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THE SC11ANT0N TRIBUNE- S ATURD A 1 MARCH 1, 11)02.
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heard fo often lint we know
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Prepared Only by
Matthews Bros
310 Lackawanna Avenue.
QUICKSILVER
SAF1J AND PltOriTAULi:.
Paying: Dividends of 12
per annum, and there h sufficient ore ON HAND
(IO,OnO,nnn) to continue dMdrnds nt lliht rate for
1 lie net filleen jcir?, mn and operating Smelter
2i"i tons (Lilly; no debts.
Those u Milne to iniike a fflfr and profitable In
estnidit In ii IMed stock will do well to write
me for pro.-pcttu-'.
CHARLES D. SANDERSON
136 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa.
J. P. COULT, D. D. S.
Surgeon Dentist.
Ill) WYOMING AVENUE.
OVER THE GLOBE STORE.
Twenty years' successful prac
tice In this county.
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City Notes.
TOO WI.P lOlt Ml OOI1 Mi. -There w,ia no do
Jmiil jr.Merdj.v on iiiiniinl uf the i.iin, lmt the
pollio piunil.-e tint .in expedition will start onl
Ibis Iiioiiinis if llic wi-.ither clears up.
EXAMINATION-. 'I he t'nilrd Males C'iil f-cr-rc
ci'iiunission aniioimicH th.it .Much IS, VXti,
they will conduct an oAjiiiiiution fur the position
of .inhilecluial draftsmen in the Philippine t,rr
ice. IIUNTINO I.ODfii:, Architeel Linjilry lias juH
tnmplclcd plain for a ppuious hiintinir lodsu
wliich will toon bo erected .it l'.ik Lake by a
rod and gun club composed of Dr. II. (J. Login,
W. II. .Irssiip, jr., V. II. Kingsbury, Dr. Pulton,
W. y. Alulfoid and othew of thi-. city.
nKAIiS rOWDKIt COMPANY. The Bean Pow
der company, of this city, will start the CMa
xatlon for their factory lit Daltou, Pa., within a
fnv d.ii.. Tlic the will be MH200 feet, nnd they
expect to employ tidily men and girls. They
iiiinufaeturc loaih, moth and poultry vermin e.
tein'iinatinK pondeis. -
PIXL POltTV lT.lM'. lllmcr Phcrmw, a biidco
builder fiom L'lcu'Ijnd, O., cmnlojed on tho
Mailuet beinir constructed at Durye.1 by the
Kiuntuii and Northeastern Hallway eompanj,
fill a illitniicr of foity feet while at woik jester
illy and sustained a fractured a'nkle. lie was
taken to the Pittston hospital.
INSPECTION AT AftMOItY.-Comp.mlcs I) and
P, of the Thirteenth regiment, were inspected last
night in the new armory by JIajor Clarke, in
hpector of the 'iiiird brigade. Ilauer's regimental
band plajrd during the inspection and the
member of that muiic.il oiganiration were af
teittards looked our by the major.
FIREMEN'S CONVENTION.
Question of Joining Mine Workers'
Organization to Come Up Today.
A convention of tho stationary fire
men of Pennsylvania will be held in
Nantlcokc today, and tho important
question of whether the firemen shall
retain an individual organization or
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Thousands of people know about the
" Snow White Flour"
They know it is the Prince of all flour, but t want
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We aA- )our help in the follow Ins manner:
Por either prose or poetry detcrlptlve of, or introducing "Snow While" flour, aa to IU
wonderful bread inak .iff qualitlcs-It purlty-ita strength-its uhltcncss-its sweetness- j
uniformity of grade, etc., etc., etc. "
Wc offer the following prizes:
For the best poeti'c or prose advertise- A
-; $15.00
For the second best poetic or prose advertise-
ment 10.00
For the third best poetic or prose advertise
ment . . ;.., 5.00
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ment 4.00
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ment , 2.00
or.thtb, 8th, .9th, 10th, nth, iath, 13th,
14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, each 1.00
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over on hundred and fifty words a I.i:S3 number iS UKTTTClt. ' '
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be wuiounced as soon as made in the dally papers.
A, ' J10N-. J L BAItllKTT.
T ' Judges: VV,y s- nlc"Alll, ES(j. .
' " f L'- J. W.NETT, i:SQ.
Djckson Mill and Grain Co.
t No. 12, Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, Pa.
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Join tho United Mine Workers of
America will bo taken tip.
It will be remembered that tho fire
men's Btrlko In tho anthracite region
was unsuccessful Inst year, nnd the
fact Hint It was "bo Is directly attribut
able by many to the fact that It was
opposed by tho mlno workers' orgnii
Izntton. Many firemen nro nlready
United Mlno Workers, and refuse to
Join their own organization.
BANQUET AND PRESENTATION.
CUff Works Men Honor a Depart
ing: Employe.
Hubert D. l'ettlt, who for a number
of years has been storekeeper at tho
Cliff works of tho Antorlcnti Locomo
tive company, left last night for Dur
ntigo, Mexico, to take a similar posi
tion with tho Simpson & Watktns com
pany. Ucforo his departure he was ten
dered a banquet at tho Kit: cafe by the
foremen and office employes fit tho
Cliff works, and presented with a pair
of silver-mounted military brushes In
scribed with ills Initials. The presenta
tion was made In behalf of tho assem
blage by Joseph If. Brlggs. Mr. PclMt
made a feeling response and other ad
dresses followed. D. J. Davis acted as
toastmaster.
Those present were: Jos. McAndrow,
II. Walters, D. J. Davis, John Drack,
K. F. Seal, J. McKca, M. McVlttie. J. F.
Urlggs, It. Oslatul, C. A. Clurk, II.
Toeklc, I.. A. Tandy, J. "W. Benjamin,
C. F. Hauchmnn, P. Kennedy, It. Kcl
low, W. C. Safford, S. D. l'ettlt, N.
Kellow, It. 13. Duffy, N. Klein, A. Lin
ton. CAVE-IN AT MINOOKA.
An Acre of Surface nnd Two Houses
Seriously Affected.
An area of surface in Mlnooka near
Connell & Co.'s old brick yard, Is seri
ously affected by a cave-in which oc
curred on Thursday night. Tho cave
Is supposed to have been caused by
the robbing of pillars in the old work
ings of tho Greenwood mines.
The houses of Michael O'Hara and
Eugene DrlScoll have been seriously In
jured by tho envc-in, obliging tho occu
pants to seek shelter elsewhere. A
largo portion of Council & Co.'s No. 4
vein in the National mine has nlso
caved in, throwing sixty men out of
employment.
ENGLISH MOB WANTS TO LYNCH
American Sailor Who Killed Com
panion Protected by Constable.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Loudon, 'Feb. "8. An American sea
man named Charles Brown narrowly
escaped lynching at South Shields, Dur
ham, this afternoon after killing a fel
low sailor.
A general light occurred on board tho
Liverpool steamer Beacon Light, Cap
tain Kelley, which whs anchored in the
Tyne, during which Brown shot a sail
or named O'Donncil, Brown escaped
in tho melre and got ashore. Here he
was captured by a constable after a
hard light on the dock, and it was with
dlfllculty that he was protected from
the mob.
Brown was carried to, the pollen sta
tion, and as the constable laid the
American's revolver on the table a
cartridge exploded, -tho bullet seriously
1,-Uio bt
saliir.
wounding another
LARGE SALARIES.
Scranton Business College.
T. J. Williams, who for some time lins
been in tho ofllco of Mr. O. F. Byxbee,
general manager of The Tribune, has
accepted an excellent position wlt-h the
Erie Railroad company, at Sayre. Mr.
Fred Palmer was sent to take Will
iams' place. Frank Clarke, the llrst
young man sent to Mr. Byxbee, lias a
good position with the Title Guaranty
& Trust company.
A lady graduate writes that she
starts for Seattle, Wash., next week,
where there is a position awaiting her.
A S. B. C. graduate, '20 years old, ts
drawing a salary of $20 per week In
New York city.
Last Saturday two former students
called at tho ofllce: George DeWilde,
who is with Merchant & Co., nt Phila
delphia, and Alfred Tolemie, who is in
the credit department of Siegel &
Cooper, New York. Both are doing
SDlendldly.
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The Grip Follows tho Snow.
It can be prevented and the worst
cases cured in two days by taking Lax
ative Bromo-Qulnino Tablets. E. W.
Grove's signature on box.
Can Get Part of If
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TWO BOYS
DROWNED
Concluded from Page 1.
Charles Neuls, Peter Haggerty nnd
Christ Rose, did magnificent work In
removing people from the deluged
houses, They were ubly seconded by
Superintendent of the Fire Department
II. F. Ferber and a Bqund of llromcn.
The patrol wngon was kept In constant
use. Lanterns, like gigantic fireflies,
flitted hero nnd there. Many women
nnd children were carried out on the
backs of male relatives.
At 11.30 p. m. the welcome news was
given out that the river was sbsldlug,
nnd that unless another rain storm sets
In, the danger may bo said to be prne-,
tlonlly over. Fully nine blocks were
under water, and the damage done to
household effects and goods In cellars
is Incalculable.
Among tho most severe sufferers arc:
Charles Greenberg, John Schwenk, Mrs.
Murray, Mrs. Kahler, Joseph Schultz,
John Kennedy, John Corby, tho Ma
loney property, Charles Stone, Michael
Sweeney, Mis. Dlmler, William Luther,
Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Cnrmody, John Gnl
blsh, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Louis IIuus, John
Murray, Michael Myers, Michael Flynn,
Charles Major, John Schroeder, Thomas
McGlnnls, the Harvey properties, while
among those flooded on Washington
avenue nro John Kllen, Dnnlel Colo
man, Wllllnin Smith, John Burke, Will
iam Shefller, Nicholas Gauz, Peter
Hnrtmnn, Frank Rnshelcwskl, Joseph
Zohowski.
CAREFUL OF DOG.
The flood was not without its laugh
able features. Olio mniOvlio threw ills
two children rather roughly onto an
improvised raft, raised a laugh among
tho onlookers by tho gingerly manner
In which he, himself, stepped onto the
life-bout, tenderly bearing in ills arms
a pet dog.
i A cat and dog, which were unable to
escape the flood, met on a high board
fence and remained companions in mis
ery for fully four hours, but there wa3
not a particle of fight in either.
South of the city, along the course of
the Lackawanna, the only serious dam
age, outside of washouts on the rail
roads, was tho carrying away of a span
of tho railroad bridge at Lnckawnnnn.
Tho Scranton Railway company's big
viaduct, just below, had its central pier
badly battered by tho timbers which
the current swept along like viciously
swung battering rams, but it safely
withstood tho assault.
Moosle lived all day in -dread of the
breaking of tho Spring Brdok Wutcr
company's dam, located six miles up
the mountain side. It was reported last
night that eighteen Inches of water wns
leaping over tho spillway. Snrinc- brook.
which courses through the heart of tho
village, overflowed in many places.
WATER IN MINES.
ax. juuyiiekl the ISrie company's big
comery again made itself a receptacle
for the overflow of thp river and an
adjoining creek. Water poured into
the shaft in an immense volume nnd
wtis still flowing in at midnight. Noth
ing could bo done to check it, and an
other long period of Idleness attended
by a big expense for pumping will re
sult. The Glenwood mine, at Jermyn,
which had just started up, January 1,
after a six-months' idleness due to a
flood, was again deluged. Several
pumps were submerged. It was only
by desperate work that the Delaware
and Hudson No. 1 wns kept from
Hooding. At one time tho water was
within three inches of tho drift.
On the RIdgo at Archbald, tho Elk
Hill company has a mine located in a
gully. Water from the mountain
streams formed a veritable river in this
gully and flowed' into tho shaft. It
was idle six months of last year by rea
son of a flood. The likelihood is that it
will again bo idle for a long period.
WORK SUSPEMDED.
Water from the Lackawanna river
and Sterrick Creek began to flow Into
tho shaft of tho Temple Iron company's
Sterrick Creek colliery at Peckvillo
early in the afternoon, A vigorous
battle was waged, against it. but the
fight proved futile for before nightfall
the volume of water became so great
that there was no hope of checking it,
and tho signal was blown that work
at the mine is suspended.
The Eddy Creek mine at Olyphnnt
was likewise Hooded and tho Rich
mond colliery near tho city line was
made to suspend by reason of the
water putting out the fires in the boiler
room.
Probably the most serious of the
mine floods is nt the Von Storch slope,
the mouth of which overlooks tho river
nt a length of about ten feet, just
north of Green Ridge street. At the
llrst sign of the flood the men nnd
mules were taken out and the opening
walled up. The water, however, rose
higher than anticipated and found tis
wuy into a branch opening. From this
It poured into tho main slope down to
tho Diamond vein where it leaped Into
nn inside slinft reaching tho lowest of
the four veins, the China vein. Hero
it spread and sought, the lowest places
submerging three pumps.
WATER RUSHED IN
Operations were suspended early nt
the day at both tho Munvllle on Green
Ridge flats and the Hampton on Key
sey Valley creek on account of the
water rushing into the opening.
At the Bellevuo colliery the water
mado a sudden rush into the mine
through the muln shaft. Forty men
at work In the lowest vein laid to wade
for a long distance through wnlst-deep
water to a man-way through which
they reached the surface by climbing
on sixteen ladders, u distance of 350
feet.
The Mt. Pleasunt washery, situated
on the flats along the old -Love road,
had to suspend operations, tho water
from the river having completely sur
rounded It.
Some of the flooded mines may lie
Idle for many weeks.
THE RAILROADS.
Railroad service up nnd down the
vnlley was cut off early in the1 after
noon by the Hood, and local trafllc on
tho Ontario and Western, Jersey Cen
tral and Delaware und Hudson rail
roads may not be resumed even today.
The last truln into tho city from the
south on tho Delaware and Hudson
railroad was. the train which readies
hero from Ayilkes-Burro at 2.31 p. in.
This was allowed to proceed no further
up tho vulley, but was held In this city.
Tho last train lu from tho north was
tho Saratoga express, which reached
hero tit 5 o'clock, a hnlf-hoijr lute,
having been obliged to proceed with" ex-
Closed Until
March 12
Taking a
rest
necessary
S. D.
131 PENN AVENUE.
tremo enro from Curbondnlo to this
city. Word of serious washouts clown
the valley necessitated tho holding of
this trnln In this city.
A train was sturtod for Wllkcs-Barre
shortly before 3 o'clock, but could pro
ceed no farther thnn the Steel Works
station, and was taken back to the
Lackawanna avenue station and the
passengers unloaded. Tho tracks near
tho Marvino breaker, north of the
Providence stntlon, were under water
last night for several hundred feet, nnd
this prevented the running of trains to
the north.
A LANDSLIDE.
Besides the tracks awash at the Steel
Works station, there wns a serious
landslide at Mlnooka station and a
wnshout nt Mlnooka Junction, several
hundred feet of tho track being under
mined at this point. At Miners' Mills
tho middle pier of a bridge spanning a
swollen creek was washed away and
the bridge was ordered closed by the
division superintendent, and a gnng of
men wns sot at work to repair it.
Tho Delaware and Hudson stntlon
was thronged from early in the night
with crowds of persons anxious to leave
for either up or down tho valley, but
they were met with the announcement
that no trains would be run, nnd hnd
to make arrangements to spend tho
night in this city. As a consequence
tho hotels of the city were thronged
last night.
Tho last trnln Into tills city on the
Jersey Central arrived here at 12.20
o'clock. Tlie flooding of the tracks at
various points between this city nnd
Wllkcs-Barre prevented tho running of
any further trains, and announcement
of this fact was posted at the station.
Traffic on tho Ontario nnd Western
railroad was entirely suspended early
in the afternoon, because of washouts
up tho valley at Mayflcld and Olyphnnt.
The train which arrives here at 4.40 p.
m. and the train which leaves at CIO
p. m. were both annulled.
TRAIN WAS LATE.
A slight washout at LaPIume delayed
traffic on the Lackawanna railroad in
the morning, but trains were running
on fairly regular time in the afternoon.
Train No. 5, duo hero from New York
at 6.50 p. in., was delayed nearly two
hours by water on the tracks at vari
ous points between Manunka Chunk
nnd Stroudsburg. Trains were running
regular late last night.
The Keyscr Valley branches of tho
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
and Ontario and Western railroads
were covered by water from the West
mountain, and several culverts were
washed out, preventing the movement
of cars to and from the mines in Key
ser Valley.
SEWERS CHOKED.
The rain which began yesterday
morning nt 7:30 o'clock and which was
the direct cause of yesterday's flood
fell continually until after 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and proved once more
that the sewers so far constructed in
various parts of the city are not suf
llcietnly large to properly carry off sur
face water.
Sewer basins in nil parts of the city
were blocked and Linden street from
Washington avenue to Penn avenue
presented its usual lake-like appear
ance. The most serious results from the
clogging of sowers were at tho corner
of Phelps street and North Washing
ton avenue and at the corner of Prcs
cott avenue and Mulberry street.
The Fourth district sewer, into which
the basins at the corner of Pehlps street
and Washington avenue empty, was
far too small to carry off the water
which ran to this corner from up nnd
down Washington avenue. Tho basins
overflooded nnd great quantities of
earth washed down from tho higher
ground above were deposited on the
street railway tracks for" depths vary
ing from two feet to six inches.
The opening of the sewer near tho
wheel works became clogged early in
the morning nnd the water from Dun
more which should have flowed through
it was diverted down to Washington
avenue nnd Phelps street.
The water which flooded down Mul
berry street from Nny Aug park to
Prescott avenue carried with it great
quantities or soli and it was only a lit
tle whle after the rain began before
the sewer basins nt the corner were
clogged nnd street car traffic stopped.
A gang of men under the direction of
Superintendent Thomas, of the bureau
of hlghwuys and sewers, hurried to
the scene nnd after several hours' work
succeeded in cleaning tho basin out.
ine railway company's employees
had a hard time cleaning the. earth oft
the tracks at both places and passeng
ers had to bo transferred for several
hours. Largo quantities of earth were
washed upon the track on Luzerne
street nlso, nnd traffic wns temporarily
suspended on thnt thoroughfare.
NOTES OF FLOOD
Residents of Sport Hill where houses
nro along tho line of the creek, which
Is an outlet for the Gypsy Grove dam,
were fearful of tho dam giving away
and moved themselves und belongings
to the houses of neighbors atop the hill.
All the Scranton hotels were crowded
to the gnrrets lust night by suburban
ites unable to reach home. Cabmen
reuped a harvest from those who wero
compelled to go to homes nt a distance.
Delaware and Hudson trainmen re
ported that the dnm at Luke Lodore
gave way, The report could not be
verified.
There was ten Inches of wnter on
the level of the Lackawanna yard nt
Clark's Summit.
The report was current yesterday af
ternoon that the Scranton Gns and
Wuter company's Elmhurst dnm wns
lu danger of bursting and that the
company was warning peoples living
along tho Roaring Brook to prepare
A GREAT SURPRISE
In n store for all who uso Kemp's lUljum for (lie
Throat and Lungs, the crest guaranteed remedy
Would ou tellcvc that It U sold on its merits nnj
any drugeht Is authorized by the irourletor of
this uondcrtul remedy to she jou u wiiiplo bottle
free? It iicer falls lu euro acute or iliroulg
coughs. All urujuUU tell Kemp's Ualwm. price.
Me. sud 80c. '
for a serious flood lu caso the rain
should continue. Superintendent Rob
ert Reeves Inst night characterized this
report ns absurd. "There has not been
the slightest fear that tho Elmhurst
dam would burst, let alone overflow,"
said he. "There Is still room In the
reservoir for a number of feet of wnter
and we could stand Iwo more days of
such rain as yesterday without the least
danger of any of the water cscuplng.
Tho person who slnrted that story
should have known better. It wns
quickly passed from mouth tp mouth
until innny people nctunlly got out of
their houses In anticipation of n flood.
I went down In tho afternoon nnd done
the best I could to assure these people
that there wits no danger."
Mr. Reeves said that the "Inkoy"
condition of tho wutcr has been caused
by tho soli washed Into tho reservoirs
by tho rnln. Ho believes that this will
have practically all settled today.
Among tho serio-comic incidents con
nected with tho flood one wns observed
by a rescue pai ty which was trying to
aid a colony of Hungarians up above
Pockvlllo. Tho water was rapidly ris
ing nnd tho residents of the huts were
in great danger. About every other
man who appeared hud a pig under his
arm. intermingling with the squoitls
of the pigs were screams of women
who were being left by the male mem
bers of the household to their fute,
while they saved themselves nnd the
family bacon. When rebuked by peo
ple who were assisting them one of
the men remarked loconlcnlly: "Wom
an Bwlm, pig no swim; pig cost
money."
Tho Erie Railroad company's Dun
more shops In Dunmoro were seriously
damaged by tho last Hood and to pre
vent a. recurrence of tills trouble tho
company has been building a stone re
taining wall 300 feet long nnd in some
places 15 feet high. Tills wall, though
incomplete, prevented any serious dam
age being done yesterday.
The cellar of the Erie Railroad com
pany's ofllco In Dunmoro wns flooded
yesterday with about two feet of
water.
The bakery of the Lawson Bakery
company on Drinker street wns filled
with five feet of water. Considerable
damage was done to a largo amount of
supplies stored there.
The Eric pay car which left hero yes
terday at 10 o'clock to pay the men at
No. 14 shaft was detained there owing
to tho washing away of a bridge be
tween tho time of its going into tho
breaker to the time of its coming out.
Superintendent Davis, of the Saquolt
silk mills, gave permission to his Tay
lor employees to leave early in the af
ternoon and when ho learned that the
tracks were blocked made provision for
thorn to stay over night in this city.
A notice was posted at the South
mill yesterday notifying the men to
quit work upon the sound of tho whis
tle, which was to be blown in case the
river was to a dangerous height. There
was no necessity for tho sounding of
tho alarm as the river had not reached
the mill at quitting time.
BUILDING! PERMITS.
Those Issued by Superintendent of
Building Inspection Last Month.
The building permits issued by Super
intendent F. L. Brown, of the -bureau
of building inspection, for the month
of February were for buildings nnd re
pairs aggregating something over ?125,
000 In value. Those to whom permits
were granted and the kind of building
erected were as follows:
I;. JI. Gales, Mulberry street, alteration and, lc
pair. City of Suanton, emergency hospital, Kcj.er
avenue.
O. II. Seolt, l'l.mklin .Hemic, new store front.
J. S. Jliller, Spruce fctrcct, alteration and re
pair. W. I,. Hotels, Penn acnue, b3y window.
Charles Sdilaccr. Clay acnne, conscriatury.
Scranton City ftuard association, lliie theater.
County Saiings bank. Spruce street, bank.
Title (iu.ir.mtcc and Tnut company, Spruce
street, bank.
Cass .Morgan, Itibecea aenue, ndditiop and re
pair. ,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Italboad
company, round homo in jord.
Cliailrs MciiBle, Colfax aeuiie, double dwollinjr.
Mrs. Kite Parr-1'enton, Cemetery street, double
dwelling;
Hebrew Congregation Anclie Cliescd, M.ulUun
avenue, synagogue.
Keller and Sihroeder, Adams aenue, altcia
tion and repair.
Peonomy Light, Heat nnd 1'ower company,
Jefferson aenue, boiler shed.
.1. W. Shcphcid, Poplar stieet, single dwelling,
C. P. Done, Adams acnuc, temporary sausage
rooom.
A NEW PATROLMAN.
B. A. Stevens Affirmed by Director
Wormser Yesterday.
Benton A. Stevens, of Nortli Scran
ton, was yesterday appointed as pa
trolman by Director of Public Safety
F. L. Wormser to fill the vnenny caused
by the promotion of Richard II. Ed
wards, former captain, to desk ser
geant. The latter was temporarily act
ing as sergeant since last April but
his permanent nppolntment did not
come until yesterday.
The new patrolman was for a num
ber of years employed in the grocery
department of Mulley's store and has
of late been working In tho Dickson
store. Ho Is about 33 years old and
weighs something like ISO pounds. His
nppolntment takes effect today.
Although two-thirds of the school
year Have passed, the Conservatory Is
still receiving npplleations for piano
forte Instruction, SJx new students be
gan this week.
CRAZY SNAKE COMES TO GRIEF.
Creek Chief and Nine Followers Sen
tenced for Alleged Conspiracy.
By Kxilushe Wiie from Hie A&'oclated Press.
Muskogee, I. T., Feb. L'8, Chltto Hur
go, or Crusty Snake, nnd nine others of
his followers were today sentenced to
tho United Stutes penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., for two yours, und
each fined $5,000 on a charge of con
spiring against the government.
They constituted the lenders of wlmt
Is known as tho Snake gang of Indians,
who have sought to resist tho allot
ment of lands by the Dawes commis
sion in the deck nation und prevent
the settlement of affairs by tho gov
ernment In thp Indian Territory.
Mrs. A. Ij. W. I'llce, who Is icceivlug
consrutulutious for her successful organ
recitul given In the Asbury Methodist
Episcopal church, Oreeu Itldge, on
Thursday evening, is devotedly nt
tached to Her instrument, Mrs. Price
Is iv warm friend of the Conservatory,
where for more thnn two years she was
a pupil of Mr. Pennington, who speaks
In high praise of her untiring Industry
und rapid progress.
BORN.
IiKVl In Sirmitoii, l'j., Tucdjy, .j,, 2ji jy
to Mr. und Mis. Arthur Let I, a mu.
OHINA
Hnvllnnd & Co.'s
V
fl Shoeing of Fine China
Now Is the time to rjfattfy your tasto
IIAVIIiAM) I'l'DDINfl PISIIPS, il pieces
(nun, uniiur ami iraji, isiiabe ami vla Cll
Proration new, Price ",..... PI'.OU
HAVILANI) nniiiiV
i-oiiT and ij rutin's
HAVIbANI) Tl! TP, SlVrtf. Tea Pot,
Sis Cups and Saucer, Choice IVInly.
China
Geo. V. Millar
NEW PHONE, 137.
SILVERWARE
Housecleaning Time Approaches
Let us repair your furniture, make over. y out
mattresses and clean your carpets before the rush
v begins.
Scranton Bedding Gof
Lackawanna and Adams Avenues.
We beg to announce that
from March first the fire
insurance agency of Henry
Be I'm, Jr., will be conducted
under the firm- name of
BELIN & GENTER.
Henry Bein, Jr.,
Charles II. Genter.
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of
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Op
1 New Dry Goods H
-as
Wednesday,
us
I 'McCONNELL & CO., s
3 400-402 Lackawanna Avenue. ?
:S St
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Kesults Most Satisfac
tory, Notwithstanding Storms
nnd Holidays.
n,v"i:cliislve Wire from The Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 2S. It. O. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
Although tho shortest month of tho
year was further curtailed by two holi
days and hnndleupped by the most se
vere storms of tho winter. Industrial
and trade results were most satisfac
tory. The closing week brought a gen
eral resumption of activity In the lines
that suffered from the wenther. nnd
preparation for an exceptionally heavy
spring business wus reported at many
points; southern cities alone being
backward. Crop prospects are consid
ered encouraging, In so far ns nnythlng
can bo learned at this time. Numer
ous Interruptions would nccount for a
considerable loss In railway earnings,
yet reports thus far available for Feb
ruary show a decrease, of only S per
cciii, iruui mm j tin a Imuran, uiiu .1 j
guln of 13,5 per rent, ns compared with
the trafllc in 1900. More foreign steel
has been engaged, and domestic con
cerns are still bidding in the German
market.
Footwear buyers nro leaving' New
England without doing much moro than
n fnlr sample business, outside special
lines. As a rule, woollen goods nre well
maintained and In brisk demand,
Cereals opened the week with a de
cided reaction. Stutlstlcs of supplies
nnd movement were not satisfactory to
speculative holders, storms had inter
rupted communication and restricted
new operations, crop pews wns gener
ally satisfactory, and foreign purchas
ers were less Interested.
Failures for the week number 21." In
tlio United States against 170 lust year,
and 35 lu Canada against 31 lust yeai.
Of Canadian truilo the review will buy:
Unreasonable weather has Impeded
business at St. Johns anil country roads
ure bail, with little money in circula
tion. Travelers' orders eomu lu freely
nt Halifax, und indications are for an
eutly spring. Fish inmkels nre firm,
anil produce pi Ices well maintained.
The output of coal Is large, und Iron
and steel developments continue satis
factory. Country roads at Inteilor
poluts are still unsettled, but business
nt Montreal Is well up to. the uveruge,
uud payments satisfactory, Cottons are
firm, local mills only ncceptlug orders,
subject to advance. A sllht Improve
ment Is noted nt Quebec, and whole
salers report fair collections.
WOUHD SWAP BOY FOR GIRL.
Owners of Male Twins Looking; for
Baby of Other Sex,
By Exilushc Wire from The Atioviated I'rr.J.
Chicago, Feb. SS. Parents, who for
the present ure concealing their Identity
OUr QLA3S
French Citing
.sins. COM.
4.00
4.00
Jtall,
& .
134
Wyoming Ave-
Walk In and Look Around.
LAMPS
Both 'Phone)
Siddddi ddi vld idi
emnir
the
ouse i
March 5th.
"TRULY NAMED."
There is none such mince
meafas the juicy and fruity
W
It is honestly made and cleanly
sold. Compressed into air-tight,
water-proof, cardboard packages.
10 cents. Makes two large (or thrco
small) pies, Never sold xn bulk.
'" Tell us if your grocer won't j
supply you.
Merrell-Soule Co- Syracust, N. Y..
WiMhVfV Ai'1
NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH
Can the Seeker After
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Find Sucli Rich Reward.
CALIFORNIA
IS A WINTER PARADISE.
Best Reached Via
"SUNSET LIMITED."
(PALATIAL IIOTKL OX WIIIIULS.)
Leave New York Tuesdays, Thura
days, Saturdays.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO,,
R. I. Smith, agent, 100 S. 3d s't.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
iniAM rAOkdClA PEF
!... TO.'. O Al? SfntSA Sfl& fii
man oaLanutiviwriiLmmiK
under un advertising number, an
nounced In the papers today that they
have two line, Healthy boy babies, one
of which they deslro to exchange for
it gill baby, t being stipulated that
the child must bo of good breeding.
A well-dressed woman of flue fea
tures und bearing every mark of re
finement culls fur the answers to the
advertisement, but efforts to discover
where she lives Have been cleverly
bulked, A number of persons have an
swered tho advertisement, showing that
other paronts have been disappointed
Hi the eex of their children.
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