THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1901.
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X Footc & Shear Co.
Q JJ9N. Washington Ave
SOOOOOOOOOOOOJ
MEMMMMHI
Everything for the Baby
Any tany giacoiui-niumy
chnrminp little gaimcnts es
pecially designed to captivate
the mother and win trade
we've a growing demand for
such Roods we want to meet
you A few moments inspection
of these garments will convince
you of their meiit. A line to
us will bilng a catalogue.
Tb? Baby Bazaar,
510 Spiuce Sticet.
LACKAWANNA BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Sift Washington senile fltciinoy building
NYw term brjjln Prpt 3,
The Directors
Of this bank will be
pleased to have you be
come one of their patrons
THE PEOPLE'S BANK.
PERSONAL.
I! p iinl Mi II M I'lwinl' mt t" I'hili
t'tlphu ve-tinln
( imiIi I.iw. f llnu-on .iterate. Ins emie to
Phillip- I vein I'leint.
Mcc tiite liihn I' I low i Ktuini-il list nlRht
from i ti-it In. Nt w irk
I1p ll.iEMn Nml, of M Luke's church, liis
rctuiuoil tmni hw taiuliim.
I l .1 1 unci Mm I wlnt lino gone to
Put! ilt i t iit the Pin Valencia.
I. ct Ilinattm lu ."lie to New Vil ,n '"'
c e i ptrilinn tilth .1 Nrvv V ork lolmio turn
I' I Itnlioj. of (Like llrnther. lme lift
;r rulll li r Nitt V"lk ill 'HI ! hnil 1 1 IP
-i Piimnn "t -tnlientllle, O , i mjiiiiii;
1 or i ii in- tin- Miaorn lliliniili, of Pliln in-i
II n 1 irr I I lii::tii, the uidili lnoii poliu
ii" w i.r o( Philaililplilj, in riRii.tflii.1 .it l hi1
.1. n
I lift, onr of till' oHiftli ililk Im
in 1 titiin liu nation, whiih mih puil at
Ii
M
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1 1 Mm ( II Miller Im return. ! fiun
1 1 cm anil tape Mo, lurc tin cpuit
it i i thtpf wrrk-i
Mi anil Mm likcrh. rf Hatk'j uninilt. Imi'
ri i ii I t thui tioin , utter a tWt with it
-. mi n tin ml
Mi mi Mi I I licilUnilir, of Iliitlflon, arc
- mi. ii ilit In mo nl Mr I'lii'ill.iluIirV piicniii,
M mil Mi. I . Mots ni tlu ilt.
I ' V I'lllO. pi l Mill M of tin Vln in Ills
i t m 1 on of )r I I' I'rlii, l lUitins lili
umli Pi II It Wale, of rial aemie.
II n liliii lntifN of fiiiilh Main ncnne, Im
t ni t (hiiliton, s ( lp oi(p of t,0 ivnn
(1 1111 I L IllllllrilllilliU to lint ipiiltion to Ic
hi 1 1 t'i !
M II until Mi 11 ili. Iia Ictiitunl (mm a in.
1i inn ii Ncn oik illj nnd llie tnli -ho
piiiml hy licr n mill, Un Junctli'
M II il I Itittinioii.
Mr ami Mi- IhnUi 1 I liurrli and rlaidrtii,
of N ith Mj n aiiimi, liaic rrlurncil Imnic fnmi
Urn iiv lami, near riivtlillc, Mlicio thiy
ipint tin pat ten wet kit.
Mie I Hie l"ln-e, of Kliu Uriel, Dunmni, lu
(itt.pietl nn ivielluil pnaition as leiilicr In i
piuite h hool at snuiMoy, one u tlic tulmilii
.f Piit.l.iitc Mln I ivi futiuerly taujlit al tlio
Stliool nf the I aiUawanni.
linn .liilin .Scliikir .inl Ills hrutlirr, llurv
- nm r itliirnul jelinla.i fuun a lllp tn lluf.
i. imi ( leMliml llu hilt oi tin' mi nmr mi
v in h tin; Fillul fiom ( IciclamI foi Hiifiilo nn
1 ic.la liinkp Hlion out nf klplit cif I mil and
Mi i-il v n ul tin inriiy nf the wiur for
111 .1 1 two IliHllH, until US-l.-lllH.' utllMll 111 II-
pin-i t. i ilm of ihtir-, wliiili was l, -Ud.
Mm h ixiitiiuent piciailcil,
Mk-i. Iitu Hili hi it caie 1 dell.hiful lenptlni
I atlnr ii ni nn (,ii.f.n tnet, Wednein urninir,
ir Inn i of hi r fnunN who wne up hi Like
Slitn.hu ( mi . i im il .' mil nm-ii ,r, ni.
Jnirl jnl lith i iii-lnntnu of -ill km I, wrrp
Pr"t lll"IU Un llMlrtl LUe-t wrif Mivl
(harlmi. mill, nj ,, , . i, u lU.
Hr Mini in,l nm, i i,, Pimm I in
lure Helm f.at - I.nlli I , inhertr, l'loreme
f
We Have For Sale
a
flarlt k siiour 1 i.,n nk
rnn-iimeis' he aid c ( tan.
vtintnn llrililuu l ' k
W iter hontlii, with -ink iminH
Itiew il hoinU i MiiiK alnnwf 7
Kiotiom I H i' " It n 1
fir Ilaiitl'n ("nil Milk Co ml,
Tltlf OiiimMip 1int to kt ., k
Stocks and Bonds
Houelit, told and ext handed
R. E. Comegys & Co.
Dime Ihnk Puildinir, S, tantm.
We Want to Buy
Colliery Knclncer Co, stock,
fieranton llfdillrc ( o stoik.
Clatk tc burner Tobuco f'o itnel.
bciatiton Poll and Nut ("n. toi.k,
Scranton Iron 1'enca Mlif to. etoik.
herantnn Axle WorU ttuck.
I.arkawanna Pairy Co. utock.
is:ranten Ilrlllins Co toik.
New Mexico H)' and ( Co. tock.
Lacka Trnt and Safe Hep Co. r-tnek.
County Favlnga and liat Co tock
Dime Pepoit and Pl Hank atock,
Trader' National Pink ftoik,
IVonlit't rijnk cloek.
United StaUa Lumber Co. tock.
Me, Orate xtlieiton nel Lena rielchert! Itilph
.xmcnruii, llillaiel .uillieli, llirnM Me Me. Will
lltippi'. Will Hull Whom Knefljn, lOmr
Melchel nml I'iril xtliertnn. Mr. I llreie .leme
allci Mi Hildieit In inning lelrcliincnU.
AURANQINO FOR CONVENTION.
Final reparations Will Bo Made at
Tonight's Meeting.
Then' will lie 11 tlunl incotliiK tiutlrjht
at the 1 lilon Lpiikuc inoitiH of the
Reiieiul iimiliilttee 111 charge of the
convention of the Strife Ijpiirw of No
liuhllcun ilubx. which will h'' held
heir next week Ui-poitH will ho
heal d of all the sub-committees. Pies
Ident .1 llainiiton Moore and Hecic
tiuv John Kelley, of the Iciikiu'. aie
linth expected to he 111 tin- city Sun
day The eilleltiillinirnt loiilllllllee lull
about cleelileel to Klie the xlsltltiK elele
RnlPH 11 Mile in otltiil Lake .Stiuntriii
aftpi llu- 1 omentum and then treat
them to a Keneral fiiipihI at the Speed
ing. TIip lomiulttpp will he In ft'.
Moil tonlKllt befoto the (,'elirial (olll
inlttee and will then definitely decide
on the cotiim- to be pursued. '1 he
dec millions imiitiilllee has leqtieHtetl
that biisliicxx plini" and olllte build
HiK be dec mated dtlllliK the conveii
t Ion, and It W pvpeited that the city
will pi i cut u Kaln day appearance
Tllpxdax and Wi dncday.
It H Intended to have a paiade to
Ihe new aimoiy Tuowdav nlRht, when
Ihr liniK" Ilic-etlllK Will be held theie.
The Hot. I .Ipiinyn, which Is to be
emixei.ilmi heiiiUiliaitPtH, will be the
Hint ttiifi point ot thp p.iuide, xiltleh
will be made up of the visiting elele
c.ilph and latiliiRes tnntalnliiK the
disllnKiiMietl KiiPHtH. TIip loial Ke
publu.in clubs may also be In line.
THAT RAILROAD SWITCH
Amicable Undoi standing Reached at
Confeience Between Company
Ofllcials and the Recorder.
About .1 wrilt iiro the Su.inton
:,ilh.i ruiiip.inv beKiin the (onstrui
tor oi a .sultih oil I'roxldentp lo.ol
to (otiimt with their mn coiituc
tuti tit.il tep.ilr snip, which Is ikIur
cieitpd ni t the ar bain.
The company olllcl.ils illdn't see tit
Ii ,isK the pel mission ut the Ity ill
tli'i itir- and ltecoider Coiitiell nccoid
ll'islv ill reil that woik be Mopped.
leallliiR that It the 'Ity stood
I .iiU'lx hy ami pennltted the lont
l.itiv to jjn nti nnd coiistitlit the
sum )t it would be a pr.utli.tl .idmls
sl n ot the otnp n's "!t;lil to ';o
i In-.' u ami la.s ,i Uilid tl.'uk all the
mil to rviitn Miauton.
fotilfieni was held yestPitln .n
ti ' mil ii In Ittiotdct Conneirs ollli ',
in'h on himself, City Solicitor Wat
!.on, (ieiKial MaiitiRPi' Sllllman. of tlu
i I'liipani and Major i:eiltt Warren,
df louirel fot the company. The oii
Rtfal ( miteiitloii of the company was
hat limler th' t pedal net of lShl, In
i oi piuatliiR the People's llallw.iv (oin
pnn, us iIrIih aie p.iiainount to
tho.e ni the dly, bei.iuse Scran ton
wa.s not Incoiporated as a eity at that
tune.
In rutllnliiR the coinpanv's position
at jeMerd.i'.s onferem e, this dalin
was pot piessed by Majoi Waiien. lie
iiintendeil tint the (oiiip.iny pmpnjod
to ue the .switch in iiinnliiR c.u.s to
Its re icp.ilr shop and tliat theie
f ip the mi Itch iui. neeessat to the
tpctatiou ot the toad and eould thcie
foie he constiililed ander the law.
After an hoin'.s (liicus.sion nu amlc
nlile agreement was leached, the e
.i't tetnis of which (tiniiot he made
P iIi'ik Just now It Is known, how
ppi th.it the m Itch will be con
iMiitfil but thtit the city will he
-."fefii.iii'ed fi nm the establishnieiU of
i dangc i ou.s iiK( edi nt
MEETING AT NICHOLSON
Gatheting of Universalists There
Today, Tomonow and Sunday.
Fiogiamme for the Sessions.
Follow ins is the pi ori amine that
will he ohseiM'd at the mcetliiR of the
SiiMitiehanna Assodation of l'nlcr
sillsts which will be held at Nlehol
bon, I'.i., today, Satin day and Sunday:
I'ltlDW.
Iiiim ,i in lit vniitiiul I'MiiNn,
11 (o i in Hit i n it- it nm ot Couniil,
J in p in ( iiiini d
::.np in- -eininii, I M iunod, I). 1).
T .'(1 p. in. Sii moii, llu. N l Duke.i.
h ul) p. in vnnuii, llu. Hi N. h ac.
l-Ml'IIDW.
OW i in - Pinitiniiil MicliiiK, lid Ity ficiliudo
Maltlle.
Ilia) i m ( onnih
SOIp in s.nnon, llu. lame? 1) 'lilllnudiad.
.Hip in . P ('. t HiMiiit .4 Mciilin:
7 .10 p in.-"eimoti p, iker to ho mIccUiI.
t.Jp in, senium, 1. M. Attwnoil, I) I), bule
jut, "Porward Moieuaiit."
m Mi.vy.
flSHo ill lliiiillonil lleetlnz.
W.M a, in Nimiiit, Itci. Ii. I lwH Milijcct,
"TliinlriEj ot rnuni-.illnn " Pub
!nul Ii; the Comniiiniuii.
2.10 p. ni Nriiuiii, I, l Mtnond, I). D
7 oD p. in. Minimi, lii'i. Pi N. s -a(!e
AGAIN KAIN INTERFERED.
Ball Game nt Paik Had to Be Post
poned. The meie aiioiiuncertient of n Rami'
of h.ic ball at Athletic paik .seems
MltlUleilt tills hCUhOll to plOVOne a
lain storm, and yestenlay afteinoon's
piopiisccl r.iiip between the Olyphant
HioiMis and the Morlmi', of West
tk rriiiton. ptoied no exception to the
tenet nl uile.
Hnth teams weie on the Held, hut
,hlle they weie jet practicing, the
rain bcRan coiuIiir down and didn't
i 'Tsi until the RTound had been trans-
formed Into a neml-laKe. The same
may be plajed off next week.
HIS FIRST PONTIFICAL MASS.
Bishop Garvey Will Celebrate It
Sunday nt Plttston.
on Sunday Ht. Hiv Hlshop n A.
Oarvey will celebrate his fpst ponti
fical hlsh mam in St 'ohn's chinch,
1'lttnton. of which chuuh he huu hoen
the juiRtor lor some time.
(in Sunday eventnR he w 111 he tender
ed a tec option hy the member" of the
(.oiiRregatlon of St. John's church and
will bo piciieutcu with a iioss nnd
uoziei. The picsentatlon speech will
bo made by Attorney P. A. O'Uoyle,
A Fall Display.
Of new i rliable clothliiR, and furnlsh
Iiiks can he, seen at the Kail openliiR
and third annlveisaty sale of Rlchaids
.t Wlrth, S.'ii Latkaivanna ue.
Peaches at Coursen's.
60c. and 9Sc. Special.
THEY ENTER
A PROTEST
SCRANTONIANS OBJECT
YELLOW JOURNALISM.
TO
In Refewlnr; to It 0. B. Partridge
Said Its Cheap Demagogueiy Is
Worthy Only of the Bitterest De
nunciation Captain Atherton
Thinks That They Ought to Bo
Immediately Suppressed Fied
Phillips Tells About tho Evils
of Unreliable- Journals.
(). H. I'aitrldRe, attorney at law. and
common councilman fiom the Ninth
wind "If theie was any sincerity In
the yellow Join mil we mlRlit leRind It
with pity. When, howevei, we Know
fiom the iciy face of lis cheap ileum
RORtieiy that lis sole puipnp Is to e!l
impel x ni" ihom d to the liltteient
dentin latlon. To think that a papei
of this claps should bine titnchttalned
llbeity to sell the seeds of an.iidi.i Is
enoiiRli to make a man an anaichlst
to the elent of cloptliliiR him of IiIm
i expect for the piolon of the con
stitution that baiH lt- pioieutlon by
dllect means.
"What soil of iitl.rn can we hope
to line a 'iii.utei of n ceiituiy itoin
row If the e hi Ic! i on of tod.n ate to be
tiURht that piesldents ate Kll.nes, the
coiiRies a hot-bed of ioRUei, and sue -icssiul
biislnes-M men a hoide of soul
less uiucavonahle Rlaiits who club
and citish and squeeze the poor man
will, no tluiiiRlit of it ti ionsectiouce
othci than the It own iiRRiallilUeuiellt'.'
And, I lepeat. the dlo Jouinal c.ills
the pTsldeut a i Ail and "inu'im, and
pic tines him as a puppet, attempts to
make masses nnd iliismw and iiimy
them one iiR.llnst llie othei , stlKes to
stir up and foster enmity between the
imploicr and his cmploxo; and at
tack most sacilllRcousIy thliiRs that
should be held most s,aticd. all for the
sole pin pose of selllMK Its papcis The
cllciw Join mil has not the Hist sein
bltinc e of Hitueiit "
Captain I) II. Atheiton. secletniy
of the lio.ii d nf tiad--: "I think that
nn newspapei which will print a cai
toon 01 pulillnh a line that holds the
president of the rutted Stites lip to
i idle tile should he ininiedlnteh aup.
piesM'd. The piesldent's action" may
lie ciltlc ls,t(l, Inn he max not be ildl
c tiled The eiles nf cai toons which
have been urn hi .some of the metio
polltan papeis were olioueh to make
any man's hinnil boll Think of that
line ot c ai toons, entitled the 'McKln
!" .Mlnsfich' mid the moie iccent set
of atiocltiFS called 'Willie ami His
I'.ipa ' which haie been InoiiRlit Into
hundieds ot liniisi holds In this (oiin
li y, and lellect upon the c Ifei ts which
llu. i aie bound to hae upon the Ir
aoi.nit ot oiiiir
"Moieoier. the tactics mlopld by
papeis cif that staiuii, most ussuudly
In m opinion haie a tendency to en
coiiiaRe Hot and anaidix One of Ihe
Philadelphia pajieis seieiely i-coteil
the inn.xoi thei because lie wouldn't
let llinma Uoldninn Rlxe a speech
theie. Why, I think almost any mu
nicipal ofllcei would be against it. I
l'ii w If I wa.s maoi of Sciimtnn and
the (ii)ldman woiimii wanted to cle.
Uxor an addiess, that 1 wouldn't allow
It while the police force was IiIr
c noiKh to suppiess lier And for the
matter of that." added Captain Athei
ton, apiopos of the attack made upon
I'te.slilent Me Klnle.i by Mi.s. Nation,
"I wouldn't ht Mis Nation make any
addles aioiind heie elthet. She's
show Inst her piindpies to be just as
bad as Kninia (ioUIman's."
I'lcsldent chailos K Chittenden, ot
the .seleet council. "Theie Is notlilliR
to be done with jellow Jouitialism. It
has alwavs been with us nnd always
will be lu some foim. It Is the appeal
of xldoiis iRnoi.iiue to Miipld Iriioi
ance and Its evils can be minimized
only by tlie piciRressUe odiuatlou of
nil dashes of out people. When pi lut
ed lot nnd falsehood fall to sell their
sheets, the pioprletois of the xellow
journals will ro out of business. It
was this c lass of journals that for cIrIu
eais dial Red WashiiiRton with inn
splrliiR to he a kliiR, that c.illiMl Lin
coln a baboon and a teller ot smutty
t-torles; that i hulked the sidewalks
with Oat field's mime pioclalmliiR that
he had stolen J.IJ'i, and It Is this class
of Journals which Is today pletuilnff
McKInley and ltoosevelt as the pup
Iiets of the ti lists and of Mnik llaiinu.
These Jouinals aie one of the Inheient
(ills of tleniocincy unci It Is fur better
to eniluie them silently thnn to cle
stioy them by pattliiR with an lotn of
our light to fair and unfaii cilticlsm
ot out public mcasuies or of our public
men."
MiiRlstiate W. S. Mlllai "I want
to say lli.tt I c onsldei the xellow joui
nals nf this country n ilass of news
Ptipeis of which the New Voik Jouinal
Is a tpc, to be edmatois not only of
illMcHpcct foi our Institutions, hut to
be also celinatois of crime. They
should bo no loiiRer toleintcd by the
dtleiis ot this louiitiy. and the laiRc
neheitlseis should stop cnioiiiiiRitiR
them bv icfuslnR to adveitlse in them.
Hverv dtl.en who has a spark of pat
liotism about him should do all In
his power to picxcnt their sale, fhst
b roftisinR to buy them hlnihell, and
secondb by endeaiiirliig to pel simile
his nelRhhois tioin doing so. These
yellow Jouinals encouiago a disrespect
98c
Special This Week
on Fine Peaches
Extra fancy Michigau
peaches today.
Extra faucy Bartlebt
Pears, Plums and Grapes,
Lower prices,
E. Q. Coursen
for our Inntltutlnnfl by flippantly crltl
clzlnR nnd nttncklnR the InteRrlty nf
the Sitpieme inurt, and they oiuouniRo
ii disrespect for our public men by pie
tut Ihr tlio incident of thin lountiy
as u Ilitlii boy subject to the will of
the trusts. They aie fallltiR over them
selves now In fulsome eulogies of the
piesldent, but they can't make the
Rieat majoilty of cltl.enn foi Ret the
ciuel nbuse and damnable falsehoods
which they have pilntecl duiltift tho
past four yeats. The clay of the jel
low Join mils Is diawliiR to n dose, I
believe, and the tilumph of the decent
ptcss lis ut hand."
tioeierlek Phillips, a Denioetatlc
leadei In loininon council: "It Is un
foituualely all too tine that a Rrcat
ninny peisnns who lead the news
p.ipets aie unable to dlstliiRtllsh be
tween the two distinct classes of
Jouinals the white and the yellow, and
as a i (inseqiience they reR.ird the lit
teiances of the one as deserxltiR of be
lief as those of the othei.
"Take it llRht here In SVranton.
ThltiRs appeal Ihr In the rcckh ss sen
sational papeis and which you know
to be dieauis pure and simple will be
epcatcd n joii as an accepted fact by
some tiiisophlstbateil i cadet He saw
It In a papei and It must be so. Why
would a paper print It If It wasn't so?
he asks hlmndf As Ioiir as theie aie
newspapei leaders who can't disci Iinl
r.ate, Just so oiir will these lle at
tae k.s on pur'it men and Institutions
tend to wean ftotu the people the re
spect tiny natuially feel for anil which
lelotiRS to these ohjects. Disrespect
for men and Institution of rov eminent
is the Hist step In the dliectlon of nn
n n hj "
SERENADED NEW JUDGE.
Hon. A. A. Vosburg Last Night
Visited nt His Home by North
Scranton Glee Club.
lion. A. A. VosbuiR was last nlRht
hci entitled In that talented aRRieRa
tlou of sltiRois, the Noith Scianton
Olee c lub. In honor of his recent ap
pointment as JudRe of the newly cre
ated oi plums' com I. heel by their
piesldent, William .Tones, the club
man heel to the home of .IuiIro Vos
butR on Not th Main avenue, and weie
met on the- lawn bv the new member
of the local Judicial y.
A l.URC number of peisons had fol
lowed the dub to the house and
Riouped In the sticet heaid with cle
llRht the serenade which followed.
".Maitxis of the Aiena" was the sonR
chosen nnd under the leadei ship of
William Davis, the liiemliets of the
choiiis s.mcr with the same fervor and
melodi which won them Hist prize lu
the cciiipetltli sliiRlnR nt Lake l.o
dote, I.nbot Dai
JudRe VosbuiR then Invited them In
to the house wheie he pioceeeled to
coidiallv make' his Riiests welcome.
Pinf II. II Martin, piinclpal ot No.
"" school, made a bilef address lor
the dub, In behalf of whom he heait
llx coiiRintulateel .IikIrc VosIiuir upein
his elevation to the bench. He warm
ly declared that a better man eould
not be chosen for the pnltinn, and
that In Hon. A A. VosIiuik an oi
phans' court IuiIro had been found,
who was pte-eininently lltteel In every
wax fur the oneious duties of the
position.
IiiiIrc VosIiuir lespnncleel to l'lofes
sor Martin In a shott, modest little
speedi. In which he epiessed bis Riat
Itlcation at the club's seienade, show -Ihr
as It did a w ai m teolliiR of nelRh
boily lnteiest 1'iesldent William
Jones spoke alone the same lines ns
Piofessor Mai tin, and the dub (hen
s.niR "The Soldleis' ("hoi us" and "The
('iiisaihis The clpais were passed
mound and a genet al feelliiR of Rood
fellow ship anil social pleasantly pei
v ailed the leinalndei of the xlsltois,'
stay.
THREE OUT OF FOUR.
Bicycle Club's Recoid of Victoiies
Last Night Against Gieen Ridge
Wheelmen's Pool Players.
The Mranton Hlcxele club pool
plaxers last nlfiht Incieased their lead
oxei the fiieen HIiIrc wheelmen in the
pool tournament dniteel Monday, by
tilliR tin ( out of the four Raines
plaviii. II V.. l'iormet Wade at the
Ulcvile club and cifily defeated him.
Kill to l'l, while ,1. (!. Iteese an 1 Jost'ah
nuilleld I'ael a pietty battK In whlih
the Hhxde dub man finally won out
by the xeiy close scene of 100 to 01.
nuth 1'eese, the xaneiiilsluil. and Duf
llelel, the xictoi, made some eceed
liiKly brilliant shots In tills match.
At Gieen P.ldRe, J. W. Dilsenbury, of
the Hlejde club was to have plaed
Hennett, anil Mitchell was to muled
Willi edc'inan. Dusenbuiy was un
able however to play, and Hany
Kavs, who took his place, was de
feated, 100 to dO Mitchell disposed nt
his man. by th- score of 100 to 4S, The
torn nnment toiisUsts of thiitv-two
Raines, seventeen helnR npce.sMity to
win. Seven out of eight t the Hlcycln
dubs leenrd thus fai. The next
pla.vliiR occurs Monda.
OPEN AIR CONCERT TONIGHT.
Progi amine That the Lawience Band
Will Render.
At the Hie do dub house on Wash
liiRton avenue tonight the Lawience
band will give the conceit which was
postponed last Friday nlRht on at
mtint of the shootliiR of Piesldent Mc
KInley. Follow Ihr is the proRiamme.
M inli. "The Sen nr! Id)' . . ,
Miilli'j, "lljne.t Pjji'." ,n IiIit
Milili, "Coon! (unn' ('nnn'" . ... Kilcdinin
l.intai. "Nmliiil" Kip uvt) . .. TiiIijiiI
Oiir'uie. "ni lini-n.' . (Iiituwjj
Mii'li, "nifien titltiK 1 ihi" . . ,Uintcin
The concert will bo phen between
the houts of 7 and t o'clock.
A DUAL EVENT.
Tnll Opening nnd Third Annlveisary
of Riohaids & Wirth, Clothiers and
Furnisheis.
Occuis Satin daj, Sept. 11. Hrand
new stocks of Knll goods lu every de
partment. -Thcro Is Still Time.
Students nie teglsterinR dally for
the r'onseivatory'B couises in piano.
Olllce, 001 Linden street. Open all day.
Headquarters for Peaches.
Coloraelo melons and fiulta, Cour
sen's. Miss Jessie Dean, teacher of mando
lln, banjo and guitar. Address, Powell's
music store.
Try the new 6c clear "Kleon."
AGAIN IT HAS
PETITIONED
RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY
WANTS A FRANCHISE.
An Ordinance. Giving the Right to
Lny Its Tracks on Certain Stteets
Was Introduced Last Night In
Common Council Willing to Pay
$12,000 for the Pilvilege Lively
Debate Over tho Oidlnance Giving
City Controller nn Additional
Clerk Passed Fiist Reading.
The common council met last night
ami held an IntoiestliiR session which
was nonsldcrably enlivened by an
nnlmated ellscuslon on Mr. Lewis'
ordltianie piovldltiR for an additional
cletk In the olllce of Contiollcr Howell.
Mr. Partridge emphatically demanded
to know the reasons for the neeel ot
another clerk, and sitRRested that It
Mould be wise to ascertain tho neces
sity for pussliiR the otdlnnnie
Mr Kelly ably seconded Mr. Pan
ildge, hut the ciidlnance, aftei a deal
of discussion on both sides, passed flist
reading. Another featuie of the ses
sion was the leappearance of the orell
ii.iiu RinntltiR a franchise to the
Central Rapid Tianslt Sticet Hallway
company, which, like Haiuino's Rhost,
lose once moie from obscinll. nnd
like that famous Shakespeatcan spook,
was given a rather chilly lcceptlon
upon Its reappearance In the council
chamber The ordinance was accom
panied by an oifer made by the com
pany to pay $12,000 Into the city coffeis
as soon as the franchise H leeelved.
The me.icuie was lefened to ecvutnlt
tie. WYOMING AVHNIT. OPHNMNG.
DurltiR the eat lier pait of the meet
Iiir a communication was iccelved
from Director of Public Works Heche,
who submitted the icport of e
Superltiteiident of the Iliueau of HlRh
ways How land Thomas, and all papers
lel.itlnR to the sale of buildings and
land on Wyoming avenue. It stilted
that the deed had not yet been made
out to OeeiiRe McCarty for land pur
chased by him, and that the propetty
of N. A. llulbeit upon which $10 has
been paid had not yet been finally de-
tei mined. Mi Ilulhert offeis $I,1S7 21
for L'.Ti'S 57-100 square feet of land
and piopose.s to pay JJiiO when flee lines
aie Riven, nnd the balaiue on October
1. This Is a cost of $" per square foot
on the propel ty. The matter was re
lerted to committee.
Councilman John I. vans Introduced
an ordinance ptovldlng loi a nlfiht
Rateman at the Delaware and Hudson
cros-slng on East Market street and
piovIelliiR a penalty for non-obsetv-anee.
lie also Intioduced ordlnaiu es
piovIdinR for the election of two lights
in the Second waiel and paying the
dilm of Lahy Hios for the construc
tion of the Decker eouit lateial sewer.
Mr. Alwoith then ptcsenteel the
street i.illway ordlnanie. Cleik Ly
nott stat ted to lead It, but had Rone
no ftuthei thtin "an oidlnance Riant
Ing i franchise to the Cential Hapiel
Tianslt Sticet Hallway" when half a
doen voices said- "Move otellnanco be
lefened to proper committee."
Attaened to the oidlnance was the
following communication from Cashier
C, M. Gunster of the Meichants' anil
Mechanics' bank
The" Ccntr.il Itjpl'l Trails!! e milium Iih on t'i
jio-.it lieir tI-,1'. xlneli liiKiiint I mi uttlitiiiicil
to pic over to the cit) trenvirer for the t
the nn, upon tlii pivicc hv rminrlN, an 1 no
ceptTiicc In 1 lie ininpinc nf tills ordinance, nu v
pctiilinc, 1 cpi ef uhlrh i lierito atuclicl.
The oidlnance Itself Is practically In
the same foi tn as of yoie, although a
few mlnoi chaiiRes have been nuiTie In
the route.
Mr. McGreevey Intioduied a leMilu
tlon dlrectltiR the city eiiRlneer to
di.iw up plans for a retalnlnp wall to
be built on Third street. In the Sixth
wnid. It was adopted. Councilman
Joseph P. Kvaiw Introduced an oidl
nance provlellng for a nlfiht Rateman
at the Delawaie. Lackawanna and
Western ciosslng in Hellevue.
ADDITIONAL CLHHK
I'ndei the next head of business Mi
13 vans called up the oidiname pro
viding for a new cleik In the controll
ers olllce. The oidlnance was read
and Instantly Mr. Partildge was on his
feet.
"Mr. ('hah man, ' he called, "I want
to put mxi-clf on tec oid now as being
opposed to the passage of that oidl
nance. What tho necessity l for a
new deik lu that depai tment I do not
know, and It Is fair to piesume that
If we pass this ordlnanie another will
be presented be and bye to pay the
took over at the controller's home."
"If Contiollei Howell can give any
good lvisct. why It should paps, I will
wlthdiaw all objections to the onll
naiue, but I certainly think steps
Knox Hats
For Fall
Better (if possible) than
ever before. Better, because
they are light - weight,
easy fitting and clean cut
styles. The quality always
the best obtainable. Made
by hand.
Oils, Paints and Varnish
Malon?y Oil 5 ManfofacUiring Company,
141-149 Meridian Street.
TELEPHONE 26-2.
I
$100,000
First Mortgage Five Per Cent.
Gold Bonds of the
Webster Coal k Coke Co.
Covering its
SSON PROPERTY
arc offered subject to prior sale.
TOTAL ISSUE, $150,000.
Dated July 1st, 1901. Due July 1st, 1916.
Coupons payable January and July.
Denomination $1,000.
Bonds and mortgage may be seen at this office. Write
for special circular.
Title Guaranty & Trust Company,
OF SCRANTON, PA.
516 Spruce Street.
filipulel be fit .st taken toivanls the pay
ment of dty debts, obligations In
c lined and not vet paid, Judgments
bearing six per cent lnteiest against
the dty, befote we nilil to clerk hlie.
Is it n fact, ix ud I am now asking for
Infoi iiiatlon, that the contioller mid
his two assistants put in a icason.ible
amount of time In tlrtit olllceV If I am
Kttistlcvi on that point, 1 will withdraw
all opposlt'on to the iinllniuiLc'si pas
sage." Alfred Lruls, Ticil Phillips and Wil
liam Ciurtcll and H. K. Hobathau fa
voted the aliening of another chrk to
the continllei.
Mr. Keller dri luted that If the olllce
teuild get a long the Hist fix months
of the flcal xear without this addl
tlcn.il cleik, thcte seemed to be no
lea son xv hv It shouldn't be able to
stagRcr along foi the other six
months, and If at the end of the x ent
itle business of the olllce wa.s found
to be such as to win rant the con
liollei's icquest. It would ho only fair
to Riant it
"I think it a ml.stake." said he. "If
council does not proyide a hupe
enough fence to attend I the work In
the controllei's olllce. but still we
conic wait the xear out bfole making
any change.
QCHSTION OK MONI.Y.
"In the next place, wheie aie xou
gdiiR to take the money fiom" In
c nsei wheie theie Is a mi plus I think
it should be ttansfeued to tlr elell
c.ency fund, and the money should go
to pay debts, not to cie.ite additional
sahtiy expenses Tlieie aie too many
derl in the building ahead;,, and the
eltj's paying too much money for
cleik hlie. 1 think with a little haul
woik or stietchlng on hl.s patt, the
controller can get along until next
SpllllR. '
Mi Alwoith moved that iictlnn on
the n'..tiei be postponed until the next
meeting, but it did not find favor with
councils, and the oidlnance passed on
Ih n teailinir.
.,Ii. Casteillne Intrnduc d an ordi
nance piovlding that the city control
ler di iw dtx wan ants for the sum "f
$170 fil, ilue M P. Spellman, to be
paid out of the s.ilaiies of four lieu
tenants, and $111 ,'t0 due Isaiah .Ions,
to be paid out of the salaries of loity
II ve pitrolmcn The oidlnance piovlel
ing lot the heating and lepaliliiR of
the Noith Scianton police .station
Good Bedding $
News for the ?
Careful Housewife jJ
?J Cotton Blankets for t5
these cool autumn nights
5C too warm for wool and M
5J just right lor these cotton
M goods.
5 10-4 Size Correct
M weight, solt. fleecy, cotton
ft blankets. Tlie least money
ft you have ever paid for a
$ good blanket. Pair, .
K this week 49C
0. Heavy Cotton Blankets JC
J 10-4 size, colored bor- 5
5vJ ders, fine quality, i
V pair OvC v
5 11.4 Size All grades, all V
Xj colors, all weights.different W
ft color borders. Price, pair
i 89c, 98c, $1.23.
! Feather Pillows-
?5 tick, good feathers,
j size iqx2t. bach.
k;j;ckx:;kkj;:;o:
Allis-Chalmers Co
Successors to Machine nuslness of
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton
und Wllkea-Barre, Pa.
Stationary Enelnes, pollers, Mining
Machinery, Pumps.
ft
l."
Fancy ep
45c X
is. I
i;III
f4t
vmsi
rMRKRtUSi1
The Famous
Columbia Yarns $
tie ciiperfnr to .ill olhcrs and the stand
aitl foi excellence'.
Columbia Shetland Floss
contain mme ird tn Mir- pminrt, in "noie
elislic, mil kniu larllier Hull any oth'r,
hrtieit llie (Iiidpeat, tolois ate bolt and
brilliant
In sbailr per (ilniihle ( Q.
ekelii) ""w
III III iik ami White Ar
per (elulililr tkeltl) . 1'
l,i imi innlmiiiil tin tupcrior floss i.
XMlll oincr imiiutr in linn,
Cramer-Wells Co., i
130 Wyoming Ave.
j.l..!....!
It t imt eiiile i oil eriiuch fir n tnp enaf, ani
jet Jim fiel tlnlh iiioiniiic-i an 1 niphtx. Thci
culd runs art iinuinfoiulilc Ojr
Fall Weight Onderu)ear
Ii lilt jmi neril f'li'nrniUMi when it l ehlllx,
xrt not uniutufuiuble si oulil it tuin warm elup
inc the day.
CONRAD'S
"A Gentlemen's Furnisher.
305 Lackawanna Avenue.
Ladies' Tailoring
Jackets and Skirts made
very reasonable. Rainy
day Skirts 5.50 and up.
Goods furnished.
King Mili;.', Merchant Tailor,
432 Spiuco Street.
I Every Lover
Or Music
Will
our
offer in
Music
Racks.
This
Rack is
.10 in.
high. iS
in. wide
& made
with
twisted
posts &
spiral
top, fin
ished in
and
K 1143 4
O shelves.
2.")0 Go On Sale at
$1.35 each
1..WI II V MM. CIT.
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