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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
WORKING FOR FRANK BEZEK.
DISPOSITIONS Taken Before Commissioner
GcOrcc Peck in Court Room No. 2.

DISPOSITIONS Takcn before Commissioner
George Peck In Court Room No. 2.
Dispositions were taken yesterday In
court room No. which will be present
ed to the board Of pardons in behalf of
Murderer Frank Beck. The witnesses
We're sworn before Attorney George S.
Peck notary public. Attorney George
$. Horn appeared for the condemned
mans side Of the case. and the COM
monwealth was represented by Attor-
ney John p. Kelly, who was district at
torney when the case was tried, and
District Attorney John II. Jones.
Attorney George NJ. Watson was
sworn and he deposed that the Beck
trial opened on Monday. Dec. 3. Only
three days prior to that he was assigned
as one of the defendants counsel by
the court. and that the first talk he had
with Beck was on the morning of the
trial. n continuance was asked, but
refused.
Spoke the Krauish Dialect.
Beck spoke the Kranish dialect of
the Hungarian language. and 1t was
almost impossible to find any person
who could interpret it. Finally two in
terpreters had to be employed; one who
sifted the kranlsh vernacular into Ger
man. and the other who interpreted
the German into English. Mr.. Watson
alleges that this difficulty resulted in
not getting the evidence correctly in
tepreted.
The deponent further said that Anton
Bourshnack and Fred Morganreider
called at his office on March 16 last,
after the case had been argued before
the Supreme court and he reduced to
writing a statement made to him, In
which the syllabus of what they said
was that Mrs. Josephine Kramer admit
ted to them that she perjured herself
in swearing that Beck pointed the re-
volver at her sister and deliberately
fired 1t. She told them that Beck did
not point the revolver at her sister, but
at himself, intending to commit sui
eide when refused Mary's hand in
marriage; and that when Mary saw his
motive she ran and grasped the revol-
yer and got shot in the head. The
shooting was not done. she said to
them. in the manner she indicated in
court, but during Struggle where she
tried to wrest the revolver from him.
He had pointed 1t at his chin when she
made the attempt to prevent him and
lost her own life.
The Other Witnesses.
Mrs. Josephine Opeka, Of Forest City;
Joseph Petrochius, a cousin of Beck
Lewis Zoval, and Fred Morganreider
were the other witnesses. The latter
corroborated Mr. Watson in reference
to what Mrs. Kramer said about her
perjuring herself. Petrochius said that
Bourshnack told him that he heard
Beck say that If Mary Kerzik mar
ried Bourshnack, he Bezek) would kill
himself.
Mrs. Kramer and Mr.. Bourshnack
have gone. and their views were not, of
course, expressed. c. I. Berger Of Oily
phant, acted as interpreter. The hear
ing will be resumed next Wednesday.
The depositlons will be presented to the
board of pardons, which, according to
the rules. should meet on July 16. II
the board does not then meet, the gov
ernor will be appealed to, to grant q
respite until the case can be brought
before the board in September.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
A New Enterprise,


Mr.. II. D. Swartz. the well.known lum-
herman wing-shot, has opened up a store
at 223 Spruce street, where he will carry a
full line of guns, rifles. revolvers. sporting
goods, ammunition OF all kinds, clay
pigeon traps, live pigeon traps, targets
and hand loaded shot gun shells. Mr.
Swartz intends to make a speciality Of
hand loaded shells and will guarantee
every one of them to be perfect
In ordering shells loaded, whether by
mail or by telephone, please state how you
want them loaded or give him the name or
make Of gun and gauge and what kind Of
game you want 10 use them for and he will
guarantee the shells to be all right. In
connection with his store Mr.. Swartz will
have a repair shop, which will be under
the management of Mr.. F. A. Tisdale, a
man with several years experience in re-
pairing and making guns, bicycles and all
kinds of difficult work. Mr.. Swartz has
taken the agency for the new L. c. Smith
gun, which is one Of the finest made guns
on the market. These guns can now be
seen at his store.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

Gus consideration II they were signed.
They contain complaints against police
officers and heads OF departments.
against disorderly houses and unli-
censed grogshops: some are abbreviat-
ed curtain lectures for the mayor him
self and others are Of the very varied
character which generally emanate
from a cranky Uranium. They one and
all find their way into the waste basket.
and the mayor uses every effort to pre-
vent himself from being in anyway in
fiuenced by their contents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
TO THE LAKE TUESDAY.

Excursion OF Division No. I. Ancient Or.
der Of IIibernians.
Among the biggest events in this sea-
sons pleasure calendar is the excur-
sion Of Division No. /, Ancient Order
of Hibernians, to Lake Ariel next Tues
day. July 9. A tug Of war, games and
foot races will make the day interest
ing.
Delegations from all the other An
Client Order organizations Of the county
will accompany the excursion: and in
order to give the people of the West
Side an opportunity to go, too. the
mines of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western company will be idle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
WILLING TO WORK.
From Harper's.

From Harper's.
He was an unkempt-looking fellow, and
he stopped at the suburban residence and
asked for employment. It was spring and
the lady OF the house was herself superin-
tending the transplanting of the plants
The door of the greenhouse was open.
Are you a gardener" asked the wo-
man.
"Ain't had much experience"
"Can you plant these bushes?"
"rd hate to risk spoilin' 'em ma'am."
'"Then what can you do?''
"Well, ma'am, II you'd give me one O.
your husbands cigars" he replied, medl-
tatively, "fll set In the greenhouse an
smoke out the insects that's eatin' up the
leaves o. them rosebushes."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
Florence Mission Return. Thank,.

The managers of the Florence Crit
tenton mission thank their friends for
donations In June as follows: Mrs. J.
w. Howarth, Mrs. Ella Manness. Mrs.
Zeldler. Mrs. Pascoe, Mrs. w. F. Hail.
stead, Mrs. e. c. Fuller, Mrs. Simon
Rice, Miss A. X. sanderson, Miss Mary
Hastle, F. M. Aylsworth, John Arm
brust, Charles Schadt, Conrad Milk
company. Showers Packing company,
w. H. Pierce. F. p. Price, T. T.. Carr &
Son, HuhtingtoHs bakery, Reinhardt's g
market. Charles Schlager. cash; Levi
Lindley. Guild Of st. Hilda. Times, Re.
publican, Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
SENATOR QUAY TO VISIT US.
ue WIN Personally Consult with His
Friends In This District,

For the first time in the history Of
the city. Scranton will, on Monday
next. be honored with the presence Of
one of its United States senators. Sena-
tor NJ. s. Quay yesterday engaged
rooms at the Wyoming House by tele-
graph.
He comes of course. to look after his
political fences In this county and to
personally feel the pulse Of the people in
this locality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
Struck by an Engine.

Barney Roduski, Of 1124 Grove street,
was run down by an Ontario and West
ern engine Just north Of Carbon street
Thursday afternoon while walking on
the track. Luckily he escaped with
few bruises and q slight scalp wound.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITER'S
Tho Mayor Is a Mark for Mnny Senders
Of This Kind Of Mtssiycs

Tho Mayor Is q Mark for Mnny Scnders
of This Kind Of Missives.
"Just say for me-" remarked Mayor
Connell yesterday, "that will not give
the least consideration to anonymous
Communications. My matt Is Uttered
with them every day, and my time Is
taken up with their perusal, SO I want
to announce publicly that It will avail
nothing to address me anonymously, no
matter what the subject matter Of the
letter may be-"
The letters, the mayor further stated
In conversation, were Of all sorts and
descriptions, some ludicrously funny.
others the undoubted work Of cranks,
while others would be given very serl-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
ON TRIAL FOR KIDNAPPING.
Three Londouers Charged with Having
Abducted Mrs. Gordon.

London, July 6.-Ernest Crane. Hen
ry and James Hook were today fully
committed for trial on the charge of
having kidnapped Mrs. Gordon, wife
Of the late Hon. Sackville Gordon, few
weeks ago.
The abduction Of the woman, II II
claimed was done at the instance OF an
American named Champ with whom
Mrs. Gordon had Mved In order to oh.
tain the bonds. money, jewelry, etc.,
which ME was posssssed Of.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
Mr. pcpcM's AnsMcr.

Nathaniel Depew yesterday filed his
answer In the injunction proceedings
that the borough OF Jermyn brought
against him. He denies that he has
put his fence out on a street owned by
the borough
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
DIED.

LEIBERT. I'm Nasarsth, Pa. July I, 1896.
James, only son Of Rev. Eugene and
Sarah N. Leibsrt, aged - years. Fu-
neral services ct the house Of his pa.
rents ct 8 O'clock p. "A. on Monday,
Julya
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

Those two or three teeth you've lost
can be replaced without plates at DR.. L.
T. Wheaton's. Office, al Lackawanna
avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
Examination ON luly 10.


On Friday, July 10, there will be an
examination Of candidates for admis-
sion to the Lackawanna bar in law
library of the court house. The exam
lining board consists of Attorneys r. A.
Zimmerman, ]. Alton Davis and Joseph
O'Brien.
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TO SERVE FOUR YEAR TERMS.
Thrco Prisoners Taken to tho Eastern
pcnitentiary Yesterday.

Three prisoners were yesterday taken
from the county Jail to serve 4-year
sentences in the eastern penitentiary.
They were Frank Scavo. who shot Liz
zie Williams, Of Old Forge; Michael
Padden and Martin McNally for high
way robbery.
The party which escorted them thither
was composed Of Sheriff Clemons.
Warden Jay, Mr.. Swlck, Of Jermyn, and
Mr.. Gallagher, of Archibald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
blinded bv n Fire .Crocxcr.

William Mcdonald, OF Great Bend.
who had his eyes blown out by the ex-
plosion Of giant flrecracker Fourth Of
July night. was received at the Moses
Taylor hospital yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
pisuo for Cal.

: A high grads IL octave piano. Bsaut,.
3ul mahogany case. repeating action and
piano made. VIII b sold very cheap.
For particulars address Boz n. .,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

The finest line Of wines. cigars, malt and
other liquors In the city at Lohmann's.
Spruce street. =. Robinson's. Milwaukee
and Feigenspan's beers on draught. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

Childron's Ginsham Dresses.
Closing out balance Of stock at Greatly
Reduced Prices. Finley's.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
DIVORCE FOR MRS. EHRGOOD.
Her Separated Lesser Half Is Now In the
County Jail.

Court yesterday divorced Alice d.
EhrgoOd from her husband. Oscar d.
Ehrgood. on the ground OF unfaithful-
ness. for which offence he Is now serv-
Ing a one years sentence In the county
jail.
They were married on Christmas
Day. 1882. and are well known in their
native place. Dunmore. The divorce
proceedings created much interest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
ACTION IN EJECTMENT.

Brought 70 Enforce tho Payment Of Pur.
chase Money.
George Sanderson and others began
an action in ejectment yesterday
against Peter Hopkins TO enforce the
payment Of the purchase money Of a
lot on Won storch avenue, this city,
which Hopkins contracted to purchase
from the plaintiffs.
1t is alleged that Hopkins still owes
$3.50 Of the purchase money and inter-
est amounting to sS3O50. making a total
Of $1,3S0.50.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
"Allatnn,,n

Portraits Of the principal actors In "Al.
latoona" Will appear In today's Standard
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

Pillsbury's Flour Mills have capacity
Of 1850 barrels a day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

ca sse 90 ssat AZ opynssz sseA
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
Cut Himself with on Axe.

Jacob Log. at the car shops, yester-
day. inflicted a deep cash on his leg
with an axe. The wound was dressed
at the Moses Taylor hospital.
EVERYWHERE we 70 we find some ono
who has been cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. tits the greatest curative agent. II
ID the one great blood purifier ana nerve
tonic. .'.. r''' s.''' /.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

HOODS PILLS for the liver and bowels,
act easily ~ promptly and slssctsvsly. \
The herald., 1895-02-22
A Dull Day on the New York
Stock Exchange
INDUSTRIAL STOCKS LEADING
A Very Light Volume of Business in
the Railway List
Heavy Trading in Ronds-Closng Prices of
the Leading Securities Prices of
Mining Shares

NEW YORK, Feb. This was dull and
most uninteresting day OH the Stock Ex-
change. The volume of business in the rail-
way lis, was extremely. light, the industrial
stocks occupying the chief attention OF the
speculative fraternity and these were led by
American Tobacco ard National Lead. Tobacco
opened at an advance OF = per cent, bat the
improvement was short lived At the lowest
figures there was covering OF shorts, which re-
suited in rally OF So per cent TO S1al, the de-
cline on the day being only per cent To
bacco preferred fell off a per cent on sales OF
200 shares.
Lead was strong in the early dealings and
advanced per cent. On the publication OF
All official statement made by President
Thompson that no dividend on the common
stocks would be declared there was Il sharp te-
dictionary N ovement, which was not checked
until loss had been made OF "a per cent, with
Il recovery of only 4 at the cisoe, the net de-
cline being =.
Consolidated Gas sold up 3 and reacted 4
per cent.
In the railway list the grangors were most
active, but moved within a narrow range, eX-
cept Northwest, which sold up 7s per cent to
91ss in the early trading, but iell off per cent
in the last hour, closing within . of the low
est Manhattan so d up l9s, losing Ss of the
gain.
The rest OF the marke. was Irregular but the
fluctuations were merely fractional The mar
ket closed about steady.
The bond market ruled active and higher
throughout the day. Total sales, $l 1882, 800.
Closing Stocks.
The herald., 1895-02-22
ORDERS EOR ORANGES
The Exchanges Literally showed Under
With Demands for Fruit

Los ANGELES. Feb 81.
The fruit exchanges are showed under with
orders for oranges as badly as the east was
snowbound a week ag) II the rush oil busi-
ness continues, the clerical forces OF the
various exchanges will have to he increased.
as the officers are overwhelmed with cores
pondence due to the phenomenal demand Tor
California fruit. Reports from Dallas, TEX,
and ST. Louis that exchange prices are being
cut by the opposition, but efforts to bluff the
exchanges into meeting the cut have failed
contemporary few days ago dilated upon
the fact that a carload of California oranges
had teen sent to Atlanta. Ga. There is moth
ing remarkable about this, M less than half
a dozen carloads have been sent to Atlanta this
season. Besides Atlanta Galveston, Houston,
Dallas, New Orleans Memphis. Chattanooga
and other southern cities are ordering Calior-
mia fruit, These cities are usually supplied by
Florida. People who never saw California
oranges before, are eating them this year.
All signs continue to point TO most pros
porous season for the orange growers
The herald., 1895-02-22
TRADE REVIEW
Old Time Activity Appears to Be the Rule in
Local Business Circles

Old Time Activity Appears to Be the Rule in
Local Business Circles
r. W. Burnham, manager Tor r. g. Dun Il
Co, reports as follows:
There has been no material change in trade
conditions during the past week. JobbinS
business is reported rs slow The small re-
tail dealers complain somewhat OF slack buSi-
ness, but tho larger houses general report
satisfactory trade. The city is now well filled
with guests and it is almost impossible TO find
an unoecupied house or room. from the
smaller cities in Southern California we get
very encouraging reports. An old time activity
seems to be the rule, aud not for years mas
there been the same evidence OF prosperity.
This, of course comes from the activity III!
orange shipments, which are now IN ldli
swing. Fair 10 good prices r@lc With less de-
mana for higher priced fruit. 1t is little
early in the season for extensive cash returns
rs most Eastern dealers are taking tull time
on purcha.cs, but within thirty days good
deal OF Eastern money will be paid to our
growers. and the natural result must be TO
give trong impetus to trade. Hopeful con-
ditions certainly exist, and the encouraging
prospects are preventing failures, there having
Deen but seven in our d strict SO far this
month. with liabilities agg-egatipg Sl37o'
and assets "a GAG.
The herald., 1895-02-22
BUSINESS NOTES

The Lompoc Fruit Company is going out of
business
Escond do has shipped ten carloads of or
anges this season.
The Aqua Tibia Land and Water Company
has been organized at Oceanside.
C. F. schoder and J. Yoakum have purchased
the Central House Mt Santa Monica
Wilcox & Rose have received the contract for
the Cotton waite works extension for Sl1, GAG.
C. 4. storke of santa Barbara has gone into
insolvency. Assets, S9376: liabilities, $9350.
The Pasadena Security and Investment Com
pany has been organized, with Il capital stock
of $4,000.
II cost just $40. .o32.71 to run the county gov
ernment during the month OF January, accord
ing to the Investor.
The Orange County Loan and Trust Company
has changed It's name and in orpora cd as the
Orange County Savings Rank
It is estimated that it viii 3st Sl5, 90 to put
the roads in San Diego county in as good con
dition rs they were before the late heavy rains.
The Pasadena National Bank now occup pies
its newand commodious quarters in the Ma
sonic Temple. corner Colorado rect and Ray
mond av, nue..
The city OF Los Angeles has $39 800 bonds
outstanding, which draw interest at and
per cent. They could be refunded at or per
cent and the city save from $1,000 TO $1,000
per annum. VIII the be refunded?
The Citizens Investment Company reports
change in The board OF directors and officers as
follows; NJ n. Eskey, secretary, and II. Il.
Are 2. treasurer have Transferred .heir in ter
est to Charles H. Treat and q. ;. G. todd Mr..
Treat becomes treasurer and Mr.. Todd secretary
OF the new board
The total demands upon the city ieasury of
Los Angeles audited for the month OF January,
according to the official figures, amounted 10
SOS, l42.aS hich included Hi7 ,3ba paid for
interest on bonded indebtedness. The receipts
for the same month were 100, ,J32. 81, which
included $l7,Ol0.Ot. collected on account OF
taxes, licenses, etc The monthly income from
Licenses averages about $4,000.
The herald., 1895-02-22
ere firm; fresh, 26@26I,.
GRAIN AND STOCKS
Pointers on the Markets by Private
Wire5

Pointers on the Markets by Private
Wire1
Los ANGELES, Feb 81.
De Van Rut.edge, grain and stock brokers.
furnish the following market bulletins for the
benefit OF local speculators
The disturbing feature OF the wheat market
for the past week has been the placing OF the
new government loan or bonds to the foreign
syndicate which was looked upon unfavor-
ably at first, but as soon as speculators had
time TO figure it out they b-gan to realize that
if it was necessary to borrow money to main
tain the credit OF the treasury, the proper place
10 obtain the loan was from across the big
pond. The previous experiments of selling
bonds in this country have shown that large
proportion of the gold used to pay for them
has been Withdrawn from the treasury. thus
defeating the very object for which they were
issued The wisdom OF placing the present is
sue abroad is already apparent in the turning
of the tide, which has stopped the flow OF the
yellow metal from this country and is already
bringing IL back in large quantities. While
lhe present issue is not large as we hoped
for, yet it cannot fail to be beneficial 10 the
financial interests OF the country in that it
must prove to the most skeptical that nc mat
what Congress may do the administrative
branch OF the government is ever ready to take
heroc action in maintaining the parity OF our
cur ency when necessary, as the uncertainty
surrounding this question has been the prinei-
pal cause of selling securities by foreig gners,
resulting iH the large exports OF gold during
thu past few weeks and the loss OF confidence
by locel investors, we fail to see how the last
loan can be looked upon from q financial
standpoint other than favorab Ole to the best in
terests OF the country.
The herald., 1895-02-22
RECEIPTS.
San Francisco Vegetable f1arket.

San FRANCISCO Feb. 2l.-Eeceipts OF vcgeta-
bles today were 80 boxes OF asparagus and
IS sacks of green peas and 3 sacks OF string
beans, boxes rhubarb.
Asparagus is getting cheaper. Gree peas
sell at irregular prices, there being much
trashy stock among offerings
Hot house cucumbers-5Oc Bl 90 per doz,
Asparag l00l20c.
Rhubaro 81. 10 per box.
String beans -l0@l2}5c per lb
Green peas -5GSc.
Squash--Marrowfat, SS.O0@l0 o. 90 per ton, {,
Hubbard. 81. .00u.S.0u.
Peppers--Green. r4c per lb.
Turnps--5Oc per GENITAL.
Beets-6O(G1Jc per sack.
Carrots--3UnL50c.
Cabbagc---5 Ct4Oc.
Garlc-3(d3l5c per ID.
Caulihower -30Qti0c per doz
Peppers Dried. l2tSWl3c per Id.
Okra Dried, 121Sc.