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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY. APRIL 18, 1899.
I'Mblldhed Dally, Kxcopt Hunilitv, hr tho
Tribune Publishing L'ompauy, ut Fitly Osnti
Month.
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toleAceul for Korelgn Adverllilnt.
KiKRKn at this Kwrorrtce AT KCnAJfTOW.
TA AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTRK.
SCHANTON. APItlL IS, 1899.
The notion of Odlcer Jones the other
day In dispersing a gang of well
dressed loafeiH on AVyomltiB avenue,
who were pitching pennies on the side
walk In order that scrambling hood
luins might Jostle ladles who were
passing, whs commendable. That par
ticular thoroughfare has for Home time
been one of tho roundlng-up places for
tnllor-mnde black-less and dough
bralncd dudes, who ogle and make Insulting-remarks
about passing women.
The masher I? a nuisance that must
It" abated.
The Bribery Report.
From the nature of the Inquiry con
ducted by the Fnw committee ItM work
J rftsardi'd by the people as chlclly
comical. With one set of facts we
have two reports, the minority within
one vote as large as the majority. In
such a situation the courts are the
proper phfe for -the administration of
justice, and It Is to be hoped that the
Mimmlllt''.-' unanimous recommenda
tion thai its Information and evidence
bo put before the district attorney of
Dauphin counly will be adopted with
eiinil unanimity by the house at large.
Ililbi'iy or tin- attempt to bribe Is
criminal and immoral, no matter by
whom or in whore interest. No end in
politics can Justify such means. If
these charges ni.- well founded, the
district attorney should take them In
hand ana give them to the 1ury, and
the Judge, If conviction follows, should
pass sentences calculated to be exem
plary. My tills means only con lasting
reform be wrought.
Admiral Kohlev's friends are again
grumbling iu an appointment that Is
not to their ll.'cing. If the Admiral
iloes nut succeed In escaping from his
noisy admirers soon they wilt be liable
to innki him lldiculous.
Base Ball.
The figures of attendance at the
opening games of the National league,
while affected somewhat by Inclement
weather, ate sufficient to show that the
populailty of base ball has not waned.
More people are Interested in tills
pastime today than ever before and
this interest will continue If those In
charge of the came maintain discip
line and protect audiences from rowdy
ism on the diamond.
Locally the outlook Is brightened by
the arrival of good times, by the fact
that one year's absence of base ball has
whetted the public appetite and by the
entrance of Scranton Into a league
which contains much new material not
cast off by the laiger organizations.
The people llko to see snappy and ag
gressive ball-ohiylng. They want life
and movement on the diamond. Hack
number players may excel In technical
proficiency and a certain percentage
of them on a team Is essential to in
sure steadiness and to tench1 the
youngsters the tine points In the game.
Hut a club made up entirely of veter
ans soon becomes pase. Such a club
will never thrive in Scrnnton.
We need not repeat the familiar ar
guments about the advantages of t'tls
out-door amusement as a means of
popular relaxation and enjoyment. Hall
cranks understand the subject fully
nnd those who have not become ball
cranks must receive their Initiation In
the regular way. Hut it Is pleasant to
contemplate the prospect of another
season of professional base ball play
ing In this city and we trust thnt It
may In every way be successful.
The army licet investigation which Is
drawing to a close has demonstrated
conclusively that the witnesses who did
not eat tlie beef found It entirely whole
Home. Croker nnd Platt.
Tho Mazet committee Is quite tight
in declining at this time to be diverted
from Its original purpose by tlie coun
ter charge of cornered iCroker that Tom
l'lntt is another. When Frank Moss
told Croker, after Croker's accusation
from tho witness stand that the iPlatt
family was involved In more corrun-
tlon than could over bo proved against
tlie Crokers, that If Croker would name
n slnglo Instance of crookedness) on
Piatt's part or on tlie part of Piatt's
sons, or open a lead to the discovery
of evidence bearing on tlie Platts he,
Moss, would follow it throuch to thn
end, It was no Idle boast. Hehlnd Moss
stands Theodore Roosevelt, and a single
substantial charge addressed to Roose
velt will bring Platt on tlie griddle as
quickly nnd as unsparingly as Croker
has been brought there. Justice, as
represented in the person of the pres-,
out governor of New York Is no re
specter of persons.
Hut tho Mazet committee Is limited
by the law governing Its creation to
certain specific purposes. It Is to make
Inquiry Into tho workings of municipal
government In New York city and re
port measure? tor the remedy of evils
or defects. If Croker can connect Platt
with municipal ill-doing Piatt's turn
will cumo to face the music and bus
tuln tho searchlight. Just now, how
ever. Croker himself is the object of
investigation. He has admitted certain
practices which deserve to be severely
censured. He has acknowledged to
holding a political club over the heads
nt city Judges for the purpose of in
timidating them into throwing1 certain
fat patronago Into Croker's pocket. Ho
hus refused to deny the receipt of sub
stantlul business favors of large pecun
iary value under circumstances which
point to a dishonorable traffic In munic
ipal government. He has made evasive
or non-conimltal answers to questions
which, if dunstfimlutcd. would Indicate
th.tt his placo Is In jail. The counter
accusations uf such u man can prop
erly wait until the caso ucalnst him
self is first concluded.
Yesterday's testimony showing tlie
sale by Croker's pollco of public. In
duUtnces In vice Is In line with the
disclosures of the l.uxow Investigation
nnd Is Interesting chiefly as Indicating
that the tiger cannot chnVige his spots.
King Crokcr has said that If crooked
ness could be found In nny of the city
departments ho would do ntl in his
power to toot It out. Hy the testimony
of his lieutenants he Is omnipotent In
Tammany. Here, then, Is his chance.
Platt nnd sons, being hcctiscd without
evidence, enn wnlt. Tho evldenco put
beore Croker of vicious conduct In his
own political household Is enough to
occupy nil his abilities as n prosecutor
and reformer.
The reported statement of General
I.awlon that 100,000 American soldiers
will be needed to pacify Luzon lacks
confirmation; but even if he wade It
nnd even It tho figures given should
eventually have to bo doubbd, the
task, once undertaken, cannot In honor
be shirked. Tho United States must
see it through or Htar.d forever dis
credited before the world.
The Destiny of Cuba.
l'Yoni some source In New York city
tho American press is being deluged
with literature arguing for the nnnex
ntlon of Cuba. The arguments made
are that both Cuban nnd American
commercial Interests require for their
mutual development the assurance of
it strong government in Cuba, such as
the United States alone can sustain
under existing conditions; nnd that
what Is best for these Interests will
also be best for tho entire mass of
Cubans, whether they now realize It or
not.
Undoubtedly these arguments are
sound. No Intelligent American and
very few Intelligent Cubans expect any
other outcome than annexation. Hut
tlie place to distribute annexation lit
erature is In Cuba, not In tho United
States. The duty of the American peo
ple has been marked out for them in u
manner which cannot now be changed.
We are to pacify tho Island and assist
In the establishment of a stable gov
ernment which Is to become Independ
ent as soon as wo are assured that it
can stand alone. For the present this
duty Is Inevitable.
The time may come when the Cubans
themselves will ask us to remain, but
wo have no right to apply coercion to
ward tills, end. The time may com
when we shall bo satisfied that the ele
ments of stable Independence do not
exist In Cuba and tnen our duty will
be plain. Hut tills time will not come
until we shall first have given tho
Cubans every reasonable chance. n
either contingency the New York an
nexationists should plead their causo
In Cuba rather than in tho United
States.
The AVIlllamsport Gazette and Ilul
letln explains that the action of the
Lycoming county Republican conven
tion In withholding resolutions of in
dorsement upon the candidacies of
Quay for senator, Gregg for state
treasurer und Archbald for the Su
preme court bench was taken In re
sponse to the request of friends of Hon.
Ulmner Heeber, who feared that these
might complicate his own candidacy
before the next state convention. The
Gazette and Bulletin affirms that the
Lycoming convention comprised a ma
jority favorable to Quay and that the
state delegates It elected are known to
be Quay men.
The Law as to Records.
A decision recorded on Snturdav by
Judge Halley of Huntingdon county,
sitting at Clearfield, is of interest nnd
importance. Differences having arisen
between the publishers of the Clearfield
Republican and the commission?!-?) of
Clearfield county over ..-ci-Mlu expendi
tures of county money whl.ii tlie news
paper men afllrmed were contrary to
public polU-v, 'n effort was made by
them to examine tlie ivcvds of the
commissioners' ofllce. The commission
ers iefu3)d to subniU no record for
such nn Inspection. The publishers,
then asked court for a mandamus and
Judge Halley, In dismissing tlie mo.
tlon, holds that there Is no law in
Pennsylvania compelling commission
ers to show their records to nny one
not having a special interest therein.
The auditors, lie says, are the agents
of the people In general who are sup
posed to look after tho general Inter
ests of tho taxpayers.
In concluding, Judge Halley says:
"We would suggest to the commission
ers, only as advisory, that they give
from time to time to the petitioners
and all other taxpayers who may re
quest It. the results when reached of
' their deliberations on any question of
public Interest as well as of the or
ders granted on tho county treasurer,
but are powerless In this proceeding to
compel them to do so." The petitioners
say the caso will bo appealed to the
Supreme court, und we hope that it
will be, so that there may be nn
authoritative definition of the law cov
ering this point.
Undoubtedly, n law giving to every
one of the thousands of taxpayers In
a county tho right to audit public ac
counts at ills discretion might be so
twisted in Its application as to become
a nuisance. Under It u disgruntled In
dividual, by the aid of a few confeder
ates, could hold up Indefinitely the en
tire business of the commissioners'
oillce by simply taking possession, ono
folowing another, of the books and ac
counts, ostensibly with u view to ex
amining for evidence of fraud, but in
reality merely to vent Individual spite
nt individual officials. A line would
need to bo drawn somewhere. Rut It
would seem that the court, upon peti
tion of responsible citizens in sufficient
number to do away with the inference
of dishonorable intention, should
have power to order the opening of
ofllcial records to public Inspection, on
tho same principle that n director In a
corporation has power to demand pro
ductlon of the company's books. Tho
private employer does not waive his
right of personal examination into tho
doings of an ugent even when he em
ploys a watchman or an auditor.
Mr. 'Croker ndmltted before the
Mazet investigating committee that ho
was u good man. That ought to settle
the question,
Tho base ball season seems to have
been opened with the best of Inten
tions ull around,
QUAY GAINS
ONE POINT
Concluded from 1'ugo 1.
for that period was borrowed by M. S.
QuayV" "$24;,959.G0."
Tho witness said there was nn In
debtedness of $t0.1SS.S remaining from
the years l&9t und 1S9S, when JI0CC2O
worth was sold for $jOO,S0t'.O0. Oct. IS
to 21, IS!'., 1,000 shares of United dns
wore bought for $S0,S90.C:'; Aug. 15,
1SDC, COO shares of U. O. 1. for $22,425;
Sept. 1, 189C, 300 shares of United Gas
for $19,7C2.fiO. A dividend of $500 was
collected, leaving tho balance J19.2G2.C0.
On Dec. IB, 1S9C, 200 shares of "Met."
were bought for J22.237.C0, making the
total USi.40I.4S.
Mr. Goldsmith testified that durlmr
the period ending April 30, 1S97, tho In
terest on Senator Quay's loans amount
ed to $1,492.9"?, but he paid only $236.25.
Objection was made to the witness
stating Mich deductions, but tho court
ruled tlie answer as admissible be
cause It is merely a statement of what
the books show.
Itecess until 1 p. in.
ROTHERMEL VEXES THE COURT.
Not Satisfied with the Decision of
Judge Diddle.
Philadelphia, April 17. Kxpeit Gold
smith testified that during the period
from April 30, 1&9C, to October 31, 1891,
the commonwealth deposit in the Peo
ple's bank ranged from $150,000 to $815,
000. The aggregate of call loans to
Senator Quay during the period was
$172,731.15. Stock was purchased for
Senator Quay to the extent of $152,
0C0.9S, During the six months the interest
paid on tlie state deposit was $2,451.11.
Senator Quay did not pay and wasi not
charged with Interest on his loans.
During the six months ending April ?0,
1S95, the state deposit vuried from
$400,000 to $025,000. Senator Quay was
loaned $141,929. IS. His transactions In
stocks diiiins 1S94 and 1S95 were in
cluded In this period, purchases, for his
account nggregntlng $500,S09.06 and
rales credited being $160,620.20, leaving
$4o,lSS.b0, to which was added $84,490.
02 for purchases during the period
under discussion. No payment of In
terest by Senator Quay on these trans
actions is shown by the books. The
payment of Interest on the state de
posits during tlie period is shown to bt
$1,317.50.
Between April 30. 1S9.", and October
31, 1S95, tho state deposit ranged from
$615,000 to $715,000. Senator Quay was
loaned $329,522.18, Including tho balance
of $40,188.S6, which had been carried
over from stock transactions In 1891.
Interest on tho deposit was paid to the
amount of $2,745.15 during this six
months. Mr. Quay apparently paid no
Interest on this loan.
From October 31, 1894, to April 30,
1S95, the fifth period, the state deposit
ranged from $110,000 to $928,101.81. Sen
ator Quay borrowed $194,S09.06, of which
$223,471.56 was for tlie purchase of
stork. The interest paid for tho period
was $2,337.61. The amount represented
in tills Instance, as in all prior in
stances, is 1-3 of tlie interest at 6 per
cent, for three hundred days on the
commonwealth's deposits, after de
ducting 20 per cent, for tho bank nnd
tlie Interest on $250,000 for Quay. Nr.
payment of interest by Senator Quay
appeared on tlie books.
During the sixth period, April 30,
1891, to Oct. 31. 1S94, the state deposit
was as high as $1,U9,33G.06, and as low
as $828,101. SI. Mr. Quay's loans were
$SC6,812..riO. of which $250,000 was used
for stock purchases composed of S,0o0
shares of sugar ut $225,000 and 1,000
shares Jersey at $5 a share. The In
terest paid by the bank was $6,301.1".
Interest on Quay's loan amounted nt
4 per cent, to $9,142.S7, but he paid only
$1,697.50. From Oct, 31, 1S93, to April
30, 1891, the deposit ranged from $S95,
929.81 to $1,145,929.81. and Senator
Quay's loans aggregated $602,423. in
terest on the deposit was paid out to
the amount of $5,270, "to J. W. Mor
rison," added tlie witness In response
to a question.
Quay's Counsel Mute.
While all these figures were being
put In counsel for Senator Quay sat
mute nnd motionless, a timo saving
pRrecment having been made that it
is understood that every single nnsvrr
is objected to and tlie objection owr
luled and exception noted. At the close
of the testimony on the period ending
April 30, 1891, when to Morrison, state
treasurer, $5,270, interest on state
funds, was paid by Hopkins, Attor
AVatson renewed the protest, so often
made by the defence, that tho Indict
ment against Quay covers the two
years prior to November, 1 80S, and
that these transactions in 1891 applied
to Hopkins and Morrison. Mr. Roth
ermel called tho court's attention to
the previous decisions that tho Indict
meiii against Mr. Quay alleged con
spiracy and that the facta adduced
were to prove the conspiracy. He held
that In showing the continuance of the
conspiracy he had but to show thut
two of the parlies to tho conspiracy
were conspiring nt any period to prove
that the. conspiracy was steadily con
tinuing. The gist of the common
wealth's allegation was here very
plainly and forcibly stated that n
conspiracy had been begun In 1881, In
which M. S. Quay, John Hopkins and
tho state treasurer, whoever he might
happen to be, were concerned.
Mr. 'Watson ngain begged that Mr.
Ilnthei'iiii'l would show him the connec
tion between tho testimony ho was now
introducing and the charge of conspi
racy on which Quay was nrrnlgned.
This oft-repealed clinllengo this tlniff
raised the Ire of Mr. Itotiiermel und in
a short but emphatic speech answered
tho request of tlie Pittsburg lawyer.
"I thought," raid he, "that I hnd an
swered this question before, but If my
friend insists I will go into It ugaln.
There has been shown a participation
In tho division of tho commonwealth's
funds by M. S. Quay and John S. Hop
kins. Tho expert stands there und
gives you tlie llgurcs. Can thera be
any better connection than by showing
that what Interest was paid to the
state treasurer and what Interest to
M. H. Quay. I did not want to go Into
this feature, for think It Is a matter
to be argued before the Jury but tho
defense ha? forced me to do it."
Mr, Shapley answered fur Quay by
quoting authority for tho stund he and
ills ussoclntes had taken.
Mr. Rothermel disclaiming nny dcslro
to speak, pointed it out that he was
alleging the defendant', guilt between
the two years of the, statute and that
he Intended to prove it. The corrobor
ative evldenco of the previous years,
certainly, should be admitted.
Mr, Watson contended that each con
spiracy alleged wns a separato one.
Judge Tiiddlo's Decision.
Judge Diddle then decided against
the commonwealth. In doing so he
snld:
"Tho charge In this cafce Is a conspi
racy between Mr. Quay, Mr. Hopkins
nnd another. To prove the conspiracy
against them you can go back beyond
tho statutory period. There Is no
doubt nbout thnt, but It seems to me
thin Is nn nttempt to go far beyond
thnt nnd not to prove the conspiracy
between these pnrtles, but to prove the
conspiracy of Quay with somebody else
who happened to occupy n certnln of
fice. I do not think that Is Justifiable In
this case. I think It ought to bo con
lined to show the existing conspiracy
between these thiee parties to bring
nbout the state of affairs, which Is
complained of. lie then directed that
the question nnd answers relntlve to
tho payment of Interest to State Treas
urer Morrison be stricken out. The
district attorney, before submitting,
asked the court to carefully consider
the question as It was a very Import
ant one.
"Tho court has nlrendy decided,"
broke In Mr. Shapely.
Judge Riddle was apparently Impa
tient, und before Mr. Rothermel could
proceed exclaimed: "I don't care what
you say, Mr. Rothermel. I have al
ready decided the matter, and Hint -t-ties
It."
i lie significance of the ruling, as ic
cording to Mr. Shlrns, that the prose
cution must establish the specific,eun
splracy charged before It can prove n
continuous conspiracy involving other
persons and practically rules out the
evidence prior to 189S.
Mr. Goldsmith was being examined
ns to the contents of the "red book"
when court adjourned until tomorrow.
REPORT ON BRIBERY
INVESTIGATION
Concluded from Pago 1.1
Referring to the testimony against Mr.
Rosenbery, the report states "that
from the nature ot nil of tho testimony
In this connection we fail to find evi
dence of corrupt purpose or solicita
tion on the part of Mr. Rosenbery."
Tho report states that "the minority
Is of the opinion thut the uct of Mr.
Harder does not fall within the Inter
pretation of corrupt solicitation, but
that his action from a moral stand
point was unwise and most Improper."
"A PERSIAN GARDEN."
Preceded by n Miscellaneous Collec
tion of Vocal Gems.
The wealth and culture of Scranton
were largely represented at the even
ing of song in the auditorium of St.
Luke's parish house last night upon
the rendition of the sombre cantata
known ns "A Persian Garden," and
from a social and financial view the
evening's entertainment was a success.
Part first of the programme included
a miscellaneous coliectlonof vocalgems
wnicn were Interpreted in a way that
elicited enthusiastic applause by a
quartette of artists as follows: Miss
Ethel Crane, soprano; Miss Marguerite
Hall, contralto; Mr. Mackenzie Gordon,
tenor; Dr. Carl Dufft, basso, with Mr.
Victor Harris as conductor.
Nearly every number on the pro
gramme was encored, and the efforts
of Dr. Carl Dufft were particularly nd
mlred throughout the evening. His
rendition of "Du blst wie eine Blume,"
by Rubinstein, nnd "The Erl-King." by
Schubert, was artistic and received
the most pronounced evidences of favor
of the evening.
There is no question that an apology
should be made to tlie memory of Omar
Khayyam for the mutilation that his
immortal song has been receiving of
late. The translation by Fitzgerald,
which makes tlie poet's Ideal walk on
the grass with shining foot, etc., is bad
enough, but the attempt to twist the
noble quatrains Into oratorla fugues
Is enough to cause the Persian poet to
rise from his thousand years' sleep and
protest.
Any one familiar with tlie Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam can readily see that
it would bo Impossible to couple the
quatrains to music with pleasing1 ef
fect, but it Is dlfllcult to Imagine any
thing as doleful as that produced last
evening. The efforts of the singers
who lost no opportunities to use their
rich voices for the most nrtlstlc and
pleasing effects, could not Impart any
thing llko life to the spiritless com
position. The music was, with tho exception
of one or two numbers, dreary and un
interesting, and many of the listeners
probably regretted that the talented
quartette did not prolong tho miscel
laneous programme throughout the en
tire evening.
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PLANS OBJECTED TO.
Wilkes-Barre's New Court House
Will Not Be Built Just Yet.
When the plans for the proposed new
court house In WIIkes-Rarre were sub
mitted to the court of Luzerne county
yesterday for npproval, County Com
missioner John Gulney filed a lengthy
objection to tho majority reoort, and
gave as his reasons that the plans ot
J. V. Osterllng, tho Pittsburg archi
tect, were Illegally submitted, and bo
cause the plans called for a building
that would cost more than the extreme
limit of thu npproprlatlon, $500,000.
Judge Rhone, County Solicitor Georgn
S. Perils and John M. Carman spoke
on the matter before Judges Lynch nnd
Hnlsey, but tho mutter was referred
until tho arrival of Judge Woodward,
who was absent.
For Hitting Low.
London, April 17. At tho National
Sporting club tonltht In a glove contest
for the bantamweight championship lu
tween I'cdlar Palmer, of England, and
Wllllum Itotchford, of Chicago, for a
stake of JSX) a side and a purso of C0).
Hotclifuiil wafc dibiiuallilcd hi tho third
round.
Steamship Arrivals.
Xcw York, April IT. Cleared: I.ahn,
Hremen via Southampton. Cherbourg
Sailed: New York from Southampton
for New York. Southampton Arrived:
Kaiser 'Wllhelm de Grosse, New York
via Cherbourg for Hremen.
Seventy-seventh Ballot.
Harrlsburg. April 17. Tho seventy.scv.
enth Joint ballot for 1'nltcd States sena
tor was taken today with tho following
result: Quay, 30; Jenks, 3S; Wells, S. Anti
Quay Hepubllcans voted for Calvin Well.
No quorum.
Decision for Stevenson,
Trenton, N. J., April 17. Charles Stev
enson, of Philadelphia, got tho decision
over Dick Moore, of St. Paul tonight In
tho twentieth round at tho Trenton Alii
HI la club.
Lived Unhappily.
Hudson, Mich., April 17. Thomas Tem
ple, a farmer, killed his wife today nnd
limn ootmnltwd suiille. The couple had
lived unhappily.
MAGEE WILL QUIT QUAY
Concluded from Page .
aside nil fnctlonnl feeling nnd unite
with us In tho performance of our con
stitutional duty, the election of a Re
publican to the United States senate.
Third Thnt It Is the duty ot nil mem
bers of the Joint convention, owing al
iegianco to tho Republican party, to
sustain Its organization by supporting
tho Hon. M. S. Quay, who Is its nomi
nee, until the close of the session.
Fourth That the chairman of this
meeting be and he Is hereby Instructed
to forward n copy of these resolutions
ns a reply nnd answer to the com
munication tibove referred to.
Conference of Republicans.
The general conference of Republi
cans called for 10.30 tonight In the hall
of tho house to discuss the senatorshlp
has been postponed until 9.30 o'clock
tomorrow, owing to tho Inability to se
cure either chamber for the meeting.
Senator Mageo said after the confer
ence In tho supreme court chamber
that he would not vote tor Mr. Quay
tomorrow nnd that the other members
from Allegheny county favoruble to the
election of a United States senator by
the pn-sent legislature liavo cast their
last vote for the Beaver statesman.
Mr. Mngee predicts thnt Mr. Quay will
lose twenty supporters nt tomorrow's
ballot and declares the prospects nro
bright for the election of a senator. He
declines to give tho names of tho
twenty legislators who he predicts will
leave Mr. Quay.
VON DER AHE FILES SUIT.
Asks fov 50,000 from Frank De
Hans Robinson.
St. louls, April 17. Chris Von Dor
Alio tiled suit In the circuit court to
day for $50,000 damages ngalnst Frank
Do Haas Robinson nnd Edward C.
Becker, tlie now owners of the St.
I.ouls base ball club. Every club In
tho National league is also made a
party to the suit, and $23,000 damages
is asked from each ono ot them.
The allegation is thnt n combination
existed In tho league to forfeit the
membership of tho St. I-ouIs club for
the pecuniary profit of the defendants.
She who from APRIL dates her years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears,
For vain repentnnco flow; this stono
limblem of innocence is known
Diamonds are the April birth
stone. We shall offer extra values
for the balance of the month. For
instance, large opal ring with 23
white brilliant diamonds for $85.
Value is S100. Good sized sol
itaire, Tiffany mounting, $30.
REXFORD CO.
132 Wyoming Avenue.
Money back for the asking.
Garden Tools,
Ponnltry
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GMSTER k FORSYTE,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
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" As a (jcntlo, plettsint laxative I consider Ripnna Tubulca superior to
any medicinu 1 ever used." This is tho declaration of n well-known New
Vork MclvertbhiK agent, who goes on to relate that on ono occasion in com
pany with a newspaper publisher j.iul another gentleman, ho tptiiii u mot),
pleasant evening Tliov all freclv indulged m relretlinuintw of to many kinds
thnt next morning the ajjeut in inicttiori hail " a double coating on his tonrjut
that wua nliuort tea gre ' " '1 won bilious. " ho continued, " nnd was advise'
by ono of m.r companions, who had been through tho mill before, to trj
Kipana Tabulca which I did with mn,t pleasant und surprising results. Tha
distressed feeling in thu pit of tho Htoinnch hpowllly disappeared after taking
twoT'ibuice." When u copy of this testimonial was shown to him, no as to
inako certain that there was no mistake about it. lie read it carefully through
nnd said s " Well, that was just exactly tho way it raa."
We are
Shown og
This week
a great variety of elegant
goods in
Spring Serges,
ids.
You will find the prices as
tlie goods.
w. j. OAvns,
213 Wyoming Ave.,
Scranton, Pj.
HAIiD-SWD
5H0S
FOR
Come Ii
and ask to see
our
Wedge-wood Blue,
Oriental Rose,
fck0
to
tao
The most beautiful
shades ever display
ed iu stationery.
All Sizes in Stock
ft
We have the usual
complete line of
Reynolds Bros
STATIOXKKS mil I'NC.R.WBUS
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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Lewis,
RALLY
y DAV!6S
FINS
LADSeS
114 & 116
Wyoming
Ave.
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TH
NLEY'S
Fonnlardl Silks,
Wash Silks,
Smuniiflinier Silks
The perfection of printing
and designing in Foulard
Silks for 1899, shows a mark
ed improvement over the past
two scasous and we take
special pride in calling your
attention to our "unsurpass
ed" assortment of the
Best Sfylss Obtainable
The leading things arc
black and blue grouuds, with
neat designs in white, helio
trope, blue, etc. Black and
blue grounds with Persian
effects, also iu white grounds,
with delicate printing ot
heliotrope, new blue,etc. Our
prices are
75c, $1.00 and $1.25.
Wash silks, that wash and
retain their lustre, aud colors
arc shown iu a large variety
of choice patterns. Prices
range from
45c to 75c.
Elegant line of Japanese
Wash Silks and Summer
Silks, in plaids, corded checks
aud stripes. Fast colors and
a large selectiou. Best goods
made
Only 45c.
Fast Black Waslx Silks,
Habutai, and Waterproof
Silks iu the new "unspottable
finish, at less than present
market prices.
5il0and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Tin: modeiis Haiidwaiis Srjux.
Ideal
Gas Ranges
Will bake, boil and heat
water
Quicker,
Easier and
' Better
than a coal range. It is
economy ami pleasure to use
one.
room k swEkt co.
110 WASHINGTON AVU
The Hoot &
Coeeell Co0
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
lieneial Agent tortus Wyomi.ii
Dutrlct. '
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Jiiuluz, illuming, Hporttn;, Smoltelau
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Company i
mm Exnosiyfis,
mfcty Kuan, Cup nnd Kiplo.lact.
Iluom 101 Couuell nullum;.
tioruutja.
Miurui
POWDER.
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