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8 TOOLS
Lessen labor and make
what is usually hard
work easy. We haye
a complete line of
first-class lawn and
Garden tools. Wheel
barrows, lakes, hoes,
shovels, forks, spades,
etc.
The puce ate reason
able Foote & Shear Co.
H9N. Washington Ave
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Ruddy,
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Spring Coats
!d i liliri Ii i I the ntw shidi-, of
blue j (I mull I) inledli Lngllsh mill
I. r hr. t in i.lu .incl reds for tlio two
Jiul torn w n ohK Mon thiw- ones, in
I 1 d L i lliw for the uldii il II-
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i ii -ii II il '" nimh n tl is
cji nut tin 1 ivlf-1. sailri In chilihin
n ..h (.ii!!-. ii it t 1 well .! those of
Mu-lin in ' I'nji mv Mmo. .New
I, audi ii
Th? Baby Bazaar,
510 Spruce Street.
Repairing Done Gratis.
ACKAWANNA
"THE"
.AUNDRY.
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WEATHER YESTERDAY.
Lull Jiti in 'lll I'. 11
lllKlinL tniinjtun . 'I ihvifcs
I oiu-t tcnipi.1 itmc . -' ili guts
l!-jtlr hiiinfditi
s ,i. Hi, II f (rut,
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BINGHAMTON DEFEATED.
.
High School Won Debate and Recita
tion Content in Pallor City.
The liinghnniton High hchool debat
ing team ".'us ilijit-nti J l.iht, night hy a
irlo of bright (mil liiainy htudents iep
lett'liUim tliu Si riiuton High slIiooI, In
a hotly-contested dibatu conducted ill
tin; 'Tailor C'ltj "
The hiibject debated with "ItehOhed,
Thut Pemvylviniia lh a Hotter Stnto
u Llvv !n TIiiiii N' Vnik State,"
and the Si miilon Iimiii, which took
tin negative -iilc. i inihlf-leil uf TCd-
in (1 Fu.u, .li-h Aiiiiii Ji. ISol.inil ami
Dux Id Phillip!-. Tin- llinghiuitoii
. Uool v tih vi'im m nit il by the lollow
lug iluUat.'i.i. limy I. rudervuiod,
Kllubclh lli'iniliihiv ami Helen JIc
Niiiuura, Tin! jtiilgch, who derided In
laoi ol Siianlon, voiu (icuiiju Ii.
Davidson, uf this city, anil Kied Wolt-h
anil Mujur C. II. llltclicocK, of liini?
litmiton. ttorantoii .libit oariieil of tin- hmiois
in the ii'i'ltatlcn content, Ium ioiucmmi
tatic, MIwm Jllliliul liii'on "IiiuIiik;
llt hoinns over .UK-s Kubv K.itlci-i
Tlie oratorical runti'Ht mis won by
Herman Spell, of KliiKhaniton, though
.Meer Kal.atclinlcl;, 01 ililh city, frao
lilin a haid IlKht.
After the debate u Imnquet wa'i tf-n-I'eifil
tlii' hiioui by tliu hcnlor cliihs
ol the 1-SiiiBtiaiiiion tcluml, who piovi-il
thenii-ehoh 10 bo hploniliit uiiUilaliiuii1,
laiKL' contineuiit tioni this city - ent
hIjiik to cheer up the i nnuituiitt, Tliu
putty ini'luiltil tlie tolIowliK,: Viot.
JIiiRlH'h, Vrof. Iooinl(?, Pun, Kt'inniei
Uri, '. "'. Uolauil, Mhh Kate iJ. O'Mal
105, til lflith Thoinait, Wnllai'o M.utln.
JJil. Klrkbilde ami i.yon Weybiitn.
Cheap Rates to Calitomin.
1'nities desliins to inukn tup to c.ill
lornlu, Arizona or Nev Me.ru. either
lot iiuslnibti oi pK(ibUiL, (.an do bo now
at almost half price.
Ku-ry Tiusday, until Apill ."Oth, .
iluslve, tickets inarHed "Colonist" may
Iiei purUmsed via .Southern Jtitllwuy tor
?H.X from WiiHhltiBton, $Ui.50 fium
Philadelphia, and cone.spoiiillngly low
iul(.ea troni other points.
Ti Southern Hallway and Southern
Puciflo company operate tluotigh e.
iu;3luii Meepeib tioni "Washington,
leavitib- Jlondayd, Tuesdays und 1-M-days-,
the Tuesday sleeper beltiR avaIN
(bin tor "f'olonlbt" tlcKets. The berth
lat-j in Uie&o sleepers Is only $7.00, two
peepUi bains allowed to occupy one
berth if Ueiilreil. Persunal conduntors
arid Pullman porters go through with
'uih sleeper, There are other now,
convenlont and economical tsututes
ooimoctt.'d with these excursions Mhlch
may bu agcertalned trom Chaijes L.
Hopkins, District Passenger Agent,
Southern RollwayxSSS Chestnut stieet,
Plilladslnhla. y '
Mahon's Sell Shoes
luaper trmri any shoe stoic In Peian-
3.8 Lickuwarinu avenue. upen
b'aturc'ay aigbu,
THE GYPSY DROVE "MYSTERY,"
Coroner's .Tiny Disco vet 9 That the
Unknown and Unseen Was Intox-
IcAted,
Ooioner Itoherls contluclrd nn lncttest
lnsl iiIbIH In the rnse of tlio unknown
man, who uih found dornl In thf
creek nelir tlio ilypsy Grovo coltleiy
on Tuesday, April '.', Three witnesses
Wfie sworn, but none of them could
thiow any light on tlio case. There
I i 11 possibility, however, that the man
was a resident of Tlnoop named Doian.
Pi lor to the Intel incut of the te
muliiH, a young man and younp wo
man called at tlio Jones morgue and
expressed the belief that the body was
that of their stoprathcr, who hnd been
absent trom homo several monthi. It
will bo recalled that a sdlk handker
chief wan found on tho body beailne
an Initial "D."
Dotf nidwell, fli eman at No. 1 ol
lleiy of tho Pennsylvania Coal com
pany, teMlllr d to having discovered tho
body In the wuter. and tihn stated that
he had seen 11 month previous what
appealed to be a pall' of ovoialls ly
ing In the water at tho same place.
In his judgment the man could easily
have fallen Into the w atpr f rom tliu
euKerl, near wheie tho body was
tound.
InmoK O. Master, lot email at the col
lleiy. and (.'. W. Urn: how ay, who saw
the body lying in tho water, believed
the man tell fioui the culvert.
The iury leiideied a ncmewhat ie
niatknble M'ldlct that "the unknown
deleaved whose body was found an
Tuesday, Apill 2, hi the eieek utn
nlng fioiu the Ojpsy Glove colliery
of the Pennsylvania. Coal company at
Uiinmoic, Pa., came to his death by
tailing trom the culvert, whllp Intoxl
eateil, and being unable to assist hhn
selt. wan dt owned In tho above- men
tioned stream."
GLENN WAS ACQUITTED.
Commonwealth Failed to Hake Out a
Case and a Verdict of Not
Guilty Was Oideied.
By direction of Judge H. M. MeCluie,
a -verdict of not guilty was taken yes
teidny In the case at Nicholas Glenn,
the toiinci justice of the peace of Fell
township, who was charged with draw
ing fees ftom the county for a fictitious
cas-e which he said he disehaiged. The
piosccutor In the alleged fictitious case,
John Doland, was put on the stand and
mvoip that he lodged information be
toio Glenn for the arrest of Fiank
Shannon, and that the latter had a
healing and was discharged. Upon this
showing the judge directed a verdict of
not guilty, and 01 (tared the county to
pay the costi.
The lollowing cases against magis
trates weie continued, the distilct at
torney not being piepaied to tty them:
John J. Ruddy, of the Twentieth waid
of this city, two charges of misde
meanor In otlicu; M. J. Cannon, of Oly
phant, two chaigo'i of misdemeanor of
oiIiih, John. Lente-, of the Uleventh
ward, two charges: of misdemeanor in
otllee; John V. Millet, of the Sixth
waul, misdemeanor In ofllep
It Is the gi-neial opinloi about the
roui t house that these casts will never
be tiled. District Attorney Lewis re
fuses to talk about them, but does not
sfoni much impic-sed with the evl
di'iice on which Detetthe T. V. Rey
nolds has based his cases against tho
111u3ist1at.es whose uriests he caused.
The two cases already tiled have col-lap.-cd
mot miserably.
COURT MARTIAL OFFICERS.
Thice Battalion Commandeis Ale Ap
pointed as Such.
Cololenl 1. A. Wat re?, of the Thir
teenth leglment. yesterday hbiiPd an
older appointing KJeuttnunt Colonel
K W. htillwell, Mujor R. Rush Field
and Major Frank Uobling. jr., per
manent Minimal y court ofilreis for tlie
Fust, Second and Third battalions in
spect ivcly.
lleretotoio various ofhceis hae been
assigned to (onduct eourt martials,
but In the rutin o the thrco battalion
Lommanderh will conduct them e
elusively. Colonel Watrcs will instruct
tlu'iu to bo llgid in their dealing with
soldleis who tall to give a reasonable
excuse fur being absent fnim drill as
he Is determined to put a stop to tho
lajclty in this 1 expect which has iceent
ly been so pievalent.
TO INCREASE KINDERGARTENS.
Boaid of Control Committee Will
Ask for More Money.
Tho kindergarten committee of tho
boat il of contiol met last night, and
adopted n motion that requisition bo
Hindi, to tin- finance committee for an
additional allowance this year, that the
number of knileigartens may be in
ci eased.
Theio aie at piesent live kindergar
tens maintained by the school district.
The committee wants to increase this
number to at least eight.
FOSTOFFICE MATTERS.
nitloiul bullitiii locclinl at the io-tuflii r
aiiiiiluu lot Pi aullioiitka .ilh the tact tlut
t'nltul 'tatoi. bIiiiiij shall lie uliil tor the pay.
if. nt of rt-,tag( in the i-laml ttainpi und tliu
utir piinti.l Mump, nt tho pcwicisions, tor in.
rimiii, tliiu of tliu Philippine MawU, iilikh are
nurkiil "I". I," Mull lio aiciptnl in pa,i.cnt of
p.i-l.iji! iihcicici the 1'mtcil hlitcs ttanina hio
.iliil
l 1 - of the iliili hiilli'tin-. hsiidl fimn niljoiiil
In iilqu ulcis in il nuiiic icg-arcllnif iural 1110
ili'lluiy fiili Hint 0110 1 miir is awlnul Jrriiin
iml 0111 oljplunt, 'J he fotinir hPins hie Ium.
iiiul ami iIrIH putont, ami the latter secn
huii'linl
POLICE AND ALDERMEN.
John Uiizil JS ,MMerdjy anc.-teil at the lu
M nice of lilj ulfe, who iluigii Mm v,jth lubitual
iliiiiili'iinofb ami nfRkft of his taniily,
liutlo lliunipi-on, an uufoi timatc wonnn, ariftt.
cij on llunsilay uiirlit or etiut alkinir, uas
bontiinfil la tlncn inontlw in the county jail
itciUjy inciiilng Pi jollco louit hy Police Mug.
itiate Millar,
It, M. Ouciij, of llli pliant, wai aucsloii jc.-tor-day
on i uairant uid by .Udtrman W, s, JIi.
hr at the Instanco of Simon (,'olilmaii, of thla
tit), who cluigi'il I1I111 with stealing rugs to tliu
laluo m M, 'the iililvuii.iii wiisIiIcilhI the ill
iltiuu aiMuciil at a hurlu lut nli,lil to be In
iUlliclint aii'l ihochngeil the prisoner.
Guernsey Hall,
311 Washington ave Seranton, H the
best and moat icllable place to pur
chase a good Piano. It will pay you
to call and get pi Ices and terms. J. W.
Guernsey, Pi op.
After Movlug
your piano should be thoroughly tuned
and regulated. Highest class work as
sured by sending your orderb to Jl. K.
Zerbe, 507 Pjescott avenue.
Go to Mahon's Shoe Store
Today if you want good Bhoe at low
prices. S.'S Luchawannt avaau.
A SCARCITY
OF APPLICANTS
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN" DON'T
WANT TO BE CALL MEN.
It Will Be Nccessaiy to Go Outside
the Department to Secure a Suffi
cient Number of Men Willing to
Accept Positions in. Reorganized
Fire Department A Fiicman Tells
How the "Call" System Worked
In Albany Some Years Ago Other
NewB of the Depaitment.
The picdlctlons of some ol lha ob
jectois to tho reotgauUa'.ton of the
fire dopaitmonl along tho lluos laid
down in the gcnciat leorgnnlzatton or
dinance ate coming tine. It
was said by somo ot these objectois
that It would bo a dlflicult matter to
piocure sutllclent bunk and call men
nt the wage allowed in tliu ordinance,
and tho truth of this asset lion is rap
idly foiclng itself upon some of those
who contended otheiwlse. Last Wed
nesday, when an examination was con
ducted for the positions to be filled
In the central city companies there
weto only fifteen applicants for tlio
twenty-two places in these companies',
and only two of tho fifteen would agree
to accept positions as bunk or call men.
When the tesult of the examination Is
announced it will bo found, as can bu
learned by convetsatlon with one of
the e.xamliieis, thut this number will
be reduced to ten or less.
On Thursday night the bonid of ex
aminers sat in the Nay Aug engine
house to examine candidates, for the
positions of permanent ment and bunk
and call men In the North Seranton
companies. Only two or three appli
cants for bunk and call places put
In an appearance. A member of the
board said that from the examina
tions so far conducted, he felt
that It would be just barely possible
to get liom among the company mem
beis a sufficient number to make up
the quota or twenty-two regular addi
tional paid men, which the ordinance
piovldes for, leaving the call and bunk
men out ot the question.
Of course it may be possible to get
men who are not mcmbois of the
volunteer department to take the
places,. but if this Is done, an entliely
dlficient port of nn examination than
the one now being used will have to
be piovided. The applicants who have
so far piesented themselves have been
asked a series of questions formulated
by Assictant Chief D. J. Slowe, cover
ing In a genernl wiy the whole field of
Pi act leal fifo fighting. No one who
has not had n practical experience in
battling with the flames In buildings
of various kinds and sizes could pos
sibly answer any of these questions,
which were designed expiessly for the
volunteeis, a that, as mentioned be
fore. If a sufficient number of appli
cants from the volunteer ranks do not
materialize, somo other kind of a com
petitive examination will have to be
41 tanged.
When the situation was explained to
Recorder Moir yesterday, ho said the
city would have to go outside tho com
panies to secuie bunk and call men, if
the piesent flicmen did not come tor
ward In sufficient numbers to till out
the quota.
Chief Engineer Zizelmunn. gave il as
his opinion that it would be necessary
to keep the volunteer companies in ex
istence until such time as the city
would Hnd itself able to maintain a full
paid department.
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One of the beat known fliemen in tlif
city, who was sitting in the Nay Aug
engine house the other night and con
demning with all the loice in his power
Oie "call" system, which Is soon to be
introduced, expiessed himself as being
teaiful that after Its introduction
somo such occurtence as the one which
took place In Albanv. N. Y., a number
of yeais ago, might tiansphe.
"The call system was in use theie,"
said he. "and hud been only faiily
successful. The call men felt that
they didn't have much to lose if they
weie discharged, and they weien't over
particular about obeying ordeis. One
night, in the middle of January, when
the city was In the tlnoos of one of
the fieicest blizzards that over visited
that part of the stale, a lire broke ut
in tho wholesale district. The ther
mometer leglstered nearly twenty de
grees below zeio and theic was a nas
ty, cutting wind blowing.
"The apparatus In cliaige of the
limited number of peimanent men
which the city boasted of, grit out in
good time, but not a single call man
put In an apeparance. They sttuck,
with one accord, leallzlng that It would
be better to lose a job paying less than
a dollar nn hour and very few houts
worked, than to work with the tem
perattiie so low that the water almost
fiozo as soon as It left the hoso, Tho
peimanent men themselves weie en
tiiely unab'e to cope with the blazo
and it simply burned itself out, but
not until a whole block of piopeity
hud been wiped off the map, with scv
cial million dollars' damage. Albany
had a tull paid department In short
Older after that, but I hopo Seranton
will never havu such r.n expotlenee.
A (liviunn has got to tnke such gieat
ilsks that to bo propeily fimenublo to
01 dots he's got to bo where It's a caso
of loe his bread and butter If he
does not do what lie's told."
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The new Hi jt class engine which Is
to ln put chased If councils in their
wisdom see tit to adopt tho approptin
tlon utdluance as lepottcil by tlio
joint estimates committee, will bo lo.
cated In the Nay Aug engine house.
The pu'sent Nay Aug steamer will bo
sent to Noith Sci anion, to be located
nt one of tho company houses, to bo
decided upon later, Tho now hook
and ladder tuick will also be housed
nt the Nny Aug quartet s, according
to piesent plans. It Is pioposetl to
build an addition In tho tear of (he
piesent building for tho stabling of
the new nppaiatufi mid to uannugo
the stalls.
Tho piesent locution of tho hook and
ladder company, on West Lucknwnnna
avenue, near the Lackawanna laiiioad
eiosslng, hns long been geneially
deemed most unsatisfactory, on ac
count of Its distunco f 10111 the ccntial
p.tlt of the city, The old tuick will
bo cut down and tent to either Noith
or West Seranton.
'I TiTT Firemen's Relief association met
lust night in the council chamber and
voted U secuie permanent quniters
and continue tho oigaulzation us a fott
of Veteran Firemen's association, such
aa are found in tho larger cities, where
the paid department has put out of ex
istonco the boys who ran with the old
machine. All the trophies, mementoes
und reflcs belonging to tho dllfetent
companies are tu be gathered und
placed on exhibition at the aaocla.
Wanted.
A tnlglit nt.il cucikfIIc .lonni mm uf ttioi ninth
Ideal iriimltitntni. unit Mclbliimiilcil tmi.pipei
cuni'tltm'' to laku a rriponlllc petition on n
well PiliiMisheil Nnttlte lutein lViinjuUanU ilillv
npiwpipcr. AililicM "I'loncri,'' citic Itlhur.c,
Intltiif ngc, oxprrloncc niiJ pay cipectcil
lion's headqitarlcts. 11 Is also the In
tention of the association to ronllnuo
In contiot of the pension fund. Paid
firemen will, of emu so, be the only ones
cllglblo to benefits, but the whoto ns
soelaton will pass Upon tho relief ap
plications. iK i
Theic Is a. deal of unnecessary eer
talnlty existing among tip) volunteer
firemen on account of tho indellnltenoss
of the re-otganlzatlun ordinance, which
provides for tho dlsbnndment of the
volunteer ilepartntntil "at soon as the
additional iikii provided heiclti arc np
feinted."' They fear that the men may
b appointed one ilav and that without
any notice the volunteer totco will
go out of business the next day,
There should be no reason for anxie
ty or bother on this scote, for Director
of Public Safety Hitchcock has unoffi
cially unnounccd that when a suffi
cient number of men have passed thu
examinations unci are eligible for ap
pointment he will announce a ceitoln
time tor the illsbauilment of tho volun
teer force and for the assumption by
the new men of their duties. This will
be done that the men may have dua
notice for tho temoval of their prop
erty from the various company houses.
There will be no dlsbandment of the
department nil of a sudden. That
much Is settled.
Common Councilman M. .1. Norton,
of thu Twenty-first waid, says that It
select council adopts nn amendment to
the "chaser" oidlnnnce, as there is talk
of doing, lepeallng that section ot the
re-oiganlzation ordinance piovidlng for
n pci inun cut man for the Keyser Val
ley Hose company, the measure will
not pass common council In that foim.
Ho says that he has the thirteen Deni
ociatio votes pledged to provide for
this man and that select council has
got to agree to his appointment or the
"chaser" will never pas.
BRAVE CARPENTERS.
Proceed to Construct a Fence While
a Woman with a Shotgun Pro
tects Them from Interfeience.
Stone avenue has a line lence war
savoring stiongly of Kentucky. Ae
coidlng to the chaiges and counter
chaiges made in the couits yesteiday,
each of the pai ties to thu conflict Is
mound flourishing guns and each Is
thieatening to do ellie things to the
othei, if the other dales to do this
or that thing to t'other.
Mr. and Mis. Michael Holland on
the one hand, and Mis. Maiy Hayes,
on tho othot, compiise the conflict
ing paities. They me next door neigh
bors and have baen such for yeais.
Yesteiday Mrs. Hayes pioceeded, with
the aid of a gang of carpenters, to
put up a lence between the two piop
eities and to etcet a bain and le
pair her home by adding to It a
poich.
The Hollands claimed she was en
ctoaching on their land two feet, with
thee improvements, and demanded
that she desist. She heeded them not,
whereupon they pioceeded to giow
thieatening, so it is alleged.
Mis. Hayes went into the house, and.
accoidiug to the Holland1!, leappeaied
w Ith a shotgun. She is the same Mrs.
Hayes who was returned by Constable
J. C. Moian some years ago for keel
ing a speakeasy and who after van
quishing Deputy Sheiitf Cralg when he
Vent to an est her, ban leaded herself
m her house and kept the whole power
of the county at bay for several weeks.
The Hollands vverp aw ate of this,
and they letieated. They then had ip
coutse to thu law. An "injunction was
seemed lestrainlng her fiom continuing
the ullegcd enetnachnients. It Is to be
argued next Wednesday.
Later in the clay the Hollands were
attested at the instance of Mis. Hayes
on .1 w at rant from Aldetman Howe's
ulTlie, charging them with Intel lei lug
with her woikmen and threatening to
shoot her. They weie held In $JO0 ball
for eouit.
BOY FATALLY INJURED.
Wagon on Which Carl Savage Was
Riding Tipped Over.
Call Savage, the two-year-old son of
Mr. and Mis. Joseph Savage, of Brick
avenue, was seriously, If not fatally,
injured last evening, while riding in a
stono wagon diiven by Andiew Camp
bell, anil owned by A. J. Kogan.
Campbell, who was dilving along on
Vnid street, with Savage by his side,
iliovu near an embankment and at
tempted to dtivc down It. The em
bankment iv as too .steep, however, lor
the wagon to go down In stitoty and
near the middle ot the hill the vvauon
upset, toppling over on young Savage
and seriously injuring him. Ho was le
movccl to a house nearby, when Dr. J.
J. Sullivan was called, who has but
slight hopes of the boy's recovery.
FELL FROM THE TRAIN.
Accident to Michael McHnle, a Lack
a wanna Binkemnn,
Michael McIIale, of Duninoip, a
brukenuin employed by the Dul.iwuic,
Lackawanna and Western" Uallinad
company, was taken to the Moses Tay
lor hospital yesterday, suifoilng fioin
11 badly Mpialncd and btulsed back, tho
result of his tall fiom u ear.
Module was on one of tho Lacka
wanna's fast fi light ttnius, and It was
about a o'clock yesterday af lei noon
when the accident happened. While
near Tobyhniuu the train gave u biul
deu lurch und the bttikemun lost liiw
balance and fell to tho ground He was
brought to thu cily and taken to the
Moses Taylor hospital, when- H wns nt
(list feaied that ho had sustained In.
tcinal Injuries.
I.
The Best Cold Clue
is one von can take without (uteri up
tluii to business. One that does not ef
feet the head or homing like tho con
United use of quinine, One that cuies
speedily and leaves you teallng fiesh
and (leur-headed. Such a one is
Krauso's Cold due. Pike, liiu. Sold
by all diugglsts.
Easy Walking Shoes
At Mahon's new shoe stote, 32H I.ucka
wanna avenue. Open late Stituulay
nights.
Expert Piano Tuning.
Pianos thoroughly tuned, mgulated
and ropaiied by H. K. Zcrbe, 507 Pies
cott avenue-.
Steam Heating and Plumbing,
P. V. &, M. T. Howiey,33l Wyoming uve.
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AsU.for Kelly's union crackers.
TOLD THEIR
SAD STORIES
BATCH OF DIVORCE HEARINGS
IN CHAMBERS.
Testimony Wns Listened to by Judge
H. M, Edwards Mis. Francis 8.
Sllsbec Asks the Court to Separate
Hor from the Man to Whom She
Was Married Forty-Six Years Ago.
Mrs. Morris Tells of Hor Hus
band's Biutallty Other Coses A
Divorce Case Begun.
Judge II. M. Kdwards, sluing In
chambers, yesterday heard testimony
In 11 number of divorce cases, with M.
J. McAndiew us Mtcnogiapher.
Tho first case heaid was that of Mis.
Fiance.H S. Sllsbec, who seeks a separ
ation from her husband, Philander S.
Sllsbec, after a wedded life of forty
six years. The couple were married 111
Dunmote In 185", and lived In that bor
ough for 11 long peilod, twelve yeais
ago moving to Madison township,
where Mrs. Sllsbee still resides. Slls
bec wns 11 railroader and spent week
days in Seranton, going homo on Sat
in day.
Mis. Sllsbee testified that after com
ing home one Saturday in August, ISO",
he left and failed to return. He came
back a few weeks afterwauls and took
his clothes, and has not lived with her
since. Mrs. Sllsbec's testimony was
conoborated by her daughter, Mrs.
Isabella Ives, and hor son-in-law, Mil
ton Ives.
Theie is a lawsuit now pending In
court. In which Mr. Sllsbee seeks lo ob
tain his slmip of certain pioperty und
$r,,000 In the bank, all in his wife's
name. She refuses to turn it over to
him. Sllsbee now lives on N01 th Wash
ington avenue.
MORRIS WAS BRUTAL.
Testimony was also heard In the case
of Lydla Morris against William Mor
1 Is, both of Olyphant. They w ere mar
ried on Apt 11 6, 1S7S, by Rev. Benjamin
Thomas, then of West Seranton. Mis.
Morris claims that her husband was In
tho habit of beating and kicking her
most unmercifully, and that on one oc
casion, after a beating, she was under
a doctor's cato for three weeks. He
Irequently turned her out of the house,
she says, compelling her to seek shelter
with the neighbors. Her testimony was
corroborated by her children, John and
Maggie, and by a neighbor, Mrs. James
McCann. Mrs-. Morris left her husband
on Febtuaiy 12 ln-st.
Mai tin Bliss, who is seeking a divorce
fiom his wte, Edna H. Bliss, testified
that they weie mniiled on October 10,
1S78, and resided lor a number of years
in Ml. Pleasant, afterwaids coming to
tills city, wheie they resided on Eighth
stieel. She left him in 1S91, and was
gone for ten w eeks. He persuaded her
to return, and she did so, but only to
leave his domicile once more on July 9,
She took up the business ot canvass
ing from house to house selling various
ai titles and I- engaged In this at pres
ent. Jacob Ropier and his wife, Laura
R. Ropier, former neighbors of Mr. and
Mis. Bliss, testified that Mrs. Bliss
had visited them since she left her
husband and stated that she would
never live with him again. Her rea
sons lor arriving at this dctci initiation
were that she didn't want to do house
work any mote, as she considered cau
v assing a much pleasanter occupation.
WIPE UNFAITHFUL.
Salvin Phillips, an Italian, who Is
seeking a legal separation from his
wife, Olympla Phillips, testified that
he was mauled to her on Mai eh 23.
1S09. They settled in Dunmoic, but
after two months of wedded life she
It'll him and went to live In a disrepu
table icsoit in Raymond court. Ho
induced her to come back again, and
she did so, but remained only for 'a
short time, leaving in a few weeks for
hor old haunts. He caused her an est
on the ohaige of adultery and at the
December term of quarter sessions she
was found guilty of the offense and
sentenced to thirty days In tho county
jail.
Law rence MuIIley began proceedings
.vestetday to secuie a, divot ce from
Mrtiy Jane Mutlley, to whom be was
man led Nov. 2S, 1S7G. She Iett him on
Aug. 15, lSflti, and before her desertion
she was ciuel to him.
IN HONOR OF MRS. OWENS.
Pnity of Young People Journey
Through Oxford Collieiy.
With David Atkinson and Hvan
Hughes as guides, a. party of young
"men and women luTft night took a
tiip thiough tho Oxfoid collieiy, the
jaunt being given In honor of Mis.
Kmeisoii D. Owens, of New Voik city,
a cousin of Miss Alda Atkinson and
the wlte of tho editor of tlm New Yoik
Standaid, a tanner member of The
Tiihunu city staff.
The patty tusetiiblod at the home of
Miss Alda Atkinson, on Meildlan
street, and after emeiglng fiom the
mine weie entei tallied nt thu resi
dence, numerous pleasing dlveislons
being Indulged In and refreshments
set veil. Those piesent were: '
The Misses Myitlo Doisey, Iluiiunh
Davis, Can In Do Wilde, Jesslo and
LUzIo Owuus, of Taylor; Alda Atkin
son, Ida Hughes, mid Mis, Kmeisoii D.
Oowens, of New Yoik, and Messis,
Ileydii Kvans, llany James, Kail flim
sier, Hni 1 y Ri'inhnit, David J. Davis,
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. The fads and fancies of the
hour aie here shirts with
4. attached cutis made tiom
good quality cheviot others
X with . two pairs of cuffs
plaited bobom some plain
colors, all good style and
4- quality, $1.50.
An unusual large line of
4- the $1.00 kind too, 4
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CASEY BROTHERS,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers, 216 Lackawanna Ave.
David Atkinson, Jr., Uvnn Hughes,
David G. Atkinson.
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Don't Forget Your Piano.
"A stitch in time saves nine." Havo
it tuned, regulated and cleaned out. It
will pay. Piompt attention and flrst
class vvoik assured by wmllng your
oidcis to II. K, Kcrbe, fS07 Prccott ave
nue. Williams' City Dltectoiy company,
with offices at 17-18 Williams building,
do not employ boys and gills, but
ti allied directory canvnsscts.
Organs for Snlo Cheap.
You can buy n good second hand Or
gan as low as $10.00 at Guernsey Hall,
J. W. Guernsey, Prop.. !!14 Washing
ion avenue, ScrantonPa.
May Patterns and Deslgneis ready
today. Uevnns 112 Wyoming avenue.
Ask fot Kelly's union ci ackers.
The Seranton Gas and Water Com
pany and the Hyde Park Gas Com
pany. In (.-cordancc with the policy of thc-c ioin
pinks to reduce rates lrom time to tinic as
may bo warranted by Increased consiunptbi.
notice i hereby (jben that, on anil after April
1 next, tho price of kos will be one dollar pel
one thousand ruble feet comumid, subject to
the following discount: Flvo per cent. n all
bills where the consumption for the niniit'i
amounts to lea? than twentvflvc dollars; ten per
rent, on all bills where the i onsumptlon for the
month amount? to twentj fle dollars and up
watri. Proiidcil the bill is paid on or before the
20th day cf the month in which the bill ft
rendered. By order of the board.
G. B. HAND, itcretiry.
SPECIAL.
ECRANiOS' l!S AND WATEK COMPANV AND
11 dc Park Gis utnpaii In ordei to encour
age the lie of gaa foi fuel puiposrs, notice U
hereby frlien that on and nfter April 1 next the
price of gas so used will be one dollar per one
thousand feel consumed, subject to the follow ln,T
special discounts: Ten per cent. on all W1H where
the consumption for Iheinonthamountsto le-uttlum
twenty-Die dollars; twenty per cent, on all bilU
where (lie consumption for tne month amounts
to twenty-flie dollars and upward i
Provided the bill la pild on oi before the 20th
day of tho month in which the bill n ltndered.
A separate meter, furnished by the company, ia
nectary. By ordei of the board.
Q. II. HAND, Secrctaij
A LONG
DISTANCE
TELEPHONE
The greatest commercial
economist in the world today.
Compared to any necessary
investment in business,
theprofitfrom aTELEpHONE
is incalculable.
Residence and Commercial
rat os at a moderate cost.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
TELEPHONE AND SUPPLY CO
Manager's office, 117 Adams avenue.
A LADY INCLINED
TO BE STOUT j
cannot donrnd upon an oiditiaij tailor lo inaki a
Rraeefully hanuinc; suit. It jou think cxtia skill
Is lequiicd in makliur a jacKet or skirt to hi jou
properly you thoul 1 cciUinly come to us,
King Miller, Merchant Tailor,
FOR T,AI)irS AS'D OKNTS.
435 Spruce St., Seranton, Pa.
Notice
Those who aie interested, even
in a general manner, in matters
musical are cordially invited to ex
amine the latest
Pianofortes to be seen at the
warerooms of
I. B. POWELL & CO.
131-133 Washington Ave.
For Sale
Or Rent
Best Resident Section in Cily,
Handsome
Residence
605
Clay
Avenue
Furnished or Unfurnished.
Modern, upto-date house,
large commodious rooms;
three opeu fire places; barn;
fr.uit; two lots, 80 ft. front,
ISO ft. defjp, Apply
A. N Kerr,
126 Washington Avenue,
Or 60s Clay Avenue,
Of the weather this time of
year makes one appreciate a
certainty, Your poctcetbook
and fancy will be satisfied t
a certainty with our,
Green Valley Ry
Cold type cannot do justice
to it.
Is whut the baggageman
says, then away goes your
trunk slam bang across the
platform.
If it was bought here it
will stand the straiu. Suit
cases, grips and hand satchels
of all kinds.
CONRAD'S,
305 Lackawanna Avenue.
A Second-Class
City with a
First Class Stock
OF
Gut Glass,
Sterling Silverware
Clocks, Etc
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
Mercereati 5 Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
SEEDS
Lawn,
Timothy,
Millett
325-327 Pmq Avenue,
Those Who
Are Looking for
Reliable and Dependable
SHIRTS
Have a hhoit search, if they wU csl'
hcio (list. Jloht persons have a tusu
fur choice things, and that is what tw
bell. Manhattan and other niakes,
412 Spruce Street.
sacs-
The Dickson MiiuuraeturiHg o.
irrnnton aad WilWaa-Bavr l'
Manufacturer of
LOCOMOTIVES. STATIONARY ENQ1NBJ
Hollers, Hoisting end Pumplaf MtcMatrr
Qesertl ogee, Scrutoa, Pa.
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