Pittston Gazette

              WEATHER CONDITIONS. A ALU THE HOME NEWS. Forecast TTntll 8 p. m. Tomorrow tot Eastern Pennsylvania. For the People of PIttston and Vicinity. Snow and warmer tonight; Wednesday, fair and cofder. THE HOME PAPER. r-r|itT "Vtr At? , siocAtVN ."8TABLISHED I860. o i ill XiilA or-lCa\ boci rtST BT THKO HART J882 PITTSTON, PA., 5, 1907. TWO CENTS A COPY. FORTY CENTS A MONTH. \ 8 PAGES. WAGNER'S VIEWS loaded revolver Into the body of a petson would produce death. Adopting the term used b.v Dr. Evans, the expert declared that the "brain storm" overwhelmed Thaw after he saw Mr. White. Pressed harder by Mr. Jerome, apparently with it view to showing tha* Thaw's actions were those of a sar.e. deliberate man when be slew " Mr. White, the alienist selected a phrase, "readjustment of mental process." which he apnliwi hv wuv of esnlann- THE EDDY MONEY AVOCA CC 0 GREAT EXPLOSION SCOVEL ISLAND COAL ROYALTIES STROTHER TRIAL 5ATI0N Jolin Ilronnan Elected (lialrman— Suit to Determine Claims of Mrs. Gave Further Testimony in Mrs. Eddy May be Taken Chief of PolWe Change—John It. Heap Rlfrfd Attorney. Terrible Accidsnt at Mt. Carmel Colliery. I IjuiIs Against I.ehigh Valley Case Now in Hands of the Coal Co. Now on Trial, Thaw Trial. Into Court. ! The Avoca borough council organized for the coming year last evening. iFrom the second ward both Dr. \V. II. iBerge and M. F.; Gllroy presented (themselves to be sWorn in. Dr. Berge Ihad received the Jarger number of ivotes at the election and was made a 'member. Burgess I Price wanted to .present some kind Cjf a petition before |officers were elected), but it was ruled jout and he declined to present It later. It is supposed to have had some connection witty the Second ward election. John Brdnnan was elected chairman of the council and Authony Healey secretary. Michael O'Brien was re-elected borough treasurer, and Attorney John R. Heap, borouph attorney. James Doran was elected street commissioner and for chief of. police James Meade was elected, in place of The United States District Court, sitting In Scranton, wan occupied yesterday afternoon with the trial of the Scovel Island coal royalty suit of Mas. Bunnle S. Harris, of Concord, N. C., formerly of Scranton, against the  higii Valley Coal Co. Jury. £ ■ J DEED IS IN QUESTION DYNAMITE EXPLODED HIS MOTHER PRESENT COMMEND PRISONERS Continued or Page Two. Claim That Mrs. Eddy is Able to Appear. Twenty-Seven Men Hurt, Some Fatally. | Attorney Watson made the opening address for the plalntilf, in which he reviewed the history of the case, and [stated that they expected to prove [that their clients were entitled to payment of royalty due. to damages resulting from a failure to pay the royalty and to damages in compensation from having had to Ko to the expense of determining the value of the coal ■still unmined. His special claim was that the company had not conducted the operations with diligence. The company will aim to show that all the coal was paid for which had been mined. Sympathy for Them Prom Many Sections. Report That She Was About CHILD DIES OF POISON to Be Galled. Concord, X. H., March 5.—Developments In the case of the application of Mrs. Mary Baker O. Eddy's son, George W. Glover, for a receivership for his mother's estate Indicate a sensational climax soon. Mt. Carmel, Pa., March 5.—Eleven hundred pounds of dynamite exploded with terrific force in one of the big magazines of the Richards colliery, of the Susquehanna Coal Co., about 8:15 o'clock this morning. Twenty-seven workmen were Injured, many of them perhaps fatally, and a score of others slightly hurt. The concussion was frightful and the town " looks as Culpeper, Va., March 5.—The case of James and Philip Strother, charged with the murder of William F. B.vwalers, their brother-in-law, has gone to I lie jury. Xew York, March 5.—Dr. Wagner was on the stand today In the Thaw murder trial, and was cross-examined at length by District Attorney Jerome. The testimony of Dr. Wagner sought to prove that Thaw was insane when he killed While, but that he is now a sane man. Mrs. William Thaw reachiti the court room during the course of the morning, and her presence gave rise to the report that she would soon be called to the witness stand. Found Pills and Swallowed Some of Them. Lawyers for both sides have closed their arguments, and Judge Harrison lias charged the jury. Two Year-Old Son of Ernest Dymond, General Frank S. Streeter, personal counsel for Airs. Eddy, absolutely refused to accept service of any papers on behalf of Mrs. Eddy's secretary, Calvin S. Frye, or any other defendant in this state. As a result former Senator William E. Chandler and his fellow attorneys for the petitioners will lie forced to serve summons directly upon Mr. Frye and the other trustees of tlie Christian Science church, who. It is alleged, are directing the actions of Mrs. Eddy for their own personal benefit. of West Wyoming, Took Poison- John Hoban ous Medicine. Innocently On April 1st Ciarrlson will Remove to HS North Main street, two doors below Ragle Hotel. Kdward L. Gaines, brother-in-law of the defendants, was called to tell if tiie window through which Kywaters is said by the defense to have been lleeing when lie was shot was open or closed 011 the night of the tragedy, lie admitted that his previous testimony was that the window was closed, but qualified his statement by saying Willie Yisiting Ills Grand- though it had been shaken by an earthquake. The noise of the explosion Was heard for a distance of 25 miles from the scene of the disaster. The supply houses, offices and blacksmith shops near the dynamite house were razed to the ground, and the breaker was partially demolished. The building in which the dynamite was contained was set apart from the others and was tightly locked. No one was known to have been near it at the time of the explosion. Most of those Injured were employes in the offices and shops, which collapsed like houses of cards. Few were hurt at the breaker. The town was badly shaken, windows being broken and houses moved from the foundations. Mrs. Harris was the first witness called, and on cross-examination admitted that she had overlooked two payments of royalty, made on June 22, l'J04, on pea and smaller sizes of coal. The various questions put to the plaintiff, in the direct examination, by Attorney Watson, were vigorously contested by Major Warren, many of whose objections were sustained by the court. father Who Is III New York, March ."D. — Harry K. Thaw's devoted mother will lie the next wltuess to take the stand In the trial of her son for shooting Stauford White. She will endure an ordeal she is said to dread greatly for the purpose, it is understood, of relating prenatal influences which might have operated so that the unbalancing of her sou's mind by delusions was a logical sequence. Her examination will succeed at ouce the departure of LDr. Charles E. Wagner, the alienist, from tiie witness chair. John, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dymond, of West Wyoming, while playing about the house of )iis grandfather, John Hopper, of Ninth street, Wyoming, this morning, found a box of pills that had been prescribed for Mr. Hopper. The child swallowed two of the pills, which contained poison, and In it few minutes became unconscious. His mother found him and, seeing the pills scattered on the door' nearby, divined at once what had happened. A physician was sent for and every'thing possible was done to relieve the child's condition, but he died shortly before noon, two hours after having taken the fatal dose. REFUSE A FRANCHISE. r-  Hughestown Council Turns Down New Company. Immediately following that service, it is understood. Mr. Chandler and his aids will liegln the taking of depositions and will call lirst for the personal examination of Mrs. Eddy. I'nder the laws of this state governing proceedings in equity they are empowered to do that al the expiration of three days from the service of a subpoena, either on Mrs. Eddy personally or at her resi- A. S. Baker was the next witness called. He Is the auditor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company, and was called to show the average prices received by that company lat tide' water. OrCliimnro I'liiincd by tlio Company 1Doom Not Meet (hCD Approval of llw Borough kolonf+—Ponn- Mr. Stevenson was the next witness called. lie was the surveyor who had been employed to make a survey ot Seovel's Island, in the Susquehanna river, where the coal land In question is located. Mr. Stevenson was not in the court room at the time when he was tii have taken the stand. The court ruled that his maps, which were on hand, could he produced as evidence, but on an examination of the same, Major Warren declared that lie objected to their examination, inasmuch as he wished to cross-examine the engineer. Wlth Mrs. Thaw's testimony in the defense will practically have completed Its case, and it seems likely that the state's case in rebuttal may be begun before the end of the week. oilmen Wanj Stipulated I Limit fora Starting ScPvice. "I Tiio Pittston and Avoca Street Ttallway Co. was last evening refused a franchise to operate a car line in Hughestown borough. For the second time within as many months the council took unfavorable action on the question. Both ordnances which were presented had been, formulated by the company, and neitWer one met the approval of the borough's governing body. The chances# are that the company will now prepare an ordinance along the lines desired by the council. BILL TO INCREASE COUNTY SALARIES The boy was the older child of Mr. and Mrs. Dymond, who are a young married couple living on North Shoemaker avenue. Mrs. Dymond's father. Mr. Hopper, has been seriously ill. and Mrs. Dymond went to his home this morning to spend the day.' taking her children with her. Some time after she reached the house the boy found the pills. The body has been removed to ihe Dymond home. deuce. Piosecution'c Plan Unknown. The only way in which Mrs. Eddy can avoid giving testimony is to produce the certificate of a reputable physician setting forth the fact that she is sick or physically Incapable of undergoing such an ordeal. Must Plead Illness to Escape. Harrisburg, March !D.•—A general boosting bill for all oflices in the Luzerne county court -house, the salaries of which are now below tile six thousand mark, was Introduced In the House of Representatives today by [ Representative W. W. Hall. It increases the salaries of the district attorney, clerk of the courts, county commissioners, county controller, recorder of deeds, register of wills and coroner, makes the pay of chief clorkships in every court house oflice $2,400 a year and provides for the district attorney's assistants in a manner similar to that contained In a bill purposely drawn for that oflice and presented some weeks ago. The judiciary 'general committee now has the bill, and as Mr. Hall Is a member of that committee, its appearance .on the calendar at an early date is looked tor-1 ward to. Just what District Attorney Jerome will be able to prove on rebuttal remains quite as much of a mystery as ever. He complained lu seeking a broad interpretation of the rules of evidence by Justice Fitzgerald that if he should cull any of the defense's alienists in rebuttal they might refuse to answer questions on the ground of professional privilege. This seems to Indicate that Mr. Jerome's threat to call Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton in rebuttal carries with It the possibility that Dr. Hamilton may not testify, for at the time he made the examination of Thaw in the Tombs he was in the employ of the prisoner's counsel. It Is not yet exactly clear to the lay mind to what extent the district attorney can go lu disproving Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony. He has admitted that even if he could show Stanford White was out of the .country at the time of the alleged experience with Evelyn Nesbit lu his studio hp would not lDe allowed to do so on the ground that It would be a collateral fact. If she should ignore the subpoena counsel can obtain a warrant for contempt and. if necssary, break down her doors to serve It. BASKET BALL. The maps were then put aside, and the next witness, Lewis Morrison, of West Pittston, a diamond driller, who had made three borings on the property, was called. Davis, captain of the Plymouth basket ball team and one of the best forwards in the State, will ho in the linelit' of the Pittston basket ball team, when it plays the Coulter A. C. team, Philadelphia, at the new State armory tomorrow evening. The home team promises to be the strongest that ever donned Pittston uniforms, and the Philadelphia quintette will be given a hard game, in passing it may be said that the management assures patrons that the hall will he at a comfortable temperature for the game, the heating system of the armory. Which was out of repair for the last game, having been fixed. it is declared now that on Thursday of last week Mrs. Eddy executed a deed of trust in favor of her son, Ceorge W. Clover, and Ills children, for the sum of $150,000. \\rhen the company first asked permission to use Parsonage street throughout the borough it did so by having an ordinance Introduced. This ordinance would give the company the right to the road, anCj specified no time at which the company would put its service into effect. The council wanted a clause inserted limiting the company to one year (to have Its line completed and in operation. The company presented ! its second ordinance last evening, tanCl it contained the one-year elaus*v followed by a phrase giving the "company the right to an unnamed extension in cane anything unforeseen might delay work. The counciitnen were suspicious of this "unforeseen" clause. doubtless having in mind the unforeseen delays that have maintained the Wllkesbarro & Wyoming Valley's tracks on Parsonage street, this city, for years, in spite of the city's efforts to be rid of the nuisance. So they refused the company's request by unanimously rejecting the ordinance on first reading. It was said this morning by a man in close touch with the affairs of the borough that the council would grant a franchise without delay if the proper kind of ordinance was drawn up. OBITUARY. PHILIP STROTIIER It is also asserted that this trust was not executed until within a few hours of the service of the papers in the action against Mr. I'r.ve and his associa tes. Edwin Robert Hughes, a well known Edwin Robert Hughes, that it may have been opened by Bywaters when he (Haines) left the room to go to the lower floor. and highly respected resident of Warren street. West Side, passed away at his home last evening about live o'clock. The death of Mr. Hughes, while occasioning deep sorrow to his and widely extended circle of friends, does not come as a surprise, as the deceased has been ill for the past two years. Mr. Hughes suffered from tuberculosis. He was treated at the White Haven Sanitarium for four months last year, and for a time seemed slightly improved, but after his return home in August, he suffered a relapse and since then had gradually approached the end. Mr. Hughes was a man of excellent character and bore the suffering attendant on his long illness with Christian fortitude. E. Robert Hughes was born at Sugar Notch on October 16, 1870, being the son of Thomas L. and Mary J. Hughes. A short time after his birth, the parent* removed to Mount /ion, where Mr. Hughes spent his youth. On February 14, 1S95, he was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Oberdorfer, and removed to West Pittston, where they have since resided. Mr. Hughes was employed as an engineer by the Lehigh Valley and was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Surviving him are his wife and one daughter, Hilda, aged S years, also his mother, Mrs. Maty J. Hughes: one brother, Thomas, of Mount Zion, and two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Sutton and Miss Lttltt Hughes, of Green Ridge, Scranton. The funeral services will be held on Thursday afernoon at 2:30 o'clock, at the family home, on Warren street. Rev. J. \V. Kirk will conduct the services. Interment will be made in West Pittston Cemetery. The defendants have received hundreds of letter* and telegrams from all parts of the country, from business and professional men, women and girls, all offering sympathy, Mrs. Eddy's Cousin Talks Mrs. Eddy's cousin, former Congressman Henry M. linker, who was In consultation with Mrs. Eddy and her attorneys for more than an hour, said: EXPLOSION VICTIM DIED THIS MORNING Much Sympathy For the Strothers. Tlie fact tlifit By waters was killed an hour after lie had been forced to marry the defendants' sister and at tlie moment when lie was attempting to desert the bride he had led to shame has brought much moral support to the brothers. Owing- to the fact that the Philadelphia team will not bo able to reach this city until late the big game will not start until about !) o'clock. The second game between the Pittston second team and the Xanticoke second team will start at S::!0. The two teams will line up as follows: Philadelphia—VV. Uoilly and P. Reilly, forwards; Fitzgerald, center: Brooks and Stout, guards. Pittston—Davis and Evans, forwards; Sultzer, center; Hughes and Anthony, guards. Gusta Orokoski, one of the mine workers burned In the explosion of gas in the Holden mine, Taylor, on Saturday afternoon, died at an early hour this morning in the Taylor hospital. He had been in a dying condition since early last evening. His was the seventh death to result from tile explosion. Andrew Zerewlskl, the sole survivor of the eight explosion victims take into the hospital, is improving and may recover. Free circulation of air having been restored and the damage to the mine restored, work was resumed yesterday. A thorough investigation of the accident is now under way by the Lackawahna company ofllctals. "Sirs. Eddy feels no ill will toward her son. She blames the mental 111:11- praotitloners who are controlling I1I111 for their own purposes. If he tears himself away from their influence she will rendll.v forgive him anil, I have no doubt, will not permit Ills untliial conduct to interfere with any fluatidal provision her maternal love has prompted her to make for him. In his testimony I)r. Wagner declared that Tliaw was made insane by Evelyn Xesblt's story, related to him in Paris, and the alienist resisted the district attorney's efforts to make him qualify or change this statement. A Philadelphia!!, who proclaims himself a "Cuban hypnotist," offers to come down and "puzzle and work up the judges and lawyers" so that the verdict will be for the defense. He wants $500 for it. Says Thaw Was Insane at Wedding. Again at the time he was wedded to the .young woman in April. 1905, Thaw was insane, as he was also at the time he shot Stanford White, 011 June 25, 1H06, Dr. Wagner said. "Right here I wish to ike as plain as possible that the trust deed, if. it was executed as alleged, was completed al least three days before she had any Idea her son would lie a party to any such proceeding as that brought against her and was not prompted by any desire to obtain possession of any letters held by liini." Try Hnllock's pork sausage. William C. Alexander of Media, Pa., expresses confidence in the manhood of the Virginia jury. In his earlier testimony the alienist had admitted that Thaw's insanity might be of the progressive soil, but he would not say positively if it was or was not. The condition of Thaw's mind at the time he made a codicil to a will bequeathing 150,000 for prosecution of any persons who. he appeared to conceive, might be instrumental in ills death was "questionable," the expert held. BOWLING MATCH IN Y. M. C. A. ALLEYS The council organized for the year last evening. A preliminary meeting was held at noon, at which Henry Burkel succeeded to the place of Patrick Judge, and Jacob llrodbeck and Adam Illchards were sworn in for a second term. Mr. Brodbeck was temporary chairman and Jacob Schmaltz temporary secretary. At the evening session Henry Smith was elected chairman, without opposition, and A prominent business man of Cincinnati offers financial assistance, and a physician of Birmingham, Ala., directs the Strothers to draw on liim for anyj. amount needed. INCREASING PAY OF VALLEY CLERKS Y. M. C. A. Team Downed Pittston Howling- Team in an Interesting Match Asked whether Mrs. Eddy was aware of all the details of tile receivership petition and comprehended its meaning, Mr. Baker said she was. Substantial Ituises Took F.ffcct March D. C. Elder, formerly a Federal soldier, writes from Ureensburg. lnd., that he hopes for the Acquittal of the boys. 1—III Some Departments Increase The Y. M. C. A. bowling alleys last night was the scene of a very interesting bowling match. The association team defeated the strong Pittston bowling team, winning two out of three games. Score: Heat-hen Ten Per Cent, Announcement was made yesterday that the clerical force of the operating and transportation departments of the Lehigh Valley are to receive substantial boosts in their pay. The new schedule went into effect March 1 and increases will be given, for the llrst time in the April pay. Liocal men who will be benefited Include ticket agents, baggage masters and clerks in the freight and yard offices. The raises run from $2.50 to $10 a month. Clerks in the ofllces of the railroad's shops and telegraphers are not affected by the increases. The women writers congratulate the prisoners 011 their conduct and voice the hope that their example will be followed by young men of the state. .Nearly every city and every state Is represented in the correspondence. Hearing on Jersey Excise Bills. Jacob Schmaltz elected secretary, to succeed Fred. Schmaltz. Attorney \V. H. Gillespie |was elected borough solicitor, and M. M. Burke was chosen to succeed himself as borough treasurer. Mrs. Cora Page was re-elected janitress. was unanimously Thaw had a certain knowledge, but was Irrational, when he fired the first of three shots into Mr. White's body, the expert believed. He ascribed the exact cause to lie a "brain explosion" when Thaw saw the architect, just its Dr. Evans had sworn. Trenton. N. J., March 5.—When the hearing on the various excise bills before the legislature liegan a large delegation of clergymen was 011 hand to protest against any change in the existing laws. They say that the "bishops' bill" is satisfactory and tbat It Is becoming very popular. Several speakers favored the Bloom bill, which permits the opening of saloons after J p. in. 011 Sunday. PITTSTON. E. Sweet . . . Wm. McKaig ,T. McKaig . . P. Sweet . . . I.oro 140 158 1 S3 152 101 153 123 173' 1 rD7 20fi lfiS 152 133 142 There was no applicant for the office of chief of police resigned by Jacob Schmaltz. Councilman Patrick Sweeney resigned his position and was elected chief. The salary of the office was increased from $40 a year to $75 a year, and the council decided to provide the new oflieer with a uniform. All the special officers will be given clubs also. Several bills were ordered paid. The message of the burgess will be read at the next meeting.FOB SALE—1 set heavy single harness good condition. Also a lot of wooden boxes. Apply Theo. Kyte, 33 Montgomery street. 5-6 Washington. March 5. — George B. Cortelyou took the oath of office as secretary of the treasury to succeed Leslie M. Shaw, George Von L. Meyer became postmaster general as the successor of Mr. Cortelyou and James I{. Garfield has become secretary of the interior to succeed Ktiian Allen Hitchcock. who retires to private life. Changes In President's Cabinet. Mr. Jerome's question whether a man merely intoxicated would not have acted as Thaw did brought the reply that the deliberate coolness of Thaw would never have been shown by one who was Just inebriated. There was 110 boisterous conduct by Thaw, the witness pointed out, to sustain his opinion. 152 Totals 794 A. MS 723 VanValkenbu rg McOuffle  llitchner  Dr. Helman . . Davenport . . . . 174 175 104 173 121 158 lift 205 159 138 IBS ISO 14 0 190 130 The Algerian coral reel's are divided into ten portions, of which one only Is fished yearly. Ten years is the time for the proper growth of coral. RAILROAD GATE DROPPED ON DRIVER METHODIST CHANGE. Another railroad crossing accident occurred in Wllkesbarre this morning. William F. Morrissv, the Wllkesbarre agent for the Singer Sfwing Machine Co., was driving across the Hazle street crossing, of the Lehigh Valley railroad, when a train suddenly approached the crossing at a rapid rate. The gateman excitedly dropped Ungates and one of them came down on Morrlssy as he sat in his wagon. The train just grazed the rear wheels of the wag-on as it llew by. Morrissy [was severely Injured by the gate, his scalp having been badly lacerated. His condition is not dangerous. He v. Dr. Peek leaves Elm Park Judge Cuts Jerome Short, Totals 807 779 817 Church, Scran ton, io Assume Pas- No More Czars In Germany. Judge Fitzgerald became Impatient at the detail of some phases of Mr. Jerome's examination of Dr. Wagner and exhibited a disposition to hurry the trial along by telling the district attorney that he was inclined to keep blm within limits. Pltlston's fish market. Sharp's. torutc III Vow York City Berlin, March "1.—-The Grand Duke of MecklenburgSchwerin and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz announced their purposes of granting constitutions to their respective duchies. These are the only two German states still without constitutions, a fact which has given rise to frequent criticism in the reiclistag. FINANCIAL and commercial. Have Ash clean your furnaca. Rev. Dr. Andrew Gillies, who recently visited here, has left the, pastorate CDf St. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal church. Now York City, lo become assistant secretary of the Educational and Freedman's Society of the Methodist Episcopal church, this society exercising supervision also over the Sunday school union and tract society of the church, Rev. Dr. George Clark Peck, pastor of Elm Park church, Scranton, leaves Scranton to assume the pastorate in New York city left vacant by Rev. Dr. Gillies" appointment. Dr. Peck having been released from his pastorate by a meeting of the official board yesterday.Y. M. C. A. NOTES. New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co.. stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. The last number of the Y. M. C. A. lecture course takes place on Thursday evening in the Broad street M. E. church at 8 o'clock, when Edward Amherst Ott will give his celebrated lecture, "Sour Grapes." which has made him famous. No pcerson should miss this treat, of Mr. Ott's, as It is considered his masterpiece. High Am Sugar .. ..129% Am Loco . . •. . 70 '4 Am Smelter ...136'A Am Car & F . . 43 Amal Copper ..108% New York, March 5, 1907 Low. 127% 6S Vi 132% 41 % 105% Close. 127% 08% 133% 41 % 105% Mr. Jerome, in referring to the witness" statement thnt Thaw had been made insane by the story told to htm by Evelyn Nesblt, said that he thought It safe to assume, from Mrs. Thaw's statement, that Thaw knew of the friendship between his wife and the architect. Killed by Train No. 13. Rochester, N. v.. March 5.—William Prendergast of Scott street. Hornell, Erie section foreman, sixty-live years old, and two Italian workmen, Jame« and Peter Uiilaiuo, brothers, were struck and instantly killed by train No. 13, the Wells Kmrgo express, ou the Erie railroad at Hornell. C. F. I 4 2 Mi 3»% 39 % The following committees will meet this evening at the Y. M. C. A.: The auditing committee composed of C. II. Cool, John Benfield and Stephen Wilson. 7:30; religious work committee, T. W. Davies, I. I* Bevan, C. II. Cool, C. B. Andrews, Fred Dakin, Errtest Watkins, John Benfield, Stephen Wilson at Robert McArt, at 8; lecture course, F. D. Dakin, chairman, W. S. •Young. W. Li. Krise, Edwin Brnndenson and Robert McArt. at X; lecture John Benfield, Stephen Wilson. This committee will meet after the religious work committee. reo Gas T.T. S. Steel . U. S. Steel pftl 42% 102% 41 % 101 % 41% 101 V, Congress Appropriated $919,948,670.63. "Now, I ask you again." said Mr. Jerome, "do you.think that Thaw became insane after the story was told to him or was It beforeV" Washington, March 5. — Statements were made to the senate and house by Senator Allison and Representative Tawney, chairmen respectively of the appropriations committee, and by Representative Livingston, the ranking minority member of the house committee, regarding the appropriations which have been made during the session. The total appropriations aggregate $lllsJ.!»48,ti70.tW. of which $750,t522,«74.-J7 is for the annual expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ending June o'O. 1 DON. B. n. T. Eric 04% 32% 31 % fil % 31 % o. & w 41% 41% 41% The Truce of God. Dr. Wagner stuck to his origiunl statement that lie thought Thaw had become Insane after be heard the Ilea cling TV & O iir.% 108% 113% 105 114% 105 Many people are familial' wltli tlie expression the "truce of Clod" without knowing its origiu. It was attached to a custom which arose lu Aqultaiue in the middle of the eleventh century and* afterward wan observed generally In Europe. It was a covenant popularly subscribed to that from the vespers of Wednesday of holy week until Monday daybreak after Easter "no one should presume to take anything from any man by violence, or to avenge himself of his adversary, or to come down upon a surety for his engagements." The violation of this covenant was to lie paid for by a fine equal in value to the life of the lufrlnger or by excommunication and banishment.— Chicago Tribune. Felt loots aid Arctics at C. & o 4S% Portland. Me., March 5. — Eastport. Ellsworth. Bath and Halloweil, which last year had Republican mayors, have elected Democrats. On the other hand, the Republicans have captured Watervllle. Rockland and Auburn. Democratic Mayors In Maine story X. F. SI 1/j 81% COT MCES Dr. Wagner thought that when Thaw fired the first shot ''he had a certain knowledge" of what he was doing. He believed, however, that It was questionable when the mental storm which developed when Thaw saw Mr. White and went toward him was one of such violence as to deprive the defendant of a realizing sense of what he was doing. St Paul 143 % 140 140% X. Y. C. Pennsylvania ..127% Atchison com .. 98 % 124 120% 02 1 20 % 92 % $2.50 kind $2.0() kind  Boys' Felt Boots...98c Men's Arctics, $1.25 kind 98c Men's Arctics, $1.25 kind $1.25 .$2.00 .$1.75 C. P. 1J. & N. 125 180% 120 178 % 178 Vi 120 o. w. 14% 14% 14 % The $3,000 prize short story competition inaugurated by the Circle Magazine will probably draw forth a high quality of lletion because of the liberality of the prizes. The first prize is $1,000; second and third $.rD00 each; fourth, $300; fifth, $200; sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth, $100 [each. The competition closes May 31, f!i07. Boar* Now Govern Transvaal. a. p. .. 82% 83% Pretoria, March 5.—The new Transvaal ministry, of which General Botha, formerly commander in chief of the Boer forces, la premier, was sworn in. S. It. M. P. 24% 23 % 76% 76% 23% Dahbury, Conn., March 5.—A brick block, owned by Hull Brothers' company, occupied In part by them, was totally destroyed by tire, and an adjoining building was burned out in the upper tioors. The loss Is about $125, uoo. Big Blaze In Danbury, Conn. U. I. . . 23% 23% 23% Knew Revolver Was Deadly, K. T. Wabash 42% 29 % 28% 40% 40% During the half hour Tlntfl* sat wttfc his wife before the shooting, according to the opinion of the expert, lie probably knew that the exploding of & U. P 167 % 163% 164% Mstm Sisaie .Store New Battleship In Commission. Boston, March The new United States battleship Vermont wan formal- t ly placed in commission at the Charleatow a navy yard. T. P 31 % 30 C/4 30% Dr. Moon, dentist, IS N. Main. Ilarter's pure home made candy. 79 N. Main St. Pittston, Pa.