Pittston Gazette

              1 , ■ ■ • JHHc (Sa^rtte. 1 WEATHER CONDITIONS. rmm M. THE IIOME rAPER Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow tor Eastern Pennsylvania. I'or the People of Pittston and Vicinity. Showers tonight and Friday; coolor Friday. Aijij nns noME news. 56Tb YEAS. j V\tetorica ...•.II I860. T1IHO. IIART 1882. PITTSTQ MAY 17 1901 TWO CENTS A COl'Y. I FORTY CRNTS A MONTH. f SPACES NIT AT ROOSEVELT Itotli in llie oflirlitl Congressional Itec- n 1 II flfl A II ord nnd In the form of written jrit'in- I# A I C Di;i 11C I u mi by former Senator William II rl 11.11 II rt IJ K. Oliaudler, nlwoltftiriy proving that he was nn object of suspicion to tlie real friends of the president's railroad policy." The correspondent denies any connection with the White Hons* in the matter. strike many locomotives were returned to that region, handicapping traffic In the bituminous region, and that it was Impossible to property apportion the cars, so a few of the bigger concerns were given tlrst choice because they supplied the more Important consumers.CZAR TO GIVE IN. EXPLOSION IN SCRANTON MINE TRUST'S DEFENSE An explosion of gas occurred this morning about seven o'clock in (he Diamond mine, in Providence. Scranton, owned and operated by the Lackawanna Co. Six men were in the colliery at the point where the explosion occurred. Two of them were severely burned, while the others escaped with shock and bruises. Bailey Hints at Inspiration Very Startling Disclosures Will Yield to Demand for Standard Oil Issues Reply 1*1 tealm Wanted Cash Amnesty. of Charges. Were Made. John M. Jamison, of the Jamison Coal & Coke Co., of Oreensburg, Pa., proved to be one of the Important witnesses of the sewloni to Charges. Wants Trains to Stop on Sunday. Washington, May 17.—An amendment to the rate bill prohibiting the running of trains on the Sabbath, offered by Senator Mel.aurin, avhs summarily voted down. In support of this provision the Mississippi senator read the Scriptural commandment, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." He expressed tjie opinion that the Republican senate would vote down the Lord's prayer, but did not accept the suggestion made by several senators to "offer It." SOME VALUABLE GIFTS LIKENED TO LOUIS XVI TILLMAN'S DEFENSE. During the course or' his testimony he stated that through J. K. Mcdlnley. of Pittsburg. Robert Pltcalrn, now assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania railroad and formerly connected with the Pittsburg division, had been offered fiOO' shares of stock In the Jamison Co. Mr. Pltcalrn did not want the stock, however, the witness said, and he bought II back from him for $5,800. According to Mr. Ja(nlson he was told by Mr. Mc(Jlnley that Mr. Pitcairu said he would rather have money. Kd ward Owens, a rock man living on Decker court was the Worst injured. He was badly burned about the face and hands. He was taken to the Moses Taylor Hospital. At noon It was stated he would recover. IT HAS NO MONOPOLY. Never Doubted His Sinceri- Were Given to Pennsylva- "Workmen Nothing to Lose Controls Modarate Percen- ty and Good Faith. R. R. Car Distributors. but Chains." John Kelly, a carpenter, was cut about the face and slightly scorched by the burning gas. He was sent to his home 011 Mineral street. tage of Oil Product. Washington, May 17.—Senators Bailey and Tillman caused a sensation iu the senate by rising to a question of personal privilege and denouncing as a malicious liar the writer of an article which appeared in a Chicago newspaper and also iu a New York paper, which held Mr. Bailey responsible for the failure of the agreement between the president and Mr. Tillman on the railroad rate bill, charged him with being frequently in conference with Senator Alilrlfh for the purpose of defeating the bill and declared that Tillman and former Senator Chandler suspected Bailey of treachery toward the rate bill. St. Petersburg, May 17.—1The congress has already won a great advance toward the full constitutional monarchy, which government by parliamentary majority Involves. The other men in the shnlt were Thomas Keese, of Hawthorne street, and John Kllisy, Anthony Shoniskie, and John Roberts, all of West Scranton.Philadelphia, May 17.—Revelations of an unusual character were made during the investigation of the interstate Commerce Commission ill the alleged discrimination by railroad companies in the distribution of cars to coal companies in the bituminous region. Three important witnesses were heard in the persons of George W. Crelghton. general superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad division or the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.; Robert K. Cassatt, son of President Cassatt of tin- Pennsylvania railroad, and eastern manager of the Keystone Coal & Coke Co., and John M. Jamison, of Greensburg, Pa., president of the Jamison Coal & Coke Co. Mr. Crelghton admitted that lie had stock in several coal companies and that the stock had been presented to him. New York, May 17.—Ileply to President Roosevelt's message and Commissioner Garfield's report on the transportation ot oil was made by the Standard Oil company. ' In a loug statement the oil trust took up and answered specitie charges of secret rates und of unfair open rates which worked to the advantage of the Standard Oil. Fairbanks Tired of Rate Bill. "Why was this stock offered to Mr Pltcalrn?" the witness was asked. The explosion was caused by the naked lamp carried by Owens coming in contact with the gas. Great excitement prevailed around the shaft when the news" of the explosion spread to the homes of the miners In the vlcintty of the mine though the six caught In the explosion were only the only ones in the mine at the time. Washington, May 17.—Vice President Fairbanks, accompanied by Mrs. Fairbanks, left for Birmingham, Ala., to attend the Methodist conference at that place. The vice president desired to remain here and preside over the senate until the rate bill was passed and postponed his visit south two or three times. But as the consideration of the bill was continually extended he decided to make no further post|»one- The czar wlil proclaim partial political amnesty next Saturday, his thirtyeighth birthday. Hut knowing that such a step will far from pacify that many headed Cerberus, the house of representatives, the czar will go further. It is stated by high authority that to effect a compromise the czar is ready to replace the Goremykin ministry with one chosen from the Conservative members of the majority In the house. Hut he is nDt willing to let that majorit; choose the premier. "I believe Mr. McGinley considered him a good man to hive In the company because of his railroad connections," replied Mr. Jamison. The witness was asked if he held any stock In trust. He replied that there were 400 shares In his name which belonged equally to Edward Pltcalrn, trainmaster of the Pittsburg division, and K. U O'Donnel, general superintendent of the Buffalo & Allegheny Valley division. The stock was presented to the men named. The specific charge tliut the trust had profited to the extent of $7rC0,(XX) yearly by rebates was dismissed as based on theorizing. REBATING IS PROVED. The statement says that In order to have accomplished what Is charged by the bureau of corporations there must not only have been collusion between the Standard Oil company and the railroads, but between the railroads them- inent FOUND HURT NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS Mr. Bailey hinted that the article was inspired in the White House and denounced the man who inspired it as an unqualified, deliberate and malicious liur. Asked if there were any railroad officials who held Btock In the company, Mr. Jamison salil George W. Clark, car distributor it Altoona, held 100 shares, and Joseph Boyer, employed in the office of A. W. Oibbs, superintendent of motive power of the Pennsylvania railroad, held -00 Both the senate (counsel of tile em plre) and the house met. Commissioner Garfield Hits selves. John Gallagher. Ciwrarter About Asked by Commissioner Clements how he accounted for such gifts and whether they had been presented out of pure love and affection by the companies, CrelghtOtl said: Reply to Czar's Speech Too Weak. It is asserted that "no rates can ba made applicable to the Standard which will not be equally applicable to the Standard's competitor^." "The draft of the reply to the speech from the throne is too weak," declared SeminolT, a Social Revolutionist from Saratov, In a speech in the house. "The congress is pleased to content itself with fur less than will satisfy the people who sent it here. Standard Oil Again. When Mr. Bailey had fluifilled Mr. Tillman arose and also denouuced the article in the two papers, 'then he read a letter from Mr. Chandler, In which the writer said the president's Impulsiveness has led him into a serious error, adding,' "Though 1 cannot use to the chief executive of the nation language like his own." Town, In a Serious State ut I'itts- ton Hospital. In part the statement says John Gallagher, of Mill street, who Is a well known character about the city, was found lying unconscious along the Lehigh Valley tracks near Oregon before 1 o'clock this morning. It is not known whether or not he was struck by a train. He was re- "I Just accepted them without asking any questions'; that was all." shares Washington, May 17.—The full report of Commissioner of Corporations Garfield regarding the relations the Standard Oil Co. with the railroads of the country "After an investigation of shipments during the period of about fifteen years over more than 200.000 miles of railway Commissioner Garfield Is not able to show that the .Standard Oil company received a single rebate on Its Interstate shipments. He has only been able to call attention to a few instances in which the rate sltuutiou lu his opinion required explanation. The companies which presented him with shares were the Mitchell, Watson & Co., 600 shares; the Cochran Coal Co., 150 shares; the Cabot Creek Coal Co., 50 shares; the Commercial Coal Co., 33 shares; the Watson Coal Co., 150 shares. Commissioner Clements asked the witness if his motive in giving the stock away was that of securing better treatment and facilities from the railroad. Mr. Jamison said that was the object. "The people do not want land without liberty," Seminjff continued amid wild applause and shouts of "Semlla 1 lvolia" ("Land and Liberty"). "The peasants are in that determined mood that only a spark is needed to kindle a conflagration, and anarchy is certain if the peasants' demands are not satistied immediately." i synopsis by great Cif which was Kent to Congress President Roosevelt oil May 4, made ' public today. In ft deliberate monotone that was none the less Impressive and while absolute silence reigned Mr. Bailey said as he arose to address the senate in regard to the article: moved to tho hospital, where lie remained in an unconscious condition all morning. Occasionally he is seized with a convulsion antt his condition Is reported as very serious. He is suffering from an injury to his head, which is thought to Include a fracture of the skull. was Creighton admitted that these shares paid him dividends as high as 20 per cent, annually and named only a few that paid as low as 12 per cent. "What were the obstacles In your way?" asked the. commissioner. "We had no cars and the freight rates were Irksome." It was delivered to Congress, accompanied by a formal letter of transmission from the president, without comment. These documents consist of 5,050 printed pages, or about li&o,- Calls Commissioner Unfair. Kneyv Nothing About Controversy. Asked by Commissioner Clements If he had ever been the subject of "Have the rates improved since?" "They have," "If the commissioner liad any doubts as to the regularity of these rates he might have brought the in to the attention of the interstate commerce commission when thfe question at Issue could have been heard and determined. In the absence of such determination it is surely not within the limits of fairness for the bureau of corporations to cast aspersions upon a great corpo- "1 have taken no part in the question of veracity between the president and Mr. Chandler, and 1 had not even given any public expression on the qtfestion of good faith because 1 knew nothing about either question. I had never conferred with tint president directly nor with Mr. Chandler. It was therefore a matter of great surprise to me when ft senator called my attention to the extract which 1 have read. Addressing the little faction on the right, the Reactionaries, Slichepkiu of Odessa said vehemently: ooil words When Gallagher was found he was lying close to Hie tracks and was bleeding from the wound in his head. He was taken to the Lehigh Valley station, on Water street, and an ambulance was dispatched for. His con- "unforseen anonymous checks," that had been going around the other divisions. witness said: POLICEMAN ARRESTED. It presents In detail the evidences of rebating and secret rating by which tne Standard has been able to crush out and pile up inordinate profits. The most interesting features of the report are reproduced in Denounces the Government. "I have not. The only things I received, except the shares In the coal companies, were occasional boxes of cigars and such trilling gifts." "If they regard every association as illegal and every meeting as a riot, and If they favor building new prisons and further colonizing Siberia, tile political prisoners' sympathizers must work out their own reply. Who can claim that it is illegal to strike against a government which for generations has struck against every duty it owed the people?" Wilkesbarre Cop Charged was such that It a special letter from Commissioner Garlield to the president, designed as au answer to the Standard Oil's defense, which was issued shortly after the publication of the original summary.appeared ht ute. might die min- The witness' was questioned by Mr. Glasgow as to the secrets of car distribution. He admitted that until January of this year he was of (he opinion that it was no coal company's business to know Just What a neighboring company was doing, and had llatly refused to furnish any of them with Information as to percentages. With Theft. Gallagher wan seen at 5 o'clock this morning about the streets. Shortly after that hour he walked down to the Lehigh Valley tracks and «(».Vled southwa|'d aVuiM the rail'- u' \i*. Ing from the -spot where he was found it was not very long after he passed the station that the accident befell him. Some railroaders are of the opinion that he was not struck by a train, arguing that he would have received other Injuries if such had been the case. It Is possible tlnil he may have tripped while walking the ties and struck his head against the rail. Owing to his being unconscious no statement has been drawn from Gallagher. ration, "The company owns and controls only a very moderate percentage of the crude oil production of the United States, and with at least 125 rival refineries in existence it Is it palpable absurdity to call it a monopoly. For the last quarter of a century more than HO per cent of its output has been shipped to foreign countries. "That correspondence. It was understood, was sent b,v a correspondent who Is very close to the White House and is pre»UJued to speak with some degree of authority concerning transactions there. 1 do not know as to the truth of that, and I do not charge that his statement was made with authority.Charged lDy Saloonkeeper with Steal- ing a Purse Containing $C110— "V- Somc of Hie Money Recovered "Mr. Rogers and Mr. Aichb'ild, olllcers of the Standard Oil Co., are quot- In this letter, Mr. Garfield says President .Mur.imtseff Announced that lie had received n telegram from the politic]!I prisoners contlned tit Kkfttermoslav. South ltussia, stilting that on May day the gendarmes heat them with the Hats of their swords and that some were seriously wounded. The prisoners hedged the house to demand that the guilty persons he punished and to hasten amnesty. Vndcr n Mattress In the Of- ed as saying Creighton was recalled to the stand first during the afternoon session. Attorney Gowen had become exasperated at the superintendent's admitting tile gratuitous acceptance of stock and sought to retrieve him In the eyes of the commissioners. "Exiiectwl" to l*ay for Iti ficer's House—The Officer 'If the fiew Kngland roads ought to pro rate, but refuse to do so. It must Confesses Ills tiuilt occur to someone somewhere that perhaps the New England roads and not the Standard Oil Co. are Trainable.' C4 A sensation was created in Wllkesbarre today, when John C. Da\is, a member of the city police force, on the reserve list, was arrested on the charge of stealing a large sum of money. Davis confessed that he took thC' money. Davis was appointed to the police force last April and was placed on the reserve list, from which substitutes and extra men are taken. He was on duty all of last week on account of ihe centennial celebration, but has since been off duty. I.ast evening he was In the saloon of a "In creating and sustaining a vast foreign trade the company has encountered Innumerable obstacles and incessant competition from other petroleum industries possessing the advantages of geographical location and cheaper labor. "I denounce tlie publication as an unqualified, deliberate and malicious lie. I denounce that correspondent as an unqualified, deliberate and malicious liar. I denounce the man who inspired the statement as an unqualified, delilDerate and malicious liar, whoever he may be and however high the office he holds." "As shown in chapter 111 of the report the Standard Oil' Co. for years has enormously benefited by the refusal of New England roads to pro "Mr. Creighton "when you received the stock you explained, did you not suppose you might finally be called upon In pay for It?" iskecl Mr. Gowen Professor Kusinln-Karavleflf made the most sensational remark of the debate while defending the principle of ministerial responsibility. He hinted openly at the possibility that Emperor Nicholas might,meet the fate of Louts XVI. if lie rejected the principle. "We stand," he said, "in the position of France in 17H'.». Had the proposal of Mirabcau for a responsible ministry been accepted France might have escaped the years of bloodshed, anarchy and tyranny which followed. A solemn warning lies for us therein." rate, and a representative of the New York, New Haven & Hartford system states that the Standard Oil Co. wanted the road not to pro rate. "If the company maintains a gratifying percentage of the world's commerce it is because it keeps its agreements and delivers products of reliable quality at reasonable rates. ABOUT THE MINES The witness bowed Ills head and nodded In the affirmative. "You got n lot of it from relatives, Calls Writer a "Muck Raker." Practically all of the collieries in "Messrs. Rogers and Archbold are quoted as saying regarding the Whiting-St. Louis rate: 'It Is quite true that having our oil at Whiting, and desiring to transport it to points in the Interior of Illinois we used the Mr. Tillman then arose, lie addressed himself to two points, prefacing his statement by saying the correspondent was evidently a "muck raker." lie said he had counted eight distinct falsehoods with reference to himself. In most emphatic language he declared that never for one instant was there in his mind the slightest doubt of the sincerity and good faith of the senator from Texas. In strong terms he indorsed the senator from Texas, with whom he had been in perfect accord throughout. thin section are now In operation. However, the output of coal is still far below the normal, and the officials ilo not expect that the usual amount of coal will be turned out for many weeks. The principal reason is the fact that so many foreign-Speaking mine workers left the region during the recent suspension. Thousands of them went to other parts of this country to work and they are gradually returning to their old places, but many thousands of others went to the old county. Some of them will never return, and those who expect to do so are not seemingly in any hurry about doing so. They are enjoying their holiday, knowing that they are assured work for three years more at least, as soon as they feel like returning to It. The greater number of those who returned to the old county are young men, without families, who have been employed as laborers. Many of the miners who have returned to their chambers have no laborers, and they refuse to do any loading of coal themselves. They are willing to cut the coal, but they prefer to leave it lying in the chamber, awaiting the return of their laborers, rather than load the coal themselves. In the meantime the output is restricted but the restriction is not inconveniencing anybody in the least. There is an abundance of coal to supply all needs, and there Will be throughout the summer. "Whatever measure of prosperity It has enjoyed It is not traceable to illegal or reprehensible methods, but to Its economic and elaborate industrial organization, covering as It does every detail of transportation, manufacture and administration." Again the head that controls the Altoona division of the Pennsylvania railroad freight bent forward In a low bow. did you not ? foreigner named Stanley Dnnguindo, whose place is on Kast Market street. After Davis left the saloon, the proprietor discovered that a wallet containing jr.in, which be had been carrying in Ills pocket, had been stolen from him. Ills suspicions at once fell on Davis, and about midnight he repaired to the police headquarters and formally made a charge against the police olllcer. Several policemen were sent to Davis* home at 1 o'clock tills morning. They found Davis in bed and placed him under arrest. At the stato rates.' Mr. Glasgow took • the witness In hand and elicited the Information that during the anthracite strike 30 or 40 favored coal companies, from a total of 500 or 600, had been supplied with cars by Mr. Crelghton's orders. "As shown in chapter VII of the report, all shipments from Whiting into Illinois are interstate; The mere Hiclusion of Whiting in the Chicago switching district by an application sheet, does not make Whiting an 1111- Workers Have Nothing to Lote. A sensational speech was made by Mikhallechenko, a workinguian of Ekaterinoslav.Cleveland, O.. May 17.—The Standard Oil company announced an additional advance in the selling price on all high grades of gasoline. Seventy to 72 degrees test gasoline Is advanced half a cent per gallon, while all other high grades are in it up a cent per gallon.Gasoline to Colt More, "That was a serious matter to small unfavored companies that had collieries they might work, was it not?" "As shown in the report, the Standard Oil Co. has used the/location of Waiting for the purpose of claiming the right to use either Indiana state rati'S or Illinois state rates, as best nois shipping point "I speak for the working class," he cried, "which has nothing to lose except its chains and which proposes to light to tin* bitter end for freedom and against the system which seeks to protect those who fatten upon the people's money." "In order," he said in conclusion, "that we may know who is lying in this recent controversy I submit the following letter from Mr. Chandler." "Yes, X admit it was, but we thought we were doing our best. The companies we favored supplied coal to steamships, gas plants and the like." "Were you not governed by the interests of the consumers?" suggested Mr. Oowen. same time they made a search of the Davis house and found $400 in cash under the mattress of a bed.- The remainder of the missing money could not be found. Davis was taken to police headquarters, where he later confessed that he took the money, but said that he was drunk when he committed the theft, He said that he had •burned the wallet and a check that it had contained. This morning Mayor Kirkerulall removed Davis from the police force. The accused officer is still confined to the city lockup awaiting a hearing. Davis had heretofore borne a good reputation and his arrest caused a genuine sensation. uited its convenient^ lie then read the letter, the most interesting feature of which is contained In the closing paragraph: "The railroad way bills show that the Standard Oil Co, directed that hundreds CDf these cars billed for Whiting to East St. Louis should go on to St. Liouis without unloading, and the railroad records show that hundreds more went on without unloading to many parts of the southwest, which fact the Standard Oil Co. necessarily knew." Terranova Tria I Beg un The house has finished general discussion of the address and is now deliberating on the separate planks of the document, adopting the first four, as follows: First, general amnesty; second, abolition of the deatli penalty; third, suspension of martial law and of all exceptional laws; fourth, full civil liberty. New York, May 17.—In the shadow of the law's highest penalty Mrs. Josephine Terranova, not yet eighteen years old, sat in the criminal branch of the supreme court and heard slowly unfold the story of the crime which the state demands she shall expiate in the electric chair. The girl bride who slew her uncle and ailnt, wlfotu she charged with debauching her, had watched for two days the tedious work of selecting the jury, and it was with a sigh of relief that she saw the twelfth man take his seat in the Jury box and the trial actually begin. "On the whole perhaps I ought to consider myself fortunate. If the old imperialist days had been fully revived at the White House one whom I considered the best of friends. Senator Lodge, upon demand would have cut off my head and taken it to President ltoosevelt on a charger and I should have spoken no more. Now at least I have left to me the power of speech, but I shall never use it again as a missionary from 1'reshlent ltoosevelt to the Democratic party." Glasgow "But you favored only certain companies?" "Yes. In time, though, we moved all the coal." "Oh, yes, in time," emphasized Mr. Glasgow. "I understand you did, but how many small concerns suffered during the intermission?" Mr. Jamison testified that his company had presented Pennsylvania railroad officials with stock In his company with the object of securing better treatment and facilities from the corporation. He also said that Robert Pltcalrn, now assistant to President Cassatt, had declined a Think Our Fruit Trees Are Doomed New York, May 17.—The Dobljs Ferry Horticultural association, which is composed of the horticulturists hirI gardeners employed on the large estates along the Hudson river, discussed the San Jose scale and declared It almost impossible to combat it. The members reached the conclusion that the scale will in time destroy all the fruit trees in this section of the country.Dr. R. S. Brentoir. DENTIST. Cash Store Block, 5 N. Main St After several other efforts to secure the adoption of substitutes the Culberson amendment to the rate bill was agreed to—CO to 10. MINER BURNED. John Bonoho, a miner, of Old Forge, was taken to the Scranton State hospital yesterday suffering from a badly burned face and shoulders. His condition Is favorable. The accident occurred at the Spring Brook mine and was caused by u premature explosion of a blast. NOW A CITIZEN. New Haven, Conn., May 17.—After a trial which had many sensational Incidents Mrs. Ida J. Jennings und her sou, Herbert W. Taylor, were convicted of murder In the second degree by the Jury In the superior court for killing Joseph K. Jennings, the husband of Mrs. Jennings, on the night of April 8. Both were sentenced to life Imprisonment.Widow and Son Gat Lif* Sentence*. proffer of stock, saying that he preferred the money. Mr. Jamison bought the stock back from him for $r.,oort. General Plerson, who Is now a resident of Hcranton. has renounced his allegiance to the defunct South African Republic nnd has become a citizen of the United Mates. Prior to taking this step. General Piersbn was a man without u country. During the South African war he was quartermaster general on the staff of General Botha. Hp never acknowledged the supremacy of the British crown, and when the South African Republic ceased to exist his political status became the amonalous one of a man who owes ivD fealty to any country. General Plerson was loyal to the memory of his country, however, and so long as hope remained of the reestablishment of South African independence he was unwilling to bind himself to allegiance to any other country. He has now become an American citizen and is now entitled to all the privileges of such. Ho can now visit his old home and claim the protection to which American citizens are entitled all over the world.—Hcranton Truth. It provides that no cnrrler engaged in interstate commerce shall hereafter give free transportation except to its officers, agents nnd employees and members of their immediate families, to its actual and bona fide attorneys and physicians and surgeons and their Immediate families and female nurses who served during the civil war, to ministers of religion and disabled solfliers and sailors. It. K. Cassatt told the commission1, that at a time when the Pennsylvania Hailroad Co. was suffering with a scarcity of coal cars It had relinquished its claim to BOO 'cars ordered from the Pressed Steel Car Co., and the cars had been purchased by the Keystone Coal & Coke Co. Another interesting witness was George W. Clark, Pennsylvania railroad car distributor at Altoona. He told of having received monthly a check for $50 from Capt. Alfred Hicks, a mine operator, and stated that he did not know why the money was sent to him. New Cruiser Fast. SPE Bar For V Rocklnnd, Me., May 17.—The protected cruiser St. Louis, second in lier class of three to reach the trial stage, made a splendid showing ou standardization trlul on the ltocklaud course. Her fastest corrected mile was made at the rate of 22.34 knots uu'hour. The contract requires 22 knots only. Barter's Delicious Ice Cream Is second to none; that's the unanimous opinion of all who have ever tried it. You can have Barter's Ice cream delivered at your residence, whether you want a small or large quantity. Just order by 'phone, we'll deliver it when you say so. Special attention to orders for the Sunday dinner. All flavors ice cream and Ices. Soda and cream parlor open day and evening. We have just received a lot Q of fine oxfords In all sizes, style q and weights, In patent, colt and X line dongolay leathers, heav 0 and light soles. This particular A Oxford was made to sell at $2 \ per pair. As a spring bargain v we offer them while the lot Q lasts, at (inly x Missionaries In China 8af*. Any carrier violating this provision ■hall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for each offense pay to the United States a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $13,000. London, May 17.—The Tribune's correspondent at Peking states that It has been learned at the French legation In Peking that the mi I (prefecture of Kiente was the scene of the Ngauhwet province outrages, of which Indefinite news was received May 15. Pour chapels were destroyed. It is believed that no European missionaries were la- Navy Loses $10,000 Torpedo. Newport, R. I., May 17.—While the torpedo boat Vesuvius was engaged in practice with the new twenty-one iuch turbine torpedo the torpedo, which is worth about $10,000, was lost. Only two torpedoes of this kind have been built for the uuvy. Charge Againat Bailey Repeated. Mr. Crelghton was questioned concerning the freight congestion in 1903, following the settlement of the strike In the anthracite region. He said he found It necessary to practically abandon the percentage basis and distribute the cars among about 30 or 40 companies which had large contracts to fill. He admitted that the Berwlnd- Whlte Co., the Keystone Co. and the Jamison Co. were among the companies thus favored. Asked why this waa done, Mr. Crelghton said that it was necessary to get coal to market; that with the settlement of the hard coal Chicago, May 17.—The Tribune publishes the following from "Raymond," its Washington correspondent. In anC swer to the attack made upon his veracity by Senator Bailey of Texas: "When the Hon. Joseph W. Bailey, senator from Texas, struck at the president of the United States over my bumble shoulders, for that Is all he did on the floor of the senate, he apparently was unaware that there was documentary evidence la existence, Pittston Cemetery Association Bids will be received by the undersigned until May 26, 1906, for excavating and grading in the Pittston cemetery, according to plans and profiles in my hands. Bids to contain the price per cubic yard for material excavated and deposited nt such points as Is required for grade or filling. The board of trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids. $1.50 Per Pair jured. BOSTON ! SME SI0IEs 79 N. Maim St. « Empire State Justice Dead. Medina, N. Y., May 17.—The Hon. Henry A. Chi ids, dean of the bench of City Ownership Loses In Denver. the Eighth judicial district, died at his home here after suffering a stroke of apoplexy. Justice Childs was born in Carlton. Orleans county, this state, in 1830. He was to have retired ffom the bench in a few months because of aye tyiuit. . _  Denver, May 17.—City election returns oliow that the municipal ownership ticket was defeated with the possible exception of two election commissioners and three of the sixteen ■Jderaen, Krilson's May lle««rds just IterrlvHl. Oarrison'8 new store, 24 N. Main, opp. William street. H. OLIVER. President. Pittston, Pa., May 16, 1906. 16-3 Bicycle repairing at Sch ussier's.