Pittston Gazette

              and Forecast Until 8 p. i Eaatern P«ni Fair; warmer; soul dw, lor ► Vicinity. ALL THE HOMK NEWS. M 8 !',M;K.n 54th YEAH. IL ) M  I Old Indication* of I ity i Birmingham, Post. states tlu I Naval Activnd., Jan. Q.—The s indicate Inaot only on the part of Russia and Japan, but also by France, America and England. Bugland has taken steps pointing to the probability not only of a considerable addition being made to the British squadron in the far east, but also to the attaching of expert naval officers to Japanese vessels. The paper adds: "ThiB Is not necessarily antagonistic to Russia, but la a precaution made requisite by the Anglo-Japanese alliance and in order to secure reports as to the condition and prospects 01 the Japanese navy." Some Jlngoists think such a step on the part of England would be but the Initial preparations to give substantial aid to Japan in the event of war. The hope raised yesterday by the repopt that the Russian reply to the Ja ise demand had been sent to Tok "a hul was conciliatory In tone, has /n been overcome by the belief I /little chance exists ©t any settled$L A majority of the reports rega?* the Russian reply it IT-J Admit the justice of several of " ? /•Japanese demands, but will cC£ to counter proposals which make J? the admissions. IMPOSING CEBL. Y IN ROME. -~P- L 1 RauaI I : • . COL. INC King SsS^O&l Detachment From Cruiser VIcksburg Landed. if above everything else is the motto that i9 followed unceasingly in the brewing of itlcWave Intense In Cij and Country. m- 0 Terrible Railway Wreck JAPAN AND RUSSIA ACTIV Marine that I to visit the and find out how much enthusiastic reached my t the Italian WIDESPREAD SUFFERING. is sky high just nDw, hut if you'll bay your groceries and provisions here1 you will gave e'uCDugh mDDn«y to keep your coal bin well fill.«.l, Ijeave your order with us. In Kansas. by actual ground praise ear* k ■ Russian Regiment Started For Korea* Japan Prepare# to Land 8,000 Mon. American Landing Made to Proteot Conimoroial Intereets. Seoul, KoVea, Jan. 6.—A detachment of thirty-live marines from the United' States steamer VIcksburg, now lying at Chemulpo, has here as guard, for the Americail legation. D Another there that __ About tht urbanization. I mat I iounC my iriends more than Justified In theli enthusiasm, and I hail hoc listened U the band for 16 mlnutsa until I was willing to subscribe to all they hail told me, and more, too. Such band play ing has, up to now, been quite unknown In this country.'" The Royal Marine Band will be at the Broad St. Tneater tomorrow evening. HI Henry'* Mtnetrels, Friday. The minstrels, one Crf the oldest and best-liked lorms of amusement ever shown to the Americafepeople, will be with ns again on Friday evening, when HI Henry's aggregation, headed I by Arthur Demlng, one of the most| famous minstrels In the country, wlllj appear at the Broad St. Theater. The performance of this company this year [ haa been altogether changed from those of former years, and theatrical people say It is far superior to anything heretofore presented under the management of HI H»nry. The flrst part has been given a magnificent setting, mainly decorated with electricity. [The flrst part will be the usual bone and tambourine act, with the latest novelties, and the second part will be given over to some of the best artists in the country. wag i Mercury In New York 8t»yed Below the Zero Mark For Ten Hour*—Hoe pitale Crowded With Unfortunates. Recorde Broken Elaewhere. New York, Jan. 6.—Silent, but all powerful, the arctic cold that has gripped Greater New York as well as the rest of the country for the last three days added eight to Its list of death victims yesterday, making fifteen In all who have succumbed since the blizzard of Saturday swept down on the city. But the deaths of these unfortunatea formed only an Incident In the tide of human mteery caused by the cold. The hospitals are filled to overflowing with victims who have been picked up here aud there where they had dropped, overpowered by the frigid atmosphere. Others were taken from homes In the great east side tenements, where thousands suffered silently not alone front cold, but from lack of food. Stegmaier's Beer f'K d-f 4 j ■ ■ - ■ f That is WHY Step- VICTIMS ALL PASSENGERS v *ruits and Nats, all fr. sh, an.l 'inteetl good. Lowest prices. Cahh ts. Hundreds of pounds at way "down prices. maier's Beer is the PUREST and BEST. Insist on having it; there is no substitute. Telephone your order body of seventy marines will arrive today.The fcnited States transport Zaphiro is also at Chemulpo, where Russia, Japan and Great Britain have each a manof-war.The Shoe Limited Express Collides With Department Freight Train. Quiet prevails here, but the palace in heavily guarded by the Korean army. to our cold storage depot located in your The movements of the Japanese-troops and fleet are unknown here. The-latitude of the Korean government is ud* changed. Solicitude is shown as to what may happen on the arrival of Japanese troops. of this store is on a big scale with a complete line of high quality footwear for all classes of people, v big line of Slippers and Levins. PASSENGER COACH WAS TELESCOPED city. Pope's Address Directed Particularly Stegmaier Brewing Co to the French. NEARING DANGER POINT. There was no need for the police to tell men to move on In any part of New York. Tliey moved on and on, some of them until the cold took all their power. Every ward of Bellevue hospital was crowded. It was impossible take more, the Superintendent said, until some of those in the wards had been transferred to Blackwells Island. Hospital Ambulances Busy. Evans Bros. Rome, Jan. 6—An imposing ceremony preceding the beatification Joan D'Arc occurred at the Vatican today. The Pope was acclaimed by a great number of guests. He delivered a speech before the congregation of the rites, in which he said he hoped the Frenchmen, having such glorious ancestry, would be worthy of them and would especially appreciate the present distinction conferred by the church by putting an end to the campaign against religion. Action of Vioktburg's Commindtr 80 Construed In Uondon. WILKESBARRE. PA. Only Three Persons Taken Out of London, Jan. 6.—"Nobody will suspect the captain of an American manof-war of being a scheming alarmist," says the Standard editorially till* morning. This sentence expresses the view taken by the press of Great Britain of the grave condition of things in the far east as revealed by the fact that the United States government finds It necessary to send marines to Seoul for the protection of American Interests. 46 South Main St., Pitts ton. the Coach Alive. in., Jan. 6.—Thirty pus- Rengers were killed and some 20 injured this morning in a collision on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, between the Chicago and San Francisco Limited and a freight train, five miles west of this city. iopeka, From midnight to midnight the ambulances at nearly every hospital In the greater city were kept wallowing through the snow clogged streets to attend victims of the cold. "Peck's Bad Boy," Saturday. New shows are experiments and not always successes. "Peck's Bad Boy" has been tested and for years has been a great favorite with theatergoers and has been a big money-maker. He will be at the Broad St Theater next Saturday, matinee and evening, and an enjoyable performance is assured. The .specialties Introduced are a great feature of the show, and they are always neat and clean. Fun without vulgarity is the motto of this .company. During the thirty-three years of existence of the local weather bureau there have been but six months in which yesterday's record for cold was exceeded, and In that entire thirty-one years there has been but one January day colder than yesterday. This was on Jan. 10, 1875, when the official thermometer registered 6 degrees below zero. There havq been only twelve years, lueludlng yesterday as representing 1904, when the thermometer registered zero weather. The other z«ro years were 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1879, 1880, 1885,1980, 1893, 1896 and 1899. The year of 1888 did not Include any-weather in the neighborhood of eero, the lowest temperature being 2 degrees above zero, and this was not In March, when the blizzard occurred. CANAL TREATY TAKEN UP. Now Under Consideration in the Sen- While It Is still hoped that a peaceful issue inny be found, this action of the United States Is held to Indicate that the view of the situation taken at Washington is that the crisis is drifting rapidly to the danger point. The action of the United StateB government is generally approved. The passenger train was 20 minutes late and was running at a rate of 30 miles an hour. Two cars filled with passengers were demolished. ate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, Jan. G.—The Senate committee on foreign relations for the first time took up this morning the new Panama canal convention known as the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty. All of the uiambers of the committee were preseht., excepting Senators Money, of Mississippi, and Clark, of Montana. In view of Senator Morgan's decided opposition to the treaty and his proclivity for lengthy discussion or any questiot relative to Isthmian matters It is expected that the committee will be unable to report on the treaty for a considerable period. Both locomotives were destroyed and four cars loaded with live stock wero torn to pieces. Dozens of dead animals were strewn In all directions. The engineers and firemen of both trains escaped death by jumping from the locomotives just before they crashed into each other. It was In tha third car of the passenger train that the greatest loss of life occurred. Tho" smoking car was Jammed back Into the third car, and those In the forward portion of the latter were killed instantly. There was some delay in beginning the work of rescue. It was necessary to cut holes through the floor and roof of the coach in order to reach the imprisoned passengers. WE CARRY THE BEST FLOUR The Morning Post says editorially: "The landing of American marines proves that the United States is not watching the far eastern imbroglio without Intelligent interest We hope thoy \viH~b* accompanied by British murines." manufactured. A given quantity will make more and better bread than any other kind and tho prloe in low Armstrong's "Miss Bob White," Monday Evening. Pitt stop people need (ag. introduction to Winaid Spenser's comic opsra. "Miss Bob White," and It Is not necessary to tell them that it is one of the most delightful musical plays on the road. It was the attraction that opened the now Broad St. Theater, and It gave excellent satisfaction. The same company which then produced the play will be in the cast at the Broad next Monday evening, when a return engagement—the farewell one—will be filled. Plttston people are looking foiD ward engagement with pleasurable anticipations, and there will no doubt be a large audience to witness the opera. It is generally agreed among the critics that Mr Spenser never wrote a more tuneful opera than "Miss Bob White," and the company that comes on Tuesday evening has received unstinted praise for the excellent manner in which it has sung the music and staged the piece generally. $5 per bbL $2.50 per 100; |U5jer SO pounds, the Saving through Its use is considerable. Some other articles in our The Daily Mail's Tokyo correspondent reports the suspension of the steamer service from Kobe to Korea owing to the apprehension that hostilities will soon break out. The correspondent says that the rumor that Russia has landed troops at Mokpho proves to be Incorrect. BIG GROCERY STOCK call for special mention by reason of their goodness and oheapness. But the best.way to lest our statements la to send us an order and prove thajf wo have just what we advertise. BRENNAN and ROBERTS PRICES. Patent Flnnr - -- -- -- - fD00 Columbia Flmr ------ fi/25 • hop and .Mt-al ------ l.'iO For ten hours of the twenty-four yesterday the mercury stayed below the zero mark, and there were comparatively few Hburs when the thermometer registered more than a few degrees abore that point. Wyoming College of Business. Corn and cr. c«rn  Bran and br. mMds. - - - - O.its, |D»T bushel ------ 120 12u .48 Will reopen Jan. 4. A superior and scientific course of business study. Graduates readily find employment. Principal business positions in Wyoming Valley held by former students of this college. Graduates in excellent positions In all the largest cities of the Union. No time In nation's history has offered so many inducements to young men and women to prepare for business life as the present. For College Journal, address W-. L. Dean, A. M., Principal, Kingston, Po. 31t5 The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mall learns that General Yuan Shi Kai, the commander in chief of the Chinese army and navy, has ordered the cruisers now In the Woosung river to be prepared for war. *2 N. M "IN. Nrll tD. ha* •• B '•*! i cans Tomato«Dg ------ L can C"rn - -- -- -- -- I can peas - .25 .10 .10 All Records Broken. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The temperature here broke all records for thirty years. In 1878 a January day recorded 18 degrees below zero. The thermometer here recorded a temperature from 20 to 25 below zero. Reports from all points In the north and west of the state tell of unprecedentedly low temperature. The coldest weather In many years is reported throughout the Adirondack region. At Dannemora Loon Bloomingdale and Paul Smith's from 30 to 30 below zero Tyns recorded. At Saranac Lake It was 40 below and at Lake Placid 41 below. We Realize the 3 cans mustard smlines - - 6 C-an« oil sardines - - - - - I botile L. catsup - - l bottle L. & I'. sauce - - - T\ilia co, »H kinds - - - - - Potatoes, per busliel - - - - When they were finally reached, only three were alive, and these three were so seriously injured that it is feared they cannot recover. A rescue train was sent to the scene of the wreck, and the dead and injured were brought here. The Chefu correspondent of the Morning Post says that in the event of way Welhalwel will be abandoned as useless, as It Is not fortified. The correspondent hears that great precaution* are being taken by vessels entering Port Arthur, as It is feared that sow attempt may be made to sink them and so block the channel. Responsibility laid on opticians. We realize tliai be wiong passes will ruin sight W e renlize that the right glassn will htrengtlien the Dinht Real izing things we couldn't 1« careless and inaocu ate. Indeed •»e pride on selves on our car« and accuracy. A mistake would hurt us more than it would you We are ready at any time to c refully examine the e.\es, free ol uharge. Should you need the service of an oculist, we tell yuu so To Prevent Ticket 8calping. St. Louis, Jan. 6.—The house of delegates has unanimously passed a measure prohibiting ticket scalping. The bill provides that a broker or ticket dealer shall not buy, sell or deal ill any railroad, railway or steamboat mileage. Root'* Dinner Party. | excursion, commutation or other nou- Waahlngton, Jan. 6. — Secretary of transferable tickets, and the penalty War and Mrs. Root entertained at din- for conviction of violation of the ordiner in honor of the president and cab- nance shall be a fine of from $230 tCi inet The guests were the president S500- Tbe bill passed the councils some and Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hay, Attor- time ago and now goes to the mayor ney General and Mrs. Knox, Postmas- 'or signature to become a city ordl ter General and Mrs. Payne, Secretary nance. The bill is designed to protect Moody, Miss Carew, Secretary and the railroads during the world's fair. I T & tO South Main St. Tele, h'-ne The intensely cold weather that prevailed interfered seriously with the work of recovering the victims. A RIOT FEARED. Additional Gleanings. Commander of the Vioksburg Say* 31*- Gohonto encampment meets ttys evening. All members are urged to attend and are assured a good tima. Thomas P. Mangan & Co., grocers, will move on April 1st to the B. Q. Cooper storeroom, on South Main St. There will be an important special meeting of the Caledonian club tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Much Important business is to be transacted. After April 1st, the Pittston Lodge of Elks will occupy tha second and hird floors of the Brune building, on North Main street, :whi& recently passed into the hands of A. B. Brown, Albert Brown and M. F. Sacks, The coal tonnage weighed and weigh-bllled at the scale office at Packerton for the month of December has amounted to 318.304.10 tons. Total for the year, 4,726,733.01. Total freight and coal for the year, 6,861,471.09. Frank Hontz, a car Inspector in Packerton yard, was found dead. Durng Monday night he fell from an engine and was run over by car, his leg being crushed. Not being missed, he waa not cored for aud was frosea to death. Km WEDHINOS C|Awttrt I For funerals r"wwer* i Washington, Jan. ft —The navy department Is In receipt of two cablegrams from the commanding officer of the United States gunboat Vlcksburg, at Chemulpo, dated the 4th and 5th lnsts. respectively, as follows: uation Is Grav* at Seoul. New England Temperatures. Boston. Jan. fl.—In this city yesterday tlie mercury registered 4 degrees below zero in the forenoon, but rose later. In the suburbs low record temperatures were made. At Wellesley the thermometer registered 20 degrees below at 7 o'clock. The Intensity of the cold caused further delay to the train system of New England. Other low figures reported were: Londonderry, VL, 50 degrees below; Middlebury, Vt., 40 degrees below; Lebanon, N. H., 38 degrees below; Taunton, Mass., 39 degrees below, and Pittsfleld, Mass., 88 degrees below. ■lust whit yon want in Horn] dCxuiratious on short uotice. We oau do much for you at a rnattoutble price. (new phoue) H. G 8HUPP, • I ftlRKITflt fi|Ti»t*.lltT{«ao« "After consultation with the American minister we are of the same opinion. The aspect of affairs is very grave at Seoul. There is much fear of riot by Korean soldiers. "I have completed arrangements to send the company of marines overland by railroad at the critical moment; also about thirty-five men and field guu from this vessel at Chemulpo if deemed neoessary."The second message is as follows: 36 West Market Street. Both 'Phones. WILHESBARRE. Special Mrs. Hitchcock, Secretary and Miss Wilson, Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou Newfoundland seal*, mid Lieutenant General Young. I The seals of Newfoundland are not fur bearing, but are killed in large numbers for their skin and fat. The skins are used to make patent leather and "kid" gloves, the fat for fine soups. FINANCIAL AND CUMME ICIAL. T inware Sale! New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. New York, Jan. 6, 1904. High. Low. Clos. 125% 123% 124% 67% 65% 66% 69% 88% 88% 48% 47% 48% 78% 76% 77% C7)riirfs PRICES While some doctors maintain that no surgeon should be allowed to perform an operation unless he has shaved his mustache, others declaro that the mustache shou!d remain as a hygienic safeguard because It serves as a trap for dangerous microbes, keeping them out of the nose and lungs. Sarffeoni and Hnitnchea. Coldest Since 1875. "Two officers, thirty-six, men, left at 10 n, m. (for Seoul). The remainder of the guard Is prepared if any demand. There la little change in the situation." This government's relations to the controversy nre purely commercial. If war between Japan and Russia should result, while it is not expected that even in a remote way the United Stated would be drawn into it, efforts certainly would be made, by this government to protect Its commerce in the far east. Philadelphia, Jan. 6.—Official figures allowed yesterday to have been the coldest January day this city has experienced since 18T5. At 7 o'clock In the morning the weather bureau thermometer registered 2 degrees below sero, while in the suburbs the merCmry ranged from 4 to 10 degrees below. Through trains on the railroads were from one to three hours lute owing to the freezing of the automatic switches. Sugar .... Atchison ... Atchison, pf. Brook. Trac. B. & O. ... This Week Best Patent Flour. $5 00 Best Family Flour 4.5C Chop and Meal 1.2( Corn andCr Corn  Chee. & Ohio .... 32% C. & O. West. ..15% St. Paul 143% 1 Rock Island 22% K. & T„ pf 33% L. & N 107% 1 Man. El 142% 1 Met. Trac. 122 1 Mo. Pacific 91% So. Pacific 48% Norf. Jk West. ... 56% N. Y. Central ....118 1 Erie 28% O. & W. 22 Ponna 118 1 Reading 44% So. Ry 20 So. Ry., pf 78 Tenn. C. & 1 36% Union Pacific ... 78% Wabash, pf 36% West. Union .... 86% C. F. I. 28 Copper 60% Gas 97 Texas Pacific 24% Car & Foundry ..18% U. a. fiteel iJHR; 10%?' U. 3. Steel, pf. .. 66% 32% 15% 141% 21% 38% 106% 141% 120% 90% Month an Money Bos. Bran and Midd*  Hay, l«mg and cut  bale Straw  1.20 120 .85 .(SO •AT Oaman, a Boluchce convict, was asked in a Delhi court recently how prisoners concealed mouey. He replied by opening his mouth and pouring into his hand a number of coins. During 1903 there were 48 fatal accidents and 104 non-fatal' accidents In the mines of the Third Anthracite district, of which H. MacDonald, of this rity. is Inspector. The tonnage report wtll not be ready for a couple of aionths. ™E MAGNET To afford this protection in such a way as not to offend either nation would be a delicate and difficult task. A Bad Freight Wreck. Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Two freight trains on the Lftke Shore collided west of here. Twenty-four cars were demolished, and a locomotive was hurled down a fifty foot embankment Into Canada way creek. P. C. Chaoin, engineer, and Edward Hadley, brakeman, both of Oonneaut, O., were seriously Injured. Both tracks are blocked by the wrecknge. and trains are bkng sent over the Nickel Plate tracks. 21 lbs. Gr. Sugar 22 11M. A. Hukni- . $1.00 !.«*D Forced Flo^rera. D 56% 117% 27% 21% Flowers are now produced at unnat- Japanese Troopa Ready to Land. I'aris, Jan. The Chefoo correspond ent it the Paris edition of the New York Herald cables as follows: "Eight thousand Japanese troops are ready to land at Masatupho, and their landing will probably mean war. A regiment of Cossacks is expected at Port Arthur. Reserves are being moved from Blagovyeshchensk, the capital of the Amur province In eastern Siberia, to Tsltslbar, in Manchuria. The position of the troopa in Manchuria is being rearranged, but their location is kept a a®, cret." 2H lba. Br. Sugar 1.00 Chp©«© , .14 SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. seasons of the year by means of anaesthetics. Ether Is highly successful In the case of the lilac, and chloroform can be used with equally good results on lilies of the valley, but only a small quantity of anaesthetic should bo used. Hweitzer Cheese  I .argo Wash Boilers, made of best S. C. tin; the 65c grade this week Today is the Feast of the Epiphany In the annals of the Catholic church. In years gone by this was celebrated hroughout the Catholic world as a holy day of obligation, but somo years igo It was abrogated in this country, though it Is still celebrated in Catholic countries with great pomp. A high mass was nuug in St. Mary's German Catholic church at 8 30 by Rev. Father 3rehl. The Lithuanian and Slavish churches held special services. .16 Brick Cheese.. Skii.nfxl Hams  I'ure Lard  .11 .09 .14 117 •43% 19% 77% 35% 77% 36 86 ■ 38 49% 96 24 17% 10%, 39c Apples, por bn f .70 "otatoes, per bn.. 8f Blrda' Keiti. Negroes Break Jail. Birds, in the construction of their nests, almost without exception, avoid bright colored materials, which might possibly lead to the discovery of their plao6 of abode by an enemy. Raleigh, N. 0., Jan. a —Nine negro prisoners escaped from the Wake county jail at an early hour. Most of them were awaiting trial on charges of larceny. The escape was made by prying off a section of a steel c«U in the corridor and removing the bricks in the outer walls. There is uo trace of the men. 3ni'Dn-, per p"«-k 20 Best Butter, D«i. Co 26 Only two to a customer. All kinds Tolmoco ...... .88 All kinds Squibs 10 11 A AIIPT William Drury, —— MAGNET THE LEIMM MWM. n *• Mali #. fitMu. are curiously constructed. The 3lue Points on the Half 8hell or Otherwise. Tie only place In Ptttston you , 77~ -*D lot them is at Fredsrlok's Market. Estimates furnished on steam and J Both phones. hot water plants at Ash's.  ». CjC \ . » ft - .jjji . * v ' . ".v „t-C We make good window screens. I t. Patterson A Co ■y Oysters la all styles. Vieaa*.