THE SCRANTOX T1U 13 lTE-MONDAY, APRIL 1(5, J00O. l p . I B. Never Before Have we enjoyed such ft good piano trade as we are having now. Knabe, Briggs, and Vose Are all getting their shaie. Where cnn you find thrco such good pianos In o,ne storeP KNABE pianos have been made for sixty-three yoais. The BItiaaS has been made thirty years, while the VOSE & SON has been on the market forty-ulne years. Call and see our specialties, the Angolus Is almost a perfect piano player. Music Boxes, Phonographs, Graphophones and Supplies. Piano tuning and rcpahs. PERRY BROTHERS 205 WYOMING AVENUE. Ice Cream. I3EST IN TOWN. - Per Hy Quart. LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO 3 elephone Orders Promptly D.l veroj J.-J37 Adanu Avenue- Scranfon Transfer Co. Baggage Checked Direct to Hotels and Private Residences. Office D., L. & W. Passenger Station Phone 525. C. S. SNYDER, The Only Dentist .1 tit City Who lua Urndua'e la Medicine. 42C-422 SPRUCE STREET If you have any work to be done call qml take advantage of tho following Ices: Gold Crowns, Best $5.00. Gold Fillings $1 00. Best Set of Teeth $5.00. Silver Filling 50c. Crown nnd bridge work a specialty. All the latest electric appliances used for tne allevlntiou of pain Call and havo jour teeth examined free of charge Ab-i-olutely painless extraction. Dr. Edward Reyer C14SPRUCC ST.OPP. COURT HOUSE. Open Wednesday and Saturday evenings. DR. H. B. WARE, SPECIALIST. rye, Ear, Nose and Throat Office Hours 9 a. m. to U 30 p. m : 2 to 4 Williams building, Opp. Postofflop. -vMMLmSII v .-. ri.'t.ij' ' s W -r--f -4M --.-. CITY NOTES V HVJ.JVU -f -f f -t--t--f-f-f-f f -4- Mrnixc: rnxK.iir The irhMii.u muuiiiij iniitiiiv ot Uic bend of Hide will lie held to nisht ' II.VI.s-llic Ddiware and !liidon com pint pdil the tiainniut nurili of s(ranton aud liadiiuc shops at I aihomlilc on batutda) M C. V I1II)S -lodi) U the time set for In upcnlic of thi lihN foi the loitruciiun if lu lieu V.UUU!, Mtli'K I lin-tljn association Imild in.'. i.sll.lt XI Villi. If V luMdnniiip Ka.ter num lior ot V.m sitiirda was iMied sutmihi i in uitc-iprl-iiu- pioprlilnr, I' G Moian and laiuei, J I uli man sl'Mlvl. Ml.l.TIXf. C'VI.II'II- V .,ilal nieit. in, of tin' whool In aid lias liein callul foi to iiblinu nl.iit tor tin purpiKC of rnmliKilni; thu niiprcpii Uioit lnnUtt lot the .ouiinu i'ai, W VI! IX sot ril Vriill'V-lho Iln Ijium Hushes, lite of Kiniheile), will iklbrr a lecture, cm llils K riihh' war, in the Vilims rnui chaitl. New .oik Jttiel, loniorrcw- nU'ht at s o'clmk VIOXIIII.V VlH.riXli The legular monlhlv liusine Hireling of the emiilhp lonnnltliii of the Cit I'lirlslian 1-ndiavor union will he held nt h o'clock this evening in Ciace lit foi me J tliunii rOUVIVI, OliAINO. Tlic fonnal oprnmi; of the hlillliU of Colunihus club house on Kj.li Injiton avenue will tike plan 'lhumdiv mlit. A laro luuuhcr ot imitation; have hun i-ui'il to the event T PVIllsll IIOl'M. -The monologue lonisht t S I.tikt' l'arli liniup will form a most rluiuiini; cntertaliunrnt. Mis Ktlici I hjn- u vi II know n here and most tahntid Ir her client n 'ait, ritktU aie nu kale at 1'uwiHV I'VllhMs lll.Vi:villi:ilH). - liuoueli tho .hoiiKhtfulnikt of Ui 1.'. S lllard, the dill lien and vhhr patient at the l.aikauanna lios iltal were votenlav upplled with l-istir t'lfgi, and and tlhir lokeni of the holiday. MM IVJUIIMl -PmhcIi Wtirwocd, a 14 cMr old biy worklinr iu Ihe Sand Uiuki mlnu wat Silurclaj taktu lu the l.ukawauna lioiitat ivith Ihe tlntteiu of his left hand lacerated, ni the resylt of oeliiK caught hftwien two mine car. VIinA'lil.r. lAll.lllAI.XKISS -'Ihe ladli-fl ot Grace I.vitli. ran chiiiih will tonight tiltp an en .ertilninint iu flu-invy hall on. Washington venue, nt width l.u It, Cake and lllla June Jleado-t'ake, venatile tnteitalncr., will apptar. Fl'nTIIIlIt IVVFt-TlflAllOX.-HViuner ltohert made inpilrie jenterdav Into the dcitli of a Hid pitnecl Novak on Sitond tliut, who dird .on hitunla.v without meilloal attendance, and will make further Innulilca (cday, He was not sail tied with thu Information ittcived and refused a Burial peimlt WI'JJK'S CI.KAlll.Mib. -Frank U 1'Jillllin, LA$?!il.'il'. m'tKhmttmimn mmlmiiMmm.mii- manigrr ot the fctranlon Clciriiifr Home asso ciation announces the bllowbiif rteiritiRl last wcekl Mondav, tlCO.4JJ.46i Tucsdav, 1I11.97S.41; Wednesday, JIlI.Ij'J.TC; ThunteUt, SlltyHOOJi Saturday, tll'i.tH U; totil, 1,h,4VllS2. Tor tho corrcspondlne Meek of last ear llio clear ing cvere 'KS3,5i3.34. ACCUSl'.D OK VitAM) Prank Stliainomsky, of Hampton direct, vva citciiliy mrested and taken to tlic trnlral police station ly Constables Mitchell and Pelerstcln on a wairant Issued ly M Icrmin Mjron Kassoii, nt I lie In'tince ol Harry SJiauucrinr, h feoutli Washington avenue mcr. rliant, who ilurRcil 1dm with fraud and obtain Inn Roods undo' fale pretense, ovvlnj Mm SP. Ho van later In the dav ci mnilted to Hie couif y Jii. MB,. JONES' CONDITION. At the Woist He Will Lose Only Ones Finger. It will be learned with general giatl floutlon that Dlsttlet Attorney John It. Jones is on the load to lapld and com plete recoveiv and that ho will come out of his painful epeilenro without tho necessity of having his hand or 4li pait of It amputated. He wan able to be about yestciday for the Hist time since his Injuiy four weeks ago. He took n shoit dtlve dur ing the afternoon In company with Mrs. Jones and one of his dnughteis. In the course of a week or so he will be able to go to his home, but It will several weeks befoie he will be well enough to dispense with tteatment. Di Peck, lesldcnt physician of the Hahnemann hospital, said to ;i Trib une leporlei vesteidav that theie Is now no danger In Mi. Jones' ease ex cept as to the Indt"C linger of the light hand In which was the cut that caused tho blood poisoning. If the bone has not been alfeoted tho tlngct can be saved. If neciosls, or deadening, sets In It nm be neoesaiy to amputate all or a portion of It. In about a week the swelling will have dlsappeated sufficiently, It Is expected, to permit the surgeons to deteimlne this. At the woist, Mr. Jones will lne nnlv one lingoi TRUSTEES TAKE ACTION. Object to Method by Which Some Councilman Seek to Get Con- tiol ot the Public Libiaiy. As vum to be expected the Albilght llbiatj tiustees do not take kindly to the resolution iiitioduoed In select council bv Mi Mehin, pioviding that tho llHcil aftali.s of the llbtar.v be ion tiolleel Jiiect b the councils In other words that the bills be passed upon Item bv item by the councllnmnlc aud iting committee and paid by the city Measure as .no the bills ot" the city depai tments It Is urn that the libiaiy tiustees object to halng councils sctutlnle the. ilisbtu salient of the cltv appropilatlon, but tin y do object to turning over to couni lis or anj one else any part of tie inanagem-nt and contiot of the Institution which undei the tetms of the ag: cement under which the libiaiy was pujntecl and nccepted, Is vested soklv lu ! do ml of trustees, leaving asld,. the pilnelple Involved, the Mel vin picposltlon would be objectionable because ol the obvious mischief that could U'fault, and foi ibis if toi no othtr reisoa It Is to be piotest-d against. The matter was the piincip.il subject of dlser.ssion at Satin day's legulai meeting of the tiustccc. i:x--.lustice I Alft d Hand piesldent of the board Hindi a lengthy .statement of the condi tions attaching to the gift of the li brary to tli- city and pointed r.ut how the Ibivln lesolillnn, If adopted, would be il. direct conlllct with the teuns of the agieenient He ei,iesed himself as stie.-.uously opposed to the attempt ed uFiitpitlon and his vkv.s weie cop. cut led in by ill the tiustec piesent, whldi irnlud d Henry Helln. jt , T. II. Dale. Colonel II. M. Boies, Attoi nev H. M. Hannah. Mayor James Moir, l.ov V.' J. Po.-d. J.ime" Aullbalel and City Cle.it M T. Lav tile. The accounts of the libiaiy aie Hist audited by the trustees' auditing com mittee, then passed upon by the board of tiustees and dually submitted to the clt contiollei for examination. In ad dltlon to all this, they aie printed in detail in the annual lepoit. and thU lepoit is ellstilbuteel to the public T'lieh bill liefoie being .iald Is cei tilled as conect by Si'cietai-I.lbiailan Hcniy J. Cnir, passed upon by on auditing connnlttee of the tiustees, ap. proved by the tiustees as a whole and then sciutlnlzed by the tieasuiei ot the baa ul Piesldent Hand, .it the leouest of thr. trustees, agieeel to piepaie a state - ment embodying the board's position lu the mattei, to be given to the public! through the dally papers. It was de elded, also, to have a stereotype made i of the deed of the libiaiy to the city and the ordinance under which It wis ace'epted, and pilnt the same In eveiy annual repoit. These documents weie pt Inted In the first tew reports, but because of the expense, and the belief that the public thntoughly understood them, they were omitted In the later repoi ts. Theie Is little likelihood of the .Mel vln lesolution ever being made a law. let alone becoming operative SMeot i council parsed It, but In common co'tu- ell It was lelened to a special commit- 1 tee. nnd Judging fiom the calibre of I the men composing the committee. It Is likely to i omnia theie Indefinitely. The committee Is composed of Mossis. Keller, T. T. Mouls, Tewksbuiy. Cal pln and Kizehuan. Mayor Moir is said to be opposed to the resolution, and as a llbraiy tiusteo assented to ex-Justlco Hand's views The chances aie he would veto It If It ever came to him. MR. HALLSTEAD RETURNS Ai lived Home Yesteiday fiom His Euiopean Tiip. W. F Hallstetid letumed yesteulay fiom his European nip and Is now at his home op Wyoming avenue. He went abioad six weeks ago. In company with Martin Maloney. of Phil adelphla, for i est and lecieatlon. Most of the time was spent In the south of France. Will Be Rebuilt. The physical laboratory of the Le high 1'nlveislty of South P.ethlchem. Pa., which was recently dcstioyed by Hie, will be Immediately rebuilt, and will be ieady t'oi occupancy, fully equipped In the departments of phys ics and electrical englneeilng, at the opening of the college! ear next Sep tembei. Smoke The Popular Tunch Cigar, 10c. DIIID. IIIIUWN. In llrockl.vti, X' V., April 7, 1'aV), Vlneli II, Drown, wifo of W, w. Drown, and claunhtir ol II, L. Trai), age 'Ji jcai. EASTER SERVICES IN CITY'S CHURCHES SPECIAL MUSIC WAS THE FEA TURE IN ALL INSTANCES. Immense Congiegattons Gatheied at All the Churches to Honor tho Risen Christ St. Luke's Church Beautifully Decorated and Easter Carols Sung by the Chancel Choir. Inspiring Music nt the Elm Park Chinch Mozart's Twelfth Mass Sung at the Cathedial. In the chuicbes of this city yester day tho I'aster set vices were nt a inot Intel cstliis chaiacter and being spe cially coinmenioiatlvc ot the glotiotis tesui lection. St. Iaike's 1'plscopal chinch was on of tile most beautifully decoiatcd churches In the city, aad the musical piogiammes iciideied at both tho morning and evening sei vices weie es pecially elaboiate. The chancel was tilled with H.tstcr lilies ns full as It was possible to fill It 'i ml jet leave loom for the choli. Thcio were tlnee tot vices, one at S n, in., cnndiii'ted b the cut ale, He, M. 15 Nash, and morning and evening sei vices at the uyual houis. At both of these lattet the lector, Itev. Hogeis Israel, dellveied setmons appropilate to the day. Tbe music wus tuitiislKil b the chancel choir of thirty men an I boys, under the dliectlon of the choir master, J Willis Conant The music consisted of selections fiom soinu of tho celebrated IhiglNh compose!, notable nmong them being the "Jubilate" bv Sir Aitliui Sullivan, sung in the moi nlng. and a Recessional, by Toms, iciideied 111 the evening. TIip choh sang with its uual foue and spliit, and the music was thoioughlv enjo.ved by the huge congieatlons present at both services. 13I.M PARK CHl'llCIt. I3hn Park chinch wus huiidsumelv decoiated jesleidn.v, huge palms and annunciation lllllcs being chieiiv em ployed. The moining seiviee was most beautiful In chaiacter. Ken Dr. !ltllii speaking liom the text, "IJocause I live, ye shall live also." It was a stin n v hnpefiil seimon, full of oilglualIt and conlldenie ol a happj hereafter for those who follow tin- exumpl- sot by tho Mastei. The certainty of the l.Mth made possible by the lesuircc lion was emphasized and no one left the auditorium without a feeling of com loit because ot the meinoij of those who had gone nwaj fiom eaitli. but whom the speakei seemed to show to his llstenets as living and leal as weie the people In the pews The music was of an exceiillonallv high oidei. 1'iolessoi t'ennliigtou Iniv- ing piejiaied n beautiful piogiamme. Tlie quartette, Mrs. Ilundle, .Miss Thomas, Messis. Woolei and Thomas, weie assisted iu the evening by a line chorus Laige congieg.itiuiis thioiiged the That I'lesbytetl.in ihuuh at both morning and evening The decoiatloi.s weie exceedingly beautiful, though simple, consisting of a piofuslon of Kaster lilies banked iu fiont of and it both sides of the pulpit. The pastoi. Rev. James .Mi Leod, D. 1).. pi cached at both seniles, taking his text in the moi nine; fiom the flist epistle to the Cotlnthians, anil In the evening he spoke from Matthew, US.G. "He is not heie: for He Is ilsen, as He said, Come, see the place whole the loid lay." The elaboiate musical ptogiatntnes i endei cd at both sei vices weie given bv the chuioh ciuaitettc, assisted by Lawionce'3 orchstia. and undei the, cHpauie aim magneiic lenueisiiip of, Prof. John T Watklns. The feature of the moining was the singing of tho poweiful and beautiful solo fiom Han del's "Me.ssia.li," "I Know That Sly Re deemer Llveth." by Mis. Katlun Thiele, who was In splendid voice. The evening service was almost nil music, Di. Mcl.eod's sermon being very brief. Theie were beveial choius num- beis by the quartette and solos by i David Stephens and Mis. II. S. Keller. A fcatme of this service was the tiuly Inspiring congregational singing SKCOND PRKSBYTIIRIAX The spacious audltcnium of the Sec ond Piesbyteilan chureh was ciowded both morning and evening yesteulay, and the musical piogiammes tendered under the dliectlon of Piot J M i t'hani e. the oiganlst and musical dliee- i ST' were uolt,lv ' le'' lespect of l ,,s n" entlon Al t,,e '"ilng sei vice 'V, ,"""" "'" K "ml t.aragan anil in cnoir icncieieu tun oeauiltui niitueni, "Aichungels Fold Youi Wings," bv, Maiston The pastot. Rev. Chailes It. Robinson, D. D., pleached '.n able and helpful set mon on the Joys of Knstei tide. In tlie evening a sei v lie of praise was given b the quaitette. choli, church choinl society and the Sunday school oi chcsti a. This was one of tho most beautiful piogrammes iciideied In any chinch dining the day The feat ill ex weie the singing of "The Res ill lection" by Mi Glppel, with a vio lin obligate) by Mr Wahler. and Mr. Turn's tiombone solo, "Tlie Holy city." with otchestrnl accompaniment. Mr. Oippel Is possessed of a magnlllient full and resonant bailtone, which he used with splendid effect. There was no seimon nt the evening set vice. The excellent choir of the ppim Ave nue Haptlst chin eh. under the dliectlon of Ptoressor Haydn Uvans, ipndeiod music of a high order at both the moining and evening service lu thu house ot worship j cstei day. The slug with splendid volume and fence and weie listened to with rapt attention by two laige congiegutlons Theie weie two solos only, one In tlie morning bv Mrs L 11. lliundnge and one in tho evening by Mls Sadie IM w.uds. These ladles are both true mu sical aitlsts and thej. weie both In ex cellent voice. The rest of tho pio grainnie consisted entirely of anthems, notable among which was " s It Re gan to Dawn," by Fosto'. The pustui, Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce, D. t) . spoke at both sei vices, pleaching in the moining on "Tho Tenantless Tomb" and In the evening op "The Vletoilous Cioss " The church was very slmplv decoi ated with Hasler llllles and lust over the orguu there was displayed a large and magnificent painting, lepresentlng an angel attlied In white standing In front of an Immense cioss ST. PETKR S CATIinDRAL The morning services at St Peter's cathedial weie especially elaboiate. A solemn pontifical high mass was fcolem nlzed at lu 30 o'clock and the full choir, assisted by Bauer's oichestra, ren dered Motmt's Twelfth Mass, one ot the most melodious and difficult of that compose! '8 compositions. The choir, consisting of thirty voices, Continued on Pane 6.1 THEY FAVOR THE MEASURE. Street Railway Officials Said to En dorse Mr. Phillips' Ideas. It Is understood that tho officials of thu fcranton Railway company arc not opposed to the oullnance Introduced In common council last Thiusday night, ptoiidlnrr for tho sprinkling ot all tin paved stieets, tor a space eight fc,et on each sljle of the tracks of the tout pony, said spi Inkling to be done by the company. The father of the measure, Kied II. Phillips Is especially enthusiastic over It and sayn that lie Inttoduced It at the earnent behest ot a number of South Sciunton tttlivtiH who nie sub jected dining the summer months to the uiinoyanre ot the clouds of dust l.Used by passing wagons and stieet cars. Tho people of South Sri anion are not alone, however, In their complaint ugalii't the dust, foi It Is the same In nil patty of the city, peihnps moie so In Wst Scianton than apy other place. Thei uip places on some of the West bcianton Ihoioughfaies tiaveised by street cats, wheie the dust Is on cet tnln occasions over six Inches deep. Mi. Phillips savs that the tallway coinnanv can fit up and maintain one oi two old en i s foi the puipose at compaiatlvelj small expense. Ho savs t.li.it the milk of the cocoanut, ns lie expi esses It. Is that It Is better to spi Inkle some of the stieets If all of them cannot be sprinkled, and with this end In view will endeavor to hav the oullnaiice lushed thiough enuiu.il before the dusty season sets In Tho cndlliance pi ov Ides that the eom p.lliv shall spi Inkle nil unpiivi'd "tteets )ci which Its lines pas at least twice a dav iiiulei penalty of M', tine for each omission HEAUTIFUL EASTER DAY. It Has Been Yeais Since Theie Was One Moie Peifect Gieat Dis play of Mllllneiy. A tiuly gloilous da.v was yesteiday, "Ideally peifect." some said, a day when all nature seemed to lejolce with all Chilsteiidom In singing the pialscs of Christ, liten liom the dead. It was an I'.istei Siindav thut should be long lcincmhoti'd and one that undoubtedly will be The sk was cioildles the sun shone nil da long, mid theie was that "etheio.il mildness" that poets sdng of, in w ni It was u tillle chilly In tho ail.v moi nlng and this caused many a ping lu many a woman's lie.ut which was quickly dissipated, how ever, a little later, when Old Sol came nut. In all of the ebuiches elaboiate musical pieigiiimines had been ie heaiscil and weie piesented josterdav lu their entiietv. This ratt in Itself caused all of th" eential city chuiehes lo be filled, mid In some Instances: ci ow ded. As Haster Sunda Is the dtt, ntctnd Ing to tline-vvoin tutdltlon, when the vv Intel atttie Is to be dotted and the new spi lug costumes and hats put on. it was to be ex pec led that thcte would be many new dit"smnkeis' and nillll neis' ci cations to lie seen on the stte-ts, ami it need lrndly be said that expec tations along this line weie fully le allzed. rashion was out on p.uade all day long, and though Huanton has no pat titular stieet, like New Yolk's Fifth avenue, wheie these piomenades ate jeailv held, she made up lor It, or at least her citizens, both male and lemale, did by utilizing each and every one of the stieets in the eential poitlon of the city. The leal paiade, of couise, was attei chinch, but all afternoon and Into the night theie was to some cx- tent (l continuation of this paiade. Peihans the most sulking featuie of the costumes sei n wus the pievalcncs of talloi-madc suits among the ladles. The bonnets seen weie gcneially very huge and v en. veij floweiy. Ilach year the mlllineis come home from New Yoik and s.i, "moie lloweis than ever will be woin," but this jear when they leturned they alllimtd with much em phasis that this jiai's sale of aitlilclal flow ets would be the laigest in earfl, and stireb jestei day's showing beais out this statement. - CONDEMNED FOOD USED. Taken fiom Wagons by Foieign Ele ment Near Ciematoiy. A pi notice which Food Inspector Wldmoyer Is detei mined shall be stopped Immediate Is one In vosuo among a number of foieigneis leslding In the vicinity of the crematoiv In line Hiook. It must be understood that all of the food products con demned as unfit for use aie convejed to the ciematoij, where they are binned These foieigneis, vvhu aie mostly Iluns and Italians, bo.ud the wagons conveying the decayed egetables and othei condemned stuff befoie they leach the ciematoiv and take there fiom anything which is not enthely bad. The driveis. as a general rule, good natuiedly allow them to take the stuff nnd the conseeiuente Is that a huge portion of the food the Inspector declares not fit foi use is taken and eaten by these people. Mi Wldmaer asseits that he will use every means to pi event It in the tutuie and piotect these people from themselves. RELIGIOUS NEWS NOTES. "I'lohatiun Vfur Peilh" was the tople spoken nu latt niirhl at the First riiuuli of ( hrlH (Nil wist) lu Vlorrill'n hall on lhraker .Heel, Itev Dr. Illrd spokt lat evening on "lleunrertion Vil li. mis Vmid the Shadowi f Death " llev. I I tainting, patur oi the fliren llidgp I'li'sh.vterian chuith, sioke lit niiflit on "Picstnt Ilhssc tines throush ( lirlst'u Itestirrection." The auKiuentcd choir rcnleied spulal music huth inornlrsr and evenlnff. 'Il.eic wa a union .iiiul.-i piajer meeting jei leidav moining it U o'clotl. In the .Ion I'nlttd Kvanicclltat church on Tapouse uvmue. In the' fvrnlug tlie paster, Itcv J V Vlettiuger. spoke on "Knowledge cf Kesuiietlieii Lite." Methodi.U In Vl.vouiing toiifcienct aie pirttiu laily dt'slroui nt sending Hi v. Ur. M. b. Hard to tlie guiiial toufcreute in Ma;, ai his Ions r piriiiitc and Ids vetsalilit) enable him to take rviellent eJie of the home dekgation Sicu'tary W. W. Adali. of the Kjllroacl Young Mill's Christian ussoelathn, spoke at the special afternoon meeting held jcslerdiv afternoon In tin ascoilatlou hulldlng on "Ihe Desurreitinn " Ihe imartelle unner Ihe haderthip of W J I.aug, tendered sjoclal niusli "Mow Do W'p Know That the Dead Kite galuf" wn the question whhh Itev W. I Ford aiisvvried jevteidi moining in the (irren llldge baptist thuitli, Sp. cl.il muslo was nu ileied hj the tliolr under the dliritlon of Leader Halt Bad Effects of the Giip. Amusn, Pa Apill 12, 1000. Nettle Miller, of this place, had had an at tack of tho grip which left her In very poor health. She began taking Hooel'a Harsapaillla and it helped' her won MaaaaaaaaaaaBBaMaaaaaaaaaaasssMaBl!AflLaMHiaa1aMaaaHHal VERDICT OF MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE LUDDON JURY RETURNS ITS FINDING SATURDAY. Mojoilty of the Jurors Were for Second Degiee from the Beginning, but a Few Were Inclined to Favor First Degiee Had Supeiintcndent Jcrmyn's Evidence Read to Them and In Halt an Hour Came to an Agiceinent Important Cases on This Week's List. As foreshadow cd In The Tilbune, the Jury In the Iaiddon murdei case cime Into court Satutdny morning with a verdict of minder In the second degre" Sentence was defeiied, Judge Arch bald wishing to confei with Judge I'd waids before deciding what penalty would be Imposed Uefoio i etlilng Kilday night, the Jury came to an agieenient that a murder 'veidict would be leturned, but tho fix ing of the degiee was left tilt mottling. When thev tame lo discuss this ques tion aftet having slept over It, all but a few weie fuvoiable to a veidlct ot second degiee and these few weie will ing to ndnpt the Idea of the majoilty If they would convince them of a ceitaln thing l.udilon'.s drunkenness, tfuoei Intention! lid. Jciinvn had testl tled to this, and It was decided to have this testimony lead. At ! o'clock the Juiv went In, and thiough Foi email Tlnglev asked that Mr. Jcrmyn's testimony be lead. Judge Aichbald granted the icciuest, the Juiy again letired, and within half an hour brought In the second degiee veidlct. Luddon appealed gieatlv ititcved when he learned that his neck was saved, and exuiessed himself with much emotion when thanking his at torneys, Hon John P Qulnnnn and John J. Muiphv Some Veidlcts and Sentences. Kdwaid Halleck, who was found gullt of stealing monev and Jewelty fiom the liiink of his dead brothei -Inlaw, Jeity I.aneeo. of Oakfoid comt, while on lu-ie from Xew Yoik attend ing the funeial, was sentenced by Judge Kdwauls to spend six months lu the county Jail Lain e Davis, or Pikeburg. was ac quitted of the iluige of gloss Immor ality, piefened against him by Will lam King Tile costs weie placed on the c ounty. In the cioss-cases ot Joseph Reddlng ton against Maiy Gallagher, laitenj and lecelving, and Mary Gallagher ngalnfi Joseph Ueddlngton. assault and battel v. veidlcts of not guilty weie re turned. John Cox. who plead gulltv of the ihatge of l.u ceny and leeching, pre fened against him by Ike Kaipunkle, was sentenced to ten days in the county Jail. This Week's Cilminal List. An application has been made for a continuance of the Chlpilano minder case, and If II Is granted, the Bowman case will be placed on tilal tomoirow. The Bowman case was set down for last Wednesday, but, owing to the Lud don case being on, It tould not be tiled. Joseph O'Biien, attorney for the defendant. Is deslious of having It dis posed of, and If the Chlpilano case is continued. Assistant Dlstiict Attoiney Thonitu will call the Bowman case to moiiow. William Bowman Is chaiged with the killing of his neighbor, John Knelrlm of Peteisbuig. The engaged In a diunkcn quauel on the night of Sat uulay, Januaiy C, last. In fiont of a saloon on Ash stieet, duilng which Bowman jabbed the blade of a pocket knife six or seven times Into Knelilm's neck and shouldeis. Kneliim vyas laid up for six weeks, but lecovered suffic iently lo be about and on one occasion left the house. Sevetal daj.s after go ing out he was taken 111 and died, and the coionei's Jury found that he came to his death fiom dllltatlon of the stomach The defense will claim that the stab wounds weie In nowise le sponsible for Knelilm's death The Lexow cases against 13. J. Ma loney and H. T Fellows nie scheduled for tilal Wednesday and those against Maitln Clin It, Constables Iia Mitchell, Joseph Woelkeis and Detective Hyman Seldninn aie down for Thursday, as are, also, four of the cases against II, C, Pease, and thtee against E. A. Knight. The cases against Jean Guilhot and Francis Meiller, the alleged anarch ists, accused of shooting Police Oill ceis Kujes and Snyder, of Dumnore, aie at the head of Wednesday's list. The new Judge. Hon. John P. Kelly, will probably sit In the main cotut loom. President Judge .... S Swnitz, of Xorilstovvn, and Piesldent Judge Cyius Guidon, of Cleat Held, will assist In the other looms. Attorney C. H. Poper will act as assistant dlstiict at torney In the Superior comt loom. To Reduce Witness Fees. An amendment looking to the lessen ing of witness' costs has been made to the court uiles, It was handed down by Judge I3dward. Saturday, and Is as follows. costs shall not lie allowed for the attendant e of more than tlnee witnesses for the common wealth, nor for tho service of a subpoena upon the same in surety caws, and in eases of as sault and batten and mil it loin mischief roils shall not be allowed for the attendance of more than five witnesses nor for the sirvlce of a sub poena upon the same unies In am of said eases otheivvise special I) allowed bj the court The only limitation foimerly was that "No bill of costs for which the county may bo liable shall be filed by tho clerk of the courts unless appioved by the dlstiict attoiney." Court House News Notes. KJeUment suits for lots lu Duumoie were brought Satuulav lit thiamin llozeltc airiltist II s, I.t-vvis aud Sarah II. S.ivj;e atiafnst Thomas : Knight Tlnougli Attornev VI W I,owi), Vln l'lera Green en Saturdv biMcjht pioreetllnes for a di vorce against her alleged nut I and unfilllifal husband, l'ortet I.. tiiiru, to whom she has hctn married since June G. 1S0I Krank and Kite Convvu), charged with nc,r letting their children weie discharged h,v Judge Arrhhald Satuidar alter u eoiifriencc with At torney .Tohn 1'. Snagg, bilitifor ot the imor boa id. It is proposed to have the ihildien placed under the cate of a tuaiillin Cheaper Fares on the Lackawanna. it Is the Intention of tho Lackawan na i.illioad, as soon as the tariffs can bo prepaied and dish United, to sell round trip tickets between all stations except between Buffalo and New Yoik and Intermediate stations nffected. 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