Pittston Gazette

              . 'jzSs :'Tr* the evening newft.a-: P»P«ns with the moving journals for conclusive proof that the balk of the news appears first in the former. on v-;* _j FIFTY-HRST YEAR {SJffifl PlTT8TONt PA., THUI WALL STREET THE SCENE OF A PANIC WELCI IED WITH ROSES BANKER KILL8 HIMSELF. STOCK MAI BREAKS . M AND STATE. PENOLOGISTS MEET. UlMppearei From Glcrvtaiai *• Di« *" J ""■'it' im»l 8wlm la WalkUftM Bl PresiC :nt at the Lob Angviea Floral Fete.  la Seattle. Moat Excitinjf Day Ends In a (Mou ml Ml Ml tea ami Oat lun Namber. —gPWest Pittston, moth Stock will cient to demoni Seattle, Wash.. May 8.—A man believed to be R. N. Pollock, themlsalag bank president of Cleveland, ended lila life yesterday In the Hotel York here by shooting himself In tbe head. He arrived In Seattle on Monday and registered as James Fisher. He failed to appear yesterday, and his room waa finally broken Into, when he waa found dead. , . PMic. \ - ' " ■- Bobett Atwoll, a Chester boy, baa disappeared from boms aad la thought to be With tramps. Washington, May 0 —The annual meetng of tha Nation*! Oonferenoe of Corceotioua and Charities, whtoh opened here today, brought to Waehlngton delegatea from erery State la the Union. '"— THE HOETEEWr PACIFIC FIGHT. Best patent flour - $4.50 17 lbs granulated sugar 1.00 Fresh eggs - - - .16 Best dairy butter - .23 Long Hay, cwt - .95 Best table syrup, gal - .40 Fancy N. O molasses .60 \nrjWj Wanted GATHEBIM Of OTTT, An eleetrlo storm swspt Lawrsnoe and Meroer Oonntles, killing two persona and dMtio|lng mnoh property. Tbe residence, barn aad ontbnlldlngs of William Bradley, at North Bead, were destroyed by to Tuesday night. you the *— Harriui lrD4lnlt tali to Have Rooted the Htll4(orgM Combine. Bid SALE OP CAKPETS. Extraordi Bargains IZA. Governor Gas* of California, Got•raor Naah of Ohio, Major Goaoral J|kaftor aad 9taf All Como to Moot tho Cklof Bxooatlro. aa U«- Report That Moor rtetlttoaa Shares Have Booa Boactu aad SolS. Villlwi * aitnlu'i llan IMDil M be Ik* Unln of I.UrMt for 8I( Bargain.. Sill Mb nul Oh. Lob Angeles, May 0.—The president and bis party had their first taste of the hospitality of California yesterday. The Introduction to the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers was like a dream of paradise after tbsee days spent In the alkali deserts of Texas, New Uezlco and Arizona. It was like passing Into fairy land. No words can picture the beauty of the rich sun flooded valleys between snow capped peaks, the orange groves of the Santa Ana and the trees and flowers which the presl dsnt saw. Nature seemed to have adorned herself for the occasion In her brightest colors. A razor, a two ounce box of poison and a vial containing 100 tablets of aconite were found bealde tbe body. All the jiapers belonging to tbe man had been buitied before he committed suicide, but tbe name "B. F. Pollock" was found sewed In tb« in- New York, May 9r-Xbe struggle for the control of the Ncotbern Pacific railroad culminated In a smash of stock market prints. While other stocks were breakla* under a flood Of selling orders to prices 10 and 12 points under the early In tbe day the price of the cornered Northern Pacific stock held like a rock. The market closed excited and In a disorganised condition, With the net losses A SbamaMn dispatch aays ths miners are glad that tbe movement to maroh on- Barrlaburg bas been deelared off. The ohUf object that the .TM.ge .hopper 1. looking tot. U bargains," and It la bare yon get them, "w. bny In Urge tola and are thna able to aell at the vary loweat prloea. Call and lnapCot oar a took of owpeta, wall paper., window ehadee, loolenmi, laoe cnrtalna and draperler. Nothing In the oltjr to eqaal'what yon get here. William* & MoAnuurr, Berkeley, CM., of ihe DalTRitl preeent from I.—TEe Motor olata California will tonight irauanaa that la adapartnre 3 cans corn • .25 [ In Every Department. UmU«a' Fine Mnalln C L*die»' Fine lfnalin 8 Ladles' Plain and Fai ' Men's Fancy Striped A State federation of boys' Industrial clubs has been formed la. Sciantoo, with John Oossy. ot Forty fort, as presldsnt. 3 cans tomatoes - 3 quarts Onion Sets - .25 - .25 ■ tto. Ijes-i 'nlveraity Ca rapraaented aa ■ monster perform »noea of former yean. CHRISTIANS WILL drafen goarding ' the great treunu, Diploma. Eventually the University la foroed by th* repeated attaoka of the tribes of LeMeri, Science and Arte to glre up the oovetad aheepekin. side of his coat, having been placed there by a Cleveland tailor. Mr. Pollock was well dressed and had $30 In Ills pocket He was apparently 30 years of age. ThosaaaLqagkaey, * miner, sgsd sixty, was lalsntly killed by a fall of roof In a rennsylvanla Goal Company mine at Don store. ' 506 LUZERAE AVENUE. M. H. WILLIAMSON. r • J BE MASSACRED .. - •' ir.Stt North MD1n Street, PltUtoo, The eoenlc efforts will be earriad oat Id rich eolon with Oriental eettlng. Pollock's Meattty Awaro*. representing a depreciation In market valuee of many millions of dollars. It waa learned, howevs*, after tbe close of business that leading financial Intereeta were prepared to Ae support to tbe market today In order to prevent a further smaab In prices.[ On the New York Stock Exchange In tbe loan crowd after 8 o'clock the frantic mob of brokers vfto wanted to borrow Northern PaclH common stock had to go as high aMS per cent for It, which means tbe panent of |4,&o6 by a short trader for th#use of 100 shares of the stock for one day. Later It was reported that tbe stock bad loaned outside the exchange at as high as 80 per oent. An opinion waa handed down st Soran-1 ton yesterday refusing a paw trial to 0. S ' Foal a, fonnd guilty of lllsgslly practtclng dentistry. SPECIAL SALEH* THIS WEEK ONLY! [■•-«An elegant II [• Woman's HI I | A largo IUMOI anCl colored, pi Children's SI Ladies' Wr»i We carry a "i house furnlthli Men's Hoary Cleveland, May 9.—R. N. Pollock, who killed himself in Seattle, was tbe president of the Cuyahoga Savings Bank and Building company of tbls city. He was 38 years of age, married and had three children. He was the promoter of the bank which closed its doors last Monday. Pollock disappeared ten daya ago and had not been definitely placed until news of his act of self destruction reached tbls city last ewnlng. The condition of the bank is as yet n matter of conjecture, Its books being In the bands of a receiver, wbo Is making an examination and whose r» port Is expected in a day or two. Tbe bank had deposits to the extent of $340,000. Tbls sum of money was not In tbe bank's possession at tbe time. .. Art VmQoI»| to the Kf position r Buffalo will be lazed to the utmost to take oare of Its visitors, which, It!« estimated, will number upwards of 80,000,000 d arlng the summer. Soluble aooommoJa tlone can be had only by applying long In advance of your arrival there. to be The piece will be ataged ia Weed'e amphitheatre, back of the chemistry building, when all the axerotaee ot the afternoon of elaaa day will take plaoe. Mrs. Fred, dayman, of Wllkssbatre, took poison yesterday bsoanss b*r husband would not live with her. She Is now out of danger. Governor Gage and the California congressional delegation met the president at Redlanda, In the Ban Bernardino valley, at 9 o'clock In the morning and welcomed him to the atate. It waa here that the president got bla first Idea of the wonderful treat that awaited him. Through an avenue lined with panic absolute ad on tlMfataok ANN ARBOR BANQUET. The union poll)tors In the employ of Anthony Smith, a Wllllamsport contractor, quit work beeauss he employed a non- lb. MaeParlane, formerly of Wllkeabarn, hu provided for * limited nnmbet of paoplo, and tbeae locatlona can ba hid by applying to John & Say re or D. E. Baxter, 81 Bennet building, Wllkeabarrr. -ON- IT ALWAYS MTS M PiT i Mt«kl|u VmhnM Wud Up IM ■—op Reading Pants, fci'l kf»rLoD| Hair. union man. Ann Arbor, Mleb., May Tonlght'a banqoet of ;Hm Untreratty ol Mehlgan freshmen la the wind op of thi hair onttlng Hion. For weeks past the itudenU have been miking tonsorlal atndlM and the moat beantlfnl growths of football hair wan aaorlfloed to tba banquet moloch. Hasoaforth the students will again permit their hirsute emballtabmenta to blossom forth In all their glory. palms and Venetian masts he drove over beds of roses, beneath a trlumphal arch of flowers and fruit to the Casa Iioma hotei, on the balcony of which the exercises took place. A drive through the orange groves and parks followed. All along the route of the drive ladles showered the president and Mrs. MeKlnley with flowers, and through the streets they bombarded them from the windows with confetti uqtll the air was a perfect mue of color. Fraaefc Douglas was elected cashier of UDf First National Baah. of Wllkeebarrr, yast onlay, In plaoeof P. D. Car hart, who died last week. $1.89 IS South Ka People's 'Phono. Always « • New CxlMi Baa Ita Own Furl Prat. *taa loHve Benjamin Oook, aged seventy-seven jmk, engineer of the first Lehigh Vsll»y train tbst tan through IbiWce, died yesterday at Hasleton. Dr. Q. M. Randall, a practicing physician In Lowell, Mass., feels Biire tlml he has solved the fuel problem which has been bothering manufacturers In the east for many years, says the Bos ton Globe. Peat Is the basla of his fuel, and owing to Its cheapness and abundance In the vlclulty of Lowell It Is possible to run the mills of the Spin die City for the next 00 "years without going to the' coal producing states for coal. The fluctuation* of the stock on the exchange were of the moat aenutlonal sort. The first sale of the day was 2,000 shares at 100 compared with 148H. Tuesday's closing price. Then 'came 800 shares at lr*. 600 at 160,1,000 at 160, £000 at 1T0, 1,000 at 175 and 3,000 at 180. From that price, the top figure of the day and 70 points above last Saturday's closing price, there was a quirk break to ISO. Later the stock sold as low a* 140, but In the afternoon, when other stocks were tumbling fast. Northern Pacific ran up to 167ft. The pries at which the last sals of the day w%a made was 160. A good maay sales for cash—that is. flMaedlate de livery—were mad* eMty ta the day at prices tanging from ok* tifoor paAats above the ruling prleejteagalar way." /fa Wall HlMt Rnina, There was talk la the street of a great fight for control between the C ,-*S QREENWOOD'S GtOTHING HOUSE, E% tad Fatal Wreek In Kaat«ekr. Charged wMta btlhlD,; Oounellmen of the borough of Lackawanna, Frank Slllmsn, general manager of the So ran ton Traetlon Oompany, waa amated yesterday. Paoldel The freshmen added another sealp to Mir eredll by entttng the hair of the Dphomore olaaa president tba other even- Paducnh, Ky„ May 0.—An Illinois Central fast passenger train from Memphis to Louisville was wrecked at Kuttawa. The engine Jumped the track, and all but one car was turned over. Engineer Barbey Keegan and Fireman Robert Btlft of this city were fatally hurt, the engineer living but a short time. Baggageman D. H. Taylor of Louisville and Mall Agent Charles Young of Kuttawa were badly hurt, aud several passengers received pal» ful injuries: The wreckage caught fire, and a cafe car and coach were'completely destroyed. Fast running to make up time I* supposed to have atua- 78 NORTH MAIN STREET. rt of akDo*o «Da th. «lld«r pnriilvd. JRw Ml d»lr» i to WBt U/tHIng to Mil lo vm willing to tak* ■tooktad ' It. Knrfthim exwpt MtdOVlbl J*—|DA loir prtocd atooki to,» rtudud *hu« From RedlandB to Los Angeles It was A. continual ovation. Every station was crowded by children with wreath* of flowers In their hands and by cheering men and women. Minute stops were made at Oolton, Ontario, Pomona, and at 2:30 o'clock the train drew Into Los Angeles. John and Prank Gallagher, of Centralis, pleaded gaUty to lobbing the Lehigh Valley Railroad station at that plaoe, and wen aentenoed to eighteen months' ImprisonmentFOR SATURDAY TRADE, OUR SPECIAL WILL BE FRIO ■i: - •' An A»IM FAPTI8T8 i MEET. Ala* Lvekr For Jonathan, Half of the British loan lias been taken by Americans. It's lucky foi Johu, says the Boston Globe, that Jonnthau fa prosperous. Carbondale after uuoh healtanoy on tb* part of It* ooanolb, will probably aooept the $90,000 gift of Hr. Carnegie tor a publle library, and aa otdlnanoe ha* been lntrodnoad to that *nd. It entail* aa outlay of fl,B00 a year for It* aupport. Best Patent Flour, per lb Feed, per Doo lbs  Oats, peobushel  Long Hay, per too lb«.. Cut Hay, per 100 lbs.... Potatoes, per bushel  Butter, new dairjrpwrffc BedfordOUy, Vajlfey The oolored Baptlrte of VilglaU'iaMtpbled In State orownHwrfcirs today. They V oonfldent of rektng oarer f 1»,000 In oaw, •» thlt tethering. Last yeu they raised |5»000. Tbif hurt • V"J excellent eebooi—the Virginia Seminary—with literary, theo- Mgloal sad Industrial depsrtmsnte, located In Lynotytaig. ThetS lea debt on this eehoolot stoat(9,004, henee th«*| rally this year to rah* a large among*** money. - jJfr* SIMMS oiiwRd niM Att« th« noon bpnt  OBUUl » to . MA^rTr EBssssHHr aagp?1 Tlie approach to the city of Los Angeles was heralded by a terrific din which could- be heard (or miles. Steam whistles screamed, cannon boomed, and aa the train passed through the Chinese quarter of the city long strings of hung from awnings exsfMMcS Ii!» the continuous rattle of A WeleoBklac Dli, r Prepared  tsteGBRMAN UWI, la excellent for ed the wreck. William McDonald, a oolored man, waa arraigned before Magistrate Donahue, of WUkeabam, yesterday, ohargad with demanding Bev. J. W. Anderaon, paator of tba African M. K. Chnrob, o'nt of a board bill. B* waa lmtndsnt aid the alderman tbrsshed him. r BACKACHE, 1 Rheumatism, Neuralgia, etc. DR. RICHTR8-S w«n «■■■«■■« Anaalla* by Strikers. P£RBOX - 2QC Skinned Hams, per HjPfeVI Plain Hams  California Hams, per lb.. Bacon, per lb.  Lard, pure, per lb  Arbuckles Coffee, per lb.. Lion Coffee, per lb  Evans Bros. Mocha and J Iola, Kan., May 9.—Italian laborers who came here to take the places of striking cement workers wire assaulted last night by strikers and sympathisers and driven to the railroad Btatlon for deportation. Workmen from the smelters joined with workmen from the Iola Cement plant to run the Italians out of town. For some time there has been trouble between the men employed at the cement plant and some of the foremen. ' To fill tb* vacancies caused by strikes and disagreement* a carload Cft Italians was shipped here from Kgngftf Cltjr Tuesday night.  Morgan-Hill Interests on tm one aide aud the Harrlmaa-Kuhn-Loeb Standard Oil people on the other, but nothing definite could be learned of It. In some parts of the street the talk of a fight and of a great clash between these itnueaetry. (The city had been beautifully decorated In honor of the president's coming. Xha fleet* la is progress here, and the town was dressed like a queen to reeelve the coming of her lord. The colors of the carnival—red, yellow and green, representing the wine, orange and olive—predominated. The streets were avenues of masts festooned with yellow bunting and crowned with palm Jligmil wreaths of laurel. At the fflVIU'JWvu met by Hm «W-lenT committee gild many dlstlngnlsh& people from all over California. department of the' Pacific, with bis e*. ttfa MaS, C• full uniform, had come "ANCHOR" Also a fine «elected line of Green Groceries and Foreign and Domestic Fruits Full value given for your money at PAIN EXPELLER. Charles Oolllaon, of Honesdje, was arraigned before Jostles Bortree yesterday charged with violating the Sabbath by doing weekday work. Be waa filed and aentenoed to eat bread *ad water for *lz day* In the oounty prlaon. Oolllaon Is a Seventh Day Adventlat. Woo» genuine without Tr»4» Mart WU1 as* Bbntaiw out of nanjr UMiSaai BIQ LUI . 4* Oven ls.eeo Aon m ressea J.tt "mv C&£# powerful lateresta Is credited. In other parta It la ridiculed. One story has It that over 100.000 shares more tbsn the actual capital stuck of tye oompany have been bought by the opposing syndicates and that It In as yet Uncertain where control lies. 8rooMyClNawfcrMan20* Richter's'ANCHOR PAIN 'rt.wiar- EXPEU.ER'3 action lidiner and a: this nam impliavean be used For many disontaruwlaMy Rhaw matiam/ It ought to b* e housahold D- I i tflUlfeAMMItl. Shoe SHELLEY & LUCHSINGER feg oountry! . IJke-deal Inslodss an tta-. ■aense find of eoal made by Urn while exploring iot JVMHS, Itataqt parties ate Interested with him* SDC itl»aald that the Ond is an lmmsasri*.iieh ona. ' The M,?00 acr« llMtt, lib saia, «»,- 000,000 feat of sppioe. We carry a nice liiu Dongola and Patent 41 fords, Men's andJEjlM Shoes that cannot brW and quality. At lowest" In this connection q Walt street news bulletin published the following aa "oh authority "The Northern PAtflfe sfttURIon Is this: The Morgau-HIll Interests some time ago sold a considerable amount of stock. The Harrlman syndicate gradually acquired, a very large amount of Stock, nearly If not quite control. Notice was given that this stock had been bought not for war, tfut to promote harmony. The Morgan-Hill Interests did not accept the proposition, bnt Immediately 1Degan to buy and have bought In the last few days a very large amount of stock. While tektag a plaoe of pie In a Freeland loach room ysetesday afternoon, Andrew Wafeovltob;- forty five year* old, headed ttffbte a friend, saylag, "Teh* Ii OTfUtll,Knl« M HMNEST AWARDS. k IUoomm*nd*d bp prominent Phy- A aidant, WhoUtaU and Retail XI ior«kna(B WEST SIDE GROCERS, ! OF THE TRUSTS C Washington, May ».—Admiral Luce was at the navy department yesterday, having Juat returned from Pn ertpuded tour ot Inspection about Porto Me*.-Be, reports a most satisfactory condition of, affairs and pays a high tribute to the administration of Governor Allen and of Judge Hunt, who 1* In charge during the absence of the gorerMr. The admiral says that the administration Is proving moat beneficial and that If 111 pdvlspd agitation'!* avoided there Is nothing to ioterfwp fhe splendid development of the nob natural resources of the Island. thla, I mnat go oat" A aeoond later he dropped dead. B*art disease Issnppoatd t have been the canaa of death. 34 LU2MRNE AVE. Uliim 1Oapltalla WUlMsaalMeaster. Evans' Imla'fusi lbs Preeldlo to greet Lie chief. Secretary of the Navy Long, who was to have met the party at San Fmncteeo, also came bare to meet the president and was at the station. The party wai driven in carriage* to the Vannuyes hotel. , An escort of artillery and lever*) companies of mllltla bad been provided to escort them, bnt both the military and police had to light their way through the enormous crowds that had swarmed Into the city, drawn by the double attraction of the president's via- Jt and the carnlvaj. The Booth Bethlehem polloe have under survalllano* Sarah Singer, accused by Mr*. Belle Schareck, a neighbor, of infanticide. The woman denlea her gnllt and ssy* tb* babe rtarred to death beeaoee ah* waa too poor to buy It food. Her husband la In Lehigh oonnty jail charged with deaertlon and non-anpport. The ooroner la lnveetl gating. n.-t-.g, )by The agent at the lion and steel stwtare syndleate has » tanwlfma wb™ ha hjs b*n ■tudyl ig the etasl trusts. Beta optolsMe asDo thetature ol Qcrrnan trade. Bmmi t|—.— eoBspstlttM, be siy., wlllalleot aw .._ markets. Business men hsn pndlot an ever capitalisation ol 1»« trusts, which will issnlt In dls_,)B ss the main asset I* the iMgh tariff now opscatlng. Armstrong's OPENED THE PARLIAMENT. Finest, Nobbiest, Host Complete ....urn or.... 45 South Main; —^VPf?/CE8. CUPID'S AW! Mew loath Wales low Body ronull; Wertu Melbourne, Aostralla, l(ay 9.—The first federsl parliament of Hew South Walee was opened here today in the presence of a very dletlngulehed gathering whloh tneluded Admiral Bemey and the foil staff of the American Consulate. The Duke and Dueheas of York eMended the osramonlss. v. ■J' "The two Interests, the Hill-Morgan on oqp side and Harrlman syndicate on the other, have bought more than 100,- rshares more Northern Pacific than e la In existence. It la Impossible to toll with certainty which Interest baa MM until It Is known which patty gets most certificates and which ■Mb anoat of aettlcftnenti of contracts. OkeMualr one has voting power and oartiaaaat. The formation of labor organisations will cause the national duard of the State to lose thonsanda of soldiers. The Twelfth Regiment la located In Lyoomlng oonnty, and of the four oompanlea thereabout fifty men have asked for dischargee, claiming the labor nnlon requtrea that they Cjult the Quard. Through the local officer* It la learned that no dischargee will be given on that ground. They aay th* man must mm their enlistments or sscure substitutes. Dlsobadlene* ot order* and failure to attend drill will result In court martial and punishment, In the mining region* whole reglmsnt* are oompoaed of union workmen. CPRI19 U SUMMER GOODS Best Flour. $4.60 Feed,, all kinds 1.05 Oats, per bushel  Oats, aj bushel lots... Potatoes, bushel... 'Hay, pet too  Best Butter  .37 .36 .60 .95 .84 Fifty Miles of Traek Tlai »». Albany, May 0.—The situation her* In, the strike of the street railway empt■»- ees is unchanged. Neither We mea*etj KNIQHT8 OF PYTHIA8. Meets Governor 9f*hD Of—— WiU* TMeee RECEPTION TO MARTINELLI. At the hotel the police were obliged, to literally force a way to the entrance, i There the president met Governor Nash of Ohio an# the Ohio congressional delegation, which bad arrived by different routes an boor before, to the rotunda of the hotel the mayor of l*s Angeles formally greeted the chief executive and extended to him the freedom of the city. lU lht ».-FIve tbooaaad members of *D• etii of the Knights of Pythias »re here to attend an Interstate nlllmirl and Kansas gathering of the Xnfehts of Pythias, for lnstrootlon and review. In attend «• mltailes of the order, "*** V! sxmri and Kanam.bnt fiC" th*UnlUd State*. The baada of the renala." ■ad of the ttnlforaed rank are here. I Ilull OmMlta. ■t Will Ba eiran U n MIMll the company hpra as yet ylC point, and In fact no conference Ever shown In this city have juat arrived. Come and examine them and leave your order for a Spring Suit, Overcoat, Vest or Trouaera. Pit and every other aatlafaetioa guaranteed. No. 7 Broom. .25 t cans fine Peaches.25 3 cans Corn,... .96 i dozen Canned Corn... .85 3 lbs Evap. Peaches.. .25 4 lbs Prunes 25 Lion Coffee 12D4 Arbuckle Coffee .I2H Fresh eggs, doz .16 TU Inilif. been held. The men are Jubilant over the fact that the employee* of tb* company In nearby cities bare Joined with them. TlDey claim that no effort will be made to get the men oft th# Mechan- Icvllle and Stillwater or tbp Hudson line to strike unless the two companies attempt to run on the United Traction company tracks. jf2f Washington, D. 0., Hij Cardinal Utrtlntlll will be given • reoeptlon by the UumnI Asaoolatlon of Oonaaga College In the ball of that Institution this evening. Aqpng thosa h*« aeoeptad Invitation* to make addreases an Mgr. Oou#ty, reotoi of tha OathoUe Unl varsity of America, and Jndga Daly of N«w York. * "Pending developments stock Is being loaned to legitimate borrowers, and assurapces pre given that the books will not be closed Immediately, giving time for arbitrage dealers to adjviat their balances. Large arbitrage settlements have been made In London, which will materially reduce the borrowing demand from that source." UMIa* Oat the Shorts. OEO.F. BUSS. TVB tirr TAIL0I, I North Malo St. ■•-v m And to others who »re awalw. "' have something to please the e in the very latest designs is op date Wall Paper from *c per do* roil up.  plies a specialty. ■- ' _ _ _ Jffli Tha prealdent then held a abort pnbllc reception In the parlors of the hotel. Meantime Mrs. MeKlnley and the ladles of the party had been driven to the woman's club In Figure atreet, where they met tha ladles of Los Angeles. jft gypping the prealdent and Mra. McKlnley dined at Bivouac, the handaome reaidenM °f .General Uari'lpon Qrey Otis, and after a dlnu."' * Pr)TB"? reception was held there In their honor. They spent the night at Bivouac. WILL PAY YOU SPOT CASH in oar lota or lass, for all klnda of aorap Iron, steel, braas, copper, lead, tea lead, sine, Lotties, folded newspapers tied In bnndlea, old rubbers, eto. Sooond-hand machinery and pip* a specialty. Office and warehouae, Dock street. 'Fhone oonneotlou. II. D. AnoLPsoii, Plttston, ?a. wlB be a gnat panda tonight. Kalaral Oaa Caaaallialloa, Pittsburg, May 9.—\ consolidation of all the natural gps companies, numbering about 20, In Waahlngton and Green counties, with a capitalisation of about 912,000,000, Is In progress, XilinufoUM sonfWPC*" h«Te been h#ld rw:;*Hy bjr tUpse Ipferepteil |p the plan,' and it is "nettedconsolidation will shortly be effected. Cj6u- Aoheaon, who la interested In several of the companies, paid the chief promotera are representatives of the Standard Oil company. "Oar little girl was nnconacloua from •trangulatlon daring a andden and terrible atteok of oroup. I quickly secured a bottle of On* Minute Cough On re, gave her three doses. Tb* oroup wa* maalered and our IKtledarling speedily reoovered.So write* A. L. Spaffcrd, Obaater, Mich. T. J Yates, , Plttston, Stroll's Pharmacy, Wast Plttston. FORE8T FIRES RAG I NO* THREE WERE KlLLEp. This, however, Is altogether In conflict with the atatement of Robert Bacon, partner of J. Plerpont Morgan, who Bald: J. T. ARMSTRONG & CO., ... ..... ■»» Bias* W»»WlW« tor Un «l a. otto. Ul. n4,,. _ 08 Booth St. PITTS TON. GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY. T.S.I Ifcirt v.s. Main fmaMB ft* Ontny Oil a»d Timber FnftiUo la Bradford Oonafty. Bndfotd, Pa., tuy 9.—Font Area art Ottawa, Hay wentarned to daath and aevua. ***"" aarerely lojared In . Are on tU* morning. The Boy Hotel *'* •mall tenementa and hoarding honabT w'" burned to the groand. "The Hill-Morgan Interests In Northern Pacific are intact." Mr, Htll Himself spl4i Oar moth destroy** fills the bill. BoauD's UFBOunnpT. nlV »WI Vrn" In the woods In the vicinity of ftl. .lumbermen and owners Of 00 ywysill an threatened with aerlou loasis. The fins started yesterday near HIM** Bridge and destroyed bark timber Ml *0 property belonging to Smith & Seeker. A large fone has been sent to MUOMflamee.  Oovernor Nash held a public reception a|t the Chamber of Commerce. Late In the afternppn some of the members * «h« president's party ascended Mount oi . tqgQ fat high, whence they had . eve" for T0 ml,e# ot eouth miles out to sea. La-? *** th* m*Pbers of the cabinet and ou." of the party witnessed the bru.'*,,t]|" lumluatlon In the streets. The txu.° will leave Loa Angeles early tomorrow morning. • ' "JJuDvf not bought a share of Northen} rociflc In all months." OUR LINE R. B. Ct Loter In the evening It was learned that after a conference between the representations of the different Northern Paclfio lBtereats'held I(t the office ot J. Plerpont Morgan * Co. another prolonged conference was held at the Metropolitan club. This second conference was attended by Messrs. Harrlnipn, IJII) pud Henry W. CannoS St the Chase National bank. If fp under stood that all efforts up to a late hour last night to arrive at an Agreement In Northern Pacific .matters hare failed. Tb* l***t In qnantlt* and th* moat In quality dosorlbes DeWltt'a Little Early Risers, tb* famooa pills for *on*tlp*tlon, r„n„d sanest- M"" Pretty Summer Fabrics tive Price Savin r NEW YORK FORE8TER8. Of Low Cat Shoes Sight Baadred Delasatee An Altwllai Killed by Two Tralai. This ftore is noted fair i vaisty of Pretty ~Wa*M summer, consisting of Peisian Stripes, Plaia SC Figured Dimities. An endless variety of wh Something special in Ql sets, Short Corsets, Met Long Corsets. be ready to march. Troy, N. T,, May 9.—The 8UU Oonrentton o( tha Foreatera of Amarloa an holdlay their annuel oonrention hara today. About 800 delegatea an In attendenoe. Tha ltfa lnauranoe branch of tha order la In flourlahlng oondltlon. OoamtlM aft Troy. Pouglikeepsle, N, V., May 9.—An unknown ninu, believed to bp ft laborer, btepped off the Npw Vork Central down track to escape p Bpeclal traiu. The bound express struck him. and be was to'.'aed from one train to the other niut hack aCUp until bis life wascrush- out. The body was taken to Wappluger Faila.  8«M 3S ■ i ill* «HH Mtman to B* iMdj to ■•bill*. Btoob, MonrltlM, Ma «*SJT 10 Banking bonaa, furniture ami fix-  tnreu.. 86,000 00 Are about as complete as good buying can make them. Some with straps to button— otheis lace. Some with rubber over the instep. Light and heavy soles. — M. P*, Key Secretary Geo. HMrtlTi-| of thle dlatrlot, leaned a bulletin to the miner* thle morning urging them mat to dT« np 'he propoeed maroh on llanlrinHi hut to hold tbamealTea In k MgM| to more until the Senate paeaee tha mining Mils and tha goTernor eigne Providence, May 9.—Lyman B. Qoff bag bought a *22,000 site at Pawtucket for his recently organised boya' club and will erect thereon a handsome building, estimated to"coat $00,000. Mr. Goff la a Pswtucket manufacturer, and bis club for the youth of -the working classes baa drawn In Its present auarters from 200 to 400 boys nightly. The organization Is modeled somewhat on the successful boys" club at Jfall Blver. Clafe BilMlu fer Boye. VARDON 18 GOLFING Oil I* Colorado. Harnr Mall ail Hart la Barcelona Paris, ,May 9.—Advises received here from Barcelona, Spain, by way of Hendaye, say several persona were killed and numbers were Injured during the disorders there on Tuesday. A majority of tb* tmtlM bavB struplf work. A dispatch to tbe Temps 'from Madrid says tha disorder* were renewed at Barcelona yesterday arid wet® rigorous-- ly repressed by troop* and gendarmes. S.OM 59 Motes of other National Benin.... 9,800 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels andoents. 900 00 S^Swouo IfjffL—m*. WttOM, WM0M ■SS#iPM»B£Br  Total  LIABILITIES. Capital rtock p»tCl In.  ES&ssoe-: ii £d$dH!3 doSrita'raij'«:t &C*£k l,«MB w* i hflfiks ontalandtng...... «,{H0 «P ■e Met Verier, the other Ofcaaeplea. Florence. Colo., May 9.—The strongest flow of oil yet discovered in the Florence district faaa been by W. 1. Weaver A Co. three miles south of Florenco at a depth of 2,700 feet. The strike Is south of those heretofore made near Florence and has created a new stampede to that territory. Gloves, Ladies' Neckwew iery and Handkerchief*. Eondon, Bay 9.— Harry Vardon and Oherles Taylor, the champion Knglleh profeeelonal golfers, met today for tha dm time elnoe their meeting laet eummer at the llld-Sumy links. j Today. Allover Lace in all the pretty designs. CONGER WON'T TALK, $i.oo to $3.00. — ii D—if "" riMi for ihm Wm%mw.We make a specialty Waist Material. WMhlseton, HD7 MlntaUr Conger, BUM npantatlTt at PekU, Modl at Mm 9tat« Department thl. mora-! pM hU WjMBti to tlM olldlll bat did M* «H»»Dpt to dUoofla the aita* Won la Pekln or nuke »oj report. He lifirrt -r of hU plant forth* THE WEATHER. Flea I* CMtH, if. v. .11,006,907 K 0.P.&C.0. SHOE COMPANY R. B. Cutl Washington, D. 0., May 8 —Tonnaat gutir 8 p. m. Friday, for Eaatarn Pennsylvania: Continued oloudy and threatening weather tonight, probably ahowai*. Qvrww Troopa to lrfa« Chlaa. Berlin, May 9.—The Munich Allgem elite Zeltung states semiofficially tbat the withdrawal of German troopa will Bhortly take place. There la, however, no Intention for the present of withdrawing the fleet  Watertewu, N- Y., May O.-FIre broke out in the HefTernao blopk in Canton, St. Lawrence county, doing several thousand dollars' worth of damage to the postofflce and The Commercial Ad verger's offlee, sltuffled therein. Utlca, N. Y., May 9.-Walter 8. Prltchard, aged 21, was Instantly killed and Fred H. Powell severely Injured In a runaway accident qe#r Bemsen, theli horn*. ' ' Killed la *«anw«r AaeMeat. .« -100,000 00 190,000 00 14 Md IHMM OrpBOPLK'S VHONB Sflfc* john 01 hots Extra Values in Wrappers HEARING POSTPONED, financial and commercial OM4 AMM. Olitawla for Omm *)D»» OMitala liMMrr, as mercury will sorely fmtioy smell and completely derange the whole menafaetnred by F. J. Oksnay t Ot,, Toledo, O., contains no aeroory, sad Istaaeo si'asw;" baying Hall's Catarrh Onre, be saw yon • jfrspty# D Vflf— Inlenae infering was endared by T. L. {nor yean and reoommend it as tbe matsfatrsagatrsag Weet PttUton, and W. 0. Mae, FttMoa. Total » 1.IWWW0B SVWlflijim"^SoofCkifim'rt'&a above named uuDk, do solemnly swear that the above Safcecrihed«a sirora to b«fC*e meWW, d*y aSlUKL P. FBNN, Notary PubUo. CVnnot—' New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. 8 Jordan A Co., stock brokers, room 86, Miners Bank Building, The mo* mUerable being* In the world are tho*e ■offering boa djnpep«t« and liver eompUlnt Mow tl»n eeieoty-ilre percent, of tlx people la Hi*United State* ue afflicted with theee two dlnaaea and their effeoU: wh aa «n» rtomaob, elok headeohe, babltnal ooetlTeoeee. palpitation of the heart, bwtbnrn, wet«breab, gnaw-1dkegree&e tart* to tb* month, coming np of food after eating, low eptrtt., eta. Goto yoor drngglet and g*t • bottle of Aognat Flower tor TO «*ota. Two toy will relieve 7m. Try It GM «re*n"» PRICES. Best Patent Flour » Ghop, percwt - i Q, Meal, per cwt - tD0, Bran and Midds., cwt Gorn and Gr. Gorn, cwt tJem Long Hay, per cwt - .gg Gut day, per cwt - Jm Oats, per bushel - - ,« Butter, per lb • • Jma !)■■!** r« Oaaa Iplut Miehlgaa TTeeblwltaa Ihf JL—Hearing to the 1 in Land & Iron Oom' caayaaetoet I'l l . whloh wae to have ' taken place batata the Sasretary of the Interior today, waa ywtponeil owing to tb* iakHM*o( S**r*tary HI lobe 00k, wbo la tewHag with IfcaFtaaHUatni party. \ \ 1 A PEACE CONGRESS. New York,'May 9,1901. Open. Cloe. 76 66 96 91 TOM 78 =:L 3* UlO 10* We have just received wonderful values in Wrappers. They are the best' quality, they have the widest skirt, they are the best made and inost dressy designs of any line of in the valley. Atchiaon............ SE5lfSi9£»*. Chos. A Ohio.  U. 8. btool  U.S. Steal prof  Mo* Poo. Gm,........... Ool. teonA.Fuel ... BWwji| ** j*i •  laPIUatM i'li , 79c and $1 per di mm