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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-11

the rooters, which numbered nearly a
thousand people, to their feet. j. Nor
ris pitched for the Reds and was in
vincible, the Dashers' terrific batsmen
getting only four scratch hits, and also
striking out seven opponents. The bat
ting of Glynn was a marked feature OF
the game. The score by innings:
R.H.E.
Reds ..............o 2011OO Is Q s
Dashers .......0 0 3 1 0 0 0 o. 4 3
Batteries--Reds, Morris and Glynn,
Dashers, Mcdonald Mullen and Gar
win. Struck out-By Morris, Z; McDon-
aid, 8; Mullen, 2. Base on balls-Reds.
4; Dashers, 8. Umpires-Williams and
Eagan.
The organization known as the Young
Mems society, in this town,have changed
their name and have formed a branch
and will hereafter be known as the
Young Mems Christian association, and
will meet tomorrow evening at the
home of Mr.. John Boyd, on Main street.
The picnic of the United Mine Work
ers of America at the Jermvn Pine
grove on Saturday afternoon and even
ing was a success in every detail.
About seven hundred people were in
attendance. The Republican candidates
were present in large numbers, and a
very enjoyable evening was spent by
all. Dancing was INDUCED in, and re-
freshments were on the grounds ir
abundance.
The Republicans will hold their prl-
maries today from the hours of to 8
p. m., at the usual polling places.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morris. jr,, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Conner Jones, of this
place, attended the funeral of the late
James Joseph, of West Scranton yes
terday.
Mrs. John Thomas, soprano; Miss
Olwen NJ. Howells, contralto Mr.. David
NJ. Davis, tenor. and Mr.. j. E. Watkins,
basso, comprised a quartette and sang
at the funeral of the late Miss Thomas,
at Spring Brook, yesterday.
Miss Emma Frederic, of Oak street,
who has been quite i'll for the past few
weeks. is slowly recovering.
Mrs. Thomas Jenkins and Miss Mary
A. Scrivens, of this town, visited rela-
tive In Olyphant on Saturday.
Operator Chauncey Byrant, of Par
sons, visited friends in this borough
yesterday.
Master Horace and Miss Jennie
Powell, of Pittston, are the guests OF
| their aunt, Mrs. John B. Daniels, OF
| Main street.
Mrs. John F. Tubbs, of Main street.
was the guest of relatives in Pittston
the latter part of last week
A fife and drum corps of West Scran-
| ton paraded the principal streets OF
| our borough Saturday, headed by a
banner. in the interest of Frank B.
Reese for recorder of deeds.
Vote today for Becker for sheriff; a
man the people can depend on. ~
]. p Harris show, "Uncle Toms
Cabin" passed through this town yes
terday morning from Avoca, en- route
for Factoryville. They travel in the
t,,r,
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RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
It's Recent Establishment and Rapid
Growth in Postoffice Department.


AS recently as 1898 the Postmaster
General reported to congress that the
introduction of any system of rural
free delivery of letters and papers
would be impracticable as involving
an expenditure of $20,000,000 a year
without any commensurate revenue.
In his annual report for 1894 Post
master-General Bissell declined to
spend the appropriation of so 900 made
by congress TO test the feasibility of
rural free delivery. When Congress
increased the appropriation for a test
to $4,000 in 1895, Postmaster General
Wilson adopted the opinion of his pre-
decessor and of the house committee
on the postoffice and post roads that
the plan of establishing rural free de-
delivery was wholly impracticable.
He added that he had assumed con-
troll of the department too late in the
fiscal year to take any action under
the appropriation but should Congress
see fit to make 1t available for the
current year he would carry out the
experiment ordered by the best meth
DDS he could devise,
Congress made $4,000 available for
the purpose and in 1896 Postmaster
General Wilson put the idea to it's
| first test. The experiment was en-
tirely successful and since then the
system of rural free delivery has been
so generally extended that it now in
cludes 1888 distributing points in forty
one of he forty-flve states, the excep-
! tion being Idaho, Montana, Missssp-
pi and Wyoming. BY degrees the ap-
preparation has been increased from
$4,000 to s15O,O00 and it is $500, 900 for
this year.
At the head of the states served hv
rural free delivery is Ohio, the most
| favored state, with forty-nine routes,
Indiana having forty-four and Iowa
| twenty-three. The development of the
system, however, has for Topographic
cal reasons been very irregular. Thus
| in Texas there are only two rural free
delivery routes, while In South Caro-
lima there are twenty-One. In Wash
| ington there is one only, while in
California there are fourteen, and in
Louisiana, Alabama and Florida there
are three routes only, while in Maine
there are seven,
In the opinion of post Office authori-
ties, however, the present system is
only in its incipiency and among the
plans in view for its further extern
sion is one for rural free delivery of
mail by electric cars. Some farmers
and other residents OF the north
eastern part of Massachusetts and the
adjoining New Hampshire territory
have taken steps in this matter, the
idea having occurred to them a few
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-11
The TENTH STRAIGHT.
Scranton Again Defeats Harrisburg,
the Legislators Being swamped
This Time by Score of 900.
For five innings Saturday afternoon

For five innings Saturday afternoon
the contest between the Scranton
Champions and Harrisburg Legisla-
tors was as evenly contested and in
teresting a one as the most fastidious
enthusiast could desire. Then, how
ever, the slaughter began and the
local batters fell on the inshoots, out
curves, fast ones, slow ones, in fact
all the mysterious collection of fool
ers served up by the Right Honorable
Joshua Keener and these, together
with several yellow errors, contrib
uted by the Harrisburg fielders, COM
bined to give Scranton twenty runs,
and the tenth straight victory.
Burnham put patched up team in
the field. Knox going to short, Jack
O'Brien to third and Kervin to center
The change did not affect the fielding
Of the team particularly and certain
ly did not affect the batting. Kervin
led in the slugging. In his six ap-
pearances at the rubber he landed on
the horse hide four times with the
viciousness of Lajoie. and two sim
giles and a brace of three-baggers were
the results of his days work. Catcher
loft, who early in the season was
condemned as a light batsman, but
who has been rapidly dispeling the
Illusion showed up well with the
stick and banged out four clean sim
giles. Sir Richard Knox was also in
evidence, and swung the small sized
telegraph pole, which is his favorite
bat, with sufficient effect to make a
home run and two singles. Big Roeber
Mcintyre was also heard from, con-
tributing a three-bagger and two one
basers. Shelter got in three singles,
Knoll a triple and single, Pirate
O'Brien a couple of singles and Jack
O'Brien and Kennedy a single apiece.
Kennedy wasn't in the best of con-
dtion, and in addition to being hit
hard enough to win most ordinary
games was rather Wild giving six
bases on balls and hitting with the
ball one batsman. However, at criti-
cal points he pulled himself together,
as was particularly marked in the
third inning. With two men gone,
Vigneux hit to deep left center. 1t
was a beautiful hit, but fast fielding
Kervin held Vigneux at second and
gave him only two bases on the drive.
Ferguson drew a base on balls and
Witrock also walked. With the bags
full, Keener stepped to the bat. The
st lwart twirler has been batting well
all season, and wore a smile on his
lace a yard wide. 1t lost its width,
however, when Kennedy put two
strikes over and he struck out by hit
ting at ball he could not have
reached with a nine-foot club.
Spike Shannon was the bright par
ticu!ar luminary of the visiting team
with the bat. He made a single,
double and triple, and they were all
good, long. clean drives. TIE score:
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weeks ago, when they first received
an electric car service in place of the
stage coach which formerly ran be-
tween Exeter and Amesbury.
The free delivery of letters in cities
was inaugurated by the Postoffice De-
partment in 1863, when the whole
number of letter carriers in the Uni
ted States, now $4,000 was less than
700. 1t did not increase materially un-
til 1880, when the number of cities and
towns having free delivery of letters
had risen to 104. Ten years later, in
$780, there were 519, and the number
is now 745. There were by the last
Federal census 713 cities or towns in
the United States having a population
in excess Of 5000, and practically all
these places and a few others besides
have now free delivery of letters by
carriers.
One remarkable and salutary effect
of the extension of the rural free de-
livery system has been the great i'm
provement it has brought about in
country roads. The extension of the
system being optional with the Govern
ment, the plan has been adopted Of
favoring those regions in which the
roads are best, and as a consequence
there has been a general Improvement
in the condition of roads traversed by
rural carriers. This has been espec-
tally the case in the West and it &C.
counts for the apparent preference ac-
corded to Ohio and Indiana, in which
| States the construction of good roads
| has been a prerequisite to the estab-
| lishment of rural free delivery SER
vice. In one county of Indiana the
| farmers incurred an expense of 50, 900
| to grade and improve a road in order
| to obtain free delivery.
The traditional policy of the post
| office department is constantly to eX-
| tend it's operation, taking, irrespective
of the volume of revenue derived, no
steps backward and it has been found
generally that as the expenses increase
| the revenues increase correspondingly
| Thus where rural free delivery has
| been established, the number of let
| ters written and the number Of letters
! received have increased and in some
cases to an extent sufficiently large tc
make up for the additional outlay
caused by the delivery. A Pennsyl-
vania farmer made recently a compu-
tation which other farmers have ap.
proved, and the post office department
has thought worthy of publication, tc
the effect that, on an average, every
farmer not served by rural free de.
livery goes at least once or twice 6
week to the nearest post office for hi:
mall and occupies one-third of a work
ing day on the trip. Putting the value
of the time thus lost in the busy farm
ing season at so cents head, the to-
tai loss would run up to many mil
lion dollars. 1t has been found gen
orally that while congress is reluctan
to authorize some postal expenditures
the popularity of rural free deliver.
among farmers is such as to max,
probable a further increase in the ap
prOpriat ton next year.
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OLYPHANT.

The funeral of the late Thomas Nor
gan took place from the home of his
parents on Scotch street Saturday af-
ternoon. The large number of per-
sons who attended was a gratifying
proof of the esteem in which he was
held. After brief service at the
house and the remains had been view
ed, the funeral cortege moved to the
Congregational church, where an ex-
cellent and appropriate sermon was
delivered by Rev. r. s. Jones, of Prov
idence. There was a large number Of
beautiful floral offerings. The pail
bearers were David T. Lewis, w. j.
Lewis, William Brooks, George Will
liams, jr., James Harris and Henry
Williams. The flower-bearers were
Thomas Williams, John Morris, d. j.
Davis, Ebenezer Jones, Arthur Hen
erickson and d. j. Lloyd. Interment
was made in Union cemetery.
st. Patrick's choir went to Rock
Lake yesterday, where they gave a
sacred concert under the direction of
Professor T. w. Watkins in st. Ju-
liana's church last evening. The rec
tor OF the church is Rev. ]. NJ. Smoul-
ter, formerly curate Of st. Patrick s
church here.
The local Ministries, under the man
agement of F. B. Ferguson, will be
reproduced at Jessup In the near fu-
ture.
Becker for sheriff-vote for him to-
day and have a winner at the polls in
November. ~
Spreading of the rails caused the
small locomotive known as America
to leave the tracks and topple over
short distance below the Dunmore
street crossing early Saturday morn
ing. The engine was hauling a long
trip Of mine cars to the Grassy Island
shaft and was going at a good rate
OF speed, when the accident happened
The cab of the engine was badly
smashed. The engineer and fireman
escaped ty jumping. Trafficswas de.
layed for several hours.
II. B. Bush spent yesterday al
Mauch Chunk.
The funeral Of Bessie. the 5-year.
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Owens, of Blakely, occurred yester-
day afternoon at o'clock and was
attended by many friends of the fam.
ily The remains were inferred ir
Union cemetery. The little one was
taken i'll Friday night and died early
Saturday morning. She is the second
| child of Mr.. and Mrs. owens have los
within four weeks.
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PECKVILLE.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wallick spent
Sunday at Taylor.
Mr., and Mrs. Charles Morrow, of
West Pittston, spent Sunday with
their son, Charles Morrow, of Rell
place.
A large vote is expected to be out
at the primaries this afternoon.
Mrs. S. M. White is visiting at
Cniondale.
Mrs, Lydia Carpenter. of Scott, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. L. Tay-
loT.
George We scott, of Scranton, was
caller in town yesterday.
Becker for sheriff-vote for him 10
day and have winner at the polls in
November 90
Two COWS were killed by Traction
company car at the Gravity culvert
on Saturday night. The cows were
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-11
TAYLOR NEWS.
An Interesting Base Ball Contest.
U, M. w. of Al Picnic a Grand
Success-Personal News.

The base ball contest which took
place on the Old Forge park grounds
on Saturday afternoon for the cham
pionship of the county and a purse Of
$25, between the Reds of this town and
the Dashers of that place, was well
contested and proved to be interesting
throughout. Owing to the lateness in
commencing the game, 1t was decided
to play only seven innings, but up TO
the final inning the score remained a
tie at A, so 1t required an extra inning
to decide it. The winning run was
scored by McHugh. of the Reds, who
gained his base by a neat hit He stole
second and was brought in by a nice
two-bagger from the bat Of NJ. Glynn.
The drive was a neat one am brought
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JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.
Social at the Home of Mr.. and Mrs.
rendered Tonight-Persona

The measuring social to be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Rendered, jr., of Third street, this
evening promises to be a pleasant af-
fair
George Davis, of Providence. wasAa
visitor here on Saturday.
The funeral of the late James Gilli-
gan will take place this morning.
Fred Hartnoll. of Scranton. spent
yesterday here with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jekyll, of Scranton,
We're yesterday the guests of Miss
Dora Tennis, of Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Crandelson, of
Clarkson, are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Park, of Third
street.
Rev. and Mrs. j. b. Cook and
daughter, Helen, have moved to Bing-
hamton.
Miss Jennie jenkins, of Carbondale,
was a visitor here yesterday.
AT a meeting of the congregation of
st. James church, held last week, it
was decided to make a number of inn
provementS and alterations in the Sun
day school room, and the matter has
been placed in the hands of a COM
mittee.
Republicans want winning man for
sheriff. Vote for Becker today. ~
The following letter which appeared
in Saturdays Scranton Truth, was
written by Frederick Hartnoll, for
mer Jermyn resident, and coming as
1t did, without solicitation on the part
of Mr.. Connell, is worthy of consid-
Grafton:
Sir: As citizen of this commonwealth | ac-
cept and read with interest and enthusiasm the
Hon. William Connells congressional record, and
appeal to his constituents for reelection to con-
gress. BY virtue of such showing present.
ed in the above record it would seem just and
merited tribute to tender him that solicited
request by standing shoulder to shoulder for
him at the primaries on Monday next His ap.
peal is modest one, commanding the attention
of those who in the past have been his friends
and supporters and from whom he now asks a
further renewal of confidence. | have never met
! the gentleman or communicated with him di-
recty OF indirectly any belonging to him or
! the party of which | am an humble follower,
! As a voter | feel an interest in the county and
| country, and even in the city of which he is a
| resident, and where he enjoys the friendship of
| all political affiliations alike | admit ] have
| read of Mr.. Conncll and often with pleasure,
| especially since his entry into practical politics.
| My impression of him as servant of the peoI lc
| is that he is an ideal and conscientious one; IN
| honorcd IT preventative of and for the people.
| Irrespective of his standing with those who
| share with him the exalted office of legislators,
| believe his record in congress worthy the united
| franchise Of this county. As a believer in and a
| supporter Of the Republican cause | accept il
az espoused by its present incumbent | hail
| with pleasure this opportunity Of testifying IA
| its support and Of furthering the reelection Of
| Mr.. CoEnell | greet him as a public benefactor
| This is written without solicitation, fear OF
| favor Of any one Frederick IIartnoll
| Dunmore, June o.
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MooSIC.

The sparks from a locomotive caught
in the timbers of the bridge that crosses
the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad
at the lower end of Moosic, Friday
night. The alarm was sounded and the
fire company quickly responded. The
flames were quickly extinguished.
Miss Isabella Law, of Scranton, is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Marjorie Rob-
ertson.
Republicans want winning man for
sheriff. Vote for Becker today. ~
Mr., Ralph Bailey,of Chinchilla, called
on his brother. Rev. Judson N. Bailey,
Saturday.
The Misses Vina Drake and Lettie
Edsall are spending a few days with
friends at Pittston.
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THE SCREW PROPELLER.
Has Reduced Atlantic Voyage from
Twenty to Six Nights.

The screw propeller is very simple
in principle and construction, and yet
it is so effective that no substitute for
it is likely to be found for many a de-
cade to come. In operation 1t is the
windmill reversed. The propeller con-
sists of a shaft projecting from the
stern of the ship and terminating in a
set of blades, usually three or four in
number, all placed at the same angle
The shafts are revolved by means of
the ships engines, and the resistance
developed by the propeller blades re-
volving i'm the water drives the vessel
forward. If a ship were firmly fastened
so that she could not move forward and
the engines were kept in motion, the
movement Of the propellers would de-
velop a powerful current in the water
astern. Where it is a question of the
relative resistance of the ships bulk
and the water, that of the water is al
ways greater, and owing to the fact
that the power is applied directly at
the stern there is less loss of energy
than in the case of side wheels. Es-
pecially is this true in ocean naviga-
tion, where the rolling of the vessel from
side to side often caused the old-fash
ioned wheels to lose their grip of the
water. The adoption of the screw pro-
peller Immediately reduced the time of
an Atlantic voyage from twenty days
to about fourteen days.
In comparison with the size OF the
great ocean steamer. the dimensions
OF the propellers which drive her
through the water at the rate of twen-
ty-five miles or more per hour seem
hopelessly inadequate. For instance, II
one stands beneath such a ship when
she lies in dry dock and looks up al
her great height, and along her hun
dreds of feet of length, it seems i'm.
possible that the propellers can fulfill
their task. AS a. matter of fact, how
! ever, their efficiency depends upon the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-11
How to Cure a Sprain.

Last fall I sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The
doctor l called on said at first it was
a slight strain and would soon be
well, but it grew worse and the doc
tor then said l had rheumatism. It
continued to grow worse and 1 could
hardly get around to work. I went
to a drug store and the druggist re-
commended me to try Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. I tried it and one-half Of
a h0-cent bottle cured me entirely.
now recommend it to all my friends
r. A. Babcock, Erie, Pa. 1t Is for sale
by all druggists. Matthews Bros.
wholesale and retail agents.
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Miscellaneous.

speed with which they are revolved
rather than upon their size. Nor are
they small in themselves The propell-
ers of a steamship of the largest size,
together with the stern tubes in which
they are carried, weigh close TO one
hundred ton. Moreover, they are one
OF the most expensive portions of the
ship. The propellers are so essential to
the ships progress that they are made
of the toughest metal obtainable.
NicIeled steel was formerly employed
for this purpose, but at the present time
manganese bronze is the favorite ma
terial. Manganese bronze costs in the
ncighborhood of 5000 per ton. and this
makes the total cost of pair of three
bladed screws amount to $4,000 or
S6O 900.
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Delawlr. AMI Hudson.
IN EFFECT MAY 81, 1900.

IN EFFECT MAY 81 1900.
Trains for Carbondae leave Scranton at $50.
753, s.58, 1913 a. m 1900, l23, 2,26, 1852, 525,
625, 757 0.15, Ills, 116.
For lIonesdalc and Lake Lodore-G.20, 1913 a.
m. 2.26 and s. 25 p. M
For Wilkes Barre 45, 74s, s43, 0ss, 1913 a.
M; 1903. l.2S. 2,ls, $685. 427, 6.lO, 74s, l0n,
ll.3O p. M
For L. v r. r. points-6.i5 a. M; 12.03 2ls,
3.23 and II 30 D. m.
For Pennsylvania II. r.. points-645, o.3s a. NJ;
Els and 4.27 p. m.
For Albany and all points north--620 a. m. and
3'52 p. M c,.,s
For CaTbondale-720, 900, 1l.33 a. M; 225,
1852, 547, 1852.
For Wilkes-Bare- 9.3S a. M. 1908, 1.5s, S.2s,
4.42, 627, S.27 p. m.
For Albany and points north-3.52 p. m.
For Honesdale and Lake LCdore-0.O0, 1l.33 a.
M and $50 y. m.
Lowest rates to all points in United States and
Canada,
J.'w. BURDICK. G. p. A., Albany, N. Y.
H. W. CROSS. d. p. A., Scranton, Pa.
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owned by John Lowery and Mr.. Me-
Hale, residents of the East Side. High
Constable Frank Martin was driving
the cows to- the borough pound when
they were struck by the car and killed.
The Mount Jessup Coal company is
having a culm washer erected on the
site Of the Katydid breaker that was
destroyed by fire. Work was COM
menced on the structure Saturday.