Pittston Gazette

              flttfetottjy^kCSa3*tig. WEATHER INDICATIONS. THE HOME PAPER. " forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair and continued warm weaiher tonight and Sunday; fresh southwest to west winds. For the People of Pltteton and Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEWS. PITTSTON, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1904. , TWO CENTH A COPY. 1 C DA fITCS / FORTY GENTS A MONTH, f « Jtr^\XJ3jO. 54th YEAR. IWEUJKLY ESTABLISHED J8B0. I DAITjY EST. by THEO. HART 1882. - i« / www wwjwwwy wwwwjwwwww)wwww *rC When i YOU NEARING NEWCHWANG. HUSBAND SERIOUSLY CHARCLD. ARBITRATION IS HELD UP. Talks KENT L00MI8' BODY FOUND. PEOPLE'S STORE James Armstrong Under Arrest for With Advertisers NO TRADING STAMP PRICES HERE Considerable talk has been occasioned on account of an outrageous affair that occurred yesterday afternoon in the lower end of the city. Mrs. James Armstrong, of Lagrango street, a as seriously injured in a quarrel with her husband, and is now under treatment in Pittston hospital, while her husband is under arrest, charged with assault and battery upon! Tier. Yesterday afternoon Armstrong entered his home and abused his wiTe, (Til-owing on the floor loaves of bread that She had baked and finally throwing J "■ wife to the floor, with the result x her right thigh was firactured. Armstrong afterward went to work on the night shift in the mines, •v'thout attending to his wife, apparently not aware that her leg was broken. About 9 o'clock in the evening neighbors had the woman taken to the Pittston hospital. Causing Wife's Leg to be Broken WE SELL THE BEST, WE SELL THE MOST, WE CHARGE THE LEAST Packers and Strikers Wran- There are twenty-odd hundred good reasons why you should advertise in the Gazette. Every copy of the paper that each day goes into a household in this vicinity constitutes one. Washed Ashore Near Plymouth, England. | choose a beer, vou want tht J PUREST and BEST beer for $ your money. When you insist X on having Stegmaier's i BEER General Oku In Action Near Tashichao. gle Over Terms. Because we do not pay for Trading stamps, nor do you, if you buy here. NOTHING FROM PT. ARTHUR NEITHER 8IDE WILL YIELD. DISAPPEARED RECENTLY. Ladles' and Children's fine gauze vests 3c each killing as many hogs as before the strike." Over .'500 laborers applied for work during the day, many of them being taken on, and several new butchers were employed. One case of fine colored lawns, only Tokyo Has Heard Nothing Since Battle of Nanshan Hill — Sensational Russian Reports Disbelieved—St. Petersburg Dispatches Tell of Successes. , * jO Tokyo, July If!.—Monger fuetr filter through the war ofiice -Cnt General Oku is in notion^jP enemy near Tashlehao •* cnat the Japanese are adv" , on Newehwang from the ea. .« well as from Yiuliuw. Allied Trades May Join Strike if It la Prolonged—Chicago Packing Plants Do Considerable Slaughtering In Spite of the Strike. Nothing to Indicate Whether he F$ll 3J/&c each From the Steamship Kaiser Wil- Fancy ribbons, 2% inches' wide, all colors, for 5c a yard helm, Committed Suicide or Was Indies' seersucker underskirts, well 45 cents made Chicago, .1 uly 10.—Negotiations for peace In the stockyards strike arc practically at a standstill, and the strike will continue until one side or the other abates something of the demands made lip to the present time. Both sides are anxious for a peaceable settlement, but the stumbling block to a final adjustment is tiiat neither side is prepared to allow the other to dictate the basis of the arbitration.Now York, July 10.-Senator Thomas C. Piatt celebrated Ills seventy-first birthday at 1 lie Oriental botel. Manhattan Beach, last, night. lie had planned to keep open house on his birthday, but after a conference with Governor Oileii in the fcV61lInn the plans were altered, and the senator spent the greater part of the day at Oyster Bay in conference with President Roosevelt, returning to Manhattan Reach on the 7 o'clock train. At the birthday dinner were Senator and Mrs. Piatt, Miss Louise Snow, Mrs. Piatt's daughter by a former marriage, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Tj. Ide. The table was decorated with red, white anil blue ribbons, and in the center was a birthday cake two feet in diameter and two and a half feet high, with seventy-one burning candles. Many felicitous messages were received. Senator Piatt's Birthday. Murdered Children's fine muslin drawers, all sizes .10c Plymouth, Eng., July 16—The body of Frederick Kent lxxDmis, the young American wiip disappeared from the steamship Kaiser Wilholm II. shortly before the arrival of the vessel at Plymouth, on June 20, was today washed ashore at Thurlstcxne, near Kingsbridge, three miles from here. The body was identified by means of valuable papers found on his person. ■  | you got tho PURE8T and X BEST for any money. J "Don't be jollied" into using 2 inferior boer when you can z have Stegmaier's Beer for the » asking. * Order a case of our boer sent ▼ home to-day; price 50c per % dozen, delivered promply 5 Both 'phones. Boy's summer crash suits, a bargain for 3Dc a Biiit Ladies' Sunbonnets, all colors and shapes, a largo stock to choose from 15c each A crowd of indignant men met Armstrong on his way home fiom work late last night and gave him a severe beating Later Armstrong was arrested by the city police at the home of his butty, on Oak street, and spC?nt the night in the lockup. The army officials have little to sn.v In respect of the operations at the north of the peninsula and nothing whatever concerning those around Port Arthur, hut enough has come through government channels to indicate clearly the immediate intentions of Generals Oku, Nodzu and Kurokl as to General Kuropatkin's main position between Tashichao and Ilaicheng. Ono ras ladies' fancy summer corsets, grand value for ..19c a pair After the packers had considered Mr. Donnelly's reply to their first proposition the union officials were notified (hat it would he impossible to reach nn agreement along the lines suggested. In their answer to Mr. Donnelly the packers declared themselves willing to arbitrate, but stipulated that the arbitration should Include the entire scope of the strike and not be subject to restrictions or limitations of any kind. This communication of the packers was Identical with the one previously sent by them to Mr. Donnelly and to which his counter proposition was a reply. (Loomls, whose home was in i arkersburg, W. Va., was a brother of Assistant Secretary of State BYancls B. l/jomis. Ho was sent by the department of state on a special mission to King Menelik, of Abyssinia, and sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Vhcn the vessel arrived at Plymouth, Loomis was missing, ami search for bim mas made throughout Europe. His disappearance caused a great sensation, but the conclusion was finally reached that he was not on the vessel when it reached PlymoutS. There is nothing to Indicate whether ho was murdered, committed suicide or fell overboard.) Children's black cotton 'ribbed hose, at 7c a pair Children's navy blue polka dot duck skirt-, nicely trimmed with braid, only 50c each This afternoon, Armstrong was taken before Alderman Loftus, on a warrant charging him with assault and battery, with intent to kill. In default of f500 bail he was taken to the coun- It appears that the Russian commander has shifted Ills center a few miles north or northeast of Tashichao and that lie is fighting for time in which to mass his forces as far above the Intersection ol' the two railroads from the peninsula as possible before accepting a general engagement. J Stegmaier Brewing Co | PITTSTON, PENN'A. » NEW 'PHONE 5152 PEOPLE'S STORE, ty prison Children's Service Tomorrow. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST Tomorrow morning, the monthly children's service will be 1 eld in ihe Broad street Presbyterian church, when the pastor will give an address on "The Jewels of a Crown." The The ordinance of baptism will be administered and parents havihg children to be baptised are requested to bring them to the lecture hall before 10:30 a. m. 15 South Main Stroot. Tlttston NO TRADING STAMP PRICES HERE A Girdle For Miss Roosevelt. The Japanese are pressing him hard, however, and the probably dose approach of th«» western Takushan column on Tangehi, near Tashichao, is expected to complete their carefully prepared plan to surround him at a point between Kalptng and Liauyang. News of in important battle is looked for hourly. Now York, July 16.—The Amateur Athletic union buckle and girdle that the officers decided to give to .Miss Alice Koosevelt, after she had awarded the prizes at the championship meet at St. Louis, has been sent by express to Oyster Bay. The girdle is composed of heavy silk joined with a buckle consisting of three gold medals, which represent the handicap prizes, the junior championship prizes and the senior championship prizes of the St. Louis contests. As President Roosevelt is honorary president of the Olympic games held at St. Louis Ibis year, he has been requested to present the girdle to his daughter. Every Day Bargain Day at Our Store Packers Await Donnelly's Reply. mmzK l' & rnm^r With the reply of the packers was sent a note to Mr. Donnelly notifying him that they would be ready for his answer today and that if he desired another conference with them they would be pleased to meet him in another effort to reach a basis of arbitration. Xo arrangements have as yet been made for another conference. Mr. Donnelly will leave for St. Louis tonight, where he will address a mass meeting of strikers tomorrow after- OCEAN LINER DISABLED Retiring Official Remembered Wireless Telegram Says the St. Louis Pint Fruit Jars, per dozen 40c No credence is given to the sensational Russian rumors of severe Japanese loss In a battle before Port Arthur on Sunday last. The Russian general staff is quoted as arguing that because the Japanese control the land liites and no report of the fighting there on that date has come through. It follows the mikado's forces were defeated. Against that argument is the fact, known to everybody in Tokyo, that since the battle of Xanshan hill the Japanese government has been absolutely silent concerning all operations at the southern end of the penin- Assistant Postmaster Robert W. Langford, who relinquishes his position today for a position in Chicago, 111., was the recipient of a handsome gold handled umbrella and leather traveling bag in token of the g'.od wishes of his fellow workers in the postoffice. Letter Carrier Charles F. Curry made the presentation speech, which was feelingly responded to by Mr. Langford. Queenstown, Ireland, July 16.—The Cunard line steamship Umbria, which arrived here this morning, reports that on Tuesday she was in wireless communication with the American liner St. Louis, and that the latter reported that her low pressure cylinder had broken. The St. Louis, however, was able to complete her repairs and then proceeded on her way. During the communication the vessels were in latitude 48 and longtitudo 78. is Proceeding After Some Delay. Quart 50c 2 Quart " 1-3 pint Jelly Glasses, per doz 20c 1-2 " " " 22c 1-3 qt. Jelly " " 25c Wide fruit jar rubbers, per doz 05e Cau tops and rubbers, per doz 25c Prep. Boot Beer, qt. bot., 2 for 25c Hires' Root Beer Ex., 3 for.. ,50o Clauson's Boot Bger Ex., 3 for 25c Window Screens 20c and 30c Screen doors, !)0c, $1.10, $1.25,1.50 Hammocks, all prices, a large as- (D5c ■% noon Mr. Donnelly's last proposition to the packers was as follows: Two More Glenwood Wreck Victims. 'M lit "All grievances to be submitted to arbitration, all strikers to be reinstated In a body, men employed by the packers since the strike may be retained if use can be found for them and the temporary wage scale to be that In effect previous to May 28. This means that unskilled labor is to be paid pending the decision of the arbitrators 18Vi cents instead of 15 to 17V& cents, the price paid since May 28." Chicago, July 16.—Two of the injured in the wreck of the picnic train at Glenwood on Wednesday night died last evening. They were Adolph Ilirscli, seventeen years of age, and Charles Smith, eleven year* of age. It was said by the physicians at the Englewood hospital that they had practically abandoned hope of the recovery of six other patients who were injured In the wreck. GIVE YOUR FAMILY Painstaking Work 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 largo and varied stock. Right thero we fill the bill again. Our goods are reliable and our prices right. Our treatment of your teeth will give you as little pain as possible. Our anxiety is to put quality of workmanship and material into your defective teeth so that you may be exempt from tooth troubles. Experience and care enable us to treat you without causing you great pain. Oil Runs to Waste sortment. sula One of the largo Atlantic Refining company's oil tanks was damaged this afternoon, by a teamster's'"1iriving close to the tank, so that a pipe leading to the vat was broken. Before the damage could be repaired 100 ga" jns of oil had been lost. SHOES RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. 8t. Petersburg Heart Stories of a Inquire of any one who has bought shoes of us as to how they wear. Our shoes make a record for themselves. Men's guaranteed patent leathers, ladies' tine dross shoes, old lady comfort shoes. Girls' shoes of all kinds. Boys' shoes that can't be beat. Our $1.25 Mining Shoe is the best to be had. We guarantee all our shoos to be as represented. , Cheering Nature, Liaoyang, July 1(1.—General SamsonofT seriously checked the Japanese advance in the direction of Yinkow July 11. His Cossacks ambushed the Japanese column and put 1,000 out of action. The Japanese attempted to ad vance along the coast, but they were hindered by the marshy country, which also increased their difficulty in carrying off their dead and wounded during the retreat. DR. T. 13. WELSH, Offlcc Opposite Gazette Office, The following is the reply of the packers to the proposition of Mr. Donnelly:Train Kills One and Injures Three, Campbell, Rozelle & BRENNAN & ROBERTS, Notice "All grievances io be submitted to arbitration; the strikers to be re-employed as rapidly as places can lie found for them, preference to be given the strikers in the order of their applications for work; all men now at work to lie retained, and the temporary wages to be in accordance with the schedule in effect at tiie time of the strike." Emporia. Kan., July 10.—A freight train ran down a handcar on which four young persons were returning from the country near here. John Owens was killed and Arthur Denham and Mae and Pearl Miller were fatally hurt. All members of Oneta council are requested to attend the funeral of the late Mrs. Jane Jenkins, fro mthe residence Sunday afternoon at 1:30. R. Henderle, secretary. It 4'i North .Main St. Noxt to Eaulu Hotel 17)rury's PRICES. Webster Chicago Cash Meat Market. Finest fresh meats at lowest prices N. Main, opposite William St. .. New Cruiser at Galveston 19 lbs. Sugar 1.00 The lack of further official news regarding the engagement at I'ort Arthur on the night of July 10 is very puzzling. That the Japanese were heavily defeated is not doubted here, but in the absence of further information the extent of the disaster that befell them Allied Trades Restless. Galveston, Tex., July 1ft,—The new cruiser Denver has arrived here and on July 20 will be presented with a silver service by the citizens of Denver. Boat Dairy Butter 4 doz. Sweet Pickles Sour Pickles, per doz Sliced Boiled Ham, per glass .15 Chip Beef, per glass, 15c and 25c Prunes, 2, 3 and 4 lbs 25 llice, 3 and 5 lbs 25 Pint Mason Jars, per doz... Quart Mason Jars, per doz.. 2 quart Mason Jars, jier doz, .22 .25 .10 Evans Bros. The allied trades unions at the stockyards are becoming restless, and unless a settlement is reached in the near future they may decide to stop work in sympathy with the men already out. The members of the allied crafts at the yards in tills city number between 14,- 000 and 15,000, and a majority of them belong to the union. A mass meeting of these men will he held tonight, when the question of their quitting work will be discussed. Ixjndon, July l(i.-—It is reported from Capetown that Ixird Milner in accordance with the decision of the iivmnh government yesterday to permit the transfer of Paul Kruger's body to the Transvaal, has given his consent for the interment to be made in Pretaria. Kruger to he Buried at Pretoria We don't give trading stamps, but we give you full weight and lull measure instead. 46 South Main St., Pitts ton. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. is questioned New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Hank building. Now York, Ji Pint Fruit Cans  Quart Fruit Cans  Half Gallon Fruit Cans. Quart Hoot Beer bottles Pint Root Beer bottles . .40c .50c ,65c 1.00 ,75c Definite news has been received from Viceroy AlexeiefT's headquarters in Mukden that the week before the engagement at Port Arthur General Foek administered a severe defeat on the Japanese July 4 and July 5, driving them from the heights commanding Lunsantan pass with a loss of 2,000. For WEDDINGS Elnwarc! For FUNERALS riwwcr® 4 illy 16 1904. Close .45 50 05 Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone)jg J-B-CARPENTER, win* »t. ekter iom General Markets, Am Siigar .. Amal Copper Atchison com Atchison pfd B. R. T. .. B. & O. .. 120% Hist Low. 129 C4 129 Ms Now Potatoes, per peck Cabbage, per head .... Cabbage, per head ,... Beets, 3 bunches for .. Onions, 3 bunches for. Oranges, per doz  Lemons, per doz  . ..r25c 7 & 8c 7 & 8c 10c .,.,10c 25c ....20c Now York, July IS, 52% PLOUR—Steady hut Inactive; Minnesota patents, $t.95a5.25; winter straights, J4.fi0a4.75; winter extras, j:i.3ija:'.90; winter patents, $4.85a5.10. The work in the packing plants in this city Is being continued on a much larger scale than at any time since the strike lias been declared. Many new men have been employed. 76% 94% 75% 76% 94% 50% 83% Jolly Glasses, per doz 25 Fine Brick and Liuiburger Cheese Fresh Vegetables every morning. 94% GCtl4 83% 125% 34% A special dispatch from Tashichao, dated July 14, repents the account of the storming of Port Arthur July 10 and says that the Russians assumed the offensive and attacked with the bayonet. The Japanese retired in the wildest disorder. The Chinese estimate it he Japanese losses at 22,000. WHEAT—Opened barely steady on the lower cables and In sympathy with the west; later there was a recovery on fears of further crop damage and on covering; September, 90 5-lGa90%c.; December, 8D',ia 89 11-lGc. 50% Can Pacific . Ches & Ohio Erie  83% 125% 3 25% Special Prices for This With the increase in the working force the packing houses are able to fill all orders, and slaughtering is being done on a sufficiently heavy scale to warrant some buying at the yards. The workmen who have taken the places of the,strikers are not molested while in the yards, and as long as they continue at work the packers declare that a ineat famine can lie averted for . 34 % . 2«',4 .110% .151 .116% . 93% S4% 2Ci'.4 vr,% lbl Wc Give Red Star Trading Stamps and Full Weights Guaranteed. 25% 115% 151 116% 92% 61% 147% Delaware county Butter Full Cream Cheese ... Brick Cheese  Sweitzer Cheese  22c 10c 13c 16c Week at the Magnet. We place on sale this week a portion of our large stock of Summer Goods, all fresh and new. Seo what we have: TAIjLiOW—Dull; city, 4Vic.; country 4yta4',be. HAY—Dull; shlppinR, L. & N 70c.; good to Manhattan ., Met St Ry .. Mo Pacific . Norf & West St. Paul .. Ont & West Pennsylvania Peo Gas .. LEGAL NOTICES. POTATOES—Weak; Long Island, In bulk, per 180 pounds. $1.50h2; Jersey, prime, per barrel, $1.50al.75; Norfolk, prime, per barrel, J1 50a2; Jersey, sweets, per basket, $1.25a 1.75. choice, 95c Ii6D/fc 93% 61% Kip Herring, 18c 3 for  Soused Mackerel, 18c 3 for Finnan Iladdie, 18c 3 for . Lobster  50c Japanese Prepare For Floods. CEKTIFICATE REEXTENDING CHARTER 50c Mukden. July 1(5,—All is quiet in the direction of the Russian left flunk. The populace is following peaceful occupations and working in the fields. It seems certain tliat the Japanese right flank is weak. According to the Chinese. the Japanese are making great preparations for the coining rains, which are due in earnest about July 31. The rains heretofore have been merely chance downpours. There is further confirmation of the fact already reported that Koreans are guarding the Japanese rear. There are 10,- 000 Koreans regularly enrolled in the Japanese service, and these, with a leaven of Japanese and under Japanese officers, are guarding the lines of communication. .148% . 30% .119% .100% . 52% 148% Tkeasuk* Depabtmknt 50c 1 Lot Children's 5c vests,... .3c 1 Lot China cups and saucers worth 15c, they're yours for, each 4c 1 Lot Men's Fancy Shirts assorted lot, slightly soiled, worth 50c, 75c, and $1.00 your choice 25c 1 Lot Ladies' White Piquet Belts, latest shapes, worth 25d yours now for 10c 1, Lot Ladies' Lace Stook Collars, worth 60c and 75c these at 25c 1 Lot Laporte Washable Lawn Caps, very handsome, something new, worth 50c, here for 25c 1 Lot 22c Hemp Carpet on sale, BEANS—Quiet; marrow, $2.85a2.90; medium, $1.85a2; pea, $1.80; red kidney. J2.85a 2.95. 30 % 118% 100% 51% 22% 5074 24 30% 119% .100% 52% 22% 51 / 24% -J9% Office of Oomi'troi.lkb of thk Cubbency 20 & 25c many weeks Washington, 1). C., Juno 'a, 1904. It will pay you to weigh and measi re everything you buy. HOPS—Quiet; state, common to choice. 1903, 25a33c.; 1902. 21a23c.; olds. 7al3c.; Pacific coast, 1903, 22a28c.; 1902, 20a22c.; olds, Around the stockyards. district Hip expressed opinion is that the strike will last well into next week. Reading .. Rock. Island .. So Pacific ., So Rwy com . T. C. & I. Texas Pacific . Union Pacific U. S. Steel .. U. S. Steel iDf(l Wabash .... Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The First, Nutional Bank of l'ittston," located in the City of l'ittston. In tho County of Luzerna and State of Pennsylvania, Has complied with all the provisions of the Act of Congress "to enable National Hanking Associations to extend theireorporate existence, and for other purposes." approved .July l'i. 1882,- as amended by the Act, approved April 12,1902: Now. TiiKiiBFoiiK. I, Thomas T. Kane. Deputy and Actinic Comptroller of tho Currency, do hereby certify that "Tho First National Bank of Pit titlon,** located In the City of l'ittston, in the County of Luzerne and btate of Pennsylvania, is authorized to have succession for tho period siDecifled in its amended articles of association: namely, until close of business on June 23.1D24. 22% 51% William Drury, 7al3c CHEESE —Easy; slate, full cream, small, white, fancy, 7%a8c.; small, colored. fancy, 8c.; other grades, unchanged. BUTtEU- —Firm; unchanged WILL SELL NO FRESH MEAT 24% Leading Grocer of Wyo. Valley, 1,1-13 SOUTH MAIN ST. Warehouse 011 Charles Street. 39 % 25% 90% 12% 02% 3G% 25% 95% 117s 39% 25% 35% 12% C2% 30% EGOS—Firm unchanged New York Butchers So Rcsolvo—Prices Advance 100 Per Cent. LIVE POULTRY — Spring chickens, nearby, per pound, 20e.; southern and southwestern, 18al9c.; fowls, per pound, 14c.; roosters, per pound, 8V4c.; turkeys, per pound, 10c. New York, July Hi.—At a meeting of the East Side Butchers' association of this city it was resolved to sell no fresh meat for a week. With the exception of the firm stand taken by the east side men against the exorbitant prices which are being charged for meat the situation throughout the city is without startling incident. At a meeting of the strikers, James P. Holland and Joseph P. Hammill, general organizers respectively of the liremen's and the eccentric engineers' unions, announced they were ready to order their men on a sympathetic strike as soon as nonunion men are put to work In the plants. C0% If You Drink Beer, Drink The Best DRESSED POULTRY—Broilers, Philadelphia, SVi to 4 pounds to pair, per pound, 28a30c.; 3 pounds and under to pair, 23a 25c.; Pennsylvania, 3V4 to 4 pounds to pair, 24a26c.; state and Pennsylvania, mixed sizes, 20a22c.; Pennsylvania, under 3 pounds, 15al8c.; spring ducks. Long Island and eastern, per pound, 16c.; Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, fancy,  16c.; fair to good, 14alSc.; squabs, prime, large, white, per dozen, $2.50a2.75; mixed, J2.25a2.37; dark, tl.60al.62. . Prepared - under OBKOIAN  Y I b the Beat there to lor NEURALGIA,  Rheumatism? Lumbago, Gout: iDR. RICHTBR'S World-Renowned PAIN EXPELLER. In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of ofllce this twenty-third day of June. 1U04. T. P. KANE. Tokio, July 16.—The war office denies the report that has been current for several days past that 30,000 Japanese were killed and wounded in an unsuccessful attempt to take Pore Ar- Japan Denies Battle Report, SKAT, 'ornpl iX'iiutr and Acting tho Ciirrono or of flic x ... roi. Dy Extension No. '261 Charter No. 478 price 14c 1 Lot Boy's Washable Percale Waists reduced to 12 J c Large assortment of Sun Bonnets all colors, worth every where 15c, your choice 10c 1 Lot Ladies' 15c Cambric Corset Covers 9c Children's confirmation wreaths for 25c Ladies' Shirt Waists all re- SEALED PROPOSALS. Pabst Milwaukee Beer. DRESSED MEATS—Beef market was exceptionally strong and 2V4a3c. per pound higher than at the opening of this week; mutton has advanced 2a:ic. per pound at wholesale since last week, and dealers quoted lOallc., with wethers selling as high as 12c. per pound; lambs firm at 12a 16c.; city dressed veals sold at 10!il2V4c. per pound, but mainly at llV&al2V4c.; country dressed calves at 8alle. Sealed proposals will bp received by the City Clerk during the Joint Session of Councils Thursday. July 3lst. 1904, between the hours of s unci R:is iD. m., for the repairing of Main street from the forks of the road. South Main street, to Parsonaae stroet, and from the railroad crossing at. Kavine to the city line at Marcy Township, with asphalt, including repairs to curb, guaranteed for a period of ilve and ten years, according to plans and spec Meat ions prepared by the City Engineer and on file in his office. Bidders shall state the amount to be paid annually for a ilve and ten years guarantee. Bidders shall enclose with eaeh proposal the sum of U.ooo cash or certified check as a guarantee to execute contract within twenty days if awarded thesame. In 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 forfeited to the City of Pittston. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of Councils. §Tiit J- T. FLANNERY. City Clerk. thur Yuengllng'a Pottsvllle Porter. St. Petersburg, July 16.—'The latest unofficial accounts of the rumored assault on Port Arthur, in which the Japanese were repulsed, give the Japanese losses at 22,000 and the Russian losses at 5,000. None ■nutne without Tr»d« Bart "Anchor."| 'hat one phyaician out o1 many teitifies' Brlgg's Elmlra Ale. Thirteen cents is the general price quoted for straight beef, as against 9Mi on Tuesday, and it is said most retailers are selling their meat at figures equivalent to 100 per cent advance over the wholesale price. / — , 46 CHARLTON ST , \ Di Naw York. AujpJpk 1897. M** j0Dr. Rioht«r*s ANCHORf »'PAtN.CXPCLLER" jstgoodl •« a local Iraatmant'forl Rheumatism,and Neuralgia s jh^L-M Delivered at your reeldence In caeee of 2 doz. pint bottle*. ( St. Petersburg, July 16.—Lieuten- Lieutenant General SakharofT. who is with General Kuropatkin's forces, reports that the Japanese, during Thursday and Friday, occupied many new nos!» tlons and placed cannon on the heights near the railway north of Kai Ping. There have been few skirmishes thus far. Live Stock Markets. CATTLE—Supply light, market steady; choice. $6.10a6.25; prime, JG.iOaK; fair, $4.40a 4.90; veal calves, $7a7.25. duced from 25c. 25c. and 80c. at all druggim or through [v, m. Bleht«r * Co., SIS Petri St., If«w IoA, IL 36 HIGHEST national AWARDS. J Recommended by p ro minent  Rk. sialans, Whvlenale and Jietail T. A. DURKIN. HOOS — Receipts light, market active; prime heavy, $5.90a6; mediums, $6.10; heavy Yorkers, Jfi.lu; light Yorkers. t6a *10; pigs, $4 90a6; roughs, $4a5. Kansas City, July lti.—C. W. Armour says; "We are buying hogs at Omaha, St. Joseph and Sioux City and expect shipments from those points by Monday. W'itWu two weeks we will be Kansas City Situation. — MAGNET 45 S. Main St. Both 'phonos. 8HEEP AND LAMBS — Supply light, market steady; prime wethers, $4.85a5; common sheep, |1 50»2; spring lambs, 11*7. Corner Dock Street. 87 8. Main Si, Pittston.