Pittston Gazette

              ;V ' fjk ' ' : •. PITTSTON, PAC, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1902. TWO CENTS A COPY;. Mil 40c MONTH. ? YEAR. t rTETEO. HART IBM. MAY CONSIDER PANAMA CANAL Ctt"iRa.iwt«riiu What 40 A1 LIVES IEL0ST CRISIS IN BULGARIA. 60V. HUNT'S / MESSAGE. POWER OF OUR RIVERS. Ambassadors In Cenatantlnopla Con- Rovr liltm'tlaf Pacta Ttaf'An Have Left Constantinople, Jan. S.—The ambassadors of the powers have arranged for a number of conferences to decide on the demanda to be made on the Porte for reforms In Macedonia. The situation In Bulgaria is most precarious. The Macedonians' committee Is conducting a vigorous campaign against King Ferdinand. The committee held a great meeting in Sofia recently and protested against the government of Turkey and Insulted the Turkish representative. The grand viiier demanded Immediate satisfaction for the Insult aldarlng the Situation. TVhnt are (be water power possibilities of the rivers of the United States? The hydrogrnphers of the United States geological surrey will soon be able to answer this question, for they have been engaged In its determination for two years. Not Generally Knows. Congratulates the People of Proposals Promptly Made Holiday Porto Rico. Will Get Attention. Hare jonr eyes examined and roar g lassos fitted and ad jntted by a reliable Optician who understands his business. It Is the safeet way and will more than repay yon In the end. We employ one of the moat expert Opticians In the conntry and hare a department devoted solely to this work and can guarantee perfect satisfaction. Good; In these two years the engineers, ■ays the St. Lotils Post-Dispatch, have measured the volume from day to day upon every considerable river between Maine and southern California, and with this great moss of Information In hand they will be able to tell a prospective mill or factory builder Just what assistance may be secured from the water at different seasons of the year. THE PRICE MUST BE LOW. ISLAND 18 PROSPEROUS. Will be A Pacific Steamer Wrecked. Tranquility Prevails—School* Have The Panama Company Must Also Show Closed Multiplied—Railroads Are Being * a Clear Title to Property Before Conatructed—Commerce Is Develop- Congress Csn be Expected to Take ing—Export* Have Increased. Any Action. This Wee DEATH OF GENERAL SEAMANS. San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 8.—Gov- Governor Hunt's message to the Legislature of Porto Rico was read before a joint session of that body held in the theater of San Juan. The building was crowded. The message congratulated the Legislature upon the fact that Its work In 1901 had been vindicated aa wise, conservative and progressive, and conducive to the establishment of free trade between Porto Rico and the United -States seven months before the existing tariff duties provide for the cessation of the collection of such duties.For Instance, the gauge readings on Deep river at Montcure, N. C., for last year show the following Interesting facts: Washington, Jan. 3.—Before the United States will consider the purchase of the Panama Canal, the price submitted must be low and the company must be able to furnish a clear title. 2(. q. eo SAVED He Was Adjutant General of the State —ItM •- At Greatly of California. Washington, Jan. 3.—General W. H. SeamanB, adjutant general of the State of California, died at the Arlington hotel this morning, of Inflammatory rheumatism and pneumonia. His wife and Lieutenant Commander Douglass White, of the naval militia of California, were with him at the time of bis death. He was 67 years old. At its minimum volume the river would have developed but 1,128 horsepower, and in its maximum volume It would have developed 61,040 horsepower. There would have been but one day upon which 1,282 horsepower could not have been realized, about 200 days on which 6,000 horsepower could not have been realized and 260 days upon which 10,000 horsepower could not have been realized. All these figures are for continuous power, night and day. By storing the water at night and using it only by day the horse* power could be doubled. For Instance, 10,000 horsepower could have been realized In this way at Montcure last year on 100 days, and the power would have fallen below that on 200 days. OjottCUUt, 36 £C.,"Vft{Jcc4WM«. Reduced This is the opinion of Rear Admiral John O. Walker, president of the Isthmian Canal Commission, which completed Its work a few dayB ago. Rear Admiral Walker stated that the commission of which he was the head carefully took into consideration the advantages and disadvantages of the Panama route, and he feels that If a reasonable offer is made k will be given consideration. Survivors Were Landed at Eureka, Cal. Prices. VENTILATOR FOR WINDOW8. IT PATS Tl Device of an Oregon Inn For the People's MASSACRE OF JEWS. A simple ventilator for ear windows or other windows, wblcb affords convenient means (or adjustment to graduate the opening of the ventilator so is to open it partially or entirely, is described by The Scientific American. The inventor is David E. Werts ot Grants Pass, Or. Comfort of Travelers. PARTICULARS ARE SCARCE. Dragged From Their Homes In Qall^ia In his message. Governor Hunt says: "Tranquility and contentment prevail in Porto Rico; schools have multiplied; railroads are being constructed; the commerce of the island has been developed and exports have Increased; agriculture has become more profitable; roads are being built and debts are being paid. Tolerance of opinion has become more common, former antagonism being forgotten." Vienna, Jan. 8.—A mob, headed by three land owners, recently massacred fourteen Jews at Zawasnia, in Gallcla. They dragged the vlctlmB from their homes and stoned them to death. A rabbi and two Jewesses were among those killed. The property of the Jews was burned. The ringleaders of the mDb were arrested. and Stoned to Death. The Rear Admiral is not in sympathy with any movement to delay the construction of the canal. He is anxious that no time should be lost in commencing the work. M. Hutln had an opportunity to submit an offer to the commission which would be final and definite, but he failed to do so. is south mum a Always Cheapest. The sash is held to slide vertically In the window frame, and the Improved ventilator Is placed in the lower rail of each sash. This lower rail has a horizontal slot leading outwardly and downwardly. On the Inner sido of the sash rail a recessed guard frame Is secured, which frame is slotted to register with the slot of the sash rail. The exterior opening of the slot Is covered with a woven wire cloth. Boat Was the Walla, One of THE HUMAN EYE'S RANGE. A Dil«u War of DetenlilM Omr the Finest In the Paci- The range of the human eye, according to a writer in The Ledger Monthly, may be Judged from a consideration which gives us at the same time a good Idea of the scope of animal structure. Optiaat Possibilities. M. Lampre, the new agent of the company, now on his way to Washington, may be empowered to carry on the negotiations. Under what instructions M. Lampre 1b acting the authorities have not been advised. This much is positively stated: fic Coast Service. RU83IA MAY TAKE A HAND. Governor Hunt recommended the revision of the municipal laws and the adoption of modern city charters. THE BEST PI Ha* Sent Five Warships to Wowelt, on IN THE CI Berlin, Jan. 8.—The St Petersburg correspondent of the Taggblatt telegraphs that three Russian cruisers and two Ironclads have prooeeded toward Koweit, on the Persian gulf, where Great Britain Is backing the local sheik, Uonbarek, against the Sultan's protege, Iburas Chid. Parslan Gulf. Concerning the case of Santiago Igleslas (the representative of the American Federation of Labor, who was sentenced on Dec. 11 to three years and four months' Imprisonment on a charge of conspiracy), the gov-, ernor referred to the ambiguities of the existing laws and said that the remedy therefor was in the hands of the legislature. TO BUY GROCERIES *- 18 AT San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 8.—Brief particulars were received here this morning of an ocean disaster that occurred yesterday, In which 100 lives were lost The Walla Walla, flagship of the Pacific Coast Steamship Line, of Goodsell, Perkins & Co., whose vessels are passenger and freight boats of a high grade, plying between this port -and points along the northern coast, was wrecked by running upon a reef off the point of Cape Mendocino, which Is the westernmost point of California. Sixty persons were saved and were landed at Eureka, Cal., where they are now awaiting transportation to their destinations. It is estimated that 100 persons lost their lives, going down with the vessel whan It sank. No mention is made of the officers and crew, and the supposition is that they were among the victims of the disaster. Supposing that an Individual of every known species were to take its stand, the two species respectively, the next larger and the next smaller than Itself, the smallest known animal at one extremity of the line and the largest standing at the other, and then supposing we were to ask which creature occupies the middle place, having as many degrees of size below It as above and as many above It as below, that place would be found to be occupied by the common house fly. Slidable in the recess of the guard frame is a gate, upon which a plug bears. The plug projects from the free end of a flat spring secured by one If he has any proposal to make It must be submitted at once and it will be laid before Congress for its consideration. The authorities are In no mood to let the canal question go over until the next session of Congress If they can help It M. Lampre must, therefore, submit his proposal quickly; otherwise, every effort will be made to pass the Nicaragua canal bill. EVANS BROS. GERMANY'S NOVEL SCHEME, "There is no room for lawlessness in Porto Rico," said Governor Aunt, "but it Is perfectly lawful to organize to secure better wages by peaceable measures. The ambition to better one's condition is intensely American, and where the purpose of organization lb merely to increase the profits of labor or to dignify its worth, through peaceful meanB, a law susceptible to a construction forbidding the execution of such a purpose Is unworthy the American government and should be wiped out, no matter how unworthy the particular Individual may be who Initiates the organisation. The law knows no distinction between individuals." Will 8p«nd Millions of Mark* to Fur Berlin, Jan. 3.—The government intends to spend several hundred million marks for the Immigration of western and southern peasants into the eastern provinces. The action 1b taken for the purpose of crowding out Russians, Austrians and Poles. Future immigration of Poles will be prohibited. ther Deal red Immigration What a stupendous optical Instrument must that be which, assisted with a few brass tabes and disks of glass, shall discern a creature as much smaller than a fly as a fly is smaller than an elephant! The Panama Canal company must furnish a clear title. The old Panama Canal company "has certain rights which are represented by a receiver, and the authority of the court would thus have to be obtained for the Bale. No More Pmmhw. DANGERS OF LAUGHING. ADJUSTABLE VENTILATOR FOB WINDOWS. end In a cavity In the sash rail and through, a perforation in the guard frame. It will be seen that the Impinging of the spring pressed plug on the gate will retain the gate at a desired point of open adjustment. The relative positien of the plug Is such as to adapt it to project Its free rounded end through the perforation in the gugrd frame for a short distance, so as to support the gate when elevated sufficiently to close the sash slot completely.Practical and simple la the device for preserving food which has now been Invented by a scientist. It Is In the form of an Invertlble jar which Is designed to contain an antiseptic preserving liquid and which consists of two telescoping sections, the walls and outer end of which are air and liquid tight. In this way when the Jar Is In one position the preserving liquid will rest on the closed end of the intersection, and when the Jar is Inverted the liquid will rest on the closed end of the outer section and In that position will form a liquid seal which wlU prevent any air from entering. ATTEMPT ON MILNER'8 LIFE. •eeaslonal Inopporlnneneaa of Mirth Evidenced. Rumor Currant In London, but Is Not It was awkward for the czar's confidential adviser, Baron Enidoff, a month ago that he had not a quicker control of his features, for a laugh nt the wrong moment lost him his higli position of £12,000 a year. Eureka, Cal., Jan. 3.—A boat which has arrived In Trinidad reports that the Walla Walla was run Into at 4 o'clock yesterday morning by an unknown iron ship. When the vessel left San Francisco she had eight boats and four rafts, all of which were in the water. According to the report of the boat at Trinidad, all were drifting north'. The boat which arrived started with 13 passengers, and had seven on Its arrival. TugB have been sent to the rescue. A steamer despatch brought in 60 persons, including Captain Call. It is now believed that the first report of the loss of life was exaggerated. London, Jan. 3.—A rumor is current that an attempt has been made to assassinate Lord Mllner, at Cape Town. Numerous inquiries have been made at the Mansion House, but no confirmation is obtainable. The colonial office has heard nothing of the attempt. Confirmed. BOOK PLATES. While the royal suit was at Complegne, soon after the arrival, the czar waB tired and a little Irritable by the effects of his long Journey. While going through the big library, which was part of the great apartments prepared for him, he slipped on a wolfskin mat that lay on the highly polished floor, mddc a wild attempt to save himself and clutched at one of his attendants. TkMC Owned by Both Common ul When a mun has built up a library of bis own, he is likely to want a book plate. Perhaps his fondness for his oWn plate leads him to become a collector. The chief object of a book plate is to claim ownership of the volume in which it Is inserted and to protect the owner against loss. It also labels the volume as one of a collection, and, best of all, it gratifies the sense of possession by giving books a personal character. As each man chooses the design of his own plate or has it chosen for him by some acquaintance, it becomes a mirror of his originality or his want of it lllnstrlona Folk. The Improved ventilator Is of special value as a means for ventilating passenger cars. THE WEATHER. Washington, Jan. 3.—Forecast until 8 p. m., Saturday, for Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair tonight, with a cold wave; Saturday, fair and cold. HaveYoaBtM About Wall Pai Dried Garden Track For Rations, Desiccated vegetabl.es are coming on the market for use especially by prospectors nnd hunters, who are obliged to economize every ounce In the weight of the provisions they enrry. Necessity compels them to select such foods as combine the maximum of nutriment with the minimum of bulk nnd avoli* dupols. This Implies water free substauces, and dried fruits nnd vegetable* are especially adapted for the purpose Of late the war department has been experimenting with products of this kind. It has found them wholesome and In nil respects desirable and is likely to use them largely in future years. He nearly brought himself and his standby to the ground, but he Just managed to avoid a fall. The spectacle was rather ludicrous, especially In such a stately personage, aud when the rather Irritated monarch turned round he found his favorite Enldoff indulging In a grin of amusement, which he could not suppress. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. San Francisco; Jan. 3.—A dispatch received at the offices of the Pacific Steamship company here says that only forty lives were lost in the Walla Walla disaster. New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, room 26, Miner's Bank building. Dr. Nemec thinks he has discovered certain special features in the living matter of cells which appear to warrant the conclusion that plants possess ■tructures corresponding to the nerve fibers of animals. i -»**■, •1 New York, Jan. 3, 1901. Open; Clos. . 1614 15% 94% 94 117% 117% 81% 80% 103% 103 65% 67% 48% 47% 44% 44% 94% 95 137% 136% 104% 103% 105 105% 88% 88% 61% 61% 70% 69% 30% 30% 35% 35% 151% 160% 68% 67% 83% 82% 66 65% 12 12 44 43% 104 102% 90% 90 42% 43% 92% 92% 63% 64% Colorado So  So. R. R  Sugar  Atchison  Atchison, pref. ... Brooklyn Traction Ches. ft Ohio .... U. S. Steel  U. S. Steel, pref. .. Manhattan El  Ho. Pacific  People's~Qas .... Col. Iron and Fuel So. Pacific  U. 8. Copper .... Car and Foundry .. O. ft W  Pennsylvania .... Reading  Reading, pref  Tenn. C. ft I  Leather  Erie  Union Pacific  Union Pacific, pref Wabash, pref. ... Western Union .. M., K. ft T  man •v-rVtSJl '  San Francisco, Jan. 8.—The steamer Walla Walla left here Jan. 1 with 64 passengers, 38 first class and 26 steerage, bound for northern points, and a crew of 74. The ciar, who detests levity on state occasions, spoke very sharply to tb( culprit, who next day was dismissed his post a:ul relegated to an assistant secretaryship, with plenty of hain1 work to do, and wherein he never seeD the czar at all. Although wealthy ann of the oldest nobility the baron darei' not refuse the minor se-vlee. Ills former stipend was £12,000 a year. The plates usually bear the words "Ex Ubrls," which signify "from the books of," and the owner's name or Initials follow; but, however simple or elaborate book plates may be, they are In the main ornamental leslgns Inserted on the Inside cover of a book, to Indicate ownership. Sir J. Bunion Sanderson long ago proved that the movements of the Venus' flytrap leaves gave much of the same electrical reactions as do muscular movements In the animal. Whatever be the exact source of the movements, It Is to the living matter (or protoplasm) of the plant that we must look for the discovery of the real seat jf the action. m THREATENED 8TRIKE IS OFF. An exact detlultlon of the "Celtic fringe" will be welcomed. The number of people in flrittany and the British isles whose mother tongue Is Celtic is 3.000,000, according to statistics quoted the other day by Professor Magnus Maclean of Glasgow university. They are distributed thus: Gaelic, 252.000, chiefly in the )ilghlands of Scotland; Irish, 089,000, west of a line in Ireland from Duugnrvan bay to Lough Swllly; Manx, 3.000; Welsh, 900,000, and Breton, 1,300.000. These fag ends are a sadly dwindling minority of a once mighty race. Modern Industrialism, says Professor Maclean, Is wooing the Celts away from their nAtlve strongholds, and the separate units get absorbed In t)ie common national USe and the common civilization. The "Celtic Fringe." Bricklayer* Will Continue Work on the A recent order we placed shipped and is now on oar (t includes all the new fig) Government Printing Office. Specimens occur on books printed a* early as 1516, but they becapie very common In England, France and Germany during the last century. Since 1840 they have grown and flourished. Washington, Jan. 3.—The threatened strike of sixty bricklayers employed In the construction of the new government printing ofllce will not occur. The men demanded pay for a half holiday before Jan. 1, The danger of a strike was avoided by paying them In full last night for time up to Dec. 31. But the kaiser, on the whole, Is the most dangerous person to laugh at, 01 before, and more than one percon hat "done for" himself In this way. So did the unfortunate Gough MUbanke find It—the clever but bluff Scottish colonial administrator. It was he who used to command the Sultan Aboil Din's troops and manage the Arabian finances. shades; and the chance for selection is large here. . . * Wa can offer yon prlooo thai om'I. T. S. A W. S. BARK Fine threads of protoplasm pass ;h rough the cell walls and bring the various series of cells Into close connection. These threads of living matter may develop the function performed by nerves in animals—that of conveying stimuli. As a sensitive plant can be rendered Insensible by making It respire ether, the Identity of animal and plant sensation Is strongly Indicated.Book plates are divided Into classes merging Imperceptibly Into one another. There is the armorial device, which may be very florid or merely the coat of arms with the owner's name. Or they may be allegorical, thus giving scope for the humor or even the egotism of the originator. George Washington's book plate is, of course, keenly interesting. The scarcity of It, as well as the 'distinguished name it bears, caused it to be the only American plate thought worthy of counterfeiting. It bears the Washington coat of arms Inclosed in a shell-like frame, surrounded by sprays and flowers. On a ribbon at the base is the motto, "Exltus Acta Probat." * N Drth Main St. New The kaiser took him up four years ago as a guest, with a view to making use of him In the new "expansion" policy of the German empire, and had decided to give him a fine position in the east to guard German interests in China, at a princely remuneration, of course. The kaiser sees to these things himself, and anybody who becomes one of his right baud men is pretty well set up for life. An Order Once in a While MURDERER RESPITED. Meanwhile an Investigation of HI* Cauea of Malaria. Mental Condition Will be Made. Albany, Jan. 3.—Governor Odell today granted a three months' respite to John Schmidt, of Columbia county, the murderer who was to be electrocuted at Clinton prison during the week beginning Jan. 20. Some time ago he showed signs of mental disorder. During the respite, an investigation will be made to see If the prisoner Is really insane. Coallnf Stations Next. Dr. Karl Peters, who has seen as much of equatorial Africa as most explorers, says that while mosquitoes may do their part in causing malaria, drinking stagnant water and breathing air that blows over swamps of such water also produce it, as he knows from experience at a station where there were no mosquitoes whatever. WILL PROVE TO That the Kind of firi Canned Seodt, Sta Goods and Vegetal Sell Are the It Is hinted at the navy department that plans are being formulated for tlie acquirement of coaling stations for thc use of our warships which will defend the Isthmian canal. Now that the treaty Is signed and England has suli mitted to our demand that we defend the canal according to our wishes it has become Incumbent upon the navy department to make such preparations as are necessary for the maintenance of a fleet in the vicinity of the proposed canal. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The Stockholder* of the Miners* Savings B*"k of Pittston will meet at the Bank en Tueedav the 14th day «f January, 1W02, between two and three o'clock p. m. Pint—For the onrDnee of electing eleven trnateee to serve for the rnsu'ng year Second—For the purpose of voting for or against a proposed increase of the Capital Stock of said Bank from 960.000 00 to $100,000 00 By order of the Board of Trustees A. A, BRY DEN, President Not. 13,1901—oaw td-^wed Book plates have been found belonging to eleven of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams Introduced what might be called the "presidential book plate," surrounded by'stars and stripes and national emblems.At one of the audfences given him at Potsdam. Mllbauke was giving the emperor the benefit of his experience and receiving his orders when the kaiser made a rather absurd suggestion as to eastern diplomacy, proposing to win the confidence of the Japanese and Kurlle Islanders with presents. GOOD G] The subject of the deterioration of paper has lately been studied by a committee of the London Society of Arts. The Introduction of wood fiber aa a basis for paper has very much limited the life of such papers, and the higher priced papers have a short life also on accoont of the chemicals employed In their manufacture. The Deterioration of Paver. Courteous Sanrlnf. Modarata Prlaaa. Caraful Filling of Ordarse Prompt Dalhrary of Saada, Are Some of Our Molti PACIFIC TRAN8PORT 8ERVICE. Report That It Is Abolished la Denied These stations will be established at A lmlrnnte bay,-the Chlrlqul lagoon, Colombia; the gulf of Dulce, Costa Rica: the Danish West Indies, and Galapagos Island, off the coast of and belong lng to Ecuador. Admiral Dewey says the canal can be defended only by the navy. Bear Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau of equipment and a member of the naval war board, says the defense of the canal will be the guns of the American fleet, and in order that the fleet may operate from dearby bases It is necessary that they be established without delay.—Army and Navy Journal. In Washington. The mottoes occasionally found on plates are indices of the owner's character. Charles XIII. of Sweden uses the statement: Mllbanke, bursting into a guffaw, asked the kaiser If he thought the Japanese were Kongo niggers, who could lDe bought over with a few glass beads and a flintlock gun. The kaiser froze at once, wished Wfllbanke good night and never reopened relations with b!m. Washington, Jan. 3.—The officers of the (Juartermaster's department of the army deny that any plan Is being contemplated looking to the complete abandonment of the Pacific transport service. According to a recent report, the scheme was to turn over all work now being done by the transport service to a private steamship corpora' tlon. I TOLD YOU WHITMAN'S Delicious Oho olates In a day or two Tdt y have arrived and I am now ready to supply your wants. The people's welfare my highest law. \ certain cautions gentleman declares:Lei Ua Sww V®«; Vom'U Salfaflnf. A Ctaailoi Tree. The moral is, when you are chatting with a king don't forget he Is a king and dig him In the ribs. Kane's Pharmacy, MINT FIR WHITMANS CCIEIR ATEDBANDIU T. IV. K For its owner carries a huge Jsckknlf*. Steal not this book for fear of strife, A French paper reporta a tree of the cypress family, ljD the atate of Oaxaca, Mexico, that Is 155 feet In circumference at six feet from the ground. It Is not far from the famous Mltla rutna. Another, who Is either not of a generous fiber or has been often betrayed. Informs as: Brooarlas, Staplo Both Phone*. El Methodist Clergyman Dying. Stamford, Conn., JaD. S.—Rev. Joseph Pullman, presiding elder of the New York eaat conference, who has been sertoualy 1U of cancer at his home here for several weeks, la apparently about the good THcHt S quality of the pho- John James Webster. . Be does not lend books. TMUtfHt FATAL. BOILER EXPLOSION. Bat of all happy ('eslgot that pf Oliver Wendel| Holm** 1% perhaps, the Amplest it'to the motto. "F«r Ampl* era ad Altlora," and over it Is a design lot the chambered rant!hie, |bou| Maacagni Honors St Uttulfc i me. My wl. MA' tos we furnttb HII They compare wi.b BnuiT the best, while the WMI prke is less. eraburg. , Parkersburg. W. Va, map. war* scalded to d, Three Men Scalded to Death at Bark- The third Sunday January will be