Pittston Gazette

              A on yjst r* • . •. • • • ■■ 'i ■- K'-K &jT;f V■/'"•' ' ipi WfPSfflW-} $ |p mam y., ■' W5 / i * KOJ Vli1 A P J WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18S0 OOd I rji\ I\. 1 DAILY EST. by THEO. HART 188S. P1TTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1903. two cents a copy, i SPA r.lilS FORTY CENTS A MONTH, f ° 1 Avl ***3' DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES CLOSE GUN CONTE8T. FLOOD CENTER HAS SHIFTED. A DYNAMITE SCARE. Burning their normal appearance, and the business of the community Is going on as usual. The work of the citizens of Gainesville, both men and women, has been heroic In the alleviation of suffering, anCl the responses from Atlanta and other cities In the shape of supplies and financial assistance have been no less marked. The latest tabulation Indicates that the death total will be between eighty-five and ninety, the estimate of 100 previously given haTing been somewliat excessive. STERLING.... All Summer Goods at Special Low Prices READ THESE PRICES: Luzerne Gun Club Manages to Retain Hiploilve Fonnd Near Where PrtiU Yesterday, the team of the Luzerne Gun Club, which holds the Phelps. Straw & Co. trophy, which they won some time ago at the large shoot In Luzerne, was called upon for the first time to defend the trophy, the team from the Wilkesbarre Gun Club being the challengers. William Stroh and John Booth, of this city, are members of the Luzerne team, the former being captain. Each teath consisted of Ave men and each man shot at two series of 25 birds. The score was quite close, but the Luzerne team succeeded in retaining the cup by the. margin of ten points, the final score being 228-218. The Bhooting of Booth, was the feature of the contest, his score being 49 out of a possible 50 clay birds. The following is the detailed score: the Phelps, 8traw & Co. Trophy. Bloomington, III., June 4.—There was ■ sensation in Lincoln over the discovery of a satchelful of dynamite hidden near the Chicago and Alton tracks In Lincoln. This was located within a few rods of the point where President Roosevelt left the train this morning, and a plot is suspected by the police. A thorough investigation is In progress. dent Left Train, Mississippi Rive( Rising to Dangerous Height flLVER.  Big Adirondack Hotel Was 1 case of Children's Gauze Vests, for 3 Cents. 1 case Dress Lawns, all colon Burned. and patterns, for 3 J Cents. Ladies' Fancy Summer Corsets, grand value, for, a pair, 25 Cents. Ladies' Sunbonnets, all colore and shapes, a large stock to choose from, for 15 Cents. ' OTHERS ARE THREATENED PREPARING FOR TROUBLE. President Roosevelt had a very busy day yesterday from a speechmaklng standpoint. Be spoke first In Freeport at 8 o'clock in the morning, and when Che concluded an address shortly after 10 o'clock at night be had spoken nine times. A large assortment of new and beautiful goods, suitable for wedding and ann i versary gifts. We invite your inspection. A Fleet Battle Ship, Vienna, June 4.—The speed trials of the new Austrian second class battle ship Arpad at Pola prove her to be the fastest battle ship In the world, ner maximum speed Is 20.1*2 knots an hour, and she made an average of 19.C5 knots In a six hours' run. She was constructed by the Trlest Shipbuilding company. Whole State of New Hampshire Cov- Levee at Keokuk, la., Breaks, Flood- ered With a Pall of Smoke From ing Large Area—Reports From the Wide Fancy Ribbons, all colore, a yard for 10 Cents. Children's Fancy Sunshades, all colors and sizes, from lOCent^up. Ladies' ready made Duck Skirts —they come in all colors nicely trimmed with braid and well made, for 98 Cents. the Forests—Canadian Village Stricken Towns Show Improved Eight of his speeches were made in the open air aild several of them in rain storms, the hardest rain encountered was in Pontiac, where he dedicated a soldiers and sailors' monument.Burned—Others In Great Danger. Conditions—Estimate of Losses. H. G. SKupp Rt. Louis, .Tune 4.—Slowly the Mississippi river is creeping up the levee inch by inch. The gauge now murks thirty-two feet. The surface of the swiftly flowing water is thickly strewn with driftwood, indicating that the crest of the flood is approaching. A number of frame houses submerged to the roofs have passed St. Louis and now and then a dead animal, but no human bodies have been seen, although a vigilant watch has been maintained. Harbor department ofliclals look for a thlrty-flve foot Htagc. Plattsburg, N. Y., June 4.—The Adirondack Lodge Hotel, situated three mileB from Lake Placid, was burned last night; having been Ignited by forest fires. The Cascade House and the Mountain View House are In great danger. Appeals for help are coming from almost every point In the Adlrondacks, where pulp mills, saw mills, hotels and other buildings are threatened with annihilation. Practically no rain has fallen in 49 days and there Is a dry, hot wind blowing. Luzerne. Stroh (captain) 25 25 T1 .21 21 4? .24 25 49 .23 23 40 .23 24 47 .24 20 44 Prepared nndec GERMAN LAWS, Am Excellent for Expert Optician, President Roosevelt attended the dedication in Rockford In the morning of Memorial linll, erected in honor of the soldiers and sailors of Winnebago county during the civil war. Mr. Roosevelt also mad£ a brief address. Eley Booth r COLDS, GOUT/ Rheumatism, Backache, etc. OR. RICHTBR'S World-Renowned "ANCHOR" 3G W. Market St., Wilk#sbarre. 1 lot Ladies' Fancy Percale Shirt Waists, extraordinary value, for 29 Cents. Haight Mervin Mon's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, elegant value, 25c. Children's Muslin Drawers nicely trimmed with lace, all sizes, for 15 Cents. Wo also carry a full line of Hammocks in our House Furnishing Department. IT PAYS TO BUY AT THE The president also visited the scent of the Lincoln-Douglas debate In 1858 nt Freeport. A monument commemorating the debute was unveiled. In an address Sir. Roosevelt said, "In all history I do not believe that there is to be found an orator whose speeches will last as enduringly as certain of the speeches of Lincoln." B&R Wilkesbarre. Harris (captain) Jones  Hart  Weight  Weliber  25 25 Tl. .22 20 42 .24 19 43 .21 22 ..23 23 46 .20 24 44 PAIN EXPELLER. [Wope i withoutTfdt Mark '.'Anchor." One well-known peraon'a letter out of many-J Nashua, N. H., June 4.—The entire State of New Hampshire is darkened with a pall of smoke from forest fires. The smoke is so dense that the sun 1* entirely obscured and it is with difficulty that people can work or read indoors without artificial light1. Sit Groveton people packed their belongings yesterday to move out of the village. Berlin is entirely surrounded by flames. In Carroll county, vast quantities of timber and cut lumber have been burned. In this city, 80 miles distant from the fire, ashes are falling in the streets. In South St. Louis several houses along the river's edge have been flooded, but the occupants huve removed their property and vucated. On the Illinois side there is a more serious flood condition. Venice, situated north of East St. Louis, is In almost immediate danger of inuudatlon. A rise of one foot more will submerge the west portion of the town, and manufacturing industries will suffer heavy losses. New York Feb. 3rC« 1898 \ K ) A remedy, which has met W iS with the universal endorse¥ *7 menl.that your Dr. Rlchtens anchor (Sain expeller. must effect the ends calmed Wm Yofcw COUUTT CtCTKT' Price List. PEOPLE'S STORE Mr. Joseph Pomlnville, of Stillwater, Minn., after having spent over $2,000 with the best doctors for stomach trouble, without relief, was advised by his druggist, Mr. Alox. Richard, to try a box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Ho did so, and is a well man today. If troubled with indigestion, bad taste In the mouth, lack of appotlte or constipation, give these tablets a trial, and you are certain to be more than pleased with the result. For sale at 25 cents per box by all dealers on a guarantee. GaKneavllle Recovering. for it Best Patent Flour $4.50 Gainesville, Ua., June 4.—This city has practically recovered from the stupefying effects of Monday's terrible windstorm. With a large number of the dead already buried and with the work of relief proceeding rapidly and methodically, the streets are again as- Onion Sets, per quart 28c. ul 50c. at all druiglsu or tnrougn it', id. Blekter * Co.,816 PurlSt, New fork, ll 36 HIGHEST nitfonal AWARDS. J Recommtnded by prominent Phy~ sic i ant, Wholesale and Retail AIini3ter»,etc^^m^ Bermuda Onions, quart 10 15 South Main Si, Pittston. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. Peanut Butter Between Venice and East St. Louis Is a lowland area used us farming lands. Water now covers this urea to a depth of twelve feet, forming a luke about a mile square. Many squatter families have been forced out, leaving everything behind. C.n Mushrooms EVANS BROS White Clover Seed . .25 Lawn Grass Seed.... . .25 GROCERS BED STRR STAirS ARE BEST New Garden Seeds, all kinds, package and loose. St. John, N. B., June 4.—The village of Brlggs Corners was destroyed by flre, only one house and a hall being left. A dozen homes, three warehouses, a general store and a number of other buildings were burned. The people lost practically all they possessed. The forest fires are now worse than ever in many sections of New Brunswick. Bonn river, Charlotte county, Is re ported burned down, and flre threatens St. George. People along the river have received a general warning, and it is believed all in danger have escaped to higher ground. $4.60 Feed, all kinds, per 100 1.15 Hay, long and cut, per 100.. .90 Potatoes, perbu .70 * i . — Best Patent Flour Poultry netting at Ash's. BEEF SUPPLY COMING. BRBNNAN i ROBERTS, Butter, New, extra fine, per ib OmonHets, per qt.  Situation at Kanaaa City, Admitted by more than 10,000 people in this city to bo superior to all others. Some cheap imitators of our plan advertise the names of a few reliable merchants, but these merchants soon saw their mistake in trying to force these stamps on their customers, and have already withdrawn from the proposition and will continue to give their patrons the ALWAYS RELIABLE RED STAR STAMPS, backed by $250,000 paid up capital, as staple as U. S. Government stamps. Do not be misled by any printed list containing the names of your old RED STAR STAMP friends. They sell you the best goods and will not give cheap stamps—they'll continue giving the valuable RED STAR STAMPS with all purchases in the future as in the past. A few real merchants did sign for cheap stamps, but before any were issued they saw the error of their way and decided not to give stamps which can only give dissatisfaction to stamp collectors. Ask for RED STAR STAMPS with all purchases—they get Premiums of real merit—refuse all others. We ask all to come in and Shipments Have Been Made From Chi cago to Replace Lost Cars. Kansas City, June 4.—The Missouri and Kansas rivers arc fulling rapidly. Militiamen and police still guard all approaches to the flooded district, and soldiers halt pedestrians in the residence streets late at night. Seven street car lines are in operation. The city waterworks is in operation. Railroads are still giving Incomplete service, but are repairlug washouts. The reports of heavy loss aI life in Kansas City, Ivan., are not true, and the stories of bodies lying in the drift there are unfounded. The loss of property has not been overestimated, however. Kansas avenue, the principal thoroughfare of Aruiourdale, Is choked twenty feet deep with debris. The clearing away of the mud and ruins will be a work of months. In the west bottoms of Kansas City the wuters of the Kansas river are rushing through the streets like mountain torrents. 42 North mala Street, Lawn Seed, per lb... Timothy Seed, per bu 18 .... 2.16 The beef situation in this city has been brightened considerably by the news that a supply of beef will be received the latter end of the week. Inquiries were made of W. M. WeBcott. local manager of the S. & S. Beef Co., as to the situation, to which he replied that he had received a message this morning over the long distance telephone from the main offices of the company in New York, which stated that a carload of beef would be received in this city either Friday night or Saturday morning. The S. & S. Co. lost eight carloads in the western storms, one of these cars being billed for Plttston, one for Scranton and the others for various points. When the loss of these was ascertained a new car was shipped from Chicago, where the company has a plant. This plant Itself could prepare enough meat to supply all the company's demands, but the difficulty lies in getting the cattle from the west. However, it ig thought that enough meat is on hand to supply the demand until means of transportation from the west are resumed. IVNext to Eagle Hotel Both phones Clover Seed 7.76 We carry a full line of loose seeds of all kinds, garden tools, early potatoes such as Early Rose, Obios, Trumps, Peerless and Kings OHIO REPUBLICANS HARMONIOUS. MURPHY & JOYCE. Colonel Herrlck Nominated for Gov- ernor by Acclamation. Columbus, unlo, June 4.—Colonel Myron T. Herrlck, of Cleveland, was nominated for governor by acclamation today by the Republican State convention, and Warren Harding, of Marion, for lieutenant governor, also by acclamation. EVANS BROS Big Reductions in Prices On Groceries BOOTS AND SHOES Men's Guaranteed Patent Leather Shoes. *.... $3.50 Men's Guaranteed Patent Leather Oxfords 3.25 Ladies' Patent Leather Shoes $3.00 to $3.50 SEE THE HANDSOME PREMIUMS 90 South Main St. l Armour's Roast Beef, 2 lb can Armour's Canned Beef, 2 lb can sill The Pope Not So Well. 1 lb Saleratus Rome, June 4.—The condition of the Pope took a more disquieting turn today, when lie liad a severe attack of diarrhoea. The doctors say they have no fears of complications, but considerable danger lies in his advanced age. In many quarters the recurring attacks of weakness to which the Pope has been subject lately have given rise to a fear that he if gradually declining.1 lb Lion Coffee 1 lb can Brook Trout 1 lb Arbuckle's Coffee Ladies' Dongola Oxfords from $1.00 to $2.50 We only quote a few, but to realise what these goods are you want to call. We also have a fine line of baby shoes, all colors. See ua when you want anything in the shoe line. Crop Loia In KnniiaH. 1 Cloz. Clothes Pins Good Mixed Tea Topeka, Ivan., June 4.—It is impossible to accurately estimate at tills time the loss the state of Kausus will sustain by floods in destruction of property anil stock. An estimate of $5,000,- 000 Is the lowest made for the damage done to crops. It Is believed by niuny that the corn affected will be a total loss, as it will be impossible to replant It owing to the lateness of the season and the condition of the ground. The wheat crop has been damaged to the extent of 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 bushels already, with rust to reckon with when the sun shines. While thousands of Kunsans will be destitute all summer and In need of outside assistance, the state as n whole Is singularly prosperous and happy. Hub Clothing House 1 box Magic Yeast NO. 55 NORTH MAIN ST., PITTSTON. 1 bar Armour's Tar Soap 12 bars Laundry Soap 1 can Dakcd Beans, tomato sauce 5.C Best No. 7 Broom 21c MEN WE WANT TO TALK TO—We believe that if every man ill Pittston was a clothing expert—if every man in Pittston knew the positive facts in the case—that every man in Pittston would come straight to us for all his clothing. Each week wo publish a little argument on this subject. This week's argument is directed DWELLING DESTROYED. 44 and 46 S.Main Street THE WEATHER. House of John Curley, in West Avoca, Especially low prices in Shoes, Screen Doors and Windows, Garden Tools, Oil Cloths and Linoleums. Last evening about 8.30 o'clock the two-story frame dwelling on Pittston avenue, West Avoca, owned and occupied by John Curley, was ignited from some unknown cause and the building was totally destroyed, together with nearly all of its contents. The houses on either side were also ignited, but were saved by the Avoca firemen. Burned to the Ground. Washington, June 4.—Fair tonight and cooler In the southeast portions; Friday, fair. For WEDDINGS CI Are V For FUNERALS riQWBr® I TO THE MAN WHO'S SOMETHING OF AN EXPERT - ON - DRESS FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Murphy & Joyce. Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. Why are the best-dressed men in Pittston our patrons ? Why do experts-on-dress invariably buy of us ? 209, 213, 079 North Main Street. Both Phonoa PITTSTON, PA, J.B.CMPENTEII.UETHto. ehtmmh New York, Juno 4, 1903. High. Low. Clos. .121% 120% 120% 73% 71% 71% 9414 94% 94% 59% 58% 58% 88% 87% 87% 39% 39% 39% 20% 20% 20% 151% 148% 148% 35% 33% 33% 1G9% 169 169 51% 50% 50% 112% 111% 111% 138 137 137 128% 128% 128% 105% 103% 103% 51 49% 49% 68% 67% 67% 126% 125 125% 34% 33% 33% 25% 25% 25% 125% 123% 124 26 26 26 48% 47*4 47% 26% 25% 25% 90 89 89 53 53% 8% " 8% 88% 88% 81% 81% 44% 44% 83% 83% Oo 66 52% 99% 30% 36% 31% 81% Father John's Medicine Cured of a long standing bronchial anil catarrh trouble. Many of my employes use It with wonderful results.—T. F. Kelly, 19 Parkhurst St., Newark, N. J. Loth at Keolcult Brealc*. Sugar  Atchison ... Atchison, pf Brook. Trac. B. & O  Keokuk, la., June 4.—The Hunt levee, on the Illinois side of the river below this elty, broke late In the afternoon, and 40,000 acres are flooded south of Warsaw. Nine hundred feet of the Indian Grove levee farther down the river also went out, flooding 35,000 acres. As a result of these and other disasters all the low country between Warsaw and Quincy Is under water. The loss Is $750,000. El r\ Clothing. The answer is obvious Cftrury's prices. Sale on Laces and Embroideries AT —they know what they want in Clothing and Ches. gc Ohio C. & O. West. St. Paul  Mother Gray'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 thejtaste and harmless as milk. Children lroe them. Over 10,000 testimonials of cures. They never fall. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Ask today. Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. This Will Interest Mothers. their discrimination tells — MAGNET FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS we ofifer some very remarkable fjace values. There will be a great demand for them at the price. See our window display. Every yard a bargain Rock Island . D. & H  K. & T., pf. .. L & N  Man. El  Met. Trac. .. Mo. Pacific . So. Pacific .. Norf. & West. N. Y. Central Erie  O. & W  PC nna  them we have it. Western Washer, (square).. .$3.25 Western Washer, (round).. .$3.25 Screen Bool's... 75c, $1.00 Cfc $1.25 Wheeling, W. Va., June 4. - Three desperate prisoners dug their way to liberty from the jail at Moundsvllle, and iib yet no trace of their whereabouts has been discovered. Two of the trio are murderers. The third is u negro charged with robbery. The prisoners dug through a brick wall and cut through eight steel bars. rrUaacra Dig Oat at Jail, Window Screens We'll venture to say that if the ques- Universal Wringers.. Superior Wringers./ $2.25 $2.25 tion were put to all the critically—care-' ful dressers in Pittston, individually or Tin Boilers GOc and 75c Copper Bottom Boilers $1.00 All Copper Boilers  Miners' Squibs, all kinds $2.50 .10 Pursell's Art Store. Hello 1414, collectively, as to who sold the best clothing, the Lawn Mowers $3.00 Valenciennes Laces, 5-in. wide, nsually sold for 25c a yard, now 5C Largo assortment of Linen Torchon Laces, from lj-in. to 3-in. wide; your choice 5c * Pacific Mall All ladles and children who cannot stand the shocking strain of laxative syrups, cathartcs, etc., are invited to try the famous Little Early Risers. They are different from all other pills. They do not purge the system. Even a double dose will not gripe, weaken or sicken; many people call them the Easy Pill. W. H. Howell, Houston, Texas, says nothing better can be used for constipation, sick headache, etc. Rob Moore, Lafayette, Ind., says all others gripe and sicken, while IX- Witt's Little Early Risers do their work well and easy. Sold by Thos. J. Ladies and Children Invited. instantaneous answer "The Hub Clothing House, Potatoes, per bu Reading Bontlla'a Inauguration Confirmed. would be New Onions, per peck Cabbage  Tomatoes, 3 cans for.. 5c, 8c, 10c 25 Southern Ry So. Ry., pf. New Orleans. June 4.—Mail advices from Honduras confirm the report of the Inauguration of General Manuel Honilla and Manuel ltavlla as president and vice president on May 17. the national congress having declared them duly elected to serve from Feb. 1, 1903. to Feb. 1, 1907. of course." Ttnn. C. & I Leather .. . 55 9% 88% S3% Tobacco, all kinds  Leggett's Oatflakes, 3 for Corl) 3 cans for Leather, pf, Embroidery Medallions, all the est and best patterns, from 4c Union Pacific Wabash, pf. Wept. Union C. F. I  Mother's Oats Shredded Wheat Maple-flake  25c Ladies' Sanbonnets, only Speaking of Experts-on- Clothing, wo can soil to exports because wo buy Malta-Yita 10c India Linen, here for 6c Amal. Copper . People's Gas . Texas Pacific . Car & Foundry U. S. Steel ... 99 VL 30 Vi New York, June 4.—Alexander Williamson, wlio was the tutor of Abraham Lincoln's younger children, la dead at Ills home In Hrooklyu. He was eighty-nine years old. Mr. Williamson was born In Edinburgh and came to this country nearly sixty years He Taught Lincoln'* Children Force One lot Dimities, the 10c kind 8c William Drury, 3«V6 31% Children's Jersey Ribbed Pants, lace trimmed, 10c U. S. Steel, pf. Yates. from experts—Schloss Bros. Cfc Co., of Baltimore, the widelyfamous makers of the "Best- Clothing-in-the-World." TRIsnAUlTQr GARMEKTSD THE LEADINfl GROCER, Hammocks, at special low prices, from 10c Mothers lose their droad for "that terrible second summer" when they have Dr. FovWer's Extract of Wild Strawberry In the house. Nature's specific for bowel complaints of every 6ort. *}S • (a*vm«NT«o latt *•* The amethyst so called from the Gretk amethustos, meaning "not drunk," was a favorite stone among the Roman ladles. Its principal virtue was to draw away the vapors of Inebriety from the brain. It also drove away •▼11 thoughts and attracted to Its possessor the favors of princes. The Amatbrat Amaas tht Romana, CHICHESTER'S PILLS Orlalnal and Only Genuine. Standard Remedy, aold for *6 year*. 10,000 Tc«llmool*l •. Ladira, aCk Druxgut i'HH.'HEWTEKH KNOLIHM Id CK UED and Mold metallic box.*, »calod with m T'lu" ribbon. Take ao other. RcfWae | / H labaiiatlmudlHltMlwu. Aakrooc I 21 |a I)niMl«t,or»end4cei»Uiu»tfcn»p«forI»»r- A** Jf UouUrm, TaUMdSt »l IMlkl See our display of Children's Hats; all the latest and best styles at Bargall Prices. To Try Jett at JFacknnn Jackson, Ky., .Tune 4.—The order changing the trial of the Jett and White murder cases to Morgan county has been withdrawn and the cases will be tried here as soon as a jury can be summoned from an adjoining county. All their garments bear this label:jg@" Curantna StHfkwili. T. A. Uurkln is agent here for O. F. C., Carlisle, L'ElIte and all our goods. We guarantee them medicinally pure. Rochester Distilling Co. f2tf Hub Clothing House The MAGNET OUTFITTERS T«' PARTICULAR MEN. 87 S. Main St, Pittatoa.