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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
MERCANT1LU APPRAisE1GENT.
Mercantile
Appraisement
LAcKAWANNA COUNTY
FOR
The Year of 1902.
APPRAIsE6ENT,
The Year of 1902.

The vendors of foreign and domestic meroban.
disc and brokers, ETC., In the county OF Lacka-
wanna, Pa. will take notice that in pursuance
OF tho several Acts Of Assembly Of the Com.
rnonwcalth to provide revenue TO meet the de.
mands of the treasury and for other purposes. the
undersigned. Appraiser Of mercantile and other
license taxes for said county, has prepared list
OF dealers IN goods wares, merchandise. patent
medicines, brokers, etc., wholesale and retail
IN said county. and placed each in that class
which appeared TO him Just and right.
ARCHIBALD BOROUGH.
Bourkc, John NJ, retail.
Burke, John NJ. retail
Balakwicz. WALTON. retail.
Ball, VIM. H.. retail.
Baltus, Michael. retail
Brill, Anthony, retail.
Chester, Mike, retail.
Cawley, Martin, retail.
Connors, John. retail
Currcn, Anthony, retail.
Caccia, Andrew retail.
Davis. Thomas d.. retail.
Dickson Store Co., retail.
d. & II. Co. twhitc Oak). retail,
Finnerty. John f.. retail.
Friedman. H., retail.
Footc. NJ. A., retail.
t;crbig, 4. W. retail.
Gilroy. WIN. j.. retail
t!r,zcvski, Barney. retail.
llowclls Abe. retail
kccgan. Patrick retail.
Kenny, Thomas NJ, retail.
kinback, A. b.. retail
LOTUS, John (pooD, retail.
Inlc. Christ retail.
l.nderman, H. G.. retail.
LAWN. NJ. retail.
Lavec, p. j.. retail
LOTUS, John, retail
LOTUS. Mary W., retail.
McAndrew, Michael retail.
Mclaughlin, J. T.. retail.
McDonald;; Patrick, retail:
ipI .vnl otat1
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
WRIGHT IS ELECTED
Nye of Minneapolis Defeated in
Contest for Deputy Grand Sire
of Odd Fellows.
Attendance of $4,000 Predicted
Upon To.morrow's Meetings of
Sovereign Grand Lodge. -.

Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 16.-The chief
features Of to-day's session of the SOW
ereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows were
the selection of officers at the morning
session, the opening of the drill contests
Of the patriarch militants at the fall
grounds; the work of exempl1tcation by
various degree teams in Our Circle hall
and the reunion Of the past grand repre-
sentatives Of the order.
In the selection Of the officials of the
order, the only contest was that over dep
uty grand sire, who, by custom, will be-
come grand sire at the next session OF the
order. John B. Goodwin of Atlanta, Ca
was chosen deputy last year.
This year the contestants for deputy
We're: w. G. Nye Of Minneapolis, E. 5
Conway Of Chicago, R. E. Wright of AL
lerton, Pa, and Massena Bullard Of Hele'
ma, Mont. r. E. Wright of Allerton, Pa.
was chosen upon the second ballot, afte1
very heated contest.
This evening there will be the meeting
Of the past grand representatives In thu
new auditorium and addresses Will D'
made by r. T. Daniel of Georgia and Con
gressman John F. Lacey Of Iowa.
- Tomorrow is the leading day of thu
session and the attendance is predicted
as high as $4,000. The parade, the bane
contest. a smoker for the ex-Confeder-
ates ana a banquet at which SOC Odd Eel
lows will become guests of the city Of
Des Moines, coupled with the drill and de-
gree team contests, promise to make the
day highly interesting.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
IT SEEMS TO BE THE OPEN SEASON FOR TRUSTS, ALSO.

died at the Roosevelt hospital at 1925 this
morning, the result Of an injury received
in Ehrhardts saloon, 205 West Thirty
fourth street. yesterday.
Whether heg was murdered or fell the
police have not yet determined. Conflict
ing stories, such as would naturally fol-
low an event in which criminal RESPONSE
bility must be placed, are told; but there
seems to be no doubt that Mr.. Fish had
a quarrel with a private detective named
Thomas J. Sharkey, who joined the banker
at a table where he had been for several
hours drinking with Mrs. Libby ]. Phil
lips and Mrs. Nellie Casey. T, II. - +.
According to the police, Mr.. Fish ell.
tered Enhard's saloon :. with :: Mrs.
Phillips and: Mrs. Casey : The po-
lice say that Mrs. Phillips knew who Mr.
Fish was, but that, neither Mrs. Casey MOI
Sharkey, who subsequently joined the par
ty were aware of his Identity. rrSharkey
who knew the women, was not reluctan,
to join the party, when one Of the women
invited him to. -. - @@ e. ~ s-~s::i..
| The police say that Fish did most OF the
buying. Fish, then discovered that his
money was exhausted, and he announced
that he would have to draw a check
Sharkey, ignorant Of Fish's identity, ques.
toned his ability to make his check good
Fish, it is said, took offense at this ano
angry words ensued. Then, according tt
the police, some one slapped F'ish's face
Zone Of the women, clinging to Fish,
arm, dragged him toward the door Of, the
saloon and out to the sidewalk. The po.
lice say that Sharkey attempted to fol.
low Fish, but was for a. moment restrained
from doing so by the other woman. He
finally went out Of the saloon and he and
Fish encountered each other on the side.
walk i Sharkey's hat had been knocked
off and he was bareheaded. There was 8
y1ony,o 10 no
known. Fish fell or was knocked down
his head striking q fiagstone.
Just before the scuffle on the sidewall
commenced, Mrs. Casey, becoming
alarmed, hurriedly left the party. Ate,
Fish fell, it is said that Sharkey re.en,
tered the saloon and then left 1t and wen'
into saloon few doors away and 6
moment later left that place and boarded
street car. He was closely followed b,
Mrs. Phillips, who was carrying his ha
and who also boarded the car.
Fish was lying unconscious on the side
| walk and knot OF people gathered
about him and some men carried him int
| the hallway Of the saloon and tried to re.
vive him. Being unsuccessful. they agair
brought him to the street, thinking h,
might revive there. He was lying on tn,
street when policeman appeared TIL,
officer called an ambulance from Roose
welt hospital. Fish's identity was no
learned until the hospital was reached ant
his clothing removed and searched A,
1 soon as it was learned who he was h,
was entered as private patient.
Mrs. Casey, Mrs. Phillips and Sharke,
/ were arraigned to-day In police cour
and were held for the coroner. A detectiv
said to the sitting magistrate that th
prisoners were arraigned as suspicion
persons in connection with the death o
| Nicholas Fish.
Mrs Casey denied all knowledge of tn
case. Mrs. Phillips, when questione
| about the case said:
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
MACIN THE DOOMED
General Sumner Will Move On It in
a. Few DAVIS.

Manila, Sept. 16.-The column Of troops
commanded by Brigadier General Samuel
Sumner, a commander of the department
Of Mindanao, has been delayed by rain
storms which have rendered the trails
very heavy. The general arrived at Camp
Wears Sunday and brought with him a
battalion of infantry from Malabang. He
now has eleven companies Of infantry. two
troops of cavalry and two batteries Of ar
tillry at Camp Wears. 1t Is believed the
general will not move on Ma Gin for a few
days. .-'.--. - =
Brewster Cameron has been selected to
represent the Philippine islands CONNER
cial interests at Washington.
. Six additional cases of cholera, includ-
ing one death from that disease have de-
veloped on board the United States trans
port Sherman at Nagasaki. Japan, from
this port. All the sufferers are enlisted
men. General Chaffee has ordered the
Sherman to- continue in quarantine fol
five days.
Cholera is light in Manila and bad II
the provinces. The total reported IRON
the islands are 59,759 cases and 41,8o'
deaths. These are unofficial figures.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
PRIMARY POINTERS.

Reports from the first ward indicate an ex.
ceedingly light vote. The second ward is also
small vote, and what there is of it was claimed
this afternoon by the Hay workers.
The vote will be fairly large in the eleventh
ward except in two precincts, where the votes
are cast of employees in the Milwaukee shops.
The shop men give it reason that they do
not want to vote for Fletcher, and number OF
them went to the polls to register. but did not
vote. Hay seems to be running close to Peter.
son in the eleventh, with Fletcher third.
A telephone message was received from Rich
field this afternoon saying that the vote out
there would be nearly solid for Hay.
Thomas H. Shevlin was betting to 2 yester-
day afternoon that Hay would run third His
money taken fast offered, and in the
evening he quit. To-day some bets OF to i
on Fletcher were offered and quickly taken.
The tenth precinct Of the fourth ward cast
Its votes up to noon, of which only three were
democrats.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16

paper Of the Methodist Episcopal church
In the northwest, In this weeks issue calls
attention to the report that President
Roosevelt has intimated to the pope that
he would be pleased with the raising OF
Archbishop Ireland to the rank OF car
dina1.
The article is based on the cablegrams
from Rome recently printed in the daily
newspapers. Two of these dispatches fol-
low the headline, which is: HAS the
President Of the United States Been Made
the Cat's-paw Of Archbishop Ireland?'
The article says:
'"The asking of such a question ought
to be an insult to the president, but the
necessity for asking the question, II found-
ed upon fact, is one Of the greatest is
sues which the American people could be
called upon to consider"
. The article then takes up the question
personally with Archbishop Ireland:
Archbishop Ireland is an ecclesiastic Of
great ability. He is manifestly a diplo-
mat and politician of great sagacity. He Is
regarded even by his own church as the
shrewdest Roman Catholic politician in
America The cardinalate is the highest
and most powerful position that the pope
NAV .bestow upon an American ecclesi-
asttc That Archbishop Ireland should
aspire to this high position Is not surpris-
ing; that his friends should desire to see
him appointed a cardinal is not surprising.
But that any president or any political
party should permit Archbishop Ireland or
his friends to use them as a cat's-paw to
pull his ecclesiastical chestnuts out of
the fire is the most astounding act in the
history Of American politics, and II COM
nnitted will surely result in strife that will
wreck the careers Of politicians and polit-
ical parties
president Roosevelt is not the first
president Of the United States whom the
friends Of Archbishop Ireland have tried
to use to advance his promotion to the
cardinalate An. effort was made to secure
from William Mckinley, while president,
an intimation to the pope that it would
give himi pleasure to see Archbishop Ire
land appointed a cardinal, but William
lsMcKinleyawas wise enough to realize that
| as president of the United States he could
not, without violating the spirit of the
lconstitution,: give such an intimation
President Roosevelt will do wisely to fol.
! low in the footsteps Of William Mckinley
and not permit himself to become the
! cats paw of a Roman Catholic archbishop
| If the president of the United States
| should make such request it would place
him and his, administration under .obliga.
! tions to an ecclesiastical power which not
,nnlv claims temporal sovereignty, bu,
claims to be superior to all temporal soy.
ereiens, including the president Of the
United States.
Archbishop Ireland and his friends ma,
feel, perhaps, that his services to hi!
I church deserves to be rewarded by ap.
potntment to so high an office as that o
/ cardinal 1t does not follow that his serv
| ices have been as valuable to his country
as they may have been to his church. OF
the contrary, there are developing evi
1 dences which seem to show that q trap wa
laid for the president and his advisers OF
the friar question and that they hav,
walked into 1t, and from the Roman Cath
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16

along the western horizon. and as the
sun. rose higher. the clouds passed from
west to east. About 8 o'clock the sunlight
had a. decidedly blush tinge, as though the
sun were shining through blue glass. This
changed during the latter part OF the day
from blue through purple to pink, and
on Monday. for two or three hours after
sunrise, the sun and sunlight were of a
peculiar pink shade. There are several
theories advanced, among them one that
the heavy forest fires in Oregon and
Washington may have produced such a
dense smoke that 1t has affected the att
mosphere. Others believe that the smoke
from the burning oil wells in Texas may
be responsible. s.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
A TRUST KNoCKER
A Forecast Of Representative Lit
tlefe1d's Bill.

Boston, Mass, Sept. 16.-The Advertiser
gives an authoritative forecast of the Lit
tlefield antitrust bill, which has been in
dorsed by President Roosevelt and will be
sion, to get around the constitutional pro-
vision that no man can be convicted on
his own enforced testimony. -. ~.
It Is provided that in all proceedings no
person shall be excused from testifying or
from producing documents before the
courts Of the United States on the ground
that the testimony required may tend to
~criminate him or subject him to a. penalty
or forfeiture, but no person shall be. SUBJ
jected to any penalty on account Of any
transaction concerning which he may pro-
duce evidence. .'~-.-s.r:< =, = ..-
In other words, If men like Morgan and
way deal which secretly embodies some
agreement Of trust character, any COM
plainant who suffers from this agreement
can bring these kings Of finance into court
and make one Of them testify against the
other, make him turn states evidence
against his own will.
The man who sues trust and has the
facts behind him that will prove that he
has suffered damages from the operation
OF any company which works in restraint
of interstate trade or commerce is:
First-to receive three times the actual
amount Of damage suffered.
Second-to have all his lawyers fees
paid by the trust.
Third-To have the trust pay all other
expenses of the suit, including the court
COSTS r-
All corporations engaged in interstate
commerce, not merely the big concerns
like the trusts, but practically every busi-
ness concern which fills orders outside OF
l. L. .izIs l. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16

The primary election vote in Hennepin
by at least one-fourth. From nearly ev-
cry precinct this morning came the report
of surprisingly light vote.
The falling off is manly among demo-
Gratis, but the republican vote is generally
small It is now believed that not over
1900 republican votes will be polled in
Hennepin county.
Twenty-one precincts in the outlying
wards visited this morning had polled 36
per: cent of the republican vote Of two
years ago and only IA per cent Of the
democratic vote.
report of democrats voting the repub-
lican ticket. SO far as heard from, only
one challenge was interposed. A repub-
lican Judge in the fourth precinct of the
eleventh, ward challenged a man who
asked for a . republican ballot, and he
swore 1t IN. There were good grounds for
| suspicion in; that precinct. for although 1t
T is democratic, only four democratic votes
had been cast up to $50, while forty one
republican votes had been deposited.
Much of this democratic vote is believed
| ito be cast for Fletcher for congress-
| especially in the third, fourth, fifth and
eleventh wards. In many cases democrats
| had special reasons for voting for a re-
| publican friend. In the eighth ward 1t
was said that a number of democrats had
voted for Powers.
| It was supposed that the mayoralty
contest Between Haynes and Aeinrlch
would have held democrats In line, but
thew show very little interest in the result
The light vote is thought to be bad FOL
Haynes and in Heinrich's favor.
Party Declaration a Bar.
| A good many voters refused to take
part In the primaries because they did no.
want to declare their party afhliat1on
This was especially true of democrats, who
/: would have voted the republican ticKe'
under the 1900 system, but did not want
to ask for one, and therefore stayed away
Some did not find out the change IN tne
law until they visited the polling place
when they registered, but refused to vote
| Policemen and firemen, for the same
reason, refused to vote, not caring to In
lure their future chances by declaring
/ for either side.
! According to best accounts, less than
third Of the total vote of 1900 had beer
cast up to noon. The polls will be oper
until 9 p. M, and many votes will bt
cast between 6 and 9, especially by work
ingmen who dfd not vote in any grea
! number before working hours this morn
ing. Up to 9 o'clock less than one-f1fti
Of the vote had been cast in the sixth
ward. The vote was also light in th'
d downtown precincts of the fourth ant
i fifth. In the residence districts of tn
fourth fifth and eighth wards, a heav!
A vote rolled in this morning, nearly all re
publican In the ninth precinct of thu
i fourth the Lowry Hill precinct, 1873 re-
publicans voted before II o'clock, and onl.
! twelve democrats. Twenty one precinct
visited this morning had cast the fol
lowing votes, comparison being made will
the vote for lieutenant governor in 1900:
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
PRIMARY ELECTION VOTE
Rather Light Up to Noon-0waton
ma Is Polling Well.
Specials to The Journal.

Specials to The Journal. y
Owatonna, Mimi, Sept. 16.-The pri-
mary election vote is fairly heavy in this
city, but light in the country.
Saltwater, Mimi, Sept. 16.--The vote
to-day will be light. Up to noon less than
one fourth of the voting strength Of Still
water had been polled. The mills shut
down at noon and a fair sized vote will
be cast this afternoon and evening. (,
Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 16.-The repub-
lican vote in the primary election to-day
is large. For sheriff and the legislative
positions the fight is warm. The vote is
also large on congressman. The demo.
cratic vote is small, partly because Of
lack of interesting contests. No pos,
sible way of foretelling the outcome Of
the various contests.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
Congressional Candidates Confident.

At 2 o'clock this afternoon Eugene G. Hay said:
Reports coming in could not possibly be
aging to hear from the thirteenth ward that
getting three votes for the other candidates. have
driven the eighth eleventh and sixth wards and part Of
the fourth this morning. and greatly pleased with what
have heard" r =.
James A. Peterson said this afternoon
my figures in last nights journal not far out of
the according to reports receive this morning My
supporters turning out WE'LL and confident that
will be nominated"
At Fletcher headquarters the congressman's gers
said they satisfied with the outlook although they had
nothing on which to base estimates
The light vote in democratic wards looks bad for
Fletcher: The heavy vote in strong republican districts
to be going to Hay in landslide and his nomination
predicted on the street this afternoon
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
NO PENSION ABUSE
New York Republicans Propose a
Plank Against Raids on ~
the Treasury.
Distant Relatives of Soldiers Must
Be Expected to Earn Their
Own Living.


Not0 Yor1, sam Special So7-ufoe
New York, Sept. 16. - The republican
party of the state of New York, it was
learned to-day, IS to take the initiative
step this year toward regulating the pen
sion question. 1t is stated that the pen
sion plank to be submitted to the repub-
lican state convention at Saratoga is tc
be carefully considered. It is proposed tc
submit a plank which will in effect cal
for legislation at Washington which shall
protect the United States treasury and
prevent the eleventh cousins and other
equally distant relatives from deriving q
revenue from the government which. they
don't deserve and which they cannot ir
any way call upon the American people te
pay. ' .-.'-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
Hays Enthusiastic support.

The heavy republican vote in the
fourth, fifth and eighth is good Hay
sign. In all these precincts, the Hay sem
timent was strong this morning, and 1t
was conceded that he would carry all the
strong republican precincts of the three
wards. Acting Mayor Jones drove about
over the fifth ward this morning and re-
ported that he had found conditions ex-
ceeding the most sanguine expectations
of Mr.. Hays friends. Candidates touring
the ward all agreed that the Hay vote
would be surprise.
Clear skies made canvassing easy, and
the candidates were all out this morning
In carriages. driving from one polling
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16

pointment OF another American cardinal
continues to reach the vatican from
American churchmen. The correspond
ent Of the Associated Press, however, is
In position to say that whatever the fu-
ture may bring forth, there will be no
American cardinal nominated at the con-
sistory which will mark the close of the
papal Jubilee. ~",~." ....
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
Great Forests of Pine Timber in
Wyoming and Colorado Licked
Up by Flames.
Despairing Of Distinguishing the
Fires the Executives Appeal to
Secretary Of Interior.
Bodies of Thirty eight Persons Re.
covered From Districts in Wash
ington and Oregon.

Cheyenne, Wyo.. Sept 16. - Governor
Richards has been informed by telephone
from Grand Encampment that for many
miles along the Wyoming Colorado line
north of Pearl, Colorado a furious forest
fire Is raging, devastating everything in
its path. Every effort to subdue the
flames has been exhausted without ef-
feet. Governor Richards Immediately
communicated with Governor Orman of
Colorado and arranged for both to send
a telegram to the secretary Of the interior
asking for aid.
According to the latest reports there are
at least eighteen serious forest fires burn
ing in Wyoming, to say nothing Of numer-
Gus smaller fires In southern Albany coun-
ty that are destroying great swamps of
fnc pine timber in the Medicine Bow
range and threatening mining buildings.
sky obscured by Smoke.
Although a hundred miles away from
Cheyenne. the smoke from these fires OBJ
scures the sky here and the odor of burn
ing wood is plainly noticeable. The fires
in southern Carbon county are burning
fercely.- A government agent with large
force of men Is on the ground. but is re-
ported to be making little progress.
Five or more fires are burning in Fre-
mont county and more than 900 square
miles of magnificent timber land is already
in ashes.
In central Uinta county a fire is burning
and in the Jackson Hole country two big
blazes are eating the timber in the game
country. Further east in the Shoshone
reservation a fire has been burning for a
week.
IN Natrona county a good sized fire has
been destroying timber for ten days.
One big fire threatens the timber Of the
Big Horn mountains
Denver Sept. 16. - But little progress
= toward checking the forest fires in differ
ent sections OF the state is being made
again beyond control. A vast strip of ter
feared that. the towns hlong Clear Greek
will experience a shortage Of water due tc
the fact that the fire has destroyed tbs
protection to the snow beds.
Henry Nicholson, United States forest
supervisor. who Is conducting the fight
against the fire In the neighborhood OF
Cassels, at the head of Platt canyon
called upon the mining companies in that
vicinity for assistance - in fighting the
flames and men were dispatched with
complete equipn ent to his aid SThe fire
has burned for several weeks and has de-
stroyed much valuable timber. Several
summer resorts are In danger!
The Estes Park fires are burning slowly
but stubbornly resist all efforts to quencf
them.
The fires in the neighborhood Of Eldors
have destroyed an immense quantity OF
rich timber.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-16
AIR CURRENTS FULL OF SMOKE
Hazy Weather in Chicago Caused by Fires
on the Coast

Special to The Journal. -
Chicago, Sept. 16.-The far northwest's s
forest fires. a thousand or more miles
away, rolled curtain of cloud over Chi
cago all day yesterday. The Suns rays In
early morning came filtered through q
pink film. and later on the whole sky took
on the appearance of cloudy fall day.
Weather Observer Cox said the upper
air currents Tor man" hours had been
moving from the direction Of Washington
and Oregon. where the fires are raging:
and carrying with them such volumes of
smoke that a pail Of it hangs over the en-
tire country between here and the Paclf1c
coast Reports of such a condition have
been received from towns throughout the
northwest.