Pittston Gazette

              fompar# the evening newspa* per» with the morningjournals for conclusive proof that the bulk of the news appears first in the former. Advertisers will most efiectively reach thr 7,000 homes in Pittston and its im» mediate vicinity through the columns of this newspaper. 5FIFTY-FIHST YEAR 1 DAILyLB8TiBL?8HKDK1^8a!60 PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1900. tw*o=anmonth3pt1 SIX RAQi SEVERE SET BACK FOR THE BOER ARMY MOBE BRITISH TAKEN. SLASHED BY A MADMAN. GERMAN CADETS PERISH Holiday OHM. HAVE JUST ARRIVED Christmas B Candies, Nuts § Slippers Wjjjk We quote you price* on our Staple line of Groceries; but next week will quote you prices •/ „\.on the largest stock of Candies. Nuts and Fruit in the city, at prices that will astonish you. | People's St State Hospital Keeper Horribly M«- Hqrry I !b the warning we give to tho»e who intend soaking a gift that la alwsy acceptable. Yes, yon better hnrry I Don't leave It to the laet mtnnte. Of coarse we'll •train every nerve to accommodate and give the beet satisfaction, bnt If it'e possible, oome early. j One of these plantwr wlH-'oe what yon want—the WVgman, Bsymond or Qrown.! Guarantee any one of them. Let us pnt one In yonr home for the danghter. She won't object to having a piano tor a Ohrlstmaa gift. We will give yon n bargain if need be. Organs are also a present that won't oome amies. ; We hove them to suit almost any pooketbook. Brabant's Horse Loses One Hundred and Twenty Men. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Dec. 17.—A patient naeied Smith at the St. Lawrence state hospital, who was not considered at all vicious, made a most vicious assault with a knife on an attendant named Cummings.ttlated. Schoolship Founders, at Entrance of Malaga Harbor. headquarters for Holiday Buyers KITCHENER WANT8 KOBE TBOOPS. Smith waa in his room at the hospital pacing the floor and muttering: "I'll do it. I'll do It. The Lord sent me here to punish those that won't mind him, and I'll do it." Not being considered a vicious fellow, no especial attention was given him. In the course of his duties Attendant Cummings passed through the corridor and saw Smith pacing the floor of his room and passed on. OVEE ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. M«ff»Ueaberf Prlaonera to the Blamber of 310 Released—The Boers Lost Heavily In Attaelc on Vryheld—•Particulars of Clements' Defeat. The Gneisenau Driveji on 4he Rooks In a Terrible Storm—Captain Died llmvely at His Font—Many of tba Defeated With Loss at Orange River. MILLION DOLLAR iFIRE. Ulmlud'a Manufacturing Centra Swept Rc*«ned Badly Injured. Cleveland, Deo. 17.—The Immense plant of the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Co. and the smeller plant of the Elliott Elevator Co. were both destroyed by fire this morning. The loss Is nearly a million dollar!.by Flamss Today. London, Dec. 17.—Yesterday the war office for the first time in .many months remained open throughout a Sunday in response to the demand of public anxiety to learn the latest news. Madrid, Dec. 17.—The German training: frigate Gneisenau has foundered off Malaga, 05 miles east-northeast of Gibraltar. Late dispatches say that 100 persons were drowned. Come yourself and tell your friends There's a host of useful Christmas presents in the list below. i Seeing Cummings pass and stop at a closet for some desired articles, Smith stole up behind him and, jumping upon his back, drew his head backward and with an old pocketknife stablfc-d him in the face. The blade entered the left side of the nose and swung toward the eye, laying the cheek open. It was a slanting blow and, the point of the knife striking the bone, snapped tne blade half off. Still holding to his victim, the insane man again struck the broken blade into the attendant's face and completely encircled bis head, laying open both cheeks, taking off the lower part of one ear, severing the muscles and cords leading to the head and laying bare the base of the skull. The gash fortunately was too high up on the head to reach the jugular vein. The Gneisenau went down at the entrance to the port of Malaga, where she was about to take refuge from the terrible storm prevailing. At the present time only the masts of the vessel are visible.Lord Kitchener is reported to hare sent a fresh and urgent request to the government to send out every available mounted man. With General De Wet again escaping through the British cordon in the neighborhood of Thabanchu, the serious affairs at Yryheid and Zastroa ant the Magaliesberg disaster confronting the British people, they may well begin to ask, as they do, why Lord Roberts is allowed to come home. Fitch & Williams, 14 3fc Music dealers, Bntler House Block. EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS CALLED. Anthracite Coal Novelties. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Just the kind of a Xmas gift to send to your friends ontslde of the coal fltld vA nice selection In stock. 15 lw FmsaiuMONs, the Jeweler. Toilet Beta, Wlk Oartera, Gtove Koxee, Damank To-ala. Necktie Boxea, Pocktt Books. Handkerchief Collar a?dC& VSxm UmbroilM, Obinaw.r., DOTC* Pho'o Albums, Down CuiHImm. IiiE°S P"r'n Wotur*, •' 1 «mp». Eld Mloras, Bun OUt B«lu, BL.rlni Seta, Borun Oorara, r»noj-IlS! New York Stock Markets, fnrnUfced by M. 8. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, room 26, Miners1 Bank Building. New York, Dec. 17, 1900. Open. Glos ..YISK 48 ... tsk 48V4 wrx "I* :f 1 11 % 118Hk «8k 63H m w* S» $S* The training ship had been at Malaga since Nov. 1 practicing with guns of large caliber. She had previously been at Mogador, Morocco. At 10 o'clock yes-i terday morning a review of the cadets' was in order. The wind was extremely violent, and instructions were given to stoke up as rapidly as possible. But already mountainous waves had struck the ship, snapping the anchor chains. She was driven helpless toward the port and sank. The crew threw themselves into the sea and clung to the wreckage, but the majority quickly disappeared. Captain Kresthmnnn died at his post. Fifty Italians Drowned by Bursting of Dam. Amer. Steel and Wira. Atchison  Atchison prof  Brooklyn Traction, Ghee & Ohio  Federal Steel  Federal Steel pref. Man. El  Mo. Pa  Peo. Oas  Ool. Iron & Fnel,,, So. Pacific  Nor. Pa©  Nor.. Peo. pref. O. A W....... Penn  Reading  i Beading pref. 'Tenn. C. St I... The colonial office announces its decision to enlist 5,000 men Instead of the 1,000 previously asked to be recruited In Great Britain for General Baden- Powell's constabulary, which shows that recruiting in South Africa is less activs than had been anticipated. Fine line of olooks, fancy and go'd movements, at Levene's. Best Pat. Flour, DDI - Feed, all kinds, weight Oats, per bushel - - Potatoes, per bushel - Onions, per busbel - Butter, Best 84B£ST lb Cheese, Full Cream " Gr. Sugar 17 lbs for - $4.50 1.00 33C 55c 65c 25c 13c 1.00 | Citron, fancy, 2 lbs for - 25c Lemon Peel, 2 lbs for 25c Orange Peel, 2 lbs for 25c Best Seeded Raisins, lb He Sultana Raisins, per lb - 15c Almond Nuts, per lb - 18c English walnuts, 2 lbs for 25c Mixed Nuts, per lb - - 12c Ladles' soltf gold watches, with E!gCn and WaHham movements, $15np, at Levene's, 15 South Main St. Maseru, Buutoland, Dee. 17.—General DeWee and part of his foroe after severe fighting, broke through the British cordon at Thaba Niohu. Other bodies of; Boers attempting to get north were repulsed. Dispatches From Kitchener. *2the bawment can reveal the' multitude of Toya. All toys and all prioea See onr window* , It tells the tale btore open evenln** until Chriatmaa. sSjf 1J4D* *o Dispatches from Lourenco Marques assert that all the Boer forces arc plenti fully supplied with ammunition, but ter ribly in want of food and clothing. ~In spite of his injuries Attendant Cummings overpowered the patient and turned hiui over to other attendants who came to his assistance. Over 100 stitches were necessary to close Cummings* Wounds. Though very weak from the loss of blood, he will recover, but will hereafter have a badly scarred face. Of food is essential to good health With oat good teeth we can tot have t'xwronvh mastication. We do everytning known tv modern dentistry at moderate price*. T««th extracted without pain by aid o 1 Tit Oiled air Dft Rkap iRR. Main St Tliorongb BStwtioailon The Malaga lifeboat made heroic efforts aud rescued 15, but the weight capsized the boat, and 12 were drowned. The other three were saved by means of ropes thrown them. PEOPLESSTORE London, Deo. 17.—The Evsnlng Standard says the fighting began at dawn today between the British and fifteen hundred Boers who were stopped recently from going south. The Boers were surrounded at Orange river and after several hours fighting were defeated with heavy loss. The following dispatch has been re ceived by the war office from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Dec. 15: 1 Leather  Rubber  Union Pacific  Union Pacific prof. Wabash jpref  Western Union  agjj We have in stock now the finest assortment of Gents', Women's, Boys' and Girls' Slippers that we have ever had. Come and examine them before baying. EVANS BROS. U Soatk JUta street, Plttstoa. Always the ( Drnry'a Cheapest | Old Stud OTPoopVi 'Phon». "Five officers and 316 men, Magaliesberg prisoners, have been released. The port authorities saved many of the sailors. The survivors have been received at the hospital, the Hotel de Ville and private/houses. Berry's for fountain penp. "The Boers surrounded and captured 120 of Brabant's horse in a defile in the Zastron district. THE COLOMBIA REBELLION. Dolls, rooking horses and children's toy* at half oost. Selling them off to does ont stock before Xmas. Coooiss, 15 lw 20 South Main St. "Colonel Blomficid, moving on Vry£eid, defeated the Boers with heavy loss, i. ving them from Scheeper's nek and capturing a quantity of arms. The Scheoper's nek movement occurred on Dec. 13. Thursday's Fight at Tamnco Wm Not Decisive. It is believed thit 40 who left in one of the ship's boats'and have not been seen since are lost. The total loss is now thought to be not less than 100. Some dispatches say 140. Forty of those; saved arc badly injured. " We extend a special iuvitatlon to out many friends and patrons of Pittston and vicinity to call and ioepect our tioe stock of Xmas goods. We are snre yon will be delighted and profited. Ives, 18 UOt 54 S Main St., Wllkesbarre. CONGRESS EXTRA SESSION. Kingston, Jamaica, Dec, 17.—Advices deceived from.Colon, Colombia, regarding the recent fighting between tho government troops and the insurgents at Tumaco, the rebel stronghold, which began Dec. 4 and lasted three days, the insurgents then evacuating the town, say that tho withdrawing insurgent force was not dispersed. President McKlnley Will Hit* One Called JOHN O'D. MANCAN'S for March. Musical instruments at Leibson'e. 15 lw UNAS LO SO NG'5D ao Washington, Deo. 17.—President Mc- Klnley, it is reported, hss deolded to oall an extra session of Congress in Maroh. This statement wss made today by a representative member of Congress who is .seldom left out of important oonferenoes and is therefore usually oorrect in his forecasts."The Boers who attacked Vrylieid on Dec. 10 lost 100 killed and wounded before they retired. The fighting lasted all day, the enemy drawing off at 7:30 p. m. The British loss was G killed, 19 wounded and 30 missing. Our casualties "include two officers who died from their wouuds." Norfolk, Dec. 17.—The building occupied by the construction department at the Norfolk navy yard was completely destroyed by fire last evening. Shortly before C o'clock a watchman discovered the office of Constructor Stahl to be on fire and promptly turned in an alarm. The navy yard and Portsmouth fire departments responded, but found the blaze gaining headway rapidly, and in a short time the whole building was a mass of flames. The firemen then devoted their time to saving surrounding buildings. The building destroyed contained all the important papers, models and plans of the construction department, pver 7,000 drawings and $100,000 worth of live oak timber were destroyed. Loss to building and contents over $200,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Fire at Norfolk Navy Yard. Furniture For Gifts. RRICE3. Berry's for gold pens and pencils. YOU CANT BE SANTA CLAU5 300 ROCKERS AT $3 75 EACH Make your money go the farthest at Christmas time as well as at other timt-s by coming to this Furniture .-.tore rDn the fourth floor The rockers we advertise are regular $5.00 values; are golden oak and mahoganv finished; have cobbler, saddle and upholstered seats; the backs are high and low; spindle style and upholstered; they will make handsome Christ mas gifts. Star Shos Store, 6 Water street, Is no* ready with a fine line of Xmas gifts. Facoy line of slippers on ditplsy and at | reasonable values. 17 lw On the contrary, fears are entertained at Colon that this body of rebels will effect a junction with the force operating arouod Buenaventura. Best Patent Flour - $4.50 Feed, all Kinds 52|lht 1.06 Potatoes per bushel. - .55 ' Gr Sugar. 17 lbs for 100 Cheese, full cream •' .13 t Citron, 2 lbs for • - .35 Lemon Peel, 2 lbs for .25 Lord Kitchener, after announcing that the released Magaliesberg prisoners had arrived in Rusteuberg, says that the Boer force divided into two detachments, one moving south and the other west. Telegraphic' communication with the interior has been suspended by government order, and fighting is. proceeding at various points, although without important results. Both sides lost heavily in the batflte at Tumaco. When the government forces destroyed the rebel steamer Gaitan, they also destroyed a large supply of ammunition. Be made the statement to a committee from the Illinois State Manufacturers1 As aoolation as the Teason for declining an invitation to their ChCoago dinner scheduled lor Maroh 86. It wss the first intimation thst had been given by the President of an extra session of either branoh of Congress and has naturally oaused considerble comment. Boys' reefers, worth $1.50, now 08c, at Sohiffmsn's bargain store, 41 N. Main St. LADIES' AND MEN'S DESKA Golden Oak, Mahogany and liiidseye Maple. SIDEBOARDS • $35 buys a fine Golden Oak Side board; with large tevel mirror; the top is handsomely carved;' the drawers and closets are nicely trimmed with cast Drass trimmings. Other Sideboards at $12 50 to *75 00. Berry'e for tea sets, orsngs spoons. The Magaliesberg affair is described as follows in a dispatch to The Standard from Iiietfonteln: The Uvfalleibers Affair, Ton buy almost any kind of a Xmae 'gift at Msngsn's Dry Goods Store. lw The Ladies'Desks are priced at $3 98 to $32.00. "The scene of the engagement was a horseshoe shaped depression. The Northumberlands occupied the- center. General Clements' camp was pitched 1,000 yards lower down at the eastern point of the horseshoe, and Colonel Legge's camp was about 800 yards distant. "General Delarey's 1,000* men, against whom General Clements had repeated actions, were suddenly, unknown to General Clements, re-enforced by* 3,000 men from Warm Baths under Commandant Boyers. At daybreak Colonel Legge's picket descried what seemed a fresh force of British troops 80 yards distant. The strangers were challenged. They replied with a volley, revealing 400 Boers in khaki. The firing became heavy, and the noise aroused Colonel Legge's troops, who arrived just iu tlmiD;to save the outposts from capture. "A furiops engagement ensued. Artillery was brought up, and it compelled the Boers to retire. Colonel Lcgge, following up the withdrawal, was shot dead by a bullet through the head. General Alban, governor of the state of Panama, who was in command of the government troops, left for Bogota after the evacuation of Tumaco and the destruction of the Gaitan. Orange Peel, 2 lbs for . 25 i 3 pks pre'd Buckwheat Candles furnished to Sunday School oommlttees at wholesale prtoes at Harter's. Mus e Cabinets: in pyro-etched, rook wood, flemish oak and mahogany; prices $5 75, $8 00, $9 00 and up to $25 00. BOOK CASES Men's Desks, «9 00 to $60 00 Brom well's bill, giving preferenoe In the Civil Servloe appointments to all honorably discharged soldiers of the Civil, Spanish and Philippine wars, was defeated by fif ty-one yeas to 105 nays in the Bouse this afternoon. Parlor Tables in flemish oak, mahogany pvro etched and other styles, $3 oo $6 oo, $7.00, $10.00 Other fancy tables at $1.50 to $35 Stirt waist boxes, utility boxes, jardiniere stands, coaches and hundreds of useful gifts in furniture. Hen's Fine Neckwear and Shirts. There is an unsurpassed gathering of Neckwear here. People teSl us •ve are selling Ties for 50c like other people would ask $ t.co for. Come and judge for yourself jr.' t Boya' and grata' watohee, Boaa'a golf! filled caaee, 20 yeara guarantee, Elgin or Waltham movement*, at Levene'a. tf Rescued From Drifting Boat. Dunkirk, N. Y« Dec. 17.—Workmen while removing debris of the Normal school fire found the bodies of five more victims at the foot of a fire escape at the Terrace stceet side of the ruins. They were piled across each other and burned almost beyond the semblance of humanity and utterly beyond recognition. A ring upon a finger of one of the bodies gives a hope that it may be identified, but there is nothing by which the others can possibly be distinguished. It is proposed that these, with the body found Saturday, be buried in one grave and that it be marked by one monument, to be placed in the redonia cemetery in memory of the victims. Normal School Fire Victims. In an ill-fitting suit of clothes yon won't looV the part. A Ban ta C aus tbat haps at the knees does not inspire respect. Don't let your family be ashamed of its Banta Clans Come today and let us measure you for a suit that wil 1 •. race up your self respect. No. gt South Mala i Manitowoc, Wis., Dec. 17.—The steamer Manhattan has arrived with W. H. Shields aud William McCauly, lighthouse keepers on Squaw island, and the bodies of. Mrs. Shields and her niece, Mrs. Mary Davis. They were picked up Saturday afternoon in the lake, where they were found lashed to an overturned yawl. They had been thus exposed since Friday, when they were capsized by a squall while sailing from the island to the mainland. Lucien Morden of Montague, Mich., was also tin occupant of the boat when it capsized and was drown- ( ed before he could, be lashed to the overturned craft. The two rescued~men arej badly frozen. Bead Mangan's holiday advertisement In another column. It will jog yonr mind of Just the artlo'e necessary for a Xmas gift. (iEORQB F. BUSS, No 6 North Main St., Opposite Water Stree\ Pittston, Pa. TEKM8 CASH. For library and combination desks and book eases in quartered golden oak; prices, $5 00 to $35.00 A RHISTROIG'S  A -huhiu ram DAM GAVE WAY. B.porUft rut Fifty Italian* Wan Drownad Dear Bridgeport, Oonn Vlalt onr store and aee oor deooratlcns. Oar Holiday gooda are alao at yonr service to look over. Uangan'a Dry Gooda Store ■ butane ■ good mL 'J I laundry Mm I town I Bridgeport, Opnn., Deo 17.—A bad aoeldeni la reported at the sew dam of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company on Beaver Brook, In the npper part of the town of Stafford, teven mllee from here. Details are tasking, bat tt la reported that the dam gavi away and that thirty to fifty Italians who were working on the dam loet their Una. - i.i Cameras and camera enppllsa at Hoook'a It to always highly Important to.gM. Xraaa Do«rt». We bare them. Bead Berry's for watohee and jewelry. MEN'S $1.00 WHITE SHIRTS MEN'S SUSPENDERS. lowing quotations: Best Flour..,,.....14 Meal and Chop per 100... v Corn and Cr. Corn per 100.. Bran and Brown Midds. per 100.1 Oats per bushel... ; 3 lbs Clear Toys.......... J,.. 1 3 lbs Bon Bons ...i Bedroom suites, couohe®, china clone's and lote of all kinds ot furniture. No trcnble to «how gooos. Donnelly's furniture store, South Main street, Flttston. . Done up three in a box; or you can buy one of them. They have pure linen bosoms All styles 50c for fine Silk Suspenders; 75c for Imported Silk Braces; $1 00 and $1.25 for silver trimmed braces. Noted War doovt Killed, Wichita, Kan., Deo. 17.—Superintendent Tiee of the Oklahoma division of the Santa Fe road says all talk yf n sympathetic strike by the trainmen is nonsense and declares that the operators' strike is history. Operators here are still hopeful—it might be said confident— of ■winning the strike, and they laugh at the Htntcment ef Superintendent Tiee that he has operators at every station on his division save two and rattle off a list of more than a dozen stations where there are no operators. No Sympathetic Strike. "General Clements and his staff soou arrived. XUe staff snffered severely, but General Clements appeared to have a charged life. Crawford, Neb., Dec. 17.—Baptist® Gamier, an Indian scout, was shot and killed by James Hague Wood, manager of a saloon, during a dispute otot a bar bill. Wood was arrested, and an Inquest will be held. Gamier first came into prominsncc for services rendered General Crook and afterward rendered distinguished service In all the big Indian wars. Garnier had lately held the portion of chief officer in the government secret service at Fort Robins, Mon. Christmas Candies. MINE WORKERS INCREASE. Fresh Candy every day; to be bought by the pound or by the bo*. Hand made Christmas Toy Candy, pure and fresh, at, a pound, 10c. Choice Candies in boxes at aoc and Fine Chocolate Tulips and Choc olate 40c a pound box Peanuts, aoc. a pound. Sunday schools will find it to their interest to consult us about furnish iag candies, honest prices, of course. Undertaking. The oldest and moat reliable undertaker in Pitta ton, 0. Donnelly. 17 lw A Fierce Rifle Fire. Auditor ol ihe Organization Makes HI. Annual Report. "Wliilc mounted men were driving tbe enemy back along a slope covered thickly fl'ith Boer dead a denfbning rifle lire suddenly broke o» the plateau above. The signalers heliogrflphed that the Northumberlands were being attacked. General Clements, convinced that tbey would easily hold tbeir own. disposed the rsBjginder of his forces on the flanks and rear of his two camps. "At 4:30 a. m. a heliograph from the western peak announced that the Boers were about to overwhelm the fusiliers. General elements was unable to send adequate help, but dispatched yeomanry to climb the precipitous hillside and create a diversion. Before the yeomanry could come into action the Boers had overlapped the Northumberlands and were in possession of the entire horseshoe, firing down on the yeomanry entangled in the bushes and bowlders. lb Chocolate Creams....... 3 lbs Mixed Candy ........... . 4 lbs cheap Mixed Candy  s lbs English Walnuts....i\... 2 lbs Mixed Nut*....  Plttsbnrg, Deo. 17.—The andlting committee of the United Mine Workers flrids that there ara more than 20,000 miners In tthe Pittsburg district, and more than half of them ate organized. This la an extraordinary lnoreaaa over the previous year. Thla la ascribed to the hard work of the officials In", presenting the advantages of the organization to the workmen in and «bont the mines. Berry'a tor line bleek china. Actne Steam Laundry A fine line of Catholic prayer books, gold and allver rosaries and religions articles of all klnda at Walsh's, S William St. We Are Not Little flen's Clothes. Mount Wrangel In Eruption. . Taeowg, Pgc. 17.—Mount Wrangei, ill Alaska, Is again reported ip jruption. The latest outburst from the month of the great volcano began on the avening bt Nov. 0 and was continuing a week later. There were no earthquake shocks, but great Jefs of steam were gushing forth, varied as the eruption progressed by flashes of fire. One side of the mountain which bad been covered by great glaciers was seen on the morning of Nov. 11 to be black and bars. Smallpox In Utah, Boys' Pure Wool Skating Caps, 50c. Boys' Cap9, in 50 s'yles, at, each, 25c. Boys' Fine Wool Covert Overcoats and Reefers, handsomely made; size, 3 to 9 and 8 to 15; price, each, 91.98. Boys' Knee Pants, strictly all wool; double knees and seat; price, 50c. (On Second fcloor.) • lbs Fancy Figs...  1 lb Cal Soft Shell Almond!... *31 ■ lb New Dates ici 6 qts Sugar Popcorn aji 1 qt Cranberries 0........loC 4 lbs Minie Meat ,tgC 1 dox California Sweet Oranges, sjc 1 can R & R Plum Pudding.. .*]( Special for tin Holidays* Beriy's for brooob pins, hat pina. Price, Utah, • Dec. 17.—The smallpox situation in eastern Utah is becoming most alarming. The greater number of the eases are among the foreign born miners in the coal camps, and if there is a general epidemic of the plague the con I output will be materially decreased. There are nearly 100 cases at Scofield, while winter quarters, Clear Creek and Sunny Side eh nip, in the east end of Carbon county, report numerous cases. Tbe natives will be aatonlahed next Tuesday evening by the anrora borealis display at the front of Weeks Bros' olaar «t Dre. Keep yonr eye on It. In the Lamp business, but we bought a very fine line of Parlor lamps for holiday decoration and do not want to carry them oyer. Come in and look thetn over. We will sell each and every one at a very low price A fine line of Mortis Chairs now on exhibition at prices thit will please you. It la eatimated that the organization has • paid-up memberahlp of 200,000 members, and that the next national convention, to be held in Indianapolis January SI, will be tbe largeet ever held. Should there be a delegate sent for every 100 members there wonld be 2,600 delegatea, whloh wonld leave very little room for apeotatora. Pennsylvania will have a rep reaentatlon of 100,000 miners more at tbe national convention than ever before. The number of miners In ths anthracite region la eatimated at 128.000, of which about 100,000 are organized.. Organizers are being aent Into the Weat Virginia field where the condition are not as satlafaotory aa .they might be. Books for Gifts. Peloubet's Notes for Sunday Scbool Lt-ssons for 1901; special at 85c Fine line of silverware at Lelbson's. The famous Pansy Books; included in the lot are Househo d Puxsles, Overruled, John Remington, Martyr, Miss Del Dunmore Bryant, Thr Hall in the Gro/e, Interrupted. A Modern Exodus. Echoing and Reechoing, and a half a hundred other tities;-sale price 69c. Scrofula In the head shows itself aooner or later In swellings, sores and eruptlona Bnt Hood'sSarsaparlila completely oureslt. Urge Tannery Destroyed. Sheboygan, Wis., Dec. 17.—Fire has totally destroyed the immense plAnt of Zschistsche & Sons, tanners. The cause is unknown. Loss, $180,000; fully covered by insurance. The flames scorched the big furniture plant of {he  Manufacturing company adjoining, whose loss will be several thousand dollars. Nearly 200 men will be thrown out of employment, apd the plant may not be reboilt. An Ohio Polnon My»terj, "The Northumberlands made a magnificent defense as long as their ammunition lasted. According to the Boer account, many even when resistance was hopeless died fighting. "General Clements, now left with 700 men, nlorie superhuman efforts against the bullets from the Boers pouring over the peaks and managed to save h's guns and the enmp equipment. lie retired in splendid order and at 4 p. m. started to march to Bloemfontein, fighting n rear guard action all the way and arriving the next day at 4 p. m." f,ord Methuen, according to another dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated yesterday, attacked Bn.d captnred a Boer laager near Lichtenburg, 't'rausynal, Dec. 14, scouring large supplies of cattje and sheep and a considerable quantity of ammunition. Marietta, O., Dec. 17.—The strango case of poisoning at Forsyth Mine, near here, by which four persons are dead, three dying and two others seriously 111, is still a mystery. The coroner and a physician went to the place and learned that all the victims had died in great agony, suffering without a doubt from poison. A postmortem was held at once on the bodies, and the stomachs were secured for analysis. Baltlso wafers, fauqoM wafers, butter I imacj omkm, fancy canOlad oran*. pmI, 1 and citron peel, and .U kinds of On* eh* qatsltM for the Xmas dlnn.r. Kline', ubln. Palace, 1 FINE RUGS. Carpet size Rugs; a'1 sites; 9x12 feet. Wilton* at I35. Axminsters at $25. Axminster Rugs Ingrains at $3* Sj*e 27x54, %% 50. Oriental Rugs, ranging in sizes from 3x4 Size 36x72, #3 75. lo 4x8, #1050 to #21. Wilton Rugs- Smyrna Rugs in all sues at all prices. Size a7x|4« When In Wllkeabarre, oall there, 28 4outh Main atreet, and see the fine line ot bric-a-brac and oblna specialties, anltable for Christmas preeenta. We are makir.g a special holi day run on Reed Rockers a-. $1 98 and $2 These chairs sold formerly at $3 50 to $5.00. J.T ARMSTRONG & CO., ea South Mam St, PTOHKW. | ACard. We, the undeialgned, do hereby agree Ic refnud tbe money on a GO oent bottle of Grtene'a Warranted Syrup of Tar if It falie to cure your congh or cold. We also guar antee a 25 cent bottle to prove eatlsfactory or money refunded. J. H. Hoccx, WM O. FBIOB, J. F. KANE, CIUS Watkbo, G. D. STBOB. Syrian Girl Still Astray, No ttrovrell Fortune, C.E. Howell, (Carpet Store on Third Floor) Boston, Dec. 17.—Sophie Heykel Kaloof, the 18-year-old Syrian girl who dis* appeared from her home, 81 Albany street, last Friday, which was the eve of her intended wedding to her cousin, Joseph Kaloof, has not yet been found. Detectives of Bp&tpn, Worcester, Provi dence and several otbor eastern  have searched without obtaining any trace of her.  Somerville, Mass., Dec. 17.—The Crowells are dejected aud disappointed because of the return from England without a fortune of W. L. Crowell. who was sent by all the other Crowells to look in England for the fortune, estimated by some to be $30,000,000, by others to be $150,000,'JQO, which, it was understood, wfts to distributed to the Crowells of the world, who number 450. UMBRELLAS. PRAYS FOR GAMBLERS, FURNITURE STORE, 55 Bonth Main St., Pittston. ""pine, rich, elegant. We never had a more handsome line. Soma have pearl handles, fifteen inches long, with gold trimmings. Ttitse »«H at fe.oO; other rich ones at 16, $C. $4-50 and $3 00 Ladies' Umbrellas, with Princes 1 handles} • you could wish for. Some are rich ' fancy horn handles: finely trimmed; $i to $10 rate woodi; others are stag and horn; Men's Umbrellas; every kind of handles I trimmed Kith silver; prices, fi.oo to $8 Vee.-Sr. Parker'. Unique Sporting Pag. In the Londou Bun. London, Dec 17.—Dr. Joseph Parker, paatorof tbe City Temple today began bis experiment of editing tbe Evening San for a week. The first nnmber con tains a oolnmn of rellglona notes, tbree columns on the Boer war and a colnmu Cof crimes, obit fly murders. There is no ■porting news. Coder the heading "betting and gambling forecasts," the Doctor prints a paper that gambling may perinff and sajs "If my paper oannot during lis experimental days live without pandering to gambler, drunkard and aennallst, then let It whither away." Call and examine our goods aqd get prices. Lelbson's, 18 N. Meln street, lw J. FREED New York, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Catharine Olivia Brice, widow of Calvin S. Bricc and mother of Stewart M. Brice, councilman. died on Saturday in her homo. Death of Mra. Brice. 3HOES AND SUPPER3. Bath Robes, at Corcoran Bbos. BRIEF NEWS NOTE8. A French South American Hcheme. London, Doc. 17.—An interesting scheme is on foot to establish n tavern inent over n region of 100,000 square miles* in the heart of South America to be christened Amazonia and to lie placed under French protection. The matter is really a serious one. and as it directly involves the Monroe doctrine it deserve* the attention of the Washington authorities.FULL LINE OF Ladies'$1 so Shoes *1.85 a ptlr. "** Box"ca)f a»d SDongoI* 8|iid Ttjles; batten and lace; patent leather and kid tip*. A great bargain. Men's slipper*, special, at a pair, 69 cents. Men's Fine Slippers; worth $1-50! at 99 cents. t',93 Fifth avenue. Mrs. Brlco'a death occurred two years after that of her The official report of the flnances of the Paris exposition shows a loss of $400,001). tgf 1SF F 188 "Thou.ht It Meant Death Pur.."—Mr* James McKtmm, of Dannville, Out, says of her almost miraculous cure from heart disease by Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart: "ZJntll I i.eg*n taking this remedy I despaired of my life. I had heart failure and extreme prostration. One dose gave me quick relief and one bottle cured me. The Bufferings of two years were dispelled like magic." J. H. Honck. husband, lie having died Dec. 15, 1898. She died in the same house and in the tame room.  The discovery of magn|ticeiDt jvaterfalja In the Canadian Rockies was announced at Winnipeg. Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of the New York Staats Zeitung, is dead after many years of suffering. JONAS LONG'S SONS, WiMarre's Greatest Store. Syracuse, Deo. 17.—A special to The Post-Standard from Boston says that Eugene Smith, a well known resident of Syracuse, was probably fatally shot and dubbed by a negro in that city yesterday. Sinitlj was engaged in the construction of the metropolitan sewer. No cause for the attack is know#. Attacked by a Neitro. SOLD Af CAWLBV* 4H0B STORE Telephoning without wires was successfully accomplished at Miuueapolla. The distance was over 1,000 feet across Broke Her Own Record. Lives to Dye. HUNGARY IS STRICKEN Silk Suspesdkrs, Choice Holiday flirr, Toledo, Dec. 17.—Miss Hose Murray, champion lady howler of the world, broke her own record of by bowling 255. Her sister. Miss Sadie Murray, who was her competitor, bowled 220. PIMESEHEl'S STUDIO m _ , All work W6HSR6I:: finished in Specialty::from, to ■■ ten days re-81 " gardless of CUIdrei'l :: weather. 14 ... ; South Main PKOtlS. street, ♦ 4M4MMI PITTSTON. fBNN'A. 1.! CUTLER, i A FwlDi Prevails and Plague and Ty. AT Cobcobah Bros. ho Mississippi riveV. The antique golden vase given by orphans of Lima, Peru, to orphans of the Galveston flood reached New York and will be exhibited foy sale. The Star Steam Djp Worka, No. 80 8. Main, opposite Oliver Borke'a hotel, renovate* ladles' and gents' 8tie fabric* otrreotlj and dyfa In all abadea. Fast oolore No crook. Batlafaction or no obsrge Lad lee' and genta' bata and glovee a specialty. Bring a teat Job or addrees by postal oard. Agent will oall at jonr borne. pnoa are Basing. Appreciated. Vienna, Deo. IT.—The Agrarian pror-1 Incee, comprising two hundred rqnare! miles around Lenteobsu, Hungary, aie famine stricken. Disease la rampant, eight eases of bubonto plague and a thousand eases of tjphne being reported. The mortality In the district la three ban tired to the thousand.  To ehow onr appreciation to onr nnmelon* patrone, we will thla year present eaoh one with an elegant Chrlstmaa gift at our atora on Monday, Deo. 34th, 1800, from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. 8. J. Fbxjuun, Ulchmond, Ind., Pec. 17.—Andrew Carnegie is considering the gift of a sum sufficient to endow a school for librarians at Winona, Ind:, and, it is aald, he looks on the plan with favor. A Carnegie School. Representative BoutelleTs physician nlounces that he shows improvement, leading to the hope that he may be  jome, but that be would never be fitted for work, Leroy, N. Y„ Dec. 17.-Lawrence Bry»nt, a 5-year-old hoy, was accidentally #hot**and killed by his 10-year-old brothtr. The hoys were playing with a loaded shotgun-  Killed His Little Brother. (AT THE OLD STAND) 14 ami 16 Korlh Main 75 North Main St., Pitts! Ion. Wholeaale Liquor House, Flltaton, Pa, Vint Hen Vail Paid Dear tar BU M. InuCl Hhihu Oapsalee Are nnllke anything prepared In Amerlea. They were first prescribed by Dr Kranee, Germany's famonaooertphyiiolan, long before antlpyrine waa discovered, end •re almost marvelous, eo speedily do they onre the moat distressing oaaea. Price 26o. Sold by J. H. Honck. All the stock of Jewelry, Watches, etc. chased from E. C Bechtold baa been re to cost, and parties looking for fine got purluoedVictims to etomaob, llrer and kidney I troubles, u wejl aa women, and all feel the reenlta In loaa of appetite, polaona In the blood, baokaohe, nervoasnesp, headache and tired, llstleea, run-down feeling. Bnt there's no need to feel like that. J. V. Gardner, of Idarllle, Ind., aaye: " Elect rio Bitters are just the thing for a man when he doeen't care whether he llvee 01 dlea. It gave ma pejr strength and good appetite. I can now ,eat anything and have a new leaae on life." Only 60o at Stroh'a pharmaoy, Weat Plttston, and W. 0. Price, Plttaton. Every bottle guaranteed. B.D. Blanton,of Thacervlile, Tex., in.two yearn paid over $800 00 to doctor* to onre a tanning tore on bis leg. Then they wanted to ont It off, bnt he cured It with one box of Bcoklen'a 4rnioa Salve. Guaranteed onre for pilee. 96c a box. Sold by 8troh's pharmacy, Weat Plttaton, and W. O. Price, Pltteton.  W. W. Callender. A full line of Fall and Wintet Goods, comprising Wool Dress Goods, French Flannels, Do wet Flannels, Blankets and Qaillf, Yarns—Germantown, Spanish, Shetland, German Knittipf Yiflj. Ladies', Children's and* Gents' Ud. Jerwear in fleeced lined, and all wool. New Goods opened dally, jj Adreatlae In the Qabtib reasonable prices for holiday gifts will to look this stock over. THREE NEWBISHOPS. Were Named by rope\j£eo at Oonslstory Mailt Hall 0ook Store This Morning. Announces Its readiness for your inspection of holiday goods. Oar line comprises pocketbooks, Christmas gift books, toilet cases, brlo-a brao, prayer books, roearlea, I eto , etc. Call earl) and make aeleotlona before the line la broken. CJ8TATE OF MARY A. KEENAN, LATE of Avoca, deceased. t-etters of administration upon the above named estate having been granted to tbe undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, aad those having claims or demands to present the same, without delay, to p w DERHHIMER, W. I. BIBBS, Attorney. 1118.1,10,17 MONEY. IT HAS COME! Borne, Dec. 17.—At. the Corslatory thla' morning the Fope named several new Blahope, Including Moeller for Diocese Oolnmbra, Ohio; Alderlng for Fort "Wayo-, I.,d, and Krane for Dubuque, Iowa. For Ben. ana m Sale. Wonld oh Kemp', Balaam (or the throat and lungs. It Is (raring more oongh,, colds, aathma, bronohltle, eroap and all throat and lnng troubles, than any other medlelna. The proprietor ha, authorized any drugglet to glTe yon a sample bottle frss to ponvlnoe yon of the merit of thla great remedy. Prloe gtto and BOo. A Beaalkle Man Several atorea left orer at very low rent*, also several dwelling, with modern improvements, and also aevsral honsM at medlnm and low rents In Plttston and Wort Plttston. Bayers will now find some ,t bargains. C1 B. Thommoh Agt. I hare money for mortgagee In anr amount. Mortgages may stand for a term of yt*x* and only the Interest be paid, or will give the privilege to make payments on mortgage monthly, quarterly, eeil-annnally or annually, and the tote rest.will oease Immediately on every dollar otpAiclpel thus rmald. Thte ta not building aeeoclatkm money. I handle only private funds and trust funds. Our new stock of Wall Paper For the fall trade. We are selling Cameras and camera snppllea at Houok'a THE WEATHER Xnaaa Requisites. Now la the time when croup and lnng troubles prove rapidly fatal. The only harmleaa remedy that produoea Immediate reaulta la One Mlnnte Cough Core. - It la very pleasant to take and oan be relied upon to quickly car* oougha, colda and I an lung dlaeaaes. It will prevent consumption. T. J. Tatea, Plttaton, and Stroh'i I Ptamu*. Wart ntMea. Sprinters Write | For Samplee of]Special[Lots In BONDS, • safe "" X9SS'1 ANT1ETAJH PAPER CO., 2 All graaes at a Waahlngton, D. C., Deo. 17.—Forecast I until 8 p. m. Monday, for Eaatern Pennsylvania; Cold tonight and Tnaa•day; 1 probably light snow In extreme ppitbwn portion*, All kinds of Xmaa mixed and aeleot oandlea, English walnnta, hszle nnta, mixed nuts, fine peanuta, sugar popoorn, grapea, figs, datea, applea, crangea, bananas, ate. Yonra for a merry Xmaa. Great Reduction. PeWitt'a Little Early Blssrs srs dainty little pills, bnt thsy never fall to oleanee [theliver, remove obstruotlona and invigorate the system. T. J. Yates, Plttston, 8tokt ftontw* Was* Plttston, Will find it to their interest to boy their eswsr pipe and fittings of us. We have the Plumber* D. E. BAXTER. ttat Flow Bwact BslMtog, WUkMbuw. Paper from 7c roll up, WALTER SPRY. R.B.Cutl JS Iw Joaxra Baiooxj, JS. XM* g».