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Rain tonight audi I Sunday. FULL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE DAY BY SPECIAL WIRE TTTENTY POUSTH TEAS. SCRAN TON, SATfrRD A AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2, 1907, ONE CENT. I II iHlfl IIN LM ICs VM CMP FAJDLTOES HAVE MEEM COMPLETE JUiittVVkrUlMiil UH III I SEE TODAY'S GREAT FOOT BALL GAME 1 During the Famine of If AA Mill Tigers and Indians Are Expected To Go On the Ffolri Ah nut F.vaii Favnrites The From Starvation; PaHinrr Hoc rhifiarAri. HaH ivvTf (3.

xt' Av TS br W' 1 RUSHING RELIEF PREPARATIONS juuiiiu una vuuugbu vhiiiihv Been in the Lead. OTHER IMPORTANT GAMES TODAY OF THE COLLEGES EAST AND WEST By United Ptcm. Cornell vs. Western University of Pennsylvania, at Ithaca. It Is Estimated That 45,000,000 People Will Have To Depend On the Government.

New York, Nov. 2. The possibility of an old time Indian massacre rlgnt on the heart of Manhattan is expected ana promises to draw 25.OC0 people to the Polo grounds this afternoon to witness the attempt of the Carlisle Indians to Pennsylvania vs. Lafayette, at Phil adelphia. Swarthmore vs.

Villanova, at Swarthmore. Syracuse vs. Bucknell, at Syracuse. Army vs. Colgate, at West Point.

Lehigh vs. Haverford, at Haverford. Williams vs. Vermont, at Williams tie a knot in the Princeton Tiger foot ball tail. Three days ago the belting was 3 to 1 on the copper colored athletes.

Two Br United Press. Simla, India, Not. 2. A more frightful famine than that of 1899, when more than 1,000,000 people perished of starvation, Is a certainty in thousand Princetonlans, each wlrfc a wad of call money, quickly reduced the odds upon their arrival today, una shortly before noon the betting was 10 to 8 with the chances good tor the India this saeson. teams starting on the field even favor ites.

Crop failures throughout the conn. The most spectacular contest of the try have been practically complete. oils. Trinity vs. C.

C. N. at Hartford. Wesleyan vs. Springfield T.

8., at Middletown. Gettysburg vs. Lebanon, at Aan ville. BROWX IS CONFIDENT. Boston, Nov.

2. The Brown foot ball team arrived here today, brimming with confidence and accompanied by a throng, of rooters, the rashest of whom offered even bet that their eleven would defeat Har Predictions for the future rest on close season is expected this afternoon. To date the Indians have proven tbe most expert exponents of the 1907 rules, the personal investigation by expert gov. open game and the forward pass. eminent agents whose work has been Princeton expects this afternoon to put so thorough as to lave no doubt of the an appreciable oeni in me recora oi occuracy of their forecasts.

her opponents. The Tiger lads show Having exerted itself to the utmost ed themselves pretty handy at the for vard. iu vain to prevent a famine, the gov. ward pass In a game with Cornell last Saturday, but it is said that the past Their confidence Is based partially on the poor showing made by th eminent is rushing relief preparations. week has resulted in a big Improvement in this feature of the play.

Last The work will be begun within a fort Crimson last Saturday against the Springfield training school, but mainly CARLISLE INDIAN SQUAP night on a scale more extensive than Saturday the Indians made a show of on the fact that Harvard's captain. the Quakers In the open game. before in ten years. It is estimated Parker, Bird and McDonald, are tem 'they will find Princeton an entirely that at least 45,000,000 people will be porarily out of the game. wholly dependent on the government different proposition and the fleet line of the Tigers promises to give the Carlisle forwards a much stiffer argument GAMES.

Minneapolis, Nov. 2. With a TWO MEN KILLED BY A for food. Relief was given to 11,000, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF THE than they encountered last Saturday. heavy field staring them in the face.

000 in 1899, at a cost of $75,000,000. both the Minnesota and Maroon teams Each of the teams has scored more than two hundred points this season are a bit gloomy today, but both an and each Is in exceptionally fit condi nounce their confidence of winning the tion for this afternoon's set to. SWITCHMEN WILL RETURN MOIA struggle this afternoon. Chicago i a four to three favorite in the betting. Mike Thompson, of Georgetown, will late shifts in the line up made by Dr.

LIVE WIRE AFTER FIRE AT FERN WOOD BREAKER referee the game, and Jack Minds, or Pennsylvania, will be umpire. The kick Off is scheduled for 2:30, and thirty minute halves will be played. 500 QUARTS OF NITRO GLYCERINE WAS EXPLODED Williams has caused Gopher stock to fall oft considerably. It is probable Capron will be played at half, while Coughlin, a new man. will take his A slight drizzle which fell durinsr the ing all llie railroads entering Buffalo.

early morning, promised to.male the place at quarter. A change also will neiu siow ana me Dan siiDDerv. The and Is a matter that will likely be disposed of by the roads Jointly. It is also surmised that when the matter grievances is once taken up that they ine up: be made at ends. Capron is being relied on to score by his clever droo The committeef rom the Switchmen's Union of North America, representing the Lackawanna members of the organization, who came here yesterday to seek a conference with General Superintendent T.

E. Clarke, with reference to the demands that will be pre sented to all the railroads entering Special to The Truth. Princeton. Carlisle. Wlster end Gardner Siegeling left Wasauk Waller left Afraid of a Bear kicking.

A trainload of Chicago enthusiast's Is expected to arrive Just be fore the game. wmue amicaoiy Disposed or. The switchmen will ask for an in and the bodies were then removed. The live wir which caused Mhe double tragedy leads frdm another breaker of Plttston, Xov. 2.

side hv JtT United Press. Butler, Nov. 2. By the explosion of. the magazine of the Petroleum Torpedo Company, sixten miles from here and two miles north of Petrolia, at midnight, several persons were In side, widh the hands still clutchine crease in wages of six cents an hour with a request, it is understood, for a (james in the west today are: Chicago vs.

Minnesota at Minnea Phillips center Schouchuk McFaydan right guard Lyon the deadly wire, the bodies of John Williams, fteneral superintendent for puiis. the Yatesville district, and Carmen jured and property value of oi Jurs. The Lackawanna switchmen are here to seek a conference with the general wa destroyed. The flva jtrnikfAa.ngoKe.'Jt, an Ittt1JaTvjTniner, wpe Buffalo, left the city today, but will return Monday, Indicating that the work here has not heen finished. No statement could be gotten either from the Lackawanna company's officials or the swetchmen at this time.

The movement Is a general one, affect dred qOar'S of nUro glycerine in fhe Buckingham tight tackle Brown right end Exeudlne Dillon quarter back. Mt. Pleasant Harlan left half back Payne Reade right half back McCormick full back Houser found at 6 o'clock tihls morning lose to the ruins of the Fernwood break superintendent the same as committees from other roads are seeking conferences from the heads of the roads on whteh they are employed. Michigan' vs.Vamierbilt at Nashville. Purdue vs.

Illinois at Champaign. Wisconsin vs. Iowa at Iowa City. Iowa State vs. Nebraska at Lincoln.

Kansas vs. Washburn at Tofeka. Ohio State vs. Kenyon at Columbus. Wabash vs.

Depauw at Crawfords ville. Indiana vs. Notre Dame, at Indian apolls. Western Reserve University at Ober lin, at Cleveland. OTHER EASTERN GAMES.

Other games of importance in the whom Hitchcock was alleged to have East today are; i MORGAN sailed on the steamer Majestic, was NI magazine let go from some unknown cause when no one was about the premises. The force was so terrific that the factory building of the company, one hundred yards away, wag blown almost to atoms, trees were mowed down, chimneys leveled and two barns and farm dwellings wrecked. Within a radius of a mile and a half windows were shattered. Even at Petorlia, seven miles away, many windows were broken. John Sykes and his family, who live lound in New York today.

Friends of Harvard vs. Brown, at Cambridge. Yale vs. Washington and Jefferson. er of the Hillside company, which was burned last night.

At 3 o'clock Superintendent'will iams, who is the son of the Rev. J. L. Williams, pastor of the English Baptist church iin Nanticoke, was making a tour of the debris and grabbed a live wire which had been carried down from a nole by the fire. There shot through his body in an instant 2,300 volts of electricity and he was killed instantly.

No one else was at the scene at the time, the uie to the Fernwood. KtjJboInga at ETC etaoinb SVfwwl4snt iHlams was one of aluia employes of the Hillside company. Hawas a civil engineer until he became general superintendent for the company. The flames which broke out from a mysterious source laid In ruins the breaker, causing a property toss which runsf ar up into the thousands and throwing 400 men out of work. Shortly after 10 o'clock Watchman Kroeger discovered the blaze, close to the engine room.

He started In to the engine room to blow the whistle, but the flames which spread with great rapidity beat him back, and he had to rush to a nearby telephone to get aid. The entire structure was in the'grasp of the flames when the fire fighting force responded to the watchman's alarm. Nothing could be done to stay the flames and the entire structure was soon reduced to a mass of debris. The estimated loss is $25,000. Just how the fire started is very much at New Haven.

AS SUCCESSOR POPE HAS ATT AC EC missing actor are in constant communication with her cj say that she will be produced at the proper time to refute the charges against the actor. In a statement given out through friends of Hitchcock today, the girl said: "Every charge of wrong doing alleged against Mr. Hitchcock and myself if untrue. It is a fact that I have met him and have sought a position In the chorus of his company. Further than that there was nothing between him and me." OF HEART TROUBLE near, were showered with plaster from theor walls, such a shaking did their house get.

Teh Sykes barn was demolished and several animals were crushed under the falling OFF crowds having gone to their homes after the breaker had been entirely consumed by the flames. It was not until 6 o'clock that his body was discovered, and th discovery caused another death. Carmen Br rnlted Press. Paris, Nov. 2.

The pope h. js had a The position of trainmaster on the severe attack of heart trouble, according to the Eclairs Rome corre of a mystery. A discarded match or a spark from a workman's pipe may have been the cause. dent to the attack of gotit from which the pope was reported as suffering yesterday, peihaps aggravated by the shock of the news of his favorite nephew's assassination byji discharged workman in the northern Italy factory of w'hich the nephew was spondent. He has been compelled to Y.

W. C. A. NOTES. take to his bed and cancel all appointments, the correspondent adds.

Pennsylvania division of the Delaware division of the Delaware and Hudson Kailroad, which was vacated yesterday by Frank Parry, who will take up the duties on Monday of trainmaster of the Lehigh division of the Lehigh Valley Kailroad, has been filled by the promotion of Clinton Morgan, who The illness is supposed to be an inci DAXC1XG PKOVKS PATAU Many men and women catch colds at dances which terminate in pneumonia and consumption. After exposure, if Foley's Honey and Tar Is taken It will break up a cold and no serious results need be feared. "Refuse any but the genuine in a yellow package. Sold by all druggists of Scran ton. IN MEETS WITH Mangonela was passing the rums when he saw the body.

He rushed over to where the body lay and raised the wire, so as to get under it. He fell dead across the body of Williams. From a distance John Mongonela, a brother of Carmen, had seen him fall suddenly to the ground. He at once rushed toward him. He grabbed the body and narrowly escaped being added as a victim.

He was hurled a considerable distance. His hands were terribly burned, and his face and head were badly gashed, the result of falling on some of the fire debris. He was taken to his home and will probably recover. The wire was cut by a 'lineman shortly after 6 o'clock this morning Mrs. Henry Hitchcock will speak on Australia Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.

This is the regular missionary 'meeting, and will be highly interesting. The Tuesday noon meeting will be addressed by Rev. Henry Muller. for a year has been chief dispatcher of I MUG II the Pennsylvania division. II IW DEATH I he promotion or Mr.

Morgan Is a decided advancement, as the position filled by Mr. Parry was one of great responsibility ana one that made a MYSTERIOUS DEATH HI MAYFIELD TESTED AND PROVEN great demand upon one's railroad experience. This is particularly true of the present traffic conditions of this Falling into the rollers at the Pyne colliery at Taylor yesterday, after he had finished, his work and Ka about to go to his home, Michael Salinski, of First street, Taylor, was crushed to death yesterday. The mangled body was found in the madhinery by George Davy while he was maklng his daily inspection. Special to The Truth.

There Is a Heap of Solace In Rclng division of the Delaware and Hudson road. Jesse Hounds, who has been chief night dispatcher, has been advanced to the position vacated by Mr. Morgan, and Edward Knapp has been made chief night dispatcher. All of these men are residents of Carbondale, and In their promotion their aflthful service with the Delaware and Hudson Company has been recog nized. YOU ARE JUDGED BY THE was Impossible for gas to have caused the death.

Doctors Martin and Gravws were asain called, and after an examination they advised that Coroner Stein be notified. This was done, and the coroner came here this morning. Officials of the mine declare that the boy could not have fallen Into tho pit accidentally, as the top and sides were closed. After much hard work the body was removed and token to he morgue of Undertaker Will Davis. There it was i later identified as that cf Coroner Stein will make an investiga MARRIED.

Klrby Iildwftll At Clemo, wavne county, Oct. 30, 107, Miss Stella Bid well, of Clemo, to John S. Klrby, of this city, the Rev. IL Parlett officiating. At Corbondale, Oct.

31. 1907. Miss Gwendoline Williams to Oscar W. Henter, the Rev. J.

C. Luke officiating. I'tley Millard At Carbondale, Oct .81, 1907, Miss Elizabeth W. Millard to Archibald R. I'tley, of Elmlra, N.

the Rev. T. F. Hall officiating. Da vl Jones At Rcranton, Oct.

30, 1907, Miss G. Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones, of iJean street, to Bertram Davis, of Hill street.

Rev. James Williams officiated. OMIora H.vroii At Scranton. Oct. 30, 1907, Miss Catherine Byron to Patrick O'Hora, the Rev.

E. j. Mel ley officiating. Gorman Decker At Fa'lls, Oct. 31, 1907, Miss Vera Belle Decker to H.

Smith Oorman, of Fcranton. Rev. "Dr. Able to Depend l'Min a Well. Eurm Reputation.

For months Soranton readers have seen the constant expression of praise for Doan's Kidney Pills, and read about the good work they have done In this locality. Nut another remedy ever produced such convincing proof of merit. Morgan Williams, living at 532' N. COMPANY YOU KEEP tion. Mayfield, Nov.

2. There is considerable mystery in the case of John Tlr pee. an Italian hoy, who died within a few minutes after taken from an ash pit at the Krie breaker of the Hillside Coal and Iron company yesterday. The boy was found in one of the ash pits which has been in use for sumo time, by two workmen. He was unconscious when pulled out, ami died before physicians reached the scene.

Doctors Martin, of May field, and. Graves, of Jennyn, believing with the workmen at the pits and mln' officials that the boy had been asphyxiated by gas In the pit made no examination. Mine inspector Moore, upon his arrival, soon became convinced that it Is a very true saying just the same We have secured the, agency for Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new laxative that makes tho liver lively, purifies the breath, cures headache These changes will also mean a promotion for Patrick Kllker, of May lleld, who only a few years ago was stibtlon agent at Mnyfleld. lie has PARKER'S organs. been a dispatcher since leuvlng May lute, and regulates the digestive Cures chronic constipation.

9WtW3 HAIR ALSAI 'i? Wj. 3 ltUUfHUit tTToW KV' 'vr' JiflKwr rilli to Ji.mturo HAIR BALSAM i Ask and will now till Mr. Knann's wth. OVrM of Color. about it.

Sold by all druggists Scranton. place. The new dispatcher added to the force Is Hay Siegel, of Carbondale, il'Tftirfl A hair taliuug, who has ben advanced from oper ator. as a business man is judged by the appearance of his stationery. A well printed NOTE OR LETTER HEADING Will at once invite the attention of the party to whom addressed, and will add prestige to the subject mat I ANOTHER DEATH FROM THE BABBIES Bromley avenue, Scranton, says; "The results that followed the use of Doau'a Kidney Pills in my case were most satisfactory.

For a long time previous to using them I suffered from kidney trouble and at times my back ached so severely that I could not stoop over, and could hardly endure the; pain. I happened to read about Doan's Kidney Pills and was advised to try i them, so I procured a box at Matthew Bros, drug store and used them as ill reeled. 1 continued using them and the results were satisfactory every way." From statement given April 7, Dorchester, of the Elm Park Church, Scranton, officiated. Grey Casper At Scranton, Oct. 81, 1907, Robert E.

Grey and Miss Emma Casper, daughter of John Casper, of Plum Place, Green Ridge. Rev. Dr. Pierce officiated. BELIEVE THAT HITCHCOCK IS IN NEW YORK "There Is Such a Difference In Gas Portables" ter therein contained.

JT I'nlted PrMi. DIED. Murphy At Scranton, Pa Nov. 2, 1907, Thomas J. Murnhv.

of 620 Birch Special to The Truth. Wilkes Harre, Nov. 2. From the bite of a dog suffered five weeks ago, Valeria Judkofsky died Thursday night at commented a visitor the other day. "Why.

do you know," she continued, "that at no other store have I seen a portable us good as this one at 12.50, for less than 3." The one In ii 11 ut nn a hlriU Kuii ilnmnlau.mn him. I New York, Nov. 2. It Is the current belief on Hroadway this morning that Raymond Hitchcock, the missing co street. Funeral announcement will be I her home in swoyersvllle, after suffer' Ipg for one day with hydrophobia.

Her median, wno suoemy uisappfarea ner, 10 ln. ring, mantle and hoso complete, death makes the second from rabies POORLY PRINTED STATIONERY is a serious drawback to any business, although in many cases it costs more than the first class product. No matter what you need in the I lor anageu wrongs io young kh una not left the country, or even gone gone many miles rrom iiroauway CONFIRMF.D PROOF. On 'ept. 28, Mr.

Williams confirmed his previous statement by saying: "I think Just as highly of Doan's Kidney Pills at this time as when I recommended them some years ago. I keep them on hand constantly and when I f'el any symptoms of the trouble, I take a few doses and they always give th relief. I am glad to recommend them to other kid It la hinted in many quarters that Tor J2.50. We now have an infinite variety of new styles In Brushed, poliahed end Antique Brasses, imported Ilronzn and with. Figured Standards and Kuby Cylinders.

Also a superb array of High Art Shades and Art Domes. We can trim a portable to your complete satisfaction be the price and requirement what they may. printing line, you can always depend upon having it done in the best possible manner if you patronize JIL ney sufferers. maae later. O'Hara At Archbald, November 2.

1907, Michael O'Hara, of South Main etreet. Funeral Tuesday morning. Hunt At Hcranton, November 1, 1907, Gertrude Florida Hunt, the 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I.

Hunt, of 1124 Linden street. Funeral service tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock at the house. Burial will be made dn the Dunmore cemetery. Peter At Dunmore, November 1, 1907, Mrs. Wlfhelmlna, Pejers, of Brook street.

Funeral tomorrow afternoon, with Jntenment in the Dunmore cemetery. Thoma At Carbondale, November 1, 1907, David Thomas, of Belmont fttraet. Funeral announcement' will toemade later. Oarden At Plttston, November 2, 1907, Thomas Carden, of Market street. Funsral announcement will fee mad later.

For sale by all dealers. Prlco 50 within eight days and the third case of the dlsense In thut time. No attention was paid to the wound when tho child was bitten five weeks ago. On Wednesday the child's condition became critical. Doctors were hurriedly called, but too late to save her life.

She died after suffering much agony. The dog which bit the girl was ehot a few minutes after he had attacked her. Conditions at Swoyersvllle am such as the result of the number of dogs that have gone mad in the past two weeks. that' the Rtato authorities should be called to act, says Dr. Chas.

Long, of this Uy, who woe called on Wednesday to attend the Judkofnky girl. One otiher victim of a hind log died several day ago and. another receiving1 the Pasteur treatment. certain evidence which Hitchcock desired was not forthcoming at this time and that he was advised to drop out of sight until It could be produced. Reports continue to come In from all parts of the country from persons who claim to have recognized the missing actor, but the police are putting little credence In them.

Mrs. Hitchcock, known on the stage as Flora SSabella, Is continuing her role on "A Yankoe Tourist." In a statement today she declared her absolute onfWence In her missing husband and aVeri' that his entire Innocence of the charges against him will rents. Foste.r Milburn Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. THE SCRANTON TRUTH PRINTERY.

and it will cost you no more. Call on either phone: Old 199. Geo. V. Millar "Walk in and Look Around," 213 15 Washington Avenue.

New 2856. MASONRY BUILDING CO. A. Apostollco, 1406 Adums ave absolutely be proven. BeHa McKenzle, the young girl with nue.

Old phone. Scranton. Pa..

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