THE SCRANTON TMBUNI4-WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1899. Connell Building Desirable Offices suitable rot; LAWYERS. Full Privileges of Law Library. HAVE A FEW LAItQEP. ROOMS LLL AUAtTBI) FOR ARCHITECTS. APPLY TO J. L. CONNELL, Hoom 30'.' Connell BuHil'ms. REAL ESTATE! REAL ESTATE! REAL ESTATE! We oiler lor sale NEW HOMES at the following prices : $1,600, $2,300, $2,500, $4,300, $ 4,500 $ 5,000 $ 9,000 $13,000 Call .it Our New Rooms, Traders Bank Building. TRADERS REAL ESTATE CO CHAS. SCHLAQER, Manager. DR. H. B. WARE, SPECIALIST Kye, Ear, Nose and Throat i nicollours Pn.iu tol'.'.sio p.m; 2 to 1. lliluiua building, Opp. 1'ewtoiHco Z - 4- - -f-t- -f -t- -f CITY NOTES -f -f -M- " 1 -f MIST STAND 'J RIAL V. Robinson, Hi l'ob; hm u.t Ice cutter, who htolo a jlllr Ot goll Illt'CCllCS flOIll II J. L OlllllH' Mop Motility night, was committed to thi miinty jail ytstcrday by Mayor Bil- y (in n chnigi of liiccny. 'Sit vDFATFri .NIGHT. Tlio numbers hi tin piim.it class ot thi; IVnn Ave nii Hiitii Sunday school will conduct tliii gtniluutlng cciclsis .it tho chinch Hi t Thuisdiv night at 7..J0 oclock This is th postponed mietlng which wus to li4ri I" in held list Monday evening. I l.i TI'IIIJ TONIGHT - Dr. James lliiBlns of Klmhcily. South Africa, will 1 i tun on tho "Rand ol Hold mill Di i lii iinN .it the R.tllio.ul Department A unvr Men's Cluistlin association to ni(,lii it s o click. It.illioiii nun ami t'uli families aio coiilliilly Invited. WORKMAN 1IURT-D AVIlllmis, of 'Juitli stieit Avest Scranton, Is at the Moms T.tvlor hospital mint ring fiom in juriis Hustali id at tho South mill of tho Lackawanna Iron ami Steel loinp.uiy ill (i o clock vcsltrduy morning. Flying pliccs ot iilatj struck him In tin lute causing scvu.il i tits anil a hcay ph-eo ol steel struck Ills lift aim, making sev eral contusioi s. SREUiHRlRINC, PARTA.-AA Mcldl rido putv from hcranton isltal tho honin of Mr unci Mri Reuben Kimble ut tlirir homi ut Ci.uk s Summit hatuid.iy evening Tlioc piosrnt were Ml. iinrt Mrs Oh irles I lav den, Alt. and Mis Frank Slote. Mr. and Mr'' JJ i: Conklln, Mr and Alls. HaMln Towksbuhv, Ml. and Mrs WIIkciiH. Mr. and Mis. I,. D. Rlge low Mis AVIUIuin A'etteis. Mis. R Si. Conklln, Mis Pickering Mrs Ed. Tewks Imrj Mrs R H Oonklhi Avis Rlgcltiw. LlUlin nnd Mable Tewksbuiv, Coia Vet tors, Miss Roskilly nnd Miss Jclfroj s. Thiel-Burineiater Concert. Biryelu hnll.next Friday, Feb. 17,Bur nelster, tin- great pianist. Tickets at Hulbcrt's music store. f Women's Sform Ov?rsho?s First Qualify Women's Storm Water proof Cloth Uppers, black ileece lined, loimerly sold at $i.oo. Our Trice 50c. Mostly all sizes, for to day's selling. Women's Storm Riibbers Good quality icgularly sold at other stores for 50c. Our Price 2!U, to fit all si?es shoes for today's selling. Come early to get your sue. 410 Spruce Street. rrw ..rtcVtAOTS. swnsAX 38CT ffft&Tixy? KHIHf SPENCER LAYMEN'S LEAGUE FORMED. Adjunct to the Methodist Episcopal Church Work in Bcranton. Delegates fiom soveral Methodist Episcopal chnrrhcfl of Sctunton nnd Dunmorc mot In tho Rim 1'nrlt chutch last night nnd nigiinlzcd a Raj men's Rensitc, which hits for Its purpose tho unification of work among the lay ofll ccts of the c'liurches. J. O. Shepherd ptesided. TIic officers elected were: I'lesidunt, .1. fJ. Shep herd; vice-president, W. A. May; sec ond vice-president, B. T. Jay no; third vlce-ptesldent, Attorney O. L. I'uck; secretary, C. V. Ronjatnlii. treasurer, G. U. Clnrk; trustce, J. F. Miller, of Asbury church; John Sehloder, of Ger man Methodist Episcopal church; F. Urader, of Court Street church: Wal ter B. Ohrlstmar, Providence Metho dist Episcopal church: W. W. Davis, Simpson Methodist Episcopal church; 11. C. lllnman, Hampton street church: E. J. Clearwater, Cctlaj Ave nue church; J. W. Fenwcll, Dunmore; J. Stowe, of Ash stleet. A nceptlon commltteo to Bteet mid cnteitaln Ulshop Nowinnn and hln wifo when they come to attend the confe ence nt Kingston In April was pruned, with Rr. A. M. orinin, ptesidlnE elder of the Wjomlnp district, as Its chair man, nnd the piesident and thtee Ire presidents of tho litiynipn'ti I.eaKiio as Its other membeis. A constitution nnd bylaws wus s-tib-mltted and much other routine busi ness tiansacti'd. The letiRiu will hold quarterly meetings on the second Mon day ol January, April, July and Oc tober of each jear. THEY FOUGHT IN CUBA. Battalion of the Twelfth Infnntiy Passes Through Scranton. Tho Third battalion of the Twelfth Infuntiy U. S A., passed through this city on the Delnwute, Lackawanna nnd Western road yesterday, en loutu fiom Foil Rllov, Kan., to New York to take ship for Manila Ono section of their train, contain ing two companies, passed thiougli at 11 o'clock a m. and the eond s-ctlnn, with the othci two companies, went through nt o'clock p. m. Fifteen-minute stops were made for lunch and on each occnMnn the soldiei left the ttain und made Iiuuled exclu sions! thiougli the nearby part of the city. When the train was toady to statt they Weie called b ick by the buglets The Twelfth Is one of the regiments of rt-sulars that saw sen Ice in Cuba It was at El Caney ami San Juan, and participated in the night attack of Julv 2, and tho bombardments of July 11 and 12 At El Caney the regiment sitl feied tho loss ot tortv-nino men lit killed and wounded. Colonel Jueob II. Smith Is Its1 commander. The legiment letmned to this coun tiy late In August and was sent to western parts. The First and Second battalions, which wue stationed it Jefferson bauacks, Missouil, went to Jew lork by wa of Washington and (Philadelphia. It was expected the regiment would take tho transport Shetid.in at New York this mottling, but word wai re celid yesterdav that the boat, pos sibly, will not bo ready for n week Their journey to Manila is not the diiect result of the lecent tipiising of the insurgents The regiment has been under waiting ordets for oer n month, expecting eety day to receive tho word to start. It is thought thu legiment will be aligned to peinunent duty tlieie and that upon its at rival, if the conditions warrant it, a volunteer regi ment will be lulieved. FIRST BANKRUPTCY CASE. Was Submitted Yesterday to tho United States Court. The lb st bankiuptcy case to be sub mitted to the Fnitid States court tiom this district was foiwardtd, ycstenlay. by Referee A L. Van Woimer to Ckik William T. Lindsay, nt Pittslmig It is the rjse of Madison F. Rat kin, foimtrly of Cleveland, Ohio, now a lestdint of this city. He filed a peti tion In voluntary bankiuptcy Jan. 1. His schedule of liabilities and assets hhowed nn Indebtedness of $7,00(1 with no piopeity to meet it. A meeting of crdltoit -was called for Feb. fi, but none of them appealed or filed any ob jections to the petition. This being the case the refeiec s only duty was to for vvaid thu repoits of the case to tho cletk of the United States eourL Mr. Larkin'h ci editors are all banks In Cincinnati He was in the lumber buuiness in Cleveland and endoi&etl a large quantity of his company';, paper. Tho company failed anil he was -nade Insolvent. The Indebtedness fiom which he Is now endeavoilng to tree himself Is what vas left lenwiulng over and above the amount that tho sale of his property liquidated. The fact that none of his ct editors oftercd any objection to his petition speaks well for him. WILL CONVENE TODAY. Master Plumbers' State Convention Delayed by Storm, Only about a do?en delegates to tho state convention of master plmnbeis weie in the city yestcidny and, as de cided upon, the night betore, the open ing of tlie sessions was postponed un til todav. The delegates who were on hand wero entertained dining their wait by tho members of tho loenl nssnni .,iinn Tonight tho delegates, tho local asso ciation unn uoout twenty membeis of the Wllkes-Barie association will ban uet at ilotel Rudolph. m Go to Lane'B for your meals. 320 Spruce street. Smoke The Pocono Cc. Cigar. DIED. CARMAN. In Scranton, Feb. H is'11, Charles Q. Carman, 77 years of age, at tho residence, 23J Franklin r venue. Fu neral Fiiday morning. DURKIN In South Scranton, F. b. U, IS'Jl, Thomas Durkln, l yeais of aao, nt the icsldence, Ru3 Cedar uienue. Kn ncial Thursday mornln? at 0 oelotk. Reeiulem mass at St. Johns i lunch. Jn. tcimcut ut Cathedral ccnuteiy, LAUKIN, In Scranton. Feb, II, ,y lolm B. Iirklnt ol lr'2( Pi Ice suuet aged GO years Funeral Tlunisday. LRWIS. In Hcnnton, rb. 1.1 Jiw, D,in. If M Lewis nfied 51, nt Hi Deckers court. Funeral Thurstlay ofternoon. I.t'TJJ.- In Green Itlilge. I'eib, U, iscj, Henry Lulu, sr., 72 years of nge. nt 1I10 leslclcnce, 1310 Simlereon avenue, ru. utral this afternoon at 2 SO o'clock. NRIIRU.-In South Scranton, Feb. 14, uw Mrs. Oeorgo Neher, at tho reslrenio,, 20 Plttstou avenue. Funeral announce, ment later. NOUTON.-In KlDgston, Fib. 13, l&W, Rev. Allen J. Norton, fi.1 years of ase, at the rosldci.ee. I'uneial tomorrow morning. Sorvlces at the Kingston Pres by terlun cliuich. SOMEWHAT NOVEL EJECTMENT SUIT BROUGHT BY ELECTRIC CITY LAND COMPANY. Seoks to Obtain PossoBsion of tho Coal Underlying Ono Hundred Acres of Land in North Scranton. Alleged That tho Van Storeha Vio lated tho Terms of tho Agreomont Upon Which the Land Was Sold. Is an Echo of a Long Legal Battlo. A somewhut noel suit was begun ytstetd.iy by Attorney S 1). Price, lep resontliig the KUUtlc City Land Im piovetneiit t omp.uiy. which owns ji ttact of about 100 aires of land in North Scranton west of North MRln avenue. The suit Is directed ugalnst the West Ridge Coal company, Ellen V. Sawyer, Cmoline j. Rowling, George 13 Dow ling, KiedeiUk Von Slorch. George Wright Delia R. Newton. Fred Nowlon, Canlngton S. Von Stench, Ella IS. Hewitt, V. H. Hewitt, .1. 15. Sicklei, guaidiau of Fred G. Von Storch, James R. Burr and T. C. Von Storeh, lielw and successors to helis of Ferdlnnnrl Von Stench. It was fiom thu Von Storchs that the Rlecttle City Land Improvonient conipnny bought tho ptoptrtv, the coal being lesmed, but the deed specially providing that tho coal .should be re moved by underground passages, no shaft, of any kind to be sunk on tho plot. SeVeial lots of the plot passed Into the hands of tin West Ridge Coal com pany and a hat t was sunk close to Ninth Main iiiiim. Ait liitimcllnn was obtained and the matter has bom at Issue slme lS'il Recently the su preme couit decided that the shatt must be eliv-ed and buildings lenioved by JuH 27 net The land and linpiovement company hold that the Von Storcli helis, who are Intel i sled In the West Ridge Coal company, -violated their agreement when they sunk the shaft and thtre foie that the provision In the deed re set lng the ' onl Is ol no effect. The land iiimpauy thetefoie bilng- an ac tion In ejectment to obtain poasestlon ot the coal undei lying its land Argument Couit. v I though a number of eases weie consilium! in .uguineiit unlit yestd- , dnv none of them consumed a meat ! amount of time and couit was able to adjourn fin the day about noon lim". The lollowing i asis v, on aigued C. R. Wetherly against Ocotgt W Hai buiger and nthets, mle to quash at tachment dh charged J. R Lesh against commonwealth ot Penned wi nla, eertionil Judgment affltmed John Shinko against Mary Mora, rub to open judgment, made absolute .K.hn L. Claik against Frank Patlenie, ml" to stilke off appeal nude absolute Brid get Runne against Thomas Regan, cir tloiaii, writ quashed Joeph A Moor against Ira Brown mle to stilke ort judgment ludgment opened. Janus A Rellly nganlst Maiy .Monls and oth eis. lllle to stilke off lien made abso lute Aldrleh t Kav Manufacturing company agilnst Louis Rupiecht. ex ceptions to nllidavit of ileleni-e South em Building and Loan association agalnsl J W. rowpirthwpltc, rule to stilke off judgment dischargee' P. L McDonnell against Catheilne Walsh, rule to pel feet u turn mle for contempt made absolute Samuel Mcl'abc against "William L. an Buslclik judgment on the attachment execution i ieeised Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. .1. R Lesh, certlornil. judgment levets d. Eva AVitzd against Gioige Witzel, ilemutrer set aside and bill dismissed without piejudlte to new proceedings. The dhoice case of Susie RUsco against Frank Rlitio vas subinlttcd vvith'JUt uigum-nt. Yestei day's Maniage John S. L.iug.ir . . . Maig.ucl A. rini.irty .... Antlionv VitiaK Yoh.uuici Sku.ula Walter Wilton Rlolse Maaundav License. Diiiuiioic Diinimiio . Oh pit ml ..Cm ioii(ial- ..('aibimdjle e'.irliiiivLilo v. York e'ity T M rdilln Joiie Ne Icnnle A. Ilnilkv, iii)i W.ishliiRton Francesco Aniodl Gic3huii llr.iucht John MeGuinni ss Bridget A Pry .il John J Mini ly Jennie Mullale avi line, I'lw .AuhlMld . AtcvhKild . ...Scranton . .An lib lid . .Alt lit.ulit . Aichbald Court House News Notes. Attorney R. W. Thayer was ye.steitiiv appointed an auditor in tho 1 state of William R. Ji 11M11 1. Owlnt, to a iroiii steam plpo thi pio thouotarv's otlln has had no heal lor several dav ioftilil.iv a lite wts stuit 1 il In the gnte ami stveial oil stoves vero pl.ned In tho otllce Georgo AW Lee ol t'.irfcowd il.i lown shlp, ycMterd.iv applied to couit for a wilt 01 mandamus to comptl tho authorities ot tint township to pay him $111 04 with interest from Dicembcr :p, lSo, which h alleges is due him R. G. Wolf and Everett Warn n, exece. ton of tho list will of Dr. B. H. Tliroon, tic ceased, requested court to enter Judg ment on 11 bond of $17 015 3$, given by ihu Thioop Stovo company. Jtulgment is asked becaiibo tho company is in default 01 tho interest since Jamiuiv .0, is'h The AVcuman Fiult compiny of lower Lackaw inna uvinuo yesteid.iv sieurd an older from tho court ptimlttln Ilia salo of goods that havi bun htuntl In the warehouse ot the company for "sonio lime. Tho goods nro ow in d by J. r. I'ahey, P. McKlnney end Thomas Ead'ly. Fahiy's property is valued at $yi7ri, Mi Kenny's at $Iti and Thomas rtaddy's at $12rtai. Court iHeil March IS. is'i'i, at 1 o'llock ns tho tlmo for the silo. They 've imitated everything else, but they 'vc never been able to imitate the quality of Sarsaparifla Auer Pimples Vanish when Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is talen. It clears the system and purifies the blood. Carlsbad Spru del Salt positively cures constipa tion, disordered stomach, dyspep sia, etc. Mrs. Ida. L. Dodd, ot Mon mouth, Me., wiites.; "I have had trouble with my stomach for over eight years. The Carlsbad Spru del Salt has done me more good than any other remedy. Enclosed please find 5.00 for six bottles." Ueware of imitations. The genuine imported Cailsbad Salt has the signature of "Eisner & Mendelsohn Co., Sole Agents, New York," on every bottle Send for pamphlet SCARCITY OF COAL. This Is an Odd Sort of a Com plaint to Be Heurd in the Metropolis of tho Anthra cito Coal Fields. Theie Is a teal nnd serious famine existing right in our nildsl How long it will last, or what Its effects upon the community at huge will Im, cannot now Ik! decided The famine N due 10 a shortage of coal, and, stinnt;e as it may seem, is of some moment, though, like the mnn who was wont to say, "Wntei, water, e ei where and not a drop to drink." the'te Is hundreds of tons of coal lying beneath the mound, stalled In cars, In the pockets and telegiuphs of hitakeis and in cats in the vuilous mines, and yet It isi a dlllleult matter to secuie even a load The Consunieis Ice company, which has an Immense tiade in coal deliveiy hereabouts, as far back a.s Thursday of last week began hedging and even now uie in a quandary how to meet the demands on file Tho lesser Individual coal supply dealeis Tie ovili in a woise shape. The teamsteis who make a liv ing huullng coal from the collieries to the consumer have had practically nothing to do foi several days. Ovei at a eolliei In West Scranton which supplies a large quantity to tin iel.Ul tuule, it is .ild that us high as 6 a ton was being offeted the otln 1 day foj pe.i toal, which In days of plenty only brings $1.73 delivered In Kkiimlslilng aiound among railroad olllcl.ils It was discovered that the problem of how to keep all theh en gines supplied with toal v.lth the lit tle iecn(. now on hiinu Is being con sidered. Foitunalely. none but pas senger engines rile now- in tontliuul use since the snow stoim, but these engines um- lump eoal and that is one of the sires most wanted. The Delaw.ne. Lackawanna and AVestein t ompany Is not operating manv eollleiles foi obvious reasons. Similar elreumstantis eist witli tho Delaware and Hudson company. How ever, it Is enei ti il Unit tfiiliio . ...1 for .-.oveial davs to come all collieries as soon as piactlcable will be put on threc-qu.u ter and pet hups full time Re ports from the various eential points foi coal delheiv In the east, both for general and Individual use. indicate that little If anv coil can be obtained for love or money. OBJECTIONS ARE DISMISSED, Guinn Could Not Prove Conclusively That Nee Is Not a Citizen Judge R W Arehb.iltl yestei day ills, missttl the objections to the nomln 1 tlem oipeis nt John Nee for the otlli e "f supi Mi-ni of L.ukawuiin.i townslilp. 1 J. Qulnn was tin objector. On the put of Mi. Qulnn it wns t'hown that when Nee testllled in June Inst in the l.ingstaff-Ktlly contesl lie was not a uuulaily natutalied cltls-en of this countv. His pajieu- wen- issued In 1S78 by the Bent lev couit, tin tlist that sat In this countv. The acts of that tliblltial weie nfteiwaidn dee Ided to be invalid and Nee's pajiei" theie tme do not convey to him ihu privileges thev put pin t to. Net was not pretnt at yesterdnv's hearings and it was lepoitul that uuintiou.s but unsuccessful attempts had been mule to subpoena him. Theio was nothing to show that Nee might not have been naturalized since ho tes tilietl in the election contest 011 Juno s, and as ihe objections were based on the fact that Nee Is not a citizen, they weie dismissed. Judge Aichbald said if it is a tact that Nee Is not natuinlUed, the mat ter an come u In the event of his eli c Hon In the form ot quo w 1111. into procfidlncn to prevent him from hold ing tho otllce. KELLER CASE NEXT WEEK. Aigument Will Bo Heaid Wednes day by Supieme Court. Wednesday next the case of Jovph Keller, convicted of manslaughter In connection with the killing of Peter Mnyi-r at Dunmoie last July, will ho heaid bcfoio the Supreme eotui nt Philadelphia. District Attorney Jones will oppose the gi anting of a new tiial and Kellei's attorneys, John F. Sciag and John M. Hairls, will plead foi a reversal of the action of the couit of this county In lef using to grant n now tilal. District Attorney Jones said yes tcidny: 'I am confident the judgment of tho couit of this county will he .sustained In tho Keller case Ho had a fiir tllal, nnd, nil things consideied, the sentence was a me ul lu 1 one. He wns dlreetel to spend llvo years nnd sl months in tho Eastern penitential y, and he will have to seiie that term If tho Judg ment of the Supieme couit Is against him. "Many of his filends, 1 understand, think that the time ho i at libei ty on ball a'valtlng the disposition ot Hie ap peal will apply on his stnit nee, but such Is not the ease." INDUSTRIAL NOTES. At the Inst rocular meetlnir of th stockholder of the AA'ynmlng C'ntleiy company, held nt AVyomlng, the fol lowing board of directors was elected: J . Hollonback. Cluls. Stegmaler, G M. Reynolds. 11. II. Haivev. I.onl Tisih. Alesardei Dick and Ceorgo Lass- nius mew). A petition, having for its purpose tho tequest of a soinl-monthly pay-day, Is being cli cnlated nmong tho employes of the Dickson Manufat titling e om pany. Tho petition will bo prorented to Genet al Mnnnger B-e Coureey May, and the men hopu that he will upprovo of theh ittuest and grant It. ANNUAL REPORT OF MINE INSPECTOR FIGURES CONCERNING WORK DONE IN THE DISTRICT. Altogether 5,400,160 TonB of Coal Wero Mined in tho Second District During tho Yoar 1808Ovor Fif tcon Thousand Mon and Boys Woro Employed-Tho Total Nttmbor of Fatal Accidents Was Thirty-One, and Non-Fatal Ono Hundred and Fifty-Four. The annual report of II. O. Prylheieh, Inspector of the Second anthracite dls ti let, has just been prepared. In con nection with his report the Inspector says- "1t should bo noted that four mines in the dlstilct have changed hands since the last report. The work performed by this olllco has been re ported In detail to the rhlef of tho bureau of mines, such as Investiga tions of accidents, Inspection of mines, inquests etc V dally teiort has also been furnlsh"d A consldetuble ln ir uo ol clerical work has been added to the duties of mlno Inspector and which has 110 tendency to Improve tho (oiidition of the mines and reduce tho accidents." Dining the yeai there were thlrtv one fatal nnd 154 non-fatal accidents in the district and tho total amount of eo.il mined was ri,-Tit!.13o tons. Alto gether 15,S1 men and boys weto cm ployed In the mining ol this coal. Dur ing the yem 207,Gril kegs of powder nnd ts.cn pounds of dynamite weie used in the various mines of the dls trlt t. Conipailng these figures with tho'e returned for the pievlous yeais, It will be irn that the production for In'iS fhows t decrease ot HJ.C'lf. tons, alio a ilecie.ise In the number of per sons employed to tho extent of 727 and 2"l,0"il pounds of decrease in tho aniiiMil of powder used. At the various collluies 621 boilers, 230 rteam pumps 3.'!) steam engines, T, dynamos, 3 electilc motnis, 1,930 horses and mules nte used. Many Improve ments have been made In all depart ments, such as facilities for transpoita tlon, ventilation, etc. ACCIDRNTS FOR SEVEN YEARS. The total ai eldents for the past sev en yeais Is is follows. 112, 211; 1V.H, 210. jvr. 1S ivy- 2C. ISOii, 200. 1S'J7, 201 lSlls. Is", Avoiage, 201. The following tnblo shows tho pro duction ol 10.il and the number ot perons employed by each company: Tonnage. Bin. ..2t.Ji2 7.1S1 .. u'l.Vll ,'JS .. 100,-111 2.'i .. .77,2U l,i3 .. 20t,tlri 321 .. lOj.ltn 119 .. 305,'MJ (17 .. i:i,r:u i,-, .. mi'.i ii07 .. l'rt.eill '.-d .. :V5,LT5 'J '0 .. 10I.71S .,v .. si.U'i -:i .. S3, loii !( .. 77,2'!7 W .. 1 ll'i 'it .. 110..IVI M.' D. L & W , Austin Co , D .v. II Co L. I. A. S Co W. T. Smith Olrtetl Uliltre Co Peiiusvhaiila Co Count 11 V Ci Council Co Oreenwood Co Jenny n Co Elliot McCluie & Co ., Sptnters Nay Aug Co Hull's Iltad Co Columns Co Spilng Brook West Rltlco Totals .3 10G.EO 13,1-11 Relow Is given the number and ex tent of aeceldents under the different (oinpunies In the distilct: Non Ratal. Fatal D, L & AV 11 St Austin Co ) 2 Delaw.ne Hudson i S L. I A. S. Co t 7 W T. Smith 1 2 Cietll I'.itUo Ca 3 7 Piimsylvaiil i Co .'! U Connell .s. Co 0 '. Connell C( 0 (iietnwood Co 2 ') Jeimvn & Co 3 3 Fillet. McCluro A. Co i 1 tt Rlilge Co 0 S Sptlittrs 0 I Nn Aus; Co 1 0 Hull's Iliad Co n o Columbus Ca 0 0 Spilng Hiook Co 0 0 Totals It m ACCIDENTS CLASSIFIED. These accidents weie elassbied as follows- Fall ot roof, I1' fatal and 57 non fatal, gas evploslons, 14 non-fatal' ex plosions of blast, t lutal and 13 non tatal. Milled by mules 1 fatal and S non-fatal, by cars Inside, 1 fatal and 3S non-fatal: by ears outside, C non fatal: bv bleaker machinery, 1 fatal; by powder, 3 non-fatal; miscellaneous Inside, i non fatal miscellaneous out side, 2 fatal, and S non-fatal. The oci upallon of peisons killed and tiijuiecl was as follows: Mlneis, 13 killed and flu injured, laborcis, 7 killed I and ?.! Injured dootbovs, 1 killed and 8 Injured, diivers and helpers, Z killed ( una so injured: outstrip liborers, l killed and Injured, company men in side, S Intuied, headmen, 2 Injured; ill i' bosses, 1 Injured; runners, 1 In Juiel. slateplckets, 1 kllle-d, and 1 in jured' englneeis, i killed, tlmbermen, 1 killed; outside foi email, 1 killed. Tht nationality of persons Involved in the accidents was us follows: Welsh, 0 killed. 33 injured; English. 5 killed, 10 Injured; Scotch, 2 killed; Irish, 0 killed 11 injured: Pole, J killed. 21 in liued; Slav, 1 killed, 1 Injured; Austil an, 1 killed, 4 injured; American, 2 killed .'3 Injured, Hungarian, 1 killed, 3 Injuied Italian. ' Injured; Greek, 2 Injuied, Swede, 2 Injured; Canadian, 1 injured; G"tman, 2 Injured. LENTEN SERVICES. To Bo Held at tho Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Tho flirt special services in tho oh sti'vnnee of Lent by tho congregation of Holy Tilnlty Lutheran church, of which Rev. C G. Splcker is pastor, will he held this evening lAsh Wednesday) at 7.13 o'( lock. The pastor wil! preach. Follow Ins this service, the smvlce of Confession and Absolution will bo con ducted This eeivlce Is preparatory to thu Holy Sacrament ot the Lord's Sup per next Sunday. All are cordially in vited to attend the evening service. MILLER HABEAS CORPUS CASE Parents Must Be Reconciled Before They Can Have tho Child. There was a hearing before Judge F. AV. Gunster yesterday afternoon In the habeas cm pus proceedings brought by Mrs Mlllci, toloied, to recover posses sion of her 2-: ear-old daughter, Paul-Ini- who Is .inw In tho possession ol Mls Chrlsslo Fuster and her sister and biothor-ln-Iaw, Mr. and Mrs. Arams. Tho Mllleis lived In this city, but somo time after the child was born they separated and Miller relumed to his lormer homo in Philadelphia. Tho child was thereupon Indentured to Abiams by tho poor boaid, but thu In dvntuto papera were not In regular When in these days of Sensational Advertising; Every one claiming to have the best goods at the lowest prices, Wb simply desire to say that we have done our utmost to lurnish the best wares and latest novelties, at prices as low as consistent with good merchandising. In order to keep this stock clean, Itee from odds and ends, and shop-worn goods, we have arranged all such pieces on separate tables at prices much less than cost. Look them ovei if you find what vou want, vou get a b.iigam. Odd Tumblers, Cups and Saucers, Plates, Platteis, Vegetable Dishes, Etc. Sweeping ralucllon in prices on Lumps. Cfoyxv&YtaAX . Millar & Peck, WALK IN AND form and court yesterday refused to consider them. Mrs. Miller, who Is n refined nnd cul tured young woman, wants to return to Philadelphia to seek a teconcllla tlon with her husband and in the event of not nccomi llshlng that purpose she intinds to repide with her put cuts who me v.'ell-to-do She wants her child before she ler.vcs the city. Judge Gunsler continued the casv for four wes-ks. If bv that tlmo It uppe-ira that Mr. und Mrs. Miller ate again living together ns man and wife und uie able to cate for their daughter the Judge Intimated that he would make nn otder lestotlng tho child to the cus tody ot the parents. MEDICAL MEN EAT. Twentieth Annual Dinner of tho Lackawanna County Medical Society Was Held Last Night. The twentieth annual ellnnei of the Lackawanna Countv Medical society was held in the board of trade rooms last night. Owing to the storm It was not quite ns suceespful in point of at tendance ns boitip ot its predecessors, but in every otliei feature It was theli equal. If not their supeiioi. fir. C. Ii. Frcy was lo.mtmnster Toasts weie responded to us iollow-i: ".Mythical Medicine," Di. John C. Hate Son; "Medical Education in the United States," Dr. L. S. Barnes (substituted foi Dr. William E. Ashton, ot Philadel phia, who was kept away by the stoim); "Tho Doctor at War," Dr. Walter M. Reedy, 'Medical Education Abroad," Dr. L. Wehlau: "Famous Men in Medi cine," Dr II. II. Gibbons; "Our Absent Membcts," Dr D. A. Capwell; "Why Doctois Disagree," Dr. F. L. Van Sickle. There were piewnt Doctors Gunster, rrey. Gates, Gibbons, Smith. Law, AVhlte, Bower, Van Sickle, Reedy, Gur vey, Thomson, Ilea, Grover (Peekvillc), Kennedy, Davis, Itoos, Price (Dnlton), AVentz, Wehlau, Rateson, Williams, Pulne, Murray, Barnes, Capwell, Sulli van, Heath, McKeage, A'oothees The dinner was arranged by a com mltteo consisting ot Doctois Gunster. Law, Bernstein, Smith, Gates and Gib bons. Steward O'Nell, of the Scianton club, was the caterer. m TRUST GETS ANOTHER. Hitclmor and Company tho Latest to Sign Over Control. As a result of negotiations which have been pending for over two yeais, the HItchner & Co.'s West Plttstou Steam Ci acker Bakeiy has jmssrcl Into the control ot th ct acker tiust The in tides of agreement were drawn up In New Yenk Satin dav nnd signed by Messrs. HItchner anil Morgan. The above bfkeiy has been conducted In Pittston foi over twenty years and when the big eiacket trust was oi ganlzed scveial futile attempts weie made to coi.il it. The National Biscuit company now gains control of all but tho real estate, which Is leased to the Tiust for a term of yens. The con sideration has not been made known, but the blanches in AVilkes-Bane und this city nro included and the old managements are to be retained. The Trust tnkes control M ireh L FORESTS OF STONE. They Exist in Various Parts of the World. From the Clilcaco Tiibune Old foiests aie apt to get into tho most impossible places ind to turn Into the most preposterous .shapes. All our coalllelds are ancient forests tar under ground, then crushed und cooked Into a hard mineral subsume e. They ato foiests of plants which once grow as mighty trees, for outside of fairviand who would ever imagine a majestic woodland of club moss, and reeds, and the little sand weed called the horse tall? In Giecnland, right under the ice llelds a bulled forest has been found In whlth tho plantfi weie all palms and tropleai cieepers, proving that once the Aitlc regions weie as hot as the Indies. In tho AA'ash, between the counties of Lincoln and Noifolk, theio Is an oil forest under tho sea, with stumps ot fallen o iks and elms still visible In places when the tide Is low. This was all dry land In tho days of the ancient Britons. Out In the deserts of Ail?ona there Is u dead forest on the surface of burn ing rock and dilving sand, where no plant save tho cactus can now find any i water. When the plant was, first ells coveted a negro cook thought thut It i would be excellent lor camping. So ho took an u and delivered a mighty blow upon thu fallen trunk ot a big red pine. Kl ax'head was mined, tho haft smashed, nnd his llngets so badly hurt that he sat down and howled. For thai tree was changed to massive rock, which looked as fiesh as though felled but yestei day. The whole prostate for est of big timber had been changed Into "fUmblc d beautiful onyx, Jns. per nnd agate. Delaware Deadlock. Dover, Del, Feb. H -Only tlmo votes wero cast In joint ballot todav nnd the senatorial deadlock remains unbiokeii Addlcks (Ucp ) received two votes an J Giay iDem ). one m i CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of CAazT&Ji 134 Wyoming Avenue LOOK AROUND. OBITUARY. Rev. Allen J. Noitcii, well known In this city, died Monday at his iesdcnc4 in Kingston. ih was 111 roi sevcrnl weeks, but nothing serious was expected. Deceaed was born In the yeai IMS near Lliiif.iilvn, Com ly ol Montgomery, Noitb Wales, ,in,i V(m educated nt tho Baptist rolle-e. Pout v pool. South AVnles, j,ridiiitlnu therefrom with high nonors In IMjii. Ills llisl chiiiKi was al (llasbury, Hieoonslilre. He cinluiiitiil to Ameilci In the ytut isil, settling nt and tuktnr elnrge of the Riptlst chunk at Summit Rill. Diirlrg his ?ti v nt the above place he orgunlid the Maiiunov Cltv, Ashton, I'pp' r Lehigh and Auiliinicil church s. In 1ST1 he took full cbuigo oi the church nt I'ppu LcIiIlJi und lenmved his fam ily thui lem.iliilng I'litlt 1S7S. takliig charge of tin I li.ith mi Slieet tlnttch ,n tint eltv. His nest i hat ges were In F.ir Isville, ().; Kingston (EiikIIsIi); Pittston: I'tlin. N Y , and lln.illj tho Welsh church of Edwnrdi-vllU Released wis nub tl for his generous natiuv and was a type ot the old school Wtlshmin. a prolific writer mid srhol ur. he w.n editor at ono time or tho Wnsg a. monthly in igaylii" published in thi- lntertst ot the Wt lh Riptlst con nection In the Fnltid States. Some years ago lie publlshiil n "lllst.uv ,,f t,0 i;,u,. lists of Ptninvlvnnla." which was well letihect bv tho ileigjmei. .is will as the Invinen or lib dei.iiniliialloii. Ills wlfo and sevui ehlliln u two sons and live ilutghltiM. -uivhe 1 Im The eldest i,on, Alh ii, is pi of, isoi of in uhemitles ind langiiaui. ,u the Tuk Institute, Pitts, lung Two of his tliiiiuhlcis me tialned niiisiM nnd aie Iniatiil ul New York and I'iltshuig losp-Ttlvcly. Tho otheis nro I.lliboth, Jennie, Anna and Aneliu. all it home. The funeral will take plaeo from the residence on Thutsday, Feb, 10. Set vices will be held at til' Kingston 1'iesbvterlm i hmch Chin lis (Jiilnby C.iniuiu eonstablo or the Eighth waul, died at his lesidence, 22! Pi.itikllu avenue, y.stenlny moinlng at 2 o i lock. Deceased was 77 years of ago and injoytd oxciptlonnllv good heilth until three wteks ago whin ho sustained all inline uhlli. .iiinmiiii,!.. i., i.,.i r. stiett eir. As he placed one foot on tho ear cue conuiic tor gave tho signal to statt The motoiman stalled out with a sudden smut nod iIm.,! m -,r, ... - . . .....0,. ..... V.UIIIUII several fei t He was it moved to his homo and the fumilv physician was called. Two ilbs weio fr.ietuttd and penettaltd im- irie mug, vviiu n u suited In his death Deceased suffered gicat agony and was un ible to lest In bid. Ho tiled sitting in his arm chair. Mr. Caiman is survived o ins wne, ono son and tv o iliughteis. Charles, jr., an engineer on the Dela ware Litk.iwami.i nnd Wcstirn rail road. Mi-s. John M. Rose, anil Mls Mii garel firm in He was ono or the old- st past masters of the 1'nlon lodge. No. 2"1 Tree and Actepted Masons, and his umct.it on Friday morning wilt bo con ducted under the auspices of thn lodge. runii.il -unices will be conducttel at the lesidence For tliiitj vi.us Ml. f.iinian was constable of tin Eighth waul and was i candid ne lor re -election thfs month. Mm George Nihil, a highly respected re-ldent of South .Scraiiion, tiled at tho r.sldince, dji Plttstou avenue, ycstenlay morning at S JO o'clrck. She was a resi dent of this cltv for ovtr foitv year.. Sho wis a number or the lllckoiy Street Pit "bv ti I Ian chinch nnd belonged tt sev.ral of tholnllis' 'otletles connected with the church ihe deceased wns 111 for leveril months. b.H she uns ablo to be about until Sunday morning, sinre thi n she no tinned to grow woisp ttntll sin suteumbctl. f-iu siiivhed by li"r husband and the r.illov It g t hlldieu: Mi's Fallot Nape Mis Whilom hmlth, Miss K.lto Nfhel (huge, i , Christian .1 . and JVt.r Nfliu, (li ol thi? city. Tho funeral iiiinoui ci mi nt will be made later. John I. Lirkin. aged hi vears, ot tii Price strett. died ycsuttl.iy mmnlng at .! Fi or lot k D. cuiseil was a resitlt m of this st i Hon thli tv -live ytuis and wus em. plowel as a mini r In the Dlimond mine, being tho oldest employe at that shift under tho Deliwaie. L.ickawann i mid AVestcni tompanv. For m my veais ho was a special oille er lu this city. .Mr. f. ii kin wus ii intmhci ol tho Diamond -Mine Accidental Fund nnd Is survived Ly a wife and one dauglilu Mrs. A. D. Ncalon. who resldtd wlili hhn. Tho tu nrral will be I eld totiiiurow. Iuteimeiit will be made hi tho Catliedial cemetery. Dmlel M. Lewis, nged 51 jv.irs, died al his home. 12.1 DieKei's couit, at 11 o'clock Monday night. Deeeastd had lioen suffering from niluei asthma, but not until recentlv u.is in t:.i...., t...i,,., ly 111. Ho w is a mi mher ot the Diamond niuo vccineiiiui iiiiiii, win re he was em liloved One iliughter. Mrs. John Mnck uth survives him. The) tunernl will ho conduct! d tomorrow afternoon Intei me'iit will bo made in Washbuin sti.et cc mett ry. Thomns nutkln ni iini esir M lied vestordiy moinlng alter u short Ill ness. u ceased was m years of ago nnd hml resided be,., ev.,. nmrt.. ,i,i-.. ..- .. He is survived by his wife and throe cl.iitgliteis, .Mis. James Tiglie, Mrs. Tv F Gregory and Miss Kuto Din kin. nil of this cltv. Tho funeral will bo held ThlilF day moinlng and a lequlem mnss will Uo celehrattil tit St. .tnim'u .l.nrv. . ,. o'clock Interment wilt be made nt tli cuinc-iiii.i eenuieiv HelltV Lilt tl . tiled nt hla r.iol.ln,.,,. 1110 Siiiideison avenue at .. i.vin, t- in-! day moinlng nt the age ot 7J yeais. Ho I sin v heel l.y bin wile and tho following ehildr.ii' Unity, Jr , Jacob. George, Leopold and Miss Mmy ImU nnd Mrs. AV. Lundon, of this city, and Otto Ltltr. or Houston. Tc. The funeral will tni held this iitteruooii from tho reside iicd nt S.S9 o clock.. Dangers of tho Grip, The greatest danger from La Grlppo is of its resulting In pneumonia, if reasonable cate In used, however, und Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens ot thousands who have used this remedy for la gilppo wo have yet to lentil of a single case having resulted In pneumonia which shows conclusively rhat this remedy Is a certain preventive of tli.it dnngerous dleease. It will euro la grippe In less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and pafo to take. For sale by all druggists. Mat thews Bros., wholesale unci jotaU agents. A Card. We. the undersigned, do hereby acres (o icfund the money en a W-ccnt bottla ot Ureciiea Warranted Syrup of Tar it It falls to cure you- cough oi cold. AVo ulao guarantee a l!j-cent bottle to prove buHh-. lactoiy or money lefundtd. J. G. Bone & Hon, Duunioie, pa.; John V, Donahue, Bciunton. Pa.
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