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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FBIDAY. OCTOBER Id. 180S
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This Vote Not Oooil Alter Oct ig i8S.
IHAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW
LUDWIG PIANOS
JUST ARRIVED ?
We arc loyal to the old reliable
makes that we have bundled from ton
to fourteen years. If they were not up-to-date
wo would drop them at onco,
but the Knabc. Vose, Hriggs and Uul
wlg pianos represent the most pro
gressive tlrnis In the world.
Buy the famous HKD OFT VIOLIN
STIUNO and the MeKlnley edition of
10 cent music.
PERRY BROS
205 Wyoming Ave.
Just Received
A new lot of the cele
brated Florentine ware
that will be sold at less
than hall" the former
prices.
THE GRIFFIN M STUDIO
DR. A. A. LINDABURY,
Specialties Surgery, Diseases of Woman
onico Hours - I) to 10 n. m
1 to :t p. :n
At Residence 7 to Hp m
omce William Hulldliic.Opp I'ostotltce.
Residence -'J 1 1 .South Mnln Avenue.
COLUMBIAN DETECTIVE AGENCY
LIME EANK BUILDING,
SCRANTON, PA.
Matter Kollclted Wliera Other Failed.
Modernte Charge.
MRS. GEO. CAUR,
Teacher of Piano
MR. CARR,
Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar.
Studio In llio Now Uuernisy Iliilldlu;.
Bevcnth Year In Tin 'lty.
On Musical Faculty Wyoming Seminary.
Hmeopened General Insurance Omca la
Hi
lit Stock Corapanlei
-em especially roue-ltcd.
repicsenlea. Largs
Telephone 180 J.
Write or Call (or Price List.
KEMP, 103 Wyoming Avonuo.
Allow U. to Clean Your LACE CURTAINS,
and You Will Be Pleased.
Lackawanna
"THE"
AUNDRY.
308 Penn Avenue A. B, WARMAN.
C21S
The Wllkes-Barre Record can be had
In Scranton at tlio t.ews stands of Itela
man Bros., 404 Spruce and 503 Linden
streets; Mac, Lackawanna avenue.
PERSONAL.
John H. Nullln, of Laifhw;.nna avenue,
was In Plttston yesterday.
Congressman William Connell left for a
short vibit at Harrlsburg yestcrduy.
Miss Mnrgaret Globs, of South Main
axenue, spent last night at Nicholson.
Mr. and Mrs. S, P. Fenner und family
und Mrs. Search have returned from Ro
chester. N. Y.
Mrs. J. H. Ollhool, of Quincy avenue,
Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. T. M. Uosu,
In Camden, N. J.
John Thomas, asslstunt baggage ma.u.'r
at the. Delaware and Hudson depot, Is
back at work after a shert vacutlon m
the west.
County Commissioners S. W. Roberts,
Clerk C. F. Wagner and S. 8. Jones, of
Usrbondaie, left yestcruay on an extended
ashing trip In Pike county.
A'derman John T. Howe went to nun
mor last night and Installed lho pincers
of request tribe of Red Men. He i dep
uty grand sachem of this district.
Private Arthur J. Wlnchell, of Compu iy
A Thirteenth regiment, Is home on a fur
lough, having just left the Medlco-Clih-.
Ulrica) hospital at Philadelphia iftr a
Jong illness from typhoid.
Piivato Will Orllllths, of Company A.
Thliteenth regiment, returned to Camp
Meade yesterday afternoon utter sptnd
Ing a veek with his parents on Linden
street. He was given a reception at his
homo Tutday evening by a uumoer ot
his friends, which was 11 very pleasant
xent.
James O'Connor, of the fit in of O'Con
nor Brothers, solicitors, of Dublin Ireland,
wns the guest yesterday of John T. Wen.
ards. Mr. O'Connor represented the Fu
nis county claimant!) during the taking
of depositions In the Hundley care In Ire.
land. He camo to this country on legnl
business and i-an up from Philadelphia to
see Mr. Richards and General Palmer.
Save Your Fine
by buying your lamp at Junsch &
Co.'s, 133 spruce street.
cm Rote CieiQ oiifl $mi House
"VLLNfijrag
aKiP'
BACK FROM EUROPE.
Mrs.
Robinson and Her Children
Wnrmly Welcomed.
Mrs. M. Itohlnson, her duughtcr, Miss
Lent-bun, koiih, Otto and Fdwln, the
latter city controller, reached the city
Inst night nt MR o'clock over the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail
road from a stay In Austria nnd aor
nmny of three months nnd u half.
Awaiting the nrrlval of the party at
the station wns n numhor of friends,
Including Hon. John 11. Fellows, ex
Sherlff Charles Itohlnson, John J. Dur
kln. J. George Klselo, Deputy City Con
troller I-M ward Klselo and Charles
Hosar, clerk In Controller Robinson's
ofllce. A hearty cheer went up from
the crowd as Mrs. Robinson and her
children appeared on the platform ot
the car. They were escorted to car
riages and Immediately taken to their
home on Cedar avenue, where an In
formal iceeptlon was held, attended
only by the members of the Robinson
family nnd Immediate relatives.
When'feen by a Tribune reporter City
Controller Robinson talked freely of the
extended trip In the old country. With
pleasing emphasis he begun, "There Is
no place like America, und home." Ten
weeks were spent in Carlsbad, Austria,
a city which Is famous as a resort for
seekers of health.
"Little or no Interest was manifested
in the lute war by the people of that
country." said Mr. Robinson. "A few
of the newspapern printed short ac
counts of Its progress."
In Rerlln. Lelpsle. Hamburg and
Cologne, principal cities in fierinnny,
the same indifference as shown In Aus
tria prevailed, especially so among the
middle and lower classes. The Robin
son partv sailed from Itremcn. tier
many, nine days ago, reaching the
Hoboken pier of the North German line
yesterday Just at noon, one day late.
Awaiting the party at the pier weie
Philip Robinson. City Treasurer Ro
land, Frank Vandllng. Select Council
man Hubert Robinson, Albert Otlth
elnz, Kmil Kchlmnff nnd August Rob
inson. Miss Robinson, who contracted ty
phoid fever In Cailsbad and for n lime
was In a danerous condition, has en
tirely recovered.
BURGLARY CAUSES DEATH
Hand Car Was Used to Cany Away
Plunder and a Collision Ensued
Which Resulted in One Fa
talityThe Victim.
A collision occurred early yesterday
morning on the branch of the Lehigh
Valley railroad running from liubylon
to the colliery at Austin Heights by
which Richard Howell, of Plttston, lost
his life, and John Carroll was serious
ly Injured.
Hntiler In the night four men sup
posed to be forelgneis entered the sa
loon of Isaac Melvln, 11 Hun. at Har-
I bertown, and after chlorofoimlng the
1 members of the family took a large
amount of property from the building.
Among other things they took six bar
lels of whiskey, which they carried
away on a wagon.
Near the Hubylon breaker they ap
propriated a hnnd car which was ly
ing close to the railroad track and plac
ing It on the rails loaded It with the
barrels of whiskey. The Intention wns
to run the hand car up along the Aus
tin branch to some point where it had
been agreed upon to hide the plunder.
The road passes through a wild and
sparsely settled territory.
The burglars had made but little
progress with the hand car when an
engine pushing a number of ears nhead
of it came down the track. The men
made no effort to remove the hand car
from the track or give the alarm. They
simply deserted their carrier and
awaited results. When the collision oc
curred Howell and Carroll were stand
ing on the first car, a uondola. It
was thrown from the track and turned
upside down, killing Howell and ser
iously Injuring Carroll.
AVhen the other trainmen reached
the over-turned car they were greeted
by a volley of bullets and had to throw
themselves on the ground to avoid
being hit. The bullets were fired by
the buiglars. After emptying their
guns they took to the woods and the
work of getting Howell and Carroll
from beneath the car began.
Howell was -1 years of age and re
sided with his parents on Price street,
Plttston.
A CORRECTION.
Made Neosssary by nn Error in This
Paper Yesterday.
In the advertisement of Jonas Long's
Sons, appearing In The Tribune of
yesterd'iy morning, readers of this
paper were made to believe that a
great special three hours' sale which
the linn had announced for Friday,
was to occur yesterday afternoon. The
advertisement caused no end of trouble
In Tho Great Store, a great many peo
ple going there to take advantage of
the sale, only to be disappointed. The
Tribune Is glad to do the (Inn the jus
tice ot announcing thnt Its own force
was responsible for the error and that
Jonas Long's Sons were in no wise to
blame. The sale tnkes place this (Fri
day) afternoon, us thl paper should
have stated yesterday, nnd It promises
much in the way of bargain giving.
MANY SIGNED THE PLEDGE.
Temperance Meeting in the Evangel
ical Church, Green Ridge.
Last night tho temperance meeting
was held in the Fangollcul church,
rirecn Ridge. A number of persons
signed tho pledge. Tonight the meet
ing will bo In the Baptist church. Mrs.
U. T. Jayne will sing solos and the
Avbury Quartette will also be present
and add to the Interest.
There will be u meeting every night
to and Including Alonday night. Sun
day Mr. McConnell will speak twice.
Tenth Anniversary.
Lewis, Rellly & Davles are giving
away to each purchaser ot School
Shoes, n handsome as well as useful
souvenir, consisting of 11 ruler, pen
holder, n lead and slate pencil. This
busy shoe storo nre always trying to
make their ciibtomers happy.
Night School Teachers.
Applicants for provisional certificates
to teach night school will be examined
lu the common branches Wednesday.
October 19, ut 9.S0 a. m In tho Hoard
of Control rooms.
It Will Pay You
It you arc thinking ot buying a Music
Box or Talking Machine for tho holi
days, get Wolehel, the Jeweler's pi Ices
before buying. 20b Lackawanna ave
nue. oj,'V. D.. L. & W. denot,
TEN-YEAR CONTRACT,
FOR REPAIR OF PAVE
CITY SOLICITOR M'GINLEY SAYS
IT IS LEGAL.
Ho Submitted nn Exhaustive Opin
ion to Select Council on Keller Or
dinance Which Deals with Repair
of Asphalted Streets Amendments
to Ordinance Which Make It a
Roche Instead of a Keller Meas
ureMr. Keller Said n Prominent
Lawyer Supervised Wording of His
Ordinance.
What wns known as the Keller ordi
nance dealing with the repair of as
phalted streets may be said to have
'hanged Its name to Rorhe at tho
select council meeting last night. Fpon
coming up In select, at the meeting
before lust It passed first reading und
was referred to tho paving committee
In conjunction with City Solicitor Me
Glnley. Three questions won: raised:
First Whether the city can enter
Into a ten-year contract?
Second W bether tho city controller
could certify the contract?
Third Whether It would bring the
city debt above the constitutional
limit.
The city solicitor sent In an opinion
settling nil these questions favorably
to the passage of (lie ordinance, nnd
when It came up In Its regular order
for s"eond reading John K. Rbche took
the flour and said the Keller ordinance
contained many omissions and dupli
cations. Therefore be offered a substitute
which would overcome these defects.
He wanted to substitute It outright,
but Chairman Chittenden would not
entertain the motion. Then he offered
it section by section.
The principal feature of his amend
ments was to provide for nn appropri
ation of $12,000 to be Included In tin
estimate for 1S!t!. it was amended to
provide for quarterly repairs Instead
of annual repairs to keep tho contrac
tor, as Mr. Roche put It. more In touch
with bis work. Another amendment
provided that repairs should begin only
on such streets as i're out of bond
There nre l.'C.OOO yards of asphalted
pavement, and not more than 90,000
yards are out of bond at the present
time. Mr. Roche makes tho city engi
neer the one to approve of the repair
work. And he used the words "the
streets shall be repaired nnd kept In
repair" to amend a section of the orig
inal ordinance, which he said wns not
definite enough.
Mr. Keller when h heard ot the re
marks made on his ordinance, said the
ordinance wns drawn under the super
vision of one of the best lawyer? in
the city, submitted to another promi
nent member of the bar, and finally to
City Solicitor McGinlcy. The city so
llr iter's opinion on the questions sub
Inltted to him Is as follows-
SOLICITOR'S OPINION.
To tho Honorable tile Members of the Se
lect and Common Councils of the City
of Scranton.
(Jentleun.li: Three Imjnrtnut lig.il
questions suggest themselves regarding
the validity of oiillnunce, tile of common
council, No. so, ISPS, providing for the le
palr of streets now paved with asplialt,
namely: (1) Is It within the power of the
city to make a contract for a term of ten
years; (2) Is It the duty ot the controller
to certify such a contract; (3) Is the con
templated expenditure1 nn Increase of tho
Indebtedness beyond the constitution il
limit.
There Is no constitutional or statutory
provision limiting tbr terms ot munlclpil
contracts; and In the absence or such
restrictions or limitations, municipalities
have authority to enter Into contracts
the same as other corporations or Indi
viduals. Tills was decided in the ease ot
Black against Chester. I", Pa. 101, the
question at Issue being whether the city
of Chester had the right to enter Into a
tivo years' contract for Uctitlng streets.
The Supremo court held that the city had
the right, to make nuch agreement, and
that the c'ontrnrt did not conflict with any
constitutional inhibition.
It Is essential to the validity of a eon
tract of this nature that It be certified by
the city controller. The act of May ''3,
1SS!, P. L. 301, provides that "every con.
tract Involving an appropriation of money
shall designate the Item of appropriation
upon which It Is founded, and the esti
mated amount of the expenditure there
under shall bo charted against such item
and so certified by the controller on
the contract before It shall, take ef
fect as u contract, and 'the pay
ments required by such contract
shall be made from the fund appro
priated therefor. It the controller shall
certify any contract In excess of the ap
propriation made therefor, the city shall
not bo liable for such exc-ss but the con
troller and his sureties shall be liable for
the same, which may be recovered lu on
action at law by the contracting party ag
grieved. It shall be the duty of the con
troller to certify contracts for the pay
ment of which sufllelont appropriation
has been made."
M'COLLIWTS OPINION.
In rendering the opinion ot the court in
tho Chester ease, Mr. Justice McCollum,
In treating this phase of the question,
stated; "If a contract involves an ap
propriation of money, it la the eoutl oi
ler's duty to certify upon it the estimated
amount of the expenditure thereunder
chargeabls against the fttin of npproprla.
lion on wnicn it is lounuiu. 110 docH not
make or supervise tho estimates, but he
Is lequlred to certify It upon the contract.
If tho contract Is to furnish light or wa
ter for a term of years, to bo paid for
monthly, quarterly or annually, ho should
certify thereunder for the euMiing fiscal
year. In other words it in his duty to
certify upon it the estimate made by the
proper department In accordance with the
fact." And In the case of commonwealth
vs. George. 14S Pa. 4:s, It was held that
the duties of the controller under this sec.
Farinose,
13c, 2 for 25c
Shredded Biscuit,
lie, $5.00 case
Coursens entire wheat
Flour containing all the
Gluten,
3c per pound, 75c
per bag.
E. Q. Coarsen
Hon of "tho net ot assembly were purely
ministerial, and that It the contract bo
made In due form, after nu appropriation
for tho purpose has been rcgulnily mado.
It Is tho duty of the contloiier to cei'ui
tho contract, and If ho should rcfuso 10 do
so, tho court will compel performance by
a wilt of mandamus. Tho othtr propor
tion icgnrdlng the legality of this ordl
nnnco arises from the fact that tho city
of Scranton Is approaching the constitu
tional limit ot Indebtedness, which would,
undoubtedly be exceeded If the aggregate
sum for repairs for ten years were
added to tho present amount. 1011
will observe, however, that the ordi
nance provides for tho quarterly
payment of an annual rate appro
printed each' year from the current
revenues; and the decision have uni
formly held, particularly in Wnde ngalnt
Oulcmflnt borough, 10.'i Pa. 479, that "If tho
contracts and engagements ot munlclpil
corporations do not overreach their cur
rent revenues, no objections can be lnw
fully mado to them, however great the in
debtedness ot such municipality may be,
for In such case their engagements do
not extend beyond their piesent means
of payment, nnd so no debt Is created."
SIMILAR PROPOSITION.
A case Involving similar proposition to
those contained In this ordinance Was Unit
of Renting vs. Tltusvllle, ITS Pa. .'.12, in
which case the court said; "When n con
tract made by a municipal corporation
pertains to Its ordinary expenses, such as
rcpavlng u street, and Is, together with
other like expenses, within the limit ot Its
current revenues, nnd such special taxes
as It legally and In good faith Intends to
levy thercfoi", such contract does not con.
stltuto n n Incfca.'c of Indebtedness with
in the meanlnr, of tho constitutional pro
vision." It seem char, thercfoi e, that the pro
posed ci.itrnct for ten yinrs may Icgnll
receive the certificate ot the city control
ler nnd will not Involve an unlawful In
crease of Indebtedness.
Yours vetv respectfully.
M. A. McC.ltiley, City Solicitor.
BOTH OF THEM MISSING.
Bride and Groom Disappeared the
Day Before They Were to Be
Married and Are Still Un
heard from.
There Is 11 wedding feast up In Peck
ville that has been spread since Wed
nesday nlsht. That It has not been
disturbed Is due to the fact that the
bride and groom can not be located.
There are those of a sensational turn
of mind who are tanking all sorts of
startling conjectures over the mysteri
ous disappearance, but the more sober
minded explainers hnve It that It Is all
it Jolly lark of the bride nnd groom nnd
that by this evening at the latest they
will be around to receive the congratu
lations of their friends.
John Williams, nged 21, of Olyphant,
and Miss Anna. Blglln, the 18-ycar-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Blglln,
of I'cckvllle, nre the missing- bridal
party. Tuesday they started for Scran
ton, bent on getting n marriage license
and doing some shopping. The girl's
mother was to meet them In the after
noon nt the clerk of the court's ofllce
to give the necessary consent. She was
on hand at the appointed hour, but her
daughter and Intended son-in-law fnlled
to put In nn appearance. So, thinking
they had deferred the securing of a
license until the morrow, she returned
home, expecting to find them there
ahead of her.
They had not returned, however, and
the night brought no news of them.
Wednesday nfternoon came, but It fail
ed to witness the iturn of the bride
and grouni. Thinking, surely, that
they had run down to New Jersey or
up to Blnghamton to be married, for
the sake of adding n little romance to
the affair and that they would be on
hnnd nt the appointed hour for the
wedding celebration, the FigUns pro
ceeded with the arrangements for tho
festivities nnd when night cume they
and the guests awaited the arrival of
the runaways.
Hut they came not. The lust trains
up and down tho valley were watched
but they left no bridal couple ut Peck
ville. Then Hie guests departed tilled
with forebodings nnd the relatives re
tired alarmed at the possibility that
something terrible bad happened to the
missing young people. 11 of yester
day they searched and searched but no
tale or tidings of the missing pair
could bo found. L.Uo last night they
were still missing and no word had
been received from them. If they do
not return today It Is the Intention of
the relatives to solicit the aid of the
police In looking up their disappear
ance. DEATH OF MRS. MARY O'BRIElT.
She Was the Mother of Superintend
ent Richnrd O'Brien.
Mrs. Mary O'Brien, mother of Super
intendent Richard O'Brien, of the West
ern Fnlon Telegraph company, died
last night at 10.30 at the home of her
son, on North Washington avenue.
She was well advanced in years. For
a long time past Mrs. O'Brien had re
sided with her son. The arrangements
for the funeral have not yet been com
pleted. CAVE-IN AT PITTSTON,
Two Hundred Men Taken Out of the
Ravine Shaft.
Wilkes-Farre, Oct. 13. A serious
cave-in occurred In tho Ravine shaft,
operated by the Newton Coal company
at Plttston, this morning. The mine
has been "squeezing" for some time
and this morning the situation was so
threatening that the 200 men nt work
were ordered out. Shortly after the
workings settled.
Three hundred feet below tho cavs
the colliery is on fire and the workings
are being flooded. It Is feared that tho
cuve-in will seriously interfere with
tho work of extinguishing the fire.
' MILES WILL INVESTIGATE.
The Famous Indian Fighter at St.
Paul.
St. Paul, Oct. IX News was received
in St. Paul today that Major General
Nelson A. Miles would urrlve In St.
Paul Saturday morning over the Omaha
road. It Is believed that the president
Intimated to the general his wish that
he personally Investigate the Indian
situation.
If this bo true, it gives slgnllicauee
to the situation which hus been con
cealed very carefully. General Miles Is
the best authority In the land on In
dlnn matters.
DIED.
HARRETT.-ln Scranton, Pu., Oct. 13,
H9S, Mury Barrett, daughter of Mr. nnd
Mrs. William Bariott. ago 27 yeuns. Fu.
nerul Sutuid.iy morning fiom lho resi
lience of her sister, Mrs. James Whelan.
710 Hemlock street. Interment lu Ca
thedral cemetery.
BKP.RV.-Iu Scranton, Pa., Out, 12, isi.
Ellfcworth Berry, age 18 years. Funeral
nt tho house, nw Webster avenue, Sat
urday nt 1 p. in, Rov. George Alrlch will
utlltkits.
ARRANGING FOR
THE MEETINGS
PLACES WHERE THE SPEAKERS
WILL BE HEARD.
Among the Distinguished Gentle
men Who Will Talk Here Are
Governor D. H. Hastings, Colonel
'W. A. Stone, Adjutant General
Stewart, General Adam King nnd
Others Local Spenkers Who Will
Discuss the Issues Some Notes of
a Political Nature.
Plans nre almost perfected for the
series of mass meetings that will be
held In this county under the nusplces
of the Republican county committee.
The arrangements for these gatherings
nre In charge of Attorney Fred. W.
Fleltz, who has had u considerable
amount of experience In this detail of
campaign management.
The places where meetings wilt be
held nro Carbondale, Dunmore, Jcr
myn, Pcckvllle, Olyphant, Dickson
City, Clark's Summit, Dalton', Waver
ly, Taylor, Mooslc, Moscow, Fast Ben
ton, Archbnld, Jefferson township. Old
Forge, Mlnooka, and lu the various
sections of this city.
Local speakers who will address these
meetings are Major Everett Wnrren,
A. J. Colborn, jr.. M. W. Lowrey,
George M. Watson, Hon. John R. Fair,
George Taylor, W. J. Lewis, H. M.
Strecter, A. A. Vosburg, C W. Daw
son, C. K. Olvor, K. F. Robuthun, R.
It. Patterson, Hon. John F. Reynolds,
John F. Scragg, John M. Harris,
Thomas H. Hale, R. A. Zimmerman,
John R. Jones, W. Gaylord Thomas
and F. W. Fleltz. These speakers will
be reinforced by Hon. W. I. Schnffer,
of Delaware county; Hon. Jeremiah
Snyder, ot Allcntown, and Colonel B.
F. Hughes, of Philadelphia.
FIRST MEETING.
The first of this series of meetings
will be held the latter part of next week
or on Monday, Oct. "4. Governor Hast
ings Is expected here next week or tho
week following nnd will address a
meeting to be held In the central city.
On the night of Nov, 1, Colonel Stone
will be In the city and address a meet
ing nt the Lyceum theatre. On that
day Colonel Stone speaks nt noon at
Honesdale nnd nn effort will bo made
to have him deliver a speech at Car
bondale on his way to Scranton. In
Colonel Stone's paity will be Adjutant
General Thomas II. Stewart, General
Adam Klng.Major McDowell.chlef clerk
of the house of representatives at
Washington. nnd General Henderson, of
Iowa. Extensive arrangements for this
meeting are to be made.
The last two weeks of the campaign
will be lively and merry. Meetings will
be held nightly and the issues of the
campaign discussed by the able speak
ers named above. There Is evidence of
a growing Interest on the part of voters
In tho coming election. This Is felt In
various ways, but notably In the many
callers who visit headquarters either
to tender their services or secure liter
nture upon some point with reference
to which a neighbor may be In doubt.
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The Junior Republican club Is about
to be reorganized.
Attorney F. W. Fleltz will next week
deliver speeches at Sellns Grove.Snyder
county, and Tyrone, Blair county. He
was Invited to join Colonel Stone's
party of spell-Hinders for a week, but
was compelled to decline tho distinc
tion to devote his time to the meet
ings In this county, of which he has
charge.
Democratic headquarters in the
Guernsey building are open dally, but
as yet have been unoccupied, save by
the furniture.
SALE WAS SUCCESSFUL.
Conducted Under the Auspices
of
the Girls' Sewing Society.
The Girls' Sewing society made a
great success of their sale at the home
of William Ilanley last evening, taking
in about $85. The sale will continue
this afternoon and many beautiful and
useful articles remain to be disposed
of by the young ladles who have worked
so lndefatlgnbly for the poor. The
rooms presented a very attractive ap
pearance. Those who assisted were: Mrs. Wil
lis Klrkpatrlck. the Misses Albro, Bes
sie and Grace Sanderson, Miss Lillian
A Good Set or Teeth for... $3.00
Our Lest Sets or Teeth 5.00
Including the Painless Extraction.
DR. S.C.SNYDER
311 Spruce Street, Opp, Hotel Jermyn
Money Oil and
TELEPHONE 622.
141 to 149 Merialdn Sfrest, Scranton, Pa,
URNBNG AND LUBRICATING OIL
PAINT DEPARTHENT..
and Varnishes.
406.
No. 406 Lackawanna Avenue.
That's our store number. The candy people have moved into 408
(The Old Kerr Store). We retain the upper floors and have cut door
ways on every floor so that we still have the largest carpet store in
Scranton. A few little odds and ends seem to have no place in spite of
our big store. These we wish to close at once.
Card Table
Just one Oak Card Table with
'Tieen baize tops, worth A
Sio.oo, for y.OU
Japanese Table
. Finely Lacquered Tea Table, must
be seen to be appreciat- n
;cl, worth $5.00, for 0.5U
India Stools
1.25
4 c
olors .
SIEBECKER & WATKINS,
406 Lackawanna Avenue.
Gcnrhart, Edith Tlerson, F.llzabcth
Shcrer, Anna Ruck and Mary Linen.
The cash girls were SIlsscs Ruth Hnn
ley, Mamie Gcnrhart, Gladys Watklns
nnd Grace McLean, Miss Graco Klcr
stead was the cashier.
MR. GRIER'S RESOLUTION.
Wants Certain Books Removed from
the Public Library.
.Mr. Grler, of the Third ward, Intro
duced In common council Inst night tho
following resolution:
That the Joint auditing committee ot
councils bo directed to withhold Its ap
proval of nil bills for tho Scranton Pub
lic library until such tlmo as the novels
of Augusta J. Evans, the dramas ot Wy
cherly nnd Congicvc, nnd all other works
tending toward religious prejudice and
Immorality havo been excluded from said
Scranton Public library.
The author of the resolution said he
offered It In the spirit thnt the library,
being supported by public funds, should
not contain books that are objection
able to any religion or belief. Mr.
Zlzelman began by saying that he had
no objection to the resolution's pur
pose, but he had an Idea Mr. Grler
did not go at It In the tight way. He
thought a special committee should
be appointed to Investigate and mako
a report.
Mr. Keller declared It would bo a
great mistake for any community to
select a clnss of books for a public
library that would be an Insult to any
religion. If the books of these authors
arc ridiculing the Catholics or uny oth
er religion they should be expunged
from the list. The speuker knows Li
brarian Carr personally and knows him
to be a broad-minded man. It seems
'thajt the objectionable books could
be got out of the library without
stopping the payment of bills. There
was a better way to go about It which
would cause less friction on nil sides.
That would be to follow out Mr. Zlzel
man's suggestion and appoint a com
mittee to meet the trustees. Not a
man of them, he said, would allow
books that reflected on any religion.
Ho suggested a special committee with
Mr. Grler as chairman. Mr. Oliver
thought It would be a better plan to
confer with tho trustees first.
Mr. Jackson deprecated the presence
of books In the library that are objec
tionable to any creed, lie favored a
special committee. Mr. Grler respond
ed that he didn't care whether a spec
ial committee took the matter In charge
or nny other kind of a committee, but
he knows that $11,400 of public money
had been appropriated this year from
tho city tax toward tho library and
that there are several books on Its
shelves that grossly insult a largo
number of the people who paid this
tux; and thut furthermore there are
lots of books circulating nmong the
boys und girls of this city that are
morally bad and unlit to read.
Mr. Grier's resolution was unani
mously put aside and a motion pre
vailed to refer the matter to a sncelal
committee to be appointed by the
chairman. Captain Molr appointed on
that committee Messrs. Grler, Keller
and Monnghan.
Mr. Monaghan introduced a resolu
tion directing the ofllce of the chief
of police In tho city hall to be kept
open from 8 a. in. to 12m., nnd from
2 to 0 p. m. for the accommodation
of all who have business In that de
partment. It was passed.
An ordinance was Introduced by Mr.
Oliver providing for the erection of a
fire hydrant at each of the following
places: Tho Intersection of Ninth and
West Elm streets; the Intersection of
Hyde Park avenue and Rock street;
the Intersection of Twelfth and West
Locust streets; nnd on Locust street,
midway between South Main avenue
and Twelfth street.
Richards, Wirtli & Lewis,
l!26 Lackawanna avenue, are showing
a very superior line of boys' and chil
dren's overcoats and reefers for this
Fall's wear. Everything now nnd
prices right.
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OS-
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Centre Tables
A few Centre Tabl- t
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Hassocks
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203 Washington Ave.
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they onco tried "SNOW
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THE WESTON MILL CO
Scranton. Carbondale, Olyphant.
FIVE DOLLARS FOR
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In order to introduce
uiy new Hue of Kimball
Pianos and organs I will
pay FIVL DOLLARS to
any one who will send
ine 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
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No. 0 West .Market Street,
WilkcS'Barrc.
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