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THE SCRANTON TRIBUiNE-lKlUAV, JANUARY 0, T.9U2.
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Tile Left-Overs
dC our fine holiday stock of Pictures,
framed and untrained, wo wilt sell at
coat. Now "Its y6ur move."
"We liavo made the offer, and It Is
"Up to you" to make tho right move.
Jacobs & Fasold,
200 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
Pictures, Frames nnd Art Goods.
OFFICERS OP TEAM OWNERS.
Thoy "Were Elected at a Meeting
Held Last Night.
At a reBUlnr meeting of tho Hcrnnton
Team Owners' nssoclntlon, local No.
232, Innt night, the following officers
Were elected for the ensutuer term:
Tohn T. James, president! A. Roberts,
vice president; Peter N. Haan, record
ing secretary; 'William Klrst, secrotary
trcasnror; J. W. Ilnrlman, correspon
dent; John "West, conductor; John
Lcntes, warden. Delegates to Central
t.nbor union, John T. James, John W.
llartman nnd John Davis.
REPLY TO MR. CONNELL.
William H. Taylor Makes Answor to
Statements Contained In tho Let
ter Printed Wednesday.
GAS FRANCHISE
WAS DEFEATED
ORDINANCE KILLED IN
COMMON COUNCIL.
THE
Members Refused to Go Into Com
mlttco of tho Whole to Conaller nn
Amendment Providing for a Tax
but Finally Voted tho Ordinance
Down After Opposing Speeches by
H. E. Paine, J. F. Evans, Luther
Keller and President Calpin Busi
ness Transacted in Select Council.
C
( City Notes.
D., J,, k W. PAYS. All of Hie clerks nroiind
ilie Lnckananni railroad station nnd offlcc.i were
paid (ycstcrday.
MSXTIKa CALUID. There will be a mectlpfi
Bt Century council, No. 100, 0. W. 11. I,., tor
the collection of dues, at St. Thonui college
chapel, l'rlday, Jan. 3, from 3 to (J p. m.
J CANDIDATE I'Olt COXTROhMm. Tlic Demo,
crats of the Twcnty-Drst ward will hold n caucus
Saturday eveninp between the hours of 4 and 7
o'clock, to' nominate a candidate for school con
troller and district officer?.
rillM DISSOLVED. Announcement Is made of
the dissolution, by mutual consent, of the firm
of Scguine & Sliannon, Cresco, Monroe county,
to take cfTect April 1 ncr. J, A. Scihiinc will
continue the general merchandise business at the
Ctcsoj cash store and Stewart Shannon will con
lluct the clothing- business in the store opposite
the depot.
rnOHPT JUGHT OF WAY.The director of
public safety complained to the l.ackjwiuiiii
Jtallroad company aliout the dclajs caused the
fire department in responding to alarms from
bora 211 and 213, by the switching of train
en the Cliff street crossing. Superintendent Itlne
has Issued an order to the cftcet tint prompt
right of way must be given (he fire department
eeT C1IH stiect.
MUST rtECISTER. All candidates for office at
the coming- election. In the Ninth ward, who
vlsh to lwvo their names on the official ballot,
ere hereby notified to register with tho secietarj
of the vigilance committee on or before Jan. 0.
'The candidates to be nominated arc school con
troller, assessor, constable, judge and inspector
of election and register of otcis. O. It. Wright
is the chairman, and W. S. Ilartlett, of (ill bin
den street, secretary.
CARRIE IS FORGIVING.
Doesn't Want to Prosecute Men Who
Put Her Eye Out.
Carrie Fisher, the colored woman
whose eye was gouged out with a
stone in a Raymond alley fight some
months ago. is a most forgiving per
son. Tho police arrested four colored
men for being concerned in the as
sault upon her, but ivhcn the cases
came before the grand Jury, Carrie
was nowhere to be found.
It was learned that she had left
town, in order that the cases against
the four men could not come to trial.
She was brought before Magistrate
Howe yesterday and held under $300
bonds for her appearance before the
next grand jury. The Injury has ter
ribly deformed her face, but she de
clared vehemently that she doesn't
want to prosecute her assailants.
TIGHE ASKS DAMAGES.
Brings Suit Against Mine Owner
and Mine Boss.
James Tighe, by Attorney L. P. Wede
lnan, yesterday sued F. M. Spencer and
A. D. Spencer, doing business as A. D.
Spencer & Co., and their mine foreman,
, Edward Hughes, for $3,000 damages.
Tighe claims that he was sent into a
working of one of the Spencer mines by
the foreman to do some work, He al
leges that it was an old working nnd
that tho lireboss had not gone in before
him to investigate the condition of the
place, and that when he had gone in
with a light nn accumulation of gas
exploded and burned him ubout the face
nd body, injuring him permanently.
. . . .
MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL
I SUMMARY.
Station, Scranton, IM.; month, December, 1MI.
' Temperature. Clur-
' rrecipi- aeter
late. Mar, Jiln. Mean, tation of day
it 31 ::n ,m Clear
I 5t 3t 41 .00 Cloudy
33 20 20 1.01 Cloudy
20 It 17 .03 p. cio'udy
" 10 10 14 T. I Cloudy
0 2l 0 S .00 P. Cloudy
31 1 j j ,w Ci,.,lr
A .,,..,..30 20 ::0 .00 Cloudy
D ., 4 J 31 SS T. Cloudy
13 .'i US ' ,!,0 Clpudy
I M, "-' ' ' .00 P. Cloudy
i42 ..i... .iU' ! ". ' .00 P. Cloudy
23 :,w'....DS. ' CO 4 ' T. Cloudy
It .!..,;. 63 ( ij ,;$ ,o Cloudy
35 ,..,.. .wl5 , It no l.Sfl Cloud
10 17 IS II T. Cloudy
17 .,.,,.,.23 VI, ,1ft, ,0J , Cloudy
,Vi .;...SJ . 13 'IS , JfM , Cloudy
10 ..V..'..'.t) 1.1' If. ' .'00 ; Cloiidv
2 -I -0 ' H 13 T. 1. Cloudy
2t .... .21 11 0 ,(mj. Clejr
-2 ..'27 II m .oo p. Cloudy
a 37 SI .10 ,22 Cloudr
21 41 2S ill ,18 Cloudy
23 ...I(;I0 a 30, , .01 Cloudy
SO ...... .:f:i7 "26 - US' - 1.1x1 r, Cl9udy
27 .,,,,,,,10 ja i:0 , ,s , vCoudy
' JW ,.39 M i (ijo P, ciouilv
'20 ........13 ,,S0 SO ' 1.0.3 Cloudy
ISO V,V.,..-.3l 32 ill .ill Cloudy
:j 31 ...... ...40 21 30 T, Clear
l
lXf -
Ucan 30 $
ii,
3 bUMMAUV,
V Jlcan ulmosilicrlc iirraauic, 30. it; hiBhe.t
j preuurc, SO.Od, date 7thj IoHet preiure, 20,51,
date 20lh. Mean temperature, 2D degrees; high
.; wt Ici'iiuMtur i)3 diffn-'A), date 14thi let
rf temi)ralure, 3 degree, dale Otli. Orcatot daily
'.'i range of eni)ej(it,ui, 33 degree, date 1st; least
J dally range of temperature, 3 degree, date SOlli.
Mrm. ttinpcrijtvra for tills month In 1900, 31
yp degriil00i; 23'ileg(ecj8. mean temperaturp for
ji, thlio4tH tor two, ycri, SO degreea. l'if vailing
, diiecJonjOwipd, norlliwcit, 20 per cent; totil
rruircruDtvofid,'6,r9 mll; maximum el.
odly of Mind, direction and date (to ha taken
'' from any 6 minute record), 37 mile, from south,
Wcii lllhJ"'rotalifccipItrloir8:lf"liielira num.
her iif dijv with, .01 inch, or juoro. of precipita
tion, 14; total prciipiUtiou (in Incliei) for lliU
month In J WO, -i.vi; 1WI, 0.01; a!eragc pre
VljiiUllori for tUJ inogth, fct Itivo yran,v 1,12
MM jKuwUf-W cleaftftjjfj 1; partly cloudy
Jljal9a? cloudi da f )g, l)a(C(f of frewt, iwt
reconltd. Jlean relatho humidity, f! per ccn,
Total uioufall, 13.1 httliei,
V. l. CUrlic '
l,nral Forocujt OIBUjI.
The following letter answering the
open letter of William Conntli, itrlnted
In Wednesday's Tribune, has been
handed to us by Its writer with request
for Its publication and Is puhllshed as
a matter of courtesy:
Scranton, Pa Jan. 2, UK);.
Hon. William Council, City.
Sirs The statement In your open letter, pub
lished hi yesterday morning's papern, like all
similar efforts to "throw dual In the cyei of the
public," ore nol only misleading, but in fo far
ag they might be Intended at nn attack upon my
Integrity, or In any iinnncr question the entile
disinterestedness of my nttlom In connection
with the preicnt franchise question, they are
wilfully, mallclouily and wickedly fil'e, and I
therefore make the follow Inp KlntemenU:
1. Allow me to state that I do not now hold,
r.or ncier had u dollar' Interest In any enter
prhto lilch has fought or obtained from this
city any special or public franchl.se.
2. I am not now, nor h.i!c I nt any time h.-en
directly or indirectly Interested, in any uiJiiucr
whatsocver, in any of the companies or org.mi
7ationa that hae or may make tinder of any
kind to the city for the fr.inihNes now ln'linr
asked for by your companies, or any olhei fiau
chlscs, 3. Xo article publNhed ulihh iu any niaiinrr
reflects untruthfully upon ,ouielf er juur com
panies has enunited from me.
4. I li.ue dealt, and shall continue to deal
solely with the one proposition: llip dly's In
teiests niu-t bo piotecteil and th cilj ireehc
adequate iclurns fcr f.unr giunted.
3. You stale that "The onlliiaiici-s lis origin il
ly drawn made a number of conte-wlons to the
public interest such as h.nc never been made by
any other similar (ompanies In the cltj."
What concession to the public iiileiiwc did ;our
ordlninces as originally ilrann offer when com
pared with tho oHeis contained in the mdin.inco
of Common Council, "n. 2". 1001, KMiitinir cer
tain franihNes to the Cential It.ipld Tran-lt
Street ltallw-ay compinjf
(l. In lelatiou to the payment of slieet pr.id
ins d images do jou consider that our com
panies made any concession to the i-ltj, after
their 1m ins (list admitted to the gentlemen in
confeience that the tost of all grading. Includ
ing" damages to abutting: propel ly on nets, had
been included in their estimated cost of the
construction of the load, and tint the saui"
was to bo paid for out of piocecds from alc of
securities to be issued by jour company?
T. If, as statid by jou, "There has not been
a time since their chattels weie granled when
the ov.neis nf them could not hale told tbeiu
out to the Scranton ltailay company for sunn
ey much laiger than ihoe iepie.ented by the
bluffing offers of ntoic or h-s tesponsibh per
sons who arc iul.ing into the public piint."
then jou admit that the duller rights nlone ale
worth in ece.s of $100,000. If then the chatter
rights alone are worth in e.cu-s ,if 100.000. what
would the same chuitcr tights be wjrtli afler
being peifected hv the gianting of tho flan
chisel for which .ion ask?
S. Will you explain to the public why, If jour
companies were oiiginally willing to giaiu the
city what has since been "conceded, your rrpie
bontatlies took the position .on tha Thursday
night Just before the otdiiunces were f i-t in
troduced that ou had the otes to pass the or
dinances and would tbeieforo declitio to grant
any postponement In order that the ordinances
might be carefully evnmlned and amended in
the interests of the iljf
ft. Did the committee of the board of trade
ha!e any opportunity of discussing with your
companies the late of t.i- jou finally offered?
On the conliary, is it not tine that you put
that in as an ultimatum without nppoitunlty or
time for conference after jou had decided upon
the same? Under such cqnditlolis. do you attempt
to stale that the committee as a whole, cr any
indiUdual member of the same, is not at liheity
to make proper iffort to secure what they derm
a ilglful rale of taxation hcfoie tho franchises
au finally gianted?
10. You state. "If the oiilluauccs ale passed
as they now stand in council (he piomnters will
stand by their agreement and build the load,"
Will jou back that statement by ngieeiug to
see to it that the city is secured by a legil
guarantee, aeicmp.inled hv bond of ptoper
amount, that the loads will be built within the
time named in the ordinances, If the ordinance?
are passed as tliey now- stand?
11. If jou are honestly .solicitous for the wel
fare of the city, ami still icalire. as jou state
In jour letter, that "One of the most uigeiit
demands for the prosperity of Seianton was a
new and effli lent stteet raihwj- sj-stent," then arc
jou going to take the position that unless the
ordinances are passed ns they now stand, whether
or not the city recciud from icspoiulblc paitles
a bonafide offer better than jour companies aie
prepared or willing to make to the cltj-, in that
eu'nt "jour company will simply icfuse to
accept them and retain their chaiteis," iud
thus take an ay, according to jour own state
ment, the only opportunity that the city has
had or can baic for jears to come to secure an
efficient and adequate street railway sjstem"?
It this is j our intention, then aie j-ou studj--Ing
the city's interest or jour own?
12. Conferences with the Kcraiilou Hallway
company: liolleiinp; that the present was an
opportune time to secure from the Scranton Rail-waj-
company concessions due the cit.v, I hale
had four conferences with the reprrscntathes nf
the Scranton Hallway company, and as n lesult
of those conferences I bale secured from that
companj voluntary concessions as to taxes on
their gross earnings laics greater thin jour com
pany absolutely lefused to giant. That conces
sion U now in my possesion In the form of a
letter, which, if I nm.pcnnittrd so to do, will
bo lead before the councils tonight,
13. I am not now, nor line I at any time been
opposed to the granting of the franchises to jour
companies prodded that the loads will bo built
and the interests of the city nt the time of the
Kianllng of the franchises propeily guaided
and fair returns made to the city for favjra.
askeu. William II. Taybr,
The ordinance nwimlltnr n franchise
to the Consumers' Oiih coinnnny wns
defeated In common council Inst' night
on third rending by a vote of twenty to
eighteen, to the grent surprise of Its
promoters.
The ordinance wns called up on third
rending by Jlr. Gun-ell, who moved Its
adoption. Mr. Partridge announced
that ho had nn nmeudment to offer
and moved thnt council go Into com
mittee of tho whole. This wns object
ed to by some members nnd Mr. Part
ridge wns asked to read his amend
ment. The amendment ns rend provided for
ti tux of one per cent upon the gross
receipts of tho company for the year
1907 and IfJOS nnd two per cent1 every
year thereafter. When council lenrned
this the motion to go Into committee
on the whole wns defeated by the fol
lowing vote:
Yens Clnrke, Thomns, J. J. Kvans,
Alworth, J. P. Evans, Snowden, W. W.
Rvans, E. W. Evans, Searing, A. L.
Lewis, James, McGreevy, Pnrtrldge,
Paine, Ilowey, Keller, Stlpp, Calpin
18. M"nys Cnsterllhe, Hnggerty.Runne,
Robathan, Nngell, Phillips, Rosar, Gal
vln, Sykes, Ourrell, William Lewis,
Coleman, Rush, Graf, Rosar, Troy,
Cttslck, Connelly, Norton 20.
MR. PAINE OBJECTED.
The previous cjuestlon being called
for, It wns put and then Mr. Paine
arose' and mude a speech opposing the
passage of the ordinance on general
gtounclfs. He declured thnt to pass
the measure without a provision fix
ing the price of gas at a figure less
than one dollar would be to invite con
solidation rather than competition. He
cited Wllkes-Bnrre's experience of a
few years ngo when a new gas com
pany wns nwarded a franchise and
was later combined with the old com
pany. '"There's not a single thing In this
ordinance," said he, "which Insures
cheaper gas and if we're not passing
It to secure cheaper gas what on enrth
are we passing It at all for. The com
pany says It will furnish cheap gas
but we have only the word of the gen
tleman who Is promoting the passage
of this ordinance. We have absolutely
nothing mote."
Mr. Keller wanted to know who
comprised the Consumer's Gas com
pany. Council had no knowledge of
the existence of the company, be said,
nnd this In Itself was sulllclent to war
rant the defeat of the measure for the
present. Joseph P. Evans opposed the
passage of the ordinance for similar
reasons to those advanced by Jlr.
Pnlne. President Calpin relinquished
the chair long enough to say a few
things. "I believe In encouraging new enter
prises," said he, "and In doing as well
by them as possible. I don't nt all
sympathize with those who make a
great big hurrah anil land with all
fours on every new company seek
ing a franchise. T don't believe In
that kind of gallery playing but I feel
obliged to say that I can't vote for
this ordlnuncc In its present form.
This company should be taxed as
should all the public utility companies
In this city and It's absolutely wrong
to pass this ordinance without a tax
provision."
ORDINANCE DEFEATED..
Much to nearly everybody's surprise
tho ordinance was defeated by the fol
lowing vote:
Yeas Snowden, Haggurty, Robathan,
Ruane, Roche, Nngell, Phillips, Charles
Rosur, Onlvin, Gurrell, Wllllnm Lewis,
Coleman, Stlpp, Rush, Joseph Rosar,
Troy, Cunlck. Connelly IS.
Nays Clark, Thomns, J. J. Evans,
Alworth, J. P. Kvans, Casterline, W.
W. Evans, E. W. Evans, Edward Sear
ing, A. L. Lewis, James, MeOreevey,
Partridge, Paine, Harvey, Sykes, Kel
ler, Graf, Norton, Ciilpln SO.
Mr, Coleman Introduced tin ordinance
providing for nn electric light on Hall
stend court, between Mulberry nnd
Linden streets. The ordinance provid
ing for a pavement on Court street,
Providence road nnd Carbon street was
passed on third rending.
WIIiKES-BARREANS WON".
West Ends Took Two Grimes from
Green Hid go Wheelmen.
Tho West Knil Wheelmen's No. 2
tenin In tho Hleyete club's lenguo Inst
night took two cames from tho Green
Ridge Wheelmen's No. 2 (cum. Curr
had high score, 212, while Rowlson luul
high average, 18.1. Tho score:
WKHT UNI) NO. I.
Itunlrr t,..!.;
tdmh ,,,, ,,,,181
Kelly I.'it
Curr .,.,,1Vl
.1. V. I)!ls ,., 171
JOi
II. IM!ls , 110
llnwlsou , 207
Chapman ,,.,l:t0
1'nnd I.'ri
Nicol 1.10
;t
Toli.
11.1 IIS ,'IKJ
l.'.t 1W TO
1' IVll ft I!!
11! ?l, Aid
int igo foi
;o s;o aior
NO. 2.
Totals.,
Ill IIS till
!( 118 M0
140 IV, illl
17; la; -in';
ifi.1 !.; -t.ii
Kr)
74.1
2.12.1
The West End No. 3 nnd the Green
Rltlge "Wheelmen's No. 3 team failed to
play at Wllkes-Bnrio last night.
CHAIRMAN OF TRAINMEN.
General Committee Selects A. F.
Duffy, of Blnghamton, to Serve
ns Its Hend for Two Years.
Tho biennial session of the general
committee of the Brotherhood of Rnll
road Trainmen of tho Lackawanna sys
tem was held yesterday In this city. The
principal business transacted was the
election of ofneers.
Austin P. Duffy, of Blnghamton, was
unnnlmously chosen chairman; A. M.
McDonnld, of Scranton, vlce-ohnlrmnn,
and George A. Wood, of Utlcn, secre
tary. They are to hold office for two
years.
The members of the committee pres
ent, besides the above-mentioned, were:
P. H. Grace nnd R. A. Foy, of Blng
hamton: Thomas Carroll, of Oswego i
W. J. Welsh, of Syracuse: M. A. Mc
Carthy, of Hoboken; T. P. Noonan and
M. A. Crandall, of Great Bend: John
Cherry, of Elmira; Alfred Schotter, of
Newark; William Ryan, of Stanhope;
Thomas FInley, of Kingston, and J. N.
Renlnger, of Northumberland.
The meeting was concluded with one
session.
Mr. Duffy, the new chairman, is a
former Scrantonlan. He began railroad
ing on the Lackawanna at the nge of
sixteen as a brnkeman on a Port Mor
ris coal train, and while yet a young
man Is, nevertheless, one of the vet
erans of the service, being In the com
pany's employ over twenty years.
He Is now baggagemaster on Trains
11 and 12, between Blnghamton and
New York. For fifteen years he has
been prominently identified with the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
having attended many of Its national
conventions, nnd serving for a number
of years on the system committee. Ho
Is an Intelligent, conservative man, and
in every way well-fitted to successfully
discharge the Important duties of his
new office.
IS ACCUSED
OF MURDER
ALLEGED SLAYER OF HARRY
FREDERICK IN JAIL,
John Argontls, nn Italian, Arrested
for Following Young Girls In
North Scranton, Identified by
Anna Hew'lltt ns tho Mnn Who
Shot Her Lover on the Morning
of December 20 He Turned Pale
When Accused, but Denies Having
Any Connection with tho Affair.
imimmMMMiiiMmvitiimmmm.
In Selecting BiicaBrac
one should use the sntiio tllitcrclluit ns In choosing friends, select
each piece with mi eye shift lo to the plnee for which It Is to be
used, lot It bo In good titslo wllh the mirruundliiRri.
Tim tulyantngc of mnUIng Mich pnrchuspH al our sloro Is, Iho larg
est variety from which to sdcci and If you mtiko nn error In tho so
.irellon you have the privilege to exchange.
UOOKWOOD. IVORY, HUON.n. COMBINATION? of COLORKU .
(ItiAHH with mtONZIO MOUNTINGS, OLD VIENNA I'AINTING
on CHINA with elegant GOLD Fit AMES, etc.
CLARK GOES HOME.
Business Men's Committee, It Is
Said, Has Thrown Tip the
Sponge A Car Attacked.
IN SELECT COUNCIL.
Yesterday's Mnrrlnge Licenses,
Andrew Slalunlck OlplMnt
Miiy lloluck i,,OIiilunl
I'Miilc I hUnlry Oljplunt
Viola P. Jlejl , (Ililiint
Alexander WuseldcUy Minooka,
Itoaalie SlenkewU-. , Minuoka
I'lrilrrlck W, K-!eia , ...Winlon
Jennie ,. Sajei- Wlnton
.lolin (ialonli ,,, , 01 pliant
KiamiKa (ireldunaa ,,,.,,,,,, Scranton
Joint Parcel I'rleehiiri,'
1'ranceH.a Ka&ou.lty I' kclniri;
Alex Kllnnle , Archb.iU
Mary Mmutek ,,, .- ...Aiclilnld
StanUlaus ltozowskl , ....PlcUon City
iiraimaiu urnouttia , , ...incUon Lily
8te!c llrat.1 ,,,,,,,,,,,, ..,.,,,,.,, Ihiimioro
Kaliv Tiinkn ,.,., , .Scranton
Antonla Wispshue. ,,,,.,., t ,, Scranton
HilsIo llogen ,.,,, ,,,,.,,, , .K.iaiitoii
Mbuzcwkkl Wahnty ,,.,.,,, ,.,.,OIypliaiit
Kalliarlna- IlilULa ,,,,,,,,.,.,,,,,,,,.., 01 pliant
POLICE AND ALDERMEN.
Charles Ciamer was arreted jettcrday on a
warrant iuued by MMruto Howe, Uian,'liig lilm
with assault and battery nnd threats. Tim (Vose-l-utor
U l-'iank Jones, who idle;.'!? that Cramer
(truck him ulth a tone, Cramer entered ball
before Alderman Hrady in the uin of jfCOO.
Charley Harney was yesterday held in ?i00 ball
by Aldeiman Huddy, on a chance of defra'udlna;
Mr. Mary Clarke, of Jfw tri-ct, out of a board
bill amounting o 0.
All persons who took tho wrong coats
at the William Connelf. reception lust
nignt nre requested to return them to
Select council held n dry and uninter
esting Hfteen-mlnuto session last night.
Ordlnnnces providing for n gatcmnn tit
the Hrondwny crossing of tho Jersey
Central, for tho grading of parts ot
Providence road nnd Hast Market street
nnd for threu sewer tmslns In the Four
teenth ward were passed on third read
ing. The appointments of Rt. Rev. lilshop
M. J. Unban, Henry Hclln, jr., and
Mart I n T. Luvcllc, ns library trustees,
wero continued. Sir, Regan Introduced
an ordinance providing for tho use of
fenders, with wheel attachments, on all
street rullwny lines.
CONCERT AT HIGH SCHOOL.
Given by tho Boston Ladles' Sym
phony Orchestra.
The Huston Ladles' Symphony orches
tra luHt night guvn u concert at the
High School uuilltorlum as ouo nf Him
High School course of ontcrlaiiuiioiils,
It Is nn orgnuiutlon of very talented
young women nnd tho concert tliuy
gave wiih thoroughly enjoyed
progruiuinu rendered follows:
Mauli, "Willi MiKit and Main" ,...X. i. Mann
thcituro, Tiinnliaiiser Wagner
Theie wns no end of effort yesterday
toward settling the street cur strike
but It .ill came to naugnt.
The business men's committee had a
meeting in the morning; In the early
afternoon it had communication with
the strikers and a lot of local labor
leaders, and late In the afternoon an
other session was had with President
Clark, who was halted as he was about
to leave for Philadelpnia. The mem
bers of the committee could not be In
duced to discuss their transactions but
very broad bints were given out that
they had about exhausted the possi
bilities without accomplishing anything
definite. In fact, it was stated on re-i
liable authority that the business men's
committee had given up their task as a
hopeless one.
President Clark, It is said, told the
committee that he was done with tho
strikers when his last proposition was
rejected. Ho remained In town, ho
said, to attend to business altogether
foreign to the strike. He made ad
vances for a settlement and they were
rejected without the usual formality of
a counter proposition.
That left him helpless to do any
thing oven If ho was so disposed, and
It Is understood he had no disposition
whatever to do anything more than he
had already done. He will be back in
Philadelphia today.
Last night, for the first time In many
days, there was an outbreak of vio
lence. The company began running
Into cars to tho South Side Inst night.
The last enr, which left tho city ut 10
o'clock, was returning -along Plttstnu
avenue, nnd at the southern end of tho
Roaring Rrook bridge encountered n
fuslludo of stones from a crowd thnt
had been gathering from the time tho
cur first went out.
Three windows were broken nnd the
men wero struck several times by
stones. The, police wero telephoned to
iiml at their approach tho crowd ills',
perscd.
RUMOR ABOUT MISS STONE.
A dramatic necne wns witnessed Inst
night In Magistrate Fldler's court room
In North Hcrnnton, when John Argenlls,
a young Italian, nrresled on the charge
of following young girls, with alleged
criminal Intent, wtst positively Identi
fied by Anna Hewlltt us the murderer
of Harry Frederick, who was shot on
December 2G.
Argentls was arrested late Wednes
day night by Pntrohmin Flnlnv Ross.
on North Main nvenue. The patrolman
had noticed Argentls nnd nnother Itnl
Inn following two girls, nenr Wood
street, nnd finally saw tho latter breuk
into a run. Tho two Itnllnns started to
run nlso, nnd Patrolman Ross took a
hand In It himself then.
One of the men run down a side street
at Bull's Head, while Argentls made a
bolt for Cerlne's hotel. The patrolman
followed him In, and placed him under
arrest. When arraigned before Magis
trate .Fldler, yesterday morning, he- was
held for a further hearing last night.
Lieutenant Palmer had n lurking sus
picion that he might be the man who
shot Frederick In Alice Williams' house,
and he determined to bring Anna Hew
lltt, tho young girl who witnessed tho
affnlr, down to the hearing. He cau
tioned her beforehand to carefully scru
tinize the prisoner's face and also the
faces of the other Italians who might
gather at the. hearing.
Tlte girl had no sooner reached tho
magistrate's office nnd tnkon one look
at Argentls, when she stepped buck
and, pointing her finger nt him, suld:
"That's the man, Lleutennnt Palmer,
who shot my Hnrry. That's the man
who killed Harry Frederick, and who
nearly choked me to death. I'd know
him out of n thousand."
Argentls turned deathly pale and ner
vously wiped olf the persplratl6n, which
gathered In great beads on his fore
head. "I no kill. T no kill. I don't know
what say. I no shoot," he murmured
tiemhllngly.
The girl was placed under oath and
upon her swearing that Argentls was
the mnn, the latter was arrested on the
charge of murder and was committed
to the county jail without bull. He was
taken to the central police station,
where he spent last night. He Is rather
a good-looking fellow, about 23 yetus
old, and lives on Jones street.
The other Italian, who was at rested
yesterday on n warrant, wns fined ?10
for disorderly conduct. The Hewlltt
woman failed to Identify lilm as the
mnn who was with Argentls on the
morning of the shooting.
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DIVORCE IN TURKEY.
Americans Who Conducted Negotia
tions Promise to Shield Cantors.
11 i:xiliiaiip Win- from 'I lie .Vuui-iatrd I'rna.
London, .Inn. a. Tho fiothi corre
spondent of the D.iily TelPKrunli hns
c-nhleil nn nni'iiuitriiieil rumor to tho et'
root thnt Miss Stono unil Aline. Tsllkn
weio liberated In Turkey on Jnuuiiry 1,
and thnt the Americans who conducted
tho negotiations resulting In this re-
poitcd release agreed, In the iiresenco
of the captives, to nmlntnln absolute
Tho silence concerning tlio-captnrs.
If this nromlHo Is broken, concludes
the correspondent, vengeuncn will ho
wreaked upon tho American mission,
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Centrally located In this city, with
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Plantation Java, 30o, per pound; Cour
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Card of Thanks.
Tho family of Hurry Kiederlck wish
to thank their many friends for their
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Nothing- Could Be Easier Than Unty
ing the Knot in That Country.
From tlio London Telccrjpli.
Divorce is very easy in Turkey and
does not require a judge and jury to
settle ma.ters. All that Is necessary is
for the Injured party to say, "I divorce
you," three times, nnd the deed is done.
The husband has to make the wife a
proper allowance, and till Is over. Two
cases have recently occurred which nre
rather amusing. A certain Turkish
gentleman Is n keen nmnteur gardener,
nnd his garden contains at all seasons
a brilliant show of (lowers, to which ho
devoted most or his time, rather to the
disgust of his wife, who is never al
lowed to cut them. Lust month his
crysanthoimims were In the. height of
their glory, when a tremendous down
pour of rain came on.
This, threatened to destroy the mng
nillcent blooms, many of which were
equal In size to the best results at
tained in England. Seeing tho danger,
the gentleman called all ids servants
and set to work to carry the pots into
the house and arrange them up both
sides of tho staircase. When they hud
finished the lady suddenly appeared
and fell Into n violent rage, declaring
that her husband thought more of his
flowers than ho did of her, and that he
insulted her by bringing earth Into the
house. In vain he explained that In all
best Huropeitn houses (lowers In potn
were tho proper thing. Nothing would
appeaso her: she said he iwts doming
her house by bringing dirt In, and she
would divorce him. She sent for her
sister to come and bo a witness of the
divorce, and sotting to work with her
women, bundled all tho powers nut
again. "When the s'sfr arrived, how
ever, matters were settled up, nnd the
divorce did not take place
On uniilhor occasion the sumi' lady
sent Pur small son down to breakfast
in a pink shirt and a green tie. Tho
father was shm'Urd at this liarbartuiK
combination, and mude 11 remark to lh
I'higllsh governess, who shU the child
buck to change his tic. Hut down cunt'-
the lady of tho house iu a furious rage,
saying she know how to dress the child:
that u pink shirt and green tie was the
best of taste, and she would not remain
to ho insulted by his giving preferi'ino
to tho upiulons or an Kugllsli gii).
Again she threatened to divorcu him,
hut again It fell through, us the hus
band could not 1 1 lid the .CtiUH bo would
liuvo hud to pay her until her wrath
luul cooled down,
NEGRO KILLS WHITE ROY,
Lynching Threatened nt Leaksville,
North Carolina,
ly I'.M'liitiw Who (mm 'I lie .UxnUled I'ic-a.
Charlotte, N, t' Jan, L'. A t-pcclnl to
tho Observer, from Leaksville, N. C,
says:
"Tom Italuey, a white boy, aged 12
years, was Instuntly killed today by
Edward Puttus, a negro, 17 years old,
Italuey met tho negro In a Held, apd
thu two got Into 11 iiuurrel, when l'ct
tus drew a revolver nnd shot Haluey
in the head, 1'ettus escaped. There Is
ihinger of lynching If the negro Is
caught."
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SOCIETY QIRL'S FATAL ERROR,
Miss Wheeler, of Detroit, Took Ar
senic for Anti-Pyrin,
lly KmIusIio Whe fiiun Tlw Ao Uli'd l'ic.
Detroit, Jan. 2, Miss Heulnli Wheeler,
a beautiful young woman, prominent In
society, died early today at her homo Iu
Second avciuio from arsenical poison
jug. Lust evening she retired to' her
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room to rest befoio sturtluu for tho
theatre.
Soon afterward who called to her
mother for aid, hnvlns token urseniu
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ARGENTINA PROTOCOL.
Correspondent of London Times Says
It Will Be Accepted by Chile.
l i:i-lulu Who fiuin 'I lie ,taotUtcd I'lvn.
London, Jan. 3. Tho Valparaiso cor
respondent of tho Times says that It
can bo announced upon t,'ooii authority
that the protocol signed between" Ar
gentlna and Chile was conveyed to
Uuenos Ay res, possibly byjfcienor I'or-
tela, the Arjicntlno inliilHlor to Ptillol
(who left Chile, Pt'coinbcr J!)), and tlmtl
It will be accepted by ArBcptlnn.
Tlio coriespoudunt adds thai tho catl-
Ihkt out of tho Chilean reserves bus bctni
postponed,
HEAVY WEATHER ON OCEAN,1
The Germanic Reports Hurricanes!
and High Seas on Voyage.
Quccnstowu, Jan, 2. Tho White Htnr
liner (icrumulf, dipt. Haddock, fiouj
Now York, Dec, an, for Mvcrpool.whlcll
called ut Queunstowu this morning, re
ported haviiU; encountered tcrilflil
weather.
Tho wind was blowing with such
hurrlcaiio lorco and such nigh seiul
weru sweeping tho decks on ))ec.
that tho vessel only logged 234 mtlcfj
In twenty-four hours.
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