THE SCRANTON TRIBUNK-SATURDAY, MAY 2G, 1900. .-. Jl $75 SALARY A MONTH. Tou fritter away sny 15 of It a month for needless things. The things perish and your money m gone. In G years you'vo lost $300, to say nothing of what that sum would earn. Put It Another Way: You save $3 a month and de posit It with the Dime Deposit AND Discount Dank You get 3 per cent, compound interest for your money. In 5 years you have $313. Which Course Is Wisest? Tub MoDER.t IlAnnwAiin groan A Labor Saver. Trepare everything In the morning for your noon meal; If you have an ENTERPRISE BLUE FLAME OIL STOVE So to the kitchen a half hour before dinner, light your stovo and the cooking Is done with little troublo and less heat. Foote & Shear Co. JJ9N. Washington Ave iiimummuimimimiuuiiimiiumumi lis. nil, 0 SliiJ omTTTTTTTTTmmTTTTmmTTTTmTniT qlP HEADQUARTERS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES $U0SS 3 8c (330 Lackawanna Avenue. 3 Y anmmc: DR. TAYLOR. Dentist, 131 Wyoming nvenue, next floor to Ho tel Jermyn. Residence, 1TC0 Sanderson avenue. Experienced, practical, scien tific. No complaints against charges or work. Hair on Ladies' Paces permanently removed by Electrolysis. Electrical Face Masiaze. Manicuring, Comedones Removed. Shampooing, Sealpl reatment. MISS S. A. SIBLEY, MRS. M. S. ELLIS, ooi Mulberry St, from p a. m. to 5 p. m. ackawanna I "THE" aundry. ;o8Penn Avenue. A. B. WARMAN. THREB MINERS BURNED. Explosion of Gas at the Cayuga Col liery Does Serious Injury to Sovtral "Workers. Adam Miller and noloa Pouca, of 513 Cayujra street, and Benjamin Amos, of J 715 Summit avenue, were seriously burned by an explosion of gas at the Cayuga colliery of the Delaware, Lack awanna and "Western company, yes terday morning. Their naked lamps set off a lodgment f gas in a pocket abovo where they ivere at work and a violent explosion resulted. AH were more or less bruised ind cut from being thrown down, but .hese injuries were trivial as com pared with the burns which covered (very exposed portion of their bodies. Miller was the greatest sufferer, but lo physicians at the Moses Taylor tospttal have strong hopes that he will n brought around all right. Their faces are so swollen that It Is mposslble to tell whether or not their yeslght has been Impaired. If it de velops that their eyes escaped harm ind that they did not inhale the flame 10 permanent Injury will result. An Epidemic of Whooping Cough. Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contract ed the disease, having severe coughing spells. We had used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy very successfully for croup and naturally turned to It at that time and found it relieved the rough and effected a complete cure. John E. Clifford, proprietor Norwood House, Norwood, N. Y. This remedy Is for sale by all druggists. Matthews Brothers, wholesale and retail agents. 58 years of healthy advancement on conservative lines Is the record of Btleff pianos. Smoke The rocono. Cc. clear. ROBERT T. BLACK HAS PASSED AWAY ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST PROMI NENT CITIZENS. Ho Wab for Years a Conspicuous Fig uro in the Business and Public Life of tho City Ho Was Extensively Intorestctl in Coal and Othor Indus trios and Served on the School Board and the Poor Board Sur vived by Wifo and Three Childron. Robert T. Black, one of Scranton's oldest and best known citizens, died at G.30 o'clock last evening at his homo at 201 Franklin avenue, after having been confined to his bed by Illness for four weeks. Nervous prostration, from which Mr. Black had been a constant sufferer for the last two or three vcars, was the cause of death. About thrco months ago ho suffered front a violent attack of illness, and his death was feared, but he recovered and six weeks ago seemed hale and hearty for 'his ad vanced nsc.he being seventy-nine years old. Just about a month ago, however, he had a sudden relaDse. Drs. Wehlau and Fisher gave him medical attend ance, but almost from the first It was seen that he could not recover. He did not seem to suffer pain, but gradually sank lower and lower. For the last six hours of his life ho was unconscious, and while in that stato passed away, without any pain or agony. His wife, a daughter and two sons survive him. The latter are Mrs. C. K. Judson, of Wyoming, and Robert T. Black, Jr., of this city, and Thomas A. Black, of New York. Ono brother. Moses Black, of Mansfield, O., and two sisters, Mrs. Alexander Grant nnd MIhj Black, of Zanesvllle, O., also surilo him. They are the only ones left In a family of ten tons and two daugntiis. Mr. Black was a good husband, a kind father and an upright citlvM, and his death will bo mourned by many. FUNERAL TUESDAY. The funeral will take place at 2.30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, wltn ser vices at the homo. Rev. Dr. James McLeod, of the First Presbyterian church, will be In charge of the ser vices, after which interment will bo made at the Dunmoro cemetery. The remains may be viewed Tuesday at the home by the friends of the deceased. During the period of his residence In Scranton, Mr. Black was identllled with many of the leading enterprises for the advancement of the city and county, and gave his sutiport to all plans for the promotion of the welfare of the people. He assisted In the or ganization of the Second National bank, of Wilkes-Barre, and served as one of Its directors for more than twenty years. In the Vulcan Iron works, of Wilkes Barre, he holds an interest, and at dif ferent times served as vice-president and president of tho Lackawanna Val ley bank. He was filling the latter position at the time of Its reorganiza tion as the Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit company. While ho has been liberal and generous, prompt In con tributing to charity, he had retained a sutnclent amount of property to pro vide his declining years Ith every comfort. His home contained many luxuries, not the least of which Is ihls carefully selected library, and many of his own and his wife's happiest hours woie spent In the perusal of the best litera ture of this and other ages. ORIGINATED IN SCOTLAND. The Black family originated In Scot land, whence General James Black went to Ireland In tho time of Oliver Cromwell and became the proprietor of two townships there. Mr. Black's father, Joseph, was a son of Peter Black, a native of County Donegal, and a farmer by occupation. The for mer was encaged In tho manufacture of linen, which he sold to the whole sale trade. He died at tho age of fifty six. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jean M. Spencer, was a daughter of John Spencer nnd a descendant of Scotch forefathers. The subject of this sketch was born Oct. 1, 1S21, at Rath Melton, six miles from Londonderry, In county Donegal, Ireland. In boyhood he attended the school In which Robert Bonner was also a pupil, tho two living In the same square, in 1S12 he took passage on the sailer Lafayette from London derry, and after a voyage of six weeks nrrived in Philadelphia, from which city he proceeded to Ohio. After clerk ing for a time in a store owned by his brothers, John and Peter, he took charge of a store in McConnellsvllle, and a few years later went to Spring field, where he began In tho retail mer cantile trade. During the eight years he remained there ho met with excel lent success that encouraged him to seek a larger field. Going to Philadel phia ho embarked In the wholesale dry goods business, purchasing an Interest in the firm of Eschrick, Penn & Com pany, that had been In existence since 1S11. He became tho actlvo manager of tho concern nnd Its property was largely enhanced by his sound Judg ment. WENT TO WILKES-BARRE. In 1S61 he sold his interest in the business to his brother nnd live years later changed his residence to Wilkes Barre. There for a year ho was In terested In the Vulcan Iron works and later In the coal business. About 1S67 Mr. Black came to Scran ton, where he has resided continuously since. For some time ho was connect ed with two brothers-in-law In coal operations at Mlnooka and was treas urer and general manager of the Penn sylvania and Susquehanna Coal com pany. At first tnere was but one col liery, but ho built another and oper ated the two for a number of years, making shipments by tho Delaware and Hudson and the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western. About 1878 he sold his Interest In tho company. For Put a Kodak in your pocket. All the new styles to select from at KEMP'S STUDIO 1 It , TBHWOf OVERWORKED MEN, DELICATE WOMEN, SICKLY CHILDREN, TAKE 0 X W 1 1 Sr 4 i; I M Mi Ml ff.geJLiU MiH WiH.w H (MARIANI WINE,) No oilier preparation has ever received so many oluntary ttstlmonlaU from eminent people a, the world-famous .Marlanl Wine. flariani Wine WORKS WONDERS. Sold by alt drugclsK Refuse Substitute!. Marlanl k Co., hi W. 15th t., New York, pub W a handsome book of rndorfement of Y.m- pcrur, r.mpre, rnnces, laniinni., atciiuisiiups ami other clltlri,'ulheJ person iko. It Is sent gratis and postpaid to all who write for It. six years he represented tho Eighth ward upon the board of school control and also held tho position of member of tho poor board, but resigned It after a time. While he was an ardent Republican In political views, he steadily refused nomination for local ofllces and never consented to the use of his name with public positions. He was a Presby terian and hold membership In tho First church of Scranton. In Wyoming, Luzerne county, oc curred the marriage of Mr. Black to Miss C. A. Perkins. She was the young est of a family of six daugh ters. The Perkins family Is one of the oldest In the state and some of Its members were among those driven from their homes during tho Wyoming massacre. IT IS AN ONWARD STEP. That Is tho Way tho Rov. C. M. Grif fin, D. D., Describes tho Aboli tion of the Timo Limit. Tho abolition of tho time limit in the Methodist church Is causing much comment In all religious circles. A variety of opinions Is heard. Some pessimists look upon It as the fore runner of disaster to tho Methodist de nomination, while others believe It to bo the opening of a new era far more brilliant than tho phenomenal career of the past. In the latter class Is Rev. Dr. C. M. Gimn. "I have always opposed the time lim it," bald Dr. Glllln yesterday. "I was one of the original ministers to protest against the time limit. When I was getting but $240 a year, when I had a poor charge and no great prospects of a better one. Even then I believed that It hampered Intellect and ability. But I never believed," he continued. "that rny eyes would see the day of Its removal. I was never so surprised In my life. I didn't think they would do it. But it shows the great advance in thought nnd purpose. I believe It Is good for tho church. "On the whole the educating power of the now movement on the coming ministry cannot be estimated. It means a higher standard of scholar ship; It means a gradual Increase of salaries and it means that a minister of great power and success in a church Is not to be lost by that church if It desires to keep him. The shifting min ister will continue to be shifted, but thoso restless ones will gradually bo weeded out and placed where they be long. The restless congregations will likewise discover their mistake and will recgonlze their advantages under the new regime. It will be tho survival of the fittest and a chance for the man of real strength In spiritual and men tal forces. "It should not bo understood that the Itinerancy Is lost, for the power of ap pointment continues to lie with tho bishops. No church need keep a pas tor because 'one more year will fill out his term.' No pastor need stay where he Is unsulted because ho feels that courtesy to the church demands It. There will be perfect frankness and the healing of factional feeling hitherto unknown. In every respect It Is a great onward stride for Methodism." Importance of Keeping Pianos in Tune. , First For the benefit of the pupil. The pupil's future success depends en tirely upon tho delicate quality of his bearing or "ear for music," which should bo educated by every known means from the ntnrt. Second For the pleasure of the hear er. Who does not know the misery of listening to a piano, probably well played, but horribly out of tune? Third For tho welfare of the instru ment. A piano to be kept at pitch, or an action to bo kept In order, must be looked after regularly. We have a rep utation to win, can afford to take no risks, thereforo employ only first class workmen. You'll find It to your Interest to leave your orders with George W. Finn, 138 Wyoming avenue, Scranton. Tho Winoln. House at Lake Wlnola is now open for the season, and has been thoroughly reno vated and many Improvements added. People who know the Stleff piano, know It to be ono of the best pianos In tho world. Coursen's Print Butter Reduced Today. 3 and 5 lb box Creamery Butter, 22c per lb. Strawberries, Pineapples and Fresh Vegetables. Lower Prices. E. G. C0URSEN Wholesale and Retail HE FAVORS VERY i- RADICAL REFORMS COUNCILMAN CHITTENDEN ON FIRE DEPARTMENT. Believes That There Should- Bo Bo tweon Three and Six Pormanont Mon For Each Company and tho Samo Number Acting on tho Call System Would Disband All Com panies and Abolish Thoso in Out lying Dlstriots Boliovos Chlof Should Be Made a Bonded Official. Select Councilman Charles E. Chit tenden, of the Ninth ward, spoke In terestingly yesterday to a Tribune man on the rensons which impelled him to have the matter of n thorough re organization of the city's fire depart ment referred to a speclnl committee for consideration and told Juot what his ldeao are as to how this reorganiza tion should be effected. "It Is apparent to every one," said he, "that tho expense of our fire de partment at present Is entirely too large for the results attained. Scran ton has grown to bo a city of Import ance, but her fire department Is or sanlzed on lines fitted more for a mine camp. "The chlof at present han practically no power over the organization. What powers ho should have havo cither been absorbed by the fire committee of councils or by tho Individual compan ies. When a permanent man Is to bo appointed, tho members of the com pany get together and elect a man for the place and that man Is the man generally appointed by tho mayor. So long as ho Is popular It doesn't make any difference whether he knows which end of the horse should bo fed. ENTIRELY WRONG, HE THINKS. "This Is entirely wrong, and I believe I am safe In saying that on this ac count the number of sick nnd Injured horses Is far larger than It should be. Under present arrangements the per manent men are not held strictly to their duty and their conduct Is very often open to most serious criticism. What Is more there seems to be no way of bringing them under direct discip line. "My plan for re-organlzatlon Is In brief that all companies now having permanent men should be disbanded. I would havo appointed to each of these companies a fixed number of perman ent men. pay three for the chemical companies and six for the hose and en gine companies. In addition to these I would hnve from two to six men at tached to every company under the call system. "That Is they would be required un der pain of dismissal to nnswer every alarm of fire. These could bo paid at the rate of any forty cents' an hour for the actual time worked. Whenever a vacancy occurred among the regular permanent men I would havo this va cancy filled from the ranks of these call men, who would have hart experi ence at fires, and who would not bo green hands. "Another thing I would bo in favor of would be tho entire abolishment of a number of the smaller companies In the outlying districts who very seldom have to attend an nlarm of fire. In their place could be substituted strict ly volunteer companies who would bo paid only for the time worked at a fire. AN ILLUSTRATION. "To Illustrate the advantages of this I will point to the Eigle Hose com pany. This wns formerly a volunteer company and during tho two yenrs be fore It was ndmltted tn tho city fire department It only responded to five alarms at an annual expense of some thing a little over $23. We then bought two horses and paid a monthly keep for them of $10 or J1S0 a year. In ad dition to this a permanent man wns hired at a salary of $720 a year. Therefore the city paid $1,200 a year for just a little bit better service than It formerly got for $25 a year. This difference In cost Is tremendous, Isn't It? "Another reform that should be un dertaken Is the abolishment of the sys tem of the purchasing of supplies by tho Joint fire committee of councils. When councils, which are purely leg islative bodies take executive nets upon themselves, they Invariably slop over. I nm In favor and have been for several years of making the chief of tho fire department a bonded olllclal and making him tho purchasing ngent. "He then could bo held solely re sponsible, whereas under the present system no one In particular can be held responsible as long as councils keep at this purchasing business just so long will they leave tho door open for scandal. "The larger part of the hose houses In tho city are practically gentlemen's clubs for tho maintenance of which the city pays. Tho city Insures them, furnishes them, pays the gas and water bills and by so doing allows a lot of men to keep their names off tho tax books In return for which they assist at a few fires. There are many brave, efficient and capable men in the fire department at present, nnd against these I havo nothing to say. It Is merely against the existing order of things that I am protesting. "I am not very snngulno that this agitation will bring about any revolu tionary changes, but I hope for tho best. Tho committee will mnke an ear nest effort to Investigate and discuss tho matter thoroughly before making a report." ENGINE WAS OVERTURNED. Coal Train Backed Down on an Ex press at Foster. Express train No. 11, on the Lacka wanna, and a coal train came together yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, near Foster, causing a rather serious wreck. The express was flagged by a belated coal train and was (standing on the main track. Tho coal train was to back over Into a switch. Tho brakeman either forgot to throw tho switch or tho engineer started back without a signal, and the consequence was the coal train backed down upon the ex press, overturning the lattcr's engine and wrecking the caboose and several cars. Fortunately, no one was Injured. Impossible to exaggerate Stleff mer its. 1 1 a . Smoke Tho Hotel Jermyn cigar, 10c. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Has hem ud for over FIFTY YEAH3 by MILLIONS of MOTHERS (or ihclr CUILUKUN WHILE TECTU1NO, with I'EHr'KCT bUCCEbS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. bOFTEXS the aUMS, ALLAYS all I'AINj CURES WIND COLIC, and Is tbo best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggiiti in etery part of the world. He aurs and ask for "lira. Wlnalow'a Soothing Syrup," and Uke no other Und. Tweoty-Uvs tenta a 1 bottle. For Additional R. A. ZIMMERMAN. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. The Municipal League, of Scranton, Fa., will pay the above sum for evi dence that will secure tho arrest and conviction of nny person who shall, within ono year after this date, unlaw fully solicit or influence tho vote of any grand or other juryman of Lacka wanna county, and five hundred ($500) dollars for tho arrest and conviction of any Juryman so Influenced. E. n. Sturges, II. M. Boles, W. A. May, J. A. Lansing, Prosecuting Committee. Scranton, Pa., May 23, 1000. THE FAELTON PIANO METHOD. Every Student Can Afford a High Class Teacher. The most successful method of teach ing piano known to the world today is the Faeltcn method, and the Fael ten Hanoforto school of Boston, with its five hundred piano students, a re markable three years' record, Is dally ptovlng this assertion. Beginning with the school year In September thirty dollars ($30.00) will pay for one year's Instruction to be ginners, or those who havo had little previous instruction, nt the Scranton Conservatory of Music. This course known as Course A will Include two hour lessons per week under the Fael ten system by a graduate of, and for the past two years a teacher in, tho famous Fut'lten Pianoforte school. A liberal reduction to students register ing before Aug. 1st. Full Information as to the system and the other courses at tho Conservatory, Adams avenue and Linden street, or by mall. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS This Afternoon at the Speedway. The Speedway on the Elmhurst bou levard will be the scene of unusually fine gentlemen's trotting and pacing racing thin afternoon. Several new nnd very fast horses will make their first appearance during the afternoon. Frutchey, the wonderful trick bicycle rider, will also give an exhibition. An elegant view of tho races, etc., can be had from the veranda of the Speedway hotel. Examine Stleff pianos before you buy. Steam Heating nnd Plumbing. P. F. & M. T. Hovley,231 Wyoming ave. Smoke Tho Pccono, 5c. cigar. There is a style about our Negligee Shirts that common shirts cauuot approach. There's comfort and wear too, in these shirts we offer you at $i.oo, $1.50 and $2.00. 2 pair of cuffs with the $1.50 and $2.00 kind. 1 1 H, "On the Square." 203 Washington Avenue. ! Hot ! Weather Shirts. . .. I L ' C. F. BECKWITH & CO., DEALERS IN Mine and Mill Supplies, Machinery, Eltc. OFFICE-Dltne Dank Building. Law Judge, M To the riusical Public We beg to state th.it the most recent Pianofortes by the Mason & Hamlin Co. contain points of constructional superiority (from a scientific and acoustic point of view) which render them second to none. These instruments are on exam ination and sale at the warcrooms L B. POWELL & CO. 131-133 WASHINQTON AVENUE :oxxxoxxxoxco 6urc jou're right, then gc A Man's First Duty Is to guard not only tho present but provide for the future. Tho mkcim(u1 man has a method in his saving 'cts aside a sum week lv or monthly and places It in tho tan!.. S p. I Corner W.vomlng .Uo. and Spruce St. Offers vou Unexcelled hanking fa cilities Interest paid In savings department. United States Depository. Open Satunliy evenings, 7 to 8 o'doek. John T. Torter. I'rest ; W. V. Wat son Vice Trcst; I' L. I'lnlllps, Cashier . I s I Co) (oXXXXXXoXXXeXo THE ULTRA SHOE FOR LADIES, W. L. DOUGLAS' v! ;:!! SHOE BEST IN THE WORLD. FOR SALE AT HANDLEY'S, 428 Spruce Street. 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Before you stmt on that vacation tour. L.irgest stock of trunks ard satchels, best line of men's furnish ings. 305 Lackawanna Ave. Stone coolers with self-closing nickelti faucet. 3 gal size, $1.65 4 gal size, 1.85 5 gal size, 2,00 Foote & Fuller Co, Hears Building, 140-.P Washington Ave 352L-SSSS2 Linen. CELLULfl Cotton. Two grades, cotton at $1.50 and linen at $2.25, We have Underwear of every description at all prices. Manhattan Shirts The best known. Known as the best. young;shats. -rf-Q )imMvJmSM ,, . COIKA, IHlW Tho Popular House Fur- lilllfl W nlshinc Store. I j I mater I I Coolers I I H UNDERWEAR 412 Spruce Street. Try our special 10 cent Collars. - - I SDIBI THIICS If. arc eieryuhere In nldcnre . throughout "ur mammoth stock, and at - . jirlcK tint arc most tlcqumt to thilfty . "T lioi tilt eprrs. . It i- leal ei-oiinniy to buy ono of our ' IVerha Hardwood Ice ( hosts or Ilcfrlrfcr- atom, with In tli teniperaturc and rnoo below ziro. Other cool sugi'rattoni for - . tho I nt i!n j and nlRhti now upon 111 arc: 4- 4- Excellent r'olrtinc I inn Bet- ,n ' tee, 49CJ4- 4- Jmpoited naiiihoo Itoll I'orch jf- 4. Khcih O JC i Jf- roldlnu I.awn or Cjmp Chairs, -y. -f 4. villi bad-it iVC Ppllt Itced Torch .Kockerb as lo v-n - m ovc White' 1'mm 1 dun I.ul wltl nn brass trlmmlnt,"! PaJ.O The cilehiatid Hcj'TOod Car, . rn 1. riajeii, pilcei l)'lnnln(,' at... 54i3U . After lubv p.raduatcs from tho ordl- .4. l nary cirrijce, think of the cpmtort aij.il . "T wo with which tho dear tan bo taMn , "" into the fresh nlr and sunshine, lolling "" comfortably In a Iticllulnp Oo-l'arr. Wo handle only tho best nude, and at prices $ on a par with tho cheap"! rnikej. Diar .f in mind tint c arc must patient with 4.1 the unforiuiiiie. If )ou buy now tho 4. . whole season la before jou. Then jou . can pay alrn?, thlle tho baby lautlu T and growa fit. 4. t Credit You? Certainly, t i : X 221-223-225-227 Wyoming Ave X - -H- ,