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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25

trip, a banquet was served in the
Scranton house, of which about thirty
of the intimate friends of the party
partook.
The principal feature of the evening
was the presentation to Charles and
August Robinson of handsome, solid
silver gold lined, loving cups. Each
received one The presentation of the
Cifts was a complete surprise to both
the recipients who replied with brief
and we'll chosen remarks. The cups
are exquisite specimens of the jewelers.
art, and are the product of Tiffany S.
of New York city. The handles are
beautifully chased and bear representa-
tions of wild vines and berries. Each
cup bears the following inscription:
presented to ---- as a token of eS-
TEEN and friendship, by those who love
him and know his sterling qualities best.
So say we all of us"
Following the inscriptions are the
names of thirty gentlemen who organ
ized the presentations with c. ID, Veg
man, their secretary. Senator Stadler,
of New York, made the presentation
speeches. The banquet room was artis-
tiCally decorated by Clark, and music
was furnished by Bauers orchestra.
Those present at the banquet We're:
Charles and August Robinson. Senator
Charles a. Stadler, Mayor James G..
Bailey, eX-Mayor John II. Fellows,
PrOthonotary Clarence T.. Pryor, Con-
rad Schroeder, George S. Horn, Charles
II. Schadt, c. ID. Wegman, John j.
Fahey, Frank H. Nandling, Chief OF
Police Robling, S. B. Stillwell, Victor
Koch. Nj. II. Dale, Charles II. Miller,
John Benore, Frank Thompson, NJ. j,
Healey, w. II. Davis, Peter Iiegler,
William Craig, w. j. WeicheI, a. j.
Healey, f. j Dwyer, w. a. Fl. Prue-
| mers, DR.. +. f. Gunster, F. Fl. Jermyn,
David r. Pritchard, Frank Koch of
| New York; 4. Bins, =. S. Page, Charles
| ]. Weichel, j. j. Cummings, f., j. Fish,
| w. H. Pierce, Carl Lorenz, DR., a. II,
Bernstein S. p. F'enner, Emil p. WEIGH
| el, joseph Madenspacher.
Speeches We're made during the even
| ing by Frank Thompson Conrad Schroe-
| der, Mayor Bailey, c.. d. Wegman and
| others.
| Messrs. Koch, Robinson, Miller and
| Benore leave this morning for the Hot
| Springs,
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MEDAL OF HONOR MEETING.
Convention Organization is Pro-
crossing in It's Plans.

The general committee that will ar
range tor the Medal of Honor ConVen-
tion in this city in June met in Mayor
Baileys office Saturday, The following
were appointed committee on finance:
Colonel T.. H. Ripple, chairman and
treasurer; Captain p, DeLacy, Charles
Robinson, George Sanderson, {. G. Bo-
land, Hon. w. l.. Connell and John T.
Howe.
The general committee made the fol-
loving recommendations: That on
Tuesday, June s, reception be held in
the evening, and that Bauer's orchestra
be engaged, and that efforts be made to
secure a choir and glee clubs That ad-
dresses be delivered by members of the
order. on Wednesday, June g. that a
banquet be held in the Jermyn hotel,
the early part of the day being devoted
TO the business of the organization.
That drives through the city, to Elm
hurst and other points of interest be
arranged for Thursday June, 10, the
last day Of the convention, The report
was received and the committee con-
tinued.'
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MINE WAGES THE SAME.
Hillside Company Has Not Reduced the
Pay OF Its Men=--Report Is PrO-
nOunced False.

An article in a Sunday paper to the
effect that the Hillside Coal and Iron
company had made sweeping reduc-
tions" in the wages of it's employees
was declared untrue yesterday by Cap
tain w. A. May, the company's s gen
eral manager. The article contained
the following:
Notices were sent out yesterday making
sweeping reductions in the wages OF
workmen of almost every grade at all the
colleres and all the shipping points OF
that company The following classes of
workmen have been affected by the re-
ductions: Pump runners blacksmiths
tiremen, ash wheeers, carpenters, barn
bosses. engineers, coal inspectors, clerks,
weighmasters and ali steady time men.
Captain May was interviewed at his
home on Washington avenue by Tri-
bune reporter He said: 1T is harder
to combat a grain of truth than whole
lie. The rate of wages of our men
have not been reduced in any instance.
owing to the decreasing output and
consequent reduction of working time
inside the mines we have been obliged
to reduce the time of mechanics and
outside men"
had the rate of wages been reduced
by the Hillside company nor was Such
action likely, nor did he believe any
of the other large companies had re-
duced wages or intend doing so. Me-
chanics engineers, carpenters and
machinery and outside men generally,
he said, always worked several more
days per month than did the outside
help, but when the latter's time was re-
duced there necessarily followed a re-
duction of the time of the others. He
explained, however, that the time
shortened outside was never to the
same extent as inside, the repair work
having to be performed just the same,
the engines and pumps kept running,
q q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25
CITY NOTES.

John II. Fellows and j. w, Browning
have removed their office to the Mears
building.
New No. 16 school in the Fourteenth
ward will be opened for the reception of
pupils today.
James McGovern, executor of the estate
of Catherine Handley, deceased, was on
Saturday discharged by order of court
An installation and smoker of Division
20, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Board Of
America, will be held this evening in the
Hibernian hall on Fourth avenue.
Court Saturday granted rules to show
cause why the attachments entered
against Luce Bros. under the fraudulent
debtors act should not be stricken off
Mary Harding, of Oakford court, was
arrested Saturday on charge of assault
and battery preferred by May Davis,
who is one of the Harding woman's
neighbors. The case was dismissed
Rev. II. A. Grant, b. D., pastor of
Howard Place African Methodist Epls-
copal church, is expected to speak at Elm
Park church this morning at 10 o'clock
before the Methodist ministers meeting
Gertrude, the 1-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Collins, of Monroe ave
nue., died Saturday night after brief ILL
ness. The funeral will take place Tues
day afternoon. lnterment will be made in
Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
Public school No. o. in the Second ward
will have a public flag raising this after
noon at l3O o'clock. a. l.. Francois, con-
troller of the Second ward, and Superin-
tendent Howell will be present. The flag
will be presented by Tonaluka tribe of
Red Men of the North End.
The Clearing House associations report
fN1l
Jan, Is, $l64,2l21S; Tuesday, Jan. 10, $780,
2lS'39; Wednesday, Jan 20, $22S, ,973. So;
Thursday, Jan. q, $146. 1856. 80; Friday. Jan.
%, Sl5j 1865; Saturday, Jan. %, $14i $40 y ;
total, $l,029,7 ,76257. Clearings for the week
ending Jan. %, 1896, 1908, ,6729l.
Janet Lewis, by her next friend, David
r. Thomas, on Saturday began suit
for divorce from her husband, David NJ.
Lewis Cruelty is alleged They Were
married Oct Is, 1892, and lived together
until Dec. % last, when, she alleges, she
was forced to withdraw from his com
panionship on account of his cruelty.
d. w. Schoonover's meat market on
Capouse avenue was broken into by
thieves some time Saturday night or early
yesterday morning. 1t was Enthusiastically
the work of tramps Tor when they found
the cash drawer empty they gobbled ten
pound piece of pork steak and made off
with 1t. Entrance was gained by forcing
a window in the rear. The police We're
notified, but the thieves have not yet been
captured.
Colonel Monies post, No 319 Grand
Army of the Republic, at its last meeting
presented the retiring commander Ed. l..
Haas, with handsome and costly sword
and belt in recognition of the posts un-
stnted approval of his administration of
the office of commander which he so
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25

the Fifth Avenue hotel New York,
Dec. IA, 1896, with Ethan Allen as pres
ident, and Charles A. Dana, Thomas
l.. Gaines, Roswell p. Flower, Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, John r. Dos Passos,
Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas +. Gilroy,
George Hoadley, j. Edward Simmons
and G. II. Denison, as vice presidents.
The purpose of the league as expressed
in the resolutions adopted at the or
ganization Is to consolidate the Cuban
sentiment in this country and secure by
all legal means the inalienable right of
self government for Cuba.
Mayor Bailey will consult with prom
inent citizens during the week to ascer-
tain whether or not the movement is
favored here.
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KEEP 1T UP, THUGS.
II Only Costs from So to SIS tO-"DO Up
Drunken Man at Midnight
in This City.

The papers Of late have contained ac
counts of numerous holdups and the
like throughout the city and right in the
very heart of the city. Shortly after
l o'clock yesterday morning the police
captured two men in the very act of
doing up a drunken man and what is
hard to eXplain-they Were allowed to
go upon the payment of So fine into the
mayors court.
The prisoners gave their names as
James Haggerty and Edward Reel.
They espied Patrolman Day picking
drunken man out Of the gutter on Lack
aWanpa avenue and as the officer start
ed with his burden towards the station
house they hurried over to him and
saying they knew the man promised to
take him home. He was turned over
to them and supporting him between
them the two youths started down the
avenue. The officer did not like the
looks of the pair and thought it best to
keep an eye on them. Summoning Pa
trolman Peters he shadowed them and
as he half expected saw the two Wor-
thies drag the drunken man back into
the Delaware, LaCkaWanna and West
ern yard. ONertaking them the officers
asked them where they were taking the
man. Il guess we don't know him"
they replied and dropping the drunk
they started off, They We're however
captared and locked up The books
show that they were fined SO. a request
that the case be not published was
written across the docket.
John Cannon, middle aged South
Slider, got drunk Saturday night and
wandered into Center street, At 2,2O a
man came ub behind him and hit him
over the eye with black jack or some
other such weapon cutting deep and
painful cash. The assailant, whatever
mis- purpose, was frightened off by Pa
trolman Karius' response to Cannon's
lusty cries of police. He was oVertak-
en- and both he and his victim were
locked up. He gave the name of Thos
Shafer.
He paid a fine of So in the mayors
court and went away rejoicing at the
cheapness of sand-bagglng. His vic
time could not pay like fine for drunk
enness and at last reports was still
in the station house. And thus the
good work goes on.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25
SCHOOL, BOY GOT GAY.
And the Government Got After Him
with "a sharp Stick.

James Meehan. 17-year-old school-
boy of Priceburg. was held in Sl,ooo
bail by United States Commissioner
A. j. Colborn, Saturday, for sending
matter through the mail that Uncle
Sam forbids.
The lad indited a letter to his school
mate Annie Heulett, and, as school
lads have been known to do before, SAID
some things in it that he wouldn't IN
his maturer years The letter 1el
into the hands of the girls tather
John Heulett. and the arrest was the
result Deputy United States Mar
shal John j. Shea served the warrant.
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by fire Saturday morning. The ORR
gin Of the flames is unknown. When
discovered they had gained such head
way that all efforts to combat the fire
were futile
James j. Williams. of this city, is
president, and Y. E. jones, also of
Scranton, is secretary of the company.
The breaker was valued at $30, 600 and
was insured for one-third that sum.
The breaker and contents were entire
ly ruined. The officials Of the com
pany We're unabletto state on Saturday
what their plans would he about re-
building. About 100 men were en-
ployed in and about the mine.
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PLAINTIFFS WIN OUT.
Long Winded Ejectment Suit Brought
to Close.

The Comegys- Russell ejeCtment suit
which had been on before Judge Purdy
i'm common pleas court since Monday
was given to the jury Saturday morn
ing aud at ? o'clock p, m. a verdict was
returned in favor of the plaintiffs.
The Jones' Schimpff case did not reach
conclusion Saturday and went over
to this week, 1t will take another day
or two to finish it,
The third week of common pleas be-
gins today Judges Archibald and
Gunster are scheduled to preside.
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This is Important TO You,

And to your wife, son and daughter.
You want a home. Think about II.
Buy one of. our choice lots in the cen
tral ands select part of Scranton at a
handy and convenient walking dis
tancc from business, theaters, hotels,
churches, stores and depots, on Adams,
jefferson, Madison or Monroe avenues.
At most of the lots flag walks and
curbs are laid, Clso sewers, gas and
water mains and steam heat, and in
front of some the asphalt pave. These
are sites for superior homes. Prices
low. Terms easy. Clear title guaran-
teed, Call for circular, Jones,31 Spruce.
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LOVING CUPS GIVEN.
Interesting Presentation Services to Ex'
Sheriff Robinson and August Robin.
son=-.FOllOwed by Banquet.

4 few days ago it was announced
that eN-Sheriff Charles Robinson, Vic
tor Koch, John Benore and Charles II.
Miller, of this city. would visit Hot
Springs, Arkansas, this week, and on
Saturday night as a prelude to the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25

identified with the trouble with
Clark, but that his aid and courtesy
to the Guild had been ever ready and
of great value.
About $1,lOO will be netted by the
Guild from Ben Hur" which will pe
next introduced at Oswego.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25
FOR A CUBAN LEAGUE.
Effort to Form Branch in This City
Being Made,

The Cuban league of the United
states is moving to form a branch in
this city. Mayor Bailey, on Saturday,
'oceived a letter from Frances w.
Glenn, the general secretary, asking for
tee names Of some prominent citizens
who would likely identify themselves
with the movement and outlining the
rIiposes of the league together with its
m and scope.
he league is composed entirely of
"a ~erican citizens, 1t was organized at
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25
SALESWOMEN WERE
ARRESTED AND FINED
Charged with Defraudiug the Scranton
Traction Company.
TWO TRAVELLED FOR ONE FARE

One Rode from the Hill, Procured
West Side Transfers for Her Conn
panion, Who Used Them During
Lunch Hours.-They Were Arrested,
Fined and Dischargcd--Gene
Manager Siiiiman Says the Practice
Is Extensive and Must BE stopped.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25

Great bargains in hair switches at
Konecny's, hair dresser, 81 Lacka. ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25

Tailor made fall suits and overcoats,
latest styles, John Ross. 307 Spruce
street. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-25

steam Heating and Plumbing.
P. +. G NJ. r. Howley, 231 Wyoming ave
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gsgiga fls--l Xxx lyg.sstEE5y, wye B

$50 Xxx White Envelopes for l7c. at Sc.
Store, 523 Lack a. ave. =.
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COMPANIES POSITION.

View WIN tribune reporter yeSteT-
day said:
COMPANY'S POSITION.
THE company has no special griev-
ance against the two young ladies ar
rested They happened to be the first
detected in an unlawful practice that
has increased of late, practice of haV-
ing the company carry two passengers
for the price of one transportation.
Street railways in other cities have
been made victims of the same practice,
innocent in intention perhaps, but posi-
lively illegal and have had to resort
to the same method to have it disCon-
tinucd.
There is no fine legal point involved
as would seem to appear in a story of
the arrest in a Sunday paper. II is good
law and good sense that a street rail-
way company is not obliged to carry
two passengers for one fare The case
is not parallel with q return coupon on
a steam railway ticket In that case
the purchaser buys for whomsoever he
pleases. If we sold return tickets to a
given point on our line and return, l
do not doubt that the return ticket
would be transferable, though such an
Illustration is rather vague. 1t is plain
that Mr.. A. or b receives a transfer
in consideration of his scent fare and
that the use of the transfer by another
deprives the company of five cents.
PRACTISED EXTENSIVELY.
You would be surprised to know the
number of passengers our cars carry on
transferred transfers. The practice is
most common among fellow clerks who
have regular lunch hours and time
their arrivals and departures from
stores and offices so az to make US car
ry two of them for five cents. In the
case in question these young ladies
probably never paused to figure that
they deprived us of $1.30 per month, OF
twenty-siX working days. You car
readily compute that the leakage in q
year in connection with many similar
cases amounts to a great deal.
I'VE did not have to resort to mucl
detective work in this instance. 1t wa,
known that many persons had been rid
ing on transfers procured by others anC
We set a watch for several who Were
accustomed to board certain lines Of
cars at a given lunch hour and who
always possessed a transfer. In some
of these cases investigated it was founC
that the holders procured their trans
fers properly, but in this case the OPP
pOsite was ascertained.'
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I(EIp.

WALSH--In Dunmore, Pa. Jan. "a. 1897,
Joseph Walsh aged 81 years, at his
home on Webster avenue. Funeral
Tuesday afternoon at D. m 1nterment
in Forest Hill cemetery.
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PIERCE COAL BREAKER BURNED.
Breaker and Contents, at Winton,
Were Totally Destroyed.

The breaker OF the Pierce Coal conn
pany at Winton was totally destroyed
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s LET game The great ash are to Be
.eano IN plenty on the Cape Ann coast
\. losiheetoWn. Gloucester, and other
massaenusetts towns, and AZ manv
otner parts of the Atlantic coast clear
Up 70 the mouth OF the ST Iavrenca
rlfer, and they are to be found In IN.
european waters all the ,wav from ~.
Me1lesrranean to the Lofforden Islands
IN iatitnde So degrees north. Fisher
men VINO 90 after the tuna on our
coasts VIII have the advantage OF seek-
ing bigger nsh than the TINS hurte,
OF any other part of the world for n
Is not uncommon to fnd speciuer, On
the Cape Ann waters which r.n~.
rom Loo to 1.5oo pounds in weight.
The nsh Is very familiar one TO down
east fishermen, but in this part Of the
world II Is called by a different name
The Cape Ann fishermen call n the
horse mackerel 1t Is known as the
funny to the Notwithstanding peonIe
Of Europe, and as the ton or tuna no
the people who border the Mediterra-
mean
Except its deadly enemy. the killer
whale, II is probably the most active
fish that is to be found in the sea. and
New Workers should cherish no hone
Of seeing specimen Of 1t in the aqua
rum, for 1t Is altogether too much on
the move to be kept for even a little
while In captivity. But the idea of
treating 1t as game fish and seeking
its capture with rod and reel seems
never to have occurred to any one
until the Pacific fishermen went after
1t in that way.
On the Atlantic coast it has been
hunted and captured for many years
with the harpoon, just as the sword
fish is captured. In recent years II has
been taken in nets Of rope The horse
mackerel is known scientifically as
Thynnus orcynus and IL is a member
Of the mackerel family. It is a very
handsome member of that family. too.
being arrayed. like nearly all its rela-
tions, in handsome shadings of metal
lie blues and grays, with intermixtures
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of some more brilliant tints. II makes
its appearance In June and stays until
October. When the fish arrive they are
usually very thin, but they are vora-
cious feeders, and by the middle Of the
season they are heavy with fat. They
feed upon every kind Of smaller nah,
ana the pound fishermen for many
wears looked upon them as simply an
almost worthless nuisance. since they
would 20 through and through the nets
In chasing their prey. They were not
50 bad as the big sharks. however, In
their effect upon the nets. for they
would not get tangled up In them, but
instead made round holes often a. big
AZ the mouth Of a bushel basket Dur
ing those years the fishermen looked
mon the horse mackereI as practically
unfit fo- food and good only for oil.
When the horse mackerel were fat the
fishermen would attack them with the
harpoon and kill them for the oil
which they yielded The oil came
chiefly from the head and belly, and .
epod-sized fish would yield twenty gal
Ions Of ft. In those days the carcasses
were east away or. sometimes used for
chicken food.
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hua. The houses we wanted to enter
were apparently so in; c,essible, with
iron bars at the windows. and so many
servants stood at the door, that We
abandoned any intention We may have
had, and were well-nigh discouraged
about seeing the inside Of one, when,
by chance, the artist stumbled upon a
place into which we were ushered by
q whitehaired old domestic, who in
formed us that the family had gone to
the States on a visit, and that we might
walk into the placita. There is an
UNMARRIED rule followed in building
Mexican houses. They are all Of white
washed adobe, one story high. and are
erected around a large open square.
known as the placita. The only door
way is the large one opening directly
into the street, and which is wide and
high enough for any sized cart or car
Rage to be driven through into the
court The house we had the good for
tune to examine was evidently the
abode Of wealthy family, for there
"-N 80 wants oSdNNCiCu Oil ONCT INC
place, and our guide was apparently
an old family dependent, who took
great pride in her family and their
home. Emerging from the hallway
which we entered first on coming from
the street, the court was reached, and
there we found a fountain and plants
and some flowers. There was no roof
TO the placita, and the drawing rooms,
bedrooms and various other apart
ments opened into It, so that when
one Is once within the court he is prac-
ucally In the whole house. And IL ever
house is mans castle, as Blackstone
so strongly insists, then surely a Mexi-
can house is a well-guarded castle. The
few windows that open on the streets
are heavily barred with iron, and in
stead OF the gardens being around the
house, the houses are around the gar
dens. The rooms into which we glanced
had floors made of brick and covered
with rugs, while furniture had a very
American appearance. It was the
court, however, which we both liked
the best, and in which we fingered the
longest. Shut of from the street as
II was, restful quiet fingered about
the place. disturbed only by the drip
ping Of the water in the fountain. Our
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sort is declared to be more ex-
wen than that furnished by the
: or any of the other big sea flsh
1 ngIers have been attacking the
4 tV years. About twenty tunas
/, been captured on hand lines dur
AZ past season at Avalon, but the
remarkable capture was the one
& Il Santa Catalena by Col. c. p.
.,house of Pasadena, who hooked
Epound tuna on a light rod and
and secured it after a struggle
|.ars than three hours. During the
With the great fish Col. Moore
Il boat was towed about three
The leaping tuna Of the Pacific
-ribed as ranging in weight from
i 500 pounds, and from six to nine
Ia length, and as having a habit
zping from the sea ten or fifteen
into the air. The, 1S0-pound tuna
h Col. Moorehouse caught was the
h one taken on a rod. Those which
N uught on hand lines ranged in
gEht nom 80 to $50 pounds. The
ms hEvs been about the Santa Cat