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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
REUNION AT CAMP LUZERNE.
Will he Held by Survivors of One
Hundred and Eorty.thtrd.

On Thursday the One Hundred and
Forty-Thrd Regiment of Pennsylvania
Volunteers will hold it's annual re-
union at Camp Luzerne, near Bennett,
Luzerne county. The regiment was
mustered into service at Camp Lu-
zerne at the beginning Of the war.
Captain p. De Lacy, Of this city, pres
ident of the association of the One
Hundred and Forty-Third regiment,
will preside over the reunion. District
Attorney John r. Jones will be the
orator Of the day, and T. p. Ryder, of
Wilkes-Barre, will read an original
poem.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
SCRANTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
Opening z Day.

The conservatory opens for regis
tration in all departments today. Stu
dents will please register today so as
to be ready for the regular work of
the institution, which begins tomor-
row. Pupils may enter at any time,
but 1t is to their advantage to COM
mence at the beginning of the term If
possible. A limited number of evening
classes will be formed. Visitors are
welcome. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
BREWERY TRUST Is
AN ASSURED THING
VIII Be 10 Operation by October l II Is
Expected.
PRICE OF BEER TO REMAIN THE SAME

Combine Will Make It's Profits by Re-
moving the Expenses Incident to
Local Competition--PIau on Which
the Big Scheme Is to BE Carried
Out.-Present Owners viii Act as
saiaried Managers OF Their Re-
spective Plants.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
A BOTHERSOME BILL.
Dispute Between the City and Hose
Manufacturers.

The auditing committee of councils
met last night and had another go with
the Hayward G. Co. bill.
The company alleges that the city
owes it $640 for hose. Chief Hickey and
Controller Robinson agree that the bal
ance is only $72. Each side claims the
other is mistaken and so the matter
stands. The committee decided to call
in City Clerk Lavelle before taking fur
ther action and the bill accordingly
went over until the next meeting.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
AN OLD FAVORITE RETURNING.
Flynn & sheridan's Company Will Be
mt Davis.

The standard attraction and record
breaker of Davis theater, Flynn Sheri-
dams Big Sensational Double Show,
Will appear here the last three days of
this week, presenting a new programme.
The show is given by twenty white
and fifteen creole artists. Flynn &
Sheridan's big Sensation" and City
Sports are among the very best shows
ever seen at Davis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08

Passengers for New York city should
take Lehigh Valley railroad. Sleeping
car placed on track at Wilkes Barre
800 p. m. for occupancy. Leaves at
2.30 a. m, arriving New York 1928 a. m.
Reservations at City Ticket Office, 3O9
LackaWanna avenue ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
Acad emy ofAIusic,

THE Girl Left Behind Me" will be
played at the Academy for five per-
formances Sept. 8, 10, IL, on the same
magnitudinous scale that marked its
representation last season. New inter-
est will attach to this return of the
border play because Miss Florence
Kahn will have the role OF the heroine,
Kate Kenyon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
Card of Thanks.

The corner stone of the German and
Polish Emmanuel church at Providence,
which was laid Sept. 5th with appropri-
ate services, is a donation from Fred
Lehr. The congregation of the church
desire to publicly return their thanks
for the same.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
HIS HANDS WERE BURNED.
Workman at the North Mill Suffers a
Painful Injury.

William Winthel of Pittston avenue,
had his both hands severely burned
while at work at the North mill yester-
day.
He was taken to the Moses Taylor
hospital. Winthel is a married man,
and is 40 years OF age.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08

The Misses Merrills' private school,
612 Jefferson avenue, for primary and
intermediate pupils. opens Monday
Sept. 13. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08

ing him out on the street that constable
drove up, we gave him the prisoner rhe
constable drove along the street crying
out to every one 81 got him. ] have the
murdererl" This caused the crowd to fol-
low him and start the lynching idea.
Patrick Rogan
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
FIXING UP THE TITLES.
Prohibitionists of Lackawanpp
County.

A county convention will be held at
the Court House, in Scranton, on Fri
day, Sept. 10, at p. m, for the pur-
pose Of nominating candidates for
county offices.
Calvin w. Parsons,
~ Chairman County Committee.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08
BORN.

COLLINS.-In Scranton, Pa. Sept. 7, 1897,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Il. ID. Collins, OF Hamp-
ton street, a son.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08

Mrs. Katharine Elizabeth Wilcox is
now in her studio, 205 Washington ave-
nue., for reception Of pupils. ss
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08

Tailor made fall suits and overcoats.
latest styles. John Ross. s07 Spruce
street. %
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DIED.

DAVIS.-ln Scranton. Sept. 7. 1897, Eliza
beth Davis, young daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Davis, OF Sloan street
Funeral announcement later.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-08

The local end of the big brewery
deal is all but consummated. BY Oct.
1t Is confidently expected that all
the breweries of Lackawanna, Luzerne
and Wayne counties will be under one
control, and operated as one concern.
The only hitch in the scheme rises
in Wilkes-B Barre, where trouble is be-
ing experienced with the Stegmaiers.
George Stegmaier, the head of the in
sttution, has subscribed to the COM
bine plan, but some Of the family are
not altogether Favorable to the plan,
and will have to be won over before
the matter can be finally settled.
The plan Of the combine as given
to the public in The Tribune last week
is now admitted by those interested to
be correct. The syndicate which Is
engineering the affair gives $4,000, 900
for the local breweries. Each owner
receives his commensurate share, one
third, in common stock. The value of
each brewery was arrived at separ-
ately, the syndicate representatives
and owners of the brewery agreeing
upon the price.
NO CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT
The present owners of the breweries
will continue to manage them on sal
ary under the direction of q general
manager, representing the syndicate.
The principal business connected with
the breweries will be transacted in a
general office to be located in this city,
and all minor business which may be
transacted direct at the breweries,
must first be sanctioned at the gem
eral office. Each brewing company
connected with the trust signs a con-
tract, under forfeit, to continue in
business ten years.
AS each brewery will derive it's prof
its from the general earnings of all the
breweries it will not affect a brewer
one way or the other If his plant Is
closed up so 1t is intended IL circum-
stances warrant it to reduce the num-
Der of breweries particularly in this i'm
mediate vicinity, where this industry
has grown to such dimensions lately
that the supply Is much in excess of the
demand. Other steps will also be taken
to reduce expenses and consequently
increase the earnings, but it Is stated
In the most unqualified manner that the
price of beer will not be increased,
that is the combine will in no way af-
feet the price.
FIXING UP THE TITLES.
Attorneys from Philadelphia repre-
senting the syndicate, have been in the
city during the past few days perfect
ing the titles to the local breweries and
arranging the legal matters connected
with the deal. Other attorneys, repre-
sentine the companies who are to have
the contract of insuring these titles are
also here on the same mission.
The representative of the syndicate
claims that the Pittsburg- Allegheny
deal will also go through, notwithstand-
ing press dispatches to the contrary.
The leader., 1897-10-20

John c. Brady, publisher of the Oko-
Iona sun, while doing duty at night as
a city quarantine officer in the yards of
the Mobile Il Ohio railroad at Oko-
Iona last week, was crushed to death
under the wheels of freight train being
made up in the yard, some empty cars
being backed upon him while he was
watching a train just arrived. His death
will cause the temporary suspension of
the sun. His deplorable death while in
the discharge of his duty has cast
gloom upon that community. From all
evidence so far obtainable it was one of
those accidents where no one was to
blame.
The leader., 1897-10-20
the STATE OF TRADE.
The Activity In staple Lines Less Fro
nounced Than n Month Ago.
Rrad Sfrnat'a r.

The Activity In staple Lines Less FRO
noupced Than q Month Ago.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Bradstreets re-
port says:
The activity In staple lines Of merchandise Is
less pronounced than a month ago, due TO inte-
rior merchants having supplied their demands
for the time a gradual increase OF the territory
included by the yellow fever quarantine tne
low prices Of cotton n tendency in the Missouri
river valley and spring wheat states to hold
wheat for higher prices and to farmers being
busy with fall planting
A well-informed correspondent OF Brad
streets after extended per sonal investigation,
gi-es reason for anticipating much smaller
yield Of cotton than trade estimates indicate
He looks for Texas crop not TO exceed 2olo, =
900 bales or less than last wear, while the Mis-
sissippi valley will, he thinks. produce less
than an average crop. and Arkansas be in Q
less favorable situation than last year. The
long and severe drought, facilitating picking
and marketing has, he declares, destroyed all
hope Of top crop and will materially cut short
the latter yield
The position OF the cotton goods industry Is
no more favorable but wooden goods manufac-
turers report demand brisk, prices steady and
an unwillingness by makers to accept new
orders at present quotations Advances are
reported for Bessemer pig iron and steel Dill
lets. with quick sales, but prices are firmly
held
There are nominal advances for lard and
mems shoes but prices for pork, sugar other
forrls OF iron and steel than those named Tor
copper, lumber coal, hides and wool, are I'M
changed. Quotations are lower for butter, po-
tatoes, wheat corn. oats, -four, beef, coffee,
cotton, print cloths and lead.
There are 1876 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week, COM
pared with 236 last week, 279 in the week year
The leader., 1897-10-20
FRIGHTENED AWAY
The First Man He Met I'm Az,
Scared Him on

NO." said q man who wa. .;,,;
box in front Of grocery store 81 lug on
as know very much about AlasLs say
His companions looked at him in -,
ment. 1t was the first time he had a,,n sn'
mitted not knowing much about anil al
IL reckon, then, your not thinL;nanlhs
going to dig for gold, said one bystanJJoooo1
mo" '''ahuer.
''Mebbe, though, as the stories If s,,a,.-
wealth keep pourin' in, you'll change suu 1le.l
mind, said another. 'our
1T won't be possible. I've been ,beroy
And come back without getting r;cb ~
Yes. / didn't much more than cross a.
boundary line before turned around a 'ns
struck for home" ana
Scared"
chats the answer"
What Of? Polar bears?"
mo"
Supplies give out!"
mo. i had plenty of food. What cb,r,.,
my. plan was seeing man digging a hos
had these ideas about gold being fonnd ~
| and everywhere, and i went nm tb;nt;ny
to get some points about mining / 10y
him in an offhand way whether he had str,,eii
any pay dirt yet, and he turned around snS
glared at me and said: Young Teller w J',t
| do you think I'm dom this fort' Itoid b;us
| l thought he was digging for gold liz
| glared at me again and said: Gold notb;r.,
| I'm doing this for fun. I've been living hey.
| for four years and there's one thing H..
| my curiosity has never been satisfied al nn.
I'm going to dig this hole good and deem az
| as to allow plenty of room, and then INA
| out just how far down this climate will mali
the mercury CO. "-Washington Star.
The leader., 1897-10-20
HER SCOLDING LOCKS.
She Tried to Oblige a Friend But shs
Got Angry About II.

Some people are absolutely devoid of tar,
One of these is youthful matron who
wishing to make her very dearest friend
another young matron-a birthday present
decided on the purchase of handsome paip
of shell side combs.
Nothing could have been more appropri.
ate for the blonde tresses of her friend. and
the giver felt much pleased with her seIec.
ton when she went to call on her and give
her the pretty ornaments.
Il thought you would like them" she
said, when her friend had admired them and
thanked her rapturously, you will find them
so handy to fasten up your scolding locks"
'What do you mean!' asked her friend. in
: surprised tone.
Did you never hear of scolding locks,
They are the short ends of your hair that
are always flying loose. They bother one
so much, but side combs keep them in or.
der, besides being very becoming orna.
ments."
80 you think | have scolding locks-then
| must be scold. Thanks, awfuly, dear.
but | don't believe need any combs Keep
them for your own scolding outfit and the
face of the dearest friend" clouded with
anger.
VERY well, just as you like. Goodby,
dear" and the donor of the combs snatched
them up and carried them home, where she
had fit of Mysteries. And all because she
needed little tact.-Chicago Times Herald
The leader., 1897-10-20
SOME RECENT INVENTIONS.

To catch moles as they run through
the underground passages they have
dug, new trap has a row of sharp
tines attached to sliding rod to drop
and pin the rodent fast as soon as the
trigger entering the hole is disturbed.
Shotguns can be changed into rifles
by an auxiliary which slides inside the
shot barrel and is fitted with a shell
ejeetor, the rear of the inner barrel
being of the same shape as the shot
cartridge and carrying a fange so it
fits tightly.
In new propelling device for BIZ
cycles two cylinder air pumps are at
tached to the head of the machine to
be operated by raising and lowering
the handle bars. A compressed-air mo-
tor is geared to the driving sprocket
wheel 10 run the machine.
A safety pocket, which can be used in
any garment, is provided on one side of
its mouth with a fiat spring and on
the other side with a spiral spring,
which rests on an elastic strip and
presses tightly against the fat spring
to keep the pocket closed.
Man is made of dust-or at least some
wives think their husbands are.
The leader., 1897-10-20

'E. ID. Mathews has been busily en-.
gagged for week or SO in the manu-.
facture of wine. He had the grapes
hauled in from his vinyard east of town
and made about 600 gallons in his cellar
under the drug store, consequently the
atmosphere in that end of town is
highly favored with grape juice, and
Notwithstanding the fact that he has
frequently been reminded of what the
governor of North Carolina said to the
governor of South Carolina, he has
never permitted us to do anything bat
sniff the breeze from that direction. -
New Albany Gazette.
The leader., 1897-10-20
WILL FIGHT M'KENNA.
Anti-Catholic and Railroad Influences VIII
Oppose His Announcements.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l6.-Telegrams
and letters were received here yester-
day indicating that a fight is likely to
be made against Attorney General Me-
Kenna if he is nominated to succeed
Justice Field. The opposition will be
based on religious grounds. Judge
McKenna is a devout Catholic. He
was originally selected for secretary
of the interior, but the opposition to
him was so strong that he had to be
shifted to the department of justice, so
that he should not have control of the
Indian schools. 1t is not believed that
the senate will pay much attention to
this exhibition of religious intoler-
ance, but the effort to defeat his con-
firmation will nevertheless be made.
1t will be helped along by the railroad
interests, and the recent decision on
the discriminating duty will be cited
freely in an eff ort to show that the at
torney general is not possessed of such
distinguished ability as to Justify his
elevation to the supreme bench.
The leader., 1897-10-20
FAMOUS TEXAS MURDER.
Man Sentenced to Death for Killing That
Caused n Lynching.

Nan sentenced 10 Deatn n
Caused n Lynching.
DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 16.-Effie Jones,
negro, has been convicted at Tyler,
Smith county, of the murder of Riley
w. Stewart, a prominent and infiuen-
tial democrat of east Texas, and the
death penalty assessed. Stewart was
murdered on the 18th of May last.
Jones confessed, saying that he
had been hired to commit the crime
by William Jones because Stew
art carried $1,000 life insurance in
which Jones was interested. William
Jones was one of the most prominent
democrats in this section of the state.
few nights after the murder and
confession, Stewards friends broke
into the Tyler Jail and shot William
Jones to death in his cell, sparing the
black man to be dealt with by the law.
1t was the most sensational lyncbing
Texas has ever had, and scores of
white men of east Texas are under in
dictment for murder because of it.
Ellie Jones, the condemned murderer,
still adheres to his confession.
The leader., 1897-10-20
MIStEILANEOFS.

Tom NEEDLES, of Illinois, formerly
marshal of Oklahoma, was appointed a
member of the Dawes commission on
the 18th. lie succeeds Montgomery,
of Alabama, whose resignation was
asked for
THERE We're 1876 business failures in
the United States reported by Brad
streets commercial agency for the
| week ended the 18th, against 279 in
the corresponding week year ago.
ADAM HUFFMAN, farmer near Brim-
| field, Ind, was strangled to death by
| burglars because he would not tell
where his wealth was kept.
In the parishes of Morehouse and
Union, La, vast bodies of oak and
pine timber have been destroyed by a
fire said to have been started by camp
hunters.
IT was announced that pay car
would start over the Rock Island sys-
tenn west of the Missouri river on the
18th for the first time in five years.
The company has resorted to this
plan of checking the pay rolls, and in
railway circles at Omaha, Neb,, it was
said suspicious of a lot of straw men
and padded pay rolls existed in the
minds of the Chicago officials.
AT Lexington, Ky, James 7. won
the $1,000 stakes two-year-old running
race and smashed the worlds record
for FLIES, making the mile in PA.
SECRETARY ALGER has ordered an in
vestigation to be made of the alleged
case of cruelty to a private soldier at
Fort Sheridan, Chicago.
AN epidemic of scarlet fever was re-
ported in Burlington, Ia, there being
SO cases on the 18th.
ABOUT IL miles south of Muskogee,
l. T., two supposed cattle thieves were
asked their business by John and Joe
Jourden, respectable farmers, when
one shot Joe through the heart. John
then shot both strangers dead
THERE was a riot among the prison
ers in the St. Louis Jail on the 18th,
| during which 20 negroes engaged in a
desperate fight among themselves.
The jailer turned in the riot alarm to
the police, who overpowered the COM
batants and placed them in dungeons.
The fight started over a crap game in
which so cents was involved.
AT the Baptist church under con-
struction at Plano, Tex, a scaffold
gave way and five men were killed.
DURHAM, N c., was visited by the
most destructive fire in its history
Seven four-story wooden houses, filled
with tobacco, and eight dwellings were
destroyed. Loss, S250.000.
CHARLES POLLOCK started in balloon
from Eastbourne, Eng, one morning
in an attempt to cross the English
channel. The balloon descended safely
in the afternoon near Domart, in
France. The trip was a great success.
A REGISTERED package containing
s14, 900, sent by Chicago bank, was
lost between Omaha, Neb., and Dem
yer, Col. The package was traced to
Omaha.
A FIRE broke out in the Sherman
house at Chicago at leo a. m, and al
though there was no loss of life there
was the liveliest kind of panic. The
damage done only amounted to about
5000,
The leader., 1897-10-20
Colored Relief Association.

The colored peoples relief association
of jackson is doing good work. Their
committee has collected about 800, and
this has been invested in flour, meal
and meat, which has been put up in
small packages. A vacant storehouse
has been secured. and this is piled with
the provisions. Those in want go to
this place, leave their names, and if,
after investigation, they are deemed
worthy objects of charity their wants
are supplied.-T. NJ. Henry, in Mem
phis Commercial Appeal.
The leader., 1897-10-20
COSTLY VINEYARD WRECKED.
Mob of Enraged Citizens Thong mt 1t Caused
Too Much Drunkenness.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 16.-One of
the largest and most valuable vine
yards in Bradley county has just been
destroyed by a mob of enraged citi-
zens. For several years a beautiful
vineyard has been growing about eight
miles south of Warren, the product of
which has been converted into native
wines. 1t is alleged that the sale of
the beverage has led to much drunken
ness among young men and boys
Neighborhood gatherings have been
disturbed and orgies became of COM
mon occurrence. A meeting of the
citizens was held at Farmerville, at
which it was resolved that the vineyard
was the cause of the disorders and the
citizens proceeded in a body to the
vineyard and destroyed it.
The leader., 1897-10-20

THE Chicago Tribune complains that
criminals are growing holder. 1t cites
numerous instances of stage and train
robberies in California, in spite of the
fact that highway robbery is capital
crime in that state. As to Chicago,
the Tribune declared that hardly a
day passed without its atrocious crimes,
like that recent one in which woman
was assaulted and robbed in a street
car "All over the country" the com
plant goes on, ''crime declines to yield
to the softening influences of civiliza-
ton
The leader., 1897-10-20

CONNECTICUT has just adopted, by a
ballot of its citizens, one of the most
sweeping constitutional provisions yet
framed against illiterate voters The
amendment to the state constitution
received an immense majority, more
than nine-tenths of the voters giving
it their approval. The amendment
provides that Every person shall be
able to read in the English language
any article of the constitution or any
section of the statutes of this state be-
fore being admitted an elector."
The leader., 1897-10-20
SMALL BOY ASSASSINATED.
The Five-Year-OId SON of Capt Bridges, of
Guthrie, Ok, Wantonly Killed.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct 16.-Capt. L. L.
Bridges, a well-known attorney, found
his five-year-old son lying on the side
walk at his front gate about eight
o'clock this morning. The child failed
to move when spoken to, and, when
the father took him in his arms, he
was found to be dead with a bullet
hole over his right eye. The 13-year-
old son of John Mathews, who lives on
the opposite side of the street, was ar
rested for the killing. The Mathews
boy had whipped Capt. Bridges son
yesterday. The bullet came from
across the street, apparently from
Mathews house, and 22-caliber tar
get rifle with an empty shell, which
had just been fired, was found behind
a door in the Mathews house.