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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-03-21

Secretary Prudhomme explains,
the large difference between the APP
propria lions Of the two years
by the statement that the board is
So, 800 overGraWn on this years ap-
propiation owing to the building of.
the new school house. This makes
the appropriation for this years
work virtually $21, 900.
The cost OF the new Garfield school
has been $16, 400. 1t is estimated
that perhaps 5000 more will need to
ee expended on the grounds. A
large itemthat has not been taken in
to account in the appropriation last
year was the matter OF insurance,
for which the board has paid $500.
tits figured that it will be neces-
sary to spend about $1,000 ON re-
pairing the Lincoln school building
this year. The building will be
painted inside and out, and given d.
new roof.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-03-21
Pies of eOnIa

testify TO tie merit Of Banner Salye
in curing piles. 1t is guaranteed.
Sold by Owen, Fhost & Co.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
TUNKHANNOCK.
Special to the Scranton tribune.

Special to the Scranton tribune.
Tunkhannock, June 13.-At the last
term of court viewers were appointed
to view the bridge across the Susque-
hanna river at Laceyville and report
upon the price at which the same
might be purchased by the county and
report to the June term of court. The
viewers were Martin Brungess, of
Northumberland; j. w. Stark, of West
Nicholson; Henry Sake, of Exeter;
Samuel Decker, of Falls; George l..
Kennard, of Meshoppen, and Frank
Spaulding, of FOrkston. These view
ers are at Laceyvlle today looking over
the bride, and James w. Piatt, attor-
ney for the petitioners, is with them.
Their report will be filed to the June
term of court and acted on by the
grand jury drawn for that term.
An "UncleNS Tom Cabin" company
was in town yesterday and gave an
exhibition on the ball ground, under
canvas to a fair sized audience.
Perry s. Billings, of this place, died
early this morning, after an illness COW
ering several weeks. Mr.. Billings was
one of the prominent business men
of the town for many years, and en-
gagged in his earlier life at farming
and of late years dealing in lumber.
| He was a son of Daniel Billings and
the family are among the earliest set
| tiers in this locality. OF the other
members of the family there are three
| brothers living, Draper, engaged in
| the mercantile business in this place,
and Nathan and Edgar, farmers in
| Tunkhannock township. One brother,
Paul was the head of the firms of
| Paul Billings & Company and Paul
| Billings & Sons, extensive grain and
| hay Son hardware dealers of this place,
an died some two or three years ago.
| Mr.. Billings married a daughter of
| Austin Lull, of Tunkhannock, and
leaves a widow and son and daughter
to survive him. His son. w. p. Bill
| ings is assistant cashier of the Second
| National bank of Wilkes Barre, and
| his daughter is the widow of the late
| DR.. A. b. Brundage, of thiS place. Mr..
| Billings was one of the solid citizens
of the town and held numerous offices
of trust in the gift of the local people,
including school director, overseer of
the poor and assessor. He was an eX-
tensive stockholder in the Wyoming
National bank of this place and for
several years previous to his death held
the office of vice-president Funeral
announcement will appear later.
Several parties from here will take in
the national convention of the Repub-
lican party at Philadelphia next week,
Census EnumeratOr G.. w. McKOwn
has practically completed the census
of the borough and is making out his
| reports.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
This and That.

The Western New York and Penn
sylvana railway will become part Of
the Pennsylvania Allegheny division.
The Kansas City Building Trades
council has decided to dissolve. 1t re-
Gently failed in its efforts to bring
about a general strike.
Welsbach Light company's annual
meeting next month will. it is stated.
show net profits of $475,OOO an increase
of $4,000, or 13 per cent. on the $780,
900 capitalization.
The Pressed Steel Car company has
booked an order for 1000 box cars, with
steel under frames, from the Northern
Pacific railroad. The order sums up to
more than s1,000000. This makes $500
cars of this design for which the COM
pany has booked orders.
The dimensions of the drainage and
ship canal, which forms the connect
| ing link between the Great Lakes, the
| Mississippi river and the Gulf OF
Mexico, are ample to accommodate the
| largest vessels now navigating the
| Great Lakes. and the increasing size
| of those to be built for many years to
come.
The statement Of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Relief associa-
tion for May shows payments of bene'
| fits aggregating $15,997.1O. The dis
bursements were as follows: On ac'
| count of deaths, $4314; accident dis.
ablements, $4,O23.40; sickness, S7659 20
OF the nine death claims settled one
! arose from an accident and eight from
| natural causes. The total number OF
new cases reported during the month
was III.
The uniforms worn by the train anc
station men on the Baltimore and Ohio
this summer are somewhat different ir
design from those heretofore worn
| though all are of dark blue. The con
ductors' coat are three button cuta.
| away trimmed with gold band EN-
broidery." In warm weather conduct
| ors will wear white vests. Other train
| men will wear four button sacks will
gilt buttons. Porters will wear four
| button sacks with gilt buttons. Port
ters will have trimmings and button'
of silver. Station men will wear
square-crown black silk cap with {
| straight visor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
YES OR NO?
Scranton People are Respect
fully Asked to Answer
These Questions.

Is there anything in the evidence of
ones senses?
Is there anything in the testimony of
ones friends?
Can reliance be placed upon state
ments from people we know?
Are the opinions of local citizens Of
any greater moment than those of
strangers?
Would you sooner believe people liv-
ing in some far-away place than citl-
zens OF your own city?
We think not! for home proof can
easily be investigated.
"Mr. Thomas Bamford, flagman on
the ID. q II. r. r., says: II had n
severe attack of la grippe which left
me with weak kidneys. The kidney
secretions were scanty, highly colored
and contained sediment like brick
dust and caused me a great deal of
annoyance and at times were very
painful. l used many different medi-
cines but without much relief. | was
advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills by
a friend, Mr.. Wharton, who had re-
| ceved the greatest benefit from their
use, and l procured box from
| Matthew Bros. After using them the
secretions regained their natural color,
| the sediment altogether disappeared
| and l was not troubled with pains in
my back nor the numbness in my legs"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
| cents per box.
| Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the U. s.
| Remember the name Doans and take
no substitute.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
LIVE NEWS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
RAPID GROWTH OF THE SILK
INDUSTRY.

Statistics That Tell an Interesting
Story About It--Part That Penn
sylvania Has in the Manufacture
of Silks Makeup of the Board
for Today-Big Order of Box Cars
Received by the Pressed Steel Car
Company from the Northern Pa
cific Railroad.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14

The silk statistics show that the silk
industry Is making great progress in
the United States, and that there was
q notable increase in the business in
1899 over 1898. The statistics also show
that the price of raw silk advanced.
and that while the amount imported
in 1897 was only a little less than the
importation of 1899, the difference IN
the invoice values was great. These
are the figures:
In 1897. 72,496 bales of raw silk came
to the United States, valued at $780,
636,009 The importation of 1899 was
1867 bales. valued at Sal, 52O9; the
average price having advanced in two
years from SO to SALE a pound.
In order to convert this raw material
into the various articles which are
placed on the market, silk working
manufacturing plants are being oper-
ated in all parts of the country, the
states of New Jersey and Pennsylva-
Mia alone giving employment to about
fGrty-seven thousand operatives. New
Jersey paid in wages to silk operatives
in the year 1899 $1O650,7S9, and Penn
sylvania paid in the same time $4,s66.-
Sj1. These operatives range from un-
skilled laborers to silk experts, and
while in New Jersey fifty-five out of
every hundred are males, the proper
ton is much smaller in Pennsylvania,
where seventy-three out of every hun
dred are women.
In the year 1899 the following new
silk factories were established: New
Jersey, twenty-one; Pennsylvania,
twenty-one; New York, seven; Rhode
Island, three; Connecticut, three;
North Carolina, two, and Michigan,
Delaware, Virginia and Wisconsin, one
each.
The manufacture of silk fabrics and
various articles for wear and decora-
tion in the United States began early
in the history of the country, and be-
fore the Revolutionary war; according
to the statement made by w. c. Kim
ball in an interesting article on the
subject. Connecticut raised cocoons 70
the value of 100000. In 1889 there was
great boom in the mulberry tree
business, and the price went up to s.
apiece. because people thought that
the United States would become the
great silk raising country. But the
bubble soon burst, and the So trees
were sold in the market at three cents
apiece. and it dawned upon the people
that until the price OF labor descended
to the Japanese standard it would be
more profitable to purchase the raw
silk from Japan, China and Italy than
to raise it.
The protective tariff has done much
toward the development of the silk in
dustry in the United States, and it is
believed by manufacturers that the i'm
nortation of raw silk will continue tC
increase, Notwithstanding the fact thai
the price is advancing.
According to a statement prepared
by Franklin Allen for the Silk Asso
citation of America, the following i'm
portations of bales of raw silk wer,
made in the six years beginning Janu
ary /, 1894: 1894 54,924: 1895, 66,S9S
1896, 3O754; 1897, 72,496; 1898, 57,515, anC
1899, 1867. These importations repre-
sent an invoice value of $149,11S,421.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
AVOCA.

There will be a special meeting Of
the borough council tomorrow evening
for the purpose of discussing the mat
ter of the proposed improvements on
Main street. The citizens are request
ed to be present.
The committees of the various Cath
Ollie societies are requested to meet in
Herbert's hall this evening.
A lawn festival will be held in Will
liam Browns garden this evening.
Should the weather be unfavorable it
will be postponed to a later date.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Kellum and fam
lily are spending a few days with
friends in Ridgeway, Elk county.
Daniel, the 3-year-old son of John
Keefe, died yesterday morning after
a brief illness of pneumonia. The fu-
neral will take place this afternoon
from the home of it's grandmother,
Mrs. Keefe. Interment will be in Pitts
ton.
Professor C. f. Hoban is doing jury
duty this week.
Mrs. Hyndman, of Kingston, is the
guest of Mrs. M. d. Sanders, of Lincoln
Hill.
A society known as the Firemen's
Relief Association of Avoca was incor-
porated for the purpose of creating a
fund for the maintenance of disabled
firemen or for the families of those who
might receive fatal injuries in the dis
charge of their duties.
Il. j. Deeble and John McGuffie, mem.
bers of the Dickinson law school, have
opened an evening school in No. !
building.
Joseph Dommermuth, who is now al
Pittston hospital, suffering from q
broken leg sustained while at work a.
Heidelberg colliery, wishes to deny thu
statement made in the papers that thu
accident was caused by letting thu
rope slip. Such was not the case. Or
Saturday he condemned the rope OF
account of 1t being rotten, On Sunday
It broke, with the above result.
Miss Bridget Keefe, OF Dupont, Il
critically i'll.
Mrs. G.. w. Lower spent yesterda.
with friends in Jermyn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
You Are There to Stay.

On the Lackawanna Limited there Is
no change of cars between Scranton
and St. Louis. New daily service via
Niagara Falls and the Wabash, leav-
ing Scranton at 1.55 p. m, arriving at
st. Louis at 2 D. m. next day. Best
and quickest route to the West. Lux
urious sleeping cars. Dining car SER
vice unsurpassed in quality and price.
Close connection for Kansas CITY and
the Southwest Ten days stop-over per-
mitted at Niagara Falls. Parties con-
templating a trip to ST. Louis or be-
yond can secure through Pullman
space on application to Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western agents. This train
is also equipped with new observation
cars between New York and Buffalo
to take the place of the regular parlor
cars. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
National Educational Association,
Charleston. s. c.

Round trip tickets to Charleston, s.
c., via the Southern railway, account
of the annual meeting of the National
Educational association will be sold on
July 8, 6, and 8, good to return until
September /, at rate of one first-class
fare plus two dollars membership fee.
Stop-overs will be allowed, both going
and returning, on all tickets reading
via the Southern railway.
The route of the Southern railway
passes through THE historic battle
grounds of Virginia and the Carolinas,
and affords excellent facilities for
reaching Charleston and seeing en-
route the agricultural and manufac-
turing industries as well as the prin-
cipal commercial cities and resorts of
the South.
Charles L. Hopkins, District Passen-
ger Agent, Southern railway S2S Chest
nut street. Philadelphia, will be pleased
to furnish all information desired. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
D., L. & w. Board for Today.

The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western board for today follows:
Wednesday, June 13.
$50 p. NIL. Bartholomew.
IL p. m.-F. ID. Secor.
Thursday, June Il.
WILD CATS. SOUTH.
1880 a. ma. C. IIammitt, with P. Gilligan's
a. m."J. Genity.
a. NIB. Bennett.
s a. m.-F. Hallett.
10 a. mp. j. OMalley.
10 q. nj. Ennis.
] D. NIL. 4. Fellows.
$50 p. m.-LaBar. with Z. Van vleit's men.
4.45 D. nj. Burkhart
SUBMITS
6 a. M, south--S. Camody.
730 a. M. north,-G. Frounfelker.
IL a. M. north-Nichols.
p. m, north-S Finnerty.
p. M, south-McLane.
FULLER.
10 a. m.-Mosier.
PUsHERS O.,
a. m.-Houser.
1l.3 a. m.-MOran.
Up. m.-Murphy.
p. NC. Cawley.
PASSENGER ENGINE.
$50 p. m.-Magovern.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
School
Teachers
Headache.

It's not a new variety of headache.
It's the old pain consequent on condi-
tions which result from study, confne-
ment, and careless eating. 1t is only
one symptom of a arrangement of the
stomach and organs of digestion and
nutrition. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures headaches by curing the
diseases which cause them.
al was troubled with very frequent headaches
often accompanied by severe vomiting ~ writes
Miss Mary Belle Summerton, OF San Diego, Du-
val Co. Texas. oBowels were irregular, and my
stomach and liver seemed continually out Of
order. Often could eat almost nothing, and
sometimes absolutely nothing, for twenty four
hours at a time. was entirely UNIT for work,
and my whole system seemed SO rundown that
feared severe sick spell and was very much
discouraged. / was advised TO try DIR. Pierce 5
Golden Medical Discovery and did 80 with such
satisfactory results that before finishing the
third bottle l felt perfectly able 70 undertake
the duties attending public school life and con-
tracted to do So I most heartily advise those
suffering with indigestion, and its attendant
evils, 70 give this great medicine fair trial"
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets keep the
hsyels ho-NbS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
Through Sleeping Cars.

The Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railway operates through
sleeping cars between Boston, New
York, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati ii
Toledo, Chicago and ST. Louis, also
between Buffalo and Pittsburg ant
Detroit and Columbus. Accommoda-
tions in sleeping cars may be reserved
by means of letter or telegram or by
application to the local agent in youl
town, No other railroad between Buff
falo and western cities offers sucl
good sleeping car accommodations a.
the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern Railway
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
Yellowstone Park and Alaska.

Extended tours under the manage
ment of The American Tourist Asso-
citation, Reau Campbell, General Man
ager, 1923 Marquette Building. Chicago
Pullman Sleeping and Dining Cars
leave Chicago, Tuesday, July 10. at 1C
p. m, via Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway. Tickets include all ex-
penses everywhere. Address George H
Heafford, General Passenger Agent
Chicago, Ill. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
Diarrhoea at Santiago.

Charles II. Marks, while acting in
the capacity of nurse at the Second
Division Hospital of the Fifth Army
Corps at Santiago de Cuba, used a
few bottles of Chamberlains Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
diarrhoea and found it to work like a
charm. For sale by all druggists
Matthews Bros, wholesale and retail
agents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.

Dispositions in the case Of James
Manley against the City of Scranton
were yesterday taken in the office Of
City Solicitor Vosburg. This case,
which is to test the validity of a lien,
was taken to the Supreme court re-
Gently and was referred back, that
further testimony might be taken.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OF THE RAILROADS
aYMNAsTIC UNION AND FEsTI-
VAL (TURNFEsT) NORTH AM
ERIcAN, PHILADELPHIA,
JUNE 1924.
Reduced Rates to PHILADELPHIA via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

For the Gymnastic Union and Fes-
tival (Turnfest, North American, at
Philadelphia, June 17-24, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company will sell ex-
cursion tickets to Philadelphia from
all stations on it's line at the rate of
single fare for the round trip(mini-
mum rate, so cents). Tickets to be
sold and good going June is to 81. in
elusive, and to return until June 26,
inclusive {"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
WILD CATS. NORTH.
NOTICE.

J. lIennigan will go out at p. M, June 13th
in place of II. j. Larkin and G. Ludlow and
crew will 70 out in place of G. Hill and crew
on p m, North, June 18th
Y. Duffy with G. Van Vleit's men will 60 out
J. J. Duffy and crew out June 18th. on 6 D. M
Summit, in place Of McLane and crew. South
W. ID. Warfel and crew will go out at s. 70
a: m., June 14th, with excursion train for
Heart Lake. 4. G. SALISBURY. Stunt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
THREE VIOLATIONS
OF LICENSE LAWS

John Poloski, of Luzerne\ street, es-
capped trial for criminal assault, be-
cause of the failure of the prosecutrix
to appear. This is the case where, 1t
was alleged, Poloski was assaulting a
Polish woman when the prosecutrix,
another Polish woman. younger and
prettier, came to the rescue, and was
herself assaulted, while the intended
victim ran away. The case was settled,
Ii is said, through the intervention OF
a celebrated central city bail broker.
p. +. Moran, the Spruce street hotel
keeper, was acquitted of the charge of
assault and battery, preferred by t. l..
| Trainer. The prosecutor failed to APP
pear and was saddled with the costs.
Judge Archibald is engaged in trying
case that attracts much attention.
| The defendants are S. r. Dawson, col
ored, and Nellie James, white. Captain
Jack Tierney, the famous sleut' from
"de ate" is prosecutor. The prosecutors
side Of the case is looked after by At
| torney T. =. Duffy, who, with Assist
attn District Attorney Thomas, counsel
| for the Associated charities, and its
aent, Mrs. Duggan, sit at the prose-
cutor's table. Attorneys Frank Boyle
and Joseph O'Brien, represent the de-
fense The witnesses for the prosecution
are Blanche Chapman, Molly Smith,
alias Polish May, Nellie Martyr, Della
Gilmore, Jennie Mitchell, Madge Court
| right Mignonette Thomas and Daisy
Atkins. The action is laid at 223 Center
street and the White House, now
called THE English"
STORY OF THE CASE.
The rest of the story is to the effect
that Mrs. James runs a laundry and
acts as banker for the young ladies of
the Laura Jean Libby names. She atA
tempted to get license for the White
| House under the name of Il. James,
| but the newspapers appraised the
| court of the woman's character and it
| was refused. She made her money by
leasing the building at 223 Center
| street, opposite the station house, and
| renting furnished apartments to young
| women by the week or month. Daw-
son kept pool room, barber shop and
| quck-shine emporium on the ground
floor and acted as Miss James man
| ager. At least so the prosecution al
| leges.
| The defense claims that Dawson Is
the lessee of the building and that Miss
James is simply a tenant.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-14
National Republican Convention
PHILADELPHIA, June 10th.

Agents of the Lackawanna railroad
will sell round-trip tickets at the one
way fare for the round trip. Good,
going, June 18th to 21st, inclusive. Re-
turning, to June 26th, inclusive. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
The Gos,io.

What is to be? Why. verb, Of
course.
A wooden leg made of oak never pro-
duces acorn.
The money you fail to get will never
add to your wealth.
No married man is henpecked who
buys his own neckties.
No one would object to free silver
that was practically free.
The coquette was created so that the
fool might have companion.
No man appreciates poetry unless he
has a little OF 1t in his makeup.
When natterer meets fatterer his
satanical majesty sits down and rests
Only fools follow a goose with the ex-
pectation of finding an ostrich feather
other people don't amount to much
when you use yourself as a standard OF
comparison.
Many an actor whose name is on a
billboard Is an acrobat when II comes
to Jumping a board bill.
a ST. Louis art school graduate re-
Gently painted the picture OF dog un-
der n tree so lifelike that il was i'm
possible TO distinguish the bark OF the
tree from that OF the dog.--Chicago
Daily News.