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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-28

The viaduct ordinance was passed
en- second reading last night by .com-
mon council, the lengthy amendment
geli being defeated. Two other amend
the measure for this reason did not
pass third reading, it being necessary
to have it reprinted.
Mr. Keller was very much in favor
of passing Mr.. Nageii's amendment,
which provided for a settlement of the
damages before the work of construc-
ton is begun. The amendment was
opposed vigorously by Mr.. Calpin and
Mr.. Grier, who took the same ground
! taken a week ago.
Mr. Grier attempted to prevent the
! amendment being considered by par
liamentary technicality, but he didn't
succeed and, being put to a vote, it
was lost by the following vote:
Yeas-Nageli Phillips, Harvey,
Wenzcl-4.
Nays-.Reese, NJ. V. Morris, Grier,
Grifflths, Calpin, Roche, Calvin, Wat
kins, Coleman, Y. F. Morris, Cusck,
Norton, Godshall--13.
Mr.. Wenzel then introduced two
amendments providing that the Scran-
| ton Railway company instead of be-
| ing allowed to run tracks over Sew
enth and Eighth streets and Schnell
| place during the construction of the
viaduct, be permitted 10 run them over
Sixth and Linden streets and provid-
| ing that the company leave these
streets after it is through in the same
condition they are now.
These amendments were adopted and
| the ordinance was then passed on
second reading.
IS AFTER PAINE.
A little bit of fun was created by
Mr.. Grier when Clerk Lynott read the
| claims of the Arlington Turnpike
| company for work done on the turn
| pike, aggregating in all S3S6.40.
who's down there on that pay Yoll
for the month of July" asked the
gentleman from the Third.
III. +. Paine" replied Clerk Lynott
81 want that to go down on the
record" said Mr.. Grier, "and also the
answers to these other questions I'm
going to ask. When was II. Z. Paine
sworn in?"
"On July 49," replied the clerk, af-
ter looking up his records.
| Very good, and now you will please
read off the amount credited for la
borers' pay ana for the hire of teams
"$1.40 a day for iaborers and $3.50
for teams"
That's better; now please read off
how much II. f. Paine is allowed per
day on those pay rolls
Three dollars n day"
THE gentleman will remember" said
Mr. Grier, that the city has passed
an ordinance fixing the price for la
borers on all city work at $1.50 a day:
| the price for teams at 81 a day, and
1925 for foremen. You will observe
that Mr.. Paine has cut the laborers
and the teamsterS. in order that he
may receive SO a day. / move that
these bills be referred back to Mr.
Paine for correction" The motion
was put and carried.
THEY WANT TRANSFERS.
Mr.. Calpin introduced a resolution
directing the mayor to enforce the
provisions of the ordinance providing
for the issuance of transfers by the
! Scranton Railway company to all its
connecting lines, the company at pres
ent refusing to issue transfers from
the Bellevue to the South Side cars
The resolution was adopted.
The report of the conference COM
mittee awarding the contract for Sec
tion A sewer, Tenth sewer district, to
| O'Hara Bros, was adopted,
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CITY NOTES
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HUFFoRD FUNERAL The funeral services Of
the late 5. VI. Hufford, Of sol Jadwin place. will
take place this afternoon at 2.3O o'clock, and not
l.3O, as previously announced.
UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.-Mr. and Mrs
IT, J. Bacon, OF Mnln avenue, were each held
in $500 bail by Alderman Kasson last night, on
the charge of obtaining goods under false pre-
tences, from a central city furniture dealer.
CHURCH SOCIAL-The Ladies' Aid society oi
the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy
Trinity will hold a social at the home of Charles
GIragan, J2S Lackawanna avenue this evening
to which all members and friends Of the congre
cation arc invited.
DELEGATE ELECTED.--The Firemens Relic
association have elected Peter Robing, jr., as
a delegate to the state lrcmens convention t.
be held at New Castle Tcxt month. Benefit,
were awarded Dennis Ncalon and John Lynch
both of the Eagles, who were injured while OF
duty.
THEY ENTERED BAIL.-John Kulck, charged
with having made a criminal assault, was yestCr
day released in bail in the sum of $500. Pete
Chikolovchak became his bondsman. Annie No
vack, charged with perjury by Joseph Paliski
was released on her own recognzance yesterday
In the sum Of $780,
FIREMENS ANNUAL PARhDE.-A meeting
OF all the engineers, assistant engineers and fire
men of the Scranton city department has beer
called fer tomorrow evening at the Nay Aus
engine House for the purpose of arranging de
tails for the annual inspection and to set
date for the parade.
CORONER'S lNQUESTS.--Dr. Roberts will
hold an inquest at S o'clock this evening il
the arbitration room OF the court house in tn
case of BARLEY hi Giomae, who died in th
Llckawanna hospital from stab wounds received
last Sunday at the hands Of Saveria Paunonc
An inquest will also he held tomorrow after
room at o'clock IN the court house, in tn
case of Anthony johnson, who died from iniuric
received by being thrown from wagon Of
Capousc Avenue last Saturday night.
Y. W. {. A. NOTES.-The gymnasium will opel
Monday, oct. l. Miss Mary Haines Hall, the ncv
physical director, is a graduate OF the Bostol
Normal School of Gymnastics and comes to tn
work highly recommended. The work will in
cludc, corrective, hygicnc, educational and recrc
alton exercises and aesthetic movements. An,
requiring medical gymnastics should talk witt
Miss Hail. Pupils should register this week a
the office. Cooking classes are now ben
formed to open Oct l. An evening literatur
class will be organized and will be free to mem
bCTs.
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Suy Picture Frames from the Manu-
J. facturer.

While 1t Is usually customary on the
'art Of the intelligent public to patron
re home industry-all things being
lqual-no sentimental reasons are nee
.ssary to attract buyers of picture
'rames to the products Of the Griffin
Art CO..
rnder the direction of one of the
most able designers in America, a large
force of expert workmen are constant
~ engaged creating novelties in addi-
tion to making the staple frames OF
natural woods and gold leaf, from the
cheapest to the most expensive.
These products are sold by leading
dealers in all parts Of the United
States.
Scrantonians being enabled to pur-
chase direct from the manufacturer,
can save time and money by making
their selections at the Griffin Art co. s
Ialesroom, Wyoming avenue. ~
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SPOKE ABOUT THE TRUSTS
Lecture Given Last Night by Editor
Alfred j. Donley.

Alfred ]. Donley. editor Of the "Open
Field" a recently established paper,
which will treat with public issues dur
ing the coming campaign, last night
addressed a rather small-slzed audi
ence at Carpenters hall on the subject
of Trusts" He prefaced his remarks
by reading a selection from Tenny-
sons "Locksley Hail." In his address,
Mr.. Donley classified the trusts into
pools, trust proper and monopolies. and
gave a close, analytical description of
each Of these three.
He mentioned the Anthracite Coal
association as an example of the pools,
and the Standard Oil company and the
meat, sugar and milk combines as eX-
amples of the trusts proper
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A SUCCESSFUL CONCERT.
Given Last Night in Grace Lutheran
Church.

A most enjoyable concert was given
last night in Grace Evangelical Luth-
eran church. on Mulberry street, by the
pupils Of Nine. Timberman-Randol
and others. A large and appreciative
audience was in attendance.
Charles Doersam, one of the most ac-
cOmplishcd pianists in the city, rem
dered Schumann's "Novellett" in fault
less style, and Frederick Widmaver
gave three violin solos acceptably. The
vocalists We're Miss Susie BLACK, Miss
Grace W. Duncan and Ralph d. Will
Jams, all of whom sang solos. Miss
Black and Mr.. Williams also sang a
duet, "In the Cross of Christ Glory"
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0. & w. DIRECTORS REELECTED
Thomas Fowler Chosen President of
the Board.

The stockholders of the New York,
Ontario and Western Railway COM
pany, at a meeting held in New York
on wednesday, reelected the retiring
board of directors. a meeting of the
directors was afterwards held and
Thomas Fowler was reelected presi-
dent.
The other officers elected We're: Jo-
seph Price. vice president; John b.
Kerr. vice president and general coun-
sci; r. d. Richard. secretary and treas
urer. j. +. Childs was reapponted
general manager, and Charles S.
Whelan, chairman of the executive
committee.
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DELEGATES BURST
FORTH In SONG
GLAD THE WORK OF THE CON-
vENTIoN WAS OVER.

At Nine O'Clock Last Night the
Work of the Carpenters Conven-
tion Was Practically Disposed Of
but the Convention will Assemble
This Morning and Be Formally Dis
missed-oficers Elected and a Great
Deal Of other Business Transacted.
Pension for Members Proposed.
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PROGRESS OF THE
VIADUCT MEASURE
PASSED SECOND READING IN
COMMON COUNCIL.

Mr.. Nageli's Amendment Was over
whelmingly Defeated - Arlington
Turnpike Company's Bills Came UP
and Mr.. Grier Called the Attention
of Councils to the Fact That La
bolers and Team st rs Were Charged
at Less Than Allowed by Law.
Doings in Select Council.
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Saturday is the last day on which
the public can enjoy the amusements
at Nay Aug Park. Don't forget this
and bring along the children. -
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Read the full description of The
Tfibune's Educational Contest on
fourth page.
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Savings Department
TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
Cor. Wyoming and Spruce
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CHURCH SOCIAL-The Ladies' Aid society Of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy
Trinity will hold a social at the home of Charles
Glragan, J2S Lackawanna avenue, this evening,
to which all members and friends Of the congre.
cation are invited.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-03

my's shots. But in practice they are
rarely hit, when mounted in fortifca-
tlon Isl and properly masked. Moreover
The effec tiveness of a gun mounted in
a fixed position is generally calculated
at six times that Of one on a moving
platform, such as the deck of a bat
tleship. When target and gun are
both in motion the. chances. of an eff.
fective shot rapidly diminish when
only the target is in motion the
chances of a shot striking home are
atsonce multiplied. With a gun firing
a charge of guncotton, the element of
accuracy is vastly Increased by reason
OF the fact that no penetration is
needed-the projectile doing it's work
by the explosion of its charge. "A low
speed, Just about sufficient to reach
the target, is best: ss5s3.t3 }.= I: y. 5 .
Guns firing projecties charged with
high explosives are by no means new.
ideas, but heretofore their propelling
force has been compressed air and
their radius of action very small. The
most familiar type is that Of the We
.suyius, which was in action at San
5tiago, and scoughed great. quantit tiles
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stonsto stances Of twelve mile Is TAX
ing the rene range. 1t discards
com g pressed l,e air as the cling force,
and uses .l' the service power. But with
e. new a ilaa nechanism, recent
ado adopted makes inv asion practically
an possible. Instead Of al string and
network net Y OF submarine mines, as here
'tofore, the Waters of the bay will be
fiiln1'tsersected and couhtersected by a
system OF electric wires. A ship en-
sterlng the bay and striking these wires
will automatically fix its locality on.
the new position finder, no matter.
whether it be within the range Of the:
gunner Is vision or not. The sighting
of the gun becomes q matter OF angles
Of. elevation and direction, shown in
an already prepared tabl The charge
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marks a new departure. 1t lis in the
fact that it will fire shells loaded with
guncotto ton each shell to contain 600
pounds tof that dreaded substance. Six
hundred pounds of BURST
Ing aboard any ship Of war means
practically the destruction of that
ship. For twelve miles in any direc-
ton from the gun no enemy will be
safe from the possibility Of receiving
such a charge (: 81. *$ssis
This gun stands today the first to
use powder of the ordinary 81 service
|. sort, brown or smokeless, to fire i a
shell filed with an explosive Of higher
grade than the powder itself and of
far greater. constituencies to detona-
ton. That will do this is practical
" certain. Guncotton, though not so
sensitive as dynamite, is by no means
an article to be toyed with. pre-
vent explosion it is commonly kept
saturated with water. And IN a. sat
urated condition it will he loaded into
the shell and fred
Alongsides Of the saturated guncot-
ton there is a small charge Of dry
guncotton, and leadingt to this is a
fuse with a illuminate cap, striking a
blow on explosion equal fifty
pounds. This blow dettonatesx the dry
guncotton, and the dry Sguncotton de-
tonates the wet.
Twelve miles is al long distance.
Further than the human eye can
reach except at very lofty attitudes
Further than any gunner, unless arti-
/ f1cially aide can train a gun or OBJ
serve target Further than the
sound Of a. very heavy explosion will
carry, unless ii as mnfied roar Yet
1T is proposed to make: the athmann
|Sgun effective at twelve miles, Or very
near that distance, by aiding human
vision BY artificial means.
Indeed Tar has made q revolution
IN human needs. IN til the early part
LOT 1898 when host lities with Spain
were immin ent coast defense was, an
almost neglected quantity. True, the
army held it, in mind. and as far as
niggardl appro priattions would per
init, prepared for It. When It became
necessary to place mines ID the coun-
try,s harbors and to restrict naviga-
|Istion5 there was q great cutlery and talk
'of defiance but war made these pre-
cautions necessary Since then there
have been many new e.shods sug-
5gesed, devised. tested and adopted.
OF these the Gathmann gun IS the
latest. Its Will fire charges Of guncot-
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and shrinking them over one another.
"a process which vastly enhanced the
strength sire and stab ility Of the arm. tt
ls upon On this principl that the Cath
mann man gun is built, and with a pres:
sure 81 Z OF something less than &c, 900.
pounds to the square inch and an
s-I Ia velocity OF 1900 feet per sec
q ond at the m1fuzzle Of the gun it would
throw its projectile the full twelve
miles in approximately thirty-six sec
zonds. Some idea of this speed may be
.atta u i when it is remembered that
the fastest railroad train would re-
sql1ire twelve minutes to traverse the
same distance. 81 4.
4. It is to be borne in mind that guns,
whether dynamite or otherwise, are
themselves the targets for their enc
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where. First, shall go after some
Smlosqui toes and little gnats. 81
till hung said.
g am always hung Z he an
answered. ssss #
S8 How about the pollyWogs, the baby
trout, and the snails az
Oh ] leave them with my old skin
for the larvae that will come after-me.
No more mud. and cold. and darkness
for me! All sunshine, green meadows
and sparkling water, and gay life
from sunrise till eVening, Whfrling and
dancing with my companions, chasing
all sorts of little flying creatures, and
Swimming over the brooks and basking
in the sun. By next week thousands
of my relations will be out. Some Of
the earliest to appear are: those with
clouded wings and rost-dusted bodies,
y then the golden brown ones, and next
the beautiful red ones, whose bodies
glow like rhbies.
After these comes the largest mem
Der Of our family. He is the swiftest
flier Of us all. al magnificent fellow,
4 ~ SooCu III AuSSoc1lCEO ". yC1lOWSS O1AS, WILD
and black. In July our dainty sisters,
the moiselles, come out. Il wish#you
could see them flying over the shadiest3
part OF the brook. in their slow, hesi-
tating way, stopping to rest ever min.
ute or two. Some have bodies Of glis--;
tenning green, with wings like black
satin; some have bodies of Furnished
bronze, with dusky brown wings; and
still Others, wings and bodies fecked
with creamy white; and so graceful
and slender are they all. 7. @ sA
We generally begin our flight at
high noon, and dance, and whirl, and
chase until the sun falls low. and then
we all go to sup on the harvest Of lit
tie winged creatures that the summer
evening calls out.'s' L;
Is Always on the lookout for a meal,
I said. Il 5aE .5s... .s5 y 81:
&C. Always he answered; and spread
ing his now fully dried wings, he sail.
ed way.--Margaret w Leighton. s
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is sent on it's erran ID an d the work is

is sent On its erran d and the work is
over. ss 81,
Six hundred pounds of guncotton
bursting upon or even alongside Of a.
Warship would almost neVitably put,
t.Sollt#of action. But guns and gun.
sners are by no means infallible7-- the
gun may miss or not fire true, or the
charge fail to explode. Here comes.
another provision. Depend is not.
placed upon one gun alone--there are
to be many such in position in every
harbor The same contact which no
.tifies the&creW of one gun of the pres
ence and location Of an enemy can as
easily notify b several or a hundred.
There may be raineof Shells upon
the ship, but one striking and ex-.
ploding will be sufficient. .s IS
Taking Fort Delaware, for. illustra
ton, standing at the head Of the bay
and at the entrance of the river, an
area Of twelve miles in radius would
be dominated by: such a gun placed
there That is to sal, that for a dis
lance Of twelve miles in its steaming
course an enemy's Ships would be CON
stantly subject to SIS mbardment by
high explosive shells. # at extreme
range the shells were to miss the tar
get every foot the ship advanced near
er the fort would make its danger
greater It's chances of safety would
be still pborSif by any means it actual
ly5 did pass the forts. For another
twelve miles it would continue to be
/ in danger and all this pom the sup.
position that but one such gun were
mounted to Cypress q There might
be many guns hid den along the shore
or placed upon islands, every one Of
which would INFINITELY aggravate the
danger to a hostile sh il.
Only once before in the history Of
American ornaments has there been
an attempt to- build eighteen inch
guns. More exactl u such guns were
built, but were found unseryic
The former guns were cast solid, after.
the old fashion Of making such NJ a-
pons, and then bored out. The great
weight Of metal at the muzzle caused
the guns to- sag and lose their shape.
For years there was q tendency to di-
minish the size of the bore This
tendency was, oreoVer; facilitated BY
the adj ption the ri system
which vastly Increased the effective:
ness and range of 1Iery of every
/ sort. Then came the principle Of.
bull ing rp,''S guns, ma tube
Jackets and rear Of separate pieces
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Vatcn tne worm shorten nlmsen aIeer5
1oi1s s.iseeil 81. y; .ln lro1n tn.'
az ene - eSae -
Wv VI see ene piiseies'
selae' ~ Which " iiana - alh.
zW llen he Iells lne1ls HIS pouy the selae
on the hlEndefsrlngs preVent MN from ~
stretching packWards because b they, IN
poln 1sl pacAWards, SUCK into the
ground. Inc WorIa can tnerefore,
strelcn enly IoF W.T. q the same
manner When - s shortens5 his BODY,
the the setae IN the front rings stick into
the ground and the hinder II part OF the
pody:ls drawn " up; he repeats this pro-
cess every time he moves along. That
way f. walking N ay seem
very comp licatedi and ant wonderful l ful i.
but it is no mo more wonderful than,t that
you should be able to balance our
body on your two feet and wal with
out giving a thought to how you do it..
or to how Wond erful it is that It can
be done without thought. Watch a.
baDyy's effort TO g keep his lance In
learning .to toddle only q few steps,
eoaz, 8, IL, HOO e.
had q rnIieh nracfice The s, + ! as
81 The worms nav 81 seen 81 once
hen voi15 com mare 4, some a. tha 60 q
81 hal thevs a. Win hose a. ) 1eg
n1i,1stly accused If d oing hev do
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4 heavy that So will be apostolic for
them to liVe. any longer 81 the Trans
ya ga Many Of the young Beers tell
that if En- gland wins they will turn
their faces to America and try life out
on Our wesfern farms. heys would
make fine Americ cans. They are the
#cleanest, heartie lest, NEST VIII le-souIed.
fellows one could anSY acre meet No
profanity or gambling, Of question
able stories are ever known around
the Boer camp ffires and IS lighting
line Of on the Ions trek, the
oon. mover heard compl
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Unnaturallzed Eng1Ishman,s creed.

nnaturalized Eng1Ishman's Greed.
The frugality Of an unnaturalized
foreigner living at Hackensack, N. j..
caused his deporta tion to England the
other day and put him to double the
expense he, wished to save. Joseph
Jones, an Eng lishman, lived at Hack
ensack for ten years without getting
his papers. Recently he heard that an
inheritance Of $4,000 awaited him /, in
England. He sailed over and got the.
money. He sent all of it to his wife.
except barely enough to carry him
back across the Atlantic. When he
arrived pennies at New York the sasi-
sthorities laughed at his story Of for
tune and promptly sent him back. to.
ENGLAND an Now he, will have to write
to- to n me'riea for the money and do it
all over again.
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should, are kept at other work. I
will 1undoub tedly be necessary for con-
gress, having the necessities Of the.
coast defense in mind ito largely in
S crease ga the ersonneI of the heavy arr
ztillery before the expiration of the
present army law, July i, 1901
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Ss Just before the Brit fish war. broke
out Cecil Rhodes sent to President
Kruger, as endl offering favor
lite Honess from his Remarkable collee-
ton Of wild animal Is, but Dom Paul de-
.clined the gift and Il was sent back to
Mr.. Rhodes. NJ Rhodes has sent it