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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK.
Through Trains Over the Nickel
Plate and West Shore.

The following Chicago dispatch was
received by The Tribune last night:
"A new through passenger line is to
be established between Chicago and
New York by the Delaware, LaCka
wanna andWestern and the Nickel Plate
roads. Notwithstanding denials. it is
learned that a close traffic alliance has
been entered into between these two
companies. one of the features of which
will be the establishment of through
passenger train service between the
two cities.
"The arrangement between the Nick
el Plate and West Shore, by which
the former ran through sleeping cars
between the east and west will be dis
continued. The new line covers a ter
:itory that has been untouched by
through service heretofore. TO make
the new service uniform for the entire
distance the LaCkawanna will use
Wagner sleepers instead of Pullmans.
Fast trains will be put on as soon as
the details of the arrangements are
complete. The distance from Chicago
to New York by the new line is 9i3
miles"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

Judge +. w. Gunster in chambers
yesterday listened to arguments in
the equity case OF property owners Of
Old Forge against the Scranton and
Pittston Railway company. Testi-
mony in the case was heard by the
judge on Monday and Tuesday.
The object of the action is to re-
strain the defendant company from
constructing trolley road in Old
Forge the allegation being that the
franchise granted to the company by
the borough council is illegal. The
argument for the property owners was
made by Attorney II. NJ. Hannah, of
this city, and Attorney ]. T. McCol-
lum, of Troy, Bradford county. Major
Everett Warren presented the case of
the defendant company.
Mr. Hannah opened the argument.
Hc said the Scranton Railway COM
pany claimed to have n contract with
the Pittston and Scranton Railway
company for the construction and Op-
GRAFTON of the road in question, but
had not produced it or shown any au-
thority to proceed with the work. lie
COntended that the franchise is void
for the reason that part of the route
is over private property and that the
right to use 1t has not been secured.
Mr.. Hannah argued that street rail-
way has no right to go on private prop
crty and decisions of the supreme
court say that a company cannot be-
gin the construction of a road until it
has acquired tho right to build the en-
tire road, which, it is alleged, has not
been done in this case.
1t was also urged that the charter
of the company is vague and indefinite
and the description of the proposed
route imperfect and misleading.
The law requires a trolley company
TO have an Office at the place where
its lines are located, but this company s
office appears to be in the Bullet build
ing in Philadelphia. The resolution
making extensions of the line has not
been filed i'm the office of the secretary
of the commonwealth as required by
law, or if it has been filed no evidence
of that fact was produced, Mr.. Han
nah said Even if that resolution was
filed it would be Illegal, for the reason
that it was passed at a meeting held
in the Bullet building in Philadelphia
when it should have been passed as
a meeting held in the office of the com
par where the road is. A further ar
gument urged against the validity OF
the franchise is that is was secured
by corruption and bribery.
Major Warren replied at length. lie
denied the charges of corruption and
said the directors of the company had
passed the resolution authorizing the
extension. The resolution was prop
erly filed and, he said, he will, furnish
copy of it to the court. The COM
pany has the right to diverge slightly
from the puDlic road on private prop
erty and that is all it is proposed tc
do. The consent of the property own
er affected has been secured.
The closing arguments for the com.
| plainants was made by Attorney Nc
Collum. Nothing particularly new
was advanced by him. Judge Gun.
ster did not give any intimatiOn as
| TO when he will hand down his opinion
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
Dispute About Timber.

Allen w. Williams. Arminda l.. La
coe and John f. LacOe, through Attor-
ney s. b. Price, yesterday obtained a
preliminary injunction To restrain John
r. Green, Thomas II. Spruks, Henry
], Spruks, Stephen s. Spruks, Sterling
Evans, Arthur Smith, Frank Smith
and Frederick Webber from cutting
timber on a certain tract of land in
Ransom township.
The complainants allege that al
though they have been the owners Of
the land for some time the defendants
on June 90, 1899, broke down the fence.
entered the enclosure and began to cut
down trees, thereby inflicting an ire
parable injury on the complainants.
Judge Gunster granted the prelimin-
airy injunction and made it returnable
Saturday morning at o'clock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
TO OPEN PLOT AT ONCE.
Surveyors Engaged Yesterday to
Work on the Dram Tract.


Work on the Dram Tract.
The announcement in The Tribune
yesterday Of the purchOse of the Dram
tract from the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western company by G.. Frank
Reynolds, was fully verified by the
purchaser yesterday afternoon when
he returned from New York with the
exception that the price paid was con-
siderably more than $1,000 an acre.
Charles Schlager c. ID. Jones and
John II. Porter are Interested in the
deal along with Mr., Reynolds and in
all probability other parties will be
interested in the land The ground
will be opened at once for building
purposes, surveyors having been en-
gagged yesterday in stalking off the
lots.
The purchasers talk of beautifying
the site with park facilities, but moth
ing definite has been decided upOn.
The streets running parallel with
Main avenue will be continued and
Pettebone street will be widened with
an additional twenty-five feet, which
was donated to the city by the Lacka-
wanna company several years ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
TO REBUILD THE ENGINES.
American Fire Engine Company Will
Do the Job for 3.4OO.

Bernard Bosch. of the American Fire
Engine company. has made an cxamin-
alton of the Franklin and General
Phinney engines and will submit to
the city proposition TO make them
as good as new for $1,7O0 apiece and
guarantee them for five years.
The repairs he proposes to make
contemplate q complete new boiler on
each engine and an overhauling of the
machinery. Mayor Moir favOrs the
adoption of this proposal.
A balance of 5000 has been discov-
cred in the unmcrged appropriation for
care OF horses and this together with
the money appropriated direct for the
repair of these two engines will al
most pay for the rebuilding proposed
by Mr. Bosch. New engines of the type
of the two in question would cost $500
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
OVERCOME BY HEAT.
Charles Grogan Stricken While En-
tering the Court House.

Charles Grogan, of Taylor, reporter
for the Scranton department of the
Elmira Telegram, was overcome by
the heat yesterday morning while en-
tering the court house.
He fell forward on the steps and
was assisted by DIR. ]. +. O. Brien, whJ
happened to be near at hand. The
Lacakwanna hospital ambulance was
summoned and the patient was re-
moved to that institution. The usual
treatment FOR sun stroke was admins
tered and he was resting easily last
evening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
Reduced Rates to Pittsburg via
Pennsylvania Railroad, Account
Young Peoples Christian Union,
U. P. Church.

on account of the Young Peoples
Christian Union, u. =, Church to be
held at Pittshurg, Pa, August > to I,
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
will sell excursion tickets from points
on it's line, to Pttsburg. at rate of
single fare for the round trip; mini
mum rate, twenty-five cents.
Tickets will be sold on August l and
., and will be good to return until Aug
ust ., inclusive, except that by deposit
ing ticket with the joint agent at
Pittsburg before August G. and the pay
ment of fifty cents, the return limit
may be extended to leave Pittsburg not
later than August 81, 1899
For specific rates and conditions ap-
ply to ticket agents
Smoke the Hotel Jermyn Cigar, 10c,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
REUNION IN NAY AUG PARK.
Change in the Meeting Place of the
143d Regiment.

The reunion of the one hundred and
forty-third regiment, Pennsylvania
volunteers. will be helG at Nav Aug
Park, Scranton, on Angus; %, instead
of at the residence of Mrs Gilbert
Kelley, of Wyoming,
The change is made owing to the i'll
ness of Mrs. Kelley and as she IS so
years old and quite feeble it was
deemed advisable TO change the place
Of meeting.
The veterans will meet at Colonel
Monies post room. Al Lackawanna
avenue at 10 a. m. and will leave on
special trolley cars at 1920 70: the
park.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
The Langstaff Contest.

Another batch of witnesses from this
city We're examined in the Langstaff
election contest yesterday. They were:
Tenth ward-J. f.. Rhodes, William
Ecke, John W. Shultz, L. p. Reynolds,
William Williams, William Long,
Charles Hampel, Louis Meyers, George
]. Weed, William Engle, Charles Mil
Ter, Michael Hans Jacob Shaffcr, ST.,
William Pichel, Louis l.. Fowler, Fred
Slender James Edwards, Edward Ber-
tine, Louis Wenzel. Jacob Shaffer, jr,
William Knapp, Joseph Hans, George
Pilger
Nineteenth ward-Fred c. Kellerman,
Jacob Elkis, John a. Kline, Charles
Deising, Fred w Elkins, Matthias
Bohn, John Geigel, Peter c. Miller,
Peter Zang, ST., Peter ZangI jr., Au-
gust Webber
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
Y. w. c. A. NOTES.

Outing at Richmond Pines Saturday;
meet at association rooms at o'clock.
West Side gospel meeting, corner Scran-
ton and South Main avenue. Miss Matte
Munson will lead.
Miss Masa Kijum, of Japan, will lead
the meeting at the Young Women's
Christian association rooms, POS Washing
ton avenue, Sunday, July 30. All young
women are cordially invited to hear her.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
An Opportunity of a Life Tme-In
vestment at New Orange, New
jersey.

An acre Of land in the heart of New
York city is today worth from seven to
ten million dollars. Once it was worth
an English shilling. The average man
is not gifted with foresight. He waits
for the man of foresight to lead the
way, and so he gets the leaVings. y
few years hence men will stand in the
busy streets Of New orange, on ground
worth hundreds of dollars per foot and
say, II can remember when 1 could
buy lot for 1926" Thousands of men
have said the same thing in hundreds
of cities, but We're not men of fore
sight and let the golden opportunity
pass. The early owners Of land ir the
great cities are the millionaires of those
cities today. Remember there is only
one New York in this country, and
New Orange lies in sight, only 12l4
miles from it. ""
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
NEWsBoY HAS DISAPPEARED.
Police Are Trying to Find Eugene
Murphy.

Eugene Murphy, of 33l Carbon street.
aged 13 years, attended the newsboys'
picnic on Thursday and failed to re
turn home He was rather shahbily
dressed with a grey coat, has dark
brown hair and a freckled face.
The police have beer notified and are
making an effort to locate him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
SUPREME COURT ON
LOCAL LEGISLATION
OPINION THAT BEARS UPON
SCHOOL BOARD CASE.

Where There Is No Direct Classifica-
ton of School Districts Such as
There Is of Cities, Such Classifica-
tion Indirectly Is Made to Exist.
Adherents of Present Board Claim
the Ruling in the Case in Question
Destroys the Arguments of the
Board of Six People.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
A Card.

We. the undersigned, do hereby agree
10 refund the money on 50-cent bottle
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded. J. q. Bone &
Son, Dunmore. Pa; John p. Donahue,
Scra ntnD. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

BUSINESS WAS SLACK. - Thomas
Williams and Thomas Hopkins were the
only prisoners arraigned before Mayor
Moir in police court yesterday morning.
They were both charged with being drunk
and dsorderly anG. were fined S. each.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

THESE HAVE PASSED.--.The follow
ing have passed the final examination
for admission TO the bar of this county:
Lewis b. Carter. James *. Gearhart,
John Gunster, Rev. H. H. Harris, Charles
McMeanS and w. \. Reynolds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
CoNNIFF HELD IN BAIL.
He Is Charged with Assault and
Battery on David Thomas.

Battery on David Thomas.
Thomas Commit, OF Chestnut street,
q gatetendcr at the West LaCkawannu
avenue crossing of the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western railroad.
was held in $500 bail by Alderman
Howe yesterday.
He is charged with assault and bat
terry preferred by David Thomas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
NEW JERSEY.
The ArIIngton-Ocean Grove. MI

The leading hotel, open June to Octo-
Der. Cuisine and service uneXcelled.
Sanitary arrangements perfect. Orchs5-
ira. Rates, $50 to S35. two IN. n.IrooID
booklet c. III. MILL-AR, Prop.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
C. {, FREAR. LAKE WINOLA, PA
SPRING GROVE HOUSE,
Lake carey. WYOMING county, bal.

Beautifully located; good hshinG; boat
ing and bathing, Table unCXCelled. D..
l.. & w K. r., Bloomsbury division, train
leaving Scranton at 1855 p. m, makes di-
rect connections via lehiGh Valley TO
Lake JOHN IL. JONES, Prop
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
THAT OLD FORGE
INJUNCTION CASE
ARGUMENTS LISTENED TO BY
JUDGE GUNsTER.

Reasons Advanced by Attorney II.
M. Hannah Why the Franchise Is
1llegal-Reply of Major Everett
Worren-Judge Gunster Again Re-
fuses to Grant an Injunction in the
Smith Case-Witnesse Examined
in the Election Contest-Marriage
Licenses of Day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

every borough and sparsely settled
township in the state"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
FERN HALL,

Crystal Lake--Refned Family Resort
Stage leaves Carbondple for Fern Hall at.
g. sop m. stage leaves Fern Hall for Car
bondale at $50 a. m. Telephone ConneO-
tion; "Fera Hail." pay station.
C. e. & NJ c. JOHNSON, Managers,
Postoffice Address, Dundaf-Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

DIR. LOGAN INJURED.-Dr. H. V. Lo-
gan vas thrown out of his carriage on
Wednesday afternoon on Linden street
and spraiEod one of his less. The We
hiCe came in collision with a lumber
wagon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

INQUEST AT PITTSTON. N.-Coronec
Roberts will conduct an inquest at the
I.aCkuwanua and Bloomsburg Junction
between tine hours of . and o'clock this
afternoon in the case of the Girton boy
who was killed at Ransom by the Black
Diamond express.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
CITY NOTES
'++<<+<+++++++%<<++++$ :

THEY WILL PICNIC.--The John Boyle
O'Rcilly council, Yourg Mems Institute
will conduct picnic at Laurel Hill park
on Saturday, August ).
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

GRANTED VACATIONS.-Post
General Smith has issued an order grant
ing fifteen days vacation with pay to
railway poStai clerks who work six days
a week the year around. He also directs
that badges he hereafter worn i'm place
of caps as the insignia of their office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28

At great reduction in prices all our Ladies' Shirt
Waists Ladies' Pique Skirts Ladies' Linen Skirts Ladies'
Duck Skirts. A fine assortment to select from.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

clers, In the temperate regions of stha
western world. Here rises Granite naalr
which, according to Mr.. Gannett. is the
eliminating point of Montana. 1924 feet
high
Among the glaciers found in these
mountains and recently described by
James P. KImball is Grasshopper .gIGc,er.
which derives its name from the ehor-
nous quantity of grasshooper remains
that are found on and in the glacier. Pc
r1odically the grasshoppers that thrive in
the prairie to the north take their flight
southwark and must needs cross the
mountains. Their faYorite route seems to
De across this wide glacier, and in the
passage scores Of them succumb to the
rigor Of cold and wind, fall Helpless upon
the snow and are finally entenbed in
the ice. In the course Of time billions of
them have been the victims Of this gIa-
cler. They are of course carried by the
Ice rver7dewn iRtozthe valley and de-
posted at the melting edge of the ice,
and Mr.. KmbaH says that thousands of
tors Of era sshoppeE .renainszare+ the prin-
cipal material at the lower edge OF the
glacier. We hear very often OF rocks and
sand forming the terminal moraine OF
glaciers, but here is a glacier whose prin-
cipal morainal material is grasshoppers.
These Insect remains are washed out of
the Ice in burrows wherever the suns
heat has grooved the surface into runlets
Of descending water. The grasshoppers
permeate the glacier from top to bottom.
No fragment Of ice can be broken 50
small as not to contain remains Most of
the insects have been reduced to a coarse
powder, and the burrows of them washed
out by the runlets and naturally dis
posed in parallel lines are very dark in
color
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

conduits in St. Paul are not satisfac-
tory, so far as the use of the long dis
lance lines are concerned, and that per-
sons desiring to talk from points in Wis
consin to points in Minnesota and the
Dakotas are obliged to talk over the Ines
in the Twin Cities. BY reason of induc-
ton and electrical disturbances, over
which the company has no control, the
long distance lines are rendered of little
service In order to obviate this trouble
the company desires to run a pole line
around the Twin Cities instead of using
the underground systems, and for this
reason desires to put up poles and string
wires. The court is asked to enjoin the
city officials from interfering to prevent
the erection of the proposed long distance
lines of the company and the repairing
and replacing Of poles and other lines
neededby the public interest and the rea-
sonab,e extension of the business of the
company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

money to construct it. as the California
building Of the Paris exposition"
3 "A kentucky genius is responsible for a
whisky bottle bigger than any building
in New York city, where they make a
speciality of skyscrapers. This building
is to be devoted to an exhibition of the
manufacture Of liquors Of all kinds.
Every known method Of dtstillery would
! be shown here, and samples would be
given away free.
The building would be lighted by win
| dows, which would also serve as OBJ
| seFvatories. : A staircase would lead up
ward into the top Of the cork, and from
the top of the cork would wave tri-
umphant American flag.
7 New ~ rk state, which has never laid
GLAZING to being overstudious, is made re-
| sponsible for a book building. in which
the inventor suggested-all the proc
esses of book II anufa cture could be NICE
F'lyassh0WBz tllesstop- windows" said
he in the elaborate letter which he sent
to the directors, our men of letters could
compose their epfcs.
Here they could turn out their novels
and their poems. While the Ink was yet
fresh these could be. taken down to the
ground floor and set in type upon the
linotype machines AS soon as set up the
pages could be electrotyped and finally
placed In the forms, turned off and
bound.
This would give the visitor an excellent
opportunity to see the making of poem
from the inkstand to the book store.
This continued he, would be a fine
opportunity for any poet, and thousands
would bid for the upper windows"
Wisconsin sent plans for the jolliest
building that could ever be imagined In
a days journey. Just fancy hogshead,
not life size, but heroic size, so heroic
that 1t would be a good journey tc walk
around it. Fancy spigot set in hogs
head
When you wish to ascend you take an
elevator which leads up the sp1got Then
you walk along a nice pathway, climb up
the stairs and emerge upon a handsome
veranda. Thus you find yourself upon the
hoop of the hogshead Inside there are
fine walks and beautiful cafe, where the
ncurishing beer is dispensed. This is de-
signed to show the superiority of the
American beer over foreign. Native man
ufacturers claim that they can excel the
iraported beer, and the Wisconsin. genius
submitted the hogshead in their inter-
ests. OF course, an American flag waves
from the top in the design.
These few freaks are by no means oil
that have been submitted. But there is
a delightful quality about them which
makes them noteworthy out of the thous-
and which NJ Piquart and his assistants
have turned down.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
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HISTORY LYARDSTICK.
Trouble 1t Took. to Deyises and Re-
place the Standard.

Washington Star.
People who handle the yardstick have
but little Idea of the years of study and
experiments that were necessary to Sc
cure the standard yard measure" observ-
ed an official of the coast survey. bird,
a famous scientist, made the first stand
ard yard. in 11G0, but the English gov
eminent did not legalize it until 1924 Ten
years afterward. when the house of parlia-
ment in London was destroyed by fire
the standard yard was lost and England
was again without a standard yard of
length. Sheepsbanks next made a stand
ard yard measure, which the English gov
eminent adopted, and so that 1t could not
again be destroyed by fire, four author
ized copies were made of 1t. One Of these
was deposited in the royal mint, another
in the royal society, another in the OBJ
servatory al Greenwich and the fourth
was Embedded in the walls Of the new
mouse Of parliament. The standard ward
measures which are owned by the govern
ment are copies Of the original one Of
which is owned by the coast survey. The
United States naval observatory has one
also. The delicacy Of Its construction NAV
be gathered by the fact that a change of
temperature of one-hundredth Of 2 de-
gree Fahrenheit has been found to nre-
duce a sensible effect on the length of the
bar.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
TO PRESERVE CIDER.
Subnitrate OF Bismuth and Citric
Acid VIII Keep 1t Sweet.

This years large apple crop has made
cider abundant and cheap, and by rea-
son Of processes discovered, in recent
years cider made early In the fall, When
apples are cheapest, remains palatable all
winter. The old method Of putting up
cider in a strong and securely corked
bottle, along with three or four raisins
and a tablespoonful Of, sugar to- a pint,
is still practiced in this country, and the
result IS delightful beverage with all
the effervescence of champagne; but this
method of preserving cider Is expensive
and troublesome. The French, have dis
covered a cheaper method, and that Is
to place in cider that is to be preserved
from hardening a small quantity of the
subnitrate of bismuth. 1t is found that
a partly consumed barrel Of rapidly har-
dening cider may thus De preserved for
many months. The hardening process is
not altogether arrested, but goes on slow
ly.
The French have also discovered a
method Of preserving the bright trans
parency Of cider Most cider when ex-
posed to the light becomes clouded and
brown. This change is due to the chemi-
cal action Of tannin, and sometimes Of
iron,- contained in the cider Save in ap-
pearance the Beverage is none the worse
for the change, and, indeed, a cider that
quickly turns brown is regarded as es-
pecially wholesome for some persons, be-
cause Of it's being rich In tannin. To pre-
serve the clear beauty Of cider, however,
the French use citric acid in quantities
varying with the natural acidity Of the
cider