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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-29
BREVITrES

George Mongene, who was injured at
h Twin shaft about three months ago,
died from his injuries last Wednesday.
The funeral look place from his late
home on South Main street yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, a large number
of Italians being in attendance. Inter-
ment was made in Market street ceme-
terry.
NJ. F. Loughney, of Browntown, who
was injured last Tuesday by being
struck with q bridge. at Wilkes Barre
while passing under on his. train, is able
to be about again.
Miss Mary Ruddy, Of Carbonate,
spent Thanksgiving with Miss Rose
Coggins, of Sebastopol.
Mrs. Connors, who was taken i'll in
front of Harter's confectionery store on
Wednesday evening, Is much improved.
Miss Celia Coleman, of Carbonate, Is
spending a few days with the Misses
OMalley, of Parsonage street.
Miss Ella Beers. of Carbondale, spent
Yesterday with Miss Nellie Boyle, of the
Wyoming Vallay Hotel.
Michael Battle. of Oregon, spent yes
terday circulating among his friends in
Duryea.
M. j. Carney spent yesterday visiting
relatives In Carbondale.
Thomas Gardner and James O'Neil. of
the nc barber shop, were in Wilkes
Barre last evening witnessing the pro-
Hall. ~
The Misses Collins and Hornine. Of
Plymouth. visited friends in this city
yesterday. $3.50 '
!~Z.--
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Offisers Ncmlhated BY Davies Post.
The william II; ,1aviss post aa, Grand Grand
mated the following officers at the post
rooms. The. election will take place in
December, and as Hon. John Kelly is
unobposed for the highest office he will
be the next commander. For the office
of senior vice commander there were
nominated: Chris Schultz and John c.
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VICTORY.


Ptttst0h DeIcntS WyOWIu8 SouIuaTy "
kingston Yostorday.
A large number of people from this
city went to Kingston yesterday to wit
ness the game of foot ball between the
Pittston and Wyoming Seminary teams.
This was the second game played be-
tween those clubs, the first being won
by the Seminary team. which Is a very
strong one Yesterday; however. the
regular team went down and didn't
ven let the Seminarians score. The
home team returned with their rooters
in the evening and celebrated tn score
OF 8 to 0 in blowing fish horns and boot
ing up until a late hour.
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P|TTST0N.

(The Pittjten office Of : the Scranton
where all advertisements, orders for Job
work and items for publication viii re-
ceive prompt attention.. once. open from
8 q. m. to ZOE. MI
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spent Thursday in town and was the
guest Of Miss Marie Atkinson.
Mrs. George w. Lake returned from
New York Wednesday evening, where
she has been spending six weeks in the
hospital.
Gus. Weinss has secured a position
as freight clerk at the Erie depot, at the
Eddy.
M. F. Dolphin. Of Moosic. was In town
Tuesday afternoon.
The concert Tuesday night at the
Standard Opera House. which vas
given by the Famous Canadian Jubilee
singers for the benefit Of the Epworth
league, netted about 1863 to the society.
which will finish paying for their piano.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-29

Hoods s~arsapsrills
the great blood pu.
riHer. The father
Of Q Philadelphia
girl writes this:
"Wsgave Hoods
6~arsaparilla to our
little girl, who had
symptoms Of hip
disease. She could
not put her foot
down on the door
va me
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Frank b. SchOonOver md NJ. E. Peck
Graduate.

Frank s. SchOonover. Of Belmont
street. and NJ. f. Peck. of Prompton. are
the first graduates from Woods Busi-
ness College in s~tenOgraphy and type
writing. 1t is understood that Mr.. Peck
has secured a position as stenographer
and private secretary with a law firm In
Riverside, California, and will leave for
that place in about ten days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-29
Hip Disease

Results from Q sc~rofulous and impure
condition Of .ne blood, and It IL cured BY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-29
FOSTER,

At the clay pigeon shoot at this place
Thanksgiving the following scores were
made out of a possible fifty:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-29

PittstOn business Directory.
FIRST-CLASS PLUMBING CALL
on wright 4 Co., 81 South Main street.
A new range for sale or exchange: also
seeond-hand household goods. bought or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
WOMEN JURISTS.

Not long since an able and Ella borate
article appeared in one OF the magazines
TO prove that women are absolutely de-
void OF the ability to Judge impartially.
This was not laid 10 their account with
any iault-fnding intent, but II was sim
cerely stated by the author that In his
opinion unbiased Judgment is psyche
logical impossibiIity for a woman. This
sweeping assertion could not but make
one wonder. We mad always admitted
that woman's intuition was in far more
readiness than her reason and we are will
ing to acknowledge that nine times out
of ten woman viii jump at the right
conclusion while man will puzzle his
head a week before reaching the very
same point by the logical route. But to
absolutely deny 10 woman the power OF
reasoning-this was bolder way of
looking at the matter than we were quite
willing to accept, We preferred rather to
think that woman could reason IL she
ch ose, but inasmuch as her intuition
saved her the frequent necessity we didn't
much blame her for so seldom taking the
trouble. But the assertion OF this writer
who denies her the ability to Judge sug-
gested to us the possibility that this
habitual trusting to her intuitiye power,
and the resulting neglect to exercise her
reason, might have begun to show itself
in the shrinking, so to speak, OF her rea-
soning faculties. Long disuse would nat
urally tend to check their growth until
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

WE have particular pleasure in quoting
rs prominently as possible the following
remarks in appreciation of our friend
Colonel ROCKWELL from wade's Fibre and
Fabric: "we have received copy OF the
first report made by ELISHA III. ROCKWELL,
Providence, X. l., factory inspector for
the State OF Rhode Island. This report
makes an octave pamphlet OF los pages
and would be valuable to any manager OF
mill. We like the tone OF Mr.. Rock
WELLS report. He seems to go about
his business in fatherly manner, teach
ing and guiding in the right direction.
Such inspectors are always welcomed at a
factory and their suggestions considered
and acted upon"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

eventually they might disappear or at
least dwindle into the insignificance OF a
rudimentary growth whose days OF useful
ness were over. still we didn't like to
accept this notion, for even with our con-
fidence i'm the intuitions OF the feminine
mind, we weren't quite ready TO consider
her devoid OF reason.
But the other day we came across an
item to the effect that the chief justice OF
Wyoming had been putting this little
judgment or no Judgment issue TO the
test by starting the fashion OF summoning
women to appear as jurors. And to show
his satisfaction with the result, we quote
his very words: 81 never in my % years.
experience in the courts of the country
have seen more faithful, intelligent and
resolutely honest jurors than the women
who have served in that capacity in my
court. =" This doesn't sound much as il
the chief justice OF Wyoming quite agreed
with the man who claims that women are
incapable of judgment, and il does seem
as If the chief justice ought to know what
he Is talking about For our part we are
quite willing to take his personal ex-
perience in the matter as a guide to the
correct conclusion.
We had long cherished in mind the
picture of Portia as kind OF embodiment
of womanly keeness of judgment and it
never struck us that there was any glar-
ing contradiction between the legal vest
ments and the fair face OF their wesrer.
SHAKEsPEARB himself makes his heroine's
perception all the clearer and her power
to weigh and adjudge all the mightier be-
cause back OF both are intuition and
affection to quicken her wit. They both
help and stimulate rather than weaken or
destroy the fineness of discrimination be-
tween justice and injustice
Move are not ready quite yet to take
sides with those who discover such startl-
Ing discrepancies between the masculine
and the feminine minds-always in favor
OF che former or course it is beyond dis
pute that woman's heart decides ques-
tions for her more often than the head
does-but that doesn't prove her utter in
ability to use her head by any means. It
simply proves what is very fortunate
thing for this world, that the woman is
almost unfailingly generous before she is
Just.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

another led into the bathroom. On the
first floor In Holmes offices there We're
vaults capable OF being made alright, and
built around SO that no sound could ever
be heard from them. Then there were
rooms with no means OF ventilation ex-
cept the door. When that was closed no
air could get in.
II was In the cellar that the police made
their greatest discoveries. The first day
the laborers worked there was an explo-
sion OF gas. Theyshad discovered a tank
in one corner OF the place. Strange odors
came from it, IL was dark in the cellar,
and one OF the men struck match. The
explosion followed. The nature OF the
gas was not discovered, for the explosion
consumed IL all. Another tank, 14x16 feet,
was found. IL was made OF sheet iron,
and was entirely covered by the cellar
floor. There was no appar ent entrance.
In the bottom were found some bones,
which were believed to be those OF human
beings In an ash pile near by were
found pieces OF linen that were blood
stained. There was also fire box
or furnace I'm the basement II was built
with sheet iron seven-eights OF an inch
thick. Underneath was another crate In
tended to hold the fire. The top OF the
furnace was two feet six inches above the
top CRATE. There was an iron fiue from
the furnace which led 10 a tank. There
Was no OintT tnlIhntt 10 tnt ldnk. Ailo-
gether II was most peculiar arrange
ment, and nobody could guess what IL
was for. At the bottom OF vault was
white fiuid which gave forth an overpow-
ering odor. In hole in the middle OF
the cellar more bones were found. In
pile of debris was letter written by
Holmes to a druggist. In it, 1t Is said,
was this significant inquiry:
"Do you ever see anything OF the
ghosts of the Williams girls, and do they
trouble you much, now?"
In another part of the cellar, buried
four feet under the surface, pile OF
bones were found. They have been de-
clared by physicians TO be the bones OF a
child between six and eight years of age.
There wee IL ribs. part of spinal
column, md a collar bone and a hip
bone. In ano her hole, near this one,
were two brlok vaults, in each OF which
was a quantity OF quicklime. In a stove
was found gold watch chain which has
been identified as one worn by Miss
Williams. In another place a bunch of
human hair, evidently woman's, was
found.
or arrangements for getting rid of
bodies or anything else that needed To be
disposed of there was no end in this
building. Holmes friends called the
mysterious, arrangements gas generators,
gas melting machines. and the like.
Perhaps they were. Holmes swindled
people with alleged patent rights in
machines for these purposes. These may
never have been used for any other than
swindling purposes. Then again they
may.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
New York Tribune.

For the last 10 years William n. English has
been engaged In writing history OF Indiana.
A man who has recently visited him says
that he has travelled extensively through Nir-
ginia, Kentucky, Indiana and "Old North
west" in search of historical documents aud
has made an immensely valuable collection.
He has n den on the second floor OF the
English Block Indianapolis. where he does his
writing and where there ~ big nrcproof
vault for his valuable Documents. Ho veri-
nes every single statement made in his his.
tory, and Is as lavish in his expenditure Of
money as ne Is OF time. 10 is SAID that he fre-
quently has Ave or six assistants aiding him,
and that he has expended fully SO, 900 In buy.
ing historical documents. Mr.. English lacks
a few weeks of being J8 years old, but Is still
able TO perform a great deal OF work, and Is
as enthusiastic over his history OF Indiana as
a schoolboy would be over n new ball. tie il
worth between eAOJO,O0O and S5, 600 90, and is
said 20 be the largest individual owner OF real
estate in the State OF Indiana. He is an i'm
innate friend and adviser OF Governor Glade
Matthews Of Indiana, and favors him as the
next Democratic candidate for President.
Despite their difference in politics he and
ex.Presdent Harrison are warm personal
friends. and whom Mr.. Harrison was in power
IN Washington ho materially aided the vener-
able historian In collecting data Obtainable
through the State Department.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
HOLMES MYSTERIOUS CASTLE.

In the story OF Holmes and his crimes
there is nothing more interesting than
the description of his castle, where he is
accused OF having provided all sorts of
devices for disposing of his victims. The
castle sat lOl Sixty-tbird street, Chicago
sit was built say the Chicago police
"with the sole idea of convenience for
the commission OF crime Holmes built
II himself He selected the workmen.
They were men whom he could trust
But, besides this, he did not let any OF
them work long enough on the building
to become acquainted with all the ins
and outs OF the place. Pietzel was one of
the very few men he trusted. Pietzel aided
him in the erection of the building.
Until the Chicago police began their in
vestigation of the place two weeks ago,
Holmes and Pat Quinlan were the only
men alive who knew anything to speak of
about the interior OF the place.
The building Is three stories high. The
style of architecture suggests the name,
the Castle. In the main II was built with
the idea of renting IL out as fats and for
business purposes. Ii was in Holmes
apartments and in the basement that the
secrets were found. The rooms used as
offices by Holmes were In the front OF the
building. Both rooms were on the second
floor, just in the rear OF the Offices. From
Holmes own bathroom there was secret
stairway leading TO the street and also to
the basement. The entrance to IL was
through trap door i'm the floor OF the
bathroom. This door was concealed by
rug. There was a chute running from
the roof TO the cellar, with an entrance
in the bathroom through the trap door.
and there was a blind wall between the
secret stairway and the chute. ON the
third fioor % the building there were also
trap doors. One led into n room which
was used as laboratory of the drug store.
which was on the level with the street, aud
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
H. W. LADD co.
Just bought for
special Midsummer Sale
New Muslin
Underwear :!

Choice, fresh, new but at the prices OF
earlier season, tumbled-over stock.
FOR ONE DOLLAR
We have a lovely Umbrella Skirt, full
size, with cambric ruille and Ham
burg edge. And only s1.O0.
FOR ONE AND A QUARTER
We have an Umbrella Skirt, full size,
with lawn ruf.ie and Hamburg edge.
And only S1.25.
And there are finer qualities and extra
widths, with lawn or cambric, Hamburg
and lace, from q TO s5-and every one of
them is as phenomenal a bargain as the
two described. These new skirts are pos
itively Incompatible at the prices
marked.
MUSLIN DRAWERS. S..................25c 25c.
Best quality muslin, deep hem and
cluster tucks. And only 25c.
MUSLIN DRAWERS. ..39c.
The same quality muslin as foregoing,
but with cluster tucks and Hamburg
ruffie. And only 39c.
GOWNS fOh. ............ .Toc.
Good quality muslin, cluster tucks,
with feather stitching. And only Toe.
EMPIRE GOWN FOR. 81. 90
OF Cambria, Hamburg inserted, light
and dainty gown that is perfect sur
prise at the price, sl.O0
EMPIRE GOWN FOR. 81. %
A beautiful Gown, the same that is
sold in Boston for II. 75-not TO be Sc
cured anyhere at LADD'S low price.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
New York Times.

An Indian lad who was recently graduated
from the Carlisle. Penn, Indian School,
pected 10 come home and go 10 the dogs, but
j have kept my promise with captain and
bracod mp liko "A man, faced all the tempta.
tions and resisted all. am now working in a
large store as bookkeeper and assistant post
master! When 1 made up my mind TO be a
man made II up for good-'to quit you like
a man all my wickedness and vice and stand
the contest OF the battle Of life alone, and win
II II there was the least chance OF IT. / only
wish could come back there once more TO
make the place . short visit and may some
day. bad 10 pay my own way 20 Carlisle
and back out of my own pocket, and don't
regret IL "A bit, either"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
SUMNER days have come again.

THE Providence morning newspaper
kicks with a fine display OF public sen IL
ment about the trolley control OF the
streets OF Providence, but is enthusiastic
over the prospect OF the Consolidated
control Of all New England. Whether
you like monopoly or whether you don't,
depends usually on something other than
general principles.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
Some Autograph Letters.
Boston Herald.

There was an interesting sale of autograph
letters in London few weeks ago, AT which
q letter from Queen Elizabeth TO tho Duo de
Bouillon, 1881, went for sl45. an original poem
by Thomas sChatterton-perhsps one OF those
we have seen scattered about the stage by
Wilson Barrett in his "Chatterton" playl =
entirely in the authors writing, and en-
titled, 1.-THE Death of Sir Charles Bawdin, -
that brought tho sum Of S2S5l There were
several autograph manuscripts of music by
Beethoven. Mozart. Schubert and Chopin that
went high, but two manuscript songs by
Mendlessohn, one of them never published,
were obtained for $50. Probably this 'unpub-
lished song" by Mendlessohn was a cast aside
anc only interesting for being in the hand.
writing Of the composer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

COUNCILMAN CLARKE wants 10 know
what legislation is necessary for the pre-
vention OF robberies within the city
limits. We should suggest enough police
men to properly cover the beats, although
the supplying OF an automatic COLEMAN
burglar-proof axe TO every householder
would not BE- bad idea.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
THE BODIES FOUND AT TORONTO.

The story OF the finding OF the bodies
OF the children by Detective Geyer of the
Philadelphia police force must be fresh in
the memory. IL was on July 15
The insurance company. believing Holmes
to have murdered the children, sent Geyer
TO Toronto. Geyer found the house, and
i'm the cellar, in a soft spot I'm one corner.
he found the bodies buried. The child.
rem had been asphyxiated. II il believed
they were smothered i'm the trunk that
was brought TO the house with the mat
tress and bed. The trunk was Just large
enough TO hold the bodies Of the two
children. To get them in il. the officials
say, Holmes probably played hide-and.
seek with them, induced them TO hide i'm
the trunk. shut down the lid and then
filed the trunk full Of gas by means OF
a rubber tube inserted through a hole i'm
the front OF the trunk and about i'm the
center. There can be no doubt that the
bodies OF the childrel found in the To-
ronto house are those OF the two Pietzel
girls: for besides pieces OF cloth similar
TO that I'm the dresses they wore there
was a very odd little toy which was
known TO have been in the trunk when IL
left indianapolis. This was an egg.
When II was pressed a little snake curled
out OF IL. This toy was found I'm the
Toronto house. Holmes always told Mrs.
Piet ,el that the children had gone to ioin
their father. In relating this story to The
sun repo rter the other day Philadelphia
official raid;
ayes, tssy had gone To ioiNthcir father
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

FITzsIMMoNs has defeated CoRBErT, but
1t was JOHN CoRBETT and the contest
was horseshoe making. The pugilist,
who is an ex-blacksmith, forged 30 horse
shoes in "a minutes. That is said to be a
record breaker.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

THERE are two girls in New York who
know more than they did. They tried a
freckle cure that was guaranteed to re-
move their freckles. Whether it did or
not they viii know when the doctors re-
move the bandages about their heads.
The freclSle cure removed most OF the
front of their faces at any rate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
MURDER OF THE WILLIAMS GIRLS.

The Chicago police believe that one Of
the skeletons they have found is the
skeleton of Minnie Williams. They have
no evidence OF 1t, except that Holmes
articulator got body OF woman about
the time that Minnie Williams disap-
peared. The theory of the disappearance
OF the Williams girls is this: Minnie had
$40, 900 which Holmes wanted. III Minnie
died the property would, of course, go
to Mana. So il was necessary to get
Mana out OF the way before Minnie was
disposed of, and the police believe that
Holmes induced Minnie to send for Mana
so that he might kill her. 1t Is certain
that Holmes got the property. The ap-
pearance OF Quinlan, pietz and himself
in Fort Worth with the deed is sufficient
proof of that. The sisters were not
missed until long time after they had
disappeared. Their friends in Fort Worth
supposed they were in Chicago. The
people in the castle in Chicago supposed
they had gone home or the way OF
Holmes other employees. Suspicion was
first aroused when Pietzel, under the
name of Lyman, sold a small strip OF the
property in Fort Worth to business man
there. The purchaser wrote to Henry
Webb, county clerk CT Cook county,
asking IL III. III. Holmes, before whom
the original deed from Minnie Williams
was acknowledged, was duly qualified
officer. The reply was that there was no
such notary public as II. II. Holmes in
Chicago, and IL the clerks signature had
been attached to the paper ii was a
forgery. Diligent search was next made
by the friends of the girls. They found
that Holmes had lived with Minnie Will
liams and that they were known as Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Gordon; that Minnie
Williams was last seen i'm july and there
was absolutely no trace of her to be
found anywhere.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

ENGLAND has been informed that Am
bassador BAYARD is President CLEvE-
LANDS candidate for the presidential
nomination at the hands of the next
Democratic National Convention. We had
thought II was President CLEvEI AND who
was the Presidents sole choice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

THE bicycle tax imposed in France has
put sao0, 900 into the government treasury
Here's a suggestion for the CLEVELAND
administration.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

AS was suspected, the soldiers having
arrived on the scene of the Bannock
"war" find that the only massacre was
the shooting down, probably unnecessar-
lily, of some Of the Indians.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06

SENATOR HILL seems to have subsided
with . dull thud since Commissioner
ROOSEVELT INDUCED in those few re-
marks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-06
Great Wealth Involved.

SAN Francisco, Cal, Aug. G-United
States Judges Mckinney and Morrow
have fixed the date for the hearing OF
the appeal In the Stanford case for Bsp-
tember 10. The appeal is on the csmurrer
OF the Stanford estate TO the suit Of the
United States in its action for sl5,-
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