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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
Death of VI. i. (rNrnu.

Wilkes-Barro. Pa. Sept. l.--ion. NJ. j.
Crogan, one of the most prominent mcn
of this city. died suddenly this afternoon
Of heart failure. The deceased was ~
years of age. In 1915 he was a membei
Of the state legislature, ana since then
occupied many position of trust AT the
time of his death he was street commits
soner Of this city. having filled the Of
flee with distinction since 1859.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02

New York. Sept. LIN the middle states
fair, with light fresh variable winds, be-
coming southerly followed by rising tent
perature. ON Thursday, generally fair
and warmer southeasterly winds. with
local rains in the lake region, probaly ex-
tending to the coast by night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
steam shin Arrivals.

New York. Sept. l.--Arrived Mohawk.
from London. Sailed: Aurania for Liv-
erpoOl; Lain for Bremcn. Arrived out
MaaSdam, at Boulognc: STAT" Of Ne
braska.s at Movilie. Sighted: Spree, New
York for Southampton and Bremen,
passed the Scilly Islands: Majestic. New
York for. Queenstown and Liverpool.
passed Brow Head : p. m. Sept. I.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02

Lock Haven. Pa, Sept. 1.-The Demo-
cratic congressional conferreer of the Six
teenth district met this morning again.
After the sixteenth ballot the vote
showed: Sibcrt i: Cioush 3: Ritter. l.
Thp conference then adjourned to meet
Monday night at Wellsboro.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
New
Avs ~
N!oVeltif
InClll&e

Wool BrJcltelics, Illuminated Ep-
inSics, Silk and Wool Corduroys.
Diamond HoneycOmbs, Ecdfcrn
Checks. Knottci Diagonals, Wool
Crepes, Scotch Teviots, Mosaic Suit
ings. Harris Twceds, Persian Jd
guards, Persian Brocades, Persian
Fantasies, Persian Bronzes, Persian
Damassrs, Persian Iouisnes. Eta
mine Fancios, Mohair Venitians,
Crochet Suitings, Fancy Whip Cords,
Lizard Suitngs, Fancy Niger
Heads, Fan Bark Suitinss Brownette
Clothes, Metallic Repps. Illuminated
Poplins, Iebctincs, Fancy Mosaics.
Honey Comb Suitings. New Knotted
Effects, Galashiels Mixtures, Heather
Cheviots, Etc, Etc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
The Debt Statement.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The debt state
ment issued this afternoon shows net
increase in the public debt. less cash in
the treasury, during August OF ST., 342, ,5S3
Totals cash in the treasury, $S49, ,3SS, ,766.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
SOuthwick lScuOminntcd.

Albany. n. V. Sept l.-Congressmun
George \. Southwick was renominated to-
day by acclamation at the Albany county
Republican convention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
Thur rsday,
Aug. 2zth
And Continue
For One Week
lin
Addition

To the new WcaveS named below. we
viii show a full line Of dOmestics and
staple cloths such as ar" always in
demand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
Bright
FlaidS

For fancy waists ana chillrcns' wear
come in many new effects. and the
most popular weaves are Rough Mo-
hairs, Poplins, Cashmeres, Sergcs, OF
tomans. and crochet effects.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-02
A Dress
Goods
Stock
is always of more or less interest to
women of fashion. but the

is always of more or less interest to
women of fashion. but the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
The CAPTURING OF
A FAMOUS FORGER,
How Becker, the Chief of the
Nevada Bank Swindlers,
Was Caught,
The Taking of a Man With a Record
of Crime on Two Continents-A
Street Scene in Newark.

Patrolman w. J. LOTUS was standing at
the corner of Broad and Market streets in
Newark yesterday noon, says the New
York Sun of May Is, when five men, COM
ing from as many different directions,
gathered around him. The patrolman
paid little attention to the men until one
of them approached him and said some
thing in low tone. In a moment he was
all animation. CHANGING across to the OPP
posite corner of Market street he saw two
well-dressed men coming down Broad
street. Lotus looked at the men, and
then looked at one of the five who had
spoken to him. The man nodded, and the
patrolman crossed the street and stopped
the two men.
Gentlemen, am sorry to trouble you,"
said Lotus, "but you will have to 60 with
me to police headquarters"
What do you mean, sir?" Indignantly
asked the smaller OF the two men,"
you are charged with being fugitives
from justice and being handy at swind-
ling banks" replied the Newark officer.
Gust come along to police headquarters
aud you will probably be able to explain
the whole matter"
Indeed we will not go to police headouar-
tives from Justice" answered the man, his
indignation rising to the boiling point.
eff you do not stand aside and let US pass
will eliminate you from the street."
well have no more talk about this
matter here said Lotus. ''and if you do
not come along without resistance I'll see
which is the harder. your head or this To-
Gust stick"
There is evidently mistake here some
WHERE said the larger of the two men
with very superior air. 1--WE Will accom-
pany this fellow Just to show him before
his Chief what an ass he has made of him.
self"
The two men and the policeman pro-
ceeded toward police headquarters, and
not ten feet behind them walked the five
men who had surrounded the patroImen
on the corner. The group attracted the at
tention of the people on the streets, but
they had little idea that one of the two
men with the policeman was Charles Beck
er, the cleverest forger and bank swindler
that this country has ever produced, and
that the other man was James Cregan,
the forgers pal. Neither did they know
that the five men who formed a sort of
rear guard back of the policeman and his
prisoner were FIVE Pinkerton detectives,
one of whom, at least, had been on the
trail of Becker and Cregan ever since the
Pinkerton Agency learned that the two
men were i'm plicated with Frank l.. Seaver
and Joseph McCluskey in the swindling of
the Nevada Bank, San Francisco, out of
$780, 900 through the agency of a raised
check last December.
When Becker and Cregan reached police
headquarters they were searched. Upon
Cregan was found $2307 IS. He had one
$1,000 bill, twelve 500 bills and bills of
smaller denomination and silver. The
we IN ne ms MI
clothing. In addition to the money
Cregan carried handsome gold watch
and chain. and wore large diamond ring
and diamond scarfpin. On Becker was
found $3.50 in money, besides his watch
and jewelry.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24

Speaking of the recent disclosure that
the strong editorials in the London Daily
News during our civil war were written by
Harriet Martineau the Chicago Times
Herald says that There are other women
like Mrs. Chapman of the Westminster
Review, scholars, patriots. students, i'm
bued with an absorbing love OF science and
humanity, who, constitutionally devoid OF
personal ambition, have thus contributed
to the progress of the age which, unseen
but not unheard, they have adorned.
Among these are Margaret Fuller, Rebecca
Harding Davis and Lucia Calhoun Runkle.
at one time on the staff of the New York
Tribune. This list would be better if it
began with the name of Mrs. Margaret
Sullivan. Mrs. Sullivan is and has long been
one of the ablest editorial writer's on the
American press. She is to-day the first OF
women journalists, her work being an
honor to her sex and her profession
Louisville Courier.J Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
The Speaker Was Amazed,

tits frequently the unexpectedness of a
thing that makes it amusing. One of the
commonest pc rformances in the House-a
most pernicious one, tools for members
to ask leave to extend their remarks in
the Record, and the request is always
granted as matter of course. Ono morn
ing the memorable hammer fell on Judge
Culberson right in the middle of SEN
tence.
He quietly said: "Mr. Speaker, 1 ask
leave" and the Speaker, without waiting
for him to complete his request, started in
to rattle off the usual formula about ex-
tending remarks, when Culberson electri-
fed House and gallery by finishing with
this astounding and unheard-of sentence
in that forum: mir. Speaker, ask leave
to withdraw my remarks from the Rec
ord" The Spea ker was amazed, the men,
bers could hardly believe the evidence of
their own senses, the stenographers
smiled and even the pages were surprised
into silence as the big Texan sat down
with quiet chuckle.-Champ Clark in St.
Louis Republic.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24

pickings, not only of bottles and rags, but
of gold and silver. But John kept right
on toiling for a salary from sunup till
dark, while others picked fortunes up on
the property in his charge and right un-
der his nose. He never coveted anybody
his findings or his gains, and perhaps he
is better contented in his rude cabin than
some of those ex-dump-speculators are in
their mansions.
McLain kept leveling the dumps until he
had leveled Meiggs wharf out of existence.
He rises before the sun every morning,
and has much of his days work well un-
der way before the good people of the resi-
dence portion of the metropolis have
rubbed the sleep out of their eyes. He
always has money about him and he spends
it freely. Sailors have dubbed him Nc
Lain, the Yank," because he is American
to the core, reioices in American achieve.
ments, and is as full of patriotism as any
one would be likely to run across in trip
from here to the Atlantic. He likes to
hear somebody sing Hail Columbia or
marching Through Georgia., or "John
Browns Body" and if any one will rem
der these songs in a half-acceptable man.
ner he may count on old John setting up
the grog as often as any OF the company
becomes thirsty and as long as the singing
continues.
The urchins OF North Beach keep note of
McTain's celebration days. 1t has grown
to be a sure-thIng proposition that if John
McLain gets hilarious in the evening there
will be money for the finder near Johns
doorstep in the morning. The fact is that
the old fellow keeps his tobacco and his
money and his keys all in one pocket.
When he arrives at his door in an ex-
tremely tired condition he usually turns
his pockets inside out In his effort to get
the key. He gets the key, of course. The
urchins get the rest.
Old John is loved especially by the
young people. He owns several skiffs,
and if boys pay Is cents for an hours
rental of the skiff and keep 1t out three or
four hours John don't grumole. When
boys are ''broke' and want to go out fish
ing they borrow a boat from John or
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
Weather Prophet Harmon
Tells How to Raise the
Temperature.
The Cold Air Can Be Made
Warmer on Frosty, Nights in
Orchards.
Using the Energy of Fire 10 Evaporate
Water, to Be Again Condensed
After Diffusion.

W. II. Harmon, the United States
Signal Service Officer at San Francisco.
contributes for The CALL readers the fol-
lowing interesting paper on the very
timely subject of how to prevent frosts in
orchards:
In the Riverside Press of April 81, % and
% Is published an extended article by Ed
ward Copely on frost protection. The pa
per on the whole is excellent, especially
that portion where he explains the condi-
tions under which frost forms. The
method which he recommends for prevent
ing frosts is that of directly heating the
air by means of small fires made OF coal
placed in baskets, which are suspended a
few inches above the ground. In his dis
cussion he takes into consideration the
fact that on frosty nights the air for some
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
THE Man WHO NEVER
LOSES HIS TEMPER,
With the Exception of Grog
and Poker He Is
Perfect.
John McLain, the Picturesque
Samaritan of the North
Beach.
He Leveled the Dumps Till He
Leveled Meiggs Wharf Out of
Existence.

North Beach boasts of a rare and rich
character in the person of honest old John
McLain. 1t is strange that fame has not
sooner discovered him, for since page after
page of the daily press has been devoted
to hermits and faddists and eccentric folk,
it ought to be desirable relief to contem-
plate man of such royal good nature that
he has never been known (even by asso-
ciates of a whole generation) to grow angry
or speak aught in malice; man, in fact,
who finds his chief happiness in tighten
ing the burdens of others; who frequently
goes far out of his way to do a kindly deed /;
and whose every weakness with the ex-
ceptions of grog and poker) leans to
virtues side"
Along North Beach, John McLain's
word is his bond, and never an iii word is
spoken OF him. If poor people cannot find
enough wood for their kitchens, John
shares his own wood with them If he
knows what is wanted. If the hungry ap-
peal to him, he offers them such food as
his cabin affords. If some penniless per-
son seeks shelter for the night, John will
cheerfully open his door 10 the one in
need. His cabin is only the size of an
ordinary single room, and yet he has often
harpored half-dozen tramps over night,
and warmed them up with coffee before
they departed in the morning.
McLain is about three score and ten, and
he has done more work with his shovel
than almost any other man alive. Forty
years ago the bay ran up 10 Francisco
street and washed the foundations of Abe
Warmers Cobweb saloon. Abe Warner,
who is to-day lying at deaths door in
little room close by the site of his early
time resort, is over five blocks distant
from the sea. Now this five blocks of
land, represents, for the most part, the
work of John McLain. 1t is quite safe to
say that he has "made" more of the land
upon which San Francisco is built than
any other man.
For about twenty years McLain was
wharfnger and special officer at the old
Meiggs wharf In those days the Sausa-
Ito boat landed there and things were
lively. The wharfinger had charge of the
North Beach dumps, and as these were
situated on private property scent tariff
was levied on every load. To avoid pay
ing that tariff owners of dump-wagons
would delay the work of unloading until
late in the night, then drive speedily into
the low ground near the beach, empty
their wagons and drive away. Neverthe-
less the corporation which employed Nc
Lain received quite little income from
the dump-wagon tariff. The FIVE new
blocks at North Beach are made up of dirt
and refuse from every hole and corner of
the City.
"If old John had quit working on salary
thirty years ago, ana made a business of
hunting for valuables in the dumps, he'd
be rich to-day" exclaimed a resident of
North Beach. There are numerous for
eigners who became wealthy through the
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promise to pay him in the future. John
both lends and trusts. If he were to be
paid up all the sums that boys have prom
ised him only to forget about Immediately
John would have gold enough to start a
bank
Lads sometimes steal away with the
skiffs just for the fun of the thing, but
they bring them back at their convent
ence. john never umbles-never COM
plains. The only thing that ever worries
him is that some of the boys will become
reckless and overturn the boat. 1t is one
OF the septuagenarian' delights to take out
a skiff load of laughing boys and girls and
sail with them in one of the bay inlets.
The king of the dumps is happiest in the
midst of happy children.
And so, day in and day out, you
may find him leveling down the fresh
sown earth on the Stow estate-unless,
perhaps, he has gone to lend a hand at
painting neigh boris fence or to help at
odd jobs here and there out of pure kind
ness. You would hardly expect to find a
pretty well educated old man working
with a shovel there; but John McLain has
had very fair education and comes of a
good family. A rich, fashionably dressed
sister calls upon him some time about
Christmas and invites him to spend the
holidays at her home. John laughs and
thanks her. He is content where he is.
With only himself to look out for, John is
moving pleasantly down LIES decline. He
doesn't seek the company of women
doesn't seem to care much for women.
Maybe it is a woman's fault that he is now
burying himself in the North Beach
dumps.
North Beach was once a residence Sec
tion-stylish, with high rents" said Nc
Lam. That was in early days. Then
everybody came here for pleasure and
pastime. Since Harry Meiggs skipped out
in 1884 the place has gone rather slow. 1
like these old haunts. though. They're
home to me. I'm alone-don't trouble
anybody-and 1 guess L get as much good
out oil life as the common rum
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OF course this upward draught will be less
with small than with large fires, but it
would seem incredible that any fire could
continue to burn and not form an upward
draught, which would carry the heated
air above the tree tops. The tempera-
lures at which incandescence occur are
from 1000 to 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, and
the air in contact with incandescent
bodies must surely be heated hundreds OF
degrees above the surrounding air, and
the expansion resulting from this intense
heat would undoubtedly cause most
rapid upward draug hit. The question
then is, Will this upward draught be as
rapid when the heat is used in evaporating
water as when directly applied to the air 2
For comparison we will ass ume that the
fires in the two instances are of equal in
tensity. In the first, which we have Just
described, the heat is applied directly to
warming the air about it; in the second a
portion of 1t is consumed in evaporating
water. Every pound of water which is
evaporated will consume as much heat in
merely changing the water into vapor as
would be necessary to heat about 1000
pounds of water through one degree; that
is, it will take 1000 times the heat TO va
porize pound of water as would be nee
essary to raise it one degree. and III the
end the vapor will be at the same temper
AZURE which the water had at the begin
ming. Now, owing to their difference in
specific heat the heat necessary to raise
one pound of water one degree would raise
one pound of air more than four degrees.
Therefore, the heat necessary to vaporize
e in
adding to its temperature would heat one
pound of air through more than 1000 de-
grees.
As stated by Mr.. Copely IN the quota
ton above, water vapor is lighter than air,
provided their temperature be the same
AT equal temperatures the specific gravity
of air and vapor are about ten to six,
but any gas or vapor expands about one
fifth of its volume for IN increase of tenn
perature of 100 degrees or will double its
volume for every 500 degrees. Therefore,
to heat the air 1000 degrees would mean
that it would be expanded to eight times
it's original volume, and its density be but
one-eighth what it formerly was. Conse-
quently, a cubic foot of water vapor
which had blu six-tenths of the density OF
air when at the same temperature would
be five times heavier than each cubic foot
of air after it has received the heat neces-
sary for the formation of the water
vapor. From this it would seem that the
upward draught produced by the heat
used in vaporizing water would be but one
ff tn what it would have been had the
same amount of heat been applied directly
to the air.
But Mr.. Copely's statement of my pro-
cess is extremely incomplete. By using
as much of the energy of the fire as is pos
IDLE TO evaporate water, the upward
draught is diminished, but it is necessary
for the proper protection of the fruit that
the vapor be condensed back into water
before it escapes from the region needing
protection, when all the heat which was
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distance above the ground is considerably
warmer than at the surface, consequently
it would be possible to warm the lower air
until its temperature and resulting density
were equal to those of the air above the
surface before there would be any ten
dency of the surface air to rise and escape.
Therefore he believes that it is possible, by
means of small fires, to warm the lower
stratum of air sufficient to prevent frost
and at the same time avoid loss OF heat
which would result we're there an upward
draught of sufficient force to carry the
heated air above the tree tops.
He criticizes as follows the plan sug-
gested by me in an earlier article for &C.
comprising this:
Professor Harmon of the Weather Bureau,
San Francisco, recommends the sprinkling OF
fires with sprays OF water, thus raising the
dew point so that dew will form at a higher
temperature the best means of preventing a
damaging fall of temperature. If the air was
still and sufficient quantity of water was va
ported there could be no question in regard
to its efficiency; yet all the heat expended in
vaporizing water in bringing the dew point up
10 the temperature of the air would be LOST
How much this would be would depend upon
the dryness of the atmosphere at the time.
out Nhls pan would not Work here in River
side because of the constant draught across the
groves every cold night. This would defeat
any attempt to surcharge the air of our groves
with water Vapor. Aqueous vapor, being
lighter than the air, mingles with it rapidly
Much would be lost in rising above the trees.
The plan could not be other than wasteful of
heat.
ms statement OF my suggestions in re-
gard to frost prevention is somewhat in
complete, and since the question is an i'm
portant one involving the possible injury
or protection of one of our most ortant
industries 1t would seem that compare
son OF the processes may be of value.
The difficulties experienced in all
methods OF directly heating the air arise
from The unequal distribution OF the heat
through the lower portion of the air. on
account OF which the warmer masses of
air rise above the region needing pro-
lection, and cold denser air is continually
flowing in from the sides to replace them.
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necessary for its formation will be again
made manifest and tend to raise the tenn
perature of the surrounding air. Vapors
and gases will distribute themselves very
rapidly throughout space, and it is prin-
ciple of them both that any gas or vapor
will distribute itself throughout space
already occupied by another gas almost as
if the other were not present. Therefore
if vapor is gwen off by water at the fire it
will quickly distribute itself in all direc-
tons throughout the dryer air as rapidly
as it would expand into a vacuum. This
carries the warm vapor into the cold air.
about where a portion is quickly con-
densed, forming small particles of water
like fog in the air. These particles will
be warmed by the heat set free by con-
densation, and on account of their ex-
tremely small size they remain practi-
cally suspended in the air, thus trapping
the heat of the fire in the lower layers of
the atmosphere.
l must admit that the process suggested
by me (that of spraying small fires) is
crude. That it is more efficient than Mr..
Copely's will probably be admit ed.
However, believe that principle of pro-
lection advocated Chat of using the en-
ergy of fires to evaporate water to be con-
deEsed into water after it has been diff
fused throughout the lower air. is the
best method yet suggested. The essentials
to success are, as stated in a former paper:
~ the evaporation of the necessary
amount of water within the region to be
protected; (2) the condensation near the
surface of vapor in such quantities that
the heat will prevent injury; (3) the re-
tention of this heat within the region
needing protection.
Many better applications of this idea
than the spraying OF small fires with water
have been devised since the publication of
the former article, but all depend for their
success upon the principles suggested
above.
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