Pittston Gazette

              nr - -JL  A A • f THE HOME PAPER. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Historical Socii •Forecast Until 8 p. iu. Tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania. For the People of Plttstoa and Vicinity. Rain tonight and Friday. ALL THE HOME NEWS. 57TH YEAR. I www 1 DAILY tLY WSTAKLISIIRI) 1850. K8T. BY TIIHO. IIART 1882. PITTSTON, 'A., THU OCTOB 18, 1906. TWO CENTS A COPY. I FORTY CENTS A MONTH. f 8 PAGES. HEROES' PRIZES BELL BOY IT GAVE REBATES. STORM ON THE COAST. TWO MEN KILLED. BROUWER IS FREE ELECTRIC RAILWAY TO TUNKHANNOCK Stephen Devers' life Crushed Out by Philadelphia, Oct. 18.—A northeast gale varying in intensity from 48 to 60 miles an hour raged all day yesterday along the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to the Delaware Breakwater. Sail craft in the harbor did not venture to sea, and the steamers that breasted the gale were subjected to a terrific strain from rolling and pitching into mountainous waves that washed the decks of all movables.Possibility That the Seranton and Fae- Elevator at the Now ltedingtoii Hotel, WJlkesbarre. toryvillc tilne May Yet Reach the New York Central Railroad Third Was Seriously In- Jury Acquits Physician of Killing Wife. Wyoming County Scat. Sixteen Cases of Courage Worthy of Notice. The recently opened Rcdlngton hotel, at Wllkcsbarre, was tho scene of a fatal accident yesterday morning, when Stephen Davers, who was employed as a bell boy at the hotel, suffered such Injuries from being squeezed In the elevator shaft that he died at the City hospital last evening. Dcvers was about the office in the morning, when a man entered the elevator and wished to be taken to the fifth floor. As the elevator boy was not on the scone, Devers volunteered to undertake the task. He got to the fifth floor In safety and landed his Thinking that some one on the floor above wished to use the elevator, he turned on the full power and the elevator shot upward. It went so rapidly that Devers evidently thought he had lost control and attempted to jump out at the next floor, but was caught between the floor above and the elevator. His chest was crushed in. The management of the hotel is not to blame, as the boy had no authority to run tho elevator. Devers Is survived by his parents, who reside on Livingstone avenue, Wilkesbarre.Convicted. jured. \V. L. Connell, a prominent Scrantonian who owns coal lands at Bornicc and is also largely interested in the electric road that is building from Seranton to Factoryvllle, is in frequent correspondence with Some of tne Luslness men in Tunkhannock re- K'lr.ling the probabilities of securing right of way to run the road to Bernice by way of Tunkhannock. Ho tF.ys that. a survey has been made from the western side of the river tiirough to Bernlce, and that a tentative site for a bridge to run diagonally across the river at a point near Tunkhannock creek has been considered He plainly states that such a road would not pay without legislative enactment permitting it," in common with other roads, to carry freight. In case it should be built there is a possibility that repair shops will be located here.—Tunk- Tunkhannock Republican. NOT TO LEAVE TOWN MEDALS AND MONEY CASES TO BE PUSHED STONE BRIDGE FELL The Norwegian steamer Belvernon, from Port Antonio, Ja., for Philadelphia, was compelled to pass the Delaware Breakwater without being able to take a pilot on board. After proceeding some distance up the bay the Belvernon returned to the Breakwater, where, after a number of failures, a pilot was at last gotten aboard. Sugar Trust Got Rebates— Railroad Will Appeal. Accident Occurred at White Charge of Judge Refers to Carnegie Awards Go to Peo- Ptomaine Theory. pie in Many Cases. Haven. Toms River, N. J., Oct. 18.—After a trial that had lasted several days Dr. Frank Brouwer, Indicted for the murder by poisoning of his wife, Carrie Brouwer, was acquitted. The jury brought In a verdict' of not guilty Just one hour after retiring. Pittsburg, Oct. 18. — The Carnegie hero fund commission met here and awarded medals to sixteen persons and gave out cash to the extent of 913,000. The commission acted on eighty-nine cases, only sixteen of which were considered worthy of awarding. Those who were awarded medals were: Now York, Oct. 18.—The New York Central and Hudson River Rnllroud company and its assistant traffic manager, Frederick L. Pomeroy, were declared guilty by the Jury In the United States circuit court of violating the Elklns anti-rebate law in having granted concessions to various sugar refining companies and individuals allied with the sugar trust. Wlhlte Haven, Pa., Oct. 18.—A most unusual accident occurred here this morning, resulting In the death of two men and the serious injury of a third man. The dead are: Guenther Specht, aged 65, a married man, of White Haven; Andrew Haas, aged 60 years, married, of White Haven. The injured man is Staoey Mills, aged 50 years, and it is feared that he will not recover. DIED CLOSE TO SAFETY. Sad Story of a Miner's Race The courtroom was crowded when Judge Ilendrickson ascended the bench to hear the verdict of the Jury. Dr. Brouwer was brought In looking a trifle pale, but showing little signs of nervousness. The Jury then filed Into the box, and the foreman was asked If they had agreed on a verdict. He promptly replied: Samuel M. Desherbiuin of Langham, Canada, who at the risk of his own life saved the life pt Alfred O. Burnham, who was drowning In the North Saskatchewan river. Awarded a bronze medal. r For Life. Special Sale. The verdict had been to some extent discounted when, the government having rested its case, Austen O. Pox, John D. Lindsay and other lawyers representing the railroad announced that no defense would be Prior to this proof had been submitted that the railroad had been giving the suiznr trust a secret rebate of 5 cents on the hundredweight on the price fixed by the Interstate commerce commission for the haulage of sugar from this city to Dotroit. The accident was caused by the collapse of a stone arch bridge. The bridge In question carries a highway across Llnesville creek, In the lower part of the borough. The bridge was being reconstructed by the, borough, and eight men were working on and about the structure. When the arch' collapsed the two men who met deatlv and the man who was injured were working beneath the arch, doing some digging. They were caught by the mass of falling stone and mortar and were terribly crushed. Specht and Haas were instantly killed, their bod. ies having been completely covered. It was some time before the bodies wero recovered. Stacey's both legs were crushed, and his condition is very critical. On Sat., Oct. 20th, Lewis Bros, will sell for cash, round steak at 10c per lb., and sirloin steak at 12 l-2c per lb. 18-2 Revealed in Finding of Body of Val- entine Pajwara Last Night— One Step More and His Life Arthur Simon of Valparaiso, Ind., on Aug. 24, 1905, rescued from drowning two girls ut Flint Lake, Ind. Awarded a bronze medal. SUFFERING FOR WATER "We And a verdict of not guilty." THIEVES VERY ACTIVE. Would Have Been Instantly the courtroom was In an uproar. Men and women cheered and applauded in spite of the rapping for order, and the court constables had all they could do to suppress the noise. Finally when quiet was restored Dr. Brouwer wns formally discharged. He was so overcome that he could hardly Saved. Ilenrf J. Schiller of Lakeside, O., rescued from drowning lu Lake Eric Wendell B. Tussigg, aged sixteen, of Groveport, O. Tussigg pulled Schiller down, but he procured a buoy and finally saved him. Awarded a bronze medal and $l,.rD00 for the purpose of lifting the mortgage on his house. Famine is Reported Prom Valentine Psywara, who was killed In the checker slope of the Hillside colliery by a fall of roof last Tuesday, was cut down within one step of safety. Less than four feet from the point where his body was found by V'-'kmen last night is a cross-cut that would have proven a haven for him from the impending fall of rock. That he was rushing for this crosscut seems certain, as his body was fully 30 feet from the place where he iiad been at work robbing pillars. This cut was what saved the life of his laborer, who was evidently more fleet of foot than Psywara. It was feared at first that the laborer had been killed with the miner, but he was located yesterday in Dupont. He had made his escape from the slope through a second opening. Housebreaking in Various Cork Lane Section. Sections Reported. Guilty on Five Counts. The jury found the railroad company and Mr. Pomeroy guilty on five of the six counts contained in the indictment. Judge Holt did not Immediately Impose sentence, but on the application of Mr. Fox agreed to listen tomorrow to a motion for an arrest of judgment. The fine usually Imposed in such cases as this is $25,000 for each offense charged. A large number of Indictments have been found against other (torporations and sugar trust officials, and it is understood that these will be immediately pressed for trial. speak, About 85 Families Depend Entirely Met by Mother and 8ons. Office of 'Squire Keating Entered Gets Money For Education. on Passing Engines for Their Once freo of the courtroom crowd Dr. Brouwer was hurried by Ills counsel to the street, where another crowd that had been waiting cheered and followed him us he walked rapidly toward his home. As Dr. Brouwer came within sight of hif« home Ills aged mother and his little boys appeared In the doorway. The boys quickly ran into the arms of their father, who, catching them up, one on cach arm, ascended the steps to the house. Ab ,111s head reached her level his mother threw her arms about the three. This Morning but Nothing Stolen William G. Stlllwell of Bellaire, Mich., rescued a girl from drowning. The boy is an orphan and was awarded a bronze medal and $2,(MX) to complete his edncatlon Supply—Ifove Sent a Inciter » It was very fortunate that the num. ber of victims was not greater. Five other men who had been working under the arch were calle daway to help load a wagon but a few min.ites before the accident occurred. —Burglars In Upper Pitts- to Governor Begging Ion—M. Cossnmn, Dairy- For Relief, nian, Itobbed of $40, Incredible as it may seem, fully 85 families living within half an hour's walk from the center of the city are positively suffering from a water famine. With no relief In sight they yesterday sent a petition to Governor Pennypacker asking him to compel the Spring Brook Water Supply Co., the holder of a State franchise, to give them relief by furnishing the necessary fluid. The families all live in the vicinity of Cork Lane, on both sides of the D. & H. tracks. Those who suffer most from the famine live beyond the tracks of the Lehigh Valley cutoff, in the section that has been disturbed lately by mine caves. There the sight of a cutoff train slacking up for any reason Is regarded as a blessing, and dozens of women rush for the engines, carrying palls and wash boilers, begging of the crows that they give them a supply of The request is generally complied with, and the people have come to regard the engines as their only trusted source of water supply. Housebreakers and sneak thieves are doing a rushing business In this vicinity at present. Their hauls have not been very valuable, but they are operating in widely separated sections. It hardly seems that an organized gang is working, but it is more likely that a lot of local crooks are trying their hand at picking" up a little loose change. William J. A. Dnrst of Chicago, a ntudeut, rescued Robert Boll, with whom he had been rowing company with Clifford W. Snyder of South Haven, Mich. The boat capsized, niul Darst and Snyder rescued Bell. Each received a bronze medal and $1,000. TWO MONTHS IN JAIL. Mr. Pox In his summing up contended that the jury w-as asked to punish a railroad and one of Its agents for the alleged violation of a law that does not exist. He also asserted that there was no evidence to show that the president or dlroctors of the railroad knew that one of Its agents was giving any rebates and insisted that everybody concerned in the directorate of the road thought that the money that was being paid out by the treasurer to the «ugnr company was miTely for overcharges arising out of mistakes In the course of the railroad's regular business. Psywara was an experienced miner and was at work robblrtg pillars when the fall of root that even affected the surface occurred. He was buried beneath a great mass of rock. Work was at once started to find his body and different shifts, each of 16 men were set to work to dig to where he had been working. Work was continued all Tuesday night and all day yesterday. Last night the body was reached and removed from the working.Light Sentence for Passer of Elsie C. Plauti. aged nineteen, of Appleton, Wis., rescued Norman Brokaw from drowning. They had been tobogganing on tlie Ice on Fox river when the Ice gave way and Norman went under and was pulled out by Miss Plantz. She wan awarded a silver medal. Irving Church, aged twenty, assisted Miss Plantz and was awarded a bronzo medal. Counterfeits. A moment later Dr. Brnuwer turned to the crowd, which had remained at his heels throughout the affecting scene, and briefly expressed his thanks for the evidence of good will. With a final cheer the crowd dispersed and the family withdrew to the house. The office of Squire Keating, in Cork Lane, which Is in front of his residence, was broken ' into at an early hour this morning. The latch on a window was forced and the door nearby unlocked. The desk In the room was forced open and all the papers taken out and scattered about the room. The burglars found no money, and it 1b not believed that they took anything else. They made no effort to break into any other part _of the house. No clue has been llound in the case. Mrs. Cliarles Gonzarre, of tills City, Found Guilty of Passing Bad Money Tills Morning in Unit- ed States Court—Sentence Dr. Brouwer on returning homo hung out the sign that had been removed from his office door, Indicating his Intention of staying in town instead of leaving, as he had said he would do if ,-miIiIIc opinion wits against him. Psywara, It is thought, noticed the roof beginning to work and, fearing a fall, started to run to the cross-cut, which was a safe glace. His laborer at Once Passed, Medal F6r Saving Brother. Johu M. Parks of Ketcham, Ida., rescued Charles A. McCoy from a mine In which au exploslou had occurred. Parks was awarded a bronze medal. Leroy McCoy rescued his brother Charles and was awarded a brouze medal. Wallace C. McPeters discovered tlie explosion and gave warning at the risk of ills life. He was awarded a bronze medal. Mrs. Charles Gonzarre, an Italian woman from this city, was found Bound by Agents' Acts. must have started DJust about this morning in .the United States court in Scranton of passing counterfeit money. Her trial was held yesterday and the Jury went out Just before adjournment. Following the verdict Judge Archbald passed sentence on the woman. He took into consideration that she has a young and large family and that she was possibly only a tool for others. Ho sentenced her to two months in the Luzerne county Jail, a sentence that is very light for the serious charge. The dramatic feature of the end of the trial was the plea for the defense by Mr. Wilson to the jury urging them to do their duty and "send this man home to his aged mother and motherless children." • M. Cossman, the dairyman, was the victim of a sneak thief yesterday afternoon. The theft was a daring one and was probably committed by some one acquainted with Mr. Cossman's habits. The dairyman had been on the road with a milk wagon, going over one of his routes, and when he returned he had about $40 in his money bag. He drove up to his dairy in the alley leading from Charles street, and, placing his purse under the seat of the wagon, went inside for a few minutes. He remained only a short time, but when he returned he found that the purse had been taken from its hiding place. Careful inquiry in tho neighborhood failed to give a clue to the thief. United States District Attorney Stimsoii declared flint the system of giving rebates must hnve been known to the railroad and tlie head thereof. He also iiointed out that the Elkins lnw makes It a crime on the port of the corporation Itself for Its authorized agents to commit unlawful acta. "It Is no excuse at all," he said, "for the railroad to say that It had to give sccret rebates to the American Sugar Refining company, but not to Arbuekle Bros., because if it did not do so the freight would go by water." same time, as Psywara would have noticed the danger first, having been an experienced man. The laborer was more fleet of foot than the miner and reached the cut in safety. Psywara must also have thought his life would be saved, for one step beyond where he was cut down would have brought him to the cut. His body was badly crushed. It was taken in charge by Undertaker Burns and prepared for burial. Water conditions In the section were not always as they are now. The Immediate cause of the trouble is the same as has given the residents much unrest for another reason, the robbing of pillars and mining in the checker vein of the Butler colliery. Until very recently the entire section had the use of several fine wells that wen? scattered about the district and yielded a plentiful supply of spring water. With the commencement of operations in the section of checker vein under Cork Lane the blasting and caving diverted the sub-surface streams, which commenced to flow Into the mines instead of into the wells, and the supply gradually diminished. It did not disappear altogether until very recently and then the residents started to keep a lookout for the passing engines. Tlie foreman and two other members of the Jury wept openly and wiped their eyes with their handkerchiefs. Many of the spectators were in tears. ltufus K. Coomlw of Midway, Ky.; went iuto u gas filled vault on April 2, 1002, and rescued IUchard Godson, a lawyer. The two mea had been rivals for political honors for many years and were bitter enemies. Coombs was awarded a silver medal and $l,fi)0. Counsel's Strong Plea Mrs. Gonzarre was arrested hero about a month ago by Constable M. J. Buckley. She was recognized as having passed bad half dollars on several people. Her husband is now a fugitive from justice having skipped his bail on a "Black Hand" charge. It was a masterly closing to a masterly plea, In which the case of the state had been ripped into tatters until there were left but the suspicions of two nurses and the evidence of a single medical expert, who never saw Mrs. Brouwer alive ani never treated a living case of arsenical poisoning, that arsenic killed her. BOTH LEGS BROKEN. James 15. Goodman on July 26, 1904. at Warsaw, lud., went Into a well tilled with Bewer gas and after William II. Funk, city marshal, had gone In and was overcome. Goodman was also overcome, and both lost their lives. A silver medal and $1,500 were awarded to the children of Goodman. It is expected that the New York Central will take the case to the United States supreme court In Washington. Eugene Brady, son of Owen Brady, of James street, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon at No. S bi eaker, where he was employed as At the trial yesterday several witnesses from this city were heard, including Miss Craig, Max. Roglnsky and Chief Loftus. Mr. and Mrs. Judson Brink, of Wilford street. Upper Pittston, were the victims of house-breakers early yesterday morning. Thieves gained entrance to their home by forcing a rear window. The couple were asleep and the housebreakers went leisurely through the placc in search of valuables. All that has been missed is clothing, two coats and some other articles having been taken. Mr. Brink was aroused during the night by the sound of a picture falling from the wall, but he did not bother getting up, ascribing the noise to some ordinary cause. 'i slate I'icKer. He was in the act of releasing some coal that had bec inDo bit eked in one of the chutes, when ln» I' rf.me caught in one of the screens. Ho was carried part way iipdiT it and was in danger of being crushed when his cries were heard and the rmschinery of the breaker Columbia, S. C., Oct. 18.—The town of Seneca was visited by fire and property worth about $75,000 was destroyed. Rumors were circulated that the fire was the result of Incendiarism and was started by negroes in revenge for the recent destruction of a negro college by dynamite. Investigation, however, showed that there was little on which to base the rumors. The negro population of the town did everything In Its power to stay the progress of the flames. False Charge Against Negroes. In his cloning address for the state Lawyer A. E. Johnson delivered a scathing arraignment of the accusod physician. The defendant appeared in court with her many children. She denied emphatically every charge that was made, and contradicted flatly the statements of the witnesses of the prosecution. At Milwaukee April 30, 15)05, Harris G. Glddings. Lawrence A. Ilanlou and Peter Lancaster, city firemen, went to the rescue of Jacob Flyter, a labor foreman, and four laborers who were repairing a leak In a tunnel. Each received a gold medal and $1,500. The water famine extends over considerable territory. It affects several properties on the west side of the D. & H. tracks, but here the shortage is not felt so keenly, as It is but a short trip to where Spring Brook supply can be found. Besides, few of the wells below the D. & H. are seriously affected, as most of t"ie mining has been done beyond t?ie tracks. " • stopped. He was removed from his dangerous position and taken to Pittston hospital, where it was found that both his legs were broken, one in two places and the other in one. His legs were set in a plaster of paris cast. While jurymen and spectators were hushed, reflecting on Mr. Johnson's words. Judge Hendrickson ordered the doors of the little courtroom closed and began his charge. OCTOBER WEDDING. Q«t $2,000 Instead of $1,000. A very pretty October wedding was solemnized at the ■ Holy Rosary church, Scranton, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when John T. Welsh, of that place, was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Jordan, formerly of this city, but now of Heranton. Father Kelly performed the ceremony in the presence of the immediate members of both families and many guests. The charge was most impartial and along established lines. The various degrees of n»urder were defined by the court and the jury instructed as to the nature of a reasonable doubt. The case of Mrs. Sadie Crabbs of Heathvllle, Va„ was reconsidered by the commission, and the award of $1,- 000 to her children was increased to $2,000. Mrs. Crabbe, a white woman, lost her life trying to save that of a little colored boy who had fallen through the Ice. A Problem Take the number of days you have bought meat, multiply by the amount you have purchased each day and that product by two cents. The result will be what you have lost if you have bought meat at any other market than Lewis Bros. 18-2 FINANCIAL! AMD COMMERCIAL. The residents of the* troubled district are at a loss to know what to do in thcii trouble. They have repeatedly p£tltloned the Spring Brook Water Sup' ly Co. to lay Its mains to the vicinity, but without success. The company has put forth a two-fold reason for refusing the request—first, that a pipe line would not be a success financially and, second, that the summit of the hill is too high to permit of water flowing to many of the h'.ut'cs on It. Mr*. Weightman Will Fight. New York Stocx Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers. Miners' Bank BuHdlne. Philadelphia. Oct. 18.—From her retirement at Haven Hill, where she has been since the half day trial of the Weightman will case, Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker let it be known that she Is not frightened n bit by Mrs. Jones Wister's announcement that the contest for the $Ci0,000,000 Is to go on. If Mrs. Wlster has any further desire to move on the works she (Mrs. Wulker) Is ready, she says. In referring to the contention of the defense that Mrs. Brouwer died from ptomaine poisoning Judge Hendrickson said: Am Sugar .. Am Car & P Am Loco .. Amal Copper Atchison com High 13C 46% 76% 117% 103% Low, 136 Close. 136 The medals are all of the same design, although there are three classesgold, sliver and bronze. The medals are three Inches in diameter and three-sixteenths of an inch thick. On the face of the modal is an excellent likeness of Mr. Carnegie and the date of the establishment of the fund, while on the reverse side ia the motto, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend's," which was selected by Mr. Carnegie personally."You must carefully consider whether death came through natural causes. By that I mean it may have been caused by some action of the de- 45% 45% Smoke Prince Otto bo cigar. Gillespie. The bride looked charming In a, neat brown traveling suit. She wore a handsome white picture hat. Miss Mary Golden was the maid of honor; and she was similarly attired. Michael Nealon was best man. 76 115 76 116% 102% Football tog-outs at Garrison's. 102% ceased." B. It. T 80% 78% 122 79% 122% 180% Yale Raises Professors' Pay. B. & O. .. . Can Pacific . Ches & Ohio 122% 180% 61% 180% m Mitchell Make* Campaign Speech, New Haven, Conn., Oct. 18. — Announcement la made at Ynlo that the senior officers In each undergraduate department and some others have had their salaries fixed at $4,000 In conformity to the plan outlined by President Hadley at the last commencement. About thirty-Are professors who are doing "full work" are benefited by the change. 61 175% 61% 175% A letter was prepared and sent yesterday to Governor Pennypacker, asking him to send members of the State board of health to the section and take action to force the Spring F-ook C). to furnish a supply of water. The letter was largely signed by the property holders of Cork Lane. Similar action was taken a few days ago liy the residents of Wllkesbarre township, who have not yet heard from the governor in reply. An anuwer from Harrisburg to the petition of the Cork Lane residents Is being lriDi*ai tntly awaited for by the residents, who are compelled to flag onf1ii»si :n order to . get a supply of Scranto*, Pa., Oct. 18.—John Mitch* ell, president of the United Mine Workers, and Samuel (iompere, president oi the American Federation of Labor, made addresses In the Interest* of th« candidacy of District President T. D. NichoUs of the United Mine Workers for congress and the eight labor union meu who have been nominated for the legislature in the Lackawanna district. Mr. Mitchell said It waa the first tlm« In bis career that he had spoken publicly in the Interests of any caudldnU of any political party. St Paul 176% Newark, N. J., Oct. 18.—William Scofleld, the twelve-year-old nan of Fayette E. Scofield, a wealthy manufacturer, committed suicide In the bathroom of his parents' home. He cut his throat from ear to ear with his father's raBor and died almost Instantly. No cause can be assigned for tho act of the boy. Boy of Twelve Takes Own Life. C. F. I Erie .. Ill Central 55% 46% 173 55 46% 172% 146% 55% 46% 173 147% L. & N. 147% Mo. Pacific .... 96% Mux Central ... 22% N. T. Central ..132% Am Smelter ...160% Norf & West .. 95% Ont & West ... 47% Pennsylvania ..144% Peo Gas 90 % Reading 152% Rock Island ... 28% So. Pacific .... 94 % So Rwy com 85% Texas Pacific .. 38% Union Pacific ..187% U. S. Steel ... 49% U. S. Steel pfd. .107% 95% 22 131% 159 22 132 159% New Portrait of Roosevelt. Washington, Oct 18. — President Roosevelt had a view of the life sized picture of himself seated on his fnvor- Ite saddle horse as the horse Is In the net of Jumping a fence, which has been painted by n New York artist and exhibited here. The pnlutlng was made from a snapshot The picture was jreatly admired by the president. 95% 95% 47% 143% 47% 143% Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 18.—A dangerous Are broke out lu the five tftory building of the Prowell Hardware company on PI rat u venue and threatened the entire block. A high wind blowing from the southeast made the tusk of checking the flames difficult. Fire In Birmingham, Ala. Hole In Bay 8tate Ticket Filled. 90% 151% 28 93% 90% 151% Boston, Oct. 18.—John Alden Thayer of Worcester was nominated for attorney general by the executive committee of the Democratic state committee to fill the vacancy on the state ticket caused by the refusal of John W. Couglilln of Fall River to run. 35% 35% water. DALE'S PAPERS THROWN OUT. 37% 186% 38 187% ARRESTED ON A LARCENY CHARGE All Explosion Victim* Dead. Extra Special Sale Queen Quality Shoe. 48% 107% 45% 49 107% 45% New York, Oct. 18.—All five of the men who were victims of the explosion at Oyster Bay on the Colonla, the yacht of Frederick O. Bourne, are uow dead. The last of the victims of the unfortunate accident. John Leonard, the chief engineer of the vessel, expired In the Nassau hospital at Mlneola. Honers Even In Prize Fight. Wabash 45% Mlcliuel Sullivan, Formerly of Pitts- Higher Wages on the Reading. All the very newest 1906 fall and winter shoes, all sizes In Patent Colt, Dongola, Vlcl Kid, Box Calf and Gun Metal. Special price, all $3.50 and 13.00 shoes, while they last now Harrlsburg, Pa.. Oct. 18.—The Lincoln party nomination papers of Hon Thomas H. Dale, candidate for Congress In Lackawanna county, were today declared Invalid by the Dauphin county court. Philadelphia, Oct. 18.—Young Corbett and Terry McUovern fought a six round mill here, fio decision was gfven, but Corbett had the best of the fight In the second and third rounds and Mc- Govern In the fourth. The other three rounds were adjudged even. OBITUARY. ton, Taken In Tow by Officer Reading, Pa., Oct 18.—The Reading railway has decided to Increase the wages of its engineers, firemen, conductors, brakemen, yardmen and Other employees of that class on all divisions rrom S to 10 per cent. Mrs. Walter Moon. McGarry. Mrs. Walter Moon, nee Miss Bertha Bell, a former resident of this city and Avoca, died on Monday at her home in Jermyn, Lackawanna county, after a brief illness. Mrs. Moon was 24 years of age. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bell, of Peckvllle. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon, and the remains were brought to Duryea for Interment In Marcy Cemetery. Rev. J. S. Crompton, pastor of the Jermyn M. E. church, was the officiating clergyman.Michael Sullivan, a former resident of this section, but more recently of Luzerne, was arrested by Officer McGarry last evening. He was wanted on a warrant sworn out by Constable Kileen, of Luzerne, on the charge of the larceny of a keg of horseshoe nails. For the past few days Sullivan had been doing odd Jobs about West Pittston liveries. Officer McGarry found him on South Main street. Sullivan was turned over to the Luzerne authorities this morning. $2.50. Use Allen's Foot-Ease. Four Years For Treason. .liiTii ME STORE, 79 N. Main St A powder to be shaken Into the shoes • Tour feet feel swollen, nervous and damp, and get tired easily. If you hare aching feet, try Allen'a Foot-Baae. It rests the feet and makes new or tight shoes easy. Cures aching, swollen, sweating feet, hll* ters and callous spots. Relieves chilblains, corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try It today. SolJ by all druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Don t accept any substitute. Trial package KRK10. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LeUoy, N. V. Austrian Minister Resigns. Leipslc, Oct 18. — A man named Bcheve, who tried to sell to the French government the secret of the manufacture of the German nickel coated cartridge, has been sentenced by the imperial supreme court to four years la the penitentiary for treason. Washington, Oct. 18.—Secretary and Mrs. Taft, Assistant Secretary of State Bacon and Mrs. Bacon, General Funston and others composing Secretary Tuft's party arrived in Washington from Cuba, Taft Back In Washington. London. Oct 18.—In a dispatch from Vienna the correspondent of the Standard says that Count Golucbowskl, the Austro-Hungarlnn minister of foreign affairs, has tendered his resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph. Heidelberg 10c cigar, at Gillespie's, Football goods at Garrison's. Asbestos Sad Irons at Ash's.