Pittston Gazette

              the J papers wl J journals for ( I that the balk o J pears first in th i'*****«***«■ ■'•US *v* '■ * op®' homes hi Pitts tori mediate vicinity columns of this ill FIFIY-FIRST '*o« bi ■ - BODY OF^ftN inmaosolbi™ on, FAMINE STRIKES CHINA. MOSQUlfOI RV 4. IQO'- Twgcw ONLY Rfttty of 5Jnn |V* iw, THE kacitt TAKe BRITISH Poa-f. Jonas Long's Sons People of Two Provinces Driven to Cannibalism, (flair of 4^j roll of Koutr. loatcln; I C£"*«g0» Feb. 4.—John fr. Moran ot [this city, a steward In the tJnited. 8tritc4 hospital. cojps, recently oifered himself t(J the men of science at the, sanitary camp near Queinados, Cuba, to be experimented on iu relation to the mosquito yellow fever theory. Moran writes as follows: Programme F*—- at wr cer«moh^ ai M °gmore. jsartfc ■foiling on th. was attacked by 1,000 b« Krn*®wdorp, column sent out from KraJ£;«4,Tbo **H«f to prevent the fall of the post. No d "tin* yet at hand, but officers und men captured at the post are arriving at Vereea- Iging." UN] SAL THIS... WEEK ii hung ohang admits teis. TO LIE BESIDE PRINOE ALBERT. lost Service Over Late bh'ildten Killed fcr PhiiM Wko Hm "• Food to Olre Them—Wo- f'NANQ:mL AND COMMERCIAL 41 was here five days before any tnoa- Sultoes were applied to me, because Ai io time I came here t had  Sgjril Lee's place In Queinados, wHfth waft Was supposed to be infectedAJmd the board wanted to make eu|c I NrtfcTnot infected fcDrlor to my arrival In "Dec. 21 I entered the mosquito building, where I was bitten by seven mosquitoes. This building Is divided Into twd sections by fine wire ttaOsqtiltrt rtfettihg. The together with the subject to be bitten, are in the smaller sec- Blahop of Winchester and Dean of Wlndao* Will Condaot the Services* Coin. Wednesday, Jan. Victor^.* *«wYortc,Ftb.4,i9M. men Bold by Husbands or Bell Themselves Pot Pood. Phbllc Will Mot Be Admitted to the Manaolerinii Peking, Pit, 4.—Shorts teefcirad here from Singan-ru all agree that the famine In the provinces of Shansi and Bhensi Is one of the worst in the history of China. All information on the subject is necessarily from Chinese sources and is fragmentary, but the stories are all to the same effect, picturing a condition of affairs that is calculated to arouse the sym* pathy of the world for the stricken peo-, pie. London, Feb. 4.—According to the official tteogfaihme for tne ceremony attending the burial of.the queen, the coffin, preceded by the bishop of Winchester and the dean of Windsor, will be borne by noncomtniftsloned officers of the guards from the Albert Memorial chapel and placed on the gun carriage. A guard of honor of the Queen's company of the grenadier guards, with the band of the regiment, will be drawn up facing the chapel and will present arms. The prbcession will move off in tfea following order: The Queen's company, with arms reversed; the governor and constable of Windsor castle, the Duke of Argyll, highlanders and pipers, royal servants, baud of the grenadier guards, the bishop of Winchester and the dean of Windsor, the lord chamberlain and the lord steward, and then the gun carriage, supported bv the late queen's equerries and household and flanked by the same officers as appeared in Saturday's ceremony in LC?n-dou.After a month's desultory and indecisive campaigning against his stubborn entaiy Lord Kitchener has begun a great offensive movement designed to sweep the Boers out of the whole eastern half of the Transvaal. Seven separate columns have beea Assigned to accomplish the task. They will operate in a wide, fan shaped order from bases extending from the Delagoa railway on the north to the Natal railway on the south. *«D WILL. OONTINL FOR TEN OA Amer. Steel and Wire. ▲tchifon.... Atchjacm pref .... Brooklyn Traction  Chea. A Ohio.  VMenlfStoel  Federal Steel pref....... Man. El.'....  Mo. Pa  Peo. Gaa  Col. Iron A Fuel  Bo. Pacific...  Nor. Pac  Nor. Pac. pref  O. A W  Penn  Beading -.  Banding pref  EL? •• Rubber...... SaStsE Wwntu Ufilon  Open. Cloa us 87* 147M Housekeepers, proprietor* of ha boarding house. will do prices? *°r future,use at these a L°i flHi §~~£; sD AG inch Cream Dimaik, 40a32 •44 inch Cream Dxmask, 4aS $SHBflR| 04 Inch Cream Damaak, 50o qua Iffy for . 5a ! "0 inch Cream Darn auk, 60c quality for &r\ 70 inch ( ream lDMtraxlr.7Rn aoalJtT fop M* M) Inch Damaak Eed F.order. 8Co qaaHty tor It* 6tD inch Vaiuunk KM Border, *0u quality for (D2 inch Daiuaak Red Border «toquaMipgtor 8% . 60 f neb Bleached Damaak. D5o quality ttff Kn 60 inch Bleached Oamank, 4Bo quality for tg» 04 Inch Bleached wr «■© 70 inch Bleached DamaakiMP  73 luoh Bleached Damask. for 55c 7j£ inch Bleached Damask, . ... BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE SCENE 40 48 :::::::: '.'.""".iSr OUR GRAND ANNUAL SALE OF^-^ tion, while the members of the board are free to watch proceedings from the larger and nonmosquito section. "It did liot.tnke those ihbsquitoes long to get io work on me. Christmas morning I had a headache between 9;and 10 o'clock and was told by the president of the board that I had yellow fever. By 6 o'clock that evening my temperature was up to 104 degrees and a fraction, and the pains I suffered on Christinas night were too intense for description, not In any particular part of my body, but in every part. It la eitlmated that two-third" of rh« people are without iuffldsnfTooS or the means oblaToltig It. Tho weather fa Blfterly ooldD and tilts ttddB tlj the misery or sUrvhttoti. Thtire in little fiiel in either province, and the people are tearing out the woodwork of their houses to build fires to keep themselves warm. Oxen, horses, dogs and other animals used by the farmers to aid them in their work in ordiunry times have practically 'all been sacrificed to satisfy hunger. For three years the crops have been failures In both provinces. There was tnore or leas famine in previous season*,1 and the people were in poverty when the winter begin. Their condition has since been growing steadily worse. Letters state that cannibalism is practiced now to a considerable extent. LI Hutkg Chang, in conversation with Mr. Conger, the American minister, stated that the people were reduced to eating human flesh. Many of them were selling their womeh and children to obtain money with which to bur food for tho remaining members of their families. Infanticide is alarmingly common. Parents, driven insane by want and the appeals of their children for food, which they are unable to provide, kill the little ones rather than listen to their cries of distress and see their sufferings. By keeping in constant communication with one another the columns will advance as a huge concerted force along a battle front of more than 100 miles in width. Their work will consist not only in driving' the enemy before them, but also In denuding the country traversed of every vestige of supplies capable of sustaining "guerrilla warfare," which has harried the British so unceasingly since last summer. JJUSEFURNISHINGS. One Ulan Killed, Thirteen Injured at Scranton. j* 98 raj* g THK6SPLACE IN OUR BASEMENT STORE. All damask  and cnbleached linen a per cent off during the Windsor, Feb. 4'.—'Tha final aot In the gMMlbg of Queen Victoria ooourred at three this afternoon When the remain* were taken from Albert Memorial Ohapel and borne t? the Royal lianaolenm and Profit From ■ Snowstorm. The Daily Mail's Brussels correspondent learns that General Botha, the Boer commander in chief, has issned a formal order that all emissaries from peace com* mittees are hereafter to be shot without exception. Mr. J. D. Merriman. the Dutch Cape statesman sent to £ngland to plead for conciliation with the Boers, arrived in | London yesterday afternoon. B. R. Myers, Jr., of Ogontz, is a factory inspector who has many Interesting stories to tell about his work. Me said recently: "Toward morning on the 26th I could locate my pains. So it was for the next three days, when my pains began to disappear, but I was almost wild for want of sleep. The menu for the first eight days of my sickness consisted ofr the following: 'Ifce and water at libitum/ Hill 4-4 Bleached Muslin 7c i Muslins at special cat prices., Following the coffin will walk King Edward, the Duke of Connaught, Em peror William, the king of the Belgians, Prince Henry of Prussia and all the royal personages, including Queen Alexandra and the princesses, with the exception of a few who left England yesterday. These will be accompanied by their suits. Witn the greatest bargain offerings in dependable household helps that have ever been gathered in any one store in America. The follow ing items will give you an idea of how satisfactorily you can spend your money and make a saving. "The tremendous snowstorm we had last winter saved a firm I know $15,000 * year. It happened in this Way: The firm's business is one that makes a great deal of woolen and cotton waste, and waate of course should be s&Ved, because it veils readily and at a good price. But this firm, when It ckme to sell its waste, never had ttiiich to sell. The stuff disap- Ct*d somehow, but no one could imagwhere it went. Well, you remember the storm—hew heavy It was and how white it made everything. The president walked home that evening in the trail of hit hands—there were no cars running— and all along his walk for a mile he saw waste, his waste, lying black everywhere on the white snow. Bo he investigated, and he found that his employees were in the habit of stuffing their pockets with the waste. It was useful for wiping their hands on. They had no idea of its value, and on the way home each evening they would throw away what had been left over in their pockets; hence in the course of a year a great waate of waste— a waste by actual calculation of $15,000 annually. The evil being discovered, the remedy was easy to rfpply. A waste watchman wae put in each department of tha factory, and at once the firm's income from the sale of the stuff jumped up over $1,000 a month."—Philadelphia Record. IT WILL PAY YOUj there pJao'ji in their last resting place the aehee of Albert, (ha lut oonC*D!*■ The military beaten removed the «oAn bom St. George'. Ohapel where It had reettd alnoe Saturday, to a gun ear, rlaae, and then the email bat ImpreealTe i •cortege moved elowly away. The prooee- "Several doctors from HavnnR visited me, and all said I was a very pretty case! I believe they belong to the board of yellow fever experts of the city of Havana. PEOPLE' A dispatch front Bloemfontein states that the British have reoccupied Petersburg.According to a dispatch from Lourenco Marques there Is a commando of 2,000 Boers on Portuguese territory. It is supposed that their intention is to rescue the Boers there. The Portuguese authorities have decided to remove to Madeira such Boer refugees as decline to surrender to the British.  Fibre mats, each Scrub Brushes, each Good Brooms, each., Wash Boards, each. Galvanized Water Pails .... Scrap Baskets, each. Coal Shovels, each.. Toilet Paper, roll  Ironing Wax, piece.. Wax Tapers, box  Galvanized Ash Cans ALWAYS TUB CHEAP! 19c .4c •3C . ic . 2C 98C IS Sontb M# In Street. I came out minus about 20 pounds of flesh and do not care for any more yellow fever, if you please. I am almost as Strong as ever now and feel no ill effects j from my experience. The route will be through the Norman gateway, across the quadrangle, through the George IV archway, down Long walk, through the lodge and then from Long walk to the mausoleum. The entire route from the George IV archway to the gates of the mausoleum will be lined with troops .under the command of Colonel .Napier Miles of the First Life guards. The queen's pipers will play from the gates to the mausolerim itself. On arriving there the Queen's company will open outward and form in double rank on the steps of the mausoleum. alon moved through the castle gatea and 12D4c IOC IOC Evans fc^BROS. through the grounds to Frogmore where the* mausoleum la located. The public « eras permitted to assemble along the Touts but the crowd waa much smaller than on Saturday. The burial oeremony waa slmC PK ending with the anthems, "Bleep Thy Lut Sleep and ••The Faoe of Death la Towards tha Sun of Ufe," the words of whleh weru Written by Alfred Tennyson. After tb* benediction tha royal mourners zterned to Windsor Castle. "They failed to get a 'case' out of the infected clothing building, although they hare had three classes each spending 21 nights there in wearing clothing that had been worn by yellow fever patients, so I believe there is nothing in the theory of Infection by that means." Soaps. Steel Kitchen Knives  Clothes Pins, a dozen  Chopping Bowls, each I Water Buckets, each  Towel Rollers  Folding Ironing Boards, each. Step Ladder Chairs....  Crystal Tumblers, each  White Porcelain Soup Plates 5c PicVe! and Celery Trays, fancy ...3C .. .IC ;..isc ..lie ...Sc . .65c ..75C ...3C One letter received here saya: "In the towns men have become like ravenous kites. They snatch from your hand whatever yon may be eating. Besides those who are every day thrown into the common pit I observe in the crowds Invading the town many of those whoso days are numbered already. The complexion of the people has turned dark. Blood no longer animates their yellow skins. Chinese children, ordinarily round and plump, resembling stuffed dolls, display their understructure of bone. I have seen such skeletons that I wondered how breath still lingered in them. Their feet dangle and turn In any direction, so loose have become the tendons and muscles. With the best of care it would only be possible to fan for a time the spark of life, to see it finally extinguished. Women and children are being sold or given away. Infanticide is increasing on a terrible scale. The ordinary food of the wolves will be living babies, which, as In the last famine, will turn them into fierce man eaters." Senator Slaps Woman In Face. Washington, Feb. 4.—Senator William V. Sullivan of Mississippi and Miss Lucy Leeton, who sued him for $50,000 for breach of promise a few months ago. met near New Jersey avenue and C street, northwest, and engaged in a heated discussion, which was ended by the senator slapping Miss Leeton's face. According to Senator Sullivan, Miss Leeton has been writing to him asking for money. He met her by accident, and she abused him and called him names. He admits that he tinally became very much exasperated and in sudden anger slapped her face. Miss Leeton says sle was taking her dinner in a restaurawC when a friend of Senator Sullivan eallecrber outside, ostensibly to give her a letter. She says the senator was waiting and asked her to walk up the street with him. She did so, and after they had talked for some time be became angry and slapped her face three times. ■ 2 bars of Calumet Laundry Soap for. . - *SC Fairbank's Fairy Soap, ia bars ..use Ivory Soap, cake 4C Marseilles Soap, cake 6c Havana, Feb. 4.—The military government will demand a cash bond from O. F. W. Neely, the alleged defaulter. What the amount will be has not been stated, as Neely* s lawyer absolutely refuses to deposit cash, fearing that it will be seised, and the government does not care to show its hand by regulating the amount of bail until forced to do so. The charges will aggregate an embezzlement of over $100,000, with the possibility of the amount being materially increased. The judge of the court of first instance is inclined to hold thst Neely is guilty of stealing surcharged stamps to the amount of $300,000, and as the question of bail at present rests with him the cash to be deposited would exceed that figure. The special counsel for the government Is confident of convicting Neely apart from the stamp burning incident. The lfecly Case. The choir will meet the funeral cortege on the steps. The highlanders, pipers and servants on their arrival will go straight into the mausoleum and take up the positions allotted to them. Our Prices on * Dried Fruits Scouring Soap, cake ac Silver Plated Teaspoons, each.. 5c Clothes Hampers, each .. 75c Clothes Baskets, best made, 39c, S9C, 79C. MEMORY OF MAR8HALL. At the Mannolenm. shapes, each.. Bread Pans.. And Pie Stuff! Furet Chief Junta laetallatlon Wae mamb.r.d Tmdmf. Vaahlngtoo, Feb. 4—The memorial Then the coffin will be carried into the mausoleum, preceded by the choir and clergy. The members of the royal family on entering will take their places on each side of the sarcophagus, the roydl household standing in the transept. on each side. Nickel Agate Ware. | eelebratlon of the lnetallatlon of John I . Dried Apricots, 2 lbs for • ! 2$e Dried Peaches, 2 and 3 lbs - 26c Marahall ae Chief Jaatloe of the United St.tea a hundred yeara ago, la taking plaoe today. There aawmblad In the ball of the HonfuA tan o'olook thla morning a foil fermentation of offlolal Amertoa Arrayed la a huge aeml eirole, faring tha 8peakCC er'e ehalr, were aaated the Prealdent and hie Cabinet, the member* of the ffcpreme Court and member* of the senate and Home. Although the W«el* adrertleed, pnblio latitat dVtnO* aeem intenae. The exeoDi*A *** elmple. Bet. William StmMrtff Joaee prononnoed the DMaa bleeeie*oO the bfThe great Joittoe and the living dlgnetaria* preaenk Chief Joetlce Fuller tben made a brief opening addreee.- Wayna MaoVelgb, of Penneylvanle, then Inede the oration of the oooaeion. The whole of the castle will be kept clear. The ground from the George IV archway to Long walk gates will be under the control of the lord steward and the office of works, which will issue tickets of admission. The portion of Long walk over which the procession will move will be under the direction of the mayor of Windsor. Fwh For the Attorney. Rice and Milk Boilers, sale price ajcl Covered Buckets, each loci Drinking Cups, each 10c Wash Basins, each i9c Fopt Tubs, each'..........• 49c Coffee Boilers..; .'..r...35C Pieserving Kettles— 6 quart size  8 quart size  12 quart size  Round Griddles  Dipper Palls...  Tea and Coffee P«t«v i quart size...... .' .Ci.ioc a quart size  3 quart size i9c io quart Dish Pans. - 25c Stew Pans .i«c Evaporated Apples, loose, 4 ibs j Evaporated Apples, in « lb pk 1 Prunes, a, 3 and 4 lb« - . - ) Mince Meat, 3 lbs for J Canned for . . I For many years a well known Philadelphia attorney haa employed an original method to gain revenge on a large propertjrtowner who once defeated him in a lawsuit. It started over the rental of a piece of ground on Secdhd street in what was once the business center of Philadelphia. Under the original contract the lessee of the ground paid his rental in 800 Spanish dollars, but a dosan years ago the owner desired a change in tha specifications. For some reason the lessee objected and engaged the-attorney in question when the owner brought suit against him and was sustained by the court. A Ever since, however, the attorney has employed his revengeful tactics. Before the annua! date of payment he sends to Mexico for 800 Spanish dollars, heavy and unwieldy in size. On pay day he waits uatH after banking hours, when he secures a wheelbarrow and has the load of heavy silver carted to the ground owner. Banks are closed, and the owner is compelled to keep the silver at his own risk. He then brings suit, the attorney opposes him, and, although annually defeated, the latter declares that the fun of it is worth the trouble.—Philadelphia Record. a5c 29c • 39C .JSC •39C Pathetic Appeals, Ceatlj- Fire In Connecticut. New Haven. Feb. 4—Fire from to unknown caus#» destroyed the large plant of the National Wire company at Fair Haven yesterday, i-ntailing a property loss estimated at $825,000. The plant consisted of two one story buildings, which covered about five acres of ground space, and all, except the wire nail department, was reduced to ruins through the lack of facilities fighting the flames. The conflagration lasted until late into the day, aud the spectacle, visible from all parts of this city, attracted crowds of people. The detailed loss has not as yet been determined, but Mr. Wales, the general manager ot the company. states that $325,000 is a conservative figure and that a large insurance wus carried. The plant was formerly the New Ilaven Wire company and employed about 500 hand*. i All cojJcerned, including the mourners, will walk. A large force of London police has been requisitioned to keep order, and the spectacle will be very impressive, bands playing funeral marches until the mausoleum is reachfed. Npwark, N. J., Feb. 4.—The Rev. John Keller, secretary to ftight Rev. Bishop Starkey, pastor of Trinity Episcopal mission in Arlington, N. J., arid chaplain of the First New Jersey regiment, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Thomas G. Barker on Beach street near Midland avenue, Arlington, yesterday. Mr. Holler had Just left the house of J. S. Sands, where he ate his meals, when Barker, who was in front of the door, opened fire. The shooting, it is said, was the result of a disclosure made by Barker's wife, although Mr. Keller denies the accusation made against him. Barker after the shooting surrendered himself to the police and was locked up. Mr. Keller was on his way to the Church of the Good Shepherd at Fort Lee to attend the dedication when he was shot. Covered Sauce Pans *5C Pry Pans i 4..ioc Braid Raisers with cover, price 49c The same writer says that the pagans at the present moment are developing their worst traits. It is a oommon thing to hear such appeals as "Buy my land or I will kill myself," "Give me a morsel of bread of I will destroy myself at your door." "Appease my hunger," says a feminine voice, "and I will follow you." A mother says, "Take my child for paltry alms," or a husband will say, "My wife is yours forever for a few strings of copper." Three lb can Milk Pans Pie Peaches, 4 cans (For*] After that the ceremony will be private, as there is only room for the mourners and the clergy. The choir will sing Sir Arthur Sullivan's anthem, "Yea, Though I Walk:" the hymn "Sleep Thy Last Sleep" and Tennyson's "The Face of Death Is Turned Toward tho Sun of Light" set to music by Sir Walter Parratt.Tea Kettles .....29c Pudding Paas . ..»9C ***** Gome to Headqti Goods Delivered to PIttston Free. JONAS LONG'S SONS Greatest Store. for Lowest Price# Those statements are corroborated by other writers. Men and women hunt for food in savage bands. Nothing that might appease their hunger escapes them. Fierce fights among themselves frequently follow when they overtake prey. goods. Evans I BUILDING COLLAPSED. Dispatehes from Calcutta describe 100,- 000 Hindoos as assembling there in the open air, Had in white and in raany.eases barefooted, to sing hymns of lamentation* Great Clearing Sale of nttebarc MiUil Bom Feu Daws eaC ANTRIM'S! Wae Haraed. While the famine is iiaid to be worst in Shansi, it is almost as bad in Shensi, which is particularly interesting now because it is in that province that the court has takfn refuge. The court is literally Furrounded by these horrors. It is little wonder that the emperor and empress dowager are ready to sacrifice almost everything to bring about conditions that will enable them to return to Peking. A dispatch from Durban, Natal, says that 500 Hindoos assembled around the queen's statue in that city with the same object. Pittsburg, Pa., Fab. 4—A four story iron and brlok bntldlng, Noe. 587 and $29 Wood street, oooopied JDy the Stevenson and Foster Company, printers, collapsed at 9:80 th'e morning. The wreck bnrned fartoualy and a general fire alarm was aent in. II la now stated that two men who were engaged la unloading In the bnlldlng are mlaalng and It la feared that they may be In the mine. One man waa terribly Injured and may die as the reenlt of a fall from the third floor window. At eleven o'oloek the fire waa under oontrol. Tip-toes Is uneetlmated. Minister Drops Dead In Port Chester. New York, Feb. 4.—The Rev. I)r. Marlin dropped dead on the street at Port Chester last night. He was over 70 years of age. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Marlin was a Presbyterian minister and lived in New York city. He went to Port Chester to be a guest of the Rev. Irving White, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of that place. Dr. Marlin was a British subject and was to preach a sermon last night on the death of the late Queen Victoria. I)r. White, his wife and Dr. Marlin left the White residence to go to the church. When they reached the street, Dr. Marlin said his heart troubled him. He Walked some distance and suddenly sank to the sidewalk, where he expired a few minutes later. FANCY To Re-eleet Superintendent Skinner. New York, Feb. 4.—There has been much concern over the fate of Charles R. Skinner, superintendent of public instruction. The term of the office is three years, and Mr. Skinner was first elected on joint ballot of the senate and assembly on Feb. 13, 1805. Mr. Skinner is from Watertown. He is completing his second term. A number of candidates have sought Mr. Skinner's place. It was announced last night that after arguments for and against Governor Odell, Senator Piatt and Chairman Dunn of the Republican state committee and the Republican leaders of the senate and assembly had decided to give Mr. Skinner a third term and that the Republican caucus to be held within a few days at Albany will so determine. A sculptured recumbent figure of Victoria as she appeared during the lifetime of the prince consort has long "been in readiness to be placed beside the figure of Prince Albert on the sarcophagus. Mature Bride* sf the Kiel Yoaag Men, We find we have too many Silks. We need the room for Wash Goods. We offer for one week, beginning Feb 4th, all our Fancy Silks at the following Three cases of marriage between the elite of New York where the brides were several years the senior of their youthful mates maj not betoken more thsn accident, but It looks as if a precedent had been insuguratcd which In time might be made a fashion. Women age so much faster than men that these five years or less should be on the other side of the family. If the moneyed aristocracy of this country sdopts a social custom, "It goes. "When we were 21" will read some dsy when he was 21 and she wss 27, and the inequality, in spite of beauty doctors, in a decade will be too apparent for the lady's happiness. Lady Randolph Churchill and her young husband sre not yet discontented with their match, but Mrs. Langtry. who wedded a comparative juvenile, has already found'her doll is filled with sawdust. However, marriage is a lottery anyhow, and it is a question if rich young men are not aafer with women older than themselves, i —Boston Herald. The presence of the court at Shensi aggravates matters. This is owing to the fact that at a conservative estimate 25,- 000 extra mouths have to be filled. There are 20,000 soldiers alone in the neighborhood of Singan-fu, and 5,000 Is a small estimate of the number of official retainers who are with the court. Of course great quantities of provisions have been sent from other provinces for the use of the court, but these have been insufficient for 25,000 persons, all of whom get full rationa at the expense of the starving people. Kansas City, Feb. 4.—A special to The Times from Topeka says: "Policeman Luster has reported to City Marshal Stahl a plot on the part of the liquor men to tar and feather Mrs. Carrie Nation, the 'joint' smasher. Luster says that a negro tough whom he once befriended gave him the information. The report has frightened Mrs. Nation and her sister crusaders, but they declare they will continue the work of destroying 'murder shops.'"  lklra. Nation Threatened. fti.is Dallas Silk at 79c $1 00 Dallas Silk at 69c .85 Dallas Silk at 59c .75 Dallas Silk at 50c l We also show a fine line of New Embroideries at very Low Prices. _ jam tobxhf »- MINE QA8 EXPLODES. «n»nt Klllea m« ThlrtMn IfJarM it National Guard Meeting. •OLD A f CAWLHV'B WOfl 8snntba. Ps-, Feb. 4 —In a gaa explosion at the Oaynga mine soon after the mlnera deeoended this morning, one man waa killed and thirteen aerlously injured. Great exeltement prevails about the month of the mine.  Benwton Today. The government has been doing what it could to relieve the sufferings, but its efforts have been marked by very little success because food in sufficient quantities cannot be obtained. Seventy Men Swept Into Lake. Fatal Tornado In Texas. Albany, Feb. 4,—The National Guard association of the state of New York will meet here on Tlutrsday. General G. M. Smith, commanding officer of the Fifth brigade and president, will deliver his annual address. The following papers will be read: "A March Through Luzon," illustrated with maps and stereopticon views, by Major Lewis Balch, based on bin personal experience in the Philippine Islands; "Instruction and Work of the Infantry Branch of the Array Service," by Captain J. II. Goldman, U. S. A.; A RIHSTRONG'S  A Century Pita. Somerville, N. .T., Feb. 4.—A gale- of wind which suddenly swept across Lake Ifopatpong Sunday morning forced a gang of 130 men who were harvesting ice near the- big icehouses of the Central Railroad of New Jersey toward the edge of a large opening made in the ice. Seventy of the men were swept into the water. The remainder of tho men, some of whom saved themselves by using their ice hooks as brakes, heroically set about rescuing their struggling companions from the water and succeeded in getting every man out alive. A number of the men were exhausted by exposure after their Cooper, Tex., Feb. 4.—A tornado has done great damage in the western portion of Delta county. The home of James Moody at Honest was wrecked and his 4-yearold daughter fatally injured. Tink Surrett was killed and his two daughters seriously injured at Rattan, where a number of houses At Denton an oil mill was wrPck«CJ, but no one was hurt. pun's PRICES MONEY. The population of Shansi is 12,000,000 and of Shensi 0,000,000. West Pitts tan, I have money far mortgagee In any. i Mortgages may stand for a tarn** only the Interest be paid, or (wil)£fjr*ft liege to make paymente oq mortgage ly, quarterly, semi-annually or*nttna the Interest will oeaee In i» dollar of principal thus repaid. Tnf| building association money. ■ f h*d| private funds and trust funds. It is interesting to know that the empress dowager, the emperor and the high state officials are living in Chinese houses, which at the best are miserable apologies for residences for the royal family. The yamen of the governor of the province will be moved to Kansu, where it will be fitted up for the court. This, however, will be a poor substitute for the buildings in the Forbidden City. Best patent flour - $4.50 25 lb eack B W flour .65 Feed, all kinds, cwt 1.00 Best Flour per bbl Hay per 100  ..#4-50 ... 1.00 THE WEATHER. Washington, D O., Feb. 4.— Forecast until 8 p. m. Tuesday, for Eastern taiuylvaate : Fair tonight a*d Tnea day, mneh oolder, briak to high northwesterly winds. To acoommodate cnoae who are partial to the nse nse of atomlaera In applying lqutds into thenaaal paaaagee for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid Oream Balm. Prloe Including th* spraying tube is 70 oente. Druggists or by mall. The liquid form embodlee the properties of the solid preparation. Oream Balm la qulokly absorbed by the membrane and doea not dry np the aeoretlona but ohaogss thsm to a natural and healthy oharacter. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., N. Y. 'Practice Marches and the Care of Troops In the Field," by Colonel J. E. Brady, U. 8. A., Brooklyn. Corn and cracked corn per 100 i.oo Chop and meal, per 100.... Rauo-Amerlcan Secret Agreement. London, Pet). 4.—"It is asserted in this city," says the Berlin correspondent of The Daily Mail, "that Russia and the United States have concluded a secret agreement admitting Russian sugar free of differential duties to the United States, Russia in turn making certain concessions to America." Hay, per cwt - - 1.00 Potatoes, per bushel 1 .65 17 lbs granulated sugar 1.00 4 lbs good rice - - - .25 3 qts beans - - • - .25 I.OO Blluard In Iowa, Bran aJd brown widds. per 100 i.oo Oats per bushel..-. 35 Potatoe« per bushel  D. E. BAXTEi «—- - - rescue. Burlington. Ia., Feb. 4.—The worst blizzard in three years raged here all day yesterday and is increasing. All trains are late. Street cars are blocked. 2nd Floor Bennat Building, Per Shattered Nerves. Valencia, Feb. 4.—The anti-Jesuit demonstrations which began in Madrid in connection with the anticlerical play "Electra" have spread to Valencia. Crowds gathered in front of the Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart, where a .confirmation of children was in progress, and shouted "Liberty forever!" and "Down with the Jesuits!" A Jesuit who was leaving the church was hooted, and then the crowd marched to the Jesuit college and stoned the windows and doors, still shouting "Down with the Jesuits!" Finslly the demonstration was dispersed by gendarmes. Antl-Jeeult Rtota In Spain. Grand Rapids, Feb. 4.—The worst blizzard of the winter struck here about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon nnd increased ' in fury last night, impeding street railway and railroad traffic to a considerable extent. Snow is still falling and is driftly badly. Reports from various points in central and western Michigan show that the storm is quite general and of great severity. At Jackson 15 inches of snow have fallen, and freight traffic has been abandoned, and passenger service is impaired. At Benton Harbor the blizzard is the worst in many years. IlllBsard In Michigan, 4 lbs Prunes A wmedD that will tooth., build np the weeted ttnw .nd enrloh the blood Is Iddtauenaable. Llohtr'a OMerj Nerve Compound bia been wonder full/ .ncoeaeful In Wea of ner»on.neM, u tbouaandii of Kr.tetnl people will testify. Price Mo. Sold br /. H. Hoook.  Fresh shell oysters,ico .60 Fresh eggs and butter a 2 lbs fancy Apricots 2 cans fine Peaches. Can fancy Beets... STRICTLY FRESH WK TEE THJU?^" EGGS New York, Feb. 4.—No improvement in the condition of Mrs. Thomas C. Piatt was reported at the Fifth Avenue hotel last night. The senator and nearly every member of the family were about the bedside of the patient all the day and far into the night. It is feared that the end is very near. Mm. Piatt Mar Be Dflnff, BRIEF NEWS NOTES. specialty. .1 J. T. ARMSTRONG & CO., 68 Booth Main St. • "WTT8TON. NEXT SEASON AT LAKE! LODORB. Hugh Kerr, father of fioorge .f. Kerr, who was removed to state prison If rid ay, died at his home in Paterson, N. .7., of a broken heart, it is said. 506 LUZERNE AVENUE. E. H, WILLIAMSON Bed ridden with ibeumatlem. Shot ont (rem life'e Ubora and ploaeuree. The fate of thonaanda. With all emphaale poaalble to place on word a wa aaanr. than Uwoore la Bltohat'a Anohor Fain Eipeller. 90 eta. Boohing of Excursions for 1901 st That Popular Resort Baa Already Ooaameeeed. The battleship Wisconsin has pone iuto commission. Captain Hitter is in command of the vessel. Lieutenant Commander Milton is executive officer anil Lieutenant Commander Mayo natigator. There are a score of jur*ior ofll.cers and 555 men in the crew. v 26c The Diltmn and Hudson Company hM Just lssoed an attractive little brochure relative to the excnrljiNtsaom of 1(01 at Lake Lodore, oontelrikfe ifcvtral beeutlful half-tone engravings—the hsndsome new depot In the snrnmsr ahade of overhanging bought; the great white danoe pavilion In the mldtt of the far-etretohlng grovee, and varloua aapeota of the boat-dotted, magnlfloent lake ltaelf with lta' five and-a-half mllea of varied and charming eoenery, All fall and winter a etrong tone of men have been at work on the exouralon grounde with enoh effect that there Is a general dealre on the part of the people to aee thle reeort In all lta freah, new beauty. Applications for datea ere already coming In, and booking hae commenced by H. W. Crcee, Dlatrlot Paaeenger Agent of the Delaware and Hudson Ballroad at 8onuD- ton. Olronlara deecrlptlve of Lake Lodore and the lmprovemente on the grounds are Louis D. Shelley. Victor B. Luchainger. JOHN O'D. MANGAN'S All Hlawatha'a "Jolntoi" Wrecked. Shelley & Luchsinger. Crone and BUokwall'e ebow chow, Graoe'e The Jelfelea-Rulilln Fight, St. Joseph, Mo.. Feb. 4.—The wrecking of "joints" at Hiawatha, Kan., which began there Saturday under the leadership of the temperance people, was completed yesterday, and when it was finished not a "joint" in the town remaiued. The proprietors hare fled. PRICES. SHANNON'S..... At Whlte'a Lueerne Ave. Market yon 4an get Joet what yon want In the green grocery Une, traits, oystere, fish, etc. Editor-Prince Sfcoota Himself. St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—Prince Rariatinsky, the youthful publisher of The Northern Courier, which was recently suppressed for its radical tendencies, has shot himself, inflicting a dangerous wound. His parents have never forgiven the marriage he made several years ago with Mile. Yavorskaya, an actress, nor did they approve his newspaper enterprise, which absorbed the bulk of th« estate of the prince. The family ranki among the highest Russian nobility. Cincinnati, Feb. 4.—There is more aux-1 lety than training at the quarters of Jeffries, Ruhlin, Martin and Vhilds. It is now known to all the promoters*  fight that Governor Nash has notC C«V given his ultimatum to thtv'Sangertiit Athletic club and to more tHan 1,000 pfc titioners from the business circles C6 Clm ciunati, but be has also given instructions to Prosecuting Attorney lloffheimer and Sheriff Taylor. The lafler received a lettct from the governor after midnight by special driver r- Lieutenant Hickcn and a detachment of 30 of Company M, Forty-fourth regiment, while crossing a river were surprised by-insurgents gathered at Fiesta Saailjucia, island Of Cebn. They were attacked in front and on both flanks by a hundred rifles and more boloinen. Five Americans were killed, four wen1 wounded and two are missing. The insurgent loss is believed to have been heavy. Captain Malley, with a detachment, re«eQforced Lieutenant Hicken. They reoovare! some boftss, which were mutUstad We have no old goods to unload on yon at cheap prloes. Oar stock Is good enough to sell Itself. Best Patent Flour - $4-5° Potatoes per bushel - .65 GtsSugar, i7-lbs for 1.00 Gheese, full cream • .13 Ghop, per cwt - 100 Meal, per cwt • 1.00 Bran and Midds, cwt 1.00 Corn and Gr. Corn, cwt 1.00 Hay, per cwt - 1.00 3 pks. pre'd Buckwheat .25 New Goods -** "R. B. CUTLER Iffoq Kliaabeth J. Fanning, Exeter Bt, Weal Pltteton, Physical, Faolal Mee- D,. Hall's Massage Shin Food for rsKOfturfrecklM, eunburn, tan, pimples, blackbSMe, moth patches and liver spots. Scalp and hair treated. Patisnls treated at their homes. People's telephone. 9jlm Middlstown. N. Y., Feb. 4.—While Lor on and Lewis Becraft and a neighbor were hunting rabbits three miles from Hlostsburg Saturday a gun was accidentally discharged, mortally wounding I«oren Been A. Asetkcr Master Fatally Shot. JUST IN THIS WEEK. ve SEEDLESS LEMONS—Something new. NAVAL ORANGESATHENA AND RAMONA WAF ERS—Something fancy. We are the first to handle them in Pittston. Embroidery and Ribbon*. Kid Gloves, Mocha Gloves, -Silk Gloves, White Goods,..... "C , j Colored tfhd White Dimltiflft. S ' '1 PMnmoala Ou be Prevented. u anpM qhmii Dim Baaaao oad Blow. Working m«btand Dv. That l« what yon mart do whan yon The bnaleat and mlghtteel little thing hat* eatarrh In tba h«ad. Tha way to that erer wee made la Dr. Klng'e New am tkla dleeaae to to pnrlfy tba blood IM» Pllla. Thee* pllla ohangee waakneee with IH* Sareeparllle. Tbla medicine Into etrength, lletleaeneee Into energy, ,, i| ,„a beala tba Inflamad enrfaoee, brain-fag Into mental power. They're nballda Ik* flalleati tlaeaeo and parman- wonderful In bnlldlng np the health. Only ail, , „rm eatarrh br axuelllng from tba 2So per box. Sold by Stroh'a pharmacy, Iba aarafaloM Ulnte npoo which It Weat Plttetoo, and W. O. Price, Plttaton. iiinl. Satan to gat Bood'a.  , : DalonM M. BatleM, Ik* leading tailor, la ready to take your meesurs for a fashionably cut suit. This disease always resulte from a cold or an attaok of the grip and may be prevented by the timely ttee of Chamberlaln'e dough Bemedy. That remedy wee extensively used during the epldemloe of le grippe of the past few yeere, and not a single osae hae ever been reported that did not recover or that resulted lu pneumonls, which shows It to be a certain preventive of that dangerous dlseaae. Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy haa gained a world wide reputation for lta onres of oolds and grip. For sale by Ferrer, Peck& Boberts, spotheosrlei; Plttaton, one door above Eagle Hotel, and West Plttaton, Wyoming and Luserne Avee. "In tba winter of ISM and IMt I waa taken down with ■ earn* aitaak at what la oalled la grippa" aaya t L Hawaii. a prominent drogglet of WlafUM lit "T%e only medicine I need waa In Mttaa uf Ooamberlaln'e Ooagh Indl. |i np tba oold and etoppad tha ■ Hfca m-glo, and I hare ami etaaa M I bled with tha grippe." Ufcaatk .a Cough Remedy eaa alvaya ha inwi opon to hnek op a enata a*M awl waft on any thraateaad attaek af MWik It la plaaaaat to tab* too, wktah Mat* H tba moat dtelrable aad oae at *g ip popular preparetlooa la aae for theaa allman ta. For aale by ram*, Peak * loband Laaarna Arm. LIPTON'S TEAS— ORBAMERY BUTTER—i lb printt 5 lb pails stovse, the best for the money, i Ae**  SALT MACKEREL— No. 91 South Main Strew JMMMM »uU Linon Lawns, Check and t*lain Nainsook*, Long Cloths and Cambrics, ' Bleached and Unbleached Tatfo Linen, Napkins, plain and fringed, Notions, Corsets, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Embroidery. Silks and Silkeleens. All New and the Latest. SAUER KRAUT—Home made, and something we can recommend BRADFORD CO. MAPLE SYRUP i - —Something yery fine. . lu the handa of all D. A EL ticket agents, who will bs pleased to ecpply them to the OKIE! Give m a oh noe to pot in the Id« Bavslty fnrnaee at yoor boon. a I public upon application. lBJlm Ma-lrritatlng o.th-Uo-Uood'. The iMHlWftlH 1» PIUMM Ai «ell aa the haodeomeat, and otbare an nvtted to oall on any draggtat and get free a trial bottle of Kemp'*Balaam lor the throat and long*, a remedy that la guaranteed to onto and nHava all chrcnto and aonta ooaghi, aethma, bronohlfla and ooneomptlon Prlee M«.™1 liOo. To cue a cold u M omr 34 Luzerne Avennc. Our new stoclc of Wall Paper For the fall trade. We are selling All graaes at a Great Redaction. 1 Paper front 7c roll up WALTERSPfr SCTSBtf Old F-g"*1* Bsskei Fired Japea al Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If M fails to cure. K. W. Grove's signature la on seob box. Mo. Will ofta* aaaaa • horrible burn, aoald, Ml oD brala. Baeklen'a Arnloa Sal** yln on earth. A iiudn rsa CRACKER ID BUSHEL I HIS torn ■ "Ifben thej yonr cocdcq and work 1,1 teasouabi, « ilcss of tbe Albany DeotleU Ut. WUkssbsrrs, an at L OonsnHaMona a,e bee fcb«a"yon want It at very Deathsoa the laraaas,.—Peopla sppsrently well and happy today, tomorrow ue stricken down, ninety-eight cssee out of ersry hundred the heart is the eauae. The, king of heart remedy, Dr. Agnew'fi Cnreforthe I Heart, 1s within reach of all. It relieve* to t» |mtontos and cures moat chronlo caeea. J. H. j R. B. Sutler, UolllMklhkMMl We are waltlag for yoj that needs repairing or in is the time tor the work/fc r old furniture Mistering. Now be done. DOB Factory. Only on* remedy la the weM IUQHBAT 28 PAID, [areboaaa on %.**. Boaxaa'a