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i THE SCKANTON TRIBUNE-FRTDAY MORNING, MARCH 20. 1897. florrman & Moore PIRE INSURANCE, 120 Wyoming Ave. IACKAWANNA, THE E A D E R IN CORRECT AUNDERING 308 Penn Aenue. A. II. WAR.MAN. New Designs and Color ings in Carpets Wall Paper Curtains and Draperies Now on show at very low prices WILlHKfiWTT 127 WYOMING AVE. CITY NOTES. Select council will meet tonlsht. The school board and select council will meet tonight. The funeral of Airs. George .Mitchell will take placo this afternoon at -.30 from liur home. In Green I'.ldKe. Coroner S. P. l.ongstreet will remove Tils olllce ami resilience on April 1 from !UQ to 40 "Wyoming avenue. I'ontrurtoi P. P. Mulligan yesterday re sumeil work on the Shultz court sewer. The woik was stopped by cold weather in December. Till" city ami Its vicinity will send about thirty debates to the national convenllon or the linptnved Order of lleptasophs at Louisville, Ky., In May. Alaiilutse licenses were yesterday fram ed to Louis Frable and iientrlee Tovell, Of Hcraiiton; lCmerson A. lllKhtleld and Kate i:. Hill, ol Scranton; Fred Snyder, ot Soott, and Carrie UecUer, or Waverlj. Ur C 1.. Fiey will remove his or lieeM on April 1 lo the Jewell bulldliiK. at 3UJ Spruce street. The leinoval Is meiely temporary, however, until the new Sav ings Bank IjiiIIiIIiik is completed. In widen tin' doi tor is to have a pleasant suite ol looms fronting on Wyoming avenue. It Is expei ted that the bank building will be completed by September i. Traction company ear 111 charge, or Motorman John Lynch traveled lltly feet on the ties yesterday afternoon and the twentj-four passengers were badly shak en up, though no one was seriously hurt. The point whew the car went oil' the track is on the Taylor borough northern line ut the exai t place where the bnrougli eon stabhs had a fuss with the Traction em ploye" some months ago. The car cum" around the steep curve at the point and when the Delaware. Lackawanna and osten blanch tracks weie struck the wheel'- Hew off and the momentum ol' the car currVd It as lar as Oak street. SEMON'S COMPANY AT DAVIS'. Kntertnilieil l.tirfjo Audiences After noon and Kvenin:,'. Hurry W. Semon's Extruvnsanza company betran u three days' eiiBiitje ment al Davis' theater yesterday and entertained huge audiences afternoon and evening. The performance, opened with a uurlesiue enlltled "A l.awn Party" In which" a number of the mem bers of the company were seen In spec ialties. Then came the olio, one of the mar velous feature.-, of which wtis the per pendicular ladder balancing- of Samuel Hurt. Nothing like it has ever been Keen In this 'lty. Florence Keller, chantre artist, and Louise Carver, the new woman, were well received by the nudlence. The Princeton Sisters did the neatest danclns specialty seen in the theater for a loin? time. There were a number ot other good features to the olio and the performance concluded with a burlesque "While ?jev York bleep?." The title lias nothing to do with th liurles'iU". Delicacy Is not the strong est recommendation u the skit. The compn-iy will be at Davis' today and tomorrow afternoons and evenings. FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. South Side Teamster Arrested Ves ttuduy liy Special Olliecr .11 ink. Thomas Murray was arrested on the South Side yesterday morning by Spec ial Ollicer Fred Mink on a charge of cruelty to nnimals. Murray was driv ing u heavy load of coal and he was beating his lurso shamefully. At the hearing before Alderman "Wright he promised to be more careful in the future and he was discharged. Removal. Dr. L, M. Gates has removed his ofllco to rooms "07 nnd 20$ (second lloor), Hoard of Trade building, Linden street, opposite Court House. l.uuur A' .Murks' Spring Clothing Opening tomorrow, all duy and even ing. To trie Ladle-. Grand millinery opening at Jenkins it MoitIh' today and tomorrow. 40(5 Spruce street." . ooooooooooooooooo 0 This is the Time for Hat Thinking; If you think to your greatest advan tage you will weiirn Nenl llrand this season and many other seusons. Also utl euKruvt'd Initial murker with every 0 0 0 0 hat. V ooooo 0 J. A. WATERS, o Successor to Christian, the Hatter, X At 305 I.uckuwunnu Ave. Y OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO a MAYOR'S REPORT FLATLY IGNORED His Kinsley Letter Is Met by Pronounced Cminlcr-Aclion. CHITTENDEN RESOLUTION PASSES Common Council Votes to Remove the Stiuct Coinini.ionur--.1Itijor Itniley Writes Tlmt M. Kinsley Mil s Not routed tho City I'lnnii-clnlly--SlicJit Amendment Tlmt Mill Scud the Husolitlion Unci; lo Select Council lor Action. Common council last night ooncuned In the Chittenden resolution of the up per blanch that It would lie to the best Interests of the city If Street Commis sioner Kinsley were removed from of llce. The action was taken notwithstand ing a leport by Mayor Unlley on the re cent Investigation that the street com missioner hud not w'ronged the city STREET COMM1SSIOXKH KINSLEY. financially and that he Had resigned, the resignation to take effect April HO. The passase of the resolution In the face of the mayor's communication was termed by the opponents to the resolu tion as a slap at the city's chief execu tive. The majority, however, argued that the street commissioner deserved dlsinissul and that there was no oc casion for recognizing the resignation, heeding the mayor's verdict or waiting for a detailed report from him. It required one hour's debate and n score of motions, amendments and withdrawals to llnally pass the resolu tion by the following vote of 10 to -1: Ayes Uordon, drier, H. Thomas, K. Thomas, Regan, Ullioy, Flanagan, Wen ssel, 1 Wlrth, Sweeney,, Xeallb, Oliver, Z.eidler, Noone, .McUrall, Noiton 10. Nnys Loftus, Xlolr, Seamuns, Keller I. Abseut-CJ. Wlrth. TDK .MAYOR'S COMMUNICATION. Mayor Ralley's communication was as follows: Serantnn, I'a., .March iS, JSU7. To the Common Council. In lefcrcnce to the resolution received by me fiom your honorable body request ing Infoi million on the matter ol the in estlgatIon of affairs In the stieet com missioner's olllce, 1 would state that the comiellmaiiic committee mid myself have not yet 'irepared a complete report. 1 would brlelly state tlmt .Mr. Kinsley has tendered his resignation to take effe 't April "U and that In my opinion the. testi mony adduced does not warrant the as summptlon that the city was wronged tliiancially by any act uf .Sir. Kinsley's I shall he glad to send to yon my complet ed leport when It has been Written. J. G. Bailey, .Mayor. Following is the Chittenden resolution with the words "at once" added as an amendment: Resolved, by the spleet council of the city or Scranton, the common council concurring, tlmt It Is the opinion or the councils that the Interests of the city would he best served by the lemoval or the present street commissioner and his assistant at once, and the city clerk is requested to convey notico or this action to the mayor. r When the reports of special commit tees were called for Mr. Flanagan pre sented the mayor's letter which was read by the clerk. Mr. Oliver's mo tion that the letter be laid on the table was followed by Mr. Ollioy's offer to lecelve the document nnd file it. Air. Flanauan reported verbally his conversations with the mayor and street commissioner yesterday morn ing. Aluynr Uailey, said Air. Flana gan, nsked Air. Kinsley to make the resignation effective at once and the latter asked that his answer be de ferred until :: o'clock In the afternoon, when he Informed the mayor the res ignation would lmv- to take effect not before April HO. Air. Flanagan con cluded that Air. Kinsley should resign at once. INCONSISTENCY CHARGED. Air. Oliver said .Mayor Halley was In consistent if he considered the street commissioner guiltless and at the same time urged his immediate resignation. He (Air. Olivet) thought Air. Kinsley hud a fair trial and Its result Indicated that he should be peremptorily asked lo resign now. The ilnal action was probably sug gested b.v Air. Nealls' asking for the present status of the Chittenden resolu tion. It was determined b.v a reference to the minutes that the ineusure hnd been referred to the .special committee and President Crier ruled that It might be considered as then before the meet ing. Air. Gilroy renewed his motion to place the mayor's letter on (lie and It was adopted. The Chittenden resolution was read at Air. Neulls' request and he moved that the meeting concur In the action of the upper branch. Air. Oli ver's amendment that the words "at once" be inserted to the resolution was adopted and Air. Noone moved that (he measure pass. Air. Keller then proceeded to open the debate for the hopeless minority. He argued thai Ihe mayor was the only source of evidence on the matter, ofll clally, and as far us councils were con cerned, and to take uctlun counter to the mayor's conclusion would be nuth Ing less than "Jumping on a man when he Is down." The passage of the reso lution, which was Introduced and passed In select council long before the mayor's letter was lecelved, would be ridiculing the city's chief executive. HAD EVIDENCE ENOUGH. Air. Flanagan said that no matter whut the mayor reported he (Air. Flan agan) had evidence enough to warrant Air. Kinsley's rentovul. Air. Keller ur gued that nothing was otllcially evi dence unless It was a legal decision ur the leport by the mayor. Air. Oliver brought down upon him self a sovere scoring from Captain Alolr. The former remarked that If the present street commissioner should be permitted to continue In olllce unltl April 20 he would have a chance to lnlsiuuuage the 1897 appropriations In his department. Captain Alolr took se rious objections to Air. Oliver's Intlma- KtS Hon and said tlmt persecution was bad enotluh Without slander being Injected Into tin- mutter, it was quite unnec essary to elinrre the street commis sioner with u serious olfense ti month before he could commit It. Captain Molt- continued his remarks and used much the same nrgumentH as had Mr. Keller that councils nhould bo bound by the mayor's conclusions. Tt was Air. Zulrilcr'H opinion that no matter what the mayor paid, councils were not bound to abide by an olllelal verdict; tile members knew that Mr. Kinsley had been guilty of wrong-doing and that was sulllelent. "Persecution and not prosecution" was what Mr. Seainnns termed Mr. X.eldler's and particularly Mr. Oliver's remarks. If councils adopted the loso lutlon It would be holding the mayor of the city up to ridicule, and parlleulaily In view of Air. Kinsley's resignation, would be n ruthless and unwarranted uetlon. Mr. Keller again obtained recognition and announced that neither Mr. Flan-ngl-.an, Mr. Xcldler or himself, the spec ial committer, had disagreed with May or Uallo.v when he hud suggested that the best Interests of the city would be served by Mr. Kinsley's lemalnlng until April .'10 in olllce. That was tho disposi tion of the committee a week ago. The resolution If passed would be an un necessary stain, if Mayor Italley had concluded that the slteel commissioner should be removed, " ho (Mr. Keller) would have been tho llrst to approve the conclusion. UKSOLUTION ADOPTED. An aye and nay vote was called for and the resolution was adopted by the vote of 1G to 1 recorded In the foregoing. The ''esoltttlon by the addition or tho wotis "at once" will have to be re turned to select council, from whence It spiting, for concurrence. SEWER DISTRICT NO. 19. Ordinance Dcliuing Its Limits Given n Knockout lilow. The ordinance creating new Sewer district No. II) was given a knockout blow In common council last night after the members had been put ill lighting trim by the squabble oer the Kinsley matter, liy a vole of-11 to 7 the sewer ordinance wa defeated on third read ing. It did not provide for the building of sowers but was to establish the dls tilct in the Fifth, Sixth, Fifteenth and Eighteenth wnids. The chief opposi tion came from the Sixth uml Eigh teenth ward representatives. Follow ing Is the vote on which the motion to puss the ordinance was defeated: Nays Loftus, Gordon, Grier, Ilesan, Glboy, Flanagan, Wenzel, 1'. Wlrth, Neu lls, Noone, Norton. 11. Yeas S. Thomas, It. Thomas, Alolr, Sweeney, Oliver, Keller, AlcC.rnll 7. Air. Oliver called the oullnanee up. That SO pet cent, of the pioperty own ers ol a certain territory were opposed to tho measuie was stated by Air. Noone. Air. Regan remarked that the method ol assessment was Illegal according to ii late decision of the supreme court and that City Solicitor Torrey was his au thority. Ills constituents, he continued, wanted sewers but objected to the boundaries of the dlsttlcl which should contain two sewer district instead of one. AIR. OLIVER'S ARGUMENT. Air. Oliver said the district as out lined was the result of two years' care ful study ami engineeiing by the city engineer who had reached the only fea sible inncluslon. A separate system for west of Alain uve'jiue and Involving Koyser creek as a Until outlet ,Was not practical. The creek was dry dining portions of the year and at other times contained only mine water. If that route was selected for an outlet, a main sewer would have to be built for three miles down the creek to its Junction with the Lackawanna river at Taylor. Richard E, Thomas made ' a speech to the effect that the waul he represented needed sewers and he hoped the piojeet would not be de feated. .Mr. Noone read resolutions adopted Tuesday at a meeting of the Sixth and Eighteenth ward properly owners pro testing against the ordinance, announc ing their belief that their wards should not be included in the district as out lined and icquestlng their representa tives in councils to oppose it. The debate lasted a half hour before the vote was recorded. A long report by a special committee recommending the payment of $2,000 lo Aluldoou & Rowe for extra masonry work on the Spiuce and Linden street bridges was adopted. Claims against the city were, on rec ommendation of a special committee, otdered settled as follows: Frank rfhlf fer, $:U0; United Security cnmpany,$17ii; C. I .Tones, $10. The appropriation ordinance for 1SB7 expenditures passed third and llnal reading and is now ready for considera tion in the upper branch tonight. A select council ordinance providing, for a sewer on Washington avenue in the Eleventh wnrd was called up on third reading, but action was deferred because the plans and specifications were not attached. An adjournment was taken until next Thursday nijihl. LAUER & MARKS. Spring Opening of Clothing and Fur nishings Tomonnw. The well known firm of Lauer & .Marks, :'2I and :!J.T Lackawanna avenue, have remodelled their stores to such an extent that they now have ihe two handsomest stores in the city. Their .spring i pening will take place tomor row and will lontlnue all day nnd even ing, to which the public is Invited. W carry the laruest stock and the laiest styles for mi n, boys and children In clothing, hats and furnishing goods, and our prices will be tho lowest in the cit. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REDUCED PRICKS. HUDl'CRD PRICES. ur.ui i r.u i-mi j...t. a Coursen's l'hllailelphlu V Print Putter, Me. per lb. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Removal of Otiicc. Dr. S. V. Lougstreet will on April 1 remove his olllce nnd residence from 200 to 40J Wyoming avenue. To the Ladies. Grand millinery opening at Jenkins & Alorrls' today and tomorrow, 100 Spruce street, Toinoirou', Da and evening, opening of spring styles in clothing and furnishings. Lauer & AlarkH. Notice. We are still doing business at the same old stand 'where wo have been for twenty-two years pust and most re spectfully solicit the patronage of tho public, as heretofore tu awnings, tents, tings and all kinds of society goods and decorations, S, J. Fuhrman & Urg. THAT ONE-ARMED BUGLER-PREACHER Writes a Book Telling All About self and His Travels. Hint- IS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER lie Was n lluglcr in tlui Confederate Army, but Now Summons .lien to Jin Saved Instead of Klllcd-.IIls Re ligious Vluxvs Do Not Km truly Con coid with tin; Generally Adopted Cues, hut Such It tlui I'ervursily of the World ut Largo. Nearly everyone In the city nt one time or another dur-ng the past win ter has no doubt seen a one-armed man with a bugle nnd a far-reaching voice holding forth as un evangelist on some street corner or another in the central city. .Many have wondered, possibly who he is uml whnt he Is and to enlighten them ho has Issued a book telling all about himself in his own peculiar style of narration. A tier reading the book one cannot fail to regard him as a very odd char acter. His name is Rev. John Cavun uugh, pastor In the New York confer ence of the Free Alethoillst church and In charge of this sect's Interests In Scrauton and Wuverly. He was born In Richmond, Vu., and served in the Confederate army as a bugler, which latter fact is attested by H. II. Robert son, "Into Hi Igadler 'General, C. S. A.," who in an open letter made u part of the book announces that the said John Cavanuugh served honestly and fulth t ully In his command. The same bugle he formerly sounded the call for men to ccme up'and get killed, he says, he now uses to .summon them to be saved. CONVERTED IN 1S7l. He was converted In 1S72 and in three weeks was entlrelj sunctllled. Imme diately he began wink as a street preacher and traveling evangelist, go ing hither and thither preaching ser mons, distributing red-hot tracts and painting torrid texts in glowing letters on fences and rocks Ihroimhnut the country. lie spent ten years In Wash ington, D. C, and then came north circulating through New York. Penn sylvania and New Jersey, holding pas torates at times but generally being a wanderer. Last fall he was sent here by the New York conference and ex pects to remain with us for some time. Tills Is how he treats of us In the chap ter desci lblng his work at Scranton: "1 came Here last fall, sent by con ference IS'.eL This Is a coal mining country, anil many thought this place would llnlsh me; but I guess they made a mistake, for I never found any where any more noble hearted people. Aly street meetings are wonderful: great crowds stand for hours ut the time, and are hungry for the truth; this plnc has over 100,000 Inhabitants; there ai" lots of churches heie; also the Salvation Army and the Volunteers. I am not going to pass Judgment on them, the- bible will do that, If they do not come up to It." AN ORIGINAL STYLE. One thing In the honk that Is peculiar ly original Is the author's unhesitating style of letting the public Into the secret that he Is doing about the only real religious woik that is being done here abouts or in fact in any other place, Preachers who receive salarieswell he refrains from saying exactly what he thinks about them but hopes Unit the good Lord will open their eyes to the truth. A church tlmt will hold fairs and grab-bag festivals anil suppers and such like might as well throw up its hands, according to llrother Cavun augh's wuy of thinking. Ministers who are given to what he calls "brnd and butter" preaching have his sympathy. He terms his own style of exhorting "boarding house hash" preaching, be eaua" Ills sermons have a little of everything In them. And this, those who have l.iurd him will as a nil" gen eiously concede. He excuses his sever ity In attacking the weaknesses of llils degenerate race by asking "Would you have taken a lack hammer to drive u railroad spike?" IT IS INTERESTING. Th' book wlthall is Interesting and In parts amusing. Some of his experi ences are i,ulie novel au.l he tells them in an entei tabling kind of way. For Instance up in Liberty Fulls, N. Y., he painted on a huge mck by ihe way side "Th Lewi Hates Pride." Later he learned much to his grief and pence of mind that tlvi rock In question fronted the residence of a, not overly even tempered gentleman named Pride. Alanj other quite as Interesting iivcd'ites ure rotated and all In all the book Is win th ree.dlng. Removal of Olllce. Dr. S. P. Lougstreet will on April 1 renicue his olllce und residence from I 200 to 400 Wyoming avenue. 2S0 XX White Envelopes for 17c. at 3c. Store, 523 Lack'a. ave. SAWYER'S OFENII y, Tomorrow and Saturday, SX !?& WtSj REV. JOHN CAVANAUGH. ciinc Toila Millinery display that'll bhcnv the drift of Spring Styles ami set the. pace for the new SCII"OII. The store will have maple Interest for every woman, Tuko no one's word fur It coin'u and see for yourself. Everybody Is welcome, to tho freest Inspec tion of the .New Sprint' styles. The sights easily discount anything in the past. Ileceptlon ilus ure today, tomorrow ami Saturday. A. R. SAWYER, 132 WYOMING AVENUE. DIDN'T OWN A D0U. The Evidence Was Very Much Against Her, However. A sample of tin complaints of unjust assessments dally heard by the board of lax revision In the city clerk's of fice, appeared yesterday hi the appeal of u woman who had been assessed for owning a clog. Slie was a "poor lone' widow," as are many who malto ap peals. "Dldti't you own u dog In IS1).").'" she ,was asked. "No, 1 didn't," she snapped, "Well, you paid tnx on such an ani mal." "I don't care If I did that ain't got nothing to do with this year. If I paid tax on a dog you're a lot of. cheats so you air!" , The itislstnnt assessor for the Fifth ward happened to be In the room it ml remarked: "1 saw a dog near this woman's house and threw a stone at him. He ran barking Into the yard and stood yelping alongside this woman who appeared In the doorway, attrueted Iherv by the commotion. I asked her If that was her dog and she said 'You bet your life he Is and If you don't clear out ot this I'll know the reason why.' " Such evidence overwhelm?' 1 the com plainant and she llounced herself mil of the room with tho remark "It's a gang of dirty robbers, you ulr!" It was the Inning of Fifth ward prop el ly owhers before the board yesterday. Ninth ward appeals will be heard to day, Tenth ward tomonow and Elev enth ward on Monday. HEALTH STATISTICS. Contained in the Annual Reports of the Officials of the Board of Health. The student ot death rates and local health statistics In general may derive a tunc! of particular information nlong those lines In the uimual leports of board of health olllclnls. The reports have just been compiled and published and relate to the calendar year of ISM. Thete weie l,52fi deaths during the year, or about 20 per week. There were 134 Interments of bodies still born or brought here from outside the city. Of the totnl number SCS were males. 0G7 females and the remainder were not stated. Out of the corresponding large number ol death only 402 were mar ried. Following are some of the mi tlonalltits: United States! S77; Ire land, 20S; Wales, US; Germany, 127; Russia or Poland. S7; England, 52; Hun gary, 35; Italy, 21. The Fourth ward shows the greatest number of deaths, 115. There were 10S deaths In the Fifth ward, 103 In the Nineteenth, 00 In the Sixth and Second, and 03 In the Eleventh. The Eighteenth shows the best return with only 22 deaths. Nearly a third of all the burials, or 501, were in Hyde Park Catholic ceme tety. There weie 2SI5 In Washburn street cemetery, l,"3'in Forest 11111 cem etery, and 113 In Duntnore cemetery. The most common causes of complaint were: Convulsions (Infantile), in 123 cases; pneumonia, 117 cases: eholeia In fantum, S2: diphtheria, 05; heart dis ease, 00: consumption, 5S; meningitis-, 55; bronchitis, 411; apoplexy, 40. Estimating the city's population at 103,000, the death rate per 1,000 inhabi tants was 1(1.1; excluding accidental deaths and still blrllis the rate was 14.1)9. There were C35 marriages, the largest number In any one month being the s.i in April. Jn December theie weie OS, and In July 03. Only 31 louk place in March and 34 in August. A total of 1.007 births, S2 more than the deaths, were reported. The banner birth months were Alay with 183 and September with 170. Only S." births took place in June, Of contagious diseases reported there were 270 cases of diphtheria, 142 of scarlet fever, 5S of typhoid fever, 31 of measles, 14 of whooping cough und one from membraneous croup, a total of 510. At the crematory 24,991 barrels of garbage and 131 dead animals were burned. It was estimated by Alilk Inspector Ctillen that 7, . '00,000 ciuurts of milk were consumed In the city during the year. - - - EXCITEMENT IN NO. 3 SCHOOL. Jets of Plume That Shot I'p Tlirou the rioor the Cause. Tlie visit of the members of the building committee of the board of control to the schools of the South Side was enlivened by an exciting Incident In No. 3 school yesterday morning. Some paper hud been thrown Into the register In Aliss Penman's room on the third lloor and as there was a warm lire In the furnace the paper was soon set on fire and smoke and jets of Ilame began to shoot up through the register. The pupils became greatly excited, but Atlss Penman counseled them to keep cool and a panic was averted. A few pails of water extinguished the blase, but It was deemed best to dis miss school for the remainder of the morning to give the pupils un opportun ity to lecover from the scare caused by the (ire. The members of the building commit tee were In the building nt the time of the excitement and assisted the teachers In restoring order and quiet ing the children. THE EfiQS iVilQIIT HAVE SPOILED. li'I'hey Hung Around Wailing to I'ind Out Their Proper Owner. ! A suit for damages was yesterday i Instituted against Sheriff demons and the American Straw Hoard company by the Second National bank of Winona, Jllun. The suit irrows out of a seizure and sale of a car load of eggs consigned to John T. Porter, by the It. A. Foster company, of Winona, .luly'S hist. liefore the eggs reached the city they were made the subject of a foreign at tachment at the instance of the Amer ican Straw Hoard company. The bunk which held Porter's draft for the pay ment of the goods served notice on the sheriff not to Interfere but the latter did not heed the notice and turned the goods over to YV. W Watson attorney for the American Straw Hoard com pany. - AN EAKLV MORNING EIRE. House Owned mid Occupied by Thomiis .1! 11 tin Destroyed. A frame building on Hockwell street, Providence, owned und occluded by .Thomas Alalia and hln family, was en tirely destroyed by lire ut 5 o'clock yes terday morning. The loss is covered by lusuiuncc. The cause of the tiro Is unknown, hut Is supposed to have been occasioned by an overheated chimney. The Hie start ed on the second lloor nnd the noise it made uwukened the Inmates of the hotis'e who had barely time to escape with their lives. An ulaiin wn rum: In from box S3 to which the Providence eompaule responded, They were not able lo stay the progress of the Humes, hoWevcr. CAN'T WAIT FOR APRIL 15. Young illcu from the Hellenic .Section Alter .I endow ltrook Tiottt. Fish Warden Stlllwcll, ot this district, has been Informed that llshlng Is In prncllce and has been for several weeks In the trout waters on the east moun tain. Too Alcadow hi nnk Is a favorite place. The Ushers are young men who hall from ihe liellcvuo Mats and heights and several Arrests wllh follow If names can be secured. This week young men from thb sec tion named exhibited several trout which' they caught In th? Atuduw Hi ook. - .. PRICE OP GAS IS REDUCED. i New Schedule Goes Into Meet on April I .'et. The Scrantim Gas and Water com puny and tho Hyde Path Gas and Wat er company announce that on and after April 1 the price of gas will be $1.2J tier thousand cubic feet. This price will also be subject to the following discounts: Five per cent, upon all hills .where the consumption for the month amounts to less than S2D; ten per cent, upon ull bllli where the consumption amounts to $25 and upwards, piovlded the bill Is paid on or before the 20th of the month on which the bill Is presented. SlnidiiifTs China Auction and private sale will lust only week longer. Your last chance to goods below cost of manufacture. one buy Steam Heating and I'ltimliing. P. F. &. AI. T. Howlcy, 231 Wyoming ave. Pabst's Milwaukee Tiock Lohmann's, Spruce street. Beer, at Tailor made fall suits and overcoats, latest styles, John Ross, 307 Spruce street. Opening of Spring Clothing, All duy ami cxenlng tomorrow. Lauer V Marks The most wonderful pony in the world. A real, live, pony, only 42 inches high, with a tail 15 feet long, will be on exhibition at our stores for this week onlyi Be sure and bring the children to see it at WARREN-EHRET COMPANY, CDNTrUCTOR; F01 EHRET'S SLAG ROOFING EHRETS SLAG ROOFING WILL RE SIST A FIRE BUILT UPON IT AND MAINTAINED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, AS WE HAVE PROVED BY AC TUAL TEST. IT IS FIRE-PROOF. 314 Washington ave., Scranton, Pa ('ommciU'iiiK iM, at 10 0'Ctoeli, Monday, March 1 will auction oil' balance of stock in lots of each kinds, couslstiui! of China, Crockery, Glass, Lamps l'lnted 'urc, Har Supplies House Furnishing Goods, 5c, ioc, 25c ant 50c. counter articles in endless variety. Dealers will find this a rate chance to fill up their stock, as 1 am rctiriun from business, livery article, including fixtures must be sold before April 1st. IIAMHM CHINA HALL DAY IS, Auctioneer. BEST SETS OF TEETB. S3, lnrhulini: tho painless extract!:!; bf ttetli by un entitelv now pro'.'iws. S. C. SNYDER, D. D. .121 Sprue; St , Opp. Hotel Jerniyn. !iTill!l! I! W P i PS) i If CHIEF. IB PTRN a FT Ml IIIUUIIUll. IIUUUUH, ! CHINA DEALERS THE NOTICE Get Our Prices Orsxsxsstf. ypk yijjg.'iitoy wanrro rcsasastx n rn franca eaxs Be sure you look through our stock before purchasing. ALL NEW SPRING GOODS. The prices we have put on our stock of Carpets, Draperies, Linoleums, Window Shades and Mattings will interest you. Great Rug S-ale. Plave you seen our Imported Seamless Axmiuster Rugs, (Carpet Sizes)? 6.6x9.8, 7.6x10.3, S. 8x10. 10, 9.9x13.2. "PRICES CUT ONE-THIRD. SIEBECKER S WITRHS, II1 A rata Sil iBilB 423 Lackawanna Avenin, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sterling Silver And Cut Glass. Great Reductions in All These Goods. Watches nnd Clocks paired on short notice. Re- DRUGGISTS, '20!) liuckiiwaiuiii Ave. To meet the demand for Patent .Medicines at popular pi-lees, oiler the following llt: .Uiyne'N Kxpectoraiit use liottle 1'iiliie's Celery I'oiiipoiuid 7"c bottle 1.. villa I'l 11k hum's 1 '0111 pnu ml "tie bottle HuikI'm Iteinedle" 'Jde hottlu lleiiMin's I'upcliii' l'latcri i,ie t-'iilirorniiib.Miipt'igs Uf,e bottle Nolle' Kooil l(K!lio .Mellln's rood Unc bottle Strengthening l'lin-teri tile euch Alleoek'N I'oioiis I'limters lOceiirh II el in hold's llueliu 7(ie bottle fellow's Swim Down l,lu box IltHid'HNiM'Miipiirlllii (17e bottle Ajei's Siirsiipiii'lllu use bottle Mood's I'llls 1 He box Ajcr's i'llls 1 8c box Curler's I'llls i,-)(. box Scott'H K11111M011, Iuikc 7oc bottle Scott's Kiniilslon, small ie bottle I'leiee'N .Medleal Ulscoxury 7"ie bottle I'ierce'N l'liNoille I'ruseiiptloii 7."ic bottle ciitlcurii Simp lncciiUo Wiiiner'H Mile Cure ,s le bottle Lyon's Tooth l'owdtT ISu bottle Call at our Htore for Patent Medicine. Drug and Prescriptions and sae money. Iteinem ber the store, 'JOII l.uehawiuinu avenue. V.dU.. Wl: I.I-A1) THIS PROCIsSSION With the llnest iiK-ortnient of Crockery nnd (ihi-swnreever collected under one loot'. Hut we are not mere collectors of beuutifiil,chliui. e want to sell nil of it, esenthe finest and prettiest pieces of the lot, and so we put prices 011 them Hint make customers feel tlmt they are yet 11 liy u real uood thlin; for their inone. We don't pretend to sell below cost nil the time, us we are bnlll lilie other people uml hae to Use. We sell cheap, though. New l.iiieof Htih.x I iiiritcjtt. METROPOLITAN CHINA HALL, C J. WEICHEL. 140 anil 14 Wash. Ave., Alears Bids;. Sohmsr Piano Stands at tiie Head AND J. V. (1UI:RNSI:Y Stands ut the Head la the Musio tnirk. You can always get a hotter barcnln at Ills beautiful warerooraa than at any other placo In tho city. Call and sen for yourself before buying, 205 Washington Avenue, SCRANTON, PA. J. V. GUERNSEY, Prop. Bl DUNN'S SPillNS HITS NONE BBTTEK. on 1 hem. raii 1 ins, 1 r 1 1 fi ipWBffli wwwmm mmmmmm 1 B "Htams' a 406 Lackawanna Ave. Opp. Warning Kousa.