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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
MEETING OF FIREMEN.
Business Connected with a More Thor.
Ough Organization of Relief AssO-
citation Was Transacted.

Further business which contributed
toward more thorough organization of
the Scranton FiremcnS Relief asSOCia-
ton was transacted last night at a
meeting of the regular representatives
of the companies at the city hall. The
only companies not represented We're
the William Conncll and Phoenix.
In accordance with the recently
adopted bylaws and constitution all
but the two companies mentioned and
the FranklinS. COlumbiaS and General
Phinncys paid the $40 membership fee.
The Franklins and COlumbias will
make provision for payment at their
regular meetings next week. Payment
will also be made by the William Com
nell and Phoenix companies.
The General phinney delegates re-
ported that the company disputed any
obligation to pay the fee in order to
share i'm the distribution of the state
fund now i'm the possession of the city
treasurer and created for the benefit of
nrcmen who were injured or killed or
who had contracted illness while in
active service The company contends
its right to share in the benefits of the
fund without having a membership i'm
the association, no matter whether the
latter is recognized or not by councils
as the city's regularly organized relief
association of tirement.
\ motion was adopted extending 10
April - the date ON or before which the
General Phinncy Company's member
shin fee should be paid. If the money
is not forthcoming the association will
dispute the company's right 10 share
i'm the bpnplitS Of the fund
It was reported that the application
for a charter was made yesterday and
that a resolution would be introduced
i'm select council tonight directing the
city treasurer to pay the fund To the
treasurer Of the association, \. B.
Holmes, who has furnished bonds
amounting to $1,000 approved by the
city solicitor
J. Il Birtlev was elected to succeed
l.. w Wright, resigned, as represent
tative of Liberty Hose company. 1t
was decided to request from all COM
panioa the names Of active members
in good standing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
CITY NOTES.

AppesIs from the Ninth and Tenth
wards will he heard by the county COM
missiuncrs today.
The reorganizrd select council will meet
this evening II will i've the stated but
first session of that new body.
At the meeting of scranton I.odrn or
M ,bi, i,,,;,,,r ,',, i,''.,u.,ti',,, 80 ,'r
1iccrs win take place and the srcrctary's
report for the past wear viii br read.
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court yesterday approved finally O."
report OF D. ~ Linen trustee "I the Won
S'Orch 'o"l company ana appointed Col
L''', I'''''"' a. '"'"'"' u us
pennsylvania bicycle Protective assoc
citation of this city has arranged to in
sur" against loss by theft all wheels
Purchased Of Bitt'hhcndrr Il CO., with
out charge to purchaser. "F
Marriage licenses were Yesterday grant.
ed to John II. Hcrrsford and Bnrrla r
Washer of Scranton. George w. Elstou
of Trucksvillr, Luzcrnc county. and Sarah
j. House. Of NiIItovu Y
An .ex-mamhcrs Of the Tbirto,ntn r,c,-
mcnt who desire to iucntir,. ,b,m.aI,.,.
with the cmrrgoncv regiment of vy,,rb
Colonel NJ ]. Kcck is To DE rommanJar
are requested to can at room ong Nnars
building.
The Dor,uor, r.,,t,o,,...,.,,
,ru connan,' u.iII I'' ,,',,. ~. II'" ," 'T'-
the Storrs mines AID I' r,orbinn @ n,',h5"%r' oh at
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

Mrs. A. H. Chrlsty, dishes ST. Hilda's
guild, OF st. Lukes church, literature;
friend. "Guidc TO Holiness, for lS9S
friend, Ladies' Home Journal" for 1898;
Carr Cornish Alysworth, Marbergcr.
Guilinaut, meat markets. meat; Piercc's
market, fish; Mrs. Diehl. meat; Mrs.
Smith, cans cherries; Miss Anna Sand
crson, notions; a friend & bureaus;
cribs, 2 mattresses, 2 pillows; Mrs. Bou-
ton, household goods; Mrs. Sturgcs,
sheets and pillow cases. Mrs. Aria Will
liars and Mrs. LatlEDpe. set dishes: Mr..
Gcrc, milk daily; Mrs. Morris Hughes,
pair pillow cases; Mrs Elizabeth Dryden,
one-haf dozen bath towels; Mrs. Henry
Mcmillan, towels; Mrs. Won StOrch, meat
ana Jelly, Mrs. j. Elliot Ross, literature;
Lend Hand Circle, Green Ridge Pres.
hytCrian church, quilt; Mrs. Richard
Horns, bag huckwhoat, literature; Mrs.
King, flowers: LaCkawauna store assoc
citation. limited, table linen piece mus
lin cotton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

DIED.

CCNNlNGHAM--In scranton, Pa, April
s. 1895, Gcuoyievc, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cunningham, of 1929 Penn
avenue, aged IS months Funeral Fri
day afternoon al 23O, InteTmont in
Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
West Scranton April g..
1895, kate, the 2-year-old daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs, David Thomas, AT the
residence, 1903 Price street, Funeral
Friday afternoon from the residence.
Intermcnt at Washburn street ceme-
terry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
BOARD OF HEALTH
NOT AN ORNAMENT
DR.. W. Z. Allen Makes Reply to Some
Undue Criticism.
ITS RECORD NOT INSIGNIFICANT

Perfect Water Supply and suppress
sion Of Contagious Disease u Part
OF the Boards Accomplishments.
Good MIX supply Indicated in In
sprctcr Culieu's Reports of Thirty
six Thorough TUsts--Reports of
Other officials OF the Board.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
MARRIED.

MARTIN-TANLOR-At Rcndham, April
=, 1886 Robert Martin, Of Duryoa, and
Miss Ann +. Taylor, OF Old Forge, by
Rev. r, NJ, Furey, pastor of the Rend-
ham Methodist Episcopal church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
3 BEFORE BREAKFAST.

A pleasant home affair win be gwen
at the home of Mrs. J. L. Connell sat
urday afternoon from . 20 Z o'clock.
when a company Of little people known
as th" Brownie club viii have a sale.
Many beautiful articles of use and or
namCnt have been prepared ana il is
hoped that the efforts of the busy lit
tie fingers will he appreciated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

Thrty-fyc head Of horses 10 he sold
hy Waldron today AT ElettriA Ciry
stables. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

in SCrenton at the news stands of NJ.
Meinhdrt, i19 Wyoming avenue: Mac,
LaCkawanna avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
I'arcy japan lInplrs.

Waldron's big Horse Sale to-day at
/ o'clock Electric City stables. "*
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

Bc sure ana see them at Clarks great
Easter display Meurs building. q"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

she Jewish Passover hegau last
eNnrin9 at 6 o'clock. The strict Rab-
EiniCal INTERPRETATION Of the law makes
it necessary t. not only Danish all
mixtures containing leaven from the
house, hut also TO- put away all dishes
from which they have been served or
eaten. In Well-tJ-do orthodox fdni-
los separate closets and utensils are
employed for Passover articles. which
during the remainder Of The year are
kept vcliriously locked. Generally this
is the time for the casting away of
al dishes which have ceased to be
useful
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
The Largest Bicycle on Earth.

The store Of JurisCh G. Co., 493 Spruce
street, is the mecca of all cyclists, the
attraction being the famous ten-seated
Orient, built by the Waltham Manu-
factGring Co., builders of Orient Bi-
cycles. This monster wheel has a world
wide reputation, being the largest
wheel ever attempted in any country,
and speaks volumes for the enterprise
of the Orient people and demonstrates
clearly that they are by far the lead
ers in workmanship and enterprise. DO
not fail to see the monster wheel ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

is a nice plant. See Clark's display
Mears' building. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

The Tribune has received a copy Of
the Little Casino base hall schedule
f." lN9N, publication which every
I9eo ban editor i'm the country well
cumes each season. This handy and
rgcful little volume is of vest-pockct
size printed on fine paper, bound in
leatherottc cover, ana i'm addition
to the official schedule and rules Of
the National League has blank spaces
for Keeping the scores of each days
Games, together with hits, errors and
rnmcS Of pitchers of each contest
The hook also contains the names OF
tho League presidents. managers, cap
ta;ns and umpires, and a large amount
&C. reliable ana useful statistical mat
ter that makes it an invaluable hand
book for every lover Of the national
game. Price Of book ten cents. 1t is
published by Emil GrOssman & Co.,
ClryelInd O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07

Easter Neckwear Hand & Payne.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
INSPECTOR CULLENs FORMULA.

The formula followed by Inspector
Cullen was Hehner Il Richmond's.
The table was that Of DIR. NJ. f. Nc
Donnell, If the Pennsylvania state
college. The formula does not vary
moIc than from one-tenth to two
tenths of one Ter cent. from the e.
suit attained in chemical analysis
one lot Of waterod milk tested showed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
EASTER FOOTWEAR
Charming
Patent
Leather.

Every stylish young woman will
want a pair to wear with her
Easter bonnet. These arc very
swaggcr, superb quality, patent
leather. with the popular round
toe, straight across tips.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-07
$3.50.

II we didn't have them you'd
have to pay the dealers S4.oo to
$500
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

which was forwarded to the companies
headquarters at Fort Garry for general
perusal. Now, however, newspapers
and ma gaines comprise the bulk of the
inward bound packets. In 1853 the col
onists organized a monthly mail service
between Fort Garry-now Winnipeg
and Fort Ripley, Mimi, then the most
advanced of the United States post!
offices. The building of the Canadian
Pacific railroad has put an end to the
greater part of the old packet in North
western Canada.
In the illustration the numbers refer
to the following subjects: ~ the Moose
Fort packet nearing Abittiti House; (2)
York Factory packet descending the
latitude for form, great scope for vari-
ETY. Of gear, harness, and trappings.
They are generally rather Of the swan
outline, the sleighers sitting in the
Hayes river: C3) interior of postofficc Mt
Hudson Bay post; AZ an ox-express
hound for Manitoba House; and 90 the
Mackenzie river packet travelling due
north. 2,O12 miles beyond the railway
terminus.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
An American Artist.

Most OF New YOrk's noted society
beauties have been painted by a wo-
man whose miniatures long ago be-
came famous, and she was noted as the
most successful and fashionable artist
in that line that New York possessed.
Now this fortunate artist Is in London,
where she painted miniature of the
Prince Of Wales in the costume that he
wore at the famous ball given by the
Duchess Of Devonshire. The privilege
of painting this would have been in it.
self honor enough for most artists, but
in addition the Prince sent the artist n
diamond heart pin, which represented
Persimmon, the Princes horse, In dia-
monds, with the Jockeys colors done In
enamel. After the fact Of the presenta-
ton became public the price Of her
miniatures went up to 1000, and per-
sons are wondering II the influence Of
the Prince oil Wales patronage will be
strong enough to have the same effect
in New York.-New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

torS In the same section that he was
original, daring. and successful. She
begged him to advertise his abilities,
but. he sternlytrebuked her for asking
him to transgress the ethics Of the pro-
fession.
But you know how 1t Is when a
bright woman sets her head. The doc
tors Office was shabby little den,
without carpet, window shades, pic
lures, or anything else but the plainest
furniture. He resisted all her efforts to
change this.
Zone evening he came home from a
thirty-six-hours' stay with patient to
find that Office so transformed in velvet
carpet, tapestries, and pictures that he
fatty declined to enter 1t. His wife was
away on a visit. Men had been there,
done the work, and disappeared. There
were no bills, the home merchants
knew nothing, and the doctor was so
mad that he advertised everything for
sale.
"The thing was told in the local pa;
pers as huge joke, and, incidentally,
there were related some of the stories
of how he took people apart and put
them together again. City papers
copied and city doctors ridiculed. This
riled Blank; he proved that he had
worked greater wonders than were
credited to him, and he was famous.
The means and the end were the work
of the little. woman who had figured
them out before giving secret COM
mission to furnish that office" Detroit
Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

Part of the lock she gave to Mr.. Bag
ley's mother and she gave 1t to her son.
1t Is kept in bottle and is black and
gray, with trace Of brown. For forty
years the bottle has been kept in dark
room, that the hair may not be injured
by the light. There are about forty
strands in allAi The relic is held at a
great value by The possessor. He has
also some cloth from the coffin, a medal
given by Napoleon and some other
minor souvenirs from the island of st.
The only other portion of the body CT
Napoleon known to be on this continent
is single hair that Richard Watson
Glider once owned. He kept it in his
watch case. When the watch was re-
paired he forgot to tell the jeweler of
the precious contents. When he went
to get 1t he asked: did you find any
thing in the caseT'
YES" replied the workman, "there
was a hair in there, but it Is all right
now-I blew 1t out"
"You blew out a piece of Napoleon
Bonarnrte," said the editor of the Cen
fury.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

Dogs Drag sledges Two Thousand
Miles Over enow and Ice.

st
Dogs Drag sledges Two Thousand
Miles Over Snow and Ice.
One of the most romantic and pictur-
esque mail services In the Universal
Postal Union - that of Northern Can
ada. or the several long mail routes
penetrating the great wilderness lying
between Canada's northern frontier
and the Arctic ocean there Is one that
runs almost due north a distance Of
2,O12 miles beyond the railroad termi-
nus. 1t Is the route from Edmonton,
Alberta, to Fort Mcpherson, on Peel
river, near the Arctic coast. The win
ter mail for Fort Mcpherson Is known
as the Mackenzie River packet" With
the exception of 10 miles by horse
sleigh, 1t Is hauled the entire distance
on sledges drawn by dogs. On that
route, as on most others, there are only
two mails year. The summer pack
ct" Is taken down the Athabasca, Slave
and Mackenzie rivers on steamers own
cd by the Hudson Bay company. The
route next in length Is that from Sci
kirk, few miles north of Winnipeg,
to York Factory, on Hudson bay, be-
ing ESQ miles. The winter packet is
hauled by dog train. In summer 1t goes
about 300 miles by steamer, and the re-
mainder of the distance by canoe. The
Peace river packet Is carried in sim
liar manner over distance of GO
miles, from Edmonton to McLeods
In t.~a Ia
Moose Fort packet runs between the
Hudson Bay company's post on Lake
Temiscamlngue and Moose Fort on
James bay, covering 42O miles. In sum-
mer the mail goes by canoe; In winter
1t is hauled on toboggan drawn by
men.
The mail matter to and from points
north of the Government postoffices In
Canada Is placed In charge of the Hud-
son Bay company, and delivered along
with the company's mail. Their packet
arrangements are such that every post
In the northern department is period
ically communicated with. ~
The mail Is usually contained In a box
211 feet long by ~ feet high, the width
of the sledge. Into this n surprising
amount of postal matter is pressed. The
box Is lashed~to the tail of the sledge,
the fore part being packed with blan-
kets, -four, tea and pork for the "trip
pers," and white fish for the dogs. 1t
is the custom of the Hudson Bay COM
pany never to send less than two men
with the mail. One of them-the
''tracker"-goes considerable distance
in advance to break trail. which the
train of four dogs follow, while the
driver brings up the rear. The "trip
pers' average 30 miles day. At night
they bivouac on the snow, with nothing
but a blanket between them and the
aurora borealis, while the thermometer
may fall to 60 degrees below zero. At
each Hudson Bay company post the
mail is transferred to fresh relay Of
men and dogs.
In former years so jealousy was all
excess in mail matter guarded against
that the carriage of newspapers was
disallowed, with the exception of an
annual file of the Montreal Gazette
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
WINTER IN HOLLAND.
Cold Winter Fun in a Country Where
Skaters Abound.

kOAu w un AOuntFy w mere
Skaters Abound.
In Holland the fun of winter life
takes many forms, and winter facili-
tates l0comOtion as the highways of
summer available for boats become the
best thoroughfares for those who skate
In this way, directly the Ice bears,
visits are made and distances Travelled
which cannot be done in summer; and,
instead of going round and round as
we do here on a small confined space,
the Dutch make up party and pay a
visit to some neighboring town or vii
lage. A bright winters morning is al
ways exhilarating; how much more so
when cheerful company, free exercise,
variety of character, and constant
change or scene all tend to make the
day as a red letter one. Should the
frost be sufficiently severe, q river is
most interesting, being on large scale
and partaking more Of the character
of fair, which is the case, for in
stance, on the Mas, at Rotterdam.
The Mas runs very strongly, and
the difficulty is for the first coating of
ice to form. When a severe frost catch
es the still water during the night, then
"once begun, soon DONE" and the crews
who turn into their berths at night,
wake up in the morning to find them
selves frozen in. The canals naturally
soon freeze over, and the boat traffic
is supplanted by baggage sledges, large
and small. Near dwelling houses are
seen little box-sledges for the children.
These are the same as the seven
teenth century CONFERENCE.-The child,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
A Sober-Faced Humorist.

From the present Lord Tennyson's
Memoirs of his father we take the
following story:
Another most amusing friend Of
mine was Edward Fitzgerald, an Irish
man, the specially of whose humor it
was that, he'iff6re e6mical were his
words, the more solemn his face always
became remember an illustratlon
Of this. After large evening party,
when nearly all the guests had depart
cd, the rest remained tosmoke. In that
party was man celebrated for his
passion for titles. On this occasion he
exceeded himself. ALI his talk was OF
the rich and great. Yesterday, when
l was, riding with, my friend. the Duke
of -; 'On Tuesday last the Marquis
of - remarked tofhsc.s"
'Trswent on fora long time; the
party listeuedy some amused, some
bored. Edward Fitzgerald was the first
to rise. He lighted a candle, passed out
OF the room. stood. Still with the lock
Of the door IN his hand. and looked
back. He could change his countc.
nance into anything he pleased. 1t
had then exchanged In moment Its
usual merry look for one of profound
nay, hopeless dejection. Slowly and
sadly he spoke -
81 once knew lord. too: but he is
deadv
Slowly, sadly, he withdrew. clos
ing the door amid roar of laughter y
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
MADE HIM FAMOUS.
Bright Wife Of the roctor Had Some
Schemes Of Her Own.

Bright Wife Of the roctor Had Some
Schemes Of Her Own.
Know himT' asked one Of the two
men talking at the corner as he nodded
toward a handsome old gentleman just
passing by. mo? Well, sir, that's DR.
Blank, the noted surgeon. have
known him ever since we used to FIRE.
quent the same swimming hole. Just
how long that was before the war I'm
not going to say. He beat me In the
race for the girl that he married, and
IL he hadn't the chances are that the
doctor would still be driving, night and
day, over little back country, attend.
ing to practice that couldn't pay IL II
wanted to.
when they were back there In the
woods and he was performing opera.
tons that no other member OF the pro-
fession had thought Of undertaking, she
gathered from the talk OF nlendly doc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
State News in Brief.

John Weir shot and killed a large wild
cat in Tawas City.
The cost of paving Main street at Ann
| Arbor will be about $4,000.
Grand Rapids bicycle factories will put
out 1850 wheels this season.
After several years idleness the paper
| mill at Dundee is running again.
Fife Lake people are working to secure
the location of a grist mill in the village.
Carsonville with population of 600 in
habitants has two licensed liquor deal
ers.
An agent for Klondike company has
picked up 100 good sleigh dogs at Calu-
| met.
The primary room of the Schoolcraft
public school is caused because of diph-
liberia.
Stockholders went a receiver for the
st. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street
Railway.
Frank Poet, formerly Of Wayne Coun-
~, but now of Dover, has killed ten wild
cats, an old bear and three cubs this win
| ter.
The stockholders of the defunct Fen
ton bank will be called upon to furnish
$4,000 in order to pay the depositors in
full.
Dowagiac is Dragging about its rec
ord as healthy city. The annual death
rate is only SO per thousand of popu-
lation.
VIM. s. Dewing was fined for employ
ing boy under II years of age in his
blind factory at Kalamazoo, complaint be-
ing made by Factory Inspector Geo.
Gum.
Mrs. Fannie McCracken, an art teacher
in the college at Benton Harbor, has fall
en- heir to about 100000 by the death of
relative in st. Cloud, Mimi. 1t is to
be paid in instalments and $14, 900 is the
first received.
The plumbing establishment of III. III.
| & s. H. Avery, on Cortland street, Jack
son. was badly damaged by fire. Damage
to stock, about $500, and to the building,
$500.
The question Of bonding the village for
$4,000 for electric lights will be voted
on by the people of Richmond this spring.
A year or so ago the proposition was de-
feated.
rine City has been purchased by George
w. and 4. +. Moore Of Port Huron, and
will hereafter I've run as private bank,
the old name being dropped.
Rev. Simpson w. Horncr. who received
call to Portland, Maine. has decided to
remain with the Madison Avenue NJ. Il.
Church, at Bay City.
The O'Connor Transportation Company
| filed articles of association at Benton Har-
Dor. Capital stock $4,000, 10 per cent.
paid in. Stockholders are the O'Connors
aud Norman Clifford of Chicago and Ros-
coe ID. Farmer of Benton Harbor.
1t is reported that the Buss machine
works Of Holland have received an order
from the government for a large war gun.
w. /. Buss, the manager, does not deny
the rumor, but says he 10 not at liberty
to make any statement in regard to tho
matter.