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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
IN EQUITY COURT.
Judge Edwards Hears Testimony in
the olyphant Sewer Case-Judge
Gunster Hears "Loop Case"

ELEPHANTS much talked-of sewer
squabble is now before court. It was
presented yesterday in the case of the
Olyphant Sewage Drainage company
against the Borough Of Olyphant and
Burgess r. j. McNulty. Hon. II. A.
Knapp and Hon. c. p. O'Malley, of
Willard, Warren & Knapp, represent
the plaintiff. Hon. John p. Kelly, Of
O'Brien & Kelly, and Frank NJ. Lynch,
the borough solicitor, appeared for the
defense.
The company seeks to restrain Bur-
CESS McNulty from interfering with it's
work of constructing a sewer system in
the borough
The company was chartered in 1896
to conduct a sewage drainage concern
in Olyphant and in the same year re-
ceived from the borough council a fran
chise to lay sewer pipes throughout the
borough, wherever they saw fit.
Under the charter the sewer was to
be commenced within two years and
finished in five. Owing to financial
difficulties the company failed to start
eXcavating until after five years had
elapsed. Then Burgess McNulty stopped
the work. alleging that the company's
rights had lapsed.
The company is trying to show by
testimony that the work was COM
menced within two years; that sur
veys were made and plans perfected
for the construction work all within the
two-year limit.
In answer to the allegation that the
charter has lapsed because the work
was not completed within five years
the company says that it is optional
with the state to cancel charters and in
this case evidence that no cancellation
occurred is found in the fact that since
the expiration of the five years the
state accepted from the company 5000
fee, which fee was attendant upon the
raising of the capital stock.
Since the time, when according to the
defendants the company's rights ceased,
| the borough, itself, has constructed a
sewer system in a portion of the town.
and in another equity suit, c. p. O'Mal-
| ley and others, is endeavoring to pre-
vent the borough from paying the con-
| tractors, alleging that the work was
done under defective ordinance.
The case if Finn against Carter was
concluded at noon yesterday. Before
hearing the arguments, Judge Edwards
went to Capouse to see for himself
the condition of the river at that point
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coRoNER's JURY EXoNERATEs.
Neither Contractor Nor Traction
Company Is Responsible.

Coroner Roberts held an inquest last
night at the arbitration room of the
court house in the case of Joseph saw
ensky who was killed by a cave-in on
Cedar avenue Friday last. where The
Seventeenth district main sewer is
being constructed.
John Hundon, of the Scranton Trac-
ton company. Contractor Coons and
son, who have charge of the sewer
work, William p. Reilly and Evan
Walters, of the city engineer corps,
and Select Councilman John Schneider
were among the witnesses examined.
They testified that the street rail-
way company and the contractors used
every precaution to protect the men
engaged in the sewer trench.
Daniel Donahoe, who had charge Of
placing the timber and props, testified
that 1t was done in accordance with
the latest ideas. Charles Fischer, who
was one of the men working with Saw
ensky, in his testimony stated that
when he saw the cave-in coming he
ran, called and with a beckon told the
young man to follow him, but he ap-
parently did not understand him or di 4
not realize the danger he was in.
The verdict OF the jury is appended
I'VE the undersigned jurors empann-
eled to investigate the cause of the
death of Joseph Savensky, which oc-
CURED Friday last by a cave-in at
the Seventeenth main sewer at South
Scranton, find after reviewing the evil
dence adduced that his death was due
to an unavoidable accident. We fur
ther find that Contractor Coons and
the Scranton Traction company used
every measure to fully protect the
men employed at the scene of the de-
plorable occurrence, and we hereby
eXonerate from any and all blame the
said contractor and company"
(Signed) II. Brown, L. r. Conley, JOS
eph Woelkers, Peter Haggerty, G.. A.
Miller, John ]. Gordon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
Water Company Is Sued.

Eugene II. Hutchins, of Mayheld,
by his father George Hutchin5 ),
brought suit yesterday to recover s., 900
from the Consolidated Water company
of Carbondale. At $50 one evening
last May he was driving to Carbon
dale with two ladies and just at the
city line his carriage went into an un-
protected trench eXcavated by the
water company, throwing out the
three occupants.
Young Hutchins suffered a broken
collar bone and other injuries. one
of the ladies, Miss Quinn. sustained
a broken arm. Hutchins' attorneys
are Comegys & Beyan.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
Nv MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING WITH
PERFECT SUCCESS. II SOOTHES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS
ali PAiNk CURES WIND COLO, and
is the beN remedy for DIARRHOEA.
Sold by Druggists in every part OF the
world BE sure and ask for Mrs. Wins.
lows Soothing syrup" and take no other
kind. twenty-five cents a bottle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14

]. T. watkins Vocal school, L. B.
Powells music rooms. Voice culture
and the art Of singing taught by
Scranton's favorite baritone, who for
style, expression and distinctness of
enunciation is uneXecelled.s Singers
given a hearing free of charge on
Wednesday and Fridays, 1.50 to 2.So
o'clock p. m.
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The Cartridge Exploded.

New York, Sept 13.-While picking a
cartridge i'm his home at Newark, n. j.,
today, Eugene II. Drientnall, son of Tax
Commissioner Drientnall, fatally shot his
wife. The cartridge accidentally explod-
ed and the bullet struck her in the heart
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
THE OTHER KLoNDIKER.

The other Alaskan adventurer within
the city is a. f, Mack, who is visiting
his brother, Joseph s. Mack, cashier at
the Sauquoit silk mills.
Mr.. Mack was born and brought up
at Mt. Cobb, but is now interested with
several brothers I'm the carriage busi-
ness in Brooklyn, N. Y. He started for
the Klondike on Feb TO- 1898, and re-
turned in this country last week
From the time of his arrival in SKA
quay, in the lower portion of the terri
tory, until the time he left ST. Nichaels,
in the northern part, last August, he
had travelled by land and water over
$1,000 miles, penetrating some of the
most remote and practically undiscov-
cred regions of that enormous tract
known as the Klondike.
Mr. Mack is a veritable walking
gazetteer of Alaska, knowing, 1t would
| seem, the name of almost every creek
in the entire country. Unlike Mr. Vet
| ter, he returns with $4,000. which he
made while there in fine claims located
| in various parts of the territory.
He met Mrs. Bens last June in
| Nulatio where she was being taken
care of by a Catholic priest named
| Father Rajue. She told him of tho
supposed death of the twelve men in
the Elk and also of the death of her
husband. He met Mr.. Vetter in St
Michaels while the latter was waiting
for the General Mcpherson, on which
he intended to sail.
Mr. Mack floated down the entire
length of the Yukon river, a distance
| of over | 900 miles, for the purpose OF
exploring the country and finding good
prospecting places. He has a great
deal TO say of the gross corruption ex.
listing among the Canadian officials
Like Mr.. Vetter he is fully determined
to brave the rigors of the far nortt
again next spring.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
VETTER RETURNS
FROM THE KL0NDIKE
BIG CROWD AT THE DEPOT TO
WELCOME HIN.

Militant with a Drum
Corps Gave Him Rousing Greeting
and Escorted Him to His Home on
Penn Avenue-Neighbors Welcome
Him and an informal Levee Marks
His Arrival at His Drug Store.
Another Klondiker Who Met Vet
ter Also Returned Yesterday.
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A Card.

We, the undersigned. do hereby agree
TO refund the money on "a b0-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 satis-
factory or money refunded. j, G, Bone a.
Son, Dunmore. Pal John +. Donahue,
Scranton. Pa.
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Remember

If you pay $500 or more
for shoes, you can get no
better value than the Cinder.
ella shoe offered a IS per paii.
Sole agents for Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
Plumbers, Strike

Is not settled, but the journeymel
plumbers have opened a shop at $40
Spruce street. No boys. Telephone
1893. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14

There was on exhibition yesterday
In the drug store a photograph OF the
schooner Elk, on which the party win
tered. 1t was taken on the spot where
the Inghram rescuing party came upl
on them. The picture shows small
boat, with no visible cabin. resting
in a quiet looking stream very near
the shore. When it was taken Mr.
Vetter was lying In a tent in the
bow end too i'll to lift his head.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
WOMEN DELEGATES
COME NEXT MONTH
ANOTHER BIG CONVENTION TO
BE HELD IN ELECTRIC CITY.

Annual Meeting of the Philadel-
phia Branch of the Womans' For
eign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church Will
Take Place Here Early in October.
1t Will Bring Together Many Rep
resentative Women from Pennsyl-
vania. Delaware and New York.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
Yesterdays Marriage Licenses.

Patrick Joyce ...............,.Sc Scranton
Maggie Sullivan .................Ta Taylor
James Inglis ..........Syracuse, n. Y,
Maggie Reldy ..........S Syracuse, n. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14

Drowsiness is dispelled by Beacham'
Pills. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14

Smoke the Pocono &c. Cigar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14

Philip ]. Vetter, who was at one
time believed to have perished in far
off Alaska, and whose homecoming
was looked upon by many as almost
return from the grave, arrived in this
city last evening and was received
with a remarkable outburst of popular
enthusiasm BY one of those strange
whims of fate which are so often met
with when least expected another trav-
eler from the Klondike, who had met
Mr.. Netter and Mrs. Bens in the frozen
north, also arrived in the city yester-
day, in the person Of Edward F. Mack,
who is visiting his brother on Taylor
avenue.
Long before $40 o'clock, the time
when the train on which Mr.. Vctter
came from Binghamton was due to ar
rive, a large throng of people had
gathered in and around the Lackawan-
ma station. About fifty members OF
Canton Scranton, Patriarch's Mill
tant, of which he is q member, were
present in full uniform, together with
the Nay Aug Drum corps. The canton
was in cor.mand OF Colonel w. G.
Cowles, Major General Edward G.
Deans, commander of the Patriarch's
Militant. Department of Pennsylvania
and the following members of his staff
were also present; Lieutenant Col
| onel George w. Skillhorn, assistant
| adjutant general; Lieutenant Colone
L. T. Dayis, assistant commissarS
| general.
The members Of the conclave anC
the drum corps were lined up on thu
| platform Just before the train arrived
| BY this time it had become a soliC
mass of packed humanity. There wer,
q few, of course, who were there from
a mere idle curiosity prompted by I
! desire to see man who had gon
through experiences which it falls t,
the lot OF but few to undergo. but tn
large majority were friends who wer
there to welc ome back a friend mourn
| ed as one Haa6
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
THE
cinderella SHOES
FOR WOMEN

Are the latest triumph of
the Shoemaker's art. Built
on new ideas, which combine
style, comfort, fit and wear
ing qualities never before
found in shoes at the price.
All genuine Cinderella Shoes
have the trademark and price
branded on the sole.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-14
NORTONS
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Also Souvenir Postal Cards.
raper Covered Books
at greatly reduced prices.
25 cent books for 10 and 15c.
SOC books for 25c.
25 cent cloth cover books,
large variety Of titles, for loc.
so cent cloth covered books,
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All the standard books.
All the desirable new books.
School Books and Stationery.
M. NORTON,
see Jackawanna Avenue.
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GAINED IN WEIGHT.

He has gained quite a good deal in
weight sand his face and hands are
brown as a nut from exposure to the
elements. He walks with a percept-
ible limp, the remains of the severe
attack of scurvy from which he suf-
fered. While he appears not only
healthy, but absolutely rugged there
is an undercurrent of intense nervous
action which cannot fail the eye Of a
close observer.
While he would not say much last
evening, by advice of his friends, who
feared a nervous reaction from the
excitement, he did say that he was
feeling very well and that he was fully
determined to go back again next
spring, if the objections Of his family
could be over-ruled.
The committee of Odd Fellows who
have the arrangements for a reception
to Mr.. Vetter in charge will meet to-
morrow evening to complete the pre-
parations.
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CROWD OF 800 PEOPLE.

the tidin IOlleu IN, a nuSn tell over the
assemblage, which was only broken as
the form of Mr.. Vetter was noticed on
the rear platform, when the drum corps
struck up Home Sweet Home" and a
loud cheer was sent up.
His son, Philip Vetter, jr., and little
daughter, Mary, were waiting at the
foot of the steps and they were the
first to greet him. The little girl be-
came so overcome at seeing her father
once again that she burst into tears.
1t seemed as If everyone on the plat
form wished to grasp his hand at the
same time and he was almost COM
pletely engulfed by the crowd which
surged about him. An aisle was formed
with difficulty by several chevaliers of
the order and he and his wife, who ac-
companied him, were escorted to the
plaza in front of the station, where q
carriage was in waiting.
The conclave formed in line and, pre-
ceded by the drum corps and followed
by the carriage containing Mr.. and
Mrs. Vetter and children and another
containing General Deans and staff
marched to the Vetter home at 4l5
Penn avenue. The streets were lined
all the way. and Mr.. Vetter was re-
peatedly obliged to dOff his hat in re-
sponse to greetings from friends.
A number of personal friends and
neighbors were gathered in the drug
store upon his arrival there and he was
compelled to hold sort of informal
levee. The members of the conclave al!
passed in and shook hands with him,
| each extending a word of welcome.
There We're several beautiful bouquets
presented to him, also.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11
Captain Watkins and the
Wreck Of the Paris.
MISTAKE IN CALCULATION
MENTIONS LONG SEA SERVICE
IN HIS REPORT.
The United States Local Inspectors
at New York Refuse to Accept
the Excuse and Suspend
Him for Two Years.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK July 10-The report of
Captain Watkins of the stranding of the
American steamship Paris was made pub
lie to-day by the local Board of Steam
boat Inspectors. Captain Watkins makes
no attempt to evade responsibility for the
accident, but on the contrary says frank
ly that the stranding of the ship was the
result Of an unaccountable error on his
part The accident, he says, was not
due to any want of thought or anxiety
about his vessel, but resulted from a mis-
take he made in calculating the position
of the ship.
The local inspectors have suspended
Captain Watkins license as master of
ocean steamers for two years.
Captain Watkins is still in charge of the
Paris and is acting in the interests of
the underwriters, to whom the ship was
turned over by the American line Off
cials
Captain Watkins report was made un-
der oath After reciting the incidents at
tending the striking of the vessel, the
saving of the valuable cargo and the sub
sequent efforts to float the steamship, the
captain says:
II regret to say that the casualty was
owing to an unaCCOuntable error on my
part It is about 131 miles from Cape La
tween these points l calculated occupied
six hours and fOrty-five minutes. Unfort-
unately, l reckOned the time on this basis,
for coming up with the Lizard from 1875
a m, when abeam of the Casquets, IN
stead of from 7:3S. when abeam of Cape
La Hogue, and the vessel was thus really
eighteen miles ahead of the position I
was acting upon. In addition. the thick
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11
Many Letters of APP
proVaI Received.
LEE FAV0Rs CONFERENCE
SOUTH DAKOTA'S EXECUTIVE IS
AGAINST COMBINATIONS.
Attorneys General of Several States
Also Approve of the Meeting
to Be Held in st. Louis
Next September.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

AUSTIN, Tex, July 10-The interest in
the proposed antitrust conference of the
Governors and Attorneys General of the
several States, to be held in st. Louis
September 20, is growing. Governor Say
ers to-day received letter from Governor
Andrew z. Lee Of South Dakota stating
that he will attend the conference, if it
is possible for him to absent himself from
official duties. He says:
Il believe the movement is an excellent
one, for it will take the united effort of
at least a majority of the States, If we
expect to succeed in cOunteracting the
evil of the gigantic combinations that are
being formed and are being constantly
multiplied. It is our duty to try, by
every honorable means possible, to subju-
gate these monopolies. Ii their absolute
control cannot be accomplished by legis-
laton, In my opinion the only remaining
remedy is Government ownership of
transportation and other industries that
are now being manipulated by the CAPT
talists directly against the interest OF the
masses.
Attorney General Smith has received
letters indorsing the proposed conference
and the objects sought to be accomplished
by ii from the Attorneys General of
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana and
Colorado.
Attorney General David NJ Campbell of
Colorado writes:
If there is any one thing that these
w eStern states at TINS Jlne are more III
terested in than any other 1t is to pro-
tect the rights and liberties of the peo
pie against the encroachment Of the as
sumed rights of trusts and mOnopolies.
l am heartily in favor of the establish
ment of a national antitrust Organiza-
ton, making it close organization and
extending its branches to every city, into
every county and every town in every
State in this Union, so completely binding
the people together that the class of our
common people, who live more from their
labor than from their capital, as to abso-
lutely throttle every conception of a trust
or monopoly which exists for the purpose
of preying upon the people. do not share
in the belief that the primary object of
the formation of trusts is for the purpose
of reducing the cost OF production, but 1
am firmly of the belief that the underly
trusts is TO compel the people, by its
demands and dictates, to lie trembling at
its feet until they deliver up their prop
erty piece by piece and their liberty inch
by inch until few trusts or combinations
will own the property of the people con-
troll the politics Of the Government and
mete out to the citizen only such drops of
liberty as will quench his thirst and sat
isfy him for the time being. l believe the
safest plan to pursue is that Of national
organization.
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weather over the land had obscured the
Lizard lights. l attribute the stranding
to the above cause and take upon myself
the full responsibility for it."
Captain Watkins makes a statement of
his sea service since 1851, during which
time he has crossed the Atlantic nearly
800 times, and of his record as navigating
officer of the Paris (crutser Yale) during
the war with Spain. and continues:
II have thought it right to place these
particulars before you in the hope that
you will take into consideration long
and responsible seafaring career, during
which l believe l have throughout held
the perfect confidence of my employers.
The accident was not due to any want of
thought or anxiety about my vessel or her
safety, but arose purely from the mistake
| made in making my calculations above
described"
The report of the United States Local
Inspectors, MeSSrS. Barrett and Petrie,
says: I'VE have carefully read the report
made by Captain Watkins, in which Cap
tain Watkins takes the entire responsible
ity of the disaster upon himself in making
q mistake in the time when he passed the
Casquets and thereby overrunning dis
tance- We find that the report is very
meager in details. inasmuch as he merely
states that he made a mistake, taking his
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11
TO TEACH AT STANFORD.
Introduction of Two New Courses G
Study

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, July 10
The following two announcements in re-
gard to courses that will be given at
Stanford University next year were made
from the office of the president to-day:
Rev. Charles R. Brown of the First Con-
gregational Church of Oakland will give
a course of lectures on The Ethics of
Christ" at 1870 p. IN. each Monday after
noon during the second semester Of the
year. Dr. Brown was recently offered
the chair of personal ethics at Stanford
by President David Starr Jordan, but his
Oakland congregation finally persuaded
him 10 remain with it, This course on
''The Ethics of Christ" will afford a fine
opportunity, however, for the Stanford
students to become acquainted with DR..
Brown.
Professor Henry Harrison Haynes, in
structor in Semitic languages in the
Divinity School at San Mateo, will give a
course in Hebrew at the university three
days a week throughout the year. Mr..
HAYNES has taken the degrees of master
Of arts and bachelor of sacred theology
and was this year made a doctor OF
philosophy by Harvard University. His
principal study at Harvard was Semitic
philology and his doctors dissertation
was entitled 1.-The Sabaean Inscription
Chaser 554.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11
INJECTED INTO THE BRAIN.
Anti-Toxin Serum Used to Save a
Patients Life

NEW YORK. July 10.-Anti-toxin serum
was injected into a mans brain al Pas
sale, n. j., at the general hospital late
this afternoon to save his life. The pa
tient. who was attacked by tetanus, is
Joseph A. Grotsky, a lawyer and Justice
of the Peace of Passaic. He was injured
on July while shooting off blank cart
ridges. One of the charges entered the
palm of his left hand, inficting severe
wounds poisoning developed on
Saturday and lockjaw set in early on
Monday morning. The doctors hope to
save his life. The first patient to be in
oculated with serum in this country was
operated on in the general hospital at
Passaic a year ago and recovered. He
was a. NJ. Hemion
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