Pittston Gazette

              I f J rjUK HOMC PAPKitj^gi^ lira People of Mttttoa tod Vicinity. AJjSj the bomb mews. for Eastern Fair tonight 2S ♦ iociciD , PA., I. COPT. i MONTH. f i ;i THE LIGHT LOT. counter charges which the rival factions In the Equitable were niaklns nn;iinsl c:icli other. Mi-CmII realized that whatever could lie done to hurl; the Equitable management might be used to the advantage of the New York Life, so one day he called on P. J. Hon- i wfiy, editor of an insurance impel* and one of McCalfs most Intimate friends, to aid him In the plan lie had mapped out. McCall instructed Haiiway to tell the story of the Equitable row to the newspapers. Edward RuHedge Presents Arguments Wliy Ills Bid Should be Accepted. Victim Was Hi inuins liie I'll i Olid the Reed at Under- ■ v — * Former ant of Ne Mr, ai Estal Association Has Be§e Chartered at Albany. irth at taker Howell's Morgue. An unknown man of about 20 or 22 years met a terrible death shortly after 6 o'clock Saturday evening In Coxton yard, by being run down by a train or an engine. The body was terribly mangled. "ljhe ghastly find was made by the • drew of a cattle train that was passing through "OX" yard, a short distance above the Junction. Unique Banquet to be Served in New York. To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Pittston: The undersigned, representing substantial men of this city and valley, submitted the lowest bkl for the electric lighting of this city at the last meeting of councils. Our bid was for a five year contract: $59 for arc lights, open or enclosed: and for a ten year contract: $52 for arc lights, open or enclosed. This Is lower than the price that the mayor suggested should be sought for and accepted. Mr. Ross" bid was for $60 for open arc lights only and for a five year contract. Mr. Foy. Mr. Bowman, and Mr. Mahon maintained that the Ross bid was lowest, for the reason that the city would have to pay the present company $75 per arc from last July, when the contract expired. Is it fair and honest and just on the part of these gentlemen, who voted_ for the ordinance Inviting competition. to confront a low bidder with a statement which might be rcduced as follows: "We know that your bid Iq lowest on the face of the returns, but we must use against you an indebtedness which the city owes the old company." SeU ting aside, however, the question of justice. I want to say that I have been advised by competent lawyers of this city that the contract with the present lighting company expired last July, and that the price In that contract, to-wlt: $75 per arc, Is not the price that the old company can claim for lighting since that time. No contract is existing. The company is furnishing light, and the city Is accepting It. X challenge any lawyer to say that the company can claim $75 for the light It Is furnishing at present. The law Is, that the company can claim only a fair market price for the light It Is furnishing without contract. That fair and reasonable price Is fixed by a Jury, as it is a question of fact. I challenge any lawyer to gainsay this. Let the above gentlemen, among them a lawyer, deny this. I want to say. to you that under our bid, we will reduce the price of municipal lighting almost one-third; I want to say .also that if we are given a chance to operate that we will reduce, the price of commercial and home lighting almost one-third. Do you want competition under this state of facts? I know that you do, and I want to impress upon you the importance of informing your councllmen that they should vote in accordance with the wishes of their constituents, and not to be guided by the interests that certain people have In the old company. I Intend to keep up th'.x fight for our bid to the last ditch, but a burden rests upon the people to not sit Idly by, favoring competition, but to get out Into the open and insist that our bid be accepted at the next meeting of councils. I challenge any man to say that our concern Is not responsible. and I challenge any man to say that our bid Is not lowest. The above gentlemen may say that our bid is not lowest for the five year contract according to their false and unjust reasoning. Can they say that our price for the ten year contract is not lowest, to wit: $52? It seems to me that there is no other question before the councils. Al _ igton. TO MAKE FOOD ON SPOT GRANT IS PRESIDENT. WORRY HASTENED END A NOVEL SERENADE. McCall worked bis way up from the lowest rung of the ladder. He was born In Albany ou March 2. 1840. and attended a commercial school In that city. His first position was as a clerk in the Albany assorting house for state currency, and afterward he became a bookkeeper in the Connecticut Life Insurance company. His experience with the company caused him to lie appointed to a clerkship in the state insurance department. He worked his way up in the department through sheer ability, and because of his intimate knowledge of Insurance affairs he was appointed deputy superintendent. Although a Democrat, he retained this position through two Republican administrations.Everything Spurious from - . t. i Monument is to Overlook * , ths Hudson. Recent Disclosures Prayed Upon His Mind. Calithumpian Band Wakes Echoes. Cocktail to Liquor. It Is thought the young man was killed by a swichlng engine, which passed down the track on which the body was found Just a few minutes before the cattle train came along. The body was viewed by Deputy Coroner Frank Savage and was removed by Undertaker Howell to his morgue. Apparently, . the man was an American and he was neatly dressed. He was five feet eight inches high, weighed about 150 pounds and had black, curly hair. He wore dark trousers and a gray striped coat. He had no vest, but wore a mackintosh wjth a blue velvet collar. He also wore a corduroy hat and a turn-down collar. Lake wood, N. J., Feb. 19.—John A. McCall. until recently president of the New York Life Insurance company, died at 5:85 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Laurel House, where he had been brought three weeks ago in the hope that the change might benefit his health, which had suffered a breakdown two months ago. Washington. Feb. 19.—Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth passed Sunday very quietly at Friendship, the country home of John R. McLean at Tennallytown, six miles from Washington. The weather was pleasant most of the day, and the couple took a stroll around the beautiful grounds surrounding the place. The gates of the grounds were closed during the day, and there were no callers. New York, Feb. 10.—AH the details' of a "chemical dinner" to be given by Professor Thomas A. Stlllman, M. Sc.. Ph. D., director of the chemical laboratories in the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Wednesday evening In fhe Hotel Astor were made known. With the exception of the meats and the cigars everything served will bo prepared .on the spot from chemicals by the professor. New York, Feb. 19.—The Robert Fulton Memorial association, which was organized recently to erect a suitable monument to the inventor of the steamboat, and possibly a tomb for him. In the centennial year of the first sailing of the Claremont, the pioneer steamer, has been incorporated at Albany. The incorporators are Samuel L. Clemens, R. Fulton Cutting, Andrew F. Burleigh, Gen. Frederick D. Orant, Col. H. O. S. Helstand, United States army; Hugh Gordon, Miller and others. It was announced that DIr. McCtll'i death was due to enlargement of the liver, and the end had been peaceful and without pain. Joe Leiter of Chicago and party of young society men of Washington descended upon Friendship at 2 o'clock in the morning and treated the White House bride and her husband to au old fashioned calathumplun serenade, which awakened the echoes in the distant hills. The dinner prom:-ck to IDe unique. It In aiwerted tlmt no dluner so remarkable in every way ever 1ms been held and tliat it in certain to attract the attention of scientific men in nil parts of the world. Profe *Cor Stlllman's object is to demonCtr.ife how •substitute" fooCl products \vli!"h are absolutely spurious may be put ou the market to lie -mM as genuine foods which will furnish sustenance. lie asserts that tiis e-hemical compounds. even those employing aniline ami sulphuric add. are lmrmle.s. That's what the beef tru-it says about boric acid 011 meats. The professor will entertain as his two guesls .lar.'c ; K. Howell and Henry (Joodrich. both of this city, who have Iteen profoundly interested in Dr. .Stlllman's work. Won Fame as an Exposer. Oen. Grant has consented to serve as temporary president of the aaeociatlon, but as he feels that his military duties would prevent him from devoting as much of his time to the work as he would wish he has asked that some one else be selected permanent president. The incorporators are now considering three men of national reputation for the office. Mr. McCall's physical breakdown occurred about the close of the Investigation of life Insurance affairs in this state by the legislative committee in December last. Mr. McCall's examination before the committee was a severe one. and the ordeal he underwent In rehearsing in detail, the affairs of the company and In divulging transactions about which the general public was Ignorant worried him greatly, it was said. When McCall became deputy superintendent both the life and fire insurance business were in a chaotic state. Companies had sprung up and failed, and policy holders had lost millions. McCall started in to expose the rotten companies, and his revelations at the time were as sensational, except on a smaller scale, as were those of the Armstrong investigation, llis reports on the shortcomings of the companies he investigated were praised throughout the country, and, although it was known that he had lDeen offered a fortune to drop his exposures, he kept up the work he had undertaken. After forcing many fire insurance companies to close their doors McCall started out after the life insurance compauies. In a short time he had forced eighteen of these companies out of business In this state, and fifteen other companies were prevented from doing business in other states. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. L f Four Mine Workers Killed Details as to the identity of the party are difficult to get aside from the fact that it was led by Mr. Leiter and numbered alH)ut a score of well known society men, congressmen, army and navy officers and others In the exclusive set who were guests at the wedding. Mr. Leiter is credited with having originated the plan. at the Buttonwood. Mr. Miller said that as yet no site had been selected for the memorial, nor had its architectural features been determined upon. In a general way it is intended to have the monument erected on some suitable spot overlooking the Hudson. Ill Whin He Resigned, Victims Were Working 011 tlie Mght Mr. McCall was ill in bed at his home in New York when he affixed his signature to his letter of resignation from the presidency of the New York Life. Shift and Were Eating Tlieir Sup- Bride Cut Cake With Saber. pers in a Tlmbcrinail'g Shan- At the reception following the wedding on Saturday tlfrre occurred one of the most typical incidents of the day. Alongside the wedding cake was a knife, and at first Mrs. Longworth thought to cut the cake with this, but the glazing either offered more resistance than she expected or the knife was dull. Anyway, the cutting proceeded much too slowly for a young woman of her impulsive disposition, and, gnyl.v turning to Major Mct'awley, she called out. "Oh. major, let me have your sword to out the enke with." ty, When a Quantity of Dynamite Exploded. "It is especially desired," said Mr. Miller, "to lay the cornerstone In 1»07 If possible. That year will be the one hundredth anniversary of the Claremont's maiden trip. The committee has no doubt, if this be done, that the monument will be completed In time for the three hundredth anniversary cele.Vation In honor of Henry Hudson. About three weeks ago his condition became such that his physicians and family deemed it advisable lo remove him to I-akewood. where It was hoped the rest and quiet would mend the patient'* shattered nerves and speed the Iwneficial effects of the treatment of his physical disorders. I Miring all of this time Mr. McCall worried constantly about his business affairs. He was compelled first to mortgage and then to *ell hi* handsome country place at Long Branch, X. .1.. in order, it was stated, to repay to (lie New York Life Insurance company $2H5.000 on the Andrew Hamilton account. Mr. Hamilton, the legislative agent of the company, having made no accounting for this sum. Mr. McCall had promised when the Hamilton disclosure* first were made to repay the amount named if by a certain date a satisfactory statement was not forthcoming from Hamilton, who Is now sojourning in Pari*. The director* of the fiew York Life, at the expiration of the time set called nfwm Mf. McCall for the payment of the money. He acceded to the demand*. paying $85,000 in cash and giving his note* for $irD0.000. the latter I wing secured by a mortgage on his country 'place, which later he sold, subject to the mortgage. Mr. McCall realized in all Something over $300,000 for the property, which wns said to have cost him just double that amount. Buttonwood mine, of the Parrlsh Coal Co., situated In Hanover township, was the scene of a serious explosion of dynamite on Saturday night about 9 o'clock. Four mine workers lost their lives and considerable damage was done to the mine. The victims of the accident were: Calls It a "Synthetic Dinn»r." The technical name used by Professor Stiliman is "synthetic dinner." This signifies that lhe various fo:Dd products served will be compounded directly by chemical combination. The first item will lDe a Martini cocktail. It will be made of a combination of alcohol, saccharine. absinth, ice anil a touch of aniline yellow. Heal oysters will be used in the oyster cocktail, but the sauce will come from Professor Stillman's magic bottles. The sauce will have a natural tomato color and will be guaranteed by lhe professor to possess as much relish as the natural sauce, ttanterne wine will lDe a laboratory product. Green turtle soup will he flavored with chemicals. "Biscuit synthetical" be served with tin* soup. Tills new biscuit will be made of starch, cream of tartar, distilled water, salt, saccharine, butterine, bicarbonate of soda aud a milk substitute. Professor Stlllman's butterine will be made of frteo oil, lard, milk, salt aud carrotiu. As a sauce for the roast ptarmlgifn there will be artificial currant jelly flavored aud colored without the use of a single currant. As a salad a chemical sauce will be poured over a Mexican pear. Professor Stillinan said that if he had desired to lengthen the dinner he could compound the pear flavor. As a climax to his exposure of the rotten companies, McCall sent severa. of the most Influential officers of the companies to jail, and his reputation as a fearless and conscientious official was made. For some reason, however, McCall's reports on the Knickerbocker and tllobe Insurance companies were suppressed by the powers above him. The legislature by resolution demanded the publication of these reports. It was found that In his reports on these two companies McCall showed such a rotten condition existing iu the management of the companies that the insurance world was astounded. John T. Williams, of Woodbury street, Lee Park, aged 29 years, leaves wife and three children. WINDOW BROKEN, STOBE ROBBED Owen O. Anthony, of Regent street, South Wllkesbarre, aged 45 years, leaves wife and eight children. The major, who is too au fait to be surprised at anything, promptly drew his sword and, gallantly taking it by the blade, extended the hilt to her. It happened to be a salier and admirably adapted to the purpose, and when Mrs. Longworth brandished it aloft and began slashing the cake with It the slice* fell right and left, and greal wns the scramble among her friends for it. It melted away like snow under a hot sun, and within a few minutes after the Hi's! stroke of Major McCawley's 'saber not n crumb of It was to be had. M. IJehtmun, who conducts a small clothing store on South Main street, close to the Odd Fellow building, was a victim of thieves early this morning to the extent, Uchtman claims, of $60. One window of his store was broken and the tljleves reached in and helped themselves to all the. clothing they could reach. The matter was reported to the police, who will make an endeavor to find who committed the thfeft. Joseph Mcntz, of Church street. South Wilkesbarro, aged 21 years and unmarried. Anthony Shutran,' of Plymouth leaves wife and one child. Williams, Anthony and Mentz were Instantly killed, while Shutran died In the Wllkesbarre City hospital about noon on Sundspr. The explosion ocCftt*ed In a small underground structure known as the tlmberman's shanty, located along a gangway a short distance from the foot of the shaft. A quantity of dynamite was stored In the shanty, but how It was exploded nobo'dy knows. The victims of the accident were all company hands wotking on the night shift. It is supposed that they went to the shanty to eat their supper and that the explosion occurred while they were in the place. It wok because of liis work In bringing to Unlit the insurance grafter# Unit Governor Cleveland appointed McCall superintendent of insurance. Governor Hill wanted to reappoint him. hut MeC'all refused the reappointment, as be had lDeen offered the position of comptroller of the Equitable Life Assurance society. In 1892 President William H. Beers of the New York Life resigned, and McCall was elected to the position, which he held until he resigned after the exposure of his methods by the Armstrong Investigating committee. SPECIAL NOTICES. IS YOUR WATCH RUNNING RIGHT Mr. and Mrs. Long worth and their friends bad a bit of the wedding breakfast, und then Mrs. Longworth, turning to Lieutenant T". S. Grant. U. S. A., who attended the young married couple as an aid from the time they left the altar, asked. "Have there been any cablegrams?'' Large Stack of Cablegram*. Personal attention given to all Mr. Bowman recently advocated a ten-year contract at J63 per arc lamp. There should be no hesitation upon his part to support a ten-year contract at $62. watch and clock repafrlhg at this store, and work guaranteed HAIIKT W. YASEEN. Jeweler, 68 N. Main St The bodies of the victims were terribly mangled, the force of the explosion having torn their limbs and disfigured their bodies. Sliutran was the only one found alive by the rescuers and he was so badly Injured that there was not at any time any hope for his recovery. EDWARD RUTLEDGE Tan days ago Mr. McCall suffered the first sinking spell of his illness and was very lotv for several days. Then he Improved slightly. One week ago, however, he suffered a second sinking spell and grew much worse. His condition became so low that life was despaired of. A priest of the lionian ratholic church, of which faith Mr. McCall was au adherent, was summoned, and the last sacraments of the church were given to the stricken man. Had there been any cablegrams? Lieutenant Grant ordered them brought in and handed them to her. and the telegrams, which also were brought to her, had been copied In t.v|Dewritiug ou letter aize paper, not one to a page, but in regular order, and the pages bulked an inch thick. There were so many that she could not possibly have found time to read them all. The young bride simply M'as bubbling over with joy and kooC1 humor. She seemed full of affection for every friend who came up to greet her aud placed her hand on the shoulder of every girl, kissed those whom she knew more Intimately, exchanged little confidences with some of them and was just on the point of telling a group of friends where she was going on her honeymoon when some one occupying an ottlcial position in the White House called out warningly, "Oh, Alice, don't tell everything you know." OBITUARY. LOOK HERE LADIES. Evan the lea Cream Will Be Faked. Shcrbert and vaulllu ice cream will be artificial. A chemical will give the sherbert a raspberry flavor. Triple refined cottonseed oil will be tlio chief compound In the ice cream. "Substitute" coffee will be made of ground chicory, wheat, peas, several other cereals and some of the coffee bean itself. Creme de menthe will be substituted by the distillation of a mixture of peppermint, sage, cinnamon, orris root, ginger and alcohol (80 per cent I, with a bit of green aniline to give the regulation color. William Collier. If you want to see something very WANTS M'CURDY SUED. William Collier, who for many years was a highly respected resident of this city, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the Lackawanna hospital. Scranton. Mr. Collier was a brother of John A. (S'olller, of Butler street, this city. His death marked the passing away of a man who had many acquaintances and friends in this place, where he had lived, respected, for many years. During the last years he spent here he w;orked in the insurance business, being a local solicitor. Some time ago he left here and settled in Scranton. He was a man of excellent habits who was prominently known in Catholic church circles and belonged to several religious societies of St. John's church while he lived here. He served the Union cause during the war of the rebellion and was identified with Nugent Post, G. A. R. Mr. Collier Is survived by the following children: Mrs. John McGarry, Scrantorv: T. W. and James G. Collier, both of Olyphant; Mrs. John C. Smith, of Philadelphia: Mrs. Harry Pepper, of Scranton. The remains have been removed to the home of Mrs. McGarry, 949 Taylor avenue. Scranton, and the funeral will be held Wednesday morning. The body will be brought to this city and taken to St. John's church, where a high massyof requiem will be sung, commencing at 9:30. Interment will be made In St. John's cemetery. nice in the line of fancy back combs you will accept our invitation to call Juatioe Peckham Urge* Action Against Great excitement was occasioned on the surface when the news of the explosion spread and hundreds of people flocked to the head of the shaft. and see the fine display we received Mutual'* Former President. on Friday. They are the most up-to- New York. Feb. 1H. — William II. Truesdale, chairman of the "house cleaning" committee of the Mutual Life Insurance company, gave out a letter written to him by Justice Kufus W. Peckham of the United States supreme court, in which the writer calls upon the company to immediately eommence action against Kiclianl A. MeCurdy, former president of the Mutual, to recover "what money he may Owe it." date and are in different designs, with gold and gold-filled mountings. Considerable damage was done to that portion of the mine in which the explosion occurred. You will also be Interested in a bis End Wai Foreseen. selection of collarettes Which arc the When all hope had been lost Mr. Mc- Call suddenly rallied. It was an effort of the mind and will, however, aud not a physical Improvement. The attending physicians foresaw the approaching end and so warned his family, who remained with the sick man from that time to the period of dissolution. very latest thing in tta# line of neck Get Ideas of Wall Pattering at Barrltt's. Priccs very moderate. ornamentation and ur6 very popular REFUSED TO TAKE BODY OF FATHER The product 011 which Professor tStlllman prides himself Is an artificial cognac, made by the distillation of cocoauut oil, alcohol and sulphuric acid. In the process of distilling, which will be done at the dinner. Professor Rtlllmnn will use 1,250 volts of electricity. with fashionably dressed ladies. No trouble to show goods. Justice I'eckhani. who resigned as a trustee of the Mutual when the damaging revelations against the MeCurdy management were first made known, has nevertheless taken a close interest in the actions of the Truesdale committee appointed to examine into the affairs of the company and suggest reforms as a result of their research. LEWIS THE JEWELER Y011II1 of 10 Itecognlzcd J0I111 Karly Mr. McCairs mental efTort to shake off his ailment was the result of the report of the Fowler investigating committee, composed of directors of the New York Life, who made public their findings ten days ago. They censured Mr. McCall severely for certain acts of his in connection with the legislative bureau established by hint, with Andrew Hamilton at Its head. us Parent Hilt Wouldn't Huvc SPECIAL SALE Him Buried of White Goods, Gall&nd's make, ut .Mrs. Longworth hesitated a uiomeut, seemed ou the point of asserting betnew Independence and giving the secret away, theu seemed to think better of the matter and kept mum. What looked like a cold-hearted uction transpired yesterday afternoon in the undertaking rooms of Lydon & Murray, when a 16-year-old youth, who said he was from Scranton and that a body under the undertaker's charge was that of his father, refused absolutely to have anything to do with the decent burial of his parent. The remains of John Karly have been In the undertaking rooms since last Thursday night, when he was killed by falling from a porch. No one arrived to claim the remains or to tell of the man's relatives until yesterday, when a boy of 16 entered the place and asked to see tho body. Home For Carnegie Institute. Clara Wagner's, 18 8. Main. Waslilugton. Feb. 19.—The Carnegie institution has purchased a tract of six acres of land In the northwest section of Washington, near Rock Creek park, where it will erect a permanent home. The purchase price was $3,000 an acre, and a building costing $100,000 will be erected at once. GET SOME SAUR KRAUT v It Is known that Justice Peckhau: has not been satisfied with the progress of the committee nnd that his sympathy has been with Stuyvesant Fish, who has just resigned for the reason, it is said, that he could not prevail upon his co-members to conduct a bona fide Investigation. or meat specialties at this market; Evaded Crowd In Automobile. Hallock's, 28 S. Main St. An effort was made to keep Hip content k of the report from the sick man: but, learning the statement had been tiled, be worried ho much over the mutter that It was decided early lust week to permit him to see It. The recommendations in the report demanding of tiiui a fuller accounting of the legislative work than he had made are said to have been a crushing blow to the coinpany's former president. He declared to his family and to the Intimate friends who saw him that he was determined to get well; that he wanted to live fo set himself right before the. American people. The strain was too much, however, and from that time Mr. McCall's decline was rapid. TMI happy pair left the White House by the south entrauee, entered a large automobile and were driven rapidly to Friendship. They evaded the crowds about the White House grounds by having an automobile posted at each entrance. Saw© Twenty Thousand Farms For ®«le. Albuny, N. Y., Feb. 19.—The bulletin of the state department of agriculture contains an Illustrated list of farms, occupied aud unoccupied, which are now for sale In the state. According to statistics gathered from supervisors' reports, there are 20,000 farms for sale In this state. Ah they entered the automobile the couple were showered with rice by Miss Ethel Iloosevelt and the other children. Mrs. I,ongworth was handed Into the ear by Major McCawIey. Mr. Lon?worth entered 011 the other side, assisted by his best man. The president, Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Cowles and the other members of the family stood on the steps of the White House and waved them out of sight. An old shoe thrown at them by one of the ushers fell on top of the automobile and stayed there. New York. Fe"b. 19.—Criminal action is foreshadowed in the Inspection District Attorney Jerome is at the present time mnklng at his country home at I.akevllle. Conn., of testimony given at the recent Standard Oil hearing In this city. Instituted by Herbert K. Hadle.v, attorney general of Missouri. Jerome After Standard Oil. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. wfoneijf He stated that it was the body of his father, but the latter had never done anything for bis family and they, therefore, were under no obligations to bury him. The youth left, refusing to authorise the undertakers to have the body given decent burial. He absolutely -repudiated any obligation to do anything with the remains. which are still in the morgue. New York, Feb. 19. 1906 . ..141% 139% 141 Am Sugar Am & F ... 43% Am iioco . . .. 78 % A ma I Copper ..111% Atchison com .. 90%- 42% 70 % 109 % 89% 43% 72% 111% 90 By taking advantage of the big shoo bargains being offered at the May Be Hair to Chinas* Throne. Peking, Feb. 10.—A son has been born to Prince Chun, the emperor's brother. It is believed that this child is most likely to be designated as successor to the throne. An imperial decree bestows upon him the nam* of Pu. B. R. T 80% 78% 80% B. & 0 110% Can Pacific ...172% Ches & Ohio .. 57 110 171% 65 % 110% 172% 57 Not Worrying About the Dewey. Credited With Investigation's Start. Washington, Feb. 10.—The naval authorities are disposed to extend for a few days longer the period when the department may still expect to hear from the dry dock Dewey, now on Its way to Gibraltar, and no special apprehension will be felt for two or three days. New spring wall paper. Barritt's. St Paul 180 i 78 % 179% (OSLEAfMfflOl Strange as It may seem, it was John A. McCall who deliberately started the storm or Insurance scandal which resulted in the ArmHtrong investigation and In the nvalut\chc which engulfed hint. It was he who as president of the New York Ufe Insurance company brought about the revelations of crookedness In the Kqultable society, and he was the man who caused to make public the scandal In the rival life insurance compauy which resulted in the wrecking of his own career and the hastening of his end. McCall knew of the friction that existed between James Hann Hyde and President Alexander of the Equitable, and lie knew also of the charges and The New York Press says The Automobile darted out of the southeast gate of the White House grounds at 4:10 p. m. C. F. I. Erie .. 43 % III Central ....1*8% U & N 147% Met St By ...117% Mo. Pacific ...100% • 1% 4»% 172 146% 117 99% 43% 173% 147% 117% 100 There Is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science lias proved Catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,- Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market . It Is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cur*. Bend for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, O. tfcke bfiaU's^aB,^y7!Pill* for constlpa- 6*rman Tariff 4o Favor Us. Friendship Is one of the "show" places of Washington. The house la only one of a number of country houses that were offered for their use, but It was selected for several reasons. Berlin, Feb. 10,—Prince von Bulow, tbe imperial chancellor, has sent to the relcbstag a bill for the extension to the United States of tbe tariffs given by Germany under reciprocal treaties to certain European states. Mcx Central ... 24 % 28% N. Y. Central ..149% 147% 149 / Am Smelter ...163% 162% 163% } Norf & West ..87% 87% 87% V Ont & West .. 51% 50% 50% (J Pennsylvania ,.11»% 138% 139% D Peo Gas 99 88% »«% \ Reading 136% 134% 18* C Rock Island ... 25% 24% 25% D So. Pacific (5% C5% 65 % \ So Rwy com .. 38% 37% 38% C T. C. * 1 166% 152 166% / Texas Pacific .. 84 33% 34 ) Union Pacific ..152%' 150% 152% V U. S. Steel ... 41% 40% 41% (. V. 8. Steel pfd. .106% 105% 106% C * , i. now in progress at the Washington. Feb. 19.—John H. Edwards of Ohio, secretary to Secretary Shaw, has been appointed assistant secretary to succeed Horace A. Taylor when the hitter's resignation goes into effect on June 30. This Is the area of the old fashioned garden with box walks over a hundred years old that were planted when the place was first built. This Is a quiet and secluded spot. Shoe I. i American Trad* Growing. Washington, Feb. 19. — American trade la expanding splendidly in almost every direction, according to reports received from the consular efflees abroad. " Our cotton la practically om| popollsiug the market* of the world. ' Novelty stoves and ranges, Ash's. French President Takes Office. Senator Tillman Bettor. Washington, Feb. 19— Senator Tillman, who was threatened with pneumonia, Is much better. Store* Paris, Feb. 19. — Clement Armsnd Fallieres has assumed the duties of president of the republic, while former Prssldeut 1,oil but passes Into private Finest line of at Barrett's. It Pfortti mi. tD J" A, Lelbaon. 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