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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
FOOL JOKER WAS OUT.
One of His Franks Almost Resulted
in a Very Serious Accident on
Adams Avenue.

The practical Joker who unfortu-
nately labors under the delusion that
he Is a humorst and the small boy
who don't know any better but ought
to he spanked on general principles,
and many of their brilliant pranks al
most resulted in serious accidents.
The one particular bon mot, in which
the joker and omnipresent mischievous
urchin take the greatest delight, and
which should be the most emphatical-
ly squelched, is the highly original and
ingenious device of putting cartridges
upon the street car tracks, which ex-
plode with an ear-dinning report, which
not only almost gives timid women
passengers Mysteries, but often results
in horses taking fright and serious
runaways ensuing.
This was illustrated about 9l5
o'clock last night, in front OF the
Lackawanna dairy on Adams avenue.
A double-seated carriage, drawn by
two horses. had halted outside of the
place, while one of the occupants en-
tered the dairy. The other two, a
lady and gentleman. remained seated.
An inbound Dunmore car sped along
at this instant and just as II reached
a point opposite the carriage, there
was a deafening explosion, followed
by another, and a roar of laughter
from some of the embryo Bill Nyes
who had placed the cartridges on the
track.
The two horses first started violently
and giving a wild start forward
rushed down the street and across the
tracks in the immediate path of the
car. A great crowd of spectators had
gathered by this time and many of
them turned their eyes away to avoid
seeing what appeared TO be an inevi-
table clash between the car and We
hicle, but. by what seemed a miracu-
lous chance. although the two col
lided. no injury was suffered by the
occupants OF the carriage or car, the
horses escaped unscathed and the car
riage was but slightly damaged
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
STROLL is A FREE MAN,
Declares His Arrest Was Part of a
Conspiracy to Prevent His
Marriage.

Like unto the dramatic tale of Ed
mond Dantes, dragged TO life imprison-
mcnt, Just as the priest was about to
wed him to his fair Mercedes, is the
story of Adolph Stroll, whose arrest
on the charge of larceny has been al
ready heralded in the local press.
He was taken into custody Monday,
surrondoring himself when he heard
there was a New York warrant here
for his arrest on the charge of stealing
valuable diamond from a Broadway
jcwcler. one Goldman. The police noti-
fled the New York authorities and
awaited the arrival of someone with
requisition papers, TO take Stroll back
to the metropolis
Yesterday superintendent of Police
Robllng received mystifyinG tele gram
announcing that the New York district
attorney refused to issue such papers
ana that the man should he released
Strohl left the station, vowing that he
had only been arrested out of spite, in
an effort to blacken his good name.
Inquiry into the case reveals the fact
that Stroll will be married next Tues
day night to the maiden of his affec-
tions, and that "A South Washington
avenue neighbor has repeatedly sworn
that the marriage should not take
place, that he would forbid the bans.
The fact that this neighbor has mar
riaGeable sister and Stroll is what il
known as pretty good catch" having
lucrative lunch business, may per-
haps indicate that the neighbor was not
altogether disinterested,
This neghbor, moreover, has several
brothers i'm New York, intimate friends
of the jeweler. Goldman, at whose in
stance the warrant was issued, and the
sudden collapse OF the entire case would
seem to give some foundation to the
theory stated above.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04

Six of the contestants in Table No.
l made returns yesterday, while of
the nine leaders in Table No. . not one
sent in point. That is hardly the
way to catch up with the first eight
Meyer Lewis brought In 81 points,
and this morning is but points away
from the 500 mark. Schwenker and
Anderson each brought in g. Miss
Griffin 2 and Miss Meredith 1.
Contestants who are In the habit of
calling at the office to register their
points will find 1t open today from 4
to p. m. for this purpose.
The contest has two more days yet
to run before it is half over. There is
plenty of room for ambitious young
people to enter it's ranks; no others
need apply. A contestant beginning
today with seven yearly subscribers.
counting S4 points. would have first
class title to sixth place in the contest
full description OF the enterprise
appears each morning on the fourth
page of The Tribune o. a letter ad-
dressed Editor Educational Contest, 4"
Scranton Tribune, Scranton. Pa, will
be responded to with a handsomely
illustrated booklet, or a set OF sub
scription blanks If you are desirous of
participating in the contest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
FLEET FOOTED INVITE
He Made His Escape from the Gen.
ter Street Police Station Last
Night.

Sergeant Richard Edwards, of the
Center street police station. was the
victim of a gross breach of trust on
the part of young prisoner last night,
whom the veteran bluecoat officer had
treated with the usual kindness, which
characterizes his handling Of charges.
BY a ruse the captive attracted the
sergeants attention elsewhere and then
bolted from sight out of the station
door He left behind him a straw hat
with the name Frank y. NcNittie" in
1t. He was arrested on Lackawanna
avenue about o'clock, as a result of
beginning a premature celebration of
the Fourth, and, in true Wild West
style, repeatedly firing a revolver,
which was subsequently found to be
loaded with blank cartridges
lie was taken into the station and
left with the sergeant, who, on looking
him over found his prisoner to be
tail. clean-Cut looking young man, well
dressed and of respectable appearance.
The night was rather sultry and the
sergeant, Compassionately, did not inn
mediately hustle the youth into a cell.
Say. cap" said McVittie, after a
moments silence, in a particularly
wheedling tone, "let me call UP the
county jail, will you? My old man lives
near there, and I want to get word to
him to come down ard ay whatever
you want, to let me out Of this place"
"All right" assented the sergeant,
good-naturedly, "go ahead"
McNittie then proceeded TO use the
telephone, while a friend of his, who
had followed him and Matthews to
the station, remained about the place,
occa casionally making a remark about
the weather. on finishing telephoning,
McNitties face seemed to have bright
ened considerably, and he threw him
self into a chair alongside of the desk
at which the sergeant had placed his
weighty avoirdupois. This was all in
side the iron cage, the door of which
was not, however. locked. while the
outside door was wide open.
McVittie's friend soon left the sta
tion. and the prisoner kept up a brisk
fire of conversation, from the general
enor of his remarks expecting some-
ore soon to report with the cash to
Sc IRE his release. Suddenly, however,
ne Sprang to his feet and, like a flash,
had darted through the iron door of
the cage, swinging it to behind him,
and through the outer door into Center
street. When the sergeant had recov-
cred from the shock, he was up and
after him, but McVittie is 1.-the and
active and at this juncture was doing
his hundred yards at about a ten Sec
onds' clip, while worthy Sergeant Dicks
massive physique is hardly adapted for
racing purposes.
The sergeant returned to his desk,
and there found the hat which the
prisoner in his haste had neglected to
take along. In it was his name, and
on consulting a directory Sergeant Ed
wards found that his address was 1406
Wyoming avenue. Efforts will be made
to locate him and the serious charge of
escaping from an officer of the law pre-
ferred.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
Sunday Excursions.

Commencing Sunday, July eth. and
continuing every Sunday during the
summer season. for the accommoda-
tion of those desiring to spend Sunday
on the mountains. the n. Y, o. e. w,
Railway Company will run a special
train, at reduced rates. to Lake Poyn-
telle. The grounds and hotel this year
are under new management. Train
will leave Scranton at $50 a. m. and
Carbondale 9;l0 a. m, stopping at in
termediate stations. Fare from Scran-
ton. $780, and from CarSondale, so
cents. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
ABOUT FIRE ESCAPES.
Inspector Directed to Prepare e
List of Buildings Not Equipped.

In accordance with the decision ar
rived at Monday, at the meeting of the
recorders cabinet, with reference to
fire-escapes, Director of Public safety
Wormser issued the following order
yesterday:
7. r. Jackson, Building Inspector.
Dear Sir; Please report to me what buildings
in the city are dsobcying the law requiring
FIRE escapes to he placed thereon.
Yours respectfully,
F. l.. Wormser.
Director Of Public safety
As soon as Mr.. Jackson has compiled
the list steps will he taken to making
the offending property owners comply
with the law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
PERSONAL.

DR.. II. r. Ware left the city yesterday to spend
q few days in Buffalo.
q. II, Wright, Of 40 Madison avenue has re.
turned home from trip to Chicago and Louis.
Vile.
Mrs. O. II Loomis aud daughter, Ruth, left
the city yesterday for their summer home at
Meshoppen, on the susquehanna
Senator Benjamin X Focht, Of Lewishurg. and
s. MeNane, Of Lock Haven, officers Of the new
>9lley company, were in the city yesterday.
ls. Henry Niemeyer, Of lio Madison avenue,
leave tomorrow for Sew Albany, Ind, where
will spend couple Of months visiting her
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
FOUNTAIN FOR PARK.
1t Was Presented by Mrs. II. B.
Phelps,

The drinking fountain which has been
presented to Nay Aug park Is to be
known as the George Scranton Throop
Memorial" and is the gift of Mrs. II.
r. Phelps, the sister of the late George
$. Throop.
The fountain will be of iron. finished
in bronze, and will he six feet nine
inches high and twelve feet six inches
wide. 1t will have sixteen cups, and
is to be delivered about August / by
the J. l.. Mott Iron works. of New
York, which has the contract.
Director of Public Works Roche will
have the pit and foundation for the
fountain ready by the time it arrives,
so that it can be erected at once.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
Protection.

Before starting on your vacation,
send your name, occupation. address
and date Of birth to w. II. Booth. col
202 Commonwealth building, and re-
ceive rates for $1,000 to $4,000 life in
surance, good for two, three or four
months. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
All-Day Dancing.

There will be dancing all day and
ght at Laubscher's hotel on the
Speedway.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04
Steam Heating and Plumbing.
p. T. q M. T. Howle y. .2sl wyoming ave.

The popular Punch cigar is still the
leader of the 10c cigars. 80
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04

Try the new Sc cigar "Kleon." ..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04

F. l.. Wormser. director of public
safety, yesterday issued the following
order.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04

from Honesdale." He remained
lough to wash the blood from
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

The Salisbury papers, both the Ad-
UertiSer and the Courier think that an
explanation is due from the school
board in regard to the treatment that
Prof c. H. LeFevre received at their
hands after having been chosen as the
principal of their Public school. He
was entirely unaware that such thing
was in contemplation, and being thus
kept in the dark, lost the opportunity
of making application elsewhere, con-
sidering that he was fixed at Salisbury.
There were two other places where he
had been asked to put in an applica-
ton for the position of Principalship,
but he felt he was under obligations
to Salisbury.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

La Vie Illustree publishes an inter
view with NJ. Jules Cambon, French
ambassador to the United States, who
praises the American volunteers and
regulars, saying that they are "brave,
enduring and humane" and that the
United States are undergoing, "an in
teresting transformation which reveals
the State of mind of the American peo-
ple." Discussing the commercial and
industrial department of the United
Statas, Mr.. Cambon says: "While this
should stimulate the energy of France
it threatens our country less than any
other. The United States cannot be
compared with any other country as
they are not a single country, but
rather a continent.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

CONGRESSMAN Babcock, of Wiscon-
sin, whose measure is so much ma
ligned by his party associates, from
the security of p quiet haunt among
the salt springs of Bohemia, replies to
his critics. Mr.. Babcock says that
protection is intended to protect the
consumer as we'll as the producer and
credits the tariff with having brought
the country to its present proud emf
nence in an industrial sense. He ap-
proved the Dingley bill at the time it
was passed, but the country has un-
dergone great transformations in few
years. Now that we can produce and
undersell the world in many articles
he says that the duties should be abol-
ished on those articles. The present
policy, he declares, is indefensible and
merely inures to the benefit of few
selfish producers.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

The time of horse speed is one Of
the wonders of the age, along with
many of the other great advsncements.
There are many people who remember
when 2. 40 was considered high rate
of speed, but turfmen are striving to
reach mile in two minutes, Cresceus
last week cutting the time down TO
within p seconds of it.
A generation ago, when Dexter set
the trotting record at 2.174, it was
looked on as a marvellous achievement.
Flora Temple had reigped as the
"Queen of the Turf, " for ten years on
the strength of her mile in s'193 made
in 1859. No horse ever won the adu-
lation that was accorded to Dexter,
and he was ever after held as some
thing precious by Robert Bonner, his
owner. Dexter's achievement was
considered so marvellous that men
could scarcely believe the report that
Goldsmith Maid had trotted mile in
2.17, and when she cut this mark down
to 2. IA in 1874, it was thought that the
record would stay there for a long
time. In 1878 Rarus put it down at
2.134; the next year St. Julien cut two
seconds off this record, making it 2.114
In 1880 Maud s. commenced her ca
reer cutting the record to 2.1O4 this
year, and reducing it to 2104 the next
year. In 1884 Jay-Eye-See cut it to
9 10 fat, but he only stood at the head
-s>-ssne DAY, for the day foIIUw1ug nrs
making his rapid mile Maud S. again
took her place at the head by mile in
2.O94, reducing this to 2.OS4 the next
year. This record stood until 1891
when Sunol made mile on a kite
shaped track in 2.0S4. In 1892 Nancy
Hanks successfully cut down the rec
ord to 2074, 2.054 and 2.O4. Aliz
equalled the latter figure in Septem-
Der, 1894, and week later cut the rec
ord at 2.034. Last year the Abbott
cut half second from the record.
Last week Cresceus at Columbus,
Creseeus cut another half second off,
putting the mark at 2O24. 1t has
taken fortytwo years to cut off II Sec
onds from the record, but Flora Tenn
ple's time in those good old days
would not be thought anything very
extra in a road horse nowadays
What is demanded in this fast age is
horse that will trot mile in two min
utes.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

ANOTHER revolution is raging in
South America. The Venezuelan dis
order has broken out in fresh place,
and Dictator Castro, who succeeded
Dictator Andrade, in spite of his
claims of complete triumph, seems to
be confronted by formidable opposi-
tion. He has no possible title to the
Presidency. He stole it and holds il
by force, and slthough it is impossible
to fathom the Latin-American disposl-
ton, we should think that this kind OF
policy was little calculated to engen-
der a spirit of docility and quiet acqui.
escence among the people.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

How premature was the announce
ment that the Alabama convention
did not mean to limit negro suffrage is
shown by vote on the resolution to
introduce the grandfather" clause in
the new constitution. There were 109
votes for it and only % against it, To
be sure the vote is not unanimous,
but it was quite large enough to serve
the leaders, purposes. There is no
doubt at all that both Alabama and
Virginia will follow Loulsiana's exam
pie regarding the franchise. And it
is as good as settled, too, that they
will not submit the completed consti-
tuition to popular vote
The clause which provides that all
doscendents Of soldiers in any war
shall be entitled to exercise y rrivi-
lege of voting at all elect that
State, while the same instrument of
organic government places restric-
tions and disqualifcations on certain
classes of other citizens, looks very
much as though the people of Alaba-
ma are exceeding their sovereign
rights and adopting a principle totally
repugnant to the Constitution of the
United States.
In the late State Convention of the
Democrats of Maryland a resolution
was adopted to eliminate the negro
from the politics of the State.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07
THE SMYRNA TIMES
SMaYTN0, Del. ,

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 9TH, 1901
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

In the August Review Of Reviews
DIR. Shaw discusses the great steel
stake in its various aspects and com
ments on many other matters of cur
rent interest at home and abroad. NJ.
de Bloch's recent address at Paris on
the lessons of the Boer War is reviewed
and its application to the military sit
uation in the United States, as we'll as
in Europe, is pointed out.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
THE TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the town it represents and the
State of which it is a part. 1t also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER.
Editor and Proprietor.
RoBT. D. HOFFECKER, JR
Associate Editor.
rERMS-SUBsCRIPT1oN-S per annum. II
paid strictly in advance s1.OO. No paper is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option of the publishers.
ADVERTISEMENTS SMYRNA TINES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents but for the outlying district Of which ii
IS the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton
Kenton, Cheswold, Leipsic, &c. rate OF So
cents an inch for first insertion and 25 cents
FOR each subsequent insertion will be charged
or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
Notices, 10 cents per line per issue. speca
reduction on.all semi-annusl and yearly aGvel
tise ments.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07
To Save Her Child

From frightful Disagreement Mrs.
Mamie Galleger, of La Grange, Ga, ,
applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve to great
sores on her head and face, and writes
it quick cure exceeded all her hopes.
1t works wonders in Sores, Bruises,
Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burns, Scalds
and Piles. 25c. Cure guaranteed by
Benton n. Weldon, druggist, Smyrna
J. S. & W. Lattomus, druggists,
Townsend.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

OFFICE:-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Telephone, No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07
FOR RENT.
REWARD.

A reward of $25 will be paid for the
recovery of the body of Clinton Walker
crowned at Fleming's Landing, on
Friday, July 18th. o
P. G.. WARNER.
Smyrna times., 1901-08-07

LESS of the u price Suits
for men. We have
THAN sold over $50 during
the the last few days.
$50 81, S. and S6, instead
of So, $40 and SI2.
LEFT. All sizes, SO to "A,
in Regulars. Stouts,
36 to 46, and a few Sims
among them. Cassimeres,
Worsteds and Cheviots, and
it will pay you well to take
little time to spend in get
ting fitted. rs per cent, or
a off all our regular mixed
Suits and Trousers. Big
stock and good styles for
selection of all kinds.
Open Saturday nights only.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-03
THE ARMY OF HEALTH
The Army in the Philippines In
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One.

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