Pittston Gazette

              4 For* For t Eastern Pennsylvania. I Pair and warmer tonight; Sunday, rain, with rising temperature; fresh east to southeast winds. | m vicimiy. THE HOME NEWS. r  » ' v /■ i\ y: !AR. I WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18BO '15ISX?'' • j DAILY EST. by THRO. HART 1888. Si,., J3X r. r 8 : MOR TROOPS IN KOREA • * obtaining the Seoul-Wlju railroad concession are met by the plea that the railroud Is required for strategic purposes."WAR RUMORS FROM HARBIN "alks tth Advertisers E. T. Gundlach, the well knowi jxpert in advertising matter, says: 'Whatever the line of business nay be—mail order, manufacture yr retail store—some System of idvertising for investment out of surplus capital and continued expenditure as a percentage on the ;otal receipts is winning favor nore and more among business louses that have awakened to the ralue and security of advertising investments. 1 ■ ■ m mm e's Store J SAY V _ TT TT il . _ J" ■—* V v Drlest and — Their I  PRIE8T8 INJI ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST iad of Mormon Church akes Startling Statement \ Japs Are Headed for Ping- Yang. Masting of Chinese Troops Near Mukden Causes Uneasiness. Paris, March 5.—Telegraphing from Harbiii, a correspondent of the Matin says a special staff of officers has started for Lake Baikal to meet General Ivuropatkln. The central telegraph office here, the correspondent continues, will henceforth be closed to the public. The concentration of Chinese forces west of Mukden arouses suspicion in spite of the repeated declarations of China's neutrality. Cossacks are advancing Into Korea, to int. f can't giv ion other s(?). Table MARRIAGE IDEA FROM GOD TWO are SMALL POX IS EPIDEMIC. I'M ■ To Reject This Doctrine, Said Preaident Smith, Would Ba to Reject God—Woman Would Be "Deetroyed" Who Refused to Share Husband With Another. Catholic Church and Rectory Were Linens Significant Order Issued for Inhab- stroyed, Causing a Lose of $30,000. itants of Vladivostok and Vicinity The Cause of the Fire Is a Complei A 1/VVI  Tou Know, has been brewed right here at home for over fifty .years. Tou Know, the people that brew it. Yon Know its hygienic surroundings.You Know that nothing but the best Hops and Malt  ey can buy are used. You Know that there is no better beer brewed. Insist on having it. Delivered any part of the city. Price fifty cents per dozen. to Leave Immediately, With Their Washington, March 5.—In the investigation by the senate committee on privileges and elections of the protests against Senator Iteed Smoot of Utah, President Joseph F. Smith testified that if the principle .of polygamy should be attacked it would be defended by the church. Intense feeling was exhibited by President Smith against individuals who, he said, had spied on the domestic and marital relations of the high officials of the Mormon church, and for that reason he had favored the passage of the Evans bill to prevent prosecutions for polygamous living unless complaints were entered by husband or wife against the other. This bill was passed, but vetoed by the governor of Utah. It was brought out that all of Mr. Smith's predecessors as president of the Mormon church had been polygamists and that the man chosen to succeed him has more than one wife. Senator Hoar panted to know what Mr. Smith would do if the revelations of his church conflicted with the law. "Which would you obey?" he asked. "With me perhaps the revelation would be uppermost"— said Mr. Smith. "Can you say 'perhaps' to such a question?" interrupted Mr. Hoar severely. Continuing, he asked: "Suppose you received a revelation commanding your people to do something which would conflict with the law of the land. Which would they have to obey?" "Whichever they pleased," was the reply. "There Is no compulsion." Then he read from one of the standards of authority, "Let no man break the law of the land, for he that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break the law of the land." Under the discipline for the last' twenty, years .Mormons would obey the laws rather than any revelation which might be in conflict. "Which would you do?" asked Senator Burrows. ,"I would strive with all my might to obey the laws- of the land," said Mr. Smith, and ho added: "Bnt I should not like to be put Into a position where I would be compelled to abandon my children. I could not do that*." Polygamy Divinely Revealed. Mr. Tayler asked Mr. Smith if he 'was correctly reported as saying at n reunion that the doctrine of polygamy was a revelation by God to Joseph Smith, Jr., and to reject it would be equivalent to a rejection of God. Mr. Smith said that was correct, and when a Ifst of names of those present, including Senator Smoot, was read he said the list was correct. He said his utterance was of a purely historical character. Answering Senator Foraker, Mr. Smith said the revelation regarding plural marriages had been accepted as a permission to take plural wives and was not a mandate. It was set forth that If one wanted to espouse a second woman he could do so by obtaining the consent of the first, but If the consent pf the first was withheld he was at liberty to proceed without it. It is set forth also that where the first refused consent to share her husband with another woman she would be "destroyed" by the Lord. "It does not mean that the husband could destroy her?" "No, never." These linens have advanced ten »r cent, since we bought them, sme that were bought for the inTuury Sale were delayed until N' ' Personal Effects, Except All Food Mystery. New York, March 5j—Rev. Father Ernest and two domestics, Mary and Margaret Brady, were burned to death, Cheefoo, March B.-Word has reach- tbe,m* v"y t) _ cd here that Jananese trooDS have Oolonel Tatsujlf Ave other Japed here that Japanese troops nave a e ffl 0 arrested ln landed in some force at Gensan, on the T_. _ , \ T eastern coast of Korea. They are not v°™1 HStelleve that Port proceeding toward Vladivostok, as A. *Igo by might be expected, but instead are A* V who are now trying to making for Ping-Yang, Where they a few men who know Wle reinforce the Japanese forces alrea e welJ tQ blow lt up there. The forces at Ping-Yang ai The Itussian cruisers Bayan and Dlalso being reinforced daily from Seoul ana recejve(j only slight injuries durand the western coast. lng the recent engagements with the St. Petersburg, March 5.—A serious japanegesmall pox epidemic Is raging in the Quoting from a correspondent who Trans-Baikal district. Fears are felt wrote ijjin from Port Arthur under that the scourge will spread to the rtnte of Feb 17D the Harbin corretroops stationed there and en route gpondeut of the Matin goes on to jjay for the far east. that General Stoessel, the commander St. Petersburg, March 5.—The com- „ * »_*» • . j * -4. „ at Port Arthur, has Issued a general mandant at Vladivostok has Issued a , ,, . ' „ . . . , , „T. ... . order blaming officers who wasted proclamation warning all inhabitants thelr preciou-time in uselcs8 crlticlsm within a 17-mile radius of Vladivostok " ,  , • . . . . , . ... .. or tlielr superiors and threatening to leave Immediately, taking with them those who dld go wMl Hevere lsh. their personal effects, which, If left be- ment hind, are liable, in case of siege, to A ,;tter from Port Da, dated Feb be commandered. The inhabitants are 18 KrinD?8 tbe Btateinent that the popordered not to remove food stores or ullltJon tbpre had been reduccd from tattle. 1,5()0 to 1,000. Seven hundred men were sick in hospital and would shortly be moved to the north. All the bays in the vicinity of Dalny were still Icebound.Stores and Cattle. where the attitude of the natives to- and Fathers Kearney and Hennegan were Injured In a flre which destroyed St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church and the adjoining rectory early this morning, in Long Island City. The cause is unknown. The loss is about $30,000. now; but they're better bargains now than ever. FLOODS COST $2 ,000. !W Inch Cream Damafek, J8c value for. #0 inch Cream Damank, 35« value for ..23c ..31c (SO inoh Cream Damask. i5c value for jjjc 70 Inch Cream Damask, 60c value Mr 42D«o 7a incfrOeam Damask, asc value for SSo 86 Inch Damask, red border, 3»o value for. .33c so inch Damask, red border. «c value for. ,39o 66 inch Bleached Damask, 8Bo value for 33o 60 inch Bleached Damask, soc value for... .42o 62 inch Bleached Damask, 60c value for 50c 68 inch Bleached Damask, 86c value for. .72Xo 7a inch Bleached Damask, tl.oo value for..90c Pittsburg Estimates Her Loss at That Figure—Other Losses Reported. Pittsburg, March 5.—The water is now slowly receding, anflllio further danger is apprehended. damage done by the flood will probably not exceed $250,000. TRAGIC AFFAIR IN NEW YORK. Jealousy Leads a Man to Commit Mur- der and 8uicide. New York, March 5.—In a fit of jealous insanity, Karl Muh 'mch shot Lena Fossnacht, said to be his niece, in their apartments early this morning, and then, turning the revolver on himself, put two bullets through his body and ended his life. The woman was shot twice. She was removed to a hospital in a dying condition. Along Pine creek nnd in the Turtle creek valley especially the havoc was beyond any done in recent: years. In the two cities it was not sd great, but many industrial establishments along the two rivers were compelled to close down, and thousands of j men were thrown out of work. The railroads of the districts suffered to an unusual extent, anil landslides added to the handicaps imposed by the high water itself. The nonhern lines are still crippled, but the railroad officials expect to have all trains running us usual before uightfall. Stegmaier Brewing Co Bottling Department. 'Phones—Old, 422-2 New, 977 PEOPLE'SSTORE, WILKESRAftRE, PA. 15 South Main St., Pittston. Washington, March 5.—Justice Pritchard this morning overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of Samuel A. Groff and sentenced him to two years in the Mbundsvllle (Wi. Va.) prison and to pay a fine of $10,000. Groff Refused a Now Trial. Bread is The Staff of Life Brennan and GETTING A GOOD READY. Japan Constantly Augmenting Her People Driven From Home. Roberts' — PRICE LIST — Force in Korea. Harrlsburg, Pa., March 5.—The water is still rising, and the entity west side of Steelton is under water, The people living in that region lire moving out their household effects. Mosqnito and Mmkct. The better the flour, the better thp bread; the better the bread, tn stronger the staff. The brands we carry make the whitest, lightest bread. London, March 5.—Little change in the far eastern situation is reported this morning. It is apparent that the Japanese are busily engaged In transporting their forces into Korea, and this work is being facilitated by the snforced inactivity of the navy. According to the Sevastopol correspondent of the Daily Graphic, Admiral Skrydioff has learned privately from Port Arthur that the Russian battleship Retvizan lies in such a position as to block effectually the exit of battleships from the harbor, the passage being practicable only for cruisers. The correspondent adds that Russia's new battleships now building on the Baltic will not be ready for active commission before the end of August. The Japanese official who has charge »f Japan's financial and commercial interests in England declares that his government foresaw the possibility of toal being declared contraband of war and that it has been collecting large stores of Welsh steam coal for years, so that today it has a supply sufficient for the needs of the navy for years to come. St. Tetersburg, March 5.—An imperial order has been issued summoning the reserve subalterns and first class reserve men of European Russia to the colors for a six weeks' course of training. A similar order has been issued to the naval reserves. This is interpreted as indicating that everything is being made ready for the mobilization of the whole Russian army, if necessary.Calls Out Russian Reserves. There Is a touch of humor in the fact that mosquito and musket are from the same root, the Latin word for fly. One comes through the Spanish mosca, a fly, the other probably through the Italian. Best patent flour $5 75 Best dairy butter 25c Full cream cheese 14c 21 lbs Sugar 1 00 Finnan Haddie per lb 10c Bloaters per dozen 25c Ciscoesperlb 5c 3 can choice Tomatoes 25c 3 cans choice Peas 25c Peanut Butter 10c Bacon per lb 10c California Hams per lb 10c Skinned Hams per lb 13c BUYING IN RAILROADS. Mexico Secures Interests to Benefit the Country. The Roue In Britain, Evans' Success, per bbl .,..$5.75 Butterfly Flour, per' bbl 6.78 Surprise Flour, per bbl 5.75 Seal Flour, per bbl 5.75 Feed 1.30 Oats 57 Potatoes . „\ 1.00 Sugar, 21 lbs for 1.00 Butter, fancy creamery 25 Cheese, per lb  Skinned Ham, per lb.  Buckwheat Flour, 25 lb tack.... Cold 8naps, 3 lb package  Aunt Jemima, 3 packages for.... Nabob, per package,  Maple 8ugar, 2 lb for  Maple 8yrup, 1 qt can ........ Maple Syrup, l/z gallon can  Maple Syrup, 1 gallon can  Fancy Table Syrup, 2D/2 lb can.. Honey,'per cake  Honey, per glass ...... The first cultivated rose is said to have been planted in Britain A. D. 1552. The damask rose was brought from France in 1573, the moss rose about 1724 and the China rose some fifty years after. Wild roses are, however, natives of all parts of Britain. New Orleans, March 5.—The Mexican government is endeavoring to acquire control of the railroads in Mexico and has succeeded in securing an interest in all but the Mexican Central mid the Vera Cras and Pacific. Captain 3. E. Meglnn, president of the Texas and Gulf Lumber company, with headquarters in the City of Mexico, is quoted as saying: "The Mexican government has acquired control of the Mexican International, Mexican National, Interoceanic and Tehuantepee railways, and it will take over the Vera CruE and Pacific. This leaves only the Mexican Central in private hands. President Diaz is progressive and believes this consolidation will be the best means of achieving his desire to see his country prosperous. His plans seem to meet the approval of every one." NOT TRUE TO THE POLE. The Variations In the Pointing of tlic Compass. We commonly say that the pole of the needle points toward the north. The poets tell us how the needle is true to the pole. Every reader, however, is now familiar with the general fact of a variation of the compass. On our eastern seaboard and all the way across the Atlantic the north pointing of the compass varies so far to the west that a ship going to Europe and making no allowance for this deviation would find herself making more nearly for the North cape than for her destination. The "declination," as it is termed in scientific language, varies from one region of the earth to another. In some places it is toward the west, in others toward the east. The famous snake eating goats of India devour the most dangerous reptiles and have absolutely no fear of the poisonous vermin with which th« country abounds. Snake Eating Goat*. ! ■' * 42 N. Main St. NEXT TO EAGLE HOTEL. QEKMAN OF Is the Best there Is for V r NEURALGIA, 1 Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout: OR. RICHTER'S World-Renowned .48 .85 .10 .16 .10 The recent Japanese elections resulted rather favorably to the Ministerialists, without greatly altering the strength of political parties there. The returns are approximately 130 Constitutionalists, 06 Progressives, 70 without party and 83 members from small groups. "Al 'A IN OUR ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE! Railway Cashier Shoots Himself. R. Evans Bros. New York, Murcli 5.—Jolin H. Gallagher, cashier iu the office of Superintendent Abercrombie of the New York division of the Pennsylvania railroad, committed suicide by shooting himself in the. head in a storeroom at the Pennsylvania terminal station in Jersey City. Gallagher had been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Itailroad company for thirty years and had risen from an office boy to the post of cashier and chief clerk. The cause of the act is not apparent. The pointing of the needle in various regions of' the world is shown.by means of magnetic maps. Such maps are published by the United States coast survey, whose experts make a careful study of the magnetic force all over the country. It is found that there is a line running nearly north and south through the middle states along which there is no variation of the compass. To the east of it the variation is west, to the west of it east. The most rapid changes in the pointing of the needle are toward the northeast and northwest regions. When we travel to the northeastern boundary of Maine, the westerly variation has risen to 20 degrees. Toward the northwest the easterly variation continually increases until in the northern part of the state of Washington it amounts to 23 degrees.— Bimon Newcomb in Harper's. New York.Oct. Utt*l897.\ Or. RichterS-ANCHOfT PAIN EXPELLER Is good for local applications fa Neuralgia and Rheumatlast 46 South Main St., Pittston. According to the Tokyo correspondent of the Standard, the mikado has sent a personal message to the emperor of Korea assuring him that war was declared solely with the view of securing permanent peace and expressing the sincere wish that the recently concluded Japanese-Korean protocol should Increase the intimacy of the two coun- is still in force and will continue until further notice. Our entire stock is offered at greatly reduced For WEDDINGS C|AWAK I For FUNERALS ■ IOW0I» i prices. Now is the time to buy the wedding gifts you anticipate giving in the near future. Just what you want in floral decorations on short notioe. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) J-B-CMPiNTER. uetust. exeter bom ; Co., 815 tries. Asiatic Fleet's Target Praotioe. On the strength of a statement made by a missionary the Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Chronicle sends In a doubtful report that twenty-eight Japanese sailors* have landed at Tengehau, saying that their vessel had sunk as the result of an engagement with ttussian warships, which also went down. No Russians were saved, but 200 Japanese were rescued by Chinese Junks. This action is reported to have occurred between Port Arthur and the Miaotao islands. Washington, March 5.—Admiraf Evans telegraphs the navy department that the annual record target practice of the battleships and cruisers of the Asiatic fleet has been completed. The best single scores made were as follows: In eleven minutes and twenty seconds the best thirteen inch gun of the Wisconsin made nine hits, the Oregon six hits and the Kentucky five hits. The best five inch gun of the Kentucky made eleven hits in two minutes. H. 6.8HUPP, In quoting from the New Testament Senator Hoar said, "There is a command that a 'bishop shall be sober and have one wife' "At least one wife," Mr. Smith interrupted."Well, we don't construe it that way In our church," said Senator Hoar. "I believe the practice of polygamy was general among the Jews at the time the Scriptures were written," said Mr. Smith. "I believe that it was commanded that a bishop should be a married man because his duties made it necessary that he should be an experienced man." Here the chairman had to rap loudly to restore order in the committee room. Mr. Smith testified that the law making polygamous living a crime was passed by the Utah territorial legislature, whloli Was overwhelmingly composed of Mormons, and that the constitutional convention also was composed ofi a large majority of Mormons, so ttjht the existing laws of the state against polygamy really were tfyc result of the efforts of Mormons themselves. It is a woman's war that is being waged on Reed Smoot. The fee which has been paid to former Representative Tayler of Ohio was raised by women, and he was engaged by women. Where the fee that was paid to former Secretary J. G. Carlisle, who Is alstf in the case, came from is not known, but the active lawyer in the prosecution appears as the representative of the wives and mothers of America. The magnitude of the part women Campbell, Rozelle & 36 West Market St., Wilkesbarre. The Last Call Established 1883. Both 'Phones. Webster on Winter Goods. Prices'that will take what is left over with a rush. You have yet a long time to wear them. We want the space they occupy for Spring stock. Bead this list: The scratch of a pin may cause the loss ' of a limb or eves death when blood poisoning results from the injury. All danger of this may be avoided, however, by promptly applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It "is an antiseptic and quick healing liniment for cuts, bruises and burns. For sale by all dealers on a guarantee. PRICE UST: Patent Floiir 16.75 25 lb. Buckwheat Flour 75 Clorn and Meal ...1 1.30 Dispatches from St. Petersburg say that the Japanese fleet has been so weakened by damages sustained that operations against Port Arthur have paused altogether. Admiral Mukaroff claims that six cruisers, five torpedo boat destroyers and one gunboat have been put out of action. Japan's Naval Losses. Sixteen Bodies Taken From Ruins. (7\runj's PRICES. New York, March 5.—The bodies of sixteen men who had been crushed to death in the collapse of whit was to have been the Darlington hotel on Wednesday afternoon have been recovered. According to James Halpin and Coroner Scholer, there are still from five to ten victims Imbedded in the mass of wreckage which has not yet been cleared away. Bran and Middlings 1.30 21 IbK Sugar 1.00 3 oans Tomatoes . .25 3 cant Peas 25 Men's heavy fleece lined Shirts and Drawers, sizes 32 and 34, the 50c kind, now ,25c Children's Tam 'o Shanters, were 25c, now yours for.., 5c Boys' 39c Sweater?, yours now for 25c Children's $1.50 Coats red. to 75o YATESVILLE. It Is expected on the part of the Russian squadron, now that Admiral Ma- Uaroff has arrived there, that offensive operations will be started. Torpedo boats especially will be brought into play and that In spite of reports to the contrary Russia is understood to have an ample supply of torpedoes for these 3 can* Wax Bearw 25 3 cans Pumpkin 25 Bes'. Patent Flour $5.75 Best Family F'our 5.29 Jojin Reed has recovered from an illness,..op and Meal 1.30 Corn and Cracked Corn 1.30 Bran and Middling* 1.30 Roy Haines has returned to school after four weeks' Illness. 4 dozen Sweet Pickles  Prunes, 3, 4 and 5 lbs.  3 cans Up.to-Date Milk  Limburger Cheese  Crackers, per lb. , r'i" .25 .25 .25 Poiaoned by Mailed Candy. Miss Mary Haines, of Scranton, has been visiting her brother, Thomas Haines. Pierre, S. D., March 5.—Mies Rena Nelson, who Jives with her parents on a farm six miles north of this city, Is believed to have been fatally poisoned from eating candy received through the mail. The box containing tho candy was mailed at Boone, la., and, according to reliable chemists, the poison used was corrosive sublimate. Oats, per bushel 55 Potatoes, per bushel 1.00 Apples, per bushel 75 lbs. Granulated Sugar 1.00 22 lbs. A Sugar 1.00 23 lbs. Br. 8ugat 1.00 Keg Herring .65 Keg Millchres 75 Ciscoes, per lb 05 Kit Ciscoes .60 No. 1 Mackerel .15 1 lot stock and Bishop Collars, chiffon and -silk, worth 25c and 50o, your choioe 10c 1 lot Fur Collarettes, "worth $4.50 and $5.00; your choice $1.00 Boys' Domet Flannel Shirts, reduced to 19o Ladies' Percale Wrappers, are worth $1.25; yours now for... .75c craft L. D. Schooley and Miss Rachel Hale were married in Scranton by Rev. Joseph Madison. From official sources In Korea reports come to the effect that Chinarnpo Is free from Ice, that the Japanese have ceased debarking troops at Chemulpo and that they have taken advantage of the opening of Chinampo to land troops there. WE GIVE RED 8TAR TRADING STAMPS.-. Mrs. Jonas Sartain has returned from the Wilkeebarre city hospital, where she underwent an operation. The Young Eagle Drill Co. will hold an ice cream social an:l drawing for a suit of clothes on March 26. The officers of the company are: President and chief, John Read; treasurer and foreman, Roy Haines; vice president, William Schooley; secretary, Joseph Sartain; assistant secretary, Nicholas Vtdzar. A Mother's Recommendation. I have jised Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesitancy in saying that it is the best remedy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence In this remedy.—Mrs. J. A. Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by all dealers on a guarantee. In a dispatch from Tokyo the correspondent of the Times says: "Russians were recently conveyed to Fosslet bay from Vladivostok and crossed the Tumen river southward of Ungkwin and Hoiyong. "The Russian troops who have hitherto been south of Anju have all retired toward the Yalu river. "j "The martial law regulations published at Vladivostok Feb. 9 betray great solicitude with regard to provisions."mu. ■ "-ance to Japan's Kfts No. 1 Mackerel 1.20 Codfish 10 Bloaters 25 Finnan Haddle .10 3 cans Tomatoes 25 Per dosen .90 Pride of Pittston Tomatoes, can.. .10 NED. Township, ma of Luzerne 69c Wash Boilers, yours at 89o Ladies' heavy fleece lilted Underwear, made by Alpine Mills, worth 75o; yours now for... .26c Large assortment of Lace, five and six inch wide, only, a yd. ,.5c Id lie-Im ! *In the C are playing in the flight on Apostle Smoot is just being realized. The organisation which started the ball roiling is the Interdenominational Council Of Salt Lake City. Phone us, we'll call for and repair your bike properly and promptly. debt^ report u I purposes C- claims mitH. on Saturday. o'clock a. in.. N. Donnelly. Min* All persons having e. ship are requested to pree^.. :ime or be fQrever debarred from hem therealtor. CHARLES F. M'HUGH. Commissioner. Instead of buying new Are brick for that stove, buy fireclay. J. E. Patterson & Co. Per dozen 1.10 3 can* Early June Peat 25 at .1 «ra' William Orury, TRUHMlUn Photos on postal cards are the latest fad, 3 for 25c, at the New Postal Studio, Board of Trade Bldg., 8 S. Main street. 'lto J Pit and Flinch games at K 30-27-8-10 — 87 8. Ma