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unit children well dressed ami com
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give ua n little of jour (inie.
THE BABY BAZAAR
118 Washington Avenue.
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Always Available
If jou vMi to set asiilo a certain por
tion of jour ine.un, ulieic It will he
mailable for immediate u-c, open an ac
count uitli this Hunk.
THE PEOPLE'S BANK
PERSONAL,
Deputy Atloine.v Cener.il 1 Y. rieltz re
funinl to ll.miburs jcsteulja.
MM (Jrace It.nllaiid and Mi.-s T.eiu .tones, who
iae been .'.pending the past week iu Uis beitioii',
left jcsteiddj- for llarrisbuiK.
Iliuti J. D.nid, of 140 South 1'ilmore aenue,
will Icue on Wednesday for JlngLinc!, to liait his
f.itiier, whom lie has not sien in many jear.
lie Hill letiiin In May.
At noon today, at the residence of Mr. and
Mi-. . W. Williams, 00 High School fctieet,
will be F0lcinni7ed the inaulagc of llielr daugli
tn, (ierinido Cijn.int Williams to Trank W.
Ueaeis m matter of l'lielps' pharmacy, tills city.
COUNCILMAN ENTERTAINED.
They Were Guests at the Home of
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Calpin.
I'. F. Calpin, chairman of the com
mon council, was married a few weeks
ago and at the meeting of council one
week aso last Thursday nljrlit the mem
bers surprised him by presenting ,im
with a beautiful chair and lamp. To
prcjvo how much lie appreciated the
Klfts Mr. Calpin Invited the members
of the body to his home and last night
they availed themselves of the invita
tion. They met at the Valley house and
proceeded in a body to the home of air.
and Airs. Calpin on Fourth street where
they received a most cordial greeting.
Theio was a session of speeds-making
during which remarks were made by
Luther Keller, K. K. Hobathan, J, F,
Kvans and others and "V. W. Evans
and James Casterline gave vocal num
bers. Then the visitors were escorted to the
dining room where' a bountiful supper
was served after which toasts were re
sponded to by a large number of the
councilmen present. Mr, and Mrs. Cal
pin were wished all kinds of Joy and
happiness during life.
Present at the gathering were Coun
cilman Luther Keller, K. E. Hobathan,
Mathlas Htl John W. MeCireevey,
James Casterline, Thomas W, Thomas,
"William Lewis, Albert L. Lewis, Thom
as J. Snowdcn, Fred SykeH.Chas. Koser,
James Haggerty, E. J. Coleman,
Charles CSrati, John Itunnu, Daniel Oal-
In, William Gurreli, Wlllltun Rush, W.
V. Evans, J, F. Evans, .Michael Con
nelly and Clcik of Council W. A. Ly
nett. GRAND CONCERT COMPANY.
Seventh Entertainment of the High
School Course.
The Central Grand Concert comuany
riivo the seventh of the high school
eeriest of entertainments at tlm High
school auditorium last night, to a good
Pissed and well nleased audience.
The entertainers weie Miss Sibyl
Bamiuls, soprano; Mrs. Nelllo Allen
Ilcssenbruch, pianist; George II. Down
ing, baritone, and Melville Claik. linrp.
1st.
A progrnmmo suited to varied tastes
Was admirably rendered, each perforin
tr being an artist of rare ability.- The
most entertaining number was the
Meyer-llolniud "Maglo Bong," in
which Miss Hammlb' wide. ranged an,
voluminous soprano, accompanied by
piano and harp, was heurd at Its best
Something That Will Do You Good,
I'rnm the Camden, S. 0., Messenger.
We know of no way In which we can
he at more service to our readers (ban
to tell them of something that will bo
of oe1 good to them. For this reason
we want to acquaint theni with what
we consider one or the very best reme.
dies on the matket for coughs, colds
and the alarming yoniplulut, croup'
We refer to Chamberlain's Cough Jtem
tdy, We have used It with such good
results In our family bo long thut t has
become a household Afcsslty. uy jts
prompt use wo imveiviTS doubt but
thut It has time and again prevented
croup. The testimony Is given i upon
our own experience, und wo suggest
Shot our readers, especially those who
lave email children, always keep It In
their homes as a safeguurd against
;roup. Sold by all druggists.
LETTERS FHOM THE PEOPLE.
tl'mlcr llih heading hort leltcM ot Intereu
will bo piibllnlieil when iccompintfit, lor publica
tion, by the writer's name. The Tribune doei not
assume responsibility for opinion here CTprcwtd.)
Pink Slip Explained nnd Defended.
lMltor of The Tribune
Sir! The Tribune of this morning contain?
editorially the two following paragraphs tit.l
"Staled plainly, the fire Itnuranco companies
deliberately falsified In their promUe of a re
bale of the pink slip extortion, and, haWng
poclietfd the ftu-ng, declare their Intention of
keeping It. It i evident that at thll particular
time the (Ire Insurance liunlncM In the middle
department necdi a rcvhal of common lioncxty.
"if the lire hindrance men had plajed fair no
one could hate objected. It lini generally been
recognized that existing rales arc too low, ronld
crlng the growth In lire lime. Whit the people
of Scranton object lo Is the meatdng way In
which the undciwrltcm have gone at It to IioUt
the ratrx. It Is bejond defense."
These paragiaplis Impugn the character and In
tegrity of the Insurance companies doing lnil
nes in this clt.v, as well as their agents. If
the companies insuring In the clly of Scranton
nnd Duiiiiiorc arc dllionest, Ijlng and sneak
ing, as tharuetciliied ubote, then they are out
laws and entitled to nobody's rexpeit, and nil
that can be gotten out of them, whether by iIIb
honwt fires or otherwise. Is entirely legitimate.
That Is the position of llio Tribune which pose
as a hlglMoncd moral newspaper. We note tint
The Tribune Is glad to cairy a fair line of the
Insuranie against fire, furnWied by these wnio
"lllivnet, 'Ijlng, sneaking" Insurance com
panies. Tills fact Is lcmarkable. Now what Is
the occasion of this tliade against the insuiaiuc
lompanlcs? The iemo.it of the "pink klip,"
and the failure to rebate the exlia pieiubun.
What are the facts in lefeientp to the )lnk
slip? llilelly the.-e. The wielihed condition of
the means for piotetllon ngaimt fire in this city
bad for jenja been going fiom bad to wouc,
until the insurance companies sent en lnpeclor
here nt their own expense in 1318,' und made a
detailed stutcUKiil of ILs condition and needs.
This was furnished to the city authorities with
the (nformitlon that unless piomptlj- lemedlrd,
insurance lates would bate to be ad.inced. Xo
attention was paid to this until in Marrh, 1001,
the companies adt.iuccd the rite '!' cents on
the $1(W on the now famous "pink slip," of which
me following is a copy:
"EXTRA l'ltujnr.M ron ixAimCfiwn: rnti:
l'UOTlXTlON".
"The annual rate on this policy is Increased
tweuty-lhc cents (.25) per one hundred ilollais
(ftOu.OO) per annum, until adequate protection
against fire, satisfactoiy to this cumpau.v, shall
be provided,"
Inadequate waler supply in I'lilladeiphla bad
already raided the rates there by a like pink
slip M cents on the 1CX, which still lenulns.
The iimpOMO of the pink slip method of increas
ing the lates was to make conspicuous the im
mediate cause, l.!., "inadeqiiitc file protection,"
with a iew of foiling the needed leniedj-. That
it has scried ils purpose in tiic past nt leait U no
less giatifjing to the companies than It is to the
public, but the public should lemember that it
is indebted to the action ot the lompanlcs
through the odious pink slip for what has been
accomplished in this respect. How long has 11
been since the requirements of Ar companies
lue been substantially complied with? Some
tluce or four mouths, r.nd the newspapeis thief
lj" are calling names becau-e the cunipaulrs hae
not tumbled oer tliemsehes to rcinoic the in
creaicd late and pay back the premium. They
foiget that it was inoie tli.ni two long jeais
bcfoie the city of bcranton lifted a linger to
remedy the condition as pointed out by the com
panies; and they foiget that in the meantime;
the most disastrous lues Scrautau has eei
known took place, when uioic than a half million
dollirs ucitii of piopcrly wa dcstiojed, wheie
with leasonably good tire piotcction one-tenth
of this amount should Jiaie coeied the loos;
they foiget tli.it during those two j-eais the com
panies lost more fiom lues in this city than sev
cial jcars' premiums would make good; thej
also foiget that when Ilic pink slip adiance was
ordeied, it was made lo applj only on policies
us thej- expiicd. and not on all exlsllng insur
ance. The remit of this is that onlj- about one
thiitl ot the duellings, bains, chinches and
public buildings liaie paid this aihance, thij
class of pioperly being written on three and fHc
jear tcim policies. Only those properties whose
tenas base expiicd during the jcir hae liad to
pay the pink slip adiance. If the companies had
applied this advance at once to all policies, it
would be equitable lo leh.ite on its lenioval. Hut
as it took eilect only on policies as they wcic
renewed on expiiation, so it will discontinue.
Xow about proitu'ses to icbate. .S'obody can
place his bandy upon a piomis of this kind an
thoritaliuly made. Some agents hae talked
rebate, alwajs witliout authority. The insur
ance agent and the insuring public should know
that the agent is Minply an ins-uanee comints
sion meichant. He has iiisuiaucc ,'on-igiiecl to
him to sell, at certain rates. The companies fix
u schedule of lates below which th- agent can
not go. These lates aie fixed on various classes
of piopcrty by cxpeils and are the le-ult of
caicful siud.v and experience. Many companies
icfiise lo wilte at these rales, and decline lisks
unless higher lates aie obtained. It is a mistake
to suppose tlie.se lates aie binding upon all com
panies. The latter aie at liberty to take m-eli
ilnes as tliej- rliosc. and they arc goerned solely
by one ipicslion, xi.. Is tlie late adequate to
the iik iniohed in their view? lnsuiance com
panics, like other nieicliauts, ale not doing busi
ness for their heiillh. If they arc to remain Milv
cut and pay llielr lov.es, thev uiust get lates
that will jleld money enough to do so. It is a
question simply of aiithmetic, absolutely deioid
of hcntlmcnt, It may be Interesting to the in
siuing-pnblic to know that the last file jeats
hao jiclded unpieceder.lcd losses and thatwltli
xerj- few exceptions the 12.i insurance comiianies
doing business bale lost hcailly. Thlrtj--eight
companies have settled iip, and closed their doors J
since .l.inu.i i y 1, 11)01, and not one new in-iir-ance
company has been oiganired. Most of the
companies now doll g business irnnin solid and
solvent fiom foimcr accumulations which aie
piolltably lueslcd. Kxcept for this fact, ami it
is a pnrtentlous fact, tlieio would be today an
insurance famine,
What would that mean? Iliislness stagnation.
Credit is the life of business, lusuiamc is one
of the pillais upon which credit tests. Knock
this nut and ciedit falls. Undervrlting is not
u benevolence. It Is nevertheless a necessity.
There never has been a time when underwriting
has been j well conducted, well guirded in the
inteitsts of the assured as at the present time.
Kveiy linn knows with leason.iblc ceitulnly lliat
when he bujs tegular insurance ho is gelling
solid piolectiou for his money. Why not, then",
instead ot hampering and discrediting the liu.l
ness, turn in and iiclp to make it safe and
piofllable?
1'. I,. Ullchroik k Son,
( hailes It. Sniitli,
1'ulton .V tlradliurv,
f . (1, Poland k Co.
Scranlon, 1M , 1'cb. i
Mako COFo just as you do coffee and
It will taste like it.
THREE NEW
W. It. CHHlbTMAS,
Member f i oiu the First Waid.
All of the above entered upon tht
to 189S.
BIG BILL FOR
WITNESS FEES
HAS BEEN COMPILED BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Total Amount of It Is 921,580.30,
Making the Grand Total of tho
Cost of tho Contest $05,228.42.
All Told About 20,000 Witnesses
Wero Subpoonned and of This
Number About 15,000 Woro Ex
amined Tho Witnesses Traveled
112,444 Miles.
Tho county commissioners have com
pleted the compilation of tho bill for
witness fees nnd mileage In the Lang-start-Kelly
election contest. It
amounts to $21,r89.32. This will make
the total cost of the contest $C5,228.42.
This total may be decreased to some
extent. Court has not as yet passed
upon the bills for serving subpoenas.
These ,bllls as presented total $18,230.10.
The constables claim CO cents for
serving each subpoena and charge up
at least one mile for each witness.
Court may not agree to this method of
charging. The constables solemnly
aver, however, that they chnrged only
for the actual number ot miles traveled
except In the cases xvhere' only one mile
Is charged, It being necessary, under
the law, as they claim, to charge a full
mile, there being no provision In the
law for charging tho fraction ot a mile.
There xvere subpoenaed, all told,
about 20,000 witnesses. Of these 15,000,
lu round numbers, responded and xvere
examined. About 2,000 of them xvere
called In twice or spent more than one
day at tho examination. These 15,000
witnesses, who responded, traveled, ac
cording to the commissioners' computa
tion, 112,411 miles, or four and one
half times around the earth. Had It
not been that the examiners xvent to
Carbondale to examine the witnesses
from the upper end of the county, there
Is no telling how many times the xvlt
nesses xvould have circled the globe.
Appended is an Itemized statement of
the total cost:
Witness fees, city of Pc l.mton . .-T.r-JO CO
Witness fee-, city of Ciiiboiid.ile 2,'JT1 W
Witness fees, other places 7,!lil 00
-;l7,(lfil Ofl
Witness foes for tax collectors
i:i oa
Total .t,2ir, 00
Mileage foi all wilnesses; IIL',111 miles
at :l cents 3,37.1 K2
Total cost of wilnc-ses l.tiS'l :U
r.xamiiiei T. .1. Duggan Ti,0iMl
UxMininer W. it. Lewis .",UtW IK)
Total for conimissiuneis dl,S00 00
Stenogiaphers John Taj lor and V. A.
Daltenbeig 13,011 32
For seivlng subpoenas, 1'. V.
Scanlon .....' iS.'.K'O 20
I'or .serving subpoenas, S. S.
Wert 0,32120
For serving subpoenas, T. 11.
Jte.vnohls 2,0;,") 50
For selling subpoenas, J. II.
Howard 2u'i 20
Total for serving subpoenas $I6,2!0 10
Cliand tol.il "HVi.312 71
The testimony In the case fills thirty
one volumes of 22,500 pages and 5,400,000
words. The thirty-one volumes placed
one on top of the other, Hat, make a
pile five feet ten inches high.
TWO NEW ASPIRANTS.
Six Candidates Noxv n Field for
Common Council Clerkship.
The scramble for the common coun
cil clerkship grows livelier every day.
Two more candidates, both Republi
cans, entered the Held yesterday. They
are John B. Gillespie, of North Scran
ton, and Thompson Ceane, of the cen
tral city.
Mr. Glllc-spiP is one of the best known
residents of Xorth Scran ton, and Is a
brother of C. Joe Gillespie, secretary
ot the poor board. Mr. Heane Is a
nexvspaper man and xvns recently a
candidate lor the Republican nomina
tion for ivioider of deeds.
STORM EROM THE SOUTH.
Weather Folks Say -That It Is Com
ing This Way.
The liver Hood which the weather
experts at Washington and the local
forecasters have; been predicting since
last Saturday should materialize today
If It rains as "Weatherman Clarke pre
dicts It will. It xvas reported last night
that a pi etty' good-sized storm Is head
ed tills xvay from the south and Is due
here early this morning. '
Tho thawing process which rendeied
things so disagreeable on Monday con
tinued yesterday with ex-en greater sev
eilty und transformed the streets Into
ureas of dirty slush.
TO BUILD AT ONCE.
Ansche Chesed Congregation Acts
on the New Synagogue Question.
Tho members of the Ansche Chesed
Hebrew congregation mot last night In
the Linden street synogogue and de
cided to Instruct Contractor Schroeder
to begin work on tho new temple just
us soon as the present snow Is off tho
ground.
The new tPinple Is to bo erected on
Madison avenue near the corner of
Olive street and will cost between '135,
000 and $40,000,
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD.
C" 4&Ssli
. W. J. WEI-bll,
Member from the Ninth Ward.
duties of their offices lust night. Mr.
CONSERVATORY RECITAL.
It Will Be Given Tomorrow Evening
in Guornsoy Hnll.
The thirty-ninth recital of the Scrnn-
ton Conserx-ntory of Music, under tho
direction of J. Alfred Pennington, will
be given tomorrow evening lu Guern
sey hnll, The following Is the pro
gramme: llncsfinblc Class rone. 1'lanos
I'olki Hondo In (t major ., ....Klein
Uiacc Coolldge, Helen lllvlu, Clara Unas,
Noima .Inhiis, Lottie Morris, Clara
Van Sickle, Caroline Noubaucr.
llerllia lliugeltc
Nimble Fingers, In C major Orth
Karl Atnmernian
Hunting Hong , Ileldermanu
.Mcrr.v-do-ltound Schncckrr
Ilva Melxscll
Maiden of Tjiot Ixiiigo
I.lltlan Benson
Hondo in C major Kuhlau
Itom.ilnc ppruks "c
Li llicu.se in I' major..... Van (lacl
Until Hull, Olj pliant
Cheerfulness, hi 1' major Langc
Miss Ilarel Hodges
M.ilglocckchcn (May l!cl!) opus 10j....llohm
Marg.itct f.iw
I.o Kevelll" des I'.lfes (The Awakening of
the lilies) Hackh
Maiy Coiviii, Claiks Summit
lllue Hells Morley
Caiolinc Keubauer
I.i llallerlna, Morccati dc Clcnrc Hackh
Clara Haas
A Houl de i'Aiago, V.ilo llrllliante, opus
,1,! Wollcnluupt
Ml Ann i Votia
Manuka in It flat major, opus nt,
Xo. 2 (lodaid
Mr. Itaiiy Wllklns
X'alse in A Hat major Hany Wllklns
Valso in O sharp minor .s Chopin
Ktude in O major ...i ltubenstein
Knsemble Class I'our Pianos
Ovciturc to Itomeo and Juliet llelllni
MI'S IlinvMiIng, Miss Hone, Miss (ierloek,
Miss Kraulcr, Miss Stone, Miss Voiis,
Miss Wageiihuikl, Mr. Mlklns.
LEAGUE SLEUTH JAILED.
Harry Evans, One of Robert Wilson's
Men, Held in Boil on a Charge
of Impersonating an Officer.
Harry E-anp, a Municipal League
detedtlx-e, xvns arrested early yesterday
morning on Lackawanna avenue, by
Patrolmen Genimel and Potter. Ho
xvas In company xvlth a xvoman named
Mrs. Mary "Williams, of Carbondale,
xvho is old enough to be his mother.
The ofllcersl claim that both xvere In
toxicated and xvere making the rounds
of a number of saloons.
"When searched In the Centre street
station he xvns found to have a re
volver and a club In his possession and
claimed that ho had a right to carry
them because ho xvas a special officer
In the employ of the Municipal league.
A Tribune man happened into the
station house shortly before 3 o'clock
yesterday morning- and wns hailed by
Ex-nns.
"Say," ho said, "call up Robert "Wil
son, 105S, and tell him that Harry's
pinched."
Mr. Wilson, xvho is the agent of the
Municipal league, xvas not aroused
from his slumbers.
When arraigned for a hearing before
Magistrate Howe yesterday morning,
Mrs. Williams claimed thnt Evans had
Hashed a star, nnd by pretending to
be nn oillcer had forced her to enter
saloons with him. She xvas discharged,
but Evans xvas fined $3 for carrying
concealed xveanons. He xvas then re
arrested on ii xvarrnnt sworn out by
Captain of Police Williams charging
him xvith Impersonating an officer.
At the second hearing he xvas repre
sented by Attorney L. 13. Grambs, of
counsel for the league. Agent Robert
Wilson, xvho xvas present, admitted
that E-ans xvas employed by the Mu
nicipal league to secure evidence, but
said thut ho hnd no commission as a
special officer to hi knowledge. Evans
himself admitted that, he had no com
mission and xvns held In ?300 ball, which
was later furnished.
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM COYNE.
Popular Young Business Man Laid
at Rest.
The funeral of Wllllain Coyne, eld
est son of Mr, and Mrs. P. H. Coyne,
of 502 Adams avenue, took place yes
terday morning. A large assemblage
of friends viewed the remains at the
hnme before they xvere conveyed to St.
Petei's cathedral. Where a high mass of
requiem was celebrated by Rex J. J.
Griffin. The largo attendance at the
services and xvealth of floral tributes
surrounding the bier attested the es
teem In which the deceased xvas held.
Interment xvas made In cathedral
cemetery. The pall-bearers nnd llow-er-bearers
xvere: Dr. J, V, Saltry, F. J.
McAndrew, John J. Loftus, A, J,
Duffy, F. J. McCanii, John A. Collins,
M. II. Tighe, T, J. Duffy and C, P.
O'Connor, of Philadelphia.
$5.00 Picture Frames, 50e.
At Schrlevc-r's Extraordinary Frame
Sale, commencing Friday, February 28.
They tiro handsome eusel frames, In
various wood und design; xvorth regu
lar from $3.00 to $3.00. Your choice for
50 cents, h'cluiover's, 110 Wyoming
uxenue,
OTTO J. KOHIXbOX,
Member from the Klevcnth YWrd.
Walsh xvas a controller from
ISO!
Bll&!ffiWHKMigti
hV wf Jiilil
JURY FAILED TO
SAY YES OR NO
STRADDLE VERDICT IN THE
GAMBLING CASE.
Major Is Returned Not Guilty but
Directed to Pay tho Costs Mille
Peddler Charged xvlth Embezzling
from tho Lncknwnnnn Dairy Com
pnny Found Guilty of Maliciously
Driving Over a Child Bonnth'
Fined $75 for Shooting His Cousin.
Other Court Matters.
As wns expected, or not expected, ns
tho case may be, the jury In the enso
ofCharlcs H. Major charged xvlth keep
ing' a gambling house came In yester
day, xvlth a verdict of not guilty. There
was, however, a. lurking doubt, evi
dently In the minds of some of the
Jurors, that possibly there xvns gamb
ling on tho premises unknown to Mr.
Major, for the costs xvere placed on the
defendnnt.
The defense put up by Attorneys
Murphy and Qulnnan xvas that there
xvns one or two games of poker played
at the cub hefuse, but those xvho par
ticipated In the games were outsiders
and a few members of the club, xvho
had no regard for the rtiles against
g.iihUIng and no partleiilii- tbead of
earning Mr. Major h dlsfrivor by surrep
titiously Indulging In pastimes he could
noc conscientiously shut his eyes to.
The c'lub h.-ii'e was ralJi-J ono night
by the police after minn-roiio con pi ilntt
hnd been received that the place was
a rtr.dezxous for a disorderly element
of the coloted population, including
gamblers and lewd xvoincn. A big crowd
of men and women x-ere caught In tho
raid and all paid lines on the charge
of belnj; Inmates ol a disorderly house.
Major, xvhevwas alleged to be proprie
tor, was fined also, for selling lleiuor
Illegally, and keeping a bawdy house,
and held to ball for keeping a gamb
ling house.
The eases In which fines wero Im
posed xvere certlorarled and Inst week
at argument court the proceedings
xvere In each Instance reversed because
of defective records. Now a verdict
of not guilty is found in the gambling
case and the xvork of the police goes
for naught.
KEITH ON TRIAL.
John A. .Keith, a. former peddler for
the Lackaxvanna Dairy company, Is on
trial before Judge Wheaton on the
charge of embezzlement. It is alleged
by D. A. Stone, manager of the com
pany, that Keith xvns $243 short in his
accounts. Keith claims It Is a case of
bad bookkeeping or else dishonesty
on the part of one or the other of
those to xvhom he xvas accustomed to
make his returns. At all events, he
claims, he nex-er misappropriated any
of the company's money. District At
torney Lewis represents the prosecu
tion, and John F. Scragg, the defense.
Before Judge Ferris, in No. 2, An
thony Neary, of Jessup, xvas tried for
aggravated assault and battery on the
infant daughter of Henry Watkins.
The prosecution alleges Neary xvas
driving along the load xvhere the Wat
kins child xvas at play, and that he
deliberately ran the little one down
after threatening to do so If she did
not get out of the xvay. He denied
having made any threat and averred it
xvns purely accldentnl. The jury found
him guilty of simple assault and bat
tery. A verdict of not guilty and costs di
vided xvas returned In the case In xvhlch
Jacob P. Sohns was charged by Joseph
Cat den xvlth assault nnd battery.
Sohns Is an ah- brake inspector and
Carden a switchman employed in the
Lackaxvanna yard. At 2 o'clock on the
morning of December 7, last, they got
Into a dispute on the platform of a
coach as to xvhether or not an air pipe
was frozen. Words led to violence and
Sohns xvent headforemost from the
platform. He alleged Carden hit him
and knocked him from the platform.
Carden swore Sohns attempted to strike
him xvith a lantern and in throwing
up his hand to xvarcL off the blow, lie
jarred Sohns a hit causing him to step
on tho ley platform and fall to the
giouud. W. F. O'Boyle represented
the prosecution and John F. Scragg the
defenre.
130NATII SENTENCED.
Frank Uonath, xvho shot his cousin,
Louis Ronath, In the neck last Christ
mas eve, during a celebration on Fer
dinand street, North Scranton, xvas
sentenced by Judge Wheaton to pay a
line of $73.
James Keennn, Alexander AVnll,
Michael Norton and John Sock, charged
by Liveryman George E. Atherton, of
North Scranton, xvlth negligence by
lml'ee, xvere tried befote Judge Ferris.
They xvere accused of having found
ered a horse hired from the prosecutor.
1 ho court directed that the verdict
should be not guilty but left It to tho
jury to dispose of the costs. The jury
was out at adjourning time.
A verdict of not guilty xvas returned
In tho case In xvhlch Samuel McLarln,
of Olyphnnt, xvns charged by his son
with carrying concealed xveaptms.
Charlotte Hazzard and Ellen Francis,
neighbors of Keysor avenue, churgeel
each other xvlth assault and battery and
being n common scold, Mrs, Hazzard
put In no evidence, either ns prosecutrix
or defendant. The jury found her guilty
of both charges nnd returned verdicts
of not guilty In the cases against Mis,
Francis, Tho costs in the latter cases
were placed on Mrs. Hazzard,
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REV. MR. HODGE WILL RESIGN.
To Glvo Up Pastorate of First Pres
byterian Church, Wllkes-Bnrro.
"It will cause n feeling of sincere re
gret In the community to learn Hint
Uev. Dr, F, H. Hodge, tho honored und
beloved pastor of the First Presbyter
Inn church, has In u letter to the ses
sion of that church notified It of his
Intention In the near future to resign
his pnstornle," nays tlio Wllkos-Unrre
Record. "He is led to tnkn this stop
through continued (ailing health, Ills
resignation will cause n feeling of pro
found sadness lu his largo congrega
tion, to which ho hits faithfully minis
tered for the past thlrty-Ahree years.
Tho ties of affection that bind hlni so
strongly to his people can never bo
broken.
"Rev. Dr. Hodge xvns installed here
on Feb. 23, 1SC9, coming from a pros
perous church In Oxford, Pa.
"The First church has bad sex-en
pastors In tho past ninety-six years,
ns follows: Rex-. Aid Iloyt. 180C-1817;
stated supplies, 1S17-1S21; Row Cyrus
Glldersleeve, 1821-1820: Rex-. Nicholas
Murray, IS29-1S33; Rex-. John Dorrance,
D. D., 1833-1801; Rex-. A. A. Hodge, D.
D. (a brother of Dr. Hodge), 1861-1804;
Rex-. S. B. Dod, 18G4-18G!), and Rev. F.
IJ. Hodge, 1SC0-1902."
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