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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
Very Good Umbrellas.

AT 70 cents for Friday, instead
of 81.
These are umbrella days, you
know. A little furry OF snow, a
bit of sunshine, a mist OF rain.
Don't need to be caught without
one, SO long as you can buy at
this Friday price.
Good umbrellas, too. Made
up from the best quality Of mer-
cerized cloth, guaranteed fast
black; solid iron frames, with
fancy or plain congo handles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29

You've paid a dollar for poor
er sorts many a time. Think of
these, then, at seventy-nine cents.
Pillow Tops-to Work.
80 cents on Friday, instead Of
70 cents.
Want something pleasant to
occupy your time these long win
ter evenings. Buy a couple OF
these pillow tops tomorrow
just the thing to embroider.
They come in a great variety
of colors, and in no end of pat
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
Oil Market.

oil City Dec. 2S.-Cre6it balances, 81 66;
certificates. no bids; shipments, l15 7O5
barrels; average, 75 O2G barrels; runs, lO2,
1902 barrels; average, 1868 barrels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
Sewing Tables, CSC.

One Of the big furniture fac
tories of the far west shipped us
two hundred OF these sewing
Tables, partly by mistake. Want
cd seventy-hvc cents for them,
too; but we compromised on the
price, and they're here for you
today.
65 cents is their Friday Price.
Every housewife knows the
value OF a good sewing table,
and these are good ones III every
sense. Full SO inches in length,
with yard measure imbedded in
the top. Made of hard wood,
with patent spring drops at
tached to supports.
At the present price OF lum-
Der, the Friday price of these
tables would not pay for the bare
materials.
On Fourth Floor after 10
o'clock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
Gigantic Clearing of Holiday Window HandkerchiefS.


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slightly mus They twisted dd the
nc il
fancy 0
in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
z5C for One Pound of Writing Paper and ENVELOPES.

The phenomenal offering of Writing Paper which we have reoe
the
this box before the Each box
quality white and equal quantity of envelopes match
n will be sold
be enough last the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
COlOred Dress Goods,

10 cents the yard.
This for the regular 25-cent
kind.
We offer today two thousand
yards of rich dress fabrics, in
new-fashioned silk-fnished ef-
fects, including handsome stripes
and checks. A full line of colorS
in the assortment.
Not a yard in the lot worth
less than a quarter. Some worth
more-if your clever eyes can
find it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
Basement Bargains.

We turn from the china and
bric-a-brac and give you some
intensely interesting values in
household needful things.
Friday, choose;
Galvanized Pals, 10-quart
size, regularly sold at % cents
one day only at 17c.
Galvanized Coffee Pots, regu-
larly sold at % cents; for one
day only at IA cents.
Double Rice Boilers, granite,
regularly sold at 40 cents; one
day only at % cents.
Nickel Plate Dinner Pals,
regularly sold at "a cents; one
day only at % cents.
Threc-Quart Granite Stew
Pans, regularly sold at 10 cents;
one day only at 1Oc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
55c for Water COlOrS

S5C Tor wafer I0lOrS
That are worth close on TO one
dollar.
Nine by fourteen inches in
size.
An old maxim tells us that
the home Of pictures is the
home of intelligence If that
is 50, there is no reason why
every home should not be sup
Piled with a quantity OF these
water colors, for nothing could
be prettier to adOrn the walls.
There are many scenes to
choose from, each view being
encascd in a fine FURNISHED gilt
frame with beaded edge and fin
ished with mats.
On the third floor today at 55
cents. You'll never buy them
again at the price,
The evening times., 1899-08-30
RANK pEpos1roRs UNEASY.
Sudden Departure. of "a Cashier
Causes a Run ON "a hank.

Sudden Departur. OF a. Cashier
Causes a Run ON a Hank.
WILMINGTON, N. G., Aug. So.-The
failure of George Sloan, the cashier OF the
Savings and Trust Company, OF this city,
to appear at his accustomed post caused
much comment, and whsn at about noon II
was discovered that he had left on the
Sunday evening train fos New York 1t led
to run on the bank. This iustitution has
| capital of $4,000, surplus o., ,Oe0 and
a'fposit account Of about SS00,0ccs
,Ne run continued from noon till 3
eio in the evening, and about $4,000
was PEI out, with at least 500, 1000 On the
| counter in full view of awaiting callers.
| ine etors made full and complete ex-
| amlha.ioiiaf the affairs OF the bank few
dass dass,. ago a. discovered shortage. The
uensi, as sAwn was Immediately made
sooo ny .ne Sssident, j. w. Norwood. oil
'hT T, A.ian.ic Natonal, of this city
ine cashier IS syoung man, about twen-
ey-seYeh Years oid.of good family and ex-
.mpia,y naD,,s. ano his sudden departure
is attributed by his Faulty to alteration OF
mind. There is no qus,t,on as TO the SOL
vency OF the bank. which is backed by the
! strongest capitalists in the ,itv and notice
has been given that all depSitors will be
paid without delay.
! When the cashier disappearea.the direc-
tors signed card stating thatshe hank
would not lose dollar because OF It M1n-
day night they met and notified all took.
| holders that their stock was worth e. ne,
| cent premium after paying depositors ir
full, and offered that price for any tha
might be for SALE
The evening times., 1899-08-30
SIGNS OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
An Unusual Demand for Fractional
Currency.

1.-The demand for fractional currency and
silver dollars is unprecedented for this
season OF the year" remarked a Treasury
official to a Times reporter this morning.
And the demand is not confined to any
one section of the country, either. The
mints are working full time turning out
dimes, quarters, and halves and as fast as
they are put up in packages they are SHIP
ped to the various subtreasuries. Usually
the demand for this currency doesn't begin
until the fall of the year, but this time
orders for large quantities have been COM
ing in for more than four weeks. 1t is
estimated that the amount of orders re-
ceiyed at the Treasury Department will av-
erage over $4,000 in fractional currency a
day."
Treasurer Roberts said this morning that
the demand was due to the activity of busi-
ness. An order was issued to the CALI
fornia mint on the first of August, he said,
to turn out s150,000 worth of dimes, quar-
tiers, and halves per month until further
notice just for the use of the Pacific Coast.
Another thing mentioned by Treasurer
Roberts was the increased demand for pen
nies in the West and South, where but
comparatively few of these coins have pre-
viously been used. He attributed the in
creased use of pennies to the war revenue
act, which requires the use of internal rev.
enue stamps on kilograms, checks, etc.
The evening times., 1899-08-30
FIGHTING WITH TRAMPS.
One of the Gang Killed and DE
tective Wounded.

NYACK, n. Y, Aug. 30-The Ramapo
Valley, which has become noted in the last
three or four years for the depredations
of tramps, was the scene of a struggle yes
terday resulting in the wounding of an
Erie Railroad detective and the killing OF
one of the tramps, a negro.
A gang of tramps were found on an Erie
train at Sterlington Junction shortly be-
fore noon, and Eric Detectives Mahoney,
O'Hare. Dwyer. and Vickers started 10 cap
ture them. The detectives surrounded the
car and succeeded in arresting six of
the men. One of the tramps, a negro,
broke away from the detective, held up a
revolver, and fired several shots, and start
ed on brisk run through corn field.
The detectives followed him. When Ma
honey reached the road wagon was pass
ing and the detective jumped in. and by
lively driving headed off the fugitive. The
negro then fired another shot from his re-
volver shooting Mahoney in the thigh The
detective quickly returned the fire. shoot
ing the negro in the shoulder. The negro
was taken to Suffern on a train, and died
after reaching that place. Detective Ma
honey was taken to the hospital at Pater-
son. During the melee four of the tramps
escaped, and two were taken TO Suffern
and locked up.
The evening times., 1899-08-30
HER HALF EAGLES MISSING.
Mysterious Loss of n Widows Golden
Store.

GLEN COVE, L. l., Aug. S0.-N1rs. Rich
ard Lockwood, a widow living on Forest
Avenue in this village, is mourning the
loss of all her wealth. which consisted of
twenty $40 gold pieces. The money had
been earned by the hardest kind OF labor.
As fast as her savings amounted TO so
Mrs. Lockwood took them to the local bank
and changed them for gold piece The
gold she hid between the mattresses of her
bed. Yesterday morning she went 10 look
for the money and II was gone. Her six
year-old grandson confessed that he had
seen the bag containing the gold while his
grandmother was making the bed and had
taken it when she was not looking TO play
with it. When he had tired of il he had
given it to a girl playmate. The child ad-
mitted having had the gold, but said that
she in turn had given il TO another boy.
The boy said that he did not receive the
money but that he saw the girl hide 1t in
barn in the rear of her home. A search
of the barn was made, but the money was
not found. Mrs. Lockwood reported the
matter TO the local constables who are try
ing to solve the mystery of the case
The evening times., 1899-08-30
PLIGHT OF A PICNIC PARTY.
They Narrowly Escape Drowning In
n Swollen Ford.

MIDDLETOWN, Nd, Aug. 30.-Two
gentlemen, accompanied by two young la
dies from Lewistown. in the northeastern
section of Frederick county, had thrill
ing experience and narrow escape from
drowning last Saturday night after the
fierce storm while en- route from the Mid
dletown Sunday school reunion to the home
of Mr.. John Bussard. They saw the ford
of creek they were to cross by the light
ming flashes, but were unable to see that
the road turned to the right in the stream
They kept straight across and reached a
steep bank on the opposite side. The wa
ter ran into the buggies and the ladies
stood on the seats and held to the buggy
tops, but the water came up to their an
kles. One of the buggies floated around in
the stream and came near upsetting.
Finally, after great difficulty one of the
gentlemen succeeded in getting out of the
creek. He then went down the bank to
try to reach the bride of his friends horse
but slipped and fell into the raging tor
rent. He swan out, and in the meantime
the other gentleman succeeded in forcing
his horse up the bank near the ford In
doing so the contents of the buggy, includ-
ing the picnic basket and the table furni-
ture were washed out. Thoroughly
drenched. the unfortunate picnickers made
their way to Mr.. Brandenburgs house.
where they procured dry clothes and re-
mained all night. One of the young ladies
said she had often heard of the great Mid
dletown reunion and the experience of her
first visit would be enough to last her a
lifetime.
The evening times., 1899-08-30

knowledge of the conditions which sur
rounded them. When he went back to his
congregation he knew a great deal more
about the reasons why the workingman
does not come to church than he knew be-
fore.
We have not yet entirely emerged from
that Puritan habit of thought which does
not recognize the need for amusement as
an integral part of the human constitu-
tion. The average man requires certain
amount of recreation in his life, just as
he needs beefsteak now and then; and
IL he cannot get il in one way he will in
another. The ignoring of this perfectly
natural desire has created various abnor-
NAL cravings for unhealthy excitement.
II the church wants to save people from
Sin, and the woes which follow sin, the
best and most economical way to do it
would be TO increase the sum of human
happiness-to make pleasant places where
those who have little pleasantness in their
lives can come. 1t is not necessary or
desirable that these should be in the
church itself But if every communicate
would make II his or her duty 10 create
as much happiness as possible for the SER
want, the clerk, the chance acquaintance,
the bootblack, encountered in daily life; If
justice and generosity ruled every action,
and it, after this, the members of the
, church as a body would put their heads
together and provide free music, librar-
les, and breathing space for the poor, the
kingdom of heaven would arrive more
quickly than by prayer and fasting.
The evening times., 1899-08-30
UP MOUNT Ass1NIBo1NE.
Successful Trip of Ex.Iorers In ~.
Il; NJ

Successful Trip of EA.Iorers In the.
Canadian RockA,s.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.-Axecry G.
Bryant. president of the Geographic So
ciety OF Philadelphia, has just rturned
from an exploring trip Of the Cahdian
Rocky Mountains, made in company Nth
Louis j. Steele. of London. On Thursdy
he will sail for Berlin where he represent
the local society at the International Con-
trip, MIR. Bryant said:
THE party left Banff Springs. Alberta,
Northwest Territory, on July "a. Our
best achievement was the discovery of a
new pass over the Central Divide, which
is just south of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road, by way of Heally Creek and Simpson
pass. We reached our objective point,
Mount Assiniboine, in three days and a
half. The only travellers who ever enter
ed this region before us took seven days
in making the journey. They were six
white men. We, therefore, felt that we
had accomplished something in finding a
much shorter route to this famous noun
tain, the height of which is 11,S76 feet"
The intention OF the explorers was to
ascend Mount Assiniboine from the west
side, but after climbing up 10000 feet and
reaching territory that human being had
never set foot on before, they were forced
to descend. The descent was perilous and
an approaching storm caused the men to
hurry.
while on the snow slope, cutting steps
for our safety in the hard snow and Ice,
said Mr.. Bryant, I'VE suddenly came upon
a projecting rock. AT the moment my
companion, Mr.. Steele, slipped. 1t was a
moment of life or death. If we had been
dashed down on the rocks below We would
have been killed.
Il Just had time to strike my ak helve
into the snow and thus secured better
hold but the force of the tug on the rope
when Mr. Steele fell was SO great that
was hurled down the slope. BY quick
movement my companion reached an open
ing where the snow melted owing to the
heat radiated from a rock. The stable
footing which We here secured arrested
our descent. We were after that enabled
to continue our journey at leisure. The
last stage of the descent, about 250 feet,
was made by sliding down the face of the
mountain. Not as boys slide on the level,
of course. The mountain sliding Is called
glissading. We lay down on our backs and
put our feet close to the ground With the
ak helve tightly under the right arm, its
blade cutting deeply into the ice, We slid
swiftly down the steep slope. The ak act
ed as helm, and by a little shifting we
could pilot ourselves out of the way OF
things apparently no: smooth enough for
our comfort"
The evening times., 1899-08-30
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST so. 1899.
The General stan Conspiracy.

Well-informed observers al Rennes ap-
pear to be convinced that the more clearly
the acquittal of Dreyfus is foreshadowed
in the collapse of the case against him,
and the more certain il appears that Mer-
cier surely, and Roget and Gonse probably,
are TO be arrested at the end Of the trial,
the greater grows the danger of reyolu-
tion.
The perjurers and forgers of the general
staff are known TO believe that it is in their
power. to place the whole French army in
revolt against the government at an hours
notice. From anu-Dreyfusard quarters
we hear that a complete canvass has been
made and that every regiment is TO be re-
lied on to join the movement and help to
overturn the state. This is the idea pri-
vately given out by Mercier and others
and accepted, more or less, as true by in
telligent Frenchmen.
How much of it is credible, and how
much may be regarded in the light O
bluff, - it would be impossible to say. On
thing, however, is sure: The general
whose villainy has been exposed know
that revolution is the only thing that cal
save them from disgrace and deportation
even admitting their power to escape pena
serssSude. They are playing a waiting
game for the moment, hoping that some
thing may turn up to avert the necessity
for desperate measures; but they cannot
delay whatever they intend much longer
They must count upon the certainty o
Dreyfus' exoneration, unless they can ar,
range for a coup d'etat or his murder
within the next week or so.
These gold-Iaced conspirators depen(
upon the affection which, as they claim. tn,
army feels for them. But old GaIlifet is ;
hero with the rank and file, or was a few
weeks ago. He cannot have been idle, Will,
Mercier and Roget have been operatin!
their propaganda of mutiny among the sol
diers! AT the last ii will be a test o
strength and preparation between the min.
lister and the staff generals; and the exhi.
bition promises TO be sensational and per.
haps bloody.
The evening times., 1899-08-30
LAssoED BY A PLucKY GIRL.
Miss BraddOck, n Jersey Woman
Ends n Mad Bulls Rush


HADDoNFIELD. N. j., Aug. SO-Every
now and then a rich ranchman writes on
from the West saying he wants a pretty
and plucky wife who is not afraid to lead
a rough life. Ranchmen arerespactfully
recommended to pay court to Miss May
Braddock, daughter of Isaiah N. Braddo X,
a butcher, of Lindenwold who yesterday
lassoed a mad bull and threw it, and so
saved the life of the man whom, in an
other moment, the bull would have gored.
The bull had been led to Braddock's
slaughterhouse with much difficulty and
the butchers were preparing to kill him.
They ran rope through the ring in the
bulls nose, them through a ring in the
floor and were pulling on the rope to
drag down the bulls head in position for
the knife. The animal, great beast with
wide breast horns. resisted with all his
strength firmly splanting his fore fest
and shaking his mighty head.
Although the rope had held a hundred
bulls, the strain was too great. 1t broke.
Finding himself fFee,j the bull dashed ont
of the open door of the slaughterhouss
into the yard back of Braddock's house.
The butchers rushed after him with
ropes and knives
Theodore B. Gibbs. OF edmonton, a
former sheriff, had just driven up, and,
having walked across the yard, was near
the house when lthes infuriated bull saw
him, lowered his head and charged him.
Miss Mary Braddock had just come olt
of the house and saw Gibbs danger be-
fore he knew 1t. She cried to him 10 run,
and, picking up a short piece OF rope,
which lay coiled on the step, she did what
not one woman in a million would do
she ran toward the bull.
Intent on what seemed an easy victim,
the bull passed her. Holding the two
ends of the rope, Miss Mary ran few
steps by the bulls head, threw the rope
over his horns, halted and with all her
strength jerked the rope.
The sudden, unexpected check in the
mad course threw the bull, and such was
bis momentum he turned a somersault.
Before he could recover his legs the
butchers were on him and had secured
him.
The evening times., 1899-08-30
REPENTANCE AFTER MARRIAGE
Nine. SziInssy, an American Girl,
Coming Home Again.


DETROIT, Aug. 3O.-Colonel Frank ].
Hecker, who was master of transportation
under Secretary Alger. and who is one
of the richest men in Michigan, sailed from
New York last Thursday accompanied by
his wife. for Paris, where he will meet his
daughter, Nine. Guyla Hope Joseph de
Szilassy, and bring her back to her home in
this city.
The ostensible purpose of Colonel Heck
er's trip is the interest he takes in the
health of his daughter, and the family are
endeavoring to convey the impression that
Nine. De SZlassy is returning to Detroit
simply to recuperate. Close friends of the
family say the precarious condition Of her
health is due 10 the treatment she has
received from her husband, 10 whom she
was married on December 90, against the
wishes of her parents, and that she con-
templates immediate divorce proceedings
Louise Decker de Szilassy is twenty-f five
years old, fair, TALL stately, with a very
charming manner. She was regarded in
Washington last year as one of the most
desirable matrimonial catches.
De @SZiiassy had not been an attache of
the Austrian Embassy long when he met
Miss Hecker. He was most assiduous in
his attentions. Miss Hecker was at that
time engaged TO man in Montreal.
When Miss Hecker announced her inten-
ton to marry De Szilassy, Colonel Hecker
refused his consent. Miss Hecker came
| to her home in this city and brooded SO
over her love affair that her fatf0', appre-
hensive of her health, gave his consent to
| the marriage. This was last fall, imme-
| diately after the Colonel's resignation from
| the War Department.
Statements were made that the Austrian
| was a man of wealth and highly regarded
| in diplomatic circles Szlassy insisted on
an immediate wedding and his request was
granted. He arrived in this city from Eu-
rope only few hours before the wedding.
| A large proportion of the wedding presents
consisted of gold and silver plate. When
| De SZlassy discovered that these were
| marked with his wife's name, he insisted
| that they be sent to a jewelers. and re-
| marked with his name before he would go
| to the church.
After the wedding tour in the South they
returned to this city, Szilassy saying he had
| been released from duty at the legation.
He stayed in this city for several months
| and was much disliked because of his
sneers at Americans and American man.
ners.
! Then 1t was announced that SZilassy bad
| been recalled to enter diplomatic service
| in Austria. Colonel Hecker discovered that
he was a small man in diplomatic circles,
and had been temporarily appointed to the
| legation in Washington. His estates, also,
are said to consist chiefly of castles in
| Spain.
| He and his wife went direct to Paris.
| The manner in which she had been treated
there was gathered from pitiful appeal
she is said to have sent her parents, i'm
ploring them to come and take her home.
| Colonel and Mrs. Hecker went at once.
| The Heckers say that Szilassy's treat
ment of his wife was due to the absolute
refusal of Colonel Hecker to give him Tn
] limited money.