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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

To John McCrindle, chairman Third Legis-
lative District COMMITTED, and J. w.
Houser secretary:
. You are hereby requested and notified to
call the Third Legislative District commit
tee together on Thursday, Nov. q, 1896,
for the purpose of organizing said COM
mittee and for the transaction of such
business a. msy come before 1t.
r. H. Holgate,
La Plume.
- rs &c. w. Green,
Fleetville.
.S1~ ~ 1 J.. N. mclaughlin.
J. d. Hopkins,
49, b.. F. Tinkham.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-27
Tayior's New Index Msp Of ssrsntou and
Duumore

For sale at Taylor's Directory once.
Tribune building. or given with an order
for the Scranton Directory 1896.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-07
Thai AWFUL BOY.

Nay, censure not the merry boy,
Whose buoyant heart rebels
At that dry monotone of Joy
In lengthy prayer that dwells;
lie hears God not In droning WORDS
But in the Joyous songs and birds'
Think not to keep those merry eyes
t'pturned with solemn stare
They show the CLEAN of summer sSies'
Gods wisdom planted there;
Their twinkling Hash, their way"a'u
mirth,
Display the sweetest joys of earth.
Then humble not his boyish pride'
Nor teach, with spirit rash.
That love is but a narrow stride
From prayer to swinging lash;
That boys-to have their sins forgiven
Must e'er be mauled along to heaven.
tender smile a word of cheer.
A prayer sincere-but brief.
Will Danish every boyish fear.
And close the door to grief
Remember. in your solemn JOY,
That you were once an awful boy!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-07

tie didn't know and I didn't try 70
know
after that we were alone In the
boat, and. considering there was only
two of us, l was able to serve out
enough biscuit every day to keep us
from actual suffering, though, Of
course. we were always pretty hungry.
Mary seemed as happy as a bird.
She sang TO me and cooed around me
and did her level best 10 make me love
her.
Two days after we were left alone
/ went to the breaker to draw some
water and found that 1t had nearly
all leaked out l found the leak and
stopped 1t. but there wasn't more than
gill Of water left in the boat,
For the first time since W. ief; the
wreck the woman seemed to grow SER
ious and she asked me several times
how long a man could live without
water and how long we could make
the gill Of water last.
Il told her and then laid down for
nap. When l woke up l was lying
on n pillow made OF her shawl she
used to wear around her shoulders. But
Mary was gone and that's the last l
ever heard Of her.
Il understood In minute what she
had done. had told her that per-
haps one man might live on gill Of
water for three or four days and she
had gone overheard so as there should
not be but one mouth to be wet with
water.
Yes, as l was saying,g women are
a nuisance at sea, but when I saw that
poor woman's shawl folded so careful
under my head and saw that she was
gone wished that 1t had been me IN
stead OF her Boston Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-07
A Proof of Greatness.

Great writers seldom write in
ha al that is legible, and a great elo-
cutionist can deliver the simplest OF
compositions In such way that not
one person In huldred can tell what
it Is all about.--Boston Transcript.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-07


Thank you, ma'am,' says I, for
your good opinion, but the fact is I'm
already married.
But not to a woman that you have
been cast away with in an open boat
Besides, | know you don't care for your
wife, and If you don't care for me now
YOU will in time
''The fourth day the men turned out
stiff and hungry and savage, and after
talking a little while among them
selves one of them spoke up and said
that they had resolved that l should
serve out the bottle of rum that / had
kept hid in the stern sheets, and that
after that they would let me know
what they intended TO do.
"'You shall have it, said Mary.
Wait bit and I'll get the cork out
80 saying she turned her back to
them and was busy with the bottle for
a minute before she handed 1t over to
the men. I'm afraid she said, that
1t may not agree with you, consider
ing how little you've. eaten, but II you
insist on 1t / suppose you must have
it.
Within half an hour after the men
had emptied the bottle they began TO
complain OF terrible pains and pretty
soon they were all rolling in the bot
tom Of the boat in agony. Before night
every blessed one OF them was dead
and Mary and | had hove them over
board.
Il smelt the bottle and smelt
strychnine. How 1t got into the bot
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
ARMENIAN MASSACRES.

Report Showing They Have Been
Tremendously Exaggerated
London, Oct. GA dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Constantinople,
published to-day, says that one Of the
foreign delegates of the interna tional
commission Of inquiry says that it's
report will show that the total number
Of inha bitants of the Sassoun valley
did not exceed 1000, and that the num-
Der Of Armenians killed in the capture
OF the villages of Semal, Shemak and
GheliguZan and in the taking of An
tokhdagh Pass was at the most 300 to
800. 1t is also claimed that the re-
port will demonstrate that there is no
evidence that any one was killed in
cold blood or that there were any
mutilations of women or children.
Finally, it is asserted by the delegate,
according to the correspondent Of the
Pail Mall Gazette, that about forty
persons were buried in the death pit
at Gheliguzan and that the statement
that number of women threw them
selves over a cliff in order to avoid dis.
honor is also false.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
Making Cement.

S. D. S. would like to be told how tt,
make cement that, when dry, becomes
hard like stone. Answer: This de-
ponds somewhat on the use to be made
of the cement. For areaways, walks.
etc., one of the best mixtures is one
part of Portland cement and three parts
of good, clean sand. The sand must be
free from earth and vegetable matter,
and OF such quality that water will
run from it nearly clear. Mix the
cement and sand thoroughly by sift-
ing or shoveling, then put into a box
and very quickly wet it thoroughly. so
that it will be of the consistency of
good, stiff mortar 1t must be used at
once, for it sets almost as quickly as
plaster of Paris. 1t takes some hours,
possibly some days, to become thor
oughly dry. While it is still damp.
If finer finish is required, mix cement
with an equal quantity of sand and put
on an outer coat and allow this to dry.
A thin covering of pure cement and
water, about as thick as stiff batter.
makes finish almost equal to earthen-
ware. Properly made and worked. this
cement will stand heat and frost with
out injury. 1t should, however, be-
thoroughly dried before winter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
Will Open at NVfnona Next Thursday
Evening"

Evening.
Winona, Mimi, Oct. 6. - The state
Presbyterian synod will open in this
city next Thursday evening. The
opening sermon will be preached by
Rev. William Findlay Of Duluth; the
retiring moderator. Friday and Sat-
urday morning will be devoted to bust
ness. Friday afternoon, beginning at
$3.50, will be devoted to general con-
ference on home mission, the state Of
the country, particularly of Minnesota.
Those who will take part are G. T.
Thompson, Minneapolis; Gen. Mason,
Reverends Henderson and Pringle. In
the evening Rev. Mr.. Kincaid will pre-
side and DR.. Roberts Of New York will
speak. Reverends CresWeu and Day.
ton will speak on home missions Sat-
urday afternoon at $50. Dr.. Cryor
will preside over the meeting for the
discussion of foreign missions, and
the speakers will be DR.. Clelland of
Duluth, Ell Terrence and Reverends
Reynolds of st. Peter and Brathe Of
Mankato. In the evening foreign mis-
sions will be continued, DR.. Pollock
to preside and DR.. Ellinwood Of New
York and Rev. W. E. Bates to give adj
dresses. Sunday morning the Lords
supper will be dispensed. Visiting
delegates will fill the various pulpits.
AT 3: 80 p. m. there will be a rally for
young peoples work, Rev. Mr.. Cravat
of st. Paul to preside. and Dr. Hunter,
Rev. Moore and Messrs. Ware and
schneider to speak. Sunday evening
the subject will be "The Church and
Society" DR.. McCasten will preside.
DR.. Egbert and Prof. Kiehle Of st.
Paul will speak. The conference will
| then adjourn sine die
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
ONE OF THE WIDOWS
An Ex-Wife of Mr.. Fair Gets Into
Trouble


Trouble
San Francisco, Oct 4.-Lillie Bayer.
one of the women who claims to be
the lawful widow Of the late Senator
James e. Fair, is now prisoner at
San Quentin, where she will serve a
term of ten years for embezzlement,
The life story of Lille Bayer is q re-
markable one in many RESPECTS, Soon
after the death Of Senator Fair she
announced that she had married tha
millionaire in 1892, and that one son
was the result of the union. She as
serts positively that she In, papers in
her possession which will prove her
claims, and says further that the sen
ator decided to her a ranch in this
state. the revenues of which were de-
voted to the rearing and educating of
the boy. Of the charge of embezzle-
ment on which she was convicted, the
woman claims that she has been
grossly misrepresented and attributes
her present sad plight and the delay
before being tried to the efforts of
those who We're anxious to have her
out of the way.
II am not insane she said. :and
when l say that l can prove nv mar
rlage to Senator Fair. am not speak
ing for effect. My baby son is now
being cared for by friends in the coun-
try. His whereabouts I have kept
secret, fearing that an effort would be
made to have him taken away from
me. Soon after I made it known that
l mad been married to Senator Fair. =
representative Of his son Charles
made me an offer of $4,000 providing
L would turn over all the papers in
my possession. allow the boy to be
adopted and give the name of the
magistrate who performed the mar
rage ceremony. All this I refused to
accede to, and told them then that T
would accept nothing except that
which legally belonged to me-"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
MurGered Near NI0ra

Mora, Mimi, Oct. 6.-Albert Peter
son was murdered at McClure's camp,
eighteen miles from this place. An
Indian who has been staying with
Peterson, brought the news to another
camp. eight miles distant, at i o'clock
this morning. The Indian was bare
headed and barefooted and badly
frightened. His story ran as follows:
TWO men were at the camp that day
whom Peterson said were hunters. The
Indian went to bed early and immedi-
ately afterward he heard a shot. and.
jumping up, was met at the door
by one Of the hunters who fired shot
at him, but missed him. Peterson was
shot through the back from through a
window. Appearances indicate that he
was in the act of mixing bread, as
his hands were covered with dough,
The hunters are missing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
HoAR AND THE JOKER.
Revenge OF q Colored Man on the States.

! man from Backbay.
Sherman Hoar took painful part
In an incident, star part at that,
which, while grief inspiring in all it's
phases, couldn't be called fight. Nor
was it exactly with a member of con-
gress, although the foe had close busi-
ness relations with the house. Hoar
was very young, and, to his disgust,
very much resembled in personal ap
pearance one of the head pages of the
house. This head page was a great
practical joker, and the butt Of much
OF his humor was a sleepy darby who
mad charge of the house Washroom.
This Congo was prone to sit in chair
| In the Mushroom and slumber. The
funny head page would sly up to him
as he slumbered and tip him over on the
floor. This was a joke. Before the
Congo could recover himself for ven
geance the head page would be back
in the house, beyond whose green baize
portals no humble black man might
pursue his prey.
/ "One afternoon the humorous page
| tipped over the sleepy colored man sew
eral times. It gave the head page great
| joy. The victim of all this fun lusted
for revenge. He would give a weeks
salary for an opportunity to play re-
turn game with his tormentor.
1T was four o'clock in the afternoon
when, opening his eyes after a cat nap,
he beheld his prosecutor bending over
wash basin, refreshing his face.
The bedevilled Congo's JOY was uncon-
fined. The Lord had delivered the enc
my into his hands.
"The negro is not an originator. At
best, he is only an imitator. In this
supreme hour of triumph our poor
black friend could think of nothing
better than to creep to the unsuspect-
ing tyrant and kick him. This he did,
| and he threw all the force of his trop-
ical nature into the caress. He kicked
the enemy soundly and roundly, and
then stood back to enjoy his victory.
The force of this rear end collision
drove the victims head against the
wall with amazing force. It was not
unnatural that he should look up. He
did so, and the darby was Mortified
when he recognized the features of
Sherman Hoar, representative from the
Boston Backbay district. The darby
did not faint, for the reason that dar-
kies never faint. But he grew several
shades lighter at the thought of what
he had done.
"Hoar, on his part, could not find
words to express his indignant astonisl-
ment. At last the poor darby managed
to explain, in the most humble and con-
trlte fashion, that he had mistaken
Hoar for the head page, who oppressed
him. Hoar granted him forgiveness.
although in his proud heart he regard
ed the explanation as greater insult
than the assault. After that, too, Hoar
bathed his face at his hotel. He did
not care to take further risks in the
house Mushroom, for the kick had not
diminished his resemblance to the
page"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
CAN'T FIGHT THERE,
CORBETT AND FITZ CAN'T BATTLE
IN TEXAS.
The Legislature, With Only SIX Dis
senting Votes in Both Houses, Pass
Bill Making Prize-Fighting In
the State Felony,

Austin, Tex, Oct. 4.-There will be
no prize fight in Dallas Oct. 81 be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons. This
fact was settled to-day by the Texas
legislature in exactly three hours The
committees, one in the senate and the
other In the house gave an audience
to the Dallas attorneys all the morn
ing to ascertain their objections and
protests to the passage of the law.
After hearing the gentlemen the CON-
mittee adjourned. Later, when the
two houses met, both committees were
ready to report and the senate bill
was very promptly considered. From
the time the bill was placed before tho
senate until it finally passed was ex-
actly fifty-fve minutes. During this
time Senator Dean opposed the bill,
and Senator Lasker spoke in it's favor.
These were the only two who spoke
on the bill, the balance satisfying
themselves by voting. The vote on
the final passage Of the bill was p
ayes and nay, Dean being the neg
alive voter. The bill was Immediate.
ly sent to the house and that body be-
gan discussion, substituting the sen
ate bill for the house bill. After sew
eral gentlemen had spoken on the bill
and the emergency feature, pro and
con, final vote was reached and the
bill passed the house by a vote Of 40
to- .. Thus within three hours did the
Texas legislature forever put an end
to prize fighting in Texas. /.
This time yesterday it would have
been impossible to pass a bill with an
emergency clause. There were only
nlnety-tWo members present yesterday
and OF that number fifteen were OPP
posed to the emergency clause 1t
was necessary to have eighty-six votes
to carry the emergency clause. The
administration forces readily saw that
the minority would do them if the
matter came to vote, so they i'm
mediately wired all their friends to
come here and then set about killing
Tune until their forces could arrive.
Ihey had only eighty-two last night.
put the absentees focked in on to-
days trains. The fight management
was confused at the way the solons
came In this morning. and practically
gave up the fight. It was almost a
certainty this morning that the Popu-
lists would be called over to the Dallas
side Of the question, but COG was
slipped and on the vote they were
with the administration forces which,
clnched the matter Gov. Culberson's
friends consider it great victory for
MN. and lost no opportunity to con-
graduate his excellency on the out
come OF one of the hottest, and, it
might be safely termed, one of the
Dltterest, as we'll as shortest political
lights ever brought up in the Lone
Star State OH any one single man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
NELSON'S ROAR.
The Ku-Cheng Mandarin Found He
Was There for Business.

The Ku-Cheng Mandarin Found He
Was There for Business.
London, Oct. GA letter to the Pail
Mall Gazette from Ku Cheng, pub
lished to-day, dilates upon the fact
that it is a strange thing that the only
fighting man sent to Ku Cheng with
the commission appointed to inquire
into the massacres Of Missionaries was
Lieut.. Waldo Evans, Of the United
States cruiser Detroit, in spite Of the
fact that two British gunboats were
lying at Foo Chow. The correspond
ent Of the Pail Mall Gazette adds
that when the party arrived at Ku
Cheng the mandarin in command there
refused to allow the members of the
commission to attend the trial of the
accused vegetarians, whereupon J.
Courtney HiXson, the United States
consul at Foo Chow, who was the most
energetic member Of the commission,
peremptorily demanded in the most
vigorous language the right of being
present at the trial. He said he did
not care how great a parsonage the
mandarin was, he would stir up all
the powers unless he was admitted.
lie gave the mandarin four hours in
Which to make up his mind.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
FACTS FROM ALL LANDS.

Norway and Sweden have been under
one king since 1914, but at present there
are demands for separation.
The cellar in the bank of France re-
sembles a large warehouse. Silver
coin is stored there in 500 large barrels.
Twenty-fiv miles of the Congo rail-
road are already completed. The road
will be ninety-three miles in total
length. $50
In France the population averages
about 1877 to the square mile. In this
country the average is twenty-one to
the square mile. e..
Japan is a corruption of the Chinese
word Shipen-kne, which means root
of day." or Sunrise kingdom" because
Japan is directly east of China.
All of the states, kingdoms, r-inci-
palities, empires. etc., of Europe lex
cept Russia) and all of the United
States, including Alaska, could be
placed side by side in Siberia and vet
but little more than cover that i'm
mense country.
In Malta bees are plentiful and bees
stings are in such repute as cure for
rheumatism that resort to this print
tive method of incubation has been in
common practice in severe cases for
generations, the results, it is said, hav-
ing been most satisfactory for pa,
tients.
A discovery of unusual interest has
been made in Crawford county, Penn.
sylvania, of the hull of vessel over
eighty feet long and twenty-five feet
wide. The vesesl appears to be built
after the order Of the Norsemens ships
and with copper spikes such as were
used by the Phoenicians in the earlJ
days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
Scandal and Dama~e Suft

Chicago, Oct. 6.-The damage suit Of
ex-Congressman Ransom w. Durham
against Maj. Arthur w. Allyn for the
alleged alienation of the affections Of
the plaintiffs wife, came to trial to-
day. The divorce granted Durham,
who named Allyn as correspondent,
created a sensation at the time, owing
to the social prominence of all parties.
Maj. Allyn married Mrs. Durham as
soon as the divorce was granted, and
Mr.. Dunham's suit for damages fol-
lowed. Mrs. Durham was prominent
in Philadelphia, where she lived pre-.
vious to her marriage to the ex-coD
gresham.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
Curtis Wives Absent

Anamosa, Iowa, Oct. 4.-The case of
editor r. B. Curtis, the bigamist of
Mankato, and the defunct Anamosa
Daily Call, was called to-day in the
district court. On motion of the state
the case was continued until the De-
cember term for the reason that wit
nesses could not be secured. One Of
his wives was In New York on a visit
and another was teaching school. and
the board Of directors would not allow
her to come. It is believed by many
that 1t Is Curtis fine work that has
prevented them from coming, and that
he will eventually be cleared through
their failure to appear against him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
LOGS IN A BLAZE.

Fire Swept Through the Murphy
Lumber Yards at Green Bay. :
Green Bay, Wis, Oct g. : At the
docks of the Murphy Lumber company
three-quarters of million logs were
swept away by fire yesterday. Out Of
100000 feet of select lumber on the
dock 100000 or 100000 feet were
destroyed, together with docks and a
number of buildings. The loss is $780,
900. The company's mill burned Sept.
20 with a loss of $4,000. The insur-
ance on the entire plant was 1851, 900,
SO the lumber is but partially insured.
The fire was caused by spark from
Tug -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10

Chicago, Oct. 6-Eugene Hirschtield
left his dry goods store in Raymond,
Mimi, in the care of clerks last week
ana came to Chicago to marry Esther
Schwartz. But Esther ran away with
an old lover, and Eugene. on the
principle that second choice is first
choice when first choice is impossible,
married Johanna Hirschfield Of Dixon
and took her home to Minnesota
Esther Schwartz had long loved
Maurice Sternberg, but he was only a
clerk and was poor. One day last
and the unsuspecting Mr.. Hirschtield
Twelfth street, and while helping her
fold and address 25O invitations to the
Observation-Disclosures wedding quietly
proposed and was accepted. The next
day Maurice Sternberg and Esther
Schwartz met down town, went to
Milwaukee and were married.
When this became known it was too
late to recall the invitations for the
wedding set for last Sunday. Guests
were already on the way from various
points in the state. Then up spoke J..
S. Edelstein of Belvidere, Hirschtield's
Col.Slll, iuQ suggested tllIt tlley nave
n wedding anyhow. Johanna I1irsch-
field of Olson loved her cousin Eugene
of Minnesota he knew, so On Sunday,
the day he was TO have married Esther
Schwartz, he took Johanna to MilWau-
kee and made her his wife. That night
most of the guests hidden to the in
terrupted MISUNDERSTANDING nup-
tails assembled at Philip Blum's house
and celebrated the HirschfeldH irsch-
field nuptials. Hirschfield spent $13O
for champagne.
Monday night Maurice Sternberg
and his wife returned and were re-
married by Rabbi Brandy. at the
same time Max Sternberg, Maurice's
brother, and his wife, who were mar
ried by a justice ten years ago, We're
also remarked. Then Philip Blum
threw open his house again for Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Sternberg. All the
parties concerned have now forgotten
their temporary heartaches and are
happy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-10
NEW BRUNSWICK WANTS TT
talk OF Having the Fight in n Can
adam Sfnte

au1Nn State.
boston, Oct. Sit is reported here
IN sporting circles that arrangements
are rapidly progressing to pull Off the
prize fight between CCrbett and Fitz-
simmons near Frederickton, N, B.. and
i is stated that party of prominent
sporting men have been in New R,71ns.
wick the past ten days arranging for
the battle. The location is said to be
about 30 miles east of Fredericton on
the property of well known English
gentleman, who is sportsman of con-
siderable note. A prominent Boston
sporting man says the plans are such
Ililt the new Brunswick officials would
pe an at sea if they attempted to pre-
vent the battle. Although ha wonld
not impart positive KNOWLEDGE and
would not give names, for fear of tho
publicity, yet he declared it was all
fixed.