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mica oven door and patent
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penslblo conveniences. The
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box, with oxtra heavy brick
linings, makes the fuel con
sumed one-third less than In
all other ranges.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
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L. R. D. & M.
AT ALL SEASONS
Slioes r- one ot the most Important items ol
i1rea at any time ot the J car, anil especially no
now that wc are certain to have clinnseable
wiathcr. For style, iirice and quality see ours.
Wc know we can lcao you.
LEWIS, RUDDY,
DAVIES & HURPHY
3311 Lackawanna Avenue.
ftn.,eftaroN,M.
A.B.WARMAN.
WEATHER YESTERDAY.
I.ocal.1 ilata for January S, lOOl!
Highest temperature 47 decrees
Lowest tcnipfutuia CI degrees
Humidity:
8 n. in PC per Cent.
sp m W per cent.
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
It U priilublu that woro people liac grown
fjmillar with the nceiU tin J alms ol the chil
dren's uunl in the l.ickawanna hospital thiouich
the mute testimony of t lie little uodden cradles
which arc huh in ivuy businei place, tlun
tliey CDiiM possibly hae done otherwise. Main
ly IIiioukIi tlio niitiriii'jr exertions ot the enter
piWnK lady, wliosp heart lias been In the work,
the (hilihen'a ward is an accomplUtiel (act.
I. urcIj through lice effort It baa been equipped
and stands complete for ten ice today.
Amoni; tlio contribution! to the turious ap
pointment' connected with Mil chanty none
hut been moie valued than the Imalld chair, a
I'hrhtinai (rift fiom No. Sti chool.
Muny ot the pupils in this 'school corns from
humble homes, but i'icr In lore their cyca have
been the pathetic scenes attendant upon an ln
sttlutlon so varied in Its linen of woik as the
Lackawanna hcpltal. Thty hale seen the tleli
little children carrleil tenderly through the dovii
way. They hao seen the pale little faces at
tho windows mid perhaps have more than once
heard the walling cry of suffering from the pocr
tiny mortal who was meant to be happy and
light-hearted. No wonder that thcte pictures
dally painted In tombrc tones on their narrow
horizon touch the kind hearts ot the small peo
ple who throns the ureat school building on
1'ranMln acnuc. They Rae $35 for that soft
footed chair moving noiselessly on Its nnifllej
wheels, and In many dajs to come they will feel
a thrill of pilile at the sight ot some pallid child
Being Kently borne into the sunlight and fresh
air. Mlis Stctenson and the teachers and pu
pils ot No. 3d school will long bo blessed by the
changing Inmates of the children's ward.
A few weeks ago the school children of the
city contributed about f2S0 to the children's
ward, and this sum has been reserved for the
endowment of a bed, the whole amount neces
ary being $300. Tills ram, It Is hoped, may be
leached later by the gifts of the school children.
.
A committee under the direction ot Miss Jen
nie Reynolds, will servo a luncheon and a tea
on Thursday of this week In rooms on the old
Young Men's Christian association site for tin
benefit of tha ground improuincnU at the Home
for the Friendless. Tho grading necessitated
heavy expenses and the grounds committee, as
sumed tho debt. Tills entertainment of Thurs
day, it tt hoped, will eour tho amount needed.
Luncheon for business men will be served at
noon at a nominal price.
A "First Aid to Hit Injured" class is to be
formed at the Hahnemann hospital and maidens
fair are hastening to enroll, "Why," exclaimed
pretty girl yesterday. "Vou get one ot those
badges and it lets jou in anywhere, Arcs, mine
caven, ecrtnlng."
"Eien a dog fight, I supposs?" added licr
cjnical papa.
"Why on earth should you want to go to
tire, anwayt" demanded tier mother.
"Well, we wont," added the young woimn,
"but don't jou know it is perfectly lovely to
fbe able to save a person's llfo if he happens to
try to commit suicide or anything, and then
wl.tn reoplo break their arms It is so nice to
it them all set beautifully before the doc.
tor gels them and to read in tho papers next day
that 'but for the prcunce of mind and skill of
Miss So-ond-So Mr. So-and-So might have lot
his life,"
A "First Aid to the Injured" nerles of les
sons is sura to be popular. The up-to-date young
woman wants to bo helpful and cool-headed. This
will train her in the way.
As long as she doesn't experiment on her
friends with tho result of placing tourniquets
In the wrong spot and mix of her antidotes for
poison with certain fatality to the lctlms her
lessons will be a boon to the community.
Beranton joung women aro rather cool and col.
ltcted and will doubtless Imbibe information in
a manner to reflect pride and honor on them
selves and their instructors.
.
Luther Keller was elected superintendent of
the I'enn Avenue Sunday nhool last Sunday for
tho fifteenth time. When he casually mentioned
the fact to Mr. Sturges that gentleman re
marked reflects ely j "Too long, Keller, too
long," And now Mr. Killer is wondering if Mr.
bturgea' experience with councilmcn is making
him pessimistic.
...
Apropos of the now much discussed pass quti.
tlon, it was August Faure who saldi "It the
railways want to make friend with the com
ing generation, why don't they give passes to
brides and grooms starting out on their wedding
trips? It should be an easy matter to issue
urrlan certificates with mileage coupons at
w
tached. That would undoubtedly indue many
young men to get married who are now holding
off because of the expenses of a wedding trip."
PERSONAL.
Robert Wilson, agent for the Municipal league,
Is ill with tlio grip at his bom In Green Ridge.
Miss Ka Wanner, ot Wetoler avenue, hat re
turned after a sojourn i,f rix months In Pl-b-mond,
Vs. .
L'. K. Ilobathan, of the county commissioners'
ofllce, was at his desk again yesterday, after
Mete illnem.
Miss Miry Davies has returned afur a ten
days' vacation "Pent with Mr. and Mrs. K. K.
Harmon, of Pittsburg.
Detective Charles fcihcrmirj II nom from
an extended sojourn in Michigan and Indiana
much improved in health.
Mm. Charles, Ford and daughter, Helen, of
Marshwood, and Mrs. Tuck, formerly of Wilkes
ilanv, will lcava today for a three months' stty
In riorlda.
II. A. Reynolds, ot the Traction company,
who has been confined at bis home for the
past two weeks with an attack ot pleurl-r, is
slowly Improung.
Chester Be Vonde, the well known theatrical
star, engaged this week at Carbondale, ppent
the afternoon In this citv ycstci.lay with lila
frlcud, Manager, Drown, of the Academy.
Mr. and Mrs. Stiles, ot Fulton, N. Y parents
of Dr. F. A. Stiles, the recently appointed Junior
surgeon at the Moees Tsylor hospital, are being
entertained by Dr. and Mrs. 0. 0. taubactu
PERJURY IS THE
CHARGE NOW MADE
Wan-ants Issued for T. J. Coyne, Si
mon Thomas nnd Morris V. Mor
ris, ex-Counclhnen.
T. J. Coyne and Simon Thomas, for
mer Bdcct councilman, and Morrl8 V.
JIorriB, former common councilman,
had informations lodged against thcin
yeHtenluy before Altlerman Puller by
the Municipal League, charging them
with perjury. Tho warrants have
been issued and Mr. Coyne was arrest
ed yesterday by OHlcer HuflUng, ot th
League. Messrs. Thomas and Morris
are out of the city and the warrants
have not yet been served upon them.
Tho charges are based upon the tes
timony given by theo men at recent
hearings in the cases against other
councllmen in which they swore they
never received money or anything else
of value for their vote in council and
that they knew of no efforts to cor
rupt councllmen. All throe of the men
resigned their seats in councils to put
an end to the cases against them which
were being pushed by the Municipal
League In which they wero charged
with soliciting and accepting bilbo.
Mr. Coyne was given a hearing yes
terday afternoon. Detective J. S. Har
tis, of New York, was called, who tes
tified that in May last he had some
negotiations with Coyne by which the
latter was to get fourteen voles in
select council for tho amendment of
tho license tax ordinance then before
that body and receive $1,400 when tho
ordinance parsed second reading, nnd
as much more when it was passed
finally and signed by the mayor, the
intention being that each man should
receive $200.
On May 14 at S.SO.p. m. HairN sal J
that Coyne came to his room in tha
Rudolph and after asking that tho
$1,400 be paid over on the following
Saturday, Coyne remarked that ha
was hard up and Harris gave him $0
on account, which Coyne accepted nnd
placed in his pocket.
K. A. Whitney, who Is employed by
the Sawyer detective agency of New
York, with which Harris Is also 'con
nected, swore that he was In the room
adjoining No. 21 on the night of May
14 and saw Harris give Coyne the ?20.
He also heard the conversation that
passed between the men.
At the hearing the league was repre
sented by Attorneys J. II. Torrey and
E. C. Newcomb and Mr. Coyne by At
torney Joseph O'Brieh. After the tes
timony of Harris nnd Whitney had
been heard Mr. Newcomb asked that
Mr. Coyne bo held In bail. The alder
man fixed the ball at $2,C00, and it was
furnished by ex-Patrolman Merlin
Flaherty.
GOD'S BOOK.
Clergy and Presidents' Meeting.
A meeting of the clergy, all denom
inations, and the presidents of the
beard of trade, all hospitals and char
itable Institutions in the city of
Scrcnton will be asked to meet in the
immediate future in the Interest ot
charity. The date, time and place will
be given In tomorrow's lssua of this
paper.
i clergyman from each church
or denomination will be expected to
attend the jjneetlng because they all
have the welfare of our charitable In
stitutions at heart.
The presidents of the charitable In
stitutions will be there because they
not only want, but need, all the as
skitnnco that they can get.
The. president of the board of trade
will naturally bo there because he is
evci ready to benefit our business pub
lic and the community in general.
At the meeting it will be shown that
our business public aro in a position
to very materially assist our charitable
institutions, some of which are very
much in need, and not have It cost
them ono cent.
Why? Because, all they need do
to bring the result about is to
simply give their regular patron
age to tho directory that I will pub
lish this year, the entire profits ot
which will be given to lessen the needs
of our charitable institutions, which
the public must necessarily support
any way.
There can be no doubt but that by
exciting its Influence in extending pat
roncge to the project, this public can
astonish even Itself, by the amount
thai can thus be made available for
our charities.
Further, the cost being so much less
this year, In order that every business
pcifon or firm can afford to advertise
and subscribe, It will be a. saving to
those who must have a directory and
who usually advertise In It.
Subscriptions, without advertising,
cnly $2.E0. With your full business
card, only $3.50- Advertising only
about two-thirds usual rate, hence the
saving, from usual prices, and the
greater the volume of subscriptions
and advertising warranted.
In giving your patronage, remember
you are giving It to the community, to
God, nnd humanity.
This Is to be no individual property,
It Id to bo the people's directory, pub
lished by and for the people of Scran
ton, yearly; and no person's name will
appear upon or In It as owner, or
publisher. It Is to be God's book; and
every business man with a heart
should, and I believe will, give It his
patronage. W, P. Smythe,
Lackawaa Valley Hotel,
Scranton, Pa.
COUNCILS TO
ACT AT ONCE
MAYOR MOIR HAS CALLED A
SPECIAL MBETINO.
A Resolution Will Be Introduced
Tomorrow Night, Directing the
Scranton Railway Company to Fur
nish Transfer, and if It Refusei
to Do So tha City Solicitor Will Be
Directed to Take Step to Forfeit
Its Franchises Mutter Will Be
Fought in Court.
Mayor James Molr, realizing the ne
cessity of taklnsr Immediate action to
compel the Scranton Hallway company
to Issue transfers, that corporation
having announced that It will not do
bo on and after January IB. has called
a special meeting of the select council
for tomorrow night to lake action on
tho matter.
Tho common council meets In regu
lar session on that night and what
ever action Is taken can, of cousc, be
Joint.
Councilman D. W. Vaughan, It Is
understood, will Introduce a resolution
directing the company to furnish
transfers after January 1G, and direct
ing tho city solicitor to take the neces
sary steps to forfeit the company's
franchises if within ten days it falls
to obey the order of councils.
There Is hardly any question but
that the matter will be fought out in
tho courts, for the more the conditions
surrounding the franchises granted to
the various companies merged into the
present Scranton Hallway company
are examined the more apparent does
It become that the company officials
didn't decide upon this step without
careful thought, and that the city
won't have everything its own way In
seeking to compel the Ksuance of
transfers.
COUNCILS WILL ACT.
It la also very apparent that prompt
steps will be taken by councils to se
cure the passage of an ordinance pro
viding for a heavy tax upon the com
pany's gross receipts. Already several
councllmen are looking up the law,
and it would not be surprising if some
such ordinance were introduced on
Thursday night.
In the absence of any specific clause
In the act of assembly governing cities
of the second class, Scranton, when
she passes into that class, will con
tinue to act under the present third
class city law governing the taxation
of street railway companies. This law
gives the city power to tax the cars
of such companies $100 each and gives
the Implied power to tax the poles and
wires.
City Solicitor Vosburg contends that
the city cannot impose upon the street
railway company a tax on Its gross
receipts which would exceed the ag
gregate amount of a tax of $100 on
each of its cars nnd a "reasonable"
tax on its poles and wires. Just what
a "reasonable" tax would be 1h a ques
tion for the courts to decide, but it Is
believed' that a tax of C per cent, on
the gross receipts of the company,
which would approximate about $25,
000 a year, would be so considered.
Tho franchises granted the People's
Street Railway company, of Luzerne
county, the F-ranton Passenger Rail
way com- 'and the Valley Passen
ger Raurt-ny company, contain provis
ions which make the issue of transfers
to all connecting and Intersecting llnps
mandatory.
ORIGINAL FRANCHISE.
The original franchises of tho Peo
ple's Street Railway company, of Lu
zerne county, and the Scranton nnd
Providence Street Railway company
wero granted by special act of the
legislature in IS67 and contains! no
provision for transfers, which went
practically unheal d of in those days.
These gave tho companies power to
construct lines on Lackawanna and
Wyoming avenues in the csntr.il city
nnd to North Hcranton and West
Scranton, no routes being spclfU,l.
These two companies were murged In
1S6S and the main lines now running to
West Scranton and North Svrnntun
and the Green Ridge People s line were
constructed under the3e practically un
limited franchises.
In 1SSJ the councils granted a fran
chise to the People's company per
mitting it to extend Us tracks. Tho
lines at present operated under this
franchise are out Washburn street to
the cemetery, alone Swetland street
from Bromley to Main avenues, alone
Main avenue from Swetland to Jack,
son streets and the present Bellevua
line. This franchise contained no
trnnsfer provision.
In 1S91, the People's company wanted
to run its trucks up West Lackawanna
avenue from Ninth street to Main ave
nue, and a franchise was granted per
mitting them to do so. This franchise
contained the following clauso:
"This company shall issuo transfer
tickets good on all Its connecting and
Intersecting lines of street railway for
a single fnre, which shall not exceed
five cents."
THE VITAL CLAUSE.
In the opinion of several well known
lawyers seen yesterday by a Trlbuno
man, this is the clause which the com
pany will probably make Its fl?ht on.
There ara two contentions whloh can
be made. One Is that this clauso dot3
not apply to all the lined of street rail
way operated at that time by tho com-
For the
New Year
We offer a CIE1NUINE
KEY WEST CIQAR
from the factory of
M. Barranco & Co.
at Sc, 6 for 25c, $4.00
per hundred.
Try Them.
E. G. Goursen
pany, but only to Ihe csceclal lln for
which the frnnchlso was granted and
which Is not now In use.
Tho other contention Is that the IVo
pie's company had certain rights nnd
powers Invested in It by the legisla
ture and that councils had no legal nit
thorlty to abridge theso rights by au
thorizing the Issuance of transrern.
Elthor point can be taken up If the
other falls.
The city will, of couisc, take the di
rectly opposite side of the case. .11
will contend that the transfer provis
ion In tho last franchl&e was meant to
cover every lino operated by tho com
pany and that councils had a. perfect
right to pass such a provision and now
has tho perfect right to demand its
enforcement.
There is hardly any question but
that the whole caso will hlngo upon
this particular clause. If the city can
sucoeed In havlnr the franchise of tho
People's Strttt Railway company for
feited It will place the Scrnnton Rail
way company In & position where It
will be compelled to Issue transfers as
with the franchises of this company
revoked It would be so crippled as to
render the running of its cars almost
Impossible.
If the company persist In Its re
fusal to Issue transfers after Jan. IS
and If the city falls In having the
franchises of the People's Streot Hall
way company forfeited, she will have
to fall back on the other franchises
which contain a transfer stipulation.
THREE FRANCHISES.
There are three ot these. The first
Is the franchise which was granted
the Valley Passenger Railway com
pany In 1SW. This franchise provided
that transfers should bo Issued and
gave over the use of a number of miles
of the city's streets to the company,
but on examination it will be found
that the only streets under this fran
chise which are now being used for
Btreet railway purposes are the fol
lowing: Washington avenue from Lackawan
na avenue to Ash street; Franklin
avenue from Mulbsrry street to Lacka
wanna avenue; Mulberry street from
Franklin to Penn avenue; Swetland
street or West Llndtm from Main ave
nue to Ninth street.
It is easy to see that It this fran
chise was forfeited the company could
so re-arrange Us present system of
running cars as to lo away with Us
necessity. Thus, for Instance, the
Franklin avenue line could be aban
doned and the Providence and Green
Ridge People's cars run Into the central
city through Penn avenue. Tho West
Linden street line could be abandoned
and the West Scranton cars run up
Jackson street as they were up to three
years ago.
The franchise of the Scranton Pass
enger Railway company, which In
cludes nearly all of the existing lines
In South Scranton contains a provision
to the effect that the company, when
so directed by councils, shall Issue
transfer tickets to all connecting lines.
Councils have never directed the com
pany to Issue transfers on these lines,
but they can be expected to do so at
once. It would seem as If In this par
ticular case the Issuing of the trans
fers to nil passengers on 'South Scran
ton lines could be enforced.
JACKSON STREET LINE.
The third franchise containing a
transfer provision Is a franchise grant
ed to the People's company to con
struct a line up Jackson street to Oar
fleld avenue and along that thorough
fare to Pettebone street to Main ave
nue. This line was never constructed,
but the franchise contains precisely
tho same clause as did tho other fran
chise referred to at length above, em
phatically and uncqulvocalty dcclnting
that "this company" shall Issue trans
fers. This would seem to strengthen the
city's side of the cose as it puts coun
cils on record twice as declaring that
the People's company shall Issue trans
fers on all its lines.
Within recent years certain exten
sions to some of -the franchises men
tioned above have been granted. One
of these Is an extension to the Valley
company's franchise nnd Includes ah
express condition thnt transfers shall
be issued when councils so desire. This
extension includes the Nay Aug loop
on Arthur avenue and Mulberry street,
and Prescott avenue from Ash street
to the city line.
DATES FOR RACES AND FAIR.
Annual Meeting- of the Maitland Fair
nnd Driving Park Association.
At tho annual meeting, yesterday, of
the Mnltland Fair and Driving Park
association, J. U. Hopewell waa elect
ed president; J. W. Carpenter, vice
president; A. C. Smith, secretary; W.
S. Huslander, treasurer; D. It. Potter,
superintendent and Van C. Decker, M.
D. Potter and W. S. Huslander, di
rectors. It was arranged to have special races
on July 4, for the 2:20 and 2.33 classes,
and again on August 10, for various
classes, to be later nnnounced. The
annual fair will be held September 30,
11, 12 and 13.
Traders National Bank Meeting.
Tho Traders National Bank held
their annual meeting of shareholders
for the election of directors for tho en
suing year, January 8th, at the ofllce ot
The Traders National Bank.
The Judges of tho election were 'Geo.
W. Finn, Wlllard Matthews, and II.
W. Rowley. At tho closo of tho polls
the JudgeB reported tho following gen
tlemen duly elected to serve as direc
tors for the ensuing year:
John T. 1'orter, iJos. J. Jcrmyn,
Clias. richlagcr. K. J, Robinson,
Cha. 1'. Matthews, IM. 8. Ktmmerer,
C. K. Chittenden, W. I Conncll.
K. S. Jones, I. A. Finch,
I.. V. Morss, W. W. W'enon.
The Statement of The Traders Na
tional Bank, January 8th, 1001.
ASSESTS.
Loans and Investments $1,329,369 70
United States Ponds with premiums, 301,000 00
Cash in vault and banks 461,021 SO
Uauk building 10,000 00
$2,201,890 15
LIAUlUfll.3.
Capital stock ?2M,0O0M
Surplus 100,000 00
Undivided profits 17,710 0s
nitldend unpaid 1,611 00
Circulation 230.000 00
Depo.lt 1,(103,027 07
$3,501,800 15
OITICKUS.
JOHN T. POUTEII, President.
W. W. WATfiON, Vice President.
fUANK Ii. PHILLIPS, Cashier.
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Mothers,
Do not fall to see the dainty gar
ment for Infants. Made of soft knit
material. All from shoulders. At tho
Baby Bazaar, 512 Spruce street.
Removal Bale.
My stock of Shoes will ho sold at
one-fourth price beforo removal to
my new store. A. C. Nettleton, Wash
ington avenue.
O'BRIEN WAS
ON THE STAND
NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE ELIC
ITED FROM HIM.
He Never Paid Any Money to Coun
cllmen or Authorized Any to Be
Paid and Had No Knowledge That
the Central Pennsylvania Tele
phone and Supply Company Used
Any in Connection with Legisla
tion in Councils Advised E. J.
Maloney to Tell What He Knew.
There was another hearing before
Alderman Fuller yesterday In tho
councllmanlo bribery coses but noth
ing of any Importance was elicited
from Richard O'Brien, the only witness
examined.
Before the hearing began Select
Councilman Thomas O'Boyle entered
tho ofllce In company with his attor
ney, I. H. Burns, and said he was
ready to enter ball. He had heard that
a warrant was out for him and was
on his way to the alderman's office to
enter ball when ho mot O.ficer HufTIIng
who served the warrant upon him.
"Do you admit there Is probable
cause for your arrest," asked Alder
man Fuller. ,
"I admit nothing of the kind," replied
Mr. O'Boyle, with considerable vigor.
"I cannot allow you to enter ball
then." said the alderman. "We will
have to go Into a heating" nnd Mr.
O'Boyle's case went down with those
against Select Councllmen J. J. Mc
Andrew and T. C. Melvln, Common
Councilman E. J. Coleman, and former
Welect Councllmen R. II. Williams and
P. F. McCann, all of whom are charged
with soliciting nnd accepting brlbe.
MR. O'BRIEN CALLED.
Richard O'Brien was called Immed
iately after tho hearing opened. He Is
a director of the Central Pennsylvania
Telephone und Supply company, and
took an active Interest In defending the
otdinancc gtnntlng a franchise to the
Lackawamt Telephoo company In lS!t.
He pt'-iated some of the amendments
which were attached to that ordinance
in councils. His purpose was to make
It impossible for anyone to go into th
telephone business here as a rival to
his company for speculative or stock
Jobbing purposes.
"Did It cost any money to have these
amendments made?" he was asked by
E. C. Newcomb, one of the nttorneys
for the league, who examined Mr.
O'Brien.
"t do not know."
"Did you handle any of the money?"
"Certainly not," came Mr. O'Brien's
ijulck nnd decisive reply.
He was examined at length about tha
statement made by P. W. Gallagher
that Mr. O'Brien had given him money
to use In councils. That statement
was not true, the witness said. He had
never oven talked nbout money with
Mr. Gallagher in connection with the
councllmen. He requested Mr. Gal
lagher to help them to oppose the or
dinance granting a franchise to the
Lackawanna Telephone company, be
cause he understood Mr. Gallagher had
Influence with councllmen.
WHAT HE SAID.
Mr. O'Brien was also questioned at
length about conversations with E. J.
Maloney, assistant superintendent of
the company. He declared that he
never instructed Mr. Maloney to UBe
money with councllmen or talked with
him about the use of money further
than to say at the time the first Lack
awanna franchise ordinance was In
troduced in councils thnt he wanted
to know nothing about the use of
money In fighting the franchise. He
had heard that money was used In
councils In such emergencies, but
would have nothing 'to do with any
thing of the kind and wanted to know
nothing about it,
Mr. O'Brien raid he had a conversa
tion with Mr. Maloney about three
weeks ago, tho latter coming here at
the request of tho witness. He told
Mr. Maloney to tell all ho knew ubout
the fight on the telephone ordinances
In councils. E. B. Sturges told the
witness that he had evidence that
would convict Mr. Maloney, but if the
latter told what ho know Mr. Sturges
would mako It as easy as he could for
him. These facts tho witness commu
nicated to Mr. Maloney. He was asked
If Mr. Maloney was not In Canada Just
before he came here and said he did
not know. He does not know where
he Is at present.
Mr. O'Brien said he knew nothing
about the telephone company having
a number of councllmen on its pay roll,
further than what he had seen in the
papers. Ho could not say whether or
not the books of the telephone com
pany used in 1893 arc now in this city
and could not say whether or not tho
company keeps an expense account
that would Include items of expense
Incurred In forwarding or resisting leg
islation. Always Busy.
We begin the new century by closing
our shoo stores evenings at G o'clock
sharp, Saturday excepted.
LEWIS & REILLT.
114-118 Wyoming Ave.
s, ii.
Removal Sale.
Shoes at S5o, cost $1.C0 and $2.00;
Shoes at 99c. cost $2.00 and $3.00, nt
Nettleton's Removal Sole, Washing
ton avenue.
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we uuve many times ;:
;;: boasted or the beauty of
our neckwear, but never
with as great confidence
as we boast of these but
terfly ties. Made from,
the same silks the dollar
neckwear is made from.
Butterfly I
Ties 50c
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CASEY BROTHERS,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers, 216 Lackawanna Ave.
There Is Such 'a Thing as. Saving
Money by Spending It.
Here Is
an Instance.
Thtee lots Ladies' Fine Kersey
Coats, all Blzes, silk lined and half
silk lined, placed on our bargain
table at prices that will clear them
quickly. On first looking at them
you wui notice them to be a trine on
style, but yet so close to tho prevail
ing styles In lengths, etc., that with
a little manipulation they can be cut
and fixed to fit and fashion.
The first lot comprises about 25
coats which ranged in price one time
from $3.08 to $5.08. Now
$1.98 Each.
The second lot comprises about 40
coats which ranged in price one time
fiom 30.08 to S9.08. Now
$2.98 Each.
The third lot comprises about 20
coats which ranged in price one time
from $10.08 to $15.98. Now your
choice at
$3.98.
Bargain Table.
Clarke Bros
This
Chair Free
Vou tan tatily earn in a few lio-irs a liancl
Rome couch, rocker, sideboard, dros sMit, watcli,
bicycle, irncUntuali, Uulln, mandolin, etc., l
selling a ?10 order of our (jrocfrieg tn your Irlencli
and neichbors; no money requited; our pl.in
in easy and quick. Write today for illustrated
catalogue, nlth full pellicular.
Boston Tea Company,
Scranton, Pa.
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Odd lengths of choice
matting remnants of our
handsome stock.
Spring goods coming
soon must have room.
This matting sells for 35c
to 50c per yard in any
store in beranton.
Sale Price,
5C and 10
Per Yard.
CREDIT YOU?
221-223-225-22T
Three
Reasons
Why you should patronize ut:
Flr5t We are a thorougly re
liable and responsible firm.
Second We Give you the best
quality.
Third Our prices are the
lowest.
Men!
There is comfort in a
Woolen Jacket
The heavy serviceable
grade at $1.50. Better grades
including the fine cashmere,
at $4.00. colors to suit your
fancy.
CONRAD'S
305 Lackawanna Avenue
SORANTON'S LKAOINQ FUlt sTS
TABLI3HMBNT. F. L. Crane
Established 1866.
Furs and Fur Garments of
all kinds, and our prices are
low, it is in fact unsafe to
pay less. Call and see our
Laylored Suits. Jackets, Loag
Coats, Box Coats, Neckpieces
Boas, Muffs and Children's
Furs. We carry these in full
assortment.
Furs repaired.
RAW FUBB BOUGHT.
324 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
1 HE CELEBRATED QORDOK PIANO
Before buying, send for catalogue.
H.S. GORDON. iiVaSS-.
Solid Oak
Rocker
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Highly lpolished,
minated leather
illu-
seat,
large arms, six spindles
under arms. High back,
made of quartered oak
and strongly put togeth
er, value
$4-oo. Sale
price
1.98
Extra Special
Roman Stools, velour
covered seat, gracefully
shaped and de
signed;witharms orfj
$2.48; without y
arms J
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