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' r~~ WEATHER CONDITIONS. AIjI; the home news. Forecast Until 8 p. ill. Tomorrow fix Eur (lie People of Plttston and Kastcrn Pennsylvania Vicinity. Snow tonight and Thursday, slightly warmer Thursday. THE HOME PAPER. PITTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,1907 TWO CENTS A COPY. t FORTY CENTS A MONTH. f 10 PAGES. VtfAT? ' »TAnusiiion isso. O/lJrl XJlfAlv c0CteV\ »* THKO. UAKT 1882 £iistoriCa " * ORR TO QUIT JOB: Jamaica s Death Roll Increasing. NOVEL CONTEST. CURfN. ttcnffOiK.tfA TILLMAN SCORED. Altoona Mothers Fight For Resigns Presicbncy of New Kindergarten. York Life. Scorching Words From Sen- ator Spooner. ( SEEK VOTE FOR LOAN KINGSLEY NEW CHIEF Latest Reports from Kingston Indicate That More Than SAYS HE'S A DISGRACE Thousands of Women Lend- Promoted From Office of South Carolinian to Defend ing Their Aid. Vice President. One Hundred were filled. Himself. * *! Altoona, Jan. 1U.—This city is just New York, .Ian. lti.—Alexander E. now in the midst of a political cam- Qn. wj|j retire from the presidency of paign in which nine-tenths ol the wo- pw York Life Insurance companion are vitally interested. In fact wbpn 1|)p npw |n)Ht(.es liave b(MMl they arc taking more interest In .1 f of than the most men. ... ,, , ... . They are lighting to save the kin- J1'"'1' "ill ho within tUo next sixty dcrgartcn as an adjunct to the public ™UJs- HC1,001, Darwin 1*. Klngsley, now vice presl- Mothers' clubs have been organized dent, who has played a large part in in every ward and they are working bringing the company to its present Washington, Jan. 1G.—Goaded by frequent interruptions from Mr. Tillman, tlio speech of Mr. Spooner in the senate on the resolution for au investigation of the affray in Brownsville was changed from a defense of President Roosevelt's course in discharging a negro battalion of the army to a severe arraignment of the South Carolina senator. Thirty Soldiers Roasted to Death. day and night for tlic kindergarten. Men are held up on the street by the enterprising politicians and asked how they stand on the question. The women are talking, thinking, dreaming j of nothing else. Never before have j l,hey taken such an interest in polities. | And it is all in consequence of (lie new half million dollar "high school. j The creetion of this building proved a bigger contract than the directors had bargained for, and there is now no money in the treasury- Even the salaries of the teachers are not paid promptly, and in order to pay them at all it is necessary to borrow money) from the local banks, with the result that the continued drain on the financial institutions has made the money market exceedingly tight. the 1 school district is on the verge of bank- I prominence. is to lie his successor, it is stated 011 the best authority. It was only with difficulty that Mr. Orr was prevailed on to accept the present office when it was vacated by the late John A. McOall. When it was put ill the light of a duty he finally assented, and during the year of his incumbency In- has found the position ■Mr. Spooner quoted from Tillman's utterances defending lynching as a moans of controlling negroes and said that to encourage such mob violence was a disgrace to civilization. Mr. Tillman was not permitted to reply, but at the end of Mr. Spooner's attack said that at an early date he would take occasion to defend himself against the "insulting allusions" made to him. Fire Added to the Horror of the Situation and Many Buildings Were Burned. wearing to such an extent that his physicians have insisted that he abandon It without further delay. Eittor Feeling Between Senators Holland Hav. Jamaica. .Ian. HD.— j ty headed li.v Sir Alfred .lones. had litest reports from Kingston, over- j other guests and passengers on board, land, state that the deaths from the; which gave her a total passenger Is; earthquake and tire will exceed 100. of more than a hundred pers ims. Mr. Kingsley is fifty years old and a graduate of thp University of Vermont. He was for several years in newspaper work and in ISS7 became state aiidiior and superintendent of insurance of Colorado, lie joined the New York Life in 18!)!) as inspector of agencies for the New England states. lie was then in turn made superintendent fit agencies, third vice president and in The bitter feeling provoked by the controversy between the senators make.% it impossible to say when a vote i an be had on the resolution. It is c\jDc, Ied debate will now be extended. Mr. Spooner took the position that article 4 of the articles of war gives t D the commander in chief of the army the power to dismiss troops in the luam.er employed. BUST OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH BY MAJOR GENERAL BADEN- This estimate is. if anything, too low. j Cablegrams giving the tir-t direct acand will bp increased when a thor-1 count of llio disaster wore sent from ougli search lias been made in tl'.o fire i (he cubic statim nt Holland bay. which listricl and in collapses buildings in js j,| }|1P swampy section of liltlie native quarters. . . . »_ I island near Port Antonio, POWELL One of tiie highly Interesting tilings to he seen at the Jamestown exposition, which opens near Norfolk, Va., next April, will he u huwt of Captain John St ill til by Major General Baden-Powell of the British army, hero of Mafeklng dv.rlug the Boer war. General Baden-Powell is a skillful modeler and sculptor. Ills interest in John Smith as a subject is augmented by the fact that be is descended from the same family which gave to the world the heroic colonist. But for Captain Smith's intrepidity and wisdom the little English settlement on Jamestown island mn-t have perished. Thirty negro soldiers perished in .ho military hospitals alone. Sir Jam,S ; Steamer From Boston Safe Ferguson was killort bv a failing wall, j 'United I ryit comicny s simmer JTc is tlio only white man CDf promt- ! Adiulral Sampson has arrived safely at nonce thus far reported among the j I'ort Antonio from Boston. ruptcy Ah the easiest way out, the school j directors suggested a loan of $200,000 j lo pay old debts and build two new ! school houses. A bitter protest was j raised against thn loan. The directors I inet it with a suggestion tlial the ex- j penses of the school district would | have to be curtailed and the place to I begin was the abolition of the kinder- ; gartrn. UMI.J vice president The point v marie by Mr. Spooner constitution does not say that Ii:'m the power to govern rtie The election inspectors in the .Mutual Life Insurance company who are canvassing the vote cast Dec. IN broke all records and counted 2.0(H) ballots. As a result of their twenty-eight days' labor at a day each 2,100 ballots have been counted, leaving a matter of ■'D47.804 still to be canvassed. Slow Work Counting Votes dead Among those on the steamer were military forces. but to in a Ho rules for Icio government of the army. He held I hat the words "to make rules" mfeant that the enforcement of the regulations for 1 he government of the army rests absolutely with the president as commander in chief. In cases where congress has legislated to reappoint men to the army and navy, Mr. Spooner said, it merely gave to the president authority in his discretion-to reappoint men or permit their re-enlistment. On this subject he engaged in a brief colloquy with Mr. Bacon, in which the General Kitzjohu Porter case was referred to. Order has boon restored under John Berry, second vice president of strong military control, but few peo-1 i tio Boston anil Maine railroad, and pie have returned to their homes, j rs Berry: Mrs. Eliza Bird well and where even only sllRht damage has j Mrs \[aU(i (j Stafford of Fall River, been done. After the shocks had i ss . r an(| ,\irs. |{. \V. Killers on of eeased thieves at once began their no-j Sontli Bend. Intl.: Eugene Smith and M. M. Morse of Hartford, Conn.; Mr. vnd Mrs. 1,. ('. Fuller. William Hay and A. W. Elliott of New York. Many steamers carrying tourists to Imnniea were en route to the Island when the earthquake oreurted. hut no disasters to any of theai are reported. ARMORYnmBOOMING!FIVE MEN WERE KILLED It was a. diplomatic movo, for the abolition of the kindergarten touched tlic heart of every mother. They jumped into tlie light forthwith, and they will be in it until the votes aru counted next month. A straw vote is being; taken on slips of paper furnished the mothers' clubs by tlie school authorities. These slips the mothers take home and the fathers mark the way they are going to vote. Needless to say they arc going to vote right, an(| voting right means voting for the loan. Fatal Explosion of Locomo Arrangements For Dedica l'arious work. Shipping In the harbor is reported to have escaped injury, with the exception of some small craft, which could not be pulled away from the burning dork? in time. Tlio principal burned district is a triangular-shaped area formed by the The canvass has so far cost the policy holders of the company About $11,- 700. or $r..siD for each of Ihe 2,100 ballots. The inspectors get $175 a day, their expert accountants $110 a cIhv, sixty girl clerks $lorD a day and a ste nographer and a secretary $2Ji a day. tion Well Under Way tive Boiler. Low Water Caused an Explosion at I'lldcr (he Energetic Direction ol' Bridgeport, Near Norristwvn, and f (iCiieral C hairiiian Botwnan, the an Entire Engine Crew Lost w n t r front and King and Queen j itreets. which Is the most control j Tho American consulate at Kingston !s in charge of \V. If. Orrett. In the New York Life the work of geographically arranging the 4C 10,000 ballots and proxie vent merrily on at a cost of about a day to ihe policy holders. Not a single one of the 400,000 votes has been canvassed. One of the inspectors made this statement without perceptibly straining his vocal Various Details arc Kapidly Tlieir Lives, Will I tlie Ex- Being Looked After, and section. In other quarters tho houses I, arc detached. Tliis prevented greater destruction l\v tire. The earthquake did no damage here on the north side of the |«1and. The tire which followed the shock in the Cclchrutiou is Id ception of the En- Bacon Critici»e« President. Unless the loan Is passed the mlllnj?e is liable to lie raised from 7 to 14 or 15 mills to defray the expenses of the district. Be a Success. gineer. Mr. Macon insisted that there could be no more dangerous proposition than that the great power of the army and navy should be lodged In the will of one man, and thus two senators came into direct and positive conflict ou London, Jan. 16,—The following dispatch, received by the colonial office, while semi-official, Is regarded as authentic, ft reads as follows: "Holland Bay, (forty miles oast of Kingston), Jamaica, Jan. 1(5.—Awful earthquake, Kingston ruined at 3:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Early afterward swept by tire. Hundreds killed. No Englishmen, Americans or Canadians missing, except Sir James Ferguson. Houses were rocked and crashed into streets. All buildings and dwellings ruined. "Governor and Fir Alfred Jones directing affairs. Inadequate discipline. Kingston has done much damage, but is thought now to bp coniined to certain limits. The work of fighting the flames Is still beiiiK pursued with energy, and In this respect tne situation seemed to lie improving. The flame* apparently have been mainly eoniiiied to the dot ks and the warehouse district. If this is so only a small portion of the city lias been burned over. It was reported that Kingston had beCn ruined by the earthquake and fire. Arrangements |.u- tin- dedication of I fi. — Kivp nu n were Killed by the explosion of a boitor of a freight engine at Bridgeport today. The dead C 'nmluctnr Clutrl Jan iv armor; 11 isfactor Chairman Bowman 1iC ■ I • I a patch, was a man of considerable prominence. Me was governor of South organs "We have bosun to jreofcraphlcalize the proxies. and when this is concluded we will aphabetize Hie freoKt'aphieHl- yesterday afternoon with tin John Noblock. Brakemati- Roy Sclicder, Hrakenian Kliticr Kane, all of Allfiitown. and an unknown man in ;tf in Fireman njen nf various committees, number of details were dispo; "Kvery in(tnclianrPd with a crimp 1* entitled to his ilny in court," admitted Mr. Spooner, hut at the same time he contended that in the present ease there is no charge to justify an impeachment of the presidential authority.this point Ailslrnli ZiMlaiKl liny 1 ll) 1 iii 1X7: I.siis. governor of r:? mid yovonior of Hoin | New It was definitely tlcvirliid to publish i Military SoUvenir. This wilt consist uf u printed booklet that will be sold ehurtrc of a stock car i7..t t toil." When the conn tint; is to begin he Ijow water in the boiler i; to have causcd the accident believed All the of stnlC in 188, for forei was undersecretary n lS8ti. and ! was not prepared to say cents. It will contain as Mini men wore riding in the cab when the accident happened,. SchederV body as torn to fragments. The others ! scalded or killed by the explo- The rear portion of the boiler hurled irD0 yards away, while the wheels remained on the from I HO I to 18 !KJ iie served as poit- muster general Probing Metropolitan Life, latin# to Pittston military organizations past and present, and the last call is now made for any person who may have photographs relating to the Kingston is the principal seaport and j commercial city of that island. It is ! situated on the south const and on the New York, .fan. Hi. Announcement Mr. Tillman asked Mr. Spanner to yield to him. unci the Wiscormlfi splinter snlrl ho would do so for n question, but when Mr. Tillman began to preface his question with a statement Mr. Spooner said he had not yielded for a speech. No Disorder In Kingston. The city is quiet, lint 'disciplined of the first move to investigate the Metropolitan LiTe Insurance company came after John (!. Milbtirn. as counsel for John K. liegeman,, the company's head, called at the district attorney's office. Assistant District Attorney Kresel. who went through the books of the New York Life Insurance company, has charge of the Investigation into the affairs of the Metropolitan Life. City now quiet Some looting, hut workers are needed north side of a Hue harbor. The lat ter is a land locked basin available for the largest ships and is inclosed on the sonth by a long tongue of land, at the extremity of which is Port Itoynl. subject to loan them to the committee for the purpose of making cuts to locomotivt tracks. nothing serious. "Military hospital burned. Thirty soldiers roasted alive Mnd'.'r ruins. The governor of the colony. Sir Alex under Svvetlenhani. is directing affairs! be used in Hie souvenir Knghieer .1. I). Blank miraculously escaped. He declined to talk about, the accident. Military doin best work saving ston is a city which already hoars the scars of a number of di*as Kin Arrangements will bo made 1" servr luncli lo- the members of th people, - 1 "Of natives, very many roasted un'-j trons visitations of Urn, earthquake and cyclone in years by. The city is one of low lying buildings.clustered along the shores of one of tlio finest iiikI most securely land locked harbors in" the West Indies, The population, which numbers ."tt.OOO, is large- Kingston is on the south coast of Jamaica nnd stands at the north end of one of the finest harbors in the western hemisphere, The harbor Is a land locked basin affording safe anchorage for the largest ships. It is inclosed on the south by a narrow strip of land, at the extremity of which Is the town of Port Royal and the strongest of the defenses of the city. nrinuM ATTORNEY HALL A COMMITTEE HEAD The question was as to why the president had not adopted Major Penrose's recommendation for the ferreting out of the guilty. dcr ruins, as Kingston was center of visiting military companii that will Hi in participate in the (Indication paradts anil the ceremonies. John IT, Muilln is chairman of the commissary com- Speaker McClain. of the State House of Representatives, today announced Many heroic deeds by white President Not In Need of Defense. Shocks came without warning DARING- THIEVES mittpo, and it is the intention of the chairman to make a request to the ladies of the city to provide the material for the lunch. It is the idea of the committee lhat the preparation and serving- of the lunch should bo arranged hy t he committee. he chairmen of the various House committees. The only I-iUiserne member who secures a chairmanship is Hon. W. W. Hall, of West Pittston. representative from the Sixth district, who is named as the head of the judicial apportionment committee. Lackawanna county secured no ebairman- "The president of the United States will never require any dpfpnse from tile attacks of the senator from South Carolina." was Mr. Kpooner's reply. era! prominent citizens those killed. ENTERED SALOON Abject terror postj iscil everyone ly made up of native blacks Ferguson instantly killed Kingston and tlie other points of interest of the island are at this season of the year thronged with tourists from ItoblMMl Itegistor at National "He has developed a mania for attacking the president. I did not intend to branch off on such a discussion, but 1 hnve never been so surprised by any man's attitude as I have by that of the senator from South Carollua. Hp is so tilled with animosity for the president and has so often taken occasion to express it that 1 do not believe his attacks will be taken seriously by the people." "This message was .sent through Watson S. Col man, of the United Fruit Many Disasters In Jamaica, llouse, iDii North Main Street company, who was one of the heroes both America and Kngland, and apprehension is felt for the safety of many persons who had recently arrived at the Jamaican resorts. The history of the island in the Inst Knrly Tliis Morning. hip The chairman of I he appro- few hundred years records many shocking disasters. In HiO'J Port Roy aI was destroyed by an earthquake, only 200 out of 3,000 houses standing after the shock. It was this catastrophe which led to the founding of Kingston on higher ground, where it was thought there was immunity from earth tremors. In 1782 lire caused a loss of $2,o00,000 in the city, and in 1843 $15.- 000(000 was lost in a conflagration that swept away almost every building. The city also felt the full force of the cyclone which in August, 18X0, held the island in its grip for five hours and blotted out several hundred lives. The National House, on North Main street, was entered by thieves at an early hour this morning, and the small change in the cash register, amounting to $-0, was taken. It is not known who were the perpetrators of the robbery, but several persons arc under suspicion. The proprietor of the establishment is John Munley and he resides on the upper floor of thy building. Mr. Munley closed the saloon about two o'clock this morning. Before retiring, he took the. paper money from the register, but left $20 t ion residents along the line of tin- militar will priations committee is J. CD. Sheet Philadelphia. Sailing Thursday with most ISng- decorate their .stores and suitable manner. ilainar Greenwood, 'Member 1 'a r 1 ia in e n MURDER IN The most distinguished of these were members of a party of Knglish states- Hall Caine Among Tourists Special attention will also ho given tn the lighting; of tin1 interior of tlic armory on the evening of tlie C1 erfictt* K J. Ross. president of the Cil- ICleetrie Illuminating Co., is WASHINGTON Port A li l o, .l.nnaica, Jan. 10. Washington, Jan. 16 A man giv- Kingston, the picturesque capital of men, agricultural experts and men of affairs, who, under the leadership of Sir Alfred Jones, had arrived in Kingston within the past few days to attend an agricultural conference there. ing: his name as ,f)tto Steelhorst, of Philadelphia, shot and instantly kill- the island of Jamaica, has been devas l/.l'll chairman of the committer having this work in charge, anil it will bo give! ed A S VanitsOn. a lithographer, at Disclaiming any intention to abuse Mr. Tillman, the Wisconsin senator said it was his purpose only to make a plea for good government. He had not intended to be led into such a discussion. but had been goaded to It by Mr. Tillman himself. tated by a violent earthquake, follow ed by tire tlie medical museum today The mur- The land and te!e.jrnph lines which Major Flannorv, chairman of careful attention derer was arrested had been thrown down have been i Anions those in the company were Hull Caine, the novelist: Viscount Mountniorres, It. O. .VrnoidKorster. M. I*.; Sir Thomas Hughes. Sir Thorn a? Shann and others of equal prominence. The Karl and Countess of I Mid ley weiv also passengers on the incoming steamer Port Kingston. committee on parade, \v constructed to within five miles of in change money drawer extend an invitation to (he otlleial Pittston and West Pittston. together with tile life men of both places, to fSc King ton, and fvoin meager reports roceivpil though these channels it has been learned that many of tlir When the bartender opened up for Famous After attain expressing his belief In the legality and .justness of the president's notion, Mr. Spooner closed his speech with a brief discussion of the race question, asserting his belief that the majority of the people of the south did not entertain the radical views which had been expressed by Senator Tillman. most business, about 6 o'clock, this morning. 't was discovered that the change occupy suitable places in the dediea important buildings have been destroyed and that there has been serious loss of life. ivas missing Tt is not known how entrance Into the building was Rained, but it in believed that the thieves Rained ingress through the transom above the front door. One of.the police officers gave as his opinion that thig was the only way that an entrance could have been made, an nothing at the rear had been disturbed. It is believed that the theft was committed by persons familiar with the establishment, as nothing unnecessary was disturbed. So far as known, nothing except the change is missiilg. Governor Stuart, who will lie ar Doglass | Q C) Boston, Jan. US. — I»r. George H. Bridgman of Elizabeth, N. .r.. who re signed his post, as American consul In Kingston and arrived from Jamaica on the steamer Admiral Dewey, said that there were perhaps a hundred Americana residing in Kingston, in addition to the tourists who visit the city at this time of the year. Americans In Kingston companied hy the memb.ers of his military stuff, will reacli Wilkesbarre from Harrisburg, via the Pennsylvania Railroad. a( 1- o'clock, noon, on (lie day of tho dedication, and a special train will be provided on the Tjchigh Valley to bring the distinguished guests lo this city. On their arrival here they will be the quests of Chairman Bowman, of (he general committee, at the Kagle Hotel. The ofllcefs of (he Ninth and Thirteen regiments, mounted, will servr as an escort to the Governor and staff from the hotel to ill,, armory, after lunch. w. L The reports indicate that the fatalities number less than a hundred, though the hospitals are tilled with injured. and tile list of victims may be The cable office at Holland bay was badly damaged, and all the land lines to Kingston were instantly Interrupt Sloes for materially increased The first great shock was felt about 8:30 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday and. as in the San Krancisco and Valparaiso disasters, flumes immediately sprang from the wreckage to carry 011 tlie work of destruction, and at reports the fire was still burning, although it was believed to be under Ship Subsidy Bill Reported Men Washington. .Inn 1G.—After a fight which lasted all day and extended to the floor of the house, threatening to bring about much filibustering, the house committee on merchant marina and fisheries finally decided by a vote of R to 7 to make a favorable report on a ship subsidy hill prepared by Representative blttauer (X. Y.) as a substitute for the Grosvenor bill. Many Americans In Jamaica New York. Jan. 1fi. D- This is the height of the tourist season for Hie West Indies, and there was much anx lety at the offices of the various steamship companies that carry passengers to Jamaica. It was said there were probably several hundred Americans in Kingston at the present time. Can be had at only one EASTERN STAR. j At a stated rheeting of Wyoming' I Chapter, No. 1, O. E. S., hold in M;t~ I .sonic Hall, last evcnins, the following ! otllcers were installed by Worthy f J rand Patron T. W. Kyte, assisted by Mrs. Mary Nat trass and Mrs. Mary J. Wlillianis: Worthy Matron, Mrs. Jen- The order of exercises ami the list of speakers are being prepared by a committee of which fleneral Dougherty is chairman, anil they will be ready for publication early next week. store in Pittston. We control City's Main Hotel Gone The Myrtle Bank hotel, the principal hotel at Kingston, which probably sheltered the great bulk of visitors 011 the island, is reported destroyed. The military hospital was burned, and forty goldiers are reported dead. are the sole agents here BOMB EXPLODED IN RUSSIAN BANK $3.5(1) to $S.oo Scranton Gets $2,000,000 Shope. Bermuda Cut Off. nie M. Smiles; worthy patron. Thos. New York, .lau. 1«.—The cables be- R- Winston; associate matron. Mrs. twoaK this cltv and Bermuda have Eva"s Mlller; secretary, Mrs. . . . .11 Kettle W. Bowkley; treasurer. Mrs. beet. Interrupted since Monday e*en- Mary A Lal)Kfol.U: conductress, Mrs. Emily B. Orlffen. associate conduc_ _ _ _ . , , tress, Mrs. Mary Henshali; chaplain, .. ■ ,?* ,* r. ! .'t10*! • Mrp- Etttt Frederick; Adah. Miss B'XSt, Ifla.. Jan. W.— ' he Idaho legis- , M. Lewis; Ruth. Mrs. Mary lature elected \\ illiam M. E. Borah Nattrass; Esther. Miss Margaret Mac- I'nited States senator to succeed Mr. Farlane: Martha. Mr». Jitlin c. Coles; Dubois. Electa, Mrs. Fanny J. JVnlborn; sen' • ttaiel, Robert Newlh; pianist. Miss 1.1k- Get your furnace repaired. Ash. zle B. Smith. Klmlra, N. Y., «*n. 18.—Announcement was madp that the Lackawanna railroad has decided upon, Scranton. Va.. as the location for the $2,000,000 locomotive shops. OOVKRXMENT HOT'SE, KINOSTOX St. Petersburg. Jan. 16.—A bomb was exploded in the Municipal Credit Company's bank shortly after midnight, and a few minutes later the building burst, into 11am"®. Several persons are understood to have been killed, but owing to the military guard established around the building it is impossible to get details. Sir James Fergusson is said to have i been instantly killed, but so far as re-j ported no other Englishman. Canadian j or American is dead or missing. Many j American and English tourists are vis-i Itine Jamaica. ed, but communication here by the land lines has been restored. Almost everybody in Kingston Is camping out in open fields, and much distress pre- iOSTil SinlOE STOIE, 79 N. lata St. ing Colorado Elects Guggenheim to Senate. vails. Denver. Jan. 10. — Simon Guggenheim. Republican, was elected United States senator by the Colorado legislature to succeed Thomas M. Patleraou, Democrat. The Jamaica-Colon and the Jamaica Bermuda cables are interrupted. One party on board the Port Kin? ston only arrive! at Kingston an 1'i'i day last. The 1'ort Kingston, in addi tion to the members of an ijuglish par Dead Briton a Statesman Ilign grade lever skates. Garrison's The Might Hon. Sir Jannes Fergus son. mentioned In the foregoing dis Fresh meats at Sharp's market. Talking machines at Garrison's.
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, January 16, 1907 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1907-01-16 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Original Format | newspaper |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, January 16, 1907 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1907-01-16 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_19070116_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | ' r~~ WEATHER CONDITIONS. AIjI; the home news. Forecast Until 8 p. ill. Tomorrow fix Eur (lie People of Plttston and Kastcrn Pennsylvania Vicinity. Snow tonight and Thursday, slightly warmer Thursday. THE HOME PAPER. PITTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,1907 TWO CENTS A COPY. t FORTY CENTS A MONTH. f 10 PAGES. VtfAT? ' »TAnusiiion isso. O/lJrl XJlfAlv c0CteV\ »* THKO. UAKT 1882 £iistoriCa " * ORR TO QUIT JOB: Jamaica s Death Roll Increasing. NOVEL CONTEST. CURfN. ttcnffOiK.tfA TILLMAN SCORED. Altoona Mothers Fight For Resigns Presicbncy of New Kindergarten. York Life. Scorching Words From Sen- ator Spooner. ( SEEK VOTE FOR LOAN KINGSLEY NEW CHIEF Latest Reports from Kingston Indicate That More Than SAYS HE'S A DISGRACE Thousands of Women Lend- Promoted From Office of South Carolinian to Defend ing Their Aid. Vice President. One Hundred were filled. Himself. * *! Altoona, Jan. 1U.—This city is just New York, .Ian. lti.—Alexander E. now in the midst of a political cam- Qn. wj|j retire from the presidency of paign in which nine-tenths ol the wo- pw York Life Insurance companion are vitally interested. In fact wbpn 1|)p npw |n)Ht(.es liave b(MMl they arc taking more interest In .1 f of than the most men. ... ,, , ... . They are lighting to save the kin- J1'"'1' "ill ho within tUo next sixty dcrgartcn as an adjunct to the public ™UJs- HC1,001, Darwin 1*. Klngsley, now vice presl- Mothers' clubs have been organized dent, who has played a large part in in every ward and they are working bringing the company to its present Washington, Jan. 1G.—Goaded by frequent interruptions from Mr. Tillman, tlio speech of Mr. Spooner in the senate on the resolution for au investigation of the affray in Brownsville was changed from a defense of President Roosevelt's course in discharging a negro battalion of the army to a severe arraignment of the South Carolina senator. Thirty Soldiers Roasted to Death. day and night for tlic kindergarten. Men are held up on the street by the enterprising politicians and asked how they stand on the question. The women are talking, thinking, dreaming j of nothing else. Never before have j l,hey taken such an interest in polities. | And it is all in consequence of (lie new half million dollar "high school. j The creetion of this building proved a bigger contract than the directors had bargained for, and there is now no money in the treasury- Even the salaries of the teachers are not paid promptly, and in order to pay them at all it is necessary to borrow money) from the local banks, with the result that the continued drain on the financial institutions has made the money market exceedingly tight. the 1 school district is on the verge of bank- I prominence. is to lie his successor, it is stated 011 the best authority. It was only with difficulty that Mr. Orr was prevailed on to accept the present office when it was vacated by the late John A. McOall. When it was put ill the light of a duty he finally assented, and during the year of his incumbency In- has found the position ■Mr. Spooner quoted from Tillman's utterances defending lynching as a moans of controlling negroes and said that to encourage such mob violence was a disgrace to civilization. Mr. Tillman was not permitted to reply, but at the end of Mr. Spooner's attack said that at an early date he would take occasion to defend himself against the "insulting allusions" made to him. Fire Added to the Horror of the Situation and Many Buildings Were Burned. wearing to such an extent that his physicians have insisted that he abandon It without further delay. Eittor Feeling Between Senators Holland Hav. Jamaica. .Ian. HD.— j ty headed li.v Sir Alfred .lones. had litest reports from Kingston, over- j other guests and passengers on board, land, state that the deaths from the; which gave her a total passenger Is; earthquake and tire will exceed 100. of more than a hundred pers ims. Mr. Kingsley is fifty years old and a graduate of thp University of Vermont. He was for several years in newspaper work and in ISS7 became state aiidiior and superintendent of insurance of Colorado, lie joined the New York Life in 18!)!) as inspector of agencies for the New England states. lie was then in turn made superintendent fit agencies, third vice president and in The bitter feeling provoked by the controversy between the senators make.% it impossible to say when a vote i an be had on the resolution. It is c\jDc, Ied debate will now be extended. Mr. Spooner took the position that article 4 of the articles of war gives t D the commander in chief of the army the power to dismiss troops in the luam.er employed. BUST OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH BY MAJOR GENERAL BADEN- This estimate is. if anything, too low. j Cablegrams giving the tir-t direct acand will bp increased when a thor-1 count of llio disaster wore sent from ougli search lias been made in tl'.o fire i (he cubic statim nt Holland bay. which listricl and in collapses buildings in js j,| }|1P swampy section of liltlie native quarters. . . . »_ I island near Port Antonio, POWELL One of tiie highly Interesting tilings to he seen at the Jamestown exposition, which opens near Norfolk, Va., next April, will he u huwt of Captain John St ill til by Major General Baden-Powell of the British army, hero of Mafeklng dv.rlug the Boer war. General Baden-Powell is a skillful modeler and sculptor. Ills interest in John Smith as a subject is augmented by the fact that be is descended from the same family which gave to the world the heroic colonist. But for Captain Smith's intrepidity and wisdom the little English settlement on Jamestown island mn-t have perished. Thirty negro soldiers perished in .ho military hospitals alone. Sir Jam,S ; Steamer From Boston Safe Ferguson was killort bv a failing wall, j 'United I ryit comicny s simmer JTc is tlio only white man CDf promt- ! Adiulral Sampson has arrived safely at nonce thus far reported among the j I'ort Antonio from Boston. ruptcy Ah the easiest way out, the school j directors suggested a loan of $200,000 j lo pay old debts and build two new ! school houses. A bitter protest was j raised against thn loan. The directors I inet it with a suggestion tlial the ex- j penses of the school district would | have to be curtailed and the place to I begin was the abolition of the kinder- ; gartrn. UMI.J vice president The point v marie by Mr. Spooner constitution does not say that Ii:'m the power to govern rtie The election inspectors in the .Mutual Life Insurance company who are canvassing the vote cast Dec. IN broke all records and counted 2.0(H) ballots. As a result of their twenty-eight days' labor at a day each 2,100 ballots have been counted, leaving a matter of ■'D47.804 still to be canvassed. Slow Work Counting Votes dead Among those on the steamer were military forces. but to in a Ho rules for Icio government of the army. He held I hat the words "to make rules" mfeant that the enforcement of the regulations for 1 he government of the army rests absolutely with the president as commander in chief. In cases where congress has legislated to reappoint men to the army and navy, Mr. Spooner said, it merely gave to the president authority in his discretion-to reappoint men or permit their re-enlistment. On this subject he engaged in a brief colloquy with Mr. Bacon, in which the General Kitzjohu Porter case was referred to. Order has boon restored under John Berry, second vice president of strong military control, but few peo-1 i tio Boston anil Maine railroad, and pie have returned to their homes, j rs Berry: Mrs. Eliza Bird well and where even only sllRht damage has j Mrs \[aU(i (j Stafford of Fall River, been done. After the shocks had i ss . r an(| ,\irs. |{. \V. Killers on of eeased thieves at once began their no-j Sontli Bend. Intl.: Eugene Smith and M. M. Morse of Hartford, Conn.; Mr. vnd Mrs. 1,. ('. Fuller. William Hay and A. W. Elliott of New York. Many steamers carrying tourists to Imnniea were en route to the Island when the earthquake oreurted. hut no disasters to any of theai are reported. ARMORYnmBOOMING!FIVE MEN WERE KILLED It was a. diplomatic movo, for the abolition of the kindergarten touched tlic heart of every mother. They jumped into tlie light forthwith, and they will be in it until the votes aru counted next month. A straw vote is being; taken on slips of paper furnished the mothers' clubs by tlie school authorities. These slips the mothers take home and the fathers mark the way they are going to vote. Needless to say they arc going to vote right, an(| voting right means voting for the loan. Fatal Explosion of Locomo Arrangements For Dedica l'arious work. Shipping In the harbor is reported to have escaped injury, with the exception of some small craft, which could not be pulled away from the burning dork? in time. Tlio principal burned district is a triangular-shaped area formed by the The canvass has so far cost the policy holders of the company About $11,- 700. or $r..siD for each of Ihe 2,100 ballots. The inspectors get $175 a day, their expert accountants $110 a cIhv, sixty girl clerks $lorD a day and a ste nographer and a secretary $2Ji a day. tion Well Under Way tive Boiler. Low Water Caused an Explosion at I'lldcr (he Energetic Direction ol' Bridgeport, Near Norristwvn, and f (iCiieral C hairiiian Botwnan, the an Entire Engine Crew Lost w n t r front and King and Queen j itreets. which Is the most control j Tho American consulate at Kingston !s in charge of \V. If. Orrett. In the New York Life the work of geographically arranging the 4C 10,000 ballots and proxie vent merrily on at a cost of about a day to ihe policy holders. Not a single one of the 400,000 votes has been canvassed. One of the inspectors made this statement without perceptibly straining his vocal Various Details arc Kapidly Tlieir Lives, Will I tlie Ex- Being Looked After, and section. In other quarters tho houses I, arc detached. Tliis prevented greater destruction l\v tire. The earthquake did no damage here on the north side of the |«1and. The tire which followed the shock in the Cclchrutiou is Id ception of the En- Bacon Critici»e« President. Unless the loan Is passed the mlllnj?e is liable to lie raised from 7 to 14 or 15 mills to defray the expenses of the district. Be a Success. gineer. Mr. Macon insisted that there could be no more dangerous proposition than that the great power of the army and navy should be lodged In the will of one man, and thus two senators came into direct and positive conflict ou London, Jan. 16,—The following dispatch, received by the colonial office, while semi-official, Is regarded as authentic, ft reads as follows: "Holland Bay, (forty miles oast of Kingston), Jamaica, Jan. 1(5.—Awful earthquake, Kingston ruined at 3:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Early afterward swept by tire. Hundreds killed. No Englishmen, Americans or Canadians missing, except Sir James Ferguson. Houses were rocked and crashed into streets. All buildings and dwellings ruined. "Governor and Fir Alfred Jones directing affairs. Inadequate discipline. Kingston has done much damage, but is thought now to bp coniined to certain limits. The work of fighting the flames Is still beiiiK pursued with energy, and In this respect tne situation seemed to lie improving. The flame* apparently have been mainly eoniiiied to the dot ks and the warehouse district. If this is so only a small portion of the city lias been burned over. It was reported that Kingston had beCn ruined by the earthquake and fire. Arrangements |.u- tin- dedication of I fi. — Kivp nu n were Killed by the explosion of a boitor of a freight engine at Bridgeport today. The dead C 'nmluctnr Clutrl Jan iv armor; 11 isfactor Chairman Bowman 1iC ■ I • I a patch, was a man of considerable prominence. Me was governor of South organs "We have bosun to jreofcraphlcalize the proxies. and when this is concluded we will aphabetize Hie freoKt'aphieHl- yesterday afternoon with tin John Noblock. Brakemati- Roy Sclicder, Hrakenian Kliticr Kane, all of Allfiitown. and an unknown man in ;tf in Fireman njen nf various committees, number of details were dispo; "Kvery in(tnclianrPd with a crimp 1* entitled to his ilny in court," admitted Mr. Spooner, hut at the same time he contended that in the present ease there is no charge to justify an impeachment of the presidential authority.this point Ailslrnli ZiMlaiKl liny 1 ll) 1 iii 1X7: I.siis. governor of r:? mid yovonior of Hoin | New It was definitely tlcvirliid to publish i Military SoUvenir. This wilt consist uf u printed booklet that will be sold ehurtrc of a stock car i7..t t toil." When the conn tint; is to begin he Ijow water in the boiler i; to have causcd the accident believed All the of stnlC in 188, for forei was undersecretary n lS8ti. and ! was not prepared to say cents. It will contain as Mini men wore riding in the cab when the accident happened,. SchederV body as torn to fragments. The others ! scalded or killed by the explo- The rear portion of the boiler hurled irD0 yards away, while the wheels remained on the from I HO I to 18 !KJ iie served as poit- muster general Probing Metropolitan Life, latin# to Pittston military organizations past and present, and the last call is now made for any person who may have photographs relating to the Kingston is the principal seaport and j commercial city of that island. It is ! situated on the south const and on the New York, .fan. Hi. Announcement Mr. Tillman asked Mr. Spanner to yield to him. unci the Wiscormlfi splinter snlrl ho would do so for n question, but when Mr. Tillman began to preface his question with a statement Mr. Spooner said he had not yielded for a speech. No Disorder In Kingston. The city is quiet, lint 'disciplined of the first move to investigate the Metropolitan LiTe Insurance company came after John (!. Milbtirn. as counsel for John K. liegeman,, the company's head, called at the district attorney's office. Assistant District Attorney Kresel. who went through the books of the New York Life Insurance company, has charge of the Investigation into the affairs of the Metropolitan Life. City now quiet Some looting, hut workers are needed north side of a Hue harbor. The lat ter is a land locked basin available for the largest ships and is inclosed on the sonth by a long tongue of land, at the extremity of which is Port Itoynl. subject to loan them to the committee for the purpose of making cuts to locomotivt tracks. nothing serious. "Military hospital burned. Thirty soldiers roasted alive Mnd'.'r ruins. The governor of the colony. Sir Alex under Svvetlenhani. is directing affairs! be used in Hie souvenir Knghieer .1. I). Blank miraculously escaped. He declined to talk about, the accident. Military doin best work saving ston is a city which already hoars the scars of a number of di*as Kin Arrangements will bo made 1" servr luncli lo- the members of th people, - 1 "Of natives, very many roasted un'-j trons visitations of Urn, earthquake and cyclone in years by. The city is one of low lying buildings.clustered along the shores of one of tlio finest iiikI most securely land locked harbors in" the West Indies, The population, which numbers ."tt.OOO, is large- Kingston is on the south coast of Jamaica nnd stands at the north end of one of the finest harbors in the western hemisphere, The harbor Is a land locked basin affording safe anchorage for the largest ships. It is inclosed on the south by a narrow strip of land, at the extremity of which Is the town of Port Royal and the strongest of the defenses of the city. nrinuM ATTORNEY HALL A COMMITTEE HEAD The question was as to why the president had not adopted Major Penrose's recommendation for the ferreting out of the guilty. dcr ruins, as Kingston was center of visiting military companii that will Hi in participate in the (Indication paradts anil the ceremonies. John IT, Muilln is chairman of the commissary com- Speaker McClain. of the State House of Representatives, today announced Many heroic deeds by white President Not In Need of Defense. Shocks came without warning DARING- THIEVES mittpo, and it is the intention of the chairman to make a request to the ladies of the city to provide the material for the lunch. It is the idea of the committee lhat the preparation and serving- of the lunch should bo arranged hy t he committee. he chairmen of the various House committees. The only I-iUiserne member who secures a chairmanship is Hon. W. W. Hall, of West Pittston. representative from the Sixth district, who is named as the head of the judicial apportionment committee. Lackawanna county secured no ebairman- "The president of the United States will never require any dpfpnse from tile attacks of the senator from South Carolina." was Mr. Kpooner's reply. era! prominent citizens those killed. ENTERED SALOON Abject terror postj iscil everyone ly made up of native blacks Ferguson instantly killed Kingston and tlie other points of interest of the island are at this season of the year thronged with tourists from ItoblMMl Itegistor at National "He has developed a mania for attacking the president. I did not intend to branch off on such a discussion, but 1 hnve never been so surprised by any man's attitude as I have by that of the senator from South Carollua. Hp is so tilled with animosity for the president and has so often taken occasion to express it that 1 do not believe his attacks will be taken seriously by the people." "This message was .sent through Watson S. Col man, of the United Fruit Many Disasters In Jamaica, llouse, iDii North Main Street company, who was one of the heroes both America and Kngland, and apprehension is felt for the safety of many persons who had recently arrived at the Jamaican resorts. The history of the island in the Inst Knrly Tliis Morning. hip The chairman of I he appro- few hundred years records many shocking disasters. In HiO'J Port Roy aI was destroyed by an earthquake, only 200 out of 3,000 houses standing after the shock. It was this catastrophe which led to the founding of Kingston on higher ground, where it was thought there was immunity from earth tremors. In 1782 lire caused a loss of $2,o00,000 in the city, and in 1843 $15.- 000(000 was lost in a conflagration that swept away almost every building. The city also felt the full force of the cyclone which in August, 18X0, held the island in its grip for five hours and blotted out several hundred lives. The National House, on North Main street, was entered by thieves at an early hour this morning, and the small change in the cash register, amounting to $-0, was taken. It is not known who were the perpetrators of the robbery, but several persons arc under suspicion. The proprietor of the establishment is John Munley and he resides on the upper floor of thy building. Mr. Munley closed the saloon about two o'clock this morning. Before retiring, he took the. paper money from the register, but left $20 t ion residents along the line of tin- militar will priations committee is J. CD. Sheet Philadelphia. Sailing Thursday with most ISng- decorate their .stores and suitable manner. ilainar Greenwood, 'Member 1 'a r 1 ia in e n MURDER IN The most distinguished of these were members of a party of Knglish states- Hall Caine Among Tourists Special attention will also ho given tn the lighting; of tin1 interior of tlic armory on the evening of tlie C1 erfictt* K J. Ross. president of the Cil- ICleetrie Illuminating Co., is WASHINGTON Port A li l o, .l.nnaica, Jan. 10. Washington, Jan. 16 A man giv- Kingston, the picturesque capital of men, agricultural experts and men of affairs, who, under the leadership of Sir Alfred Jones, had arrived in Kingston within the past few days to attend an agricultural conference there. ing: his name as ,f)tto Steelhorst, of Philadelphia, shot and instantly kill- the island of Jamaica, has been devas l/.l'll chairman of the committer having this work in charge, anil it will bo give! ed A S VanitsOn. a lithographer, at Disclaiming any intention to abuse Mr. Tillman, the Wisconsin senator said it was his purpose only to make a plea for good government. He had not intended to be led into such a discussion. but had been goaded to It by Mr. Tillman himself. tated by a violent earthquake, follow ed by tire tlie medical museum today The mur- The land and te!e.jrnph lines which Major Flannorv, chairman of careful attention derer was arrested had been thrown down have been i Anions those in the company were Hull Caine, the novelist: Viscount Mountniorres, It. O. .VrnoidKorster. M. I*.; Sir Thomas Hughes. Sir Thorn a? Shann and others of equal prominence. The Karl and Countess of I Mid ley weiv also passengers on the incoming steamer Port Kingston. committee on parade, \v constructed to within five miles of in change money drawer extend an invitation to (he otlleial Pittston and West Pittston. together with tile life men of both places, to fSc King ton, and fvoin meager reports roceivpil though these channels it has been learned that many of tlir When the bartender opened up for Famous After attain expressing his belief In the legality and .justness of the president's notion, Mr. Spooner closed his speech with a brief discussion of the race question, asserting his belief that the majority of the people of the south did not entertain the radical views which had been expressed by Senator Tillman. most business, about 6 o'clock, this morning. 't was discovered that the change occupy suitable places in the dediea important buildings have been destroyed and that there has been serious loss of life. ivas missing Tt is not known how entrance Into the building was Rained, but it in believed that the thieves Rained ingress through the transom above the front door. One of.the police officers gave as his opinion that thig was the only way that an entrance could have been made, an nothing at the rear had been disturbed. It is believed that the theft was committed by persons familiar with the establishment, as nothing unnecessary was disturbed. So far as known, nothing except the change is missiilg. Governor Stuart, who will lie ar Doglass | Q C) Boston, Jan. US. — I»r. George H. Bridgman of Elizabeth, N. .r.. who re signed his post, as American consul In Kingston and arrived from Jamaica on the steamer Admiral Dewey, said that there were perhaps a hundred Americana residing in Kingston, in addition to the tourists who visit the city at this time of the year. Americans In Kingston companied hy the memb.ers of his military stuff, will reacli Wilkesbarre from Harrisburg, via the Pennsylvania Railroad. a( 1- o'clock, noon, on (lie day of tho dedication, and a special train will be provided on the Tjchigh Valley to bring the distinguished guests lo this city. On their arrival here they will be the quests of Chairman Bowman, of (he general committee, at the Kagle Hotel. The ofllcefs of (he Ninth and Thirteen regiments, mounted, will servr as an escort to the Governor and staff from the hotel to ill,, armory, after lunch. w. L The reports indicate that the fatalities number less than a hundred, though the hospitals are tilled with injured. and tile list of victims may be The cable office at Holland bay was badly damaged, and all the land lines to Kingston were instantly Interrupt Sloes for materially increased The first great shock was felt about 8:30 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday and. as in the San Krancisco and Valparaiso disasters, flumes immediately sprang from the wreckage to carry 011 tlie work of destruction, and at reports the fire was still burning, although it was believed to be under Ship Subsidy Bill Reported Men Washington. .Inn 1G.—After a fight which lasted all day and extended to the floor of the house, threatening to bring about much filibustering, the house committee on merchant marina and fisheries finally decided by a vote of R to 7 to make a favorable report on a ship subsidy hill prepared by Representative blttauer (X. Y.) as a substitute for the Grosvenor bill. Many Americans In Jamaica New York. Jan. 1fi. D- This is the height of the tourist season for Hie West Indies, and there was much anx lety at the offices of the various steamship companies that carry passengers to Jamaica. It was said there were probably several hundred Americans in Kingston at the present time. Can be had at only one EASTERN STAR. j At a stated rheeting of Wyoming' I Chapter, No. 1, O. E. S., hold in M;t~ I .sonic Hall, last evcnins, the following ! otllcers were installed by Worthy f J rand Patron T. W. Kyte, assisted by Mrs. Mary Nat trass and Mrs. Mary J. Wlillianis: Worthy Matron, Mrs. Jen- The order of exercises ami the list of speakers are being prepared by a committee of which fleneral Dougherty is chairman, anil they will be ready for publication early next week. store in Pittston. We control City's Main Hotel Gone The Myrtle Bank hotel, the principal hotel at Kingston, which probably sheltered the great bulk of visitors 011 the island, is reported destroyed. The military hospital was burned, and forty goldiers are reported dead. are the sole agents here BOMB EXPLODED IN RUSSIAN BANK $3.5(1) to $S.oo Scranton Gets $2,000,000 Shope. Bermuda Cut Off. nie M. Smiles; worthy patron. Thos. New York, .lau. 1«.—The cables be- R- Winston; associate matron. Mrs. twoaK this cltv and Bermuda have Eva"s Mlller; secretary, Mrs. . . . .11 Kettle W. Bowkley; treasurer. Mrs. beet. Interrupted since Monday e*en- Mary A Lal)Kfol.U: conductress, Mrs. Emily B. Orlffen. associate conduc_ _ _ _ . , , tress, Mrs. Mary Henshali; chaplain, .. ■ ,?* ,* r. ! .'t10*! • Mrp- Etttt Frederick; Adah. Miss B'XSt, Ifla.. Jan. W.— ' he Idaho legis- , M. Lewis; Ruth. Mrs. Mary lature elected \\ illiam M. E. Borah Nattrass; Esther. Miss Margaret Mac- I'nited States senator to succeed Mr. Farlane: Martha. Mr». Jitlin c. Coles; Dubois. Electa, Mrs. Fanny J. JVnlborn; sen' • ttaiel, Robert Newlh; pianist. Miss 1.1k- Get your furnace repaired. Ash. zle B. Smith. Klmlra, N. Y., «*n. 18.—Announcement was madp that the Lackawanna railroad has decided upon, Scranton. Va.. as the location for the $2,000,000 locomotive shops. OOVKRXMENT HOT'SE, KINOSTOX St. Petersburg. Jan. 16.—A bomb was exploded in the Municipal Credit Company's bank shortly after midnight, and a few minutes later the building burst, into 11am"®. Several persons are understood to have been killed, but owing to the military guard established around the building it is impossible to get details. Sir James Fergusson is said to have i been instantly killed, but so far as re-j ported no other Englishman. Canadian j or American is dead or missing. Many j American and English tourists are vis-i Itine Jamaica. ed, but communication here by the land lines has been restored. Almost everybody in Kingston Is camping out in open fields, and much distress pre- iOSTil SinlOE STOIE, 79 N. lata St. ing Colorado Elects Guggenheim to Senate. vails. Denver. Jan. 10. — Simon Guggenheim. Republican, was elected United States senator by the Colorado legislature to succeed Thomas M. Patleraou, Democrat. The Jamaica-Colon and the Jamaica Bermuda cables are interrupted. One party on board the Port Kin? ston only arrive! at Kingston an 1'i'i day last. The 1'ort Kingston, in addi tion to the members of an ijuglish par Dead Briton a Statesman Ilign grade lever skates. Garrison's The Might Hon. Sir Jannes Fergus son. mentioned In the foregoing dis Fresh meats at Sharp's market. Talking machines at Garrison's. |
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