12 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1890. i ' n- I - a jww Royal BSOIUTEIYHJBE Makes the food more delicious nnd wholesome kotm. tuawt fOWPt LIVE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD STATISTICS ABOUT GROWTH OF RAILROAD BUSINESS. During the Venr There Wns a Net In crease of 2,219 Miles Hoisting Machinery of tho West Ridge Coal Company Has Been Moved Into the Mine Compressed Air to Be Used Moro Extensively at tho Leggett'o Creek Mine Resignation of H. P. Little Railroad Notes. The edition of "Poor's Manual nf (Railroads for 1S99," which Is now In press, will present some startling sta tistics, showJns the srowth of earnings of the American railways during the jwist year. According to the statistical exhibits contained in tha Introduction to the work, the length of steam railroads In the United States on Dec. i. lSfiS, were 1SG.810 miles, a net lnc-ease of 2219 miles In the year. Althoun there were 31.19 miles of new ral'ioad con structed In lhOS, sundry deduction, due chiefly to the abandonment of roads built in previous years, aggrssutlnij PSO miles, calls-. 1 the low net Increase In the year. The heaviest construction of the year was In the southwestern group of states, In which no less than M .nlles were built. Arkansas having to Its credit 221 miles, Texas IS) miles, New Mexico 159 miles, Missouri 132 miles and Oklahoma territory 120 miles. The Importance of the work in this section can be more readily compre hended when compared with tli3 rec ords of greatnst construction lit other groups and In other years since 1890. The result of the operations of 'he railroads of the country is a matter of first importance with investors' and publicists. Examinations of the figures flhows that gross earnings Increased $110,992,098 In 1898 over the earnings of 3S97. and $123,926,699 over the earnings of 1896. Large as these Increases ap pear, however, the percentage of In crease (which was 1.03 greater in 1S9S, ns compa.-ed with 1S97), seems infin itesimal. The ( greatest increase In earnings was Ift the freight department, which aggregated $808,924,526 in 1898, aa against $780,351,939 in 1897, tho increas-j of $SS,572,5S7 being equal to 1.29 per cent, notwithstanding a decrease of i'.SO per cent. In the average receipts per ton per mile, which, in 189S, reached the lowest figures ever recorded, b"lr.g 7.58 mills, as against 7.97 mills In 1S97, and 8.20 mills In 1S96. In 1898 the number of tons of freight moved Increased 3.8S per cent., while the number of tons of freijrht moved one mile increased 1.21 per cent., the actual volume of Increase in tho lat ter item representing 16,723,601,041 tons one mile. The significance of this in crease becomes apparent when c nn parlson Is made with the increase re corded In othr years. In 1897 the in crease in tens one mile over 1896 was .956,715,516: 1896 over 1895, 5,318,0S2,S33; 1895 over 1894, 6,347,870,303. Moved Into the Mine. A half dozen years ago tho "West HIdge Coal company sunk a shaft on the Von Storch property on Ferdinand street and Installed a plant for hoist ing coal from the lower to the upper veins, along which It was run to the foot of tho slope, and then taken to the surface. Suit was brought'to compel the com pany to close this shaft and remove the hoisting apparatus and the courts finally decided that the engines would have to be removed. The work of removing the engines down into tho mine has been going on for some time nnd is now about completed. New Leggett's Creek Breaker. The new Leggett's Creek breaker of the Delaware and Hudson Canal com pany has been completed and it was put in operation this week. It is one of the largest and best equipped in this valley. Several additional compressed air cn engines have been Installed in the mine. Last winter a compressor plant with feeders to the Clark Vein was Installed tit the Leggett's Creek mine and an engine was put in operation, doing away with the use of a large num ber of mules and men. The engine has given such satisfac tion that two more have been added, which does away with the hauling purposes In tho main headings. Changes in Schuylkill. Tho Philadelphia and Reading Rail road oompany lsabout to make another change which will remove the last trace of executive power from Sha mokln and the other lowns on that division, and which will affect every crew or train passing over it. In a short while the running of all trains will be directed from the trainmas ter's office at Tamaqua, Instead of by the different train runners at Mahanoy Plane, Gordon, Shamokln and Cata wlssa. Early in the year it wns known that tho company had this change In view, but for some reason abandoned it un til recently. From one central ofllco it will not require so many men to run the trains as at present, and some of the four train dispatchers at Sha Imokln, two at Gordon, two at Mahanoy Plane and four at Catawlssa will be transferred to the office at Tamaqua, and some will either be laid oft or given other positions. H. P. Little Resigned. H. P. Little has resigned his posi tion as shipping clerk of the car shops of tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company In this city. 3to has been succeeded by John Dur Itln, of West Scranton, who has been in the office of General Storekeeper of the company for several months past. Mr. Durkln was for many years a type Better and 'was foreman of tho Dio cesan Record office when he received his. appointment under Mr. O'Connor. ,Mr. Little wfts one of the. oldest em ployes of the company in this city. He came here over twenty-seven years Pjfo, just a few. months before Robert - m a l -T- ' l-LJruaua Powder CO., f to V0K. MeKenna. the lato superintendent of the shops came to the city. Ho held tho position of (shipping clerk for twenty-live years. This nnd That. Lehigh Valley trains 3 and 6 are the only ones besides tho Black Diamond on which one train crew covers the entire run between New York and Buf falo. Tho leases on several of the most Im portant collieries on the Olrard estate In Schuylkill county expire on Dec. 31, 1900, and the trustees of the estate have already released the operations. Tho agreements were made after pro tracted negotiations. The terms un der the new leases have now been so fixed that the agreement concerning all the collieries will expire on Dec. 31, 1913. Ever since the Parrlsh Coal company hns commenced filling orders for the Susquehanna Coal company, whose miners are on strike, they have felt that some damage would be done their properties at Plymouth and the But tonwood and In order to prevent any thing of that nature occurlng three watchmen have been placed on duty at both breakers. The miners and other workmen at these places, Includ ing the Nantlcoke strikers, say the operators are unduly alarmed and de sire to place them in a false position. They will not countenance any vio lence to the properties of any operator nnd state that their method Is moral suasion. TO WEIGH ALL MAIL MATTER. Government to Ascertain the Amount That Is Being Transported. For the first time In more than twen ty years the postofflce department has ordered a general weighing of the malls. Every postmaster In the coun try has received an order from Post master General Smith directing him to weigh all mall matter that passes through his office between Oct. 3 and N'ov. 6 and to send a report to the de partment. The department at Washington has been arranging for this general weigh up and preparing blanks circulars, etc., for some time. At the end of the thirty-five days report from all of the postofllces In the country will be for warded to Washington. During the period slnce the last weighing of the malls by tfie govern ment the railroad companies and other carriers have weighed the malls them selves. The department could only es timate their weight, and the govern ment may have been overcharged for their transportation. BASE BALL. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Percentage Table. W. T. P.c. Brooklyn S3 SI .fi'J'i Philadelphia 77 17 .Wit Boston 71 -l'l .612 Baltimore G3 4!) .CSS St. Louis 70 51 .565 Cincinnati fi's 53 .562 Chicago 63 61 .WS Pittsburg 61 61 .50) Louisville 53 63 .438 Now York 50 70 .417 Washington 42 78 .350 Cleveland 19 109 .IIS At Washlncton It. II. E. Washington 0 0 0 10 0 0 10-2 S 3 PhtlildclphU ... .0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 -l 8 1 B.uterles McFarland and Roach; Piatt and McFarland. Umpires Swartwood and Hunt. At Pittsburg- R. 11. E. Louisville 100000010-3 8 1 Pittsburg 010000002-3 9 1 Batteries-Philippi and JCImmer; Clies bro and Bowerman. Umpires Manas sau and Connolly. At Brooklyn R. II. E. Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 fi 0 Brooklyn 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 "-5 11 2 Batteries-Nichols nnd Bergen; Hughes nnd Farrell. Umpires Emsllo and Dwyer. At New York R. H. E. Baltimore 112 0 0 0 2 0-6 11 3 New York 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 '-9 11 6 Batteries Howell and Smith; Garrlck and Warner. Umpires Snyder and Smith. At Chicago- R. II. E. Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HyO-1 C 3 Chicago 000 1 0022 -3 6 1 Batteries Hughey and McAllister; Griffith nnd Chance. Umpires O'Day and McDonald. At St. Louis- R. II. E. Cincinnati 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0-3 11 1 St. Louis 5 00020 3 2-12 13 2 Batteries Taylor i.nd Peltz; Young nnd Crliscr. Lmplres Latham and Gaffncy. OTHER LEAGUE GAMES. Western League. Buffalo, 5; Milwaukee, 4. Eastern League, Syracuse, 9; Rochester, 4. Toronto, 7; Montreal, 6. Springfield, 5; Providence, C; ten In- nines, darkness. AMATEUR BASE BALL NOTES. Tho St. Thomas College baso ball club, tho champions of Lackawanna county, will play the strong Jebsup baso bail club today at the Athletic park, Scran ton, game to bo called nt 3 30 o'clock sharp. Over two hundred tickets havo already been sold. A largo delegation of mallcarriers will also bo In attendance, and u largo crowd from all over tho val ley. Tho game Is expected to be one of tho most exciting known here for years. The Jcssup club will bo composed of tho best material they can find In the coun try. The St. College team will be com posed of such players as follows: Cooney, catcher; Grlfnn and Duffy, pitchers; McHugh, shortstop; Carey, first baso; Weir (Capt.), second baso; Byron, third base; McGlnnls, left field; Philbln, cen ter field; Ryan, right field. Tho Taylor Beds will play tho base ball team of Council 213, Young Men's Insti tute on the Reds' grounds Saturday af ternoon at 4 o'clock, BEAUTY, M CONQUEROR BELLAVITA Arsonlo Beauty Tablets and PilU. A pot. fectly safe and Buarnntoed treatment for all nkln disorders. Rettorct lh bloom oljoulh toladed laces. 10 days' treatment Wei SO days' 1.00, by mail Bend for circular. Address, ,.,- KERVITA MEDICAt CO., CUsUo A Jtcksoa Sls.,Chk. Bold by McQarrah & Thomas, Druw Cists,, S09 Lackawanna ave.f. Bcranton, Pa. COLONEL W AIRES' STAFF The Members of It Named In an Or der Issued Yesterday by Col onel of Thirteenth. The long-looked-fop appointments of commissioned nnd non-eommlssloned ofllrers of the reorganized Thirteenth regiment were announced yesterday by Colonel L. A. Wntrcs. Among the new men on tho commissioned staff will bo Rev. William It. Swift, of llonesdale, who hns been appointed chaplain. Quartermaster Vnndllngwho servled In a similar capacity In the Eleventh regi ment. Among the old Thirteenth men nro Uees Wntklns, Walter E. Gunster nnd David .1. Davis, who served ns first lleutennnt In Company K," Penu nylvnnln volunteer Infantry. On the non-com. stnff are John M. Edwards nnd Joseph Baumelster, who were also Identified with the old guard Thomas Miles, bandmaster of the Thirteenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer Infantry, has been appointed chief muslclnn. Following Is the order issued yester day by Colonel Wntres: Headquarters Thirteenth Regiment, Third Brigade, N. U. P. Scranton, Sept. S, 1SS9. Regimental Order No. 3. The following appointments upon tho staft and ron-comnilssloned stnft of the Thirteenth regiment, N. G. P., are an nounced: COMMISSIONED STAFP. Frank M. Vomiting, Scranton, quarter master, with rank of captain. Rev. William II. Swift, llonesdale, chaplain, with rank of captain. Rees Wntklns. Scranton, Inspector of rlflo practice, with rank of llrst lieuten ant. Walter E. Gunster, Scranton. battalion ndjutant, First battalion, with rank of llrot lieutenant. Robert J. McCausland, Montrose, bat talion ndjutant, Second battalion, with rank of first lieutenant. David J. Davis, Scranton, battalion ad Jutant, Third battalion, with rank of first lleutennnt. Non-commissioned staff. William P. Jennings, Scranton, ser geant mnjor. William S. Gould. Scranton, quarter master sergeant. John M. Edwards, Scranton, commissary sergeant. Charles Slckler, Scranton, color ser geant. Truman A. Sitrdnm, Scranton, battalion sergeant major, First battalion. Harold Purn, Tunkhannock. battalion sergeant major, Second battalion. Edward M. Frrar, Scranton, battalion sergeant major. Third battalion. Joseph Baumelster, Scranton, hospital steward. Edward Kelly, Scranton, hospital stew ard. Thomas Miles. Scranton, chief musician. They will bo obeyed and respected ac cordingly. By crder of I.-. A. Watres, D. B. Atherton, Colonel. Adjutant. Pobert J. McCauslnnd, who was cap tain of Company G at Montrose hai been made an adjutant of the second battalllon. The colonel has yet to appoint a com missary and :i surgeon nnd two assist ants. ROLICE COURT NOTES. Joseph McGlnnls, an umbrella mender, paid a flno of $2 yesterday morning In police court on a charge of drunkennets. Patrick Joyce paid $3 for being drunk and resisting nrrest nnd Anthony Cat thtnoo contributed $3 for being drunk and disorderly, as did also II. E. Van Klcck. Joseph Marlon, a plain drunk, was giv en seven days. Mary Burton, a mus-Ic teacher from Philadelphia, who unfortunately imlilbod a little too much liquor, paid a fine of $2. HALLSTEAD. Dr. A. F. Merrcll Is building a fine macadamized driveway from tho street to his barn on Susquehanna avenue. Frank Swigert was visiting his sister in Scranton Thursday evening, Mrs. Fannie Taylor of Blnghnmton', was visiting Halstead friends during1 Thursday and Friday A merry-go-round is attracting con siderable attention. It Is situated near the baseball grounds. The stockholders of the Hallstoad Treasures of Flowers Rare and Roses Red" Come from enriched, iuett nourished soil, giving the re sult of perfect growth. The same result can be obtained by humanity in general, if they look after the blood, the life of the whole system. Hood's Sarsap&rilla is the one specific remedy for this, as it transforms poor blood into perfect blood from 'which fol lows the greatest of blessings, good health. Eczema "Since I was a. child I have had eruptions on my body which our physician pronounced eczema, I took sve bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla and have had no return of the disease," Mrs. Ida M, Totter. Conneaut, Ohio. JwccCS SaUapmu immrm Ilood'i 1'IIU car llitr llli I the non-lrrlUtlng and Vnlyct)iarUc to tatf with lfood'i 8riXp'rill. TodaySaturday, PECIAL SHOE BARGAINS FOR EVERYBODY Men's Shoes from 98 cents Up. Ladies' Shoes from 79 cents up. Boys' Shoes from 98 cents up. Misses' Shoes from 59 cents up. Little Gent's Shoes from 50 cents up. Children's Shoes at all prices, Come early and avoid the rush of the evening. MYER DAVIDOW, The Cheapest Shoe Store, 307 Lacka. Ave. cN. B. Extra Help to Wait on You. Land Improvement Company held a meeting Friday afternoon Several prominent gentlemen from Scranton attended. Clnud B, Simmons was tendered a farewell jwrty Thursdny evening. An enjoyable time was had by tho largo gathering nf young peoplo who at tended. Mr. Simmons will leave for Boston, Mass, on Monday when, he will tuke n course In the Conservatory of Music. W. W, Adair of Scrnnton, a former resident and well known here will oc cupy the Presbyteilan pulpit hunday morning. Dolmnr Douglass was greeting old friends in town Tuesdny. Ho has Just returned from the Philippines. Mr. E. A. Sands Is the now toll col lector for tho Great Bend Bridge com pany. Ilto McLeod, Friday morning) launched a fine new fishing boat. Mr and Mrs. P. It. Carpenter are visiting relatives In Foster. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Handrlck wcro In Toronto this week attending the ex hibition. There Is to he special music at tho Y. M. C. A., Sunday nfternoon. W. V Adair will lead the meeting. SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. At Ararat, on Thursday, Erlo Brake man William Lyden fell from a car and was seriously injured. Arthur Teed, tho well known Hall-stead-Blnghnmton artist, has pur chased "Red Rocks," a beautiful and historic spot between Susquehanna and Great Bend. Rev. John A. Davis, pastor of the Hallstead Baptist church, has tendered his resignation to enter the evangelistic field. The Brldgewater Baptist association will meet In Jackson September 13 and 14. The Sunday school convention will be held September 12. Hon. James T. Du Bols, United States consul to Switzerland, will build a beautiful country residence on Mano tanonu mountain, overlooking Hall stead nnd Great Bend. It will be built next summer, when Mr. Du Bols and family return from Switzerland. Tho Sunday school institute of Sus quehanna county will be held nt Forest City, September 26. The funeral of Mrs. P. I. Page, of Jackson, occurred on Thursday. Mrs. Pago died suddenly on Tuesday even ing. The people of Great Bend do not be lieve that the new leather trust will close the tannery In that borough. Tho Weed tannery employs one hundred men and is the chief support of the place. Face Humors Pimples, blackheads, simple rashes, red, rough hands, falling hair, and baby blemishes prevented by Cim cura Soap, a sure preventive of in flammationand clogging of the Pores. 8ol4throuhout the world. PnTUR DKCOJKDCniu. Cosr.,l'rop. ,Boton. Uowtoi'rcTcnll'ueUumori.frei. SPECIAL SALE This Week of 5, 1 Now is tho time to got a bargain at tbeso prices. You cannot ob tain thom in tbo future. Call and seo them. Fine Diamond Rings at $5.00, worth $10.50. Solid Gold Band Rings at $1.25, worth $3.50. Solid Gold Band Rings at $1.00, worth jo 25t "Gold Filled Cuff Buttons, 50c, worth $1.25. Cuff Buttons, previous prices $1.(0, now 37c. Gent's Solid Sltver Watch, Elgin move ment, $3.50. Ladles' Sterling Silver Watches, worth J5.50, now $3.75. Gent's Nickel Watches, S. W., prlco $3.50, now $1.75. Rogers Bros'. Spoons, warranted, 50c. Rogers Bros'. Butter Knives, Sugar Spoons, Plcklo Forks, 37c, previous price 75c. Ladles' Solid Gold Watch, Elgin move ment, $14.50. Ladles' Gold Filled Watches at $6.50,, worth $13.00. We also havo about three hundred La dles' Solid Silver Rings, worth 50c and 75c, will close them at inc. each. Special Falo now going on at Davldow Bros. Attend as wo are offering goods at one-fourth their original value. Extra Heavy Solid Silver Thimbles at 19c. Davidow Bros 227 Lackawanna Ava. y Before f Atte Uslnu Using Cutlcura Soap ' ' CutlcuraSoap V C"11 (and Tailored rr'W llpl plicate it at your habit maker's for double. THE IFiLUX, COATS. We are showing a splendid array of Light Weight Jack ets especially designed for early fall wear. Come and glance through the line of about a hundred different styles. You'll find everything here that you can think to ask for, and more, too, and priced very lightly, beginning at $i and running up to $12.50. We don't mean to meddle with your choice, we merely suggest that no matter how little you pay, you may as well have the correct thing, stylish, well made and worth the money, and you can get it here surer than anywhere else. CONNOLLY The Wheat Fiom which "Snow White'' Flour Is made. Is all cleaned, (couiW. and steamed before It is ground, so wo know that 'Snow a Bos not contain the least llttlo hit of dirt. It's perfectly clean, perfectly pure and perfectly wholesome. ... . It Is nude In a clean mill by clean men and Is used by clean people. Ask your srocer about It. "We only wholeslelt." THE WESTON ILL CO. Scranton, Carbondale, Olypliant. School Opens Monday Bring your children to us for School Shoes Tablets given Free. The Dickson Manufacturing Co. fc'cranton and Wllkevllarro, l'i Manufacturer or LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY ENGINES Hollers, llolstlnj an J I'umrlne .Machinery. CJeneral Office, Scranton, Pa. emm Wallac SCRANTON'S SHOPPING CENTER, Suits We said tailored, and it's so no seamstress touched these suits, al though we've no desire to decry the seamstress. Men tailors for tail ored suits, and it's seen at once in the cut, the lit, the style---skirts as fashion decrees, sleeves ditto, and made in all the new desirable cloths that the markets aflord. We would ask you to look at, for instance, our $20.00 Suit, and then try and du & WALLACE, Fall Carpets WILLIAMS Interior Lager Beer Brewery Manufacturers or OLD STOCK E 435 10 455 N. HDID a. SEf Uln PJ Telephone Cull, '233?. 311 Sprue J S!. Temple Court BulldlnJ, Scrautoa, Pa. All ncuto and chronic diseases of men, women und children. CHHONIC. NKKV OUS. UHAIN AND WAST1NU DIHKAS. I'S A Sl'KCIALTY. All diseases of tho 1 ivcr Kidneys, madder. Skin. Blood, Nerves. Womb, Kye. liar. Nose, Throat, and Lunffs. Cancers, Tumours. l'i. itunturo (loltrc, Ilheumatlsm, Asthma, rtirrh Vurlococeto. Lost Manhood, Nlchtly Emissions, all Female Diseases, i eucorrhoea, etc. Gonorrhea, Syphilis, tilood rolson. Indiscretion and youthful habits obliterated. SurKeJjr. FltB. Kpl leuav Tupe and Htomach Worms CA. TAItnilOV-ONK, Bpeclllo for Cutarrh. Three months' treatment only JB.00. Trial free In olllce. Consultation nnd exami nations free. Oftlces hours dally and Sunday, 8 n. m. to 9 p. m. DR. DENSTEN I in Si PSLSN V. LS$ 127 and 129 WASHINGTON AVENUE We offer better inducements to the carpet buyer this season than ever before. Paying less for your carpets thau we ask is getting thread bare spots and dissatisfaction that you do not bargain for. Everything in Wilton, Ax minster, Velvet, Brussels, Savonerrie, Ingrain. & M'ANULTY. Decorators. 129 Wyoming Avenue, HIEIigil(!illIIIIUD!IIIIIS!linmilIlU M 2 s yra il i s 1 FL0REY& BR00R S m ill Washington Avenu:. 2 Opposite Court Mouse. S niiiiixiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiniBiiriisuiiiiirs THE MM POWDER CO. ' Rooms 1 ana2,Com'Mi BTd'g. SCKANTON, PA. mining and Blasting DER Miideiit Mooitcnnd ltush 'nlo Worm, 1.APLIN & RANI) POVVDKR CO 'S ORANGE GUN POWDER Kl'rtrlo mttoitesi, KlectrloKploder, lor exploding blatts, (safety I'iihs au t Repauno Chamlcil Go's explosive KYervuiiM at m I pi ii 1 S . " V. f
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