Pittston Gazette

              .THE HOME PAPER. _____ e Pnpli of Plttaton and Vicinity, WEATHER INDICATIONS. i Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for Eastern Pennsylvania. Partly eloudy tonight and Tuesday. ALL THE HOME NEWS. 64th YEAR. I WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18"0 1 DAILY EST. BT THEO. BART 1888. PITTSTON, PA., nONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1903. 1 wo cSnts a cC.pv. i q DA fiPH FQRTY CKNTs A MONTH f O " AUIiO. THINKS IT WILL CONQUER PANAMA FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. A SCOURGE OF TYPHOID Watch for the announcement of Our Holiday Opening in a few days We Repeat New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers. Miners' Bank Building. MR. MERCHANT! FURS New York, Nov. 30, 1903. High. Low. Clos. 122% 12114 ,121% 66% 65% 66% 39% 39% 39% 76* ' 75% 76% 30% 30% 30% 16% 15% 15% 138% 137% 138% 24% 24 24"% 39 37 38% 105% 103% 105% 139 139 139 117 116% 117 9ovg 89% 90% 46% 45% 46% 56% 56% 56% 117% 117 117% 27% 26% 27% 20% 20% 20% 115 113% 114% 41% 39% 41% 75 75 75 20% 19% 20 28% 27% 28% 74% 73% 74% 35 34% 34% 85% 85% 85% 25% 24 ' 25 38% 37% 38% 94% 94% 94% 24% 23% 24% 18% 18 18% 11 10% 10% SS% 51% 52*,s Colombia Sure of Success Unless U. 8. Interferes. Sugar .... Atchison ... Brook. Trac. B. & O  There remain but twentyvone business days before CHRISTMAS. To secure the best results your holiday advertising must commence at once. There is no time to lose—not a single day. A telephone message to the Gazette office will secure you our best attentions One Out of Seven In Butler, Pa., Stricken. that it does not matter what assertions or claims are made by others the fact still remains Every lady should have a fur. AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES Ches. & Ohio C. & G. West. St. Paul  They're so becoming; not to mention their value as a comforter in the cold winter months. We have a line of them DOCTORS ARE OVERWORKED Rock Island .. K. & T., pf. .. L. & N  Man. El  Met. Trac. Mo. Pacific ... So. Pacific ... Norf. & West. . N Y. Cent. ... Erie  O. & W  Penna  Reading  Reading, pf. . So. Ry. .  Tenn. C. & I. . Union Pacific . Wabash, pf. .. West. Union . C. F. I.  Copper  People's Gas . Texas Pacific . Car & Foundry U. S. Steel ... U. S. Steel, pf. Foreign Minister Informs Minister Beaupre That His Government Considers Treat/ of 1846 Already Violated In Recognition of Panama. Stegmaier's Beer Inhabitants of III Fated City Subscribe Liberally to Fight the Disease. Death List to Date Numbers Twen- Within Reach and if you are too busy to prepare your adv. we can arrange it for you subject to your suggestions and approval. ty-eight. is far superior to all others. Compare it with any of tnem and we warrant that you will say it has no equal. Insist on having it— there is no substitute —should you desire a supply just telephone our cold storage depot located in your city and we will do the rest. Of Every Woman Bogota, Nov. 30. — The following botes have been exchanged between United States Minister Beaupre and Senor Carlos Rico, the Colombian foreign minister. In his communication Minister Beaupre says: Butler, Pa., Nov. 30.—The epidemic of typhoid fever which broke out on Sept. 15 last increases. Over 1,500 cases and twenty-eight deaths have been reported. This means that about one out of every seven of the borCAigh'a inhabitants Has been stricken. The finest lot of them ever shown here, and never before at such low prices as we are asking. The stock inc hides some elegant furs, all new styles, and in different colors and lengths and sizes. "I have the honor to inform you that on Nov. 13 the president of the United Btates formally recognized the Panama republic and recelyed its minister." One doctor has now under his care sixty-live fever patients and cannot attend to all. Dr. James Grossman broke down under the strain and now has typhoid fever. Four doctors are now sick, the others being Drs. Minter. Harris and McAdoo. ! A relief mass meeting held in the courthouse was highly successful. A total of nearly ,$8,000 was raised in less than an hour. In reply Scnor Rico says: ' "Your note received. I nm acqwdnted with the fact that President Rflftevelt has recognized the republic of Pnniuuii und received Its minister. So fur as Colombia is concerned the recognition of the so called republic of Panama by the United States had fully taken place at the time your government entered into relations with it. It is not according to rule to establish communications by an international treaty until the existence of a government has been recognized.Accident Mars Farewell to' Harty. DOMINICA'S FUTURE, St. Louis, Nov. ,'iO.—During n farewell tendered Right Key. J. J. Harty, recently appointed archbishop of Manila. by his former parishioners last night at St. Leo's church a section of the church floor suddenly sank into the cellar, and over a score of persons went down. The floor sagged slowly and finally rested on the furnace. Women screamed and men struggled, but Archbishop Harty loudly counseled calmness and deliberation. Order was soon restored, and it was found that no one had been injured beyond slight bruises. The reception was continued, and Archbishop Harty bade farewell to over 5,000 people. He leaves todar *or Manila.Prices Range From 98c up. Wos y Gil at 8an Juan Talks of Gal- Come and get them early. San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 30.—General Wos y Gil arrived here on the German cruiser Falke. The Falke start-- ed at once on her return to Santo- Domingo. In the course of an interview the general said: van's Mission. PEOPLE'S STORE. Those doctors and preachers who are best acquainted with the situation soy the worst Is yet to come and that there will not be sufficient money to last till the subsidence of the epidemic, which, judging from the history of previous fever scourges, will last until spring. The expenses of the relief committee will amount to nearly $1,000 per week. Stegmaier Brewing Co COSTLY FIRE IN BROOKLYN 15 South Main St., Pittston. ALWAYS the CHEAPEST "No significance attaches to the fact of my traveling on the cruiser Falke. United States Minister Powell offered me passage on the gunboat Newport to Now Orleans or Kingston, Jamaica, but I preferred to come to San Juan, and the German officials kindly offered me transportation. WILKESBARRE. PA. "For this reason the fact of the United States having done so on Nov. 18 and the receiving of an agent of the rebels are acts that would naturally follow. The facts you have communicated to me oblige me to state that the Colombian government considers them and also the premature manner in which the recognition took place to be u violation of the treaty of 1840 and ol' International law. Academy of Music Totally Destroyed This Morning. A meeting of the general relief committee was held in the council chamber last evening, and steps were taken to systemize the work of relief. The city was divided into districts, with a member of the general committee In charge to direct the work, and one member will be on duty at the council chamber night and day to receive reports.EVANS BROS. E VPR/CES "Regarding the overthrow of my government, I can only say that it was due to the impatience of the people. With my respect for the constitution, this Impatience caused the revolution. If the new government starts constitutionally my people will agree with it. If not they will try another evolution rather than revolution. I had the chair through peace. I do not want it through war, which is demoralizing to the country. Hobson'i Naval Plana. Washington, Nov. 30.—Former Commander Richmond Pearson Hobson of the navy has prepared a bill to be introduced in the house on the convening of the regular session of congress for the purpose, as he says, of making the United States the first naval power of the world during the next eighteen years. The bill makes a total appropriation of $2,750,000,000, a certain portion of which is to be used each year for new ships. Fifty million is made available for the present fiscal year, $60,000,000 for the next and so on, Increasing by $10,000,000 each year up to 1915, when a lump sum of $1,500,000,- 000 Is made to carry on the programme to 1925. New York, Nov. 30.—Shortly before 9 o'clock this morning fire started in the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the large structure was totally destroyed. McGlnty's bowling alley and a saloon adjoining the theater were crushed by falling walls. The Are raged until 11 o'clock, when It burned itself out. In the meantime, a whole block of buildings had been endangered, but they were saved through the strenuous efforts of the firemen. The intense heat cracked windows in many of the buildings of the neighborhood. Nothing is left of the Academy but the main walls. It Is supposed that the Are was caused as a result of defective insulation of electric wires over the stage. The fire had gained considerable headway before being discovered and there was not at any time any hope of saving the building. The chai+ed remains of an unknown man were found in the ruins. One fireman was slightly injured.Army Marching on lithmus. Best Patent Flour.... Feed, per cwt........ Oats, per bushel. Buckwheat, 25 lbs for Potatoes, per bu  Best Dairy Butter. .. Skinned Ham,per lb.. Cheese, per lb  15.00 1.20 .48 .75 .7a .25 .12 .14 "As I informed your excellency on Nov. 11, a Colombian army is marching on the isthmus, and consequently Colombia is primarily the sovereign state, and she will not only carry on the struggle, but is certain of being victorious if the United States does not Interfere. Reports to the committee showed fifty new eases during the past twentyfour hours. As nearly as the committee con estimate the number of cases alnce the dlseaiie first developed is 1,550. Of this number at least twentyeight have died. From now on accurate lists of cases and deaths will be kept by the committee. "The future state of the Dominican republic hinges upon the recogniti' n of the protocol signed by the Vasquez government with Minister Powell. I never wanted the protocol ratified unless the Dominican congress accepted it. My acceptance of it was forced when the revolution came. This protocol demands the arbitration of certain differences between Santo Domingo and the United States. In accordance with President Roosevelt's agreement with me, personally signed by the president and received in Santo Domingo, Mr. Roosevelt cannot accept any other arbiter than mine, Senor Gulvan, who was appointed by the regular government and Is now In Washington. I do not -care to say more uow." WE CARRY THE BEST FLOUR "Even should the United States ignore the obligations of the treaty of 1840 it is to be hoped that they will remain neutral, not impeding tho efforts -of Colombia to bring the Panamanians into submission and abstaining from any recognition of the rebels as belligerents. If the United States should assume an attitude decidedly liostlle to Colombia and should prevent the latter government's efforts to bring into submission the rebels who proclaimed the republic of Panama, then the independence of the isthmus Is Inevitable. In that case the independence of the isthmus would be the work of the United States and not of the natives." manufactured. A given quantity will make more and better bread than any other, kind A.* the price is low Responses to appeals for aid in the way of nurses and money have been prompt and liberal. Ten nurses have come' from Pittsburg, and more are to follow. Offers of nurses from Newcastle and Cleveland and financial aid from Philadelphia and Pittsburg have been accepted by the committee. Nurses from outside towns will be required to bring credentials from their hospitals. $5 per bbl.; $2.50 per 100; 91.23 per SO ponnds, the Saving through its use La considerable. tiomw othe»- articles in our SHOES! SHOES! Four Negro Children Burned. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 30.—Four negro children were burned to death about eight miles west of here. They were the children of William Ellfc. He und his wife went to a negro festival several miles from their home and locked the children in their cabin. About two hours after they had left the cabin caught Are, and the children were burned to death. The oldest was a girl of thirteen years. BIG GROCERY STOCK call for special mention by reason of their C* • dnesB and cheapness But the best way to test our sta ements is to send us an order and prove that we have just TOat we advertise. BRENNAN and ROBERTS ALL STYLES. LOWEST PRICES. Butler, Pa., Nov. 30.—The work of relief among the fever sufferers has been thoroughly organized. The only delays now result from there not being enough doctors, nurses and attendants to look after all who are reported as needing aid. Last night, James L. Kissinger, aged 28 years, railroad engineer, residing on Maple avenue, died. This is the only fever death reported today. A number of new cases hav.e developed. This morning, Ave nurses arrived from Pittsburg and 12 from Rochester, Pa. The number of cases needing relief exceed the supply of nurses and attendants 20 to 1. This morning, Mayor Kennedy went to Pittsburg, intending to bring back 50 domestics, If possible to get them. Four of the local physicians are sick and three other doctors who stopped long enough to speak a. word this morning said it was absolutely Impossible to attend all the patients and that more doctors must be brought immediately. When you are in need of Oil Cloth and Linoleums, visit our store, as we have a large assortment to choose from. Navigation Cloaes on the Hudson. C*B N. MAIN. Next to Eagle Hotel Albany, N. Y., Nov. 30.—There is considerable floating ice in the Hudson river. Navigation practically closed today. The City of Troy, of the Citizens' Line, had considerable difficulty with ice on the trip up last night. The Dean Rtcbtoiond, of the People's Line, and the City of Troy leave for New York about noon today for the last trip of the season. TO DENY RUNCIE'S STORY. GENERAL REYES' MISSION. R. 8. Baker 8ays Wood Wat In No Scheme. ,Greek Student* Riot. (7\rury's prices Colombian Commission In Washing- ton Reticent, Denver, Nov. 30.—Ray Stannard Baker, 'who has been summoned to Washington to testify before the military affairs committee of the senate, which Is investigating charges that General Leonard Wood inspired an article attacking General Brooke, will deny that General Wood ever attempted such negotiations with him. ife will flatly contradict Major Huncie's testimony concerning the dinner nt which General Wood, Mr. Baker and Major Runcis were said to have arranged for the publication of an attack on General Brooke. Athens, Nov. 30.—Violent opposition nmong the university students here to the performance of the plays of .flSschylus In modern Greek led to serious disorders on Saturday night. The students tried to force an entrance into the Royal theater and were charged upon by cayn'ry. One of the students was klllcdj and a number of others were Injured. Washington, Nov. 30.—General Rafael Reyes, the Colombian peace commissioner, and his colleagues continue their conferences with Dr. Tomas Herran, the Colombian charge d'affaires at Washington, regarding the Panama canal treaty and affairs on the isthmus. As a preliminary to any action whatever General Reyes is familiarizing himself thoroughly with every feature of the isthmian question about which Dr. Herran is able to give him information.EVANS BROS Poisoned by Canned Salmon. Best Patent Flour Chop and Meal .. $5.00 1.20 1.20 . 120 . .48 Newark, Ohio, Nov. 30.—Five members of the household of Charles Krebs, superintendent of the Jewett C«r Works, were desperately ill on Sunday of ptomaine poisoning. Their lives were despaired of, but doctors now pionounce the patients out of danger. Canned salmon, which the members of the family ate freely on Saturday night, is supposed to have caused the illness. T. A. DURKIN. Corn and Cr. Com Bran and Midds... Oats, per buwhel.. In 25 bu. lots... Hay, long and cut. Murdered For a Nickel. Chicago, Nov. 30.—Because he was short 5 cents In settling for his breakfast Marcus Sheehau, a guard on the South Side Elevated road, was shot and Instantly klllefl here by James Berganus, proprietor Of a State street restaurant. A Complete Line ot Groceries. Mr. Baker's testimony will be strongly in favor of General Wood and severe on Major Runcie. He will explain that he took charge of the article merely as a personal favor to Major Runcie and that consequently no such arrangement as is charged was mude at the dinner. There are many antecedent circumstances bearing on the negotiation of the defunct Hay-Herran convention of which it. Is deslruble that General Reyes shall have knpwledge before he proceeds with his mission. There also are other features of the situation which have developed since the general left Bogota which it is desirable shall be fully discussed with Dr. Herran as a preliminary to mapping out a plan of procedure. All these matters are being gone over very carefully by General Reyes and Dr. Herran, and it is expected several days will elapse before any developments take place. ' Potatoes, per bushel Apples, per bushel . Parsnips, per peck. Onions, per peck .., Cranberries, per qt., Agency for Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees. London. Nov. 30.—The Daily Telegraph in this morning's issue says it hears that Russia Is trying to purchase the two battleships Llhertad and Constitution, recently built In English yards for Chile. The Libertad Is already making her trial runs and could put to sea at once, but the Constitution Is not yet finished. Russia, it Is said, wants these vessels to Increase her far eastern squadron. Russia Wants Battleships. Three Brothers Drowned. Important Turkish Army Order. Received fresh every Wednesday and Saturday—Hot house radishes, lettuce, vegetable oyster, green onions, spinach and parsley. Blackstone, Mass., Nov. 30.—Three sons of Mrs. Nellie J. Read—John, aged 17; William, aged 14, and George, aged 8—were drowned in the Blackstone river. They broke through the thin ice while attempting to cross the stream on the way to the woods to procure firewood. The bodies have not yet been recovered. He will say that, so far as he knows, General Wood had nothing to do with the article, though, not having written it, he will disclaim all knowledge of its origin. It -was published while Mr. Baker was in Europe, and his entire interest in It, he will say, was that of a friend who wanted to oblige Major Runcie by finding for him a publisher. Mr. Baker will also emphatically deny any knowledge 6t any attempt by General Wood to disparage General Brooke's services. Constantinople, Nov. 30.—An Imperial irade has been issued prolonging the term of service of the Infantry In the regular army from six to nine years and that of reservists from eight to nine years. It is estimated that the effect of this will be to Increase the army by 230,000 men. 21 lbs. Gr. Sugar '22 lbs. A Sugar. 23 lbs. Br. Sugar Best Butt or  Pure Lard  Cheese  $1.00 1.00 1.00 .25 .10 .14 .16 .14 FINE WINES AND LIQUORS FOB FAMILY USE Tsn Years for a Highway Robber. Madrid, Nov. 30.—Severe gale" prevail throughout the northern provinces of Spain, and shipwrecks and loss of life are reported from the coast. The Biscay steam fishing fleet suffered heavily, one vessel being lost, with nil on board. Gale* Sweep Northern 8paln. American Mall* In London, Bartel's, Pabst and Schlitz Bottled Beer, Ale and Porter. "No plan as yet has been mapped out governing the mission of General Reyes," said Dr. Her ram "anil we have no statement us yet to make to tlie public." New York, Nov. 30.—Edgar E. Deveau, who was convicted last week on the charge of highway robbery In the flrBt C|egree, was sentenced this morning to serve ten years In Sing Sing prison, the maximum penalty for the crime. London, Nov. 30. — The American mails brought by the steamer New York, which arrived at Southampton on Saturday, reached the London postofflce four hours before those landed at Queenstown on the same day by the Cunard liner t'mbria. As no malls are distributed In London on Sunday, however, tlioBe brought by both steamers were distributed simultaneously this mornlug. Sweitzer Cheese Briok Cheese... All Delivered at Your Residence. At the first opportunity Dr. Herran will present General Reyes to Secretary Hay. At tills meeting It is expected there will be an informal discussion of the general's mission, tbe results of which, in a niensure at least, will determine his future course. Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 30.—Well No. 2 of tfie Interstate Development company at Hyner has penetrated the sand and released a big flow of natural gas. It has an estimated pressure of 1,00(1 pounds, and a capacity of 1,000,000 cubic feet dally is expected if the flow does not exhaust the supply at once. Ex-Mayor Mausel of this city is interested lu the eofnpany. which will develop the 2TD,000 acres of its land at once. Gas Gusher In Pennsylvania. William Drury, T. A. DURKIN. 45 S. Main St. Both 'phones. Receiver for Shipbuilding Plant. Anxious Mother—Willie, dear, do you ever have any trouble with the other little boys at school? No Trouble, THE LEADIN8 QROCER. New York, Nov. 30.—Judge Holt, of the United States Circuit Court, today appointed Henry Eide receiver of the Townsend and Downey Shipbuilding Co., which has a plant on Shooter's Island. I lick one of 'em every once in awhile, but that ain't the least bit of trouble.—Chicago Tribune. C7 General Reyes, when interviewed on bis arrival at Washington in regard to hl« mission, said: Rolling Mill Reiumei. You have what yw can be thankful torlow prices at "Th Magnet." Pittsburg, Nov. 30.—The Moorehend Bros.' rolling mill at Sharpsburg resumed operations this mornlug after a shutdown of two weeks. The plant employs 700 men. The men return to work at a reduction of 20 per cent. Volt will readily admit the propriety of my rC4'raining from discussing my mission, which is of a confidential character, but of the offers which Colombia is ready to make I desire to say that my energies and those of my followers will be devoted to the granting of tjie canal concessions to the United States without the payment of a cent. Even at this Colombia will be the ga lner." "His brother aeronauts do*not think well of him." The Accepted Pattern. Berlin. Nov. 30.—The official newspaper, Deutsche Marte, confirms tho dispatch sent by the Publishers' Press on Nov. 9 to the effect that the ministers of war and navy had prohibited the sale in the army anil navy of cigars and cigarettes made by American tobacco companies. American Tobacco Under the Ban. * gy New York, Nov. 30.—In the presence of a large congregation, an overwhelming proportion of whom were women, tlie dedicatory services of the new $1,- 000,000 building of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Central Park West and Ninety-sixth street, took place yesterday afternoon. Many persons were turned away from the church. A message from Mrs. Eddy was a feature of the dedicatory exercises* Million Dollar Church Dedicated. "What has he done?" "Violated the ethics of the profession; Invented an air ship that wasn't cigar shaped."—Washington Star. Typhoon Drown* Thouiand*. THE MAGNET Victoria, B. C., Nov. 30. — Advices from south China by the Athenian report the loss of thousands of lives as a result of the destruction tDf several hundred fishing junks in a typhoon off 8watow. City Man—How shall I know which house It Is? Ita Distinction, 37 Sooth Main SL, PITTSTON. Prominent Pennsylvanian Dead. Cotton Workers Suffer Reduction. Suburbanite—You'll be able to tell easily enough. It's tbe only one in the neighborhood that hasn't a "For Sale" sign on It.—ruck. Readiug, Pa.. Nov. 30.—Hon. David B. Brunner, who was a member of congress from' INKS to 180:;. is dead here, aged sixty-eight years. After leaving congress Mr. Brunner became an instructor in the Boys' High school here and was well known as a historian and mineralogist. Providence, R. I., Nov. 30.—A reduction of wages at cotton mills in this Slate went into effect- this morning. Thirty-seven mills, employing a total of 11,265 operatives, are affected. There is little or no strike talk. In tho Blackstone Valley today's reduction affecti 8,750 workers. Mr. Bryan In Dublin. 1 lot of children's black mittens, regular 10c-kind; here for 5c. 1 lot of ladies' black gloves at the lowest price; call and see them. A new line of fancy covered sofa cushions, all ready stuffed; nice for Christinas gifts, something new—watch the window. Ladies' and Misses' Sweaters, in all colors. Honesdale Make at the lowest prices. Dublin, Nov. 30.—Lord Mayor Harrington gave u luncheon at the Mansion House In honor of William .Jennings Bryan, the guests Including Archbishop Walsh, John Redmond and John Dillon. Heavy Snowfall In Michigan. Her Opera V(»l**c Detroit, Mich., Nov. 3o. — Specials from southwestern Michigan tell of a blUxard. Ten Inches of snow and a driving weat wind are reported at Benton Harbor, and snow drifting to the fence tops is reported lu the vicinity of Mies. "Wiiat a frightfully loud, far carrying ijDice that girl has!" Honesdale Flannel, per yd. 24c —while it lasts. "That's her opera voice. You know her I father has a box this year."— iudfee. Boys' heavy fleeced lined hose, 15c pair; fine for sohool wear. One price to aJl—-that the lawtpt. Attend our linen sale. Globe Warn house. 12tf Window glass, paints. Willlams&Co.' Furnaces and heating stoves at rock bottom prices. Ash's, N. Main St. •D  Infants' Eiderdown Bonnets 10c.