Pittston Gazette

              ■j \ 16 PAGES. 16 PAGES. r , V L Historical Socicn !, 1905. TWO FORTY •8 A COPY. ?S A MONTH. 56th t w 1 DAD 2EKLY IC8TA! CY EST. BI T1 b. P] in, : TWO FOREIGNERS WERE MURDERED y SET WEATHER INDICATIONS. forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania- Cloudy and warmer tonight, with local snow or rain; partly cloudy and colder Tuesday. w FAILED 7 _ telegraph lines to transmit tneir instructions. ' TRUST QUE The government has chosen a desperate moment to repress the proletariat. It Is fighting for its life in the Baltic region, where a revolt is admitted to be In full blast, with almost a practical certainty that if it cannot be crushed its flumes will spread to Poland.L Both Houses Fix Day For Adjournment. Collapse Ends Mutiny in Garfield Says Congress Must Moscow. Exercisa Control. CONFERENCE ON WATER SUPPLY Petitions from the nobility of Riga. Windau, Libau nnd other places In the Baltic provinces have been received by the government imploring it to abolish iniirtlal law, which, the petitions sn.v, is only Inflaming; the situation. VIEWS ON INSURANCE CANAL BILL PASSES. LEADERS SURRENDER Martin Alacks Shot in Low- Horrible Murder of John Can't Stop Rebates, Etc., by er End of City. Schlaikue at Inkerman. Will Consider Elimination Formal Demands Presented of Bond Provision. Wan Held Tills Afternoon and Was WITTE OUT, SAYS REPORT. Penal Laws. HE WAS ALSO BEATEN. THE BODY MUTILATED. Kntlrely' Satisfactory to tlic lioosl ConimlltA. to Authorities. It It Believed He Will Not Support Government's Repressive Measures. Washington, Dec. 18.—in his annual report of the work of his bureau Commissioner of Corporations James Rudolph Garfield says some special phases of the question of federal supervision of Insurance companies have been examined, but in view of decisions of the supreme court he has not felt warranted in trying to assume jurisdiction over such companies for the purpose of investigation. Washington, Dec. 18.— The senate will meet the wishes of the house for an adjournment for the Christmas holidays on Thursday. Meantime the senate will probably content itself with little work unless there should be difficulty In agreeing with the house on the terms of the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill, which has been passed. That measure will go to a conference committee, and there will be a united effort to reach a conclusion before the holiday adjournment. The action of the senate in attempting to eliminate the bond provision and make a separate law of it will probably be the principal bone of contention in the conference committee. The committee of . West Pittston councllmen and citizens appointed to confer with representatives of the Spring Brook Water Co. met them this afternoon at the Exeter club and discussed the situation fully. The meet; ing was a very amicable one and the water company manifested a very fair disposition to do whatever might be necessary to .correct any defect In the supply of water for fire purposes. The members of the committee are very well satisfied with the result of the meeting. Moscow, Dec. 18.—The mutiny of tno C Rostov grenadier regiment against bail1 rations and numerous arrests collapsed owing to internal dissensions and the discontent of a large portion of the soldiers with the programme of the Socialist leaders, who wished to force thein into open collision with the* loyal troops. The been joined by troops from other regiments. After a meeting two battalions and' a machine gun detachment deserted, j The mutineers sent a deputation to General PlavofTsklNWiylng they had returned to duty, imploring his pardon and volunteering to enter the barracks and seize the revolutionary committee to prove their repentance. Crime Was Witnessed, but No Clues to Perpetrators of London, Dec. 18.—The Northern Telegraph company has re-established direct communication with St. Petersburg, and over their wires It is reported that Count Wltte has resigned and that he is to bo replaced by General Count Alexis lgnatieff. Murderers Escape. the Horrid Crime. Shot down in cold blood and then beaten on the head with a largo stone lest any vestige of life might cling to him, Martin Alaka, a Polander who lived in Jenkins township, was murdered by two men near the forks of the road, this city, Sunday morning about a quarter to one. A few minutes after the shooting, when the body was examined, the man was dead. The murderers escaped and left not a single clue that might lead to their arrest.  John Schlalkus, a highly respected Polander, whose home was in Port Griffith, was brutally murdered in Inkerman at a late hour Saturday night. His mutilated body was found near the culm bank of No. 6 washery. It is believed that Schlalkus was murdered near the roadside leading from the Inkerman Laurel Line station and that his body was then dragged to the culm bank. This idea Is strengthened by the fact that a trail of blood led from the roadside to the place where the body was found. The murder is shrouded in mystery and is likely never to be solved. The county detective Is engaged on the case, but so far has found nothing of any importance tending to incriminate any person. The murder was probably committed for robbery, as Schlalkus had drawn a pay of $30 during the day. When his body was found all this money was gone, with the exception of a $2 bill, which was clutched tightly in the bloody hand of the dead man. It is the expressed opinion of many Liberals as well as revolutionaries that "with the first discharge of cannon Count Witte will go." "The fact," says Mr. Garfield, "that state supervision has tailed to prevent great abuses in the management of some companies does not of itself justify federal action. "Seemingly most effective way to settle the question is for congress to so legislate upon the subject as to afford an opportunity to present to the supreme court the question whether Insurance as now conducted Is interstate commerce and hence subject to federal regulation." News from the interior of Russia is very serious. The revolt in the Baltic has spread southward to the province of Kovno, on the border of Poland, which belonged to the old kingdom of Lithuania. The rebellion iu Kursk is bn.vond control, and the government has information that a big uprising is imminent in the UraJ regions. VICTIMS OF COAL GAS The murde.r was probably the result of a quarrel amonjt tho men, as no attempt hail been made to rob the murdered man, the sum of $22.90 being found on his person. In the debate ou the cannl bill Mr. Bacon advocated his amendment requiring estimates for canal commission salaries, Mr. Culberson criticised the employment of Mr. Bishop as a "press agent," and Mr. Newlands expressed the opinion that the construction of the canal should have been intrusted to the geological survey. One Dead and Another in a The ringleaders endeavoreJ in vain to bold the other two battalions in line, but. the defection of their com-| rades took all heart out of the mal-| contents. ! Serious Condition. An officer who has Just returned from Manchuria says that a spirit of mutiny prevails among a large portion of the army and that the prisoners from Japan have been saturated with revolutionary ideas. Reports of mutinies come from many parts of Russia, the soldiers in most cases making political demands. • The murder and subsequent escape of the murderers were seen by several persons living in the neighborhood of where the crime was committed, but unfortunately the view was so indistinct that no one was able, so far as has been learned, to get a good view of the men who committed the crime. The Accident Occurred In a Luzerne Borough Boarding House and Was Due U) a Disconnected Upon General Plavoffski's ultimatum that he would open fire unless they immediately surrendered the remaining mutineers laid down their arms and delivered up their lender. Private Schabaroff, and other members of the revolutionary committee as well as several civilian agitators who were in the barracks. The officers then resumed command of the regiment. Causes Must Bo Considered. Commissioner Garfield argues that in dealing with the problem of the great industrial combinations of today preventive rather than remedial means must be used. The government, he says, must deal beforehand with causes, not merely f afterward, with their effects. Stove Pipe in the Room A substitute for Mr. Bacon's amendment offered by Mr. Hale was accepted. It specifically requires that congress shall he supplied with regular estimates of all salaries except those paid to laborers, skilled and unskilled. Congress to Know About Salaries. Schlalkus stood high among his countrymen and did not seem to have any enemies. He worked at No. 14 colliery and, after drawing his pay Saturday, went to his home, where he remained until evening. He then started for the city. This was the last seen of him allvo. It is said that the sound of shooting was heard In the vicinity of the Laurel Line Saturday night. What brought Schlalkus to the vicinity of Inkerman Is not known unless he took the LCaurel Cine to the station, with the intention of walking home. Occupied by the Young Men. An imperial ukase just issued empowers all governor generals and municipal authorities in the event of railway, postal or telegraph communication being interfered with to proclaim a modified martial law. Under the ukase military commanders will automatically become governor generals. As most of the provincial authorities are reactionary officials of the old regime, the advantage they will take of such power to terrorize the populace can be easily imagined. Each will be In a position to become a petty tyrant and wage war in his own particular fashion against the revolutionists. The murder was done just below the forks of the road, near the homes of George Pfeiffer and William J. Mayo. Persons living in the neighborhood were attracted by the sound of hot words in the foreign language, then the sounds of a scuffle, the reports of two shots, followed by the sounds of running, and then silence. Those who went to their windows just before, the shooting saw three men engaged in a scuffle. Suddenly one man pulled a revolver and shot one of the others. As he fell to the ground the third man rushed at him with a large stone and brought it down with terrific force on the head of the prostrate man. The two men then ran down Plftnk street and disappeared. A peculiar accident occurred yesterday In Lucerne borough. Jacob Newberry. aged 21 years, formerly of Beaumont, was asphyxiated by coal gas. and his companion, Fred. Frant*. had a very narrow escape from a similar fate. Mr. Garfield is convinced that no permanent remedy for existing industrial evils can be expected until congress exercises more fully its power of affirmative action under the commerce clause of the constitution. He says the greater Industrial corporations have passed beyond state control. It is expected that other disaffected regiments ■will return to duty. Mr. Hale made the authorized announcement that Mr. Bishop's duties as a "press agent" would be discontinued. The president will Issue Instruction* that the duties of Joseph B. Bishop shall be merely administrative. Text of Mutineers' Appeal. The text of the appeal issued by tho mutineer;; was as follows: The accident happened at the home of Edward Kester, who conducts a boarding house at 460 Walnut street, Luzerne borough. Both of the young men boarded at Kester's home and slept together In a room on the second floor, which was heated by means of a stove pipe from a heating stove on the first floor. Newberry, accompanied by Mr. Kester. came home about 1 a. m. on Sunday and was seated on the first floor talking, when Frantz came in. Both of the young men went up to their room together and retired. It was the cu«tom of the young men not to # fo* breakfaat on Sunday morning,. and they were not called until noon. Dinner was then ready and they were called, and both responded. They failed to come down to dinner and about 2 o'clock Mrs. Kester was upstairs and noticed peculiar breathing in the room. She called her daughter, Katherlne, and her sister, Jennie Sampson, upstairs, and they united In calling the young men. Falling to receive any answer and detecting the fumes of sulphur, they threw themselves against the door and succeeded In breaking the latch and entering. "All Hussla has risen against the government which has involved the country in a useless war and brought it to the verge of ruin. We soldiers are firmly determined to break down the tyranny of our commanders and to compel reform In the army. Now is the time for us soldiers to awake.. Comrades, we summon you to dismiss | your officers and to assume command! until your grievances arp redressed. AH for one aud one for all! Hurrah for a free people! Hurrah for the army!"' I The Inclusion In the appeal of the motto of the Socialists. "All for one aud one for all," shows that it whs prepared under the svjpervlsion of the Socialist committee. Senator Galliuger said that $30.0CD0 for the chairman of the canal commission and $17,500 for (he governor of the canal zone are very large salaries and that the #10,000 salary of Secretary Bishop should lie cut to $5,000, the sum paid Mr. Murphy, the former secretary. It is impossible, the commissioner contends, to prevent such abuses as rebates, discriminations and the like by purely penal legislation. Schlalkus was both shot and beaten. His head and hands were a mass of bruises, showing that he must thave put up a fight for his life after being attacked. He was probably hit with some sharp instrument. With the transportation companies Mr. Garfield would join uuder Such a law the greater corporations engaged in the production, manufacture and distribution of those staples which afreet the lives of the people and the monopolisation of which will necessarily result in hardship and injustice to tbe individual. Lithuanians' Make Demands. It was some minutes before residents of the neighborhood went to where the man lay. They found blood issuing from his ,/noulh and nose and from a body woynd, He was apparently dead." A Sjjufh bound car was stopped and run back to Lydon & Murray's with the body aboard. A post mortem was performed last evening by Dr. McGlnty. One bullet entered the breast, and the head was badly battered, one eye being badly discolored. Whether or not there was a bullet in the man's head is uncertain, owing to the terrible execution of the stone. Mr. Culberson said the means employed by tlic administration to obtain control of the canal zone were "Indefensible in law and Infamous in inorul#." Tlie original estimate for the canal was $184,000,000, yet, he said, already $76,500,000 has been spent and nothing accomplished. Riga, Russia, Dec. 18.—Tbe municipality has entered Into negotiations with the rebels. The latter demand as the. price of the surrender of their seventeen hostages, including fottr German subjects, that the Lithuanian republic shall be recognized, that its entire independence from Russia be admitted and that martial law be abolished. lighting is proceeding at Mltau, under the leadership of bands armed by Socialists. An attack on the castle has been repulsed. After the body was found several persons were-eummoned from the colliery, but the body was not moved. J.{. lay on the ground for some hours aftu0 being found uiftll It was finally given in charge of .Undertaker Klzls. A large number Of persons viewed the ghastly sight before the body was removed. Andrew Hamilton Can't Return. Merchant Marine Bill to Bs Patted. Paris, Dec. 18.—John C. McCall, son of John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance company, who came to Paris for the purpose of having Andrew Hamilton, the formet confidential legislative representative of the Insurance company at Albany, accompany him back to New York, sailed alone. Mr. Hamilton Is too 111 to return and instead has prepared and sent a full and explicit stateitient covering his connection with the alfalfa of the insurance company. The spot at which the crime was committed Is lonely, 110 habitations of iiny kind being: within calling distance. The only sign of life about is on the Laurel Line when cars pass by. The roadway is not much frequented, especially at night. Senator Galliuger will make an effort during the week to lmve (lie merchant murine bill made the unfinished business, uot with a view of securing serious consideration of It before Christmas, but with the end iu .view The formal demands of the soldiers included amnesty for all participants In the mutiny, freedom . of soldiers' meetings, abolition of death penalties, reduction of service to two years, abolition of military courts, exemption of reservists and their funillies from payment of taxes. Increased pay and the return of the army from Manchuria. Alacks lived In Inkerman and worked at Ewen, colliery. There were found In his clothing a mine local book and a store book. MV.p nine cure constipation. famous Prewsri ption permanently cures Constipation. Biliousness, Sick Headache. Price 25 Cent*. The body of Schlaikus was identified by means of papers found in his pockets. It was learned from his family that they were expecting his return all night and that when he did not come home early In the morning they were much alarmed. His widow was not informed of his death until just before the man's body was brought of having it in position to be pressed when congress reconvenes. Sold and recommended by Evans' pharmacy 623 Luzerne avenue, West Plttston; Mayo's pharmacy, 87 Armory block, Plttston. The body of Alaka was removed to the home of his brother-in-law, in Inkerman, this afternoon, and the funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30. In the house the four days before the holiday adjournment will Iks devoted to further discussion of federal control of insurance and to completing the enactment of the Panama emergency appropriation. Many members will not wait until Thursday to return to their homes for the holidays. The young men were both unconscious and the room was full of gas. The women pulled Frantz, who was still breathing, out of the bed and Into another room where the air was fresher, and immediately sent for a doctor. They also succeeded In getting the other young man out of bed and into the hall by the time the doctor arrived, but he was at once pronounced dead by the doctor, who said that he had been dead for some time. There is intense alarm among the population of Moscow on news froin St. Petersburg of the Inauguration by the government of n policy of repression.CHILD BADLY BURNED. Hyde Dines Mme. Bernhardt. New York, Deo. 18. — Among tlie' _ . most interesting private entertulu- Daughter of 'Squire Keating Had a nients arrauged for Mme Berubardt The police were al the scene of the murder a short time after it was committed. On the way down town Officer Pendergast found a Polander named George Ballus and arrested him on suspicion. Ballus was much under the influence of liquor and, on this account, was not given a hearing. He will be taken before the mayor this evening. There was found on his person a revolver and a box of cartridges, and he carried some new shoes and a jug of whisky. Earlier in the evening Officer Pendergast saw a man answering the description of Ballus engaged In an altercation with two other foreigners and for this reason caused his arrest. The police say they have reason for holding the man, but will not say anything further/ on the case. WILL USE FORCE, SAYS CZAR. home The ways and means committee will continue its hearings of the Philippine tArlff, and the appropriations committee will begin the preparation of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The statehood bill Is to be jDerfeeted. but will not, under the present plan, be brought into the house until Jan. 4, when It Is expected to constitute the llrst business. Ruisian Government Warns Opponents Narrow Escape—Dress Caught was a dinner which was given by Mr. James Hazen Hyde at his house, 9 East Fortieth street. In addltloh to being the principal guest, she was the only woman at the table. Mr« Hyde is a great admirer of Mme. Bernhardt as an actress. His interest iu the promulgation of French language and literature in this country is well known. There is no church in London more grimly affecting or more grewsomeiy picturesque thnn St. Gflcs', Cripplegate. Its lantern is strangely gaunt and blackened, Its towers stark and solemn. The approaches are all straggling and curious. We fancy ourselves in a bit of some old foreign city. The curious skulls and hourglass over the entrance to the churchyard are vigorously done. It escaped the great fire and is an interesting church altogether and picturesque. Here we find Milton's tomb, Foxe's (of the "Book of Martyrs") and that of a daughter of Shakespeare's Lucy. And, as if this were not sufficient to reward one's curiosity, they will show us the registry of the marriage of Oliver Cromwell to Elizabeth Boucher. In the churchyard a large fragment of the old city wall !s to be seen.—London Graphic. St. Giles*, Crlppleicnitp, of Coming "Exceptional Measures." From l)ry Grass. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18.—An official communication has been published warning especially those groups opposed to the carrying out of the reforms promised in the Imperial manifesto of Oct 30, "whose tenets are revolutionary and socialistic, whose tactics are anarchistic and who aim at the disorganization of the country by the stop page of the posts and telegraphs," that should the ordiuary laws fail to stem the tide of revolution the government will have recourse altogether to exceptional measures. Hflen Keating, aged three years, daughter of Squire E. J. Keating, of Cork Lane had a narrow escape from being burned to death Saturday evening. She was playing about the yard when some dry grass ignited from a spark thrown out b ya passing locomotive. The child got too near the flames and her clothing ignited. Members of the household quickly extinguished the flames and the child was given medical treatment. Her burns are painful but not serious. For two and one-half hours the doctor and friends worked over Frantz and at 4:30 o'clock he became conscious. Hp '• ""w I-. a fair way to recover, although the physic'" - Welda, staieu inat ten minutes more In the room would have caused his death. Officers at the Naval academy arc harshly criticised for winking at hazing in a resolution introduced by Representative Pearre (Md.). Committee's Insurance Reform Plan. The Crown of Beauty Buffalo, Dec. 18.—Assemblyman hobert Lincoln Cox, one of the members of the investigating committee, declared that the committee would recommend a simple and uniform policy for all companies doing business in the £tate and the restriction of the Investments of the companies so that there could be 110 use of funds for the profit of officers or *tockiiolders. must be* taken care of. Choice line of ornaments for the head and hair. Special Xmas display at low prices. MISS FANNING, Exeter atreet. 15-« Move For Purer Elections. V|Tl|niirc Cure Nervous Diseases. lUfiUUlul —Dr. Oidman'e Prescription— Strengthens the nerves. Buildup worn oat men •nd women. Prioe 60 Sold and by Evans' pharmacy 623 Luzerne avenue, West Pittston; Mayo's pharmacy, 87 Armory block, Pittsfon. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 18.—The executive committee of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections, of which former Mayor Seth Low of New York is chairman and William Church Osborn secretary, gave out a letter Which they have sent to Governor Hlgglns suggesting legislation which they regard as desirable for the purification of elections. The show of energy by the government certainly has aroused considerable public sympathy, especially of the business interests. The Grand Canal of China. 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Large Chinese junks with wide spreading sails alternate with little canoes sculled by a man standing in the stern, barges laden with every kind of merchandise drag their tedious journey past small slipper shaped craft used as dispatch boats, which can go everywhere, so little water do they draw. There are boats with paddle wheels at the side turned by coolies who work within—a half dozen or so on each vessel; boats owned by beggars, who sail through the canal from one town to another, anchoring in the channel while they go ashore to ply their mendicant trade, and boats filled with lepers being transported to some colony of their kind." o Am Sugar SPECIAL NOTICES. Am Car & F Am Loco . . Amal Copper Atchison com B. R. T. .. . B. & O. .. . Can Pacific Ches & Ohio St Paul .. . C. P. I  Erie  111. Central . Li. & N. .. . Met St Ry M. K. & T. Mo. Pacific Mex Central N. Y. 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William Marsh was stage manager of the theater. Dwyer. another employee of the theater, slept in the basement. Pull line of Prayer BoOtci, Statues, The workmen's council and League of Leagues have issued a declaration of a general strike to begin imrnedi ately. In addition to the general strike, it is expected that the revolutionaries will have recourse to the old methods of lighting the government. Jewelry Store you will And a big aa- Christmiis Cribs, and everything else sortment of gifts in the jewelry line, in Catholic church goodi. Pine sta« A larg« stock, and prices very moder- tionery. ate. C3 North Main St. WALSH'S, s William at. 16d7t browning. The proletariat organizations through the "Invisible government" threw a bombshell into the. camp of the official government by issuing a manifesto following the form of a regular imperial document, declaring the bankruptcy of the treasury, ordering the proletariat a tray everywhere to refuse to pay taxes of any description, to Insist on the payment of wages in gold or silver and to withdraw all their deposits from the savings banks in gold. Count Witte's life is considered to be in danger, and the annex of the palace, where he is residing, Is heavily guarded. • M. Nomeehaleff, minister of communications, has issued orders to the chiefs of ail the railroads not to #r ognlze organizations of railroad mf particularly cautioning them nqt to u low the passage of the orders of tin leaders to the organisations who heretofore hare been using the rail rot- GOLD WATCHE8 CHRISTMAS BUYERS' iPEClALS make splendid Xmas gifts. 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