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' r~ » / 63d YEAR. P1TTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1903. TWO CBNT8 A CO*Y. ( Q. pD A ftFSl FORTY CENTS A MONTH, f ° r ilUriO. NINETY PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES BUILDING WAR ENDS. JHE FLOOD IS RECEDING •were never worse in this locality. Thousands of acres oi fertile farm lands In this vicinity ari devastated. The Sny levee, protecting 100,000 acres of Illinois farm lands, Is in danger. This levee Is tUlrty-flte miles long. A guard Is being kept over It constantly. ROOSEVELT STERLING.... All Summer Goods at Special Low Prices New York's Idle Workmen to Re- IN IOWA. sume Operations. New York, June 3.—Under the terms of a settlement practically ugreed upon by both sides 100,000 workmen In the building trades In New York are expected to return to work tomorrow or Friday. Fearful Result of 8torm on the Pacific. At Kansas City the Situation Is Much Improved. A Night in Dubuque—Sever- $1LVER READ THESE PRICES: THE GEORGIA TORNADO. 1 case of Children's Yosts, for 3 Cents. Gauze A Scene of Rail In Storm's Path—A al Cities Visited. The employers have gained what they have been contending for, Inasmuch as the truck drivers and the men who handle the materials In the yards are to return to work under the same conditions that existed before the men were locked out. no'danger of a FAMINE. Hundred Dead, More Mar Die. 1 case Dress Lawns, all colors - and patterns, for 3£ Cents. Ladies' Fancy Summer Corsets, grand value, for, a pair, 25 Cents. &adies' Sunbonnets, all colors and shapes, a large stock to choose from, for 15 Cents. , STEAMER WENT DOWN. Gainesville, Ga., June 3.—The entire pathway of the storm, extending two miles from the Gainesville mills around the outskirts of the city to the Pacolet mills at New Holland, is a mass of ruins as the result of Monday's appalling disaster. The cottages in the trail of the tornado between the Southern station and New Holland were those of negroes who were all absent from the city in attendance on a colored excursion, so the loss of life was less than it otherwise would have been. ,■ GREETED BY 20,000 PEOPLE A large assortment of new and beautiful tfoods, suitable for wedding and ann i versary gifts. We invite your inspection. All on Board Loat—Three Other Vet- Street Car Lines Resuming Service Crowds Greet Roosevelt at Indepen- •els Wrecked—Only Brief Partieu- Both the material men and the united board of building trades agree to waive recognltlQn of the United Material Drivers' union. The yards are to be opened, aqd thC*inien are to return to work, but they will go back as Individuals and not as union or nonunion men. and Waterworks Again in Opera- dence, Manchester and Denison— lars of the Disaster Come by Way tion—Eight Persons Known to Have Hundreds of Doves Let Loose as Wide Fancy Ilibbons, all colors, a yard for 10 Cents. of Valparaiso and London. President Rose to Speak. i i Children's Fancy Sunshades, all colore and sizes, from 10 Cents up. Ladies' ready made Duck Skirts —they come in all colors nicely trimmed with braid and well made, for 98 Cents. London, June 3.—Lloyd's today received a dispatch from Valparaiso, Chill, reporting the loss of the Pacific Navigation Co.'s steamer ' Arequipa, with 80 persons aboard, passengers and crew. Aterrific gale prevailed for two days along the Chilean coast. The British ship Foydale, the German bark Persimmon and a Chilean bark were also wrecked. Six of the crew and the captain's wife and son on the Foydale were lost, as also were two members of the crew of the Chilean bark. Been Drowned—Estimated Losses. H. G. SHupp Kansas City, June 3.—The flood situation Is very much improved. The gas supply is ample, two electric street car lines have resumed service and others will follow at once, the electric light plant Is ready to begin service, but does not do so because of the possibility of fires from crossed wires; the waterworks has begun to pump Kansas river water Into the reservoirs, and tomorrow the water will be turned Into the pipes. Dubuque, la., June 3. — President Roosevelt arrived here last evening and spent the night here. He left for the east this morning. When he reached here he was greeted with tho presidential salute and cheers of several thousand people as ho stepped from hiB train. At least 20,000 lined the streets driven over by tho presidential party. Expert Optician, By waiving recognition of the union it Is meant that the demands of the drivers made upon their employers early last May that none but union drivers be employed will be Ignored, and the men are to go to work as If their union had never existed. Business is almost entirely suspended throughout the city, the attention of everybody being given to the care of the wounded and suffering. 3G W. Market St., Wilkasbarre. 1 lot Ladies' Fancy Percale Shirt Waists, extraordinary value, for 29 Cents. The following Is a summary of the effects of the' tornado In Gainesville and Its environs: Men's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, elegant valne, 26c. Oil the other hand, tho truck drivers are to retain their union organization and will continue to be represented in the united board of building trades. But the board will not attempt to enforce the drivers' demands for recognition of their union. Concessions have been made on both sides in arriving at a basis of settlement. One hundred killed. The president addressed a few wordB to 0,000 school children assembled In the city park, who sang "America" ns the party approached. The drive ended after a tour of the hills overlooking the Mississippi river at the Dubuque club, where the president spoke to 8,000 people. At the close of the address the president and party were banqueted by the Dubuque club. B&R Children's Muslin Drawers nicely trimmed with lace, all sizes, for 15 Cents. One hundred and fifty Injured, of whom probably twenty will die. LATE FLOOD DISPATCHES. The food supply Is ample on both sides of the river, the vast quantities of meat in the packing houses having been reached by the packers. The predicted Increase of sickness has not appeared. Both the Kansas and the MIssouiTYlvors are falling slowly. Eight hundred persons homeless, their residences having been wiped out of existence. Wo also carry a full line of Hammocks in our House Furnishing Department. The Situation at Kansas City Is Rap- idly Improving. Property loss about a half million dollars, none of which was covered by storm insurance. Price List• IT PAYS TO BUY AT THE s Washington, June 3.—Tho weather bulletin this morning says the Mis souri river at Kansas City has begun to fall. Gauge this ihorning, 34.4 feet, a fall of 0.6 since Tuesday morning. The rise continues to the eastward and at St. Ixniis this morning the stage was 31.2 feet above the danger line. From the water now in Bight no considerable damage can be done In the vicinity of St. Louis. Not over 35 feet of water Is being at present indicated.Girl Expreaaed to ftome. At Independence, where a moment's stop was made. President Iloosevelt paid tribute to Iowa's sons and daughters and said ho believed In the future of tills country because he believed In the quality of the men and women composing it. Best Patent Flour $4.50 PEOPLE'S STORE _ New Brunswick, N. J., Juue 3.—Little Emily Bremnier, ten years of age, is making the trip alone from Perth Amboy. Hie town of her blrtli, to the home of her aunt In Nome, Alaska. She is traveling by express, and her relatives in New Brunswick have received word that she has arrived safely at San Francisco. Eight persons are positively known to have been drowned in the two Kansas Cities since lafet Friday. Bight Pernona Drowned. PRESIDENT MORSE DEAD, Onion Sets, per quart . .05 Bead of Shipbuilding Company Meet* Bermuda Onions, Cjuart 15 South Maui St., Pittston. Following Is a list of some of the largest structures that have either been damaged or swept away: Sudden End In New York, Peanut Butter ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. New York, June 3.—Henry G. Morse of Philadelphia, president of the New York Shipbuilding company of Cam den, was stricken with apoplexy while attending a business conference in tinprivate offices of J. P. Morgail & Co. yesterday afternoon and died soon afterward at tlie Astor House, where he was taken In a private ambulance. C; n Mushrooms... White Clover Seed Chicago and Great Western freight depot, sixteen railroad, street car and wagon bridges, building occupied by Seavy & Flurshelm, merchandise brokers; T. L. Cassel's refrigerator factory, several' saloons, several piers of the "L" road viaduct, 1.000 buildings in Armourdale, 500 buildings in Argentine, 400 buildings in the enst bottoms, 200 buildings In Sheffield and 100 buildings in the west bottoms. A few minutes' stop was made at Manchester, where the president was Introduced to a big crowd by Captain J. F. Merry, assistant general passenger agent of the Illinois Central railroad and for many years a resident of Manchester. EVANS BROS Kansas City, Mo., June 3.—The lacX of water is still the most serious want. Gas for fuel and lighting seems ado-' quale. No further loss of life is expected. A regular boat service Is in operation to Kansas City, Kansas. The conditions there are Improving hourly. There is plenty of food now that the packing house coolers can be reached, and, with a regular train Bervice to Fort Leavenworth, the danger of famine is past. Minister HlreN Billposter. Lawn Grass Seed . .25 QROOERS Osw«go. X. Y., June 3.—Tiie ltev. C. II. Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian church'of this city, lias shocked the conservative element of the town by miking a contract with Joe Wallace, a billposter, to bill tho city advertising Ills sermons In the thorough and effective manner of a circus manager. New Garden Seeds, all kinds, package and loose. * $4.50 Feed, all kinds, per 100 1.16 Hay, long and cut, per 100.. .90 Potatoes, por bu .70 C « "*.T Boat Fatent Flour The New York Shipbuilding company Is a $0,000,000 corporation, formed In New Jersey In 1890. It operates a large modern shipbuilding establishment at Camden, N. J., the property including 141 acres of land, with 3,000 feet of water front on the Delaware river. White Dovea.at Denlaon. The special train bearing President Roosevelt and party reached Dcnlson by the Illinois Central on time. During the morning hours heavy laden excursion trains arrived from all points. The presidential party and other distinguished guests were driven through the city and returned to the station, where they found a crowd of not less than 10,000 people. BRENNAN i ROBERTS, . .. • Butter, Now, extra fine, per lb Onion Sets, per Cjt 06 Lawn Seed, per lb 18 Timothy Seed, per bu 2.15 Clover Seed " , 7.75 Wo carry a full line of loose seeds of all kinds, garden tools, early potatoes such as Early Rose, Ohios, Trumps, Peerless and Kings The Burlington nnd Milwaukee bridges across tlio Missouri and the Missouri Pacific bridge across the Kansas are Intact, but the approaches are wrecked. 42 North main Street, Chicago, June 3.—The Ferris wheel, one of the main attractions during the world's fair in 1893, has been sold at auction, a Junk dealer bidding It In. The sum paid for the engines, boilers, etc., was $1,800. The wheel cost $3U2,- 000. Jnnk Dealer Qet« Ferris Wheel. Mr. Morse was prominent In the affairs of New York. He was a member of the Union League club, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers. the University club and the club composed of the graduates of the ltensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y. He was bwn In 1S51. BTNoit to Eagle Hotel Both phonee Kansas City, Mo., Juno 3.—Burlington train No. 3, from Chicago, due here on Sunday afternoon, is lost between Liberty. v eight miles down the Missouri, asul' Kansas City. Agent Hammond has received word from Chicago to locate and relieve It at all hazards. He chartered n tug and went down the river yesterday afternoon, but found no trace of the train. A washout 3G feet deep was found at Birmingham. It was partially explored, with no results. Darkness prevented further search. Superintendent Young of tho Swift Packing company says that there are probably twenty-five to thirty bodies In the wreckage lodged In the Armourdale packing house district. The president was introduced by Secretary Shaw, who was received by the people with a tremendous ovation. MURPHY & JOYCE. uiove Workers' Strike Ends, The crowd went wWcTtvlien the president rose to speak, and It was several minutes before the cneerlng ceased. Just as the president rose hundreds of white doves were released among the crowd In front of him, and these emblems of pence hovered about the president's head and evoked an outburst of applause. The president spoke for nearly twenty minutes. Gloversville, N. Y„ June 3—The block cutters' strike, which was Inaugurated March IS and was followed May 8 by the manufacturers locking out the table cutters, thus affecting tho 10,000 glove workers in Fulton county, has boon settled ns a result of tho Intervention of Messrs. M. A. Marks and Samuel B. Donnelly of tho Nationul Civic federation, New York. Skiffs were sent to "The Patch," a slum district neur Armour's packing house, and twenty-eight men and one woiuun were rescued from liuts. These refugees reported that they had counted twenty-two of their neighbors and friends who hud lost tliolr lives. EVANS BROS Canadian Reciprocity Dead, Big Reductions in Prices On Groceries Washington, June 3.—Hope of the reassembling of the high Joint commission lias again been abandoned. A few months ago everything presaged n meeting of the Joint commission In Canada—probably at Toronto—just after the adjournment of the Canadian parliament. The matter had progressed go far that the records of the old commission were drawn from their pigeonholes and preliminary exchanges had token place between Sir AVIlfrid Laurler and Senator Fairbanks. Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the British parliament last week, it is said here, is largely responsible for the new attitude of Canada. BOOTS AND SHOES Men's Guaranteed Patent Leather Shoes : Men's Guaranteed Patent Leather Oxfords Ladies' Patent Leather Shoes $3.00 to $3.60 Ladies' Dongola Oxfords from $1.00 to $2.60 We only quote a few, but to realise what these goods are .von want to call. We also have a fine line of baby shoes, all colors. See ua when you want anything in the shoe line. The relief fund last night umouuted to $:kD,ooo. $3.60 Chicago, Juhe 3.—The officials of the Burlington railroad deny that any of their trains are now or have been missing, as reported in dispatches from Kansas City this morning. They claim that all their trains are account- Armour's Roast Beef, 2 lb can Armour's Canned Beef, 2 lb can 3.25 Swift & Co. estimate their loss at $'200,000. 1 lb Saleratus Mnrh Cottou liurnod, Washington. June 3.—Morocco is completely demoralized us a result of the trouble between the sultan and the pretender to the throno, if reports received at the state department are to be believed. The troops have been without pay for many mouths and refuse to obey the orders of their officers to advance 011 the pretender, so the leaders are shut up In the towns, unable to sully forth. The Ilritish and French governments have stationed war ships at Tangier, and it is the intention of their commanders not to await an outbreak before adopting preventive measures.Morocco In Bad Sliaiie, 1 lb Lion Coffee 1 lb can Brook Trout Now York. June 3.—Fire 1ms destroyed 1,000 bales of cotton stored on n pier of the Hush Terminal company, Brooklyn. The cotton was the property of Hopkins, Dwlglit & Co. of the New York Cotton Exchange. Each bale was worth $00. The property was fully insured. Keokuk. Ia., June 3.—Six hundred square miles of rich farming land along the Mississippi south of here are under water. The Egyptian levee broke during the night in two places, and there are now more than twenty breaks in it. This levee runs from the Mississippi ut Alexandria to the bluffs and protects the lowlands as far south as Ilannibal from overflow from the Des Moines. A strip of country ten miles wide and sixty miles long is now under water, and the crops, which never looked better, will be n total loss. Much of the land overflowed has not been flooded for thirty-three yours. The loss will reach $1,000,000. Crop* Rained In Iowa, 1 lb Arbuckle's Coffee ed for. 1 doz. Clothes Pins I box Magic Yeast 1 bar Armour's Tar Soap Good Mixed Tea London, June 3.—It Is reported that tile Chartreuse monks, who were recently expelled from France by the law of associations, have practically completed negotiations for the purchase of Iona Island, one of the Hebrides, from the of Argyll. Monks to Purchase an Island. 12 bars laundry Soap 1 can Baked Beans, tomato sauce 5c Best No. 7 Broom 21c Tito Die In a Manliole. Washington, June 3.—The investigation of affairs at the post office department is proceeding as rapidly as possible. and the investigating officials hope to close their inquiries by Aug. 1. Postmaster General I'a.vne said that all the salient points of the investigation probably would lie disposed of by the end of this month, but that the rest of the work might continue for a considerable time. The only development announced at tliD* department was the promulgation of the letter of former First Assistant Postmaster General Ileatli. who enters a denial of the Tulloch charges. PoMtal Investigation®. Washington, June 3. — Harold C. Grant of Washington and Melvln B. Smith of Gloucester, Mass., members of the district civil engineer corps, met death while In the manhole of a sewer. They were engaged In surveying work at the time. Especially low prices In Shoes. Screen Doors and Windows, Garden Tools, Oil Cloths and Linoleums. 44 and 46 S. Main Street Train Falls Through Bridge. Coshocton, Ohio, June 3.—A passenger train on the Toledo. Walhondlng Vnlley and Ohio railroad is reported to have gone through a bridge over the Walhondlng liver, 20 miles from here, this morning. The details are not yet obtainable. For WEDDINGS CI A war* I For FUNERALS ■ I WW Ol* i Prescott. Ariz., June 3.—The eight hour law passed by the last legislature has gone into effect in tills territory. Mine owners and operators in Yavapai county adopted ten days ago the scale of woges which they are willing to pay for eight hours' work. The scale is 4 higher rate per hour than lias previously been paid 011 the basis of the ten hour day, but it is not acceptable to a large number of miners. Several properties are reported to have closed down, and there are rumors that others will close. Arizona Under Elitbt Hour Lair. Just what yon want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do mnch for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) A Remarkable Echo. Government Help Offered. Murphy & Joyce. ,-At the castle of Siinonettn, Italy, there is 'an nngle In the building which re-echoes a pistol shot sixty-one times. Tho echoed reports from twenty-one to thirty-three are always louder than the report of the shot itself. Washington. June 3.—General Gillespie, chief of engineers, telegraphed Major CaBey at St. Louis asking if a suag boat could be sent from St. I.ouls to Iiansus City for the relief of the flood sufferers. Major Casey replied us follows: "Bridges blocked by debris. Steamboat navigation suspended on the Missouri. Coal very difficult to procure. It may be impracticable for snag boat to make Kansas City within three weeks." Adjutant General Corbin telegraphed the commander of the department of the Platte that Secretary Itoot approved the course of Colonej Miner in issuing rations to the sufferers at Kansas City, Kan. 309, 213, 070 North Main Street. Both Phones PITT8TON, PA. ' J-B.CARPENTER,exeter st. miter mm Serious Forest Fires. Rutand, Vt„ Juno 3.—Forest flres are raging in the towns pf Danhy and Mt. Tabor. It Is estimated that G.OOO acres of heavy timber have already been destroyed. The fire is beyond control. lHeeraehanm IMiien. (7\ruri/ys PRICES. Sale on Laces and Embroideries AT The practice sometimes Indulged in by smokers of soaking a meerschaum lu hot water, mllkfor steaming It la altogether wrong. Hit spoils the meerschaum and ruins tho color. Americana Have Diamond Craze. New York. June are going diamond mmly according to the figures given out by tin- custom house. Diamonds and other precious stones worth ;f;:!.4:J-2.i)00 were Imported In May. This is greater than in any previous month. For the lust two years, since the wuve of prosperity swept so many men of moderate means Into the ranks of the millionaires, the importations of diumomls have increased, l.ast year they broke all records, and Jewelers thought the top had been reached. Qneenstown, June 3.—'The Philadelphia cricket team arrived aboard the White Star liner Majestic today. Tho men are In the best form and will opan against Cambridge on June 8. Philadelphia Cricketers at Queenstown Quaker City Strike Autfinented. MAGNET A snake's gullet Is bo distensible that one scarcely twenty Inches Ions cun swallow a hen's egg without difficulty.A Snaked Gullet. Philadelphia, Juno 3.—The strike of the textile workers of Philadelphia for a flfty-flVe hour week luis now spread to the hosiery'mills, tying up the textile industry tighter than It has been since the great suspension was inaugurated. Fully 8,000 persons have joined the already large army of idle workers. Most of these were women and children employed In the hosiery mills in the Kensington district. Western Washer, (square).. .$3.25 Western Washer, (round).. . $3.2/5 Screen Doors.. ,75c, $1.00 DV- $1.25 Window Screens .25 Universal Wringers $2.25 Superior Wringers $2.25 Tin Boilers (50c anil 75c Copper Bottom Boilers $1.00 All Copper Boilers $2.50 Miners' Squibs, all kinds Lawn Mowers Potatoes, per bu New Onions, jDer peck Cabbage Tomatoes, 3 cans for.. Corn, 3 cans for Tobacco, all kinds Leggett's Oatttakes, 3 for Mother's Oats... Shredded Wheat Maple-flake Malta-Vita Force THE Llpton's Boats at Fayal. Leavenworth, Ivan.. .Imie 3.—Two companies of engineers have left for St. Mary's. Kan., to rescue the heavy artillery encamped at that place and starving because of the floods, which have completely surrounded the men. Scanty reports received at the post from the place where the battery is encamped show that the condition Is truly critical. The only nourishment the troops have had for several days has been from chewing their leathers and drinking the muddy flood water. It will take the engineers three days at the least to reach their comrades even with forced marches. Artillerymen Starving. FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS we offer some very remarkable Lace values. There will be a threat demand for i them at the price. See our window display. Every yard a bargain Fayal, Azores, June 3.—Sir Thomas Upton's boats, the Erin and Sham roclc III., en route to America, arrived here today. Sir Walter Scott's chief pursuits were riding and coursing. Ills dogs and ho appear in the same pieces of sculpture, testifying to his habits. Later in life he patronized gardening. Scott'H Method of CifrfUlnK. Mm. Taylor at Daniiemora, Meagre Report of Railway Wreck, Plattsliurg. X. Y., June 3.—Mrs. Kate Taylor of Monticello, Sullivan county, who was convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted at Dauncniora during the week of July ,5. has reached the prison and was at once taken to a room in the hospital because the quarters that have been set apart for her occupancy have not been fitted up. She will not be eonfined in the death house with the five male condemned murderers. .10 $3.00 . .75 Augusta, Oa., June 3.—It Is reported that an excursion train was wrecked near Sumpter, on the Coast line, and many persons are reported killed and Title I'agca, Root and Gardner to Florht. Valenciennes Laces, 5-in. wide, usually sold for 25c a yard, now 5c It was not until 1470 that a title page was Introduced to books and in England not till shortly before 141X1, when W. IDe Machllne issued one to his little book on the pestilence. Caxton never used them, hut Wynkyn De Worde.employed them in nearly all his books. Chicago, June 3.—Jack Hoot and George Gardner have signed articles for a twenty round battle, at Fort Erie, Ont., on the nfternoon of July 4 for the light heavy weight chumplonship of the world. The International Athletic club agrees to put up a guaranteed purse of $7,500, or the men can have the privilege of taking GO per cent-of the gross receipts. lib 5c, 8c, 10c Largo assortment of Linen TordMMI Laces, from lj-iu. to 3-i». wide; your, choice 5c injured. THE WEATHER. Embroidery Medallions, all the latest and best patterns, from 4c Washington, June 3.—Fair tonight and Thursday. 25c Ladies' Sunbohnets, only Kk The bridge of the Holy Trinity, Florence, was built in lOQO, It is 322 feet long, of white marble and is even now reckoned as being without a rival as a specimen of the bridge building art. Holy Trinity Brldite. Topeka, Iian., June 3.—The known dead here number forty-eight: The river has fallen three feet and is now receding at the rate of two Inches an hour. Distress Is great among the refugees. Governor Bailey has Issued a proclamation calling for help for flood sufferers of the state. Fifty deputy sheriffs armed with Winchesters ure stationed In .North Topeka to protect property, with orders to shoot looters whenever they nre caught stealing. Forty-eight Dead at Toiieku, Utica, N. Y., June 3.—James IV. Purchase, a farmer, aged sixty-one, was returning from Iticlificld Springs with a load of mill feed, and when near Jordnnvlllc the load caught tire, and wagon and contents were soon enveloped ill flames. Mr. Purchase was so badly burned that he died In half an hour. A (Inter Fntnllty 15 ,15 .15 10c India Linen, here for 6c A new form of Are Insurance. For particulars, see J. E. Patterson & Co. Flre In Olean, N. Y. Olean, N. Y., June 3.—Fire last night destroyed $20,000 worth of property. The buildings burned were the City Clubhouse barn, the Clean House cold storage plant, Olean House livery barn, Meyer Bros.' cold storage plant and several barns. One lot Dimities, the 10c kind Mother CJray's Sweet Powders for Children, successfully used by Mother Gray, for years a nurse In the Children's Home in New York, cure feverlshness, bad stomach, teething disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. They are so pleasant to the taste and harmless as milk. Children like them. Over 10,000 testimonials of cures. They never fall. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Ask today. Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, La Roy, N. Y. This Will Interest Mothers. William Drury, Children's Jersey Ribbed PantS, lace trimmed, 10c Mothers lose their dread for "that THE LEADING GROCER. terrible second summer" when they have Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry in the house. Nature's specific for bowol complaints of every sort. Hammocks, at special low prices, fiTDm 10c Distillery l*lant Seised, CHICHESTER'S PILLS ' Original and Oaly Genuine. /i/rtVA A Mandard Remedy, sold for 15 year*, rili 10,000 Testimonial*. Indira,auk Oruggtil feMyMCVfor CH14IIKMTKI{'M KNGLIHIl in jrv —KED and iiold metalllo boin, acalM with W »Diia« rlbbw. Take other. Hefaat-1/ ~ W Hubaillutloua an limitation*. A.k vow I T. «C IDrumlat,oraeod4«e«l«»naiaaipaforP«r- VV ff Ucnlan, TcaUaoaUU and B^kirt Louisville, Ky„ June 3.—A deputy revenue collector lias taken charge of the White Mills Distilling company's plant and 50.000 barrels of whisky. The company Is charged with equalizing by replacing the old whisky with spirits. The value of the property seised Is about $500,000. Indian Land* For Settlement, See our display of Children's Hats; all the latest and best styles at Bargain Prices. 1 Salt Lake City, June 3.—Major James McLaughlin, representing the government, has closed a treaty with the Uintah Indians, as a result of which 1,250,- 000 acres' of reservation land will be thrown open tor settlement in October, 1WM. T. A. uurkin is agent here for O. F. C., Carlisle, L'Elite and all our goods. We guarantee them lnedlcliiplly pure. Rochester Distilling a2tf Farming I.nn'd* Under Water. Hannibal, Mo., June 3.—The Mississippi river, which has been coming up fast for the past several days, is six faft Above the danger line. Conditions The MAGNET 87 8. Main St., Pitteton.
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, June 03, 1903 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1903-06-03 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, June 03, 1903 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1903-06-03 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_19030603_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Full Text | ' r~ » / 63d YEAR. P1TTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1903. TWO CBNT8 A CO*Y. ( Q. pD A ftFSl FORTY CENTS A MONTH, f ° r ilUriO. NINETY PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES BUILDING WAR ENDS. JHE FLOOD IS RECEDING •were never worse in this locality. Thousands of acres oi fertile farm lands In this vicinity ari devastated. The Sny levee, protecting 100,000 acres of Illinois farm lands, Is in danger. This levee Is tUlrty-flte miles long. A guard Is being kept over It constantly. ROOSEVELT STERLING.... All Summer Goods at Special Low Prices New York's Idle Workmen to Re- IN IOWA. sume Operations. New York, June 3.—Under the terms of a settlement practically ugreed upon by both sides 100,000 workmen In the building trades In New York are expected to return to work tomorrow or Friday. Fearful Result of 8torm on the Pacific. At Kansas City the Situation Is Much Improved. A Night in Dubuque—Sever- $1LVER READ THESE PRICES: THE GEORGIA TORNADO. 1 case of Children's Yosts, for 3 Cents. Gauze A Scene of Rail In Storm's Path—A al Cities Visited. The employers have gained what they have been contending for, Inasmuch as the truck drivers and the men who handle the materials In the yards are to return to work under the same conditions that existed before the men were locked out. no'danger of a FAMINE. Hundred Dead, More Mar Die. 1 case Dress Lawns, all colors - and patterns, for 3£ Cents. Ladies' Fancy Summer Corsets, grand value, for, a pair, 25 Cents. &adies' Sunbonnets, all colors and shapes, a large stock to choose from, for 15 Cents. , STEAMER WENT DOWN. Gainesville, Ga., June 3.—The entire pathway of the storm, extending two miles from the Gainesville mills around the outskirts of the city to the Pacolet mills at New Holland, is a mass of ruins as the result of Monday's appalling disaster. The cottages in the trail of the tornado between the Southern station and New Holland were those of negroes who were all absent from the city in attendance on a colored excursion, so the loss of life was less than it otherwise would have been. ,■ GREETED BY 20,000 PEOPLE A large assortment of new and beautiful tfoods, suitable for wedding and ann i versary gifts. We invite your inspection. All on Board Loat—Three Other Vet- Street Car Lines Resuming Service Crowds Greet Roosevelt at Indepen- •els Wrecked—Only Brief Partieu- Both the material men and the united board of building trades agree to waive recognltlQn of the United Material Drivers' union. The yards are to be opened, aqd thC*inien are to return to work, but they will go back as Individuals and not as union or nonunion men. and Waterworks Again in Opera- dence, Manchester and Denison— lars of the Disaster Come by Way tion—Eight Persons Known to Have Hundreds of Doves Let Loose as Wide Fancy Ilibbons, all colors, a yard for 10 Cents. of Valparaiso and London. President Rose to Speak. i i Children's Fancy Sunshades, all colore and sizes, from 10 Cents up. Ladies' ready made Duck Skirts —they come in all colors nicely trimmed with braid and well made, for 98 Cents. London, June 3.—Lloyd's today received a dispatch from Valparaiso, Chill, reporting the loss of the Pacific Navigation Co.'s steamer ' Arequipa, with 80 persons aboard, passengers and crew. Aterrific gale prevailed for two days along the Chilean coast. The British ship Foydale, the German bark Persimmon and a Chilean bark were also wrecked. Six of the crew and the captain's wife and son on the Foydale were lost, as also were two members of the crew of the Chilean bark. Been Drowned—Estimated Losses. H. G. SHupp Kansas City, June 3.—The flood situation Is very much improved. The gas supply is ample, two electric street car lines have resumed service and others will follow at once, the electric light plant Is ready to begin service, but does not do so because of the possibility of fires from crossed wires; the waterworks has begun to pump Kansas river water Into the reservoirs, and tomorrow the water will be turned Into the pipes. Dubuque, la., June 3. — President Roosevelt arrived here last evening and spent the night here. He left for the east this morning. When he reached here he was greeted with tho presidential salute and cheers of several thousand people as ho stepped from hiB train. At least 20,000 lined the streets driven over by tho presidential party. Expert Optician, By waiving recognition of the union it Is meant that the demands of the drivers made upon their employers early last May that none but union drivers be employed will be Ignored, and the men are to go to work as If their union had never existed. Business is almost entirely suspended throughout the city, the attention of everybody being given to the care of the wounded and suffering. 3G W. Market St., Wilkasbarre. 1 lot Ladies' Fancy Percale Shirt Waists, extraordinary value, for 29 Cents. The following Is a summary of the effects of the' tornado In Gainesville and Its environs: Men's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, elegant valne, 26c. Oil the other hand, tho truck drivers are to retain their union organization and will continue to be represented in the united board of building trades. But the board will not attempt to enforce the drivers' demands for recognition of their union. Concessions have been made on both sides in arriving at a basis of settlement. One hundred killed. The president addressed a few wordB to 0,000 school children assembled In the city park, who sang "America" ns the party approached. The drive ended after a tour of the hills overlooking the Mississippi river at the Dubuque club, where the president spoke to 8,000 people. At the close of the address the president and party were banqueted by the Dubuque club. B&R Children's Muslin Drawers nicely trimmed with lace, all sizes, for 15 Cents. One hundred and fifty Injured, of whom probably twenty will die. LATE FLOOD DISPATCHES. The food supply Is ample on both sides of the river, the vast quantities of meat in the packing houses having been reached by the packers. The predicted Increase of sickness has not appeared. Both the Kansas and the MIssouiTYlvors are falling slowly. Eight hundred persons homeless, their residences having been wiped out of existence. Wo also carry a full line of Hammocks in our House Furnishing Department. The Situation at Kansas City Is Rap- idly Improving. Property loss about a half million dollars, none of which was covered by storm insurance. Price List• IT PAYS TO BUY AT THE s Washington, June 3.—Tho weather bulletin this morning says the Mis souri river at Kansas City has begun to fall. Gauge this ihorning, 34.4 feet, a fall of 0.6 since Tuesday morning. The rise continues to the eastward and at St. Ixniis this morning the stage was 31.2 feet above the danger line. From the water now in Bight no considerable damage can be done In the vicinity of St. Louis. Not over 35 feet of water Is being at present indicated.Girl Expreaaed to ftome. At Independence, where a moment's stop was made. President Iloosevelt paid tribute to Iowa's sons and daughters and said ho believed In the future of tills country because he believed In the quality of the men and women composing it. Best Patent Flour $4.50 PEOPLE'S STORE _ New Brunswick, N. J., Juue 3.—Little Emily Bremnier, ten years of age, is making the trip alone from Perth Amboy. Hie town of her blrtli, to the home of her aunt In Nome, Alaska. She is traveling by express, and her relatives in New Brunswick have received word that she has arrived safely at San Francisco. Eight persons are positively known to have been drowned in the two Kansas Cities since lafet Friday. Bight Pernona Drowned. PRESIDENT MORSE DEAD, Onion Sets, per quart . .05 Bead of Shipbuilding Company Meet* Bermuda Onions, Cjuart 15 South Maui St., Pittston. Following Is a list of some of the largest structures that have either been damaged or swept away: Sudden End In New York, Peanut Butter ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. New York, June 3.—Henry G. Morse of Philadelphia, president of the New York Shipbuilding company of Cam den, was stricken with apoplexy while attending a business conference in tinprivate offices of J. P. Morgail & Co. yesterday afternoon and died soon afterward at tlie Astor House, where he was taken In a private ambulance. C; n Mushrooms... White Clover Seed Chicago and Great Western freight depot, sixteen railroad, street car and wagon bridges, building occupied by Seavy & Flurshelm, merchandise brokers; T. L. Cassel's refrigerator factory, several' saloons, several piers of the "L" road viaduct, 1.000 buildings in Armourdale, 500 buildings in Argentine, 400 buildings in the enst bottoms, 200 buildings In Sheffield and 100 buildings in the west bottoms. A few minutes' stop was made at Manchester, where the president was Introduced to a big crowd by Captain J. F. Merry, assistant general passenger agent of the Illinois Central railroad and for many years a resident of Manchester. EVANS BROS Kansas City, Mo., June 3.—The lacX of water is still the most serious want. Gas for fuel and lighting seems ado-' quale. No further loss of life is expected. A regular boat service Is in operation to Kansas City, Kansas. The conditions there are Improving hourly. There is plenty of food now that the packing house coolers can be reached, and, with a regular train Bervice to Fort Leavenworth, the danger of famine is past. Minister HlreN Billposter. Lawn Grass Seed . .25 QROOERS Osw«go. X. Y., June 3.—Tiie ltev. C. II. Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian church'of this city, lias shocked the conservative element of the town by miking a contract with Joe Wallace, a billposter, to bill tho city advertising Ills sermons In the thorough and effective manner of a circus manager. New Garden Seeds, all kinds, package and loose. * $4.50 Feed, all kinds, per 100 1.16 Hay, long and cut, per 100.. .90 Potatoes, por bu .70 C « "*.T Boat Fatent Flour The New York Shipbuilding company Is a $0,000,000 corporation, formed In New Jersey In 1890. It operates a large modern shipbuilding establishment at Camden, N. J., the property including 141 acres of land, with 3,000 feet of water front on the Delaware river. White Dovea.at Denlaon. The special train bearing President Roosevelt and party reached Dcnlson by the Illinois Central on time. During the morning hours heavy laden excursion trains arrived from all points. The presidential party and other distinguished guests were driven through the city and returned to the station, where they found a crowd of not less than 10,000 people. BRENNAN i ROBERTS, . .. • Butter, Now, extra fine, per lb Onion Sets, per Cjt 06 Lawn Seed, per lb 18 Timothy Seed, per bu 2.15 Clover Seed " , 7.75 Wo carry a full line of loose seeds of all kinds, garden tools, early potatoes such as Early Rose, Ohios, Trumps, Peerless and Kings The Burlington nnd Milwaukee bridges across tlio Missouri and the Missouri Pacific bridge across the Kansas are Intact, but the approaches are wrecked. 42 North main Street, Chicago, June 3.—The Ferris wheel, one of the main attractions during the world's fair in 1893, has been sold at auction, a Junk dealer bidding It In. The sum paid for the engines, boilers, etc., was $1,800. The wheel cost $3U2,- 000. Jnnk Dealer Qet« Ferris Wheel. Mr. Morse was prominent In the affairs of New York. He was a member of the Union League club, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers. the University club and the club composed of the graduates of the ltensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y. He was bwn In 1S51. BTNoit to Eagle Hotel Both phonee Kansas City, Mo., Juno 3.—Burlington train No. 3, from Chicago, due here on Sunday afternoon, is lost between Liberty. v eight miles down the Missouri, asul' Kansas City. Agent Hammond has received word from Chicago to locate and relieve It at all hazards. He chartered n tug and went down the river yesterday afternoon, but found no trace of the train. A washout 3G feet deep was found at Birmingham. It was partially explored, with no results. Darkness prevented further search. Superintendent Young of tho Swift Packing company says that there are probably twenty-five to thirty bodies In the wreckage lodged In the Armourdale packing house district. The president was introduced by Secretary Shaw, who was received by the people with a tremendous ovation. MURPHY & JOYCE. uiove Workers' Strike Ends, The crowd went wWcTtvlien the president rose to speak, and It was several minutes before the cneerlng ceased. Just as the president rose hundreds of white doves were released among the crowd In front of him, and these emblems of pence hovered about the president's head and evoked an outburst of applause. The president spoke for nearly twenty minutes. Gloversville, N. Y„ June 3—The block cutters' strike, which was Inaugurated March IS and was followed May 8 by the manufacturers locking out the table cutters, thus affecting tho 10,000 glove workers in Fulton county, has boon settled ns a result of tho Intervention of Messrs. M. A. Marks and Samuel B. Donnelly of tho Nationul Civic federation, New York. Skiffs were sent to "The Patch," a slum district neur Armour's packing house, and twenty-eight men and one woiuun were rescued from liuts. These refugees reported that they had counted twenty-two of their neighbors and friends who hud lost tliolr lives. EVANS BROS Canadian Reciprocity Dead, Big Reductions in Prices On Groceries Washington, June 3.—Hope of the reassembling of the high Joint commission lias again been abandoned. A few months ago everything presaged n meeting of the Joint commission In Canada—probably at Toronto—just after the adjournment of the Canadian parliament. The matter had progressed go far that the records of the old commission were drawn from their pigeonholes and preliminary exchanges had token place between Sir AVIlfrid Laurler and Senator Fairbanks. Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the British parliament last week, it is said here, is largely responsible for the new attitude of Canada. BOOTS AND SHOES Men's Guaranteed Patent Leather Shoes : Men's Guaranteed Patent Leather Oxfords Ladies' Patent Leather Shoes $3.00 to $3.60 Ladies' Dongola Oxfords from $1.00 to $2.60 We only quote a few, but to realise what these goods are .von want to call. We also have a fine line of baby shoes, all colors. See ua when you want anything in the shoe line. The relief fund last night umouuted to $:kD,ooo. $3.60 Chicago, Juhe 3.—The officials of the Burlington railroad deny that any of their trains are now or have been missing, as reported in dispatches from Kansas City this morning. They claim that all their trains are account- Armour's Roast Beef, 2 lb can Armour's Canned Beef, 2 lb can 3.25 Swift & Co. estimate their loss at $'200,000. 1 lb Saleratus Mnrh Cottou liurnod, Washington. June 3.—Morocco is completely demoralized us a result of the trouble between the sultan and the pretender to the throno, if reports received at the state department are to be believed. The troops have been without pay for many mouths and refuse to obey the orders of their officers to advance 011 the pretender, so the leaders are shut up In the towns, unable to sully forth. The Ilritish and French governments have stationed war ships at Tangier, and it is the intention of their commanders not to await an outbreak before adopting preventive measures.Morocco In Bad Sliaiie, 1 lb Lion Coffee 1 lb can Brook Trout Now York. June 3.—Fire 1ms destroyed 1,000 bales of cotton stored on n pier of the Hush Terminal company, Brooklyn. The cotton was the property of Hopkins, Dwlglit & Co. of the New York Cotton Exchange. Each bale was worth $00. The property was fully insured. Keokuk. Ia., June 3.—Six hundred square miles of rich farming land along the Mississippi south of here are under water. The Egyptian levee broke during the night in two places, and there are now more than twenty breaks in it. This levee runs from the Mississippi ut Alexandria to the bluffs and protects the lowlands as far south as Ilannibal from overflow from the Des Moines. A strip of country ten miles wide and sixty miles long is now under water, and the crops, which never looked better, will be n total loss. Much of the land overflowed has not been flooded for thirty-three yours. The loss will reach $1,000,000. Crop* Rained In Iowa, 1 lb Arbuckle's Coffee ed for. 1 doz. Clothes Pins I box Magic Yeast 1 bar Armour's Tar Soap Good Mixed Tea London, June 3.—It Is reported that tile Chartreuse monks, who were recently expelled from France by the law of associations, have practically completed negotiations for the purchase of Iona Island, one of the Hebrides, from the of Argyll. Monks to Purchase an Island. 12 bars laundry Soap 1 can Baked Beans, tomato sauce 5c Best No. 7 Broom 21c Tito Die In a Manliole. Washington, June 3.—The investigation of affairs at the post office department is proceeding as rapidly as possible. and the investigating officials hope to close their inquiries by Aug. 1. Postmaster General I'a.vne said that all the salient points of the investigation probably would lie disposed of by the end of this month, but that the rest of the work might continue for a considerable time. The only development announced at tliD* department was the promulgation of the letter of former First Assistant Postmaster General Ileatli. who enters a denial of the Tulloch charges. PoMtal Investigation®. Washington, June 3. — Harold C. Grant of Washington and Melvln B. Smith of Gloucester, Mass., members of the district civil engineer corps, met death while In the manhole of a sewer. They were engaged In surveying work at the time. Especially low prices In Shoes. Screen Doors and Windows, Garden Tools, Oil Cloths and Linoleums. 44 and 46 S. Main Street Train Falls Through Bridge. Coshocton, Ohio, June 3.—A passenger train on the Toledo. Walhondlng Vnlley and Ohio railroad is reported to have gone through a bridge over the Walhondlng liver, 20 miles from here, this morning. The details are not yet obtainable. For WEDDINGS CI A war* I For FUNERALS ■ I WW Ol* i Prescott. Ariz., June 3.—The eight hour law passed by the last legislature has gone into effect in tills territory. Mine owners and operators in Yavapai county adopted ten days ago the scale of woges which they are willing to pay for eight hours' work. The scale is 4 higher rate per hour than lias previously been paid 011 the basis of the ten hour day, but it is not acceptable to a large number of miners. Several properties are reported to have closed down, and there are rumors that others will close. Arizona Under Elitbt Hour Lair. Just what yon want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do mnch for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) A Remarkable Echo. Government Help Offered. Murphy & Joyce. ,-At the castle of Siinonettn, Italy, there is 'an nngle In the building which re-echoes a pistol shot sixty-one times. Tho echoed reports from twenty-one to thirty-three are always louder than the report of the shot itself. Washington. June 3.—General Gillespie, chief of engineers, telegraphed Major CaBey at St. Louis asking if a suag boat could be sent from St. I.ouls to Iiansus City for the relief of the flood sufferers. Major Casey replied us follows: "Bridges blocked by debris. Steamboat navigation suspended on the Missouri. Coal very difficult to procure. It may be impracticable for snag boat to make Kansas City within three weeks." Adjutant General Corbin telegraphed the commander of the department of the Platte that Secretary Itoot approved the course of Colonej Miner in issuing rations to the sufferers at Kansas City, Kan. 309, 213, 070 North Main Street. Both Phones PITT8TON, PA. ' J-B.CARPENTER,exeter st. miter mm Serious Forest Fires. Rutand, Vt„ Juno 3.—Forest flres are raging in the towns pf Danhy and Mt. Tabor. It Is estimated that G.OOO acres of heavy timber have already been destroyed. The fire is beyond control. lHeeraehanm IMiien. (7\ruri/ys PRICES. Sale on Laces and Embroideries AT The practice sometimes Indulged in by smokers of soaking a meerschaum lu hot water, mllkfor steaming It la altogether wrong. Hit spoils the meerschaum and ruins tho color. Americana Have Diamond Craze. New York. June are going diamond mmly according to the figures given out by tin- custom house. Diamonds and other precious stones worth ;f;:!.4:J-2.i)00 were Imported In May. This is greater than in any previous month. For the lust two years, since the wuve of prosperity swept so many men of moderate means Into the ranks of the millionaires, the importations of diumomls have increased, l.ast year they broke all records, and Jewelers thought the top had been reached. Qneenstown, June 3.—'The Philadelphia cricket team arrived aboard the White Star liner Majestic today. Tho men are In the best form and will opan against Cambridge on June 8. Philadelphia Cricketers at Queenstown Quaker City Strike Autfinented. MAGNET A snake's gullet Is bo distensible that one scarcely twenty Inches Ions cun swallow a hen's egg without difficulty.A Snaked Gullet. Philadelphia, Juno 3.—The strike of the textile workers of Philadelphia for a flfty-flVe hour week luis now spread to the hosiery'mills, tying up the textile industry tighter than It has been since the great suspension was inaugurated. Fully 8,000 persons have joined the already large army of idle workers. Most of these were women and children employed In the hosiery mills in the Kensington district. Western Washer, (square).. .$3.25 Western Washer, (round).. . $3.2/5 Screen Doors.. ,75c, $1.00 DV- $1.25 Window Screens .25 Universal Wringers $2.25 Superior Wringers $2.25 Tin Boilers (50c anil 75c Copper Bottom Boilers $1.00 All Copper Boilers $2.50 Miners' Squibs, all kinds Lawn Mowers Potatoes, per bu New Onions, jDer peck Cabbage Tomatoes, 3 cans for.. Corn, 3 cans for Tobacco, all kinds Leggett's Oatttakes, 3 for Mother's Oats... Shredded Wheat Maple-flake Malta-Vita Force THE Llpton's Boats at Fayal. Leavenworth, Ivan.. .Imie 3.—Two companies of engineers have left for St. Mary's. Kan., to rescue the heavy artillery encamped at that place and starving because of the floods, which have completely surrounded the men. Scanty reports received at the post from the place where the battery is encamped show that the condition Is truly critical. The only nourishment the troops have had for several days has been from chewing their leathers and drinking the muddy flood water. It will take the engineers three days at the least to reach their comrades even with forced marches. Artillerymen Starving. FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS we offer some very remarkable Lace values. There will be a threat demand for i them at the price. See our window display. Every yard a bargain Fayal, Azores, June 3.—Sir Thomas Upton's boats, the Erin and Sham roclc III., en route to America, arrived here today. Sir Walter Scott's chief pursuits were riding and coursing. Ills dogs and ho appear in the same pieces of sculpture, testifying to his habits. Later in life he patronized gardening. Scott'H Method of CifrfUlnK. Mm. Taylor at Daniiemora, Meagre Report of Railway Wreck, Plattsliurg. X. Y., June 3.—Mrs. Kate Taylor of Monticello, Sullivan county, who was convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted at Dauncniora during the week of July ,5. has reached the prison and was at once taken to a room in the hospital because the quarters that have been set apart for her occupancy have not been fitted up. She will not be eonfined in the death house with the five male condemned murderers. .10 $3.00 . .75 Augusta, Oa., June 3.—It Is reported that an excursion train was wrecked near Sumpter, on the Coast line, and many persons are reported killed and Title I'agca, Root and Gardner to Florht. Valenciennes Laces, 5-in. wide, usually sold for 25c a yard, now 5c It was not until 1470 that a title page was Introduced to books and in England not till shortly before 141X1, when W. IDe Machllne issued one to his little book on the pestilence. Caxton never used them, hut Wynkyn De Worde.employed them in nearly all his books. Chicago, June 3.—Jack Hoot and George Gardner have signed articles for a twenty round battle, at Fort Erie, Ont., on the nfternoon of July 4 for the light heavy weight chumplonship of the world. The International Athletic club agrees to put up a guaranteed purse of $7,500, or the men can have the privilege of taking GO per cent-of the gross receipts. lib 5c, 8c, 10c Largo assortment of Linen TordMMI Laces, from lj-iu. to 3-i». wide; your, choice 5c injured. THE WEATHER. Embroidery Medallions, all the latest and best patterns, from 4c Washington, June 3.—Fair tonight and Thursday. 25c Ladies' Sunbohnets, only Kk The bridge of the Holy Trinity, Florence, was built in lOQO, It is 322 feet long, of white marble and is even now reckoned as being without a rival as a specimen of the bridge building art. Holy Trinity Brldite. Topeka, Iian., June 3.—The known dead here number forty-eight: The river has fallen three feet and is now receding at the rate of two Inches an hour. Distress Is great among the refugees. Governor Bailey has Issued a proclamation calling for help for flood sufferers of the state. Fifty deputy sheriffs armed with Winchesters ure stationed In .North Topeka to protect property, with orders to shoot looters whenever they nre caught stealing. Forty-eight Dead at Toiieku, Utica, N. Y., June 3.—James IV. Purchase, a farmer, aged sixty-one, was returning from Iticlificld Springs with a load of mill feed, and when near Jordnnvlllc the load caught tire, and wagon and contents were soon enveloped ill flames. Mr. Purchase was so badly burned that he died In half an hour. A (Inter Fntnllty 15 ,15 .15 10c India Linen, here for 6c A new form of Are Insurance. For particulars, see J. E. Patterson & Co. Flre In Olean, N. Y. Olean, N. Y., June 3.—Fire last night destroyed $20,000 worth of property. The buildings burned were the City Clubhouse barn, the Clean House cold storage plant, Olean House livery barn, Meyer Bros.' cold storage plant and several barns. One lot Dimities, the 10c kind Mother CJray's Sweet Powders for Children, successfully used by Mother Gray, for years a nurse In the Children's Home in New York, cure feverlshness, bad stomach, teething disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. They are so pleasant to the taste and harmless as milk. Children like them. Over 10,000 testimonials of cures. They never fall. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Ask today. Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, La Roy, N. Y. This Will Interest Mothers. William Drury, Children's Jersey Ribbed PantS, lace trimmed, 10c Mothers lose their dread for "that THE LEADING GROCER. terrible second summer" when they have Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry in the house. Nature's specific for bowol complaints of every sort. Hammocks, at special low prices, fiTDm 10c Distillery l*lant Seised, CHICHESTER'S PILLS ' Original and Oaly Genuine. /i/rtVA A Mandard Remedy, sold for 15 year*, rili 10,000 Testimonial*. Indira,auk Oruggtil feMyMCVfor CH14IIKMTKI{'M KNGLIHIl in jrv —KED and iiold metalllo boin, acalM with W »Diia« rlbbw. Take other. Hefaat-1/ ~ W Hubaillutloua an limitation*. A.k vow I T. «C IDrumlat,oraeod4«e«l«»naiaaipaforP«r- VV ff Ucnlan, TcaUaoaUU and B^kirt Louisville, Ky„ June 3.—A deputy revenue collector lias taken charge of the White Mills Distilling company's plant and 50.000 barrels of whisky. The company Is charged with equalizing by replacing the old whisky with spirits. The value of the property seised Is about $500,000. Indian Land* For Settlement, See our display of Children's Hats; all the latest and best styles at Bargain Prices. 1 Salt Lake City, June 3.—Major James McLaughlin, representing the government, has closed a treaty with the Uintah Indians, as a result of which 1,250,- 000 acres' of reservation land will be thrown open tor settlement in October, 1WM. T. A. uurkin is agent here for O. F. C., Carlisle, L'Elite and all our goods. We guarantee them lnedlcliiplly pure. Rochester Distilling a2tf Farming I.nn'd* Under Water. Hannibal, Mo., June 3.—The Mississippi river, which has been coming up fast for the past several days, is six faft Above the danger line. Conditions The MAGNET 87 8. Main St., Pitteton. |
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