Pittston Gazette

              f"" WEATHER CONDITIONS. ~l It f. CK HOME PAPER Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania. I r FBI the People of Plttotofi and Vicinity. Fair tonight and Friday, cxcept showers In the northeastern part. ♦ AIjIj THE llOMli NEWS. 56TH YEAR. ( WKKKI T ESTABLISH*" v I860. I DAILY - T, nv tT 1882. PITTSTON, PA., THURS 'AY, JUNE 21, 1906. TWO CKNTH A COPY.- I FORTY CKNT8 A MONTH. I * 8PAGES JEWS OUTRAGED SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR, DELEGATES TO CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNTY CONVENTIONS WILL BE HELD MONDAY, JUNE 25, PROM 4 TO 7 O'CLOCK P. M. INSPECTION COST FOUR LIVES LOST. INSURANCE FEES THAT ANONYMOUS ADVERTISEMENT A NOB OF WOMEN CHILD WAS KILLED. Senators Would Place it on Strips of Flesh Cut From Bodies. Carelessness of One Man Brought Indications (hat I tube Pound In River Packers. r *i.*l Death to Four Members of a Congressman Palmer .Slates His Near Berwick Was Strangled Fishing Party. Argument Hdard in the Dauphin Court. Opinion of It Try to Seize Woman Accus- to Death. AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY Philadelphia. June 21,—The carelessness of one man in stepping on the :;!de of a launch in which there was a party of six and tipping it until it capsized resulted in thq, drowning of four men yesterday afternoon in the Delaware river off the extreme northern part of the city. The other two occupants of tly; little craft had a narrow escape from death. The drowned men' were: John Sewald, John S. McCann, John Hannigan, Charles 13. Keenan. In answer to a query addressed to ■Congressman Palmer with reference to the "Cobleigh" article in the newspapers, Mr. Palmer says: "Yes, 1 have read the Record, Including an advertisement headed 'Congressional Fight,' X suppose it is intended to benefit Dr. Cobletgh. It certainly does not bind him to pay $1,500, or any other sum, to charity, if Heflfernan or Tejnpleton or either of them makes the affidavit suggested. Chief of Police Clifford, of Wllkesbarre,' took Mrs. Wicht, of that city, the woman charged with throwing her babe Into the river, to Berwick yesterday ,to wee whether or not she could identify tlie body of the child found in the river at Mifflinville. The woman was taken to the morgue and, after looking at the Infant, said she could not tell whether it was her child or not, because the features were quite badly decomposed from being in the water so long. The woman acted in a.heartless manner and Showed no signs whatever of sorrow, much to the disgust of tho:je who stood by. CANS MUST BE DATED ed of Murder. Original Provisions Must No Evidence to Connect Of- ficials with Outbreak. , WHO OWNS MONEY? HER SERVANT KILLED. be Restored. rT»*« -i* * Accused Woman Believed Grodno, Russia, June 21.—Antl-IIebrew rioting at Blalystok Is now ended. The troops nre lu full control, and In view of the outcry raised It is certain that the autliaritles will not permit a renewal of the horrors recently witnessed.Formsr Insurance Commis- Washington, Juno 21.—In the senate Mr. Proctor called tip the agricultural appropriation 1)111 and made the usual motion for agreement to the request for a conference. He then made a statement concerning the house substitute for tfie meat Inspection provision, saying that there were two essential point* of difference between the two houses. sioner Denies State Right. to be Insane. "When Dr. Cobleigh puts up the money in the hands of, say Mr. Andrew Derr, president of the Miners Savings Bank, with authority to him to distribute it to any three Charities he may select when the condition is compiled with, of which he shall be the Judge, I have no doubt the gentlemen attacked will take care of thern- The accident broke up a day's pleasure in which more than a dozen men participated. They hud gathered early In the day at the llobo Boat club, near the scene of the accident, and parties of six took turns in. going out In the launch to the middle of the river to fish. The four men above named with Patrick Dunn and Lewis Jones went out late in the afternoon. They had no sooner anchored than Keenan stepped on the Harrisburg, June 21.—Argument was heard in the DHuphln county court in the suit brought by Attorney General Carson to recover $200.- 000 in actuary's fees received by former Insurance Commissioners in the Insurance Department of Pennsylvania. , Attorney General Carson appeared for the Commonwealth. The defendants were represented by James A. Stranahan, of Harrisburg, who appeared for ex-Commissioner George B. Luper; Olmsted and 8tamm. of Harrisburg for ex-Commissioner James H. Lambert; Francis Shunk Brown, of Philadelphia, for ex-Commissioner Israel W. Durham; Qeorge Q. Horwitz, of Philadelphia, for Actuary J. Clayton Erb; Lyman U. Gilbert, of Harris burs, for Actuary Robert K. Forster. Sloux Kails, S. I)., June 21.—Remarkable scenes in and about the courthouse were enacted when the hearing of Mrs. Ktnina Kaufmann, who is charged with having killed Agnes Polre is, sixteen years old, a servant in the Kaufmann home, was resumed. The courtroom was crowded when the wife of the millionaire brewer was brought in, and hisses were heard from all parts of the room. Most of those in the courtroom were women, and they did not let an opportunity to show their contempt for the prisoner pass. She stated that the child, when she threw it in the river, was clothed, while that found at Mifflinville was entirely nude. The clothing, .however, might have become unfastened by the swift water and fallen from its body. Tile age, size and sex all tallied, but the woman seemed unable to identify it positively, at least, she said she could not. On Sunday morning the worst was al ready over, but on all sides there was revolting evidence of savage bestiality ou the part of the mobs, which sacked and burned the Hebrews' houses, shops and stores*. For seventy-two hours, with a slight abatement during the daytime, the orgy of pillage went on unchecked. One of these, he said, was the omission by the house of the senate provision requiring that the date of inspection be placed on cans containing meat and the other the transfer of the cost of inspection from the packers to the national treasury. "An anonymous political advertisement is hardly worth their attention. Certainly it is not worth mine." selves. side of the launch, capsizing it. One of the men in the boat house whose place had been taken in the launch iiy Hannigan and who was looking at the party through glasses, gave the alarm. Two men in skiffs at onee set out to the rescue, but it took some time to reach the capsized boat, as the river at that point Is quite wide. Four of the men had already sunk, but Dunn was picked up while clinging to the keel of the launch. Jones was taken from the water in an exhausted condition as he was swimming aihore. The skiffs remained in the vicinity for some time in the ho-e of finding the bodies of the four unfortunate men. but they (lid not come to the surface. DESERTED BABE. At iirst police nnrt troops urged 011 the mob, but finally when, dismayed by the deeds accomplished, they reluctantly sought to obey the orders of their superiors to put an end to the outrages the bands of roughs were so far beyond control of the local forces that regiment after regiment had to be thrown into the city before order could be restored. The coroner's jury Held an Inquest last evening at Berwick, at which tinte the report of Dr. W. C. Honsyl, who performed the autopsy, was received. Dr. Hensyl made a thorough examination of the body and announced it as his conclusion that the babe had been dead when placed in the water but' that it had the appearance of being strangled to death. After hearing the report the jury adjourned without coming to any agreement as to a verdict. The body not being Identified by Mrs. Wicht the Briar Creek poor authorities have taken possession of it. Speaking of the latter change, he said that it was radical and in Ills opinion unwise and advised that the house amendment on that point he not accepted. The packers could, lie declared, afford the expense as an advertisement. Mr. Proctor also charged that the numerous protests which have been coming to the senate on this subject have a common origin in Chicago. 4'liiUI Abandoned In a Vacant IjOt at Wllkenbarre Yesterday Soon The story of how the Polrels girl was beateu to death in the Kaufmann home lias aroused the entire state. It seemed Incredible at first that the wife of a millionaire could have treated a servant with the cruelty which, it is alleged, Mrs. Kaufmann displayed toward Agnes. Then came the testimony of servants, who said that ever since Mrs. Kaufmann lost an only daughter ten years ago she went into paroxysms of rage whenever she saw health and beauty in other girls, and as Agnes seemed to bear some likeness to the dead daughter the servant aroused an unusual amount of antipathy in her mistress. The result was that she was beaten almost daily, and it was said that Mrs. Kaufmann poured turpentine into Agnes' wounds and then forced the girl to bathe in lye. After lllrtli, .Excitement prevailed among the residents in the. vicinity of E. T. Izmir's lumber yard, on North Pennsylvania avenue, Wllkesbarro, last evening about CD o'clock, when the body of an Infant which had not been born over a half hour before was found. When discovered it was lying alongside of a pile of railroad ties, a few feet away from the sidewalk, In a vacant field Which adjoins the lumber yard. Outcome of Revelations, During the rioting the Hebrews were hunted down by ferocious pursuers, who In the majority of cases were not content with killing their victims, but tore them to pieces. Vhe suit for the recovery of these fees is (he outcome of the revelations made by a legislative investigation of the insurance department during; the recent extra session. To Protect Domestic Consumers. Senator Beveridge agreed with Mr. Proctor as to the unwisdom of the house changes In the matters of date of labels and cost of inspection, but 8lew Children Before Parents. of atrocities committed are innumerable, and while some of them may be exaggerated enough has been established to nmke almost anything credible. The mob seemed to delight in torturing the victims. Strips of flesh were cut from their bodies, children were snatched from their mothei*s' arms and taken by the legs and brained on the pavement before the eyes of their parents, and an old Hebrew was beheaded, and the ghastly trophy was carried all day at the end of a pike through the streets. In many cases the heads of victims were beaten to a Jelly with stones. Of the $200,000 Forster, who has been actuary of the department the past 14 years, testified that Duper received about $12,000; Lambert got $28.1X3, besides $7,330. which wont to Edward H.' Eccles, Ills son-in-law. Durham and Erb between them obtained $141,223. The balance "f these moneys were retained by Korater for his services. Forster testified that bis share of the fees averaged between $2,000 and $3,000 a year. SOME STORES CLOSE; OTHERS REMAIN OPEN expressed gratification that the provision for night surveillance had been retained. The two essential changes he considered as most Important, declaring that if the date is not to he used it will he possible to pass off as fresh meat that which may liavo been inspected live years ago. He said that the date is stamped on canned meat shipped abroad and argued that the same' plan should be pursued with reference to meat consumed at home. KIDNAPPED BOY IN WILKESBARRE Several boys who were playing in the field heard a child's voice as if in distress and, ufDon investigating, made tin- discovery. They called Policeman "Stoneburn, who was near by and he found that the child was alive and would survive if given proper medical attention. It was wrapped in a woman's skirt and a man's white duck coat, and It was evident that it was hurriedly wrapped up and deserted, for it was In a cramped position and probably would have smothered to death had It not been so opportunely discovered. Several mothers who lived nearby ministered to the infant as best they could and the patrol wagon was immediately sent for and in it the babe was taken to the United Charities. At the latter institution the services of a physician were •secured and the child was properly cared for. It was t***d to be strong and healthy and that ill all probability it would live. It Is a boy, with bright blue eyes and It weighs nine pounds. A headline inadvertently printed in last* evening's issue stated that all of the stores of the city would be closed tomorrow afternooii, when the Clerks' association will hold their picnic at Valley View. We have been requested by certain merchants whose stores will be open tomorrow after-# noon, as usual, to make it clear that not all of the stores will be closed. Some of the stores, principally those of grocers, will be Closed, but a number of other stores will be. open. Robert Bernle. of Jersey City, was arrested in Wllkesbarre "last night, having in ills cu tody a nine-year-old Jersey City boy, whom he is accused of kidnapping. Women Cry, "Lynch Herl" The arrest was made by a squad of Wllkesbarre officers, accompanying (Thief of Police Vaun, of Jersey City, and the father of the boy- James Brown, who had traced the This case also involves the ownership of fees, amounting to about $35,000, which were collected by Forster last year. Erb says he was actuary from 1899 until the appointment of David Martin as commissioner last July and has brought suit for' the recovery of these fees. Forster says he was the actuary and did tin1 work, and is entitled to the fees. At first there was sympathy for Mrs. Kaufmann, for many' believed that even If she did beat the servant to death she must have been insane when she did it. Public sentiment has turned against the wife of the brewer, and a crowd which followed the carriage in which she was taken from the Jail to the courthouse cried, "Lynch her!" women joining with such earnestness that every poHcemnn who was seen on the trip was taken along as a special guard. He agreed with Mr. Proctor that the government stamp would be worth millions for advertising purposes. kidnapper to that cijty Ho was found at tMe home of Mrs, Anna Meeklll, of 182 Carey ayenue. Bernle tried to escape, but the police had tile house surrounded, and compelled him to surrender at (lie point of a pistol, when he made a break for liberty. Looking at the matter In that light, the cost of inspection would not be a burden because the inspection would be a great benefit. The cost would at the most he infinitesimal, K cents per head for cattle and 5 cehts for swine. It would he impossible for packers to Increase the price of meat or decreaw that of stock on account of this slight charge; hence the alarm on this account was, groundless. The charge should be paid out of the profits of the packers themselves and not by the government, the stock growers nor the A badly injured Hebrew woman in the hospital, describing the scenes, said, "Hell was within human beings, and they enacted the role of demons." Then the woman suddenly went into convulsions at the memory of (he horrors. SORROW HASTENS END Mrs. Anna Dee, of 228 Franklin avenue, Scranton. Clled yesterday. She was the mother of Bmily Dee, who was convicted a few months ago In the Daekawanna court for murdering Mrs. Stella Weldetl, and sentenced to undergo 20 years' Imprisonment ln"lhe eastern penitentiary. Dlfe has been nothing but misery for Mrs. Dee since her daughter committed the awful crime. She was'58 years of age and had suffered from a tumor for many years. This ailment, coupled with the shock she received when her daughter was sentenced to 20 years' Imprisonment, was responsible for her death. She has been in a serious condition ever since her daughter was convicted and sent away. Her last words were, "Emma is the cause of this." Mr. Carson argued that the actuary's fees belonged lo I be St ;ite. The defendants' counsel denied that there was any law or precedent in favor of the State owning the fees. The whole argument was on this point. The boy was taken by his father to Hotel Hart. Bernle was locked up to await requisition papers, wltli which he can be taken to New Jersey for trial. Many Killed and Wounded, When Mrs. Kntifmnnn ascended the steps of the courthouse a mob of women rushed toward her and attempted to take Iter from the guards. It was with difficulty that the women were beaten back, and as the prisoner entered the room In which the hearing was held the women spectators hissed until they were told by the court that the next one who uttered an.v noise would be sent to Jail for contempt. While It is Impossible to give the exact figures, the number of killer! approximate a hundred Hebrews and twenty Christians and the wounded 150 Hebrews and seven Christians. The Slate's Contention The police refused to make any detailed statement of the ca-e, and the father of the boy, at the suggestion of the police, would not even disclose his identity, further than to give his name. The prisoner was equally rell- Attorney General Carson devoted considerable time to demonstrating that the fees belonged' to the State, and said: SUDDEN DEATH. The question of the origin of the massacre was carefully investigated. Although many of the Hebrews denied that a bomb was thrown at the Orthodox procession 011 Corpus Christ! day, the fact that a bomb was thrown is established beyond a doubt. But the question of who threw llie bomb remains unsettled. The accounts of impartial , witnesses, however, demonstrate that an Insulting cry enraged the Hebrews,»who attacked the religious procession. This morning when Mrs. William Slater, of Honesdale,. went to the barn to feed the chickens, she found her husband lying dead on a pallet of straw. It was learned that 1 Mr. Slater had fallen, on his way home yesterday afternoon and had struck his head violently against a stone sidewalk. He had probably made his way to the barn, where he had lain down on the straw and where 1h- was found this morning. Coroner Volght, of Wayne county, will investigate the citse. consumers. "\Vc cannot break away from the thought that the suggestion that the compensation of the actuary should be segregated from all other receipts of the office and that 110 accounting whatever for them should take place, that they never should pass through thy books of the commissioner or through the books of the auditor general or state treasurer, but that the fcame should remain a sucret fund, unaccounted for, uncertain in amount, uncertain as to the time of their rereceipt, is doing violence to the spirit which breathes through the act. which, by dwelling time and time again on the. necessity of making a report to' the auditor general, followed by payment into the state treasury, exhibits a legislative anxiety to place upon the books of the accounting officer of the Commonwealth a proper statement of the business of the insurance department, irrespective of the ultimate destination of the Annul! Tax May Reaoh $10,000,000. lie predicted that the house appropriation would he Inadequate to meet all tlie demands on It, while the fee system vvrovlded by the senate would adjust Itself to the demands upon It. He pointed out that national hanks pay for their inspection, as do oleomargeriiu! manufacturers and even Immigrants coming Into the United States. If, he said, the plan is to he changed there will he a vast drain on the treasury, and he predicted that $10,000,000 a year would soon Ik; required for meat cent SUICIDE MYSTERY. Trial Set For November. Honesdale has a uuicide mystery. Yesterday afternoon, while Max Denhardt, superintendent of the American Knitting Mill, was searching for rare insects in the old Methodist cemetery, he caine across the dead body of an unknown man. The feet were high in the air and the hands were lying 011 the stomach. A11 empty bottle labeled "Laudanum" was found near the body, but the name of the drug store from which the poison had been purchased had been scratched, from the label. The body was dressed in a good black suit and new black shoes. A stetjl-colored' hat was  011 the ground. The dead man's features w&re so obliterated by the elements that all possibility of identifying him in that way was removed. Coroner Vojght expressed the opinion that the mail had been dead about three weeks. Several witnesses of minor importance test I tied at the hearing, and Mrs Kaufmaun was held 011 a charge of murder. Her trial was set for the first week in _NovemlDer. and as she was being led from the room demonstrations similar to those that were enacted when she was brought to court took place. When the prisoner, her husband and the guard reached the street they found that the carriage which they had ordered was not 011 hand. The crowd lDecame so violent In its demonstrations that Mrs. Kaufmann was hurried to a station and the doors barred. After a squad of police cleared the street she was tak-en in a carriage to the Jnll. SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Then from one end of the city to the other the police spread the report of the attack, tints fanning the religious fanaticism of the Christians and setting loose the worst elements upon the Hebrews, on whom Hie crowds watching the procession had already turned. The Hebrews at first fought with revolvers and bombs, and with these weapons the majority of the Christian victims were killed. Joseph Delaney und wife, of James street, this city, have brought an action In trespass against the Central Valley Railroad Co. (the Laurel Line), seeking damages in the sum of $10,000 for the death of their seven-year-old son, who was killed on the Laurel Line, a short distance above the Market street station, last summer. It is alleged that the boy)» death was due to negligence of the company In permitting the bottom of its fence along the railroad to be about live feet above the ground, thus permitting the boy to wander upon the tracks, where he came in contact with the third rail and was electrocuted. The attorneys for the plaintiff are John McOaliren and 1'. A. O'Boyle. NEW CONSULS. Washington dent sell t the to the Senate June 21.—The Presit'ollowing nominations thl.-! afternoon: Inspection alone, Senator Lodge also spoke for the senate provision, although he said it might be considered "audacious to do so in view of the announcement that the house had perfected the measure and the president had accepted it." Ho pleaded especially for the dating of labels, because the public has the right to know what it Is buying. "If cftnned meat is just as good five years after canning as it is Ave hionths afterward why It can't hurt these tender creatures, the packers; to have the public know the age of the article," he said. To be consul general at Stockholm. Sweden, Edward l«. Adams, of New- York. To be consuls—Joseph E. De Ollvares, of Missouri, at Managua, Nicaragua; Lester Maynard, of California, at Saudakan, liritish North Hor- Mnny society women—women who had been intimate friends of the prisoner for years—were in court. All of them seemed to have turned against their former friend, and the only one who is standing by Mrs. Kaufmann is her husband. He has aged, greatly since the arrest of his wife, and it is feared that he will break down completely. Kaufmaun said that he would spend all his millions if necessary to prove bis wife's innocence, but in view of the strong testimony which the state produced at the preliminary hearing it is believed that the woman's lawyers will Interpose a plea of insanity in her behalf. Government Not Guilty. fees." Although it Is freely charged that the higher authorities of Rial.vstok deliberately organized the massacre or, If this was not the case, that it was carried out under orders from St. Petersburg, there Is 110 evidence to support either charge, according to the Investigations of the parliamentary commission. whose members were especially anxious to elucidate this point. Mr. Horwitz tiled a brief on behalf of Krb, which reviews the history of the case. After quoting extensively from the legislative Record of March 20, 1873, when the act was passed, Mr. Horwitz said: neo. Mississippi r.ridge I till Passed SAILING IN THE AIR. Washington, June 21.—The senate today passed without objection a bill authorizing St. Louis, Mo., to construct a free bridge across the Mississippi river. It had been amended by the committee on commerce so as to give the city the right of eminent domain. The measure has already passed the house. It will go to conference on the amendment added by the Lincoln Bcacliey, the daring aeronaut who sailed over Washington "During all of this time, being a period of 33 years, there never was a demand made on the actuary by the Commonwealth, by the State treasurer, by the auditon general, or by the Insurance commissioner to pay the compensation received by him over Cto the treasurer of the Commonwealth. On the contrary/' it was agreed to and was admitted that the person entitled to the. compensation was the actuary himself and no one GIRL DECAPITATED. He did not agree that the producers and consumers would not feel the effect of the tax. for, judging the future by the past, the packers would tiud in a tax of a few mills an excuse for an increase of several cents a pound on the meat they sell and a similar decrease on the stock they buy. Nevertheless he thought the packers should pay the cost. 11c charged the Chicago packers with trying to defeat the legis- last week, opened a week's engagement with his airship today at Luna Park, Scranton. Weather permitting he makes two tlights each day, at 2 and 7 p. m. Mr. Beachey expected to ascend in the park this afternoon and then sal! ovei the central part of the city, delivering a message to Mayor Dimmlck at the city hall. Then ht» will circle about the court house tower to demonstrate his control oyer his machine. After the tirst llight, the airship will not be taken from the vicinity of the park. Whlle picking coal near the Jersey Central round house, in Scranton, last evening, Rose Narsiza. aged nine years, was decapitated by a switch engine. The engine parsed over her head, which was ground from the body. After the accident the head was picked up In 16 pieces. There were some tine pieces of coal directly in front of the engine and she reached over the track to pick them up. As she did the locomotive was started. The ilrst intimation the engineer had of her presence was when she shrieked as the engine struck her. As proof of the charge that the massacre was prepared In advance, the Hebrews claim that the keepers of the government wine shops received notice tlie day before the outbreak to remove thelp cash from the shops to ienate, safer places. Fatal Blowout May Ruin Tunnel lotion President Sympathizer With Jews. else." New York, June '21.—It is now believed tlitit tlw blowout which happened in one of the four tubes being constructed under the Hast river by the Pennsylvania railroad, In which two men were suffocated and six hurt, one fatally, has menaced the whole tunnel construction from Manhattan to Long Island City. It is known that tube I), In which the collapse took place, is flooded for Its whole distance as far back as First avenue. Washington, .Tune 21.—Protests have reached President Roosevelt against the outrages against the Jews which are being committed In Russln, Simon Wolf, former president of the B'nni Brlth, told the president he was receiving telegrams and letters from all parts of the United States protesting against the massacres of .lews in Russia and urging this country to take some actlou. President Roosevelt ex-' pressed sincere sympathy with the oppressed people, but was unable to see bow the United States government In the circumstances could do anything to prevent the outrage. Decision was reserved by the court, Inspector Condemns Storage Pork. LIVELY PRISONER. Ky., June 21.—IDr. S. A. Bradley, local live stock aud meat Inspector, caused to lie seized and sent to a fertilizer works 2,400 pounds of pork loins held in cold storage. NEILL COMING. McCanna, of Cork Lane, the prisoner who led Officer Keating a chase a few nights ago, Rave another illsplay of his agility yesterday afternoon while being taken to the county jail. Me was placed in charge of Officer Hlnes, and the latter, after handcuffing him, placed him aboard a traction car, but let the prisoner sit On the outside. While the car "was speeding along near No. 14 breaker the prisoner guve a sudden spring and threw himself from the car. That he was not Injured seemed mttrvelous, but he hurriedly ran away In the direction .of a small piece of woodland. As soon as the car slackened the officer jumped off and took up the chnse. For several hundred feet McCanna maintained his iead, but the Inconvenience of running with handcuffs on finally told against him and ' just as he was about to hide In the woods Hlnes feached him and took a firm grip on his collar, which he did hot .slacken untir the prisoner was Inside the county prison and the massive Iron door closed behind him. W. H. Dettrcy, secretary of the Anthracite Conciliation Board, has received a letter from Umpire Charles P. Nclll, stating that Mr. Nelll would be able to meet with the Board at any time after July 2, except on July 23. The letter was in reply to an inquiry sent by Mr. Dettrey as to a time when It would be possible for Mr. Neill to meet with the Board and confer regarding some cases. IfflTE CANVAS OXFORDS III ■SMOES NEW SECRETARY. W. R. Andrews, chairman of the State Central Republican committee, announces that John R. Williams, of Scranton, has been appointed secretary of the committee to succeed Herman P. Miller. Mr. Williams Is at present the Hie clerk of the State House of Representatives. For a number of years he was the private secretary of -Congressman William Oonnell, with whom he still holds confidential relations. Herman 1*. Miller, whom he succeeds as secretary, is librarian of the State Senate. Armour Coming Home. Southampton, England, .Tune 21.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour, Lieutenant U. S. Grant, U. S. A., and Professor I. T. Hatfield sailed for New York on the Kronprinz Wllhelin. Frisco Saloons to Reopen. San Francisco, .Tune 21.—The board of supervisors passed au ordinance iixinK saloon licenses In San Francisco county at $650 per annum. Saloons will lie permitted to resume business on July 5. and for the lirst thirty dayrt their doors will remain open from fl a. m. to 8 p. m. Varmont Republican Nomination. STOLE GAR DOORS. For women, misses and child- Moptpclier, Vt„ June 21.—The Republican state convention here nominated a state ticket, adopted a set of resolutions and listened to several addresses. Fletcher I). Proctor of Proctor, son of United States Senator Kodfleld Proctor, was nominated for governor by acclamation. ren, in White Canvass and leath- Trepoff For Russia's Premier? London, June 21. — The Tribune's correspondent itt St. Petersburg asserts that Emperor Nicholas Is urging General Trepoff to organize a cabinet and that the etnperor has summoned M. PobedonostxcfT, former procurator of the holy synod, to au audience at Peterbof.Lumber being expensive, Martin Allen, of Mooslc, hit upon the plan of taking freight car doors as suitable material to build a chicken coop. He took some doors from freight cars 4n the Erie yard, near Mooslc, with the result that he was arrested. He was. given a hearing by Alderman Ruddy, of Mcranton, and, In default of $300 ball, was committed to the Lackawanna county jail to await trial. All styles and slm At tlie North Pole m to mil Killed by Falling Limb. Llejjt. Peary started for the North Pole with a large supply of cocoa, knowing1 Its wonderful power of supplying strength, enduranco and warmth to the body. Mahanoy City, Fa., June 21.—Struck nn the head by a dead limb which dropped from a tree under which he was peeling bark on North mountain. Charles Watts, twenty-live years old, sustained a fatal compound fructure of the skull. Every pair worth 25 per cent. Knox and Leishman Go Abroad. New York, June 21.—John G. A. Leishman, American ambassador to Turkey, sailed for* Europe on the steamer Oceanic. Amoug the other passengers on the Oceanic Were Senator Knox of Pennsylvania and Mrs. J. P. Morgan and Miss Morgan. Nation to Pay President's Fares, more. Croft's Swiss Milk Cocoa Is especially valuable because of the addition of predlgested milk. In flavor, it is the" richest, smoothest and most delicate of any of the cocoas. Washington, June 21.—The hill appropriating $25,00(1 for the traveling expenses of the president was passed by the bouse—yeas, 170; nays, 08. Dr. 11. 8. Hrenton, DENTIST, Cash Store Block, 5 N. Main St. Boston Shoe Store 79 N. Main St., Pittston. Ellen Terry's jubilee matinee In London was a great successg artistically, socially and financially. Children born in summer are, generally speaking, stronger, healthier and brighter than those born in winter.The only cocoa in glass Jars. Croft & Allen Co,, Makers. Philadelphia.Keep Cool—Ilnvc nn Klcctrlc l'nn. Ceiling and desk fans at Garrison's. Smoke Prince Otto 5c cigar, Gillespie, I _ Oil heaters at Ash's.