Pittston Gazette

              I WEATlim CONDITIONS. THE HOME PAPElt forecast Until 8 p. in. Tomorrow fol . Eastern Pennsylvania. A  For the People of Plttston and Vicinity. Showers this  Tuesday, fair ar ALL, THE HOME NEWS. tCVo cknts a coin. i FORTY CKNTS A MONTH. f 56TH YEAR. I WKKKIjY USTAHMStlRD 1850. i DAILY RHT. nr TIIKO. 1IAUT 188:D. PITT8TO 906. 8 PAGES CZAR AND PEOPLE FI1CE TO FACE Hie task of piloting tlie conn try (luougli the revolutionary upheaval which Is just ahead, and the ganerttl belief In that a dictatorship must come soon. RICH MAN IS DEAD many years he occupied during the winter an old fashioned brown stone mansion at 50Ct Fifth avenue, from which lie was reluctantly compelled to move about four years ago, owing to Ihe Invasion of retail stores, to 082 Fifth avenue. Ills summers were spent at his Country place at Lawrence.CONFERENCES SMALL CAVE HOLE BETWEEN TRACKS EXCITING RESCUE Trouble on D. & II. at Cork Lane After n hurried secret conference of opposition members of the douina It ,vas decided on account of the possibility that the meeting, of the house here might be broken up and the members arrested to go immediately to Finland and decide upon the future course to be pursued. Small parties of members left by train. Oouma Membors Fleo. Russ9ll Sage Passed Away Representatives .of Repub- Tills Morning—Strike of Sec- Liner Saves Crew of Sinking tlon Hands Felt. Yesterday. lies Meet in Rio. A slight cave hole made an appearance this morning between the south bound tracks of the D. & H. It Is situated 200 feet below the Cork l_.ane depot and Is about three feet In diameter and three feet deep. Prom the time It wan discovered trains were ordered to run at reduced speed over the affected spot. It Is believed that a mine cave caused the disturbance. Up to noon the hole had not been filled in, owing to the strike of the section hands on the D. H. The company does not anticipate any further trouble at the point In question.Vessel. Mr. Sage was married twice, first In 1841 to Miss Maria Wlnne, daughter of Moses 1. Wlnne*of Troy. His wife died In New York ctt.V in 18(17, and two years later he was married to Margaret Olivia, daughter of Joseph Slocum of Syracuse, N. Y. . to. v THE DRAGO DOCTRINE ELEVEN LIVES SAVED Douma's Dismissal Leaves Nicholas Sole Ruler. OLD AGE THE CAUSE The Taurtde palace, where the house of representatives has met, was closed and guarded by police, who refused admission except to the president and vice president of the houso Attempt to Secure Arbitra- Vessel Was Liable to Sink His Fortune Estimated at Many Report# of Death. It Is generally believed that Mr. Sage's vast interests will not be seriously affected by tils death. Several times wlthlu the past few years rumors have beeu set afloat of Mr. Sage's death. On one such occasion, In June, 18!K), Mr. Sage said. "I suppose somebody wanted to make a little money by affecting stock values, and they lilt on this old trick." Asked If stocks had .beeu much affected, he answered: "I understand not. The properties In which I am Interested cannot be seriously affected by my death." tion Agreement. Any Moment. TROOPS FILL THE CAPITAL $100,000,000. Two hundred members of Russia's outlaw parliament gathered at the Hotel Belvedere, Yiborg. Finland, awaiting prominent members of the ItlKht before opening the session at which will be adopted a manifesto that the people be summoned and that they stand by the dispersed assembly. Among the members at Vlborg are M. Muromtseff. president of the house; Prince Peter Polgoroukoff and Professor Orodeskul, Its vice presidents, and other ofllcers. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, July 23.—Thw third conference of American republics and the most Important one yet has opened In this city. Seventeen American republics, Including the United Stutes, are represented. New York, July 23.—An exciting rescue at sea of the crew of a sinking vessel was made by a boat's crew* of the steamship New York, which arrived here yesterday from .Southampton and Cherbourg. On July la at C:15 p. m., In latitude 41.20, loggitude 53.30, a vessel was sighted showing signals of distress. The New York altered her course and bore down upon the wreck. The sinking craft proved to be the Norwegian bark Undel, Captain Gabrlelsen, bound from St. John, N. B., for Newport, with a cargo of deals. The vessel was In a waterlogged condition and liable to sink at any moment. Her crew as'ked to be taken off. New York, July 23.—Russell Sage, New York's veteran flnaucler, died suddenly at his country home, Cedarcroft, near Lawrence, N. Y. Loyalty of Soldiers Immediate MINE WORKERS ADJOURN Issue of Conflict The immediate cause of death was heart failure resulting from a complication of diseases Incident to old age. The veteran financier would have celebrated his ninetieth birthday on Aug. 4. Mr. Sage had been in exceptionally good health since his arrival at Ills summer luune a few months ago, but his death followed very rapidly a sinking spell. All the delegates from the United States are here except Secretary of Stale Root, who Is expected Thursday. PARLIAMENT MEMBERS IN FINLAND Several momentous questions will be discussed by the conference, but the one which Is the weightiest of all is what Is known as the Drago doctrine, so named after Its exponent, Dr. Luis M. Drajjo, a learned publicist of Argentina.Carbondale Convention Clos- ed Saturday Afternoon. Two Hundred Members of Outlawed Body Gather In Viborg and Discuss lasue of Manifeato to People—Will Appeal For Quiet Measures and Avoidance of Bloodshed — Emperor Relieves Premier Goremykin and Appoints Interior Miniater Stolypin In Hia Stead — Powera Approximately Thoae of Martial Law Placed In tho Handa of Rulers of 8t. Petersburg. Publio and Private Meetings Forbidden and Newspapera Suspended. The fortune of Russell Sage lius been variously estimated, but no one knows Its exact proportions, as It Is not so Invested as to be within the view of outsiders. It will undoubtedly exceed $100,000,000, but those in the best position to estimate it soy that It will not go far either way from that figure and will be fotfrid to lift chiefly In cash, bonds and gilt edged securities. Parties to Get Together. The meeting will l»e called to order as a regular session of parliament. The tUnlng room of the hotel, where the members are assembled, Is lu great contrast to the Imposing surroundings of the Taurlde palace. It Is crowded to suffocation with excited and perspiring deputies, who are gathered according to party affiliations and informally caucusing and debating tactics and discussing the text of their appeal, for which a general drafting commission is now being, choseu. There Is a strong possibility that all parties will come to an agreement on the appeal, as the Radicals are not disposed to Insist 011 an overvlolent manifesto demanding the Immediate summoning of a constituent assembly by revolutionary means, to which the Constitutional Democrats object. It was One of the Stormiest Conven- There were present at the end Mrs. Rage, her brother, Colonel J. J. Slocum; the Hev. l)r. Robert Leetch, Dr. Theodore S. Janeway of New York. Dr. J. Carl Schmuck, a local physician, and Dr. John P. Munn. for many years Mr. Sage's family physician. Reduced to its simplest terms, this doctrlue Is a declaration that no nation has a right forcibly to undertake to collect debts due to Its citizens by another nation. lions in the History of tile lDls- The New York's lifeboat was launched with a crew of five men in charge of thief Officer Turner, which made two trips to the Undel. The entire crew of 11 men were taken off, and the wreck was set on fire. trlct—Charges of Fraud ia the Flection of Officers will not Ik- In- The proposition before the pnn- Amerlcan conference, which it is asked to submit to the great Hague tribunal, is to what extent, If at all, the use of force is Justifiable la the collecting of nucb debts. vestigated Russell Sage had 110 children, and his relatives have never been led to believe that at his death they would share In the distribution of his great fortune. He has never personally done any notable charities nor contributed to an appreciable extent to charitable, educational or philanthropic purposes. But each year he set aside a large sum, which his wife dispensed along those lines. The convention of District No. 1, United Mine Workers, in session at Carbondale, adjourned on Saturday: afternoon, after one of the stormiest sessions on record. After the passing of charges and countercharges concerning fraud in the election of district officers, especially In the Fourth district, Delegate Hulin moved that a special committee of five be appointed to hold an investigation of the Fourth inspection district, which is In and about Wilkesbarre, to record only the vote as found to be properly cast. There was an amendment to the motion that the tellers' report be accepted, excepting the Fourth district. The vote on the amendment was taken with the feeling running high. The amendment was lost by a vote of 59-56. Nicholas Burke offered a substitute motion that a committee investigate and report at once, but It was tabled. Hahn's motion for an Investigation was taken up. but before the vote was taken roll call was demanded by 25 members. Chairman Kyseavage called for adjournment as It was then noon. The New York brought 104 saloon, 120 cabin passengers and a large quantity of mall from the Hamburg-American Line steamer Deutschland, which was disabled by running Into a pier at Dover. The New York also brought the body of Mrs. Hitchcock, of this city, who was killed in the railroad accident at Salisbury on July 1. The funeral services will be held 011 Wednesday at the West Presbyterian church In West Forty-second street, New York, of which Mr. Sago had been a member for many years. The Interment will take place in Troy 011 Thursday. St. Petersburg, July 23.—With the imperial ukase dissolving parliament, which has been promulgated, the curtain rose upon possibly the last act In the great drama of the Russian revolution. The people and the government now stand face to face, and upon the loyalty of the army depends the immediate Issue. Question of Vital Interest. Naturally the question thus propounded Is of the most vital interest to every debtor nation and most of nil to the practically defenseless republics of South aud Central America. Mrs. SagD» and her brother. Colonel Nlocum, arc named as the executors of Mr. Sage's will. Henri Pene du Bola, an art critic on the staff of a New York newspaper, died on board on Friday of heart disease. Began Career as Errand Boy. FELL 60 FEET AND DIED The Drngo doctrine is said by publicists to be merely an expansion of the Oalvo doctrine, dear to the hearts of Latln-Amerlcaus, but never engrafted upon international law. In Its essence that doctrine was n declaration that any claim against a nation by a foreign citizen or even a foreign government must be adjudicated by its own courts and under no circumstances can be a proper subject of dlpioinutlc representation or negotiation. The Constitutional Democrats appear to be downcast over the dissolution of parliament, but the members of tho Group of Toll and the Socialists are in an .exceedingly combative mood Russell Sage, multimillionaire and Nestor of American financiers, was born on Aug. 4, 1K10, lu the little hamlet ot Verona, Oneida county, N. Y. At the age of twelve years young Sage began his career as an errand boy In the grocery store of his brother Ilenry lu Troy, N. Y. Ho wan quickly advanced to tbe post of salesman and at the age ot twenty-two established a wholesale grocery of his own. SUICIDE MAY HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED Even should the government, however, succeed In "getting on the lid," the victory probably will only be temporary and simply contlne the steam for the tlual explosion. No one doubts the severity of the storm which will arise in the country lu response to the emperor's dispersal of the men whom he welcomed two months ago In the Winter palace as the "best men In Russia." But the die Is cast. The government has elected to light, and the capital bears eloquent testimony of the prepu rat Ions made to repress the masses by force. The city Is (lacked with soldiers and resembles an armed curnp. Carpent3r Dropped Into Hughestown Young Ijidy Piqued Be- Uppor House Represented cause Her Kallier Kefused to Al- The corridors of the hotel are crowded with correspondents and sympathizers with the members of parliament. Among these latter are a number of the members of the council of the empire. Dismantled Breaker. Iom' Her to Go Out I'lunk Near Top of OICl llalMcad Believing that his daughter had attempted suicide by taking poison, Louis Weltz, of llughestown, hurriedly summoned two physicians to his house last evening. Whether or not she had taken the dose of parts green she said she did, the daughter Is now out of danger. The young lady Is Carrie Weltz, about 17 years odd. She made arrangements to meet a young man last evening, and when she, wished to leave the house her father ordered her not to go. She then secured some parls green that was In the house and announced that she had taken some. The physicians who were summoned worked with a stomach pump and prevented the poison. If any had been swallowed, from taking a fatal effect. Breaker Slipped While Young Reorganization of the bureau of American republics so as to greatly enlarge the usefulness of that Institution Is the very first article of the programme. It is proposed to erect a magnificent building In Washington for Its accommodation. lie soon became one of the prominent merchants of Troy and a leader lu politics. He was a delegate to the national Whig convention In 1K4H and lu 1NM was elected to congress from Troy, serving two terms. Man Was Working on It and A crowd gathered In the adjoining streets, but there was no demonstra- tion l'rccipilnlcd liliai Through The roll call proceeded Immediately upon reconvening. It was a long procedure, the result being the defeat of the motion by a vote of 170 to 166 1-2. No definite action was decided upon, but .it was resolved in principle to adopt an address to the people stating that the time for action had come In view of the unconstitutional procedure of the governinc it, but appealing to them not to resort to measures which would entail bloodshed. tile Building to the In 1857 the young merchant had acquired a fortune estimated at almost half a million dollars, a vast amount for those duys, and determined to retire from active business life. He had, however, already become Interested in railroads and acquired large interests In the roads now forming the Chicago and Milwaukee and St. Paul system, of which he became vice president. This determined Mr. Sage to devote his future energies to operations in Wall street, and in 18U3 he opened his first office In Now York. Ground Level, John Evans, aged 20 years, a carpenter in the empjuy of the D., L. & W. railroad's coal department, fell .60 feet from the roof of the old Hallstead breaker. In Duryea, about noon today and was fatally hurt. He died at 1:20 this afternoon, 20 minutes after he had been received at Moses Taylor hospital. Evans struck the ground headforemost and his skull was crushed. Some lumber fell on him, injuring his body. t Work has been going on for some time past in dismantling it part of the Ilallstead breaker, preparatory to repairing It extensively and reopening the Hallstead working, which was flooded during the 1902 strike and has since been Idle. A number of carpenters have been employed in this work, and among them was Evans. He was working with a bar on the roof, loosening old timbers and dropping them down. Just as he was about to uult work for his dinner a plank on which he was standing gave way and he was precipitated into the opening he had made. Much of the machinery In the breaker had been removed and there was nothing between him and the ground to break his fall. He was at once removed to the D., L. & W. station by his feHow workmen and Dr. Burlington was summoned. Nothing could be done for him at the time and It was determined to send him to Moses Taylor hospital, A dispatch was sent south and the D., L. & W. train- that passes through Duryea about 12:20 was stopped, and Evajns was placed aboard. He never regained consciousness after the accident. To Secure Peace Pact. There was a motion by Delegate Hahn that a committee take evidence touching on the vote in the Fourth district, and Rive votes according to the district constitution, and to report Its findings to the district president and the district office by August 1. Finally, the whole question about the vote in the Fourth district was Indefinitely tabled, 011 motion of Delegate Hrundage, of Wilkosbarre, whose sober-mindedness and conservatism, as well as his force In the convention, made a decidedly favorable Impression. This, by the way, was the first convention he ever attended. The vote on this motion was 94-4 2. The tellers' report was therefore accepted as read. Troops Fill Capital. A strong effort Is to be made to bring about unanimous action of the American republics to agree to settle by arbitration all future disputes arising between them and to endeavor to have the approaching Hague conference apply this principle generally to the nations of the world. Troops wore brought In and disposed of according to plans previously adopted. The re-enforcements Include four Infantry regiments of the Chevalier guard, hussars, mounted grenadiers and u buttery of machine guns. The troops occupy railroad stations and the bridges across the rivers and canals, and the patrols of both police and geudariues are everywhere doubled. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN WILKESBARRE With only six weeks of life before It, for It Is specially provided In the programme that the conference must terminate not later than Sept. 1 next, It Is also limited to thirty meetings, and It Is probable that not even this number will be held, because the delegations must have time to deliberate privately over projects that are of special Interest to them. FIRE IN HONESDALE. S. 13. Murphy, aged 4 5 years, a teamster in the employ of Philip  is, a Wilkosbarre produce merchant, passed away at 4 oVIuck this morning In Mercy Hospital, having been injured about 11 o'clock last night. Murphy was driving down Hazie Oil House C!uniiected wltli the Mill of An imperial ukase relieves Mr. Gort,*myklu of the premiership and appoints as premier Mr. Stolyplii, who also retains his present post of minister of the interior. Minister of Agriculture Stlchlnsky has resigned. the l*ittston Milling Co. was Associated With Jay Gould. Struck by Lightning. About this time he became intimate with Jay Gould, with whom he formed uu association which continued for many years. About 1872 Mr. Sage originated the system of trading in "puts," "calls" and "straddles,"- In which ho continued to deal thereafter on n colossal scale. While he purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange In 1874, it is believed that he never appeared on the floor of the exchange. He rarely Incurred any of the tremendous risks which tftnpted his associates, and following his own prudent methods with perfect coolness, even In periods of wildest excitement, he made his way with almost unvarying success from his first appearance in Wall street. Lightning struck the oil house of the Plttston Milling company, In Honesdale, yesterday afternoon, burning It to the ground and destroying several hundred gallons of oil and some wagons. street with a horse and when the outfit was struck by a Sugar Notch street car. As the car passed down the Hassle, street hill it was moving at a fair rate of speed and the motorman did not notice Murphy who was driving in the center of the track, until the car was almost upon him. The car crashed Into the horse with terrific force. The animal was knocked down and the carriage was smashed Into kindling wood. The driver was thrown from the carriage to the pavement, landing on his head. Hefore the street car was stopped one of tlio wheels had crushed one of Murphy's feet. It was necessary to amputate a portion of the foot. Murphy's skull is also fractured, and It Is supposed that he suffered from internal injuries. The horse, a valuable one, was so badly Injured that it was necessary to put an end to its misery. carriage, When the motion to Investigate was being debated, Secretary Dempsey went deeply into the subject and told the delegates that they had absolutely nothing to say about the vote. The constitution provided for no contest, no matter how gHarlng frauds might appear to be. The only remedy was to fire those who might have violated the law. The secretary made It clear that he was not seeking to line himself upon either side, but he was strictly In favor of standing by the constitution. When this provision as to contests was repealed by the national convention, he took a stand against It, but the will of the majority ThtD imperial ukase dissolving parliament says tlint n new assembly shall lDe elected to meet on March 5 of next yeur. Labor Federation Enters Polities. Washington, July 23.—The executive council of the American Federation of Labor has made good Its decision of several months Ago to enter the Held of politics in the interest of the tradeB union movement and to exhort ail members and friends of organised labor to work for the election to political office of men known to be favorable to labor's cause. From the headquarters of the federation the council has issued its "campaign programme" addressed "to all organized labor and friends in the United States." Adjoining properties were endangered, but owing to prompt fire protection, were saved. It was a difficult work, fighting the fire, on account of Its Intense heat, and of the burning oil running toward the firemen. The flowing oil, however, was checked by digging a ditch, which conveyed the fiery liquid in another direction. Hundreds of Arrests. The work of gathering In revolutlonaty agitators began Immediately after the ukase placing St. Petersburg in "a state of extraordinary security" was promulgated, and hundreds of arrests w6re made. Traffic on the Delaware and Hudson railroad was Impeded nearly an hour. Passengers of the afternoon train had to walk from the scene of the tire to the union station, to make connections with the Erie train, standing a short distance below. The powers conferred upon M. von der Launltz. prefect of police, and M. Zlnovleff, governor of the province, are little short of those of petty dictators. Searches and arrests can be made without process of law, newspapers ore forced to suspend publication and persons deported by administrative order without trial. Publlj; and private meetings are forbidden. Those arrested may. If It Is desired, be tried by military courts and summarily executed. There Is little real difference between "extraordinary security" and full martial law. Ouly once, It Is said, did Mr. Sage experience a tremendous reverse, which would have crushed most tueu, but from which he emerged with courage and contldence unshaken. This was on the memorable day In 1884 when the great failure of Grant & Ward was announced, resulting in the loss to Mr. Sage of about $0,000,000 on a long line of "puts." His operations necessitated the possession of a vast amount of ready capital, and Mr. Sage always kept his resources so well In hand that In any emergency he was able to commaud almost unlimited funds. Durlug his long association with Jay Oonld Mr. Sage was prominently Identified with the development of lines of transportation In the west and elsewhere. He was called the father of railroad construction In Wisconsin and Minnesota. At the time of his death Mr. Sage was on officer and director In twenty-live great railway and telegraph corpora- It was during this debate, too, that serious counter charges were made by Hoard Members Came and Oallaghe.r. The former, who was greatly wrought up over the charges by Jones, defied any man to say that he ever solicited a single man to vote for him. If there was no political tampering by men who made politics their chief business, hb said, and If the election was left to the men In the district, there would be no trouble. De-legates Nicholas Burke and Hahn urged the convention to go on record as being In favor of the purification of the ballot, no matter what the expense might be. and the latter said that men told him that the tally sheets of several locals were demanded but not produced. Board Member Gallagher said he wanted only a square deal, and if there was to be an Investlagtlon, the vote of all the locals In the district should be canvassed, so that the whole truth might be learned. Cleveland, O., July 23.—Unless his present plans are changed John D. Kockefeller Is coming to Cleveland to spend the latter part of the summer. The announcement is definitely made that he will return to Ohio at the end of this week and take up his usulil residence here for the summer Reason. Great preparations are being made at Forest llill for the owner's return after an absence of nine months. Rockefeller Going to Ohio. TO TEST POLE TAX. CARNIVAL NOT FOR HOSPITAL Hazleton Is about to test the ordinance passed by councils taxing telephone, telegraph and electric light companies for every pole In the city limits at the rate of $1 each. The Consolidated Telephone Co., which operates exchanges In Hazleton and In other cities of the State, has refused to pay the tax on the ground that two Judges In the Commonwealth have decided that $1 IS" exorbitant, and that ten cents is a reasonable fee. City councils have Instructed Solicitor Hlgelow to take the steps to compel payment of the tax if the ordinance Is legal. Hazleton derives $ 1.TD51 every year from pole tax. Prominent members of councils have declared that If the decision goes against the city an ordinance will be Introduced requiring all wires to be laid underground. The young man was a resident of Hcllevue, where he lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Evans, on Storrs avenue. He is survived by two brothers, Haydn and William Evans, and by two sisters. The trustees of the Plttston Hospital association authorize the announcement that the managers of the American Carnival of Amusement, an exhibition that Is being given at Central Park, Upper Pittston, In advertising the exhibit as a hospital benefit, do so without authority. The managers of the Carnival Co. made a proposition to the superintendent of the hospital to donate a percentage of the receipts to the hospital, but the proposition was not accepted, and the announcement of the carnival as a hospital benefit was entirely unauthorized and unwarranted. The Social Democrats und the Group of Toll til the douina have ull along recognized thut when It came to n conflict the burden must be borne by them In the beginning, and the most elaborate preparation have been made to repeat the tactics of last fall and paralyse the country with a general strike. But the plana at tills time hnvn been perfected with much more deliberation and Involve not only the paralysis of cities, telegraphs, railroads and all means of communication throughout the empire, but n complete strike of peasants throughout the country. New York StocK Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan A Co., stock brokers. Miners' Bank Budding. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York, July 23, 1906 High. 13T» % 35% 70% 98% 89% 76% 118% 160 EV 6 V6 Low. 131% 31% 69% 97 88% 73% 116% 158% 55 % Close. 134% 35% 70 97% 88% 75% 117% 159% 56 G. $. P. Leaders Confer, Am Sugar .. Am Car & P Am Loco .. Amal Copper Atchison com B. It. T. .. . B. & O. . . . Can Pacific Ches & Ohio Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 23.—One of the most notable of recent featherings of Republican leaders is that assembled here to confer with President Roosevelt. Among the president's visitors are Speaker Caunou, Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee, Chairman Sherman of the Republican congressional campaign committee and Treasurer McKlnley of that committee. CHANGE AT COXTON. Secretary Dempsey asked as to what locals Jones wanted to contest, and he Included the following: I«oc'- An Important change has gone Into effect In Coxton yard. Master Mechanic Joseph H. Williams has tendered his resignation and Is succeeded by A. M. McOJill, formerly of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad. Mr. Williams was In the employ of the Valley for the past 25 years, having risen from an apprentice. He has not decided on his future plans. St Paul 180% 177% 179% They confidently believe the loyalty of the troops has been so shaken that the military supports of the government will give way and that when put to the test the army will be divided against itself. After the death of .lay Gould Mr. Sage retained his interest In the properties with which the two men had been Jointly ideutiilcd and for years was a close adviser of George J. Gould. tions. C. F. I 50% 48% 48% 20, 1540, 158, 1432, 1159 and his own local, 699. Board member. Came arose and demanded that Laicals 1138, 14C3, 1689 and 1498, and Board Member Oallagher Indicated Locals 838 and 900, both Intimating that the vote In these locale for Jones was likewise padded or* stuffed. Came said that one local's vote was marked on the sheet one week before election. There was a good deal more said In a general way, about election conditions In the Fourth district, until It appeared that there must have been a peculiar condition of affairs, to say the least, In that district In the last fllectlon. However, notwithstanding all the serious allegations that had been made, the delegates Realized that, under the constitution, the result of the election could not be changed, and they did not deem It worth the expense, and could not see the benefit of an Investigation, such as would be necessary to determine who violated the law, so they voted against eVery motion along this line and In favor of the tellers' report as presented. PRESIDENT NICHOLLS HOME FROM EUROPE 111 Central Erie 41% 179% 178% 40% 179 41% L. & X 141% 140% 140% No Honor Cross For Bernhardt. Thomas D. Nlcholls, of Scranton, president of District No. 1, United Mine Workers, returned home last night after having spent two months In Europe, the special purpose of the visit having been to attend the International Congress of Mining, as one of the American delegates. Of course the first question put to JMr. Nlcholls was, "Are you going to run for Congress?" he having been nominated during his absence as the Congressional candidate of the Democratic party In Lackawanna county. Hla reply was, "It would not be right for me to discuss that until I know officially that I am nominated." M. K. & T. . . . 33 Mo. Pacific .... 92 Mcx Central ... 20% N. Y. Central ..133% Am Smelter ...147% JMorf & West .. 88% Ont & West ,.. 46% Pennsylvania . . 128 % Beading 126% Uock Island ... 24 % So. Pacific 72% So Rwy com ... 35 T. C. & 1 151 Texas Pacific .. 31% Union Pacific ..148% U. S. Steel ... 36 % U. S. Steel pfd. .104 Wabash 45% Paris, July 23.—The chancellery of the Legion of Honor having refused to approve the government's nomination it Sarah Bernhardt for the Insignia of chevalier of the order. Minister of Public Instruction Brland anuounced his formal approval of the chancellery's action, which is based on the fact that Mme. Bernhardt Is not connected with the state subsidized theater. Expect Peasants to Rise. An incident which startled the whole country occurred In Mr. Sage's office, 71 Broadway, on Dec. 4, 1801. He was visited by Henry P. Norcross of Boston. a man of unbalanced mind, who demanded an immediate gift of $1,200,- 000. When the offer wffs refused Norcross dropped a dynamite bomb upon the floor, the explosion of which blew Norcross to atoms, killed one of the clerks and wrecked the whole office. Mr. Suge was severely Injured by the explosion. His recovery was due to a vigorous constitution. Blown Up by Insane Man. Although the news of the dissolution of the douma spread like wlldilre Unang the members of the various poetical organizations, the masses here generally are hardly awake to the momentous event. The news traveled fast in the country, and the genernl expectation Is that the peasantry, accepting the dispersal of the douma as the final blow to their hopes, will rise en masse. The members of Laizerne lodge, I. O. O. P., and their families and friends, will hold their annual Waldfest Wednesday, July 25th, at Pernbrook. Special cars will leave Stephenson street Duryea at 8 a. m., foot of Mill street, Pittston. at 8:30 a. m. Elaborate arrangements for the entertainment of the members and guests have been made by the committee. Fare, round trip, adult*. 50 cents, children, 25 cents. 23-2 Annual Wahlfcst Five Kilted by Lightning. Manitowoc, Wis., July 23.—Five persons were killed and more than a score Injured by a bolt of lightning which struck the grand stand of the baseball park where 150 people bad gathered to see a game between a local team and a nine from Plymouth, Wla. The workingniOn's organizations hnve been preparing for months foe Just such provocation to declare open war. For Sale. Mr. Sage was never known to take a holiday. It is said that his last birthday was the first which he failed to celebrate by attending to business in his office at 31 Nassau street. For G. W, 17% 16% Complete outfit for a barber shop. Can be bought for $50 cash. Apply 131 Ann street. West Plttaton. 20-S While M. Stolypln, who succeeds M. Ooremyklu as premier, undoubtedly is a,,auich. Stronger uian than his predepeesor, lie probably will be unequal to Itevan, the Tailor. Will be found In Room No. S, over Antrim's drv goods store. A special programme of new music imder personal direction of Mr. Oppenhelm at Valley View, Tuesday Electric bells at Garrison's. Tinning, Plumbing, Heating done ' Ash'a. night. 23-2 Trjr Bohan's pies cakes and bread.