Pittston Gazette

              fTHK0UuART8?882. ** PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1906. - POmrcS r wicATiiKii coyjineNs. ALL THE HOME MOWS. Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for For the People of Plttston and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Fair and much colder Wednesday, fair, with tonight THE HOME PAPER, perature 57TH YEAR. XlislorM; I WEEKLY El I DAILY EST. » A COPY. I A MONTH. C 14 PAGES. 'SWORD UTS DEATH STORER'S REPLY THE NOBEL PRIZE OPENED AN OLD GRAVE A CHURCH WAR LACKAWANNA TRAGEDY ON PORTO RICO Tragic Affair at No. 14 Shaft Relic Hunters Disturb An- Joseph Weithe Fell From Dismissed Ambassador's New Honor for Our Presi- France Takes Title to Many President Sent in Special This Morning. cient Resting Place. Foot Bridge. Statement. dent. Millions. Massage. Dropited Down the shaft From tlic QUOTES ROOSEVELT Top, and liutloatioiiN are That ROOSEVELT'S PLANS Hal# Forgotten Cemetery Near Ever- PREMIER IS DEFIANT Crossing Lackawanna River When He TO DREDGE HARBOR the AC*t Wns a Deliberate One hart's Island Scene of Act of Van- l.osi His Footing—Cried Out for II on His Part—Dontli Was dalism—Old Place l'nca red Help But His Companions Says He is Denounced for Differing With Him. Instantaneous— Will Use Money to Aid In- For and Seldom Visited— Disposal of Churches is a Could Do Nothing For Other Improvements Are Sanford Apt, a member of one of this city's most respected families, met a frightful death this morning by plunging down Xo. 14 shaft, of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. The evidences are that the young man jumped deliberately into the opening with suicidal intent. He was instantly killed. His neck and many bones were broken bD\ the frightful impact with the bottom of the shaft. But one man, John Jordan, of Port Griffith. headman, witnessed the fearful scene when the young man's body disappeared into the opening. dustrial Peace. Holds Dead of a Cen- Puzzle. Him Owing to the tury Ago. Darkness, Necessary. mm .a Disturbing the peaceful repose of the dead of a century ago who rest beside the now turgid but once limpid and trout laden stream of the Lackawanna, vandals have operated in a well night forgotten cemetery near Everhart's Island. presumably in search of valuable.relics. Few of the present day knew of a cemetery nestling beneath the tall trees that still in stateliness overhang the Lackawanna. Carefully cultured grass covered plots, green while the memory of those sleeping beneath them was green, now lie hidden beneath masses of Interlocking weeds and some small white stone, its top just peeping over the top of the unkept mass of wild growing herbage, is the only visible evidence that the ground is hallowed with the dust of old time settlers of the Wyoming valley. These stones, now numbering hut a few more than a half dozen each tell an interesting if incomplete story. "Died 17—" is thi' century mark on most of Joseph Weitha, a Lithuanian, 34 years old, who lived in Simpson's Patch, near Old Forge, was drowned last night in a deep part of the Lackawanna river. He slipped from a foot bridge and, although he struggled to save himself, he finally sank. Two companions, who witnessed the accident were unable to be of any assistance to him, owing to the dark- Washington, Dec. ll.—C. Hauge, the minister from Norway, called at the White House and informed President Koosovelt that the Norwegian parliament had conferred on him I lie Nobel peace prize for his work in ending the Husso-.iapanese war. A message to the same effect came from Mr. Leerlaud, the chairman of the Nobel committee, who conveyed to the president hearty good wishes and au expression of high esteem. 'Paris, Dec. 11.—"If the church wants war it shall have it. But the world will bear witness that the Vatican is now in the position of a foreign power which tries to dispute in France the authority of the French government." Cincinnati, Dec. 11.—For the tirst time since Bellamy Storer was summarily dismissed from his post in Austria-Hungary, Jlrs. Storer, who was largely responsible for his dismissal as well as for his appointment, consented to talk of the affair. Washington, Dec. 11.—President Roosevelt today sent a special message to Congress on Porto Rico, in which he says: | On Nov, 21 I visited the islands of Porto Rico, landing at Ponce, crossing by the old Spanish road to CaD ey to San Juan and returning next morning over the new American road from Arecibo to Ponce; the scenery was wonderfully beautiful, especially among the mountains of the Interior, which constitute a veritable (tropic Switzerland. I could not embark at San Juan because the • harbor has not been diredged out and can not receive an American •battleship. I do not think this fact creditable to lis as a nation, and I earnestly hope that immediate provision will be made for dredging San Juan harbor. So Premier Clemenceau, the real author of the separation law, summed up tile situation. n ess Dozens of the man's friends remained from their work today to search along the river. Weitha was While she could not lie induced to say much, she did say that ihe course of action Xlr. Storer has adopted meets with her approval and tiiat she believes she and .''"r hlusbaud ultimately will be vindic^ed. All the newspaper.*, of whatever religious or political tiiijre. recognize the extreme gravity of Hie issue precipitated by the pope's order to the church in France to passively resist the enforcing of the separation law. Several newspapers predict a religious warfare. Apt was employed as a machinist helper in No. 14 shop and usually had chance of one of the machines. The machine shop is fully 300 feet away from the shaft and the men employed in it have no occasion to approach the shaft. When he went to work this morning he seemed in his usual spirits and gave no intimation that he contemplated taking his own life. Shortly after !D o'clock he engaged in conversation with Thomas Huntley, outside foreman of the colliery. and for several minutes the two men exchanged commonplaces. Not at any time did Apt seem to be the least bit despondent. Yesterday, after work, Weitha and two friends went to Duryea and spent the evening: \v:th friends. About 10 o'clock last night they started for home. Near the Babylon colliery, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co.,fa narrow | foot bridge was placed by the Coal Co. for the convenience of its employes. Weitha and his companions I when they reached this started an unmarried man X'niied States Minister l'eirce at t'liristianla liad been told of the action of the committee on Dec. 1 and in advising the president proffered his profound congratulations "on his well merited recognition of your great and wise international policy." The amount of money represented in the prize is 138,530 crowns i$»7,H'7.6rD). "I have a letter written by Mr. Roosevelt when be Was vice president that will belli to show we are hi the right In this controversy," said .Mrs. Storer. Today more tlmn $Uti(i,()(Ki,C)(K) worth of church property will come into the government's hands, so far as legal title to it is concerned. "The letter is dated June 23. 1900, and gives the reason for our transfer from Madrid to Vienna. The separation law was finally passed 1 »«•«*. II. I'JtCi. to (jo Into full effect a year from tlfat date. The law rescinds Why Transfer Was Asked. Will Seek Industrial Peace. | across, Weitha in the lead. It was I soon found that the br.dge was coat! od with ice and the crossing was dan- Majlu-d Pi-ogress- Made. "It Is true I asked for the transfer, but it was on account of the health of my son, Joseph Longworth Nichols, who was suffering from a pulmonary complaint and could not visit us in Madrid because of the bad effect the climate there had on him. He is now taking the open air treatment at Sarauac lake. The following statement governing the proposed disposition of the prize money, which is said to be subject to change as regards detail, was made at the White House: them nil state, departmental and municipal grunts to the church, requires that all real and personal property derived from the stale shall lie returned to it and that ecclesiastical property of ail kinds shall be turned over to the societies organized for ptthlie worship under the associations law of 11)01. "ITnder the wise administration pf thi! present governor and council, marked progress has been made in the difficult matter of granting to the people of the island the largest measuiv of self-government that can with safely be given at the present time. It would have been a very serious mistake to have gone any faster than we have already gone In this direction. The, Porto Rlcans have eom- It has just- boon discovered that this City of the dead has been defiled by the touch of the vandal relic hunter. One of the city's older residents n few days ago happened to be walking past the main road to Ransom, at a short distance from which s the little cemetery. Knowing of it he decided to struggle through the weeds that overgrow it and spent" some little time in looking over the tombstones and beating through th'' brush up the river. gerous, especially since the river was running high. The two men with Weitha soon found the danger and they returned to shore and called out to Weitha telling him it was very dangerous. He called back to them that he would get across all right, only to cut short his sentence with a cry of fright as he slipped and plunged into thfl water lfi feet below. He arose to tli« surface and called for help but his friends were unable to do anything for him on account of the darkness. After struggling for a short time he weakened and sank. The ma'n opening of Xo. 14 colliery has four sets of cages. Tw'o of these hoist from the checker vein and the other two from the Pittston vein. They run several feet above the surface to dump the coal. Headman Jordan bad started in to oil the cages about 9:20 this morning and he was engaged at this work when he noticed a man open one of the gates leading to the shaft and step inside. The opening has no other protection than the gate, which Is about six; feet from the mouth of the shaft. Jordan rushed over to the man, who proved to he Apt, and pushed him outside the gate, at the Same time demanding .to know if he wanted toC fall into the shaft and kill himself. Apt nllittered some answer, which Jordan dirt not understand. The latter then went on with his work of oiling Xo. 4 cage. A few minutes later he looked about and saw that Apt had again stepped insid'e the gate and was walking deliberately toward Xo. 1 opening, which runs down to the Pittston vein, 320 feet below the surface. Before Jordan could utter a sound of warning the man stepped over the edge and disappeared in an instant into the dtirk opening. The officials were quickly notified and the body, after being removed from the sump, was raised to the surface. It was later sent to the family home on Broad street. "The amount of the Nobel peace prize will be conveyed by the president to the trustees, to be by theui used as a foundation of a fund the income of which shall be expended for bringing together iu conference at Washington, especially during the sessions of congress, representatives of labor and capital for the purpose of discussing industrial problems with the view to arriving at a better understanding between employers and employees and thus promoting Industrial peace. The president, with their consent, will appoint as trustees of the fund the chief justice of the I?lilted States, the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of commerce and labor, a representative of labor and a representative of capital. The fund will be conveyed to the trustees to be held iu trust for the fol- "In this letter Mr. ltoosevelt says lie will urge the transfer, particularly because of this fact. Churches Free to Societies, The law allows the gratuitous use of ecclesiastical building-; belonging to the state and the municipalities for two years after the tc-iaal passage of the law and aft 'i wa:Cl ou renewable leases plete and absolute autonomy in all their municipal governments, the only power over them possessed by the Insular government being that of removing corrupt or incompetent municipal officials. This power has never been exercised except upon the clearest proof of corruption or of incompetence—«uch as to ■ jeopardize the interests of the people of the island; and under such circumstances il has been fearlessly used to the "Mr. Storer has only done what any one who calls himself a man would do to shield his wife, and even if it were not for me I think lie owes it to himself to be set right before the public.He had scarcely stepped over what was once the outer confines of the little burying ground than his eye was attracted by an unusual enndi- for ten years After a constant search from early morning Weitha's body was found this afternoon at 1:30 in a shallow part of the irlver near Everha.rt'a Island. A year has unite by. Today the immensely valuable churches, the episcopal and clerical residences, the seminaries. schools and institutions will become nominally the property of the government and actually so as soon as taken over by due legal process. "Further than to say that I believe everything will come out all right I cannot discuss this matter. Mr. Storer will make all the statements to the press that are to be made." lion A .short distance ahead of him a newly dug: grave sank into the earth. He hurried up to examine it and saw in the'bottom parallel lines darker than the earth, whieh were evidently the lust of a rough coffin. The earth had almost entirely re- JAMES HOLGATE HAS PASSED AWAY immense benefit of the people. It Is not a power with which it would be Thinks He Was Wronged In nearly all the .'Stl.iMiti parishes of France tin-re is no body of layuien legally entitled to take charge of the safe, for the sake of the island itself, to dispense at present. The lower house is absolutely elective, while the upper house is appointive. This schetne is working well; 110 injustice of any kind results from it, and great benefit to the island, and it should rertalniy not i,ie changed at this time. The machinery of the elections is administer. d entirely by the Porto Kiean people themselves, the governor and council keeping only such supervision as is necessary in order to Insure an orderly election. Any protest as to electoral frauds is settled in the courts. Here again it would not be safe to make any change in the present system. The elections this year were absolutely orderly, unaccompanied by any disturbance; and no protest has been made against the management of the elections, although three contests are threatened Mr. Storer's demeanor in making his reply to the president was that of one greatly wronged. He made the statement seated at his desk in his office and more than once thumped the desk vigorously with clinched fist. claimed its own Deceased Was a |{etlreCl Philadelphia There had not for years been any semblance of a body in the grave. That had gone back to dust as had the coffin that enclosed it. with the exception of a few lines outlined on the soil. It was evident that the grave had been opened by snm ■ X"n" dal hand a cud that v«(ry reeenily.- What had Cnusod tiie curious to peep into the vault a century old can be i. j conjectured. It Is likely that some one. not knowing of the existence of a white man's burying ground at this point and not reading the history on the remaining tombstones, happened onto the mounds and made up his mind that he had discovered an old Indian burying ground. Likely thinking it rich in relics and probablv in gold and silver he decided to open some of the graves in search of the treasure. There were evidences that work had been started on opening a second grave, but the operations were halted for some reason or another. Contractor Who Was Horn in lowing pui|)oses Purposes of the Fund church property Tills Vicinity "To invest and reinvest the principal of the fund, to receive any additions which may come to it by contribution and invest and reinvest the»., to pay over the iucome from the fund and Its additions to n committee of six. to lie selected by the trustees, two to serve for one year, two fur two years and two for three years, three of its members to be representatives of la I tor and three of capital, chosen for distinguished service in the industrial world for promoting righteous industrial peace, and to till any vacancies which may occur iu tills committee by selection and appointment in the same manner iu which the committee is originally selected and appointed. The committee of six. to be called 'the industrial peace committee,' shall have charge of the annual and other conferences provided for under the terms of the foundation, shall receive suggestions for the subjects to lie discussed anil shall Tills strange state of affairs 1ms been brought (boilI because, obeying orders from the Vatican, the French clergy lias refrained fitmi forming the cliureh societies which under the new law were to take the church property. Such associations have been formed only lu isolated cases hy schismatic bodies or rebellious priests. Ho after another year the church property acquired since the coucordat will be turned over to the municipalities, while the state will then take absolute possession of the property the church owned before the fatuous treaty between the French government and the holy see made in 1801. Priests Won't Form Societies, News comes from Philadelphia of the death, in that City, on Nov. 2(Uh last, of James Holgate, a native of Pittston. The deceased was born in this city on Aug. (ith. 1827, and died at his residence, 3,116 LC high avenue, Philadelphia. The Holgate homestead is the Campbell's Ledge farm, just above this city, which has been in the Holgate family for several generations and which was the property of James Hcdgate at the time of his death. The deceased was a son of Henry Holgate, who was one of the founders of tly Bank of Germantown. His early ancestors were among the early settlers of Germantown and Roxboro, suburbs of Philadelphia, having acquired tracts of land from William Penn. When the Civil war broke out, James Holgate enlisted in a company of Pennsylvania volunteers, serving until the close of the war. Then he engaged in the street paving business and took many contracts for work in that line. He finally became a member of the Philadelphia contracting firm of Holgate, Johnson & Hortor. In 1868 he purchased a property at the corner of Eleventh street and Lehigh avenue, Philadelphia. which at that time was a farming section. He erected at that time the dwelling which he occupied at the time of his death. Retiring from active business in 1876, Mr. Holgate devoted much of his time to the cultivation of flowers, for which his spacious residence property became noted. Mr. Holgate was a member of Richmond lodge, F. & . M. He is survived by his wife and one daughter. (Scranton papers are requested Mrs. Storer declined to give out the letter ill which, she says, the cause for their removal from Madrid to Vienna Is stated, but she intimated flint it might be given out with a number of others some time ki the future. Mr. Storer issued a formal statement, In which he declares "there was no need of A'iolent and insulting adjectives" from the president, and that "the past has shown that few men can differ with either the wishes or the memory of Mr. ltoosevelt without at once becoming a "scoundrel and a linr." Sanford Apt was about 38 years old. He had always lived in Pittston, hiving been born and raised here. He was for many years a clerk in prominent grocery stores of the city. He worked in Mill City last summer, and in the early fall secured employment at Xo. 14. He Was a member of the Clerks' association at the time of his death and was affiliated with Slocum council, Jr. O. U. A. M.. and with Washington camp, P. O. S. of A. He is survived by his widow and one son, Sanford. aged about 12 He incorporates in the statement a letter written lDy the president to Mrs. Storcr, addressed "My dear Maria." iti answer to her letter urging Mr. Roosevelt to put Mr. Storer In the cabinet of give him the ambassadorship to France, and points out that the president's tone then was different from the sneering attitude taken by the president in his recent statement. where the majorities were and error was claimed; the contests, of course, to be settled in the courts. very small The clergy in Paris will leave their resiliences upon demand by the authorities, but if they are driven from the churches they will organize private "All the insular governments should bp placed in one bureau, either in the Department of War or the Department of State. It is a mistake not so to arrange our handling of these islands at Washington as to be able to take advantage of the experience gained in one, wher dealing with the problems that from time to time arise The absentmluded professor we have always with its, but Oeorge Washington university lays claim to the prize package. Not only Is Professor X. absentminded to a marked degree, but his wife is the typical absentminded professor's wife. It is she who places his books ready for the day, she who changes the buttons to a fresh shirt, reminds him of the necessity o? an umbrella when lie starts out in ihc pottriug rain and she who runs out to the gate with his glasses seven days Lu the week. Au Abarntmlntled Profeaaor. religious services. yea rs. Very few of the churches can be used for any other purpose, so It is hard to see how the government will profit by their seizure. No true Catholic would bid for the laud if the churches were razed, and any one who did would become the object of his Catholic neighbors' deepest hatred. There were very few bidders for the hundreds of millions worth of convents and monasteries sold since 1901 at publie auction after the expulsion of the religious orders. All this property did uot bring the government 5 per cent profit on its value, so enormous were the expenses of its sale. HUHTIIMG BULLS, lead the discussion at uud publish the results of the conferences." They Are Eaally Managed When Previous Peace Prize Awards, Criticises Selection of Cabinet. In Spain accidents to bullfighters aU-e of frequent occurrence, and It is interesting to see the hero of many lights swing into the cbapel attached to the bull ring and kneel before the efflgy of the Virgin Mary before entering the arena. They Are Maued Together. The peace prize went last year to Baroness von Suttner of Vienna and in previous years to W. II. ('renter, M. P., 'of England; Professor de Martens of ltussia and Henri Duuant, founder of the Red t'ross. "In conclusion let me express my admiration for the work done by the Congress when it enacted the law under which th.e island is now being administered. After seeing the island personally, and after five years' experience in connection with its administration. it is but fair to those who devised this law to say that It would be well-nigh impossible to have devised any other which in tlie actual working would have accomplished better results." in another The president's letter is Illuminative iiis methods in choosing his cabinet, says Mr. Storer. He.speaks of geo- graphical considerations entering into the president's selections and quotes 1 lie latter as follows: The Nobel peace prize is part of a bequest left by Dr. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the Swedish scientist, who died in IKyti. By his will a large portion of his fortune was devoted to ttve annual prizes, each valued at about $40,000. They were awarded for the most Important discoveries in physics, in chemistry. in physiology or medicine; for the most distinguished work of an idealistic tendency in the lield of literature, and for the best effort toward the fraternity of nations and the promotion of peace. The last mimed is awarded by the Norwegian storthing. The others are awarded by institutions at Stockholm. "If possible I should like to get one or more members of the cabinet who are in close touch with the people, carrying weight when they explain the policies, purposes and acts of my administration."Bullfighting is the national pastime. Boys play at it in the gutters, and there are bullfight? for amateurs all over the country at which only twoyear-old bulls are used and young and old descend into the arena. Astound lng is the enthusiasm. As usual one day recently she prepared his morning bath and through gpme oversight left the hot water spigot turned on. Professor X. entered the bathroom, disengaged himself from bis bath robe and plunged into the tnb. Instantly the air was rent by wild shrieks, and his wife ran upstairs, breathlessly inquiring the cause of such a commotion. Cannot Sell Art Treasure!. Again Mr. Roosevelt says The art treasures in the churches are worth $1-0,000,1X10 at least, but the government cannot sell the 111 because a law enacted a few years ago makes them all the inalienable property of the to copy.) "There is no one of them (the cabinet). with the possible exception of Hoot, who is so busy that he can hardly pver speak, who can appear before the country with the prestige of a great political leader to explain and champion my administration." FINANCIAL AND COMMKKCIAIj. Toy engines anil electric motors aro Instructive to the boys. Krise's. Interesting, too. is the psychology of bulls. When herded together they arc docile enough, and It Is a picturesque sight to see the bulls brought into the paddock prior to the fight through the streets of the city when ail are sleeping. A cow trained to the business, with a bell around her neck, Is all that is necessury, and the bulls follow quietly behind her. New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building, Am Sugar .. ..13 7 D4 Diamond rings, special prices, $5 and up at Leibson's, 93 N. Main St. "Oh, Margaret," he exclaimed, "the wa. Dr is, boilinjr hot. I am being scalded to death." state. The only source of revenue to the government from the new law will be found In the saving of $8,500,000 a year in salaries paid to priests, bishops and clergymen. Of this sum tlie Protestant denominations received $a"D0.oo0 and the Hebrews $31,000 a year, the balance being paid to the Catholic clergy, but it will be at least twenty years before the French" government cuu save all of this sum, as the law provides gradually extiuguishable pensions for all clergymen of whatever denomination. The Catholic bishops and priests will receive no pensions because they will not obey the law. So the state will save here about $3,000,- U00 a year, the amount gradually increasing. But against this will be the enormous expense of administering and maintaining the church properties. i!6 1 44 136 y2 44 % Am Car & K Am Loco . . AmSl Copper Atchison com n. It T. B. & O. . . . 75 114 T!t 104 79% Answering the president's stigmatixution of himself hs being untruthful, Mr. Storer says the president himself told Archbishop Ireland" that lie (Mr. Roosevelt) had authorized Mr. Storer to uiake the statement to the pope in behalf of Mgr. Ireland and says he is ready to produce the president's own letters in proof. Where in the world are you, dear 11 rD' 75 115 i or. said the uow thoroughly alarmed wife, In lliC- tub. mid tho wafer is scald What shall I iloV" i«r, u 8« 1 If % 1 9S In the plains where the bulls are reared men on horses manage them quite easily so long as they ure massed together. Three bulls in the riug together would be useless for a fight, but each bull separately will light to the death. Strike at Big Electric Works. lug me 1 IX l 96 % 11S »4 1 "J 7 81 V, Schenectady, N. Y„ Dec. 12.—The strike called at the General Klectric works by the Industrial Workers of the World because three CCf their members were discharged is assuming serious proportions. General Manager C5. K. Emmonssays that if it is necessary to maintain discipline the entire plant will be closed and 15,000 thrown out of employment. Suspension of operations is not probable, however. "In audi a ease, my responded his IDcttcr half, "I wauhl either get out o£ the tut* or turn on the eold water/'— Washington Post. Can Pacific . Ches J!- Ohio r.f % 57% 1S4 58 % 188 % St Paul C. F\ I. Erie . . L. «• X. 181* 58'! 4 r.». r,7' 5 7 "h 45*. 46% i4cv; 41 Banqao and 111* Hon M. K. & T. Mo, I'ac'fic 14 7% 4 I % 146% 41% 94% Woman Star Gazer's Find*. Bulls literally see red. Were it not that a bull will always Aasli at anything red the men in the ring would liave no chance whatever. Occasionally bulls have what Is called the evil eye Sir Wnltor Scott says "eHrty authorities show us no such persons us Ban quo and 1DN sou FlejDnee." Even the very names .seem to lDe fictitious, as they were not Gaelic and are not to be found In any of the ancient chronicle* or Irish annals. Neither is a thane of T.ochaber known in Scotch history, though Sir Bernard Burke makes Banquo a descendant of Kenneth II. and thane of Locbabyr. Malone says that after Banquo's assassination Fleance fled to Wales, where he married a Welsh princess, by whom he had a son, Walter, who became lord high steward of Scotland. He assumed the name Walter Steward and was, it Is said, the direct ancestor of the house of Stewart. Sbake- 95^» «4% 26% 133% 153% Boston, Dec. 11.—Miss H. L. Leavltt, a member of the Harvard college observatory corps, with the aid of improved photographic appliances, has just discovered thirty-six new variable stars. Mcx Central N. Y. Central 27% 131% irD4 % 9L'  20 % FOR DRESSY MEN Am Smelter Norf & West Ont & West Pennsylvania 134'A 153% 92 V* 49 % 92% .. -r-- — - —  and remain indifferent to the red capa extended to them, and then the list of casualties is generally high. 4 9% 48% 138-% 93 Saves Mother by Shooting Fathsr, Peo Gas 139% 94 94 150% 31% 95 34'4 139 McClelland Did Not Cheat State, Sometimes a bull which has shown prodigious power and fight is pardoned by the populace. A cow, kept for the purpose, Is then sent into the arena, and at sight of her the bull forget* man and the fury of the battle and generally trots behind to the paddock, as meek as any heifer. Philadelphia, Dec. 11. — Miss Mary Me A tee shot and probably fatally wounded her father, the Rev. John Qnlncy McAtee, at their home here. The shooting, according to police officials, followed a quarrel between the Rev. Mr. McAtee and his wife. In which the minister, it Is asserted, was trying to throw Mrs. McAtee down the cellar stairs. Reading 152 D■ 150'/* 31% 94% The famous W. L. Douglas Q Shoes. There is no better shoe A in the market for wear and \ comfort and styles. We have 0 them in 52 styles in all leathers A Albany, N. Y., Dec. 11.—Joseph C. McClelland, a local coal dealer iudlcted for grand larceny in having, it is alleged, charged the state for coal that was not delivered, was acquitted by a Rockefeller's Income Told Rock Island So Pacific 31 % New York, Dee. 11.—From authority that should be Absolute John D. Kockefeller's annual income was told for the first time authentically. It is declared that It will be $(D0,000,000 when the year 1900 closes. Henry H. ltogefa and John D. Archbold are given as authority for this statement. So Hwy coin Texas Pacific Union Pacific 17. S. Steel 95 '4 34 % 34% 37% 185% 48 % 104 % 42% 17% Ai ISO V* "J* XS7 Vi •I 9 D4 ior. 4:! 49 % $3, $3o5'0 and $4 Jury ti. a. steel pfd Wabash 104 X 43 1.7  Some Christmas Quotations. The quotations given below may be of some value to those who like to accompany a Christmas gift with an appropriate seutlmeut: With a calendar, "Write It on your heart that every day is the best day of the year;" with a boolc, "An old friend to trust;" with a pair of slippers. "We must no tosethi»r;" Willi a irtiic of 'cloves. "Were a pair if ev«F there was out»." Many are the curiosities about bulls, which sometimes refuse to attack a particular horse and when a man Is down, motionless, disdain even to paw him. Some bulls make instinctively for one man and will chase him all around the ring, leaping the barrier if lie vaults over it, aud If he falls will kneel upon his body aud gore him to shreds. There Is no mercy In bulls, aud none Is shown to them.—Nineteenth Century.  O. W. Wp guarantee wery pair, Pullman Con|lany Fined Again, IUD- a .Tolly Jap. Wo may" nave war with Japan In twenty years from now—or maybe forty, Don't let that worry you. Be a Jap yourself next Sunday and see how it feels. A lino colored falsefaee of a Jap soldier given with the New York World next Sunday. The kind of falsefaco you would buy from a store. Don't forget—a Jap falsefaea next Sunday. IISTDI SDflOE STORE, 79 N. Main St Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 11. — The Pullman Palace Car company pleaded guilty In three cases to sqpplylng passengers aboard Its dining cars with cream that had been adulterated with formaldehyde. The court sentenced the company to pay JfW flue aud costs. speare, we know, based "Macbeth" on Cadetahip For Lawton's Son. Hollushed's "History"— a good deal of Washington, Dec. 11.—The president which was borrowed from a circum- has promised the widow of General stantlal romance composed by Boece Henry W. l.MWton, who was killed In Mr. BosweH-Stone, in his "Shake- tin- Philippines, that he would soon speare's Holiushed," after balancing appoint her son, Manley, nineteen the pros and cons, says, "In my opln- years oid, to a eadetsblp at West Polut Ion, Banquo and Fleance are probably —  creatures of Boece's imagination." Fresh meats at Sharp's market. lteatinit stoves and ranges. Ash Best grade meatR at Hallook's.