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THE SCRAOTOX TRIBUNE-TrESt)AY, MARCH 10, 190J.
5
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x ri'- uoni:n.v iiAnnwAnu storm.
TAKE
TIMEot
Sow your lawu seed
now, a few cents buys
enough seed for a
good sized lawn. Get
it here aud you will
have choice rccleancd
seed seed that will
grow.
Foote & Shear Co.
JI9N. Washington Ave
:xxxxooooooo
ii
OF SCRANTON. J
Capital 5200,000. S-irplus $500,000.
United States Depositary.
Husiucss, personal and sav
ings accounts invited.
3 per cent, interest paid on
saviugs accounts.
Open vSaturday cveuinga
from S to g o'clock.
Vi. Losm I L, President.
ill sky Hli.in, Jr., Vice I'rcs.
Vi. 11. Ph.k, Cashier.
Lewis,
Ruddy,
Davies
U I'.
Mnrnhv ''L' ' I '. ! I
WHKfc
330 ''It! I ii; l -i1
I.DCk1
Avenue. tess
venu
330
Repairing Done Gratis.
ACKAWANNA
"THE"
AUNDRY.
WEATHER YESTERDAY.
1 nal tlati for Vuiili 1?, 1101
lliKlict l'lliHI ll IK . ..
lowtht 1tlllKIMlUlti .
lllllllililt.V.
S l In . ,
r i III .
Niowdll, Jl lioil Milling 8 p.
, . V ilium
., M (bitten
7J pa i nt
M jur mil.
m , ti no.
PERSONAL
( limol and Mm. I.. A. w.itu bate I'luiuul
n m i to .iKs' ljy I" I'lorldj.
indul Idwln lloj'l, of llie I iillfd Stabs
II lll lulllllllU- btltioll. in ill tV "lK I ill.
l I, (a-n, Eiiiicrinti'idint of car K-rviio
ii (In Ldikaxwnni nillioud, Jicoinpaiiliil lij liN
inn, loll lor Nov iia .Mtlctdij.
l II l(tu, of I lie Dickson Maniifailiiiniii
imipam, It u utliulay (oi Hiimhmi lo in'.i
utiie work Wing dire llure by Hit! conipii..
(In- fulIolni: Scl.iiitonl.nn Jio iigMirul it
II ul Allicrt, New oil.t inir' . Hutu W.
J! Hone. II. (.. Dunham, W. I ooM and c.'
(I Moiriinii
lulm r- MlJStf. a niuililit at t It Jllllruulln
(tale Nourial Kliool, ii spcndlnif tliu I atu
va.ation with lil-i pauntis, Attorney and .Mir.
.Uiui r, Klip;.
I II Koloj, Mi'icrlnliiidinl of uliRi.ipli hi
Mi un Hie l.acL-in.111111 ullroad, ixltli ln.id
i.mrura at Ni-w uil iall(d on tlio ulil' ial
Iwjud lino jcslfid.iv.
I M pail, fomiorly siiptiiulf iidcnt of ii
1 He mi'l w joining alli.v llallruid, kit Suudaj
mUii (or Iluffalo, iilieie In bnciniti upnin
Hi dint l Mil Inlon Stiaulili ioniunj.
r ( AiikIo, ol Ilimllli, I'.i , wlio iHioiii
pinlid Ilio Ladax.aiiiia. 1aJUoiI.iI i.uiulou Pi
Iluffalo, and ttopptil fit at hjracii-o an Nr.intou
on liU .iy liunu, lid the illy at a iu .m.ichIjj
adimooii.
Hllllam Coushlln lliliil liuriiun i( tin Wil
Inpton Ameriuni league aic ball club, mid
John Dunn, Ilio rvllrooMjn pltihei, Iioh miii
ll.c I'hiladilpliia .N'ational Ujkiiu bain, Mill
Iraic tcniouoM to altrnJ Hie uliciluln iiiiitiiih
erf Ilio Aiuirioan luiuu at Pliiludilphla
(;ci:slilln lii not IuiiiM willi Miiuu'ii Mannlni;
5t, but Mill do i-fi I' un infinue ill lilx -ulai
U foitlieouiiui;. lhuui rml to plidi il,.
name of his lUe foi the l'lillllt. Ilotli arc in
r.pleiidld i ond It Ion and louhl "nt III the iaiiu"
today. Dunn ripctlri to liiihdi hi piillniinar;
tralnlnz moiU In llic .lohm llciklm uiie .it H.il
tln.ori.
Scluleveji's Tluee Dollar roittalta.
To effectually correct tlil pt availing
Impressiloii thut tho Oobl Medal Studio
iroduicH none Imt expensive plctuies,
St'hrloveru tin co dollar poituilt Is
specbilly ofUTLtl.
Aitlstlrully well, wo shall say noth
ing of tlulr merit. Her them at thu
Hudlo, "
Piano for Sale.
good bccuritl hand Uptight Plauu,
nt a gttat luttguln for canh. Don't
iiilfs It. Guernsey Hull, J. AW Ottein.
sey, Prop., L'll U'liblilngMm Mietiti",
tjcidnton, I'a.
'IlH!l
-,-HHBLfflH'i I
7&"Rh IM"
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TROUBLE OVER A CHILD.
It Wns Straightened Out in the Al
derman's Office,
Antlionv fcott ami wife Mary, col
oicil, of Kiiymoml court, wore nrtcsted
ycHtcrday nt tho liistnuc-o of John
Johnson, of Jfnun, also coloicd, for
unlawfully holding a child. Mr. Sophia
Cullcn, a white woman, of Jcssup, vvna
at rested at tha name tlmo for abduc
tion, and all tlneo weie atralgned be
fore Aldctiuitn Millar ywloiday. Tho
story htoiiKht nut at the iiomlmr In
this:
I.unt November tho hUb'on td and
wife, Mr. and Mir. John Johnson,
broke up their homo and "fip.tt Jtcil.
Johnson wont to Moscow and Ills wife
went to Iluffalo to live. Their sown-ycai-old
child, tlrnco May Johnson,
ai tflven over to Johnson'H mother to
keep. One day In November, Mrs.
Sophia Cilllen found tho child v nutlet
Iiirt, lit a liMf-stuived condition, In tlio
woods near JeHstip, fought out It
Krnntliiiotlicr, and took the child to
hoi. Thu latter tefused to lake the
III tie sill, and upon the advice of tho
Justice of the peace of Wlnton. biouglit
the chllil to this clly ainJ gave It over
to tho SVotts to keep, knowing that
they were friends of the family.
The aldeiman henid this evidence,
discharged the defendants, and gavu
the little gill oer to her father
THE MERCANTILE TAX.
Secretary D, B. Atherton Repoited
on It at Last Night's Meeting of
Board of Tiade.
Tlieie was but a small atteiid.ince
nt Inn night's uuetlug of the hoard
of tiade, and the session was theiofoio
held In Secietaiy Atheilon's olllee. In
stvtul of the assomlily loom A lingo
anoiint of loutliv huslinrsH utm tran
sacted, hlef amotig which win hear
ing the it pott of the committee- which
went to llarilliutpr lo sceuio a jevlalon
of the mercantile tax luw, and tho re
ceipt of a (oinmuuli atloii logatdlng
the establishing of a local horticul
tural association
t-'ecrctniy Athetton. who, with A. r
Uuffy, wns at the state capital last
Thin td.ij,, lepmted that they ap
pealed befori th way.- and ineaiw
conimlttee nnd pieicnted aigmnents
showing why tho uicrcautlle tav
should be i educed one-half. He said
that they mt with .i ery favoiabb
id option, and the point thoy ad
Miinrd tint the state loventies would
Ik lucreat-ed, lather than dliuinHlied,
wns declaied well taken. The commit
tee h theory I that the tn at one
halt mill instead ol ono mill on evety
dollai's w tilth of liuslness. theio will
bo less attempt tit evas-lon by mer
chants who dodgo the present law by
Inaccurate hlatements of the amount of
business transaUcd.
The application fin ineiuhei.hip of
Hon. John Fair and II. T. Heck vor
iiliaulmoucly appioved. .Air. Hock U a
member of the dim of Tlmmln it
Hock, who will operato the spike mill
now being built In Keysei vtlley.
A ic solution was adopted extending
an Invitation to piesldnu McKlnley
nnd his cabinet to vl.t this city whit
en l onto ft oiu Buffalo to New Yoilc,
Ibis June. They will viMt the I'an
Auieilcan exposition and It Is said Hint
on their retain, short fctopp are con
templated at cities along the line.
A communication was net toad Mom
James Onrdrier Sanderson, In which ho
.stated th it the late Anthony nu
irann, esq., had woiked with him for
seme time in an eiioit to establish a
Sctantcn Hortlcultiual s-ocloty. and
now that the distinguished hortlitil
tuilht was ro longer piesent to In
ttiest hlmseif iu the movement, lu
tl ought It a good Idea for the lio.nd to
ttke some action. He suggested that n
company b organized, capltalizeil at
J.'iOOCO, with shares at $"o each.
The pin poses of such an ui-oelatIon,
among which would be the mainten
ance of n botanical gaideu, weie set
fc.tth nt length In the communication,
wlilcn was loreiied to a special com
mittee composed of J. H. Plnimluk, Pol,
IT. M. Holos, Conrad Schroeder, Col
P h. Hltchocck and Clnilos Jiohln
son. i: M Claik, of Clnik Uio. was pio.
posed for mcmboishlii by Mr. lloland.
Action will lie taken on the applica
tion at tile net meeting.
WRIT OF ERRoFaSKED.
Freliminmy Step Taken to Have
'Rlppei" Opinion Reviewed by
the Supietne Coutt.
An exception was jcsterila Hied to
the judgment icndeied Saturday In
Judge It. A. Auhbald's opinion mis.
talnlng the coiihtltutlonallty of the
"Itlppei" bill. AsslKtimeuts of error
will be tiled later. Thev will be piac
t bally a copy of the amended iuggo.s-
' tlon tiled befoie the nigument of the
case last Thuisday.
A, soon at. the exception was noted
of iei.otd estiida, f miner Senator M.
1'. MeOonild, who Is eoutestlug the
lcgullty of the Hipper," had his nt
toinejs, Mosik Hums, 0'Hilen ami
Mai tin. suid n icquest to tho Supienit
cotut foi a ceitloiari and wilt of euoi
The appeal will piobably bo allowed
today, and the Supieuie point will bo
at once itBkeil lo ilx a special and eaily
day tor a heating on account of the
gieat Imiinitaiice of the case to the
people ofScianton, 1'lttsbuig aud Allo
gliou GINADER WAS INSANE.
That Was the Veidict of the Coio
ner'a Juiy.
iloigo ts. Oinader committed sulilde
while sufieilng fioni a temporary ah
bciatlon of mind. That was tho aci
dlet letuined last night by n corouei s
Jury, conslstlnsr or I'attolniui D. J
Davis, Thomas Connery and Klnlay
Ho.ss, Rlchuid Davis, C. M. Stoim anil
Andiew He.ilrj
Oinader Is the AA'est Side bather who
died two bullets Into his Ik ad on tho
old Lino mad on l-'ilday, Maich S, at
G.oO p. m. Tho only witness examined
last night was his brother, Fiederlok
Oinader. his paitner In the luiber
business
Oignns for Sale Cheap.
You can buy a good second hand Or
gan us low as JIO.MI at Guernsey Hall,
J. V. Otieinsey, 1'iop.. J14 AVashlng
ton avenue, Scranton, Pa.
The ladles of the I'enn Avenuo lljp
list church, fioni tho A's to the hv
Inclusive, will seivc a tempting Haster
supper In the church puilors Thin a
day veiling, Maich 21, fiom ti to S
o'clock.
Linen Doylies
Special Milts of ('mbioldeied linen
do) lies, Seven to thirty Inches. Cramer
A -Ms Co., I no AVjomlng avenue.
Abk foi Kelly's union craekeii.
OFFICERS IN
CONFERENCE
MET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN
THE ST. CHARLES.
National Piesident John Mitchell
nnd District Piesidents Nicholls,
Duffy nnd Fahoy CoiiBlder Plans
for Tiylng to Bring About a Con
f ci once Between tho Mine Woikcrs
and Their Employeis Wlint tho
District Piesidents Say About tho
Piescut Condition of Affnlis.
The ptosldcuts of the tluee anthra
cite dlsiilcis nre now hi the city, nnd
with N'ational President John Mitchell
will fot initiate a method of attempting
to .secure the attendance of tho oper
atois at the confeience of Apill 1. The
four weie In tension yesteiday ttfler
noon at the St. Charles hotel, but their
meeting was behind dosed doots and
was euthely of it secret natilie.
Piesident Mitchell felt setiously In
Npoedl ns the lesult of a. severe cold,
and last nlcht ipfued to see unono.
A nitmhcr of luoldentals to the Apill 1
rosoltitlon will bo taken action upon by
the national nnd district pteslilouls
Meetings will be called of the dlstllet
IioiikIh, ami nothing left undone to se
cure the attendance of the opeiatois.
If the latter iefue to attend the con
feience, Judging fioni the present out
look astlike is almost inevitable
The situation hns now sliiimetod
down to a point at which tho initio
woikets' otlk'lils demand lecognltlon. I
I and while noasscitlon has boon as jet i
i in.iriu nun itie ieueu.it oi i.isi inn
i offer Is not satisfactory fiom a mono
taiy stnntlpolnt, statemenls weie made
to a Ti Inline man yesteiday by Piesi
dents Thomas Duffy of Dlsttlct 7:
John Pahv, of Xo. !), and T. T). Nich
olls, of No. 1, that something more
tangible than nieie notices Is lequlied
and nothing shoit of a joint conference
tan adjust the numeious potty gilev
ances entottalned.
NATIONAL r.XIX'CTIVi: POAUD.
After the meetings of the dlstllet
boards, tt se-slon of the national ex
ecutive board will be called bv presi
dent Mitchell. This maj bo held In
AVllkes-Hane, and will take place dur
ing the latter pait of tho mouth. The
boaid consists of eleven menibois.
Piesident Mitchell, Vke-Piesldent T.
1.. Iewls. Sceietaiy AV. It. Wilson and
Kietleilck Dllcher ate four of those. A
inajotltv vote will cause a stilko, If
the ooeiatois leftiso to appeal at (he
confeience.
National Oiganlxer Chilslophi r Hv
ans, of Ohio, ai lived lit the illy ves
tetday af tet noon, and each day will
now math the aitlval of moie of the
mine woikeis' leadds, Piesident MltiTt
ell will bo closeted with the dlstilit
piesidents this ntoinlng and afleinoo!.
fiesldont Dufiv. of Dlstilit 7. when
last night Intel legated by a Tilbune
man i eg. tiding the feeling in bis legion,
wild "Mv Instiuctons are shoit and
sweet. They ai e 'lonfeicnce or stilko ' "
riesltlent rahv. of Dlstilit P. said
"In my dlstilit the mine woikets con
sider the action of the oiieiatins an
affiont, In thut thev have Ignoted the
Invitations piolfcicd In all louttesy
AW legiet that they could not see their
wav clear to mi et with us. as the
luoposition which was to have been
submitted was so fair that tho opet
atots could not have failed to bo Im
piossed by' It
"The ltotbes justed ate uu-.itlsltie-toiy,
as thoy ate not dollnlte enough
Thev liavo no homing on the siual'd
gtlevniices entei tallied, and of thoj-o
lattet theie ate many whlih tan be ad
justed by nothing save a Joint eon
fereiue. The men of No. !1 aio willing
to abide bv tlio losolutlon pisod Sat
uitlny. AVe would Hither avoid a
ll Ike. but iu (oiliiiu tasis It Is Up.
only ieni( d.v."
AVIJAT NICHOU.S SA11
Piesident T. D. Nicholls. of, Dlstilit
No. 3. emphatically declaied to u Tilb
une man estetday that unless the
opeiatois meet with tho Mine AVoik
ets Apill I thoie will bo a stilko. He
said-
"Fiom now until the end of the
month, Piesident Mitchell and th
other Mine AVoikei.s' ollidals will bond
all ilfotU towauls poisttadlng the
opcratois to ntlett 1 the conieienoo nnd
thus ptevvnl a strike. We will leave
nothing undone whldi tan possibly
avuit n suspension of woik In the an
thtnclte Held.
"The opeiatois at tlon in dodatliig a
lontlnuiiiice of tho ten per cent ln-
1 1 c c Is not enough. AVe have nslv d
lot a confiience, tts vve boMeve tint
only by a joint set-slon rt otnployets
and einplnyes can many of the gib-v-iineos
entoi tallied be done away with.
We need an adjustment of many mat
teis, nnd vliile I dimly believe that
the companies could p-iv an advance
In wages even gteator than that given
last year, stm th gnatest gilevanoo
eiitd tallied Is not tho ainouut of
wages aid, but the Inequality which
eNlhts in the scales or dllUieiit mm
paiilos. "Tills- and cithei gili'vautis oitlor
tallied by the nieii tan be settled by
nothing save a conlewnco and a inn
I mil unileistandlng between both par
tie. If we touhl obtain fiom tho
ojcialois a signed agto-ineiit loveiltu,
all the phases of llic tti"stlon. H would
luove an oilctUul means of seltlemout
and ontliily do awnv with all the lit
tb stllkes ii-culling duilng the year."
DlhCHHlt HMPHATIC
National Committeeman Pud nil-
CUTPRICE
On fancy 50c Navel Oranges
this Aveek
39c.
l'Moridas this Aveek,
35c.
Cut-price this week on
cauucci goods. Ask for sample
f (1 GOURSEN.
129 Lackawanna Ave.
Who Can Write theO
Best Short Story f
Tin. 1 nun m: t.'ii.i,s tv-11 rutis ro
jot m, umrnis ov i.w u, neno.s.
S25.00 for the Best Stoiy.
S10.00 for the Second Best.
35.00 for tho Third Best.
Jiiiiivin (ompi.ii.iiov wiihik .
Pl'lllt Mi; I" NOT M(l.sltY IV
UIIIH'II '10 wis
In lrv if tlii fio lint roii'IrUrjtrlo line
Iu .liipnnl flme t lit ! In Ihcii any publlu
lompttitlin tlitmuli Hie IucjI pifi for llic
putpivc of iitiiiitililliK llm Utcury ulrllll)
latent unions llic pioplc ul Norlliojitirn
IVniwlunlt. llic Itltmir'' l'J iln-lilcil lo
nl'cr .1 irlo nt piliH n a tlniiilim lit UiU
Olrntlon It l iliflioiK e( vintiiiK fj'r H'P
In U tolupiiK n nuiiitirr ff bolt ntntiM
twitlnc of Km il lliiliii In enlT lo furnltli
mi Inulitlio It ptopoxri lo ntj
sulfur llic liit t-torv of not lo ree
n.OiO rinl In Uniitli.
'Ill for Hie MintiJ In t slorj, 111J
fur llie 'lilnl irct Motj
Mjtitvtiiptii Hot imritiil in MsuriiiK 'if
of llii-.j irli villi be piiUlilul anJ Jot
iiiililiil it tin.' uuiliori m ildlio
storlii tr inline In Irrinn ma tlio roinmrp
ami Ir-cmdiij hue of tin- intliriiltc tnlnlin;
IndiiMri villi line prifirtnie In rinnrclipn
Mllli e?Tj tiillic ill Ilio vjIIpv tlicro in 11
ma of trmllliin, lm billing inlr Inonltli c
(Jpc, lurrjllio of pool Ini penltiKS .uu)
otlur il(tIU lo ilirliij? 011 I lir uritil or nuprr.
1ul11r.1l ulilili dm never been Killurnl to
Ritlicr 111 lllriillj Inllll 'Hill open A field
ulilili Ii prjitlr Ih inevliiintiWo jii.l vvhl'lt
olimiU upili tnc nutcital for wine cvreeit
injtlv iiilintliiK tic I Ion
'Ilio lik of piMltiB upon the merit of tlie
nianiivilN tutitnllteil vidl lie a-wlgned In
.1 iiIr,t reatiil jmUe, viIiiifp tunic will i"'ii
be annoiiiieeil, and iio Mill ruil tlio tuinu
rstlpn Imt line no knowlcil-'e of the Ufli
tit v of tin Jiil'ioti. Tlie enveloies contain
one Ilio teal iittueH of Hie uutliore will bo
prttrvn! uteitiicil until ntter tlio awinli
lino Item nuJ-r
Muiulil till inltlil competition iitoie en
1 iirjulne. it tun le InlloHOil Pv other
I vc olfm of lliliil ir tenor.
tosDirioss up tiii' iosti r
VII liiinu.erlpM limit bo Hilnnllleil not
biter than Mji'th 30
Vtl niantiKoriptf nui-t be mined hj a (u
tiilour. niiiie Htnl 1I-11 the wilier' rejl name
ami ptv.t ifllce adche
llic weiip of ruli totv must Ii.' laid I'
NnrtliejMein Prnii-ilnul 1, bill the naine of
teal p t4ous nillrt lint he tled.
Otic fiiilliet iniiditlun iniKt lie under-tood
Coliiilliuli'ilM 1111eiKl.1l for tliu lotiteit will
lir aoepied onh fioni pic-ietil mhseriliers to
'llic riibune 01 front tlro-o who tin, iluriii';
the uillle-l liMOinc isillrl rilrrl t- 111 pmnent
of 11 leii one luontli i fiiK-itiption in ail
in, r Vd li,
sTtim t ONTI s
r 11 oh lrilitiiie vranton, Pi
(her wax fiy mU-q.oUi'ii, aud lemarU
td to a T'lhuiir? man- "Theie will be
a sttlke Aptll 1. viitltotit fall, unless th-
oiieiatots iifrne to meet us. Of eouihe,
1 can but evpiess my own opinion, but
as a member nf the nitlonal boatd 1
III advoi'.tte the suspension of woik,
iu the event of a lelus.tl"
It Is piobable tliul l'tesblftit John
.Mltihell anil other olllieis of the mine
woikei.V union will no to New V111K
within 11 day or so nnd endeavor to pret
.1 he.tiiiiK:, cither dlieet or tin imli the
medium of a thlicl patty, with the men
who now routiol the anthtailte coal
hutdncss H Is said this nmttei was
uUciissetl .it jesterd.t'.s confetenee.
but none ol those who pattloipaled Iu
It would admit that lm t.
HIS WIFE HAS THE MONEY
Phllnndei S. Silshee Wants Couit to
Compel Her to Give Him His
Just Shaie of Savings.
l'hllniidiM S. Mlsbee was lor fotiy
veil- a r.illiojil (ondiKtoi. he luul a
.ilaty t lint aveiaued i) a month, aipl
as he was tlnlftv and ftuyal. he stie
icedcd ill .iv!u about l (H'O. Ills
wife, J'"innies M. Slldhee, w.ih tin bun
Ker of the (Inn and nil of their vav -UvAf
weio Invested in her name In th"
riis-t National buiiK
They weie mauled Julv 1. is", in
Hav.ley, but sjient most of their niat
iled lives In Dunmoie in IS'iT thoy
illyag-ieed and on Auw. S. of that year,
fe'iMialed. She IikiubIh a suit foi
dlvoiee Oil T, lv), lutt has not piose
cutcd It.
.Mrs. S'lfbte bin posst.i-ison of all
the c.nh oi the loneein and lotuses
to give til m any of It. Iu his petition
to the ituiit lor an injiiuetlon iiKalnst
her. tiled yesteida). he mil:
"Youi otato' Is now. old, Inilini. and
uiKible lo obtain woik. He Is destl
ttlte. without n home 01 mony wlt.i
whbh to lent one The defendant por
stn In lefttflllK to live v.'itli liltn 111
o Hive him .mv pan of the nion v
whldi he woiked hind lo eain and
lived inudeiitly to nave, and whbh It
now on I'eposdt In the deieudaiit's
lidino la the Kli.st National b ink "
He asked the eouri to lestiatn his
wile Jront iliavvlni; the money fiom
the bank and to compel hei to i;ivv
liiiu his lust slim e. A uile to sluev
enuse whj mi injunction should 11 it
be Issued was ri anted and made te.
un liable Satuiday.
Guernsey Hall,
"II Wiiid.iimtou ue Sii.tniiiii Is ih
btst aud mst lullahle l'laie 10 titti-
base a jrood l'i.u.o. It will pay jott
to rail and net pi Ices and 1 miiis. j '
GueillBey. 1'iop. '
Kiause's Cold Cute.
Foi eolds ill the heud. (best thiu.it
01 aiiv jiottlon ol the hoilj ln.'tks up
,1 eold In -I liouiH without Intel nipllun
to woik. Will in event 1 olds If taken
when Hist bjmptoms i'e.n. Pileo
J'.e Hold by JIatthews llios
PInno for Snle.
A fine CpilRlit Pl.ino, of one ui tho
best srades and almost as ;,ood hb
new, can be iiuithased lor 1 ash at 1
vciy meat b.11 train. (iiinsc) Hall
,'IU WashlllKtou ve.. Suuiltou, I'd .T.
AV. (iuttiwy. l'ioi.
Millineiy Opening:,
DlienliiR f "ne spilntr ntlllinciy
Thuisday. Friday ami Satin day
UmiKlieity it Thomas, Us Wjonilnt;
avenue.
Household I'uinlture at pilvate
t'ale. I'linuiii'lielm; Tuesdnv moinliu;
MiikIi IDIli, at in u. in l.'l.iienio i;
l'ior, two (lllifcim pticct
Ask for Kelly's union eiaekeis,
Yesterday's MnuinRO Licenses,
.lohu l'lilllli"" .loo'iip
I, inn b, I) null letup
lioid I.miiih W.ikHy
Mi II 1 Vui . . . . Illakeb
ARRESTED BUT
SOON RELEASED
CASE AGAINST OENEKAL MANA
OER WEYLAND FAILED.
He Was Ai tested at the Instance of
tho Municipal League on tho
Chnigo of Bribery, but nt n Hem
lug Befoie Aldeimnn Fuller the
Testimony of ex-Councilman Grif
fiths Wns Not Conoborated and E.
B. Sttu ges Asked for the Defend
ant's Dlschaige.
Opium nl .Mau.iKer S. K. We.vland. of
the 1-nekawanua Telephone company,
was at rested yesteiday on the eliaitre
of brlbeiy, at tho lustaiiee of the
Municipal 1piil;uc; was "riven a hearltnr
befoio Aldciiiiun Fuller, und then ills-ehai-reil,
J", il. SturKe's ie(iuestlntr the
nbleiinaii to do so on account of luck
of evidence.
Tho heai Intr wan eondllctd In the
nfteinoon, and the first wltucsit et
amlned was V. I llllllnrrH. assistant
cashier of tho Second National bank,
of Wllkes-llarie. The pioseeutlon
noutrht to prove by Mr. Hllllnirs that
a note of the I..u-knwnnnn Telephone
eoniiinv's for $10,000, Indoised bv Its
piesident, W. .1 Lewis, had been dis
counted at the bank on Kohi uar !,
1000. and that the money had been paid
to Mr. Wevlnnil.
Mr. JUIIIiikh ndmlttcd the discount
Intr of the note, but could not tell to
whom tho money was paid, thoutrh he
thought It was to Mr. Weyland. It wns
afterivaids admitted by the prosecu
tion that his testimony was of no ma
teilallty, because tho money which It
Is nlletred was paid by Mr. Wejland to
the commonwealth's pilnclpal witness,
eK-Common Count llmnn W. V. Oilf
flths. ivns paid live months befoie the
note was even drawn.
Tiii:.V8inu:rc swohn.
The net witness esamlued was for
mer Maoi W. 1.. Council, the luesent
treasurer of the Iiekaw.tnna Telephone
coinpniiv No testimony of any lin
poitonce wns elicited fiom him
Piesident W. J Lewis was (lie next
witness. He had no recollection what
ever of such a note as the one men
tioned bj Mr. Toriev havintr been exe
cuted. He himself wns out of the 1 lty
when the ftaneltlso oidlnauee was fin
ally passed
Former Couniliinan W V (lilillths,
of the Fouith ward, was next tailed,
and told stihstautlallv the same stoiy
Unit he told at the heatlhfT held March
7 Sometime In the summer of 1S11,
he said, Mi Wevland met him In the
Delnwaieand Hudson station mid jrave
hlui an envelope containing J.'OO, say
Intr as he did so that It was a present
for the Rood woik which he (Otlf
liths) had done for the company In
"iippoitlnir the ordinance mnntlnp; 11
fiitnehlse to the new company.
He was eioss eamlned at leiiRth
b Ml. O'llilen and admlttod that
theie wits no airatiKement with Mi
WevHnd befoie that he was to tecelve
any money, that he had always sup
polled the now company fiom the
civ first; Hint when the money was
Riven him theie was no dltect or In
dltett implication that it was for the
inn pose of ptiich.tsInB his vote, that
the lnnnev hud no inllnenee wlmlever
upon his ioIo In favoi of the lasi or
dlinince and the one flnnllj passod
nnd that whin the money was Riven
llieie w is no ftanehlsp oidlnaiie
peiidliur iu the (ouinion Inniith of the
councils.
rOSTPONlIMUNT ASKi:
Wlp'ii Mr. OtlltUhs' testInion bud
liecn completed. Mi. 'I'm ivy asked the
nttoinejs on the other side If the
would itRiee to an Indefinite post
ponement, on m count of the fact that
the leitRtie had been unable to secure
the piesrnte of a most linpoitaut vvlt-ne-is.
Mi Wnuni, In a vIroidus ten
minutes' speech, inotesled uk.iIiinH the
liostponeiiHiit
It was tin Injustice, he said to leave
such a seilous dim Re lunifrliiR over
the head of the defendant, who was a
man of stnndliiK' In the community
Theie bad been alloRether too much
dill -dall.vlnR- In these bilbeiy itises,
anywa.v. he snld, a,nd It seemed to be
the put pose of (he eat;iie to "Hist ur
ic st Miiii" man and then Ret .votir evi
dence "
Mi. Toik.v waived bis liemand for
j postponement, and asked that the
piNouer In- held lor 1 0111 1 on the
stieiiRth of the evidence nlieady pn -scnted.
The luct that Ilia trelieutl
nianiiKc r of a romany looking a
fianehlse bad Rl.en .1 1 otiiiiilman $2o0
was mote than enoimh to raise tho
piesuniiitloii of (limliuil Intent, In
i-nld "Mon In Mr. 'e land's position
ih n't ro mound RiviiiR lump Minis of
$JH0 to eveiy Tom. Dick nnd Himj '
laid he, 'nieicly as ,1 matter ol sentl
niiiil and !,ei .ium the.v Inl Rtale
lul" Mr. t)'llil"ti made a leiiRtliv pint for
the defendant. Tin 10 had been no evi
dence whttever of biibeiy olfeied, he
said Th" testimony of llie conuuon
wenltb's only lmpoitnnl witness, Mr
Oillllths. In Itself exploded eiltliely the
tluoiy of biibeiy. Theio was no un
dei si. Hiding vvhen the iiiouev was Riven
that It was tin the puipose of Inlllieiie
Ini? Mi (Irlll)th'.s voie
mi'st iti: counop.oitATKu
lb then pointed out that In su Ii 1
I use the ad of osstinblv ipipsl
sits foi 111 lh.it the eviiletue of the
ui.oiupllte to llie alleged iilnv must
lie con obninied Ml (ilillltlis w.is tlie
Spring;
Negligee
Shirts
An nssoitment not of
the usual kind, but an ex
tinordlnnty one in which
effects that mnke happy
mediums predominate, is
shown In these smnit shhts
nt
$1. and $1.50
I
Zmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
AN OPPORTUNITY
You .should take advantage of,
unless von have m.ulc up your
mind to do without BHbR'this
season. It's a value Hut com
pels the question so often asked
here: "How can you do it?" Just
Try Our Bock
It Is pronounced the lincst on the
market. Family trade ptomptly
supplied.
CASEY BROTHERS,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers, 216 Lackawanna Ave.
accomplice, but not a sliiRle bit of
eonobor.itlvo evidence hail hem of
fered. I'or the nlderinaii to hold ih-
d(fiMi(laut would not only be ' a lihrli
hnudeil piece of Injustice" but would
also be absllld.
Major WnricMi also iiiade ti bilef ad
dies iiIoiir- similar lines. Mr. Still Res
then aior-e and said.
"The Muulilpnl l.ciiRUe Is after until
Iiir that Is not fair and iIrIU If we
luul to accomplish Jusilcu by woikliiR
un injustlte. we would not do su I
theieroie join 111 asklllR that .Mr Wev
land be dlschaiRCd I want to sa.v ihui
Mi. Waiien Is entltely unjust and un
fair when ho lefeis to our di.tR-nei
methods, us he calls them. I am veiy
much suipilsed to see him Iu this cms"
at all. It will only be a shott time
ere vve wlH have sulHeient evident e In
this case to wan tint our nsklntr In
till fait nets, thai the Reiitleinau be Ii -id
lor coutt "
Aldeiman 1'ullei. at the conclusion
of Mr. StuiRes' lemaik.s declaied Mr
Wojinnd dlschaiRCd.
The Scianton Gas and Wnter Com
pany nnd the Hyde Pntk Ons Com
pany. In accorOjiitp with tlio policy o! tlico rein
panlm lo rrilnce Mtm fiom llnir lo time n
tnav be viarraiitnl by lnrojscJ (oii-uiiiptlii,
notlre i licrcbv Riven tlut, on iiml utlii Vprll
1 next. Hie l nip of cm villi 1 c one ilolhr pri
rnc tliomiml ruble fcrt loiwiniiril, fttlijc l u
(he (ollnwini; ilNioutit: l'ive pir imt m nil
t)llt iilirre tlio cuii'iittiptlon for the in iii i
omnutitH lo Ioji Hun twrnty flu ilolljn, fir, per
rent, on all I III ivlicie the loimiiinptioii lot ilio
tiidiitli aii.iuntn to lucnt file dnlluii an I up
iairt
Proililoil Ilio Mil U piM on or lioforo ilio
fJOtli iliv of tlio month in ulilcli tho Mil h
triidoriil Hi otilot of tlio Inml
II II IMNP. s,,,rt,rj
SPECIAL.
srnvMtiv iivs vvn wvin: compvnv vm
Mule Paik t.w iinipam -In nulu li, union
& the i.o of jtai for luol priiprvi. notire I
lirlilii Kiiou tlut tin ami .illri Vpril I in vt tin
prico ul fit o moil nil! ho ono rlnllu poi ono
thoibiiml fill lonsuinod, subjn t lo tlio toltowniT
siipcIjI ilUioiintJ Tc.l hr cent on nil MIWulii I
tin- iirnititiiptionfoi Ihoiiionthnumunltto Imitluii
Inrliti the iIcII.hh livrnti iiiriint mi .ill Mlti
Iioio tlio (oniiiuiptlue lor Ino tinmih jniounU
to tuonti liio ilnlljM ami tip.iuN
I'rniblul tho lull i pihl on or Infoit tho 'fih
la of tho iiionth In whtih tho MM i- iriuliuil
vpjrilo mi In. Iiiinl-hnl In Iho criiipini 11
liKMsill II; oldor of tho linanl
(I II II VM) Vnfiin
A LONG
DISTANCE
TELEPHONE
The groatest commercial
economist in the world today.
Compared to any necessary
investment in business,
the profit fromaTELEpHONE
is incalculable.
Residence and Commercial
rates at a tnoderalo cost.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
TELCPHONC AND SUPPLY CO
Manager's office, 117 Adatiu auiiuf.
ALL WOOL
Indies' Tailoied Suits to d 1 -y rn
ouler i)1j.jU
Gentlemen's Tailoied Suits d;l rr
to oider plj.jU
King Miller, Merchant Tailor,
101! I, Mil l.s Wll f,l r
435 Spitice St., Scianton, Pa.
Morifz MoszkovJski
wrcires to
RZiSAROING THE
Mason and Hamlin Pianoforte
'llie eminent musician, compo
se!, tenchet and pianist, now in
Paiis, wntes in a recent lettei
waim wouls ot praise in legard to
the new scale Mason Hamlin
Piano! 01 te. Moszkouski says,
among othei things, "It has a lull,
singing tone and a most .satist ic
toi action As a whole, the 111
stiument I believe tn be of the very
first rank."
A stock of tht"e Mipetb iiistri
metits may be soen at the w.tre
rooms ol
L. B. PoweU & Co.
131-133 WASHINQTON AVENUE.
I What You Ought to Have
I -.M -
Don t have youi Carpets spoiled foi the want of a DOOR
riAT. J ibt think of all the mud that is brought in these
disagreeable days think of all the dirt it makes. Why
not look over our line of Woven Wire, Rubber and Coca
Mats. This will make it woith vovir while :
COCA HATS Good sue, well made, heavy -and
serviceable oC
THE:
iCONOMY
Tins is the
Duke of York
One ot the new nnd popu
lar spring hats now being
shown by
CONRAD
305 Lackawanna Ave.
"ISIT Koscrs Ilros.' (.'onsls.
i Knives, Forks
Spoons, etc.
No question about the quality; we
have nil the newest patterns at
lowest prices.
Also the celebrated Sterling In
laid Spoons and Porks. War
ranted to wear twenty-five years.
Immense stock of Sterling Silver
Spoons, Forks, Knives and Cased
Goods for Wedding F'resentb.
Mercereaii & Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
Heating Stoves,
anges,
races,
Oil Stoves,
Gas Stoves,
IM Heaters,
fi
aa-317 penn aviskuj:
Pierce's fflarke!, Penn Avenue
VVf null a sp , uiti of fatij t 1 cainry Un
trr anJ stiiLilj ftc-li c-ij mill tlio pilie ii i
lllW Ul fil.t 1 iA r,oolil UIl rr .olll lt
Mr do not lui ai, (pedal talcs ir IrailcK
but at all tlinia rait) al (omplctc linr of
Vntit (j'ooilii, I'amy (iromic inxl 'fjMc Pcllra
, lir. a un b( fuiitul In llie larKiit New or
or I'lillaiirlplnu Mmlili uliiili wc till at rl;i.t
1 111 rs
Pierce,
HO, UI, Ul Tenn Af
19 lirLarramiH Ar,
Prompt dcliury
1 lie IHclison Maniifiuitiii'iii',' Ui).
tcrituton nml Wltlvoi. I) lira i'i,
viHiiulac.urtft'i o.
LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY EtSQINBS
llnilir. llclitlmrniniPumpfnc .Mawlilnery
Oencral Ofllce. Scranton, Pa.
221 - 223 - 225 - 227 Wyoming Ave
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