Pittston Gazette

              r * K:J* ;• v •j®.'; • a* i ■J Try an ad. It . J There is no *rn6rc e:  of reaching the 30,000 .. Do'you want' all the news of J your horhe town.? Then sub-1 scribe for the Gazette. The only fc newspaper published in the city, i &l&n I - FIFTY-FIRST YEAR P1TTSTON, PA., HON DAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 190), !*■? d $5 ; ? ifjVX m- y J WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18S0. 1 DAILY ESTABLISH ED avTHEO. HART 1882. WEST VIRGINIA'S GREAT CALAMITY KILLED By FLOOD. Pocahontas Is n cool mining town of about 2,500 inhabitants, situated in the western part of Virginia just south of the West Virginia liue. It is in the Alleghany mountains at the souree of the Big Sandy river, which runs through West Virginia, emptying into the Ohio where the-statis of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio meet. THE DEATH OF MR'. HAY Oortelyou, his secretary, and that It watf Intended to give young  clefii experience as assistant secretary to fit him for the duties of secretary to the president. SURRENDER OF CAILLE KIKEF& A TAt Four L'alon **Tv, 4#ut. nt Colum- | Special | Barg'aii | Here is a Great Qypc | ity to Save MCgg $ CnmfD % LaJloi" aitf P1"'' VttrtH  * CblWrau'n.l colors.,...: Coroner Decides Tllat It Was He and His Men Take Oath of c\;iii:i:Mu, k. c.. .fime 21. Thi'Sjjjii-1 Allec ance ' '"lwav sll°i,s ♦*'«* '««• miegance. tnolicir about 3:30 yC-luck SijiHtaj? morning by a mob of s njprnlseoWCiif men. No da mag:' ro property was attempted except to break 'through the high fence SurrouiWliiitf the yards. The striker* were after the nonunion laborers and made for a ear iu which 20 were sleeping. A man whose name is said to be Myers was on He tired both barrels of bis gnu into erowd, receiving himself a .:i%2 caliber bullet iu his foivluad. but the skull was not penetrated Tin* mob fired a Jfreift *uauy sliots into the ear in which tb* men .were sleeping. None of the lttyiurUopists was Wounded, but after Joey JjaTl been •dragged tyut of the car they wet# pretty roughly handled. They were m are hud jiy the railroad trtivk- several mifrs- tmd. ordered to travel ,u#rth. LiiTer'ki the of those men ere brought tfrk to thefity by a fidrcoaent out from the shop*. It was fn the afternoon that it was known any of the rioters had been woiindeiL Close fmptiry developed the f*C f thai the bounds of four men, at least one serious, had beeto dressed by t AkD physicians. The doetors said they did not Jtnow fhe uaiues of the men. The strike leaders and the bead meu in the labor unions that have supported .the striking niacldnists regard the | attack as most unfortunate from the standpoint of the strikers. A number of*Hie most influential strikers did not know, so It in said, of the contemplated Qttaek. A half dozen police are stationed nt the shops, but no further trouble is anticipated for the present at least. bia, S. C Accidental Terrible Loss of Life In Wesi London, June 24.—The Times in au editorial recalls the time when the interests of British prisoners with the Boers were confided to Adelbert Hay, then American consul at Pretoria, and says he discharged his delicate and difficult duty with a kindness and zeal tliat will not likely be forgotten by the British people. Sorrow for his terrible and premature death and sympathy with his father, who has done so much to strengthen the friendly feeling between the United states and Great Britain, will be general and sincere among all classes of Englishmen. ' London Expreaaea .Sympathy. Virginia. SECRETARY OF 8TATE PROSTRATED PRI80NERS TO BE RELEASED. A Whole Valley Devastated. Keystone. Burke and other towns mentioned In the dispatches as having suffered from the flood are all In West Virginia along the Big Sandy river. They are small hamlets, the population of whldli is in the hundreds. Father of the Yoang Diplomat Collapses on Hla Arrival 4* New Htven—Sod, Incident Caata Gloom Ore* Commencement Celebratlana. *11 TLc.se In Luaon Will De Set Free to Celebrate Event at Santa Crun. General Malvar Expected to Come KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN. OVER TWO HUNDRED DEAD Twenty Thousand Attend the Annual Convention in Cincinnati. In Soon. List May Ran Up to More Than The Pocahontas coal mines nt Pocahontas are among the most celebrated producers of fast steaming coals in the world. They share with the Welsh mines the favor of steamship owuers, and the ('ramps and other eastern shipbuilders generally use hand picked Poeahoiitas coal for the speed trials of the warships built by them. Senator Stepheu B. Elkins and former Senator Davis, both of West Virginia, are heavily interested in the Pocahontas Coal company. New Haven, June 24.—As stated in earlier djspatchcs'froin here, Adelbert Stone li«.v, consih to Pretoria during the nlorC stilling and ]momentous stages of the Boer war, the oldest son of the Hon. .Tolm Hay and one of the most prominent sons of isle, jnet a tragic death in this city atJ:SQ o'clock Sunday morning. The mn mer of the death, its victim and the f ret tlittt the tragedy occurred on the ery 6ve of Yplc's commencement, in which the young man by of hi class office was-to a" nsod conditions have unmistakable gloom over the gladdest df Yale "seasons-. * v-; Manila, June 24.—General ('allies has surrendered to (Jeueral Sumner at Santa Vruz with 050 men and 500 rifles. Cincinnati, O., June 24.—Twenty thoiiFand Knights of St. John are in the city to attend the twenty-second annual convention of the order. The Sir Knights marched this morning to St. Peter's cathedral, where a pontifi rial high mass was celebrated by Bish. op Byrnes, of Nashville. After the ser- The DdlTldQC to Property vices, the convention was opened at Will Fnnf I ID MIIIImhi n Odeon. Archbishop Elder, of CinrBp? Jc'nuatl, Mayor Fleishman and General q| ' Jh. B. Jacobs delivered the addresses j- 'Ay of welcome. Mrs. M. A. Stewart, pres'1 '' 1 ident of the Ladies' Auxiliary, re- Blaefields, W. Ul.—-The sponded. cloudburst In the Hmftir* Vjiley, flat-'  urday night, did tb**«atest damage | THE AMERICAN ROWING CREW. e/.ong the lln# M th* NbVfolk and" West Gating Ready for oth RailroaC, Thirteen prosperous lit-, ' _ . _ 'A_ , " ' He mining towns, which dotted the flf- e ™a efla a 'n,D, . of the Norfolk and Western1 England June 24-The UnitracvTept h,De E.khorn Creek, vers'y f/en"sylvania row nB crew * £ r. i racticed for three quarters of an hour or pwtlal , devastated mornlng. They pa()dleil to Uam. ■PMHiifoaing on the westward ,, , , , ,4. _ 2 „ . .. .. bleden lock and came back with a ey8w gcod climax, rowing from 34 to 35 Ennis, May- * . M; _ . strokes per minute. Cooper* Bluestone ,  Six Hundred, £ Men's Huiamer Weight U J wear, au elegant garment, f« in Boyb' Knee Pants, a abod b«a J , cloth and well n»4a, for, a - Oaths of allegiance to the United States were administered to the former :1usurgeut8. GREATDEATH LIST DETAILS HARD TO GET. Colonel; Oaballes, who fled to the mountains wltb a portion of his command, likewise surrender^ - Tallies did not sufficiently ,c(mjroi the populace to all tlie Insurgents in his district.. Tlie proceedings of surrender were orderly. 'H ; Ladle*' Sanborn J shapes, a IM » from, facbHTl k PO dozen onfy, I i Towels wlthJJ » Bjys' Bailor W I  U Boys' Fnmmer C r Lsdles'rftkbed fj S the 20c qnalig , Ladles' Feersne | well nude...', J Children'. Pine { ullslsea  * One case Ladi* ► Corsets, grr !C#c •- f colon and to obooaaf New llaveu, June 24r—President Iladley yesterday delivered the baccalaureate address to the Yale seniors at Battell chapel and In the "course of his remarks spoke feeling of the death of the Honr Adelbert 8. Hay, which has cast a shadow offcr the commencement season. Only Communication Willi 111 Fated Dlntriot In by Courier—Bursting of Whit. Twin, h only,* pair.. bla.fgr,MkC i8uVt*, .'^r-J ••• " Mr-m Bl« Dmn Deatroyi Many Tohii«. Dam a ice to Property Incalculable. Pathetic Incident* — Whole Families Wiped Out—River Fall of Bod- lu consequeuce of the Sttrrender of General Cailles all the Insurgent ftris-* oners on Luzon island will be lutlcjised. It Is reported that a large number of ('allies' followers have approached him with the proposition that lie a strongly worded proclamation declaring all Filipino in*urgC-hts who refus* to surrender lo be considered as band it* and that this proclamation be -pub lished by the presldentes of every town In Laguna province. Pittsburg, June 24.—The Turtle creek district was again visited by a heavy rainstorm yesterday, and the conditions of Saturday were duplicated with even more destruction. Tlie town and valley have suffered thousands of dollars' worth of damage. At East Pittsburg the Westlnghouse plant, which extends for nearly n mile parallel with the hill, was submerged again with six feet of water on the lower floor, which left three feet of mud when It receded. More than 4CD0 street car motors are apparently destroyed, and the loss to Vvestiughouse, it is believed, will reach $500,000. Heavy Storm In Pennsylvania. ies of Vletlmii. Mr. Hay went to ft dentil -the full details of whjCh w^-oarer] be known. Short lyTwRjre 2t9DVclbck in the morning he fell from a windowHp the third story of the Ne\tf where he had rooms for eoinmpnCVment week, to the Chapel street pavement, fully 60 feet below. The frightful fall resulted in instant death, and wtthin 15 mlnnteH the body had been identified as that of young llay. How tt'hll happened Ira-, mediately beeame a, matter of speculatlCBluetleld. \V. Va„ June 24.—Hnn'tlreds of lives were loft und million* of dollnrs of property damage wns done by floods lu the Poeulioutus roultield, lii the Kikhorn river volley, of West Virginia. WEALTH FOR MRS. M'KINLEY '•••••, Rich Clirima Held by the President'* . Wife and'Her Slitter. Canton; O., June 24.-rThere is wealth In nig lit for Mrs. -tyeKlnley and her stfcter, Mrs. M. v. Barber of this elty. Eastern capitalists have a short time option oq mining claims held by these woiut'ft in Nevada. -o ' lMull* of the great Pocahontas field Hotill are linrtl to obtain owing to the inaecessTfittlty of the mining distric t where the fury And havoc of the angry waters caused the most appalling loss of life and property. At Keystone the water began to rise at I) o'clock Sunday morning, and by 11 o'clock Hie Hood had. spent its fury, and at last two? thirds of the little city had been washed away or demolished. It is known that HI residents of the north side of the stream lost their lives and at least 50 of those living on the south or town side were drowned. General Mnlvar'N Force to Surrender. The insurgent colonel Arollio. togethor with a considerable portion of the forces of Genera 1 Malvnr. I* -exprcted to surrender-to the American authorities at San Jose, in Batnngus province, i next Wt'duesda^f I With the change from a military to a civil government for the Philippine Inlands, which occurs July 4. the cliflftculty lDetween the department of tlie military secretary and the civil service boai-il over the iftatter of holding examination* in the civil service for certain civilians now employed by the military department will disappear. The price at which the claims will pass Into the hands of the syndicate had not been definitely stated'for the public, but it Is learned from an authoritative source that It'la nearly $250,000. * IB SOUTH MAlfi BT. J the ( hi ti[*est. Next to Drur] tott on  . The stricken toff .from tele- It, la tapos 'TDke a Trla, 8p,q on the Hudson at "'e at,l PoughkQepsie. r»llroaCJ | poughkeepsie, N. Y., June-84:—Cor- Corjldreil miles is nen-s oarsmen took their first spin on ihe river this morning. All three crews CORNELL'S OARSMEN. TO ASK MEROY FOR BARKER Petition to De Circulated, nnd Some A company was formed here, known ns the Canton Mining company, about 30 years ago. This company purchased 17 claims In Nevada, near Ely, and these were finally purchased by James A. Saxton. At his death they passed into the hands of his daughters, Mra. McKlnlcy and Mrs. Barber. of the Juror* May Sl»rn It. Auntrinn liitluut rlul Writer* Tiilk of EUROPE AGAIN8T US. New York. June 24.—Marshall Van Winkle, counsel for Thomas G. Barker, said last night that lifft client will probably not be released on bail today. Judge John A. Blair has affixed the amount of bail pending sentence at $10,000. and Barker's friemls have been hustling arouml looking for sureties. I'nn-Amrrk'uu Combination, At Burke, a suburb of - Keysfone, a number are missing, 4rtul eight are reported Ck»ad.. London, Jiilje 24.—The Times publishes nn article from its Vienna correspondent dealing with the scheme of a Pan-American combination against the United States. * The writer ftaya the probability of the realisation of  Idea Is remote, lint that it. would be n mistake to Ignore It alto«*»t her.- considering Its popularity in Indubtrta! and eoimnereial circles. $ "Swed three miles up the river slowly. *#0?A the return, the fours dropped out, jvftkMe.the 'Varsity freshmen raced back Hie boat house. The 'Varsity woij ryM It is now certain tlint the totnl list of the (lead from one eml of the Elk horn valley to the other will reach 200. A full list of the named of the victims cannot be ascertained at this time. Hundreds are missing, having taken refug? In the mountains to escape the fury of the flood. Recent devel'oflfucnts have disclosed that the elaiins are very valuable. Gold has been found in great quantities. An eastern syndicate composed largely of New York capitalists Is negotiating for the claims. President McKinley and M. C. Barber are acting for their wives. Mr. Barber made a visit to Washington a week ago and conferred with the president ou the subject, and terms were agreed upon which were submitted to the syudlcate. Mr. Van Winkle said: "I believe that the bondsmen will be found before Thursday, the day on which Barker will be sentenced unless we ask for and seeure a postponement of the sentence. The matter of an appeal lias not jfttt been decided. I liavp pot yet seen Barker since the trial, but 1 understand that he is keeping up a cheerful heart and believes that if an appeal is takeij he would secure a new trial. New York, June 24.—Colonel Sloan, whose death from drowning was reported from South Norwalk, Conn., last night, was born at Brattleboro, Vt., in 1837. When the civil war broke out, he was one of the first from his town to volunteer, was made captain of a battery and served in this capacity through the war. In 1809 Captain Sloau secured employment with the National Express company in this city and rose to the position of treasurer, which berth he held until a year ago. In 1878 he Joined the Old Guard and was made a major and was also elected to the office of treasurer. This position lie held up to three years ago, when he retired, but after that he held an honorary membership. The title of colonel, by which the deceased was known In later years, he derived from an grade by the late Governor Uoswell P. Flfljyer on his staff. *•'" Colouel of the Old fannrd Drowned. by bait a length. AND COMMERCIAL. York Stock Markets, furnished ifeonle flriiT tha: S Jordan ft Co., stock brokers, gSmSSSm ; -T%^^wB:BankIBulld'rg;0l1 fV Va., Juno -24:-M; Vork' Jn"e 24' V9,1- Secretary of State .DaWsoilJ'■D u in tkOt#»ence of Governor Whlti», i^^-Atn®'",cai»,tCCDPper "4*» U*^ le at Parkersbu* and cannot. '!* reached bp account of the condition of .'. v* * " the teletraph wires, sent a message to ,.SggP*T"ra "': ®"* $ - Colonel John 0. Hewitt, at BramwgwjpP- * °hl° • • \; *9 I take fill charge ot. t*e Bl(^l3Jjjf£*'_ _'\  I and Whfe the .Governor the wrwT u-fajBg.'' pref • • •' ■;""' * ' ' latest report received I# that Welch i the county .eat of McDowell "H? "12 r • tt.» |M ««ereY. "!* [ liven have - - 'C" SCREEN This Idea ha* I'onnd .'Hi eager ntlvoeate In Max Mauthuer, one-'6f ftie principal Industrial and commercial author-, itles in Austria. The.article proceed#- to argue that such a combination would lie welcomed as a wet off to Inflated arniameuts. but says it is quite improbable that tiie powers w ill ever agree to such a enterprise, us the powers tlieniHclvcs are all in more or less direct economic compet i- f«S D•; Great Damave to Mines. These tures of t At least 300 mine mules were drowned, but little damage is done to the mines proper, as the drift mouths were high up the mountain sides. Several mines, however, are reported flooded, but It Is Impossible io ascertain the extent of the da ma ere. Mr. Berber says of theso terms; "They are granted for a money consideration. besides stock in U13 mining company to be retained by the president and myself. Eastern capitalists have an option on the property which will not expire yet for several weeks." "I have been much impressed with (he change in public sentiment D»' favor of Barker since his conviction. People are beginning to realize that he hucD been ill treated aud that he might be a Jfcee man today had his wife's untold story been told in court. We hear lots of folks refer to him as "poor Barker' who Jjefore the. trial condemned him." ADELBERT S. HAY. WINDOW SCR1 ons spectators who galbered and a subled of mournful inquiry for the classmates and friends of the promising young man. On the North Fork branch of the Norfolk and Western, .which Is rDVl» miles long, there was no loss of life as far as known, but huudreds were rendered homeless and are encamped in the mountains. The dainpge to property on this brauch Is very heavy. Ouly.dne of the ten collieries located on this branch escnptHl, the'Ashland, it being located Talk of such a boycott has boon Inflamed by the aggressive policy UfTfic, United States in ('hlmv A further reason against its ever coming to head may. be.found in the great' rewonrees and means of resistance Avliieli tile United States has at lier dismal. READY The body was clad in pyjamas. On •lie w indow sill of tbe room occupied l»y young Hay was found a partly consumed cigarette. O11 the floor near the wlictow was a ring worn by the victim, ills clothing had been neatly arranged. Farmer Killed In Dael. ;r gallon.. a IslUMf Braldentown. Fla., June 24.—News reaches here of a bloody duel near Miakka, in Manatee county. Judge Seth E. Stephens, a county justice and a wealthy farmer, aud John A. WelDb, a neighbor, also prominent iu fftuntjf affairs, mot pji the road three nHlea from Miakka and renewed an old fetid that existed between them. Webb was riding when overtaken and asked by Stephens to stop and settle then and there the dispute between them. He did so. telling his driver to go ahead. When the driver proceeded several hundred yards, he looked back, to see both men grappling In the .road. He returned to find NCenherifr'(lead, with a bloody knife in mSninnd, and Webb seriously staiitied . fti several places, lij yet alive and nmy. recover. Alwajr; in stock. Jt Is understood that a movement In on foot to circulate a petition addressed to the court asking that clemency GARDEN ttfOLS— Shell as b garden and - 4nd a I all tl .hetl'oBB «Wt property £ & w  oofir Offlclalu of the coal op- pfml *"* ■ .,;„ Reading . . Mrnnt Un In this mutter of pnntotiment. One or more of the Jurors who convicted him are willing. It la said, to sign Buch a petition. uud the bedclothes were Artnvn back, rite bed. however, had not been oetupled. Here the mystery becomes intanjtlHe.Biueflcldb U en»- Iigflrt af till wtwwwr-1 Coal company lof»t refrl ; ■ f ■ ■ .V Nip t'lnade Maedonald In New Vorlr. Laredo. Tex., Jum; iU.--Mit-rlff« Arnnt of Atascosa muuty, rtliu*tilfor I'l'Io nml Deputy Slii'iiir Chofj/Fot Karnes county, witli sc vcrftl ineuibflrH "of tlieU various fMwni's, itrrlvert lierw last eveplnk {of the. purpose ot-iclcuUi fy'ngj tlie man ruptured Viy Capufi) Rogers'. DAtaioiiK tHc lu.-n wr'iv two wlitr knew, the prMfair. On»%l»tl)cni,'WIH llniuD Imwry of- linnknown C 'ortez Nlnee Deputy Sheriff i'hoale of Karnes county has known liini fur Hev'errtl years. They both |uDsitivefly identified the,  and say Is doubt that ho is the man ihey haVe known all these k'Z and who Is Icllleal Sheriffs Morris of KiicuAar county-agri 0 lover of Gonzales murderer will W Surrendered  Ilcern fi*oiii tlie interior.' , Sure Thai They Unv« forte*. making it their holler house, and tl»c 100 horsepower hollers were swept four miles down the stream. The Louisville company's storehouse is a wreek and the fltoek of a total loss. ;ch. Ttwr Roanoke company lost —New York. .Tunc 24.—Sir Claude Macdona Id, British minister to Japan and who wiw In Peking during the siege, will sail for England on Tuesday, having hcen Hiiiiimoned home hy the foreign office to consnU on matters relative to China. He snid at his hotel here last night: "f am taking the lirst available steamer. I shall returned Japan, probably by way of Canada, early in Septemlier. I regret Mint I eanuot discuss the advent of the I'nited States in the far east nor the Hnsslau aspect of the Chinese question. Nor will it be wise for me to speak ill regard ta Dewey's victory at Manila, potli Lady Macdonald and 1 stood the strain of the siege exceedingly well. If the powers. Including the United States, make a better use of recent events In China, the outlook for latter is exceedingly Vr»g»»V"  by tbe flC AMir Rand Mines. The popular theory seems to have It that the young man, having prepared for bed, thought to indulge in a "good night smoke," that Jie chose the cool of the window, possibly -dozed, lost his balance and fell from the window. The presence of the ring 011 the floor, however, gave rise to the fancy, that possibly while toying with the ring it propped aud that in an effort to -recover it Mn) Have Fallen Aaleep. HDEl t'.ff enters In the stricken districts have rent messengers to Elkhorn.-th» ter- Keadlng, pref. • • minus of both-telegraphic and ra^i,'BUway communication, with the report f ' +'• • .J™ that a conservative estimate places the . ■a -'"''.tKlti:: "l~i i jy loss of life at 200. Some of the victims ,, * aie among the most prominent #H(r " lent of the coal flelds. It Is estimated; that the property loss wlff exceed «2-1 WesKhfrfrnlon ...■■■■ OgWt ?• «% ioo.ooo. _ , | t&gi6Afion, j boiMkni. Jamhj 24.—ThtTJOliauuesburg correspondent of The Daily Mail contributes a long letter to his paper, in which lie describes the American trade invasion of the Hand, aided, he alleges, by -British apathy. The correspondent asserts that Americans are quietly buying up Kaffir scores and pushing their efforts in every direction. He «ays that practically all mining machinery is already American and refers to a rumor to the effect that there is an American movement to capture and effect a pool of all the poprer UanCl mines. . • Rolfe a Inrge number of miners' nouses were swept ftway, as well as the handsome residence of the company's physician. Twenty-five houses are jammed together in one large mass of broken timbers and debris. At the (iilliam company's colliery the powder house and 11 houses are demolished.the resulted. Half a dozen physicians who  hastily summoned were unable to •/«Qoal XlliieH Flooded. Huntington, W. Va., June 24.—Late reports received here state that the towns of Elkhorn, Cooper and Keystone, all raining settlements in the lower valleys along the tforfdik anrd Western road, were completely washed away, and that probably thousands of lives were lost. All wires are down. To reach the scene, it Will necessary to ride a hundred miles on horseback. The Norfolk and Western offlcifl3 are reticent regarding the situa* ticn. ProitiMQ* / fell# ## Value of ; Done In #e CoaatrD. Vfcjfespor Ekfcunrd Klead recently ap- IPtfnri- beforo.Jlie industrial coiiimfseton ai Wnsliipgioii.to discuss the  no of lrrigationrln the west.  Mead is the. expert xDn irrigation  department of agriculture, atiirhc said Shot while*.Irrigation hail been looked upon ns a sectional  had4«hown that It wal not. In southem Lotrislftna and southwestern Texas an area largor-dban England IkjjL been redeemed uiid the.land  in yalue from SO and $3 an  from $50 to $100 per acre by . All jj)iong the Atlantic eeaboard irrigation Is becoming an esq/eptUtf ndjunct to market gardening. Professor Mead claims Dhat about two-flfths of the United of Alaska, is dependent on falfifation for the growth of crops VSfiffttse  more than 10,tt0d lu lKfltfaii ditches and canals In 0,000 In Wyoming. jD Tamest}' more than JG,000 such dffebes and oanula'In lbc United States, ami about *200,000,000liad been expended In Jlielr construction, while $500,000,000 bat} b&9" '•D 'bo construction of ditches and laterals atlii In preparing the land for the distribution of water, without tn ki»# Into ne- At Indian Ridge the company store was considerably damaged and the stock lost. . The letAlence of Captain O liotsfprjk-the manager. Is wrecked also sforo the life which had in* stantly flown, and the warm body awaited its at the orders of the coroner's deputy. Medical Examijier Hartlett. That otliclal . promptly pronounced it a case .of occidentaldeath and speedily reported to his superior. Coroner Mix. fhe body was removed as soon as possible to the roofriff of a nearby undertaker, where it awaked instructions from the afflicted family. Repeated efforts to locate Secretary Hay by wire were futile until the early morning hours, when a request frpm the father rpnehed Mr. Sefty  the proprietor of the hotel, to care for the body until the members of the family could reacli town. . Reratitea, Ta., June 24.—Several o{ the tupst profitable mipes iu this.reglou In the Carboudale district are idle owing to the floods caused by the recent heavy rains, and smpal thousand men are out of At the Glenwood shaft tbfr-"water is sold to liave reached a height of 88 feet, and it is rising every hour. ,Tlie. Delaware and fludsou Cunqi pufin'imiiy is making q tremendous effflyt to get the mine cleay of water and is using extra pinups, buj there have lDeen iio results as yet. Car.-, bondalp No. 3 shaft, Carbondale No. 2 and .Termyn No. 1 have also been compelled to shut down. In several of these mines the pumps are under water .and therefore of no use. Th# Koi'tli f'prk track Is nearly all ft way, all the trestles jyfag; iSfniie except one. In the  it Is estimated that the los»Dj^HfeTfiilroad and coal exceed $2,000,000. Ou( of main line double t r aote^olJ V»ue mile remains, and ajyyrwfdges are gone. Some of were of tLi- hpayiest mason(fcagM'b-on, but they could not resist jAMnrfl Liullotv Comlnv Home HI. wSnolulu, June J.0, via San Francisco, .Tune 24.—Among the passengers On the transport Buford, which called in here for coal on her way from Nagasaki. to San Francisco, was Brigadier General William Ludlow, who recently went to the Philippines to take charge pf a military division there. The .£11- rfiatp was unfa and he is returning home in the hope of recuperating. He contracted tuberculosis in the Philippines, and his condition is serious.-J**'  Cnuideu Sell* Coal Interenta. Fir* In ttufTnto. Parkersburg, W. Y»., June 24.—Former United State«*Heuator J, & Cam- who. Individual Interests |he Fgit'iuout eoaltlelds, lias disposed of all of hhr holdings, which are considered the most valuable of any Included In tljfc recent deal there. It is reported that'Sena% Camden received $500,000 cflslj and w$ receive £100,000 mr W years whether or Lor coal is produced on the land leased, or an aggregation of $15,300,000 in 50 years. Buffalo, .June 24..—Tho pork packing establishment of Ivttrick Bros, on How-1 ard street was totally destroyed by fire last evening;. According to the estimates of one of the members of the firm, which l* eoniposed of Charles.and Christian Klinck, the value of sto£k and machinery In the building was uearly $100,000. About all «»f the buildings the firemen was able to Have was the refrigerator house, in which was about $4,000 worth of dressed uipat. The damage t& the building*, oflice fbri nit\m», tie., apart frou). stoc k Is abittlj | $40,000. The plant was well oov Insurance. x " ,V - ' Best Flonr... • • vfl Feed, all iclads -jJ Oats, "per bnshel.. • • • Oats, *5 bushel  Hay, per 100..... , Best Batter  No. i Brown. t catiFflne Peaches  3 cans Corn.... ,•»' y i jpjty Canned Corn, iy 1 ffm , ArbnckVi^He^jj upFfoi'ce of the flood. pThjB {Jrozler company, one of the largest lost a 1,000 horsepower plectlrffc plant and man)- buildings and [ colie otcm. Tlie'r loss Is said to be $50,- 000. TORNADO IN OHIO. Considerable Damage Done to Property In the Village of Middleport. Mlddleport, O., June 24.—A tornado Kwcpt over the lower part .of this place Sunday morning. The destruction of . IDroperty la great. HouBes. barns and . smaller buildings blown to pieces. Many roofs were' torn from buildings and carried squares away. Hundred*1 n ' ct tioes were torn up by the roOts., ' Street car trafflc Is entirely suspended" in the lower part of the town. i.Siji- ■ Oeaenil Wood's Illneao. Th« Secretary Prostrated. The Houston company Is damaged some $20,000. The Tlerney Interest, consisting of four collieries, will lose $75,000. There are over 20 collieries whose damage is Many miles of tbcli- tracks leadiug to coke ovens and mines are gone. In some instances nine locomotives and cars have been swept for miles down the stream. Fifteen hundred laborers have been rushed to the scene tp work bn repairs, ami it is expected that telegraphic comnmnlcaijpn will be established by this after- Havana, June 24.—The reports prated In some American newspapers ll»| Governor General Wood Is Buffering from yellow fever are untrue. The governor had an attack of the grip, but la now much better. lie was not confined to his bed for an entire day during his Indisposition.  Secretary Hay arrived here a| 6 o'clock last evening. He alighted from the train alone, waved aside a group of newspaper men and almost staggered to a carriage. His face indicated the- greatest suffering. He accompanied a committee of three leading Yale classmates of bis son to the prlyat* home of Mr. Mosely In Wall street. He had hardly arrived when he exhibited such signs of prostration that He was put to bed, .and Dr. Samuel I). Gilbert, a specialist, was called in. He declared Mr. Hay suffering from nervous exhaustion and said that he needed absolute yest of least a day!" Miss Helen iiiiy' arrived here at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Hay is in Newbury, N. fl. The youngest son of Mr. Hay. Clarence, who Is in a preparatory school in Himsbury, was not able to leave there fast evening, lDi|t is expected today. Samuel Mother,' brothef-Jn-law of Mr. Hay, is on his way from Cleveland, nnd Mr. and Wade of Cleveland, cousins of Mr/Way, were reached rby a private mcs«0ge~to Son I'rnncisoo, Juuo 24.-tnuispires that Princess* Hnt*feldV.gtlbpted daughter of the Inrt'-ColHs P. Huiitini; tou, is to rcralve approximately $1,000,- 000 of the Huntington fortune la action to bequeathed her by tti**term8 of fifc'r adopted fathers will. This additional million, will come to her not as any resirtt of  litigation, for the princess has never, contemplated beginning a will contest; put n's 11 result of the voluntary falipt-HS of IIenry E. I limt (Hilton ill vitMV of thq remdrkoW- rceent lye.reQ.sq |n (VlP valij'e of 8APUT1C1CCS Wt by tile gj;eal railway king. OetV Million. • Thret Klll«4 by Train. Baltimore, .Iiiue 3J»iA party of Boihewloo picnickers wife crossing the Philadelphia, wilruinafco* Burt ,Baltimore railroad bridge oyer Badujlver, near tills city, last night wijtbjjjf express train struck a of them. 1'tie dead. nil jWWfei  Baltimore, are Mrs. Krob and Mrs. the naily, '» n ilroppefl* Vtjuywil Ch« tl« aud cliqRTo ot them until the train passed. JjV ,jJ» V * *+ . *, I Cure# croup, ®ow»rCmti©u»mon»ry  bles—Hipntrch over p*ta of ei&y ■ort.' 1%. Thorn*#' Bclectrlc Oil. EES! Washington, June 24.—Mrs. McKlnley's strength has Increased to the extent that she Is now able to walk around her bedroom for some time each day. Her general condition continues satisfactory. «pij Df. Rl*ev said lasf night that she had' passed a comfort#- ble day. ' ' Mrs. McKlnley Able to Walk. ■ ' ALLIED VILLAGERS ARE QOXEftS. ires D10011, Many DfOWRtd In Cllncfi VjiJlpy, New in Name Only, Being Composed of! Boxeri, and Anti-Foreign in Purpose. ' Pekln, June 24.—The authorities here are alarmed at the revival of the Xfoxer movement under the name of the Allied Villagers. They profess to Lie organized for mutual protection, but the real object Is anti-foreign. The sillied Villagers are particularly actlvo In the neighborhood of Tien Tsin. count the fences and habitations necessary for the cultivation of 111* Iflnd. Professor Mead estimated the value of water fights In Colorado' streams at $CJ0,000,00a Ijiter advices from the Cllhcli Valley division conlirui the reported drowning tell persons. Senator Kyle Very 111.' • ''f' mm fibod Glorious aw* Dyspeptics cannot be long-llTed betthp* to live requlree nourishment Foodls Mfl noarlshlDK ontll It fa (Jlgwttfl. 4 tfomacli caopo't Cltge»t toofl, It mat. t|**» tjs.lrtance. Koflol CupjMk *11 ktafe « taoi without aid fD«$*)4atote♦icb, allowing It to rest and regain  ural functions. Its elements are  flukuCftqg] 4AlH-r(liDcn. S. D., .Tur\o lii HonutoP "Jamos J(, Kjl£, who Iihh boon 1U tor wyejgil duD. in inn very nerloiw eornH(lon,j(iid tC^ur« ore entertained tliot he U)ay£4t Afover. Henit trouble la the illness, j\uC1 the attack Is to the one that prostrated ;$ie at C'evelnml two ago. A finally named Hook, living near the river, close to Pounding Mill stnlioo, on (he Clinch Valley division, jvere all drowned, six perishing. There Is no damage pr| tills division west of SwordB creek, 00 miles out, and practically no rainfall. It Is expected that the line will be opened for traffic today.Cornea from Dr. D. B. Carglle, of Washita* I. T. Ha writes: "Electric Bitters has cured lira. Brewer of scrofulas wbjcfi had caused her gr*st Buffering for fefu*.' Terrl c.e sores would break out op her head and f*ce, and the best doctors could give no help; but now hpr health If ercel.ent." Electric Bitters "|s the nest blood purifier known. .*t'a the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, nit rheum, ulcers, bolls, and running sores. It at|mul9tes liver, kidney and bowels, ekpejf ppjsop* helps digestion, builds up the strength.' OnVy' BO cents. Sold by Stroh's rharmacy. PUtsttm. and W. C i'rlce, Plttston. Guaranteed. laundry Jp hla recent chut upon modern books Mr. Howells has voiced the sentiments of a great many literory and thinking people when he declares that the era of the half million copy novel Is but a transition ooe connecting a period when reading was done bf Ihe few with a fntnto time when reading with discernment will be done by Uje wW- The popular fiook, all thinking people realize, is not necessarily a good book, and the advertisement of tho publisher that a novel lias sold Into tbo hundreds of thousands (Joes not stamp it as one of literary merit. Yet the reign of tip popular and ephemeral book does not mea# /} Regeneration of literary taste. , , As Mr. Howells says, we **»t not think the layers of a half million copy novel ore recreant lovers of. Hawthorne and'George Eliot and Thomas Hordy-Tlio. most part of them never heard oj fhose authors. Wo may liken onr Immeasurable mental level to tbo wild, uncultivated prairie country, which, wbei) mp-n facta to plant it with trees, they first pjaRt" with the coarse, rank Cottonwood. After a generation or two of Cottonwood thry can grow oaks And elms and maples o% the prairie, but not at first. Von may bt sore that the plains In which the UtcrorD_ eot'tonwoods now flourish bare BeVet grown oaks or elma or maples. Cp to the time the readers of the recent successes began to. read them they hao read dime novels IWCI story papers or they went to the theater*. And tftis Stage Is therefore a hopeful one, foe tfctfS books reclaim from illiteracy a w[de »«■« of humnulty and wi|| convert lhc» finally into fields of Its dan1 The Popular Novel Bra. , ; theItni *a the natural die hey rcach^^fj netly d CM mi V tffat ItiAlig kflQWfl to wqflwp t of Hie win (low. prices. -« l»«.i O troll ,,n,i I (««»|rrMirn, VKy iifrMvxicn. June 24.—I'jhis aqi aecusfldof counterfeiting -Vuitr Icnu dollars, have been declared p(J6- soiuptively mUlty nnt) will be JeUf trial. OtognMops are bt\|qg&(rflWr by tlie police far npituititus ■■►.to bavq" Un-in In Uielr work. A pathetic story is told of a Hungarian family at Keystone. The father was at work In the mines and when' the alarm was given" did not reach the drift month unm the tpwn was partially inundated.. Hp made his way to the cabin where- his wife and newborn bflhe were lying helpless. He tried to rescue bofli, and after a fleree.i battle with the waters,'logs and debris i |ie reijvbed a lfloce of safety with them, aply }discover that bath were denS. (innieuse landslide that occur tied on'U.e farm of A. J. Illgglatliree miles from Tazewell. vSyswept away the house qf Paris Van Ilyke. So sudden was the catasfroplic |hop the 111 nut tea had no warning nt all- Txvq of the children, one a young man of J7:yriirs and the other 1 years, were killed or ilrownrd, #nd their bodies were recovered a mile, and a Unit below where the bouse had stood. . .- ». Another son, years old,. IV IBffllJr brnlstd and cut'-and willJlkeljr «lle. A little girl was Cliriled one dial? mile In the mass of stone*. logs and other debris, bnf will recover. The mother was p»rrii'|| 4W) yiirils nut) Is only f||tgl|tly founded. The trainmaster of th« Norfolk and Western railroad walked the track between Vivian irtid North fork, • distance of 12 pjlles. He discovered New London, Conn. T mu SYMPATHY FOB HAY, Medical Examiner asked ill's opliilpii tit'tli last evening. Earl Roberts Cables a Kind Message I from London. ' Lonrton. June 24.—The following ca- Megi am of condolcnce was sent to See. rotary of State Hay, today. by Earl Bolicrts: "I deeply sympathize with you in the tragic Cleath of your con flis kindness and courtesy to our prla " cjicrs at Pretoria will ever be moat '• giatefully remembered. (Signed) Bob- of Mr. Hay's CleatlD, «*l itlon "The doctors told me my codgtl m lacurable. One Minute Coogh Con Made me a veil man." Norrls Silver, Nortfc Strmtfort. N. H. Because joa're not faoaUNiM from a stubborn eousti, dop t despair. qn« *fM»- nte Cougfi Care hM cored tnoqtan4*» ud It will care yoa. Safe ao4 "are- T. Jf- Vetee, Pltutoa, Btrob'e Weet flttston. "My verdict to unCHi an accident. Ju* v lod health, .nnot have a da eyerydentl»try rt .... i-'JPMfe- extracted without pain by aid of ijj$allzed air. Dr. Reap, II a Main •£????£ his dentil wc camlet***. ¥«iii D Joli n*nn Prrnchcl. WClerclaM, June •■D■!—p. ' Jolinson gC^junle(l Euclldf C\CW- »DMK» awtlSS^-*S W$ he slipped anil fpU ou1 .......... He struck on jhe oafte of hU hk\Ui and right'side. Outside of the crushing of his skull not a bone was broken or # serious injury discovered. The right leg and arm, on which Mr. Hay partly fell, were slightly bruise^." but there is uo doubt . *s I an tteMBHSert in ifoenJoyaWfc. ' 1' " (yUESHIHG ? DB IE?  « Monffer P»vll fl«h fcrts. commander-in-chief." Lord Cham-keilain sent a similar message. Ufa Allen'* Foot-Ease In Y4ur Glove*. A lady writes: "I shake Allen's FqotEasc Into my gloves anil rn|) a l((t(e feind*. It saves my gjoTes by »Mor|itM perspiration. It Is a most dainty tolls* powder." We larlte the attention of pbjttctanS and nnrses to tlie absolute partly ot Alley's Voet-Ease. Dr. W. C. Abbott, editor ot tw PwtrojlM Its victim, Is • type ot Constipation. The power of tbls malady Is felt on organs, nerves, mnseles and brain. Bat Dr. King's New Life mils are a safe sad electa la on, Beet la tke world Mr StoetteH with duhT ope ot our pRtraMt . ;va» mm am mm* ess";: t#.s.unm. JQRTPt MAIN MT. AnnulptmcMi Mr. Hay, ✓ —V- rjPDBi i»k» p? CAILLES HA8 SURRENDERED. Waaliiutftou, June 24.—llnd Adalbert Etair'Hwsd until today announcement ot lito appointment as assistant secretary to the president oft£s.. United State* would have been nDa0e fropt the White House; A vacaucy'lirtbat office existed through the appointment of Major O? t\frndeij to be c pi&mas'ter lit th£ It was as assistant ser- President Lincoln that .toUn Hthe father, tlrs\ |h'cbhk'  ■pttblfc-qffairs. Klltl ,tfcD 4eai» ol ■dent Mt'Kiuley to appoint hi* son ofltce pleased him greatly, tendered to AdeK paresis* General MacArthur Wire# the War DeD » partment Conflrminfl the Press %D y Renwt*'"- - — - 4W •«* 'Washington, June 24.—General Macijnr/Artbur today cabled the war depart WH* rvent confirming tbe press reports of W~ surretider fif General Caltles. • I LI Mr, Kidney* and Bomla. Onlj 25 caata. fottuUin LI! U*. Lemon i jr. Ofnill B««r,i Cfckago Clinic, aaya: "It fa a grand prapiHtkiB.i I am ualnf It conatantly In my pPhtetica.**? All dm* and nhoe itmintt It, 25e. Sample aeat FBBB. Addreaa, iiiaa Croupy Sound* »«mDB»byVGf1(i at Bight are agbnl,ln» t. Djf- m »ln » Croup-Ttocture *H1 ifUMf "»up, *#» u administered. « (I *Uo * *e»»r HlUttI remedy 'tor coughs, toWa aad Inas oo» plaints. TDUti'lH Mats par MlkD •ym tm «' Wew* KD bar ketr eewer pipe and fitting* of ua. We hare the vl trifled Mlt tlized pipe. top n. Olmsted, UB07, N. T. rfCuotymi.'w rrchite A-aeren ipmln will uraaH? disable lBjarad diK-i for three «r'' todf 'wi lUnj «») twTe WDw»T«. :.T^rsss.&.fval For Wit by luttt, rack * uCdM mine aad J. BL Putt arson & Co. Shelley Of, » ■ '-Ji D*n«er, dlaeaae CV»th follow netted off the bowela. Uaa DeWltt'a Uttle *»r»» Klim to mvtat* tbcm end joa will add, Flagging .'•nd m ton, June 24—Forecast untl r,Wt