c vv iftw n h,fVii .wjv- --ra 'f wMf i -fim tn-w n r-v -uvv 4 ("a.--'- vt v----. ' iArr'' --wt-- V' Ktv'v-iirri ' '-"H"-""!-? ,r-n i i" r -tCt -wttr-nva if pt ',ii&ififityi,iFFf9Xvfi. -' iV,xy,xMtuvfm.Kn,tL''fi ivn3r - &-V try' . - Tl-IKSOH ANTON TJmUJNE-TUESDAY, MAY M, iOOf. 3 Tffi tfsfe Aft-vJT- imfflHU An Excellent Conihiimtion. The pleasant method nml beneficial cftccts of the well know 11 retnetlv. Hrnop or Finn, liiatiitfitelured by tho Camfohnia. Kio Syiiup Co , lllnstrato the vnlucof iibliiitilnu; tho liquid luxn tlvo principles of phints known to bo medicinally laxatixe. anil tircsunliiig tlictnintlic form tnostrefreshintfto this tasto and acceptable to the n.VBtein. It is the one, perfect htroiiKthcnlnp laxa tive, cleansing tho sy.slem elVeotnally, (llspelliti(r eolds, headaches and fevers Kcntlyyutpiomptly and enublinpono to overeomo habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and bub htan'ce, aniUtH acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating thcin, make, it tlie ideal laxatixe. v 111 tho process of munumcturiii-r tips v nio used, as they are pleasant to tho taste, but Ilia medicinal qualltiesof tho remedy nru obtained from henna and other 'aroniatie plants, by a method known to the Cxmfoisnia Via Syrup Co. only. In 01 dor to pot its bcneilcial effects and to aoid imitations, please, remember tin- fullnameof theCompany printed on tho fiont of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. QAM 1'HANCISCO, CAL I,OUSVII,L,K, KY NEW irons, N. V. rorsaloliyjll J'riiRKlsti. I'ricuriOc.pcriiottlo. Ice Cream. HHST IN TOWN. Per c Quart. LACKAWANNA DAIRY GO 'JtlejihoneOrderi Promptly !! veroi ,-3.-3:17 Adams Avenuo. IE At Retail. iirilir- ipmir 111 mi I .iltcnlmn loi umi w 1 r 1111 ii.ii I ol IIm cili fm toil of lx-1 . 1 1 1 x 111 ilointii- u-i, 1 ti 1 1 1 1 ic- loi slcini mil fulfill innpn k 1 p 11 1II1. It-' of Jjcilitir-, tor -ilti niliii.; ti nli at I111U1. ' People's Coal Co. Irkpli.inn Jw. 0Hj (Mini, 'luifh i-trul Bird, 11 I ilium 0fnril iti'l 'linlli xe'sx F" UNIONLM)LABEr 1 f-f-f-f-f-t-f t -r CITY NOTES " 4- 0 , l. V l' lln liniiiiiin iiiiiluwil in lln I iiktuiiiiu I uliuitl uuiiol ill ii pril i nun.- u-tiulii I) A If I' XX m- lln Hi! in in mil Mini s 1 MHipnii piiil cc-tmlii it the llnMim mil I'llllKMIIll, Nn J, .., I mil j. I Mil II IS MMM.'IM.I -I i.l .urn 1 mil Ml 1 111 llouil,, 1 III ol IliK ilt, UPli Hill ml MrliMllll lij M itrNli Hi U, - villi ,1 llll- Willi- Ml 1111 uiln in m mi Vitin Wuiiihi'i ( lui.tiun iwociitiun li'iWIn--iil.nl-,' Mill pK.iM 1 111 11 Hum In .it mm I.OUI IM. IIIMI.III - III. 11 will li 1 urn, ii, mil iimii'liiu' lji!in 111 mli 1 11 1I1 HUulo 1 1 ;li i!Ip -. InnUliI, ilun tho 1 lull k mi, li iiltu 11) tin i ltln.lsli.il IMllislll iiiij tnuiii mi. 111, i ill pli Hi ' lulling' Hi.' iiin-i Hiuiili ui.'iiiuiil li mi nun 1, III. lnniliii, ul tin . lul XloMIII X Ml I. MM. Ill' IMIII I lolls , 11. nihil liu.lii,,' ul ili,. illnitol- ot tin III -i ue Ml-Moll Mis li. I.I lli-L nulit, Tllll lln UporK 11 1I10 ni.i-iiiii .mil Miptiimrniliiit it ml lln lutir'-, l Hi niriii niinl tli it tliiio 11,1c thiiti ll.illll.-l .It wllkll M) pllullH Mi in ..it. ml inn Hiiio Mis oiiu niimiilnit ,111 1 Initio )U1MIIH .1-1.1 ll III pllllll 'Ittllu pill I01I.IIU1 Milt (,1m 11 .mil on,' liiniihiil nml I'm in, ,. 111. 'lun loin In n tiro mills Mm, xiwn mil nlii. 11 1 uln Wslts mill, II1110 win (mi lllllllllll III I MlllllJ llllll llstlllllilllls llnl II i IK V l mil lil 1 ills 111...I1 ANNUAL CONVENTION. Delegates Repiesenting C. T. A. XJ. Will Gather Heio Tomonow. In Hi. .lnlm'h hull. Pino Hiimi!,, to lniititiu tlu iinnniil i ninention ul' llin l.'.itliulli' Tulill Alistineiii i illilim uf the illnce.si) ot Su.inliin 111 open. It will be an liueii-ttlm,' KUtht-iluK unil a 111 so amniini of iiiinii tain liuhliic(,h -lll In' tiniiMU'tiil, lui null sir tho I'lt'i tlim ot ollld'iis nml ileli'Kulos in tin nNllonal (iiinciitlun to lu held In Au ifiist unil the seliitlnn nf a plate lor ho (li t. 10 pai.ule Woillio.siluy iiIkIu tlH' delegates win lie BlM'li a tiolley tide abmii the city nml lln Hllliililis I))' the meiulieiH iii t, Jolui'h Miiloty and utloi waidh will be tendoied a joiepllim ut tin. sm lo ty's linll on Capinist. uemie. LECTUBE TONIGHT. Senntor Dowling- Will Talk Betote Catholic Hlstoiical Society, Senator V, J, Dowllntf. "1 New VuiK Mty, will toiiiBht iiolivei tho Hi hi of; me .iay i uiiroo ol icuuios planned by tho LMtluille Hlstoiical hiiclotj. IUh topic will ho "Patliollo Uamliiiuilci n Am'rka"' and the .sale of tickets in-'((.att-h (hat theio will be u '.uvp nuiii Lrr In atioiiilane- Iiiimcdlalely after the loiiiuo ihe senator will be lendeied u ter. inlun iy the lliimhci.s nf the IlltoriL.tl so "'ety and ol the KnlRhLs of L'oliinilni, pf which oiy,'.nUalluii he Id ii muulicr. Tor Female Complaints iiiul diseases aiNlntc linm ,m Impure htate of the lilmnl I,It lity'n Coloiy Neie ('iiiiiiiiiiiii Is mi liwuluuhlu p.". cllle. tfuli) h .Matthews, lirvs. DISTRICT'S FIRST ARREST, Deputy Maishal Snyder An eats Huzleton Man for Opening Letter. The Ilift nnest miido by an ollleer of the new Kideuil toint dlstllet oc elli i oil Tildiiy. when Ueputy Mm shut .1. Sit) del' at i "ted ('hailes Uiuuh at llalntnn on the Limine of oihiiiIiik iiiinilii'p man's leller. lie was Riven a lioailni; hefoie Ooinmhslnnei' t'. 1'. Hill, at HiiKlctou, and iioi ill t tod, as the elileneo wan not nitllleleni to hold him. A man mimed Smith swoio out the win i nut. He was formally employed In the punie IuihIuokh house as Ditich but icientlv left It und atuitcd tin n M'lituie of his own, The iiiulleuliir letter In iiieslliii hv nil.suike went to the plate wheio .Smith was roimeilv employed, and wiih theio opened, and later taken buck to the post olllee. Smith, on leeolilmj It, suspected 111 noli of openliiH- the leltei, but lit the lieuiliiK the latter pioved an alibi by Khowlnir that he was at Philadel phia on the duy the letter was opened. PLANS OP NEW BUILDINGS Boaid of Contiol to Consider Them Next Monday Night at a a Special Meeting. The membeiH of the hoaul of ton 1 1 ul Hpenl iK'iii 1 thteo-iiuiii tois of an ltiitip Inst itluht koIuk IIiioiikIi a 111,111 of loutlue business mid In listening to a leiioi L on the animal 11100111117 of the Pennsylvania AM iismii lutlon, pie p.iRil b. Miss Allio Abuse, .supoiln tendoiiL or ill awing, who atleiulcd at the iietixii ol the distill t. Applleallons lor peimaiicnt eeitlll t,U( woto leiehtil I10111 Miss .Mol lle Helm und .Miss, .laisiiict Jteaiil 1111111. Applleatlous lor Noimal mIuhiI diplomas wile pn si tiled bj Miss Mmy 1. Poiseiiff. .Miss Uosslo J. Ntistou. Miss Muv lle.imlsh, Jll;s Catlieitne A. Cojne, Miss tioiliiule Vixoiii.m and il. V.. .lainlohiin. Tho npplloatlons wele, in all liistiniecs, Kianied. Tho icsiKiiaton ol' Jjis. Hauy A. J'loiie, foi met l .Miss Itose, was pio senlid by Piesldeut (lhhuti and was aci opted by the board, Mr, Sillies piisonted a oiiiiimuiiica tlnn Uoui .Mis. M. At. Jones, piinilpal of No '". M-linol, in which that teacher M't fottli that be icceKesi a lower siluy than auv other principal of :i slmllar-sled building In the elty. 'J'ho (iiiuniunhatloii was refeued to the teacheis' eonimltleo. On let oinincnilatlon of tho bulldiiiK committee, tho Inieiest on the juu -chase lube of a loi In tho Toiid waid was letumled Hilwnul O'ilallov. be lialnpr paid the dlstiiet for the piop iiiti' beloio the pasments were due. Tho building committee lepoited thai the plans and spoeilleatious foi the thiLe now building loientlv piovulcd foi would be leailv for the ,ipiioal ot the boat (I net Mondav night, and it was ,11 uiidinglv li enlcd to bold a speolal nuotlng on tli.it oc(..isin 1 lie .sdtng ol a time lor the i losing of the schools will also lome up at this 1111 Lliug. Tho te.uheis' p.n mil loi the month .1usl ended was ),issL( by the hoaul. WILL SILLIMAN RETIRE? Repoit to That Effect Is Being Cir culr. Jl. In slieei ialij lIhIos it has boon peisisicnlJv lepoited tor Mnoial dns th it Menoial Manager Pi. ink Silllimm, ot the Scianton l:,iilw,i 1 ompanv, w 111 1 ot li o tiom that position 011 ..lime 1. 'iuiliiistamos have mine io ligln din ing tho las! few d.ivs wlikh would si no 10 lend coloi to the lepoit Mi Silllman. whin .sien last night ,1 Tillmue man, iknled the tiuth of thr iiinioi. LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFERS. 'in motion of Atloinm I) ti. Iteidv. 1 0111 1 esteiduy tiaiisloned to .lulin ijuinn the lliiuor Ihonse Issued m juhn UliolUa, of t-'J Kejher aMiiue. .Mtoinoy .lames 1:. U'.uMiis made applkation 101 the tiansfer ot the II rensp ot Andiow Khn.i1, of tlie I'ii-t waul of 'I'a.Moi, to ( lunge Ilam.irskl. May L'". was lli d a.s the time lor the heat iug. LETTERS EROM THE PEOPLE. ft'nilir (tits limliiiK short Mtoii of Intorf.t will tn piililislnil iihrn Kloinpa.'iii'.l, for pnblloa. Hon, li tlie wrllot's lutni Tin- Tiilimo ics not Lsouinu ics.onili!lil, for 1 pinions line ipic3-ej Lend-a-Hand Bonk Mission, Mill 1 of 'lit' Tillii'in sa Hi.' olijici of ih Hull .11 mil II, ,.k )li blol, Is In lolldt Mlollil lllliil liooks. 111 li;al is mil pipilM llnl lino linn n nl mil linl ishlo .Hill Mllll lllllll llj IUIlo III III! S,,i v,,0 ,,,,, k mtlli Mlppli.il In liiil.in' 1111 nuiii .1 1, ,111 it t 111, ml In in lln -.mil,, 1 M, 1 num ,mii ,11, ih.mro imiii. Mlnio tlie jltt. of si 1 on. I liiinl lr iillni' Moilil In n 111 h hi. -In.- lln nioiiiil lln llliL-ci mil 1 ii i HW ilktili Ih of U,-t iuitih .nml Ioiiiii-sii in ispiiiilli Bowl Iii his f.,r him s,m ,f ,CL iupl' in iiiil'int .mil Milisiii'n lilipulli t .r i.liinuil 111 1 1 . 1 1 1 s m, piim. In.t (Int. is a ill-, llnl is lUstliuli ,mi Uiimiiil 'lln m I ti 1 ins ,111 i-Iii.ii t . lint tln foil opi,iitnnltii. iho p.oplo lino linlli. 1 lino Mini 1 In 111 1 Jlwp.i. i Iho Ktoit Minhl of lanmliiUi m iln ilistum uhlili ihn loin; lo 11 11 li, Dili Silllhilll inunllllN Hi (liilmil, iflliKIll ami situ 1 -o nl, 'or i ithl i. ns thou-imN if I nil,., in ;' ilins mil pip, 1, Inn, I,,,,, rrni ,, ilistibilo M.I100U .iinl linn lios 01 hoth uti ., into :ni-.)in ami fidoij limn- 'lln ill 111 in I 11, im 1 Minis tho siippb, S.itni nf Iho uqinM nio .is fiilliiiis II00U im I nu. i ins foi 1 11 nlliu loom, Viutln I oiiipiiil, ri niiil jnionih' pip. rs loi ili-till.ntli a mi, m tin n.oon I iln pi.pli, hiv.l,.- toioini th. mi, I, in,, 1 lilinrlis, slllipll I11111I, 'fil IHD snn.liv nhools foi lilhn il ihlhliin, iii sain of tin. Wonnn's ilnhs if s.uili 1 iiciilni ,isU foi Irorllinf hlirarhi-, uhiili sliinlil ioiibi 1,1 um lulf iiciilni in, I imiii 11 nu iii ; Poils im nliilu ,iin iho riiuilii.li r foi 1I1II 1I1111 Hi iilu. of this noil initial in 1 -tun. p. 1 1 0111 mi kiiiiiMlloii ujll lul n Inn tit. ami lis ii llm III 1 Mill 11 11I1 In!. I lln lllllll,'. Ill lul. lit 11111-I Im pl.'plM l. iho U .inr N 1 H.i.lin' flitniM ho m nl lo llosion, hut a htkr lomiliilin: 1 ii-l 01 Mini In, huu tollctli I h iil.l ho nl.li to-nl in mi a 1 nni 4 liiinl turn, I hi. (on tliul, llosion. His.-, ami will iriiuii liiMliilinto Mln 11 .nml Ikm in ,uti die nilii,' ''a'"' -Jiili P. Ililkliim, I ml a Mini Ollui, I lhaioii ,,li ,1, llitluii, ll- AMATEUR BASE BALL. I lie I'uiii Ui'imc St ns will pin an tcsni un iln tho an il li Will meet, at iho loIlw,ri .nil lluUm Kiiiiiinls, Um plijei, JtQ Jt (j Ioms: lir (iluii, (.ililn-i; ouU io,n, iiluiufi I hiukl litiln, llift haso; S4nion Sihltto,, on. lllll lilH'i lulliis scin ct CM , Saul ItllhillO, rn.lit Ikldi bonk lliirlc. uiitcr fHi; 1 1 1 i e NjIuiiioii, ,linrlioi, ho Hiapcrl. third lu,t. WEATHER YESTERDAY. ji,.il iliU foi Mi 1 ., I'hiI: llii:lii.,t t.iiipu.iliiio .. . I, i ,l,',nc, loMoet linipi ulinc i; il.-.ni, IM.iliiii Inn mill ii i , .. V pn mil n hi ...... t' pi nut ruiiiiiulijii, ii wuu rndtd ( p. ., 488 Uch. MEN BROUGHT PRONHOBOKEN UNION EMPLOYES RErUSE TO TAKE STRIKERS' PLACES. row Men Repoitcd at Car Shop Stiikets' Headquaitets Lnst Night and Sold They Weto Membeis of n Batch of Seventeen Men Bi ought on fiom Hobokon to Pill Places of StilkoiB Statement Issued by the Council of the Aftlllated Unions About Nino Hour Matter. Seventeen men were lit ought Into the elty yoHtoitlav uf lei noon by the Dela ware, LaoUinvanna. and We Hern tain puny to tuke the place- of the stilk Ing maehlne and ear shop employe. Keveiul of these leportcd at the lat tei'H headituatteiM last night, mild they wore brought heiu by falio rep reienlatlons and nuked to be sent buck to llobokeii, wlieiie they ciino They hud been lilted at J n day and boaid, they .said, 1 elng till that the nnlv trouble In g."ii-itun con-1'ded of a number of Italian laboieii bolnpr out. All mo union mju nni in -i)il j of longshoi omen's and other local. The wages' offei -d them to emio hero were exceptionally high, the 'aveiago wage being a tilllo over Sl,i,9. utnor than thin, theio wcic few changes yes teidav. Tins men continue to jtnntl willing lo meet .Master IJulMc Can Held, and onler all hands to continue to ke(p away finm tho shoH iintll the nine-hour dav Is giantod. l.asl exonlng a tologiatu was iceelveil tiom Kingston, imtiounilng the toiulltloti'3 thtie. I load as lollows: I' I. Minilnii, s'nininii ( iihiiihlni J utilhliiK tint up ( ointnitln NOTICKS I'O.STi:n. Not ii es woio posted (stel day in Ihe Lackawanna y.nds and nt the iu ti.uui. lo the car and machine shops to the effect that all men not lopoiling for woik at 7 o'lloik tn-niot low moiti ing will hi dlsihaigid. They au signed b Master Car Hiillder 'auflold, SupoMniMvient of Jiotho Power Lloj A and Stoieki.orer O'Connoi. Tho htilkeis heaiil (ally of the no titos, but doolaied no attention would be mill to them. Thev appear to le Kaid tlie notices In the natiuo ot a "blufi." The lelleis to the siipeilntendentH ol tlie aiious eoinpanios woie milled .Msti-idav niotnlng by the coiiueil ot alhllated employes nnd no tmthot ne gotlalloim will lake place until answcis base boon ieeoiod. The full text ol the loiter is as follows: Si i niton. I'l , Mn 1J. I'Kll (.nitlcuipn lot llrir sj,). -f ,0 loiimtl if if nililnl ma. linn, lioilii, i ii, hi a I, smith ml pit Inn shop imploiis of tin- Conn il I ihot union, ot Minimi, I'.i , it i iinilmj ln.1.1 sun In. Miv M, liol. iloculnl In in-tiiut i n h I .ilfii npio-uil nl to hohl i inrolitifr not Iilri linn Iinln-, May 17, In ilntilo on hoii In iiislruol tin ii ihliKitis lo this ioiin.il to ait on tin ipn-tiou nl Ho it liluilc of tins loiunil mil tlii' im u it npusiiils ton ml ihi-i linns to mIioiii tin piiilmn fir i iilui hour iln mis ptt-inioil II in- ihijiliil lo icionuiKiirl lint nih li ila;i nistrin t lis ililf(;alM In ink in linn of I lie nun whom this mum il upic-dil-, (ontlmnii? um h. fm tlio-o limn uhi Bruit our pttition foi tho nino Iioui ilai is pn.. i-enli ! on! lint tins ioiiin.il mil tlio loiUs n.iu pasinu it .ieiic lint if sm potiiion h irtinli.i thin iiiunhirs -Inll t , ml i mi. lo w.nk lull nino Imiiu mi sitniilai illume: Hie siiiiiiiiu niontlis, nli.ii i lulf liolnlii iHiiiuilli ui i nt i il. hut llnl tli- men iipli-.ntul hi Ihis iniiuiil shill not W pioiinlnl hi IhU mtiin II from insnij imik tu llni-o hops Mini ill nit atatc to rrni pititun, nml -n notifi ilietn nut liter thin 7 ii in, M. nni n. Mil "ii, 'iii llo-pn tfulli, III Ml'lll:i. I! I'VMPIII I I rh liiiuiti, II (,M l.M.lll It IHnnis of I In n n I tli 1oiJ,'P. No .'il In iiiiiiiionil oiiiiion ol Miilimists . v. 1 1 1 s .11 I I" scl'i.l, lihK"itis of ,n ua: lo.luc. No. 71. Iliothiiln .1 of lliihr Mikcrs mil lion slnplniililiis W 11,1.1 M ,1 liMMHI H inrilo of ( ir Uuihhis' linirn, No 7 01, Wll.l lM I IMIII Ill's. II IikHi of s,riin union No no, liilnin nuiii lliolliuhnoil of ltlachsiiiahs' (,i iiui. r ui nu im., UN I.I AM I. Mill lllllll I' Hi It. His 1.1 iho Pillini MiKiis' smiiii,u , si I niton mil Klllitl .1 I. M Ml I IV. r ii. l itwi is, alii of 1'ti! ill I. ibm uiiioii, X i II II sl SilTUATIO-N TT.'Cir.XC;CD The loial fjltuntliiii lamalns ihe siiiie The Suanton council authoiltios aio in i nniuiunleatU n with tho unions almig the line nnd hue inched a eoniiminl (iillon 1 1 om. the business agent nl Ills tiiit in. In which the Intttcr states the mill nio pledged to abide bv the ion slltutlon Till, melius a .sttlkc im .Mi'v in unless the nine houi dav petition l- giauted. The dlstiloi takes in tlllooii kidgos, liieludlug those at Hobokon, .loi soy city, Xewaik, l5rookln, Now Yi ik, and other place- The l.acliawann.i men who saw Su lioilntendi nt Lloyd at llulfalo roe In ihe illy, but am voi leikent on iho siibicot of this inionlew with hhn, Ylioie huo bton po fiuthor i cssution of h.lior and will be none bolore Alav LP, iicooiillng to the nuic hlnlsis' Uad otts Itunun.-i weto pl"iullul estinlay to the cliiet thai ear loids of men welo bilug Impoited to take the stilkeis' linns, lul those w'oie found to bo Inlse, as only n low additional .special olllcei.s weio biotight In, The htilkeis (leclaro that a number of men binught on by the lompiny base U'ti'Mil to woik when thoy louud a Milk" to be In lnogiess, a coinnilt- lio of Klngi-ton iltlhll'ios weio In Ihe clt estoubiy and it pot ted at th" i a.bullilois' lii,uliiiai tei.s thai tho men weio mi' to a man at Kingston Thin does not iiilnciilo with tho Mitemenl made bv .Miifloi Cm bull loi Cimileld. Raid ho m sic i dey to a Tilbuno man Theio aio toily-ihieo men winking ut Kingston nnd a huge numbei nio nlM) still ui woik In lluifalo" IIICK.S lri A cONSTAMLi: oil being naked what llnal dlspusi. Hon um- io bo mado ot llkks, th Diim'I eniiloyo w1iom Mis-peuhlt u pir fliitalei the stike, Mr Canflelil ,in hweud that the Mispended im-n had now (if ml o Agin In tin niatltm 1 lit Isjs." Mid he, 'bus been oloited mnsiable at Doei ami I haullj think li would wish lo lesnnni woik for us when he has a position ot Unit inline," This now leaves the nine hum day as the solu Kilewitioo advanced by the men and Mastei llulldei Caiilk-hl wlnn utikeil wll ho declllHil to dlsotiss tllks mallei with the loiiimitleo which Mailed upon him last week, Mild "Why the hltupi have been winking nluij houifl leulaily each day. il only In lug i)i'i'.i?luii,ill that the baiid.s aru busied I'm ten houi t. We have been on the nine hour il.i. for several months and 1 fail to sco whole tlui gi lex am e oxiht.s along that line." Mi. Canlleld lelt this city loi New Yoik last nlghl. Piosliknl .lames O'Couip'll. of tho Intel tiallutial ,s-o-elation of Maihlnl.sts, and lliit xhe- IREE to Yoa Today I by fending J. our liaine nnd inldies JL to Win nei'u Safe Cllle Co., Hoi lies tiM', N V, l-'ue HUlllpIo bottle ot Wniliet's Hare Cute, the only Hpeellle lor all Kidney, l.lxer and 1t Inuty ills en sos, pie.sldeiit of the Aiuoilonii I'Vdoiatlon of l.aboi, It itloled ai miiUIng the fol lowing assirtlon 5estetday at Wash ingtott: "Wo are In a poltioti to tie up every simp, lo stop evotv xx heel In the mu i hlne shops and unless' our demands aio met xo Will do It." The men duplexed about the yard known iih "lit o pulleis" xxcio oiganied on Satin day and aio expected lo go out on the 17th If the nine-hour day has not then been gi anted. Chairman llumpluey Campbell, ot the council, yesterday received a let ter fi om the axle xx oiks oltlclalt stat ing that the nine-hour dny proposi tion Is under consideration. The car bulldois' union xxlll meet tomorrow night In llconomy hall. Abo S'oldinan, one ot the Lackaxxan na special olllceiH and a In other to tho detective, Ike iSeldman, had a lather unpleasant opc!ionce xxlth some of tho sliiheiH whom ho mot last night on li'iankllu avenue. Hot winds passed botxxoen them and the affair xxas ter minated by a stinging blow admlnls teicd Held ma ii. TO RAISE THE LIGHTS. Matter Will Bo Brought to the At tention of Select Council Thursday Night. The iiietk)n of dliectlug ihe Seian tou IJIeclilc Light and Power com pany to idi.se the sticet lights to n height of at least txventv-tlxe loot Is once mot c to bo put to a dliect vole In councils on Thuisdny nlghl. Shoitlv after tho eontiact for the it loot lighting xxas nwaided to the i euilianv. a lesolulion nfteied by John II. Jioche, was .adopted, dliectlug the company to place its lights on mast aims at n minimum height of eighteen feet liom tlie giotind. This xxas passed and tlie eompanx placed Its lights at the minimum height. Almost Immediately after the change the cllUons in all parts ot the cltv began loiompkiln tint the lights xxhen lil. ucd nt tho heiijhl ol eighteen feet weie loo dayling upon tho eyes of both t)oilesli bins and dilxTr? ot vehl i lcs. Kspeclilly did the latter com plain, suing thnt xxhen a dilxer got within u half a block of one of Hie loweied lights, he xxould be so blinded until It was passed, as to be almost unable to see mix thing. elect Coiiiii llm.in Vaughan theie upon intiodmed a lesolutlon, diicttlng the connianx- to laiso Its llehts to n lulght ol Iwentj-flxo foot. By the tonus ol the (ontiact tho company is obliged tu place tho lights at any liolglit tlio i ill max- direct. Sir. Yaii glian's it solution passed select (oun i II. bin was killed !u tho common blanch. About two mouths ao the cnnipiyix had intiorlucid in the select coimell a lesolutlon deilaiing that the paiti i iilui sertlon of its i ontiact xxlth h pio xlded that It .sliould be docked tor an outiie night lor all lights found to be out. was not meant to apply to li,;hls out lor nnlv a fexx- minutes, but onlv to lights out foi n piolonged pound ul time Mi. Vaughan succeed ed in having an amendment to this lesolutlon adopted beloio It was pass ed, pnix'iding that it should not go into off ei t until the comp.mx- i.Mso Ihe lights to a lulght of twontv-tlve lei I. Since ihe passage of this lesolutlon the cunipanx ha made infant nipt to i ilso lis lights and is still b anjr dm ked for all lights louncl not lighted bv liatiolineii, wllhoul legal il to the length of lime thev ate out. Ofcoui.se, as long as the conipanx is willing to siainl this rkn kage, ihe iltx- cannot, undo! tho lesolutlon, i ompel tho i.iis ing of the lamps. Iloaliiiig the situation Mi. A'au gli.tu has decided to adopt a new iniusi. of proceduic. Ho will intio iluio mi Thin s( iv night a lesolutlon icpeallng the oilglnal lesolutlon of Mi Itoehe's, lixing the minimum height of lights at eighteen leet. Tho lesolutlon will fm tin i pioxido that tho minimum height shall be twenty-live loot and will ellieet tlio i Ity continllor not to louuleislgn anx wauanls dinxvn In laxor ot the company, until such time as the lamps ate labed to the heght above mentioned "This will put the matti'i to a illieet vote,' said ili. A'liugh.in xcsteidny. "Theie Is not a single poison whom I haxe talked to on this subject xxho dins mil say thai the lights should be lai-tel. 1 think that theio will bo a MUlii lent number of ccniucllmou who lenlio the public sentiment on this iinstlon, to pass tlie' lesolutlon," niiecioi of rublh AX'oiks John l".. Km he has untllleil the company that the now lights, io bo elected as pio xlded lor In oidlmini es pasupd letent ly, must be plaied at a height of iwontv-llve feci Horn the giouiul. The Dolawaie, Lackawanna & West em Raihoad Company, Office of Master Cnr Buildef. Heianton, l'a , Mn lil, I'iOI. NOTICI:. Notice Is heiobv glx n t) all poiti n lleiei'iloio eniplneil in the iar do pniimi'iii of till" C'linpaiiy at rioi anion ami now out on stiike, that, unless ihoy lepoit lor lutv ,ii oi Ih foi ii V o'clock a, in. on Wednesday, May inth, Ibilr places v, 111 be peiinauontly 1111 ',1 bv the employment ol otheis I. T Cantlild, Master c.u Hull lei. The Delawtuo, Lackawanna & West ern Unihoad Company, Office of Sup't Motive Power and Mnchin- eiy. s, ..iiliiii. IM . Mu j I.I, I'iOI, notici: .N'nllio Is Iniebx glxoil to nil poisons Ii, ti lutni" omploxiil In iho m.ulilneiy ili'liattiiii in oi this lompiiny ui nan ion and now out on suiko thai, un kss they i cpoii lor duty ul oi befoin 7 o'tloclv a in. oil Wodnesd.o, .May 1'itli, luOl, their plates will bo poiiin. iii ntly tilled by the emplnviueni of othi'iti T. H 1.10.x d, "'isupiiiiuuuleut M I' anil ,M, Quoinbey Hall, 3H Washington "ve., Scianton, Is tho best and most tellable plueo lo pur chase a pooil Piano. It will pay ou to call and get pi Ices and terms. J. W. Ciiicrnsey, Pi op. Steam Heating and Plumbing:, r. V, & M. T. Hovvley,23l Wyoming ave. Kiuoku tho now Klcon cisar. 5c. D THREE MEN ARE KNIFED II imcluiloil Ironi I'.nic I I aim xxas poor and Cobb got Into the woods. Chief MeAndiew was at the fi out of the hut iitteinntlyly Itaniniei'lng awav at the dour and the snapping, balking dogs und did not know of the encounter on the inlboad tiaek until Cobb win In lllght the second time. He fiallessly dasliid Into the woods otid hi out oil about In the t1aiknos for a time, but, teallzlng how futile It was to try to find a man there In the um k, bo icttiincil to the nilliond and helped Neary to the city. Though the blood xxas fnlily pour ing from his neik, Neaiy held a liand Ucrcliief to his xxotind and walked with Chief McAndiow's usslstnnce to tho station house and thence to the hoa l.ltnl. The physicians found that for tunately the xxotind xvas not a neces sailly latal or even a dangerous one. While It was lenghty It wit shallow and none of the larger blood vessely bed been seveied. Cobb Is well known thtoiighoiit tho xxholo country bcioboiits and can not xell got away without being lecog nlzeel, He Is sixty years of nge, about flxe feel sex'en Inches tall, vxolghs 140 pnunils, and Is nil actlx'e, why fellow. It Is said he served a long tcim In the penitentiary for killing bis vxlfe, when l)o xx ns a lesldent of Jeninyn some txventy odd yeats ago. kcunu op ANOTiinn ArrrtAY. Tlie jilaco wheio Neai.x's encounter with Cobb look place Is In the iiclgh boihood of the ciosslng xxbeio tho (lulnii-Oallaghei nffiay ot tlnee ycais ago occui red. Meiubeis of the two families got Into a quint ol and old man Qtilnn was killed. The (lallaghor bnxs, thole mother, and their giandmolhei, Mis. Dempsoy, xxe-io arraigned for the kill ing. One of tho bovs xxas found guilty and sent up for two anil a half years. The Dempsev who xxas stabbed to night Is iol.it oil to the n.illaglieis and Osboino Is Ueinpsev's brolhcr-ln-Iaxw Osborne got out of the penitential y four mouth'' ago, alter serving tluce vcais for stabbing his hi othei -In-law, James AValsh. TOLD BY A DOCTOR. His Fii st Meeting with tho Man Whose Skull Adorned His Mantle piece A Tlnilling; Story of Fion tier Life A Bandit's Last Fight. l'iniii the C'hiuiKO Tiiliinic. This Is a stoiy without a moial. Piofessor G. Fiank lydston, of the niodkal deihirtment of the University of Illinois, tells it, impelled by Its luith. Its dates aie nebulous, its place is ilinnosota onlv, and the names of tho chief cbaiaclois aie le piossed. But Its tiaglc elements aie all theic. About ten jeais ago Di. r.vdston was visiting a filend In the noilliom pai t nf .Minnesota. The filend xxas, a pi.ietieing pli.siclcin of moie than middle .ic, xxlth it on giay hair and boaiel, and illstinguished by a snoxv x bite hand ot hair that tan fiom his light temple half xx'ay aiottnd lil-s bond. Dr. Ljdston ncxer had u ni.ii ki'il this pccullaiity, and the tilund. In tho tlnee oais Dr. Lvelston had known him, had never letened to it. Hut on the oeeaslon of Di. T.jelslon's visit the Minnesota physician had a peculiar skull on the mantel in his study. It hid been beautifully pol ished, shoxi lug to striking adx. linage the stiong, xx hue bulldog-like teeth of th" man who had lound his being in the long, lnnow. aicblng ei.mltim. "What would Mitt sav of the former ownei oi It .' ' asked the filend, notic ing that Dr. I.xdston xxas ojelng It li illi, ills-. The doctor loinaiked soxeial (initial iiioguhiiitics and made a geueial ob solvation. 'That is tin skull of a nuudoier who xxas hanged." continued the host. "Do uu fee this."' lie continued, blushing his lingeis thiough the xxhlto stieak at the i igln side of the head. "The ow nor of the skull did that, too" Then the phskian told the slory Ten .veais buloio when the Noith west xxas still tumble with tho xxnn di'ilng Siou. and by still meno law less xxhlto men, tho physlehin lino gone li om Ilollexue hospital to a town near Ked Wing. Most ol his vx oik -xxas In the piobing for bullets and sewing up knlte i tits; but the at mosphoio of the gieat Noithwist xvas pleasing to him, and he stayed. One night he had i call by telogiaph to go to a small station thbty miles down tho lailioad, It was IS degiees below zeui, dink, anil a blinding suoxv stoun vxas blowing. Wrapping up, tho eloctor went down to the lit tle lailto.ul station to wait lor a train xxas almost due. Just as the phslelau loaihed the station platfoim two young eountiv men xx ere getting out ot a buggy and saving goud-b.xo to tiie man who had dilxen them Into the little village. The three reached the waiting loeun door, to Hud It looked op tho Inside. They pounded at II lor si'xoml min utes, until llnally It was Hung open, nml they woie looking Into the tun,, le-i of two toxolxois. "Coiiiii in heio," was the ouler, and thS uuaiiiiod iloiior ami the two (ountiymen wont In, only to find the .station agent bound and gagged and lying on the Hour The two men woio blink masks, and it was evident that they meant lo bold up the tiulu, then almost due, 'Ho tliiougli 'eni, I'ete," was iho lonutik of tho man of th' ukull, "I'll cox or 'eni " 1'iito nmilo a s.Ulsluctoiy haul Hum the pockets, of the two cotiiutynieu, but tho doelor hud only a silver watch und S In sllxei. I'ote made a paitl uilaily ugly iein.nK to the doi tor, and vx lion Dm doctor tosenled it the lohher gnxo him a kick. The (oulompiuiiiis I. Iik was the stiaw that bioko the patience of the ph'shlnn. l''i)gctilng the loxolxius, the doctor swung ids fist, sltlklng the follow in the face. At (hat instant tha u lion's conipanioii Hied and iho doe tor dropped in his triuks. .Seeluy the light on the two counti,x men closed in on tho clespoi. nines, but when the shooting xx-as done both lay dead on the llooi. The lohbeis were tillfhteiiPd, howux-er, and gave up ilm attack on the Haiti. Within half ,n hour a pos.se was on their ti.it H. At daylight. In it inn nlng light, Pete was shot mid killed Ills companion was .shot tliiougli tho shoulder and was loiced to siinendir. A legal exeiution followed after a few weeks, and the boil) of the bandit found Its way Into a nodical school In .Minneapolis. Later the skull of the iilmln.il xxas sent to the living victim ot the hold-up, foi in the mean. (WyywtAjwywwrtwwjwi(Vtfi(WvWift(Vrfrtwwk4(. i) T"2y out heating Tlie prices are Dinner Tea Toilet , SET5 Geo. V. Millar & IKKKKKKKUnniKUnKKKnKMKKSS Bicycles That Run Easy. josn:50uiK5K:KKsouMKn a Base Balls Gloves Hasks Bats, Etc. by equipping themselves from this excellent stock. Juvenile Base Ball Goods We make a specialty of getting all the acces sories used by grown-up men in the game of base ball, such as gloves, masks, etc., in small sizes for the little fellows. We now have a large stock of these juvenile goods. J. D. WILLIAMS & BRO. 312-314 Lackawanna Avenue. Coal at Retail Dcliveied to any pan ot the city AT THE LOWEST PBICES. Gibbons Coal Co. Telephone 1383, South Side. t line tin' plixsidau hntl n'tnxmed fiom the bloxx of the kI.iucIiik liulli'l Today tin Minnesota jili.x si i.in paints out tin" skull cuxi'ilnK' ot tin motor ii'iitii- xxhiili piuinptcd tin1 pullliiK ol the icnulxei tilh'Ker. PREFERRED A GOAT. Baby Biother Pioved a Dit-appoint-ment to Young Eobeit. s i: Kimi, jn the Um nl lln ilil Si-xei.il niontlis ,iko 111 lie ftoliut, xxho had at x'ailoiis iliius made pa thetic li'feienn's to tin- fuel Hint he had neithoi a In oilier mil a pun. xx.ih asked by his lonil p.uenls xxlileh ol the mlsslm," pileh he xxould take il he could ll.ne Ills i hull e ltobett deliheialed, and at l.isi ile eldeil that upon the xxhole he beliexvd he xxould lather haxe a luothei. "Heeause, juu hoe," he ephilui d, 'a pony costh .so mill 11 to keep. Wo xxould haxe to build ,i stable to) li Im. xxoiildn't xx e, papa"" "V(h," his tuiher iiusw ei eil, "and lenlly Iheie Is no loom in old back j ai if lor a stable." "No," the child HHieed, "and we'd haxe to buy liux- foi hlui, loo, xxoiildn't ('."' "ye.s," "Well, then, I'd uillier haxe tip 111 lle bintlier, because xxn xxould haxo to iay foi a poux, and the pouj uilKht klik or bite, 'on kiioxx, and Ihe little lumber xxouldu't, xxould he,'" "No not Im' a while auxxxax," Ho the inatlet xxas lett hi nho nin i'uiii about .i mouth iik, xxheu little llobeit xxas told, one nun iilns:, thai a little hi other had ( oiun lo llllll. lie xxa.s iIcIIkIUciI lie danced aiouiiil in the hnlli- ami made sue h a nu ke mi the titalirt thai the mu ho thieatennl to 1 uo hlui sent nxxay and he xxent into eiMtaclch oxer the baby xxheu they per. lllltteil him to see l Ho ahked loily. soven thousand iiues. tloiih 111 a Klxen time eniKciiilntr the Utile one and the liidiicemeiiis that (iinl had (ousldeied befont ilecldiiut m send t iloxxii fniiii lie.ixell. lie xx.iutul to kiss the baby and hold il in his ni nis, and ho Insisted nu kiioxxiiiK xxhy it had no teeth aad xxhy, 11 il had hum an iiimcl, U bad xxaiiled lo collie iluxxn hcie fiom lieaxen to haxi ti' stuiiiiu h ache, anv xxnx lllll Jtubeit'ti eiilhtislafiii hcKun lo xxiar ofi' utter the lapse ol a xxcek or two. 11 .xab iilnujs "Sh'Sdl! You 11 xxake our little baby hi other," or "Uobert, "jou must be quiet ' Vou xxlll make sour bah hi other 111." Ill lad, the baby In other seeiui d lo be Intel fcilun xx (lb little llobei t' tun to an eteiit that hud bieu xxholl un expected, and the oilier exeuliiK: xxlien ho xxas HlUin-,- on his tathei's knets down In the lllnai.x the bo.x iald "IMp.i, 1 don't heliexn I want in lit tle baby biother. attei all. 1 (tint have, any lull xxlth Iilui I'll tell Mm what let's do. Let's tiade for a pony." "Ob, xmi couldn't do that." l.lltlc Uobcit kicked his heuU aguinst Chafing Dishes i nst the thinpr for warm wentlier. Al ways retidy. Lobster a la Ncwbcrg, Welsh Rarebit, and other appetizing dishes, with the house, from...... . $4 to $7 Lamps Glassware Etc., Etc. VyxxveCVfeAX . i Co. SSSSVSS Il It iiux-a. Itnpnrl mt Hut a block) ti, nuiii lio ci).' riinnliu, lldltlilul rvruUe lc lirmflilil, lull llllll mii-k I' InjuilciH, 'I In1 In 'iilnni of Um "Srriinlon" pun nil-p llklilmis nt iimnliii; nni Hi flllllKlll in ikm II till' 1110-1 lllll. Ill'l i1hpI lor till disvp uf tlili r, I'rim lo suit tliu poiKclliiiiil, 126-128 Franklin Ave. BITTENBENDERSCO Our stock of Base Ball Goods will surely prove interesting to any player of the national game, who will look it over. Amateur clubs can certainly save money and at the same time get the best Security of Possession Is the tieasiued ill cam of exeiy piop eityoxxnci ot piospcc tixe ptiu baser. l''ieiU(iitIx", it is not until the sn(. or ci liaiiKe ot a holdlUK is desiied th it the i liiinl itpuii a title Is disioxeied anil contiinpl.itcd plans aie ilclc.itcd. Title Insiuaiiie ftlllv piotei ts iiK.iinst illicit nl seauh, epeiisi' ol litiR.itiiia in slioit, it innxidcs i ompleto in deuinlllc.itiiui lot an.x loss ,n IsIiir: tiom Ihe contested xalidll.x of .xoui pioppity lif-hts lliianl join iiiteiesls with n pulley of ihe Title Guaranty and Trust ' Company (It birantoii, I'cnnu 510 Spiucc Street, I X ilio-, I'u'.iili ui II lniii, I'rn, II X. I III, In, I llllill s Hull, X he im-,1 li'H I 1 1 "-I DilM'-r FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS Gas Ranges On Sale at Our Office at Cost. We put them in your kitchen teady for use. All connections TREE, ot flist flooi. Double Oven Ranges, ."50,75 and uj Scranton Gas & Water Co 115 Wyoming; Avenue. MAY I, 1901. . t tt . k . v. ,. k . K v. n r. n n TRV .1 I Clock's Best Union flade j Tobacco: A Good Smoke oi Chew, A Tiial Solicited. Satisfaction Guniauteeil, ' I I , . MANUrACTURED BY :Tiie Clock Toteo -Co, ,1 G4'1.48.48 Wyoming Ave, X .1 Si Scianton, Pa, ,-n KKKKKKKtt-K(K his tathci's shins lot a moment and thought. Then he said "Well, I don't suppose we lonld llml anybody that xxould xxaul to tiade a pony for him, but don't ou think jou could tmde hlui lui .1 gcMl,'