Pittston Gazette

              / ' " ■ • k A sm.  \ } s i ».  -1 WEATHER INDICATIONS. » U JSW /! THE HOME PAPER . Forecast Until 8 p. to. Tomorrow for For the People of Pitta ton and Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair tonight, with frost; Saturday, fair. Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEWS. . 56th YEAJi. ( W1 (DAI HARM SI T THBO. P1TTBT0N, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,1965. A OOPY. I ▲ MONTH, f TEN PAGES K DAMAGE SUIT. TERMS OF TREATY CARS BUILT FOR SOUTH AMERICA SEVENTY KILLED THE MUTUAL LIFE. lilotinisbui'K Man Whose Thumb Was Broken in Runaway Wants lDainngcs in Sum of $10,000. An Order for Fifty In Now Being Filled by the Steel Plant of the Amer- President's Son Received Wilson Gable, of Blooinsburg, lias instituted an action in trespass against the Lehigh Coal Company through his counsel, C. K. Kreischer, Ksq., of Catawlssa, in which he will claim (lamages in the sum of $10,000. Made Public by the Cuban ican Cur Co., in Berwick. Victims of a Collapsing The output of the steel plant Includes cars that are being shipped to distant points and an order Is now being fllled''for points In South America. House. $130,000 a Year. Senate. BRITISHERS FAVORED. The cars, fifty In number, are built entirely of steel and have a capacity of 24 tons. They ai*e all flat cars and present an odd apearance. IN ST. PETERSBURG. SON IN LAW IS ALSO IN The alleged trespass occurred on Mai 1st of tills year when Gable was on his way from Centralia to Girardville with a load of straw, it being alleged by the plaintiff that when he was passing the hoisting stat'ion* of the defendant the machinery of the defendant was started up, tfle escaping steam frightening his horses, causing them to run away, throwing Gable from the load of straw and breaking his thumb, as well as injuring him permanently for all of which he claims damages in the sum of $10,000. :*yJ + '}:' .4. • w Hyde Will Not be Favored Reasons for Strong Opposi tion by United States. *C■ {■ The cars are being built for a firm In New York City, but their ultimate destination Is South America. An additional order of fifty of the same cars will be built. The People Were All Buried by the Committee. in the Ruins. The earn are not designed for any particular use but from the style It Is Judged thai they will be used principally In hauling sugar cane.—Berwick cor. Bloomaburg Press. St. Petersburg, Oct. 6—A large house In Metschenekaya street collapsed today, burying all the Inmates. Seven persons have been dug out of the ruins so far, and all of them are seriously injured. New York, Oct. 6.—Persona who had been boasting of the conservative management of the Mutual Life Insurance company under the presidency of Rich-, ard A. McCurdy and who had been predicting that the company would pass scathless through the Armstrong committee ordeal received a staggering surprise when it was shown that Mc- Curdy's sou, Kobert 11. McCurdy, gen erui manager for the company, had received $1,704,022.52 in commissions and salary since 1881 and that the president's son-in-law, Louis A. Thebaud, bad received $032,831.30 in commissions since 1893, when he succeeded Robert H. McCurdy as a member of the general agency flrin of C. H. Raymond & Co. Havana, Oct. 0.—Owing to the development of strong opposition to the ten year treaty of commerce and navigation between Cuba and Great Britain, the ratification of which is pending lit the senate, the senate committee on foreign relations authorized the publication today In the leading government organ of the text of the treaty In order that its provisions may be understood by the public. A STRANGE INSECT. It lg_ believed that seventy persons were in the house at the time It collapsed and It Is feared many of them have been killed. LYNCHING ATTEMPTED The Anelo la Half Plant Bad la Foniul In New Zealand. The aweto, as the Maoris, or natives of New Zealand, call it, or Hlplalis vlreseeus, as naturalists term It, is found In New Zealand and Is a vegetable caterpillar of from tbree to four Inches in length, and so far science bas not been able to say whether It is a vegetable or an Insect. It Is always found at the foot of large myrtle trees that have beautiful red flowers on their stems and a beautiful creeping clematis as white as the snow. The Maoris call this tree by* the name of rata. The aweto buries itself among the roots of the rata a few inches below the ground and there Mvej until It Is full grown, when It undergoes a moat vymderful change. The spore of a vegetable fungus, termed by naturalists Sophoerla robertsll, fastens itself to the neck of the caterpillar just between the head and the first ring and then grows upward to the height of from six to eight Inches. Many people assert that there Is never more than one stem, but such Is not the case, for some have been found with two stems, although ver/ rarely. ASHES BURIED. Philadelphia Mob Enraged Examination of the treaty reveals various reasous for the strong opposition to it Interposed by the United States government, one of the principal of these being the fact that throughout the document Great Britain receives the most favored national treatment in every respect except In the matter of import duties. The latter, owing to the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Cuba, is expressly excepted, but Ureat Britain by tinterms of the treaty Is to be included In any favors other thau tariff provisions which Cuba might hereafter concede to the United States. Remains of Nunw Who Died la the at Brutal Negro. Hawaiian Islands I .aid to Best In Wilkesbarre. A NEW PICTURE OF MAX NORDAU. Interment of ttie ashes of Miss Emma Carpenter Potts, who died In the Hawaiian Islands more than a year ago, was made yesterday in Oaklawn Cemetery, Wilkesbarre. The remains arrived In Wilkesbarre Wednesday afternoon, having been forwarded by a sister, Miss Anna Potts, who Is at present In those islands. Xhey were shipped Sept. 30, 1905, on the steamer Alameda after having been disinterred from the cemetery in Honolulu, where they had reposed for upwards of a year, sipce being cremated. The ashes were Inclosed in a magnificent bronze urn, which in turn was encased In a cocoa shell of beautiful natural polish. Thf shell and urn were both placed In the grave, which was then covered over. But For Police Protection He Would Have Been Strung Up—He Had Dr. Max Slmoh Nordau, the great authority on degeneracy, is very fond of swimming and fencing arid believes that they are forms of exercise that prolong life. Dr. Nordau Is a native of Budapest, but makes Paris his home. He is a vice president of the congress of Zionists and devotes most of his time to authorship. Robert 11. McCurdy testified that in addition to his salary of $30,tHXD a year as general manager of the company he had a contract with the compauy by which he still got a commission on renewals of foreign business by which he has recently netted as. high as 176.90 a year over und above his salary, making an income of about $130,- 000 a year, considerably more than the salary of the president of the Equitable, which Paul Morton declared was extravagant and dropped down to $80,- 000. Assaulted a Little Girl—I'o- dce Had Strenuous Time Holding Off Mob. Philadelphia, Oct. 6.—A lynching on the streets of Philadelphia was prevented yesterday only by the desperate battle of Polileeman Fredericks, of the Third district, to save his prisoner, Joe Stunley, a brutal negro, who had been caught in the act of criminally assaulting 4-year-old Mary Schwartz, of No. Ii37 Gaskill street. Surrounded by a frenzied mob of several thousand men, women and children, the policeman fought his way from Second and Spruce streets to the CITIZENS' CLUB. NO OLD BRICKS. Organized by the Lithuanians to Scranton Traction Company Prevented Coasting Trade Exoepted. Arouse Greater Interest in Po- From Relaying Same 011 Broad The treaty at the outset covers the privileges to be accorded the citizens ami ships of each country in the ports of the other, these being equal to the privileges enjoyed by the people of each uatiou except with reference to the coasting trade, in which, however, each is given "most favored nation" treatment. From the standpoint of the United States this is considered to be distinctly inimical to the project for including Cuba in the coasting trade privileges of the United States. liticai Matters, Street At a meeting held last evening in Samley's rooms, on North Main St., a numlier of Lithuanian residents decided to form an organization to lie known as the Lithuanian CitlKens' Political Club. Some 30 men were enrolled as members, and the following officers were elected: President, .Joseph Sliegaitls;- secretary, Joseph Samiey; treasurer, Cazlmer Kizis, trustees. Matthew Tolubot and Thomas Pauxtis. It Is expected that a large number of other members will soon he received Into the organization. The purpose of the club, as stated to a Gazette representative by one of the members, is to arouse a greater Interest in political matters on the part of the Lithuanian residents. A great many men of this nationality do not at present pay any attention to th« elections. 'She new club wilj encourage Lithuanian Immigrants to take out citizenship papers as soon as they ha.ve been in the country a snliiclent length of time and endeavor to instruct them in their duties as good A force of men employed by the Scranton Traction Co. started this morning to relay the pave between their tracks on Broad street. They started to reset the old bricks, which had been torn up, but shortly after they commenced operations Chief Loftus appeared on the scene, at the instance of Mayor L.mgan, and ordered the work stopped. His object In doing this he ;;aid was to force the company to lay white bricks, the same as will* be used on the street. Mayor Langan, .when spoken to by a reporter this morning, said, in answer to a question, that lie did not know what the franchise of the company called for In regard to paving between their tracks. It seems that it might be a good move to look up this paper, and see what contract rights the city may demand. In testifying of his rise from a salary of $1,000 a year In 1881, Just after leaving college, to his present income of nearly $130,000 a year young McCurdy explained that before joining the company on a salary he was a partner with a general agent and that It was while acting as an agent that he made this contract with the company for a commission on all renewals of foreigu business.Partner of General Agent. Miss Potts's death occurred ut Eleele, Kauai Island, one of the smaller of the Hawaiian group. She was In charge of the hospital on the Mc- Brlde' plantation when on June 4, 1904, she died. TliXrd district police station. Even the policeman's revolver had no terror for the angry rnob, and although two citizens were pressed Into service to help protect the prisoner, the negro was roughly handled before he was finally landed in the station house. Ills face was swollen and he was almost exhausted from the beating he had received. The stem shoots up out of the groand above where the caterpillar Is Jfvlng about two or three Inches. Beltfw the earth It grows Into the aweto until It tills up every possible space Within the outer skin without changing the form of the Insect In the slightest way whatsoever, but simply substituting a vegetable matter for aulnifl matter. As soon as this takes place both the plant and caterpillar become dry and hard and die, but retail exactly the same form as when allre. The whole has a brown color, an' the Insect appears a wooden caterpAlar with a huge born standing up *ouo the back of Its neck. How the caterpillar manages to propagate Its syfecles no one can tell. Usually the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, the chrysalis changes Into a moth, the motD '"J's eggs, and these eggs again bf(«me caterpillars, and so on without gjopplng. Many reasons are given why the plant shoots up from the back of the neck of the aweto. One Is that the aweto has a slimy substance oozing out from its neck, which while the aweto Is boring at the foot of the rata tree for its only food catches the seeds of the fungus and holds It fast there till the latter begins to grow. When It has sucked all the vegetable life out of the aweto It must naturally die, for It finds no further nourishment. The aweto Is often found In large numbers. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Article 3 of the treaty prohibits exports duties from either country to the other one, other thau those to any oth «• New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan A Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. New York, Oct. G, 1905. High. Low. Close. 142% 141 Ms 142% 38 37% 37% 56% 54 56 Mi 85% 84% 86% , 89% 89% 89% 72 71 72 113% 113% 113% 172% 171% 172% 57% 57 57% 181% 180% 181% 48% 48% 47% 49% 49% 49% 181 180% 180% 154% 153% 154% 136 125% 126 105% 104% 105% 25% 24% 25%* 151 149V4 151 130% 129% 130% 85% 85% 85% 54% 54 54% 144% 143% 144% 103% 103% 103% 123% 121% 123% 34 33% 33% 69% 69 69% 36% 36% 36% 88% 87% 88 38% 38 38 105% 104% 10* ' The mob, which tvas worked into a frenzy by the unusual atrocity of the crime, undoubtedly wanted to kill the negro, and on the way to the cell there Were many cries of "Lynch him!" and He said that the foreigu business was very small when the contract was made and that if he himself had not voluntarily cut down the commissions to himself his compensation would have been enormous. As it was, lie kept ou cutting off his commissions until now he gets only about $100,000 a year under his contract, to which he would be entitled even If he were not drawing a salary of $30,000 a year from the company as general manager. Article JD prohibits greater duties on goods imported in British vessels than on those brought in Cuban ships. This latter article apparently checks any project for lowering the duties be tween the United States and Cuba on goods carried in either Cuban or American vessels. The treaty accords favored nation treatment with respect to all port tonnage charges. er country Am Sugar . . Am Car & F Am Loco .. Amal Copper Atchluon com B. tt. T. . . . B. & O. . . . "Kill him!" Unable to lay hands on the negro, those outside threw sticks and stones at him, though most of the missiles struck those who were lighting most to reach the prbtiwiw. The wot k of laying the conbrete,for the new pave was slopped this morning because the crushed stone had given out. As yet not a briek has been received, despite the fact that the city has taken the responsibility for paying for the same from the contractors' hands. There is hardly a possibility that the entire paving work can be completed during the Can Pacific Clies & Ohio St Paul .. . C. P. I  Erie  Not for yearn have the poHce down town hail to tjenl with such an Infuriated crowd. Even when the prisoner was landed In a pell in the station house a crowd of 3,000 persons gathered around thiit building, and It wax only by a desperate display of force that the police were able to take the negro to the city hall, where lve was held without bail. Article 7 provides that' any prlvi leges' grunted to vessels of a third power In harbors or rivers be extended Immediately and unconditionally to either of the contracting powers. , citizens. ANTHRACITE DEAL. Ill Central W. F. Thiiinmel, legislative agent for the Mutual Life, explained at great length the way in which the New York, Mutual and Equitable parceled out the nation and appropriated large amounts of money to influence legislation. lie described how he had handed over 600 belonging to Mutual Life policy holders to Representative Kabcock of Wisconsin, chairman of the Republican congress campaign committee, last year and asserted he thought the other big companies also had contributed. L. & N l.eiiigh Valley Coal CC». Negotiating for present season Met St Ry Mo. Pacific Mex Central N. Y. Central Am Smielter Norf & West Out & West Pennsylvania Peo Gas . . (lie of Hie Coxe Article 10 says: "Except as regards the duties leviable on imports, the contracting parties agree that in all matters relating to commerce, navlgatiou and Industry any privilege In favor of immunity of whatever kind which either party has actually granted or may grant to the citisens or subjects of any other state shall be extended immediately and unconditionally to the clti Kens or subjects of the other contracting party, it being the Intention in these respects that the commerce, navlgatiou and industry of each country shall be placed by the other on a perfect equality with the commerce, navigation and industry of the most favored nation." Commerce and Industry. Collieries, $10,000 FOR CONVICT. Word comes from Philadelphia that the Liehlgh Valley Coal Co. has entered Into negotiations for the purchase of the anthracite properties of Coxe Bros. & Co., in the Hazleton re- Young Man Serving a Sentence I* Al- FIVE NEW CASES. Yet There Is a Slight Improvement In lentown .(all Is Left a Su#" the General Conditions at fortune, Reading- glon Preston A. Young, who Is serving a two-year sentence In the Allentown jail oDn a dozen charges of Issuing bogus bonds to a. number of farmers near that city, revived news thwt he is to receive $J,tf.000 from the estate of John E. Kn*ler, a lumberman who died recently In Michigan. At Pompton Lake. 'N- J., several years ago. Young Kuhler's Hfe in a runaway accident and was nearly killed liirnsoC- Kuhler at the time substantially rewarded the young man w|DD had almost forgotten the Indent. Young will take Immediate rtteps 'to collect the Inheritance, and he may be able to settle with the victims of his alleged swindle and get out of jail. Rock Island So. Pacific Nanticoko. So Rwy com T. C. & I. Real Estate Deals. Though five more cases were added to the list of fever patients In Nantlcoke yesterday, there was a slight Improvement In the general conditions. Quite a number of cases were reported so ftir convalescent that they no longer need the attention of the nurses. Mo deaths were reported. SPECIAL NOTICES. Edward J. Devlin, head of the real estate department of the New York Life, gave a wealth of information about the small returns the company had received from many real estate holdings. He told how the company had lost $1-0,000 on the Plaza hotel in this city and how it had realized less than 1 per cent on its investment in the New York Life building iu St. Paul. Devlin also went into the so Called tax and real estate payments obtained by "Judge" Hamilton. U. S. Steel . U. S. Steel pfd PALL SHOWING GOOD THINGS TO KNOW. $50.00 REWABflr A reward of $50.00 Is for the arrest and - convictionJKI any person tampering:, or destroying the lines or proirfrty of the Consolidated. TelepJjnne Company of Pennsylvania.of winter wearables for Ladies and Children places on exhibition a very That 'it Is less pain to learn In youtii than to go Ignorant In okl age." Many of the milk dealers yesterday called on Dr. Johnson in pursuance to lils orders l«sued a few days ago, governing the delivery of milk to infected families. The dealers signified their willingness to obey it he order. appropriate display at this store, in- cluding That to make long lived friendships one must be slow In making them. Long sleeve corset covers, 25c and Tlmt the man or woman who gains a trirle meanly Is meaner thun the trifle. It is provided that controversies respecting the treaty shall he submitted to arbitrators and an umpire. CHARLES WEST, odlw-o6 General Superintendent Ladles' and children's Heeco linu^' That It takes two to prolong a fain lly quarrel; one can therefore always terminate It. A chemist employed by the water company has made a test of the water at the water shed, and. although his analysis determined the water pure, the general order to boil all water before using will continue to be en- Some of the senators are strongly in favor of ratifying the treaty as-a means of showing Cuban independence of the United States, but it is now he- Ueved that the strong opposition of President Koosevelt combined with that of the Spanish commercial element will prevent ratification. underwear, all sizes Useful Wedding Gifts. Children's knit jackets 25c to'$l That If we thought all wo said we'd be wise, but If we said all we thought we'd be foolish. 1847 Rogers Bros, knives and forks, V4 doz. each, $3.76. Armory Loan Office.  That flic Armstrong committee would not hold out Inducements to James H. Hyde to return here and testify was shown in a letter sent by Hughes to Samuel Untermyer. Baby's silk caps 25c and 5fc Blue Point oyster* at Messlcks. CLARA WAGNER'S, 1»/ Mai" I forced SPECIAL NOTICES. That If she cannot throw brightness over her home, it Is best not to throw a wet blanket over It FALL showing OF GOODS The number of cases reported to date reached a total of 350, and of this number but a few are reported THE MAN WITH A WATCH "No discrimination will be made iu favor of Mr. Hyde with reference either to the scope or manner of his examination," wrote Hughes. "He will have opportunity to state full all facts pertinent to the investigation, and it is hardly necessary to add he will be treated fairly and Impartially." A reliable timepiece JP a man's poek- HOME DRESSED. That filling a house with bargains keeps a couple from owning the house In which they place them. as critical et adds at least $ltD* a year to his We know It isn't necessary to tell THE WEATHER. in Jail, He Gets Fortune. value The man -#ith a watch meets you that home dressed fresh meals Allentown, Pa., Oct. 0.—Preston A. foung, who Is serving a two year sentence on charges of Issuing spurious bonds to farmers near this city, has received news that he is to receive a fortune of $10,000 from the estate of John E. Kubler, u lumberman, who died recently iu Michigan. At Pompton Lake, N. J„ seven years ago Young saved Kuliler's life in a runaway accident and was nearly killed himself. his engagement/^promptly, gets up at are jilways fresher and better than That proud people very seldom have friends. In prosperity they knew nobody, and in adversity nobody knows them.—Woman's Life. AT npeelal Bulletin Issued Today by the the right is down to business the western stock, but we wish to in- Kcraiiloii rtruncli ol the form you that we will have 011 sale to- Alfred E. Bent, auditor of the state of Colorado, was In this city and said his deputy, E. E. Rltteujiouse, had not threatened to revoke the licenses of the New York Life and the Mutual Life In Colorado. Bent said no radical action was contemplated. Weather linrcuu promptly, iu prompt at meals, misses PTT*fl The Magnet This morning's chart shows temperatures more in keeping with tile season of the year, Mscanabu, Mich., reporting a minimum temperature of 30 degrees; Parry Sound, Ont.. 32 degrees; White liiver, Ont., 32 degrees. This condition is due to the continuation of (he high barometer area over this section of the country. This high condition Is over the upper lakes this morning, and will move slowly eastward, with slightly lower temperatures in our vicinity tonight, and frost is indicated for mountain districts. The advance of this high area will also cause continued fair weather tonight and Saturday, and probably Sunday, although it Is thought that the temperatures will begin to rise on this latter day, as very decided increases in the temperature are noted over all (he northwest portions of the country, these rises ranging from 8 to 20 de- no trains, /tuys at his desk longer, and morrow a very fine home dressed Oil heaters at Ash's. stops th*t nervous looking around af- sLock, Including ter clocks, Home dressed lamb, Tie Douglass 1 Lot cotton batting, special value 5c. \\D sell reliable timepieces, the Home dressed pork, standard makes, and we show a big Home dressed veal Double cotton blankets, full size, 60c. Attorney General Lack* Power. Floating Poolroom Out of Bueinea*. v*rlety of cases, from the beautiful Home dressed chickens. Shoe For Men Albany, N. Y„ Oct. 0.—"Dally Inquiries are being made of ine." said Attorney General Mayer, "as to the prosecution of alleged criminal offenses in connection with insurance. There seems to be an impression that the attorney general has original power or authority to prosecute such offenses If they have been committed. The attorney general has no original power or authority to prosecute for criminal offenses excepting those against the elective franchise in certain cases." Chicago, Oct. 6.—The government license for the so called "floating pool? room," the steamer City of Traverse, was revoked. Captain Steven Jotjfis, former owner of the vessel, was {Hied $500 for violation of the federal marine laws. Captain Jones, it is claimed, sold the boat to a member of the combination that has been operating the gambling ship. iPlaln case to the most artistic engra- Low prices 011 beef steak and roasts. 1 Lot Infanta' all wool shirts, worth 25c and 48c, while they last 10c. ved one. Prices uHvays reasonable. HALLOCK'S MEAT MARBET, LEWIS, THE JEWELER 28 S. Main Ct Both phones. Full line of pillow ahama and stand covers from 25c. the best shoe ever made EVERY WOMAN IN TOWN THE WAY TO TELL Children's dresses from 28c. should acquaint herself wifh the value the advantages to be gained by mak- for the money. 1 Lot boys' 50c madrld shirts 25c. of supplying the dihlng table with Ing your fresh meat purchases at this fruits on vegetables purchased front store Is to give our store a few trial!; 111 $3.50 Oiled opaque window shades, the 25c quality, only 19c. our fresh stock. The farmers -of this orders. Wle are not afraid to Invite Irish Crown Thieves RCmanded. Dublin, Oct. 6.—Two /Men charged with, the burglary of th# residence of John Mdlhall, vice chairman of the general prisons board, and stealing therefrom an ancient IrWu crown, medals and other curios thy value of which la estimated at $4,00* were brought up and again reminded for trial. The evidence showed that the property bad been recovered. section come direct to our market a trial order—because we know that Full line of comfortables at special prices. and place on our benches only the our fresh meats are of prime quality Some rain has occurred over the far northwestern country, and In the Florida peninsula, while over the remainder of the country there is none. green, and that . the price Is always lower Now showing the fall Hosiery and Underwear at very reasonable prices. Missouri Wants McCall Ousted. • choicest stock— -we will have no oth- here than elsewhere. Another  Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. State Insurance Superintendent W. D. Vandiver announced that unless John A. McCall resigned the presidency of the New York -Life and repays the nioneywhlch the commissioners think has been improperly diverted from the trust fund for political purposes he will immediately take steps to take away the company's charter in Missouri and stop the company from da lug business in the state. ers. Our fresh oyster department Is and winter styles. busy every minute in the day taking tant feature—everything clean and neat, and all meats handled Vlth care. ne Magnet PERSONAL. oysters fresh from the shell. When you want the best primes for frying, of choice cuts of home dressed stock. Tomorrow we will have a big supply Miss Hose Yaseen, of North Mnln street, hae returned home, after a month's visit in New York city and Newark. send or bring your order. All the va- it Pullman Car. j, in., Oct. 6.—Leonard rieties In frefih fish in stock here ev- Phone orders receive as close atten- Boston Shoe Store, 79 N. Main St., MttstoH. 87 8. WM ST. PITTSTffiW. Bloomingtoi Selbert, win steeping cai here, aged Built Fl ery Friday. if you called personally. William Schleslniper, of New York city, is spending a few days with his old school frie.nd, A. Markus, of the O. P. & C. O. Shoe Co. built the first Pullman /ever constructed, Is dead iventy-flve years. SHARP'S" MARKET, CHICAGO CASH MEAT MARKET, Both phones. N. Main, opp. William St,