THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1899.
NORTHEASTERN
-PENNSYLVANIA
ALL QUIET ABOUT
STEVENS COLLIERY
STRIKERS KEEP AWAY FROM
THE SCENE OF AGTIQN.
Sheriff Hnrvoy In Charge of the Com
pany Assisted by a Force of Thirty
Deputies President Wlsner, of the
Coal Company, Confers with Mana
gersStriking Miners Were Not
Union Men,
Special to Tho ft ronton Tiibune.
Pltlston, Sept. I. All was quiet to
tiny at the Stevens colliery in West
Plttston, where a fatal riot occurred
Saturday morning. The strikers have
not been near the place since leaving
Immediately after the trouble. Sheriff
Harvey arrived on the scene shortly
after the trouble on a summons from
Manager Kingsbury, of Scranton, and
has been at the place constantly ever
since, taking his meals and lodging
In the company store. He has thirty
deputies surrounding the company's
propertv, twenty by night and ten by
dn:
J. A. AVIsner, ,of New York, presi
dent of the Stevens company, and his
son. Clinton Wlsner. secretary of the
company, were on the ground yester
day and today conferring with the
manage! s.
The funeral of Wllkofskl. the victim,
occurred this morning, and although
it was expected that a demonstration
would he made the funeral was con
ducted very ouletly.
It Is the company's Intention to nr
vest all the strikers who participate!
In the riot, and warrants have been
sworn out for the arrest of twenty
seven, although the officers nrn having
a hard time trying to llnd them, art
they have kept out of sight since Snt
urday. Four of the men were seen In
attendance at the funeral today and
immediately placed under arrest. One
of them escaped, but the other t'iree
were given a hearing and sent to Jail.
They will be given a hearing In the
court room tomorrow and an offo.'.
will be made to have them released
on ball. The striking foreign m-s are
under the Impression they ar union
men. hut Organizer James says the.v
are not. as they forfeited th?lr right
to the charter several months ago by
the non-payment of the per capita, tax
nnd were recently arrested chirgo.l
with fraudulently using the nam" and
charter of the union. As soon a4 the
strike broke out the English-sneaking
miners organized a union, but the for
eigners refused to Join them. Th five
rockmen who were attacke.l while on
their way to work Saturday are mem
bers of Hraneh No. GRT, rnlt -A Minn
Workers' association of America.
UNnr.Tixvxs .sarcvr tiu'ixvsmo
In connection with the discussion as
to which faction are union men, and In
regard to the trouble at this colliery.
Pcnjamln James, organizer of I'nlted
Mine Workers, makes this statement:
"I deplore the riot nnd Its accompany
ing bloodshed. I knew there would be
trouble here. None of the men engaged
In the riot were members of the Tnlt.-d
. Mine Workers. When the trouble start
ed at the Stevens 1 was requested to
use my good offices to bring about a
settlement. Hut the men engaged In
the strike put the cart before the
horse. They struck before submitting
their grievances In writing to the com
pany officials. This Is contrary to the
rules of tho I'nlted Mine Workers.
Our organization does not sanction a
strike unless ns a last resort. I want
ed the strikers to appoint a commltt'i
to wait on the operators of the mine,
but my advice was not taken. The
men met In secret session and I knew
nothing of their proceedings. They
put up fraudulent notices about the
mine. These notices read that the
1 nlted Mine Workers had sanctioned
the strike. Of course the organisation
would tot do this as the vnen were not
members of it. I tore th notices down
and offered n reward for tho arrest of
the parties who put them up."
The striking foreigners have three
demands or grievances as follows: In
crease in price per car from 90 cents
to $1.20; positively no dockage at all,
nnd !i cents per Inch for rock work.
The company nro wllllnjr to j;rant tho
five cents for rock work, and a new
system of dockage, but no inercas? In
wages. Manager Kingsbury Informed
the men that If they could prove to him
by comparison and figures that the
miners nt the Stevens are not getting
ns high a price as at other mines In
this vlclnty. he would willingly grant
them an Increase. Hut the foreigners
hove not taken up th proposition.
Hraneh 667. I'nlted Mine Workers,
composed of the English speaking mi
ners at this colliery will meet tomor
row evening and dlscus the Mtuntlon
Dr. Hevan performed an autopsy on
th" body of Wllcofjkl and found that
the bullet had entered the back of the
head nnd was flattened against the
front of tho skull where It lodged
LEANED ON A LOADED GUN.
Careless Boy Killed by an Accidental
Discharge.
Shnmokin, Pa.. Sept. 4. While a
.party of boys were walking along tho
railroad between this place and Tro
vorton last night Samuel Conrad, nged
J6 years, residing In the latter place,
rested the butt of a gun on the ground.
In an unknown manner the trigger
was pressed and a load of shot tore
off the left side of his head. He died
Instantly. His companions lied, nnd
later several men carried the corpse to
Trevorton
DYNAMITE ON TRACKS.
Cs This nn Attempt to Blow Up a
Train P
Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Pltlston, Pa Sept. 4. Tho officials
In charge of tho Coxton yard of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad company are
somewhat alarmed over the dastardly.
attempt or some unknown villlans to
cause trouble by the use of dynamite.
Relief for Women"
-aWX. 6nt.A-M,iD pUin.peftlotieDTuloi. Write
vo-uaj iur inn uooK.ounuuniiur mnicu
Uin &im1 TMitmofUibU of DH. MAKTUa
French Female Pills.
RUM by inonundi of utliflM ladlei u
at, J"f7 rwUAbUwd wRboat An equal.
w Hol4brllilnitt
lu on tap la Illu, WUrte and
frvuen Drug Co.; Ml a Mil
lurutirii'iiontruu dux. iTiuca
eitlBi.. tcenr York CM.
Last week a smal tin can loaded with
dynamite nnd n fuse attached wc
found lying near the main tracks, and
this morning ngnln nnother enn was
found lying at the scales on the track
near the office.
There has been no recent trouble at
the yards nnd no cause whatever can
be assigned for the perpetration of
such n deed.
DAMAOE FROM STORM.
Darn In Oakland Struck by Light
ning Fall of Frogs.
Special to Tho Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna. Sept. 4. This place nnd
vicinity was last night visited by one
of the heaviest rainstorms of the sea
son. It was accompanied by thunder,
lightning, wind nnd hall.
In Oakland borough a barn belonging
to Mrs. Nelmann was struck by light
ning and destroyed by lire.
At the Deep Hollow section or Great
item! township It Is reported that there
was a fall, upon n considerable urea,
of catfish, lizards and frogs.
RAILROAD CHANGES
AT HONESDALE
The Delaware and Hudson Com
pany Place Railroad Tracks on the
Abandoned Canal Bed.
This moinlng about one hundred men
commenced work grading for tho pro
posed change In the Delaware and
Hudson tracks, which are to be laid
through the abandoned canal basin.
AVord had been given out last week
that one hundred men were wnnted
this morning. Many more applied thnn
could be used at present. One gang of
thlrty-llvn men commenced grading di
rectly opposite tho Erie coal pockets
where the new line leaves the old track.
Another gang of about the same num
ber are grading between what Is
known as the dry dock nnd the canal
basin. From this point the track will
follow the bd of the canal basin to
a point in the rear of the Durland and
Thompson shoe factory. There will be
a grade crossing ut the street north of
the shoe factory. A large force of men
are nt work demolishing old buildings
nnd grading at this point.
t Fowler's feed mills the new track
will be ten or twelve feet lower than
the old track, passing nearer the Fow
ler mill than formerly and crossing the
Lackawanna river at a grade about ten
fret lower than the present trestllng.
Men are also taking down the trestllng
by which the Gravity passenger cars
formerly entered the down town sta
tion. The pneketn which tho retail coal
was" taken Hre also being taken out nnd
cartmen get their supply of coal di
rectly from the car.
Foreman Pare, of Scranton, has men
engaged taking down portions of the
old trestllng. The old timber Is taken
to Waymuri to be used In the construc
tion of the new road from Waymart to
Farvlew.
LUZERNE COUNTY,
The second day's racing nt Wllhcs
COo persons attending. The featmv of
the meet was the riding of Earl KIser.
who won the mile championship,
breaking the track record, and riding
the distance In 2.02. F. L. Kramer, of
New York, won the one mile open itltiti
teur event, and Walthour won the two .
mile handicap professional race. Har
ry Catddwell easily defe-ited Mil'o.' in
the llve-mlle paced rice.
Thomas Loftus, aged about t ''uty
five years, of Wllkes-Harre, an unmar
ried man employed (is a conductor on
the Plttston-Duryea Traction line. Is a
patient In the l'lttston hospital, buf
fering from a slight concussion of tho
brain and from bruises. He was in
jured Sunday afternoon at Port
Hlanchard. AVhlle standing on the
footboard of his car, collecting fares,
he came in contact with a pole. He Ml
backward, landing on his head, and
rendered unconscious. He remained
so until hnlf an hour nter he wns taken
to the hospital. His condition is not
now regarded as dangerous.
After seven months work, Contractor
John Pugh, of Kingston, has completed
the work of sinking the lied Ash air
shaft at tlu Exeter colllerv. it Is
fy teen feet square and 600 f?n dee:..
For several weeks past John Lem-
merhart, a Hazleton barber, has no
ticed a peculiar looking head bobbing
up and down through a knot-hole In
his shop. He was unable to deter
mine what it was until Friday, when,
upon returning from a wulk, he opened
his place and found therein a copper
head snake about two feet long. It
was killed.
Goods valued at $100 were stolen from
the Wyoming Coal nnd Land com
pany's store In Wyoming early Satur
day morning.
Tho homo of John McNeal, of Hazle
ton. was struck and badly damaged
by lightning on Saturday afternoon.
The bolt struck a telegraph pole, which
It split In half nnd then connected
with tho gable of the house. Th
weather boards and plastering witi
torn off and the Interior of the resi
dence was otherwise badly damaged.
Luckily, the family was not at home.
HONESDALE.
Mr. Harry Gretter. of Wllkes-Rarre,
spent Sundny In Honesdale.
Mr. W. W. Ham. of Now York, after
a short visit with his parents, returned
to Now York on Sunday. He was ac
companied by Miss Lottie Hrown, of
Hrooklyn, N. Y., who spent several
weeks with the parents of Mr. Ham.
Mr. Clarence K. Decker, of New York.
Is visiting his parents on Third street.
The base ball season closed In
Honesdale on Saturday with a game
by a team from Deposit. N Y.. and
tho home team won by a score of 14
to 0. On Friday the same clubs played,
when the Deposit cllub was defeated
by u score of 8 to 0. The Honesdalo
team under the management of N. H.
Spencer has dono excellent playing and
the Honesdale people lmvo witnessed
some good ball playing by outside
clubs.
BRADFORD COUNTY.
A council of Haptlsts has been called
to meet at Towunda on Monday. Sept.
11, to make further Investigation of
the several charges against P.f.'. M
'. Smith, pastor of tho Baptist ehiuvh
at Towandn.
A monster hawk flew Into th. farm
ynrd of Kdward Hendrlx, at Canton.
LHradford county, and killed n gumo
rooster. Mrs. Hendrlx killed the
huwk with a hatchet, but not before
she was painfully Injured,
DRUMMER ESCAPES
FROM MONROE JAIL
THE YOUNGEST INMATE TAKES
FRENCH LEAVE. '
Nine Years Old the Boy Was as Slip
pery as the Provcrblnl Eel Wli'le
Out In tho Corridor He Slips Away
from the Jail Matron Jnll Break
ing in Pike County.
Special to Tho Scranton Tribune.
Stroudsburg, Pu., Sept. 4. Norman
Drummer, the youngest Inmate In the
Monroe county Jail, would rather at
tend the Monroe county fair this week
than remain behind the prison bars.
He made a very slick escape today
from the Jail and up to a lnte hour this
evening had not been captured.
Drummer Is a well-known character,
nine years of age, but Is steeped In
crime nnd Is as slippery as the prover
bial eel. He was arrested a few weeks
ago by Chief of Police Welter for lar
ceny. He admitted his guilt and asked
to be sent to the reformatory. This
morning ho was let out In the corridor
by Matron Kunkle while she cleaned
his cell. Drummer had previously been
made to take a hath and had put on
fresh clothing. Sheriff Fisher was still
In bed. Drummer knew It, nnd when
Mrs. Kunkle hnd to go out for some
supplies the lad hid close to the door,
and as Mrs. Kunkle entered Drummer
made a live under her arm unci Hew.
Constable Decker chased the lad to
the Susquehanna railroad, where all
trace was lost. Drummer has been In
Jail before for robbing the New York
and Susquehanna depot.
PIKE JAIL BREAKING.
Four Prisoners Escape from
the
County Bastlle.
Speclnl to The Scranton Tribune.
Mllford, Sept. 4. The four prisoners
who broke out of tho Pike county Jail
on Saturday have not yet been cap
tured. A telephone communication
this afternoon to Mllford stated that
the authorities had given up hunting
for tho men. This Is In accordance
with Pike county justice. Little ex
pense was made in trying to find the
prisoners. The escape wns made on
Saturday during the absence of Sheriff
Vnndcrmark. The men had freedom
of the corridors. They got on top of
the tier of cells and with a small
pocket knife cut a hole through the
celling and floor of the garret. They
entered the apartment of the sherlT
and secured several sheets and dropp 1
Into the principal street of the village.
The prisoners made their escape beforo
discovery was made.
The men who escaped were Michael
Grasli, a farmer, who brutally clubVd
his wife; Stephen Wands, serving a
sentence for burglarizing nn Erie illa
tion; Thomas Carroll, a plumber, and
James Cordelles, a barber. The pris
oners left a message In their cells
which read "Good bye to the county
Jail."
WYOMING JURORS.
List Drawn to Serve at October Term
of Court.
Tunkhannoek, Seiit. 4. Following Is
a list of Jurors drawn to serve nt Octo
ber term of court, commencing Mon
day, October 9, 1899:
GKAND JURORS.
Hralntrlm John H. Edwards.Thomas
Ithlnehart.
Falls Clarence A. Hrown, L. H.
Winters. C. E. Walter.
Forkston Curtis L. Farr, Joel Wood
ruff. Lemon James Stark.
Mehoopany William Place.
Meshoppen township Henry Brown.
Monroe Sidney 'A. Freeman.
Nicholson borough William Sweet,
William F. Shields.
Northmoreland George Smith.
Noxen George Frazler.
Overfleld William E. Dolph.
Tunkhannoek borough Benjamin H.
Shook. Hurt E. Brundage. J. Fred
Wiggins, S. H. Jenkins, D. I Thomp
son. Tunkhannoek township 11. Gramps.
Washington-George N. Phillips, Zlba
Robinson.
PICTIT JUnOHS FIRST WEEK.
Hralntrim Joseph Frazler, Jacob T.
Williams, George D. Wright.
Eaton Alvah Luce.
Factoryvllle John Reed.
Falls Hugh Bender, Islah Evans, J.
V. Sturdevant.
Mehoopany Tllllnghast Carpenter.
Meshoppen borough Edward White.
Meshoppen township Henry C. Bun
nell. Monroe George T. Miller, John Shot
well. Nicholson borough Frank E. Tif
fany, Charles M. Thomas.
Nicholson township Oliver E, Rey
nolds, Ferdinand Decker.
North Branch Elmer H. Comstock.
Northmorelund Corey Hell, Samuel
Eggleston. Jerome B. VanTuyle, Dan
iel Walters.
Noxen Charles Wright.
Overflow Byron Mott, William A.
Stage.
Tunkhannoek borough Henry Carey.
Tunkhannoek township Charles M.
Ilunnell, John Beatty. Almond Cassedy,
Miles Dalley, Grant H. Monger, John
Oliver, John Rice.
Washington Chester H. Dymond.
Windham J. G. Fassett, James KII
duff.. SECOND WEEK.
Hralntrlm Albert Overfleld, Martin
Singer. John -Whitney.
Exeter John Heallx.
Factoryvllle J. P. Kearney, A, O.
Phillips, Frank A. Snulor.
Forkston John L. Hurgess, C W.
Dawson, Edward A. Robinson. George
Slater.
Mehoopany Charles T. Carpenter,
nHBHq
I. I
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Reochoa forms of Indigestion that no
oinor mouioine bobiiio to toucn, a
Genuine bears name liorsford'i on wrapper.
mhbubhxbbI
Orrln 1. Lovo Henry
Maynard,
Fred M. Swetland.
Mcshoppen twp. Albert Straights.
Monroe Fred It. Mosler, John Pat
tersons Richard HIchardB,
Nicholson borounh Harry S, Steph
ens, Nicholson township Ed Ace,
North Branch Frank Hulblrt, Fimer
Itosengrant.
Northmorelnnd Hursel Brace, Wll
lard Brungoss, Phllo Storey.
Noxen Wesley C. Arnts, Scfernls
Hawko,
Tunkliannock borough eorge Smith.
Tunkhannoek township Napoleon
Jackson, Eugene Schlatter.
Washington Nelson L. Ilunnell,
Aaron Walters.
Windham Dawson Allen, W. L. Kin
ney, Hlrnm Shaw.
CHASING TRAMPS.
An Unsuccessful Effort to Abate the
Nuisance.
Stroudsburg, Sept. 4. This town 's
being over-run with tramps. Chief
of police Welter recently made a raid
which was unsuccessful. Two bur1
hoboes terrorized the village of Mln.sl,
near nere, on Sunday, using their re
volvers when refused food. Tho
tramps called at tho house of Henry
LaBar and In n threatening manner
demanded food. They were refused
by LaHar nnd ordered away. One of
them pulled a revolver from his pocket
and with an oath fired thrco shots nt
LaBar without effect. The gun was a
42-callbre weapon. Two of the bullets
passed through the window.
Tho tramps then lied. La Bar se
cured a breach-loading shot gun and
followed the tramps down the rail
road. When nearlng the crossing I.a
Bar fired a load of buckshot at them,
but without effect. The tramps took
refuge In the woods and disappeared.
One of the tramps. It Is believed, wn.i
connected In tho robbery of ex-Counts
Treasurer F. W. Ellcnberger's saf.
The safe was blown open.
MONROE COUNTY FAIR.
Atrnctions Prepared for the Exhibi
tion That Opens Friday Fine
Agricultural Display Tho Races.
Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Stroudsburg, Pa.. Sept. 4. The twen
ty-seventh annual fair opens tomor
row. The event promises to be one of
special interest. The managers prom
ise a bigger, better nnd more interest
ing fulr than ever before. All day
long today active preparations were
being mado to get everything ready
for tomorrow's opening. Exhibits of
stock, produce, agricultural Imple
ments will be more lavish than here
tofore. The wide-awake munagers
since last year have made many im
provements to the track which Is now
In excellent condition. There are a
number of good horses already on the
trnck nnd the races will be exciting
each day. The prizes for the bicycle
race3 are for Wednesday and Thurs
day: First, acetyllne bicycle lamp; sec
ond, pair of bicycle shoes; for Friday,
first, gold hunting case watch; second,
gold open face wuteh. On Wednesday
there will be an excursion from the Le
high valley conducted by the Bethle
hem Hie department Tho Bethlehem
fire company will accompany the ex
cursion. The two fire companies of
these towns will meet the Bethlehem
company at the Delaware Lackawanna
and Western depot, accompanied by
tho fair band, and after parading
through the two towns all will go to
the fair grounds. During the morning
and between the heats at tho racing n
fine stage performance will be given
by Levnnion and Hilton, who will pre
sent their acrobatic comedy, "Fun with
Sam Lee.
At a meeting of the fair directors
tho following appointments were made:
Chief of police, E. V. Arbogast; assist
ants, Thomas H. King, E. A. Luckey,
Eugene Heller, L. D. Smith, J. A. Feth
erman, J. E. Snyder, R. . Depuy, W. A.
Kleckner, J M. Osborne, M. Turner,
Levi West, D. White, M. Holler, J. H.
Smiley, J. Albertson, Joseph Haney, A.
I. Marsh, M. L. Brlsh, M. D. Heller,
.1. Biggs, Clark Nase, H. Everltt, H.
Halterman. Frank Michaels was ap
pointed usher at the grand stand. The
trotting during tho week will be of a
ppedlous kind, as a 2.15 class has been
filled. The agricultural display by the
farmers promises to be excellent. The
exhibit of live stock will be large. Tho
two largo fair buildings will be tilled
by n big display of goods by the mer
chants of this town and East Sliouds
burg. Today was 'devoted In making
entries, assigning stalls, and arrang
ing exhibits. On Wednesdny and
Thursday, Sept. C and 7, the horses
of all classes contending for premiums
will be brought upon the trial course
for Inspection and Judged according to
the arrangement of the committee on
horses All races are to be mile heats
the best three In live, In harness, un
less otherwise stated.
Fakirs began to nrrlve today In good
numbers. The following orders have
been Issued by District Attorney John
B. Williams: "The attention of the
public Is called to the fact that the bo
rough Is already Infested with a num
ber of cfooks who are evidently here
for tho purpose of operating the shell,
film flam and other games at the coun
ty fair to be held this week Every cit
izen In general and the sheriff, consta
bles and police oflleers In particular
are cautioned to be on the lookout for
them, and said oflleers ure Instructed
that they have authority to arrest with
or without warrant nny person caught
In the act of operating any gambling
device."
TWO DIG BEARS.
Were Seen by Some Heights People.
Such Is n Report.
Wllkes-Karre, Sept. 3. The people of
Georgetown, the Kmplre and the
Heights were well seared lust even
ing by a bear story which nii- and
may not he true. Several people who
had been out In tho woods In the
neighborhood of the No. 1 Ited Ash
breaker claimed that they had Been
two black bears. The reoit spread
nnd later in the evening It was ru
mored that both beayj, had been seen
In tho neighborhood of tlv. -nr'.pany
houses at Hollenback, near the Um
pire railroad. Kxclteinent was high
when this was mado known nnd the
people In that neighborhood aro very
anxious to know If thero Is m ' trut)
In the tumor. All tho Heights hunt
ers will undoubtedly be out todr.y run
ning down the altegel Intruden.
The pain of a hum or scald Is al
most Instantly relieved by applying
Chumberluln'B Pain Halm, it also heals
the Injured Parts more ciulekly than
nny other treatment, nnd without the
hum Is very severe does not leave a
scur. Fore sale by all druggists. Mat
thews liros,, wholesale and retail
agents.
WITH
CRACKED
SUMMER DRINK
ice:
"H'VJ
Overcomes
DEBILITY.
ALL nnUCIOISTS. AVOW fitniSTirtTTKl
Portraits and endorsements sent
postpaid,
AUUIANI & CO., fj W. 13th St. New Vork.
THOMPSON.
Profesfor H. D. Pntton, of Lancaster,
Pa., spoke In Ararat at n p. m. and In
the evening here Sunday on "Christian
Citizenship."
Miss Ada Steenback, of tho West
Side, Scranton, nnd Miss Ruth Knnpp,
of Carbondale. returned to their homes
Monday after a week's visit with Mrs.
Lottie Potter and other relatives In
town.
Urs. Cora Foster and daughter, Irmu,
of IJInghnmton, are guests nt N. S.
Foster's this week.
Tho Thompson branch of the Five
States Milk association, held an Im
portant meeting here Monday.
Judd Witter has rented the hotel
barn and will conduct a boarding bUi
ble nnd livery therein.
Rev. P. II. Tower preached at North
Jackson Sabbath In the absence of the
pastor.
A rattling electric shower with a
good downpour of rain visited this
section nbout 6 o'clock Sabbath even
ing. John Avery's barn nt East
Ararat wns struck nnd burned with
nil Its contents.
Miss Jennie Crozler, after a week's
visit with her grandparents, Mr. nnd
Mrs. Frunk Crozler, returned to her
home at Port Jervls Monday.
Mls- Grace Nethercott returned to
her home In New York city Monday,
after a six weeks' sojourn nt Thomas
Walker's.
Rev. P. F. Lanahee preached In
Jackson Sabbath afternoon.
MIss Estella Howard gave a tea
party last Friday. The following young
ladles enjoved the occasion: Misses
Vernn nnd Carrie Lloyd, Minnie Num
ford, Louise Strong, Mage Brown nnd
Mnrgulrltte Shew, of Starrucca: Ger
trude Brown, of Jackson: Miss Grace
Arthercott, of New ork city, nnd
Misses Katie I.yden and Maud Tall
inn n. of Thompson.
Wednesday of this week Stephen
Jenkins. Co. H, 17th Pa. cavaliy. will
entertain his company at (5. A. R. hall,
Thompson.
Frank Hall Post nnd the L. R. P.
will enjoy tho reunion with Comrade
Jenkins. A good time Is assured.
Death of Levi Peck.
Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Sept. 4. Levi Peck died
last night at the residence of his son.
Dr. D. J. Peck, on Willow street, nfter
an Illness of two days. Decensed was
for tho greater portion of his life u
prominent farrcer In Harford, this
county, and was one of the projectors
of the Harford Fair association. The
Interment will probably take place In
Harford.
A CURIOUS QUESTION.
What a Ball Would Do if Dropped
Through the Earth.
From tho Philadelphia Knqulrcr.
Some persons are forever asking
funny questions. Here Is a sample:
If a hole passed through the center
of the earth and a cannon ball were
dropped Into the hole, what would be
come of the ball?
The answer Is that In about one
hour and twenty minutes after It ha 1
disappeared down the hole tho ball
would come back to Its starting point,
having passed In that time twlco
through the earth. If left free to fol
low Its own Inclination It would at
once drop back Into the hole nnd re
peat tho performance, and It would
continue thus to travel through the
hole from end to end forever.
This Is supposing that thero were no
air in the hole to check the speed i f
tho hall, and that It were acted, upon
solely by tho force of gravity.
The movement of the ball would be
essentially that of a swinging pendu
lum, the main difference being that It
would move In a straight instead of In
a curved path. A pendulum Is swung
by the pull of gravity. During one
half of Its swing It falls, during the
other half It rises. During the first
half gravity acts to give motion; dur
ing the other half, to take Its motion
from It. The force Is tho same In both
cases. Hence the rise Is exactly equtl
to tho fall. A pendulum once set Into
motion would swing forever, were it
not for the resistance which It encoun
ters from the air and from tlm friction
of Its support.
The cannon hall In the case sup
posed, being pulled down by gravity:
would fall with a continually Increas
ing speed toward tho earth's centir.
But tho force which acted to pull It
down would become continually less
nnd less, until nt the earth's center It
became nil. A particle of matter at
the earth's center Is pulled In nil di
rections withy the same force, nnd
therefore It la practically not pulled
at all.
The rail would reach the earth's cen
ter w. .h a velocity of about five miles
a second. It would shoot past the cen
ter because of Its momentum, nnd
thereafter the course would be an up
ward one. To tnko out of a moving
body its motion requires an expendi
ture of force exactly equal In amount
to that which gave It Its motion. The
ball would rise against the pull of
gravity until It reached a height equal
to that from which It fell. It would
rise to the surface of the earth on the
farther side. Then It would fall ha- k
Just as does the bob of a pendulum,
nnd repeat the movement In a 'reverse
direction.
If a pendulum or. say, n ball sus
pended by a string Is struck dexter
ously when Just at tn pnd of Its swing
In a direction perpendicular to that In
which It swings It will be set to swing
ing In two ways simultaneously, nnl
the ball will then pursue nn elliptic l
path, or, If the blow Is Just sufilclent
to make It swing In the new direction
to the same extent ns In the first, th"
path will be a circle. This ellipse or
circle will be described by the boh of
the pendulum In the fame time as It
requires for making one complete os
cillation. Similarly this cannon hall
would make its double passage through
the earth In the same time us It would
tako In circling round the earth, Just
clear of Its surfare. as a satellite. To
escapo falling to the earth It would
need to travel at the rate of a llttln
over live miles a second, and the periot
of Its revolution round the earth would
be one hour nnd twenty minutes, very
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Other Dancers.
They bd us pauru and think again
As fierce complulntii Increase
These perils which surround us when
We'ro on tho verge of peace.
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many out-nf-tmwi visitors.
Silk gloves
Special sale lino quality Taffeta
Bilk, quality that sells freely at :.".o
hero nil Gloves, In brown, tun,
grey and black, nt a great bargain,
15c
Embroidered .
handkerchiefs
Several hundred dozen, none of
which Is worth loss thun l'Je. regu
Inrlj . They me lino Swiss Em
broidered Handkerchiefs with scal
loped edges nnd fancy open work
embroidery speclnl price during
this sale In two lots.
10c and I2y2c
Handsome
neckwear
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Our windows during the coming
week will show miiny attractive
styles and patterns very high
quality of goods other dealers ask
more for tho same l.lmls. Two
gr.idrs
25c and 50c
Women's fancy
leather belts
We have cut the price on nil our
Ips' tiler Ik Its that wire up to :;,V.
anil have put tin m In one lot.
While they last.
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THE MARKETS.
Scranton Board of Trade Exchango
Quotations All Quotations Based
on Far of 100.
STOCKS.
First National Uank ..
Bid. Asked.
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Bcraniou on .. -
Bcrnnton Packing Co
Third National Hank
Scranton Hallway Co
Dime Dep. & Dls. Hank
Economy Light. Heat & Pow
er Company .................
Hcrnnton Illuminating Heat &
Power Company
Bcrnnton rors'.ns Co
J.acka. Trust A: Safe Dep. Co.
C.rnnlrtn Faint CO
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Clark & Snover Co., Com ....
Clark & Snover Co.. Pr
Per. Iron Fence Mfg. Co ....
Scranton Axlo Uorks
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Srrnnton Tnss. Hallway, first
mortgnge, duo 1320 n5 ...
People's Street Hallway, first
mortgage, due 101S ns
Teople's Street Hallway, Gen
eral mortgage, due 1021 us
Dickson Manufacturing Co joo
I.acka. Township School 0 102
City of Scranton St. Imp. 6. ... n
Mt. Vernon Qoal Co k
Scranton Axlo Works :oo
Scranton Traction C bonds.. 115
Scranton Wholesale Market.
iCnrrected by II. G. Dale. 27 I.ackuwannn
Avenue.)
Hutter Creamery
21ul'Jc,
print. 22c. ;
dairy fresh, 20.
Eggs Select western
state, 17al7M:C.
Ki'ialGc.; nearby
Cheese Full cream, new, llnll'.c.
Beans Per bu.. cholco marrow, $1.70
medium. Jt.Wi pea, $1.50.
Onions Per bu., bOc.
I'otatocs Per bu.. 40a 15c.
Lemons $4n 1.50 per box.
Flour-$4.50. .
Buffalo Llvo Stock Market.
Knst Buffalo, S.'pt. 4. Cuttle Good to
hist smooth fat export cattle, $..G0a55 ;
guod to best. J3.lJa3.Sj; expott bulls, $la
1.25: good to choice butchers steers, $3.10a
5.40; good to best do.. $l.ti3a3.10; good to
chlco fat hulls. $3.T5a4 lu; feeder bulls,
$3a3.50; good to be.-,t tat heifers, $4.4iia
4.'.J; fair to good do.. $1.23al.50; fat cows,
good to ties, $4al.23j medium do., $3.i3.50;
common to fair do., $2.i5a2.75; stockers,
choice to cxtru quality, $t 15.i4.50; com
mon to good do. $t.r-ia4; stock bulls,
J2.75a3.10; fancy yi.irllngs. J3.23a3.CO;
calves, good color strck, JIul.SO; do. good
t choice, $3.7."n4; Jersey Mockers, $3.1
3.23; stock heifers, J3a3.23, feeders, good
to extra, Jla4.23; common to ood, $1.23a4i
fresh cows, choice to extra good bag,
Jl.25a5; good to chlce, 37nl5; sprlngcis,
good to extra, $4:ilS; common and poor
Cows. $13a20. I logo opened $l.7.",al.M for
choice yorkcrs; mixed, $l.70.t4.75; heavy.
J4.flu.tl.C5; gooj Michigan yorkcrs, JI.Wu
4.C.J good pigs. SIUU4.70; generally Jl.i'J.
On the close hcivj were quotable $l.53a
4.TO; mixed. Jl."i', yorkcrs. $4.()5u4.70: pigs,
$4.00; roughs, &Mn::.(;i: stags. $3a3.20.
Sheep nnd lambs t.nmlis, choice to extra,
were quotable. $l.2Vii, ; good to choice,
JCaC.25: common to lair, $l73a5. Sheep,
choice to extra, $4.30a4.73; good to choice.
Jt.25al.50. Can ida lambs fold Ji;aC40 or
UaV. lilcher than on Saturday. Tho
close on choice lambs wns steady, but
common kind easy.
Chicago Livt; Stock Market.
Chicago. Sept. 4.-CattIe An unexpect
odly small run todny resulted In a strong
market und an advance In prices of 10
cents for tho hotter classes. Good to
cholco cattle sold at J5.70nii.ii5; commoner
grades, $t.l0u3.5; stockers and feeders
sold nt J3.25a4.90; bulls, cows nnd heifers,
J2a5.23; Texas steers, $3.20.11.30. and
calves at $4.5lhi7.23. Hogs-Knlrly active
demand nt about Saturday's prices with
u few sales of prime hog at n slight
advance. Heavy bogs sold nt $3.90a4.55:
mixed lots nt Jt.1inl.65. and light at $4..Ui
t.ti.",. Pigs brought $3.40.i4.5u and culls $2.i
il.no. Sheep Inactive dcmunil at steady
prices, but lambs were slow nt declining
prices. Sheep sold nt $4.23n4.50 for prime
I vtltcri- commoner grades bring
ing $2a3.50, nnd western grafs sheep, Jin
1.25; cholco spring lambs brought $5.t5.i
ii. ordinary grades, $3 75a 5. SO. Hecclpts
Cttlc, 17.500; hogs. 21.000 sheep, 25,000.
New York Live Stock.
New York. Sept. t.-Becvot-Good qiinl
II v firm, others sternly: steers. Jl.10a0.10;
,x,-n and stags. W.23a3.2.-,; bulls. JJ.72tia
R40- "ond to choice fat do., J3.60a4.2U;
cow's und lielfcr. JI.C5n4; chi'lce fat cows,
$4 40. Calves-Vculs steady; graj-sers 25c.
lower; veals. 5aS; tops, Js.25; culln.
JI.50; grnssers 11 ml buttermilks, J.'.75a3.50;
yxuilliiKH. $'-'.50. Shicp und lambs Good
sheen firm, others steady: lambs, 25c.
hUhcr; sheep, J2 50a2.37V; choice and so.
Icc'ted. Jl.roiil.75: lambs. Jl.37'$ni 10; one
car JCW. llogh Nominally Mrady.
East Liberty Cattle Market.
East Liberty. Sept. 4 Cattle Strong:
extra, J5.7tfa5.90; pilme, JS.SOaC; common,
M.10a3.S0. Hogs Lower; prime assorted
Scrauton Store. 124-126 Wyoming: Avenue.
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Book bargains
convention week
Don't fall to sec this book store
before you leave. Wo offer some
REAL Lui gains for tho next six
day.
Copyright books
Severn! lu ndred of tITb newest
works In popular fiction will go on
sale at less than hnlf price.
The Cruise of tho Cncluilot-Frank
T. Mtillln.
Equality Ilellnmy.
Tho Mnnxmnn llnll Cnlno.
Sorrows of Sntnn Cnrrelll.
Soldier of Fortune 11. It. Davis.
Prisoner of Kcndn Hope.
Pan Mlchnol SlcnklewU.
Choir Invisible Allen.
Phroso by Hope.
The Mighty Atom Cnrrelll.
With Fire ml Hwonl-Slenklewlr.
Custoirnry price for r.ny of ths
abovo In paper Is VSe hero t n
next week lyC
$1.50 cloth bound
copyright books
Three special bargains for next
week: Richard Carvel, by Wln
rtnn Churchill, Da.ie Harum, by
Edward Noycs Wcijtcott, and tho
Castle Inn, by Stanley J. Wpmnn
published nt $l.:o here all next
week j.r
95c per volume.
Cloth bound books
over 300 titles
12 mo. size, bound substantially
In cloth with stampings In gold
and several Inks, good paper and
new type. Titles by Kipling, Stev
enson, rjlcken-. Thackeray. Scott,
Schrelner. Correlli. Urucme. Unlda,
The Duclu'sii. Dumas. Miulitt.Wcy
man, Hawthorne. Ebcrs. Calno
nnd many others, reduced t n
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mediums", 5l.Cna4.TO, bent yorkcrs, $l.60a
4. CI; common to lair yoikors. $I.50.i4.!m;
heavy hogs, $l..10al..V,; pigs. $t.40al.0:
grnssers, Sl.33a1.5r,; roughs. $3nl. Shcep
Stcudy: choice wethers. $1 13a4.5u; com
mon. Jl.Ma2.50: choice spring lambs,
J3.50a3; veal calves. I"a7.30.
HEIGHT OF SOLDIERS.
Averngo Stature of Most Countries
Declines ns Armies Increase.
As the size of modern armies is In
creased the average height of fighting
men Is diminished. The Tageblatt of
Herlln ascribes the reduction in the
average stature of soldiers In modern
armies to conscription and says that
In the German army It is now only
fiO.6.1 Inches. In the Htitlsh army tho
height Is (M.D6 Inches, showing the
tallness of the average Englishman and
Scotchman. Frenchmen nnd Spaniards
are taken at 1.54 meters, Italians at
1.53 meters (61 Inches), and the same
minimum measurement is the rule In
Austria. The Husslan minimum is 1.54
meters, and in the United States it Is
1.019 meters (03.78 inches).
In 1SC0, before the beginning of the
American civil war and be'fore the gen
eral arming of FJurope, the average
height of men serving in tho various
I ""- i""e was as loiuiwa. given
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i ln inches: Italian, C5; Spanish, 65.5
French, fifi; Hungarian, 66.1; Austrian,
66.5; Belgium 66.0; Russian; 67: English,
67.5; Irish, GS; Scotch, 6S.5; Norwegian,
69.
Although the average height of sol
diers has decreased during the last few
years considerably In those countries
In which conscription Is the rule, it is
found generally that In countries In
which peaceful conditions prevail and
no great standing nrmy Is maintained
the stature of new soldiers Is gradually
Increasing. This is shown conspicu
ously In the case of Sweden, where
the average height of new soldiers be
tween 1SI0 nnd 1830 was 66 Inches, 66.2
between 1R30 and 1S60, 66.6 between I860
and 1S70, 66.S between 1870 and 1SS0 and
G between 18S0 nnd 1S90.
The proportion of rejected soldiers In
France hns decreased from 37 per cent
In tho decade beginning 1840, 35 pel
cent In the decade beginning 1860 and 3?
per cent nt present. The number of
conscripts now rejected on account of
height Is less every year, In conse
quence, perhaps of the fact that the
minimum height limit of the French
army as been steadily decreased.
American soldiers have preserved
during many years the same height
substantially, though tho fact Is well
known that soldiers from the western
and southern states are. ns a rule,
taller than those from the east and
from the southern Atlantic states.
A UTE FUNERAL.
AH night long the ceaseless, mufllcd
btutlnu' of ih mcdlclno tom-tom had
come to us ucrnss the hot, barren, ulka
llu tlute; all night long the dismal wall
ing of tho lieu-lived squaws and tho lonc
Bome howl of tho muulerlcss dog, crying
llko lost spirits, hud como to us out of
thu durknets, plalntlvo und weird; all
night long we liutl rolled und tossed on
our bluukrlH, spread upon tho broad
breast of mother earth, underneath tho
silent, wutchful Mars; when now, ns tho
III si pink blush of bi eaklng morn began
to revolve out of Infinity Into a new
born day, wo rose, unrefreshod and
weary.
A blood-rt d sun thrust his scorching
ruys iicrcsH the rugged peaks of the Book
plateau: beat, already Increasing, camo
steaming fiom the patched cuitli; all na
ture seemed aflame, and, as our tired,
aching eyes sought what rest there could
be found In the dingy gretn of tho fe.v
bciub ctdurs that maikcd the single va
riation to the otliei'wihe unbroken glare
of vvblteiii fk, a strange, sad procesblnn
emerged from them and wended Its way
towiird us. As It approached we could
see tho crrtcgo plainly. There were the
patient, snd-eyed women, their faces
bluckPiied by charcoal, their hair dlshev
tiled, thcli L'l.imeiits rent und covered
with ashes; there were tho favorite dog
and horse of the dead warrior, the latter
fully equipped as though ready for a
Journey nnd so ho win; there wus tho
corpse Itself, borne, nil bedecked and
enshrouded, to Its last taithly resting
place.
The women silll walled, the dogs still
howled, the heat stiP grew fiercer, and
wo followed the little bund. I.lpplncotfa
He Wns Suspicious.
Mistress l should like to know what
business, that policeman has In my kitch
en every night In the week?
Cook-Please, mum. I think he's suspi
cious of ie neglectln' me work or some
thin , -London Tlt-Dlts.
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