Pittston Gazette

              - * fKifefxm (tfa$e if ■ i 1 A'lvertisers w'" most effec-' 1 1 € "■ tively reach the 7,000 J homes in Pittston and its im- ]! J mediate vicinity through the J columns of thjs newspaper. the evening news,pa- f pers with the morning jour-J ? nals for conclusive proof that i J the bulk of the news appears  ,HSO f nineteenth year. P1TTSTON, PA-. MONDAY EVENING, JULY !D, l»0». * two on;nts CHINESE SAY LEGATIONS STAND CONGER'S LAST REPORT MR. TOWNE'S PLANS. SAFE ON JULY FOURTH. ARMSTRONG'S " PRICE LISTr TDK* TO HID • - He Will Not at Pminl Hake Them No Laudanum— Nothing tliat could harm the ■little one, in Mail Prom China Brings Letter Lincoln, Neb,, July 9.—No formal announcement will be made by Charles A. Towne of his decision in regard to the Populist nomination for the vice presidency until the Populist committee gives him formal notification of his nomination. This will be in about ten days. Mr. T.iwne said yesterday that he would make publigjiis decision at that time and would issue an address giving his reasons for the action he takes. What that action would be he refused to say. "But my course is perfectly clear now," Mr. Towne added. "I have already talked the matter over with several Populist leaders." Pabllo. Foreigners In Peking Wer,e 2i Dated May 21. Then Alive. OR. JAMES' Flour • Corn and cracked corn, per 100 i.oj Chop and meal, per 100 - • 1.05 - $4-75 Is certainly flood advice to follow in some cases; not quite so good in others. We HAVE rather an overplus of summer goods on hand in certain lines; it would doubtless pay us to HOLD, but that is not our policy. BOXER ATTACKS HAD STOPPED. SOOTHINQ SYRUP CORDIAL. MINISTER MAT HOW BE DEAD. Cures all the ills of childhood, Cut Hay, per 100 - Oats, per bushel • - Hay, per 100 - 85c - 36c - 8$c He Deaorlbea the Situation at Peking: at Beginning of the Revolt and Tells of His Attempt* to Avert the Trouble. Official Declaration by CoM«h In Shanghai—Prince Chlag Said to Have Started Counter Revolution Affalnat Prince Tnan. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL At drug stores. 25 cents a bottle. Pounds Best Dairy Fancy Jam, per bottle - - 10c Fancy Columbia River Salmon 20c Two cans Salmon .... 25c Mason Jars, pints, per do2 - 50c Maton Jars, quarts, per doz - 60c Mason Jars, D4 g3t, per doz - 70c All Goods Delivered Promptly. They Declare the Ministers Safe July 3d. BUTTER /boot 40 pieces of fancy toured r*- Wr/J In won. regular value 10c a yard; cloa Si, V u lug out for. J M A few i iecea of 15c value Lawns ti\/% «*/l and Dimities at one-third off regu- yQ *. lot of Allover Lace for yoking, wr/i Almost a free gift at this price, J||C Vfl The range of today's prlcee for the active atocka of the New York stock markets are given below. The quotktlonaare furuiahwd the Oazmt* by M. 8. Jordan & Co., rooms 706 and 703, Mears Dullding, Scran ton. Pa. Few York Stock Market. Washington, July 9.—The last China mail to reach the state department brought the report of Minister Conger, perhaps the last that will ever come tt» hand. This bears date of Peking, May 21. It is of the utmost importance, disclosing as It does a full comprehension on the part of the foreign ministers in Peking of the character and extent of the Boxer uprising, even though Mr. Congei himself by disposition optimistic found some reason to hope that the worst was over at that date. London, July 9.—Foreign legations and missionaries in Peking were safe on Wednesday, July 4* and the Chinese had ceased their attacks. This is the report that comes from the consuls at Shanghai. The only fear felt in Peking at that time, according to the report, was regarding the food supplies. The Greatest Now York, July 9, 1900. S Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, chair,man of the Democratic notional committee, arrived here from Kansas City Sunday evening and held an extended conference with William J. Bryan, Charles A. Towne and George Fred Williams. In talking about the vice presidential situa* tion Senator Jones said he hoped and believed that in case Mr. Towne withdrew his name as a Populist candidate for the vice presidency the national committee of that party would indorse the Democratic ticket. $l's Worthof Groceries 50 Open- High Low- Cloe Inftr est. Mt. 1n». Amn. Sugar.... »...11C II9H U6 116% American Cotton Oil .... .... .• • • .... American Tobacco... Jl 01 91 Amn. St. W aSH 33J* 32% Am. Steel WlreProf  ffi 8* $ %t # 88 Con»- Tobacco.. • ••• •••• Cbea. A Ohio 2SH VM 2o« CAG. Western 10* 10$ ing log C., B. A Q 124M \2tM 12*5* 124% o.AP 111 «n* Cb*R LAP 105« 100« 106V* 106M D. « H ;  Federal Steel 3&i j&ii Federal;Steel Pfd.... CO 0U 05* 05* Mo., Kan & Texas Pf C59* S% Louisville ANaah.... 72J4 72H Manhattan'Elevated. 88* 88* 87 87* Met. Trac. 1WK 1B1 HO HO » J # Jersey Central 1JO 1*DV$ 1 So. Pacific 81M ?lS 31M Norfolk & Western.. .... ■■■■ ■ ■■ -n Nor.I*.o 6°M MM 12J £2} Nor. Puc. Pref 70* ,™« ,J»« N. 1'ffl l®!. WW* 12I* o a vr!?... i»H «k .liw .15* Penn v..127n I'-'TW l2^* he IteU.  J. T. ARINSTRONC £ GO.. This statement of the consuls, read with Consul Warren's dispatch to the foreign otiice Saturday, makes it possible to believe that the legations will hold out for a number of days. Having fought to a standstill the first outbursts of fanatical fury, it is believable that something may intervene to* save them. EVER OFFERED 10 THE PUBLIC. FOR THIS WEEK ONLY 53 South Main Strict Our skies on Infant's Lace Gaps this year has been almost pheno- «!. menal, in handling so many some VL t~AL 11 necessarily got sofled, these go at A CHEERING REPORT. r~~ O Soutl1 Main St-, is the Original Gut Prifce Drugstore. 1 lot of Ladies' Pine White I*wn Shirt Waists, openwork r*A/» aa a1* yoke, back and front, cheap at SIIC C2CI) a dollar, yours for  What Mr. Conger has to any as to the attitude of the Chinese government toward the Boxer movement as revealed in tho formal interchange that took place between liiupsclf and the tsung-li-ynmcn is not only of peculiar interest now, but probably will have a strong bearing on the final reckoning that must be had between the civilized nations aud the Chinese.A 15c WatfrBucket for 01 Bottle Lemon or Vanila Ext.. .03 Pound of Good Carolina Rice .03 3 pieces of Good Sand Soa p.. .05 % lb. can Monogram Baking CENTS. Only 20o a lb. The Shanghai correspondent of The Express, however, throws doubt upon Consul Warren's information. He says: Men's Colored Laundered Hbirts, 2 collars aad pair of /Vl* CSCn cuffs, detachable VttVU But They are Regarded With Mr. Towne spent Sunday with Mr. Bryan, taking dinuer with him, and later, In a party which included ex-Congresaman Ilartman of Montana and George Fred Williams of Massachusetts, drove out to Mr. Bryan's farm. Pernua SI, now...  Scott's Emulsion now  Greene'sNervnra $1, now...v-. Malted Milk, S3.75size, now.?V Malted Milk $1 size, now  Eskey's Pood ?5c, now  Mellon's Pood 75c, now  Pure Castile Soap per cake  76c 76c 76c ....S9.96 76c 76c 66c 6c Hopelessness. "Taotai Sheng now admits that there was an error in Ms communication to Warren. The date of the courier's arrival at Chiu.in-fu was July 3, which does not apply to his departure from Peking. The journey from Peking to Chinan-fu occupies five days. The courier therefore could not have left Peking later than Juue 28. The date of the massacre there, as given by Chinese reports, was June 30 or July 1." Western Butter Market 14 SOUTH MAIN ST. Narrow Black Ribbon Velvets have been one of the sC-arcest lines on the market this season. Onr forethought finds us with a fine line in all widths, and beet of all, we can sell them at old prices, mnch lower than if we had to pat at present market value. Powder .05 X lb. Black Pepper 07 15c bottle of Pickles, Yorkshire Brand 10 15c bottle of Pure Fruit Syrup .11 J4 lb: of Our Famous Old The letter of Minister Conger reads a* follows: 0 }, Full line of finest toilet soaps at cnt rate prices. Our teas and coffees are getting better known every day. Glv«rHwm a trial. THE COLUMBIA T HOUSE Closing out several odd Jots of Underwear odd BtyleH, liroken sizes. If yon can find wha you reqaire. Prices one half of original. TROOP8 GO TO CHINA. Hpecial to the GAnrra. "Sir—I have the honor to confirm on the overleaf my cipher telegram of today, Admiral KemoS Notlfled—Cipher Dis- Washington, July 9 — Minister Wn thle| morning-called on Secretary Hay to communicate the following dispatch, which he1 received late last night from Sheng Tan Ti, director of railways in China: "On July 8, the two legations at Pekin were still pre. served. All of the nvlnisters were safe Rebellions troops and rioters make attacks and snffer many losses. The Imperial government is protecting bnt meets dlffi calty In doing so. It is feared food and ammunition are exhausted." "In response to the request of the French minister the dean called a meeting of the diplomatic corps yesterday, and upon information furnished in A letter from the Catholic bishop in Peking and verbal reports by the other ministers the situation was considered so grave that the corps unanimously instructed the dean to present It to the tsung-ii-yainen and domand immediate aift effective measures, which he did today by the note, a copy of tfhlch is inclosed.Washington, July 9.—Two dispatches /elating to the Chinese situation and one "concerning the Oregon were received by the navy department yesterday. Acting Secretary of the Navy Ilaekett would not see reporters at his home last night, He sent word by a servant that there was no news. In response to a specific inquiry us to the Oregon dispatch and the two relnting to the Chinese troubles he said through the servant that he had gone to bed and had nothing to give to the press. patch From the Admiral, Country Blend Tea . .25 i lb. Cream Java Coffee, none better 30 Real value of this order (h4 A A »" f°r J 1,1111 PEOPLESSTORE The courier mentioned in Cousul Warren's given a strange picture, says The Doily Mail's Shanghai correspondent, of how life jostles death in Poking. Business apparently goes on as usual. The shops and theaters are open, and the streets are filled with people. No imperial troops except those of General Tung Fuh Siang took part in the fighting. They did more looting. Courier's Queer Story. Pittston Directory JOHN O'D. IMNGWO IS South Mala Street, nttitwi. Always tht i Drory's Cheapest | Old Stand Telephone Ckll C11. Reading Common.'.'.. 16% jjjj V % & 5: & iSSS iSrf.v. C& M ww gg Bobber ® "SL £uJ a. puiflo «o$ « £M 5"g V. Pacific Pref TsS Wabash Pref 18 18 1J« 1?» Western Union •"• .Ji" Third At« 100 100 1TO W» Q8. FEBBI8. Attorney, office, Ooal JCx • change Building. River and Market 8te.. Wilkeebcrre. Office Hours, at home cor. Rivet and Linden street®, West Pittetcn, 7 to 8 eaol evening.  ATTORNEYS. Fresh Delaware County Butter, FLOURS There is eeiMejiin easily earned tlan the money saved bj boj- Ing our foeis^— FO. 1100'BR, Attorney at-LaW, Morgai • Block Pittaton, Pa. • "I also inclose copies of the bishop's letter and one from Rev. Mr. Killie, an American missionary who lives in Peking, but travels a circuit to the north and east. One of the dispatches was from Admiral Kempff, the American naval commander at Taku. It was quite long and was in cipher. This message was transmitted by telegram to the president at Canton. The courier even asserts that provisions are being supplied to, the legations, but by whom he doe? not say. The Borers and General Tung Fuh Siang do not get along well. The Boxers ussert that they do all the fighting and the letter's men all the looting and nothing else. Monogram (Spriirg Patent), per 1-2 barrel $2.30 None Such (best Family), per 1-2 barrel $2.20 Anchor (Good Family), per THOB. 8. LOVrtm, AM«rmu, No. 5 IVIUUo 1 street. OolSeotlonB .ulokl, tUondad tC and prompt returns guaranteed.  ALDBRBIAN. 22 Cents. Tien Tain, July 8.—Delayed.—The Chinese attacked the foreign troops at four o'clock this morning with twelje RDM. The allied foroea replied, nslng guna from the British cruiser Terrible. Afterwards, a foroe of 1,000 foreign troops marched to attaok the Chinese under rarer of the naval and field artillery. By one p. m., the Chinese were compelled to retire. The fire of the Chinese Is accurate. ono&co IBAIN 4MD PBOTWOll MAM If. Chicago, July 9, 1900. WHeat An*. Bept. Hay. I CToSn?......"........ 80W 81 j» S* :::: Iitervlen With Ta«ms-ll-yamen. g?D. BABRJCTT, "On the 18th Inst., during an extended personal interview with the tsung-llyumeu, 1 called their attention to the fact that, notwithstanding constant warnings from this and other legations, the Boxers had continually increased and spread until now they are boldly organizing inside the wall of Peking, the existence of thousands is known in the villages around Peking, Christian converts are being persecuted and threatened everywhere, many forced to recant their religious professions, and soYue havt been compelled to abandon their chapels and come to Peking for safety. i-2 barrel $2.10 AI DERMAN, NBfw WiM, Office. BO South Mala St. Collection! givep special and : attfintlo) Strictly Fresh Eggs, Admiral Remey mugt have arrived at Taka in the Brooklyn yesterday, as he arrived on Saturday at Chefu and telegraphed that he would proceed immediately to Taku, 50 miles distant. He relieved Admiral Kempff of the command of the American aquadron on his arrival. Admiral Kempff will remain at Taku as second in command. He has been notified that the C1,200 troops Saturday placed under orders for the east will be sent, to China instead of the Philippines. According to a dispatch from Shanghai to Brussels, a high Chinese official statVe that the two legations which were still holding out on July 8 were the object of incessant attacks. There had been some losses among the troops guarding the legations, but the diplomats were safe. OIVIL BNWNBBR. PHILADELPHIA GROCERY & PRODUCE CO. QE COLLINS, CJivJl and Mining Engineer • Sll Spring street. Weet Pitta top. 14 Cents. WHOLESALE OROOERB. DJfiNKDIOT A BROWN, Wholesale Grocer* u and dealers n Flour, read.H*?andOral* General Yuan Shi Kaf, governor of ShaHgtung, a correspondent of The Daily Mail avers, predicts that by July 11 the Boxers will disband and negotiations will be begun for pence. Nevertheless circumstantial rumors of dark things to come are in circulation. 49 Sonth Main St., Plttaton, People's 'Phone. BE CONVINCED BT HIDING BELOW: Evans's Success, per blSI - $4.75 Butterfly, per bbl - - - - 4 75 Seal ot Minnesota, per bbl . 47; Our Best Superlative, per bM 4 ft *- Potatoes, per bus . 45c Eggs, per doxen . . 14c Hires' Root Beer Extract, iSc pir ' . bottle, 3 for 50c. r ' '  I Perfection root beer extract 3 for ijc1 Howard's root beer extract 5 for ijc Acme Ice Cream freezers, 4-qaarti, - London, July 9.—More cheering news concerning the situation In Pekln oontlnaes to arrive, but it is generally regarded with pathetic hopelessness. Admiral Brace today telegraphs the admiralty from Takn that there are grounds for hoping that Prluos Chlng with his army, is at Pekln, protecting the legations against Tuan and the anti foreign army, imperial troopa and '-Boxera." London, July A Central Newa dispatch from Tien Tain, dated 'July 2, aaya the allied troopa made a reoonnolaance in force Jnly 1. The Chinese attaoked them vlgoronaly from three direction, and for a time the Rnaslana, who were holding a bridge, were la a desperate position. The atrength of the Chinese snprlsed everybody. The Bnsslsns had many wonnded. Oata. Opening  Highest. ■ Lowest........ Closing, ..24 84 .. 24* 21* ... ... 24 am ... .. 24ft 2«K ... Jnly Kept: Ort ... 12 82  No. 91 South Main Street Not Merely JULY Pork. Opening...... Lowest  Closing  .... 1* «7 18 72 12 87 A temporary relief but a permanent restoration of health follows the use of Jerome's Ma laria and Ague Cure. No other preparation can be so confident ly depended upon to restore you to normal condition of health. FORD "I said: 'At a London mission near Chou-chow, 40 miles west of Peking, two nutive Christians have been killed and their chapel destroyed. Near Paotingfu a Catholic village has been destroyed and 111 Christians murdered, some of them being burned alive. The foreign governments cannot longer sit idly by and witness this persecution and murder. 1 can only speak for my own government, but it is becoming very Impatient over China's continued treaty violation. It always has been and still }s the good friend of China and only wishes it pros-! perity, but is now more thau ever determined to sustain the treaty rights of all 'American citizens and of the Christian converts, and it will hold the Chinese government to the strictest responsibility! for every treaty infraction in this regard. It will do this not only for the benefit of its owi» citizens, but in the interest ot China herself, whose goyefhmejit is now sadly threatened by these lawless organ izations. At present, It is true, they seem to have no capable leader, but should one arise and the populace become really intlamed the overthrow of the present dynasty is most likely to follow and possibly the destruction of the empire,' etc. "They replied that I did not understand the many difficulties under which they labored, but they had succeeded in suppressing the Boxers in the province of Bhaugtung and would do so here. Deputy United States Mar.b.I KllleJ. -Lexington, Ky., Ju4y 0.—A fight between Deputy United States Marshal J. Howard Wilson and William Stampor on one side and Tipton Day and a man named Bush on the other occurred at Muriba, in Menifee county. Marshal Wilson had gone to Mariba to arrest Day, who was wanted at Cumberland Gap on the charge oi highway robbery and murder. Day was found at Bush's home, and -when the errand of the officers became known he deew a pistol and, began firing. Wilson and Stampor wertC taken somewhat by surprise, but, retiring, defended themselves until Wilson fejl, dead. Stampor continued the fire, and' both Bush and Day were wounded. Day; is thought to be mortally wouuded. Several correspondents at St. Petersburg send out telegrams to the effect that Russia, Japan and Englaud agree as to their'policy in China, their interests dominating there. Th« Appetite of a Goat is envied by all whoee stomach and liver are oat of order. Bat such should know that Dr. King's New L'.fe Pilla give a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily hablfc that insure* perfect health and great energy. Ooly 25o at W. C. price, Pittatonvnffnd Stroh'a pharmacy, i West Pittston. Bargains! BROTHERS LI Him Chaas'a Appeal, The Times this morning says: "We learn from a private message from Canton that Li Hung Chang has telegraphed direet to the Cblhese minister in Loudon urging him to request the British government to approach the United States government with a view to a joint invitation to Japan to co-operate iu the uiaiiitenanee of the Chinese empire nnd the establishment of a strong government ou a solid basis, the three then uniting In nn appeal for the support of all the.other powers." —HAVE THE— At KANE'S PHARMACV, * South Main Street, Pittston. PRIOE 7 a OB NTS. 18c for . •5C 6 quarts, 8 quarts. Lightning Ice Cream Frecxers, 4 15c Lawns for 12c Lawns for 65c Pulley BeTts for . 50c $1.00 Pulley Collars for 75c H. & W. Underwaists 25c $1.50 Sunshades . $100 1 00 Sunshades . 75c 4 50 Sunshades . $3.50 Ladies' ribbed vests 3f0r: aE 15c Bicycle Skirtings 12JC 12jc Summer Gighams 8c r 2yC 8c Latest Fad m New Neckwear! BUNCHED BUSINESS HITS. quarts, 6 quarts, 8 quart*. f You can always find fresh at oif -C*- store New Potatoes, Cabbigt, Radish, Lettuce, Rhubarb, Bunck Onions, 'Bermuda Onions, Wu Beans, Green Peas, Strawberries and Pine Apple*. " Strictly freeh eggs at Rasper's. # Phone 1,072 for George Stanton. Telephone on both linee for Sharp's. Clams, 60c and 60c a 100 at Meeslck's. Season specialties and all kinds of clama at Sharp's Market. HIGH-GLASS TAILORING Kill, Jn'y 9.—The first division of the German fleet, consisting of foar warships and the oruieer Hela, sailed today for China. nemoTftl •! ffnova Plennra Cakaav, Look over them before selecting your Independence Day wearing apparel. Havnija, July 0.—The orders for the removal of a large number of troops from Cuba recently issued have been gladly welcomed by the CubanB, and  Wood is in receipt of many letters frqjp various municipalities offering thanks for what they call his disposition to trust the Cubans and declaring that the entire island is in a state of absolute tranquillity. The Tenth infantry, it is believed,, will leave the island shortly after the departure of the regiments now under orders to proceed home. General Wood will probably poy u short visit to the United States,' leaving on Saturday next. The Daily Telegraph's Canton correspondent, wiring Friday, via Hongkong Saturday, says: London, /ply, 9. —in .the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Broderick, Under Foreign Secretary, said that the Japanese government had prepared to send reinfoMementsto China, which wonld bring the total force of Japan in China np to 30,000. Ffruita,' berries, vegetables and season specialties at Messlekto market. Phone 58. "Li I lung Cluing was formally notified today that President McKinley cordially appreciates his assurances of friendship for the allied powers. Now that anarchy controls the capital President McKinley trusts to the provincial authorities to carry out the international obligations of the Chinese government." Is worth a first class price,  yoa sacrifice something in the way of quality or making if yc.u attempt to pay less than we .ire asking. Having your cUDtlu s made by us insures your g. ttii g as good as mrney and brains can possibly produce, and* you get protection in the way of a guarantee. City business men are charged only 25o for men's at the Slnolalr House. y-yy I / it a •• Evans Bros. An assortment of fruits, berries, vegetables, etc., In their season, can always be fonnd at market of W. El Sharp. Wall Paper. Cutler dc ZP/iinnei/ 14 N. IAIN STREET PITTSTON. *o eouTH main armmmr. 1 Berlin, July 9.—Governor Telntau cable* the German Foreign Office that several German Oatbollo missions and one ▲merlon mission In Shsntnng Province have been deAroyed. The missionaries, however, were saved.  Whenyongetagoodthing, keep It, high l grade goods, at low grade prices, at Chesworth Bros., cash sale now on, inspect and satisfy yonrself. Wales* Assailant Escapes, Brussels, July 0.—The Etoile Beige Is authority for the statement that Jean Baptiste Sipido, the youth who fired at the Prince of Wales on April 4 as the train bearing his royal highness was leaving the northern station in this city for Copenhagen, has eluded the police and I that he has tied to Paris. Sipido was recently convicted of an attempt on the life of the Prince of Wules, but the presiding judge held that he acted without discernment and sentenced him to a reformatory until 21 years of age. All New Designs. Free Hand Relief a Specialty. (Settings decorated at cost of paper. WALTER SPRY, All New Patterns. Drury's For fine work, saiisfaction guaranteed, go to the Star Stesm Dye Works of W. W. Cullender, SO Sonth Main St., opposite the Sn8qnehanna Honse of Oliver Bnrke. "1 told theui I saw no effective meas jires whatever being put forth. They replied tliat the movement had hot heretofore been looked upo*D seriously, but that now the throne was fully awurp of the gravity of the situation and that a recent1 confidential decree had been sent to the viceroy, the Peking and neighboring officials which would surely prove effective, suppress the Boxers and restore order. Washington, July 1).—The division of customs and insular affairs, war department, has made public an interesting statement showing the total imports at the port of Manila for tho calendar yenr 1890. Merchandise to the value of $17,- 450,412 was imported during the year, which with $109,965 in gold and $l,141f- l,141f-392 in silver coin brings the total importations for 1899 to $18,701,409. Of this amount $1,887,000 worth entered free of duty. All imports of merchandise were brought in foreign vessels and entered for inunedite consumption. The total amount of import duty collected was $3,304,090. A Year's Imports at Manila. CILROY, THE TAILOR, qciispKM ppwsms Bartons Ooflk Fir® In Liverpool. 18 SOUTH MAIN STREET. Special to the Gasbtte. At the Sinclair Honse, only bonded goods, best alee, beers, porters, etc., bottled or on draught, are served over the bar. Only safe goods for social or family medicinal use. M. J. Hnghee, Prop'r. ami cumm uitk Mum Jf J# *u Cwu; A? * Cl±*h .1 Liverpool, July 9.—Fire broke ont late yesterday on the Eldor Dempster docks here and caused great alarm because of the reoent terrible conflagration In Hoboken. The a tea me rs Beqnlla and Bonny Oroon oaught fire, but wae towed to a place of •afety after being seriously damaged. The adjoining the docks are still blszlng. tj« Or. Black'* Ague and Malaria You are aware that Flour is booming upward. We have some left yet. Cure. The very finest In all kinds of mest goods can be found at gasper's (West Side Market. Poultry dressed to order. Helnz's goods a specialty. Prices always right Corner of Exeter and Parke streets. A Chinese Bluff. Body of MImhIrk Boy Fonad, Went PI i tat on, Pa , Ang. 2, 1898. To whom it may concern: I have been troubled with malaria and ague and a aevere pain in the baok for the last 10 years and have spent a great deal of money dcctortug for It, got very weak and bad to give np work. A friend told me of Dr. Black's Snre Core for malaria and ague, chills and fevers, so I took two bottles of it, It cured me, the pain in the back was also cnred, now I am well and healthy. Truly yours, TJJSS PMNEBECKER'S STUDIO We Hike 11 Spucialtj f from six to f ;; ten days ren • gardless of Childrei's t weather. 14 Dfc . . • South Main Photos. :: street, riTTSTON. PENN'A. "I told thjem that the most alarming telegrams were being sent to the newspa-; pt«rs of Europe and America of the existing state of anarchy here and that th?, people of the world would be forced to believe that the government of Ch||J9 was either abetting these murderous brig ands or that it was too weak to suppress or control them, and its good name audi credit must suffer irretrievably in eonse-, queuce. After reading me the decree,) which was much like those heretofore; published, they asked if I would not wire my* government that they could and were suppressing the Boxers. I Lockhaven, Pa., July 9.—The body of Paul Shapletfh, aged 17 years, who had been missing since the Sd iust.,was found in the mountains several miles from here. Ptdl left the city on Tuesday morning for farm nix miles above the city on an errand for liis uncle and took a abort cut across the rough mountain road on a bicycle. Since then hundreds of men have been searching for him night and day. PllUlii In Booth Africa. It Is a good thing, Inspect quality and prices at Ohesworth Bros., you will find ont where you are at, If you regard your financial. Interests, In buying groceries, and want the beet, at prices you have to pay tor Inferior goods in many places. Best Patent Flour . $4.75 Best Family Flour . 4 .50 Rye Flour . . 4 00 Pillsbury's Flour . 5.00 Chop and Meal w2£,t . 1.05 Bran and Midds . . 1.05 Oats, per bushel . 36c ?5 bu. lots 35c Ppeclal.to tjw Gazette. Lebanon, Pa., July ft.—Sixteen hundred men" were thrown out of employment by the banking of five furnaces, two of them owned and three operated on a five years' lease by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company of Scrnnton. Two of the furnaces are at West Lebanou, two at Cornwall and one at North Cornwall. The cause stated for the stoppage of operations is the removal of the largfc steel Works of the Lnckawanna company from Scranton to Buffalo and the existing war over railroad rates foi Iffke ore. Sixteen Hundred Men Idle, London, July ©.—General Roberts report* that General Mahon on July 5th drove off 8,000 Boers with sis guns. The Boers wexe menaotng his right flank. The British casualties wete four officers and twenty-three men wounded and two miss fng. The Boers attaoked the Brltleh garrleon at Rustenberg, west of Pretorls, July 7th, bo* ware repulsed with heavy loss. 0HA3. BBITTON, Engineer L* V. R. R. 11 Washington St. For sale by All Druggists. P. McElnenny, Agent, Plttston, Pa. SOLD AT CAW LBV'S SHOE STORE. A Social Hevolotlon. Bishop Donne Return* Home, New York, July ft.—Bishop W. Croswell Doane, his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Gardner, and his granddaughter, Miss Gardner, were passengers on the White Star line steamship Cymric, which arrived last night from Liverpool. The bishop went abroad about a.month and a half ago to attend the bicentennial of the Society For the Propagation of the Qpsj)el Ip Foreign Parts. SEA LVD PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the County Controller, court house, City of Wilkestiarrc. pa., until Monday, 1£ o'clock, noon, .luly 16, MM), for the building of a Htoue arch bridge No. ft. across Wolfe Creek,nearhouse A. W. Sutliff, township of Ross. Appropriation #200. For exact location of l\r{4ge see township supervisors. PU*ps anil specifications may be seen at the County Commissioners' office. Proposals mutt 1m) accompanied by a l»ond for double the amount of your bid, for the faithful performance of contract and that proposal will be coin- JDlied wi h. Proposals must be Healed and en lorsed '-Proposal for building stone arch bridge," and directed to Joseph D. Lloyd, County Controller, Court House, Wilkesharre, Pa. All bids must be in the County Controller's hands by above date und hour, otherwise will not lDe accepted or considered'. The (bounty Commissioners will furnish yon with a proper blank form npon which to make your bid. Please procure same qm) send in your bid on that form. 1 rigjit 1$ reserved to reject aby and all Atteet— JOSEPH D. LLOYD, County Controller. The Boer war has had one curious result. The loyalty of the colonists and their gallant proving ot if on the battlefields of South Africa have induced the house of .lords .to pass a bill legalizing marriage with the sister of n deceased wife when celebrated In a colony and making it valid throughout the empire. The bill received frpm the peers the remarkable vote of 110 to SI, the bishops, of course, resisting. "I replied that at present I would not;' that I had been for six months telegraphing the issuance of ineffective decrees,1 but if they would show me the fact by actual and immediate repression, which they could if they would, in three days I would gladly and quickly wire it to my government. ANCHOR LINE. Good old potatoes - Hams, per lb . Cheese, full cream . Pint Fruit Jars, ados. Quart Fruit Jars, " fGal. Fruit Jars, " 45c IlfO nc 50c 60c 70c Tho Czarina Is III. United State* Mall Steamship* Sail from New ¥ork every Saturday for Glasgow via Londonderry SHIRTWAIST SEASON. Special to the Gazbttb St. Petersburg, July 9.—The Caarlua la ISI, Mid the Ci«r will probably postpone bla travels. Anll-Doxer Raid In Chicago. "They assured me that sufficient troops had been sent to the disturbed districts to restore order and afford protection. Chicago, July 9.—A crowd of angry German farmers living in nnd about Nilcs, seven miles west of Evanston, in. order to avenge the death of the German embassador in China, attempted violence on a Chinese peddler. They chased the man with pitehforks, but /he escaped into the woods at Norwood park. The place was surrounded by the pursuers, but after an hour's search the pursuit was given "P-  Recruiting In Chicago. Saloon Passage, SDO and upwards. To Paris and retarn.flrst-elaas.tl50 and npward. Very few Home-Laundried Shirt Waists but what Poubtless tlie next stop will bo the passage of the famous "marriage with a de.ceascd wife's alitor bill," wfcich has excited so much feeling in England, as its peculiar title has nroused merriment elsewhore. The ground of opposition to the bill has always been extremely narrow and, with reference to experience and .coupon sense, unreasonable. The law as k htHuda has produced groat practical difficulties, eNtipfinlly among the poor, «nd its support has since boon abandoned by the laity generally. It will now hardly bo possible-thc principle being conceded in the colonies—for the clergy to resist like actfup fhroijglfout the em plre.—New Yovk Times. Chicago, July 0. — General Joseph Wheeler, commanding the department of the lakes, has received orders to recruit 'four companies of the Fifth regiment, »ow at Fort Sheridan, to the full quota as rapidly as possible. lie expressed the opinion lust night that dispatehes from Washington announcing that 0,400 men were to be sent to the Philippines qhd (hence to Cbiua if needed wore entirely correct. Second Cabin, 030 to S87.60. Steerage Passage, DMik ot i Oarnaa ralnter. "I again told them thnt restored ordei would bo the only possible proof. I also said that unless the situation was relieved and the threatening danger from mobs averted I should bo compelled to ask foi a sufficient guard of American marines to Insure the safety of the legation, Borne, •3S.50. Furneaala, S34.&0. Other Look "Sloppy." Wm.Drury. Spenlal to the flAum. Berlin, July B.-Prof. U» Kooer, the mil known painter, la dead. Steamerx. D93.AO. For Book of Tonrs and farther Information, Apply tc HENDERSON BROTHERS, General Agents, 17 and 19 Broadway, New York, §r A. A. Brytjen, 8 Main Street, or Andrew w. Tepler, 179 North Main Street, or T F. Bnrke, Agent D. L A W R. R. We will pat the Shirt Waists in launder against the world. Nearly all hand work. A lady who wears one looks and feels 100 per cent, better than she will otherwise. The Waatii•*. "They said: 'Oh, don't do that!- It l§ unnecessary.' And again promising energetic action the interview closed. TRY US ONOS. Sptdal to tha IGacitti. Revenue Cutter Brings In Wrackaff, R. E. DONAUOHEY, Deputy Controller. County Controller's Office, Wilkusbarre, Pa July 6th, 1000. - 6,7,©,10,11,13,14,13 ACME STEAM LAUNDRY, 83 South naln St. 46 Luzsraa Av Washington, Jnly 9.—Fair tonight and Toeaday with'moderate temperature; light northwesterly winds. "Unless some energetic notion is tnken the situation will become fraught with great danger to nil foreigners, not from any intelligent or organized attacks, but from ignorant and inHanied inob violence. f. however, believe, as I said In my telegram, that the government is uruuseJ, Itself alarmed at the situation, and will take more energetic action, but no one can be certain of this until* it Is dono. New York, July J).—The United States revenue cutter Gresham, Captain Thornan Walker, passed in Sandy Hook early this morning with a quantity of wreckage, consisting' of what appeared to be the lower mast of a large vessel and other spars. The wreckage was towed to a point in Sandy Hook bay and beached. Two Small Boys Drowned. Riverton, N. J., July 9.—John J. Ryan and John M. Kelly, two smoll boys who resided in Philadelphia, were drowned in the Delaware river near here Saturday. The boys were spending a two weeks' vacation ut the children's summer home at Cunnaiuinson. They wandered away from the home, and nothing was seen of them until their bodies were found floating in the river. Queen Quality OXFORDS This SWELL. -iiWW* & HALF Oil YOUR PIANO®- 1 . y- First Class Pianos at Pirst Factory Cost. All Intermediate profits and rrrnnw ~- of the dealer and his agents saved by buying direct frsm the factory. bicycles ■rtiw j The Albany Deatlata. 33 N. Franklin St, Wllkeabarre, are •killed dentlata and make a specialty of difficult work at reasonable prloea. All ■operations are painless. Beat aet of teeth 48 Crowns and bridges from $S np. Phone til. Royal Superstition, The czar of Russia Is said to bo very superstitious mid to have great confidence in relics. He weal's a ring in which he believes is imbedded a piece of the true cross. It was originally one of the treasures of tjie Vatican nnd was presented to an ancestor of the czar for diplomatic reasons. The val.w the czar acts upon the ring with Its pejlc Is shown by the following fact; Some years ago the czar was traveling from Bt. Petersburg to Moscow. He suddenly discovered that he had forgotten the ring. The train waa stopped Immediately and a special messenger Cwnt back on1 an express ougtne for It.—C#r,d'l* Western Mall. "Since the Wheeling had left Taku already I 4eemcd it prudent to ask the, admiral for the presence of another wai vessel, und, responding to the request Admlrnl Kempff with the' Newark sailed hither from Yokohama on the 19th inat »pd should arrive soon." fT.OOO Raised Por Missionary Work. Binghamton, N. Y., July 0.—At tht closing session here of the convention ol the Christian alliance the Rev. A. B Simpson of New York preached the an nuul missionary sermon, after which about $7,000 was raised in pledges and nab. THE KELLHER PIANOS SPALDING GHAINLESS CRAWFORD, REMINGTON* j ELK. 7' ' ' DIXIE. Dr. Talnage U Stockholm, Am Dp t® DM KMd. Stockholm, July 0.—Dev. T. DeWitt Talmage preached In the Immanuel church here yesterday to an immense congregation. ijkg Are unsurpassed in tone, touch, wovkmauahlp and general durability, and this firm \h't w has esUbliahed an enviable reputation during the last 17 years. Gash or credit w \ti Sent on 10 days trial, Warranted for 10 years. Write tCJr illustrated catalogue and iL w price list, MM . . KBl"Lm'*ER P'AN° °°" H-AZ,~ET°N' When are yon going, my pretty maid», Dp to the drag store, sir, she said. What do yon need «t the dreg store, pray 1 A package ot Tea I need today. , Is that what makes yonr akin so white I Certainly, Sir, for 1 take It eaoh night. Now, maiden fair, what may this be.l Why, silly fellow, of aauise, Pahk's Tea. Sold by all dealera. Many thousand* hav» been restored to health and happlnees by lbs use of Chamberlain's Congh Remedy. If afflicted with any throat or long trouble, give it a trial for It Is certain to prove benellolel Congha that have resisted all other treatment for years, have yielded tothta remedy •nd perfeet health been restored. Caaea that seemed hopeless, that the sllmate 01 famona health rC aorta failed to benefit, bars been permanently cored by Its nee. beat tn ©Ind that every bottle 1a warranted and If It does ' not prove beneficial the money will be refunded (0 yon. For sale by Farrer, Peck & Roberts, apotheoarlee, J Plttaton. one door above Eagle Hotel, and Weet Plttaton, Wyoming and Luzerne Ave». Eclipse Shoe Pari or, H. 6. WEEKS & CO. jfr,, PRICES, - $28 tt $75 Food supplies the anbatanoe for repairing the waatee ot the "body, and gives strength. Sleep afforda the opportunity for these re pain to be made. Both are neoeaeary to health. If yon oan't eat and sleep, take Hood'a Saraaparllla. It createa a good appetite and tonea the dlgeetive organs, and It gives the aweet, netful eleep of {tesore to get Hood's. Eating and Slapping. Can far Obol,n latkita«-N,w Knows ta rail. During laat Hiv an Infant child of onr neighbor vu anfferlng from cholera Infantum. The doctor, had given op all hopeaof recovery. I look a bottle ot Chamberlalu'a Oollc, Oholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the bonae, telling them I feft rare It would da good If need aocord I or to direction*. In two daya' time the chUd had fnllj reporarad. The child la now Tltfor&Ua arid healthy. I have recommended thla medicine frequently and haTa ne*«r known It to fall. Mh. Cartle Baker, Rook waiter. Ohio. For aala by Ferrer, Peck A Roberta, apotb'carlea; Plttaton, one ddor eboye Eagle Bote), anil We«t pittafon, Wyoming ar.d Lnferne Ana. No 4 Sooth Mala St., Plttaton. f FR/gD bimuskmituis mtm ty «porl. Conn *HR05* Factories Pianos pSTATE OF E EUGENE WKSTON, LATE *-• of West Pittston, deceased. Headquarter* for Bicyda Snodriea) P*1MU Wanted Letters testamentary upon the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and B!R. . . •-u W W. G. THOMAS, l«l Philadelphia Ave.. Pittilon, Pa. D. L BHONB, Attorney. To Sell, or mount*, for United Statee and 2oxe4gn countries, t, BrmDh_Amerlo„ paUnt Investment . . , . , - _ i._ \ partners found '*•'p""*' "cr fapalble Collejse 1'rflldf.t. The wnteb»'CDrd adopted by President Fauncy, "No hoodlumisp) at Brown university," is worthy of general gjloptlon. We do not mean thnt there Is any geueruj prevalence of the vice complained of In American colleges. But If n single case ,»t it exists In a single college that is Just I "at- l l(se too many.—New Vork Tribune. S. P. FENN, BlltoorncM is oared by Hood'a Pills. Twenty-fire cents. IMWBI Capoaac liciua Scranton, Pa, HARD1AKE STME, W. Mala St. tnrta in a Day. Bo, Weather Speelal lljitic Core for rbenmatlam and neuralgia radically cnrea in 1 to 3 daya. Ita action npon the ■yatem Ik remarkable and myaterioaa. It remoTea at once the eaoae afid the dtaeaae Immediately dlaappeare. the first dose greatly benefits. 76c. Sold by J. H. Honck, 'druggist, No. 4 North Main St., PitMoo. I Printers Write For Samples of Special Lota In BONDS, LINENS and WHITINGS, also Letter. Packet and WlUfeads. ate. antietam HARBR cq., . HAGEBHTOWN, MD. W« have abont half piece of bine am,,,! ...tp.tt.n-  917.00 cash, aa long aa ihey laat. Remem „ Am Awtal 0»e. Couelu—Are the plnyera very I the umpire? I Cousin—Yea, indeed; they to Put a muzzle on the from biting the um- Hanoi Mid direct from factory to «Kr, Term*-.Same aD uul retail (torn Old or defective Instruments repaired or reballt at moderate cart. AddwalZeo«niiisalnatlOMfdcprlcaa.cataloailaa,Cte.,togBcto»Tw....)'.M, * Cray's Transfer - Ha» Rigs for Morinf, also take* j parties over the boalerard. D fl Kara Opportunity. nuccs in J. K. PATTKadoN A Co. $4,000 taxea afixlfi'i it. ou Vain at, store, ahop and barn, together with an established bostasst Ramon. , KELLER Cf VAN DYKE. Old Zogllab Haad Tsa at Qnwt. HTOo to Brown* Baa Hits to 1mm Ma tone o( (MWSmwm.