Pittston Gazette

              THE HOME PAPER. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for Eastern Pennsylvania. Rain tonight and Tuesday, fresh, southerly winds. For the People of, Plttaton and Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEWS. 54th YEAR. I WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. I DAILY EST. BT TIIEO. HART 1882. PITTSTON, PA., M' DAY, y 30, 1904. TWO CENTH A COPY. I O DA aVfij FOltTY CENTH A MONTH, f ° rAUIiO. MEMO^ar"1 AT G- • i vSBURG wiiich is in its essence the substitution iit self-restraint for external restraint —the substitution of a form of restraint which promotes progress for the form which retards it. This is the right view of freedom; but it can only be taken if there is a full recognition of the close connection between liberty and responsibility in every domain of human thought. It was essentially the view taken by Abraham Lincoln, and by all those who, when the civil war broke out, realized that in selfgoverning democracy those who desire to be considered fit to enjoy liberty must show that they know how to use it with moderation and justice in poace, and how to fight for it when it is jeoparded by malice domestic or foreign levy. STORMING OF NAN8HAN alty of severe punishment. RAILROAD PIERS BURN j DOSE 1 Peoples Store An Unusual Certain Russian correspondence which has been intercepted by the Japanese at the blockade of Port Arthur gives the information that some Russian torpedo boat destroyers have been sunk by mines outside of Port Arthui as well as details of the placing by the Russians of the mines which effected the destruction of the Japanese battleship Ilatsusc on May 15. » any member of your family Z need a nurishing beverage? X If BO, 1 Stegmaier's | Porter 1 Opportunity. President Roosevelt the Principal Speaker. Japanese Charged the heights Nine Times. Great Structures of Lackawanna Line Destroyed. Owing to the miserable weather and backward season New York manufacturers and mporters were compelled to sustain great losses on their stocks. We saw our chance and quickly took advantage of their distress. Wo are therefore prepared to cut prices in all staple and fancy Dry Goods this season of the year. TEXT OF THE ADDRESS VICTORY DEARLY BOUGHT COSSACKS' GREAT RIDE. LINERS WERE MENACECD Y Mischtschenko's Command Made Four Hundred Miles In a Fortnight. Meaning of the Civil War—True Free- St. Petersburg, May 30.—The correspondent of the ltussky Invalid, the army organ, with General Mischtschenko's division of 5,000 transbaikal Cossacks, sent to Korea to keep in touch with the enemy, gives a detailed account of a ride destined to become classic In cavalry annals. At Critical Moment When Ammunition Ran Low General Oku Risked All In a Desperate Assault and Won—Killed Fire Which Raged For 8everal Hour* on the Jersey City Water Front Finally Checked by Heroic Work of Fire- dom is Self-government—Our Duty Ladles' and Children's Fancy Gauze Vests 4c. Now to Keep the Country Worthy men—Loss Over $1,000,000. of the Men Who Died for It. The lessons they taught us are lessons as applicable in our everyday lives as in the rare times of great stress. The men who made this field forever memorable did so because they combined the power of fealty Jto a lofty ideal with the power of showing that fealty in hard, practical, common sense fashion. They stood for the life of effort, not the life of easp. They had that love of country, that love of justice, that love of their fellowmen, without which power and resourceful efficiency but make a man a danger to his fellows. Yet, in addition thereto, they likewise possessed the power and the efficiency; for otherwise .their high purpose would have been barren of result. They knew each how to act for himself and yet each how to act with his fellows. They learned, as all the generation of the civil war learned, that rare indeed is the chance to do anything worth doing by one sudejen and violent and Wounded Number 3,500. New Yortt, May 30.—The water front of Jersey (My and Hoboken for half a dozen blocks was swept lust evening by another fire, the third since the disastrous North German Lloyd fire of June, 1900. The freight terminal of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railway was practically wiped out, six piers being entirely destroyed. Ladles' Gingham Sunbonnets, all colors and shapes; a large stock to choose from, each 15c. Gettysburg, Pa., May 30.—The Memorial day exercises held on the battlefield here today, under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, attracted more attention than usual, on account of the presence of President Roosevelt and other men of national reputation. The principal address of the day was delivered by the president, who spoke as follows: Tokyo, May 80.—The details of the fighting at Klnchau emphasize the heroic tenacity of the Japanese in their conduct at Nunshun hill. The command rode 400 miles in a fortnight. They approached to within a day's march of Seoul and were anxious to capture the town, which would have been an exploit, they said, to tlirlll Europe, but imperative orders reached them to retire, nnd they reluctantly rode back to Wiju. | is THE Beverage • It is a PURE product of 2 Malt and Hops, rich in flavor J and sustaining qualities. Z Ask your physician about J our Porter. One case summer corsets, all sizes, a pair 22c. Nine successive times the Japanese charged the fortified heights in the face of a storm of death dealing missiles, and tn their last effort they carried the forts and trenches only after a bayonet to bayonet conflict with the Russians, who made a desperate, despairing struggle to beat back the oncoming hordes. Children's ready made duck skirts, each 69c. Ladies' Seersucker underskirts, well made, each 45c. 25c Ladies' black lace hose for 15c Four men were seriously injured and carried to St. Mary's hospital, Hoboken, in ambulances. From twenty to thirty barges were burned and sunk at their moorings between the burned piers. Scores of bargfc men and their wives and children had narrow escapes from the doomed boats nnd lost everything they possessed except a few valuables which they were able to carry with them In their flight. a pair, The place where we now are has won a double distinction. Here was fought one of the great battles of all time, and here was spoken one of the few speeches which shall last through the ages. As long as this Republic endures or its history is known, so long shall the memory of the battle of Gettysburg likewise endure and be known; and as long as the English tongue is understood, so long shall Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech thrill the hearts of mankind. It is learned General Mlschtschenko's division is now eastward of Fengwangcheng, threatening Kurokl's rear. It is believed here that the men who wanted to capture Seoul are capable of seriously hampering the Japanese movement. General MIschtschenko's division is independent of General ltennenkampf's. which Is now north of Feiigwaiigclieng. The Cossack raiders into Korea are commanded by Madritoft.Ladies' muslin skirts with cambric flounce 50c. Delivered promptly. Price: Half pints, 30c per doz. pints, 50c per dozen. The final assault of the Japanese, in which they at last succeeded in taking possession, was marked by the most desperate hand to hand encounter that has thus far characterized the war. Ladies' black mercerized underskirts, full size, each 50c. Children's $1.00 trimmed hats duced to 59c each. j Stegmaier Brewing Co Hammocks in all the newest styles, a fine variety to select from, prices from 98c up. The Japanese loft throughout the entire action until night was exposed to an enfilading tire from the Russian Infantry, a gunbout on Tallenwan bay and four nine-centimeter guns posted nt Tafengchen. The loss Is variously estimated from $1,000,000 to $1,250,000. The Insurance is large, mostly in a mutual insurance company sustained by the railroads with terminals 011 the New Jersey shore. ]» NEW'PHONE 6«2 J  PITTST0N, PENN'A. _l PEOPLES STORE Always the Cheapest It la understood that the formation of un Eighteenth army corps will shortly be announced. The war oltlce says that inaliy of the guns lost at Klnchnu were Chinese guns captured during the Boxer rising. The store that keeps the Dry Goods Prices Down. The Civil war was a great war for righteousness; a war waged for the noblest ideals, but waged also in thoroughgoing, practical fashion. It was one of the few wars which mean, in their successful outcome, a lift toward better things for the nations of mankind. Some wars have meant the triumph of order over anarchy and licentiousness masquerading as liberty; some wars have meant the triumph of liberty over tyranny masquerading as order; but this victorious war of ours meant the triumph of both liberty and order, the triumph of orderly liberty, the bestowal of civil rights upon the freed slaves, and at the same time the stern insistence on the supremacy of the national law throughout the length and breadth of the land. Moreover, this wasD one of those rare contests in which it was to the immeasurable interest of the vanquished that they should lose, while at the same time the victors acquired the precious privilege of transmitting to those who came after them as a heritage of honor forever, not only the memory of their own valiant deeds, but the memory of the deeds of those who, no less valiantly and with equal sincerity of purpose, fought against the stars in their courses. The war left to us all, as fellow-countrymen, as brothers, the right to rejoice that the Union has been restored in indestructible shape in a country where slavery no longer mocks the boast of freedom, and also the right to rejoice with exultant pride in the courage, the self-sacrifice, and the devotion, alike of the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the At a critical moment the ammunition of the artillery ran low, and it was decided to cast the remaining ammunition into one final desperate assault. Just so it must be for us in civil life. We can make and keep this country worthy of the men who gave their lives to save it, only on condition that the average man among us on the whole does his duty bravely, loyally and with common sense, in whatever position life allots to him. National greatness is of slow growth. It can not be forced and yet be stable and enduring; for it is based fundamentally upon national character, and national character is stamped deep in a people by the lives of many generations. The men who went into the army had to submit to discipline, had to submit to restraint through the government of the leaders they had chosen; as the price of winning. So we, the people, can preserve our liberty and our greatness in time of peace only by ourselves exorcising the virtues of honesty, of self-restraint, and of fair dealing between man and man. In all the ages of the past men have seen countries lose their liberty, because their people could not order themselves, and therefore forfeited the right to what they were unable to use with wisdom. effort Ocean Liner* In Peril. Fof two hours the city of Iloboken, with the great terminal piers of the Hamburg-American, North German Lloyd and Holland-American lines, was In grave danger. Only the stubborn work of the tire fighters atloat and ashore, which was concentrated on pier 5, which Is on the line between Jersey City and Hoboken, prevented a sweeping fire. In spite of their best efforts the fire repeatedly Jumped the Iron pier, at which the firemen were determined it should stop, and time and again Iloboken buildings caught fire. Groceries at Lowest Prices Fortunately, however, at the moment this decision was reached, the Japanese squadron iu Klnchuu bay, which had ceased bombarding when the infantry had first moved forward, suddenly resumed the shelling of Nanslian hill. Intense interest was displayed in the Japanese reports of tlie Kinchau battle. The people in the streets almost mobbed newsboys to secure extras containing the dispatches. Crowds stood tround the official bulletin boards mvaiting the Russian versions, but none arrived. The official world as well as the public is entirely dependent upon the Japanese for uews. Further details are eagerly looked for, especially regarding losses. - .iif GRANULATED SUGAR— 20 Pounds for 91-00 Victory When Defeat Seemed Near. BEST DELAWARE CO. BUTTER— Per Pound 23o Then it was that the issues of the day were determined—at a moment when the outcome was fluttering between success and defeat for Japan— at that moment was an almost certain repulse converted into victory so successful that the forces of the czar were swept into confusion and disorderly retreat. With every Japanese gun centering its fire upon the Nanshan forts and trenches the Japanese infantry sprang over the bodies of the dead comrades who had saericed their lives iu the previous fruitless charges. The entire line rushed forward toward the Russian left, where the lire of the Japanese squadron had proved most deadly and whieli was the first to weaken under the death dealing bombardment. And it was there that the first breach was made in the human wall of defense. FULL CREAM CHEESE— Per Pound 11o Cossacks Harass Japanese Rear. The Are started a little before 5 o'clock 011 the barge Allen C. Churchill of the Starln lino, which lay on the gomu side of pier 13, at Thirteenth street, Jersey City. No one could be found last night who knew any cause for the llames on the barge. Even before an alarm could be turned In the flames spread to pier 12. Barrels of oil stored on the end of the pier gave the Are a chance, and by the time the first hose cart of the Lackawanna's private fire department had reached the pier the "barges which choked the space between piers 12 and 11 were ablaze. Sparks rose high and fell on the adjoining piers to the northwurd. Soon the entire freight terminal was ablaze. FRESH VEGETABLES ALWAYS IN llukden, May 80—The Russians are harassing the Japanese communications, which circumstance Is largely responsible for the suspension of the Japanese advonce. Their rear is threatened by Cossacks, and until they can thoroufjhly safeguard the roads they must be cautious li* .their forward movement. STOCK. GIVE VOUR FAMILY TWO LB. CAN BIG DRIVE BAKING POWDER—None Better, 20c good, pure Groceries; the tasteful, health producing kind, such as we sell. Remember, too, that "variety is the spice of life," and it will pay you to deal at a store that carries a large and varied stock. Bight there we fill the bill again. Our goods are reliable and our prices right. CORN STARCH— Par Package.. 6q GINGER SNAPS— 4 pounds for 25o Japanese Victory Reported, SEE OUR SCREEN DOOR9 AND WINDOW SCREENS. BEST IN THE CITY TO KEEP OUT THE FLIES. PRICES THE .LOWEST FOR THE SAME QUALITY. Tokio, May 30.—General Kuroki reports that the Japanese have routed 2,000 Russian cavalry near Yang- Chang, 20 miles northeast of Kuran- Tien. The Japanese afterward occupied Ai-Yang-Chang. BRENNAN & ROBERTS, Tribute to the Heroic Dead. It was because the men of the civil war both knew how to use liberty temperately and how to defend, it at need that we and our children and our children's children sliail hold you in honor- forever. Here, on Memorial Day, on this great battlefield, we commemorate not only the chiefs who actually won this battle; not only Meade and his lieutenants, Hancock and Reynolds and Howard and Sickles, and the many others whose names flame in our annals; but also the chiefs who had made the Army of the Potomac what it was, and those who afterwards led it in the campaigns which were crowned at Appomattox; and furthermore those who made and used its sister armies: McClellan, with his extraordinary genius for organization; Rosecrans; Buell; Thomas, the unyielding, the steadfast; and that great trio, Sherman, Sheridan, and last and greatest of all, Grant himself, the silent soldier whose hammer-like blows Anally beat down even the prowess of the men who fought against him. Above all we meet here to pay homage to the officers and enlisted men who served and fought and died, without having, as their chiefs had, the chance to write their names on the tablets of fame; to the men who marched and fought in the ranks, who were buried in long trenches on the field of battle, who died in cots marked only by numbers in the hospitals; who, if they lived, when the war was over, went back each to his task on the farm or in the town, to do his duty in peace as he had done it in war; to take up the threads of his working life where he had dropped them when the trumpets of the nation pealed to arms. To-day, all over this land our people meet to pay reverent homage to the dead who died that the nation might live; and we pay homage also to their comrades who are still with It was the Fourth division of the Osaka men that stormed the Russian left. It bad once been said that Osaka men were not brave. It will never be said again. 42 North Main St. Next to Eagle Hotel, SHOES Barge's Mate Missing. London, May 30.—The New-Chwang correspondent of the Reuter Telegram Co. wires that the Russians have planned to trap the Japanese now marching on Port Arthur, by attacks in front and rear. General Stoessel, he says, will await the Japanese assault under the walls of Port Arthur, while General Kuropatkin is reported to be advancing to make the attack in It is believed that the second mate, who was the only person on the Churchill, went down with her. .Tolm Donovan, the watchman of the pier, made a patrol trip just before the Are started and talked for some minutes with the mate, whose name is not known. The mate then went aboard the boat and was not seen afterward. OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT IS AN IDEAL PLACE. WE CAN FIT MOSTLY ANYONE WITH THE LATE8T STYLES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 1 The First division of Tokyo, which had the center, and the Third division of Nagoya, occupying the left and which had been exposed all day to the Russian Are against the front flank, now foliowed the example of the Osaka men and rushed forward, and the buttle became transformed from an artillery duel into one of personal conflict, with the bayonet as the instrument of warfare. On every parapet the restless death defying Japanese surged forward in increasing numbers and, hustling the Russians from their intrenehments, swept ovor the hill. At 7:30 o'clock as the sun was sinking beneath the horizon the flag of the Land of the Rising Sun floated above the blood sodden Nanshan 1)111, while the shouts of "Banzai!" swelled from hill to hill and re-echoed from squadron to fort. (7\rury's prices. Evans Bros. gray Most of the credit for checking the spread of the flames to the nortliwnrd belongs to the tugs of a rival railway company, the Erie. And Hoboken owes a aebt of gratitude, no one can say how great, to the unknown heroes who stood by their pumps in spite of stilling smoke and blistering heat, keeping streams of sea water flowing on the new pier. Gold Coin Flour $5.75 He is but a poor Amfrioan who. looking at. this field, does not feel within himself a deeper reverence for the nation's past and a higher purpose to make the nation's future rise level to her past. Here fought the chosen sons of the north and the south, the east and tlae~W«Bt. The armies which on this field contended for the mastery were veteran armies, hardened by long campaigning and desperate fighting into such instruments of war as no other nation then possessed. Every spot on this field has its own associations of soldierly duty nobly done, of supreme self-sacrifice freely rendered. Every acre of this ground has its own associations. We see where the fight thundered through and around the village of Gettysburg; where the artillery formed on the ridges; where the cavalry fought; where the hills were attacked and defended; and where, finally, the great charge surged up the slope only to break on the summit in the bloody spray of gallant failure. the rear. Butterfly Flour 5.75 Cream Sponge Flour 5.75 Sunlight Flour 5.75 Family Flour 5.50 Hay (long) No. 2. 85 Hay (long) No. 1 90 Cut Hay 86 20 lb. Granulated Sugar 1.00 21 lbs. A Sugar 1.00 22 lbs. Br. Sugar 1.00 Fjresh Butter 23 Pure Lard 10 Plain Hams 12 Skinned Hams 12 J 3 cans Tomatoes 25 3 cans Early June Peas  York State Corn  3 lbs. Cream Crackers  3 lbs. Snaps  Full line Garden and Field Seeds. St. Petersburg, May 30.—It is reported from Odessa that Japanese torpedo boats have arrived in the Red Sea. General Kuropatkin reports that a Japanese force is reported to be marching toward Sarinadoes, in eastern Manchuria. 46 South Main St., Pittston. For WEDDINGS Clmararc f For FUNERALS Just what you want in floral decorations on short notioe. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) J.B.CARPENTER, exeteist. exeteiboii The shortness of pier 6 gave the tugboat men a chnnce to get alongside of pier 5, at which the fire was stopped. The heat from the coal piles, the burning trestle and cars on pier 7 was terrible, yet the tugs Buffalo, Rochester, Westwood, Elmira and Dunmore poked their noses into the gap of clear water and turned on every possible stream. Again and again the woodwork of the pier was on lire, and as often It was put out by well directed streams. The paint on the corrugated iron siding and roof was blistered, but the tons of water poured upon it prevented any fire within.BANDITS HEARD FROM. Captives will be Killed Unless De- mands are Complied With. The Losses Were Heavy. Washington, May 30.—United States Consul Gummers wires from Tangier that the bandits who captured Perdicardis and his stepson, Varley, in Morocco, have sent a formal notice to the authorities that the captives will be killed unless the demands made by the bandits are complied with immediately.BARGAINS The Japanese paid for their victory in 3,500 killed and wounded. To the Russians the humiliation of defeat was intensified by the loss of sixty-eight cannon and ten machine guns, while lying dead in the forts and trenches were 500 men, the victims of the accuracy of Japanese long distance marksmanship and of close range fighting..25 .10 .25 .25 We have them in an Up-to-Date line. Paris, May 30.—The United States cruiser Brooklyn has arrived at Tangier, being the first warship to reach that port in response to the recent order frr a mobilization in the hope of recovering a kidnapped American citi- Newast Goods. Nolo theso Valuos.  Self Government is Freedom The beaten forces, badly shattered, retreated toward Port Arthur, exploding the Tafangclien magazines as they receded. A detachment of Japanese infantry pursued the retreating Russians far Into the night. , But the soldiers who won at Gettysburg, the soldiers who fought to a finish the civil war and thereby made their countrymen forever their debtors, have left us far more even than the memories of the war itself. They fought for four years in order that on this continent those who came after them, their children and their children's children, might enjoy a lasting peace; They took arms not to destroy, but to save liberty; not to overthrow, but to establish the supremacy of the law. The crisis which they faced was to determine whether or not this people was fit for self-government and therefore fit for liberty. Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those who show themselves worthy of it. In this world no privilege can be permanently appropriated by men who have not the power and the will successfully to assume the responsibility of using it aright. In his recent admirable little volume on*freedom and responsibility in democratic government, President Hadley, of Yale, has pointed out that the freedom which is worth anything is the freedom which means self-government and not anarchy. Freedom thus conceived is a constructive force, which enables an intelligent and good man to do better things than he could do without It; Dr. T. E. Welsh, dentist, 25 N. Slain. William Drury, X lot Corset Covers, lace trimmed around neck and sleeves, worth 200.; these for.... 16a Campbell, THE LEADING 8R0CER' zen. 1 lot Children's isc, Mnslin Drawers:special price ,ioe General Oku estimates that the force of the ertemy consisted of one line division, two batteries of field artillery, some fortress artillery and marines. Rozelle & Montgomery, Ala., May 30.—Fire hns destroyed the plant and warehouse of the Aiubama Compress and Storage company here, entailing a loss estimated at $400,000, which is practically cohered by insurance. The plant Is located in a suburb of Montgomery and about a mile from the nearest fire station, so that when the department reached the scene the flames were raging fiercely, and it was evident that the Iohh would be total. Big Fire In Montgomery, Ala. 1 lot Ladies' Cambric Night Dresses, a regular 75c. garment; here rot soc 1 lot Light Shirting Calico; special price oe General Oku telegraphs his opinion that the Russians intended to check the Japanese advance at Nunshan in order to protect Port Arthur. Webster If You Drink Beer, Drink The Best 1 lot Children's Dresses, embroidery trimmed, worth 30c.; these go at ,,..360 Ladles'Shirt Waists; a large assortment from aso Besides the big guns a miscellaneous assortment of Itusslan property waB captured. Patent Flour $5.75 Long Hay .86 Cut Hay 85 20 lbs. Sugar sr 1.00 8 cans Tomatoes  Fire Damages Bay State Village. Children's Striped and Dotted Pereale Sun Bonnets, the 20c. kind; here tor loo Palmer, Mass., May 30.—Fire that broke out In the tenement section of River Itivers destroyed seven houses and five barns. Fourteen families were made homeless and lost most of their household effects. General Oku concludes Ills report by heartily thanking the navy for Its cooperation. The Japanese captured a number of Russian officers and men. Children's Lnwn Caps, usually sold for 10o.; this lot yours for .60 3 cans Pumpkin. .25 .25 Pabst Milwaukee Beer. 3 large oans Baked Beanp... .25 3 cans Peas 25 4 doz. Sweet Pickles 25 Large Dill Pickles, per doz... .16 Clover Seed 7.50 Timothy Seed 1.75 Millett Seed 1.50 Hungarian Grass Seed 1.50 Floor Oil Cloth, ail widths; a yard 9*o General Oku, commanding the Japanese army now Investing Port Arthur, has issued a proclamation to the people of the Liautong peninsula setting forth that Japan was forced to appeal to arms on account of the unlawful aggression of Russia in China and Korea. The proclamation declares that the Japanese army is fighting for the cause of justice, pledges protection to persons and property and noninterference with ordqpiy citizens. New Orleans, May 30.—A lire In the wholesale district, caused by crossed electric wires, did about half a million dollars' damage here. The fire was well fought, being stopped short ot two oil companies and several big drug establishments. The Insurunce is $350.- 000. Costly Blaze In New Orleans. Yuengllng'a Pottavllle Porter. 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Bliss of Michigan and party are here to dedicate a monument to Michigan's soldiers who died la prison during the civil war. T. A. DIIRKIN. It promises ample remuneration for all houses and food supplies requisitioned and warns the people to refrain from assisting the Russians under pen- 45 S. Main St. Both 'phones. RED 8TAR TRADING) 8TAMP8. Corner Dock Street. 87 8. Main St. Pittiton.