Pittston Gazette

              THE SOME rAPER .. .. ...\ $ocy Forecast Until 8 p. ni. Tom J-Vlfct-0*. Eastern Peiuisjivanii WEATHER CONDITIONS. I'or tlio People of Pittston and Vicinity. Kain and cooler tonight; fair. Tuesday, AIJ, THE HOME NEWS. 56TH YEAR. J WtoKKLY H8TAKM8UKU 1860. ) DAILY EST. BY Til ICO. liAItT 1882. PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, MAY 14,.1906. TWO CBNTS A COPY. I FORTY CKNTH A MONTH. f 8 PAGES HOSPITAL STAFF IS RE ORG ANIEZD DOHA IN PERIL BANKER TAKES BALLOON EXCURSION DAYMAYLOSEJOB RATE BILL FIGHT. THE JOHNSON MURDER CASE niitz is dead; .fudge Kalinins Tills Morning itefuscd Three Physicians Added to the Asso- Albert Chandler Makes 11 Successful ciate Stuff, Drs. Thompson, Lock- Fifty-Mile Plight from President's Attitude Arous- to Direr! Hie .lury to Find a Ver- Distinguished . Statesmen head and Myers, Czar Advised to Dissolve Philadelphia Chancellor of Syracuse is diet CDf Acquittal, Fullowing I ho organization of the Plttston hospital hoard of directors the physicians connected with the in-t stltutlon have organised for the coming year. The stuff physicians have added three new members to the associate board, Drs. Thompson, Ixiehhead and Myers. The regular board is the same as lfst year, being constituted as follows: Drs. Malum, Preyoet, Perfy, Gibby, Underwood Philadelphia, May 14.—Albert N. Chandler, the banker and amateur aeronaut, made a successful ascension Saturday afternoon in his own balloon. The start was made from Point Breeze about 1 o'clock. Charles Levee, of the Aero Club of Paris, and Henry M. Gratz, of this city, who is a member of the New York Aero Club, to which the young Philadelphia banker also belongs, accompanied Chandler. es Discussion. Towanda, May 14.—Judge Fanning this morning refused to direct a verdict In the case of Charles Johnson on trial here charged with the murder of Ills sister-in-law. Mrs. Bigler Johnson and her little niece, Annie Benjamin, and immediately the work of arguing the case to tin1 jury was commenced. and Journalist. ' New Congress. Criticised. A TICKLISH QUESTION ATTACK FROM BAILEY. HIS VARIED CAREER. AMNESTY DEMANDED. President Impugns Chand- Attorney Maxwell made the arguments for the commonwealth and he devoted two hours to rehearsing the history of the case and the evidence adduced at the trial. Attorneys Wilson and McPherson made the ai'RUments for the defense. Had Part in an Insurrection May Day Arrests are Expec- School May Lose Day and McFadden. The associate board consists of Drs. Hubler, Newth, Jennings, Thompson, Loch head and Myers. Dr. Helman has been appointed X-ray expert and Dr. Roderick, of Wilkesbarre, eye and car expert. The consulting board consists of Drs. Gutlirie, of Wilkesharre, lliutman and Troxcll. and The descent was made in safety about 3 o'clock near South Amboy, N. J., tlfty miles distant from this city. The balloon came down in a raeadnw two miles inland. ler's Veracity. in Germany. ted in Russia. Corporation Cash. New York, May 14.—Carl .Shurz, the well known statesman, who has been seriously ill since Wednesday last, died at 4:35 o'clock this morning. All the members of his family were at the bedside when the end came. Washington, May 14.—The volcano of wratli which has been sinokiug and emitting noxious odors over the rate bill erupted in the senate. Democratic leaders threw off all restraint and gave full vent to untrainnieled indignation against the president, Senator Bailey tinnlly shouting out: It Is likely that the jury will not get the case before late this evening or tomorrow morning. St. Petersburg, May 14.—All indications point to the near dissolution of the (louinu. The emperor's advisers tell him that three weeks more of the douniH will bring revolution, that tie members of the lower parliament body are disloyal and that their open sessions are nothing less than schools for the growth of sedition. Great crowds gathered around the inclosure to witness the ascent, but only those directly connected with the experiment were permitted to enter the grounds. Arthur Chandler, a brother of Mr. Chandler; iDr. Robert N. Keeley, Leo Stevens, the New York balloonist; August Post, Treasurer of the New York Aero Club, and Samuel A. King, a local aeronaut all assisted in preparing the balloon for the voyage. Syracuse, N. Y., .May 14.—Chancellor .1. K. lDay of the Syracuse university is out of town, it Is said he has gone to the Adironilacks to figure out the amount of the deficit which John LD. Archbold of the Standard OH trust will be asked to meet at the close of the university term. CRUSHED BY MACHINE. MINE WORKERS BURNED Carl Shurz was born at Libiar, near Cologne, Germany, March 2, 1829. He was educated at the Gymnasium of that city, and at the University of Bonn. In 1S4X he became associated with Professor Gottfried Kinkel in editing a revolutionary journal, and subsequently, he participated in the insurrectionary movement in Houth "Let us have no more talk in the senate and in the country about this Iron man. He is clay and very common clay at that." Exeter Foreigner Killed in Explosion of Gas in a Plym- Dr. Day's action in defending the Standard Oil compuuy from President Roosevelt's attack Is universally condemned in Syracuse as a serious blunder which will work great Injury to the university. Prominent men in Syracuse are practically a unit in bitterly resenting the defense of Standard Oil methods. " Paterson Shops. outh Mine. There was another utoriny meeting of the douuia.' As tiie new fundamental laws promulgated -by "his imperial majesty" become better understood it is seen that parliament is without any real power. The radicals came to the front when the labor members Introduced resolutions for the immediate submission to lOmperor Nicholas by telegraph of a demand that amnesty be proclaimed at onct». In view of the May day demonstrations and the arrests that are expected the Constitutional Democratic leaders were scarcely able to stave off so precipitate a move, which would undo all the results of moderation. He charged inconsistency on the part of the president; that he had failed to take a position on the railroad question before the election; that he had failed to revise the tariff, and that he hud receded from his decision to call an extra session of congress to take up the railroad question. "1 love a brave man and a tighter." he said, "and the president is both on occasions," but he declared that he was without endurance and always allowed the leaders of his party to swerve him from his purpose.Some dlliiculty was experienced in detaching the sand Imgs. VVI1011 it was released, the balloon shot high in the air and took a northeasterly course at fhe rate of a mile in three He Left Here After Suspension Started and round IJiiploynicnt in Loco- At the surrender of the fortress of Rustadt he escaped into Switzerland. He remained there for a time, when he received Information that his friend, Professor Klnkel, was serious- Germany, Foreign Speaking Miner Who Set Off motive Works—IVII From llie (ias Was so Itadly ISurncd that minutes. It Is Feared lie Cannot Re- Chandler returned to Philadelphia. He saiil he was delighted with his experience. Heretofore he has been an enthusiastic patron of yachting and automobiling, but recently turned his Attention to aerial navigation. It is seriously believed that as a result of Day's stand he will have to retire from tile university. The one thing, it is said, that will prevent such a consummation is the fear that by Day's retlrment the support of the Standard Oil company might be withdrawn from the institution. Window Into Machine and Itadly Mangled ill as a result of his confinement in the fortress of Spandau, and he decided that he would try to rescue him. He made his way secretly across the frontier and after numerous vicissitudes succeeded In getting Klnkel out of the prison and across the frontier, the two making their way to Laith, Scotland. His work accomplished Shurz went to Parisj living at the French metropolis for years as a correspondent.cover—Three Kngllsli- Rudolph Suit is, who was quite well known among the foreigners of Exeter borough, met a horrible death last Saturday in a Paterson locomotive shop, where he had taken employment two weeks ago. His body reached this city lust evening and will be buried tomorrow morning. Sollis was years old and lived in this vi- S]Dcaking Men Were Also Horned farrlsh colliery, of the Parrlsh Coal Co., situated In the heart of Plymouth borough, resumed operation Hits morning, after having been idle during the past six week i 011 account of the miners' suspension, and soon after the men entered the mine, a serious explosion of gas occurred, four men being burned. Tin' explosion Is attributed to one of the men who was burned. a Polish miner named Anthony Mustko, who, it Is said, went for sohie reason into an abandoned chamber, thoughtlessly taking with him a naked lamp. As soon as he entered the chamber an explosion of gas that had accumulated there occurred, causing a loud report. Mutsko was terribly burned, and, though alive at last report, it is feared that his injuries will prove fatal. lielng in the midst of the llames he received the full force of the explosion. II. M. Hughes, Robert Hlakeslee and William Pat ton, all residents of Plymouth and all cmployed as tlmbermeli, were working near the chamber where the gas was exploded and they were also burned by the llames thai swept through the gangway. Hughes Was the most severely burned of the three Englishspeaking men. but hope is entertained that he will recover from his injuries In the course of time. Considerable damage was done to the air courses In that portion of the mine where the explosion occurred. Much excitement was occasioned among the people on the surface when .news of the explosion spread, It having been .reported that a large number of men had been burned. South Amboy, N. J., May 14.—Al- Alfred N. Chandler, of Philadelphia, with two companions, landed from their balloon on the clay banks in the meadows in this place at 4:30. The landing was accomplished without accident .to either Chandler, his companions, or the balloon. AVhen Mr. Baiie.v hart finished his remarks Senator Tillman declared, on the authority of a third person, that the president had severely criticised Senators Foraker, Knox and Spooner and had characterized them its enemies of railway rate legislation, an assertion which brought a prompt denial from the White House. One of the best known educators In the city, a former member of the faculty of Syracuse, said: "Syracuse will shortly have to face an ethical problem that will sum up the sinister problem that confronts the entire nation. It is whether their self respect is stronger than the gold of the Standard Oil company. The Methodist church is aroused. All decent people feel that if matters are permitted to stand as Day has placed them Syracuse university will stand before the country as an institution controlled absolutely by Standard Oil Influence. Problem For University. cinit.v for I'VOral year They put forward their best orators to stein the radeal tide and begged for delay. Professor Kovalevsk.v, a free lance member, proposed that Instead of telegraphing the house send President Muromtseff to Peterhof with the request for immediate amnesty. This threatened to sweep the house, but the Constitutional Democrats by sharp parliamentary procedure managed to sidetrack the motion until after the election of a commission which, according to Russian procedure, occupied several hours, and then were able to defeat It. The young man waft employed about In that capacity he did good work but tiring of France he went to London as a teacher, remalnfng there until 18.12, when he followed many of his friends to the new world, going direct tn Philadelphia, where he lived a couple of years. He then went to Wisconsin, where he soon attained prominence among the Republicans of that state, being called on as an orator of the party on many occasions. His speeches in both German and English proved strong in drawing power, and he was finally given the nomination of the Republican party for lieutenant governor in 1X59, only to go down to defeat with the other candidates of the party. the mines ami was thrifty and saving. He stayed In the coal lields for a few weeks after I lie mine workers sus- Among those who witnessed the descent was Dr. Edward Haines, the Coroner of South Amboy. l-)r. Haines, fearing that the descent might be disastrous, jumped into his carriage and drove )Dost haste to the meadows in the event of Chandler and his companions being Injured by the fail but upon arriving there be found the three full of glee to think they had made their trip without accident. pended work, but three weeks ago decided to go elsewhere and be occupied until work should be resumed. Hq went to Paterson and entered an engine shop as a laborer. He did odd No one of the senators named rose to Mr. Tillman's baft, and Senator Lodge, who Immediately consulted the president by telephone, quickly informed the senate that President Roosevelt had pronounced the assertion to be "an unqualified falsehood." Mr. Lodge further quoted the president as having expressed sentiments in direct opposition to those attributed to him by Mr. Till man on the alleged authority of ex- Senator Chandler and as having declared himself to tie heartily in favor of the Spooner amendment. Lodge Consults President, jobs about and last Saturday was placed at washing the windows of the shop. While he was standing on the inside sill of one of the windows he lost Ills balance and, in trying to regain his position, slipped from a sill and fell into a piece of quick-running machinery below. Almost instantly his body was crushed in a mass of cogs and wheels and when the "machinery was stopped much difficulty was found in removing him. He was alive but unconscious and was hurried to a hospital, llf lived lint a short lime following the accident. When his working clothes were searched $401 in bills was found in one of the pockets. Soitls also had $t;CD0 In a Hcranton bank and was Insured for $1,000 in a Polish order. AGAIN CANDIDATE. "There is but one way out of it, and that is through the retirement of Day. But thereby it is a moral certainty that the thousands of dollars by which he university is supported would be with- Hon. CS. P. O'Brien, esC|., has formally announced his candidacy for re-election as representative of this district in the State Legislature. This After this incident the lower house adjourned until tomorrow. May day was not mentioned, but abandonment of the session was dictated out of respect for the socialist holiday as well as with the desire to give the commission adequate time to draft the reply to the speech from the throne. The Polish deputies began their campaign for autonomy by introducing a resolution for the inclusion of a paragraph on that subject in the reply to (he speech from the throne, pdintiug out that the fundamental law, which establishes the special position of Poland to the empire, aud the government's attitude in regard to tiie absorption of Poland as an accomplished fact is thereby manifest-, ed. The house turned over the resolution to a commission without recommendation.Poles Seeking Autonomy, announcement causes no surprise as it lias been genej-ally known for some weeks past that Mr. O'Brien was in the Held to succeed himself. Ho will seek the Democratic nomination, which In years icone by was equivalent to an election 111 this district. Mr. drawn." Iji 1SG1 lie was named as United States minister to Spain, but held the office at Madrid but a few months, returning to tlie United States In 1S61 to resign his olAcc to enter the army. In May ISti- he was made.a brigadier general of volunteers, and as such commanded a brigade at the second battle of Hull Run. He was soon afterward promoted to be a major general of volunteers and as such commanded a division at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He took part In the various campaigns of Tennessee, resigning from the army early It is a fact that the mainstay of the I'niversity of Syracuse Is the money given It annually by Standard Oil. Archbold a Liberal Giver. Senator Tillman made public a portion of a written statement made fo hlui by Mr. Chandler of his various conferences with the president on this subject. John 1D. A reft hold'* contributions to Syracuse University amount to millions. They Imve frequently beeu made the subject of proud 1 toasts by Chancellor Day In his public utterances. Archbold Is relied upon regularly to make out a check for the financial deficit of the university corporation at the close of each university year. O'Brien is one of the prominent young attorneys of lljjs county and city and lias been active in Democratic political circles for a number of years past. The portion Riven out by Mr. nilman Is largely a repetition of the tirst part of his statement in the senate. It covers, however, that portion where Mr. Tillman had quoted Mr. Chandler as saying that the president had stated that he had come to a complete disagreement with Messrs. Knox, Spooner and Koraker. On this subject Mr. Chandler, referring to the president, said iu his written statement: FOREIGNER KILLED BY D., L. & W. TRAIN Bcrkiiunt's Time Up. Pittsburg, May 14.—Yesterday was the last Sunday in prison for Alexander Berkman, who shot H. C. Frlck in July, 1892, and lie spent part of the morning in divine services at the chapel In the workhouse. "Not because of any deep religious feeling." The concrete reason for Chancellor Day's earnest defense of trust methods is found in the fact that Mr. Archbold Is president of the board of trustees of the university and lu the past few years has given to it the athletic held, the new stadium and $400,000 toward a fund of $800,000 of which John D. Rockefeller contributed $100,000 more. He has recently built u new dormitory for the institution at a cost of $200,- 000. He has equipped the laboratories, helped to furnish libraries, gone down into his pockets for general supplies and, as said before, writes a check for the annual deficit. l.otiis Sillier lion Down Near Ivvcter in 1865 In the summer of the same year he was sent by President Johnson on a confidential mission into the southern states, and his elaborate report on their condition was published by Congress. Afterward he acted as Washington correspondent of the New York. Tribune, leaving the national capital in 1S6G to go to Detroit, where he founded and for a time edited the Detroit Post. In 1867 he left there and went to St. Louis, where he became editor of the St. Louis West Liche Post. Last levelling at " O'clock—Ills Body Crushed Louis Miller, a German Pole, aged along the track toward his boarding a D., L. & W. train in Exeter borough last evening about 7 o'clock. The train was passenger No. 705, which left the Junction station, south bound, at 7 o'clock. Miller was walking aolng the track toward his boarding house and did not hear the approaching train until he was unable to jump aside. He was thrown forward and a part of the train passed over his body. When his body was reached it was found to be horribly mangled and life was extinct. The remains were removed to the man's boarding house in Kxeter. He was married, but his wife and children live across the sea. OBITUARY. Though the socialists and workmen of St. Petersburg have proclaimed their intention of celebrating May day peaceably, the government has made preparations 011 a large scale to meet possible disorders. Patrols are 011 many streets in the Industrial quarters. "He said that he had been much troubled by the advocacy of an unlimited court review by sjme of the lawyers of the senute, naming Senators Knox, Spooner and Koraker as trying to Injure or defeat the bill by ingenious constitutional arguments, but that he had come to a complete disagreement With them. He made this point emphatic by repetition." said Superintendent A. H. Leslie, "but because he wanted a little recreation outside tDf his cell." Mrs. .Mary Oostollo Mrs. Maty Costello died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock at the home of Thomas Keating, of Inkerman. She had been ill two weeks. Mrs. Coatello wfts for many years a resident of Port Grfftlth but for some years past, Up to a short time ago, resided In' Wllkesbai re. One dauglUej, Klizabeth, survives her. The funeral is to be held tomorrow morning. A mass of rt'ijuiem will be helfl in .St. Mark's church at 9:30 and interment will be made in St. John's cemetery. Superintendent lieslie says Berkman is going out of prison the same as he entered It over 14 years ago, except that he has had plenty of time to think and will not be likely to repeat the performance which brought him GAPON'S BODY FOUND. inside the stone walls so many years BRIDGEPORT BADLY SHAKEN Mystery of Disappearance of Famous ago, Chandler Will Reply. Priest Cleared Up. Berkman will be released next Friday morning at 8:20 o'clock to allow him to catch a train for Pittsburg at a little railroad station at Clarmont. if any friends are going to meet him he lias not so announced to any prison officials. He has received a number of visitors in the past few months. What he is going to do or where he is going no person knows, except that he Is going to New York. He has a little money saved from his overtime work in the penitentiary. "All the influence of Syracuse," said one man, "has beetl thrown lu favor of Standard Oil. That should be worth many millions to the Standard Oil officials In these days when they are so hard up for respectable apologists, and yet Archlnild, has given not much more than $1,500,000 at most. Day Is selling the influence of Syracuse too cheaply."Mr. Chandler when Interviewed said: "I realize what it means to me at the close of my life to be branded by the president of the United States as a deliberate and unqualified falsifier. I shall not rest under the imputation. The president has, 1 believe, acted on impulse." Ozerkl, Finland, May 14.—The mystery of the fate of Father Gapon apparently has been cleared up by the discovery of a corpse which has almost positively been identified as that of the former priest hanging in the upper chamber of a lonely villa in the summer suburb of Ozerki. The villa was rented April 8 for the summer and a deposit paid by au unknown man from St. Petersburg, who, after visiting the house several times In company with x young workman, disappeared April 11, taking the key with him. W hen Powder Magazines Blew l'|i Tills Morning People Thought It Was an Kartliquake, .Mrs. Michael (.iblxms MATCHES CAUSED DEATH OF CHILD Bridgeport, Conn., May 14.—With a sound like the rumbling ofthunder and shaking of the earth like an earthquake, and believed for a time to be one, followed by a blinding Hash of lurid light that penetrated every corner of the city, the contents of four of the huge magazines for the storage of explosives on the reservation of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., three miles north of this city, blew up at 4:25 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Mary Gibbons, wife of Michael Gibbons, of Railroad street, died yesterday morning at her home after an illness of a few days, death being due to a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Gibbons was a I'ittston resident practically all her life and her death brings sorrow to many friends. Her husband and the following children survive her: Thomas, Mary, John, Agnes, Margaret and Joseph. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. A mass of requiem will be sung in St. John's church at 9:30 and burial will be made in St. John's The senate adopted the four remain lng amendments contained in the Alii sou compromise and voted down sev eral propositions and amendments of Four-Year-Old Polish Girl, Who Liv- Bishop McCabe Denounce* Day. ed iu Wyoming Fatally lturncd Detroit, Mich., May 14.—Bishop Mc- Cabe, chancellor of the American university at Washington, lu au Interview said that Chancellor Day of Syracuse university in his recent criticism of President Iioosevelt did not represent the Methodist church, either officially or in sentiment. Bishop McCabe characterizes Chancellor Day's action aa violeut, unjust and silly. Yeslcrday Afternoon LIV-R-OIDS CURE afisTlPATION. UJJLJxUufcUr.Oidinnu's famous PreacriptioD iwrmanently euros Constipation. Biliousness, Sick Headache. Price 25 Cent*. In his speech Senator Bailey said that the executive had surrendered his position advocating "an effective measure" and had abandoned his demands for tariff revision. The Texas senator asserted that the president's arraignment of trusts had been made after his election and that before that time he had beeu as "silent as the grave" upon the subject of regulating the rail- fered A little Polish child, the names of whose parents have not been learned, met a painful death yesterday afternoon at the home of the family on Sixth street, Wyoming. The girl, who was four years old, was left playing alone in a room. In some manner she found some matches and after she lifhted a few her dress became atlre. In an Instant she was a mass of flames and was horribly burned before others in the house heard her screams and rushed to her aid. Medical aid was summoned but the child died within a few hours. Hen entire body, face and limbs were burned. The proprietress of the villa, alarmed at the nonappearance of the tenant, notified the police, who entered the house. Breaking down a door, they were confronted by u body in a long coat hanging from a nail, the feet touching the floor. Decomposition of the face made positive Identification difficult, but the features resembled those of Uapon, and the clothing corresponded with that worn by the missing labor leader. Sold and recommended l»y Mayo Bros' Pharmacy, 87 Armory Block, ltttston; Evans' Pharmacy, 02S I.u-zerne Avenue. West Pitts ton.  The rumblings and shaking of the earth were so violent that In many sections of the city people rushed from their houses in terror thinking that an earthquake had shaken this section, Reports later indicated that tremblings and rumbling resembling an earthquake had been felt in a radius of 50 miles or more from Bridgeport.cemetery FINANCIAL ANID COMMERCIAL. SPECIAL Bargains / For This Waek. Rochester, N. Y., Muy 14.—Joseph Heller, met a tragic death. The man had been suffering with hallucinations for several days, one of which was that he was pursued by Hatuu. His body was found at the edge of the river at the foot of a high cliff with alniost every bone broken. It Is supposed he Jumped off the embankment. Dies Trying to Dodge Satan. roads, New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. The speech was in reply to Senator Carter, who had defended the president against criticism, saying that no one could charge hlin with cowardice. Iii the course of his remarks Senator Carter referred to the Democratic party as a party of negation and nothing more. He declared that the party hail been frightened into a chili at the prospect of action. lie charged that neither Senators Bailey nor Itayner in all their congressional career had done anything to secure effective railroad rate legislation. New York Hish. 135% May 14, 1906. Low. Close. 134 134 40% 40% 06% 67 108% 108% 88% 88% 83 83 % 108% 108% 100% 160% No loss of life resulted In this city as a result of the explosion and so far as could be learned no one was seriously Injured though every one was badly frightened and many were shaken nearly out of bed. As the usual symptoms of strangulation were absent. It Is conjectured that the man was killed elsewhere and his body brought to the villa on the night iDf April 10. This would agree with the date of the execution of Gapon given in Information of the secret police and with the deuth sentence of the former priest as announced in recent dispatches from Berlin. Am Sugar . . Am Car & F ACCEPT CHALLENGE. Am Loco . . Ainal Copper OS % 11 o Vt . 89% 84% 41% Chief of Police Loftus this morning authorized, the statement that the policemen accept the challenge to a game of base ball issued to them a few days ago by a committee of reporters. The game will take 'place the latter part of this week or early next week providing the courage of the bluecoat sticks by them that long. Both sides are now arranging lineups and definite arrangements are to be made commencing tomorrow. M. J. O'Malley Is manager of the reporters' team. Policeman Price Is to pitch for Uhe peace preservers. Other than this no definite arrangements have been made, except that the losers are to pay for a supper. SLIDING- SCALE INCREASE LARGE Atchison com B. H. T  B. & O. . . Can Pacific . . Chen St. Ohio St Paul . . Iowa Governor Favor* Income Tax. Lies Xftineif, la., May 14.—Governor Cummins will soon sturt a movement to amend the national constitution so as to legalize an income tax and change the method of electing United States senators so that the people may vote on them directly. This statement comes from close friends ot Governor Cummins and is not denied by him. 108% 101% 5»% C 'onimlssloner Ncill Itcports that It 170 r.s% 58 % 168 W Will be Kiglit Per Cent for the C. P. I  F.rie  Ill Central . L. & N. . . . M. K. & T. Mo. Pacific . Mex Central N. Y. Central Am Smelter Norf & West 107% 50% 43% 172% 144% 33 Carter Not White House Spokesman, Month of April Witte Responsible For War. We have just received a lot 0 of fine oxfords in all sizes, style /) and weights, in patent, colt and X line dongoiay leathers, heav v and light soles. This particular Q Oxford was made to sell at i2 { per pair. As a spring bargain V we offer them while the lot n lasts, at only x When Senator Bailey gained the floor he charged that the Montana senator's speech was due to the fact that he had not been mentioned by Senator Kayner In Ills speech a few days ago as one of the president's "special ambassadors."Charles P. Neill, anthracite sliding scale commissioner, today notified the operators and the mine workers that, according to tlie award of the strike commission, the mine workers are entitled to an Increase of eight per cent. In their wages for the month of April. 172% 144 % 33 London, May 14.—The Times' Paris correspondent says that when Count Iswolski represented Kussia in Japan he tried to induce M. Witte, who was Inspecting the Manchurlan railways, to visit Japan with the Intention, approved by the Japanese emperor and his advisers, of arranging a modus vlvendl which would have avoided the war, but on its being communicated to Witte his answer was a refusal couched In cool 93% 23% 1 4 0 % irD4% 88% 93% 23% 140% 155 Wailing of Dog Dlteloses Suicide. Mllford, Mass., May 14.—Through the piteous walling of a stray foxhound whose ownership has not been established the body of Giuseppe Foruiarl, nged thirty-two years, a Mllford stonecutter, who had been missing since Thursday, was found banging to a pine limb. The case Is one of sulelds. He defended his own record on the ground that during his congressional service his party had been In power only the first four years. He repeated charges of Inconsistency on the pari of the prewldent in his legislative programme, saying that the "absolute rate" flrst contended for had been deserted for the "maximum rate" and that the president had changed his position on the subject of suspension of 1'ates pending a reversal by the courts. This is the highest increase for any month that the minern have received as a result of the sliding scale, the highest heretofore having been 7 per cent. The reason for it being so high for last month is that the operators, owing to the suspension of work, kept the price of coal up, Commissioner Nelll's report showing that it was sold for $4.93 per ton at tidewater. Few miners are benefited by the Increase, as the number at work was very small, owing to the suspension. Ont & West Pennsylvania Peo (las .. Reading .. 51 % 135% 92 89% 50% 134% 92 50% 135% 92 $1.50 Per Pair SI list Sign Prison lulls. In court this morning. Judge Wheaton handed down an opinion to the effect that the county controller must countersign all orders and warrants drawn 011 the county treasurer by the county commissioners for the payment of county prison expenses. All of the prison bills have been held up for several weeks pending an opinion in the case.  Bock Island 132% 26% 129 25% 25% 129% terms, USUI SNIDE STOKE, 79 N. Mali SI So. Pacific 06 % 05% 37% 148 60 37% 148 So Itwy com ... 38% T. C. & 1 148 Texas Pacific .. 33% Union Pacific ..151% IT. S. Steel ... 41% U. S. Steel pfd. .106% Wabash .. ... 47% London, May 14.—The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent says that Emperor Nicholas Is an assldious listener to all the proceedings of the national parliament with the aid of • micro pJUoue. Czar Listens to Douma. 32 148% 40% 105% 32 149 41% 105% Mrs. Jefferson Davis Batter. New York, May 14.-Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the Confederate president, who has been 111, Is reported better.