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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
NORTH SCRANTON,

The alarm Of fire sent in from BOX
-. yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, was
caused by Il blaze in a barn on the
Delaware and Hudson cumpany's farm,
on the Olyphant road. The fire origin
ated in a pile of hay stored in the barn,
but the cause is unknown. BY the time
the hose companies arrived on the
scene the barn had burned to the
ground
The loss on tho barn and contents
will amount 10 about $500. fully covered
by Insurance. \ horse belonging to Ira
Mittcn, of Scott, who is taking care of
the farm, was suffocated by inhaling
the flames.
At 1l.3S IA. III. another alarm of fire
came in from Box s.. corner Of Bloom
avenue and Market street, which
brought Hose companies and to .Jo-
s"ph Mllcr's house, on Clark street,
where a fire had started from an over
heated stove in the Kitchen. \ few
minutes later second alarm was sent
in, owing to the lack of hose, ana this
brought Hose company No. l out. The
damage done will amount TO about 5000,
covered by Insurance,
Marquette council. No. i23. Young
Mems institute, will hold their tifth an
nual ban IN the Auditorium this even
inG. The decorations and electrical dis
play will he something not soon very
often in this section. Bauer's orchestra
of ten pieces will discourse music dur
ing the evening. The ladies' of the T.
g. u. L. Will have charge of the re-
freshments.
The Independent orchestra held their
weekly class and social in the Audi
torium last evening and was Well pat
ronzeI.
Miss Lucy OBoyle, who has been Vs-
iting her parents, on Williams street,
for the last few days, has resumed her
studies at bloomsbury State Normal
school.
Mrs. George II. Shiffer, of 1904 North
Main avenue, is spending a lew days
with her sister, Miss Travis, at Fac
toryville.
Clarence Mc.Allister, Of Norihumber-
land, is visiting his parents, on BEL
mont terrace.
George II. Shiffer is confined To his
rheumatism.
dence Presbyterian church will meet
the church,
Patrick Gallagher, of stanton street
met with q very painful accident, Fri.
day, while working in the cayuga
mine. While performing his duties as
| miner, he was struck by fan of Goa
| and sustained a compound fracture OF
| the right leg, A physician was sum-
| moned and reduced the fracture. lie is
| now resting comfortably.
| The North Scranton Republican, Clut
| will meet in Alderman Myers Office to-
| morrow evening.
James Trldinick, OF Wayne avenue, Is
| convale scent.
Matter Price, of Nay Aug avenue
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
| Officer Hockenberry for disorderly con-
| duct ana was later fined 50 by MaGis'
J trate Fidler.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
Badly Hurt by a Fall.

Kari Graf, an aged man. and the
father of Councilman Charles Graf,
met with serious accident while
walking in the woods yesterday with
Il arandchild. lie was carrying the
little one on his shoulder when his toe
caught in "a root and caused him IN
stumble. In trying to save the child
from injury the old gentleman Tell
heavily and sustained severe blow in
the side. 1t was at first thought that
several ribs were broken. but on max
ing an examination, DR., Kolb found
they We're not fractured, but had been
forced inwurds By the fail so that they
pressed against the lung. and the pain
caused thereby was as great as though
they We're broken.
No serious results are anticipated,
although DR.. Graf will be laid up Tor
some time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
Sweet Ludwig.

Miss Emma Ludwig, of West Drink.
cr street. and Willis Sweet, of Yves,
Scranton, We're married at Onconta
\. y. OH Saturday evening by Rev
J. E. Sweet.
Miss Frcda Ludwig acted as brides
maid and Howard Williams acted IA:
best man. The ceremony was wit.
messed by a large circle of friends o
the contracting parties. After the cor
cmony tho intimate friends repaired
TO the home of the groom's parents
where Il reception was held. After
their return from an extensive wedding
tour they will take up their residence
in Il newly furnished home in Pari
Place.
Those from town who attended We're;
Mrs. Oscar Ludwig and son, Oscar
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r.. Miller and son, anl
Charles Sweet
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
NEWS NOTES.

Last night in Odd Fellows hall, Lady
Mckinley lodge entertained their
friends with an entertainment and So
cial. Owing to the inclemency of the
weather the attendance was not as
large as hoped for, but those present
were treated to an unusually pleasing
programme.
Tonight. at ST. Marks Parish house
an entertainment will be given under
the direction of Mr.. James Mckune,
At the conclusion of the entertainments
a farce, entitled Happy Hooligan,'
will be presented.
Mrs. Gillette. of Thompson, is visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. j. =. Bronson.
Miss Kate Gardner. of Clifford. has
been the guest of Mrs. w. NJ. Stevens,
recently.
Miss Sadie Warfcl is i'll at her home
on Rakcly street.
a. j. Widner is convalcsccnt, after
his recent serious illness.
\. p. McDonough made a business
trip to Wilkes Barre yesterday. in
quest of more horses for his quick bus
line service.
Mrs. a. T.. Finch. of Cherry street, is
improving after her recent critical
sickness.
Miss Emma Holder. Of Cedar avenue,
was rendered Il pleasant surprise party
Saturday evening, the occasion being
her birthday. Games and other amuso-
mcnts We're indulGcd in. and at a sea-
sonable hour supper was served. Those
present We're: Misses Emma Holder,
Edith Williams. Mae Erik. Hannah
Williams, Grace Conner, Jennie Con-
ner. Grace Erik, Abbic Erik, Charles
Kriclicl, John DictH. Joe Wuench, T.,
Evans. William Melvin, Morris Suili-
van. Ambrose McCraw, Albert Bruchs,
Charles Fox.
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Events of This Evening.

Regular meeting Of the West Side
Board Of Trade. Address by Director
of Public Works John T.. Roche. Place
of meeting, Electric city Nhcclmon's S
club house.
Part practice rehearsal Of the OK
ford ;lce club for first and second
bass at Co-operAt i've hall. MI of these
singers are requested to attend.
The 1."cE Social club will hold r"g-
ular meeting this evening at Evans
hotel on jackson street.
The members OF st. Mark $ Lutheran
church will hold a congregational
meeting This evening.
The third informal dance If the Er-
mimic club will BE- held in Alears' hail
this evening. Music by Bauer Dane
ing begins at $50 o'clock.
\ special meeting of Division No,
I. Ancient Order Of llbernans. will be
held this evening in =. ". |. hali. 10
North Main avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
PROFESSOR MAYO-SMITH
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
He Falls From Window in His
Study in New York.

By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
New York. Nov. 1l.--Kicharu Mayo
smith. a professor of political economy
at Columbia university. was killed to-
night by falling from IL window OF his
study on the fourth floor of his resi-
dence on West Seyenty-Sevcnth street
to the stone tagging in the rear. So far
rs the police have Investigated the
case they conclude that the fall was
accidental. He WAS AZ years OF age
and leaves n Wife and four children.
Professor Mayo-Smith II short time
ago began the years vacation winch
Columbia grants to the members of the
faculty after they have served seven
years. lie had been i'll for Il few
months but not sick enough to cause
the family any alarm. This evening
he told his wife who was in the study
with him that he felt tired and would
lie down for u short time. she lett
him. Very soon after the butler, in
passing the study door. saw the form
Of a man going out of the window, lie
thought il WAS II burglar and ran down
stairs to inform Mrs. Mayo-Smth.
Something made the Wife think it
might be her husband and on running
out to The rear yard she saw the body
Of the professor. A physician who
was called said death must have been
Instantaneous. lie had been Il profess
sor of political economy at Columbia
since 1857. lie was born in Ohio and
graduated from Amherst college in
1879. lie was an honorary fellow of
the Royal statistical society of Great
Britain and Il member of the National
g Ia u "a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
Weekly School Deposits.

The following deposits were mad" at
the West Side bank yesterday for IN.
pupils OF public schools Nos. II and II.
No. l3-Dayid owens. %: Eliha Lew
is, $50: 4Alic" Evans. SOD: Rerthu
WORKING diligently for the success ot
Richard .o6: Catharine Phillips, Sl.9i;
EDNA Lewis. 500: Sarah Mcdonald
-; Nelly Kelly, II. Eliza Price, Sl.25;
total, Sl3.0i.
No. I'D. w. Phillips 80; Miss
Murray. $50; Miss Nichols 20. Miss
Baamish, -; Miss Morgan. -: Miss
Hutton, $40; Miss Evans. Sl35: Miss
Davis, SAL; Miss kelloW. $l.SS: Miss
Wade. 20: Miss Flynn. 40; Miss Muir
ply. -: Mrs. Fcrher. $2lG; Miss Burial
$l.Ol; Miss Peck $2.GI: total. S20122.
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GREEN RIDGE.

Mrs. Edward Fuller, of Dickson ave-
nue., has returned from an extended
visit with friends in townsville.
|, Miss HonWOOd of SkiNncrs Eddy, Is
visiting Miss Alice Peek, OF Monsey
avenue.
Mr.. ANA Mrs, q. II. Pond of North
Park. have returned from stay ut
Preston Park.
Mrs. j. ID. Mason of Sanderson aye
nue. is the guest of her daughter, Mrs,
=. Foster, of Honasdalo.
Tho ladies of the Church of the Good
Shepherd will conduct a chrysanthe-
mum show and sale in the Guild rooms
this evening. old fashioned pumpkin
pie, doughnuts and coffee Will be ON
sale.
Night school opened in No - last
evening With an enrolment of sixty
scholars, 1t is expected that this NUM-
her will be increased TO about ninety
at this evenings session j. B Hawk
cr and j. T.. Ross are the teachers.
The principal opened the exercises last
| evening with an inspiring address to
the pupils. School Controller Francois,
who has Just returned from a np
abroad, was present and expressed his
pleasure that SO many had embraced
the opportunity To continue their
studies.
Prof lIaWker of school No. -, has
received returns from the High school
| concerning the examination OF pupils
from No. 27 school, taken about two
weeks ago, and every scholar passed
d.. Walter Fordham spent sabbath
in Ithaca, as the guest OF his brother,
Bruce Fordham, of Cornell university,
and will act as usher at the Sisson-
Nettleton wedding in that city this
evening.
The funeral of Zoe Bender daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs, Eli Bender, took place
| from the home of her parents, li0S san
derson avenue, sunday afternoon. Rev
| Dr, Pierce. pastor of the Penn Avenue
| Baptist church, conducted the services
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
Taken to Hillside Home.

Michael Connors, n familiar charar-
ter about town. better known as
straight Road Mike" was taken to
tho Hillside home yesterday. upon the
suggestion of Poor Director Paine.
Michael was picked TIP by the police
on sunday in Il serious condition. nav
ing been i'll for .seVcrul days, due To cX-
posure. lie lived by tho way, sleeping
here and there, and eating and drink
ing according to the charitabl" inclin-
ationS of those who knew him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The second informal dance Of the
l:lectric city Wheelmen will be held at
the club house OH Tuesday evening,
November 10. Dancing will be enjoyed
from $50 to l. o'clock. Expense, 80
cents.
basement of the Bellevue Welsh cal
whistle Methodist church Tuesday
evening. November T.. at 80 O'Clock.
for The purpose of forming a temper
aNcc society. All those connected with
the church and everybody interested in
temperance work are earnestly reuust-
ed to be present.
elem Marsh, ir.. and Charles GuoS.
the hotel man, went TO Moscow ON Il
hunting trip yesterday.
Mrs. f.. i. Evans. one Of me oldest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12

Rev. John =. Moffat, y. ~. pastor OF
the Washburn street Presbyterian
church. Otliciated at the funeral of the
late Ransom Briggs yesterday The
services were held at the house. on
South Hyde Park avent!c. ut l2.O
o'clock. and were attended by lifelong
friends of deceased
The funeral was in charge %! Under
takcr William price, and til" remains
were borne To the family plot in West
l'ittston cemetery. where interlnent
was made. The bearers were all
ncpllcws of deceased and Wer" Morris
shannon Archibald shannon, Il. W,
Hughes j. III. BlaClimal,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
NUBS OF NEWS.

A regular monthly meeting of the
Church of Peace Young People 5 society
will take place this evening.
Fred Nohr. ST., who has been la id mp
With a serious illness, is reported as inn
proving.
A slight cave in the plttslon avenue
sewer was discovered by Lieutenant
Peter Fang at the corner of Alder
street last evening. Proper precau-
tions were made and a lantern placed
over the hole,
William Gutheinz. Of the well kaown
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
WEST SCRANTON

Reese and James lIatson. The Colonial
club and Old Forge camp viii contest
for a valuable phonOgraph ANA outht.
There will also be u bicycle contest
and other attractions, including val-
liable gun. Season tickets will be sold
at 81 each. which will admit the bear
cr and his family every night ANA give
him chance Oh 500 phonograph.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
Druggists Early Closing.

The following druggists have agreed
to close their places Of business every
evening at ~ o'clock except Saturday,
until April |. q. W. Jenkins John j.
Davies. y. NJ. Jones. \. W. MuSg,nNc,
Myron Evans Il CO.. Mrs. T.. j. Decker,
e. Il. Shrycr. John l.. jenkins, Justin
Smith.
The change was inaugtrated last
evening without exception, and all are
well pleased with the opportunity to
yet home earlier.
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p. O. S. of A. Eair.

The fair ANA festival tor the benefit
of the building fund Of Washington
camp, No. Us, Will open in the new
Washington hall. North Main avenue.
on Monday evening, November - and
continue for two weeks. TIL" various
committees in charge of the afrar are
working diligently for tn" success; of
The event. and they are confident of u
large attendance.
In the watch contest thrr" will he
1lrcc contestants. David Davis, David
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12
FUNERAL OF AN
Old RESIDENT
REMAINS OF RANSOM BRIGGS
BURIED.

Services Were Conducted at the Resi-
dence by Rev. John 2. Moffatt, d.
D.-Weekly School Deposits at Nos.
13 and 1o-Michael Connors Taken
TO the Hillside Home--Early Clos
in Movement Of the Druggists Is
in Force--Meeting of Board Of
Trade Tonight.
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and a uuartettc from the choir of that
church furnished music. The pallbcar-
crs We're: John Walter. Wallace Wal
ter. Norman Williams and Cyrus Simp-
son. Interment was made in WASH
burn street cemetery.
NIessrs. Kmucher. kurtZ and Car
michael are on a hunting trip near
GouldSboro.
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SOUTH SCRANTON
NINETEENTH WARD RESIDENTS
HOLD A MEETING.

They Want Street Facilities of Ward
1mproved--What Director Roche
Proposes to Do--Progress of Work
OH the Several Sewers in the Work
Of Street Improvement.-AgedK Karl
Graf Injured, While in the Woods
with His Grandchild--Brief News
Notes and Personal Mention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12

Fancy Black Silks Cord effects, and very hand 10
Ten pieces worth ST. 90 the yard Sale price. /yC
Fancy COlored Silksao pieces henstitch and Cord Tat IN
all styles and worth An exceptional bargain 4vC
ssvesab s speca during the sale yard p' s"'s soc
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New Silks OH View

During this sale we will make special shl
for Waists. evening wear etc, showing th,
the nome and foreign looms.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25
Countess Earning Her Living.
rom an Exchange.

The American girl who marries a
title, marries. 1t is commonly supposed,
merely for that, and love enters little
into the calculation on either hand.
This, however, was certainly not the
case in the marriage of Miss Adele
Grant of New York to Earl Essex. It
was a love match, pure and simple.
Miss Grant, while not a poor girl,
brought the Earl no such fortune as
his title and estate needed. Yet the
Earl was popular, Miss Grant charm
ing, and the attachment so romantic
that nobody had the heart to interfere.
And now that reverses have followed
in the wake of the dowerless marriage,
Lady Essex is showing all the pluck
and energy characteristic of the Amer
lean girl. She is earning her own liv-
ing, and from the Denver Times we
clip the following account of how she
is doing it,
Lady Essex is meeting with a good
deal of success in line wholly new in
London-that of furnishing and rerent-
ing apartments. She is by no means
the most accomplished person in this
line in London. She leases a fiat and
furnishes 1t with the exquisite taste for
which she is renowned.
Paragraphs appear in society journ-
ais describing and praising the art and
beauty of her apartment. Then she let's
IL at a high figure to people who like
to bask in an atmosphere created by a
member of the nobility Lady ESSEX
has made quite a snug sum in the past
year by this means. and has furnished
and leased a number of apartments
at fancy figures.
when She first started In the bust
ness she lacked executive ability and
capacity 70 keep accounts. Some os
the furnishers and upholsters deseend-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

lightning, her allies In an unholy pact.
Old man Crowse, who lives Few miles
from the cave where she SPENDS her
summers. once remarked airily, under
the influence of moonshine whisky, that
he didn't take any stock in the Wltcn,
and didn't darn keer whut she could
do. ennyways" Though the matter
could have come to her ears through no
human agency, within an hour she
f'witched him clean crazy" with spell
that lasted for seven years. For days
at a time he would be speeches.; then,
again sank in melancholy, changing
to violent mania, when he would rush
forth into the stormy night, running
until he fell from exhaustion.
On such occasions as the Roam Noun
tain witch chooses to make visits she
lives on the cream of the land. Nobody
would dare refuse her hospitality. The
terrified people bow down obsequiously
before her when she comes to their
houses and set out their best food, to-
gether with presents to propitiate her.
This is the procedure when she comes
on any day of the week except Friday.
But if she appears on that day or Ill
omen the people desert their homes and
fly to woods and mountains, for then
she is filled with all purposes of evil,
and will blast with madness or de-
IOFIlLy any Oh WHOAl ohS oCIS eyes
Her advent on a Friday last summer
turned a country picnic into rout;
even the horses, 1T is said, stampeded.
But the mountaineers are not left en-
tirely defenseless to the wiles of the
witches. There lives among them a
witch doctor, an old, keen eyed, bent
man, who, for consideration, will re-
move any curse that a witch may cast.
First he must catch his witch, a feat
which necessitates his travelling long
distances afoot, for most of the hays
live in the most inaccessible places
they can find. BY spells of his own he
defends himself from the black art of
the witch while he draws her picture
on a paper pad, which he always takes
with him. With his prize he returns
to the person bewitched, who is often
taken with spasms at the sight of the
picture. This is proof that the right
witch has been found. The witch doc
tor pins the picture to a tree and shoots
it with a silver bullet, thereby dispel-
ling the curse. 1t is related that once
a travelling photographer encountered
one of these witches, and, against her
remonstrances, took her picture. This
the witch doctor subsequently saw and
bought Shortly after he was called
upon to remove a spell cast by this
WITCH and produced the photograph, to
the great marvel of all those present
who had gathered to see the shooting.
His shot crumbled the counterfeit pre-
sentiments up. striking fairly in the
middle. On the following day some
berry pickers found the witch lying
dead outside her cabin.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25
-s-ae~-e---
WORLDS EIGHTH WONDER.
The Tsangpo, Loftiest OF All Rivers.
From the National Geographic Maya
zine.

The Tsangpo, Loftfest of All Rivers
From the National Geographic Maya
zine.
The Tsangpo is in several respects
the most remarkable river In the world.
1t is the highest of all navigable
streams, flowing for nearly a thousand
miles at an elevation Of from 1000 to
$4,000 feet. During the greater part of
its course it's current is sluggish, but
for a hundred miles or more, the
mighty river, in its descent to the coast
plain, runs with the speed of a noun
tain torrent. Though one of the largest
OF Central Asian streams, it has never
been followed from its source to its
mouth, and until recently it was doubt
full of which of two well known rivers
il was the headwaters.
The Tsangpo rises in the extreme
southwestern corner of Tibet at a
hight of nearly $1,000 feet. Receiving
the drainage of the slopes of the
Himalayas and of little known Tibe-
tan range running parallel with these
mountains, it soon becomes a stream
wide and deep enough to be navigable.
There is a considerable boat traffic
upon II, at an elevation of little below
the summit of Mount Blanc. 1t flows
due east for some eight hundred miles,
receiving numerous large tributaries
from both south and north, and when
near Lhasa IL is, at low water, nearly a
third of a mile wide and twenty feet
deep: In flood, two miles wide and of
unknown depth. In longitude "a de-
grees east it makes sharp bend to the
south, and passes through the Himala-
vas in a course known only TO the saw
ages who dwell upon its precipitious
banks.
When last seen by an explorer is is
at hight of from eight to eleven thou
sand feet, but when II energies in AS
sam II is only 400 feet above sea level.
From this point it pursues its sluggish
way for another eight hundred miles as
the Brahmaputra to the Ganges and
the Bay of Bengal There has been a
long controversy, into the details of
which 1t is not necessary to enter, as
to whether the Irrawaddy or the
Brahmaputra is the continuation of the
Tsangpo. Though there has been as
yet no direct evidence--the last ex-
pedient of throwing in marked logs in
Tibet having failed-the general con-
census of scientific opinion is in favor
of the Brahmaputra, and the latest
English gazateer describes it under this
name.
1t is hardly to be expected that pure
science will be much benefited by the
lifting of the veil which hangs over
this part of the rivers course. But
there can be little doubt that 1t hides
scenes of magnificent beauty and gran
deur which will thrill the expectant
world and give II new and nobler con-
ceptions.
The Imagination fails to grasp the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

ed upon the apartments and seized the
effects, leaving the subtenants carpet
less and bedless. This was entirely due
to Lady Essex's inexperience. and to
the fact that she kept no memoranda
of when payments were due. Lately
however, everything has been running
smoothly, and her clients have been
more comfortable"
When the Countess of Essex first
came to England she was very much Of
a social success. She was a pattern OF
womanly charm. She was interested
in many philanthropies, spent much Of
her time in doing good work and was
a shining light in the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and
other public benefactions.
Lord Essex had very little interest in
such matters. and he soon gave his
wife to understand that they bored
him. Gradually, in order 70 please her