Pittston Gazette

              "WCAt-Hfc* JNDIC Forecast Until 8 p. m. ' •na 9 J. For the t, for ALL THE HOME NEWS. Eaatern Penni Snow or sleet ton! fair; easterly winds, erly. west- 54th YEAIfc. eople's REPORT A PORT Port Arthu Yalu, the c be will be Store il Sin W LI 1.1  noff. Capture of City by the Japs Is Denied. In a March 12, a corresr Mali describes an c, March 14, 1904. jh. Iyow. Clos. l%- 122% 123% 1% 21% 21% i% 44% 45% D% 64 64 '% 64 64% 1% '38% 40% 1% 72% 73% L 110% 110% K- 28% 28% i% 25% 25% 1% 22% 23 !% 126% 126% 1% 102% 102% D% 139% 140 - m ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST ■J? * jf Port from v ) bo Chicago Bandit 8le For Every Year's H i: Loco. ...... : ir ' Bon, com. .. ( son, com. .. C f Arthur made on boat The new city seen,*01 fire. Three columns of smoke wert ascending from it. The Broad Hilt fort appeared to have suffered terribly. The defenses were shattered and the earthworks torn up. No guns were visible. The line of forts on the Tiger's Tall also appeared to have suffered damage. At sunrise no sign of life could be seen anywhere, and Port Arthur looked like a city of death. Tokyo advices say official and private reports both indicate that Admiral Togo's last attack on Port Arthur was the most effective since the first assault of a month ago. One Russian torpedo boat destroyer was sunk and several Russian torpedo boat destroyers seriously damaged. The fortifications and city were subjected to a henvy» bombardment lasting nearly four hours. Admiral Togo tvas unable to definitely learn the results of the bombardment, but later private reports indicate that much destruction was caused In the city, where a series of fires broke out. There also was damage to batteries.C B® keep strong during this cold wet spell ? If not take a wine glassful of Table AN I RUSSIANS LOSE SEA FIGHjT R. T  & O.  UbVIVIVID All of the Government's Contentions Are Upheld by the Supreme Court, the Decision Being of a Most Sweep- STARTLING CONFE n. Pacific  eg. ft Ohlo! fD.. F. I  e  antral  *  a  Linens Vladivostok Forts Did Not Reply on March 6 Because They Did Not Have Shells of the Proper Size for Men Under Shadow of Qallows Tell of Shooking Deeds Committed In Cold Blood—Mystory of $100,000 Express Car Robbery Cleared Up. 111. c L. & Her Guns. Ing Character. These linens hare advanced ten Washington, March 14.—The Supreme Court today handed down a decision In the case the Northern Securities Co. versus the United States. The contentions of the government are upheld and the merger Is declared in violation of the anti-trust act. Justice Harlan read the oplnlop of the court. After explaining the questions at issue, Justice Harlan said: "The combination is one In the shape of a trust. No scheme or device could more thoroughly be a combination In form of a trust and in restraint of commerce. It is a menace to and a restrain of freedom of commerce." The decision was most sweeping in character. 9 before each meal and upon r tiring and keep your physical condition up to the proper defensive standard. It will aid digestion, enrich yonr blood, steady your nerves, sharpen yonr appetite. By doing this it WILL make poor health GOOD and good health BETTER. Price $1.50 per doz. per cent, since we bought them. Some that were bought for the January Sale were delayed until now; but they're, better bargains now than ever. ' London, March 14.—The Wel-Hai- Wei correspondent of the Reuter Telegram Co. sendB a report that the Japanese here have heard that Port Arthur has been captured. The report is not confirmed, as yet, and, In all probability, the report Is the same which reached London this morning from Tien Tain and Shanghai. Port Arthur, via Tien Tsln, March 14.—The report that this port is occupied by the Japanese is untrue. Rome, March 14.-rA telegram from St. Petersburg this morning says that the Russians lost 90 seamen killed and 49 captured In a fight between Russian and Japanese torpedo boats off Port Arthur on Thursday. Met. St. Ry. ... M., K ft T 3«% 36% 36% Mot Pacific ..... 88% 87% 87% N. Y. Central ....114% 113% 113% Norf. ft West. .. 66 53% 54% St. Paul .'. 139% 138 138% Ont ft West 19% 19% 19% Penna 11 1% 111% 112% Gas 9 1% 94 94% Reading 4 1% 38% 39 Rock Island ..... 2(D% 19% 19% So. Paclflc 42% 41% 41% Sa. Ry., com 19% 19% 19% Tenn. C. ft 1 36 36 36 Texas Paclflc ... 22% 22% 22% Union Paclflc .... 72% 71% 71% U. S. Leather 7 6% 6% U. S. Steel 19% 10% 10% |U. S Steel, pf. .. 56% 65% 55% Wabash 3|% 32% 32% Wis. Central .... 3f% 39% 39% 105 Chicago, March 14.—Since their gonvlction two of the three earn barn bandits have confessed to various crimes. The most startling Is that of Peter Niedenneyer, who, if his story Is true, has killed a man for every year of his life. M Inch Cream Damask, 28c value for 23c ■0 inch Cream Damask, 88c value for 31c 80 Inch Cream Damask, 48c value for 19c 70 Inch Cream Damask, 80c value for.....42)tC 72 inch Cream Damask. f»c value for 55c 68 Inch Damask, red border, 39c value for. 33c 80 inch Damask, red border. 46c value for. 3Sy 88 inch Bleached Damask. a»e value for..'..33c 80 inch Bleached Damask. 50c value for 42c 62 inch Bleached Damask, 80o value for 50c 88 inch Bleached Damask, 88c value for. .TiKo 72 inoh Bleached Damask, $1.00 value for. .90o "1 have killed twenty-three men and wounded seventeen," he declared. "Innocent men are serving time for my crimes In more than one penitentiary. Rewards amounting to flO.OOO are outstanding for me ltf different states. I will confess these crimes if the police will give me a written promise to give a part of the rewurd to my old mother. Captain Shol the flotilla which ei is the hf He, fti Asal, commanding \do boat deetroyers Russian destroyers, ittack. Stegmaier Brewing Co LAW POINTS. Bottling Department. Moscow, March 14.—It is learned that the reason the Vladivostok forts diCl not reply to the shelling by the Japanese vessels on Marchwas that, the officials of St. Petersburg suppU*C$ them with shells whose diameter Vi v® y three destroyers, but EStisix Russian destroyers, CCfw craft to close in with the He Bteaineu ao ciubc iu «.**•» destroyers that they almost That defamatory matter in a pleading refers to a stranger to the record Is held In Crockett versus McLanahan (Tenn.), 61 h. B. A. 914, not to deprive It of Its absolute privilege If It Is pertinent and relative to the issue. 'Phones—Old, 422-2 New, 977 PEOPLE'SSTORE, Mystery of Four Years Cleared Up. Gustav Marx, one of the bandits now under sentence of death, says in a startling confession that he was one of three men who held up the Chicago and Northwestern express train at Tower W, near Dekalb, four years ago. The crime, which has passed into history as one of the most desperate ever committed in or about Chicago, has never been fastened upon any one of the many suspects arrested, and the identity of the bandits has remained a mystery to the police until now. Marx says both his confederates in the crime are dead and refuses to give their names. One of them, he declares, "died with his boots on." The railway authorities admitted a loss of $102,000 by ,the robbery. Marx says the robbers secured only $8,000, the rest of the money having been destroyed by the explosion of dynamite used to crack the safe. SUDDEN DEATH •— WILKESBARRE. PA. 15 South Main St., Pittston. and a most desperate conflict Ensued, from which the Russians retired badly disabled. two millimeters, for the guns of the fort. As a result, the fortresses were reduced to a state borderlijg on impotency and had the Japanese fighters sailed into the harbor they «ould, in all probability, have taken the town without serious trouble.which is too lari Mrs. Simpson, Well Known Resident of Butler St., Passed Away Engineer Mlnamisawa of the destroyer Kasuml received a small wound. Minamlsawa participated In the ilrst torpedo attack on Port Arthur; also in the attempt to bottle up the harbor by sinking commercial steamers. He was commended both times for his gallantry. As between a surviving partner and the executor of the deceased one the firm name lm held In Slater versus Slater (N. X.), fll L. B. A. 798, to be an asset of the partnership which the executor has a right to have sold for the settlement of the partnership affairs. A devise to one absolutely and forever is held In Both versus Bauschenbusch (Mo.), 61 JJ. B. A. 456, to convey a fee simple which cannot be cut down by a subsequent clause directing the disposition of any remainder which may be undisposed of at the death of the devisee. Bread is The Staff of Life This Afternoon. Mrs. Jeanette Simpson was found dead at her home, 168 Butler street, shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Simpson had been living alone and had been ill of the grip for the past week. Last evening about 11 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fleming, next door neighbors, heard Mrs. Simpson moving about in the kitchen. This morning the neigkbiirs heard nothing of Mrs. Simpson, ani noticed a. light burning in her kltcnen. The window shades were drawn. Apprehensive that something was wrong, they forced an entrance and found the dead body of Mrs. Simpson lying on the floor of the kitchen, near a table. The indications were that Mrs. Simpson had fallen dead while standing at the table. The feet that a light burning would Indicate that she hadrfiassed away dur. lng the night and after 11 o'clock, when she was heard moving about the house. Rrennan *** and Roberts' — PRICE LIST — The better the flonr, the better the bread; the better the bread, tn stronger the staff. The brands we carry make the whitest, lightest bread. PORT ARTHUR GIVES UP. The Japanese flotilla which sank the mines at the mouth of the harbor later engaged two Russian TOstroyers. This flotilla was commanded by Commander Tsuchlya. Evacuation by Russians Reported From Many 8ources. Best patent flour Best dairy butter  Full cream cheese  $5 75 . 2oc .. 14c Chefu, March 14.—It is reported that the Russians have withdrawn from Port Arthur. The evacuation took place on Friday after an engagement with the Japanese fleet. Similar reports reach here from Tokyo, Tientsin and Shanghai, but up to the present they have not been confirmed. The British steamer Foxton Hall, chartered by Russia to vonvey Welsh coal to Port Arthur and which had been detained at Port Arthur for several weeks, has arrived here with a Norwegian captain and a Alnese crew. The vessel had been ransacked. In an interview with some members of the crew it was learned that the Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur on Thursday had completely silenced the forts. Admiral Togo's object In sending cruiser# to Tallenwan bay was to compass the destruction of a signal station mine depot at Samshantao. This object was achieved, and the buildings were demolished. 21 lbs Sugar  Finnan Haddie per lb  .... 1 00 10c Evans' Success, per bbl.' $5.75 Butterfly Flour, per bbl 5.75 Surprise Flour, per bbl. 5.75 8eal Fldur, per bbl 5.75 Feed 1.30 Oats 57 Potatoes 1.00 Sugar, 81 lbs for 1.00 Butter, fancy creamery 25 Cheese, per lb 14 Sklnrfed Ham, per lb. .12 Buckwheat Flour, 25 lb tack 75 Cold 8naps, 3 lb package .12 Aunt Jemima, 3 packages for..., .25 Nabob, per package,  Maple Sugar, 2 lb for « Maple Syrup, 1 qt can . Maple 8yrup, /z gallon can  Maple Syrup, 1 gallon can  Fancy Table Syrup, 2lb can.. Honey, per cake  Honey, per glass  THE ROYAL BOX. Bloaters per dozen  Ciscoes per lb v  '3 can choice Tomatoes  3 cans choice Peas  Peanut Batter  Bacon per lb  California Hams per lb  Skinned Hams per lb  25c 6c 25c 25c Five' Murders For Marx. The German empress Is suffering from Inflammation of the veins of the ankle. The malady Is painful, but not dangerous. 4a though Sing Edward had not enodgh to do with his multitudinous engagements, his majesty gives much time to keeping a diary of the weather. The emperor of Japan has never been outside of his own country. His son, the crown prince, though in his twenty - flfth year, has also refrained from traveling. TOGO'S REPORT. In a sort of footnote to this startling confession Marx admits the killing of five men in his career of crime. Details of Fwrttt Port Arthur Attack "Besides John B. Johnson, killed at the car bams; Detective Quinn, killed at the time of my arrest, and Otto Bauder, whom Roeskl is generally supposed to have killed, I have killed two other men," said Marx. "Eight years ago Nledermeler and I went to Janesvllle, Wis., to rob a train and hid our dynamite alongside the track. A trackwalker or railway detective—I have never learned which— came upon us and asked us what we were doing there. I shot him, and we threw his body into the Rock river. The other man whom I killed I had done criminal work with in Michigan. I met him at Camp 'Goldfleld, Colo., when Nledermeler and I were there last fall. He knew too much about me, and I killed him and left his body lying in the suburbs of the camp. Both these crimes can be verified by the police."Tokyo, March 14.—Vice Admiral Togo's report of the fourth attack on Port Arthur by the Japanese fleet on March 10 has reached Tokyo. It is as follojvs: 4??aoh Tokyo. 10c 10c 13c Mrs. Simpson was born in Scotland; 77 years ago. Her maiden name was Jeanette Latta. Fifty years ago she came to this country and had lived on Butler Hill for more than 40 years. Her husband, Robert Simpson, died about 35 years ago. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church. Mrs. Simpson is survived by three daughteri—Mrs. David Thompson, of Denver, Col.: Mrs. John W. Williams, of Ann street, West Plttston, and Mrs. H. T. Bowkley, of Wyoming avenue, West Plttston. "Our squadron, as prearranged, attacked the enemy at Port Arthur on March 10. Our two torpedo flotillas reached the mouth of the harbor at Port Arthur at 1 o'clock on the morning of the 10th. Finding no enemy, waited until dawn; one flotilla engaged in sinking special mines in the harbor entrance. Notwithstanding the enemy's fire our flotilla succeeded in sinking the mines. The other flotilla met the enemy's torpedo flotilla, consisting of six boats, in the Laothieshan channel, south of Port Arthur, at 4:30 o'clock. A hot engagement occurred at close range for thirty minutes. The enemy then took flight. Our fire greatly damaged the Russian ships, one of which was badly crippled by a shot through the boilers, and another was observed to be on flre. So close were the two flotillas to each other that our destroyers, the Asashio, Kasumi and Akntsukl, nearly touched the enemy's ships, and our could even hear the cries of agony of the Injured men on them. 42 N. Main St. NEXT TO EAGLE HOTEL. .10 .25 .25 One of the debutantes of the coming season at the court of St James will be the Princess Victoria Patricia, the youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, who will shortly celebrate her eighteenth birthday. The defenses in parts appeared to be shattered. The earthworks were torn up, and no guns were visible. Many shells evidently had fallen all along the line of the forts on Tiger's Tail peninsula, which protects the west port from the sea. .48 .85 .10 .16 .10 TOWN TOPIC8. OUR ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE! The second, or Mantseyang, fort and the Bread hill fort on the snmmit of the mountain on the western side, about three-quarters of a mile distant from the entrance to Port Arthur, are reported to have suffered from a terrific flre. Evans Bros. In St Paul the health officers compel persons who spit on the sidewalks to take out their handkerchiefs and mop up tM places they have befoulel. New York city's new hall of records when finished will have cost $8,000,- 000. It Is not as large nor. so fine as the Congressional library in Washington, which cost only $4,500,000. Dover, Me., wants a town clock. A fund for one was started several years ago, and $109 lies in the savings bank, where most people had forgotten all about It Now they plan to complete the fund and keep track of the passing hours. Death of Michael McTigue. Michael McTigue died this morning at the Ransom home, aged 65 years. The remains were taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Ready, in Browntown.46 South Main St., Pittston. Hanging for all was the verdict of the Jury In the murder case against the so called "car barn bandits," Harvey Van Dine, Peter Neidermelr and Gustav Marx, who attained notoriety by a desperate all day battle that started in a dugout near Liverpool, Ind., where the trio had taken refuge after a series of remarkable crimes, Including the murder of two employees of the Chicago street railway at one of the company's barns In this city, the niotlye In each instance being rob-, bery. The Japanese forces In Korea are still In process of concentration at Plngyang. is still in force and will continue until further notice. Our entire stock is offered at greatly reduced For WEDDINGS C|nHrarc I For FUNERALS rlQW*r* 1 EVACUATION UNCONFIRMED BLIZZARD IN CHICAGO. prices. Just what you want in floral decorations on short notioe. We can do muoh for you at a reason-* able price. (new phone) J.B-GMPEITEI. IKTEIST. EXETER MM Inspection of Stronghold Shows TarribU Effects of Japanese Fire. The Storm Is Worst of the Season— Now is the time to buy the wedding gifts you anticipate giving in the near future. Traffic Suspended. London, March 14.—The rumor of the evacuation of Port Arthur is repeated this morning from different points, but It is absolutely without confirmation. According to the St Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, vague rumors are current there that later telegrams describe the bombardment of Port Arthur as much more serious than has been admitted officially.Chicago, March 14.—The worst blizzard of the season is raging, with high winds. Traffic Is almost stalled and the harbor is again closed. "We sustained some damage and loss. The Akatsuki had a steam pipe broken, and fonr stokers were kirled thereby. Our loss was seven killed and eight wounded. Among the latter is Ohief Engineer Minamisawa of the Kasumi. Our other flotilla while leaving the harbor entrance observed two Russian torpedo boats coming from seaward and Immediately engaged them, the battle lasting an hour. After causing them severe damage one of them effected Its escape, but our destroyer, the Sasanaml, captured the other boat, which proved to be the Stereguschtchl. Notwithstanding the land batteries pouring a heavy flre on our flotilla, the captured vessel was taken in tow. Owing to the high sea the tow line soon parted, and the Sasanl found It necessary to take Hie crew from the Russian boat and abandoned the Stereguschtchl, which Anally sank at 8 o'clock." H. G. 8HUPP, Kentucky's Lieutenant Governor III. Frankfort, Ky., March 14. — People arriving here on the Louisville and Nashville train from Louisville say that Lieutenant Governor W. P. Thorne came very near dying on the train, and for ten minutes or more he was believed to be dead. He bad a chill during the day, but he and Mrs. Thorne went to Louisville later, and they were returning to.Frankfort late at night when he fainted or bad some heart attack that came very near resulting fatally. He revived sufficiently to leave the train at Emluence, where he lives, but thosp who witnessed his attack fear he is fatally 111. Daytona, Fla., March 14.—Mrs. Margaret Kellogg, sister of Abraham Lincoln, died here yesterday of heart trouble. The remains will be burled In Lexington, Ky. Lincoln's Sister Dead, Campbell, Rozelle & 36 West Market St., Wilkesbarre. The Last Call Established 1883. Both 'Phones. Webster on Winter Goods. Prices that will iake what is left over with a rush. You bare yet a long time to wear them. We want the space they occupy for Spring stock. Bead this list: / Special dispatches from Tokyo and Ylnkow also give reports of heavy Russian casualties at Port Arthur, amounting to forty killed and 100 wounded, but they are so conflicting in details that It is not wise to give them much credit. Costly Fire in Chicago. PRICE LIST: Chicago, March 14.—Fire this morning destroyed the car barns of the Union Traction Co. and 300 cars. Damage, $200,000. Patent Flour 98.75 25 lb. Buckwheat Flour 75 17)rwy's PRICES. Corn and Meal 1.30 Bran anri Middlings 1.30 21 lbs. Sugar 1.00 3 cans Tomatoes .25 In a dispatch from Tokyo, dated March i3, a correspondent 6t tie Daily Telegraph says that In the latest attack on Port Arthur two Russian torpedo boat destroyers, were sunk, and great damage was done to the docks, forts and arsenals, including the exploftlon of a powder magazine. Dalny is reported to have been almost entirely destroyed. Several guns there were dismounted, and the crews of four torpedo boats in the inside harbor are said to have deserted. Murderer Electrocuted at Sing Sing. Osslning, N. Y., March 14.—Thomas Tobin, the slayer of Captain Craft, at the Empire Hotel, New York, two years ago, was electrocuted at 6 o'clock this morning and the execution was pronounced the most success-1 fill «v«r held In th« State. Tobln marched Into the death room without a tremor, was strapped Jn the chair In less than 30 seconds, and was officially declared dead four minutes later. Four shocks of 1.700 volta each were nVm the condemned man. The post mortem examination showed not the slightest indication of insanity. Men's heavy fleece lined Shirts and Drawers, sizes 32 and 34, the 50o kind, now 25o Trospa Lnva Springfield, O. Springfield, O., March 14.—It having been decided by the authorities here and at Columbus that the remaining seven companies of state militia which were called here by the recent race riots might be safely dispensed. with, all the troops accordingly left here this 3 tfans Pea* 26 3 cans Wax Beans . .25 3 cans Pumpkin 25 Bet*. Patent Flour |5.75 Best Family Flour 5.25 Chop and MeaJ 1.30 Corn and Cracked Corn 1.30 Children's Tam 'o Shanters, were 25c, now yours for,,. ,5q Boys'39o Sweaters, yon re now for 25c Children's $1.50 Coats red. to 75c 1 lot stock and Bishop Collars, ohiffon and silk, worth 25c and 50c, your choice .10c 1 lot Fur Collarettes, worth $4.50 and $5.00; your ohoice $1.00 Boys' Domet Flannel Shirts, reduced to 19o Ladies' Percale Wrappers, are worth $1.25; yours now for 75c 69c Wash Boilers, yours at 89o Ladies' heavy fleece lined Underwear, made by Alpine Mills, worth 75c; yours now for. 25c Large assortment of Laoe, five and six inch wide, only, a yd...5o Admiral Togo is permanently numbered among the heroes of the empire. The latest reports plnce the Japanese loss at nine killed, five seriously wounded and seventeen slightly hurt. The Japanese fleet was not damaged In the fighting. 4 dozen Sweet Picklea 25 Prunes, 3, 4 and 6 lbs. 25 Bran and Middlings 1.30 3 cans Up-to-Date Milk 25 Llmburger Cheese 16 Crackers, par ib. .••■•■...*• • •D .10 WE GIVE RED 8TAR TRADING 8TAMP8. par bushel 69 'otatoes, per bushel 1.00 Applra, per bushel 75 21 lbs. Granulated Sugar 1.00 22 lbs. A 8ugar 1.00 23 lbs. Br. 8ugai 1.00 Keg Herring 65 Keg Miilchres 75 Clscoes, per lb. 05 Kit Clscoes 60 No. 1 Mackerel 16 Kits No. 1 Mackerel 1.20 The Daily Telegraph publishes a dispatch from a correspondent at Yinkow, who reports that the Russian battleship Retvlean, at Port Arthur, Was hit five times by Japanese projectiles and that there were twenty casualties on board. Dmpnnles belong to ry, Ohio national las been thronged have carried om thf Famine Threaten* Harbin. Harbin, Manchuria, March 14.- bln Is threatened with a foot wood famine because of the lnci prices of these necessaries. In vli of the cold weather the scarcity of wood Is serious. The price of wood has Increased tenfold. The management of the Chinese Eastern railroad has augmented the wages of its employees by from 20 to 40 per cent, and a committee has been organized to aid the families of the men who have joined the colors and all others who are Port Arthur Abandoned? Shanghai, March 14.-The Japanese 4n Bhnnaliat Bhnnr nAnaMavahlo [ar- away jail, levee in which Dixon Working Overtime. Eight-hour laws are ignored by those tireless little workers—Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night tf»d day, curing Indigestion, biliousness, constipation, sick headache and all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at the (Jrug stores of W. C. Price and Farrer, Peck St Roberts, Pittston, and Stroh's Pharmacy, West Pittston. was This correspondent declares further that the presence of Japanese at Fenghuancheng, the Manchurlan town about forty-flve miles northwest of Wlju, has been confirmed. The YInkow correspondent of the Dally Mall reports that serious disputes, occur dally between the Russlnn naval and military officers at Port Arthur, the latter reproaching the former with Incompetency und cowardice. TTie lescrlbes the floating of Ketvtean and says the Arthur is too small to Killed by an Automobile. New York, March 14.—Mrs, Virginia Burkholder, fifty years old, of 243 West Thirty-ninth street received fatal injuries by being run down by a heavy automobile driven by Louie Lasher, a millionaire lumber merchant, as the was crossing Central l'ark West at Eighty-third street. She died in Roosevelt hospital four hours later. Lasher is under arrest, but the police him to blame for the ■ 10 .25 ■laddie inn .10 amatoai 25 r dozen .90 Pride i n Tomatoes, can.. .10 Hi . 1.10! ne Peas JZS the at CHARLES i-10