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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
A SORROWFUL SCENE.
Arrival OF Mrs. SimonOsyicz. Who's
Hushand Wus Murdered.


One of the most sorrowful and heart
rending scenes ever witnessed here oc-
curred yesterday morning, when Mrs.
S'.monosvicz, wife of the unfortunate
Polander who was murdered here two
weeks ago. arrived with her infant boy
10 join the husband here, only to find,
upon her arrival. that he had been
cruelty murdered and the remains In
TERED in the poor burial ground.
She did not know of the terrible fate
her husband had met until she walked
into the house of a countrywoman, who
broke into tears as soon as she saw
her. and when Mrs. Simonosvicz heard
the story of her husbands death her
grief was unbounded. 1t appears that
SimonosvicZ had sent enough money to
his wife and child to bring them to this
country the very day he met his death
The woman and child are being cared
for by kind Polish friends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08

the performance. It began to kick. In
less than one minute the dash board of
the buggy was demolished and the
horse then proceeded to finish the bug
gy. Before it had accomplished much
more, 1t caught its foot in part of the
harness and fell to the ground. The
harness had to be cut before the horse
could be loosened and the trip was then
decla red .'off"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
GLEN BURN.

d. W. Grifiiths of Plymouth, has re-
turned home. after spending a few
weeks with friends here.
William Smith of Parsons, spent
Sunday with Is mother.
Arden Wolfe left last week for Ex-
eter college, Mass.
Mr. Hosie and family. of New York,
have moved into the elegant new resi-
dencS Of Mrs Parsons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
EMPIRE DRY GOODS CO..
SO LAcKAWANNA AVE.

The sto, X we purchased rt the het'ff's Sale
ut Bazleton, Pa. t.ur saes. since opening.
proved more snt'sfactory than we thought.
IN. crowd on Monday WAS tnoi mously large,
and carried away the Bargains. and the stock
which is left we'll dispose OF at your own
lrices. sae MI ", elk at the following prices:
! casv Dress Ginghams. gross price, cents,
Our Price, az Cents
! case of Unbleached Brown Cotton, A.
heavy, for she.ting only. gross price. 0
cents, Our Price, ~ Cents
l case heckcd Crash. all linen. gross pfice.
l0ctn.s Our Price, 5 Cents
cnse Bleached Towels. by the pair,
fiinzed, gross price. 80 cents.
Our Price. 10 Cents
l fa7e0A Bleached Mohawk Muslin. eros,
prise. rs cents, Our Price, 12k Cents
A ca eat sale for the u,e of every hons .hold.
cas- OF Turkey Red Covers sizes Sxi and
lUxA. gross price. si.OO and Sl.5O.
Our Price, Soc. and eec,
Fast Turkey Ned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
The Bridsc Gave Wny.

Yesterday morning while driving to
this city. j. r. Slocum. of Clifford. met
with bad accident. AS he was cross
ing bridge over a creek near the
Briggs school house. in Greenfield. a
plank gave way and one of his colts
went through. II was with much diff
Guilty that the colt was released and
then 1t was found that it had been bad
ly injured. The Greenfield supervisors
will be asked to pay for the damages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder disc
relieved in six hours by the New South
American Kidney Cure. This new rem
edv is a great surprise on account of its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain in
the bladder, kidneys, back. and every part
of the urinary passages, in male or fe,,
male. 1t relieves retention OF water ana
nain in nassing II almost Immediately. II
You want quick relief and cure this IS
your remedy. Sold by c. NJ. Harris. Drug
gist 125 Penn avenue, Scranton IA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
WORK OF THE DROUGHT.
Water Taken to Peckviiic from This City
In Old Gravity Rollers.

In Old Gravity boilers.
People who had occasion to pass the
Delaware and Hudson shops, at the
head of Main street, Saturday night,
might have wondered what caused the
unusually hurry and hustle at that late
hour. The reason for the work was
that the men had received'orders to re-
pair and place in water-tight condition
the old gravity boilers which were lying
around the shop. The job was long
one and the men worked all day and
Sunday before they We're tight enough
to hold water.
AS soon as finished the boilers We're
placed upon fiat ears, two being neces-
sary for each. AS soon as placed upon
the cars the boilers We're filed with
water from this city and taken to Peck
willie and other places where the
drought had so dried up the water sup
ply that unless gotten from outside
sources the engines on the gravity road
would be obliged to shut down.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
Finger Amputatcd.

Some time ago John Lowery, Of
Greenfield, split one of his fingers open.
He bandaged the finger. expecting 1t
would soon be healed. 1t did not. how
ever, and gave him considerable pain.
yesterday he came to this city and
called upon DR.. Niles. who found It
necessary to amputate part of the
finger
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
Their HOrsc Kicked

Sunday morning Charles Blair and
George IMoyles secured horse and car
riage and started off on a pleasure trip
They went toward Jermyn and had got
along finely until they reached Pike
street, when the horse baked. 1t not
only baked. however. but perhaps,
thinking variety would add interest to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over Fifty Years by Millions Of
Mothers for their Children while Teeth!ng,
with Perfect Success. 1t Soothes the
Child, Softens the Gums, Allays all Pain; |;
Cures Wind Cole, and Is the best remedy
for Darrhoea. Sold by Druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. W!nslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
we're GOING TO QUIT

Handling a certain number
of HEATING STOVES.
Why?We'venever had enough
room to show so many. We're
going to keep the best patterns
only-those we're going to get
rid of-we're not going to give
awav-or sell below cost-but
just going to save you few
dollars-sure you won't want
one?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
WHY stay IN THE DARK.

If you are not quite sure we
sell good Clothing, stylish
Clothingand well-made Cloth
ing cheaper than anyone else
in town, why don't you come
in and find out one way or the
other? The clerks won't force
you to buy, they'll simply ltsl
you up to the very suit you
want and have been looking
for and allow it to sell itself
the prices are marked in plain
fgures-they'll do the selling.
Clothing Department Y. ID. c. A. Building,
Opposite Our Furniture Store
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
P|TTST0N.

[The P.ttston office Of the Scranton
Tribune is located at No. William street,
where all advertisements. orders for job
work and items for publication will re-
ceive prompt attention. Office open from
a. III. to Top. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-08
pittstor business DIRECTORY.

FOR FIRST-CLASS PLUMBING CALL
on Wright & Co.. 07 South Main street.
new range for sale or exchange: also
secondhand house hold goods. bought or
sold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
H.R. HILTON LECTURES.
One of the Best Posted Men in Kansas o
Soils Talks.

One of the Best Posted Men in Kansas
Soils Talks.
Mr.. Fl. r Hilton of Topeka gave
lecture on subsoiling at Newton few
nights ago.
In his lecture Mr.. Hilton said: "The
temperature has always been extreme in
poor crop years in Kansas. We have
never raised good crop of corn in Kan
sas when the temperature was above 100
degrees for a considerable length of
time.
"One thousand tons of water are neces-
sary to the acre to raise fifty bushels of
corn to the acre. This would give about
twenty-five gallons to each corn plant, or
nine inches of rainfall. Corn needs
about one-half of its water supply after
it tassels. A general mistake that is
made by Kansas farmers is to plant too
many stalks of corn to the acre. The
reason of this is that during the dry
season when the moisture of the subsoil
is needed most. there are too many
plants to exhaust the water. With fewer
plants the results are much better" @
After explaining how subsoiling would
be remedy he said: "We will have &c
put as much work on eighty acres OF
| land as we have been in the habit of put
ting on $50 acres, if we expect to get
good crops. The principles of retaining
! the moisture in the soil SO as to be OF
most use to the growing crops needed
must be learned and taken advantage OF
| in order to succeed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
HOW MUCH 1T PAID.
Mckee Rankin's Receipts Were
About $3.50 for the Week.
OTHER MANAGERS MAY CUT

Prices to 10, 20 and 30 Cents-The
FrOhmnns and Jacob Lift Discussing
the Advantage of Having Popular
Price Repertoire Companies on the
Road.
Mckee Rankin's company took in
nearly $3.50 last week at ten. twenty and
thirty cents His engagement paid we'll.
The question arises why can't more com
panies dc the same thing. There is a
growing demand for cheaper amuse-
ments.
Managers are beginning to realize it,
and it is now known that some of the big
gest managers of the east expect soon to
send out companies at ten, twenty and
thirty cents. 1t is said A. Y. Pierson will
put such a company on the road next
year; that Gustave Frohman thinks Sc
riousIy of it, and that Jacob Lift is con-
sidering the matter.
OF course it would be impossible to
play one night stands at that price, but
companies that are now touring the
country at 81 could go into repertoire at
popular prices, play towns of $4,000 and
upward and make more money for the
management than they are now doing,
and with much less risk.
Suppose, for instance, that popular
star like Mckee Rankin is playing one
night stands at 81 prices with a company
of eleven people besides himself in one of
the pieces he has been playing here this
week. His comedian costs him $35 a
week, his leading woman $50, his SOU
brette $25, and he has eight other people
at say $15 each, amounting to $3.50. His
stage carpenter, property man, musical
director represent an outlay of say $40 a
week. This brings his salary list up to
$3.50 per week. It costs 500 to bill each
of six towns in the week, $780, His rail-
road fare at the low estimate of 50 day
for each member of the company, count
ing the manager, is $50. OF $3.50 per
week. Fifteen peoples hotel expenses
will easily reach $175 in seven days, and
drayage at SO day is $50.
This estimate, which was carefully
prepared with the aid of man who has
been in the profession for years, places
the expenses of such company at 1866
for every week of one night stands.
Now about the income.
The average attraction that plays To-
peka at regular prices, does not draw
$780, A great many OF them draw much
less; a few draw more. Six such nights
would make the weeks receipts reach
$1,000. (Matinees are very seldom played
with one night stands.) OF this the COM
pany gets say so per cent. or $1,000.
Deduct from this the expenses for the
week, 1865, and the manager and the
star have to divide between them $115,
and each gets for his weeks work and
worry and expenditure $3.50.
But how about the week stand man at
popular prices meanwhile? In the fol-
lowing estimate the same star and prin-
cipal actors are considered, rememb ering
of course that the same actors demand
and get bigger salaries when they are
expected to play a season of one nigh
stands.
The three cheapest actors. the carpen-
ter, and the property man may now be
trimmed off and the company not injured
much because several hours less time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
HOW KINETOSCOPEs TAKE.
Also Some Entertaining Local Stories
About Photographs.

Also Some Entertaining Local Stories
About Photographs.
"Yes SIR" said the Kansas photograph
and kaleidoscope man in answer to ques-
ton, 81 see a great many amusi ~ sights
but not nearly SO many funny things
happen in connection with the kineto-
scope as the Photographs. People usual.
ly say one of two things about the latter,
either that 'it's great invention or they
wonder what that man Edison will do
next and seldom make any breaks.
When Lawrence got her first phono-
graphs, a little darkey came in one day
and said, what are them things?' Some
one told him to drop in a nickle and ind
out He found five cent piece and put
the tubes to his ears. The piece hap
pened to be song called The Coon that
Carried Razor and was in darkey's
voice. That little hoy was the worst
dropped those tubes and never stopped
running until he had put block be-
tween him and the bad man with the
'raZzah.' The piece was too realistic for
him. vrss-
''Shortly after that I was in Leaven-
worth and one of the best jokes l think,
happened there. An old farmer. who
had read all about the monograph, stu
| hum in the papers, had come to town
duQ Was ROluS W u0dE ou0 Oh Cu0 7SOI
+. darned things He drove his mule team
up to the curbing; jumped out and came
in. l steered him up against record
by the .. S. Marine band. as l did all
beginners. The photograph had just
concluded its preliminary buzzing and
commenced on the piece, when he
dropped the tubes and started for the
door, exclaiming: There comes that gol
darned band down the street and left
them mules unhitched.' We finally per
suaded him to return, but l never quite
recovered from the effect When
in Atohison l had great deal
of trouble with the people there
dropping in a dime to hear the thing
twice. OF course the machine wouldn't
work that way On the whole [ thought
that was very reasonable for Atchison
people, and when l explained the matter
to them they never did it again.
"a funny thing occurred here one day
and was in the JOURNAL at the time A
man dropped in his nickel. grasped the
tubes firmly and waited. After standing
that way for few minutes he exclaimed
I don't feel any shock He did, though
when l explained.
81 have several times found five dollar
gold pieces in the machines when l col
lected at nights Being the same size al
a nickle they made the Phonograph play
all right, but it was rather dear music tt
the listener, since the machine wonld no
play the piece a hundred times, as i
fshould according to Atchison's theory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18

each day is spent in travel and the
cheaper actors will do the stage work
satisfactorily enough with the aid of the
house employees.
The salary list then stands this way:
Comedian, $50; leading lady, $50; sou :
brette, $40, and five other people at an
average of SO to play minor parts well
enough, so. This brings it to 1926.
Billing once a week is $50 Once each
week it costs $40 railroad fare for ten
persons and $40 for drayage. Ten peo-
ples' board for seven days will be $105.
This makes the expenses for the week
1910 only.
If your attraction was good enough to
draw an average of $500 night at regu-
! lar prices it viii draw $500 for the week
at popular prices surely. Mr.. Rankin
drew almost $50 more than that here.
The comPany's sixty per cent share of
this $500 would be $3.50.
Deduct from this the expenses, 1910.
and you will see that there is still $40
to be divided between the star and the
manager or $S5 at popular prices as
| against $3.50 at regular prices, a clear
gain for each of $27. so a week over the
regular price schedule.
1t is not to be expected that the opera
houses will jump joyously at this sug-
! gestion for the reason that in both in
stances there are the same expenses per
night, while the share is much greater
according to the income.
But supposing the theater is playing
=, only two regular price attractions week.
1t costs the manager $50 all told, extra
every time he opens the house. In two
nights that is $40. In two nights the
average attraction draws at regular rates
$500, and his 40 per cent share is $24(
and 5000 of it is clear.
In six nights it costs him to open the
house 1920 With $500 on the week. his
share at 40 per cent is $500, and his bal
ance still remains at 5000.
He can also add to his profit one lesi
billing.
Altogether it might not be bad pla1
| for scores of the attractions to reduce
their prices to the public's reach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
LOCAL MENTION.

w. W. Hammond has sold A. c.
Klingaman lots 513 and 515 on Dillon
street for 5000
Rev. DR. Anderson will deliver the
literary address at the commencement of
Oswego college, June 18th.
Agnes, 6-year- old daughter of VIM.
Porter, of Auburn, died Saturday of scar
let fever, and was buried yesterday after
noon.
j. M. Westerfield, who has been con-
fined to his room for the last ten days
with pneumonia, is now convalescing
and will be out soon.
The Washburn Land company has
transferred to A. Washburn, the origi
al owner of Washburn Place, 81 lots il
that addition. The consideration named
is $4,000.
Charles Copeland, who was arrested BY
the police charged with attempting tc
hold up o. Boyer some time ago, has beer
turned over to the state. Copeland is re-
garded by the police as bad man.
Hugh Carfrae, the 3-year old son o.
Hugh sCarfrae of the Santa Fe store
/ house department, di ed Saturday of diph
iberia. The funeral was held at 2 p. N
Sunday from the re sidence, near the
starch factory.
! Willis Edison has decided his half in
terest in the property on lots 1876 and 1874
on East Sixth street, which has been &C
cupied by the firm of Edison & Beck, tc
his former partner T. A. Beck. The con-
sideration named is $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
COMING ADJUSTMENTS.
Rhea, "EsIack Crook and Georgia Min
strels-Other Attractions.

CEOOk Georgia
strels-Other Attractions.
The attraction that is considered the
most important at the Grand this week
is Madame Rhea She will give matt
nee and night performance.
At the matinee she will play 'The
Lady of Lyons" and in the evening Sar-
dou's comedy, "The Parisians"
For some reason she has abandoned
her new play brought out last fall. She
is surrounded by good company, in
Guiding ". s. Hart.
There will be an advance of prices of
twenty five cents for this attraction.
Among the attractions that are booked
for the Grand during the latter part of
this month are "The Black Crook" and
the Georgia Minstrels. Both of these are
| playing in Kansas now.
| On Monday night the house will be
occupied by the annual entertainment of
the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium.
On tuesday night, Ellen Beach Yaw,
the new and phenomenal soprano. will
sing at the Grand. Miss Yaw possesses
the most remarkable voice in history,
and has astonished the musical world
with it. She will be accompanied by
Macmillan Dick, the scele brated violin
i ist. @sE
Herbert Cawthorne, the comedian, will
be at the Grand on Wednesday evening,
in the comedy by Hoey, "a Cork Man :"
Cawthorne is considered very funny,
and will doubtless please. If he is as
good as his brother Joe he will do
At the Crawford House.
For the first time in weeks the Craw-
ford opera house on Kansas avenue will
be open Monday night to Prof. II. L.
Flint. the hypuotist, and his daughter,
who will be there for a week in feats Of
hypnotism.
The next week will also be occupied
at the Crawford by a repertoire company
at 1Oc. 2Oc. and Soc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
A YOUTHFUL ACTOR

Mckee Rankin Takes Eight Year
Old Topeka Girl With Him.
Mckee Rankin and his company left
yesterday afternoon on the Rock Island
for Horton, where they play "The Dan
ties" tonight. They will finish the week
in St Joseph.
There was a large audience at the
opera house on Saturday afternoon and
evening, to see the decentralization of
Dickens david Coppertield."
During Mr.. Rankin's stay in Topeka
he was visited by three different young
women who wanted his advice about 60
ing on the stage. In each instance he
discouraged them.
One little girl, though, Maude Cavert,
who is eight years old, and lives with her
mother at the Chesterfield, succeeded in
getting Mr. Rankin's ear, and
will go out with him for trial at least.
A child of that age is needed in some OF
the plays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
Subscribe for the Daily STATE

Spring styles Business suits $3.50.
May berry Tailoring Company, 713 Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
NARY AN INJUNCTION.

Judge Hazen Denies the Application Os
Warden Chase for a Restraining Order.
In the district court this forenoon Judge
Hazen denied the application of Warden
Seth Chase for an injunction to prevent
Governor Morrill,. Lieutenant Governor
Troutman and Speaker Lobdell from ap-
pointing a committee to investigate the
management of the state penitentiary.
Judge Hazen rendered his decision at
some length, having first put it on paper.
He began by first holding that the law
under which the committee might be ap-
pointed was legal. He then held that
''ths courts may enjoin an officer where
his acts were purely ministerial; but
where an act depends on the discretion
of an officer, or officers, the courts should
not interfere with that discretion"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

The end of the century piano stool
has a back to it.
Freezing water in rock crevices often
splits off immense powders from the
sides of cliffs.
Run lighted match rapidly around
the top of a fountain pen which refuses
to unscrew. 1t will generally succumb
at once
People smell better with their mouths
shut because all the air for the use of
the lungs must then be drawn through
the nose
In all particulars save size the Vene-
tian gondola, the Siamese barge and the
old Scandinavian viking ship are very
much alike.
The average annual amount of ivory
received in London from the African
Willis IS All tons. The average price is
So, 600 Der ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
GAVE IT A FRANCHISE.

The City of Potwin Is Anxious Also to
Encourage the New Dam.
At a special meeting of the Potwin
council Friday night a franchise was
granted by unanimous vote to the new
Topeka Water and Electric Power COM
pany.
The council received an offer from the
company to put in electric street lights
at SO month each. but the proposition
was referred to the committee on lights.
The city is now able to get its light of
the Topeka city plant at a cost of less
than So per month for each light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18

New neck bands put on your shirts at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18
Geo. a. Clark Perhaps

It is said that George A. Clark is to
resign as a member of the state board of
charities and that the governor will i'm
mediately appoint him to succeed Sena-
tor n. A. Householder, instead of Mrs.
Lease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-18

sanfewer Camp, No. $50. NJ. W. of A,
will celebrate its seventh anniversary on
Tuesday evening, Mar. 10, 1895, at the
Woodman hall, 7O4 and 706 Kansas ave.
Woodmen and their families cordially
invited.