THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1900.
NORTON'S BULLMTIN.
Valentines
All lorti.
All the New Booki
at Cut Prices.
i i-
Blank Account Books,
nil Sices and all Styles,
for all sorts of business.
j Mercantile Stationery and
office requisites, all sorts.
M. NORTON,
382 Lackawanna Ave., fcranton.
SPRING STYLES NOW READY
412 Spruce Street
Try Our Special 10c Collars,
all modern shapes.
DR. TAYLOR,
Dentist.
131 Wyoming avenue, next door to Ho
tel Jcrmn. Residence, 1760 Sanderson
avenue. Experienced, practical, scien
tific. No complaints against charges or
work.
Lackawanna
"THE"
aundry.
;oS Penn Avenue. A. B. WARMAN.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mr?. James H. Torrey will
leave next week for a two weeks' trip
to tho Bermudas.
Superintendent Hose, ot tho coal de
partment of tho Delawaro and Hudson
tompany. Is In New York city.
Dr. r. P. Gengenbach, Junior houso
surfjeon at tho Lackawanna hospital,
was yesterday confined to his bed by 111
nef s.
Colonel Jamei r. Caspcrson, freight
agent for tho Philadelphia, Wilmington
nnd Baltimore railroad, nt Wilmington,
Del., has been visiting his relatives, Pro
fjssor II. D. Buck nnd wife, on Pino
street.
REGARDING OLEOMARGARINE.
New Order Received by Revenue
Collector Penman.
Collector of Internal Revenue Pen
man Is in receipt of a new order from
Commissioner O. W. Wilson regarding
the sale of oleomargarine. The order
went Into effect on Feb. 1, and is as
follows:
Collectors will odvlse manufacturers
that all oleomargerlne found upon the
market shipped from tho place of manu
facture after this date which Is not
packed, marked, stamped and branded In
accordance with the regulations will be
seized as subject to forfeiture.
The tcgulatlons referred to provide
that no mark or brand or words shall
be Impressed upon the oleomargarine
calculated to Induce the public to be
lieve that It Is the product of the dairy
and that where the privilege Is granted
of putting the stuff Into small rolls
this privilege Is not to bo used for the
deception ot the public.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.
A Few Offers That Should Cause a
Movement in Improved Property.
Any person contemplating buying
property would do well to read tho
lenl estate advertisements of AV. T.
Hackett on page 7 of today's Tribune
and give him an early call at his oillco
In the Prlco building, 128 Washington
avenue.
Finest wines and cigars at LanVs,
MO Spruce street.
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Smoke the "Hotel Jermyn" cigar, 10c.
Bargains for All
This has been our motto
since we began our closing
out sale. We have closed
out Blue Agate and Tinware,
but have thousands of dol
lars still in Hardware, Tools,
Ranges, Furnaces, Etc., Etc.
Scales for the family, Scales
for the grocer and Scales for
the butcher. Razors, what a
bargain. Large freerers at
. cost. Bird Cages, Knives and
Forks. Our plumbing de
partment is full of every
thing in this line. Buy
Hardware now, for the house
you will build anytime dur
ing the year, It will pay.
We close at 6.30 except Sat
urdays. Lackawanna Hardware Go,,
881 Lackawanna Avenue.
SEATS OF REV. 0. I. LONG.
He Was the Pastor of the Tripp
Avenue Christian Church.
nev. C. 8. LonR, pastor of tho Tripp
avenuo Christian church, Dunmorp,
who assumed tho pastorato of the
church on January 1, died yesterday
morning nt 4 o'clock of pneumonia,
after an illness of ton ditys. Rev. Mr.
Long was G3 years ot ago and Is sur
vived by his mother, wife, married
daughter and two brothers. Ho had
been In the ministry for twenty-flvo
years, seventeen of which had been
passed at Lock Haven, Pa'., where ha
had been pastor of the First Christian
church. He was also corresponding
secretary of the missionary society ot
Eastern Pennsylvania connected with
that denomination, and wns eastern
editor of the 'Worker, published nt
Pittsburg in the interest of his people.
He was a veteran ot the Civil war,
having served from '61 to '05 In Com
pany F of tho Second regiment of
Pennsylvania volunteers, under Cap
tain McCormack. At the time of his
death Itcv. Mr. Long wns chaplain ot
the Twelfth regiment, N. Q. P., with
the rank of captain. He was also an
active member of the Grand Army of
the Republic. The funeral arrange
ments provide for nn opportunity to
view the remains tomorrow afternoon
nt tlu residence, 161 Brook street, from
2 to 4 o'clock. At 4 o'clock short ser
vices will be held, nnd on Friday
morning the casket will bo transported
to llohrsburg, Pa., for Interment.
IGO'S SUDDEN DEATH.
Could Not Get in Lackawanna Hos
pital and Went to Police Sta
tion, Where He Bled.
Alone, far from friends and family,
Patiick Igo died yesterday morning In
police headquarters In tho city hall,
whero he had gone for lodging after
being refused admission to the Lacka
wanna hospital, where he had applied
for entrance, because he did not have
a permit.
Igo, who was a real estate and build
ing loan man of this city, and was well
known here, has been ailing for some
time and the cause of his death was
pneumonia, which was ascertained by
Coroner J. J. Roberts, who held an
autopsy on his body yesterday after
noon. An inquest will be hela In the
case and the following jury has been
impaneled by the corona.-: Henry Hat
ton, Simon Thomas, M. V. Morris, Jos
eph Block, John Howell nnd Qwllym
Williams.
About 9 o'clock Monday evening Igo
drove to the hospital In company with
a patrolman and applied for admis
sion, as he complained of pains In his
limbs and said he was suffering from
rheumatism. As It is against the rules
of the institution for. cases of this
kind to be admitted without a note
from the hospital direotors, Igo's re
quest was refused and he was then re
moved to the central police station.
He was there made as comfortable as
possible and, lying down on the bench,
no more was heard of him.
About 7.30 o'clock yesterday morning
Patrolman Fred Karlus In passing him
made the discovery that life was gone.
Tho body was taken to Cuslck's un
dertaking establishment about 2 o'clock
and Coroner Roberts then conducted
his Inquest.
Igo had an office In the Mcars" build
ing, where he was located since ho
came here about a year and a halt ago
from Philadelphia. A wife and two
children In Philadelphia survive him
and his father, mother and brother
live In Shenandoah. Attorney John P.
Qulnnan took charge of the remains
temporarily.
THIS IS VALENTINE BAY.
Post Office Officials Say Custom of
Sending Valentines Is Dying Out.
This Is St. Valentine's day; the day
when Cupid Is bupposed to reign su
preme; the day when tender-hearted
maidens receive from their bashful
swains tokens of the latter's fond af
fection, bearing burning words of low,
far more burning than the latter ever
dared to speak themselves; the day
dedicated to what poets say is the
noblest of man's passions.
Valentine's day has always been as
sociated in the minds of nearly every
one with so many tender and lovable
sentiments that it comes as a cruel
shock to hear the post office authorities
say that the Valentine's day mall Is
yearly falling off and that this year's
Is the lightest ever handled at the
local office.
Superintendent of Mailing Louis
Schautz said yesterday that Ave or six
years back the mall would commence
to be flooded several days before Feb.
14, but that this year the extra mall
Is hardly noticeable, and was not dis
cernible at an until yesterday.
A tour of the various shops In the
city yesterday afternoon revealed a
fulrly large number of persons buying
valentines, but the reporter was told by
ono dealer that sales for the past few
days have not been as heavy as they
were for sevetal years back.
A laige vailety of valentines wero
offeted, however, ranging in price from
a leally neat little ono nt 1 cents to a
wonderful affair of satin and celluloid
about thieo feet square, matked "JS.9D,
worth $15.00." The latter may have
been woith tho latter figure, but It
I cannot 1p gainsaid that It wasn't a lit
tle bit too cumbersome to breathe of
loc.
The liiuch-inullgned comic valentine,
however, was what was selling best;
celling by the hundreds to tiiiool boys,
who think It the height of humor to
send their teachfis one of these crude
ly drawn and often-times vulgur
sheets. Theio were grown-up peopla
seen buying them, too, doubtless de
bit ous of letting off a little waste spite
by mailing one to an enemy or an offen
sive neluhbor.
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED.
Tho Young Men's Forum last night
held a meeting in St. Luke's Parish
house and elected ofllcers for the com
ing year as follows: President, F. C.
Baker; vice-president, W. C. Price;
tieasurer. Truman A. Surdam; secre
tary. A. E. Sholl.
A literary programme was also ren
dered, consisting of "A Current Topic
Quiz," by W. J. Douglas, and a de
bate on "The Annexation of Cuba,"
in which the affirmative was defended
by F. C. Baker and H. W. Wilbur, and
the negatlvo by L. B. Carter and L.
W. Barnes.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Has bn used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIOf B of MOTHKRS for their
CHILDRB WHILE TEETHING. lth
PERFECT SUCCESS. It dOOTHi:S the
CHILD. SOFTENS the C1UMS. ALLAYS
all PAIN; CURES WIND COI.IC. und Is
the bent remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold
by Druggists In every part of the vorld.
Be ure and nsk for "Mrs. W'nr lew's
Soothing Syrup.' tirul tiko no other
kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
BOARD OF MISSIONS
MEETING OF CENTRAL PENN
SYLVANIA BRANCH.
Delegates from Many Episcopal Par
ishes Assemble in St. Luke's Par
ish House Bishop Talbot Delivers
Several Short Addresses Rev.
Rogers Israel's Welcome to the
Bishop Addresses and Reports by
Many of the Delegates List of
Those in Attendance.
The Central Pennsylvania bianch ot
the Woman's auxiliary to tho episco
pal board of missions held Its mid-year
meeting yesterdny In St, Luke's parish
houso on Wyoming avenue. It wns
very largely attended by delegates
from many parishes and was u most
Important occasion. Bishop Kthclbert
Talbot was present und spoke at vail
ous times during the day. Many ladles
of piomlncnce In tho work of the epis
copal church were In attendance.
In tho morning Rev. Rogers Israel
made a most graceful nddress ot wel
come to tho bishop, who iesponded In
a pleasant manner and afteiward de
livered an address, the basis of which
was from James, 2:12: "So ppeak ye
as they that shall bo Judged by the
law of llbeity."
Ho dwelt particularly upon the privi
lege and Joy of such Christian .sorvlc?
ns that taken up by the Woman's au
Illaiy as contrasted with tho method
of performing such wotk as a duty
and obligation. Ho quoted ftom tho
Psalmist tho Impassioned woids, "1
was glad when they said unto me:
Let us go Into tho house of the Loid,"
and he bubjectcd a thought for rellec
tlon when he said he wondered If the
members of this organization are In
tho habit of saying: "Oh, this is Sun
day. I hear the bells. I had forgotten
tho day, but suppose I must go to
church. It Is my duty. I would rather
stay at home and read tho Sunday
papers or the now novel I have begun,
or the latest magazines, but I hae
been confirmed and am a communi
cant nnd must therefore discharge my
duty."
So reluctantly she prepares hetself
for church. On the contrary, If they
were to express their true sentlment3
it would probably be the opposite and
the fact would ho demonstrated that It
Is a glad and Joyous privilege to at
tend. Tho speaker urged a happy, willing
service. The people should come to
Holy Communion not because they fear
not to come, not from a sense of duty
to be observed, but because of the do
light in so doing as the greatest source
of Inspiration and refreshing Joy.
When the heart is warm with a sense
of gratitude all service Is a Joy, nnd In
this oignnlzntlon, as In all departments
of the church, the workers will be able
to re-echo the words, "I was glad
when they bald unto me: Let us go
to the house of the Lord."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mrs. Rogcts Israel presided over the
afternoon session, ns the president,
Mrs. Scott, wished to be excused be
fore the meeting ended. Tho session
was one of great Intetest. Bishop Tal
bot made a brief address, urging a
deeper Interest in tho united offering
and making suggestions for delibera
tion as to the feasibility of, holding tho
auxiliary meetings at the' same tlmo
when tho annual archdeaconry an!
diocesan sessions are held. This sug
gestion will bo passed upon at a sub
sequent meeting.
Mr. E. S. Moffat was elected secre
tary, nfter which sho read the minutes
of the Juno meeting, and Mrs. Israel
read an lntciestlng report of the arch
deaconry work. Miss Mercur gave th
report of the annual meeting held In
South Bethlehem.
Mrs. Israel spoko of tho Envelope
fund, and Mrs. Moffat described tho
various purposes to which this fund Is
directed. Among these are St. Mary's
boarding school in the Rosebud agency
in South Dakota, whero fifty Indian
girls aie In regular attendance. St.
Paul's school, Lawrencevllle, Va., Is an
industrial school, where negro boys and
girls are taught. They earned by their
own hands $3,795.40 last year. Oddly
enough, they supply the undertaking
materials in wood for a large district
thereabouts. Another Industrial school
is at Raleigh, N. C, where S80 pupils
arc enrolled. Missions in Brazil, Mexico,
Alaska, Japan, and other place's were
noted.
Reports from churches wero then
heard and these were full of Interest.
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Scott, president of the diocese,
made a brief address, in which she said
that in 1893, at the triennial meeting,
this dloeeso ranked as the nineteenth.
In 1S9S it stood sixth. Now, In tho
middle year, It has dropped slightly
from its grade, but It is hoped that It
will regain that ground. Tho other
dioceses outranking it are the great
onn3 of Philadelphia and Now York,
tho united ones of Massachusetts und
Connecticut and that of Newaik.
Ml-s Troxoll, of West Plttston, gavo
a charming paper on the L'ables'
branch, of which the one In that town
Is the sole leptesentatlvo In this dio
cese. It was organized In Rochester tn
1SSS by a little boy, Gaylord Hart
Mitchell, who has since gone away for
ever, since his task on earth was ended.
It Is designed for child: en under- seven,
for whom little mite boxes are pre
pated, a patent or guardian guiding
tho tiny lingo: s to deposit the pennies
Reliable
Canned Goods
Fancy Stringless Beans, per can
io cents, $1.30 per dozen.
Fresh Red Kidney Beans, ioc,
$i.oo per dozen.
Extra Arbutus Silted Peas, iac,
$1.30 per dozen.
Extra Telephone Peas, 15c, $1.50
per dozen.
Fancy Maine Corn (Coursen's
Sweet Blosson0( ,3Ci $35 dozen.
Arbutus Corn, 10c, $1.00 dozen.
Franklin Corn, 10c, $1.00 dozen,
Fancy Green Lima Beans, 15c.
$1.50 dozen.
Coursen's Red Label Peas, i5c,
$1.75 dozen. Value 20c.
E. G. Coursen
,Best Gi'ods for Least Monoy:
ns the missionary prayer Is repeated.
There are 6.1C6 members, and last year
$703 was contributed by these little
helpers.
Miss Madeline Hazzard gavo a re
port for tho Junior workers of St.
Luko's parish, Miss Dickinson supple
menting It with brief remarks.
Mrs. Moffat read an Interesting
letter from Alaska, and Mrs. Israel
poke of work In Japan.
The system of distribution of peri
odicals wns described, showing an ex
cellent method of disposing of maga
zines which are no longer wanted.
Among the delegates present were:
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
St. Paul's church, Monti ose Miss Fan.
nln Bunnell.
St. Mark's church. New Mllford Ml3
Howell, Mrs. Mno Duffce.
Trinity church, Wist Plttston-Mrs. W.
R. Turin, Miss Helen E. Trooll, Miss
Kllrnbuth D. Meicler. Mrs. A. K. Howe.
Oithomlnlp Mr. W. A. Leonard, Mrs.
A. I.'. Ugu, Mrs. A. T. LofUi, Mrc. J.
1'. A. Thmlev.
Calvary church, Wllkcs-Uarro Mrs.
Ebon Qiccnotigh Scatt, Jlri, John George,
l'ar.'onu; Mrs. John llnmllion, Mrr. t
H. Price, Jlri, Kreldler, Mrs. 8. E. Cobb,
.Mrt.. W. E. Hughes. Florenc3 U. Amsbry,
Plain-!.
St. Stephen's church, Wllkef-riurrc
Mrs. llouico E. Hnydcn. Mls Cornelia
E. Hillman, Mis. Woodward Lvavcn
w 01 th. Mls Julia U. Butler, Mis. Jnnica
Vullo:, Mrs. Heniy L. Jones, Miss Mnry
It. t-Tr.xicn, Mrs. Adah R. Dlntlngcr,
Han let L. Jones.
St. Andrews church AUIen Mrs. D. W.
Coe.
St. Mniks rhtirch, Dnnmore Mi. E.
J. Ilaugliton, Mr. A. J. Mur.h,Mrs. R.W.
WlntcistPln, Mr. Thro. Weber, Mr. J.
11. Ilroifnu, Mm. Browcr, Mrs. M. T.
Ttithtll, MU-s Blower.
St. Luke's church, Scrnnton Mrs. D
f'ottlc. Mrs. (i. Waring, Mrs. Shopland,
MrsT Rldgcwny, Mlsi Dickinson, Mrs. S.
T. Ilnys. Mm. Charles J). M6ntnguc,
Mis. 1 W. Edwards, Mrs. John A. Pow
ell, Mrs. H. II. Phelps, Mrs. Wlllard M.
Iltiiiucll, Mis. Dnwrlck, Mrs. Prod E.
Stuvens, Mis. S. M. Ponnlman, Mrs. E.
H.ildeman, Miss M. Emma Sandcrion,
Mrs. Francis W. Hazzard, Mrs, John S.
Hack, Mrs. S. W. Thompson, Mis. A.
M. Wordon. Mls Madeline L. Hazard,
Miss liesslu D. Shlrer, Miss Emm.i W.
Wilcox, Miss Florence Haldeman, Miss
Maty V. Holllstcr, Mrs. J. J. Dodd, Mrs.
Laura Badger.
Good Shephcid, Green Ridge Mrs. J.
HenJ. Dimmlck, Mrs. J. Gardner Sander
son, Miss A. K. Sanderson, Mrs. Greeley.
ENTERTAINMENT OF GUESTS.
The ladles of St. Luke's church, with
Mrs. E. N. Wlllard ns chairman of tho
committee, served a luncheon in the
kindergarten rooms, on the third floor.
Mrs. Wlllard, Mrs. L. S. Oakford and
others were In charge. Tho tables
wero dalntly arranged, quantities of
red carnations being the chief decora
tions. The menu was delicious nnd
was served with expedition by a large
corps of helpers More than ono hun
dred guests were entertained.
At the table with Bishop Talbot
wero Mrs. E. G. Scott, Mrs. E. S. Mof
fat, Rev. and Mrs. Rogers Israel, Mrs.
H. B. Phelps, Mi 3. McKlnney, Mrs.
Horace Hayden, Miss Sanderson, Mrs.
G. L. Dickson, Mrs. J. BcnJ. Dimmlck,
Mrs. Jones, of Wllkes-Barre; Miss Mer
cur, of Plttston; Mrs. Coxe, Nantlcoke.
i m
TO OPEN THE LIBRARY.
Health Officer Allen and Librarian
Carr Had a Conference Yester
day Books Fumigated.
Health Ofllccr Allen yesteiday de
cided, after a conference with Librarian
Carr, that tho circulating department
of tho public llbiury could be again re
opened on Tluu&day morning. Librar
ian Cair repotted to tho doctor that all
of the books which were out when the
department was closed, about 2,500 In
number, had been returned to the
library and thoioughly fumigated with
formaldehyde gas, and on the strength
of this statement tho health ofllccr de
cided to allow it to bo ic-opened.
As a safeguard for the future, the
secietary of tho board of health will
send each morning to the library a
complete list of all cases of contagious
disease teported to tho board on the
preceding day. These lists will be kept
on file In the llbiary and books will be
refused to all the families In which the
disease exists. By this means all
danger of contagion Is removed.
Dr. Allen stated yesterday that he
believed the books had been thoroughly
fumigated and that all disease germs,
If any existed, had been destroyed. Tho
fumigating ptocess has been done In a
vault whlclj Is absolutely alr-tlght and
must, therefore, have been effective.
There will undoubtedly be a rush for
books all day Thursday, as every book
Is now In, and patrons who have made
desperate efforts for months past to
secure a copy of "David Harum,"
"Richard Carvel," "When Knighthood
Was In Flower," or any of the other
"populni" novels will run a good chance
of getting these volumes.
CALIFORNIA.
Thirty-One Days' Tour via Pennsyl
vania Rallroand.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has urrunged for a special peisonally
conducted tour through California, to
leave New Yoik and Philadelphia on
Tebruary 27, by special Pullman draw
ing-! oom sleeping car and connecting
nt El Paso with the "Mexico and Cali
fornia Special," composed excluslve'y
of Pullman pailor-smoking, dining,
diawing-ioom, sleeping, compartment,
and observation cars, for tour through
California, returning by Match 29.
Bound-trip tickets, covering nil
necessaiy expenses, $373 from all poInt3
on Pennsylvania Railroad.
For further Information apply tn
ticket agents; Tom 1st Agent, 1198
Broadway, New Yoik; 4 Court Street,
Brooklyn; 789 Broad Street. Newark,
N. J.; B. Courlaendor, Jr., Passenger
Agent Baltimore District, Baltimore,
Md.; Colin Studds, Passenger Agent
Southeastern District, Washington, D.
C; Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent
Western District, Pittsburg, Pa.; or ad
dress Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Philadelphia.
HMuann
DIED.
HILL. In Scranton, Pa,, Feb, 13, 1100,
Emery E. Hill, aged 7S jcars, 3 months
and 21 duys. Funeral Thursday, Feb.
13, at 10 30 a. m. from his lato resi
dence, SIS Madlton avenue. Interment
private.
THAT COFFEE AGAIN
I like tn talk about our coffee, because
It's worth talking about.
It's tho best Mocha nnd Java blended
to tho. queen's taste, and would cost you
40c. at most stores, but we sell ft 3 lbs.
for II. "Most exiiuislte coffee I ever
drank!" exclaims another delighted lady
who Is an excellent Judge of good coffee.
Our 23c. grade is better than most JCc.
goods.
Your money gladly refunded If any ar
tide does not give entire satisfaction.
The
Ore at Atlantic
and
Pacific Tea Co.
411 Lackawanna avenue, E3 South Main
aenue. 'Phone lii. Prompt delivery.
RAILWAY COMPANY'S
OFFER SUBMITTED
WAS PLACED IN THE HANDS OF
THE MAYOR YESTERDAY.
Agrees to Pay 810,000 in Cash
When ths Viaduct and the Com
pany's Tracks on It Are Com
pletedConditions Under Which
This Offer Is to Be Operative.
Makes a Further Offer of $20,000
to the Viaduct If Local Taxes Are
Not Increased During Ten Years.
Tho following letter, containing the
Scranton Railway company'a proposi
tion with reference to tho viaduct, was
yesterday placed In the hands of Jamc3
Molr:
Philadelphia. Feb. 12, 100.
Hon. James Molr, Mayor,
Scranton, l'unna.
Dear Sir: In nnstver to tho inquiry of
yourself and tho committee of councils,
regarding tho contribution which tho
Scranton Railway company would make
toward tho construction of a l.iduct over
tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
crossing ut LaLknwnniui acnue. 1 havo
to say thut tho Scranton Hallway torn
p.iny will contribute $10,000 in cash when
tho viaduct and our tracks upon It are
completed, leady for operation, on tho
understanding that If tho laduct Is built
on tho south side of Lackawanna menus
tho suggestion of your commlltco shall
be followed, namely, that Its northern
side shall bo ns near the centre of Lack.
(VM'nuna avenuo us possible, und that mir
two tracks shall be on tho northern hide
of tho laduct, nnd a fence constructed
between them nnd the roadway.
In addition to this cash contribution,
our company will bo under largo expense
duo to tho cost of , our double truck,
which will bo Hid upon tho bridge.
Realizing that this viaduct Is demanrkd
In tho Inteiests of public safety, wo ale
willing to Increaso our subscription to an
amount much larger than we havo here
tofore contemplated and nioro than wo
consider a fair proportion for our com
pany to pay. In doing so, however, wo
desire to call jour attention to tho fact
that this much needed Improvement and
other Improvements which wo havo In
contemplation for this and futuro years,
will rcqulro tho outlay of large amounts
of money nnd will add greatly to the
safety, accommodation and comfort of
tho public.
It Is moro to tho real Interest of tho
peoplo of Scranton that this policy of
expending much moro than our cntiro
surplus earnings In Improving the street
car service, should bo continued, than
that attempts should be made to reduce
tho resources of the company by adding
to tho burdens of taxation which It al
ready bears.
Wo therefore propose to contribute
$20,000 additional ($30,000 altogether), to
be paid $3,000 In two and one-half years;
$.",000 In Ave years; $5,000 In seven nnd
one-half years, and $5,000 In ten years,
from tho completion of the viaduct
with our tracks upon it, ready for travel,
tho contribution of this $20,000, or nny
unpaid part thereof to bo withdrawn if
during tho nest ten years any additions
are made by tho municipal authorities to
our present local taxes.
Yours truly,
(Signed) C. M. Clark, President.
THEIR WAGON TIPPED OVER
Peter Kline and Wife, of Jessup,
Taken to Lackawanna Hospital.
While out driving Monday after
noon, Peter Kline, of Wlnton, and his
wife met with an accident, their
vehicle being tipped over by an ob
stacle In the path. Both Kline and his
wife wero thrown out, and Kline In
particular, who Is a man of advanced
years, was badly hurt.
He and his wife were taken last
evening to tho Lackawanna hospital,
where It was seen that Kline's right
leg was badly fractured and several of
his wife's ribs were broken.
Second Legislative District.
Notice Is hereby given to tho Rcpubll
can voters of tho Second Legislative dls
trlct that a primary election w 111 bo held
on Saturday, March 17, 1000, between the
hours of 4 and 7 o'clock p. m., for tho
purposo of electing two delegates to rep
resent said legislative district In tho com
ing Republican state convention to bo
held In Harrlsburg, and to nominate a
candidate for tho legislature. Tho con
vention to compute tho vote will bo held
on Tuesday, March 20, 1900, at 1 o'clock
p. m., In tho court house In Scranton.
In accordance with tho rules governing
this district the candidates will bo voted
for directly by the voters at tho polls.
Each candidato must register with tho
district chairman his full name and post
ofllco address and pay his assessment
twenty days before tho election or his
nnrao will not bo placed fn tho ofllclal
ballot, neither will any votes cast for him
bo counted.
Tho district Igllance committees In
the various precincts will conduct the
election and the result will bo reported
by tho return Judge to the district con
vention, which will bo composed of the
return Judges of tho various districts.
A written notice containing further In
structions will be sent to the members of
tho said district vigilance committee.
Frederick W. Fleltz, Chairman.
Attest: Walter E. Dals, Secretary.
50 Cent Ties
Are not all tbe same value.
We honestly think we can give you
a better Tie for 50c than yon can
get most anywhere else, If most
people didn't think so we wouldn't
sell so many,
HAND & PAYNE
"On tbe Spare," 203 Wasbington Ate.
C. F. BECKWITH & CO.,
DEALEU3 IN
Mine and Mill Supplies,
Machinery, Etc.
OFFICE-Dime Bauk Building.
LECTURES OK" SANITATION.
They Will Be Delivered in the Board
of Trade Rooms.
The household economics roctlon of
tha Woman's club Is bleared to nn
rounco that they have secured Chat Irs
F. Wlngatc nnd Colonel W. F. Morse,
sanitary engineers of New V'ork city,
to speak In tho board of trado rooms
on Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Wlngnte's subject will be "What
Every One Should Know About House
hold Sanitation." Colonel Morse will
then speak of "Municipal Sanitation,"
The club extends a most cordial ln I
tatlon to the women of Scranton who
nro interested In household Improve
ments, nnd to all citizens Interested
in municipal affairs.
McCllntock delivers carnations for 23
cents a dozen. Telephone 80.10.
Drowsiness is dispelled by Boechnm's
Pills.
Smoke tho Pocono Ec. clffnr.
It would pay you to buy
your next Winter's Overcoat
or Suit now, as the prices we
are selling our Clothing at
are remarkably cheap.
Regular 81000 Black Clay
Worsted All Wool Suits &, Q
for men and boys pO.VO
$6.00 Blue or Black Q
Overcoats at P3.yo
S10.00 Blue or Black Q
Overcoats at JpO.yo
Twenty Overcoats, the Cel
ebrated Stein-Bloch
make, worth $18.00 , t .
each, at JplO.49
Clarke Bros
&IIIIII$$IIIII:
are Tub MoinN Haiiuwaiif. .SroitJ
ITHE
n
FIRST
COST
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35 of a cheap range (so-called) Is
not the only expense. Re
pairs soou run Into dollars.
Buy m a Sterling. h
Ij7 jullt of heavy, clean castings
sL with bricks twice tho thlck-
jcr ness of those In other ranges
sL then you make an economl-
5? cal purchase.
SI K"-rv4- Sir Qnei Cr 25
fin J. WIW W W'VHl w . .
i 9 N. "Washington Ave fiS!
$SI3l$$iliSIIISMSt
Pierce's Market
Receiving dally Turkeys, Fowli,
Springers, Ducks and Squabs; also Rock
away, Maurice River and Bluo Point Oys
ters; Everything the market affords In
fruits and vegetables.
Your orders will be filled promptly with
best goods at reasonable prices.
PIERCE'S MARKET
110.112-1 It 1EXX AVENUE.
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CLEARING M
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WAKEHOUSE-Grcen Kldge
111 lwTSTi i i "TSl W m
The quality of the oils used In mlxlni
colors determines tho durability ot thi
paints.
Oils
such ns we offer will make paint of great
smoothness nnd durability. A large sue.
fnco can bo covered nnd the coating will
not peel, crack or wear off until It hat
dono Its full duty.
Thcso prices will show that good oils
are not expensive.
MATTHEWS BROS,, lttar
ALL THE LATEST
Chas. B. Scott
1 19 Franklin Ave.
Telephone SS2.
The Popular House Fur
nishing Store.
DOCKASB STOVES
AND RANGES.......
You can't Ret closer to
nctual cost than we placo
our customers wnu buy
Stoves and Ranees. Tho
bet.t ranse on the mar
ket Is tha Dockash. As
baker and worker It
stai.ds pre-eminent. Its
wonderful system of
oven ventilation makes It
tho most satisfactory
baker In tho world as
well as the most econom
ical Before you buy a range
examine tho Dockash,
Foote &. Fuller Co,
Hears Building,
14042 Washington Ave
fe-SE.
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JOHN BULL FINDS IT HARD '
To give favorable reports of his battles
in the Transvaal. You'll not find it hard
to give a favorable report of the stock oi
Seasonable Underwear sold by
CONRAD
All w eights, grades and sizes.
Union Suiu a specialty.
-t
The
Economy's
4th Annual
Trade Sale
Has drawn
bigger
crowds of
buyers than
any event
ever launched
by thisfirm.
: find This Is Why
KOCKURS of lle.uitlfsil eolden
oak or mahogany finished, high
bad; shaped arms welH braced,
sent cox t.red In latest de
hlmi of Arlington velonr. worth
JiU.0. Specl.il for this Ci 7e
s.iio tr9ofO
FI.OOU Olli CI.OTH-'Braiid new
Fprlnu pitterns bright colors,
worth fiom JX-. to 33c, Sale Qs
prlco syw
i.AKOi: AHM. GENTS' ROCK
UK hlsh back, widdlo shaped wood
seat, Kolden oak tlnlih, C''.e
worth Si. Salo price..., ;'
OOt,m:N OAK tFINISHRP
UKDKOOM SUlTtJ with bevel
Plato mirror In dresser brarti
trlmmliiB on dresM-r and wash
stand, woith Jlb.00. CI QQ
Sale prlco y
.pramTi,ifr,!!siBg JJBk
.jwy"eyi
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