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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900.
SYRUroRGS
Aclffeafanty andJfompty.
Cleanses the System
Gently and Effectually
when bilious or costive.
resents in the most acceptableturn
ttc J.iz-afive principles of plants
Anoim to act most icncicioly.
TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUPCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAl.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NtWYORK. N.Y.
For sale ty druggists price SO per tortft.
Ice Cream,
BEST IN TOWN.
OC Per
Uc Quart
LACKAWANNA DAIRY CG
3 elopboneOrdan Promptly Deliver J
j3g-337 Adams Avenue.
Scranton Transfer Co.
Baggage Checked Direct to Hotels
and Private Residences.
Office D., . & W. Passenger
Station. Phone 525.
DR. H. B. WARE,
SPECIALIST.
Bye Ear, Nose and Throat
Office Hours 9 a. w. to K.30 p. ra.: S to .
Williams Building, Opp. Fostoinc.
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CITY NOTES
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t OM.KirilOX I'Olt HO-d'iTAf.. Tlic collection
foi the lxiictlt of the Lackawanna hospital, taken
lip tin Wednesday List in the puldiu schools of
tlio city amount-, to 'MS.'.'j, with only one school
jet t' lic.ir from.
CllUtril .SllMT.lt. The LiJics of the Penn
Ateinie It.iptUL clnm-li are making elaborate
preparations for their supper, which occurs cm
TfnuxJay cicnlug, Dec. li. A huge attendance is
anticipated; a good time aasuicil.
JIAHO.V lTNKItAi,. Seniees cuer tlie le
liwlns of .Mrs. Jolm 11. Maliou weie conducted
.M'-tcuLiy inclining at ht. Peter's cathedral, wild
.1 solemn iciiulem in.is. Iter. 1'. .1. Rough, cel
i bunt; Her. if, J. ilviljuio, deacon; llev, .1.
J. filiffltl, bllll-llO.UOII.
no .vitkxi) nivi.vi: .si.nvici:. ah Knights
of' the (loldeii Haglrs of Scranton and icinily
an- ioquei.tcd tr. meet at Ancient Older Unite d
U'oilaiicn's lull, Lackawanna avenue, at 6.1.)
o'clock sluip on Sunday evening, Dee. 2, to at
tind UUIno scnlces in a lioily.
111X1) AX .UTOl'sY. Coioncr llubcit. held
an .iitopv yesteiday on the body of .Milo l).ille,,
the j turns lad who was killed ut Dark's Siinnnlt
mi Thuisday by the liuitiiir uf liU Rim. Se
eial pieces of itoii had become imbedded in the
bo, bialn, wlileh weie lemovcil. All iii')iiest
wai deemed iimicc'iaiy in the ca-e.
I.r.SMIXS IX CANDY MAKl.Ntl.-Thir.) will be
n ionise of four hmnns ill rawly making at tlie
Young Women' Chi Mian association. The
cI.k-.cs will open next week on the follnwlnvt
daj,: 1'ilday ninriiiinr, Tueday and Tliuri.day
aflemoons .mil Tliuiday and Situulaj eienins''.
'Hie roini-p will liiilnde all KlniN of c'andy, mcli
u i'lemh fnndiit, uncooked fondant, l'.irUlan
KWrrU, the ilippin of lion lions, tallies, itlace,
(lull.--. xim Mti;ar nnd the mil lamlliw, Cl,ie.s
UmlUcl to A. Tunis ir.i.-innl.ti'.
, Scholnvshipu,
I Tlt t'otnlilned KclioliU-.sUip (u contrnct
J'tltlliiE the holder to both complete
lymisios), now offered by the Scranton
Hiihiiiprk CollGfro for $100, Is so liberal
:ij t'ontniot that very ninny are uiir
irhatiliiff It. This offer will Hoon be with
drawn. Mahou's Shoe Stove
wlll-bo open lute tonight. COS I.acka
Ytinna avenue,
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IMPORTED AND Her WEST
CIGARS
Our specialty, Finest Goods
Freshest Stock,
. uiouiumui,-! ui me tcic-
K brated brands of . Domestic
ar, Cigars.
Geo Fox, Maneto,
Four centuries.
V Low Prices by the Box.
V; Wholesale Price to Dealers.
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E. C. Dean
j-c v. ueaot
fcj. 408 Connell Building.
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WILLIE WAS A BAD BOY.
Young Kirn Is Accused of Incorrigi
bility. William Kirn, of Hickory street,
South Scranton, was yesterday nr
ratened before Alderman Millar on the
charffe of Incorrigibility preferred by
Mrs. W. B. Dtifftran, agent for the
associated charities. Ho Is t boy 15
years of ago.
The lad's parents appeared against
him and swore that ho seems to nos
Bess nil tho Instincts of a born tramp.
He leaves home every now and than
on an extended trip about tho city,
during which ho sleeps In box cars or
anything else which Isn't llltoly to bo
particularly healthful. Ho obstinately
refuses to go to school nnd Is the
source of constant worrlnicnt to hl.i
parents. Ho was committed to the
county Jail in default of r00 ball nnd
will bo later tnlton to the Huntingdon
reformatory.
FIRE PROMPTLY PUT OUT.
Blaze in a Drnwor at Gerson's Milli
nery Store.
There wis a most peculiar lire last
night, ishortly after C.30 o'clock, In Ger
son's millinery store, at 'IIS Lacka
wanna avenue. Putrolman Hnggorty
happened to bo passing at that time
and he noticed quite a volume of sniokp
In tho rear end of the store. Ho
promptly turned In an nlurm from Hox
"B, at the corner of of Lackawanna nnd
Washington avenues.
The Phoenix company was the first
to arrive and tho front door was broken
In. Tho fire was discovered to bo In a
drawer m the for end of tho store, be
hind some curtains. Tho chemical was
turned on and the blaze extinguished
before oven the showcase, In which tho
drawer lny, was Ignited. The store was
closed nt G o'clock.
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PENN AVENUE CHURCH.
Special Services of Thanksgiving
and Consecration.
There tvlll bo n family reunion nnd
spccla 1 Thanksgiving and consecra
tion services at tho Penn A'enuo Bap
tist church on Sunday morning. An
urgent request for a full attendances
of tho members of the church is made
by tho pastor, as this promises to bo
a meeting of very great interest.
Dr. Pierce will preach a brief ser
mon and conduct the services. Friends
of tlie church and congregation nnd
strangers will be cordially welcomed,
but being tho last communion, service
of tho year and of tho centuty, It will
bo a meeting of special interest to the
members of tho church family.
DIVINING ROD MYSTERY.
An English Professor's Explanation
After Careful Inquiry.
From I he Baltimore Sun.
The second installment of an elab
orate report by Prof. V. P. Barrett on
the "so-called divining rod" has just
made Its appearance. Prof. Barrett Is
a member of the Roynl Society, oc
cupies the chair of experimental phy
sics In the Roynl College of Science
for Ireland at .Dublin and has taken
an active part in the work of the
Society for Psychical Research.
Three or four years ago Prof. Bar
rett undertook a thorough Investiga
tion of the subject, collecting all the
stories he could obtain regarding the
use of a forked twig for tho discovery
of water and minerals, sitting them
carefully, seeking such corroboration
as might be available and planning
experiments of his own. Tho first
part of his report, which came out
in 1S9S, cited 152 cases. The second
furnishes many more, some of them
having been conducted under P,rof.
Barrett's own supervision. A third
Installment Is promised and will deal
largely with the hunt for metals with
tne divining rod.
In describing the opeintlon of "dows
ing," as this use of tlie forked witch
hnzol twig is locally called in Eng
land, Prof. Barrett says that the
operator usually holds the V by the
prongs, so that tho stem projects in
front of him and inolines upward
slightly. When the dowser passes a
Spot where water Is suppohed to exist
tho twig rises to a vertical position,
striking him on the breast. The .dows
er himself often appears exhausted by
his efforts, even complaining of slek
'noss or giddiness and breaking into
perspiration. These are so marked
In instances that he discards tho twl
altogether and is guided by his sensa
tions alone During tlie operation the
dowser fixes his attention on the tip
of the twig and becomes oblivious to
the world around him.
Eminent people as well as those
who are not conspicuous in public life
In England employ dowsers. Prof, Bar
rett Includes Lords Salisbury nnd
Lansdowne among their ' patrons.
There are scores of professional dows
ers In tho Tnlted Kingdom, to miv
nothing of Continental Europe, the
United States and C'aundn. A'"ut?iu-
also practice tho art. In his II: rt im
port Prof. Barrett pronounced fulilv
successful 140 of the 150 attempts ip
cordpd. Rejecting the experiments of
amateurs, ho gets ninety-five success
ful results out of 103 cases. In tho
second report ho finds the proportion
about tlie same, but he admits that
dowsers may not repoit their failures
k fully and frankly as their hits.
Still he does not estimate the failures
at more thar.l0 to 15 per cent, of tho
attempts.
Two sets of experiments have Imon
tried with n view to ascertain tho
genuineness of the phenomenon, in
onn a second or third operator was
taken over the samu ground as the
first, and tho tesults of their divination
wore Identical and successful. Some
of the leading spirits In tho Socloty
for Psychical Research hold that when
tho ordinary senses ure lulled to in
activity by sleep, nutuinl or hypnotic,
a few persons of u peculiar organiza
tion exhibit u power of perception and
a susceptibility to influence which Is
unlike that experienced by other peo
ple or by the same people untlor other
circumstances. Prof. Barrett retrardH
this possession of a "supernormal"
faculty tho most catisfactory theory
regarding tho discovery of wnter with
a witch huzel twig. Ho thinks that
the sucessful operator Is sclf-hypno-tlzed
by lixiug his attention on the
twig, llo says; "This subconscious
perceptive power, commonly called
clalivoyance,' may provisionally bo
taken ns the explanation of those suc
cesses of tho dowser which ure In
explicable on any grounds at present
known to science,"
POOT BALL NOTES.
Tho L'cllpse Junloi defeated the No. 33 school
team by the score of 0 0. Conroy and I loin k did
the best plajliiR on tho I.Vlipe tide, t'omoy
made a touchdown in tho first three minutes.
The line-up of the Kvlipsu Juniors was a; fol
low!: DeUne, center; Kelly, left fruardi Dud
ley, light guard; Dairctt, left tucklo; tiandow,
right talkie; lteilly, quarter back; rudden, right
end; .Ionian, left end; t'omoy, right half back;
NcUod, left lull back, and llouck, full back.
CASES DID NOT
GETTO JURY
NON-SUITS GRANTED IN THREE
' ACTIONS.
Judge Edwards Decided There Was
Not Sufficient Evidence to Go to
Jury in Case of Davis AgainBt
Spencer other Non-Suits Were in
the Cases of Stocker Against the
Borough of Jermyn nnd Mary Hen
ry Against Anna E. Zurflleh, Ad
ministratorOther Court Matters.
Judgrt H. M. Edwntds yesterday
granted a compulsory non-suit In the
case of Thomns Davis and wife against
Susan Spencer, owner of the Green
Ridge Iron works. The plaintiffs
sought to recover damages for the
death of their son who was killed by
tho bursting of fly wheel In tho mill.
Tho case for the plaintiff was closed
at 11.30 nnd Attorneys Everett Wnr
len nnd E. C. Newcomb, of counsellor
the defenso asked for a non-suit for the
following reasons:
first That no negligence had been ptoven on
tho part of tho defendant,
Sernnd That Owen l)al, son of the plaintiffs,
who was killed, was utility of contributory negH'
nonce bceaue he continued to work In thp mill
after ho knew of the nlleged Imperfections of the
machinery, nnd therefore astumed tho risk in
cac of accident.
Third That there was no proper evidence of
damage to go to the jury.
The granting of a non-suit was vig
orously opposed by Attorneys .1. F.
Scragg nnd Joseph O'Brien, of counsel
for the plaintiff, nnd the arguments
continued until about! 3 o'clock. Tho
court without passing on the second
and third grounds grunted a non-suit
and held that the evidence was too
meager and indefinite to justify a sub
mission to the jury ns to tho cause of
the accident and that any conclusion
they would nrive at would be guess
work. A rule was granted to show
cause why the non-sttlti should not be
stricken off and the matter will come
up before the entire bench at argument
court.
ANOTHER NON-SUIT.
After the court opened in the morn
ing, an application was made to Judge
Kelly for a non-suit In the case of tho
borough of Jermyn against J. D. and
R. M. Stocker. It was shown that the
council gave property owners sixty
days in which to lay sidewalks, but
on the fifty-ninth the borough proceed
ed to do the work. For this reason a
non-suit was asked and granted.
Before Judge Kelly, the case of Mary
Henry against Elizabeth Zurflelh, ad
ministratrix of the estate of John
Shafer. was next taken up. The suit
is tor $3,000, balance alleged to be due
on purchase money for u lot of land
in Dunmore. The plaintiff claims In
terest also lrom Dec. 20, 1SS6. On that
date, Mrs. Henry convoyed to John
Shafer a lot of land on Brook street,
in Diinmpre. The purchase price was
$4,e00. The plaintiff alleges that $t,S00
of this money was raid, but despite
frequent demands, the balance of $3,000
was never paid.
Shafer died on April 11, 1S0R. He
died intestate and Jlrs. Zurflelh was
granted letters of administration. She
now being his living representative,
the suit was brought against her. At
torneys Jolm R. Edwards and M. 13.
McDonald represent the plalntlfe and
T. F. Wells and S. B. Price the de
fendant. After tho plaintiff rested, a
non-suit was asked for by the de
fense and gtnnted by Judge Kelly, for
the reason that there was no evidence
to show what the real consideration
was, nnd even if there was, there was
no evidence to take the case out of
the statute of limitations, the sate
having been made in 3S80.
VERDICT IN DEAN CASE.
The jury In the case of Jennie F.
Dean against city of Scranton re
turned a verdict yesterday morning In
favor of the plaintiff in the sum of
$1".". They agreed upon their verdict
Wednesday afternoon and scaled it,
Tlie case was sent to the jury by
Judge Kelly on the reserved point, to
wit: Whether or not there was any
evidence In the case to- submit to the
jury under which the plaintiff was en
titled to recover.
The work of court wns finished for
tho week at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon and the jurors were discharged.
Defendant's Answer Piled.
Attorneys AVolles and Torrey yester
day filed tho answer of John M. Kem
merer nnd William Creighton to tho
hill in equity against them filed some
time ago by B. S. Robinson, S. B.
Robinson and Aaron McDonald, stock
holdeis of the Scranton Lace Curtain
company, who sue for themselves and
all the other stockholders of the com
pany. The bill, after reciting the fact
that Kemmeter and Creighton were
members of tho lnce curtain company
in 1S!)G, sayst
We deny Hut John il. Kemmcu'r ami Wil
liam t'lelghlou ncillgciitl), wilfully anu by an
unlawful combination of corspliaey, enleicil into
by and litwcen aid parties, i anted a jjdgnur.t
t) be tnteud In Hie court of common pleas uf
Lackawanna cotinly to No. 110 ifaich term, lh'Jt,
by UllUiim t'lelcchton, M.uk II. Ilurch, and lien
Jimln T. Ilailey, i.utiirir, doing biwiiiciii ns
t tehiliton V lluieli, against the Scrnnlon l.aee
Cmtaiii ifauufactiuiiur company in the mmii i.f
S.7.'i,fl0. We do iidmit, Loueier, that a judgment
was cnteied In Die name of tin- Liekaunmu
Triitt and Safe Deposit company, trustee, to the
i) e of Creighton and Hindi, to (.aid number i.'r
paid amount, and Hut thereupon an execution
was issued upon said judgment, a levy was mado
by tho bheiilf of Lackawanna county on the
EXCLUSIVE GLOVE AND
SET STORE,
OOff
Gloves
See our wiudow dis
play of Ladies' Kid
Gloves at
$1.00aPair.
Popular Shades,
Every Pair Guaranteed.
Price & Jenkins
130 Wyoming Avenue.
pergonal rropfrly of the Scrsnton f.ee Curttln
Mtnutictiirinir tompiny.
We admit that William Creighton, one of the
s plaintiffs In call Judgment, wns a tnMnbef
of tlici board of directors of the Scranton laiee
Curtain Manufacturing company, but we claim
that Creighton anil Ilurch, tbo uso ptrllcs in
wlil Judgment, had the. right to have said Judg
ment so enteicdl thtt the Judgment to entered
wo.c to secure tnonejs that they bad actually
supplied to tho .Sernnlmi Lace Curtain Manufae
turliig company nnd paid on their behalf, ami
the amount the sheriff was directed to collect on
said execution, to wilt $n2,S70.ns was (he
amount owing to Creighton nnd tlnrcli, nnd that
fact lias been determined by a erdlct in the
court of common pleas of Lackawanna county In
an Ismio framed to deteimlne the amount owing
to Creighton and Ilurch. That the Indebtedness
for which the said Judgment was entered was a
vnllel Indebtedness and tho anno cnforclble at
law; that the company was not Insolvent at the
time of the entry of said Judgment and the kill
ing of the said execution.
The defendants deny the allegations contained
In third paragraph of plaintiff's bill, that there
wns no authority nt law for tlie entry of the
Judgment above referred (. and say that there
was full warrant nnd authority for so doing, and
that the amount Hut the sheriff was directed to
tolled on said Judgment was a proper and cor
rect nmount. and that fact has been determined
by a erdlcl of a Jury in an issue in Lackawanna
county, nn issue framed to deteimlne the amount
owing upon sild Judgment. Wo deny that the
entering of the judgment and the Iss'ilng of the
execution thereon was done for Hie purpose of
having a sheriff's sale of the pvperty, nnd then
having it purchased by the defendant.! nnd oth
ers and a new company organised which would
not Include the plalntlft In this caso unci the
other stockholders, so that the platntllTs would
loso the amount Invested by them in Oils cor
poration, The personal property cold on the ca.i
eutlon Issued on 3Jld judgment, Ko. 410, March
term, 1OT7, wns puichascd by Creighton and
Diirch. 'J hey caused the said personal property
so purchased by them to be sold at tho highest;
nucl beat price that could be obtained for tho
same, and thn amount they so reeoWed they
used In palnp the Indebtedness of tho Smn'on
Lace Curtain Manufacturing company.
The red C6tatc stud on said judgment vat
purchased by Charles It. Wollrs In trmt for
Creighton and Bureli, the cstata of Catherine
Wlnton nnd tt. ,1. Anderson, trustee, nnd the
same was not bought in the Interest of Creighton
and Hindi nlone, ami neither the said William
Creighton nor Crelnhton and Ilurch had any
power or control ocr the said Charles If.Wcllos,
tnislec, or of the said property. A new corpor
ation wai organized and called the Scranton
Lace Curtain company. In organising the said
company each and cery of the stockholders of
the Scranton Laec Curtain Manufacturing com
pany weie iinlted to become subseiibers ior and
holders of stock In the new corporation. They
weie subscribers for stock in the new company
who were not stockholders in the old company.
John M. Kcmmerer did not become a sl"khoId
ci. Wc are informed and bellec that II. S.
llobinsoii, S. B. Robl.uon and Aaron McDonald
were asked to taka stock in the proposed new
company and declined.
The directors of said company knew that the
claim of Creighton and Ituich was a valid claim,
i.nd that the judgment entered wns on a boial
given in July, IS), to sccuie the said Crelglito-.i
nnd Ilurch for su:li "inns ns might bo owirg
tlicVn by the said Sciaiilon Lace Curtain Manu
facluring company, and that said company had
no grounds to prevent a sale of the propel ly
on the said judgmoi.t, nor money In tho treasury
of the said company to meet the said obligation.
To the fourth paragraph of tho plalntllfs' bill
of complaint we would say that we have no
knowledge of what notice Stephen Cluppell may
have gheii to William II. Ta.Uor, recciur ap
pointed by court of common pleas ot Lacka
wanna county. We deny that the said Herbert
W. Tailor was acting under the direction of
John il. Kemnieicr and William Creighton, and
we further deny that he had any right, power
or aulhoiiiy to stay the -said halo on the judg
ment in favor of Hie Litkawanna Trust and Safe
Deposit company to the use of Cieighlon and
Hurcli.
It is tine that the real esluto puichased by
Charles It. Welles lis trustee was sold to the
.Scranton I,aeo Cm lain company, but we deny
that tho said new company was formed in pui
suaneo of a plan made by and between Wil
liam Creighton and John if. Kemmerer prior to
the entering of judgment in favor of the Lacka
wanna Trust and Safe Deposit company, trustee,
to use Creighton and Hurch. Xo re-organisa-tion
of the Scranton Laco Curtain Manufacturing
company took place, but a new company having
a new charter was foimed under the name of
the Scranton Lace Curtain company. John if.
Kcmmerer is neither stockholder, director or of
ficer in the newly organized company, and wc
deny Hut there was any understanding or agree
ment between the said Kennneicr and the said
Creighton or between any other persons that the
Scranton Lace Cm tain Manufacturing companj'a
property should be sold and a new corporation
formed. We deny that William Cieighton has
made Luge profits by reason of any of the facts
set foith in the plaintiffs' bill ot complaint or
in Hie organization of the new company.
Does Not Like the Ice Man.
Mrs. Susan Sehoen Is applying for
a divorce from Simon Sehoen, tho West
Scranton Iceman and testimony was
taken yesterday before Judge II. M.
Edwards by M. J. McAndrew.
The Schoens were married on Feb. 19,
this year, nnd both had prior experi
ences on- the matrimonial seu. They
are well along In years. About July 4
Mrs. Sehoen was compelled to leave her
husband, she says, because of his cruel
und barbarous treatment.
After they were about a month mar
ried she became 111 with the grip and
Mrs. Sehoen testified yesterday that
during her Illness her husband would
give her nothing to eat and dragged hPr
out of bed and around the rooms.
On subsequent occasions he treated
her badly und threatened to kill her
and on one occasion she was compelled
to leave the house for the night to es
cape his Ill-treatment.
Mrs. Schoen's testimony was cor
roborated by Mrs, Richards, Mrs. Mor
ris and Mrs. Morgan, neighbors of the
Schoens. Atorney W. M. Bunnell ap
peared for Mrs. Sehoen.
Pilling Jury Wheel.
Judge It. W, Archbald and Jury
Commissioners Charles Wiggins and
Frank Dougherty yesterday filled the
Jury wheel for 1001, placing 1.650 names
In it. W. CI. Daniels acted as the
clerk and recorded tho name of each
man whose name went into the wheel.
Before entering upon the work of
filling the ivheel, Judge Archbald and
the jury commissioners filed tho fol
lowing oath with Prothonotary Cope
land: "I do swear that I
will uso my utmost endeavor and dili
gence In making an Impartial selection
of competent persons for jurors, for
tho year 1901, and that I will not suf
fer partiality, favor, affection, hatred,
malice or HI will In any case or respect
whatever to Influence me In the se
lecting of jurors, but that I will, In all
respects, conform to the true Intent
nnd meaning of the acts of assembly
In such cases mado and provided,"
Yesterday's Marriage Licenses.
Ulysses J, Martin., Sterling, Wayne Co.
Amy J, Akers...... Sterling, Wayne Co
Harry C. Collins .., .....Nicholson
Mary E. Ryan .,.., Nicholson
COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.
A two weeks' term of criminal court
will open Monday, Judge H, M, Ed
wards will preside In the main court)
room.
Hugh Price of Carbondale, who is
charged with selling liquor without a
license yesterday, entered- ball in the
sum of $300. Michael Price became his
bondsman.
An application was made yesterday
for a charter for Wahslngton camp,
No. 178, Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
icu, by Attorney Walter E. Bevan. The
subscribers to tho articles of Incorpor
ation ure j. J. Green, Frunklln Phillips,
Robert) Birtley, II. C, Hlnman a,nd R.
V, Luce, all of tho West Side.
MAY SETTLE
BRIBE CASES
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL
NOT GO TO TRIAL.
It Seems Very Certain That the Ac
cused Councllmen Have Agreed to
Resign from Councils and Never
Accept Offlce if Cases Are Dropped
and That the Municipal League
Has Submitted a Counter Proposi
tionIndicted Men Had a Meeting
Last Night in Attorney McGln
ley's Office.
That a movement Is on foot to (fet
tle out of court the cases in which a
number of tho members of the select
and common councils are charged with
bribery by the Municipal League, Is
certain.
Just what the terms of settlement
are to bo and Just what stage the
negotiations have reached Is not?
known to anybody but tho parties di
rectly concerned.
It is understood, however, that tho
Indicted councllmen submitted to tho
Municipal League some days ago a
proposition agreeing to do certain
things if the cases against them were
withdrawn. Tho certain things are
generally understood to have been a
promise to Immediately resign from
councils nnd to pledge themselves to
never again accept any public office In
this state.
DID NOT ACCEPT.
The Municipal League evidently
failed to accept these conditions, but
agreed to make certain concessions,
providing the councllmen did certain
other things. There Is a very well de
fined rumor that the Municipal League
wants tho accused men to plead guilty
and that In return it will pledge itself
to petition court to have sentence sus
pended, which would probably be done.
This would absolutely prevent nny
of the accused men from ever again
assuming office, something that a
pledge would not do. At any rate,
whatever the counter proposition sub
mitted by the Municipal League was,
it has caused much discussion and
conferring;
They met last night In the offlce of
Attorney M. A. McOInlpy, In the Con
nell building for the purpose of ar
riving at some decision. Present at
this meeting were Councllmen James
J. Orler, C. E. Wenzel, M. V. Morris,
Simon Thomas, Thomas Coyne, David
Reese, Charles Godshall, ex-CounclI-man
Horatio Fellows and Attorneys
Joseph O'Brien, John F. Scragg,
George S. Horn and M. A. McGlnley.
The four attorneys were present up
to about 9.15 o'clock, when they all
came out. They had undoubtedly ad
vised their clients and had then with
drawn, in order to allow them to de
cide between themselves Just what
course to pursue. The councllmen
came down shortly after 10 o'clock, but
they were us silent as clams and hud
not a word to say. Tlie answer to tlie
league's counter-r.roposltion will piob
ably be given today, inasmuch as the
cases come up for trial next week.
NOTHING TO SAY.
Attorney James If. Torrey, one of
tha leagues lawyers', when seen last
night by a Tribune man and asked to
deny or nlliim tha story that negotia
tions were pending, stated that he had
absolutely nothing to say regarding the
matter.
E. B. Sturges, member of the Munici
pal league and leader In the present
reform movement, was also seen by a
Tribune man and asked the same ques
tion. "This stoiy which Is In circulation,"
said he, "was not given out by the
league. W2 have maintained a policy
of silence so far, and will continue to
maintain it. I have nothing to say
upon the subject."
"Will xou admit that a proposition
was presented to the league?" asked
the reporter.
"I have beard that some such move
ment was ander way."
"Then you wish to be understood as
meaning that matters are not ripe
enough yet for any definite state
ment?" "That's it," replied Mr. Sturges.
VALUE OF EXPOSITIONS.
Medium Through Which Manufac
turers and Producers May Reach
Consumers.
Among the objects which attracted
tho attention of a well-known Wiscon
sin manufacturer at the Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia In 187G was
a steam hammer of a particular make.
In 189G twenty years later ho found
occasion to use a steam hammer, and,
remembering the name of the eustern
manufacturer of the one that he had
seen, sent for the machine nnd set It
up, finding, as he had expected, that It
was a great convenience, His business
has since increased, and he has pur
chased two more steam hammers from
the firm that sold him the first. The
cost of tho hammers was $700 apiece.
Here, then, were three sales, amount
ing to 92,100, effected as a result of an
exhibit, twenty years and more after
tho close of tho exposition at which the
exhibit was made and no doubt the
exhibit brought ti great many earlier
profitable returns. It certainly pays
ev.ery manufacturer to exert himself
to secure wide publicity for tho merits
of his products. Newspaper advertis
ing Is one avenue to publicity. Exhib
iting at expositions Is another, Both
are good, nnd neither will bo habitual
ly neglected by enterprising men.
The Wisconsin manufacturer of
whom the above Incident Is related is
one of the business men of that stato
who thoroughly appreciate tho adver
tising opportunities offered by tho
forthcoming Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo, N, X. Tho state of Wiscon
sin has shown Its appreciation of this
opportunity In a practical way, by ap
pointing a board of commissioners and
appropriating 125,000 for defraying the
expense of the representation of Wis
consin manufacturing Interests nt tho
Pan-Ainerlcnn,
Another state which Is wide awake
to tho opportunities offered by tho
great exposition next summer 'at Buf
falo Is California, The fruit exhibit of
the state of California and especially
from the southern end of tho stutu,
Will be a very uotablu feature of the
hortlcultmal display at the Pan
American. Scranton Business College.
"Ono of tho largest business train
ing schools In America." Western
Penman.
For a Cold in the Head
Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tablets.
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for something nnd Is a satisfaction. Wo have six styles of SJl
French Dinner Sets of lln nlMn fnr nan nn ..nv. ., y,. G
are Havlland & Co.'s the name speaks for itself. There is
satisfaction in owning a genuine Haviland Set, for then you
know you have the quality, and at this price you have a bar
gain. i
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Bridge Work (T5.h) $3
Set of Teeth $5
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Policies combine insurance and investment.
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You can talk in rag time or in any other time into
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you; that is, providing your Phonograph is the right
kind. We sell the "right" kind.
Have been selling the right kind for many months
and you'll find them iu mauy Scranton homes.
Graphophones from $5 to $2j,
Concert Graphophones from $2J to $125,
Concert Records, $1,00.
Also a complete line of Records for Columbia and
Edison Phonographs,
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Our Tetth Improve the ap
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We make a specialty of Painless Ex
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