Pittston Gazette

              Is f r '■ • l i U" '• -J t""*-" ~ • C-■- • • "- - % A dvertisers will rnosi "flee- X T tively reach tin ,000 J X homes in Pittstoii. «ts im- X 1 mediate vicinity tlirouuh rht J ♦ columns of this m wsp.iper. J Illllllllt P1TTSTON, PA MONDAY KVEN1NG, AUGUST tD, 1900, FIFTY-FIRST YEAR l WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18S0 l DAILY ESTABLISHED 1882 TWO A COPY I 40c A MONTH. I ONLY DAILY IN CITY « « CRANE AND THii CUBANS, ALLIED TROOPS DEFEAT BOXERS ALLIES BEGIN ADVANCE. Aug. 2. It authorizes the foreign ministers in Peking to communicate without restriction with their governments and orders their departure for Tien-tsin under u strong escort. The Shanghai correspondent of the Temps, telegraphing yesterday, says: "The number of allies leaving Tien-tsin is no bettar known here thnn are the facts as to the march itself, but it is rumored that the advance guard1 has been repulsed." FILIPINOS VERY ACTIVE. j{Safe Suide Lies'WIHaists The War Correspondent Conld Hold the Fiery* Natives In Check, Twenty-six Thousand Troops Many Americans Ambushed and "My acquaintance with the late Stephen Crane began directly after the signing of the protocol," said a New Orleans newspaper man to a Times-Democrat reporter, "when the whole drove of wfir correspondents went docking to Havana to see what was going to happen. Crane was in the crowd, and for the months that followed we met and mingled on terms of greater or less comrudeship. He was the wildest, maddest, most irrepressible spirit thut was ever prisoned in a frail body; yet to Bee him casually you would swear that he was as demure a little fellow as one could find in a year's travel. That was the side he thrned to the public—not iu hypocrisy, but because he had a horror of making a show of himself to strangers. Manufacturers are always hunting up merchants who can quickly dispose of mammoth lots of merchandise. Our ability to dispose of such lots is pretty well known, and so we generally get the first offer. Messrs. Gjlland Bros offered to close out to us their entire strck of White Waists at a discount of 50 per cent, ofi actual market value. We accepted their offer and so if you want to see quick selling and THE GREATEST BARGAINS OF THK SEASON IN WHITE WAISTS of all  scription be heie tomorrow.- on the March. Captured. BRITISH AHD AMEBIOAIB LATB. NEW GOVERNMENT BEGINS 8EPT. 1 To follow, is to follow the crowd. The public are not often wrong in their judgment of stores, especially shoe stores. Experience has taught us that the best way to please people, is to give value received for their money. This we do in every pair of men's, woman's, misses' and children's shoes we sell. Delayed by Difficulties of Dl»embarkation, General Chaffee Did Not Start With the Rest—General Yamaehnehl In Command. Wa Believes the Report, On That Date the Taft Commission Comes Into Power—General MncArthur to Remain Executive Head of the Islands. Dtspntii Battle ii rtbtsng. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Cape May, N. J., Aug. 0.—Minister Wu Ting Fang last night said that the dispatch to the Puris Temps stating an imperial decree was issued under date of Aug. 2 allowing the ministers to Peking flee communication with their home countries was probably true and the result of the memorial of the Chinese ministers in all countries asking through Li Hung Chang and other viceroys for this privilege. He, however, hud no ofticiul news confirming the issuance of the edict. Vtv York Stock Market. Manila, Aug. 0.—There has been an increase of insurgent activity during the last three weeks, especially in the way of ambushes and attacks upon small purties. First Lieutenant Alstuetter of the engineer corps, with an escort of 15 men, was taken iu ambush in the province of Xueva Kcija, Luzou, by a large forge. The Americans fought until their ammunition was gone, and. as they were surrounded, there was nothing to do but surrender. One mau was killed and three were wounded. The range of today's prices for the active stocks of the New York stock markets are given below. The quotations are furnished the Gazette by M. 8. Jordan & Co., rooms 706 and 706, Mean building, Scranton. J*a. London, Aug. 0.—The American and British forces began the advance to Peking on last Thursday, according io u dispatch dated on Aug. 2 from Tieu-tsio to The Daily Express. New York. Aug, 5, 1800. The correspondent says: Open- High Low- Cloe- Insr. est. eat. ina. imn. Sugar 123* 123K 12m 1*1* American Cotton OIJ  American Tobacco... 93* 93* 939* ©3* Amn. St W 34 34M 33* 33* Atch 27* 26*2 26H Atch. Pref 70ft 71 7ofi 70* Brooklyn Trac. 67« 68* R7* r.7* B. A O 75* 7Ma 74* 74* Con. Tobaooo 24* 24* 24* 24* (Thee. 4k Ohio 27% 28 27* 27* 0 AG. Western 11 11 II 11 O., B. *Q 127 127U l2tlW 126lC C., M. t%P J12K naff Illtf 11194 Che. B. L MP iw 10TK C06K 10UKS D. * H 112 112 112 112 Federal Steel 34 3414 X! 3314 Federal Steel Pfd.... MW 6«k4 OHM «SM Mo., Kan I* Texas Pf 31 30* 31 LonWlUeftNash.... 71 71 71 71 Manhattan Elevated, el SIM ,*'H Met. Trao 168 ism* 155 155 Mo. Pao 51 5I« N)M 61 People's Gas 69M W'H 8». W leraey Oentral 129H V&H I29J4 12SH So. Acillc ...I... 84 84 33« 3314 Norfolk A Western.. 33W 84 338 3«4 Nor.I-ao IU14 5314 6i« 5;« Nor. rao. Pref 7m 7«4 ,W4 W* N. Y. (ton 120 12U KB 120 lOtVf 21M »U4 21 21 Penn.. 128 12S« 12014 12a* Pao Mall  "The other foreign troops are now half way to Lqfa. The force includes 20,000 Japanese under General Yamachuchi ami 10,000 Russians. The British force totals 9,000, and the other foreign troops are 7,000. We are weak in artillery. "The truth is, I am at a loss to know exactly how to describe him without doing him a rank injustice. He was a man who lived on excitement, and was always ready for any adventure, no matter how extravagant, yet he was far from being the headlong profligate that so many have pictured. He was always a gentleman, and he had about him a vein of innate refinement that turned instinctively from nnything that was merely gross and vicious. There was something pathetic about his feverish gayety, and, looking back at those months in the sweating, faction torn Cuban capital, I am inclined to believe that he hail private advices as to his condition; knew that he was doomed, and made up his mind to eat, drink and be merry against the night that was closiug in. No use to describe; enough to say that there is every fashionable style—tucked and pleated, including the most elaborate effects in all over embroidery or lace. Algnn Taken by Russians. St. Petersburg, Aug. G.—The Russian war office has received u dispatch from General Grodekoff, dated Khabarovsk. Aug. "5, announcing that Aigun had been taken by the Russians after a stubborn fight and that the Chinese were being pursued in the direction of Tsitsikar. 1,200 ALLIES WERE KILLED OR WODNDED "On Aug. 1 u strong force of Chinese from the native city attacked Tien tsin. By a series of brilliant charges our troops drove the enemy from their positions. The native city is still defiant, and the ullies are unwilling to march troops through the streets, as this would mean an immense slaughter. When the Chinese suw so large a body of troops marching westward, they apparently believed they would have an easy victory over those who were left." Gcueral Lacuna, who was in conunaud of the insurgents, returned the wounded with u letter promising to treut the prisoners well. We have grouped them In three lots, ai follows : LOT 1.—WRITE WAISTS, FANCY ... STYLES, WKBE 9! 60, AT 75C LOT 8.—WHITE WAISTS. FANCY t| aa STYLES, WERE ».00. AT *«»0O LOT 8.-WHITE WAISTS, FANCY «, In STYLES, WfcRE »»(X). AT "'8° Lieutenant Boctoii Hulesberg (?) was ambushed ami filled near Santa Cruz, province of Lagtmu. Julia Marlowe Shoes in tan and black reduced to $3.19 Edwin C Burt's, in shoes and oxfords, $3.50 and $3 00 The Melba Glove Fitting Shoe at - - - - • $3 00 The Ulrica Fine Shoes, al! shapes, at - - - - $2.50 The Eunice Extra Fine Shoes at ----- $1 98 Men's guaranteed Patent Leather Shoes, button and lace Men's Mining Shoes, solid throughout, at - - $1.10 LI Hung ChanK Not a Suicide, Shanghai, Aug. G«-rThe report that LI Hung Chang had committed suicide in without foundation. He is merely in a despondent state. Five men of the Twenty-fourth infantry were captured iu Nueva Kcija, but Sergeant Schmidt of the Twelfth infantry, with seven men, trailed the captors aud killed five. Genuine bargains and great price reductions in all departments daring the A message to the same paper from a correspondent in Peking, dated July 22, says: SECRETARY HAY VERY ILL. CCaptaiu Lara of the Manila natire police wns dangerously «lu»t by ait unknown assailant Saturday while on the street, lie had beeu effectively enforcing regulations and had made enemies among the Filipinos, some of whom have long threatened vengeance, Lara had been gonerally accused of cross Corruption in office, ami specific (liarges were filed against hnu by an Anlcrican officer. Half-Yearly Sale Now Going On. Hie Chinese Retreating at Last Report. "The women have borne all the horror* with marvelous fortitude and even with cheerfulness. The Chinese wanted peace when the arsenals at Tien-tain were captured, aud the negotiations bade fair to be successful- Unfortunately Li Ping Hong and Kang Yu (J) arrived here at the critical moment aud overthrew the peace party. Suffering From Nervous Exhaustion "I suppose I was as close to Crane as anybody," continued the ex-correspondent, "and the thing about him that I recall most vividly was his astonishing influence over the Cubans. No newspaper man in Havana was half so popular with the revolutionary element You see, he had always advocated the Cuban cause ■nd before the war had been shipwrecked while on a filibustering expedition carrying arms to Gomez. Those things were remembered, and the natives fairly worshiped him, overdoing it grotesquely, as they overdo everything, and regarding him as one shining exception among the American pigs. Crane used to chuckle in his sleeve at their adulation, but it stood him in good stead, for those were squally times. "In that connection I recall a dramatic little episode that occurred one evening at the American cafe. Crane and myself and a Cuban lieutenant colonel in citizen's clothes went in to kill time and took seats at one of the small tables. We had hardly Settled ourselves when we were joined by a Spanish captain of my acquaintance, whom t could not weil avoid presenting to the others. The Cuban was a fiery patriot, but "in mufti he did not present a military appearance, and I suppose the captain took him for a Havana business man. At all events, he noon launched into a tirade against the 'army of liberty.' at His Summer Home. Lake Sunapee, H., Aug. 0.—Colonel John Hay, secretary of state in President McKinley's cabinet, is a very sick man. He is at his country house, The Fells. With him ure Mrs. Hay, the Misses Helen and Alice Hay and Master Clarence Hay. 0. P. &C.0. Shoe Company. PEOPLE'SSTORE Peopls'BOaa 4... ,•••• Rerti'.ng Common.... 17)4 1.M 1. 17 ReallnglrtPrerd... 60!f 60D4 6» 6»l« 8o. «J II 11 W/k So. 3t. Pref. 53 £2 IB 5'i Ten. 0. * Iron 71* 7JK 70 7U 0.8. Leather Com.. 1CD8 10M 1W« 10«4 U. 8. Leather Pref... 0»H 68W 6«i| 68* Bobber S6V1 X! SO* 2? U. Pacific 60* 60 60 O. Paoiflo Pref 76W 76* 70 ;« Walswh Pref 1«S 18* JS 18 Wettern Union 79H W* annuo •■in m raoTiaio* uun. IS South Rata Street, Mttstta. Always the i Drury's Cheapest. | Old Stand Telephone Gall 418. On Sept. 1 the commission' headed by Judge Tuft will become the legislative botl.v of the Philippines, with power to take and appropriate insular moneys, to establish judicial and educational systems and to make and pass all laws. "Food hua been short, but not terribly so, jtbougb we have hail to be very care1- fiU." The secretary arrived Saturday, having left Washington Friday afternoon. He reached The Fells in time for luncheon apd passed the afternoon with the members of his family, whom he had not seen since they came here, June 15. Feeling somewhat indisposed. Colonel Hay retired early. In the night he aroused Mrs. Hay, saying he was ill. She did what she could, und as he became uiore distressed she decided to summon a physician. | VIEWS OF PARIS AND THE EXPOSITION 1900. ; REPORT BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE A Shanghai special, dated Aug. 4, says, "The'first overt attack upon foreigners occurred this morning. Three Chinese, supposed to be soldiers in disguise, fired at a well known English resident while he was lying asleep on the verauda of his house. He had a narrow escape. No money will be permitted to be drawn from the insular funds except by authorization of the commission. Judge Taft and his colleagues will also exercise certain executive functions. For instance, they will appoint judges, official** in the educational department and officers of municipalities, which the commis sion will establish pending elections. Evans Bros. York, Aug. 6, 1800 Bept. Doc. May P\RIS, the most beautiful city in the world, presents this year the most magnificent Exposition of the marvels of the Nineteenth and a forecast of the Twentieth Century ever known. Millions of people will journey thousands of miles at vast expense to see the MATCHLESS WONDERS of the Fair. Millions more can secure, at trifling expense, BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTIONS it is Not Known What American Troops Participated. Wheat. • WiWWil . twm •-** ffi::::::::::::::;::::::: SF oiC3n5:; ««« K-'K "From various sources come statements that a large body of Boxers, some estimating them at 3,000, is gathering south of Tien tsin and threateneing communications."PRICES. Corn. *22 ::::::::::::::: SB & At 7 o'clock yesterday morning u servant left for West Springfield, 18 miles away, where the family physician, Dr. S. S. Adams of Washington, is spending the summer. Hiding A Tien-tsin dispatch, dated Aug. 1, to Berlin gives a report of an imperial edict issued July 27 ordering the recapture of Taku and I'ien-tsin Jay troops froip Shangtung and the south. General MacArthnr will be the executive head to enforce the laws of the commission, and he will conduct the government in .accordance with the same until the commission recommends to President McKinley the appointment of a civil governor.The physician arrived at 12 o'clock and remained with his distinguished patient three hours. It appears that the secretary has been working on fyis surplus nerve energy for several weeks past, ami ou arriving here the change to absolute relaxation was so great that he gave way. He also contracted a bad cold on the way from Washington, but pneumonia is not anticipated unless unforeseen complications arise. His malady is undoubtedly nervous exhaustion, brought on by his arduous labors in the Chinese icrlsis. A pionth's rest is expected to effect a complete cure, I' taken by a corps of our own portraying all that is seeing. This beautitul art series will be published weekly, beginning Jane and, in twenty consecutive numbers of sixteen views each The whole will constitute a large and beautiful voluqrrof 3*0 Magnificent Art Productions, size 9x1 z inches. OUR TERMS—Write plainly your name and address, and mail the same to us with Ten cents, each wtek, and" your name will be entered upon our books and the parts will be mailed to you promptly, as aoon as published. Send in your orders at once in order to insure prompt delivery. The parts are numbered consecutively from 1 to 20, and subscribers should indicate each week the No. of part desired Back numbers can always be secured. Subscribers sending us postal order for $1.50 will receive the entire 20 parts of the series. _„(JLUB?,r,An5', por9nn wnrtinz ub tan names with address, and one dollar weekly, will be given one set or the parts free. for theso" *j'™rttor""1C1 PariySlhlhitors should write to naror special terms ro,^IaTteji"su'.r^enLOtemlDl0yC,d 0,n m*ke b« »»•'D" writing to us Samples of those parte may be seep at the office of this paper. Best Patent Flour per bbl Feed per 100 lbs . . . Oats per bu . . . . . Cheese, per lb ... . • $4-75 «.oj • 35C lie Special to the Gawtt*. Washington, Aug. 6.— The Navy Department has received the following: "Ghefoo.—It is unofficially reported by the British cruiser Fame tfiat a battle took place at Pehtsang Sunday morning, fiom three to 10:30. The allied loss in killed and wounded was 1,200, chiefly Russians and Japanese. The Chinese are retreating. (Signed) Tanssig." Also the following: ' Ghefoo.—The unofficial report is believed to be reliable. About 16,ocx) allies were heavily engaged. The Chinese were at Pehtsang at daylight on the 5 th. (Signed) Remey." The wife of General Fred D. Grant ll in St. Petersburg on a visit to the Princess Cautuepztw»?-Speransky, her daughter.MATRON AND MAID, Detailed accounts of the reconnoissance of July 30 say that the enemy's guns that were attacked near Peitsang were only the advanced post, and Peitsang, it is believed, can only be captured after a hard struggle. General Gaselee and his staff accompanied the recon noissaQ.ce, but no British trooplf were engaged. i pint fruit jars, per doz . i quart fruit jars, per doz .  i 2 gallon fruit jars, per doz 70c 1 pint Root Beer Bottles do* 63c 1 quart Root Beer Bottles, dox 85c Fruit Jar Rubbers, 3 doz for 10c Corn Starch, j6 pkgs for . . 15c Loose Starch, 6 pounds for , «je Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 6.—Colonel John I. Martin, sergeant-at-arms of the Democratic national committee, arrived here yesterday for the purpose of escorting Mr. Bryan to Indianapolis. The two went over the details of the proposed trip, but no important changes were made in the programme. The party will leave Lincoln at 0 o'clock this eveuing ou the regular train on the Burlington road. There will be no special train. No arrangement has beqp made for speeches on the way, but it is considered not improbable that Mr. Bryan may be called out at different places. The party will consist of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and their sou. Colonel Martin, Governor and Mrs. Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, Mr. Bryan's secretary and a few newspaper men. I|»dlWB*polU. £ Mrs. Teresa M. Holes, a eojored woman, has _reeelyed permission from the board of health to conduct business as |an undertaker Ih Cambridge, Mass. ffef husband is iu the same business in Bitytou."The American cafe was then a favorite report for Spanish officers, and such talk was common enough, but I saw the Cuban's eyes blaze and his right hand start for his pistol. A bloody riot had taken place at the Hotel Iqgleterra oqly the pight before, and things were still, so to speak, on the hair trigger. A fight in the cafe, in which were dozens of women, would probably have precipitated a general outbreak with wholesale killing. Crnne came to the rescue. Addressing the Cuban in French, which the captain didn't understand, he bade him peremptorily to be quiet. 'This man is our guest,' he said, 'and I forbid you to notice his remark?.' Lady Mary, daughter of the late Duke of Hamilton, who is one of the wealthiest of Scottish heiresses, will on her attaining her majority in 1905 succeed to an income of somewhere about $500,000 » year. The Daily Mail publishes this dispatch, dated Sunday, from its special corre spondent at Shanghai: Seyraoar'e Visit to iaakl^ If you are gbing picnicking see what an assortment of goods we have in that line,such as pressed chicken and turkey, potted chickeoi tongue, beef and hamv pressed veal, ham, beef and cottage loaf. Baked beans, Armor, Heinz ind Van- Camp. Lunch tongue and lamb's tongue, olives in all size bottles, bottled pickles, all sizes, swee', and sour, and every requisite for a summer outing, at "Admiral Seymour has returned from Nankin, where he has had an important interview with the viceroy. The admiral's arrival in Nankin caused great excitement. Thousands gathered to ser the admiral, as it was currently reported that he had come to tu study the efrategic points with a view to "mltttnry occupation. It required grent care and tact on the part of the authorities to maintain order. I Ma lone, N. Y., Aug. A gold brick swindler who has been operating under the names of Smith, Ogdeh, Pratt and Flower is under urrest in the Franklin county jail at this place. About a month ago he swindled a Massachusetts farmer out of $4,000 by means of the old game. He brought in accomplices who acted as government assayers to test the gold brick to the apparent satisfaction of the victim. When Uj.e crime was first learned, Springfield detective's followed Smith to Montreal. He could not be extradited for this offense, but he was soon arrested there for an attempt made in Caaada for a similar crime. He was allowed hail in the sunt of $CD.000, but as no one would fetgu UjaJiOtfd he deposited the money and disappeared. The detectives" foljowe)] him to Hogausburg, where he was arrested.Gold Brick Swindler Arrested. Mrs. Christuiau, wife of the Kansas professor who .declares that men do not love, says that she tty/iks her husband Is right. She says she helped fcinj revise the paper that created such a stir kt tfc* Congress of Mothers iu Des  g NEW CENTURY COMPANY, 4 •P 114 Filth Avenue, NEW YORK. C01 Miss Nellie Peuninah Starks Noble of Des Mofoea carried off the honors at the commencem*#/: exercises of the Iowa College of Law, Drake university. She has been admitted to the bar aft*Y passing examination by the Iowa supreme court. „ "To my surprise, the native obeyed, but it was bard work, aud be writbed and ground bis teetb while Orane and I did our best to steer tbe Spaniard to otber topics. It was one of the most exciting quarter hours 1 ever put in in my life, and I am certain'that no American exccpt Crane could possibly have held the half crazy patriot in leash. The young novelist's untimely death was mourpe(| in many quarters, but certainly nowhere more sincerely than among his mercurial Cuban friends." "Admiral Seymour dined with the viceroy twice. Their conversation was most pleasant. Liu Kuu Yi stated that the present troubles were wholly due to the Boxars hu4 fcad caused the greatest regret to the (Chinese romeut. The admiral answered that he linewItip origin pf the trouble was due to the Box er rising and that the occupation of the Taku forts was meant to suppress the BoKfif} and was not an act of wai against tfce £ftl#pse government. He had no intention oi tfroctyijing up the Yang-tse and would return immediately to Shanghai. Twenty Prisoner* Break Jail. Feusqcohi. Fin., Aug. 0.—Twenty prisoners, among them six murderers, have escaped from the jaH at Marianna, Flu. One of the prisoners was Raymond West, who is charged with killing four men. The jailer went into an inclosure guarding the cells preparatory to dishing out the noonday meal, when Dallas Miller, u forger, crept up behind and overpqDvered him, procured the keys and liberated the other desperate prisoners. The criminals then proceeded to the ,jail office, armed themselvs and hid in a swamp, where they have been surrounded by a sheriff's posse. Miss Dorothea Klumpkc, the  American astronomer employed regularly by the French government at the Paria observatory, has been given of the balloon work. One of her duties 1* fC? ascend hi a balloon daily* to direct the pbservationa. Cutler & Phinney 14 NORTH MAIN STREET. Evans Bros. Friend of Bread Caught. Queer Babtea, Washington, Ang. 6.—What Amerloan forces were engaged in the battle of Pshtaang ia unknown here. London, Ang. 6.—A Dalzlsl dispatch from Shanghai reports that the alowness of the advance of the alllee ia dne to jealousies among the oonimanders. The dispatob says fnrther that Pilnce Tnan has issued a fresh proclamation ordering the Imperial troops and "Boxers" to contest •very Inch of the way to Pekin. All the Ohlneae troops have recently been paid In fall. Mrs. Alma Webster, a prima donna of some note, bns been quietly studying in the I.aw school of fcfow York university for the past two years, flho has now passed all the requisite examinations #nd will begin practicing law in New York directly after her last operatic appearince in Sf, Petersburg next September. London, Aug. 0.—A dispatch to the News from Rome says that Guis- Kuui, pditor'of the anarchist paper Cornbattlamo, has been arrested' at' Cfenun, Several letters from Paterson, N. J., were found in his office. A man named Defusco has been arrested at Caserta, Where he had just arrived from America, lie has copfpBSptf fhnt was aware of Bread's intention to kill King Humbert, He declared that it was expected that a revolution would follow the assassination. He possessed an American revolver aud important documents. Bread's brother has resigned his commission in the Queen Margherita will convert the palace at dlofuu a hospital. These queer monkey babies are very lovable, and as ready to be cuddled and petted as human babies, however cross} fend ugly they may become when older. They have an endless diversity of character. Tbe little orang outang is very and bis small face is all wrinkled like an old man's. He loves his tree home, where he can swing and scamper to his heart's content and drinks the rain out of the leaf cups rather than come down to a stream. His mother makes a little bed of boughs for him close beside her, gnd tbe branches overhead shelter fo-pra a shower- ' " * Are invited to make this store your shopping headquarters •£/_«_ during July and August, by mail or in person. We are keeping OP the standard of "quality, but lowering prices, on - many lines of summer goods. If you cannot visit the store, send us your mail orders for Silks, Dress Goods, Wash Goods, Ribbons, Laces, White Goods, Embroideries, Flannels, Table Linen, Napkins! Hosiery, Gloves, Pulley Belts, Pulley Collars, &c. 40 SOUTH MAIM STRMmT. "The Japanese authorities have taken umbrage at Admiral Seymour's visit to Wankij? They express every desire to act in* perfect the British and are not a little" chagrineii uf Seymour's sudden departure and his failure to inform them of his visit and Its object." V Klltht With Maoovtaluera. F)rurys Pauls Valley, I. T., Aug. 0.—Iu a pitched battle with moonshiners near Johuson, 20 miles from Pauls Valley, one deputy marshal was slightly wounded. Another, pebrimnsber of Pauls Valley, is missing. Tbe band escaped under cover of darkness. Schrimpsher is believed to hare followed the baud and been killed. A second wt of re-enforcements was sent from here. The outlaws are part of a band that was raided near Cente'r a few days ago, when five of its members, jogeMw WWtity of liquor, were taken, Mrs. Ethel Goyvdy, whose portrait in ihe Paris salon is attradiug much atteutiuu, from American visitors iu particular, is the beautiful daughter of Jotin K, Gowdy, United States consul general at Paris. The portrait is the work of Mrs. Willie B. Neumann of Tennessee and •won for her honorable mention by the Judges of the fi}a|o». A dispatch to The Morning Post from C'hef.u, Jated July 30, says: ''The' at Tien tsin refuse to allow the Americans jo up telephone wires on the railroad pol«s,'  claim the railroad, which Euglish engineers are ready to work. The situation is critical. The river is full of rail road sleepers. Hundreds of- dead bodies of Chinese, some decapitated, are float ing in the stream." CUTLER & PHINNEY. Best Patent Flour . $4.75 Family Flour . 4 2$ Pillsbury's Flour . 5 25 Chop and Meal W2JU . 1.00 Corn and Cr. Corn . 1.00 Bran and Midds . . 1.00 Oats, per bushel . 35c Square Western Wash- Paris, Aug. 0— It la reported that the allies have halted because of Ihe tbreata of the Chinese to marder the ministers. They with to learn more of the foreigner®'ability to defend themselves. It la aleo stated that the allies wish to see if Li Hnng Chang «nd the other conservatives oannot aac*eed In restraining Li Ping Hnng, the new anti foreign leader in Pekln. Mrs. C. D. Harmon of JSmporia, Kau., Is the possessor of a lock sjt Abraham Lincoln's hair, cut from his head jusjt before the president's death. The iock given by Mrs. Liucoiu to her sister and in turn by the sister to Mrs. Harmon, whose husband was an associate of the martyred 'president when both were young lawyers in Illiuois. The lock is long and straight und black, with here and there # gray hair. The Wlmlwurd Oojng North, |«StMMSS3(*StS«X*%**SXSSHS*3WSMWSMW**3k | I Wm. M. Fay ! » 1 ' «► i St. John's, N. P., Auk. 0.—The Labrador mail steamer Virginia Lake, which has arrived here,*reports that the Peary exploring steamer Windward passed through the strait of Belle Isle last Sunday. i?QUDd north. f*he also reports that immense floes block iforf}jfcrr* coast of Labrador. This /will seriously impede the Windward's progress. T»u; mail steamer whs unable to get beyond Double island, the floe there being impassable. Hundreds of fishing schoouers were similarly blocked. Tbe baby gorilla Is full of fuu and frolic, and leaps and shouts and runs and claps his hands in groat glee. He rides on hi# mother's back or sleeps In her arms until he is big enough to take care of himself. Baboon babies are the ugliest of all, tDut they pre jolly and afrectiouate, and they love to play 014 the grrouud. They play many a prank or practical Joke on the ofd baboons.—"Four Handed Folk," by Thorn Miller. Bmu, Raleigh. Aug. 0.—When the naval militia division from Xewbern, ordered by Governor Russell to Bayboro village to stop rioting, arrived there, it found the town quiet. Tbff rioters had left the courthouse) having decided tp uljow the county returning board to eompleje the canvass of votes and declare the result and then leave it- to the cuurit. to decide which party is entitled to the ofiiees. A Democratic factional tight started the IVW. Rioter* Defer to Court*, 'ap«, it\ Jnderwear, uapenders, Vhlto Coats,  landker- 2 «-hiofn, 46* light Robes, 'runks, iatchels, Dres8 Suit Cases, &8—r. 1 loee Garters, lalf Hogq, J* loJfBoae,  iW4her Belts. 4nen Collars  and Cuffs, 3 lubber Cuffs 4B» and Collars, Overalls and £ » ;'c,'6t?' , ▼ fk * Ladies1 and  Wr g Children's §!► % & Dmhroll.g, jA ST 8 5 SHIRTS| 77*~°/3 WATER ST. \ &L £ 8**X)S**«X*SXX3S3S*XSSpt*»3SSyX3«t*MSig3sl Men a Jewelry WORD FROM CQNGgR. Belated Mesaase Bring* Cheerio* Washington, Aug. 0.—A belated messuge from Minister Conger was received yesterday at the state department. It came through Consul General Goodnow, #t Shanghai, who transmitted messages receive# 4Dy Mr. United Statew consul at Tientsin, fi'pfju and Mr. Squiers, secretary of' the States legation at Peking. In effect the advices are the same as those received a day or two ago by the state department from Consul Fowler, at Chefu. Mr. Gooduow's message was transmitted to J?/*psident McKinley at Canton, and Mr. Adee)'Hi'ttMi* .. :«'r»»tary of state, later in the day issued the' ro*|o&fjjf statement concerning it: New*. 20TH CENTURY Shanghai, Aug. 6—The report that Li Hang Chang had committed anlolde la without foundation. The late Mrs. Job# Sherman was disturbed, her pose ruffled, oqfy upon those rnre occasions when she felt ttiut  Sherman had been badly used by his friends, and his relinquishment of .his seat in the senate, with all that it enfailed, and the criticism his conduct of thi' department of state inspired were matteru /»een vhngrin to her, and it wns in obedience Jo her wishes, it is caid, that her husband fiwajly resigned rhe portfolio of state. hatter! ©rs • • • # , j  Round Western Washers $3,00 Jelly Glasses per doz 25c Fruit Jars, pints, a doz. 50c Fruit Jars,quarts,* 60c Fruit Jars, ] Gal, " 70c Potatoes, per bushel 70c Onions, per bushel . 90c Shanghai, Aug. 6.—The Japaneae Consul here bu received a dispatch from Pekln, saying that General Tnng Fah Slang, one of the rebel leaders, has stopped the sen* |D2 of provisions to the besieged legations. Washington, Ang 6 —The Japanese Legation baa received an offiolal dispatch Ifrom the Home Offioe, ssylng that all Immlgratlon to the United States will be prohibited In the futnre. This action Is taken, it la believed, on account of the Japanese •Government needing all able-bodied men on account of the present troobleln China. Dad Fire In Paris. Parj*. 0- A fjre at the headquarters of the Cora life Cap company at Hi Ouei) destroyed all tho cafjs "and J?} horse*. Ten persons who were assisting the firemen to put out the tiantra were injured. Hundreds of the horse* are at large. It is not believed that the fire was of ineendiary origin or in any way conneeted with the cab strike. Female Anarchist Suspect, HIGH GRADE Nejy York. Aug. 0,—The Italian consul in Now Yorfi 8j?ut telegram to pap lain (Tsher of the West ftobokeu pbitcy asking hint jo search for a woman who is suspected of being concerned in some way with the plot to assassinate King Humbert. Chief McClusky has taken the matter in hand and begau today a systematic search for the woman antoug the Italian colouy. The chief declines to give the name of the weman at present.and Gent's Furnisher. ffi/cyc/es Him by Ills Garb. * "W-tTCu 1 was in Mexico Inst year," said the cou«ulil«K englueer, "I was one of n party of foreigners loylted to take a trip at the company's expense over a certain railroad. The first (lay of tlio Journey I was sitting smoking on the rear platform of the observation ear, white we stopped to take water at a lonely statlop. Just as the "Consul General Goodnow. in a cablegram dated Shanghai, Aug. 5, which was received Qf the department of state at 4 o'clock this C8uu4hD) iwornjiur. reports the receipt by Cousul Ragsdali? at Tientsin of messages4 from Minister Conger and the secretary of the legation, Mr. Squiers, dated July 21, to the following effect: U Win Baltic*. Twenty-nine officers and men wrote from the front to say that for scratches, bruises, cuts, wocnda, sore feet and stiff joints, Buoklen's Arnlc* 8al?e the best In the world. Same for borne, skin eruptions and piles. Twenty five cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by W. C. Price. Pittston, and Stroh's pharmacy, West Plttston. SPALDING GHAINLESS GRAWFQRD, REMINGTON, ELK, DIXIE. Wm. Drury. Four Killed In a Missouri Fend. THE SULTAN IN ILL HEALTH Farmingtou, Mo., Aug. 0—Four wore killed aim one fntally wounded in a shooting affair between William Dooley an«l his four sons on one side and the four Harris brothers on-the other as a result of a feud at Dec Hun, one ot the mining towns of St. Francois county. William Dooley, Wess Harris, James Harris and John Dooley arc the names of those killhj, aijd JTrft»|c Harris wqs fatally vrou|iC| ed.  JOHN oi m B«U In Constant Dread of an Attack by Anarchist*. tralu was pulling out, a disreputable individual swung on the bumper and started to climb over the railing. In costume lip resembled one of Buffalo Bill's 'greaser' cow punchers, ouly be looked dirtier ami was faggeij. I sized him up for a Mexican tramp, aud I blocked his way. He hung on to the railing, swearing In Spaulsh at me. The tralp kept gathering speed, and I don't know what have happened •• 'All well. No fighting since the 10th by agreemsijf Enough provisions. II»»pc for speedy relief,1' f&Miznos. Pianos Special to the Qamtte. Don't Take Chaaest  PRICES, - $20 to $75 ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS Constantinople, Aug. 6.—The Sultan's 111 health Is more apparent. He fainted yesterday while walklcg In the Palaoe Park, but waa revived In a few mlnutee by attendants. The Incident caused a rumor that the Saltan ha*- been poisoned by anarchist*. The Saltan ordered that all Italians employed about the palace be discharged. He Is said to be In constant ■dread of an attaok by anarchists. "Mr. Goodnow adds that the director ot •posts, Sheng, had on the 5th communicated to him an imperial edict, dated July 80, ordering Jung Lu to provide an escort for the ministers to Tien-tsin when the ministers tlx the date. -The says the ministers can receive iues9fKP» UPt iu cipher, but notwithstanding this With incompetent dentists when yon can secpre the services of the most skilled doctors of dentistry at the handsoms parlors of the Albany Dental Association, 22 Jf,* Franklin street, Wilkeebarre. Work done when yon want It and at a reasonable price. Beat set of teeth $8. Pnone 111. Formerly Bridgeport, Conn PRICES. Headquarters for Bicycle Factories Bab? Bat» 08 Bllla. Sundries] Best Patent Flour - $4.75 Chop and Meal £JLht 1.00 Corn and Cr Cornet, 1.00 Bran and Midds, D'OOj Hay, long and cut - Oats, per bushel Cheese, full creaaa - .ijj Fruit Jars, pints, doz .50, Fruit Jars, quarts, doz .6a Fruit Jars, 1-2 gal - . 70, Chicago, Aug. tD.—Charles Schuakel is out $10 because his 2-year-old boy Otto ■wallowed two $5 bills. Schnakel ha4 laid*!lie two bills on a bed while he was making his toilet. The baby was playing on the bed and stfemed to think the I money was there for his personal use. 1043-1051 Capons* ATCBBCI if another man of the JD£rty hadn't come out on the platform and what was the trouble. *k -in messages were returned to some consuls on Aug. 4." s. P. FENN, Scrantoa, Pa. While the messages from Minister Con- Ser an4 Secretary Squiers bear date ot uly 21 the belief founded not only upon them, but also upon collateral and lafer information, Is that the legationers Sr& yot safe from at least immediate harm. At present there is no means of knowing whether the ministers will accept the ofjf«er of the Chinese imperial government to provide fU} escort for them to Tientsin, but it is surmised will prefer to remain within the jMtish legktfou ju Peking until the imlvql of the allie# forces. Should they leave for* Tien'tsift in all probability it would be because they regarded it the safer course to pursue. It is though* fo be not unlikely that the Chinese government m»y be very insistent upon the departure of the minister* in the hope if they can be got to Tiou* tsin in safety the storming of Peking may be averted. For Bant end For gala. " 'I'm keeping this tramp from stealing a ride,' I explained. " 'Stealing nothing!' said he. 'You're fighting wkb the brakepmn.' "Nowadays I don't judge » n?an by his uniform."—St. Loula Republic. Several .tore, left over at very low rente, also several dwelling* with modern improvement*. and also eeverai bonsee at medlnm and low rent* In PUUitorr and Weet Plttaton. Bayer, will now Snd eome eat bargains. Q B. Thomfbom Agt. HARDWARE STORE, N. Main St Hanoi sold direct from factory to wet. lerms-.Same as usual retail stores Old or defective Instruments repaired or rebuilt at moderate coat. Addressal! communications for prices,cataloguee. etc., to Factory  Oranlto Cattere Win. Nsrrss Lla® » Mat-Iron. Washington, Aug. 6 —It was announced today at the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor that the granite cutters, after a six months' strike for eight boars a day, had won oat and that the «tx4ke was ave*. Special to the Oazstts^ A wonjan who angered fojr three years from nervous prostration says, two bottles of Llohty's Celery Nerve Compound effected a complete onre. She hardly knows today whether she his nerves or not, as she nsvsr feels them. It is certainly a wonderful remedy. Sold by J. B- KELLER A VAN DYKE. IfCHSfAHOUS -^ yl t&~Qo to BrSvrn & Co.'s to hear the tone of theee Pianos. The Khedive. Nervousness Is cured by making the blood rich a pare with Hood'* Sarsapartlla. ; It gives the svreet, refreshing sleep of | chUC}hooCJ. Wall Paper. Abbas II, the khedive of Egypt, who la visiting in England, is a splendid linmist, speaking English, French, German and Italian in addition to Turkish and Arabic. The khedive is a bard worker, and bis day usually begins at 5:30 in the morning. A story is told which illustrates this siio ot his character. His brother, Mebemct Ali, and himself had the same tutq» In their childhood, but i l'rince Mcbemct was waff indolent. A L t:\ak was set them, bujt the yotyHger 1 brother shirked it. 1 'Come, prince," sold the teacher. If WV.Mb.done.,, K*- Indeed!" exclaimed Abbas. ]u ooj/i Prince when idle; he PINNEBEOKER'S STUDIO No. 91 South Main Street QiMtlty, QuUkf »M V«r|li ZZTm*. **$$&' All work "finished i n from six to ten days regardless of weather. 14 South Main Street, Special to the Gazkitb. K.lng HumtD©ri'« Funeral, To let thoae know the value of Park1* dough Syrup, who Bare neYer triad 1*, (or all dleeaeea of the throat and lung*, all dealer* In Fltteton are authorlaed to eell (or a limited tUu a oae dollar bottle for aftjr oenta and a ifty cent bottle for twentyfive oenta. It haa no equal, and the only remedy for the throat and lung* that la endotaed by the State Medical Aaacalatlnn. We Rake a Specialty Washington, Ang. 6.—w9rd was reoMwd thta morning th.t th. fnneral of iring Humbert will tat. p1i» on 9th tn Borne.  Accident and health lnraranee written by Barry C. Tompktna, agent for the Aetna. All New Patterns. All New Designs. CROCERS HAV'EM RITTENHOUSE COOKIES TRY'EM HITCHNER BAKERY. TMt Throbbing Headache Children's Pfiotos. Would quickly leave yon, If you need Dr. Ktng'e New Life Pllla. Thouaauda of aufferere have proved their metcbteae merit for elck and nervoue headaohee. They make pure blood and bntld up your health. Only 25ote. lfoney bark If not oured. Sold by W. 0. Price, Plttalon, and Btroh'a pharmacy, Weet OW-'"- i Free Hand Relief a Specialty. Sellings decorated at cost of paper. The Weather, China'* ConcfHloBB, mfc- ife special to the Oawit*. Washington, Aug. 6.—Generally fair to-' and Tuesday; light to fresh westerly Paris, G.-Sljeng, director general of railways and telegraphs, has just communicated to the consujs 'At Shanghai; according to a to the Temp6, Aufr.fiD imperial decree* dated We do painting and paper hanging, alao •ell wall paper- T. 8. * W. B. Barrltt. naar Ferry brldas. WALTER SPRY, RITTSTi IN. RENN'A SOLP AT CAWI IV'8 SMOB STOKE.