third heat
Harry P fell and Driver Swain had his
nose broken. In turning at tho end
of the heat Edward G fell over dead.
Little Hector lost his hold on the puise
by being distanced in tho fifth heat
when his hopples broke and he broke.
Summary:
2.15 class, pacing; purse, $r.oo Iteuhen
S, br. g. (Ryan), won. Time, a.12',4, 2.11VS,
2.12. 2.16'i. 2.14. 2.13',i, a.22',i.
2.20 class, trotting; purse, MOO Lord
Vincent, b. s. (Uulvln), won. Time, 'J.lliU,
2.1C4. 2.10.
Free-for-all, pacing; purse, $700 Democ
racy, g. s. (Letiry), won. Time, 2.11,
2,12, 2.10H.
THE KLONDIKE'S VICTIMS.
Seven Men Believed to Have Per
ished on the Trail.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 22. A rush to
the Klondike, a part of which went
overland through Canadian territory,
has given the terrible floating marshes
between the Nelson and Pea,so rivers
more victims. Among them was Fred
erick Short, of Chicago. Early last
spring a party of seven men, all East
erners, stnrted from Fort St. John on
the Pease river, to cross the marshes
to the Nelson river. They did not re
turn to Fort St. John and later It was
found that they had not reached either
Fort Nelson or Fort Halkett. There is
only one fate for them. All must hnve
gone down In the marshes with their
horses and outfits.
Joseph Hotu, of Montreal, the first
of 600 pilgrims who tried the route and
got through, brought tho news to Daw
son. He was a year on tho road and
travelled 4.300 miles. lie got through
safely by floating 800 miles In nn east
erly direction on the Pease river to
Lake Athabaska and on portions of' the
Mackenzie and MacMillan rivers.
New Jersey Nominations.
Trenton, N. J Sept. 22. Tho Republi
can stuto convention met hero today and
nominated Foster M. Voorhees as its
candidate for governor. Mr. Voorhees is
nt present a senator from Union county
and in his capacity as president ot the
senate has been acting as governor slnco
Governor John W. (Jrlggs was chosen
attorney general. The gathering was tho
most harmonious affair ot the sort ever
gotten together In New Jersey.
Inspection of Chlckamauga.
Chattanoogu, Term , Sept, 22. Secre
tary of War Russell A. Alger, Surgeon
Sternberg nnd party made u thorough In.
spectlon of Chlckamauga today. x'tia
party left the city in their special car at
S.15 o'clock this morning and since have
been busily engaged going Irom place to
placo over tho battlefield.
ATHER&SON
CURED OF
f I had an Itchlug rash uuder my chin, which
kept spreading until It was all over luy body,
I coulil not sleep hut was compelled to llo
awako and scratch all the liruo. My father
ami two brothers were afflicted with tho lamo
thing, at tha same time. Wo nil suffered
terribly for a year and a half, trying la tho
meantime all tbo remedies wo could find, but
received no benefit. I bought thrco cakes of
Cuticuua Boap and three boxes of CuricuuA
(ointment) and thoy curtd the our ou$ com.
pltttly, lUCH'DAyiKRSOy,GeuoTa,Utari,
BrriDT Cess Tsiitmiit for Tmtcsiso, Duiio.
etixo IUmoh.wiim Lonor litis. Wim blhiHh
Cent-is Boir, (toiu snolntloti with Curici st (olnv.
mint), and m!ld4oMiorccTici'B& KsioLTssr,
RoMthroacboutthewnrll. I'attsb nsrniirpCMiH,
Coir., froci., UmIod. Uo to Cun kln PUtuu, f. it.
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HPHE NEW FALL JACKETS AND CAPES arc
here. The latest designs that fashion has decreed
are to be found in our new garments.
Common cloaks may be had in any store. It is the
uncommon coats; the natty styles and swagger effects that
few stores dare handle at all, that are hard to find. You'll
find them here at a price uo higher than the common gar
ments at other stores.
Special Announcement.
We will have with us on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day of this week, Mr. Coyle, of the F. Boos & Bro. Fur Co.,
who will take orders to remodel your old fur garments into
the new Fall and Winter Styles. He will also have with
him the largest collection of fine and medium class furs ever brought to Scranton, which
we will sell at special low prices. If you have au old fur garment which you- wish re
modelled or made into a collarette, bring it to us on any of the three days mentioned and
we will assure you that the work shall be properly executed and done at a low price.
Connolly & Wallace,
127 and 129 Washington Avenue.
EVACUATION OF CUBA.
The Government Will Not Grant
Spanish Requests for Delay.
Washington, Sept. 22. It is said that
the wnr department has received no
detailed reports or any information
from the Cuban military commission
regarding tho work of the commission
at Havana. In reply to tho question
ns to whether there was any disposi
tion to accede to tho request of the
Spaniards for a postponement of the
evacuation of Cuba until some time
next spring the statement was made
that no delay would bo considered;
that tho evacuation must proceed with
expedition and that tho troops of the
United States were now being put In
readiness for the occupation of Cuba
and would bo sent there.
No definite date has been fixed for
their departure.
JAMAICAN ANNEXATION.
The Proposal of the Plebiscite With
drawnMuch Hostility Met.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 22. The
Gleaner today closes a hot newspaper
discussion of the annexation question
by merely stating that the proposal for
a plebiscite has been withdrawn, but
that advices from the country Indicate
that its promoters have encountered
Invincible opposition, culminating In
threats of personal violence.
This state of affairs Is said to have
been engendered by popular dema
gogues preaching that tho immediate
ruin of the white man's interests
mians the ultimate benefit of the le
gitimate owners of the country.
FB.ANCE AND FASHODA.
Report That Marchand Is to Be Re
inforced Denied.
Paris, Sept. 22. The Journal eays the
government has decided upon the im
mediate despatch of a company of
Senegalese sharpshooters and a de
tachment of artillery to reinforce
Major Marchand, the French explorer,
who Is reported to nave occupied Fash
oda, on the Nile, about four hundred
miles above Khartoum.
Later In tho day an olllclal denial
was Issued of the Journal's statement.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Sept. 22. Sailed: Kuerst
Illemarck, Hamburg via Southampton.
Queenstown Sailed: Brlttanlo, from Liv
erpool, New York. Liverpool Sailed: No
madic, New York. Ilotterdam Sailed:
Werkendum, New York. Genoa Ai rived:
Aller, New York vlu Naples. Halloa:
I-'ulda, New York.
Scottish Rite Masons Adjourn.
Cincinnati, Sept. 22. The supremo loUgo
of Scottish Itlto Masons adjourned this
afternoon to meet In Philadelphia the
third week in September, ISM). Tlni report
of tho financial committee was adopted.
Its balunccs were all on the surplus slue,
Including an Item of Jlbl.000 in tho In
vestment fund.
m
Injured by a Pnll of Coal.
Wllkes-narre, Sept. 22. Henry Hairdo,
miner, and Stephen Itunlnl;l, laborer, wcro
fatally Injured In the I'ettibono mine or
tho Delaware, Lackawanna nnd Weste.'n
company at Dorranceton this evening. '
a fall of coal. Tho legs of both men wo o
broken and they were nNo Injured inter
nally. Convincing Evidence.
"Mr. I'olndexter still loves his wife do
votedly." "How do you know?"
"I heard him speak very highly of nor
taste In bonnets whllo ho was paying the
blll."-DetroIt Free Pre.
A Sure Remedy.
"My Mster has lost her volcu and we'vo
tried every doctor In town."
"That so? Then try her with a mouse."
Chicago Record.
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LACKAWANNA
MANUFACTURERS OF
Bill Timber cut to order on short notice. Hardwood Mine Rails
cawed to uniform lengths constantly on hand. Peeled Htunlock
Prop Timber promptly rurnished.
MILLS At Cross Fork. Potter Co.. on Mm Buffalo and Susque.
hanna Knilrond. At .Minn, Potter County. Pa.f on Cotidcrsport, and
Port Allegany Kullrond. Capacity 400,000 feet per day.
GENERAL OFFICE-Board of Trad Uullding, Scranton. Pa.
Telephone No. 4014.
THE
Ml PGWDER CO.
Kooms 1 ami 2, Com'Mi BTd'g.
SCRANTON, tA.
Mining: and Blasting
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Made ut Mooitc und llushdalu Work.
LAFLIN & RAND POWDliR CO'S
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Weetrto llatteiies, Klectrlo Exploder
lorexplodlnt; bla.-iU, Safety Kuio und
Repauno Chemical Co's
man
UXPLOSIVGS
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY
A lot of laundry machinery, a
new laundry wagon, two turbine
water wheels, boilers, engines,
dynamos, etc, one Morgan travel,
lng crane, 10 ton capacity, span
4G ft. 6 In., lot of good second
hand hoisting rope, air compres
sors, pumps, steam drills, derrlcU
fittings,, mine cars, etc.
ICO.
700 Wot Lackawanna Avenue.
Scranton, Pa. Telephone, 3951
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Fall Novelties
In Wall Paper
Carpets and
Draperies
Lowest prices consistent with
reliable goods and good workman
ship. flcANULTY,
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Decorations.
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LUMBER GO,
Seeds
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Fertilizers
THE
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Refrigerators
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Ice Chests.
THE
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434 Lackawanna Avi
THE DIGKSON M'FG CO.,
fjcrunton and WllUoi-llurre, I'x
Manufacturers of
LOCOmOTIVES.STATIONARY ENGINES
Uollen, Hoisting and Pumping Machlner
Oenerul Office, Kcranton, r