Pittston Gazette

              ""S,. ' "p ' I J { • • . ■» • ,r - 04 f 3 2d YEAR. \ n fi^L^fABLIMHKDlS THBO. HART 1882. PITTSTONT PA., TUESDAY, DECE ;R 31, 1901. tw04&e£onthCOPY:} Six PAGES. SHARKEY AND JEFFRIES. THE VAN 8ANT CONFERENCE cruiser Sent to caracas. MANY GEMS RECOVERED FUNERAL OF GENERAL SEW6LL. What We BUDGET OF FOREIGN NEWS Ucrnifiny to Coerce Cnstro Witkoli Camden Pays High Honors to Her Dis- Matched to Meet Between Maroh 17 atid April 80. Incurring Oar Enmltr. Berlin, Dec. 81.—The "fmall German cruiser Gazelle has been ordered to ■all immediately from Kiel to Venezuelan waters. The government intends to send ene or two other small warships to re-enforoe the present German squadron in the Caribbean seti. The ndditions to Germany's naval force in the Caribbean will not be sufficient to give rise to suspicions among the people of the United States that Germany meditates anything beyond the collection of claims due German subjects, the German government desires beyond anything else in this matter to avoid disturbing the government or the people of the United States. The German newspapers are full ot expressions of this kind, and many of these expressions are so much alike that it is easy to infer their utterance was suggested by the government. A remarkable thing is the fact that there is not a 3lngle unkind expression toward the United States In any of this newspaper comment. Even the dispatch from Washington to a New York newspaper to the effect that persons of importance In the war and navy departments consider war between Germany and thfe United States to be inevitable has been repro duced everywhere throughout Germii nr. It is discussed coolly and for the most part treated with iiiJieduMy- Camden, N. J., Dec. 31.—The funeral of General Williaip J. Sewell was held from the fatni.'y liome In this city today. Thousands of people reverently viewed the body, which was exposed to view from 9 to IX a. m. All business places were closed during the noon hour, as a mark of honor to the distinguished dead. The funeral was with military honors. A detachment oi the New Jersey militia was in attendance, as were also 650 soldiers of the regular army, who arrived here on a special train from the various forts in the vicinity of New York. While the funeral was in progress the bell in the cupola of the city hall was tolled. The active pall bearers were members of the National Guard. There were thirty honorary pall bearers, as follows: Governor Foster M. Voorhees, Governorelect Franklin Murphy, ex-United States Attorney General John W. Griggs, A. J. Cassatt, C. Stuart Patterson, Clement A. Griscom, Beauveau Borie, General H. C. Corbln, Colonel James H. Raymond, E, P. Gaddis, State Banking Commissioner William Bettle, Attorney General Samuel H. Grey, Senator E. C. Stokes, Henry Stafford Little, S C. Neale. Colonel John Sassel, E. F. C. Young, Courtland Parker, F. Wolcott Jackson, Chancellor William T. Magie. Chief Justice TOIliam S. Gummere, State Assessor David Baird, General P. F. Wanser, E. R. Shubrlck, Dr. H. Genet Taylor, ex- Secretary of State Henry C. Kelsey, Richard McCurdy, Gen. L. W. James, (len. .s- Duncan Oliphant, and Major E, W. Coffin. Jhe principal service was at the house. That £t the grave consisted of a salute of 13 gUiif. military committal services when the caSiet was lowered into the grave, the firing of three salutes of musketry, and taps. tinguished Dead. Hare Left of New York, Dec. 31—Tom Sharkey hnd Jim Jeffries have been matched td meet in a championship battle betweeii March 17 and April 30. The contest •will be for twenty rounds, and Harry Corbett will be the referee and final stakeholder. The match was decided at a downtown cafe. Billy Deianey, the manager of Jeffries, represented his protege, while Sharkey appeared In person, Thebaud's Valet Has Lost Some of His Booty. Holiday Official Report on the Situation In South Africa. Governors Meet to Plan Anti-Railway Trust War. Goods $10,000 REWARD OFFERED GERMAN STEAMbR LOST. STATEMENT AT THE CLOSE Will be -*r-' Eighteen Pertonc, Including the Chief it had been Jeffries' desire to meet Fltzsimmons, btit as the iatter tailed to appear the sailor was chosen as his next opponent. If Sharkey Is beaten by Peter Maher in their coming fight next month, his bout with the ebam plon will be declared off. Jim K«nne. dy, representing the Twentieth d'etttu ry Athletic club of San Francisco, and' Al Haman, representing the $an,Fran cisco Athltetlc club, posted $2,800 bacl! to get the match for their clubs. The contest Is to take place before the club offering the best Inducement. Kerm Had Been in Penitentiary for Minnesota's Executive Elected Chair- Forgery—Still at Hie Old Work, Closed Out Officers, Are Missing—Pope Leo man and Attorney General Martin, The Wife of a Walter Has Gone and Crowned Heads of Europe Ex- of Idaho, Secretary—The Meeting This Week change New Year Felicitations. With Him. London, Dec. 81.—All official dis- Catch from Johannesburg, made public at the War Office today, says: "Since Dec. 23, tho Boers have lost 33 killed and 51 surrendered, besides ammunition and cattle captured. In DeWct's attack on Dartnell and Flrmau, the Bo«r losses are estimated reliably at 30 killed and 50 wounded. Spens and Plumer on Dec. 28 reported trom Amerspoot that they had driven Britz's commando across Platrand Railway and taken 27 prisoners. Bruce-Hamiltou, who iB east of Ermelo, encountered Grobelaar on Dec. 23 in a thick fog which prevailed The Boers escaped, leaving 4 dead and 11 prisoners. A convoy bound from Clen William to Calvinla wa3 attacked on Dec. 22. The Boers were repulsed. The Boers arc greatly discouraged." Is Well Attended. New York, Deo. 31.—That a large por tion of the gems which wete stolen from Paul Glbert Thebaud on Saturday and Sunday by his valet, Edward Kern, have been recovered was learned from the best of authority last night, but there was no additional information as to where the Jewels had been found. Captain Titus, mysterious as usual, would not tell this fact for publication, but it is known he had much of the stolen jewelry In his possession before he went to bed. even though he had not captured the thief. Mr. fhebaud, who estimates the value of the stolen Jewels at $75,000. said that he would today ofTer a reward of ",fD000 for the capture of Kern. forgery is K?rn'8 Vne'11 h,as be?' discovered, nnd /or It J5as been the penitentiary. Captain TItns £a78 Kern's father, too, lias felt the heavy hand ot the law, but is guiltless of any complicity in the robbery. The pictures of both arc in the rogue's gallery. At Greatly Helena, Mori., Dec. 3). No actlot was taken at the meeting of the gov ernors and tliltime.r* RFiieial of tin uorthwestcrn states, called to consldei plans for opposing the proposed consol idation of the Northern Pneifli'. Glen' Northern and Burlington railway ays terns. From the discussion at tliesi meetings. Jboweyer. it N considiTet probable that tiie of ifovcrno. Van Sant of Minnesota will lie Indorse! by the executives of other states wbc are present and Hint the light against the railroad eonsol'datfon will be efli ried to a flnisli. What this plan is Gov ernor Van tfnut refuses to state tiniil the meeting today shall have taken actlou.Reduced . Prices. Ottawa, Deo. 31.—Slgnor Marconi arrived here last night. While in Ottawa he will be the guest of the Dominion government and was entertained today at luncheon by the members of the cabinet. The minister of finance, Hon. W. •S. Feelding, met him on his arrival here. Mr. MArconl said that he would remain here three or four days and would afterward leave for New York; thence taking the first steamer for England. Oil reaching there he will add more power to his station at Cornwall so as to cnablo him to send messages across the Atlantic with ease. Me expects to have his station on the Cape Breton coast In operation in about a month. He said that his principal mission to Ottawa wai to thank the government for what they had done for him. Marconi at Ottawa. IT PAYS TO BUY AT THE People's Store May Havfe to Leave teiiMaelAt Cahicos, Venezuela, Dec. 81— government has Bent si request to Berlin that Ilerr Knoop, manager of the German railway, be discharged. The Official Gazette contains a resolution of the government setting forth that Ilerr Knoop is unfit any longer to deal with the government, as lie is an accomplice in the present revolution and must be discharged. The resolutlori further says Herr Knoop will probably be expelled from Venezuela. Traffic over the German railway continues to be suspended. The meetings were held in Governoi Toole's private ofiice ami behind closed doors. There were present lDcsid"s Governor Toole and Attorney General lDon ova 11 of Montana. Governor Van Saul and Attorney General Douglas of Mln nesota. Governor Herrled ami Attorney General I'ylc of Son I li Dakota. Govern or Hunt and Attorney General Mariir of Idaho and Attorney General Strut ton of Washington, Governor MeMiid of that stale not being able to be preput on account of lite death of the hit- Governor Roger*. 15 SOUTH MAIN STREET, Hong Kong, Dec, 31.—The German steamer Clara was wrecked today near Hol-Hau. on the Strait Hai-Nai-Nan. The captain, the chief officer, the chief engineer, four passengers and eleven Chinese servants are missing. Forty persons wero saved. Always Cheapest. Next to Druty's Committed Forgery on Friday Now it hus been learned that 011 Friday night young Kern went to a saloon keeper whose place he had visited frequently and cashed a cheek for $7.D drawn on the Gallatin bank which bore the signature "P. G. Theband." When this was presented to the bank, it was found to be a forgery. THE WEATHER. THE BE3T PLACE Rome. Dec. 31.—The Pope has exchanged autographs and New Year felicitations with the emperor of Austria, the Kings of Spain and Belgium. t»d the Pretender to the Kingdom of the two Sicilies. Wood Rrdncra Hallrold Tikrlff. Washington, Dec. 31—Forecast until 8 p. m„ Wednesday, for Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair tonight and Wednesday.IN THE CITY Havana, Dec. 81.—A decree reducing the railroad tariff on sugar and tobacco nn average of 23 per cent has been issued by Governor General Wood. Cuban plantsrs have long protested against the alleged excessive rates on these products from points In the interior to the seaports. According to the new decreo, the rates will also, as far as possible, be made uniform through out the island. The decree further provides that the railroads will be granted hearings in their petitions to show that their earnings cannot stand the proposed reductions. TO BUY Governor White ef North Dakota wx also expceled lo attend the conferehci and. In fact, l»' telegraphed to Covert or Van Sunt that lie would be pivselli In a later telegram, liowevi r. lie si iif. Cio*f»rnor White Not Present Kew York, Dec. 31.—Another soldier escaped from the guardhouse at Fort Totten, Wiilets Point, Queens, yesterday morning. Only a week ago Pri vate Monfort of the Eighty-seventh company, coast artillery, picked the lock of the guardhouse and escaped Yesterday morning about 2 o'clock Linden of the One Hundred and First company followed his example and succeeded in getting away. Linden, after getting out of the guardhouse, was challenged by the sentry on post. He attacked the #entry and knocked him down and then took away his gun. He rctrfeated in the direction of the shore, keeping the gun leveled at the sentry. A Soldier's DnrinK Escape. Kern was foolish enough to take away with him a woman—another man's wife—and this fact will make his capture much easier than were lie alone. A waiter named Follion went to police headquarters and told the detectives that his wife was missing and that his neighbors had told him that a frequent visitor to her rooms in her husband's absence was Kern, who, he added, was a valet for a rich man in Madison avenue. GROCERIES IS AT FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL. EVANS BROS. BURGLARS WERE FOILED. New York Stock Markets, furnished •sjasiojq 310018 "oo # uupjof g H Xq room 26, Miner's Bank building. New York, Dec. 31, 1901. Open. Clos. 15 15 93% 93% 116% 116% 79 % 80 % .102% 102% 64% 65% .47 42% 43 93% 93% 136% 137% 106 106% 103% 104 88 88% 60% 60% 68% 69% 30% 30% 35% 35% 150 150% 57% 57 82% 82% i t9 B ; a « Frightened Away Before They Could that il was Impossible for Itiiii toD a' tend the meetings. Milford, Conn., Dcc. 31.—All unsuccessful attempt was made early this morning to break open the safe in the Milford Savings bank. Burglars gained an entrance to the bank and set off nitro-glyecrine on the sale. The handles and the combination were destroyed, but the door was not opened. Before the burglars could make another attempt to open the door, they were frightened away. They secured nothing for all their trouble. Open the Ooor of a Bank Safe. The meeting mis organized by th election of Governor Van Sunt ii-eltnii man and Attorney • ic ieinl Martin C■' Idaho as secretary. Governor Van Sail' made a brief speech in regard to tin objects of the nieetiug. giving a liistorj of the proposed railway consolidation and the efleet he believed It would have on the states affected. Colorado So  Southern R. R. ... Sugar  Atchison  Atchison, prcf. ... Iirooklyn Traction Chen, and Ohio ... U. S. Steel  U. 3. Steel, pref. . Manhattan El. ... Mo. Pacific  People's Gas  Col. Iron and Fuel So. Pacific  I'. S. Copper  Car and Foundry . O. & W  Pennsylvania .. Reading  Reading, pref. ... Tenn. C. & I  Leather  Erie  Rubber  Union Pacific .... Union Pacific, pref Wabash, prcf  Western Union ... M., K. & T  Norfolk  Mrs. Paul G. Thebaud, who is actively Interesting herself in the attempt to run down Kip, believes that he slipped away from White Plains to Tarrytown, where he caught the train for Albany, changing there for Canada. IViion 0|i*na Headquarters, Albany, N. Y„ Dec. 31.—Few legislators are in town, and the Indications are that the opening of the legislature ou Wednesday will be one of the quietest in the history of the state. Speaker 8. Fred Nixon of Chautauqua county, who will be selected speaker of the as sembly, has opened headquarters. He was visited by such legislators as had arrived. This was tlie only sign visible indicating that the legislature of the stgtc is about to inaugurate another session.' "I wish the press would state for me," said Governor Yau Sant, "that I will not make any statement ou this matter until the conclusion of the con ferenee. I have received a score of tel cgninis asking me for statements iu regard to my proposed action, but until this meeting shall be over I will not talk." Wegroe* For West Point. She 1h much puzzled to know his motive in leaving behind a $o0,000 brooch, her most prized bit of jewelry. Boston, Dec. 31—The negro Baptist ministers' conference of Boston ant) vicinity adopted resolutions favoring a national conference at Washington with the Zlon Baptist church on Feb. 22, the object of which is to ask Presi dent Roosevelt to use his influence to get negro boys into West Point, Annapolis and state agricultural colleges. II is further set forth in the resolutions that as the institutions mentioned are supported out of the common fund of the people negro boys should have all the rights-guaranteed under the constitution.THE HALLENBECK INQUEST, Tc»timony to the Effect That One of CiiHev at t'nllno, the Accused Borrowed a Revolver. Hudson, N. Y., Dec. 31.—The coroner's Wiuest over tlie death of Peter A. Jlallenbcck was continued today. A. Jerome Bower, of Ktnderhook, from whom Burton VanWormer borrowed a revolver on the day of the murder, testified to that fact and identified the weapon Edward Tinker, of Stockport, testified that he sold two cigars to Harvey Bruce on Christmas eve, between iD and 7 o'clock. Shaw identified Bruce at the county jail this morning. Bruce acknowledged that Shaw waited on him that night. Washington. Dec. 31.—The navy department has been informed of the departure from Acnpulco, Mexico, of Rear Admiral Silas Casey, command Ing Pacific squadron, aboard his flagship, the Wisconsin, bound for ChIIuo, Tern. By the time the Wisconsin arrives at the latter point it is expected that the battleship Iowa will be ready to emerge from dock at Taieahunno. Chile, and at the navy department it is thought probable that Admiral Casey will transfer his flag back to the Iowa. The two largest battleships of the Pacific squadron will then be cruising ill the waters off the coast of Chile, Argentina and Peru, so that in case the threatened hostilities between Chile mid Argentina materialize American interests in that quarter would be well looked after. The visiting governors and attorneys general were entertained at dinner lust evening at Governor Toole's residence and later were guests of the Montana Inrrrnne For II. and O. Employee!. Baltimore, Dev. 81.—An official announcement was made at the general offices of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad of nn Increase in the wages of trainmen and switchmen on that road. The increase will average about 8 per cent and was made without a request from the employees, the large business and increased duties convincing the management that their wages should lie raised. The important increase is in the compensation of firemen. club. 11% Injnnc-tlon Aiia'nst Merger. 42% 13% 102% 89% 42% 02% Minneapolis. Minn., Dei'. HI.—Judge Elliott of the district court of Hennepin county lias granted a temporary order restraining the officers of the Northern Pacific ltailroml company from retiring the preferred stock of thai company. The order was issued on the application of Peter Power of New York, who holds 100 shares of the common stock and who came on from New York with his attorney for the purpose of beginning action, it is in* ferred, although it does not so appear, that the present action is brought ill behalf of the llarrimau interest to prevent control passing out of its hands for another year or until the legal standing of (lie Northern Securities company is settled. Persecuted by Macedonlaan. London, Dec. 31.—The Constantinople correspondent of The Times says one form of activity on the part of the Macedonian committee consists in persecuting the lireeks in order to compel them to forsake the patriarchate and submit to the Bulgarian exarchate. This persecution has recently become unendurably cruel, and the orthodox bishops in Macedonia apprehend reprisals and luternecino warfare between the Macedonian Cireeks and Bui- 52 87% 52% 57% 0KHxq&i §uttt a/id,  20c Dozen. IN BEHALF OF NEGRO BOYS. Madame Rogers, English Palmist and card reader. Call and see her and her pets, Tom, Lizzie and Elsie, East India turtle head snakes. Readings. 50e and $1. Hours, 2 to 5 and 7 to 9. 13 Charles St.. Pittston, Pa. 28t3 It is Desired to Have Them Admitted Mnrll Btooilnlirrt In Koren. to West Point. Tacoiua, Wash.. Dee. 31.—According to advices from the orient, a party of 105 coolies engaged in transporting camphor was attacked by l'ormusa u Insurgents, and twenty of them were killed. Nineteen were decapitated. Japanese troops ami police were sent against the rebels. A pitched battle look plaee in which more than 100 were killed, I lie heaviest losses being on tlie side of the rebels. lloston, Mass., Dec. 31.—The colored minister in this city has sent out resolutions to every State in the Union, requesting each State and the District of Columbia to send two delegates, to meet in Washington and call upon the President in behalf of the youth of their lace. The object of the call is to secure the admission of colored boys at West Point and Annapolis. attempted Donlile Suicide. Philadelphia, Dec. 31.—In an effort to end their troubles Mrs. Amy Taylor, aged thirty-eight years, and her"son, .Julian, thirteen years of age, attempted suicide by drinking poison. That they did not die was due to the timely arrival of Mrs. Taylor's sister. The mother and were sent to a hospital, where it was said they have a chance of recovery. The boy has been an iuvalid since infancy, and this affliction, coupled with the mother's financial difficulties. is assigned as the reason for the deed. Cat* garians. Beginning Jan. 1, all West Side drug stores will close every week-day evening. except Saturday, at 9 o'clock. 30wl War In Hip Weather Bareoa CCucmu4 "Uauilo. 20c Dozen. Washington, Dec. 31.—The trouble between Professor Willis L. Moore, tbf chief of the weather bureau, and former Forecaster Dunn at New York has cropped out again, the latter having written a letter to Secretary Wilson making charges against Mr. Moore. Mr. Dunn resigned from the weather service during the Spanish-American war and since that time has made repealed efforts io be reinstated iu the service. Accidents come with distressing frequency on the farm. Cuts, bruises, stings, sprains. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil relieves the pain Instantly. Never safe without it. New York. Dec. III. Mrs. F.dia Coleman Muir. daughter of the late Senator John It. Mcpherson of New Jersey and wife of Dr. Joseph Muir. I'nlted States consul at Stockholm. Sweden, lias dieil al the Hotel Manhattan of pneumonia al'ler a'brief illness. Mrs. Muir created a scitfcnllon in society circles in flic summer of 1WI.S when she eloped Willi Dr. Joseph Muir cf this city. The doctor, having been divorced by bis former wife, could nol remarry lt of .Mm, t;ui Pound. THE GLOUCESTER FISH HAUL RnoHrvcll. Jr.. HrlnK* Home Oarae. Value of the Catch This Season Over Washington, Dee. III.--Mrs. Roosevelt and children returned to the White House yesterday afternoon from their trip down the Totomac aboard the t'Olted Slates steamer Dolphin. They spent most of the time in the vicinity of the Metropolitan club game preserves at Quantieo, Va. Theodore, Jr., brought Willi hint unite a number of wild geese, ducks, etc.. that he killed. r«ju' linn Fjtiiitiiiw: Klin $3,000,000. I.dUilull. I Die. :(1.—A dispatch to a news agency from Home says tiiat tin1 pope i:C subject to serious falntiug fits. Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 31.—One hundred and forty million pounds of fish were caught by Gloucester fisherman during the season which ends today. The value of the catch is given Columbia, S. C„ Dec. 31:—The state of South Carolina, through her attorney general, (1. Duncan Bellinger, has begun suit against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, charging it with being a trust and monopoly. Under the same act that this suit is brought six of the large South Carolina phosphate companies that have been purchased by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company are sued iu the same action. State Sue* Alleged Trnnt Heath From l*in Sorntoli. Every requisite for a delicious Christmas dinner. Order at once and get the choicest of sur fine stock Victor B. Luchsinger. I.iiri'.o INtntr For Cliuritjr Newark. X. .1.. Dee. Ul.—Mrs. Margaret lloaglaml. twenty years old, of S1J Bergen street scratched her linger with a pin on Christmas day. Blood poisoning set in, and while she was ill a baby was born t« her. Both mother and child died.  at ?3.i'D0,0(tCl. The Gloucester fishing fleet consists of 375 vessels, which ply the Atlantic coast from Cape llatteras to David's Island. in this stale, s • Hi" young couple went lo IPdiokeu at nighl and were married. Mrs. Mcl'lici'son. her widowed mother, was absent al Hip time, and her diughter's marriage caused an estrangement between tlieni. Ify Mrs. Muir's death the family of John It. MePherson be- IMiihilclphia; lDec. 11Tlu» will ol tJeorp' W, l-'arr. .Jr.. a prominent Jeweler, deposes of jin estate valued al M». ji |arj!«» portion »»f wliioli h bequeathed to charitable institutions, most, of tlieni in this city. After all individual bequests are made the will devises the residue of the estate to the board of publication and Sabbath school work of the Presbyterian churcb in the United States in trust. .lumen VonnKPr III, Both Phones. Prompt Delivery, BIG INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE, St. I'M ill. Minn.. I lee. 31.—James Younger, (lie former noted outlaw, who was recently pnroloil from the penitentiary and who has been employed in ti store here In a clerical position. is routined to his homo with hip trouble. During the Northtieid hank raid years ago he received a bullet near his spine, and the wound 1ms caused him trouble ever since. Have You Made Them Yet ? New York Capitalists to Ercct Paper comes extinct Prepared under UEIMIAN LAtVS, is Excellent for Halifax. Nova Scotia, Dec. 31.— .1. H. Williams, Henry l'atton. l'Yank G. Smith atul Id boson. Good, all of New York, arc today taking possession of 75.000 acres of timber land which they recently purchased in Queens county. Mills in Nova Scotia. SpiimiI Iiiiinl Murder In VlrKlnln Nominator of Greeley In l'oorhouse, Newport News, Ya,. Dec. 31.--1\ Aylett Asliby. one of the most prominent vouiig attorneys In this city, shot and fatally wounded City Engineer E. A. Mnrye. son of Slate Auditor Morton Marye. Marye lies III the hospital with i ,:tiD caliber bullet imbedded in his back. The ball entered the stomach just below the breastbone. Jearinc entirely through tiie liver along its longest diameter. Tiieie j* not one chance in a Binghamton, N. Y., Dee.  Carmlcliael, who Humiliated Horace Greeley for president at the national convention at Baltimore in 1872, will at his own request spend the winter in the Delaware county poorliouse at Delhi. He was at the time of the nomination a prosperous farmer and well known Democrat. He has since lost his property, is a cripple and seventy years old. r COLDS, GOUT,1 Rheumatism, Backache, etc. Goshen, Ind., Dec. 31.-Online, 2:04, the great )Daciug stallion owned by Joseph H. Lesh, has been sold to Martin \V. Savage, proprietor of the International Stock Food company of Minneapolis. The price paid is not given out, but it is understood to be a large one. SnvnKC Buy* Online. Your purchases of Christmas Gifts. Maybe the friend or relative you wish to remember Is an artist or has an inclination for the use of the brush. If so, D You Can Buy Here Better Than Elsewhere. Students Oil Color Boxes, Artists Materia', Rembrant Water Colors, • Waterman's Drawing Boards, Windsor & Newton's Water Colors, Placques and Pictures. OR. RICHTER'S World-Renowned and they will at oiue begin negotiations for the ctvction of large pulp mills for the niauufactiiro of paper. Guthrie. , Doc. Ml. — (Jeneral Frank Armstrong:, as agent of the war department, is at Fort Sill. Okla.. making arrangements for the release of rhief Cierouiino ami the 208 Arizona Apaehe Indians Dvho are held by the government as prisoners of war. They were captured by freneral Lawton twelve years ago after a 3.0(H) mile Til Kolrnne fivronlmn, Okla "ANCHOR" PAIN EXPELLER. None gen nine without T rndeJUr k" Anchor." One well-known person's letter out of many; TORPEDO BOATS ACCEPTED. The Barney and the Baglcy Have Been cry, i !»♦» iiliysUiniis Sydney. C. B., Dec. 31.—The first steel was made hero last night when the open hearth furnace, No. 10, at the Dominion Iron and Steel company's works was lighted. The first cast was fifty tons. Experts who saw the steel declare it to be of excellent qualify. Firnt Slrel at Sydney, C. B. Brooklyn. NuYbrkJeMtr- GonHomen: _ *Mlk I have found your'ANCHOR PAIN EXPEUER fo baa most T,,! valuable remedy for Rheu • 1 . fa ma fism. Colds and various similar complaints. I Youra vvvtryly^ DtPVTY CHItf Of MUtt f301l«9». Taken by Secretary of Navy, v. A IHVy \* ?is bailed for Boston, Doc. 314— A mnn entered the office of the Prudential Insurance company in Koxbury yesterday and, pointing a revolver at the head of the young woman cashier. YVilhelmlna Nott, demanded what money she had. The ter- Bold Roblfery In Boston Washington, lVe. 'II—Tho Secretary of the Navy lias; accepted. on behalf of the torpedo boats Barney campaign • --»«»#lilnt'U In lii\c niu llivnl For lite Steel Cofporntlon, Mbb'lctiiwn.  i'Vri •ml Haglcy, which were recently coniructcrt by the Hatii Iron Works. These bonfr. in the official tests met all Youngftfown. O.. l)w. It 1.—* t is :iunouneed that lho new four million dollar plant of the Youngstowu Iron Sheet and Tube company will begin operations next Monday. The new eoneern, it is said, will be one of the largest rivuls of the United States Steel H»rporation. 25c. and 60c. at all or tbrougn IP. id. BIfhter * Co., 814 Petri St, New I oik L 36 HIGHEST natiumU AWARDS. J Recommended by prominent Phy• Wholesale and Retail Mininter*, MtW VOW* CITY. ivliit .liim'.iy never wears a e» n ml si til tlw |ior.p as n Now War's BRIEF NEWS NOTES rillimI young man gave the man- HOLIDAY PICTURE FRAMING A SPECIALTY. contract of the requirements callcd for in the klest weatliC about ¥60 which was in the drawer, and he left at once. The police have ,not been able to trace him. plvo awa lit* lias ii{A(}c out liis list Willi frreat (Miv, and sovt'iuil charitable i hat \v!u«t lit* saves 011 clot how 1ki ran Frank H- Peavy, the well known grain dealer of Minneapolis, died at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago on Monday. It is said that Mr. Peavy carried $1,400,000 life insurance. T.S.&W.S.Barritf THE CUBAN ELECTIONS. c Proceeding Quietly, a Light Vote Being Polled | Bonner Will Do Manila'* Fire Chief. Boston. Dec. .".1.—A cablegram announces the burning alt sea of the four masted schooner Janies W. Fitch of tills port. Captain R. G. Parker, wliicl sailed from New York Nov. 28 for Ho sarlo, with 11,000 casks of nil, UOQ.OUli feet of lumber and about 3,000 sliooks The destruction of thp vessel occurred on E»»c. 18. The entlrf crew was saved Iud l&iidvd at Pouee, Porto Rico. Schooner Burned at Sen NORTH MAIN ST. Washington. 1 ln.uli .! Ronner of New York lias arcepteil tin t(inkr of an npifoiiilinent as Clm*f of the lire department «»!' .Manila. Ft is 'Ui.-a I*«I ('ittitDcbnt. }\vy. :vi. Mrs. Patri General Baron Yatuaguclii, who commanded the-Japanese troops in China, has resigned the command of tile Fifth division of the Japanese army. The about the good TNCnt 5 quality of the pho- IIH tos we furnish nil They coinpire with nnilDT ttie best, while the UUUDI prire is less. UilTCe PHOTOGRAPHER. Y f\ f tZ O, !) WILLIAM STREET Havana. Dec The Cuban elci mictlv today. lit i'ami 1 iW •tress. riH'oivod TELEPHONE ports from a light vC;t II over tluD island indicate the (.'rami Opera llunsi e welcome last i where she t at BENJ. A. CROWTHER, I'.lvtai'bai'.pt and say tliat no st'iions oti'uiTeil. Many ol Qenadlicront]iur|;os(Hl to ivniD£uuizt' i.lu* Manila fir scrvicr on uio'-lcrii American tiiid Mr. Huiiiut was selected i»o ol lii.s lino rt-voi'il in Vi'i'k AiMTican debut, presenting general's action was due to tile fact that public charges Of looting had been brought against him'. "*'3fe5S5r1 jirchite ct. ral Maso' aro yotin ila^da The theater was ill led to overliowiuji with a fashionable audience. The entrapment will end at the close of the second weeli. It'll. notwitlista-iiJins t|uD itbdinwal of his candidacy announced Heating Stoves at Ash's, Plans prepared and Buildings Superintended