Pittston Gazette

              flittstonJaSfek (Salrtfe. r- \TEATHKR CONDITIONS. ALL THE HOME NEWS. v I 'oiTi-ast TTillil K |D. i. Tiv acV ''..if KiLsttTii rcu"ii'^° '.I.'——-It v* lor i lie People of and Vieiuily. Snow tonight and Friday, warmer. THE J LOME PAPEK 57TH YEAR. I WKRKIjY ESTABLISH KID 1850. 1 DAILY EST. by THBO. UAUT ISSli PITTSTON, p£, Tlil'KKDA V,'JAXl'AKY 17, 1907 TWO CENTS A COPY. KOUTY CIO NTS A MONTH. 10 J* AGES. THOUSAND DM0 IN KINGSTON of tlic earthquake. Bowden. however Ik open, and all food and medlcii! sup plies win have t.i lie landed there. rfclin lir I Tmoiim directly into the creek 100 feet away. | \3 111 f| 1 L 5J \ 14 L P j i Mrs. Johnson, who lives near What ll W rill 111! Ill II i was Uattlesnake pond but is kuowp LfUll II 11 I ullUllLilil jnow as Maple Lake, cOmp!»lned u*t THE FIRE FIEND. RIM WARDEN MIKED FOREIGN TRADE. Ninety Thousand Without Homes, I the lake is in a very unsanitary ctin- Charles Sutherland Unani- Miuhfth misery seems to have found Its depth in Kingston. The eon tent and indolence, which have been tho chief characteristic of the native, hayo given way to despair, and men. women find children wander about blindly. apparently unable to do anything to help themselves. Fully .10,000 persons are iu the streets or camped hi the outskirts of the city, and the total mini her of homeless men, women and children in a radius of ten miles from here is estimated at H0.000. 'dition. a strong odor pcrmedting the Inspected by City Board of, neighborhood from it. Mr. Lance explained that the water in this lake is Health. | merely held in reserve and has not been used for some years. Still Pursues J. D. Williams, President Roosevelt Deliv- mously Elected Bro. & Co. ers an Address. There Was No Oilier Candidate Pro ---■— j The road over to Spring Brook _ IT.T_ stream was then taken and the houses CONDITIONS AS FOUND along this shed examined. Later .sen ted When the I'rison Hoard Ninety Thousand Homeless and Hospitals Are Full. A SCRANTON BLAZE Slcl in WilkesbfUTe Tills PREDICTS PROSPERITY 1 ! Panther creek was seen at a distance Morning—New W arden a i Along the road questions were asked Some Bad Spots That Will j .17 kS!£ Uq PanioHiarl j farms are located. One man reported 15c. rtemeaiea. jihat an outhouse had lieen built close I to the crock by railroaders of the Store Burned Out at Noon Former ltesiClent of For America, Europe and West I'ittstoii Today. The anxiety over the appointment Asia Alike PROPERTY LOSS $10,000,000 The bodies of the,victims of the disaster still are lying in the streets. No effort has been, made to liury the victims, and in spite of the gravity of the situation it is hard to get (lie natives to do any work. of it county prison warden is at an end,. Charles J'V Sutherland, of Wilkesharre, having been elected to the The board of prison comss-ecial meeting in it which Wilkesbarre & Eastern Mr. Monir In the biting air of yesterday—it stated that he knew nothing of such was biting and at times bitterly cold a place. Inquiries were mad* about on the''heights of Spring Brook town- (Yostville, which is at the head of ship, Lackawanna county,—-a small the Spring Brook watershed. Estiparty of men traveled for miles over ! mates by residents ak ug the i*6ad of the water shed of the Spring Brook ; i he number of houses varied from on a Water Co. examining the source of! to as. if the commltt'V had time it supply that yields the water consumed j would have visited the piaee. Bound by the people of I'ittston. From early I Hole creel- was seen at a distance. Scranton, seem 'pursued by (lie tile demon. Today for the second ti |e In as many months the firm's place of business on Washington avenue felt a victim of the tiameij. Jt was badly The J. D. Williams Bro. Co., of position Washington, Jan. 17.—The president. Secretary of State Hoot, Speaker Can- iiiissioners hold VViJkcsbarro tlii.s morning s! 11 of the members wei'c There had been half a dozen aspirants fop tin non and Governors Warfteld of Maryland and Swnnson of Virginia were City's People In Dire Need of Food and Medical Supplies. All the residents scoined to have lost J their heads immediately after the first i big tremor of the enrlh. (following | the first shock every one r '.n into the i Streets and dashed for the open j present Hi ft principal speakers on the programme at a banquet given to the delegates to the national convention for gutted by lire and as a result will be position lince a vacancy was out of commission for some Weeks. The blaze took place In a building directly opposite tlie Williams store, which was wrecked by (ire a i-yort |w;ls ',l" ollC' name presented. Hint of time ago. The company opened a new ! Sutherland, and he was unanidininpr room a short time ago and it j '"ousiy elected. Court will convene created a \ve"k or more affo by the deiith of Captain James Bowman, but the extension of the foreign cjujuhtci LOOTERS SHOT BY VIGILANCE MEN. morning until night shades began to | The parly reached this city about findings The 000 guests arose and cheered for live minutes when I'resident Uoose- several minute* niter (lie shook entire • streets were in ruins. The worst iliun I age was (lone in the business section i of tli" city. where big warehouses fell j together as if thoy had been built of | thin paper. The employees in those I houses were buried in the ruins, and as Humes broke out soon after the col- a tier mile, ll was the city board of will be put into a report and brought health CDn a tour 01 iiisueeuon of the up for approval at a special meeting shed. The trip was made in order of the board of health next Tuesday that an examination of the water aup- evening It will then be sent to counply might he made lit first. hand and oils and a communication will be precautions' taken, if necessary, to j adressed to the officials of the "water prevent ail epidemic sueh as some company. In the meantime an inof the cities of the region have been | v» stigation will be made to find what forced to undergo recently through | legal measures enn he taken to force contamination of their water supply. | the water company, if possible, to Negroes Ransack Drinking Places and Then Proceed to Rob Houses—Put was crowded with the noonday rush noxl Monday today when the lire broke out. It was pointincut of at which time the ap- Air. .Sutherland will he introduced by President McCarroll of was C1 by hit- head of u match falling presented to tho judges for approval. Into 'a waste basket. The room had J1' anticipated that there will be no been decorated and the- CDi n itions ,'1, ,:IV ■'D' l1"' «Ollrt in eoldirinins the wore soon a mass of flume*. There 'appointment and that Mr. Sutherland was a rush for the door, a id all but ,w"'. enter upon his. duties as warden who remained to light the lire. v, rv s""n- •N',D "tlier changes will be in tho olllcial stuff of the prls- the convention Down With Strong Hand — Famine can , "What Secretary Root has ahead;, said to this convention has my unC|ual ilied indorsement.'' said (he president Tie said lie would talk on three suh and Pestilence Feared by Refugees Encamped on Outskirts of Tovvn, Hundreds of Lunatics Roaming About [i few Jects, ulready referred to hy Secretary Without Restraint—Blacks Refuse to ' . J| - '-V- •' D * - The Investigation was not without j.buy all the land on its watershed, results. Tn several places along the] Mr. explained the precaushed conditions which might easily I tions taken by the company to prebe remedied were found and noted, j vent contamination of any of the These will be embodied in a report icreeks, lie said that notices had been made to councils and in a commutu- | given to all property owners on the cation addressed to the officials of shod, Ciii"ting the law of 1905. making the water company. In one place it a misdemeanor, punishable by a Superintendent I.ance, who aocompa- tine or imprisonment, to discharge pot out sa feiy. The flames communicated with the candy Cli partmont and this was badly putted t 10. Miss Shelf, a clerk, was burned trying to extinguish the flames. Charles V. Hoot—first, our ivIhMoiih with Santo Domingo; second. the (\uisiilur sen ice, and. third, tl Lend Help In Clearing Up Situation. One Hundred Whites May Be Among The new warden has matiy friends in I'lttston and West I'ittston, who trade in Central and South America extension of on Dead—Bodies of Victims Left Lying ment. He was )'iDr sotru resident of West Plttston. liilvin tiD that place wilh his parent and Mrs. Smith .Sutherland, from New York State when lie was but a child. lie has ueen Tile first duty of the government, t In the Streets, Touhill, of this city, was In the dining room at the time and lie received burns of the hands in tearing down X pome Mr 0 years a id. is to heii) Santo Domin IVitc I iCD (liCD peudiMK ti'cal.v. which, ho lo|»t!D(l will rciilovc all iiiii un hev' owu feet He rc Kingston, Jan. IT.—Charred ruins are nlioui all that remain of the city of the decorations. tle.'liiretl. i diuisvr in for iiitivrve: Kingston | irled the party, agreed to have a nul- sewage or permit It to flow into the sance abated within 24 hours and he waters of the State, and notifying the gladly offered to give careful consid- owners to comply with the law and oration to any sugesflons made to to disinfect and bury all sewage so him by tlii' board of health. It was,deep that it would not he carried by agreed by all that the shed is a mag-j wafer to any streams. The notice said liificent one and Dr. Mulholland, i that in case of typhoid fever all disjpresident of the board, stated to that | charges should be disinfected by by; effect following the trip. In two chloride of mercury and carbolic acid, places the committee found a need of of which Would be furnished During th a r |)iist i tic future of any necessity What was left by the eartluiuake was destroyed by the (ires that broke VALLEY BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE Wfilkcsbarre, and has i boon engaged in tluD wholesale mer- j caniile business. He can be dopondod I idont Power to R?rnove Inefficient Consuls. out intermittently later, and as it was impossible to attempt to tight the flames practically every bouse m the lilacUsinitli and Macliii't Shops of on to administer the affairs CD/ the | prison in an able manner. Mr. Suth-i thou took it]) the I'lioi nix llif-iker in Durycn liar service or i city was destroved Htll'llcd to Cal'tNllKl. Slither- | laml. of tin' firm of Sutherland 4k, Mc- I Milian, this city. rlatul is a brother of \V. C lion I believe that 11 radius of ten miles of here that is uninjured. and. although it is impossible There is hardly a building within a cat has lieen worked iu j immediate change of conditions, while free by tl water company. The com- o'clock in the Ida nccted with the 1' the Lehigh Valley ( n it evening at 7 (smith shop conoenix breaker of COLLISION AT COXTON. ia it liat the no\vw of pe uid, "lint I to estimate the number of persons killed, it is believed the death roll will total more limn a thousand. Several Ithey felt that the whob shed should puny :il"n Its sheds I'l-ftiv. C- daily report of hf be cleared of human habitations ii order to safeguard the health of th n uinbiT number nl condition of watershed and rest DC"housw inCl thi'ii' condition 1th conditions, th It cornjnunieatvij mhhi with the outchlne shop noavby, and Ivoth buildings totally di:;t'royi'Cl. They were il size. The few months in Duryea thousand persons were injured, and all the improvised hospitals are overcrowded. Ninety thousand persons are homeless. The property loss is .fUtUKIO.OOO. Willi tiie destruction of tiie insane STKICET sr KM IN KINGSTON | peoplr f contagious Fast Freight and Engine the ( lapse of the structures if is likely that The men on the trip were as' fol Wit lie said that no one lint, himselT he door of ready exil for the un- the bodies of the unfortunate ones ne\ lUanee. Division Superintendent Wil (Jeneral Superintendent O. M u'irs and "(tier items. When aski-d for a statement SiitDor lutcmlfiu iCanci' spoke as follows tory building barn was burned Come Together. told tin" pnwt'r to close I his (loo er will be recovered Ilium Monie, of the I Mayor IjanfTun. Or water company MuliuD)lamt asro and since that time the ntules wore kept in olio of those buildings. HsyHmi hundreds of lunatics oscaped Shops Left Standing Open Thomas McDonough, Christopher MC \\V contend Hint you CnH'l Ki-t ly- I'rcislH \Ya,«t Coining IWo tlit* Yard of laws tliat will !• (Irst ! Dcrmott. William McAnrtrew and I Health Officer Hines, for tlic city; and I• IlC• iCS li vor unions thoie is tynholi] on tin' watershed. We know there is no 'y ptip U (d the watershed. While cnu- They were taken of the tools in both plat nfely but most were 'if I roin (li«- .Mountain Cut-off extend American trade to every section of the filolu'. He declared that .Secretary Hoofs visit* to South America last fall had accomplished much in this direction and said that a hill ineorpovat- The natives refuse.to work. Sir .VI fred Jones savs they will eontiliUP to htutval houses coniinintl to fall, nnd Mtroyed i companies rc- \lioui I OVUx'k 'Ill's. Mi'i'ny walls, roofs and poles. wa many persons were injured by falling a Gazette reporter. The arranneriiepis itc welt inndo Thr farty traveled vi not w hat v\ t■ w "*«11n like to ly state ■ tlial 11 any other waf r- Wo arc now pine- jjpondud to an itUrn bui tiiil not turn oil any streams, waiting to si c whether or not the fir • would spread. inc. and Cnmc Into C 011- seek employmeni on the ranrtuia canal • nil that their places h«i'C must lie taken by cooly labor brought from ludia.silspenTled. as all as far as Moosic on the Laurel Line in you nmv saf tai'i W iili an Knuim inp the suggestions made by Secretary Hoot in his Kansas City speech hail oil tlioir sliojc imd rim for KiilVt Ion vlnjf bfl'o before 8 o'clock in the ;il Crossover trout was tin leading up to Sprlnpr Brook dam was utilized then for six miles nnd tiniest of the trip, which totaled up more than 4fl miles, wart made by morning. The company nrni WiD make daily exam very house NARROW ESCAPE Cnxloii yaill was hundred are white CDf the dead if is safe to say that a llii" shops were left open lo any fn it (nation tud f all the water we furnish Praise For Monroe Doctrine, All Public Buildings In Ruins who cared to enter- and help himself oils accident whs with A very narrow escape from a' seri was CJone to rolling stuck, but f Innately all of the train hands, The president declared that I hero is no doctrine advocated by any nation of All tin Although the residence section of Hit eil v ilid not fare as badly as the busi- ; car rinses furnished froi and by foot. The. weal! city in it At the conclusion of the trip of Investigation Pr. MJUlhollatid reviewed hotels ul' i rtllns wan i railroad crossing, in Luzerne A street Car that had left occurred about 1 o'clock. Engineer Barber, of Sayre, at the throttle of le wmii roe doctrine in advancit e of Constant Springs hotel, outside of the ness section, mosi of the houses wore damaged. When tlames broke oul i IDu t at tlm Intensely cold and itif the work in the followln "Wu found that there w statement: e fully tD0 Wiikesbarre at 1- 0 o'clock, carry- city, was destroyed, li however, that none of the is believed, guests in the these houses C itsilv were destroyed in party farm houses, which gave them an op- ivelcomed the tops on this watershed Allowing ngers, was tracks, locomotive No. 1,34 8. was crossiuff Df prosperity not only for America. bu »'onstant Spring hotel wa gt*t tholr blond in cirbyD a family the number totals up when the trolley jumped oft' the feed IDucka wanna other, at for Europe and Asia as :well Although many food wher-i culatloi Dinner was ijoyod at w i n The troubfe occurred jus when a fast freight train came into yartl from the mountain cutoff, freight was being pulled by loco- No. 1,621, in charge of En- All ly liopt'it gn mercliants, were killed ever they caii. The trip, which was under the guidance of Mr. was almost entirely through a sparsely inhabited country, the larg- Ships With Food Supplies From I est settlement inet being Spring Brook Catrrir Ak'Halc and \va sible to think thai out of ;! 0 0 person* there will not he one or two cases of the ear was on the crossing, lint th« iition would r t in a theme who niet death have been re I UNCLE SAM SENDS AID I made ' fiance typhoid within the next year or two momentum carried the car to the edge of the crossing. At thai moment motivr ported. They are Sir James I'entttoson find Captains Constantino and Younji. Allowing 0 animals to a farm, which a hig Meomotive was seen coinnig down the track, running at a lively rate of speed The conductor of the Kinccr J. Fisher, of trains arc under orders to conic into tlie yard under control, and Knsriuoer Fishi'i' KaHjuniniiiR slowly at tile time of the I'nfortunately ho vlty Rushe ligation showed, gives us 1,200 ani i very tow estimate as our inves- Mrs. Neil Indicted The latter two men were killed when | the office of the Koyai D\lafl Steamship line was destroyed. Atlantic Fleet to Jamaica urner.s with a dozen houses. At «Dnr mal treet car, Ralph Hlanctt., realized Hri"]KO|i rand jti C '01 Washington. Jan. IT. - lCver.vlhluR "»"• th" was wilhln thr«e mile* possible will lie done by the American of Moscow and at another within a . , I. I , ii II ... , mile of Vostvillo. It covered a larpre government to alleviate the dlst.ess o f f )() uar( mj|oR of sh„(, the residents »| the stricken city ol t H OVM. 20 mllf.s of country Kingston. I he first thought ol the ro(lfj nnij Kctiinp some magnificent navy department when news of the vjeW(, of ttlo country. disaster was received here was to or- It may i,0 W4,jj to indulge in a few great mount of unclean substance into some of the creeks. Wt r and vainly tried to get the was not ab'e to .stop Vii.1 engine quickly enough when the empty .engine failed to make the crossover in time to let him pass safely. Engine 1,348 was disabled and half a dozen of the freight cars were damaged more or less. The chief damage was to the Ml the resident here wash found i-vornl closets m ar the crocks without vaults and In a most unsanitary condition. At the head of tin; trolley, back on the vvir ist M C 'Mtli run the ear away from the track. In wleli less men. women and children 4ire in j the city. The sufferings of the home- largest reservoir we found several P1 pens in a filthy condition. The passengers were rushing out of hotel by f IK a I n I In' li hi* tense. and there Is grave danger, of famine and pestilence. Knot! is scarce. the ear just as the locomotive reach Fortunately the car 11, let 1 a (I'll I consider the Spring Brook Water was just far enough away from thi the woman. Her trial will come up in against Atlantic tieet, now m tiuantauamo,; 71 habitations on the shod, visit- stiKat- company's one of the finest watersheds in America, and it should be absolutely without a tenant, which condition it would be well for the State Hoard of Health to bring About; track to allow the locomotive to pass. torn loose. The running geai not seriously damaged, and tlie the February term of I wherever possible. Although the pan! thai followed the first hip: iptake ha subsided, the negroes, who coinnos being improvised anC3 malt- but there was The crew of the locomotivt con- and give assi taueo. lvvnns, it I uriied j Ing a personal examination of sanih;id aniicipitled Hie or-jtaiy conditions. They inquired the lei's of I lie officials, ami before a mes- amount of stock kept by the various CuBe could be sent to liitu wold was j formers find noted it. Some of tlx received herefrom the wireless station hou"PS VTP[P foun* wi'hJn allshorl ,,lp' .. ... t .. , tanee or the creek, while oil in Key \\ C realized what a narrow es tents of thi- cars were not damaged. The engine of the freight 'ryiu escaped Willi very little damage. Within a Must Not Poir,on Corp out. however been, and came back to the orossiti AI ban, N. V., .fan. 1 le cont city no contamination of water on tin shed, except through local unsanitary Wednesday morning the trolley of a if anybody w 'ew hours the ersy as to the can William Marsh Tlic aimlessly ami impl'tring t*» '«• saved street ear came off at tlie same crossing while the car was on the center tracks were reopened repla rail Ncaroe* Loot Horrcs ' • . , . . j . w i C■ hundreds of fi'cl 3\vuy nut on flie 9 ° 00 nor"c- | ed 011 the torpedo hunt destroyer W hip- . , rr. ... ,.im -.i-i«n.i I,ooimg was lie?un early. Hundreds ni0 »i10 Chii» of his fleet filled. the 1Ditt dam was visited ami r , v. 1 C * 1 ■ 1 1 # ' fastest snip 0! Hi- net t. excursions made alone: Trout, Rattle. r I1IMIH,. iiI.iom * j'ly''1 !,,"J j Several hours alter llie admiral lel'tLiakeD punther anrl Spring Brook ira/etl. i.insaiked all i.ie di-iukins „10 iDat Missouri and Indiana L(rean)s Maple JUake was viewed ujso )Dlaees and sjulpcil all Ihe ln|iior followed, and other vessels also will an,i inquiry was made concerning could lind. 1 mler (lie influence ol (lit | |,ryc.ot.(| |0 Kingston at once. The navy j Monument creek, which runs to— , jitinent is relying on Admiral Kv- wards Paddy's Land. Personal invesans for authtelVtie news of the disaster, ligation of half Ihe houses showed. tie a reai 's wort that have been accomplished on tli shed are wonderful and. furthermore THEY WANT LIGHT of the crossing muni i am certain there is water enough to supply (Ik- whole valley for several OBITUARY The meeting of the Hughestown borough council next Monday evening generations to coinc allowing for promises to be an interesting one. The (list move looking to the lighting use of any embalming fluid C mug Incrf-ase of population. I believe that the families living the watershed should all bo thp . State should Burr Itodgers died at liis liome at 28 South Main street, this morning, at the iijjc of 56 year®. The deceased is a native of Wyoming county but Ha«l resided in this city for some time. of the borough is to be made and many of the residents hope that the Banker W j?o. Jan. 1" h Indicted moved Pay a issue will be .successfully carried. The necessity for lights has been long felt in the borough and the needs of the C °hiC After voting an in o the figures of the oecU, supplies • I pants, »„ ses, 217 cattle and 84 tinder ordinary conditions govern-jhogs, besides larsrc numbers «»f sheep. I luent supplies can be used for outside|The other houses were not visited by ! * , the committee owing to the pressure id | according SO hor share of the expense, a it would be ivilli 150 count omiplis thD- li)n iho task alone 011 account of litigation that would bo in- water company to ac- Surviving him besides liis wlfC the following sons and George, of Towanda; Henry daughters A., o section in this respect were accentuated by ah Italian riot some months ago, when tho perpetrators of an outrage escaped on account of the dark- It. Walsh, cIitu'Kod with luisiipplyins $3,000,000 of the funds ol' the Chicago National l)iuil I ho M :)i\Cl its subsidiary con Wyalusing; David, Jacob and Anna, all of Pittston. The remains will be taken to Wyalusing on Saturday morning, over the Lehigh Valley. Services will be held at that place and interment made In Quick's cemetery. eerns llorat gross, hut SiKiutaty Aletn.ir has or-j"fbeUvet.n Mooslc anU tm, , dered the ships ( elt lc and Wuct «111. j fhp party turned ,nt0 a siJe r0.,a full cargoes of tood supplies to leave ){lnd 8tnrle(i on n three mile trauij. the Atlantic fleet for Jamaica. The up Trout brook to visit the farm of provisions will !Do ready for distribu- "jack" Aston. Headed by Dr. Multion among the Inhabitants when eon- hilland they started an investigation Kress passes, as it undonhtfedly will, and found some very unsanitary conthe necessary authorization. The war d it ions. The out house was in bad department also will hold supplies in condition and was on the pitch of readiness to he shipped to Jamaica, the bill within a few yards of the and as there are stores of l'oC-d in San stream. Dr. Mulhollaiid condemned Juan, l'orto Itico and in Havana il will !l in no uncertain terms ness. There is a strong sentiment 111 | the town W favor of lighting: the streets and a large number of the citizens will attend the council meeting to express their views. MINE MULES VALUED AT A VERY LOW RATE Warm Weather Shut? Collieries Shamokin. Pa.. .Inn. IT.—All Philadel phia a ml Reading Coal and Iron coin pan.v colliorlos in this district jr The value of mine mules was one of mportant questions taken up h grand jury yesterday •Cv Buy Your Shoes and Rub-  shut down owing I recent warm won vestigat ion assessments of i Pur.yea bor- weather eausing n the Ci«* oug corporation The Duryc property bers at the big INVENTORY SALE coal The suspension will Three pig' the coiinty commissioners' office shoW last until next week thousand rainu that mine mules in that town have workmen ure rendered idle without un.Ch«lol,..v. I ' uinii'iB toward the s;rpani, Aston The onlv n.ossajre m-elv.nl l.y tin- "HiC1 he wo*d h.e 1 cpd . , , , his own ground. in the liny j state ilepartiuiMit in rejrurd to tlwJMr_ LunC(. (]pclar(,t, thilt lhoy hu(1 earthquake was sent from Kingston j nsHp„ Aston to • change ih- location tttitl wifH as follows: |of the outhouse and that now they prices iDf $30 and $ HD. although the coal companies pay on an average of $1'50 to $200 for each mule and often- Young Fairbanks Dodges Sheriff Footwear nlTcrnl al sHCflllcc prices In Springfield, O., Jifli. 17 Fairbanks, son of Vice President W Fairbanks, went east, presumably to Washington, for a conference with his fattier relative to the indictment returned in StPtibenviile against iiim for perjury in connect ion with his recent marriage. Frederick ( times tin animals are hard to get order to mluco the stock before taking inventory. It will pay assessors of Duryea —-ZW-n*. I WOll have 1 one a once were closely examined by the grand jurors and the only explanation given by them for the low valuation was you tCD call Kingston destroyed. Hundreds of lives lost. Food badly wanted. ('onsniate After the trip up Trout stream thr Boys' !iSc shoes, now IWIurv VITIMI HIT """• rw" • »»»•»««■ | party went at once 10 me oiB spring tha( lh(. mulos in thp Duryt.a mJncH • ■ am a A4M.IH probably destroyed. i' ireproof safe. Brook dam. Thin dam is a magnifl- j W(,Fe nnt Wo,.,h any mol.P than $30 or Irink they marched about the streets. Tlie message was signed "American j cent piece C*f - engineering, standing j40 Tlle JanCJ n^nts and other repilllaging houses, robbing those who Consul," but the signature is regarded 1 'D4 feet high and damming back "n.s,.Natives of the coal companies tad saved part of their possessions and j hore as misleading, as the American water for a mil. and a quarter. The | claimed that mules were riot worth iven attempting to get hold of the sup- 1 consul in Jamaica is absent on leave. '"i1 of j1 is 1.155 feet above sea level. |ally mure than that and feigned ignor)lies that were being used in the hos- it is assumed that the dispatch was | va Kilmers farm, overlooking the anCt, the companies paid from Ditnls. KPtlt by William H. Orrett. the vice c,am- wa:: S«Dne over. It was found. $ 150 to $200 for each mule. Valua- So dangerous did the looter* become consul, who is in Kingston. The rel'cr- t0 ln fal,'ly K(H,C' shape. It is on nous j,, Newport and "Hanover townthai whites and blacks organized vigl- ence in the message to the fireproof * *,*ep "'j1* hV' an'' ,Uu' bull,Un*» art! ships will next be touched on by the lance committees and shot down those safe is taken to mean (hat all the offl * ' . U fevnL /hi. tiS jur"rs a,ul " is m"re f,1?8" "T whom they caught pillaging. After a eial papers and consular records in the ' rtattlesnike creek wis' the', 'bat the investigation will not bo half dozen of the looters had been consul's offtee are safe. Ltarfd and for'several miles up'every jC° "  killed. and about a hundred of the In spite of the vagueness ot the dis- house was visited and conditions The annual meeting of the stockdrunken rowcios onveu troni the city patch and the doubt as to who sent il {about it. At Benjamin Thomas' the holders of Pittston Stove Co. will be the looting was stopped. ' the officials regarded it as sufficient on j outhouse was reported by Dr. MulHol- held# at the office of the company The magnificent laud I D-Iced harbor which to base their effort* for sending iland as very bad. The bam of Mrs. Tuesday. January JJBth. 1H07, at 11 a. liere Is closed to shipping as a result reli»f supplies at ouce to Kingston. J- W. Jones .was found to drain quite m. John H. Orchard, Secretary. l~-7t Hoys' $1.25 .shoes, now Boys' $1.75 shoes, now Nile $1.25 Children's Jersey hoggin Leaves 208 Descendant Men's Storm Rubbers Burlington, Vt.. Jan. 17. Mrs. Toby Rosenberg of this city. said to have been the oldest woman in Vermont, is dead at the age of 103 years. She left £08 descendants in five generations. 1(1 Per Cent. Illwouni on W. I Douglas' Shoes for Men- Queen Quality Shoes for Women $3, and $3.50 kind reduced to $2.50 l..\DIES' SHOES al a special reduction of 25 to 15 |M-r cent on every iwlr. Springfield, 111.. -.. — Senator ilielby M. ( illloin was nominated for ■e-eloi'tion to the TTnited States scnnte by tho Joint Rfpubllonn caucus. Tills la equivalent to election. Cullom Retains His Toga Jan. 17 MSTOI ME STORE, A-V  Try HarV#r's pastry and bread.