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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900.
v W
PERRY JROTHERS
Pianos,
Organs,
Husical
Merchandise
The latest In Sheet Music, both
popular and classical.
If you don't see what you want
ask for It, and we will procurs It In
three days time. A few second-hand
Pianos and Organs cheap for cash,
or on easy payments. Must make
room for new stock.
PERRY BROTHERS
205 WYOMING AVENUE.
Ice Cream.
BEST IN TOWN.
5C Quart.
LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO
Telephone Order Promptly Do I vers J
537 Adams Avenue.
Scranton Trartsfer Co.,
Always Reliable.
All kinds of transfer work
promptly and satisfactorily done.
Office 109 Lackawanna Ave.
Office Phone 526. Barn Phone 6982
HUNTINGTON'S BAKERY.
m ices m ma fruits
420 Spruce Street.
Masonlo Temple
C. S. SNYDER,
The Only Dentist
In the City Wlio Inn Grndua'o lu
Medicine.
420-422 SPRUCE STREET.
Reduced pii.es for the next 13 dajs as
lollows:
Gold Crowns $2.50.
Gold Fillings 50c.
Best Set of Teeth $4.00.
Silver Filling SOc.
Clown and bridge work .i peclultv. If
j mi have .inv Dental wotk to lie done call
ii ml have your teeth iMimlne.l fico of
charge. Painless uMractlo'i.
Dr. Edward Reyer
64 SPRUCE ST. OPP. COURT HOUSE.
DR. H. B. WARE.
SPECIALIST.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Office Hours 9 a. m. to 12.30 p. m.; 2 to 4
Williams Building. Oup. Pcstoiuce.
j CITY NOTES j
"FAIR PLAY"-A letter with tills sig
nature cannot he pi luted until we know
the w i Iters real name.
tiu:y wrri: paid -The i.mttors and
night hdinol teachers were paid estor.l.',,
tot the month of December.
kcarlrt ri:vi:it csi:s-Tiioie wrro
ton new cases of scarlet fev. r repotted
to the secictary of thu board of health
fhtorday.
MRKTLVG POSTPONRD -The board of
health meeting, which was announced
for last evening, was postponed until this
evening, owing to thu severe weather.
CAYUOA WILL RRSl'MK.-Tho Cay
uga mine, which has been Idle during
the, past 'week, owing to repairs being
made. ;vill resume operations, on Mon
day. .
LARCENY AND RRCKIVING.-Jolin
Fox was lat-t evening committed to :ho
rounty'Jall by Alderman Nicholas Gi-i
if Fell township on ihn chaig.is .: hi
ceny and rccelvin".
TIKRRON INQUEST.-Coroner Roberts
w Itt conduct an Inquest In tho ourt
honsfl this evening lu the case of the
late George lleiron, who was found dead
In the Roaring Brook.
UNION CARRIAGE SlIOP.-The fer
riage and Wagon Workers' union. No, 4S,
has suceeeded In organizing Comad Piel'H
chop on 1'lttbton avenue, as n union
chop, IIo haw been authorised by tho
union to uo tho label on all his work,
COLRMAN INQURST.-The Inquest
which wns to have been lul.1 by Coroner
Roberts last nUht in Alderman Fldler's
office In the ease of Thomas Coleman
who died from Injiiiles received In tho
Marvino mine, was postponed, Severn!
of the wltncHt.es In dm easo were unable
to appear owing to Injuries received In
tho PNploplon. nnd It was decided lu hold
tho Inquest at a later date.
A Card.
We, tho undersigned, do hereby ngrej to
refund the money on n SO-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup ot Tnr If it
falls to euro our ccugh or cold. We also
Kuaranteo a 23-rent bottle to provo satis,
factory or money refunded:
O. Thompson, M. J, Vetter.
A. W. Musgrave. Albert Bfhultz.
David M. Jones. C. T.orena.
Hhryer's Pharmacy, F. J,. Torppe.
11. M. Celt. Olios. P. Jones
. 5fK
UJSllONtJyj
jRSS
EISTEDDFOD AT TAYLOR.
Will Be Held In Welsh Baptist
Church, Washington's Birthday.
Tho comtnltteo of tho eisteddfod of
tho Taylor Welsh Hnutlst church on
Washington's birthday, Feb. 82. 1000,
has decided on tlio following pto
gramme: 1. Chief choral competition, "Tho Sea
Hath Its Perils," PliiMitl. Not liss than
1., In number. Prize, $.'5, nnd $D to talc
icsrfill leader.
2. Choir of children under 15 venrs of
nge, "Thcic Is No One Righteous," (Jos
id llvn.ns No?. 5 and G; pagu IX
Prize, $S.
3. Doublo quartette, "Who Knows
What tho Hells Say," by Parker.
Prize, J"..
4. Tilo, 'Tnlr Flora Deaks," by Druiby.
Prize. J.:.
C. Duet, soprano ard alto, "O, Lord Wo
Adoro Thee," MnrctiB Kvane. Prize, $.
i!. l!as or barltono solo, "How Willing
My Fraternal l.ove," from Samson, by
Handel, Prize, J2 50.
7. Alto solo, "Tho Promise of Ufe," F.
V. Cownn, Pilze, fl.CO.
s, Tenor solo, "Then You'll Remember
Me," Half.-. Prize, J1.G0.
0. Soprano solo, "Glory to God In the
Highest," Johns, lilze, $1.W).
Id. Congregational tunc for men ocr
CO years of nge. Prize, $1.
11. Children's solo, tinder 15 years of
age, "Somo Sweet Day," Gospel Hymns
fi and Gi pago 100. Prize, $1. Second prize,
fO cents.
12. Reading music at sight for fo'ir.
Prize, $1.
1". Kssay, Welsh or Vhigllh, for Taylor
contestants, "The lnflueneo of tho Sab.
bath SchooH" Prize, $.1.
II. English recitation for adults. "The
Pate of Virginia," from "St uidard Reci
tations No. 8." Prize, 2.
15. Welsh recitation for ndults, "Roxer
tho Leading Horse," from Woynnyddog,
Pilze, $2.
K. Children's recitation under 15 yeats
of age, "Onlv Waiting," fiom Household
Treisury, Plr.st prize, $1; second prize,
50 cents.
17. lmptompttt speech. Trlze, 50 cents.
Is. Rending at sight. Prize, 50 cents.
1!. Spelling Ree, ten words. Prize, 50
cents.
20. Naming words on a given letter.
Prize, 60 cents.
21. Answering ten Scrlptuial questions.
Pilze, 50 cents.
Names of adjudicators will appear
later. Address of secretary, John C.
Richards, Taylor Pa.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
Twentieth Centuiy Literary So
ciety Banquet in Guernsey Hall.
Very Enjoyable Affair.
The members of the Twentieth Cen
tury Literary society held n banquet
Inst evening In Guernsey hall, In honor
of the llrst annlversaiy ot their oigan
Izatlon. Mr, "William aieCr.icken acted
as toastmaster, and s-peeches weic da
liveiod by David Gillllths, AVallaco
Mackny, n. II. Maycock nnd Lynn
Adams. The chaperones weic Min
Fainham nnd Mis. Moore. Hat ley
Zlntel rendeied seveial selections on
the BUltar.
Those piesent ueie- Phoebe Mne
Quaw, Hva lv.'wls, Kiiie Rolden, l"lla
Shaw, Minnie Wilson, Anna Lewl,
May Davis, Alice Harvey, Vina Knnpp,
Olho Swaitz, Elizabeth Heetinans,
Delia Davis, Stella Tiopp, Glace Di
Ine, Giaco Mnjcocl;, lMtin Car 1, Min
nie Doubel.
1J. R. Maycock. David .1. GilfIUh,
Georgo Kvans, AYllllam MiCiacken,
William Shaw. Milton Mooie, "Wallaco
MacKay. Ddward Davis, Harry C.uyl,
IVt cy Hennctt, Rexfonl Fainham,
How aid Yost, Lou Roberts, Guthilu
Wells-, Heib.it Hill, Lynn Adams,
Fiank Mathews, liiove Swaitz.
GERM THEORY DISCUSSED.
Dr. Allen's Views Regai'dinp- Con
tagion in Library Books
Health Officer Allen's asseitl.m that
contagion Is being spiead by books
cliculated by the cit's pulillo Ubraty
ptovoked much discussion in minus
fiuatters estetday. In onler to be
lieve lu this theoiy ono must be a be
liever in tlie genu theoiy uf disease.
Supeilntendent Unwell, In speaking
of the matter ester.lay, said that ho
is not prepaied to poe as an nuthnti;-,
on the geim theoiy, but he can fit"
one Incident which came under his per
sonal obfrvatlnn.
Tills was the case nf a child who be
came suddenly aillicted with dlphthcila
and whose books woie used bv an
other child the day following without
the knowledge of the teaches . The
next .lay that child became afflicted
with disease.
What i nurse Dr. Allen intends to
pursue in the matter Is not definitely
known, but it Is understood that he
f.ivois the tempoiaiy dosing down of
the llbraiy. He Is given the power to
do; this by the act of assembly tinder
which he acts in closing tho schools.
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT.
Reception Tendeied to W. A. Beiry
at Meeting of R. R. Y. M. C. A.
Th" tegular monthly entertainment
of the Rnlltoal Yotinr. Men's ('htls
tlan association was last evening giv
en at the rooms nt that oigaulz-itlon
on Lackawanna avenue, A very en
jojablc pi i igi amine nf vocal and In
strumentil music was icndoie.l, fol
lowing which a reieptlnn was tendfiel
to Afslstant Secietary W, A. Her-y,
who left tlie cltv for New Yoik city
last night, and who will nccent a po
sition a.s spcietaiy at New Dtuhani,
X. J.
The leception was aNo given In
honor of W. A. Hui ton. nf Hallstead,
Pa,, wlio will fill Mr. J ' position
J. R. Tioth made a speecli in behalf
of Mr, Reiry's fdlnw w.ikei.s In the
association and suesented lihn with
a handsome Interleaved Oxfoid bible,
Mis. Reiiy was iiNo piesented with a
line silk umbtella.
PHAROLI INJURED.
Nnntlcoke Miner Severely Burned
While at Work.
William Pharoll, a mlnet in the nilts
mine, at Nantlcoke, was badlv in
jured yesterdny aftetnoon by tho pie
jnatuie explosion of a blast which he
was piepailug. Thu ehaige exploded
befoie he was prepared for it and a-i
a result he was seiinusly burned.
He was taken to the Moses Taylor
hospital yisteiday afternoon, wheio It
was dlf coveted that his Injuries con
sisted of burns about the face, hands
and arms.
WATER COMPANIES UNITED.
New Haven Plant to Contiol Subur
ban Systems.
New Haven, Jan. 20. The New Ha
ven Water company liar, absoibed the
ptopetty of the West Haven' Water
company of this city and will extend
the local system to the subuibs In thu
near future. Tho West Haven com
pany Is capitalized at $100,000 and owns
over thirteen miles of pipes.
JUDGE ARCHBALb'S
LENGTHY OPINION
IN THE CASE OF THE MT. PLEAS
ANT COAL CO. VS. D., L. & V.
History of the Proceedings and Law
Bearing on the Case Report of
Trial Judge on the Bill to Restrain
the Defendant Company from In
terfering with the Building Across
Its Right of Way of an Overhead
Bridge Grounds on Which the In
junction Was Refused.
Judge Aichbald's opinion In tho caso
of the Mt. Pleasant Coal company
against the Lackawanna Railroad cont'
puny, In which the former sought to
compel the latter company to allow
them to construct an oveihead cross
ing near the Mount Pleasant breake.,
Is as follows:
This Is a bill to restrain the defend
ant company from Intel feilng with the
building across Us tight of way of an
overhead bridge or structure for the
conveying of coal from the plaintiff's
breaker on one side of the railroad to
pockets to be erected on the other.
Tho facts In the caso are as follows:
First The Mount Pleasant Coal com
pany, plaintiff in the bill, Is a corpora
tion oiganlzed under the general cor
poration laws ot Pennsylvania for tho
purpose of mining, preparing for mar
ket and selling anthracite coal; and Is
the lessee und owner of all the conl
undeilvlng a ceitaln tract of land In
the city of Sctnnton containing some
227 acies, formeily belonging to Will
iam Scotland, and known as the Will
iam Swetland tract, together with cer
tain sulfate rights and pilvlleges to be
used and eoiclsed In connection with
the mining of the said coal: under nnd
in pursuance of which said lease the
said company Is engaged In the busi
ness nf mining the said coal fiom the
said tiaet and pieparlng and shipping
It to maikct.
Second The Delaware, Lackawanna
nnd Western Railroad company, the
defendant In the bill, Is a public cor
poiatlon formed by the consolidation
of ecu tain others specially incm pointed
by sundry acts of tho state of Penn
sylvania, beginning in 1S12 and con
cluding in IS56; and owns and operates
a steam locomotive passenger, freight
and coal ralltoad running through the
city of Scranton, the eastern terminus
of Its main lino being at Hoboken, New
Jeiscy, nnd the western terminus at
Murrain, New Yoik. Hy the Act of
Apill 2C, 1S55, P. L, ::02, It Is made sub
ject to the geneial lallioad laws of the
state of Pennsylvania.
Thlid On January 2.1, ISM. William
Swetland, the then owner nf the said
coal tiaet, by deed duly executed and
lecoided, granted and conveyed to tlu
defendant company. Its successois and
assigns, "for the put noses nf Its lall
load," u strt't nf land acinss the said
tract described as, "about fifty perched
In length occupied by the grade, Hack
and survey nf the railroad nf said com
pany, and six pei dies in width, said
lallioad 'uioy being In the center of
said stilp of land, with such additional
width as the neeessaiv slopes nf ck
cuntlon and embankment may In cao
nf tlu constitution of a double tiack
lequlie. This stilp uf land being only
Intended to be employed for livht of
way for the lallioad of said company.
To have and to hold the said piece or
paicel of land unto said company and
their successois and assigns so long as
the same shall be bv them required
for lallioad put poses." This deed ap
peals In lull as i:hlblt "A" attached
to the plaintiff's bill and as theie set
forth Is made a pai t nf the findings In
the caso without luither lecital herein.
At the time this deed was executed the
stilp uf bind theie descilbed was occu
pied by what Is now the cast or south
bound track of the defendant company.
Since then two other tracks have been
located upon It to the east nf the oilg
llial one, tho first of these being the
noi th or west-bound tuck in 1S71, and
the other a siding for general put poses
In 1S.
RAILROADS RIGHT OF WAY.
Tout thSupeiflclally the light nf way
of the lallrnad divides the William
Swetland tract into two parts, the past
el ly one lying between the iailroa.1 and
the Lackawanna i iver.contalnlng about
foity acres, and the other lying west of
the iallioa.1, containing about 1S7
acres. On tho latter Is located tho
shaft, bleaker building, engines, bolleis,
bieaker machlneiy, screens, scales and
scale house, and other mining fixtures
and Impiovements nf the plalntllf com
pany necessary for mining the conl
beneath the tiaet, hoisting it to the
sin face, and lu caking, screening und
piepailng it' for maiket. The breaker
building Is located close to the rall
locd. Its most easteilv foundation be
ing but efght feet and the structuie
Itself about twelve or fifteen feet from
tile westeily tall of the south-bound
tiaek, mid a switch extends from that
tuck under the sttucturo of the
bleaker nn which coal cars aie um
below the coal pockets to be theie filled
with piepaie.l coal for transshipment
to maiket
Fifth The sin face ot that part of the
tiaet lying east nf the lallioad Is used
by the plaintiff company as a dumping
giouud for the culm and lefuse neces
sity lly made In the pioeess of mining,
bieaklng, sei celling and pieparlng the
coal, and Is the only place where th"
same can bo conveniently dumped or
deposited, and access to It Is had by
mount; of an oveihead wooden nestle
and biidge pioceedlng fiom the bleaker
and extending acinss the defendant's
ralltoad at an elevation nf about twenty-two
feet. The lnldze ciosses the
Hacks about twenty-live feet below or
to the southwest of the lireakei , it is
constructed of wood and huppoitod on
wooden beams or bents resting on stone
foundations and has a span across thu
Hacks of the lallioad nf about forty
six feet: It lh twenty-live feet wide and
cariles two nanow-gauge mine Hacks,
one to convey the culm from th.)
lu raker to the dump and the other to
tetuin the empty cars to the bleaker
again: the loaded cars aie shifted by
means of a small mino locomotive en
gine and the empty cats ictuined to
tho bleaker by giavlty.
Sixth The nppiaianoe and relative
Ideation of tho breaker, the lallioad
tracks and the bridge and culm dump
uie as shown In the phntogiaphs, plain
tiffs exhibits tout teen to twenty In
clusive, which urn adopted and mad'i
a pint of the llndigs In the case sup
plementary to and explanatoiy of what
Is heieln bet fotth.
Seventh The defendant lallioad has
never taken Into Its potresslon nor oc
cupied the full width nf the light nt
way granted tu It acins this Hack by
William Swetland in 1S51, and the mino
lixtures nf the plaintiff company ill
lectly and niat.'ilally encroach upon
thu said light nf way: but this has been
with the acquiescence and consent of
the said lallioad, the lelatlnns between
It and the beveial Pintles who from
time to time have owned and operated
tho mines on this piopeity being most
intimate.
ORIGINAL LKASi: OF COAL.
(a) Thu coal was originally leased
December 13, IS51, for the term of ten
years fiom Apill 1, 1SC3. by William
Swetland to Lewis and How ells, who
within tho next year sank u slope to
tho coal und elected a small breaker
on tho propei ty: tlie mouth of tho slope
was about where the top of the pres
ent shaft Is and the breiker practically
In tho same location as the one now In
use at the distance of twelvo or fifteen
feet Horn th" single lallroad track then
laid, Tour years later, or about 1859,
a bridge, similar in character and con
struction to the one now extending
over the railroad and at nbout the
same location with It, vvos built across
from the breaker to tho easterly half
of tho tract which was specially set
aside as a, dumping ground for culm
and refuse from the mines,
(h) In 1S71 the property passed into
the possession of a Massachusetts cor
poration known as the Mount Pleasant
Coal company but In no way connected
with the plaintiff company, who ob
tained a fuilier lease of It for ten
years fiom April 1, 1S7.1. About this
time the second trnck of the lallroad
company was laid and the biidge or
trestle was correspondingly lengthened.
Three years lattr, In 1S74, tho coal com
pany built a new nnd latger breaker
on the site, of the old one, the plans
being made by John F. Snyder, chief
mining engineer of the Delaware,
Lackawanna nnd Western Railroad
company. This breaker, to meet cer
tain Internal arrangements, was ex
tended entirely over the two railroad
tracks then existing, Its extreme east
erly foundation being on the east of
them, and engines and ttnlns on these
two main tracks running under the
building for a distance of about one
hundred feet as through a tunnel. At
the same time the culm trestle was
taken down nnd a new one built diag
onally across tho railroad somewhat
higher above It than before, with two
tracks upon it Instead of one, as on
the old one.
(c) In 1S77 the Mount Pleasant Coal
company was sold out and the lease ot
the coal forfeited to the lessors, who
the same year executed to William T.
Smith a new lease to run until April 1,
1893, nnd this lease, in December, 1884,
was still fuither extended and made
perpetual until all the coal In and
upon tho tract should be exhausted.
Later, nbout 1S00, a perpendicular shaft
was sunk to tho coal and the slope
abnndoned, a change which required a
remodelling of tho breaker: the part
overhanging and bridging the ralltoad
tracks was accordingly taken down
and tho building confined to the west
erly side of the railroad tho same as It
now stands; the bridge or culm trestle
was also overhauled and the one which
Is now In use constructed. In tho
meantime. In tho fall of 1SS2, the third
ttack was laid by the railroad com
pany. To do this one bent of tho culm
trestle which was In the way and the
plor on which It tested had to be re
moved and the culm dump on tho east
erly side had to be cleared away to tho
extent of about twelve or fourteen feet
before the track could b" laid.
(d) During all this period the coal
mined from the property, except that
which was sold for domestic use, has
been sold and delivered by the vari
ous parties operating the tract to tho
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company, the defendant in tho
bill, on sundry written agreements
regulating the quantities to bo deliv
ered and tho pi Ices to be paid there
for. Tho last of these was executed
July 20, 1S0J, nnd was to continue In
f.iice until Jnnuaiy 1, 1D00, tho mini
mum annual quantity agreed to be de
livered and taken thereby being 170,000
tons.
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Hlghth These were the existing con
ditions when the piesent Mount Plens
ant Coal company, on November 2?,
lS'Jti. became the owner ot the property
In question, since which time It has
continued to cairy out the contract
with the railroad company for the sale
and deliver:' of the coal which It has
mined. Dissatisfied, however, with the
way In which the contiact vvua being
cat iled out on the pan ot the lallroad
company, on July 12, 1S!I3, tho Mount
Pleasant Coal company made a new
contiact with the New York, Ontario
and Western Railroad company, also
a coal canylng toad, for the transpor
tation by it to tldew ater of all the coal
to be mined from the said land. The
railroad of the said New York, Ontario
and Western Rallinad company also
travel ses the Swetland tract, but at Ita
extreme easterly end and at a much
lower level along the bank of the Lack
awanna river. In order to connect the
Mount Pleasant bieaker with It, It Is
proposed to build a sw Itch about three
thousand feet long, starting at a point
a little above the breaker and nn the
opposite side of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western lallroad from It
and circling nround the culm dump and
running down at a giade of about thrca
and one-half feet to the hundred, to
unite with It at a point on Its main
line near the river. It is further pro
posed, as part of the same plan, to
build coal pockets at the upper end of
this switch, which Is opposite the
breaker under which tho cars of the
said railroad company will be run and
fiom which they will bo loaded with
coal: and ns a necessary adiunct to
this the coal must In some way be con
veyed from the breaker on one side to
the pockets on the other across the
tracks of the defendant railroad.
Ninth To effect this the following
plan has been devised:
(n) It Is proposed to build an over
head How truss wooden bridge or
stiucture stietchlnsr across the tracks
at the height of at least twenty-seven
feet nnd extending In width the whole
front of the breaker some ninety-six
feet up nnd down the lallroad. It was
at first Intended to support this bridge
fin the side of the bieaker by a bent
of timbering resting on the present
easterly' stone foundation of the
bieakc- building eight feet from th"
most westerly rail of the rallioid. and
nn the other side by a similar bent
resting on a foundation to be built
llftv-flve feet from the other, but as
these abutments would fall within the
right of way claimed .by the railroad
under the Swetland deed, the offer was
made at the tilal to lengthen the span
to such dhtance as the eouit might
dliect In order that this might be
avoided.
(b) On this bridge is to be consti uct
ed a svstem nf eleven belt conveyors
nf the best quality of rubber belting
nine of them twelve inches wide, one
eighteen Inches, nnd ono twenty-four
Inches running over moving pulleys
by which they are to !ip kept In pluc.
and put In motion: these belts w'lll
move at the rate of .two hundred feet
a minute and the coal from the breaker
falling loosely upon them and being
kept in place by the sagging of tho
belts, will be conveyed across and
dumped off without more Into the pock
ets on the other side; each belt will
run In a separate compartment which
will be sided nnd boarded over and In,
and the bottom of the biidge will be
tightly closed with tongue nnd gioove
boards, nnd then sheathed with sheet
Iron or copper to prevent danger of
flic from snaiks tin own out by pass
ing locomotives. The same piecautlon
by sheathing will be taken as to tho
iet of the structure If deemed neces
sary by the court.
Tim PROPOSED nlUDGL
(c) The pinposed bildgo Is not to be
connected In anv way with the pieent
rulm Hestle which at Its nearest point
Is firtren feet away from where tho
other Is to bo set up; nnd upon tb
erection of tho now stiucture the culm
trestle will be torn down and aban
doned, tho culm being conveyed over
Continued on Pago 12.1
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OBJECTIONS FILED
AGAINST FELLOWS
JOHN SONAHOE WANTS NOMI
NATION PAPERS NULLIFIED.
Latter Claims He Is the Regularly
Nominated Candidate of the Demo
cratic Party in the Fifteenth Ward
and Asks Court to Declare Fellows'
Certificate of Nomination Invalid.
Hearing Set Down for February 3.
Contents of Petition Filed by At
torney Donovan.
Attorney C. C. Donovan, represent
ing John Domhoe, filed objection!
yesterday to tho rertlilcat" fit nomi
nation filed by Horatio T. Fellows, of
the Fifteenth wold, lie Is tho present
select councilman from tho Fifteenth
ward, and was defeated for tho Re
publican nomination b Joseph Ullver.
He then filed nomination papers as tho
candidate of the Democratic party.
Mr. Donahoe Is the rogularly nomi
nated candidate of that party in tho
ward and therefore wants Mr. Fel
lows' paper nullified. His petition is
as follows:
To tho honorable, the Judges of the court
of common pleas of Lackawanna coun
ty. John Donahoe, being duly sworn, says
that at a caucus of tho Democratic elec
tors of tho Fifteenth ward of tho city
of Scranton, held on the Kith Inst., ho wns
duly nominated for the olllce of select
council from tho Fifteenth ward of tho
city of Scranton, a ccrtlllcato of which
nomination was filed with tho county
commissioners of Lackawanna county on
the Mb Inst.
That, on tho lOtli Instant, a paper pui
portlng to bo a certificate of nomination
was flteel on behalf of Horntto T. Fol
lows, wherein It Is certified that the said
Horatio T. Fellows, nominated for tho
office of select council of the Fifteenth
ward of tho city of Scianton, on the Oth
Inst., nt a caucus of tho-Democratlc elec
tors of said ward and under tho rules
of tho Democratic party bf said ward.
Tho said John P. Donahoe objects to
the said ceitlflcato of nomination, filed as
nforcsald on behalf of said Horatio T.
Fellows, for tho reason that ft Is not a
certificate of nomination of a caucus or
pilmary meeting of tho Democratic elec
tors of, nor held under tho rules of the
Democratic pirty or policy of tho Fif
teenth ward of the cltv of Scranton.
He therefore prays tho court to declare
the said certificate of nomination filed
on behalf of Horatio T. Fellows Invalid
as a certificate of nomination.
John Donahoe.
Couit made tho following order In
the mattei: "Now, Januaty 28, 3900,
9 a. m., February 3, 1900, is set for
healing within objections."
Hearings in Court Today.
Judge Edwards will hear aigtrments
on several maiters In court this morn
ing. The matter of exceptions to tho
certificates of nomination in the eigh
teenth waid will bo beaid at 9 o'clock.
The exceptions to th" nominations
of John J. Kearney and J. J. O'Malley
fnr rolect council In the Third waul
will also bo argued by Attorney C. C.
T)onovan In behalf of John J. Costcllo.
Before the Register of Wills.
Letters of administration in the es
tate of Daniel Kunn, late of Lack
awanna township, were granted yes
terday to Anna Kann.
In the estate of Thomas? J. McOown,
late of Dunmore, letters testamentary
were granted yesterday to LI, J. 51c
Nally. The will of Julia Ruins, late of
Scranton, was probated yesterday and
letters testamentary weie granted to
Mary Hums.
Court House News Notes.
Washburn, Williams & Company
have appealed their case against City
Controller Howell to the supreme
court.
The Jury In the case of J. S. Wright
& Son vs. the Erie and Wyoming Val
ley Railroad company returned a ver
dict yesterday in favor of the plaintiff
for $142.50.
Evan Jones, of Bellovue Heights,
has filed nomination papers In tho
county commissioners' office as an In
dependent candidate for school con
troller In the Sixth ward.
In the case of John Benoie & Son
against B. 13. Leonard, owner. Judge
Edwards In an opinion filed yesterday
refuses to strike off the Hen and al
lows the rule to amend the lien.
In the case of Mary M. Gardner
against Charles Gardner a second sub
poena In dlvoice Is allowed. A similar
order Is Issued In the case of Franklin
U. Ylngst against Steillng Ylngst.
In another opinion filed nlso ester
day by Judge IMwaids he refuses to
tuie off the non-suit In the caso of
Andrew Dlskln and wife against tho
Greenwood Coal company, limited.
A settlement has been effected In
the case of Harry 13. Whyte vs. the
Scianton Railway company. The plain
tiff was Injured In a stieet car and
lecelved damages for tho full amount
of his claim.
The claim of Michael Hand, trading
as the Scranton Rrewlug company,
against Mrs. P. Finnan nr Catherine
Finnan has been decided by Arbitra
tors Charles Horn, T. A. Reek and T
P. Duffy in favor of tho plaintiff In the
sum of J223.25.
Patrick Rrown has filed his remit
tance of all In excess of $923.50 Includ
ed in tho verdict given him in his cas
against T. C. Robinson. Tho defen
dant tecuied a rule for a new trial,
which Judge Edwards stated In an
opinion would be made absolute un
less such a remittance weio made.
Genetal Manager Wehrum, of the
Lackawanna lion. and Steel companv,
denies tho report which comes fiom
Lebanon that Arthur Miller got a ver
dict for $1,000 In u feult against the
company for alleged false Imprison
ment, ho having been arrested on the
charge of Incendiarism, Hn says tho
repoit Is without the slightest founda
tion whatever.
In the habeas corpus proceedings
before Judge Atchbald In tho caFe nf
May vs. May seventeen witnesses wer
examined. After hearing the evidenc
the Judge committed the girl to tho
House of tho Good Shepherd for two
weeks, when tho case against her fatli-
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Great reductions in prices on Furs. These are not old garments,
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Raw Furs Bought.
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er. In which he is Indicted for cilmln
ally assaulting her, will be tried. The
habeas coipus proceedings were con
tinued until that time, when a final
disposition will be made of the case.
Charles Gabiello, Frank Pasquallno,
Frank Re Ronla and Frank Guenllo,
who were held as witnesses In the
Chlpreamo minder case, weio released
from the county Jail yesterday, Frank
CerrI qualifying as their bondsman.
Daniel Che-ikolo was released on his
own recognisance.
COLLIEE MIAMI WRECKED.
Pacific Coast Company's Vessel Sunk
Off Vancouver Island.
Seattle. Jan. 2(1. Thu steel collier
Miami, belonging to tho Pacific Coast
company, was wrecked on a reef near
Oyster Ray, on tho east shoie of Van
couver Island. She wn broken In two
and went to the bottom. Her eiew
was haved. The Miami was on her
way to San Fiainiseo with 4,000 tons
of coal when the accident occurred. She
stmck amidships.
Underwriter and agents have gone
to the scene of the wreck. The los-s is
estimated at $210,000, with $10,000 addi
tional for the cargo.
She was in charge nf a Canadian
pilnt at tho time, lu accordance with
the Dominion regulations requiring sin
American vessel to have a Canadian
pilot In Canadian wateic. The Miami
has been In service between Paget
Sound and British Columbia potts and
San Kruncis.cn as a collier for less than
a year.
JAPAN AGITATED.
Abdication of tho Chines Emperor
Attributed to Russia.
London, Jan. :M -A mum tat despatch
from Shanghai -as the news ol the all
elic atlnir or llu Chlnci-o emperor has
caused a tumenlous i-tnsatlon in Jnpau,
whero a stioiur diMi. Is i'N'iis!-c.l to
adopt st i lug' nt ntHa-aiics, as It Is believed
Russia Is tho leading hand Iu tl.u coup
d'etat.
Washington, Jin, 21 Nothing fuilher
has been hoard firm United States Min
ister Conger at Pikln clnee his report
csterday announcing the selictlun ot nn
heir apparent to the Cliliieco throne,
llenco It Is concluded that the nctl.ni tak
en bv tho convocation of ('hlinsn nota
bles was limited to the naming of Juch
lint? as heir app'iient
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720 Council Building.
Everett's
Hoi ses and carriages are su
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liveiy in the city.
If you should desire to ro
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lul period of weather, call tele
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EVERETT'S LIVERY,
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