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e. 53d YEAR. j WBKKUY ESTABLISHED 1880 1 DAILY K8T. bt TBBO. HART 1882. PITTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1903. TWO CENTS A COOY. I (! P A fiTTlS FORTY 0ENT9 A MONTH. f u Jr AVXJaD. THIRTY DEAD. neighborhood started work at once In trying to get out tlie injured before the flames could reach tlioju. At times while some of the rescuers were in the wreckage trying to take out the Injured the flames readied them, and their clothing took fire, but they put the blaze out and worked on In constant danger of being killed themselves. IN HONOR OF M'KINLEY umphed, and he made good with scrupulous fidelity thfc promises upon which the campaign was won. tasks. Some of them ho finished completely; others we must finish, and there remain yet others which he did not have to face, but which if we are worthy to be the Inheritors of his principles we will In our turn face with the same resolution, the same sanity, the same • unfaltering belief in the greatness of this country unfaltering championship of the rights of each and all of our people which marked bis high and splendid career. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. GREAT WINTER CLEARING SALE^ New York Stock Markets furnished by Haight & Freese, stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. But as bo often happens in our history the president was forced to face questions other than those ?it issue at the time of his election. Within a year the situation In Cuba had become literally intolerable. President McKinley had fought too well In his youth, he knew too well at first hand what war really was, lightly to enter into a struggle. He sought by every honorable means to preserve peace, to avert war. He made every effort consistent with tho national honor to bring about an amicable settlement of the Cuban difficulty. Then, when it became evident that these efforts were useless, that peace could not be honorably entertained, he devoted his strength to making the war as short and as decisive as possible. It is needless to tell the result in detail. Suffice it to saj that rarely indeed in historv has a contest so farreaching in the importance of its outcome been achieved with such ease. There followed a harder task. As a result of the war we came into possession of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. In each island the conditions were such that we had to face problems entirely new to our national experience, and, moreover, in each island or group of Islands the problems differed radically from those presented in the others. In Porto Rico the task was simple. The Island could not be independent. It became in all essentials a part of the Union. It has beun given all the benefits of our economic and financial system. Its inhabitants have been given the highest individual liberty, while yet their government has been kept under the supervision of officials so well chosen that the Island can be appealed to as affording a model for all such experiments in the future, and this result was mainly owing to the admirable choice of instruments by President McKinley when he selected the governing officials. Terrible Collision on Jersey New York, Jan. 28, 1903. Open. Cloa. .129% 129% . 87% 87% . 99% 99% . 65% 06% . 41 41 . 08 08 .101% 100% ..52V* . 52'4 . 27% 27% .177% 177% . 48 47% . 75 75 . 40% 40% . 72% 71% .126 126% .144% 144% .138% 138% .111% 111% . 30 30% . 29 29 .105% 105% . 21 20% . 74% 74 . 33% 33% 151% 151 .153% 152% . 01% 01% . 36% 30 . 95% 95% ..64% 64 % . 63% 63% . 40 40% .C 37% 37% . 87% 87% . 44% 44% . 29% 29% 102 101% »•.* 94% 36% 37 27% 27% Central Railroad. Country's Great Men Assem- Sugar Atchison Atchison, pref Copper Car & Foundry Brooklyn Traction U & O. Some of the injured were burned to death in sight of the would be rescuers, who stood by them as long as possible, but the flames soon gained complete mastery of the two last cars. ble at Canton, 0. ROYAL BLUE HITS LOCAL Boston. Jan. 28.—Slight pneumonia has developed in the case of ex-Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, who is ill at St. Margaret's hospital. The latest report from the attending physicians is to the effect that Long is holding his own. Secretary Long Has Pneumonia. The engineer of the axpress, John S. Dnvles, was not the regular engineer. He was a relief engineer for the fast train and had been put on in the absence of the regulnr man, who had a day off. He was, however, perfectly familiar with the running of the train, and lie rnn it at least once a week. PRESIDENT'S FINE TRIBUTE Cl.es. & Ohio Chic., & Gt. Western C., M. & St. P C„ R. I. & P Col. F. & I Erie Two Cars of the Latter Train Catch Fire. Glowing Eulogy of the Dead States- man and His Services to the Amer- Parliament Reopening Will be Lively. London, Jan. 28.—On the reopening of Parliament, next month, the Unionists intend raising the Venezuelan question during the debate on the King's speech, and a hot debate is expected.Erie, pref. Louis. & Nash. Manhattan El. Met. Traction Mo. Pacific . Coi. Southern Am. L. Oil . P O READ THIS LIST OF SPECIAL PRICES: VIOTIMS BURNED TO A CRISP ican People and to the World at Before the wreckage bad cooled the work of getting out the charred bodies began. Men attacked the heap with poles and rods of iron taken from the pile of debris and raked out several arms, legs and heads. Many of those burned will never be recognized, the bodies being burned to a crisp and so charred that they fell to pieces. Large tip Outing Flannel :i(i incli Unlileaclied Muslin Window Shades (complete) Bleached Pillow Cases Ladies' Flannel Waists — Hill Bleached Muslin 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting.. 10c Ticking now 59c Blankets Cream Shaker Flannel Indigo Blue Calico Bleachrd Turkish Tojvels 5(' Children's Fleeced Lined Vests 3c Men's all wool half liose.... I2'/2c ..4c Hot Box Delays Accommodation on Cnnton, O., Jan. 28.—rresident Rooserelt, Secretary Root, Charles Emory Smith and others paid warm tributes to the late President McKinley at the banquet given under the auspices of the Canton Republican league In commemoration of Mr. McKinley's birthday. The banquet was given in the Grand Opern House and was attended by 457 guests, among them many men distinguished in public life. Judge William R. Day acted as toastmaster and Introduced the president, who spoke as follows: Main Track and Flier raaaea Slu- nala — Brave Work of Reacoera Italy Adopts Wireless Telegraphy. Conld Not Get the 111 Fated Paa- Rome, Jan. 28.—The Cabinet has adopted a bill providing for the construction of a wireless telegraph station for sending and receiving messages between Italy and South America.Rep. Steel ■enffcra Ont of the BnrnlnR Cara III Time to Save Their Uvea, Norfolk & Western N. Y„ O. & W N Y. Central ...... Pennsylvania .... . Reading Southern Ry Southern Ry., pref. Southern Pacific .. Tenn. C. & I Texas Pacific .' U. S. Steel U. S. Steel, pref. ... Wabash, pref; Wabasli, com l.nion Pacific I'nion Pacific, pref. The parlor cars of the Royal Blue line trnin were converted into temporary hospitals. The dead as they were taken out were laid in-a row alongside the track until means could be found to convey them to Piaintield. Plalnfield, N. J., Jan. 28.—The latest estimate of the number of lives lost in last night's disaster on the Central Railroad of New Jersey is 30. An accurate estimate may never be made. As the ruins of the Easton train were this morning pulled from under the wrecked engine of the Philadelphia flyer parts of bodies were discovered, and it is believed that many bodies were burned. Engineer Davis, of the Philadelphia train, was reported dead early this morning, but the report was an error. DavlB is still alive in the Plalnfield hospital, but his condition is very critical. So far the railroad authorities and the police have succeeded in getting a list of 16 dead, but there are six bodies In the Plalnfield morgue still unidentified and there are several bodies in hamlets hereabout. Several unidentified bodies remain in the Wer.tfleld railway station. The bodies of some of the unidentified were burned beyond recognition. Daylight revealed more fully (he horrors and sorrow that the disaster brought to Plainfleld. Most of the dead and injured belonged to Plainfleld and scoreB of families are in mourning for relatives or dear ones whose lives were snuffed out in an Instant. Wfipn the news of the catastrophe reached this .city, the excitement created was intense. People inquired anxiously for the names of the dead and injured, and great crowds of people surrounded every train that came from the direction of the accident. Today many people are still inquiring anxiously for relatives and friends who have not been seen since the wreck. The whole town is plunged In grief. These names frave been added to the list of dead: Boiler Explosion Kills Five. Anniston. Ala., Jan. 28.—Boiler plant No. 13. of the Southern Car and Foun-* dry Co., exploded this morning, killing five men and injuring several others. Taklnpr Out Bodlea. The firemen after a time mastered the flames. Then the wreckage was attacked again,D and the w.ork of recovering the bodies was begun. Out of the first ear eight bodies were taken. The Right while the wreck was burning was horrifying. Men could be seen in the wreckage pinned fast amid the timbers of the ears and struggling to be free while the flames roared around them. The rescuers were helpless to aid them, as they had already been burned and scorched in the tire before desisting from the work of rescue. One of those who tried to take out a man pinned in found that lie was held down by one leg near the ankle, and seeing it would be useless to do anything else is said to have finally severed the mail's leg and then carried him to one of the parlor cars. Both rescued and rescuer were burned. Mr. Toastmaster nnd Gentlemen— Throughout our history, and indeed throughout history generally, It has been given to only a very few thrice favored men to take so marked a lead In the crises faced by their several generations that thereafter each stands as the embodiment of the triumphant effort of his generation President McKlnley was one of theae men. In Cuba, where we were pledged to give the island independence, the pledge was kept not merely in letter, but in spirit. It would have been a betrayal of our duty to have given Cuba independence out of hand. President McKinley, with his usual singular sagacity in the choice of agents, selected in General Leonard Wood the man of all others best fit to bring the Island through its uncertain period of preparation for independence, and the result of his wisdom was shown when last May the island became in name and in fact a free republic, for it started with a better equipment and under more favorable conditions than had ever previously been the case with any Spanish-American commonwealth.PEOPLE'S STORE Berlin, Jan. 28.—Wilhelm Jordan, the German poet, died at Baden, today, aged 84 years. Death of Wilhelm Jordan. 15 South Main St., Pittston. aLWAVS THE CHEAPEST. Anon Kt. . If during the lifetime of a generation no crisis occurs sufficient to call out in marked manner the energies of the strangest leader, then of courHe the world does not an$ cannot know of the existence of such a leader, and in consequence there are long periods in the history of every nation during which no man appears who leaves an Indelible mark in history. If. on the other hund, the crisis is one so many sided as to call for the development and exercise of many distinct attributes, It may be that more than one man will appenr in order that the requirements shall be fully met. In the Revolution and In the period of constructive statesmanship Immediately following it for our good fortune It befell us that the highest military and the highest civic attributes were embodied in Washington, and so in him we have one of the undying men of history, a great soldier, if possible an even greater statesman and above all a public servant whose lofty and disinterested patriotism rendered his power and ability, alike on fought fields and in council chambers, of the most farreaching service to the republic. In the civil war the two functions were divided, and Lincoln and Grant will stand forevermore with their names inscribed on the honor roll of those who have deserved well of mankind by saving to humanity a precious heritage. In similar fashion Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson each stands as the foremost representative of the great movement of his generation, and their names symbolize to us their times and the hopes and aspirations of their times. THE WEATHER. , Washington, Jan. 28.—Cloudy and unsettled weather tonight and Thursday, with occasional rain. When you want Rood pies, get Bohan's Have a Look! Bought Yesterday — Cured Today.— Mrs. O. C. Burt, of 2G Broadway, New York, says: "I am surprised and delighted at the change for the better in my case in one day from the use of Or. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. It worked like magic—there's no excuse lor a person suffering pain with this remedy within reach. 50 cents. Sold by J. H. Houck.—41 The Philippine Problem, SPORTING NOTES. Finally in the Philippines the problem Was one of great complexity. There was an insurrectionary party claiming to represent the people of the islands and putting forth their claim with a certain speelousness which deceived no small number of excellent men here at home and which afforded to yet others a chance to arouse a factious party spirit against the president. Of course, looking back, it is now easy to see that it would have been both absurd and wicked to abandon the Philippine archipelago and let the scores of different tribes—Christian, Mohammedan and pagan, irv every stage of semi-Asiatic barbarism—turn the islands into a welter of bloody savagery, with tho absolute certainly that some strong power would have to step in and take possession. But, though now it is easy enough to see that our duty was to stay in the Islands, to put down the insurrection by force of arms and then to establish freedom giving civil government, it needed genuine statesmanship to see this and to act accordingly at the time of the flrst revolt. A weaker and less farslghted man than President McKinley would have shrunk from a task very difficult in itself and certain to furnish occasion for attack and misrepresentation no less than for honest misunderstanding, but President McKinley never flinched. He refused to consider the thought of abandoning our duty in our new possessions. While sedulously endeavoring to act with the utmost humanity toward the insurrectionists he never faltered in the determination to put them down by force of arms, alike for the sake of our own interest and honor and for the sake of the interest of the islanders, and particularly of the great numbers of friendly natives, Including those most highly civilized, for whom abandonment by us would have meant ruin and death. Again his policy was most amply vindicated. AT OUR PRICES. The Harvard track team candidates are doing unusually good work this year. Tim Murnane says: "No amalgamation. The wise American league will let well enough alone." Best Patent Flour, per bbl. $4,50 Potatoes, per bu.... 70 Gr. Sugar, 20 lbs $1,00 Best Dairy Butter, per lb.. 20 Pure Lard, per lb 13 Heintz Sour Pickles, 3 doz.. 25 " Sweet Pickles, 3 doz. 26 " Mixed Pickles, 2 qts. 25 " Chow Chow, 2 (jts.25 " Sweet Mix. Pick. 1 (it 20 Dr. Peaches, choice, 3 lbs... 25 When the engine plowed into the rear car, it partly split the car open nnd at the same time lifted it up and on to itself. In this nnuiher those in thnt car besides being crushed were scalded and burned by the engine. This ear was tiie first to take Are. nnd most of those in it are dead. Some of them are believed to be beneath the overturned en- Catcher Joe Sugden of St. Louis has a chance to manage a minor league team and may accept it Home made taffies, 3 lb 25c. Codekas. Selbach will be welcomed back to Washington and will come pretty near' making good for Delehanty. Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr. .Thomas' Eclectric Oil. At any drug store. Horse racing began In Virginia, Maryland and the New York colony of Manhattan in the seventeenth century. GOOD RESOLUTIONS Tliose In the car ahead, which was lifted on to the renr car, were those who suffered the most. Fourteen minutes before the flames reached tliein from the cur below and lichind them they were enveloped In smoke nnd steam, and it wns here that the worst sights wore witnessed. The imprisoned ones begged for dentil to end their agonies and implored those who were laboring to get them free to crush their heads with the axes they were using to chop away the wreckage. Some begged for water, some raved, more prayed, some cursed and prayed alternately.glne. The lirst twoyear-old race of 1000 was run at Inglesidc, Cal.f and was won by G. B. Morris' bay colt Precious Stone, foaled Feb. 3, 1901. Ate the Order of the Day. " " fancy,large,2 lbs Dr. Apricots, choice, 3 lbs... Arthur Redfern's young brother, a forty pounder, is anxious to become a jockey. He is constantly begging his father to allow him to ride, and the latter favors the Idea. OUR RESOLUTIONS ARE " " fancy,large, 2 lbs Primes, 2, 3 anil 4 lbs for... Cleaned Currants,loose, 4 lbs 25 25 25 Harold Rogers. Harold W. Tomlinson. Craig Walden. To give the best quality at the lowest juice. Third Crl«l» In Our History. Among the missing are Thomas Oummings, Ellas Giles, A. H. Cannon and Frank Mastoy, all of Plainfleld. It was given to President McKlnley to take the foremost place In our political life at a time when our country was brought face to face with problems more momentous than any whose solution we have ever attempted save only In the Revolution and in the civil war, and it was under his leadership that the nation solved these mighty problems aright. Therefore he shall stand In the eyes of history not merely as the first man of his generation, but as among the greatest figures In our national life, coming second only to the men of the two great crises in which the Union was founded and preserved.While fighting Is allowed by the authorities in most of the large cities in the United States, in New York the sporting fraternity has to be content with newsboy wrestling matches. Hand Picked Apples, per bu llutebegas, per bu...,. . . Ouions, per bu 90c, per ptt... ,25c 3 lb can best qual'y Bak. Beans 10c 1 " " " " " 5c Can Pumpkin 10c Can Tomatoes 10c 55c ,45c Boots and Shoes. Story of the Disaster. You will always find our Shoes Highest in Quality but Lowest in Price. Westfleld, N. J., Jan. 28.—In n terrific rear end collision on the Central Itnllroad of New Jersey near Graceland probably thirty passengers were killed and as many more Injured. The Royal Blue line express dashed full steam ahead Into the rear of a combination express and local. Those killed and injured were on the latter train. Rencuera Baffled. MS9H ■ k jjugH The rescuers In many cases believed It would l* a mercy to end the lives and sufferings of those imprisoned, but shrank from the net, although there was absolutely no hope of getting them out before the flames would reach them Jfanded Pom to Jfis Grand Can Tomatoes, doz.. New Honey, in comb .$1.10 .12Jc Dried Raspberries, lb Evans Bros. 20c No man could carry through (successfully such n task as President McKlnley undertook unless trained by long years of effort for its performance. Knowledgo of his fellow citizens, ability to understand them, keen sympathy with even their Innermost feelings and yet power to lead them, together with farstghted sagacity and resolute belief both in the people and In their future—all these were needed In the man who headed the march of our people during the eventful years from 1S96 to 1901. These were the qualities possessed by McKlnley and developed by him throughout his whole history previous to assuming the presidency. As a lad he had the inestimable privilege of serving, first in the ranks and then as a commissioned officer, in the great war for national union, righteousness and grandeur. He was one of those whom a kindly Providence permitted to take part In a struggle which ennobled every man who fought therein. He who when little more than a boy had seen the grim steadfastness which after four years of giant struggle restored the Union and freed the slave was not thereafter to be daunted by danger or frightened out of his belief in the great destiny of our people. President McKinley's second campaign was fought mainly on the issue of approving what he had done in his first administration and specifically what he had done as regards these problems springing out of the war with Spain. The result was that the popular verdict in his favor was more overwhelming than It had been before. Lard 13c BRENNAN I ROBERTS, To add to the horror of the situation fire broke out In tlie wrecked train, and many of those whose names appear in the mortality list were burned or scalded to death. The scenes here after the wreck were heartrending. About the depot hundreds were gathered waiting for news from the wreck. 46 8. Main St. Pittston. 92 North IHalu Street, When the dead began to nrrlve and the injured were being carried through the depot 011 the way to the hospital, the police had hard work in holding hack the crowd. No other president in our history has seen high and honorable effort crowned with more conspicuous personal success. No other president entered upon his second term feeling such right to a profound and peaceful satisfaction. Then by a stroke of horror, so strange in its fantastic iniquity as to stand unique in the black annals of crime, he was struck down. The brave, strong, gentle heart was stilled forever, and word was brought to the woman who wept that she wan to walk thenceforth alone In the shadow. The hideous infamy of the deed shocked the nation to its depths, for the man thus struck at was in a peculiar sense the champion of the plain people, in a peculiar sense the representative and the exponent of those ideals which, If we live up to them, will make, as they have largely made, our country a blessed refuge for all who strive to do right and to live their lives simply and well as light is given them. The nation was stunned and the people mourned with a sense of bitter bereavement because they had lost a man whose heart beat for them as the heart of Lincoln once had beaten. We did right to mourn, for the loss wns ours, not his. He died in the golden fullness of his triumph. Ho died victorious in that highest of all kinds of strife, the strife for an ampler, Juster and more generous national life. For him the laurel, but woe for those whom he left behind; woe to the nation that lost him and woe to mankind that there should exist creatures so foul that one among them should strike at so noble a life. Pled In Fnllneaa of Triumph. Children ty Next to Eagle Hotel. For weddings Flnworc ! For FUNERALS rlUWOr* i Sixteen bodies have been taken from the wreck, all charred beyond recognition. Eight persons died after being rescued. They were: Rowland R. Cliandor, Mill street; Thomas Cuming, Putnam avenue; Edward Flynn, West Front street; Harry G. Hand, son of Justice of the Pence Hand, clerk In New York city; Harry Paterson, Dunellen, clerk; (ieorge E. Reed, Scotch Plains; C. G. Snyer, Watcliung avenue, agent for the National Express company, Broadway and Liberty street, New York city; Eilgar Williams, East Sixth street, New York lawyer. While at the front fighting for his country, Mr. James F. Boyle, of Lowell, Mass., suffered unusual exposure and hardship. He says: "I have used Father John's Medicine for over 30 years. It cured me of a chronic bronchial trouble contracted in the army during the Civil War. It is a splendid medicine for the children, and today my grandchildren are taking it. It keeps them well and strong." As we have said before, this old remedy is not a patent medicine—it is free from temporary and weakening stimulants or nerve-deadening opiates. It has built up and restored thousands to health and strength during its 50 years of success since an eminent specialist prescribed it for the late Rev. Father John O'Brien, of St. Patrick's parish, I.owell, Mass., from whom it derived its name and by whom it was recommended. The money is refunded for any cold, cough or throat and lung trouble it does not cure. YOU GET THE BEST AT Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reason- The only person hurt on the Royal Blue train was walking In the aisle of one of the cars when the crash came, and the Impact hurled him up in the nlr, then sideways across the heads of several persons in chairs and Anally through a window. One of his hands was cut, and he was briraed. He sahl be was a son of John Wnnnmaker of Philadelphia. He did good work later on after his hand had been bandaged, business men returning to their uomes. WILLIAMS and M'ANULTY able price. (new phone) I- B-MRPENTER,exeter exeter bobo: Dealers in High Grade CARPETS, BUGS, - SPECIAL LOW PRICES AT b MAGNET ABT SQUABES, Oil Cloths and Linoleums, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils. Paintars and Paparhancara. Some of the Injured were; Roy Apgar, Dunellen, seriously Injured about head; E. M. Brokaw, West Second street, Plalnfleld, slightly cut and bruised; Roy Bradford, Park avenue, Plaintield, Injured 011 face and head; Miss Cora Brokaw, West Second street, Plalnfleld, only slightly injured; Edward Clark, Plalnfleld, both legs broken; Miss Lizzie Cutter, Sanford avenue, Plain field, face badly cut; Mrs. D. Cuming, Somerset street, Plalnfleld, injured In head and body; Miss Fannie Canavoe, Mnueh Chunk avenue, Plainfield, body and face badly cut; William Dunn, Norwood avenue, Plalnfleld, right leg broken and face cut and bruised; Miss Mildred Everett, Somerset street, Plalnfleld. badly cut about the body; Wilson Frederick, Dunellen, scalded about the body; George Force, Front street, Plalnfleld, cut about the head; Howard R. George, Craig place, Plalnfleld, only slightly Injured; Frederick Ivnnnen, Mnueh Chunk avenue, Plninftcld, leg crushed and body bndly cut; Wlllinjn Sampson, Fifth street, Plalnfleld. cut and crushed about the body; Ellns Giles, employed in a wholesale dry goods house In New York city, missing; J. H. Freeman, badly Injured about the head and body, cannot recover.Some of the Injured. The heavy engine of the Royal Blue tore its way Into the rear car and at the same time drove the forward end of that car Into the rear end of the car ahead, which in turn was driven into the third cur, and this in turn was driven Into the fourth car from the rear. The fourth car was only partly wrecked, but the last three of the train were torn In pieces. The momentum of the heavy Pullman conches and of the engine of the Royal Blue made the shock Irresistible. No Sudden Hide to Greatne*«. When we cut we cut deep. Note these unmatched prices, then come and inspect the goods. You will find them a great saving. President McKlnley's rise to greatness had in It nothing of the sudden, nothing of the unexpected or seemingly accidental. Throughout his long term of service in congress there was a steady Increase ullke in his power of leadership and in the recognition of that power both by his associates in public life and by the public itself. Session after session his inlluence In the house grew greater; his party antagonists grew to look upon him with constantly Increasing respect, his party friends with constantly increasing faith and admiration. Eight years before he was nominated for president he was already considered a presidential possibility. Four years before he was nominated only his own high sense of honor prevented his being made a formidable competitor of the chief upon whom the choice of the convention then actunlly fell. In 1896 he was chosen because the great mass of his party knew him and believed in him and regarded him as symbolizing their Ideals, as representing their aspirations. Choice 1 lot ladies' heavy flannelette wrappers, nice colors, capes over shoulders, nicely trimmed with braid, never sold for less than $1.25; the're yours for 50c. Ladies' Walking Skirts, reduced from $1.98 and §2.50 to $1.50. M Sirloin Steak POUND Fnfflne Toppled Over. 1 lot of Laces, assorted Valj ciennes and Torchons, from to CD in. wide; your choice, a \M As tlie ltoyal Blue train plowed her way into the train ahead the engine of the Royal Blue left the rails and turned over on it* Ride. The engineer and fireman had not left their posts and went down in the wjWk. They are now in the Muhlenberg hospital in Plainfield, and the engineer is not believed to have a chance of living more than a few hours. The passengers of tlie Koyal Blue escaped without a scratch, but were badly shaken up. We are gathered together tonight to recall hia memory, to pay our tribute of respect to the great chief and leader who fell in the harness, who was stricken down while his eyes were bright with "the light that tells of triumph tasted." We can honor him best by the way we show in actual deed that we have taken to heart the lessons of his life. We must strive to achieve, each in the measure that he can, something of the qualities which made President McKlnley a leader of men, a mighty power for good, his strength, his courage, his courtesy and dignity, his sense of justice, his ever present kindliness and regard for the rights of others. He won greatness by meeting and solving the issues as they arose, not by shirking them; meeting them with wisdom, with the exercise of the most skillful and cautious judgment, but with fearless resolution when the time of crisis came. He met each crisis on its own merits; he never sought excuse for shirking a task in the fact that it was different from the one he had expected to face. The long public career, which opened when as a boy he carried a musket in the ranks and closed when as a man in the prime of his intellectual strength he stood among the world's chlsf statesmen, came to what It was because he treated each triumph as opening the road to fresh effort, not as an excuse for cfastna from He undertook ipl«htj| Lessons of McKlnley's Life. Wood Mantels, Goal Orates, Qas Grates, Gas Logs, Tile Facings, Tile For Bath Rooms, Fire Sets, And-lrons, Electric Fixturet, Chandeliers. Children's Eiderdown jl nicely trimmed with angora, vl 89c; here for 50c. Magic Yeast cakes 2c box. Table Oil Cloth, nice colors, best goods, 16Jc yard. 1 lot Comfortables, the 85c kind is now (55c. Hut even as a candidate President Mc- Klnley was far more than the candidate of a party, and as president he was in the broadest and fullest sense the president of all the people of all sections of the country. Feather Pillows, 3J lbs, worth 75c; these are yours for 45c. 1 lot ladies' flannelette Shirt Waists, fancy patterns, latest styles, worth 50c; these red. to 39c. Heavy piCiue Shirt Waist, worth $1.50; these reduced to 50c. Ills Hrst nomination came to him bocause of the qualities he had shown in healthy and open political leadership, the leadership which by word and deed impresses itself as a virile force for Rood upon the people at large and which has nothing In common with mere Intrigue or manipulation, but in 1896 the Issue was /airly Joined, chiefly upon a question which as a party question was entirely new, so that the old lines of political cleavage were In large part abandoned. All other issues sank in Importance when compared with the vital need of keeping our financial system on the high and honorable plane imperatively demanded by our position as a great civilized power. As the champion of such a principle President McKlnley received the support not only of hl» own party, but of hundreds of thousands of those to whom he had been_DOlitlcallv_ ouuoaed. He trl- No. 3 Steel Scoops 30c They say the engineer applied tlie brakes hard just a minute or so before the crash. The train ahead had sent a flagman liark, but it so.'ins he was recalled when, the train not under way, and, although he left torpedoes, the Itoyal Blue Aid not heed them or else was going too fast to stop In the short distance remaining. The man who went back to flag tjie train had just swung upon the rear end of his train and is among the dead. It is supposed he was crushed just as he was entering the rear car. Silk Waists red. from $2.50 to $1. 1 lot boys' heavy sweaters, worth $1, reduced to 50c. The local train had stopped on the main line with a hot box. The rear brakeman had set the red signal when in the distance he saw the Royal Blue express looming up in the fog. He frantically waved his red lantern, but the express, with shrieking whistle, plowed Into the train, which was composed of five coaches and filled with Fane; Creamer; Butter 27c. B. 6. CARPENTER & CO Men's heavy fleece lined Shirts and drawers, worth 50c; red. to 35c. Murphy & Joyce. The MAGNET 6 West Market Street, WHkosbarre, Pa. Home made chocolates, fresh daily. Codekas. I Cor. Main, Lambert & Seneca Sfca. Phone 37 S. Main St., Pittston.
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, January 28, 1903 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1903-01-28 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, January 28, 1903 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1903-01-28 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_19030128_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | e. 53d YEAR. j WBKKUY ESTABLISHED 1880 1 DAILY K8T. bt TBBO. HART 1882. PITTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1903. TWO CENTS A COOY. I (! P A fiTTlS FORTY 0ENT9 A MONTH. f u Jr AVXJaD. THIRTY DEAD. neighborhood started work at once In trying to get out tlie injured before the flames could reach tlioju. At times while some of the rescuers were in the wreckage trying to take out the Injured the flames readied them, and their clothing took fire, but they put the blaze out and worked on In constant danger of being killed themselves. IN HONOR OF M'KINLEY umphed, and he made good with scrupulous fidelity thfc promises upon which the campaign was won. tasks. Some of them ho finished completely; others we must finish, and there remain yet others which he did not have to face, but which if we are worthy to be the Inheritors of his principles we will In our turn face with the same resolution, the same sanity, the same • unfaltering belief in the greatness of this country unfaltering championship of the rights of each and all of our people which marked bis high and splendid career. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. GREAT WINTER CLEARING SALE^ New York Stock Markets furnished by Haight & Freese, stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. But as bo often happens in our history the president was forced to face questions other than those ?it issue at the time of his election. Within a year the situation In Cuba had become literally intolerable. President McKinley had fought too well In his youth, he knew too well at first hand what war really was, lightly to enter into a struggle. He sought by every honorable means to preserve peace, to avert war. He made every effort consistent with tho national honor to bring about an amicable settlement of the Cuban difficulty. Then, when it became evident that these efforts were useless, that peace could not be honorably entertained, he devoted his strength to making the war as short and as decisive as possible. It is needless to tell the result in detail. Suffice it to saj that rarely indeed in historv has a contest so farreaching in the importance of its outcome been achieved with such ease. There followed a harder task. As a result of the war we came into possession of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. In each island the conditions were such that we had to face problems entirely new to our national experience, and, moreover, in each island or group of Islands the problems differed radically from those presented in the others. In Porto Rico the task was simple. The Island could not be independent. It became in all essentials a part of the Union. It has beun given all the benefits of our economic and financial system. Its inhabitants have been given the highest individual liberty, while yet their government has been kept under the supervision of officials so well chosen that the Island can be appealed to as affording a model for all such experiments in the future, and this result was mainly owing to the admirable choice of instruments by President McKinley when he selected the governing officials. Terrible Collision on Jersey New York, Jan. 28, 1903. Open. Cloa. .129% 129% . 87% 87% . 99% 99% . 65% 06% . 41 41 . 08 08 .101% 100% ..52V* . 52'4 . 27% 27% .177% 177% . 48 47% . 75 75 . 40% 40% . 72% 71% .126 126% .144% 144% .138% 138% .111% 111% . 30 30% . 29 29 .105% 105% . 21 20% . 74% 74 . 33% 33% 151% 151 .153% 152% . 01% 01% . 36% 30 . 95% 95% ..64% 64 % . 63% 63% . 40 40% .C 37% 37% . 87% 87% . 44% 44% . 29% 29% 102 101% »•.* 94% 36% 37 27% 27% Central Railroad. Country's Great Men Assem- Sugar Atchison Atchison, pref Copper Car & Foundry Brooklyn Traction U & O. Some of the injured were burned to death in sight of the would be rescuers, who stood by them as long as possible, but the flames soon gained complete mastery of the two last cars. ble at Canton, 0. ROYAL BLUE HITS LOCAL Boston. Jan. 28.—Slight pneumonia has developed in the case of ex-Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, who is ill at St. Margaret's hospital. The latest report from the attending physicians is to the effect that Long is holding his own. Secretary Long Has Pneumonia. The engineer of the axpress, John S. Dnvles, was not the regular engineer. He was a relief engineer for the fast train and had been put on in the absence of the regulnr man, who had a day off. He was, however, perfectly familiar with the running of the train, and lie rnn it at least once a week. PRESIDENT'S FINE TRIBUTE Cl.es. & Ohio Chic., & Gt. Western C., M. & St. P C„ R. I. & P Col. F. & I Erie Two Cars of the Latter Train Catch Fire. Glowing Eulogy of the Dead States- man and His Services to the Amer- Parliament Reopening Will be Lively. London, Jan. 28.—On the reopening of Parliament, next month, the Unionists intend raising the Venezuelan question during the debate on the King's speech, and a hot debate is expected.Erie, pref. Louis. & Nash. Manhattan El. Met. Traction Mo. Pacific . Coi. Southern Am. L. Oil . P O READ THIS LIST OF SPECIAL PRICES: VIOTIMS BURNED TO A CRISP ican People and to the World at Before the wreckage bad cooled the work of getting out the charred bodies began. Men attacked the heap with poles and rods of iron taken from the pile of debris and raked out several arms, legs and heads. Many of those burned will never be recognized, the bodies being burned to a crisp and so charred that they fell to pieces. Large tip Outing Flannel :i(i incli Unlileaclied Muslin Window Shades (complete) Bleached Pillow Cases Ladies' Flannel Waists — Hill Bleached Muslin 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting.. 10c Ticking now 59c Blankets Cream Shaker Flannel Indigo Blue Calico Bleachrd Turkish Tojvels 5(' Children's Fleeced Lined Vests 3c Men's all wool half liose.... I2'/2c ..4c Hot Box Delays Accommodation on Cnnton, O., Jan. 28.—rresident Rooserelt, Secretary Root, Charles Emory Smith and others paid warm tributes to the late President McKinley at the banquet given under the auspices of the Canton Republican league In commemoration of Mr. McKinley's birthday. The banquet was given in the Grand Opern House and was attended by 457 guests, among them many men distinguished in public life. Judge William R. Day acted as toastmaster and Introduced the president, who spoke as follows: Main Track and Flier raaaea Slu- nala — Brave Work of Reacoera Italy Adopts Wireless Telegraphy. Conld Not Get the 111 Fated Paa- Rome, Jan. 28.—The Cabinet has adopted a bill providing for the construction of a wireless telegraph station for sending and receiving messages between Italy and South America.Rep. Steel ■enffcra Ont of the BnrnlnR Cara III Time to Save Their Uvea, Norfolk & Western N. Y„ O. & W N Y. Central ...... Pennsylvania .... . Reading Southern Ry Southern Ry., pref. Southern Pacific .. Tenn. C. & I Texas Pacific .' U. S. Steel U. S. Steel, pref. ... Wabash, pref; Wabasli, com l.nion Pacific I'nion Pacific, pref. The parlor cars of the Royal Blue line trnin were converted into temporary hospitals. The dead as they were taken out were laid in-a row alongside the track until means could be found to convey them to Piaintield. Plalnfield, N. J., Jan. 28.—The latest estimate of the number of lives lost in last night's disaster on the Central Railroad of New Jersey is 30. An accurate estimate may never be made. As the ruins of the Easton train were this morning pulled from under the wrecked engine of the Philadelphia flyer parts of bodies were discovered, and it is believed that many bodies were burned. Engineer Davis, of the Philadelphia train, was reported dead early this morning, but the report was an error. DavlB is still alive in the Plalnfield hospital, but his condition is very critical. So far the railroad authorities and the police have succeeded in getting a list of 16 dead, but there are six bodies In the Plalnfield morgue still unidentified and there are several bodies in hamlets hereabout. Several unidentified bodies remain in the Wer.tfleld railway station. The bodies of some of the unidentified were burned beyond recognition. Daylight revealed more fully (he horrors and sorrow that the disaster brought to Plainfleld. Most of the dead and injured belonged to Plainfleld and scoreB of families are in mourning for relatives or dear ones whose lives were snuffed out in an Instant. Wfipn the news of the catastrophe reached this .city, the excitement created was intense. People inquired anxiously for the names of the dead and injured, and great crowds of people surrounded every train that came from the direction of the accident. Today many people are still inquiring anxiously for relatives and friends who have not been seen since the wreck. The whole town is plunged In grief. These names frave been added to the list of dead: Boiler Explosion Kills Five. Anniston. Ala., Jan. 28.—Boiler plant No. 13. of the Southern Car and Foun-* dry Co., exploded this morning, killing five men and injuring several others. Taklnpr Out Bodlea. The firemen after a time mastered the flames. Then the wreckage was attacked again,D and the w.ork of recovering the bodies was begun. Out of the first ear eight bodies were taken. The Right while the wreck was burning was horrifying. Men could be seen in the wreckage pinned fast amid the timbers of the ears and struggling to be free while the flames roared around them. The rescuers were helpless to aid them, as they had already been burned and scorched in the tire before desisting from the work of rescue. One of those who tried to take out a man pinned in found that lie was held down by one leg near the ankle, and seeing it would be useless to do anything else is said to have finally severed the mail's leg and then carried him to one of the parlor cars. Both rescued and rescuer were burned. Mr. Toastmaster nnd Gentlemen— Throughout our history, and indeed throughout history generally, It has been given to only a very few thrice favored men to take so marked a lead In the crises faced by their several generations that thereafter each stands as the embodiment of the triumphant effort of his generation President McKlnley was one of theae men. In Cuba, where we were pledged to give the island independence, the pledge was kept not merely in letter, but in spirit. It would have been a betrayal of our duty to have given Cuba independence out of hand. President McKinley, with his usual singular sagacity in the choice of agents, selected in General Leonard Wood the man of all others best fit to bring the Island through its uncertain period of preparation for independence, and the result of his wisdom was shown when last May the island became in name and in fact a free republic, for it started with a better equipment and under more favorable conditions than had ever previously been the case with any Spanish-American commonwealth.PEOPLE'S STORE Berlin, Jan. 28.—Wilhelm Jordan, the German poet, died at Baden, today, aged 84 years. Death of Wilhelm Jordan. 15 South Main St., Pittston. aLWAVS THE CHEAPEST. Anon Kt. . If during the lifetime of a generation no crisis occurs sufficient to call out in marked manner the energies of the strangest leader, then of courHe the world does not an$ cannot know of the existence of such a leader, and in consequence there are long periods in the history of every nation during which no man appears who leaves an Indelible mark in history. If. on the other hund, the crisis is one so many sided as to call for the development and exercise of many distinct attributes, It may be that more than one man will appenr in order that the requirements shall be fully met. In the Revolution and In the period of constructive statesmanship Immediately following it for our good fortune It befell us that the highest military and the highest civic attributes were embodied in Washington, and so in him we have one of the undying men of history, a great soldier, if possible an even greater statesman and above all a public servant whose lofty and disinterested patriotism rendered his power and ability, alike on fought fields and in council chambers, of the most farreaching service to the republic. In the civil war the two functions were divided, and Lincoln and Grant will stand forevermore with their names inscribed on the honor roll of those who have deserved well of mankind by saving to humanity a precious heritage. In similar fashion Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson each stands as the foremost representative of the great movement of his generation, and their names symbolize to us their times and the hopes and aspirations of their times. THE WEATHER. , Washington, Jan. 28.—Cloudy and unsettled weather tonight and Thursday, with occasional rain. When you want Rood pies, get Bohan's Have a Look! Bought Yesterday — Cured Today.— Mrs. O. C. Burt, of 2G Broadway, New York, says: "I am surprised and delighted at the change for the better in my case in one day from the use of Or. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. It worked like magic—there's no excuse lor a person suffering pain with this remedy within reach. 50 cents. Sold by J. H. Houck.—41 The Philippine Problem, SPORTING NOTES. Finally in the Philippines the problem Was one of great complexity. There was an insurrectionary party claiming to represent the people of the islands and putting forth their claim with a certain speelousness which deceived no small number of excellent men here at home and which afforded to yet others a chance to arouse a factious party spirit against the president. Of course, looking back, it is now easy to see that it would have been both absurd and wicked to abandon the Philippine archipelago and let the scores of different tribes—Christian, Mohammedan and pagan, irv every stage of semi-Asiatic barbarism—turn the islands into a welter of bloody savagery, with tho absolute certainly that some strong power would have to step in and take possession. But, though now it is easy enough to see that our duty was to stay in the Islands, to put down the insurrection by force of arms and then to establish freedom giving civil government, it needed genuine statesmanship to see this and to act accordingly at the time of the flrst revolt. A weaker and less farslghted man than President McKinley would have shrunk from a task very difficult in itself and certain to furnish occasion for attack and misrepresentation no less than for honest misunderstanding, but President McKinley never flinched. He refused to consider the thought of abandoning our duty in our new possessions. While sedulously endeavoring to act with the utmost humanity toward the insurrectionists he never faltered in the determination to put them down by force of arms, alike for the sake of our own interest and honor and for the sake of the interest of the islanders, and particularly of the great numbers of friendly natives, Including those most highly civilized, for whom abandonment by us would have meant ruin and death. Again his policy was most amply vindicated. AT OUR PRICES. The Harvard track team candidates are doing unusually good work this year. Tim Murnane says: "No amalgamation. The wise American league will let well enough alone." Best Patent Flour, per bbl. $4,50 Potatoes, per bu.... 70 Gr. Sugar, 20 lbs $1,00 Best Dairy Butter, per lb.. 20 Pure Lard, per lb 13 Heintz Sour Pickles, 3 doz.. 25 " Sweet Pickles, 3 doz. 26 " Mixed Pickles, 2 qts. 25 " Chow Chow, 2 (jts.25 " Sweet Mix. Pick. 1 (it 20 Dr. Peaches, choice, 3 lbs... 25 When the engine plowed into the rear car, it partly split the car open nnd at the same time lifted it up and on to itself. In this nnuiher those in thnt car besides being crushed were scalded and burned by the engine. This ear was tiie first to take Are. nnd most of those in it are dead. Some of them are believed to be beneath the overturned en- Catcher Joe Sugden of St. Louis has a chance to manage a minor league team and may accept it Home made taffies, 3 lb 25c. Codekas. Selbach will be welcomed back to Washington and will come pretty near' making good for Delehanty. Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr. .Thomas' Eclectric Oil. At any drug store. Horse racing began In Virginia, Maryland and the New York colony of Manhattan in the seventeenth century. GOOD RESOLUTIONS Tliose In the car ahead, which was lifted on to the renr car, were those who suffered the most. Fourteen minutes before the flames reached tliein from the cur below and lichind them they were enveloped In smoke nnd steam, and it wns here that the worst sights wore witnessed. The imprisoned ones begged for dentil to end their agonies and implored those who were laboring to get them free to crush their heads with the axes they were using to chop away the wreckage. Some begged for water, some raved, more prayed, some cursed and prayed alternately.glne. The lirst twoyear-old race of 1000 was run at Inglesidc, Cal.f and was won by G. B. Morris' bay colt Precious Stone, foaled Feb. 3, 1901. Ate the Order of the Day. " " fancy,large,2 lbs Dr. Apricots, choice, 3 lbs... Arthur Redfern's young brother, a forty pounder, is anxious to become a jockey. He is constantly begging his father to allow him to ride, and the latter favors the Idea. OUR RESOLUTIONS ARE " " fancy,large, 2 lbs Primes, 2, 3 anil 4 lbs for... Cleaned Currants,loose, 4 lbs 25 25 25 Harold Rogers. Harold W. Tomlinson. Craig Walden. To give the best quality at the lowest juice. Third Crl«l» In Our History. Among the missing are Thomas Oummings, Ellas Giles, A. H. Cannon and Frank Mastoy, all of Plainfleld. It was given to President McKlnley to take the foremost place In our political life at a time when our country was brought face to face with problems more momentous than any whose solution we have ever attempted save only In the Revolution and in the civil war, and it was under his leadership that the nation solved these mighty problems aright. Therefore he shall stand In the eyes of history not merely as the first man of his generation, but as among the greatest figures In our national life, coming second only to the men of the two great crises in which the Union was founded and preserved.While fighting Is allowed by the authorities in most of the large cities in the United States, in New York the sporting fraternity has to be content with newsboy wrestling matches. Hand Picked Apples, per bu llutebegas, per bu...,. . . Ouions, per bu 90c, per ptt... ,25c 3 lb can best qual'y Bak. Beans 10c 1 " " " " " 5c Can Pumpkin 10c Can Tomatoes 10c 55c ,45c Boots and Shoes. Story of the Disaster. You will always find our Shoes Highest in Quality but Lowest in Price. Westfleld, N. J., Jan. 28.—In n terrific rear end collision on the Central Itnllroad of New Jersey near Graceland probably thirty passengers were killed and as many more Injured. The Royal Blue line express dashed full steam ahead Into the rear of a combination express and local. Those killed and injured were on the latter train. Rencuera Baffled. MS9H ■ k jjugH The rescuers In many cases believed It would l* a mercy to end the lives and sufferings of those imprisoned, but shrank from the net, although there was absolutely no hope of getting them out before the flames would reach them Jfanded Pom to Jfis Grand Can Tomatoes, doz.. New Honey, in comb .$1.10 .12Jc Dried Raspberries, lb Evans Bros. 20c No man could carry through (successfully such n task as President McKlnley undertook unless trained by long years of effort for its performance. Knowledgo of his fellow citizens, ability to understand them, keen sympathy with even their Innermost feelings and yet power to lead them, together with farstghted sagacity and resolute belief both in the people and In their future—all these were needed In the man who headed the march of our people during the eventful years from 1S96 to 1901. These were the qualities possessed by McKlnley and developed by him throughout his whole history previous to assuming the presidency. As a lad he had the inestimable privilege of serving, first in the ranks and then as a commissioned officer, in the great war for national union, righteousness and grandeur. He was one of those whom a kindly Providence permitted to take part In a struggle which ennobled every man who fought therein. He who when little more than a boy had seen the grim steadfastness which after four years of giant struggle restored the Union and freed the slave was not thereafter to be daunted by danger or frightened out of his belief in the great destiny of our people. President McKinley's second campaign was fought mainly on the issue of approving what he had done in his first administration and specifically what he had done as regards these problems springing out of the war with Spain. The result was that the popular verdict in his favor was more overwhelming than It had been before. Lard 13c BRENNAN I ROBERTS, To add to the horror of the situation fire broke out In tlie wrecked train, and many of those whose names appear in the mortality list were burned or scalded to death. The scenes here after the wreck were heartrending. About the depot hundreds were gathered waiting for news from the wreck. 46 8. Main St. Pittston. 92 North IHalu Street, When the dead began to nrrlve and the injured were being carried through the depot 011 the way to the hospital, the police had hard work in holding hack the crowd. No other president in our history has seen high and honorable effort crowned with more conspicuous personal success. No other president entered upon his second term feeling such right to a profound and peaceful satisfaction. Then by a stroke of horror, so strange in its fantastic iniquity as to stand unique in the black annals of crime, he was struck down. The brave, strong, gentle heart was stilled forever, and word was brought to the woman who wept that she wan to walk thenceforth alone In the shadow. The hideous infamy of the deed shocked the nation to its depths, for the man thus struck at was in a peculiar sense the champion of the plain people, in a peculiar sense the representative and the exponent of those ideals which, If we live up to them, will make, as they have largely made, our country a blessed refuge for all who strive to do right and to live their lives simply and well as light is given them. The nation was stunned and the people mourned with a sense of bitter bereavement because they had lost a man whose heart beat for them as the heart of Lincoln once had beaten. We did right to mourn, for the loss wns ours, not his. He died in the golden fullness of his triumph. Ho died victorious in that highest of all kinds of strife, the strife for an ampler, Juster and more generous national life. For him the laurel, but woe for those whom he left behind; woe to the nation that lost him and woe to mankind that there should exist creatures so foul that one among them should strike at so noble a life. Pled In Fnllneaa of Triumph. Children ty Next to Eagle Hotel. For weddings Flnworc ! For FUNERALS rlUWOr* i Sixteen bodies have been taken from the wreck, all charred beyond recognition. Eight persons died after being rescued. They were: Rowland R. Cliandor, Mill street; Thomas Cuming, Putnam avenue; Edward Flynn, West Front street; Harry G. Hand, son of Justice of the Pence Hand, clerk In New York city; Harry Paterson, Dunellen, clerk; (ieorge E. Reed, Scotch Plains; C. G. Snyer, Watcliung avenue, agent for the National Express company, Broadway and Liberty street, New York city; Eilgar Williams, East Sixth street, New York lawyer. While at the front fighting for his country, Mr. James F. Boyle, of Lowell, Mass., suffered unusual exposure and hardship. He says: "I have used Father John's Medicine for over 30 years. It cured me of a chronic bronchial trouble contracted in the army during the Civil War. It is a splendid medicine for the children, and today my grandchildren are taking it. It keeps them well and strong." As we have said before, this old remedy is not a patent medicine—it is free from temporary and weakening stimulants or nerve-deadening opiates. It has built up and restored thousands to health and strength during its 50 years of success since an eminent specialist prescribed it for the late Rev. Father John O'Brien, of St. Patrick's parish, I.owell, Mass., from whom it derived its name and by whom it was recommended. The money is refunded for any cold, cough or throat and lung trouble it does not cure. YOU GET THE BEST AT Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reason- The only person hurt on the Royal Blue train was walking In the aisle of one of the cars when the crash came, and the Impact hurled him up in the nlr, then sideways across the heads of several persons in chairs and Anally through a window. One of his hands was cut, and he was briraed. He sahl be was a son of John Wnnnmaker of Philadelphia. He did good work later on after his hand had been bandaged, business men returning to their uomes. WILLIAMS and M'ANULTY able price. (new phone) I- B-MRPENTER,exeter exeter bobo: Dealers in High Grade CARPETS, BUGS, - SPECIAL LOW PRICES AT b MAGNET ABT SQUABES, Oil Cloths and Linoleums, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils. Paintars and Paparhancara. Some of the Injured were; Roy Apgar, Dunellen, seriously Injured about head; E. M. Brokaw, West Second street, Plalnfleld, slightly cut and bruised; Roy Bradford, Park avenue, Plaintield, Injured 011 face and head; Miss Cora Brokaw, West Second street, Plalnfleld, only slightly injured; Edward Clark, Plalnfleld, both legs broken; Miss Lizzie Cutter, Sanford avenue, Plain field, face badly cut; Mrs. D. Cuming, Somerset street, Plalnfleld, injured In head and body; Miss Fannie Canavoe, Mnueh Chunk avenue, Plainfield, body and face badly cut; William Dunn, Norwood avenue, Plalnfleld, right leg broken and face cut and bruised; Miss Mildred Everett, Somerset street, Plalnfleld. badly cut about the body; Wilson Frederick, Dunellen, scalded about the body; George Force, Front street, Plalnfleld, cut about the head; Howard R. George, Craig place, Plalnfleld, only slightly Injured; Frederick Ivnnnen, Mnueh Chunk avenue, Plninftcld, leg crushed and body bndly cut; Wlllinjn Sampson, Fifth street, Plalnfleld. cut and crushed about the body; Ellns Giles, employed in a wholesale dry goods house In New York city, missing; J. H. Freeman, badly Injured about the head and body, cannot recover.Some of the Injured. The heavy engine of the Royal Blue tore its way Into the rear car and at the same time drove the forward end of that car Into the rear end of the car ahead, which in turn was driven into the third cur, and this in turn was driven Into the fourth car from the rear. The fourth car was only partly wrecked, but the last three of the train were torn In pieces. The momentum of the heavy Pullman conches and of the engine of the Royal Blue made the shock Irresistible. No Sudden Hide to Greatne*«. When we cut we cut deep. Note these unmatched prices, then come and inspect the goods. You will find them a great saving. President McKlnley's rise to greatness had in It nothing of the sudden, nothing of the unexpected or seemingly accidental. Throughout his long term of service in congress there was a steady Increase ullke in his power of leadership and in the recognition of that power both by his associates in public life and by the public itself. Session after session his inlluence In the house grew greater; his party antagonists grew to look upon him with constantly Increasing respect, his party friends with constantly increasing faith and admiration. Eight years before he was nominated for president he was already considered a presidential possibility. Four years before he was nominated only his own high sense of honor prevented his being made a formidable competitor of the chief upon whom the choice of the convention then actunlly fell. In 1896 he was chosen because the great mass of his party knew him and believed in him and regarded him as symbolizing their Ideals, as representing their aspirations. Choice 1 lot ladies' heavy flannelette wrappers, nice colors, capes over shoulders, nicely trimmed with braid, never sold for less than $1.25; the're yours for 50c. Ladies' Walking Skirts, reduced from $1.98 and §2.50 to $1.50. M Sirloin Steak POUND Fnfflne Toppled Over. 1 lot of Laces, assorted Valj ciennes and Torchons, from to CD in. wide; your choice, a \M As tlie ltoyal Blue train plowed her way into the train ahead the engine of the Royal Blue left the rails and turned over on it* Ride. The engineer and fireman had not left their posts and went down in the wjWk. They are now in the Muhlenberg hospital in Plainfield, and the engineer is not believed to have a chance of living more than a few hours. The passengers of tlie Koyal Blue escaped without a scratch, but were badly shaken up. We are gathered together tonight to recall hia memory, to pay our tribute of respect to the great chief and leader who fell in the harness, who was stricken down while his eyes were bright with "the light that tells of triumph tasted." We can honor him best by the way we show in actual deed that we have taken to heart the lessons of his life. We must strive to achieve, each in the measure that he can, something of the qualities which made President McKlnley a leader of men, a mighty power for good, his strength, his courage, his courtesy and dignity, his sense of justice, his ever present kindliness and regard for the rights of others. He won greatness by meeting and solving the issues as they arose, not by shirking them; meeting them with wisdom, with the exercise of the most skillful and cautious judgment, but with fearless resolution when the time of crisis came. He met each crisis on its own merits; he never sought excuse for shirking a task in the fact that it was different from the one he had expected to face. The long public career, which opened when as a boy he carried a musket in the ranks and closed when as a man in the prime of his intellectual strength he stood among the world's chlsf statesmen, came to what It was because he treated each triumph as opening the road to fresh effort, not as an excuse for cfastna from He undertook ipl«htj| Lessons of McKlnley's Life. Wood Mantels, Goal Orates, Qas Grates, Gas Logs, Tile Facings, Tile For Bath Rooms, Fire Sets, And-lrons, Electric Fixturet, Chandeliers. Children's Eiderdown jl nicely trimmed with angora, vl 89c; here for 50c. Magic Yeast cakes 2c box. Table Oil Cloth, nice colors, best goods, 16Jc yard. 1 lot Comfortables, the 85c kind is now (55c. Hut even as a candidate President Mc- Klnley was far more than the candidate of a party, and as president he was in the broadest and fullest sense the president of all the people of all sections of the country. Feather Pillows, 3J lbs, worth 75c; these are yours for 45c. 1 lot ladies' flannelette Shirt Waists, fancy patterns, latest styles, worth 50c; these red. to 39c. Heavy piCiue Shirt Waist, worth $1.50; these reduced to 50c. Ills Hrst nomination came to him bocause of the qualities he had shown in healthy and open political leadership, the leadership which by word and deed impresses itself as a virile force for Rood upon the people at large and which has nothing In common with mere Intrigue or manipulation, but in 1896 the Issue was /airly Joined, chiefly upon a question which as a party question was entirely new, so that the old lines of political cleavage were In large part abandoned. All other issues sank in Importance when compared with the vital need of keeping our financial system on the high and honorable plane imperatively demanded by our position as a great civilized power. As the champion of such a principle President McKlnley received the support not only of hl» own party, but of hundreds of thousands of those to whom he had been_DOlitlcallv_ ouuoaed. He trl- No. 3 Steel Scoops 30c They say the engineer applied tlie brakes hard just a minute or so before the crash. The train ahead had sent a flagman liark, but it so.'ins he was recalled when, the train not under way, and, although he left torpedoes, the Itoyal Blue Aid not heed them or else was going too fast to stop In the short distance remaining. The man who went back to flag tjie train had just swung upon the rear end of his train and is among the dead. It is supposed he was crushed just as he was entering the rear car. Silk Waists red. from $2.50 to $1. 1 lot boys' heavy sweaters, worth $1, reduced to 50c. The local train had stopped on the main line with a hot box. The rear brakeman had set the red signal when in the distance he saw the Royal Blue express looming up in the fog. He frantically waved his red lantern, but the express, with shrieking whistle, plowed Into the train, which was composed of five coaches and filled with Fane; Creamer; Butter 27c. B. 6. CARPENTER & CO Men's heavy fleece lined Shirts and drawers, worth 50c; red. to 35c. Murphy & Joyce. The MAGNET 6 West Market Street, WHkosbarre, Pa. Home made chocolates, fresh daily. Codekas. I Cor. Main, Lambert & Seneca Sfca. Phone 37 S. Main St., Pittston. |
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