Pittston Gazette

              j . • inclusive the nawi tcShik  w" i M V"W tfDe 7,000 antl its im- r ~ ..1 FIFTY-] t*.j* ;77-^5sr—7—— P1TTST0N, APRIL it, I9U, m ■—i . kpD n*CniHi TWSOTrfr^f D. f ■ MEN VICTORS A WAGE FIGHT CAN'T MODIFY DEI iLL'8 HANC mD»m a.r BOTH* Mil NEGOTIATE fcesumption of Conference Said t to fce-Uhdyf & DE' VTET AOAIB BEPOETED MAD. Itm OMla»4 la Casa-Vsm Tfc»« Wan Rxui Him •• lis Unw ■MKmdb ru BtD Aealosa-LosC« CwiMt. ' WHAT'8 A BILLION DOLLARS t The Kaltfuborn Ctu, New York, April 11.—It ni reported yesterday that Justice Martin J. Keogh of Westchester county bad granted a decree of afisulnte divorce to Fran* P. Kaltenborn, the #e(Jhknown violinist, and that this was'done on'March SO last. Inquiries made last night trt White Plains do not bear out. the retort. Justice Keogh, whan suited about (t, sold: "1 do not remember having m, Ibatfw Hanbmtk'a Manser sf Am- President Mas No Power to Change Piatt Amendment. H.—BMen t the Black swerlas the Qsaatlss. The greatest business combination or financial combination ot any kind, governmental excepted, ever cot together in the history of the world is the great steel combination which 4. Tferpopt Hotgan A Co. recently conrtmmatsd. A billion dollars of cattail *he human mind staggen when It tries ta'think what it mean*. It-cannot grasp it. It Is the. identical an which the famous Fifty-first congress appropriated and through that appropriation gained tjfr name of the billion dollar congress. 1- . * , \ The other evening at the Waldorf-Astoria John W. Gates of the American residence at Osss|e Frudi Oilman •ad who has asserted a claim to Oilman's entire estate without deeding her title, began two actions yesterday In which she demands the entire estate en the basis of an agreement alleged to have been made with Oilman on Not.' 1 last. The consideration expressed for the agreement was lore and affection (or her as his adopted daughter and her promise to act toward blm as his daughter till bis death. In all respects, she avers, she kept her covenant until Ills death an March 3 last It Is not stated that she was adopted by legal proceedings, nor Is It stated whether the afttement of Mot. 1 last was In writing ar not READY TO MEET THE OOMXMDOI. AT 89c, Crochct Quilts, extra qui ity, handsome patterns; regttfc price 91; special price S9C. Hud tin talon Tiej DeBuded. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Cakui Will B« Wolcomo*, Hat Amy Hop* of leearlat ▼«tm—Will Try to Wis Til MM Om %j PenualOB. heard the case. I do not remember having signed the decree. I hear so ioaby cases that ordinary names might sBp ay memory, but Kaltenborn Is ait unusual one, and I would be likely to remember it. I cannot, however, recall AT 25c, Men's and Boys' Fancy Striped Shirts, all sizes; regmlar valne 39c; special price 35c. XiW Tcrtt, Aprlllll, 1M. Opts. Cloa Washington, April 11.—Not until DOW has the administration boon willing to admit that the Cohan constitutional convention had fallen abort of expectations and rejected the Piatt amendment! defining relatione between this government and Cuba. This news, given in the press four days ago, Is now reluctantly confirmed, but the explanation la made that It does not mean a fiat rejection. Inasmuch aa the convention may jyconslder. All talk Sow Is as to the probable result of the visit here of the commission which the convention Is to appoint It Is believed by the cabinet that a president who In three weeks talked over to his side a hostile senate and houss can In ths seven months before congress reassembles convince the Cnbans of ths error of their views. Cape Town, April 1L—General Botha has reopened negotiations with the British for peace. TY S&s;;;; jp'"  J.'! I Si Is •mm' As explained here, this action was determined in part by General Botha's discovery at a recent meeting that General Da Wet intellect h*d weakened and that his influence with his followers waa diminishing and tfctta continuance of the campaign, in view.of General De Wet's lrraaponslbllfty. rested with General Botha alone. Steel and Wire company An Excellent Combination. AT 76c, Ladies' Good Wrappers, full width, nil ment of patterns; fi.tf special price 75c. / celebrate the successful •alslda of Collecs (hsMmI'i Wife. Monmouth, Ills., April 11.—Altbea Cooper Lyons, wife of Dr. S. B. Lyons, president of Monmouth college, committed suicide by hanging herself In tbe attic of her home. Her friends declare she had been on the verge of nervous prostration for several days on account of worrying about her busband's position at the collage. There has been a contest In the board of trustees for some time over President Lyons, u faction clalmldk be Is not tbe mau for tbe head of the college. They have attempted to secure his removal, but so far the friends of the president have forestalled all such attempts. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Flo Syrup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa- Jve principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them In the form most refreshing1 to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one parieot strengthening* laxL tire, cloaasing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation permanently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and substance, and its acting on the kidneys liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, makq.it the ideal laxative. RIDICULE STORY OF DE WETS INSANI of this greatest ot all great trade combinations. As was te be expected, the conversation turned upon the United States steel corporation. Millions and billions were conversationally Juggled until tbe listener's bead swam. Finally one man propounded a staggerer. "Could any one preeent define what a billion dollars really meant?" There was a pause, and then Senator H. C. Hansbrough of South Dakota told the following story, which apparently satisfactorily answered the question:AT 75c, Ladiet' i Clasp KM Glow, in all shades; $1.00 value; special price ye. !•••••.•••••••I Mm. Hall concedes tint George B. Hartford wu a partner of Oilman In the tea and grocery business which tbejr conducted In about 900 stores In 20 different states under the natnes of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company and the (Treat American Tea company. The good will, she says. Is rery Valuable, and she wanta.HarttMCi « conduct the badness pending the Mtton without Interference from the administrators, The admlalstsatan In this state are Theophllus Oilman and Bdwaril L. Norton'. She asks the-court to restrain them from the threatened sale of the business in this state, which she says was the great depot to supply an the •tores. ' SAMOAN8 UNDER OUR RUtt It is tmdeiatood here that,, although General De Wet at bis recent Interview with General Botha refused to-surrender, General Botha, regarding .him as Irresponsible, undertakes to negotiate In behalf of the entire Boer forces The British authorities Kern consider that If General Botha surrenders De Wet's following can be easily taken. AT 25c, Cream Table Damask, inch wide, nice variety of  terns, 35c value; special price »sc. Strike on Jersey Central Probably be Averted. umiiniirr. n* M sg "Out in my country," said the senator, "one night two tramps looking for a place in which to spend tbe night chanced acroea a half empty box car on a siding. They awoke late the next day to discover that tbe car was partially filled with corn. It was raining cats and dogs outside, and so one of the producing a greasy pack ot cards, proposed a game of poker to kill the time. The other, nothing loath, agreed. They were without chipa, but a substitute was readily found by shelling some of the corn and using the kernels thereof in lieu of the regulation white and blue disks. AT 46c, Ladies' Muslin Night Gowns, well made; 59c valne; special pi ice 45c. Albany, *. T., April 11.—TW Delaware and Hudson do. has agreed to pay the msehlnlsts and bollst Makers and ear 'tnUdsrs employed In the shops at Osrboo- P«., Green Island and Oaeonta, N. ■, I2*-. uniform time end • quarter for *11 work performed overtime and oo Bundsy ' asa rssult of a threat ma4a that Mo thousand men woald striks tubas tbeee demand, were oomplled with. CLIMBING TRINITY ttPIRE. The Cuban emleaarlea will not Induce the president' to modify materially the demanda which congresa decided ahoold be made. If the Oabana expect inch modifications without the consent of congress, they win be disappointed. The president takes the ground that he baa nothing to do but aee that theTHaftea of congress are carried out In tho process of manufacturing- fhjs are u$edvas they are pleasant, to the taste, bat the medicinal quaiitiesof ti e remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the California Fiq iSykui Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. PUMU Climber Who F«ui Gusnl S«Slf» OslsbrsUos. London, April r 11.—-General Booth of Bairalo Mill Strike EnSed IT FATS TO BUT AT According to Cleveland Moffet in St. Nicholas, Bobert Me trill, alias "Staple Bob" makes light of climbing to tbe top 9t Trinity spire. AasMMMit la Hie Work. the Salvation Army celebrated bis my- Wfaty-second btrtbdty by attending a series of i»nlln »t which .he received the oongratnlattone of "the force." 1 Telegram* ease from all parts of the world. The general lata good health. • Buffalo. April 11.—Meet of the 000 mill liands who struck April 1 and the 200 carpenters who struck in sympathy last Monday have returned to work. The carpenters who were employed at the Pan-American exposition buildings struck because they were asked to handle the product of uonunlon men hired by the mill owners to fill the strikers' places. The settlement was an outcome of an agreement reached between the representatives of the United Trade and Labor council and the owners of the mills concerned In the conttovarsy. PEOPLE'S- Merrill laoghed about the climb np old Trinity; the first climb, when he carried op the hauling rope and worked hla way dear to the cross, with nothing to help him but the bands and feet he was born with, and did it coolly, while men on the street below turned away sickened with Their earners! CMiltlts H*» In~ t» South Rata street, Pitt Mtette People's 'Phone. Always the Chwpitt, In their negotlatlona, therefore; with the president the Cubans are likely to And thamselrea np against a stone wall. All that the president oan lay will be: "Gentlemen, tbeae relations are the work of congress. The president baa no power to modify, annul or Ignore an act of congress. The president Is willing to discuss the matter with yon and endeavor to convince yon that yon axe mistaken In sappqelng that thia act of congress abridges the rights and privileges of Cuba as a nation." Usm Ob Oflflaystlw,- - naiiiiilirnl Albany, April 11.—A conference on "The corn was of three colors," continued the senator, "red, yellow and white, and the knights of the road decided to make the white kernels worth *100, the yellow *000 and the red $1,000. The game being a credit one, each took a most generous supply of chips. The hands were dealt and one of the tramps, after surveying his cards, nonchalantly drew out of his pocket the stub of a cigar which he had picked up on his travels. Lighting it he then airily announced that his hand was Nrorth $1,000,000. The other, not to be outdone, also produced a '■teepee/ lit it, cocked it at the proper anglo In his mouth and then, preliminaries being successfully accomplished, saw the other's bet and raiasd him $1,- 000,000. No. 1, a man of nervous disposition, started as he heard the raise, but he, too, was a dead game sport, and another $1,000,000 followed the previous $2,000,000 into ths pot, and It was up to 'hobo' No. 2 to call or rslse as he saw fit No. 2 surveyed his companion leisurely and then his hand. 'I see that bet,' he announced impressively, 'and raise It $1,- 000,000,000/ Tske it/ gasped No. 1, ss soon as be got his breath, and then, In semlsoliloQuy added, 'Dsfs what I gets for playing poker with an educated lobster like you. What de deuce is $1,000,- 000,000 anyhow?" Gentlemen " concluded Shnator Hansbrougb, "what de deuce is $1,000,000,000 anyhow." JtMMM DOM KM MtajitlM Saw*** London, April 11.—Tlx Brate dUpatab boa 0»p* Town to tfce C9a«t UuU lhWat ta mentally lrm|MimiU«, la nfttvanalty rldlonlad. Tba London Xsbo •*]»; " " Mtavj RIDICULE THE STORY. Pago-Pago, Samoa, March 27, via Ban Francisco, April 11.—The natives Mder the United State* government number 5,800, according to a census Just taken, while the natives In the other Islands under German rule number 8a,- 000. The population has Increased very slightly In the last 30 years, and the main cause of this failure to Increase Is the Infant mortality, due to the violation of tbe simplest health prtncfples In the care and diet of children. ■the congressional reapportionment bill was held at «k» executive mansion last BAH FRANdlBCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. Y. to by all Druggists —PrlcoCOc. por bottle. VISIT OUR STOKE THIS for him. night, at which were present Governor Odell, I.lsntsaant Governor Woodruff, Chairman Dus tf the Republican state committee, Senator Raines and Assemblyman Kelaey. The proposed changes were carefully gone over and thoroughly discussed. Lieutenant Governor Wuudi ■g tlHnml Hid that no definite conclusion wstj C*mk1. However, now that tka Mi ■D Mpnte ha* been mUlad, It laths ifct u»t the bill wfB shortly be read* r* introduction, possibly this w«ek- D Senator Haloes said last night 1 At his committee would meat tanighiand go over the bill. SPWS. We have a lady demonstrating fine quality of Dr. Hand'* Com sed Milk and Evafts' Bros. M and Java Coffee. Sample it! j coffee is the best value In tin (or the" money, "I'm talltat yon the truth," «*Id "Steeple Bob," "whca I it waa an ea»y climb; any fairly active man coold do It If he'd forgat tk#fc«l«iit. I'm not talking Lbout all ataeplc«; aomo are hard and lugrroo*, bat tlie on* an Trinity, la Praps rad  aodsr CTBMAN LAW. n their m _ report from oh oHtMn tw out late- kv ■utlon." ' •*C..' . if imWiMiajil IWInl blndo« DotUUm Mm man ti* D. . °,,,,,• " VJ nfC maSt avert sTftiKfe. C*? -"■ end raouT, sprains; Lameness, Rheumatism, etc. OR. RKNTSR'« WstMRsaswasd Fresh Eggs,- 16c Dairy Butter, 23c V;;vT'f ' \i2 K at it* three hundred odd feet, h*i knob* of (toa* for ornament all the waj ap (they call tham corbel*), and all you tare to da J» to atop from one to another." the next on* D to bj hnaM, and then I could Juat ie one abore that." „ called thin eaar climbing! "The only tlchUah bit waa J oat at the where two treat atone*, welfhln* ■t a ton apiece, awell oat Ilk* an apoa a ■ tick, and I had to cnrwl around iTcr that appl*. which waa four toet uma If it hadn't been XorgrooTea Clkui Out Expiot Hvak. The question U asked as to what may raault should the Cubans tell the president that they are authorised only to ask mod locations In the proposed cession of right of the United States to Intervene, regulate debt, supervise sanitation and maintain a coaling station. In administratis circles the Impression is given that no possible good from a Cuban standpoint Would be gained. If the commission. It Is said, does not come here willingly to be convinced of the justice of the position taken by congress. It had better stay at home. Governor Tllley returned from a trip to New Zealand on March 14. Bis health was greatly Improved by the change. "ANCHOR" PAIN EXPELLER. I "*"V| OtOCLUUMINtU-KOHMRM M. . I I 2*faa4McTataltdruggtata ormroJgn ■ r. 01. few YarkJ WhoUtalm and BitotI Reports from the six Islands under United States control show that the natives are Improving in general conditions and that they show a desire to keep their houses neat and to educate their children. Not a single native has been arrested for drunkenness sines the Americans assumed control of Tutulla Island. - - SHANNON'S MARKET, Albany, ApWll-Tfre senate committee on taxation and retrenchment has reported favorably to every one's surprise. ttie"blllto tax the shares" of stock of t*wrtcs and banking associations. It weanot believed tbat this bill would be pressed. This bill and the Btranahan mortgage taxation bill are suspected te-b* related. The bank share taxation blU-fees beam amended so as to applj places, and the state will not"derive anj Income from it except indirectly. Local taxation of bank shares, it is said, no# varies. This bill imposes a local tax'of 1 per ee«t upon the shares of stock xk banks and banking associations. This will be a uniform tax. Bask TMlillRtportai. Washington Street, West Pi its ton, Pa. pUN'S PRICE!! 'MWT CI Hi 1 VWpla MCH TTttk TkMr ■m X«4jgr. Sww York, April 11—Thing, urn looked brighter tar ■ aattlanaot ol tba dUTw no,"« hnw the mb and oil flab ol Ik* eI*~ QaatraL A matting w bald at mo thl». at J«atj 011/ bMa o« tha »a» o»i -Trra) ofllolala of tha I"* to *» ** lw Mil, ,gi wmltl all qontiooa m«*£„,»w4»U»a«lka woold KTollwark In the stone, I couldn't h«T ione It, and «ren as It m I bad tW- r three minutes ot hard wriggling aflt I kicked 08 with my feet and lupn pnlllug myaelf un." "Yon mean yon hnng by your hand* ton this big ball ot atonal" iutktr terser CuUsI OMferenee. Pittston. York, April 11.—John V. Waits, lamenting the engineers, sad Timothy She*, representing the firemen, on tfce~ board ot co-operation of the different divisions of the Jersey Centre! employees, waited on the officials 0ffh& The present feeling la that the constitutional convention ought to be dissolved and a call Issued for a new convention, empowered to deal with the question. No steps to dissolve the convention are contemplatad-at ,w#, ent. Such action at tbia tUjCT nould Best patent flour - $4.50 17 lbs granulatedjaugar 1.00 Fresh eggs .16 Best dairy butter - .24 Feed, all kinds, cwt.^ytfe "1 hong mostly by my finger*; the scrolls weren't deep saough for my hands to go la." "And yon drew yourself slowly up and around and over thaballf" H*w Tmr(n« Produe« Cancer. Incidentally, in a letter'Yrom our valued correspondent and co-operator, Dr. Susanna W. Dodds, St Louis, we learn bow tks much abused tomato produces cancer. company at Jersey City yesterday afternoon with proposals for another conference. They said they wanted it try and settle mattera as far as their organisations were concerned. They were a sited if the trainmen would not be considered and decided that - the trainmen itodmcMaMMMi^ "Certainly; that was the only way." only increase the antagonistic feeling among Cuban politicians:' The sending of a commission to Washington Is regarded hereas tacit disapproval by the convention of the methods of General Wood. It shows that the delegates are dissatisfied with the treatment received from the governor general and, without further discussing the views -of the United States with him, purpose to go over hls.bead and aaek from the president Information as to the American attitude. While Wood's policy has the full sanction of the preaident, it la known that the administration hoped the question of relations would be settled In Havana. "Dr. Dodds says:-?! suppose you know of that foolish idea which hi sometimes advanced to the effect thst the use of tomatoes causes cancer. ThereNia no foundation whatsver for the statements Dr. Dio Lewis was the author of it, as I hap pened to learn from one oChis patients. Early in the season, when tomatoes were scarce, his pstients kept calling for them, and as the doctor had some difficulty In procuring them he played a practical joke on the Invalids by telling them tbat tomatoes produced cancer. He little thofight that the speech would be  ed from one to another and do an endless amount of harm. If you bsre not already done so, I wish you would give publicity to these fscts. MONEY. Best table syrup,  Fancy N. O. impasses i cans corn - 3 cans tomatoes - 3 quarts Sets - .21 506 LUZERRE AVENUE. "And it was at the very topi" .w .60 - - - .25 .25 be everted. ' "Tee, just undsr the cross. It wasn't much, though. Ton could do It yourself." Saaaatlaaal Trial la Oamaay. 11.—A sensational trial s "%afmet -at IfflJtiUSd, in which MMf, Baumonn and others are Miet wHU having forced from millynnHs of wealthy parts m BsiHiiund, "Bochum, Cologne, tmr, 4ttaassburg, "Wiesbaden, May- i fcaWmoney for mortgages in any amount. Mortgages may stand for a term of jeara and only the interest be paid, or will give ths priv* ilege to make paymenta on mortgage monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, and the interest will cease immediately on every dollar of principal thus unpaid. This is not building association money. I handle only private funds and trust funds. RER LB. - Or. Hand's Milk goes any other. 18c can;' Evans' E EXTENSIVE EI*IQRATICk.N' I really think Mr. Msrriil believed this. He honestly « no particular danger Jn 1 tfcat climb, nor could I discover that he taw any particular dancer in anythin* h» bad done. He always made the point that £« JD« bad really thought the tbtag dangerous be hare done it And I conclude from this that being ■ steeple climber dep«4». «ait« " °«h upon how a man tbUks «« upon what be tfitef happened," be added. "After I got orer this hard place. 1 «)id MiiT shaped space  and the steeple shift. «■» * ** there -0* my back for a minute or so, resting jkt when I started to raise £7* self I foand ?» weight had worked me down in the crtvTb and jammed me fast, and it was Quite • of time before I could get free." . "How modi time? A  "Yes, fire minutes, and it itemed a good dMl k)D|tr." Fire minutes struggling In a sort o£ stone trap; five minutes stretched ont helpless at the very top of a steeple, where one false more would mean destruction—that la what Merrill spoke of as a funny thing. Thanka, I thought, I will take my fun some other way, and lower down. After some ti ■ewlss ,»«SW se **!• O.UK) they should MM *• 8k. relwslilin April U-A DMT more meat to earry out extensive • migration of Kuarian Jews to the Unite* States baa been started here. Letters ttam Aawrioa are read like m—lfstns la the market plaeesaad mmnM and at the street encases.- la these letters the oondltkma tD.« the 'Jewa even la the alnms of Hew York aaytetursd as happtus than In Boasia. Superintendent uwr. Sis, it is *e-, lieved, shows Tllgl His C—i 4o dot, want a strike. Mm WILLIAMSON. t-on=the-Maln, Mulhouse, amscliCW. A number of leChttf Staring paid from Finest, Nobbiest, Host Complete Soi Washington, Ipt BO largest poatofflcee In the country show an increase of 1X.4 per cent over the corresponding month of last year. D. E. BAXTER. »ud Floor Beanst Bnildlng, Wllksabans UWG i»#00O idhtIts forjlberation, the money being used In part in bribing the military surgeons, among tbem Oblef Staff Surgeon Schlmmel. Altogether there are 22 witnesses and exports to bo called. "I believe in the theory and practice of vegetarianism, whether seen from a scientific or humanitarian standpoint. I also believe in It from financial and other" considerations; consequently I wish the cause every success." Heavy Dssuaw Douilai. The moat remarkable Increaaea are' PUNEBECKER'S STUDIO .LINE OP. ]- NO CANAU8GHEME. lilddletown, N. Y., April 11.—Joseph 00.6 per cent at Indianapolis and 41.5 FoetaT °t Mountalndale, Sullivan conn- per cent at Louisville. There are seven' tr has sectr**) 11 T6rd'ct for $11,000 offices whose receipts decreased, the In' the supreme of c«nnty most notable being Lowell, Mass., with against the InternatloE?1 p*P*r "D»• 8 per cent* Baltimore decreased alpanv of -Niagara Falls for luxuries re- most 1H per cent New York showed celved. It was alleged that while •*" an Increase of 6.3 and Chicago an Intempting to adjust a belt Foster was CT«Me of 20.8, the latter being ode of caught by the revolving shaft and his the of the Increases. foot tom off, and he was otherwise In-  jnred. He brought suit for $40,000. All v work finished i n from six to ten days regardless of weather. 14 South Main Street, CPRIKG u SUMMER COODS niiiwiM s hii aw km* Of Is Tvsm st Itslsa eol*. The medical congress in London three years ago came to the conclusion that cancer and tuberculous diseases were caused by the excessive consumption of flesh.—Vegetarian Magaslne. Wo like i , Mtm aiaese. Liverpool, April U.—Hstpont Morgan sped hsn. today stalbebatoalo and l» i iWril'irr1 haallh. He declined to talk, loipttoaay be knsw nothing aboot any ijim Osaal icbiasi Bremerhnven, April 11.—It la now officially announced tbat two bar* wen Stolen from the strongroom of tbe Kalaer Wllkelm dor Crowe. The North German Lloyd Steamship company has offered a reward of 10,000 marks for the recovery of the gold or tl)e discovery of tbe thieves. Tbe steamer'has been thoroughly searched for the mlaa- Iflf bars, aa liaa also the baggage of the paMsmr* and crew, bnt no clew baa bevu fuund. Ever ahown in thia city bars just arrived. Come and examine them and leave your order tor a Spring Suit, Overcoat, Veet or Troupers. Fit and every other aatlafactlon guaranteed. An you Irritable I Do yoo sleep badly! bit hard to eonaantrate your thought*! I* your appetite poor f Do yoo fad tired, raatleas and daapondaatf Tit Llohty'» Oatey N*rv* Oompoond. It will do yon ■on good than anything yon have av*r tried Sold by IB. Hoock. JaifUasVatTH. Clfldrei'i Pfcetis. KILLED A GERMAN. A Itaraer . Vienna, April 11.—BotN«l«te"» ot the antlalcohol coufrias -held In lUdPna yesterday were -TOT Mxarr .partly { owing to the tact that many ot the delegate* justified moderate itrhtlag. Strong attacks were made upon the medical profession tor i mniBaglag the nse ot aloslvd.jliiltMwiMjntad recriminations WKWli the madlcal and nonmedical elemnta at the congress and between TheriaialB se« s ainl the total abatatners. After — HlDlWI debate It was unanliwwslj vaasad, am the evidence of statistics, that delirium tremens la curable. \ Tlbltsss Bsti f — r*—1 t* Aaewer Wlw. Mar* Porto aimu lsusnit. wrrtTi IN, PMNN'A. QEO.F". BUSS. m OTT TAILOR, t Worth UltlB St. T. S. i W* S. NUUTT, The leading artistic Decorator* and Paper Hangers. Headquarters fat the latest designs in Spring Wall Paper from 6c per double roll op. J •Ion would be surprised," he went on, !*to feel the movement ot a steeple. It trembles all the time and answsrs every Jar on the street below. I guess old Trinity's steeple sways 18 Inches every time an elevated train passes. And Bt. Paul's Is even worse. Why, she rocks like a beautifully balanced cradle; It would make some people seasick. Perhaps you don't know it. but the better a steeple is built the more she swsys. Ton want to look out for the ones that stand rigid; there's something wrong with them; most likely they're out ot plumb." Colon, Colombia, April 11. — The American steamer Catania, Captain Furlong, which Is chartered by Mr. Tames P. McDonald, railroad contractor who on behalf of a Scotch syndicate is building the Quayaquil- Qulto railroad In Ecuador, baa arrived here with 250 Porto Bicana, under contract to proceed to Guayaquil. She will return to Mayagues, Porto Blco, for a larger shipment The men aay they were well treated on board. Mb, Aped 11-—A diapatoh to the T kHsratlgrr from Pakln states that Osptata~Bknaob, a Qermso, had been shot and IMI1. ailk W«r Over. Boston, April 11—At a conference yesterday aftarannn tbe contractor* --n the dlrectora.of thy .New England Mtiir producers' union agreed to a aet- BUNCHBD HITS. HELLEY & LUCHSINGE 1 near the SummavFalaoe white boras Prash shad at Oeorge Stanton's. Garden seeds si Sharp's Oyatan 60o and |1 a 100, and all klnda of olama at Sharp*. THE WEATHER. tlcmeut of tbe milk war on the basl* of -31 casta a can, straight price, tbe contractor* taking the risk Ton san get ths par eat, the famooa Sueqaabanna oonnty dairy milk and oraam, bnttannllk, home mad* bnttarmllk ehaaaa, fraah ooantry aggs and battar, at the Farmers' Dally, formerly on Broad street, now at 90 Soath B*ln St AMsdern Chronicle Now behold it came to pass in those days that the Prieste of the children of Methodism went up to Pitts ton for to take counsel together, as was the custom each year. 1 Ana lo! the people of Pittston said one to another, wherewithal! shall this multitude be fed ? But even as they questioned among themselves, certain of them said; why trouble ye yourselves further, for behold hath not Shelley & Luchsinger searched the land diligently, even from Maine to California, that they may provide tor this people that is come amongst us. And it was so that all the people, both high and low, when they heard this went out straightway to' Shelley & Luchsinger's and bought of the fat of the land. So the Priests of Methodism were well entreated, and when it waxed due time for them to depart they blessed the people of Pittston and went on their way rejoicing. SHELLEY & LUCH§INGER. North Main Strqet Washington, D. a, ipdl U--foseras» siti) 8 p. sa. friimj, for ***** Pair toftlgbt and Mday, Masked Baa Baa Ideaee. Oil City, Pa., April JU.-llve masked m*4 drove up to the r hmidev tec ot J. D. Harris, near Bugar Ran, a' hamlet In Wyirten county. The died fo* ced an entrance and bound the Inmates ot the hooae, consisting of fi*rrls, -who Is a wen to do business SSI; his 'wife and anlpdlan servant, w|e Were Mm overpowered, bound and tagged. T,be robbsra forced open a safe and secured IMQ In cash, two vdloaMa watch* * and coaaMerahto Jewelry. After lotting oVar soma paper* and ransacking the rani*, searching tor more booty, the robbers again, hecurely fastened the cords that Vfand their victims And escaped. After an hour's bard wol k Harris sncigMdeA In liberating bimsd'f and the others and gave the alarm, b41 no arresta have bean made as yet. of aarplua on a bast* at 2 cents per vf Tble aattlaa the fight which has carried on -daring the past ten The settlement was reached by Atfenti Norfolk, April 11.—The boiler at the plant ot the Builders' Manufacturing company blew up and wrecked the building yesterday. Two men were killed and several Injured. The cause ot the explosion Is unknown. Fortunately the day force of 38 men had not gone to work. The plant is located In Huntersvllle, a suburb of the city, and manufactures builders' finishing work snd store furniture. ratal Boiler Bi»loelo». Killed hr Fear Hw« BiniHssa, St. Ijouls, April Il.-WUMam a.-Etowling, formerly railroad ciiininlsaliiui i. £ correspondent ot the Boston Transcript D1D0 knew Dr. Ingram, the bishop elect of LCadon, when he waa head of the Oxford Settlement house. In the east end of London, writ**; ... "Oxford House, mder eceleelaBtical management, hss smoking rooms snd biiSarthriU. -You workingmsn If yon treat htm like a baby, ssid Ingram. Ton smoke, snd *e it You play billiards, snd he bn**? "TVhy should yon thrust upon him a tan regimen which you yourself despise1 So of dsndng and thsetrlcals. You dance and you go to ths theater; why should not the workingmsn alapT We have dancing classes snd a dramatic society here at Oxford House. Our communicants' guild meets in ths sama room where we have our operettas and farces. Why shouldn't it? Ths finicky line la the secret of failure.' Makes Iasrw'a Hatha*. stopped at Delta, Mo., while on his way to thla city and ate ram haul teiled eggs at the railroad tanab aaunter. Shortly after hia arrival at the home of bis daughter In this C1tf I Waablagtoa. April 11.—The Indications aD« tbat the peealdent will stop for a abort "— -In Chicago on the r n • ta (hit Cfcteace. maa» hmH troaa aaDfs On* at night ara agonizing to mtnaara. Da OAMirafa Oman Tnoma will relieve enmp, soon as admlnlatarad. It la alao a am uBna aanaer for eonghs, eolda *nd oomplalnta. Twenty-five ctnti . Your attention U reapaotfall; called to the New Batter Goal .homeward journey, from bla western trip, tn that-event be will arrive In the city on the afternoon of June 11, will attend the banquet of the commercial organizations on the evening of that day and start eastward at midnight. now on sale at of a severe attack of Indigestion. Yesterday be died. His pbyslrlan gave as the cause of death the eggs he bad eaten. .4,, R.B.CUTLI Comprising all the sirable shades in Dotted 9wS| dan Lawns, Dimities, mmS£S Zephyrs, Kid, Lisle 8ilk and win Gloves, In all shades. Embroideries and Lace% new an pretty designs. Ladies', MlaMa' and Children's Hose. Prices and quality to suit the most fastidioaa _ R. B. Cutler, C Maud IS ItottlUtlmi 'A Typhoid rem la Maw Hsves. The tiMHl OharaeleriatMa Of tha Nlakal PUU Bead wblob maka 1 tba papular Una foi tha traveling pnbllo are competent train aarvloa, flna roadbed and oonrtaona employee. Tha Nickel Plata Boad la the abort Una between Buffalo and Ohloago. Tba gnat Pan-Amarlean EzpoalUon this rammer will praeent nnnanal attractions. Tha Nlakal Plata Boad will be la poaltlon to aeeommodate thla travel with safMy, apead and oomfort. Write; win, 'phone or call on t. J. Moor*, General Agent, Ml Main St, Buffalo. Ilea New Haven, April 11.—The situation Iq the typhoid fever epidemic shows no iimprovement over that of the peat few dayD The reports from cases are ateadlly lnc**"!"*. 018 A«nrea at the health board J* n®011 jeaterday showing 260 caaea, %-Wle by 6 o'clock the number had grown to 88#. BRIEF NEWS NOTE8, »• Mere Bleetloaa. Le Steele, the Paria Dreyfualte paper, has failed. New York, April 11.—The board ot supervisors of Nassau county bave adopted an act providing for the abolition of the elections of town officer* In the spring. They will be held In the future at the same time- as the general elections In November. The cpnnty expects to save 18,000 a year by tbe change. A mob attacked the monastery of Paramos, naar Oporto, Portugal. I oaurgent fundi to the amount of 940,000 bare been captured near Manila."Here, thought I, wmi fine practicality. The head of Oxford Houae thought likewise. 'As aoon aa you inaiat on an artificial, byperthetical code of behavior,' he continued, 'you miss the rery men you are after. Ton don't set the men from the alehouse and the low resort; Inataad you get the respectable citizen. In other words, you bestow your benefactions where they are Ieaat needed, not when they an moat needed.'" lleriaa lalsly Queenatown, April Xl.-tbe «t»m-•hip Teutonic hai arrived fronl r*ew Torlt. J. Pierpont Morgan, who la on board, la well. Captain McKlnstry reporta a stormy passage. The White Star Une officials laaued special orders that no reporter should be allowed tt (Mart the Teutonic at Queenatown Nearly all the children In Lathrop Memorial home, Albany, are ill with the smallpox. jj? Sftuy the Z7~*ays, tjj % A shoe means more to you than a mere foot #1 covering. To dress well you cannot fefford to # overlook the finish a High Grade Shoe gives to a lady's or gentleman's appearance. j? Note the lines we carry: £ i Burt & Packard'; Korrect Shape Shoes. jk Keith's Konqueror. a Melba (for ladies). Patent Kid, Enamel and T ® . Kid, $3 oo ~ ' JJ a" Ulrica, in light and heavy sole, $2.50. 1 T Beautiful Patent Leather Shoes, in cloth £ f and leather top, for ladies at $1.98. . JE jjj Pingree & Smith's Oxfords, swell mannish  last shoefor jnen.  Canton, O., April llV-Prealdent Mc Kinley baa donated *4.\000 toward « "fund of 1*0,000 necessary t° secure the erection ot a new and modtXn hotel tai thla city. The hotel will be b*Ut on thej alt* at the recently burneO Saxton block. M. O. Barber has written "D• president on behalf ot Cantoit people asking that he allow the hoteZ to be called the McKlnley. The new "building will coat $100,000. MtttoT Mslsf Fortsstoi Colonel Wallace F. Randolph of the corpa of artillery has been appointed by the president to be chief of artillery on the ataff of Lieutenant General N. A. Mllea. \ Monterey, Cat., April 11.—While the condition of George Q. Cannon Is somewhat Improved, It la thought be la steadily growing weaker and that the end caaoot be far awa/. \  Gears* Ct- Csiaoi DrU*. INTRODUCTORY SALE Of Fine Clothing, at ar-PBOPl/F«H PHONB. GREENWOOD'S JOHN D'D. lANCM'S PRICES. Best Patent Flour - $4.5© (Shop, per cwt - 1.05 Meal, per cwt - 1.05 Bran and Mldda., cwt 1.05 " Corn and Gr. Gorn, cwt i.0C  Long Hay, per cwt - .95 Gut day, per cwt - .90 * Oat., per Dushel - .3? Butter, per lb . . - ,a4 — Mini— etm Away. Momoa c«1mIm i» MuIm. It la certainly gratifying to tha public Dr. H. P. Gray of Loa Angelea, Cal.* to know of ooa umnwn which la not la said to have purchased 6,000,000 acres afraid to bajpnfww« *ha propriotora of of agricultural lands In Mexico and tm Dr. King's New Diacorary tor oonanmphare obtained a conceaaion from the- tlon, ooogha and oolda hare gvre® away Mexican government for the establish- owr tan million trial bottlaa ana taw tne ment of a number of Mormon colonies, aaMafaotJou of knowing it haa cured thouthereon. Theae landa are divided into, «Mda of hooeieaa oaaaa. MTerml Urge tracts, which «re situated. C*ltla, la grippe and all threat, ehMt and In the state* of Durango, Tamanllpaa, *"8 dlmaasa are aorafrwad Jpit. Oajl Coahulla and Vera Crus. He aaj. that pfagaaDT, Plttatra and he will bring CM»0 Mormona from Utah W. CL F*toD Kttaton, and got a free trial and'other parta of the United State* to JjUj1 B%nlf «D«« HOa and |1. Erary Mexico within the next few montha and "OW*  locate them upon the lands which he haa f purchased. The Mormon colonies la the jptate of Chlhnahaa hare had their pop- Am yon waakanad aad o^uM_by OTsrwork,«rrjo; Mil Tka MysUo Ufa Bum) wtU qrito fsoaw 7001 stMngtfc sod rttaMty. * £ the gr«Urt nerve balldflr kaowa. II toe «ml« TiUllMT and strengthens*. It quickly and oertalnly cuMelosa of «W«n*'. I"#" Hon, narrow wiaknwa, pdalUtlnn of the baait ul falling haaNl/W'le wwh.WllhWMwm* Ufr CHT. Bold by J. H. Hoask, dreggtet/fco. 4 Hlortt Hatai St. Plttstoo. Ttffla—iM la • ooodltloB akmWai by • itahttbaaaaof tba dlgaatlra atgana. Tha atofnuh i* dablltUUd, tha Hm torpid, tha bowala oooaUpetad. Thrre k • loathing of food, pain dUrtthauuJUwuSy food and th« of bile. OmmiberlalnTi Btoiaedh mad Um Tablata all»r »*• diatarbanoaa of tha atomaob and otaata a baaltby appatlta. Thay alao tooa np tba Brat to a baaltby aatloti and ragalata tha bowala. Try than ASSff'S.WVSWKS " ~ rtaai Httaton, ooa tasd Waal Ptttatcn, M SLOTHING HOUSE Wlater Wheat. Id Order to better acquaint the people of thic valley with oar new (tore, we have decided 1o bold a great Introductory Sale daring this week, and to offer such inducements in the way of special values as-will bring the multitudes of prospective clothing buyers direct toygur mammoth establishment. O/r stock at the ptseent is new. Don't forget the N. Main St.. Williams Block/jW. Waaljfngton. Aprjl 11.—The A| trll report (of the statistician of the department of agriculture shown the **ragC? ctdjUim of winter wheat on Aptil X to bire been 91.7 against 82il on Afr« 1, 1800, 77.9 at the corresponding' Cli*e la UBOaad 82.9 the mean of the/ApilJ narifd of the last ten years. V »C 1 —__ . 1 . Y, FMMau Hear Imnn ' Syracuse, April 11—The P°*aC(D6s at «M*rcsllaD Talis was enterad by^v tmrglars. The safe was suisshed ai|l a amall amount of money aecuiad. , dsn abort Am employed anywh«r* than tboas Who preside n« As sWn of the Albaay Dw Isoaa btr?, ■ 1.1 D do not !4