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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
BIG SHELL CONTRACTS.
Carpenter Steel Works Are Running
Night and Day.

Reading, Pa, March 9.--The Car
penter Steel works has been asked to
bid on over eleven thousand shells of
various sizes for the government. The
contract would amount to nearly ST.
100000. The entire plant is now work.
ing night and day on a government
contract involving the expenditure of
a million dollars.
The Pennsylvania Diamond Drill
Manufacturing company at Birdsboro
today received orders to execute work
known as "reassembling" upon the five
inch segmental tube wire recently
built by the company and accepted
by the government. The gun was test
ed at Sandy Hook and PIG shots were
fred 1872 by the government. The
gun is 10 feet long and weighed 3A
tons. 1t fires a shot Weighing sixty
pounds, and at the test attained n
maximum battery pressure of $1,000
pounds per square inch. Its muzzle
velocity wss 1926 feet per second and
the maximum range was nine miles.
The work will be completed in from
30 to 60 days and 1t is said the gun
may be mounted on one Of the auxiliary
cruisers.
The Reading Iron company is also
building a ten inch gun on the same
segmental plan as the above the gov
ernment having appropriated $4,000
for the purpose. 1t will be completed
about the end of Lune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
CASH FOR WOUNDED AFFECTIONS.
Miss Ermish Asks $4,000 Damages
for Breach of Promise.

Philadelphia, March 9.-Wilhelmina
Finnish yesterday began suit in the
Common Pleas court against Christian
Reintanz, to recover $4,000 damages
for alleged breach of promise Of mar
riage. The plaintiff says she was a
housekeeper and was making money
when in the early part of last year the
defendant began paying attentions to
her which sCon ripened into love, and
on October 2S they became engaged to
be married. She says he gave her a
gold ring as a pledge of their engage
ment and continued paying her marked
attention up until December 81, when
his visits ceased
In the meantime, she says, he had
induced her to advance him various
sums Of money to prepare for their
wedding, and size mentions the particu-
lar sum of $l56 which she gave him to
lctLrnish his house. After his visits
ceased, 1t came to her knowledge that
on November - last, the defendant had
marie / another young woman, and the
plaintiT now sues to recover compen-
Saticn FOr her wounded affections and
the humiliation suffered
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
OVERDUE KLONDlKE VESSEL.
All Fears for the Safety of the Bessie
Il. Schooner Removed.

Seattle, Wash, March ALI doubts
as to the safety of the overdue schooner
Bessie X. were removed by the arrival
of the sidewheel steamship, North Pa
cific, from Alaska. Captain Carter re-
ports that he passed the Bessie X.
March 3 at the entrance of Lynn Canal,
headed for Skaguay. She was in no
trouble.
The steamship Whitelaw, which ran
aground at Juneau, March l, has been
floated. The North Pacific passed her
about twenty miles north of Juneau
on her way to Dyea and Skaguay.
When the North Pacific left Juneau
the Cottage City was there. The pass
engers reported that she had been
aground twice and that she was leak
ing.
Captain Bendergard of the steamship
Signal, which arrived last night, said
that he sighted the steamship Alice
Blanchard last Thursday midnight
about thirty miles south of Juneau fly
ing a signal of distress. He ran along
side and was informed that the Blanch-
ard had been in collision with an ice
berg while running at full speed. She
proceeded to Juneau.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
TRAGIC ENDING OF
LOVES YOUNG DREAM
Ray Gehrig Fatally Shoots william 3.
Davis.
HR THEN ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Singular Note Left Behind--U Is
Thought That the Boys QuarreIied
Over n Girl Nam ed Alice Cummings.
MiiiersyiIie the Scene OF Tragedy.

Lancaster, March 9.--William y. Da-
Wis, of St. Clair, Pa, was shot and
probably fatally wounded early this
morning at Milersville by Roy Gehrig,
of Milton, Pa. Gehrig then committed
suicide. Both were about 19 years Of
age and were classmates in Pierce's
business college at Philadelphia. They
came to Millersville on Saturday to call
upon two girl students at the Normal
school there. The following note left
by Gehrig gives his explanation of the
affair He wrote:
We are dead in love with Alice Cum
mings ana Annie Holmes, and not be-
ing able to see them, and they keeping
away from us, we resolved to take our
life My name is Roy Gehrig, of Milton,
Pa, and the little fellow is William
Davis, of st. Clair. Please notify our
parents at once. We would like to be
crematcd, so notify our parents at once
Davis says he knows nothing of the
note and denies there was any compact
to commit suicide. The Miss Cum
mings mentioned in the note comes
from this city, and Miss Holmes is from
St Clair Gehrig was introduced to the
young ladies by Davis.
FUSILADE OF PISTOL SHOTS.
Upon arriving at Millersville the boys
stopped at Hoak's hotel They returned
there about 10 o'clock last night, after
visiting the school. and retired. This
morning "a fusilade of pistol shots
startled the inmates of the hotel, and
Immediately afterward Davis came
running down stairs covered with
blood. a moment later another shot
was heard, followed by the sound Of
a body falling. Davis came into the
bar room and exclaimed: My Chum
shot me-" There was a bullet wound
on his left temple, and another shot
had entered his mouth and passed out
of his neck under the ear, while third
shot struck him on the wrist. When
GehriG was reached a bullet wound
was found in his head. He was alive,
though unconscious, and recovered in
fifteen minutes. According to Davis he
was I'm bed when Gehrig who was walk
ing about the room, opened fire on him.
From what can be learned however,
Davis and Gehrig had a quarrel over
Miss Cummings.
Philadelphia, March 9.--It was stated
at Pierce's college that Gehrig left the
school on Monday, after being rebuked
for absence last week. Gehrig's father
is a brewer at Milton and Davis father
is coal operator at st. Clair. Moth
ing is known here of the girls men,
toned in Gehrg's note.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
PLAGUE RIOTS IN BOMBAY.
Several Persons Killed or Wounded.
TTOODS Called On.

Bombay, March 9--Serious plague
riots have occurred in the native quar-
ter. Several persons have been killed
or wounded. Troops and blueja ckets
have been despatched to the scene Of
the disturbance.
London, March Especial dispatches
from Bombay say the riot broke out at
noon among the low caste Hindoos and
Mohammedans against the Europeans.
1t he'd its origin in an attack on
plague search party. Two soldiers, as
these dispatches We're sent, have been
killed already, and the police had fired
on the mob, killing six persons and
wounding many others.
Other special dispatches from Bonn
bay say that a plague inspector and
three men of the Shropshire regiment
were stoned to death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
BOMBS FROM THE CLOUDS.
War BaIioonist Offers His Services 10
Uncle sam.

Reading, Pa" March 9.-Jacob r.
Phillippi, a well-knovn balloonist has
"a scheme which he thinks would bring
great destruction to Spanish ships and
towns. He has subpitted it to Presi-
dent Mckinley, who referred the mat
ter to the war department.
Mr.. Phillippis proposition is to con-
struct gas balloons. For naval warfare
he would attach boat to the concen-
tratinG hoop of the balloon and fill it
with supply of powerful explosives,
which he would drop from the clouds
upon the battleship of the enemy and
shatter it to atoms.
Mr.. Phillippi's object in having a boat
is to save himself should his balloon
sink and drop him into the sea.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
"KID" NOW A HEAVYWEIGHT.
lie Withdraws the Forfeit Money
Placed with Richard IL. Fox.

Indianapolis, March 9.-Kid Mccoy
today withdrew the $1,000 forfeit mon
ey which was placed with Richard X.
Fox when Mccoy challenged Fitzsim-
mons and Corbett several months. Nc
Coy has announced himself champion
heavyweight pugilist Of the world.
Mccoy will not accept all challenges
from heavyweight Pugilists, and has
signed contract to fight Gus Rubin,
an Ohio man. within twelve weeks.
The fight will probably take place at
San Francisco.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
PHOTOGRAPH BARGAINS.

DON'T GO TO KLONDIKE FOR PHO
tographs. A word of advice to the
public of Scranton, Penn, and surround
ing towns from Mr.. Fred Hummler, the
high art Photographer, 32S Lackawanna
avenue. Scranton, Pa:
In order to introduce my latest Carbon
cites Mantello Photos | am now pre-
pared to extend to my townspeople in
Scranton and surrounding towns the
of Photography. i have contracted with
my representatives, Messrs Gibson and
DeVaux, and given them full authority
to sell their complimentary ticket and to
advertise the coupons attached to same.
They will solicit my trade and l guaran-
tee to fulfill what my tickets call for.
Positively no tickets sold at studio.
Only from representatives. Respectfully
yours. FRED HUMMLER.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
Photographic Exhibition

Philadelphia, March s.-At the meeting
OF the Photographic society of Phlla-
delphia, tonight, the preliminary an
nouncement was made of the Philadel-
phia Photographic salon OF 1898. This
exhibition is to be hold from Oct. "a to
Nov. IL, under the joint management Of
the Pennsylvania Academy OF Fine Arts
ana the Photographic society Of Philadel-
phia
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
MURDER INVOLVES TWO COUNTRIES,
slayer stood in Canada and Shot n
Man in the United states.

Westminster, b. c., March Slack
Atkinson, who runs a hotel on the Ca
madam line at Blaine. quarreled with
Billy Patterson, proprietor of a rival
establishment on Saturday last. At
kinson shot Paterson in the leg, in
iiicting wound from the effects Of
which Paterson died.
Atkinson surrendered to the authori-
ties. The trial will take an internation-
al aspect, the feature being that of a
man standing in Canada and shooting
another who stood on United States
soil.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
REDUCTION OF GAS.

THE SCRANTON GAS AND WATER
Co. and the Hyde Park Gas Co.
In accordance with the policy of these
companies to reduce rates from time to
time as may be warranted by increased
consumption, rotice is hereby given that
gas will be one dollar and fifteen cents
per one thousand cubic feet consumed
subject to the following DISCOUNTS: Five
cents per one thousand cubic feet on all
bills where the consumption for the
month amounts to less than twenty-five
dollars; ten cents per one thousand cubic
feet on all bills where the consumption
for the month amounts to twenty-five
dollars and upwards. Provided the bill
is paid on or before the Goth day of the
month in which that bill is presented.
By Order OF the Board,
G. B. HAND, Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
EXPENSE OF LAWS DIGNITY.
Boys Fight over Two Cents and Costs
in the Case Amount to 500.

Media, March 9.-Walter Williams
and Lemuel Lee, who fought over 2
cents in a game of crap in South Ches-
ter were both sent to jail today be-
cause they were unable to pay the
costs, equally divided between them,
in an assault and battery suit
There were dozen witnesses, and
the bill Of costs ran UP to nearly $780,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
PRINCES BIG SCHEME.
lie Proposes TO Harness the Vast,
Waters OF the Sierra Neyados,

San Francisco, March 9.-Prince
Poniatowsky is at the head of COM
pany which proposes within a year to
bring to this city at least 10000 horse
power from the waters now running
to waste on the western slope OF the
Sierra Nevada mountains, in Alpine
Amador and Calaveras counties, by
means Of an electrical line 10 miles
in length.
~ system of canals is to be the means
by which the water is to be conveyed
to the point of its conversion into elec-
trical power.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

termacher, who died recently in Ore
gon. Fernstermacher was taken from
the Northampton county, Pa, aims
house at the age of eight by David
Keller OF this county, in whose family
he grew to manhood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
CITY SCANENGER

A. b. BRIGGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS
ana cess pools no odor. Improved
pumps used, A. BRIGGS, Proprietor.
Leave orders 100 North Main avenue,
or Elckes' drug store, corner Adams and
Mulberry. Telephone 6O40.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
NEW ENGLAND'S COTTON STRIKE.
Loom FIXers at Tauton Mills to Re-
turn TO work.

Boston, March 9.-The striking loom
fixers at Whittenton Totten mills,
Taunton, notified the management to-
day that they would return under the
cut-down in wages. Whittenton and
Westville mills may be re-opened on
Monday.
1t is said here that the New Bedford
manufacturers and weavers have
reached an agreement on the fens is
sue. Although wages have not been
restored, it is thought the strike is over
almost.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
BOARDING.

FlRST-CLASS BOARD, WITH OR
without room: special rates given to
permanent boarders. Rooms heated by
steam and lighted by electric light; CEN
trally located; minutes walk from all
depots; . meal tickets $l.00; 2l meal tick
cts, $500. 123 Franklin avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
HEIR TO PAUPER BOYS ESTATE.
Race Against Time to capture s25,.
900.

Stroudsburg, Pa, March 9.-W. T.
Young, of Moosic, Pa, claims to be
the only heir to an estate worth $685.
900.
If he cannot make his claim good by
May ! the state Of Oregon will get
the estate, which is left by Jonas Fens-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE-AT Low PRICES AND ON
easy terms, the best central home site
lots in Scranton; pavements, flag walks,
gas, water, steam heat mains and sewers
near fire department protection With con-
sequent lower insurance; near doctors
near postofiice; near tneaters etc: seven
to ten minutes walk from court house
square; street cars: no high hills; title
perfect. JONES, 81 Spruce street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
MASSAGE TREATMENT

MISS l.. Il. YOUNG, SURGICAL
trained nurse-Massage Treatment a
speciality. All cases promptly attended
to. No. i42 Hitchcock street Hours; 10
10 a, m; to p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

PARTNER WANTED WITH ABOUT
$4,000. Established business. Win
bear Investigation. Large profits. Safe
investment. For interview address r. o.
Box 3H Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
PREPARED MUSH.

ASK YOUR GROCER OR BUTCHER
Prepared Mush Made BY the New
York Prepared Mush Co. Az Penn ave
nue., Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
F. l.. HITCHCOCK, Attorney.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of The Tribune Publish
Ing Company OF Scranton, will be held In
the office OF the Company on Thursday,
March gath, 1898, at 3 p. m, to elect offi-
GERS for the ensuing year and for the
purpose OF transaoting any other business
that may come before the meeting
II. III. RIPPLE Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
FURNISHED ROOMS

TWO NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS.
All convenenCes. 407 Madison.
HANDSOMELY FURNISHED ROOM
at i22 Mulberry street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

ESTATE OF ]. ATTICUs ROBERTSON,
late of the city of Scranton, county OF
Lackawanna, and state OF Pennsylvania,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters testa-
mentary in the above named estate have
been granted to the undersigned. All per-
sons indebted TO said estate are requested
TO make payment and all persons having
claims or demands against the same will
present them 10
MAGGIE s. ROBERTSON,
EXecutrix.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
Tribune
Classified Specials
SITUATIONS WANTED
Free of Charge.

All advertisements inserted fiji these
columns excepting Situations Wanted,
which are published free of charged, are
payable STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
DON'T ask to have them charged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
WANTED,

WANTED-A LARGE BARN, CAPA-
bic of accommodating IA horses and
wagons. Address L., Tribune Office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

KLONDIKE-AGENTS WANTED FOR
large illustrated book of Klondike,
Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO..
Lakeside Building, Chicago Ill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

ESTATE OF STAFFORD KIzER, LATE
of the City of Scranton, County of
Lackawanna and State of Pennsyl-
Vania.
Letters of administration on the above
named estate having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons having claims or
demands against the said estate will
present them for payment, and those in
debted thereto Will please make imme-
diate payment to
EVA KIZER, Administrative.
WATSON, DIEHL & KEMMERER,
AttYS. for ERtate
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

AGENTS TO SELL OUR soc. STORM
door; sample prepaid upon receipt OF
price. AMERICAN STORM DOOR CO.,
Port Huron Mich.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
Midwife.

MRS. GABLE, GRADUATED MIDWIFE,
1913 Washburn street, Scranton. En-
attendance for Il limited number of pa
tients.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

WANTED-SOLICITO NO DELIV-
ering, no collecting; position perma-
nent; pay weekly; state age. GLEN
BROTHERS, Rochester N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

WANTED-AGENTS FOR GREATEST
gas saving device manufactured. Re-
tails 25c. Big profits. Oliver BROS,
Rochester, N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

AGENTS-WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
do about Safe Citizenship-price 81.
Going by thousands. Address MICH
OILS, Naperville Ill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the co-partnership of the undersigned
doing business at ll5 Penn avenue. Scran-
ton, Pa, under the firm name of l.. q Il.
J.. Jifkins, has been dissolved by mutual
consent L. Jifkins retiring from said
firm. The business will be continued by
II. j. Jifkins, who assumes all the firm s
liabilities and will collect all the firm $
accounts.
l.. JIFKINS,
T.. j. JIFHINS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

AGENTs-TO SELL CIGARS TO DEAL
ers S25 weekly and expenses; expert
ence unnecessary. CONSOLIDATED
MFG CO., As Van Buren, street. Chicago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS-S DAILY, TO SELL SPE-
cialty Soaps and give customers dou-
exclusive territory; sample outfit free.
MODOC SOAP CO., Cincinnati, o.
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supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine.
Warehouse, l3O Washington avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10

BAUERS oRCHESTRA-MUSIC FOR
dings and concert work furnished For
terms address Il. j. Bauer, conductor,
III Wyoming avenue. over Hulberts
music store.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-27

three scenes in the tableau of my life."
When DR.. Goodman arose to go,
thtfe were tears on the mothers cheeks
and a firm resolve in the fathers
eyes.
Two years have passed, and little
Belle is playing in the meadow with a
merry group of children, searching for
the four-leaved clover. See, she has
found it; the beacon of good fortune.
How her bright eyes fash as she
waves her trophy above her head. She
knows but little Of French, and has for
cotton how to analyze a flower; but
she can tell you the working bee from
the drone; the red birds and the
wren's notes, and where the sweet
smelling wild flowers grow. What If
her aprons are soiled, and her face
sunburned? Is she not a prodigy?
Certainly her fond parents think so,
as she tells them of the pleasant play
in the meadow, and the finding OF the
four-leaved clover.
DR.. Goodman still lives, and the gOs-
sips OF Wisdomield love to tell how
he miraculously cured Belle Turner,
and the little girl is always called "Dr.
Goodman's Patient"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-27
SCIENTIFIC.

Pens can be quickly removed from a
new penholder, a sliding piece being
set inside the barrel to clamp the pen
In position for use, and a knob set in a
slot in the barrel to force the sliding
piece outward and release the pen.
OF the lamp which extends along the
front and sides of the top and prevents
sudden draughts reaching the light.
10 do away with the use of lacks in
laying carpets a new fastener is formed
of metal blocks which are inserted IN
der the edge Of the carpet and have
TO prevent the extinction of the fame
Of bicycle lamps in high winds an adj
ditional guard is used to cover the top
grooved sections to support the ends OF
toothed rods, which hold the carpet in
place.
Insects cannot crawl into a recently
patented bed, which has a frame with
center Of the frame, on which are
wound the cords which suspend the
bed, a crank and chain gearing being
used to adjust its height.
A newly designed -four bin and sitter
has a U-shaped wire screen at the bot
tom, in which rests a square block to
be turned by a crank and force the -four
out, the block being of such shape as
to prevent -four coming from the sitter
except when turned.
To tighten the tires Of wagon wheels
a newly designed felloe has two "
shaped ends lying close together, With
a pair of wedges mounted in the open
ing, to be drawn together by a bolt un-
til they increase the circumference Of
the felloe far enough to grip the tire.
To sound an alarm in case Of fire a
number of fusible cords are strung
through the rooms of a building, and
extend through the walls to support
torpedoes or cartridges, which explode
as soon as they are dropped to the
ground by the severing Of the cord.
Incrustation of boilers is prevented
by a new apparatus consisting Of mer-
curry, zinc plates and castings OF zinc
and mercury set in a water chamber
through which the water must pass be-
fore it reaches the boiler, the impurities
in the boiler adhering to the plates.