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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
FIREMEN AT READING.
Parades. Drills, Banquets. Balls and Ex.
cursiOns VIII Bc Among the Features Of
the Meeting OF the State Association.

Reading, Pa. Sept. 29-This city will
be the Mecca of the firemen of Pennsyl-
vania this week. The State association
will assemble here on Tuesday and con-
tinue in session until Friday. 1t is ex-
pected to be the largest gathering of
fire fighters ever assembled in the Key
stone commonwealth and many inter-
esting events will take place duying
the stay of the visitors.
About 125 fire companies will march
in the big parade on Thursday.
The State Firemen's association will
convene in the Grand Opera house on
Tuesday at p. m. Addresses of well
come will be made by Mayor Shanna-
han and Charles NJ. Plank, president
Of the Firemen's union. The response
will be by George w. Brooks, of Coates
vile, president of the state association.
On Tuesday evening there will be n
banquet in Maennerchor hall, and
about 800 guests will be present.
ON Wednesday there will be regular
business sessions of the association
convention. The New York City Life
Saving corps will give an exhibition of
how lives are saved in case of fire.
This will occur in Penn Square.
"Wednesday afternoon there will be a
pleasure trip by trolley to the noun
tains and a hop will close the night' $
proceedings.
On Thursday the parade viii take
place. 1t will he in twelve divisions,
each being headed by a local company.
On Friday there will be hose carriage
races, hook and ladder races, hand en-
gine contests and an exhibition of the
Pompier Life Saving corps of New
York. AT . p. m. there will be prize
1,.;1 t,, Do Dali,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
WAR OVER A CORPSE.
Catholics and the 4. p. 4. Threaten to
Spill Blood Peculiar State of Affairs at

Pana, Ills, Sept. 29-Walter Lyford,
aged - years. was caught under Il
cable car in Springside Coal company's
mine yesterday morning and internally
injured He died yesterday afternoon.
Before he died Rev. Father Wiegand
called at the house and was admitted
Passing his hands over the body of
young Lyford. he said prayer.
Ed. S. Lyford, father of the boy, OBJ
jected to the proceedings and ordered
Father Wiegand out of the house. The
priest left and informed Catholics of
the action of Lyford. Some of the Cath
olics were greatly excited over the
treatment given to their priest and
say, as the dead boy Is a member of
the Catholic faith. they Will take his
body and see that he Is decently buried
in accordance with the rules of the
faith.
Lyford's father. who Is member of
the American Protective association.
called on that order for assistance, and
twenty-five members responded The
American Protective association has
charge of the body and declare they
will stand their guard and If any at
tempt Is made to take 1t blood will
follow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30

ted the deed In the cellar of his fathers
residence. at 66 North Clinton avenue.
and his body was found by Il servant
several hours later. 1T was lying on
u wood Pile with the razor beside it,
WollinS was Al years of age and n
bachelor. He had been drinking heav-
ily and 1t is believed, in Il fit of re-
morse, ended his life. He was prom
inent in club life and well educated
At twenty he was admitted to the bar.
and later had connection with the law
firm of Gilchrist McCtill and Gilmour,
of Jersey City, of which firm Chancel-
lor McGill was n member. yelling,
however, gave up the practice of law
ana for several years past was Il travel
ing salesman for Whitehead Brothers,
rubber manufacture of this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30

POI Willow street, where she had lain
dead for three days or more, the de-
composed body of Mrs. Margaret
Lamb was found by the police today.
Mrs. Lamb, who was over 60 years Ord,
made living by peddling apples and
small notions through the streets.
Today the lodging house mistress no.
ticed Il peculiar smell which had been
growing more and more disagreeable
for several days past. She went up to
Mrs. Lambs loom and failed to gain
admission. She called policeman,
who burst open the door. The old wo-
man was found kneeling in bed with
her face buried in pillow. Her death
was probably due to drink.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
SAD RESULTS MAY FOLLOW.
The Criminal Docs Not Always suffer tho
Most for His Crime.

John Mahon. a young married man.
formerly of this city, now 4 citizen Of
New York. came here a couple of weeks
ago in company with his wife and two
children to attend the funeral of n
relative. Last Thursday the wife and
children went home, the husband prom
ising to be with them today.
But he won't be. Saturday night he
got drunk. and arriving at his fathers
home on Providence road and finding
1t barred against him, broke in a WIN
dow and whipped his aged father for
not letting him in. lieutenant SPELL
man arrested him. and yesterday MORN
ing he was given thirty days in the
county Jail by Alderman Millar
nIahon was much worried last night
In the station house over his family.
who. he says, will be left destitute In
New York If they are left without a
provider for whole month.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
FATE OF FRANK LEM.
The Bicycle Riders Body Found in 9
Stream

Phts'burg. Pa. Sept. 29-Frank Lenz.
the bicycle rider, was killed beyond
doubt by the Kurds in Tchelkain, Ar
menia, In May 49, 1894. "A sworn affi-
davit made by Ehozer Semsinan was
received by the executors of Lenz in
this city yesterday. The affidavit was
taken at Erzeroum, Armenia. by the
British consul. Semsinan started to
search for Lenz and located parts of
his bicycle near Tchelkain.
He also learned body was found in
stream near that place which was un-
doubtedly that of the unfortunate rider.
LEM stopped in this village one night
and was never again seen alive. The
natives thought his wheel was of sill
yer and murdered him and broke 1t up
and divided the different parts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
LONG ISLAND WRECK.
Big Smash Up at ROckaway Bcach-OnIy
One Passenger Is Seriously Injured,

New York. Sept. ga train of four
cars on the Long Island railroad was
wrecked this afternoon at the Sea Side
station at ROckaway Beach.
As the train approached the Sea Side
station the engine was uncoupled and
sldetracked to take wader, and the train
was allowed to run into the station
without the locomotive. The brake
men could not control the train and the
forward car crashed into the bumper
at the end of the track. The car was
filled with passengers who were badly
shaken up.
The only person susta ming serious
injuries was William K,ng, q. years
Old of Green Point. vino will probably
die.
The smoker was badly damaged. and
It Is a wonder that many other persons
were not injured or killed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
IGNORANCE NOT BLISS.
Country Lads Come to Grief for Nutting
on City Preserves.

George Jones and VIII Ridgeway. two
boys from Lake Ariel, came to town
yesterday With relatives. and in the af-
terncon their rus.iic Instincts led them
to Nay Aug Park. where their in
stincts further prompted them to go
a'nutting in the municipal preserves.
Park Policeman McMannamon came
upon the lads in the act of despoiling a
rare specimen of a castanea vesca.
They Wrought they We're only knock ing
down a few chestnltts, but the officer
convinced Them of their mistake and
the errors of their way, and then locked
them up i'm the station house. where
they were compelled to remain over
night.
A man named Peter Crispi was fined
$50 Saturday for hunting in the park
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
RIOT ON A TROLLEY CAR.
llOggish Smoker Is the Cause of n
Lively Fight.

Columbia, Pa, Sept. pa riot oc-
Cured last night on a trolley car at
Shis place, and today Frank Koehler.
Harry Ditzler. Albert Robe and John
Dale were arrested for rioting. Other
arrests will follow. The trouble was
caused by an attempt of Conductor
Harry Rohrer to eject from the car a
man who insisted upon smoking. He
was one of a score of Lancaster men
who were returning home from party,
his assistance.
Motorman John Denlinger and an
other carman, Thomas mcfarland,
went to Rohrer's aid. and a number of
persons We're hurt In the riot which
followed. One of the rioters had his
nose broken
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
WANT THEM TO MOVE.
Ncighbors Complain Of DisordcrIy
House and II Is Raidcd.

lieutenant Davis, with Patrolmen
Reese Jones. Tom Jones. I. +. Jones
and Thomas Lowry made a descent on
a disorderly house at the corner of Mul-
berry street and Raymond court In the
rear of the Lalckawanna hospital early
yesterday morning. and captured six
Of the occupants. three men and three
women The raid was made at the in
stance of complaining neighbors.
In police court yesterday morning
Alderman Milar fined the proprietress.
Nettie Stevens. $50. and the Others $40
apiece which all paid.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
Did Not Roast the Goycrror

Austin, Tex. Sept. 2a-Mrs. Charles A.
CulbersOn returned this morning from
Chicago and denies an Interview sent out
from there Friday by the Chicago Asso-
Gated Press, IN which sha Is made to give
her husband. the governor, roasting for
his antasOnsm to the prize fight. She
says there was no possible foundation for
the alleged interview.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
ITALIAN STABBING AFFRAY.
Usual Sunday Scnrcc In DunmOrc. but
No Lives Lost.

Sport Hill Italians engaged in one
of their usual Sunday seanccs yester-
day and as a result one of them Is nurs-
ing couple of knife wounds and an
other IL in the county Jail.
The crowd had been drinking all
night and continued their orgies until
far in the day. Toward noon two of the
number. Salvano Pregniso and Antonio
Tasalo, became embroiled in a quarrel
and the result was that Tasalo received
two thrusts of stilletto in the side.
Neither was serious enough to be
deemed fatal.
Pregniso was arrested and given a
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Scott, who sent him to the county Jail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
TO KILL PRIME MINISTER.
Police Discover n Plot to Murder the
Marquis Ito. OF japan.

London, Sept. ga despatch from
Yokohama says that the report that an
attempt had been made upon the life
Of Marquis Ito. prime minister of Japan
was erroneous No attempt was ac-
tually made, but the police discovered
a conspiracy to murder the prime min
lister on the night of Sept q.
Documents We're found which fmpli-
Gated in the plot the man whose ar
rest was mentioned yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
Convention OF Christian Work crs.

New Haven, Conn. Sept. 29-The ninth
annual convention of Christian workers
in the United States and Canada viii be
held IN this city for eight days beginn ng
Thursday, Nov T. The general plan OF
the convention Is the consideration Of
Christian work among classes not reached
by the ordinary MN strations of the
church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
Monument to CarnOt.

Paris, Sept. 29.-The monument to the
late President Carnot at Founta'nbleau
was inaugurated today. President Faure
attended the ceremony. Afterward NJ.
Carnot's three sons and his son-in-law
lunched with the president. The widow
of NJ. Carnot was not present.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY,
Interesting Services In ST. AIMS Roman
Catholic Church,

Philadelphia, Sept 29.-The Roman
Catholic church of st. AIMS, on Le-
high avenue. was crowded today at the
celebration Of the golden anniversary
Of the laying Of the corner stone In
1845. The scene about the altar where
were seated Archbishop Ryan, of Phil
adelphia; Bishop Horstman. of Cleve-
land, and numerous priests from this
and other diOceses, together with fifty
robed altar boys. was imposing in the
extreme.
Bishop McGovern, of Harrisburg. was
the celebrant Of the mass, with q mum.
Der of assistants. The sermon was
preached by BshOp HOrstman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
SUICIDE OF A CLUB MAN.

Charles Leroy yelling CUTS Ills Thront
with Razor.
Trenton, Sept. 49,. fCharles Leroy
yelling, son of LewisS. Welling. a re.
tired rubber manufad urer, committed
suicide early this mi ming by cutting
his throat with I'd \pr. H. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
Planning Mill Rurncd.

West Chester. Pa, Sept 29-S. C..
Blacks planning mill was burned here to-
day, causing n loss of $S,OOO A dozen
houses caught fire from the intense heat,
but none was entirely destroyed. Dwell
.ngs a square away caught from the
sparks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
SAILBOAT DANGERS.

Three sailors Drowned In the Harlem and
North Rivers
New York. sept. 29.-Two boys WILL
lam Stanfort, aged H. and Dairy Stan
fort, aged . years old brothers. were
drowned today In the North river by
the capslz!ng of a sailbUat.
A caltboat, In which Samuel Haupt-
man. aged 20 years, was sailing on the
Harlem river, also sapsized and Haupt-
man was drowned.
None of the bodies were recovered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
POpc's Reception.

Rome, Sept. 29.-The pope held a brill
liant reception today as an Offset to the
national fetes. There was p very large
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
DIED KNEELING IN BED.

Melancholy Departure Of o FriendIcss
Apple Woman. r
Philadelphia, Sept. 22.-1n a small
on the fourth floor Of the lodging houal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
steamer humboldt Wrecked.

Eureka, Cal, Sept. 29.-The steamer
Gorda and Is a total wreck. All on board
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
FIN LIE s
Fall
And Winter
Underwear.

THE REPUTATION OF THIS
DEPARTMENT. OF OUR BUSI.
MESS IS TOO rs ..i.L KNOWN TO
NEED ANY C. M MEiNTS.
The stock this season Is larger
than ever before and Of greater va
riety, comprising very full lines II
Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Chill
drens Vests, Pants and Union
Suits. We call special attention TO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania, showers in
sess 9: ss: s:ssI e22'I2 II1Xi3 RI fs;r wea.n-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30

London. Sent: 2s.--Lord IAmIngton ha
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
.(5ET in
()UT OF
A TH[lE WET
when it rains. under a good um'
You Never Had
A Better Chance

to secure one at rock-bottom bar
gain figures than now. Ii doesn't
pay to run chances on getting Il
wetting, no matter how YOU look at
it,, 1T may affect your health or 1t
may AFFECT your pocket-book.
Either way it's but poor economy
to be without a reliable umbrella.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
Tack This Fact ON
Ito Your Memory

and the first day you're down
town. drop in and see what We can
do for you in this line. II must be
at an early date, however, If you
want to participate in our special
bargain prices. for
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
Mem s
Umbrellas

It may seem funny. as possibly
you haven't thought of It before. A
man shows q lot Of character in the
umbrella he carries. We never for
get this In selecting sticks. covers
and styles Of trimming. Our stock
is the strongest witness to this fact.
Supposing you give us a look while
the special sale tickets are on?
Quarters and half dollars Topped or
prices make a difference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
The Stuttgarter
Sanitary Wool Underwear

(of which we are sole agents in
Scrantom the excellence Of which
Is unquestionable. Owing to the
reduced tariff these goods are lower
in price than ever before, whiLe the
quality Is much improved. We
note q few
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-28
HAS GOLD RIsENq
Facts Which Belle the Bogy Talk of
Silveritcs.

Facts Which Beile the BOgy Talk OF
Silveritcs.
1t is singular fact that the method
of showing that the general level of
prices has greatly fallen, and that there
fore the gold dollar has risen, is to take
the statistics of prices in great centers
us a final basis. Wheat is cheaper in
London in 1895 than it was in 1876
much cheaper; so is cotton; so is corn
the three great staples. Therefore, say
our friends, gold has risen, and the
debtor, the farmer and the producer are
robbed! This, with little bogy talk
about shylocks, England and Wall
street, is all there is of their argument.
Now, if we ask what the Ohio farmer
received fifty years ago for his wheat
and corn, we come upon the fact-which
must be disagreeable one for the
cheap-money men-that he did not get
as much then as he does to-day. No
books of statistics take any account CT
the prices obtained by the Ohio farmer
in 1s4s; and our statistical friends, over
! looking Tor remembering to forget")
the difference in transportation and
other conditions then and now, con-
veniently assume that because wheat
was higher in London in 1915 than now,
| the Ohio farmer must have been roll
| ing in wealth. In the '40s the Ohio
farmer seldom got 20 cents bushel for
his corn, and frequently burned it up;
and men still living can remember how,
in those glorious bimetallic days, the
farmer got but rs cents bushel for his
wheat. In those times the western
farmer lived chiefly by consuming bis
own products, buying almost nothing.
| 1t is too clear for argument or dispute
| that it has been railroads, telegraphs,
| produce exchanges and such like means
of facilitating exchange, and not gold
or silver, that have caused the fall of the
great staples in commercial centers-a
fact easily verifiable by any western
nan who will consult the Oldest resi-
| dents of his town.-Charles s. Ashley
| IN Popular Science Monthly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-28
The .Part,nr stone.v

Among the old landmarks yet re-
manning in the Roxbury district, one
of the most interesting is large stone
at the corner of Center and Roxbury
streets, known as the Parting Stone"
On its northerly side it directs to Cam
bridge and Watertown, and on its
southerly side to Dedham and Rhode
Island. The front inscription is as fol-
lows: 1.-THE Parting Stone, 1744, p. Dud-
ley" 1t is said that Lord Peary's SOL
diers read its inscription as they passed
it by on their way to Lexington one hot
April forenoon, and it has afforded in
formation to the tired wayfarers for
many year. This is durable and Wis.,
ible memorial of a man whose benefac-
tions to the church, to the school and
to the town of Roxbury were frequent,
and were gratefully acknowledged
Boston Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-28
WHO Ace THE pEsToRs7
Indications of the Dishonesty OF ires
Silver Hooters.

Indications OF tho Olsnonosey
silver Hooters.
The advocate of the free coinagezof
silver seeks popular support OF his loea
on the ground that the large increase Oh
money. and cheap money at TINT, would
he of direct benefit to the large army OF
comparatively poor men who come ui-
der the class of debtors, because they
commonly are borrowers in small
way. Indeed, the greatest strength
which the free silver craze has secured
has come from the mistaken notioh
that free coinage would improve the
condition of the poor man.
This view is contradicted by Prof.
Farnham in an article in the Yale Re-
view. At the outset he asks: "Who are
the debtors? Who would be most bene-
flied by being given 50-cent dollar TO
nav debts with?" He then points out
that the railroads are among the great
est debtors, their mortgages five years
ago footing up to the enormous total OF
So Jos, 902 600. Probably 60 per cent OF
this Indebtedness is payable in gold,
| and in order to meet it under free silver
an advance in rates would be necessary.
So the western farmers with small
debts would find themselves worse on
than now, even if permitted to square
their accounts with 50-cent dollars.
And all corporations are great Dor
rowers. Steamship, telegraph, tele-
phone, gas, street car and other COM
panies are heavy debtors, and their
profits from half-price dollar would
be many times that of the small bor-
rover. The banks owe their patrons
sums reaching into the billions, and
free silver would enable them to meet
these obligations by the payment OF so
cents on the dollar. Many depositors,
especially in the savings banks, are
poor people, and so per cent. shrink
age in their small surplus would be
burdensome, if not directly conducive
to suffering.
These points are sufficient to show
that the dishonest purpose OF the free
silver men would work great hardship
to lust the classes its promoters affect
to believe it would benefit. Here and
there some debt-burdened individual
would profit by tn cheap dollar, but fol
every one thus assisted there would bt
dozen who would suffer. The corpo
rations are the big borrowers, and t.
them would come the big profits from
the depreciation of the currency in
yolved in the free and unlimited coinage
of silyer.-Troy Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-12-28
FILINGS AT FREE SILVER.

There is less free silver talk
at the present time than has been known
for many years, and what there's OF It
is very low-spirited.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
..A horoscope of the situation leads
TO the belief that if a flag has to be erect
ed under the Illinois law over that finan-
cial school of Mr.. Coin it will be runup
by the auctioneer.-St. Louis Republic.
I'VE call the attention of our free
silver friends to the fact that there is a
large assortment of free thinkers In
New York just now. What is really
needed by thepcople who are clamoring
Tor silver is thinkers.-Louisyil;e Cour-
ier-Journal.