Pittston Gazette

              pers with the aals for conclusii the hulk of the first in the forma* FIFTY-FIRST YEAR CD isbo ism [, PA., FRIDA1 )NQ., A BOER COMMANDO— defeab police, TWO CENTS A COPT \ 4O0AMONTH. f IREI W CHANDLER DL. I J.d.r Bmrahmm WllljtT **" ' Cooeom, k'h? fy K Itiirjt Irani of *"««"} sotfil in the Hppiiblican l»-i;islanT.- gau to 8ap(wed Senator \\ IHiam h. C nan dler, W'ho*D t*rm at ho trice will e*p)r« March 8 next. Th* nomination mt*d« on the flraf ballot, which was an follows Henry W. Blair, 1; Henry B. Quinby 22; Cyrus A. Sulloway, 23; Henry M Baker. 20; William E. Chandler, 47 Henry E. Burnham, 11)8. .Tudge Henrj E. Bnrnhatn was l»orn in t)unbarton, N H., NoV. fc; 1844; was graduated frott Dnitmouth In 18*15, studied law, ad mitted to the Rew Hampshire fcdr U 1868,' was probate judge for JrlillsborC county ftom 187(5 to 1870 iAetaalve, • member of the house of repjpEwferitttivet LONDONEI ME BLUE. 1 HE DAY IN ,Rt8C ,EATED. ItUIr M»W(n» CtHrni on Army Jfllli I" OUR FIRST GREAT sale Here is a Great portunity to Is Said to1! Anti-American I Situation tn South Africa Seems Washington, Jan. li — Considerable ptagresi was made yesterday.by the si-u ate with the army reorganization bill, but the final vote upon the, measure seems to be as far off as evor. The proceedings were characterized by several sharp colloquies, some of which were of a decidedly personal character. (a»e Caus 'ttpfjureem to Grow Worse. » - aft Save At AN EHD KITOHEHER BEPORTS ATTACKS, Lasts During Thi H in Cp Colon; m K.od» I tlAn and Prance WoiM lir the Triple Alllave* m"d 8«jr» Loa* on Botk Sides W»a Heavy. Several Briflah GnrHtuna .Snppoard to Have Bern C captured—Rofra Trek OREAt WHEAT CH« An appeal-was presented by Mr. Teller ©f Colorado from more than 2,000 pereons in Manila urging the United States government to cease its operations •juMiM the Filipinos. The appeal Is* sensatloti*! in its statements ahd so uuusual in form th»t Mr. Hatvley of Connecticut made a vigorous objection to its publication as a document. He declared that it was a treasonable denunciation of the government and an attack upon our soldiers. lOnth. Money *U1J7,IM1(K| btiahela. -•» «* TWO soon *s Dm Ship. •"WW «* Ootn ih* mB"tabto.»«""» «". i a . . „ J,C?'?88'?w bMh,wi »•*•. 1.-A fan. of 0«P* b«l«I.t W,WB,8S8 bu.h.l.; ty^ West Pram VrrlMtf, While taking inventoiy many truths Ttiw- I merchandise comes to light. For instance we broken lots; to 6tart the year right we should notTiave these Everything in our immense stock will be sold at greatly reduced prices during this month. Our policy is not to carry goods over from season to season. Read evtry item carefully. London, Jan. U.-Attention him boja arawn to tha suspicions slmilnrily in tiehdeney existing betwean the official vl«w« emSnstlng frrtih Vienna nod the dispatches cabIM by oorrespondaotB ltt the United Swtee. Another atrtkln* tnstiilc* has occurred within the l""t ro,,,'le of As ontiaW the Unanimity of views is manifested in k sentiment at hostility to the American government. Thla time the atate department's proposal to refer certain point a of the Chinese negotiations to a commission wHIch would meet at iVaahifLrtrtu or elsewhar* fnrnlahes tb» pt£»*t Dr flttaek. Thw Times own Hew Vork correspondent sneers at the .proposal In the malevolent manner habitual with him. The Dally Telegraph's Vienna correspondent tells how the suggestion has aroused the Ire of Austrian diplomatists against the United States, and eVen thle New York Herald's corraafclototfeut in Vhsrtia repeats with »b air of believing The Dally Telegraph's statement that the United State* may be aaked to leave the concert dt powers In Chftia. „ LondorlD jftu. it.—1the situation i« South Africa grdws tttirsfe rather than better. Lord Kitchener's dispatched arc more laconic, than those of Lord Roberts, and little else of importance is allowed tc come through. Children's  Velveteen Skirt  Best Qnality Paper of Ladies Dark Csttoo Wrai. Children's Sleeping Garments* One lot of Children's Slbbed Fleeoed pants for 10 cents 1 Lot Coat's Thread, 8 spools M? 10 oenta Ladies' Heavy Wool Mitts 10 cents Men's Heavy Wool Books 10 oents Boys' Strong Knee Pants 10 oents Men's Heaw Leather Gloves 26 oenta Gents* Fancy Laundered Shirts IB cents Ladies' Flannel Shirt Waists 75 oents Ladies' Black Fleeoed Lined Boas 10 oentc Men's Fleeoed Uv d Underwear 4B cents Children's Wool Mitts 8 oents Childrdh'S Stocking Caps 10 oettts Men's Wool Mitts 19 cents ia | J hn*bor%Cil*' Mnm «MMfain)r A FAITHFUL SAVED ■ fl HNEtSish' '-Sf to"' um ' * * ™ The Times, in an editorial today, finda • pomfort in the thought that the "process of attrition is doing Its work and must shortly lead to the"inevitable result." In othe r quarters, however, there is less satisfaction with the position of affair* which has practically necessitated the fortification of Cape Town. • N Vo steps been taken to comply with Lord Kitchener's demands for tgD enforcements. Lord Coleridge, in a lettei excusing his nonattendanco at a political meeting, sadfca: "I loath** and detest this war and the policy which brought it about, the mode in which it is conducted and the undignified excitement over the defeaHJf a hand ful of peasants defending their country at #the hands of tell times their nuinbei of trained soldiers, "bfrked by the wealth of England." Consideration was concluded of the committee amendments to the bill, and the senate took up the amendments pro posed by individual senators. The amendments providing for the appointment of Generals James l£. Wilson, l?it«-Hugh Lee and Shdfter to be major generals of 'the regular army and retired precipitated ah extended and on the part of Mr. Pfettigrew a bitter debate. The amendments prevailed, however, despite the opposition. The general debate on the river and harbor bill continued in the house until 4 o'clbck, when the death of Representa* tive Clarke of New Hampshire was announced* and the house out Of respect $0 his memory. t , Ttyon's xiuits. en's SPee/trrs. All.wool men's suits that sold for ¥ and $6.jo, January sale $4 50. Men's reefers with large storm collors, the regular $3 50 kind, Jannary sale I1.7S. _•D H One Hundred Saved F Alt our suit* that sold at $7.00, $8.00 and 88 50, including blue and black worsted and . cassimere suits, January sale $6.00. High grade suits that sold for $9.50, $10 and $11, Jan. sale C8.50. * A number oi dressy suits such, as blue, bio'" that so January Vro'v Jfnao !Panis. Strictly all wool knee pants, reg nlar'ly 75c, January sale 48c. _ j C«p« Town, Jan. . Police and loy»| farmer* biM bmo rapnton oy * email Boer commando n*r AUwal North. , 8,MS,WW bubala; bookwbaat, 9D#,Ik ha largaat •«« gatharod, andthaoata "OP baa baan noaaJad o»lj once. 2/oung 97?en's P ' " IT WILL PAY Y00 tO act, all wool clay and serges agrOOtttS. 1 for 9i*i $'3 and $C4 50, Boy® *£,c«y *" *°o1 ' ' s overcoitsjin five different s !0r Depttrimont. reguiarpAie %1 and $8; Ji anion made pants, warrant ® ™ 'if., . . jol and not to Hp, worth . JDgvef .0T?. anuary sal«-«. 9* s'let ,S * I3 pantsjredaced Children's oS/O C jo pants are the „ „ •C!s reduced In Child's top sold a - January sal«^a.«. an's Uvercoai** C chiidv top cogU that sold Iressy overcoat, ip blue. *0d $3 D5. £*«y CD*'* * 5'. 1 brown beivers that are The fine dfcford coats tha y jo, fef #4»S- *l #4 *SD JanSafy wle $3 '5- SiMfllWEC; C*Mii e |7- -• r . Bl«je reefers worth at leas' ill wool black;1 blue fRf Janoii-y xaeys that sold all through Blue and brtNrn Kersey 1 at $n ami fia, January worth $* 50, sizes 3 to 9 years """4* 2^.. I Om Brace Hamilton bu relaaaed the long-beeleged garrtaon of Booprt*4 and BnUfontelo, In Northwattsrn Free State fc. M.d„Hhw. been l.Tdwtn. lot the defenae of tin town. A foroe of h"« »Uo landed ftom tlwwar'^ZZmgHti ""T"t Tliln morning's dispatches report that n .small purty of tfoers cirrrieil off cattlf close to the fcast fort at Pretoria. .overt hades, nuary PEOPLE'SS lifter Probablr Inapt pen Opposition, knr to Stote'a New York, Jan. ll;—The' Worid publishes a story saying that it fcif been informed by one of the men cttiwy connected with the ptosefcution ot the four men charged with the murder of Jennie Bossehieter that George Kerr will turn state's evidence against his ttiree companions at the trial at Paterson, N. J., next Monday. The statement was not denied either by Prosecutor Eugene Enley or John F.' Kerr, a brother of the prisoner. Kerr, according to The World'* informant, will go on the stand and tel' the whole story of how the girl met hei death. He will be'one of the principal witnessed" for the prosecution anfii it isexpected, will escape' without punishment as a reward for giving the clinching testimony. Kerr will tell how he and the other men met the girl, about the drive Hnd the tragic terminfttfoA ot the night's terrible orgie, but wiH deny that-he* was present when the knockout drops were pourffdjjn Jennie Bosschleter's wine. Hbeen advised to make u clean 6f everything, eveo if it should injure bin boon companion, Walter McAliater. IS south n*bi street, Httatoa. Always the. . •. I •' Drnty'a C jCheauaat. | Old Staa- 18 HOT. This tonehljBv. unanimity Is too pronounced to pais unnoticed and too unvaryingly anti-American to bo duo to anything save obedlitite to a mot d'ordre. If the matter wefe probed to the bottom, the .taeuer of that mot d'ordrc would probably prom to M the kiiamrt who.,a» the head vtjhe triply allknti" and the only membra.of the nlli*n« whose Mods unfettered, England being kept busy in the Transvaal, la in a position to dictate with a fair chance of .being obeyed. Nine hundred Boers, Under Command ant Fritzingrr, are 15 miles from Rich moud in the direction of Miirraysburg. .'Men's all t l*S«D.. "'■All 01 hOur ti J better on Humors are spreading at Portervillc that the rebel* have joined the Boers in the Calvinia district. coats, ?8. jats. imj, H.—The dlff «rreop.v« 'PhoM. and Venezuela m etlat. Aoantborltatlveljlent this morn liiTe the matter The military commissioner of police at Johannesburg hns warned the public tc beware of the duugerous dynamite lninet laid in the Itand to protect the mines, as the authorities cannot hold themselves responsible for injuries resulting therefrom.dop. saved SENATOR CHANDLER. in 1878-4 and of the constitutional con renVion of 1889. The.defeat jof Mr. Chandler in the sen -atorUn caucus is regarded by New Hamp shire politicians as the end of his long political careet. Senator Chandler entered the political arena in 1862, when he became a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives. Duriuu the two succeeding years he served as speaker in that body. In 1805 he became solicitor aud judgr advocate general of the navy depart mentr which office he resigned in the fall of 1867. He became u member of fh« New Hampshire constitutional convention in 18TB and in 1881 again was u member of that state's house of repre seutatives. Tn that year also he was ap pointed solicitor general by President Garfield, but was rejected by the senate. $'-7SD Animal Oai wt For ?3 New York, Ji belonging to Arthur, Stale I Good i black an worth f «Ptal» ww awakin^^g^HR w»k.o«d hla  dog eao*p«d to . th* douk ju.t .»th« went down. No rqpaon la known fat ♦Inking of th» tag. ..■f**' '  a disposition His majesty In inorg eoKerued In shutting tbe TtaitaigTl an) of the concert thin any one, fife It ia Statu that ha. thwarted his Jlttlc neh*me of wHbleaale slaughter, which was to leave China imbaad with terror"of the German empire, while the other (lowers were to be thrust |ato the background as of no aecotfat. Concert FnuHcsllr KbM A|M«4|r, Ah a matter of fact, howeter, there I; no concert of' the powers now. Ilussfa has Tlrtnalljr withdrawn from It of her own free will, preferring to make an independent treat; with China. According to The Dally Telegraph, the idea Is being contemplated of leaving out the United States. And France, the formal ally of Russia and united by tbe friendliest ties to Amerlco, will scarcely work very cordially with the stumps of a concert, gamely the triple alliance and England. This simply means that the concert Is breaking up into camps, of which the divisions are becoming mor* marked at time goes on. Following Is the text of the latest dispatch from Geueral Kitcheiwr, dated in Pretoria on Wednesday, Jan. 9: Robert*' f.nfeat Dispatch. sqld : reformer killed. All w the regu uary saD Agsau ike Death mtm Leader. "On the night of Jan. 7 the BoerR made simultaneous and determined at tacks upon all of onr posts at Belfast, Wonderfontein, Nooitgedacht and Wild fontein. Intense fog prevailed, and, taking advantage of the cover it afforded, the Boers were able to creep up close to our positions. A heavy fire continned u* til 3:40 a. ra., when the Beers were driven off.1 One officer was killed and three wounded, while 20 men were killed and 59 wounded. The loss to'the Boer* was heavy, 24 dead being counted. 4°. Buti Sup Hong Kong says that tbe Chinese reformer, Yung Kn Wan, baa been ssssnlnattd at the Instigation of Ohlneae  agenta. - * Jan. 11.—A dlspatoh from Fine brown ki (he seasob sale 9790. eefers, J*n PRESIDENT 18 BETTER* In addition to the above, be'given on all other goods n guaranteed as represented. ... ALL WERE RE8CUep. °" Hundred ..d In. Simla Ilkni^to • tiw **nntlD. HumIIIm, J«n. IflUrAtifi(WK.ng«r.*i4 otow of the stMDttr BomU, vtalob ««• •tnutdid star Fuunaa on Mondey, h»T« been r*cned. Heroic effort* of Jlfo tafrt* who ctrore fot four day* to gel ■ line to the Ttml were rewarded at dajbauk today when the aee hart ly, * breeehee buoy wiaokad ateamer. ) wat-Mbor*. than the •nth* 10S ed OB New York, Jan. 11.—A new cure for consumption, the patient un^ergai&C-n 15,000 candle power electric light batb daily, is being tried for the nrfct. time iiD America by Dr. George „G. Hopkins of 296 Ryerson street, Brooklyn borough The results are marvelous, the doctoi says. A patient who came to him six weeks ago in the last stages of consum'p #on if qow at work. Tfre kpown «« tbe; "decomposed treatment The pripeiple wa» cUtcOver*d tbjr Dr. Fii» sen ift Denmark. Dr, Hopkins visited him and learned of it. Dr.. Hopkins ha* a small room fitted up in tils bouse. Into this the patient enters and disrobes. A 15,000 candle power arc light is .turned on, but only three pf the niys—the violet, blue an flight reach the patient. KlUe glass deflecty the other rays. No ls Kerr Conaamptloa C«M. He WM Able to til Up Today Part off the Yin*. "A convoy taking supplies to Gordon's brigade north of Krugersdorp was at taeked by Beyer's commando yesterday. The Boers were driven off, leaving 11 dead on the fielfL Our casualties were four slightly wounded." Wuhlngton, J»p. 11.—8»or«tarj Coi- I UljonJ •ddoddom that the Prxldent !■ tteadll? Improving. He la now able to alt np part ot the time. Under President Arthur Mr. Chandler accepted the portfolio of secretary of the navy. He served in this capacity until 1885. Two years later he was elected to tho senate to fill the unexpired term of Austin F. Pike, which ended in  In 1889 he was re-elected Jto tho senate and 1805 was chosen a third time. B. 0 "Five thousand Boers, supposed to be trekking west from Vryburg," says the Bape Tpwn correspondent of The Daily tail, "art now making their wa/ into tlje heart of Cape Colony. The suppetition U that they have captured several small garrisons on tbs way." - THE WEATHER. Wubington, D 0.' J«n. 41.—FomomI »Qtll 8 p. m. Saturday, for  ; peoaalonal rain at mom tonight; Satwfer olwrioR, oold in northern portion* of 8UU, northwwteriy wind*. ftfNNCMI. AND COMMERCIAL " Newport Stock Ibrklti' farnbhed hi K. C Jordan* Oa, stock brokers, room », Mlnerf One Price Corned of Main aBd Wi! It remains, to be sefcn wfcifb will win, in the end:. There 4s certainly a strong probability tBlf Russia, France and the United States will be more successful in dealing with China if a definite split takes place than will tfie triple alliano* -and Bngtind. Justice and Humanity will prote more powerful than oppression anCF indifference to the rights of nations. In that case the effort to shut out the United States will probably change scramble ±o come in. York UKlilatnra, -'Albany. .Tap. 11.—'The legislature will take up in right good earnest shortly the question of pood roads. A number ol amendments to the law that will covci the recommendations made to the legis Ifitwre by Qjell !n hit* message wjn be ofr'-tbese amend ments will provide that the state pay through the issue of bonds, the entire ex pense of constructing the roads, lev.vinu the proriortionate cost upon the couutief which receive the benetit, thereby expe diting matters very nuidj, as the stutC could borrow money muclrcheaper than the chuuties. The appropriation to b» asked for this year for goml roads will! probably be $.SOO.OOO/"A proposed amendment to the utioii providing foi a new section would seem to indicate thjit. the Republicans in the legislature be lfeve that the direct tax wiU soon be n thing of the past. Senator Brown ha* introduced a bill providing for a new section, No. 30, to article It, declaring that there shall \hD no direct tax levied except in time of insurrection or war. It take* three years to pass such an amendment. NMXT TQ BROWN « Ant , and anally Unwlllln* IIIunband Shot. Kansas City, Jan. 11.—Philip H. Ken nedy,' agent for thfr Merchants' Dispatch. Transportation company, was shot four times 7and killed by his wife. Lulu K. Kennedy, at his office in the New Ridge building, In the*" heart of the city, last evening. Mrs. Kennedy appeared at the entrance of the office of the Merchants' Dispatch and seeing her husband inside requested him to step into the hall. He had barely passed through the door when his wife opened fire on him with a revolver, killing Mm instantly. Mrs. Kennedy, who was formerly Lulu K. Prince, .married Kennedy Dec. 4, 1900, and the -jWoom's action during the ceremony indicated that he was not a willing patty to the contract. Kennedy brought suit' last Tuesifey tC* annul 4*is marriage with Miss £rince. He alleged in his petition that he was forced into the marriage by threats against his life if he refused Ctnd that the threats were mado not only by the father and brother of the young woman, but by her also. The petitioner said he lta# never liveff with het aa  band. t? ; Few Words ECLIPSE ohgptftt# retone and (warmed abowt thtf ■ffm, u|tr to alnlatn to thai* wafea. Re«r Admiral Btaon, who had bean directing tha work of aaTlog tha ahlpnraakcd oompaay, telegraphed at eight thta morn- Ing that all an aahan and nona Injured or til, though all ata wortirhy terrible experieaoaa.' MILES OF BATLR6AD. com] of si New York, Jan. II, igoi. Open. AtSSion16*1 Wire,., 48 «S Atchison pref.'"!.'.!...!!!!!!!'.'.!!! Stf Sou Brooklyn Traction 8412 B4ft Chea. m Ohio. .Mi MOtt Federal Steel BAM Federal Steel pref 75 7a£ W......11gi U6H | Nor. '.'.V.'? V.V.V.'.V.V.V." 8B 87)4 O. A W .. 81* ® Leather , 18 lag Bobber UM 81m Snion Paciflo ON I86« nlon Paciflo prof 8Mb 8Mi Wabash pref tQjf 87U Western Union 87fc . 87* Drhstlncc ton lent ■( "Cornell. Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 11.—In thC**jj\eptW annual content of the '94 nieinnH%jgd«D bate "contest held at Cornell 8. S. LofWi of Rochester proved the. winD w«.r °« the affirmative side »f the question, "Resolved, That the see ond portion Cfl section 2 of the fourteenth amendment he retained as an integral part of the eonstitution and rigorously enforced.**; .D1. M. \Vy*ell of Alma, N. was a close second on! the negative side of the Cjuestion. The judges were, W. B. Parsons of New York, Professor B. of lthdca and H. N. Crosby of Wittier, X. Y. President »T. Hchurman presided, aud the contest proved thp closest held since 1896. An audimcfrifrf 1,000 people was present. »boot Har'e Proposal Withdraws. Washington, Jan. 11.—The proposition submitted by the president to transfci •he negotiation of the questions of indemnity and revision of commercial treaties to ioim other place than Peking was designed to facilitate the conclusion of Hit Chinese negotiations as a whole by separating those still requiring considerable deliberation from those already dctermin ed. As some of the powers do not look with faror upon this separation, and others hesitate to decide the question th« president has deemed it advisable tC: withdraw the proposition and has directed the diplomatic representatives of the United States so to inform the governments to which the proposition was nd dressed. At the same time, desiring above all else to avoid delay In the progress of the negotiations, the president ha* directed Mr. Conger to urge forward their completion at Peking. The other governments also have been urgently requeated.to avoid all unnecessary delay is completing the settlement of the Chinese question. PaifrKiUev city. ~ '' EvansJ A prominent* Montrealclergyman, the Rev. Jam (I. Dixon, Rector St. Jadea and Hon. Canon t Christ C'hnrch Cathedral, writes"Permit nir i 'ond you a te-r lines to ttrongly roeonum•D i'F.BRT Datib'Paim-Kiixek. I have need it trr malefaction for thlrtjr-flvc years. It is a prepsr» ion which deeerrea full public confidence.'' ■rtnx laaieeee Thai Hare ftm Coa- (CURTIS . COLORED Cordovan. ■msU4 IMlMt, Nsw York, Jam. llj—Up to the priaiat time it ifyan that more miles of railroad «CM oonatruoted during 1996 than daring 1800, bat belated returns may vat change thla rtrait. Daring 1899, 4,588 mtk»«f new toad wan built, while leturns for laat jeat aa far M raoaived Indicate a mileage of 4,SSI miles. Hallway building reached Ita maximum In 1887, whan almoat 18,000 mllaa of new Unee ware added. Texas led all Statee the paet year with 818 miles. Pennsylvania oeme aeoond, with D77 miles and Southwest the greateet Mint of'new bntldlng baa bean done; many Important llnea have been In the Weat and North weet. j4 g ■#■■■ Aenrccurcfor Pain-Killer mmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmmmmm CrampS, AO Hiivnnn, Juu. 11.—The Cuban constitutional convention in secret session decided 1 by a practically unanimous vote to insert iu the draft constitution a clause providing for universal suffrage in the future republic. Only one vote, it is understood, was cast against the proposal. Several Conservative mpipbers who are known to be opposed to it were absent, but the ad-, vocates of universal suffrage claim a clear majority and say there will be no opposition when the question comes to a vote in public sessions. Heretofore this subject hasDcen delicately handled, and it "was thought wie convention would leave the settlement'of the matter to fnturc legislation. The friends of (tcneral Maximo (ionic*, who assert that hejs the popular candidate for the presidency, are elated over the prospect of an unrestricted vote. The convention has made several modiheations in the original draft submitted by* the central committee. Many members say . that the public sessions will begin next week and that a constitution will be accepted and presented to conj:rcNs immediately.' The Cnban Convention, Two Sfic. and 60c. There la only one Pein-Ktller, Perry Davl*/ For Sale by FRANK GOBDON These shoes are leather No Gripe, Pain Orange Oonntjr Dairy Batter at Qraoa'e. Race Troubles In Indiana. Now Albany, Ind., Jan. 11.—A r«c« war is threatened in Warwick county a* tho result of the recent hanging of three negroes for the murder of a white barber. Messages from Wewburg, in that county, a noted river town which has a large colored imputation, are such as to cause concern. This trouble is caused by an attempt made by vigilantes to drive *rom Newtyirg a negro whose wife is alleged to be a white woman. Thctaegro recently moved there. As soqn as" the report that his' wife wafi white became general he was ordered leave. Ho refused to go and a mob of 40 men went to his house to compel' bim to leave. Their request that the negro come out of his house only resulted in a fusillqde of shots from him, and the shooting became general. Although ,pbout GO shots were fired no one was hath The mob finally retired. _*L  lined, and full double sole to heel. There are none. MUSIC IN THE WORK! HOP. Or discomfort, no Irritation of the intest ine8—but gentle, prompt, thorough healthful cleansing, when yoy VOU CAN'T BB SANTA CLAU5 MmiI Ezpertsifal of a New Jeney ■ Firm. * Hood's PMCs better for winter wear. A Concern in Trenton which employs aome 200 young women making cigars Sold by all dfucpistB. cflnrn. Chtleae Bsvori Bigs, PPlCE $6. SO. has adopted the novel jjflHhpPHBL furnlslUpg music  says*Gtinton'8 Magoxlne for January. A grand piano Is placed In thewoYkroorri, a comjietent pianist employed to turnlshgmuslc two hours each day, and a untsMTieacher Is hired by the firm to furnish singing lessons free to the operatives during the noon hour. The hope of the management is that thlB will render the labor of the women less mouotonous and help to stimulate good feeling for their employers unCl something of rt-IIned laste which shall show Itself In their domestic lives. It Is a little on tlio plan of the National Cash Register companj* in Dayton, O., which provides C operatives to take recreation, company's time. .\Vhatever the practical  such departures, they show that the" tendency .has actually set In among employers to do something for their workpeople besides exacting the maximum work for the minimum pay. Every experiment of this kind Is an indication of a better spirit toward labor era, which will ultimately bring better economic relations between labor antf capital. When employers of their owi volition begin to furnish recrejdjwl irtn! music, we may reasonably thai the opposition of the employing (tinto .shortening the working day, secur lag ample opportunities for edncat-loi working children ami protcctio'.- against accidents will soOUTilsuniK'ai and a general system of old age and strident insurance for laborers will rt ceive their active encouragement. ijTaris, Jan. 11.—As a result of inquiries Wauthoritativc quarters thp following statement is given in regard to the Chinese situation: "The Chinese plenlpoten tlaries signed the joint note Wednesday, thus concluding the preliminary stage of the negotiations." SOL»«t'CAWI JAPAN WAS TOO BLAME. H. G. WEEKS & CO., Miners* Bank Building. H■eMail* Haa for Trusferraaoe ml An SPECI Loadoo, Jan. 1!.—It la learned oa high authority that Japan waa almost solely Inetrnmental in smssh'ng President HoKIn- Isjto plan for the tranaferrenoe of Chinese negotiations from Pekln to Washington, japan waa actuated by fear that eh» would loae bet I»4nenoe over Ohloa If t£e negotlatlona were removed from the Orient Ohlaaee Negotiation* ttlNayl *L_ . - IJ Roar Admiral Phelps Dead. Ne\r York, Jan. 11.—Hear Admiral Thomas F. Phelps, retired, of Washing ton died at the New York hospitsl at fl o'clock last night from pneumonia, lie was tiken to the .hospital Wednesday from the Hotel Kensington at the corner of Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue. He had come to this city with MisS N. R. Adams, Mrs. T. B. Mason, M. Mason and Mrs. J. A. Adams, relatives of his wife, to be with Mrs. Phelps, who hasbeen ill at the New York hospital for three weeks. She is suffering from nqrvous prostration and a general breakdown in health. At the hospital last evening it was said that Mrs. Phelps had been informed of her husband's death. JOHN 01 HIANGAN'S A Comi PR/CES^ Fourth iOn Poatmaotrro, ! Washington, Vqn. 11.—The following fourth class paymasters hare been ap* pointed:., 'tdM ■ Connect Flavius W. Bailey. W New York—'port, Dana Braisted; White Church, Notinnn C. Pew; Wiacoy, T. J. Campbell. D » Inan ill fitting a ait of clothes you won't look the pvt. A Santa Clan# that ban at tbe knees does not inspire respect. Don't let yonr family be ashamed of its Santa Clans. Come today anc!4et us measure you for a suit that will brace up your self respect. TO-THE Best Patent Flour ■CD $4*50 Potatoes per bushel - .65 Gr. Sugar, 17 lbs for 1 90 Cheese, full cream - .13 Chop, per cwt - 1 00 Meal, per cwt - 100 Bran and Midds,  Corn and Cr. Coafccwt 1.00 Hay, per cwt 3 pks. pre'd Buckwheat .*3 KERR WILL "PEACH." New York, Jan. 11.—The grip is epi-« demie in New York. Jt is not virtrient as in past years, but there is h good .deal moy# it. Estimates front a large number' •£. -indicate that probably there are more than "D00,000 eases of the malady in Greater New York. Peculiar evidence of the prevalence "of the disease and of the kiud of people who are most liable to lDe attacked is furnished by the abnormal falling off iu attendance at the city theaters. . The ftrlp Epidemle, Ulrica Will Tell All Mm Knows A bonk Jeoale % .M.- BiMrtlHWi Murder. ff«tnaoo, N. J., Ju. 11.—George Kerr / **"" feat turned lUtu svldanof and will, it is* [ x ji—1 ill by the proeaoutlon, take the itioi I Hjtbeeowlng trial of hlmaelf and three 1 • associates for the murder of Jennie Bom-1 i abetter, and tell the /whole story of the QHORQE P. BUSS, No. & North Main St., Oppoelte Water Htreat, PltUton, P.. TERMS CASH.' Tbe Beat in!the World. ' All Leathers; All Styles Pennsylvania—Academia, Sampel O. Beaver; Deibertaville, Frank NftPelUp; Long Valley, G. A. Pujofan: Naomi Pines, Daniel B. Newell; jSmertp Lane, Willis F. Keep; Virtus, J. & Warner. REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice la hereby gtMMto all persons concerned that the sccountanMiujft the following estates have settled their MBMnts in the office i of the Register of Will*onPMa»e county, and .that the same Will be presentedUlba Orphans' Otrart of aajd Mon- RoMevelt Gets Victor Clab. 0. P. & C. 0. SHOE CO., I have money t I MorUW OWT only the Intereu Leadvllle, Colo., Jan. 11.—Vice President Blect Roosevelt's first day in Colo rado recalled to his mind the Victor riot of Sept. 28, when the then candidate for rice president so narrowly escaped serious injury. Yesterday's visit, however, was distinctly peaceful, and the souvenirs which resulted from it will be exhibited proudly by the Rough Rider colonel on east. Tills souvenir consist* of th# identical piece of scantling with wWch a burly Victor miner struck Roosevelt and which was wrenched from his hands by Dan Sullivan, the little but vfgorous Cripple Creek postmaster. WILL BE HANGED. London. Jan. 11.—The Daily Telegraph publishes the following from its Copenhagen correspondent: "The king of Sweden is better and will resume.the reins of government Ji(n. 19. Queen Sophie, who Iiuh been cdhtinuouwly ill, is now suffering from a serious irijfcimmation of the shoulder, hut Trittve'Wgedfeflls much better." * Klsg of Rw«d«n Better. Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 11.—A inan Buffering from smallpox hung around two saloons all yesterday morning before *t became known tbftt he had.it. He wassent to the Hospital For Contagious Dis eases, and the health officers corralled al those that came in contact w!** " ferer and now have them qup the two saloons for two we# tion of the health officers crei sized riot, and policemen had Quarantined la *-|\pr$rr No. gl Wain Street CRAY'S Mit to nuke 11 NORTH MAIN 8TBBET. ffaltaw Triad t« Cheat the Oaltawe hat waaOaaght. Close every evening except Saturday at o'clock. private Gutk, Jan. 11—Timothy Ooedogan, an Hated tenant who killed a Government Bat flour  a »••••.? • *16« Fancy Apricots ........., * cans fine Peaches......., . Weston, deceaa* named Bltd, today #Vempt«d to srr-" 10. Estate of Thomas Stem, deceased. J. B Hhiffer, trustee*and Frank E. Bhlfter, subetl tuted trustee. * 11. btete of John aienii, deceased. Mary DUb ion F. William* and Jobn W„ Williams, execu tore. * 13. Estota of W A. Campbell, dec—ail. B •rj' ■. * . ear hie windpipe with a pleoe of iron am Ms boot He waa xesneitated.ln time ha hanged on eohMjnled time. HAS BEEN fBhATED. Look Ins For InVancovter Vancouver, B. M.—A*P|nkerton detects C. Ji Dalton, Now. York, is' tfcnfoacouver looking for Pat Crowe, the alleged abductor of young Cndahy. Etaltou believes that Crowe will make his way to the Pacific coast and attempt to leave by an Australian and #ient vessel. Has the Best Rigsvfor Moving. Coal Promptly. To Restore Uanslne In Kmhm. Certrtrs1* Recovery Almost Madrid, Jan. 11.—A (lisp*. Puerto Real, near Cadi*, wher Oervera is lying ill, says hip bus grown worse and that hf is almost hopeless. OFFICE 806 SPRING STREET. PHONE CONNECTION. T. --nut« mitt —• »-»•— OB ■auiiiMd.riw. Olugow, Jan. ll—Tb* Anohor Lint, mm* muopu, mbUk ««t lamud k juIiiiUt in TT-'t T''*"* In tka Firth of I at**. b« b*« to**. Topeka, Jan. 11.—A bill has been imtroduced in the legislature restoring, capital punishment iu Jtansas. The &ntiment oCthe legislature seems to favor k. If the Dill passes a number of prisoners in the penitentiary under sentence of death will be hanged. Esquimau! Esquimau! Bememtwr tbla, Esanimaa is a LeatJ servative discovered in plied to any kind of 1m1 and pliable I.OO ioo *00 •35 .60 •a? ■% •ad Ik IMt Mi Start 900,000 Fire Rear Phllad^lfkla. Philadelphia, Jan. 11.—/fbe shoddy mili of ♦eel & Co. at Fipher*s lane and the \ leading railroad In Gerroantown, a subjnrb of this Mty, was entirely destroyed by fire late last night. The Iom is estimated at about $«0.tJOQ, fully covered by tojpia on. the Clyde. Mideu, Jan. ll.-«Pe* Arichpr* lilie Hfma IHh Ub Binuq. Maybe yon were ont lata lut nlghtl If yon had taken a Kraoae'a Headaoha Oapanla before rearing joor head would ba oool andelwr thla morning. Tike ona now and yon will ba all right In half an honr.' Prioa Sffo. Sold by J. U. Bonok MwilMaimtin T. J. Bkokmon, of Halltr A Pltteborgh, P» , e»ye ■■ "A short I procured • bottle of Hyitic Oore. me oat of the bona* la M boon. to my bed with rheumatism nine ago and theMvatio Ovum ia the op «■»... , olne that did me any good.* I bad flre of Cut fancy Beets  the beet phyeioUne in the elty, bat I t*- . oelved tctjt little relief from Own. I J f ARMSTRONG & CO know the Kntlo Cnre to be whM It le rep- . .. reeented end take pleunre In reoonunend- B Sooth Mem Sf.. " lnc Itto other poor rallsrere," Sold by f, j.  0 Hoaofc, droggtot, No. 4 North Main St., V"~ Plrteton. Wear TtftCfe as iontf Tift A CHINESE EVENT. Mra. Micki) 8»tn French Chnrcb. A fall line ot F« Goods, comprising Good., French fli Flannels, Blankets "Y arns—German ton Purls. Jan. 11.—Mrs. Mackay has paid 20,000 francs, arrears of taxes since 1808, to save from sale lDy. the government Jhc Church of 8t. Joseph, on the Avemfc Hoche, the Pussionist Fathers and cbaplahiH having appealed to American and British Catholics for assistance. , Ptk! Aailnnur el Inmni B. bTSI*IiD«w »'*««• VEO I rS STUDIO Protect Yoor Feet From Wet and oold, and *« oontinul resoling ot show, * Box for 5 or 10 Cents h^od*404 othen an "3St 5-5?" p? •wig* free ti9? cf KwnpiTilMm for the throat and long*, a remedy that la guaranteed to onfi and relieve all obtcwo *T**f Mri* eoDRh«,«Mhma, bronohltt. ud ooaacmptlon. PtIm, md Sfc. "• Hom.liMi aaa I» Pltutoa Al|i work tinistjtod in from-. yix to ten days regardlew oi f. island, "in. a bud posit . j H«M» lm» U IM« k bsva BSTod du; (i life, ft ou al««n ba rJltd on to son tba danearoua oronp and whooping cough. Imowdlata rellaf and ahoald ha k»t In araiy honaa. For " 00,» Specialty "Hi* and be convinced Parents do not let your children go to school m laud, Gei jPrenldent'a Iter, Jerwesr in fleecj fool. New Gtdfl «MI»W Mf . - / — improvement ed*M| eompli Mitionn, ftM fm Muper*tui m Ml 9««»lrtoM» h(t ant *»' ■too tenia] •! trailing* wll W 14 Main JrttlU Is tor* [ from, j and wi I 'i m Awl- ■ sw. IN'A.'