The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
CITY NOTES
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FOR A DECISlON.-Austral Paddy
German and Jimmy Judge will fight 20
rounds for a decision in Music hall, Sept.
is The fight is for purse and II side
bet.
TO ARRIVE TODAY.-A telegram re-
Ccivcd yesterday from p. J. Vetter, dated
Chicago, ILL.,, would indicate that he will
arrive in the city today Mrs. Fetter
has gone to Binghamton to meet him.
FUNERAL TODAY-The funeral of the
late James Il. Francis will take place at
$50 clock this afternoon from the fam
lily residence, 1909 MOnsey avenue. In
terment will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
SIXTEEN NEW CASES.-Diphtheri is
still quite prevalent. Sixteen new cases
apd -FOUR deaths We're reported last week
There We're also two new cases of scar
let fever and three cases of typhoid
fever, with one death The total number
of deaths was twenty-nine, three less
than the weekly average.
A SPECIAL CONVOCATION.-Sco
Dibert grand chancellor of the knights
Of Pythias, will hold a special ConvoCa-
tiOn of the Grand lodge at Castle hall Of
Rescue lodge at North Scranton, Tues
day night, Sept 49, The unwritten work
will be cXemplihcd, and the degree of
past chancellor will be conferred on sew
eral candidates.
INQUEST POSTPONED.-The inquest
In the case of Joseph Lavensky, who was
killed by Il Cave-in on Cedar avenue. at
Willow street where the Seventeenth dis
trict main sewer is being built, Friday
last, was not held last night, owing to
two important witnesses being out of the
city. 1t will be held tomorrow night at 5
'al. in hn 1pl,f Vr.at tf,,, 20 Ia.
court house.
OPEN AIR CONCERT.--There was a
parade of the Crystal Hose company
headed by the Lawrence band, through
the principal streets of the central city
yesterday, and afterwards there was an
open air concert at the Hose house ON
Linden street All of this was to adver-
tise the fact that the Crystals will have
Il picnic in the Round woods this after
noon and evening.
PAY DAYS.--The Delaware, Laciawan-
ma and Western company paid on the
southern division of the road, and at the
Cayuga and Brsbn mines yesterday.
The trainmen will be paid today ana this
will conclude the pays in this section for
this month. The Delaware and Hudson
company paid at the White Oak at
Archibald, and Jermyn, at Jermyn, mines
mines at CarbOndale, yesterday.
WAY 1T OCCURRED.--A letter re-
ceived from f.. b. Horns yesterday eX-
plains how his name was mixed up with
that of the man who committed suicide
in Philadelphia hotel Saturday night.
Horns occupied the room in the hotel
before the suicide and letters addressed
20 him which he left i'm the room when
he lcft. led the police officers to suppose
that the suicides name was Horns.
FOR THE PHILIPPINES The follow.
ing men enlisted by Lieutenant Thomas
Murphy for the FOrty-scvonth regiment
of Volunteers, which will see service I'm
the Philippines, will leave for CamD
Meade at Middetown, today at 2.lS:
James Corbett Clarence Rozele John
McHale John DunlaYey, Allison Thorns-
ton Thomas Casey, Joseph Newman.
John Fyshe, of Company c, Thirteenth
regiment; Elmer Shannon, of Company
A, Thirteenth; Amzi Miller and Thomas
ShOener,
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR,-The fol-
lowing resolutions were yesterday re-
turned 10 City Clerk Lavelle with the
mayors signature: Fixing nominal
valuation Of 500 year for ten years on
the Klotz silk mill; directing thar bon
nets he placed on the Mates street
bridge authorizing the city clerk 10 pub
lish the petition for paving Costello
court, between Vine and Olive streets
providing for the erection of fire hy-
drant on the corner Of Wheeler avenue
and Linden street; awarding to the Bar
Der Asphalt company the contract foI
paving clay avenue, between Pine and
Myrtle streets; eXonerating the taxes OF
Thomas Ruddy, of the Seventh ward and
David Y. Jones. Of the Fifteenth ward