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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
FIRE on THE west S|DE|
Office Of John 4. farr'S NewSpape,
Destroyed.
ORIGIN OF BLAZE UNKNOWN
Began in Apartments Occupied by u Man
Named kiue-TwO Buildings BADLY
Damaged-lOsscs Sustained BY
the Different Occupants.

The two-story modern building at
l0o2. 1924 Jackson street. where the
Courier Progress printing Office Is To-
Gated was the scene Of a fire yester-
day morning at 3.38 o'clock. At go
o'clock the fire was subdued after per-
sistent fighting. Two alarms were sent
in from box -, the first calling out
the Franklin and Columbia companies;
the second bringing out Nay Aug,
Phoenix and Eagle companies.
The building is owned by Hon.
John X. Farr. editor and proprietor Of
the Courier Progress. and beside the
printing Office the rest of the basement
was occupied by Il junk shop conducted
by J. G. King, who. with his wife. re-
sided upstairs. Mrs. MaXey. II widow,
also had apartments in the second
story. a. Doyle used another portion
of the basement as q shoe and boot
repairing shop and Mrs. Moore and
family resided in the adjoining build
ing. Iedick Titman and family occu-
pied a portion OF the building.
All of these families were driven from
their homes by the fire and the damage
to property Is almost total in each
apartment. The fire started in the
King home. Men passing the building
saw the flames issuing from the front
NIihu'N. iHC III was kiNNii Si'i
the families aroused
CONNOR WAS ASLEEP.
Michael Connor was asleep in the
King apartments at the time. He was
dragged out barely in time to escape
suffocation. Mrs Joseph Xclnmerli was
lying i'll at the Moore residence. She
was carried to the home of Richard
McHugh. on North Main avenue. The
fire burned tiercely. a strong wind
adding to the difficulty the firemen
found in fighting it. The streams of
water could not be thrown over the
building and the flames gained I'm spite
of every effort.
After the arrival of the second quota
of fire companies five streams were
thrown on the building: but the wind
made effective work impossible and in
a short time the second part Of the
structure was enveloDed in flames.
The morning was very cold and the
water quickly froZe I'm all manner OF
shapes. Several OF the firemen Were
frost bitten. Mr.. Farr saved some of
his printing material. but the damage
is great in every part of the building.
Mr.. F'arr carried $500 insurance
on the property i'm the agency of Henry
Belin, jr. The Courier Progress stock is
| insured for 81 800 with Phillips &
Holmes. Mr.. Doyle carried $500 insur-
ance and lost his entire property. The
goods of Mrs. Titman We're totally de-
strOyed. Insurance to the amount of
s., 900 WAS held.
MRS MORRIS LOSS.
Mrs. Moore, who owned the building
adjoining Mr.. Farrs property. carried
insurance to the amount of 81 900 II
is not known what damage resulted ia
the King goods. Mrs. King was in
Philadelphia at the time of the fire. and
Mr. King could not be found.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
RUTHVEN WILL PROSECUTE.
Says lie Intends TO Proceed Against tho
ArmOry Trustees.

The fellow Ruthven. alias RiOrdan.
who was 10 have lectured at the Ar
mOry yesterday afternoon. last night
found the building closed to him.
After learning that Colonel Osthaus
had cancelled his lease of the Armory
he made the tour Of all the large halls
and theaters in the city hut was denied
their use. He waited on Colonel Os-
thaus several times and told him he
would begin suit for damages because
the contract was not lived IN to.
Ruthven stated that he had secured
damages from the Rijnu theater in
Binghamton in a similar ease and
would proceed against the Armory
trustees.
There was quite large crowd of
women at the ArmOry doors yesterday
afternoon expecting to hear the lectur-
er and again in the evening a good
sized crowd of men waited in the cold
for the doors to open.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06

ord as a. carrier He was member of
the Letter Carriers association and the
Loyal knights of America
The funeral will take place Monday
afternoon at o'clock, from the family
residence. This is the second inrOad
that has been made in the ranks of the
letter carriers during the past few
weeks, Edward Pickering being the
other member of the force who has
been called away by death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
CLASSIC ORGAN RECITAL,
Given Under Professor Pennington.
Direction in Elm Park Church.


Direction in ElIn Park Church.
A large audience in Elm Park church
. last night was treated to an excellent
rendition of "A very classic music pro-
gramme under the direction of j. Alfred
Pennington. the church Organist 1t
was his third organ recital He was
assisted by Theodore Hemberger vio-
linist and the Elm Park quartette. Miss
Winifred sullivan, soprano: Miss Elsie
Nandervoort. contraltO; Alfred Wooler
tenor. and Richard Thomas. basso
The number which especially ap-
p~aled to the music lovers present was
Il suite in A minor. played by Mr.. Hem
berger and accom- panied by Mr.. Penn
ington. 1t IL IL creation of Sinding. Il
Norwegian, of whom 1t is said. He s
Il man who belongs to the strong ones
of this earth. Ruggedness, a certain
grandeur and largeness of utterance,
an absolute control of the technical ma
terial of his art distinguishes Sndings $
work" The other numbers were very
favOrably received.
Piano sale. Big bargains. Guernsey
Bros.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
ANOTHER CARRIER DEAD.
John 4. Williams. OF Providence. sue
cumbS to q short Illness

Letter Carrier John A. Williams died
yesterday morning at his home on viii
liam street. Providence. after weeks
illness of pneumonia. He was thirty
five years of age and is survived by II
wife and five small children.
The deceased carried route No. 6. I'm
the North End and was very popular
with the many people whom his duties
compelled him to meet every day. He
was appointed February I. 1890. under
u. NJ. Jonss and has an excellent rec
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
Chatting DISHES.

tanning absolutely no posonois ingredients;
1t will yield nothing but hsaithfui results:
will cook uniformly, avoiding scorching.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
ID DAYS
China Department
Decorated Plates

Decorated Plates
Imported to sell for 5oc.,
now 15C.; six or seven
dozen French Plates, with
heads Of prominent peo-
people burnt in,were 2oc.,
now lOc. Pansy Pin
Trays, about a hundred
left, going tor SC.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
SilVerWare

Twenty-Five or thirty
Butter Dishes, Dinner
Castors and odd pieces,
worth from 81 to S.; to
close them 08c. Tea
Spoons, Rogers triple
plate, two new patterns,
75c. for E; about half
value. Solid Silver Sugar
Spoons, gold lined bowl,
were $I.5o to 81, now
0SC.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06

Piano sale. Big bargains. Guernsey
Bros.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Statistics of Old Age.

High civilization does not favor the
greatest length of life.
The German Empire, with 5000, 900
population, has but IS subjects who are
more than 100 years old.
France, with fewer than 1900, coo
residents, has 2l3 centenarians, while
England has l46, Ireland 57S, Scotland
46, Denmark =, Belgium D, Sweden
and Norway 10, Switzerland %, and
Spain 4l0.
The Balkan Peninsula has the great
est number of persons over 100 years
old, as follows: Servia, $40; Roums-
MIA, 1854, and Bulgaria, 1888, or one
centenarian to every thousand inhabit-
ants, which is the international record.
In Servia there were in 1880 some
go persons between 106 and lis years
old, 123 between lis and l2j and Is
between 125 and 135. Three between
l35 and 40.
The oldest man in the world is, ac-
cording to this writer, Bruno Cotrim, a
negro, born i'm Africa and now a resi-
dent of Rio Janeiro. He is 80 years
old.
Next probably comes retired Mos
COW cabman, named Kust-im, who is
in his 140th year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Hawthorns's Reserve.

All the testimony in regard to Haw-
thorne, says Youths Companion, j.
that he was not only shy, but very re-
served. Frank Preston Stearns SAYS
that on the occasion of Hawthorne's ;
last visit to the Isles of the Shoals. in
company with his friend, ex-President
Pierce, there was also a party of New
Hampshire business men, who tried 10
make his acquaintance, but without
much success. Their after comments
were very amusing.
Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very re-
served man." said one. There's
Franklin Pierce, he's been President
of the United States, yet any one could
go up and speak to him. We found
Hawthorne very different"
This conv srsatiOn was repeated to
Hawthorne's acquaintance at the
Shoals, aud the poet Whittier was
among those who laughed heartily.
Reserved is To word for it," said
Mrs. Thaxter, and Whittier added, in
words which not only seemed to de-
scribe the case, bat Were in themselves
epigrammatic:
Hawthorne IS strange puzzle. |
never felt quite sure whether | knew
him or not. He never seemed to be
doing anything, and yet he never lik-
ed TO be disturbed at itr'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Moving a Big Building.

The largest building ever moved in
this country was a freight warehouse
of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad, in
Baltimore, which was moved Septem-
Der to L. The building Is 40 feet
long, 120 feet wide and 90 feet high.
1t is wood and iron structure, and
WAS moved 70 make room for a new
dock. The work consumed five and -
half days.
The building contained a great guam
ty of freight, among which were 5000
cases Of china and erOckery, but not
dish was cracked in the moving.
The men were engaged five weeks
making preparations for the move.
On top Of the old and the new fOunda-
tiOns were placed the sills on tracks
upon which the building was TO run.
These tracks numbered forty. each
consisting of two 6xI2-inch timbers.
On top of these were placed the one
thousand rollers, each a piece of five
inch pipe three feet i'm length. There
were twenty-five rollers TO each Of the
forty tracks. Between the top Of the
rollers and the floor beams of the
building were arranged more Of the
6xl2-inch timbers. In all, $500 of the
6xl2-ineh timbers were used, each
about 30 feet long.
The 225 wooden pillars which sup
ported the warehouse were then sawed
away and the structure rested on the
rollers. Along one side of the build
ing were placed forty-five ton screw
jacks. They We're braced against a
railroad track, an adjoining warehouse
and the tracks upon which the rollers
ran. Two men stood al each jack AT
Il given signal the men responded with
military precision, and each was given
a quarter of a turn, moving the great
building fraction Of an inch. After
ward the progress averaged two feet an
hour for . days.
The structure arrived at its new foun-
dation without u strained timber or
bolt. The jacks were again used in
raising the warehouse enough to allow
the removal of the jacks, after which
it was lowered 10 the new foundation.
The structure cost So, 600 ten years ago
and it cost SIS, ,O0O to make its removal.
New York Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Humming-Brd's I'm brella.

\ writer in the American Sportsman
tells remarkable story abcut a hum
mingbird.
In front OF window where | work
ed last summer was a butternUt tree.
a hummingbird built her nest on q
limb that grew near the window, and
We had an opportunity to watch her
closely. In fact We could look right
into the nest.
One day, when there was a heavy
shower coming up, we thought we
would see if she covered her young dur
ing the rain. Well, when the first drops
fell, she came and took in her bill one
of two or three large leaves growing
close 10y and laid this leaf over - as 10
completely cover it. Then she flew
away.
Or examining the leaf we found a
hole in it. and in the side of the nest
was small stick that the leaf was
fastened to or hooked upon. After the
storm was over the Old bird came back
and unlocked the leaf, and the nest
was perfectly dry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Now He Wants a Wife.

LOOK at my duck pants" said the
bachelor, who was walking around his
den as rcstlessly as hyena when his
married partner called. "Most Of the
people in the city have seen them, but
III give you a private exhibit Note
the big green splotehes. See the
patches where the starch was taken
out, limp as an empty -al. Feast your
eyes on this shirt front, strcaked and
striped in every color from blackberry
jam 10 pink lemonade. Looks like the
work of "a poster painter with the jim
Jams. Observe this Panama hat You
would naturally think that il had been
run through a clothes wringer and
then put in crimping irons. Count
the biisters on the inside Of my hands.
Note that my eyes are as red and
bleary as though were victim Of the
gin habit. The skin is peeling Off my
face and my hair looks as though it
had been dried in harvest field"
GOOD heavens, mani Were you in a
building that collapsed, an explosion
or shipwreek?"
'.NO, no. 1t is all the result Of a de-
liberate and premeditated act Of folly
on my own part. Some Of the dear
ladies' inveigled me into attending a
Sunday-schOol picnic, all the families
of the children invited. The young
sters took to me like bees 10 a sugar
barrel. The babies crawled over me,
slobbered over me, dumped all kinds
of refreshments over me and crowed
over me- The little boys rolled in tine
grass, piled on me like the bottom
man in a football mountain Of flesh,
used my hat as they would the ball
and voted me the incest man they ever
took any place. ] rOwed the little
girls on the river till my hands were
life puff balls and / thought that my
back would have to be set. / was par
boiled in the sun and pretty near blew
my brains out while j smoked my eyes
out starting a fire. i was used .
pack horse and did police service in
keeping two or three hundred kids
from getting lost or falling into the
water. On the way home outside pas
sengers disputed a. to whether I was
drunk or had been in a runaway. Now
Pm looking for wife"
Because you think you can stand
any kind of trouble nOw2"
"NO, sir. Because notice that none
Of you married fellows are ever picked
upon as the victim in these social bar
barities. I'd rather assume the respon-
sibilities Of a hu sband than superin-
tend another picnic. .'-Detroit Free
Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
How 20 Prevent Group.

SOMETHING THAT WILL PROVE IN
TEREsTING To YOUNG MOTHERS. HOW
To GUARD AGAINST THE DISEASE.
Group is a terror to young mothers
and to post them concerning the cause,
first symptoms and treatment is the
object OF this item. The origin Of
Group is a common cold. Children
who are subject to take it take cold
very easily and Group i almost sure to
follow. The first symptom is hoarse-
ness; this is soon followed by pecul-
iarly rough cough, which is easily recog-
nized and will never be forgotten by one
who has heard it. The time to act is
when the child first becomes hoarse.
If Chamberlain Cough Remedy IS
freely given all tendency TO Group will
soon disappear. Even after the eroupy
cough has developed it will prevent
the attack. There Is 10 danger in Civ
ing this remedy for it contains nothing
injurious. For sale by Benford's phar-
macy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Pumpkin Pie.

Make fine pastry, if possible the
day before you wish to make the pies,
and cover with a cloth and stand in a
cold place. Boil moderate sized pump
kin after removing the seeds and cut
ting il, and when done drain and
mash through a eollander. To one
quart of mashed pumpkin add four
eggs, two ounces of butter, half a cup
ful of granulated sugar, half a tea
spoonful of cinnamon and cloves, and
quarter of a teaspoOnful Of allspice, hall
a nutmeg grated, one wineglassful of
brandy and one of wine; two teaspoon
fuls of salt. Mix all well together.
Roll out the paste made the day before.
Cover the pie plates with it, and fill
with the pumpkin. Bake until the
crust is done.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
-
London Nelly Bly,.

Miss Elizabeth Banks, who has come
over from London to "write up' our
presidential election for the English pa
pers and tell the BritOns just how ridic-
ulous we appear when we are in the
midst of an exciting campaign, Is an
American girl who has made money
by transferring the methods ofthe new
woman journalists from New York to
London. She might be called the Nell
ly Bly, of England.
Miss Banks American career was
not an especially brilliant one. After
graduating from the Wisconsin Female
college she did some newspaper work
in st. Paul and Baltimore, and then
for year acted as private secretary to
the United States mini ter to Peru.
Two or three years ago she went to
London and attracted some attention
by replying to an article by kipling,
in which the latter criticised Americans
severely. In further retaliation Miss
Banks sprung a surprise on the
English people which fairly made them
gasp.
She secured position as servant in
several families, staying a week or 50
i'm place. After she had acted as par
lor maid, laundress and housemaid she
wrote up her experiences, divulging
MANY sacrats of EpOli-b homo life
Then she made another and still more
brilliant stroke. She advertised for an
introduction into the exclusive circles
of British aristocracy, stating that she
was an American heireSs and willing
to pay the rate. She received lS5 an
swers and obtained exact figures as To
the amount it would cost her to be pre-
sented at the queens drawing room
and other functions. These letters she
lnercilessly printed, and Mayfair was
set shaking in its shoes. Since then
Miss Banks services have been much
in demand by certain class of English
publications. She has also written a
book entitled Campaigns of Curiosi-
ty," i'm which she tells all about her
adventures.
Her most recent exploit was to OBJ
tain an interview with Ii Hung Chang
while he was in England, and she was
the only woman journalist in the
United Kingdom to succeed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison, of Washington,
Ind, "Sun," writes "Nou have val
liable prescription in Electric Bitters,
and can cheerfully recommend it for
Constipation and Sick Headache, and
as a general system tonic it has no
equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2625 Cot
tage Grove Ave, Chicago, was all run
down, could not eat nor digest food,
had a baekache which never left her
and felt tired and weary, but six bot
ties of Electric Bitters restored her
health and renewed her strength.
Prices 80 cents and SlO0. Get bottle
at j. n. Snyder's drug store, SOM
erset, or at Brallier's dug store, Ber-
lin, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Bullet in a Hailstone.

Colonel Clark R. Westcott, of Lon
don, England, who has been spending
a couple of months in Chicago and the
West, in the interest of a syndicate
which owns considerable mining prop
erty in this country, is responsible for
the following account of singular
natural phenomenon. His story is as
follows:
''One hot day a couple of weeks since
was riding along a mountain road in
Colorado on my way to mine in
which / am interested, when / noticed
high above me. soaring in majestic cir
Gle, an eagle. had a $3.50 Winches-
slung across my back, and it was but
the work of moment to unsling the
gun and fire at the bird, which was di-
rectly above me. The shot was a clear
miss, and not caring to waste any
more cartridges, was about to ride on,
when / was startled to hear what /
took to be dull 'clung' of a stone
thrown by an unseen hand, which fell
into little gully partly filled with
leaves, within % feet of me.
''I looked carefully about me in all
directions, but could see no sign of q
human being, dismounted and, scrap
ing back the leaves, was astonished to
find piece of ice as large as a goose
egg, and about the same shape. Upon
close examination, / was further as
tonished to discover my rifle ball firm
ly imbedded in its centre. | have
speculated great deal over this phen.
omenon since that time, and the only
solution | can see is that the ball in
passing through the cloud gathered
the moisture and held it by its whirl
ing motion, so that il was frozen at {
higher altitude and fell TO the earth n
1 have described. Chicago Chronicle
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
IF WE HAD THE TINE.

II had the time to find place
And sit me down full face TO IA ce
With my better self. that can nos show
In my daily life that rushes so,
IL might be then would see my soul
Was stumbling still toward the shining goal;
Ii might be nerved by the thought sublime
III had the time
If I had the time to let my heart
Speak out and take in my life part,
To look about and TO stretch a hand
To a comrade quartered in no luck land
All, God, If might but just sit still
And hear the note OF the whippoorwill
think that my wish with Gods would
rhyme
III had the time.
II l had the time 10 learn from you
How much for comfort my words could do,
And told you then OF my sudden will
To kiss your feet when did you i'll;
lfthe tears aback OF the coldness feigned
Could flow and the wrong be quite explain
ed,
Brothers, the souls ofus all would chime
five had the time.
Richard Burton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18

The wife of Mr.. Leonard Wells, of
East Brimfieid, Mass, had been suf-
fering from neuralgia for two days, not
being able to sleep or hardly keep still,
when Mr.. Holden, the merchant there
sent her bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and asked that she give it a
thorough trial. On meeting Mr.. Wells
the next day he was told that she was
all right, the pain had left her within
two hours, and that bottle of Pain
Balm was worth 500 if it could not be
had for less. For sale at 30 cents per
bottle at Benford's pharmacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Restored Confidence.

The cable under the Atlantic is kept
hot now by the orders of European in
vestors who are anxious TO buy Amer
lean securities. The special London
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une telegraphed that journal the day
after the election as follows:
"McKinley's election has been fol-
lowed by scenes of the widest excite
ment on the London Stock Exchange.
So great was the pressure by brokers
who had received private cable advices
of the completeness of the Republican
victory that the Exchange was opened
ahead of time, and American stocks
went up with a rush, carrying every
thing else with them, even consols. so
buoyant market has not been known
for many months. Every American
stock advanced rapidly in price, Mil
waukees and Louisvilles leading the
way. A slight reaction was followed
by sharper advance, and the market
CANitOh
close.n
The foreign markets seem to have re-
sponded with greater activity than our
own to the good news of the defeat of
Populism. There has been complete
restoration of nfidence in the value
of American securities and the stead
fast good faith of the Go vernment. A
ballot-box endorsement has been writ
ten across the evidences of our indebt-
edness in the hands of foreign holders.
As an immediate consequence of this
improved condition of affairs we may
look for continued imports of gold.
The gold that has been carted away
from the Sub-Treasuries to be locked
up by timid or speculative persons, will
go tumbling back again to swell the
Treasury reserve. The additions to the
reserve the day after the election were
nearly two and one-half million dollars.
Philadelphia Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
Not Happy.

''Benedick does not seem happy with
his wife"
No wonder. Sac tries 10 make home
happy according to rules printed in a
paper."-Judge.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18

'If taken into the head by the nos
trils two or three TIMES a week, Thom-
as Electric Oil will positively relieve
the most offensive case of catarrh."
Rev. +. Z. Crane, Dunkirk, y. y.