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VGa Can Rot Afford to Miss a Day i VAS GOIuG DEYOilD cUoj) J)l kajl Daring the Clearance Sale aside daily, and you'll find good picking bere any time yon come. Cample Sole ConUnueo 02.50, $3.00 and $3.50 Shoes Id? At Our Store Hew bargains are being let Here are the prices on regular lines of Oxfords: 14.00 Oxfords $3.60 Oxford! $3.00 Oxfords $2.50 Oxfords $2.00 Oxfords $1.75 Oxfords $1.50 Oxfords $1.25 Oxfords $1.00 Oxfords 75o and 60s Oxfords for $3.20 for $2.75 for $2.45 for $1.95 for $1.45 for $1.85 for $1.20 for 95o for 85o for 48o remnants pioked another $2.50, $3.50 and 14.03 Shoes for $1 Lines are being broken every day, and the are being placed on the $1 table. Yesterday there were 15 pairs of $4.00 Shoes off this Tomorrow there'll be lot to go for $1.00. At Extraordinary Little Prices to Clean Up for the Season! MAION'SSHOESTOIE 328 Lacllawanna Avenue. Two burner Blue Flame Oil CROQUET SETS Near Cost.

Stoves, the best kind on the market, a gnawmteed value; were $4.00. $2.60 Wer 69c 98c $1.50 $2.25 For 45c 69o 98c $1.55 Three burner, $5.00 kind Two burner cabinet style $6.50 kind for $4.25 HAMMOCKS fit.ted inside with asbests The good kind, much reduced, full size linings. Come two sizes. in several combinations, wide valance, No. 1, was $2.00.

No. 2, was $2.50 stretcher and pillow; always $1.85. While Now $1.45. Now $1.89. they last $1.25 REFRIGERATORS Our best grades of hardwood Refrigerators, STONE WATER COOLERS rZti xt i Have nickel faucet and cover.

Length. Width, Height, Capacity. Sale Price. 24 17 13 40 lbs. $4.98 Slze 2 3 4.5 6 8 10 26 18 41 50 lbs.

$6.50 Were 79o 89c 98c $1.19 $1.39 $1.49 $1.75 32 21 45 100 lbs. $9.50 Now 55c 62c 69c 79o 83e $1.10 $1.25 CURLS OF LITTLE ETHEL BELLAM OF MOOSIC. TORN FROM HER HEAD TERMS STRICTLY CASH. RUNAWAY CAR HITS A BIG VAN; TWEHTY SIX HURT New Tork, Aug. 8.

Six persons were seriously Injured and at least twenty others were badly shaken up and bruised when a crowded Madison avenue car, north bound, alter running beyond control down a hill for nine blocks, smashed into a furniture van at Ninety ninth street, yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock. Mount Sinai Hospital is situated one block south of the point where the accident occurred and those severely hurt were taken there. CONGRESS ADOPTS ARBITRATION PLAN Rlo Janeiro, Brazil, via Galveston, Texas, Aug. 8. The official text of the arbitration plan has been adopted by the Pan American Congress.

It was re eolved to ratify adherence to the principle of arbitration and, to the end that I so high a purpose be rendered practi cal, to recommend to the nations represented at this conference that in structions be given to their delegates to the second conference to be held at The Hague to endeavor to obtain by the said assembly of a world wide character, a celebration of the general arbitration convention so effective and definite that, meriting the approval of the civilized world, it may be accepted and put in a form that every nation will agree to. Mr. Buchanan says that the fact of South American governments going to The Hague with arbitration recommendations indicates a new era of invitation, placing them on an equality before the world. It is right that they should take international matters to The Hague. Bridge Closed Cedar avenue bridge, that was closed between midnight and 6 o'clock this morning for repairs, will be closed again during the same hours tomorrow and Friday mornings.

Mr. Camln proposes to make a thorough job. New stringers twelve Inches high by four inches thick are being placed wherever needed, and the beams in every span are to be inspected before the men now engaged on the work are taken from their present task. By WHEELS OF 11 COM THE LEGAL SPEED That Wfci the Finding of the Coroner' Jury In the Gtutave Spathelf Case. TEE WITNESSES EXAMINED A coroner's Jury.

Impaneled to in quire into the manner of the death of Gustave Spathelf, who was killed on North Washington avenue on the evening of July ltos, by being run down by an automobile, held a meeting in tne court house yesterday afternoon, coroner James Stein presiding. When all of the evidence had been submitted, the Jury returned a verdict to tne errect that deceased na come to his death by being struck by an automobile that was being operated by John T. Fisher, and at the time Mr. isners machine was nemg operated at a greater speed than that which the law or the state allows. BROTHER NOT PRESENT.

It was expected that Charles Spat helf, the brother of the boy who was killed, and who was very badly injured at the time, would have been present, and testify, but it was stated that the little fellow's condition would not war rant such exertion, Mrs. Spathelf was present, and was represented by At' torney Clarence Balentine. Attorneys I. H. Burns and Joseph O'Brien repre sented Mr.

Fisher. The jury consisted of, B. T. Jayne, F. L.

Brown, John F. scragg, Fred Mason, James J. Carroll and Harry C. Hopewell. Counsel for Mr.

Fisher stated that their client had already entered ball for his appearance at court Mr. Fisher was not present at the lnauest The witnesses who were examined last evening were the following: John Hughes and Fred Hubbard, of Carbon dale, who were in the car with Mr. Fisher at the time of the accident, and William Holtham and James J. Kear ney, who were sitting on porehes in the vicinity, where everything pertain ing to the sad affair came under their observation. Mr.

Kearney was the first witness. His testimony was to the effect that the Fisher car was glng at the rate of fifty to sixty miles an hour, basing hie opinion on comparisons between the speed that Fisher's car was making at the time of the accident and the speed of trains, on which he had been a passenger. THOUGHT THET WERE RACING. Witness also testified that he saw the cars, a white car and a dark car. and gave it as his opinion that they were racing.

The time was about 8:90 p. m. Fisher's car was on the east side of the street, the dark car on the opposite side. Fisher's car crossed the tracks to the west side of the street, and ran on the Spathelf boys, who were coasting on that side of the street in a small wagon. Mr.

Holtham testified that he saw the two cars coming when they were a block away, and made the observation that they were coming at a terrlflo speed. He believed that the cars could not have gone any faster, and would place the speed at which they were moving at from fifty to sixty miies an nour. Mr. Holtham did not see Mr. Fisher's car cross the avenue, as the previous witness had stated, but said the machine stopped after it had struck the boys after it had run about one hundred feet.

The white car sped on. Mr. Hughes, of Carbondale, one of those in the Fisher car at the time of the accident, was the third wltnes. and he testified that he was a prospective Duyer, and that Mr. Fisher was mak Ing a demonstration.

He was paying ne particular attention to speed, but thought that fifteen or eighteen miles an nour mignt be the limit. He stated further that had the machine been going at the rate of speed testified to bv Mr. Kearney and Mr. Holtham, the car could not have been stopped within one hundred feet, as was averred. Mr.

Hughes was watching the operation of tne machinery when he felt the crash. and was of the opinion that a part of the small wagon must have become entangled with the steering gear, for the car veered towards the curbstone. The witness was asked if the parts of the wagon being caught in the steering gear would not have retarded the speed ot the car. He replied in the negative. FISHER COMPETENT.

He believed Mr. Fisher a competent chauffeur and had not heard then, nor since, tnat Mr. Fisher had been charg ed with reckless driving. Mr. Hughes ma not see any wnite car pass, though he was willing enough to admit that In his excited state another car could have passed without attracting his attention.

Mr. Hubbard, of Carbondale, also a passenger In the car, was the last wit ness. Mr. Hubbard Is the owner of a car, and was positive that Fisher was not speeding at a greater rate than fifteen miles an hour. So far as he was able to state, he had no recollection of any other car being oh North Washington avenue that evening.

DANGEROUS CROSSING IS TO BE ABOLISHED. The dangerous grade crossing at Dalton Is to be abolished by the Lackawanna road. Work was commenced on Monday at the grade crossing a few hundred feet above the Dalton station. This is one of the most dangerous crossings on the line as the buildings on the easterly side of the railroad are so close to the tracks that the view Is obstructed until you are almost on the tracks. The new road will pass under the tracks.

The excavation for the roadway will begin about two hundred feet east of the track and wfll continue nearly five hundred feet. It will take about sixty days to complete the work. SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH MEN TO 'HANDLE FREIGHT Freight Agent King, of the Delaware and Hudson company, In Wllkes Iiarre, In connection with the strike of the freight handlers says that the freight congestion In the company's city station and transfer has been disposed of and that the company has more men at work now handling freight than It needs. The most of the men at work are new to the business, but they are readily learning under the Instructions Of experienced men who were brought to Wllkes Barre from various points along the Delaware and Hudson system. Mr.

King further stated none of the old men would be taken back as they are not needed, and that the present force Is sufficient to handle all freight that passes through the city. The men who went out on strike numbered less than thirty. E. R. Allen, of Albany, general Inspector ot station service on the entire system, cam to Wllkes Barre yesterday and held a consultation with Agent Glng relative to tbe situation, 01 S(Pl Oii.VDo' TO REMOVE A TELEGRAPH POLE Special to The Truth.

Carbondale, Aug. 8. Dynamite WAS Mfinri S'lR nVlnnt Ma mnraln. in an unsuccessful effort to get rid of a teiepnone pole recently erected by the PnnRvlvnn1a. Tolanhnna at Wyoming street and Seventh ave nue, ktiis ciiy.

The pole was erected in the face of vigorous protests made by the property owners living in that vicinity, who claim that the pole obstructs passage to and from their homes. Suspicion however, Is not directed to them. One stick of dynamite was exploded with a resounding noise. The explosion splintered the pole and sent some fragments 15 feet away. The pole is so badly wrecked that It will have to be taken down.

ShorUy after the explosion four men were seen to pass that way. One of them was tall, and the others medium sized. ATJPLLE Hungry, avaricious and greedy burglars entered the home of J. A. B.

Pentecost, of Park avenue, Peckvllle, last night, and took away about everything thev milM nnrrtr fcxiicuusi reported the theft to the Scranton police The burglars made their entrance to the house through a cellar window. Besides taking provisions of every description, they took the following articles: One brass cornet, one 22 calibre revolver, one black silk umbrella, with tag handle, one green silk parasol, one white silk parasol, three black hats for men, and a man's black coat BURGUOTfHE SEEDS APARTMENTS The apartments of Mr. and Mrs. David Seeds, on the third floor of the hiiiMlncr lit 10 u.aniuu avenue, was entered by burglars last evening. A lemnMil ...1 ji uia.i.uuu jum, vtuuea at su, ana money to the amount of $360 were taken.

Mrs. Seeds was at the theatre. Mr. Seeds went out for a few minutes to see a friend, and tn iwii him door. His apartments were viaited in ThA wntfti thn Wllllnm ywri ''nill TT CIDBVI stole from Tailor George Schmidt in Mangan's speakeasy last Sunday has been recovered.

Wi MBA I frt ind a prompt buyer, a Central City bartender, who gave Welsser $2 for the watch at 1:50 o'clock Monday morning. The watch was valued at $50 and Welsser confessed yesterday to the theft and gave the name of the person to whom he sold It. The police called on the latter later in the day and demanded the watch! He demurred, and wanted U. He was told to get that from Welsser. He finally, though very reluctantly, gave up the gold piece and will probably whistle for his $2.

MBS. OLIVER'S BODY IS TAKEN TO BERWICK. The body of Mrs. Margaret Oliver, who died yesterday at the Scranton Private Hospital, was taken to the home of her son, William Oliver, at Berwick, yesterday afternoon, and the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. She was survived by four sons, William and Harry of Berwick; C.

of Plttston, and Samuel of Wllks Barre. Mrs. Oliver died as the result of blood poisoning, caused by cutting a oora a rasps mm DYNAMITE USED BURGLARS WORK SCHMIDT'S WATCH ISJECOVERED A' child's beautiful curls were ruthlessly cut off by the ponderous wheels of a snorting locomotive, in an accident on the Delaware and Hudson railroad near the station at Moosic about o'clock last evening, when little Kthel Bellam, aged 7 years, came that close to meeting death on the rails. The child was otherwise shaken up and bruised some, but altogether she had a miraculous escape from serious Injury if not death itself. She la the daughter of George Bellam, who lives the station at Moosic.

The passen ''fer train had just pulled out of the Moosic station when the locomotive struck the child. The train left Scran ton at 6:15 o'clock, and was bound for Wllkes Barre. The child had left W. R. Manners' drug store nearby and had found her way to the railroad crossing.

She had barely cleared the tracks when the locomotive thundered along. She was on tne ien nana siae 01 tne tram ana the CAPETOWN THE VERY Capetown, South Africa, Aug. 8. The riots her on the part of unemployed negroes is very serious. The blacks have dominated the eastern section of the city for the last two days.

The police have been powerless to quell the rioters, although they have charged frequently on the mob. The citizens Here are the prices on regular lines of Shoes: $6.00 $5.50 $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 $2.50 $2.00 $1.75 $1.50 $1.25 $1.00 Shoes Shoes Ehoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes for $5.25 for $4.85 for $4.45 for $3.55 for $3.10 for $2.10 for $1.70 for $1.50 for $1.30 for $1.10 for 85o irJWIlUMJf'i FRACTURES SKULL1 Harold Brown, the 10 year old son of James T. Brown, of Moosic, fractured his skull while fishing yesterday afternoon. He fell from the bridge near the Spring Brook colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Company, and struck on his head. He is resting comfortably.

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knowledged as the best for that plan) and the Eu. ropean dining room having white service. SuiU able allowance is made American plan guest lot any meals taksn on the European plan. alusio Golf, Ownership ManaaemeM i JOSIAH WHITE SONS) LaRe Sheridan, Pa Paradise House, Lake Sheridan. Leading summer cottage on lake, post offlce and phone connected with house.

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BOY RMAN EGO. CASTLE TIE CHOICE (Continued From First Page.) declination of State Treasurer William H. Berry. Prof. H.

D. Patton. of Lancaster, a former state chairman and the Prohi bition candidate for state treasurer In 1903, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor to succeed Castle, George Hoffman, of Ardmore, Mont gomery county, State Prohibition secretary, was nominated for Secretary of Internal Affairs, In place of E. A. Coray, of Luzerne county, who prefers to follow the' standard of Lewis Emery.

William T. Creasy for Auditor Gen eral, who was nominated at the Pro hibition state convention, completes tne ticket. The best Information obtainable is that Creasy will not get off the ticket, and he will be the only candidate to be voted for at the November election supported by the Democratic, Lincoln and Prohibition parties. CORAY WORKED FOR EMERT. E.

A. Coray. came here not only to emphasise his determination to get off the ticket, but to Impress upon the members of tne committee tne aavis ability of Joining the reform procession by indorsing Emery. He tnougnt tne election of Emery would enhance the cause of all reforms, including that of Prohibition. State Treasurer Berry made a similar appeal, declaring that the Prohibitionists ought to help along the reform movement begun last year.

After the discussion of the advisabil ity of placing Emery at the head of the ticket, Ellsha Kent Kane, of McKean county, submitted a proposition that no nomination for Governor be made. By so doing, said he, the Prohibitionists could not be charged with being against the reform movement, but his Idea received scant encouragement Then followed a motion, made by John E. Gill, of Venango county, that Mr. Emery be indorsed and the vote of 12 to 4 was the result. NOTIFICATION MEETING.

Chairman McCalmont Is already pre paring for a notification meeting of the candidates, to be held in Pittsburg within the next two weeks, when, he says, the campaign ball will begin to roll In earnest. There Is no certainty that Patton will accept. At the conclusion of the meeting. which was held behind closed doors, and consumed more than three hours' time, Homer L. Castle emerged and said: "Some newspapers have graciously stated that I would receive about 10, 000 votes.

The fact Is the Prohibition ticket will poll 160,000, or anyhow not less than 100,000 votes." L. W. BOARD. Scranton, Thursday, Aug. 9, 1906.

Extras East Wednesday. August 8. 6 Kingsley; 7:15 p. Latimer: 8:20 p. J.

E. Masters; 9:15 p. Tlgue; 10:30 p. Stevens. Thursday, August 9, 1:45 a.

M. J. Henlgan; 3:30 a. Bailey; 5:30 a. Ruegg; 6:30 a.

Devine; 6:40 a. m. (work extra W. John Gahagan; 9 a. Randolph; a.

Btsblng; 2 p. Swarts; 3:45 p. Staples; 5 p. grosser; p. Newman.

Summits 6 a. east, Carrlgg; 8 a. west, Frounfelker; 9 a. west, Nichols; 11 a. west, Finnerty.

Pushers a. west, c. Bartn; :30 a. west, S. Finnerty; 7 a.

west, Lamping; 8 a. east, Moran; 11:45 east, M. Murphy; 11:45 a. east, T. Murphy; 2:80 p.

west. C. H. Snyder; 7 p. east, Ludlow; 15 p.

east, W. H. Barth. Pullers 1 a. Magovern; 8 a.

Secor; 1:50 p. Gaftney; 4:30 p. Stanton. Extras West, Wednesday. Aug.

8. 9 p. P. cavanaugn; p. Labar.

Thursday, Aug. 4:30 a. B. Duf fy; 9 Battin; 11 a. J.

Henlgan; 1 p. 4 p. NOTICE! C. W. Dunn will run John Winter's crew on No.

52 Aug. 8, one round trip. Thomas win run v. singer's crew on :30 a. m.

work extra west, Thursday, August 9, one day. Rogers will run Fellows' crew on 8 a. m. extra east, Thursday, Aug. 9, one round trip.

C. veal and A. Sullivan win report at trainmaster's office Thursday, Aug. 9, at 8 a. m.

p. J. McDonnell will report for M. J. Henlgan In place of C.

Krellick, until further notice. P. Gilllgan will report for Doudlcan. J. Hastings will report for J.

W. De vlne. MeVay will run Reagon's crew on 2d 56, Thursday, Aug. 9, until further notice. DRAFT FOR THE BONDS SOLD BY THE CITY.

The dre.f that accompanied the bonds sent to Olendenin ft of Philadelphia, yesterday, has been heard from. The Philadelphia purchasers of Stanton's latest bond Issue has acknowU eedged the draft that accompanied the bonds. The money will not be available. however, until the Philadelphia hank wires the city treasurer that the draft has been cashed. This Is expected to take nlace today.

The amount to be received la 171,821.14, CAPTAIN OF THE SIRI0, IT IS SAID, DESERTED IT engineer could not see her. The edge of the tender struck her body and she fell alongside of the rails. Her head missed the wheels by the fraction of an Inch, and her little curls fell over on the rails. Another Instant, and the ponderous wheels had torn the hair from her scalp with a jerk. The child screamed for help, and her predicament wag soon discovered.

Immediately the train was stopped. When she was picked up, bleeding, by passengers, It was found that besides losing her hair, her body was cut and bruised by coming In contact with the wheels. None ot her injuries were serious, although some 01 tnem were painful. After her wounds were dressed In Manners' drug store by Dr. Watson.

she suddenly, from pain, placed her uiue nana to ner neaa and then discovered for the first time that her curls were missing. Her grief over this was distressing. She was unable to realize the peril she had passed through, but her father was overjoyed when she was delivered to him. SCENE OF SERIOUS RIOTING are living in constant fear of their lives as no home Is safe. The streets are now patrolled by the Capetown Highland Volunteers with fixed bayonets, but there is no assurance that they will be able to preserve order, and a bloody conflict may be precipitated at any moment.

The Spanish Government Is organizing a committee to relieve the extremity of the wreck's survivors. A Cabinet meeting will be held at Madrid today to vote.urgent credits. A Wealthy merchant, who abandoned a number ot valuable jewels on board the Sirlo, has donated them, when recovered, to the relief fund. The salvage of the cargo of the Sirio has begun. The captains of the fishing trawlers Goven Higjiel and Vicehta Llcano, who rendered such noteworthy services at the time of the disaster, has been decorated with the naval order of Merit.

is to blame but me." The discovery was made by his wife, who found him lying dead on the floor with a pistol in his hand. SWITCHMEN HAVE GONE ON STRIKE New Haven, Aug. 8. The outlook for the striking switchmen on the New Haven road is not a rosy one, according to rumors which have leaked out following meetings of the strikers held yesterday Xt? moon and last night. At these meetings demands were formulated and presented to General Manager Hlggins, of the road.

Just what the demands are was not made known, but it is known that the switchmen expressed their dislike for Yardmaster Blackall and it Is suid they asked for his dismissal. The action of the switchmen in striking, is said to have been premature. They went out following the discharge of two of their number who failed to obey the rules. Following the action of the night men who first struck, the day men refused to go to work and about 260 men are out now. It Is stated that the National Union refused to authorize the strike and the present strike does not have the support of the National organization.

If this is the case the strike will doubtless be short lived. One thousand cars were reported to be stalled in the local yards this morning as the result of tfre strike. Every For Bent Ai, in Truth hringi tenant. The As the selling time for Summer Goods is near its end, we must close out the balance of those goods regardless of price. During the month of ttgust we will have some very rare bargains in the following lines of high grade goods: Refrigerators, Lawn blowers, Cartagena; August 8.

According to the statements of gome of the survivors of the lost Italian steamer Sirio, the captain of the vessel came from his cabin immediately following the first hock, hesitated whether to go to the bow or stern or mount the bridge, and then turned and jumped into a lifeboat, crying "every one for himself." Thereupon began a terrible scene of confusion among the passengers, who engaged in a fierce struggle for possession of the boats and lifebelts. The crew with knives between their teeth and officers with revolvers in their hands saved themselves. HEAVY RAIN STORM SWEPT OVER NEW YORK New Tork, Aug. 8. With terrific force an electrical storm broke over the city at the rush hour last night and poured a flood of water into the subway.

All traffic was stopped for (hours, and below Fourteenth street eould not be resumed last night. Thousands of persons had to walk from stalled trains to stations. Streets were flooded in the lower part of Manhattan, and buildings were struck by lightning. Surface car lines iwrnniiKd with travel. Thirteen deaths from heat were re ported yesterday before the storm and lowered the temperature.

Of 11,... nt worA Infn.ntH. Thlrtv nemana were prostrated. MAJOR SCH0FIELD KILLED HIMSELF San Francisco, Aug. 8.

Major Wil Cntistflalri ann nf lieutenant General Schofleld. who was commander In chief of the United States army for florae years, comrmuea suiciue yesterday at his home by shooting himself in the left temple. He contracted dysen tery in me rnmppines, ana naa peen several hospitals. While he was in f.Mn MAntlv hta father ffA i Major Schofleld left a note addressed to "Whom It May Concern," read tW hlM 1 deliberate suicide. No on Ice Cream Freezers, Gas Stoves, Oil Stoves, Portable uvons.

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