Pittston Gazette

              Fortca Rp.in day, ra becoml 1- gH V «% ALL THE I In and war: Qg fresh ai 11  54i r. \ RUSSIA LOSES ANOTHER VESSEL along the railway, aind snob ettte* a§: Mukden, which are off the main line, are undisturbed. The people here are not in possession of definite news of outside event*. The chief movement on the Fonghuangclieng military road Is the dlspatcl of riders to and from the Russian ad vance forces. Store v DIET n • j . n 1 ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST s Over Sixty-T» Pensioned. A . ■ Destroyed by a Floating 1 keep stroni r to Be f. luring this cc Mine at Port Arthur. Japan*** Military Movements. Paris, March 17—The Tokyo correspondent of the Matin sends the following information concerning the Japanese military situation up to March 10, which, he says, comes from a sure [ source: "The first army of 70,000 troops under General Kuroki occupies northern Korea. The brigade landed at Geusan forms part of a second army of similar strength. The mobilization of the latter has been completed, and the troops will safi shortly for an unknown destination #na )llization of a M7" EXCEEDED HIS AUTI Table of : not MANY OF CREW WERE LOST EXAMINATIOI I C08T 8AVI ad extry noi la al- Linens ed, Rnd there is also b fact that the ones :he pension without elr ages would have anyhow under foras entitled to the i of their dlsablll- Toga's Squadron Sighted Off Port Ar- Commissioner War* THnke New Ruling Will In the Long' Run Prove an Advantage to the aiey^ell as the Old 8olCUer. » \ Washington, March 17.—The moat Important pension ruling of recent years has just been issued by Commissioner of Pensions Ware. It directs that, beginning April 13 next, if there is no contrary evidence and all other legal requirements have been met, claimants for pension under the general act of June 27, 1890, who are more than sixty-two years old shall be considered as disabled one-half in ability to perform manual labor and shall be entitled to $6 a month, more than six- to wh I proof Roosevelt Believes That There Wai thur—Baltic Sea Fortifications Be- Not Sufficient Warrant for the rest of United States 8enator DiC These linens have advanced ten ing Strengthened—Japs Are Get- mer clrcumst pension by 1 ties." before each meal and upon r tiring and keep your phy-; sical condition 'up to the proper defensive standard. . It will aid digestion, enrich your blood, steady your nerves, sharpen your appetite. By doing this it WILL make poor health GOOD and good health BETTER. Price $1.50 per doz. jper qent. since we bought them. Some that were bought for the January Sale were delayed until now; but they're better bargains now than ever. ting Overconfident. J trich, on the Charge of Fraud. Washington, March 17. — President Roosevelt has decided to remove from office William S. Summers, United States district attorney at Omaha, Neb., on the ground of his persecution of Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska. It is alleged Summers procured the Indictment of Dietrich In the matter of the( Hastings, Neb., postoffice affair without sufficient evidence of his guilt, and several witnesses before the Senate committee which has bpen Investigating Dietrich's case have failed utterly to substantiate the charges,y although Summers said they would. London, March 17.—The Reuter Telegram Co. reports that the Russ^o THOUSANDS IDLE. A General Tieup of Building Operations V Threatened In New York. New York, March 17.—The building trades .strike. Is extending, and It is expected that If th'e present situation Is continued, very long one trade after another will be forced Into idleness, and many thousands of men will be affected.It Is estimated that there are 20,000 idle now, the acquisition of the ironworkers making up that total, with the 15,000 lu borers and bricklayers who are on Btrike. V Practically all the big building contracts in the city are badly crippled and In many instances completely tied up. If a declaration of the "open shop" policy on the part of the employers follows the present strike, In violation of the employers' arbitration plan, as many employers It is likely to do, another tleup of the building trades more serious in Its consequences than that of last sumnief will be the result. The laborers demand absolute recognition of their union, an eight hour day and double pay for overtime. A lockout affecting 10,000 lithographers in the United States and 2,800 In New York alone will probably be declared before the end of the week. There are seventy employing firms of lithographers in New York, and they are organized, as are their men. The spilt here, as in the building trades trouble. Is over th« arbitration question. V torpedo destroyer Skori was blow at Port Arthur by a floating mine. 1 four of the crew were saved. INE WORKERS' VOTE. Berlin, March 17.—The Lokal Anzeiger reports thp.t Russia is making extensive additions to the fortifications along the Baltic Sea. The defences along the sea are being strengthened by the addition of heavy artillery and immense stores of ammunition are being sent there. Three-fifths of Soft Coal Miners Voted Against Strike. Indianapolis, Ind., March 17.—At 10 o'clock this morning, national tellers Charleston, of Illinois; Prltchard, of Ohla, and Fltzslmmons, of Pennsylvania, begari tabulating the vote of the mlner9 of the United Mine Workers' union who are Interested In the bituminous coal mining Industry on the question of strike. As near as can be guessed, the vote resulted In about threefifths of the members declaring against a strike. The national officers, Including President Mitchell, are pleased at the result. so Inoh Cream Damask, Mo value for 23o 00 Inch Cream Daman It, 36c value for. ,.t,. 31c go Inch Cream Damask, «o value tor I9c 70 ineh Cream Damask, 60c value for 42D4o 711 Inch Cream Damask, 6flc value for..„. ,.55a 50 inch Damask, red border. 89c value for. .33o 60 Ineh Damask, red border, «c value for..39o se Inch Bleached Damask, a#c value for 33c 60 inch Bleached Damask, 5oe value for... .42o 62 Inch Bleached Damask, 60c value for 50c 68 inch Bleached Damask, 86c value for..7JXo 7a Inch Bleached Damask, tl.oo value for. ,90o Paris, March 17.—It is reported here, in a dispatch from St. Petersburg, that word received from Port Arthur says the squadron in command of Admiral Togo was sighted off the port yesterday morning. Stegmaier Brewing Co jfM jflfljik n'ML jAJM • V J||| I 'Mk Duke of Cambridge Dead. Bottling Department. London, March 17.—The Dujce of Cambridge died at 10.25 this morning. 'Phones—Old, 422-2 New, 977 W1LKESBARBE, PA. London, Match 17.—The Toklo correspondent of the St. James Gazette sends a message in which he states that since the receipt of news of the PECULIAR FATAL ACCIDENT. PEOPLE'SSTORE, 15 Sonth Main St., Pittston. SHOCKING PITTSBURG TRAGEDY. Injured Miner Walked Home, Became Unconscious and Died Today. Japanese victories the Japanese attitude has become somewhat changed. Patriotic fervor, he says, is unabated, tut now the public are over-confident and there is a disposition to regard the war as already over. Talk is as if dictation of terms to Russia were the only thing remaining to be done. The officials, however, remain calm. Husband, Bereft of Reason, Shot Hit Wife and Killed Himself. John Williams, of 156 Prospect St., Wilkesbarre, died this morning in the Wilkesbarre city hospital. "Williams was employed in the mines. Yesterday afternoon, while standing at the foot of the shaft, waiting for a carriage to go to the surface, he was struck on the taad by a piece of coal, which fed him to the floor and cut a gash t* C inches lonk in his scalp. He was stunned, but soon recovered, and went to the surface, afterward walking unaided to his home. Several hours later he complained of a headache and soon became unconscious. At 11 o'clock last night he was removed to the Wilkesbarre hospital, where he died this morning. His skull was not fractured, but it is supposed that there was a pressure on the brain. Pittsburg, March 17.—In a state of collapse and with his reason tottering, because of illness, Harry T. McAlpind, agod 37, of Allegheny, shot his wife, Anna, and then cut his throat with a piece of glass. Before cutting his throat he took a dose of poison. Mc- Alplne died in a hospital this morning, but his wife will live. Rrennan and Roberts' Bread is The Staff of Life The better the flour, the better the bread; the better the bread, ta London, March 17.—The Nlu-Chwang correspondent of Lloyd's today wires that the reports about Russians laying mines abreast of the fortress there are untrue. Business, he says, is continuing at Nin-Chwang as usual. Americans ajid British have insisted that a warship be stationed at the city. The Japanese, the correspondent says, will probably land at Kai Chow bay and cut a railroad at Tashltichor station, some miles back of Port Arthur. Lemberg, March 17.—-The newspaper Reforma states that well-informed circles in Warsaw declares that the Kaiser has written the Czar that Russia may safely withdraw troops from — PRICE LIST — stronger the staff. The brands we carry make the whitest, lightest bread. Mrs. Miles Seriously III. Best patent floor $5 75 Best dairy batter 25c Full cream cheese 14c 21 lbs Sugar 1 00 Finnan Haddie per lb 10c Bloaters per dozen 25c Ciscoes per lb 5o 3 can choice Tomatoes 25c 3 cans choice Peas 25c Peanut Butter , 10c [Bacon per lb 10c California Hams per lb  Skinned Hams per lb....... Washington, March 17.—Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the General, who Is seriously ill at her home here, was reported to be somewhat improved this morning. She hafc been suffering from gout for the past two months and of late her heart has been affected to such an extent that fears are entertained lest she may not recover. EUGENE WARE. The Employers' association has issued this statement: "The recent alarming prophecies that all business-operations In New York are again to be stopped are absurd, as neither employer nor mechanic wishes) another season of idleness. The present misunderstanding with the mason#' laborers, which has caused the enforced Idleness of the bricklayers and a few men in othmc. lDtanch«w», we expect wilf be Mettled. It was for the adjustment of Just such temporary differences as this one that the arbitrntiQn system was adopted. "It is not true that the employers are aiming to establish the open shop policy in New York. The employers and the unfou men are getting along satisfactorily on an equitable business basis, and there is no desire to disturb present conditions by attempting to inaugurate the open shop policy. If that comes it will be forced upon the employers as a last resort after the arbitration policy has failed." Evans' Success, per bbl $5.75 Butterfly Flour, per bbl 6.75 Surprise Flour, per bbl 5.75 Seal Flour, per bbl 6.75 Feed 1.30 Oats 57 Potatoes » 1.00 Sugar, 21 lbs for 1.00 Butter, fancy creamery .25 Cheese, per lb 14 Skinned Ham, per lb 12 Buckwheat Flour, 25 lb sack.... .75 Cold 8naps, 3 lb package .12 Aunt Jemima, 3 package* for.... .25 Nabob, per package, 10 Maple 8ugar, 2 lb for .25 Maple Syrup, 1 qt can .25 Maple 8yrup, /2 gallon can 48 Maple Syrup, 1 gallon oan...... .85 Fancy Table Syrup, 2/a lb can.. .10 Honey, per cake 16 Honey, per glass. 10 ty-flve years to $8, more than sixtyeight years to f 10 and more than seventy to $12, the usual allowances at higher rates continuing for disabilities other than age. The order Itself Is preceded by a preamble wjiich after citing the law says the jftofelrin bureau has estabilshfA with reasonable certainty the average nature and •extent of the infirmity of old age; that thirty-nine years after the Mexican war congress in 1887 placed on the pension roll all Mexican war soldiers who were over sixty-two years old. Popo's St. Patrick's Day Greetings. Rome, March 17.—The Pope today sent St. Patrick's Day greetings to the Irish College, saying the Irigh people were especlall? dear to his heart and that he will remember them In his prayers today. the Polish frontier lor use in war, a* Germany is ready to keep watch over —Oft"loySTtyofthe Poles on the western frontier. . 10c 13c OR. RICHTBR'S World-Renowned "ANCHOR" PAIN EXPELLER. London, March 17.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Central News wires that Admiral Stakelberg, who has arrived at the Russian capital from Vladivostok, in an interview, denies that the Russian squadron In the far east were not prepared for an outbreak of hostilities. He is quoted as saying: "The war had been foreseen for a long time. The warships at Port Arthur and Vladlvostbk Were in a perfect state of readiness." 42 N. Main St. NEXT TO EAGLE HOTEL. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Commissioner Ware just before leaving for a trip south for his health spoke as follows regarding the order, which, he said, would save both the old soldiers and the government a great deal of money and fime: "There has long been in the bureau a rule fixing a maximum age limit at $12 for seveuty-flve years. This was made during Mr. Cleveland's administration by Commissioner Lochren, now federal Judge In Minnesota. New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank building. without New York, March 17, 1903. High. Low. Clos. ,..125% 124% 125% ..20 20 20 . 22% 22% 22% 47% 46% 47% 67% 66% 67% 42% 41% 42% 78% 76% 78% 113 112 113 30% 30% 30% 40% 39% 40% 54% 54% 54:% 29% 29% 29% 25%., 24% 25% 128 127 128 104% 103% 104% 142% 142 142% 109 107% 108% 39 38 39 91% 89% 91 116% 115% 116% 57% 56% 57% 143% 141 143% 20% 20% 20% 116 114% 116 96% 96 96% 42% 41 42 21% 20% 21% 45% 44 45% 20% 20%- 20% 39 87% 38% 23% 23% 23% 76 74% 75% 7% 7 7 11% 11% 11% 58% 56% 58% 36 35%' 36 42% 41% 41% DooM.ROMiic Richlers ANCHOR PAIN -EXPELLERSacrton is direct andasfhisnameimplies,can boused for many disorderwiofaWyRh»iD malism. ji.ought to be a household Xsmody- D. Sugar  Car & Foundry Loco  Copper  Atchison, com B. R. T  B. & O  OUR ANNUAL CANAL IN NINE YEARS. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. LEARANCE SALE! Evans Bros. tem'For Panama and Cftpn. Professor Burr Outlines Sewerage 8ye- * Co., Sit I St, New' Main Body of the Army Crossing the Yalu, Can. Pacific .. Ches. & Ohio „ Chic. & Alton Col. Southern C. P. I  Erie  "The sixty-five-year minimum limit has been a long while in force in the bureau, but I am not advised by whom It was established, nor Is it particularly material, since It met with general acquiescence. Washington, March 17.—The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce further heard Professor William H. Burr on the question of the sanitation of the Panama canal route. The works of sanitation, be said, would be chiefly the construction of waterworks and a sewerage system for the cities of Panama' and Colon and the drainage of districts between those Cities.London, March 1?.—No further news of the progress of hostilities in the far east has been received here. There 1b much interest manifested in the report that the Russian main advance is crossing the Yalu, but tills is not yet confirmed, and, according to the iDaily Chronicle's Fingyang correspondent, all the Russian ttoops have left north Korea, 20,000 of them being concentrated at ■ Kullencheng, north of the Yalu river, In Manchuria. is still in force and will continue until further notice. Our entire stock is offered at greatly reduced prioes. 46 South Main St., Pittston. 8ame at In Mexican War. Campbell, Rozelle & Webster PRICE UST: Patent Flour ... 15.75 25 lb. Buckwheat Flour 75 Corn and Meal 1.30 Bran and Middlings 1.30 For WEDDINGS FIiiwam V For FUNERALS rlOWBr* I 111. Central .. L. & N; •  Manhattan ... Met, St. Ry. M„ K. & T. Mo. Pacific . N. Y. Central Norf. & West. St. Paul  O. & W. .... Penna  Gas  Reading .. "The act of congress which was passed in the latter part of January, 1887, and approved by President Cleveland put all the Mexican war veterans on the pension roll thirty-nine years exactly after the end of the Mexican war. The Mexican war ended officially by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Feb. 2, 1848, although hostilities had ccased before that time by the capture of the City of Mexico. Now is the time to buy the wedding gifts you anticipate giving in the near future. Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) J-B.CARKITER. uetei it. exeter ion He estimated t The completion C! could be accompli years. Professor j men were carelej Isthmus mortalll Professor Bun tlons as to the French company had excavated two-thirds of pe cost at $2,000,000. if the canal, be said, [shed In eight or nine IBurr said that when ps in their habits the - was- high. H. G. 8HUPP, The Daily Telegraph's Sevastopol correspondent says it is semiofficially announced that Russia has abandoned the idea of sending her Baltic squadron to the far east by the way of Bering strait as impracticable. A Port Arthur dispatch says that Admiral Wittsoeft has been appointed chief of Viceroy Alexeieffs naval staff and has gone to Mukden. A correspondent at Tokyo of the Times cables that the latest reports say the Ruuslaps are occupying an area having a forty mile base from Wiju to Changtong and extending south to the Pakcbon river. 36 West Market St, Wilkesbarre. First Showing of Spring Goods. "It would seem that if thirty-nine years after the expiration of iservlce a Mexican war soldier was entitled to a pension at sixty-two years, and no other requisite for drawing a pension should exist except age, that' to soldiers of the civil war, who fought vastly more and longer, at least as good a rule ought to apply. r' answered many ques(svork done by the two tes and said that they /about 7,000,000 yards, 'hieh was useful, leavcubic yards yet to be Established 1883. Both 'Phones. Rock Island So. Pacific , 21 lbs. 8ugar 1.00 3 cans Tomatoes . .25 So. Ry., com. . Tenn. C. & I. . Texas Pacific Union Pacific . U. S. Leather U. S. Steel ... ing 100,000,000, excavated. ' 3 cans Pea* 26 (7\ruri/'s mm prices. Special Inducements at the Magnet. Cambric Corset Covers, nicely made, 12 l-2o kind for 9c. 3 cant Wax Beans 25 3 can* Pumpkin 2f Explosion I lilted Twenty-«ov#n. Paris, March 17.—Lightning struck a powder maga lne at Diego Suarez, Madagascar, o 1 Feb. 19, cansldg an explosion whlc » killed twenty persons in the neighU Drhood. The magazine contained 5,(JfK) shells and $200,000 worth of stortfe and ammunition. Sev- Cambric Corset Coversj square neck, 11-2 inch Val. lace arottnd neck and sleeve, worth 25c, here 15 cents. "The Mexican war limit of sixty-two years was probably brought about by the well known army limit of sixty-two years, at which officers are retired. "There seems to be a general consensus of opinion that at sixty-two years the disabilities of old age have set In. 1 dozen 8weftt Pickles  Prunes, 3, 4 and 6 lbs.  3 cant Up-to-Date Milk  .25 .25 .25 U. S. Steel, pf. Wabash .. . Wis. Central . ' PORT ARTHUR UNSAFE. Limburger Cheese  One lot Cambric Night Gowns, torchon lace insertion between 10 tucks on each aide of yoke, cambric ruffle on neck and sleeve, a 75o garment here for 50c. One lot of Seersucker, all desirable shades, usual' price 12 l-2c thebe go at 7 l-2c. Lace Curtains, attractive patterns, 2 lr2 yards long and 42 in. wide, the 75c kind here for 45c. One lot Hemp Carpet, bright patterns, the'20c grade here l4c. 18c China Matting, close and heavy, only 12c. Large line of Lace Collars and Top Collars, from 6c up; it will pay you to see them. Ladies' Hose with white feet, the 15c kind here for 10c. We are the agents for the Cobmopolita Model paper pat' seam allowed for, the easiest pattern to cut" A Card. Cracker*, per lb. . .10 Bm*. Patent Flour $5.75 Best Family Flour ... 5.25 Continued Attacks of Japan*** Followed by Occupation of Peninsula. ) We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 60- cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup or Tar If It fall* to our® your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. J. H. Houck. J. F. Kane. en more peri luge about tv bouses were bns were killed In a vitro miles away, where the riddled by (ailing stones WE QIVE RED STAR Chop and Meal 1.30 Corn and Cracked Corn 1.30 Bran and Middling* .....' 1.30 Ylnkow, March 17.—The continued attacks of the Japanese have compelled the steady occupation of the Liaotung peninsula. The last bombardment of Port Arthur rendered every part of the fortress of Port Arthur unsafe. Residents assert that fragments of Japanese shells fell everywhere and that some railway coaches and buildings were destrqyed, though most ef the damage on the shore was unimportant."The order could not hare been Issued earlier, because it Is only now that the thirty-nine yean fixed by congress limit has been reached. The civil war ended April 13, 1865. and in enlistments in the loyal states those who enlisted after that time are held to have no pensionable service during the war of Ute rebellion. Hence lite Uikiy-uiutt years expijM on April 13, and It la very proper that the order should be issued fixing the sixty-two years as the minimum age limit and the Biblical threescore and ten as the maximum. from the ma i TRADING 8TAMP8. Oats, per bushel 85 per bushel ............ 1CQ0 sr bushel 75 anulated Sugar 1.00 Sugar 1.00 Tw»nty Morgantcrv Three' bui James Pi Cheatnecl taring th gold and paugh the ba which twenty in walj fearql Savings Stolan. a, W. Va., March 17. — irs entered the home of ;npaugh, a farmer living at near here, and after torir victim secured $1,100 in illver and escaped. Plckenno faith in the stability 9f __ and car/led the money, represented his savings for years, strapped about his waist sts. Wm. C. Price. Chas. Waters. C. D. Stroh. LEG t lbs. ! lbs. 23 Ibe. Br. Sugai 1.00 •Kefr. nerrlng jgsii.J..,*..jirt Keg Miilchres .75 pel- lb 05 Kit Ciscoes .60 No. 1 Mackerel 15 Kfts No. 1 Mackerel 1.20 No better pies than Bohan bakes. iiaiip. A Mother's Recommendation. InR In Foreigners choosing to remain in the Interior must now sign an agreement restricting their movements and stipulating that a special pass Is necessary when leaving their bounds. I have used Chamberlain'B Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesitancy in saying that It is the best remedy for coughs, aolde and croup I have ever used In my family. I have not words to express my confidence in this remedy.—Mrs. J. A. Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by all dealers on a guarantee. Saves Cost of Examination. Codfish 10 .25 ' 10 "There Is an advantage and saving to the government In the use of this order, because every old soldier who lias reached the age of sixty-two years is able to prove almost without possibility of doubt that he is one-half disabled from earning his support by manual labor. This being so, it seems unwise to put a soldier to the espene of time and transportation to go to a place where a medical board can * _ ,»» ■ ■ ■ ■ iwi . •, ■ 01&IBU OU -.0 Biscuit Work. Wreoked. do, March 17,-The Ontario Bto- N. Dtmoe! yorks, on Watson street, have person wrecked by a terrific explosion, time or be walls of the building were bulged th« yard, and Joists were broken in 30-37-3-10 D, causing the floors to sag. Fortu- " V." tely the stairway remained Intact, notiob id the thirty girls employed in the m®eUniro iant escaped. This date, March 16, 1904, ice clean Sf ed at Rocky Qlen. Skating fine. 16t2 uiw to m: ' : ' .1*' '■ ' - ' f '• ■ V" 1 - , ... • .. .. , . It la authentically reported that for a week past there has been only a small and changing military garrison at Halcheng, but that a large force has been stationed at the Invaluable fortified and strategical town of Ashanahan, where the Japanese army concluded its advance during the war between China and The op*- 3 cans Hi 25 .90 n Tomatoes, can.. .10 n i 1.10 no Peas 25 ana 10c, T tiwr. „ CHARLES F. M'HUOH, Commissioner. 1 3 cans s hei I Ub the out, n ent ■ m