MONDAY, FEBRIARV 25, 1001'.
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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-
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S
ri'i io)EnN iiaiwivaiib store.
1
Take
No Chances .
of losing your mail by
having it dropped at the
front door by the mall, '
ia,rrier.
A MAIL HON on the
door serves as a protec
tion from everything and
vou know just where to
find your mail.
Bronze, Antique Cop
per and Japanned Mail
Boxes are sold leie.
Foote & Shear Co.
119N. Washington Ave
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I
. OF SGRANTON.
Capital $200 000. Suiplus $500,000.
United States Depositary.
Business, personal and sav
ings accounts invited.
;, per cent, interest paid on
savings accounts.
Upen Saturday
from 8 to 9 o'clock.
evenings
Wm Lonslli. President.
Hinry Reus', Jr.. Vice Prcs.
Wm. II. Pick, Cashier.
Successful
Investors
-re those wtm intejt at ll.ch uieau t rnlt.
tutv.ui wapitis to accumulate lirpe nans 1'f.r
nhort tunc I can malce jou a flllOl'NI) FLO.Ul
proposition mi will .siciirrd A per cent. tiiil
annual Interna Hold Itom!, In blookt e( 11",
.'m ami i () n is a n.viu: orroint.'MTY.
Robert Van Schoick,
DtticfA 0 ai.d S Liccum Anadc. Scnuiton, Pi.
liMrict rniin.cr The North ArKilcan I'ltianclei.
ins Coiripan...
Repairing Done Gratis.
LACKAWANNA
"THE"
AUNDRY.
M0 I'Mll'l ,; I ?'
330 ' '' ' ' ' ' I I ' ' '
WEATHER YESTERDAY.
I j1 .lata for lVmu.ry 21. Uffl:
Illsliitt temiHialuro 20 dcarfen
l.ewct tcmncraturc ,. . . 2ik,i,ii
1'umVIHv!
ii. m lftl pir Cili.
STfi Tn. 07 per mil.
PERSONAL.
uoiiif.i I. II. Ilium lea' tlu in"inlii- for
rtiiltdeliliU. lie lll appear tlicro lclorc tlic
vipnme couit tlili cck in Lackawanni county
.4ef.
W A. (iilUslitr. ho liai been Olio ol tlm
loel kolkiting' nsttitk ol the New Voik Life
IiiMiraiiee company. Ins bein promotcil to tlic
potltion of iiitlnirtor ot ajenlf.
Mlis Jlar) A. Deilne, of Hie IVoplc'ii 'lile
plion company, ami Mln It tit It "-iekler, of
liinkli4niio(k, luie ;u copied ponllluni with the
Liikawanna Telephone company,
Mr. and Mr L. U. Ilurncsf, of Nj.v An;, left
rfterdjy fcr Watliiinttou, 1). P.. wheic they
nlll be the gml ot Ihtlr danuliter, Mi. .1. V.
Pike, until alter tho iniiuuratlon.
Attorney (J. II. Sipir and lie left ret Phila
delphia ,Herday. Mi. Supu will appear be
foie the friipremo couit and nrBue one of the
Mikauatiha county cjvs dining tho week.
Mrn. W. H. William, wile ot I(c. V. II. MIL
llatiu, the drummer eunstli't, liai uturned
fiom the noiilh, where he lu been for some
time for her health. .She l e.niewhat linprotnl.
Ikr daughter. Mm. .lotepli PIcimjU, i.iiuc Horn
the tenth with. tier.
flty Solicitor A. A. Wnirir went to Phila
delphia Mulday to attend the staloii of the
supreme imirt for Lackawanna county. lie
will take part In the argument of four cac
ii which the city is Intctrctcd, U: Cily .
Loehler, and City i. Imin, In which the
alldlty of the luot liont rule at i mellio.1 ol
municipal aw.e-nni nt It iiilulud; the i i.o of
hellir ii. City (tho ilaihut iae), and the ton
tctc! elation caw of W. II. Tltonui ai tun.
lnMe, In Khlth the touH ulutid to plate the
iotf upon tt.o elly.
"Tlio Viceroy" ly tho famouij lion
tonlnns at tho l.ycutim tomoirow
nlKht. "
AhU lor Kelly'T union ciuekcig.-
DIRECTORS WILL MEET.
Organization of Municipal Contract
ing Company Todrfy.
A meeting will bo helil til 11 o'clock
this morning In Hi" ollleo of A. I!.
Dttnnlnrf, of Hi" boutd of dlrclm nc
the Mnnk'liitil Coiilrn.lltig mid tin
lirovcmont company. It 1b expected
Hint tlio company' chattel' will ho on
lintitl. nnd a poinitinent organization
will ho elfected.
Dm lug the pt week the nroiiiotcis
of (he n-soeliitlon have had agents out
taking "I'diK and between twenty
IHc uud thlity contracts u dny have
been nvciiigt'd. One of the Innova
tions In the way or neccsoileH to pub
lic cleanliness, which the company will
Introduce, will be law cans, located
nl each stieet Coiner.
These will l" for pus-risbv lo Ihmvv
the If waste paper Into, ft tilt shins or
any other (iitlelcH hlch wlun cust on
the sheets comhlne to give an tmlldy
appearance and mulct? walking unsafe.
Air. 011111)11117, while street eoniiiils
cloner, made nil unmrcerHrtil eifoit to
pet an nppinpilallon fiom councils for
this ptnpoye.
PRICES OF GAS IN
WESTERN CITIES
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Vfendola 11
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Morris W
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Nunoo 163
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Scianton, Pn.
1st Next.
1.00 00 to 05
Cnndle rower 28,
a Atet.ia.
Ii Candle Pnwci, 21
c- Candle Power, ?n
d Canrilo Power, 22.
e landle Power, lft.1
It will ho noted that In the wry few
plaies wlioio tho pi Ice ot gas ap
proaches that In, Scranton, the cnndlo
power Is far lower than In Hcrnntnn,
."lohlbltiou Bnnciuet
Prohibition banquet nt fluernsey hall,
evening of March I. Tickets, "S cents.
For sale at Uuertisev's music slnie,
(luernpey hull bulldlpy.
Iliiruabee, MaeDouald, I'Mothlughain,
Dartlett. Hilda Clark and others with
the famous liostnnlnnH, at the Lyceum
tomorrow night.
Auk foi Kelly's union m uekei s.
SAYS IT IS
NOT FEASIBLE
OHIEF DOES NOT LIKE CHITTEN
DEN ORDINANCE.
ZUeliiinim Believes It Should l'io
vltle for Moio Fcimniient Men to
Stmt Off with nnd Snys 1C Depnit
inent Is Re-oi unitized Under Its
Ptovlslons It Will Not Be ns Ef
nclent ns nt Piesent Volunteer
Firemen to Quit on Mny HI If It
PssesTest of Water PteSRUie.
Clilcf !'. W. .P.'.leini'im. of the Hie
dopartincnt. docs not aiiiom of tlif
I'liltti-nden ordinance, iiiovldlnu: for a
toiiiiintilatloii of the lire deiuiitiifiU,
which was mtcd down In runmion
council it weik iio lanl ThtliHd.iy
nlulll. hut which N Hi ho leconihletrd
at the ne.M lni't-tliiK'. In "i'iillin;
it In ml the ordinance ttciday to a
Tilhiine mini. In Bald:
"I am 111 favor of a juld the de
p'li'tPieiil Juit ns rioon as we can
have one, lmt I can't fc Imw the
elt'elencv of our im-nunt ili'iuiitmciit It
miluur to he linptove.l upon to any
Rival extent hy a ifoiR.mlwitlon ucli
lis !K piovlde.l III .Mr. fltltteiiilen'H or
dlnance. 'I'he uieaL fault with tho or
dinance I that It doe.-m't pi ovule for
enoiiKh men. Ni )itolnlon whawver
made for the Immedlnlo wnploymein
of n slimU pelliiauenl mull nuie th.'li
we 'iav tit pienont.
"The onllnaiue, in h can'. Iin-m -c.'.tnln
ntimher of i ovular peimuueiii
men Tor eicli ompatiy conouei imv
III fxces-s of the pteteiu mtmhtl. hill
those aie to In added us soon an tho
tlnanccH of tin city wan nut. Titer
Is no Tsuranc. that they are to h-
employed at once, yet the onllnaneu
plovldcH fur the Immrdlate tllflnnd
ment of the entile oluntoer force
The places of the volunteeiH. wheie
net filled hv pennnncnt men. are to
he taken hy hunk and call men, who
me in lie wild nl the late of Pft.V nild
fot-iv cents pee hour tcniectliely.
"I hold that und'.f tlilr arranse
ment we will neither have as many
men nor ns capahle or elllelenl a the
flKhtlim: foue at a lite m we have un
der the picKfltt vtiMU. When- N
the man that"? koIhr to ie.pnnd to
eieiy .ilarm for a paltry foity ecntu
an hour, and when- aie the men w:io
ate koIiir- to htav In th" fiiRlne li')ti"
Horn T o'clock evciy uIrIU until woik
liK hriuri In the inoinliis: to set a
chance to make fifl ccnl tin hout
now and then?
"They'll few and tar h'tweni. 1
tell you, and If the ordinance .iscs
and Is flcned hy the mayor we'rii ro
Iii.t to have .i mlRhtv hard .1d K't
tlar? hitit of them. I helieve that with
this taopofeil new fiystem In operation
we'd haw a, fiieat deal of illlllctilty In
uettlnir anythiiif, like a. Milllclent ntim
her of men at a flic In the day-time.
If wr can't put the depaitment on an
enthe paid basin, nt least let us thaw
up ii plan for an entire paid depart
ment, and then ro half way.
"My Idea or a nald dcpai intent la
this city would hi- to have sK men
for eveiv hoe and thenilenl company,
five men for every engine, tompany.
Including' stoker anil engineer, and six
men for the hook and ladder company.
If we aie ;;olng to entirely disband
the volunteer depaitmetit, we s-hould
at least haw halt as many peimnnent
men as I have above mentioned. A e
diould have three for each engine nnd
hose company ami thice for each
i hemlcal company to f-tnit with. In
my opinion."
Tho majoilty of the wlunicer fire
men, ol course don't like to have tin
various companies with all their de.
Ilghtful old liNtoriiw, disbanded, and
they'io planning a little -"in prise foi
councils. At Wednesday night's meet
ing of the fin men's Ueilef aoola
tlon. It is mdei stood that Joseph
Hall, of the M.'ranl' lint, v 'It Introduce
a resolution, declining it to he the
seu.r of tho volunteer llrenu n of the
city that If the Chittenden ordinance
Is passed, they will give the itty only
until May "1 to icoigaiilc the de
p.uttiii nt. and will then dlshiud
lliemselve.
It U expelled that thli t-ohitlon
will be pawsed unanimously, as the
geneia"l sentiment of the men seems to
lawr It. It; Is believed that the dele
gates fiom the ivntutv, William Con
nell, Kveeislor and Cumbeilar.d Jills'
eompnnlis will vote tor this resolu
tion. These companies bnw nt pte
dil but one peimaneut man each, and
the C'hlttinden onllunnee provides
i hat they shall not be disbanded fin
the piesent. If tin resolution Is
pas-ed li will mean that the men of
tin so companies' will itake the law
Into .their own hands, in no tho
I'hittendon measure becomes a. law.
ii t
Chief yizleinnnn and Select ('ouu.'ll
men C. i;. Chittenden i.ml T. '. .Me
v In. to settle the dispute as to tho
water piesstue nt the various hy.
drant along T,:ukuwnuiri avenue,
near the lclnlty of the lectin big
the. took the water gui.pu from the
S'a Aug (itRlne a few days ago and
made a lew texts. 'i'., hydrants at
the cotiKis of Washlnglon, Wyoming
and l'enu ! venues wen tested and,
itccmdlng to the i ltlef. It was found
that the aveiage watio pressme was
tlflv-eight pounds. This, the chief
a.s, Is enthely Institllt'leiit for capable
iii o seilie, ami ho bellows that coun
"11s should endeavor to have the com
pany tttriiMi, If posilble. n higher
P"i!-suie. up lo eighty-live or ninety
potmilH nt least, mid innn If possible.
Fresh
Vegetables
TODAY,,
Fancy Hciitl l.uUucc,
I'lorltlu CcIcit, Tonmtoi'.s
(ioltlcn Wax Roans. llailiMics,
lIuniiiHla I'olnlocs
Spanhli Onions, rrniilnirrico, cic.
Inspect our stock before
chasing elseuheie.
pin-
E. G. Com sen
Headquarters.
Mho Can Write then
Best Short Story !
TIM llillll M. Ul I I'll- t tMI I'lllIM III
I.IK M. WltllLII nP I.Ol II. Hi lid.
Jj.a5.00 for the Bent Stoiy.
f?10.00 for the Second Best.
S0.00 for the Thlul Best.
IMLIIVIIl I liMI'LlliUJN WIILCI. I
PI Illl.Vf I. I- S'r Mt J.'tMll IN
illtlil'lt 'in WIN.
In tun ..I Ji. .'.lit that ii Iwulcul'le iiln
h..f elip.eil ln,is ll.ci.' ban bein my pubtlo
i.'inpillllon llieiiiiili the Iik.iI pie li.i li.e
imp.it in p-ilimilatliiR tl.e llteint) .I'lllny
ijlcl.t ainniiri tli" pioplc ul Nnillii'i'teiii
l'M.li.,iliiirilj. I'he 'Irlbunc ln duldi-d l
efrr a lli ul pilw 1 .lllillllnt III UiIa
dilution ll it ile.nuat ul mmihiih, tm ii-
In ii. milium n iiiitnliei "1 'ion .i.hIh
licillnif it i,il II Hue. Ii i.nlrr i I' tli
an iunnllw ll pmpo.ct l.t pn
21 lor llm til lv ol I."! I" '" .1
:i,ii"0 wntiN In litlli;
-'0 toi the .ciiiuil ln.t ptoit, ana
f'i tnr tin- thiol b l nIdiv,
MiiiiiKuli'li lmt uiie-lul ill kpiiiiiiu "ii"
nf tliikp jutre will I..- Iiul'li-hed anil dill
imlltnl if Ike million i iIp.iic.
Minim tmdlni; t biliu "i't U.e n.ii-n.c
uml liernilai.t Imi' "I IW .iiiihr He liiinlnp;
ilnlil'llj will lute plili'Hli.e. In mtiliealoii
with run Mill- in Ui" tallev Ihtie i .1
in t-H ot ti.idlt..u, Ilu indium hail bit i.llli '
i.iii'-. i,ni itlu- ot p'.o' t happlnliiK and
olii.r d.t.illi Ik id. I Ilu mi ll" olid oi xnpri-
iiilui.il whiili hai lift 1 Nin Rilh-rrd to
cetlri In lili i.o.t fiuiii. Tim opeiu 1 field
ttlii.li i pmclh.ill.i Itpvliawalblc. nnd whleli
.linuld impplr llm inalril.il l"i eme evee.l
limit' lot el rl Inc luiluii.
Ill, t.l'k ul p'unu iinii I lii- ineilts of the
iiianniirlptt Mihtiilltoil wi be a.tiBiiul to
d.lutrrente. lodg'. aliiwi imiii will "nn
l.e aniiouniul. and who will iea.l th. maim
mipu but bate no knowledge of the lileii.
tilt nf the auliioii. Ih" fiiiitiiie cniiiiln
ins the r. ii iiiiiici ol i nc imlmn will be
lreemd unop lied until after Ihc ii.imU
haip bein made.
MioiiM tliis lull l.t competition rn,' in
c-onrmlnr, it mny U. followed to oib.'r
pile otlrn ol lmlhir ler.or
to.NpiriONt or 'i in: on r
Ml itniuwilptt luiitt be Mibmllieil .,.!
tati i Hum M mil ."0.
Ml tnanUMiipit inlet be Mined b.t a tie.
tltimn inino ind al-o the wiitei' real mute
mid pO'toline nlilli
'I In nen of ci h Klort nui.t b. bud in
Niiilliea.teiii Pi ntft Ituin i, but the mnn of
leal perui mail not i- ii'od
One turtlir tondltl.m mutt be undii.i od
I onlrlbulloiiH inlendid tor this rotueti will
I ... .nfcpted only fiom ptiscnt fciibcrlbcrs to
'Nip Tilbunc in fiom thus who ma), ilutlr.j;
llu- inntiM, bonip Mibsinbii? bj pitni.'iit
nt 'it lrat one luouth's iih.criplioii in ad
1.I1H i Vidro.,
slill'.V t ONTl'sl.
laiiln liiliiiiie, -clanlon, Pa
Helen e the end ot the ntesent fiscal
j. oar there will he Intlodiiced In the
select council a resolution dim ting the
tltv deiK to advertise foi bids fm
the maintenance of a lite alaim. S??,
tem. The lesolutlun will, It Is under
stood, be backed by tlio Jickawnnua
Telephone company, the management
of which belleveH It tan maintain sin h
n system for icry considerably less
than the amount the elly Is now pay
ing. The umuunt now paid is .?:;,lb!)
a year, mid It Is believed that the new
telephone company's bill will be ni
least SiOOO nnd peihaps $.'.000.
MRS. KELLAR GONE.
Albeit Zeam, a Contiactor, Diopped
Out of Sight About Same Time.
He Was Attentive to Her.
Mis. Chillies I. Kellat. of South
Washington avenue, illappeinud ftom
bonie last Wednesday and her sudden
ab.-eiiie ! connected by her husband
with the di part tin fiom the city nt
the same time of Albert Hewn, nn
Italian coatiadoi, whom he had sus
pected lor some time of being unduly
Intimate with .Mis. Kellnr. .
Mr. Kellar Is about PiJ yens of age
and Is prupiletoi nf the llnirisburg
hotel at South Washington avenue and
I'lm stieet. Ills wife Is two or tluee
yiais joungir. They lived together
lor twenty-one .wars, and had two
c liildi en Sliiec the couple disappeared
on Wediiesdav, not n wotd has been
heaid from cither of them, and Kellar
and bis family are completely In the
ilatk reganlliig their wheieabouts.
No word or message of any soil has
been tecelved at the house. No steps
have Ik en taken an yet to tr.uo 'earn
and .Mis. Kellar. Kellai Is piaclleally
ptostiated by the shock and Is uimbli
to do any active woil; in attempting
to locate his missing spouse. The
matter will piobably be lefetted to tho
police today.
Zeam, who lived on O'H.na stieet.
was it fieiitient vlsltui at the hotel,
and beginning last ciulstnia.s, Kellar
claims to have seen actions which
moused his suspicion.-,. Kellar, dur
ing the day Is employed at llohlnsonV
brewery, and his wife n.uiucd ehaige
of the hotel dining hi absence. 11 Is
said that most of Oram's visits look
plate dining the aliseme of the hus
band.
Mis. Kellai took wlthhei fiom home,
her uunilagr cei tilli utc. unit JIMi which
she had at the Dime bank. The e..
isteiif of the art mint, uhlill was a
pi hate one, was unknown to hei hus
band, pilot lo her depai'tUli .
FUNERAL" OF A. R. MATHERS.
Was Held fiom the Residence of J. L.
Crawford, on Monroe Avenue.
Tho i uuei ul seniors of A. 11. Jlnth
rts weie held Saturday afieinoon from
the icsldmce of J I.. Crawfoid, nt SPl
Moilioe avenue. I lev. C M, Sltlln. P.
1 IX, of the Him P.nk ihuieh eondueteil
tlio services'.
The pall beaieis, tnembeiii of tli!
Wyoming lodge. Fieo and Aeiepted
Masons, were A. .1. I.ayeoi K, .1. 11.
Shoemaker V. J. 1'jher. .T. II. Sehoupy
and A II. I.linlsa. Int"i tiU'in was
iiiinle at l'Vaty Fort.
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GOES TO THE PHILIPPINES,
Joseph EcUeibley Now Visiting In
ThlB City.
Joseph l.'cketsluy. of Noith Seian
Ion, who enlisted In the Fifth Fulled
Stales cavalry, some two years ago,
nnd who has been on ilutv In I'm in
Itlco for the past year.gocs next month
to tho Philippines with bin regiment.
He Is now homo on a ten davs' fur
lough. A huge, wiill'dtilledand spedal ot
ehesira. under the baton of S, U. Ktud
ley. will bo u feuture with the Itos
lonlanK at the l.ycenm tomorrow
night. "
NOT TOO LATE
TO DO IT NOW
ASSESSOR JONES BELIEVES
' CLASSIFICATION.
IN
Ansessment Mnde Can Be Changed
to Conform to the Second Clnss City
Act If Councils Dhect That Tills
Be Done Tlnee Membcis of tho
Bonid of Revision nnd Appeal to
Be Elected Will Have Nothing to
Do If Contemplated Finn Is Cnirlcd
Out.
City Assessor Civvlljin Jones said
.lesteiday that he believed the assess
ment Jtisi niadii should he tinssllled,
aceoiiling to the ptovislona of the
sec tind-r lass elly act uud he ftllther
"luted that the ussessois loulil do this
In M'ty iptlelt order In se they wete
sn dlieeled hv collliells.
"I Ihlnk It would be very advisable,"
sild he, "for councils to dltect the
nmesmis to classify the assessment
Just ni.ule and also in raise It from
one-thlid to two-thliils ot the teal
value If this Is not done thuie Is a
poslbllllv that the city mny be left
In a pictly bid lis. We should have
liked in have ciassllled tho assessment
when It vvn. made, but as the outside
vvoiU wii... all ilnlsheil betoie Seinnton
entered tho setond class this was nnl
done. We had to comply with tlui le
iliilrements of the third clas city act.
whl h says nothing about the i,htsil
cntlon of property.
THi: CLASSIFVINO.
"The voik of classifying can be done
light bote In this oillce nnd done In a
very shin t time, us ran also the work
of raising the assessmenl from one
Ihlrd to tuo-thltds of the leal value
of the tiiopeity assessed. All that
would have to he done would he to
Intel Hun the books with led Ink.
"Of coutse the moment there Is talk
of iiiNIng the assessment theie will a
howl go up 1 1 tiii people who don t
understand the situation. The higher
Hie a.swm.(. valuation lite lower the
ttiv late, as a mntt I, of course, un
less councils beninie very extiavaganl.
If the assessment weie i.ilsed to two
thirds of the iint value theie would,
of cotir'.', he no necessity of levying
the full ten mills allowed by the law,
but a i .Use Is, to my mind, necessary
If we ni" to meet the expense: of a
secotnl-elnss city, on" a graduated tax
levy.
"It would be vvle foi the estimates
committee to not consider the esti
mates until councils decide wiielhei
the assessment shall be ialse"d unci
ciassllled. If It Is raised Ihe commit
tee will know where it Is at und will
he able to work Intelligently, a thins
which is Impossible now."
MAY HAVH NOTHING TO liO.
Il is moie than likely that even If
the tluee members of the boaul of
to vision anil appeal, necessaiy to com
plete that body, aie elected at next
Thumliy night's Joint session, that
they will have nothing whatever to do
with the trl-ennlal assessment. That
Is, of com so. If the programme now
planned by certain couucllmen Is car
tied out.
This piogiamme is the passing of a
lesolutlon directing the assessors to
i lasslfy the assessment, nccoidlng to
the piovislons of the second-class city
laws ami fin titer directing them to
i also ll from a one-third to a two
tlijrdq valuation. It Is argued that
the boanl of revision and nppeal which
Is provided for cities of the third class
and which Is abolished by the .second
class chatter, could have nothing to
do with such an assessment nnd that
the assessois themselves would be the
only petons who could hoar appeals
upon It.
CONNOLLY FATALiVY BURNED.
Spilled n Qunntity of Boiling Wnter
Over Himself.
Thomas Connolly, aged S ycats, son
of Mr. nnd Mis. James Connolly, nt
H.vnon street, died Saturday ftom seri
ous burns lecelved In the morning at
his home. Young Connolly was cat ly
ing a pall of boiling water fiom the
kitchen lo the hennery, when lie
slipped and tell, (he water spilling
over hhn.
Ills set cams atltacied the attention
of membeih of tho family who has
tened to the allllited child and car
iled him into the house and summoned
medical aid. His burns were so seri
ous that death tesulted a few hour
later.
The fuinriil will take plate till af
ternoon at 2.30 o'clock from Holy Cmss
i hurch and Initial will be made In the
Cathi'dial cenietciy.
FUNERAL OF RAYMOND LISK.
Bulled with Military Honois Ycster
dny. The fuiteial of ltayuioud Lisk, pit
vate of Company Ci, Twenty-seventh
regiment, I'nlted Klntcs volunteers, at
the thito of his deulh, und I'ormeily a
member of Company D, Thirteenth
leghuent, was hebl yesterday aftir
noon fiom his mother's icsldenee at
7::i Kiesslur mini. Sei vices weie con
dueled by Hew r. It. F. X. Pleice,
pastor of tip- j'enn Avenue llaptlat
i lunch.
In the i out so of his teniaiks, Ur
Knox Hats
i
for Spring....
elcome the eye ol crit
U'lsin, they are not eve
p'.easeis onlyth:y aie
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A .Nf.ArVVWS rf-VS-VI .AAVVVSt
Kood inside and outbidi;
. ate guaianteed.
I - -
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it's another case of "wheie to spend" money i. to make money."
CASEY BROTHERS,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers, 216 Lackawanna Ave.
Pleicc dwell for some time on the hero,
le death of l.lsk, while at the fiont
in the Philippines lighting for his
countiy. I. Ink's i cumins icpoicd In a
handsome casket, diaped with a large
Aineilcau Hag. Then were many
beautiful lloral tilbltle.
Corporal Ilotubaker and a squad of
eight men fiom Company I) wer.
iltuvvn up at "piesent aims" when the
pallbeaieis lime the enskel to tlic
hearse, while Pilvale William Slanton
played "taps" on iho bugle.
Headed by Corporal Horubaker and
hit) squad, the procession silently niiule
Its vvav to the Potest Hill cemetety,
wlido Intel ment was made. Captain
Aitlnir 11. I'oole and other oIIIccih of
Company J) weie In line. Tho pnll
beatci.s were: (leotgo l.ockcr. Com
pany C: chailes Collins. Company A;
William A. Miller, Company 1): John
11. Cofi'inau. Company A (!. W.
Cleveland. Company 11, and IMward I
W. tieiny. Company 11.
At the cemelei y the Hi .tig sipind
Hied salutes across the grave.
STOLE FROM HIS BROTHER. I
T. C. Albettson. of This City. Plnced
Under An est.
T c APiertsou, of this til, was !
Ml rested Saturday on the i hinge ol
hitceny ptefoiied by his lumber, 1.
Albi tson. of Foster. Last Filda.v T
i'. AibertMiii. who had been visiting
his biother at Foster, siiddenl.v te
tuincl home. Shutiliatieoiisiy with
his depailuie a purse containing Sin
dlsappenied.
'I'. C. Albeit'im was niialgneil b
fme A1drinnn Howe and aeknow 1
edged his gulll. I "pon his retilinlug
S.'t of the stolen money the ase was
dismissed. He had spent tin; oilier 10.
I. O. 0. F.
'lite memli'i's ot Lackawanna lodge,
No. 201. I. O. O. P., rile requested to
meet at their hall. 'JOD Wyoming ave
nue, nit Tuesday, Feb. 2tl, nt 1 o'clock
p. m., sharp, to attend the funeral ot
our late hi other, John Harwln. Mem
b rs of sister lodges are cordially In
vited. Floyd C. Fiedrlei. N. li.
A sensation Is pi utilised In the ap
peal ance with the Uostonlans of a dis
tinguished basso, John Duusinure, a
singer of wondei ful magnetism unit
vocal ability. '
Ask foi Kelly's union ciackeis.
The Scianton Gas nnd Wnter Com
pnny and the Hyde Fnik Gas Com.
pany.
In iiccoulinip with I lie pobet of lhec lone
panics to lediiee lalei fio.u llm. to tune at
in iv be wariauliil by milt icd con.iunpii n.
notice I hriibt ulim that . on und jln'i Vpnl
1 net, the ptl"' ol as will !.p one dollir it
one thousand ruble lei t mniiiiiiid, cubjei I 'n
tho following dlsci.uiiN: I'lte pir tint on .ill
bill t.l, rip Ihe tou.iiiiipii.iii foi llu' mmi'i
amnuntt In leu thin twiuivtite doltan l.i pn
rent, nn all Mill wheio Ihe consumption I .r tlio
li'onth iUt.iuuts to twna foo Uollai. an. up
w ml-
Ptotbled Ihe bill l pdd en m 1. tm. I.p
20th iliy of Ihe inoulli in wlibli m bill it
icndcicil. lly oldii ot the boanl
(1 II. IIVNII. cneUii
Departments
Today
Pierce's Market Penn Avenue
We tiiaKe a .puiia'i ol ui.i, (icani'v I.
tct nnd tdrictly ticdi ii.- and lie pn. r
low at llul elau guoda lull ba ol.i .0
We di nor Ijte any kpedal im. i a
bu; at ull tmvt ihiij a. iiinpht,' u u .'
illlLc' (Soodv t'iin llioceiim ami f jb . li
lien at tan le foul. J In tho l.nrc-l ' a )
or I'ldlallrlphla Vlail"U illl.th Mi - 11 Ji
l"l . . .
!1.
Pierce,
19 l.tikinurM Kt.
I'lOinpt dfllury
Ml. 112. IK l'enu Art.
Tlio nii'rtxin MuniiructiiriiP,' Co.
t viHiilon Htnl WUI.evlla-rt t'
ilanufiioiuiert o
L0C0A10TIVUS, STATIONAKV ENQINES
Hollers, tlol.llng aiid I'nnipliis .vtuchlniry.
Qenerl Offlce, Bcranton, Pa.
Monday
Bargains
in All
Clarke Bros
It's Easy
to make a mistake by not
being direful to keep watch
on what we offer you. Our
California Wines .
you should sec. It will be
costly to miss them.
v.n
l et.T I. idnr
i.l I. -I i
aue It l a huf'H
piuis unlet l
pinmlnriit plti e
.t.t na .
Iiu in in
lio aie til ct
NfWS
305 Lackawanna Rue.
"is IT Itosei't llro." ('ooil.
Knives, Forks
Spoons, etc.
No iiupstion about tin qualitv; vs
have .ill tlic newest patterns at
lowest prices.
Also the celebrated Sterling In
laid Spoons nnd Forks. War
ranted to wenr twenty-live years.
Immense stock ol Sterling Silver
Spoon), F-orl.s, Knives and CHsed
Uotd; for Wedding Presents.
Merceread & Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
Heating Stoves,
Ranges,
Furnaces,
Oi! Stoves,
as Stoves,
Steam and
Hoi Wats,
Isaters,
GDNSTER h FORSYTH,
:- tr rr:.;:; . t.i p.
tn2SCKMffwa3BsraBii
I,
King
ii Customers
by Comparison
want you to 30 elsewhete
IP'st cwimln' the goods get
the pi lie. -then 1 onto to thf
Pi noii'v ami se oi much w
c 111 i,ii , up.
A ' ll one .in money ;,l
i.nv Mini, Imi the t.iiviug tv III
l. U II lull- dll'll'V
February
Trade Sale.
.1 iliiol, ui t.ie liulns we
I in iiiiiici ilon with our
: iiiliiiuii. 1 liilibhment). 'car-
'...1 I lots diieei fiom thn maker
1I1.11V our wnv o hujing,
SatislaeMoit nivil ,., f0 aj
fie H you t.ould keen
ioiei 111, tlio ip t Lronds drop
I" ". 1 il. n.i'lv
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