Pittston Gazette

              _FOURTEEN _ PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBE" WEATHER INDICATIONS. THE HOME PAPER. I orecast Until 8 p. m., tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania. Colder tonight; snow flurries in the northeast portion; Thursday, fair; diminishing northwesterly winds. For the People of Plttiton and Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEWS. 55th YEAR. J WEEKLY BBTA«»"*k 1 DAILY HBT.Jii* r» 18(10. it ART 1889. PITTSTON, 21, 1904. TWO CENTS A COPY. I YA ft \ ClWSi FORTY CENTS A MONTH, f -14 ir'AUrHilS. "DIRE WATER FT2i WAR BULLETINS. VALUABLE PROPERTY PATTERSON CA8E ENDED. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. People's Store NOW I !! | ' i Is the time to pot your 2 11 physical condition up to the t J; proper defensive standard • 11 against the sudden ohills of j '; winter. You can do this by j taking a vice glassful of t ' [ Stegmaier's ] IF*"' ' '' CD Kuropatkin Reports that Me Drove Judge Davis is Expected to Charge the Jury Late This Afternoon. New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank building Japanese From Entrenchments. DESTROYED BY FIRE. New York. Dec. 21.—Nan Patterson, on trial for the murder of Caesar Young, will in ail probability hear her fate tonight. Attorney Levy summed up the case for the defense in an exhaustive speech this morning. William Rand, jr., the spate's attorney, Rented ' the prosecution's picture of guilt drawn from tie mass of evidence adduced during th'A long trial. The defendant was and gay. She conversed in a lively fanner with' hexfather. It is expected that Judge Davis will charge the jury late this after, noon. Christmas Gifts For Everybody. Worst Drought on Record Causes Great Suffering and Deprivation.St. Petersburg, Dec. 21.—Genera! Kuropatkin reports that during a of reconnalssanccs, yesterday the Japanese were driven out of their entrenchments in the woods near the ?ailroad bridge across ths Shahlcc river. The cntrenchmei/s were then d. stroyed. New York, Dec. 21, 1904. High. .143% . 35% . 35 . 68% . 86% .103% (Low. 140 33%' 33% 64% 84% 10$% Close. 141% 34% 34% 65% 85% 103% Am Sugar .. . Am Car & F .. Am Lioco .. . Amal QopDper . Atchison com . Atchison pfd . Metropolitan Club House, in Washington Burned. Gifltngtving made easy Dor all. Nowhere within' a radius at fifty miles'— anul certainly nowhere else la Pittstorn—'Is there much another collection of useful and original article® at sueh low prices. MILLS AND FACTORIES CLOSE Tokio, Dec. 21.—Admiral Togo reports that he personally made an observation of the Russian battleship Sevastopol and declares that the vessel is disalbled. BLAZE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. B. & O B. R. T  61% 100% 98%' 99% 59% Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia Face Wholesale Stoppage of Industries Unlets Rain Comes Soon—New England Also Suffers Severely. Can Pacific .. ..130% Ches & Ohio 48% Chicago & Alton.. 43% C. P. I. v.\. .. 46% 129% 47% 43% 45% 130% 47% 43% 45% Malt, Extract The question of the hour is— Washington, Dec. 21.—The Japanese '.elation today reeeiv?il advices from Tohio stating that the trophies captured by the Port Arthur army at Fort TennkeekwanshAn were four quick flrers, four macnine guns and five field guns, besides a large number of t'fles and a quantity of ammunition. Capital City Fire Entails a Loss of What shall I give? Let u» help you solve this problem. Is It for the little folks? A toy, a book, or a doll? Our mammoth toy department was never so complete as It is this year. Santa Claus has miade Uhls stare his headquarters aigalnj a!s usual. Erie 37% 36% $100,000 While Business Houses in Windwheel lung testers !5c. Krlse. Ill Central ..'•..155 153% 154 Pittsburg, Dec. 21. — Unless the drought from wlilcli western Pennsylvania is suffering Is broken by :i heavy rainfall within ten C!h.v» workmen familiar with the situation believe that the United States steel corporation will be forced to order every one of its mills and furnaces closed. Disquieting news to the same effect comes from every manufacturing center In this part of the state. Columbus Suffer a Loss Approxi. I-. & N 141% 138% 139 Ms mating $300,000. Gold fobs, $2 lip, Lei'bson'a Manhattan 163% Met, St Ry .. ..122% M. K. & T 63% Mo Pacific .. ..109% N. Y. Central ..142 Norf & West .. .. 79 163% 1'21% 63% 107% 140 77%' 163% 121% 63 y4 108% 140% 78% Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar. Washington, Dec. 21.—The Metropolitan club, the most exclusive social organization in Washington, having a membership of distinguished government official's and other notables, was gujted by Are this morning. All of the fire companies within the city limits were called to the scene. The flames raged for two hours and when they burned out nothing was left of the club house but the walls. The building was two blocks distant from th# White House. Several memlbers of the club were in bed when the fire broke out, and they were rescued only after  difficulty. The most serious loss to the club was the burning of the library which contained 15.000 volumes. The financial loss Is In the neighborhood of $100,000. Flr«Dman Purcell was dangerously injv Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many'imitations are offered for the genuine. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any sub* stltute ofTered as no other preparation will give the same satisfaction. It is mildly laxative. It contains no opiates and is safest for children and delicate persons. Iluuck drug store, H. H Tinker. TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK. Is it for the older ones? W!hy not a dainty piece of neokrwear, or a fine skirt, a pretty umibreJla or an evening wrap, or a fur piece or set, a handsome bag, a belt, a waist, gloves, or handkerchiefs. Gifts Ifke these abound by the hundred throughout the store. Z Before meals and upon re- 2 £ tiring, as it will feed the J ! system, repair worn out C functions and so supply the t power of resistance so try- J « ing in these winter months. « 2 Try it. It is a great health | ? saving'plan. 4- j stegmaier Brewing Co | ■"ITTSTON, PENN'A. j HEW 'PHONE MM 4 W W W WW w Woman Fatally Wounds Man and Then St. Paul 171% 169% 43% 136% 169% Killed Herself. Ont & West Pennsylvania 44 138 43% 136% New York, Dec. 21.—Marie Olah shot and perhaps fatally wounded Sigmund Boehm, a waiter, in a cafe on the boulevard, this morning, and then committed suicide. Boehm is 32 years old and married. The woman was employed at the cafe and was in love with Boehm. •. He bad told her that he could not marry her because he was already married. Peo Gas 106% 105% 105% Not In the memory of the oldest inhabitant nor in the records of the United States Menther bureau has the drought been as lasting or as general as it is at present In western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. .Much uneasiness has followed the closing down of one industry after another in the valleys watered by streams that have never before been known to run dry. Reading 79% 77% 77% Rock Island So ' ic . 4 com T. C. "& I. . Texas Pacific . 34% . 65% . 35% . 72 . 34% 33% 63 33% 69% 34 33% 63% 34% 70% 34 You will do your Chxistimiajs. sharping quicker, have more money '.eft In your pocket, and give your friends more pleasure by getting it at the People's Store. Stockholders' Meeting. Union Pacific, . U. S. leather •111% 14% 109% 13% 109% 14 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pitlsfcon Ferry Bridge company will be held in their office at ti»e toll ho lire, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1905, between tf.te hours of 2 and 3 p. m., for tlhe paimse of the election ct president, secretary, treasurer, and a board of six managers to conduct the business of the company for the ensuing year, and any other business that may properly come before the U. S. Steel .. U. S. Steel pfd Wabash .. 30 93% 42% 28% 91 42% 28% 9A% 42% PEOPLE'S STORE, In the mountain districts tluD drought its mo severe that people have to scoop up snow ami melt it to quench thirst, to cook and to wash with and to water cattle. Not only is the water scarce, hut that which is left in the streams is unfit for making steam, as there is scarcely a liattery of boilers in this section that is not corroded almost beyond repair. Reconrmendation for Trust Control, Washington, Dec. 21.—The most important feature of the first general report of the bureau of corporations, o* which James R. Garfield is commissioner, is a recommendation to Congress that a law be passed for a federal' license or franchise lor companies engaged in interstate commerce. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. 15 South Main 8treet, Pitts ton. The Oceanic Had #tormy Passage. Columbus, O., Dec. 21.—A defective electric light wire caused a conflagration in the business section of the city this morning. Business property valued at a pip—ximately $300,000 was destroyed. The fire, started in the carpet house of Krauss, Butler & Benham, on North High street. Several firemen were injured. The condition of Captain Welsh is the most serious his back being wrenched. Queenstown, Dec. 21.—The White Star liner Oceanic arrived here at noon today, 20 hours late. The officers of the steamship say the weather they experienced was the worst in 30 years. Tfiree steerage passengers died during the voyage. FRUITS, NUTS, and CANNED GOODS TO BE FOUND AT Groctry Price List. J„ H. GLENNON, President. W. M. FAY, Secretary. meeting. dlOeod tkl BRENNAN & ROBERTS, The railroads are gradually taking off one freight train after another bocause the locomotives are so injured by the sulphur sediments pumped from the hundreds of mines in this region that there is scarcely a locomotive boiler that can be run with safety at ordinary steam pressure. Railroads Cutting Off Trains. Detroit, M'ich., Dec. 21.—It is reported that a fast Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul passenger train was wrecked last night at lDna, on account of a broken rail. Engineer Garvin and Fireman Miller were killed and 15 passengers were injured. Fatal Railroad Accident. Notice to Housekeepers. Canned Corn 10c, 12Jc, 15c 3 cans Peas 26c 3 cans Pumpkin 25c 3 large cans Baked Beans. ... 2oc Clam Chowder 10c and 20c Best Teas ,50c Fine saur kraut at Messick's If your stove don't draw put one of our patent tops on your :himney and the harder the wind blows down the flue, the better your stove will draw. This is strange, but true. Quality Finest. Prices -Sight. £0 per cent, off on all Gooc1., at - BERRY'S JEWELRY STORE. New Figs New Dates Fancy Raisins Fancy Currants Citron Peel Lemon Peel Orange Peel Malaga Grapes Basket Grapes Oranges Bananas Eng. Walnuts Nabob Peaches Nabob Peas Nabob Cherries Premier Corn Premier Tomatoes Premier Succotash " Lima Beans Sunbeam Corn Black Label Peas Pride of Rome Peas Fall Asparagus Mushrof ms WOMAN'S STRENUOUSNESS. Fresh shell oysters at Moftatt's. J. B. PATTERSON A CO. Best Coffee 35c The wells and watering stations in which there is no sulphur are dried up. and water is being hauled in tank cars long distances to supply passenger Appointment for Pennsylvanian Too Bnsjr With the Crowded Hoar to Fear to Live or Die*—Eniemon. Ladles' and gents' ohains, rings, pins, etc., at Fitzsimmons'. Old Holland Coffee.  Signature a., all kinds 50c Finest itue of Brick, Limbnrger and Sweitzer in town. Try our Clam Chowder at 10c and 20c can. It is fine. 25c Washington, Dec. 21.—The nomination of John N. Cobb, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant agent for the protection of the sa. "»n fisheries of Alaska, was sent to tD Senate by the President today. In Carlyle's "Past and Present" we have mention of "the strenuous life." a phrase which has been brought Into current use by our president, and lately, through the same source, we have the phrase "the crowded hour." But long before these phrases came Into common use there were women who lived lives so streuuous tin t some of them were not sorry when the time came to lie down and rest forever. Fine chocolates 20c fb. Yaseen's service, CHRISTMAS The Edgar Thomson Steel works at Bessemer have been ordered closed. About u hundred boilers at the plant are out of rppafr and may ali have to Memorial Chapel Burned FRUITS, CANDY f be renewed Simsbury, Conn., Dec. 21.—The memorial chapel at Westminster school, cfected by Secretary of State John Hay in memory of his son, Adel'bert Hay, was destroyed by fire at noon today. C Olives Soft Sbq Almonds Mixed Nut* Olives I luffed Tnrmnrmrmfmrvyo iroinnrv Campbell, Rozelle & The water famine about Irwin lias reached a most serious stage and is costing the coyl comjiaTrtFS Thousands of dollars a day. The Edna mines are the worst sufferers. At mine No. 1, where the regular supply gave out. sulphur water coming from the shaft was used for the boilers. In a few days the action of sulphur on the pipes damaged them to such an extent that the repairs cost $2,0tD0. , AND NUTS. 1 his is only a small list of good things we carry for holiday trade. To many, many women, living only with the hope that some day things will be different, it seems as if life were all one "crowded hour," to be got through with somehow from day to day. liven when night comes and the tired body lies down to rest the busy brain is still at work, planning the duties of the next day or the next week or month, as the case may be, until sleep mercifully puts an end to its reaching out into the future to days that may never come. Webster 42 /V. Main Street. Rural Carriers Dismissed. 57 S. Main St. Washington, Dec. 21.—'Postmaster General today dismissed H. E. Nevin of Berthond, Col., and J. W. Whitehead. of Medina, O., rural mail carriers. on the ground of pernicious political activity. We Have the Finest Lot of Dried Fruits: RAISINS, Both loose and seeded. APRICOTS, DRIED PEACHES and PRUNES, that ever came to this City. We just received a Car Load direct from California, and if you want something nice for your Christmas Cake, try them by giving us an order. We have also, a full line of NUTS and CANDY, ALL NEW AND FRESH. rury'o PRICES. Since lust January there has been a deficiency In rainfall of .'1.44 Inches below the lowest record. Kvery month in the year, excepting May and June, has seen a deficiency. ' Klvers that no limn has ever known to dry up are entirely dry, and'ice dealers say there will be no ice cut this winter. IS IT A BIG Work of the Pardon Board. Harris'burg, Pa., Dec. 21.—The pardon board today refused to commute the death sentence of Samuel Oreason and Kate Edwards. FT finest Weight, Honest GooC J.la our Motto. For most women the first year after marriage Is generally the most strenuous in all their existence. All that went to make life delightful during girlhood is betug crowded out—must be put aside in this crowded hour—and the little bride wonders sadly why she is not as happy as she expected to be. There seems to be no time for piano practice, for the golf or tennis that she once enjojed so much; the late books are literally closed books to her, and all the old favorites are left lying upon the shelf save when they need dusting.. After a few years have passed she begins to realize that she has fallen far behind the rest of the world and is only competent to take her place with the rest of the mutrons and discuss the three D's—dress, domestics and disease. She determines to "catch up" Digain and in the endeavor joins a elub or two herself, and then life, strenuous as it may have been before, becomes far more so. She has not removed the first cause, but has added to it. 3 lbs. Cleaned Currants  3 lbs. Seeded Raisins  3 lbs. Loose Muscatel Raisins London Layer Cluster  Sultana Raisins  Citron Peel  Lemon and Orange Peel  3 Packages of Mince Meat.... 1 quart Jlar Mince Meat...... Florida Oranges, per dozen. .D Lemons, per dozen  2 lbs. New Mixed Nuts, 2 lbs. New Walnuts  Almonds, per lb_  Clear Toys, per lb  3 lbs. Plain Mixed  3 lbs. Peanut Brittle, i.. \ Highland Mixed  Chocolate Drops  Bon Bons  Assorted Creams  25o New Englandera Pray For Rain 25c Boston, Dec. 21.—Not within the memory of any hut the oldest men has New England suffered from drought as at present. In most parts of Massachusetts there has been little heavy rain since June. New Hampshire and Vermont are similarly situated, so that all water power mills from Manchester to Lawrence are either shut down, working part time or depending on steam power. Prayers for rain have been offered in churches in towns where the bread and butter of the inhabitants depend on the operation of the mills. The weather bureau records no such prolonged drought. See Yaseen's lhie of Xmas gifts. ..25c 12%c 12%c WHAT TO BUY AS Fillings that last. Dr. Welsh, dentist ..15c 12%c ..25c A XMAS PRE8ENT ? See Yaiseen's line of gold watches, .25 W See Yaseen's line or ctiamoad rings. Best Patent Flour, per bbl $6.75 1.30 deeded Raisins, 3 for .25 $ ..25c ..25c ..20c We have both the inexpensive as well as the expensive articles in the jeweler's line. Somewhere in the happy medium between these, you will find just what you want. Feed, per 100 Sultana Raisins, 2 for Heart disease relieved in 30 minutes by Dr. Agnew's heart cure. This emarkabje preparation gives perfect relief In 30 minutes in all cases of orgianic or sympathetic heart disease and speedily effects a cure. It is a magic remedy for palpitation, shortness of "breath, smothering spells, pain In left side and all symptoms for a diseased heart. It also strengthens the nerves and cures the stomach. Potatoes, fine stock, per bu .5!) . Aaisins, loose, new goods, 5 .25 J ..25c ..25c . .18c ...10c ..25c Onions, per peck Raisins, loose, ex. large, 3 lb .29 Granulated Sugar, 17 lb 1.00 Cleaned Currants, loose We are here to help you select. Butter, finest creabery, per lb .26 Cleaned Currants, packages .08 :l 25c (J. ©DfUt|o|3; Cheese, full cream Citron, fancy, lb. is i ...10c .12V4c ...10c ...10c Tomatoes, per can Lemon peel, 2 lb .25 a Great Loss of Life on Portugal's Coast, Lisbon, Dec. 21.—A disastrous storm, which suddenly burst on ti.e northern coast of Portugal, has caused a great loss of life. Eighteen fishermen were drowned at Figueira da Foz, and (KM» others have been rendered destitute. A ferryboat plying at the mouth of the Mondego river was capsized, and four- Mince Meat, pkgs., 3 for Orange peel, 2 lb .25 J 36 W. Market St., Wiikcsbarre. Mince Meat, loose, 4 lb Mixed Nuts, 2 lb .25 I Pumpkin, 3 cans English Walnuts, 2 lb ■25 ttj See Yaseen's line of gift novelties, William Drury, DURYEA Prunes, 2, 3, 4 lb for Hasel & cream nuts, 2 lb 25 i Leading Grocer of Wyo. Valley, CHRISTMAS AT Then there is the woman who is always getting ready to be happy. It may be she Is working hard to educate her children, pay for the home or furnish it in a "grand" maimer, expecting some day to enjoy it all. That time will probably never come, for when Blie has accomplished her purpose other things to work for will open before her or she will have forgotten how to rest. SHOES and SLIPPERS - - " ffi See our display, and get our prices on f Christmas Slippers and Leggins. Leather and « Corduroy Leggins for Boys, fine ones for the J Girls, make as nice a Christmas Present as you « voyld wish them to nave. « AllKinds jj /'or Holiday Times, also a full line Candies. it Prices on Candies quoted later. Hand Make Xmas Candy, 3 IbSi for 25c t EVAN I 44and 46 r-o—i " T^Urlfr', 11-13 SOUTH MAIN ST. Warehouse on Charles Street. m MAGNET teen persons were drowned. In the l,eixoes basin, near Oporto, live boat* were sunk and five persons drownM. Andrew Growskis, aged 57 years, of Dixon street, died yesterday. His wife and eight children survive. Th° funeral will take place on Thursday morning. Interment in the Duryea Polish cemetery. Impoverished Mother's Mad Act Holiday Wines «iCD Liquors New York, Dec. 111.—Because she had not the means to buy a Christmas present for her three-year-old daughter Mrs. Mary Metzger of Jersey City tried to cut the little girl's throat. The child's %'reams attracted, neighbors, who rescued her after she had been badly injured. The mother then tried to kill herself, but was prevented. Santa Claus arrived here yesterday with gifts for old and young. He stand's in the window ready to welcome every one. He has top«, drums, horns, wagons, rocking horses, wheel barrows, automobiles, trains on tracks, carts, stuffed animals, and a number of other toys for the boys. Dolls, carriages, go-carts, dishes, cradles, washing sets, games, add every toy a little girl asks for, at the lowest prices. For the older ones he has ties, silk mufflers, silk suspenders, fancy sleeve holders, sweaters, gloves, rings, watch chains, match boxes, cuff links, many things to make you happy on Christmas morning. The girle are not forgotten toy old Santa Claus. He has brought for them fancy handkerchiefs, plaid silk hair ribbons, bright as Christmas Itself, beautiful pin cushions, leggings, umbrellas, top collars, lace collars, stocks, jewelry, perfumes, gloves and every article that may be wanted. , The choicest line of fancy high grade bottled beverages for family and table nse ever shown in Fittston The only salvation for such lives is to pause right in the midst of "the crowded hour" and then decide what is most worth while. The true boheiniau is one who knows how to wrins pleasure from every passing moment. Whatever may be the enjoyment of the present moment—whether it is the pleasure he or she planned or wished for or some other bit of enjoyment—K Is grasped and enjoyed to the utmost, and it would be a bit of witfdom ou tlw part of all womankind it this  spirit of the true boheminu were cul ttvated for Its worth.—Mary Taylor Ross in New Idea Magazine. A tramp, dirty and ragged to the last 'degree, called at a house on the door dt which was a doctor's sign. A large, rather masculine looking woman opened the door. Chanced Hie Hind. Fine stock of Confections Two Killed In Freight Wreok. "Scuse me, lady," said the tramp, "but I jist called to ask if the doctor bad any old clothcs he'd let me hare. You see, I'm kind o' bad off fer all kind o' clothes, an' I'd be much obleeged fer anything the doctor could let me have, an* I ain't pertlckler as to the fit" and Buffalo, Dec. 21.—Two freight trains, each drawn by two engines, crashed together on Jewettvllle curve, about two miles north of AVest Falls, on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad. Two trainmen were killed and one was badly scalded. The dead are: James Brogaii, brakeman, Buffalo; I.. Cole, fireman, Buffalo. Vegetables New Fruits and Nuts jnst received, at Of The store that sells goods of high quality The woman smiled and made reply "I am the doctor!" "Sufferin' Moses!" ejaculated the tramp as he made a bee line for the gate.—Lipplncott's Magazine. T. A. DURKIN. 46 S. Main Si Both 'phones. . Corner Dock Street. Hand made canes 2 lb. 25c. Yaseen's Heavy Daylight Robbery. Atlanta, Ga„ DR. 21.—The peach tra; residence of .h K. Orr, one of Atlanta's wealthiest merchants, was entered in broad daylight and robbed of between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of jewelry. LEGAL NOTICES. "Sir," began the nervous young man as ho entered the presence of the dear girl's father, "f whnt to marry your daughter, and"— Declined to Interfere, S BROS. South Main St QHIGHESTER'S PILLS ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Union Havings and Trust Company of I'ittston. Pa., for the election of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and the transaction of suell other business as may come before it. will be held at. the offiee of the Company. Tuesday morning. January 17th. lttus, at 10 oVIook. / E. O. MKRCl' 40,48,47,30,3,e, 10,18, dome now; stock may be gone when you want It moat. ' 'mam "Oh, don't come to uie with your troubles," Interrupted the old man. "She told me six months ago that she intended to -lmirry you, so you will have to tight it out between yourselves."— Chicago Chronicle. Roosevelt to Speak In New York. Washington Dec. 31. — President Koosevelt accepted an Invitation to attend the Lincoln day dinner to be given by the Republican club of New York pu the 13th of next February. — MAGNET 87 8. Main Si, Pittrioa. Seo'y \