Pittston Gazette

              L'-'aijl the erning newspa** the dhorning u coocluhre proof «C Ik ?f the news ap. pears first in the former. _ _ "t l n.-D * F1FTY' n,B~ P1TT8T0N, R l., WEDN IAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1901. CHINA WILLING 10 PAY INDEMNITY AMEND If ACCEPTED DIED WITH BROKEN HKART; THE NORTHERN PACIFIC xsmnawNM InilV From Sara |PUl5Sayc Money. THE PHILIPPINES CASE. BASEBALL MURDER IN CONNECTICUT. Results Yeiterdar'* 6*m«a in Ch« Different Leatvca. NATIONAL LEAOlfc. Cuban Convention Adopt* the Piatt Law. Confederate Secretary Pmmmmm A#«r la ParMtf. rwr Itaitaaa rti»n« Willi Kllllns Foreman. Supreme Court Adjourns With* out Settling It. At New Tork— n. h. 8t. LoUir... D 1 0000000-1 8 1 New York... 000000000—0 6 0 Mllford, O., May Sd.—OMana* Jibm G. Miner, m aeaistant wcretary of tiw1 Confederate aavy In thefeivil war, baa died in poverty here at the age or 62. Report of Pinal Settlement in London* Qreenwieb, Conn.. Maj  Larsen, an engineer, employed as nlgbt foreman of a gang constructing a sewer a mile east of Greenwich, wis murdered at 9:80 losi night by four Italians whom h» had discharged. The murder was a particularly brutal one. Larsen was stabbed In the abdomen, being nearly disemboweled. A posse has been organized and Is scouring the country for the Italians JAKES tO BE COLLECTED AS BEFORE Batterie*—Powell and Rysn; Matthew»on and Smith. 0AP0TE OASTS DEOIDIHG TOTE. Colonel Miner wbs graduated from Edinburgh university, wan a native of New England, but-a resident of Texas, and a friend of General Samuel Houston. He served under Taylor In the Mexican tiaf. Sefont the war be was one of the owners of the famous Tredegar Iron works of tllcbmond. Th*D civil war swept away hla fortune, and since then he had battled unsuccessfully in the effort to build up a new fortune. Reinvented a high pressors engine, but could not bring It to a financial success. In a trunk In this city he had $1,000,000 In Confederate bonds and money. 8H0BT8 TO PAT 163 A SHARE. Note Oareftt Inducement* I Us This Wert BotOkjKtstitlHi literlist Dmaiied. At Brooklyn— a. n. U- Plttabur* ... 00106000 8— 7 13 2 Brooklyn ... 0 0 0 0 9 1, 1 1 •— 8 14 « DIVERSE OPINION IN CU0A. Military Polities to Bo Hflt la- DkU«tC-lf«satr Amendment R»- »»rC»l mm Olrlai rail Authority to Batteriea—Wiltae, and Zimmer; Kit ion, Donovan and Farrell. Oil of Twenty-alB* DalagkH* Preatat, Fourteen Opyoacd A«erleaa Tl»l — Knlaaailak of frtaMall Morgan # Co. and Knhn. Lofb A C«. Agree to Lcl Victims Du»» K«»lly. Retirement of the Preferred Stock Not Unlikely. Sentiment About Equally Divided on At Philadelphia—' a. H. a. Cincinnati... T 2 Philadelphia 0000000000 1— 1 7 0 iHintl to He Oflatal Declaration, * WASH 8UITB. ! Women's Lawn Waih Si in a large variety of pa tie excellent value for, the suit. the Piatt Amendment. Washington, May ».—Wlthont announcing decisions In tbe remaining Insular cases, on which so much depends, the supreme court adjourned until October. The suits left pending are the 14 diamond rings cases, Involving the validity Of duties collected In the Philippines subsequent to the ratification of the treaty,of peace, and the second Doolay case. Involving the validity of duties collected In Porto Hlco under tbe Porto Rlcan act. President to Gover* lalende. Havana, May 29.—The Piatt amendment was accepted By the Cuban constitutional convention yesterday by a vote of 15 to 14. The actual vote was an accepting the majority rtaort of the copimtttee on relitMnfe,, which embodied the amendment with explanations of (Certain clauses. New Ybrk, May 20 — JJIspatches from London received yesterday lb Wall street tell of-an arrangement for settlement with the t.ondon shorts In Northern Pacific. The figure Is 1S3. Sheriff Fitzroy of Greenwich. Conn., at 1:80 this morning arrested in Port Chester. N. Y„ Jim Antone, Frank Carlo, James Columbus and Tony Pasto at an Italian lodging house on a charge of murdering Jacob Larsen In Greenwich last evening. The men were Identified by the superintendent of the sewer works as the four discharged by Larsen on Saturday night. They show •d fight when arrested. Havens, May 29.—News of the ad lotion i.f the Piatt amendment by tha Cuban Constitutional Convention has caused considerable of a stir throughout tbo island. From Information received today. It would appear that public sentiment is about equally di vided as to acceptance of the convention's decision. Tffls diverse opinion is plain in Havana today. Many houses are decorated with Cuban anil American flags, while otherB are covered with emblems of mourning. The action of the convention yesterday In considered final. Hahn and PMta; Orth, Donahue and JSckiltzch. w. p.c. fr. I., p.o. Mew Tork... 14 S .*36 Brooklyn.... 13 13 .600 Cincinnati.. 15 il .577 Boaton 10 18 .435 Phlla!phia.. 10 1? .671 St. Louie... 12 16 .429 Pitteburg... 14 13 .518 Chicago 11 19 .867 STANDING or THE CLUBS. Ladies' Litfht Blue, Fink a Lavender Lawn Wash Suits Wi white tucked sailor collars, t latest style skirt, with deep C cular ruffle, with embroidery i sertion; a very handsome suit BARK BURGLARS MAKE BIG HAUL. English trading in American securities has fallen to almost nothing, and Wall street was somewhat gleeful over the report, which was amply confirmed at the offices of Knhn, Loeb & Co. h*re and not denied at the office of J. P. Morgan & CB It is asserted that both the Morgan and Harriman factions agreed to an arrangement by which In the settlement each would get an equal part of the short stock, so that the status of the contest would iti no wise be changed. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Chicago—Baltimore, 14; Chicago, 6. At Milwaukee—Philadelphia, 4; Milwaukee, 8. The radicals made a htrd fight at the last moment, and benores Portuondo, Gomez and Tamayo bitterly, arraigned the conservatives. Senor Tamayo was particularly vindictive and dwlared that everybody who voted 10 fa Voir of the Piatt amendment was a traitor to his country. The convention compelled him to retract this statement. On several occasions personal encounters seemed Imminent, EASTERN LEAGUE. At Taronto—Toronto, 4; Montreal, t. Three weeks ago his wife, who bravely shared bis ill fortune with him, died at the ag4 of 80. A Mrs. Spencer burled her and took the broken hearted old man to her home. SHIRT WA, White Lawn Shirt 1 tucked sailor collar « tion, latest style, eai SKimrt K large line of Lm able Duck,  CliambravSloiidl An Inhuman Mother in England Drowns Her Three Children. As a result of the court's failure to act the status of the Philippines is left In abeyance, and at tbe same time the necessity for an extra session to consider legislation for the Philippines has apparently been avoided. The final decision as to tbe calling of an extra session rests with President McKinley, and If be should believe It. to be necessary be can do so. Des Molnee, May 29.—By a vote of | 90 to A3 the general assembly of the United PreBbyterian church adopted the Judiciary committee's report with regard to an Interpretation of article 15 of the creed The action of the assembly la In effect to exclude members of secret orders from admission to the church. It Is also Interpreted by some of the delegates to tnean the expulsion ol members of the church who now belong to the secret societies. The final discussion was long and heated. A Ban on leetel Order* Washington, May 20.—Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spaulding announced tjiat the amount collected un der the Dingley act on Porto Rlran lui ports which will be refunded to thC* Importers under the supreme court's de clslon Is about $2,000,000. The  ments will begin when the collectors tend in certified statements of amounts due Importers under the decision. To Refund «2,OOO.OOO. Manufacturers here, whose places Colonel Miner loved to visit, have procured a lot In the cemetery and will aee to hla burial. A St. Paul dispatch was authority for the statement that the annual meeting of ttie Northern Pacific, slated for October, woulfl be postponed until the first of next year. * Bay 29!—The Chinese i haw, informed the foreign mln. the Royal Court has n* to pay th, OOUgKfoeU, C* $115,000,000, tt dcm^n(,eC1, but olD^ects  Burglar* Oynamlft an Ohio Jlank and Sacura «10,000. FVJsMjrlv Ohio, May The bank ot the- Mechanics' Banking . at Bra4ner. oaar Here, waa dyn. -* «arly hour thl« morning bi Iwra, who eacaped C)0.000. i'#*f CRIk LUTHERAN 3YNOD. (tenor Oobm spoke for morfc than an hour, and bia spcwi) undoubtedly Won over Senorea Caatro, Bobau and Mandu ley. He appealed to. the patriotism of the delegates ritid rishearsed the long fight for Independent*, denouncing as perjurer* all who favored the Piatt amendment on the around that the; had sworn to draw up a constitution for an I^dependent*republic. strikes oirla Throw stoava. ... tidWHB AND Ml We are now showin gant assortment of L) Dimities of all the nei signs; prices, a yard fi ivoys ters tilled j 450,-' ) Inj P*D- a the | The Annual Session Began In Des New York, May 39.—The striking girls at Achesen. Hardern A Co.'s handkerchief mills at Passaic, N. J., created considerable disorder about the mills last night. There are some 300 strikers, and their places have been Oiled to a large extent. Many of the girls did not go out, so that with those who remained at work and those who took the places of strikers there are some 500 hands employed at the mills, tast illglit When the workers, left the mills they were attacked by the striken. ".The latter bad gone to the mill prepared for trouble and were armed with egga, stones and bottles, and with these they bombarded the workers as Hiey left. The workers retreated Into the mill and waited until the poll-e arrived. Then the girls again started out of the mill, and another volley gree.ed them. Several of the police were hit this time, but at no time was any one seriously hurt. Th* police caught four girls and locked them up. When the aneats Were made, the other glrla Bed. The four arrested were arraigned be fere Judge Bowker and fined *8 each for disorderly conduct. Moines, Iowa, Today. Neither Secretary Gage nor Secretary Root, the members of the caolnet moat concerned in the decisions of the court, be)leve that an extra suasion will be hecessary. It Is not believed by treasury officials that the amount of money Involved by a possible adverse decision in the 14 diamond rings case next fall Is sufficient to warrant the calling together of congress. Des Moines, Iowa, May 28.—The General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church began here today, and will continue until June 10. Rev. S. B. Barnitz, of thin city, secretary of the meeting, has been conducting all the arrangements, and the high dignitarieB of the church are all comfortably situated, Some iii portant discussions concerning r jssions and church music will take place. ( The purpose of such a postponement, which could only be effected by the Morgan-Hill syndicate, woujj be In the end to beat out the Harrlman syndicate for control. IT ALWAYS FATS TO RECORD OF THE PAST PEOPLE'S Cedlir Falls. la., May 29.—Mrs. Mc- Klnlcy has brought relief to one Veteran of the civil war, Edgar Sleeper of Mason City, who appealed to her to aid him In securing an increase of pension from |8 to $30 a month. His congressman did not act as promptly as he thought he should, and a personal letter to Mrs. McKJrtl'ey was quickly answered." Mr. Sleeper has recelted Word from the pension department that the Increase will bp granted. Mra, NrHlnier Aids m Vrttru, Several conservatives rase and asked Benor Gomes to retract, but he absolutely refused. A plan has been suggested to the Morgan faction Invoking a retirement of the preferred stock under aC provision of the bylaws on Jan. 1, a majority of wblcii Is held by the Harrlman syndicate, which would make the Morgans dominant In control of the road, for they possess a majority of the common stock. Max Retire {"referred Stock. No Stronger Evidence Can Ba Had. U South lita People's 'Phone. Will CMtlnnc Taxlag Imports* The following d^jates voted against the majority report: Gomez, Gener, Porttoondo, Lacret, Mandtiley, Clsneros, Ferrer, Fortun. Bobau. E. Tamajo, fjllva, Castro, Zayas and Aleman. took well to their record. What they have done many times in yean gone by, Is the best guarantee of future results. Anyone with a bad back; any reader suffering from urinary from any kidney ills, will finqin the following evidence proof that relief and core is near st hsnd: Always the In the treasury department the present policy as to Philippine imports will continued. Dir»Bch Co., Ev, bitrgPREPARING FOR FOOTBALL. "We will go right along collecting dutlee on Imports from the Philippines," ••Id Secretary Gage yesterday. "The supreme opurt baa not decided that we oannot collect duties on Imports from the Philippines, and until ouch a decision la rendered we will continue to duties. The Importers can flle their pretests with each payment •( duty, an'd If the court finally decides we had no right to collect the taxes the money'wlll have to be refunded." Senores Blvera and Bravo were absent.OJTUers Selected for the Yale-Harvard jr.. Game Next Fall. "Tht* convention will continue Its sessions. which will be devoted to drawlog up the election law. But the Harrlhlaira, holding common and preferred, which gives them con trol of the road, could nullify this action by electing their own board of directors In October. Bat the present plsji for a victory by the Morgans carrlea the Morgan directorate ater to tha very day, Jan. 1, on which, tinder the bylaws, tha preferred stock can be retired.it$■ •tr»l* to Ov to NAAltHegrli. London, May —"A report Is cur* rent htetg," says the Odessa correspondent of The Standard, "on apparently good authority, that King Alexander of Servla has declared to Bussia his readiness, should he have no heir, to bequeath the Servian throne to Prince Danllo of Montenegro, leaving to the future to decide the question of uniting Servla and Montenegro under tbr same crown," w,. • Mr. John Ryan, engineer, of 377 B- Union street, Circleville, O., says: "For JO years I IVas an anxioua seeker after i kidney remedy which would do what it claimed, but it waa not until I had got bold of Doan's Kidney Pills that I was able to say at last I had found one, tha value of which had not been over-etatad. Strong aa this statement is, there am many of our dtfasas who will endorse my woriata the Mast extent. If ever a man had cause to be thankful, It ia one relieved of pains from which he suffered as long and aa much aa I. When I tried Doan's Kidney Pills I was almost without hope of ever finding a remedy, to effect a cure. In a day or two I realized I. had a kidney cure that cured. This experience continued uutil I was absolutely without ache or pain of any kind. » New Haven, Conn , May 2#.—At a meeting o. managers in Boston on Sat irony, the following o(Accra will be chosen for the Yale-Harvard football game noxt fall: Umpire, Paul Dashiel, of Xanapciie; referee, Matthew Mc- of Uhlgh. A. E. Whiting, of dbrnell, wilt probably be chosen tlmoms^-— -■ THE APQ8TOLIC DELEGATE8HIP. hist of ti* Hf port, Held Her Three Children Under Watei Until They War* Drowned. / Tort, Brig., Hay 29.—A shocKta crime -was enacted near here today The majority report as presented to 'the convention on 90 quoted article 1 of the treaty of Paris, the Joint resolution of the Coltod Btates congress and the Plijtt amendment and then proceeded as follows: "Inasmuch as Basretary hoot, being authorised b? President McKlnley, siys thai the Platf law has for Ita ob- Ject the guaranteeing of the Independence of Cuba and MM npt mean Interference with Its geveqpssBt or aaarctse of a protectorate or of sovereignty and also that Intervention will only take place when Independence Is endangered by outside powers or grave Interior dlsturbancea, creating anarchy, occur: and SCREEN Mrs. Simeon, wife of a country miller, three young children la a - washtnb full of .water, and held them under until theqr were drowned. Dtne.M'KiN «?55Z ,L IMPROVING. '" • —E&*' ... ** Among the administration officials It la thought that the court will follow In the second Dooley ease its reasoning in the Downey case and hold that it was within the power of congress to Impose a tax on Imports Into Porto Rico for the purpose of raising revenue for the Island. Many lawyers are hot oenlldent that will be the decision, The point was raised In this case that this tax was really a tax on Exports from the United States anjJ tKisIn opposition to the constitutional provision against tajia on exports from any Jl ipembor of tha Harrlman syndicate 4 yesterday: "Every one, I trust, now Mima that wa hava oohtrol of tha Northern Pa olflo, and suoh a plan woold ha the worst of trickery, of wjilah I know Mr. Morgan wonld not ba guilty and whloh I am aura tha courts woulA destroy." These prists h tures of the very hMbrttrlan Asaevblr Dissolved. Philadelphia. May 20.—The one hundred and thirteenth Presbyterlsn general assembly was dissolved at 6:15 o'clock last night by Moderator Mlnton after having been In aeSslon for nearly two weeks, during which time many matters of the Utmoat Importance to the church were considered. Chief among these was the question regard- Ing the revision of the confession of faith. After a discussion continuing nearly four days tbls momentous subject wis referred to a special committee of 21 members, who will make recommendations as to the manner In Which the creed Should be revised and present thepi to tjie next general assembly, which meets In l*ew Yorl^. V;--i -Jj-,. Cardinal Glhhenafttild to be In Favor '' lot Aboljitnnfl the Office. ' Borne1, MayfJjrJ:—It iB reported that Cardinal CMraops, dnrlng his stay here, will submit tot the Pope the Question of the suppression of the apostolic dele gatesbin to Washington. The Cardinal hold* that It la uselesB to have m dtj^r a country (hat does nlze t,ho Vatican. New Yorif, May 2U.-Alfred Bay, th* NewJforJi h£ad of the dry goods firm gf Lawrence & Oo., has died In this city. He was born In Plttsfleld, Mass., In 1840 and when 10 years old entered the employ of the dry goods house of Day, tJeebe & Co. He was afterward Cohnected with the dry goods firm of Field, Palmer & Letter, now known as Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago. Old New YMk Merchant Dead. .The Train PasaedThrough Chicago This Mornln£, f Chicago, May 29 —The Presidential train, on the -way tCr° Washington, paaaad through CMca®o at an early hoar this morilw] Mrs. MoKlnley's condition cohtlnoea-'to show steady Improvement, and the President said he waa much, encouraged. She has not left bar couch, however, and will not do ao until she arrives In Washington. The train will stop ft Canton to per mlt the relatives and friends to come aboard who will ntwim lto party to the capital. Fail-bank* Qnt For 1004. Chlaago, May 29.—Senator Fairbanks of Indiana has bean announced formally as a candidate for president before tha BapnbUcan convention of 1904. Harry S. New, Republican national committeeman from Indiana, who arrived In Chicago yesterday, Is authority for the statement that Indiana will stand brblnd Mr. Falrbauka In his race for tlje honor. "Senator Fairbanks will be supported b.v a solid delegation from Indiana,'' said Mr. New. "The whole atate will be back of him at the Ue*t national convention. He Is the logical candidate of the party, and with Ills nomination Indiana jsdll ba assured JP tha Reptibllcana." i. READY MIXED PA: Per gallo "Inasmuch as SecretaryTloot has said that the naval stations will not be used for vantage, points of Intervention, but only to protect Cuba against {oreign powers. we report as follows: "That in virtue of the fact that the I'latt litw In Its preamble saya It is a ijlfcillnihit ef the joint resolution and has been adopted by congress with the principal object of establishing independence we do propose to the convention to accept the following as an appendix to the constitution." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price so cents. Mailed by Poster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. V., sole agents for the U. 6. Alwayi in stocfc/ full The government contention In tbat this tax Is not" an export tax, since It* collection Is not Incident to th* •hipping of the giodi out of the Unit, ed States, but to their entrance Iqtq Porto Rico. It to held that the supremo court In the ,c»m of Woodruff versus Parham defined exfio'ft* to !De nrtlclea ■hipped from the United States to some ueneral SeKpeman IVtUetf. 1 London, |fay-)2tD—A Clia#Datcb frfm Pretoria states tjiat General Schoejnfln, piq family and some Prlfn|sCwere 4xemiwing a 4.7 ideb lyddite shell which they kept In. the house as a curiosity, when the shell exploded, killing the general on the spot, mortally wounding his daughter and- severely injuring his wife aud two other persons. General Beboeman was a strong supporter of President Kruger. He led the commando of Coles berg and surrendered on the occupation of Pretoria. He was afterward captured by the Boere and released when the British occupied Barberton. The general then went on a peace mission, was retaken by the Boers and was again released when the British took Ptetersburg. Since that time General Schoeman had been living in Pretoria. GARDEN TOOL8- Snch a gardeni ami a fi BRESCt IE BREATH. Remember the name, Doan's, and take ao substitute. mmyer Soaped HIsNoom to Mak* K Work ' Humbert' Footpads Stab Aged "Woman. WILLIAMSON'S PRICE!! •®8fee, May 2S.-$he dlrectofrf the 'prison o( Santo Btsfajuv.lji aid official report regarding the death'of Oaptajjo Brescl, the slayer of KIm; Humbert, says that Brescl soaped the"noose with which he strangled himself In order to bake tlie hanging sure. Camden, N. J., May 20.—In Coates alley at daybreak yesterday Sarah Vel-i ler,- 81 years old. was found linron •clous, with blood flowing from several stab wounds in her body She told the police she had been waylaid by negro footpads and robbed. The police have no trace of her assailants, but suspect n gang which has infested the neighborhood for some time pant. airs. Veller's empty pocketbook was found near by. She lives In Haddonfield and was in Camden on a shopping tour. She had lain several hours before she was found. GARDBN AND GRASS 38 At prices est low. CollUM*. same before elsewhere. CDJPARD FOll FREE PRESS. D-v . . Jr Said te be Indignant Over tjhA Suppree- icwlgi 'pflit, and i» 4b«-CDe Lima case the court baa jusf held that Porto Rico to not foreign, but domestic territory. Pittston. The first, second, fourth and fifth clauses of the Piatt amendment were then quoted In their entirety. efon of O'Brlen'e Daper. The Importance of thin decision would be sntall if nothing depended upon It except the validity of the taxea collected In Porto Rico. But upon this decision will depend the power of congress to enact legislation for the collection of customs taxes In the Philippines on goods shipped from the United States. Serious complications might follow a decision that such taxes would not be valid, as the treaty of peace provides that for ten years Spnuish ships and Spanlah goods shall be admitted to the ports of the Philippines on the flame terms as ships and goods from the United States. PMlftftfcifte tiatom la Peril. CtBf0derM(« Vcteraaai Mfft, Memphis. May 29.—'.Pvvpnty-three hundred and five members of the United Confederate Veterans, survivors of the great armies that battled for the cause of the south during the war of secession and representing 1,331 eamps of the organization, met In Confederate hall yesterday for their eleventh annual reunion. Several delegations arrived too late to participate in the opening session'of the eonvontlon, but It is expected there will be fully 2,000 old soldiers In attendance. Best patent flour - $4.5o 17 lbs granulated sugar 1.00 Fresh eggs - - - .16 Best dairy butter • .23 Long Hay, cwt - - .95 Best table syrup, gal - .40 Fancy N. O. molasses .60 3 cans corn - - - - .25 3 cans tomatoes • - .25 3 quarts Onion Sets - .25 Dublin, May 29.—It oas been learned , that King Edward'!, very Indignant the recenVSuppression of William b*Bri«ga pa®er, the Irish People. The king says be Is content to leave himself In the hands of the public. He has jg'lven explicit orders to prevent fuKher suppression of publications. Ybe Irish People was suppressed on Ma7 9th because an article appeared in its columns In which the king was vilely vituperated. The third clause had the following addition: ( hingr tn Third Clause. Evans "It being understood thnt the United States has the right to intervene to prevent the action of a foreign power or disturbance** causing a state of anarchy and that the intervention shall always be the act of the United States and not of isolated agents. The Intervention shall suppose neither sovereignty nor a protectorate and shall only last sufficiently long to establish normal conditions. Said Intervention, It Is also understood, shall not have the right to Interfere in the government, but only the right to preserve independent."45 South Main 1 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York, May to/1001. Open. Cloe. tan. El.  *o. Pa.....  Jeo. Qm.mm  DD1. Iron A Fuel  4o. Pacific  tfor. Pao....  'SVfc" 'enn....  ■j«aitCng .«...C leading pref....  fennla «l!.  Leather  -iabber  Jnlon Padflo  Jnlon Paclflo prof... *r»bmmh pref  Weetern UnJen  :::::::::::::: 5* T :=$ =s# Kills lllmaelf and Wife. Tien-twin, May 2d.—The Boxers are again active In all districts where there are no foreign trooas. Sunday a missionary who was gfflng to Tu-lu on the Grand canal was ftrced to return to Tien-tsln on account of a fierce fight raging between Boxers and Catholic converts. There was heavy firing on both sides. Four thousand insurgents from the province of Kueichow have invaded the province of Szechuen, causing a widespread panic. It is said that S,000 Tunnanese are about to join them.  Boxers Astla Active. Lincoln, R. I., May 2i).-In s lit of jealousy, inflamed by liquor. William Martineau, aged 35, shot and instantly j killed his wife, 22 years old. and afteii attempting to kill Albert Fairbanks who sought to rescue the woman, turn ed the \Veapon on himself and complet ed the double tragedy. Martineau Inn been jealous of his wife, who was verj pretty, at different times, and t nitshe had left htm because of ClisC or«l Tuesday she left him for g«wDd. sli Italian Fend End* in Bonton, Boston. May 20.—The sequel to a feud that originated In Italy years ago came yesterday afternoon when Alesandro Spostlto, 28 years of age. was shot and probably fatally wounded by Gulseppe Pappasoll. aged 32, on Webster avenue, near Hanover street, in the presence of scores of people. Pappasoll is loeked up on the charge of intent to kill, tfposttto has been In this country but a week and apparently •nly by aceident ran across Pappasoll. 506 LUZERNE AVENUE. K. H. WILUAMSON. ARRESTED FOR AS8AULT. It lins been the general belief that the decision in tlie 14 diamond rings case. n*loh Involves the validity of the duties collected on Imports Into the United States from tli. Philippines, would follow the decision In the. De Lima case, the court holding that the duties were wrongfully collected. Solicitor Oencral Richards, however, does not think that this necessarily follows. He said yesterday: York State Man Muet Answer to a Malone, N. Y., May 29.—Asa Wood, of Brushton, twelve mlleB west of this place, has been arrested, charged with waylaying and assaulting the fourteenyear-old daughter of C, W. Pearl and a young girl named Allen, near the Catholic church there. Miss Pearl was badly bruised, and is suffering from the shock- Very Serious Charge. ijfB An addition to the sixth clause said that the ownership of the Isle of Pines was to be settled by a future trea/y. Every Woman Hill MARVEL Whirling Spray ilk fmr 4r*Mlit fcr H. tV If h«» ownnoisupply Ihfc 'J5 KARVBI., accept no •ttaer, but send stamp for 11 t. uatrated book—•••Wf.lt gives TO / "M full particulars «nd directions In* 0Uf-g M vtluaM* "o ladles. MAIKVKIC CO., , ,'iiiW ' room Vor*» An addition to the seventh clause was as follows: ioi" & a .... 14 said, going to the home of Mrs. 11 :ii) until she could return to her parent "It shall be understood that the na val stations do not give the United States the right to intervene In the Interior government, but are established with the sole purpose of protecting American waters from foreign invasion directed against Cuba or the United States. Cuba will "11 or lease the uecessary laud at points to be agreed upon later." Threatened Wit* BUailag, Large Gift to Art School. Columbus, O.. May 21).- It wti Wall Paper Radi New York, May 29.—A terrific explosion In front of F. C. Gleason's Jewelry store, 113 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, early this morning threw pedestrians to the ground, broke plate glass windows arid damaged several near by stores. The cause of the explosion is a mystery which the police are trying to solve. Hraterlpaa R-cploslon Wrecks Stares. "I do not think that the decision in the Porto Rican case in any way controls the decision of the Philippines case. I think they can be treated as distinct. Davenport, la.. May 20.—The police are looking for the writer of letters to Mary Shaw, granddaughter of the late millionaire lumberman, George S. Shaw of Cloquet, Wis., threatening to attack and blind her sister if $10,000 cash was not placed where he could get It. The man confronted the youuger girl here a day or two ago and repeated the demands made In his letter. She kept an appointment with him after notifying the police, but the man did not appear. Bounced at the annual cointuem »-m» n of the Columbia Art school that I0m«»r son McMilleii of New York l»;i«1 ofTerei to give a site on East Broad street. tl»iD city, valued at $a«uw»o mid a sum noto exceed $100,000 for the erection oi an art museum, providing an equal amount was raised by the people of Co lumbus. Mr. McMlllen stipulates that the money raised by the city shall Ik1 obtained by popular subscription. Letter Shoe 8tore. We want room for our Hall will have a Clearin* Sale of C Rolls of this year's paper. White blanks at (to 10c pari 18c paper at 10a IBo pap) 30c paper at 15o-r. - Wo pefl Varnish tiles at3k) Plain II We wish to call special attention to ladies' and children's russet shoes for Saturday. F DEATH OF H. P. BALDWIN. Waa Qen.ral Panenger Ag.nt of the Declare* Philippine Status DUreren^ "The status of the Philippines after the treaty of peace was distinct from that of Porto* Rico, both because of the resolutions which were adopted with reference particularly to the Philippines at the time of the ratification of ihe treaty and during the last session and also because of the foct that we did not take possession and exercise control over the Philippines as we did over Porto Rico. THESE ARE*! Central Railroad for Yeara. ' An addition to the eighth clause provided that the governiueut of Cuba suggest at the same time a treaty of commerce based u|RDn reciprocity. Shiloh's Consumption Cure GROCERIES ALSO  The Finest Fruits and Vegetables in the Market. Special consignment of Green Groceries ifx Every Wednesday and Saturday. 8TBAWBEBBIES EVEBY DAT or TBI WEEK. SHELLEY & LUCHSINGER, West Side Grocers. T.S.1V.S. Rozclle, N. J;, May 29.—H. P. Bald win, for forty-nine years general passenger agent of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, died last night,  seventy-two years. He had been ill for a long time, and only a few days ago was placed on the retired list of the Central company. Geneva, N. Y., May 29.—William L. Cook of Oake's Corners, four miles west of here, was drowned In Canandalgaa outlet when fishing. He jumped,In after his dog, which had fallen in. The accident was witnessed by a companion, who did not reach him in time. Died Trflag to Satc Dev. Buffalo. May 20.—The fifth successive day of downpouring rain depressed the spirits of nearly every one connected with the Fan-American exposition. The laudscape gardeners are Uie only ones on the grounds who are satisfied with the unusual weather conditions. Young, tender plants that would wilt under the hot rays of the sun are adding to the beauty of the Rainbow City. The peony show which was to have begun yesterday has been postponed a week on account of the backward season. R«la larn Exposition Doable Tragedy la Jersey City, R.B. Island Qneen to Visit Paris. New York, May 29.—Herman Kuhne. a baker of Jersey City, who had been drinking heavily for some time, last night wnlked into his own bakery and shot his wife, lie then shot himself. Kuhne canudt live, and the physicians do not think they can save his wife. Algiers, May 20.—Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar has started (or Paris. This Is the first visit the French government has permitted her to make since she was exiled. Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar was deposed by the French resident general Feb. 27, 1807, and on March 11 of the same year she and her family were deported to the Island of Reunion, whence, In March, 1809, she was transferred to Algiers.cures coughs and colds at mm. We don't mean that it relieves you for a little while —It turu. It has been doing this for half a century. It has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. It will save yours If you give it a chance. Pretty summer Fi "The special resolution adopted with reference to the Philippines shows that the government never intended to treat the Philippines as a part of the domestic territory of the United States, and I believe that the court will so hold." This store i» noted fl variety of Pretty Waal summer, consisting of ' Peisian Stripes, Plain tive Price Saving. AT GRANT'8 TOMB. The Chinese Minister Will Deliver the Washington, May 29.—The French agriculturists intend to light frost and grasshoppers as well as hailstorms with cannon and smoke, according to a report received at the state department from Consul Covert at Lyons. Washington. May 29.—Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, left Washington this morning for New York, to participate in the Memorial exercises at Orant's tomb tomorrow. Minister Vang will deliver the principal address.Principal Address Tomorrow. The solicitor general pointed out that Justice Brown la deciding the De Lima case had coupled "possession" with "cession" in such a way as to Imply that the court held that possession as Well as cession was necessary to convey a complete title to newly acquired territory. He suggested that while the cession contained In the treaty of peace was as complete as to the Philippines as It wsb with regard to Porto Rico It was possible that the court was not convinced that Spain was able to give complete possession of the Philippines or that the United States was in actual possession at the time the 14 diamond rings were brought In by Pepke. Sandusky. O., May 20.—Ad oil well that throws a six Inch stream of pe troleuiu fully 100 feet In the air ha* been struck on Middle Bass Island, In Lake Erie, a few miles from this city. There Is much excitement at Middle Bass. Gtsher In Lake Erie. Figured Dimities. An endless variety of Something special in seta, Short Corsets, 1 Long Corsets. Heeralta For Polar Trip. Promlaeat Rallmi Mm Drlis. Orf'lM KMu) Child. New York, May 20.—On the St. Paul, which sails today, will be Dr. W. H. Berner, assistant shrgeon of the Baldwin polar expedition, and two members of ths crew. James W. Davidion, United States consul at Formosa, will accompany the expedition, which will leave Dundee next month. St. Paul, May 20.—E. W. Winter, formerly general manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha and more recently president of the Northern Pacific system, lies In a Chicago hospital dangerousfy 111. A telegram telling of his condition summoned a daughter living In St. Paul. Mr. Winter haa been sick some time. Omaha, May 20.—Several Russians from a settlement near Atlantic, la., reached Omaha In quest of Sophia Ulado, a 14-year-old girl, stolen by gypsies. The searching parly has traced the fugitives to this locality. At the head of the caravan rode Stephen Evanltz, the affianced husband of the stolen girl. Tbe police have thoroughly searched the gypsy encampment* along the Missouri river bottoms. "1 km nM » ha k. Lire""K imr« (1i«i»m»hh '*•* *~r '** ajSBS ■» m*. W » iio«ti». A !S3SninK|«ieM mtlWUfc It go w y— Gloves, Ladies' K( iery and Handkerchii Buffalo, May 20.—The Peter Paul Book company, one of the oldeat and largest firms of Its kind In western New York, has gone Into the hands of a receiver. Peter Paul Book Company rails. ARMY MAN DEAD. Allover Lace in all pretty designs. Colonel MItchier, General Miles' Secre- tary, Passes Away. We make a spti Waist Material. Washington, May 29.—Lieutenant Colonel Francis MItchier, military secretary to Lieutenant General Miles, died this morning. He hat} been seriously 111 for several weeks of a complication of heart and lung trouble. Muf Icelanders Drowned. Several stores left over at very low rents, also Beveral dwellings with modern improvements, and also several houses at medium and low rents In Pittston and West Pittaton. Buyers will find some at Jwrgalns. Rent and For Bale. R. B. Cu Copenhagen, May 20.—Several serious accidents have occurred nmoug the west Iceland fishermen, many persons being drowned. A large boat whs capsized near the Westmanna islands, and 29 men and women perished. "Oar little girl «u unconscious from strangulation during a sudden and terrible attack of croup. I quickly secured a bottle of One Minute Congh Core, gave ber three doses. Tbe croup was mastered and our little darling speedily recovered." So writes A. L. Spafford, Chester, Mich. T. J. Yates, Pittston, Btroh'a Pharmacy, West Pittston. "There Is only on* chancW to Mti your life, and that Is through an operation," were the start 11ns words heard by Mrs. I. B. Hunt, of Lime Bldge, Wis., from her doetor after he had vainly tried to cure her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow Jaundice. Gall stones had formed' and she constantly grew worse. &hen she began to use Electric Bitters, which whollg cured her. Ifs a wonderful stomach, llrer and kidney remedy. Cures dyspepsia, loss of appetite. Try It. Only 60 cts. Guaranteed. For sale by Stroh's Pharmacy, West Plttston, and W. C. Price, West Plttston. A Woman's Awful Pill-Age.—Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills, 10 Cents a vial, are planned after the most modern In medical science. They are as great an Improvement over the 50 years' old strong dose pill formulas as a bicycle |« over an ox-cart In travel. They never gripe and they never faU. 40 doees, 10 cepta. The fact of the matter is,'we' have' a 'great many  (P Spring Suits on hand than we should have at this time. ' iji There is only one way to move them QUICKLY, that is to fji cut the very life out of our price?, and we have done it Note the old prices and the new. 14 and IMcrth wrPBOFL** PHONE. CHANGING YACHT'8 RIGGING. Cfr B. Thompson, Agt. Efforts Being Made to Increase the Speed of Upton's New Challenger. Glasgow, May 29.—The plan of Shaaircck II's new rigging is being . radically changed, it is believed the new method will considerably hD ©$«ase the yacht's speed. London, May 20.—"The progress,of the bubonic plague here," says the Hongkong correspondent of The Times, 'is becoming serious. The death rate Is over 30 dally. The epidemic is the worst known since 1804. The colony requires drastic sanitary legislation." Baboole Plasm* la llosskoBC. MONEY.! Q. A. R. Enoampment,'bejDartment of 'Psnnsylvania, Gettysburg,. Pa., June 5th-8th, 1901. .. Rowing Regatta, Cayugfc Lake, Ithaca, N. Y.\ i' . On account of the gbov* the D.# Iti'W W. R. R. will sell tickets tavjthaca qpd that the Albany Dentists, 22 N. Frank[Un St, were the pioneers In painless lentlstry In Wllkesbarre, and that are thoroughly upt&date in all rtt. All work Is guaran DON'T FORGET Surprise Prices m ,m Spring£|gthing... \ I bare money for Mortgages may sti only the Interest b ilege US make peyn I?, qUArtorly, mat the Intaroat wiB « dollar at prlnotptl building unoktH print* fundi aaa For the above occasion the D., L. * W. R. H. will sell ticket* Pltteton to Qettjflbur*, Pa., for |S.16. Tickets good solos June 1st to 5th Inclusive, sjU returning June 10th inclusive. § «# I * «*i return for »J.70, good going May and 80th and returnlns uatll Miy list, Inclusive. ' CHktD affections will roadllj dtaappwrV /■IW'IKWMt'i Witch HimI Bain. Look VitJ»~e£uiit«rf*IU. it you ft INWItfs ft good nsalts. It U i THP WEATHER. The teas quality Wt Risers, fe and UveA Stroh's Pbi In quantity aad the most In crlbes DeWItt's Little Barly famous pills for constipation mnlaint T. J. Yates, Plttston. The Homlleet Man In Plttston As well as the handsomest and others are Invited to call on any druggist and get free a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for tfce throat and hugs, a remedy that Is guaranteed to core and relieve all cbroafo and acute asthma, and consump- te»df? and br £5 $9 and $10 Suits now $ 7 5° |L$io $15 and $18 Suits now $13 50 On* Prion Olotbler, Oor|B III EH Iffttn and Willi.m Kimbn; 9u.. pitta too, P«. mm Immedi&i Washington, May 29.—Forecast until 8 p m. Thursday, for Eastern Pennsylvania: Unsettled weather, with rain Plltstou. Motbu* Im tholr drasd tor "that Urrfc bl« HCOM n»MT" wImo tb*7 ham Dr. guwlju-1! extract of Wild gtrawtwry lath* DcWltt'l remotwt p ■aumrltlM Thursday; variable wlnds.j flee the D your me ..•SJS