Pittston Gazette

              __ WEATHER INDICATIONS. v •* DrD\ THE HOME PAPER. VI For th. !?or*cut Until » p. m. Tomorrow, for Baatet'n Pennsylvania. Pair tonight and Wednesday; cooler tonight In the southern portion. Prqple Of Vicinity. Plttston and ALL THE HOME NEW8. 54th YEAR. I -WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18"0 i DAILY EST. BT THEO. HART 1«8t. PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1903. TWO CENTS A COPY. I Q ID \ Z"1 PORTV OENTs) A MONTH, f O JTALjrJiO. WIVES DIED SUDDENLY. RUSSIA DEIGNS TO EXPLAIN RAILROADS CURTAILING. WAR RUMORS CONTINUE MUCH DISTRESS AFTER FLOOD PEOPLE'S STORE Reductions In 8hop Forces Being Man Charged With Wife Murder Mt) Have Poisoned Them. Msde on Many Lines. * New York, Oct. 13. —"Ebenezer 0 Blydenburg, who was arrested Satur day at Eldora, la., charged with thi murder of his wife and later release* on $10,000 ball, was for twentj years u resident of Brooklyn and prom inently Identified with church worlt He was for awhile superintendent o the Sunday school of the Epwortl Methodist Episcopal church of Di Kalb avenue and after the death of hli second wife spent two months in Cana da as an exhorter and revivalist. Note Carefully the Remarkable Values Offered by Us This Week New York, Oct. 13.—Extensive redue-, Hons nre being made dally In the track and shop forces of the New York Central, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the I-.ake Brie and Western, West Shore and other affiliated Vanderbllt roads, and, In fact, a similar cutting down of expenses Is being put into effect on the principal railroads ot the country, Including the Southern Paclflc. In view of the fact that the present business Is large the Inference Is that the railroads do not take a hopeful view of the prospects for the winter business. Many Persons Think Why Manchuria Was Not Russian Troops Hurried Forward by Rail. Great Suffering in Stricken New Jersey Cities. That All Alike Un BEERS Are til They Drink Evacuated. 19c a garment—"Women's Fleece Cotton Vests and Pants; regular 25c value. \ m-M. 75c Women's Natural Gray Wool Vests and Pants; regular $1 value. ir WAS TO MAINTAIN PEACE SHIPS FOR CHINESE WATER8 RAILROADS ARE RE8UMING Official Statement Says That Brigands His three wives are said to have n» with almost similar deaths, being tak en violently ill after hearty meals anC dying In agony about four hours aftc: the first symptoms of Illness. Thej all had insurance policies on thel lives. 25c Boys' Fleece Li*"ed Shirts and Drawers, all sizes 49c pair—Large White, Tan and gray Blankets; worth 75c. 25c yard—Good quality Cream Table Damask, 56 inches wide. 19c yard—Turkey Red Table Damask, 54 inches wide; regular 25c value. Were Making Depredations on the British Foreign Office Has Received No Official Information — London Press Considers Naval Strength oC Russia and Japan About Equal. *3 Receding Waters Afford a Clear Idea of Extent of Devastation Wrought. Figures of Damage to Property Not Materially Changed. STEGMAIER'S * BEER * People, and Russian Troops Were Third Vice President W. C. Brown of the New York Central admitted yesterday that large reductions were being made on his road and that a further cutting down was contemplated and also that the reduction was due partly to an anticipated decrease of business on account of the present industrial situation. Retained to Protect Residents. London, Oct. 13.—A dispatch froir Moscow to the Times states that e large force of Russian troops under or ders for the far east are on their way thither by rail from Kharkoff. St. Petersburg, Oct. 13.—An official notice has been issued stating that the reason Russia did not evacuate Manchuria on Oct. 8, the date set for the evacuation, was that large numbers of Chinese recently joined Chung Chuses, or Manchurian brigands, and were making depredations on the towns. Russian troops, says the announcement, are needed to protect the peaceful inhabitants. It was also officially announced this morning that naval reenforcements are now en route to the Far East, consisting of two torpedo cruisers, two torpedo transports and 11 torpedo boats. Blydenburg's first wife was Miss Em ily Hawkins of Brookliaven, N. Y. Sin had four children. Seventeen day after the birth of her last child sliC was taken 111, dying after eating I meal. She carried a life lnsuranci policy of $1,000. This was paid to hei husband. Tho attending physician who confessed at ttie time that hi could not account for the suddennesi of the fatal attack, gave a death certi ficate which stated that the womui hud died of peritonitis. New York, Oct. 13.—With the receding of the floods reported from all quarters, I'utersou, Passaic und the other wuter swept New Jersey towns are relieved of further peril and are beginning now to get a clear Idea of the extent of the devastation. "The forces are being reduced," he said, "partly for the reason that a material decrease in business is anticipated. That is but natural when steel mills are closing down and in the present condition of the building trades owing to strikes. We understand that the optput of pig iron will be reduced 28 per cent. That means 25 per cent less coke and also 25 per cent lens business for us. The men let go for this reason will be mostly shop men. The Russian correspondents of flu same paper send q notations front newspaper articles pointing to Russia's intention to remuin in occupation of Manchuria and add that it is reported from Vladivostok that as a resuli of famine in China roving bands ol Chinese have crossed into Manchuria, where their presence constitutes a danger to the Manchurlau, railway and that this necessitates keeping Russian troops in soutlieru Manchuria for an Indefinite period. Then They Wonder WhyThere'sAnyOther 12Jc Boys' Fast Black Heavy Cotton Hose, with wide rib and seamless feet, all sizes. In Paterson alone the damage to property Is estimated at $2,000,000, without taking account of tho loss In wages to the tliousaiids who have been temporarily deprived of livelihood by the shutting down of factories. The distress continues great, ijnd fully, 500 persons ure still compelled to seek food und shelter In the armory. No additional fatalities have been reported. See our large stock of Blankets and Comfortables. It will pay you to buy for winter's supply now. A year after the death of his firs wife Blydenburg met Laura Godboid They were married in the Epwortl church in 1894 ufter a brief courtship The second wife died Feb. 14, 1900 at 1214 Greene avenue, where the flrsi wife also died. Her death was givei in the certificate of the physician ai due to acute gastritis. There was at Insurance on her lifo of $0,000. Stegmaier Brewing Co Wilkesbarre, Pa. Vladivostock, Oct. 13.—Telegrams received this morning slate that Korea is in a greatly disturbed condition. A number cf fights have occurred between Koreans and Chinese along the frontier. Japan accuseds M. FavlofT, the Russian minister at Seoul, of fostering these troubles, with a view of giving Russia an excuse for intervention. "The present is also partly the regular fall reduction," he said, "but perhaps this year we are going a little farther than we have heretofore." In Passaic the damage 1b estimated to be at leust equal to that in Peterson. Many adjacent villages were still under water, but with the falling of the waters all danger of a collapse of the great Dundee dam Is declared to be past PEOPLE S STORE. All the London papers this morning display prominently news bearing on the far eastern situation, and several print articles descriptive of the relative strength of Japnn and Russia. Tli( Daily Telegraph follows a tabulated statement of the Russian and Japanese fleets by a note to the effect that, all things considered, the two countries' naval power Is fairly evenly matched, but that the higher intelligence of the Japanese, their capacity of endurance and. above all, their magnificent patriotism, which animated every man and in the hour of need doubled his fighting strength, will tell. 15 South Main St., Pitts ton. ALWAYS the CHEAPEST EAGLES OFF The man in the course of his religiou! life and work as a contractor wen' west, where he met his third wife Miss Jessie Resenborough, a school teacher of Eldora, la. She wus hii senior by many years. They werC married after a brief courtship. Sin had $20,000 In bank and owned 8,00( acres of valuable farm land, half oi which she made over to him lmmedl ately after their marriage. She alsC carried insurance of $12,000, it is said The marriage took place Oct. 1, 1902. TO NEWBURGH Traffic has been resumed on all the railroad lines entering New York with the exception of the local service on the main line of the Erie. The milk famine In the city has been broken by the arrival of the usual number of milk trains on the West Shore, New York Centrul, Lackawanna und other roads. London, Oct. 13.—Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister in London, says he has received reassuring news from Japan, indicating there is no need of alarm regarding the far eastern situation. He added: "This is the first message received in three weeks and is probably sent because the alarmist rumors current in Europe have reached Japan." Party of Seventy Left on the Lehigh Valley This FREE Morning. The Dally Mall thinks that under present conditions Japan has a slight advantage, which will pass from her next your, a fact which makes war now more probable. THE RAMAPO DI6A8TER. SEAMEN SHIPWRECKED. Seventy people comprised the party that left this city this morning for Newburgh, N. Y., to participate In the Firemen's Day celebration in that city tomorrow. The party comprised members of the Eagle Hose Co., the drum corps, wives of members and a few city officials and friends. Among those outside the company were Chief Engineer John J. Hart, Councilman Daniel Williams, Councilman Henry QUI, Charles F- Mc Canna, Gus Kester, John J. Donnelly, and Frank Gillespie. The ladles who accompanied the firemen were Mrs. W. H. Jones, Mrs. William Williams, Mrs. Oscar Houck, Mrs. Philip Loeb, Mts. T. B. Moffatt and Mrs. Philip Ehrhardt. The party left on the Lehigh Valley train at 8 o'clock, having a special car for their use. They expected to go from New York to Newburgh by boat and will reach their destination by evening. Tomorrow the parade and other festivities of the Newburfeh firemen will be held, and the Eagles will give an exhibition drill, having taken their drill suits with them. The majority of the excursjonlsts expect to reach home on Thursday night, but some of them will take advantage of the opportunity to remain In New York for another day. The party was favored with charming weather for the trip down the line. Blydenburg's third wife died Ma) 29 last, her death being like that 01 the other wives of the man. Her slsteri felt that there had'been undue hast» In embalming and burying the body The fact that it was shipped to Bryan O., for interment added to their nn easiness* They had the body dlsln terred, and the stomach was sent to •Professor V. C. Vaughan of Ann Ar bor, who stated that he found tracei of arsenic. Two Lives Loet—The Village Nearly Come and try Tuxedo Park, N. J., Oct 18.—The Itamapo river, after rising higher than ever before so far as existing records show aiid sweeping away many small dams, several bridges and houses and a section of the Erie railroad track, is now slowly subsiding, and the Tuxedo dam, which It was feured could not withstand the flood, Is now considered safe. Obliterated. Fifteen Men Taken From a Water- Logged Bark in Mid-ocean, Quarantine, N. Y., Oct. 13.—The German steamer Verona, which arrived this morning from China, Japan and other countries in the Far East, reported that on Oct. 8, in latitude 32.57, longitude 57.44', she fell in with the water-logged bark Salvatore Talavera (Uraguayan), bound from Fernandlna for Corrlnna, and took off the captain and 14 men, bringing them to port. The vessel was In a sinking condition. All of the masts and boats were gone, the forecastle and cabin gutted by the sea, and provisions spoiled. The pumps were useless and the vessel was making three inches of water an hour. Viscount Hnyaslil's statement that he had no fear of hostilities, at least for the present, is not considered altogether reassuring. a dish of the No official corroboration of the war rumors has been received. In fact, It Is stated at the foreign office that no communication has been received from the far east for two days. In some quarters this is held to be a good sign; but, on the other hand. It is remembered that this British department was left without news just prior to the Boxer outbreuk in China. WE CARRY THE BEST FLOUR manufactured. A given quantity will make more and better bread than any other kind As the price is low Famous Fruit • So far as known only two lives were lost. George Noxon and a companion, employed on Mr. Harrlman's estate at Arden, when driving home from ('en-" tral Valley were overtaken by. the'flood and drowned. Of the damage to property along the course of the Itamapo no estimate can yet be made. (5 per bbl.; $2.50 per 100; $1.25 per 50 poonds, the Saving through its use is considerable. bemo other articles in our Puddine Free FOUGHT HEAD HUNTERS. Thirty Americans Defeated Five Hun BIG GROCERY STOCK call for special mention by reason of tbelr arocdneas and cheapness. But tb» best way to test our statements (to to send ns an order and prove that we have just what wo advertise. dred Natives In Neuva Visaya. All This Week Manila, Oct. 13.—In a fierce conflict In which he lost two of his men, Lieutenant Velasquez defeated an over whelming force of head hunters whirl had attacked his command of constnb ulary. MINISTERS MEET EMPEROR. The village of Kamapo was nearly obliterated by the overflowing of Pierson's lake and the breaking of the dam at Its lower'end. The cottage dwellers fled to the hills and have been looked after by the more fortunate whose homes were on higher ground. The dam at Cranberry pond, near Arden, burst, and the waters spread havoc through that valley. Several houses here were flooded, the electric light plant Was disabled, the flsh hatchery was wholly swept away, and the golf links was so badly Inundated that the invitation tourney scheduled for this week has had to be abandoned. BRENNAN and ROBERTS Barge and Five Men Lost. Imperial Council at Yokohama—Rus- +2 N. MAIN. Next to Eagle Hotel Baltimore, Md„ Oct. 13.—The seagoing coal barge Oracle, belonging to the American' Towing Co., of Baltimore, which was left off Cape Henry by the tug Buccaneer in the recent was lost with all hands. The tug sailed from Baltimore with the Oracle, coal-laden. The storm struck her off Hag- Island, Thursday, and the barge, with Captain Cookson, her cook and three seamen, all white, went down. The tug couldn't approach the barge, owing to the frightful sea, and was forced to put into Norfolk for safety. sia's Notice Ridiculed. Yokohama, Oct. 13—The premier and the ministers for war, nuvy and foreign affairs had a simultaneous audience with the emperor yesterday. The news of the fight has just reach ed this city. The conflict took place in Neuva Visaya. Five hundred of the fierct head hunters were in the attacking force. Lieutenant Velasquez had onlj thirty men, but all fought with desperation, knowing their fate if the savage head hunters got them. w)ru?y's prices EVANS BROS Baron von Rosen, the Russian minister, and Baron Komura, the Japanese foreign minister, have not yet hbd a conference. 44 and 46 S.Main St. The announcement by M. Lesser, the Russian minister to China, that the Mancliuriau convention between Russia and China had lapsed Dis received here with ridicule. The latter had bolos and rifles, anC they made vigorous onslaughts. BuC they could not resist the Americar Are amf Anally gave way, leaving fifty three dead and many wounded. Best Family Flour Rye Flour, per sack... B-W Flour 25 lbs  No. 1 Hay  No. 2 long and cut Hay... Bale Straw  Best Delaware Co. Butter Full Cream Cheese  Brick Cheese  Sweitzer Cheese  Apples, per bushel  Onions, per bushel  Sweet Potatoes, per peck. Potatoes, per bu  Honey, per box  Maple Syrup, per qt  Maple Syrup, per J gal... Maple Syrup, per gal  Honey, per bottle  Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour .10 Self-raising B-W Flour 10 Cabbage 7 c and 8c William Drury, Best Patent Flour.... $5.00 4.50 1.00 .75 .90 .85 .60 8panlola, 5c Cigar, at Gillespie'* only. Dispatches from Chefu report that a Russian war ship and a transport with 500 troops left Port Arthur Oct. 4 for Korea. Sixty Japanese civilians lefl Port Arthur Oct. 10 for Nagasaki. The Russian forces at Newcliwang are reported to have been increased. The flood also washed away the shanties of the Italian and Hungarian colonies in the lower part of the valley. All the inhabitants were rescued and carried by boats to safety, the local flre department working zealously to save them. A fund for the relief of the flood sufferers has been started among the residents of the park. For WEDDINGS EIamiam I For FUNERALS "10WW* I For gents' underwear, go to Giles. Eight ladrones have just been sen tenced here to be hanged and two td twenty-flve years' imprisonment bj Judge H. Sweeny. These men wer« captured in Bulucan und other provinces of Luzon adjacent to Manila. Flood Situation at Paterson. Cricket* on (be Hearth, Just what yon want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do mnch for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) 1-B.QARPENTER) exeter «t. exeter iaia Paterson, N. J., Oct. 13.—The water rapidly receded during the night. The river will be in its natural channel by late tonight, when the extent of the ilamage can be ascertained. Diphtheria and scarlet fever are prevalent. The board of health refuses to allow persons to return to their homes in the flooded districts until the buildings are fumigated. To destroy crickets place a little ginger cordial in u saucer on the hearth at night. This will attract the crickets, which will die after having partake® of it. A second body of ladrones are In the island of Panay, where they have attacked the town of Ibajay and killed thirteen of the inhabitants. There Is only a small police force there. No Reason For Alarm, On the Erie no trains are running west of Itamapo, and it will be several days before the tracks can be repaired. Rubber Plants, Washington, Oct. 13.—Aside from extensive military preparations by both nations, the Japanese legation here is not advised that either Russia or Japan has as yet committed any act of war. The Japanese minister is being kept constantly advised by cablegrams from Tokyo of the situation, and, realizing Its gravity, he is moving with great caution. The negotiations between Itussia and Japan, according to his advices, are still lu progress, and there is hope of a diplomatic settlement of the questions at issue. .30 .70 .12J .25 To keep a rubber plant In condition It must have plenty of earth, plenty of wnter and a shower bath once a week. When it has dried, after this bath, wipe the leaves and sponge them with milk. This treatment acts as food as Well as making them rich. Hopeful Regarding Soo Affair*. Roosevelt'* Ranch 8old. BUY AT Mrs. Johnston Pleads Guilty. Ottawa, Oct. 13.—Senator Dandurand confirms the report that he has been given an option on the industrial properties at the Soo. He is now hopeful that Speyer & Co. will delay for thirty or sixty days the foreclosure sale ot the $5,305,000 bonds, and in the meantime the financial help will be forthcoming from English capitalists, so as to continue the operation of the industries which are-now idle. The sale is advertised for Thursday of this week. Bismarck, N. D„ Oct 13.—The Old Chimney Butte ranch, made famous as that established by Theodore Roosevelt when he was a Bad Lands cattlemart, has been sold by the Northern Pacific to Ferris Bros, of Medora. It tvas on this ranch that President Roosevelt wrote some of his western sketches. Subsequently he bought another ranch, the Elkhorn, forty miles south of Medora, and there he outfitted for many of his mountain trips. ■ MAGNET .45 .85 .25 New York, Oct. 13.—Mrs. Marie Layton-Johnston, charged with larceny and forgery by which she obtained nearly $50,000 from the United States Playing Card Co., of Cincinnati, created a surprise in the court of general sessions today by pleading guilty to two indictments charging her with grand larceny.FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. If you want the best goods at the lowest prices. Bare bargains for the next ten days. New Tork Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. New York, Oct. 13, 1903. High. Low. Clos. 109% 107% 109 % 64% 63% 63% 87% 87% 87% 32% 31% 31% 73% 72% 73 . 30 29% 29% 14% 14% 14% 136% 135% 136 24% 23% 24 .150 150 150 34 33% 33% 97% 96% 96% 130% 130 130% 104% 103 103% 40% 39% 40 57 56 56 116% 115% 115% 27% 26% 26% 20 19% 19% 118 117 117% 19 18% 18% 45% 44% 45 17% 16% 16% 71% 70% 71 28% 26% 27 • 6% 6% . 6% 70 69% 69% 30% 29 29 33 25 28 37% 35% 35% 90% 90 90% 22-74 22% 22% 21% 20% 21% 13% 12% 12% 59% 57% 67% 1 lot of Corsets, lace trimmed top and bottom, white and drab, elegant value at 75c, here now 43o Hemp Carpet worth 20c—our special price 14c. Port Said, Egypt, Oct. 13.—The Russian buttle ship Cssarowitz and the Hussion armored cruiser Buyan arrived here yesterday, bound for Chinese waters. The Czarowltz proceeded. Rusila Sending War 8hlps. THE LEADIN8 GROCER. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13.—The Fifteenth annual convention of the Bottlers' Association of North America opened In this city today and will continue three days. About 700 delegates are expected to attend the convention. Bottlers in Convention. Sugar  Atchison  Atchison, pf. ., Brook. Traction B. & O  Survived Volcano, Killed by an Auto. Detroit, Mich., Oct 13.—J. D. Hawks, one of the owners of the Detroit, Ypsllanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Electric line. States that a consolidation of all the electric lines between Detroit and Kalamazoo, a total of about 270 miles, has been practically effected. S. P. Angus, Mr. Hawks' partner, has Just returned from New York, where he went on business connected with the merger. A Michigan Railway Merger. Paris, Oct. 13— Martin Thlr, a Hungarian, after being one of the extremely few and lucky survivors of the St. Pierre (Martinique) disaster, was killed here by an automobile while on a few flays' visit to Paris. T. A. DURKIN. Rag Carpet, close and heavy, worth 25c, here for 19c. Best Felt Window Shades only 8c. Ches. & Ohio . C. & G. West. . St. Paul  Rock Island .. D. & H .. IC & T„ pf. .. L. & N  Man. El  Met. Trac  So. Pacific .... Norfolk & West, N. Y. Central Erie  O. W  Penna  Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 13. — President Scliurman of Cornell announces that the department of ruilway engineering of Sibley college has received two substantial gifts of money for the erection of a laboratory for that department H. H. Vreelnnd, president of the Interurbnn Street Railway company of New York city, starts the fund with $1,000. M. N. Forney of New York, a well known consulting railway engineer, has also promised a large gift. Gifts to Cornell. Japanese Officers Recalled. A Complete Line ot Groceries. 1 lot 10-4 Double Blankets, white and gray, only 48c. Men's Overalls, the 50c kind, this week 39c. Rome, Oct. 13.—Forty-live Japanese officers who have been studying at Modena and Racconihi colleges have received telegrams recalling them to Japan. Prepared under GERMAN LAWS, li the Best there U tor r NEURALGIA J Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout: OR. RICHTBR'S World-Renowned FINE WINES AND LIQUORS 1 lot Men's 15c Suspenders, our special price 8c. 8c Dress Gingham, our specia price, 5c. Honesdale Miner's Flannel, good heavy grade, only 25c yd. Ladies' Black Mercerized Under Skirts, small ruffle laid on deep flounce, worth 75c, our special price 50c. We are agents for Cosmopolitan Model Paper Patterns, seam allowance—a high grade pattern at the price of a cheap one. October styles now ready, only 10c. Brockton Carpenter* For Arbitration. FOR FAMILY USE. $2.50 to New York and Return Via D., L. & W. R. R„ Sunday, Oct. 18. Train leaveB Pittston Junction at 12.30 Saturday night. Returning, leaves New York at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. Brockton, Mass., Oct. 13.—By a unanimous vote to submit the differences between themselves and the Master Builders' association to arbitration the local carpenters' union has prevented a threatened tieup of ail building operations in this city. "ANCHOR" BARTELS Beer, pints per doz. 50c Porter, pints, per doz. 50c Porter, J pints, doz. 40o Ale, pints, per doz. 75c PAIN EXPELLER. Pacific Mail Reading ... I None mine without Ti»d« »«rfc "Amitor. Stair rods at Williams & Co.'s. So. Railway So. Ry., pf. . Tenn. C. & I, Leather  Madrid, Oct. 13.—Forty members of the Republican club have been arrested, and nineteen prominent Republicans and Carllsts have been arrested at Santamler when on the point of leaving the city on a steamer. 8panish Republicans Arrested. lone well-It nown Hew York.February3rC! I89{£a Dr.RicMerS"ANCHOH"MIN« vl EXPELLER is an excellent Xj-HL remedy for Neurdlgiaand Rheumatism. „ O m'a letter out of man: Oil and gas stoves. Ash. Green's Examination Postponed. SCHLITZ Famous Milwaukee Beer, pints, per doz 60c Porter, pints, per doz 60c Glasses you can see throug. Weber's. Blngliamton, N. Y., Oct 13.—The examination of State Senator George E. Green before United States Commissioner Hall has been postponed until Nov. 9. Refrigerators, at Ash's. Union Pacific Wabash, pf. . Best shell oysters at Moffatt's. C. F. I. W. L. Pace, Attorney-at-Law. Office 25. 3d floor. Miner's Bank Bldg. Copper Taft Coming In January. Collision Costa Three Live*. 31c, aod S0«- at «U drafglsts or t&rougn lr.U.BkUn*Co.,SUPMi«Bt1 Hew torli, L 38HIGHESTHWRDS.i Btcommtndtdbyprominent PK]/- KW ticians. Wholesale and Rtti I All Delivered at Tour Residence. People's Gas . Texas Pacific . Car & Foundry U. S. Steel ... Washington, Oct. 13.—Word has been received at the White House from Governor Taft that he will beT here, ready to assume his new duties as sec retary of war, some time in January. Kansas City, Oct. 13.—Three passengers were killed by the collision of a freight train with a street car at Mulberry and St. Louis avenues, In the west bottoms. ( ... as MAGNET Byrne's Baby Relief for nervousness and sleepless babies' use when teething. T. A. DURKIN. U. S. Steel, pf. 49 S. Main Si Both 'phones. 87 8. Main S*,,P tata*