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WEATHER INDlCATVdNi. - 1 ifCgajiff ' ' Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for THE HOME PAPER. Eaatern Pennsylvania. the Prgpl* of Plttaton and Pair tonight; warmer In the northern portion; Tuesday, increasing cloudiness, with rain in the western portion. Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEW8, PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1903. TWO CENTS A COPY. I u D U'PC FORTY OKNTtJ A MONTH, f O X^iiUrJCiiO. 54th YEAR. I WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18-0 ) DAILY EST. by THEO. HART 1888. down and trampled over in the madness of their efforts to escape. EXPLOSION SHAKES CITY THE PEOPLE'S STORE. MORE VICTIMS OF RAILROAD SIXTEEN STUDENTS DEAD. DEATH AND RUIN IN FIRES Under the circumstances it is only remarkable that the list of dead is not larger. At the imminent risk of their own lives the firemen, mounted 011 scaling ladders, saved nearly 100 persons, toroner Begins to Investigate Satur- Why Will You Indianapolls, Ind., Nov. 2.—The coroner's investigation of the cuuse of Saturday's terrible wreck, in which sixteen college students and their friends were killed, begnn today. Thirty witnesses have been subpoenaed. Coroner Tutewiler says the investigation will be complete, and separate returns will be made out for each victim. day's Slaughter at Indianapoli*. CHILDREN'S WINTER BONNETS Two Serious Accidents Re- HAWAIIAN APPOINTMENTS'.: Coney Island Bowery Burned ,'i Judgeship For Dole—Secretary Car- Two Cars of Dynamite Blow Up at Crestline, 0. ported Today. and 500 Homeless. ter. to Be Governor. We place on. sale this week a very handsome lot of Winter Bonnets for children. Washington, Nov. 2.—The president trill send the following appointments to the senate when congress convenes next week: Sanford B. Dole, to be United States district judge for Hawaii, to succeed the late Judge Morris M. Estee; George R. Carter, secretary of Hawaii, to be governor of tile same, to succeed Governor Dole. FATALITY IN ALLEGHENY. Thousands have visited the scene of the wreck, and hundreds visited the hospitals inquiring for injured friends. 25 DEAD IN TENEMENT FIRE PORTION OF TOWN IN RUIN8 drink inferior beer and pay just as much for it when you can have Engine Jumped the Track on Harlem It is very important that the little babes should be kept nice and warm during the cold, raw fall and winter days. Fourteen dead bodies have been shipped to their l)omes. There are still lying in the hospitals thirty-four victims of the wreck, thirty-three of whom are stiidents of Purdue university. Of these fifteen are fn a serious condition. River Bridge, New York, Struck Blaze at Famous Island Resort Destroys 300 Buildings at Loss of Over $1,000,000—Appalling Death List of an Earlier Fire. Pennsylvania Railroad Tied Up by Loss of Tracks and Cars—Shock Caused Panic Near By and Was Distinctly Felt Fifty Miles Away. Elevated Train, and Stalled the President Roosevelt is well acquainted with both Governor Dole and Secretary Carter. As head of the provisional government after the overthrow of Queen Llliuokalani and as governor of the territory of Hawaii after its annexation to the United States Gov- Stegmair's Beer Whole "L" System at Busy Time. A Bonnet Is Just the Thing. Pittsburg, Nov. 2.—As the result of the collision of a passenger train with a freight train on the Pittsburg and Western branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near Chestnut street, at River avenue, Allegheny, this morri ing, Engineer William I. Cunningham, aged 45 years, residing at Millville, was thrown under his engine and scalded to death. Thomas Grafton, fireman of the passenger train, and fireman Wagon, of the freight, was scalded and crushed by the engine. J. Cornelius, engineer of the freight, was thrown against the roof bf his cab and injured about the head and body. Baggagemaster Grinnell was bruised about the head and body. The collision was between a special passenger train on the Big Four railroad anil a freight engine with a cut of coal cars, and it happened on the edge of this city. The passenger train of twelve coaches was carrying 114,D persons, nearly all of whom were students of Purdue university and tiieir friends, from Lafayette to Indianapolis for the annual football game between the Purdue team and the Indian university squad for the state championship, which was to have been fought ill the afternoon. New York, Nov. 2.—In a blaze that baflled the firemen for seven hours yesterday the Bowery at Coney Island was again laid in ashes. Crestllne, O., Nov. 2.—Crestline and vicinity was thrown into a panic last night by a terrible explosion at 8 o'clock. Many buildings were shaken, and in some instances the walls fell. Church congregations were thrown into screaming masses of humanity. People who were at home were terrified by the fearful roar that was heard. for the asking ? You will find in this lot we offer on special sale this week a big variety of colors and makes, all in the most up-to-date styles. They're beauties. Come in and We brew beer to suit the popular tasto, some light and some dark, but all absolutely Two lives so far are reported to be lost, one man mortally injured, a score of others hurt, 300 buildings destroyed, 500 persons made homeless and more than $1,000,000 damage done. How many more dead are in the ruins is not yet known. pure. Should yeu desire a supply either in wood or bottle you can have the same delivered promptly from our cold storage depot located in your city. see them. Two curs of dynamite which exploded in the Pennsylvania yards was the cause of the excitement. The destruction is so complete and so great that it is impossible to state accurately the property damage or whether there is any loss of life. Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Geislnger, who were at work in the yard ottice half a mile away, were seriously and possibly fatally hurt by the destruction of the building in which they were working. You'll Be Surprised at the Low Prices We're Asking. It was a fire marked by rescues not alone by the police, but by citizens. Before It bad been an hour under way the police could do nothing more than try to keep the 50,000 sightseers out of danger. Reserves from all the precincts within ten miles were brought there, while Deputy Commissioners Ebstein and I'iper took general charge. The fire engines found It impossible to get in action for nearly four hours. In the first coach back of the engine were the l'urdue football team, substitute players and managers. Three players, the assistant coach, trainer Kiid seven substitute players of the university team were killed, and every one of the fifty-three other persons in the car was either fatally or seriously injured. PEOPLE'S STORE Try a Case. 15 South Main St., Pittston. New York, Nov. 2.—An engine on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad Jumped the track and crashed into a northbound Second avenue "L" train, on the south end of the Harlem river bridge at 129th street, early today. Two cars were thrown trom the track, and only the guard rail saved them from going i&to the river, 50 feet below. There was a panic among the passengers, but none were seriously hurt. Several women fainted, but beyond slight bruises, the passengers escaped injury. When the cars left the track they ripped up a section of the third rail. This shut off the Stegmair Brewing Co. ALWAYS the CHEAPEST The alarm came from the hippodrome, a low frame building used in summer for a merry-go-round. The firemen thought It would all be over in a moment, but the blaze had gained headway. It crept under the building, under the raised street around the piling, and ten minutes later the Albatross hotel was aflame. From that time on, while alarm after alarm brought every fireman within ten miles, the fire seemed to jump from walk to walk and from flimsy building to flimsy building. With the lack of water the fire had the forest of wooden structures at its mercy, and all that could be doue was to save life if possible and furniture. Everything portable was carried out, and soon Surf avenue for blocks was impassable because of the barriers of household goods, weeping women and children and complaining Hundreds of Pennsylvania employees are at work searching the ruins for the dead or Injured. The entire west yards of the road are a wreck.; Officials of the railroad have said that there are not less than 350 cars smashed. WILKESBARRE, PA. The crash hurled the passenger engine and three front coaches against the steel freight cars loaded with coal that plowed their way through and buried under a pile of wreckage weighing many tons fully sixty human be- EVANS BROS. E WPR/CES crnor Dole was recognized as one of the foremost figures In the islands. He is regarded as a man of great force of character and a lawyer of marked ability. Ills personal popularity among the people of the Hawaiian Islands has been attested often. GEORGE K. CAKTEU The first car, in which were the. players, was completely demolished, the roof being torn away and landing across a car of coal, while tlie body of the car was reduced to kindling wood against the side of the steel freight cars. The second coach, containing the band of musicians, was partly telescoped, while the third coach was overturned and hurled down a fifteen foot embankment. lngs. Where the explosion occurred a hole 100 feet wide, twice as long and fifteen feet deep has been torn in the ground. Engines at work a mile away were, thrown from the track. Best Patent Flour per bbl $5.00 General Destruction In City. Buckwheat Flour per sack . 76 electric current and stalled about 100 George II. Carter, who will succeed Judge Dole as governor. Is a long time personal friend of the president, by whom he Is held ill Jiigh regard. It was at the president's personal request' that he accepted the position of secretary of the territory. Mr. Carter was graduated at Harvard. He is now in this country for the purpose of floating $1,000,000 of Hawaiian bonds which were authorized by the territorial government and approved by this government.In the downtown portion of the city there is not a building that has not suffered considerable damage. Many persons who were on the streets were cut and otherwise hurt by flying glass, and hundreds of women are in a serious condition from shock and concussion. Tltf sidewalks and road are littered with the glass from the shattered panes. The mayor has sworn In many extra policemen to guard the property. Corn and Cracked Corn per cwt.. 1.30 trains in the busiest time of the day. Firemen, policemen and trainmen assisted in rescuing the passengers. Neither the engine nor cars were seriously damaged. Not a single window was broken in the cars. John Fitzgerald, engineer of the locomotive, told the police that the signals were set for him to go ahead. Chop and Meal per cwt. . 1.30 Bran and Middlings per cwt 1.23 The other coaches did not lenve the track. Oats per bushel ... 48 WE CARRY THE BEST FLOUR manufactured. A Riven quantity will make more and better bread than any other kind A« the price la low Potatoes per bushel .. .. 65 FIRE IN THE VATICAN. Apples MRS. JOHNSON SENTENCED. Great Damage Done In the Hall of men. The burned area extended from Tllyou's walk south to Jones' walk, where a brick wall saved the rest of the resort, and from the Bowery to the ocean, a distance of seven blocks. For two blocks the flames cut a swath westward of the Bowery, reaching to Surf avenue, the principal thoroughfare of the resort. Prepared Buckwheat, package.. 12 Koine, Nov. 2.—A fire which broke out 111 the night in (hat portion of the Vatican containing the Hall of Inscriptions, where the pope gives his audiences ami which is adjacent to the famous and precious I'luacoteca, or Gallery of Pictures, caused a great amount of damage. The smoke and flames were seen for miles outside the city. Inscriptions. AH the churches were holding services when the explosion occurred. Doors were blown off and windows smashed in many of the buildings. The disaster is one of the worst that Crestline lias ever experienced. The wrecked cars took fire, and the spectacular effects were magnificent. The explosion was plainly heard fifty miles away. Trains on the Pennsylvania road will be delayed for at least one day. There are thirty .tracks in the Crestline yard, all of which have been more or less damaged. The main tracks are piled ten feet high with dirt, bent rails, car trucks and other railroad machinery. $5 per bbl.; $2.50 per 100; $1.25 per 50 ponndB, the Saving through its use is consider! able, tiome other articles in our Aunt Jemima, pancake flour pkg„ 3 for Must Go to State Prison for Robbing a Playing Card Co. Dowie's Host Departs. New York, Nov. 2.—Marie Layton Johnson, who recently pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $00,000 from the United States Playing Card Co., of Cincinnati, was sentenced today to State prison for not less than one year and not more than five years. The prisoner fainted when sentence was pronounced and had to be carried out of court. New York. Nov. 2.—The closing day of the visitation of John Alexander Bowie's restoration host to this city was celebrated with almost continuous services in Madison Square Garden. Seventy-nine men and women received the triune baptism In the galvanized iron hull;, about 200 the right hand of fellowship into the Christian Catholic Church of Zfon. and something like 4,000 persons received the holy sacrament at the hands of "Elijah the Restorer." Despite the fact that the meetings were well advertised, the crowds which have marked some of his former appearances were not present at the Garden. The trains bearing the host back to Zion left the city this morning. BIG GROCERY STOCK call for special mention by reason of their srCDrdne88 and cheapness. But the best way to test our statements is to send us an order and prove that we have just what we advertise. Nabob pancake flour, package .. 10 We have just received a new line Only Two Buildings Remain. BRENNAN and ROBERTS of GLOVES and MITTENS and from In all this territory but two buildings are standing untouched, the rest being a waste of smoking timbers, masses of brick and twisted iron, half destroyed chimneys and wrecked pillars. Those two buildings, both of frame, oddly enough stood at the intersection of the street on which the two finest buildings along the Bowery stood. Tliese were the music hall of Frank F. Henderson and the dancing pavilion of Louis Stattch, both entirely destroyed. 42 N. MAIN. Next to Eagle Hotel our Immense stock you will be sure to The fire was not subdued until a general alarm had brought the whole lire brigade of Home to tight the be suited, at prices ranging from 10e (7\ruri/'s prices. to $1.50, flames. Washington, Nov. 2.—A circular was issued by the Treasury Department today, formally announcing that interest on the outstanding Ave per cent, bonds will cease on Feb. 2, 1904, and thafrthe principal and accrued interest on such bonds will be then paid. In the meantime, redemption of these bonds, with interest pai'd up to Feb. 1, will continue under the terms of the circular of Sept. 23. ' Federal Bonds Called In. The pope came to the scene in person and remained until the tire was under control. Telegrams have been sent to Cleveland and Pittsburg for an almost unlimited supply of glass. Our shoe stock never was in better shape. We can suit the most fastid- Rome, Nov. 2.—The Pope today visited the scene of the fire which destroyed part of the Vatican yesterday. His Holiness ordered the debris cleared away immediately. The exact estimate of the losses is unobtainable, owing to the indeterminate value of books, manuscripts and engravings which were destroyed. The Pope, speaking of the fire, said: "We must thank Providence that there was comparatively little damage." ious, both in style and price. Best Patent Flour.. Best Family Flour. Rye Flour, per sack B-W Flour, per sack $5.00 Henderson's place, erected two years ago of steel and brick, cost $250,000. Its exterior was supposed to be fireproof. Stauch's pavilion, just as strongly built, was valued at a like sum. Big Steel Contracts Abroad. 4.50 Cubans Resist Stamp Tax. London, Nov. 2.—British and German steel circles are agitated by the sensatlonul cut in prices which the Carnegie company has announced, capturing a contract for 100,000 tons of steel bars at from 75 cents to $1.25 below the German export price, to be delivered immediately In Britain. The company has also just sold large quantities of steel rails to Japan at $20 a ton. with insurance to Yokohama. The quotations have greatly startled the British producers and have demoralized the German exiDorters. 1.00 .75 SLL EVANS BROS Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 2.—At a meeting of the chamber of commerce held here resolutions of protest against the stamp tax, which hns gone Into operation, were forwarded to President Palma. The cigar factories and wholesale liquor dealers of Santiago have agreed to Plose their establishments. The retailers followed suit, with the exception of one American, who said he would pay the tax. The fire on spreading from Henderson's concert hall and Stauch's dancing pavilion licked up one after another the smaller buildings, dance halls and Raines law hotels. Most of them had tenants who lived on the island the year round, and about 500 people were turned out of their homes. Chop and Meal... Corn and Cr. Corn Bran and Midds.. Oats, per bushel... $1.25 1.25 1.25 .48 For WEDDINGS CUiham f For FUNERALS riOWBr* I Washington, Nov. 2.—The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the creditors of the following banks: Navesink National Bank, of Red Bank, N. J., 25 per cent.; Phynichon National Bank, of Springfield, Mass., 4 per cent.; Texas Nation, al Bank, of San Antonio, Texas, final dividend, 27.10 per cent. Dividends for Bank Creditors. A Cara. Just what you want in flor&l decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) j-B-CARPENTER, exeter it. exeter ion We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund tha money on a 60- cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. 20 lbs. Gr. Sugar 21 lbs. A. Sugar., 22 lbs. Br. Sugar 1.00 1.00 1.00 Tlie center of the line where the fire lay thickest was the Bowery, a narrow, board walked thoroughfare devoted to cheap dance halls and side shows. The roofs of these flimsy structures were in most instances of tarred paper. Caught by the rapid running fire, in quick succession they ignited, flared at a height and then collapsed in n great dust of sparks, which were carried on to the row of like buildings. San Francisco, Nov. 2.—The mint superintendent lias turned over a shipment of 1,455,000 pesos to the war department, the last that will be coined here for a long time. A guard of twenty soldiers escorted the coin to the transport Sheridan for transportation to Manila. Large Shipment of Pesos. Four Killed at a Crossing. Leggett's Oatttakes, 3 pkgs.. .25 Mrs. Dowie Reaches London, J. H. Houck. J. F. Kane. Wm. C. Price. Chas. Waters. C. D. Stroh. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 2.—Four people were Instantly killed and a corpse was torn from its coffin by the locomotive of No. 30, the fast south bound passenger train on the Southern railway, four miles jput from Concord, N. C. The people who were killed were in a wagon w.ith the corpse of Mrs. Kate Lewis and were on their way to a neighboring burial ground. Liverpool, Nov. 2.—Mrs. Alexander Dowie, wife of "Elijah, the Restorer," accompanied by her son, arrived in Liverpool from Boston today. She says the report current that she carried a chest containing $7,000,000 is a myth, pure and simple. "Elijah," she said, would follow her to Australia shortly. Winter Apples, per bushel.. .05 SPECIAL LOW PRICES at We make good window screens. J. E. Patterson & Co. Cafrots and Parsnips 75 Cabbage 6c, 7c, 8c Sweet Potatoes, per peck.... .25 Potatoes, per bu 05 Onions, per peck 20 « MAGNET Oysters Taken Fresh From the Shell At Frederick's Market. Send in your order. Both phones. Two men, Frank Conly, a salesmun, and I'eter A. Skelly, a bartender, are under arrest suspected of knowing the cause of the fire. They lind been seen passing in and out of the frame building in which the blaze was first seen. Although they deny that they are at all responsible, it is thought n carelessly thrown cigarette stub or a half smoked cigar may tell the tale. Two More Football Accidents. Trenton. N. J., Nov. 2.—Two divinity students arc in different hospitals in this city, suffering from serious injuries received while playing football. They are Howard Twadelle of Newark and Morgan Van Tassell of Brooklyn. The latter is not expected to live. Bargains in every part of tlie store. Read this list over and compare them with what you usually pay. William Drury, Protection for the Czar, The Best in Fish Meats At the lowest cash prices. Chicago Cash Meat Market. Riot Follows Halloween Party. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Unprecedented precautions are being taken to protect the Czar of Russia when he visits the Kaiser at Weisbaden on Wednesday. Thirty thousand troops will be employed to form a cordon around the' meeting place of the two rulers. Chicago, Nov. 2.—The celebration ot Halloween was responsible for the killing of the chief of police of Morgan Park, a suburb of Chicago, and a threatened race war. It was only after a desperate struggle between the police and an armed mtib of enraged whites that a double lynching was prevented. THE LEADINO GROCER. Men's heavy fleece-lined shirts and drawers, silk bound only 35c. Baby carriage robes. Williams & Co. The best oysters are at Messick's, Historian Mommsen Dead. Ladies' heavy Melton walking skirts, latest style, worth $3.50; special price. $1.25. Glasses you can see throug. Weber's. EIGHTEEN BURNED. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Professor Theodore Mommsen, the historian, is dead at Charlottenburg. William and various of the lesser German sovereigns have sent their condolences to the Mommsen family. Professor Mommseu was born in 1817. T. A. DIIRKIN. Many School Children Are Sickly. New York Tenement Blaze Has Ter- One lot double-faced patent leather belts, black and red; your choice, lOo. Refined Oil Goes Up in Price. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders, move and regulate ♦he bowels, and destroy worms. Mrs. Emily Maronn, Meriden. Conn., says: "It is the best medicine in the world for children when feverish and complaining." Sold by druggists or by mail, 25c. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. rible Results. Cleveland, O., Nov. 2.— i nc Standard Oil Co. advanced the wholesale price of all grades of refined oil one cent per gallon this morning. This makes an advance of. 2V4 cents per gallon on all grades within the past fortnight. New York, Nov. 2. — Penned in a death trap tenement by smoke and flames, twenty-five out of 150 persons living at 42ti Eleventh avenue are now known to have lost their lives early Sunday morning In a fire which In tragic details has been surpassed by only two or three in the history of the city. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 2. — General Edward McGrady, author of the monumental four volume history of South Carolina, lius died suddenly here in his seventy-flrst year. He was a gallant officer, rising to the rank of colonel in the civil war, and a distinguished member of the Charleston bar. Prominent Southerner Dead. A Complete Line oi Groceries. Children's heavy fleece-lined vests and pants from 5c. Misses' heavy fleece-lined vests and pants, all sizes, 15c. New Planet Named Pittsburgia. Pittsburg, Nov. 2.—The new planet recently discovered by Dr. Max Wolf of the University of Heidelberg has been named Pittsburgia by Professor John A. Brashear, to whom was accorded the honor of christening the new planet. FINE WINES AND LIQUORS 10-4 cotton blankets, nicely bound, worth 75c; special price, 48c. FOR FAMILY USE. 11-4 comfortables, carded, cottonfilled, figured cotton front, Ted back, worth $1.50; here, 98c. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Statistics issued by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society today show that there are over a million known cases of consumption in Ger- 1,000,000 Consumptives in Germany. When the inmates—they were Italians, Austria ns. Hungarians. Germans. Swedps and Irish, giving to the tenement its name, "the House of All Nations" -alarmed by the cries of a few celebrants of Halloween who were awake when the fire was discovered, opened their doors leading into the halls they were driven back by clouds of suffocating smoke, which cut off all hope of escape by the stairway. Iron Works Closed, BARTELS Beer, pints per doz. 50c Porter, pints, per doz. 50c Porter, J pints, doz. 40c Ale, pints, per doz. 75c SCHLITZ Famous Milwaukee Beer, pints, per doz 60c Porter, pints, per doz 60c Ladies' dairy cloth flannette shutwaist, nicely trimmed, latest style, regular 75c value, here for 45c. Philadelphia, Nov. 2.—Two additional slioiVs, the twelve inch and the ten inch steel mills, of the Peneoyd Iron works have, been closed, and 1,500 employees are now idle. One steel mill and one furnace are. still in operation, but they will be closed next Saturday, cendering idle 400 men. many. No matter how long you have had the cough, if it hasn't already develop, ed into consumption. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup will cure it. Would Buy Friar Lands. Lace collars in all the latest styles. Newest designs in Btole effect, from 50c. To Inspect American Railroads. Borne, Nov. 2. — The Vatican hopes soon to solve the question of the sale and purchase of the friars' lands in the Philippines and the departure of the friars. The United States has increased its offer for the lands to $8,000,000, and the Trial's, under pressure of Mgr. Guidi, apostolic delegate in the Philippines, have reduced their demands to $12,000,000. It Is believed here, however, that if the United States will offer $10,000,000 an- agreement can be rpnohoil. 1 Stockholm. Nov. 2.—The Scandinavian State Railway will shortly'send a committee of engineers to America to study the system of railways there. Energy all gone? Headache? Stomaeh out of order? Simply a case of torpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitters will make a new man or woman of you. Silk muffs, black and white, from 50c See our lace and applique trimmings and ornaments. We have all the latest styles at special low prices. Fresh green corn at Giles'. Their only chance lay in being able to reach the fire escapes. Maddened by fear, the men became frenzied, panic stricken brutes. It was a fight for life, In which victory lay with the strongest Men had no thought for women and babes, whom they crushed Chester, Pa., Nov. 2. — Three'men were burned to death in a lire that destroyed a boathouse at the foot of Beaney street, Delaware river. The Art Is supposed to have been caused by the upsetting of a lamp. Three Men Cremated. All Delivered at Tour Residence, — MAGNET For best canned goods, go to Giles. For best teas and spices, go to Giles. T. A. DURKIN. For fresh vegetables, go to Giles. Fillings that last. Dr. Welsh, dentist. H. Fritz Weber, optician, S. Main SI No better pies than Bohan bakes. 45 S. Main St Both 'phones. 87 S. Maim St, Pittston.
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, November 02, 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 | 1903-11-02 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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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. |
Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, November 02, 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 | 1903-11-02 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_19031102_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 | WEATHER INDlCATVdNi. - 1 ifCgajiff ' ' Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for THE HOME PAPER. Eaatern Pennsylvania. the Prgpl* of Plttaton and Pair tonight; warmer In the northern portion; Tuesday, increasing cloudiness, with rain in the western portion. Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEW8, PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1903. TWO CENTS A COPY. I u D U'PC FORTY OKNTtJ A MONTH, f O X^iiUrJCiiO. 54th YEAR. I WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 18-0 ) DAILY EST. by THEO. HART 1888. down and trampled over in the madness of their efforts to escape. EXPLOSION SHAKES CITY THE PEOPLE'S STORE. MORE VICTIMS OF RAILROAD SIXTEEN STUDENTS DEAD. DEATH AND RUIN IN FIRES Under the circumstances it is only remarkable that the list of dead is not larger. At the imminent risk of their own lives the firemen, mounted 011 scaling ladders, saved nearly 100 persons, toroner Begins to Investigate Satur- Why Will You Indianapolls, Ind., Nov. 2.—The coroner's investigation of the cuuse of Saturday's terrible wreck, in which sixteen college students and their friends were killed, begnn today. Thirty witnesses have been subpoenaed. Coroner Tutewiler says the investigation will be complete, and separate returns will be made out for each victim. day's Slaughter at Indianapoli*. CHILDREN'S WINTER BONNETS Two Serious Accidents Re- HAWAIIAN APPOINTMENTS'.: Coney Island Bowery Burned ,'i Judgeship For Dole—Secretary Car- Two Cars of Dynamite Blow Up at Crestline, 0. ported Today. and 500 Homeless. ter. to Be Governor. We place on. sale this week a very handsome lot of Winter Bonnets for children. Washington, Nov. 2.—The president trill send the following appointments to the senate when congress convenes next week: Sanford B. Dole, to be United States district judge for Hawaii, to succeed the late Judge Morris M. Estee; George R. Carter, secretary of Hawaii, to be governor of tile same, to succeed Governor Dole. FATALITY IN ALLEGHENY. Thousands have visited the scene of the wreck, and hundreds visited the hospitals inquiring for injured friends. 25 DEAD IN TENEMENT FIRE PORTION OF TOWN IN RUIN8 drink inferior beer and pay just as much for it when you can have Engine Jumped the Track on Harlem It is very important that the little babes should be kept nice and warm during the cold, raw fall and winter days. Fourteen dead bodies have been shipped to their l)omes. There are still lying in the hospitals thirty-four victims of the wreck, thirty-three of whom are stiidents of Purdue university. Of these fifteen are fn a serious condition. River Bridge, New York, Struck Blaze at Famous Island Resort Destroys 300 Buildings at Loss of Over $1,000,000—Appalling Death List of an Earlier Fire. Pennsylvania Railroad Tied Up by Loss of Tracks and Cars—Shock Caused Panic Near By and Was Distinctly Felt Fifty Miles Away. Elevated Train, and Stalled the President Roosevelt is well acquainted with both Governor Dole and Secretary Carter. As head of the provisional government after the overthrow of Queen Llliuokalani and as governor of the territory of Hawaii after its annexation to the United States Gov- Stegmair's Beer Whole "L" System at Busy Time. A Bonnet Is Just the Thing. Pittsburg, Nov. 2.—As the result of the collision of a passenger train with a freight train on the Pittsburg and Western branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near Chestnut street, at River avenue, Allegheny, this morri ing, Engineer William I. Cunningham, aged 45 years, residing at Millville, was thrown under his engine and scalded to death. Thomas Grafton, fireman of the passenger train, and fireman Wagon, of the freight, was scalded and crushed by the engine. J. Cornelius, engineer of the freight, was thrown against the roof bf his cab and injured about the head and body. Baggagemaster Grinnell was bruised about the head and body. The collision was between a special passenger train on the Big Four railroad anil a freight engine with a cut of coal cars, and it happened on the edge of this city. The passenger train of twelve coaches was carrying 114,D persons, nearly all of whom were students of Purdue university and tiieir friends, from Lafayette to Indianapolis for the annual football game between the Purdue team and the Indian university squad for the state championship, which was to have been fought ill the afternoon. New York, Nov. 2.—In a blaze that baflled the firemen for seven hours yesterday the Bowery at Coney Island was again laid in ashes. Crestllne, O., Nov. 2.—Crestline and vicinity was thrown into a panic last night by a terrible explosion at 8 o'clock. Many buildings were shaken, and in some instances the walls fell. Church congregations were thrown into screaming masses of humanity. People who were at home were terrified by the fearful roar that was heard. for the asking ? You will find in this lot we offer on special sale this week a big variety of colors and makes, all in the most up-to-date styles. They're beauties. Come in and We brew beer to suit the popular tasto, some light and some dark, but all absolutely Two lives so far are reported to be lost, one man mortally injured, a score of others hurt, 300 buildings destroyed, 500 persons made homeless and more than $1,000,000 damage done. How many more dead are in the ruins is not yet known. pure. Should yeu desire a supply either in wood or bottle you can have the same delivered promptly from our cold storage depot located in your city. see them. Two curs of dynamite which exploded in the Pennsylvania yards was the cause of the excitement. The destruction is so complete and so great that it is impossible to state accurately the property damage or whether there is any loss of life. Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Geislnger, who were at work in the yard ottice half a mile away, were seriously and possibly fatally hurt by the destruction of the building in which they were working. You'll Be Surprised at the Low Prices We're Asking. It was a fire marked by rescues not alone by the police, but by citizens. Before It bad been an hour under way the police could do nothing more than try to keep the 50,000 sightseers out of danger. Reserves from all the precincts within ten miles were brought there, while Deputy Commissioners Ebstein and I'iper took general charge. The fire engines found It impossible to get in action for nearly four hours. In the first coach back of the engine were the l'urdue football team, substitute players and managers. Three players, the assistant coach, trainer Kiid seven substitute players of the university team were killed, and every one of the fifty-three other persons in the car was either fatally or seriously injured. PEOPLE'S STORE Try a Case. 15 South Main St., Pittston. New York, Nov. 2.—An engine on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad Jumped the track and crashed into a northbound Second avenue "L" train, on the south end of the Harlem river bridge at 129th street, early today. Two cars were thrown trom the track, and only the guard rail saved them from going i&to the river, 50 feet below. There was a panic among the passengers, but none were seriously hurt. Several women fainted, but beyond slight bruises, the passengers escaped injury. When the cars left the track they ripped up a section of the third rail. This shut off the Stegmair Brewing Co. ALWAYS the CHEAPEST The alarm came from the hippodrome, a low frame building used in summer for a merry-go-round. The firemen thought It would all be over in a moment, but the blaze had gained headway. It crept under the building, under the raised street around the piling, and ten minutes later the Albatross hotel was aflame. From that time on, while alarm after alarm brought every fireman within ten miles, the fire seemed to jump from walk to walk and from flimsy building to flimsy building. With the lack of water the fire had the forest of wooden structures at its mercy, and all that could be doue was to save life if possible and furniture. Everything portable was carried out, and soon Surf avenue for blocks was impassable because of the barriers of household goods, weeping women and children and complaining Hundreds of Pennsylvania employees are at work searching the ruins for the dead or Injured. The entire west yards of the road are a wreck.; Officials of the railroad have said that there are not less than 350 cars smashed. WILKESBARRE, PA. The crash hurled the passenger engine and three front coaches against the steel freight cars loaded with coal that plowed their way through and buried under a pile of wreckage weighing many tons fully sixty human be- EVANS BROS. E WPR/CES crnor Dole was recognized as one of the foremost figures In the islands. He is regarded as a man of great force of character and a lawyer of marked ability. Ills personal popularity among the people of the Hawaiian Islands has been attested often. GEORGE K. CAKTEU The first car, in which were the. players, was completely demolished, the roof being torn away and landing across a car of coal, while tlie body of the car was reduced to kindling wood against the side of the steel freight cars. The second coach, containing the band of musicians, was partly telescoped, while the third coach was overturned and hurled down a fifteen foot embankment. lngs. Where the explosion occurred a hole 100 feet wide, twice as long and fifteen feet deep has been torn in the ground. Engines at work a mile away were, thrown from the track. Best Patent Flour per bbl $5.00 General Destruction In City. Buckwheat Flour per sack . 76 electric current and stalled about 100 George II. Carter, who will succeed Judge Dole as governor. Is a long time personal friend of the president, by whom he Is held ill Jiigh regard. It was at the president's personal request' that he accepted the position of secretary of the territory. Mr. Carter was graduated at Harvard. He is now in this country for the purpose of floating $1,000,000 of Hawaiian bonds which were authorized by the territorial government and approved by this government.In the downtown portion of the city there is not a building that has not suffered considerable damage. Many persons who were on the streets were cut and otherwise hurt by flying glass, and hundreds of women are in a serious condition from shock and concussion. Tltf sidewalks and road are littered with the glass from the shattered panes. The mayor has sworn In many extra policemen to guard the property. Corn and Cracked Corn per cwt.. 1.30 trains in the busiest time of the day. Firemen, policemen and trainmen assisted in rescuing the passengers. Neither the engine nor cars were seriously damaged. Not a single window was broken in the cars. John Fitzgerald, engineer of the locomotive, told the police that the signals were set for him to go ahead. Chop and Meal per cwt. . 1.30 Bran and Middlings per cwt 1.23 The other coaches did not lenve the track. Oats per bushel ... 48 WE CARRY THE BEST FLOUR manufactured. A Riven quantity will make more and better bread than any other kind A« the price la low Potatoes per bushel .. .. 65 FIRE IN THE VATICAN. Apples MRS. JOHNSON SENTENCED. Great Damage Done In the Hall of men. The burned area extended from Tllyou's walk south to Jones' walk, where a brick wall saved the rest of the resort, and from the Bowery to the ocean, a distance of seven blocks. For two blocks the flames cut a swath westward of the Bowery, reaching to Surf avenue, the principal thoroughfare of the resort. Prepared Buckwheat, package.. 12 Koine, Nov. 2.—A fire which broke out 111 the night in (hat portion of the Vatican containing the Hall of Inscriptions, where the pope gives his audiences ami which is adjacent to the famous and precious I'luacoteca, or Gallery of Pictures, caused a great amount of damage. The smoke and flames were seen for miles outside the city. Inscriptions. AH the churches were holding services when the explosion occurred. Doors were blown off and windows smashed in many of the buildings. The disaster is one of the worst that Crestline lias ever experienced. The wrecked cars took fire, and the spectacular effects were magnificent. The explosion was plainly heard fifty miles away. Trains on the Pennsylvania road will be delayed for at least one day. There are thirty .tracks in the Crestline yard, all of which have been more or less damaged. The main tracks are piled ten feet high with dirt, bent rails, car trucks and other railroad machinery. $5 per bbl.; $2.50 per 100; $1.25 per 50 ponndB, the Saving through its use is consider! able, tiome other articles in our Aunt Jemima, pancake flour pkg„ 3 for Must Go to State Prison for Robbing a Playing Card Co. Dowie's Host Departs. New York, Nov. 2.—Marie Layton Johnson, who recently pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $00,000 from the United States Playing Card Co., of Cincinnati, was sentenced today to State prison for not less than one year and not more than five years. The prisoner fainted when sentence was pronounced and had to be carried out of court. New York. Nov. 2.—The closing day of the visitation of John Alexander Bowie's restoration host to this city was celebrated with almost continuous services in Madison Square Garden. Seventy-nine men and women received the triune baptism In the galvanized iron hull;, about 200 the right hand of fellowship into the Christian Catholic Church of Zfon. and something like 4,000 persons received the holy sacrament at the hands of "Elijah the Restorer." Despite the fact that the meetings were well advertised, the crowds which have marked some of his former appearances were not present at the Garden. The trains bearing the host back to Zion left the city this morning. BIG GROCERY STOCK call for special mention by reason of their srCDrdne88 and cheapness. But the best way to test our statements is to send us an order and prove that we have just what we advertise. Nabob pancake flour, package .. 10 We have just received a new line Only Two Buildings Remain. BRENNAN and ROBERTS of GLOVES and MITTENS and from In all this territory but two buildings are standing untouched, the rest being a waste of smoking timbers, masses of brick and twisted iron, half destroyed chimneys and wrecked pillars. Those two buildings, both of frame, oddly enough stood at the intersection of the street on which the two finest buildings along the Bowery stood. Tliese were the music hall of Frank F. Henderson and the dancing pavilion of Louis Stattch, both entirely destroyed. 42 N. MAIN. Next to Eagle Hotel our Immense stock you will be sure to The fire was not subdued until a general alarm had brought the whole lire brigade of Home to tight the be suited, at prices ranging from 10e (7\ruri/'s prices. to $1.50, flames. Washington, Nov. 2.—A circular was issued by the Treasury Department today, formally announcing that interest on the outstanding Ave per cent, bonds will cease on Feb. 2, 1904, and thafrthe principal and accrued interest on such bonds will be then paid. In the meantime, redemption of these bonds, with interest pai'd up to Feb. 1, will continue under the terms of the circular of Sept. 23. ' Federal Bonds Called In. The pope came to the scene in person and remained until the tire was under control. Telegrams have been sent to Cleveland and Pittsburg for an almost unlimited supply of glass. Our shoe stock never was in better shape. We can suit the most fastid- Rome, Nov. 2.—The Pope today visited the scene of the fire which destroyed part of the Vatican yesterday. His Holiness ordered the debris cleared away immediately. The exact estimate of the losses is unobtainable, owing to the indeterminate value of books, manuscripts and engravings which were destroyed. The Pope, speaking of the fire, said: "We must thank Providence that there was comparatively little damage." ious, both in style and price. Best Patent Flour.. Best Family Flour. Rye Flour, per sack B-W Flour, per sack $5.00 Henderson's place, erected two years ago of steel and brick, cost $250,000. Its exterior was supposed to be fireproof. Stauch's pavilion, just as strongly built, was valued at a like sum. Big Steel Contracts Abroad. 4.50 Cubans Resist Stamp Tax. London, Nov. 2.—British and German steel circles are agitated by the sensatlonul cut in prices which the Carnegie company has announced, capturing a contract for 100,000 tons of steel bars at from 75 cents to $1.25 below the German export price, to be delivered immediately In Britain. The company has also just sold large quantities of steel rails to Japan at $20 a ton. with insurance to Yokohama. The quotations have greatly startled the British producers and have demoralized the German exiDorters. 1.00 .75 SLL EVANS BROS Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 2.—At a meeting of the chamber of commerce held here resolutions of protest against the stamp tax, which hns gone Into operation, were forwarded to President Palma. The cigar factories and wholesale liquor dealers of Santiago have agreed to Plose their establishments. The retailers followed suit, with the exception of one American, who said he would pay the tax. The fire on spreading from Henderson's concert hall and Stauch's dancing pavilion licked up one after another the smaller buildings, dance halls and Raines law hotels. Most of them had tenants who lived on the island the year round, and about 500 people were turned out of their homes. Chop and Meal... Corn and Cr. Corn Bran and Midds.. Oats, per bushel... $1.25 1.25 1.25 .48 For WEDDINGS CUiham f For FUNERALS riOWBr* I Washington, Nov. 2.—The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the creditors of the following banks: Navesink National Bank, of Red Bank, N. J., 25 per cent.; Phynichon National Bank, of Springfield, Mass., 4 per cent.; Texas Nation, al Bank, of San Antonio, Texas, final dividend, 27.10 per cent. Dividends for Bank Creditors. A Cara. Just what you want in flor&l decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) j-B-CARPENTER, exeter it. exeter ion We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund tha money on a 60- cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. 20 lbs. Gr. Sugar 21 lbs. A. Sugar., 22 lbs. Br. Sugar 1.00 1.00 1.00 Tlie center of the line where the fire lay thickest was the Bowery, a narrow, board walked thoroughfare devoted to cheap dance halls and side shows. The roofs of these flimsy structures were in most instances of tarred paper. Caught by the rapid running fire, in quick succession they ignited, flared at a height and then collapsed in n great dust of sparks, which were carried on to the row of like buildings. San Francisco, Nov. 2.—The mint superintendent lias turned over a shipment of 1,455,000 pesos to the war department, the last that will be coined here for a long time. A guard of twenty soldiers escorted the coin to the transport Sheridan for transportation to Manila. Large Shipment of Pesos. Four Killed at a Crossing. Leggett's Oatttakes, 3 pkgs.. .25 Mrs. Dowie Reaches London, J. H. Houck. J. F. Kane. Wm. C. Price. Chas. Waters. C. D. Stroh. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 2.—Four people were Instantly killed and a corpse was torn from its coffin by the locomotive of No. 30, the fast south bound passenger train on the Southern railway, four miles jput from Concord, N. C. The people who were killed were in a wagon w.ith the corpse of Mrs. Kate Lewis and were on their way to a neighboring burial ground. Liverpool, Nov. 2.—Mrs. Alexander Dowie, wife of "Elijah, the Restorer," accompanied by her son, arrived in Liverpool from Boston today. She says the report current that she carried a chest containing $7,000,000 is a myth, pure and simple. "Elijah," she said, would follow her to Australia shortly. Winter Apples, per bushel.. .05 SPECIAL LOW PRICES at We make good window screens. J. E. Patterson & Co. Cafrots and Parsnips 75 Cabbage 6c, 7c, 8c Sweet Potatoes, per peck.... .25 Potatoes, per bu 05 Onions, per peck 20 « MAGNET Oysters Taken Fresh From the Shell At Frederick's Market. Send in your order. Both phones. Two men, Frank Conly, a salesmun, and I'eter A. Skelly, a bartender, are under arrest suspected of knowing the cause of the fire. They lind been seen passing in and out of the frame building in which the blaze was first seen. Although they deny that they are at all responsible, it is thought n carelessly thrown cigarette stub or a half smoked cigar may tell the tale. Two More Football Accidents. Trenton. N. J., Nov. 2.—Two divinity students arc in different hospitals in this city, suffering from serious injuries received while playing football. They are Howard Twadelle of Newark and Morgan Van Tassell of Brooklyn. The latter is not expected to live. Bargains in every part of tlie store. Read this list over and compare them with what you usually pay. William Drury, Protection for the Czar, The Best in Fish Meats At the lowest cash prices. Chicago Cash Meat Market. Riot Follows Halloween Party. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Unprecedented precautions are being taken to protect the Czar of Russia when he visits the Kaiser at Weisbaden on Wednesday. Thirty thousand troops will be employed to form a cordon around the' meeting place of the two rulers. Chicago, Nov. 2.—The celebration ot Halloween was responsible for the killing of the chief of police of Morgan Park, a suburb of Chicago, and a threatened race war. It was only after a desperate struggle between the police and an armed mtib of enraged whites that a double lynching was prevented. THE LEADINO GROCER. Men's heavy fleece-lined shirts and drawers, silk bound only 35c. Baby carriage robes. Williams & Co. The best oysters are at Messick's, Historian Mommsen Dead. Ladies' heavy Melton walking skirts, latest style, worth $3.50; special price. $1.25. Glasses you can see throug. Weber's. EIGHTEEN BURNED. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Professor Theodore Mommsen, the historian, is dead at Charlottenburg. William and various of the lesser German sovereigns have sent their condolences to the Mommsen family. Professor Mommseu was born in 1817. T. A. DIIRKIN. Many School Children Are Sickly. New York Tenement Blaze Has Ter- One lot double-faced patent leather belts, black and red; your choice, lOo. Refined Oil Goes Up in Price. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders, move and regulate ♦he bowels, and destroy worms. Mrs. Emily Maronn, Meriden. Conn., says: "It is the best medicine in the world for children when feverish and complaining." Sold by druggists or by mail, 25c. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. rible Results. Cleveland, O., Nov. 2.— i nc Standard Oil Co. advanced the wholesale price of all grades of refined oil one cent per gallon this morning. This makes an advance of. 2V4 cents per gallon on all grades within the past fortnight. New York, Nov. 2. — Penned in a death trap tenement by smoke and flames, twenty-five out of 150 persons living at 42ti Eleventh avenue are now known to have lost their lives early Sunday morning In a fire which In tragic details has been surpassed by only two or three in the history of the city. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 2. — General Edward McGrady, author of the monumental four volume history of South Carolina, lius died suddenly here in his seventy-flrst year. He was a gallant officer, rising to the rank of colonel in the civil war, and a distinguished member of the Charleston bar. Prominent Southerner Dead. A Complete Line oi Groceries. Children's heavy fleece-lined vests and pants from 5c. Misses' heavy fleece-lined vests and pants, all sizes, 15c. New Planet Named Pittsburgia. Pittsburg, Nov. 2.—The new planet recently discovered by Dr. Max Wolf of the University of Heidelberg has been named Pittsburgia by Professor John A. Brashear, to whom was accorded the honor of christening the new planet. FINE WINES AND LIQUORS 10-4 cotton blankets, nicely bound, worth 75c; special price, 48c. FOR FAMILY USE. 11-4 comfortables, carded, cottonfilled, figured cotton front, Ted back, worth $1.50; here, 98c. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Statistics issued by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society today show that there are over a million known cases of consumption in Ger- 1,000,000 Consumptives in Germany. When the inmates—they were Italians, Austria ns. Hungarians. Germans. Swedps and Irish, giving to the tenement its name, "the House of All Nations" -alarmed by the cries of a few celebrants of Halloween who were awake when the fire was discovered, opened their doors leading into the halls they were driven back by clouds of suffocating smoke, which cut off all hope of escape by the stairway. Iron Works Closed, BARTELS Beer, pints per doz. 50c Porter, pints, per doz. 50c Porter, J pints, doz. 40c Ale, pints, per doz. 75c SCHLITZ Famous Milwaukee Beer, pints, per doz 60c Porter, pints, per doz 60c Ladies' dairy cloth flannette shutwaist, nicely trimmed, latest style, regular 75c value, here for 45c. Philadelphia, Nov. 2.—Two additional slioiVs, the twelve inch and the ten inch steel mills, of the Peneoyd Iron works have, been closed, and 1,500 employees are now idle. One steel mill and one furnace are. still in operation, but they will be closed next Saturday, cendering idle 400 men. many. No matter how long you have had the cough, if it hasn't already develop, ed into consumption. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup will cure it. Would Buy Friar Lands. Lace collars in all the latest styles. Newest designs in Btole effect, from 50c. To Inspect American Railroads. Borne, Nov. 2. — The Vatican hopes soon to solve the question of the sale and purchase of the friars' lands in the Philippines and the departure of the friars. The United States has increased its offer for the lands to $8,000,000, and the Trial's, under pressure of Mgr. Guidi, apostolic delegate in the Philippines, have reduced their demands to $12,000,000. It Is believed here, however, that if the United States will offer $10,000,000 an- agreement can be rpnohoil. 1 Stockholm. Nov. 2.—The Scandinavian State Railway will shortly'send a committee of engineers to America to study the system of railways there. Energy all gone? Headache? Stomaeh out of order? Simply a case of torpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitters will make a new man or woman of you. Silk muffs, black and white, from 50c See our lace and applique trimmings and ornaments. We have all the latest styles at special low prices. Fresh green corn at Giles'. Their only chance lay in being able to reach the fire escapes. Maddened by fear, the men became frenzied, panic stricken brutes. It was a fight for life, In which victory lay with the strongest Men had no thought for women and babes, whom they crushed Chester, Pa., Nov. 2. — Three'men were burned to death in a lire that destroyed a boathouse at the foot of Beaney street, Delaware river. The Art Is supposed to have been caused by the upsetting of a lamp. Three Men Cremated. All Delivered at Tour Residence, — MAGNET For best canned goods, go to Giles. For best teas and spices, go to Giles. T. A. DURKIN. For fresh vegetables, go to Giles. Fillings that last. Dr. Welsh, dentist. H. Fritz Weber, optician, S. Main SI No better pies than Bohan bakes. 45 S. Main St Both 'phones. 87 S. Maim St, Pittston. |
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