Pittston Gazette

              ''Mi'Kir.'V.IxK;"?;w _NTTSTON. IM', \VI-:iDNI-:^DAI^I-:!-. 12. hk..;, \™sy* WEATHER COD\HTIGNS. A lib THE HOME NEWS, forecast Until 8 p. 111. , 1 Eastern - frennayl Historical Society For the People of Pittston and Vicinity. Pair and warmer tonight and Thursday; var.able winds. THE HOME PAPER. 57TH YEAR. t WEEKLY E8' 1 DAILY EST. B A COPY. I A MONTH. f 14 PAGES. MAIL COSTS MUCH PREPARING TO NEGRO DEFENCE LUZERNE COUNTY'S * Health is great VATICAN ANXIOUS question m rne cnamner 01 deputies an to the reason for the expulsion of Mgr. MCD1111Ck»ii. secretary of the papal nunciature in l'aris, said It was lDecnuse of his complicity with prominent clergymen of I'aris against whom proceedings were pending in inciting churchgoers (o rebellion. Interference by foreigners In the politics of France, he declared, was not permissible. The premier declared that the government's conciliatory propositions toward the church had been exhausted and that it had been decided In future to leave the burden on Home. BROWN IS DYING FLOOD THE MINE Tlio Ass's.sors' Iteturns Show Taxable Bore Holes Are Doing Driven Tlint-I I'iijirrty of ilii' Comity to Iw Officials Troubled by Expul Congress Pays Railroads Too Much for Carriage. Will Make It Possible to lleach Defenders of Dismissed Sol diers Deny Rioting. Worth Over *130.000.000. Ex Senator in Precarious sion. The annual report of the assessors of the county, as tabulated by the county commissioner*', has been forwarded to the secretary of internal affairs, at Harrisburg. The value of all property In the county taxable for county purposes reaches the enormous sum of $130,298,206. Strange as It may seem, this is $200,000 Jess than was reported last year, notwithstanding the number of taxables In the county is HOO more than last year. The following table shows the number of taxables In the tlrst column and the value of taxable property in the second column Ashley Avoca Condition. Burning Medlon of No. 7. For the past.week or mo* c every possible effort has been m'.de to extinguish the lire that i;, burning in Mo. 7 mine, of the Pennsylvania Coal .'o., but without much success. So far as II has been possible to learn, the tire is btirliliiK' as fiercely as POPE REMAINS CALM. TREASURY IS LOOTED AFFIDAVITS GIVEN. VICTIM OF A WOMAN President Preparing An- Expelled Diplomat Subject of Italian King. By refusing to accept the law of separation. now in effect, or any compromise under other less drastic laws the pope has rendered public Catholic worship in France illegal henceforth except in schismatic organizations. Government Has Overpaid Mrs. Bradley Is Still in Cus- Millions. over, and thC' conditions In tin* mine are such as to seriously handicap the .Ireflghtei'R. They nrCD unable to get close enough to the lire to Clo effective work. The official* of the company have decided to flood the affected portion of the mine, unless thry can gret the upper hand of the tire very soon. Preparations for turning \$ater into the workings are now in progress. The plan is to drill two six- Inch bore holes from the surface into the affected portion of the workings this being considered the most feasible manner of getting the water on the fire. The location of the fire is bo high that if water were turned into the inlne from the main shaft, it would be a difficult matter to force it up to the burning section. The bore holes will be located near the old Havard house. John Muirhead & Son have the contract to do the work. They have one drilling machine in operation now, and the other will be placed In operation as quickly as possible. Drilling operations will be pushed day and night. When the bore holes are finished, unless the fire has previously been conquered, water will be turned Into them and thus the mine workings will be flooded.zwgy to Resolution. tody. Washington, Dee. 12.—Gilchrist Stewart, representing the Constitutional league and 145 of Ihe dismissed liegro noldiers, and Hev. Dr. Charles S. Morris, the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist church of New York city, are in Washington in the interest of the battalion of soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, who were discharged Rome, Dec. 12.—The expulsion from France of Mgr. Montagnliil, secretary of the papal nunciature at I'aris, who lias represented the Vatican at the French capital since the recall of the nuncio, has caused not only astonishment, but consternation, at the Vatl- Washiiigton, Dec. 12.-—'Taking the an nual report of Postmaster (Jeneral Cortelyou for a text, Representative Victor Murdock electrified the house with a carefully prepared speech, showing irregularities amounting virtually, he de dared, to larceny of the government funds by the railroads of the country In carrying the United States mails. Washington, riec. 12.—The condition of former Senator Brown, of Utah, the victim of a bullet tired by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley at the Raleigh hotel on Saturday afternoon, is precarious. He grew worse yesterday afternoon and it was feared he would not survive the night. Mrs. Bradley continues to ask about the condition of her victim. She asserts that Brown is the father of two of her children. He deserted her, she de« clares, and gives this as a. reason for The residence of Mgr. Moutagnlni was searched by the police, aud immense quantities of documents found at the nunciature were seized and tak en to police headquarters. lhrdluhrdlurdlurdlu I 1.30K 210,090 9.1 210,090 91!". 632,337 ■ 74 35,384 ' 728 4 94,259, 619 494,256 204 104,756 201 180,3051 291 240,184 415 434,731 i 389 205,702 | 373 147,473 1,300 2,880,3511 2,100 1,895,044 844 1,670.701 I 198 255,593 475 390,194 ...461 382,106 819 1,631,455 2,076. 1,475,628 192 284,097 2,185 954,118 1 1.857 12.124,361 5,807 3.725,114 1 4,239 4,825,960! 307 201,087 i 575 4 78,410 304 163,126 j 586 498,259 2.355 1,787,445 263 331,056 100 136,895 141 1,388,778 443 487.470] Bear Creek Twp Black Creek Twp Buck Township. Butler township. Conyngham .... Cony nglia in .... Courtdale  Dallas . . . ....... Dallas Twp  Dennison Twp . . Dorranco '!D'p. • Dorranceton . . . Formal notice was served 011 Cardinal Hiclmrd, archbishop of PariH, aud the bishops and parish priests of this department that they must vacate their residences at once. Similar notices were served on the clergy in the other departments notifying them to leave their residences on Thursday or Friday. can According to Vatican officials, this «tep Is an evident proof that the French government wishes not only to strike at the church as a religious institution, but to represent It as an enemy of the republic aud allied with the republic's foes. Furthermore, the officials characterize this step as taken I11 a spirit of meanness, as the French government lie showed tliut under the existing C0111nut« with the postofflce department the dally average weight of the mails 1m found by weighing the mall.s for seven days and then dividing the total I not by seven, but by six. This action is excused 011 the ground that the law contains the word "working" before the word "days." "without honor" as a result of the ehootiug affair at Brownsville, Tex. .Mi'. Stewart has with hint a large hmount of evidence regarding the affray, which be presented to the president .through Secretary I.oeb. The president is preparing his answer to the senate resolution calling for information tjfgardtiiK the affair. her act Undoubtedly Mrs. Bradley was in a hysterical and almost insane condition when she fired the two shots at Brown. She had followed him here from Utah, and In his room, at the hotel, demanded that he marry her. This he declined to do. The cabinet approved Minister of Justice Brinnd's programme for putting the separation law into effect. Every Catholic service held throughout France next Sunday will be pro scribed as Illegal, and the officiating priests will be liable to arrest and prosecution. Duryea Exeter Exeter Boro.... Fairmount Twp. Fairview Twp. .v Forty Fort  Foster Twp .... Franklin Twp... Freeland  Hanover Twp. . . Hazle Twp  Hazleton  Hollenback Twp Hughestown Hunlock Twp... Huntington Twp Edwardsvilie . . . Jackson Twp . . . Joddo  Jenkins Twp. v.. Kingston Twp . . Kingston  Lake Twp  Laflin ... .  Laurel Kun  Lehman Twp.... Lunerne  Miner's Mills . . . Nantlcoke  New Columbus.. Nescopeck ..... Nescopeck Twp Newport Twp. . . Parsons  Plttston ........ Plttston Twp.... Pringle Twp .... Plains Twp..... Plymouth  Pivmou'h Twp .. Mr. Murdock'rt reckoning; shows that iu the Instance of the New York Central railroad alone the government thus pays $250,000 a year more than it should. .Mr. Stewart presented to the  dent 171! affidavits showing. according lC; his story, tlmt within five minutes lifter Major Penrose ordered the "call lo arms" every mail of (he battalion answered the roll call "and was tinder the direct supervision of the white officers who certified the roll call, making it impossible for substitutions;" that all of the officers and men thought the tiring was of mixed arms and that the fort was being attacked by a certain element in the city which had threatened to drive the colored soldiers out of Brownsville. Mrs. Bradley Is still In the House of Detention. Brown, up until last night, seemed to be recovering and her attorneys had prepared to arraign her in court this morning and have her released on 15,000 ball, which had been arranged for. Owing to the sudden change for worse in the condition of Brown, she will probably not bo taken into court today. D 1 ! I "1 lielleve," lie said, "that through this false average this government In the last ten years has overpaid approximately $40,000,000 for the carriage of the malls. Were this average corrected as it should be the system of pay would still be antiquated and Inequitable." The government has seized at Mo dane. Savoy, the pope's confidential in struct Ions to the French bishops. •\A wb w The cabinet approved Minister of Justice Brlahd's propositions for the suppression of pensions of the clergy. Immediate liquidation of church property, alienation of clergy houses, bishops' seats and seminaries and measures to be formulated lu the interests of national security, under which the minister of war will summon ecclesiastical students to rejoin their regiments at once. STATE BUYS FORESTS. Ever since the shooting Mrs. Bradley has been in a semi-hysterical *tate. She said last night when she heard of the turn for the worse: Negotiations hnve just been completed by which the State gains possession of several thousand acres of valuable land in Union. Lycoming, Clinton and Center counties as a part of the forest reservation. The timber land was purchased from Munroe H. Kulp & Co., of Shamokin, for $30,000. Wants Only "Working Days" Counted. Murdock introduced a bill striking out the word "working" before the word "days" in the postal mail law. j*ly God, my God, my God, I hope Brown's son and daughter are with him. They are greatly depressed, as up until yesterday afternoon the wounded man seemed to have an excellent chance of recovery. lie won't die. Mr. StewVtr.'s affidavits, he held, showed pat Major Penrose ordered the three o.npniiies in a position of defense on the w ills of the fort, each company supporting the other. Company (' staying on guard all night. He contended that the evidence made It clear that an attempt was being made not only to do the soldiers bodily barm, but, falling in that, an effort was made by some persons to lay the blame upon the soldiers both by shooting up the town and then getting government cartridges and dips from the target practice grounds and scattering them along the streets. Say Others ' Shot Up" Town, 1,720 716 160 278 2,527,403 C 460,664 ! 225,913 334,233 1 The malls are weighed once in four years for ninety days, and the total is then divided, not by ninety, but by that number less the uumber of Saturdays in the three months' iDeriod. The tone of the republican press of all shades indicates that if the pope imagines that an uncompromising attitude will compel the French government to open negotiations with the Vatican he has woefully mistaken the temper of the people. Among the tracts that were comprised in the purchase by far the most valuable was the I'nlon county plot, containing hundreds of acres of thickly wooded land. For the past ten years Kulp & Co. have been working these forests in the Xittany mountains and have taken out millions of feet of logs. 471 509,346 Though his vitality was weakening fart, the ex-Senator was cr/tsclous and assured his children that he would live. 1.691 KC4 975,684 675,995 Scandal has been whispered previously in relation to the weighing of the railroad mails and the amouuts paid by the government. Murdock appears to have struck one vital spot, in the opinion of the many members who heard his speech. He brought out that while the railroads under the antiquated law which regulates the mall contracts accept a reduced rate on mall lu hulk frouv -00 pounds tip to 5,000 pounds no such reduction In rate Is effective nitove 5,000 pounds. He shows that if the same reduction in bull;' amounts of mall were enforced above 5,000 pounds every additional 1,000 pounds of innll, for Instance, would cost nearly $200 less than it does now. 6,114 5,095,802 PREM IE R CLEMENCEA U 101 589 264 2,795 66,343 379,664 349,979 5,301,647 knows the Vatican cannot because of its position indulge in similar action as a reprisal with the individual who is looking after French interests in Rome. A BOLD THIEF. The attitude of lite leaders of the church in France is one of passive re- A clever sneak thief operated suc- A narrow gauge railroad was run back Into the mountains 25 miles from Ijpwlsburg and two trains of eight ears each were run daily. This equipment has been removed to Oldtown. Aid., nnd operations are being carried on there. The timber land acquired in that county was looked upon as one of the tfrest promising tracts in the Stnte and It had been hinted long before the work was finished by the company that the land would be bought by the State. 1,253 4,906 1,436 1,128,850 4,168.996 cessfully on Main street yesterday af-1.222.81S | ternoon. Mrs. Lamoreaux, of 327 sistance. The fact that diplomatic relations between France and the Vatican were ruptured two years ago adds to the difficulty at the Vatican, M. Nisard. the last ambassador otvFrance to the holy see, having left Rome in 1004. Mgr. Moutagiiiui stayed on in Paris after the departure of the papal uuuclo lu order to deal with certain matters pending between France and the church. It Is observed here that possibly Mgr. Montagnini remained In Paris too long. Separation Question In Spain. 551 2,611 5,167 519,704 Exeter street, lost a Christmas pur-4,105,871 chase valued at $5 as a result of his 3,170,074 operation. She was on a purchasing 4.283.529 tour in this city and was wheeling a. 260,084 child in a go-cart. After having pur-595,441 chased a piece of jewelry, valued at 474,995 $5, she concealed It in the caft and 123,768 later entered the 25 cent store, leav-904,479 ing the cart on the sidewalk. When 494,432 she returned to the vehicle a short 642,855 time later she found that some ona 150,637 had searched it and 'removed tho 581,745 i piece of Jewelry. Madrid, I ice. 11!.—The premier, the Marquis de Armajo; ex-Premier Moreti and ex-President of the I'hamlier of Deputies t'apnlejas, leader of the new party known as the Extreme Liberals, are sounding the Vatican authorities as to whether they are prepared to sup port a law of associations with acceptable modifications. He stated tli'it the affidavits show It would have been impossible for any soldier to have got back into the lines without being seen by the white officers and ad,Is that there were threats by citizens to shoot colored soldiers after 11 o'clock on the night of the difficulty: that the citizens dressed In khaki uniform and regulation hat and carrying rifles were seen on the street that night in two squads, oue of four men and one of five. 3.935 479 742 749 259 1,168 Ross Twp. ...... Salem Twp ..... Hhickshinny Slocum Twp .... Swoyersville Sugar Loaf Twp Sugar Notch .... Union Twp  Warrior Bun . . White Haven Wilkesbarre .... Wilkesbarre Twp W/est Pittston . . West Hazleton . . West Wyoming . Wyoming  Wright Township Yatesville 480 633 300 336 626 Advocates Speedy Changes. Italian Deputies Support France "Beginning next February, before this congress will adjourn," Mr. Miirdock miiId. "the mull* will lie weighed in that section of the country comprising Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa mid Missouri, and that weight will call perhups for nn expenditure of $20,000,000 annually for four years. Twenty million dollar* is more than this service cost over the entire country In I8M8. There are practices and methods which should he changed befoi'e Feb. 1 of 1907. CONDUCTOR KILLED. A curious phase of the situation is that Mgr. Montagnini, being an Italian subject, any protest against his expulsion or the seurching of his house must be communicated to the French government through the Italian gov- Rome, Dec. 12.—The chamber of deputies adopted a resolution extending the chamber's warm congratulations to France on the anticlerical policy which It is following. A fast freight train on the Lehigh Valley railroad broke in two this morning near the East Waverly station. on the northern division, with the result that Joseph Sullivan, ageil SO years, of Sayre. conductor of the train, was thrown under the wheels and killed. 21,327 38,362,484 1.881,776 DOUBLE TRAGEDY. 2,853 1.116 1,400 2,888,483 The men are asking congress as the result of these a(Hda vlts tliHt there be :t thorough congressional investigation by a committer* having power to subpoena witnesses or that the president take stops to restore them to the army. 562,758 844,738 tho Rialto district was the scene of a 1,4 41,90s double shooting early today, when 1 Ofi,092 James Howes, an Englishman, shot 281,906 his daughter, Mrs. Mor.na Brinkworth, and then turned the weapon on himself and took his own life. The shooting, which took place in the Times building, caused a seml-panlc. Mrs. Brlnkworth was entering the building when her father approaC?tie(l and began shooting at her. One bullet struck her in the arm. Mrs. Brinkworth said her father deserted the family about 20 years ago and since his arrival in this country he repeatedly threatened them because they would not give him money. Now York Dec. 12.—The heart of 576 967 303 254 eminent MISSING REPORT CAUSES A STIR Contrary to his usual habit the pope remained up until a late hour for the purpose of personally reading the telegrams and going over certain documents concerning the situation in France. With him at work is Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary of state, who is proving an iudefatiguable ussistant. Both the pope and the cardinal are being aided by the substitute secretary of state, Mgr. del la Chicsa. and the secretary extraordluary of ecclesiastical affairs. Mgr. Gasparri. l'ersOua thoroughly familiar with Vatican affairs declare that no such excitement and apprehension have prevailed at the Vatican since the loss of temporal power. The pope is described as calmer than any member of his entourage. He Is reported to have said: Pope Pius Hard at Work, Totals 04,081 $1.10,208,205 llnrd on BvKirara. The philanthropist, handing the beg gar n dime, said: HELD ELECTION. There has been considerable of a stir at the court house yesterday anil today, on account of the discovery that the financial statement filed by Dr. Cobleigh, showing his receipts and expenditures as a candidate for Congress. is missing lrom the ofliee of the clerk of the courts. It will be recalled that Attorney Kdwln Shortz, Sr., was appointed by the court an auditor to examine the campaign account of Dr. Coblcigh, a petition having been tiled In court alleging that it was not correct. When Attorney Shortz went to the clerk's ofiice to secure a copy of the statement, he could not find it. The clerk of the courts and his assistants are at a loss to know what has become of the paper. They suppose that somebody connected with the courts must have taken the document for reference and neglected to return it. In the meantime, the work of the auditor is at a standstill. Dr. Cobleigh was about the court house today. lie seems to be as anxious as anybody to find the missing paper. Dr. Cobleigh says that ho is going to Washington this week, to take preliminary steps looking lo the ousting of John T.  ahan from the seat in Congress, to which the court has declared him elected.Storers Claim Credit For Roosevelt. "The world Is iu a bad enough way, dear knows, but I am not one of those men who say that It goes back Instead of forward. Take your case, for instance. You are practically unmolested, aren't you? A few months Is the most you ever get for begging. And do you kuow what would have been done to you in the fifteenth century? The first time they caught you begging they'd have whipped you at the cart's tail. The second time they'd have slit your right ear and bored a hole In your left ear with a hot lrou. Catching you n third time, they'd have put you to death as a felon." Cincinnati, Dec. 12.—That I'resideut Roosevelt owes his exalted position to her husband and herself is the remarkable statement made by Mrs. Bellamy Storer, wife of the former ambassador to Austria, who was dismissed by the president. "My husbaud and 1 created President Roosevelt," said Mrs. Storer in an interview regarding the controversy between her husband and the president. She declared that upon her recommendation President McKlnley appointed Mr. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy. Pittston Conclave of the Improved Order of Heptasophs elected officers for the coming year at the:r meeting last evening. The following were chosen: Archon, W. D. Hopkins: provost, John Ball: prelate, B. J. Griffen; secretary, B. F. Williams; financial secretary, A. L. Towner; treas- "The basis of most of our enormous outlay for the railway carriage of mall —$45,000.000 this year- Is the average daily weight. Antiquated and faulty as the system of pay Is. still If we are to retain It then the basis of that pay. the average daily weight, ought to be a true and not a false average. urer. Perry Dershlmer; Inspector, Joseph Cray; warden, T. W. Webster: trustees, Thomas Young, B. J. Gr!f-fen, Joseph Frederick; representative to the grand lodge, Jacob Mlilhauser; alternate, B. J. Oriffen. "I believe that through a false average this government in the last ten years has. overpaid somewhere In the region of $40,000,000 for the carriage of the mails. If the average Is corrected the system of pay is still ant'untfited and inequitable and should be changed."SPECIAL NOTICES. Following the election n few hours were given up to pleasure. YOU'LL, LIKE our home made pork sausage and Official Returns of New York Election. REDINGTON FUNERAL. home made mince meat; It's consld- "Gee," said the beggar, "who'd 'a' thunk it?"—-New York Press. New York, Dec. 12.—Complete and official returns of the vote cast for state officers in every eouuty of New York state in the recent state election show that the entire Democratic state ticket except its candidate for governor was elected. Charles E. Hughes, Republican candidate for governor, was elected by a plurality of 57,973. The pluralities for the Democratic candidates for the state offices below that of governor ranged from 5,442 for Chanler to 14,250 for Glynn. The funeral of the late Mrs. Red ington took place this morning from the family home on Pine street. A large number of family friends attested their respect for the memory of the dead woman by attending the obsequies. A high mass of requ:em was sung in St. John's church. Rev. Father Manley being celebrant, Rev. Father Hopkins, a relative of the deceased, occupied a seat in the sanetuary. Interment was made in St. (/ John's cemetery. The pall bearers A were John, Joseph, and James Ger- \ rlty, Thomas, James and Patrick Q tedlngton. "Man cannot fathom all the designs of Providence. Perhaps the present tribulations are intended only to quicken aud emphasize the ultimate and inevitable triumph of the church." ered extra flrie. Large stock of smok- Smoot Case In the Senate. ed hams and bacon. Pull variety of Washington, Dec. 12.— The question of Senator Reed Smoot's right to a seat as a United States senator from Utah was discussed by Senator Burrows in the senate. Senator Smoot occupied his place iu the chamber. The entire speech was nn arraignment of responsibility which attached to Mr. Smoot for Mormon principles as a member ol tlie apostolic body of the church. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill afforded the house an opportunity for general debate covering a w'de range of subjects from a dissertation on Alfred Nobel, the founder of tiie Nobel prize, to the raising of salaries of the members of congress and including a discussion ot simplified spelling. When a woman undertakes to decapitate a fowl or anything with an ax she grasps the tool close to the head, raises her chin, squints both eyes, clinches two rows of teeth and hacks straight down, missing her aim by about two inches. That was sufficient for a Batavia lady to sever her left thumb. She was not a fainter and, replacing the thumb, which had been chopped at the first joint, bound tht$ parts together and has excellent promise of its complete restoration. The game Is not always lost when "thumbs are down."—Detroit News-Tribune. It la Woman's Wmy. fresh meats dally CHICAGO C,UJH MEAT MARKET. French Catholic* Divided According to reports received at the Vatican, the Catholics of France are divided into two classes—those who Identify the interests of the church with their own political, interests, using the church to further the ant [republican agitation, aud those who think only of the Interests of the church. The former are delighted at everything unconditionally papal and intransigent, and the latter are grieved at a situation which makes it impossible to be good patriots and good Catholics at tlie same time. Y. M. C A. OFFICERS. Fast Riding In Bicycle Race. The annual . election of officers nf the Y. M. C. A. was held last evening and resulted in the election of the following officers and directors: New York, Dec. 12.— Sixteen thousand persons, all Madison Square Garden would hold, were spectators of the six day bicycle race, thousands staying later than usual to watch the series of exciting sprints and other events. For hours the pace was at the rHte of a mile in 2 minutes 20 seconds, the fastest ever made at this stage of such a contest. The riders are, however, considerably behind the record. FINANCIAL AND COMMKKCIAL New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building:, Am Sugar .. .. 136 % Am Car & F . . 4 4 % President—Alex. Sloan. Vice President—1. L. Bevan. Recording Secretary—'Tallie Evans Corresponding Secretary—C. R. Timely Precaution. 135 43 Mi 135 43 V 75 Many cipher telegrams are being exchanged between the Vatican and Cardinal Richard, the archbishop of Paris, who has been intrusted to ascertain if the expulsion from France of Mgr. Montagniui and the searching of his house are In violation of French law. The Italian foreign office has not received any communication from the Italian ambassador at Paris concerning this Incident, and it is does not know whether Mgr. Montaguini litis asked for the protection of the Italian government or not. "Maria," said Mr. Qulgley, entering his home in some excltemeut, "I wnnt you to promise me not to look at the papers for the next three months!" Am Colo ., Amal Copper Atchison com B. R. T. ... B. & O. ... Can Pac.'flc Ches & Ohio St. Paul .. . C. P. 1  Eric  & X. . . . M. K. & T. Mo. Pacific . Mex Central N. Y. Central Am Smelter Xorf & West Pennsylvania Peo Gas .. Andrews, Treasurer—W. H. McMillan. 115% 106% 114 104 % 114 % 104% 80% 118% 196 mu DRESSY IE1 ? Directors—William Drury, C. L. McMillan, W. L. Watson, D. W. Evans, F. H. Banker, C. H. Cool, G. B. Thompson, W. S. Young, George Weir. W. L,. Foster, W. L. Krise, F. Li. Dakn, T. W. Da vies, F. A. EllJthorp, DeForest Hatfield, John Benfield, , Stephen Wilson, Ebenezsr Evans. Didn't Talk About John D.'f Income. New York, Dec. 12.—H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil company, who wore reported to have said that John 1"). Rockefeller'* Income this year would be $00,000,000, issued a contradiction of the story. "What for?" wonderlngly asked Mrs. Quigley. 81% 118% 197 Vi 80% 118% 195 56% 187% 56% 44% 146% 40% 94% "I huve just been nominated for a public office," he faltered, "and I don't want you to find out what kind of man I really am."—Chicago Tribune. Kiss Stir* a Collage. 58% Lewlston, Me., Dec. 12.—Kissing Miss Clara Turner, an actress, as she sang on the stage has brought George W. Schumacher, captain of the Bates college football team, a sevefe'reprimand In the public chapel by President Chase. The faculty is considering his suspension for a term. 189% 58% 188% 56% 44% 147% 40% 94% (/ The fatuous W. L. Douglas \ Shoes. There is no better shoe \ in the market for wear »nd, 0 comfort and styles. We' have i X them In 52 styles in all jeathers 45% 148% 41 % 95 Surgeon Fall* Martyr to Science. HEROIC FIREMEN. New York, Dec. 12.—A tiny scratch that looked as if it would not cause annoyance to a. baby has resulted In the death of Dr. Alfred Wild Gardner. The Burgeon was a martyr to his study of the.treatment of blood poisoning. Shrewd Oknie, "Kxtry!" yelled the bright newsboy. "All about the ter'ble wumpty—er— wump!" 27% 134% 153 26 183% 27% $3, $X5(0i and $4 New York, Dec. 12.—Over 100 persons entrapped in a burning apartment house in Harlem were rescued by firemen. The flames broke out early today and destroyed the stairs. Panic stricken, scores fled to the roofs, where they huddled in groups in the bitter cold. Women and children screamed hi terror as the flames rose higher and burst out of the windows under the roof. The Bremen, with the aid of sealing extension ladders, brought every one to the street in safety before the roof began to bl 134 153 FRANCE STANDS FIRM. "Eh?" asked the Inquisitive old man. "What did ye say, sonny?" 92% 139% 152% We guarantee «very p&tr, American Tea Going to Market. 138% 94% 148% 30% 138% 94% 148% 30% 94 33% Pramler Clemenceau 8ayt Burden of Wounded Kx-Senator Very Low. "I didn't say it," replied the boy. "Buy a paper an' see."— Minneapolis Journal. Charleston, 8. C., Dec. 12.—Marketing was begun of the first crop of American tea grown on a commercial scale. Twelve thousand pounds have been raised on a plantation in Colleton county, a few miles from Charleston. The output next year promises to be very large. Reading; . . Rock Island . So. Pacific .. So Rwy com Texas Pacific Union Pacific U. S. Steel . tJ. S. Steel pfd Wabash .. O. W  95 % 150% 31 % 96% 34% 37% 187 1IITI1 SHOE STIIEs 79 N. Main St. Peace or War li Now on Church, Paris, Dec, 12.—A governmental circular granted twenty-four hours of grace to the churches of Paris. At the expiration of that time the law of sep»ration is to Iwcohie fully operative. Washington, Dec. 12.—Former United States Senator Arthur Brown, who was shot In his-room at the Kalelgli hotel last Saturday by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, is gradually sinking, and his iletth Is expected. 93% 33% 37% 185 "Binks Is always growlinf that he doesn't have Justice done him." • Always Growling. 37% 186% 48% 105% 42% Premier C "!• menoeait. replying to a "Yes. When he gets a halo he'll probably say It isn't a square thing."—New York Times. 49% 105% 42% 18 48% 104% 42% Heating stoves ami ranges. Ash. Ia«e, Best grade meats at Ifallock'S. Fresh meats at Sharp's market.