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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

from the Crystals. $50 from the Mag
aras and 400 from the Libertys: and
brought the Centurys up with their
wagon in order not to deprive the
North End of protection in case of fire.
At IL o'clock he had the last spark
uuenched.
Foreman McCutcheon said he had no
difficulty in finding all the men and
getting them together. Three had Just
gone down on the night shift, and the
others were preparing to go home. The
mules baked when the smoke came
down and nothing could be done with
them. Assistant Foreman Eckersley
ran toward the second opening when
Mr.. McCutcheon went down to alarm
the men, and he had the carriage pre-
pared to lift them out. He came for
ward TO meet them from that side and
to help any that might be in need of ii.
Later on McCutcheon and Eckersley
went down the second opening to re-
connoitre and see how the mine stood
with regard to gas. They could not
enter the Clark vein, 1t was so filled
with the deadly fluid. The fan will
have to be rebuilt and the air pass
ages repaired before there can be an
attempt to enter. 1t is one of the worst
mines for gas in the coal fields. The
capacity of it is small, about fifty cars
a day.
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to make a triennial assessment, and re-
port a list of all properties exempt from
taxation. And they were also required
during the years succeeding the triennirl
year, upon the precept of the board OF re-
vision to make out and return an tsscss-
ment as directed by the precep;. by the
Nth section OF the act of 1895 the board
of revision and appeals was authorized
to issue a preccpt during the intervening
years IL they deemed II necessary, TO the
board of assessors requiring them 10
make another assessment of all property
and then that board OF revision was re-
quired to take both the trlennial and an
nual assessments. and, "reviso, equalize
or alter such assessmens In any and ev-
cry year by increasing or reducing ..-c
valuation"
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TWENTY-THREE LIVES
WERE ENDANGERED
HURRIED EXIT OF MEN FROM
RICHMOND NINE.

A Spark From a Small Locomotive
Set Fire to the Roof of the Fan
House at No. Shaft-Fire Burned
That Structure and Spread to the
Engine House-Mine Foreman Nc
Cutcheon Went Down and Got the
Men at Work Out By Another
opening-Mine Full of Gas.
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is CRITICALLY ILL.
George W. o'Kell in a Precarious
Condition at Moscow.

George w. okell is critically Ill at
Moscow. He became i'll while visit
ing friends there and is not likely to
recover.
Relatives and physicians from this
city are at the sick mans bedside.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

The wilkes-Barre Record can be had
In Scranton at the ne ~s stands OF M.
Meinhart. i19 Wyoming avenue: Mac.
lackawanna avenue.
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RODERICK GRATIFIED.

Mr.. Roderick was thanking his stars
that he took the steps he did. He said
last night that the lives of the men
would surely have been on his should
ers but for the second opening.
Mr.. Richmond is at Hot Springs.
The hoisting engine is destroyed and
one of the carriages went tumbling
down to the bottom, doing a great deal
Of damage no doubt to the slides and
bunting. The damage is probably $15,-
900, and little or no insurance.
This shaft has been pursued by fire
a great DEAL Last November the gas
in the Dunmore vein was ablaze soon
after the vein was opened, and it took
a lot of trouble to extinguish it. Just
year ago a part of the boiler house
was burned. The boiler house was all
that escaped from yesterdays flames.
1t is fifty or sixty feet away from the
shaft. The number of men and boys
employed in and around the shaft is
about sixty.
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ACCUSED MEN ARRESTED.
Are Charged With the Murder of
Santoro, the Bandmaster.

Pascere and Griecco, the two men
suspected of the foul murder of Band
master Sanford, were arrested yes
terday afternoon by Warden Simpson
and Deputies Phillips and McGoulG-
rick and it now develops that they
had nothing to do with the crime.
They were taken to the county Jail
and will have a hearing at o'clock
this afternoon before Alderman Kas-
son. They will be discharged beyond
any doubt.
Pascere has no less than a half
dozen of the best kind of witnesses to
prove that he was bossing a gang of
men digging a water trench on Pitts
ton avenue in the upper part of the
Twentieth ward at the time Sanford
was slain. Pascere was there all day.
That is at least six miles from Lack
aWanna station.
Griecco has indisputable evidence TO
prove that he was not near the place
when the crime was committed, for he
was present in the arbitration room Of
the court house, subpoenaed as a wit
ness in the Langstaff- Kelley contest.
However. he was at no time charged
with staining his hands with any of
Santoro's blood. The suspicion rest
ing on him was as an accessory before
the fact.
HE HAD PASCERE.
When Warden Simpson was on his
way toward Old Forge yesterday ht
met Superintendent Ben Harris, of the
Spring Brook Water Supply company
driving this way with an Italian in the
carriage.
who have you there" asked the
warden.
This is Pascere," was the reply.
Mr.. Harris told Mr.. Simpson thai
Pascere would go up any time he was
wanted. Pascere then went around tC
two gangs of men to give some orders
about work, and at l o'clock he re.
turned to Mr.. Harris office and sur.
rendered to the officers. In the mean
time Griecco had been arrested A car
riage was secured and the two men
were taken to the county Jail.
Attorney W. r. Lewis was engaged
to defend them. At the hearing today
proofs of an alibi will be so strong, Mr.
Lewis said, that the men will be dis
charged.
And at the same time a sensation /.
promised, There was a statement made
yesterday by one of Pascere's friend,
that the murder was committed by a
man who held $3.50 of the bands money
and who resided in the same house
with Sanford.
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DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR BIZ
CYCLE VOTES-ONE GOES WITH Ev-
ERY &C. PURCHASE.
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Twinkling or.the Stars.

A discovery of much interest to
astronomers has been made by DIR. l..
u. j. See, who is in charge of Lowell
Observatory, at Flagstaff, Arizona.
The cause of the twinkling of the stars
has always been mystery, none OF
the theories advanced having stood
the test of thorough investigation.
DIR. See has found the cause to be the
presence in the atmosphere of innum-
erable little air currents or waves,
which dart through the air and cause
a break in the light from the star. The
result is that to n beholder on the
earth the star has the familiar appear
ance of twinkling. These little air
currents can be distinguished through
the twenty-four inch telescope very
plainly on nights when this twinkling
is observed most by removing the eye
piece of the instrument. This dis
covery has been called to the atten-
tion of the Royal Astronomical society
of London.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Railroad Gazette: There are about
forty builders In France who profess
to make self-propelled carriages. II
all Of these makers could produce thor.
oughly serviceable machines In suifj.
Client number to supply the demand
this industry would seem to be on a
broad basis. But serious doubt is en-.
tertained as to the efficiency Of the mo.
tors and the ability of the makers 10
turn out carriages In any number.
There are only two motors that have
been put to the test of long public ser.
vice. OF these tho improved Daimler
takes the lead. The carriages eonlp.
ped with these motors run satisfactor.
lily on smooth and level roads, still they
have the drawbacks of smell, vibration
and noise. The other motor Is the Benz.
and few Of these are running in
France. 1t was said n while ago that
when the Apglo-French company,
which makes the latter motor as i'm.
proved by Rogers, was formed, largo
works would be built to make motor
carriages on o considerable scale. Mo.
tor cabs were also to be run In LYONS
and elsewhere. The promised works
and the subsidiary companies that
wero to run the carriages, however.
have not made their appearance. There
are several new motor carriages which
win probably give satisfactory results.
Among these may be mentioned tho
Mors and the Amedee Bollee, but these
have not yet been delivered In any
number. Electricity and steam have
both been tried as motive powers, but
the petroleum motors still have tho
preference.
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A Brave Boy Captain.

With death walking the deck by
his side, short handed, officers dead
or. disabled with fever, through seven
weeks of disaster, danger and fear,
boy of sixteen years of age performed
an act requiring rare force Of will and
character in the south seas recently.
His name was William Shotton, and he
is the son of an English sailor.
The Trafalgar, his ship, tour
masted bark Of 100 tons. sailed from
Batavia ON October 20, 1896, with q
cargo of petroleum for Melbourne,
Australia, Fever broke out among
the crew even before the ship left port,
and Captain Edgar was invalided.
The command devolved upon the next
in authority, Mr.. Roberts. But scarce
~ had the ship weighed anchor when
he, too, was stricken, together with
several other able-bodied members of
the crew. The ship carpenter next
succumbed to the fever, and on the
same day Officer Roberts leaped over
board in delirium. The entire charge
of the ship thereupon devolved upon
Shotton. Luckily for oil concerned
hewas born of race of sailors and
had received some instructions in
navigation.
For Rtime the wind was moderate,
but the fever still pursued its deadly
course, and on December 7 the cook
died, the sixth victim of the disease.
Port Fairy, Australia, was the first
place sighted on the mainland, but
this was by no means the end of the
boy captains troubles. A few days
later a fearful storm broke out, and
Shotton was of the opinion that moth
ing could be done but run before it,
since to attempt to withstand it would
almost certainly mean destruction in
the weakened state of the crew. All
of the crew who were half fit for duty
were ordered ON deck and the neces-
sary steps were taken to put the ship
in order to carry out the decision.
Day and night the young captain was
on the bridge, giving his orders amid
the awful tempest with GOODNESS and
calmness which would have moved
many gray-haired skipper to envy.
Finally the wind moderated and the
vessel was able to resume its journey
to the Victoria coast.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

The best definition Of Congress thai
has yet been given is found in the
printed testimony in the Jones' Catch.
ings contest for seat in the present
House of Representatives.
Alex Gates, colored witness fol
the contestant, was asked
''What is the Congress?"
Answer-Congress is the people.
Question-What is the Congress?
A.-Congress is Congress.
Q.-What are the duties of Con.
gress?
A.-Well, they make speeches, and
pow-wows, and play cards, and gel
drunk, and rides ON the trains, and
draws salaries. That is all | see in
the papers. Washington Star.
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case was that OF an old fellow, yeter-
an Of the Civil War, who was at the
time roundsman. + happened to
notice one day that he had saved a
woman from drowning, and had him
summoned so that might look into
the matter. The old fellow brought
up his record before me, and showed
not little nervousness and agitation;
for it appeared that he had grown
gray in the service, had performed feat
after feat of heroism, but had no
political backing of any account. He
was Grand Army man, but not one
of the political type; and so had not
received any attention from the for
mer Police Boards. and now, at last,
he thought there was chance for him.
He had been twenty-five years on
the force, and during that time had
saved some twenty-five persons from
death by drowning, varying the per-
formance once or twice by saving per-
sons from burning buildings. Twice
Congress had passed laws especially
to empower the then Secretary of the
Treasury, John Sherman, to give him
medal for distinguished gallantry in
saving life. The Life-Saving Society
had also given him its medal, and so
had the Police Department. On ex-
amining into his record carefully, we
found that it was wholly free from
complaints of any infraction Of duty,
and that he was sober and trustworthy.
We felt that he was entitled to his
promotion, and he got it. We did not
know his politics, nor did we care
about them. 1t is very unlikely that
the woman whom he last saved, as he
swan out towards her, felt any special
interest as to whether he had voted for
Cleveland or Harrison; nor did we. He
had risked his life freely again and
again in the performance of his duty;
he had conducted himself so as to be
credit to the department, and credit
to the city; and we felt that he was en-
titled to his reward.
1t is worth while mentioning that he
kept ON saving life after he was promo
ted to a sergeantcy. On October 81,
1896, he again saved man from
drowning 1t was at night, nobody
else was in the neighborhood, and the
slip from which he jumped was in abso-
lutte darkness, and he was about ten
minutes in the water, which was very
cold. The captain of the precinct, in
reporting the case, said "The sergeant
was off the bulkhead and into the water
after his man quicker than it takes to
say Jack Robinson. There was no
way in which the board could reward
him for this, except by telling him he
was an honor to the department; for
he had been given all the medals, and
bars to the medals, that he could be
given. 1t was the twenty-ninth per-
son whose life he had saved during his
twenty three years service in the de-
partment, and hewss ffty-fve years
old when he saved him.
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saved rwenty.Nlne Llys..

In the Century there is an article by
the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, entitled
1.-The Roll OF Honor of the New York
Police" In speaking Of promotions
for gallantry, Mr.. Roosevelt says;
Among the first promotions we made
were two which illustrated the attitude
OF the Board toward cases Of this kind,
and which also incidentally illustrated
exactly what we mean by taking the
force out Of politics csn---that is, by adj
ministering it on principles of de
csncy, and appointing and promoting
men on their merits, without regard
" sasls gsliiisA backing, geo y. s''l
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
Fountain T,ens Ara Kno,.n,

Fountain pens are rather older than
most people imagine. Az long ago as
1924 they were in use, for In that year
Thomas Jefferson saw contrivance Of
this sort, tried 1t, and wrote to General
Bernard Peyton Of Richmond, Va, ask
Ing him to get one of them. The pen
was Of gold and the Ink tube of silver
and, according to Jefrerson's letter, the
maker was Richmond watch repairer,
named Cowan. The price, he under
stood, was So. The first American pat
ent for fountain pen was granted in
1880, to one Douglas Hyde, but the
earliest English patent was issued
twenty-ono years before.--Scientin
American.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
Glass WINTER pines

Various English towns are introduc.
ing water pipes made of glass and
covered with asphaltum with highly
satisfactory results These pipes are
doubtless the most sanitary, and while
the first cost may be somewhat in ex.
cess OF iron and lead, yet if properly
laid and protected they should last for
centuries and thus be the most econom.
ical in the end.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
Escaped a Dreadful Death.

William II. Hill, of Ossawatomie,
Kan, had an adventure in the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone which de-
serves to take high rank in the annals
of narrow escapes. He had descended
the canyon to Red Rock, below Point
Lookout He was still 1900 feet above
the bottom of the great chasm. Below
him an almost precipitous slope ran
down hundreds Of feet to the top of an
absolutely perpendicular wall of great
height.
Mr.. Hill lost his footing and plunged
downward along the steep slope. He
knew what was below him. The speed
with which he approached destruction
was rapidly accelerating and grow
ing avalanche was accompanying him.
With desperate effort he flung him.
self upon his back and dug his heels
and elbows into the earth. IL seemed
TO him that he slid for miles, but he
was not going as fast as at the begin
ming. Stones that he had started
raced on ahead of him; he dug his
heels and his elbows in harder. And
at last he stopped with something that
felt like solid rock under his feet.
For some moments he lay perfectly
still, not daring to move, Then slowly
he raised his head.
He was ON the brink of the precipice,
800 feet high. The little ledge under
his feet was actually projecting over
the edge.
A rescue party, almost an hour
later, found him sitting there. He
was practically unhurt. - Chicago
News.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
Remarkable Pigeon Flight.

Much interest has been excited in
London pigeon flying circles by the
performance of bird owned by NJ.
Evangelist of South Tottenham, which
has flown from the Shetland islands to
London distant 591 miles, in the rec
ord time of SO hours and "a minutes,
from which must be deducted the
hours of darkness, during which the
birds cannot fly.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
Presence of Mind.

He Gust introduced What a very
homely person that gentleman near
the piano is, Mrs. Black.
She--Isn't hel That is Mr.. Black.
"How true ii is, Mrs. Black, that
the homely men always get the pret.
tisst wives. Life,
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

beware of Ointsnents for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
~ mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
bmell and completely derange thewhole system
when enterfngtt through the mucous surfaces
such articles should never be used except on
preecriptio from reputable physicians, as the
pan possibly derive from them Hni's atarrh
Cure manufactured by u. j. Cheney s. Co.
Toledo. o., contains no mercury, and Is taken
Internally, acting directly upon tho blood and
MUCOUS surfaces OF the system. In buying
Hall s'atarrh euro be sure TO get the genuine.
~ y taken internally, ami 10 made in Toledo,
ONO by Y. j. heney &to. Testimonials free,
w Sold by Druggists; price, 76c per bottle.
/, Halls Family Pills nre the best.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
sympathetic Bonton.

Gotham m-People are so different
here in Boston. See how sad every
body looks.
Backbay-Naturally. How could
they look otherwise when they think
of the unfortunate people who cannot
live in Decentralization Transcript.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Ethel--Do you think that George
was struck by my beauty?
Clara--I hardly think he was severe.
ly injured, --I -Iit.Bits,
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
natural pelectIots.

II don't know what's going to become
Of that boy of mine. He was never
known to get anything right"
snake a weather prophet Of. him.
Exchange.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

A rich mans wife has better time
than poor mans wife, but the richest
man Is always the hardest working
man in every community.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Fits permanently cured, No fits or nervous.
p.ess after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
an. X. II. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St, Phila, Pa.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Threo good things about Tetterine, besides
kne one great, good fact that 1t cures are that
~ is painless, harmless and has no bad odor
y the only sure cure for letter, Ringworm.
&ozema. Cures them SO they stay cured No
Hots oox atdruggIst5, or by mail for So cents
4 ~ Saeh or stamps from j. 4. Shuptrine. Savan,
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

. Mrs. Winslow'e Soothing Syrup for children
teething, ,eoftens the gums, reducing In flamma-
ton, ,allays pain, cures wind collie &c. a bottle.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

afraid of the truth. SN'"s
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
We Don't Want Ono
Cent Of Your Money.
So She is to Them-Not SO to Woman.

W. VVu I Walll Une
Cent Of Your Money.
send your address 60.
day on q postal card and
we mail q small lot OF
handson e q old FLAT
among friends, s,Wken
sold send money and We
send you a stem winding,
gold plated. iine time.
keeping Watch and
Chain and Charm, OF
rs Spieces ofTnhieyvny6
as follows 0 plated table
knives. 6 forks, q tnbls,
spoons, 8 teaspoons, ono
silver plated Buttst
knife, one Sugar Shell
one Pepper and one stis
ver plated Salt Shaker,
or keep half the monoy
instead OF the % pieces of
ia b lew are or the
watch. With Jewelry We
send our order sheet IN
which you can order Pet.
rtGed Per fu IN cry.
Vegetable f.tverPills
Sorn. Pimple and
Binckhend w orsn
Snlvc, Eddisen's II.
lectric lamp Wtcks,
MOScOs Catnrrh Cure
&C We also make pres-
ents OF Real Diamond
Rings. Guns. Orches-
yrion Music BOxes.
Gam rR.,Accordions.
&C by writing you agree
Co pay or return Jewelry
on demand. Give your
full name-Mr Miss or
Mrs.-or we cannot send.
Address Qept -lm
rru9t Co.
baa i. ll6th ST, New York.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Piso's Cure Is the medicine to break up
Rnildren,a Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. Ct.
BLUNT. Sprague, WASH. March 8. 1885,
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

4 TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
| Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All Drug
ssts refund the money II 1t fails to cure. 25c.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Dear Old Boston Again,
visitor-I hear there is sickness next
noor is 1t contagious2
/ Phillips-oh, not at all, madam;
hereiy contiguous Truth.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

uyStoTid
Is caused by natural or acquired foebleness
OF constitution, mental su ifering and, chiefly,
arrangements of the sexual system, such as
menstrual irregularities, delayed develop.
ment of the ganernsive organs, or too strong
sexual propansities. During ft the
should have an abundance of fresh air.
Tho sudden, copious and continuous appll-
cation OF cold water to tho head and face will
Cnt the III short. Between the paroxisms,
DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver rMedicine should
bo taken to correct torpitiity OF the bowels,
and course of treatment with DIR. Slim
mons Squaw Vine Vino which is specially
adapted to remove the uterine disorders.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
pear ora noston A Arnin.

bn time. " eo''i'
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Youth Is eIflinently the fittest season for es-
tablishing habits of industry.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

AS Numerous as the Smiths.
No fewer than 629.s97 people named
Mueller are now living in Germany.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

When a girl is preparing to get mar.
ried, her friends make as much fuss
over her as II she was going away to q
hospital to be operated on.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
H00ds Pills SHfS SiSusness naessa iPadilssston' Priess o
SURE MONEY IN COTTON

by few New York and Liverpool Operators
J am fully posted In advance of all their In.
tentions and can show you how to make
money by investing In Cotton, with none OF
tioulars.
IL. L., p. Q. BOX 1o4s, New York.
phTENTc Inventors Guide free. EDGAR TATE
INiLWt "a 90. Patent Solicitors, sI5 B'way, NJ Y.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

We must not Judge Of a mans merits
by hia great qualities, but by the use
he makas ei them, --HephAtovSeala
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

fool .--''.-eN. !" i''atl liiny oe .
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
Beware Of Ointment. for catarrh That

[ business picks up whore quarantlnos tum.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12

Believers in the wooden-nutmeg Ie.
gend can say once more that time
makes all things even. "A stranger has
appeared in Connecticut with q prep
aration warranted by him to keep fiies
ana mosquitoes away from domestic
animals. One package dissolved in ten
quarts Of water was said to be SUM-
cient to protect twelve oxen or twenty.
hye horses. After the seller had disapl
peared the stun was examined and
found to be oak sawdust scented with
cnmphor.
The sea coast echo., 1898-02-12
GEORGIA LADIES
TELL THE TRUTH.
MaMasa.cN.ues,.

Billiards, Ga, writes: Eight
years ago l had Slow Fever
. months. Five Doctors at
tended Inc. but I continued
TO grow worse until l com.
mcnced taking DIR. NJ. A.
simmons Liver Medicine
three times n day, and / was
well before one Package
was taken. Have taken q
few doses "Blaok Draught,"
but dldnot think II cleansed
my Liver as well as DIR. NJ.
A. 6. L. Nj.