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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-19
LOST AND FOUND.

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LOST AT WALSH & MEYERS Al
gold scarf pin with diamond center. Re-
wrad II returned 10 All CASTOR street, east
LOST, A FOX TERRIER, FEMALE, q
years old, tail cut; small round head, two
bare spots on back, name Trilby Liberal
reward for return to PIG Second street,
east.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-19

FOR SALE. zee BUSHELS PURE SEED
rice; samples sent on application. /. G-
Sipple. Grahamville, S. G.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
BESIDE BONNIE BRIER BUSH.
Miss Jean Howison to Give a Lee
ture Recital from Ian Maclaren.

Miss Jean Howisun, of Perth. Scot
land. will give IL lcCture-recital from
Ian MaClaren's works i'm Guernsey's
han on Friday, Dec. %, at p. IN. Mrs
Robert 7. Black. Of this city says:
Miss Howison IL an intellectual and
delightful interpreter of thought. and
an unusually pleasing lecturer. No one
can afford to miss the opportunity of
listening to her"
The New London Day comments on
Miss Howlson as follows: There never.
at any moment, was the least attempt
at posing or histrionic effect Miss
llowiSOn manages her voice very well.
talks naturally, i'm Il pleasant CONVEX
Sational way, makes herself at once ac-
quainted with her hearers and holds
them her OWE to the end. That she
gives finished study, in an original
way is sure to he the verdict Of all who
have ever had the pleasure of listening
To her and that everyone who goes will
be the better is equally sure. 1t is this
sort of Interpretation that Ian Mac
laren and Crockett and other writer's Of
their school want. She avoided broad
Scotch, ana ii was really like "A trans
latiOn To those readers who tiOunderCd
helplessly left to themselves to hear her
render some of the passages that had
seemed to them utterly hopeless and to
find in them rare beauty of thought"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
FIRES DURING 1898.
Interesting Statistical Report of
Chief Hickey's Department

Chief Hickey's 1898 statistical report
OF fires up to Dec. ! shows damages by
fire and water amounting to $130.756.
covered by s405,Sl0 OF insurance. The
most disastrous month wds April, when
the damage was $780, and the insur-
ance only s24 ,050. and, strangely enough,
that was the only month OF the year in
which the insurance was less than the
damage. The months freest from fires
were August. $50; October, $3.50; Janu-
airy, $3.50. and May, STAT. AS against
the net increase of s275,053 insurance
over damage during eleven months in
1898 there was $l5$. 800 in 1897.
During the eleven months there has
been 119 true alarms. 16 still alarms. 5
false alarms and | general alarm. A
record of the causes OF fires shows:
Overheated lamps. 6: lamps upset, 6;
incendiary. .: careless lighting of stove
/; cinematograph explosion, !: children
playing with matches. 13; explosion OF
lamps, 8: defective fiue, II; oil stove
upset, ,; falling of mine lamp. /; burn
ing Of rubbish. 4; overheated machin-
cry, ?; exposed electric wires. 4; care
less timer, l; lighted cigar 1: light.
ming, 5; overheated ammonia, I; gaso-
line explosion, l; defective gas meter,
3. There were 81 fires from unknown
causes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
NEW PLOTS MUST BE MAPPED
Recorder of Deeds Is Enforcing the
Act of Nav 2S, 1898.

Recorder of Deeds Fred Warnkc T.
taking steps to enforce the act of May
2S, 1895, providing for the recording of
plans Of all subdivisions or plots laid
out in city lots for the purpose of
selling. Copies of the act, accompanied
by notices requiring an observance OF
the law within sixty days under the
penalty of 800 fine, are being sent
out TO the corporations, Improvement
companies and other who have laid
out plots of subdivisions within ten
years preceding the passage of the act.
The act is intended as a convenience
To land owners, attorneys and other
who have occasion to deal with such
land. At present there are many por-
tions of the city not mapped out or
at least no map thereof is on record.
Much of the Green Ridge portion of
the city, 1t is said. is not identified or
any known map.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
No, of persons
charged with

Fifty-siX different crimes. ranging
from fence breaking to murder, are in
cluded In the list. Assault and battery.
of course, leads, nearly forty per cent.
of the cases being listed under that
count. Larceny comes next, represent
Ing about fifteen per cent. of the total
crimes. and then i'm order come tippling
house, malicious mischief, false pre-
lenses. robbery, perjury and burglary.
There were twelve murder cases, count
ing the charges of manslauShter, and
forty-five women charged with being
common scolds
Out of the 21Si persons placed on
trial, convictions were found in only
253 cases not counting the los culprits
who plead guilty There is rumor,
not clearly defined or authoritative
one, however. that in one of the 2,1Si
cases the alderman, consta bile, witnesses
and such other persons as have doings
with criminal cases, did not collect
their fees
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
MYSTIC SHRINERs TONIGHT.
Many Strangers to Attend a Meet
ing in Board of Trade.

At least a hundred strangers. and
probably more than that number. will
be in Scranton tonight to attend a
meeting of Irem temple. Ancient Arabic
Order, Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine. in
the board of trade assembly hall. The
order. though not Masonic, is composed
OF Masons.
1rem temple has its home in Wilkes
Barre, but its jurisdiction covers all of
Northeastern Pennsylvania and a spe-
cial dispensation was obtained for hold :
ing tonights meeting in this city. The
plan involves brief street parade and
a late supper.
At 6 o'clock the local Mobiles will meet
in Masonic hall. With the Lawrence
band they will meet a special Jersey
Central train which iS to reach here at
Z O'Clock with a large delegation from
Wilkes Barre. The band will lead a
procession to the board of trade buiiG-
ing.
When the meeting is finished. tho
Mobiles will go tn the Hotel Rudolph for
supper, after which the members from
Wilkes Barre and other points down
the valley vill return home on their
special train.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
PERSONALS.

Colonel T.. II. Ripple has returned from
a visit To Harrisburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer. of IIawley. were
In the city yesterday.
Miss Jennie Blackinton. of Rocklaud,
Me, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. D..
Blackinton
Thomas Moser, "A private Of company A,
Thirteenth regimtn mt, left yesterday TO re-
Join his regiment at Augusta, Ga.
Detective Michael Moran. Of Carbon
dale, shot a lI0-pound deer at saltwater
on the Jefferson branch Of the Erie Tues
day.
w. II. Campbell, advertising manager
of Jonas Longs Sons has been invited to
respond to the toast "Advertising." at
the annual banquet of the Shoe Dealers
association of Northern Pennsylvania an |
southern New York. which will he held in
the Sterling at Wilkes Barre on Deccm.
Der %.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURsDY. DECEMBER 15 1898

rying out the idea but would have no
part in the actual work. The book
would contain, for instance. a sample
of the child's drawing and writing.
number work. comment on history
and whatever else might suggest it,
self in relation to study. The child
would bind the leaves in its own FASH
ion and would also ornament the cover.
The whole, it is thought, offers a very
apt means Of bringing out the child'5
Individuality: further, it would inform
parents better than by any other means
of the progress of the pupil in it's
studies
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
DIR. M'LEoD ON EXPANSION.
He Views the Great Question from
Moral Standpoint

Dr. Mcleod will discuss the Philiu-
pine question sunday evening in the
First Presbyterian church. He holds
the opinion that the government cam
not honorably repudiate the rcspunsi-
bility attached to keeping and foster
ing of its new possessions.
The United States has not the moral
right, he says, to turn the islands over
10 another power nor to grant indr-
pendence to the natives before they
are capable of government.
1t is DR.. McLeOd's belief that Great
Britain's colonial system has done
much for civilization and that the
United states can do what England has
done, and that the United States has
no more right to politically desert IN
ignorant people than to religiously de
sert them; no greater right than has
tn" church to close missionary work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

Figures that will supply a vast fund
or thought are to be found in the sub
Joined table. 1t is the annual report
submitted by the clerk of the courts to
the state board of charities and correc-
ion. The table shows in detail the
number Of persons charged with crime
during the year ana the disposition
made of the cases. The report is sub
mitted for the five sessions concluding
with the June term, each sessions
business being separately set forth:
Oct. Dec. Feb. Apr.Junn. To-
lN'E lNSi. lS9S. 1885. 1895 tai
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
POLISH CHURCH FAIR.
Was Auspiciously Opened Last
Night at Music Hall.

The fair under the auspices OF the
new Polish church of the South Side
was opened last night at music hall,
to continue six nights. There was a
large attendance and the various
booths, wheels, auctions and the like
did n thriving business.
The large number of fancy and use
full articles displayed at the booths
speak well of the generosity of the
business men from whom all the con-
tributions came: Eighteen fancy lamps
and two dozen beautiful pictures are
among the contributed articles. Joseph
Mitch is chairman of the committee
having the fair in charge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
CoLDEST OF THE YEAR.
Mercury Got Down as Low as Two
Degrees Above

Yesterday morning was the coolest OF
the present year. About town ther-
mometers registered as low as de-
grees above zero early In the morning
and at noon the mercury had only
climbed to about 20 degrees.
In some of the high points about this
city II IL said the thermometer was as
low as degrees above zero, and at
Waverly a. 80 a. m. it registered 4 de-
greeS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
NORTON'S
Book Store

All the desirable new Books
and the standard old Books
in single volumes and sets
in various styles binding,
suitable for Christmas presents
at liberal discount
from Publishers list prices.
Finely Illustrated Books
for children and young folks
in almost endless variety
at very low prices.
Books for Sabbath Schools
and other Libraries in
large variety and special prices.
Bibles, all sizes and styles,
from 25 cents upward.
Prayer Books and Hymn Books.
Art Calendars for 1899.
Pocket and office Diaries, 1899.
Novelties in fine stationery
and everything desirable in
lue SbduuuIu llutS VI SbotAVAJ
at correct prices.
Fancy Goods and Art Goods
in large variety.
Games of every description.
Dolls, dressed and undressed,
all sizes and styles
at very low prices.
Toys, for all ages and purses
in almost endless varieties.
Subscriptions received
for all Periodicals
at the Publishers rates.
We invite inspection
of our stock and comparison
of our prices, which we
think are as low as
same goods can be had
for elsewhere.
Come early to avoid
the rush and you will
receive better attention
than can be given later on
NJ. NORTON.
322 Lackawanna Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
sUPT. HoWELL's IDEA.
Contains a Suggestion for Practical
Christmas Giving.

y very practical Christmas gift idea
for public school pupils has been offer
ed by Superintendent Howell to the
teachers of the lower grades. He has
suggested that the pupils give their
parents book of their own making,
the contents to be something which
shows the work of the child in his or
her studies
After the teacher has made the sug-
Eestion she would aid the pupil in car
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
To the Republican Voters of the City

AS stated in previous communication
in the morning papers, announce my
self as candidate for the nomination
of mayor at the coming primaries. II
you see fit to nominate me and | am
elected pledge myself To a clean. con-
servative and business like administra-
uon. George Sanderson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
To the Republicans of the City o,
Scranton.

The following city offices are to be
filled at the February election:
Mayor.
City Treasurer.
City Controller.
Three City Assessors.
Two school Directors for years.
Any Republican who desires to be-
come a candidate for any of the above
offices must hle his application with
c. T.. Chittenden, chairman of the city
committee. on or before Dec Is, 1898.
The notice must state the office for
which the writer Is candidate and
the postofiice address must accompany
the signature. C. Il. Chittenden,
Chairman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
Holly and Mistletoe

Christmas will not find rs unprepared
to supply the floral decorations in sucb
great demand upon that day. Every.
thing III designs. bouquets, loose low
ers, holly and evergreen wrcaths, laur-
els and pine roping at
Marvin & Muir.
Corner Spruce ana Washington ave.
nue., Mears building, -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

The Young Ladies' society of the
First Presbyterian church will be
pleased to receive orders for any kind
OF cake at any date from now until
after the holidays. Orders may he adj
dressed to Mrs. b. L. Watson or Miss
Hunt. Va
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
STATISTICS ABOUT
LAW BREAKERS
COMPILED BY CLERK OF THE
COURTS OF THE COUNTY.

Report Was Prepared for the Board
Of Charities and Corrections-It
Shows in Detail Number of Per-
sons Charged with Crime Dur
ing the Year and the Disposition
Made of the Cases--Little Over
one-Eighth of Number Of Persons
Arrested Were Convicted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
Christmas Holiday.

The best Christmas present is a
box of LA Paloma de Scranton" or
The Court House. These are the best
cigars made in this city by the Court
House Havana Cigar Factory. i. Ar
mengol, Prop, 2l7 Washington avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
A Gard

We. the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on JO-Cent bottle
OF Greene's Warranted syrup OF Tar ii II
fails to cure your cough or cold We also
guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded. J. q. Bone a
Scranton. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

Gold and silver-mounted brier pipes,
the best make at low figures. Carney,
Brown & Co., court house square. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

INSURE YOURSELF against the
attacks of fevers, pneumonia and other
serious and prostrating diseases by
taking a few bottles of Hoods Sar-
saparllla now.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
Richard Harding Davis

History of the late war; Beidleman's,
1903 Washington avenue, below Tribune,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

The Wilkes-Barre Record can be had
In Scranton at the news stands OF Reis-
man Bros. 4O4 Spruce and SOB Linden
rUeet-; Mac, Lackewanna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
A Great
Santa Claus
Exhibition

Will be given in our Dry Goods De-
partment. for the children, begin
ming Friday morning from 10 to II
O'Clock, and in the afternoon from
TO o'clock. In order to avoid
any accident every child must be
accompanied by its parents or some
grown up person. During the Santa
Claus exhibition each child will be
given a coupon ticket which they
Will leave with Santa Claus. This
Will entitle them to a chance on q
beautiful present. One present for
the girls and another for the boys.
These coupons are given free of
charge, the only thing necessary is
that every child must he accom-
panied by it's parents or some grown
mp person. Do not fail to bring the
children to see this exhibition, as
there was never anything like it
in Scranton before. We would ad-
wise ladies with small children to
come in the morning between the
hours Of 10 and II o'clock, when
they can get chairs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
NJ. NORTON.
322 Lackawanna Ave.
This Vote Not Good After Dec. a. ISoS.
kNABE PIANO

Best in the world. The New York
Sun of Nov. 10, 1898. says:
The soloist of yesterdays concert
'ras Leopold Godowsky, a pianist of
-reat merit. In manner and feeling he
is very simple. sincere and modest: in
the setting forth of his artistic abil-
tiles he seems bound by the highest and
best methods. GOdowsky is a most re-
liable and agreeable player, one who
gains more and more fully every mo-
ment the confidence and sympathy of
his audience. His rendering of the Saint
Saens Concerto in q minor-on a piano.
it may justly be said. Of which the tone
was delightful-made a charming in
terlude between the orchestral pieces"
Godowsky used the knabe Piano.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
To the Voters of the Ninth Ward.

beg to announce myself as cand!.
date FOR The office of common coun,p.
man. Yours respectfully.
=" j.. NJ. Tcwkesburv.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

at the Scranton Wine ana Liquor Co. 5
store for your holiday goods. 129 Penn
avenue. Telephone 6Gl2. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
All Kinds of Champagnes

and other wines on hand at the Scran.
ton Wine and Liquor company, 12'
Penn avenue. Telephone 6Gt2. -"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
Steam Heating and Plumbing.
p. f. & NJ. T. Howley. .23l Wyoming ave

Go to Lanes for your meals. 800
Spruce street. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
Palmistry.

Positively Martins last week. Read.
ings SOC. and $l.O0. 200 Wasbingtou
avenue. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

HOODS PILLS are the favorite
family cathartic. Easy to take, easy
to operate. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
Call

Get your cards engraved i'm the latest
style at Reynolds Bros, Stationcrs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

Fines wines and cigars at Lanes,
800 Spruce street. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

Our collection of Books we are selling
at cost, Reynolds Bros, Stationers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

Finest line of Calendars in the city
at REYNOLDS Brothers, Wyoming ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15
PARKE IS HOME
FROM PORTO RICO
SAW FOUR MONTHS SERVICE
AS MOUNTED oRDERLI.

With Colonel Castleman, an Acting
Brigade Commander, MI. Parke
Had Exceptional Opportunities for
Observation - Accompanied HIS
superiors to the San Juan Flag
Raising and Saw More Good Than
Bad in Spanish soldiery-They
Wanted to Do More Fighting.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

oxford Bibles. Reynolds Bros 50
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-15

Catholic Prayer Books. Reynolds Pros
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Fountain Pens, Gold Pens and PEN
ellis. Reynolds Bros, Wyoming ave.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-22

smile and a kiss. To be sure, she looks
little white and pallid, but she is vivaclous
and cheerful in his presence, and he does
not realize that anything is wrong. If he
had but come home during the middle of
the day, he would have found. instead of
the cheerful wife, a weak, sickly, nervous
invalid, with headache, pains in the back,
Stitches in the side, burning and drag
ging down sensations and utter despond-
ency and melancholy.
In almost every case of this kind the
woman is really suffering from weakness
and disease of the distinctly feminine or
ganism. Frequently she does not realize
her own condition. If she does, she
shrinks from undergoing the examina::
tions" and local treatments insisted
upon by the average physician. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS the meci-
cine needed by women who suffer IN this
way. 1t acts directly on the sensitive or
pans concerned and makes them strong,
healthy and vigorous. 1t allays 1ntiainma-
ton. heals liberation, soothes pain and
tones and builds up the shattered nerves.
1t transforms weak, sickly, nervous, de-
spondent invalids into happy, healthy wives
and competent mothers. 1t fits for wife
hood and motherhood. 1t makes exam
nations" unnecessary. Honest dealers DO
not suggest substitutes for little added
profit to be realized thereon.
81 had suffered untold misery for years with
ovarian trouble an exhausting drain, constipa-
ton, painful periods and other annoying troub-
les - writes Mrs. Annie James Of No 27 Seventh
Street Memphis. Shelby Co, Tenn. Thank
can gladly say I a we'll woman to-day used
six BOTTLES Of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and was completely cured"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation and biliousness. They never
grfpe. All good dealers have them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-22
A LITTLE GIRLS LETTER.
Written to the President Secured
Her Brothers, Discharge
from the Army.

In the little village OF Salem, in south
.rn Illinois, lives, in a small cottage,
poor family consisting of billie" and
Sevilla Holmes, the parents OF two sons,
Billie" Jr., and Jacob R., also one
daughter, Blanch, an interesting little
brown-eyed maiden of 12 years the
heroine of this narrative. The mother
has been in delicate health. In June
last the younger son enlisted as pr1-
yate in the Nineteenth regiment. The
invalid mother yearned for her boy, the
little sister wanted her brother, and all
grieved to see the mother rapidly fail
ing in health. With the faith of trust
full child, the little girl wrote to Presl-
dent Mckinley: please discharge my
brother Jake at once; my mamma is
sick and will never get well If he does
not come home" In few days came
brief response from the executive man
sion to the effect that her request would
be granted. Blanch, thinking this all
the permission necessary for the re-
lease of any soldier, mailed it at once to
her brother, in camp near Ponce, Porto
Rico. Long before that message
reached its destination Jake was on his
way home. September 16, a. ID. 1895,
will be a red letter day in his life.
While with a comrade guarding Span
ish prisoners and carving from gourd
a Jewel box for his little sister, the
voice of Sergt. Laufer. was heard call
ing: Jake, oh, Jake! Come here,
quick; turn in your equipment and get
off this island You're going home.
The mystery was explained when Lieut..
Howard gave him his honorable dis
charge. But not until Jake's arrival
home, September 2S, did he know the
part his little sister had in obtaining
it from our kind-hearted president