3's JON A3 LONQ'S SONS thk miQ store FIFTY OOMFLETE STORES UNDER ONE ROOF THE BIG STORK JONAS LONQ'S SONS JONAS LONQ'S SONS THR TWENTIETH CENTURY STORE JONAS LONQ'S SONS More 10c Music Today From Finn & Phillips' Branch Store in Stroudsburg In closing up their Sheet Music Department in Scranton, Messrs. Finn & Phillips also find it desirable to dispense with the selling in their branch stores so their stock from their Stroudsburg store is here for today. You buy it on the same great saving basis as has characterized the sale here all this week. When it's gone, you'll buy no more under 25c. Not a sheet in this lot is worth less than 50c mucli of it, $1.00. Best Sheet Music and best Pianos was Finn & Phillips' war cry. We've the Music they'll sell you a Piano. THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900. A Wnrmln I'p In Dixie. SotlK f the Fairies. Untidy Mimdy's Cake Wnlk. Consolation Sons Mendelssohn. The Know Hull Club Rockwell. My Sweetheart Kllcen. A Picture No Artist Can Pnlnt. My Sunny Southern Home. Jack, How I Knvy You. My Blackbird. Jossaniy Waltz koiik. March The Citizen Soldier. The. Huffnlo News Mnrch. Xllutui Wultzes. My Ca'llno. Bridal Tour March. I Clues I'll Have to Telegraph My Haby. She's a 'Spcctahle Married Colore.! ft rtlpk 0- O iX ccrc Many were disappointed last Saturday because the advertised titles were V1I cllC d.L V J W1UWIV too late. Consequently today's sale will not begin until 9 o'clock. At for all who come. Fifteen minutes later we cannnt say. In addition to the advertised titles, there are many hundreds of Another Saturday Flyer. Pounds of very fine MIXED CANDY Made O from pure sugar and honey for RUSH TO HfcAR ROBERTS TALK SCENES IN CONGRESS DURING A BUSY WEEK. Galleries Filled with Eager Specta tors Mr. Littlefleld's Argument n Surprise Fit Successor to the Maine Statesmen Bryan. Attracts but Little Attention in Washing tonThe Republican Vice Presi dencyAnother Quay Bugaboo. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Washington. D. C, Jan. 26. They were all titer. Kvi-rybody, or rather every woman who could squeeze Into the hou'jr galleries was there. It was Roberts day, and was the one Inci dent of the week's proceedings in the house. The mere mention of polygamy Jills the galleries and all the corridors on the gallery Jloor of the house. So It was this week. The Roberts case was calendared us the week's event. By HI o'clock there was hardly standing jom In the galleries. And the ex pectant crowd was nine-tenths women. They jammed and crowded each other until every inch of space was twice tilled. They Jollied eaeli other and walked and fell over each other with out losing their temper and without broken limbs. And what a spectacle of patlenc and endurance. From 10 o'clock until nearly ti hardly one of the vast throng left the gallery. 'hey heard the dry legal argument of Mr. Tayler, chairman of the select com mittee, with apparently as much un, -tlon and satisfaction as they heard the Impassioned and brilliant effort of Mr, Llttlelletd, who submitted the min ority report in the case. A whisper swept through the crowd with the force of a cyclone that Huberts would not speak until the following day, but no body appeared to credit It. They had waited to hear Roberts, and still they wnlted, comforted with the hope that all things come to those who wait. And so it did. Ry courtesy the Vtah man was given one hour and a half, and he used every minute of the time, to the supreme delectation of the galleries, In an ef fort worthy of a better cause. It was a forlorn hope, and every word he ut tered emphasized the desperation of his case. The galleries cheered his vlt and otherwise made some qualified ex pression of sympathy. This was a dis tinct gain over his first appearance in the house at the beginning of the ses sion. Then he was shunned ns an un clean thing. He was avoided by man and woman ns a pestilence. The Dem ocrats abandoned him under the fierce lire of public reprobation. The gal leries hissed and Jeered him. It was not po when he addressed the house on Tuesday. He !.ad a respectful hear ing on the tloor. Ho had managed his own caso before the committee, and managed it with the ability that al ways commands attention, whatever the cause. Hut the Influence that won for him this distinction in the current debate was the masterful and stirring speech of the new member from Main;, Mr. Llttlefield. Another Blaine. It was a surprise. He was only known in the house as thu lamented Dlngley's successor. But Speaker Hen derson had fully sized him up, it is said, and knew the manner of man he was when he was selected by him as a member of the select committee to consider this case. His reputation is made. Maine has given the Republi san party another leader. A decade i: politics has evolved another Hlaine. Blaine was magnetic, powerful, Invln rlble in debate. I.lttlelleld Is all that and more. He is a perfect specimen of Xew England manhood. His pres ence is commanding. The newspaper pictures of him are execrable carica tures. He was dressed in a dull brown business suit. When both hands were not employed in handling miners thev h were trust Into his trouser pockets. It was the speech of a splendidly equipped constitutional lawyer, of a profound logician, of a powerful de bater, of on Incomparable analyls:. There was irony and sarcasm and bristling repartee, but It was not of the offensive sort. In that respect ho was greater than Hlaine, and Is without an equal In either branch of congress to. day. There was no suggestion of sin gle performance appearance In tivi speech. He will not go nt once Into obscurity. Ho has made himself, n the discharge of a public duty, the Re publican leader In thu house. He will be heard ngaln In the debates of the session. The retirement of Thomas H. Reed from publlu life and tho lament able death of Nelson Hlnsley had ro fuced the Maine representation In .engres8 to the too common level. Mr. Llttlefield ii a revelation. Lady. I.lttle Cotton Dolly. Baby's 1'' 1" Yonder Window. Break the News to Mother. Just You and I. Mother Dear. Just Sing a Sour for Ireland. I.lttle Bo-Peep, or Off to Prcam- Innd. She Is a Sensible Olrl. My Love's the Same. ITncto Sum's Nnvy Phillips. Hero of the Santiago March Rockwell. The Hello of Hohcmla March. Ander's Third Regiment Hand. Held by the Knemy Mnrch. IInii.v do Lucky. Oh, Miss Jemima Hunch. My Old New Hampshire Home. 25c Tlie difference between the majority and tlie minority reports In the Rob erts case seems to the plain, unso phisticated layman the exhaustively discussed difference between tweedle dee nnd tweedledum. Whether Rob erts should bu kicked Into the house and then kicked out "according to due process of the law," or whether he should stay out and figuratively kick himself back into the godless land of polygamy, was tlie bone of the conten tion. The minority favored admission, and Mr. I.iltlelleld made a great legal argument In support of Roberts' al leged constitutional rights. Precedents and authorities were cited to sustain tin pro nnd con of the proposition, Tlie preponderance seemed to b against admission. Hut all the mem bers of tlie house are not lawyers. Th- great majority are plain, common busi ness men and farmers. In the reeoid they made today they only had In view the determination to exterminate the iibliorent practice of polygamy ir this country. The debate has served a good purpose In giving the majority in the house a thoroughly equipped leader in the new man from Maine. Bryan in Washington. iiryau attracts l.s attention here than he does In Xew York. He is tlie main end man In the combination Unit has taken the load with nn ultimate date for the white house. The big and little l.eiuoeiiu.-i hero all idoll. him, nnd they talk with bated brec.th on campaign Issues until Hrynn given them tlie word. He is now dictator of the Democratic party and Ideally u resents all the odds and ends and broken lots and fragments of omiosl tlon to the Republican partv. Ho Is more daring and assertive than ever before. He doesn't suggest imy lnoie. he directs. The reported disagreement between him and National Committee Chairman Jones was slluhtly exagger ated, but he gave Jones his ordeis in such ex-cathedra, terms that the ve hement protest of Jones suggested to the people who overheard 'the animati d discussion, the danger of a unisonal encounter between the two men. It is no secret that Hrynn Is tired of Jones as chairman of the national committee, nnd It Is no carefully concealed pur pose on his part to dispense with Jones In the next campaign. Hrynn is now on a still hunt for campaign funds and a vice presidential candidate. The Democratic leaders agree, It is alleged, to furnish tho funds If al lowed to name the vice president and the secretary of the treasury. Tins overture has not been rejected as yet, but what will come of it depend:? upon what Rryan hears in New York. He is a good listener and takes nothing for granted. If the deal possesses any tangible possibility of success be will agree to Helmont's candidacy for the vice presidency und, later to iJorman's appointment as secretary of tho treas ury, if there Is a chalice for such a t'leket to win Bryan will Jutno at the chancu. While In Wnshlimton he said; "We must win the tight, and differences of -''on nVout Issues shall not prevent It So ir as I am concerned." It Is a sententious way of putting It, but af ter all that Is what the opoosltlon to the Republican party will mean In the coining campaign. Th situation !s unique. Hrynn Is leader fin 1 auliator, healer and owner. He n ns the Dem ocratic party "breeches and boots." He ia Invested with plenhmenUaiv au thority to do with It just as h." pb r-ses. No restrictions are imnoaed, N. man in all our political hMrory has ..ver attained such subllmal.vl distinction. If he lives through tlie modlgious or deal ho will be nominated im tlie Dem ocratic candidate for tho presidency. He begins the campaign with the elec toral vote of the "Solid South" already 111 his pocket. What ehe.nc wl'l he not take to secure tlrj olectoral vote of New York. The storm center Is the enemy's country. He Is there now and It will be well enough to watch him. Republican Vice Presidency. This situation seems to be a god send to New York 'Repuolicans. Upon it they base their wholo claim for the vice presidential nomination. It Is the old familiar cry of tho flesh pots. U is heard in every national campaign, and will probnbly be heard until tho end of all time, "Give New York the vice presidency and make tho electoral vote of tho state certain for McKlnley." And it makes no difference what thu otfice that has whetted New York gre?d, it is the same old story. New York wanted tho secretaryship of the sen ate, and got It upon thu pretext that this little crumb of feed was essential to Republican success in the presiden tial campaign. And now tho stale wants the vice presidency for tha saint) overpowering reason, and Is making somo progress, according to the first returns from Florida! Tho Florida outfit was boused by National Committeeman Long, who has recently been appointed to a po sition In tho consular service. He Is very, very close to the administration, She Was Bred In Old Kentucky. Just One dlrl. My Creole Sue. Marie Louise Hallnd. Kiss Mo Honey, Do. Mustered Out Callahan Loftus. Whistling Uufus. Country Club 15. W. Phillips. The Capture of Santiago. Harlem Raff Two-step. Just ns the Sun Went Down. Sweetheart Jane Vocal. A Coon's Holiday Uennle. The Cardinal March. Girls of America March. Hall Player March and Two-step. At 11 Darktown Cake Wnlk. Down Souf In Alabama. Rose of Mexico Waltzes. JONAS LONG'S SONSlj say the New York people, and the ex pression of Long's preference for Mr. Woodruff Is a. significant straw Indi cating the trend of the administration In the matter. It Is all stupid non sense The vote of the average south ern delegate In national conventions is too well understood, when It passes the negotiation preliminary, to make it significant of anything but tho tran saction Itself. So thnt the thousand nnd one stories one will hear from now on to tlie dav the convention meets in Philadelphia, Indicating the president's attitude in icgard to this nomination may b." disregarded. There is no political necessity In tlie situa tion Hint watrantu New York's de mand for the vice prcnldenry. Does l'ennF.vlvar.Ia want the honor It Is the greatest of all the Republi can slates: It Is the greatest of all the. Industilal states: It is truly an imper ial domain. Hut with all il" magnifi cent nnd stupendous lesourcev, "t wealth and citizenship the vice presi dential nomination will not pc that way. as a matter of centse. Hut it is In the power of the Republican parly In tlie state, by a united and aggres sive effort, to name the vice piesldent. If not Postmaster Cleneral Smith, then soui" other distinguished Pennsyl vanlan. If there Is icie man In the state who Is better equip) ed, who Is more available, who would so effec tively elevate the ofllro into a place of dignity and character and useful ness and power, let him be named. Hut what an ideal candidate Mr. Smith would make. How quickly his tact and perception, his Intuitive knowledge of men and of public affairs, would metamorphose the olllco from its dull ness and Insignificance into a place of stirring activity and prominence. Or dinarily the relations between the president and the vice president i.ie frigidly formal and painfully perfunc tory. The late vice president, .-mart was the single exception In the history of the olllce. Mr. Smith's incumbency of the olllci; would distinctly mark tho exception again. It was Smith, as edi tor of the Philadelphia Press, win first publicly proclainu-d Mr. MeKln ley's candidacy for the presidency, and since that time the two men have been closer together than brothers. Mr. Smith is at the head of Die great business department of tlie govern ment. He has exhibited thu same matchless ability and poiclstont in dustry In. the administration of that olllce that has. made him a successful, callable. Indomitable man of affairs. Now Is Pennsylvania's opportunity. Rut a long pull, and a strong pull and a pull altogether will be necessary The Tribune's suggestion of Mr. Smith's nomination lias Impressed Pennrylvaula Republicans bete as both timely nnd wise. Tlie leader, among them are giving tho matter very ser ious consideration, and :i movement looking to Mr. Smith's nomination ma be soon Initiated. Another Quay Bugaboo. Senator Cullom was hurrasssd by the anti-Quay crowd here Into a positive avowal to vote for Mr. Quay. It seemed to be the only escape from persistent and pertenacloijs Importunity. Hut the latest bugaboo used to frlghte.i senators is that tho bijr corporations throughout thu country sue taking an active und offensive intercut in Quay's behalf. These slily stories all prove boomerang.. In tlie end. Tlie Quay casa lias attracted wide ati'iition. The prominence of tlie man In public life mil in national politics accounts n sivnu extent lor it. Hut it Is the principle lnvolv-d that com mands the gtealer Interest. The whole trend of thought tin the subject un mistakably points to tho I'sttblUhtrietit of a precedent that will settle the ques tion Involved In thl.i case. When the matter will be considered is uncertain. The financial bill will occupy the sea ate until February 1". and It Is not probable that the Q'la vip? will ho considered until the dl-qioslilcn of that 1)111. The Porto lllcau Dili, the Ha waiian bill, the Nicaragua canal hill and thu bill providing for n Vaeiilc cable are all exp"dod to bo taken up by the senate and passed as speedily ns possible, mid the, consideration of theso matters will consume a great deal of time, nut the Quay case Is prlvlledged matter and may be called up any time for consideration. It will take u majority vote of tht senats to prevent Its consideration. Pennsy. HALLSTEAD. Special to tho gcranton Tribune. llallstead. Jan. 26. Rev. R. N. Ives, of New Wilford, was the guest of his son, Ward Ives, Friday. Frlduv's wind storm wae one of the severest tliat has visited this section in somo time. Those who had to walk across the cinder path from Hallstead to Great Rend found it nlmost Impass able, owing to the wind storm. Dr. W. Henri Hacker having re gained his health, is now wintering In Hallstead. Miss Clarissa Hall, of this place, who is taking a course in music In tho Sy- Gov. Roosevelt's Hough Ittdcrs -Phillips. Army Kchocs March. The Dewey March ami Two-step. Dashing Cavalry March and Two step. The Charlatan Mnrch Sousa. Honda Waltzes. Mollle, I Love You Alfred Woole. The dli-1 I Loved In Sunny Tennes see. Smoky Mokes. Hampton I load Two-step. After the Hall Two-step. True Love Would Have Saved Her Wooler. Waiting Alfred Wooler's New Song. Underwood March. racuso university. Is meeting with good success. The facujtv of the school speak favorably of her accom plishments. Hoyle and Coddingtou, the West Side grocers, have announced that tlie tlim will dissolve about August 1 by mu tual consent of both partners. D. A. Teed and H. F. Hernstein were in Hlnghaniton on business Thuisday. The (Jreat Rend brush factory l,s con tinually increasing the number of em ployes. When ii specified number of hands are employed the borough of Creat Head will donate iZOO to the factory. Saturday night. Jan. -'7, a mass meeting of the citizens of llallstead and Oreat Rend will be held in the Voting Men's Christian association hull under the nusplcen of the llallstead hoard of ttade, tlie object and pur pose of the gathering Is to inform the pcuiile as to the course the board Is pursuing in regard to building the chair factory. Tlie Lawsvllle band, accompanied by the Lawsville Debating club, will come before the footlights at the Young Men's Christian association hall Tues day evening. It Is billed by the Cen tury Debating club as the stellar at traction of the season. The Democrats will hold their cau cus In the town hall Saturday evening. A dime social was held at the home of (Jeorge Hatlield Thuisday evening anil was well attended. Refreshments were the attraction. . . . CLARK'S SUMMIT. Do not forget the box supper next Tuesday night at the patwmngc. A trustees meeting will be held In the church on Monday evening for thu purpose of electing two new trustee.!. The canning factory seems to be a sure thing. It will be unite a boom for Clark's Summit to have a plaster mill and a canning factory, too, Miss tlrace Myers ha.s been visiting m Scranton the past few duytt. Miss Nina Pedrlck bus returned home after visiting her grandmother at Nicholson for some time. Mrs. George Warner is tdlghtly Im proved fiom her long illness. Frank Naunian has been spending the week with is family at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Van Do Rogert nnd daughter, .Maud, have moved to Oly pliant. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION, mayou's ori'ici;. CITY OF SCRANTON, PA. In compliance with the law, and tlie or dinance of the city of Silanton, 1. .lames Molr, mayor of said city, do lienliv give notice that an election will be held at the places of holding municipal elections In said city. n Tuesday, the twentieth day of Fi'biuary, lining llio third Tues day of February, A, 1)., 1!M), lor the pur pose of obtaining the assent of the elec tors of said city to an Increaso of bonds In the amount of lin.r.LS.uo, for the pur pose of procuring land for. and construct in.; a viaduct on the south side of West l.acUawanna avenue over the trades of the J)., ,v- W. It. R. Co.. as provided In amended ordinance of said city, tile of common council, No. 1,7, ), entitled, "An ordinance providing for the sub. mission to the vote of the electois of the city of Scranton an Increase In the In debtedness of the said city to the amount of fi;7.rcM.i), or as much thereof as iiuiv be iieces-aiy to pay for thu con struction of a viaduct on the south side of West Lackawanna avenue, over the tracks of the D.. 1.. K- W. It. It. Co., to. gut her with the purchase, of the right of way for siiin. and In case the vote Is In fi.vor of such pitipntcd Incuase making 1111 appropriation of said sum for said piirpiir.u." Approved Jan. 9. Ul. As required by law the following infor mation Is given to electois: First Tho amount of tho last assessed valuation of taxable property in said city Is fc3.icu.iial.ui!. "frond Tho amount of thu existing debt of the said city is I12.U,.".4'!. Third The amount of tho proposed in crease of debt Is $lU7.riM.ro. Fourth The prcposul Increase of debt Is .'ij72:I per cent, of the city's assessed valuation of taxable property for fS!i, Fifth The purpose for which tho In debtedness is to be Incurred ale lierelnbe fore stated. Annexed hereto Is the city controller's otllclal statement of tlie Indebtedness ami resources of tho city, nlso a copy of the city ordinance-. Illo of common council. No. f,7, I S!i;. uhuvn referred to. Witness my hand and the seal of tlu city of Scranton. this 12th day of Janu ary, A. D JOUf. JAMRS MOIR. Mayor of tho city uf Scranton, Pa, File of common council, No, C7. K'!. as amended In select council January I, l!i0. an onniNANOi: Providing for tho submission to the vote of thu electors of tho city of Hcr.iutoii an increase in the indebtedness of the falil city to the amount of lC7.52ii.Oi, or as much thereof ns may bo necessary to pay for tho construction of a viaduct on the south side of West Lackawanna avenue over thu tracks of tho D 1. & V. R. R. Co.. together with tho puicliase of right of way for same, and in caso tho vote Is In favor of such proposed In-cre-ase, making an appropriation of said Sinn for said purpose. Section 1 Ru It ordained by the select and common councils of thn city of Scrnnton, and It Is hereby ordained by the authority of thu same, that for the purpose of paying for the building of a viaduct on tho south side of West Lacka wanna nvciiuo over thu tracks of thu 1)., I. & W. R. R. Co.. together with tho purchase of rlclit of way for name, a 11 Corncob Dance. Schley's Victory March. St. Augustine Mazurka. Dance of the Philippines. The Club Two-Step. The Press Club March. My Honolulu Fairy. Over and Over Again, (live Me Hack Dem Clothe. Sadele Song Hockwell. Over the Fence Two-step. There are several hundred copies of such titles ns "Country Club," "Hough Riders," "Coon's Holiday." "Snow Hall Club" nnd Alfred Wool er's Songs all of which are pub lished and soldi at 50 cents. You'll buy none of them after Saturday for 10c of that you may bo sure. all sold when they came that hour there'll be plenty others just as good. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. Ilicre.ipe In thn Indebtedness of said city by an issuo of city bonds to an amount Hot to exceed thu slim of $Hi7,."2li.O)) Is hereby authoilzed, subject nevertheless to Hid consent of the electors oC the said dtv of Scranton as hereinafter provided. The question of assenting to the above proposed Increase of the debt of tho city shall be submitted to a vote of the quali fied electors of the city of Scranton at the next general election occurring not less than turty days after the passage of this ordinance. After the passage of this ordinance and at least thirty days befoie said election eue mayor sli.ilt publish u notice of the election hereby authorized in three diiilv papers published In said city and a state; Jiienl such as Is required by law, which statement shall be furnished by the city controller. If said electois agree to Increase the Indebtedness of said city for said pur poses there shall bo appropriated and set apart for tho payment of said improve ment the sum of jiw.Wl.no, the estimated cost of said Improvement. Approved January !!. lltuu. JA.MKS MOIR, Mnyor. City of Scranton, Pa.. City Controller's Olllce, January, 12, V. Statement of the net Indebtedness of the city of Scranlon, Pa., at tho cloc of business, October SI, 1S-W. RONDRI) DKIJT. City Improvement Loan, 4 per cent. Due July 1, lOtW, and annually to year '.:. rate J2,imi.iii $ U.uOO 00 Due July 1. 1W7, and annually to year llifii. rate t:!"J .Vi.lmo 11O Funding Loan, b,'!, I per cent. Due July f. 1'iul .' l.'.oM Co Due July . !: 1 r.,orm Ik) Municipal llulldlng Loan, ivm, I per cent. Due February 1, IWfl, Nos. i", to ::. Inclusive 2ii,fiX) 00 Due February 1, l'JU.", Nos. "1! to 1,0 Inclusive .".iJ0 HO Doe February 1, ltno, Nos. ill to '."(Inclusive .in.OOOOo Municipal Improvement Loan, INiJ. 4'i per cent. Duet December 1. Wil 22.0MU1 Due December 1, l!n iM.iHKHii Due December 1. It'll 22,0)1) "o Due Di'i'ctnhcr 1, ll'l'i 2:.,UW ml Redemption Loan Series. W,. l.j per cent. Due June 1, I'm::, Nos. 1 to 111 Inclusive Ill.'i"! I) Due June 1, l!i Nos, x, to t! Inclusive :M,(j() fto Due June 1. lit::. Nos. i) to 1'W Inclusive .ns.ocl if"! Due June , IMS Nos, 107 to lit Inclusive r.S.Oml 0) Bridges l.oan Series, iv.'l, 4'a per cent. Due June 1. l!ll, Nos. 1 to !") M.iW 10 Due June 1, 1'VKi. Nos. flt to II'!.. r.tl.000 Oil Due June 1. lilt. No. Ill to im).. M.fiOO M Due June 1, 191'J, Nos. M to 2,",'!.. Mu.OuO (Ml ft'..1S.0l0 00 SUNDRY CLAIMS, t'np.ilil w.'irnints to October ".1. 1W, Inclusive $ Contracts and other accounts subject to adjustment 1 Judtnucnts Amottntx eertllled on sewers as city's shnte of cost: North Main. Providence Road nnd I'hllo street See. Fifth Sewer district Seventeenth district main sewer. nt w i 02 Tola! !2,12.f7.- I.i ss judgments obtained Includ ed ill Jiiilmncnth above 9,535 M $2nfl.1M Total Kfoj-s IndebUiliiess $$47,Ki 25 RKSOimCKS. Cash hi Kent ral city Cash hi sinking funds ..? II.S71 0.) I27.aii 17 20,0i0 00 Delinquent tax nnd other items collectable Ronds of the city 'eiles of l.vi:!, which have been innvlmsed and are held In the several hluklni; funds of the city Tax ilujillenles w, lej-s exon cratlon und commissions und leis collections to October 31, IWt 101,000 00 1CS.50D C7 USUI) 77 Net Indebtedness of the city.. $112,195 41 Statement of the amount of last iire-ced-hnr assessisl valuation of the taxable property of the city of Scranton, l'.i., tho Hiimo hclnit the assessment for tho year 1MW: Occupation i,noi,i20 Oil Real and personal property.... 21,71!'.S0l 00 Total $2f,02O,iiSf (0 Commonwealth of I'ennsylvanla, county of Lackawanna, ss. : On tho thirteenth day of January, A. P., 1900. personally appeared before me, tho subscriber, the nriyor of the city of Scranton, li , Ksdras Howell, who, heliur duly sworn, doth depose and say that he Is the ellv controller, of Scran lon, l'a., and that t" the best of his knowledge and belief the forcKoinR' state, meiit of the ihianccs of thn city of Scran lon, l'a., and those contained in tho proc lamation Is Just, correct and true. ISlKliedl R HOWBI.T.. City Controller. Sworn nnd subscribed to before me. this January 13th, lOuO. J.UIKS SIOIR, Mayor. PROCLAMATION. MAYOR'S OFFICR. I'lTV OF SCRANTON, I'A. In eonipllauco with tho law, and the or dinance of tho city of Scruntoii, I, James Molr, mayor of t-ald city, do hereby ulve notice that an election will bo held nt the plae-es of holding municipal elections III s.ild city, on Tiie'Silav. tlie twentieth .day of February, behu,' tho third Tues. nay or reuruary, a. u i:i, lor tho pur pose of ohtiiluliur the iissCnt of the elec. lors of said city to an Incrcaso of bonds In tho amount of $27J.2o.'.SO for tho pur inn of paying tho assessments niado nmiliiRt tho said city for certain sewers t-et forth In tho fifth section of nn amended ordinance attached hereto, as provided In uu amended ordlrtanco of said city, tllo of common council, No. I), Important Sale of Toilet and Proprietary Articles Beginning Today WE ARE NONPLUSSED at the quick response to these trade salesthe public are keen observers of values. Today we turn our thoughts and yours to Toilet Articles and Proprietary Preparations, offering many of them at less than the present wholesale cost. Scan the list carefully, and you'll come in contact with many needed things which you'll buy today, because the prices are a great deal less than usual. Claver's Glycer- ine Soap, cake Saunder's Face Powder .... 5 Mermen's Tal- cum Powder 1 o Genuine Vase- ,.1 line, bottle., o Imperial Cold Cream, box. 1U Pinaud's Eau de Vie Lav- . ender 50 Genuine Bristle A Hair Brushes. 5U Coke's Dan- drulTCure.. 95 Sozodont, bot- ,-. tie 50 Cucumber Cream 2,0 Pinaud'sFrench Carnation -, Pink '98 Coudray's Rice Pow der, larger box d Large Chamois A Skin 4 Pure Violet Tal- eum Powder.. 5 Mack's Peach Meal 19 French and English Tooth Brushes, value up to -. 3c 1U Dr. Raymond's Dental Alba. 12 10 19 Violet Smelling Salts Florida Water, (Jules D e Venez) Jonas Long's Sons MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. JNOii, entitled "An otdlnunce providing for the rubmissloti to the vote of the elec tors of tho city of Scranton nn Increase hi the Indebtedness of the said city to the amount of $:7;t2"..&0, or us much thereof us may be necessary to pay the usse-ssnicnts made ukuIusi. said city for certain tewers, and In case the vote is in favor of such proposes! Increase, mnlc lii un appropriation of said sum for said purpose." Approved December IS, ltf'.'. As required by luw the following infor matlon Is t;f veil to electors: First Tlie amount or the last assessed valuation of taxable propel ty in said city Is J2;!,020,9S1.00. Second The amount of tho existing debt of the Mild city is ,Ml-',l!Vi.4'J. Third The amount of the proposed In crease of debt Is $27J.2"5M'. Fourth Thn proposed Increase of debt Is .OollS per cent, of the city's assessed itluatloii of taxable property for IVX). Fifth The purpose for which the In debtedness is to be Incurred are set foilh in Se'Cllon live of an ordinance attached hereto. Annexed hereto Is the city controller's oltlcial statement m the Indebtedness and resources of the elt. ulso a copy of the city ordinance, tile of common council, No. In, IV.i'.', above leferred to. Witness my hand and the seal of the city of Scranton, this 12th day of Janu n i. v. A. P., 1900. JAMKS MOIR, Mayor of the City of Scranton, l'a. File of rommon council. No. 40. 1S99, a amended In select council November IB, lb9'.i. AN ORDINANCK I'rovldlne; for the submission to the vote of the electors of the city of Scranton an Increase hi the Indebtedness of tho said city to tho amount of $27:!,205.80. or ns much thereof us may bo necessary to li.-iv thn assessments made analnst said city for certain sewers, and In caso tho vote Is in favor of such proposed In crease, making nn appropriation of Bald iun for bald purpose. Section 1 Re It ordained by tho select and common councils of the city of Scranton, and It Is hereby ordained by tho authority of tho same, that for tho purpoMi of paying the share of the cost ot the construction of certain sewers in said cltv, which has been assessed against said cltv. an approximate estlm.ito of which is itemized In the llfth section of tills ordinance an Increase in the indebt edness of said city, by un Issuo of city bonds to an amount not to exceed tho sum of two hundred nnd seventy-thren thousand two hundred and live nnd eighty one-hiindredths dollars is hereby authorized, subject, nevertheless, to tho consent or the electors of the said city of Scranton. as hereinafter provided. Section 2. Tho question of assenting to the above proposed Increase of tho debt of the city shall bo submitted to u voto of tho qualllled electors of tho city of Scranton, ut tho next general election oc curring not less than forty days after tho passage of this ordinance. Section 'J. After the pas.iEO of this or dinance, and at least thirty days before said election, the mayor shall publish u notice ot thn election hereby authorized In three dally papers published In said city, and a statement such as Is reemlrcd hv law, which statement shall be fur liNhed bv the city controller. Section 4. If said electors agree to in crease tho Indebtedness of said city for said purposes, there shall bo appropriated nnd set npart for the payment or tho share of said city of tho estimated cost of said sewers, tho sum of two hundred und seventy-three thousand two hundred and llvo and eighty one-hundredths dol lars, or so much thereof ns shall be iiec cssarv, to be apportioned according to tho estimates set forth in thn fifth sec tlon ii f this ordinance. Section n. Tho following Is the share, of the cltv of tho approximated estimates of tint e-ost of constructing the following sewers In said city of Scranton: Svstcm of sewers, section "Ii," Fifth district. First ward $ 4,972 50 Svstem of sowers, section "C," Fifth sewer district, First ward 1,870 00 SvHteni of sewers, section "It," Fifth Sewer district. First ward C4M 25 Main sewer on Phllo street, I'rovidence road und North Main avenue, in Second ward,. 17.S90 00 System of sewers south of Mulberry street nnd evist of Schultz court In tho Seven teenth ward S&1 77 System pf sewers in tho Nine teenth district, in Fifth. Sixth. Fifteenth and Klghteeiith wards 47.MOQ System of sewers In the Klgh- , teentli ward J-'J W System of sewers In the Sixth ward WW System of sewers In the Kiev- cnth ward 13 Svstem of sewers In Sixteenth dlstilct. Fifth. Fourteenth nnd Rlghtfenth wards 6.3 SO System of sewers In Seventeenth district. F.leventli. Twelfth nnd Nineteenth wards 2.03 7j Svstem of sewers hi Rlgllteentll district. Twentieth ward 45,000 00 Main sewer In Twelfth district, Fourth, Fourteenth and Twcn- ty-llrst wards 20,000 00 Additional sewers In Seventeenth dUUri;t. 15,000 00 Hard Rubber e Dressing Combs 5 Rococo Sham- t poo 19 Kirk's Violet, Car nation, Lilac and Jockey C I u b Soap Bradley's Cele brated E x - t tracts 1 U Pure Tar Soap, two cakes for. 5 Lazelle's Toilet Water, 8 oz. 5U Bradley's Vio let To ilet . Water 25 Medicated Toilet Paper, perforated, per dozens. rolls 23 L MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. Additional sewers In First and Third wards 12,000 00 Additional sewers in Second und Twenty-first wards Ij.ouO On Additional sewers In Nineteenth dlstilct n,ori li Additional sewers III Tenth ward 10,000 00 Reconstructing old sewers in First Sewer district 12,000 00 For the reconstruction of f'hclps street sewer 1,00 00 For uu overflow n'wer from Lin den street, between Adams and Franklin avenues .10,000 0') For reconstructing Third district main 4,0m) on For sewer basins In the Four teenth ward 1,000 on Total $273,205 0 Approved IVeembcr 19. 1S99. JAMKS MOIR, Mayor, 'lty of Scranton, Pa., City Controller's Olllce. January. 12, 1900. Statement of the net Indebtedness of tho cltv of Scranlon, fa., ut thn c!oe of business, October 31, 1S99. HONDKP PRUT. City Improvement Loan, I per cent. Due Julv 1, 1900. and annually to vear 1900. rale $2.mj.o) $ 14.000 00 Due July 1, 1907, and annually to year 1910, rate $1,500 Funding Roan. 1SS. I per cent. .Ti.oort on 15,000 on 15,000 00 Duo Jiuy l. r.iii Due July 1. 1M! Municipal Building I.oan, 190, I per cent. Due February 1. 19i, Nos. 10 to 35 Inclusive Due February 1, 1905. Nos. ::1 to 60 Inclusive Hue February 1. 191". Nos. 01 to 20,')ihi 00 25,01)0 00 so.floo on 90 Inclusive Municipal Improvement l.oan, P-91. 41i per cent. Rue December 1, 190f Ruo December 1. 1900 Duo December 1, 1911 Duo December 1. 1910 Redemption Loan Series. 1S93, 414 per cent. Dun Juno 1. lOoSI Nos. 1 to .11 ".non m 23,001) 00 22,O0i) 0) j:,ooo oi) Innliiull.. 31,0110 0) Sl.Onn 01 35,000 00 3,00n Oil Due Juno 1, 190S Inclusive Due Juno 1, l'.'l'S. Nos. 25 to OS Nos'. C'J to 100 InclUfhe Pun June I, 191S, Nos. 107 to 141 luchislvi Bridges Iioun Scries, liDI, 4i per cent. Duo June 1. 1nl. Nos. 1 to M Duo Juno 1, 1909, Nos. 91 to HO.. t.. 1 1 lull V-.d 111 ii Vrt 90,000 fn .VI irnil Ihi jlin unit" ., ..n. ..-,. ... .-',. ; 'VV .--.(""! in Duo Juno l. law, isos. uu 10 .m.. ii,vi $C!S,0UO '! SUNDRY CLAIMS. Unpaid warrants to October 31. 1S99, Inclusive $ 11.711 i; Contracts and other accounts subject to ndjustment 129.H02 Judgments &I.2I9 o- Amounts certified on sewers ns city's shnre of cost: North Main. Provldonco Road and riillo street 17.2i ') Sce. C. Fifth Sower district l,0 oo Seventeenth district main sewer. 22,9'i3 75 Total 42,12775 Less Judgments obtained Includ ed In judgments above ., 9,5.15 5.1 32.5IWW J09.15K Total gross Imlebteduex ?Sf",U5 !M HESOUHCRS. Cash 111 general city I H, Cash In sinking funds 127, S7I 9! '105 17 Delinquent tax und other Items collect a bio Ronds of tho city series of IS'.':!, which have been purchased and are held In tho several sinking funds of tho city Tax duplicates, 1S99, less exon eration nnd commissions and less collections to Octobnr 31, S9'.l 20,000 l: 101,000 M lOSIO 67 mw 7 Net Indebtedness of thn clty..?U2.1954s Statement of the amount of last preced ing assessed valuation of tho taxabln property of tho city of Sciauton, l'.i., the same being the assessment for tho year lVfl: Occupation t 1.201,120 00 Real und personal property.... Sl.7t9.Siit 00 Total .J23.02O.9S1 00 Commonwealth of Reiiusylvunlu, county of Lackawanna, ss. : On the thirteenth day of January, A. P., 19on. personally appeared beforo inc. tho subscriber, tho mnyor of thei city of Scranton, In Ksdras Howell, who. being duly sworn, doth depose mid say that hn Is thu cltv controller, of Scran ton, l'.i., nnd that to thn best of Ills knowleilgo nnd belief fho foiegolng state ment of the llnunces or the city of Scran ton, l'.i,, nnd thoso contained In the proc lamation is Just, correct and true. Signed , K. nOWBM,, City Controller. Sworn nnd subscribed to before mo thl: January 13th, 1900. JAMES MOIR, Mayor. ' i s I
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