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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
AIerts Defeat the Athletics.

The Alerts defeated the Athletic base
ball club at Anthracite park on Tues
day TIE game was quite interesting
and was witnessed by about 100 peo-
pie. The score was Alerts 8, Athletics
3. Batteries-Nolan, Purcell and Kill
hullen; McDonough and Pidgeon. Um-
pire-Murthea.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD SYS-
TEN
ing Cleanliness and Comfort.
IN TFFECT, MAY 16, 1897.


ing Cleanliness and Comfort.
IN EFFECT, MAY JIG, 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON. .
For Philadelphia and New York via y.
e. H r. r. at GAS. 7.46 n. m, Il. 05, 12o SS5
(Biack Diamond Express) apd 1.SO p. m.
For Pittston and Wilkes Barre VIA d;
J.. & W. r.. r., 800, sos, n.2o a. n' les
$40, 600 and 8H p. m. ,,
For White Haven, Hazleton. Pottsville.
and principal points In the coal regions
vie d. & II. r. r., 6.45, las a. m.' l2.Oo ana
For Bethlehem. Easton, Reading. Har-
rtsburg and pripcipal intermediate sta
tions via d. & II. r. R., Gas, b a. ms
1205 1.20, 3.S3 (Black Diamond Express).
al and i'll p. m.
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmtra,
stations via D.. l.. & w. r. R., 500. Sos
a56, a. m, 1870 and $40 p. m.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo Niagara
Fails. Chicago and all points west via d.
mond Express), $50 and 1l.S0 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehigh
Valley chair cars on all trains between
Wilkes-Barre and New York, Philadel-
phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN Fl. WILBUR, Gen. Supt
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Phila..
A. W. NoNNEMAcHER, Asst Gen
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem, Pa.
Scranton oflee. 800 Lackawanna avenus.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
raekaWalllla COUNTY.

Mrs. Frank Ludwig; vice, Mrs. Rosa
Jones; secretary, @. w. Hughes; as
sistant secretary, Nellie Havenstrite;
treasurer, Mrs. s. N. Bayley; trustees,
Mrs. Louis Rehkof. Mrs. f. Wells
gave some information of the conven-
tion at Williamsport, TO which she was
a delegate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
stores VIII Close ON Saturday.

The general sentiment has indicated
that business places should be closed
on Saturday. There are many attrac-
tions arranged for that day and 1t is
the day we celebrate. 1t would be use
less to carry the memorial celebration
and holiday, which began this week,
into the coming week. 1t is generally
understood that the stores viii be
closed saturday, MAY 90.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
RAILROAD THE TABLES.
TIMETABLES
pennsylvania RAILROAD.

Schedule In Effect November IS, 1896.
Trains Leave Wilkes 5arre as Follows
7.3o a. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti.
more. Washington. and for Pitts
burg and the West.
io.l5 a. M, week days, for Hazleton,
PottsviiIe, Reading. Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for SUM-
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts.
burg and the West.
3.l5 p. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, BaIti-
more. Washington and Pittsburg
and the West.
3.l5 D. M, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg. Philadelphia a,
and Pittsburg and the West.
600 p. M, week days, for hazleton
and Pottsville.
}. r. WOOD. 0en'I Pass. Agent.
J. b. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27

MYSTIC CURE" for rheumatism
and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to
3 days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the disease
disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Carl
Lorenz druggist, AIS Lackawanna ave-,
Scranton. st
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
CARBONDALE,

Readers will please note that advertise.
ments, orders for Job work, and items for
publication left at the establishment OF
shannon & Co., newsdealers. North Main
street, will receive prompt attention; Of
nee open from a. m. to 10 y. NIL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27

At Cambrian hall on Tuesday even
ing Lucretia lodge. No. 1O9, Daughters
OF Rebekah, held an election and chose
the following officers: Noble grand
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-27
Erie ming Valley.

Trains ym40 Scranton for New
York, Ne'Wd and C0intermediate points
on nrie. aV ley and local points,
at IW 4. m. m.i AND arrive from
.-Snva hoint3 ym. and SIS o. ms :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
CONLIN FLOUTy xNDREWs.
Having neaten the Commissioner He Puts III
Bertiilou system Into Use.

hthNtnk HratGn tho tOmmtsstouer He Futa the
Bertiilon system Into Use.
Tho Bertillon system for measuring criminals.
over which the Police Board has been at logger
heads for some time, was put into operation yes
terdny morning at Police Headquarters under
the direction OF Capt. O'Bricn OF the Detective
Bureau. Tho photographing OF prisoners was
also started. This means q victory for Chief
Conlin against the opposition Of Commissioners
Roosevelt and Andrews. Commissioners Parker
also shares materially In the conquest, as he was
all along In favor Of having the new system con-
nected with the Detective Bureau.
After a tic vote ofthc Police Board at wednes-
days meeting left the system still inopera-
tive, Chief Conlin transferred the men In charge
OF the now system to the Detective Bureau. He
also gave orders that tho measuring and photo
graphing Of prisoners should be started yester.
day morning. His orders were given to Capt.
O'Brien.
The first prisoner measured and photographed
according to the now arrangement was James,
alias Red" sullivan. an exconvict, who was
arrested on Tuesday night for robbing n drunken
man at Park row and Pearl street. In the old
ROgues' Gallery his picture Is numbered 1892.
John McGranc, whose picture Is 900 In the old
collection, was taken up to the new studio with
Sullivan, and he was the second ono put through
the measurement ordeal. lie and sullivan wero
arrested for Tic same crime. The mems photo.
graphs were taken first. This part OF tho work
was done by Patrolmen John p. Reich and
James A. Walsh. Roundsmsn James Grove did
the measuring. Patrolman Joseph Faurot re-
corded the measurements Detective Sergeant
William Sheridan, who had been keeping the
records OF the Detective Bureau, will also look
after the new records.
David Rosenberg, alias Hymie. alias Joseph
Gordon. II horse and wagon thief. was the third
man who bad his arms, legs, head, and other
parts OF his body sized up. as well as having two
views OF his fnce taken for the new gallery.
Rosenberg was arrested as n suspicious person
by Detectives Rynders and Downing. His picture
also adorns the old gallery, and bears the num-
Der 2,O13.
Capt. 0'Bricn. in speaking about the inaug,i-
ration Of the new system, said that inasmuch as
statements that he was opposed to 1t had been
attributed TO him, he intended to pay the closest
attention TO its operation, and that he would
carry out in detail every instruction given to
him in connection with II.
The action taken by Chief Conlin will save fur
Their contention among the Police Commissioner
over the Bertillon system. Commissioner An
drews's idea was that as Capt. O'Brien had ex-
pressed opposition to its adoption he should not
he intrusted with its supervision. Commissioner
Parker m9intained that IL was a necessary nd
lunct of the Detective Bureau, and that Capt.
OIIrieu should therefore conduct It.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
Local business Troubles.

Lloyd Aspinwall, who said he was a reporter
at 81 Park row and lived Mt s. West Twenty
seventh street. made an assignment yesterday to
Adrian &. Pickhardt, without preference. Mr..
Aspinwall Ia n son OF the late Gen. Lloyd Aspin-
wall. His financial troubles have been aired In
the courts for ilyo years. Mr.. Hamilton, his at
torncy, said that two creditors had been press
ing Mr.. Aspinwall for some time past, and 10
was thought best TO make an assignment.
Elijah II. May and Walter r. Dills. doing
business under the style OF the Aluminium Now
city COMPANY. dealers in novelties and table
ware Mt $50 Broadway, made an assignments
yesterday TO Samuel f.. Jayne without pref
CrcnCc.
John Dolahunty has been appointed receiver
OF the assets NJ VIM. Campbell & Co., manufac-
turcrs OF cotton and woollen goods ut So White
street. with mills at Clifton Heights, Pa. by
Justice Beach Of the supreme Court, on the APP
p~lication OF j. Woolsey Shepard, representing
II. {. Bennett & Co, judgment creditors for over
S65, 900.
Deputy sheriff Butler closed up yesterday tho
store OF LiChtmRn s. Son, dealers In clothing at
l04 Hester street, on an execution for 1881, In
favor Of Israel EtlCr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
AGE, MONEY, COUSINS. AND A DOC.
second Application TOR an Inquiry Into Mi.s
Lyons's sanity.

.ssh
An application for a commission to pass on the
mental condition OF Frances Lyons. 81 years.
was made to Justice Beokman OF the Supreme
Court yesterday by her cousin. Sarah l.. Gwynne.
Miss Lyons lives at 1873 Willis avenue with
Oscar l.. Wander Bosch and his wife,. Catharino,
who is related to Miss Lyons. II was alleged in
tho application that Miss Lyons has transferred
$780, 900 worth OF real estate TO Mrs. Wander
Bosch for q nominal consideration, and that I'M
less n committee Is appointed she will dispose Of
all her property without rocompense. Mr.. Van
der Bosch Is an assistant engineer in the Depart
ment Of Public Works.
Miss Lyons Inherited much OF her property
from her brothers, She lived for many years at
this city. Since sho came to live here, the petit
toner says, Miss Lyons's relatives. have not
been able to SEQ her. A large dog Is kept In the
Wander Bosch house, II II aycrrcd, of which tho
other relatives are afraid.
Afidavits OF DIR. Austin Flint and OF DIR. Allen
Fitch were presented, in which II Is said that
Miss Lyons has dcmcntin, and IL incompetent to
manage hcr affairs. She told the physicians that
she talks with God, and has seen the doYil and
the imps OF hell. She hears voices continually.
Shc thinks there are cats in her bed at night.
Astors, and nj another time shc said that sho
could not tell what she was worth, US the devil
would not let her alone.
Afidayits were presented in opposition IN be-
half OF tho Wander BosClcs, which stuto that she
IL competent, and that on u previous effort TO
have her declared insane tho court decided In
her favor. Justice Bcckman reserved decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
THIRD DEGREE MYSTERY.
Jury Puzzled by the Penal Codes Robbery
scheduie.-Court Can't Help I'm.

Grace White and James Duffy were on trial
in the General Sessions yesterday on n charge OF
stealing a watch and chain from Henry Lang.
They were indicted for robbery in the first de.
gree. The jury. after retiring. cam back to
Judge Cowing for a definition OF robbery In the
third degree.
The code says" remarked the Judge. that
not amounting TO robbery in the first or second
degree is guilty of robbery In the third degree"
The foreman Of the jury explained that tho
members OF the jury had read tho code on the
subject.
W know what IL says" said the foreman,
but we don't know what IL means"
"well. gentlemen" remarked the Judge. "T've
been studying over that section OF the law for
about ten years, and I am unable to determine
just what IL does mean myself"
The jury disagreed.
Duty appeared TO he frightened by tho discus
sion. and remarked that he was ready 10 plead
guilty to robbery In any degree. II the third
degree carried with IL the highest penalty he
would plead guilty to robbery In that degree. So
this plea was accepted. Grace White was sent
back to await u new trial. Several lawyers said
that the section OF the law referred to had been
u puzzle to criminal lawyers. John +. Mcintyre
said:
for II you take a pencil and scratch out as you
read over the, other degrees OF robbery you will
have nothing left
Assistant District Attorney Mitchell said: II
believe that this degree OF robbery was inserted
for the purpose OF enabling tho jury in the event
crimo 10 unite In finding a verdict under the
general provision"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26

They Threaten TO Retaiiatc ON Account or Our
Alien Labor Act.

TORONTO. Feb. 25.-Canadians have been COM
planning about the United States law regarding
alien labor which prohibits persons living on the
Canada border from going into the United States
and returning in the evening. 1t is said that the
Canadian Government will pass a retaliatory
law touching Americans coming into Canada.
The Globe. the Liberal organ, has sent a ro-
porter TO investigate the matter. and some in
t~crcsting stories are told OF the Inconvenience
Canadians are subject TO at Windsor owing to
the enforcement of the Corliss act. There is bad
blood on the border. and the former friendly
feeling has passed away. Canadians crossing
the river to Detroit to visit have been turned
back because IL was thought hey were going
across To work.
Ii is said at Windsor that nearly as many
Americans find employment on the Canadian
side as there are Canadians who cross the river
to work on the American side. A count Of the
number that crossed from u 10 s A. NJ. from De-
troit was 1877, ar thirty-eight more than crossed
to Detroit during the same time yesterday. Tit
Corliss act does not interfere with women cross
ing. and many Of tho Canadians crossing are
stenographers and saleswomen OF Windsor EN-
ployod in Detroit. II the Canadian Government
passes u law to retaliatc, more Americans would
bc affected than Canadians. There arc some
1000 American citizens now in the mining dis
tricts of Western Ontario and British Columbia,
and besides there are many Americans EN-
gagged In the Canadian lumber camps who would
come under such an act as II is proposed to pass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
A WOODCHoPPER,s son KILLED.
Pinned Under n Fallen Oak BEFORE the Eyes or
His Father.

Rowland Lane, n woodchopper for tho Bogert
s. Morrell Brick Company, went into the woods
near Passaic, n. j., on Tuesday afternoon. to fell
trees for firowood TO DO used at the kilns. He
took with him his l3.year-old son. Robert. The
woodchopper laid his AK to n big gum tree,
about twenty feet from which was n white oak
which had been cut but left half upright, held
in place by the tops Of surrounding trees. When
went down together.
Tho rather warned the boy To run. but he was
unable to get out NJ reach OF the oak, and he was
pinned To tho ground, lace down. under "
branch. about ten inches thick. The father
shouted for help and began cutting the limbs
OF the mark and seemed TO drive the limbs more
tightly over the body. The third blow cut tho
limb from the trunk. BY this time the Eien
from the yards, quarter ~ u milo away, had mr..
rived, and thoy lifted !he hoy from the ground.
al l2i Main avenue, where he diedlclght hours
after ,hc accident.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
C~iEarmakers Object to the Proposed Tarln ON
Leaf Tobacco.

A largo meeting Of cigar manufacturers was
held at the rooms Of the National Association,
30 and 81 Exchange place, yesterday afternoon
to consider tho proposed rates OF duty upon
Havana tobacco. II was decided by resolution
that the proposed rate OF "a cents or 10 cents
per pound on unstcmmGd tobacco suitable for
fllcr purposes is excessive and unwarranted, and
would be productive Of injury To the cigar in;
10 the growers OF domestic leaf tObaccos, while
IL would fail in securing increased revenue for
tho Government. The National Association of
Cigar Manufacturers is requested to call u meet
ing TO protest against tho adoption of this rate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
MORE CIVIL SERVICE TANGLEs.
Tho Pay Rolls OF I05 BrOokly I.nborcrs Held
In by Comptroller Palmer.

The salaries OF the 1877 lnborers who were re-
Gently employed by City Works Commissioner
Willis OF Brooklyn in cleaning the ponds con-
nccted with tho water supply, have been held
up by Comptroller Palmer. The ponds arc
located in Queens county, and the employees all
ing that this would relieve them from tho civil
service rules. The Civil Service Commissioner
also adopted II resolution authorizing their APP
pointmcnt without certiilcatiOn from the civil
service registration lists. Corporation Counsel
Burr, however, has notified Comptroller Palmer
that the appointments were Illegal, not having
been made nom the waiting lists,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
CTS UNION SUITS STRONG.
MA SAYS al GRAND THING -
ALSO I'm NOT A CANDIDATE.v

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""yoi Strung 'h'hhs tnau .no new municipal
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n"s ~ sau % sos'o,ua', ~ !"
iooip' ,no uoa my" "'sh' u iousmontih
80 i" 10y ~ o" eeiheh NV
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'na' ~ u'' n"' "un
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"no nno " ~ seventy
% RI 20 =" .""
iy1'' - na' ~ 'nano noo
~ @ p0e,n onu .nhs
York should DO a Republican. but he
oi,yov. o,o,ia.d his rororla hr .a,in-
""a'. f u -" saying
man who could unite in his support all OF tho
oppononts az Tammnnv Han. Ar Rcnrhucor
dinner in the Twcnty.ninth district he said that
the Republican candidate must be "a thorough.
orca. ana IN inc same connection Incl
oentaliy remarked; L am n thorough
can. n Tho hel,of I'm, M,vor s,rnna .aets ~.
:. 'ios y ..
fNcpuohoih hohiihu'ioh " aihyor ms yonr anu
believes that he will get tho support OF all the
,orcos ,h,, o,Jod On hi. o,.c,ion ,hro. ,o.r..no
w.. '" '"' "e".
But ne says may. nay.
II think the NOV cment a grand thing" said
he yosterdoy. "I bclievc 4, will grow ana viii
10 'eo'ou' ""''o" ""nsio" NV VIZ
be a powerful factor in determining the result of
the municipal election. The movement should
attract IN A D,mocrn,s and Rcpublicana a,t.
$40 o'A~
VINO arc In ia'or OF u business hon'parusan an-
ministration OF city affairs, have taken no
mar, IN I, an f,r ond 1o no, fool ,ha, 7 am ,n.
- NV ~ "o' Vo' '."s = N"
position 10 DO so. Inc TACT IS have not boen
requested TO do 80 by anybody who, as I under
s,andi, .ntho,i,od "a .sI ,n o.n,ia
, ~" " a"A nc. hso"no
man ala ask mo the other day II l was In the
movement, and when ! told him ] was not he said
TINT he bonod I youId min 4, 7 to,a ht,,
- 49, ~" 'o'" ;" W.. AN
that i would DC only 100 glad 10 take on
my coat and work for its candidatcsa md pripci.
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an ron. II H., " si.a. ndH,y ~ son' = niss
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26

Matthew Samson, 20 years old, Of i4s East
Eighty.iirst street, pay clerk for tho Horny II.
Worthington Pump Company in Brooklyn, was
arrested yesterday morning on the charge OF EN-
bczzling 1850 belonging to tho company by put
ting dummy names ON The pay roll. Hc was ar
raixned hui0ro Justice Tighe In the Butler Street
Court. and released on 81 900 bail pending ex-
nnlinutipn-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
Jumped from the Roof while unsnn..

While in a dcmcntcd condition early yesterday
morning, james +. Leahcy, - years old, jumped
from the roof OF his boarding house al 40 Joralc-
mon street, Brooklyn. TO the sidewalk and re-
ceivcd u fracture OF the leg and other injuries.
which will probably result IN his doath. Ho was
n clerk In n hardware store. His mental trouble
is supposed 10 have been caused by excessive
reading.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
nridge Income Mounting Up.

Tho improved bridge traffic has not only
proved "A boon TO the public, but has considerably
doomed tho receipts. During the eleven days in
which the dOuhlCtraCk system has been In oper-
alton tho receipts have amounted TO $4,000
moro than for the corresponding period last year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-26
urool,yu Able. roaled rnupcr. sent Aar,rt.

superintendent Murray Of the Brooklyn aims
house YESTERDAY dismissed twenty-five ablo-
paupcrs from the institution, and also sent forty
two war veterans 10 the soldiers Home.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

ed in melons. Some time during the
afternoon lost a heavy gold ring that
/ had been wearing upon my Watcn
chain. The chain broke and spent an
hour looking for the ring, but Il was all
IN vain, Nothing more could see OF
the ring until yesterday, DR., Shaw had
sent Us 4 fine watermelon for SUNDAY
dinner, and down In the center of II l
cut into something that looked strange.
Imbedled right In the center of the RED
fruit there was a white substance IKE
the inner portions of the rind. into THIS
| cut, and there was the ring that had
lost several months ago"
Eere Mr., Heron saw thatth reporter
was seriously embarrassed, and he pro-
Itested that the story was as true as
anything that he had ever told In MS
life. :,
"You can prove II by Dr. Shaw"
continued the clerk, "and several of the
others at the house that saw 1t. Now l
have not the slightest Idea how the rims
got In there, but It evidently must have
done so when the melon was quite small
and then the melon grew up around II,
/ fully intended preserving the piece OF
the rind in which the rims was found,
but the cook let It get destroyed"
Mr., Heron was wearing the ring that
he said remained for several months in
a position In a melon corresponding to
that which Jonah occupied for short
time In the whale. 1t was large, heavy
ring, not very thick, but nearly half an
inch broad.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-09

WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept, s.-The
eleven vaults and four safes, which pro-
tect the vast sums in gold, silver, and
notes In the treasury department, are
hardly the kind of cribs" the ordinary
craftsman would attempt to rifle,
Hedged in by combination time locks
and special watchmen, comprised
round by walls OF steel and concrete,
they do not offer tempting field for
even the most sklllful or sanguine
knight Of the Jimmy, sim, given sufli-
cient time, any mechanical contrivance
must yield to another in skilled hands,
and the officials have recently installed
a system of burglar alarms that would
make the treasures of the nation safe
II they were only guarded by sheet iron
cases.
This system, now covering all the
vaults and safes of the treasurer's Of
fee, as well as those of the register and
comptroller, provides for a series Of
Jackets lining the safes and vaults, con-
nected on one general circuit, as well
as connecting each, vault on separate
circuit, These jackets are complete
electrical conductors, and the slightest
attempt to tamper with any of the
vaults or safes would Immediately turn
in an alarm to the central watch sta
tlon Of the department, as well as 10
Office Of an electric protective company
on Fifteenth street, northwest. Such
an alarm would not only indicate that