Pittston Gazette

              tftATmcn coxRmojfs. ATX TTT15 HOME NT!W8. forum st Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow tot Kastern Pennsylvania. Far (tie IVopie of PlUHftn and Vicinity. Cloudy and warmer tonifflit and Tluusdiiy: liffhl variable winds. THE HOME I'APRU. 57TH YEAR. WRICKLY " \TABLI8HKD 1850. DAILV 'J'HKO. HART 1882 T s^lfl mister PITTSTON, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL.3," 1907 TWO CRNTH A COPY. PORT* (MINTS A MONTH. I 8 PAGES. there had been an Implied obllfratio | Th* trouble I spoke of had reference lo which should he lived up to. , l'*'s holt against iilggln* thai is. hi reality _ , , _ „ against Afrr. Harrimau and Mr. llai;rl"Brought Forward by Roossvslt." man's friend. Governor Odell 'I Ida is the way l wait brought to tin ; A reference to the files of the New York surface In the political matters. a1* 1 hat i papers at that time will show thai there never before taken any active parr am I was a very extensive bolt against Mr. Hlghad only done what I oonlcl as any pri I Klna npon the ground that Governor Odell \C*te citiseu might, Ho . you ace" I waD ' had nominated him and that he had in brought forward by Roosevelt In an at* j some manner favored Mr. Marriman overtmppt to help hhn, ai hid request. th» | muCh—neither ground, in my judgment, ■a me as I was In the Insurance mattei } being tenable. Mr. I la rriman's backing «Df by Hyde and Ryan by their request fot : Governor Odell and extreme anxiety that my help. And in the case of- Ryan i, he should win out by aeonting Higg Ills' would probably have dropped iiie piattei D election waft a matter of loinmou notoriety after my first interview had i( not beer,» arid mentioned in all the papers notably for my desire to save Belmont from" tali- j in the New York Sun. On.Oct 12 Mr. liarlug a position for whkfi he could have I riman wrote nte: been i i iliilsed bD the publlr prea*. as lit ! ri i.„ the VI*lt was fin? one Rvan ileal rod me in influence ' . , from opposing' Morton for r!ei-il.»u us :l \"'y .•huli man or Hie Bqultnbl* board anC ' ",llt ,u '« efii.K H.e lie here and "i- Belmont afterward ll.anlieU me to, laic- i t, lld dn stD 11 B"-v „5'" D"1" ''a'' IIIK his pari. as. if he liari vo-.-J sigatmH aw-otnplla'i h ' - I will lake o,eiislon Morton, in view of Ills local trac-loi, eon- i «•'»« «' "fDxt »wDrU 10 ""i down ro *c lentioiis Willi Mr Ryan, ii would lmvt ! vo" and mini; by tlia! ttn.e ihe eondllioiis been inlseonatrued. »lll be \ «•D mueh improved. After receivlnR this letter 1 wrote Mr. llarrinian THE CONFERENCE •T. O. Randnll. 1). P., of New York City. FAMILY THEATER. AFFIRMS LETTER. This evening the anniversary of the Hoard of Foreign Missions will be Zoto, tho hfendcuff kins. has creating quite a stir ihis week nmons the patrons of thC' Family Thoater. held, and the address will he delivered •ntr n i• • f** „ „ -nCr . . I bv Rev. Homer Stuntz, superinton- Methodist Clergy Meet in, llc.nt.or melons m the Philippine isi In lids. Lestershire. C nmihia.eN Kvamincd. ■ The full list of candidates  7 : the examinations this vour lC.4is fol- TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS! m PRESIDENT Ho does some really clever things -In WjivrMmnn flivPQ on A Hou/Af the line of releasing himself from j WTV8S all AnSWcr bonds of various kinds. He has n new "stunt" for tomorrow afternoon, anil , this will he open to the public. lie wfll place himself in charge of the city to Roosevelt. . c. WITHDRAWS NOTHING Roosevelt Denies He Begged Harriman to Raise Funds. First Year— N. Clifton Wolcott poller. permit himself tiD be handcuffed and lock d behind cell bars, ami Kiiairaitcos to .free himself. On Friday evening-, at the last show in 1 lie Fa mi I", he will permit himself to be plnceri In a dry Knoils box by employes of (Jimiperiz Ai Co., proniisini; to free himself in short order. William K. AV"ebsftcr and John A. Tut- Rev. C. M. Surcljim May be Second Year—Herbert R Maryland, , ' Uerlhier W. Oix. Hubert S. Iioyee, Made Presiding Elder. Walter Walker and Chuviur Hiekok. Tliird \ Year— WaIson I!. Slgnor. Ii'rarik ,f. Xilc.s, William c. er.tndall. I.esterslrirc, N. y.. April 3. This Thomas li. Huberts, William E,.' Damorning witnessed tlio formal open- v's and i larence .1 lienjaiviin. inn of i hi* fifith anntial session of I'mirth "i ear l'rank lD. (Jibbs, Al- AVyoming (Nml'erenie oi the .Methodist'''''1' 1 hapman. 1C loyO. I.esh, Episcopal Church, which is being held ' baileM \. Fnar, S, l.ee Whitman anil ill the T.estershiic M. E. Church, this j Joseph M. Coleman. Offers Unmsntioned Letter V. in Evidence. SCORES RAILROAD MAN. PARANOIA VICTIM Now York. April &~E. H. Hariiman Kb ve out the following rejoinder in respouse to the statement made public by President Kooseveit at Washington: "Ryan, Root, Roosevelt Element." the followtrtK lelter. which I fcivt- in 'nil "Undesirable as Debs, Moyer or Haywood." Ryan*a sueeea.s in all IiIk manipulation! —-traction deals, tobacco combination manipulation of ihe Slate Trust company Into the Morton Trust company. the Shot and Leather bank into tin* Western Xa tiona) bank and then again into the (Sank of Commerce, thus covering up his track* "My Dear Mr. llarriman— A suggestion has come to me in »' roundabout way that you do not iliinVc It wise to I'-orne on to see me in these closing weeks of the campaign, but that you are? reluctant to refuse, inasmuch .is I have Hived you. Now. my dear sir. you and I are prac- I have read the president's statement. I am moat anxious to treat hhn and Ms other utterances with consideration due t«j lhe high oftlee which lie holds. Nevertheless I feel bound to call attention t - certain tilings in regard to which he doe* ma village being a beautiful residence ! ,'las'!C for admission- {.eland I suburb of the cily ol IMnghariiton. The Imorlriand \\ ilbcrt I. I.uiidlo. Experts Swear Thaw is m— attendance of clergymen and lay dele- gates is unusually Ian'. ', on account [ l*ishop Luther li. Wilson, of Ohutof the accessibility of l„.-stershlrCD and Imiioorm. Tenn.. who presides over the the excellent weather conditions. -\I! conference, arrived in town yesterof the familiar confer, nee .scenes are'flay and is being entertained at the Conference Xolrs, Menace to Society. SOlKiBl MHT« m SfcNATOK DfcPKW has been done by the adroit mind of Klihu Root, and this present situation ha* been brought about by a combination of rlri which has brought together Ryan, Root. Roosevelt «;ientent. \Yhere do i stand? Yours sincerely. E II. HARK I MAN. President Hits Back. 'lhc president's disclaimer is made up mostly of two long letters which Mr. 1'oo.sevelr wirdc to ( .lames S. Sherman last October. In them are embodied a number of letters which passed between tlie president ami Mr. Marrilnan, sonic of them mark tical men. and you art- on the ground and know the conditions better than I do. if you think there is anv danger of your visit to me causing trouble or if you think there is nothing special I should b«* informed about oC- no matter in which I could give aid why. of course give up the visit for the time being, and then a f*'s\ weeks hence before I write nt\ message 1 shall ifet you to come down to discuss certain government "matters nor i-orinectod with the campaign. VYUh grcut regard, sincerely yours. You will nee that this letter* hi al-so* lutely incompatible with anD theory that I was asking Mr. IlarriniUM tn conn down to see me .iti my own interest or Intended to makf anD request of any kind for help from him. (hi the contrary, all that I was concerned with in seeing him was t«» know if I could be of help in m  the election of Air. Higy.ins .t 'man f"•• whom I had ilo* highest respect and v # I belieWd would be. as in fact he h.t.» been, a most admirable governor. Wry iujtislk e DELUSIONS WILL GROW In Ms letter to Mr. .Sherman lie elearlD seeks to eonve.y the Impression that th« personal interview with him in the fall "f was of my seeking and not his lie suns: 'His | J larriinan's | and my leirers now before me in tlie fall of I90i run •ts follows: 'On his return fi*oin .-spending the summer' in Kurope on Sept. 4'0 ha wrote me stating that if I thought it deniable lit would t oine to see me at any UI'SIIOI* I., li. WTI.KOX. Megnate Recommended Appointment of Jatnee Haien Hyde as Ambassrjior Delmas G-ives Board Writ- to France »nd Was Greatly Displeased When Told That He Could Not Be Named—Political Secrete and Pri- ings of Defendant. vate Letter* Qiven Out .Now Vol !;, ViiHI ;! When Harr.v K'. Thaw catue illliD conn to;la,v lit* ex pressed great delight when told that the lllllllC.V Commission Would plolmhh conclude ils liitiOi'd ill a few lloill's ftiul send ils conclusions to Justice I'lt/gei- Washington. April 3 — President Hiio»ie\eli lo»t uo time iu lakitiu up the ! amazing charges made by E. H. Hani | luflu in a letter written to Sidney Web j ner and which is the sensation of the; ed ''personal" and "strictly personal lu these idlers Mr. ltoo*evelt lold I'oiii'I'fSMnun Sliertnah iliai tlie oni.v reason lie laid a conference wilit liar riiiuin In Washington was because of ii Id tomorrow decade in political and (inaueial cir-1 iles. The president deemed the lei let" j to he of such Importance that he sum-j molted a cabinet meeting to discuss It. j A startling development in llie pro ; ceedtngs before the commission seemed lo make ii apparent thai one faction ofj Thaw's lawyers want to send him to j .Malleawan as the lietler' solution of his predicament, while the other is still lighting to secure his freedom. his interest in the campaign of CDov ei nor Higgms. The president said lie liad wauled to secure Higgins' e eu , Hon, a ltd as there was a iDolt against Higgins be wauled to talk to Harrinian about It. trills' Mill! r 11 nonoii e noos kv k i .t The cabinet was in session for sev | eral hours. after which the president The conclusion of the president's last letter to Sherman about Iliirrimau is particularly bitter. 11 is in part: President Bitter- issued a statement in which lie em phatically denied the statement by) Harriiuan thai lie ai the request of President Koonevell assisted in raising j u fund of IfU.Vl.imhi to lie used in carry-; lug New York for the Republican par ] lv at the election which was then ap-j pioaehluir. 'l'bis statemitit the prcsi- lu his letters the president said thai Marrimnn at first persistently urged that Senator Hepew be made ambassador to France, but thai lie told liar riiiian lie didn't think it would be possilile. Ilarriuuin said thai "a big bus! ness interest" favored Jtepe-w for the post. The president wrote that lie was surprised, because this same "big bus! ness interest" had written to him urging that .lames 11, Hyde get the am bassadorship to France. Sub.setitiently Harriman swili lied to Hyd, and urged Hyde's appointment. The president says lie gave him no encouragenieui. Hyde For Ambassador. "I'ar nfore Importanl are the additional remarks he made to you. as you inform me. when yott asked him if lie thought il was well to see Hearsllsm and the like triumphant over the Republican party. You inform me that lie told yoit that lie did not care in llie least because those people were crooks and lie couht buy them, that whenever lie wanted legislation from a state leg islature he could buy it. thai he 'could buy congress' and thai if necessary he •could buy the judiciary.' A collect ion of newspaper C■! ippi i.gN pasted on foolscap, with comment in Thmv's hand writing, was produced he fore the com mission b,y l.nwyer IDel mas li is said thai some of comments are mere I hese 'l'Lii'.v begin coherently enough. but £nd in a siring of meaningless words. "A deliberate and willful untruth,! By right It should be characterized by ] tin e»cii shorter and more ugly word j I never requested Mr. Harriman to j taiie a dollar for the presidential cam j ptilgtl of UMH." dent characterizes as A Menace to Society. "If 'I'liaw is freed lie will be a menace to society." declared Dr. Austin l'°Jint at the hearing before the lunacy commission. He has paranoia." lie con KDWAIiD 11. HAU It I'M AX .D be fount! av the cjuireli.ivIicit ev time. iin-.'i or later. (tie. had Wen, as you tviucuiber, a delegate to lire Republican cuiionul convention. having voted for inv iioiuihiiiion.) ( in .Sept. r3 1 answered tills let tfI' savins;, "At present there is nothing for me to see you about, though thetxwere one or two points in my letter of acceptance which. I would like to have di.-scussed with - yoti before putting* It out.'.''' Let me present the facts: On Julie :'4. 19*14. llie president wrote me the following letter, which he does not luf tiide in the correspondence published today. it reached me in Ktirope Worse Than Debs. hum, of !!"V. C/. 11. Newlng, pnstov ni tin* l.este. .-?liire church, to which credit is due for the very complete arranfjetjlents for the sessions of the conference and the entertainment of I i lined Harrimah's Letter "Tins was doubtless said partly in boaslttjl'cynlcism and partly in a mere but'si of bad temper liecattse of his objection to interstate commerce law and to .mD' actions as president. Hut il shows a cynicism and deep seated corruption which make the man tillering such sontiiiiouts and boasting, no mailer how falsely, of his power to per I'orut siieh crimes at least as undesira hie a elt'i/.en a." Melts or Mover or Haywood; II is because we have capitalists capable of tillering such sentiments and capable of acting on them that ihere is strength behind sinister agitators of I he Hearst type. The wealthy C orruptionist ami the demagogue who eM-ites in the press or on the stump, in otlhe or out of otiice. class against class and appeals to tin* basest pas siotis of the human soul are fitndanieu willy alike and are etptally euerfiies or rhe republic. I was horrified, as was liooi. when you told us today what IJarriiuan had said to .volt." ry possible convenience has been ro.vidt'd for (he el-rnymen and all "Ills delusions will grow in grandeur and eventually may center aDMiud some one connected with the irlal. If so that person's life would be in dan following is the Harriman letter | which called for this eha tact erteal ion j I'tnui the nation's chief exectilive: Another pari of the letters referred lo Mr. Harriman'* desire to influence the pre-Idem in his railroad attitude In a letter written by Harriman to Kooscvelt. Harrintan said thai l-ocb. ilie president's secretary, had given liim lo understand that lie could see in advance that part id' the president's forthcoming message relating to the interstate commerce commission and the regulation of railroad rules. The president wrote lo liiin that his mind was made up and that Harriman couldn't see his message or any part of li.shop Wilson iDr Di»l 1 and opened iM.s Kast Sevenreenth first session iDD n»to'iinj4 tlv* Ephesians. Tho confrr,vn 1 Sur- Daring tin' roll call at ihe prelimiestoicluy. I!ev; Dr. Mr. Sidney Webster nil (Vf. ,'\i-ft Yol'K chupte »• tjurv l-l.tjil tn .Di iC r address, staled that t iiD' Methodist church, .it present, is in Sf'S.- 'il The foregoing was the substance of llie testimony of Jerome's six alienists at llie hearing before the lunacy com mission. These alienists besides Dr. Flint included Dr. William Mabou, Dr. William H irbch and Dr. Allan Me Kane Hamilton. The hitter's worst hit at the defense was when lie said: Ileal- Sir—I uiu g:iad to .see that you are In town aiuMioiie soon to have an opportunity o£ lulklng matter* over yvltli you. l had printed. copies of ilie leKtlmony set.! Dou in hope* tlntt you would; after reading th«m. give "ie some idea of win-re I stand. for I confess ll.at I feel somewhat m sea in tlie wtiote insurance mailer. The trouble--originated in my allowing rnyfeif to lie dtawPi Into other people's affairs and jjartly from a desire to help tiieni and at ttielr requt*si. I seem tiD be like the rtllow who ant in between the man and his wife in their quarrel. C'iico joined in singing 4 vey tin- Wondrous frofs-s. The C•['*■ l!t v. A be prayer was Oil- rod mminent danger of a famine for minister.-*. because of the lack of interest imoiiy : hi" young men of the church. Votive measures must needs be instiitited to enliven an interest among:lie youths who are the future hope of ihe ehureh, else the Methodist faith will be destitute of men to further its "White House. Washington. June 29. 1904 Wrighy, a member of the i-iviifeivnu for il years:, \Vh6 retires I'rOm aeiiyD "Personal. My clear Mr. Jlarrltnan service of the mirtirtry (hi "I thank you for your letter, As noon an you come home 1 shall waul to see you. The light will doubtless he hot then. It has been a real pleasure to see you this year, Very truly yours. The itTipressivi rvici- nl tlio Holj 1lislirti Sacrament was t hell "Hairy TUaw Is not uuw rationally conscious thai lie is on trial lor Ills life autt lias lip rational couetption of what is jtoing on ai tlie* present lime 1n lliis room." WUmoii oHicirtt •C!. and ('allod upon Rev. Dr. X«!\virtff. pastor of tho  Church, together "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Omitted Letter. In reply to this 1 wrote him mi my return t'roiii Europe the letter of Sept. "m. I he opening sentences of which h* ellm- it in advance with At to my political inmiucts. to wlin.'li you refer In Donr ietier of LDeC\ 115 I &in quite Duty 1 have none, and my In-inu maae at all prominent in tiu; political situation is entirely doe to President Koose\»H and because of my taking an active- part In the autumn of 1 iK»4 at talis urgent request and his taking- advantage •».f conditions then created to further his i.wn Interests. If it had been h pivmerti1 lated pier it C ould nol have been briier • tarred or* carried out. Roosevelt's First Letter. preHtclinfi elders Hid several, of thi Invitations tor the next conference havp been ' receiveil from «Vntenary The text of the president's first let rer to t'oiigre»siuan .Sherman Is as t'CD 1 older pastors. 10 assist him At the. clow of the Sacrament service. Bishop Wlivoii maile brief lull very touching' remarks concerning the death of Bishop McCain1, who had been Originally selected I o preside church. Hinehamton. the Carbondnle church, and Elm Park Church, Scran. tCiri. H has not yet been decided where the .conference will meet. Beaeliy Head is one of the highest of the English cliffs. Its sitmniit is .D04 feet above tUe sea. The Welsh coast has several cliffs higher than P.oai/hv Head. Holyhead is 71!) feet aud Great Ornie's Head ti~8 feet. St. Catherine's cliff, Isle of Wight; heatp all these. It W 8150 feet high: inated in his publication lows Oct. X. lfliill. "New York. Sept. .1). Ism, Dear Mr. President: My Dear Sherman-Since Do»i Jefi iitornfn& ' in hold ol the. letters to which 1 "referred, and I »elid \ «mi a copy of governor Odell's letl#»r to the of Dee. lu. l*NM. Ills I I'ittston people ftill.be interested in ihe report that their pastor. Kev. C. M. Surdam,'is considered a very likely candidate for the presiding eldership of the Owego district. in place of Key. Dr. Dies- -r, who retires this "1 Was very glad to receive your note of June last while 1 was in * Kiiropt;. I «m now getting matters that accumulated during my absence somewhat cleared up and. if you think it desirable, will go lo see you at any lime either now or later, it seems to me thai the situation could not be in belter shape. Yours sincerely. "E. It. I1AKRIMAN. "To the president, Washington. B. C." over this s ssion of Wyoming Confer enpe As I am omfrelv willing that you should show ihJS letter to Mr. K. H. Jiarnnn-m. I shall begin by repeating what you loin liie He said to you on the occasion lust week when you went to ask him for a contribution to ihe campaign Voti informed me thai lie then expressed gr«*ai dissatisfaction with ma anil said in effeet that ao long as J was at the head of ihe Republican party or h was dominated by the policies which 1 advocate and represent lie would not support it and was quite indifferent whether Hearst beat Hughes or not, whether the Democrat* carried congress or not. I!** gave nr. a reason for his personal dislike of me partly my determination 10 have ihe railroad# supervised and partly the alleged fact thai after promising htm To appoint Depew ambassador to Prance 1 failed to do it, and 1 understood you to say that he alleged that I made this promise at a time when lie had come down to see me in Washington, when I requested him to raise S&O.OGO for ihe Republican presidential campaign which was then on. Sidney Webster, In wlioui the Hnrrilintu letter was written, is a million «lre. His wife is a si-ster of Stuyvesaiit I'lsli. whom Marriuiau only Rev sen led two resolufiotis touched the death of Sweet, a! this point, prC About a week before I Iks election in I he autumn of li)(H. when ii looked crtaln The aiate ticket would ho Democratic and was doubtful hh to RooHeve.lt himseif, lie. the president, Seut me a req-uebt to *«» to Washington to confer upon the political C outfitioiiK in New York state. 1 complied and he told me lie understood the • am- could "ot be successfully carried on without sufficient money and asked if J would help them in raising the necessary funds, as the national committee, under control of Chairman t'ortelyou. had utterly failed of obtaining them, and there wa# a large amount due i'rom them to ttie New York state committee. Cortelyou's Failure. Bishop Mi year, not only from the presiding' eldership but also from the aetiv.' work of the ministry: Kev. Dr. W. G. Simpson,'. a. former pastor of the West l'iitsi«n Church, is also mentioned in connection with the vacant eldership. IDuI the chances are strongly in favor of the selection id' lt.n'. Mr. Surdam. The I'ittston elmrch has had Mr. Surdam as nastor for eight consecutive years and ihey would be pleased a few Cabe referring in fitting words to hi SPECIAL NOTICES niouiliK niro dynamited out of (lie pies itloucy of Hie lliinoN Central. 1'he lishes and Wehsters have led in the fashionable cottage life at .Newport for years. Mr. Webster owns Pen Craig there, an estate adjoining the Facets lie i* an old line Deinot rat. a writer on political subjects and a lawyer wifh a name that is known abroad as, well as in this country. There are lew £Opd clubs in Now York to Which he does not beltfDg. Christian character and hi vice to the Church, whll Thou followed a series of invitations from iho White House, both from the piesident and his secretary. urging me to g\D to Washington. On Get. lu the president wrote: ,y1n view of the trouble over the state ticket In New York, i should much like to have a few words with you. Do you I hink you can get down iter® within ;i few days and take either lunch or dinner with me?" was coram ndatorv of Bishop Wilson COLORED LAWN'S, Both resolutions werC adopted. unanimously DIMITIES AND SWISS Kev. Dr. MePermo!t read the roll of Jnst received a large assortment in the conference. ;ind :'t J unnouncetl that three died since the previo. vision I /lUClfllKVl-S h;l C1 s session. \ /it was rr-Hou-U'ii /, and iin* loirow- ; ,s li is nssistrtiiis; 1 v, T M. Fumy. V. Lee \Vhitenian\ J wfis r.w'Veti rt stru Rev. ('oniu'il »»■D - - plain and flgtifcd lawns, dimities and swisS. Ver.v pretty made up in spring Rev. Hr. Mo!D Driii" confoicncc socrftav anil summer dress. 1 2 h c to 25c yard More Invitations Follow. lCi have hint return, Inn ii Is understood that he is regarded iis worthy of higher .honors and that lie will probably receive a more important Linen Suiting 15e to 50c yard On Oct. 14 he wrote: My Dear Mr. Harrhnitn i explained to him that I understood tiie dirticultx here was mainly caused by th* up *iate leaders being .unwilling to support Depew for re-election as I'nited {States senator; that if he. Dopow. could bt taken care of in some oilier way, i thought matters could be adjusted and die different contending elements in the party brought into close alliance again. We talked over what could be done for Depew. and finally he agreed that if found necessary he would appoint htm *.» ambassador to Paris. inc were elected ISevs. I!. I' Itiple J I. Parson." and S New Spring1 Dress Ginghams. "A suggestion hits come in me in a roundabout way thai you do think it wise to come to see in* in these closing weeks of the campaign, but that you are reiuc- JUDGE PARKER INTERESTED Uev. T. Ji. Hubert appointment Plain Mercerized Ginghams at lCe tislieal secretary man was rc-ek'ctO'tNuiiilVreiieo tresis- CHRONIC RUNAWAY AT ELEVEN YEARS yard, ,10 inches wiile tant to refuse inasmuch as 1 liave asked you." Say* Railroads Campaign, Financed Roosevelt's virer Very fine assortment of Corset Whether i was seeking his aid to secure the adherence of the state of New York to the state ticket or lie was seeking mine is proved or disproved by this correspondence. and I cheerfully submit to the public the inference. A Deliberate Untruth, Albany. X. V., April 3.—Alton 1J. Parker. former chief jtisi Ice of the conn or' appeals and Democratic candidate for the prealdency of tiie ('lilted States in mm. was in this city to argue Di case before the court of appeals. He displayed the keenest Interest in the let - ler of .Mr. (JalTiuiait. especially in re ward to its relations lo his own charge made in the 11)04 campaign that the great corporation interests were largely financing the Republican campaign. He said: 11 e v. Or. M unlock pr inss from lte\ . Dr. Mogtv. pastor of Centra! Church. Wilk.-sbarre. who. with his wife, sailed yesterday oil a tti.ree month.--' tour of Kurone ami the Holy Ua'nil. Sentetl greet covers trimmed with Val. Lace and Any such statement Is a deliberate wild willful untruth. My rights it should be characterized by ait even shorter ami more ugly word. I never requested Mr. Ilairltiiau lo raise a dollar for Hie presidential campaign of 1!)0I. On the colitrary. our communications aa retards Hie campaign related exclusively lo ihe fish! behiK made against Mr. ttlggiiia for D\ ei nor of New Vork. Mr. Harrhnati. being immensely interested til Hie success .if Mr. ItlgKlns because he regarded ihe ultack on lliggins as being realty mi attack on liini, Mr. Harriniari. and on hi* friend. Governor Oriel), and lie was concerned only in getting rue to lull Mr. Cortelyou to aid Mr. Iligglns so fur an lie could, which I gladly did. Clement Tekicses. an 1 1-year-old boy. whose father. Charles Tekiezes, lives in lnkerman. has been missing front' home for several nays. His relatives ate much worried and are conducting a search for him. The boy, although little more than a child, has become a confirmed runaway and his parents are Unable to keep him at home. The boy escaped from his home a month ago and was gone for several days, lie was IIn illy located by the city iiotlce and was held at the police station until his father took him away He remained home until lust Friday, when he again disappeared and thus far has eluded every effort made to locate him. Persons who have any knowledge of the boy's whereabouts are requested to telephone to John Gorman's store, In- Inserting, 25c. 31 c,-35c 50c. C. L WAGNER, 18 S. Main St Harriman Their "Last Hope." I am not responsible for what Mr. Sherman may have said lo the president with reference to the conversation he had with me. All that I have to say is that I did not meet his urgent requests thdt 1 contribute to his campaign fund and that the statements alleged to have been attributed to me by him were false. The president was assured of this fact by a mutual friend who was present ai tlie interview. NViclj full belief that lie. the president, would Keep this agreement. J iame hack to New York, sent for Treasurer Ullfis. who told me that 1 was their last hope and that they had exhausted every other resource, hi his presence I called up an intimate friend of Senator Depew. told liiiu mat it'Whh necessary In order to carry New York state that $200,000 should be raised ai once and if he would help 1 would subscribe $60,000. After a fewwords over the telephone, the gentleman said he would let me know, which he did probably in three or four hours, with the result that the whole amount, including inj* subscription, had been raised. llev. Or. Sweet, presiding elder of r.inghnmton district, presented hU re- CD CS -CN C5- CTv Rev. 0. A. t'ure reported for the port to thi' conferem ,THWt.H)Av Chenango district. of which he is presiding elder. !lev Dr. Hom-'i* C. Stw-htz. superintendent n! missions in tli, Philippines, addressed the ionlVipn,"c in regard to "Thai $150,000 was turned over by the iCt|Ui table. Mutual ami New York Life Itimirauce companies to Mr. t'orfely oifs committee has never been denied. of course. It was testified to under oath before a body who could haw summoned Mr. Bliss and DJr. Cortelyou to the witness stand if it had been denied. It is safe to deny Mr. Harriman's statement because there is not a committee before whom Mr. Bliss amt Mr. Cortelyou and others can be sum molted,aud compelled to testify. Pastor Gone and So H»» Girl, the work id' the church in lhose islands. The work., he s.atd. had to do with .in different Hags. s i languages and fin appropriation of $1,10(1,000 is demanded for the ensuing year to carry on the work effectively. Hridgeton. N. .1.. April 3.—The Kev. Oscar \V. Fischer lias resigned as pus tor of St. John's German Lutheran church and lias left the city. Later it was learned that Miss t'hrissle Sebeybluff, one of the members of Ills church and a singer in the choir, had left a West Commerce strepi house, where she hud been employed as a govarneis for the last eight years. lie also (I think more than once) urged me to promise to make Senator Depew ambassador to France, giving me in detail the reasons why ibis would help Governor Odeli by pleasing certain big financial interests, i informed him that i did not beliese it would be possible for me in appoini Mr. Depew and furthermore expressed my surprise at his saying that the men representing th« big Unsocial Interests of New York wished that appointmem made, inasmuch as a number of them had written lo me asking that the same pla» e be given to Mr. Hyde and that as a matter of fact, while 1 v\as not prepared to announce any decision. 1 doubted whether I could appoint either Mr. Depew oi Mr. Hyde to the place. As soon as Mr ilarrhnan heard that Mr. Hyde was a candidate and had the names of his backers he hastily said he did n*Dt wish to be understood as antagonizing Mr. Hy.de and would be quite willing to support him. and. though I understood that he still preferred Mr. Depew, h* left me strongly under lhe impression that lie would be almost us well satisfied with Mr. Hyde and was much discontented at my informing him so positively. not once, but repeatedly, that I did not think that T should be able to appoint either. The checks were given lo Treasurer Blisa. who took them to Chairman CorielDt»u. If there were any among them of life insurance companies or other like organizations, of course Cortelyou must have informed the president. I do not know who the subscribers were other than the friend of Depew. who was an Individual. This amount enabled the New- York state committee to continue it* work, with the result that at leuai 5O.O0O votes were turned in the city of New York aloiie. making a difference of 100.000 votes in the general result. Rev, Dr. Kavanaugh represented the Methodist Hospital. Brooklyn, hefore the conference. He said the hospital now has property worth $.'100.- 000 and raised an endowment fund of $300,000 during the past year. kerrnan Now Slowing Y. M. C. A. BANQUET. Bishop Wilson presenl'd lo ilie conference treasurer a draft for $2,051. representIng Wyoming's share of the profits ut trie Methodist I took Co'ncern during the pttst year, This is a lain.', advance on last year's draft. The money Roes to tile fund for superanu- Arrangements are now complete for the second annual banquet of the Y. M. C. A., which will be held in the State Armory, on South Main street, tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. The indications are that 200 guests will be in attendance. Judge FerMs had accepted an invitation to act as toastmaster. but the death of his mother makes it impossible for him to attend, and Charles Johnson, general secretary of the Wiikesbarre Y. M. C. liAllfiR LINE Or Trenion. X. .1.. April :!.—Assemblyman Cornish of Kssex. introduced in the bouse a bill which provides a tax for wearing the hair on the face a" follows, to be paid to the tax collector yearly: Ordinary whiskers. $5: side whiskers. $8; Van Dyke beard. $10: mutton (hops, $15: "billygoat." $5iD; red whiskers. 20 per cent extra. Jersey May Tax Whiikere. "Congress has refused to make an investigation of the corporate contributions of U)U4 or to pass a law prohibit Ing corporate contributions in the future. The moneys raised by Mr. Marrinian and contributed by the life insurance companies aggregating $,•*&D,- (mhD was but a drop in the bucket as compared with the total contributions by railroads and other great corporalions. The public importance of an in. vestigatInn at this time therefore can not be overestimated." 1 907 Sprlttft and Summer stylos There are between 2.200 and I'.V.OO districts in .Greater New York, and in a campaign such as that the expenditure of. say. $50 in each district for campaign purpose*, not including the watchers on election day. would take more than $100,- 'Mr in low cut shoes for women ami men ated clergymen Sole agent for the famous \V T.. Doufflns shoes for men. Rev. Or Fuller, presiding elder of the Honesdale district, lead his re- Roosevelt Changed Mind About Depew, port riuiiid time in December. 1904. on my way from Virginia to New York, I stopped and had a short talk with the president. He then told me that lie did not think it necessary to appoint Depew a* amhsssa dor lo Parts an agreed in fact, favored htm for the senate. I had pot expected that lie was the one mi- D as lo what would be nei'Mjtsary. but lie arrogated that to himself? at.d I. of course-. rtouUI say nothing further A for that I used what influence 1 could to have Depsyr returned ig the sonata, as X considered llev. P. A. Raker. representing the A , lias kindly consented to serve in Anti-Saloon Ijeague. addressed the that capacity. The speakers will be conference, after which the morning Hon. C. C. Bowman. Hon. William session was brought to a close with Drury, Knu+son Houser, Rev. \V. R. the h tied let kin hy Bishop Wilson. Harshaw, Attorney P. A. O'Boyle and s boston I SHOE STOKE, f 79 N. Main §1. Q Adjutant General Henry Accused. Albany, N. V.. April Assemblvtuau Friable of Schenectady caused a stir iu the lower house by attacking Adjutant General Henry of the national guard because, he said, the ad jufant general has sought by improper methods to influence bis action as a Bolt Against Higyins. . . -r o . « OC. ,0 I, wroi' ,o Mr Hani,nan: "In j T,r°0p' M 1 m view of the Trouble over the state ticket | April J. 1 tesidenf Bo» In New yorlt I should nmch like to have 'nllla of Honduras is still at Amapala a fewv words with you. Do you think you with a good huuiber of troops loval to can jet down iete within a few days and . , , take tithsr luioh or dinner with n*«?/'. • This afternoon's session of the con- numbers will be selections by the ference included the missionary ser- orchestra, a vocal solo hy mon by Key, .1. F. Warner and even- James McArt and a cornet solo by H. gellstic services conducted by Rev. A. Clark. Afternoon Session. Attorney S. M. Parke The musical O-Cv CCS