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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

The figures of attendance at the
opening games of the National league,
while affected somewhat by inclement
weather, are sufficient to show that the
popularity of base ball has not waned.
More people are interested in this
pastime today than ever before and
this interest will continue if those in
charge of the game maintain discip-
line and protect audiences from rowdy-
ism on the diamond
Locally the outlook is frightened by
the arrival of good times, by the fact
that one years absence of base ball has
whetted the public appetite and by the
entrance of Scranton into a league
which contains much new material not
cast off by the larger organizatio
The peonle like to see snappy and ag-
gressive ball playing. They want life
and movement on the diamond Back
number players may excel in technical
proficiency and a certain percentage
Of them on a team is essential to in
sure steadiness and to teach the
youngsters the fine points in the game
But club made up entirely of veter-
ans soon becomes passe Such a club
will never thrive in Scranton.
We need not repeat the familiar ar
Guments about the advantages of this
outdoor amusement as a means of
popular relaxation and enjoyment. Ball
cranks understand the subject fully
and those who have not become ball
cranks must receive their initiation in
the regular way. But it is pleasant to
contemplate the prospect of another
season of professional base ball play
ing in this city and we trust that il
may in every way be successful.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

The action Of officer Jones the other
day in dispensing a gang of we'll
dressed loafers on Wyoming avenue,
who were pitching pennies on the side
walk in order that scramblng hood
iums might iostle ladies who were
passing, was commendable. That par
ticular thoroughfare has for some time
been one of the rounding-up places for
talor-made black-legs and dough
Drained dudes who ogle and make In
suting remarks about passing women.
The masher is nuisance that must
ho ahated
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
The Bribery Report.

From the nature OF the inquiry con-
Quoted by the Fow committee its work
!, regarded by the people as chiefly
political. with one set of facts we
have two reports, the minority within
one vote as large as the majority. In
such situation the courts are the
proper place for the administration Of
Justice. and Il is to be hoped that the
committees unanimous recommended
ton thai its information and evidence
le put before the district attorney of
Dauphn county will be adopted with
equal unanimity by the house at large
Bribery or the attempt to bribe is
criminal and immoral. no matter by
whom or in whose interest. No end in
politics can Justify such means. If
these charges are well founded, the
district attorney should take them in
hand ana give them to the fury. and
the judge. if conviction follows. should
pass sentences calculated to be exem-
plary. by this means only can lasting
reform be wrought.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
Won DER kHE FILES SUIT.
Asks for $4,000 from Frank De-
Haas Robinson.

St. Louis, April 17.-Chris Won Der
Abe filed suit in the circuit court to-
day for $4,000 damages against Frank
De Haas Robinson and Edward c.
Becker, the new owners of the ST.
Louis base ball club. Every club in
the National league is also made a
party to the suit, and $4,000 damages
Is asked from each one OF them.
The allegation is that a combination
existed in the league to forfeit the
membership of the st. Louis club for
the pecuniary profit of the defendants.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
For Hitting Low,

London, April 17.-At the National
Sporting club tonight I'm glove contest
for the bantamweight championship be-
tween Pedlar Palmer, of England. and
William Rotchford, OF Chicago, for u
stake of eco a side and purse of Coco,
Rotchford was disqualified in the third
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

The reported statement of General
Lawton that 100, 900 American soldiers
will be needed to pacify Luzon lacks
confirmation; but even if he made it
and even IL the figures given should
eventually have to be doubled, tine
task, once undertaken, cannot in honor
be shirked. The United States must
see It through or stand forever dis
credited before the world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
Seyenty-seventh Ballot.

Harrisburg, April 1.-THE seventy-sev-
enth Joint ballot for United States sena-
tor was taken today with the following
result: Quay. 36 jerks IS; Wells s. Anti
Quay Republicans voted for Calvin Wells.
No quorum.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
Steamship Arrivals.

New York April 1T.-Cleared: Lain,
Bremen via Southampton, Cherbourg-
Sailed: New York from Southampton
for New York. Southampton-Arrived
Kaiser Wilhelm de Crosse, New York
via Cherbourg for Bremen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
Decision for Stevenson.

Trenton, n. j., April l7.-Charles Stew
enson, OF Philadelphia, got the decision
over Dick Moore, of st. Paul tonight in
the twentieth round at the Trenton Ath-
lctic club
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18
Lived UnhappilY.

Hudson, Mich, April 17.-Thomas Tenn
Pile, a farmer, killed his wife today and
then committed suicide. The couple had
lived unhappily.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

Mr., croker admitted before the
Mazet investigating committee that he
was good man. That ought to settle
the question.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

Admiral Schlev's friends are again
Erumbing at an appointment that is
not to their liking. If the Admiral
does not succeed in escaping from his
noisy admirers soon they win be liable
TO make him ridiculous.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

The base ball season seems to have
been onened with the best OF intsn-
tiOns all around.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

The army beef investigation which is
drawing to close has demonstrated
conclusively that the witnesses who did
not eat the beef found it entirely whole
some
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

She who from APRIL dates her years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears,
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblem of innocence is known
Diamonds are the April birth
stone. We shall offer extra values
for the balance of the month. For
instance, large opal ring with %
white brilliant diamonds for S8s.
Value is 500. Good sized SOL
itaire, Tiffany mounting, $50.
REXFORD CO.
1872 Wyoming Avenue.
Money back for the asking.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

SCRANTON. APRIL IS, 1899.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-18

Fast Black Wash Silks,
Habutai, and Waterproof
Silks in the new "uuspottable
finish, at less than present
market prices.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
ROW POE WAS sLANDERED.
A Relative in This City Defends the De.d
Poets Name.

The unwilling OF the magnificent
Iolnay bust Of Edgar Allen Poe at the
University of Virginia has revived in
terest in that remarkable genius and
las had the effect Of contro*ertng
some of the numerous ISLANDERS to
which the poets memory has been sub
jected
\ second cousin of Edgar ALE. Poe,
Mir. w. T. B. Glen, resides in this city.
He is a minister OF the gospel and a
painter. Mr.. Clients relationship to the
Feet is through the latlers aunt, Mrs.
Maria Glenn, who was also his mother
in-faW. Mr. Glenn bears a remarkable
resemblance to the poet, a resemblance
which is at once caught by those ia
!niliar with the likenesses of the au-
';hor of the Raven"
Speaking of Poe yesterday, Mr.. Glenn
said:
II see they produced documents ait
the University to prove that Poe was
not expelled. That statement that he
vas expelled from the institution is
only one OF the many lies that have
been published about him. know
that he not only was not expelled from
the university, but was not drunk when
he wrote the Raven" nor was he
drunk when he died. That was the
basest libel Of them all. He was neith-
er drunk nor drugged. lie died a Fer
fectfy natural death, and l believe the
doctor who attended him is still living
at Catonsville, Maryland.
My father. Rev. T. D. Glen, a mem
Der Of the Baltimore conference, was a
first cousin to Poe. My father buried
the poet"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
TIE scAFFoLD COLLAPSED.
Serious Accident Y1s, erday Morning on
the Avenue.

Yesterday at 1920 o'clock A. NJ, the
scaffold in front Of the new Griftiths
building at the corner of Washington
avenue and Thirty-second street coll
lapsed. throwing five men to the ground
and causing two Of them to sustain
painful injuries.
The building is about twenty feet
above ground and the board on which
the men were standing while working
We're nearly that high.
When it gave way, the scaffold tore
out part Of the bricks in the front wall
The two men who We're most pain
fully Injured are S. 3. Haselwood and
a bricklayer by the name Of Alternately
The former jumped when the scaffold
collapsed and was caught in the falling
timbers. lie was injured in the back.
Alternately only went to work on the
building yesterday. He fell inside
and was badly bruised The other
three men We're shaken up and Slightly
bruised.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
The NJ va Gerry Ex plained.

For some weeks past the peace and
quiet which originally prevail at Old
Point Comfort have been rudely dis
turbed. especially at night, BY strange
noises, (which puzzled and terrified the
residents there, not expecting the Off
GERS and soldiers Of the garrison at
Fort Monroe, whose business it is to
tear no Zoe. and who generally mind
their own business, too. But these noe
turnal disturbances Of the Silly night
We're something quite beyond the under
standing Of the hearers thereof. and
from even as far off as Phoebus and
Hampton came inquiries as to what
the noises We're. They We're generally
described as being harsh and unpleas-
ant, and were variOusly said to resem-
bic SHORES, shouts. cheers, college yells,
steamboat whistles and a saw-mill in
full operation.
Finally sleep became quite out Of the
question: and the weary inhabitants re-
ferred to were just on the point of hold
ing meeting and appointing COM
mitee to ascertain what and where the
cause OF the trouble was. when a well
known citizen of Old Point came to the
front and owned up, not that he made
the noise. but that a little donkey did,
which animal had been given him and
to which he had taken great fancy.
This citizen was no other than Mr. j. b.
Kimberly, and though he had, as lie
protested. great foncness for his
strange pet, in spite Of the braying in
which he persisted to indulge, he saw
the fact before him Very plainly that
insomnia. with insanity to follow, was
ahead of the people at Old Point. in
Guiding himself.
He declared his intention of sending
the animal away, and bidding it fare
well, in the presence Of many people,
shipped it to his friend, Mr.. Key Comp
ton, agent in Norfolk OF the Old Bay
Line, asking him to cherish it and
hoping that Jerry" for this was the
name Of the donkey, would learn to
keep quiet, at least during business
hours in Norfolk, and not be noisy and
disagreeable as he was at Old oPint
Comfort. Many wagers have been laid
as to the length of time Jerry will be
good, and go to sleep at night, instead
of waking everybody up within two
miles of him. because OF his propensity
to exercise his throat and lung power
to say nothing Of his ears, which work
vigorously as he brays.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Is Practically What the Court is
Holding
IN COUNTY CONTEST CASE
LawJ ers Taking Turns at IT. October Term
Of the Cooperation Court H~sun
Yesterday. tn the Poles
Count. The Docket.

The County Court is still engaged in
the hearing Of evidence IN the case Of
Stanley precinct in the contested cleo
zion couse.
The dispositions taken for this pre-
cinct having been thrown out by Judge
Lee. 1T became necessary for the at
torneEs to Introduce personal evidence
In effect it is practically holding Il
second election for that precinct Each
witness testified as to how he voted,
and an account is taken. When the
evidence is all in. His Honor will be
able TO form a Judgment Of the result
There is no telling how the case will
eVentuate.
Judge ID. Tucker Brooke ana Col.
ttu5bard were the attorneys in attend
ance yesterday. ,Messrs. Lett and
Bachelor will go up today. The law
Eers are working the case in shifts,
otherwise none of them would set an
mess.
CORPORATION COURT.
The Corporation Court yesterday
convened in October term, but trans
acted no business beyond calling the
civil docket
The case Of Billy OBoye. charged
With murder Will be called this morn
ing, but it is not proba BILE that the
case will be tried early in the term
POLICE COURT.
The case of Owen Wilson, alias
Owen ellison, charged with stealing
tools from the new market house, was
continued in the Police Court yester-
day until Wednesday.
f. jackson and c. Thompson, sail
ors from the New York, were fined s.
each on the charge Of being disordery.
THESE are the men who claimed they
We're insulted Saturday night by a
man on Twenry-third street The ev-
idence showed that the sailors insulted
the woman who was With the man at
the time the incident occurred.
William Murray. Il sailor from the
Indiana, and James S. Hutton, & sail
or from the New York, We're charged
with trespass. They were discharged.
These two men got into a dispute Sat
urday night with a street car conduct
or about a question Of fare
Justice Brown disposed Of the follow
ing cases also:
Albert Tobbegan, John Hoskins,
drunk: fined 50 and costs.
D. NJ. Lucas, nuisance; 50 and costs;
RENTED.
Henry Patton, dsorderly: So ana
costs
Sarah Miner and Belle Doug hcrty,
not OF good fame; dismissed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
F1FTEENTa ANNUAL SESSION
or tho Junior o. u. A. N. to he Held a,
Capn Charles.

O1 the Juntor O. u. A. N. tO Be Held NJ
Capn Charles.
The fifteenth annual session OF the
Junior Order Of United American Me-
chanlcs Will be held 81 Cape Charles,
Va. on October 18th
This order. while ono or the youngest
organizations of it's kind III this coun-
try is. also. one Of he strongest and
from its rapid growth in the past year
It bids fair to exceed Its own previous
record.
In this State the order has increased
at a Very rapid rate. numerous new
councils being organized in all sections
and many new members being added
10 the councils already in existence
Several local councils have doubled
their membership in the past year, and
one council doubled its roll in two
months.
The State organization now numbers
about one hundred and thirty-tive
councils. with j membership of between
nine and ten thousand. The year Just
closing has been the most prosperous
in the history of the order.
THE AN N'UAL MEETING.
The session at Cape Charles will be
both an interesting and important one.
There is much business of Importance
which Will occupy the attention Of the
delegates.
The State officers are as folloys:
tMessrs. Davis Baton, Of Richmond
state Councillor: Floyd A. Hudgins, OF
Newport News, S. Y. g.: T.. T. Keton,
of Richmond. Jr. P. S. G.: Thomas B.
'lvey. OF Petersburg. S. T.. s. and G. w.
kinsey. of Richmond. Treasurer.
The session will open Tuesday. Octo-
Der 18th, at 8 a. M, in the Cape Charles
Hotel and will probably last three days
special reduced rates have been given
to the delegates from all points in the
State by the railroads and steamboat
lines.
THE MEMBERS
1t is generally the opinion that the
Junior Order of United American Me-
Chanics is composed entirely OF men
who work With their hands and hay.
some trade
This is entirely mistake The ranks
are composed from every walk Of life.
Professional men of every description
ard capitalists are all to be found on
the rolls. and any man who is of good
character and is an american citizen
is entitled to membership.
HISTORY OF THE ORDER
The Junior Order Of United Ameri-
can Mechanics was organized in 1853 as
an auxiliary of the Reliance Council CT
the Order of United American Mechan-
les. and was composed mostly Of boys
The word Junior" however did not
imply that it was composed of boys.
but only 70 distinguish the TWO orders.
The Juniors originally met in an OLD
schColhOuse in Germantown, Pa and
from this single council The younger
order has grown to such an extent that
1t now embraces forty"live States and
territories Of the Union, comprising two
thousand six hundred councils, with a
total membership Of about two hundred
thousand
The order is increasing every year.
ana in this State its growth has been
remarkable.
The Juniors are looking forward to a
good time at Cape Charles and expect
the attendance to be very good.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Otncer Grun,p Back.

policeman W. A. Cru:np and Mrs.
Emma Byron Branch. who were mar
ried in Richmond last Tuesday, arrived
in the city Saturday evening and since
then have been receiving the congrat-
ulations Of their many friends. They
We're married by Rev. Mr.. Hudson, of
the Pine Street Baptist church. Mr.
'Crump is one Of the best known officers
on the force and his bride is also we'll
known here, this being her former
home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Hare,xYonr Chance

5000 cash and $25 per month buys a 9
room house on Forty-hfth street near
Lafayette avenue. Price remarkably
low for the terms offered Cottrell
Real Estate Co, 2706 Washington ave
nue.. If
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
VIII lI.et You TIL. re.

ANY shipyard man who wants a
home will be met either at his home or
the shiryard gate by representative
OF the Cottrell Real Estate Co, with
horse and buggy. It will take but q
Few minutes to show property. Drop
us a postal card-we will do the rest.
2708 Washington avenue. 1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Dinner Sets.

In Ilavcln, three patterns, latest
styles. We start them at $500 the
set. Domestic ana Imported English,
one hundred piece, from $3.50 up to $50.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Mr. ]. Jacobs left yesterday for an ex-
tended visit to friends in Philadelphia.
list Your Property Now.

Persons who list their property for
sale with the Cottrell Real Estate
Company have the satisfaction Of
knowing that their property is lber-
ally and judiciously advertised and that
consequently the best possible price is
secured. What have you that you
want to realize on quickiy?. 1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Chamber Suits.

a host Of new designs, handsomer
than any we have ever shown before.
Suits in mahogany. solid birds eye
maple and rich golden oaks Our
dressers are fitted with unusually large
mirrors and the carvings are rich and
elegant.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10

IT you want Hat that is right up
to-date In style we are the people
10-4tf WOODWARD & WOMBLE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10

We Of
week.
Zen pianos are oue" for Newport News
city, makl@ in all 49, They
COol we the
Of all kinds
saved s1o0
BEFORE WE Bon the Jew have left and reship the
III coming we will deduct the freight and carriage back
tory from the wholesale factory cost and give the benefit
customers instead of the railroads.
~ you Intend to pchase inside Of the
int
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10

II you want warm Underwear we can
Some more new Hats just received
'C-4tt WOODWARD s. Womb ..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10

October's breezes and fashions
sneezes say Fall Overcoat. You can
get them at
lO-A-tf WOODWARD & WOMBLE's,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
6 a SN q f CT DIT.
New Draperies.

New Draperies.
effects.
Oriental designs in the newest faas
Lace Curtains in Irish Point. Renais-
Sance and Nottinghams from $3.50 IN.
we Grape every pair Of curtains and
furnish the poles free
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Pictures Framed to Order.

This IS a new department we have
added. We can frame any picture at
any price with all the latest patterns
ard styles. Big stock to select from
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Attractive October OFFERINGS

Commencing Monday and lasting six days with the big
gest values eyer offered to the Newport News pubic.
others may blow, but our prices more convincing.
Everything guaranteed as represented your money
back I'M ~1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
Chicago
House Furnishing Co.,
3OO5---W ashin$1On Avenue---3OO5
3OO5--- w ashin41or,
The Great Money Savers.

We knew that special offerings Of last week
would bring great crowds and that patrons would ap
prec1ate the surprising values offered We did rousng
business day last week. and ready to repeat
It this week Our goods contracted for many
oefore the which low prices for you Ali
advancing none and convincing everyone who makes
careful and critical comparison that have the
values IN the city, we'll the complete stock IF
ou are fastidous to furniture If you appreciate the
rich styles and efectveness will pay you inspect
our display Judging from low prices advertised
attractions perhaps will be med the quality
or stock Our assortment will represent every grade
the market We will have variety Of styles for the
general trade we'll the finer grades. Excellence
all our stocks elegance and superiority
all our speciatles.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY
OF "Favorites" at the E. E. Forbes
Music House

One of the handsomest Christmas dis
plays to be seen in Birmingham is the
mammoth stock of pianos and organs now
on exhibition at the e. E. Forbes music
house
And it is also a fact worthy of note that
this display is visited and admired daily
by the hundreds of music lovers who are
among the thousands of holiday shoppers
to be seen on the streets. Extraordinary
efforts have been eXerted by Mr.. Forbes in
catering to his already large constituency
in this section, and consequently his Biz
mngham house is stocked with one of the
most magnificent lines of high grade instru-
ments to be found in any music establish
ment. 1t is therefore a matter of pardona-
BILE pride in Manager Holcombe for him to
invite inspection of his display, which he
unhesitatingly offers for comparison. He
is conscious of the fact that his instru-
ments are "favorites,' as it were, are of
the most reliable manufacture comprise In
the test the leading makes of the country.
and will. in every respect, sustain the wei!
established reputation of Mr.. Forbes for
reliability in construction, tone and beau
ty of his goods.
Among the leading makes carried by Mr..
Forbes is the celebrated Kranich & Bach.
which is without a superior In workman
ship, tone. durability and finish. Besides
the Kranich & Bach might be mentioned
the Emerson, McPhail, Kingsbury. Royal
and Pease, and large variety of handsome
organs.
visit to the handsome salesrooms yes
terday found Manager Hocombe felicitat-
ing himself over his excellent holiday trade.
In fact, business has been phenomenal,
which is due to Manager Holcombe's intel
ligent efforts and enterprise, and the excel
lent reputation of the instruments exclu-
sively handled by him.