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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-17
A NOVEL CHECKER MATCH.
E. G. Worden Bests New Jersey Man
in Game Played by Telegraph.

\ checker match was played on Sat
urday between Architect r.. G.. Wor-
den, of this city, and II. \. Colby. of
Orange. n. j.. who, strange to say,
have never seen one another. The
names We're exchanged by telegraph.
Mi Worden played at Florey &
Brooks store on Washington avenue
and play was continued from o'clock
in the afternoon until 10 o'clock at
night Sixteen moves We're made by
each player. At the sixteenth Nh
Colby, who is recognized as the cham
pion of New Jersey, sent "A telegram
acknowledging his defeat and wishing
Mr.. Worden II merry Christmas.
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GRAPHIC TALK
OF REV. FEM
SIEGE OF pEKrN DESCRIBED BY
EYEWITNESS.

Rev. Courtney Fem, of West Pitts
ton, Who Was One Of the Be-
leaguered Four Thousand at Pekin
Yesterday Told His Experiences
to Congregations of Second and
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church.
es--He Says That Horrible as
Were the Chinese Atrocities There
Was Great Provocation for Them.
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ANOTHER NoKRESPoNDtNNE II Hool""-A
charter granted this week to tho rcmn'y!-
>ana Correspondence school, which is to he
opened shortly in Wikes-Baut. The institution
j. capitalzed at 100000. The school is Ia be
run on the same lines as the International scho"
in this city.
ANKLE SPRAlNED.-M:s. Dr. llulli,,er, ON
Thursday evening, had the misfortune, while on
the way to her daughters, Mrs. W. 4. An,lcrsun
OF 4li Vine street. TO fall, badly spraining her
snkle She was conveyed 10 her ,aghtcr'S h3u-c
.nd is resting comfortably could he ca
reclcd under the circumstances.
FELL DOWN STAlRWAY..--C Charles Decker o.
Garfield avenue, II night watchman in the
poy OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company, was taken to the l.ackawanna
hospital Saturday night as the result oI falling
from the top OF II stairway at the l.ackawanna
freight depot. lie broke two ribs and sustained
fracture of the right leg.
WEEKS CLEARINGS clcaring> at the
Scranton Clearing House last week. rs announced
by the Traders National bank follow: Monday
l4,Gsa.s0; Tuesday, >a02,1sl2; Wednesday,
S232,5lj.Oi; Thursday, ds.'VS.ao; FriGay slOs,-
1S0.S7; Saturday, Sli1 1,j.j.33 total, Sl,2G0 iDi.-
9j. Clcarings for the corresponding week la.
year, Sl,2i3,l10.lS.
WAS A COLD ,DAY.--The cold weather con-
tinues TO frost the window pancs and mcnilv
freeze unprotected ears and noses, ard from pres
eut indications there will he no-cL mp for
awhile in the state OF atmospheric severity
Yesterday morning the thermometer registered
ten degrees above at 7,i5 o'clock. and at
no time did it get higher than 20 degrees
above.
SHE PAID THE COSTS,-Alrs. savage, Of Fer
dinand street, was arraigned before Alderman j,
Y. Howe Saturday, charged with selling liquor
without license. The arrest made under
the provisions OF the spcakcaSy ordnance. Mrs
Savage is Il widow She acknowledged her gull, -,
promised not to engage in the business again,
and tlcrcupon was discharged upon payment Of
the costs
FOUND UNDER A CAR.--Nrs. George Woosk-
witz, OF South Washington avenue, was arrested
Saturday night by Special Officer Seidman OF the
Lackawanna yards. She was taken to the Ccnlei
street station and later arraigned before Alder
man Millar. The woman was found crouchirg
under a freight car and had a narrow escape
from being crushed under its wheels. Alderman
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-17

SPRAINED HIS ANkLE.--Dayid Stevenson, OF
a5l5 North Main avenue, slipped down bank
near the steel mill, saturday afternoon, and
badly sprained his ankle. lie taken to he
Iackuwanna hospital.
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The I.ackawanna Telephone COM
pany are now placing telephones at
subscribers stations. All employees Of
the company are furnished with num-
bered badges and citizens are eau
toned not to admit anyone to their
residences, (purporting to he employees
of this company, without these
badges being in plain view.
S. II. Wayland,
wv General Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-17

Mllar decided that she had suffered punishment
enough, from the fright she received and dts
charged the case.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-17

EMBARRASSMENT TONlGlIrln Music hall
tonight Fiorc brothers orchestra will give Their
second annual entertainment.
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SUPERIOR COuR1.-The annual session OF the
Superior court will be held in this city during
the week beginning JAM H.
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CITY NOTES


BOARD OF TRADE.-The Scranl
trade will meet tonight at O'CLOCK
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Clear Havana Cigars.

10000 imported and Key West cigars
at New York prices for Lox trade.
O'Hara's cigar store 43l Spruce street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-17
IT IS SEVEN
YEARS Old
ANNIVERSARY OF ELM PARK
CHURCH CELEBRATED.

Two Large Congregations Gathered
Yesterday to Listen to Rev. DR.. j..
=. Smith, of Baltimore, Formerly
Pastor of the Adams Avenue
Church--He Spoke in the Evening
OH Faith" and Pointed Out That
It Is the Substance of All Things
Hoped For. -.
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Mounted Pocketbooks. Reynolds Bros
80
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The busy shoe stores of Lewis &
Reilly will be open this evening and
every evening until after the holidays.
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Mounted fountain pens. Reynolds Bros
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A twenty acre farm, with good new
house, to rent at Staten Island, New
York city. One and a half miles from
ferry. Suitable for market garden or
green houses. Only seven miles from
lower Broadway. Address S. Island,
Tribune Office. a.
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Fancy Leather Bags. Reynolds Bros.
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Newest Calendars Reynolds Bros
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Newest card engraving. Reynolds Bros
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Mounted Pocketbooks, Reynolds Bros.
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THE BOXERS.

And then the Boxers began iicir wild career
Establish the empire and eNtcrminatc the for
cigners" is their motto. and backed by the
dowager empress, they became a most potent
factor in the crushing of foreign power. But
right here, l wish to say that the blame for
this uprising can not he entirely attributed to
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10

his hunt. He broke his wagon
and had TO borrow two wheels in
order to return home. His bene-
factor charged him $500 for the
use of the wheels. Our neighbor
down in the cedar country evident
ly believes in the scriptural injunc-
ton which says, "lf you meet
stranger, take him in"
William kingrey came down
from the Ford one day last week
and attempted to move his thresh-
ing machine. While crossing
lateral the engine broke down and
further threshing will be delayed
several days. AS it is the first Of
the year there will be plenty of
time yet, however, to do what
threshing there is left.
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10

voir and the dam will be 100 feet
in height.-Rocky Ford Enter
prise.
T. |. Barlow, OF Manzanola, ad-
vertises that he is ready to make
contracts for next seasons tomato
crop, and will pay S7.75 per ton
delivered at the factory.
Fred b. Mason is going it alone
now with the La unta TRIBUNE,
his fellow worker in crime having
purchased the Rocky Ford Times
Republican. Success to both gen.
tlemen is the earnest wish of the
Opinion.-Pueblo Opinion.
want to let the people who suf-
fer from rheumatism and sciatica
know that Chamberlain's Pain
Balm relieved me after number
of other medicines and a doctor
had failed. 1t is the best liniment
| have ever known of. A. Dod-
gen, Alpharetta, Ga. Thousands
have been cured of rheumatism by
this remedy. One application re-
lieves the pain. For sale at the
Arcade Pharmacy.
The directors OF the Fort Lyon
Canal Company met at the Office
OF Secretary kreybill on Tuesday
and the new board organized by
re-electing b. b. Brown, president;
b. F. McClave, vice president; w.
c. Burk, treasurer; Fran k krey-
bill, secretary. The two addition
al members are John b. O'Neil, OF
Otero county and Green S. Bios
ser, of Prowers county. They
adopted the Powell cast iron head
gate.-Las Animas Leader.
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.,
CHICAGO.
News Of Holbrook.

w. +. Casteel sold a bunch OF
fat hogs to ]. w. Phenicie, of the
Ford, last week.
Fred Harrison went to Denver
a few days ago and enlisted in
Uncle Sans army.
c. M. Harrison has his house
about completed 1t will be quite
an ornament to the valley.
lin Alfred started for Big
Springs, Colorado, last Friday,
after bunch of cattle for Colonel
Lockhart. They will be fed in the
valley.
!. L. Lewis says that the reser-
voir is full of water. This insures
the farmers plenty OF water until
next June, without water from any
other source.
Otto Fleck purchased bunch Of
stock hogs of DIR. Bryant last week.
Otto will supply the La Junta
market in the spring with fat
porkers.
Oliver Stanton, OF Washington,
Kansas, is visiting his son, l.. d.
Stanton. Lew visited La Iunta
for the first time last Saturday,
since he was frozen in the snow
storm.
Yankee Robinson, of Las Ami
mas, was driving through the
valley last week in search OF stock
cattle. Very few owners are anx-
ious to sell stock at the present
time.
Ernest Daughtry is back from
the cedars where he spent several
days looking for char. He says
he saw all kinds OF tracks but no
bar. We presume the tracks were
like those made by certain young
man OF Holbrook who went to see
his fair Dulcina. When mamma
appeared the tracks he left behind
were few and far between. Ernest
also had little bad luck during
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10
Honor.b,. Defeat and uneonau.,.a.

The Las Animas foot ball team,
accompanied by goodly number
of friends and lovers OF the game,
went to La Junta to play the re-
turn game on Monday. We all
hoped our boys would win, but
when word was received in the
evening that La Junta had won hy
I6 to o, we consoled ourselves with
knowing the bows had gone to
honorable defeat, unconquered and
with colors flying and ready for
another contest. La unta made
her winning in the beginning of the
first half, more by good luck than
by playing, as after that our boys
took an extra hitch in their belts
and went to work in dead earnest,
and while they were not able to
make score they had the salts
faction Of knowing the other fell
lows weren't any better off. The
Las Animas team has no kick to
make, and they all say they were
treated royalty by the players and
the people of La unta, and that
they had good friendly visit with
them. Las Animas Democrat.
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10
LOST HAPPINESS.
"Oh, when a mother meets on high
The babe she lost In infancy.
Hath she not then for pains and fears,
The day Of woe. the watchfnl night.
For all her sorrow, all her tears.

When a baby is taken away by the angel
of death from its sorrowing mother she has
to the sad hearted woman who has never
been blessed with the joy Of clinging little
arms around her neck and dear, ten
der little head nesting against her loving
bosom. II is sad indeed that motherhood,
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10
COUNTY AND VALLEY.
The News Cleaned with Pen and Ss,s.
sors From Our Valley Exchanges.

The Otero County Farmers In
stltute will meet at Rocky Ford
January 25th and 10th.
Manzanola boasts OF band COM
posed of natural musicians, with
a drum major attachment.
An entire new set OF county Of
ficials, with the exception OF as
SCISSOR, was installed in office in
Prowers county last week.
Only fourteen marriage licenses
We're issued in Bent county during
the year 1899. People down that
way evidently believe in going it
alone.
The threatened epidemic of dip
iberia at Rocky Ford is now suf-
fciently under control to justify
the raising Of the quarantine and
the re-opening of the public
schools.
1t is reported that Col. j. A.
Lockhart has purchased a tract OF
land adjoining the sugar factory
site and will build the finest feed
ing pens in the state. Rock y
Ford Republican.
A money order Office was estab-
lished at Fowler July S, 1898.
From that date up to December /,
1899, the total amount of money
orders issued was ss, goa. II. and
money orders paid, s., oos. SO.
A series of religious sociologi-
cal lectures, associated with high
class music and classical tableaux"
is to be inaugurated in Rocky
Ford in the near future as Sun
day afternoon diversion. G.. III.
Taylor is to be the lecturer.
The Holly Melon Growers Asso-
citation has left the whole matter
of making contract for next sea
sons crops in the hands OF w. M.
Wiley. The growers have con
fidence in Mr.. Wiley's ability to
secure the best contract possible.
A large head OF water is now
running into the huge reservoirs
OF the Great Plains Storage Com
pany, and il the weather continues
favorable there will be an ample
supply to meet all the demands OF
the farmers during the coming
season.-Holly Chieftain.
The new copper mining camp
at Carriso boasts of poulation OF
$50 at the present time, and more
people arriving every day. Many
contracts for new buildings have
already been let and daily stage
lines are in operation from Lamar
and Las Animas. They expect to
have a population of 5000 ere
many moons.
A county seat war is on in kiowa
county. The little town of Eads
is after the seat Of government for
the domain OF Kiowa, and a lively
war is in prospect between that
town and Sheridan Lake, the pres
ent county seat. Should Eads get
the seat Of government, as its resi-
dents hope, veritable boom is ex-
pected for the little town.
The total receipts of the Lamar
Melon Growers Association for
the season OF 1896 were $4,oe3. IS
and the expenses SIo5. SO. The
expense of handling the melons
averaged IA cents per crate, as
against 22.II cents per crate in
1893. The net price realized 50. 81
cents per crate, and the ne: price
in 1898 was 44.4o cents per crate.
The last statement of the Rocky
Ford State Bank shows that insti-
tuition to be in a very Aourishing
condition. The deposits amount
to sag, o,8o1.43, nearly SIoo, 900
increase in one year. A COM
parative statement Of the deposits
for each year since 1888 shows .
very flattering increase. In 1888
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10
Highest award, Chicago Worlds Fair.
Highest tests by u. S. Govt Chemists.

Imitation baking powders are mostly made
from alum. They may cost less per pound,
but their use is at the cost Of health.
La Junta tribune., 1900-01-10

w. +. Casteel sold bunch Of
fat hogs to w. Phenicie, of the
Ford, last week.
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28
SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY.

Ttisto be hoped the Legislature will
not adopt the new Code without read :
ing and discussing every section III 1t.
The legislature which passed the re-
vised statu.es did not know wh"t
the; contained. Each chapter was
read 10y title and passed ard in his
way laws crept INTO the revised
statutes that should have been rele-
gated to the waste basket The error
should not be repeated. Blade.
{ The above comment, coming from
so able source as Thos. Werden,
editor of the Blade, should cause the
members elect to the twenty first
legislature to pause and reflect before
going to further expense il. codifying
and revising the laws Of Arizona. Our
laws are now in fairly good condition,
Statehood is near at hand and II Y'll
be attained during ,hs coming year
unless all signs fail. An expense OF
from $4,000 to $4,000 viii be en-
tailed by publication Of the new cods.
Is it not wisdom to exerGise a little
care ard discretion when is comes 70
making wholesale change in the
laws2 During the short session OF
sixty days, with much urgent business
that will demand attention, there will
be little time to the new code. The
r. port Of the commission has not been
published, and it will not he previous
to the assemhlying Of the legislature.
With due DIFFERENCE and respect for
the individual opinions of the gentle
men who compose the Code commits
sior, it is not safe to pass the measure
as 6 job lot. If any changes are made
in the Iaws it should oe done with due
deIiberation and in the open light OF
day Enterprise.
We heartily concur in the above.
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28
FoRE3T PROHIBITION.

~
Many $, ctions Of the West are be-
ginnirg to reap the bite: fruits CT
forest destruction. A few years agn
the snow wonld drift, rnd pile up In
tie mountain gulchcs, thickly studded
with pine ard other trees forming an
almost .,mprn-tr;,Lle forest protection,
and there gradually melt away, sup :
plying water for the streams until
late in the season. This, now, has
too often changed The timber has
grad aally bpt sr,ely been cut AID
burnt away; until some Of the 6rest
forests of the mountains have disap-
peared. aud where the snow banks
once remained uni il late in the seasafn,
they now disappear months earlier,
and instead of melting gradually, the
| food waters come with rush, aud
then cease when most needed.
There is scarcely anything more i'm
portant than forest protection aid
preservation, which means guarding
of the water supply, and ev-ry state
and every Sc ,tion should rouse to ac-
! tive local organization and national
co opera ion
Evr.y dollar expended by the Ma
tional Government for the building OF
storage reservoirs and great irrigation
works to reclaim the millions OF acres
of western aridity will return to the
| Federal treasurx six fold in the form
of increased taxes on increased land
values and population. Every Con
gresham knows this, now that his
attention is being called to the subject
by eastern manufacturers who want a
larger market in the West for their
goods, and all shat is required for his
| favorable actian is strong and ag-
gressisc demand from every western
state and territory and congressional
district National Irrigation.
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28

Lust Monday morning there passed
away to his long rest w. B. Barbour,
Of the Alhambra Hotel. Deceased
had been in poor health for some time
and in fact he came here for his
health. He was a good and enter
prising citizen, and was we'll thought
of BY all who knew him. He had
been an Odd F.llow for many years,
aad the local lodge took charge Of his
remains and he was inferred in the
Mesa cemetery with the ,remonies OF
the Order. He will be greatly missed
from the community, and the bereaved
relatives have the sympathy Of all.
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28

pr. Hughes, a Phoenix physician,
witnessed the coocbee -coochee dance
given daily on midway at the Carni
val. and concluded that it was alto
gether too suggestive, and had the
fair performer arrested. The doctor
was no doubt correct in his views. II
is really too bad that carnival can
not be gotten up without having loi
of indecent performances connected
Herewith. which are calculated te
shock the sensiJiliti-s of the mora
men and women of the community.
There is enough vice in every day
life without parading such filthy ex-
hibits as tho coo-chee coochee before
the pnllic Copper Er,
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28

The report of the director of the
mint on the production of gold and
silver in the United States during the
calendar year 1899, shows only slight
variation from the approximate figures
given out early in the present year.
The final figures are $71 ,O53, 400 for
gold and $32, 1858, 700 for silver. The
gold product was the greatest in the
history of the country. The silver
product of the United States in 1899
was slightly greater thar in 1898,
being 54.764,000 ounces. against d.
43S,o0 ounces. The world's pro-
duction of silver in 1899 was 1877 ,224,
243 fine ounces, against 56,295,572
fine ounces in 1898. Mexico leads in
silver production and Mexico aud The
United States produce two thirds Of
the silver yield of the world. The
worlds Industrial consumption of gold
is estimated at $72,65S, 800 and of
silver $24, ,5s5, 800.
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

The late dry season, among other.
things, has amply demonsstfetsd tke
pressing need of 4 system Of wat6f
works for the town. Almost every
well went dry, not only once but
many times during the season, al
though they were often sunk deeper.
The cost of this work was quite large
in the aggregate, and the results very
unsatisfactory. Then owing to lack
of irrigating water in the summer !
very small amount Of flowers are
grown, and asa consequence ouE
country does not present chat hand
some appearance it should il we had.
plenty of water to use for gardeAs
and lawns. We should have-S water
system that would supply both DO
mestic water in abundance and also
sufficient to use for ordinary garden
s~nu HOu'O pdTposeS. sa
A system of water works would
also be Of the greatest value to the
town as protection from Gre. Every.
one who has given the matter . mo-
ments consideration knows tina, IL
case FIRE breaks out in the main
business portion Of the corporation
that it would be almost impossible to
check the flames, as we have scarcely
any water. With hydrants and good
water pressure this would....all be re-
uedied, and would at the isame, time
dispense with the purchasing OF any
more FIRE or chemical engines for
long time. This in itself is q first
class reason why we should have
water-wNerks, as it is apparent to all
that if'presen' oonditioas continue our
citizens will wake up some fine morn
ing and end they have scarcely any
town at ali--only what the flames.
have left them. - 9
The first impression made on the new
conner when he visits Mesa : should Be- .
favorable one If We expect him to tarry
with us and grow up with ts. The
eastern man and The western man. toe:
has usually been accustomed to . SYSTEM
of water-works for years, and he hardly
knows how to get along without it. He
wants to grow a i't'le garden and hsve
some nice f,wers. but dsdally finds the.
irrieat ng system insufficient to cultivate,
such small stud, which requires frequent
watering, and soon gives it up and il
dissatisfied. He visits California. adj
Inires their system, and as result, often,
stays. there.
A system of water works which would
supply sufficient water for domestic and
irrigation purposes, and which wonld
permit the citizen ito irrigate to soms
extent every four or Eve days is what IL
needed. It should be conveyed in pipes,
and as a resnit' the old snd unsighsly
bitches could be filled up and the towf
greatly profit in appearances thereby.
We understand that considerable in.
terest is being taken in this matter. and
we hope to see it in working shape
shortly. -
Mesa free press., 1900-12-28

The Phoenix Carnival Computes is
behind about $1,000. we are sorry
for the committee. but it would seem
that the whole carnival was not an
unmixed blessing for the county or
territory, as we gained much un
pleasant naleFlsty thereoy. It will
not assist US in inducing homcseekers
to come to the valley, but will have a
contrary effect. No doubt this will
be- the las" carnival for some time. -