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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
FUNERAL OF t. j. MOORE.
Requiem Mass Celebrated III st.
peter's Cathedral

The remains of the late Thomas j.
Moore were laid at rest yesterday
morning in the Dunmore cemetery At
his residence. $40 Adams avenue, were
gathered hundrcd- Of the city's and
nearby towns representative men,
prominent in every sphere of life.
They came to nay the final tribute to
the memory Of q man whose every act
was characterized NY all that was
good and noble.
The same friends VINO through life
surrounded him ami loved him. passed
in silence by him yesterday and gazed
for the last time on hia peaceful fea-
turcs The remains were laid out in
The front uarlor OF the residence al
most enveloped with floral designs.
The employees Of Conncll & Co.'S four
stores, of which she deceased was
manager. and the scranton Axle
works sent handsome floral pieces.
They attended the ubsequics in body.
AT 9.45 o'clock the funeral process
sion moved to st. Peters cathedral,
where solemn high mass of requiem
was sung. Rev. j. \. O'Reilly was
celebrant of the mass Rev. j. j. B..
Feeley. deacon. and Rev p. j. Cough,
sub-deacon. Miss Mary Canavan di-
reCted the choir. Mrs Walsh sang the
offertory and solos Of the mass In
accordance with the rule at the cathe-
dral, there was not a eulogy pro-
nounccd. At the close Of the services
the procession moved to the cemetery.
The pallbearcrs We're: Colonel Ezra
II. Ripple, r. j. Kelly. John j. Brown,
John j. O'Boyle and Thomas f. Walsh,
of Scranton, and r. j. Hopkins, of
New York. Sprays of roses were car
ried by Alfred T.. Conuell and Charles
a. Kcaster. The Catholic Mutual
Benevolent association, and the Royal
Arcanum were largely rcpresented at
the funeral.
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he signed this agreement IL he was
the owner of the property.

he signed this agreement IL he was
the owner of the property.
Now. October 1, 1887. for value received,
hereby sell, assign, transfer and set
over to +. A. Coray. his heirs or as
signs all my right, title and interest in
and to n certain agreement for u Condi-
ttonal sale of certain property situate
In Blakcly, Iackawanna county, Pa,
executed and delivered to me this day
by John Jermyn. This assignment only
TO be used in case of the death of the said
John s. Jenkins.
He said Mr. Coray wanted some
thing to show that he had an interest
i'm the property in the event of his,
jenkins, death. Their attorney, the
late Lemuel Amerman, drew up the
paper and he signed 1t suprDsing that
the paper the proper thing under the
circumstances. Mr.. Jenkins firmly
maintained that he purchased the
property and that the statement that
he merely held it in trust for Mr..
COray, is not true.
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YOUNG AT LIBERTY AGAIN.
Was Released from the County Jai.
Yesterday.

Arthur Young was released from the
county Jail yesterday after serving
thirty days for stealing the umbrella
Of Attorney Louis Gramer, of Car
bondale.
Although Young is only about 16 he
has already served several terms in
the county jail. When he was ar
rested for the Gramer theft COM
mittment was made out for him and
given to a constable.
on the way to this city Young got
possession of the commitment and then
eluding the constable he proceeded un-
accompanied to the county jail, pre-
sented his commitment and was lock-
ed up.
When arraigned for trial he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to thirty
days Imprisonment.
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How to Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold or
from an attack of Ia grippe. During
the epidemic of la grippe few years
ago when so many case resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed by that di-
sease when Chamberlain's Cough REM
edy was used. 1t counteracts any ten
dency of cold or la grippe to re-
suit in that dangerous disease. 1t is
the best remedy in the world for bad
colds and la grippe. Every bottle war
ranted For sale by all druggists
Matthews Bros, wholesale and retail
agents. s$
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EXAMINATION OF VAN HORN.
1t Is Being Very Carefully Made by
DR.. Wetherill,

DR.. Wetherill, secretary of the lun-
acy committee of the State Board of
Charities, who is here for the purpose
of aGcertaining the mental condition
of George X. Van Horn, is doing his
work thoroughly. He visits the con-
demned man daily, and is evidently
neglecting nothing that will shed light
on Van Horns real condition.
He is reading all of the testimony
taken at the trial and the dispositions
with reference to Van Horns sanity.
Wednesday night he had a long talk
with Messrs. Thayer, Wedeman and
Horn, the attorneys for Van Horn
DR.. Wetherill would not give any in
dicatiOn of what he thought of Van
Horns mental condition, but seemed
anxious to hear all about the crime
especially the minor incidents connect
ed with it.
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AN AGED HERMIT DEAD.
His Body Found Near His Hut on
the Road to Moscow.

bne hOau TO moscow.
Patrick Grady, who since the death
Of his wife ten years ago has lived
the life Of a hermit in a small hut
along the road to Moscow about one
mile and half above Dunmore, was
found dead yesterday morning in a
pile of snow near his abode, partially
buried. He was sCantily dressed, and
tightly clutched in his arms was a
quantity Of kindling wood.
But little was ever seen of Grady
since he began the life of solitude, and
the past week no one. so far as Is
known, have seen him. 1t is pre-
sumed that he was taken with a vio-
lent attack of heart failure and died
suddenly. The fact that the wood in
his arms was as if held by one alive
supports this theory.
The deceased was 60 years Of age
and several children survive him. He
worked at the Gypsy Grove mines and
spoke to his fellow workmen only
when necessity compelled him. Cor.
oner Roberts was notified of the case
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FIRE IN NO. 8 SCHOOL.
1t Was Extinguished Before Much
Damage Was Done.

\ fire took place at No, public
school on Tuesday which, but for the
prompt action of the principal of the
building and the teacher in one of the
primary rooms, might have resulted
in a serious panic
For the third time the furnace pipes
became overheated and set fire to the
wainscoting and Dashboard. The teach
ers formed a bucket brigade and had
quenched the fire by the time a per-
manent man from the nearest engine
house had arrived, and so quietly was
it done that no excitement was caused
among the children. The wood was
considerably charred.
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MULDERIG KILLED.
Crushed by Fall of Roof in the
Greenwood Mine.

A fall of root instantly killed John
Mulderig in the new shaft of the
Greenwood Coal company at Green
wood yesterday afternoon. Mulderig
was q laborer and was employed by
Thomas Sullivan, miner, who escap-
ed without injury.
His remains We're taken Ia his home
i'm West Minooka. He was about 81
years Of age and is survived by a wife
and a number of children.
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ANNUAL MESSAGE
OF MAYOR BAILEY
MATTERS DISCUSSED ARE OF A
ROUTINE NATURE.

The Document Fails to Reveal Much
of Anything That Is Not Already
Known, and Is Largely Composed
of Reports Furnished by the Heads
of Departments-Police and Fire
Departments Appear TO Have
Received the Chief Executives
Ardeut Admiration.
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BOND ORDINANCE DEAD.
After Weeks of Tinkering the Com
mon Council Administered the
Final Blow at Its Meet
ing Last Night.

The bond ordinance received a death
blow last night in common council, and
suburban Councilmrn. headed by Mr..
Grier. of the Third ward, administered
it. They wanted provisions for various
ward improvements made in the ordn-
ancc, and when these items were elm
mated its death was determined upon.
When tn" meeting opened Mr.. Gricr
questioned the correctness of the min
utcs of the last meeting with refer
ence to the adoption of the report of
the committee of the whole on the
bond ordinance. The minutes stated
that the report was adopted but it
was contcnded by Mr.. Grier that there
We're only ten members present when
the matter came to Il vote. and there
fore it could not have been legally
adopted.
There was Il good deal of discussion
on this matter, not a few Of the MEM
bers holding that the report Of the
committee of the whole or the hui"
as some of them were fond of calling
it, had not been properly adopted.
Chairman Moir said a roll call had
not been asked, and he had no Of
fetal knowledge that less than eleven
members were present \ quorum was
present when the roll was called and
he had excused no one therefore so
far as he was concerned a quorum
was present and ne so ruled.
Mr. Grier asked that his objection
to the minutes be stated on the record
This was done and council passed Ia
other matters.
When council was considering ordin-
anCes on third reading in the eighth
order of business, Mr.. Calpin, who had
the bond ordinance in charge, was en-
gagged with other matters and failed tc
call it up. After the business in the
ninth order was disposed of NJ V. Nor.
ris moved to adjourn and Mr. Calpir
to return to the eighth order Of bust.
ness. He said the meeting was called
to consider the bond ordinance, and il
was unfair for the cOuncilmen to en-.
deavor to avoid the issue. Mr.. Morris
motion to adjourn was defeated by the
following vote:
Yeag-Recse. NJ. V. Morris, Grier, Gil
roy, G. i. Wenzcl, Coleman. Keller.
Nays-Grittiths, Walker. Calpin, Zl2cl
mann, l.. f. Weazel. Wirth, Monogram
Jackson, Oliver, r, n. Morris, Norton
! Moir-12
Mr.. Calpin then moved To return
to the eighth order to consider the
bond ordinance, but Mr.. Grier object
ed. A motion TO return was defeated
| by the following vote:
Ncas-Grttiths, Walker, Calpin, Zlzal
mann, Wirth, Monoehan, Jackson, Oliver
| n. f. Morris, Norton, Moir-ll
! Nays-Reese, NJ. V. Morris, Grier Gil
roy. Il. r. Wcnzel, G. L. Wenzel, Cole
J man. Keller-S.
\ two-thirGs vote is required to re,
turn To a given order of business. and
Mr.. Calpin's motion not receiving it
| 1t was lost
Owing to the failure Of the common
council to pass the ordinance last night
on third reading it cannot now b.
passed in time to present it to the vo.
ters for their consideration at the com
| ing election.
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SCRANTON VICTIMS
OF CLEVER F0RGER
OPERATED HERE FOR TWO
MONTHS SUCCESSFULLY.

Arrested Yesterday in Syracuse on
Information from Scranton and
Taken to Binghamton to Answer
Forgery Charges There-Known as
George Eames, of Detroit, Agent OF
a Harrisburg Building and Loan
Association-W. w. Wilkins and
Geo. E. Cooper the Chief Loosers.
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CHARTER FOR HOSE COMPANY
on application of Attorney John NJ. Har-
ris court vest .rday granted a charter 20
the Lawrence Hose company No. l. OF
Old FOrgoR
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LABORER EURNED.-ln the Johnson
mine yesterday morning, John Ninario, n
laborer was burned by an explosion. He
was taken to the LaCkawanna hospital
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MEET THIS MORNING.--Thc mama
gers of the Home for the Iriendlcss will
meet this morning at $50 in the Young
Womcn's Christian association on Wash
ingtOn avenue.
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SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES.-The
bilding and finance committees Of the
board of control will meet tonight.
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Mayor Bailey's annual message was
received by select council last night.
The document is largely composed of
material furnished over the signatures
Of heads of departments and the whole
was compiled by the mayors seCre-
tary. r. j Beamish.
PeruSal of the message fails to- re-
veal much, if anything. that is new.
The mayor pays particular compliment
to the fire and police departments
and advocates a reasonable bond or
dinance. Following is the message in
full:
To the Select and Common Councils
In compliance with the statute law of
this state, | address you at this time
upon the condition Of this municipality
and upon the things which seem to mt
and for the safety and convenience of its
citizens. In considering the condition of
the city, the first thing to he noted is its
financial status. The authority upon this
subject is the city treasurer. This is a
brief rovicw Of the years work I'm that
officials department:
summary Of collections and diSbur Sc
ments by City Treasurer e. q. Boland
from April /, 1898, to January /. 1870:
To balance cash on hard, April 1.
m
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REPORT TODAN.-Thc grand jury
will make it's first report to court today.
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The Wilkes-Barre Record can be had
in Scranton at the news stands of Reis-
man Bros, 404 Spruce and 503 Linden
--reets: Mac. Lackawanna avenue
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CITY NOTES


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Dodru "l cohtrol VIII meet loHlSH''
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mine yesterday morning Johh rlhalo, u
laborer. was burned by an cNploSiolL ne
was taken to the LHtka"anhd hospildl'
CHARTER FOR HOSE COMPANY
on application of Attorney John NJ. Har-
ris court vest rday granted charter TO
the Lawrence Hose company, No. /, Of
Old Forgoe
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gers of the Home for the Frientllcss win
meet this morning at $50 i'm the Young
Womcn's Christian association on Wash
ington avenue.
roR ASSAULT AND STARRING .-
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Ivas nyod Ignatz Gnn,Isk,. or siG <cysa,.
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ccnscs were granted by Cl"tk of tho
,olhls Daniels yesterday 10 Dominica
Aniero OF NIk,S Barre, ana josephine
champion OF West lhttSton; william
Hi'" ana Amy MAUD Dawes ol ScraH-
ION SrnaStlah fldhuS ana hatherlhe
.n'ok' OF scranton JACOB l\ama ana
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TWO EQIlT StITS.-Th" closing tcs-
timony in the equity suit Of John Kear-
neN against Michael Noarney was heard
were made by cH-JudGr w. H. stanton
Tor the plaintiff, ana oX-JudCc Ward ANA
Joseph oBrien fOr the defendant. BY
agreement of counsel the equity suit of
robert Hurley against tn" Delaware ana
hudson Canal company was continued
until Monday, Jun" u.
DIR. RICE I%JI'RED.-Dr j. n Rice
suffered a painful accident last Friday
while i'm puttsyillc. lie was on his way
from one building to another connected
with the mines when he slipped and fell
Years dag was most uncomfortable spent
in the mine office ana ne WIS moi able 10
be removed to his home until Monday.
Yesterday he was able to be about on
crutches but was suffering conSid-
ably.
BOOTS" H;EWMAN ARRESTED
W. Newman, better known as Boots" is
under arrest charged with The theft Of q
suit of clothes and AN oyercoat the
whole valued at S35 from n Newman
a Iackawanna avenue clothier New
man secured his outfit on approval and
was to have returned to the store in a
half hour but he disaOpoared. He w,s
arrested last night on n warrant issued
by Alderman Millar and locked in the
central Doli,c station and will he given
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l wish to state TO the public that
! have formed no combination with
other Republican candidates, notwith-
standing current reports.
+, j. Widmayer
~ Candidate for City Controller.
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FOR ASSAULT AND STABBING.--
For an alleged assault in which a knife
was used, Ignatz Gonulsky, of SIG Kcyser
aNncuo, was arraigncd yesterday before
Alderman KasSon on complaint of Jo-
seph Pisarski Gonalsky was committed
TO iail In default of bail.
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A man known as George Eames, Of
Detroit. who made dupes of a number
of Scranton people by means of forged
and other worthless paper. was ar
rested at Syracuse yesterday morning
on information sent from this city. II"
worked his bad paper right and left in
Scranton and made his departure n
few weeks ago just in time to escape
arrest while in his field of operations.
After word was received here Of
Eames arrest in Syracuse. later in
formation told of his being taken to
Binghamton to answer the charge OF.
forgery there.
w. w. wilkins, one of F.ames' Scran-
toms victims, has been instrumental in
having an indictment prepared for pre-
sentation today to the grand jury
which is now in session. Undoubtedly
true bill will be found and the in
dictment will be held pending the dis
position of the BinGhamton case.
QUIET IN MANNER.
Eames registered at the Hotel Ru-
dolph oct. 13 and remained at the ho-
tel until he went away on Dec. %. All
his transactions with the hotcl
people We're regular. lie represented
himself as representative of
n building and loan association
OF Harrisburg. He appeared to
be about 80 years old, wore spectacles.
weighed about 100 pounds, was about
5 feet inches tall and wore q full
| beard, black in color, but slightly
streaked with gray. He drank but not
&c excess, and was quiet in manner.
Mr.. wilkins cashed for lIamcs a
check for 800. signed Clayton H. Ste
| phensor.' who, Eames said, was his
brother-in-law and general manager
of the building and loan association.
| The check was on the First National
| bank, of North Wales, Pa. Wilkes also
! identified Eamos at the clothing store
Of Richards, Wirth and Lewis, on
! Lackawanna avenue, where Eames
procured an eighteen dollar uvercoat,
receiving in change so on n Newcastle,
Pa, check for $40 signed "Charles A.
| Paterson"
George r. Cooper, of the West Side,
cashed for EameS one of the latter's
| "brother-in-law's checks for $40 and
later advanced him $i5 on the strength
of a sight draft which Eames drew on
| George L. Perkins" of Detroit. The
draft came back, as Perkins" didn't
| exist.
FORGED COOPER'S NAME.
In Blnghamton Eames secured money
on check to which Coopers sigma
ture had been forged. The body of
each of the checks floated by Eamcs
was filled out in his natural hand
writing, but his endorsements show an
evident, but fairly clever attempt at
Disguise.
The energy with which Eames pushed
his trade is shown in the way he de-
trauded travelling man named Finch.
The latter left the Hotel Rudolph with
Eames on the day that Eames left the
CITY. They met aboard a Delaware and
Hudson train, and before they reached
Wi!kes-Barrc Eames succeeded in in.
Eratiating himself so thoroughly rhat
Finch cashed a spurious check for $50
How many more victims Eames had
in Scranton is not known, but it is be.
leNed there are several whose names
have not been mentioned. but who vii
declare themselves now that the swind.
Ter is in the tolls.
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YOUNG GIRL NRRESTED.--A girl not
over Is years old and who gave the name
of Maud Smith was found on the streets
in the company of John Carroll many
years his con panion's senior, late We'd
nesday night. patrulman Parry placed
them both under arrest The girl was
sent TO her parents and Carroll WAS hncd
So in police court yesterday morning.
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Total disbursements ..........S2aS, 80

BaIahCe Jan. ], I699 ,,...,.,,,...S22o,Z9 o,Z91 81
This is indeed an excellent showing.
There are still several accounts that are
to be heard from and these will some
what Increase the balance on hand. 1t
now seems certain that there will be a
larger balance on hand at the close Of
this fiscal year than at the close of the
last. As a matter of fact there is not
a city that is better fixed financially than
Scranton.
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tCoI tinued on Page 81
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NEVER MADE A DEMAND.

lie has never demanded a return Of the
stock of the Spring Brook company nor
informed me Of any disposition of II.
have always been ready and willing TO
return the stock 10 him on payment of the
money due me for services in managing
the road and other debts due bN him to
me- The stock and franchise of the road
have since been sold by the sheriff ana
most Of the rails removed from the road
bed
Mr. jenkins was the only witness ON
the stand yesterday and he will re-
sumo when court meets today. He
went over in detail his relations with
Mr. Coray from the time Of his en-
ployment in 1857 to the organization
of the Rush Brook Coal company. He
was asked by Attorney Ricketts, why
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BASKET BALL MEETING.--A meet
ing Will b" held this evening at Charles
Tang : cafe on Linden street for the pur-
pose of forming a basket ball club to rep
rcSn' Scranton in the Basket Rall State
league. George Nelson T,ets will pre-
side at tonights meeting and all play
rrS who have been asked to Join are
urged Ia he present at this meeting,
which will be called 60 order az o'clock.
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lblbl sN-- olh %
Bids have been received for paving Dix
court i'm the rear OF city hall (dpproXi-
mate estimate 255 square yards at cost
of S5>6,76) but | have received no notice
of the contract having been signed
Bids have been received and contracts
signed for paving Forest ana Breck
courts, south of Spruce street and Hyde
Park avenue, from Division 20 Lafayette
street approximate estimate 6,3)7 square
yards, at a cost OF Sl3, 652 i0), but it was
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LIVELY PRELIMINARY..-Th prelim-
mary of tile Paync-EIurlcy bout on the
evening of January ii before the AmcTl-
can Sporting club viii attract nearly as
much attention. as the main contest. The
bout will be between Christ Rose. of the
Scranton Athletic club and Tony Dave
of Wilkes Barre, and will be for six
rounds The old rivalry between the two
anthracite towns will doubtless creep out
in this fight and a host OF friends of the
two boys up and down the valley are sure
to be present.