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OUTCOME OF A PRANK. I"
Fourteen ''Rah: Rahv' College Boys
Suspended for RiOtonx Conduct.

GALESBURG, ILL.,. Feb. 24.--Fourteen
students were suspended from Lombard
University yesterday four of whom. j.
BowmeSi. Galesburg: B. F. Stacey Nova
Scotia; b. j. Slaughter, Alabama, and 3. N
Carpenter. Avon--are seniors. The sus-
pensions grew out of struggle for senior
class colors. which. the seniors nailed to the
university fatstaff Tuesday noon Earlier
in the day the senior colors had been re-
moved from the staff by the ''preps and
destroyed, and this created the feeling. The
seniors nailed down the trap door to the
roof. Bowman, Slaughter and Stacey stood
guard. The ''preps'' broke Il hole through
the roof of the tower with az ak and We're
about to descend to the roof when Stacey
pulled revolver and said they would have
to come over his dead body Slaughter also
had "a revolver. President Nash was in
formed of this serious phase of affairs. and,
hurrying TO the building. took charge of AK
and revovers. The faculty was summoned.
1t was decided to suspend Slaughter and
Stacey Indefinitely. Both are .'theologs''
and have preached. Carpenter has q church
II Avon, and has sent in his resignation.
The others We're suspended TO th. end OF
the term.
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following liquidation aud increased conf
dence owing TO Spanish-American complied
tions and also influenced by bearish stalls
tical position and lack of speculative de-
mand: closed steady at a net decline of to
10 points. sales 40. 80 bags. including: Feb
ruary a55c; March, 5.i5n5.55c. Spot Coffee
Rio easy; No Z invoice 6i4c: No. = job
bling, 624c mild quiet: Cordova. 7i2ni5i.c;
sales $50 bags Maracibo. 60. 20 bags Central
American. private terms 200 bags Savanilla.
Rio-Receipts 1.-TWO days.. 1900 b9ss;
cleared for the United States. 1900; cleared
for Europe, 5000; stock, PSI 600. Total ware
house deliveries from United States, l2,09
bags including IL 500 from New York New
York stock to-day, 6S3.97S bags; United
States stock S03,5l1; afoat for the United
States, 369 COO total visible for the United
States. l.E2.5ll bags. against 71S.1o1 last
year and 474 $50 in 1896
Sugar firm; fair refining, 1-l6c: centrifu-
gal, So test, 3-l6c; sales. 1900 bags 90 test
in port at 1 3-16c ex. ship; 1900 to 1900 bags
Demerara centrifugal. So test, 21Ac, if sugar
at breakwater; refined firm.
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VITAL STATISTICS-FEB. "a.



liza and Fred Richter f117 Beecher street boy
Matte and James McAiath, 724 East Vermont
street girl.
Dora j. and James Hicks. Isl Douglass street.
Tinie and Claude Marten 2l5 Kansas street,
girl.
J. and Clayton Lowe. girl.
Mary G. and otto Dinple, 1928 Nelson street,
boy.
Lena and Charles Krump. "a Osgood street, boy
Mary and Thomas Donoghue, 321 West Garden
street girl.
Mary and Samuel Dilnan, 1905 Linden street,
Eva NJ and A. l. Rogers, III West Fifteenth
Mary ana John Maurer, 1z7 fremont avenue,
girl.
Marie ana Daniel streib, 7sl Madison avenue.
karoiina and George stark, 527 Harmon street,
girl.
clara and II. p See "A Lee street girl.
Irene and Conrad Highstreet 10 South VIII
lians street, boy
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oils.

OIL CITY, Feb. N.-Credit balances. zoe; GER
tfcates opened with first sales of regular oil at
S2l2c, closed at S1Ac bid for regular; sales for
the day were follows: Regular, 1000 brls at
S194c 5000 at SIC, $4,000 at S2Ac, 1000 at s21sc;
cash OIL 10 900 brls Slice $4,000 S2c 10000 at
S24c, 80 at S211c; total sales. 10000 brls; ship
ments 10 931 brls; runs, 1851 brls
SAVANNAH Feb. A.-Spirits of turpentine
firm at 33c; sales. 29l brls; receipts l0l brls
Rosin firm; sales AS brls: receipts. 704 brls
Closing: \. b, c, D. E. s1.2O; F, s125; G, $135 {;
II, $3.50; l, sL65; X, $1.T5; NJ, $1.S0; N. $.95;
window glass, 50; water white, 81 %.
WILMINGTON, Feb. 24-Sprits of turpentine
firm at 321a@33c. Rosn firm at Sl.20QL25. Crude
turpentne nothing doing and prices unchanged
Tar steady at CSC
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Petroleum firm. Rosin
steady; strained. good, 81. 40Q1 As
Spirits of turpentine firm at 35d35l2c
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Butter-Recepts, ABS
packages. Market firm; Western creamery, l4la
n2Oc; Eigins poe; factory. 11GD14c. Cheese-Re-
ceipts, $50 packages. Market quiet and steady;
September, S1ac; October SgShc; light skins,
6@6l5c; part skins. 4G51sc; full skins, 2f1Sc.
Eggs-Receipts, S,0OS packages Market firm
State and Pennsylvania, 15c; Western, 15c.
KANSAS CITY Feb. 2l.-Butter steady;
creamery, 15m1Sc: dairy. 12G14c. Eggs-The feel
ing was firm early this morning at yesterday $
decline; liberal receipts arrived to-day; the ship
ping demand is heavy fresh canded Missouri
and Kansas stock, lie, cases returned; sec
onds. Sc.
fancy Western creamery 2012c; fancy Western
creamery, pc. Eggs firm; fresh nearby, 15c;
fresh Western, 15c Cheese steady.
CHICAGO Feb. 24.--On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was firm; creamery,
13M1sikc; dairy 1lQ17c. Cheese quiet at sqS1sc
Eggs firm; fresh, 14c.
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IS there complaint heard the volume Of trade
is much in excess OF that OF February last year.
COnfectioneTs druggists and leather dealers say
their business has been handsomely IN Of
sibility OF prices on most staple articles going
any lower The general tendency Is to "A harden
ing Of prices. In quotations there were no inn
portant changes. Eggs are easier and cabbage
and onions are weaker.
The local grain marker is quiet light re-
ceipts. Demand for all cereals good at the fol-
lowing range OF prices. furnished by the secre-
tary OF the Board of Trade
Wheat-No. . red CSC No. . red 94N9Je; Feb
ruary, Csc; wagon wheat. 97c
Corn--No white. 3oi5c; No white. 303zc No
mixed. 29$ac; No. white mixed, 29s4c; No
white mixed, 2634c; No. yellow, 30c No.
yellow. 30c; Nc. yellow, &c; No. mixed,
29ssc; No mixed. 26s4c; No. mixed, 26slc; ear
oats-No. white zoe: No white, 2Slsc; No.
2 mixed 2Sc; No. white mixed, 26c.
Hay-No. timothy, SIq7.5o; No. timothy, s.
@e5e
Inspections-whea No. red. cars. Corn:
No. white, cars; No 3 mixed, s; total Is cars.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shippers.)
Butter-Country. choice, 11ql2c; mixed, 6@Sc
POultry-Hens, 5l2mec. chickens, &c; brOilers,
Sc: cocks 352c; young hen turkeys. Sc; toms. Sc;
ducks, &c; geese, Acc for fun feathered, Soe for
plucked.
Eggs-strictly fresh, 12lAc
Feathers-Prime geese, soc per ID; prime duck,
10G17c per Id.
Eeeswax-30c for yellow, &c for dark.
Honey-10I13c per H.
Wool-Medium, unwsshed. 10000; tub-Washed,
20@25c; bury and understandable, sc less.
HIDES, TALLOW, ETC.
Greenssalted Hides-No. l, sAc; No. 2. SIC;
No. calf. lOc; No. calf, S1sc.
Grease-White &c; yellow, 2l3c brown, 2Ac
Talow--No, l. &c: No. 2 2llc.
Bones-Dry $l2@13 per ton.
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COUNTESS LEAVES HOME.
Marie De PIasse QuarreIs with Her
Husband and Runs Away.

ST LOUIS, Feb. 24-The Post Dispatch
to-day. says that Countess Marie de Plasse,
wife of DR.. Comte Louis de Plasse, the Bel
gian nobeman, of No. 20 East Twenty
seventh street, New York city,who has been
mysteriously missing from her fashionable
Eastern home for year has been located
in ST. Louis by one of Chief Desmond's
men. She IS at st. Johns Hospital. The
first trace of her was secured at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Wickham, q Van Deventer
place, where she was employed as a dress
maker. From there she was sent to the
Female Hospital aud three weeks ago she
went to ST. Johns, where she is waiting
until she can secure a situation. She was
known at the city institution and at Mrs.
Wickham's as Alice Murris. The countess
told the mother superior that If her hus-
band would send for her now she might
return, and this information has been for
warded to New York. The mother superior
speaks well OF the countess. The countess
says that she left her home because of
quarrel with her husband, due to her appe-
tite for morphine.
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APPEAL FROM STRIKERS.
Cotton Mill Operatives Ask Financial
Aid 10 Carry ON Their Fight.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass, Feb 24-An i'm
portant appeal was issued to-day by the
council of cotton mill strikers in this city
and on the nature of the response. it is
said, will depend whether or not the mill
hands viii return to work under the recent
reduction of wages. The appeal is adj
dressed TO the Men and women of New
England and asks for financial assist
ance to maintain the strike. 1t sets forth
that about four hundred families compris-
ing two thousand men. women and chill
dren, are slowly starving TO death and UNI
less aid IS forthcoming within short time
the strike viii have to be abandoned The
appeal adds: The manufacturers are fully
alive 10 this fact and are waiting with
patience and confidence the time when
TOO glad for an opportunity TO return TO
work under any conditions that may be AZ
fOrled
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Feb 24.--The feature of to-day $
dry goods market was the activity of johbers. In
addition to many mail orders there was Il re-
markedly good showing of buyers in the city and
they took goods with considerable degree of
activity Reports from jobbers in various parts
of the country go to show that buying Is quite
free with retailers in the small towns. The re-
order business for spring 1t IS believed, will be
large and the jobbers are much elated over
the prospect. Although this activity has not yet
produced results of moment in the primary mar
ket, agents and commission men feel encouraged.
The firm market for all lines of cotton goods
promised a more substantial return for the bust
ness to be transacted than would have been pos
sible otherwise. The demand, it is believed Will
be early and steady. in wooden goods ana
worsteds the outlook is not so promising But
trade in these is we'll supported in most quarters.
In staple cottons the market is unchanged in any
particular. There is still great firmness shown
by sellers. but no further stated advances have
been announced. In print cloths the market has
been firm and steady.
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Light FIu-ries of Snow, Followed by
Fair Weather.

Forecast for indianapolis and vicinity for
twenty-four hours ending II p. m. Feb. 20
Light fiurres of snow in early morning.
Generally fair weather on Friday.
General Conditions Yesterday-Low bar
ometric pressure still continues over the
lakes and Canada, elsewhere high pressure
prevails. The temperature rose slightly, ex-
cept from the Ohio valley northward, where
it fell slightly. Light occasional fiurries of
snow continued in the Ohio valley and near
the lakes
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-For Ohio-Fair;
not SO warm in southern portion.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair; west to
northwest winds
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SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
Seven Transfers, with "A Total Con-
alteration of &43.OOO.

Instruments filed for record in the recorders
office of Marion county. Indiana. for the twenty
four hours ending at p. IN. Feb. "a, 1898. as
furnished by Theo. Stein, abstracter of titles
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets, In
dianapolis. Suite 300 first office floor, The
Lemcke. Telephone 1860:
Franklin H. Barker to II. A. Plunk, Lot
25S. oge ct al's East Park addition. 80. S. 600
William A. McCauley to Jane L. McCauley,
part of Lot l. Ridenours corrected and
Charles A. Rchart to Nerdillia Z. Rich
art part of Lot 8, Merrils subdivision Of
Block "a. Johnsons heirs addition 1000
part ert'' Of same lot 1soO
Sarah Il. Baugher to Frank c. Harper and
wife. Lot 3 Browns subdivision of
Square ~ :.--'.-....... 4oVO
Lot 90 Bruce place addition. -. 5000
Union Trust Company administrator TO
81 ............................ 80 600
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ding futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations Were as follows: Flour quiet.
No spring wheat sll$gs21ze; No. spring
corn 2S9sQ2S7sc: No. yellow. 2SSq2S7sc. No. 2
oats, 26c; No. white, f. o. b.. 2SQ29c. No. 2 rye.
seed sl.2S1z; new, s1.27. Prime timothy seed,
$2.9213q2.95. Mess pork per brl, $40 6Od1O65.
Lard. per 100 lbs, $500 Short-rb sides Qoose),
s510@54O dry-salted shoulders (boxed, $4.75@5;
short-clear sides boxed, $5.S5M5.55 Whisky, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gal, sl.1S12.
Receipts-Flour. 1900 brls: wheat, 60 900 bu:
corn. 27S,OO0 blu; oats 233, 900 bu; rye, 5000 bu;
barley, $4,000 bu. Shipments-Four 600 brls;
wheat, 1O0O bu; corn, 215000 bu; oats, 1873 600 bu
rye 900 bu: barley. 81 600 bu
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elsewhere.

CHICAGO, Feb. '24-The few choice droves Of
cattle offered to-day quickly taken at strong
TO loc higher prizes. but commoner qualities
moved Oh at generally unsatisfactory figures
Sales a basis of IS. 706f4 FOR the
monest lots OF dressed beef steers up TO 5000
for the better class OF shipping cattle. the bulk
Of the cattle bringing $t.I0Q6. Cattle that were
fat and heavy enough TO meet the requirements
OF exporters again and sold readily
but medium grades Of cattle were bad sellers.
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COLUMBUS. O., Feb 2a.-The national
conference of the leaders OF the Liberal
parss' agreed to-day to make the Pitpsburg
platform their annunciation Of political
principles, but switched the initiative and
form 10 plank No / of the platform as
now adopted They propose to submit the
question 10 their people as To whether they
prefer the platform now made 10 a sim
gle Initiative and referendum nlnnk
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 4-Cotton steady
sales 5000 bales; ordinary 1-16c; good ordinary.
15-l6c; low miudling sac; midding fair, csc;
receipts, 1891 bales; stock, 566,SH bales.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Cotton opened auiet and
nominal; rn.uuling uplands, 5lc; middling gulf.
Glkc; closed dull, but steady and unchanged;
sales 60 bales
MEMPHIS. Feb. 24.-Cotton firm; middling.
> II sac: receipts. 1888 bales; shipments. $50
bales, stock, 114.752 bales; sales, 800 bales.
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NEW YORK Feb. 24.-Metals-Some depart
ments have improved on increased demand, while
others neglected and lower. At the close
the Metal Exchange called pig iron warrants
dull. with s6.45 bid and Sc. asked. Lake copper
higher at l1.55c bid and II. 60c asked. Tin firm
at 14O5c bid and a. loo asked. Spelter unchanged
at 410c bid and 4.30c asked. Lead easy at 3.75c
bid and 3s0c asked The firm fixing the selling
price for miners and smelters calls lead dull at
360c.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24.-Lead firm at $500 bid
Spelter nominal at 390c.
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Thursdays Bank cIearings.

At Chicago-Clearings. SlS,osS. 80 New York
exchange. &c discount. Foreign exchange: Posted
rates. S4.S3 81. SSH.
At New Yorls-clearings, sl7c,22S,siii balances
81 $40. 2S9
A. Boston--c.iesrings. SIS is74S2; balances
s2.l96. ESQ
Al Baltimore-Clearngs Ss.5l5.5ss: balances
$542. 23l.
Al MISUNDERSTANDING s14.asies7; balances
81. 25S. 29S.
At New Oreans-t'l hearings. S2.256.S24.
At Memphis-Clearings, $3.50 $50. balances
$50 SOC.
1t St. Louis-clearings. s5.7s4.ssl; balances
1890 565.
At Cincinnati Clearings. S2O157oo
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Bishop Won Auser En- Route to China.

NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-Among the pas
sengers who arrived to-day on board the
North German Lloyd steamer Trave. from
Bremen and Southampton, was Bishop j.
b. Won Auser, whose reports on the Ger
man mission stations in China have attract
ed considerable attention. Bishop Won
Auser is passing through this country TO
assume charge of his work at Shan-1 'un.
China. 1t is in this section that the kfao-
chua bay is situated, at which place the
German forces are in control.
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RniIding Pern,ilr.

Charles Krauss frame shed, isl North Penn
syNania street $50
AIRS X. Rieger, addition $50 BeSille avenue,
SS-0
NJ T. Conrad repairs eso West Twenty first
W p scott q Co. repairs. rs to iei West Ohio
street, $500.
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CHICAGO. Feb. 24-William O. Moody
bopkkeepet and cashier OF Dunlop Broth
ers, bankers. pleaded guilty to-day 10 the
embezzlement Of S2e 900 81 the funds of the
Oak Park Building aud Loan Association
and s2,7f7 from Dunlop brothers. He was
sentenced 10 an indeterminate term in the
perteniiarS. Moody was prominent in
church and social circles.
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William O. stanton. twenty-seven years 150
West Ohio street Initral insufficiency.
Aetta Nathan Kahn, hfty-four years, III East
New York street. chronic intestinal nephrds.
Lowell Stanley. five years abscess of brain.
Rachel Softer, sixty-fve years, 259 Hadey ave-
nus men
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Ferdinand NJ. Rap seaer and Ida Febbe.
John Michel and Lizzie ROchef.
George Heidi and Catherine Mack.
Elbridge r. Riues and Susie G. Hemerly
Jesse L. Williams and Ella NJ. Whitehead
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Quiet and Weaker-HOgs Quiet
and SfendY-Sheen Stendy.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. A.--CattIe-Reeeipts.
800; shipments light. There were but few fresh
arrivals. but these. with what was left over
from yesterday. made fair supply. The
ket was quiet at barely steady prices.
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
More Activity in Local Trade. with
Firm Prices the Feature.

In several lines yesterday trade was more ac-
tive than for a few days past. Grocers and dry
goods men both had good business In no line
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Local observations Thursday. ,

Bar. Their r. Fl. Wind Weather. Pre-.
d. m. 1888 rs 10 West. Lit snow. .O1
p. m. .3G.0S % 81 West. Cloudy r.
Maximum temperature, 80 minimum tenn
perature. "A.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation Feb. "a:
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BOTTOM DROPPED OUT
STOCKS on NEW YORK CHANGE
FELL ONE TO TwELvE POINTS.
Avalanche Of Liquidation ON Account
of PanicIsy Cuban situation
Local Trade Active.

At New York, yesterday, money on call
was firmer at 21sas per cent; last loan, 2ls
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FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.

Transfers Z: consideration. .............. SAB
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Clover Choice. recleancd, GO lbs. $3n3.25; prime,
S1.2SGf350 English. choice, S.. 25H350 alsike.
choice S56.oo; alfalfa. choice, s4.4eaLeo crimson
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Crhe quotations given below are the selling prices
of the wholesale dealers.)
Candies and Nuts.

Candes-Stick, 51aQ6c per Id: common mixed.
51sG6c per lii; G. A. r. mixed. 61Ac; Banner
twist stick, Sc; cream mixed, &c; old time mixed,
&c.
Nuts-soft-shelled almonds 11G1Sc: English
walnuts. 9Q12c; Brazil nuts 10c flberts 1lc pea
nuts, roasted, 7GJSc; mixed nuts, 10c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-24
THE SCRANTON TR1BUNE-sATuRDAY SEPTEMBER "a 1898

came into view."
The claim is made by opponents of
anthracite, that hard coal will not give
the same speed or radius of action Sc
cured from soft coal. not permit Of
sufficiently rapid change from high
to low pressure or an emergency call,
but this is yet to be substantiated.
Within the past ten years there have
been no sufficiently thorough tests
made of hard coal to prove this asser-
tion. Such tests as have been made,
an exceedingly small number have
been with small quantities of coal.
selected without regard TO the peculiar
fitness for the purpose, used in CRATES
not adapted for 1t, and fired by men
who were familiar only with soft
coal, and who, owing to the small
quantities of anthracite used, did not
have sufficient time to learn how to
secure the best results from 1t.
This offers no ground for condem-
nation. 1t must be evident that the
request of the anthracite producers,
that a complete series OF tests be made
on modern cruiser, is only a claim
for fairness. and is supported by the
best of reasons, from all of which,
If realized, the navy would benefit.
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TO BOOM SCRANTON.
State Fire Convention Will Come
Here in 1899 If Present Effort
Is to Count for Anything.
Plan Is Outlined.

A meeting of the special joint COM
mittee of councils, created to aid in
securing the 1899 state fireman's con-
vention for Scranton, was held last
night at the st. Charles hotel. A gen.
eral plan for having Scranton selected
by the convention at Lebanon during
the week of Oct. was outlined and
steps were taken to put the plan in
execution.
To secure funds for defraying the
expenses incidental to booming Scran-
ton at the convention, a soliciting con-.
mittee was appointed. This commit
tee will begin work today. A start
was made last night with s175 contri-
buted by Century company, of the
South Side
1t is proposed to invite 200 repre-
sentative citizens to go to Lebanon
on Tuesday. Oct. 4. The fire COM
panies will be urged to send as large
delegations as possible. Bauers band
of thirty pieces will accompany the
boomers. The latter will be supplied
with printed matter, badges emblem
attic of Scranton and other invitations
for vigorous convention campaign.
Select Councilman John f. Roche
was selected to make the nom!ration
speech. The choice of Scranton will
be seconded by eloquent delegates from
Carbondale, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. This endorsement from three
widely separated sections Of the state
will. it is believed, have much weight
In the convention at large. Every city,
town and fire company in the state
WILL during the coming week. be made
acquainted with Scranton's candidacy
by means of circular letters. which
are to he issued at once by Common
Councilman f. F. Wenzel, who was
last night elected secretary of the spe-
cial joint councilmanic committee.
The committee last night requested
The Tribune to announce a meeting at
the st. Charles next Monday evening,
when it is hoped that each company in
the city will have a delegate present
Select Councilman Wade NJ. Finn has
been elected chairman, and Select
Councilman John f. Roche. treasurer
of the special councilmanic commit
tee.