Pittston Gazette

              * * . ■: t A C04 .d. In the Quatt*. Thar* iffectiva m odium of raaeh- want all the nawa of yoar 1 • ry w « to no more home town? Than aubacrlbe for the Gazette. The only newspaper published In the city. Ing the 90,i dren In thll men, women and ehll- communlty. 40o A HOI DAILY ESTABLISH. ■ITHEO.HARTUK. Modern Eye-Glass Fitting. Always The Gheaptst oOr army in GOOD CONDITION, SAMPSON AMERICAN OFFICER KILLED. LORENZO SNOW DEAD A GIGANTIC TRUST. IS AFTER HIS CRITICS Compare our goods with MJT-D body s. We are glad to make comparisons. Note tbe prices tor thfal week. «ofce of Filipino® Defeats Inlttd Troop* Thouaand MUea of Railroad. (omblnatlon to Control Twenty-lT® BARRED OUT Manila, Oct. 11.—A detachment of the Twenty-first company of Mdcdbebes encountered rt large force Of insurgents near Ltpft, province of Batangas. Lieutenant Beau of the Macabebes was killed, and oiie of the force was wounded; New Ydtk, Oct. 11.—Pious to form a railroad combination with £l capital tliat will dwarf that of the billion dollar steel trust were announced prematurely in Wall street yetterday. The scheme contemplates the formation of a "holding company" to take over the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Railroad companies, which together own the stock of the Burlington. 100 pairs 10-4 White, Orey and Tan BlaukotH, with fancy borders. Head of Mormon Church Expires Suddenly* Buller Censures NewspdDC efs Thai Find Fault. The Admiral Has No Standing In Schley Case. OORRECT, SCIENTIFIC, UP-TO-OATE. Our Optical fijpartinpnt Is thorouglily equipped with every facility for doing flr&t class work. Our Refracting room IsDrivHte, thereby removing the annoyanoe iind embarrassment oftenoccasioned by delng such work in the open store. Onr C Optician lacoropeteut, pains-taking and with large experience. He won la be pleased to talk with you at any time about your eyes without any cost to you whatever. One C f tbe snecial features ntour Optical Department at this time is ouf Solid Bold Spring f rami* $1.00 i lost Eyo-Slasses, a Pair — They are without question the BE8T glasses ever oSerw for the money. Don't fall to see fcheiii. At 49 Cento a Pair. Mod's Hoavy Nataral Woo# Hhirta and Drawers, The enemy strongly intrenched. After two hours' fighting the Americans retreated to await re-enforcements. The insurgents numbered over 000, were armed with Remington and Mauser rifles and apparently had plenty of ammunition. For 39 Cento Each, Women's Fleece Lined Vest* and Pants, extra heavy weight. Powderlyatthe White house. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. HE KNOWS HIS BUSINESS, Colorado Southern Southern R. R. Sugar  Atchison  Atchison, pref. .. Brooklyn Traction CUes. and Ohio .. U. S. Steel  U. 5. Bleel, pref. . Manhattan El. ... Mo. Pacific  People's Gas .... Col. Iron and Fuel So. Pacific  Copper  13% 86% 118% 77% 96% 61 45% 43% 93',8 120% 96 105% 1 92D,i ....... 57% 90 LEIPER'S DISAGREEMENT. WAS ILL BUT A SHORT TIME The completion Cjf such an undertaking. calculating Great Northern stock •t $200 a share and Northern Pacific common at $125 and the preferred at par. would result in the formation of a company operating 18,718 miles of a railroad, with a share capital of $425.- 000,000 and a bonded debt of $637,282,- 000, or a total capitalization of more than $1,000,000,000. For 25 Cento Each, Men's Extra Hoavy Blue Denim Overalls, . For 45 Cento a Pair,• Children's Eiderdown Coats\inall colors, nicely trimmed, \ ' Front 75 Cento Up. \ He Claims Thai the Blockadatng The OljJ Man Was a Most Rabid Polyg- Secretary Broderick Says Kitchener Squadron Did Not Meve Closer to Martin, a teacher at Mauban. was captured by insurgents while visiting a neighboring town under an escort of 'uative police. The next day his captors, relenting, tied him in a hammock and carried him to a point within a mile of the town and released him, sayiug he was a noncombatant. amist and Had Suffered Imprison- Has Had Every Demand Complied A TROLLEY FATALITY. the Shore at Night Than in the ment Under the Edmunds Law— With—Botha is Report«d to be in Day Time. Had Five Wives and Fifty Children. Full Retreat. Ladies' Ribbed or Plain Black All Wool Hose, .u O Washington, Oct. 11.—Through hii counsel Rear Admiral Sampson de manded of the Schley court of Inquirj that he be given a standing In the case The court denied the request. Salt Lake City. Oct. 11. —Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, better known as the Mormon church, died unexpectedly In his home, the historic JJJeehlve House, yesterday afternoon after an illness that had,been serious for less than tWenty-fon# hours. The immediate cause of his death was hypostetlc congestion superinduced by aggravated bronchitis. Several weeks ago President Snow contracted a cold. He was at his desk, however, attending to business as late as Tuesday. A few hours later he was seized with an attack of nausea, which continued at intervals throughout the day. His physicians were called and remained in constant attendance until death came. But the managers of the scheme contemplate taking in the St. Paul, thus eventually making a total mileage of more than 20.000 miles. Estimating St. Paul's share capital for both the common and preferred stock at $200 a share, the total share capital of the greater company would be $617,794,800, with a bonded debt of $702,420,000, or a total capitalization of $1,500,000,060. London. Oct. 11.—Speaking afteV a luncheon given in his honor by the King's Royal rifles, Geherill Sir Redvers Buller. whose recent appointment as commander of an aruiy corps has been ntncli criticised; expressed his condemnation of the newspaper criticisms of mC0 who were doing their best and risking their lives for the Country. He asserted that nobody junior to him was litter to command an army corps, and he challenged the prltics to name one. 15 Cento a Pair. Children's Flannelette Sleeping Garments, all sises. 3(. 5^9(9 For 25 Cento a 0nN. Men'i Heavy Scarlet Merino Sbirta and Pants, Two Stranded French Fishermen Rescued at Sea. The entire police force of Catanag, province or Tayabas. numbering eleven. have been carried off by insurgents armed only with bolos. Presumably the police made no resistance, as they were well armed with carbines and re- Car and Foundry . O. & W  Pennsylvania .... Reading  Reading, pref. .. Tcnn. C. & I. .... Leather  Rubber  Union Pacific ... Union Pacific, pref Wabash, pref. ... Western Union... M., K. & T  TluNlay's proceedings began tVlth th* recall witnesses for th* correction of their testimony and the addition of such points as might have suggested themselves since their retire ment from the witness stand. Optlalan and Jiwiler, 36 WEST MARKET ST., WltKESIARRE.PA, 25 Cfliifs Each. Children's Ready-Mad* flannelette Dresses. From 25 Crntm Up. Men's Heavy Knit Wool Hose, For 12 1-2 Cento a Pair. volvers. Washington, Oct. 11.—The surgeon general of the army, George M. SteVn berg, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, made public this morning, states that the general health of the army Is unusually good, considering the large proportion of soldiers serving In tropical countries. The death rate last year from all causes was 7.78 per thousand, as compared with 7.89 during the previous year. The total number of soldiers killed by gunshot wounds during 1900 was 377. of which 305 were killed in action. 21 by accident, 30 suicidal and 21 monocidal. MAY KILL MISS STONE The graud scheme of consolidation, however, does not stop here, but contemplates the absorption ultimately of auxiliary lines in the northwest, such absorptions bringing up the share and bond capital of the great railroad combination to the stupendous sum of $2,- 000,000,000. Du tlir part of tlie government 1h cnusins tlio |«*o|Dle of the country serious They were followed by Lieutenant Edward F. Lelper, who had begun hi* testimony on Wednesday. concern We arc now showing the lateat " novelties in Ladies' Shirt Walata and Dress Skirts for Fall and ,W1«D' ter Wear. RITorta to Reacne Her May Canae Brlitnnda to Pat Her to Death. Washington, Oct. 11.—Bulgaria's efforts to rescue Miss Stone, it Is feared, may lead to her death. General Buller paid he had been attacked on account of a telegram which it was said he had sent ordering General White to surrender Ladysinlth after his (Buller'si attack on Colcnsoon Dec. 13, 1SUU, had resulted unsuccessfully. General Buller described at length his own and General White's difficulties at that time. He said that at that tiuie he prepared a 'message telling General White that his (Buller'si attack had failed, and he could not make another attempt to relieve lilni within a month ill the then slow fighting. "Tinis no wonder Unit the contlnunine of tin' wni' should cnuse nnslety. Iitil II' II Is I'nimoil by any of the above iiientluiK'il eoiiHlrterallons It mny be set It 11 St.' The home government lifts nev- IT In uiiy way luti'ifercil with the military dispositions of Ueueial Kitchener. In whose vigorous prosecution of the Cniilldriicn In Kltchofier* Captain Lemly resumed the question Ing of Lieutenant Lciper by asking him concerning the blockade of Santiago by Commodore Schley. The witness said that when the New Orlenns joined the blockade the vessel* were lying in column from six to eight miles off shore n little to the eastward of directly south of the mouth of the From what the Washington authorities have been Inclined to criticise as dilatoriness the Bulgarian government has Jumped to the utmost energy in connection'with MIhh Stone's case. Ad vices received by the state department show that a military force has been set in motion against the mountain stronghold In which the brigands, with their captive, have taken refuge. IT PAYS TO IUT IT HE PEOPLE'S STOK£- VENEZUELANS DEFEATED. The church authorities became alarmed at his condition, and most of the leaders, together with such members of his large family as could be called Boston'* "Third Rail Eye." Boston, Oct. 11.—The complaint called "third rail eye" which has become common since the elevated road began operations lias been made a subject of inquiry by the railroad commissioners, and a report upon it has been made public. The board also uses the ttrm "third rail eye" to descybft the ocular Injury sustained by hundreds of people from minute steel parttcles ground off rails and wheels. The board's expert, E. K. Turner, finds that 1HD per cent of the falling particles come fiom the wear of rails, wheels auCJ brake shoes and that the remaining small percentage only can be attributed to the third or conductor rail and other causes. General Rlvnn l.eil the InnnrRenta. war 11 lias rut li e confidence. General Kitchener took command on Nov. 20. It mm ». Only once lias he asked for more troops, in December. 1000, when General IV Wet entered Cape Colony." IS SOUTH MAIN ST. «XT TO DHIRV't. Port of Spaiti. Trinidad, Oct. 11.—Advices from Clmlaif Bolivar announce flint the Venezuela revolutionists com manded l\v General Geronlnio Rivas have attacked and defeated the Venezuelan government troops under General Arostegui near Barrancas, in the sD.te of Bermudez, and tlint General At'ostcgui has been laken prisoner. It Is further announced that tlie Venezuelan troops have joined arms with the revolutionists. (sermnM Snllom Attneked. On cross examination Mr. Raynet called the attention of the witness to the stateineut of Captain Folder, who had been in command of the New Or leans, that the ticet was nearer tin* shore at night than in daytime and asked whether lie agreed with his commanding olllcer. harbor. Qvans GREAT FORTUNE CLAIMED. , General Buller said he read this telegram over several times, saying to himself, "That's a mean thing to send a fellow," but he knew the responsibility was his and thnt General White could say If he surrendered that General Buller had advised It. The same telegram suggested that it might be necessary to surrender, and In that case General Buller made some suggestions as to what General White should do and how he should do it. thinking that it would be cover for a man whom he believed to be in greater difficulties than hiB own. Mr. B rod rick states that these troops were sent and adds thnt the only reason more troops were not sent wns because the military authorities said the war was nearly over nnd they were not needed. The only excuse for there being no meetings of the cabinet, for which the government has been severe* !y criticised, is that none is needed. Such meetings might indicate a want of confidence. A Polish Jew of Qalacia Says He is the Heir of a Wealthy Bishop. Vienna, Oct. 11.—Aaron Horowitz, a Polish Jew of Rzymanow.. Galicia. claims to be the heir of the late Bishop Horowitz, of San Francisco. The bisli- emigrated fifty years ago to America. He settled in San Francisco, became a priest and Anally a bishop. He died a few years ago, leaving $75,000.- 000. As no heirs to the bishop were known to exist, the money was put in chancery. Two lawyers are en route to America to represent Aaron Horowitz in his claim. Consul General Dickinson fears that if an attack Is made the brigands will not hesitate to murder Miss Stone. He is making urgent representations to the Bulgarian government to direct its force to await the result of the negotiations with the brigands before authorising an attack. brothers' !Priott. The witness replied: "As a fleet or squadron I do not agree that they moved closer to the shore at night. I have an Indistinct recollection that the New Orleans the first evening was lying a little farther off.shore than the Brooklyn.Best Patent Flour, per bbl . $4.50 *•35 Government troops from San Felix commanded by Gcnerdl Afrlcano sustained a defeat near that town at the hands of tin- revolutionists under General Vidal. General Afrlcano escaped to San Felix. Once the woman is liberated, this government will urge Bulgaria to take vigorous measures for the arrest and punishment of all concerned In Miss Stone's abduction. Feed, per 100 . Bran and Br. Midd., A (ilKiiateli to the Central News from Oiirlinn, Natal, says the Boer cominnliik't'ticuonil Botha Is in full retreat and Ik lielng hotly pursued by Ui'iieial Britoe Hamilton's troopH and other British columns. Ponltlon of the Nfw Orleann. New York/Oct. 11.—The nominations made by the Tammany county and borough coiurfAtion held last night In are as follows: For Justices court, Robert A. Van mayor), Charles W. (fTDrmer postmaster). Charles H. Knox and Morgan J. O'Brien (now a Justice): Judge of city court, John P. Schuchman; sheriff. John T. Oakley; county clerk, George H. Fahrbach; district attorney, Henry W. Vnger; register. Frank J. Goodwin; president of the borough, Isaac Fromme; coroners. Edward T. Fitzpatrlck, Edward W. Hart, Jacob E. Bail Sell and Antonio Zucca. Tommnny'i Ticket. Tlie British royal mail steamship Kden has arrived from La Guayra. Venezuela, and brought the following story: "When the Brooklyn took up het course east, the New Orleans had to go In probably a quarter or possibly half a mile to get her position In the rear of the Brooklyn, but it was no more than that. 1 was simply to stand in. It may have been that that gave the captain or commanding otlicer the Impression that we were closer in at night." Duke and Dnohemi In Toronto. per 100 1.15 Toronto, Oct. 11.-The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall reached Toronto yesterday, and their entry Into the city was marked by a great popular demonstration of welcome. A storm that sent rivulets of muddy water through the streets and took the starch out of the decorations swept over the city, but wind and rain had no appreciable effect upon the throngs that turned out to aid in the welcome and show of loyalty. The city was splendidly illuminated last night. Ten searchlights lent by the United States government were kept In play from the tower of the city hall, and all the public and many of the larger private and business buildings were outlined in light. General Buller's speech has made a tremendous stir. The newspapers are divided In their opinions of It. Dnller IIoh Made a Stir, Oats, per bu 45® Potatoes, bu 75# Butter, Finest Dairy, lb . 24* Lard, pure, lb iac Gheese, Full 6 ream, lb . lao So flee, £nrdi2"® lb 110 Tobacco, 40c RE8CUED AT SEA. Lord Kitchener reports thtfTtlic constabulary have recaptured a seven pounder which tliey liad lost last July ami that General Botha, the Boer commander in chief, who has recently been operating in Zululaud, has crossed the Plvaan river on his way north. * When in need of Two French Fishermen Brought to About fifty soldiers from the German cruiser Vbieta last Sunday night became engaged in a street row in Porto Cri hello, Venezuela, with some resi dents. Police In civilian clothes interfered. and a light ensued. Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent, member of parliament fo.r central Sheffield, said that he had received an important communication from Secretary of War Brodrick "affecting the whole military policy in South Africa.'*"In his letter Mr. Brodrick says that every demand made by General Kitchener for troops, horses and supplies has been Immediately complied with. He says: New York by a Liner. LORENZO SNOW. New York, Oct. 11.—On board the Ham burg-American liner Graf Waldereee, which arrived this morning from Hamburg, were two fishermen who •were rescued from a small boat. The men belonged to the French fisherman La Bretagne and became separated from their boat in a fog while tending trawls. When discovered by the lookout of the Waldersee, they had been without food or water for five days, and were so weak as to be unable to 6tand. Mr. Rayuer called attention to the fact that the log of the New Orleans placed the distance of that vessel from the Morro at four and one-half miles, and the witness said this was true. by telegraph and otherwise, remained in the sick ch/unber until the end. Snow's {Wuth dissolves the first presidency, which he was the head, his two counselors being Joseph Smith and Rudger Clawson. CutII his successor shall be chosen, which may not be until the yearly conference next April, the leadership of the church will devolve upon the council of twelve apostles, of whk'U body Mr, Smith Is the recognized head. Unless death should come to him In the meantime Mr. Smith will be the next president qt the church. President Snow became the head of the ehurdi in 1806, succeeding Wilford Woodruff. Two petty officers of the Vincta wait Ing al the wharf to take the Vineta's boat were attacked by the police and badly wounded. All the German* ashore were unarmed. The officers were car tied on board the Valesia by the Vale Inorennf In Money " Washington- Oct. It.—The forthcoming report ol' Superintendent Metcalfe of the money order system will show that the money orders sold at postofflces throughout the country during the past tiseal year reached a total of OOO.tH'O in round numbers. This is an Increase of almost $40,000,000 over the Lieutenant Lei per said in further re ply to questions that his estimate of the distance out was entirely due to visual observation. "We have 200.000 men and 450 guns In South Africa. One hundred thousand men are training nt home. Our last returns show tli§t we are furnishing supplies from nefe for 814.000 persons and 23S,fw)0 horses and mules. We retain In South Africa a reserve of four months' food for animals. At present there are In the field 00 perfectly equipped mobile columns under picked commanded. We deliver 10,000 remounts lu South Africa nionthly. I am urged by many correspondents to give General Kitchener a free hand to push the war with sharp and effective strokes. It is suggested that Inactivity sin's crew Here'* n DIk Salary For Yon, Denver. Oct. 11.—Secretary Gage said at a meeting of Denver banking em ployees held to Instituted bhmcfi 0f the American Institution of Bank Clerks that the demand for good bank officials is greater than the supply. Said he: "If I knew that you were capable, I could take twenty young men from among you and place them in positions In various parts of the country which would pay $25,000. Fifty years from now the country will have a population of 100,000,000 people, and the banking business will Increase proportionately."It is said that the Venezuelan govern au nt lias requested the German minister to apologize for the sailors' conduct. It ir, believed in Caracas that the German minister Intends to ask Venezuela Judge Advocate Lemly then asked him. "Does what you have heard read from these reports, made in 180.5 and which do not appear to have been based upon actual experience iu action, change your views, formulated upon your own practieevwith the stadimeter and in action?" Tobacco, SX; 4b40D - Tobacco, iSS; MeKlnley Memorial Association. previous year NOTED PROFE8SOR DEAD. Cleveland. Oct. 11.—At the close of a meeting of the trustees of the McKIn ley National Memorial association. held in Senator Hanna's office here, a long statement was Issued to the public outlining the association's plans. It is proposed to raise about $C".500,000 by popular subscription to build a marble memorial at Canton In honor of the late president. The trustees, appointed by '.'resident Roosevelt, organized by electing the following officers: President. William II. Day, Canton. O.; vice president. M. A. Hanua. Cleveland: treasurer, Myron T. Herriek, Cleveland; secretory. Ryerson Ititehle. Cleveland, 'l'lie headquarters of the association will be located at Canton. Fournler Siuafthen Mobile Kecorda. Professor Greenough, of Harvard. To- to apologize New Yuri., Oft. 11.—Henri Fonrnier, crack clmulTetir of the world, with W. K. Ynnderbilt, Jr.. as his ridincj companion. smashed seven world's anto records for a track at the Empire City track. Foiii'uler covered six miles in dm. 47s„ which was seconds nnder the record held by Albert C. Host wick. day Passed Away. Kingston, Jamah a Oct. 11. —The British steamer Barbadian, wlitfli arrivt*«l lure yesterday. brought further rt»fiip..,.s r,vi:i t '••!*D!D. Colombia. They" Mnchinn fliti'" n F He lit, Snow was born in 1814 in Ohio. His father was a native of Massachusetts, his mother of Connecticut, and both were descendants of genuine Puritans. His sister was Eliza Snow, the most, distinguished woman In Mormon history. She was one of the wives of Joseph Smith, lie was baptized into the Mormon church In Klrtland, O., In 1830. Evans Bros. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 11.—Profes- Professor James Bradstreet Grinuill Greenough, of Harvard, died this moaning. He was a famous scholar, being emeritus professor of Latin at Harvard and colloborator in the widely known Allen & Greenough's series of Latin text books, so familiar to classical students of the past twenty years or more. The witness replied: "They do not change my idea of the stadlmeter. The Htndimeter is an Instrument that Is accurate at short ranges and becomes inaccurate at .higher ranges." ;-ay that a few days ago the rebels becaii to attack'a town near Colon, but d»»slstid owing to an order from the conuunuder of the United States gun boat Machias. Another attack on Boeas del Toro is feared. 46 SOUTH MAIN STREET. Lieutenant Commander William H. Ftchuetze. who a« lieutenant was the navigator of the battleship Iowa during the summer of llSW and who is now superintendent of compasses in the navy department, was the next wit San Franeisco. Oct. 11.—The Episcopal convention accomplished a great deal of routine wlork yesterday, but made little progress toward disposing of the canon on marriage and divorce, which came up before a committee of the whole in the house of deputies. The popular Interest In the subject was evidenced by the crowded galleries, a large majority of the spectators being women. Quibbles over words and the punctuation of sections, to which there was little opposition, took up much time. Little I'roKre** on Divorce Canon, FREE. FREE. For Early Fall Founded DrlKfouin City POWDERLY AT WHITE HOUSE. Just arrived at Donnelly's. Not the cheap kind that looks fairly good, but won't stand the wear. The best iu the country. Good material and well constructed. Every piece a beauty and will last a life time. Experience has taught Donnelly the best goods to buy. You get the benefit. These new goods include piano-legged, dining room tables, pillar extension tables, new swell sideboards, buffets, jardiniere stands, exclusive and odd designs ill ccuter taclusive and odd designs in center tablest very pretty) kindergarten chairs, etc. Prices 10 per cent, less than sold in Wilkcsbarro or Serantou for the same quality goods. Mr. Donnelly will be pleased to have you call and exam ine these goods. 11 S. Main. New Stock of Good Furniture. Snow iiad been one of the best students In Oberlln college, which was at that time an exclusively Presbyterian institution. He went to Europe as a Mormon missionary with Wllford Woodruff. Their procedure was much like that of the Salvation Army today. They beat the drum; shouted hymns !iiid were particularly successful In rural districts. Called to Consult on Anti-Anarchy Leg islation. Oct. ness, lie was a member of the board of navigators which prepared the official chart of the positions of the vessels engaged ou both sides in tlie battle of July U. and Judge Advocate Lonily ask ed him concerning the report made by that board which accompanied the chart. The witness said lie had not been satisfied with the report. There is no suit so appropriate for early Fall wpar aa the Double breasted Sack, and at no previous time in history have conditions been more favorable to its just popularity than at present. Nevet before have the patterns in woolens been so appropriate, nor the cut so artistic as have been de- Washington, 11.—Presideut Kooaevrlt CSnldc Arretted. Roosevelt will recommend drastic anti-anarchy legislation in liis coming message to Congress. Yesterday afternoon he summoned Commissioner General of Immigration Powderly to the White House ami had a long consultation on the subject. Denver, Oct. 11. Ernest Set on Thompson, the writer on wild animals, and .Tolin Goff. Colorado's famous guide, have been arrested lu Rio Blanco county for violation of the game laws »f Colorado. The arrest was made by Deputy flame Warden Bush, and a In isis, at the head of a train of 100 wagons, he made the overland trip from Illinois to the present site of Salt Lake City, and in all the work of founding and building up this city he was a leader. .For thirty years, beginning with 18T»2. he was a member of the territorial legislature, chiefly as presiding officer of the upper house. In 1S55, with fifty families, he founded and named Brigham City, In northern Utah, which was his home for many "I protested." lie said, "against sigr Ing the repmt as being inaccurate, but I was finally persuaded to do so b,\ the senior member of the board, Voni .minder Wainwright. who thought ftTat was the best we could do even if Wt •flayed there until doomsday, and I SinimmI Cuiler I'rotrnt. •ash bond was required to Insure the ippcaraiicc of the two men in court to inswer the charge made against them. tSoff was the guide with whom President Roosevelt hunted on his last trip Wood on Cnhn. FATAL TROLLEY COLLISION Wellington, Oct. 11.-The war department has made public the annual report'of Major (Jeneral Leonard Wood, com molding the department of Cuba, for tlie last fiscal year. The general says the conduct of the American troops in Cuba continues to be excellent. The total number of deaths of officers ami erTlisted men duVing the year was sixty-seven, a percentage of loss of 1.25. Yellow fever has now been almost driven from the Island. One Motorman Was Killed and An other Seriously Injured. Lawrence, Mass.. Oct. 11.—A serious head-on collision occured between two trolley cars on the Lawrence and Lowell line this morning. Motorman Jamerf F. Naglc was killed .outright and MbtormanCHenry Hart was badly injured. Roth conductors and a few passengers were slightly injured. to Colorado. signed for this season. We «* prepared to fill all the requirements in FINE TAILORING. tigned it under pretest I'rtNon Fop Annrchlata, Remnants of Dress Goods and Silks at halt price on Saturday, at Antrim's. ".My first objection was that the chart was inaccurate; that the position of the Iowa as plotted on this chart gave her ;?oo much speed. In order to keep the Iowa in relative position to tin- other ships for cert a hi distances she approx hnafoly appeared to be making eight •en knots when she was making nine -»r ten. Pari)*. Oct. 11. Laurent Tail hade, editor of Liberia Ire, the anarchist sheet, tried before the correctional police tribunal for the article he published In l.lbertaire during the visit of Emperor Nicholas to France inciting to the murder of the czar, was sentenced to Imprisonment for one year and to a fine if 1 .Cumi francs. M. Urandider, manager Df l.lbertaire, got six months arid a fine of loo francs. years. GILROY, Science Has Overcome all Difficulties of the teeth. If your teeth are not iu the condition nature meant them to ho, have them examined and treated by Dr. Welsh, surgeon-dentist, 14 S. Main street. Snow subscribed to the doctrine of polygamy and became one of Its most rabid evangelists. He was arrested In 1886 under the Edmunds law for polygamy and was convicted. &rThe Tailor. PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. Heating stoves at Ash's. Dr» Wilson, of Philadelphia, Will be Our Commercial Delegate. He was offered a pardon If he would abandou polygamy, but he refused to accept It. He was sentenced to eighteen months' Imprisonment, but was released before a year expired on a legal technicality. Since then he had not openly lived with his wives, but he had visited them clandestinely. Snow had five wives in all, so far as known, and more than fifty children. It Is said he had married several women since the Mormons swore to abandon polygamy. Rupture MY IMMENSE PRACTICE TREATING Perhaps Washington, Oct. 11.—Dr. W. P. Wil pon, of Philadelphia, will be appointed commercial representative of the Uniter States to the Pan American commission. Dr. Wilson called oil the President this morning and had a talk regarding the convention, which meets in the city of Mexico on the 23d Inst. C. M. Phelps, Forestdale, Vt., says his child was completely cured of a ha«l case of eczema by the use of Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of all counterfeits. It instantly relieves piles. Farrar. Peck & Roberts, Pittston and V' \ "Another objection 1 had was the initial position of the Brooklyn when I lie Spaniards first left the harbor. 1 contended t |at the Brooklyn's position was too close to the month of the harbor; that she was nof in her regular position. She was south of it. Washington. Oct. 11. The monthly report of the statistician of the depart inent of agriculture shows the average i*ondltlon of ctrn.on Oct. 1 to have been •2.1 per cent as compared with 51.7 last month. 7N.U on Oct. I, P.kmi. S2.7 at the •ojTespi Hiding date in 1 SIM I and 81.8 tin mean of the October averages of the Condition of Corn. You are not aware of the mony-savers we are offering you in the line of paints, oila, etc. Take a caieful glance at these prices. Wetherills Bro. Whtte Lead...$6.50 Grove Bro. O.ls yoc Turpentine ......55® Dryer •'•■5 Has been built up by Cnren Which Have Amtonight*] the World. TRUSSES WON'T rfsJ CURE RUPTURE. Lewis Ockerman, (loshcu, Ind: "Dc Witt's Little Early Risers never bend uie double like other pills, but do their work thoroughly and make me feel like a boy." Certain, thorough, gentle. For sale by Farrer. Perk & Roberts. IMttston and West Pittston. "I based that assertion on the fact flint when 1 first discovered the Span lards'cominv: mil of the harbor 1 looked over toward the other ships on our left, and the Brooklyn was very nearly EMPRESS VICTORIA ILL, asi ion years. Took Rank'N Fluid*. Suffering From Insomnia, Due to Tea Drinking. llerlin. Oct. 11.—Kmnress Auguste Victoria is indisposed, she is suffering from a bad attack of insomnia, due to excessive tea drinking in an effort to reduce her weight. •bond nib. directly Into the bar The Iowa was \iil to HcxiKn 3lacon, On., Oct. 11.-Loo R. Jonea, formerly president of the Naval Stores and Lumbermen's bank of Cordele, was arrested in Macon on an indictment charging an embezzlement of $1f»,000 or $20,000 of the bank's funds two years ago. Jonps had assumed the name of G. B. Smith and claimed Atlanta as his home. They're instruments of tor ture! Surgical ojKiratious are dangerous! In this age they are criminal! The onl? treatment on earth that never failed to cure a rupture to Htay cured is the CHEMIC ELECTRO METHOD. Throw Your Oue of the greatest triumphs Truss Away known to either medicine or electricity in the last fifty years. Syracuse Slates Embassador tov (icrmauy An drew ID. White, when informed that flic Berlin Tageblatt said there were rumors by way of London of Ills early Oct. II. Putted An Opportunity for Housekeepers. C 'ommandev regard in bis observations of the Brooklyn in tin battle »»f duly II. lie replied: liuctzo was asked in We have the most complete line of new fall carpets in pretty designs. All new patterns. New pieces of furniture arriving dally. Prices the very lowest in the city. J. B. Kirby, S. Main St. t2 "1 ;aw I lie Brooklyn nt the beginning of the action about port abeam of the Iowa I v i\ tier : »me minutes afterward. nlis'ii I"' appeared to be headed l illtje to ibe eastward of north. HOWLING AGAINST BULLER. whatever in the report I'visntttion, said there was no truth Putty  Dry Ochcr and red, per lb »C Gerstendorfer Bro. gold enamel »c Wall Paper as low as  — . 1 1 1— —: » I*iirdon«Dil by the President. Washington, Oet. 11. — President A PROMINENT MERCHANT 8AY8 One of the London Papers Demands His Resignation. the new gloves. An jip-tb-.dat© line at Corcoran Bros. Roosevelt has made seven prisoners happy by pardoning them. The men are .lames and Levi Colburn. who stole a mule: Odo Rcber, who eut government t tinner: X. E. Smith, serving in Alaska for larceny; John Myers, forger, and Frank and Walter Phipps, sen tone- Oil City. Pa.. Oct. 11. Harper's nitroglycerin factory at Ridge Farm, four miles from this city, wan blown up. The only persons about the place were killed. They were Clarence Ward, aged thirty-three, the manufacturer, and his assistant, Frank Gross, aged twentyfive. Ward's body was blown to atoms, and Gross was decapitated. Blown to Afomn. "I was afflic ted with a rupture, which made life a burden for years, and trusses seemed to add to my torture. I was flually induced by friends to try the CHEMIC ELECTRO METHOD of treatment, and obtained a prompt and complete cure. I take pleasure in recommending it to any one afflicted as I was. C. W. TAMMANY, Of the TammanyFurnlture Co., 41 E. Market St. Wilkesbaire, Pa. Window shades, ready-mixed Paint, brushes, glass, etc. Pictures and framing. T. S. & W. S. BarrHt, 109 Nortfj. Main St. London. Oct. U—The newspapers continue to howl against (leneral Builer. The St. James (Jazette today demands the general's resignation. A scandal similar to the Schley controversy Is likely to arise. very nearly broadside on. Soon afterward I saw her headed to the eastward, about due cast, l should say. That is the last I saw of her." YOU CAN EASILY EARN IN A FEW HOURS \ Handsome Couch, Rocker, Sideboard, Dress Skirt, Watch, Bicycle, Mackintosh, Violin, Mandolin, etc., by selling a $10 order of our Groceries to your friends and neighbors No money required. Oiir plan is easy and quick. Write today for illustrated catalogue, with full parti eulars. Tea and Soap Clubs a Specialty. t's clangorous o trillo with a colli, IM^Untfiilnliril N"w Haven, ii .fiipun l.rclnrrr. Oct. II The ed for perjury VARICOCELE. THE WEATHER, DR. JAMES' CHERRY TAR SYRUP, Storr course of lectures in the Yale \cir Wnralilp For Pnnnma. I cure Varicocele without the use of the knife, easily and i»ainlesaly. I cure all its sequential ills or Washington, Oct. 11—-Forecast until 8 p. m.. Saturday, for Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday., ' Law srhool was opened by K. Hafoya ina. the distinguished Japanese lawyer Washington, Oct. 11.—It Is the Intention of the navy department to send one of its vessels, probably the cruiser Philadelphia, to Panama In the near future to relieve the battleship Iowa, which has been watching over Aniert- LIvfH I.ottt In Stormn. FLORAL DESIGNS and CUT FLOWERS feasant to Inko—never fails Berlin, Oct. 11.—Reports have been received of the loss of some fortj' vessels in the North sea during the recent storms. Many lives have been lost. HYDROCELE. NEBVO VITAL DISEASES. BOSTON TEA CO.,Sc£„"X: Arranged appropriate for the occasion. Pi 1cm always the Lowest. 'Phone orders promptly attended to. Choice Rosas Always in Stock. order* left with the Misses Bmlarta, Water St., will receive prompt attention. J.B.CARPEHTER.rmmsT and QARDESIS. 0 cure pan. M llateymiia is here to attend cnnlal '»f Vale and to fecelve I guarantee a cure in evory case. I main tain that it is positively criminal to operate for the cure of Hydrocele. Hunting Season Opens Oct. 15. At c'rv of LL 1D. Every sportsman i; surely gottini 5 cents a bottlC The Homlieat Man In Pittston As well as tbe handsomest and others are invited to call on any druggist and get free a bottle of Kemp'a Balsam for the throat and lungs, a remedy that la guaranteed to McDonnell & Dobbie 76 S. Main St, Consultation and Examination FREE, NOW is the time to arrange for Hlectric Decorative Devices for Holiday Season. They may be rented at moderate prices and are very effective advertisers—moire popular this season than ever. bis hunting equipment in shape for the present season now. Maybe you'll BnmlltM Hold I'p n Train. Omaha, NelD., Oct. 11.—A Rock Islaud train due here l'rom Chicago is reported to have been held up near Avoea, la. The engineer is said to have exchanged shots with the bandits. Fine Goods. Prompt Delivery. Charges and terms reasonable. Satisfactory arrangements can bo made for credit. Offlce hours from 0 to 4 and (3 to 8. Sundays, i to 4 p. m. , WBITE FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET. find some of your equipment is not in as good condition as it should be, or People's Phote 50991 B.'ne Printing ana Old Phone 1282 ) Drafting a Specialty. Benjamin A. Crowther, lbs. Griffin ' ~ PHOTOGRAPH V % Studio ITS BRANSON. maybe you are going to buy a new gun this year, or need a supply of aramuni- cure and relieve all chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consump•— **  druggist, writes: "Your One Minute Cough Cure gives perfect satisfaction. My customers say it Is the best remedy for coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles." For sale by Farrer, Peck & Roberts, Pitt*te»|/wHDW*«rt PittBton. W. T. Wesson, Gholsoiwille, Va. MAILED FREE. Dr. Alex. O'Malley, tion. No matter what you want in the! Hue of hunting supplies, you'll find a I good assortment.at Schusslef & Becta-. fold's, N. Main, 3 doors South of the ARCHITECT Kroner III on Itlrtkday "' Citizens Electric Illuminating Co., Can't be perfect in health without pure blood. Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. Tones and invigorates the whole system. Amsterdam, Oet. 11.—Yesterday was President Kruger's birthday, but owing to his ill health no reception was held. (Specialist.) 159 8. Washington St., Wilkesbarre, Pa. [Wllkeabarre, Pa. BOARD OF TRADE BUILDINC. Reg. Patent Attorney. Plans prepared. REMEMBER I guarantee to cure every rase of Rapture, Varicocele or Hydrocele I act ept for treatment. WILLIAM STREET, PITTSTON, Pt PEOPLE'S 'PHONE 388. AJIPUTH KAIB ST. Ferry bridge,