Pittston Gazette

              » THE HOME PAPER. "r^Tr" For the People ot Plttaton Mid Vicinity. J Forecast Until 8 p. in. Eastern Ponnsr 'Showers and pro' storms tonight an ~ day. fjSftgS IB. m AIJj THE HOME NEWS. =r - C-*Se jfith YEAIi 111 ii I » DYJB I I r r D N PIT' DN, PA., [Bay, august 24,1905. TWO CENTS A COPY. I FOBTY CENTS A MONTH, f 8 PAGES. TO SELL SAKHALIN — r PENNA. COAL CO. BARN WAS BURNED : AIRSHIP MAO FATAL ACCIDENT. GOLD IS LOSING. WORK ON PAVE IS READY TO ST. Mira (Jraiiiter, of Nuntlcoke, a Mi- Liiiut' Ula/.o al llilldiilo ICvcnlng nor in No. 1 Shaft, Crushed to Curb for Rruml Sliwl Arrived This —False Alai'iu for Local Dt. Death l»y Falling Rock. The Dollar is Not Being Worshippad So Much. MornliiK—Grading of Street to Proceedings of State Prohi- Baron Komura Offers the Island to Witte. partmenV. Knahenshue Again Soars A fatal accident occurred In No. 1 shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Co., at Nantlcoke. George Granlter, a miner. with his laborer, John Barenk, wan at work placing a prop. They had made a solid foundation, set the prop in place and were In the act of piling up some rock so that they could stand on it to arrange the cap on the prop, which would make it secure. As this work was almost completed, without warning four tons of rock fell, killing the miner Instantly. The laborer had a miraculous escape. He was standing only a foot away from his miner and was also struck by the large piece that fell. He was knocked to the ground, but the end of the rock struck a prop and it held it high enough so that the man could lie against the prop and be uninjured. He remained in that position for a few minutes until released by some fellow workers. All he suffered was a few scratches. TCoth men are residents of Honey Pot, being brothers-in-law and living at the same house. Granltcr's wife died about a year ago. ('aninicnrr .Monday. Over New York. Contractors O'Jlrien & Dunn, of Wllkesbarre, who have the contract to pave Broad street, from Main street to Front street, are ready to commence work. They received today a carload of stone curbing and will commence at once to lay It at all places necessary and also to reset any curb that Is out of alignment. On Monday morning they expect to start the work of tearing up the street, commencing at Main street, and from then on they claim that the paving work will be continued without a hitch. bition Convention. A large barn, located near Plains, the property of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., was burned to the ground last evening. The lire started about K o'clock from some unknown cause and It required only a short time to reduce the building to ashes. The reflection of the blaze was plainly visible In this city and could be seen throughout the valley. The barn, which was located on what was known as the Bradley Williams farm, was well filled with hay from the neighboring lands and this was all consumed. All the live stock In the building was taken out safely, owing to a timely discovery of the (lames. A house located a short distance from the barn was threatened for a time but was saved owing to the work of Plains hose companies. The loss amounts to several thousand dollars. THE PRICE $600,000,000 TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED HONESTY IS THE BEST. NOMINEE FOR JUSTICE President Roosevelt Appeals 250,000 People Watched the Daring Aeronaut. Governor Folk's Stirring Address at Chautauqua. Attorney John Gill, v of Greensburg, Named. to the Czar. WilllamRport, Pa., Aug. 24.—It was necessary for the State Prohibition convention to remain in session for Ave hours continuously yesterday afternoon in order to agree on a platform and select a ticket. The declaration of principles was adopted after a number of attempts failed to attach amendments. It asserts that the traffic in Intoxicating beverages Is the most important political Issue in this or any other State, arraigns the license system as wrong ond demands the repeal of all laws governing the. same. Allegiance Is pledged to the National Prohibition party. The charge is made that false registration, etc., and unclean methods Portsmouth, N. H.f Aug. 24.—Japan presented ber amended terms on the disputed points between ber and Russia. They were: New York, Aug. 24.—"It is just as safe to make a trip from Columbus circle to Twenty-third street and back In an airship as It is to travel that route In an automobile," said A. Hoy Knabenshue, sky pilot, after a second successful voyage above Manhattan Island. Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 24.— Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri spoke at Chautauqua assembly on "The Reign of Law." Six thousand people gave the Missouri reformer the Chautauqua sulute. Governor Folk said In part: Mr. Dunn, one of the firm, was looking over the ground this morning, and he said to a reporter that the work will be rushed with all speed possible. All laborers who apply will be given work and every man who can be obtained will be employed. He said that If all the help he wants can be secured the work will be completed and ready for use 30 days from the time the first pick Is driven into the street. The street will not be closed at any time. The work will be commenced and finished on one side from Main street to Front before the opposite side will be touched. The second half of the work will be commenced from the bottom of the hill also and continued to the top. Japan recedes from the deiuaud for the delivery to her of the interned Russian warships. While the reflection of the flame* were visible here some person turned in an alarm of fire from box 63 and the members of the department made great haste to respond, making an extraordinary effort on account of the apparent size of the fire. When they reached the vicinity of the alarm box no fire was to be seen. It Is believed that the alarm was turned In as a joke. The dollar now is not as potent as It has been, and gold is not worshiped with the devotion of old. The richest man in nil the world Is a beggar for sympathy. The ambition of young men is becoming more and more not so much as to get rich as to get right and stay right. Japan recedes front the demand that Russia shall limit her strength in the Pacific. Five hundred thousand persons who watched the aeronaut guide his airship from the lot in Sixty-second street and Central Park West to a point "D,000 feet above the house tops of First avenue and Twenty-third street and then return almost to the starting place were inclined to agree with.Mr. Knabenshuc.Japan decides to combine the demand for indemnity and cession of Sakhalin island into one clause of the treaty, permitting Russia to purchase from her half of the island, the money to be applied to remuneration. LARGE BREAKER BURNED Political parties are beginning to learn that honesty Is not only the best policy, but the best politics. I shall try to seo to It that my party Is never a cloak for villainy. The people are beginning to realize that a rascal Is a rascal If he calls himself Republican or Democrat. Political parties must be the servants of ! the people and not their masters. Patriotism Is always better than partisanship. It does not make so.much difference if New York goes Republican or Democratic so long as It goes honest. practiced by managers of our State and municipal affairs is prompted by the saloons. Jnpan's demand for money is 1.000,- 200,000 yen, an amount equivalent to $000,000,000. Pine Hill, at Minersville, Destroyed This Morning. DEMOCRATIC POLITICS. The city went airship mad during the young man's flight. Business In the section above Twenty-third street was practically suspended during the half hour occupied by the flying machine in its trip. The Rialto was thrown into a state bordering on hysteria when word was passed along that Knabenshue would scatter bank checks, changeable Into real money, during his flight. LAUREL LINE FATALITY The accusation is made that thf» present management of the Republican party, aided by the Democratic leaders, (it being the party in power), is responsible for the fact that Pennsylvania is recognized throughout the country as the abode of political graft and plunder. Expression Is given to the belief that suffrage should be limited only by character and mental qualification. The proposition was rejected by the Russian envoys, acting under their instructions, but Inasmuch as Baron Kotnura said that he had been Instructed to make these changes in the original terms M. Witte has cabled the new terms to Russia and awaits an answer. Hut Few Detail* Keecived—Breaker Today is the Last Day For County Registrations. Was Only Five Years Old and There are many forms of graft that remain to be checked. When any one obtains a monopoly on some necessity of life and extorts more than the natural price, that Is graft. The remedy for corruption and bribery Is to enforce the laws against those clnsses which are now Illegal and make illegal those that are within the law. John Nowak, of Sturmerville, Killed at Midvale. Cost, Wlien New, $100,000— Kcrunton Capitalists Were The Russian envoys have no thought that the terms will be accepted by the czar and look for a breakup of the conference on Saturday, to which date It was adjourned. Financially Interest- The ship was pointing due east when Knabenshue gave the word t6 start. As the machine left the ground the aeronaut threw his weight toward the stern of the craft, and the nose of the monstrous gas bag pointed upward at an incline of nearly 45 degrees. Under the pull of the propeller the airship shot skyward. Its pilot had calculated his distance from the tni's which border the west side of the park fo a nicety and cleared them by ten feet. A minute and a half later Knabenshue was hovering over the lowe.- end of the park. ed in Workings, Sympathy is extended to President Roosevelt In his effort to secure peace in the Far East. Legislative distribution of appropriations by swopping votes regardless of institutional merit as a reward of parly fealty or as personal perquisites of legislative members is declared to be the essence of bribery and embezzlement. Only Til roe Candidates llad Register- No state can be Injured by the enforcement of law. In the last three and a half years of the reign of law in Missouri Immigration to the stute has Increased *5 per cent more than in any year of its history. Reul estate has increased In value IS per cent. The state Is becoming wealthier, and at tho next legislature 1 shall be justillcd in asking a reduction of the tax rate. Accident Occurred Tills Afternoon ed up to the Middle of tlie After- Fire which was discovered at four o'clock this morning practically destroyed the Pine Hill breaker, of the Pine Hill Coal Co., at Minersville, Schuylkill county. About 1 O'clock—Nowak Tried Calls It Disguised Indemnity. M. Witte is reported to have said after the conference: iioonaml All Were for Coui- to Crow* Tracks to tlie Station in I-Honors-hips—John .1. l'or an Car When a Donnelly Mentioned The breaker was built about five years ago at a cost of nearly $100,000 and employed over 700 men and boys. Sou 111 -Im D111 id Cur "Japan might as well say: 'Here is a bouse in Sakhalin. We will sell it to you for $U00,t D00,000.' An indemnity is the same under whatever disguise. Russia will never concede it." for Register. Struck Him The last day for tiling nominations for positions on the Democratic county ticket still leaves much uncertainty felt as to whether or not this elty is going to be represented on the slate. A report from Wllkesbarre at 2:30 this afternoon brings the news that only three registrations have" been made arid all of these' are for the coinmlssionership. The three men who are looking for this office K: B. Sturges, of Scranton, is president of the Pine Hill Coal Co. Mr. Sturges this morning said the first Intimation he had was at 4:30 o'clock, when he received a telegram. How it originated he has not yet learned. Clarence Sturges, general manager, left for Minersville as soon as word was received of the blaze, but nothing has been heard from the scene since this morning. John Nowak. a foreigner residing in Sturmerville. was run down by a Laurel Line car at Midvale, this af« ternoon, and was killed. The accident occurred about 1 o'clock. Nowak had had been visiting relatives In Plains and he left their house with the in* tentlon of taking a Line car to this city. He was approaching the station when a south bound car came along. He determined to reach the opposite side of the tracks and made an endeavor to run ahead of the approaching car. He had not cleared the tracks before he was struck, and before the cur could be brought to a stop he had been run down. I?y a vote of 120 to 70, William H. Rerry was nominated for State treasurer, his opponent being Dr. Charles W. Huntington, of this city. The choice was made unanimous amid the protests of the friends of the Wililamsporter. Mr. Rerry is also the nominee of the Democratic party. When the wine rooms and gambling shops were closed in Missouri there were those who said the grass would grow In the streets of the cities. Kansas City, St. Joseph and St. Louis are all prospering under u reign of law and order. Black as the prospect appears, however, the failure of the negotiations is not corlaln. The Russian camp is pessimistic to a man. but they all know tlie quick and startling changes of front ;liat sometimes take place at Peterhof. There are factors in the situation which might affect one of these sudden and inexplicable changes In the emperor's attitude which bus frequently astonished Russiu. Turns In a Wide Circle. Higginson Jewel Mystery Cleared. In a moment the rudder was seen to swing to port, and the airship described a wide circle. Then the navigator set u course due south and, with the aid of a brisk northwest wind, made rupid headway, mounting higher and higher as he flew. Over Forty-second street the craft was till nearly 1.5O0 feet. It was estimated that fully 250,- 000 persons had by this time sighted the airship, and the streets were crowded by citizens, all with faces turned skyward. Surface curs were blocked along Broadway as vehicles of ull descriptions stopped while their occupants stared at what every one admitted was a wonderful sight. Several persons were slightly injured by being pushed down in the rush to follow the course of the airship's flight. New York, Aug. 24.—Mystery surrounding the theft of $0,000 worth of jewelry on July 1 last from the home of James Jackson Uiggiuson, 10 East Forty-first street, has been cleared by the arrest of a man calling himself Ralph Warner, address refused, who is an almost exact double of Edward Parks, a tutor in the Illggiuson household, who was arrested in connection with the robbery, but who subsequently was released from custody in Christlansand, Norway. John Kadra, a Syrian youth of nineteen, now serving a sentence in the state reformatory In Concord, Mass.. for whom, It is now declared, Warner admits having disposed of the stolen valuables, has also been indicted and will be brought to this city. An effort failed to nominate Joseph W. Stewart for Supreme court Justice. John D. Gill, esq., of Greensburg, was placed on the ticket instead. The latter may not accept as he is a candidate for the judgeship of Westmoreland county. are John Guiney and Jacob Schappert, of Wilkesbarre, and Nell Sweeney, of Plymouth. It is expedted that other names will be received before the. time to Cfyse the book. A number of politicians have been about the headquarters all day, watchingthe trend of events. It is not unlikely that some Pittston man may sign for the reglstershlp before the end of the day. Among those spoken of from this city for the registershlp Is John J. Donnelly. Mr. Donnelly would say nothing positive about the talk of his candidacy this morning. Resides Mr. St urges, his son Clarence, A. W. Dickson and others are interested in the concern. Private advices from St. Petersburg say that sentiment there, in Moscow and other lurgo centers favors acceptance of the compromise. This nuty mean much. The real hope still rests with President Roosevelt. He is resourceful. He has made another move. He has sent Ambassador Meyer direct to the emperor, and they were together, according to advices received'here, for three hours. FINANCIAL AiMfc OOMMKRCIAIi. It being decided to name only one candidate for the Superior court bench Homer L. Castle, of Pittsburg, was selected by acclamation. New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Jiank Building. Xexv York. Aug. High. Low 145% 145% Position for Hctlilcliciti Man, 24, 1905 Berkeley, Cul., Aug. 24.—Dr. J. Frederick Wolle, of Bethlehem, Pa., has been chosen by the University of California as head of the new department of that university. TERRIBLE DEATH. Close Am .Sugar . . Am Car & F 140 % Dynamite Boss Ilail Ills Head Blown Am Loco 37% 53 % 86% 89% 105% 53% 87% to Pieces by an Explosion Near Amul Copper Atchison com Atchison iDf(l I!. H. T  B. & O. . . . Can Paclllc Chon & Ohio .St Paul ... C. F. I  Erie  88% 91 % State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, as.: Lancaster. Attorney William H. Gillespie has decided not to accept the nomination for register, even in view of the strong assurances of support he received from a number of prominent Democratic county politicians. Mr. Gillespie said this morning that he did not care to make the sacrifice of practice that would be necessary in a political 105 % 90% Lancaster, Aug. 24.—James Duffy, aged 60 years, a dynamite boss for Patrick McManus, a Pennsylvania railroad contractor, met a frightful death at New Providence, his head being blown from his shoulders and scattered Into fragments. The president may know more about how the emperor feels than M. Witte and be able to act upon the information conveyed to him by Ambassador Meyer. „ 105% 71 114*4, 161% 69% Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. When over Thirty-fourth street the navigator appeared to be In trouble. His craft seemed to labor in an effort to keep to the -westward. It was plain she was making leeway toward the east, as if carried by a swiftly moving air current. It was evident that the pilot would not be able to make the Flatlron building. By the time he had reached Twenty-third street his ship was over First avenue. It was there that the machine reached Its greatest altitude of about a mile. 114% 160% 57 % 114% 161 68% 5 7 % 183 % 46% Graft In the Hotel Astor. 184% 183 % 46 % Now York, Aug. 24.—Wholesale arrests of employees In tlin Hotel Astor were made l»y detectives of the West Forty-seventh street station, and, according to statements made by Captain Gallagher, confessions were obtained from several of the waiters and checkers showing that since last October the hotel hud lost $200 a day through its help. It is charged that systematic collusion has existed between the waiters, checkers and captains and that the waiters have received 50 per cent of the proceeds and the captains and checkers each 2TD per cent. Peace Conference at Mystic River. 47% r.2% 180 Gl% Several holes were drilled In an immense rock, and Duffy, who had handled explosives successfully for 40 years, was In the act of loading these with dynamite. He had placed one stick of the explosive in the hole and this had been connected with the battery wires used in firing the charge. Mystic, Conn.. Aug. 24.—The thirtyninth annual session of the Universal Peace union and the Connecticut Peace society was opened in Peace grove on the banks of the Mystic river. During the afternoon resolutions were drawn up and forwarded to the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth beseeching them to bring about a lasting and durable peace. The resolutions were several hundred words long and of a like character. They implore the Hussion and Japanese representatives to use the great power vested in them and to negotiate a lasting peace in behalf of all peace loving persons in the world. campaign 111 Central 51 % 178% 178% 150 % There is some talk that Martin Healey. of Plains, will be chosen as a candidate for the registershlp, to represent the Fifth district. It is rumored, however, that the Lenalianites have their knife out for him, which would, In the parlance of the kitchen, effectually "cook his goose." u & s 152% 132 150% Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. Met St lty M. K. & T 34 „ 109% 130% 33% 108% 24% 15 3% 130% j}3 % 108% 130% Mo. Pacilic Mex Central X. Y. Central Am Smelter Xorf Cfc West Ont & West A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. .24% 155% 131% 87 24% 154% 130% (Seal.) Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. DufTy handed the battery and the loose ends of the wires to one of his assistants, an Italian, who took them some distance from the hole, connected the wires to the battery, and, after calling out "lire," set off the current. Back In the Park. 57% 148 147% 105% 118% 34% 56% 56% 147% 105 % 122% 34% 67% High grade drapery. Williams & Co. It was just thirty-eight minutes after the start that the airship hovered over the Pluza. It had descended until it hung about a thousand feet above the street. Knabenshue steered his ship along the southern edge of the park until over Sixth avenue he veered to the northwest again. It could be seen that the gas envelope had been deflated about and as the airship settled toward the earth 10,lKJ0 persons .warmed Into the park and overrunning roadways and turf rushed headlong toward the baseball Held, where it was evident the airship would make a landing. Peo Gas Pennsylvania 106% 125% F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O, Sold by all druggists, 75c. WRECK ON D., L. & W. Reading Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.Hock Island So Pacific 34% 68 67% 36% Duffy failed to hear the warning and was leaning over the hole when the explosion occurred. His head wan blown to pieces. His home was In Accident to a Freight Train ut fresco So Rwy com T. C. & I. 36% 91% 37 138% 36% 90% 36% 137% 37% Matting in variety. Williams & Co. Sale of razors. Armory Loan Office, Delayed Trallic for Several 90% 36% 137 Fine IJne of New Knchings just received; also new line of handbags. Clara Wagner's, 28 S. Main St. Texas Pacific Union Pacific U. S. Steel Dr. T. E. Walsh, Dentist. Office, 25 North Main street. Closed until Sept. 1st, 1905. Tyrone, Meyer Closeted With the Czar. Hours. 37% 105% 44 36% 105 43% Anthracite souvenirs at Lewis'. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24.—Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador, had an audience of the emperor at l'eterhof. The audience lasted three hours. Presumably the subject of peace was discussed at length, but nothing can be ascertained at present regarding what actually took place, as the embassy declines to give out any statement. It Is known, however, that a long cablegram was sent to Washington giving the results of the conference. Traffic on the eastern end of tho Scranton division of the Lackawamnt railroad was totally tied up for four hours this morning. U. S. Steel pfd Wabash . . . 105 43% Catasauqua, Aug. 24.—Joseph Weisley, 4 8 years old, a leading member of the Presbyterian church, last evening committed suicide In the Catasauqua base ball grounds. He had been 111 for several years. Weisley climbed the fence and, taking a stf\t on the grandstand, drank four ot\ ces of carfcolic acid, dying In a snort time. Weisley has just returned from Atlantic City, N. J., where his family is spending a vacation. Strange Suicide at Catasauqua. TWO FATALITIES. L«w Prices Prevail At Tie Magnet An east bound freight running at a lively clip down grade, after leaving the Pocono mountains, snapped a wheel of a freight car in the train near Cresco. The two rear cars, together with the damaged car, jumped the track, landing across the roadbed. A Man and a Roy Killed Yesterday tit When Knabenshue had allowed his craft to come within a hundred feet of the earth it looked as if he had lost control of the great fabric and would crash Into the tops of a clump of trees. Suddenly he took a backward step. Up went the nose of the balloon, and the ship, with all the grace of a hawk in flight, rose until the treetops were cleared by twenty feet. Then, stepping forward again, Knabenshue tilted the airship's bow earthward, and the craft skimmed along for a hundred yards before settling gently to the soft turf. There was hardly a perceptible jar as the framework touched the ground. the Cranberry Colliery, Near fPEIFEOT BEER llnzleton. Two fatftl accidents occurred yesterday at Cranberry colliery, near Hazleton. George Nelckum, a slate picker, was caught by a belt In the breaker and was whirled around the shaft in a frightful manner, his skull being so badly fractured that he died a few hours after being admitted to tli ' hospital. The second accident occurred inside the mine, Jacob Himmel, aged 27 years, a miner, being instantly killed by a fall Our full line of summer goods A hurried call brought wrecking crews from Stroudsburg and way stations to the scene of the wreck. Train Xo. 11 which is due at Scranton at 6 o'clock did not arrive until four hours later. All other trains running west were stalled similarly. reduced one-half. You take ad- vantage of it; never mind us, Moths Close Minneapolis Mills. 1 lot children's ribbed fast black hose, double heel and toe, never sold for less than 15c; our price now 5 cents. THE WEATHER. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 24.—Mediterranean inotlts hnve closed two Minneapolis flour mills. More mills are expected to shut down soon In order; to get ride of these pests. The moths gather under the silk cloth through which the flour is sifted and form webs from one to four inches thick. They also oat the cloth, making it impossible to sift the product. will lose all Us pure, healthful Special Bulletin Issued Today by tin Scranton Branch of the The road was reopened at nine o'clock, when the derailed train resumed its trip to Hoboken. Nobody was Injured. qualities if It is not pfoperly 1 lot 20 and 50c chemsettes reduced to 15 and 25c. Weather Bureau. handled in the Bqttle Shop with ? surroundings absolutely clean, Children's seersucker, chambray and gingham dresses, nicely trimmed, a fresh new stock, worth 50c, 75c and $1.00, reduced to 25c, 35c and 50c. Rain has fallen along the Canadian border and southward through the Mississippi and into the Tennessee valleys, and indications point to showers anjl probably thunderstorms in this vicinity tonight and Friday. It is decidedly cooler to northwest of this section, and indlSHpns are for cooler weather during Friday. This cooler change is accompanying the eastward advance of the area of high barometer pressure from the far northwest. of rock. Dr. Moon. Dentist. 18 N. Main. SlEGMAIErS Coal souvenirs. Armory Loan Office Cheering the skillful aeronaut, a great crowd surrounded the airship, and hundreds tried to reach the young man's hands. A few succeeded, and Knabcnsliue laughed gleefully as he acknowledged the crowd's enthusiastic greeting. Anchor BEER 1 lot ladies' ribbed 10c vests reduced one-half, now 5c. Strangled by Person Unknown. THE STATE CAMP. Corsets worth 50c, 75c and $1 now 45c. Kent's Hill, Me., Aug. 24.—The col-o-ner's Jury after u short inquest into the murder of Miss Mattle L. Hackett reported that the young woman came to her death on the night of Aug. 17 by reason of being strangled with a cord around her neck "by a person or persons to the jury unknown. Pain Expeller Delegates Representing the Patriotic Is bottled with strict adherence to hygenic surroundings—the Ailing Is done by machines (not hose)—every bottle is pasteurized after it is filled and sealed— this method is expensive—but our beer costs no more Open work linen stand covers and pillow shams, a large line from 25c. Sons of America are liusy at 1D it hois. Mrs. Joseph E. Derkery of 10!) West Sixtieth street was the fortunate Under of a check for $100 dropped by Knabenshue. With her mother-in-law, Mrs. Rose Derkery, and her little daughter she was In the park watching the airship when the checks began to flutter earthward. A five dollar check fell near them and was picked up by the mother, and another check lodged In a tree. Young Mrs. Derkery climbed the tree, fought off two men and procured the check, which proved to be for $100. 1 lot cotton patts, the large 8c size, sale price 5c. Very little rainfall Is noted over the country west of the Mississippi river, and for the most part temperature changes have been alight.  Among the subjects discussed at yesterday's sessions of the State Camp, P. «0. S. of A., in Dubois, wus the report on Valley Forge. The order is opposed to the proposition to release its holdings at that place to the Staet. William I. Swope, presidentelect, delivered his address of acceptance. The project of establishing a home for aged and disabled members of the order was pushed along by the naming of a committee, with instructions to select a site. 1 lot 20c sunbonnets, neatly; trimmed, your choice now 16c. than Men's and boys' fancy shirts, worth 39c and 48c, all nlpe and clean now 25c. SPECIAL NOTICES. Goldis Mohr Qets $500,000. THE GREAT PAIN RELIEVING HOUSEHOLD REMEDY common beer—try It—now. New York, Aug. 24.—Under the terms of a compromise effected tioldie Mohr, the chorus girl who wus married to Alan W. Wood, I'lttsburg millionaire, will receive about $500,000 of his estate, which on revision bus been scaled down to $2,000,000. 'Phones. Ladles' gingham aprons from 10c. Fresh vegetables at Messlck's. Ice cream, wholesale & retail. Mottatt. Stepraier Brewing Co. Pittston, Pa. Bottling Department. tbe MAGNET, Fruits and vegetables at Messlck'a. Mexico Regrets Conger's Resignation. $1.35 Hound Trip to New York via Lehigh Valley, Sept. 13th. a23 td Tokyo, Aug. 24.—The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Sllny, sunk in the harbor of Port Arthur during the siege, has been refloated.  Japs Float a Destroyer. N At all Druggi Look for the ANC its, 25 & 50c. HOR 3? S. Main 'St. GET YOUR FRESH EGOS City of Mexico, Aug. 24.—The announcement of the resignation of Ambassador Conger was received here iritb general  and choice meat at lowest prices. NEW 'PHONE S4S3 Chicago Cash Meat Market. H. A. Cohen cures eye trouble. | I