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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
THE SCRANTON BUSINESS COLLEGE.

The college rooms are being thor
ouGhly renovated and some improve
ments are being made. One end of
the typewriting room has been parti-
toned off for a private office and a
check room for night students supplies
is being built ON first floor. New stu
dents are enrolling every day. Re-
member opening day is Monday, Sept.
G.. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

and the regular evening prices will pre-
vall--10 20 or 30 cents.
The house is undergoing a thorough
renovation, and will open as fresh and
neat as though new. During the COM
ing season all opera chairs will be sold
reserved for evening performances. and
can be secured afternoons or after the
house opens at night-an innovation
sure to be favored.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
NEITHER COUNCIL MET.
Bob FitZsimmOns Breaks Up the Ses-
siOns of the City Fathers.

There were just enough councilmen
at Laurel Hill park last night to leave
both branches without a quorum. 1t
was the regular meeting night for COM
mon council and select council was to
have had an adjourned session. Both
branches adjourned until next Thurs
day night.
About the only important matter to
come up was the auditing committees
report. The consideration of the ap-
pointment of park commissioners was
also scheduled for select council, and
would probably have aroused some in
terest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

The employees Of the Scranton Dis
trict Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany will hold their annual picnic at
Lake Ariel, Saturday Aug. 2S. Tick
cts, 75c.; children, 40c. Train leaves
Erie and Wyoming Valley depot at s.45
q, m. %
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
WHAT HE LEFT HER.

There was $4,000 insurance on her
husbands life, she says. but this is
made payable to some one besides her.
The only thing he left her was about
5000 worth Of furniture and a certain
indenture of mortgage assigned to her
to secure the payment of $1,000.
Court is petitioned to restrain the
defendant from transferring or encum-
bering the real estate which he holds,
and issue a decree declaring null and
void the deed and conveyance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

No change OF cars of any class be-
tween your station and Cleveland, Fort
Wayne and Chicago via d., l.. & w.
and Nickel Plate roads. Lowest rates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

A fight for the estate of the late
Patrick Jordan was yesterday begun
in equity court. The plaintiffs are
Julia Jordan and Anna Jordan. widow
and child respectively of the deceased,
and the defendant is Rev. James f.
Jordan, of Rendhem. one of the four
sons of Patrick Jordan by a former
wife.
In the paper book filed by the plain
tiffs' attorneys, James J. O'Malley and
NJ. ]. Martin, 1t is stated that Julia
Jordan was married to Patrick Jor-
dan April 20, 1896, at st. Peters cath
edral, and Immediately after marriage
they commenced living together as man
and wife, continuing in this relation
until the time Of the husbands death,
August 8, 1897.
In the year 1895 and at divers other
times, the declaration reads, Patrick
Jordan made frequent and often re-
peated overtures of marriage to Julia
Jordan, all of which she declined on
account of his advanced years and in
firm condition of body and health. He
became insistant in his repeated pro-
posals, and after representing and pro-
ing to her that he was worth between
| fifty and sixty thousand dollars, and
promising her that If she should marry
hel he would provide well for her in
his will and also for any children that
might come of the union, she consented
to the marriage.
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
She also AYERS that other circum-
stances moved her to accept him, one
| that he wanted to make a home for
| himself; another that he protested the
greatest love and affection for her.
After narrating that her husband had
| frequently told her he would make a
much more liberal provision for her
| than was allowed by the laws of the
| state, she goes on to say that Patrick
| Jordan was induced by his sons, who
were displeased at his proposed mar
riage, to secretly make a conveyance
of all his property to his son James,
for the evident purpose of defrauding
| his intended wife out of her just ex-
| pectations.
Then the bill goes on to recite the
particulars Of the transfer, which, ac-
cording to the records, was made on
April 2, 1896, twenty-seven days before
the marriage. The property conveyed
| was four lots in the borough of Oily.
phant and the st. Cloud hotel property
corner of Wyoming avenue and Lin.
den street, which, it is alleged, was al
the real estate he owned.
Mrs. Jordan alleges she did not learr
of the conveyance until a week before
her husbands death, when he was il
his last illness. She alleges that the
consideration recited in the deed, 9Th,
sum of 81 lawful money of the United
States" never passed between the par
ties. She also says that up to the tim,
of his last illness her husband con
trolled the properties in question, col
lected the rents from the tenants anC
using the same for the maintenance O
his family.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
MARRIED.

COoK-COFFEN,-In Blakely. August
20, 1897, by Rev. NJ, Harvey, at his resi-
dence, James Cook and Mrs. Emma
Coffen, both of Priceburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

Tailor made fall suits and overcoats,
latest styles, John Ross. 3O7 Spruce
street. ss
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
PAINTERS MET In
FULLER'S HALL
They Were Addressed by Their National
President, J. II. Sullivan.
EIGHT HOURS FOR A DAYS WORK

That Will BE the Concession the
Painters and Decorators Union
and other Organizations Affiliated
with the Building Trades Council
Will Ask for in the spring--An APP
peal Was Made for Money for the
Striking Miners.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

When dizzy or drowsy take BEECH
ANS PILLS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
APPEAL FOR MINERS,

After President Sullivan had con-
cluded Mr.. Plasterer,t the miners rep
resentative, was introduced. He is a
grey-haired, infirm old man, and in
speaking has a style of his own. His
opening remarks We're in the line of
a tribute to union. He then told how
he had worked in the mines since he
was five years old, at which age he
was taken in on his brothers back.
The aged champions direct remarks
on the Pittshurg strike We're interest
ing, He said: I'VE are on strike out
there-tit is a complicated strike-when
we first came out we struck for bread
butter was out of the question. Now
We are fighting not even for bread, but
| for liberty" He referred to the sheriff
as that insignificant tool" and de-
| preciated the fact that the working
men had to pay taxes for his salary.
Ite though that American citizen did
not mean much to the working men.
He was not collecting for the miners
only, he said. The women and children
| who do not live in the camp need the
| money most. He started out for the
women, but 1t seems now that some
of the money must be given to the men.
| The speaker told several incidents of
| the strike. The miners We're enjoined
from entering the camp and the women
said, "Well, there is no injunction
against us; we will CO." The audi
ence cheered. But" he said, "what
can we do when there are a gang Of
men hanging around the court house
waiting to be appointed deputies. Such
men as these we could not trust with
our camp. We must protect our wo-
men," In concluding he made an ap-
peal for money.
The few present contributed the sum
of $3.50, which was handed over. Mr..
Plasterer said that this made 800 which
has been sent to Pittsburg since he is
in the city. He will stay here until
after the pays at the mines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
"nANHATTAN"
NEGL|GEE SHIRTS

Mems French Madras Negligee
Shirts with laundered collars and
cuffs attached, in the very best
patterns and colors; not one of
this lot has ever been sold for less
than $1.50 and from that up to
$500; we have them in all sizes;
will close them put at the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
CASTLE LIFE ON THE RHINE.
Routine in Olden Times-The Modern
Woman Would Find 1t Mo-


In the good old days when castles on the
Rhine were inhabited by bold barons who
were continually at war with each other the
existence Of the women cooped up therein
was something not easily understood by the
fair sex of to-day. A recent writer on this
subject says:
Just amagine, my dear madam, how you
would feel If mistress of such a castle. You
have plenty of silyerware, most likely, II
your husband is a good fighter, and no dearth
of heavy old handmade furniture. The Sits
of windows are so small that curtains would
be of no use: and, anyhow. as there is no
glass, the rain would soon ruin them. You
find that the cold stone floors make your
joints stiff, and you spread some PUSHES on
them. Your supply OF meat and other eat
ships raids. You have no women to asso-
ciate with but our boorish servants. There
is one book in the house, a prayer book, but
you are not able to read 1t unless you are
You would go out? Then you must first
climb down the crag by a path that is
barely passable. at the risk of being cap
tured by a %neighbor. You have a beautiful
view. and some fine afternoon you go up to
the highest tower to watch a little passage
you take considerable interest in, for your
husband ia in the thick Of the fight. He
and his men have clashed with Sir Adolphus
and his men, and your husband may come
home on a board. But you are used to
such things. You go into your chamber
and kneel before the stone c%rucifix, where
you spend a great deal of the time. Before
you nave reached the last bead In the
string you hear joyful shouts below. The
sorrow is not to be in your castle this time.
but In the next one. Milford Is safe. n
there will be fresh meat for a fortnight.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

of the principally were $4Oo, 900 paid to the
Prince Of Monaco for the concession, n
100000 for the grounds and police. Salaries
of employees amounted to 100000. and the
item orchestra and sports is set against
the sum of $16O. 600.
The Casino management frequently pro-
vide ruined gamblers with their fare home
and a small bonus rather than have them
blow their brains out in the grounds or
hang around the place looking wretched,
which the management consider poor adj
vertisement. Last year players who had
gone broke" received $4,000. and the same
sum is credited to prevention Of suicides"
1t was not enough to stop all the despon-
cides there during the year. The revenue
of Monaco is derived entirely from the rent
of the Casino where the gambling is car
ried on. the principal game being a form of
roulette. In 1869 the Primo of Monaco
abolished all taxes in his little kingdom.
as the returns from the Casino were found
to be sufficient. About a year ago he de-
manded more cash for the concession and
got it.
The towns of Monte Carlo and Monaco
form the principality. which has only six
square miles all together. Being favorably
situated on the shore of the Mediterranean.
place, and that virtue brings much money
to it. Almost every tourist leaves a few
francs with the Casino bank, but the heav-
lest gamblers are Russian, Austrian and
French visitors.
Judging from the effects of hard times in
other directions. it is probable that the
loss of earnings Is due to this cause, but
the gambling bonanza has been gradually
falling off for several years.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
A MILLI0NAIRE'S FREAK.
How the Founder of Mont Carlo
Gambled Once and Once

Mons. Blanc. the founder Of the Casino
at Monte Carlo, which really means Monte
Carlo itself, was very eccentric. If he had
ever been young there is no record Of the
fact. for he is always described as a little
old gentleman. clad in a long coat, and
walking. with the aid of a yellow cane,
without which he was never seen during
his waking hours.
London Mail. he was excessively thrifty in
tritirg matters, and would haggle like an
old clothes man to save a franc on articles
nothing of e%xpending hundreds Of thou
sands of francs in identifying the Casino
and the miniature city.
He was never known to play at the ia
bles, excepting on one occasion. and then it
was a somewhat costly experience.
with Nine. Blanc. he was in the habit of
accompanying her on a morning stroll each
day amn,1 R y g, one 3be Of Sea these ef tb walks sRn m mad me
quested her husband to buy her a parasol.
Accordingly the two entered the shop.
c Ise Worth eighty franes-abouts$ 4s.sswhich
grumbie. paid. when the Casino opened at
noon great was the establishment of the
croupiers and the visitors to see NJ. Blanc
place two louis on the red at one of the
frents ct a 20 ret s,m tables a Chair I'm p atte this hs
main a few minutes. When the cards weYs
left the original stake on the table. For
a second time he won. and now got back
the price of the umbrella. But not content,
he ventured another two louis. which this
time he lost. Somewhat annoyed at this.
the founder of the place doubled the stake
and won. thus getting back the cost OF the
| umbrella again.
Determined. however, to regain his two
+ louis, he staked them again, only to see
| them raked in by the bank. Thus he kent
| on winning and losing. but never able to
| recover the two louis. till at last he found
| himself twenty-five louis out. all the gold
| his pocketbook contained. A thousand
| franc note he had was quickly changed and
swallowed up. Then. becoming exasperated.
| he cashed his check for a large sum-; and,
| sitting down commenced the battle in
earnest. Hour after hour passed but NJ.
| Blanc, his eyes fixed on the treacherods
pasteboards. never budged from his post.
He kent on planking down heavy stakes
| until the last deal was declared, when.
calmly rising, he seized his yellow cane
| and made his way through the gaping on
lockers into the open air.
On reaching home he found Nine. Blanc
| playing patience" with a pack of cards,
the OFFENDING parasol being on the table:
Madame" said the old gentleman. do
| YOU know what that thing has cost me?".
"Mais. Out. mon ami. 1t cost you 50
MADAME" r~ejoined he. you are mistak-
| en-. / have Just paid the bill-91. 900 francs"
Madame's sunshade had cost no less than
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
BROKEN UP BY A sP00K.
Real or Imaginary, 1t Will Cause the
Abandoning of a Life Saw
ing Station.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

NIX
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
One Of the life saving stations on the
beach. twenty miles below San Lucia. Fla,
Is to be abandoned, and it Is stated on
account of a ghost that walks there. and
Is not to be laid by any means at the COM
mand of the men.
Inc station is n state institution and
mas been maintained there mostly by the
people to aid shipwrecked mariners. as it
rs on a very. dangerous part of the coast.
Two years ago a vessel was wrecked near
there. and only one passenger escaped, that
oelnE a very handsome girl of about IS.
VIII Smith and Henry Johnson, both at
the station, aided In her rescue, and both
promptly fell In love with her. Last year
she married Smith, and in consequence
Johnson grew to be Surly and moroSe, and
seemed to think that he had been sighted.
Not long after that the young wife was
missing one day. and the week afterward
the station drowned.
johnson after that became very t~aciturn
and moody, and the men seemed to think
though no suspicion was attached to him.
a month or SO ago stories began to come
up here Of a ghost walking at the station.
how johnson had killed himself after con-
Tossing to the drowning of Mrs. Smith.
Captain Dodd, who tells the story says
others had heard of this spirit wandering
aroE1ld, and he had seen what he thought
was a ghost twice on the beach 1t ap-
peared to be the indistinct form of a woman
floating through the air a few feet above
Il did not tell of it for several days, until
I found out that others had seen it as we'll
as myself. Sometimes I came up near the
station. and twice l heard wild unearth-
ly screams at midnight"
By a singular coincidence each time
Johnson was outdoors. He came In then
wiz 6lan n ni face and staring eyes a nd
clothes and refused to speak to anyone.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
FANTASTIC TIMEPIEcEs.
Old-FashiOned Watches Were FASH
toned in Curious

Some timepieces have come within the
reach Of everybody and watches are made
large enough for bicycle bars and small
enough for a lady's ring, it is curiously in
teresting to recall some of the o~ld-fashioned
ones that served our ancestors SO well
generations ago. Even to-day some of us
have caught a glimpse of the portly old gen.
tleman whom Dickens loved to picture,
with his ornate seals, wide guard and enor-
nous watch that filled to bursting the ca
pacious fob that was its resting place. but
like many other cumbersome fashions these
respectable timepieces are interesting now
only as curios.
grandfathers. watches were made in such
fantastic fashion that 1t is a marvel that
No one seems to know the exact date
of the first timepiece. but the middle of
the fifteenth century seems to have been
to appear. In the different collections Of
antiquaries there are a few specimens of
the 'Nuremburg EGGS. or watches made
in oval shapes and coming from the town
after which they. were named.
In the possession of Lady Fitzgerald of
lSgIa5 ht there err ~ was sis ONE MS,c %I hs6 which fman T mas
on its back. This odd ornament was made
to hint at the story Of Jupiter and Gany-
show the dial beneath it. and the works
were most deliberately ornamented. When
the fair owner of this treasure did not wis
to wear 1t on her girdle she could stand
Gold and silversmiths seem to have let
their fancy run riot during the sixteenth
century and watches made in the form of
ducks. acorns. of cockleshells and of all
possible things made their appearance.
Most of them struck the hour. and one
notable invention fired q diminutive pistol
at certain intervals.
When Henry II. of France fell in love
with Diana of Poictiers (about 1870
she was a widow and wore mourning. OF
course that offered an opportunity to the
extravagant courtiers of the day. and the
result was that all the ornaments at court
were fashioned after such gruesome ideas
that the ridiculous was close upon the
sublime, to say the least. Rings were
formed like skeletons, tiny collins Of gold
were worn as ornamen and they con-
tanned enameled figures of death, but the
most striking products Of the hour were the
watches. which dangled from fair ladies'
belts and which represented grinning skulls.
the tops of which lifted to disclose the dial
plate. OF course the eyes were brilliant
| jewels and small fortunes were spent in
the elaborate ornamentation of these funer-
al trinkets. But the watches. the trinketS
and the people who wore them nave all
passed away. and since 1920. or Whereabouts.
the fiat oval or round timepiece has been
the general %favorite.
Time does not go so Enthusiastically with us
as it did with those untutored g%eniuses of
earlier times, and perhaps our plain SUBJ
| tantial watches tell as much of our charac-
| ter as did those bizarre inventions of earlier
days about the men and women who wore
| them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
THE ALMIGHTY PENNY.
Ten Tons of Coppers In London Slot
Gas Meters-The Demand for
Gas Is Increasing.

O0a II 1nCFeaS1nKs
Penny-in-the-slot gas meters are very
popular in the English metropolis. where,
according to the London Daily Mail, as
much as ten tons weight in coppers AVE
been removed from the machines at one
collection.
The effect of the almighty penny on the
company'S revenue may be gathered from
the fact that the coin-meter consumers
number 81 1000. and that the average takings
from each are G3 per annum. The limit.
however, has not been reached, since from
up weekly. and by Christmas the COM
pany's total receipts from this source will
be equivalent to f2Oo.OO a year.
The almighty penny" has worked a
revolution in the conditions of the gas
supply. Prior to the introduction of the
ccin-meter Sunday was an extremely
slack day for gas. But now. the demand
between II and 2 o'clock. when thousands
of dinners are being cooked on the gas
at times it has been a problem 10 get
sufficient gas through the mains to meet
the demands of the exigent housewives
who are experimenting the baking of the
family joint. Another excellent result from
the company'S point of view has been the
euualizing of the summer and winter con-
sumption. Formerly there was a great dis
parity, but the consumption of gas for
cooking in the summer months mas worked
q marked change.
Under the slot system the consumer can
obtain 27h feet of gas for a penny. An
ordinary burner consumes about o.. rect
ner hour. so that 4 penny-worth OF gas
win light up a room for just hve a
half hours.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
SENATOR WILSON TALKS OF THE
RECENT DISCOVERIES.
LATEST KL0NDIKE REPORTS.
WHAT CONGRESS SHOULD DO FOR
THE STARVING MINERS.
New Gold Finds in Alaskn-A Spokane
Mun n Mine hich As
says 100000 to the Ton
prosperity in the
Northwest.

Washington, Nov. Ex-senator Wilson OF
Washington has just returned from Puget
sound, bringing with him some wonderful
tales of the prosperity of the Pacific North
west. He says the good crops and the
Klondike have entirely changed the con-
dition of the states of Washington and
Oregon. Said he to me last night:
If you will imagine a man going to bed
expecting the sheriff to set him out next
morning and awaking to find his pockets
full of money and everything free. you will
have the condition Of a large number of
our people. A year ago the times were
hard. Now there is SO much money thai
the people hardly know what to do with it.
Our crops in Washington this year have
brought us in something like S50,0oO.Go.
This means more than 500 for every man.
woman and child in the state. On the av-
erage 1t amounts to more than $500 a fam
lily. Think of a state where every family
has an average bank account of $500. and
you get some idea Of Washington to-day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
A Royal Courtship.

In the year 1916 the Grand Duke Nicholas
went to Berlin on the important errand of
selecting a bride among the Russian prin-
cesses. Princess Charlotte was given to
understand by her parents that a union
with the grand duke was greatly desired
by them. During a supper given in the
dukes homo he was seated next to this
princess. and while playing absently with
a ring. he told her that he had made a
careful study Of her character and dispo-
sition. and that he found in her every quail
ity best calculated to make him happy In
welded life.
a roll of bread beside her plate, and asheu
her to signify her consent to become his
wife by taking up the ring. Presently the
princess, in the most unconcerned way.
took up the roll as If mistaking 1t for her
own bread, and unnoticed by the company.
withdrew the ring and placed 1t on her
finger. Soon afterward a magnificent wed
ding was celebrated