The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, December 10, 1901, Page 3, Image 3
? t"W ',X-JV T' .'Jfffl V .T 1H If&fr'V M ,-4 t w .H't k-.v.-t u '" V j. if ' . "H, i' THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, DECEMBER. 10, 1.001. & n57tsryswT'i i HE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE PATRICK GIBBONS ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF MURDER. On Sunday, Oct. 0 Inst, While In sane, He Attacked His Wife With a Water Pitcher at Their Home on Cedar Avenue and Killed Her. Physicians Testified to His In sanity Dr. William Haggcrty Said He Has Been Insnnc at In tervals for Thirty Years. Patrick Olbbons, who tin Sunday, Oct. fi Inst, while! Insane, killed IiIh wife lit their homo on Coilnr avenue, wim yon tcrclay ncnultterl on the wound thut ho was insane nncl therefore ImwpmiRlhlc. Gibbons Is ti man IW years of iiru and According- to the tcatlinony Riven yes terday has had periods of Insanity for the last thirty years, It havlim been necessary to remove lilm either to Dun vllle or the Insane dcartnicnt of the Hillside home many times. When at home during his rational periods be was very kind and Kuntle and the do mestic relations of him and .Mrs. (ilb hnns ale described ns having been very beautiful. For a few days prior to Oct. II It was noticed that bis manner Indicated the approach of one of bis Insane periods and arrangements were under way to have him eonllned at the Hillside home. On tho morning in nuesUon howls .1. Murphy, who boarded at the Gibbons house, arose about G.;10 and left the house to bo to muss at St. .lohn's Catholic church. As he was leaving Mrs. Gibbons called from her room that breakfast would he ready when be re turned. .saw an Awful, sight. There was no sign of life about the place when be returned so ho got his own bveakfast and soon after !l o'clock, believing that Mr. and Mrs. Olbbons were oversleeping, wont to their room to arouse them. He called and re ceiving no answer opened the door. Mrs. Gibbons lay In bed covered with blood, her bead terribly crushed and Gibbons sat at tho foot of tho bed In a chair, with a wild glare In his eyes, and muttering Incoherently. A broken water pitcher and a rung of a chair with which the killing had evidently been done lay near tho bed. Mr. Murphy went out and got Patrol man George .fones, who placed Gibbons under arrest. The latter muttered that n man came in their room and then something terrible happened. He took bis man to the police station and the nexf. day Gibbons was removed to the HlllsWe home. Dr. William Haggerty. Dr. M. II. Quinn. Dr. J. J. Roberts and Dr. .1. M. Corrlgar.', resident physician at tho Hillside .home, all testified that they saw Gibbons alter the killing and he was undoubtedly insane. Dr. Corrigan said that wJien Gibbons was received at the Hillside borne be was sulfcring from melancholia but Is now much Im proved. Dr. Hapgerty, who has been the phyMcia.n of the deceased, said be Ihas been linyinc at intervals for thirty lyoars. George Bcemer, miporintomlent of the ' Hillside home, testified that Gibbons has been there on ten different occa sions since 188::. He was Insane when hn arrived there on Oct. 7. A number of neighbors, and relatives of Mrs. Gibbons and the accused weie called and testified to the periods of in sanity and tho symptoms observed for a few days before the killing. They also referred to the gentleness of tho man at other times nnd the devotion Mr. nnd Mrs. Gibbons displayed for one another. Judge John P. Kelly charged the Jury that If they believed that the defen dant was Insane when he committed the crime they would have to acquit him ns he could not be held legally respon sible If he was not mentally respon sible. The Jury after deliberating for n few minutes returned n verdict of not guilty and Gibbons was taken back to tho Hillside home, ills appearance Indicated that he has again almost re covered his mental faculties. The Jurors who sat In tho case were Charles II. Pond, juiinufiioturer, Peranton, roreman; W. A. Stanford, In surance agent, Wnverly: William White, machinist, r'urboiululc: Charles Wheeler, laborer. Lehigh: D. P. War man, sorter, Serunton; William Hell, carpenter, Jefferson: Kbcn Frace, far mer, Klmbiirst: John D. Finch, carpen ter, .Scrantou; Joseph Judge, hotel, Carbondalo: James McGlnley, miner, Carbondale: .1. .1. McCormack, wolgh niaster, oiyphnnt; Putnam Morris, lab orer, Scrantou. Attorney John F. Scragg appeared for the defendant anil Assistant Dis trict Attorney W. Gaylord Thomas for the commonwealth. THE MEETING POSTPONED. Cabinet Won't Meet Till Assessment Is Completed. The meeting of the recorder's cabinet, which was in have been held today to consider the estimate, lias been postponed until smh time as the board of assessors shall have Mulshed their work of making the assessment for the coining year. This will probably be two weeks from now. Assessor Gwllym Jones said yester day Hint the board lies yet enough work to keep It busy tor two weeks at least, and perhaps longer. lie esti mates the total valuation at nbout $!, 000,000, but says that nothing definite will lie known until the work Is com pleted and the figures compiled. It Is for this reason that tho cabinet met ing will not be held today. Mr. Jones, In speaking of the Irregu larities which have been discovered In the assessment, said that some of them would bo hard to believe unless a per son was right on the ground and saw for himself. "These differences have now been adjusted," said Mr. Jones, "and all property throughout the city has been placed on as just and as equitable a basis as it is possible to place it." PAINTING THE TOWER. Two Painters in a Hazardous Posi tion Yesterday. A ( ouple of pointers who were at work yesterday afternoon painting the tower of the municipal building were observed with feelings of great anxiety by a number of passers-by. A narrow scaffolding about two feet wide was erected around the outside of the tow er nl the point where the roof begins lo slant. On this scalfold long ladders were placed and up on the top of these lad ders were the two painters industrious ly slopping on paint with as nonchalant an air ns If they were working on the ground Instead of at what appeared to bo about as lisky and as hazardous a pliue ns a man could put himself In. Fancy Leather Mags, Reynolds IJios. Newest card engravlng.Hoynolds Uros. Fancy Leather lings, Reynolds l'.ros. SUBCOMMITTEE IS TO SEE SILLIMAN (Concluded (mm l'.igp 1,1 ord as boycotting muchlnery. It Is Im possible, at all events, ho said, to suc cessfully boycott a labor saving device. Control the Machines. Ills advice was that the t'lgiirinnkei.i secure control of the machines. The printers a few years ago were confront ed by the machinery iiuestlon, Had they declared against the linotype, we would today have all typo set by wo men and children on the lynotpye ma chines. Instead they proceeded to se cure control of the machines and suc ceeded, lOvery trade would have as much right to demand of the Federa tion that It boycott labor saving ma chines, as has' the Clgiirniakors. If tho demand of tho cigurninkers Is acceded to what Is there to prevent the tin workers to demand the boycott of tho new tin plate machine which piomlses I mim ...mn .. .. lrtll, , 1.HHI)MJIM I lit (ill KltAYXK, Oik.iiiIim nf Mm iupiii.ni I'nlri.iiiuii of r. ili ir. i.ii'I Tim-iiii'i nf the (munition (innmltl o rf Aii.in4cntpiil. &lAiAtAlAlAiAt I New Silks andl I 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 I Dress Goods For the Holiday Trade. : e We are displaying strictly new goods." Every yard of silk serviceable wear. fine assortments of ! guaranteed to give S Black Dress Taffeta Silk, 19-inch Black Dress Taffeta Silk, 27-inch Black Dress Taffeta Silk, 36-inch Extra weiRht, Double Warp, Black Taffeta Silks, Haskel and Cheny Bros.' 27-inch Old Time Oil Boiled, soft and beautiful, 57-inch Old Time Oil Boiled, soft and beautilul, 30-inch Black Dress Peau de Soie, aG-inch Black Dress Peau de Soie, 27-iijch Extra Weight, fine and soft, 24-inch Haskell's Best Silks 20-inch for $1.00, 24-inch lor $1.35 24-inch for $1.50, 24-inch for $1.75, 27-inch for . .7. S .63 75 G 1.00 1.00 1. 35 1.50 75 .95 1.00 a. 00 .69 75 .85 New Silk Waists Fancy Silks in tucked stripes and spots, all solid colors, made to sell for $1, 00. Special Cheney Bros.' Cashmere Silks. 27 new shades Cheney Bros.' Peau de Soie Silks, in nil shades French Flannel and Worsted Stripe Cloths in creat variety 50c, 75c M)0 High Class Dress Goods Black Cheviots, Worsteds, Poplins, Peau de Soie, Co.it.t- lines, Armures, Drop de Almas, Venetians.etc 75c up ,1.00 Colored Dress Goods Granites, Venetians, Whip Cords, Satin Armures, etc., in dress lengths. All fine grades of goods $1.50 to ... . 3.50 Broadcloths and Venetians $1.00 to 3 00 German Hard Finish Double Warp Whipcords, in illu minated mixtures M10 Coatalines, 5-inch, new shades, French fabrics ' (,So Albatrosses, new shades , So Corduroys, 1 5 shades, a bargain ,' ' ' ,;o Silk Stripe Challies, advance Spring styles, beautiful effects , -9 Heavy Skirtings, Cheviots, Kerseys, etc., in all shades 75c to , f ( f ( ( 3i00 Mears & Hagen 415-417 Lackawanna Avenue, & 8 3 0 en & to (lo 7.1 per cent, more work with 7."i per cent. less lmntls than the jires-ent miichlneryV Sir. Hayes closed ly inject ing a little clash or socialism: "The flay will come when the question will he satisfactorily settled ly the worker not only controlllns hut owning the machine he operates, instead of it Iie-Iiik- owned by the so-called capitalist." This provoked hearty cheers. Delegate Slay ton, of Newcamle, Pa., declined iiRulnst rctt egression as con templated by those who would boycott machinery. He compared them to the workmen of one hundred years aso who destroyed inventions and diove in ventors into exile. Tho motion to non-concur was Inst and the motion lo adopt the commit tee's report adopted by a bl vote. Other Resolutions. Other resolutions were reported finm committees and disposed of as follows: Cniuh niniii? Ihc liMiiiui'iit .mil I.iiiiii- win I. Mtm of l.iilmiiiK Ailiitul. for Miiit ti.nlc uiiliriiin.i. l!ikiu-i! to torn imtli'i' on l.i"-i. for .iini'inliiuiiN In inti'in ilhu.jl tiiMtii'- lint will iiomit ot -P.1111 mi miittin; murium w.-il-, ttlion tin' ten hr lioiimin ,l,ii'iion-. ti, tum Ailnpttil. AbiihH tin' pi.utiio of limiMK l.iiui' 11II-1 .it ff.i, vlil It niti'iininc lui'.il, finm tlnii tn lo Hit' Bio.it ilmmT of w-i'N. Ailuiitrii. I'lowilm;,- tli.it tin' I rilfi.aioii .-lull inn w ito rflmls In Heine .1 pinion tor II. V. ( l.ni, .1 -('.mini, who I1.1- l.i-oii in hll .it 'llioiu i-lm, 11, Mi'., for tttontj-ilH' ji'iis limit r life !niii i-., ti me nt for inulin.i en lln liili uoi-. Ailnpte I. l.'iiiloi.-ltic: tin- iilno i.ilu'1 of Hn 'iviki'o Wi'ikoi anil 1I01I.1U115: .igMinH ilml oi',.miuinii Midi ns tho l'riiini"lic liollul Cii;niotli' M.ii.irV union of .Vim Votl. Mi I. int." It oIiIIlmioii 011 .ill union inor lo iio liuiiil union l.ilicl xoml. Ai1'ii,i, Itcaul.il IliLf 1 1. r iv,n.iii"P of ili.utn: 10 ti.iu.: oiK-iiliatlmis l.imlioil lo the lliiloi M.iUi .111J lion Miip llinldors so 1.1 lo pic. rut .illittul in cro.idinicnt on this iiRjiiiiitlnn. Killtil. For j iinirnsal report lil.inl, for st.itKtii'. lo tin UniloJ States loniiiuiiNiiuiicr of labor. Killed. Appioilntr Hie liliel of II10 Jouinijiui'ii lloi-e-sheers' union. Ailopteil. For a memo'.i.il to ioni!io-s pioli'ilinpr atiln-t llio "InjuiHllon mil." Itofonod 10 Hip toii.iiiil tec 011 prpslilnnt's icpoil. L'lilliiiir for liottrr in-iintisii of ti.iiin in 'vp.v V01K stale. Ilitoireil In Vow- ink -!at io;iio- MIlt.ltlM'-. Kniloi-iiip; tup libel of Hi.' ArloiV N id. mil Piotutiu' .i"0(iation. Dold Piote&ted. ItihliiK to a question of personal pilv UeRe, Delesate Charles Dold, repretiont Ins the Piano and OrKiin Workers, pro tested iifjiiliist the report of the 10m mlttee on crodentlals slvlnw cadi of the deloRates of Ids organization only one vote and ilemaudliip: that the delega tion be empowered to cast twenty-hovi n votes for each one hundred menibeiH of their union. , First Vice-President .lames Duncan ai'RUcil in defense of the coniniltlee's report, saying, nmoiif," other UiIuks, that the I'liino and Orr.an Workers were Klveu representation accordliiH: to the per capita tax they paid. The I'lano and Oi'kiiii AVorkeis i.une back with a declaration that they had been desirous for years of paying a per capita tax that would entitle them to n full representation but their offer was each year rejected, They now stood ready to pay the tax and believed they should be accorded the same tieatinent as the Sllnu Workers, who, although owing a large per capita tax weio al lowed representation at the prescilbeil ratio of one vote for every one liuprireil delegates. J This was ili' death blow 10 UipfMuntt and Organ Workers' aspirations. See letary Wilson, of the Mine Worker, made a vigorous speech denouncing the comparison made by Die Piano ami Or gan Workers, and explaining that tho federation, without any demoiid on the purl of the miners, had exempted them from $1,000 of their per capita tax, be cause tliey I mil coiitllbuteil V'.Oli), or oiie-slxtli of the total contribution of the Federation in aid nf the mavliln Ists at 11 time when Hie miners them selves hud just finished paying out fop tho support of their own strikers inoie money than all the oiganUatloas in the American Federation of Labor had paid to tho support of the Federation In per capita tax. Cheers followed Sir Wilson's state ments, nnd by a vote that only wanteij the "ayes" of the Piano and Organ Workers to niako it unanimous, tho report of tho credentials committee was sustained anil the protest Ignored. Mitchell Presided. President John .Mitchell, of tho United Mine Workers acted as chairman dur Ipg most of yesterday's session. He made a model presiding olllccr. As soon as tho convention adjourned, tho various committee got to work In different purls of the hall and the rflema tt the Hotel Jcrniyn, to pass on resolutions thai will he submitted to morrow. The grievance committee spent sev eral hours dealing with the Jurisdiction dispute between the caipeiileis uttil the woodworkers ami may be heard from on this matter tomorrow, The formation of tho Slutul Trades federation, projected 111 St, l.ouls last July, was accomplished .eslerday af ternoon In the adjourned session held tit llooin III In Hotel Jennyn. Might organizations were represented, and voted to "tiler the federation, Tlfese were the machinists, metal polish ers, patternmakers, eorolnakers, black smiths, stove mounters, allied mechan ics nnd Ihe federal trades, composed principally of the kindred crafts be longing directly lo the American Fed eration of Labor and having no na tional organizations of their own, There are six other trades eligible to mem bership, ami all or them are expected lo Join, All evcopl the moulders have declared In favor of the federation and the moulders, It Is said, are favorably disposed, K. J, Lynch, of New York, president of the metal polishers, was elected president: Itobei t H, Kerr, of Stollne, III., president of the blacksmiths, vice president, and John It. O'Lcnry, of Worcester, .Mass., president or the core makers, .secretary-treasurer. The ex ecutive council Is composed of the presidents of till tho allied trades and the president of the American Feder ation of Labor, who Is reptesnnlatlve of the crafts having no national organ ism tlons. Four Presidents to Act. The executive committee will there fore consist of the four above-named presidents and James o'Connell, nf Washington, l C, president of the machinists: John .Mlllliolland, of To ledo, president of the allied mechanics. L. It. Thomas', of Xew York, president of the patternmakers, and John Tler ney, of Detroit, president of the stove mounters. Tho following excerpts from the ar ticles of federation drafted al the SI. Louis meeting, set forth Hie purposes and scope of the now organization: The purpose of this federation shall be lo promote the common interests of alllllated bodies by such concerted ac tion as shall be determined under the constitution of tills body, and the con stitutions of the several affiliated bodies. The direction ol the affairs of the fed eration shall bo vested in an executive committee, which shall be composed of the executive olllcer of each atllllnted body or sin h substitute as he may elect. Federal or local unions, holding ciiartois under tho American Feder ation of Labor, shall be represented by the president of the American Feder ation of Labor, or such substitute as lie may designate. The executive com mittee shall meet tit least once a year. Should any alllllated organization have a grievance, in the tedress of which it desires the suppoi t of any or all of the other alllllated bodies, in' the fedi ration, it shall, before a strike of its members is Inaugurated, submit a roll statement of its grievance. Hie ef forts it lias made towards securing 10 dross, and the determination of its ex ecutive board or members upon tho iiuestlon of inaugurating a strike, to the executive oillcer of each of the alllllated bodies. To Submit Statement. These shall, without delay, submit Mild statement to the consideration of the executive board of their reipeclive organizations fur instructions how tn cast the organization's vote on the luestion of a geneial slilke. in the ex ecutive committee or tho leder.ition. As soon as rendeied, the decision of the respective organizations shall lie trans mitted to the chairman nl the exeiutlve committee, and. should the unanimous vote of the afilliated orraniz.Ulons be in favor of a goneial strike on behalf of the aggrieved organization, h shall at once issue a call for a meeting of the executive committee, which shall, if it so elect, first make an elfort to sei tuu an adlustinent through conference or arbitration of the dispute, and falling in that, shall, thereatter. take charge of the londuct of the strike and formu late the necessary plans for Us elect ive prosecution. The executive committee, by major ity vote, shall have the right at anv time to declare the strike oif on behalf of the fedeiatlou. hut nothing In the foregoing shall be construed as pro hibiting an alllllated body 1 1-0111 under taking any strike under the provisions of its own laws, nor as preventing tho aggrieved union from continuing the strike 011 behalf of Its nienibeis. when a general strike has been declared of by the exeeutlv- lommlttee of the fed eration. In the event of a general strike, each organization involved shall undertake the support of its own meinbuis, btu It shall be understood that no Individual organization, which has members in volved, shall be pirniltted to negotiato a settlement on behalf of its inemb'is without unanimous consent of tho ex ecutive lommlttee. Handle Its Own Giievnnces. lO.icli alllllated organization shall handle Its own gi ievauces, under Its own laws, until such lime as Its eltorts to settle without a strike have been exhausted. It shall lie a recommendation of the eM'CUtlve olllcers of the alllllated bodies of this federation to their several local unions to torn! metal trades ciuwVi -once boards, composed of regulaily ihosen delegates from the metal trades of their locality, members of this fed eiallon. Where central labor bodies, sucu as me 1 -cairn 1 Minor union, e-. Mis, these boniils shall preferably bo organized as a section of said initial body. Another session of tlie new feder ation will be held 'at il o'clock this afternoon. SOME SOCIAL FEATURES, Manner in Which Delegates Were Entertained Last Night. The Frank .Morrison Social 1 lub, uunnosed of members of International Typographical union, gave a luimiuut at tho inks' cub looms lust night In honor of Secretary siorilsou, of the Federation of Labor, who Is a t'hlcago Plintor and for whom the club Is named. All the other printer delegate, a number of the convention celebrities and representatives of the proprietary Intertsts of each of the local papers wont alo cuests. One of the most enjoyable events among tho convention eutei taiiiinents was the entertainment and smoker given at Sluslc hall by Local 131 of the Bartenders' International League of Ameilca, In honor of their national oill ceis and delegates. Tho guests of honor weio Joseph It. .Michaels, of Syracuse, national president: Jerry Sullivan, of Cleveland, national secretary-treasurer; Fred Hobby, of New York, national organizer, of tho bar tenders, and J. P. Dernell, of the clBiirmakers. who Is the loundcr of tho burtemlera' union. Among the entertainers weio the Hiiiut children, the rctniirktibly clever child musicians: Kddlc Walsh mid Frank McDonald, vocalists, and the Lawrence orchestra, President James Iluggerty, of Local 1:14, was tuastmiislcr of the banquet. All the guests and 11 number of the local' members made speeches. The affair was In charge of 11 com mittee composed of P, J, Durkln, chair man; Thomas O'Hrlen, vice-president; Itnbert Whnrtou, secretary; Thomas O'Hrlen, treasurer; Frank Seiinlon, James .Major and Onirics Hung;. The Officers. The olllcers or Local hll aie .In men Iluggerty, piesldent, Thomas O'Hrlen, vice-president ; John 10. flrhnes, treas urer; Harry Heldler. Ilnanclnl secre tary; Henry J, Warren, chaplain; I.. II. l'VITi;i!-(). lit'ini.liiia; Seiidniv of CV11t1.1l l..ilmr I 11I011 of S'li.iiitiin, ami Mt'inlxr of t'omenllnii Coinnilttoo of All.liisi'tnniK a ball Sluslc lit The at P. Charles Zang, Inspector and walking delegate: Patilek Cardon, sergeunt-nt-nrins. Local Xo. fN, of the National Alli ance of Theatrical stage lOmployes, also gave a baniiuct last night. It took place on the spacious Lyceum stage, at the close of the Nevada concert. The tables were set In a gorgeous palace, and everything tho theatre could afford to make the scene surpassingly beauti ful was utilized without stint. The guest ol honor was Leo Hart, of Chicago, national secretary-treasurer, of tho stage employes, and national repiesentatlve of that organization at the federation convention. Other guests were John J. Pallas, of New York, na tional delegate of the actors: A. J. and P. J. Casey, owners of the Lyceum: A. J. Duffy, manager: Charles Stevens, treasurer of the Academy or .Music: lletse Richards, tieasiner of the Ly ceum: .Manager A. O. Ilerringtou, of the Star: Tieasurer t-Mward Shaffer, or the Star: It. .1. I la tier, Ai. Lawrence and Kdgar Vlnol, leaders of the or chestras in the three local theatres. A feature of the evening was the presentation of a double Ink-well, made of i oal, and 11 gold pen. The pi oscillation was made In ihe name of tin. local stage hands by President Charles Cohvell. Committee in Charge. The committee in charge of the af fair was composed of Onirics Col well. George Lowiler, William Jones, Frank .1. Siangan, David .Martin and Thomas Sluldfiig. The olllcers of local US are: President, Charles Colwell; vice-president, David .Martin: lecording secie tary. Ceorge Louder: financial secie tnry, Frank Siangan; tieasurer. Fred Softly: walking delegate. William Jones. Tonight the palmers will give to ih"ir visiting delegates al hall. Tho clerks give a haunuet Terrace Thursday night. The convention will adjoin 11 o'clock this afternoon to give the hall over to the preparations for tonight's banquet. Besumption of Sunset Limited Ser vice Between New York, Phila delphia and San Francisco, Sea son 1901-1002. Commencing November .".0 and each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday thoieafter, the Washington and .South western Limited, operated dully be tween New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans via the Pennsylvania Hallrorid and Southern Tiailway, leav ing Philadelphia, Iiroad street station at C.r.r. p. in,, composed of dining, Pull man drawing-room, sleeping, observa tion and library cars, In addition will carry a special Sunset Limited An nex Pullman drawing-room compart ment sleeping car 10 connect with the Sunset Limited operated between New Orleans and San Francisco. The celebrated trans-continental ser- Ice offered by these luxurious trains makes a trip to the Pacific coast not only very quick, but most delightful. Charles L. Hopkins, district passen ger agent, Southern Hallway, .,2S Chestnut street, Philadelphia, will bo pleased lo furnish all Information. Tourist Cnrs on Nickel Plate Bond. Seml-weel:ly transcontinental tomlst cars between the Atlantic and the Pa cllle toasts are operated by the Nickel Plate and its connections. Tourist cars referred to afford the same sleeping ac commodations, with same class of mattress and oilier bed clothing that are provided In tho regular Pullman sleeping car cervlie. These tourist cars leave lloston .Mondays and Wed- lii'silnvs. nnd leave S.111 Fi-anelsen 'P,u days and Filditys. Herths In these tourist cars are sold al greatly reduced rates. Conveniences are offered without extra cost, for heating lood or picpar Ing tea or cori'ee, alfoiillng every facil ity tor comtort on n long journey, es pecially for families traveling with ihildren. Lowest rates may be obtained always via tho Nlelul Plato road for all points ill the west. For special In formation regarding all trains 011 the .mckci 1'iaie man, iiuitituug inesu lour. 1st cms, consult your nearest ticket agent, or wilte F, J. Sloore, general agent, SSI Slain slice!, Ullffnlo, N, Y, A Trip to California or Florida. Those coiitemphillug such a trip need but to call on the local ticket agent of the Lackawanna railroad and he will arrange overy detail, Including trans portation, berths, reservations and chodUng of baggage thiough to desti nation; also will furnish rates, folders, descriptive lltomtuio and any other in formation desired on the subject. Through sleepers ami day couches to Chicago. Only one cliaiige of cars lo California. Lackawanna Railroad Excursion to Woshing-ton, D, 0. Special exclusion tickets to Wash ington, O. C will be sold good going on any train December 21, and good for leturn at any time up to and Includ ing December 31. The rule from II M B R E L L A Meldrdm, Scott & Co. No. 126 Wyoming flueiM. i For many weeks stock has been quietly and surely mov ing, to prepare the way for the Christmas invoice of Beautiful Umbrellas. There was a little delay, but at last they are hete, in all their sil very, shining attractiveuess. for you to admire, examine and possess. Just a whisper, Listen If their beauty of design and superior quality appeals to you so strongly, would it not likewise satisfy that friend of yours for whom it is so difficult to choose a gift? Prices from $1 to $15 Each. The New Handles are a triumph of the jeweler's art, round, square and odd shapes in silver, gold, pearl, silver and pearl, gun metal and nat ural wood, with silver mount ings. The covers are made of silk, from Gloria to the soft, glossy quality on that $15.00 Umbrella. One beauty that is a reign ing favorite in this city this month has a circular, lustrous white pearl handle with silver trimmings and a beautiful soft silk cover of the very finest quality of silk. An umbrella any one would be proud to own u M 1 $9.50 n Initials or Mono grams on all Um brellas Engraved bg an expert, abso lutelg free. B R E L L A S KKt!KfcKKKtt 3 Holiday Suggestions in Gold, Silver, Bony and Glass. GOLD SILVER EBONY GLASS Rings, Watches Clocks, Brooch Pins, Scarf and Hat Pins, Chains, Bracelets, Pen, Etc. Watches, Jewelry, Forks, Spoons, Fancy Serving Pieces, Novelties, Toilet Articles, Desk Furnishings, Etc. A Beautiful Line of Toilet Articles. Great variety, low est prices, ' Fruit Dishes, Water Sets, Water Bottles, Hustard Cups, Berry Bowls, Celery Trays. Vinegar Cruets, Cream Pitch ers, Spoon Holders, Sugar Bowls, Toothpick Holders, Cologne Bottles. I Give Green Trading Stamps I A. E. ROGERS, s X X X X .T X Xl X X,' 9 X, s XI' X X X X X X X X X X X X X X -X X X X X X X X X X X J. X X X X X X t X" X X X X ti tl "' " - -- vv ' V n H H t H H a " " ' ' " ' ' ' ' '' " ' ' " 213 Lackawanna Avenue. Hcrunton will be $"."." for the round till'. " Lackawanna Railroad Excmsion to New York City. Ticket agents of the Uickiiwauuu road will tsell special round trip tick cts to New York city, eod suing any legular train December l: limited for return to live i!ujs, c.M-liMve of solus days", at rate, of one l.ue plus one dollar. M. I.. Smith, I). l. A.. l.. I- & W. It. It. Mounted rockctbooks, ItcynoMs Bros, Newest Calendars, Heynoids Uros. 1 fr.V.'. ... v ' X ti .-P &??&$ -t