Pittston Gazette

              J papers with the mornnijf »journals for conclmive proof J ihat the bulk of the news ap D pyrs first in the former. ttt+f tttti i ire t! 0tt a hfiy-first year F, FEBRUARY 'i. «^or. MING MILAN HAS PASSED J i ■ r DE WET CROSSES LINE. ■ , Fierce Fighting In Tabaksbcr* AWAY 1UJ0B0B£*S'8,8AW£3T BJJSSAT iHCL AW IS DEAD BOLD EXPRESS ROBBERY. BOSTON a- STORE. Armr •« Tkre* ** Bail*Itm Get a Safe, t*red. but Arc Cap- I Topeka, Feb. 11.—Three thoaiand ma!« Iritinenfl of Tobek* Id iritis* iiieQting here i#fcJMa xhot th«  [of theH»~ ttiriKT eTose the] replaces. They [Issued an ultimatum giving the "joint [ ists" until Friday next at 12 o'clock noon to quit business. If this shall not bf done, warning was given that 1,000 armed men immediately mOvo on "joints" and remote Jtliem by force. Thlip action is fhe result of the crusade started in Topeka less than ten days ago by Mrs. Carrie Nation. The meeting yesterday afternoon was a remarkable one in every respect. It was called by a committee of the Law Enforcement league and was attended by nearly ail the .prominent Milirtew inert oi tftti city. A feeling of intense earnestness pervaded the meeting. Conservative men who have hitherto ad moderation in the dealings with no lawless element insisted in unnzistak«ole terms .that the time had come when aDatn?fcjc«» had ceased to be, a virtue and thdt tie pcopte of.Toneka should take the law in their own hdnds. , . Joe meeting was, opened prayer A/tet a lew short, snappy addrfesles. which worked the audience to a high degree of enthusiasm, an ultimatQtrt t?As proposed and passed amid the loudest cheering. The ultimatum commanded the officers of the city and county to perform their duty regarding the closing of the Oat Empires Suddenly In a Wash- Sioux City, la., Feb. ll.—'Prompt and active work by the authorities in Manila, la., yesterday resulted in the arrest of three men who are supposed to hare been implicated in the theft of a United States I Express safe said to have contained $40, 000. !«•» ington Hotel. ABOUT.... BUR 'W ■ After Inventory Sale.... A Great Clearing Up Sale. APOPLEXY THE 0ATJ8E 01 DEATH He M In Vienna This Morning. " mt* Onlr l«fta Haadrci Mm He Holds Off Two Tho«a«ii4 Bom Until He S«e«««di In Rcfolnltt* fctnok. Victory br Hntlttt-toortlen Reported. London. freb. diapatck rrom East London, Cape Colony, 0, gives details of aanrt fighting at Tabaksberg m'cnhtain, 40 miles east of the railway and about midway between Bmalldeel and Bloemfontein. Major Orawe. with a composite column, traveling southwest sighted the mountain ott the horning of Jan. 3i. . ,KTe heara heavy firing, and, kbdwlfcg that Colonel Pilcher's column was on the other sida of tho mountain,V he concluded that this officer was in ac* ■ tion. Consequently he hurried forward only to meet Boers streaming down and evidently retiring from Colonel Pilcher'i lyddite shells Immediatfely Major Crewe tyrongfct three ip pounders and a fcDom$om to beat* on tha Bfoers, tvho, howevfcr, were found to be jk) tta&itoua that it was impossible head them. Ordera were given to return to camp, about two miles from the mountain. The column rested until 4 in the afternoon, when the march was resumed'southwest.Major Crewe was Just touching th# southern point of the mountain when a terrific rifle fire opened from a latge force of Boers who were in ambuftcade oil the mountain. Tho fight soon became general. The Boers outnumbered the British five to one aild werfe attacking them on both fl&hks and the rear. Tho British Kaipom jammed and became useless, ajqr Crewe grasped the situation and by k brilliant move got the convoy into a feafe position. Between 7 and 8 in the evening thfe Boers charged the position and turned both flanks. The British ammunition became exhausted-, And Major Crewe was Obliged h) retire and abandon' the pompom after the advance party had endeavored to save it and had austained severe loases. Late Commander off I*. A. R. Had The Chlc«go, Milwaukee and 8t. P*ol train on which the safe Iras taken from Sioux City arrived in Manila at 8:#3 o'clock on Saturday night. The OmAua train was late, and James Sturtevant of Sioux City, the express messenger, did not hurry in unloading the goods and packages from his car. The express safe, with other articles, was , unloaded and placed on a truck on the depot platform, apd then Sturtevant and the baggageman went to the other end of the platform to get another truckload. THE weather. been Sfieaklhst at . fc Banquet IS honor off Ills Successor Jnst Before Washington, D O., Feb. U.— Forecast antl] 8 p. m. Tuesday, for Baatein Pennsylvania : Increasing oioadlnts* and probably enow tonight and Tne*day; fresh i northerly wind, becoming brisk On boast He Received Hln Lait Orders. Washington, Feb. ll.—-Colonel Albert Dtiane Shaw, former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and representative from the Twenty-fourth district Of New York, died of opoplexy in his room in the Riggs House yesterday morning. .' tfcur Inventory shows many lit?8ff«f goods that need to be re' ' iluced at this time o( year. To do this sBCC«Uftll|yD wc have this GREAT AFTER INVENTORY SALE. *11 o£ this class of goods will fDe prominently displayed this week, and a lgrge part df their prices taken away. Compare this list of prices with the real worth of the itoms. . LINCOLN'S BIRTH i ' " THE SERI8. id our IS REMEMBERED Primitive Mexican Indlssa-Tkl When his room waa entered at 10 o'clock yesterday by C. B. Glenn, his secretary, Colonel Shaw was found lying on the floor, face downward, as he had fallen when stricken. Doctors hastily summoned. said the representative had been dead, since about 2 o'clock in the morning and that the stroke probably endtu life Immediately. When Sturtevant returned, he noticed that the articles on the truck were disarranged, and •&. glance showed that the iron box was gone. There was great excitement, and no time was lost in spread ing the alarm. City Marshal Ferrill hastily assembled a poste, and vigorous work was begun. Do not fail to"fti •The Serl said W. J. Magce, who has Wfcetttly returned from an expedition into Mexico, "are In the ecefo of civilisation a few degrees HbO'vfc the Cocopan Indians, whom we set out to visit. They do make their own bows and arrows and boats and show some cleverness in primitive navigating but they still lack the knife instinct." This commentary called forth a  tion as to the meaning or th» "knife instinct." The ordinary man Id a civilised community, the professor explained, is so familiar With the knife and its purposes that its use has become practically automatic. At the table he cuts his food with his knife without gtfing through any conscious mental process. It is as natural for him to do this as It in to take his drink from a cup or other veesel holding liquor. If he wiahea to open a package tied with twine In a hard knot or to whit tie a bit of stick or to split an apple into two parts, down goes his hand iiis'tluctlvely Into his pocket for bis knife, and he can be talking or thinking about other things while he uses the knife for cutting. Not bo the Seri Indian. If he obtains a knife In barter, he thrusts it into his belt, as he has seen the Mexican frontiersman do, but In a meaningless way. It Is a matter of Imitation and not reasoning with him, for he haa no Idea of the conimon uses to which the Mexican puts the knife. If a de«T crossed his path while his knife wa.fc In his girdle and with the a,C* of dogs he were able to capture and k*.ri it, it never would occur to him tc his knife ftDr cutting up the carcass. He would tear it, like a wild beast; If he kills a pony for food and hangs a quarter near his door, to be eaten as needed, he will bite Into the meat and pull it apart with his teeth and naiia, stripping the sinews and tendons gradually till nothing but the bones are left. To cut the flesh away would be the last thing to occur to his mind and the most difficult thing for him to accomplish. Civilised man, with whom the knife habit, pursued from early childhood, presently merges into instinct, can have no Idea of what It means to be without this rudimentary training. It Is as hard for him to understand as it is for a person who haa never been without the normal complement of faculties to understand the feeling of one born deaf and dumb and blind. The knife Instinct is a sort of milestone on the road to civilisation—one of the means by which we may measure the progress of any primitive people. Speaking of the condition of the Serls as regards blood thirst. Professor Magee says that it still remains vary deplorable, and tke visitor must be not only prepared, but vlalbly prepared, for trouble at any hour of the day or night The one queation on whllh the Berts* treatment of him hangs Is that of opportunity. It 3akee no difference whether he be a lucasian or a mixed blood, a Yankee or a Mexican, or even a member of another tribe of Indians. The sole consideration is that he is an alien wherever or whenever found. If the alien is well equipped with means of ptotection, so that it Is plainly inexpedient to attack him boldly, he will escape without trouble as long as his vigilance remains acute. The night, which should naturally be Considered the most dangerous time for the stranger, is really his safest time, for by doing careful watch duty by turns a party of visitors can avert attack. But In the daylight there Is apt to be a perilous sense of security, and it is then that it behooves every alien to be individually on his guard. The Seris seem to have non£ of the sense of hospitality or honor which marks many Indians of a higher type. They have some notion of loyalty to one another, but the rest of the world is always fair game.—Washington Letter in Boston Transcript. "Knife instinct/* RUMMAG SALB^ Decision In Porto Rlcan Case U nderwear. Dress Goods. is Postponed. Colonel Shaw is the second representative from the district who has met with a tragic death within the last year. Charles A. Chickering, his predecessor in congress, fell out of a window of the Grand Union hotel In New York last summer and was killed. 1.750 yards 40 inch granite plaids,1 46 inch colored crepons, 38 inch all wool homespun; these have sold for 58c and 69c; after Inventory price, yard 39 cents. Snow lay thick upon the ground, and it did not take long to discover the tracks of two persons who evidently had been carrying some heavy object directly from the truck as it stood upon the depot platform. They carried the safe a dlstahce of about two blocks and then loaded It into a wagon which had been left there in waiting. The wagon was driven a mile and a half Into the country, and there the «afe was forced ofcen and the, contents abstracted. Women's heavy fleece lined vests and pants were 58c; after Inren tory price each 39. Dry Goods, Shirts, Drese4 Goods, Wrappers, Under- 1 wear, Collars, Glassware,] Tinware, Hats, Caps, etcJ Vienna, Feb. 11.—Tb* ex-King of Milan "Sled at twelve oclook today. He expreaeed a dealt* to aea hie wife, ex-Qneen Natalie, and aon, Prince Alexander, and In oonaeqneno* the pbyelelan telegraphed lo the former Queen and Prime. Both replied, lmpoealble to attend the bedalde. "Joints." The officers were warned that they had waited long enough, the property owners oti Whose premises the "joints" Are kept were also warned iu unmistakable terms that they should abate the nuisances at. once or the people of Topeka would not be responsible for the damage that might ensue to the buildings. When the reader of the ultimatum reached the part pertaining to the "jointists," there was a hush of expectation, as there had for several days been rumors that some important declarations were to be made. Tlje Words of condemnation and wArttirig brought forth murmurs of approval that gained strength with each minute, finally sweeping over the entire audience and culminating in great enthusiasm. As the reader finished and submitted the ultimatum to the approval of the audience old men and conservative ministers jumped to their feet in their enthusiasm and waved handkerchiefs, gesticulated -and cheered to the echo. The cheering lasted for several minutes. The ultimatum was adopted by a rising vote. Twelve hundred men signed thei/; names to cards pledging themselves to be ready nt a moment's notice to join the army which has been recruited to stamp out the joints by th« time tho limit set by the ultimatum expires. Atoulvefafer? of Mr». Shaw's Death. Men's Hose. Colonel ShAW's wife died one year ago Saturday. Friends of the representative saV he spokfe of the s4d anniversary with much feeling. Men's mixed cotton half hose; jc, or four pair for 25 cents. Black Dress Goods. Sale Begini Saturday. Feb. 9i In Baaemant. 38 in. all wool diagonal cheviot, worth 58c; this week a yard 39c. Blanket Sale. Colonel Shaw attended a banquet Saturday night given in the Bbbltt House by the Grand Army, department of the Potomac, in honor of General Leo Rassleur of St. Louis, commander in chief of the Grand Army and his immediate successor. The colonel appeared in good health hitfl niAtie a speech which many of his comrades pronounced one of the best efforts of his life. It waa brief, but patriotic, and his comrades comment on the fact thAt he died almost with patriotic words on his lips, there being no doubt that death cAme to him soon after he went to his room at half past 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Physicians say Colonel Shaw had suffered from Indigestion, which may have brought on the fatal stroke. He bad comr plained of having indigestion for several days, but bad taken only simple remedies.The men abandoned the safe there and went their way on a new track. It was not difficult to trace them, however, and three arrests were made. Their names are John Jackson, John Stovalt and Charles Hayes. All are men who lire in Manila and are well known. Their reputations heretofore have not been bad They stoutly protest their innocence, but the authorities believe the evidence against at least two of them will prove conclusive. Gloves. far,: LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. PEOPLE'S? ORE L, 0*ea» lmnelpitot1! Memory will Be ■MMbmd. B«» York, Feb. 11.—The umlnnai; Kli.' «* the birth of the Qreet Emuolpttor will * tie Celebrated tonight In Oaraelgle Hall with K- Gorernor Ode!) to to preside and OoL H«nry Wattereon will deliver Ibto leetnre on Ltnooln. On* of tha prominent feataree of tha evening will be the Women's American Mocha a clasp gloves, warranted, worth 91.35, this week 88c. Our finest all wool it-4 white blanket with colored borders, that told for $6 50; after inventory price a pair $4 98- it soutl fUtn street, Flttttoa. People's 'Phone. Next te Drory'e. A Curtains. Evans W»-BROS. Real Nottingham Lace Cnrtalns; were 88c, after inventory price, pair 59 cents. The stolen safe contained in the neigb boahood of f40,000. Twelve thousand dollars was In cash and the rest in drafts, checks and various valuables. Carpet Special. olaglag by tlta Choral Union nnder the dlrsaHrtn of Prof. FMnk Damroeob. Bnt Body Brafgels Border*, 3 to 10 yard lengths, worth $1 35; to close this week at a yard 39 cents. Window Shades. A Rear Gnard Action. While the robbery undoobtedly was planned deliberately, as the horse and wagon were in waiting in a convenient jpot, It la not believed that the men knew they were making «o rich a haul. They had no means of knowing the contents of the safe, only that It was used for carrying valuable*? They found an unusually favorable opportunity whan Sturtevant left the safe on the track, and had it not been for the telltale track* in the anow It Is not likely that arrests would have been made so promptly. "The Blacksmith." til* laei that Pmridaot MsKlnley haa oonasnt*d to graoe the meeting with hla pree «noe will, more than anything eVee. add to the crowd that will U1 the big hall to ii» at moat capacity. Hark Twain la to Introduce the apcakaie. The proceed* ot tbe evening are to be need (cur the Linooln Memorial tJnlTeralty at Gnmberlwd Gap, A rear guard action wee fought by Malar Crewe IntoMhe camp, where the wagone had been laagered. He personally superintended the retirement, the Boers harassing him throughout. Intrenchments were thrown up during the night. When morning came, Major Crewe ■tarted to join General Kpox, 12 miles southwest. The, Boers Immediately reattacked him, compelling him to light a second rear guard action for a few miles. General De Wet peraonally commanded tbe Boers, estimated at 2,600. Major Orewa's force was only 700. Eventually the British officer joined General Knox and returned to Bloemfontein. Lord Kitchener has highly coiripllmentkd Major Crewe upon the achievement. De Lorme's great painting, "The Blacksmith," here this week. Come to see it. PRIGE3. Speaker Henderson, Representative Sereno E. Payne, Senator Depew and members of the New York delegation in the house were notified, and the aergeant-atarms of the house took Charge of the body and directed that it be prepared for burial. Dr. Henir L. K. Shaw of Albany, aon of Colonel Shaw, was eonmioned and will arrive this morning. The funeral Will take place in Watnitowa, N. Y., the late borne at Colonel Shaw. Evans* Success Floor, per bbl #4 S° Butterfly I1 lour, per bbl . 4-5® Superlative Flour, per bbl .4-5® Marvel Floor, per bbl . 4-S° Feed, per 100 . . Cf ».oo Oats, per bushel ., . -j6 Long Hay, per 100 . .95 Cut Hay, per joo . . ,j .4® B-W Flour, 35 lb sack .. / Potatoes, per bushel . Butter, creamiry or dairy, lb . Cheese, foil cream, mild, per lb .is Lion Coffee, per lb , . •**?$ Arbucktes Coffee, per lb . .I*M Moci and Java Coffee, 1 lb tiaa .«S. 33c oil opaque window shades, all colors, complete this week eath 25c There seems to be no question that the next few days In Topeka will sec Interesting developments, possibly bloodshed. The ultimatum was written by a committee of which Robert Stoiic, a leading business man, was chairman. Notions. Side combs, each 4c. Back Combs, each 4c.' 35c patent leather belts 10c. Suspenders.» RAISE THE BRIDQE. Mrs. Jackson, wife of John Jackson, a lap was arrested, but at a preliminary hearing held last evening she was released. The examination will b« continued today. The three prisoners ure in jail, having been unable bonds of $12,000 each. qasaSlea at leeaa Istums «smswi 25c Sospenders each 10c. aadOempaay. There were A number of addresses in which Mrs. Nation came in for her full snare of credit. Colonel Shaw was 59 years of age and • veteran of the civil war. He was n widower, his wife dying just one year ago yesterday He was the picture of health, of commanding stature, strongly bn}lt, with square shoulders and erect •kyre, which, with *hite hair and mnsta&e, made him a conspicuous figure in th* home, Active worker during his inougbency of the commander in chief's •flice; he frequently came to Washington and took % band in urging legislation for the old soldiers before the committees of congress. Coloacl Bhsf'a Career. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. H.—President I Henry MoHarg, of the Atlanta, Knorvllle and Northern Ballrway, haa bean summoned to appear today In thieelly to show eanae why a certain bridge eoroa* th* Little Tea nisei i, near Kllee Ferry, abonld longer be allowed to obatrpet navigation. The bridge, wbloh la only Mew feet above tharlvarhaa long bent a hone of con tention between the railroad people on  one head and the government and people cm Mm other. Rev. C. M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," preached a seritoon yesterday in which he disagreed with the methods about to be adopted by the citizens of Topeka to rid the town Qf ''joint®." Mr. Sheldon stid the responsibility should be laid on the individual and that the officers should be forced to do doty. The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, the eeamander In chief In South Africa: * Xhe authorities say the shoes of two of the men exactly fit the tracks in the snow at the depot where the safe was carried off. , . FOWLER, DICK & WALKER "Tbe columns working eastward occupied Brmelo Feb. B with slight opposition A large force ot Boer*, estimated at 7,000, under Louis Botha, retired eMtt ward. About 600 wagons, with famillts, passed through Krwalo on the way to Amsterdam, and very large quantitiee of stock are being driven east. PHILIPPINE PROTESTANTS. Leaden and Promoters of Low Prices, Wilkesuarre Pa CvniAltal !»"« ▼•iV las. . nailat; - CHIEF JUSTICfe SHOT. Manila, FeK U.-The atterfflanoe fct the second evangelical meeting in the1 Tondo ward of Manila was somewhat larger than the one held a week ago. There were not many Catholics present, and Senor Buenoamino sail' the priests had directed them not to Attend. An affirmative expression was taken of the views of the meeting on the desirability of establishing an evangelical church, nnd Senor Buencamino has given the Hev. James B. Rodgers, missionary of the Presbyterian board of missions, charge of the effort. He is disposed to leave the Federal party in order to prove that he is not mixing political with re ligious reforms. EMBROIDERIES. Alabama' Magistrate Attacked and "A peaoe delegate under' sentence of death and other Boer prisoners were taken away'By t&* Boerv. ' A"! the reports ehow that the Boers are exceedingly bitter. Forty Boers surrendered. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 11.—Chief Justice McClellan of the Alabama supreme court was shot in the right shoulder at his house yesterday by either Mr. Jesse D. Beale or his son, Phelan Beale, of this city. The pistol ball struck the third rib on the right side front, ranged upward and outwnrd, shattering the bone on the point of the right shoulder. The ball way cut out. The wound is a serious one, ant* Wotnded/ Colonel Shaw wa» born in Lyme, N. Y., ,Dec. 27, 18£lC £e served a term of enlistment in the tlfclj-fifth No*/York volunteers and as a special agent of the war department at provost marshal headquarters during the civil war. Later he was a member of the state assembly for one term*. was appointed consul to Toronto in 1868 and promoted to Manchester, England, in 1878, from which latter place he was Temoved by President Cleveland in 1885 for being "an offensive partisan." Afterward he filled the office of department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the state of New York, commander in chief of the national body and a representative in congress, succeeding the late C. A. Chickering.  Our line oi Hamburg Edgings for the coming season is now on sale. Some of the choicest designs we have ever shown, and that you will not be able to duplicate elsewhere. A fine lot of Torchon Laces. -Headquarter OREAT BALL. Best Goods Prices. JIDIB1 xvcat Takee Plaee la Hew Vera nuaBvaalag. "Louis Botha, with 2,000 men, ettacked General Smlth-Dorrien at Orange camp, Bothwcll, at 8 a. m„ Feb. 6. He was repulsed after sovere fighting. General Spruit was killed, General Randeraeyer was severely wounded, two field cornets were killed, 20 M the Boer dead were left In our hands and many severely wounded. Our casualties were 24 hilled and BS wounded. New York, Feb. 11.—At Madison Square Garden tonight will be held the grand maaqnerade ball of tha Arlon 80- dety, for which extensive and elaborate pre paratlona have bean made. A moat gorgeooa apeotaele la promleed. Tc. tboueand electrlo bulbe—the moat ever pltoed la tha Garden—will Illuminate. The deooratlona will repreeent the plaaa ot 8an Mateo at Carnival time and the "Oarnival of Tenloe" will ha reallatically produced. Two bands, aggregating 110 plecee, will fnrolah th* mode. Evan: it will take a few days to determine the result. He was resting easily last night The Messrs. Beale went to the house of Justice McClellan to seek John McQueen of Birmingham, assistant solicitor of Jef ferson county, to punish him for what they believed to be bad treatment of the elder Bcale's daughter. Miss Caroline. 46 South Main "Our movement to the east is reported to hare thoroughly upset all the enemy's calculations and created a regular panic In the district. The Methodist missionaries were uot present nt the meeting, having gone to attend tho Methodist conference at Sin gaporc. A company of the Forty-seventh United States volunteer infantry, operating in the inland of Catanduanes, off the southeast coast of Luzon, captured Bust,OS, the insurgent governor of the island. The United States gunboat l)oii Juan do Austria, co-operating with a detachment of the Forty-seventh infantry, captured 30 insurgents, including a colonel and two majors, in the province of Albay, Luzon. Evidence is accumulating against the incriminated Manila leaders who were charged with aiding the insurgents. GLOBE WAREHOUSE, pittston, pa. "Christian Do Wet appears to bo croaa- Ing the line south of Jaggersfontein road to tho west, having failed to effect a crossing by the drifts east of Bethulie. She had not been at home all night, and they had been informed that McQueen had been riding about in a hagfe with Miss Beale the greater part of the night after a supper at a leading restaurant. Justice McClcllun attempted to prevent the Beales going up stairs and through his house in their hunt for McQueen. This the Beales resented, and one of them, believed to be the father, shot McClellan with a pistol. McClellan was driven down the stairs and out on the sidewalk, where he called for the police. The Beales pursued their hunt through the house and believing they had located Mc- Queen in a closet which was locked firad about a dozen shots into the door. Several passed entirely through the closet. McQueen was in the closet, but wasv in a narrow place away from the door and wan not struck. Samoa, Jan. 23, via San Francisco, Feb. 11.—The $41,176 castf subscribed by the governments of Germany, Great Britain and the United States for payment to the Samoanir for guns surrendered by them, to the high commission in 1800 immediately after the war has been paid to the Samoans in Apia under the supervision of Governor Solf, representing Germany; Consul General Osborne for the United States and Vice Consul Troop for Great Britain. The cash was paid in British currency, with no allowance for premium on United States currency, as hitherto in transactions Cvith the powers in Samoa. The Tutuila people came in for a fair share of the proportion allotted to the Malietoa chiefs, and a deputation was appointed in Tuluila to proceed to Apia to receive the Tutuila share. The deputation went to German Samoa under the authority of Lieutenant Commander B. J. Dorn, U. S. N.. who also supervised the division among the people entitled to receive the money brought back by the deputation. TITe whole of the Tutuila money was paid out with satisfactory results to the Tutuila natives. Governor Solf has issued a proclamation calligg in all guns held by Samoans in the German division of the islands. It was well known that many natives of both parties did not surrender their arras when called upon by the high commission. Samoans Receive Tbelr Pay. JOHN O'D. lANGlin Armstrongs wrDru/* r— «. \S Ajm' ANOTHER 8TEEL COMPANY. "In Cape Colony Calvinin has been occupied by Colonel De Lisle, who entered Feb. 6, the enemy retiring toward Kenhardt. Colonel Haig is driving the midland command northward past Aberdeen."De Llele Occupies Cmlvlnln. PRIGE3. fMnflmla Concern Applies to .llsU fJ9 •—.J Onrtirt i LAfnc Xiiat M kttabnrg, Feb. 11—Attorney F. C. Hodkineon applied to the Governor todaj for a charter for the Garland Manufacturing . Company, which will engage in the manufacture of eteel Mid iron. The inoorporatora are John W. Garland, Robert Garland, Henry J. Bailey, Franklin C. for » Ufcnrteo. The Greatest "Catch" la Earope. Lord Raglan, undersecretary of state for war, states that General ffir Evelyn Wood is not going to South Africa and that no peace commission is contemplated. "The report as to a peace commission is false from beginning to end," he said. "The policy of the government is the very opposite of what would prompt such a step. Troops, not peace commissioners, arc going to South Afri- Best Flour  $4.50 Best Patent Flour - $4.50 Potatoes per bushel - .65 Gr. Sugar, 17 lbs for 1.00 Cheese, full cream • .13 Chop, per cwt • 1 00 Meal, per cwt - 1.00 Bran and Midds, cwt 1.00 Corn and Cr. Corn, cwt j.oo Hay, per cwt - 1.00 3 pks. pre'd Buckwheat ,25 The young Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, who is now in his twenty-fourth year, is the best royal match in Europe, and, considering the precarious state of the succession to his throne, it might be regarded as certain that he will marry before the year is out. The Grand Duke William Ernest has immense wealth, and a great position, without «ny of the responsibilities and'• anxieties which a throne usually involves. lie has inherited very large and very valuable estates in various parts of northern Germany, in Austria and in Holland, besides a fortune of at ll&st 100,000,000 franc*. The grand duke is at present the next heir to the throne of the Netherlands, his grandmother. the late Grand Duchess Sophia, having been the aunt of Queen Wilhelmina. The grand duke has practically a choice of seven brides—the Grand Duchess Helena Vladimirovna of Russia, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess Alice of Albany, Princess Thyra of Denmark (daughter of the crown prince), Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (sister of the reigning grand duke) and the two daughters of the Duke of Connaught.— Lopdon Truth. FRENCH CAUSE TROUBLE. Feed, all kinds.. 1.00 Oats, per bushel  Oats, as bushel lots.. Potatoes, bushel.., Hay, per 100.... Best Butter  No. 7 Broom a cans fine Peaches  They Want to Take PoMemiion of Shatml Province. «(mnm r Ohaa. A. Ulaaseri. This la the fin* of several new companies being or * gwfssd hare. * .Peking, Feb. 11.—Count von Waldertee is" very ranch dissatisfied with the conduct of the French troops near Pao-ting-fu and also with their avowed iutention, in spite of his protests against It, to organ ize an expedition to take possession of the province of Shansi. lie takes the ground that expeditions, except for police purposes or against bands of robbers, should not be undertakeji during peace negotiations. SOLD AT CAWLHV'I 5HOB MON The Cape Town correspondent of The Times, wiring Saturday and giving a general outline of the British offensive operations, says: ca." (General Jamen M. Itugsrlea Dead. Springfield, Ills., Feb. 11.—General James M. Kuggles, one of the founders of the Republican party, who drafted the first platform on which the Republican party was founded, is dead at Hopping sanitarium. Havana, aged 81 years. General Ruggles was born March' 7, 1818, in Richmond county, O. and was of noted ancestry, his gceat-tincle being Brigadier Timothy Ruggles, who was president of the first congress that ever met in America la New York in 1755. A great-uncle, John Ruggles, was three SHOT HI8 SWEETHEART 3 cans Corn.. Of miwt Tn*g lDOM Mnrdar and Aiinipia HleM*. "The British force directed against Christian De Wet's commando included seven columns under Knox, Hamilton,. Maxwell, While, Pllcher and Crewe. They hoped to fore# De Wet upon the British corps concentrated on Orange river. The Boers, under cover of a detached commando, swung westward and captured a pompom from Major Crewe and by crossing the railway between Springfontein and Endenburg evaded the British concentration. i dozen Canned Corn. 3 lbs Evap. Peaches I hare money for mortgages In t Mortgagee may stand for *U*w'C only the intereet be paid, or ( liege to make payment* on  ly, quarterly, semi-annually or m the Interest wOl oeaee Immoiltfcll dollar of prinoipal thus rrpoKL building association private fnnda and trust funds. WiaaUd, Conn.—Ia a fit of  John Hljs aa employee of the Gilbert Okwk Company, shot Minnie Oook, a tsTlhtr 'tt the QUbert Home here this morning and then turned the weapon on himself. Miss Oook died inaWntlj. Hayes la atlil alive, but will probably die. 4 lbs Prunes  No. South Main Street General Baillpud, the French commander at Pao-ting-fu, says that he Is acting in entire independence of Count von Waldersee and believes the wisest course to be to nip the incipient rebellion in the bud immediately. He asserts that he was attacked on three sides by a number of Chinese while out with a few men near Pao-ting-fu, and his theory is that tho power of the foreigners should be shown if possible wherever an occasion arises. Lion Ccffee 12)4 Arbuckle Coffee .12 54 3 bottles Jam .25 IT IS POOR econon.y to go around n ill fitting, ready-made clothing when yon oan have a snlt made to order for the same price. A tailor makes it hla duty to remedj jpnr bad point*, while the readymade anlt ia ooD from one model, and roo-t serve all times elected United States senator from Maine, and another. Benjamin Ruggles, was first United States senator from Ohio, serving 18 years from 1818. His father, Judge Spooner Ruggles. was state senator in the Illinois legislature from Ogle and Winnebago counties in 1842. At the ontbreak of the civil war he was appointed by Governor Yates lieutenant of tlje First Illinois cavalry. When mustered'out in 1864. he was lieutenant colonel of the Third Illinois cavalry and was for a time in command of the regiment. After the war he was brevettcd brigadier general. J. T. ARMSTRONG & CO., D. E. BAX7 8 id Floor Banna* Bnlldlng. PORTO RICAN CASE. New York, Feb. 11.—There was the liveliest kind of a time at Yonkers last night incidental to the celebration of a Hebrew wedding. One man was stabbed, another had a couple of ribs broken, and a hundred or more sported bruised eyes and faces when the police arrived and cleared the hall. The bride was Annie Saltz of Yonkers and the groom Isadoro Cohen of New York. Cohen is said to have taken part in tho fight, but the bride was one of a few out of the 300 present who failed to get Into the mix up. Hlot at a Wedding. Psslslurr of the liptm* Court Deflsnred "De Wet is now probably in the Pbilippolis district, and this probably accounts for the northwesterly movement of the Boers in Cape Colon?. 68 South Main St.. PITT8TON. GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY. STRICTLY -0 FRESH EGGS Washington, Feb. 11—The United Stein Supreme Oonrt U In easeion today to announce dtoialona and leoeivemofcionn. The eeeelon is for one day onlj and at the alow, adjournment will be taken until Monday, fab. 90. The aniionaly awaited deelaion In regard to the Porto Rlcan and Philippine caeca will thus be deferred for use time.  for Soma Tlase. A staff officer of Count von Waldersee who investigated the Pao-ting-fu affair could find no evidences of such trouble as had been reported. On the contrary, he believes there are grounds for supposing quite the opposite, although probably there, as elsewhere, considerable nuitibers of dangerous robbers infest the country districts. Still Loolte After Hie "Boys." There is an interesting family living in West Philadelphia consisting of a father and three sons. The father is a retired merchant about 70 years old. One of the sons is a clergyman, one is a lawyer and the third is a dentist. They are all somewhere in the neighborhood of 40, staid professional Ifaen. The clergyman is married and has a little family of his own. The lawyer and dentist are bachelors. So mnch for the introduction. The curious phase of this household is that the father waits up every night until his three sons are safely housed. He has never permitted himself to outgrow a custom formed when they were boys. WhAi they are all in, he goes down stairs, locks the front door and turns out the light. No matter what professional duties may call them out or how late they may be in getting home, he is always waiting np for them and never retires until the last one is in and he himself has attended to locking up the house for the night.—Philadelphia Record.  "The latest proclamation issued by De Wet and Steyn closes thus, 'I shall now enter Capet; Colony to give the farmers there a taste of what we have ourselves auffered through this war.' " WILLIAMSON'S PRICES A tal.or hai the ad vantage m to atyl» beoause ready made clothes are made nj at the beginning of the eeaaon, and lbn» they mlaa the lateat and ever changing fad*. Therefore, when In need of Up-to-date Tailor Made Clothes, call on " 28cdoz - m Pertsfsl to AM Brltfuk, Pittston. Lisbon, F*b. 11.—Portugal,* it is alleged, is preparing to send troops to aid the British in South Africa. King Charles will remain in London until today.Madrid, Feb. 11.—Late last evening, at the close of a meeting of the Students' union on the occasion of a lecture dealing with the anticlerical play "Electra," the students demonstrated and stoned the police. Four policemen, including two lieutenant's, and three students were badly injured. A number of others were slightly hurt, but were able to go to their homes. Twenty-sit arrest* were made, and several of the persons in custody will be court martialed. It was 2 o'clock this merning before quiet was restored, and mounted gendarmes patrolled the streets •II night. ' — / Serious Riot In Madrid. Best patent flour - $4.50 25 lb sack B-W flour .65 Feed, all kinds, cwt 1.00 Hay, per cwt - - 1.00 Potatoes, per bushel .65 1 7 lbs granulated sugar 1.00 4 lbs good rice - - - .25 3 qts beans - - • - .25 Fresh shell oysters, ico .60 Fresh eggs and butter a PLAQUE 18 SPREADING. Constantinople. Feb. 11.—Mr. Lloyd Griscom, United States charge d'affaires, bad a farewell audience of the sultan last Friday His majesty was very cordial and expressed satisfaction at seeing that friendly relations between Turkey and the United States were now assured. Mr. Griscom has obtained an exequatur for Mr. Harris, United States consnl at Tripoli, Syria.  Orlacom Seea the Haltia, Blnghamton, N. Y., Feb. 11.—A fire in the Day drug store in this city'caused $9,000 damage to the stock, on which there is an insurance of $7,800, and nearly cost the proprietor of the store his life. Preceding the discovery of the conflagration a terrible explosion occurred which la supposed to have been the origin of the tire. The explosion is thought to have been due to the overheating of aom* chemicals which Mr. Day was mixing on a gat stove in the rear ot tha atsre. Fire In Blaafesntoa. GEO. BUSS. TBB CITY TAILOR, S Worth Rain St. SHANNON'S..... Great efforts are being made to secure a new treaty of alliance with England, superseding the antiquated treaties. Terror Growl** Worse la Cape Town Ivory Day. Cape Town, Feb. 11.—The Bubonic plague which appeared here laat weak, is spreading. Stringent precautionary meaenrea have been adopted by the Port and City authorities  SPECIAL SALE! 01 SPRING LI Blhghamton,' N. Y., Feb. 11.—Mra. Lola Read of Greene celebrated her one hundredth birthday on Saturday. She is in almoat perfect health and with the exception of being deaf is in pessesaion of all her faculties. Her One Hundredth Birthday. A powerful engine oannot be ran with a weak boiler, and we oan't keep np the strsin ot an active life with a weak atomaob; neither oan we atop the human machine to make repairs. If the atomaob oannot digest enough food to keep the body strong, anoh a preparation aa Kodol'a Dyspepala Cure should be need. It dlgsats what yon eat and It aim ply oant help bnt do yon good. T. J. Yatta, Plttston; dtroh's Pharmacy, Weat Plttaton. Men's Ovcss, for QC Felts, a pair • • CJDI»uu Will be no exception to the , recognized excellence of ottr . . goods, in fact there will be an  improvement. We will exhibit, • as usual, a full line of dlmittee, •*' lawna, seersuckers, ginghams, embroideries, lacea, kid and mocha gloves, corsets, (high i and low boat) hosiery, handkerchiefs, in tact all the neces- . saries that go n;.p4fefMgfe ti first class dress goodfUtrtfnojH tion store. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL specialty. New York, r.b. 11.MM. E. B. Mnnday, ■ lawyer of Henrietta, TmUj onoe fooled a grave-digger. He B.ja: "IIj brother wm Tery low with ma- Uriel ferer end jaundice. I perenaded blm to try Eleotrlo Bitten, and he wae Hon maoh better, bat oootlnned their nee nntll he wae wholly oored. I am anre Eleotrlo Bitten eared hie life." Thla remedy expela malaria, kill" dlaeaee germe and pnrlflea the blood; aide dlegeatlon, regolatee liver, kidney* and bowele, onree oonatlpatlon, dyapepeia, ■errotte dleeeeee, kidney trooblee, female oomplalnte: gWee perfect heelth. Only SO oe„te at Stroh'a pharmaoy, Weet PlUeton, a d W. 0. Price, Pitta ton. Stood Deao O*. This dlaeaae always results from a cold or an attaoM of the grip and may be prevented by tha timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy. That remedy waa extensively uaad daring the epidemloa of la grippe of the past few years, and not a slngls ease haa ever been reported that did not reoover or that raaulted In pneumonia, which ahowa It to be a oertaln preventive of that dannsrons disease. Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy haa gained a wo rid «M» reputation for-lta cores of aglda aad grip. For aale by Finer, Peek A Bobsrts, spotbeoarler, Plttaton, one door above Eagle Hotel, and Went Plttaton, Wyoming and Lsnrsa Avee. •  Pneumonia Oh 1m Prevented. Will often eauae a horrible burn, loald, out or brulee. BnoUen'a Arnloa Salve will kill the pain and promptly haal It. Curea fever soree, uliera, bolls, oorne, all akin eruptloua. Beat pile oure on earth. Only 98 eanta a box Cure guaranteed. Sold by Strob'a pharmacy, Weat Plttaton, W 0. Prfoe, Plttaton. - A Itlihtlsl Blander 506 LUZERNE AVENUE. B. H. WILLIAMSON. Men's Buckle Aro- QQ tics, a pair • - - - «u0 Opan. Oka. The OM F.rt. amm. Otnl and Wlr«. .. life uSon*! Union I WsbMh Wf The site of the "oTd fort," where the first settlers of 8priagfield. Mess., took refuge from the India us, has been marked with a bronae tablet placed by the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance company on its building, whidi It occupies |B • conjunction with the Hampden String* bonk, at- the cower ofFort and Main streets. The plate is 2 f»et wide and 8 feet high, bearing on either side the Pynchou arms in relief and a relief of the original fort. Underneath is this inscription:"This plate commeinoratea the building known as the Old Fort, erected on this site in 1600 by Major William Pynchon, leader of the first settler* of Springfield." ESQUIMAUI How Ar« ToarNsmiT For Spot Cash. Lowest possible prices now on for all kinds of '.Tre»n §ncl atjboke# nfeats, home made mince meats, paddings, etc. Canned goods, veg etables. etc., you will find a full line or everything kept in a well regu lated market, at 413 Luzerne Ave , West Sid(e. Connected with both 'phone lines. AN orJers promptly delivered.  This oompound preser Tee leather, maHnffit wear lOupar cent longer, and Is snow andjwale? proof Parents do not let your children go to school In damp and wet weather jutn their shoes hmw been treated wttfc tWs •denttflc Umaartftj: Iavataablqior harness and beiynga „Far sale at "^TV . If they are weak and you faal nervous and eaaily "flostratad," oan't aleep, and rise la tha morning unrefreehed, your blood la poor. Strong nervea depend apon rich, nourishing blood Hood's Sanaparllla makea tha nerve* strong by enrieblng and vitalising the blood. It glvse eweet, lefreehlug sleep and completely cures nervous troubles. Begin taking it today. It Cans all creeds;- Here are a few namee ot clergxaasnof different creeds who are firm (Methodist); and Dr. Newman, all of Toronto, Canada. Copies of thelrpersonal letters for the asking. 00 cents. J. H Honck. DAVENPORT'S SHOE STORE, 149* P M 98 N. Franklin St., WUkesbarre, when you need anything la the denial line. Beat eet of teeth 88. Drowns and bridges f8 op. Over 80 yean In Wllkeebarre. Irer/thlsR ni no ,ppoCn,-| Me tne Albany Dentists, Like had dollars, all eounterfelte of Da- Witt's Witch Haale Salve are worthless. W^tyitteton, A remedy that will soothe, build up tha waated tlssusa and enrich tha blood la indispensable. Llohtr's Celery Nerv. Oompound has bean wonderfully sucesastnl In earee of narntwwts. sa thousands of grate- Wot IbatMNd Verves. 26 North Main St. Internatlcaal Ohamigal Oo_, msnnfaoturera, 15 Willis u StD« PlttaUDn«Pa. R. B. Cutler, prit'.' Naoeea, Indigestion art oared by Hood's nn» 77™ at Grace's All the latest telegraphic new; t a a D||(| is |„|l m.u can be found in tiM*zsra Dt- I •• ■B" ,D HUI llverad b? carrier EnpG « month.* vnorLVff»mojrnc, B*oo««*' QreeVs. Adroitoe la.the Heating stovss and donl ow In frits, si A*))'*. A s, '«J - « tad tt,t wan, np jms George W Stanton. * .a .jf, k • ££ . K&a