mfrivmimm wwr awri '(ril THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, JANUARY G, 1899. n , -,- flM""5 ""! NORTON'S January Clearance Sale or Hooks at Special Low Pi Ices Tor a short lime. A Lot of Good Miscellaneous Books of Copyrighted Authors, including many woll known names, nt Half Price. E. P. Itoo's Books, now cloth odition, now 08o ; former price $1.60. Mre.Holmes' Booka,new cloth edition, now 38o; former prlco $1.D0. Mrs. Southworth's Books, now cloth edition, now 38c; formor prico $1.50. Jamoison, Faussott & Browns, Bible Commentary, four volumes, Publisher's Prico $8.00 ; Ours $0.40. Smith's Biblo Dictionary, Beautiful Now Illustrated Edition, Former prlco $2.68; now $1.10. Matthew Henry's Biblo Commentary, Four largo octavo volumes, Publisher's prico $16.00; Ours $10. Edorsheira's Life and Times of Jo8us, Tho Messiah, 2 large volumes, Former prico $0.00 ; Our's now $1.07. Cruden's Concordance, 1 large volume, Publisher's prico $1.00 ; Our's 79c Art Treasurors of World's Fair, A Beautiful Book of Pictures, Original Price $3.00 ; now 07c Ridpath's History of United States, n largo octavo volumo, Original prico, $3.50; now $1.07 Memoirs of General Sherman, Original price, $3.50; now $1.25 Tho Animal Kingdom, a very large octavo volume, Original price. $3.50; now $1.07 Shakespeare's Works, 7 Vols, Cloth, Publisher's price, $2.75; ouis, $1.47 Webster's Largo Dictionaiy, Cloth, Old Edition 07 cents. Holy Bibles 25c upwards. New Testaments 5c tipwards. Titus, Five Cents. Prince House David, Fivo Cents. Ten Nights in Barroom, 5c In His Steps, 10c Malcom Kirk, 19o Phillip Strong, 10c Little Minister, 10c M. NORTON. 322 Lackawnnna Ave. You'll Go A Long Way Before you get another chance like tins. A Good Upright Piano Taken in exchange lor a Biiggs $75.00 Spot Cash. Also One Fine New Upright Best nuke worth $475.00, used three months. $295.00 Spot Cash. FINE CALENDARS GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS Address or call at PERRY BROS 205 Wyoming Ave. Scranton I THE CARBON : Is the finest and most X permanent photograph ! 2s known to the profess- ; -a ion, to be had only at ; I HE GRIFFIN MI STUDIO f DR. A. A. LINDABURY, Specialties Surgery, Diseases of Women Ofncu Hour . to to a. m . . .. 1 10 :i p. m At Residence .. . . 7 to 8 p m onice Wllllnnn Bulldlm;, Opp. l'ostolllce. Kesldence-'J 1 o bouth Jlnln Avenue. COLUMBIAN DETECTIVE AGENCY DIME EANK BUILDING, SCRANTON, PA. Mntters Follclted Wbera Others Failed. Moderate Charcot. lu a llneopened a General Iniurance Offlee In if Ilert Btock Companies represent!. I.nrea -nesaapecloUy sollolted. 'lelophone lBui LACKAWANNA riiE" ADNDRY j8 Penn Arenue. A. li VVARflAV, PERSONALS. C. P. BUred, of HonesUale. as In the city yesterday. Mrs. Charles Coursen la recovering fiom a serious attack of crip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bclln, Jr , went to New York city yesterday. Miss Trances Moses uttended tho New Year's ball at Wllkcs.Ba.rro Tuesday night. Miss Mary Tobln, of Waiin.irt, Is tho guest of Miss Lenora lii-gati. of Wyomlni; iievnuot Miss Kathryn Hart, of New York city, la vlsltntr her sister. Mis. John Burnett, of Linden street. Mr. mid Mrs. V K. Timlin Minn K Me. Nult nnd Mrs. It. J. roster were regis- terrd at tho St. Denis. In Now York, this week. Mrs. II. C. Douil, formerly of Scranton, who hia been visiting Mrs. Hntkcr and Mrs. Hlllurmn. returned tn her homo In New York today. Mrs. Henry Huddle, of New York city, Mrs. William Llojd. of Vermont, nnd MIm Charlotte T.lnjil, of Olyphant, wen entertained by Mrs. M A. Uovnnii, of tho mitral city Wednesday J. Gordon Noakes, of Now York city, n former resident of Went Scranton. nnd MIsh Louiso Udna floodall, nlso of Ne.v York, will bo mnrrlcd Weiluesdiv noxt. The ceremony will bo performed nt 3 o'clock at tho Westminster Presbyterian church. Sevenl Scranton people liuvo bom Invited to vvltruss tho ceremony. TWO L. I. & S. COLLIERIES SOLD Havo Boen Purchased by Joseph Dickson and Others. A company teproHcuted by Joseph DIcltHoti, of New York, has purchased the Pino Urook nnd HrlgKi rotllerle-j from tho Lackawnnna Iron nnd Steel company. The number of acres of coal hind thnt goee with tht collieries is 8,450, and It in estimated thut they con tnln between twenty-five nnd thlity million tons of conl of excellent qual ity The coal will be shipped over tho New Yoik. Ontario nnd Western nnd will materially ndd to that company's tonnage. In conspriuence of this On tnrlo stock wns ery active on tho New York maiket yestrrduy. The sale of these eollleiltw marks nn Importnnt departure In policy on the part of tho Lackawanna Iron and Steel company In consequence of the Iiuru amount of coke, culm and Hift coal the company Is now usliiff at Its mills It decided that coal mines were no longer profitable adjunc ts to tlitlr mills. VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS. Number of Members of the First Regiment Are to Be Mustered Out of tho Service Lieu tenant Wilson Is Here. The I'll st regiment ot ulunleei I-it-gineers, which has thirty-two Scran ton members, Is to be retained In tho von Ice. Klrst Lieutenant 11 C. Wil son, ot Washington, D. C, an otllcer of Company U, rii st regiment, Is licit to muster a rew of the nirn out nnd to account for the oidnance ot all the men now here on fiuloush. Lieutenant Wilson hat. bun held since Wednesday. He Is leglsterod at the Scranton Hous and has nn olllce in the old post olllce building:. His assistants are fetgeants W. H. Hafter nnd Syron, of Company I. nnd Pilv.Ue .Ioeph Wastner, of Company II. On Jan. H Lieutenant Wilson will muster out marrWI men who want their discharges nnd others on whom families pre dependent. Meanwhile ln will have thr men account for .'.11 their oidnance supplies and other equip mint. It Is expected that all but about ten of the Scranton men will be retained Sometime after Jan. 24 Lieutenant Wil son will recruit new material accord ing to Instructions to be received by him latfr, and will take the men to one of the several nimy camp's, pre sumably to Camp MncKenzle, where the Thirteenth is located. The egl ment Is scheduled for further duty Jn Porto Rico. Since the Scrnnton members of the regiment lfft here last summer onlv one has died. Private Clntk, who was burled at Coamo, Porto Ttlco. Lieutenant Bradley, an officer of tho Seventy-first New York Volunteers, which command saw such deadly ser vice at Santiago, was with Lieutenant Wilson last night. The former Is a. traveling salesman for the Standard Oil company nnd met Lieutenant Wil son by chance at the Scranton House, where both are stopping BIG PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE. Was Attended Last Night in Knights of Columbus Hall. Nearly two-hundred persons attend ed the progressive euchre and social which vi as given last night in the Knights of Columbus rooms for tho benefit of St. Paul's convent. The nf falr was planned and mannged by Mrs. P. P. Smith. Mr. Com ad Schroeder nnd Mrs. T. J. Kelly, ladles prominent In St. Paul's parish, who were assisted by a number of young ladles. At the conclusion of tho card play ing a lunch was served. Duncing was the concluding feature of the ery pleasant and well conducted enter tainment. Prizes were won as follows: First, gentleman's prize, dress suit case, John Coollgan, jr., second, box of cigars, C. O. Boland; thlid, silver match safe, John J. Murphy; first ladles' ptlze. cut glass vase, Miss Kearney, of Archbald; second, silver nail file nnd button hook, Miss Lucy Carroll, third, pair of cro chetted slippers, Mrs Richard O'Brien. EAGLE'S ANNUAL MEETING. Officers Were Choson at Last Night's Meeting. Offlccis for tho Eagle Hose company of Bellevue were chosen at a meeting held last night In the hose house. John P. Murray was elected presi dent. Miles Clark, vice piesldent: James J. O'Malley, seuetnry; John McDonald, treasurer. For foreman, Senator J. C. Vaughan waB chosen; assistant foreman, M. F. Gerrlty, second assistant, John F. White; plpeman, Michael Doyle; as sistant plpemen, Martin Kelly, John Brogan and James Doyle; axeman, John Cawley; trustees, M. P. Iluano, John White, John Cawley Frank Need ham, William Biogan; permanent man, M. F. Ruane. For district chief J. J. O'Mallev was lecommended and Charles O'Boyle and J. J. O'Malley were chosen dele gates to tho meetings of the relief as sociation. John M. Casey was elected delegate to tho next state convention. Hotel Nash. Plensant rooms with board, 2 in room, Vi a. week; single, 6; $i a week with out room; meals, 25c; $1.00 per day, Freo ! Freo ! One dozen records given free with aoh tit graphophone. Edison Home Phonographs $25, iocord3 3fic. each, $1 per dozen at Welchel's Jewelry store, 205 Lackawanna avenue, opposite D L. & W. depot. Steam Heating and Plumbing. P. F. & M. T. Howley,231 Wyomln ave. 1 . , .. . H A Card. We, tins undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a W-cent bottla of Clrecno's Warranted Byrup of Tar It It falls to cure your cough or cold. We also euaranteo a 25-cont bottle to prove satis factory or money refini'lf"" - O. Bone S. Bon. Dimmer u., juiui 1. innima Rcruntnn P' OfnT ffi AT MA Tf EC OUi 1 L.UAL 111 AlvCO ASLIGHT GAIN ACTION DEFERRED ON ORDI NANCE AGAINST ITS USE. Mattor Was Good-Naturcdly Dis cussed at Length and Mr. Rocho, Author of tho Measure, Decided Not to Immediately Urge Its Pas sago Written Protests Received from C. H. Zchnder nnd Colonel Boies Suporintcndont May Is Given a Hearing. Mi. Hoc he 8 select council oidluance regulating tho use of soft coal was due for first and second leadings In the upper blanch of councils list night, but nctlon upon It wns deferred ow ing to written piotests against Its pass age b (.'. II. Zehnder, piesldent of the Dickson Manufacturing company, and Colonel H. M Holes, nnd the lomntkH of DeCourcy May, supeilntendent of the Dickson company, who wns given the privilege or the Moor The ordinance might have had com paratively smooth sailing If Its appli cation had been exclusively lonllned to the use of soft coal In the generation of steam The arguments hi ought against It seemed to show that its provision (i gainst the use of hoft coal in forges nnd furnnci s would, If adopt ed, thoroughly cripple the plants villi h use It foi foiglng and welding, and would thiow many huudicd of men out of emplolment and movent pi h pectlvo ludustiles flom locating her When tho oidlnance was called up for Hist leading Superintendent M; 1 was, on motion of Mr. llnclie. granted the privilege of the llooi He said , there were no known devices for the use of smoke cbnsumeis on forges unil furnace Such a device would, he I said, make a foi tune lor some one, as It would permit the consumption of 11 lot of waste, gases and laibou. A forge could not be operated without making smoke. It was simply a ques tion of tiinoke or no manufacturing WOULD HAVi: TO SHPT DOWN If the oidlnance wns adopted In its McHnle was 21 yeais old and .1 miii ptesent shnpe everj foige and furnace ot JIr and Mis. Henry McHale, of In Sciantoii would have to .shut down,1 Hloom avenue. He had b"un emplov Superlntendent May said Scranton c1 about th tolllery Plnre ho wns 12 people need have no fear of soft coal 1 years old. being used for steam generating pur- 1 ... . ' poses as long as culm exlutid. Komi- WAS PROSECUTION MALICIOUS? nflv fin fnls-tiitc tturwl In fin mm u.m ' nnn.tiiir.i ,,( i ,,nii .. r. mi .... i.ir.iu ' bituminous, but the proportion l now I nun anu nun. j I'resident Zohndcr s and Colonel Boles' letters were then lead The former was addressed to touiull and the latter to Councilman Lansing Mr. Zehnder's argument was much tho same as that of Superintendent May. Colonel Boles went fuithor. After enumerating the plants which would be affected by the ordinance, ho wtote that councils were on the eigc of undoing in one act more titan tho board of trade had accomplished In twenty yearn; that the oidlnance. If passed In its present form, would throw 10,000 men out of employment and change Scranton from n thrifty city to a de serted one. Mr. Roche remarked that his ordin ance, while not Identical, was substan tially the same as those which operate in Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburg, New York nnd other cities which he enum erated While not wholly satisfied with the arguments against its pas sage he wns not disposed to utge its passage now. Ho would ugiee to post ponement and would meanwhile In form himself furthei. Mi. Sundeibon asked Mr. Roche to draw a distinction between the use of voft coal for steam and for foiglng and welding in put suing his lnqulilos. Mi. Roche ngrced tn this. It was remarked by Mi. Lansing that the ordinance mentioned by Mr. Roche applied only to bol'crs, that they muld not possibly relate to forges or furnaces In other cities no moie than In Scranton. Peisonnllv ho would go to the greatest extremes to oppose It In Its presont shnpe but would bo just ns nlert to favor it, with foiges and furnaces eliminated, but would Inblst that it apply only to locomotives If soft coal were used in the latter he would insist nn smoke consumer-'. On motion of Mi. Bocho further con sideration of the oidlnance was de ferred, SPECIAL ELECTION. A resolution introduced by Mr. San derson and adopted provides for a spec ial election in the Eleventh waid on rob. 21. tho date of tho general elec tion, for the purpose rf electing a t-uc-ccs-sor to tho late Robert Robinson, select councilman. From Mrs. Bobeit Robinson and Mis Minn A Robinson was received a litter e'pies3lng their thanks for the resolutions adopted by select council on the death of Mr. Rob Infon and for the flowtrs given by select council Fiom Mnvor Italic v was ncelvtd a letter In replv to a resolution ahklng him to explain why tho oidinanco was not enfoiced lequlilng the Scranton Railway company to furnish transfers to passengers from tho Bellevue to the South Side line Major Bnllev en tlosed a letter fiom General Manager Silliman, of the onmtmnv, who wiote, In effect, that tho issuance of trnnsfois between tho lines named wns not con templated In the ordinance and that inquiry would probably show that tho dty bollcltor shaieu this view. Tho Continued on Puge S Reduced Coursen's Sugar Peas, now 12c, $1.40 per dozen. Brakley Sifted Early June Peas, 10c can, 90c dozen. Leggett's Garden Sifted Peas, 15c can, $1.50 per dozen. Sugar Corn 10c, per dozen. Sweet Clover Corn can, $1.25 per dozen. Fancy Tomatoes can $1.00 per dozen. 90c 12c 10c E. G. COURSEN. AMENDED RILL FILED. Contestants in Eloction Contest Will Challengo Othor Votes. A petition was presented to couit yesterday by Attorney H. II. Holgnto asking permission to nmend the origin al bill of particulars filed by W. S. Langstnff in his contest ngnlnst M. J. Kelly for tho olllce of county treasurer. Mr. Holgate sniu that during the ex amination of witnesses they hail dis qualified ninny witnesses for reasons not given, nnd they wanted to nmend the bill to permit of challenging these voters, Judge Ounster allowed the amended bill to bo Hied. It contains 12l nnmitf. Theie are live parnginphs of amend ments. Tho first is that tho persons named wei not citizens of tho t'nlted States by birth or naturalization; the secotu . that cot tain votes were illegal because tho persons named had not paid state or county tux; tho thlid, that curtain electors received assist ance lu piepntlng nnd casting their votes in violation of the Act of Aesciii bl.v, Ihe fouith, thnt the electors named were not teglstered In the tlls ti let where they cast their votes and none of them bud mnde legal proof of their light tn vole nt tho election, tho fifth, that certain portions were dis qualified because they had not loslded In thelt lespectlve election districts tho length of time icnulied by law FRIGHTFUL DEATH. Young Mine Carpenter Falls 500 Teot Down the Cayuga Shaft. His Body Was Ter- libly Crnshed. Willlum M' Male, n Joting carpenter, "J"1 a hoiiiblo 1"t1' ' tL "'iiulont I,lu"Ke of about COO feet down the Cay- , I uga shaft jestenlny motnlng. JIcHule was woiKlng at the landing ",' t,H l,lu'3 of tlhc " iWlaily em- plo.vcd tin iv . caulage v as at the landing when he crossed It to go to the engine loom for a drink. When he letuined he opened the gate and stepped, as 'ie supposed, upon the car jlago, but lu' was on the vvtong side of the shaft, and fell Into a j awning pit and to his death. Schwartz Is Convinced That It Wns and Ho Wants Damages. Before Aibltratora .. A . Thajer, Oeorge I'eik and Clarence Ballentlne. J in court 100m No 2, jest, rdav, tho Closing testimony was heaid lu th" case of Philip Schwaitz against Max Rosenbluth and Mike Chefshek All of the patties reside at Old .Tinge, and Schwartz and Rosenbluth aie en gaged in business there. Schwaitz was artestod some time ago on the charge of having crimin ally assaulted Maty Ileiko, niece of Chefshek, who was alleged to be un der 10 years of age The grand jurv lgnoied tho chaige nnd Schwartz has sued to recover damage", alleging that the prosecution wns maliciously set up by Rosenbluth to Injure Schwartz's standing In Old Forge and drive hlin out of business Somo testlmonj was offend j-ester-day to show that the clil was 2J In stead of under 1C jears, and that Mr. and Mrs. Chefshek stated that Rosen bluth Incited them to prosecute him. After the birth of Mary Hcrko's child she disappeared and liei piesent w hereabouts nie unknown. Schwartz was represented by Attor ney Nathnn Vldaver and the defend ants by (Jeoige S Horn and L C. New comb Argument was heard by the arblttatois last evening. A good deal of the testimony offend was veiy sensational. It showed that there Is a eiy blttei feeling between Schwartz and Rosenbluth FOR THE FLORENCE MISSION. Donations That Were Received Dur ing Dccombor. The manngeis of the Florence Crut tenden Home, 712 Hairlson nvenue, giatefully acknowledge the following gifts foi December King's Daughters circle of the Ger man Baptist church. South Side, $1; Mis. W. Hess, four baby dresses, two sacks, Saunders' market, vegetables, Huntington's bakery, bread, etc ; Lindner's bakery, bread, etc., Mrs. II. K Jllstead, clothing, vegetables; Mrs. J. Stiickland, clothing; Mrs. J. R. Peck, clothing: Needlewoik Guild of Providence, one outing waist, two sklrtP, two pair pillow cases, one pair towels, two pair shoes, Miss Jennie Bej nolds, one dress, skirt, one pair shoes, hose. Ice cream, sweet potatoes and cianberiles; a friend, fancy arti cles; a friend, two tons coal, Mr. Brooks, of the Newark, one pair shoes; Mrs. W. G. Fritz, one ham, twenty j aids cambric with trimming; Mrs. Blehl, one-half dozen cans fruit; Di. Clark and Dr. McDowell, medical set lecs, Mis J. L. Crawford, (meat, dishes, apples, Mr. A. D. Stelle, one and one-half tons coal. Mis. Chailes V. Roblnpon, one dozen cans pens; Mrs. Reese Brooks, one new corset, one di ess pattern, three dozen oranges, one basket grapes, one box figs, two bocs dates, nuts, cnndles, bananas, two cans soui, T. R. Bowcn, coffee pot; Mi". Wlllatd Matthews, one can honejr . Mrs. James McNulty, one tur kej, Mis. J. B. Dlmmlck, oranges; Mis. Dr. Dean, squash, twenty-live bushels buckwheat flour; 13, a, Cour sen, one tin key, Mrs. A. D. Stelle, grapes, apples, cranberries, oranges, celery; Mrs. J. W. Hovvorth, cranber ries, orange?, npplcs, Mrs. W. T. Hac kctt, potted hj'nclnth; W. H. Pierce, one-hnlf barrel of squash, Mis. W. II, Taytor, beef roast, squash, apples, ctanbcrrles. Ice cream. Mrb. W. P. McClave, Chilatlan Heiald for "!)9, Mrs. J E. Chandler, clothing and pa pers, Miss A. Sanderson, apples and oranges, Miss Stella Yost, teaching ot educational class semi-weekly; Mrs. Delhi, Marberger, Armburst, Cornish, South Side store, meats; Scranton Dairy company, milk dally. Mr. Gere, milk dally; Tribune, Times, Republi can and Truth dally, Mrs. 13. p. Kings- ijurj-. j, i'loviutnoe jjaptist church, $2; Homo and Foielgn Missionary so ciety of Providence Baptist church, $1; Green Ridge Baptist church, $1; a friend, baby clothes. I DIED. DURKIN. In Scranton, Jan. C. Edward Durkln, sou of Mr and .Mrb. Mm tin Durkln, 451 Plu-lps street Funeral Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter ment In Cathedral cemetcrj. MAHON. In Scranton, Jan. 4, James Mahon, of Moscow, n'sed &S j ears, I'u. noral Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Internum at St. ("ntlieilns'K cemetery, MdM.OW, RATIONAL OUTCOME OF THE SYSTEM WHY THE N. Y., W. & W. R. R. WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. It Is in tho Hands of Individual Operators, Roprosentlng About 20,000,000 Tons, of Which About 14,000,000 la Shipped at tho Presont Rato of Mining-Oporatod on Sound Business Principles It Will Bo Ablo to Transport Freight at a Low Rate. The January letter of the Anlhrniliu Coal Opeintors' association Is us fol lows "The Now Yoik, Wyoming and West ern inllroad Is tho rational outcome of the system of unjust discrimination which the present transporting com panies have practiced against the operatois. This road ts In tho hands of, and supported by, Individual opera tors', icprcsentlng probably 20,000,000 tons, of which about H.000,000 Is shipped at tho piescnt into of mining. It will bo the controlling element in the future conduct ot the tiailu. llullt for cash, and without nny excessive bonds or stock; provided with the most modern equipment, and operated on sound business principles the road V ill be able to transport ft eight at a far lower cost than any existing anthra ilte railroad. "Should 1111 attempt lie made to de- moralize the market, It can make n iiulce nnd deliver 11 Mtniiietit ouantltv to effectually settle all disputes and make the market extieniely unptollt able to any who might have tumperril witli It. Hvciv other means ot secur- Ins an equitable atiangement between tit" tianspoilers and opeiators has been tiled and lias f tilled. This step was bo indlcal and Involved so many far ie. idling consideration", that It was set aside time nnd again In the futil hope that some of the many plati'i Miggestod by the controlling Interests might be eairied out But now that it has been determined upon, It will be can led forward with that same eneigy nnd dlrectnebs which has clmiacterl7ed the conduct of the operators in their other entei prises, and that It will suc ceed in obtaining the remits iletlted does not admit of dispute. HXAMILC OF INJUSTICE "No better example of tho Injusthe of tll present freight rates on iiuthra UiU" C0."' r."Ul? b.e ,,10,e'Uca un that ixdawaie, Lackawanna and AVcstern railroad. For 1S97, this onmwn" le- pom In I'oji'b Manual: MINIMI. Coil Huelpts . . Mining ExpuiM s . . l.n-n TBAITIC .$2..a7!.ssl . 23JSMOI .. 214,72 Owned and Operated Lines Pasenger Receipts $ .I.c'iO.OSS Passenger Expenses 3,W7,lMi llrollt Merch'inillso Receipts ... Merchandise Expenses .. $ 102,922 5 fi.GJO.'OJ 8,120, ' I.os t iVX),774 Coal Receipts 10.048 Ktt Coal Expenses ZiOS.fcJ) Profit iTsTl.'jW Total Eirnlngs $in.S2t,llo Total Expenses 13, i77,J23 Net Earnings "Mlicillaneous" Receipts ...$ 3.917,113-. t 2,70S,r91 Total Nit Earnings 8 G53,r79 ' Excluding the Item of "Miscellan eous" reci Ipts, the origin of which Is doubtful, It will be een that the com pany lost $214,721 In Its coal mining npeiatlons, and that its general freight trafllc resulted in a loss of $500,774, a total of $71.5,497. The profit on the pas senger trafllc Is so small that it would pay but a fraction of the Interest chuige". On tho coal traffic the returns nre enormous und fully explain why this company can afford to be a dis turbing element in Trunk Line mat ters. Such a heavy surplus In non competitive freight has been a safe guard nganst losses which icsulted fiom cutting lates on other classes of merchandise and on passenger trafllc. NOT A PROFITABLE ATTITUDE. "While such a pollcj' has undoubted lj' enabled the comnanj' to maintain an independent attitude, It Is not tho most profitable one, and lr, further, an ex ttemely dangerous menace to the flnaclal interests of other railroads that compete in passenger and mer chandise traffic, and which, having no special freight to depend upon, must realize enough from these to pay their operating and fixed charges. Such a policy Is little shott of criminal in its nairow self-interest. The injury and loss to others leach far beyond the effect which It has had on anthracite affairs, and It has been so stubboinlj' adhered to by the management, that tho di rectorate, whose other Interests are being injured, have come to doubt whether they have anj' rights, either thiough their financial Investments In this road or tin ouch their election by the stockholder to the board of con tiol. "Tills same policy has brought about most of the disturbances In the an thracite trade. If tho other depart ments of the companv were compelled to earn their own charges, the man agement would hesitate before demor alizing a market as It did last July. Nor, In such case, could It afford to follow Its plan of trying to force the individual operators from its line in order to Increase the production nnd thlpmonts fiom Its own collieries. This it has been doing, charging against those who are compelled to ship over the road, a discriminating rate of lrelght and thereby becoming Involved In extensive legal complications which will, sooner or later, reach a climax and prove very costlj". The entire weight of the company's lnflucnco hns been toward obstructing everj' move ment which has been attempted fop tho betterment of the anthracite in dustrj. POLICY OF OBSTRUCTION. "In splto of facts, of matters of dally occurrence which have proved (tho great need of a change In methods to meet tho changed conditions: In splto of tho willingness of other Interests to give full and fair consideration to these things In splto of the heavy losses which its own coal mining de partment hna shown, and In spite of tho outspoken wishes of its stockhold ci s and directors, tho management has A (Jood Set or Teeth tor... $3.00 Our Best Sets or Teeth 5.00 Including the Painless Extraction DR. S.C.SNYDER jai Spruce Street, Opp, Hotel Jerniyn. stubbornly Intrenched Itself behind Its policy of obstruction or, when com pelled by the very weight ot clrctim stances to Mold, has done ro " ' broken faith nt tho Hist oppoitunlf "The nbllltv to mnlntnln such sltlon Is simply owing to thn' vesslve chnrges on anthracite are not only unjust nnd extoitliwe to the coal operator, but they meiuue the securities of other catrylng nun panics. So apparent Is this that a prominent nillcinl of one ot tho lend ing soft coal rallroaa has called atten tion to It In the most emphatic terms, pointing out that If the anthracite car riots were not so securely Intrenched behind cxcesslvu ft eight earnings on hard coal, they could not afford to give nbnormully low lates on soft coal or gcneinl tratlle and thus upset the general ft eight market, and, nt tho name time, foue down tho pilce of the soft conl which Is competing ngnlnst anthrailte fuel." OFFICERS OF PHOENIX COMPANY Choson at tho Meoting Held Last Night. At the annual meeting of tho Phoenix 1 "nilcnl company last night the fol io g officers weie elected: President, Joseph Dnnner Ice-president, Toter P. Yoos, .secietaiy, H. W. Zclillcr; lrisuier, C. W. Zltzelmann; foreman, Charles H Schadt; assistant foreman, Fred Yoos. tltlstees, H. W. Zeldlor, Kred Yoos and J J. Knufftnan: per manent men, Thomas Campbell, J. W. George and Lincoln Tlllmnn. The tepoit of the secretury showed that the company responded to fifty three bell nnd nineteen still alarms. Hlght of the tlttv -three fires for which bell nhums .veie sent out were extin guished bv the rhoenlx company un aided The companv was on duty seventy-live houis and consumed 1,713 gallons of hemlenls. SHOVING THE QUEER. Three Men Suspocted of Passing Counteifeit Under Ariest at Police Headquartois Two Ate from Now Yoik. Two wtll-dressed stiaugcis, who tried to pass u five dollar counteifilt bill on a. South Side giocin inaii, and a thlid man who came to Sclanton with the other fm fiom New Yoik, weie an ested jitei day nflunooii. They me Bull ins and are held at the central police btatmr pending developments The two nun Hist ;u tested cave lie names of John Mouolo and Tony Belt Tho pui chased two live-cent cigars In the groceij sloid of Charles Graff, corner of Plttson avenue and Hickory street nnd tendered ai live-dollar bill In change. Mr. Graff, who made tho suit, lefused to accept tho bill, baying It was spurious. After somu argument th? men paid for tho cigars in silver nnd left. That was about 2 o'clock Mr. Graff had the men followed. They came to the central city over the Spruce stieet bridge and were weie pointed out to Pntiolmen Block when thev reached Wnshlngton ave nue. Block placed them utider ui rest. When beat died nt the centinl police station about $100 In good nionej' was found on them. Grocerj-man Graft came to the po lice stntion and examined the money, but said that none of It wns nt all like the bill, plainlj a. counterfeit, which the men tried to puss on him. It is presumed that they weie opuiating with only one bill at a time and threw that away after falling to pass it. Pos sibly they knew they were being spot ted. It was learned that there was a thlid membei of the party. Sergeant Dieter and Patiolman Flaherty m rested him at Norton's hotel, corner of Wyomlni? avenue and Center street. Ho was not as well dressed as bib confederates. No bad money was found on him or among the effects of the trio nt the hotel. If they possessed it, H Is presumed they have It secieted. Services of Preparation. Tills evening nt 7 43 tho services prcpnra-torj- to communion will be held In tho Calvary Heformcd church, corner Mon roe nvenue and Gibson Mrect Ilev. (J W. Welsh, tho pastor, will preach tho sermon and conduct the ei vices, Com munion on Sunday at 0 30 a. 111. Special contributions CATAItrtH In the head is cuied by Hood's Sarsapaiilla, which eradicates fiom tho blood the sciofulous taints that caure it, soothing and rebuilding the delicate and diseased tissues. HOOD'S PILLS arc the only pills to take w Ith Hood's Sar&uparlllo. Cure all liver Ills CaSiiiOn The market is fall of 1 imitations, represented to bo the samu as I B3IOmWIM'& Dronqhlal wiiviin v TrochOMtl Boston Tho Genuine bss tno rae-Slmllo y? on every Signature of C J tfew.fc x. MALONEY OIL AND TELEPHONE 622, 141 lo 149 Meridian Streat, Scmloi, Pa. BURNING AND LUBRICATING OILS. PAINT DEPARTriENT.Pure White Lead, Colors and Varnishes. A general clearing of remnants in curtaining aiul tapestries begins this week, to continue until all are gone. Naturally we accumulate a lot of short lengths suitable for vestibule doori,sash curtains, bath rooms etc A great sacrifice in all remnants of yard goods such as Swiss, Irish Point, Tambour rUislin, Tambour Lace, Brussels, Point Arabian Tapestry remnants include a number of our prettiest patterns, in fact the best sellers make most remnants. These are just the thing for covering an odd chair, pillow or draperies. Watch (Ills Ad. for our tircat Curtain Sale. SIEBECKER & WATKINS, 408 Lackawanna Avenne. i 1 I, 20 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton Pi. Wholesale and Retail DRUGGISTS ATLANTIC WHITE LEAD. FRENCH ZINC. Rcndy nixed Tinted Pnlntx, Convenient. Kcouomlcnt, Durable. Varnish Stains, I'roduclns Perfect Imttiitlonof BxpsailT Woodi Rnynolds Wood Finish. Kipc-claHy Domsncd for Inilda Worlc Marblo Floor Finish, Durnble uud Dries Quickly Paint Varnish and Kal sominc Brushes. PURE UNSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE. ESTABLISHED 1B0O. F.l. i January Sale, iSgcj. I have made this unusual mark-down: Twuity and Twi nt-tHe dollar C f c ff f V. V V I'lftten dollar Cluth JacketH IQ QQ Ten dollar Cloth Jackets n CQ Eight dollar Cloth Jackets g QQ Five dollar Cloth Jaikits "1 tzn for O.OU Four doll. u Cloth Jackets O 5Q Also many of our garments at so per cent, olf and Cloth Capes and Fine Furs fully 25 per cent, lower than other houses. Fur re pairing a specialty. Raw Furs bought. 324 LACKAWANNA AVE. Hot House Cucumbers, Hot House Tomatoes, Green Beans, Lettuce, Cauliflower, Egg Plant, Salsify, Strictly Fresh Eggs, Creamery Butter, Grapes, Oranges and Fruits Pierce's Market A MOST COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Suspenders, Dress and Driving Gloves, Bath and Night Robes, Umbrellas, Mackintoshes, Etc, Etc. PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT U MK AU 5 Lackawnna Ave, UllllUIKilKIHItSIIlll'IlllllllIIIIIIIIUJ 1 We I Haven't 1 Said a s Word About 1 ) Men's Furnishings B For a S Evening S Wear. Know 2 5 They are 3 S Right .if 3 Hand & Payne S SELLS THEM S 303 Washington Avenue. 2 niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii IK1ANUFACTURINC CO.
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