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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1901.
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I CITY NOTES :
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KESnMKS THUH8DAT. M noultnsa;. tltvast-
Vnmt el fecranton StoT srortas w&l tfUrt 9
Oumdtn Jan. S.
TBSXXma XOWOHT. A maaOiiar- of tb. Jw.
fitft Cftiitirassqc ndctr will 1m held U tba rest
Vdanoa of X Driassa, on TaahlnaTton-ssrenu., thU
wasting at 'clock.
HBTT IBOOSD CTTOTAIJC. .A s-erj--pretty "
samel carta! aow graces th stage XL tb Lycstim
theater, wUcti sraa recrired from that Lra Lash
latwXo, Thlrty-nlntti ttrtet and Dnsadwiy, Netr
fTork. It was plaotd is position by.lirag Man-
asjsr usots W. lewder.
TIIAR'B EXCKAMUiS. Ib Ttadcra' National
punk rtporta cltorinff lor th Bcruoton GWartna;
lllous aastxlatlon for 1h jsttr 1900, amounTinc to
rtC7JSSie.a7, a compared to KAin.8M.24 tew
f3SW. The ciearlagi tor IVswmber, 1D0O, re
5.737,M7.a falmt SkMUSlJO tor th. ooi-.
tcapcudisa; month ol 1SB9.
A TOUCH TC3SLK. Thomxa Jaurphy, t strll-
Inowu local charsater, nu arretted tt the cor-
jier of Venn aTcnua and Undo afreet, Jifet La-
"jura midnight, by ratrolraan Totter, for bdnj;
.tlriuik und disorderly, tie restated Ticioutly, tud
'when tlio Oould builJlnf vra reached pclkrd tli,
utflorr down and both wert rolUurf ocr sikJ orr
inn tli ttrMt CiMlni it out to a finish when
!'l"utTolnuji Hicierty happmed along and awiitfd
Mi brother officer in Miortlnir Murpb' to i!u
ciatral pollc station.
HtD NOT LIKE THE ItETHOB.
Thomas Smith Objected to the Way
Celebrating' Was Done.
'A man trivimr his name as ThumaH
35mlUi, wji trnlklnir alons Penn ave
u late Monday nljrht when ho va
!tiixUed to wee a big. splutterinET can.
itton cracker at hln feet He kicked It
Unto Uiu street, and, while turnlnir to
vdlecovrr whence It had come, received
..mother lighted crarkor full foive on
lha back of his neok.
SSmith sized up iv party C elfiht
".younB men as hla tormentors and made
'.for thtm. It V.-OS while vMdly dascrlb-
Miiff what awful results would follow
m-om a repetition of the art that Pa-
trolman Knrlus appeared and put him
tunder arrest for tlshting.
I UTillo eacorllnar Hmlth to the stutlon
Jiouro an intoxicated man, Thomas
Veachen, overturned two burreln of
.uihbish upon the sldewallw and Patrol-
hnan KvanH tonic charse of him. Then
vjoseph Sulivan attempted tu rewcue
Veachen from the stern clutches of the
paw, and found himself in Patrolman
l:'ouls' hands. This augmented pro-
esslon preceded to the Center stret-t
mtatlon liouse, followed by a crowd of
rfrlends and sympathizers. Smith paid
Tl in police court yesteidny and the
iither two -were tlned $5 each.
f TYPHOID AT OLD rORQE.
Several Oasea Have Been Received
i; .at. Local Hospital.
'". ,'An epidemic' of 'typhoid fever ha
Vroken out down tlio valley ut Old
T'rge. and Lackawanna. Yeaterdny
two Polish boys, Stanley and Frank
JCowltoaltl, ujred twelve nnd fourteen
were, taken, to the Lackawanna bos
Mtal with typhoid. The mother died
J-esterday with typlmld-pneumonla.
MondayWilliam BelleH, of Old Foi no.
Was taken to the Moses Taylor lion
pita, and Is quite seiiouHly . ,.
other member of the family, a child,
has been Btrlcken down with" tho fever.
The exact agency by which the tv.
phold germs were dlstilbuied Is not
known. Impure drinking water Ik iied"
lted .with having u great deal to do
With the spread of the disease. It ha
also "been suggested that milk cuns,
Wushed out none too thoroughly with
germ-charged water, may huve ioin
munlcnted the germi
CRIMINAL LIBEL CHARGE.
Another Article Piinted iu Scranton.
Ian Causes Trouble.
Adum Klddlot wjis held under J1.000
ball by Aldeiman Millar yesterday on
tho charge ol criminal Jlb-i,
The prosecutrix, Mrs. Annie Moian,
accuses him of liclmr ili.i notiim. r n..
urtlclf which iivnu-uivfl In Inst Sun
day's Hi'i-.iutonlun, In t'vlilch -.Mis,
.iiiiiuii na'a iiveurn oi turning t lie
hatlger gumo. '"
Klddlol Aned ii luiuliig and en
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SCR ANTON, PA.
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DELIGHTFUL PARTY.
Given In Honor of the Birthday of
Miss Alda Atkinson.
A very dell&htful nffiilr took place at
the home of Mr. uud Mis. D. Atkinson,
of Meridian street, -Monday ovenliiK.
when it largo number of friends as
sembled in honor of the twenty-first
birthday of their pretty und talcntetl
daughter, Aldn. A ipund of 'con
tinuous pleasure was enjoyed' by all
until a late hour. Miss Alda proving
herself it happy hostess and a royal
entertainer. "Father Time" certainly
heaved a sad end sincere sigh of
regret In pasclng on his Jquinoy
around the midnight hour on his an
nual departure when ho capled this
l.aftipy nssembnge coated around the
festive board partaking of a tumulIM!
repast.
Thon who insisted In lecelvlng the
xuests were: The Mls&ex Ooisey, At
kinson und Hughes. Those) present
weie: Myrtle Dorsey, Klhel Porter,
Leila Potter, Carrie DeU'llde. Peatl
"White, Jtay AV'ells, Jessie Owens, of
Tnylor; Hnnnah Davis. May -Dorsey,
Anna Atkinson, Ksther Hughes, Ida
Hughes. Mr. nnd .Mrs. D. 11. Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Atkinson, Mr. and
Mrs. It. J. Hepburn: Messrs. Ounster.
James, Kramer, Botterly, Harris,
Evans, Htighes, Flstcher, Wlrth,
Jones. D. Atkinson, Beers.
The out-of-town gunsts were: Mlsi
Susie Lewis, of Moosle: Miss RozelK
MIhi Cooper and Miss flreen, of Fac-
loryvlllej Mr. Krneit Orson and Frank
Spencer, of FantoryviUe, and "W.
Peatx-e, of Philadelphia.
REYNOLDS MUCH DISOTTSSED.
3elief la That He Has Injured His
Usefulness.
T. Jeffernon Reynold, the member
from the First legislative district, wan
a much dl.icusauj man by his constit
uents yesterday. The general opinion
U that he has greatly Injured his uro
fulsees by his action at Harrlsburg
ymrterday.
Dr. W. A. Paine declared that Key
nolda had personally pledged, himself to
him after hla nomination to go into tho
caucus as a Republican and ablrto by
the decision of the majority.
"I believe the First legislative dis
trict to decidedly for Quay, and that
Reynolds has gone counter to 'tie
wishes of the majority of his constitu
ents," said the ex-ehalrnian of the dis
trict. "He will not get anything at tho
hands of his party, and will only be ap
pointed on such luslgnlilcant commit
tees as will be of llttlu service (o hhyi
body. He will not have any patronage
whatever and will be practically a non
entity In the house."
Assistant District Attorney AV. Gay
lord Thomas expressed the opinion
that "if Reynolds promised to go Into
the caucus ho ought to havo stood by
the party that elected him."
Jo.seph Oliver, George Wallace, Philip
Illnsland, Owllym Jones, JVhn It. Re
wards, Milton Lowry, Thurston 'Parker
and others returned homo last night
from Harrlsburg.
They report that the I-aekawanna
county delegates iere assigned to good
seats together except Reynolds who
was placed In tho rear of tho hall.
A BOLD HIGHWAYMAN.
He Held Up Miss Roos on Jefferson
Avenue.
Miss Carrie Roos, daughter of Jo
seph Roos, of Qutncy avenue and Pine
street, was held up on Jefferson ave
nue, near Pine street, Monday evening
at 9 o'clock. The highwayman secured
a purse containing a small sum of
money. Miss Itoon Is unable to give a
good description of the man, she being
so badly frightened, and all that is
known is that ho was a young man of
medium build, was without an over
coat, and had his hat pulled down over
his eyes.
MIsh Roos and two young lady
friends were walking out Jefferson
avenue, towards home, when the man
was llrst discovered lurking behind tho
trees and In the shadows. They hast
ened their footsteps, but when near
Pine street the unknown caught up
with them.
He grasped Miss Itoos and snatched
tho purso from her hand. The glils
broke loose and run up Pine stieet,
leisurely followed by the young man.
The Htreet wus unusually deserted .it
the time, decidedly favoiablo f6r hold
tips. He again overtook them and trie J
to slip a biucelet fiom Miss Hoos' arm.
Hy this time the girls' home was
reached and they ran upon the onrrh.
The unknown continued on up l'lne
street, uud has not been seep since.
The police are Investigating.
COURT HOUSE FOR-LUZERNE.
The county commissloueiis, .being of
the opinion that Judge Wopdwurd's
denial of the motion for ii'ii Injunc
tion made by the attorney or Dr.
Cluiupert and otheis, bus mude the
path clear for the election of the new
coutt house, yesterday Inspected tho
liver lommoli site for .the proposed
building. Commissioners Hay, Jones
und Finn were accompanied by Aiehl
tect Oftterllng, who arrived In town
ycnteiduy moiulug,
Commissioners Hay stuled to a Itec
ord rejortei' that all obstacles lu tho
way of the election of- the building
hre been icnioved, und steps will be
Immediately taken to begin Its erec
tion. Mr. overling stated, that the
plsiir "ll be somewhat modified to
suit the ieiulicmeuts of the new nlte,'
after which they will be presented .to
the couit for uppiovMl, As soon as
this approval has been secured, build
ing operation!) will commence.
Wllkes-Purre Itecord.
MORE CHILDREN VACCINATED.
Fifty-one mote chlldien took ad
vantage yesteiday of tho generous of
fer of the medical staff of Hahnemann
hospital to vaccinate the poor of tho
city tor the mere cost of the virus,
ten cents.
Most of the chlldien came from th
suburbs and somo fjom Uunmore and
other adjacent towns. The offer will
remsln open for a few days mote,
BURGESS JAY
COTJEXCITED
PEOPLE THOUGHT NICHOLSON
WAS OFF THE MAP, SURE.
Fire Near the Burgess' Store and the
Remembrance of the Last Confla
gration, Twelve Years Ago, Which
Left a Store and a Wagon-Shed in
Ruins, Led the Burgess to Send Out
Alarmlug Telegrams Train Load
of Curious Scrantonlans Hasten to
View the Rack nnd Ruin.
Burgess Stephen Jay's general Btoro
Is next door to the furniture store of
C. C. Schiller, which Is Just In front
and only thirty feet distant from Mrs.
Stephen Jenkins' two-story single
frame dwelling, occupied by Mrs. Caro
line K. Wick, where a lire broke out
yesterday afternoon that threatened
to do dire damage to the little old town
of Nicholson.
Only twelve years ago, come plough
ing time, a devastating conflagration
o'erswept the village und before the
ruinous ravages of tho flro
bend could b checked n store
building,- with most of Its contents,
und a newly erected wagon shed,
which cost $i)7, lumber furnished, were
laid In ashes.
The contemplation of this catas
trophe and the location of the store
building of the buigcsi, lesulted In
Northeastern Pennsylvania being made
wildly excited. The sight of the flnmcA
bursting through the loot of tho Wick
homo and licking the caves of the Jen
kins house adjoining sent the burgess
llylnfj excitedly to the railroad station
with telegrams summoning the fire de.
partmeuts of Sciantou. Hallstead,
Great Bend and Hlnghamtoii.
nXClTING MHSSACin,
"Town threatened with total destruc
tion. Rush engines nnd hose. Borough
will stand all expenses, Stephen Jay,
burgess," Is the tenor of the tele
grams that were flashed over the Lack
awanna road's wlies.
"Nicholson burned down. Town com
pletely wlped'out," was tho burden of
the story after It had been repented
ji'erbally a few times and passed from
one to 'tother nil over these parts. A
special train was hurriedly gotten
ready at the Lackawanna freight house
switch and Chief Zlzelmann with tho
Nay Aug company and all Us appa
ratus hastened to board It to fly to the
rescue.
Mayor Molr. Chief Hobllng, Train
master McCaun, two dor.en firemen and
several hundred cltlzons collided one
with the other In a half hour of ex
cited effort to load the big Nay Aug
steamer on a lint car and Just three
mlnntes before the arrival of a second
tolegram announcing that the fire was
under control, they succeded It) tipping
the engine from the Improvised "skid"
nnd landing It lu such a position that
" ' ' "'ther hour to get It down
out of mld-alr.
OFF FOIt NU IIOLSON.
The newspapermen upon learning
that the special would not be run and
that the next train for Nicholson was
not to atait until 4 o'clock, tried to
dicker for a special engine, but It was
In vain. There was nothing to do ex
cept wait till I o'clock and for an hour
nnd eleven minutes they paced excit
edly up nnd down the station platform
bothering the life out of every rall
toador who hove In sight with queries
as to tho running of the t o'clpck train
was It ever late? How long would
the run require? and io on.
A 1 o'clock wus never slower com
ing but It came nt last nnd with it
came the Nicholson "Jerkwater." The
newspapermen, railroad officials, par
ties of young people out for n holiday
nnd many others filled with cm loslty
made a scramble for the seats on the
side of the train which would llrst per
mit of a view of the conflagration. It
is a hIow train nt Its best hut yester
day afternoon It seamed aggr.ivntlngly
slow to the three car-loads of curiosity-filled
Scrantonlans who were wait
ing with excited anxiety to get a view
of a town being swept off the earth by
lire.
If It was the first of April Instead of
tho first of January the crowd would
have been able to figure out the differ
ence In tho conditions that obtained
and those they expected to view when
the train finally pulled into Nicholson,
THE DAMAGE DONE.
You wouldn't go three blocks to see
It If the fire was right heie nt home.
One house worth JCOO was burned nnd
another worth a couple of hundred dol
lars more was half burned. The total
loss, Including furniture, was $1,500.
The fire was held In check bv the
bucket brigade and the well-directed
energy of tiie Tiffany boys, of the
Nicholson Examiner, whose office Just
across the load from the scene of the
Hie rejoices lu a garden hose nnd a
head of wuter, supplied from the rail
road tank. Tho conti oiling and extin
guishing of tho blaze was accomplish
ed by tho Hallstead Hose company.
No. 1, which arrived on tho scene on
n special train one hour after the bur
gess' telegram was received.
The activities of the Hallstead com
pany proved the unuecesslly of a lire
department in Nicholson, or, lu fact,
uny other place within easy teach of
Hallstead.
The buildings were not more than
99 H-100 consumed before the firemen's
special was In the switch extending
New Year's day Is about to
dawn are you ready? Without
stopping to think right vou may
get started wrong.
Looking down the line of weeks
un:l mouths ahead, have you
planned to meet them square
faced to duty? Plensuie and pros
perity await a pioper nnswer.
Savings Department
TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
Cor. Wyoming and Spruce
mmwi
BANyz
back of the wntcr tank, anil began "to
take water" as fast as the big swing
ing faucet of the tank would supply
It. The steamer wns allowed to remain
aboard tho flat car, nnd Its suction
pipe was carried to the tank of tho
locomotive. In this manner the water
from the railroad tank was conveyed
to the hose and forcod to the burning
buildings, a hundred yurds away.
CAU8E OF FfHE.
Tho flro started at 1:30 o'clock, nnd
was not extinguished until 3:ao. How
It started Is n mystery. Mrs. "Wicks,
In whose apartments it originated, .had
gono out on an errand, leaving the
place vacant. She Is at a complete loss
to explain lis origin. The Jenkinses,
who owned both houses, lived In the
saved- una. They saved most of their
household goods, but Mrs. Wicks' loss
was a total one. The paint shop of
J. M. Carpenter, adjoining the Jenkins
residence, was slightly scorched.
Only $40o Insurance was carried, all
told. Of this ,.1-s. Wicks carried $100
on her furniture. The rate in Nichol
son Is )9 per year on each $100 of In
surance. Hut for the fact that Hall
stead, only twenty-six miles away, has
n fire company, the rate would not be
so low.
The citizen of Nlcnolson are con
gratulating themselves thnt It was
no worse, and are hoping that they
will not again have Bitch a holocaust
for another twelve years.
HAVE DISTANCED
GREAT BRITAIN
Coal Tonnage of tho United Stntes
Has Grown Gradually Year by
Year Interesting Figures.
In jesterday's New York Jourmil,
Fivdeilek K. Sawurd, honorary special
agent of the department of mining
iyul metallurgy for the commissioner
general of the United Stntes to tint
Paris exposition of Inst year, con
tilbutes the following article ion th
way we have distanced Great Britain
In coal:
Tho prozreM of tlic uorld Is no duuM larily
duo lu tho ui- ot mlntral fuel, or cu.il, am!
the linn ii the icntuiv hrinijl with it in.my
ihaiiKoj, t lie hull; of whhh ar due to tl.ls
rite?.. ', and lt putcnl powtr hit been frit ill nil
'liiarloi ot tliu globe, for n.n the must ilLtanl
rcirioiH bate felt Ihc benefit of mineral fuel at a
motile limier. I) icer uould bate been the pio
Ktm on land and water il It had not turn for
coal. The gigantic lallnay muliies. whhh Irai
rrse the country from one end to the other at
the opening of tlibi trntur.i a ntcalmt the .lJKe
coath days of a hundred Man. ago, it ai In
stance, and the inignlttceiit ocean (rreihmmJ
which plcur.li the .Mlantle and Pacific nruhl he
an Impossibility.
There It a proibutlnn of coal in the world
eoinl to about T00,il,o0 irro tons, and of
this the L'nlted Stale contribute about :u per
rent., (lrcat Britain followinc; next; for within
the pai-t J ear or tuo we hire dilanied our eld
rival, Croat Britain, in many producti, and tol
la chief.
It " not until i.l'ur.t 1M0 that toal became
ny much of impoitame In the l'nlted Mates.,
for prior thereto the main source of supply waa
th Itlrliniond baiin In Vlilnla for oil toil,
something aroun 1 VitNiuv, taklnc tin- ohl.
river a a means of ilUtilbiitlou, In N'orthini
I'ennilianl.i, takini; the canal .item of that
state and 'cw York, with eine little toal mined
.ilor ill iiera iu West Vlrelnla, In Illinois
and In Ohio. There vas souk- anthracite tunl
mined In l'oiinsWiania, bul the tonnasrc u of
amall moment. I'rattlc.ill.i il wa not until l?0O
hit the trade assumid itnprUnci', and then the
bituminous trade wan put down at fl.TfKl.Ofrt net
torn, while the antluncitp vw 'l,l(),l1 tn.
In li70 Ihe lonuue of lhe Unitid State lad
gioun to HS,8W,)0( tono. in 1.M It Was Tl'.IW.OH),
in 1') il had increased to l.'iT.WOAsi loin,
while for loou, tie istlmalc ol SW.ono.Oiiti luus
Is not at all out of the wa.i. Of this litttr
grand total piokibly tcl,ixki,n0i) Ions l nnthia.
tile coil, and deductini; what Is tiled at the
nilnih, the bulk tf it is drliieicd for me ill the
Xn LiiKland and (.'intra! Middle states. (If tho
bituminous cool Iheic- Is peih.ips iO.Onu'.Uiii tons
wed for mailing tol.e. tlrldlng probably 1M,(VVj,.
000 ton of that coiuniodltj, while ol lhe toal
loaded at the mines foi lilnincnt. W,(pO1,(!o0
tons Is used foi loconmtlw purpmes.
'lhe number of pe.ipl- tmplo.ied in niinfnc: toal
Is now put at 110,000. and it Is claimed Out th-y
are able to lind rmplo.t unlit fir fully tuo'thlr.hi
time. I'euna.iltanl.i is llrst tu point of produc
tion. Illinois second. Weft Iritinla llilid, Ohio
fouith and Alabama fifth, One of the features ot
the tiade during tho past tear ha bteir"'the
growth of whit Is knomi a the export coal
trade, which Is destined to largely Increase in
the tery near future; the coil Is of equal qual
ity with any mined in the world, and wlih any
thing like .1 reasonable rate of freight acrow the
Atlantic we should capture still more of Ihe
trade now nippllfd by fireat llritoln.
While the amo'it.l uhlpped during the past
jcar ha nut been leij nun h, as compared with
the tymn.OOO tons exported hy fireat llrltaln,
jet it has been Mifficlent to make the mice at
mi.ny poind, on the continent, and to brlna
about a leductlou lu value of the price charged
by the llrlthih coal producer for his product.
During the rast jcar we hale scut to Mich
places as Alexandra, Cronstadt, Ccnoa, Ilatre,
llong Kong, Marseilles, Coil hald, lllo .laneno,
Singapore, to say nothing of points In the 'e.st
Indies, Mexico and South America. cargo of
gn toal w.is acluallv sent to Lordon, Ihe
pioduct of inlres In this country went of the
Alleghanlea, ard it was found to lie of such
quality that fuithci shipments tan be made, and
it had the effect of leducing the price chaiged
by the g.u coal companies to the gaslight torn.
panic of the HiilMi uirtiopollsT
PORTO RICO JUSTICE.
W. K Cult It in the Chicago ltetord.
Judge Hulstbucher, chief Justice of
Porto ltlco, has mude a peculiar and
unusual icquent of the piesldent. He
wants u letter wiltten to his associates
on the Supreme bench und to the other
members of tho Judiciary on that Is
land, ndvlhlng them to decide ull cases
that come before them uccordln;: to
the facts and the law, without regfud
to the supposed piefcrences of the
president of the l'nlted Stntes. the
queen of Spain, the governor of li.o
Island, or uny other dignitary.
This request Is suggested by an
nmluble habit which these Judges have
acquired In times past of asking how
their rulers want them to divide cer
tain cases that come before iheiii, and
when they have discovered that they
huve taken the trouble to find tho la.,
nnd evidence to Justify Buch a decis
ion. When porlo ltlco was a pait of
Spain, they ulways consulted the
wishes of the queen und the goveiuot
generul. Since the flug hut not the
constitution of the United States bus
reached there, tho Judges aio equally
anxious to please President McKlnley
and Governor-General Allen, and the
assuiances of Judge Sulzbacher that
neither of them caies a rap how any
particular case Is decided, provided
tho decision Is according to law and
the facts, Is not accepted becuuse his
conscience! compelled htm to confess
that he hud never consulted them on
any subject. So, Instead of accepting
the evidence and upplylng tho law,
they endeavor to find out In some way
or another how the president and Gov
ernor Allen feel, nnd act accordingly,
which exposes them to tho risk of be
ing Imposed upon by Interested per
sons. Judge Sulzbacher thinks If he
could show authorized evldenco of In
difference on the president's part, he
might promote the Interests of Justice.
A SPLENDID
NEW CHURCH
LITHUANIAN'S NEW HOUSE OP
WORSHIP DEDICATED.
Ceremony Was Performed Yesterday
Morning by Rt. Rev. Bishop M. J.
Hoban New Church Is Located on
the Corner of Theodore Street and
North Main Avenue and Is One of
the Handsomest Sacred Edifices in
North Scranton Built by the Peck
Lumber Co. at a Cost of ?2o,000.
The new Uthunnan Roman Catholic
Church of St. Joseph, situated at the
corner of Theodore street and Noih
Main avenue, and which Is one of the
largest and finest sacred edifices In
North Scranton, was dedicated yester
day morning with elaborate ceremony
by nt. Rev. Bishop M. J. Hoban.
The dedication ceiemonlcs began
promptly at 10.30 o'clock, at which tlmo
the spacious new chuich was literally
Jammed with u muss of humanity.
Theie were present ut tho ceremonies
over twenty-five Lithuanian, Polish
and Slavish societies from vnrlous
parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
There weie the four Lithuanian soci
eties from this city. St. Joseph's, St.
Stanislaus', St, Peter and Paul's nnd
SI. Caslmlr's: five societies from Pi Ice
burg; live from Forest City: three
from Wllkes-Hnne; two from Dun
moie, and u number of societies from
South Scranton. There were over 2,000
of the inembei-M of these organizations
present in uniform, nnd so numerous
were they that only about half were
able to secuie admittance tov tho
chuich.
Bishop Hoban was assisted In the
dedication ceremonies by llev. J. J.
Giinin, of the cntheuuil, and Rev. N.
.1. McMunus, pastor of the Church of
the Holy Rosary. Present Inside tlio
sanctuary rnll were also the following
cletgymen: Rev. Andiew Pauco, of
Scranton; ltev. Joseph Dutkleuicz and
Rev. John Balcewicz. of Friccburg;
Rev. M. Szedvldls, of Plttston; Rev.
John Kuras, of Forest City, and Rev.
Anthony B. Katipas, the pastor.
At the conclusion of the dedicatory
services u high mass was solemnized
by the pastor and a sermon In Lithu
anian was preached by Tlev. John
Kuras.
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.
The present church was organized In
1S92 by the late Rev. A. Burba, of Ply.
mouth, and services were conducted
for about a year and n half In the
basement of St. Thomas' college by
Rev. Joseph .lolorzynskl. of Plttston,
who came to this city once a week for
the purpose. In July. 1894, Rev, Michael
Pezn took charge, and In tho fall of
that year the congregation bought the
present site of the church, paying $3.
500 for It.
It was decided to build a church, but
on account of the lack of finances at
that time, whnt Is now the basement
of the new church was erected nnd
fitted up as a plnce of worship, This
was dedicated In August, 189.', by the
late Bishop O'Haro. In the fall of 1895,
Rev. Father Peza left, and for elelu
months services were conducted hy
various clergymen from the .cathedral
assigned by the iblshop for that pur
pose. In April, 1897. the present pastor.
Rev. Anthony U. Kaupas, a youn
man Idled with great zeal and enthusi
asm, came hero from AVIlkes-Bnrre and
took charge.
The work of constructlm; the new
church was begun In AprllMnst by the
Peck Lumber company and wus fin
ished only a few days ago. The struc
ture Is of brick, with stone trimmings,
and Is 114 feet long by .17 feet wide.
There Is n tower directly .In the centra
of the froyt elevation and the top of
the gilded cross which surmounts It Is
Just 121 feet from the ground,
IMPOSING ENTRANCE.
The main entrance of the church is
approached by two winding flights of
stone steps. The Interior Is finished
entirely In white nnd Is exceedlnciy
beautiful. There are thirteen large
stained glass windows, twelve feet
high, nnd four smaller ones.
From the centre of the celling hangs
n massive chandelier of hammered
brass of wonderful beauty. There Is a
choir loft In the front end of the
church and In this "will be erected In
the near future a large pipe orcan.
The total cost of the church Is Just an
even $25,000. The seating capacity Is
1,000, nnd the congregation numbers
about the same.
A THRENODY.
The Ahkoond of Swat is dead. London l'apen,
Whit, what, what,
What' the newi fiom Swat?
Sad newj,
Kail new.
Coin by the cable led
'ihiougli the udlan (eau' bet.,
'through tlie l'ci l in (,ulf, the litd
Se.t and the Mid
tenanean he'rt d.ad;
The hkoond Is dead!
I'or the Ahl.oond I niouin,
Mho wouldn't f
lie MruU' to (II. uj nil Ihe niu-ugc kti'lll,
Hut be Abl.oodu't.
Dead, dead, diadi
(Kirrnw, Swats!)
Snats win hae ui' Ahkooii.l hhd.
Sn us whom be hath uflcu lid
Onwaid to a goiy-iitd,
Or lo ilitott?
As lhe ta-e might be,
.soirow, Stiau!
Team aht'd,
Mied tear like w.Hei.
Your great Ahkooiid is de-id!
Thal' Swats the mat ti r 1
Moiiiu, till of sv.ai!
Ynui gnat Ahkooiid is uol,
Hut laid 'nihl woiius to roi.
His moital pait alone, his oul was cautsht
(because ho waa u good Ahkooudl
li tu the bosom of Mahouud,
Though earthly walls his frame suiioimd
(Koreicr hallowed be the ground!)
And sceptics moik the lowl.i mound
And say "He's ro'.v of no Ahkound!"
Ills soul Is lu the xMea, -llir
azulu skies that bind nboio hi. lowM
Metiopolls of riat!
He sees with larger, other e,w.
Athwart all earthly inyotriea -Ha
luiowa what's Sv.il.
Let Swat bury the' meat Ahkooiid
With a uoUu of mourning and of lauitiilatloii!
Let Hwat bury the great Ahkooiid
With the uol.o of tho mourning of tho S'wattUh.
nation!
fallen is at length
Its tower of stiength.
Iti sun la dimmed ere It had nooned;
Dtad lies tho great Ahkooiid,
The gieat Ahkooiid of Swat
Is not!
Oeorje T. IjiiIksii.
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Bridge Work (yoolll) $.?
Set of Teeth $5
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