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THE SCRANTON TMBUlSJiTUKSlUY, DECHMIJER 11," 1000.
.
Tn Monsns Haudvtar Srom
Sterling
Range
For a OliHsttiiilH filft
xvnuld make nny xvlfo
happy, for several rea
hoiis it Iiiih patent liang-ItiK-
bcartli mioa oven
door and bakes perfectly.
Nickel tvlnnnlnpra nml
nrat ileslcn nulla- It an,
attractive nleceof kltclicti
furniture.
Has No Equal."
Foote & Shear Co.
H9N. Washington Ave
THE ORIENTAL.
Gifts -clcctcil now, rcsrrictl until Christ,
mas live.
To Serue the
Padding Correctly
A puddlnir dish l indispensable.
The 1.1ml wo luo In mind uiu ol Hie
three piece ailety: lllsli, separate
porcelain HntiiR, ami platter, of Old
Vienna China, artistically dccor.ileil.
As an extra attraction tor your pres
ence Jicre, (lining tliu nct thice clajs,
we oflcr a pudillnir dish as descnbcd for
$.50.
STom: orr.v KvnsiMrs.
Gruener & Co.
205 Wyoming Avenue.
L. R. D. & M.
AT ALL SEASONS
Shoes are one ot the most impoitaul items of
chess at any time ot the je.u, .mil especially o
now that c are lertain to have channc-able
weather. Tor st.ile, pflec ami cmility ye oui-.
We know we cjn plcito you.
LEWIS, RUDDY,
DAV1ES & riURPHY
330 Lackawanna Avenue.
Lackawanna
"THE"
aundry.
,-cSPenn Avenue. A. B. WAKMAN.
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.
Local data for Dei ember 1(1, JMjo.;
Hlshest .tempi-ratine "I delicti
Lowest teuipeiatuie la dtKUes
lluinidlt.t:
-s .1. in '.,! per cent.
- p. I" TO per cent.
Snowfall, tueiil,-ftiur houn i-iiiltnir S p. in.,
II o-i'.
PERSONAL.
IMer .1. O'JIonuill will spend ludi at WIillu
Milh.
Mta (lei nude Spiamie li.lled .WilKe.IIane
ytsttrdjy.
Miss JLiiv Albro, of Jelliisor. awiuie, U ililt.
Int; friend In PUUtoii.
Kditor and Mr. II.1111, of Houind.ile, me the
lan'nts of their con, llugcuc Ham,
City Kolliltor and Mrs. A. A. Vo-hunr li-lt
jitteiduy inornlusr fot New Voik city.
Mrs. A. X Kramer left the i-ily l,it night for
( hicago, wheie she will make a brief i.ilt.
Mr. Iliumr ami Jluw lliuucr, of Jliuioy, uie
quests of Mr. nml Mrs. Mullen, of JrlKraon nt-.
Mir,
Or, end Mis. ,1. S. Van .Sort, who nie iiltlnt'
fi lends u the city, will ic-ilde In HaUliuoic afkr
the bolldaio.
Ur. J. t. Went, IVaii's Jinnjii and Clem
Mat th, Jr hae gone to South L'jiolitri on a
btintlnj trip.
C. JJ. Keller, Jr., and family, of StiouiMninj,
HH'nt tho past few dajt In thU city islnir at
thu rrsldcnco ot J). J, Thomas, of Clay aiciuie,
Jlr. Keller is tho teller of (he Stroud.bunr 'a.
Ilopal bank, and U intriestrd In i.uiout tiitei.
pi it cd toiinectcd with tin- ludihliial life ct Men.
roe i-ounty'a rapll.il town.
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We Owe You im Apology.
Our custom of roinoniborlni,' our je.'j
ulnr patrons with cards of announce
ment nt this seuHon, iras omitted thla
year, owinf? to an early Christmas
rush, of unexpected pioportfons.
Wo trust those who formerly re
ceired l,em w" l)Q IndulBont to the
Rrlffin Art Co. If for no other reason,
because of the close of tho century
and accept these Hues in Its place.
lie astetimd, our holiday offerings aro
Df evcnNilfjher uturulurd thun In past
yearn. Htore open evenlnjjs.
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People wishing dental work or new
tth for Christmas turkey, better
tome early, no aa not to bo dlsnp
nlnted. Dr. G. 10. Hill & Bon.
llBMiWlHHWSES3?JHrraSIi5
LAST NIGHT'S SYMPHONY CONCERT.
iWcssor Thcr-ilor Homucii.cr li id " outlon
last nlulit whtn lie took the lustrum at tht
t.jcoum tii lend Hie Symphony orelictt.i In cm
of Its irtcut sucitwn". People ntc bctlimliu.? to
uiprecliti Ills pikliee mid forbcardiuc 111
lonit f.itlwr iriidl odds In his effort j to clnlllli
on firm foolllnr a fine MiliMtl-l. With many
illHOimiKi mints mid icbi.tTshc lias pcrst-tcil until
he has Kitlinnl iiln.ul lit in nil tuwicKatli.ii nl tal
ent ulth iinililtltin and chlhulam of u ilcirreo
ccitnlu to make a tuluro for the oiMnltlun In
which Scrnnton now tal.i-i. i- nnirli nlile. Last
iiIrIiI's niidicnc-j Mas n-prc-cntatlie In porMinnet
and tilled the house xcry lullstacloilly.
There were; those who had Mpiesscil Koini
deidit as to the udlkihlllly of placing on one
eicnll.n's pioirrJiniil" two "Ui-h heai.V tiinnliMS it
tl.i piiuphony mid .iiuti1n with a W'.iuiicr m-Icc.
lion as an alterthointlit. It lit'. also bom ufl-Ki-ted
Hut u icpetltlon nl one uf the Mir num
bers uf pinlous romcits iiilht he uiiiptiiMc as
tlimi4nlluiiliiir liatioin ta lueoinc familiar and
tlu'tefd'i! nttiiiliril to theiii. Yet last tilRlil.ficm
the Unit win n the soil luauly of the nllenio
In the HKamliatl Kjmplinny lose on the air until
the eliuntreful rIcw uf the nelKluit. ourimo
was unleil no luoinctit of leprrt wn knnii liy
the lLtflirir.
l lie orclmtta is ctemlily Inipioiliir. The
time li.it not so lonp pia.iid whin the imijcuty
and fweep of hilinony In the AndJiile inoKiiiriit
of the K.vniphotiy would June been ImpoUdo to
pruiluee with the liquid smoothnevl ami ilclhaiy
noted last nltiht, 'J'lie iliitne of bass Js
mulled In Its litipioieliiilit In this -elrrtliili.
Hut If the nuillenii' likul the lint iiiiiiiIk.1,
what uhill he said of the beautiful MetideU-nlm
Concerto, v.lth Its luuler melodies 121 ,u loml.i
imltlnv Into shrln of Imliillr httirtiu? In I lie
mind crine swiftly the tliuiiirlit f
"The rplcmlor falls on 1.1.1I0 wall".
And Mioivy mmmiits, old in si- n
.. ...
Anier echoes, djlmr, d.ilu.', dlii!"
The plain solos In this wen played with
sliiKiihr icllnciiieiit and feelini,' by I'mf. ll.ijdn
Kvrnis. The lou-ly twin t the I'remli b"'.
sncllltiR into the full theme -is t.ikin III the III -t
li.cvement, untie the lenclc-i IliLf ol this ciuUIti
lomposltloli iiiobalily the mo't tholD'.ildy cn
lojiil of anjthiiiv )et piidutcd by Ilia tinibo:iv
oiclie-.tia.
No belter etamph of Its en-elnbh- wml; his
httu jjliui than the Tniinlniieser numliet width
was to well plavnl that mil the jieople who
wiicn'l suie tln likul Wagner joined in tin l'
1.1II Hi. ( nl liuifl, the ichbi.tted basso, nude a
nio-L pleasing iniptession. Hr. Dull! was hand
hue onto beliiii; Ill "A l'eni.iii Cuileii." which
was undoubtedly the inol d.-llclitfnl inu-H .it
cient etr pu-Miiled by a t'Uitctte in tills
cils . He is .1 b!;j. bandbonie man and ill ti.i
tuies lCM-niblis tin- 1'ilnce of Wales.
lie (fine .1 beaiitilul -eiieji of io!i in the
btt.uige jlttle Koib.iy billatl-, by the Huiir.irian
lompo-er, exploited by l'lunl.elt (lrei-11. The
i'.i.imatle iliinn of bis lolce via-, iiailitulaily
ellectllu in "Sluplierd f-ee Thy Horse's l'uanilii-:
M..ne." lie was li'.si'tuitly encoied for hi-, 111.IK
nllkciil lendeilni' of the Handel lccltiitiie and
111 la, and aftir the Ibsenlil.t- fuule of ' ll.i 11
lloie," .is well it-. Ihe coniliuhnij numberi.. lb-w.i-.
so -ij( luiis as to rinir "Vulcan'.-, S"nL,"
fioni rinnnoil's "I'lillenon it liauii-, ' "O, fi 1
Line 11' 'lliee," and (be ier diar ami ln.td
"Tilt- llonnie, Iiouitic IJjnl.s o' Loth I.ouiouil."
111.-, oice i-, iH.rull.irly resonant. and full of l
biant lUlmrss and his songs are ulway i.iiliaii.
iicicd. He hid .1 1110-t .iipatlietlc arcnmpatiit
in Mr. J, Willis Coiiinf.
Ainonir ll-e flrs-t ilt-lins of the oiolustia was
Miit Kl'beth Wintn, who ha slmlktl uinli
ciiiintiit in.iU'l'H abiuad for the pist year anl
vliu is so sifted in epics-ion with the Iniln.
Mi.-.s W'intoii is now lonti-iuiiia h-i- slmli with
Pi of. llunliciKer.
Ali-sfls. A. N. nml Tbnni.li I!ipi.lld, of WilM
Hint, wlio-e voile h.ii iraimi iai ui'.u- than
local fi.ni", untie .1 yn-.it 'ddltiou lu tie- nil)
and 1I0I.1 uaits.
'Ihe pl.iyti- of the l-lenih limn. Heir Dutsohk",
b.ti hid tl-e s,ri.i ic-.it leputatlcii with that pi.i
tieulnr ii.itiiim.iil ot a:it man now liiutr. He
was In Ituht-iisUlu'fi Coiiieiiaiiiiy in M. I'eleis
Iniiir, and ii I noun all nur the woiltl. He Is
now a rcitluit of Ww Vtuk.
Heir Alio, the lain, iti oboe pl.iyii'. U atiolhr
niuiieiau ftom Ihe liiolnipnii-. wlion- work el'itl
admhation. The cime nut be i.iid of 1. I.t ilt-b,
ihe bi-Mioiil-l.
Ihe offictii of the niihuiit mji ic-t,v .ne: .1.
M. KnliciUoii, piisldeut; 1!. It. Weiscnfliie, iee
pieMiltnt; 1. It 'Ihuiii.ts, liuam-i.il st-en-taiy;
C. Kt'tn pel, tie.uii.ei; ttemffc- atrei, I1b1.111.111;
li-s Kuilli Imiii, ln.ilum'i.
RUMORS OF A
BIG COAL DEAL
j Stoiy to the Effect That the Erie
1 Has Purchased the Pennsylvania
' Coal Company What It
Would Mean,
Humors of uL.'Kotiatiiu.s for iln- ptit
chasc nl' tin- IVimsylvanla Coal com
pany by tilt; Krif company were afloat
yesterday In both this city anil Wlllses
Karre, but nothlnn' could be learned
by way of substantiation.
The trenerul movement uraoiiK the
bis coal can lers to nobble up Individ
ual collieries in this region was made
with :l view, it Is claimed, of discoitr
aBlncr the construction of the independ
ent road to tidewater. Tills latest ru
mored deal would llnally and forever
Miuolch the Independent road, as tho
1 eimsylviima Coal company was Its
mainstay.
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GRAND HOLIDAY OPENING.
The Scrauton Carpet and Eurnituro
Company Invite You to Be Pres
ent. One at the most attractive of Scran
ton's tine stores Is the law establish
ment of The Scrauton Furniture and
Carpet company, occupying1 the entire
four iioor.s and basement of No. 40tJ
Lackawanna avenue.
The prand holiday opening, which
occurs tomorrow, will he an Important
event In the trade annals of this citv.
In honor of this day, many standatd
articles in furniture, carpets, i-urh, etc.,
will bo sold at special prices on Wed
nesday only. For partlculais of this
ovont, road tho latse advertisement
elsewhere in this issue. A handsome
l'JOl calendar will be Riven to oach
visitor during tho day,
For Sale.
Our watehouso property, corner West
Lackawanna avenue and Eighth stteet,
helm; about :!." feet front on Lnckn
wanna avenue and 130 feet on F.lchth
street, and about 147 feet on the lino or
tho Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad, with a hvo-story brick
warehouse, Hack and switching privi
leges. Also our barn lot on Dlx court, about
85 feet on Dlx com t by 80 feet deep to
Lee court, with brick stable and frame
waiehousoj located between Lacka
wanna nvenuo and Spruce street,
' The Hunt tic Council Co.
Reflections of Nature.
Are those pastoral water color steeues,
whoto sun-kissed tints havo made tho
pictures of the arliriii Art Co. famous.
If you Intend to make holiday pur
chases of pictures, frumes or art nov
elties, come to us and prollt. If you
don't Intend to buy coma just tho
same and glvo your eyes a treat.
Tho 'salesroom at 209 Wyoming avo.
Is open evenings until Christmas.
Principals ot Night Schools,
aro requested to turn in ull reports for
their buildings at the secretary's ofllco
not later than Wednesday afternoon of
this week. Cieorge Howell,
' Superintendent.
KILLING OF
JOHNMISKUS
SIMON NERUSHAS ON TRIAL
rOR THE CRIME.
Murder Was Committed on March
18, 1806, nt the Home of Miskus
on Lloyd Street Body Was Carried
to Tripp's Crossing and Placed
Close to the D., L. & W. Tracks.
Case lu Being Heard Before Judge
R W. Archbnld in No, 2 Names
of the .Turoie.
Hlmou Xotushus, of North Scrauton,
was put on trial before Judge It. W.
Archbald in court loom No. 2 yester
day on the chaiKP of killing John
ailskUH, Hi Jiuiclj. IMHi. The killing is
nllcirod to have been done with an axe
at the residence of Miskus, on Lloyd
strer-t. It Is tin- theory of tho com
monwealth that after the killing tin;
body was cat fled along North Main
avenue to Ttlpp's crossing and there
placed close to tin Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western tracks to make It
appear lie was killed by a railroad
train. This was done at night and the
next morning the body of MIrIcuh was
found by men who were on their way
to work.
Charles Jllllor, air". Miskus' brother
and John Gcrsku were arrested at the
time, but released because of lack of
evidence ugalnst them. They are now
In the Indian territory.
Last summer Andrew Miller caused
Nerushas arrest and produced a man
named Andjew (Jordon, who said he
was passing the Miskus residence on
the night of tho killing and through
a partly open door saw Nerushas hit
Miskus on the head with an axe.
Upon this showing before Alderman
Fldlei', who conducted tho preliminary
hearing, Nerushas was committed on
Atte. 2 to await trial. He has been In
custody ever Unee. Ho was defended
ynsteiday by Attorneys Taylor &
Lewis and Attorney C. W. Dawson
was private counsel for the prosecu
tion, nslstlng Assistant District Al
tDrncy W. Gaylnrd Thomas In tho trial
of the case.
JURY SELECTED.
Till- work of selecting a jury was
tnki-n up about 10.30 and at noon nine
Jut nrs had been obtained. At 2.15
o'clock tin- twelve good men and true
were in the box. They are:
Lance Depcw, biakunan, Madlmii.
M.utl'1 Duiinellt. gentleman, Serinlnn.
ll. T. ll.ius, miller, T.ivlor.
X. M. D'ike, iluiKuist, N.ranttni.
it. S (I'rilhn, f.iiinei', Sypitli Abiiia.ton,
William Hall, ir,, paintei, Uiinmore.
.I.111101 .1. Kelly, laborer, .liiiiip.
foocph I.eouaitl, eleik, Scrauton.
Ihiticne N'oick, farmir, Madison.
( li.iili-i Ilhii-1, hotel clerk, Seianton.
1'iediritk WiNoii, coal iiispec-toi, lte-mlii.iui.
Th jury was drawn in the main
court loom, before Judge J. P. Kelly
and was then sent into No. 2, wlieie
tho trial was proceeded with.
Nerushas is a pale, rather good
looking man, and is .".."1 years of age.
He is n man of fine physique and
gieat stiength and was ifor several
yens the agent for breweries and bot
tling establishments. He was neatly
attired ypsteiduy In a blut) serge suit
and his face cleanly shnve'd. with the
exception of his upper lip, which was
ornamented by a dark brown mous
tnche, worn lather short. It is not
bis first appearance in the criminal
court.
He denies the killing a;id charges
that It is a spite action against hlin
on tho pint of Miller and Gordon,
who, lie says, have been enemies ot
his lor a long time. The opening ad
dress to the jury for the common
wealth was made by Attorney Daw
son. lc lecit-'d the facts to be ptoved.
and called H13 jurors' attention to the
gravity of the charge and their duties
In the case.
FIRST WITNESS. ,
Dr. Lungstrcet was the first witness
culled, and stated that on the morn
ing of March 1S, lMul, he, as coroner,
wus called to Tiipp's crossing and
found tin body of Miskus lying under
the culvert with his head crushed. Tho
doctor .stated that from the position
of the body as It Iny on the snow,
and from evidence of tracks of two
persons In the snow, he surmised that
there had been foul play.
He described in detail the situation
on Ihe ground, the condition of the
snow, and gave it as his opinion that
death had been Instantaneous and had
resulted from a blow Inflicted by a
blunt instiument, the fiontal bono of
tho forehead having been crushsd
Juwn about an Inch laud a half.
The body had apparently been
i.'.iwu Into the .culvert through tho
upcnlug at the sides, as there were
mi evidences of the body having been
thrown from the lailroad track above
thero having been tracks from the
lime leading from Main avenue, up to
the opening and It could not havo
fallen through the ties over the cul
vert, ns thoy were too close together
to admit the body.
The doctor caused tho arrest ot
John Gorsko, one of the bystanders
dining the examination, who .seemed
to be endeavoring to wash blood from
bis hands, and whose clothing was
smeared with blood. On cross exami
nation the doctor stated that tho do
ceased might havo been dead from
tluco to ten hours, or ptobahly lun
ar r.
I'artohuau Thomas Evans was the
next witness called, Ho described the
25,000
Imported and Key West
CIGARS
Fresh, light colors
selected for holiday
trade, sold at Parke
& Tilford's prices. Or
ders placed now stored
until required.
E. G. Coursen
Wholesale and Retail,
condition of the ground nntl the po
sition of tho body, nB testified to by
Dr. Loiigstrocl. Evans was the oilloer
who arrested Gersko. He stated that
there were no blood marks on the
abutments ntid masonry nbottt the
culvert. On cross examination Cits
Witness testified that thero was no
snow on the body and thnt, at he
recollected the time, snow had been
falling for two or three days, and on
the morning of the lSth It was need
ing. Samuel Nicholas tcslliled that In;
crossed the culvert on tho railroad
track the morning of the IStti ot
March, on his way to woik, and saw
the body lying there. After ascer
taining that the poison lying below
was dead, he went on to the office of
the Mt. Pleasant colliery and tolii
phoned the police. Witness stated
that tin eo tracks crossed the culvert
und that there was a space largo
enough for a mun to fall through be
tween them.
John Lozusky, a countryman of the
deceased, staled that at 9 o'clock on
the morning of the 17th of March, de
ceased vent to defendant's place and
asked for .dialf a case of beer. Wit
ness was sent by defendant to get the
boor ordered. About 10 o'clock that
night he took another hex of beer to
Miskus' house and found the defend
ant and peveial others there, and Mis
kus was lying on the lloor, blond
flowing fioin his head and he was ap
parently, dead. Witness then turned
to lenvo and tho defendant followed
him to tho door and told hlin "he bet
ter be rjulet or he; would get the same
thing."
GOT THE KEYS.
Witness then went home and de
fendant came to his room and got
the keys to the barn. Ho then fol
lowed defendant out and saw him go
to tho barn, get the horse ami wagon
and some oat bags and drive to Mis
kus' house, where they loaded the
body into the wagon, having first cov
ered it with the bngs, and drive to
wards Tripp faun. On the following
evening, defendant gave witness fifty
cents and another friend, one dollar,
saying he "had just earned enough,
about $100." Witness stated that on
the morning of the lSth ho saw de
fendant washing the wagon and saw
some blood stains on it. His testi
mony was shaken but little on cross
examination, which was in pt ogress
when court adjourned.
Tho persons in the house when the
alleged murder to ik place were 'Mis
kus, his wife, hr brother, Charles
Miller, John Gersko, Nerushas and two
men who weie only a few weeks over
from Poland and whose Identity has
never been disclosed. Mrs. Miskus is
In Poland: Miller and Gersko In In
dian Territory, and the residence of
the other two men is, of course, un
known. Tin present facts are com
ing out because of a eiuarrel b'Hween
Miller, the prosecutor, and Neru
shas. NOLLE PROSEQUI
IN M'CANN CASE
Arrangement Made Yesterday Be
tween Attorney Joseph O'Brien
and Municipal League Oth
ers Will Be Prosecuted.
A nolle prosequi is to be eiiteiod In
tlie case against Select Councilman l
V. McCann, of the Fniuteenth, wurd,
by an arrangement untie yesterday
between the Municipal League and
Mr. Met 'aim's ntloruv, Joseph
(Vlirlen.
What ll.e I'linditluns are could not
li. learned. Mr. Sturgv.s would not
dlscus the case: Mr. McCann said he
hud left tho matter enthvly In his
lawyer's hands and did not know
what had been done, and Mr. O'Brien
said ho wus not at liberty to state
what they are.
Messrs. Melvln, Williams and James
propose to stand trial and the Munici
pal League proposes to pioseeuto them
vigorously. The compromise oitVr
closed at 12 o'clock lat night, and,
according to Mr. Sturges' statement
last evening, the three arretad
coimcllmen! who failed to lake advan
tage of the offer and those not yet
arrest"!!, but who me to be, must
icly upon a jury to Ktve them frgm
Imprisonment.
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MISS REDWAY'S ADDRESS.
She Will Be Heard in the First Pres
byteiian Church.
Mis.i Kedwny, who has been doing
missionary work for .some time In the
mountain regions of North Carolina,
and who taught a boys' .school tit
Ashville, N. C. will dellvm an ad
dress In tlie Flret Prcsbyteiian church
tiunoriow night, under thu auspices of
the Ladles' Home Missionary society.
Dining her addrcbs, she will des
eiibts her work amount; the moun
taineers. It will be an interesting
event. .Miss Redway Is a hrilllanr.
talker and one of the most noted
wnrlici.s lu the home" mission HeHI as
well.
ELM PARK CHURCH
Fifteenth Organ Concert.
J. Alfted Pennington, dhectur of
Scrnnton Conservatory of Muslo and
organist of Elm Park church, will glvo
his fifteenth organ concert In this
church on Thursday evening of this
week, assisted by the Elm Park nuar
tetto (with solo by Miss Helen
Schramm, the new contralto) and .Mrs.
A. L. W. Price, organist. Admission,
silver offering.
Domestic Science.
This will bo the first day of the cook
ing lessons to be given by Mrs. Adallno
Wagg Smith at the store of Jonas
Long's Sons,
Thoso Interested in this line of work
should provide themselves with a fork,
spoon and napkin nnd be on hand early,
as tho lesson commences at 3 p. 'in,
sharp on tho third lloor. The menu to
day will be as follows:
Oyster Patties.
Welsh Rarebit.
Orange Cream.
Creamed Diled Reef,
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Evening Holiday Shopping Pays
Here.
If you value tho absence of the n'f
ternoon rush.
Until Clulstmas, tho Grlflln Art
company, 209 Wyoming, will be open
evenings, to enable those employed
during the day to inspect or purchase
from the most exquisite stock of art
goods, at popular prices, evor thown In
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
HOME FROM
THEIR TOUR
SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE
BACK FROM PITTSBURO.
Members Will Give Out No State
ment Until They Make Their For
mal Report to the Board Found
Things, Thoy Say, Jurst as De
scribed in The .Tribune's Special
Articles on Second Class City Af
fairsMovement to Down, the
Ghost of the Kennedy Act.
President M. T. Jnyne, Thoiuu.s J.
Jennings, Jacob Sehacfer nnd "Solicitor
David J. Reedy, ot tho special com
mittee of the board of control appoint
ed to look Into tho matter of ,how
the transition of Scrnnton Intef' the
second class will affect the school dis
trict, returned yesterday from their
trip to Pittsburg nnd Allegheny.
Relng tho servants, in a way, of the
school board, nnd appointed to do a
certain work, they judged that It
would be impolitic to give out the re
sults of their Investigations until ithey
present them to the board and 'con
sequently agreed not to grant any In
terviews, but frame a complete ic
pnrt and give it to the public through
the proper channel.
They permitted themselves to say,
however, that what has appeared In
The Tribune covers the ground ac
curately, and for all practical pur
poses, fully, und one of the committee
went so far us to say that could they
have foreseen what Tho Tribune has
done hi the matter, it would have
been quite needless for the committee,
to have gone to Pittsburg.
While looking up the school ques
tions, the committee Incidentally ex
amined Into municipal affairs, and
again they do The Tribune the com
pliment of saying that the conditions
as they found them were exactly In
line with the statements contained In
The Tribune's articles.
NOT PLEASED WITH PROSPECT.
It is hardly necessary to ay that
the members of the committee are not
wildly delighted over the prospect ot
Scrauton going into the second class.
So Impressed va one of the commit
tei by the dnngers confronting
Scrnnton's treasury by reason of th.?
"log rolling" which a. second class
charter permits and noutlshes, thut he
proposes to go before next Thursday
niqlit's public meeting on the West
Side and ask that steps be taken to
inattgurate a movement to compel
every councllmanic candidate to not
only discouiage, but actively fight
against the cieation of not altogether
necessary olllces, especially during the
transitory peiiod.
One of the main purposes of the
committee's visit, it is understood,
was to secure tile co-operntlon of
Pittsburg and Allegheny in having
vlped from the statute books the
Kennedy act of IS!).", which was de
clared unconstitutional In its mo.st es
sential features In 1S9G, but which, as
explained at length In The Tribune's
special articles on second class city
affairs, is liable to be rehabilitated, if
the Supreme court can be brought to
apply to it the same line of reason
ing that led up to Its decision In the
Plttstou school case last year.
Until their attention was turned to
the matter by The- Tribune represen
tative, tho Pittsburg and Allegheny
school tuthorltfes. It appears, did not
uncliM-stand that the decision In 'the
j I'ittslon case was u practical leversal
IJl II1C etC'JlSlUtl ill lilt-- l.t?llllt:ci3 c-.nc,
and that there was a possibility of tho
Kennedy act being revived by some
one attacking the legality of the pres
ent board In Scrauton. AVhen the
v-!iool board committee fiom Scrnnton
arrived In Pittsburg and proceeded 10
,ro over the situation with the authori
ties theie, they found them alive Jo
the threatened-dlsurbance and anx
ious, so it is sulci, to co-operate with
Scrauton in dealing with the matter.
DON'T WANT IT RESURRECTED.
The school authorities of Pittsburg
and Allegheny, it would seem, do not
want the Kennedy act levlved. Some,
of them claim that it was drafted
with the main purpose in mind of
making the school district .subservient
to a boss, as are municipal affairs.
At present Pittsburg and Allcgheny
have sub-boards of six In each district,
which districts aie, as a uile, coter
minous with a ward, and a central
board of education, composed, in
Pittsburg, of one man from eucli sub
board, and in Allegheny of all of the
eighty-four membeis of the fourteen
sub-boards.
The Keimedy act pi oxides for a
board of fifteen, elected from the city-ut-large,
no txvo from any one ward.
On the one hand, the system Is too
cnmbi't'some, especially in Allepheny;
on the other, it Is confining the pow
ers within limits thut are too con
tracted. Pittsburg and Allegheny are
content to bear the evils that they
have rather than fly to those they
xvot not of. The Scrauton committed
congratulates this school district that
It does not have to choose butxveen
evils, and It Is not a wild guess to
suy that in Its roport It xvlll advise
tho board that the board of twenty
ono Is the best form of school gox'ern
mont ax'allable 'and xvlth the liability
of tho Kennedy act being revived
onco removed, thero Is hardly any
question but that the Supremo couit
Comfort
for Christmas
The satisfaction of giving lies
lu selecting something that will
bo appreciated. Something that
sl-es comfort and service, as
well as beauty. This store Is
full of things that men would
thorotighlyappreclate for Christ
mas, HOUSE JACKETS,
BATH ROBES,
SUIT OABES,
MUFFLERS,
HAT BOXES,
UMBRELLAS,
OLOVES,
NEOKWEAR.,
rWhliiUii AnfTliF
The Sultan
m "31 ,
CASEY BROTHERS,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers, 216 Lackawanna Ave.
will say In t-iifcie the present board Is
assailed that It Is Inexpedient to dis
turb .school affairs ami that, as them
is no code for school districts in "stc
ond class cities, the Scrauton school
dlstilct can lutnln the code which
"erved It successfully for so many
years.
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CAMPBELL WON THE PRIZE.
Best Designed Advertisement in Big
Competition Appeared in Tribune.
Some time ago the llrm of S. U. & U.
W. Flelsher, of Philadelphia, manufac
ture! s of (xvorsted, Woolen yarns and
braids, offered a prize ot ?100 for the
best designed advertisement setting
forth the value of Flelshei's yarns. Mr.
William H. Campbell, udvottlslng man
ager of Jonas Long's Sons and one of
the recognized experts lu the designing
of effecltx'c advertisements, .resolved to
compete. He entered against 1,184 com
petitors and on Saturday lec'elved the
following letter:
Plillulelplil.1. nee. -s, um.
Mr. William H.iamphc!l, Xiheitidm; Minuter.
.lotus l.onu's s'on, ciantuii, li.
PearSli: In looking mi-i the iiio.it iiiimbti of
newspaper udwitlnmenli we itetited in coiiin-c-tlnn
with our intra oflir fm- mlt ctti-lnjc fiel-li-ei'i
Villus In a loeil lu-u-)iHl. it was extremely
clllllc tilt to decide belwctn join's and that of
one other contestant. Iltnte we lonthuleil lu
dlllde the auiuuut between the two. 'iliele weie
more than u thoiiiaud coiilitiiuti, and the one
of Joins j.oiiLr'.s Sons 111 the St union Tilbune of
.Voe. Pi we hale judced to be one of the tw
bel. Voms tuilj,
!-. II. & It. W. rU'Isher, Inc.
The other design came from ltaltl
more. It should bo explained that the
advertisement printed in The Tribune
of Nov. 19, while outlined In a general
way by Mr. Campbell, was composed
and displayed by the expert ad. men
in The Tribune's composing room,
whose skill in such matters Is daily
exhibited In our advertising columns.
A LONG
DISTANCE
TELEPHONE
The greatest commercial
economist in the world todayi
Compared to any necessary
investment in business,
IbeprofitfromaTELEpHONE
is incalculable.
Residence and Commercial
rales at a moderate cost.
CSNTftAL PENNSYLVANIA
TELEPHONE AND SUPPLY CO
Managei's otHte, 117 Adorns aienue.
flnnoiinceraenf
Extraordinary,....
At the recent international Ex
port Exposition held in Philadel
phia, 1S99, the Mason & Hamlin
Pianofortes were awarded highest
distinction over all others, and
were the only pianos to b"
recommended to the Franklin Insti
tute as worthy of a special distinc
tion and extra medal.
A full stock of these supei b in
struments may be seen at the
warerooms of
L. B. Powell & Co.
131-133 WASHINQTON AVENUE.
Pierce's Market, Penn Avenue
We mal.i a specially of fancy Cieantfiy Uut
ler and itrlctly fich ei'ss and tliu prlte Ii as
low as first clan Koodi iau be fold at.
We tlo not have any special -.iIck "i l.-adm
but at till times cure in complete 11 line of
Market (loods, Fancy Oroceiiea and Table Jielica
ties os can be found In the laigc--r New Yorl;
or Philadelphia llaikets which we i-ell at rlt,lit
pili es,
W. flTpierce,
19 lauliwauna Ave.
I'lompt delivery.
110, 112, lit rcim Ave:
The Popular Homo rmnUlitns
Store.
Servicer
of the nickol plated wave
shown here, compares fa-
vorably in general ap
pearance and weaving'
quality with the more
expensive .silver article.
A three-piece tea service,
consisting of tea pot,
sugar bowl and creamer
provides an ideal Christ
mas gift at an expense of
$7.00 if purchased at the
Foote & Fuller Co
Mears Building.
Is again goiug to b per
suaded to transact a little
business. Can't we persuade
yott to invest in the best
WINES UND LIQUORS
It's good advice and you
may profit thereby.
Gloves for
Working Men
I have always made ;;
specialty at this sea
son of Gloves for work
ing men. Strong, well
made, durable gloves
at the lowest possible
price I cau afford to
sell them. This year
my stock is larger tbitii
ever.
CONRAD'S
305 Lackawanna Avenue
The Wcll-Knowu
Modern 60S
Residence Clay Avft
Lot So feet front by
160 feet deep.
FRUIT, SHADE TREES. BARN
One of the finest res
ident properties in
the city.
A. N.
129 Wyoming Avenue.
SCRANTON'S LEADING FUR ES
TABLISHMENT. F. L. Crane
Established 1866.
Furs and Fur Garments of
all kinds, and our prices are
low, it is iu fact unsafe to
pay less. Call and see our
Laylorcd Suits Jackets. Ioug
Coats, Box Coats, Neckpieces
Boas, Muffs and Children's
Furs. We carry these in full
assortment.
Furs repaired.
KAW FUnS BOUGHT.
324 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Stti4ttttt
OPEN
EVENINQ
UNTIL
CHRISTMAS
Plants
and
Tress,
iuuliit
1 Natural plmts perpeliutiil-lb.il I. lie
faiul description of Iht-in. It la m
feclly plain that cien the bc-l of iml
lallous cannot compare witli Uicmii, f i
(I it'-w die the real, lic natuuil plant
ifuulit in their fulle-t I1I.OOM ASH
HKALTY, and mails iuunoilal,
Heat, cold, lough handling llicy will
slcnd art tlilnj. I'm them In the hum.
for CliiMmas dn-oiatloni; they xtw- j
cli limine effect.
A HIST AS TO I'llirus,
Tier, height S feet VVi,
I'CM'ji leaf plant, height ; fivl., ,'
J'ixc leaf plant, height t!!i fret.. ,Vi
Three Iraf plant, height Y?t feet. ,
riinty ot prices between, and -u hlyli
ac j ou care to go.
Wo will tell yu tl JAUDIMKIII
some other day.
Credit You? Certainly!
THb
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