Pittston Gazette

              A. I A. _ _ ? rfSf V s THE HOME PAPER . For the People of Pltiaton and Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEWS. WKATHKIl INDICATIONS. Forecast Until 8 p. nD Tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania. Pair, colder tonight; Thursday, fair, with rising temperature. j WEEKLY BSTA 1 DAILY EST. BY Tl MSI mo. PITTSTO •A. ,  T PA 56th MODEST MR. MANN NO LIQUOR SELLING ON CO. PROPERTY Rufnor Tliat Pennsylvania Company Is A E Bill. HENS WERE BY SPRING- LEADERS CL OCEAN DISASTER. DOUBLE FUNERAL OF GAS VICTIMS LTHER The lU'iiinliis of Thomas O'Brien and 7  House Committee Reach an And the Prlcc of ISggn is Tumbling— Fresh Egg*, 20 Cents Dozen Today Mioliucl Roonc Wterc Ii&ld to Rest Financiers Liked Him and Gave Big Loans. to Abolish Sate or Intoxicants on Its Ivands Hereabout. Mitchell and Lewis Some Words. One Hundred Lives Report- TIils Morning. —May do Lower. The bodies of Thomas O'Brien and Michael Noone, who were victims of U gas explosion in No. 14 drift, of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., were interred this morning In St. John's cemetery. A double funeral was held from the O'Brien and the William Noone homes, in Port Griffith. The attendance of friends and relatives filled St. John's church. A solemn high mass was sung. Father Manley was celebrant; Father Jordan, deacon, and Father O'Malley, sub-deacon. Miss Helen Boyle sang an Ave Maria at the offertory and the Benedictus was sung by Miss Elizabeth Tteddington. The pall bearers were: O'Brien funera—Miphael Noone, Michael Carroll, John Small, James Barrett, James Hogan and Joseph O'Brien. Noone funeral—John Noone, Thomas Noone, Patrick Burke, Stephen Tallet, William Tallet and Joseph Sharkey. There have been numerous rumors about the city and vicinity for the past few days that the Pennsylvania Coal Co. is to abolish the legal sale of liquor on any lands leased by it to private individuals. It is known that the company has always taken a strong stand against the illegal selling and would permit no tenant to indulge in the speakeasy business. Agreement. Even the hens were taken In by Hie pranks of the weather man during the past few days. With balmy breezes In t,he air and no intimation of the advertized cold snap they started laying to suit the spring demand and as a result the price of eggs began to drop and has turned several somersaults In the past' week. Today It reached low water mark at 26c a dozen for fresh eggs. Whether they will continue to go lower or will take another upward climb depends 011 the hens themselves and they seem able to keep their own secrets. Fresh eggs were selling a week ago for 35 cents a dozen and the drop at this season to the present rate Is unusual. An advertisement In today's Gazette states that candled eggs may be secured at 15 cents a dozen. ed Lost. CONCESSIONS MADE OFFICERS RE-ELECTED. STEAMER RAN ASHORE MR. RYAN DECLINED Town Topics' List of Im Proceedings of Mine Workers' Convention. Distressing Scenes Witnessed at Scene of Wreck. Senator Spooner Defends munes. The Gazette made inqufry of the real estate department of the company concerning the rumor and was informed that the company allows no liquor selling: of any kind on Its leased lands if It Is aware of such. No man holding a company lease can apply for license or conduct any kind of business that has to do with the sale of liquor. This rule is not a new one, but has been in force for some time. the Administration. Vietorln, B. C., Jan. 24.—Battered by wind and waves far out of lier course nnd finally lost in the dense fog which enveloped the coast, the steamer Valencia of San Francisco, with ninety-four passengers and a crew of sixty, went ishore on Vancouver Island, near Cloose, and it is reported that 100 lives were lost. New York, Jan. 24.—Colonel William d'AIton Mann was questioned by District Attorney Jerome in the criminal bench of the supreme court about how he could borrow money frpin J. P. Morgan and other millionaires on his personal note without giving security. Washington, Jan. 24.—Republican and Democratic members of the house committee on Interstate 'and foreign commerce agreed on a railroad rate regulation bill, and it will be unanimously reported to tbe house. There Is no doubt the bill will pass and be sent to the senate. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24.—The convention of the United Mine Workers of America adopted the report of the scale committee with practically no changes. The discussion of the proposition to Indorse the plans of the anthracite miners caused a clash between President Mitchell and Vice President Lewis. Considerable feeling was shown. Mr. Lewis made the statement from the floor that he thought a full explanation of the an. thraclte situation should be made by the president. He said he knew nothing except what he read In the news* 'papers. "I cannot go to Mr. Morgan," Mr. Jerome said in a somewhat injured tone of voice, "and borrow money on the strength of my personal note. Are you on terms of friendship with Mr. Morgan?"It was further stated that the company forbids selling liquor on its lands, not only by lease, but also by deed. When a piece of property Is sold a clause Is put In the deed stating that purchaser is not to use the land for the sale of intoxicants. The prlcc of flour has taken a slight drop from $5.75 a barrel to $5.50. Great pressure was employed to have the Republicans and Democrats in the house committee agree. Concessions were made by both sides. Democrats have been distrustful of the original draft of the Hepburn bill, which empowered tbe interstate commerce commission to determine aud prescribe "a just, reasonable and remunerative rate" and Issue an order preventing the common carrier from charging a rate in excess thereof. This clnuse reads: The story of the shipwreck was told by six survivors of the wreck who reached Cape Beale lighthouse after a harrowing experience of fifteen hours, In which time it seemed to them as if they, too, would never reach shore. It Is regarded as almost certain that most of the passengers and crew either have been drowned or will be before any vessel can reach them. JURY HAS MURDER CASE GOVERNOR MARKED FOR ASSASSINATION "I have met Mr. Morgan a number of times," the colonel answered, "and knew, his father." TRIED TO END HIS LIFE. \rrcst of Anarchists at Washington, Pa., Ilctvalti a Wholesale Miir- Inkerman Murder Trial Presldent Mitchell said he knew no law requiring a president to report to a vice president and added:" "I did not know till yesterday of the success of the movement to secure a conference with the anthracite operators |and I do not know what demands 'the anthracite miners' committee will make. The demands have not been formulated. "Was there any other reason why Mr. Morgan should let yon lwve $2,500 on your personal note?" tier Wot Closed This Afternoon. In hunting for the murderers of Michael Carrazola, the wealthy Italian who was shot at Dunleavy last week, Washington county authorities have unearthed a plot to assassinate some of the leading men of the county. They have secured evidence that among those marked for death was Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania. Letters and papers are also In possession of the authorities, which decree the death of other leading men. The existence of this band of anarchists was unearthed when Coroner Slpe and Chief of Police Logan, of Monongahela, began to follow up clues which Indicated that Carrazoia's death was due to the machinations of the Italian Black Hand society. The evidence on which charges will be based was discovered In a squalid shanty near the mining village or Balrd. three miles from Monongahela City. In this house, located In an obscure hollow, were found papers and documents pointing to a "I suppose it was friendship and respect for my personality." Hsnry Newhart Sends a The steamer went on the rocks against a high cliff and is going to pieces rapidly. Two men on the boat sought safety by jumping overboard and swimming to the cliff, and their fate is probably the most pitiful of all (hose who were on the vessel. Tried to Swim Ashore. Jury Was Still DeliberatliiK at 3:50 "A just, reasonable and fairly remunerative rate to be thereafter observed as the maximum rate to be charged." There was a titter in the courtroom at this, but it was soon repressed, and Mr. Jerome asked why the colonel had not gone to some other banker. Bullet Through Lung. —Most of Today Was Taken I'p After an order is issued by the commission the carrier must not charge a rate in excess of the rate so prescribed. by Closing Pleas of Lawyers Victim Is Now Under Treatment In the Mr. Lewis replied that he thought he was worthy to be taken into the confidence of the organization, when the convention moved that the debate and the Charge to the No Scandal About Morgan. Jury by Judge "I would like to know," he explained, "whether or not there was at the time any scandal current about Morgan nnd if this $2,000 was advanced in order that this scandal be not published." Hospital ami Has a Good Cliancc to Recover—Trou ble Willi The Democrats obtained another concession in an amendment providing that in case of an appeal not involving damages the commission need only transmit to the court its conclusion. The bleak cliff had loomed up like a haven of hope and safety to the two men, and when they reached it a faint cheer went up from the hapless victims of the wreck who had remained on the vessel or had taken to the small boats. 'Hie men also thought that they were safe, but they soon found their mistake, for when they tried to ascend the steep cliff they found that after going up a foot or two they invariably slipped back to the bottom again. Wlieatoii. cease. The fate of Anthony Kernozcky, alleged murderer. Is now In the hands of 12 men. The murder trial was closed this afternoon and the jury sent to deliberate on the evidence. At 3:50 this afternoon the jury was still considering the case and there was no intimation of a verdict. Ills Wife Probably IxhI The report yt the tellers showed the election of the following: President, John Mitchell; vice president, T. L. Lewis; secretary-treasurer, W. B. Wilson; delegates to the American Federation of Labor, John Mitchell, T. L. Lewis, W. B. Wilson, John Dempsey, H. C. Parry and John Fahy. to Kasli Act. "There was not," the colonel replied. Henry Newhart, a married man, 24 years of age. son of Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Newhart, who live at the corner of Exeter and Franklin streets, West Pittston. is a patient in the Pittston hospital, suffering from a serious self-inflicted bullet wound. Democrats abandoned their contention in regard to the long and short haul clauses, and Mr. Townsend, who represents the radical ideas of the shippers, did not insist u|Don prescribing control of differentials. The whole idea of Republicans and Democrats was to report a bill which would pass the house almost unanimously and thereby have a powerful effect on the senate. Want Bill to Pass Unanimously. "Did Mr. Ryan well enough to go to h(ln and ask him a similar favor?""I wns presented to Mr. Ryan by Mr. Whitney. Mr. Whitney was very nice to me to my face in the presence of MrD Ryan and said: 'Colonel Mann is a gentleman and an honest man, and I want yon to be nice to him. If he wants any money you can let him have It. He's perfectly good.' A little later I needed money, and I went to Mr. Ryan and asked him to loan me $16,- 000. 1 offered hlin Town Topics stock as security, but he said: 'I don't want those shares. They're all right, but give me your note. That will do me.'" Most of today was given up to the closing pleas of both sides and the judge's charge to the iuhy. In the pleas the both sides of the ce.se were presented in a forcible manner. The prosecution demanded the conviction of Kernozcky on its chain of circumstantial evidence. The defense Is no less urgent tones claimed that the prosecution had not made out a case and insisted that the defendant be declared innocent and set at liberty. Judge Wheaton's charge to the jury was a clear exposition of the law and was delivered in concise terms. The convention elected John P. White, president of the Iowa miners, and T. D. Nlcholls, president of District No. 1, Pennsylvania, as delegates to the International Mining Congress at London. Newhart attempted to end his life this morning about 2 o'clock In the kitchen at the home of his parents. His condition Is serious but he has a good chance for recovery, with the excellent care that he will receive at the hospital. For five hours the struggle of the two men to climb the cliff continued. The last seen of them they were clinging to n slope of the cliff, waiting for the water to climb above their heads. The house committee on territories favorably reported the joint statehood bill. wholesale assassination scheme. Anarchists In many parts of the country are Implicated and arrests In many sections are looked for. The coal operators of the central competitive district, comprising the states of Pennsylvania, West Virgin!*, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, will hold district and committee meetings at the headquarters of the operators tomorrow morning for the purpose of unifying the several propositions which they propose to present to the United Mlhe Workers in the joint conference which begins "Thursday morning.It is difficult to learn the. details of the affair. There was nobody present at the time the shooting occurred, except members of the Ne\vCiart family, and they {ire very reticent concerning it. No Hooe For Vessel For more than three hours Mr. Spooner occupied the time of the senate in explanation and defense of the course of the administration relative to the Moroccan conference at Algeciras, Spain, and in connection with Santo Domingo. i • John Splda, the alleged president of the society, was. arrested last night and put in jail, along, with George Barll, who Is suspected of being implicated in the death of Carrazola. Other arrests are expected to be made within 24 hours. The ship struck the rocks with a crash that threw the passengers out of their berths. Men, women nnd children rushed to the deck, and they realized at once that the big vessel was helplessly wedged between the big doWlders. The captain announced that there was no hope for the vessel and ordered the boats lowered. . Men and women tumbled Into the fruil shells, and In the rush husbands were separated from wives and children from their parents. One man who had been dropped into a boat by the rush cried madly for his wife. She heard the call, but the boat was full, and no more could pile In. Charles Stokes Wayne, former editor of Town Topics, made public the immune lint of the publication. Late yesterday afternoon, Kernoc?ky, the prisoner, took the stand and testified in his own tiehalf. He told of going out with the murdered man, Schlalkus. on Saturday night. 1 He claimed that after they were outside of the house he went to Plttston and that he did not know where Schlalkus went to. He contended that he was out of the house about two hours and that he went straight home when he came back from Pittston, reaching the house about 10 p. m. He said he spent Sunday forenoon in the house and did not hear of the finding of the dead body of Schlalkus until about "the middle of the afternoon; that he went over to the place where the body was found and took a good look at It. When he was going to the scene he met Mrs. Schlalkus and another woman coming back from viewing the body. He said he was in the house when the body of Schlaikus was carried in and laid on the floor, and that he assisted In getting water to wash tho body. He acknowledged that the bloody trousers belonged to him. but he could not say how they became besmeared with blood, neither did he tell who threw them into the outhouse. District Attorney Jones cross-examined him in a most severe manner, but failed to shake his general story. In the cross-examination tho prisoner however, contended that he was out of the house only about one hour on the Saturday night of the crime, while in the direct testimony he claimed that he was out two hours. It was learned, however, that Newhart was In tho kitchen of his parents' homo about 2 o'clock this mdrnlng and that several other members of the family were present. It seems that Henry had been bidding his relatives good bye, and they said they had the impression that he was going to leave the lKDuse and go away somewhere, when ne suddenly drew a 32- calibre revolver, pointed it at himself and pulled the trigger. The eight hour law cannot be abrogated for work on the Panama canal, and canal commissioners cannot receive additional compensation besides their salaries as commissioners. These two changes were made In the urgent deficiency appropriation bill under consideration in the house. THREE DAY He testified thnt he had prepared, under Instructions from Colonel Mann, a list of persons immune from attack in the paper. This list was as follows: Paper's List of Immune*. All indications point that a determined stand against any increase in wages, at least beyond the figure which prevailed before the consummation of the agreement now In force, will be made by the operators, and It is almost, if not absolutely certain that the operators will not entertain the proposition of the mine workers to admit any of the outlying states to the joint conference. SUSPENSION All of tlic Collieries of tlio Leliigli Val- ley System Will be Idle for the Russell A. Alger, .Tames II. Hyde, Perry Belmont, .lames K. Keene, William K. Vanderbilt, George Gould, J. Pierpont Morgan, Chauncey M. DeiDew, A. .T. Cassatt, Melville W. Stone, August Belmont. Senator Clark, George H. Daniels, Stuyvesant Fish, Henry Flagler, Abe Hummel, A. Clarence Doane, Thomas W. Lawson, John E. Madden, Reginald Ward, Clayton Webb and Charles T. Yerkes. Remainder of tlic Week, The remarkably mild weather that has prevailed thus far during the present winter is beginning to have a marked effect on the coal mining business. For several weeks past the trade reports from east and west have dwelt on the slack demand resulting from the mild weather, and there were indications that the trade could not long continue to take the coal produced. The expected suspension of work has now come. An order was issued from the head offices of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. today for the suspension of work at nil of the collieries of the system tonight and to remain idle for the remainder of the week. Nosuspenslon order has yet been issued by any of the other companies. The bullet entered the right side, passed through the lung, and then passed out of the body through the back. A* quickly as possible the wounded man was removed to the hospital, where his wound was dressed and he is receiving careful treatment. At noon today he was in good condition, considering the serious nature of his wound, and the opinion was expressed by the physicians that he had a good chance for recovery. Hired to Swing Juriaa, Ha Says. New York, Jan. 24.—"Whenever they (the Metropolitan Street railway) wanted me to swhig a jury for them they would send a man to ray house to tell me what court to appear in. The company had it fixed with the clerk to call my name even if it was not on the panel. If it was a big case they would give me $100, but usually it was abbut $40 or $50." Thus reads the confession of William H. Tillinghast of H12 West Twenty-second street, who took bribes from the Ryan interests for five years, according to the New York American. "Take the child! Take the child!" she cried to the husband. It Is expected that the operators of Indiana, and the west generally will stand firm with the employers of Pennsylvania and Ohio on these questions, and there will no doubt be a corresponding resistance on the question of a run-of-mlne basis and a flat differential of 7 cents between machine and pick mining. Illinois will take the lead in the fight agafnst runof-mlne basis, which governed the operations of mines in that field during the life of the present contract. The sailors did not cut the ropes which bound the boat to the steamer until the mother was able to get to the rail and toss the little one to the father. In the thick fog, however, the father missed the youngster, and It fell into the sea. There was no time to waste In trying to find any one in the frothing waves, nnd the boat moved off with the little one lost. According to a letter presented by Commodore Klbridge T. Gerry nnd signed by Justice Joseph M. Deuel, the latter was in full eharge of "Fads and Fancies" and in -a position to give assurance that all representations of the confidential circular sent out regarding that high priced publication would be fully kept. Newhart has been a resident of West Pittston all his life. He has been employed for some time, past around the various livery stables of the town. About a year ago he was married, but the couole have not been living together of late. Mrs. Newhart hag been at her former home at Evans' Falls, Wyoming county. Newhart, It is said, visited his wife at that placo a few days ago, and failed to induce her to return to West Pittston to live with him. As soon as the news of the wreck was flashed over the telegraph wires boats from all nearby towns started out for the wreck. The whaling steamer Orion was the first to arrive near the wrecked stenmer. but it is not known whether any passengers were picked up. It was reported, however, that a boat with several persons in it was seen passing Carmanah, and it is hoped thnt they will be saved. Some Passengers May Be Rescued. When the demands of the operators are presented in the Joint meeting It is probable that they will include a proposition for a reduction in wages to offset what they consider the excessive increase demanded ' 6y the miners. This increase, they say, considering the run-of-mlne basis, would amount to a 25 per cent, advanco in the price of mining coail in Indiana. Again, they claim that oh the run-ofmlne basis the quality of the product Is such that it brings lower prices on the market bccause of the slate, stone or dirt that comes up in the cars. Naw York Watar Supply Tied Up. The author of the "Fads and Fancies" scheme testified that the book, which contains sketches of wealthy and well known persons, cost $l~rC per volume to publish and sold for $1,500 per New York, Jan. 24.—There is every probability that the application of New York city for a water supply from the Catsklll mountains, for which it would spend $101,000,000 and almost half as much again, It is asserted, will be tied up indefinitely in the courts. Tills is owing to the fact that residents of Montgomery and Schenectady counties, which figure in a small way in tills proposed water shed, were not notified of the meetings held before the state water commissioners. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Burgess lDand» and Constable Keat- ing, of Edwardsvllle, on Trial volume. 111 Court). Choosing Heir For Chinese Throne, It is the general belief that this trouble preyed on his mind and led him to attempt to end his life. The attention of that branch of the county court presided over by Judge Lynch has been occupied yesterday and today by the case wherein Burgess Isaac Dando and Constable Lewis Keating, both of Edwardsvllle, are charged with conspiracy, the prosecutor being one Adam Bombick. The allegation of the prosecutor Is that the accused officers disregarded an order of the court to release four men who had been arrested and confined in the Edwardsvllle lockup. The prisoners allege that they were told by the accused officials that the only way by which they could secure their release was by paying $20. The defendants make a general denial of the charges. It Is expected that the case wili go to the jury this afternoon. Peking, Jan. 24,—Since Prince Tuan's son was dismissed on account of his father's complicity in the Boxer disturbances there has been no heir to the throne. The dowager empress, therefore, has ordered all eligible princes to be presented at the palace on the Chinese New Year, and from these she will select three or four who will be kept In the palace for a year or two. From these princes the emperor's successor will be nominated. The Valencia, which is owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship company, sailed from San Fraucisco on Jan. 20 for Puget sound ports with ninety-four passengers and general merchandise. ALEXANDER COXE DIES SUDDENLY FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. Greatly ti» Demand. Nothing is more lh demand than a medicine which meets modern requirements for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. Kong's New Life PUIS. They are Just what you need to cure stomach and liver troubles. Try them. At Mayo's pharmacy, and Geo. D. Stroh's. West Plttston, drug store, 25c. guaranteed.  Widely Known Philadelphia Coal Op- Armstrong Report Soon. Boston Steamer Sunk. New York, Jan. 24, 1906. High. Low. Close. 153% 150% 151% 47 % 44% 46 % 74% 72% 72% 112% 110% 111% 95% 9314 93 % 93 90% 90% 116% 115% 115% 176% 175 175 62% 61% .61% 192 187% 187% 83% 79% 80% 50% 49 49 % 180 179% 180 154 V* 152 152% 125 123% 123% 73% 72% 72% 106% 104% 104% 154% 152% 152% 173 170% 170% 91% 89% 90% 54% 53% 53% 147% 145% 145% 101 101 101 162% 155 155% 24% 24% 24% 72% 70% 70% 41% 41 41% 168% 157% 157% 39% 37% 37% 160% 157 157% 45% 44% 45 112% 112 112% 48% 47% 47% orator Succumbed to Acute At- Albany, N. Y., Jan. 24.—Senator Armstrong, chairman of the Insurance investigating committee, said the report of the Insurance Investigating committee would be submitted in two or three weeks. The report will contain upwards of 70,000 words and will be accompanied by a bill or bills which the committee will recommend to improve present conditions and to protect policy holders in the future. steamboat Trojan of the Boston and Boston, Jan. 24.—The loss of the Am Sugar. .. Am Car & F Am Loco .. Amal Copper Atchison com B. R. T. . . . B. & O. . . . tack of Pneumonia, Philadelphia line in collision with the , steamboat Nftcoochce of the Savannah line In Vineyard sound was reported by the Nacoochec, which arrived having on board the captain and crew of the Trojan. The accident was due to fog. The Nacoochee struck the Trojan amidships, and the latter went to the bottom within three-quarters of an hour, but Captain Thatcher and the crew of twenty-seven men of the Trojan were taken off by men from the Nacoochee. The latter vessel was not badly damaged. Alexander Brlnton Coxe, a prominent anthracite operator, died suddenly yesterday at his home in Philadelphia of pneumonia. Dill Now New Jersey Judge. Trenton. NT. J., .Tan. 24.—James B. Dill was confirmed as a judge of the court of arrears and appeals by the senate in executive session. While there whs considerable opposition in debate there was only one vote against confirmation when the list was finally called. That was cast by Senator Everett Colby of Essex county. Senator MInturn of Hudson county spoke against Dill, but did not vote. Mr. Coxe descended from distinguished ancestors. He was the son of Judge Charles S. and Anna Brlnton Coxe, and was born in Philadelphia Jan. 19, 1838. After being educated in the public schools he entered the nlverslty of Pennsylvania, being graduated in 1856. In accordance with the wish of his parents, Mr. Coxe then acquired a mercantile experience, and entered the employ of Wall, Learning & Co. He subsequently made a tour of Europe and while there the war between the north and the south broke out. Mr. Coxe hurried home and as his sympathies were naturally with the north he entered the army and was attached to the stafr of General Meade,' ranking as captain. Can Pacific Ches & Ohio St Paul .. . C. F. I  A reasonable amount of food thoroughly digested and properly assimilated will always Increase the strength. If your stomach Is a "little off Kodel Dyspepsia Cure will digest what you eat and enable the digestive organs to assimilate and transform all foods into tissue-building blood. Kodel relieves Sour Stomach, Belching, Heart- Burn and all forms of Indigestion. Palatable and strengthening. Sold by T. J. Yates. Erie Bigeiow Leave* Boston University. 111 Central Boston, Jan. 24.—It was announced that Poultney Bigeiow, who recently criticised conditions la Panama, had resigned his position as special lecturer on ibternational law at Boston university. The letter of resignation does not give the reason for Mr. Bigelow's action. The university officials say that the resignation was not due to any action taken by them. L. & N M. K & T. Mo. Pacific N. Y. Central Am Smelter Nbrf & West Ont & West Pennsylvania Peo Gas .. Met St Ry I Kilburn Ask* Investigation, "Jack the Cutter" In St. Louis. Albany. N. Y., Jan. 24.—Following what was practically a demand by Superintendent Kilburn of the state banking department made on Speaker Wadsworth resolutions were introduced In the senate and assembly calling for a legislative investigation of the state Insurance and banking departments. St Louis. Jan. 24.—Seven women, one fifty-seven years of age, were victims of "Jack the Cutter," who stabbed each with a sharp, apparently double edged, knife. The assaults all occurred on crowded streets. The police are completely puzzled. Reading SPECIAL NOTICES. Rock Island So. Paclfle At the close of the war Mr. Coxe returned to Philadelphia and married Sophia E. Norris, a daughter of Richard Norris, the locomotive builder. He Is survived by Mrs. Coxe. Ws widow, and a daughter, Mrs. Chari ton Yarnall. 8hot Sweetheart and Her Family. So Rwy com T. C. & I. New York, Jail. 24. — Paul Diets, eighteen yearfl old, of 677 Wales atenue. the Bronx, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Delia Murphy, fortyfive years old; her daughter Lillian, seventeen yeiys old, and her son Oeorge, twenty years old, because his attentions to Lillian were repulsed. FINE SAUR KRAUT 8C QUART Dublin's Mayor Son of an Italian. We make our own bologna and sau- County Treasurer Short $30,874. Meadvllle, Pa., Jan. 24.—According to Texas Pacific Union Pacific U. S. Steel . U. S. Steel pfd Dublin, Jan. 24.—Joseph Patrick Mannetti, member of parliament in the Irish Nationalist Interest for the college division of Dublin and chief compositor of the Freeman's Journal, was elected lord mayor of Dublin. His father was an Italian. sage. Hallock's Meat Market. dltors filed In court, the accounts of former Treasurer D. N. Scott are short *30,874. Mr. Scott declares that a mistake lias been made In accounting. the report of the board of county au- Soon after his marriage Mr. Coxe moved to Drifton and began the active operation of the anthracite coal lands, which had been in the family more'than a century. With the exception of the Lehigh Co., Mr. Coxe was associated only with the Pennsylvania company for Insurance of Lives and Granting Annuities, of which he was a director. At the time of his death he was also a director of the Green Tree Insurance company. TORCHON LACES, INSERTINOS Wabash Corset Cover Embroideries, Gilt Belts, We have them in All leathers and all alses. In patent or stock tip, button or lace; this lot ofahoes was made to sell at $2.60 and 91.00. Our price while they Iaat *2.00 PER PAIR. A Cart. Outing Flannel Night Dresses. Bar- This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar falls to cure your cough and cold. It stops the cough, healts the lungs and prevents rious results from a cold. Cures la grippe cough and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Contains no opiates. The genuine is in a yellow parage. Refuse substitutes. Houck drugstore, H. H. Tinker. Charged With Kilting Family. Dayton, O., Jan. 24. — Dr. Oliver Haugh was arraigned hero on tho charge of murdering his father, mother and brother and burning their bodies. Haugh when taken before the judge refused to speak, ana Ilia attorney pleaded not guilty for him. gains at CLARA WAGNER'S. W«mn Plan March on Ohio Capitol. Chines* Boycott Our Cloth. Columbus, O., Jan. 24.—A movement has been planned to hare a hundred thousiand women march upon the state capltol to demand the privilege of vol ing on the saloon question. London, Jan. 24—A dispatch to the Tribune from Penung says that the Chinese Drapers' guild bus issued a formal notice, boycotting all cloths of American manufacture. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Wlatches, clocks and Jewelry at moderate prices. All repairing work done and promptly. TASEEN, 83 N. Main. Boston Shoe Store 79 N. Main St, Plttston. Oil heaters at Aeh'a. Fresh shell oysters at Sharp's. Novelty stoves and ranges, Ash's. All Kinds repairing. See Qarrleon.