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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
BRADY DENIES IT,

Billy Brady denied yesterday that he had decided to quit Jim Jeffries. s'There is no truth in the report" he said. ''I have a contract with the champion and it does not expire for some time yet. I cannot talk fight. for there is no place where a mill can be held. And again it would be foolish to stir up things while the pugilistic att mosphere is in such a muddled condl- tion. There may be something doing after May or June, but at present I cannot see or say anything that will interest the public or Jeffries's many admirers"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
DOC" O'CoNNELL A WRECK.

DOC" OCONNELL A WRECh.
 "Doc" O'Connell, a boxer and in structor at the Boston Athletic asso- citation. has broken down mentally and has been taken to sanltarlum. close relative says that there is no hope of recovery. O'Connen is but a little over 31 years of age. He could have found backing against any living lightweight nine or ten years ago, and there was talk of matching him against Jack McAuliffe. In December, 1892, he went to San Francisco to fight George Dawson at the California Ath letic club for purse of S3,OO0. He was then more ii for q hospital than the ring. but he conceded weight to Dawson and put up desperate battle, lasting twenty rounds, before sue cumbing. This contest ended his ring career.
 Manager W. c. Crowley, of the Nut meg Athletic club, Hartford. has made match for the exhibition to be given i by his club next Monday night that is looked upon as being about the best match arranged for in this section of the country in some time. It is be- tween Kid Carter, the conqueror of Joe Walcott, and Jimmy Handler, the clever Newark, N. J., boy, who is looked upon, together with Carter as among the most promising men in this class. Manager Crowley has arranged a match between these two for twenty rounds at catch weights. They will meet at about 1GO pounds. Opinion as to which will win is about evenly di- vided. but one thing is certain. and that is that however the contest re- suits. the spectators will be treated to a well contested bout that will be pro- ductive of the hardest boxing seen in many day. The Carter-Handler bout will be preceded by q bout be- tween Tom Smith, the lightweight champion of Ireland, and Jack Burke, of Brooklyn. They are matched for fifteen rounds at 140 pounds. The preliminary will bring out Walter Burgo and Kid Matthewson, who have been trying to get together for some time. The card as arranged provides for forty-five rounds of fast boxing and will be well worth seeing. The prices will be S1. S2 and S3, and ad- vance orders for tickets should be sent to w. l.. Crowley, Coliseum cafe, IJortfOrl
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
At Lawrence.

Lawrence. March 12.-The liveliest game of polo seen here this year took place last night at the City hall, when the locals trimmed the Ply mouths by q score of 10 to ?. Whiting. formerly of the Pawtuckets, played his first game with the locals, and was a complete success.
 Score: Lawrence 10. Plymouth ?; goals. Gavitt '. Lincoln ?. Turner, Whiting, Curtis. Cunningham; rusl1es, Curtis ', Cunningham ', Turner ?: stops, Mullen A, Tibbetts l: fouls Miller Wood. Devlin, Gavitt; referee, Gendreau; attendance. zoo.
 Barney Doherty should give up try ing to fill Fred Jeans position at cen ter and go back to his old position at halfback. The Salem team without Jean will be easy for them all.-Law- renee American.
 Many Of the opposing players who think they can do as they like with Silent Bill Curtis should have wit messed him take fall out of the white haired boy" Saturday evening" Doherty came out second beSt.-LaW- renee American.
 Clinton leads the league by small margin, having pulled up in a way which reflects great credit upon it. Hobe Whiting is scheduled for the Lawrence team in place of HadIey. East Weymouth looks like q possible winner, being now in third place and winning steadily.-Salem News.
 The standing appearing in the Bos- ton papers to-day, sent out from Law renee. IS not. correct. It gives two "A I, T has no right to claim. The week s resume sent out from Lawrence does not emanate from Secretary Upton and is not ofiicial-ClintOn Item. For heavens sake get together and give us the correct standing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
IN THE KINKS.

|,
 Championship.
 Salem, March 12.-In an overtime game last night Brockton won by : to 6. The score was f to 1 ill Salem's favor in the early part of the second period.
 Russell 4, Pierce 1, Murphy 3, Jean, Lewis; rushes, Murphy 10, Lewis ,, Fitzgerald; stops, Cashman B, Fox %: fouls, Fitzgerald, Lewis, O'Hara, Jean; referee, Cotter; attendance, 800.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
HART CALLS MATCH OFF.

Louisville, Ky, March 12.-Marvin Hart. who was matched to fight Tom my West in Louisville, has called the match off because he is not in good physical condition.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12

Chicago. March 12.-COach HolliSter of the Northwestern university is planning to take the base ball team on a trip east after the close of school next June. if 1t can be arranged. The proposed trip will include games with Princeton. Yale and Georgetown uni versity and possibly a game at the Pan-A American exposition at Buffalo with another leading eastern college team.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
MGOVERN IN NEW YORK.

After an absence of nearly two
 months Terry McGovern returned to New York yesterday morning from Louisville. He was accompanied by
 his wife and manager sam Harris.
 The champion seemed to be in good
 health. Regarding his future plans lie
 said: My theatrical season will soon
 be over and 1 will get into the fighting
 game with both feet. so to speak. I
 am tired of acting. While I have plen- ty- of money tine idea of travelling from one city to the other and being up most part of the night Is not to my liking. A fellow cannot keep in the best of condition that way. you know. l expect to be matched with Dave Sul- livan. but there is no certainty about him fighting until you get him into the ring. He is q peculiar fellow and changes his mind quite often. At Louisville he insisted on this. that ana the other thing until he made me dis guSted. l signed the articles without any delay because 1 was anxious to get him to fight me. 1 am ready to waive anything that is reasonable so long as he will agree to fight me-" Manager Harris says that he has ar ranged to meet Sullivan at q down. town office this afternoon to arrange the details of match. Sullivan is
 an cratic chap pursued Harris. and you cannot tell what he may do. At Louisville he objected to Referee Char
 ley White. but he gave no good reason
 why he did so. I was simply an eX-
 cuse to crawl, that's all.'' ''WEat are
 McGovern's plans:' was asked.
 Well. responded Harris. "he will
 soon return to the ring. There are not
 many places where he can fight. but I
 guess the game will boom again before | long. If Sullivan does not meet Terry.
 either Marty McCue or Kid Broad will
 get the first chance. There are plenty
 of fighters to pick from and McGovern
 I'm sure. will not have to worry as re-
 gards an opponent The Hesper club.
 New York social organization, of
 which Senator Timothy D. Sullivan is
 q member has arranged for q party
 of 33O members to attend the perform
 ance of the "Bowery After Dark" at
 the Star theater. in which the feather
 weight champion has been starring all
 season, on next Thursday night. Nor
 ris Rose will head the party and pre-
 sent q handsome set of co1ors to Terry.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12

Ogdensburg, N. Y., March 12.-Sev- eral hollow spruce spars are being made at Spalding's St Lawrence boat works here for Herreshoff of Bristol, R. l., to be used in the cup defender. It is said here that the Independence also will carry Ogdensburg hollow SparS.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
|. RIGGING FOR DEFENDER.

Last Plates Have Been Fastened on
 Sheer Strake of the Yacht.
 Bristol, R. l., March 12-The near approach of the completion of the cup defender is indicated by the arrival by rail yesterday morning of the material for the running rigging of the craft There are seventeen coils of rigging in the lot, ranging in size and strength from the signal halyards to the main sheet. The range of indicated sizes is from one inch to three and one-half inches. This new running rigging is of Manila rope, made of the finest grade of Manila fibre. The last plates were put on the sheer strake of the yacht today
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
CRUSHED BY Mine CARS,
Anthony Corcoran, Jr., of Parker
Street, Killed at Leggett's Creek.
Mother Seriously Affected.

Anthony COrCoran, jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Anthony Corcoran, of Par
ker street. was instantly killed yester-
day morning at S45 o'clock In the Leg
gett's Creek colliery.
CorCoran, who was IS years of age,
was employed as a driver boy. He was
taking a trip of loaded cars out of
chamber into the main gangway, riding
along on the front bumper of the first
ear with his foot sliding along the rail.
upon which the cars were running.
In some way the heel of his shoe
caught on a piece of broken rail and
pulled him from his seat beneath the
trip of cars, all OF which passed over
him. His body was found shortly af-
terward by some miners, who carried
1t to the carriage and hoisted to the
surface. whence it was taken to the
home OF his parents.
Upon the arrival home the mother
of the boy met the men and fell in a
swoon. She also was carried to the
house and up to a late hour last even
ing had not recovered consciousness
She is under the care of DIR. j. j. Stan
ton
The boys father Is in New York city,
| having left for that place last Satur-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30

Yesterday was another great day in
The Tribune's Educational Contest.
Five of the leaders turned in points.
some of them doing exceptionally well.
Garfield Anderson again went to third
place, which he now holds by % points.
and Frank Kemmerer advanced from
tenth to ninth.
Meyer Lewis drew ahead again,
more than doubling the lead he had
over Miss Griffin in yesterdays pub
lished table. He is now on his sew
enth century.
Less than a hundred points now
separate Miss Meredith from Mr..
Miles.
The Tribune's Educational Contest is
nearing it's close. With only two days
intervening. the interest is rapidly
growing keen and the anxiety among
the contestants is getting intense.
Who will be the ones to reap the
special rewards of great value. and
who will fall below eighth place are
questions that are agitating not only
the young men and women them
selves but also their friends who have
helped them so materially to accom-
pish their highly laudible objects.
From now on until tomorrow evening
at s o'clock. the majority of the com
petitors will undoubtedly make hercu-
lean efforts to increase their scores,
so they may at least hold the places
of which they are now in possession.
Tomorrow morning the standing Of
the contestants will be published for
the last time. on Monday morning
ha Iict % NNin Nyil x.iII
then be too late for any contestant Ia
improve his position. The time u
work for that end Is today and tomor-
row and up to the last hour before
the close. The end of the 1l2 days
work will come when the bell on the
Court House clock rings the first
stroke of s o'clock tomorrow night
Every contestant who has points tC
turn in must turn them in before Their
or they will not aid him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
PoSToFFICE MATTERS.

Orders from headquarters received at the local
postoffice show that those in authority are very
desirous that the public take advantage of tho
opportunity Of securing their stamps in the
booklets in which they have been sold for sew
ertl months. To persons buying hut limited
quantity of stamps it is certainly the handicst
way Of securing them, and the order issued by
the third assistant postmaster general directs all
postmasters to keep clean and perfect copies a.
the poster form regarding the books. exhibited
near the stamp window in the halls or corridors
OF the postoffce Hobbies, and in suburban sta
tions. Postof6ce employees are also supposed 10
aCquaint the general public with the fact that
they can obtain their stamps in this form
An order issued by the acting assistant post.
master general calls the attention OF postmasters
at international money order Offices TO the fact
that henceforth. with all adyiCes OF money orders,
drawn for payment in Germany or Asa, a card
order must be invariably forwarded TO the main
office Orders payable in Germany are sent to
New York, and those payable in Asia are for.
warded TO San Francisco
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
QUARTERLY COVENANT.
Delegates of City Christian Endeav-
orers Met Last Night at Penn
Avenue Baptist Church.

A quarterly covenant of the city So
cieties of the Christian Endeavorers
was held last night in the Penn Ave-
nue. Baptist church parlors. 1t was pre-
sided over by Rev. Luther Hess War
ing. of the Grace lutheran church, and
was ATTENDED O by representatives of the
following societies. First Presby-
terian church, Second Presbyterian,
Washburn Street Presbyterian, Dun
more Presbyterian, Penn Avenue Bap-
tiSt North Main Avenue Baptist,
jackson Street Baptist, Plymouth Con-
gregational, Grace Lutheran, Calvary
Reformed, Grace Reformed Episco-
pal and African Methodist Episcopal.
The convention was opened by the
reading of Scriptures and prayer by
j. d. Main, assistant secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association,
following which came the opening ad-
dress, a powerful talk on The Basis
of Covenants. in the Bible, Society and
Common Sense" by Rev. NJ. l.. Firor,
of the Calvary Reformed church.
He was followed by II. ID. Place
president of the Penn Avenue Baptist
chuI oh society, who spoke interesting
~ on the subject of the Christian En-
deavor pledge, and the necessity of the
members proving themselves worthy
Rev. l.. II. Foster, assistant at the
Green Ridge Presbyterian church, had
been allotted the subject" t,"What Chris
tian Endeavorers Mean to the
Church" He was unable to be pres
eEt, however, and Rev. Waring there
fore gave an impromptu address on the
| topic, urging that men realize that il
is just as imperative to go to church
| at least one day i'm the week as it 1.
| to go to a place of business the other
| six.
W. \. Burial. superintendent of the
! sunday school Of the Washburn Stree
| Presbyterian church, gave an excel
lent talk on "Our Recruiting Ground,
! declaring that, in the Bible schools ant
intermediate grades of schools, can b,
| found the material for the activ,
| workers of the future.
| Several selections We're sung by tn,
male chorus of the Young Mems Chris
| tian association, and the convention
| was closed with a series of brie
| prayers offered by the delegates. TIL,
next convention is to be held in Octo
Der. 1t will be the tenth anniversar,
of the organization of the local Chris
tlan EndeaVor union. Rev. NJ. j. Kline
! ID. D., of Harrisburg. state presiden
of the association, will be present
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
PERSONAL.


r, j. connolly, w tue hrm ot 'ohholI!
Wallace. Is in New York city.
MIR. and Mrs Louis Octtingcr of Clay avenue,
have returned from Atlantic city.
ur ,rd Mr. william, rv,rs ~ North Rrom.
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WIS, - HhoN''' VI '"N NY - 'atl'"s
Miss L'h'l h'"ih'o"' o' "''"" 'e'so' "''"'S'"'
Miss Marian Watkins, OF Quincy avenue, is
the guest ut Mrs. d, l., Williams, OF Portsmouth,
Va
MIR. and Mrs. !. W. shepherd have rsturncd
nom A twelve months trip through Texas and
California
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~ lF,t,h Sl,,,,d -, p,rlcrsl,,r., 4,
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
ADJUSTMENTS.
"Shore Acres" 4"

In "shore Acres" which is TO have tine
scenic production at the Lyccum next Monday
afternoon and night Labor day, the late actor.
dramatist, James A. llernc has clearly demon.
stratcd that play almost ploteSs and de-
pending entirely upon portrayal OF that which
is real without dramatic effects as in the ordin-
ary plays, can be written with success.
In total ignoring ot the traditional, conycn.
tional and unreal in stagecraft, and getting tar
away from artificial devices and suppanting in
its stead art-true art the effect has been rev.
elaton.
ashore Acres is a dramatic sermon without
word of religion in it. The story is that
of the lowly, the everyday life Of poor farmers
and fishermen living on the coast OF Maine. 1t
is a psychic study for the thinker, a lesson for
the thougntcss, and the impression made upon
the spectator by this masterpiece will last 4
lifetime. "Shore Acres is in every way a truly
great play and wholly unlike any other pastoral
work known 10 the Engish's speaking stage.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
AN ENJOYABLE OUTING.
Clay Pipe Club Entertains a Large
Crowd at Wahler,s Grove.

The Clay Pipe club, an organization
composed of employees of the city en-
gireer's department, gave its annual
outing yesterday morning, afternoon
and night, at Waher's Grove, Dun
more. and to say that the two hundred
and more invited guests enjoyed them
selves is putting it very mildly. in
deed.
Invitations had been sent out dur
ing the week to the CounCilmen. city
officials and personal friends of the
members of the club and only very
few were not accepted. The guests,
as they entered the grove, were met
at the gate by one of the engineers
corps and decorated with. badge
Each guest was also presented with a
red clay pipe, filed with tobacco. and
was politely requested to smoke up"
and enjoy himself.
Everything was free. city Engineer
Phillips and his son. Frank, had
charge of the entire affair. and per-
sonally superintended all the arrange
ments for the comfort of the guests.
Music was furnished by the Citi-
zens' band. of North Scranton. and
the Anthracite Glee club. which lat i
ter organization rendered several spir-
tied selections.
The feature of the afternoon was n
ball game, played on the field behind
the grove. between teams captained
by cx-Chief of the Fire Department +.
j. Hickey and Plumbing Inspector
Arthur &. Monies. There were no bat Is
on hand and small boy was sent
down to the corner store after one
He was given a quarter and returned
with half dozen five-cent bats, a few
sizes larger than a large cigar. These
were brought into use and every time
the ball was hit good crack the ba
broke and new one had to be used
Over dozen clubs, altogether, were
used.
Prof David owens. principal Of No
13 school, won the running broad jump
clearing nearly twelve feet. The prize
was a bat, donated by Louis Isaacs
The fat mems obstacle race was wor
by Andrew Smith, who came in just a
few feet ahead of Constable Tim
Jones, winning pair of trousers
given by Krotosky Bros.
In the ball game the score stood
to in favor OF Monies team at the
end of the third inning. The Other
team refused to play unless new bal
was furnished and Umpire callahan
| forfeited the game to the Monies team
The shooting match, open to all com
ers, was won by DIR. A. Kolb. He got al
umbrella donated by Louis Conrad
The second prize. a fountain pen. do
mated by Reynolds Bros, was won b!
William Mines.
| The concluding feature of the pro
Sramme was a tug-of-war betweel
two teams recruited from among tn,
select and common councilmon present
The team made up of select councilmel
won out in about two minutes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
WORK is DISAPPOINTING.
Thirteenth's Rifle Team Not Win
mig Laurels at Mt. Gretna.

The Thirteenth regiments rifle team
has made very disappointing showing
in the division matches at Mt. Gretna
so far this week. on Monday and
Tuesday its showing was but mediocre
and Wednesday in the skirmish match
one of the most important contests of
the week. IL finished ninth out of thir-
teen regiments.
The Ninth regiment of Wilkes Barre
was third. Lieutenant Lewis Il. Car
ter, inspector OF rifle practice, retrieved
the poor work of his team in the match
for inspectors. He finished second in
the match with 152 points, second to the
l09 made by the winner of the match,
Lieutenant Mehard, of the First reg-
ment of Philadelphia. The Sixteenth
regiments team was selected to repre-
sent Pennsylvania in the interstate
matches at Sea Grt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPED.
Got Away from Nay Aug Park and
Jumped a Train.

Five short term prisoners from the
county Jail, VINO were working NJ Nay
Aug park, escaped from the guards and
made away by jumping on a passing
Erie and Wyoming Valley train.
The men who escaped were Leigh
Hammer, of Pittsburg; John Cronin, of
Buffalo; John Lumboy, of this city;
Ariel Lengren, of Brooklyn, and Thom-
as Leonard, of Dunmore. They We're
making n new roadway and were under
the watchful care of Benjamin Hughes
and p. +. Ryan.
They had evidently all agreed upon
concerted action, as they all made n
dash for the railroad tracks as the train
came bowling along and had jumped
on board before the guards hardly
knew where they were at.
The prisoners We're all serving terms
for vagrancy or trespassing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
Original Creators of "Virginius. A"

The Roman tragedy OF "NirgnuS' was written
by the famous English author, James Sheridan
knowles, and was originally produced at the Gov.
cnt Garden thcatcr London, in May, 1870. The
first representative Of the character Of Virgin,
ius' the great English tragcdian, ", G.
Macrcady, TO whom the author acknowledged his
Indebtedness for his assistance in the production
of the play.
The men who have made "NrSinius" famous
in this country have been Thomas Ahthorpt
Cooper originally and in the order named, I'd
win Forrest, John Mccullough and Frederick
Marde The latter gentleman leading sup
port to Mccullough Cthc nohlest Roman OF
them all'D, playing "lcilius' for several years
to McCullough's "NirgluiuS" Frederick Wardt
comes to the lNccum next Tuesday evening, ant
will he seen in the Mountchank.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
MUST LIVE UP TO LAW.
Director Wormser Directs Building
Inspector to Enforce II Strictly.

Director of Public Safety +. l..
Wormser yesterday sent the following
letter to Building Inspector Brown, di-
recting him to have contractors live up
to the strict letter of the law requiring
them to take out building permit be-
fore commencing work on a building:
scranton. Pa. Aug. 2S, 1901.
Mr. =. l.. Brown, Superintendent Bureau Of Build.
ing Inspection. scranton, Pa.
Dear Sir: My attention Is called TO the fact
that the act requiring all building plans and
specifications to be deposited with the bureau Of
building inspection and permit secured before
any work is done, is not being complied with.
You are hereby directed 10 enforce the law and
report all violations to this department. In order
tina, legal steps may he taken TO carry out the
provisions of the act governing building in cities
Of the second class BY order of
+. l.. Wounser,
Director Department Of Public Safety.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-30
City and School Taxes, 1901.

The city and school tax duplicates
for year 1901 are now in my hands for
collection. A penalty of per cent.
will be added Sept lst. 1901, and an
additional one per cent on the first
of each end every month until fully
paid. All taxes remaining unpaid
after November 1st will he placed on
the delinquent list as provided by law.
L. J. Robinson,
City Treasurer.