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The herald., 1896-02-18
How the Printer Kirk Came to
His Death
lie WAS THE AGGRESSO2
The Conductor Says He Was Struck
First by Kirk
Bob Sanders Says the Printer Was Standing
on the Ground When the Fatal
Blow Was Struck

The trial of A. w. Nichols, the Central
avenue electric railway conductor, charged
with the murder of j. W. Kirk, an old
printer, was resumed i'll department one
OF the superior court, before Judge Smith,
yesterday morning. There was quite a
large number of spectators in attendance,
several ladies being among the audience.
The first witness called was Mrs. j.
W. Kirk, the widow of the deceased.
The principal part Of Mrs. Kinks direct
testimony was given Saturday afternoon,
and she merely gave continuance of her
story when she took the stand yesterday
morning. Under cross examination, Mrs.
Kirk again told the story of the assault.
She said that her husband had sat down by
her side when the conductor called the
The herald., 1896-02-18
JUDGE SMITH THINKING

motorman to assist him in putting Kirk
off the car. She protested against this ac-
tion, saying that her husband had done
nothing for which he should be put off the
car, and saying that she, TOO, would leave
it he was thrown off. She followed the con.
ductor as they were pushing her husband
from the car, and begged him not to strike
him. After Kirk was struck by the con.
ductor and knocked senseless, she told
about what then happened, how the injured
man was got to his home, and what took
place from that time up to the time of his
death.
Bob Sanders was the next witness for
the people, and his testimony was he mos
important of the day. He detailed the
scene in the car over the dog; of how the
conductor acted, calling the motorman to
help him eject him, and then coming down
to the time the fatal blow was struck.
Sanders said that as Kirk was being
pushed from the car he struck at the con.
The herald., 1896-02-18
A LIEUTENANT'S VACATION
Count l.. Z. Huiburt Leaves This forming for
,tx Arf<

Count l.. Z. Huiburt Leaves This forming for
Ph1iir, Arik.
Count +. {. Hulburt will leave this morn
ing for Phrnix, where he goes with ether
members of the Merchants association to
attend the festivities incident to the mid
winter carnival. As representative ot
the Boston dry goods store, the largest IN
its line in Southern California, the Arizona
capital will be shown that, OF verify, good
fellowship and appreciation OF mutual In.
terest exists between the two sections OF
country. The cou..t needs rest and recrea-
ton, and it was u happy thought that
prompted his going with the Los Angeles
delegation. During the late. rush at the
Boston dry goods store atteudan upon the
great Barnes sale, he had a great RESPONSE
biity thrust upon him, and to his unceas-
ing, untiring work much of the success was
due.
President Ford of the Boston store sta ed
yesterday afternoon that i'll selecting Mr..
Hnlburt to represent the great dry goods
house at the carnival he not only made use
of the best material at hand, but was Civ
ing his able lieutenant well-earned vaca-
ton.
The herald., 1896-02-18

That prince of the concert band platform
and the monarch of all march composers,
John Philip Sousa, at the head of his great
organization of fifty musicians, will soon
visit this city and give three grand con-
certs. This announcement will be ereeled
with genuine enthusiasm by hundreds of
Sousas warm admirers. Two young ar.
lists of fine attanmen,s accompany Sousa
and his band. They are Miss Myria
French, soprano, and Miss Currie Duke,
vin,inist.
The herald., 1896-02-18
Sousa Band Ticket saIc

A phenomenal advance sale of seats for
the Sousa band concerts is reported by the
Blanchard Fitzgerald Music company. A
sale amounting to $1,000 for the first two
days is certainly satisfactory to the man
ayemont. Such figures in.nre Tremendous.
receipts for the week and Ike oitland and
Seattle, probably there will be people
turned away,
The herald., 1896-02-18
The County Jaii

Only two arrivals are booked at the
county Jail, George Clark, a gentleman
whose sole possession was one razor,
CHARGED with petit larceny, brought in
from San Jose by Cons alb Gilbert, and
Belle Turner. an insane woman, brought
in by Deputy Sheriff Mcclure.
The herald., 1896-02-18
NOTICE TO
Tourists and
Residents
OF Southern California

Thousands of residents and tourists have friends,
relatives and acquaintance in the east who are
greatly Interested in Los Angeles and Southern
California. Many of these people write for papers.
pamphlets and general information about this part
of the world, and would greatly appreciate news
paper that would tell them all they desire to know
about such matters. Such journal is the Los
Angeles
The herald., 1896-02-18
He Stole Trousers

Tom McDermott, who was found in GUS
picious possession of new pair of trousers
and an overcoat, was arrested by Officer
Talamantes on Main street yesterday even
ing. While the officer was calling up the
patrol wagon, man entered the police
station and announced til alta pair OF pants
had been stolen frorl his shop, the gar
ments turning out to be one and tie same.
The herald., 1896-02-18

Try our port and sherry wines at rs
cents per gallon. Y. Vache &, Co., Com.
mercial and Alameda streets. Telephone
500.
The herald., 1896-02-18

out to be in the residence of j. Pugh at
1856 Arnold street and was caused by
some loose wall paper taking fire from the
flame Of lamp and travelling up to the
ceiling. The blaze was put out without
much trouble and the loss did not amount
to more than $50
The herald., 1896-02-18

No well regulate household should be with.
out q. bo tie OF Angostura Bitters, the eele-
bIsted arretizsE
The herald., 1896-02-18
A Small RiaZc

An alarm was turned in at $40 p. IN.
last night from box 1872. The fire turned
The herald., 1896-02-18
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The herald., 1896-02-18
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
AMATEUR BALL NOTES

The NOnpareils of Prieeburg played
a picked nine from Dickson and Provi-
dence and when the game was called
on account of rain the score was as fol-
lows:
II. IT. T..
Nonparoils .......0 o . . 80 . .
Picked club .......0 | o NJ . .
Batteries-Turner and G. Hall; Far
rell ana Houlihan.
The NorDariels Of Priceburg chal-
lenge the Green Ridge Stars To u game
ON the Priceburg grounds Aug. 20. and
would like to hear from the Sunsets of
tei South Side. and the Scranton Re-
serves for any date. Answer i'm The
Tribune. ]. II. Weiland. manager; G..
Hall. caDtain.
challenge of tn" MinoOka team for Aug.
90 on Mincoka grounds. Thomas Tier
ney, manager.
The West Side Athletics defeated the
Keiser Valley team on Luzerne street
grounds Tuesday by a score of II to s.
The Nationals Of Pine Brook chal-
lenge the South Side Reds for a game
of ball next Sunday on saltwater
grounds. ". Ryan. manager.
The South Side Reserves would like
to play the Taylor Reds Saturday. Aug.
22, on their own grounds. Conney Fal-
lon. manager. Answer through The
Tribune.
The Harmonies challenge the Eure-
kas to game Aug. %, on Providence
grounds.
The Taylor Reds challenge the West
Side Athletic club to game on the
Taylor grounds for Saturday after
noon. Aug. -. Answer i'm The Tribune
10 tipf, ~
The olyphant Browns will play n
County league game at Carbondale this
afternoon and on Saturday will play
with the Railroad Young Mems Chris
tian association team on the Olyphant
grounds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
CYCLING FOR YOUNG AND OLD.
Question Of the Age at Which II Is
Beneficial to Ride a Wheel.

The limit of age for cycling Is queS
tion which is calling for many opinions
from the medical press. The british
Medical Journal has this to say about
il: ''in the first place, no child under
tn. age of : years should be permitted
to learn under any circumstances. and
very great care must be taken that any
boy or girl Of that tender age becoming
Il rider is properly fitted with suitable
machine, and that the pedals handle
bar and saddle are SO adjusted that he
can sit properly upright and use his
strength 10 the best advantage without
distorting his body or injuring his grow
ing tissues.
The crank should be short-4l. inches
are ample--and the gear low. and the
reach so short that when the child Is
sitting easily on the saddle he can
place his heel on The prddlc, when ut its
lowest point. The handle bar must be
raised to such an extent and the handles
SO brought around that they can he
conveniently grasped when the forearm
is nearly fully extended and the trunk
erect
The saddle must be Of proper size. and
SO adjusted that the peak docs not
cause any undue pressure; and. when
all these preliminarics are fulfilled. the
stricteSt supervision must be exercised
I" insure moderation as to the distance
ridden and pace observed All hill rid
ing, except up very slight incline,
and all excessive sneed, should be for
bidden, and the great test after Il ride
is the condition of the child next day
l he eat well. sleep well. and is bright
and lively. he has not done too much
and is likely to reap benefit and suffer
no harm from his exercise.
''Whcn ii person has been riding for
some tine and has regularly kept up his
condition by constant practice, there. Is
no reason why advancing years should
compel him to give up his recreation
and his exercise. There are scores of
men who have passed the age of 60
years who are still capable of forty or
fifty miles Il day without fatigue, and
the number of those who. though past
the three score years and ten" attrib-
ute their continued health to the regu-
lar use of their bicycle or tricycle. is nor
incOnsiderable.
"Iie would be n rash man who. with
out some very good and definite cause,
venture to drbar his somewhat aged
patients from an exercise which suited
them and which is SO adapted to per-
sons who cannot walk much: for il
must always be- remembered that a
man on a bicycle has not to carry his
own weight. it is rolled on the wheels
for him, and the difference there must
he in the eXertion when weight has
both to he supported and propelled on
any kind of carriage is apparent. An
habitual rider. therefore. may be al
lowed To use his wheel as long as ma
ture will allow him. and the more
regularly he uses it within Reason the
longer will nature allow him the use of
it."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
ORIGIN OF ENVELOPES.
Strange to to Say They Have Been il
Use bat One Generation.

The invention of envelopes. says the
Stationer,is within the memory Of mid
dle aged persons, and was the result
of a Brighton. England. stationer's en-
deavor to make his store look attract
i've. He took u fancy for Ornamenting
his store windows with high piles of
paper. graduated from the largest to
the smallest size in use. To bring his
pyramid to a point he cut cardboard
into very minute squares. Ladies took
these cards to be small-SiZed note
paper, and voted 1t perfectly lovely"
So great was the demand that the sta-
toner found it desirable to cut paper
the size so much desired. But there
was one difficulty. The little notes
We're so small that when they folded
there was no space for address, SO after
some thought the idea of an envelope
pierced the stationer's brain. He had
them cut by metal plate, and soon,
so great was the demand, he commits
stoned a dozen houses to manufacture
them for him. From such small begin
nings came this important branch Of
the stationery business.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
DIAMOND DUST.

J.oy,tt. who ON Monday was i'll WIN
malaria and had to take ru ms De'' Waa
i'm uniform yesterday. lie VIII propapi!
he able to pitch today: II not Joiisoh
will go in the box. Berger VIII eaten;
The game was about as listleSS anu
sDiritess as it is possible Tor game
to be. All that made 1t interesting was
the close score up to the TENN liiilhs'
Rudderham. the pitcher of the fr"Ni-
dence team, has received some atteh-
tiou from the major league managers.
He has fair speed and good curves, but
is an easy mark for base runners. a
training in the major league company
may cure him of this fault, however,
Fittsburg News.
Ed. Boyle Of the Pittsburg team. is
fancy skuter.-Sporting News. Thtr"
are several such on the Philadelphia
team, though they persists in wearing
skates during the base ball seaSon.--
Philadelphia exchange.
A meeting of the sporting editors OF
the Syracuse newspapers was h"iu at
the Courier office Monday night to dis
cuss the feasibility of holding Il sport
ing editors convention In That city.
Such a convention will probably soon
| be- called. and an organization formed
| including all tn" sporting writer's in
the. Eastern League circuit bne of the
object in view is to aopt II uniform SyS-
ten of base ball scoring, especially IN
r-gor To stolen bases. -arne runs and
Sacrifir. hits.
Saws the Syracuse Standard: "Can
il be- that KuptzSch has r"juvenated
another has been" by allowing him
to feed on the air? Charlie Moss made
three hits ont of nine made by the
whole Scranton team yesterday, more
than Mranry. MaSiiire. Massey ana
BERGER put together. lie also iielded
without an error. All, if We only had
Chollic Moss Back!
Tht. success Of the Baltimore team,
| according IL more than ON" authority.
| is due 10 the iin,. work of the ''rooters.
\ gentleman who has met all kinds of
"routerS in his day tells wherein tn"
Baltimore ruOtrr Is great. He says II
| the players MAX" "a insplay h" is not
like the rranks VIII" groWl and Kick.
| lie merely shouts out: Never mind.
| old man. Catch the next Onc.' If an
briOle goes out on Il p0p-up fly, with
the bases fun he ShriekS: Get EN-
down next time, Hard luck! hard
luck! can't hit ii every time You
| know" And when the game is finally
won, as most gaines are In iialt imore,
he clings around the players like Il man
chasing Il friend for a touch on salary
day. He tries To- wiring the hands of
every man he can seize; he wants to
slap Kelley on the back and hug Rob-
inSon: he wants to have Donnelly come
right over and have Il cigar. and h,
lily goes home in the best Of humor,
! telling everybody about the game as he
goes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
BALTIMORE WILL WIN.
4 Comparison of the Team With the
Cincinnntl PlnXers.

Baltimore is ut last in the lead and
the great race for the penant of 1876
may be regarded as practically over.
The orioles have had their ups ana
downs and fell from the top on the
last Western trip Of the team. but now,
entrenchcd in first place again, ana
with a lone series Of home games TO
play, nothing but the hardest kind OF
luck and a string of accidents, can
keep them from being three-time
winners. The Cincinnati Reds Will
lose many a game on the Eastern trip,
but are not likely to fall below their
present place. so that the Temple cup
money can Le regarded as alreany
divided between the two clubs. which
deserved ii by playing the hest ball.
Baltimore plays Wonderful ball all
along. Cincinnati has astounded every
one by the success of its pitcherS. Inc
teams are fairly we'll matched. but In
battles between the two mines the snap
and dash of the Orioles would win.
Cincinnati has no Rusie. Meekh'
Young or Cunpy to myStify the Balti-
more batsmen. and it is safe to say
that betting on the cup series VIII nave
Il big bulge toward Oystcrville.
A comparison of the two teams
shows little similarity among the play
ers. Nearly every man is as different
in every way from the occupant "t the
same position on the hostile team as
could be imagined. Baltimore has NC
Mahon. Hoffer. Hemming, Esper. POND,
and ClarksOn for pitchers-siS in all
while Cincinnati carries Rhines, Ehre-,
Fisher, Dwyer and Foreman. All hVe
of the Reds twirlers can be relied
on for steady, unflagging work. No
better balanced set of boN-men ever
toiled for any team, while only TWO
Baltimore pitchers, Hoffer and Nc
Mahon, are reliable. In the Temple
Cup series these two will alternate,
thus giving the Orioles as strong u
pitching front as Buck Ewings men
can possibly present.
Back of the bat the teams balance
well. PeitZ and Vaughn. with Gray
ds q relief, evens up Clark and Robin-
son. Robinson. who has lately lost q
finger, may not show up well when he
returns to work, in which case the
Reds hard hitting backstops will far
outweigh Clarke.
Doyle on first base is better than
Ewing as a player, nowhere near his
equal as u general. McPhee will out
play and outbat Harry Reitz on Sec
ond. Irwin and Donnelly will field
and hat alike. but Irwin has more of
the spirit of baseball ginger about him.
Jennings at short will field as prettily
as Smith and will far outhit him.
Burke, Hoy and Miller in the field
are well matched in Kelly, keeler and
Brodie. Both outtlelds are superb, the
Reds being faster on the bases and no
choice when it comes to chasing the
elusive fly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

might feel hurt IL Corbett was out OF
town at the time of his arrival.
suppose Fitzsimmons has changed
his mind and should agree to- accept
your reputation as being almost as
good as his own" suggester the World
reporter: what them
Corbett laughed and swung his cane
In the air and blew smoke from his ci-
gar high In the air.
ITO. tell the TRUTH" he began, "Tm
sick and tired of talking about that fell
low. lie doesn't want to fight me
never did. That should be well under
stood by this time. His arrival will
stir something up and If his trip abroad
has been the financial failure they say
it was perhaps he may he dragged into
Il ring
Then Corbett started off with Haw-
kins for Martins in Broadway, where
he had been invited to supper.
Wait till Sharkey gets here" was
his parting shot. "He'll astonish the
town, take my word for it,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Serue or Summer Clothes
MADE TO ORDER ~
THE FRANK T. CARROLL CO.,
Goa, Exchange eundns WYOMING AVENUE.

ing Of the court was impaired to him
he deeihed himself the happiest man on
earth. Besides declaring the fine Illegal.
the court ruled that it would grant a
new injunction To- prevent the league
from either interfering with the Cleve-
land team or its captain but for the
fact that the same objects were assured
by continuing the original restraining
order in force. and that more wrong
might be done than obviated by any
other course.
The object of the injunction prayed
for in the petition was To prevent the
National league from collecting an al
legged wrongful $500 ne assessed against
the local captain or barring the team or
player from participating in champion
shin pumpS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
jim CORBETT
IS NO HAS-BEEN
Arrives 10 New York and Don't Look q
Physical Wreck.
TALKS ABOUT TOM SHARKEl
Says He's Il Dangerous Customer and
That His Idea Of Rules Is Bad.
Hopes the Arrangements for the
Fight Will Not Miscnrry.

If Jim Corbett is the physical wreck
his San Francisco admirers would have
folks In the east believe, ,sthere Is moth
ing about his appearance to bear out
their story, says the New York World
On the contrary. he looks In his street
clothes just as he always did look. like
tall, broad shouldered, healthy man.
he never had much color but the out
door exercise he has been taking of late
appears to have bronzed his skin trifie
The speedy California boxer reached
town Sunday night. There was no DEM
OnStration at the railway station. He
came in just like plain citizen. "DaF'
Hawkins, the San Francisco boxer, was
with him. Corbett drove at once to the
Gilsey house to meet his friend and
hacker, AL Smith. At the hotel he met
Francis Patrick Slavin and his man.
ager, Teddy Alexander. NO challenges
We're exchanged, for Corbett and the
Australian are pretty good friends.
Corbett thinks Sharkey is dangerous
man for some fighters to tackle. If he
thought he was dangerous for Corbett
1t is not likely that he would be so
anxious to court a whipping. They
always did say Corbett was a wise
fish," to borrow one of "Chuck" Con-
ners' favorite expressions.
AN ORIGINAL FIGHTER.
at certainly would not be to my in
terest to decry this fellows pugilistic
ability" explained the conqueror of the
once great John l.. Sullivan, "and it
would surely be unfair to say that he
is anything but a cold turkey PROPOSE
tion. He is an original sort of lighter
knows very little about the rules, but
seems to have "a most extraordinary
fondness for getting punched on the
jaw. l really believe it's fun for him
just as it Is for some fellows to punch
other fellows. ] think | can take all
the fight out OF him. I'm here to try
and staighten things out for a fight
We're matched. you know and I'm anx-
ious to get into shane right away"
ANY old place will suit me-" Corbett
replied, "and | don't care how soon it is
brought about. My desire is to show
the American people that | am not the
has-been my San Francisco friends
have painted me-"
Has this man the $4,000 to put W
as Il stake?''
Has he?" Corbett repeated. "Why
Mai Mclaughlin will back him for that
amount and | dare say others in Cali
fornia will back him literally. I tell
you they regard him as Il wonder out
on the coast and they think ME a deuce
in a worn ont pack of cards. But III
fool 'em before l get through. Just Sc.
If [ don't"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19

1t is as good as settled that the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania foot ball team
will go to Mountain Lake Park. Nd.
to train i'm the early fall. Coach George
Woodruff and Manager McAvOy We're
there in company with several of the
players. Among the latter We're sew
eral Washington men. Samuel A. Boyle.
jr. who played left end on the Varsity
team last season. and the year before
that the same position on the George
town eleven. and Joe DE Silver; who
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
TEBEAU WINS HIS CASE.
The Base hail PLAYER Victorious Ovel
the National League.

Cleveland. Aug. 1S.-Captain Oliver
Tebeau of the local base ball team came
out of his memorable fight against the
National league today with flying col
ors. Judge Noble rendered his decision
in the Tebeau injunction case this
morning. Only a few fans were on
hand. and President Robertson. who
had followed the entire proceedings
from the start. was not I'm attendance
at the closing scene. But when the rul-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-19
Rain or We! Grounds Prevented All but
the One Here.
BUFFALO DEFEATED SCRANTON
and Devoid Of Any Special Features.
Places the BisOns Within llailing
Distance OF the Canadians.
Yesterdays Results.
Buffalo. .............. s Scranton.
Toronto at Wilkes Barre, wet grounds.
Syracuse at Springfield, rain.
Rochester at Providence, rain.

Rain or wet grounds raised hob with
all the games scheduled for yesterday,
except the one ut Athletic Park, be-
tween Scranton and Buffalo. 1t was Il
listless pitchers battle, ana the Bsons
won it. Two games will be played in
WilkeS-B Barre today and there will prob
ably be double programmes at Spring
field and proyilenre