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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
SCHEEPER IS A PRISONER.
Lord Kitchener Reports the Capture by Gen. French's Column, or
 Commandant Schecper.

London, Oct. 13.-Lord Kitchener reports to the war office, from Pre- toria, that Gen. Freneh's columns have captured Commandant Scheeper.
 Lord Kitchener does not state whether Scheeper's commando, which has been active in Cape Colony, was captured or not. The British have been in pursuit for couple of weeks. Scheeper himself was so ill that he was obliged to travel in buggy.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
One Who Knew.

"Women wouldn't spend so much money" said the man with the white spot on his mustaehe, If they knew how hard 1t is to get it.'
 the man with the loud necktie, lighting a cigar, flor whenever we get hard up she's the one that always has 10 go to her rich uncle to borrow some. Chicago Tribune
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION.
English Railroad Men to Spend . Month With Us Studying
 American Methods.

New York, Oct. 14.-0n the White Star liner Celtic, which arrived yes terday, was a party of English rail road men who come here to spend month studying American railroad methodsand inspecting systems. They are George S. Gibb, general manager of the Northwestern railroad; Nor man D. Macdonald, T. NJ. Newell and Wilson Worsdell.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
Getting Even with Her

.eYou may tell him." she said, haughtily "that do not care to meet people who deal in dressed beef
 Naturally this proud eastern aristocrat thought she had him properly put down, but she was in error.
 You may tel her" he said by way of reply, "hat whatever l put on the market is at least dressed"
 Then he looked long and fxedly at her decollete daughter.-Chicago Post.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
Nothing Equals St. Jacobs Oil

For Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica. Neural gia, Cramp, Pleurisy, Lumbago, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Soreness, Stiffness, Bruises, Toothache, Headache, Backache, Feetache, Pains in the Chest, Pains in the Limbs. and all bodily aches and pains. 1t acts like magic. Safe, sure and never fail ing.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
MoI1ie's Mistake.

Cleveland woman named Mollie Me Guire picked up ssove lid, mistaking it for an apple pie. What she thought was pie turned ont to be only hot to- Molhe- Denver Times.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are cas- fer to use and color more goods brighter and faster eolors than any other dye.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

What literature needs is man who can write an undramatIzable novel.-Hartford Post.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
.ssaII P1udianpuuI

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
The Real Thing

Uncle Tom, what is charity?"
 Charity. Tommy, is finding good ex. cuses for the faults . people We don like ' Detroit Free Press.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.-J. w. OBrien, 322 Third Ave, N, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

The man who has character that mud will stick to Is always uneasy .-Ehjah r. Brown.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
TR[ AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
It Has had a Curious Effect Up- on Some of the British
 General Officers.
VERY FEW HAVE WON LASTING lAURElS
Gen. Buffers Ofii icinI FeIo de Sc Dis cussed - Public Dissatisfaction With Progress in south Africa Due to the Optimistic Prophets Predictions.

London, Oct. 13.-The South African campaign has a curious effect on Brit ish generals. Public attention is ceH- tered on Gen. Buffers extraordinary exhibition, while society is gossiping about the remarkable action of an- other general. This one is a knight commander of the Bath, holding . high command in South Africa. He is over 60 years of age, has been a wid- over for two years and has engaged himself, by letter, to marry woman of 50 whom he has not seen for 20 years. The bride-elect, who is an Irish woman, is preparing to go out to South Africa.
 As for Gen. Butler, he seems to have forever shattered every vestige of his reputation.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

Bad lives am like plpestems-hollow, foul Cat.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

Experience is not running a kindergarten and will not go out of the way to amuse pupils.-Puek.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

Well, give the young man my eompli- ments. and ask him to kindly close tha front door from the outside - Chicago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

A man must be greater than his work Rams Horn.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
Polite iteQuest,

Anxious Father (from top of stairs)- Say Mary Janel Mary Jane-Yes, papa. 'Is 1t II o'clock yet"
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
He Had Received Hints.

A press representative learns that previous to Gen. Buffers speech of Thursday he had received several plain hints from the war office eX- pressing the hope that he would not accept invitations to make speeches. His appointment to the command of an army corps was made in a spirit of generosity. It was thought that Gen. Butler could not do much harm in the two years remaining before he retired
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

The active tool never gets rusty.-Chi. cago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
SOzOdOnt Tooth 0rc Powder %O
 Good for Bad Teeth
 Not Bad for Good Teeth

Sozodont Liquid 2sc Large Liquid and Powder 7sc All stores by mail for the price. Sample postage Sc
 HALL & RUCKEL, New York.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
Days of sinecurcs Passing.

One of the highest officials cor nected with the administration of the army is quoted as saying:
 ''The utilitarian spirit of the age has taken away those sinecures, such as governor of Tilbury and command er-in-chief of Berwick, with which, hundred years ago, Butler might be shelved and at the same time reward ed. We had no alternative but to re- ward Gen. Buffers long and conscien- tious period of service by kicking him out or giving him a command that his rank demands. Of the two evils we chose what We thought was the least. Our justification is perhaps somewhat sentimental, but no army can be run without a certain amount of senti- ment
 Optimistic Prophets Blamed.
 "As for the public dissatisfaction with our progress in South Africa, l fear that Lord Roberts and other op- timistie prophets are, unintentionally, more to be blamed than any one else. No one got up and said the Burmah war was over, or that 1t would be over in a foolishly short time. It lasted nearly four years, and the British public took it as matter of course. The South African war has probably got another two years to run, developing, like the Burmah af- fair, into subalterns' campaign. Faith in Kitchener. To supervise such work we know of no one better than Lord Kitchener. His chief difficulty, which seems to have missed the attention of the crit ics, is that, having non-combatant natives populating the war area, he is prohibited from destroying sup plies to any degree of military thor oughness. If we could concentrate or deport the natives l think an effective devastation would quickly end the campaign.
The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23

running from the running board. under
the cab window and back to the tank.
Enginemcn. he admitted, were In the
habit of looking for hot pins" out OF
the cab window, but could not nnu
anything by so doing.
Harry Smith. foreman of the lower
round house, examined the engine ar
ter the accident, and found marks run
ming from I'm front of the CAB, down
under the window and back to the
tank, and in his opinion. May could
not have been pulled out of the cab
window. as was suggested. In MS
opinion May was on the running board
when the accident occurred.
The jury after much deliberauon,
rendered the following verdict:
1--WE, the undersigned Jurors, select
ed to inquire into the causes OF the
death on July f., 1901, OF one William
May. of Clark's summit Pa, while
in the employ Of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western. Railroad COM
pany. in the capacity of engineer, ar
rived at the following verdict:
civilian Mays death was caused
by coming in contact with train OF
cars on a side track while on his own
engine at Clark's Summit, Pa.
"Signed, u. A. Stone. foreman; r
II. Jones. Robert Y. Gould, +. A. Crut-
tenden. David owens, William B
Davis Jurors"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
Scranton Gun Clubs Shoot.

At the Scranton Gun Clubs grounds
the fourth contest for the Peters Cart
ridge company's silver trophy took
place Saturday afternoon, over their
Magautrap (magaZine- trap, which is
a complicated and very expensive ma =
chine. operated like bicycle, the tar
gets being released by an electric pull
and thrown in unknown angles at
lightning speed. The shooters line up
on a platform in semi-CirCle about
ten feet apart, each shooting in turn,
and the speed is so great that, even
though changing positions in regular
order after each five shots. 125 shots
minutes.
This amusement has become the
popular fad and among the clubs
members are numbered the very best
of Scranton's citizens who for outdoor
amusement have adopted shooting ir
preference to golf. The Peters trophy
has been closely contested for all the
season. but has now narrowed doWr
to the high average men in the sew
eral contests and the result of sat
urday's shoot places the much COW
eted prize now within the reach %
but three or four men whose scores
have been succession of high aver
ages.
The scores of Saturday are as fol
lows: II. G. Cullen, 80 out of 30; II
f.. Westlake, AZ out of 30; j. Nichols
A out of 80; +. Bittenbender, SO on
Of 80; DIR. Winebrake, 80 out of 80
/. Shoemaker, 80 out of 80: DR.. Dolan
33 out of 50; +. Jifkins. 81 out of 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
BURGLARS CAPTURED.
Three Men Who Entered Bernhard's
Store Arrested by Superintend-
ent Robling and Detective Day.

Superintendent of Police Robling and
Detective Iona Day yesterday sue
cceded in capturing the three bur
glars who broke into Bernhards jew
elry store on Lackawanna avenue, on
Tuesday night. and made away with
over 800 worth Of jewolry.
The three men arrested are George
Alexander. white, barber employed
in barber shop underneath the jew
elry store, and Mark Wallace and
Henry Lee, two colored men.
Lee VAS arrested on Lackawanna
avenue yesterday by Superintendent
Robling and Captain Williams. Wal
lace was taken into custody on Centre
street last night by the Superintend-
ent, and Alexander was captured in
NantiCoke by Detective Day.
Alexander, who was undoubtedly the
man who planned the burglary, was
suspected by the police from the first.
He left the city suddenly on We'd
nesday for NantCoke, which is his
home and search of his drawer in
the barber shop resulted in the dis
covery of two of the stolen watches.
Detective Day went to Wilkes Barre
yesterday afternoon and discovered
another one OF the watches in a pawn
shop in that city. A fourth watch
was discovered in a pawn shop at
Nanticoke before Alexander was taken
into custody. He was brought to this
| city last night and has confessed the
whole affair to the police.
Lee stood outside, he says, and as
| sisted both Wallace and himself
| through the transom over the front
| door, and afterwards kept watch while
| they went through the stock inside.
The three men will be given a hear
| ing this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
INQUEST IN THE MAY CASE.
Jury Finds Rather on-Committal
Sort of a Verdict.

Coroner Roberts conducted an in
quest yesterday afternoon, in the
grand jury room of the court house
in the case of William May, the Della
ware, Lacka wanna and Western engi-
neer, who died from injuries received
by being caught between the engine
and a car in the Clark's Summit yard
on July II.
The first witness called was Thomas
Sloan, who was fireman on the engine
when the sCiCdcnt occurred. His tes-
timony was of little consequence, as
he did not see the accident. Conduc-
tor owen Case testified that May told
him after the accident occurred that
he May believed he had been leaning
out too far.
Thomas Murray. brakeman on the
train, first saw May lying between
the tracks, where he was found after
the accident His head was injured on
the right side. In explanation, Muir
ray testified that there was sufficient
room for him to walk between the
two trains after the accident occurred.
He did not see the accident.
James Keenan,, the rear brakeman,
testified that the train was running
about four or five miles an hour when
the accident occurred. He saw Nav
lying between the tracks, but did moi
know just how he was injured.
j. r. Talbot, yard master at Clark 8
Summit was next sworn. He made a
pencil sketch of the tracks in the
yard there, and testified that May told
him that he thought he smelled "hot
pin" and leaned out to see where il
was.
Elmer w. Brown, travelling engi.
neer of the Lackawanna railroad, tes.
tifed to having made an examination
of the engine the next morning after
the accident occurred, and said ht
found marks leading from in front o
the cab, beneath it, and back to tht
tank, and in his judgment May wa,
not in the cab at the time of the ac
cident, but had been out on the run
ming board and leaned over to So,
where the "hot pin" was.
Engineer NJ. j. Mclaughlin, who raI
Engine No. SS, the one on which Mal
had been riding, was next sworn. II,
testined that the S00-class engines ar,
wider than the small engines used b,
the company, but that he never haC
any difficulty IN passing the switche
at Clark's summit. He also founC
traces of the accident on the engine
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23

Superintendent W. T.. Allen, of the
bureau of health, in an official state
ment given out last night, advises that
the contaminated water now being fur
nishcd to a large part of the city by
the Scranton Gas and Water company
be boiled before being used for drink
ing purposes.
Or. Allen has not yet been able to
determine positively whether the water
is inimical to health or not, and his
advice regarding boiling is purely Of
precautionary nature. Samples of
the water will be taken on the annual
inspection tour, which is to be made
next Monday, and these will he sent
to the state board of health for bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination. The doc
tors statement is as follows:
scranton is supplied with water from thrcc N,S.
tens, the Providence Water company the stat
ford Meadow Brook ana the Roaring Brook
which feeds the reservoir at Elmhurst and fur.
nishcs water to the greater part Of tho central
city and Green Ridge. ! have inspected all ot
these systems and find no trouble with any hut
the Roaring Brook This stream arises from two
heads. one Of which is tImarick swamp con
tanning many large living springs, from which
the water is ordinarily clear and fine. Owing
To the immense amount OF water which came
down So rapidly on saturday night the whole
swamp became pond and the leaves and dc.
caying vegetable matter incident to swamps
were carried into the STREAM causing the water
~ taste and smell vile. Boiling this water docs
not improve its flavor, but will surely Kill
disease germs II there any, and think
for drinking for culinary purposes but
boiled water should he used.
The annual inspection will be made in a few
DAYS and the water will be sent for chemical
and meteorological examination TO the state
board of health
Superintendent Robert Reeves, OF the
water company, reported yesterday
that the reservoirs containing the i'm
pregnated water We're gradually clear
ing up and said that IL would not b,
long before the water is back to il,
original and normal condition again.
The water in Lake Scranton is no
affected with the disagreeable tast,
and cauld he turned into the cit!
mains, If needed. The water in tn
other reservoirs, however, would hav
to be drained off some time and tn
company officials argue that thei
patrons might as well suffer a littl
inconvenience now as later on.
There was no apparent dimlnutioi
in the extreme offensiveness of tn
water yesterday, though there wer
some who claimed that il didn't tast
quite as bad as the day before.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
WILL FoREsTALL HIM.
Correspondence Schools to Apply for
a Charter.

Application is to be made to the
governor Sept. IL, next. for a charter
for the International Correspondence
School, of Scranton. by r. j. Foster.
II, J. Foster, f.. II. laval j. X. Grif-
fifth, W. l.. Connell, T. II. Watkins,
Stanley r. Allen. Thomas Fisher and
David Cottle, the men comprising the
schools directorate
1t is said that a Chicago man has
conceived the idea OF taking out a
charter for the international Cores
pondence Schools of Scranton" with a
view OF, forcing the company to buy
1t from him. To forestall him. the
company seeks to secure the charter.
There is hardly n question but that
the application OF the Scranton men
will be granted, and that of the Chi
cago man ignored.
That the schools were not chartered
ere this is due to the fact that they
are the outgrowth of the Colliery En-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
ALL KINDS
OF SPORTS
CARBoNDALE CREsCENTs TO
PLAY HERE SATURDAY.
Manager Southard's Team Is Book
ed for Pottsville, Tuesday and
Wednesday, and Plays Wilkes
Barre Later in the Week-Scran-
ton Gun Clubs Shoot--Wilkes-
Barre Oarsman Returns Home
After Rowing on the University
of Pennsylvania Crew.

Manager Southard has secured a
fine attraction for saturday after
Moons ball game at Athletic park. in
the Carbondale Crescents, who Will
play his mi-professional team.
The Carbondale nine is fast one,
and has on it several splendid players,
among whom Is Dan Hodgins, the big
half back of the st. Thomas foot ball
eleven of last fall.
The Scranton team will lineup as
follows: Wirth, c.; Crossin, p; Gau-
CHAN. h.; Weir, b.. McHugh, s.s.;
Bradley, 3d.; Crane, r.f; Culkin, CT;
Ferris, re.
on Tuesday and Wednesday OF next
week the team will play at Pottsville,
and on Saturday Wilkes-Ba S
strong amateur team will be the at
traction at the park.
Carbondale's batting order will be as
follows: Cuff, left field Murray, third
base: Harris, short stop: Emmett, CEN
| tire field; Hart, second base; Boland
| eft field; Hull, right field; Tracy, Lof-
| rus or Moran, catcher; Smith or Hess
ling pitcher.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
Sporting Brevities.

Peter Eagen, Scranton's old fielder
is hitting the bali hard in the New
York state league.
Dan KerVin. of last years local
team. is playing good ball for the
Chester Athletics.
Two players named Davis are sur
prising the base ball world this year.
Lefty Davis, whom Hanlon released
from Brooklyn early i'm the season, be-
cause he couldn't hit, is hammering
the hide off the ball for Pittsburg, and
leads the teams outGelders in clean
played games. Harry Davis, who was
dropped into the Eastern league a
couple of years ago by Pittsburg, af-
ter being released by New York, is
gaining a reputation as being one Of
the crack first basemen of the Ameri-
can league, and is pressing Lajoie and
Seybold hard. for the sluRging hOnors
of the Philadelphia team.
If the season lasts long enough, New
York has a magnificent opportunity
to finish eighth.
This is a great year for pitching
phenoms, and the American league
clubs seem to have been particularly
lucky IN acquiring them. Plank,
Winters, Mcneil, Broken and Moore
are all young twirlers of the first
class.
"Wahoo' Sam Crawford, Of Cincin-
natl, leads the National League in
long drives. lie has accumulated a
bunch of thirteen home runs, thus
far, besides numerous three and two
baggers. Crawford is the young man
who swears by all that's mighty he
cannot bat while his hair is long, and,
as a result, has il cut on an average
of once week.
A Russian count who is in this coun-
try on a mission to buy fast PAGERS
and trotters for the Czar, recently met
Elwood Smith, the well-known
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
WANT STORES TO CLOSE.
Central Labor Union Makes an Ap-
peal to Merchants.

The following appeal is sent out by
the Central Labor union:
An Appeal to the Merchants Of scranton, IA. by
tho Central Labor Union and all Affiliated
Unions, and Organized in General
September ., Labor day. Ia a national and
state holiday. observed generally everywhere a.
labor's holiday, and whereas organized labor Of
Scranton and vicinity has designated the above
day for a monster demonstration, and an cscur.
sion to Lake Lodorc, We the Central Labor union
Of scranton. kindly request the merchants Of this
city to close their places Of business on the
above date, in order to make this day labor's
holiday in fact and not in name only, and also
to give their employees and members Of organized
labor an opportunity TO join us in our celcbra.
tion. BY granting this, our request we will en-.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23
YOUNGSTERS TOOK PRIZES.
Little Scrantonians Distinguish
Themselves at Asbury Park.

Bennie II. Throop, of this city, won
second prize Wednesday in the pony
turnout contest at the eleventh an
nual baby parade, held at Asbury
Park, y. J. Eugene La Bar, another
little Scrantonian, won fourth prize in
the go-cart contest.
Six hundred children, their ages
ranging from to II years, partici-
pated in the procession, garbed i'm fam
tastic and picturesque sarb. Queen
Titinia, enacted by Miss Grace Craw-
ford, of New York, reviewed the par
ade. President Frank Appleby, of the
city council, acted as her escort.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-23

Wilkes Barre horseman, and rendered
him the position of taking charge Of
the stables of his majestovitch at ST..
Petersburg. a salary of $4,000 per
year and ten per cent. of the winnings
of the horses was offered TO him. MIR.
Smith has not yet accepted It. The
Journal states that the same offer was
made John l.. Campbell of Brooklyn!