Pittston Gazette

              jppnn . .. . . . V r ■ . ■■ 0 - — - -»4, 1902. e. 32d YEAR. I WKBKLY R8TABLIHHED 1BS0. 1 DAILY B8T. by THEO. HAHT 1888. PIT MARCH 6 RAMS. SOMEBODY BLUNDERED CHOLERA AT MANILA.  BOERS SEE KITCHENER THE MILES CASE. CASSATT'S FAST RIDE ...A FEW... Clffnal Corps Men Are Attacked by Rnmor That General Will Be Retired Within Two Week*. New Vork, March 24.—The Herald this morning says: Even the Strongest Eyes il require tlio aid of eyeglasses after a certain age. We have a department devoted expressly to Eyeglass Fitting. It is in charge of an expert -Refracting Optician who would he pleased to examine your eyes at anytime Without Charge. 1|~ H. G. SHUPP, Optician, 36 W. MARKET, WIIKISBARRE. Special Offerings. Moron, Manila, March 24.—There have been four more onsen of cholera here, mill, two more deaths from the plague ire reported. The health authorities lDelleve that their rigid precautions have averted an epidemic. As a Result, Four Men Were Instantly Killed. Schalkburger, Reitz and Krogh Visit Pretoria. "Instead of waiting for some time to avoid the appearance of making a martyr of Lieutenant General Nelson A. ■M'les, It Is said by friends In close touch with the administration, the president will retire him-from the head of the army within two weeks. i Made Ninety. Miles in Eighty Undershirts. We ]Dlace on sale to day the lDest value in a Ladies' Black Mercerized Underskirt ever brought to Pittston. A regular #1.50 value. Minutes. As General Chaffee did not want the men, of the Third infantry to run the risk ,of cholera as a result of contact with the city tlmt regiment lias already been taken aboard the United States transport Grant, which will sail for San Francisco one week ahead of her schedule time. THREE OTHERS INJURED. HOPE OF PEACE 18 REVIVED "It is further said that this action will be the result, not of any one offense committed, not on account of ills criticism of the war department before the senate committee, but on account of a combination of many acts on the part of (Jeneral Miles which have led to .general demoralization in army circles and a lack of harmony. People's Store Price, 90c. A HURRIED CONFERENCE. Walking SHirts. War Office Ha* Head Nothing Official A new line of Walking Skirts. They come in a great variety of styles and colorings and we can assure vou are most excellent Two Pennsylvania Railroad Engineers Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel Situa- Said They Had Orders for the Same Five cases of cholera have beer reported from the provinces. of What Passed at the Conference, tion Calls Magnate to New York. 8tretch of Single Track—Fog Add- Brigadier General George W. Davis, stationed at Zamhoanga. Island of Mindanao. reports that a detachment of the signal corps consisting of seventeen men has been attacked by 200 Morns near Parnu-Paran, Mindanao. One of the signal corps men Was killed. The Miiioh captured the transportation of tile detachment, Including four pack mules. Which Was Short—Much Excite- Record Run From Philadelphia to ed to the Danger. rrent in London, "Tile president, it is declared, Is anxious. uliove all things, to effect a union of interest* between the secretary of war and tlie lieutenant general of the army. He does not think that this can ever be done with General Miles in tills Important position, and he feels that the place should be tilled by an nrmy officer of abl.liy, tact and long experience who will work In harmony with the administration. value for 92.75* Youngstown, O., March 24.—Two freight trains collided on the Pennsylvania railroad this morning at seven o'clock, while running at a high rate of speed, near the water works pumping station, a few miles outside the city. Four men were killed outright and three were injured. The dead are: London. March 24.—A dispatch from Pretoria says: Jersey City. 'S.t Turnover Collars. "Acting President Schalkburger. F. \V. licit/., ex-secretary of state of the Transvaal, and Commandants Lucas Meyer and Krogh arrived here yesterday on a special train from Balmoral, about lifty miles east of here. They reached Balmoral under a flag of truce. New York, March 24.—President A. J. Causatt of the Pennsylvania railroad, his counsel, John (!. Johnson, and three ethers made a flying, visit 10 New York yesterday, and incidentally his spe-'ial train broke the record lietween Philadelphia and Jersey City by four minutes.We offer to day a lot of Turnover Linen Collars stamped with pretty designs, regular 10c value. People Store's Price, Sc. WHite Lawns, Etc. The United States transport Buforii has arrived hi To, She linn on board a detachment of the Twenty-seventh infantry, a squadron of the Kleventh cavalry and flfty pack mules. The New White Goods we are showing are beautiful. They come in the new lace stripe effect. Dimities with small dots, Mercerized, Striped, Figured find Dotted Muslin, NainsOok Checks and Stripes. Also a great variety of Victoria Lawns, India liinons. Organdies, Etc. Norman Graham, fireman. James Thomas, fireman. "Upon arriving here Mr. Sehalkburger and his party drove Immediately to I.onl Kitchener's headquarters. where he had an interview with the British general. The Boers afterward proceeded to the railroad station and entrained at 5 o'clock for Kroonstad, wh- nee they will go out under a safe conil'.ct. Ills train covered tlie lilnety and oneflfth miles in exactly eighty minutes. The best previous record was made by J. P. Morgan's special on Feb. 7. which covered the siune route in elghty-l'our minutes. OhaTles M. Blackburn, target tender. One unknown man. "Who this man will be Is not disclosed, but that there will be a change In the oltlce in a very slioim time now seems almost certain." ■ The engineer of each train says he had received orders to use a stretch of single track on which the accident occurred. Ii was an exceptionally foggy morning, and this fact added to the danger. Neither engineer saw the other train approaching until it was too late to avoid a collision. WE'LL WRITE llnlt In Ibr flruokM Cane, New York. March 24.—What will he the next step taken to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder of Walter S. Brooks In the IiIt'll island hotel, in Cortlandt street, on Feb. 14 could not lie learned yesterday. District Attorney Jerome said to a reporter at the Union eluh that he had nothing to say for publication about the discharge of Florence Burns from custody on Saturday by Justice Mayer of the court of special sessions. It was learned, however, from a trustworthy source that the police have no new evidence. They are groping about in the dark. There Is not even a new "suspect" in the case, anil apparently the only thing left for the police to do is to take up file case anew in the hope that some new clew might be obtained by reviewing all that they know about the murder. Wilcox Mar Slot IIiiiik For a Year. Mr. Caasatt's special left Philadelphia at 1:13 o'clock in the afternoon and arrived in Jersey City at  o'clock despite a number of hot boxes that develolDed oil the locomotive and the two cars that composed (he train. Orders were to stop for nothing, and the orders were obeyed to the letter. Elizabeth City, X.March 24,-The verdict that young .lames Wilcox was guilty of the murder of Miss Ella Cropsey seems to have met popular approval. though it was not considered probable early Saturday that the Jnr.v so would report, district Attorney Ward said Saturday that he looked for 110 verdict other than murder ill the second degree. Aydlett, the lawyer for the defense, will enter an appeal on the ground that it was not consistent with the evidence. There is little prospect of the prisoner's paying the death penalty on- the date set. As the supreme court does not meet until September it Is probable it will be twelve months before the case is disposed of finally. ....It DOWN "1 r a week past Mr. Sehalkburger cnil his colleagues have been stationed at ikheiioster kop, north of Balmoral, where they have been closely pressed by British columns. Dispatch riders entered Balmoral Friday night and untitled the British or the approach of Mr. Sehalkburger and his party. We want yonr grocery orders for several reasons. People's Store, is south miN armor. STUDENTS ON A RAMPAGE, Because'we have the largest and best stock of Fancy Groceries. ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. Carried Things With a High Hand Un. Mr. Cassntt's special left Jersey City oil the return trip at ti:4!» o'clock In the evening. He came to this city to confer with President Baldwin of the Long Island railroad—now part of the Pennsylvania system—and other men Interested In the passage of the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel bill. Because our attention will as-, sure you best service. Because we can save yon time and monev. Vienna, March 24.—A violent antigovernment demonstration was made today by the students at the Academy of Sciences at Plock, Polnnil. The beligerent students set fire to the school buildings, thrashed the professors and stoned the municipal building. When the troops were called out, the students erected barricades in the streets anil resisted the soldiers for a short time. Finally the students were dispersed. Thirteen persons were wounded during the melee. A large number of arrests were made. til Soldiers Dispersed Them, "It is reported that the Boer position at Itlienoster kop had become hopeless aim that Mr. Sehalkburger once narrowly escaped capture." EVANS?? \o Official \fWB, Bemuse one o*der in a step toward the making of a permanent customer. We pride ourselt on our stock. No "Cheap John" goods. Everything of the very quality. STRICTLY FRESH EGGS. The war office states that it has as yet received no official news continuing the dispatch from rretorin in regard to tlie movements of Mr. Sehalkburger and his party. It is taken Tor granted here that the move of the burgher leaders can have only one meaning— that another attempt is being made to negotiate peace. Tlie objection of Mayor Low to the bill and the amendment to it that will be sent to the legislaturfe today by Governor Odell in an emergency message were the causes that induced Mr. Cassatt and his confreres to hold yesterday's meeting. The place of the conference was kept secret, and all information regarding if was refuted by all connected with the Pennsylvania railroad. The well grounded fear that Mayor Low will veto the bill has mined tile Pennsylvania directorate to great exertions in behalf of the measure.Blahop Mtuner For Manila* A COMPLETE LINE OF FRESH GARDEN SEED. Buy your Groceries at Our Store and you are always sure to be buying at the Right prices* Virginia Miner* l.lkely to Strike, New York. March 24.—According to advicea received here yesterday from a wo|J informed authority In ltomC\ the pope has offered the itoiniimtloii of the archbishopric of Manila to the Ilifelit Ilev. Sebastian fieblmrd Messincr. 1 op of (.'recti Bay, Wis., and ho is awaiting a formal acceptance li.v Hint prelate before making his choice known. The Spanish archbishop of Manila, Mgr. Xozelada do Vila, lias resigned the see and will retire to Spain, as did tlie Spanish prelates in Cuba when the United States took possession there. lie is now 111 ltoiue. Bishop Messnior is a well known German American leader in the Catholic Charleston, W. Va.. March 24.—The announcement of Secretary Treasurer W. B. Wilson of the I'nlted Mine Workers of America that a strike would likely be called soon of the "SD.- UOO miners in tills state and Virginia caused no surprise here, where both sides seem to be anticipating it. It is believed that a conference between the operators and the miners of the two states will soon be held, although there are reports that the demands of the miners may be made without further conferences, Yours for Business, BRENNAN ft ROBERTS Qualify Ouaraataad. Some correspondence which was seized a short time ago when Mr. Ste.vn narrowly escaped capture proved that he and Mr. Sehalkburger were anxious to conclude pence. No extravagant hopes, however, are being built on the outcome of the movements of "Mr. Sehalkburger ..and his companions, chiefly because it Is flpareil that Dclareyju tUe tlunh of bis recent success will refuse to be a party to any negotiations.SCANDAL IN WASHINGTON Corner Main and Thomas Streets, Nest to Eagle Hotel. Exposures Predicted That Will Shake Evans's Success Flour, ptr bbl..$4.50 the Treasury Department, Potatoes, per bu ...■A* .90 Washington, March 24.—It Is l'reely predicted in government circles that exposures are in prospect that will shake the treasury departmept down 1 ConferfBM Hurriedly ('filled. The conference was decided upon and arranged betw een Mr. Cassatt and the New York interests of the L'euuaylviinlii by telegraph yesterday morning. The hour set for the conference necessitated quick action on Mr. t'assatt's part. He arranged to have the swiftest available engine. No. 804. a new oue, hi readiness for immediate departure. To the engine two cars were attached, Mr. ("jissatt's private parlor car and a combination car. half baggage, half passenger. Our Artistic Spring Wall Paper^S& Gran. Sugar, 20 lbs for 1.00 Butter, best quality, per lb....*. "Vfi^ Evans'* Best Coff$«. nenr better per lb 25 Quaker Oats, 2 pkgs. for 25 Qrape Nuts, 2 pkgs. for ... Cream of Wheat, 2 pkgs. fir tfl Us very..foundation. Tie-immigration "department Is not tae only one Involved. It is said that one official, who lias had charge of the letting of valuable contracts, with a salary of D1,000 a year, is building a $511,1100 HInIiik Viiunii Doctor I'onnil Dead Pittsburg. March '-'4.—Tin' tlt'ud body of Dr. Hurry Whiti'sell. :i rising youug physician of Sewick icy, wan found real lilt; on n lodge of rocks along the Ohio river bank near his liouie yesterday. At first it was thought Jie had been murdered, but Investigathm by tiie coroner showed that he was killed by a fall. Ilis family say he was called to see ,i patient in the morning at (i o'clock, and it is supposed that in walking along ilie high bank at that poll it lie slipped and feU to the rocks below. Commandant Krogh Is oiie of the secretaries of the Transvaal government. He was formerly the administrator of Swaziland and has not been prominent during the war. clllllVll, .85 25 France May C all flail! lo Acconnl, Has arrived.* Beautiful gold and sitin damask papers for parlors. For dining rocras or library there are Burlap and Tapestry effects. For nail, Oriental and Mora styles. For bedrooms, some of the daintiest stripe and floral designs And for ba'.h-room and kitchen, varnifh tiles, in many patterns. Don't forget we also carry the cheapest paper, as low as 5c a double roll, ttnd do painting and paper hanging. house Port mi Prince, llniii, _\lsiifli Leon Gabriel, who claimed to bo 11 zen of France and who was executed on Saturday after having tired a revolver at General Cameo u, tlie chief of police, was an aid-de-ciiutp of former President Legitime. lipon tills fact the Haitian government bases the claim that Cjabriel was a Haitian and not a citizen of France. Tl# French minister here maintains that Gabriel was a citizen of France. He was registered regularly here in the French legation. 11c left seven children. The French minister has requested that a French man-of-war be sent here and is awaiting a reply from Furls. Pillsbury Vitos, 2 pkgs. for . .. .25 Force, try it, per pkg. . .15 SPINNERS DEMAND ADVANCE. Few of the papers hero comment 011 the news from Pretoria. Those that do so take it for grunted that Mr.  burger and ills companions are 011 a mission of peace, to again engage in a discussion of possible peace terms, expressing the hope that the overtures will have a successful outcome. Tile presence of Lucas -Meyer is regarded as significant, as he is an intimate friend of l.ouis Botha. Mother Oats, per pkg. . .10 . .15 | Lewicton Mill Workers Will Hold a The combination ear was put on merely to steady the train. It was attached next to the engine. Mr. Cnssatt and Mr. Johnson were the only passengers. Through the city limits of Philadelphia the speed of the special was kept dotvn, but. when (lerinnntown was reached the locomotive was put at lief top notch of speed. Through the level country of Bucks county into New Jersey the special Hew as never did train over this track liefore. Flaked Rica, per pkg. Meeting This Evening. Heintz's Large Sour Pickle*, 3 doz Lewlston. Me., March -4.— 1 ne Mule Spinners' union voted yesterday to de. maml an advance in wages of 10 per cent.. take effect on :Uarch-31. This evening a meeting will bo held of all the mill workers In the city, /or the purpose of taking definite action. Six mills, employing several thousand hands, are involved. Heintz's large Dill PickltaD 3 doz .25 Heint's Sweet Pickle*, 3 doz...., .25 Heintz's Sweet Mixed Pickle* per qt..20 To I'ulunfir rhlll|»i»lueii, San l''rnuelseo,vMurch 24 - Ktforlx are being made by a number of local capitalist!! to lake, advantage of the low railroad rates from the east to send 11 number of colonists to Manila. The projectors of the enterprise hope to get ISP a rush to tile islands that will equal If not eclipse the rush to the northern goldtields. As soon as the legislation relating to the islands now pending before congress shall be finally passed a wholesale descent will lie made upon the islands. Reason For llottin'a Absence. EVANS BROS., The Dally Chronicle, commenting on the absence »( Botha from the deputation, suggests that he is standing aside owing to the failure of his overtures of a year ago and considers that, although the conditions l.ord Kitchener then offered to Botha have been annulled. It Is highly probable that peace may still be arranged 011 similar lines, lint that the Boers cannot expect more.lenient Walter S. Barritt, Boston Plumber Commits Suicide, 46 South Main Strmet, Boston. March 21.—Arthur W. Cooper, aged I'll years, a member of the plumbing firm of Cooper, Green & Co., committed suicide by hanging himself at his home. He had been in ill health and had become despondent. /C• Inyn Mny Vlalt l«Ie«las, KiiKliieer Bent Morgan Kun, Mr. Cassatt hud better luck than did Mr. Morgan. At Hound Brook Mr. Morgan was held up four minutes because of a train. There was 110 holdup for Mr. Cassatt. It had been a cause for great lamentation by Engineer Michael Louglirey that lie had to stop his engine for four minutes. Longlirey was at tlie throttle yesterday for Mr. Cassatt. and he had his revenge, as it were, for lie made good his assertion that he made at tlie close of tlie Morgan run that but for the holdup he would have covered tlie distance In eighty minutes. He exactly struck the time schedule yesterday that lie had mapped out for himself. 109 North Miin Street Opp. Ferry Brldje. MWMddmd tm mm Bn ffiiiiofVy • #*a. Managua, Nicaragua, March 24.— President Zelaya has accepted an invitation from the president of Costa Itica. Beuor lglesias. to visit Union. Costa Idea, in order to confer on matters pertaining to tlie proposed Nicaragua canal. The acceptance of this invitation is contingent upon the passage by tlie Fulled States senate of the Nicaragua canal bill. The date of the proposed visit has not yet been decided upon. v Estate of john young, latk of Jenkins Twp.. deceased Lietcers Administration upon the above named estate having beeu granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted to said estate are request ed to make payment, and those having ctaitnu or demaudu to present the same, without delay, to W. H. YOUNG. ■ £ D YOUKG. *UZ*BRTH YOUNCK MAHGARKT BK\ DEN, Pittston, Administrators. terms More Violence in Norfolk The Dully News remarks that a settlement would be possible if the Boers were treated like civilized combatants. Norfolk. Va., March 24.—Continued nets of violence on the part of sympathizers with the street ear strikers will, it is thought, result in the recall of tile State troops, which were discharged a week ago. Noted Sclioolliook Publisher Dead Philadelphia, March 24.—V. ti. Sower, president of the Christopher Sower company, publishers of schoolbooks, is dead of angina pectoris, aged eightyone years. Mr. Sower was a member of a famous family of publishers, the first of whom, Christopher Sower, has the fame of having issued the first Bible to be published I11 America in the (lermaii language. The publishing house is the oldest in Its line in America, having been established in 17:18. "but men do not surrender unconditionally just after taking one or the enemy's generals and four of his guns." mSM.SI.af.M.Sl.TO THERE IS NOTHING l'lirHiirit H.SOO -Mile*. EQUAL TO THE London, March 24.—In the House of Commons today. Secretary of War BrodrlcH. replying to a question tint by Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal leader, said that about a fortnight ago, Acting President Sehalkberger. of the Boers, intimated to Lord Kitchener a desire for safe conduct through the British lines. He wished to see ex-President Steyn, with reference to the possibility of peace proposals. Secretary Brodcrlck also said that with the government's consent. Kitchener had acceded to tluD request. Kansas City, March •24.—After 11 chase extending from the Mississippi to the Pacific, covering 5,5(10 miles and lasting thirteen months, George Irons, the alleged leader of a band of western postortice robbers, has been captured by Postortice Inspector D. \V. Peters of this city and brought back to Kansas for trial on the charge of robbing tlie !HDs!o!iice at Galva, Feb. 18, 1001. FINANCIAL AND COIViiVtERCIAL. St. Petersburg, March lA.—It is reported that an American. D. Verner. lias been awarded the contract to construct the St. Petersburg underground electric railway. The contract price is 8ii.aft(l,(i()ii roubles. Big Contract to an American. "It's eighty minutes or bust!" lie bad exclaimed to Conductor J. C. lvorfuss when the train started yesterday from Philadelphia. He was a happy man when the train drew into the Jersey- City deiDot just eighty minutes later. New York Stock Markets, furnished by vM. S. Jordan & Co., Stock brokers, room 26 Miners' Bank building. WILKE TILE OR GLASS LINED New York, March 24, 1902. Open. Clos. 134 132 i 78% 78 REFRIGERATOR, Building; Suddenly ( ollapiiea. Seneca Falls. X. V.. March 24.—A Sugar Atchison Atchison, pref Copper  Car & Foundry Brooklyn Traction B. & O  French Premier Has Recovered. three story brick building on Pall street, owned liy i sa a c llesky of Klinir«. collapsed without warning anil was completely wrecked. The building was oeett[iieCl by I.. 10. Nelson, with a stoek of eroekery. ami by the Hotel Mnnlln. A number of people who were in tiie building Inttl narrow escapes, and one of them. Anna Wilson, was badly injured. Loss about CMm). Large (*nln In l'hllipplue Imports. 9T7s 97% 62% 32*. 65% 107 106% 45% 45% 21 % 24% 163 A 167% 180 17914- lOiVi 104% B. G. CARPENTER & CO., Paris. March £4.—Premier WaldecU. Kosseati. who was injured on Peb. 28 by the overturning of his carriage, has Ittlly recovered and has resumed his cabinet duties. London, March -4.—A dlsimtch to The Morning I-cader from So tin Rays that fourteen Turks and oyer thirty hnsiiibitzouks were killed In the recent conflict between Turkish troops ami Macedonian revolutionists at Slstova, near Ivasloria. European Turkey, during which the Turks surrounded the village and overcame the rebels. Heavy faaiialtleH nt Knntorla, Washington, March iM.—The Insular division of the war department has prepared for publication a statement showing in comparative form the commerce of the Philippine Islands. The total value of meivluuidise imported during the nine months euded Sept. HO, was $21,818,212 against $17,187,- JMH for the corresponding period of llMto, and the exports of merchandise amounted to $18,800,708 against $17,- 88.'!,200 for 15)00. These figures show au increase of 27 per cent for the imliorts and ti per cent for the exports (luring the nine months. 62 Ms WILKESBARRE, 65 U Ches. & Ohio ... Chic. & Gt. West C., M. & St. P. ... C., R. I. & P. ... Col. 1. & F  Brie  Think* Brltlali Hnve 1* returned Peace Brrssels, March 24.—The Petit Bleu, referring to the arrival at Pretoria of SellaIkliurger, Rcltz, Meyer and Krogli, says it believes Schalkbnrger's move is in response to fresh British overtures for peace, made out of gratitude for tlie 1 dense of (ieueral Metliucn, and predicts tiiat these overtures will lead to 110 result unless Boer independence la Glasgow, March 24.—The Anchor liner Assyria collided today with His Majesty's steamer Monmouth, in Gins. row harbor. No serious damage was done to either vessel. Steamers Collide in Harbor. Eric, pref  Louis. & Nash. ... Manhattan El. ... Met. Traction .... Mo. Pacific  Col. Southern .... Norfolk & Western n y. o. & \V;.. In. Y. Central* .... 3VA 69 106% 37 Vs till '/i 107',4 Norfolk. Ya.. March 24.—It Is reported that the Old Dominion Street railway lias been sold for $4."iummD. "William I.. Klklns and P. .V. B. Widener, owners of the Philadelphia Traction company and of street railway interests in New York and St. I.ouls are mentioned lis the purchasers. The Klklnn-Wlilrner Syndicate, Pauper Heir Co »loo.ooo, McDonnell & DOBBIE Sealing Vessel's Big Haul. Baltimore. March 24.—Joseph Zane, a pauper, has left the almshouse here for Boston to secure his share in the estate of his uncle, whose name was also Joseph Zane. The estate is valued at $."ion.ooo. and tin*, Bait I more pauper's share is estiuiali'd at jflflO.OlM). of which $20,000 is cash and the rest well paying realty there. 133 167% 101 D4 13314 168 10114 St. John's, N. P.. March 24.—The steamer Newfoundland, the first of the sealing fleet to reach this port, landed last night with 300 seals on board. conceded. Fierce Cyclone In Jsumn Prince Henry Booked For Spain, 28 56% - • rz 56-% Tokyo, via Victoria, B. C March 24 Berlin. March 24.—Prince Henry will visit Spanish waters'111 May, when the young king of Spain is enthroned. Prince Henry's eldest son, Waldemar, seems to be more seriously ill thun was supposed last week. Waldemar celebrated his thirteenth birthday Thursday. His presents Included some things Prince Henry brought from the L'nlled 32"* 163% 33% l«3Vi WE OFFER YOU SOMETHING FINE IN CANNED FRUITS. —'The Japanese Tea guild, which Is hoping to hear that the war tax on tea In tl.e I uited States has been taken off, lias been holding sessions for a week iu Tokyo with a view to devising means for retaining foreign markets. A cyclone occurred in southeast Japan on the :td inst., killing many persons and wrecking temples and whole villages. The Bed Cross society is aiding the officials In the relief work. Washington. March 24.—Genera! Otis today completes his term of active service in the army. Tomorrow bis name will lie placed on the retired list. General Otis to Retire, Five Prlnonera ftnrned to Dentil Pennsylvania Heading  Reading, pref. .. Southern Hy. ... Southern Hy., pref So. Pacific .. Tenn. C. & I. Texas Pacific U. S. leather U. S. Ix-ather IT. S. Rubber U. S. Steel istvum 5ti Vi 57% SI Vi 81% 32% 32% 97% 97% G5% *i5 71% 71 CA 41 41% 12% 13 Kosciusko, Miss.. March 21. — Five county convicts made 1111 attempt to burn their way out of prison, burning the stockade house iu which they wore con line 11 down over their heads, ere mating themselves. They were all *ie- 4'lilld Strnuurly DUappeari, 1 f?al. can Best Apples. 32c 3 11) can Pears 15c, 18c, 22c 3 11) can Peaches 15c, 18c, 22c 3 11) can Apricots 18c and 20c 1J lb can Pineapple 20c Fulton. N. V., March 24.—Ella Weller. twelve years old. the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kelly. Is missing. She took their luncheon to her fostar parents ill the woolen mill Friday and hasn't been seen since. THE WEATHER, States. March 24.—Forecast until S p. m.. Tuesday, for ICastcrn Pennsylvania: Fair tonight; Tuesday, partly cloudy. groes. Safe Blower* In Two Poaloflefl, Middletowu, Conn., March 24.—Burglars last night blew open safes In the postotUces at (Jiklersleeve and Portland. At the former place they got $20 III change and about $100 worth of stamps. At Portland the noise of the explosion aroused people, ami the robbers had to dee. And Full Line of Dried Fruits at Very Low Prices. Apostolic Delegate in New York. New York. March 24.—Monsignor Dr. Talmage's Condition. pref. o- ISM, 42% 94 V. 90H 43 100% 88 Vi 5.2'fe Washington, March 24.—The family ol Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage deny th" report that he is dangerously ill. The doctor's condition today was much improved. Ills son says that at 110 time has his condition been alarming. ,V Pckiip. March. 24.—The dowager empress has appointed Wua Mil Lun, a progressive and learned official, to be president of the Imperial university, to succeed the ltev. W. A. P. Martin, recently/relieved.Wan Heads Peking t'nlverslty Fresh Eggs and Butter a Specialty j  fell niitiilea Weaker. Sbarrotti, the new apostolic delegate extraordinary to the Philippines, arrived in New York today, on hoard the North German l.loyd liner, Kalserln Maria Theresa, from Genoa. U. S. Steel, pref Western Union Wabash, pref, . Cape ToiVti, March 24.—After n restlesa night Cecil Rhodes ia weaker thia morula*. " 76 SOUTH VAIN STREET. Union Pacific .... Union Pacific, pref 87 * New phone soon. Promot delivery. {L*,...