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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
Clerk Carrier Examination.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces that on October Is,
1902, an examination will be held in
North Yakima for the positions of clerk
and carrier in the Post-O Office Service.
This examination offers an excellent
opportunity for entering the Federal SER
vice to bright, energetic young persons
who are not afraid of hard work, and as
previous examinations have failed to re-
suit in sufficient number of elgibles,
the Commission urges all persons who
are qualified, and who may desire to
enter the post-office service, to apply
and take this examination. 1t may be
stated that there is wider field for adj
vancement upon merit in the federal
service than in many private employ
ments. While the salary in the post
office service is usually about $500 per
annum at the start, this amount COM
pares favorably with the compensation
OF beginner in private employment.
The nature of the examination is a
test of practical, general intelligence and
of adapta bility in post-oflice work. The
examination will consist of the subjects
mentioned below, which will be weighted
as follows;
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
A Disappointment.

Owing to the slowness OF the Southern
Pacific Railway company in getting the
equipment of the Miniature Railway com.
pany out of Salem, Ore, it will not be
operated at the Yakima fair grounds
While the management j. very sorry at
this turn OF affairs the blame rests en-
tirely on the above railway company.
r. Il. GUNN Secretary.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

Advoid serious results OF kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kid
ney Cure. North Yakima Drug Store.
A. ID. Sloan, proprietor.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

Drink Yakima Mineral Water for all
stomach and kidney troubles. Yakima
Bottling Works. Phone 1881.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

Mems Boys and Girls Straw Hats regular price soc
and 75C. to close out 90 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. LOG
Best Thread REGULAR price spoos for 25c we will az
close out at Spoos for ........ SCc
A nice assortment of Corsets at LESS THAN COST
Plain and fancy Dress Goods at your own price almost 10 move
them quickly we have one of the largest stocks Mems Under
wear IN the city, and all must will dispose of them
within the next thirty days Mems Hats all stes at avian below
what we paid for them d Wholesale In fact we have cut prices
everything in the EXCEPT GROCERIES, to acuaI cos
and IN many cases away below cost order close out as soon
as possible. Everything must 90. Nothing reserved
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
Forming Educational Glasses.

The employees of the Lackawanna
railroad shops departments are organ
izing clubs for the study of electrical
and mechanical subjects, and regular
meetings are now being held, at which
instructors are engaged to give prac-
tical lectures and demonstrations.
The class in electrical study met last
Friday evening and received their first
course of study from E. D. Williamson,
of the electrical department of the In
ternational Text Book company, who
has been engaged as instructor An
other meeting will be held next Satur-
day evening.
The car foremen have also organized
a mechanical drawing class, under the
direction of Chief Draughtsman j. d.
Murray, and will hold their first meet
ing during the coming week.
In view of the general use to which
electricity is being put in railway equip
ment, these classes are of much import
ance, and will prove of great benefit to
the mechanics who take advantage of
them. In the plans for the new Rail-
road Young Mems Christian association
building special thought is being given
for the equipment of rooms for this
and other instruction work for Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western en-
plOyeS,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
SOPRANOS DOMESTIC TRIALS.
Welded, Deserted, Divorced, Remar-
ried. All Within a Year.

By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Fargo, N. D., March 9.--Married, de-
serted, divorced and remarked within
twelve months is the busy record Of
Jennie Lind Lewis, of Lowell, Mass,
who attained wide reputation as n
soprano and was member of several
operate organizations.
Last spring she married Or. Y. B.
Evans, of Fargo. but was unable to ac-
company him West on account Of the
illness of her father In July she came
here, and two weeks later, it is alleged,
was deserted for a dining room girl,
Belle Quackenbush, with whom, it is
claimed, DIR. Evans had been infat-
uated.
Later Mrs. Evans secured a position
as soloist in Plymouth church, Minne-
apolis, and early in February secured
II divorce, and has been married to DR..
S. T. Satterthwaite, IL local capitalist,
who was DR.. Evans most intimate
friend and in whose home DIR. and Mrs.
Evans spent their brief honeymoon. Her
present husband was very kind i'll Mrs.
Evans hour of trouble. and the senti-
ment developed into something more
than ardent friendship.
The former husband is now clerking
in Chicago drug store.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
In Effect, Nov. 8, 1901.
T.,;,, lnntn Sg,nntnn


For Philadelphia and New York via ID. II.
r. H., at 63s and o3s a. m, and Els. APT
CBlack Diamond Exprcss), and ll.30 p m. Sun.
days, d. & II. II. r., Los, s27 p: IN.
For White Haven, Hazleton and principal points
in the coal regions, via ID. & II. r. r., $685. 2,ls
and 4.27 p m For Pottsyille, G.3s a. m, 2.ls
= For Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Harrisburg.
and principal intermediate stations, via d. H..
r. r., GSs, 0.3s a. m; Els, i27 Black Dia-
mond Express), ll.30 p M. Sundays, ID. IL.
r. r., 0.3s a, M; l.5s, s.27 p. m.
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmira, Ithaca,
Geneva and principal intermediate stations, via
D., L. and W. II. r., $40 u. m. and $50 p. m.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls.
Chicago and all points west. via D. 4 II. R, R.,
14s, 1908 a. m,; Lag, 3.2s (Black Diamond Ex-
press, 7.4S, l0.il, ll.30 p. IN. Sundays, d. l. IL.
r. r., 1908, S,27 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lchigh Valley
Parlor cars on all trains between Wilkes Barre
and New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo and suspen'
sion Bridge.
street, New York
CHARLES S. LEE. Gen, Pass, Agt,, 20 Cortland
street. New York.
A. W. NoNESIACIiER, Div Pass. Agt,, South
Bethlehem, Pa.
For tickets and Pullman reservations apply to
city ticket office, 60 Public Square, Wilkes Barre.
Pa,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
AUSTRALIAN MINE TRICKS.
Cuteness Amusingly Shown in Eff
forts to Defraud.

From the London Mail.
In recent case in which a certain
mine manager was sentenced to Two
years imprisonment at Brisbane for
obtaining money by false pretences,
amusing particulars of the method in
which mining should not be conducted
We're given in the following letter,
which was found locked in the prison.
er's safe and which was read in court:
II am pestered with visitors, all
watching progress, and my presence
both at drill and shaft is absolutely
necessary. For instance, the shaft in
which we obtained that splendid re-
turn of gold--you know 1t was COM
pulsory that the ground should cave
in'-well, that made 1t imperative that
l. should do the work myself, and after
the small-sized timber had been put in
over night I made the remark that the
ground was running, and was afraid
il might cave in
1T did-because l went down in the
middle of the night and knocked every
prop out. Then down 1t came, and
what a beautiful mess it did look next
morning! The men said it was not
safe to work in--exactly what 1 want
ed. l had to salt the mine, and to do
it carefully, but did it, and did it well,
too. l quite understand your anxiety.
but the moves were made with diplo-
macy, and we were fully protected
Mind, old man, the mine is a payable
one without sailing, but actual returns
would not have moved the market.
Now, today / got the biggest shock
of all. SIS brother came. / was
working on the wash and was in a
deuce of fix. But 1 professed to be
glad to see him and invited him to take
dishful and wash it. He did so.
Meantime / made a clay pill, put a
grain of gold in 1t, and put 1t into my
mouth. When he handed me the dish
promptly did sneezing fit and the pill
accidentally fell into the dish, and you
ought to have seen his face when he
washed IL! He behaved like a school,
boy shook hands with me and gener-
ally played the fool / invited him to
try another dish. But no. he was more
than satisfied, had taken the dirt him
self and had washed it, l impressed
upon him the utmost secrecy. with the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
Dull Routine and Poor Fare of His
Daily Life.
From Parsons Magazine.

From Pcarsons Magazine.
The newly nedgcd Russian soldier,
when his corners have been knocked
off, is drafted into Il regiment and pre-
pared for the severe training he viii
soon be forced to undergo in camp. If
he is in the cavalry, he will have to rise
at in the morning to look to his horse:
if in the infantry he must be out and
about by a. m., cleaning and mendinS
his clothes as the first duty of the day.
Early morning inspection is followed
by a call to prayers, and then the sol
der, hungry enough by now, eats his
morning black bread and rusks and
drinks his tea, in preparation for the
real work of the day.
Every morning and every night the
Russian soldier is summoned to pray
ers. The services are as much part
of the everyday routine as breakfast
and supper. No other army observes
SO many religious ceremonies.
With drilling and riding, gymnas-
tics, fencing and shooting, according
10 his regiment, the soldier works
hard until the time for dinner arrives,
between IL and II. Afterward. until 2
o'clock, he may sleep or rest. Two
tween 6 and Z the illiterates of the
regiment study the arts of reading and
writing in large classes, for in every
regiment they form goodly company.
The teaching is undertaken by Off
GERS, and considering the simplicity of
their pupils, their duties are hardly
enviable. At o'clock comes supper
at 9, the men are again summoned to
prayers, and afterward may seek their
hard and by no means luxurious beds.
The Russian soldiers diet is largely
vegetarian. Favorite dishes include
"stche"-a cabbage soup-potatoes,
peas, beans. macaroni and various
kinds of porridges, eaten with onions
and lard. Only half pound of .meat
is allowed each man daily, and the
Russian pound is 10 per cent. less than
in this country. Mushrooms are con-
sumed in great quantities when in sea-
son. Three pounds of black rye bread
are included in the daily rations; and
If any is left over, the men are at
liberty to sell the remains. AS the SOL
diers bread is very nourishing and
purer than the ordinary bakers, the
extra rations sell we'll. In the way of
drink, beer is too great a luxury for
Ivan Ivanovitch, so he quenches his
thirst with "qvas," cheap substitute,
made from fermented black bread, and
very wholesome. On high days, the
soldiers are regaled with vodka, often
at their officers expense,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
QUEER MARINE CRAFT.
From Casters Magazine,

From Casters Magazine.
Being so well able to build vessels of
foreign type suggests the query why
the Chinese should continue to build
junks? Here, again, is another exam
pie of official restrictions cramping
natural enterprise. The shipping
cleared out OF Hong Kong in 1899
amounted to 1886 vessels, of which
22,5O1 were junlSs. Now, foreign built
vessels can trade only to the ''open"
ports, but there are numberless other
centers of trade i'm China to which
junks can ply. These pay customs
dues, assessed by the local hoppe, and
varying with his degree of rapacity
and the astuteness of the skipper or
ship owner, But the dues are invar-
iably higher for vessels of foreign
type. Customs passes may be obtained
at the port of departure and are re-
cognized by the officials of the imperial
marine customs. who have no power to
levy duties on cargo carried in native
bottoms.
When clearing at the Hong Kong
harbor office a junk pays a fee and re-
ceives a paper on which are stated the
nature of the cargo and the alleged
destination, and recommendation to
the crew TO succor any distressed sea-
men they may meet, and TO carry no
stinkpots. There are no load-line regu-
lations, the number OF passengers and
crew is immaterial, the food question
the business of the master. no side
lights--it costs oil 10 burn them-no
vexatious rules and regulations what
ever. and this the Cinnamon dearly
love, for then he can economi2e to his
hearts content, on the rivers steam
boats are permitted to stop only at
certain stations, yet passengers will
travel twenty miles in a direction op-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
This and That.

Local union, No. 1881, United Mine
Workers of America, will hold a spe-
cial meeting this evening at Golden's
hall, corner Of Luzerne street and Rail-
road avenue. All members are request
ed to be present. BY order Of the presi-
dent, J. j. Jones; T. M. Morgan, secre-
tary.
A committee OF mine workers from
the Avondale and Hallstead collieries
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company are expected to make
call on Superintendent r. A. Phillips
tomorrow, when an effort will be made
to effect o mutual settlement regarding
the hours to be worked by the fremen
and engineers.
The Burns Fire Brick company, of
Williamsport, Pa, intends building a
dust plant near Lock Haven, In the
spring, and Is receiving bids for three
nine-foot clay grinding pans, etc. 1t Is
the intention of the company to build
an eight-mile standard gauge railroad
from Lock Haven to its mines in the
Scottac district. The Williamsport brick
plant will also be enlarged. Another
pan and a boiler and engine will be pur-
chased.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring company, of Pittsburg, Pa, is
delivering to the Manhattan Elevated
railroad in New York city the largest
electric generators ever made. Each
will have 5000 horse power. and with
each Is a pair of $4,000 horsepower
Allis-Chalmers Corliss engines. The
shafts are hollow. of Bethlehem nickel
steel thirty-seven inches in diameter in
the center and thirty-four inches in the
bearing, with a sixteen inch bore. Each
shaft weighs over 10000 pounds.
The Sharon Foundry company has
organized with a capital of s250,O00, and
will build a large foundry between
South Sharon and Wheatland. Pa.
Robert Bentley, w. j. and Frank
Hitchcock pig iron manufacturers in
the Mahoning valley are interested.
The new concern will manufacture blast
furnace and rolling mill machinery, in
got molds and iron and steel castings.
The officers are Joseph Riddell, presi-
dent, and Thomas Kennedy, secretary
and treasurer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10

1880 has been in round numbers. 1880.
2S,700,000 tons, valued at $4,000, 900:
1890, 46,500000 tons, valued at S66, ,400, 900:
1900, 57,400o00 tons, valued at sss,00O.-
900. Concentration of interests in the
anthracite coal fields has been the pol
icy for the past few years In connection
with the mining and preparation of
COAL as we'll as In the ownership Of
the properties.
Large central plants are rapidly re-
placing isolated smaller plants. One
large breaker now does the work for
merly done by number of small ones.
A single tubular boiler plant has re-
placed possibly half a dozen scattered
individual plants of old-fashioned CYL
indrical boilers, and mammoth central
pumping plants or drainage tunnels
are now draining whole basins, where
formerly a large number of small plants
were doing the work. This concentra-
ton naturally tends to better manage
ment, and to a saving in fixed expenses
and in labor. These economies have re-
suited from the increase of capital and
labor required to produce anthracite
without a corresponding increase in de-
mand for IL.
In 1880, coal royalties were from 20
to 20 cents per ton for prepared sizes,
the sizes below chestnut being neglect
ed or thrown away; now royalties are
20 cents for pea COAL abo'.t 10 to 1919
cents for small sizes below pea, and
from 40 to so cents for prepared sizes
above pea. In 1877. the average num-
ber of days worked per year was 205:
1897, it was 152. The cost of opening
a colliery in 1887 was 100000; now it Is
from 100000 to 100000. Owing to re-
quirements of cleaning, about ID per
cent. of the coal product which was
formerly saleable must now be thrown
upon the dump.
AVERAGE AT THE BREAKERS.
In 1887, the average daily breaker
output was 500 tons; in 1897, the aver
age of all breakers was $50 tons. In
1880, SS per cent of the coal sold was of
the size which sold at a profit: in 1897,
on v 20 per cent. In 1877, 3S per cent.
of all coal mined was CRATE and larger
sizes not requiring preparation for sale;
in 1887, only 26 per cent; in 1897, Is per
cent. The selling price of prepared
sizes, at tide water was 1926 in 1877,
1857 in 1887, and S3.46 in 1897. Deeper
workings, heavier machinery, greater
costs in many ways of mining, have
greatly increased cost of preparation.
Nevertheless, pessimsts to the con-
trary, says Mr.. Stock, the anthracite
industry, with an invested capital of
some s7OO,0O0,000 with natural annual
profits of from sS5,O00,0O to 800. 900 900.
with 81 freight traffic worth $40,000,000
per year to the carriers, cannot be rap
idly wiped out Of existence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
NO CHARGES PREFERRED.
Patrolman McMullen's Action Up
held by His Superiors.

There have as yet been no charges
preferred against Patrolman McMul-
len, who arrested two married couples
in the central city last Thursday morn
ing, and the police are inclined to the
belief that there will be none preferred,
when the case Is sifted down by the
attorney for the parties who were ar
rested.
The department sustains Patrolman
McMullen in his action. 1t is an unwrit-
ten law in the police department that
women found on the streets after mid
night when unaccompanied by escorts
shall be arrested for street walking ex-
cept they are able to give a satisfac-
tory account of themselves to the Of
ficer who accosts them.
Mrs. O'Dowd and Mrs. Crandall, the
two women arrested by Patrolman Nc
Mullen, were seen by him coming out
of Roxy" Jones' saloon and this in
itself because of the saloons reputa-
tion according to the police authorities,
justified him in arresting them and in
seriously questioning their story that
they were looking for hotel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10

One of the most disastrous floods in
the history of anthracite mining in
PENNSYLVANIA has caused an almost
total suspension of shipments from the
Lackawanna, Wyoming and Lehigh
regions The Lehigh river, which did
no much damage to the lines of the
Lehigh Valley and the Central Railroad
of New Jersey last December, went on
a rampage again, and quite eclipsed lts
December record. All the highway
bridges between White Haven ana
Mauch Chunk, a distance of thirty
miles, are reported swept away or
weakened; luckily it so happens that
along q stretch where a Jersey Central
bridge is out the Lehigh Valley has one
standing and vice-versa. This will ia
cilitate repairs, but at best 1T VIII be
week before either road is shipping
much coal. The Schuylkill region has
suffered from flooded collieries, and
there have been washouts along branch
lines of the Reading, but the main line
is open, and the company has about
twenty-siX colleries in operation. "A
rew of the colleries drowned out had
Just recovered enough from the Decem-
Der flood to start shipping again. In
the Wyoming region the Susquehanna
river rose over thirtytwo feet, cover
ing the flat between Wilkes-Barre and
Plymouth, and submerging the bridges.
The Lackawanna railroad had its
bridge across the Delaware at Easton
carried away, and the Delaware and
Hudson is finding trouble in getting
coal forward, owing to a bridge being
down on the Erie, between Middletown
and Goshen
Some of the rivers in the anthracite
region may have risen higher in past
floods, but it is safe to say that they
have never caused 50 much loss. 1t is
quite likely that the total damage to
railroads and mines will amount to
some millions of dollars. Aside from
the great amount of direct damage to
railroads from broken bridges and
washouts, there is the loss due to the
suspension of traffic. AS for the mines,
the expense of pumping out the flooded
workings will be great, shipments in
some cases must be suspended for
weeks. and on top of these losses is the
expense, in some cases the heaviest
item OF all, of getting the flooded mines
in good working shape again. Men who
have been connected with the anthra-
cite railroads for forty years do not re-
member a worse suspension of ship
ments from weather cause alone.
Present indications are that there will
be no reduction of price OH April /, and
current prices may prevail until May.
1t is also evident that the matter OF
labor troubles at the colleres will not
be settled promptly if the United Mine
Workers persist in the demands made
at the Indianapolis convention. Con-
sidering the damage done to mines and
railroads recently the great producing
companies are not likely to submit to
requests for higher wages nor look with
favor upon demands for an eght-hour
day and minimum wage scale. The
chances are, however, if John Mitchell
can hold the rank and file of his fol-
lowers in line, that there will be no
strike.-Engineering and Mining Jour-
nal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
New Jersey Central.

Stations in New York, foot of Liberty street
and South Ferry, y. II.
Trains leave Scranton for New York. Ihadcl.
phia, Eastcn, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, White Haven, Ashley and Wilkes Barre at
7So a. n, T.. M and p. IN. sunday. 2.l0 p. M
Quaker City Express leaves Scranton at 80
a. M, through solid vestihule train with Pullman
Buffet Parlor Cars. for Philadelphia with only
one change of for Baltimore, Washington.
D. c., and all principal points south and west,
Fo. Avoca, Pittston and WikcsBairc, 1 p. m.
and p. III. Sunday, 20 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., 73O a..
III. and p. M.
For Reading. Lebanon and Harrisburg, via AL
,cntown, at 40 a. M. and p. IN. Sunday, 2.l0
For Pottsvillc at 40 a. m. and l p. m.
For rates and tickets apply to agent at station
c. NJ. BURT, Gen. Pac.. Agt.
j. S. SWlSIlER.
Dist Pass. Agt., Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-10
Pennsylvania Railroad,

Schedule in Eject June 2, 1901.
Trains leave Scranton 6.3S a, M, week days.
through vestibue train from Wilkes Barre, Pdll-
man buffet parlor car and coaches to Phlladel
phia, via Pottsvile stops at principal interme
diate stations. Also connects Tor sudbury, Har.
risburg philadelphia Baltimore, Washington and
ior Pittsburg and the west.
D. Ss a. m, week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts
Il9 D. M week DAYS (Sundays, l.5S p M,
for Sunbury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia Baltimore,
Washington and Pittsburg and the west.
32S n. m. week days through yestbule train
from Wilkes Barre. Pullman buffet parlor car
and coaches 20 Philadelphia via Pottsylle. Stops
az principal intermediate stations.
427 n. M. week days, for Hilleton, Sunbury
Harrisburg, Philadelphia ana pttsburg
j. b. HUTCHINSON, Gen Mgr
j. b. WOOD, Gen. PAS. Agt.