Pittston Gazette

              "D'■ rW:, : v WKATHlilt CONDITIONS. THE DOSIK TAPER Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for Bastern Pennsylvania. for tlie People of Pittston and Vicinity.' ■ ...1 Fuir and warmer t 111*'*-01 I nesday. Alilj THE HOME NEWS. Ktfmrr -\ttti A 1? J WICEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. "Oiil X 13J/\-LV. } DAILY EST. bt l'HEO. HART 1882. PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY MAY 15, 1906. TWO CUNTS A COPY. FORTY CKNTSA MONTH. -8PAGES PRESIDENT'S SIDE ALDERMAN SMITH HAS FIRST CASE. HIGHWAY SCHEME SAN FRANCISCO RUSSIA'S MAY DAY EXPLOSION IN SHENANDOAH NINE WERE SLAIN FUND IS CLOSED Sixteen Mine Workers Were Biirneil Decided That Warden Cainplx'll Another Draft Was Forwarded For in a IteailiiiK' Co. Mine and Sever- Explains Negotiations Over Need Not Give up a Itoat lie Launched at Dinner in Phil- Holiday Marked by Many Man, Wife and Ssven Chil ConllscaUHl flic Balance on Hand Today— al of Tliem May l»e. dren Murdered. Rate Bill. Alderman Louis Smith, the new Fourth ward justice, started his official career as a justice dispenser last evening, when he had before him as a defendant Game Warden JO. W. Campbell, of West Plttston. Receiving stolen goods was the serious charge against Campbell, but he had no trouble In disproving it and will, therefore, continue his attacks, armed with a six-Inch rule, against illegal fishermen. The alderman conducted himself very creditably and proved himself an able Judge of the right and wrong of a given case. The warden was arrested on a warrant sworn out jointly by Mike Uoruskl, Jacob Pllngsten and A. Maruski, who were owners of a boat recently built at a cost of $:io. At the time of the hearing, as it probably is yet, the boat was in possession of the warden. How he came to be in possession of it follows: A few days ago while Campbell had his official eye on the river he chanced to see three small boys apparently running an outline. This is a violation of I lie lish laws, so the wardvn quietly went down to the bank and when the boys approached shore he declared them under arrest. The three lads got out on the bank and, while the warden was looking over his evidence, they disappeared in the crowd that gathered, attracted by the excitement. The warden was not to be entirely outdone, however, so he had the boat hauled to his yard and held It. Then the warrant was Issued adelphia. $1,210.91 Rallied, Disturbances. A message from Shenandoah gives brief particulars of a serious explosion of gas that occurred tills morning in the Shenandoah colliery, of the Philadelphia & Heading Co. Sixteen mine workers were enveloped by the flames and they were severely burned. It Is feared that several of the men will die. Among the victims is Samuel Powell, a lire boss, who is in a serious condition. There was considerable excitement around the head of the shaft while the injured men were being taken from the mine. The Pittston fund for the relief of San Francisco earthquake victims was today closed and the Cassette forwarded the balance remaining on hand— $210.!)1—to Hon. James D. I'helan, chairman of the finance committee at San Francisco. This mikes the total amount Subscribed by Plttston people $1,210.91, which is a very creditable contribution. TILLMAN SOUGHT HIM A COMMITTEE NAMED. VICE ADMIRAL KILLED NO MOTIVE IS KNOWN Attorney General Moody In- Plan Would Call for About Warsaw Police Captain House Fired After the Crime Slain by Bomb. Was Committed. volved in Matter. $3,500,000. Previously Acknowledged. . $1,1 Tt'i.H I Christian Endeavor Society of West Plttslon Presbyterian Church, (this makes their total $19.00)  John H. Mullin  Received from Harry A. (Johen, chairman, Plttaton Educational Association, proceeds of Armory Dunce St. Petersburg, .\l:iy 15.—Vice Admiral KuHinich, commander of (lie port, who was very unpopular witli the workmen, was assassinated by workmen whose May day demonstration he had attempted to stop. . According to the Greek church calendar, in use in Russia, May day came here thirteen days later than In the rest of the world. WOMAN DEMENTED. I'eiisncola, Kin., May 15.—Iu Santa liosa county, ten miles north of Milton, a man by the, name of Ackerman, an itinerant preacher, his wife and seven children, the oldest between thirteen and fourteen years old, were murdered and their bodies emulated lu their home, which was tired by the murder- Washington, May 15. — President Roosevelt in a long statement made an explanation of the charges uiade by Senator Tillman that he told former Senator Chandler that Senators Knox, Spooner and Koraker were trying to injure or defeat the railroad rate bill in the senate and that he had entered into un agreement with the Democrats. Philadelphia, May 15.—A project for the construction of a great public highway, three hundred miles long, from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, was launched at a dinner at the Union League, attended by prominent citizens and politicians from all parts of Penn- 1 8.fill 5.00 Suffering under the delusion that she was being pursued by her husband who wanted to kill her, Mrs. Ellen Griffin, a demented woman fled from her home in Prieeburg, at an early hour this morning and after wandering around the street, fell almost exhausted on the porch of the home of William Richmond, the coal operator, in North Seranton. 34.50 Governor Pennypaeker wa s present and gave his official and private endorsement to the plan, as did also Senator Penrose, Speaker of the House Henry F. Walton, William A. Dick, a well-known banker; Samuel Ilea, third vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad: George T. Oliver, the millionaire publisher and politician of Pittsburg, as well as other equally representative and influential public men. sylvan la, TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUND $1,210.91 Forwarded April 23. through Mrs. A. J. Cassatt, Penn'a Red Cross Treasurer  Forwarded April 30, to Hon. James D. Phelan, Chairman at San Francisco, draft. .. . Forwarded May IB, to Hon. James I). Phelan, chairman.at San Francisco, draft The crime was discovered by persons with whom Ackertuuu had an appointment. They found the home a mass of ruins and the charred bodies of Ackerman, his wll'e and seven small children among the wreckage. 111 Ills statement the president says Mr. Chandler, representing Senator Tillman, sought an interview with him. He was wiHing to see Tillman or Chandler or any one else, lie says Attorney General Moody had conferences with Mr. Tillman and also conferences with many other senators at his Instance.At (he new admiralty works, a government Institution, most of the 2,tXK) men employed reported for duty at 5 o'clock. They wanted to march out 111 a body and celebrate (he Russian May day, but they iinally agreed (o work till U o'clock in (he afternoon. The admiral, however, made a speech (o the men. saying that he could not agree to their leaving work at 'J o'clock. 5011.00 A telephone call was sunt to the North Scranton police station and the woman was removed to the station house. HIk had only been in the cell a short while when she made two attempts to kill herself, once by taking one of her stockings off and pulling it taut around her throat and again by holding her head under a water faucet In the cell and turning the water on. Both attempts were foiled. 500.00 Details indicate that tile father, mother and each of the seven children were murdered before the building was tired, as the skull of each was crushed In. The body of Aekerinan was found near the door leading from the bedroom in which he slept, and by his side was a revolver. The body of Mrs. Ackerman, who gave birth to a child on Friday last, wan found with that of her infant outside of the sill at the front of the house. The oldest child was found near the door leading out to the front porch. 210.ill TOTAI, A.M'T REMITTKI) $1,210.lit To all the president says he stated that the Hepburn bill was in Its essence entirely satisfactory to him. Before the. dinner was over the twenty-live men present had decided upon a temporary committee lo further consider the subject and report at a future meeting, with the idea of forming a permanent organization to carry on the movement for a campaign of public education In the project, by Interesting similar or kindred organizations throughout tin- State. According to an officer who was at the gate of llic works. Vice Admiral K Usui let) was emerging from a small shop in the admiralty works when a workman who had been concealed leaped 011 him from behind and drove a long dagger Into his back. The admiral expired Immediately. The assassin tied into a large forge, where he was lost among the meu employed there. YOUTH BITTEN BY VICIOUS BULL DOG The president had many Interviews and score# of different amendments submitted, and among others he said he would have been entirely satisfied to have the Long, Bacon, Overman and Spooner amendments Inserted. The woman is about 35 years old and tile mother of four young children. Her husband Is an engineer at the Storrs No. 1 colliery. against him Mui'liu (iullnglier, of M"; Sweet, Re- The hearing disclosed the fact that the boys had stolen the boat from Its moorings, unknown to the owners. Campbell was represented by Attorney VV. W. Hall, who claimed that the justice had no jurisdiction In the case :inCl he ul»o quoted the law that In -crises of Illegal (tailing the applibe confiscated. These ceived a Painful Wound hast K veiling. SUSPENSION ECHO. Hi* never said he was trying to «!!C•- tate nny particular programme, never said he would insist on having any particular amendments In the hill afc n condition of signing It and never gave the slightest opportunity for belief that he pledged himself particularly to one and only one amendment or several amendments. Martin Gallagher, a Mill street youth, had his leg badly gashed by a. hull dug last evening while playing on the street with some other hoys. Gallagher was running about when, without any provocation, the animal made a spring at him and hurled its teeth in Ills leg. He cried out and In trying to get away a deep gash was torn in his flesh. Dr. McGlnty The object of projecting such a highway is to develop the Interior counties of the Slate, especially the farming districts, lDy bringing the same Into communication with the great arteries of public travel and consequently enhancing the farm land values, and at the same time bringing closer to centres of population and a market for the farm pro- Kusmich had a bad reputation among the workmen. being regarded as hard ant! despotic. He participated iu the Husso-Turkish war and iu linrj was second tlag officer of the Port Arthur fleet. Politically the late admiral was a reactionist. A Port Griffith foreigner named Frank Sehultz appeared at the office of Dr. Jennings this morning with a painful scalp wouni, a"nd several abra. Bodies Badly Burned. All of the bodies badly burned, practically only the trunks remaining. The bodies of three boys were fouud practically where the bed upon which they slept stood previous to the conilagration.vinces may points, taken in connection with tinfact that the warden was evidently not knowingly a receiver of stolen goods, led the alderman to discharge him. sions on the face. The man said that while he was walking on the street with an acquaintance the latter called liim a "scab," and a moment later struck him with a "billy," causing the injuries which the doctor dressed. The name of the man who assaulted SchuttZ could not be learned and. so far as known, lie was not arrested. was Moody May Leave Cabinet. called to dress the wound Capital's Shops Closed, A fund of over $1,000 lias been raised by the citizens of Milton, which will Vie offered as a reward for the apprehension of the murderers, and the governor lias been asked to offer a reward on behalf of the state. Ackerman moved to the settlement, which was known as Allentown, from Opp, Ala., about three years ago nnd lias always been considered a good and peaceful citizen. While he had no regular charge, it was his custom to preach occasionally throughout that section of Santa Kosa" county. He was not known to have had any enemies, and the motive for the atrocious crime is a mystery. A coroner'* jury is investigating the matter. The president says he was fully informed by Democratic senators that they could not come to an agreement on any amendipeuts, and the best chance for success lay In the Hepburn bill unchanged. He was informed and believed this was Bailey's view. ducts. Despite the tragedy the workmen of the capital made an Imposing showing in their celebration. Practically every factory, mill and shop was Idle. More than iiiHi.OUO men joined 111 the demonstration.FUNERALS HELD. The attraction to tourists was also advanced, by ■citing the wonderful development of France and other European countries through their road systems, Inducing Americans to spend annually from $250,000,000 to $400,000,000. Pennsylvania, it was shown, could display just as beautiful scenery and historic spots as any country in the World, but was simply backward In exhibiting its attractions. BIRD AND BLAST Battle llrtwrrn it ll.iv. 1. anil u 111 ir The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Gibbons took place this,morning from her late home on Railroad street. A Black Uuk 15 ink QUICKER THAN LIGHTNING. Silent as an owl in the black of night, the hawk glided low on whist wings across the little open space cleared by the fallen maple, paused nil almost Imperceptible instant above the unlisteu- Ing squirrel, and then, wings closed, dropped Upon him with unerring talons. Hut for some strange reason the harrier seemed powerless to bear away his kill; while his nngi.i, frightened screams drowned out the dying squeak of the squirrel, he strove with great rattling wing strokes to get purchase 011 the air, but could not. Over and over again he struck downward with his beak, apparently at the squirrel, though of this, because of the blur of his whipping wings, 1 could not be sure. In a moment he half toppled forward, and then, like a huge broken winged partridge, lie flopped about among the tangled coils of roots, uttering meanwhile shrill screech on screech that seemed fairly to lacerate his throat. In but little more than it takes to tell it a dozen kingbirds had gathered, anil were buzzing round the struggling harrier like gadflies round a horse, adding their spiteful cries to his harsh din; now a crow appeared out of nowhere and searched deep in liis throat for Ids hoarest cry; blue jays flashed across the clearing and back again iu a frenzy of clamorous excitement; a swarm of chattering blackbirds rushed into the tree above me till its branches sagged and creaked like those of a laboring tree overweighted with fruit—all in an instant bedlam was let loose round that old wind wrecked maple. A crowd of workmen from the great La ferine tobacco factory, iu the Vasslil Ostroff district, paraded through the district carrying red tiags and forced all the works to close. Action of the Iluiiiim Hotly OutatrlpH Other Democratic senators entertain ed the same View. mass of requiem was sung over the remains In St. John's church, Uev. M. J. Mauley officiating, and inter- Everythiiif* In iMotlon "As quick as lightning" is a phrase colloquially used to express the maximum of rapidity, but, according to a well known scientist, electricity itself is. outstripped by that old fashioned machine, the human body, by Which It appears powers can, so to speak, be generated in the brain, transmitted through the nerves and developed In the muscles in nu infinitesimal fraction of a second. This Is the only reference the president makes In his letter to accepting the Democratic programme. ment was made in St. John's cemetery. The pall bearers were: Patrick Ford, Patrick ©alley, James Gibbons. Frank Heston, John Gallagher and Frank Gibbons. The chief petroleum depot of St. Petersburg. behind the Nevsk.v monastery, was set on tire and completely destroyed.He goes 011 to say that Senators Allison and Cullotu called on him with the Allison amendment, and he accepted It. He upholds the Allison amendment by saying that In his opinion It does not add to dr diminish Hie force of the Hepburn bill, and Is upheld by Messrs. Moody, Hoot and Taft. The project, it was shown, could be undertaken for something like $:!,- 500,OOP, taken out of the State's surplasrwf $15,000,000. The general plan would be to utilize almost entirely, existing highways, in a general way those running between main points in the Southern and central sections of the State. The remains of the late Patrick J. Walsh, who died In S'lickshlnn* were laid to rest this morning in St. John's cemetery. The Ivody was brought to Wyoming from Shlckshinny and a mass of requiem was sung in St. Cecilia's church by Kev. P. J. Qulnnan. Many friends met the funeral cortege at the station. The pall bearers were: John Good, John Walsh, John Neary, Jacob Graver, John White and James Hughes. At Vologda serious rioting occurred. Peasants stoned workmen who forced shops and factories to close, and shots were fired. An excited crowd rushed to the town hall, which was set on tire. M. Logiuski, the governor, arriving at the scene, was wounded, together with many other persons. Hit by Stone From Sky. "Their Judguieut," says the president, "is that till' amendment merely avoids the criticism that the Hepburn bill would be unconstitutional in not expressly providing review, which Its supporters alwnyii contended was plain- It in stated tliat n pianist lu playing a presto of Mendelssohn played 5,595 notes in four minutes and three seconds. The striking of each of these, it has beeu estimated, involved two movements of the linger and possibly New York, May 15.—A meteorite struck Andrew Guyso of Iloton Hill, near South Nor walk. Conn., no terrible a blow that he was found senseless near his home with a crushed and fractured skull. The stone is the size of an orange. Mineralogists Who saw It declare it Is unquestlonnbly of meteoric origin. The aerolite consists of Iron, with a small percentage of nickel. Its rush through the heavens gave It a bluish black coloring. (lu.Vso In a momentary consciousness declared that as he was walking home he saw a flash In the sky and was suddenly struck down as if by lightning. The highway, as now planned, would lruver»e 14 counties and pass through communities now almost inaccessible. It would be a perfect roadbed. 75 of 100 feet wide. Its total length would be under 300 miles, or 60 miles shorter than the Pennsylvania railroad's line to Pittsburg. Isem Thau :!00 Miles l/ong. Reports from Warsaw say tliat while Police Captain Coustautinoff was standing with two policemen ami four soldiers a young man threw a bomb into tin* group. The explosion of tin* bomb literally tore Captain ConstuutinofT to pieces and severely wounded a policeman and six other persons. The assassin tried to escape and, tiring his revolver, wounded a soldier. The funeral of Mrs. Costello, which took place from the Keating home In Inkernian, this morning, was largely attended. A mass of requiem was sung over the remains In St. Mark's church with liev. J. J. 13. Feeley as celebrant. Interment was made In St. John's cemetery. The following acted as pall bearers: Patrick Durkln, Michael Gannon, Thomas Gorman, James McGlnty, Thomas Austin and William Clark. ly Implied In the original language." more. Again, the movements of the wrist, elbows and arms can scarcely be less than one movement for each note. As twenty-four notes were played each second and each Involves three movements we would have seventy-two voluntary movements per second. Attorney General Moody in his letter, which the president refers to. recounts various interviews lie had with Mr. Chandler and Senator Tiliinnn and certain other Democratic senators and insists that at no time did he make any pledge or enter Into any agreement which interfered with the president's entire freedom of action. In other words, the president was free to drop any negotiations at any time and accept any other amendment, as be did In the case of that drawn by Senator Alll- The section first to be built would follow the line of the old Lancaster pike to Lancaster- from there would run to Columbia, over the* Pennsylvania steel bridge; thence to York, to Gettysburg, through South Mountain pass, to Chambersburg, to Bedford Springs, to Shoptown, Ligonler, Greensburg and to Pittsburg, as the western terminus. The other soldiers replied with a volley, killing the assassin and two other persons. The soldiers then attacked the people who had gathered with their bayonets and the butts of their guns, wounding eleven persons, making a total of • four killed and nineteen wounded. Again, the place, the force, the time and the duration of each of these movements were controlled. All these motor reactions were conditioned upon a knowledge of the position of each linger of each hand before it was moved, while moving it, as well as of the auditory effect to force and pitch, all of which Involves equally rapid sensory transmissions. John Bull Spares Sultan's Peelings. ANOTHER CANDIDATE London, May 15.—The correspondent at Constantinople of the Dally Telegraph, referring to the settlement of the Tabab controversy between Great Britain and Turkey, says the susceptibilities of the sultan have beeu spared by Great Britain in the acceptance of the proposition that the delimitation of the Sinaltlc frontier he determined by a Turco-Egyptlan commission. The sultan, as the correspondent says, thus still preserves the fiction of sovereignty over Egypt. As a part of the same system a northern highway of the same kind is planned, to partly parallel the southern road. It would start at Wilklnsburg, near Pittsburg, and touch Blairsville, Altoona, Lewlstown, Harrisburg and meet the other road at Lancaster Between these roads it Is ligured many connecting roads would he extended, making a sort of a network of the loop. son A third candidate has appeared for the legislature from the Third district, which was the old Fifth before reapportionment. He Is William Joyce, of this city, who stands upon a labor platform and will seek election by the votes of the workmen of the district. »Mr. Joyce, in announcing himself, stated that he does not intend to try for the Democratic nomination, but will be independent, with the exception that he stands on a labor platform. Mr. Joyce has been a prominent trades union worker in this section for many years. He has been Identified with the carpenters' unlo.n and has always shown activity in the general labor movement. A few years ago Mr. Joyce had the misfortune to fall from a building on which he was working and both his feet were so badly injured that he has beert unable to resume his trade. His interest in unionism has not Hagged however and he is as strong in the movement as ever. It is reported that a move is on in the' Central Labor Union to make Mr. Joyce its candidate and to endeavor to secure endorsements 'for him from other The general expectation that the president's reply to his critics would be peppery Is not met in this document.Terrorists have sought Captain Constantinoff's life since May day of last year, when he ordered the soldiers to tire 011 a procession of socialists, causing the deaths of thirty persons. If we add to this the woik of the memory in pluclng the notes In their proper position as well as the fact that the performer at the same time participates in tha emotion the selection describes rind feels the strength and weaknesses of the performance, we arrive at a truly bewildering network of Impulses coursing along at inconceivably rapid rates. Says Democrats Couldn't Agree. There Is talk among statesmen of the possibility of Attorney General Moody resigning from the cabinet because of the dispute. It is pointed out that he left town on a vacation trip as soon as he heard that the president had accepted the Allison amendment known as the "broad court review amendment." Parliamentary Ministry Sought, tinder cover of the uproar I crept neurer and- saw that a big black dog mink, his bulldog jaws clumped ou the upper leg of the harrier, was grimly fighting to pull him down from belilud, while the harrier, with the speed of terror aud hate, sought desperately to reach his assailant with his beak. It looked as If the mink must win, for the harrier was perceptibly weakening In his vain counter attack; but a sudden lift with the harrier's long wlugs half tore the mink from his hold and swung him for oue brief moment within distance of that rending beak. Rip; a biD; red gash gaped open 011 tlie mink's writhing tlank, and he let go and tumbled back among the roots. Hp leaped the hawk, his pearly white breast streaked and blotched with blood from his wounded leg. Like magic the cries of all but the klugblrds were hushed, while, still screaming with rase and hurt, the hawk rose heavily skyward and marked his course athwart the wind for the shelter of the woods.- Harold S. Demlug In Harper's Magazine. In the lower house the reply to tlie czar's address adroitly Introduces the subjects of abolishment of the council of the empire and ministerial responsibility. The parliament Calls attention to the fact that the council of the empire is a wall of separation between the emperor and the people. Then, advocating a responsible.ministry selected from the dominant party in parlla ment, the address points out as a great advantage of that system tlie cessation of attacks on the monarch. Steps will be taken to bring the subject before the next legislature to secure the necessary funds. It would be a State highway, built and maintained by the State for the public use. Empire State Reapportioned. Albany. N. Y„ May 15— Among the bills signed by Governor Hlggins was that providing for a reapportionment of the senate and assembly districts. The law increases from fifty to fiftyone the number of state suuators, rearranges several of the senate districts and s|Deeitles the number of assemblymen from each county. Mr. Moody lias been recalled by the president and is now placed in a trying position. He must either side with the president in his estimate of the facts or support the assertions of Senators Bailey and Tillman, who had conferences with him at his office and to whom he gave written memoranda of what took place between them. It is taken for granted that if lie sides with the Democrats he will at once retire from the cabinet. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Such estimates show, too, that we are capable of doing mauy things at once. The mind is not a unit, but is composed of higher aud lower centers, the available fund of attention being distributed amouK them.—Pearson's Weekly. New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co.. stock brokers, Miners- Bank Building. New York. May IB High. Low. 134 Vj 133 40% CG \ Close. 133% 41 Vi i, 190« Behind the respectful wording of the address there peep out in the paragraph regarding amnesty these significant words, "There are some demands which cannot be refused, and this Is Am Sugar .. Am Car & F. A ill Loco . . Amal Copper Atchison com B. 11. T. . . . B. & O. . . . Can Pacific . Ches & Ohio •St Paul . . . C. P. I. . . . 4 2 68 109-74 89 84% 108% San Francisco, May 16.-—Chinese whose certificates of legal residence in San Francisco were destroyed In the lire are in a panic lest their right to be in the United States be duestloned, and will seek a complete re-reglstration of their people. Chinese IDost Their Certificates 107 V*. 88 % 109% 89 84 107% 1150 % GTV4 one." Washington lias been further astounded by the declaration of former Senator Chandler that Mr, Tillman's statement was absolutely correct. 82'/♦ It is reported that the cabinet has practically decided upon an amnesty measure which, though falling far short of the universality demanded by the lower house, conforms to the idea of the council of the empire of granting pardon to all political offenders except such as hnve been convicted of agrarian murders or attempts to murder. unions. 161 107% 160 58% 165% 49% 42 % 171% 143 33% 93 KINGSTON DEATHS. , 59% 169 51% 43% 172 145 33% 59% Senator Tillman has himself hurled a bombshell by producing a statement signed by Mr. Chandler recounting in detail what had taken place at the White House conference between himself "and the president in the effort to coax the Democrats to support the rate bill that Mr. Roosevelt wanted. 167% 50% More than 25.000 certificates were destroyed and the problems which confront the Immigration officials are endless, as every Chinaman will claim on arrest his certificate was destroyed.Michael McGuIre, "oD Upper Pittston, has received word of the death of his uncle, Michael Brennan, of Kingston, which occurred yesterday. Mr. Brennan was well known to many l'ittston people. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at S»:30 o'clock In Kingston, and a number of Pittston relatives and friends will attend. Mr. McGuire also received word today of the death of his cousin, Michael Byron, also of Kingston, who died an hour and a half later than Mr. Brennan. His funeral will also take place in Kingston tomorrow morning. _ Erie  Ill Central I.. U & N  M. K. & T. Mo. Pacific ... Mex Central . . N. Y .Central . Am Smelter . . Norf & West . Ont & West . Pennsylvania . Reading .. Rock Island . . So Pacific . .. So Rwy com . . 43% 172 144 33% SPL Bar For V 94% 23% 141 % 94 % Persian Dramatic*. In a speech Count Witte advocated the justice and necessity of amnesty for political prisoners. He favored, however, a compromise, declaring that amnesty should be restricted to those who are not guilty of political murder or robbery. The last registration was made 12 years ago ami is said to have been imperfect. 22% 139'/* 23% 140% 156% 90% 51 135% A traveler, speaking of some of the oddities of Persian customs when viewed with occidental eyes, said: Both Senator Tillman and former Senator Chandler appear to be very bitter against the president for ills alleged ill treatment of them, and a lively "scrap" is expected. 157% 154 Hollin P. Grant, cashier of the New York National Exchange bank, placed a fund of $20,000 in the hands of George W. Pettier, vice president of the California Hankers' association, yesterday, to be used for the relief outside of San Francisco. Mr. Pettier says the money probably Will go to persons In Santa Rosa, San Jose and other places which, because of location, did not receive any aid from the general relief fund of San Francisco. 90% 89% 49% 134% 127% "Depending as we do upon illusion and scenic effects lu our theaters, the presentation of a Persian play by native performers strikes the westerner as little short of ridiculous, the extrfDme solemnity of all concerned making the appeal to hilarity all the stronger. In one of their favorite miracle plays the prophet Is supposed to ascend to heaven, and this dramatic Incident is accomplished by the very simple expedient of drawing him up from the stage and out of sight with a block and tackle. The tackle Is attached to his belt by an attendant in plain view of the audience. So strong,, however, is the Imaginative power lu the oriental that many of the onlookers will be observed weeping openly." — Harper's Weekly. We have just received a lot of fine oxfords in all sizes, style and weights, in patent, colt and fine dongolay leathers, heav and light soles. This'parlicular Oxford was made to sell at J2 per pair. As a spring bargain we offer them while the lot lasts, at only 135% 130% 51 % 129% Former Senator Chandler refused to discuss the statement from the White House and indicated that lie did not expect to Issue a statement at this time bearing on the subject. He said thut he did not go to the White House as an emissary of Mr. Tillman, but that he went there in response to the president's Invitation. 26% 67 25% 65 25% Strike on the D., L. and W. 38 146% 32% 37% 145 31% 147% 40% 67 37% Newark, N. J„ May 15.-Startlng a strike that threatens to spread from Hoboken to Buffaio, the track laborers on the Lackawanna railroad quit work They demand $1.50 a day instead of $1.30. The total number of men, the strikers said, who will quit work Is 1,000. T. C. & I. Texas Pacific Union Pacific U. S. Steel . U. S. Steel pfd Wabash .. 146% 32% 149% 41 105% THE JOHNSON MURDER CASE 150 4 1 % 106 % $1.50 Per Pair 105% 46% The' finance committee reports that up to May 12 the following subscriptions for relief had been reported from various cities: Confirmed subscriptions. $rD,984.656; promises, unconfirmed, $309,750; total, $6,294,- 406. District Attorney Mills made the closing argument for the Commonwealth this morning, In the trial of Charles Johnson, charged In the Bradford county court with murder. Judge Fanning then delivered his charge and the jury went out soon after the noon hour. It is expected that a verdict will be rendered before evening. 46% 46% USUI SDfflDE STORE, I 79 II Mala St. | THREE VESSELS LOST. Universal Suffrage For Sweden. Kaiser to Meet Czar. Berlin, May 15.—Three German sailing vessels, the Ingwar, Emilia and Sophia, foundered in a hurricane in the North sea. Their entire crews, numbering seventy-three men, were drowned. Stockholm, May 15.—The tlrst chamber of the Swedish, parliament rejected the government's electoral reform bill by a vote of 120 to 18 and adopted by a vote of 118 to 20 a scheme of universal suffrage. Berlin, May 15.—A Koenlgsberg (East Prussia) newspaper announces that Emperor William will go there at the end of May and will meet Emperor Nicholas near the Russian frontier. Dr. R. S. Brent on. DENTIST. Cash Store Block, B N. Main St.