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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-24
ON Other Side OF Channel
Some Events of the Day on the West
Side of the City Noted.
THEIR CLUB ROOMS DEDICATED
Many Prominent Republicans of the City.
Song, Music and speech Making-Fu.
neral Of Elmer Williams Today at
3 O'Clock News Notes.

Happy good fellowship premeated last
evenings successful endeavor Of the
members Of the West Side Republican
club to entertain it's friends and also
incidentally to display enlarged and
beautiful club quarters to the guests.
Many We're the prominent parsonage
present the list including Judge II. NJ.
Edwards. Mayor w. L. Connell, Attor-
ney 7. ". Fleitz, Thomas II. Dale, and
others.
The room had been especially decorat-
ed for the occasion. Colored lanterns
ornamented the exterior, and on the
inside flags, bunting and, more than all,
the natural beauty of the apartments.
lent an air of home-like comfort to the
place. Potted plants were seen on the
chairman's table and a crowded house
completed material for an evenings en-
tertainment.
Professor John Davis opened the fire.
works with a brilliantly executed piano
solo, and President w. S. Mears in
troduced Judge II. NJ. Edwards as
chairman. In accepting the position
the judge said: Were this a political
meeting l would not have consented to
act as chairman, thinking such a posi-
ton, under the circumstances, improp-
er and insulting to a people that have
intrusted me with confidence, l am
proud Of membership in this society,
and l wish to congratulate the young
men for their successful endeavors
which have eliminated in these hand
some apartments, made, of necessity,
larger for the accommodation of the
clubs growth"
The Dickson Mandolin and Guitar
club gave q selection on string instrue-
ments, which was we'll received, and
then Thomas II. Dale gave talk on sill
Yer. Messrs. Evans and Richards, two
well-known singers, accompanied by
Mr.. Kelley, sang a selection, and an
encore being demanded and given. An
instrumental duet of Messrs. Price and
Edwards pleased those present to the
extent that tlla young men We're COM
PEELED to reSDcnl. Attorney f. w.
Fleitz was introduced and spoke about
club formation, and after Messrs. Gina
der and Picfer had rendered an instrue-
mental duet Mayor W. L. Connell spoke
about the mission of the West Side Re-
publican club. The celebration was one
of the most notable ever held on this
side.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-24

Rochester, S; Willses-Barrc. Z Bases on
balls-Of Harper, 3; Off Campfield, 4.
Struck out-By Duryea, 3; by Harper b;
by Camptield, /. Hit by pitched ball
Duryea, 3; Hamburg, l. Wild pitches
Campheld. Umpire-1Iurst. Time-2
hours.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-24
Another Match Arranged.

A second match between Mike Leonard.
of Brooklyn and James Judge, of this
city, has been arranged, and wih take
place at the rockingham on June II.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-24
The Per Capita Argument.

/ attach very little Importance to the per
capita argument, because the amount of
currency required in a country depends
mainly upon the volume of business to be
transacted and the customs of the people
in conducting their exchanges, and not
at all upon the number of men, women,
and children residing In It, but, as there
are a great many who believe that the
circulation should be regulated by the
census returns 1t may be worth while to
state that the production of gold alone
In 1S90-and II Is much larger now-was
nearly two and half times greater than
the average annual production of gold and
silver both during the decade which closed
with the year 1900. In 1900 the population
of all the countries in Europe and Amer
lea was 1871 ,S95, and the production Of
both gold and silver amounted to $2l.i0
for every hundred inhabitants, while In
1890 the population of the same countries
was 466, 3i1, and the production of gold
alone was $llS, S,S49, 900, which amounted to
s25 46 for every hundred inhabitants, or Sc
cents more for each hundred people than
was furnished by both metals during each
year in the former decade. In 1894 the
population of these countries was 4S5, 1S0, =
Sal, and the production Of gold alone was
$l57, ,22S, 900, being $32.41 for each hundred
inhabitants, or T.92 more for each hundred
people than the total of both metals during
the last decade of the last century. II,
therefore. the people of Europe and Amer
lea had used as money all the gold and
all the silver annually produced in the
world 100 years ago, they would not have
received as large per capita addition to
their stock of money as they would re-
ceive now by adding the gold alone. In
view Of these facts, submit that the sill
yer legislation Of 1871, 1873, and 1875 has
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
Az AWFUL EXPLOSION.


Large QuGntity of SitrogIycerIne. While
Being Carried in a SIAN TO the uurnIny
springs OIL Fields, Lets Go with yre-
mendous Force, anu Spreads Destructiou
In All Directions
fARkERsBURG, w. Va, June s.-T~o
hundred and fifty quarts of nitro
gIycerine which were being taken
from Pittsburgh to the burning
Springs oil field in a slxif bv an en-.
pioye of James Kinds, the oil driller.
exploded at $50 o'clock last evening
Just as the boat had turned into the
httie kanawha from the Ohio river.
Inc explosion occurred directly on
poSlte the Parkersburgh's mill. the
sides of which were blown in and the
ooilers driven out of position and
near all of its machinery misplaced.
sparks from the furnace were driven
among the shavings setting the mill
on hre, which was extinguished, how
ever, after short fight.
The damage in the immediate yicin-
lty OF the explosion is very great.
buildings driven from their founda-
tons, their walls crushed in and other
wise wrecked. The damage through
out the city will aggregate from s75,-
ooo to 100000. Every plate-glass win
dow on Market, Third and Smith
streets was wrecked, The plate glass
loss alone amounting to SIS. 900.
The explosion was felt in every mart
the city and windows, crockery and
orlc-a-brac were broken miles from the
river front.
citizens thinking it was an earth
quake, rushed to the streets in great
confusion.
Across the Kanawha there is not
residence that is not damaged
several having their roofs crushed in.
and all having their walls torn
Gown or windows blown out.
Inc steamer Heatherton, which
was tied in the mouth of the Kan
awha, was an almost total loss, while
coal oarges were sunk along the river
Tor miles as though they were
snagged. Although there was large
numbe of persons hurt, none are ia
tai except Kinds employee, whose
name is unknown. Those most seri.
ously injured are a Mrs. Henry, Miss
Emma Houchen, Miss Katie Nolan.
MRS. Ida Rhodes and George MUM.
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

f"o'her and Daughter N,ra..
"Pois-A Crazy Son and pro,t,
A"o' Recently Released Fro,,, -.
h' supposed to Have Com,ni,,a,,
.rime' As He Had Been seq -
ing About the Premises. Au'
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June "a tor
iioie tragedy occurred at 1929 Nicollet
s Mrs. Martha NJ. Elias and
laughter lives there over Harris drng
store About a. m. people in the ~,
cln'ty heard pistol shot and in a few
minutes later another. Soon aftar.
ward Investigation showed that a
double murder had been com.
united. The daughter was found dead
IN bed. There had been no STRUGGLE
ana she lay as if asleep, but
"hen raised up the back of her head
was found to be nearly shot away.
ne body of the old lady was found
lying across the bed outside the covors
her face and head had been fripbtfpl.
~ mangled with shot from a. cali.
Der Colts revolver fred into the head
between the eyes. The mother was at
nrst supposed to have been insane and
10 have killed her daughter and then
shot herself. But the coroner thought
the deed might have been done by con-
sent of both. They lived alone and were
employed in laundry.
Later developments, however. indi.
cate that instead of murder and sui
clde 1t was double murder commit
ted by the son and brother of the dead
people. The young man was released
from the insane asylum the first of
May, and was seen about the premises
yesterday. In the room was found a
satchel containing S1O9, and the cur
tains were torn by the murderer Jump
ing from the window.
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
SUDDEN DEATH
OF Gen. q. NJ. Mitchell, Followed by That
of His Widow at Charleston, Ill.

CHARLESTON, H., June 2.-The citi-
zens of Charleston received a great
shock Friday in the sudden death of
Gen. G.. NJ. Mitchell and his wife. Mr..
Mitchell was working in his garden in
the morning, when about $3.50 o'clock
he fell dead. Mrs. Mitchell was so
overcome with grief that she died at
p. m. The funeral of both will occur
Sunday under the auspices of the local
G. A. r. post.
G. Nj. Mitchell was born in Warren
county, KY, in 1885. He removed to
Illinois in 1851, and was married in
1860 to Miss Katie Miles, of Charles
ton. He entered the army in 1861 as
captain of Company c. First Illinois
volunteers, was promoted to the rank
of colonel in 1868. and was mustered
out of service November 3, 1865, as
brigadier general. At the close of the
war he was elected sheriff of Coles
county, serving two years. He was
postmaster at Charleston from 1877 to
1885, and was warden of Chester peni-
Tertiary from 1886 to 1890. Since then
he has been in business in this city.
At the time of his death he was mem-
Der of the board of education.
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
TORPID TEMPERATURES
"A Terrible Harvest of Death In PhiIadeI-
phia.

PHILADELPHIA, June 3.-Tha trop-
lcal heat prevailing since Thursday
has reaped a terrible harvest of death
IN Philadelphia. The prostrations
from heat number several scores. and
ON Friday there were two deaths.
three on Saturday, and the climax
was reached yesterday, when seven
teen persons died of heat prostration.
The thermometer yesterday in the
weather bureau office, at it's max
lmum at 2 o'clock D. M, reg
lstered 05 degrees, two degrees
lower than Saturdays maximum. The
lowest point touched by the thermome-
ter yesterday was at $50 a. M, when
1t stood at 70 degrees. From that time
on until o'clock the mercury went
booming upward till it reached 95 de-
grees. To the gasping thousands COM
PEELED to breathe the superheated air
from the bricks of the houses and the
scorching asphalt from the streets,
the difference of degrees in the mer-
curry from Saturday was not noticea-
BILE, and the suffering among the resi-
dents of Philadelphia was as great as
it has been on any day of the prevail
ing hot spell.
Fortunately the day was Sunday.
and the workers in the mills and man
ufactories were able to seek what cool.
ness they could. But for this the NOR
tally would have undoub tedly been
much higher than it was.
Reports received from points
throughout eastern Pennsylvania show
that the heat in that section has been
as great as it is in Philadelphia.
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
LORD COUGH DEAD.
He Was Soldier Whom Great Britain
Delighted to Honor-His Successor.

lie was a Soldier Whom Great Britain
Deiighted to Honor-His Successor.
WASHINGTON, June "A cablegram
received at the British embassy Friday
announced the death of Lord Gouph.
the hero of India and father of Mr..
Hugh Cough, first secretary of the en-
bassy here. AS a result of this Mr..
Cough, being the eldest son. now be-
comes Lord Cough, succeeds to the
titles and estates, becomes a member
OF the peerage and has conferred upon
him the unusual honors which parlia-
ment conferred on the elder Lord
Cough and his two successors, because
of his conspicuous service in subduing
India, and, in effect, establishing the
British empire in India.
The new Lord Cough has been in
Washington about a year, coming here
from st. Petersburg. His wife, Lady
Georgiana Cough, is a daughter of the
earl of Langford. Lord Cough, the
elder, who has just died, was one of
the most conspicuous military men
England has produced of late years.
He went to India as colonel of the
Grenadier Guards. but showed such
brilliant abilities that he was made
commanderin-chief of all the forces
in India. For his services in India,
parliament twice thanked him, raised
him to the peerage, and gave
him the unusual honor of permanent
annuity of $4,000 (slO,O0O), which
should go not only to himself, but to
his son and his sons son. The new
Lord Cough now succeeds to the hand
some annuity from parliament Lord
Cough, now in Washington, is grad
uate Of Oxford. He entered the Brit
ish diplomatic service in 1876, and has
been first secretary at S tockholm, st.
Petersburg and Washington. He is a
man of courtliness and quiet dignity.
1t is probable that he will return to
England at an early day.
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
A FOUL MURDER
Brought to Light by Recedlng Waters a,
Cleveland, o.


CLEVELAND, O., June "A special to
the Press from Ironton, o., says: The
body of large woman. about As years
old, was found in the river here yes
terday morning. 1t is supposed to be
that of Beck r. Turner, of Memphis,
Tenn, who lived on family boat.
There was quarrel over the posses
sion of the boat two months ago, and
the woman has not been seen since
that time.
One of the men on the boat has been
arrested on suspicion of causing the
death of Miss Turner. The features
of the BODY found yesterday morning
were unrecogni1a BILE. There was a
rope tied about the neck and fastened
to large stone. The falling of the
river caused the body to float
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
UNCLE SANS Nancy BOX.
The Monthly Statement Shows = Net Do
crease In the Public Debt.

The Monthly Statement Shows = Net Do
crease In the Public Debt.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The debt
statement issued last evening shows a
net decrease in the public debt, less
cash in the treasury during May. of
S.. 436, 611.s6. The interest bearing
debt increased 500; the noninterest-
bearing debt decreased 1854, 527. so, and
cash in the treasury increased 81, $50, :
1S4.3s. The balances of the sever al
classes of the debt at the close of bust
ness May 81 were:
Interest-bearing debt, s716, 202 OIL:
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, sl,734, e20.26; debt
bearing no interest, s379, S3e, 461. 90.
Total, sl,097. rs. 29s1a
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
FATAL FRACAS
Between Couple of State Liquor Consta-
bles at Clinton, y. &.

COLUMBIA, S. c., June AT Clinton
State Liquor Constables s. Nj. Duncan
and Workman the former chief OF the
constabulary forces in the upper por-
ton of the state, had a IA
tai shooting affray. Workman
charged Duncan with being the
caused of his removal from the force.
The lie passed and Workman was
killed, but not until Duncan had been
brought down by two bullets in his
hips. He is not thought TO be fatally
injured.
The Forrest City times., 1895-06-07
arade OF the Philadelphia Fire.
men and Police.

~ .r,,i-ADEIPHIA, June AIN the glare
MAJ szlng sun. the policemen and fire.
ma Philadelphia had their annual
400 yesterday afternoon. About
az ~ :, men were in line. On the balcony
sec.ae academy of Music stood Di-
vro~r r OF Public Safety BETTER, a
bar oI other city officials and a num-
tbron heads of police departments
Shout the state. who had ac-
sion invitations to view the process
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
PERSONAL.

John j. Tierney, of Binghamton, is in
town on a business visit.
Miss Margaret Patterson, of Pittston,
spent yesterday with West Side friends
Frank G.. Sherman, the expert pool
player, after a visit for a week in this city,
left Saturday for his home in Trenton.
Miss Minnie Lewis, of AIfilin :venue,
has left home to resume her studies 81
Fort Plain, N. Y, where she expects to
graduate in June.
Mrs. Mary Carlisle of Montrose, who
has been for several days the guest of
Mrs. Sidney Hayes. on Olive street, leaves
for Wilies-Barre today.
Miss Cross. the cooking demonstrator,
will be with the food exposition in Wilkes
Barre beginning Wednesday, but until
that day and during the mornings of her
engagement in that city she will give pri-
vate instruction in Scranton, where she
has made many friends.
Mrs Edmund Schiller, who will sing at
the benefit concert tomorrow evening In
Young Mems Christian association hall.
Is eminent in her profession, having u
lovely voice and perfect finish of style.
She has had for the past four years one of
he finest positions in Brooklyn, city of
pendid choirs.
Griffith II. Davis, OF Greenwood, will
move his family to the West Side on April
], and take up his residence there Mr.
Davis Is manager of the South Side Store
company and school director of Lacka-
wanna township. The community where
he resides will be sorry to lose such a
valued citizen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
SATURDAYS PRIMARIES.
Candidates That We're Nominated for
Ward and District Offices-A Number of


Several Republican and Democratic
primaries were held Saturday to nomi.
nate candidates for common council
from the odd numbered wards and for
select council from wards not represent
ed because of vacancies.
One of the most spirited caucuSes of
the present year was in the Seventeenth
ward, where j. A. Lansing and c. NJ.
ZiZleman contested for the Republican
nomination for select council, ani
Luther Keller and Aria Williams, the
present incumbent sought the common
council nomination. Mr.. Lansing and
Mr.. Keller We're selected by 22l and go
votes respectively, while Mr.. Zizleman
and Mr.. Williams received 1877 and $50.
o. B. Partridge was nominated for as
SCISSOR, and district officers Were chosen
as follows:
First district-Judge of election, M. j.
Andrews; inspector. Peter l.. Mann:
register of voters, ID. II. jay; vigilance
committee, John Roll and II. j. Camp
bell
Second distriot-Judge of election, II
T.. Hand; inspector, Fred C. Hand regis
ter of voters, o. b. Partridge; vigilance
| committee, John Il. Howe and o. b.
Partridge
In the Thirteenth ward c. s. Sea-
mans received majority of thirteen
votes for the common council nominal
tion over George Krugerman and w. w.
Osmon. At the Democratic primaries
in this ward there was no opposition to
the nomination of Attorney III. b. Reyn-
olds for common council.
In the First ward THE Republicans
| nominated David II. Reese for common
| council, and Edward Fiddler for alder
man.
No Republican has yet been nominate
ed in the Eleventh ward to oppose Rob-
ert Robinson, the Democratic nominee,
to succeed himself in common council.
In the Nineteenth ward Conrad Linn
was nominated for common council
The Democratic nominee Is L. J..
Hickey, the present incumbent.
The following Democratic nomina-
| tions have been made In the Twenty
| first ward: Common council, Thomas
Norton, to succeed himself; alderman.
Thomas Kenny; Judge of election. N. j.
Murphy; inspector of election Edward
| Cawley; register, Patrick Kelly.
Second ward Democrats made the fol-
| lowing nominations in two districts:
Fifth dlstrict-Judge of elections.
James T. Riley inspector, John j. Dug
| gan; register of voters, James May.
Fourth distrlct-Judge of elections, p.
| +. Gordon; inspector, Martin Lynch;
| register of voters, James Il. O'Boyle:
| alderman, +. j. Clark.
Walter II. Davis has been nominated
| by the Republicans of the Sixteenth
ward to occupy THE seat in common
council made vacant by the resignation
of Charles Schadt Democra) the pres
| ent county treasurer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21

and head erect after day of confine-
mant i'm the office and show no signs or
w2ariness; men who fill the heart OF
the dyspeptic with envy as he contrasts
health and the joy of living with a
miserable existence.
There are many scores of just such
young men in Scranton who can truth
fully affirm that they are in large
measure products of the work of the
Young Mems Christian association.
A prominent woman, speaking OF this
work, said, Il had to give my boy cod
liver oil for a year and was afraid l
could not raise him, but two years in
the gymnasium has been the making of
him" Another mother said, My boy
never seemed to know what to do with
his hands and feet, was timid, shrink
ing and awkward, and a perfect little
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
POLICE RAISED THE ANTE.
Used II Bonfire to Boost a Valuable Lot
of Gambling Goods.

Used Bonfire to Boost Valuable Lot
of Gambling Goods.
The gambling tables and appliances
captured in the extensive police raid
of several weeks ago We're burned Sat
urday morning on the plot of ground
at the rear of the city hall. The goods
were cremated by the order of court
and We're once owned by S. Cohen and
Harry Eaton, Eli Ager and James
Morrey, Chris. Armenian and William
Dumary.
The articles burned included a table
with imbedded and inlaid roulette
wheel valued at $500, taken from the
Ager &, Morrey rooms over the Wind
sor. Altogether, several thousand dol
lard worth of faro, roulette and stud
and draw poker tables, chips, faro lay
outs and markers and cards We're de-
stroyed. County Detective Leyshon
viewd the blaze in his official capacity
as court representative. City Solici-
tor Torrey and the chief of police will
certify to court that its instructions
have been carried out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
Letter from Miss Boicc.
,litOr of Thn Trihnnn


i desire TO express my most sincere
thanks to the following members of the
board of control, and of the teachers
committee of the city of Scranton:
Messrs. Wormser, Langstaff. Devaney,
Mitchell, Mahon. Barker II. j. O'Malley
Jacobs Schrlefer and Coar for their earn
est and loyal support while principal OF
the training school, Words cannot eX.
press my deep appreciation of their 10y.
atty and sense of justice while | was as
sailed for doing that which the board had
directed to be done. | trust that my resjg.
nation may not cause them any embar.
rassment, or retard the course of educa.
tion, especially in the training depart.
ment
have tried to do my duty faithfully. II
have made mistakes, 1t Is but human To
u.s. 1t was no easy task to sever my con.
nection with the many earnest and loyal
pupils of this and other classes who have
been under my care for the past three
years, and to drop this school which or.
ganized, and from which have gone out
twenty teachers to teach the children
Very respectfully,
I,allrn /. Rnipa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
Value OF BODY BUILDING
Many Business Men Owe Their Good
Health to the Y. n. {. A.
DUTY TO EVERY0NE'S SELF
One Father Says His Best Investment
Was in Paying Ills Boys Members hip
Fec-Bctter Than Cod Liver Oil.
A Few Testimonials.

1t is an admitted fact that no or
ganiZation, business or man ever exist
ed but could be best judged by its or his
fruit. Good deeds will breed good re-
suits, and it Us equally true that cor
rupt practices will breed corruptions.
by their fruits ye shall know them
holds true not only of the lives of lndi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21

viduals, but of the work of institutions
Of all sorts, whether they are at work
for the moralzation or decentralization
of humanity.
Scranton possesses today large
number of young man, who, although
they have won no medals in athletic
contests, are winning sound business
success and exhibiting capacity Tor
long continued and severe application
to perplexing details, without injurious
effect on body or mind; men who can
walk the street with quick, elastic step
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
Manager Davis Statement.

Sir-You We're mistaken in reporting
that Cuttings appeared at this house with
the Indian Hero" company. He had been
refused professional recognition at our
door before that company arrived, and,
having obtained entrance by falsely repre-
senting that he was connected with 1t on
the day of its arrival he was forcibly
elected from the house by my direction,
and has not been inside 1t since.
Georpp H. Dayia
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21

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