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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-23
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

rUnder this heading short letters OF interest
will be published when accompanied for publica-
ton, by the writer's name. The Tribune does not
assume responsibility ior opinions here expressed
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PIG IRON BROKE Ills LEG--Frank Mich
rash, OF South Scranton, sustained fracture
oi the LETT leg just above the ankle, by the
falling OF a piece OF pig iron at the blast fur
mace yesterday. lie was taken 10 the Moses Tay-
lor hospital.
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dcphid decree reversed ana decree OF uNoEcc ch-
tered in favor Of appellant.
Holley estate, Orphans Court, Philadelphia;
decree affirmed.
JUDGE WILLIAM d. PORTER.
City OF New Castle vs.. Cullen, Common Pleas,
Lawrence county; judgment affirmed,
wctzrell VS.. Linnard Common Pleas No. l,
Philadelphia; decree reversed and bill dismissed
al cost OF appellee.
Martin vs.. Throckmorton, No. !, Philldel'
phia; judgment afiImed.
Json VS.. Resten Il Company, Common Pleas
No. 3, Philadelphia; Judgment affirmed
JUDGE WILLIAM W. PORTER.
Stewart VS.. Trinble, Common Pleas NO L.
Philadelphia; judgment affirmed
Macaulcy vs.. Teller Common Pleas No. :, Phll'
adolphia; reversed with yenirc.
City vs. Reeves, Common Pleas No, 4, PhiIs
delphia; Judgment affirmed.
Chambers vs.. Challey Common Pleas, Mexican
county; judgment affirmed.
Baxter vs.. Hurburt, Common Pleas, Potter
county; Judgment affirmed.
Lauer vs.. Posey, Common Pleas, Berks county,
judgment affirmed,
Bct1 estate, Rogers appeal, Orphans Court
Lancaster county; degree reversed
Baldwin vs.. Sicm, Common Pleas, Chester
county; judgment affirmed,
Fickcs estate, Crcsse appeal, Orphans Court
Philadelphia; decree amended to rcstorc payment
made by Crcsse.
Greble estate, Brewer appeal, Orphans Court
Philadelphia; decree affirmed.
kerpcr appeal, Racstaeter estate, orphan'
Court, Berks county; decree reversed and decree
entered for appellant.
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CITY NOTES


CABMEN'S MEETING.-1hcre will be meet
ing OF the cabmen, coschmen and stablemen this
evening at o'clock at Raubs hall.
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CLOSE OF The
ARCHDEACONRY
BUSINESS SESSION HELD IN
PARISH HOUSE.

Sermon at the Morning Service De-
livered by Rev. Charles w. Boot,
of Christ Church, Susquehanna.
Number of Important Topics In
troduced at the Afternoon Meet
ing-Woman's Auxiliary Also
Held Meeting in the Afternoon.
Impressive Service in the Evening.
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PERKINS TOMORROW NIGIlT.-The two Ice.
lures to be given at the High school tomorrow
evening by Eli Perkins are the best OF his
three great talks, Fun and Fact in Japan and
China is semi-geographicai and does not bring
out so strongly the personal wit of the author.
These who hear "Stories Round the Stove and
PHILOSOPHY Of Wit and Hlmor'' will listen 10 a
philosophical talk with all the amusing lea.
lures Of q humorous lecture. Mr. Perkins il
generally considered hurnorist, but this goes
a little way only in describing him. His lee.
ture is a most instructive entertainment max
ing laughter irrepressible and giving enlightened
ideas embodied in pointed and witty arguments
His moral thought is grand and inspiring and
he never stoops 10 the commonplace hunor.
Having been an intimate of all the great humor.
lists his "reminiscences are intensely interesting
He illustrates and proves the difference between
wit and humor and also that we enjoy pathos a.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-23

ANNUAL MEETINGS.--The Ontario, Carbon
dale and Scranton Railway company held its
annual meeting yesterday and reelected last
years officers. The annual meeting OF the
Lackawanna Lumber company and the Cross Fork
Water company we're postponed until next Friday.
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CHURCH sUPPER,-The ladies of the Penn
Avenue Baptist church will serve supper in the
parlors of the church Thursday evening, jan "a,
at o'clock The following is the menu: Fried
oysters, pressed meat, cabbage salad. creamcd
potatoes, canned fruit, bread and rolls, tea and
coffee.
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Eli Perkins at High school tomorrow,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-23

Eii Perkins at High school tomorrow.
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Savings Department
TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
Cor. Wyoming and Spruce
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
PAUL BEETz ARRESTED.

Paul Beetz a Grand avenue saloon- keeper, who was visited by the police Sunday, was arrested last night on warrant charging him with violation of the liquor law.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24

Government Bonds.
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BUILDING NOTES.

Jules Waas has been awarded the contract for the iron work for the new buildings which are to be erected for the Winchester Repeating Arms Go. He also has the contract for the iron work for the new warehouse to be built for Dillon & Douglass.
 Contractor l.. I. Thomas has just completed small structure for D. G. Stoddard on Temple street. The build ing is 20x46 feet of brick, and is fitted up with fireplace, toilet room, shower baths etc. Sperry & Treat did the ma son work and the Curtiss & Pierpont Go. the plumbing.
 Miss s. B. Stones new frame house on Blake street has just been plastered, and the work of trimming will be start ed soon. l.. l. Thomas Is the con- tractor, F. A. Warner doing the mason work, c. H. Marsh the painting and J. c. Cronan the plumbing and heating.
 Work has been started on an addition to the gas plant of the Winchester Re- beating Arms Co.,, which is to be en- larged to double it's present capacity. The building will be 34x62 feet, of brick, two stories high. The George M. Grant Co. will do the mason work and the John s. Osborn Co. the carpenter work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
THE UNION LEAGUE DINNER.
The Date Selected Is January 15-Mc-
 Lean Will Attend.

lLchH VIII AllSHu. It is now the intention of the Union league to give the annual dinner Jan uary 15, beginning at o'clock. Gov ernor George P. Mclean, Professor Perrin of Yale. Rev. pr. Ferris of Cal- vary Baptist church and Mayor Stud ley have accepted invitations to re- spond to toasts.
 President George B. Martin of the league will preside and act as toast master. Covers will be laid for as many members of the league and their guests as desire to be present.
 Tables will be arranged in the billiard and card parlors on the second floor of the club house and the dinner will be served under the direction of the stew ard.
 The last dinner of the league was held in January, 1900, and the guests included Congressman Grosvenor, Con- gressman Sperry and Rev. Dr. Gilbert, then pastor of Trinity M. D. church. The occasion was considered the most successful of any of its kind held dur ing the leagues existence. It is pro- posed to make the dinner this year an even greater success.
 The league desired the honor of in- cluding President Hadley of Yale among it's distinguished guests. but that gentleman will be out of the state on the date selected.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
WITH THE LODGES.
Interesting Budget of Items About Rid

Interesting Budget of Items About Rid CTS of the Goats. Nathan Hale camp No. l. Sons of Veterans, is planning to give ball in Republican hall on February 19. A com
 mittee on arrangements has been. ap- pointed as follows. First Lieutenant
 Thomas Bonster, chairman; Wallace $.
 Bassett, H. Harkins, Ira Fonda, James
 Hislop.
 On January the recently elected off,
 cers of the camp will be installed. The
 officers are: Captain, Thomas Bonster
 first lieutenant, w. B. Blair; second lieutenant Jacob, Rahr; camp council, Ira Fonda, ,.Walface s. Bassett and o. E..
 Bennett.
 On the second Thursday in Jannary there will be a joint installati-n at the rooms of the General Alfred A. Terry camp, Third regiment, U. V. U. The officers are: Colonel, Wells F. George; lieutenant colonel. James McGuire; ma yjor, $. L. Tyler; chaplain, H. s. Nettle- ton; sentinel, F. D. Phelps
 The officers of the Womans Veteran Relief corps are: President, Mrs. Ely Platt; senior vice president, Mrs Kate Kookler; junior vice president, Mrs. s. l.. Hayward; conductress, Mrs. Sarah Frear chaplain, Mrs T. Whittlesey.
 Elm Tree lodge No. 35 N. F. o. F., has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Warden, Jahn A. Carr; vice warden, William E. Beckert: sec retary, T. Loughlin; financial secretary, Jeremiah Wall; treasurer, Charles R. Wells; chaplain; John J. Minnix; guide, A. H. Barclay; guardian, James c. Pen dergast sentinel, c. M. Floyd; trustee for three years F. F. Cafferty; organ ist, William B. Johnson.
 Edgewood camp No 9, Woodmen of the World, will probably give dance in the near future and committee has been appointed. The camp Is in condition and increasing in numbers.
 At regular meeting of Court Yale officers were elected for the ensuing term as follows: C. R., J. F. Williams; M. J. Began: r. S., J. w. Hayes S. w., F. J. Stankard: J. w., F. J. Simp- son. $. B., s. J. Millett: J. B., B. J. trustee, P. J. Cronin; druggist, J. T. Eagney; doctor, Frank J. Me- Guire.
 New Haven lodge No. 46, I. O. F. s. 1f Israel, has elected the following off, ,ers for 1902: J. Kaiser pres'd mt: vice J. Corper; secretary, Philip 4oodhart; treasurer, N. Sehuer; O. T., | Woolf Levy: trustees, M. Briggs, N. A. | Myers and Philip Winter; auditors, l.. | H. Freedman, $. Loeb, N. A. Myers; l to district grand lodge, | Y. A. Myers, Charles Fleischner; dele 1 rate to the United States grand lodge, which will be held at Atlantic City. N. r.. in May, 1902, Philip Winter. The | organization is in a very f1ourishing condition and the local lodge has $5, 100 n its treasury, and the order through ut the country has assets of nearly l. GOO, 900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
HIS TONGUE STUCK FAST.
Held by the Frosty Iron-Lance Had
 to be Used.

Held by the Frosty Iron-Lance Had
 to be Used.
 Middletown, Dec. 2S.-Will Barry, 13 years old, tried to lick the frost off the iron pickets in front of the Mid- dletown Savings bank yesterday morn- ing and his tongue stuck to the iron.
 He tried in vain to relieve himself and then made all the noise he could to attract attention. His faint cries were heard by Dr. Sage, who lives next door.
 The doctor tried to thaw the tongue away by hot water, but failed, and finally cut loose with lancet, leaving a strip of skin about a quarter of an inch wide and an inch long hanging to the pickets. He expects the boys tongue will heal all right.
 The little fellow bore the pain of the cutting heroically but collapsed when it was all over. The nervous strain while he was hanging by the tongue to the fence was extreme.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
A New Remedy.

The old friends of Chamberlain 8 Cough Remedy will be pleased to know that the manufacturers of that prepa- ration have got out new remedy call ed Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and that it is meeting with much success in the Urea atment of con- stipation, biliousness, sick headache, impaired digestion and like disorders. These tablets are easier to take and more pleasant in effect than pills, then they not only move the bowels, but inn prove the appetite and correct any dis orders of the stomach and liver. For sale by all druggists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
l,lnalng Prlccs.

Closing Prices.
 Following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Vhiteiy. Bankers ana Brokers. b2 Broadway. New York. and .5 7cnrer st.. New Hnvep Bid. Asked
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
PLEASANT EVENT.

Fifty-Second Anniversary of Wedding
 Celebrated.
 MT. and Mrs. James Starr on Satur- day evening at their home on West Main street, Milford celebrated the if ty-second anniversary of their mar riage, which occurred in New Haven December 21, 1S49. Many ornamental and useful gifts were presented to this venerable couple, who also were the re- cipients of goodly sum of cash in gold, silver and paper coin from those who called to wish them years of pleasure in the future.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
At St. Thomas Church.

The services in St. Thomas church tomorrow, Christmas Day, are Holy Communion at o'clock and full Morn ing Prayer, with sermon followed by the Holy Communion at 10:30. The rector will preach. The church will also be open for service at 10 e. m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
DEATH OF ". C. CASE.
ONE OF THE STATES BEST KNOWN
 LAWYERS,
And Most Eloquent Speakors-For Years Had His Office in New Haven-Skotch of His Career

Hartford, Dec. 23.-Hon. William C.. Case, ex-speaker of the state house of representatives, and one of the most widely known lawyers in this state, died at his home on Atwood street here weeks illness of rheumatism and other complications
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-24
BURGLARS RIFLE CHURCH.

Strip the Altar of Valuable Adorn-
 ments and Rob a Safe.
 Meriden, Conn, Dec, 23.-Burglars entered St. Roses Catholic church in this city last night, and rifled safe containing silver, and also stripped the altar of valuable adornments.
Evening journal., 1901-12-30
The Higher Order Of Patronage
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star
The suggestion that the coming into
the Cabinet of Governor Shaw means
tho going out Of Mr. Wilson is hardly
worth attention. II is founded upon
the proposition that the geographical
problem leads In the distribution of
the Department portfolios. IL does
not and It should not Il is, of course,
a factor in the organization Of Cabi-
net. but not the dominant one. The
country was well served with Mr.
Fairchild and Mr.. Whitney in the
Cabinet together, and Mr. Smith and
Mr. Knox have given an excellent ac-
count of themselves Why is not
Iowa entitled to stand alongside of
New YORK and Pennsylvania when she
appears, as they did, with two SONS
who meet an emergency? Mr. Wilson
has distinguished himself in his office,
as Governor Shaw is reasonably GER
tain to do in his. and the country will
be the gamer.
Il is a good time to recall the fact
that Mr.. Mckinley. whose course as
President was so wise, did not treat
the important patronage of the Gov
crnment as pie He did not divide
II up according to sectional influences
OF political pulls. Mr.. Hay, as Ambas-
sador to the Court of St. Janes. and
then as Secretary OF the State. was APP
pointed from the District of Columbia,
and entirely because of his eminent
talents. Mr. Hitchcock. as Ambassa-
dor to Russia. and then as Secretary
oF tho interior owed hfq annofntpapnfe
not to political considerations. but to
high standing in the commercial world
of the Mississippi valley.
With equal disregard of sections
and of pulls, Mr.. Mckinley continued
his policy in the matter Of higher dip
lOmatic posts
Mr.. Roosevelt Is the very man 10
continue this order OF things. and in
the appointment OF Governor Shaw he
gives evidence Of his purpose to do so
Evening journal., 1901-12-30
SKULL sPLIT wITH AN Axe
Philadelphia Night Waterman Muir
dered For $12 and a Revolver.

Philadelphia Night Waterman Muir
dered For $12 and a Revolver.
Philadelphia, Dec. 30-George A,
Bruce, a night watchman of a tool
house owned by railroad contractors,
at Jackson street wharf, Delaware
river. was murdered some time during
Saturday night. His skull was split
with an axe and his throat was cut
from ear to ear with the same in.
strument. Harry Johnson. who is en-
ployed as a watchman by the same
contractors. reported the murder to
the police, and was subsequently taken
into custody by the police, pending
an investigation of the affair The
police believe the motive for the mur-
der was robbery, as s12 and a revolver
which Bruce was known to have had
in his possession early in the night
are missing
David Henry, who was employed
near Jackson street, was also arrest.
ed in connection with the crime.
Evening journal., 1901-12-30
Homeslckness

I'm goin' to the country. I'm goin' tc
pack my grip;
I've had enough Of city life to last me
for one trip.
I'm gOin where the horses travel
peaceable and slow.
Where there amt no bells a-ringin'
where no whistles fiercely blow
I'm goin where you git your gold a.
CROWN on the tree,
Am squirrels is about the only busy
folks you see.
Where the leaves is all a-dancin' Ia
the music of the breeze,
An no one rings a gong and hollers
out. Step lively pleased"
Where the glories of a sunset an the
still an starry nights
Beat all you kin accomplish with your
big electric lights.
| envy no mans palace, nor his ship
upon the sea-
I'm goin to the country, an that's fun
enough for me.
Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1901-12-30

have examined the building without
prejudice, declare that the walls are
very damp at an times, and that human
life Within IL would be endan-
gered. There is one thing certain; the
county must not compel any citizen TO
occupy a building that is so construct
ed as to be a menace TO his health. If
the building. as constructed. is to be
used for the purpose intended. There
seems little doubt that it will prove a
pest-house. indeed.
Every time a bit of work Is done
under contract for the county the same
facts are revealed. There are always a
number Of honest officials who appar-
emily have all faith in someone who is
interested in securing tine contract
Plans are drawn and are approved
without investigation, and then when
the work is completed, Il rs discovered
that the county has been robbed. This
puts the public in an embarrassing p0-
sition, since II must criticise men who
1i' h'h'oA anu ifol''Ltut btlduat lntl
have been bCO easily taken i'm.
Another thing seems remarkable,
every time There is a bridge. a build
ing or piece Of work of any kind TO
be done. the same contractor gets the
work. Usually he has something to do
with drawing uhe pans and specihca-
tions and IL invariably happens that
there is something lacking in the struc-
two, owing to omissions in the onl-
cial plans The Seventh street bridge
plans call for no approaches, and the
pesthouse plans can for no spoutng
or cutters Is it possible that there is
no other competent contractor in New
Castle county? II not then let us go
Ito Philadelphia or New York for bid
der i'm order to vary The monotony.
When the Levy Court has a contract
to let, one particular man gets &C.
when the Street and Sewer Com
has a similar project, he gets
~, and ne now seems to have hte same
hold ON the Trustees OF THE Poor. Are
we helpless? II win soon be time for
a revolution
Evening journal., 1901-12-30
LESSONS OF THE DEPARTING
AND OF The COMING YEAR

not available. and distress follows.
Blessings should be improved to be re-
tanned. The water which runs through
statues does not improve them.
When st. Paul says: The time is
short" he implies that we should
make the most of it. When John Wes-
ley's chaise was late, he cried: Il have
lost ten minutes forever"
1t was Secretary Lowndes, who was
in the English Treasury under Will
liam III. Anne and George /. who said:
"Take care Of the pence, and the
pounds will take care of themselves. &"
We may add: Take care of the min
utes. and the hours, days and years
will take care of themselves"
The wasted quarer-hours make a
large sum in a life. A young man
loahng around a corner. when he
might be improving himself, is a sad
sight which BODIES i'll for his future.
God lends time. and will require an
account of it's use.
Dr.. Johnson quotes an Italian phil
OsOpher as saying that time was his
estate; but an estate must be culti-
waited to bring profit. and weeds are a
Doti ihuiNdlloi vi huillls uoT must TOO
much land be laid out for ornamental
tion.
Reflections on the past year remind
us of time and opportunities lost; reso-
lutions of the new year should involve
the thought OF carefully economizing
its precious moments. that they may
bring results useful to ourselves, to
our fellow men and to our Creator.
The Rev. S. +. Hotchkin.
Evening journal., 1901-12-30

The passing of the old year and the
entrance of the new year, always
cause reflections on the flow of time
which rushes on through war, peace
bridals. burials. successes and failures
An Indian once said, when address
ed on the importance of time. that che
had all the time there was a going.
We do have an abundance of it, for all
the purposes for which God gave it to
us. but unfortunately, we misuse and
waste IT,
That we may use it rightly we di-
vide the days and nights. in addition
to the work of the sun and moon, into
fractions by watches to mark each
second. and on race-course the min
ute division is important. or in case OF
danger by drowning, or in catching a
railway train, or a reprieve of an
execution. Still in common affairs. we
sadly neglect the tick Of the watch. or
the solemn stroke of the clock. that
warns us of departing and misemploy-
ed time.
Man has a right to recreation, pleas
ure and business. but must not disre-
gard religion; for time is given to pre-
pare for eternity.
The kindergarten shows that in
struction and amusement may be COM
bined. and what is true of children
may be true of men.
If one were unconsciously dropping
gold pieces from bag into the water,
how would he quickly check the harm
full flow when discovered?
Time seems abundant as light, air
and water; but sometimes they are
Evening journal., 1901-12-30
-Four killed In Landslide.

Lynchburg, Va. Dec. 30.-A land
slide on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. near Reusen's Station, five
miles south of Lynchburg, on the
James river branch, yesterday, caused
a wreck, in which Conductor e. A.
Whitaker, Engineer George Fisher
Baggagemaster Thompson and Express
Messenger Shannon we're killed and
several other persons injured, but none
OF them seriously. The elide was
caused by washouts due to the heavy
rain The passenger car got out OF
the way just in time to escape the
landslide when 1t crashed down over
the tracks. A man named aker a ma
ehinist from Clifton Forge, Va, is
missing
Evening journal., 1901-12-30
POISONED sY EMsALMINo FLUID
The Victims Ate Candy Saturated with
the Mixture.

ne VICTIMS Ate Candy saturated with
the Mixture.
Altoona, Pa, Dec. 30.-Three women
are lying at the point of death at
Blue Knob, this county, the result Of
eating candy saturated with embalm-
ing fluid. They are Rosa and Viola
Icles and Mrs. George f. Noffsker
On Christmas eve twins of John AL
lison died, and the undertaken stood
a bottle of the embalming fluid on the
sink. 1t upset and spilled some of
the contents on the candy. No one
knew it, however On Saturday Mrs
Allison treated her sisters, the Ickes
girls. and her grandmother, Mrs.
Noffsker, with the candy. They sud
denly became deathly sick. Holes
were burned in their tongues, cheeks
and mouths by the poisonous fluid,
which also destroyed Mrs. Noffsker's
false teeth. A doctor was summoned
and soon discovered the cause of their
illness. The candy was destroyed be-
fore any others partook of it.