Pittston Gazette

              A ... jjj • V'"; . *' THE BE8T AbVERTI8INQ MEDIUM lb the paper that Is read by the whole family. The GAZETTE enters more hemes in Plttston and.vlclnity than all out-of-town papers combined. WEATHER INDICATIONS. e. Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for Eastern Pennsylvania. Showers and cooler this afternoon and tonight; Friday, cooler and fair; fresh, southwesterly winds. 53d YEAR. i WEEKLY EHTABBI3HED 1850 1 DAILY EST. by THEO. HART 1882. PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. TWO CENTS A COPY. J FORTY OENTtt A MONTH, f .6 PAGES. SOUTH LOWELL'S BIG EXPLOSION their dynamite at the same time and were to furnish their own teams for that. ALL 18 READY FOR CONCLAVE "MOTHER"JONES SNUBBED BUTCHER REFORMERS pOR the convenience of our patrons, w(have placed several wagons in Pittston For the delivery of our Bottled Beer exclusively. By this provision you can have GREAT SUMMER Clearing Sale Leader of Textile Army Could Not See "Our powder had all been removed and iwiis loaded on three of George E. Stanley's drays when the explosion occurred. The other teams had not arrived. We had ten of our men there, and Mr. Stanley had three. There were probably one or more men in the magazine when the dynamite exploded. As to the immediate cause of the explosion we have ito knowledge." the President. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 30—"Mother" Jones has made her descent upon Oyster Buy and lias returned to New York without seeing the president. She took with lier two soldiers of her army and three factory childrrn. After her call at the executive office, where she met Secretary Barnes, she abandoned her Intention of going to Sagamore Hill. Feverish Preparations in Horrible Religious Massacre \ in Central Persia. To reduce stock and make room Revised List Places Number of Dead at Eighteen. STEGMAIER'S BEER for Fall Goods. Below you will find a list of the malty good things • Bleached Twill Toweling, worth 6c the yard, sale price It I lot Nottingham Lace Curtains, on-. biggest value ever offered,pair Unbleached Table Linen,56-in. oo_ wide, heavy weight, sale price Full Sized Crochet Bed Spreads, -jcr hemmed ready to use; were $1, « Ready Made Bleached Pillow Cases,7- sale price each I v I lot Men's Laundried Percale «cr Shirts; to close the lot, each... I«JC I case Printed Dimities and Scotch -7- Lawns, worth 12Jc yd; sale price ' C Progress Today. GOSSIP ABOUT NEW POPE LASTED FOR A FORTNIGHT delivered promptly. And when you order STEGMAIER'S BEER you are getting the TEN ARE STILL MISSING Superstition Points to Rampolla, Who Secretary Barnes told her plainly that the president had nothing whatever to do with textile matters and could not assist her followers in their struggle for better conditions. Governor Has One of the Babis Blown DEATH OF A. B. YOUNGSON. Accident Was One of the Worst of the Man Who Succeeded Chief Arthur as Draws Cell No. 58—Qualifications of from Cannon's Mouth and Another's Purest, Richest and Finest Beer Kind Ever Witnessed in This Coun. Head of the Locomotive Engineers, Gotti Discussed—Being a Carmelite Throat Cut— Houses Looted —Wo Meadvllle, Pa., July 30—A. B. Youngson, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Uicomotive . Engineers, died at -.45 this morning at the Meadvllle hospital, aged 53 years. He had been in ill health for three years, and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Youngson became chief of the Locomotive Engineers' organization a few weeks ago, by reason of the death of Grand Chief Arthur. He had been assistant to Chief Arthur for many years, and, in accordance with the rules, the executive office fell to him. He was very ill at the 4ime, so that he has.not been able to exercise the duties cf the positiin Yesterday, when it became apparent that he could not much longer survive, Mr. Youngson appointed as his successor M. H. Shay, of Youngstown. Ohio, chairman of the committee of adjustment in I he brotherhood, and one of the most capable men in the union. Does Not Unfit Him. Secretary Barnes advised her to submit what she had to say in writing. She said she would. "Mother" Jones said that lier visit would have an important bearing on her future movements.men Beaten and Killed, in the market today; not an experiment, but an assured fact. Just telephone your order to our Pittston branch or to the brewery direct and we will do the rest. try—Statement Issued by the Cart- Rome, July 30.—A high requiem mass, the last ceremony apperti'inig to the late Pope Leo XIII., was celebrated this morning in the Sitltne chapel." The extraordinary number of 55 cardinals participated. Abbe Peiosi conducted the music of the Sistine Choir. The mass ended with the absolution, ha-ing lasted two hours. Preparations for the opening of the .'enclave tomorrow afternoon are proceeding with feverish activity. London, July 30.—The Times this morning describes a serious religious riot in the city and province of Yezd, in central Persia, which lasted more than a fortnight and culminated at the end of June. The outbreak was directed against religious reformers called Babls. In the city for two days every Babl found was butchered by the rabble, and the mutilated bodies were dragged through the streets, followed by exultant crowds. Houses were looted and women beaten and killed. ridge Company. Lowell, Mass., July 30— Eighteen are known to be dead, with the possibility that more bodies will be discovered in the ruins. Ten are still mIssuing. Fifty or more were injured, 15 buildings wem destroyed and from 00 to 70 buildings damaged. It is estimated that the property loss will vary from $100,000 to $200,000. Such is this morning's revised statement concerning the terrific explosion in South Lowell, yesterday. "I shall not disband my army," she asserted, "but will keep it as it is for a month or more until by its very numbers it will compel even the president of the United States to pay some heed to It. That Is all I care to say now." OUR BRANDS AND PRICES: Ladies' Fast Black Mercerized Underskirts, finished with deep flounce and accordeon plaited ruffle, r|*_ sale price, each D"C Pale Lager 50c dozen The only visitor at Sagamore Hill yesterday was Senator Washburn of Minnesota. Stock Lager Select Beer. ..50c dozen 50c dozen "BASEMENT BARGAINS. Plain Table Tumblers, real value «_ 4c; sale price; each ZC Large Bottle Good Ammonia, for a household use; sale price "C Clothes Pins, sale price, one«. dozen for IC Borne, July 30.—Cardinal Oreglia lias Invited the cardinals to enter the conclave tomorrow afternoon. The doors will not, however, be closed until Sat unlay morning, and the conclave will not commence its work until then. A NOVEL DECISION. Export Beer 50c dozen Susquehanna Ale. .50c dozen Porter (pints) — 50c dozen Porter (half-pints) . 30c dozen Malt Extract $1.50 dozen The force of the concussion was sufficient to send an earthquake shock throughout the whole of northern Massachusetts, to kill boys swimming in nearby streams and to shatter window glass In towns twenty miles distant from the scene of the dlstster. The high priest then enjoined the populace to bring all the Babis before hiin or the governor. The latter refused at lirst to yield to the threats of the mob, but when his palace was fired he gave way and had one Babi blown from the caunon's mouth and another's throat cut and his body dragged through the towu. Pennsylvania Judge Aids Girl Who Would Wed, Read inc. Pa., July 30.—Judge Bland In the Berks orphans' court has handed down an opinion of farreaclilng effect 011 marriage and the rights of young women in relation to their parents' wills. He plainly states that where parents fall to act with wisdom the courts must step In and see that the futures of daughters are not blighted. Lots have been drawn for the "cells" which the cardinals will occupy during the conclave. The "eel!" bearing the number fin fell to Cardinal ltampolla. Boston, twenty-five miles removed from Lowell, distinctly felt the shock, and at Exeter. N. H„ a point even more remote, the trembling earth brought fears that earthquakes were about. Instruments in Harvard college observatory recorded the shock and placed the time at six minutes and two seconds past 1) o'clock, eastern time. LITTAUER EXONERATED. STEGMAIER BREWING COMPANY. PEOPLE'S STORE According to the cabalistic code of the Itomaii populace, the number "58" siguilles "pope," and since the drawing Killed or Forced to Hide. 4gf 15 South Main St., Pittston. j ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. Private Information Gives the.Resiult of War Office Investigation, Order was, it Is reported, finally restored, but the province is very disturbed'. At the time of the massacre no oue could leave the town with safety. All Babis attempting to fly were either killed or obliged to return and hide in ruins or ditches. WILKtSBARRE, PA. Washington, July 30.—A #lose friend of Representative Littauer, of New York, is authority for the statement that the investigation by the War Department into the matter of the Lyon glove contract has completely exonerated Littauer from the charges of wrongdoing in connection therewith. The report of Col. E. A. Garlington, Who conducted the investigation under orders from Secretary Root, has not yet been published. It is understood that the report also exonerates all the army officers who had to do with the letting of the contract. William Kissmiller and Mary I-orali of Blandon have been lovers several years. Mary Is but twenty years of age, and . her parents contend "too young and not sufficiently acquainted with household duties to marry," though she has incurred an obligation to do so. Kissmiller Is twenty-three and earns $3 a day in the Blandon rolling mill. Allen Lornh, the girl's father. refused to sign the application for a marriage license, and a petition was presented to Judge Bland to appoint a guardian who could give the necessary consent. EVANS BROS. V-PRICES Smoke and Chew The two powder magazines were ■mail brick buildings on what was formerly a bog on the banks of tin? Concord river and were about 200 feet apart. They contained several tons ot different kinds of powder. When they ■were built they were from one-half to three-quarters of a mile from any habitation, but of late years owners of a poorer class of houses had been pushing out constantly over the marsh until they had come up close to the site of the magazines. In an editorial article the Times says It is as difficult to estimate the real causes of the bloody outburst of fanaticism in Yezd as to gauge those underlying the very similar movement at Klslilneff. In both cases the victims, members of an unpopular religious faith, were accused, In the main unjustly, of political agitation hostile to the government. In both cases the government made no active attempt to save the objects of popular hatred from the fury of the rabble. In both cases subordinates of the government aided and abetted the rioters. Best Patent Flour, per bbl. .$4.75 Gr. Sugar, 19 lbs for 1.00 1 pint Fruit Jars, per doz... .46 1 qt. Fruit Jars, per doz 55 2 qt. Fruit Jars, per doz o5 1-3 pint Jelly Glasses, dozen .22 1-2 pint Jelly Glasses, dozen .23 2-3 pint Jelly Glasses, dozen .28 Fruit Jar Rubbers, doz 4c and 5c Hire's Root Beer Ex.... 3 for .50 Perfection Root Beer Ex.3 for .25 Evans Bros. Mocha and Java Coffee, per lb... .25 Juno Coffee, best on the market, per lb PffMIN The Judge appointed William H. Boy er as the guardian. SUCCESSFUL YOUNG BANKER. Magazines Annihilated. E. R. Thomas Said to Have Cleared Children Found Explosive. , Of the magazines themselves not a Testlge remains. Although they were built of brick, not a piece of such material as large as a walnut could be on a suape ,$|f a couple of acres. W 111# WW (lie heavy meadow grass had been clipped off close to tin ground as if it had been mowed. On the south side there had been a growth of willows and alder bushes. All ol them were stripped of bmneliea and $3,000,1X10 or. a Bear Deal, New Haven, Conn., July 30.—The police of this city have in their possession a bottle nearly full of fulminate, and they are endeavoring to learn where It was obtained and the purpose for which It was intended. The powerful explosive was brought to their attention through the Injury of Mrs. Nellie Holmes. Several children on Munson street found a bottle almost filled with a gray powder. A little girl of Mrs. Holmes' was among the children. Mrs. Holmes went to bring her child Into the house, aud she accidentally kicked the bottle, knocking some of the powder out 011 the ground. An explosion followed which shattered her foot so badly that slio was removed to the Grace hospital for treatment. The children who had the bottle say that tliey found it under the front steps of a private nursery on Munson street. The Times says the massacre of Babis Is as popular In Persia as the massacre of Jews In Russia  New York, July 30.—It Is reported that E. R. Thomas, a young banker, turfman and Bfutomobile expert, and son of the late General  as, cleared in the neighborhood Of $3;- 000,000 in the late bear deal. The ileal began last January, whefi prices were high. Thomas took advantage of the crash in prices last week and got out with a clear slate and large returns. This Is the largest stake made thus far in the downward rush of prices. Thomas is 32 years tild. Tobacco —1—jgy.'*"— Miners Chargea With Conspiring. Save Your Tickets for Valuable Presents Idnho Springs, Colo., July 30.—Twenty-two members of the miners' union. Including President Howard Treslze and the other officials, have been arrested charged with conspiracy to blow up the mine. They protest Ignorance of a conspiracy and declare that they at all times advised the men to obey the law. They intimate that the destruction of the property was part of a scheme to cast discredit' upon the Western Federation of Miners. Twenty-two nonunion men were working on the eighth level of the mine at the time of the explosion, but escaped lu- Jury. The damage caused by the explosion amounts to several thousand dollars. 36 CARDINAL GOTTI, leaves. of the lots for the conclave "cells" not a single mail or woman among the lower classes of tlio Itomun population has the slightest doubt of Cardinal Itampolla's election to the chair of St. I'eter. Vegetables, all kinds, always fresh Screen Doors and Window Screens Where the magazines had stood won masses of torn up earth four or live feet lilgli surrounding pools of chalk colored water. Foundations, wjjlls roof and the tin cans that had contain ed the powder had disappeared. Not ■ vestige of anything remained to sug gest the character of the buildings that had stood there. DISASTROUS FIRE IN ENGLAND. Shoes is one of our leading lines. See us before you buy. Wa Cardinal I.ogue, ftrehbishop of Armagh. when asked what lie thought of the objections frequently mentioned against Cardinal Gotti being elected pope 011 the ground that he, being a member of a religious order, would prevent him from dealing ill a broad spirit with Catholic problems 111 America and til-eat Britain, said: Made by Local Union No. 59, Wllkes-Barre. Pa. Dock Property Valued at £100,000 De- stroyed. can give you best value and upto-date Slioes. London, July 30.—A disastrous fire occurred on the docks at Grimsby this morning. When the blaze started a strong breeze was blowing and the fire spread quickly. The damage will amount to £100,000. Immediately after the explosion overturned stoves in the ruins' set tin to the wrecked houses. Right of these fires were going 011 at once when tin Lowell fire department put in an ap pea ranee. Pottsvllle, Pa., July 30.—It is practically Certain that the conciliation boqrd will decide to appoint an umpire so that a settlement of the more important questions may be effected. The Reading company has added another puzzling problem to be solved by changing the method of its lDookkeeplng. Ifereafter contract miners will not receive the percentage added to their wages by the commission on their gross earnings. The iiorcentage due them will be computed only ou net earnings. As the expense of contract miners for powder, etc., often amounts to $50 iDer month, tills movement means a loss to the millers. they say. of $500,000 yearly. The dispute over the subject will be animated.Will Name an Umpire. "It is absurd. Cardinal Gotti was formerly an Inter nuncio and has mixed with the representatives of the various iNiwers. He knows the prevailing conditions as well 11s anybody. Just because he Is a Carmelite it does not follow that he is narrow minded. Hungarian Deputy 8Hows Bribe Money Budapest, Hungary, July 30.—Deputy Papp caused a sensation in the lower house of the diet by spreading out ou the table 10,000 kronen in cash, which, he declared, had been tendered him as a bribe to desert his fellow obstructionists and leave Budapest. Heri Papp, who Is a member of the Kossuth party, added that it was former Deputy Dienes who attempted to bribe him. EVANS BROS 44 and 46 S. Main SI The Lowell police took charge of tin place, although the territory is in Tewkshury, nml directed the work 01 rescue from the ruins. Subsequently a call was made upon Captain Kittredge of Company C, Massachusetts Volunteer militia, to furnish a guard about the devastated district, which covers eight or ten acres. COLLAPSE OF RAILWAY TUNNEL. Report That Twenty-two Workmen Are Wheeling, W. Va„ July 30—A big tunnel on the Wheeling Terminal railroad collapsed this morning and it is thought that many workmen are entombed. While it is not known, one report has it that 22 are entombed. Entombed. Cardinal Gotti's Qualifications. "Moreover, it is unreasonable to attribute too much weight to the personality of the new pope International matters and internal policy are now almost Invariably settled by commissions of cardinals, who certainly under the late l'o]ie Leo have directed their departments just as much as the heads of departments of a civil government direct their departments. Nowadays, to use a slang expression, the pope does not do things 'off his own;' but, whoever may be the pope, it is not likely that he will attempt to make any changes in policy without being careful to take the advice of those commissions which have heretofore directed the policy of the Vatican." For WEDDINGS CIam**** I For FUNERALS "lOWWl I Tile effect of the explosion jiiay bf •eon all over the city and the surroundtag district, covering an area of foul or five square miles. I11 the city proper. two miles away from the spot scarcely a building escaped without broken glass, and nearer the scene ot the explosion buildings were crushed In. Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. Wa can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) J-B-CARPENTER, exetei it. exetei Doylestown National Bank Fails. Shamokin, Pa., July 30.—After being idle for two years and flooded during the big strike, Big Mountain colliery slope No. 1 was reopened today, work being furnished to 300 men and boys. The mine is owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Slope Opened After Long Idleness: Washington, D. C., July 30.—.The comptroller of the currency this morning ordered the closing of the Doylestown (Pa.) National Bank, and appointed national bank examiner J. W. Schofleld as receiver. WE BET THERE. WHERE? Why, on all the best tables in Pittston. We are anxious to get there, and all our customers are still more anxious to have us stay there. As a matter of fact that is why we do stay here year after year. When it comes to Cartridge Company's Statement. The comptroller has issued a statement that the failure was brought about by speculation in stocks on the part of officers and a number of the customers of the bank. St. Petersburg, July 30.—General Kuropatkin, the Russian minister of war. who has just returned from the Port Arthur conference, expresses himself as pleased with the results of his tour. He communicated to the czar the optnon that, although a fairly strong party in Japan wanted war with Russia, the bulk of the nutlon was too sensible to yield to such "Jingoism" and that the mikado was well disposed toward Russia. General Kuropatkin considers that the situation has been cleared for a long time and that war is very improbable.Thinks War Improbable. Sale Now On The following statement lias beet, given out by the United States Cartridge company: Instead of buying new fire brick for that store, buy fireclay. J. H. Patterson & Co. "The land on which the powder mac •zincs were situated was owned onehalf by the Nichols & Fletcher estate and one-half by the TTnlted States Cartridge company. There were two brick magazines, one owned by the cartridge company and leased to the Pupont l'ow der company, in which none of our own powder was stored, and another that was owned two-thirds by our company and one-third by the estate of Nichols A Fletcher. It was built in 187"i. at a time when there were no buildings In the vicinity. Guarding Prisoners From Mob Law. During yesterday's meeting of the congregation the forms to be used in voting at the conclave were distributed among the cardinals in order that each might be able to learn how to employ his ballot. After the meeting Cardinal Oreglia requested the cardinals to visit their cells and be prepared to present auy complaint which they pilglit have. GROCERIES gg Fhia is your gain and our loss. But as we have profited nicely by your patronage, we take this opportunity to show our appreciation. Don't fail to get some of the bargains. Cambridge, Md., July 30.—William Christopher, of Fork District, near this place, was committed to jail, charged with assaulting his seven-year-old niece, a daughter of Mrs. Cyrus Neal. Great excitement prevails and the authorities are guarding the prisoner. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. HAN fi ROBERTS, New York, July 30, 1903. High. Low. Clos. ......115% 115% 115% Sugar 42 North mala Stmt, vii Next to Eagle Hotel. Both phones Atchison 61% 62 V4 fearing mob law Aachlson, pf. . Bfrook. Traction 88% 45% 88 44 V6 bt & o. 83% 82% 82% 1 lot of Boys' Wash Blouse Suits, good value 75c; price... .39o Bed Spreads, regular 75c grade; our sale price 45c London, July 30.—The project for obtaining better relations between England and France is daily receiving additional support. A commercial delegation of 100 will visit Paris in October.Anglo-French Harmony Plan. Washington, July ;iO. — The public printer seems in no hurry to enter upon tin inquiry into the charges made by the Bookbinders' union against Assistant Foreman Miller, who continues bis nork at the government bindery without molestation. The fact that Mr. Palmer has not taken up the Investigation is regarded as an induction that tie Is acting upon suggestions from higher authority. The arbitration committee lins been holding frequent meetings, but that body appears to be contentedly awaiting action by the public printer and exhibits no indication of impatience with the delay. No Haste In Miller Case. Fillings that last. Dr. Welsh, dentist St. Paul Ches. & Ohio 33% 142% 140% 32% 141% 32 % Good Little Things We pride ourselves on our fine stock of the good " "little things"which help the housekeeper to vary and make attractive the plainest meals. Ask for tha Latest Wrlnklss W* Always Hava Tham. We carry twenty different kinds of fine Cereal Foods for adults and children. J.T. Armstrong & Go GROCERS, SOUTH MAIN ST. TELEPHONE. "We understand that the American Powder company was usiug the part o( the uiugazlne belonging to the Nichols & Fletcher estate, under what agreement we do not know. In that part ot the building dynamite has been stored for some time, and recently we discovered that some of the nitroglycerin had leaked out of the dynamite boxes and was visible ill a streak oil the floor under the open partition between he two sections of the magazine. Rock Island K. & T., pf. . 25% 40% 23% 39% 24% 40% L. & N. 1 lot Ladies' Cambric Skirts, deep flounce, trimmed with 6-inoh lace laid on dust ruffle; worth 89c; sale price 50c 50c Shirt Waists, yours for 25c 98c Misses' Wrappers, price 50c Ladies' Black Drop Stitch Hose, real value 15c; our sale prioe 10c Ladies' Parasols, worth $1.75 aUd $2; sale price $1.00 ~For over -3CD years" Dr. RICHTER'S World-Kenowned Man. El. 132% Met. Trac. . Mo. Pacific So. Pacific . Norf. & West. N. Y. Central 119 98% 44% 63% 121% 117% 97% 43% 63 119% 117% 98 44 63 121% Uprising in Santiago Province, "Anchor" Pain Expeller Havana, July 30—Reports of an antigovernment uprising in the province of Santiago are confirmed. Over 100 well equipped men are in the woods, and two regiments of the rural guard have been sent to searcli for them. Erie 29% 28% 29 % O. & W. 23% "We brought the matter at once to the attention of the Thompson Hardware company, assuming at the time that they were the occupants, and were referred to the American Powder company, to whom we immediately explained the situation and the danger that it might Involve. We asked tlmt It lie remedied at once, and they concluded to relay the floor, and later they made with the cartridge company to furnish men for the work and men and tcamk for the removal of the powder at the expense of the powder company. They were remove hac proven to b« th« Oat th«r» It for Reading . I Pacific Mail 20% 49% 20% 4 49% 20% Rheumatism, Goat, Nenra!gia,«c. tANIOUS Rheumatic Complaints. Only 250. awl 50c. at all druggists or through So. RRy. 21% 20% 20% Ladies' and Children's Sunbonnets, all colors, worth 20 cents; our sale price 10c 50c Umbrellas; sale price.. .35c 1 lot 50c Girdle Corsets; sale price 25c Cortelyou Makes an Appointment. Washington, July 30.—Seeretarj Cortelyou announced today that Her bert Knox Smith, of Hartforu, Conn, had been appointed deputy commis sioner of corporations in the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. So. Ry., pf. Tenn. C. & I. 85% 40% 85% 38% 85% 39% Mlddletown, Conn., July 80,—Two of the mills of the Russell Manufacturing company have been closed for an Indefinite time on account of the scarcity and high price of cotton. One of the mills Is in this city, and the other Is in Hlgguuuui. About 300 hands are thrown out of work. Cotton Mills Closed. Leather Rubber Union Pacific Wabash, pf. 10% 76 37% 10% 74% 36% 74% 37% 10% Amal. Copper ... 42% People's Gas .... 94% Texas Pacific 26 Car A Foundry .. 33% U. S. Steel 24% V. B. Steel, pf. C. F. I. 40 94 25% 33 23% 71* 41 94 26 3S 24 72% Judge Gray Will Act a$ Arbitrator. F. h* Richter & Go. — MAGNET Wilmington, Del.. July 30.—Judge George Gray has consented to act as arbitrator on the Alabama arbitration committee. 215 Peart Street, New York. Lawn mowers, at Ash's. 87 S. Main Si, Pitteton.