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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06
sTRAwBERRY SHORTCAKE


1t is difficult to improve on the old
Fashioned strawberry shortcake of our
grandmothers. None OF the newer re-
cipes seem to quite equal it. Plenty
OF good cream is absolutely necessary
for it. Make good soda biscuit dough
with buttermilk, sour milk and cream.
or sour milk alone; using soda with the
sour milk or cream or buttermilk, and
baking powder or soda and cream of
tartar. II sweet milk is used. Roll about
one inch thick and bake in a quick oven.
When nicely Drowned slip in on large
platter, and with a very slim, sharp
knife divide the cake horizontally into
three layers: butter the bottom piece
literally and put on thick LAYER of
berries. sprinkle on plenty OF sugar and
moisten we'll with sweet cream: then
butter the middle layer of the under
side and place over the berries, butter
the top of this. cover with berries sugar
and cream as before, and put on the
buttered top crust. Uuness this is very
tender. moisten the top with cream,
or cover it with sweetened whipped
cream.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06
CONVENIENT MUCILEGE.

A mother of several little tots who
find scrap book making one of their
most fascinating OF pastimes. has acci-
IDENTIFY discovered a convenient muci-
lage. At this season quantities of gum
my sap oozes from cherry trees, and the
children bringing some of 1t into the
house one day with no special object in
view, left 1t soaking in a glass of water
where it soon formed a strong, good
mucilage. 1t is needless to state that
the mother took advantage of the fact,
for reducing mucilage bills on future
scrap books.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06
WEST SIDE EVENTS.
Way the Fourth Was Observed ID
This Part Gf the City.
Several Fires.

The Fourth was quietly spent by
West Siders. There was one IRE OF
the regular Fourth -of-July order. The
fireworks on the stand in front or j.
d. Williams South Main avenue store
become ignited at $50 O'Clock by
young man who held pack of lighted
crackers in his hand while near the
stand. There was a grand display FOR
q few minutes. Skyrockets shot across
the street and bOmbarded Mears' hall,
and the pin-wheelS Sputtered in an at
tempt to go around on nailless pivot.
Then there We're crackers and general
what-not. Even the money on the
stand went off and the small boy was
the richer after scrape in the de-
bris.
The fireworks stand of Il. /. Evans
across the way was encircled many
times by the eXciteable statesmen and
women, and the escape from a chance
rocket was curious.
The scene in the ice cream parlor
at the rear of the store was pande-
monium at its greatest. Everybody in
the room sought the rear exit at once
and a great tangle resulted when they
found the door locked. Then they went
out through windows. An alarm for
fire was sent i'm from box 50 but the,
nose companies were not needed ana
out was sounded ten minutes after
the start. The only other excitement
was or the usual order with the Gus
tomary annual reports.
The West Side wheeimen to the num-
Der of about Twenty-Five went to Pitts
ton In the afternoon. ana at the races
there did us proud. Coleman, one of
the CLUBS racers, won four prizes of
the six races run. Robert White. of
scranton, captured the remaining two
with Dunne, OF the West Side. the
likely victor II an accident had not
happened to the handle bar ct his
wheel Dunne ana Coleman were the
heroes with the West Side contingent.
A gold watch, two smoking sets, and
Il tie pin were the booty bpught back
p!ISelemah'
Two arrests We're made, and both
We're Tor drunkenness, one or the pris-
oners being womar.
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
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nm S,yu.do, eveniny Ju,y 4 ot IN,
hnr, = of Mr. ana NI~s Thnmas Ed
wn.d, ,f Ryonley ayenue II being tn,
twenty-tifih aoriye,s.Iy of tbai, wn,,-
din. IN, home was prctti,v decorat.
ed with ferns eowers etc nresentinr
a narticp,arlv eniranciry annearan,e
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intarferoj viii bv III, incleman.
weather heinz tbe,, intantio, IN
nav. eotertaii.d the;r friends In tbei,.
gardar. which had been specially dec
standing this slight disarrangement. a
mus enJoSao'e 'ihe was spent uiNersi-
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06
VARIOUS BOILED C;REENs

VARIOUS BOILED GREENS.
The new cook" has displayed some
excellent methods Of treating the var
ious sprouts and greens OF springtime,
and she manages to cook them without
having them turn that Objectionable
dark. almost black color. They. are pYt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06

Two arrests We're made, and both
were for drunkenness, one OF the pris-
oners being u womar
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06

, Washburn. CrOsby's Superlative is sold everywh
Pacific Coast TO ST. Johns New FOundland, and i'm Engl
ana Scotland very lagely and is recognized the
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A CONTRACTOR CINCHED.
Full Charges for Poor Work Not AL
lowed by the Court.

Judge Van Dyke yesterday gave judg
ment for the defendants in the suit of
A. ]. Franklin ct al. VS.. Mrs. M. E. Smil-
ey, a suit on a mechanics lien.
The defendant had engaged the plain
tiff to make certain altera tons on her
house at 1411 De Long street and, with
the playful way habitual with some
contractors, he scamped the work and
claimed full pay for it, He raised the
house and put in foundation wall and
piers, relaid floor and added two rooms
to the dwelling. For this Mrs. Smiley
paid 1894 and refused to pay any more
as the work was badly done.
In reviewing the evidence Judge Van
Dyke scored the plaintiff contractor.
He said that no amount of talk could
argue away the fact that the foundation
wall had been badly constructed and
built on a shifting sand. Such work as
that threatened the lives of those resid
ing in such dwelling. Altogether he
thought that the defendant had paid
already really more than the work was
worth and in such case gave judgment
for the defendant.
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ON TECHNICAL POINTS.
Judge Van Dyke Renders a Decision in
a Holly Contested Suit.

decision was handed down by Judge
Van Dyke yesterday in the case of the
Peerless Glass company against the Pa
cine Crockery and Tinware company.
The action was brought for balance
alleged to be due for several shipments
of goods by the plaintiff to the defend
ant. The main defense arose on a claim
set up by the defendant that by the
terms of the agreement under which the
goods We're furnished the defendant had
right to rebate or reduction as a
freight allowance, aggregating $152514
In passing upon the case the court
says: Under the circumstances of this
case, that it was not the intention of the
plaintiff to agree or to stipulate to al
low rebate or deduction of "a cents per
hundred, but it was merely intended on
the part of the plaintiff to designate the
rate of freight from Converse to Los Ar
geles at that time, and that the defend
ant understood that this was the mean
ing of the plaintiff. Under the rules of
construction, therefore, the defendant
is not entitled to offset the alleged
freight allowance.
Defendant, July 2, 1895, in a state
ment furnished, admitted that there
was due the plaintiff $73S22. after de-
Quoting the so-called freight allowance,
and the further sum of $60049, extra
cost of 1854 gross of jars. The freight
allowance being rejected and the other
item not having been established the
sum due the defendant would be $73S. 90,
plus 1926. IA, plus $500. 49-2S63. S. From
ages, as claimed by the answer, arising
from defective jars. This would leave
the sum of S2696.S5 due the plaintiff, for
which judgment is awarded"
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from the first time he met him last Sat-
urday, when a gauzy tale about kidnap-
ing was told him by the boy to account
for possession of silver watch, which
later proved to have been stolen from a
dressing room at Athletic park the same
day, to the time when the young scamp
had confessed his crimes and told when
and how they had been committed.
JudsOn then took the witness chair and
recounted how, while as employed as
office boy for Attorney G. A. Miller, he
had robbed the stationery store of T. c.
Foster in room 43 of the Bryson block,
securing two celluloid toilet sets, two
satchels and a lot of stationery: stolen
a watch from typewriter named Miss
Evans in the same building; had taken
the watch from the dressing room at
Athletic park; had stolen pins and small
jewelry from members of the Jonathan
club, and finally how he had in one day
thrice set the Bryson block on fire. why
he did not know.
He has been living with his widowed
mother at ALP Towne avenue, and de-
ceived her by his specious tales of kid.
naping and the presents he received from
different persons. which was the means
he employed to account for his possess
ion of various articles stolen by him.
When he had finished his recital JUS
tice Morrison promptly held him to ans
wer on a burglary charge and sent him
to the county Jail to await trial under
bonds of $1,000.
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THE DIVORCE MILL.
Arguments in the Billmeyer Case Clos
Ing This Morning.

Arguments in the Billmeyer divorce
suit began yesterday afternoon at
o'clock In department two before Judge
Clark.
Save for the preserving, to some ex-
tent, the reputation of some of the wit
nesses in the case, the hearing with clos
ed doors was a superfiuous act of eau
ton. for in argument'many of the spicy
details are reviewed with the ampli-
fication of pointed remarks that serve to
make more striking the curious features
of this most curious suit.
Attorney Swannick in a lengthy argu-
ment reviewed the more salient fea-
lures of the case and scored the fair
plaintiff rather numerically. Meantime
Mrs. Billmeyer sat close by, giving vent
to her nervousness by swaying back
and forth with monotonous energy in
the swing chairs that must have been
placed in court just for some such pur-
pose. Arguments will continue hnd con-
clude today.
Mary c. Anyway yesterday filed her
complaint in divorce against LIE Grand
M. ANYWAY on the grounds of failure to
provide and desertion.
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THE CALABASAS DOCTOR
Attorney w. w. Taylor Provoked the
Ire Of the Court


DR." Allen the Calabasas resident
who got into apparently endless trouble
with Mrs. Bentley, and was arrested on
her complaint for practicing as a phys
ician without a license, was before Judge
Smith in department one yesterday.
The troubles between Allen and Mrs
Bentley have been we'll ventilated. They
began when Mrs. Bentley charged Mr.
Allen with malpractice in treating her at
the time her baby was born. She re-
fused to pay him for his attendance at
that time, and ran him off her place
when he endeavored to pay himself by
appropriating some grain. He then had
her arrested for threatening his life, Tat
Mrs. Bentley emerged after her examin-
alton more combative than ever, for it
was shown that her threats were merely
conditional
Allen was then about to leave Gala
basas and settle in Los Angeles, but
Mrs. Bentley had him arrested for prac-
ticing medicine without a license, an Of
Tense classed as felony under the laws
of this state. En- PEASANT, it may be said
that there large number of practii-
TONERS in this city who are thus guilty of
felony right under the nose of the law.
When the case was called yesterday
Or" Allen, with his wife and three
small children. were in court, and also
Mrs. Bentley with an infant in her arms,
but Attorney w. w. Taylor Of Sierra
Madre, Aliens counsel was conspicuous
by his absence. Judge Smith was dis
turbed, and said he thought there was
great laXfty somewhere. but neverthe-
less, he continued the case until %. m.
At that hour the legal light from Sierra
Madre not having put in an appearance.
Judge Smith continued the case until
Dec. 9Th. The court intimated. how
ever, that he was not thorough with Mr..
Taylor, and instructed Deputy District
Attorney McComas to prepare citation
upon MIN to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt
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ERSONALS

G. H. Clegg of Pomona Is at the Ma
deau.
Henry Johns of FL Paso has room at
the Westminster.
James w. Caswell is a Lincoln, Neb.,
guest at the Nadeau.
Mrs. T. G. Wilson of Ravenna Is stop
ping at the Ramona.
A. c. Reed of Canton, Ohio, registered
at the Nadeau yesterday.
c. M. Judson and wife Of Azusa were
at the Ramona yesterday
E. c. Morris is among the San Fran
cisco guests at the Nadeau.
Mrs. r. l.. Burcham of Randsburg
was at the Ramona yesterday.
J. A. Dickinson registered at the Ma
deau yesterday from San Diego.
s. F. King, manager of the Della Fox
company, is stopping at the Hollenbeck.
Gstave Thalberg, manager of the Yaw
Concert company, is at the Westmin-
ster.
c. D. Boyd, manager of the San Diego
and La Jolla railroad is at the Hollen-
beck.
Della Fox, of the Della Fox company.
has taken apartments at the Hollen-
beck
II. B. Hedges, who is largely interest
cd In the Hedges mining district is at
the iHollenbeck. rir
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Fisher and Mrs. ].
H. Fisher of Redlands are stopping at
the Westminster.
c. r.. Egan, a prominent manufac-
turer OF San Francisco, and wife, are
recent arrivals at the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. S. r. Nichols who owns a large
hotel at Manitou Col, in company with
his wife and daughter, is spending a
Few days at the Hollenbeck
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CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULES
New Time Tables on Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe
Only.Slight Changes in the Local Trains.
A New Train Service Between Kra-
mer and Randsburg.

On Sunday, November s, 1896, the
Southern Pacific company will put a
new time card in effect, on account of
the resumption of the Sunset limited"
service. This train will run on exactly
the same schedule as last year, there
being two trains each way per week,
leaving Los Angeles for the east at D.
M, Sundays and Wednesdays, and ar
irving at Los Angeles from the east at
1:45 p. m, Saturdays and Wednesdays.
The first train east will leave here next
sunday. the Sth instant: full service east
and west being inaugurated on the 18th.
There will be very little change in the
local service, the principal change being
on the Santa Monica branch, where the
late evening train leaving for Soldiers
home and Santa Monica at D. m. and
also the early morning flyer" leaving
santa Monica at 1:15 a. m. and arriving
At Los Angeles at 1:45 a. m. will be with
drawn. The morning train now leaving
Santa Monica at 500 a. m. will leave at
$40 a. M, reaching Los Angeles at s 20
a. m. Soldiers home evening passen-
gers Will leave Los Angeles at 5:15 D. m.
The morning Santa Monica train leav-
ing here at a. m. will remain unchang-
ed, but the afternoon train heretofore
leaving at ITO p. m. will leave at 1875
p. m.
There will be slight changes on the
Duarte branch; the early afternoon To-
cal heretofore leaving Los Angeles at
.:4o p. m. Will leave at 2:35 p. M, while
the return trip from Duarte will be five
minutes earlier than heretofore-3:4b
instead of $3.50 D. IN.
On the Pasadena branch the local
leaving Los Angeles during last winter
at GID VIII be restored, while the morn
ing local leaving Los Angeles at 1850 a.
m. will be withdrawn.
The Redlands and Grafton express
now leaving Los Angeles at 4:3O D. m.
Will leave five minutes earlier-4: 25 D. m.
A daily local freight service will be put
on between Los Angeles and Cotton.
A new stage service has been institu-
ted between Kramer and Randsburg.
where some rich gold mines have recent
~ been opened up. This new line will
reduce the distance between the points
named from sixty miles to twenty miles.
The service will be daily and the Santa
Te train leaving here at 1915 will con-
meet with the stage line, furnishing daily
service both ways between this city and
Kramer
A new time card goes into effect on the
Southern California railway today. But
few changes will be made, however. A
fast train will be put on between this
city and San Diego, leaving here at $40
p. M. and arriving at San Diego at10:1o.
This train will make but three stops on
the entire trip, at Orange, Santa Ana
and Oceanside.
A new train will also be put on today
between this city and Azusa, leaving
here at 1905 o'clock daily except Sunday.
and returning at 435.
Sunday the initial trip this fall of the
Sunset limited on the Southern Pacific
road will be made. The schedule for this
train will be the same as last year.
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struck Dutch John and then went 20
his work.
G. w. Mellon, foreman on the Mission
ranch, corroborated previous witness as
to having seen John lying in the barn,
his testimony also going to show that
the mutilation had been inflicted at
some hour between and o'clock and
$50 in the afternoon. At the latter hour
Foran brought his team in from where
he had been at work, and he came over
and looked at the body of his fellow la
borer, but made no remark.
So far the testimony had been vague.
but a new point of interest was intro
duced by H. Lyon, also resident at
the old mission. II was going to work"
said the witness, land met Andreas
(Rodriguez). asked him how John was
and he remarked that the horses must
have kicked pretty hard. 1t was then
between 4 and 5 o'clock, and Andreas
passed on to the stable; upon his re-
turn he told me how John had been fur
Their injured"
Matteo Villa, a Mexican laborer ,tes-
titled to seeing Felicitae Capistrano in
the barn where John was lying. She re-
marked to witness that she didn't know
If the horses had kicked John or not,
but that they had got away from him.
1t was this witness who then lifted the
body of John Tepe and carried him into
the barn. Witness asked him what was
the matter. and John replied that he was
very sick, and Just then Mr.. Mellon and
others came in.
Felicitae Capistrano then went upon
the witness stand, and with a smilin gly
complacent manner told what she knew
or at least, what she said she knew
about the matter. After some prelim-
mary remarks she said that she saw the
team belonging to Mr.. Wilson running
past her door, and that they made for
the stable. She saw John after he was
hurt, and at the time Philip (Foran) had
hold of him. He had some blood on his
nose at that time. She did not see him
after he was mutilated Witness said
she was over at Rosita's house that day,
but she couldn't remember the hour.
She met Andreas just coming out of the
house, but didn't notice in what d.
rection he went.
Practically that was the sum total of
the evidence. Attorney Appel appeared
as attorney for the defendant Rodri-
quez, Attorney w. T. Blakely for Foran
the woman Rosas being unrepresented
by counsel. These gentlemen cross-ex-
amined the several witnesses. but with
out eliciting any facts having any di-
rect bearing on the all-important ques-
ton of "Who killed big john"
The prosecution having thus failed to
make out the case. the charge against
the three defendants was dismissed and
the defendants were ordered discharged
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NEW SUITS FILED.

The following complaints in new suits
were filed yesterday in the superior
court:
The estate of Charles Pascoe, de-
ceased-The petition of Mrs. Annie Pas
coe, the widow, that Anna Leola King,
daughter of the petitioner, be ap
pointed ADMINISTRATIVE of the estate.
Nicholas Kirst VS.. Joseph c. Avery ct
ala suit to quiet title to one acre of
the Elizabeth Dalton allotment in the
Rancho Las Cienegas.
Matilda Elliott vs. ]. K. Mulkey ct al
A suit to recover $24OO on note, 5000
attorneys fees, and decree of sale of the
mortgaged premises.
J. NJ. Wright ct al VS.. c. B. Thomas &.
Goa suit to recover $4,000 damages for
injuries sustained
John Ellis VS.. r. M. Furlong, admin
istrator of the estate of Arueta Com
stock, deceased-A suit to recover $1,000
interest, and decree of sale of the
premises.
John Genulla ct al. vs. r. Belle Walk
era suit to recover $3.50, with inter-
est, SIS attorneys fees and costs, on
an assessment levied for the putting in
of a sewer on Third street, from st.
Louis to the west line of Soto street
California Beet Sugar Estate and
Land company VS.. William G. Huey ct
ala suit to recover 81 head of horses
and mares or $3.50, the value thereof,
and for 800 expended in seeking to re-
cover. and costs.
H. d. Smith VS.. Jessie S. Stone ct al
A suit to recover $1,000 for labor etc,
on a contractors lien.
The estate of Harriet S. Ivison-The
petition of James o. Seymour for pro-
bate of will. The estate is valued at
$3.50.
The estate of Mary Case, deceased
The petition of Susan A. Highlander for
letters of administration. The estate
is valued at S4349. 20.
Adoption of Harriet Wiggins-The
petition of H. N. Smith that he be per-
mitted to adopt his stepdaughter, now
Is years old.
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that is covered with an iron cover, flush

that Is covered with an iron cover, flush
with the sidewalk.
On August 18th, by some mischance,
the hose was left projecting from its
resting place and the iron cover was
loosely tilted over the hole in the side
walk. Along came Mrs. Wright and, as
she alleges, through no negligence on
her part, she stepped upon the iron cover,
which slipped from beneath her feet,
and one foot disappeared in this minia-
ture manhole. Her ankle was sprained
and much injured, and she was not only
confined to her bed for three weeks but
is yet a sufferer.
AS solace to her feelings-and her
foot-she now asks the court to award
her $4,000 as damages.
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The damage suit of James X. Stevens
against F. r. Steele and the First Ma
tional bank for $4,000 resulted yester-
day in Judge Van Dyke rendering judg-
ment for the defendants by default of
the plaintiff.
Frank A. Healy a farmer of Savan-
nah. but until some months ago butch
er at Pasadena, filed his petition in in
solvency yesterday. His liabilities are
$1534.S7; real estate, $2065, encountered
to the extent of $3.50; personal property,
$1122; and farm implements, etc., $685.
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ARRESTED FOR BATTERY.

Deputy ConstableMugnemi last even
ing arrested r. Stevens bill collector,
ana locked him in the city Jail on a
charge of battery sworn to by a First
street Japanese restaurant keeper. 1t
appears that on Thursday Stevens went
into the-Jap's place of business to col
lect 40 and became involved in a dis
pute with the proprietor during which
he proceeded to pummel the Monaghan
in approved style. For the alleged Of
Tense he will now answer in court.
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A DAMAGED ANKLE.
Not Utterly Spoiled But Just Injured
$4,000 Worth.

Mrs. NJ E. Wright desires to obtain
$4,000 from the firm of c. B. Thomas &
Co., that carries on drug store at the
corner of Colorado street and Raymond
avenue, in Pasadena.
1t appears that in front of the drug
store is a hydrant to which a rubber
hose is attached, and which is utilized
for cleaning the store windows, cement
sidewalk, etc. When not in use this hose
is coiled up and reposes in receptacle
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AN ILLEGAL VOTER.
George II. Rice Goes to Folsom for One
Year.

George Henry Rice, who was arrested
for illegally voting in precinct 57B on
Tuesday last. appeared before Judge
Smith yesterday morning and pleaded
guilty to the charge.
For some time Rice lived in the pre-
cinct and, wanting to vote, registered
as in that precinct, although he neither
lived there or was entitled to vote there
The court gave the defendant lecture
on the seriousness of the offense and
then sentenced him to one years i'm
prisonment at Folsom.