Pittston Gazette

              , f ilk WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALL HIE HOME NEWS. Forecast TTiitll 8 p. m. Tomorrow tot For the People of Pittston and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Snow and warmer tonight. Wednes* day fair, colder. THE HOME PAPER. STOni VT? A T? i WEBKI.Y ESTABLISHED 1850. OllJtl XJliiiXi. | DAILY EST. b* THKO. HART 1882 PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,11)07. TWO CENTS A COPY. FORTY CENTS A MONTH. 1 8 PAGES. BAFFLED JEROME theless were spread on the records. Jerome read the charges which Mrs. Thaw made against the man whose wife she became in the form of questions us to whether she hud not told Hummel of the incidents which the affidavit described. She denied eniphnt Ically that she over had told Hummel the things that the affidavit charged. The contents of the paper were of a nature that caused many in the room almost to gasp with astonishment. HARHN SILENT SCHOOLEY CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT West Pitts ton's RGB GOVERNMENT The appeal of Ccorge B. Schooley from the decision of Judge Sando in the J. 1j. Crawford Will contest, in which Schooley is trying to have the will, leaving all o'f the late coal operator's fortune to Ills widow, set aside, was argued yesterday before the supreme court in Philadelphia. -\cvD Semi* Cet  Abe Hummel on Stand in Will Not Tell About Private Chicago Sub-treasury Employe Suspected. Thaw Trial. Purchase of Stock. Enthusiastic Citizens Ratify DEFENSE OBJECTED THE RIGHT IS DENIED Former United States Attorney Hen. sel, of Lancaster, and S. B. Price, of this city, appeared for Schooley, while attorneys James Torrey and Roswell Patterson appeared for Mrs. Crawford. Messrs. Hensel and Price both argued before the court, while Mr. Torrey alone made reply for his side. THE AMOUNT IS $175,000 Alleged Threats by Thaw. Lawyer Witness Was Quickly Withdrawn. Most remarkable of the alleged charges contained in the paper is one in which Evelyn Nesbit accused Thaw of having tried to force her to sign papers accusing Ktanford White of having accomplished her downfall by the use of drugs. Because she refused to sign the papers, the affidavit said, Thaw threatened to kill her. Counsel Says Board Looks Into Personal Affairs. Preliminary Plans and\ Detectives Endeavoring to Probe Case. Subscribe Over $1,000 To' ward Jubilee Fund New York, Feb, 20. — The federal courts may be called upon to decide whether Edward H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific and Southern I'acitic railroads and controlling power in other systems, can be compelled to answer questions to which he refused replies when a witness before the interstate commerce commission. When the questioning touched a vital point in his testimony Mr. Harriman. on the advice of ills counsel, John (J. Milburn, refused to answer. Schooley, it will be remembered, filed a will for probate, which he alleges was made by Crawford shortly before the latter's death and which leaves the bulk of his estate to .School- New York, Feb. 26.—.-Evelyn Thaw wan again on the witness stand today in the trial of her husband. To break down her testimony is the avowed purpose of District Attorney Jerome. On her denial of the purported Hummel aifldavit, in which she is purported to have made startling charge:; of against Thaw and exonerated White, the district attorney centered his lire. After Mrs. Thaw had been examined for a short time. Jerome called Attorney Abraham Hummel. Chicago, Feb. 20.—Although a score of detectives are at work on the case, the theft of $175,000 from the subtreasuTy last Wednesday seems as fur from solution as the day the robbery was committed. The general iinprf-ssion prevails that the thief must have been a government employee', but 110 evidence of a tangible nature lias been discovered against any of them. George W. Fitzgerald, who was in charge of the teller's "cage" from which the money was abstracted, says he lias 110 knowledge of how the money disappeared and (ells a straightforward story. Three men, two of them employees, are suspected of the theft. Jerome framed his questions in regard to the contents of the affidavit from a copy of the document, which he held In his hand. He asked the witness whether it was true that she had told Hummel that she and Thaw had gone 011 a tour of Europe and that at one time they stopped at nu old castle in the Austrian Tyrol known as the Sehloss Katzenstein. The witness replied that she had told Hummel about her arrival at the castle. ey. Schooley and Crawford were cousins. This will has become known as the Schooley will. Previously another will leaving everything to Mrs. Crawford was fllud. This was executed some? years before Mr. Crawford's death and was admitted to probate. Schooley tried to have his will probated and was arrested at the in stance of James (5. Shepherd, son of Mrs. Crawford, for forgery, and is now under bail awaiting trial. if there had been doubt in anybody's mind as to the prospects for tile success ol West Pittston's semicentennial anniversary celebration it was quickly dispelled by the large attendance ol representative citizens on the public meeting held in the armory last evening, tor the purpose of receiving the reports of the preliminary committee, and especially by the enthusiasm of tne gathering, home 250 gentlemen responded to the call for a citizens' meeting and they entered very heartily into the spirit of the occasion. Not only did they ratify all of the preliminary work that ban been done in preparation for the celebration, but they also set the financial ball roiling by subscribing more than $1,000 to the Golden Jubilee fund. After last night's mecitiig, it can be accepted as a certainty that the whole town is heartily in favor ol celebrating the semi-centennial and that the citizens as a whole will do everything in theli power to make it a great success.centennial last May and the cost was $20,000. We may need one-fifth or one-sixth of that amount. Now as to the enthusiasm, it should be unbounded. for this is no ordinary borough whose 50th anniversary we are about to celebrate. West Plttston is no ordinary place, for on that June morning when the exercises open we will be celebrating the Golden Jubilee of one of the fairest boroughs in this country. That is no exaggeration, for many of you and 1 have been in many pretty places, but none more so than our own Garden Village. Its streams, its hills, its vegetation, and its mountains, wood and water, harmoniously blent, constitute the most perfect and adequate loveliness that nature presents. It surely must be owned that it has, all the world over, no superior. Sitting. Ciuecn like at the head of this beautiful valley—fair Wyoming, famed in song and story. Take up Campbell's poetical works, and turn to his 'Gertrude of Wyoming." It was written just 100 years ago. It is prefaced by a note stating that the testimony of travelers and historians concur in describing the infant colony as one of happiest spots of human existence. The hospitality of its inhabitants, the beauty of the country, and the luxuriant fertility of its soil. The poet Campbell had never seen this fair land. Now, in conclusion, I want to say that if a great poet like Thomas Campbell could write such beautiful things of this place, what will we, its citizens, not do to make this Golden Jubilee a grand success." Jerome was checked for the time being, however, in contradicting Evelyn':; version ol' the affidavit she had made to Hummel, by Delmas, and alter a few questions he withdrew the lawyer from the stand. Dclmas piled objection after objection in the prosecutor's path, which Justice Fitzgerald sustained. The question which Mr, Harriman refusal to nnswcr was whether he owned any of the private stock of the Chicago and Aitou Railway company, which was sold to tlie Union Pacific company. In objecting to this Cmention Mr. Mil burn said: "Did yon tell Hummel," Jerome asked, "that in the morning yon were • wakened by Mr. Thaw pounding on the door and asking yon . to come to breakfast, saying that the coffee was netting cold?" SCRANTONIANS WERE SWINDLED The money taken consisted of seven $ J 0,000 Wills, fifteen $5,000 hills and tlie remainder in .$1,000 bills. "Did you have a talk with Evelyn Thaw on her visit to your office on October 27, 1903?" asked Jerome. "We must advise Air. Harrlnian not to answer that question on the ground that it is a private inquiry into his private affairs, has 110 bearing on interstate commerce, and that to answer it or that, to compel him to answer would be an invasion of his rights as a citizen." C. Thompson, who whs arrested in Toledo, for swindling, is wanted in Scranton for defrauding local merchants out of $8,000. In company with his brother and father he opened two stores there last- summer, and after establishing credit with the wholesalers, stocked his stores, sold everything he could unload at any price he could get, and sending the keys of his stores to his principal creditor, skipped out. "I don't remember that," the witness At first it was believed there must be some error in the bookkeeping. It was thought 'to be impossible that such a large sum of money could have been abstracted in face of all the safeguards thrown around Uncle Sam's strongbox. The ledger men strenuously denied any error, and an investigation showed there was no possible clerical mistake. "Yes.' replied "Did she make a statement; te you which you dictated to ?. stenographer in her presence?" "Yes." Jerome, still reading from the affidavit, asked tile following questions, to •.ill of which the witness answered "no." "On the next day did either Knydecker or Jacobson. your assistants, give you a. paper? I: that a carbon copy oi' the paper?" •TDid you further tell him that after Ximw knocked vou immediately iuinu- Probing Railroad Dividend. Mr, Ilarriman had been examined at length and in great detail by Prosecuting Attorney Frank B. Kellogg as to the 30 per cent dividend which the Chicago and Alton had paid shortljv after he and his associates took control of the road in 1800. Chairman Knapp made a resume of the transaction and appealed to Mr. Harriman to say whether it was correct or not. (Continued on Page iCive.) Delmasi objected. Justice Fitzgerald upheld Delmas. BLACK HAND MAN TAKEN The remaining goods and store fixtures brought $1,200. The creditors devoted it all to hunting down the fugitive. Detectives reported that they found he had been doing the same thing in different cities. His father and brother represented that they had been swindled as much at; anyone else when Thompson skipped, but that these stories are open to suspicion is evidenced by the fact that they mysteriously disappeared shortly afterwards and were with,him in To- Missing Bills Traced. W. C. Sutherland, who had been elected chairman of the first citizens' meeting, called the meeting to order and in a few opening remarks reviewed the work that had been d#ne by the preliminary committee. He then called for the report of the subcommittee on plan of celebration. This report has been printed before, but it may be well to repeat that it calls for a two-day Golden Jubileo celebration, to be held in June, during the week following the closing of the public schools. On the fir,st day, the committee planned for a historical meeting in the morning, children's parade in the afternoon, and a fantastic parade in the evening. The second day's "When did Mrs. Thaw nox'; come to your office?" The missing bills were traced to ths "cage" of a teller. "A mysterious stranger." one of the men under suspicion. had been allowed inside the railing of the teller's "cage." His name has not been disclosed by the officials. He had credentials which put him almost on the same footing as an em- Delma:.' objection that Evelyn had already said her next trip to Hummer:; office wat: in June, 1904. as nearly as she Could remember, and that the question could only be meant to contradict her. was sustained. Alleged Member of Bad Gang Arrested. Jeromo hesitated. lie had been balked. Then he excused Hummel and called Abraham Snydeeker. one of Hummei's assistant:', who wan asked only if Evelyn signed P. paper in his presence in tho famoui Madison square Garden tower the night of October l!ti. 1903, and hu said ye:i and was excused. The statement made by Mr. Knapp was about as follows: ployee. State Constables Waited Outside Hoyt That .Mr. Harriman and three associates had purchased 07 per cent of the capital stock of tiie Chicago and Alton Itnllway company at $200 for the preferred and $17."D for the common stock; that then they issued a mortgage on the road and secured it by $40,000,000 in bonds. S.'fc!.000,ooo of which were sold to Mr. Ilarriman and his three associates, (Jeorge J. Could, Mortimer TC. Sehiff and .lames Ktillman, at 05: that later a dividend of 30 per cent was paid by Mr. Ilarriman and his three associates, representing the Chicago and Alton railway, to theiiiselves and other stockholders out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, Mr. Ilarriman admitted that this statement of the facts was according to his recollection. The investigation finally sifted down to two suspected employees who were on most friendly terms. The elder has not wavered in his persistence of innocence. The younger man lias been "tripped" into making a statement which proved untrue. Shaft While One of Officials Went ledo. in and Took .Man Out—Was COLONEL MINER'S APPOINTMENTS Mr. Glennon's speech was loudly applauded and put the meeting in good humor for the. next feature of tho programme—tho announcement thai Richard M. Hughes had been selected as treasurer of the Golden Jubilee fund and that it would facilitate the work of tho finance committee if those in attendance would make known their subscriptions at Then Hustled to Wilkes- programme calls for a general parade in the afternoon and and jubilee ball in the evening. A special recommendation 01 tho committee was that, arrangements should be made for organ recitals in the churches at su'table hours each day of the celebration, also that tin executive committee tako into consideration the matter of establishing a permanent memorial of the Golden Jubilee in the form of a public library building or some other public work. Now York, Feb. 12Ci. B.v what would appear to be almost a mockery of fate Vbrahani II. Hummel has become I)isrk't Attorney Jerome's "star" witness ,11 the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the villim; of Stanford White. Hummel, whom Jerome convicted on a charge :Df conspiracy iti connection with the Dodfce-Morse ease, has been called on tiy the prosecutor, in the criminal tii'iinch of the supreme court, to testify io (lie truth of an affidavit lie drew up- nil affidavit that Evelyn Nesblt Thaw asserted was drawn up under •ircninstances almost similar lo those which surrounded the signing of the 'false affidavit by Charles !•'. I lodge which resulted in Hummel's conviction mill in his being sentenced to prison Tor il year. For having drawn up the Podge affidavit Hummel is also under liarrc in Work- Col. Asher Miner, of tho Ninth regiment, announces the following appointments on his staff: ing Clothes Gradually more admissions were made by the suspect, which showed at least that he had not used all the care expected from an employee who handles millions of dollars almost dally. "Black Hand" gang was arrested yesterday afternoon at Hoyt shaft by two member;: of the State Constabulary, lie is supposed to DDe a leader of the Bang and a been kept up for I»i 111 sineo th D Jwuhd-up and arrest of the 25 supposed "Black Hand" men a week ago. A quiet search i.s now under way for tin1 others whom the Ititzes mentioned in their story, which is depended on to break the backbone of the "Black Hand" in this valley bv sending a score of the ringleaders f jail for long terms. Another alleged member of the Pease Captain and adjutant, Henry H Captain and quartermaster McLean. George once. Captain and Sterling. commissary Every employee of the office is urif : bond, but not to any amount neat/ jo loot secured. / j I The response was prompt mvl within ;i short time the following? list of subscriptions was muile up J. li. Glonnon... It. M. Hughes. . . . K. j, I toss  \V\ C. Sutherland Buss. Captain and I P.. George $100 100 50 Captain and chaplain, Willis Phone Tolls Story of Tragedy, Stone Centerville, Ia„ Feb. 20.- Men and women all over Wayne county listened in helpless horror to the actual progress of the hopeless fight which Mrs. George Stech made for life and honor with a tramp. She had taken down the receiver of her telephone to call for help, but the man was on her before she could titter a word, and for the next half hour the central operator and those in the nearest; farms with whom the operator hastily established connection could hear the sounds of thD struggle as the man and woman l'ought around the room. A posse is pursuing the man. The report of the conimtUeo on plan of celebration was approved. Tim committee was discharged, and the programme will hereafter be in the hands of the newly-appointed programme committee, of which J. II. Blackman is chairman, for the.carrying out of the details. This new committee was empowered to decide on something to fill in the programme for the morning of the second • day. also to make other changes that may bo deemed advisable. First lieutenant and battalion adjutant, F. S. Arnold. J. A. Law  Joseph. Langford. . . A. K. Brown  J. H. Ulackman... Thomas H. Edwards J. X. Anderson. . . . C h. McMillan.... F. 13. Shifter  J'. L. Cake  Sacks & Brown.... Cash . j ......... J. 11. Bryden  Leon Pitch  T. B. Mitten.  Jay Lewia  VV. ('. Brenton  J. Serimgeoitr. s.\. . 13. (!. Mercur  \V. L. Foster  Acme Laundry .... Charles Law  H. T. McMillan . . . . Fred. Sax  C. 11. Cutler  Dr. VV. L. Hartman. F. H. Antrim  Georgo F. Steele. . . It. K. Hileman  A. ft. G. Heal  C. H. Foster....... (). ('. Foster  T. W. Da vies. ...... Lou Mitten  Georgo Brown  T. F. Burko  Thomas Moiiiti .... William Damp man. T. W. Kyto  J. B. Law  W. F. Staiey  Tallin Evans  G. D. Stroh (i. A. Wilde  P. H. Kyto  H. J'. Sanders  A. IJ. Davenport... L. P. Bierty  John T. Jones  Charles Schumacher M. Dorsch  O. D. Leisehrlng . Hubert Ellin  E. H. Mueller... Dr. M. 1. Schenck L. Pinoila  B. Manganeilo ... 1D. I'. Holeotnl)... (jeorge Benfield . Edward Touhill . Ware nee Beriew B. A. Crowther . . George Stanton, jr Charles: Jonuw D. P. Thomas 1'. It. Hcpp. . . C. H, Lilly... J. 11. Wintersteen Dr. 1'. F. Hubier ft. A. Hubier.... C. L. Werkhelser O. G. Daman • • • Chariest Wheeler W. H. Walter.... James McCluskey Paid 8 Per Cent Before Sale. When Mr. KolloKK resumrnl his examination he brought out that before Mr. Harrininn and his associates sot the road it had paid an 8 per cent dividend oa the stock and cS per cent interest on its mortgage bonds. Mr. KeliopK then asked: ••I)o you think an 8 per cent dividend a fair return upon railroad stock?" The man's name was Riven as Jim Jermohia. He was employed as a miner at the Hoyt shaft and was in side yesterday when two of the eonstables told the officials they had warrants for him. one of the officials 01 the company went Into t!;; OBITUARY. Mrs. Thomas Nally. After an illness extending over several months, Mrs. Thomas Nally, one of the city's most respected residents died last night at 10 o'clock at the family home on Tunnel street. Th» end was not unexpected—in fact, it was known for several days that th. man's • ■ chamber and brought him to the surface. The constables Wcro waiting and placed the man uiider arrest at once. They (lid not give him time to go to his boarding place in Browntown and dress but took him to Wilkesbarre in his working clothes. He was given a temporary hearing an committed for a further hearing this afternoon at 2 ( 'clock before Alderman Carkhufi'. who conducted the cases of the other Italians, charged with being implicated in tile "Black Hand" crimes. Next came the report of the committee apRotntoil by the executive committee to prepare a list of committees. Til's report was printed in lull in the Gazette on Saturday and provides for an executive committee, of 13 members, together with committees on finance, reception, speakers, invitations', programme, parade, printing, decorations, fireworks,'...commissary, transportation, music, press and publicity, promenade concert and jubilee ball, construction and lighting. 11 was announced that the committee, had prepared the list as "carefully as possible, yet it was inevitable that there would still be names to add, and that suggestions of names will be ffladly received. The name of (Jeorgo .Symington was added to the construction committee, and the mime of hoti Mitten to the parade committee. The report of the committee was approved."Well that depends," replied Mr. *'ck woman could not live much lon- Hnrriman. "It is a question of where Her son, Martin, had been sum , . ii • j...„i i«- intoned home from college and her nnd how the income is derived, it may , , . r , , ' family surrounded her when the end be a good dividend now aud may not have been in 1SS.D. | Mrs. Nally was a native of Ireland, "Yet you gave the stockholders a 30. but had lived here for many years per cent dividend when you took j She was a middle aged woman. As a Morgan Pays $500,000 For Paintings. Genoa, Feb. I'd - The Corrierc Mercantile has published a statement^hat the family of the Marquis of Cattaneo, which was in the possession of fourteen paintings by Vandyke, opened negotiations for the sale of seven of them to the Berlin museum, whereupon .1. I'. Morgan purchased the seven canvases for $500,000. hold?" "I guess that's right." Mr. Harriman spent several hours oil the witness stand. He was compelled to admit that the Union Pacific invested $182,000,000 in the stocks of other companies, but denied tliat it had speculnted in stocks. The purchases were for investments, he said. Martin A. Knnpp, chairman of the interstate commerce commission, pre- member of the Catholic faith she wail fervent attendant at St. John's church and a member of the Altar and Rosary society and the League of the Sacred Heart. She was possessed of fine qualities .if character and won the esteem of all ,\vho enjoyed her acquaintance. Mrs. Nally .was a mem. ber of the L. C. B. A. She is survived by her husband and two children, Martin P., student at St. Jerome's college, Berlin, Ontario, Canada, and PROPERTY DEAL. .lames I'llzpa trick, Sr., Buys the Miss Kate O'M alley l*r»»|H,rly, on In the reign of Henry VIII. a bailiff named Dun gained a great reputation for making persons pay their debts. When every other method of getting paymeut had been tried without success, Dun was put to work, aud "dun hint" became the popular advice as a last resource. William Street .lame:: Fitzpatrlck, sr., today purchased the Miss Kate O'Malley estate property, on William street, from Mrs. Amelia O'Malley, nf Wiikcsbarre, paying ST.700 for it. The property is next to Mr. Fitzpatriek's homo arid is improved with a handsome ■ double house on the front, and a barn on the alley tn the rear. Attorney O. C. Foster had charge of the transaction. The prC perty. following the death of Miss O'Malley, was sold by ordel of the Orphans' court, and was purchased by Harry Mooney, of Wilkesbarre. Mr. Mooney later transferred the property to Mrs. Amelia O'Malley, who has just sold it to Mr. Fitzpatrlck. .sided, and all the other commissioners were present. The government was represented by Frank B. Kellogg and Charles A. Severance, the attorneys who opened the investigation last December, while John C3. Milbtirn and Paul F). Cravnth appeared for Mr. Harriman.Miss Bessie, who is a student at St. John's school. One brother and one sister. In Ireland, also survive. The funeral is to be held Thursday morning from the family home. A mass of requiem will be sung In St. John's church at 9:30_ and interment will be made in St. John's cemetery. THAW LISTENING TO HIS WIFE'S TESTIMONY. The suggestion was made that there should bo anotrer committee—one on town improvement. It was pointed out that the celebration would he held in June, one of the most beautiful months of the year, when West Pittston would appear at her best, and that the town could be made doubly beautiful if the residents on the various streets could 'bo induced to put a few extra touches on their lawns and llower gardens in anticipation of the celebration and for the pleasure of tho thousands of visitors who aro expected to attend the celebration. This suggestion was received with favor, and the chairman was authorized to name a town improvement committee, with members to represent the various street:'. Indictment for subornation of perjury, and his handling of Ihe Dodge-Morfle ease also caused him to be disbarred from further practice as a lawyer by the appellate division of the supreme court. Try Our Home Made pork sausage, mince meat, scrapple Chicago Cash Meat Market. Jerome will try hard to show Ibnt an affidavit which Evelyn Nesblt is supposed to have signed ill Hummers office was not drawn under circumstances similar to those that accompanied the signing of the Dodge affidavit. but that the paper described In legal verbiage charges that Evelyn Nesbit made against Harry K. Thaw when she returned from Europe In 1003. ''Personal Matter," Says Lawyer. When Mr. Kellogg asked the names of the stockholders of the Chicago and Alton who sold their stock to the Union Pacific through Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Mr. Milburn objected on the ground (hat it was a personal matter into which the government commission had no right 1o go. A long argument be* tween counsel followed. Miss Susan O'Boyle, a prominent young lady of Cork Lane, died this morning at I' o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Boyle, after a lingering illness. The young lady was an active member of St. John's church and displayed much Christian fortitude during her illness. She was a member of Division 5. D. of K. Her parents and the following brothers and sisters survive her: James, Thomas, Robert, Anna, Mary and Fllzabcth. Mlsa O'Boyle was a member of the Blessed Virgin Sodality of St. John's church. The funeral will 'be held Thursday morning at 'J: 30. Miss Susan O'Bo.vlo. LOST—Gent's tan kid glove on Third St, Return to 409 Third St. Let Dr. Meon care Tor your teeth FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. "Not outside of the orient," said Mr. Milburn, "does n body exist which has such extraordinary powers. You can get anything you want about Interstate commerce, but you have not the power to go into things not matters of Interstate commerce." Never Saw Paper, Says Mrs. Thaw. Now York, Feb. 2lD, 1 907. High. Ijmv. Close. . . 132 % 131% 133% . . 72% 71 '72'/2 . .14 2% 140% 141% .. 44% 43 % 44% . .111 D4 109% 110% .. 44% 43% 44% .. 1)3 92% 93 .. 44% 43% 44% ..103% 103% 103% .. 71% 70% 71% .. 34% 33% 34% .. 43% 43 43 % ..117% 115% 117 ..109% 108 109% .. r.0%* 49% 50% .. 83% S3 % 82% ..145% 143% 145% ..125% 124% 125% ..129% 127% 129% ..101% 100% 101% . .129% 127 129 % ..185 182 *. 185 .. 15% 15 •£ 15% .. 91% 89-4 91% . . 2 5 % 2 5 S 2 5 % . . 81 78 4 79% .. 24% 23 4 24% .. 4 2%' 39'4 4 2% .. 30% 30 4 30% 170% lf,S % 1 170% .»o J2 '.j; 33 Tho meeting hud riot 'been lacking in Interest up to this time, but after Joseph H. (llennon had made « brief address enthusiasm went U|D with a bound. Mr. (Mention is nothing if not enthusiastic in public affairs, and lie stirred up the audienco with his speech. J i was not very long, but It was full of enthusiasm and liis spirit quickly took hold of the meeting. There was great applause when Mr. Olennon entered into his glowing description of the beauties and historical interest attached to the Garden "Village. He quoted from Campbell's "Gertrude of Wyoming", and declared that if an English poet who had never seen fair Wyoming could have been inspired to write so beautifully of our valley by the reports of travelers what should not we who live in the ntfldst of her beauties do to sound her praises and make her name great. To Mrs. Thaw was shown a copy of the affidavit on tho witness stand. She denied that slie ha4 ever seen it before, and wjien a photographic reproduction of lier signature— which she placed to the original paper — was shown to her Delphin M. Dehnas objected to the introduction of the photograph on the ground that it had not heen proved that the original was not in existence. Am Sugar . . Am I»co •• Am Smeller Am Car & P Amal Copper C. F, I  Peo Oa.'i . . Mr, Kellogg in reply said tile question here was whether the commission hud a right to go into additions* of capital. watered stock, etc., of corporations doing an Interstate business. Quick Action, The quickest notion ever noted by a Cincinnati.newspaper writer was illustrated wheu he reported si murder case In wlilch one of the witnesses was a negro porter in the hotel that was the scene of the killing. The negro was asked how many sliols he heard. "Two shots, suh," he replied. "How far apart were they? Bout like dissaway," explained tho negro, clapping bis hands twice, with an interval of about a second between. "Where were you wheu the flrist shot was fired?" "Shining a gemmnn's shoes in duh basement of dull hotel." "Where were you when the second shot was fired?" "Ah was a-rassin' duh Big Ft)' depot." ■ • « U. S. Steel . IT. S. Steel pfd B. It. T  "We intend to show that (his Chicago and Alton stock was wildly inflated,'' he said, "and It is material for the corn mission to Inquire into the details of this inflation." ' Felt Boots ami Arctics at Thfc production of the Hummel affidavit came ijs a surprise after District Attorney Jerome had been almost completely foiled in his efforts to entangle the wife of the man on trial for his life. Not only had .Mrs. Thaw held her own against the cross questioning of the prosecutor, hut she succeeded in getting in evidence explanations of testimony she had given oil former days. Her explanations were made In order to remove the inference which Jerome had gust on her evidence, and It was conceded in the courtroom that she had been successful.Erin  o. & w. ... Beading . . IS. & O, . . . C. & l). X. F  St Paul . . . X. Y. C. Pennsylvania Atchison com L. & X. . . . C. P  (}. W  S. P  S. It  M. P  n. t  K. T  CUT PRICES Mr. Severance, for the government, said Unit railroad companies are organized to run railroads, not to buy and sell stocks. $2.50 kind  $2.00 kind  Boys' Felt Boots Men's Arctics, .$2.00 .$1.75 This was a splendid start for the finance committee, which will proceed at once to make a thorough canvass of the town. It Is desired that every citizen shall have a part in financing the celebration, and the committee will be glad to receive any sum. however large or small. It is anticipated that there Will be no difficulty whatever in raising sufficient money to meet the expense of a very creditable celebration . 98c $1.2$ . .98c Autos Bring Jersey $80,000. kind  Men's Arctics, $1.25 kind $1.25 Mr. Glennon's speech in full waft as follows: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: As a member of the finance committee I wish to saD' that to successfully carry out the programme presented here this evening we need money and enthusiasm. As to the amount of money \vcD will need, I may say that Wllkesbarre celebrated her Trenton. N. .1.. Keb. 2(1. Commission er .1. B. I!. Smith of (lie state department of motor vehicles, reports the auto registrations and licenses will net the slate not less than $80,000 by the end of the fiscal year, May 1. The money will be used to Improve the state's stone roads. The Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, which iva8 founded at Troy, Is". Y., in 1R24. was the first strictly scientific college in the United States. Boston Sloe Store Wabash IT. P. . . T. f. . ,__i Although the affidavit itself did not Ket into evidence, lis contents uevei- 79 N. Main St. Pittston, Pa. (Continued on Page-Seven.) |