Pittston Gazette

              YTEATlIKIt CONDITIONS. ALL THE HOME NEWS. Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for For tlie of Pittston and Kastcrn Pennsylvania, Vicinity. Rain a*u* colder f • .v'ednesilay, 'snow and C•' c,oc^*V . .«J *• THE HOME PAPER. YEAR. I WEEKLY KSTARLISHEO 1850. I DAII-Y EST. BY THHO. HART 1882 0 PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8,1907. TWO CENTS A COPY. I FORTY CI0NTS A MONTH. C 8 PAGES MORNING WEDDING. ALIVE IN RIMST^ffiWSS& PITTSBURG GRAFT M'CLELLAN ANGRY hauls of the returns* of the vote. It Is cltiimeU that men not entitled to vote were allowed to vote for MeClellan and that In many other ways the election laws were violated at the election. Votes cast for Hearst, It Is declared, were not counted in a numlier of districts. NEGRO CASE UP Michael Fahey and Miss Ellen Tigue. Iiolh of Upper Plttston, Took "Dutch" Waloney, diameter About Marital VoA'b hi St. Mary's, New York Fireman Dug Out City, Pound laying: III on Streets— Attacks Attorney General Senate Listens to Lodge's A pretty wedding look place this morning at 9:30 in St. Mary's church, Upper Pittsion. The groom was Michael Fahey and the bride Miss Ellen Tigue, both popularly known residents of the upper section of the city. The bride Was attended by Miss Mary Corrlgan and the groomsman was John Drugati, of Wilkebarre. Rev. Thomas was the officiating clergyman. The bride and her maid were similarly attired. They wore pearl gray fsults—the bride's a traveling suit—anil hats to match. A small parly of friends of the contracting couple w'erc present In the church. After the ceremony the wedding party had a weding break/ast at tile Tigue home, on North Main street. The couple left on a wedding tour to New York and other cities. On their return they will take up their residence in Upper Pittston. Mr. and Mrs. Fahey are a popularly known couple. Mr. Falifty Is a boilermaker in the Cox ton shiops. Condition Serious Sensational Testimony in City Scandal. Jackson. Defense. of Debris. "Dutch" Mftloney, a character about the city saloons, was found lying on Main street this morning by Officer Price. Maloney complained of being ill and the officer assisted him to the city hall and left him in the lodging room. His condition grew worse in a short time and a physician was sent for. Dr. Denahan, who examined the man, found that he had a broken arm, in addition to his other ailment. A breaking out of some kind was In view of the precedence given I" the courts to actions begun by the attorney general the suit of ouster will come to trial at once and will he prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Donnelly, with Clarence .I. Shearn, William Randolph Hearst's personal attorney, as special counsel. Attorney General Jackson said that this act-Ion would take the place of the quo warranto application of Mr. Hearst. CALLS ACTION "RIOT" NECESSITY HIS PLEA COMRADES MET DEATH $70,000.00 FOR VOTES Work of Rescue Was Most Jackson Upholds Hearst's Foraker Makes Reply to His Councilman Charged With Soliciting Bribe. Contentions. Speech. Thrilling. found on one of his legs and it is be- New York. Jan. 8.—Following Attor ney General Jackson's entry ol' suit In the supreme court against George Li McClellftn, praying that the latter b* ousted from the mayor's ottiee yu the ground that William Randolph Hearst is entitled to the otiice, Mr. McCUulau, through his attorneys, made an littack on the attorney general, declaring that Mr. Jackson is guilty of riot and should be Impeached for defying the courts. NINETEEN NEW TYPHOID CASES Washington, Jan. 8. — President Roosevelt's dismissal of the negro troops was again the subject of contention in the senate, and indications point to protracted debate before any of the pending resolutions on the subject are voted on. « Now York, Jan. 8— After a living lieved that he la suffering from some burial under tons of paper and broken serious ailment. The physician pronounced his condition serious and advised his removal to the Plttston hospital. Ho was taken there in an ambulance.Pittsburg, Jan. 8.—Sensational testimony was given in the JTft.i'OO "graft scandal" in connection wit a the ordinance to give the Plttsbars; & Tube delphla last night that the Reis clr- Pittsburg-, when William A. Martin, a member of the common council was put on trial in criminal court charged with soliciting a bribe for the passage of the ordinance. beams, John Siefert, a fireman, was found by his comrades alive and hearty twenty-four bourn after they had supposed he had gone to death in the ruins of the paper stock warehouse in Roosevelt street, which fell on him and two other tlrenieu when they were lighting a lire. Of the others one has been taken out dead, and no hope is entertained that the third man, Daniel J. Campbell, lived after the crash came. The number of typhoid fever cases reported in Scranton since the epidemic started has passed the thousand mark. For the 24 hours ending at noon today were 19 cases reported. bringing the total number up to 1,003. only one death was reported Senator Lodge developed a new phase of the question by presenting a resolution providing for an Investigation of the "affray" at Brownsville and by silence conceding the authority of the president to take the action lie did. This resolution was supported by Mr. Lodge in an address and opposed by Mr. Foraker, who followed with an ar guinent which was not finished when the senate adjourned. LUTHERAN PASTORS HELD MEETING The Scranton-Wllkesbarre Pastoral association, comprising the pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran churches of the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys, met tn monthly session today, at. the homo of Uev. Theophllus Zuber, of Wood street, this city. The pastors assembled this morning and took up a very Interesting and Instructive programme. They were entertained at dinner by Rev. anrT Mrs. Zuber and completed the programme this afternoon. The pastors present were the following: Rev. Dr. H. II. Rruning, of White Haven; Rev. R. F. Ritter, of Scranton; Rev. F. J. Beates, of Wilkesbarre; Tlev. William Heist, of Scranton; Rev. J. A. Bender. of Scranton; Rev. G. Anderson, of Wilkesbarre. Several of the Luthenan clergymen were unable to attend the meeting, due to the inelement weather and duties of the pastorate. The following programme was rendered: Reading of Leviticus, 2:1-10, in Hebrew and Roman; 2:10-29, in Greek sermon outline*, J. TD. Wltke, Scran Ion, and Rev. Zuber, of this city; pa pers on the following subjects, "ThC Church in Sweden." Rev. G. Ander son. Wilkesbarre; - " Re' R. F. Rilter, Scranton Among the witnesses were J. H. Milholland, a civil engineer for the railroad company; C. B. Richardson, a broker, and C. S. Cameron, president of the Pittsburg & Tube City Kailroa£ Co., who are also implicated in the "graft scandal." today Mr. Juektfon, while technically obeying the recent writ of prohibition wliieh delays a hearing in the quo warranto action, went a step farther and brought his action against Mayor McClellan lu behalf of the state on the ground that he holds ollice unlawfully. While there was an apparent increase In the number of cases today over that of yesterday, there was actually no increase, for the reason that three physicians sent in reports for ten easeiS, the majority of which should have been reported yesterday or Sunday, a« the report cards bore the date of either Saturday or Sunday. FIRE 18 REPORTED OUT. From the time the floors of the building fell In, burying the firemen in the ruins, 11 salvage corps was constantly at work duy ami night trying to find the missing men. After more than twelve hours' work the rescuers cannon the body of Thomas I.ennon. It was hard work digging through the mass of damp paper which tilled tiie first floor of the building, and the men made little headway. Stop Pumping Water at No. Milholland testified that he had placed a $C50,000 eertlj*Dd check In a safe deposit box. which was to have, been given to Martin, and was told by President C. S. Cameron, In Martin's presence that the alleged bribe money was Increased from $60,000 to 170,000 in order to get sufficient votes to pass the Tube City ordlnancy* over the mayor's veto. Previous to this debute the senate listened to it two hour address on the Japanese question by Senator (Jearln, who argued for a resolution directing the opening of negotiations with .lapnn for a revision of our treaty with that 7 Shaft. In the statement of Mayor McClellan the attorney general is contemptuously referred to as " 'Flngy* Coulters* representative"' and is accused of violating the order of the supreme court. \V. Bourke Cockran's famous statement at the Buffalo convention that he preferred "riot to rottenness" is quoted, and Mr. Jackson's action is designated as belonging to the order of "riot." There was no deaths reported officially, but one person died in the last 24 hours. He is Floyd Gilpin, 20 years old, 329 Gibson street. He died at the State Hospital. The fact that this is the only death in the last 24 hours is a particularly gratifying circumstance of the situation. No F.vidences Thin n Trace of the Fire Remains—Pipe Is Now Ilelng nation. Driven Through One of Walls Senator Lodge's Speech, In his address Senator Lodge said to I,ct Out the Pent- Heard Buried Man's Signal Milholland also testified that $70,- 000 in cash was subsequently placed There was only one patient admitted to any of the hospitals. This single case Was received at the West Scranton Hospital. "Two questions are here involved—11 question of fact and a question of law. They tire entirely distinct, they ought to be settled separately and neither should be permitted lo cloud or wbseure the other in the public mind." up Wafer. Suddenly John Decker, one of the firemen of the rescue party, heard moans and thought he could distinguish the sound of tapping on one of the beams embedded in the mass of in safety deposit boxes, first at th* Colonial Trust Co. and then at the Union Trust Co. for Martin. Milholland had the key to one box and the ltey to the latter box was deposited in another safety deposit box at the Farmers' Pepotls National bank. The Pennsylvania I'oal Co. officials are no strongly of the opinion that the minCD fire In No. 7 that they have been fighting for the past month or more is now out that they ordered the pouring of water into the bore hole leading down to the affected section to be stopped last night. For some days past it is said that there were evidence that I lie water was overcoming the lire. This was figured out from the conditions at the second bore hole. Yesterday no evidence of tire was to be found and those who have taken an active interest in fighting the flames, after a conference, decided that the water had done its work; Took McClellan by Surprise. The mayor's statement was evoked by the latest move of the attorney gen eral, which took the McClellan people by surprise. Only last Saturday the mayor had procured an Injunction from the supreme court in Albany restraining the attorney general from holdlUK a hearing on the application of W. It. Hearst for the institution of quo war ran to proceedings to test Meridian's right to the office. Mct'lellan's lawyers thought this would stop the proceedings, but after conferring with Mr. Hearst and others in New York Mr. Jackson went back to Albany and Instituted In the name of the people the action which McClellan sought to en- Mayor Dlmmick this morning mndo the most Important announcement as yet of' what will follow the typhoid fever epidemic to transform the sanitary conditions of Scranton. paper After noting that the constitution makes the president commander in chief of the army and navy. Senator Lodge entered at leiiKth into the question of his power to discharge, saying: When Decked tuld the others what he had heard they redoubled their efforts. They had believed that they were goiii;: to Had two more dead bodies, but tir' 1 (lief that one at least of their comrade* was alive spurred them to he.viile.ui efforts to reach He also swore that Martin ordered him to deliver the keys of a safe deposit box back to Cameron, remarking as he did so that "he had been trimmed again, for the money was not there." The Sewering of those sections of tlie city which are lucking In this sanitary feature must now be done, he said, and It must be done at once, if the city would be preserved from the dangers of contagion. Angeloiogy "There "can be no doubt whatever that the power of summary dismissal was inherent in the office of com tnander in chief when the president was invested by the constitution with that office, and there lias never been any attempt on the part of congress to prevent or interfere with the exercise of tills authority. 'Oonscie'.icc him Rev. J. D. Witke, Hcranton: expository preaching. Rev. Dr. H. H. Bruning. White Haven. C. 1?. ttichardson, the broker, told of the mysterious disappearance of* the $70,000, which he had loaned President Cameron and of Councilman Martin's refusal to be searched for tho money when it disappeared and which was subsequently found by a local detective agency which received tl0,» 000 for its recover??- Who's thei called Fireman VISITING ASYLUMS. Decker "Ilello, boys!" came back a voice, feeble aiftl muffled, but which Decker, who knew the buried man, could recognize as Siefert's. "We're alive down HORSE'S ODD FALL. Reading, Pa Jan. 8.—-The lunacy commission appointed by the legisla- It Is stated unofficially that work is already under way to dispose of the great quantity of water that was poured into the section, which was closed up before the flooding started. A two and one-half Inch pipe is to be driven through one of the brick walls and pipe laid to the fopt of the shaft. A pump is to be stationed here and as the water pours out of the section it will be forced to the, surface and drained away from the head of the shaft. It will take several weeks to dispose of the water and then some weeks longer before operations can be recommenced. It Is believed by the officials that the.v will find no trace of the fire, when they can go into the affected district. Dropped Down Through Klevntor lure to inquire into the conditions existing at the State insane asylums tb- HUmul its investigations when tht Enlistment a Contract, here. When the news spread among the workers and back f D the street that Siefert's voice laid been heard Henry Mills of 1'iesident street. Brook .Shaft anil l anded Seven Poet Re- According to Richardson the scheme of fooling Martin was worked in his very presence by means of two envelopes. one containing the money and the other identically similar on the outside which did not contain the .Mr. Jackson declared that he would obey the order of the court, but lit stole a march on the Mc('lellan force* b.v beginning in the people's name the ouster actlou. The effect of this will be the same as that of quo warranto proceedings, only in this ease the state and not Mr. Hearst will have to beai til" expense of the proceedings. join committee visited the South Mountain asylum near Wernersville, this county. At, South Mountain they found no "Enlistment is a contract and has been so held by the supreme court of the I "lilted States, and it is a contract terminable at will by the government. This Is all that is dope when a soldier Is discharged without honor. The commander in chief or his representatives terminate the contract of enlistment.low—Not Badly Hurt A horse belonging to Campbell & Webster, South Main street grocers, had an unusual experience—for a overcrowding The capacity of the asylum is suo and there are about that number of Inmates. They are housed with more comfort than elsewhere. Many work on the 850-acre farm and in the industrial detriment; there a.re no stone walls around the property and no cells and 110 iron gratings on the windows. It is considered one of the model asylums of (he United States. The mental condition of many in- Ijrn, h lU'iglihoi- of 8iefertt who was j j, waiting In I ho crowd expectinj* to bear that tli" fireman's body hail been iluf? out. riNlnit forward to the place whence Siefert's voice issued last night italls in the barn are on the second floor and the wagonshed on the ground floor. The building is in the alley In the rear of South Main street. There is a money BANK ELECTIONS. "Civil society could not go 011 if tin power of dismissal or removal witlioul the necessity of evidence to convict before a jury was not universal. It lias been recognized fully in the civil sen Wife Awaited News of Death. His wife Lad sent him there to learn the worst and to tell her so that she could break the expected confirmation of Slefert's death to Slefert's young wife, who was lying prostrated in hei freight elevator leading from floor to the other. Tim horse was tied In the stall as usual last night hut the fastening became loosened in some manner. The animal started to wander around the barn and gradumade its way to the elevator The annual meetings of three of the Pittston hanks were held today'!- resulting in the election of directors as follows: l'he statement given out by Mayoi McOlellan's attorneys is In part as fol lows First National Bank—Theo. Strong, Charles H. Foster, William h. Wa.tson, S. M. Parke, Joseph L. Cake, John A. Law, James McMillan, Joseph Langford, James X. Anderson, Edward S. Smith. Cockran's Address Quoted The mine fire In N'o 7 vein was (lis covered over a month ago. after i "An eloquent partisan at the recent Buffalo convention said that in tlie present condition of affairs, the nomination of Mr. Hearst for governor impending, iu making a choice between rottenness and riot he preferred riot. has improved whilt I hey have DllV shaft From Wernersville, the commltteC will go to Danville. been theft' "If the'commander iu chief is uuabh to dismiss from the army the soldiers whom lie regards as da microns to tin service and to military discipline with wst furnishing proof which would con vince a jury military discipline would he at an end and the army of the t'nited States would become a menace to the people of the country." had been burning for 36 hours was located in the Plttston vein, in a section wht re pillars wore being robbed by contract. T.arge shifts of men were sot at work to fight the fire, but they were unable lo do effective work on account of a stoop pitch. It was finally decided to drown the fire out and every loading Into the burning district was closed by brick walls. Two bore holes wore then driven to the section and a groat quantity of water poured in. The tiro did not interfere with the work In other veins of the colliery. homC Mills called through the debris, eager l.v and hopefully, but with a fear that there might have been a mistake "Who's thereV" It did riot sop the opening on account nf the dark,loss and fell Into it. It landed In a heap on the tloor below. The animal was found at the foot of the shaft this morning and for a time was unable\to move. Tt finally got up with assistance People's Savings Bank—Amon Armsi rong, Louis Seibie, H. T. Bowkley. J. H. Andrews, J. I. Shoemaker, P. VV. Dershlmer, J. H. Glennon, E. W. Stark, C. H. Cool, A. B. Brown, W. J. Fowler, J. L Polen, M, P. Sacks. The only new director is M. F. Sacks, who takes the place of J. H. Tyrrell, deceased. The directors will meet on Jan. 16 to reorganize. FINE NEW HOME. "Iu the orderly course of justice it had been determined that a suit against Mayor McClellan to test the title to his office ought not in reason and justice to be brought. This decision was arrived at by the Republican attorney general after a most careful The' handsome new parsonage of the First Welsh Congregational church was completed during the past week and the pastor. Hev. J. V. Stephens, and family, moved this week from the old parsonage to the new one. The new house is located iDn the I igrange street lot adjoining the chuii n building, on the southerly side, and Ihe location is an ideal one, being on an eminence and commanding a splendid view of the business section of the city, together with the west side of the valley. The building is of colonial design. nearly square, with a spacious porch running across the front. The interior has been arranged especially to suit the needs of a clergyman and his family, and is fitted with all modern conveniences. Separating the front of the parsonage lot from the church property is a neat cut bluestone wall, and a similar wall will be erected at the front of the parsonage lot, which will then be graded. The total cost of the parsonage Is in the neighborhood of $4,000. Siefert recognized his voice, and liis reply came b.tolt cheerily: and Hello, Ilarry! This is Jack." was found to be practically unhurt Mills called through the debris, eagera nearby drug store, got 011 the tele phone and called up his wife to tell her to give the news instantly to Mrs. IMPORTANT EQUITY CASE ON TRIAL Foraker Replies to Lodge. Mr. Foraker replied vigorously to Mr. Lodge's speech, taking issue with the Massachusetts senator on both the points as to law and fact. He declared that there is no autocratic and nnre strained power in this country, "not even iu the commander in chief of tin Inquiry Siefert. Notwithstanding that a long list of common pleas cases were on the argument list today it was necessary that the four judges sit and listen to the discussion of the equity case of R, Oscar Myers and others against the Con- Miners' Savings Bank—All of last year's trustees were re-elected as follows: Alex. Craig, R. M. Hughes. George Johnson, C. Frank Bohan. Alexander Bryden, A. A. Bryden, Thomas Maloney, M. W. O'Boyle, Joseph C. Reap, K. D. Lacoe, Joseph H. "At the invitation of the succeeding attorney general Mr. Hearst was asked to renew his application to have an ac tlon brought, which lie has done. Then Mayor McClellan asked the court whether the new attorney general has the power to reverse the decision of his As quickly as possible after Slefert's voice was heard an ambulance was called. A rubber tube three feet lonfc and half an inch in diameter, with a funnel arrangement at one end, such as is used in the hospitals as a stomach pump, was Introduced into the hole In (he debris which the workers made and lowered so that Siefert could apply his BOARD OF TRADE The Pittston board of trade hold a meeting last evening. A. B. Brown presided. A large cigar manufacturing plant wants a location here, if the proper inducements are held out. The members of the board are handicappod owing to their inability to secure proper.sites. The coal companies decline to give any sites or even to give an option on them. Hon. William Drury and A. B. Brown were appointed a committee to wait on the coal company officials and try to secure some options from them. Three new members, T. A. Grace, Armstrong & Sanders and M. D. Adelson were admitted to membership. The poor telephone service came in for some unkind cuts and it was decided to send a committee to confer with the local army." The entire morning was taken up with this argument and It may go far into the afternoon. The case is a famous one. Myers and others leased coal in Luzerne and Dorranceton to the Consumers Coal Co. and they claim that the royalties have not been paid in accordance with the terms of the indenture. Judge Ferris decided the case some time ago in favor of the Consumers Co.. but this decision was reversed by the Superior court, who in the course of the opinion decided that the equity matter should have been heard before the entire court and not one judge. This accounts for all the judges sitting today. sumers Coal Co. Mr. Foraker declared that the powet of tiie president was deduced from what was the power of the conimandei in chief of the British army. It must lie decided from the constitution of tin United States. The power the presi dent derived from congress was his Ie gal power, it was not necessary. In said, to go to British precedents to as certain this power, as the supreme court of the United States had spoken on the subject many times and always had said jstfinply it was the presidents power to command." predecessor on the same facts Smokers' Supplies. Large line of choice 5c and 10c cigars at Gillespie's. "The court has made an order and issued its writ of prohibition against tile attorney general forbidding him to determine the question involved —viz. whether he has the power to reverse the decision of his predecessor and mouth to it Asked Rescuers For a Drink He asked his rescuers for a "ball." and two stiff drinks of whisky were poured down the tube to him and afterward two cups of strong, hot coffee. After receiving this stimulant Siefert said he felt better and could wait with patience until his rescuers got him out Work has been started on another new building, which will add to the appearance of North Main street, in the vicinity of Mill street. It Is being erected by the Conway estate on Its lot just north of Mill street and will be a two story structure, containing two storerooms and rooms for dwelling purposes. J. J. Hiley Is the contractor.bring the suit. Says Court's Writ Is Defied "The attorney general immediately thereafter determined that he did not have the power and has brought the suit. There appears to have been 110 restraining hand upon him. After the writ was served he immediately came to New York and sought the counsel of Mr. Heanjt and of his attorneys. They advised a defiance of the court's great writ. The attorney general forsook the dignity of his otllce and of his own autonomy, violated his oatli of office to maintain the law and inaugurated a reign of 'riot.' The architects who planned the building were Messrs. Davey & Crowther, and the contractor was Arthur Crawford, of West I'itfston. The lley. W. St. Elmo Smith, the tire department chaplain, was called to the building soon after Slefert's voice was heard. Through the tube Father Smith heard the buried tireiuan recite his acl of contrition, according to the rites of the Catholic church, and gave him absolution, The confession, with tht questions ot' the priest and the answers of the desperately situated man, took about ten minutes, during which tin rescuers reverently removed their helmets and stood with bowed heads. The house passed a hill providing for a judicial review of orders excluding persons from the use of United State* mail facilities after a debate extending over the major portion of the day and which was participated in by several representatives. managers and demand improved ser- It was decideC{ to lease the present board of trade rooms for another year. An effort is shortly to be made to secure new members and awaken The case was decided the second time by Judge Ferris and to these findings exceptions were taken. Thereupon exceptions were filed against tile exceptions and it is this matter which is on for argument today. A large number of attorneys are interested, the most conspicuous being ex- Judge Burke, of Chicago, who represents the plaintiffs and who is considered one of the ablest lawyers in the middle west. Messrs. Ansart and Farnha m also made arguments today. BOROUGH COUNCIL. vict Tie Famous The Hughestown borough council held a regular session last evening in the town hall. It was ordered that the Erie railroad be notified to make changes in the new bridge it had erected near Center street. The railroad, when it built the bridge, did so under borough direction and agreed to have it a fixed height above the ground. It is alleged that the railroad failed to live up to its agreement but made the appearance of height by digging out the roadbed. The chief of police was directed"VD take charge of a house on Parsonage street in which there is diphtheria. It was reported that children from the house had been attending the public schools. The chief was also instructed to swear in special policemen and take whatever steps he would find necessary to break up the practice of certain Ital- Interest in the organization, RINEHART RETIRES. Central's Men Threaten Strike W. i? L Boglass New York, .Ian. 8.—The 800 freight handlers employed by the New York Central and West Shore roads announced that unless they received the pay recently granted to the freight handlers 011 the Pennsylvania road they would strike. At present they receive 18*1D cents an hour, and they ask for 20. Waynesburg, Jan. 8.—Broken in spirit, nerves and body, Former Cashier J. B. F. Rineliart, of the crippled Farmers and Drovers' National bank, of Waynesburg, is spending: a few days in retirement' on his 100-' aere farm in Franklin township, about three miles from here. "The preference of 'riot' to 'rotten ness' has yet to be demonstrated. In spite of the hopes of the rescuers that they might get the man out alive the situation was so bad that the priest deemed it fitting to hear Siefert's confession in case the walls should fall or the debris slip and Slefert be burled and crushed to death or suffocated. S Shoes for ''Furthermore, a conservative estimate of the cost of a quo warranto action involving the contest of an election where *500,000 votes were cast is the sum of $200,000. This expense the attorney general has saddled upon the state In his effort to befriend Mr. Hearst by the bringing of the action in his own name and not upon the relation of Mr. Hearst. Does the taxpayer think this IR rottenness or riot?" SUIT AGAINST He told Receiver John B. Cunningham that he was not feeling very well and thought that a few days on the farm and away from excitement at the bank might benefit him. He was Informed by Cunningham that matters at the bank were now in such a condition that he could take the rest, which is the first vacation he has had for nearly three years. Rinehart was warned not to go further than the WEST PITTSTON iei Jap Seal Poachers Disappear. In court today, Martha Thomas began suit against West Pittston borough and Perry Sicldor« seeking to recover $10,000 damages. The plaintiff. according to the statement tiled in her behalf, declares that In July, 1906, she was walking at the corner of Luzerne avenue'and Daman street. In front of the Slckler property, when she fell into an unguarded excavation. She alleges that she suffered serious internal injuries. James H. Shea is the attorney for the plaintiff.Victoria, B. ('., Jan. 8. — Japanese poachers have found short shrift on the Kamehatkan peninsula. The Jiji Shimpo says investigations show that forty Japanese vessels have disappeared since 1!H(4 and that 400 men are missing.v Can be had at only one \ 0. store in Pittston. We Q Q are the sole agents here. 0 Fuller Denies Retirement Story. Washington, Jan. 8. — When questioned concerning the persistent riiinoi that he Intends to retire from the hencli to afford the president an opportunity to appoint Secretary Taft as his successor Chief Justice Fuller declined to say more than that if he should contemplate retiring he would himself make the fact known. A summons and a copy of Attorney Oeneral Jackson's complaint in the action, which was begun in the supreme court of New York county, were :served upon Mayor McClellan by Deputy Attorney General William A. De Ford. lans, who fire off revolvers indiscriminately at all hours of 'the night farm Pope Will Not Take French Cash BOWLING CONTEST. I'nrls, Jan. 8.—It was announced that the popo will no longer accept I'eter's pence from Prance. All donations from French Catholics will hereafter he devoted to the support of the clergy In this country. "SIMPLE SIMON." I $iS0 to $5o00 There was a fair sized audience at the Broad street theater last evening, when the comic supplement extravaganza—at least that's what the show management called it—'"Simple Simon Simple," was presented. The play pleased the. audience very well. It is somewhat slapstick in makeup, but had numerous good features and on the whole was enjoyable. Jerry D. Sullivan, the diminutive acrobat, did some very clever stunts and was much applauded. The singing was go'Od and the numbers tuneful. Attorney General's Complaint. I,ast evening's contest In Scranton, between Scranton and Pittston bowlers, was much closer than was the first game between these teams, which toCjk place here on New Year's Day. The Scranton team won last evening's game by the narrow margin of 14 pins, The score of the Scranton team was 2,287, while that of the Pittston team was 2.273. The Pittston team was composed of J. I.,. Peek. Edward Van- Valkenburg. John Mcduffie, Al. Blandin and J. A. Illtchner. The complaint declares flatly that at the election In November, 190TD, Mr. Hearst "was duly and legally elected mayor of the city of New York." It Is further alleged that ballots legally marked for Hearst Cvere counted for McClellan by the Inspector of election and that these •'miscounts" formed the May Be Macklin's Assailant. STRIKERS RETURN. Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 8.—A telephone message from the sheriff's office at El Keno reported that a negro soldier of Company A, Twenty-tifth infantry (coloredl. is now under arrest at Fort Iteno charged with the assault on Captain Edgar A. Macklin on Dec. 21. The strike at the Coalbrook colliery, of the Delaware & Hudson Coal Co.. In Carbondale, which was inaugurated by the outside laborers and the breaker employes, yesterday, is still on. although about half of the men who went out returned to work this morning. The breaker is being operated with a small force today. s IIITI1 I iDOOE STIIEj 79 ft. Mail St. Senator Dryden In Trenton, Trenton, N. ,i.. Jan. 8.—United States Senator John IC\ Dryden came to Trenton in a special car from Washington to attend the opeulng of the legislature. Talking machines at Harrison's. Ilave Ash clean your furnace. Best grade meats at Hallock's.