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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
THAT GREEN RIDGE FIRE.
Caused a Loss of Over Fourteen
Thousand Dollars.

No additional light was thrown yes
terdav on the origin of the fire which
destroyed the old Miller & Stout PLAN
ing mill, on Dickson avenue. early yes
rerday morning. There was no fire in
the building.
The total loss is estimated at $500.
George d. Brown, the owner of the
building. places his loss on building
and machinery at $500. Oh which there
WAS an insurance of $1,000. The Green
Ridge Lumber company used part of
the building for storage purposes and
sustained a loss of $4,000. on which
there Is no insurance.
The Eureka Cash Register company,
which used part of the building for
manufacturing purposes until a short
time ago, places Its loss at $1,000, on
which there Is an insurance Of $500.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
ON DEATH OF MR.. MULLEY.
Action of the Trustees of Cemetery
Association of Dunmore.

At a special meeting of the board of
trustees of the Cemetery association
of Dunmose. held Jan. -, 1900. Mr.. w.
u. Lewis was chosen chairman and
Mr.. Henry Beyea. secretary of the
meeting. Mr. Lewis stated that the
meeting was called by the secretary
for the purpose of electing a president
of the board. to fill the unexpired
for the purpose Of taking action upon
the death of our late esteemed friend
and associate, Mr.. Ambrose Mulley.
a committee was appointed to draft
a suitable minute. forward an en-
crossed copy to the family of the de-
ceased and two copies to the Scranton
dailies, after which the meeting was
adjourned.
IN MEMORIAM.
The friend whose loss. we mourn,
was unflagging in his interest in and
faithful TO his duties as a trustee from
May 18th. 1876. and as president of
this board from May 4th, 1894 until
his deccase Dec. 30th, 1899. and it is Of
record that he never failed to be pres
ent at regular meeting. We believe
this was characteristic Of him as a
man during his long and active life, in
matters secular or religious, as a Chris
tian merchant in this community.
In counsel. wise, in manner. cour-
tcous in purpose, honest, with discreet
enthusiasm of benevolent impulses and
sturdy principles, tenacious of the
right, Mr.. Mulley has left behind him
an impress for good that will be far
reaching. May he receive as his re-
ward .he Well done" of the Master
AS members of this association we
feel deeply the lose we have sustained
in his removal and desire to express
our heartfelt sympathy with his family
in their bereavement.
Henry I8eyea, Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
BUSINESS COLLEGE
NOTES,
A Great Dearth Of Good Bookkeepers
and stenographers Who Are Un-
employed.

There is scarcity OF bookkecpers
and stenographers of both sexes. AS a
result, higher salaries are being paid
Our graduates are constantly making
changes for the better, and business
men find it difficult to secure just the
kind of help they need. One who be-
comes good bookkeeper or stenog-
rapher can reasonably expect to secure
q position which will pay $40 or $50 per
month, as soon as he is through. Since
there will be no summer vacation
many are enrolling now in order to
prepare to grasp the opportunities
which will come in the fall
Record for the week: Philip Fitz-
gerald is with the New York and Java
Trading company. New York; Louis
Brady. with c. s. Woolworth; Bessie
Shepherd, with Alderman Kasson;
Anna Dreyer and Stella LAWS, with
Colliery Engineer company; Lizzie
Thomas, with The Fashion: George
Haak. with Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Uhis makes eighteen: /:
William Buckwalter, with Richart &
Sanderson Oil company. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
A Card.

We. the undersigned. de hereby agree to
refund the money on 50-cent bottle OF
Grcenes Warranted Syrup of Tar If it
fails to cure your cough or cold We also
guarantee n 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded:
]. G. Bcne 4 Son. Dunmore.
G. w. Davis, Providence.
w. d. Davis Providence.
Rernimnn & Co. Avoca.
w. r.. Manners Moosic.
+. A. Kane. MinOoka.
Joseph Davis, Taylor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
ROBLING NOTIFIED.

Yesterday afternoon Chief Robling
received a telegram stating that the
two men mentioned had been arrested; ;
had given their names as Antoine
Robert and Auguste Morel and had
admitted their guilt. The telegram
also requested that officers be sent on
at once to bring the men back.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
ARE TRAPPED
AT MONTREAL
Men Who Shot Officers
KayS and Snyder
at DunmOre.
ON A DESPERATE MISSION

Men Confess That They Were on
Their Way to Blow Up the House
of a Coal Operator When the Police
officers Interfered with Their
Plans-They Are Anarchists and
Boasted of the Fact That They Had
Shot the Two officers Described
the Kind of a Bomb They Had Pre-.
pared-It Corresponds with That
Dropped by the Men Who Ran
Away After Shooting the officers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
WORK OF THE RESCUE MISSION
What the Report of superintendent
Sanborn Shows.

Superintendent Sanborn reports as a
part of the work done by the Rescue
Mission during the month of January
thlrty-one services conducted in the
mission hall and four at the Dickson
City chapel; hospital treatment OBJ
tanned for three persons; 122 visits
made; shelter given to 175 men. and
one man sent to the Hillside Home.
Such work commends itself to the pub
lie.
The directors are especially pleased
at the hearty response they have re-
ceived from their circular letter. Some
have not replied to it, but they hope
soon to hear from them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Tho funniest farce ever written. "A
Stranger In Strange Land" Lyceum
Tuesday. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
Conservatory of Music.

A new term begins next Monday at
the Conservatory, Adams avenue and
Linden street So
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

The funniest thing that ever hap
pened. "A Stranger in Strange
Land" #*
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Marriage Licenses.

William G.. Miller .......... Scranton
Melissa Lynch Lackawanna. township
simon Ierumerukas. ....... Old Forge
Mary Sorprlus ............ Old Forgn
Peter WorzkievericZ ........ Scranton
Martha Kumiecz ............ Scranton
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You'll like the stranger" when you
meet him. At the I.yceum Tuesday. w
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Finest wines and cigars at Lanes,
320 Spruce street -
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REWARD OFFERED.

The men escaped and the Dunmore
authorities offered a reward of $500 Tor
their capture The only clues left be-
hind were a hat and a long pipe filled
with coarse black powder. making a
bomb of terrible power.
The first intimation that the local
police received of the mems where
abouts was telegram received last
week from Chief of Detectives Carpen-
ter, of Montreal, asking if two French
men were wanted here for attempting
to blow up the house of a coal opera
tor last summer.
The police instantly coupled this
with the Dunmore affair. remembering
the bomb found, and Chief Robling
sent a letter to Carpenter detailing
the whole story of the shooting and
the later developments.
Another letter was received Wednes-
day from Chief Carpenter stating that
a man had come to him and had in
formed him that two Frenchmen We're
in Montreal who had attempted to
blow up the residence of a manager OF
superintendent of coal mines in
Scranton last summer.
This man had further told him tina,
they We're rahid anarchists and openly
boasted of having shot two policemen
who interfered with their plans. The
man had even described the bomb as
being identical with the one described
BY Chief Robling in his letter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Have you seen A Stranger in n
Strange Land He will be at the I.y-
ceum Tuesday. W
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

The biggest laughing hit in New
York this year, "A Stranger in a
Strange Land" **
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Colliery Engineer Company Stock
for sale. r. Ernest Comegys, Dime
Bank.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Smoke the Pocono sc. cigar. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Go to the I.yceuu next Tuesday ant
laugh. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Try "Hotel Jermyn" cigar, 10c. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

He is "a Stranger in a Strange
Land" but you will like him when you
see him. Lyceum Tuesday. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Steam Heating and Plumbing.
p. F. & NJ. T. Howley, 231 Wyoming ave
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Smoke the Hotel Jermyn" cigar, 1oc,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

1t can now be stated with almost
absolute certainty that the two men
who shot at and wounded Patrick
Rays and II. l.. Snyder, Dunmore po-
lice officers, at the corner Of
Jefferson avenue and Delaware
street on the evening of July last,
were bent upon desperate mission.
nothing short of the blowing up Of the
home of one Of the coal operators liv-
ing in that vicinity. Chief of Police
Robling Yesterday received word from
the chief Of detectives of Montreal
that two men, Antoine Robert and
Auguste Morel, had been arrested in
that city and had confessed their guilt.
1t will be remembered that on the
evening above referred to officers Kays
and Snyder had followed two men to
the grove at the corner of Jefferson
avenue and Delaware street and that
the latter suddenly turned and without
warning fired on the two policemen.
Officer Rays was seriously wounded
and lay between life and death at the
hospital for some time. Officer Sny-
der's injuries were not of such a seri-
Gus nature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03

Smoke the Pocono SC. cigar.
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NoRrONS BULLETIN.

February Magazines.
Received at Norton's This Week.
McClure's, Munsey's,
Popular Science, Now 7bc.
All the Fashion Monthlies.
Century, Harner's, scribner's,
ladies' Horne Journal, Metropolitan,
Cosmopolitan. Strand. Pearson's,
Wide World. Argosy, Designer.
Delineator, Ladies' Home Companion.
Ali the New Books
at Cut Prices.
Blank Account Books,
all Sizes and all Styles,
for all sorts Of business.
fercantile Stationery and
Office requisites, all sorts.
m. NORTON.
322 Lackawanna Ave-. Scranton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-19
WEARY OF EXPERTS.
MoIineux Jury Wants No More Hand
writing Testimony.

MoIineux Jury Wants No More Hand
writing Testimony.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1S1Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne today announced
that the prosecution tomorrow would
close it's case in the murder trial of Ro-
land B. Molineux, charged with the mur-
der of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams.
The prosecution today introduced two
more handwriting experts, who testified
briefly that the handwriting of the Cor
nish'' and Barnet letters and poison
package address were identical with that
of Molineux. ~
Recorder Goff ruled that the prosecution
would not be permitted to call any more
handwriting experts, and one of the
Jurors expressed his WEAKNESS of expert
testimony.
The most important testimony today re-
lated to the poisoning of FL. c. Barnet,
and. while Mr. Osborne was always check
ed by the court when he asked his wit
ness questions that connected MoiineuX
with the Barnet case, still the prosecution
scored frequently.
James A. Shields, formerly associated
with H. c. Barnet, testified that in the
summer of 1898, shortly before Barnets
death, Barnet received by mail package
about one and one-half inches long and
high, in dark-covered wrapper. Witness
continued:
81 saw Mr. Barnet open the package
I saw him take out the contents. As I
recollect it there was some cotton,
smaller box inside. and in it were some
pink or red capsules.
How does all this become relevant?"
asked the recorder.
"I'll show" said Mr. Osborne, "that
Barnet received things anonymously
through the malls, and that the defend
ant bought such things as have just been
described in the name of H. G. Barnet. ,"
Edmund Barnet, brother of H. c. Bar
net, testified that among the latter's eff
fects were a box containing twelve pink
pills and also a box containing salve.
Robert c.. Bois, physician Of forty
years standing, testified that small doses
of cyanide of mercury, often repeated,
would produce all the symptoms of diph-
iberia. Barnet, it will be remembered,
was treated for diphtheria.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-19
INCREASED SHIPPING.
1t Is Favored by the American Pro-
tective League.


NEW YORK, Jan. 18-The American
Protective Tariff league held its fifteenth
annual meeting today. Among those pres
ent were William IL Strong, Cornelius
N. Bliss, Homer Laughlin, of California,
and Charles Coffin, of Maryland. There
was proposition to discuss tariff policy
for Puerto Rico and the Philippine is
lands, but it was decided that the time
was not ripe, and the subject was laid
on the table. This resolution was adopted:
Whereas, The scarcity of American
built vessels carrying the American flag
available for use by the United States in
any emergency is an element of danger
that should no longer be ignored or dis
regarded; and whereas, it is not creditable
to US as a nation that We are carrying in
American vessels not more than one
eighth of the total volume of commerce,
Resolved That it is the duty of con-
gress to heed the recommendation Of
President Mckinley, in his last message,
and to enact legislation that shall remedy
these defects, and place the American
merchant marine upon the footing de-
manded alike by the possible exigencies Of
war and the pressing requirements of our
increasing export trade
These officers were elected: Board Of
managers Charles S. Landers, E. A.
Hartshorn, A. D. Juillard, Theodore M
Ives and J. E. .Propp; president, w. L..
Strong; vice president, LIE Grande Canon
and Joseph E. Propp; treasurer, Chester
GriSWold.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-19
PREPARATIONS In PROGRESS
JAPAN rs BUILDING wARSHIPs,
AND RUSSIA is STRENGTHEN
ING HER NAVY
ALL EUROPE IS INVOLVED
Germany to Side With the Russians,
and England to Lend Aid to
Japanese-Corea the Point In Dis
tablish Naval BRse Thereto
This Japan Will Enter Protest.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-War between Rus
sia and Japan is looked for as inevitable
by the naval officers of the countries who
have been nearest the probable scene of
future operations, said Lieut.. w. Ro-
manoff, Of the imperial Russian navy,
who arrived in Chicago today. The lieu
tenant has just completed three years
cruise in Asiatic waters on the Russian
battleship Sissoiveliky and Is on his way
to ST. Petersburg. He continued:
Just how soon such war may begin
1t Is difficult to say, but events little short
of miraculous must occur to avert 1t.
The Japanese are building warships as
rapidly as possible, in anticipation of the
outbreak Of hostilities, and Russia is
strengthening her navy as fast as she
can. That Russia must have a naval
base between Port Arthur and Vladivo-
stock Is conceded, and that she will try
to get one in Corea is certain. In the
event Of such war 1t is considered prob
able in Russian naval circles that Russia
will have the aid Of Germany and that
England will take the other side. Euro
pean war will follow the outbreak OF
hostilities between Russia and Japan.
"The movement Of Russian troops to-
wards the Afghanistan and British India
borders, the mobilization Of the trans-
Caspian troops at Baku and Herat and
other military maneuverings on the part
of Russia are taken by official Russia to
mean the beginning of movement to
eliminate English influence In territory
heretofore held by her, beginning at Ka-
bull 1t is certain that England will nave
to fight to retain her territory in the
East"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-19
PROLIFIC PUERTO RICO.
Special Commissioner Carroll Gives
in Glowing Report.

in Glowing Report.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S--Henry *.
| Carroll, special commissioner Tor the
| United States to Puerto Rico, under ap
pointment by the president, to investigate
| the civil, industrial, financial and social
| conditions of the island, has made his re-
port. The report states that Puerto RICO
| has an area estimated from $3.50 to S,s6o
square miles. The climate is tropical, but
| not torrid The thermometer rare,y rises
| to 100 degrees. The highest monthly av-
erage on record in nine years In San
Juan is sc degrees. The mountains are
generally cove ed with verdure, and even
| the peaks are gardens of the husband
man. The death rate is moderate. yell
! low fever is now Indigenous, but small
| pox sometimes becomes epidemic. The
| health bill of Puerto Rico, however, will
| compare faVorably with that of countries
| in the temperate zone,
The population in 1897 numbered $4,000,
exclusive of the Spanish military then
| occupying the island, and the penal pop
ulation. A comparison of the census or
1887 and 1887 shows that the colored race
| is decreasing, the whites now numbering
GA per cent of the whole.
The Catholic was the state religion, and
at the time of the American occupation
| there were only two churches of any 9TH
Protestant Episcopal church at Ponce,
and another at Isabel H., In the island
If Vieques. The public charities are few
and poorly supported. Crime is not ex-
cessive. The statistics of births in 1897
shows that about 48 per cent are illegfu-
| mate. At most of the hearings held by
the commissioner. persons insisted that
the fees exacted by the priests We're too
heavy for poor people, who preferred liv-
ing together unwedded than to meet all
the conditions Of the ecclesiastical mar
riage. These persons, it is said, are rare
ly untrue to each other.
The Puerto Ricans, the report says, are
a kindly, hospitable, polite people, very
soicable, and always reldy to do Ameri-
cans friendly service.
One of the greatest needs Of the island,
1t is said, is good roads This is Of the
highest Importance, and affects all human
interests, social, educational, Industrial,
commercial and political.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-19
CAPE NOME COMFORTS.
There Will Be Everything Modern
There.

Ihefe VIII DE everything MOucFu
There.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 1S-The
new mining camp of Cape Nome, under
the arctic circle, will start the spring
with the appliances of civilization and
the most modern mining apparatus. 1t
will have a telephone system, electric
light, and electric mining machinery. Ar
ticles of incorporation of the Cape Nome
Electric Light and Telephone company
were filed today. The incorporators are
residents of Nome City and local capital
lists.
Charles S. Rosener, one of the number,
and an attorney OF Nome. said: Capital,
especially New York and English capital,
is invested heavily in Alaska, and consid-
cradle San Francisco money will go up
in the spring. Our company will erect
at Nome City a podern electrical plant,
with sufficient capacity to supply the
town with lights and the Beach and Tun-
dra lands with electric power.
I'VE shall also install at Nome a tele-
phone system, and connect the town by
telephone with the adjacent mines, and
with Port Clarence, Cape York, Port
Safety, Council City, Golovy Bay and ST.
Michael
Rosener predicts an immense rush to
the new gold fields, not only from this
and the eastern coast, but from all points
In Southeastern Alaska and on the Yukon
river, estimating the population of Nome
City next summer at 10000.
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wanderings. Eventually he secured a
position with the National Security com.
pany, and, with Thomas Henderson, one
of the company's inspectors, was detail
ed upon the case of ]. G. Gingles agent
for the ST. Paul & Kansas Elevator COM
pany. at Collins, To-, who was arrest
ed some months ago, charged with hav-
ing issued bogus orders upon some 1900
bushels of wheat. The surety company
bonded Gingles, and when the affair
came to light Henderson and Cole were
placed upon it.
Gingles, it was said, had Systematically
robbed his company by issuing grain
checks upon this $4,000 bushels Of wheat
in amounts aggregating from s54 to over
$500, and made payable to w. II. Thomp-
on,-and Endorsed w. H. Thompson, and
drawn upon the Bank Of Collins. The
grain company regularly received the
checks, and supposed that their agent
had bought this wheat, and that they
had the wheat in the elevators. When
it came to checking up, however, the
wheat was not there, and then Gingles
is said to have disappeared He was
finally located in st. Paul, however, and
arrested in October, and is now await
ing the action of the grand jury at Col
linS 10.
Cole did not give entire satisfaction to
the company He was employed by the
day for some time in the latter part OF
October Then he was discharged Soon
afterwards the company discovered that
the grain checks were missing, and it
was said a friend of Coles soon after
announced that Detective Cole would
sell the company the grain checks for
Just $780, The company couldn't see it
that way and told the friend that the
checks, as evidence, were not worth
$500 or any such sum to the surety COM
pany and they thought they could prob
ably get along without them. Cole is
then said to have threatened TO go to
Collins and dispose of the grain checks
there The surety company then employ
ed the Pinkerton agency to regain the
checks, and all kinds of schemes were
tried on Cole, but they failed to result
in even sight OF the much-wanted grain
checks Sunday the Minneapolis police
were asked to take a hand In the case.
Detective King located Cole and made
an appointment with him.
Cole. King says, failed to keep the ap-
pointment, but yesterday afternoon met
Detectives Murphy and King and was
very promptly placed under arrest. After
he had meditated for time behind the
bars. however, he sent for King and Muir
phy and asked what was going to be
done with him. The detectives visited his
boarding house, on Seventh street south,
and claim to have secured the missing
checks and placed them in the hands OF
the superintendent of police.
Cole is a well dressed, smooth-appear1ng
individual, about thirty-fiye years of age,
and when questioned by the reporters In
bis cell declined to make any statement
for duplication until he had 'seen his at
torney.'
Al ]. Smith, who is attorney for the
suretv company, stated last night that
he did not-know what action would be
taken in Coles case.