The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-09
BRIEF MENTION OF
MEN OF THE HOUR
THE NEW SURGEON AT LAcKA-
WANNA HOSPITAL.
Such Large Number OF Cases Have
to Be Treated There That It Was
Found Necessary to Add DR.. Wun-
der to the Staff-Common Coun-
Gilman James J. Grier, the King
of the Third-Condition Of John r.
Jones Arouses Much Sympathy.
Lieutenant williams.

The amount Of work done by the
Lackawanna hospital, in caring for in
jured miners, laborers, and peo.
pie indeed of all trades and cccupa-
tions is abundantly shown in the fact
that 1t has grown far too heavy for
the two resident surgeons. Drs. Busch
and Gengenback, and a third physician
was applied for. DR.. Charles w. Wun-
der of St. Christopher's Hospital. Phila-
delphia, was the man chosen for the
position and as has been already told
in the Tribune, has arrived and been
installed in the place.
The staff Is now composed entirely of
graduates of the University of Penn
sylvania, and oddly enough all are of
the same class, having graduated to-
gether in 1899. Dr. Wunder. like his
two companions, was q marked figure
in athletic circles, being pitcher on the
Varsity nine, and having played
against most of the big college teams
such as Harvard Cornell, Brown, etc
He also went in for football, playing
full back. He is a finely built young
man, standing over six feet. On leav-
ing college he accepted a position in ST.
Christopher's hospital in Philadelphia,
whence DR.. Gengenbach comes and
where DIR. William Weaver, formerly
resident surgeon at the Lackawanna
now is. The work at that institution
consists almost entirely Of the taking
care of children, and is a marked con-
trast with the variegated practice at
the Lackawanna.
Common Councilman James J. Grier,
the member from the Third more wide
ly and familiarly known as the King
of the Third" is one of the best par
liamentarians in either branch of coun-
ellis. He knows the devious little ins
and outs of parliamentary practice
thoroughly and always keeps the chair
man and other members on their guard.
He was in the chair himself once, and
he knows just what the chairman can
do and Just what he cannot do
One of his best known methods OF
procedure is the raising of points Of
order. when no such points exist, If he
wants to block the passage of a
measure. He does this in such a SER
iously deliberate manner and backs
his contentious up with such plausible
statements that he often succeeds in
convincing both the chair and the
members that he is right and they are
wrong when the exact opposite Is the
case. He can talk, too, and can say
Just about as sharp and caustic things
as anybody. When he arises from his
chair in the back row with his hands
in his pockets. while some one else is
talking, it means that there is trouble
ahead. He proceeds to get the chair
mans eye then and there and when he
does get it that means that he's going
to be the next speaker, no matter what
happens. And when he does talk no
speaker was ever more intent upon
his subject than is he. 1t doesn't mat
ter if the question under consideration
is only whether John Jones shall he ex-
| onerated from 81 cents tax, Mr.. Grier
Is just as emphatic, just as vociferous
and just as melodramatic as il he were
speaking in the British House Of Com
mons in opposition to a naval budget
of 100000 pounds sterling.
Everywhere has been heard express
sions of the sincerest regret over the
unfortunate accident which befell Dis
trict Attorney John r. Jones, and
which may confine him to the hospital
| Ioi nat MI Jones mas
an army of solictous friends can be
attested by the local newspaper men.
! No Item" of recent days has been
more often or anXiously inquired
about from the reporters by the men
OF all classes whom they meet on their
daily rounds. On every hand Is heard
the hope that he will soon be about
again and that no serious conse-
quences will result from his sad ex-
perience.
1t is a great hardship to Mr.. Jones
to be confined to his bed on the eve of
a term of court at which so many i'm
| portant cases are to be tried and this
causes him more pain and anguish
than the mere physical pangs that he
has suffered since the blood poison
first set in, acute as these pains have
been. Mr.. Jones has taken a great
and pardonable pride in the work he
has done as the county's prosecuting