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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
.DANGE ER0US SURGERY
Death Follows the Surgeons Knifc--
Not the Surgeons Fault, ,or Course.
He Can't Help It--You Can.
Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Plies Quick
ly, painlessly without Danger.

People go along for years suffering with
piles. They try this and that and the other
thing; from carrying buckeye to getting
treatment from physician. They obtain
temporary relief, maybe, but they are
never quite cured. A little strain in lift
ing, excessive fatigue, "a little constipation
or little darrhoea and the piles come
back.
They don't seem to amount to much, but
they Danish sleep ana appetite. No position
Is comfortable. There is intense local
pain and that dreadful feeling of weight
in the perineum.
Maybe in the early stages some of the
many salves on sale will afford temporary
relief. If the case Is of long standing there
is only one speedy and sure remedy. 1t is
Pyramid Pile Cure. Even in light cases it
is the safest thing to use Other appliCa-
tions may cure and may not Pyramid Cure
Is always certain, always reliable always
brings comfort at once. It's prompt use
saves months of severe suffering. In eX-
treme cases 1t will save surgical operations
and their attendant dangers and discom-
| forts. 1t Is better than knife. VIII cure
easier, quicker and safer. Thousands have
used it. Thousands have been cured by
| II. Tie cost Is triflng compared with
| what 1t does. The price is 80 cents. Most
anybody would gladly pay $40 to be rid of
| piles.
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure. If
| yours hasn't 1t he Will get it for you from
| the Pyramid Drug Co. of Albion Mich.
| (sole manufacturers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
NOTES AND PERSONALS

This evening Post No. 2, Volunteers
OF America, will hold a welcome sup
per at the headquarters, lOG South
Main avenue. The supper win he
served from to 10 p. m. Tickets, 10
cents. ~
Rev. Mr. Hughes, of Ashley, preached
at the Bellevue Welsh C. NJ. church
yesterday and Rev. j. 4. Norris
preached at Ashley.
Mine Superintendent Thomas Carson
Is able to be about for the first time
since ne received an injury to his foot,
several months ago.
Mrs' william Hallett and children, of
diyae i'ark avenue, are visiting at
Stroudsburg, Pa.
fioWard Davis, of Eynon street is
spending few days at Binghamton.
MrS' BENJAMIN Allen and son. OF
south Main avenue, have returned from
visit at Factoryvllle.
The weight of a young son that mr.
rived yesterday morning at the home
OF Mr. and Mrs, Patrick Moran. of Eel
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM MUSSLE-
MAN,

The funeral of the late William Mus
sleman, who was killed on the railroad
last Thursday, took place yesterday af-
ternoon. Brief services We're conduct
ed at the family home on Meridian
street at 80 O'clock and afterward, at
2:3O O'Clock, Rev. j. B. Sweet held the
main service at the Simpson NJ. f..
church. Mr. Sweet was assisted in the
obsequies by f. w. Pearsall, secretary
of the Railroad Young Mems Christian
Association and Rev. Mr.. Peck Mr.
Pearsall read the scriptural lesson,
Rev. Peck offering prayer. Mr.. Sweet
in his sermon spoke of the Christian
life of the deceased and pointed to the
awful certainty that 'in the midst of
life we are in DEATH. The church
Quartette, Misses Jones and Godshall,
Mr.. Whitman and Professor w. Jones,
rendered beautiful music. The array
of floral offerings was quite magnifl.
cent. Railroad lodge, knights OF
Pythias, attended the funeral in a
body and the funeral was largely COM
posed of fellow workmen of the de-
ceased. The interment was made at
Forest Hill cemetery, special street
cars conveying the mourners to the
grave yard. The pail bearers were
from the above mentioned organiza-
tiOnS, rH
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
WILL WORK FOR PROSPERITY.
Major Mckinley Thinks That His
First Duty is His Country.

Canton, O., Feb. 7.-Major Mckinley
attended church this morning. He was
accompanied by Representative H. H.
Wilson, of Brooklyn, and Assistant
Secretary Prulen, of the white house
Representative Wilson left for the east
at o'clock, but had nothing to say
about his interview with Major McKin-
ley.
Mr.. Hanna's friends in Cleveland are
pretty open in the assertion that he will
nt t accept a cabinet portfolio. 1t de-
ve'cps here from talks with prominent
men who have visited Major Mckinley
recently that he does not expect to
make many appointments to the diplo-
matte and consular service till the extra
session is we'll under way His idea is
that the business of the country ought
to he attended to before the work of
apportioning the patronage is taken up.
He thinks his iirst duty is to do all that
he can to hasten the return of prosper
ity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
HIS HONOR TOM JONES.

T. H. Jones CTom Jones, the Starr,
who made small fortune in these dig
gins and then escaped to Wales to
spend it and do things generally in the
Land of Song, has been elected mayor
of the town of Ire Jach-or something
like that. Mr.. Jones is a born hustler.
After making a big hau! of coin in the
Schuylkill coal fields he sold out his
drug business on South Main avenue
and went to Wales, taking with him
his big white PAGER, "Jim" which is
supposed to have smuggled a record
somewhere and somehow. Mr.. Jones
or "Tom"-has been gone only abott
eight months, yet he has already made
himself felt in the political pot O.
curra.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
CRUSADE AGAINST POVERTY.
Social Settlements on an Extensive
Scale Planned.

Chicago, Sept. 7.--Commander Booth
Tucker and Colonel Brewer, of the
Salvation army, will meet in this city
within two weeks to arrange the pre-
liminaries for the establishment of a
vast system of social settlements sim
liar to that in operation in England. or
Sanized by General William Booth.
The establishment is intended to be
crusade against poverty in all it's
forms. Chicago is to be the centre
OF this system, and its boundaries will
be the United States. City colonies
are to be established, where at least
temporary work will be offered to every
idle man in the city; spacious tenement
houses are to be provided under army
supervision, and eventually the col
onies are to be extended within a
radius of several hundred miles from
the city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
THE MATINEES DID 1T.
II Wasn't Bad Weather That Caused
Decreased School Attendance.

City Superintendent of Schools How
ell is kicking, and if his surmses are
correct there are those who will agree
that he has kick coming.
The reports from the different schools
during the last two weeks have shown
an unusually large falling off in at
tendance in the upper grades. Parti-
cular complaints came in from num-
Der of schools of the decreased attend
ance and the demoralizing effect it had
on the classes.
He thought at first that it was due
to the bad weather and consequent ill
ness, but when he began to make in
quiries and to do some calculating, he
discovered that the bad weather wasn't
to blame at all. 1t was the 1O-cent
matinees. He had not gone far in his
investigation before he was very thor
oughly impressed with the fact that
there have been a great many truants
or lax parents in this city during the
sojourn of the cheap dramas.
1t is superintendent HowelIs inten-
tion to have an understanding with the
truants and to take steps to prevent
repetition of the occurrence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
West Side
Department
KILLED BY A FALL.
Thomas j. Bevan Fatally Injured at Ills
Home on North Main Avenue.
Died Yesterday Afternoon.

Thomas ]. Bevan, aged 80 years, son
of Thomas d. Bevan, foreman of the
Diamond mine, fell down short 1llsht
of stems about o'clock Saturday after
noon at his fathers home, corner OF
Swetland street and North Main ave-
me. and at 3:15 o'clock yesterday after
noon death resulted from a fracture Oh
the skull. The steps lead to the Gel
lar of the residence, and are SIX III
number; the vertical distance Is only
eight feet from the bottom of the Gel
lar to the floor of the house. The Gel
lar floor, however, is of solid mortar
and the unfortunate man struck
souarely upon the right side of his
head. No cut showed where the in
Jury was. and no blood flowed.
Death was due in part to a blood ciot
on the interior side of the skull, press
ing against the brain. When BeVan
fell his mother and servant, who was
within a few feet hearing the thud OF
the body as it struck the bottom,
rushed down the stairs, and at the bot
tom, with his head resting on the hard
surface, they found Mr.. BeVan He
was not unconscious and walked to his
bed, saying that the hurt was but
slight, He remained conscious until
10 o'clock yesterday morning and then
he showed the first signs of serious in
jury.
Drs. Comegys and Gunster were
called, and just as they We're about 10
perform an operation on the bruised
part of the head, Bevan breathed his
last. 1t is thought that the fall was
caused by misstep, the cellar way
being dark. The idea of the family is
that the son was going down to the
basement for tobacco. He had just
returned from work as a machinist at
the Capouse colliery and was in his
working clothes at the time of the acci-
dent.
Bevan was popularity known on the
West Side. He possessed a fair edu-
cation, having spent two years of study
at Keystone academy. He was un-
married. Thomas d. Bevan, father OF
the deceased, is one of the older resi-
dents of the city and is held in high
esteem. The funeral of the young mar
has not yet been arranged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
DUNMORE.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
Burgess-Dan Powell.
Treasurer-Louis Engle.
Tax Collector-Wiliam L. Correll.
Councilmen-C. S. Weber and William
McCulloch.
School Directors-M. X. Kellum and Jer-
ry McPeek.
Street Commssioner-George Jackson.
Auditors-Harry Winters and II. f. Mar
shall.
Jusctice of the Peace-A. A. Krotzer.
p. G.. Fritz intends to open a harness
making shop at the Corners. He will oc-
cupy the store next to the postofiice, on
Drinker street,
Miss Margaret Heller, of Carbondale, is
the guest of Miss Bina Weber, of Blakely
street.
Mrs. Ada Welles, of Carbondale, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Tiffany, of
Bakely street.
The Misses Lizzie Fitzgerald and Sarah
Dougherty have returned to their homes,
in Throop after a short visit with Miss
Gertrude Farber, of Riggs street.
Miss Edith Knight, of Pittston, is visit
ing Miss Florence Fowler of Cherry
street.
borough buildings will be held in No. l
building this afternoon at o'clock.
A rib-cracking bprlesque and social will
be held in the odd Fellows hall Monday
evening, Feb. %. 1t will be given under
the auspices of Pequest tribe, No S37, I'M
proved Order of Red Men,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
War Ships in a Storm

Charleston, S. c., Feb. THE expect
ed warships did not arrive to-day. The
transport Fern went out this morning
with mail and dispatched for Admiral
Bunce, but as none of the shops were
sighted, she anchored outside. The
Clyde line Commanche came in to-
night from New York and had not
spoken the warships that left Hampton
roads Thursday morning. Captain
Pennington told of a severe storm en-
countered off the capes on Saturday,
and from his description of it the war
ships must have caught it also.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
InhammatOry rheumatism Cured in
3 Days.

Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind,
says: MY wife had inhamatory rheu-
matism in every muscle and joint, her
suffering was terrible and her body
and face was swollen almost beyond
recognition; had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians but
received no benefit until she tried the
Mystic Cure for rheumatism. 1t gave
immediate relief and she was able to
walk about in three days. / am sure
it saved her life" Sold by Carl Lorenz,
druggist, Scranton, AIS Lackawanna
avenue. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

lows street, is few ounces over 10
pounds.
The funeral of the late Walter Car
den took place Saturday afternoon from
st. Patriclt's church. Interment was
made in the Hyde Park Avenue ceme-
terry.
Rev. D. j. McGouldrick, of ST. Peters
cathedral, will address st. Brendan
council next Wednesday evening
II. S. Slocum, of South Main avenue,
fell last week and injured his left leg.
VIII Reynolds, of Hampton street,
visited friends at Wilkes-Barre yester-
day.
Miss Kate McCracken, of South Hyde
Park avenue, has recovered from an i'll
ness.
Choice cut flowers and flower de-
signs at Palmer g. McDonalds, 544
Spruce.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
West Side Business Directory.

HARRIET j. DAVIS, FLORIST.-Cut
flowers and funeral designs speciality;
1Oi South Main avenue; two doors from
Jackson street.
MORGAN'S PHARMACY, 101 n. MAIN
avenue. Physicians prescriptions care
fully prepared from warranted pure
drugs and chemicals. A fine assortment
of trusses, fine stationery, blank books,
varnish stains, mixed paints or fancy
work. artists materials. window glass,
wall paper and picture moulding. Clerk
at store all hours Of night.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE-Cash for
anything you have to sell. Furniture.
Stoves, Tools, etc. Call and see the
stock of j. c. King, 701 to 709 West Lack
aWanna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
Sugar Trust Formed in Berlin,

London, Feb. IA special from Berlin
announces that n sugar trust has been
formed there. The trust Is outspoken, and
makes no concealment that its object is to
raise the price of sugar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08
Wives Arc Cheap in Michigan.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb, John Lane,
of this city, in consideration of 1925, has,
under written agreement, sold and re-
leased his wife to James II. Hurst. All
concerned are celebrating the event
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

DR.. w. II. Pier, for nearly fifty years a
practising physician in this city, died yes
terday morning at the home of his son,
Dr. w. T.. Pier, of AVoca. He was "A years
of age and is survived by two sons-Dr.
w. +. Pier, of Avoca, eX-coroner of Lu-
zerne county, and DR.. w. b. Pier, of Dur
yea. The funeral will take place Tues
day from the residence of DR.. w. f. Pier,
and interment will be made in Dunmore
cemetery. DIR. Pier came to this city
about 1910, when the settlement was just
beginning to emerge from the wilderness.
He was a public spirited young man and
took an active interest in public affairs
and so gained the confidence of his fel-
low-citzens that he was chosen the first
burgess of the borough of Scranton and
was afterward elected prothonotary of
Luzerne county, serving from 1861 to 1864.
Subsequently he was appointed postmas-
ter of Scranton by Andrew Johnson and
served until after the election of General
Grant to the presidency of the United
States. DR.. Pier continued to reside in
this city until about five years ago, when
he took up his residence with his son, at
Avoca.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Wellington A. Taylor, a highly respected
citizen of Peckvllle, died at his home, on
Main street, Sunday morning at 515 a. m
The immediate cause of death was apo
pleXy Mr.. Taylor was stricken several
years ago with kidney trouble. He, how
ever continued at his daily work as q
plasterer, though at intervals he was con-
fined to the house. Deceased was 81 years
old and was a member of Oriental Star
lodge, No. 5SS, Free and Accepted Masons
which order will take charge of the fu-
neral. He was also a member of Blakely
council, No. 500, Junior Order United
American Mechanics. Mr.. Taylor was an
active member of the Baptist church and
was loved by legion of riends, who re-
spected him for his honest, Christian
character He is survived by a wife and
one child. Funeral announcement will
appear in Tuesdays Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Joseph Webb aged 60 years, died Satur-
day at his home, on Throop street He
had been suffering for some time previous
to his death, but nothing serious was
thought of the matter until a few weeks
ago. when he became SO i'll that he was
obliged to take his bed. A physician was
summoned and it was found that he was
suffering with a complication of diseases
and that nothing could be done for him.
He rapidly grew worse and suffered ex-
cruciating pain until his death. The de-
ceased was born in England and came 10
this country sixteen years ago. During
his residence here he became widely known
and made many friends. He is survived
by seven full-grown children, five of whom
are married. They are-Joseph, Thomas,
Sidney, Benjamin, William and James
Webb and Mrs. Anna Wells. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock. Services will be held at the home
of Mrs. Anna Wells, on Hollister avenue.
The Rev. William Edgar will otiiciate. In
terment will be made in Dunmore ceme-
terry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

ceived a pension Of $50 a month. one Of
his eccentricites was to carry all his
money with him, and he was always
known to have considerable sums on his
person. About year ago he was robbed
of 500 in house in South Heberton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Thomas Williams, an old and respected
resident of Taylor, was Instantly killed
while at his work in the Taylor mines on
Saturday afternoon by the falling of roof.
Deceased was a good and kind Christian
man, generous and hospitable. The chill
dren who survive him are: Mrs. John
Steele, Mrs Charles Curtis, Mrs. Jones, of
Forest City; Mrs. Davis, OF Olyphant, and
Misses Maggie, Jane and Rebecca, of
Taylor. The funeral will take place to-
morrow afternoon from his late home.
Services will be held at the Calvary Rap
tist church, of which the deceased was
deacon and a devoted member. The re-
mains will inferred in the Forest home
cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Death has claimed three old residents of
Monroe county. Philip Albert, a resident
of Stroudsburg. died Friday, aged 81. His
death was brought about through stroke
of paralysis sustained few days ago. His
father was l0S years old at the time of
his death. At the ripe old age of 81 Mrs.
Elizabeth X. Place, a well-known resident
of Middle Smithfield, living near the Brick
church. died Wednesday of last week of
general debility, Mrs, Catherine Brown,
of Green street, East Stroudsburg, awoke
about o'clock Friday morning and COM
planned of cramps. In twenty minutes she
was dead She was 70 years old and never
had any serious illness before.
Daniel Ruff, an odd character of Luzerne
county, died in Ashley Friday. He had no
abode that he might call home but roamed
the mountains between Freeland and
Wilkes-Barre in search of rattlesnakes
from which he used to extract the oil and
sell it. He would stop at Ashley, White
Haven and Freeland at intervals and car
ried on his operations in the surrounding
mountains. He was a veteran and re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Mrs. Mary Murrin, one of the pioneer
residents of lower Luzerne, Is dead at Up
per Lehigh. She had attained the age of
ll0 years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

The death of Mrs. William Bray, widow
of the late William Bray, former resi-
dent of Taylor, but now of Priceburg, oc-
CURED at her home on Saturday. The
deceased was SO years of age. Services
will be held at the house at $50 o'clock to-
morrow morning. after which the cortege
will proceed to the Taylor Presbyterian
cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

John Deiterick, aged SO, died at his
home in Bloomsbury, Saturday after a
short illness Deceased was an old and
respected resident of Columbia county,
and is survived by a wife and seven chill
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Margaret Lyons, widow of the late John
Lyons, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John w. MCGUIRE, zoos Capouse ave-
nue., at $50 o. clock Saturday evening. The
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. 1nterment will be made
in HYDE Park Catholic cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Rev. John Williams, well known in this
region, died Saturday, at the age of 81
years, at his home, in Bangor, Pa. Mr..
Williams preached for thirteen years in a
Congregational church at Pittston. During
that period he made frequent visits to
Scranton and built uD large acquaint-
anceshp here. Rev. B. !. Evans, of this
city, will act as pall-bearer at the fu-
neral.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-08

Mrs. Polly Smith, the beloved wife of
William Smith, died at her home on Main
street. Peckville, yesterday, of apoplexy,
aged 62 years. She leaves husband and
one son to mourn her loss. The funeral
services will be held at the house on Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock a. m. and will
be conducted by her former pastor, Rev.
w. c. Guest. The remains will be taken
to Green Grove for interment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-24

xhsrs Was snsthw ysai and crash. He
mad only three sset 10 fall, butas be struck
on his bead and fell over like sturdy oak
the COOK n The kitchen dropped the dish-
pan and jumped for the back yard. Five
minutes later Mr.. Bowser heard himself
ssking:
"Whers am I, and what has happenedr'
"You are right under your performing
bar and have performed" he heard Mr..
Bowser answer
IAN ! killedf'
"Oh, mol On the contrary, you are no
longer In any danger Of being withered
up. Take long Whit Of this camphof
and lie quiet for few minutes.
"What-what was trying to doi" be
whispered between his shifts. e.
II think you were trying 10 skin the
cat, as-they call 1t, but the cat skun you.
Let me hep you down stairs and get you
into bed.n
Next morning Mr. Bowser got mp with
lop in each shoulder, a limp in other leg
and his back bumped up, but he was
game. When Mrs. Bowser asked him how
he felt, he replied:
"Same as usual. Whyf'
~ dldn'B Know DuV tne I'LL nurv yVu'
"Fall-falli What fallf'
"From your performing bar last night.
Don't you rememberr'
"No, ma'am, I DON'T" he stiffly replied
"If you allow yourself to become bilious
and have the nightmare, you need not
bother me with your fantasies. It's my
opinion that you'd better do some perform
ing on the gas and coal bills and not be 90
reckless In your household expenses"
NJ. QUAD.