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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS.
Number of Members of the First
Regiment Are to Be Mustered
Out of the Service---Lieu-
tenant Wilson Is Here.

The First regiment of Volunteer En-
gineers, which has thirty-two Scran-
ton members. is to be retained in the
service. First Lieutenant II. G. Will
son, of Washington, d. c., an officer
of Company l., First regiment, is here
to muster a few of the nHn out ana
to account for the ordnance of all the
men now here on furiuugh.
Lieutenant Wilson has been herd
since Wednesday. He is registered at
the Scranton House and has an Office
in the old post office building. His
assistants are Sergeants w. +. Rafter
and Syron, of Company /. and Private
Joseph Wagner, Of Company Fl.
On Jan. "a Lieutenant Wilson will
muster out married men who want
their discharges and others on whom
families are dependent. Meanwhile he
will have the men account for all their
ordnance supplies and other equip
ment.
1t is expected that all but about ten
of the Scranton men will be retained
Sometime after Jan. "a Lieutenant Will
son will recruit new material accord
ing to instructions to be received by
him later, and will take the men to
one of the several army camps, pre-
sumably to Camp Mackenzie, where
the Thirteenth is located. The regi-
ment is scheduled for further duty in
Porto Rico.
Since the Scranton members of the
regiment left here last summer
only one has died, Private Clark. who
was buried at Coamo, Porto Rico.
Lieutenant Bradley, an officer of the
Seventyflrst New York Volunteers,
which command saw such deadly SER
vice at Santiago, was with Lieutenant
Wilson last night. The former is a
travelling salesman for the Standard
Oil company and met Lieutenant Wit
son by chance at the Scranton House,
where both are stopping.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
EAGLES ANNUAL MEETING.
officers Were Chosen at Last Nights
Meeting.

Officers for the Eagle Hose company
of Bellevue were chosen at a meeting
held last night in the hose house.
John p. Murray was elected presi-
dent; Miles Clark, vice president:
James ]. O'Malley, secretary; John
Mcdonald, treasurer.
For foreman, Senator j. C. Vaughan
was chosen; assistant foreman, NJ F.
Gerrity; second assistant, John f..
White; pipeman, Michael Doyle; as
sistant pipemen, Martin Kelly, John
Brogan and James Doyle; axeman,
John Cawley; trustees, NJ. f. Ruane,
John White, John Cawley Frank Need
ham, William Brogan; permanent
man, NJ. f. Ruane.
For district chief ]. j. O'Mallev was
recommended and Charles O'Boyle
and j. j. O'Malley were chosen dele
gates to the meetings Of the relief as
sociation. John NJ. Casey was elected
delegate to the next state convention
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

Mutt and Mrs. r. ]. Foster were regis
tered at the st. Denis, in New YORK, tnis
week,
Mrs. II. e. Doud. formerly OF Scranton,
who has been visiting Mrs. Barker ard
Mrs. Silkman, returned To her home IN
New York today.
Mrs. Henry Buddle. OF New York city,
Mrs, William Lloyd, of Vermont, and
Miss Charlotte Lloyd. of Olyphant, were
entertained by Mrs. NJ a. Bovans, OF the
central city Wednesday.
j. Gordon Noakes, of New York city. q
former resident of West Scranton. and
Miss Louise Edna Goodall also of New
York, will be married Wednesday next.
The ceremony will be performed at
o'clock at the Westminster Presbyterian
church. Several Scranton people have
been invited TO witness the ceremony.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
FRIGHTFUL DEATH.
Young Mine Carpenter Falls 500
Feet Down the Cayuga Shaft.
His Body Was Ter
ribly Crashed.

William M"lIale. young carpenter
met a horrible death i'm a headlong
plunge of about 500 feet down the Cay
uga shaft yesterday morning.
McHale was working at the landing
in the place of the man regularly en-
ployed there. \ carriage was at the
landing when he crossed it to go to
the engine room for a drink. When
he returned he opened the gate and
stepped, as he supposed, upon the car
riage, but he was on the wrong side
of the shaft, and fell into a yawning
pit and to his death.
McHale was p years old and a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McHale, of
Bloom avenue. He had been employ
ed about the colIiery since he was 12
years old
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
PERSONALS.

G.. p. Eldred, OF Honesdale. was in the
city yesterday,
Mrs. Charles Coursen is recovering from
a serious attack OF grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Belin. ir., went to
New York city yesterday.
Miss Frances Moses attended the New
Years ball at Wilkes Barre Tuesday
night
Miss Mary robin, OF Waymart is the
guest of Miss Lenora Regan, of Wyoming
aevnue.
Miss Kathryn Hart, Of New York city,
Is visiting her sister. Mrs. John Burnett,
Of Linden street
Mr.. mad Mrs. y &c. Tlmlin, Miss ". Mo
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

Excluding the item of "Miscellan-
eous" receipts, the origin Of which is
doubtful, il will be seen that the COM
pany lost $214 1928 in its coal mining
operations, and that it's general freight
traffic resulted in a loss of $50O,774,
total of $715,4 ,497. The profit on the pas
senger traffic is so small that it would
pay but a fraction of the interest
charges. On the coal traffic the returns
are enormous and fully explain why
this company can afford to be a dis
turbing element in Trunk Line mat
ters. Such a heavy surplus in nom
competitive freight has been a safe
guard against losses which resulted
from cutting rates on other classes
OF merchandise and on passenger
traffic.
NOT A PROFITABLE ATTITUDE.
while such policy has undoubted-
ly enabled the company to maintain an
Independent attitude, it is not the most
profitable one, and is further, an ex-
tremely dangerous menace to the
finacial interests OF other railroads
that compete in passenger and mer-
chandise traffic, and which, having no
special freight to depend upon, must
realize enough from these to pay their
operating and fixed charges. Such a
policy is little short Of criminal in its
narrow self-interest. The injury and loss
to others reach far beyond the effect
which it has had on anthracite affairs,
and it has been so stubbornly adhered
to by the management, that the di-
rectorate, whose other interests are
being injured, have come to doubt
whether they have any rights, either
through their financial investments in
this road or through their election by
the stockholders to the board of con-
troll
This same policy has brought about
most of the disturbances in the an
thracite trade. If the other depart
ments of the company were compelled
to earn their own charges, the man
agement would hesitate before demor-
alizing a market as it did last July.
Nor, in such case, could it afford to
follow its plan of trying TO force the
| individual operators from it's line in
order to increase the production and
shipments from it's own collieries. This
it has been doing, charging against
| those who are compelled to shin over
the road, a discriminating rate of
| freight and thereby becoming involved
in extensive legal complications which
will, sooner or later, reach a climax
and prove very costly. The entire
weight of the company's influence has
been toward obstructing every move
ment which has been attempted for
the betterment Of the anthracite in
| dustry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
NORTON'S
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DIED.

DURKIN--In Scranton, Jan. g. Edward
Durkin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Durkin, 45l Phelps street Funeral
Friday afternoon at O'clock. Inter-
ment in Cathedral cemetery.
AIAHON.-In Scranton, Jan. 4, James
Mahon, of Moscow, aged IS years. Fu-
neral Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock.
Interment at ST. Catherine's cemetery.
Moscow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
POLICY OF OBSTRUCTION.

''In spite of facts, Of matters of daily
occurrence which have proved the
great need of a change in methods to
meet the changed conditions: in spite
of the WILLINGNESS of other interests to
give full and fair consideration to
these things; in spite of the heavy
losses which it's own coal mining de-
partment has shown, and in spite of
the outspoken wishes of its stockhold-
ers and directors, the management has
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
Services of Preparation.

This evening at 745 the services prepara-
tory to communion will be held in the
Calvary Reformed church, corner Mon
roe avenue and Gibson street. Rev. G..
w. Welsh. the pastor. will preach the
sermon and conduct the services, Com
munion on Sunday at 0.3O a. m. Special
contributions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

We the undersigned. do hereby agree
TO refund the money on a 50-cent bottle
or Greene's Warranted syrup of Tar II II
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25-cent bottle N prove salts
factory or money refunds(, q. Bone &
Scranton Pc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

CATARRIt in tie head is cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which eradicates
from the blood the scrofulous taint!
that cause it. soothing and rebuildin.
the delicate and diseased tissues.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

One dozen records given free with
each $l2 graphophone. Edison Home
monographs S25, records 35c. each, 81
per dozen at Weichers Jewelry store,
POS Lackawanna avenue, opposite d., L.
e. w. depot. ss
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Hotel Nash.

Pleasant rooms with board. in room,
s. a week; single, Sc; 81 week with
out room; meals, Csc; S1.OO per day -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

HOODS PILLS are the only pill
to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Cur,
all liver ills. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
SOFT COAL MAKES
A SLIGHT GAIN
ACTION DEFERRED ON oRDI-
NANCE AGAINST ITS USE.

Matter Was Good-Naturedly Dis
cussed at Length and Mr.. Roche,
Author of the Measure, Decided
Not to Immediately Urge It's Pas
sage-Written Protests Received
from c. H. Zehnder and Colonel
Boies Superintendent May Is
Given a Hearing.
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Steam Heating and Plumbing.
p. +. & NJ. T. Howley. .2S1 Wyoming ave.
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Reduced

Coursen's Sugar Peas,
now l2C, $l.4O per dozen.
Brakley Sifted Early
June Peas, l0c can, 0Oc
dozen.
Leggett's Garden Sifted
Peas. l5C can, $I.50 per
dozen.
Sugar Corn l0c, OOc
per dozen.
Sweet Glover Corn I2C
can, SIPS per dozen.
Fancy Tomatoes IOC
can $1.OO per dozen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

The January letter of the Anthracite
Coal Operators association is as fol-
lows.
THE New York, wyoming and West
ern railroad is the rational outcome of
the system of unjust discrimination
which the present transporting COM
panies have practiced against the
operators. This road Is In the hands
of, and supported by, Individual opera
tors, representing probably 2O,oOO,OOo
tons. of which about 100000 is
shipped at the present rate of mining,
1t will be the controlling element in
the future conduct of the trade. Built
for cash. and without any excessive
bonds or stock; provided with the most
modern equipment, and operated on
sound business principles. the road will
be able to transport freight at far
lower cost than any existing anthra-
cite railroad.
should an attempt be made to de-
moralize the market, it can make n
price and deliver a sufficient quantity
to effectually settle all disputes and
make the market extremely unprofit-
able to any who might have tampered d
with it. Every other means of secur-
il'sS all NNuildDlt btlNftli
the transporters and operators has
been tried and has failed. This step
was so radical and involved so many
far reaching considerations. that it was
set aside time and again in the futile
hope that some of the many plans
suggested by the controlling interests
might be carried out. But now that 1t
has been determined upon, it will be
carried forward with that same energy
and directness which has characterized
the conduct of the operators in their
other enterprises, and that it will sue
ceed in obtaining the results desired
Z does not admit of dispute.
EXAMPLE OF INJUSTICE
ono better example Of the injustice
of the present freight rates on anthra
cite coal could be presented than that
given in the last annual report OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad. For 1897, this company re-
ports, in Poor's Manual:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
RATIONAL OUTCOME
OF The SYSTEM
WHY THE N. Y, w. g. w. r. r.
WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.

It Is in the Hands of Individual
Operators, Representing About
2o,ooo,ooo Tons, of Which About
14,ooo,ooo Is Shipped at the
Present Rate of Mining Operated
on Sound Business Principles 1t
Will Be Able to Transport Freight
at a Low Rate.
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CONTINUED on Page ST.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

eral mobilization is issued, affairs wear
a different complexion, and the picture
becomes dark. Bereft at a few hours
notice of the husbands, fathers and
breadwinners, the unfortunate women
and children left behind necessarily
fall upon grievous times. They are
not "on the strength" consequently the
responsibility for their we'll being is
disclaimed by the military authorities
The various funds to which they are
tempted to apply for aid have prac-
tically no help for it but to report
through their secretaries that they ''re-
greet to be unable to entertain their ap-
plications."
Thus above the tumultuous shouting
of the cheering crowd that accompa-
MES the troops on their triumphal
march to the dockside rises-and none
the less poignantly for all enforced re-
pression-thc anguished wall of many
a heartsick wife and mother. The
crash of brass and enthusiastic cries
of the eager onlookers as the transport
steams away, serve but to add to the
grief of the girls they leave behind
them"
They realize all the truth in Mr..
Kipling S charity jingle, and they hope
the public will remember in cheering
Mr.. Atkins that
He's an absentminded beggar, and he may forget
it ALL
But we do not want his kiddes to remind him
That sent them to the workhouse while his
daddy hammered Paul.
So we'll help the home that Tcmmy's left be
hind him.
What is to become of ''the missus
and the kids during the long winter
that is before them? No one knows.
Each red eyed, waiting woman must
solve the. puzzle for herself. During
the lack of war news London allowed
itself for time to be greatly interest
ed in these unfOrtunateS. The Mansion
House fund, which was started for
their benefit, was doomed along right
merrily for awhile. Great actors and
famous singers gave benefit perform
ances and concerts, the newspapers
started contribution lists, and rich
merchants with hopes Of titles to come
sent in big checks.
But, although the sum total seems
large, the number of women and chill
dren to whom the fund should so is
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

also large-larger than most English
men suspect So there is hard win
ter before Mrs. Atkins and the chill
dren.
If one black day she sees his name on
that dread roll Of 'killed in action"
then her future is darkened as we'll as
her present. She becomes an unofficial
war widow, with no claim on the gov
eminent and no hero to wait for.
The case of the families of sergeants
and warrant or noncommissioned Off.
GERS is very different. They are not
only provided with free quarters in
the home barracks, but with fuel and
light and various other allowances, in
Guiding $40 month out Of the hus-
bands pay. Such families are said to
be ''on the strength"
Of course a commissioned officer is
paid enough to keep his family from
want at all times, and it is more than
likely that he has a good sized private
income Of his own. Many officers
wives have gone to Cape Town in or
der to be as near as possible to their
husbands. Many of these loyal wives
will return to England in widows
weeds, for the mortality among the
British officers has been great.
One of the most distinguished Of
newly made English war widows is
Lady Symons, whose husband, Gen
eral W. P. Symons, was killed during
the battle of Glencoe; Lady Symons
has recently been offered a suit of
apartments in Hampton Court. The
offer came direct from Queen Victoria.
Hampton Court is an ancient royal
palace, which is also a home for the
widows of distinguished British Off.
GERS and others who have earned the
high regard of the queen. The great
er part Of the palace is divided into
handsome and commodious apart
rnents, which are offered to these wild
oWs of distinguished men as they be-
come vacant.
It seems only right that after man
has died while performing a great
service for his country and left a wild
ow comparatively i'll provided for the
country should at least give her and
her children a home. England recog-
nizes this obligation by supplying them
with homes in Hampton Court. The
plan has probably never been thought
of in the United States, but perhaps 1t
Will be some day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29
There is more Catarrh in this section

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
a great many yesrs doctors pronounced
it a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies; and by continually failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease, and, there
fore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o., is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood aid mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circular and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
G8 Sold by druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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sss BY SEWELL FORD. s "

Mr. Thomas Atkins has gone out to
war. He marched to the transport
with flying colors and ruff1ing drums
and through lanes of cheering country
men. He is comfortably clothed. He
will be fad as we'll as the eXigencies
of the can,naign and the limitations OF
the commis>,ary department allow. Il
the Beers do not get him, he will re-
turn hero.
In the meantime Mrs. Tommy At
kins remains at home and suffers vari-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

From the London Graphic.l
GUS kinds OF misery according to cir
cumstances. Of course the anxiety
and the suspense she shares in COM
mon with the wives Of officers, from
Lady Butler down to Mrs. Sergeant
O'Shea. But Lady Butler has fine
big house of her own in Mayfair, and
Mrs. Sergeant O'Shea is ION the
strength" which means that she has
a snug little home in the married
quarters" Of the regimental barracks.
Mrs. Tommy Atkins, however, has
been left to shift for herself. It is
more than probable that she is not Of
fcially recognized by the army au-
thorities. A British soldier is not sup
posed to marry without the permission
of his commanding officer. AS the Of
fcer can only grant this permission to
per cent of the strength Of the regi-
ment, or to 40 men out of 1000, Tom
my must often remain single or con-
tract an unofficial marriage. Nine
times out of ten he does the latter.
He may have wife and large and
f1ourishing family living within a
stones throw of the fort or barracks
where he is stationed, and his wife
may do washing or plain sewing for
"the colonePs lady," but Officially" he
is not a married man, and the govern
ment takes no cognizance Of what Of
fcially are termed his 'incumbrances."
This seems hard, but it is an abso-
lutte necessity. When a man officially
is recognized as a married man." he
is entitled to quarters for himself and
family and certain allowance and COM
mutations. Now, if every soldier were
allowed to become an "official married
man" small city Of Quarters would
have to be built for a regiment, and
the care Of the constantly increasing
population would tax the financial re-
sources Of the richest Of governments.
But a soldier is a domestically inclin-
ed person, after all, and he will mar
ry, commanding officer or no COM
manding officer. While on home serv-
ice a British soldier not "on the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29
While There is Life There is Hope

+ I, was afflicted with catarrb;, could
nei her taste nor smell and could> hear
but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it.
-Marens G. Chautz, Railway, N. J.
The balm reached me safely and the
effect is surprising. My son says the
first application gave decided relief. Re
spectfully, Mrs. Franklin Freeman, Do
yer, n. FL.
A 10c trial size or the SOC size of Ely's
Cream Balm will be sent. Kept by
druggists. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren St,
Nav York
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

\XJANTED-Honest man or woman to travel
Wv for large house; salary S65 monthly and
inclose self addressed stamped envelope
MANAGER, $50 Caxton bldg, Chicago.
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Wv
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We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on so cent bottle
of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
COLLINS PHARMACY,
Albion, Wis
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

To Cure LaGrippe I'm Two Days
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. E w. Groves signature on every
box. 25c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

strength can, by the exercise of GS
treme care, keep a home of his owa,
for ways and means of keeping the
wolf from the door usually exist.
The wife generally manages to earn
few shillings a week by washing
and mending for her helpmeet's COM
rades in arms, while the man himself
probably employs his leisure in do
ing tailoring or 'cobbling. Thus, one
way and another, the contracting par
ties in such fmprovident marriages
generally contrive at least to keep their
heads above water.
When. however, the order for gen