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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1901.
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date, taking a rest.
S. H. TWINING,
131 PENN AVENUE.
Optician. Harris' Drug Store.
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: CITY NOTES !
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piny paid on MlunUy at the t'oall.rnoV.. t llntun,
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Hon, No. 1.W, Order of Kairnay tVuiilmtnr, on
the I'rnmtlwnia tlltl.ien ef II"' Mamie anil
lliidnn lead, "ill lute a ittm ImKc at Lake
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a tame t,f bill lutwren Hie ltion, ol H.vi1i,itil,
nd the C'rCMfnt, nf MIKra-lljrn-.
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CONDITIONS OP""
THE STEEL TRADE
They Are Being Investigated by
Enoch James of England Who
Is Now in the City.
Knnch James, of Wcduesbury, a
town near Hlrmlnglinm, Knglnnd. was
In the city yesterday visiting his untie,
Seth tlrilllths, of Spring street, North
Scrantnu. Mr. .1 jimr-t, who was ac
coniputilcil 1 his wife, leaves hero tills
morning. I In has boon In this country
plnoe .tuly fi. being horc us a member
of a commission appointed by the Hiit
lull Iron Trades association to visit thn
Tnlled States and study renditions and
circumstances of the American steel
manufnctutlng Industry and comitate
It with tin' Industry of merry Kng
land. He Is tin only member of the com
mission at present In the country and
came on much In the nature of an ad
value guard. It being his purpose to
study the American methods all a.
period when they are given the sever
est test, when the oppressive heat
makes woik additionally cumbersome,
and the Ingenuity of 'those In charge
Is taxed to the utmost to obtain the
desired results.
Mr. James has been In charge of sev
eral of the biggest steel concerns in
Cireat Britain, as general superin
tendent, anil Is recognized throughout
the t'nlted Kingdom ns an authority
on matters connected with the indus
try, as is made evident by his selection
as one of the eight men chosen by an
association having the International
reputation of the British Iron Trades
association, to make an Investigation
which will materially affect the entire
Industry In tiioat Hritaln.
The other members will probably ar
rive here October 1. and will spend two
nionlhs In this country. Two of
thofe in the commission are the secre
tary, ,J. S Deans, and the president,
Kbeuesser I'arKi . members of parlia
ment from one of the, divisions of
Dlrminghaiu. Mr. .lames declares that
the steel manufacturers of this coun
try owe their success to the Indomi
table energy they have displayed In
perfecting details, and taking advan
tages of the greater mechanical oppor
tunities open to them than their Kng
llsh competitors.
"The objects of the commission, said
lie to a Tribune man last night, "are
a study of the relations In this country
between employers antl employes,
modes of manufactures, costs of trans
portation and general Improvements.
Since I have been here 1 have visited
the Southvvoik and Penroyd steel
works at Philadelphia, the South P.cth
ichem works, Johnstown, youngs
town and Cleveland. I spent till ee
days at Chicago and two weeks In
Pittsburg.
"On the whole, 1 have contracted a
very favorable opinion of the steel
manufacturing industry in this conn
try. American methods are rcm.uk
ably free tiom any startling uriglnal
ltj You people have simply devol
opvnd our own ideas, ami expended
large sums of money in the develop
ment of new Ideas, some of whle,.
have proved very successful, while
othe's have not done so.
"Hit Ameilcau met hods have proved
n arrat benefit to civilization in pro
dU"lng i heap and at the same time
good material. We were prone to
think that the Mulsh and quality of the
material must he necessarily cheap,
but from what 1 have seen In this
country I have changed my opinion
utterly. There's no doubt, moreover,
that there's moie push, more drive In
tills countrv, on account of the greater
mechanical advantages. do not
think that the men work nearly so
hard here as in ('.rent Hritaln. or that
the management Is a bit more skillful,
but the merhanlcal contrivances used,
and particularly the practices to which
eletttlclty has been turned, allow of a
greater output with less effort.
"The men In this country are far
better paid than those In the kingdom.
This, too, in spite of the fact that the
lower grades of workmen in Kngllsh
plants are not drawn from n foreign
S Investment
Securities
tt Rroidwty, N, Y,
WilkM-rtirre, rilbondite.
II 4-S-S Cemmonwfalth Md'if, Serinton, P
ktafctafctttatafcMttMMtafciiMtaii
tf ItEAXERS IN g
Bonds 5
t and ;i
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element, but on the whole are fAr su
perior In brain work to the laborers of
this country. However, the dissimilar
ity In wnges Is offset by the fart that
the British workmen can live far
ihcnper than In this country.
"Kngland draws much of Its ore
from Spain, but ran transport It more
easily Irotti there and receive It sooner
than Pittsburg can get Its raw mater
ial from tne west. In Kngland, the
competition Is upon the whole keener
than In America, there being no great
combines like your mammoth steel
trust, but the Individual concerns pre
dominating." On being asked for his opinion re
garding this country's future In the
steel business, Mr. James ald, "I
think the Americans will always get a
fair share of what they want of the
steel business of the world, until the
other nations come Into the field with
I'Mtiul methanlcal advantages."
It Is Mr. James' first visit to this
country and he expressed himself as
being delighted with It. "Oh, 1 am
perfectly charmed with America, both
the people and the country," ho de
clarcd enthusiastically.
When the other members of the
commission arrive, all of the large
steel Industries of the 1'nltcd .Slates
will be lslled and trips also made to
Nova Stella, the Dominion of Canada
and oilier portions of Ills Majesty's
Ametli an possessions.
Th Hiltlsh Iron Trades association
Is made up o all the Iron traders of
the I'nlted Kingdom, and so many
c mtradlctory statements of American
conoltlons have been made by returned
travellers that It was at last derided
to appoint this commission to obtain
a strictly veracious nnd technically
correct report of the steel Industry as
conducted by the Infant member's of
the ruling powers,
AN ENDTOTHE
BIG CONTEST
Will Be Finally Disposed of
Today by the
Court.
Court will convene this morning nt
fl o'clock, for the midsummer day ses
sion, and among the several Import
ant things that will come down from
the bench will be an order disposing
of the cost In the l,nngstnlf-Kclly
election contest.
As told previously In The Tribune,
the attorneys for the parties to the
contest agreed that It was purposeless
to continue the pioccedlngs any farther
and that with the consent of the court
they should be summarily ended by an
amicable at langemcnt.
Tills arrangement contemplated that
It should be admitted by the respond
ent that the contestants had disquali
fied a large number of the voters who
east their ballots for the lespondent.
and thus making ground for a lludiug
of probable cause for the contest, the
case should be submitted to the court
for a ruling on matter of costs.
1'ii'ler the law, th disqualifying of
one voter can be adjudged to have es
tablished "prcJiahle cause" for the
contest, and give the court discretion
to relieve the contestant of the costs,
and place them on the county. The
court, bf course, could not say what
It would do, but it was taken for
granted by those participating in the
contest that under all the circum
stances the finding could be only that
there was "probable cause" In abund
ance and that the cost would be dis
posed of accordingly.
The agreement of the parlies was
submitted and the order of the court
disposing finally and forever of the
pestiferous thing will be n matter of
olllelal record before today is done.
This summary disposition of the case
will save iosU amounting, so it is esti
mated, to $lo.noo. it will make unnec
essary the work of wading thiough
aa.Onn ballots to find the i.tOo bad ones,
which work would require the services
of a hoard of from four to six com
missioners, at probably $10 a day for
no telling how long, but assuredly sev
eral months, if they would work ns
eneigetlcally as does the average com
missioner who works by the day at the
liberal rate of tl an hour, which the
law so graciously allows.
Another Inipottant event of the day
will, in all piohablllty. witness Is the
healing In the case slated lelatlve to
(icoigf W. Jenkins' light to the oirtce
of delinquent tax collector. The at
torneys have asked to he hcaid today,
and if previously scheduled events do
not consume all of the limited time, the
judges will probably grant the tequest.
The big raft of opinions and orders
which the three Judges have been
working on since adjournment will be
handed down before the recess Is taken
at ;.;'.(. out of icspect to Senator
Yaiigiiau.
Among the cases in which, it Is ex
petted, decisions will he forthcoming
are the Conrad Schioeder water rate
iase: the case of Hie "extra" common
couniilmen; the Bldge turnpike case;
the paving case of the City of Scran
ton against K. B. Stutges; the case In
which the continuation of the Kac
tinyville and Ablngton turnpike i
concerned, and the criminal cases In
which the court Is asked to dismiss
the bribery proceedings against (Sen
eral Manager l'rnnk Silllniau, Jr., of
the Scranton Hallway company, an J
the Old Forge councllineii; Select Coun
cilman Wade M. Finn, and lieneral
Manager S. K. Wuyl.iud, of the Lacka
wanna Ttlephone company.
NEW TRAINS IN USE.
Additional Facilities for Reaching
Buffalo and the Exposition.
The tirst of the new tiitlns on the
l.tfiutwanua loute. returning from
Buffalo, reached here yesterday nfter
noon at J."". leaving there at ft a. m
and the patronage given on this Initial
trip proves the need of extra facilities
In order to accommodate the crowds
now attending the Pan-American. The
limited express train, No. 6. formerly
leaving Buffalo at 0M), Is now train :M,
leaving at 11.30 a. in., and reaching
here nt ,.:I3. The new trains In both
directions make nearly the same time
as the express, and afford great relief
t the travelers who crowd the latter
evrry c'.a .
They are lltted up as handsomely as
th" expiess end It N proponed to equip
them with new cars now being com
pleted, which will surpass In elegance
and beauty anything on the road. The
great number of tourists who patron
Upii the new trains yesterday ex
pressed much satisfaction with the
schedule as now arranged, which af
fords better opportunities for travel in
both directions. The train makes the
same number of stops as the express.
The popular Punch cigar Is still ths
leader of thn 10c cigars.
HE KILLED HIS WIFE
AND THEN HIMSELF
Terrible Crime of Edwin J. Davis of West
Scranton They Had Not Lived Happi
ly Together for Some Time.
Kdwin ,J, Davis, a young man 2S
years of age, shot and Instantly killed
his ptetty young wife, Agnes, aged i'fi
years, shortly befoie 6 o'clock last
evening nt their home, M0 North Brom
ley avenue, anil then turned the re
volver on himself, Indicting an Injury
whlrh resulted In his death less than
two houis afterwards.
The couple hatl been married about
five years. They frequently quarreled,
but no direct cause for the awful deed
can be positively ascertained. The
murder and suicide was evidently pre
meditated. The facts, as far as the
relatives know, are ns follows:
On Wednesday. July 31, Davis anil
his wife quarreled, and he. left the
house In anger, lie did not return, but
continued his work as a carpenter anil
.'pent his evenings nt the home of his
father, who resides next door. On the
following day Mrs. Davis also left the
house and, with her little daughter,
Margaret, went to the home of a rela
tive In Old Forge.
She Left Homo Again.
When she returned homo Saturday,
her husband hnd not yet come bark,
and Mrs. Davis left the house, and did
not return ngaln until last Satuiday;
night. To some of her relatives she
stated that she had been' to Atlantic
City, and to ntheiw she said she hail
been staying with friends In the cential
city.
At all events, both husband and wife
were at home yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Louise Tudor, a sister of the dead
woman, called. on them during the af
ternoon, anil upbraided Mra Davis for
absenting herself from home. She ex
plained her absence as being due to
her husband's comluct, in hl first leav
ing the house.
Shortly af -rwards Mrs. Tudor went
to the hen- of another sister. Mrs.
Oassie Jo.pn, a short distance away.
Meantime. Mis. Davis antl her daugh
ter, Margaret, had gone upstairs to lie
down, and Davis, In company with Mr.
Tudor, lift the house for a nearby
saloon.
Alton! T o'clock the men returned
anil Mr. and Mrs. Davis were In the
house together when Mrs. Tudor re
turned. The latter and her husband
were seated on the back porch, when
Mrs, Davis came down stairs and
Joined them.
Husband Sent for Her.
In a few minutes Davis sent the lit
tle girl down stairs to tell his wife to
bring him a glass of water. She took
the water up to him and shortly after
wauls the neighborhood was startled
by (he muffled report of a revolver.
Following In quick succession tlnvo
more shots were heard, nnd when Mr.
and Mrs. Tudor rushed upstairs to the
barK bed loom a horrible sight awaited
them. Lying in one corner of the
room, between the bed and the wall,
in a pool of blood, was Mrs. Davis
dead, with three bullet holes In her
head, anil a few feet away, near the
foot of the bed, was Davis, with an
ugly wound In his head just above his
right car.
He was hi eathlng heavily, but was
unconscious, and Dr. W. J. I.. Davis
was summoned, and Coroner Cohorts
notified. The former ordered Davis re
moved to the West Side hospital, where
SHE TOOK PARIS GREEN
Mrs. Jacob Smith and Hor Infant
Came Near Death Last Night as
Result of Former's Act.
Mrs. Jacob Smith, of 712 Adams nve
nue. nttemiited suicide nlbout 11.15
o'clock last night by taking purls
green, and nearly succeeded in killing
both herself and her year-old Infant in
aims,
According to the story told by Mrs.
Smith, her husband came home after
having been out to a dam bake and
beat her brutally with ' a horsewhip
when she remonstrated with him for
being away. He then left the house.
she says, whereupon she took a largo
quantity of paris green and washed tt
down with a drink of water.
she took such a large dose that ex
cessive vomiting was Induced, with
the result that her life was saved.
Several of tho neighbors heard iter cry
out after she had taken the poison and
hurried Into the hoiifce. They found
hei in a very weak condition with the
Infant in her anus. A glance at the
latter showed them that It, too, had
taken some of the poison, and Dr.
Oeorge C. Menimuu was hurriedly
summoned.
When he arrived he found that the
mother was practically out of danger,
but that tho child was In a very soil-
otis condition. The child undoubtedly
licked up some of the poison which
had fallen on Its mother's dress. Dr.
Metiinmn succeeded In bringing both
mother and child out of danger after
a half hour's work.
Sergcnat of Polite Bldgeway hur
ried to tho scene In response to a tele
phono message received nt police head
quarters, and dlscoveicd Smith In the'
house. The latter denied that he had
beaten his wife and said Ihey had
merely had a wordy quarrel In which
she was the aggressor from the itart.
IS IT THE SAME WHITNEY?
Indications That Harris' Assistant
Is Now in Trouble.
The (lit'tuira pruilnl in the Xew Yoil paper
.irtfi,iv u( K. A. VWittnoy, ho. wiih i'.wutt
HuiSiloif. w under arrnt, Uuwil with tit'ns
.i .i i;o luttw'pn nt a jtfin of policp pioin ,,,,i
of t.unblriii in Xmv Yuik, would iiulujtp th,,t
I o i Hip i:. .V. whilnt'y who adtnl l)cirtii,e
Il.itn in irrMilnir tlir Men' uuiun ca.-ei j.-aiu.t
ili-' inuiiillnirii of thin cltv.
Tlie hblniy of Hhltnf.i' r.irrrr nliiln
jptntlj.v asrm with what Wlillnr.t told ,,( uii.
wlf whi-n en the tand in thl city durinj the
touiHilnunic trial.
ill itrnisll liKtiuitlon. I.nvv t ii t ion ratci.
tiraduatM tcure bel iiisltlorw. Sonio mo uuw
iluwlnc .iUrles of irl.imi, r.t,vni Jn,i si,.oii
Man in flt urd innntl. o.iulifv iliiniwtii-ii
lu till pnIJInn whhli pay M) iii.d H) pt. ui.inih
at ihe tjrt. Tin .ltt.nibn of VMIIITIOI s vouno
ppoplo inlHltril, roiltloiu furnUhed. Write
rr nil fr elicaliu,
BUCK & WHITM0RE, 8CKANT0N, PA
lmmAMM4Maza'
he tiled about 7.30 o'clock without re
covet Ing consciousness.
Dr. Bobctis afterwards performed an
autopsy, and found that the bullet
had singed his hair nnd entered the
right temple two Inicjics above the
ear, and passing through the brain,
lodged In the skull on the 'left tide,
w here it fracture was noticed.
Mrs. Davis' Wound',
Th coroner nftervvards performed an
autopsy on the body of Mrs. Davis
anil found that one bullet hnd pene
trated the skull on the right bide, frac
turing the skull and enteiing the brain.
Another passed thiough the right arm,
lodging In the neck. She had evi
dently lifted her arm to protect her
head. The third bullet could not bo
found. A Jury was empanelled and an
Inquest will be held later.
The fact that D.ivis had premedU
tatetl murder was gleanc dfiom a re
mark he made to Joseph Menegus, of
1MH Swetland street, a short time be
fore the shooting occurred. Menegus
nnd Davis were conversing at the cor
ner of Bromley avenue and Swetland
street, and ns the former was leaving
Davis tenia tked:
"Well, good-bye; I will meet you In
heaven." The significance of the re
mark dawned upon Menegus when he
learned of the tragedy. The crime
was evidently well planned by Davis,
lie did not reveal his Intentions to
anyone.
Ills demeanor prior to the tragedy
was exceedingly cool, and he did not
display any signs of Intoxication, al
though Mrs. Tudor intimates that he
had been drinking nt Intervals during
the da.
Self Acting Revolve r.
Where he obtained the revolver could
not be learned, but the supposition Is
thnt he purchased it Saturday, as he
had received his pay during the day.
It was a 32-callbre of the Mcrwln llul
bett make, and when removed from
Ills hand after the shooting was found
to contain five empty shells, one of
which had evidently been discharged
In trying the pistol, which was self-a-'ting.
The young woman was the daugh
ter of Kvan Jenkins, of Hampton
stieet, and was exceedingly pretty and
of an amiable disposition. She Is sur
vived by a little girl, less than two
years old, her father, three sisters and
two brothers .Mrs. Louise Tudor, Mrs.
Cassle Joseph, Miss Maggie, William
J. and Lewis Jenkins.
The young man was the son of John
Dan, of ."12 North Bromley avenue,
and is survived by his father, four s'is
ter.s and one In other, Mis. Annie
Rosar. Mis. Douglass Harvey, of
Dover, N. J.: Mrs. William Long,
Alice and Oeorge Davis.
The general supposition Is that Da
vis was tiled of the manner in which
lie nnd his wife wete living, and her
continued absence from home preyed
on his mind, until he finally determined
to end both their lives.
The tragedy caused Intense excite,
ment throughout Wrt Scranton. and
the scene of the shooting was visited
by huudieds of people during the even
ing. One of the women who visited the
room where the dead woman lay, faint-
I and hnd to be carried from thn
house.
PUT BULLET IN HIS HEAD
Leo Langreth, a Ninotoen-Year-Old
Boy, Killed Himself TJsod
His Father's Revolver.
Sitting on a stone, ptopped up by the
surrounding brush, with a bullet hole
In his head and a revolver In his Iire
less grasp. Leo Lansreth, a lft-ycar-old
lad, of Maple lake, wn found early
yesterday motnlng, about a mile this
jlde of Moscow, alongside the Dela
vv.iie. Lackawanna and Western
Hacks,
He was employed ns a laboier by
Hurko Bros., who are now engaged lit
straightening some curves on the Lack
awanna toad at that point.
Saturday evenng he enmo In from
his father's farm at Maple iHke. and
was seen about the village tavenifl
until about 10.30 o'clock p. in. Frutn
this time on hi was lost sight of. It
was ft o'clock in the nioinlng when the
body was first sighted, and In the Judg
ment of Dr. S. W. L'Anioreaux. who
was called upon to make an expeit ex
amination for the coroner's Jury, death
occult eil probably about midnight.
The revolver found In the dead man's
hand was Identified as the propetty of
his father. The supposition is that he
had determined on suicide before leav
ing home, filled himself with liquor to
nerve himself to the deed, and socking
n secluded spot In the woods at mid
night, seated himself on n rock nnd
shot himself In Hie head. What
prompted the net Is not known.
The body was allowed to remain In
the position in which it was found
until " o'clock, when Justice of the
Peace Mdo Lymnn, lu the absence of
the coroner, empanelled a Jury, viewed
tho remains, and gave Undertaker
lirown a permit to teniovo the body to
the family home,
The Jury met in the evening at the
office of Dr. Lamoreaux and letumed
a verdict to the effect that th deceased
had committed suicide. The Jury was
composed or n. Schenk, Walter Van
lirunt, John fionsales, James Hathwell,
Charles Van Oordcr nnd Henry Brown.
Tho Langieth family lived In this
city, on Prcnott avenue, about six
years ago.
TRAIN WAS BLOCKED.
Landslide on the Bloom Delays a
Lackawanna Train
Tinln No. 710, due here at $.. o'clock
in the evening on the Hlootushurg di
vision of the Delaware, Lackawanna
nnd Weatern railroad, was delayed for
two In. ui'8 and fifty minutes Saturday
night by a mudslide, at Homing Creek
wafer tank.
This is a point between Danville
and Catawlssa and the amount of
earth and t'lhrls brought down In the
slid'' i overt ii the track for twenty. five
feet, to n depth of five feet. No one
was Injured, and no damage done, the
tinek being cleared after almost three
hours of i'.ircl work.
THS NEWSBOYS' STRIKE.
Although Threatened for Yesterday
It Did Not Occur.
Although the Newsboys union held
another meeting Saturdny night and
decided to go on strike against the
New York Sunday papers, and refuse
fo sell them unless they could put
chase them from the lackawanna
News company nt a prlco of four and
one-half cents Instead of five rents, the
metropolitan Journnls were neverthe
less peddled yesterday morning as on
other tfundny.
W. A. Curtis, of the news company,
stated to h Tribune man last night that
yesterday morning the boys, with the
exception of a few, reported to the
oillce ns usual for thole papers, and to
celved them nt the accustomed price.
1 Is said that there have been troubles
In the union, nnd Saturday night's
meeting was followed by pretty lively
enR'igements at handlcuffs between
President Duffy and some of the other
boyn.
Some of the little follows tried to
clear an extra profit yesterday by
shooting the prices up from seven to
ten cents. In the majority of cases,
however, tho bluff was called.
BIG DAY AT
NAY AUG PARK
Superintendent Phillips Esti
mate Was Twelve Thous
and People.
Superintendent Thomas 11. Phillips,
of Nay Aug park, estimated the num
ber of people who visited that resort
yesterday at 12.000. The Tribune man
was Inclined m consider this a little
too high, but the superintendent staked
his reputation for veracity on his claim.
At any rate, there was an enormous
throng at the park, which seemed to
he swarming with humanity from one
end to the other. Kvery shady nook
bad Its little patty ensconced beneath
the trees, nnd the walks and driveways
were filled with moving thousands.
No better argument In favor of giv
ing the depnitment or public woiks
sufficient funds to properly carry on
the vast work In the way of Improve
ment which yet remains to be done at
Nay Aug. befoie It will look anything
like a park, can be found than In this
gieat outpouilng of the people of this
city In search of some fdaee vshere
they can get a few hours of rest on
Sunday amid natural surroundings.
The work which has so far been done
nt the park is only the beginning of
the great""vorl which must bo done In
the future, and which cannot be done
until the gentlemen of councils see tit
to authorize the expenditure of $100,000
or thereabouts.
The grounds at the southcily end of
the park surrounding the handsome
bund-stand have now taken on some
Feniblanee of form and an Idea of what
the rest of the park will look like when
finished can be gained from a view of
them. Tht- walks are all laid out and
tho Inrger part of the ground enclosed
by them has been either sodded oi
planted with grns seed.
The unsightly sheds which now seive
as animal houses are to be removed as
soon as possible to the open space Just
east of Arthur avenue and between
Vine and Olive streets, In order thnt
the space they now occupy may be
graded nnd made to conform to the
surrounding portion of the park. It Is
hoped thnt the new animal houses ran
be constructed this year, and If the
$10,000 worth of bonds aio soon dlsposei
of It Is probable that they will be. Tin
new houses are to bo located on the
space above described and will adjoin
the large artificial lake which the plans
of Atchltect Kdgerton provide for.
A gang of men, under the dliecllon
of Superintendent Phillips, Is at incid
ent engaged In blasting out n hear pit
just west of the toll-gate on the bottle
vard. Tills Is to be very large, and tin
animals wilt be viewed from above.
The stone which Is being taken out fm
the bear pit la to be used In the con
struction of the aquatic garden, just
inside the park entrance.
Part of the $10,000 which the depart
ment will soon have at Its disposal Is
to be used In macadamizing the drive
ways through the park. This work Is
to be done this year, if Director Hoche
sucieeiis in getting the prison board
to permit the county Jail prlsnueiH to
tin It after they have finished at Cou
ncil park.
Yesterday's crowd was pretty thor
oughly scattered over the entire park,
though tho picnic grounds and the
menagerie seemed to attract the larger
number of visitors. The menagerie
seems to be In a fair way to lose one
of Its features soon, namely, the Hones.
purchased from Flunk Uostock, the
animal tiaincr,
This poor cieature Is allllctcd with a
peculiar disease which affects its spine,
and it spend nearly the whole day
lying on the door of its cage In an al
most helpless condition. Veterlnailans
say that there is very little chance of
Its recovery. The lion. Its mate, died
several months ago from the same tils
ease. It Is apparent that Mr. Uostock
palmed off damaged goods on the local
gentlemen who purchased the animals,
as both were nflllctetl almost the fiut
day they were taken to the park.
Andy, the year-old bear, and Tim
"Hie wisest monkey In the countty,"
as Superintendent Phillips calls him,
occupy adjoining enclosure In the
menagerie, and their antics futnlt-h
amusement to large crowds dally. They
got into one of their usual lights yes
terdny afternoon and kept a large
ciowd In roars of laughter for over
half an hour.
Tim would reach through the netting
and pull AndyV hair, until the lattei
would get so enraged as to cause him
to growl and look unutterable things
at tho monkey, who was fortunately
out of harm's wn.
The merry-go-1 ounds, both inside
and outside the park, wote closed yc..
ti'rday in pursuance of Director of
Public Safety Woiiiiher's recent orilei.
DEATH OF JOHN B. REILLY.
Was a Former Rosident of Scrantou
and Will Be Buried Here.
John H. Rellly, a former resident of
this city, was fatally Injured Wednes
day last at South Orange, N. J , and
died on .Saturday. Ills remains will be
brought to this city this evening fur
burial.
.Mr. Kellly was a native of Kithtnu.
but enmo tc this city upwards of ten
years ago to work for tho Vv .stern
I'nion Telegraph company. Some eight
tars ago ho was transferred by tho
company to South Orange mid given
charge of the maintenance of the com
pany's wires between tho Oranges and
Ne.wnrk. Last Wednesday he was en
gage.1 In tutting away the limbs of a
true that Interfered with tho wires,
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SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL CLIFTON,
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Flnet Fumnier 11 t'l in Vnrthcutfrn Pcnn
vania. Motet luiki i.rt't !Miarr. Lackawaitu
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SCRAMOV, PA.
T. J. Foitcr, President. Klmfr II banall, Trrav
R, J. I'tntcr, Stanley P. Allen,
Vlie President. S'ireU'y
when he fell, sustaining Injuries from
which he died Satuiday afternoon In
tho hospital at Orange.
While a i evident of this cltv, Mr
Itellly made many friends, to whom the
pews of his death brought a distressing
shock. Dining Ills residence here hr
was a prominent and very active mem
ber of the Young Men's Institute nnd.st
Taul's Pioneer corps. Here lie married
Mlts Agnes lilliiiy, a prominent West
Scranton young woman, who, wit',
their four children, survive him. Thej
are Margaret, Mary, Agnes nnd John.
The lemalns will arrive in tills city
thl.i t veiling over Hie Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad, and will
be taken to the homo of the biothei-lll-law
of the deceased. P. II. (illro.v.
of u'.'fl Pleasant t-treet. Tld' funeral
will take place from there Tuosda
morning. At 0."0 a retiulein mass will
be celebrated In St. Patrick's church,
West Scranton, antl Interment will be
made in the Ci 'it dial cemetery.
THE DATE ANNOUNCED.
Bishop Oarvoy Will Bo Conaecratcd
Here on Sept. 8.
At the innssoM in St. John's Catholi
church. Plttstun, yes-teiday morning,
Itt. Itev. Oarvey announced that his
consecration and Investiture as bishop
of the new Alfoona diocese will take
place September S, lu St. Peter's cathe
dral, Seiiiutnu.
Cardinal Matilnelll will nlllclutr.
and the priests of the Hetanton
and Altooua dioceses will he present.
The olllelal documents in relation to
the boundailes of the newly created
dlo cm will be received tocla.v . and
Moiiflgnor Omvey will, during the
week, notify the pilesls to be embraced
III tho diocese.
FUNERAL OF WM, MURPHY.
Services Were Conducted at St.
Peter's Cathedural.
The funeral of the late William
Murphy was held on Satuiday morning
from St. Peter's cathedral, whero h
tolcnin high mass of requiem was
lelebrntetl. The church was crowded
with huudieds of friends of Ihe dead
num. a large number of whom fol
lowed the icinalns to tho Cathedral
cemetery, where interment was made.
The pall bearers were tieorge Mc
Catihy, John M. Cnlllgau. Hugh
Walker. Nell McTHgue, Thomas Mor
lis und J. J. How Icy
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