The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-30

man in the ordnance department at large.
GENERAL MEETING.-A general meeting of
the ladies of the Linden street temple and Aid
society will he held Thursday evening at the
residence of Mrs l.. Marks, on Vine street.
NO NEW CASES.-'There was not even .,,s.
piciors case reported to DR.. j. W. IIauser, the
smallpox physician, yesterday. The patients in
the emergency hospital are all reported to he
doing nicely
PRESIDENT MAfIAN TO sPEAK--National
President Malan, of the Amalgamatcd Asso-
citation of Street Railway Employees, will arrive
in this city today and will address a meeting
OF Division No. 16S, to he held tonight.
EXCURSION COMMlTTEE.-Thc general com.
mitec having in charge the arrangements, for
the Odd Fellows excursion to be conducted
on July u TO Mountain Park will meet tonight
in Odd Fellows hall at 200 Wyoming avenue.
POLICE WE'RE DRILLED-Forty. of tic
members of the police force, including nearly
all the new men, were marched up to the new
aImory yesterday afternoon and put through
drill by Superintendent Day. This will be con.
tnued weekly.
LECTURE POSTPONED-The lecture on''Feud.
alism' which was to have been given last night
before the Catholic Historical society by Attor.
ney =. +. Loughran. has been postponed until
the next meeting because of the nclement wealth.
Gr which prevailed.
BENEFIT FOR KLAuS.--A number of ladies
will conduct Il benefit for Herman Klaus in the
"Wigwam'' on Prescott avenue tomorrow night
Klaus is the man who had his eyes blown out
while at work on Colonel l.. A. Watres' new
house a few months ago. lie has wife and
four children who are in great need,
MICHAEL MGllGAN INJURED Michael Nc.
Guigan was thrown ont OF his wagon ON Ninth
street yesterday morning after his horse had
taken fright and had bolted down the street.
lie escaped serious injury, but received mum.
Der of severe bruises about the head and body,
which were atnded to at the Lackawanna hos.
pital.
TO GO TO IIIlLSlDE IlOME,--Elizabcth Knob,
OF Milford, Pa, domestic who has been en-.
poyed on Penn avenue, will probably be taken
to The Hillside liomc today. She is confined in
the emergency hospital in the municipal build
ing and was pronounced to be suffering from
acute melancholia yesterday by Drs. Besscy and
Gunster.
HELD FOR AsSAuLT.-Mr.. Margaret Ross.
Of Kresslcr court, was arrested yesterday charged
with assault and battery by the mother OF
small boy named Joseph Thiel, a neghbor.
Mrs Thiel alleges that Mrs. Roos took occa.
sion recently to intct summary punishment ON
her boy, and gave him violent shaking Mis-.
Ross was held under $500 bail by Magistrate
Millar.
LECTuRE'SOCIAL.-A lccture.social will be
held tomorrow evening at Grace English Luth-
eran church, corner OF Mulberry street and
Prescott avenue, The pastor, Rev. Luther Hess
Warning, will give an informal address on
'Holl,nd, the Country OF Dams and Dykes"
and this will be followed by several interesting
social features. A cordial invitation is eX-
tended to the general public.
ABUSED HORSE AND BUGGY.-John Eyars
and James Conners, two young men from West
Scranton, hired horse and buggy from jacobs
livery stable on Raymond court Monday after
noon. When they returned early yesterday
morning the horse was SO exhausted as to he
barely able to move and the buggy was badly
wrecked. Evans and Conners were arrested and
committed to the county jail yesterday morning
in default OF $500 bail each.