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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-19
Meteors.

The meteors that flash across the
Sky at certain yearly periods usually
burn out in the upper air, but occa-
sionally a meteoric mass lasts long
enough to reach the earth. One fell
on May 10, 1900, at Felix, Ala Mete-
OrS were seen on the occasion referred
to and sundry explosions were heard,
while later on a mass of meteoric sub
stance weighing seven pounds was
discovered imbedded in soft soil. This
meteorite was analysed and found to
be built up of such minerals as Divine,
augite, triolite, nickeliron and graphite
carbon. The~dark color of the Felix
stone is stated to be due to the pres
ence in fair amount of the last named
substance. The interest attaching to
meteOrites, of course, centers around
the fact that they enable us to obtain
glimpses of the composition Of the
other worlds than ours. Astronomy is
well agreed on the unity of chemical
composition which marks the orbs,
and even the simple fact that it is
hydrogen gas which blazes in the sun
and gives us our light and heat is a
testimony to this fact Meteoric iron
and carbon similarly display links be-
tween these erratic bodies and our
own earth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-19
GREAT INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE
Miners and Operators Both Confident of
Final Success

j. p. Halien.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-19
Brain and Mental Ability.

Much the larger part of a brain is
composed of white matter-that is, of
nerve fibers-which has nothing what
ever to do with real brain work and
which only carries messages. Again,
if research is to be trusted, it is only
the brain cells of very limited (prob-
ably the frontaD region which have
to do with the highest mental opera
tons. When, therefore, we talk about
the size Of head and brain and the
weight of the brain we should clearly
understand that only an infinitesimal
fraction of the three pounds weight
or so of an ordinary brain can be reck-
oned rs representing brain ceIls-they
are the agents of our nervous gov
Practically the brain cells
(of the cerebrum Or great brain at
least) bear no larger proportion to
the brains mass than the rind of a
Dutch cheese does to the eatabIe por-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-19
Veoetsrianism.

We think that the advocates of veg
etarianism or "bloodless diet" are
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-07
SAILED FOR EuROpE-

Henry Weissbecker of 55 Daggett street for many years at Mory's Tenn pie Bar, sailed for Europe Saturday and will be absent until the middle of September. He has not been in the best of health for several months, and it is expected that the rest of two months will be of much benefit to him. He will spend most of his time abroad at a wa tering place near Frankfort the Main.
 S A S T c R TIA. Bears the 1lh Ina Kind You Have Always Bought ''s1a'''' of NZzzzx
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villari P. The Barbarian Inva- sions of Italy; 94501 V.
 Virgil Aeneid; trans. H. H. Bal lard. Books I-VI; 87S1 Al.
 Webster, W. B. A c Guide to Bee keeping; 69S w.
 West, T. D. American Foundry Practice; 672 WIZ.
 White and Warner, pubs. Trolley Trips Through Southern New England; 9l74 W5, Office.
 Williams, M. McC. Next to the Ground 5904 wa
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AMERICAN LINE.

NEW RK-soUTHAMPToN- Phila., July O. 10 amISt. Louis, July g, foam StPaul, ,JuIy1 10amI* *Southw'k Aug. z. .3Oam
 *From Pier e." foot of York St., Jersey Citr NJ I
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Our Annual Mark

Our Annual Mark Down Sale begins on July sth, at 8 A. M. Our sale this year will be one of great extraordinary interest, parti- cularly as it involves some very high grade merchan- disc, such as Panama Hats, Flannel Suits, Manhattan Shirts, etc. It must be borne in mind that a Mark Down Sale at Lambert's means something real, and it is not the collapse of highly inflated prices to a rational level, but is a mark-down of prices that before cutting represented the very best>values in town.
 Here are a few examples of this sales opportunities:
 Negligee Shirts, now $1
 formerly $1.5O, s2.oO. $2.5O and sass. This includes the famous Manhattan and Varsity makes in' Madras, Flannel, Cheviot and Silk.
 Negligee Shirts that were 9Sc and S1.5O, now ....................,.. .b5c
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THE AUTHOR OF "EREwHON. :"

A Master of Satire and Paradox.
 We regret to announce that Samuel Butler, best known to his countrymen as the author of 'Erewhon," died on Wednesday night, in his sixty-seventh year. He was a remarkably gifted man, though he never won the success and recognition to which his intellectual force and his powers of expression en- titled him. A scholar and a thinker, as well as master of brilliant style, he dissipated his strength in graphing with so many diverse subjects thaA he left a lasting mark on none. He was equally interested in classical literature, in the controversial problems of modern science, in painting, music and archaeology, in questions of Shakesper- ian criticism, in psychological and ethi- cal inquiries and in religious polemics of peculiar kind But it is as one who has claim, perhaps beyond any of his contemporaries, to be called ''the lord of irony, that master spell.'' that the author of ''Erewhon" is likely to be re- membered in the future. He was not always able to resist the temptation to abuse this dangerous gift. He took delight in flouting the prejudices of those whom he despised as Philistines, and in entrapping them into the &C., ceptance in solemn seriousness of more than one elaborate hoax.
 The son of a country clergyman and the grandson of the we'll known scholar and head master of Shrewsbury School afterward bishop of Litchfield and Cov- entry, whose life he wrote, Samuel But Ter inherited, with many ether charac- teristic moral and intellectual qualities, a cumulative spirit that fortified his pas sion for paradox and made consistency
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Straw Hats. noW$ $l

formerly $1.8O. $2.30, s2.SO and $S.S0.i This includes any fiat brim hat in the house. ManilIas and Porto Rican Pan- amas in Pan Tourist shapes and few oenninn PanamaS that were formerly
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SHOES,

Lot 1-$297 and $39T High Shoes. .S1. 30 Lot 2-$297 and $S97 Shoes, mostly
 Oxfords ..................... !. 2.65 Lot 3-$3.97 and $497 High Shoes. ... 2.90 Lot 4-$397 and $4.97 Shoes, mostly .,
 oxfords ...................... 3.so Lot 5-$4.97 Shoes, mostly Oxfords. .S3. 90 Lot 6--$59T Shoes, mostly 0xfords. .. 4.35
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DEATH OF A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
 Franklin D. Stevens died Friday morning at his home in West Norwalk. Mir. Stevens had been the principal of the West NorwaIk school for a number of years and was we'll known in the Norwalks He was fifty-niIe years of age. Funeral this afternoon.
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 District of New Haven, ss Probate Court

3s'-%9ss-Es MARY ELLEN SHINN
 vs. ALBERT EDWARD SHINN.
 SUPERIOR COURT. i New Haven County.
 June 24, 1902. COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE. ORDERED, That additional notice of the pendency of the complaint in the above en- titled case be given by publishing this order published in said New Haven County once Il week for two weeks successively, begin- ming on or before the first day of July, 1902. By the Court.
 JOHN $. FOWLER, jS0 oaw 2t Assistant Clerk.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01

ed out of the same kind Of stone as the
city hall, instead of mottled brick,
which the plans call for.
Said Mr.. Sykes, emphatically, to a
Tribune man: "Why, it's all nonsense
to put up a two-story building, with
the intention of ripping the roof off it
in a couple of years and putting on an
additional story. It's true that we have
only a $4,000 appropriation with which
to build this three-story structure, and
the present plans provide for this
amount to be expended on a two-story
mottled brick building. However, I
think we can make that $4,000 do very
nicely.
1.-THE present plans are laid out on
pretty elaborate scale, and by econo-
MIXING little here and there, we will
be able to cover the work. Personally,
1 would be in favor, If it were possible,
of transferring that S15,0UO, which has
been appropriated for repairs on the
top floor of city hall, to, the new fire
and police house. We could then es-
tablish full headquarters there for the
police department and bureau of pub
lie safety. generally. l do not know
be possible, seeing that we have al
ready passed an ordinance providing
for the repairs in the building, but if
we could adopt this means of getting
an additional appropriation, think the
results attained would be highly bene-
ficjal."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01

A. j. [ellerman, of Scranton, won
the handsome desk offered as prize
to the contestant who scored the largest
number of points during July in The
Tribune s. Educational Contest.
Albert Freedman. Of Bellevue. won
the second prize, Waterman gold
fountain pen, offered as a reward to
the contestant who scored the second
largest number of points.
The contest for July had a very tame
ending. as there were only these two
contestants who had reserved a large
number of points forAhe last day.
Mr.. kellerman added 81 points to his
previous months work, making a total
Of 1856 points, while Mr.. Freedman had
SO points reserved, which swelled his
months work to 159 points, or "a points
more than enough to win the pen.
Charles Dorsey was the only other
contestant to score yesterday. He had
only points to return, and although he
has led in the July contest for the past
two weeks he came in in third place.
AS result of yesterdays work the
leaders are changed about considerably
this morning. Charles Burns is no
longer in first place. which he has held
since June l. instead, A. j. kellernlan
takes the head of the procession. which
he relinquished, somewhat unwillingly,
on the above date.
Mr. Burns is in second place, twenty
points behind Mr.. kellerman and 116
points ahead of Mr.. kipp, who retains
his old position, third, the only one of
the first seven contestants who is not
changed about.
Mr.. Freedman is now fourth q points
behind Kipp and 13 ahead of Fred
Gunster, who has dropped to fifth place.
William Rodriguez and Herbert
Thompson each take position one place
lower down in the list than they were
yesterday morning.
The special prize for August will be
announced in tomorrow's Tribune.
The ten contestants who scored the
largest number of points during July l.,
with their complete standing, follow:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
TO SAVE INTEREST.
School Board, at Special Session,
Pays Back Loans with Money
Advanced on Bond Issue.

A short business session of the board
Of control was held yesterday after
| noon, before the members entered the
carriages awaiting them outside the
city hall, and were driven to North
Scranton, where they inspected the new
No. 80 school building.
The meeting was called to order at 2
o'clock, with the following members
present: Messrs. Christmas, Eynon,
Phillips, Murphy, Roche, DR.. O'Malley,
Schriefer, Barker, Langan, Wright,
Leonard and Gibbons. Resolutions
We're introduced and passed, directing
the city treasurer to return the $4,000
worth of loans, made from four of the
| central city banks, and also to pay the
balance due on the Home for the
F'riendless property, recently purchased
by the board. Prompt action was taken
in the loans matter, as the board de-
sires to save the per cent. interest
charged.
The additional High school and
manual training school buildings are
to be erected on the site Of the Home.
The S1o5.000 advanced by Newburger
Bros. & Henderson on the $780, 900 issue
of school district bonds awarded them
Tuesday night, will be drawn upon for
the payment of the loans and the Home
property. Controller Costello signed the
warrants yesterday afternoon. Little
else occurred at the meeting. A reso-
luton was passed providing for proper
sewerage at No. II school, and a small
quantity of routine business gone
through with.
The controllers We're highly pleased
with No. 80 school building, which Is
located at Boulevard avenue and
Ranes street. 1t is an eght-room
brick structure, and the members of
the board were particularly impressed
by the care which had evidently been
taken in finishing the interior of the
building. 1t is finely lighted and well
ventilated. Architect e. H. Davis drew
the plans for the school, and it was
constructed by the Dunmore Lumber
company.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
KILLED ON A BRIDGE,
Cagic Death. Of a 7-Year-Old' Dun
more Boy.

A seven-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Patrick Doud, of Elm and Butler
streets, Dunmore, was instantly killed
at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning by
west-bound Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western train, at No. bridge of
the old gravity road in Dunmore.
The boy was on the bridge with a
number of companions, when the train
rounded curve at that point. and all
escaped with the exception of the Doud
boy. He had reached the middle of
the bridge and stepped to the extreme
end of the ties and threw himself face
downward outside the rails.
= He clung to the ties in frantic eff
fort to save himself, but was still
within reach of the cowcatcher. When
It struck him it hurled his body through
space and down into the creek, fifteen
feet below. The body was recovered in
three feet Of water shortly afterwards.
A deep cash was found in his head.
The engineer noticed the boy on the
bridge and applied the air-brakes, but
could not stop the train in time to save
him. AS soon as the train was stopped
one of the trainmen ran back and took
the body from the creek. Coroner Sal
try was notified and will conduct an
inquest in the case.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
FUNERAL OF A. ]. HEALEY.
obsequies Held in Dunmore Yester-
day Morning.

Nearly 5000 persons attended the
funeral of the late Andrew j. Healey
in Dunmore, yesterday morning. The
throng crowded inside and ouside OF
the residence of j. H. Kelly and after
wards attended the services in St.
Mary's church, where solemn high
mass of requiem was celebrated.
Rev. M. B. Donlan, rector of st.
Mary's church, was celebrant; Rev.
Henry Burke, of Wilkes-Barre deacon;
Rev. j. j. Healey, Of Pleasant Mount,
sub-deacon, and Rev. Thomas O'Malley,
of Pittston, master of ceremonies. Seat
ed within the sanctuary rail during the
Avoca; Thomas Kiernan, of Parsons;
Comerford, of Archibald; Patrick Bo-
land, of South Scranton; Bernard
OByrne and ]. j. Griffin, of st. Peters
cathedral; Charles Manley, of Kings
ton: Martin Maloney, of Brooklyn: M.
F. Lotus, of Green Ridge; J. j. Jordan,
of Rendham, and f. Il. McNalley, of st.
Mary's Dunmore.
st. Mary's choir, under the direction
of Organist Miss Mary McHale, rend-
cred Peters requiem mass. AT the Of
fertory Miss Sallie Gilligan sang "Ave
Marie" and again sang at the end of
the mass, rendering There's a Beauti-
full Land on High" AS the remains
We're being conveyed from the church
the choir sang Nearer, My God to
Thee" Mrs. A. Miller sustainging the
solo parts.
There was no sermon preached it
being the rule at st. Mary's. After
the mass the remains were blessed and
at the graveslde final benediction was
given, Father Donlan, officiating.
The pall-bearers We're all ife-long
friends of the deceased. They were: :
Frank Dwyer, Z. IL. Mongan, NJ. j..
Horan, T, j. Kelly, William Boland,
and William Costello.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
PERSONALS.

Miss Molly Butler is summering at
Crystal Lake.
Miss Kate Powell, of Louisville, Ky, Is
the guest Of Miss kathryn Fahey, OF
Jefferson avenue.
Miss Katharine Halpin, of Jonas Long s
weeks stay in Boston.
Mrs George w. Nape and son, Robert,
have returned home, after two weeks
visit in Buffalo. N. Y.
Mrs. Maruhall +. Keller and son Bruce,
of Madison avenue. Green Ridge, are So
journing at Lake Sheridan.
Professor w. c. Joslyn, principal of
the High school, is in the city again,
after a few weeks absence.
A party composed of Mr.. and Mrs II.
=. Stevens, Misses Bessie Shopland and
Lenora Edwards and Day Stevens, are at
Atlantic City.
Mrs. Joseph Rohrwasser and daughter,
Rosa, of Penn avenue, will leave today
for ten days trip to Philadelphia, At
&antic City and Cape May.
YDr. r. +. Taylor is in attendance at
Dthe, meeting of the National Dental as
sociation at Niagara Falls. Before re-
turning home he will spend few days
in Canada.
Dr.. Charles Falkowsky, surgeon at the
kings County hospital, Brooklyn, has
resHmed his duties after visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Falkowsky,
OF Olive street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
HARRISBURG PATRIOT SOLD.
Mayor Vance G. Mccormick, the New
Proprietor, Takes Possession.

Proprietor, Takes Possession.
by Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Harrisburg, July 31.-The Patriot, the
only morning newspaper at the state
capital. was today sold to Mayor Vance
c. Mccormick by d. A. Orr of Phila-
delphia, who has been its chief editor
and president the past eleven years.
MIR, Mccormick Immediately took pos
session of the property, which is a
valuable one, and tomorrow the paper
will make formal announcement of the
change.
The new owner in announcing the
change, will state that The Patriot in
politics will be Democratic, represent
ing the highest principles and the best
traditions OF the party, "but endlessly
free from the control of any political
faction or of any power, corporation or
Individual, which conflicts with the
public good. 1t will be devoted to the
interests of Harrisburg and OF it's peo-
pie. and will labor to advance their
welfare"
Darwin G. Fenno, who was manag-
ing editor Of the Philadelphia Times
many years, while it was directed by
Colonel A. X. Mcclure and the late
Frank Mclaughlin, and afterwards, is
the new editor OF The Patriot.
Mr.. Orr still retains controlling in
terest in the Chambersburg Daily
Spirit and is president of the COM
pany publishing that newspaper.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
ABOUT BELLEVUE TRANSFERS.
Joint Committee of Councils Confers
with Mr.. Silliman.

A special joint committee of councils
met with General Manager Silliman, Of
the Scranton Railway company at 10
o'clock yesterday morning, after first
meeting in the office of the city clerk,
and conferred with him regarding the
granting of South Scranton transfers
on the Bellevue line, and vice versa.
Mr.. Sililman informed the members
that he could not grant their request,
and that he must be first assured of
the legality of the demand before fur
ther consideration could be given it,.
A meeting OF the committee has been
called for next Monday night at 7.30
o'clock.
The following are the members of
select and common councils who con-
stitute the committee: Select Council
men Schneider, Quinnan and Regan,
and Commoners Henry, w. w. Evans
and Haggerty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01

Only nineteen members of common
council responded to their names, when
Clerk Morris read the roll at last night s
| special session, and as this number fell
| one short of quorum the meeting was
adjourned. II. Il. Paine, and number
| of other counclmen who had been seen
about the corridor, shortly before the
| meeting was called to order, were not
present at roll call. This fact was con-
sidered rather significant, as they were
all of them decidedly antagonistic to the
passage of the ordinance, providing for
an additional man at the keyser Valley
engine house, the business which was
responsible for the call for the special
session.
The meeting had been called for the
express purpose of considering this Or
dinance, which was introduced in CONF
mon council, by NJ. j. Norton of the
Twenty-first ward. At the meeting,
last Thursday night, the ordinance came
up for final reading, and the vote was
15-6, which was virtually a quashing OF
1t, as majority of the votes Of cOun-
Gil is required for any ordinances pas
sage.
The vote had no sooner been ANNOUNCE
ed by the clerk, however, than Mr..
Calpin and Mr.. Norton, both asked per-
mission to change their votes. BY so
doing. they were able to secure a re-
consideration of the ordinance. Mr..
Paine, who is one of the leading op-
ponents Of the ordinance, expressed
himself pretty forcibly regarding it,
prior to last nights meeting. He de-
livered his opinion in the city clerks
Office to a number of other councilmen,
and the tenor Of his remarks was as
follows:
II don't see the least use in the
world of passing an ordinance Of that
sort, when we know that the control
Ter would refuse to certify it. He's
holding up everything which draws any
funds from uneXpended balances, and
the only results of the passage Of this
ordinance would be to involve the city
in lot Of litigation. The man appoint
ed would serve the balance of the year,
be refused his pay, and would then
bring suit against the CITY,"
Eyes, but isn't there real need of an
additional permanent man, at that fire
house." inquired one of Mr.. Paine's
small audience. The gentleman from
the Ninth shifted Indignantly, and re-
piled with a homely but forceful smile
Need a man." said he, "Why they
don't need another man there, any
more than a cat needs a parasol.'
A few minutes later Clerk Evan r..
Morris pounded the chairmans gavel
on the desk, and read the roll call.
Nineteen present." he remarked at
the close, and "Move we adjourn" re-
marked P. F. Calpin disgustedly. The
meeting did adjourn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
NEW CASES OF SMALLPOX,
Phelps Children, at West Nicholson
--latest Victims.

The residents of West Nicholson are
excited over the discovery of smallpox
in the family of Harris Phelps. A week
ago, three children, Albert, Almedia
and Hazel, were reported i'll, and Dr.
Van c. Decker diagnosed the disease
as smallpox.
Other physicians disagreed with him,
and after careful examination de-
clared the children were suffering from
spinal meningitis. Yesterdays Develop
rpents, however, proved the correctness
of DR.. Decker's investigation, and then
the other doctors agreed with him that
Albert was suffering from smallpox.
Furthermore, the case had reached a
dangerous state, and the boys recovery
is doubtful. The others are suffering
from mild form of the disease. There
are seven members of the family and
they have been vaccinated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
STILL ANOTHER ECHO,
Phillips Estate Brings Suit for Loss
occasioned by the Big Gas Ex-
plosion Two Years Ago.

Another trespass suit growing out Of
the big gas explosion in the Handley
building on Lackawanna avenue, Aug
ust 4, 1900, was filed yesterday by Clar-
ence Balentine, representing Sarah H.
Phillips, administrators of the estate Of
d. I. Phillips, deceased. The Handley
executors and the Merchants and Me-
chanics' bank are made defendants.
Mrs. Phillips sues for $4,000 for the
loss Of stock and business, caused by
the explosion.
The Phillips furniture store was
located on the ground floor of the Blair
building. adjoining the building in
which the explosion occurred. The
Blair building was as completely
wrecked as the Handley building, in
which the explosion occurred, and the
Phillips stock was almost totally de-
stroyed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-01
TRIED TO BRIEE OFFICER,
Resident of Factoryville Comes to
Grief,

John Deubbeler, of Factoryville, came
to town on Wednesday, overloaded
himself and fell asleep on Penn ave-
nue.. When Patrolman Neuls aroused
him from his slumber he became abus-
i've.
but he objected and threatened to
"show him up' and Neuls was obliged
to escort him to the station house. On
the way, Duebbeler offered the patrol
man S5 to release him. In police court
yesterday morning he was sentenced to
pay fine of IS or spend twenty days
in Jail. He paid the fine.