The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

President Fitzgerald of the New
York Letter Carriers association who
was in the city Saturday is one Of the
best known carriers in the country.
He is bright, sharp and has very hap
by blended combination of geniality
and aggressiveness. During the last
few months he has paid several visits
to Scranton and has made a great
many friends who will be pleased to
greet him when he returns In Septem-
Der to attend the annual convention of
the carriers.
one duty that devolves upon Mr.
Fitzgerald as president of the carriers
association is TO act as counsel for the
carriers when they are brought before
the postmaster to answer charges. il
is position i'm which his gift of mother
wit stands him in good stead. Many
a carrier guilty of some slight infrac-
ton of the rules that would entitle
him to a short vacation without pay has
been saved by the presidents unique
way of stating the case to the post
master.
Mr.. Fitzgerald delivers a route every
| day as do the other carriers, but his
| work is so arranged that from II until
| | o'clock each day he Is at liberty to
| defend his brother carriers, the post
| master daily holding his court between
| these hours. New York has over 1,6OO
| carriers and naturally a number of
! cases are down for a hearing each day,
| for the average American citizen has
not the slightest hestancy about reg
| istering a complaint against any pub
| lie servant, but particularly against
mail carrier. The postoffice depart
ment is conducted in such a faultless
manner that even a slight offense or
apparent offense is instantly noted
Any one who has ever had any in
| tercourse with DR.. William Weaver,
the tall, genial house surgeon at the
! LaCkawanna hospital, must be i'm
| pressed above all things with his re-
| markable good nature and joviality.
| He is not member of that branch of
| the medical profession who regard the
| practice of the healing art as a sorrow
ful proceeding to be carried through
with due solemnity. He carries a
| smiling Countenance and cheerful
and CHEEKY manner with him as he
walks through the crowded wards of
the hospital and the poor sufferers have
come to look upon his daily rounds as
moments when they can forget for a
time their own sufferings. He always
has word of encouragement or a wit
ty remark for every one. Sometimes
he sits at the piano for he is an accom-
plished musician, and plays for the
patients, believing in the soothing eff
feet of music on those who are in pain
The doctor is a graduate of the med.
ical department Of Yale university
class of '97. He is a New Englandei
by birth, his home being in New Hav.
en-. He has worked on and off at the
newspaper business since a very young
man and previous to his appointment
at the Lackawanna was assistant city
editor of the New York Evening Sun
He had entire charge of all war new:
published in that paper during the
summer of '9S, which speaks volumes
for his ability in that line.
Captain p. DeLacy is home from
Burlington, VT, where he ATTENDED
the annual meeting of those who hav,
been awarded the medal of honor 70
distinguished bravery while in the ser
vice of their country. 1t was a notable
gathering, the captain says, and the,
were most Hospitality treated by tn
people of Burlington. He does no
think the reception at Burlington
however in anyway overshadowed tn
; reception the medal of honor men re
ceived in this city two years ago. Thos
J who attended both meetings ASSURE
Captain DeLacy that there was
heartiness and fervOr about the recep
tiOn they received here that the cold
er and more reserved New Englander
could not quite equal.
One of the distinguished medal @
honor men at the gathering wa
General Nelson A. Miles. He was on
t of the lions of the meeting and mad
the principal address at the banque
In his public address and in his con
versations with other medal warrior
? he studiously avoided saying anythin
;, about his troubles at Washington
He had no complaints to make or crit
: icsms to offer. An effort was made
have a resolution passed commendn
8 the manner i'm which General Alge
4 conducted the war department but
+ was not successful. Captain DeLac
K delivered one Of the many speeche
4 that were made i'm opposition to it,