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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
RECORD.MAKlNG FIGURES.
Cross Fork Challenges Any Town of
Its Size to Equal Its output.

During the month of October, the
Lackawanna Lumber Company ship
ped from their mills and lumber yard
at Cross Fork 1901, 900 feet of lumber
and 1,225,00O lath. This lumber and
lath was boarded on the cars with 20
men, and is the largest shipping for
any month since the company COM
menCed business there.
During the same month there were
1915 cars Of freight, etc, shipped from
that town over the Cross Fork branch
of the B. d 5. II. r., and an average
of over Ga cars per day. This freight
consisted of bark, lumber, lath, wood,
and hubs, and the freight receipts
amounted to $4,000 for the month.
If there is another town of it's size
in Potter county that can beat Cross
Fork we would like TO hear from it..
The depot work was all done with
John Kineally, agent, and AL. b. Jen-
kins, operator, and all can truthfully
say that it also is hard to beat.-Pot-
ter County Enterprise.
The greater part of the stock of the
Lackawanna company is held by pro-
minent Scrautonans,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
SCRANTON SUNDAY FREE PRESS.
Tomorrow,s Fentures.

City Department-How Van Horns
neck will be saved. Stranger dies while
visiting the city. An episode of the
Davis Theater. Those Illegal Assess
ments. A doctor who is again in
trouble. Peculiar death Of a young
child.
West Side-.A brace of young crimi-
nails who are at the end of their rope;
and all the happenings Of the week.
Womans' Department-Several fash
ion articles. Toilet hints. Nursery
Talk. Popular music by well known
composer.
Welsh Department-IIdited by John
Courier Morris. Several items OF in
terest from home and abroad; togeth-
er with a picture OF a well known
Welsh soloist,
Irish Department-Short letters from
all the counties Of Ireland, which will
be of interest TO ell Irishmen.
Do not miss the Sunday Free Press.
Send in your name and have 1t deliV-
cred to your home every Sunday morn
ing before breakfast. No advance pay
ment required. Collections made
monthly, which will afford all a chance
to read their favorlte paper. Sold
everywhere at cents per copy. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
MAY BE A CASE OF SUICIDE
Man Found Dead in the Columbia House
Was William c. StraIey, of
Noxen

William c. Straley" is the correct
name Of the man who was found dead
in room 21 in the Columbia house at 6
o'clock p. m. Thanksgiving day.
1t developed yesterday that death
was probably not from heart disease
or any other natural cause, but that
Straley committed suicide while in
fit of dependency.
The body is still at Raub's undertake
ing establishment and will be subjected
to an autopsy by Coroner S. =. Long
street this morning The discovery of
the mans identity was done through
the letter signed by Pearl Macarthur,
of 9la Meade street, Wilkes-Barre, men,
tion Of which was made in yesterdays
Tribune.
1t was at first thought that the dead
man was the Macarthur girls father,
but it now appears that the girl lived
with his family at NoXen for several
years. Following is the story as the
Wilkes-B Barre Times printed it last
evening:
The girl, who is apparently about 12 or
Is years old, was at home, as was also
her father, G. II. Macarthur, and Mrs.
Macarthur. They had not heard of the
mans death and when shown the clipping
Mr.. Macarthur, his wife and daughter, all
agreed that the dead man must have been
William c. Straley, of NoXen. Pearl lived
with Straley and his wife for eight years,
having been committed to their charge
eight years ago by Mr.. Macarthur, short
ly after the death of his first wife. She
had continuously resided with the Stra-
leys up to six weeks ago, when her father
went to NoXen and brought her to his
home in this city. She has since remained
here. Mr.. Macarthur was married again
several years ago.
Pearl on hearing the reading of the clip
ping containing the news of the mans
death said:
"Oh, I'll bet he's gone and killed him
seIf"'
what makes you think so?" said the
reporter.
"He had a great deal of trouble on his
mind" replied she.
"Of what nature was the trouble?" was
asked.
He owed a lot of house rent and other
debts and these always weighed much on
his mind" she answered.
The reporter also learned that Straley
was a heavy drinker. He was huck-
ster, and the profits Of his business be-
ing meagre, he was unable to make ends
meet. He became more and more dis
couraged, drank harder lately than be-
fore, and his death was probably brought
about by his own act as the best sOiu-
tion of his troubles. Pearl Macarthur says
she always called Mrs. Straley mother
and as such she addressed her in the let
ter. Pearl says that she wrote two let
ters to Mrs. Straley since she came from
NOXen six weeks ago.
She described Straley as having been
80 years of age, short and stockily built
and having a sandy moustachc. He was
married but had no children.
The body has not been removed from
Raub's establishment. After the in
quest today, Mrs. Straley will be COM
municated with and disposition Of
the remains effected,
The supposition Of suicide is also
borne out by the recollection that Stra-
ley, when discovered, lay in a position
on the bed that indicated bodily pain.
His hands We're laid over his stomach,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Leo XIII in the Vatican" a personal
study Of the venerable Roman pontiff,
will be the subject of the discourse by
+. Marion Crawford on Dec. 2S. Dr.
Austin O'Malley, of Notre Dame uni
versity, who will be heard Jan. 4, will
have as his subject "Dante's Paradise"
This will be an illustrated lecture. The
concluding number of the series will be
a lecture on patriotism" by Rev.
James Mohltt, the eloquent young
preacher of st. Johns church, South
Scranton.
Admirers of Mr.. Crawford are talk
ing of a reception in his honor on the
occasion of his visit here.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
DIED.

DAVIS.-In West Scranton, Nov. 90, 1897,
Mrs. Jane Davis, at her residence, lll8
Jackson street. Funeral Monday after
noon at residence at 1,3O O'Clock. Inter-
ment at Forest Hin cemetery.
SCHOFIELD.-In North Scranton, Nov.
%, 1897, Mrs. Bridget Schoheld, at the
home of her son, NJ. j. Schoheld, Of 1851
Bloom avenue. The funeral will take
place tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock.
A high mass of requiem will be read
in Holy Rosary church.
RAY.-In Scranton, Nov. 25. 1897, John w.
Ray, aged years, at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. w. Martindale, 9l6 Capouse
avenue lnterment Sunday afternoon,
Nov. 2s, in Forest Hin cemetery.
JF2NNINGS.-In Scranton, Nov. 25, 1897,
Miss Alice Jennings, at the home OF her
sister, Mrs. Fred Hatch, 4O7 Kellum
court. Funeral Saturday afternoon.
Services will begin in Grace Reformed
Episcopal church. Wyoming avenue,
SaturdaZ Afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
THE SCRANTON BUSINESS COLLEGE.

Within the past few days requests
for q young man who can keep books
and write shorthand: one for young
man who is q good stenographer;
another for young man who can keep
books; them one for a lady stenog-
rapher; last evening another for a
boOkkeeper.
Principals Buck and Whitmore were
able to fill but one of the above places
Tor the reason that they had no more
students qualified who are unemployed,
a young man invested fifty dollars
and seven months Of time in an edu-
cation at the S. B. c. Immediately
after graduating he secured a position
and in one month earned fifty dollars.
Another learned both bookkeeping and
shorthand. He'was placed by the Col
lege' and, being a hustler, in less than
year and a half he was earning one
hundred dollars per month. A young
lady was sent to an out of town posi-
tion, which she filled acceptably, but
which she resigned to better qualify
herself as bookkeeper. She was in
school but few days when a city firm
secured her at a large salary. Her
former employers later offered her in
ducements to return to them. A young
man who gaduated but a few months
ago called at the office this week and
said that his pay has already reached
siXty-three dollars per month.
Business men are looking everywhere
and all the time for good bookkeepers
and stenograDhers. Can energetic
young men and women better invest
time and money than in obtaining a
practical business education? 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
GOOD CITIZENSHIP RALLY.
IL Is to Bo Held Tomorrow at Y. NJ.
&. A. Hail.

ts NJ IHlls
Tomorrow afternoon at Y. NJ. c. A.
hall there will be good citizenship
rally on a grand scale under the aus
pices Of the various young peoples
religious societies. Rev. Wilbur +.
Crofts, Ph.D., superintendent of the
National Reform Bureau, of Washing
ton, d. c., will deliver the principal adj
dress. out of this meeting, it is ex-
peCted, will spring local branch Of
the Reform Bureau and 1t is mainly
with this object in view that the rally
was projected.
The committee in charge Of the affair
have sent to all the pastors in the city
the following circular, advertising the
rally:
Young Mems Christian Association.
Scranton Pa, Nov. 2G, 1897.
Dear Sir: Please announce to your con-
gregation and also have announced in the
Sunday school, the following:
There will be a union meeting of the
Women's Christian Temperance union,
Young Womens Christian association,
Young Mems Christian association, Ep-
worth league, Baptist Young Peoples
and Christian Endeavor societies Of this
city at the Young Mems Christian assoc
citation hall Sunday at $50 p. m. NOV. 2S).
Rev. Wilbur +. Crafts, superintendent of
the national reform bureau, will deliver
an address upon the subject OF GOOD Cit
izenship."
The mere announcement that Rev.
DR.. Crofts is to speak insures the sue
cess Of the meeting. His several ad-
dresses in this city last Sunday will be
long and pleasurably remembered by
those who heard him. That another
opportunity of hearing him is afforded
should, and doubtless is, hailed with
deep qualification, especially by those
who were regretting having missed his
disCourses of last Sunday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
WENT UP THE FIRE ESCAPE.
After All Their Trouble They Secured
II Cents and Other TTihes.

burglars placed a ladder against the
fire escape on the rear of a building
on the north side of Lackawanna ave
nue. in the first block and climbed six
stories to window in Howard Hulls
store. The trick was done some time
after dark on Thanksgiving day and
when the store was opened Yesterday
morning it was then discovered what
Ill there is in a fire escape.
The burglars secured an overcoat be-
longing to one Of the workmen, three
oyster knives and II cents from the
cash drawer. AS usual, the police We're
notified,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
ROCK.DRlLLlNG CONTEST.
A Scronton Team Won the Prize.
Records of the Contestants.

The rock drilling contest for the
championship of Luzerne and Lacka-
wanna counties took place at BeVan's
hotel, in Miners Mills, yesterday after
noon and caused a great amount of in
terest among the miners. A prize of
S25 was offered, open to all comers, to
drill in rock, a dry hole, time, ten
minutes, to use one-inch steel and eight
pound hammer.
Quite a number of spectators We're
present. Nichols and John, of Scran-
ton, drilled the deepest hole, which
was fifteen inches, winning the prize.
A number of bets We're made by the
spectators and quite an amount of
money changed hands.
The following is list of the con-
testants and the depth Of the hole
drilled by each:
Bevan and Thomas, depth of hole, II
inches, Miners Mills.
Dixon and Foot, depth of hole. 14Ia
Inches, Mill Creek.
Lingel and Ulster. depth of hole,
13h inches, Scranton.
Hughes and Evans, depth of hole, 10
Inches, Plains.
Nichols and John, depth of hole, Is
Inches, Scranton.
Leonard and Convey, depth of hole,
915 inches, East End.
Loderick and Grimths, depth of hole
13% inches. Miners Mills.
The timekeepers were Edgerlon and
Boyle, and referee Grant Fotheringill.
Yesterdays Wilkes Barre Record.
--
TwininR. optician 125 Penn avenue IL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
CHARGED WITH MALPRACTICE.
A $4,000 Damage suit Against Two
North End Physicians.

A charge of malpractice, with a
$4,000 damage suit accompaniment,
was yesterday preferred in court by
Mrs. Mary Malloy against two North
End physicians, DIR. George o. Cald-
we'll and DIR. ID. II. Jenkins.
Mrs. Malloy alleges that her 16-year-
old son Patrick Malloy, who sustain
ed a dislocation Of the hip was un-
properly treated by the defendant ply
sicians, and will in consequence be
permanently disabled.
The allegations Of the plaintiff is
the extent Of the charge. Vosburg-
Dawson represent Mrs. Malloy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
STOMACH PUMP TO THE RESCUE.
Succeeds in stopping the Effects OF
an Ounce of Laudanum.

bright avenue, had a narrow escape
from death by poison Thursday night.
During a period of abstraction he swal-
lowed nearly an ounce Of laudanum and
1t was only the most heroic efforts of
hastily summoned physician that
snatched him from the jaws of death.
Nothing in his circumstances or sur
roundings would tend to indicate that
Mohr had any particular reason for
wishing to end his earthly career. He
was able TO be about yesterday and
seemed to be suffering no i'll effects
from his experience.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
WILL BE A RARE TREAT.
Programme of the st. Thomas Col
Iege Lecture Course.

The programme OF this winters lee
ture course at st. Thomas college, the
details of which have just been COM
pleted, shows a rare intellectual treat
in store for Scrantonians.
The first of the series will take place
Dec. IA, when Rev. DR.. d. j. Stafford,
of Washington, will lecture on Mac
beth" on the 10th DR.. Stafford will
repeat his " Hamlet" which won for
him such enthusiastic commendation
when he delivered it here last winter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
ORGILL RELEASED FROM JAIL.
Furnishes Bail Before Judge Edwards 5
in the Sum of $1,000.


EX-Constable John Orgill, who has
been in the county Jail since oct. 81,
awaiting the result of the stab wound
he inflicted on his friend and neigh
Dor, Robert Ellitt, was yesterday re-
leased from imprisonment on 81 900 bail
furnished before Judge Edwards by
Joseph Robinson.
a certificate from Elliotts physician
setting forth that he was out of danger
was the principal means of securing
Orgill's release.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Rev. T. ]. Lansing viii Tecite "The
Courtship of Miles Standish" in the
lecture room of the Green Ridge Pres
byterian church, Tuesday evening at
745 o'clock. Tickets at Sandersons
Drug store.
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a gentleman, wife and child, years
old, want the comforts of a home in a
strictly private family Must be in a
good locality Willing to pay for COM
forts, Address care of Lock Box 115, ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
JOSEPH ]. JERMYN
NOW TAKES A HAND
Proceeds 10 Help His Father Larrup the
Board Of Control.
PLAN OF ASSESSMENT ATTACKED

Suit in Equity Instituted to Secure an
Injunction Restraining the Board
of Control from Levying Taxes on
the CITY Assessment--C AS
sessment IL Is to BE Held Is the
Proper Basis of school District
Taxation.
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w. c. Lotus & Co.,

50S to 57s Broadway, New York. 20
agencies. Call ut Scrn n agency, with
WATERS, THE IA Tie , 2O5 Lacka-
W. ina avenue
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AltdCk NO = on lne DOard or COntfOl
was begun yesterday when Joseph j.
Jermyn instituted q suit in equity to
secure an injunction restraining the
school board from collecting taxes up
on his property, alleging first, that 1t
is Illegal to levy the school taxes on
the city assessment, and second, that
the board of twentv-one, as the plain
tiff's father, John Jermyn, is trying to
prove, can not legally make an assess
ment. The complaint is as follows:
First-I am q citizen and taxpayer of
the Scranton school district, and am tho
owner of certain real estate situate there
in, in the Eighth ward of the city of
Scranton, on the western side of Penn
avenue, Nos. 1923 and l31. about fifty feet
in front by one hundred and fifty feet
deep.
Second-The board of control of said
district has levied school tax on said
real estate for the year of 1897, amount
ing to ninety-one &9D dollars, and by
it's officers and agents is endeavoring to
collect the same, and is threatening to
impose penalties and file liens and to dis
train your orators property and cause
him large costs and expenses by reason
thereof.
CITY ASSESSMENT USED.
Third-The said tax is levied on the
assessment of said property made by the
board of city assessors of the city of
Scranton for city purposes, which board
of assessors was created by Act of As
sembly of May 49, 1889, entitled, "An Act
providing for the Incorporation and gov
ernment of cities of the third class" and
as amended by Act of May %, 1895.
Fourth-Your orator AYERS that the
school tax so levied upon the city as
sessment is wholly void and without
rft 90 1axr f,r
that it was levied by a board of con-
troll consisting of twenty-one members,
one member having been elected from
each Of the twenty-one wards of the
city of Scranton. Such board of control
not being a legal representative of the
school district of Scranton, and having
no power to levy tax or perform any
other duty pertaining to the manage
ment Of the schools of the Scranton
School district
Fifth-By reason of the aforesaid prem
iscs the aforesaid levy Of tax was wholly
void, and your orator has suffered great
and irrcparable damage, for which he
has no adequate remedy at law"
The ground upon which the first
complaint is based is that the law un-
der which the board assumes to levy
school taxes on the city assessment is
special legislation and therefore un-
constitutional. School boards in cities
of the third class by a special act of
the legislature, were given the power
to use the city instead of the county
assessment in levying school taxes.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
This it is held Is special legislation
for the reason that school districts are
school districts the state over and us
ing local application what is sauce
for Scranton should he sauce for Dun
more.
The reasons for the second complaint
are the same as filed in the John Jer-
myn suit against the board Of TWEEN
ty-one. EX-City Solicitor /. II. Burns
and NJ. j. Martin are the attorneys in
the case.
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BEEcHAMs PILLS viii dispel the
blues"
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Big
Decline

Suits that were S25.O now $4,000
Suits that were s2O.OO....".,now $40. 90
Made 10 your measure, fit guaranteed
800 Patterns.
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Twining. optician 125 Penn avenue. in
Harris drug store. Hours a. m, s
ID. m. Aa
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OVERCOATS.
t Thanksgiving

has come again, and while
you are giving thanks for the
good things of this life, don't
forget that that heavy under
wear you put away last Spring
was getting rather too much
worn to wear you this season,
and be thankful you can get
such good values from us in
this line Of goods.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-10

back, Alamance county, Determination
of the Latitude and Longitude and the
True Meridian at the n. G. College of
Griculture and Mechanic Arts.
The roll Of honor, as read by President
Iiolladay, was as follows:
Students whose average for the wear
is 30 or more out of possible 100:
Senior Cass-Hugh Williams Prim-
rose Raleigh, Wake county; William AL
exander Graham Clark, Raleigh, Wake
county; Sidney Gustavus Kennedy.
Coahoma, Lenoir county.
Junior Glass Christopher Miller
Hughes, Raleigh, Wake county; Hugh
McCollum Curran, Westboro, Mass.
Imma Ried Stansel, Attention, Robson.
county.
Sophomore Class-Frederick Erastus
Sloan, Statesyille, Iredell county.
Punctuality Roll-Students not absent
from u single college exercise during the
year.
Sophomore Class-Ralph Bingham
Sykes, Rock Springs, Orange county.
Freshman Class-Elizabeth Albert An
derson, COmpinos, Brazil; George Roland
Harrell, Kelford, BERTHE county.
Names of those members of the grad
uating class whose average for the Junior
and Senior years, in any department is
more than co.
Joseph Samuel BuffalOe, Rands' Mills,
Wake county, Agriculture and Chemis-
try.
John William Carroll, West Raleigh,
Wake county, Agriculture.
Charles Edward Clark, Charlotte,
Mecklenburg county, Agriculture.
VIM. Alexander Graham Clark, Raj
eigh, Wake county, English and History.
Nicholas Louis Gibbon, Derita, Neck
lenburg county, Drawing.
Jere Eustis Highsmith, Parkersburg,
Sampson county, Agriculture
Clyde Bennett Kendall, Polkton, Arson
county, Shop.
Sidney Gustavus Kennedy, Coahoma,
Lenoir county, Agriculture, Horticulture.
History.
Joseph Lawrence Knight, Mildred,
Edgecombe county, Agriculture, HorticuI-
ture.
Walter Jones McLendon, Jr., Wades-
boro, Arson county, Shops.
ReptOn Hall Merritt, Wilmington, New
Hanover county, Shops and Drawing.
Albert Hicks Oliver, Mt Olive, Wayne
county, Agriculture, Horticulture
Hugh Williams Primrose. Raleigh,
Wake county, Chemistry, English, Histo-
ry.
Willis Hunter Sanders, Dunn, Harnett
county, Shops.
Thomas John Smithwsek, Sans Souci,
BERTHE county, Shops.
Bradley Jewett Wootten, Wilmington
New Hanover county, Agriculture.