Pittston Gazette

              WEATHER INDICATIONS. THE HOME PAPER. y Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for For the People of Pittston and Vicinity. Eastern Pennsylvania. I Showers tonight; cooler in the central portion; Friday, fair; light to fresh southwest winds. ALL THE HOME NEW8. 4WEKK'" \ TAHLIHHUD 1850. j J»» - X T0EO. HART 1882. .DEA7mBLLCUMEING UPWARD 54th YEAH. P1TTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1904. TWO CKNTH A COPT. I U DA FOKTY CENTS A MONTH, f © rAuM. taken there earlier in the aay unaer arrest. After a talk jrlth him, Mr. Ilill said that the eiiptaln did not know the cause of the Are. RUSSIANS SINK JAP TRANSPORTS WWWWWJ WWW J WWW WWWWJ WWW W W J W WW WW J JUST THE! S T H I N G I Sfor a hurried lunch or a « five course dinner—a bottle f People's Store An Unusual "The cause of the ffre is not known," said he. "I say that becuuse no investigation has been begun. The government will undoubtedly begin an investigation. The captain Is under arrest, and It would be inadvisable for him to make any statement at present, but he told me that he and the first and second pilots, Edward Van Wart and E. (1. Weaver, were in the pilot house until the Slocum was beached. The captain hurt his leg and may require an operation. The two pilots were practically uninjured and assisted in saving lives. They were all in the wheelhouse until the last." Opportunity. SUM STEADIER DISASTER WORST III 01 DISTORT. Over Five 500 Survivors of 2 Vessels Reached Shore. Randall's island, off One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, there is u stretch of water known ns the Sunken Meadows. At this point Just as crowds wer« watching the gayly decorated steamer from the shore the General Sloeuin took lire, and as the age of the vessel —she was built in 1801—had resulted In the well seasoning of the wood with which she was almost entirely built she was soon a muss of flame. Owing to the miserable weather and backward season New York manufacturers and mporters were compelled to sustain great losses on their stock*. We saw our chance and quickly took advantage of their distress. We ar« therefore prepared to cut prices in all staple and fancy Dry Goods this Mmson of the year. Tokio, June 16.—The transport Hino which today returned from Moji, Japan, reports that, yesterday morning she encountered a Russian squadron 20 miles west of Shlmi Shima. As soon as the Russians were sighted she warned the others of the squadron and fled. The Hitachi Maru and the Sado Maru were surromfcled and it is feared the loss of life was heavy. J Stegmaier's j Ladles' and Children's Fancy Oaun Vests 4c. List of Victims Will Probably Wind Fanned the Flames. "Was the boat under steam all the timeV" Mr. Hill was asked. "It Is said that the pilot house was deserted and the boat drifted with the tide until she ran aground?" The lire is said to have broken out In a lunch room on the forward deck through the overturning of a pot of grease. The wind was high, and all efforts to subdue the fire were futile. I __ BEER ii i| It has attained its plie- j| nomenal popularity through ! I| 1 C i its perfection of QUALITY, J I PURITY AND TASTE. C j jj Both 'Phones. i: Stegmaier Brewing Co \ PITTSTON, PENN'A. ;; C M NEW 'PHONE 0452 i I ! Ladies' Gingham Sunbonnets, all colors and shapes; a large stock to choose frotn, each 15c. Tokio, June 14.—Doubts as to the authenticity of the report of the sinking of the transports Hitachi Maru and Sado Maru by Russian warships in Korea strait, have been removed. About 540 survivors of both vessels have reached shore. One case summer corsets, all bIsm, a pair 22c. Reach Nearly 1,000. "The steam vvus ou until the boat struck. The engineer, Frank Conlln, told me that ho waft In the engine room until the boat struck. The current wan on the flood and could not have carried the boat to the beach. It would not hare been possible to hare beached the boat earlier, for there Is no shallow water nearer than North Protlier Island. If the boat had been run alongside the piers or pushed on the rocks in the mainland she might hare sunk, as the water Is deep along, there, and more llres would hare been lost. The captain said that the llrst he know of the Are was when he was told of It through the tube by some one below. The Sloeum was then off the Sunken Meadows. He took the boat to the nearest pluee where she could be beached." At One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street there are several lumber yards and oil tanks, and as Captain William Van Rchaick, in command of the General Slocum, started to turn his vessel toward the shore there he was warned that It would sot lire to the lumber and oil, and so he changed his course for North Brother island, one of 4twln islands near the entrance to the sound, some half mile away, where the boat, having burned to the water's edge, was beached and where she sank at 12:23 o'clock, two hours and twenty-five minutes after the lire was llrst discovered. Children's ready made duck skirts, each 69c. Ladies' Seersucker underskirts, well made, each 45c. 25c Ladies' black lace hose for 15c a pair. Tokio, June 16.—The Hokio correspondent of the Renter Telegram Co. says that in a fight at Telisa, near FVm-Chow, the Russians lost 500 killed and 300 prisoners. They also lost 14 guns. The Japanese casualties aro placed at 1,(^00. MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED i BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED Ladies' muslin skirts with cambric flounce 50c. Ladies' black mercerized underskirts, full size, each 50c. Children's J1.00 trimmed hats duced to 59c each. Rome, June 16.—A telegram from Tokio reports that a Russian squadron Including the Novik, has destroyed all the Japanese preparations for landing troops and the Japanese stores near Lung-Wang-Tung for the attack on Port Arthur from the east. The presence of the'Novik outside Port Arthur indicates that the entrance to the harbor is clear. f 1 £ Hammocks in all the newest styles, a fine variety to select from, prices from 98c up. The Work of Rescue Continues at the III the meantime the passengers had become panic stricken, and those who were not caught up by the flames rushed to the rear of the vessel, and hundreds jumped overboard into the swiftly running waters. It is alleged that the life preservers were too securely fastened to their holdings to be available. and stories are told of frantic efforts by strong men to cut them loose, but even if they could have been torn down they were too high up for the children to reach them. It is also alleged that no attempt was made to get out the Are apparatus at the first cry of fire, though Captain Van Schalck tinys that he Immediately rang the bells for getting out the apparatus. Accord- Kig to several statements no attempt was made to lower boats or life rafts. PEOPLES STORE Always the Cheapest' Scene of the Wreck. ,'■*1 r mr me me mr r me me rjrj^jij wwWWe x*www,e'we • • • wwwww The store that keeps the Dry Gooda Prices Down. "Wns anything (lone toward fighting the fire?" "The mate had charge of the lire fighting, and we don't know where he is. The pumps were going, and there was fire lighting." Former Mayor Ames Dying. Groceries at Lowest Prices NEW YORK'S EAST oIDE Minneapolis. Minn., June 10.—Dr. ▲. A. Ames; former mayor of this city. Is reported lo be dying. Dr. Ames had recently been reindicted by the grand jury on a charge of having accepted money and, after having had one trial, which resulted In a disagreement, was about to be tried again when illness prevented his appearance in court. w "Was crew?" there a panic the among ll D3 IN THE SHADOW OF GLOOM. "I have heard o? no panic. Thenwere in the neighborhood of 3,000 life preservers on board." GRANULATED 8UGAR— 20 Pounds for $1.08 Edward Flanagan, mate of the wrecked Slocurn, told the police It was impossible to calm the excursionists after the first appearance of the liaises. He said: BE8T DELAWARE CO. BUTTER— Per Pound 23e Serious Charges Made Against the Owners and prepared under GERMAN lAW8,Vfl U the Beet there la lor V f RHEUMATISM,! I Gout, Neuralgia, Sprains, eto.1 DR. RICHTER'S World-Renowned , I I "ANCHOR" I I PAIN EXPELLER. I ■ WonngenulDfl wlthoot Trade »*rD "tocher. "1 I What uue physician out of miny testifies; I If/ Mew York .Nov. l8t*.IMZ . . IB I can'cheerfully*re« |l I commend Dr. Richter'j"AN* H I CHOR PAIN EXPCLLCR"for( Ufc- 7 ■ I Rheumatiam'*and.Neural* H I | VQ—-— 774 CAST iff#*? S*l H I 28c. and 50c. at all drugglsta or throagn I Bk. Ad. Blebter *Co.,SU Pearl St, New Il'kl |L 36 HIGHEST national AWARDS.^ Kfcammtnded by prominent Phy- Whole tale and FULL CREAM CHEESE— Per Pound 11e ... 11 "It was unfortunate that there were not more men aboard and that all of the excursionists did not understand the English language. Women and children rushed to the sides of the vessel, and before any one could restrain them they were leaping overboard by the hundreds. It will be fouud th it the majority lost wcj$, drowned by Jumping overboard, When had they kept their presence of mind they would now be among the saved. Many of the poor people were so frantic stricken that they actually ran Into the flames and were consumed. I saw several Instance* of this kind, but I was powerless In the panic stricken throng." Officers of the Ill-fated Vessel. FRESH VEGETABLES ALWAYS IN STOCK. GIVE YOUR FAMILY TWO LB. CAN BIG DRIVE BAKING POWDER—None Better, 20o New York, June 10 -Up to 8:30 this morning 4S9 bodies of victims good, pure Groceries; the tasteful, health producing kind, such as wo sell. Remember, too, that "variety is the spice of life," and it will pay you to deal at a store that carries a largo and varied stock. Eight there wo fill the bill again. Our goods are reliable and our prices right. of this disaster on the steamboat General Slocum had been recovered. Eight CORN 8TARCH~ Per Package.. Bo bodies in one group were picked up this morning off North Brothers island At dawn the divers resumed the work in the hold of the sunken vessel. The, GINGER 8NAP8— total number of dead is now estimated at 800. Some estimates put the 4 pounds for 25o number at as high as 1,000. Griefstricken crowds throng the morgues, 'the vicinity of St. Mark's church, and the shore near the wreck looking for the 8EE OUR SCREEN DOORS AND WINDOW SCREENS. BEST IN THE CITY TO KEEP OUT THE FLIES. PRICES THE .LOWEST FOR THE SAME QUALITY. bodies of loved ones. One mother who identified the burned body of her child at a morgue this morning tried to jump from the pier on which the BRENNAN & ROBERTS, body lay. She was restrained with difficulty. Serious charges have been ■ lit At made, that the steamboat was supplied with rotten life preservers, and the Scenes at Hospitals and Morgues. 42 North Main St. Next to Elicit* Hotel, SHOES authorities are investigating these charges Many pathetic scenes were witnessed ut the various hospitals, where tho relatives sought their loved ones. Wild eyed men, tremulous women and frightened ehiUlren begged to know if any of their family were in the hospitals. Ragerly they seized upon survivors. Most of the Interrogations were About 250 feet from Now York shore, off the place known as Hunt's OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT 18 AN IDEAL PLACE. WE CAN FIT MOSTLY ANYONE WITH THE LATEST STYLES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED .1**1M Point, the upper part of a paddlebox, two smokestacks, a scorched flagstaff (7%rury's PRICES. and twisted and bent iron works lie remnants of the ill fated steamship General Slocum, a temporary and hideous monument of the scene where nearrly 1,000 persons, the great bulk of whom are women and children, lost Campbell, Rozelle & their lives in fire and water. Today there are grave murmurings and charg in German, Evans Bros. OS that the terrible sacrifice of life was needless, that, the officers of the boat At night a surging crowd was held hack by police Hues formed about the city morgue at the foot of ICast Twenty-sixth street. The crowd began to gather as soon as It became rumored about the city that the dead would be brought to Manhattan from North Brother island and other places where at first tho dead had been taken. When the MasSABott came to the dock with eighty-five dead the work of removing the bodies'from the steamer proceeded slowly until no more room was found inside the morgue, and the autopsy room was cleared, and the blackened and distorted bodies were plaecd on the floor there. though their bravery is admitted, err oil when they drove the vessel a half SCENE ON BURNING ROAT The race to North BrotQer inland vraa horribly dramatic. It w«s made while the flumes, which hart n.iw been fanned Into a fury by the strong head wind, were consuming hundreds, both old and young. The scene was one of frightful panic, with men, women and children Jumping overboard and being lushed by the whirlpools of the channel against the vessel's sides. Women and children were crowded together on, the hurricane deck, which soon burned away and fell, and It is believed that most of those on this deck were burned. mile before beaching her, that the life belts were rotten and unserviceable Best Patent Flour,.. Hay, long and cut  No. 1 Hay  20 lb. Gr. Sugar  21 lbs. A. Sugar  22 lbs. Br. Sugar Del. Co. Butter  Creamery Print  Pail Lard  Pure Lard  Tobacco, all kinds.. . Plain Hams  Skinned Hams  3 Cans Tomatoes  $5.75 and that the construction of the upper works of the boat were faulty, inas much as they were built all of wood and gave free sweep to the flames Webster 46 South Main St., Pittston. The East Side today is all gloom and refuses to be comforted, for 500 . .90 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . .22 . .25 . .10 .. .09 . .38 homes have been visited by the angel of death, while many others contain burned and otherwise Injured. Crepe, some white and some black, hangs Patent Flonr ,.$5.75 For WEDDINGS Climr Arc 9 For FUNERALS i from many doors today, and death emblems are constantly being added to Long Hay... Cut Hay Just what you want in floral decorations on short notioe. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) i J.B.CARPENTEII. uethst. exetei bin the scene Up to noon 469 bodies have been received at .lie morgue and 70 more 20 lbs. Sugar 1.00 ug, Fidelity This brings the 3 cans Pumpkin  3 large cans Baked Beans 3 cans Tomatoes .25 .25 arc on the way there aboard the city of recovered dead up to 539 There hs ,ve been 165 identifications up to the noon hour, and permits for the remov .1 of these bodies have been granted 3 cans Peas .12 ,12| The after rail gave way, and the passengers who had crowded against It were pushed into the river. Mothers and children became separated and frantically sought each other, while In several cases fathers and mothers, gathering their children together, jumped with them into the water. Little children, holding each other by the hand, jumped together and were afterward found clasped In other's arms. It Is alleged that men fought with women to escape, resulting In the trampling under foot of scores of chll- When finally the morgue authorities allowed the crowd to enter the morgue a scene ensued which was harrowing In the extreme. In some cases first Identifications would be found to have been erroneous, men laying claim to bodies they afterward discovered were not those of their relatives. 4 doz. Sweet Pickles  Large Dill Pickles, per (loz, .25 .25 —gray haired mothers and tender in funts going down to death together. .1(5 Per doz... Canued Corn White Goods, Underwear, Etc., at Sale Prices. .95 New York, June 10.—Six hundred Clover Seed 7.50 .10 1.10 .25 .90 .03 .20 at a conservative estimate, met death yesterday by the burning, beaching and sinking of the big three decked persons—men, women and children Lifo Preservers Rotten, Timothy Seed 1.75 Per doz.. 3 Cans Peas There are stories of rotten life preservers and of life preservers placed «ut of reach, of the failure of the crew to fight the fire and of the captain's mistake in net heading for the nearest land, but few know exactly what happened In that terrible scene of suffering and death, for mnny of the survivors are practically insane and hundreds of others are In the hospitals. Hungarian Grass Seed 1.50 The finest line of brick, sweitzer and Limbnrger in town at lowest prices. Millett Seed 1.50 Per doz  Cabbage, jDer lb... Lemons, iDer doz . Oranges  Eggs  Onions, per £ peck We are closing out a large stock of these seasonable goods. There is no room for a catalogue of details, but the store is full of splendid underpriced White Garments, for women, girls and children. excursion steamer General Slocum, which took Are in the East river near the entrance to Long Island sound while on her way to a sound resort (Continued on page i.) .20 .25 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. with more thnn a thousand excursionists, the Sunday school pupils of St. Murk's German Lutheran church, their relatives and friends. RED 8TAR TRADING 8TAMP8. New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank building. Great preparations had been made for the seventeenth annual excursion »f the Sunday school of St. Mark's German Lutheran church, the congregation of church is drawn from the dense population ot' the lower enst and west sides, und the General Slocum had been chartered to carry the excursionists to Locust Grove, one of the many resorts on Long Island During her flame enveloped run to North Brother island the General Slocuin's whistles kept blowing for assistance, but before the whistles began to blow several tugs, the captains of which ha* seC?n the outbreak of the lire, started after the vessel, Joined by a yacht, while rowboats put out from the shore. The number of these craft constantly grew, and not the least dramatic Incidents of the catastrophe were the efforts of the people on these boats to rescue those who jumped overboard from the General Slocum. Men crowded to the rails of the and caught up the drowning persons as they wore borne by the current. dreu IWilliam Drury, 12|c Cambric Corset Covers lOo According to a statement issued by Coroner O'Gorman of the Bronx borough, 483 bodies have already been recovered from the destroyed vessel, burned to death or drowned, found on the shores to which they had been washed or picked up In the river to which they had Jumped or fallen from the burning vessel. LEGAL NOTICES. _ 75c Night Dresses, 2 lace insertions down front, lace at collar and sleeves, 50c. $1.00 Muslin Underskirts, 6 in. lace ruffle, dust ruffle 50o. $1.25 Muslin Underskirt, deep cambric ruffle with four lace insertions running through, deep lace edge, dust ruffle, only 75c. 1 lot Children's Night Dresses, embroidery trimmed, only 43c. Sunbonnets, all the best style? and colors, from 10c. Lace Curtains, 2| yds. long, 40 in. wide, worth 75c; special 45c. 15c Dotted Swiss, yours for 10c. New York, June 16, 1904 THE LEADIMfl GROCER High. .126% , 17 49% . 72 94% Low. Close. 126% 126% 17 17 49% 49% 71 71% 94% 94% Am Sugar .. Am Car & F Amal Copper Atchison com Atchison pfd SEALED PROPOSALS. Sealed proposals will be received by the City Clerk during the Joint Session of Councils Thursday. June a:D. iihu. between the hours of s uml S:16 p. m„ for .the paving of Main Street from Spring Street to Butler St reet and Water Street from Ferry Bridge to Mnin Street, with ri;J or white vet rifled brick on a concrete Iiuhc, according to plans and specifications prepared by the City Engineer and on Hie in his office. Proiiosuis shall cover the cost of entire work and shall state separately the price for removing asphalt and cobble stones. The price for grading i«-r cubic yard anil the price for paving per sipiare yard, including the cost of all material according to the plans and specifications on flic in the City Engineer's olllce. Didders shall enclose with each proposal the sum of $1000, cash or certified check as a guarantee to execute contract within twenty days if awarded the same. If You Drink Beer, Drink The Best It Is variously estimated that there were between 1,500 and 2,500 persons on board the General Slocum when she left the pier at Third street. East river, though the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, which owns the General Slocum, officially states that the number of passengers was 873, that being only one-third of the vessel's capacity. It is thought, however, that there were several hundred children in arms, for whom fares are not usually charged on these excursions. sound. B. R. T 48% 48% Tugs are arriving hourly with bodies from North Brother island, and divers are still busy taking bodies from the hold of the vessel, which, they say. is choked with bodies, and hundreds who leaped or were thrown Into the river have not been recovered. It was a spaetacle of horror beyond words to express—a great vessel ail in flpoies, sweeping forward in the sunlight, within sight of the crowded city, while her helpless, screaming hundreds were roasted alive or swallowed up In the waves—women and children with their hair and clothing on lire, crazed mothers casting their babies overboard or leaping with them to certain death, wailingVhildren and old men trampled under foot or crowded over into the water, and the burning steamboat, her B. & O. . Can Pacific 80% 119% 79% 119 80% 119% C. F. I Erie 23% 23% 23% L. & N  Manhattan .. Met St Ry ., M. K. & T. .. Mo Pacific .. N. Y. Central Norf & West .. 109% 149% 113% 37% 92% 116 56% 109% 149% 113 36 91 115% 56 HD9% 113% 37% sr 116 56% Pab«t Milwaukee Beer. North Brother island, where the vessel was beached, contains a scarlet fever ward. The patients, who witnessed, the disaster, were ordered indoors, and the doctors hastened to the rescue of those who had been washed ashore, tyut some of persons dleC| while they were being attended to. Captain Vau Schaick and two pilots named Van Wart and Weaver have been arrested.Yuengling'e Pottavllle Porter. III case the bidder to whom the contract shall have been awarded omits to execute a contract within twenty days from the date of award the enclosure accompanying his proposal shall be forfleted to the City of Pittston. The City reserves the right to reject any or ail bids. Brlgg'a Elmlra Ale. Delivered at your residence In casee Ladies' Kimonaa, light blue, pink and lavender, front trimmed with white lawn, worth 50o; your choice 35c. St. Paul Ont & West Pennsylvania 25% 115% 142% 141% 25 114% 142% 25% 115% The scene ton the decks of the steniner as she proceeded up the East river was one of harmless merrymaking customary on such occasions. The nsass of flags on the vessel fluttered in the June breezes, the bands were playing, and the children were singing or dancing or waving handkerchiefs and flags in anfcwer to the salutations of those on shore or from passing steainaru At ttD» axtraniu anstei-u end of of 2 doz. pint bottles. Peo Gas 96% 96% By Order of Councils, J. T. FLANNEIIY. City Clerft Large stock of Children's Hats at special low prices. Reading 47% 46% 47% Rock Island 46% 20% TESTATE OF MAJRY A. KEATING. LATE W of Wyoming Borough, deceased. Letters testamentary u|xDn the above named estate having lieeiVgrunted to the undersigned. all ihtkoiis liiilsbtoii to said estate are requested to makefcayment, and those having claims or demanis to present the same without delay, to W- 1. Ill 13lib, Executor. l«,7, u.ii. I T. A. DURKIN. — MAGNET 87 B. Main St, Pittatoa. Charles E. Hill, a director of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, vlsittnl the Lebanon hospital to see Captain Van Sehuick, the comnfsnder of the General Slocum, who toad ijgeg Director Hill's Statement. So Pacific So Rwy com .. 21 Union Pacific .... 87% U. S. Steel .... 9% U. S. Steel pref 54% Wabash 35 20% 86% 9 54% 34% 45% 21 87% 9% 54% 35 whistle roaring for assistance, speeding 46 8. Main 8i Both 'phones. on Jmt the shore of North Brothel' ts- Hftd, with u trail of ghastly faces und , •lutahiiLor hands la the tide behind her Corner Dock Street.