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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09
HE SOLD THE CHAIRS.
X. II. Jones Asked to Pay for Them
by an Aspinham Firm.

o. H. Ardway. furniture seller of AS
pinham, Mass, yesterday brought suit
before Alderman Wright against r.. II.
Jones, of this city. 1t appears that j.
G. Kelsea. agent for Ardway, sold a
number of chairs to Jones and the lat
ter has made no return for his pur-
chase
Mr.. Jones was arrested and was al
lowed to go on his own recog nizRnce.
The discrepancy will be patched up.
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The New Tariff Law

Which will soon be signed by the
President, may be appropriately con-
sidered an Industrial Declaration of In.
dependence. An official text of the law
has just been published by the Ameri-
can Protective Tariff League, and
should be carefully examined by every
citizen. Protectionists ought to have a
few copies of this law for distribution
Five copies will be sent to any address
for ten cents. Ask for Document No
80 and address w. i, Wakeman, Gent
Sec'y, 1876 West 23d Street, New York
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BROWNS BEE HIVE CLOSED.
Executions Amounting to $4,000
Issued Against Moses Brown.

Moses Browns Bee Hive was yester-
day afternoon closed by the sheriff on
executions amounting to over $4,000
The execution creditors are First Ma
tional bank, Scranton, $500; First Ma
tional bank, Pittston, $4,000; Peoples
Savings bank, Pittston, $4,000; Albert
Brown. Pittston, $1,000; d. Kline &
Co., $1,000; Isaac Brown, $1,26S.O5; A.
b. Brown, $9l22S; Mrs. l.. Harris,
$1,000; Einstein & Harris, $2OS "a !;
SteaIns & Spingarn, $492.46.
Mr. Brown is one of Scranton's oldest
merchants and had always been con-
sideTed one of the most substantial.
This is only temporary enbarrass-
ment, II is said, and the store viii he
open again in a few days.
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M CAN ULTY
Base Ball today, Toronto
VS.. Scranton at 3.45. Ad-
mission, 25C.
CITY NOTES.

The fire department committee of
councils will meet tonight.
The Regimental Rife range will be
closed on account of camp from Thurs
day, July 8, to Thursday, July %.
A baby carriage was stolen from in
front of the residence of Mrs. Koons. l00
lackawanna avenue, Wednesday evening.
special meeting of the Woman's
Gunild of st. Luke's church will be held
Immediately after the service in the
church this morning.
A vertical compound high pumping en-
Sine to be used at the New Bedford,
Conn. water works is being built at the
dickson works in this city.
After a three weeks shut down for re-
pairs work ha.r been resumed at the
Storrs shaft No. Of the Delaware. Lack
awanna and Western company
The Young People'a Society of Chris
tian EndeaVOr OF the Welsh Congrega-
tional church. North End. will conduct
an excursion to Mountain Park today.
The coroner's jury in the case of Lean
der b. Finch. who met death in an acci-
dent at the Marviue breaker, will meet
tonight at Coroner Longstreets office.
Trinity Lutheran church Sunday school
will hold their annual excursion to Lake
Ariel today The train will leave the
Erie and Wyoming station at $50 a. m.
Herman Weichel, Charles Schroeder
and Euge19 Tropp, comprising the Little
Germany" camping club will leave for
Lake Ariel Monday morning, where they
will camp foi' several weeks.
A large milling machine was received
"Wednesday from the Mile. Tool works,
or Phiadelpha, aiid is beOG erected in
the Penn avenus shop OF the Dickson
misunderstanding company.
street Commissioned Dunnng has
iorc< Uf nau at work laying A plp< dram
IN tne Fourth ward whiCh 'glu drair low
land IN the vicinity 0t Latayatte street
aud Ecr"cca aVJnas into the Mount
Pleasant rav1ue.
meeting of the Homeopathic doctors
of the city was held last night in the
office of Dr.. IL. B. Ware, Oh Washing
ton avenue, at which matters pertaining
to the organization of a staff for the
PROPOSED hospital were considered.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal COM
pany paid a the Baltimore slope, Balti-
more tunnel Baltimore shaft and Con-
Nngham shhrt, at Wilkes Barre, yester-
Cay. The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company pays at the Bellevue
lodge, oxford mines and the car shops
today.
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COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.

Maggie Smith was yesterday discharged
from the county Jail under the insolvency
laws.
The will of Elizabeth Tilsley. late OF
Carbondale, was yesterday admitted to
probate by Register Hopkins.
An hours session of naturalization
court was made necessary again yester-
day afternoon by the rush of applicants
for citizenship papers.
Thomas O'Horo, treasurer of Archibald
yesterday gave a $4,000 bond to the
school district, which was approved by
court. The sureties were Patrick Boland
p. NJ. O'Boyle, DR.. j. j. Kelly and John
Garden.
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Still Better.

The d. L. & W. railroad now runs an
elegant through day coach (as wei az
sleeping cars) from New York to Chi
cago on their train No. z. leaving New
York at p. m, every day, thus en-
suring mo change of cars" to all pas
sengers. 1t is the shortest route and
has the lowest rates. Apply to your
nearest D., l.. & w. railroad ticket
agent, 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09

Railway Conductors excursion, Sat
urday, July the 18th, to Ithaca, Cayuga
Lake, Renwick Beach and Cornell Uni
versity; over the popular D., L. & w.
r. H. Train leaves Scranton at 7
o'clock a. m. Tickets, $500. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09
ASPHALT STREETS
TO BE REPAIRED
Dunn Bros. Were Awarded the Contract
Last Night.
GREAT ECONOMY IN THE NEW PLAN

A Little over $1,000 will Repair the
Pavement This Year Under the New
system--Last Year, Under the Five
Cents a Yard Plan Contract, 1t Cost
over s6,5OO--Mr. Sweeney Would
Change the Name of Municipal
Building to City Hail.
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DIED.

MOShS.-ln Scranton, Pa, July g. 1897,
Mrs. ID. j. Moses, of il2 North Main ave
nue., age 5S years. Notice OF funeral
later. Carbondale papers please copy.
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CHEAP TRIP TO ATLANTIC CITY.
Annual Excursion, Via c. Il. X. of N,
j., on Monday, Aug.

The sixth annual summer excursion
to Atlantic City over the Jersey Cen
trail and connecting lines will take
place on Monday, Aug. 2. The eXcur-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09

WILL YOU GIVE UP all that health
means to you? If not, look out for i'm
pure blood. Cure boils, pimples, hu-
mors and all scrofulous tendencies by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09

HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or grippe. All
druggists. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09

Don't fail to register your name
Opening Trip Farm, Saturday, 10th
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$1,000 in Gold.

before you lose your chance for choice
home. -
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$4,000 in Gold,


Opening Tripp Farm Lots. Don't
miss IT. -
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Big Sale of Lots.
Opening Tripp Farm Plot, Saturday,
10th. ..
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ONE BUSINESS THAT
IS NOT DEPRESSED
Lsckawanna County's Divorce Mill Tia,
Grist TO Grind.
EIGHTEEN ON THIS WEEKS LIST

And in Only One of These Cases Is
There Any Opposition offered by
the Observation-Disclosures aud
Wives Split Even in the Matter of
Complaints--Dispo of This
Record Breaking Raft of Cases.
Other Doings in Argument Court.
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Read w. Gibson jones' Announce.
ment in Real Estate Column
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On the jump
Odd
Lot
Crockery Sale Is Under Headway.

The last two days, in spite of the weather. proves
that the to hurry out merchandise chop prices
half Every odd dinner set every odd tea every odd
lot in fact has got to get Today desirable items
Join the good bye crowd. Come and share.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
crplyGC OLD HOUSES GO AT Low fHi' h''
THE AucrIoNEER CONTINUES THE MoNA
,.,,,Sc WAY FOR NEW SMALL PARKS.

o>.,.vp CONTINUES THE WORK OF
MAKING WAY FOR NEW SMALL fANNS
rh. auction sale OF houses eondeHhea " ".aao ~
or, ,or n new East SIDE park YVES co"''"D -,
tardav morning. The houses '"A' ~ ~ ,,,as,
.u,,rar first were those in the territory 0'' -,
bv Essex. Hester. Division ana Norlo'A ,'' houses
hoct brought altogether. Nll6 o. oh'y '"o 1 -
~ -, h,ock soId AT 500 each. The lowest p''0o
~, Gov opv ono house was 50, and there were many
sold NJ prices varying from $40 to 40 49,.
,rhs block sold out and the one ADJOINING on '',
cast bounded by Hester. norfolk. su'lo'N "
n,,.,s,or sts are known IN the nelghoorh"o" '
"coldfogle's Delight" because more tha' nan "
-, a,snossess cases before Civi. Justice Uoidioe.'
have come from tha, neighborhood hder V'I ,hs
nary conditions only mSas,e & ,he nroperty was
tehan bv the city none OF them have pa,,u CO., en-
II was originally Intended that tn. S,,n n ronfuson
m ,b Controllers ofiice caused the loss o, @ lns
revenue and large 1Ia'f This made ha the buildings
naradise for 'squatters." and yesterday tnele VS.
NO. ssnsT one MAS found somebody moved IN WITH
out any CEREMONY as there a was ANY aitentlon 70
them II is said that the tenants are tor ne mos, rs
part Socialists. and they made ~ not IL, vex times
r VINO Insced sF,sa by the neghbors when the twenty
days allowed them are up ama shs heM the mean
time there Is "a pretty state OF affairs me iO,"es
anors OF the houses Mon wares a,snq rom ~ and the
bn,ses 20 without attention. -..,,, 90,
The TWO blocks refnalnlus VI tiNPN..S "a
re me f"r & the Hester or Rutgers Park were sola
out in the afternoon that bounded ny aes'Sers es ana
~ ,o,her bounded by Canal. East Broadw ~ ,yssii
ferson Division and Ra'sers ,r SITS Ss5 sae IT, Of me
bnuses on the ground for the Hester iark "
ss o., 5o some Of the large buildings brought nv
go. $780, .hsn had been got before In the sale ioE
aIthsr the Willett or Hester Park. 81,
number OF old landmarks were MADE an el" s % va
h tho sale Thieves Alley. once the resort Oh tne
Crooked talent OF this neigh6orhood and ne pn',o 20
S,r which London criminals headed when driven "
,Hs cnnntry was sold out with ts front tenemeht'
house and two rear houses. for SS ,.o ,or,n.
Almost directly the street. on the nor VI.
.ast corner OF Norfolk and Division SITS. tnere
stands an old three-s;ory frame structure con,
5emned some years ago. 20 that nobody couia os
cot 10 live I'm IL except a secondhand JUNK usasss
IN the basement The boys made short work Oh ~, tne
uiass windoWs and the house presents a iorioin
ssnnearance IL was sold yesterday FOR s. IN ina,
aiJ house known as Helveta House. Boss lwe.u
o nd members OF his ring used to meet for oonsuta-
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
cOJru,y AND MENKEN STAY ~.

A decision was banded down yesterday In the APP
,oi,at Division OF the Supreme Court affirming
=, order IF June % last denying a motion OF num-
bor OF property to vacate or amend an order
Of May 70 last. appointing Micnael Coleman ana .
S,o,wood Menken Commissioners OF Appraisal They
o annointel in the matter OF acquiring by the
ci,v certain lands in Chambers Centre and Reade
s,s named by the Board OF Estimate and Appor-
tionmcnt as a site upon which TO erect a building
tr he Office OF Register and for other public Offices
The contention OF the property owners was that
Cnaman and Menken Were not qualified 10 act as
discreet and dlsinterested persons. as required by
law and that their appointment was void because
,a" n, mad in compliance with the law 1t al
iaged that Menken had manifested direct personal
nterest in the subject matter Of the litigation and
~ Coleman had been "A expert witness against
the city In condemnation proceedings There was
no op,nion with the decision.
"o ,ra Eject Of the decision Is that Coleman and
Nenken remain Commissioners OF Appraisal.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
DIR. BISSELL TO APPEAL 4 JUDGMENT.
SAYS he DID NOT ORDER THE DINNER-PENDING
DECISION sURETIEs ARE ACCEPTED.

SAYS he DID NOT ORDER THE DINNER-PENDING
DECISION sURETIEs ARE ACCEPTED.
Louis Sherry the caterer in June last obtained
Judgment I'm the City Court against DR.. Joseph B
Bsscll for s73S So the value OF dinner served TO
the directors of the New-York and Westchester
Water Works Company. at the Horace White cct-
tage. at Elberon. y. j.. in August, 1875 The pan
ouet cost s67j s.. which. with interest ana costs
brought the total up to s13S So
DR. Bissell denied that the dinner was ordered
by him or that he liable for 1t IN any way
and he served on Thomas NJ. Rowlette, of NO. 80
broadway. counsel for Sherry. notice OF his inten-
ton 10 appeal the case at the next General Ierin
Of ,he CITY Court Pending the appeal. 1t became
necessary TO furnish sureties on an undertaking 10
stay the execution OF the Judgment. and the ex-
omira,lon OF Mrs. Moses r. Crow and Duncan F.
cameron as 10 their fitness to qualify as suretes
was filed In the City Court yesterday.
Mr. Cameron. the secretary and treasurer or the
tho New-York and Westchester Water works
Counonv. said he owned $4,000 worth OF stock IN
the water works company. but none OF the stock
,,ae In tho market for sale. and II did not pay any
Itvjdends The company. he said. Is capltaIlAe1
for 81 100000 and its assets are iramcnses i n az
nine line and pumping stations properly ,nrI Wor.n
* 100 200 the pumping stations being at fonkers
ttocantico and Pehamville. the latter station Deins
worth 81. .00OMo. ., 49,. ,o,,, q, ooo 10 his
yater works stock was given TO him IN pace o.
salary. He admitted that this stock Wa Was s''e" III
IT,, ~ ahout 10000 or $1,000 salary due.
"' "'Iudpe ConIan accepted both sureties.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
ECONOMICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
COOKING.

'sThe London Lancet Is the highest medical au-
thority in England II not In the world. and It's re-
marks on cooking by gas are worth everybody
attention. 1t states the simple fact when 1t says
that gas must be much more economical than coa,; @
up the chimney. whereas the full effect Of gas ~ ~
used to cook the food. Then. as 70 the nature o., OF
the cooking II SAYS: Consequent on the sharp
heat and plentiful supply Of air AROUND the s Sqins
the excess OF TAI Is eliminated. This Is the reason
why IN cooking with gas the pIn' snre, Is adds
that gas is equally applicable TO grilllng cooking
pastry breadn making. boiling and most osner eu
ncry operations: moreover. our inspection ras sat',
ed us that in gas cooking stoves. as In gas heat-
ing stoyes tho products OF nraSucsd nrg
There ia nothing accidental about the growing use
Of the gas range i has on Its side & a" "a 'rs me quo
tations from "The Lancet" show. has also the
highest scientific and medical Endorsement.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
POLICE AFTER "THE" ALLEN AGiIN.

MINI. ARRESTS MADE IN THE ALLEGED POOL
ROOM IN WEST BROADWAY.
raid WAS made or THE" Aliens poolroorn. at
No. 513 West Broadway. yesterday afternoon by Act
ing Inspector Allare Captain Groo. Of the Mercer
81 station and fifteen officers of the Fiftecnth fre-
cinct and Captain Allares STAFF. Nine arrests were
made including that OF Allen. one of Captain Groo
men had been playing the races In the room ior
eleven DAYS He was In the place all day yester-
day waiting for the iaid TO be made
At3 o'clock the room was full Of men, Whie the
playing was at its height the police entered Act
ing Inspector Allare shouted that no one must
leave the place. Nevertheless there was genera!
rush for the exits which were all covered by the
police and 70 one got out. Captain Allaire pulled
ont a bit of paper and Bolz. the policeman VINO nad
been In the place for eleven days, pointed out the
men who were connected with the management o'
tho room All OF these were arrested. Alien NM
self was there and was the first ore placed under
arrest. - , -, ,,
All OF the others were then let Co. and the nine
men Interested IN the management were marcheu
to the station ,,,. c.
discharged four OF the men and the others lncu1I
ing Allen we're parOled In the custody OF counsel
until to-day. when they will give bail in soo each'
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
MORE CONCESSIONS GAINED.
THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION STILL
MEETING SUCCESS-MEMBER-
SHIP INCREASING.

Tho seaboard Air Line has agreed to make an
other concession In favor OF the merchants living IN
tho South who are members OF the Merchants AS
ISOLATION. and who desire to visit New-York for the
purpose OF making their fall purchases. dispatch
has been received from the general manager OF that
company stating that the company Will arrange 70
extend Its special Wednesday tickets for the excur
sons from Atlanta TO Norfolk. Va on August H.
IS and 25 for thirty days to members OF the Mcr-
chants Association. using practically the same
certificate method as the one required by the JOINT
Traffic and Trunk Line associations and by the oid
Dominion Steamship Company. This VIII ehaoie
merchants In the territory OF the Seaboard AIT Line
and its connecting lines to avail themselves OF the
Old Dominion rates. and will also give thcm plenty
OF time within which 10 make their purchases III
NewYork.
The Seaboard Air Line yesterday also announced
the dates Of It's REGULAR excursions In conformity
with the excursions DO held throughout the ter
rltory OF the Southeastern Association. These ex-
cursions are from all points In that territory TO
Richmond Norfolk and Washington on August H.
l3 and IA. with Anal limit Of fifteen Gays from
date OF sale. and this announcement has also oeeh
made by all the roads in the Southeastern Associa-
ton. although only six roads out OF the sixteen
forming the association signed the agreement pro-
vid!ng for these excursions. These are the excur-
sion dates that the officers OF the Merchants Asso-
citation enleavored TO have extended from hfteet
days 10 thirty days when 1t was found that the
Southeastern Passenger Associatio would not sell
regular excursion tickets through 10 New ork III
tho manner approved by the Joint Traffic and
Trunk Line associa tions.
There is to be another meeting Of the Southeast
ern Association at Old Point Comfort on August II.
and letter vii! be sent 10 each general passenger
agent or traffic manager in that territory, asking
him to request that the plan for special excursions
be brought UP at the meeting and that William r
King. the president of the Merchants ASSOCIATION
be allowed fully the position Of the assoc'a-
tion.
New members of the Merchants Association on
the resident list are Schulz & Ruckgaber. bankers
No ,s Exchange Place; George Murray Wesimin- t5.s
Fabyan & Co. drygoods, No. 30 Thomas-st: VIII
lam l.. strong Co., drygoods No IS Wo1th,st;
Botany Worstcd Mills No 60 Worth-st the Boyn-
ton Furnace Company. No. 2oi Water,si Creamer
Lanman & Kemp. wholesale druggists No: 6s VIII
iam-st.: James Elliott q Co.. linens No. 334 Broad-
2I Park Place
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
SAY THEIR WAGES WERE CUT.
TWO STORIES TOLD OF THE TROUBLE AMONG
THE EMPLOYEES OF MR.. SAGE'S GAS
LIGHT COMPANY.

TWO STORIES TOLD OF THE TROUBLE AMONG
THE EMPLOYEES OF MR.. sAGE's GAS
LIGHT COMPANY.
The trouble among the employees Of the Standard
GasIight Company, Of which Russell Sage is pres-
dent resulted yesterday in five OF the men resign
ing their places Both sides tell different stories
Of ,hc cause of the trouble. The men declare that
they resigned because the company had persisted
IN cutting wages until they receiving less for
their work than ever before: and this despite the
fact that gas stocks booming and the COM
many was making more money than formerly.
Hugh Keogh. OF the men who resigned. said
Yesterday that the trouble had been growing since
last fall The wages Of the fremen. which were
,bep e. "a a dav had been reduced to 81 25 and the
waees of The gas men from 50 to 81 75 This sum-
mer another cut Of % cents had been made. and
then a number of men had been laid or, While the
rest had had 10 do extra work. The men also
oonnIained that the old rule Of promoting fire
MN ,o the place of gas man whenever vacancy
oCcurred had been abandoned, ana new gas men
had been brought on from Chicago whenever II
Keorh also declared that inexperienced men had
heen nut I'm the places of the men VINO nad re-
sicnad and that there was danger OF a serious eN-
piosion taking place in the works OF the company
at any moment . 49,. .o,,oo,y
All This denied at the offices OF the COMPANY ny
cc,"mnanv said that Keogh and his companions had
resigned because new gas man had been put 4, 70
work on Monday. in place or one VINO was i5 d.s
charged fer getting drunk. II was also denied
that there had been any general reduction In wages
,his simmer Some OF the men, like keogh. hhd
Ia ,bcir wages reduced for cause. II was addeu
md that was all there was 10 the story. Superln,
tenden, Woods If the companiE ~ = san sanoybTv wV and
that the story of there being danger OF an eH-
plosion bosh. ,,, ,n,, ,,oro uos
go ahsolntsiv fxed scale OF wages. but that the
men received pay according to their merits
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
EAGER TO BE CITIZENS.
RUSH OF FOREIGN BORN MEN TO THE COUNTS
YESTERDAI-MANY TOO IGNORANT
To BE VOTERS.

RUSH OF FOREIGN BORN MEN TO THE COUNTS
YEsrERpAI-MANY TOO IGNORANT
To De VOTERS
Yesterday was the last day ur der the State 'o'-
stitution on which foreigners could be naturah~eu
In time to vote a. the coming municipal eiec'c" i"
the Greater New-York. the Constitution requiring
that a naturalized citizen shall take out MS i's'
pnpcrs at least ninety days before the eiecuo"'
There was rsh Of foreignborn men 70 'he
courts accordingly It being the rule for many 10
walt until the last day to apply for naturaiizatoN'
Commissioner Lyman and Judge Addison Brown
I'm the Federal Court. were besieged by about one
thousand applicants for naturalization. IL was
impossible to attend TO all Of them. and Conm's-
soner Lyman said: II am sorry but you shouiu
tave come earlier. Some of you have waited d
number OF years before coming for your second
papers and now at the last moment rush IN ana
expect TO obtain them at once"
About every other who was exarnlheu en-
bihited 60 much ignorance about the Government
NJ this country that he was turned away. win the
advice to read the newspapers and study the oon. n.
stitution One Irishman could not teii tne I.1i"e Vi
never had heard of Grover CLEVELAND. nesera. .S .
Polish Hebrews who wanted 70 be voters couiu Ii''
urderstand the questions which were put TO mem.
More than two hundred persons preSefh ~ the an
preme Court yesterday TO obtain certihStares az pr,
hitting them 10 go before Justice Pryor ior ehan
nation as 10 their qualifications for oitiHeIsmp
Each OF the two hundred applicants was ACCOM- III,
pa MED by a witness and Mr.. Loos. the chiei cierK
and his assistants were compelled 70 ehls' the Srl
vices OF Policemen Griffin and Meone 10 Keep the
crowd in line At o'clock Justice Pryor pesdII i.s
investigation, which lasted till late in the AFTER
New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
STRrGGLED TO GET HFR CHILD.

Mrs Annie Lazarus and an officer Of the Protes-
,ant Episcopai House OF Mercy sought for the pos.
s.sslon OF Sophie Lazarus in Special Term Part
H. OF the Supreme Court yesterday. Mrs Lazarus
is Sophie's mother and obtained writ OF haheas
corpus in order TO regain the custody OF the child
who WAS committed 10 the Institution on July last
by Magistrate Brann for associatIng with vicious
and dlssoute persons The commitment was made
et the request OF Mrs. LazaruV who alleges
that when she sigIed the paper consenting 10 have
her daughter sent away she did not understand
what sne was doing The writ OF habcas corpus was
re;urnabIe yesterday before Justice Pryor. who de-
clded that the girl should remain In the House Of
Mercy. -
Mrs Lazarus when the Judge announced his de-
cision seized her daughter and begged for mercy
for her child The officer ot the institution srasped
S1phe by the arm, but only Induced her mother
to let her 60 with him by threatening to carry her